TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1909.
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HILL'S CO fJfJECTIOfJ
IS NOT CREDITED
Grass Valley Opinion Is Porters
Are Trying to Hold Up'
Harriman Road.
TOWN CENTER OF ACTIVITY
Wagons of Promoters of New Ven
tnre Still Trekking Toward Points
Where AVork of Grading; for
Road Is to Be Taken Up.
BT R. O. CALLVERT.
GRASS VALLEY. Or.. July 25. (Staff
Correspondence.) In this, the busy bead
quarters of the Harrmian contractors on
the construction of the new railroad
along; the Deschutes River, the move of
Porter Brothers Is classed as a species
of hold-up. and the theory that the HIU
Interests are backing; the railroad con
struction forces, now headed this way, is
discredited.
Porter Brothers' activity has served
at least to urne on Harriman construction
to increased activity. All along the line
new camps are going In. and teams and
equipment are being rushed Into the Held.
The Harriman contractors today have
scouts on the Porter Brothers' wagon
trains.
According to the reports received here
the Porter Brothers' outfit is still trek
king across the country. A part of It Is
headed for Sherar's bridge. The roads
are hilly and the wagons are heavy, so
progress is slow. Seven of the Porter
Brothers' teams crossed Free bridge this
afternoon headed in the direction of the
Jiarriman big camp.
Rival Crew Plays Joke.
This afternoon a Porter automobile put
up signs in obscure places from Free
bridge to the head of Harriman's newly
constructed wagon road, which leads
from a point ten miles east of Grass
Valley down 2000 feet Into the Deschutes
Canyon to Mile Post 32. These signs
read. "This way lo Railroad Camp." This
afternoon Twohy Brothers discovered the
signs, and turned them to point in the
opposite directien. The points at which
Porter Brothers' wagon trains are headed
are places where there are conflicts in
the surveys of the two roads. The
nearest and most accessible place to The
!a!lea for Porter Brothers iB the mouth
of the Deschutes. Investigations there
today revealed that none of the equip
ment so far has been sent to that point.
The survevs do not. however, conflict In
that territory. The Harriman road oc
cupies the east side of the river there
and the Oregon Trunk the west side. Un
der the former management the Oregon
Trunk graded about three-fourths of
mile at the mouth of the river several
years ago.
Much Activity at Deschutes Station.
The Harriman forces, on the other
hand, are showing great activity at
Ieschutes station. A 1000-foot spur
lias been constructed on the new right
of way In such a manner that it can be
taken up the river as grading pro
ceeds. A special trainload of equip
ment is now on the way to the mouth
of the river from Spokane, and will ar
rive there tonight. On this train are
horses, scrapers and general grading
outfit, and a coach load or two of work
men. Cars of bridge-timbers are ar
riving here every day, and Harriman
Tlght-of-way men are endeavoring to
secure all the switching ground possi
ble. The Deschutes debouches Into the
Columbia practically between bluffs.
Between the face of these bluffs and
the Columbia is the Bat. about 300 feet
wide and more than a mile long. J. W.
Morrow, right-of-way agent, was there
Friday, endeavoring to purchase all
this flat east of the river mouth. About
half of It. it is reported, has already
been acquired. Miller brothers, who
have a small right at the mouth of
the river, have not sold out. owing to
the absence of one of the brothers.
Morrow has endeavored to secure their
consent to. the grading of the right of
.-way through their land, pending the
purchase of all their holdings, but has
not yet gained this concession.
Grass Valley Is Booming.
Eight Harriman survey parties are
strung along the line from the mouth
of the Deschutes to Mile Post 75.
Grass Valley Is the engineering and
construction headquarters. Here the
two departments have rented every
available room and house In town.
Twohv brothers and the engineers oc
cupy "nearlv all of the upper floor of
what Is a large brick building for a
town of several hundred inhabitants.
The town boasts a big. three-story
rame hotel, where It is Impossible to
secure a bed. owing to the influx of
contractors and workmen. In another
building Twohy brothers have opened a
boarding-house for their employes.
There are. perhaps. 150 of what are
known as station men now in Grass
Vallev. seeking sub-contracts. These
station men work in groups of six to a
So en men' each, taking contracts to
complete portions of the work, camp
equipment r,etng supplied with them by
the general contractors.
In addition there are 13 or more repre
sentatives of sub-contrarting firms here
looking over the ground and several sub
contracts for construction of ten-m.le
Portions have been let The sub-contractors
include Charles Johnson and L.
Jacobson. of Seattle, who had fub-con-trarts
on the Milwaukee-Puget Sound
construction: Foss & McDonald of Spo
kane Johnson Nelson of Spokane.
Velson Bennett. Government contrac
tors at Olilo; Eslick Hartnet of Spo
kane Fuller A Bain of Portland and
Burns Jordan of Portland and others.
-Wagon Road Completed.
The waron road Into the canyon from
ths towering bluffs, ten miles west of
here has been completed, railroad con
struction camps were established yester
day In the bottom of the canyon, and
actual grading has commenced. Twohy
Bros have about 530 men now engaged
on the work, end before this week ends
It is estlmsted that the force will be in
creased to 10 Commissary stations
ave been established at Deschutes.
Wasco. Grass Valley and Shaniko. A
large warehouse there stowed full of sup
piles, and grading teams are coining and
going continually between this place and
the main camp. T. C. Hanford. one of
the Porter Bros.' engineers, and crew,
passed through here today, bound for
Snanlko. from whence they will proceed
to Mile Post To. Another party of Porters
surveyors is reported In the vicinity .of
Mile Post 2i Both of the Twohy brothers
and H. A. Brandon, engineer In charge,
are here directing operations, and every
Indication along the line is that the Har
riman Interests mean business in the con
struction of the Deschutes road.
HARRIMAN" OFFICIALS CONFER
SLruttschniU and O'Brien Refuse to
IMecusa Oregon Trunk.
Julius Kruttschnitt. director of matnte-
tance and operation of the Harriman sys
tem, arrived in Portland yesterday.. Im
mediately on his arrival. Mr. Kruttschnitt
closeted himself with J. P. O'Brien, gen
eral manager of the Union Pacific lines
In this territory, and other local Harri
man officials. This conference lasted un
til late last night. Neither Mr. Krutt
schnitt nor Mr. O'Brien would discuss
either the purpose for which the confer
ence was held or the result of the meeting.
Mr. Kruttschnitt explained his visit
to the Pacific Coast at this time by say
ing that he was making his annual In
spection of the Harriman system. He
refused to comment on the activity of
the Oregon Trunk people. Harriman's
aggreslve rivals, in .building a railroad
up the Deschutes Into Central Oregon.
Neither was it possible to obtain from
him any definite Information as to when
the Union Pacific will begin running
Its trains from Portland into Tacoma
and Seattle over the line of the North
ern Pacific in fulfillment of the agree
ment said to have been reached recent
ly between Hill and the Harriman in
terests. Mr. Kruttschnitt. who Is prac
tically the head of the Harriman sys
tem in the absence of Mr. Harriman.
would only admit that he was on his
annual Inspection tour.
Mr. Kruttschnitt is accompanied by
his family, consisting of his wife, son
and daughter, and his private secretary-
The party was Joined at Hunt-
TOW M ARSHAL OF'WOODUSD I
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Samuel Gatton, Ploueer and In
dian Fighter.
WOODLAND. Wash., July 25.
(S p e c i a 1.) The accompanying
photograph Is a recent one taken
of Samuel Gatton, who was lately
appointed Town Marshal of
Woodland. Mr. Gatton is prob
ably the oldest man in the United
States to occupy the position of
Marshal. He was born In San
dusky, O., on June 2. 1833, being
therefore 76 years old last June.
Early In life he removed with
his parents to Iowa, and In 1850
drove an oxteam across the
plains, staying at the Cascades
that Fall and Winter and coming
on to Portland In the Spring of
1861. In 1852 he came to the
Lewis River Valley with William
Ives. Government surveyor, who
ran the first Government lines in
O regon and Washington He
served 101 days In the Indian war
of 1855-6. Altogether he crossed
the plains nine times. He is hale,
hearty and active for his age, and
bids fair to live for many years
to come.
ington Friday by General Manager
O'Brien. The two officials spent Sat
urday at Spokane, reaching Portland
over the O. R. & N. in Mr. Krutt
schnitt's private car, yesterday after
noon. STftMPEDEiEXPECTED
RUSH WILL BE MADE FOR LAND
IX BIG BEN'D.
Government Will Open Several
Townships for Settlement on
September 27.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., July 25.
(Special.) Those who have investi
gated and read the letter from the Gen
eral Land Office which announces the
opening of the land predict a good, old
fashioned stampede about midnight
September 26. in the immediate vicinity
of Hanford. in Benton Counts-, on the
east bank of the Columbia River.
It comes about through the an
nounced intention on the part of the
Federal Government of opening town
ship 13. range 25 east: township 13,
range 26 east: township 13, range 27
east, and township 12. range 27 east,
under the land ofllce here, and others
which come under the jurisdiction of
the office at Walla Walla.
All of this land is dry. but six sec
tions and more come under either the
present Hanford CanaL or under the
high-line ditch. Hanford lands, with
water, sell from 100 to $350 an acre.
The possibility of the stampede comes
through a provision that settlement on
the land gives the settler priority
rights as to filing, but no one not now
settled or settled before May 24 of this
vear may settle until September 27.
The actual entering comes October 7.
A provision Is made In the instruc
tions to the land office officials here
that if two or more settlers try to file
on the same piece of land and the offi
cials are at a loss as to which settler
was on the ground first, the local land
office may sell the land to the highest
bidder. Some Is school land and some
railroad, and the Hanford. officials
claim that but little will actually be
open to homesteaders under their ditch.
CANNERY READY FOR FRUIT
Centralis Project, Begun Two
Months Ago, Is Completed.
CENTRALIA. Wash., July 2$. iSps
cial ) The new fruit and vegetable can
nery is ready for operation. A large
stock of cans is being put in and the
various machines are being given preli
minary tests.
It Is only eight weeks since the first
steps In the project were taken. Stock
was hurriedly subscribed, a site secured
and a building started. , Supplies were
ordered and machinery hurried to the
spot before the building was finished.
Practically all of the stock is held by
local grovers and. the farmers of the
vicinity.-
School Population Grows.
C5NTRALIA. Wash.. July 25. (Spe
cial.) Superintendent Kellogg has com
pleted the school census for the city. It
shows S67 boys and S78 girls of school age.
This Is a gain of mors than 13 per cent
over last year's figures. The total days
of attendance for the year was 196.55, a
gain of nearly 4 per cent. Since 1903 the
population of Centralis has doubled and
has trebled sinco 1900.
LVAI fSBURG FIRE
CDSTSTHREELIVES
John Frey, of Cottage Groe,
and George Burkhardt, of
' Redmond, Victims.
FRAME HOUSE DEATH-TRAP
Lodgers Who Escape Forced to Flee
In N'ight Clothes Woman Drops
Her Sick Husband Through
Window to Ground.
SPOKANE. Wash., July 25. (Special.)
Three men were burned to death in
a Waitsburg, Wash., fire, which de
stroyed the Farmers' Lodging House
at 1 o'clock this morning. The men
were sleeping In upper rooms. The
cause of fire Is unknown.
At 1 o'clock the little girl of Dan
Nail, proprietor of the house, awakened
her parents saying there was a fire in
the house. Pieces of wooden ceiling
were then dropping through, and in a
second the place was ablaze-and all
had to flee in their night clothes. A
woman with a sick husband put him
through a window on the lower floor
several feet from the ground.
The dead men are: -
John Frey, Cottage Grove. Or., mem
ber of the Foresters of America. Walts
burg officials are Instructed by the sec
retary of the lodge to hold the body for
instructions.
George Burkhardt, of Redmond, Or.,
a German: no - relatives in America.
Ehret Brothers, of Redmond, say he
has a mother in Germany, has property
in Redmond, and asks the city officials
to write to the mother.
The other man was selling a solder
ing fluid for M. Green Frevert Company
of Spokane. No papers of any kind were
found to give his name or address.
The bodies are at Samuels & Bailey's
undertaking establishment.
The burned building was owned by
Maurice Land, with no insurance. A
small building on the south, occupied
by D. E- Martin, as a shoe shop, and
th ladles' library building on the
south, used by the band boys for prac
tice, also went up like tinder within a
few minutes.
The walls of H. G. Shuhaman's har
ness shop were badly scorched and his
skylight demolished by the heat. The
violent heat Injured the plate glass
windows In the Oddfellows' building
to the extent of t300.
BRIDE OF WEEK INSANE
DECLARES SHE WANTS TO GO TO
ASYLUM AT SALEM.
Hasty Marriage of Deer Creek
Rancher Brings Him but Briefest
Joy, Then Serious Trouble.
ROSEBUTSG, Or., July 25. (Special.)
One week after her wedding day, Mrs. Ote
Peterson, of Deer Creek, was committed
to the Insane asylum by County Judge
Wonacost, at her own request.
"I am insane." she said, "take meto
the asylum where I can do no harm."
Peterson met the woman for the first
time at Cottage Grove, whither he had
gone on a business trip. Her father, he
said, urged him to marry her, and Peter
son, a lonely rancher, was glad to do
so, as he saw nothing wrong with the
woman and was favorably impressed
with her.
As soon as the couple arrived at Peter
son's ranch, however, the woman mani
fested violent insanity, and, after living
in terror for a few days, Peterson was
forced In sslf -protection to appeal to the
authorities to arrest her.
A HARD FIGHT
THE STORYOF A FAILURE
The writer was called to the 'phone by a
prominent attorney of San Francisco who
said that a friend of his was dying of
Bright' Disease and that If we could do
anything to send the treatment and a phy
sician. Both -were sent. The doctor phoned
back that the patient was at the end of a
year's riant with chronic Brlghfs Disease
and was almost a skeleton, and was In
coma, and that the priests had administered
the last rites, and that the attending phy
sicians bad told the patient's wife that it
was only a question of hours and he de
clared with considerable spirit that he had
practically been called In to slsn the death
certificate. The patient, a Ban Francisco
business man, was in charge of the nurses.
They said that nothing had passed into or
out of the patient's stomach for twenty-four
hours; that It had ceased to act would not
hold peptonized milk and that they were
waiting for the end. Our consulting phy
sician did not think that there mas one
chance In a thousand, but started a hard
fight for that chance. Jumping into a car
riage, he went to Wakelee & Co.'s. pro
cured a high twenty-inch tube and the
neeessarv adjuncts and returned for an all
night's fight to keep the patient alive. After
four hours with emulsions through the high
tube the Impacted feces were removed and.
as the stomach had almost ceased function
ing the patient was fed and given both
treatment and food per rectum. The food
and treatment were administered and with
drawn every three hours, night and day.
The patient was given an alcohol and emul
sion rub alternately every three hours. He
was given no food by the stomach for ten
davs except a little champagne and cracked
ice" The second day he began to move a
little. The fourth -day he was beginning to
clear mentally. In two weeks his stomach
began to accept chicken and solid foods. In
a month he was walking around the room,
and in two months contrary to the strenu
ous advice of the physician) he Insisted on
taking a Southern trip. He was not as
strong as he thought and suffered a relapse.
The physician was telegraphed for and went
South to attend and bring him home, but
the trip and consequent relapse was so seri
ous that the patient expired on arrival in
SaThlsrwasCOa battle against tremendous
odds and it is our belief that It would have
been won if the patient had followed the
physician's advice and given up the trip
until he was stronger.
The attorney mentioned who called us up
bv 'phone was the Hon. Barclay Henley, the
ei-member of Congress and well-known
lawyer of San Francisco. His offices are in
the Pacific Building on Market street and
he will doubtless confirm these facts to
anvone who may be Interested. We refer
to this Instance and his name In connection
therewith without his consent. We could
hardly afford to do this If the above was
not strictly true.
We consider the treatment that this phy
sician used in this esse to aid the Renal
Compound as so Important that It was at
our request written up In detail giving the
various prescriptions and formulae. We will
mall It to physicians who may have critical
cases like the above.
Brlghfs Disease is now curable In a great
majority of all cases by the new emollient
treatment Fulton's Renal Compound. It
may be had at nrst-class drugglsta
Literature mailed free. Address John J.
Fulton Co.. 212 First street. San Francisco.
W desire to hear from and advise with
vary case sot making the usual recovery.
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win never come again.
DELAYED CARS ARE HERE NOW AND SELLING
WILL BE RESUMED TODAY
Bring $5 or $6 and Get a Nice New Pi
ano Now. Prices $138, $162, $146,
Etc Never heretofore was it possible
to secure so much genuine piano value
for the money. Probably never again.
Come first thing tomorrow.
The additional forty-two pianos included in this sale are now on display.
The prices are $138, $162, $146. Pay $5 cash and $5 a month.
There are eighteen $300 and $350 styles reduced, $127, $164 and
$154. On these, terms are $6 cash and $6 a month.
If you wish to pay cash, a premium of 4 per cent goes to anyone wish
ing to pay in full within thirty days.
See these pianos, note the reductions; no such occasion for securing a
piano so tremendously under price will be presented agaiil in several
years, at least. There is an awakening to prosperity throughout the East.
We found two well-known piano manufacturers with a large stock of
finished pianos. They were terribly anxious to realize. We secured these
latest high-grade pianos at a most extraordinary reduction. We pass this
advantage along to wideawake midsummer buyers.
Bear in mind, we guarantee every instrument a3 to quality, and also aa
to price. Your money back if at any time within six months you can buy
the same grade of pianos elsewhere, East or West, at anywhere near such
low price. -
Should you later on want the best in the world, the Chickering or the
Kimball, or that beautiful art piano, the Weber, or the Pianola Piano, we
will any time within two years allow total price paid for these pianos in
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