VOL. XL, VI. 'Q. 14,609.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1907.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BROWN WAS PI
AT FEDERATION
Suspicion Marked Him
- for Slaughter. '
MINERS DOUBTED HIS FIDELITY
Assassins' Bold Attempt to
Kill Bloodhounds.
OFFER BRIBE TO PRISONER
Jprown's Slayers Believed to Remain
Jn Baker Scent Leads Direct to
Woman Who Is Tabld Sym
pathizer With Federation.
DEVELOPMENTS TS BROWN MUR
DER CASE.
BAKER CITY. Or.. Oct. S (Spe
cial ) The County Jail has been
under guard to foil the threatened de
struction of that building, containing
the bloodhounds.
An attempt of supposed aides of the
aeMflsln to persuade the lone pris
oner of the Jail early Thursday morn-Jng-
to kill the hounds convinces the
officers that the dogs scented the
murderer very close Wednesday and
that desperate means may be taken
to destroy them.
Officers claim to have knowldege
that Brown was In the paid service
of the "Western Federation of miners
and was paid to testify In Adams'
defense. They believe the miners de
stroyed Brown because they thought
Brown was not true to them.
They are working on the theory
that the assaestn is In Baker City or
In close proximity thereto, and have
two auspicious places under survell
las.es.. They And work difficult because
constantly watched by spies. A
woman who Is a well-known partisan
- ct the Federation and a friend of
Adams, Pettlbone and Moyer, Is
under suspicion.
The bloodhounds led to her house.
No arrests have yet been made.
The remains of the victim were
buried Thursdsy. the funeral being
attended by 2000 people.
Gambling will not be stopped nor
Sunday saloons closed, since the open
town element seems not responsible
for the murder.
BAKER CITY. Or.. Oct. S.-L(Speclal.)
Out of the tangle of theory about the
cause of the Brown dynamite murder
last Monday night has come the belief
that the victim met death at the hands
of members of the Western Federation
of Miners for apparent Infidelity to the
Federation. Officers and detectives
working on the trail of the murderer
say they have evidence that Brown
waa paid Federation money to testify
In behalf of Adams and do other work
for the miners. His relations with the
foes of the Federation are supposed to'
have aroused suspicion and marked him
for slaughter.
Bo much for the murder motive. As
for capturing the murderer, not much
progress seems to have been made.
The assassin left as a clew only his
smell in the earth where he lay to put
the dynamite wire, and the smell Is
growing fainter, so that It will prob
ably not further lead the bloodhounds.
Attempt to Kill Bogs.
But because the dogs picked up the
fresh scent yesterday and because the
County Jail was visited In the early
dark this morning by two men seeking
to bribe the lone prisoner to poison
the dogs or cut their throats, the
assassin is thought to be near by.
'The man Is right here in this com
munity," says Captain Wilson S. Swain,
of the Thlel detectives, who la direct
ing the search.
"I believe he and his confederates
are In the town or not . far away.
Things are developing well and there
will be something doing shortly.'
The most sensational of the devel
opments is the attempt to destroy the
hounds. The dogs followed a track
leading to a part of the city where
Federation sympathisers are known to
live and where. It Is Inferred, they
were harbored. The dogs are thought
to have slvcn them a bad scare and to
have driven the persons pursued to de
Hire them killed, as they are very
keen-scented. In the County Jail Is
rr. Leroy Fuller, convicted of criminal
practice and held here under appeal.
He says two men tried to bribe him
about 3 o'clock this morning with $250
to kill the dogs, which were in an ad
Joining cell, promising to release him
for compliance and threatening him
with Brown's fate should he refuse.
He refused and the men took a convey
ance and drove away. .
Assassins' Offer to Prisoner.
Fuller was alone in the Jail. His
story Is believed. He has the freedom
of the Jail, is not locked up and fre
quently Is allowed exercise on the
streets alone. He Is an Intelligent
man, about SO years old. and seems to
tav no motive tor telling a falsehood.
Outside the jail window is a higrh
stockade. Men rapped on the boards,
awakening; Fuller in his cell. Going;
to the window, he heard hl8 name
called, and the 'question:
"Are you alone?"
Without thinking;, he says he an
swered: "Yes."
Whereupon the men asked If the
dogs were In the Jail. Fuller respond
ed, but Just then one of them gave a
loud whine, whereupon the men said:
"We will give you $250 if you give
this poison to the dogs or cut their
throats, and will have you out in two
hours and help you get away."
Fuller refused. Then one of the men
exclaimed:
"We will get them and you both, if
we have to give you some of the medi
cine Brown got."
Fuller threatened to shoot the first
man climbing; the stockade in front of
the window. The men Bald he had no
weapons, but Fuller showed he was
armed. The men then walked to the
street and mounted a buggy.
This morning the tracks of wheels
were seen in the dust near the curb,
but no footprints were traceable on
the jail grounds, since it Is open and
many persons .walk there daily.
Brown in Pay of Federation.
The Information that has come to
the officers about Brown's employ
ment by the Federation Is a big sur-
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Ethel Brown, Daughter of the Late
Harvey K. Brown.
prise and friends of the dead man re
fuse to believe it. But the officers say
it comes from a reliable source, which
1b the man who paid the money. It
has been the theory of Captain Swala
that Brown was killed by Federation
men for what they considered duplicity
on his part. As Clarence Darrow said
at Boise today, Brown was friendly to
the defense of Adams and testified that
he had promised protection to Adams
if the latter would confess. This had
the effect of making the Jury disagree.
Brown's aid to Adams surprised the
prosecution, and made it suspect him.
Brown was given to talking about his
detective work for the prosecution at
Boise or to making significant remarks
about It, though he was not free with
his tongue. Detectives who worked
with him say this was his habit. They
believe this caused Federation men to
distrust him and at last to kill him.
Woman Is Under Suspicion.
A woman is suspected of helping to
oonceal the assassin and his confeder
ate, for it Is believed the wirepuller had
a companion. The woman came from
Colorado, knows the defendant officials
of the Federation and their wives, has
rabid sympathies and her movements
have been suspicious. The bloodhounds
led up close to' her house and were
stopped by their owner, Harry Draper,
since It waa not deemed advisable to
go further at that time.
Suspicion turned to nothing today,
when two men showed themselves in
nocent. They took lodgings In the
Pullman Hotel near the depot a week
before the murder and the morning af
terwards were missing. In their room
were found two old vests, a pair of
nippers and wire like that used to fire
the bomb. Chief of Police Jackson
seised the relics, but today they re
appeared and Instantly demanded
their property. In their absence they
had been working on the Eagle Valley
Railroad.
The bomb which killed Brown had
much less force than that which killed
Steunenberg. The Caldwell explosion
scooped out a big hole in the ground,
wrecked the fence and sidewalk, and
scattered numerous fragments of brass
and steel. The explosion here oon-
(Concludeo. on Pagi 9.)
A Case Where Too Many Cooks W1U
SpoU the Broth.
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IH- GREAT DANGER
Probable Result of
Borah's Acquittal.
ROOSEVELT LIKELY TO ACT
Bonaparte Would Wait Till the
Jurors Are Tried.
BUT MAY BE OVERRULED
Borah's Friends in Administration
May Force Removal, Though
Heyburn Supports Ruick.
and Will Fight Hard.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 3. The acquittal of Senator
Borah probably foreshadows the early re
moval from office of District Attorney
Ruick, of Idaho, who, notwithstanding
the findings of the recent grand jury, is
generally supposed to be largely responsi
ble for the Indictment of Idaho's new
Senator, Attorney-General Bonaparte will
not Immediately Investigate Mr. Ruick's
connection with the Borah indictment,
though such Investigation will unques
tionably have to be made In the near fu
ture. It is quite probable, however, that
the Initial steps against Mr. Ruick will
come from the White House rather than
from the Department of Justice.
The Attorney-General would not discuss
the matter, but it was stated by an offi
cial of the Department very close to Mr.
Bonaparte that no action could properly
be taken until the Attorney-General re
ceived a full report both on the Borah
trial and qn the action of the grand Jury
that recently Investigated the affidavits
of three former grand Jurymen accusing
Mr. Ruick of coercing them into signing
Mr. Borah's Indictment. Furthermore, it
Is Intimated that, unless outside pressure
Jut. .brought to beaf, the Department of
Justice will not consider Mr. Ruick's case
until the two indicted grand Jurymen
- 'ic-n brought to trial.
It Is quite evident that the Department
will seek to delay any effort made to
force Mr. Ruick out of office, but in that
event the matter may be taken over the
head of the Attorney-General. It is not
known here whether Mr. Borah or his
friends will urge the removal of Mr.
Ruick, but it is known that Mr. Borah
has strong friends close to the Adminis
tration and, if he or his friends can show
that his Indictment was due to the per
sonal or political enmity of Mr. Ruick.
there is not the slightest doubt that Mr.
Ruick will be removed, regardless of the
attitude of the Department of Justice,
where Mr. Ruick has always been highly
regarded.
In the event of Mr. Ruick's removal.
It is probable that his successor will be
selected by Mr. Borah.
Senator Heyburn is expeoted to fight
for Mr. Ruick's retention.
DEXOUXCES TIMBER LAND LAw
Borah Says It Is Infamy and Tempts
to Perjury.
BOISH, Idaho, Oct. S. Boise Is still
celebrating today over the acquittal of
United States Senator William E. Borah,
who will go to Washington soon to take
his seat In Congress for the first time,
at the coming session of Congress.
Senator Borah has received many tele
grams of congratulation from all parts of
the oountry. In a statement today he
said:
"I have but little to say. I was tried
before an eminently able and fair Judge
and by a Jury of the leading citizens of
the district, men of unquestioned charac
ter and standing. We cross-examined but
two of their 40 witnesses; made no objec
tion to their line of evidence, although
much of It was wholly irrelevant; Intro
duced no witnesses other than myself;
made no argument to the jury; the Jury
was out 11 minutes It was an ex parte
.proceeding from the beginning to the
close, and you all know the result. I
stated to my counsel there should be no
R U I C K
POSIT 0
HARRY MURPHY IS MOVED
One Day to Catch Him In.
technical defense of any kind made, and
none was made.
"I said in the commencement of this
affair to my friends that the prosecu
tion was actuated by personal and
corrupt motives, and the above record
ought to be sufficiently conclusive on
that point. The evidence not only dem
onstrated my innocence of any wrong
doing, but that unusual and exception
al care was taken at all times by my
office to protect the titles of my com
pany, the Barber Lumber Company,
which was clean in all of its transac
tions. ,
"The stone and timber law is a piece
of infamy, as administered by the Gov
ernment. The Government makes a
man swear that he does not take It on
speculation, and the department con
strues this to mean he must not take
it with a view of selling It. There is
not a man in the Department of the
Interior, and presumably In the De
partment of Justice, but knows full
well that ninety-nine men or women
out of a hundred take up these claims
with no other view than selling them
as soon as they get titles. Notwith
standing this knowledge, the Govern
ment continues to Ibsuo final receipts,
and thus connives at the doing of what
it afterwards seeks to visit upon some
one as fraud."
The special assistants to the Attorney-General
who came here to take
charge of the case for the Government,
Messrs. S. R. Rush, of Omaha, and M.
C. Burch, of Detroit, left for home today.
BOMBS WELCOME TAFT
Entertained by Kurokl Before Sail
lng for Manila.
KOBE, Oct. . Secretary Taft and
party arrived at Kyoto this morning.
The approach of the train was sig
naled by salvos of aerial bombs. Gen
eral Count Kurokl met and enter
tained the party. They proceeded to
Kobe this evening. There they will
board the Minnesota for Nagasaki and
Manila.
KOBE, Japan, Oct. t. The steamer
Minnesota with Secretary of War Wil
liam H. Taft and party on board left here
at midnight last night for Manila.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 71
degrees; minimum, 46.
TODAY'S Fair; easterly winds.
Assassination of Brown.
Evidence Brown was In pay of Federation
and was killed because suspected by It.
Page 1.
Assassins remain In Baker and try to
pcson bloodhounds. Page 1.
State offers 5000 reward and Portland and
Salem Elks help. Page 8.
National.
Rooeevelt speaks at Cairo on strong Navy,
river Improvement and oontrol of. eor-
Boratlons. Pane 4.
Metcarf eays Congress will be asked for
three more battleships. Page 8.
Roosevelt d'eclares for New Mexican stats
hood. Page 9.
Honors heaped on Root at Mexico City.
Page 9.
Borah's acquittal may cause Ruick's re
moval. Page 1.
Politics.
Illinois Democrats unite to support Bryan.
Page 5.
Watterson warns Bryan to drop fads -In
Kentucky. Page 9.
Mayor Dempsey, of Cincinnati, refuses to
withdraw from ticket. Page 8.
Domestic.
Largs block of Illinois Central stoek turned
against Harrlman. Page IS.
Kellogg exposes Standard Oil's olnohlng of
Railroads. Page 15.
Gladys Vanderbllt engaged to Hungarian
Count. Page 2.
Sport.
Detroit wins another game, clinching
American League championship. Paga 14.
Paclflo Coast.
Japanese crossing from British Columbia
by the thousands. Page 6.
Interior Department rules that lessee of
Indian allotments must reside on land.
Page a.
Ford trial !n Ban Francisco emphasizes en
mity of Calhoun and Sprockets. Page 1.
Sensational close of Ford trial; case goes to
Jury today. Page 1.
B. P. Clark practically confirms extension of
Mount Hood road to Salt Laka. Page 8.
Government has evidence to convict South
ern Paclflo of wholesale rebating.
Page B.
Commercial and Marine.
Big hop sals In Independence district.
Page IB.
Wheat advances 3 cents at Chicago. Page
19.
Heavy foreign selling unsettles stock mar
ket. Page 19.
Four grain charters were reported yestsr
dfy Bordsrer gets 38 shillings. Page 18.
Portland and Vicinity.
Oregon Electric Railway will be extended
from Salem to Eugene via Albany.
Page 1.
Raddlng and Mrs. Waymlre held to grand
Jury. Page 12.
Splendid allegorical floats to be feature of
ross festival. Page 13.
Government stations expert In Portland to
report on geological formations of eco
nomic value. Page 12.
City Executive Board will bring dilatory
street contractors to tlms. Page 13.
Old romance revived causes dlvorcs suit.
Poge IS.
TO DRAW FIVE LITTLE CARTOONS OF A DAY'S EVENTS
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Do the Footsteps Go in or Go By?
F
Ifl OPEN CONFLICT
Calhoun and Spreckels
Face to Face.
FORD VERDICT WILL DECIDE
If Attorney Guilty, So Is Wall
Street Magnate. .
REPRESENT TWO FORCES
Financier Accused of Grafting Has
Culture and Graces of Gentle
man Spreckels Is Champion
of Civic Righteousness.
SAN FRAXCI8CO. Sept 30. (Special
Correspondence.) With' the climax at
hand In the trial of Tlrey I Ford, chief
counsel of the United Railroads, two gi
ants in realm of finance have been
brought face to face in a tltantic struggle
In the persons of Hudolph Spreckels and
Patrick Calhoun. Through the long bat
tle for civic cleanliness these two figures
have loomed high in the mighty struggle,
the one fighting with all his strength to
carry to full fruition his plans for the
regeneration of the city, the other strug
gling with all the force of his vast or
ganization to keep from the confines of
the Jail. Gradually these two men have
been brought closer and closer together
until they1 stand face to face in their an
tagonism.
The trial of Tirey L. Ford la practl
eally the trial of Patrick Calhoun. The
evidence against the one Is the evidence
against the other. The conviction of one
means the conviction of the other. If one
Is Innocent, so Is the other. If one Is
guilty, the other alBo Is guilty. Patrick
Calhoun, millionaire, Wall street mag
nate, friend, of Harrlman and Rockefeller
and the asosciate of the world-famous
banking kings of New York, is therefore
on trial before the people of San Francis
co and before the people of the Nation.
Spreckels Spurns Dishonor.
The antagonism between Patrick Cal
houn and Rudolph Spreckels dates back
a few years. It began before the dis
aster of 1906 at a time when Calhoun at
tempted to force the overhead trolley
upon the city. Mr. Spreckels and James
D. Phelan protested and headed a move
ment to compel the use of the under
ground conduit system. This was the be
ginning. When Mr. Spreckels undertook
to finance the graft investigation, he had
no more in mind the case of the United
Railroads than that of a dozen other
great corporations. The same opportun
ity had been offered to Mr. Spreckels to
enrich himself at the expense of the mu
nicipality that was presented to the mag
nates now under indictment. When Abe
Ruef approached Mr. Spreckels with a
proposition to force a streetcar strike and
with the attending rioting drive down the
bonds of the city so that Mr. Spreckels
could buy on the decline and sell on the
restoration of Industrial peace, . which
Ruef promised to arrange, the young mil
lionaire rejected the plan in words that
have burned themselves into the memory
of the one-time boss.
It was different with other magnates,
who saw an opportunity to prosper finan
cially by Joining hands with the corrupt
ring then in control of the city. Cal
houn's best plea, the best that he can
say for himself. Is that the $200,000 paid
to Ruef to secure the franchise waa a
fee not a bribe, but a fee.
Calhoun's Cunning Policy.
It will be recalled that when Calhoun
was Indicted he addressed to "the Ameri
can people," a letter In which, following
closely the style of Zola, he charged that
he was the victim of a conspiracy con
cocted and carried out by Rudolph Sprec
kels, the purpose of which was to take
from hhn his carllnes and enable Mr.
Spreckels to start a system of his own.
To one aoqualnted with the facts the
charge appeared little short of ridiculous,
but Calhoun has a large following and,
strange as It may seem, in banking and
t'
Joy!
IGURES
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commercial circles in San Francisco sen
timent is with Calhoun and against la.r.
Spreckels.
The explanation of this Is not difficult.
Calhoun has just gone through a bitter
streetcar strike, a strike in which public
sympathy was with his company. Senti
ment was against the strikers, not be
cause of their demands, which In truth
were deemed to be Just, but for the
reason that the men acted hastily and
threw the city into turmoil before any
serious attempt was made to adjust th
difficulty. The business men stood behind
Calhoun In this fight, and declared "Cal
houn's fight Is our fight." This sympa
thy Calhoun has artfully carried with
him Into the bribery case. Again busi
ness has suffered by the hideous revela
tions of corruption and a short-sighted
element has raised the ory that It has
"hurt business." This cry has had no
effect upon Mr. Spreckels and he has de
clared that, as far as In his power lies,
the graft Investigation shall go on to
the end. no matter whom and where it
strikes. In fact it has struck In the top
strata of the commercial and social world
and still Mr. Spreckels goes on.
Tenser Day by Day.
With the evidence accumulating against
Ford and Calhoun the situation has
grown more tense day by day. Calhoun
has said that. If necessary, he will give
his fortune in fighting the Issue, or, In
other words, to keep out of jail. Those
Lproy Lomax. District Attorney of
Baker County, Who Is Actively at
Work on the Harvey K. Brown
Murder Case.
who know the man say that his pride will
carry him even further than that. . It is
a mighty game, and giants are fighting
the battle. One hesitates to write what
the situation could bring to pass.
Calhoun sits In court with his attorneys
every day, drinking in every word, and
occasionally offering advice. Mr. Sprec
kels Bits with Mr. Heney at the table of
the prosecution.. Calhoun and Mr. Sprec
kels face each other as they sit. Less
than 30 feet separate them, but no greet
ing, no sign of recognition passes be
tween them. Calhoun is a masterful fig
ure. In him are mingled the chivalry and
pride of the old South, the vast mental
grasp and financial genius of Wall street,
and the diplomacy of genuine culture, ob
tained alike from the college book and
the rough experience of a busy world. In
his hom he is a most charming man,
hospitable as hospitality was known In
the glorious days of the South, and win
ning in personality. Can all this avail
aught against the mighty facta which the
prosecution is piling up against him?
' Spreckels a Modern Cato.
Rudolph Spreckels is a millionaire, only
88 years of age. His smiling face gives
no Indication of the sacrifice he has made
In the name of clvio righteousness. Many
of his friends have left him. In circles
where he formerly was greeted with ex
tended hand there is no greeting for him
now. He Is followed and hounded by de
tectives. . His . every move is watched. His
mall brings him threatening letters. Cour
teous and kindly, he makes no appeal to
the emotions. He carries on his work
singly In the name of civic righteousness.
If it "hurts business," then business must
be hurt. If it brings his friends into the
shadows of the penitentiary, then the
penitentiary is the place for them. He
recognizes that the game he is In will
not admit of an altered course. He has
fixed his goal and he will not swerve.
While Calhoun has the sympathy of the
millionaire colony and Its friends, the
great public of the city stands with Mr.
Spreckels. It has taken them long to
recognize the sincerity of Mr. Spreckels'
purpose. Some few even doubt it at this
time, when It has been proved over and
over again. The kidnappings, the disap
pearance of witnesses for the state, the
constant shadowing of the principals
(Concluded on Pae 5.
Go It, Brother McKenna!
if v . v I i :
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L BE EUGENE
Oregon Electric Line to
Be Extended.
BUILD ON SOUTH FROM SALEM
Backers of Enterprise Enlarge
Scope of Plans.
SPEND TOTAL OF $3,000,000
Many Feeders Will Tap Rich Sec
tions of Willamette Valley First
of These to Forest GroTe
and Hillsboro.
FACTS ABOTJT THE OREGON
ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Mileage between Portland and Sa
lem now being completed, 40 miles.
Projected mileage to Eugene, 123
miles.
Probable cost of system whan com
pleted to Eugene, $3,000,000.
Length of Forest Grove-HUlsboro
branch, 21 miles.
Extensive sy'jtem of feeders to all
parts of Lower Wlllamstto Valley
projected.
Electric trains will be run to Salem
by November 30.
Track already laid Is the best rail
road ever built In Oregon.
Fast lnterurban passenger and
freight servlcs from Portland to Val
ley eltles assured br now trolley
road. f
The Oregon Electric Railway, which un
doubtedly has the best track ever laid In
Oregon, will not Btop at Salem, Its
present southern terminal. Its builders
will push Its construction south to Albany
and Eugene, and for the entire distance
a first-class railroad ''will be built, re
gardless of expense. This is not all that
the Eastern capitalists who have put for
tunes Into this electric project will do for
this section of the state, for a complete
system of feeders reaching to all parta
of the fertile Willamette Valley will be
added to the system after the main trunk
line is completed.
Develop Great Valley.
Assurances are had from officials of tha
system that all this construction will soon
be undertaken. It Is believed these trolley
lines will develop the Willamette Valley
as no other one thing can do.
Construction of the extension from
Balem to Eugene will not be commenced
at once. When electric trains are run
ning to Salem, the construction forces
now at work on the main line will be
switched to the branch already surveyed
to Hillsboro and Forest Grove, and this
feeder will be built just as fast as the
weather will permit. Work will be car
ried on throughout the Winter. This
branch road will be 21 miles long and will
enter Washington County Just south of
the Portland city limits. It will serve a
section of country now without trans
portation facilities and will traverse a
rich dairy and agricultural district.
Build Many Feeders.
Such feeders as this will be added to
the system throughout tha Willamette
Valley. William S. Barstow & Co., the
engineering firm which built the first sec
tion of the road and which Is now com
pleting It so that the first trains will
be running by the last of next month, will
undertake the construction of feeder lines
after the main trunk line Is In opera
tion. That these branches will be paying
propositions Is believed probable and It Is
thought that local capital In the districts
to be entered will be enlisted In this
work of development,
Final locations fo the Forest Grovo
line, the first of the many feeders to be
added later to the main trunk line, have
been made and all the material for this
branch has been ordered from the Eastern
manufacturers. About 75 per cent of tha
material has arrived and is all ready to
be put into the new road. Ralls, ma
chinery and copper wire for trolleys are
here and cars have been ordered.
Cars to Run December. 1.
George B. Moftatt and William 8.
Barstow, who have been Inspecting the
new road for the-past week, leave today
on their return East. They found the
work progressing even faster than they
thought and say the line will be in opera
tion between Portland and Salem by the
last of November or December 1 at the
latest. They expressed satisfaction with
the progress of the work and the char
acter of the construction.
Make 90-Mlnute Schedule.
The road so far is remarkable among
Oregon railroads, being the best yet built
In this state. All the money needed to
build a railroad that is hardly surpassed
anywhere has been poured Into the pro
ject by Its Eastern backers. The com
pleted line is one of long tangents and
rigid roadbed. Only 15 per cent of the
line has curves and the shortest curve
is 8 degrees. For 20 miles between the
bridge acrAss the Willamette at Wilson
vllle and Chemawa, the track lies as
straight as a string. Heavy rails and
structures are noticeable features of con
struction. The road is so well built ' that rail
road men say there will be little if any
trouble in making the run from Portland
to Salem In an hour and a half, as la
planned by the builders, although the
first trains that are operated over it will
doubtless run more slowly until tha
track Is throughly tested.
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