THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, APRIL. 1, 1907.
PHASES OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE
NEW STAGE SERVICE
Corporation Organized to Op
erate in Klamath Basin.
BUYS OUT OLD COMPANY
Promises to Make Travel In South
ern Oregon Far More Comfort
ableSystem Will Be Ketab
llshed by July 1.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., March 31.
(Special.) "With 151 head of horses, enoush
stages and wagons to carry 160 people at
one time, three of the largest livery
barns in Klamath Falls, one at Poke
ama and a new midway stage and dinner
station on Hayd-cn Creek, four miles from
Spencer, the newly incorporated Oregon
& California Transportation Company
promises to give Klamath Basin the best
passenger, rr.all and express service pos
sible, while overland travel Is necessary.
The new company is capitalized for J25,
an. of which $15,000 is paid up.
J. M. Mclntlre Is president and general
manager; W. R. Davis, formerly at the
head of the Lake Shore Stage Company,
which last year operated stages between
Orass Lalce and Lairds. Is vice-president
and treasurer; H. W. Straw, who for sev
eral years has conducted the Mammoth
tables, of Klamath Falls, Is secretary,
and the company has purchased the
equipment, livestock, and succeeded to
the mall and express contracts of the
Oregon Stage Company, of which W. K.
Travis, of Portland, is the manager.
The traffic situation has been In a state
of turmoil for some time past that has
been greatly to the disadvantage of the
Klamath Basin. The organization of this
new company was brought about after
extended negotiations between the traf
fic representative of the Southern Pa
cific. th officials of the Klamath Lake
Railroad and the parties interested in the
various transportation companies. The
understanding Is that the arrangements
for the service between Pokegama and
Klamath Falls will continue until the
California Northeastern Railroad Is com
pleted to a point nearer Teeter's Landing
than the distance between Pokegama and
Keno. when the entire passenger, mail
and express traffic will be transferred to
the new road. It is expected that this
will not take place before July.
In connection with the same traffic ne
gotiations the J. M. Mclntlre Transporta
tion Company, of which Mr. Mclntlre is
president and general manager, and
Charles I Tutt. of Colorado Springs,
Colo., a silent partner. Is In the field, for
handling heavy freight with 150 head of
stock and first-class equipment. Under
the arrangements between the railroad
and this company, freight will be billed
through to Klamath Falls and tho re
sponsibility for safe delivery assumed
jointly by the Mclntlre Company and the
railroad.
Upon the announcement of this arrange
ment there was considerable alarm felt
by the individual teamsters engaged in
transporting freight lest they would be
entirely shut out. Some time ago these
teamsters formed a union, or an associa
tion, and are now acting through this
organization to maintain their business.
It Is announced, however, that freight
will be delivered to teamsters, having or
ders from shippers, at Pokegama, and
that there is no intention to endeavor to
control all of the traffic.
Considerable consignments of merchan
dise will be brought in by wagon from
Acer because merchants find that on cer
tain classes of .freight they can have it
hauled more economically from that point
than from Pokegama. Some freight will
be hauled under contract by. the individual
teamsters.
FUMIGATION' IS EFFECTIVE.
Formaldehyde Vapor Found lo Kill
Germs of Tunercnlosls.
CORVALLIS, Or.. March 31. (Special.)
An Interesting experiment to test the
efficiency of fumlgants has just been com
pleted at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. The tests were by members of the
class In bacteriology and conducted under
the personal supervision of Professor
Pernot. A room in which a patient had
died of consumption was used, and for
maldehyde was the fumigating agent.
Tuberculosis germs, anthrax, pus and
other germs in cultures were put in the
room before the gas was turned In, the
point being to determine whether or not
the germs would be destroyed. The usual
application of the fumigant was made,
with the result that both the anthrax
and pus germs survived, though the lat
ter were so attenuated that several weeks
were required to grow them again. The
tuberculosis germs were destroyed.
The determination arrived at. was that
the anthrax and pus germs had lived
through the fumigation and were In readi
ness to communicate disease to man.
After the application of the fumigant,
germs .from a piece of carpet and a bit
of table linen in te room were put in
culture media and within 34 hours de
veloped. When classified, they were found
to be harmless.
Iit a second application of formalde
hyde, made with the same germs, differ
ent results were secured. More care was
taken in closing apertures In the room,
the walls being made so tight that there
was but little leakage of the gas. New
cultures of the same germs used In the
first test were Introduced, but under tho
more thoroughly applied gas, none sur
vived. Harmless germs, however, taken
as before from the draperies of the room,
were not killed by the application, but
made quick growth subsequently, when
introduced in culture media. In their re
port of the experiments, CkHM Ingle and
Arthur Berman, who conducted the test,
say:
"From these and other tests we find that
the maximum efficiency of formaldehyde
gas as a aerm destroyer can only be at
tained by confinement of the fumes in the
room being disinfected. The precaution
to close all apertures by which the gas
might escape Is very Important. The
growths which occurred from those spore
bearing, non-pathogenic varieties in no
way detracts from the efficiency of' for
maldehyde gas as a safe and effective dis
infectant, when properly used.''
VISITS OREGON' COPPER BELT
Eastern Newspaper Correspondent
Will Write Special Articles.
BAKER CITT. Or.. March 31. (Spe
cial.) That the copper belt of Eastern
Oregon Is to receive .attention in the
East is evinced by the fact that Dan
J. McAllister, special correspondent for
Chicago newspaper syndicate, came
to Baker City recently. In company
with W. Henry Harris, the Indianapolis
promoter, who controls copper prop
erty on Goose Creek. In company with
a number of the local copper opera
tors, the Easterners visited the cop
per belt.
Mr. McAllister's stay was of short
duration, but he visited the leading
mines of the copper belt to gather I
data for a series of articles on the '
coming copper camps of this state.
That Easterners would like to know
more ahout the possibilities of secur
ing good returns for money invested
In the copper mines of Eastern Ore
gon is the opinion of William Pollman,
president of the Baker Loan & Trust
Company, who has just returned from
a trip to tiie East.
Mr. Poilman visited many of the
large Eastern cities and met many
of the people who contemplate coming
to Oregon this Spring, and who de
sired to know of the opportunities of
fered them here. As he Is not a min
ing man, Mr. Pollman could not inform
them to any great extent on the pos
sibilities of the copper belt, but to
the homeseekers be gave a great deal
of Information, and predicts that this
will be a banner year for immigration
to Oregon."
HAS A MOUNTAIN OF LIME.
Big Industry Can Be Developed
Near Woodburn.
WOODBURN, Or.. March 31 (Special.)
-Four miles east of Scott's Mills, which
unquestionably has a large bed of coal
about to be uncovered, there Is a moun
tain of the finest kind of lime
stone. Forty-five years ago the
first brick building was constructed
in Salem and the lime used came from
this mountain and the stone was burned
there by a man named Cooper. This vast
store of liestone is still awaiting capital
for development. Portland and this
whole section need never have a lime
shortage and would furnish a ready mar
ket for the output.
If the Southern Pacific builds from
Mount Angel to Scott's Mills, or if the
proposed electric line from Oregon City
to Wilhoit via Molalla Is constructed,
transportation will be furnished for an
Immense bed of coal and a mountain of
lime.
ONE COMPANY IS AT FAULT
FACTS CONCERNING DESCHUTES
IRRIGATION SCHEME.
Abundance of Water for Power and
Irrigating Purposes Along the
Eastern Oregon River.
LAIDLAW. Or.. March 31. (Special.)
For the past few weeks the public
press has commented extensively upon
the Irrigation companies of Central
Oregon and many and garbled are the
stories set afloat. No distinction has
been made between the companies that
are fulfilling their contracts to the let
ter and those that are in default.
A false impression has been sent
abroad in these commentaries, even
some of our county papers helping to
convey the same impression.
It has gone out that there is an in
sufficient water supply for the Des
chutes Valley, when as a matter of
fact there Is more water and it is easi
er to handle than in any other section
of the Pacific Northwest.
The Deschutes River, with Its trib
utaries, has an unfailing supply of
water, and of the best quality. It is
free from any mineral deposits detri
mental to its use In Irrigation.
There Is a natural reservoir In tho
lava beds above the Intakes of the
various systems, and as soon as the
river has reached a certain low stage
this reservoir begins to discharge its
stored water Into the river in such a
volume as is sufficient not only to
Irrigate the entire valley, but to fur
nish power for all of the mills, fac
tories and electric railways which we
hope to see developed in this great val
ley. The misapprehension of conditions
has gone into the press by reason of
the failure of the settlers and the com
pany on the Columbia Southern segre
gation to have a sat isfactory under
standing in the work of reclaiming
that segregation.
This misunderstanding, however, af
fects but a small section of the valley,
and under all the other systems the
work of reclamation is progressing
rapidly and satisfactorily, and the de
velopment is something wonderful.
The Deschutes Irrigation & Power
Company, which has the largest Cary
Act project In Central Oregon, is giv
ing complete satisfaction to the set
tlers on its segregation, and develop
ment work on the individual tracts is
remarkable. Deeded lands under thisi
company's ditches are already selling
as high as $50 per acre, and many new
settlers are coming In this Spring,
making investments and building
homes.
This segregation is on the east side
of the Deschutes River, with Red
mond. Laid law and Bend as Its trading
centers.
On the west side of tho river is to be
found some of the finest lands In the
state, and the most susceptible to irri
gation. It is said by those in position
to know that these lands on the west
side of the river are the easiest Irriga
tion projects in the state. There are
a large number of private systems of
Irrigation on this side, as well as the
Columbia Southern segregation, in
which the trouble Is found.
On all these other systems the work
of reclamation and development is pro
gressing rapidly and satisfactorily. The
settlers are well contented and are im
proving their lands and building homes,
but the free advertising this section Is
getting by reason of the misunderstand
ing with the Columbia Southern is any
thing but enviable.
However, the facts on the Columbia
Southern segregation are not so bad as
pictured by some of the articles .which
have recently appeared, your correspond
ent venturing the assertion that there is
but a very small percentage of the set
tlers who would dispose of their hold
ings at anything like the actual cost.
This segregation, which Is one of the
easiest in the state, was begun by the
Three Sisters Company and by them sold
to the Columbia Southern Irrigation Com
pany. This company held the project for
some time and collected large sums of
money and then sold their interests to
the Columbia Southern Irrigation Com
pany the old company being still in ex
istence. "W. A. Laldlaw is the principal share
holder in the present company and was
the principal shareholder in the old com
pany, and we presume is yet.
It is the contention of the settlers that
these two companies, the names of which
are so near alike that they are frequently
confused by the Secretary of State's of
fice, took over the segregation from the
Three Sisters Company with the inten
tion of making some quick money, doing
some high financing and giving the set
tlers little or nothing in return.
The facts seem to bear out this con
tention, as the engineer who had charge
of the company's construction work last
year has made thevstatement on several
occasions that his instructions were to
"get water on the land as quickly and
as cheaply as possible " and an examina
tion of the construction work will con
vince the most skeptical that he followed
instructions to the letter.
The settlers have employed the firm
of King, Guerin & Kollock, of Portland,
to institute proceedings to investigate the
company and take such further action
as may be necessary to secure the speedy
reclamation of the segregation, and If It
is found that the funds collected from
the settlers have been misappropriated
an effort will be made to compel the
company to disgorge.
It has been stated by the press gen
erally that the trouble between the set
tlers and the company arose because
there is not a sufficient supply of water
for the- segregation sought to be re
claimed, but a recent survey of this
water system by the State Engineer's
corps has shown that there is water and
to spare if it were conserved and brought
to the lands in properly constructed
canals.
It is an admitted fact that these lands
are among the best in the state and the
easiest to reclaim.
It is earnestly hoped that this mis
understanding will be settled In the near
future and if the company is shown to
be guilty that it will be ousted of con
trol and if, on the other hAid, It is
found that there has been no misap
propriation of funds and that the com
pany will furnish a sufficient supply of
water in properly constructed canals and
reservoirs the difficulty will be solved.
It must be remembered by the public
that this segregation of the Columbia
Southern is but small as compared with
the vast amount of land In course of
reclamation In this section.
Besides the Deschutes Irrigation &
Power Company already mentioned, we
have tributary to Laidlaw tho Deschutes
Reclamation & Irrigation Company, the
Snow Creek Company, the Three Creek
Company, the Wlmer Ditch and the
Squaw Creek Company, besides a large
amount of private lands and private wa
ter rights.
As said, the trouble with the Columbia
Southern Company affects but 27,000 out
of over 400,000 acres of valuable land in
this valley.
HEEDS SETTLERS REQUEST.
Attorney-General Examining an Ir
rigating Company's Books.
SALiEM, Or., March 31. (Special.)
Attorney-General Crawford is inspecting
the accounts and books of the Columbia
Southern Irrigating Company today, but
he will not make known the developments
as a result of the examination for some
time. The irrigating company is being
Fiid by the State Land Board at the
instigation of the settlers of Crook
County, who claim that they have paid
into the coffers of the concern $200 000
for the reclamation of their land by Irri
gation and allege that no work has been
done. They want to know where their
money has gone, and for this purpose the
Land Board at' Its last meeting passed
a resolution appointing a committee to
act for the water Lsers Association or
Crook County, consisting of Attorney
Geireral Crawford, B. B. King, W. E.
Guerin, Jr., and John K. Kollock, and
empowering them to examine the com
pany's books which the latter refused
to comply with, stating they will submit
to an examination only by the Land
Board or the Attorney-General.
About 14,000 acres of land is Involved,
and the water Is to be taken from
Tumello Creek, which the settlers allege
will only Irrigate 12,000 acres. Governor
Chamberlain has received several wrathy
letters from the committee of the Water
Users' Association, in which they bitterly
denounce the Columbia people for not
living up to their contract. Attorney
General Crawford , will use the data he
secures from the books of the company
In connection with the suit against them
compelling them to perform their contract
or refund the settlers their money.
LOGGERS ALL MAKE MONEY
CAMPS HAVE DIFFICULT Y IN
MEETING DEMAND.
High Prices Paid by Mills in Che
halls County Also Increases
Value of Stumpage.
ELMA, Waeh., March 31. (Special.)
The logging industry, the greatest busi
ness interest of Chehalis County, Is in a
most prosperous condition at present.
Logs, both fir and cedar, are selling for
the highest known price and the supply
does not more than meet the demand.
Every logging camp in the county is run
ning full handed.
Many of the camps will increase the
crews already employed. Within the past
year several large new camps have be
gun operations and all are making money,
the big price of logs affording a good
profit over the cost of logging and the
price of stumpage.
A deal has been reported under nego
tiation for a tract of timber lying in 4he
western part of Chehalis County, at a
price of $5 per 1000 sUimpage. This Is the
highest price at which timber In this
county has been known to sell.
For many years loggers on the Che
halls River have met with heavy losses
occasioned by logs drifting on the banks
and bars of the stream, during high
water, there to remain. for months and
often permanently. The logs that are
left on the plowed bottom lands along the
river prevent the use of considerable
acreage by the farmers. At each freshet
efforts have been made to float off the
logs and keep others from lodging.
In order to remove the logs hung up on
the river bottoms the Chehalis River
Driving Company has just been organ
ized by the various companies logging
on the river. The new company has
built a large scow and placed upon it a
donkey engine, which will be used to
pull the logs into the river.
CROP PROSPECTS ARE GOOD
Abundance of Rain and Snow Bene
fits Grande Ronde.
LA GRANDE, Or., March 31. (Spe
cial.) Grande Ronde's crops this year
promise to exceed In quantity and
quality all those for many years past.
Much rain and snow has fallen during
the Winter, and nearly all of It is
yet In the ground, owing to the fact
that the ground was frozen compara
tively a short time. The wheat acre
age is probably larger than for many
years past, and the, Fall-sown grain
gives promise of a bountiful crop.
Farmers fear the wire worm less than
for a long time.
The beet acreage much exceeds that
of previous years. The Amalgamated
Sugar Company is preparing to raise
beets for themselves more extensively
than heretofore.
Laborers Are Badly Needed.
KIONA, Wash., March 31. (Special.)
Although Contractor Washtock of the
North Coast Is offering 2.50 and 12.75
per day for laborers, men are extrem
ly hard to And. Farm hands are also
In demand here, but cannot be secured,
and some of the farmers on the Horse
Heaven and Rattlesnake wheat farms
say they may be compelled to take
their boys and girls out of school In
order to put In the crops.
OIL NEAR ONTARIO
Petroleum and Gas Indica
tions in Malheur.
LARGE TRACTS UNDER BOND
Portland Company Secures Control
of Promising Properties and
Will Soon Commence on
i
Their Development.
Don Carlos Boyd, of Ontario, Or., who
Is at the Imperial Hotel, tells an inter
esting story concerning the development
of newly-discovered natural gas and pe
troleum deposits In Malheur County.
"The Oregon Savings & Trust Company
had quietly prospected the country ad
jacent to Ontario, for natural gas and
oil, for more than a year," said Mr.
Boyd. "Having become satisfied that the
field was promising, it had asked the
Ontario people to bond for Its uses 5000
acres of land, knowji to be available for
their purposes. The citizens of Ontario
had not only secured the number of acres
required, but had added 5000 more acres
to the amount, making a total of 10,000
acres.
"The Portland company stipulates in its
agreement with the owners of the lands
bonded that it will begin development
work within 60 days of the date of agree
ment, or forfeit the sum of 12000. The
company agrees to sink a well on each
20 acres of the 10,000-acre tract, and
machinery for that purpose has already
been ordered from the East. The lessees
are to reeeive one-eighth of all profits
from either oil or gas."
Mr. Boyd said that gas Is exuding In
several places In Ontario, several citi
zens controlling the gas for lighting and
cooking purposes. On the "K. S. & D."
ranch, six miles south of Ontario, there
Is a well that flows perpetually, having
a decided petroleum odor.
Natural gas is found in some places in
Malheur County at a depth of 200 feet.
Standard Oil Company experts who have
examined the field say that it Is rich in
petroleum gas.
The Oregon Savings & Trust Company
has secured all of the best land, and sev
eral other outside companies .found out
that fact too late.
The foothills near Malheur contain large
quantities of shale rock, or oil capping,
which extends downward to a depth of
1100 feet, wjiich fact was discovered by
experimental borings.
As a result of the excitement over oil
In Malheur County, prices of land have
materially advanced, and Mr. Boyd says
that that part of Oregon has a remark
ably rosy future.
EUGENE WANTS NEW STATION
Citizens Plan to Make College Town
More Attractive.
EUGENE, Or., March W (Special.)
The citizens of Eugene are interested in
the building of the new station, the con
struction of which will likely be com
menced within the near future.
The plan of the citizens Is to work
with the company In beautifying the sta
tion grounds. The general plan has been
submitted to the local agent. Mr. Gil
lette, who has willingly taken the matter
up with the authorities, and It is ex
pected that good results will follow.
Details are not ready and will not be
taken up until the Southern Pacific of
ficials send some expression of their at
titude, but the common purpose is to
make the depot grounds attractive
through means of a park and gardens
which will show something of the re
sources of the country ind the beauty
of native trees and flowers. If space
can be arranged an exhibit of farm and
forest products will be made.
The citizens are actively planning im
provements in that part of the city ad
joining the present station, and when the
paving of Willamette street Is completed
and unsightly advertisements removed
from the vicinity the people passing
through Eugene will get a favorable Im
pression of the town. The grounds ad
joining the depot have for years been
the most unsightly part of the city, and
the people are united in the feeling' that
there is no better way to advertise the
town than to make an attractive station.
HOQUIAM SEEKS PUBLICITY.
Commercial Club Will Get Out Ad
vertising Booklet.
HOQUIAM, Wash., March 31. (Spe
cial.) The Commercial Club of Ho
quiam has decided to advertise the re
sources of Hoquiam throughout the
East, and in the near future will get
out a valuable booklet on the city and
the Gray's Harbor country In general.
Hoqulam's location is one for a great
city, and the Commercial Club has de
cided to sing its praises throughout
the East. The city now has a popu
lation of 9000, and its growth during
the past few years has been surpris
ing.. Probably no cities on the conti
nent have greater payrolls than Ho
quiam and Aberdeen.
Located with city limits adjoining,
supplied by the sam electric light and
gas plants, connected by an electric
railway with a good service, there is
no reason why the sister cities shall
not some day merge and become one
of th i great cities of the Pacific Coast.
For the exploiting of the resources
of Hoquiam and Gray's Harbor, Secre
tary A. C. Girard has started In to
raise a sufficient sum to carry on the
work, and Is meeting with great suc
cess. There is plenty of material for
this kind of work on Gray's Harbor.
During the month of February the
total cargo shipments of lumber from
this port, the output of 17 mills, was
more than 35.000,000 feet of lumber.
REVIVES RAILROAD RUMORS.
Northern Pacific Seeking a Route
Through Asotin County.
LEWISTON, Idaho, March 31. (Spe
cial.) Oscar Kettleson, who owns a
ranch at Alwopai, nine mfles below
Clarkston, Wash., on the south bank of
the Snake River, has received a letter
from the right-of-way department of
the Northern Pacific road at Portland,
asking what he will take for a 200 foot
strip of land through his holdings for
railroad purposes. With the exception
of that strip of land, and another little
gap farther down the river, the North
ern Pacific Is said to own a right-of-way
all the way through Asotin
County.
The overtures made to Kettle
son for a right-of-way through his
property have given rise to a rumor
that the Northern Pacific really In
tends to build along the south bank
of the Snake River from Riparia to
STATE OF
Lewlston. Credence is placed In the ru
mor owing to the fact that a surveying
crew, said to be of the Northern Pa
cific, recently passed through this
city, crossed the bridge over Into
Clarkston, and disappeared down the
river on .the south bank. It is the
supposition here that the crew Is sur
veying for a route from PtpaAa to
Lewlston.
By building from Riparia here, the
Northern Pacific would have a direct
line ot its own from Portland to Lewis
ton, and from here north to Spokane,
where it would connect with the main
line running from St. Paul to Seattle;
and from here the line would extend
to the south over the Culdesac exten
sion, which is building from Culdesac
across the Nez Perce and Camas
pralris to Grangeville.
Little stock is placed In the state
ment that the Northern Pacific will
never build along the south bank of the
Snake River from Riparia here because
of the joint agreement between the
O. R. & N. and the Northern Pacific
concerning the Riparia extension along
the north bank of the Snake River
from Riparia here, which is nearing
completion. There is a growing impres
sion here that the agreement has been
broken long ago. By extending its
lines from here to Montana, the 0. R.
& N. would have a competing road
with the Northern Pacific from Port
land through this country to a trans
continental connection in Montana,
while the Northern Pacifln would have
the Oregon Short Line.
Grade Another Business Street.
SOUTH BEND,, Or., March 31. (Spe
(Speclal.) South Bend Is to have an
other business street, the City Council
having decided to regrade First street.
This will be an expensive undertaking,
as portions of the street Kiust be cut 20
feet or more and will cost the property-owners
about $500 per lot. All
have agreed that the Increase in val
ues will far more than offset the cost,
so the work will be pushed to comple
tion this season.
FACE SERIOUS SITUATION
STOCKMEN SAY BUT LITTLE
OPEN RANGE REMAINS.
Grazing Rules of Forestry Depart
ment Have Set Aside Very Laws
of Nature as Effecting Reserves.
JOHN DAT Or., March 24. (To the
Editor.) As the season for turning live
stock on the range approaches, stock
men are anxiously Inquiring what shall
he done with their herds. With the end
of Winter comes the end of the feeding
season here, and no forage is provided for
Spring and Summer use. The public
ranges have been enclosed in forest re
serves and withdrawals to such an extent
that but little open range remains. And
it is mostly within those areas, com
prising the foot-hill ranges, that early
Spring and late Fall grass is produced.
Thl3 grass Is short lived, growing well
whether pastured or not as long as
rains and some warm weather prevail,
but dying and drying up with the heat
and drought of early Summer. The more
enduring bunch grass grows pretty well
through the Summer and loses none of
its high nutritive value through drying
in the Fall. Thus the foot-hill range is
fit only for Spring and Fall ranging,
while mountain range Is most valuable
in Summer and valley range and pasture'
in late Fall and Winter.
These are Nature's laws of production,
which point the way to the most econo
mical methods of use. But the grazing
rules of the Forestry Department attempt
to set them aside, and administer arbi
trarily rules at utter variance with Na
ture's plain intent. Stock is forbidden
the use of reserves until late in Spring
and early Summer, and this is why stock
men are sorely puzzled to know what
to do with their stock. Even though feed
were to be had it is impossible to extend
the feeding season, until the middle of
April and make any profit on the stock.
As the growers express It, the stock
would eat Its head off.
Nor is this all. Ranges have been
allotted men from remote parts of the
state, while resident owners and tax
payers have been absolutely denied all
admittance. One well-known case Is
that of a very successful and patriotic
citizen of the county. He told me that
he dreaded the time when the season
finally opens and Columbia River stock
men drive their herds by -his flocks
onto ranges that he has used for many
years. He pictured their amazement and
his own humiliation when he was com
pelled to answer their inquiry as to when
he was going onto the reserve by saying,
"I am not allowed to go at all."
Of course, if the ranges were over
grazed, a cut must come somewhere.
But was not the declared purpose of the
reserve to aid the small resident owners
and home builders by safeguarding and
Insuring to their use the resources of the
reserves? It should be remembered that
the character of soil, climate and markets
are such that this is at this time ex
clusively a stock country. What agricul
tural pursuits are followed are solely In
the interests of the live-stock industry.
Thousands of tons of hay are sold to
stockmen and fed to home-grown stock
every Winter. So that every decrease in
the number of horses, sheep and cattle in
Grant County reduces by so much the
value of agricultural products, and these
twin Industries are the foundation of all
commercial and industrial prosperity, as
well as the basis of taxation. The pros
perity and very life of the community,
social and political, are bound up in the
stock industry.
On the other hand, growers from the
Columbia country are engaged in a busi
ness not at all essential to their suc
cess. Ranges are arable, climate favor
able and markets convenient, making an
ideal agricultural . country. Douglass
Belts, president of the State Wool Grow
ers' Association, has reduced his herds,
plowed up his range, and says that he
makes much more from his investments.
He goes as far as to advise other sheep
men to do the same. These facts show
where the cut in allowances should be
made, but were not, extensively..
Senator Fulton has recognized these
facts which seem to have escaped the
grazing officials' notice, and advises
stockmen to allow stock to drift upon
reserves. He says there Is no law
making such a practice a crime. Stock
men here believe him, and the time is
drawing nigh when a test is to be made,
unless the department recedes from its
position. But few people will blame
growers who turn their stock out on
ranges that make no pretence to being
"forest lands," yet, for purposes of ad
ministration, are classed as "forest re
serves" or "temporary withdrawals."
"There Is no herd law for cattle and
horses here, and must owners herd them
from the only pasturage that will keep
life in their bodies, only to see that same
range depastured by roving stock from
an agricultural country.
It Is altogether possible that the de
partment does not understand the actual
conditions here, and the use of your
valuable columns in acquainting the of-
OREGON
riclals with the real facts will be igratc
fully appreciated. C. J. MclNTOSH.
Sheep-Shearing at Kiona.
KIONA, Wash., March 31. (Speealk)
Sheepshearlng has begun In the
Kiona yards. George Prior & Sons, of
North Yakima, who wintered their
sheep a few miles below Kiona, have
a flock of "300 head on which the
shearers began Tuesday. The shearers
will be here for some weeks, as a num
ber of sheep-owners "bring their flocks
here every Spring at shearing time.
Vessey & McRae, the stockmen who
last year sold their Immense farm on
the Rattlesnake hills near Kiona to a
Spokane company, have sold their herd
of 500 cattle to Wallace Wiley, of North
Yakima, who will drive them to the
latter place.
Hotel for Carson Springs.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. March 31. (Spe
cial.) The management of the min
eral springs at Carson. Wash., is pre
paring to spend a considerable sum In
building additions and improving the
hotel grounds at that place in antici
pation of the greater business with
the advent of the North Bank road.
The curative qualities of the springs at
Carson are said to rank as high as any
in the country and medical men are
in hopes that they may fall Into the
hands of the Government and be de
clared public property or be purchased
by an experienced hotel man who will
accord guests courteous treatment and
ordinary conveniences.
Damascus creamery butterfat, f. o. b.
Portland. 37Hc
Would you have the resilient,
bounding, happy, springy step
of youth ? Would you feel as
young as you walk ? Would
you practice heel economy ?
Then order Oullivan's, the
real rubber heel, and order by
name, imitations cost the same.
O'SULLIYAN RUBBER CO.
LOWELL, MASS.
Nothing' less than
the genuine value
and fine quality of
the Chancellor could
have kept it the fa
vorite brand of so
many thousands of
smokers year after
year.
CHANCELLOR
. Cigar
"Oldest and Best"
has recently become
a "Triangle A"
brand which is but
further assurance of
improved quality
and better value
than ever. Made
in several sizes,
sold at 3-for-25c,
2-for-25c and 10c
straight.
AMERICAN
CIGAR
COMPANY
Manufacturer
Restore Strength
Dr. 'Miles' Nervine cures
diseases brought on by mental
and physical exhaustion. So
many ailments are nervous af
fections that you can hardly miss
it if you try it. In any event its
strengthening influence upon the
nerves will beof greatvalue to you.
"I was very nervous, could not sleep,
was tormented with nervous headaches,
and It seemed that every malady was
mine. My druggist told me that
Dr. Miles' Nervine was good for nervous
affections, so I purchased a bottle and a
box of Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. I
took the pills for headache and the
Nervine regularly. In a week I felt much
better. It seemed that I was living a
new life. I do not feel that I can
aaln relapse into the physical wreck
that I was before taking them."
EURIS PERRY. Mens, Ark.
If first bottle falls to benefit, money back.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
VICTOR MANGANESE STEEL
BANK SAFE
G LASS & PR UD HOMME CO., AGTS.
PORTLAND. OREGON
A
A SQUARE DEAL
ALL AROUND
Some Fine Square Pianos to Be Sold
by Eilers, on a Basis That Will
Give Anyone a Square Deal,
Both as to Price and Terms.
Fourteen fine square pianos take up
room at our warehouse that we need
urgently for new goods arriving: will
rent any of them at $1.50 a month: will
sell for $3 a month. Prices as follows:
A superb Chlckering. worth $15.1,
now $84. Another Chickerlng, older.
wurui now oz. and a very rancv
full, round-toned Chlckering, almost
modern, worth $200, now $95. A Hal
lett Davis. In fine order, worth $75,
now $36. A Hardman. excellent, worth
$100, now 5. A Baldwin, excellent
tone, $75, now $42. A Stelnway, in
very line condition, worth $125. now
$58. Another 8teinway. a little older,
but also In fine order, worth $S0. now
$44. A Guild & Church, worth $70,
now $38. A Raven & Son, worth $6
now $28.
A $20 bill (or payments) will take a
Schultz & Rudolph, good tone, genuine
rosewood rase, and a $10 bill (or pav
mentsl will take a Pearson. The oth
ers are $40 for a $70 Jennys & Son
piano and $45 for a $75 Emerson.
EILJ5RS PIANO HOUSE,
353 Washington.
TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
The Way
Via Billings
Northern Pacific-Burlington
through trains
via Billings travel the
shortest route from the
upper Northwest to
many principal cities
and gateways in the
Missouri and Missis
sippi V alleys. The map
shows the Burlington's
direct way to the East
and South from Bill
ings, Montana.
It's the natural and
logical route to much
important territory.
Let u help you along.
A. C. SHELDON,
Gen. Agt. C. B. & Q. Ry.
100 3rd St., Portland, Or.
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EXCURSIONS
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SSS 25; July 12, 26 j Aug:. 9.
NOME ROUTE.
S. S. Senator June 1
S. S. President June 4
S. E. ALASKA ROUTE.
SkngTray, Sitka, Juneau and way ports.
Satllns 9 P. M.
H. S. S. Co.'a Humboldt. . .April 2-12-22
Cottage City, via Sitka April 7-21
City of Seattle April 17-27
SAN FRANCISCO ROUTE.
Sailing 9 A. M.
City of Puebla April 5-20
City of Topeka April 10-85
Umatilla April 15-30
City Office, 349 Washington St.
SanFrancisco&PortlandS.S.Co.
Operating the only direct passenger stcaraerj
From Ainsworth Dock, Portland, at S PH.
S. S. "COLUMBIA," Apr. 5, IS, etc.
S. S. "COSTA KICA," Apr. 10, SO, etc.
From 6pear-st. Wharf. San Francisco, at
11 A. M.
8. S. "COSTA RICA," Apr. , 16, etc.
S. S. "COLUMBIA," Apr. 11, St, etc.
JAMBS H. DEWSON. Agent,
Phone Main 208. 248 Washington t.
Columbia River Scenery
KtdLLAXOR ULN-fc 6TUAHKKS.
Dally service between Portland and The
Dalles, except Sunday, leaving Portland at
7 A. M.. arriving about 5 P -M., carrying
ft eight and passengers. Splendid accommo
dations for outfits and livestock.
Dock foot of Alder at., Portland; foot of
Court fti The Dalles. Phone Main 911.
Portland.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
For Curvallia, Albany, Independence, Sa
ein Steamer "POMONA" leaves J.45 A. M.
Tutsday, Thursday and Saturday.
For Salem and way landings Steamer
"OREGONA" leaves 6:45 A. M.t Monday.
Wed i.e. "days and Fridays.
OREGON CITY TRANSPORTATION CO
Foot Taylor Street.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
"EMPRESS" Line of the Atlantic
Nothing better afloat than our new ex
press steamers. Empress of Britain and
Empress of Ireland (14,500 tons). Quebec t
Liverpool in six days; less than four days
at sea. Superior accommodation available.
Comfort, elegance and safety. Send for illus
trated booklet and mailing list.
F. R. Johnson. Pass. Ajrt, 143 Third Street.
Portland, Oregon.
STR. CHAS. R. SPENCER
Washington -street Dock.
Dally, except Sunday, for The Dalles and
way landings, at 7 A. M., returning 10 .
M. Fast time, best service.
Phones: Main, 3184; Home, A. 11, 84.
North Pacific S.S. Co's. Steamships
Roanoke and Geo. W. Elder
Sail for Eureka, San Francisco and
Ixis Angeles direct every Tuesdav at
8 P. M. Ticket office 132 Third
St., near Alder. Both phones, M.
1314. H. Young, agent