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THE MORXLG OREGOMAX, FR1DAT . DECEMBER : 3, 1909
OUT;
LOSS IS 5250,000
Union Pacific Line Between
Rochester and Cosmop
olis Demolishel.
CONTRACTORS HARD HIT
Bridges, v Three IOc-omotlves. Steam
Shovels, Tumpcars and Tools for
500 Men tie at Bottom of
the. Chehalis Kiver.
HOQUIAM, Wash.. Dec. ;. (Special.)
Th entlro line of the Grays Harbor &
Puget Sound. 1'nlon Tacific Railway
Company, from Rochester to Oosmopolis,
will have "to be rebuilt and work is to
begin at once. This decision was reached
today when the members of the contract
ing firm of Winter. Caughren. Smith &
Company and members of the engineering
corps of 'the, railway company returned
from a tour of inspection..
It is impossible to estimate, the ambunt
of damago : done, but the figures will
oa.ily reach J250.0O0. In addition to the
roadbed, grading and bridges being total
lossf. three locomotives, two large steam
hovels and' a number of Tiumpcars and
tools for 600 men He at the bottom of
the Chehalis River and cannot be re
covered until the water goes down.
Bridge Is Carried Away.
Near Rochester the company had built
bridge across the Chehalls River and
had it nearly completed, when It was
carried out by the. storm of three weeks.
A double crew was put to work and an
other bridge erected. It was all but com
plete when the water carried It away.
The bridges across Delezene Creek. In
dependence Creek, tho Chehalis River at
Monteano. all were lost, the latter was
1500 feet long and when It went down a
locomotive and many cars were lost.
Near Independence Creek, on the Che
halis River, two locomotives and two
steam shovels are somewhere In the bea
of the river. All of the tools used tn
construction have been lost and will
probably not be recovered.
AH Grade Washed Out.
All the grade' has been washed out anfl
in addition 100.000 yards of earth moved
last Summer by a discharge of several
tons of dynamite has been washed away
and another blast may 'be necessary to
get a grade, as the river hugs the cliff
at this point.
bTORM
LOSS JS
$2,000,000
Railroads of Pacific Northwest Suf
fer Half This Damage.
BELLINGHAM. Wash., Dec. 2. For
three days Bellingham and Northwest
Washington has been cut off from com
munication with the outside world, boat
service alone furnished a connecting link.
No trains are now moving except be
tween this city and Burlington. 20 miles
south and service cannot be renewed in
side, of. a. week. - Telegraph wires were
restored today. Twenty miles of rail
way track in Skagit and Whatcom coun
ties has been destroyed.
Rivers are falling and some estimate of
the losses can be obtained.
The loss to the railways will exceed
Jl. 000,000. Whatcom County loses 100,
000 in bridges alone. Ferndale losses ag
gregate $90,000. where two mills, a
schoolhouse and 11 residences were de
stroyed. Front street, along tho river,
must bo abandoned. Fifteen thousand
dollars was the loss sustained by the
City of Bellingham In washed out bridges,
sewers and water mains.
Miles of Track Gone.
Five miles of Northern Pacific track
In this county has disappeared, even the
grade being bliterated. Linemen recon
structing the telegraph lines followed the
light of way by the ditches. j
The steel drawbridge on the Great
Northern at Ferndale is out and must
be replaced. Four miles of Great North
ern track between Burlington and Mount
Vernon in Skagit County Is gone. South
of Mount Vernon 20 miles of track Is
still under water and the damage there
Is unknown.
The Anaooi tes "branch ' of the-', Great
Northern has lost half a mile of grade
at Avon, while a mile of track has been
washed away, at Whitney. Practically
the -whole of 40 miles of the Rockport
branch of the Great Northern must be
reconstructed. The right of way between
Lyman and Hamilton must be relocated
for a distance of five miles.
Depot Removed by Storm.
At Hamilton the depot was carried
from the outh side to the north side of
the tracks. Four townships of farm
land in Skagit County is under water,
caused by the breaking of the dikes at
Mount Vernon. I.aConnor is under seven
feet of water, and in places on the bot
toms the water Is three feet deep,
LaConnor's loss Is placed at $150,000
In stocks of goods destroyed, and two
warehouses filled with grain and hay
which collapsed and slipped into the
flood. In the country north of Laconner
1000 head of cattle -were drowned -while
400,000 sacks of oats and 8000 tons of
baled hay Is a total loss.
Sloughs and hays for-miles from La
Connor are covered with drifting hay and
sacks of oats. One barn, containing 250
eet of ' hay was found, floating in Puget
Sound by a north-bound steamer yester
day. Farmers Ixjss $60,000.
The loss to the farmers here is esti
mated at JWO.000 in livestock, hay and
grain. Skagit County towns and towns
in the north part of Whatcom County
have . been without mails since Sunday.
Bellingham Is securing mail by steamer
from Seattle. .
But one llfo was lost In the flood, a
young farmer named Hyman. being
drowned at Vanzandt, ten miles east of
here, while trying to save some live
stock. WAHKIAKUM COINTY FLOODED
Considerable Damage Wronght in
Some Localities.
CATHLAMET, Wash., Dec. 2. Reports
from all sections of Wahkiakum County
are that high water prevails everywhere,
and that considerable damage has been
wrought in some localities. Grays River,
Deep River and Crooked Creek., -in the
lower part of the county, are all out of
their banks and the valleys inundated,
families being forced to abandon their
homes or move into the upper stories
thereof in some settlements, Skamoka
wa Creek has overflown a goodly portion
of the west valley and the island por
tion of the town of Skamokawa Is aeveral
feet under water, causing great incon
venience and some damage. The Kloco
man River, emptying into the Columbia
at Cathlamet, ia higher than it has been
ROAD
In 30 years.- Vast tracts of the bottom
lands in the valley have bepn overflowed,
but no material damage done. .
FLOOD OX VAXCOIVER ISLAND
I'ourteen Washouts Reported on E.
& S. Railroad.
VICTORIA B. C, Dee. 2. Torrential
rains during the past 60 hours, which
still continue, have caused floods on Van
couver Island and 14 washouts on the ESs
quimalt &. Nanaimo Railroad, all trains
on that road being cancelled in conse
quence. The train which left Esqulmalt
Saturday morning is still stalled in Lady
smith. Southbound passengers walked in
from Colatood, eight miles to Victoria.
Fire engines are pumping water from the
basement of the Julian Hospital. Water
mains -were broken by a slide in a section
to the northward, and reports of blocked
sewers have been received by the city
engineers from many parts of the city.
McKenzie River Bridge Gone.,
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 2. Among the sev
eral bridges in Lane Crmnty destroyed by
the recent freshets is the one across Mc
Kenzie River at Bolknap Springs. No
one was at the resort at the time -of the
flood, and the news of the washing out
of the bridge did not reach here until
yesterday.
OFFICER CUTS OWN BILL
County Commissioner Refuses $2.25
Extra in Pay Envelope.
ALBANT, Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.) A
county officer cutting. his own bill was
the unique procedure here tottay in the
session of the Linn County Court. County
Commissioner O. H. Russell cut a bill
submitted In his own favor from $11.25
to- to.
During last month. Commissioner Rus
sell, who 14ves at Sweet Home, worked
four and one-half days feeding the rock
crusher- working in the Waterloo road
district, which adjoins the Sweet Home
district. He worked because Road Super
visor Heyno could secure no one else at
that time to handle the machine and as
he was interested in the improvement of
the road and worked more for accommo
dation than remuneration he told the.
supervisor to allow him only J3 per day,
the rate allowed the other laborers on the
work, instead of $2.50, the rate usually
paid for the rock-crusher feeding.
When Heyne's payroll came before the
court today Russell was listed at the
rate of 2.50 per. day and the commis
sioner himself reduced his bill to the
same rate allowed other workmen on the
job.
MAN, THOUGHT DEAD, LIVES
Albany Farmer Sees Story In Paper
and Hurries Home.
ALBANY, Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
Reading In The Oregonian yesterday
morning that relatives feared he had
been waylaid In Portland, J. B. Moore,
who resides four miles north of Al
bany, hurried home last night to as
sure them that no evil had befallen
him. Moore walked into the Court
house here this morning and told
Sheriff Smith to discontinue the search
which had been instituted at the re
quest of his friends.
Aloore took four horses to Portland
to sell and experienced much more dif
ficulty than he had anticipated In dis
posing of them so stayed longer than
he had expected. On account of the
fact that he is over 70 years old and
carried considerable money with him,
his relatives feared for his safety.
PARSON SEES FIGHT FILM
Oregon City Officials Refuse to Sup
press Johnson-Ketchel Pictures.
OREGON CITT, Or., Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) Rev. E. Clarence Oakley, pastor
of the First Congregational Church,
and Rev. Sol A. Hayw'orth, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, appeared
last night before the city council and
demanded that the Johnson-Ketchel
fight pictures be suppressed. The pic
tures were scheduled to be shown to
day at a local theater. Mayor Carll
and the members of the council did
not agree with the clergymen, but or
dered the police to keep children out
of the theater while the pictures were
being shown.
Rev. Mr. Oakley this . afternoon at
tended an exhibition of the pictures
and will make the matter a subject
for his sermon next Sunday.
INDIAN SQUAW SUES HUBBY
Oregon Woman Declares Spouse
Threatened to Kill Her.
ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.) Ce
cile Brainard. a full-blooded Indian
woman, filed a suit for divorpe in the
State Circuit Court here this evening
against Warren Brainard. also a full
blooded rcdman. Both Brainard and his
wife were raised on the Siletz Reserva-'
tion anil there they Were married In 1906,
They separated last May.
The woman alleges that her husband
abused her In various ways and threat
ened to kill her. She also asserts he .Is
a drujikardi and that his disorderly con
duct when drunk has landed him in jail
at. Portland. Toledo and. other places.
OREGON CITY HAS 5227
Census Is Official. So New Lodge of
Elks Will Bo Formed.
OREGON CITY. Or., Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) The city has a population of
5227. according to -a census Just com
pleted by David Caufield at the in
stance of the. City Council. The cen
sus was taken because it is intended
to organize a lodge of Elks in Oregon
City, and before this can be done the
city must be shown officially to have
a population in excess of .5000.
The census is confined to the city
limits, and does ndt embrace West
Oregon City, Canemah. Maple Lane and
other populous suburbs.
Eugene Firms Consolidate.
EUGENE. Or.. Dec. 2. (Special.)
Supplemental articles of incorporation
were filed with the County Clerk here
today by the Lane County Abstract
Company. This new company Is the
result of a recent amalgamation of thj
Lane-' County Abstract, Title & Trust
Company. A. E. Wheeler & Co., ab
stractors, and the Eugene Abstract
Company. The officers of the new
company are: J. . B. Bell, president;
Paul Merrill. vice-president; B. F.
Skene, secretary, and Fred G. Stickles,
treasurer. The capital stock of the
company is J50.000. . i
ProTessor Packard Dies. . . '
PRINCETON. N. J., Dec. 2. William
Alfred Packard, Ph. D.. A. D. D.. Pro
fessor Emeritus of Latin in Princeton
Vniverslty. died suddenly from heart
disease at his home here today, aged
79.
The method of raising suirken vessels by
compressed air pumped Into the hull has
been found ta-iii t!h
HUGE SMELTER IS
BAKER CITY HOPE
Copper Mine Sale Promises
Reduction Plant for the
" Seven Devils.
BIG DEAL NOW PENDING
Transfer of Iron "Dyke, McDougal
Group and Other Diggings Pre
dicts Big Enterprise Home- '
stead May Be Site,
BAKER CITY, Or., Dec. 2. (Spe
cial.) What is said to be the largest
mining deal ever consummated in
Eastern Oregon Is pending; In Baker
city. When completed It will transfer
the Iron Dyke copper mine, the Mc
Dougal group and several other minor
properties along Snake River, besides
placing the Seven Devils' copper camp
in a position to work hundreds of men.
This means, ltIs believed, the erec
tion of a smelter in the Snake River
canyon, for the ore of the Iron jjyke
mine Is not high enough grade to war
rant shipping any distance.
Some time ago the Salt Lake Copper
Company, in realitj- an Eastern cor
poration, entered the canyon and first
purchased the McDougal group of cop
per claims, situated several miles be
low the homestead. Other parties were
then negotiating for the Iron Dyke, but
the deal failed to be completed. Then
the same company endeavored to pur
chase several copper mining proper
ties including the Iron Dyke. At th
same time It entertained a plan for the
erection of a smelter sufficiently large
to treat aJI the ore the Snake River
district is capable of producing. It is
this gigantic undertaking that Is now
taking shape. Before the first of the
year it will, no doubt; be finished.
Ore Guarantee Wanted.
Not alone are the copper mines men
tioned necessary to assure the erection
of a smelter, but a guarantee of ton
nage from other properties is being
exacted that the company may feel
safe inf Its ore supply before going to
the expense of erecting a plant for
treating it.
In the Seven Devils very high grade
copper ore is found, and this camp has
been slow to take hold of the co
operative plan proposed. The "Arkan
saw" copper mine, owned by" Baker
City people largely, is ready to . con
tract a certain amount of ore each day,
but the old Peacock mine, owned by
Montana, people, is where the friction.
If there has been any, existed. The
owners of the Peacock have been hold
ing it at a high price considering the
amount of development work done. At
least, this, is the expression of. mining
men. Besides holding the property's
value high, overtures made regarding
tonnage for a smelter bad. until re
cently, met with little encouragement.
There is a belief, however, that the
latter feature has been overcome. If
so, a smelter is positively assured.
For the Seven Devils' ore to reach
the prospective smelter, which will "be
located on Snake River, it will be
necessary to build a railroad on the
crest of the Seven Devils mountain
range to a convenient point, and then,
by aerial tram, transport the ore be
low. The right-of-way for the tram
has been surveyed, and the course of
the mountain railroad is under con-,
slderatlon.
Site Not Yet Picked.
Just at what point In the canyon the
smelter will be located no definite in
formation is obtainable. Copperfteld.
the new town, wants it, and Home
stead, located at the Iron Dyke mine,
contends it is more convenient. Many
believe it -will be located at Home
stead. It is interesting to know that the Iron
Dyke mine has, in the opinion of most
mining people, been the trail blazer for
the Snake River copper country. Rich
ore has been obtained in the Seven
Devils for years but no way could be
planned for transporting it at a profit.1
When the 'Iron Dyke mine was sold td
Pittsburg. Pa., capitalists a number of
years ago, they set to work to make a
copper mine of It and await transporta
tion, for at that tlme .it was 80. miles
from a railroad. Frank Pearce, for years
the manager. . stayed with the property
year after year, . working a crew..of men
all of the time. The work done was
pure development work. Now he has in
sight hundreds of thousands of tons of
low-grade copper ore. The capitalists in
terested in the mine procured a right of
way down the Snake River for a rail
road. Later the . Harriman people saw
that the Snake River' route is the only
opportunity to avoid the Blue Mountains
and they looked with favor on a project
to build a line from Huntington to Lew-.
iston. The route was so feasible that
the Oregon Short Line, assisted by other
capital, has built 57 miles of water-grade
NO. 10
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Distilled in the Highlands
of Scotland from pure
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Geo. S. Clark & Co., Agents
311 .Board of, Trade Bldg.,
Portland, Or.
There Is littlft
llk'el rhood of
the c h 1 1 d r en
ever having
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The Favorite This Season
This model has broken every "big seller"
record we have ever known. Distinctive
pattern, fashionable short vamp, graceful
lines which reflect the exclusive "custom
shops." .
No genius could design a more perfect
fitting boot; nothing less than genius, one
as perfect. Materials of the highest order
much above those found in other shoes
sold at the same prices.
In all leathers cloth or leather
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mini i i 'i liii ii Nil'" " ?' 'Tn ni i hi ' iiii 'ill win h 'unTi jinf 7i i ill in T '"inTif limii i iii ii "i ' mi ill 1 111 iLL;'.
road -connecting the Iron Dyke." mine ' with
a transcontinental railroad system.
While the development of this rich
copper country has taken patience and
has required many years of constant ex
pense the time seems at hand when the
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PERFECT SHOES and REASONABLE
PRICES are important but, alone, they
never made a really satisfactory shoe store.
This is why we are so careful about our store
service about keeping promises about
protecting your interest. Ever tried us?
faithful stockholders in the Iron Dyke
mine will realize a handsome return on
their Investments.
Sick Three Daja, Woman Dies.
ALBANY. Or., Dec. 2. (Special.)
334 WASHINGTON STREET, OPPOSITE
OF HIGH-GRADE TAILORED
SUITS AND DRESSES
I congratulate myself on the fortunate deal I have made with one of New York's
largest suit manufacturers, whereby they have sent me their surplus stock of suits
and dresses on consignment at prices that will revolutionize the buying commu
nity. Bear in mind every garment is new, fresh and seasonable nothing but the
most desirable styles, fabrics and colors at LESS THAN HALF PRICE.
All sizes Juniors, Misses and Women's up to size 48.
Sale Begins Friday, December 3, 9 A. M.;
Continues Till Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 P. M.
All Suits and Dresses
Sold reffularlv at $20.00
and $25.00; in all the best
shades
All Suits and Dresses
Sold refrularly at $42.50
and $47.50, all strictly
tailored garments
DO NOT MISS THIS GREAT SAVING- OPPORTUNITY My own stock of
splendid garments is included in this sale. MY PERSOXAL GUARANTEE
STANDS BACK OF EVERY GARMENT THAT is sold during this sale.
DOORS OPEN AT 9 A.M.; OPEN EVENINGS TILL 9 P. M.
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Mrs. Dora Iladley died early this morning-
at her home in Tangent, six miles
south of Albany, after an illness of only
three days with pneumonia. Mrs. Had
ley is survived by her husband and
five children. Albert Hadley. of Port
AriRlRTR
$9.85
All Suits and Dresses
'Sold regru.la.rlv at .$30 and
35; all the" latest fabrics
$21.50
All Suits and Dresses
Sold regularly at $60 to
$70.00 ; some swell three
piece suits
fin?
FUR MANUFACTURERS
Opp. Hotel Imperial
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land, and Ash, Harrison, Ella ant
Elgin Hadley. of Tangent. She also
leaves two sisters in Albany. two
brothers in Benttm County, a sister in
Portland and a sister In Lakeview.
Funeral will be held here Saturday.
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CAPES
Only 38 long Capes,
in over 10 styles all
shades, worth more
than twice, at--'
$9.85
$14.85
$29.75