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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1911)
3 nre sioiexiyct' Oregon iAy. Tuesday, april- 4. ion. ONE MAN HAS SET PACE FOB OTHERS ir-a ."0 V not unless you have banished coal-dust and ashes, kindling wood and debilitating heat. Tillman Reuter's Juniper Land AT ,J'.--x'-V V- - ' , ) . ; -V . Farm in Eastern Oregon Model Enterprise. ' re u -.' vVfcLJL HUMBLE BEGINNING MADE ' : . s j SCENES ON EOUTE TO INTERIOR OF OREGON. t !- iHfiVF Vflfl A MlWRM KTTfHFN?!' i I ill in B ri if a n If I I It 111 11 If KVJlfLlV Hun H SL Bllill ' ' .-. Till 1 N V Pfentr of Land Left I as Good as Rrutrr's, bat Industry and lYu gality Like ills Are Krn' tial to Success. fT ADniSON SEX.NETT. MADRAS, Or.. April J. (Staff Correspondence.) The Oregon Trunk, or tin: Un-. Is really branch cf tha North Xnk road, and when the new brt.lge is in operation across the Onlumhia at FallbrliiRe and the n" w Crooked River bruise la completed, the mn will be continuous from Portland to Hend. and the time around seven hours. Special equipment will be provided, such as dtalna and observation cars, and no stipe will be mail, for meals. At present dinner Is taken at -Nathan, about 36 miles north of Madras. Uke the other 21 1 11 roads In Oresron. the Deschutes road's equipment will then bear the lettering; or name of the Spokane. Portland Si Se attle Railroad. The new Columbia River bridge Is In one rrp-t the most peculiar structure ef the kind In the country- It Is about feet lore and will be constructed on cement piers, yet not one of them has a footing In water each one being on solid rot-k. There Is no other place on tie river where a bridge could be erected so firmly and so economical ly. The piers are ail now done, much of the steel for tha superstructure Is on the ground and mre Is arrllng every day. So the ferry will be abandoned in the very near fu tire, perhaps before June L Une-s Travel In Company. The trains from the south back run up a temporary track for a few miles, to a point near Moody, where It Joins trie track which runs down to the new bridge Then for a long distance the Hill road winds along the west bank of the Warhutes and the Karrlman road along the east bank. Seventy-five miles up the river from Kallbrl.lse. at North Junc tion, tha two roads coma together snd run over a Joint track to South Junction, a distance of 1A.4 miles. Here the Harrt maa road swings off to tha east, and the Hill road follows up the Deschutes a short distance and then goes up the Willow Creek csnyon to Madras. The Harrlman road muses tha Agency Plains country snd swings to the west shove Madras, the station for that place being a couple of hundred feet above the town, and then It crosses Willow Creek Just at the mouth of tha canyon, and. of course, crosses the Hill road- But the Harrlman bridge Is about SO feet above the other road. Here the roads again diverge, the 11111 rosd going to the south west and the Harrlman road nearly south. They Sicaln come together at Culver Junction, about nine miles south of Madras. la going np the Hill rosd one Is struck lth the permanency of the railroad work done and bring done. For Instance, tha entire right-of-way Is being fenced, (he Job to be entirely completed within two weeks dear to Bend. As mentioned befnre. some M odd miles are sow stone ballasted, and this work Is going steadily snd rapidly forward. The station and section buildings are handsome and com modious, all painted a dull yellow, trtmmed with black, and one may imag ine how beautiful they look when com pared with tha old. dirty, mineral brown usually used on such structures. But tha railroads could do nothing for the Interior of Oregon unless there was something to make them profitable, and to do that they must be. after all. but subsidiary to the resources of the coun try. It Is true that the Interior thus far has had no opportunity to show Its merits save In the way of livestock. Nothing raised there could bear the old transportation charges, save wool and hides. The cattle, sheep and horses could be driven out. but the agricultural prod ucts had to ba limited to tha Immediate boms demand. Heater's Farm Is Wonderful. To get a full understanding of tha situ ation 1 went out to the "experimental farm" of Tillman Reuter. seven or eight mtlea southeast of Madras. Mr. Router's exhibits at the various congresses" and dry farming displays have attracted great attention, and have been greatly ex ploited by the railway advertisers snd the newspapers of Oregon. For Instance, he took more than t'.ooo In rash prises at the Frlneville fair last Kali. An "experimental farm" Now. that Is a high-sounding name. Isn't it? And whst would you expect to rind at such a place? When I remember the various places I have visited bearing that name 1 marveled at Reuter's place. I expected t fled a'.l of the painted slicks, the uni form and wrll-lald-ont rows of this snd that and the other plants, and Mils and trees and grasses but here I found far up among the Junipers a little mountain farm, with only IS acres of cleared land and that is the place that has given to the world the wonderful demonstrations of the Deschutes Valley. Tillman Reuter was born about 45 years ago on tha Rhine. In Germany: came to Kvar.rHlle. lnd ; came thence to the Tysa Valley, in Wasco County: from there, to the Madras country- In "The good land is all taken: That was the plaint In Crook seven years ago that Is tha cry now; always will be. But Tillman Reuter. an humble carpenter, poor, with no farming experi ence only a remembrance of his youth on the Rhine did not whine and com plaln. Ha took the best land he could And vacant, and homesteaded It- It was far up a Juniper cayon. perhaps tx feet shove Madras. To many It seemed worth less. It surely was not the best of that country, but rather the poorest. But It was the best Tlilman Reuter could do seven years sgo. for he was poor had nothing but a good constitution, an abil ity to labor at his trade that of carpen terand a will to succeed. Men Like- Heater Needed. ' Many times and often people ask ma for advice sbout going to Central Oregon. They want to know of grod locations, of good openings, of favorable localities, of some hitherto hidden . opportunities. There are none. The people of 10. y 10 years ago gobbled up the best. Just as those going there today gobble up the best Just as you would take the best you could find. But when I write of Mr. Reuter. who was forced to take a home stead far up at the hesd of a Juniper canyon, on land even then considered worthless then I beg to say to the newer arrivals that there Is plenty of land as good as Reuter's but I ask this question: Are you as good a man as Reuter? Csn you undergo the hardships that he under went? He had an o!d father snd mother, a lister and brother, back In Indiana, to look after. He had to go out to work wherever he could find a day's work to ba done. In time he accumulated money enough to send for them and they now have nearly. JCO acres of ii-nd la a sol'd p - ' ' ' " I . . -f . . I . ....... . .., ... t -v e,.i hi. .t Vfil ' . . . ...... ' ,' I V : ' ' ' " ' ' " y ' . . V$ J 'i - n mu.sp , i,- .'" " ' ''e'1'' " ' ' f i' .itne.i s,.i M -1 - . . . - y- - I I ' ' r ' ' : A Wave, Fallbrldge, aa TVarla Beak, t acre Craaalas; Is Made e Oregon Traatu Ceater, Stage at Madras, Laa-dJas: for Prinevtlla. Below, Karly Marwlag Seeaa ta Praat af Hoel at Madras. body. Industry. Integrity, frugality and mora Industr)'" iiava you those quali ties? If you have you can go over thore and get a homestead tha best now left, perhaps as good or better thsn Reuter's. ami you will succeed. A little Juniper farm, far up In tha valley. 00 feet above Madras. 2T00 feet above the sea! There I found Reuters "experimental farm." there I found Reu ter! With S acres of clesred lsnd! Take the one Item of corn who would for a moment think that he could raise Zi bushels of good, hard corn at an alti tude of rr0 feet? But ho did It- And tha vegetables he raised, particularly the potatoes, were- better than anything he had to compete with. The day t was there he was planting his Early Rose snd Early Ohio potatoes. And you ought to have seen the land prepared for the crop! Like an ash heap! Cultivated and cultivated almost beyond belief. And this cultivation will go on and on until the vines get beyond control. He will this year have in mora than 35 varieties of fruits, vegetables snd cereals, running all the way from wheat to lettuce. And everything he has tried has dona well, but he considers his great est achievement In tha production of corn and potatoes. He thinks he has grown ss good potatoes as were ever produced, and surely it is something to brag about to make the showing he has with corn. It looks quite like a section of lows, Ksnsas or Nebraska to see the cornstalks thrown out of his stables and feed yards. Domestic Water Is Problem, -t ma. iiWa a mv anvthlng to belittle a country. But the truth ought not hurt any section, n is oener i . i ...w . .Hnv hfAM thee eome thsn to let them learn It too late. So le me ssy thst before a man locsies in h.. . . I MA tt . if ai In what section. he should "study the water problem water ror aomesuc purposes. Take this same Agency Plains section. Many of the land owners are hauling hmmi miles have been doing so for many years. I must con . . k. . . a. i. wff.llv necessary. NO doubt wells could ba drilled for whst It costs them annuauy ior inoir . list, there has been X u l U v i " " - . only one well drllllnr outfit In that sec tion. Now there are rour. ana an -. 1 1 1 K m wftfwterCliI rhlfltR in N inrtB ' r respect to tha water supply In the near future. t. show tha nrogress .. ..t. ta mskinr since the advent of the railway: Up to 190 there were only three comoinea nareier iu l i . i .... t w..e three mora were vnoi. iiui. j shipped in. and already orders have been placed tor seven ior mef. QUARTER MOST COSTLY S 1.000.000 IX WAUIUMi DBAWX nV STATE. COHL HUES TIED UP 2500 Employes of Roslyn Dis trict Make Demand. GUARDS PREVENT TROUBLE institution. Get Much and Deficien cies Swell Total 400 Autos Registered in Month. BlI VU Or Anril X, 8Declal- With over C.OnO.000 worth of warrants drawn ih. secretarv of State the first quar ter of this year ciosed. marking It as one of the most expensive In the his tory of the state. Reason for tne large expenditure found In the fact that It Is the first luarler of the biennial penoa ana in- . . .... b. Hwwn llhersllv for lm- IHUIIIUM ' " ' --- . .. nnMnrlmt(nnai SS Well U tO cover the denclencles of the preceding two years. Over j0 sutomoDiie license were i- . . . . ot.t last suea vy inw . . . v - - - . month, this being well slong In the ban ner months for new sutomooiies in im state. The licenses for those sggregated 200. tne new auiomooiie gotr.g Into-effect until way l. tnotr present law a flat charge of $3 a ta made, but under the new law motor vehicles will be llcensea ac cording to their horsepower. In tha corporation aepariment ior n past month 140 domestic and seven for eign corporations nied smelts. rxr tne entire quarter over oo corporations started business In tne snste. The total receipts In the" office of tbs Secretary of State for the quarter were ghtiy aoove s.jw. $1 not the tag all T-niev Klrinev Pills contain in con centrated form ingredients of estab lished the-apeutlc value ior xne prompt .ii.vi.iio. nf all kldnev and bladder allmen'e. Foley Kidney Pills are anti septic, tonl. and restorative. Do not allow vour kidney trouble to progress beyond' the'itacli of medicine, but start taking Kolev Kidney Pills at once. Re fuse substitutes, tiold by all drug-e-U. Xorthrwestern Improvement Com pany With Mines In Roslyn, Cle Elum, Jonesrille and Ronald Refuses to Concede. KLL.EXSBCRO. Wash.. April S. (Spe cial.) Twenty-five hundred miners em ployed by the Northwestern Improve ment Company at Roslyn. Cla Elum. Jonesvllle, Ronald and No. 7 went on a strike today In an effort to force on the company a closed shop agree ment. The strike csme without warning, al though conditions have been unsettled for a month or more. Not a pound of coal Is being mined today In the blRSest mines In the Pscillo Northwest. Tele phone messages from Cle Elum today were that the miners held big union meetings Saturday night and voted to notify the company that no nonunion men must be employed in the company mines in the future. Sunday a telephone message was sent to Superintendent C)aghorn at Tacoma. notifying him of the vote of the union men. Superintendent Claghorn Imme diately sent orders to all the superin tendents In the Kittitas County mines telling them to shut down the mines at once and to post notices that no one was to be allowed to enter the mines Monday morning. Guards have been stationed at all the mines and the Cle Elum and Roslyn police forces have been Increased, but so far there has been no outbreak or demon stration. The miners' union last September signed an agreement with the Northwest Com pany for two years which celled for open shop. Conditions have been un settled for weeks. In March 130 men at ("le EUum were discharged from the com pany's service. These men had been members of the union when the contract vii signed up kist September. The contract called for the company to hold back from the men's pay checks their union dues snd assessments. These 130 men left the union and wanted tha company to pay them In full. This tha company officers refused to do because of tha contract with the union. W hen these men brought suit, the company discharged them. In filling the placea of these men. many nonunion men were employed, but also scores of union men from other locals wera taken on. Conditions were quiet at the mines today, but to prevent trouble Sheriff German swore in 10 deputies in KUens burg tonight and has them guarding property at the mines. German Is In charge of peace officers In the mining district. ROSLYN. Wash- April S. (Special.) At S:30 o'clock tonight It Is reported at Cle Elum that an attempt will be made tomorrow morning to open tha Independent mines. Strikers hearing this are marching In a body from Koalvn to prevent the opening. GIFT REJOICES . STUDENTS Albany College Celebrates Promise) of $50,000 by J. J. Hill. A LB ANT, Or, April 8. (Special.) 1 Students of Albany College held a rousing celebration today In honor of the announcement of the gift by James J.. Hill of (50.000 toward a proposed 1150.000 endowment for the college. There were enthusiastic speeches, many yells and songs. Dr. F. II. Geselbracht. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Albany, made the principal talk of the Jubilee. The modern home would be as complete without water and sewer as it would without a gas range and a gas water heater. While no two women may agree on any other subject, yet of the thousands that are using' g'as ranges, all are agreed that they are the most convenient and dur able, economical and perfect cooKing and baKing appliance they ever used or saw. Our 1911 rang'es are now ready for delivery. Just as we promised they rep resent the combined features of quality and convenience. The experts who wrote the spe cifications have examined and tested ranges for the past twenty years. We had them made of highly finished almost indestructible rust-proof material. With broiling and baKing ovens both lined with asbestos to hold the heat. And with hundreds of other features that maKe them the most perfect and complete g'as stoves yet produced. Select one of the many styles shown in our Display Room, and you, too, will realize all the com fort and satisfaction a complete g'as rang'e can bring. Our rang'es were designed and built to be used in the Kitchens of Portland homes. We can meet the requirements of any Kitchen reg'ardless of size. We sell g'as rang'es and g'as water heaters on installments at cost connections free. We asK you to call and looK over our proposition yourself. If you have no time to visit in per son, call us up (Private Exchang'e 26; A 6274) and we will send an expert to talK it over with you. PORTLAND GAS AND COKE COMPANY ALBANY POSTOFFICE GAINS Receipts for Fiscal Year Show In crease of 18 Per Cent. ALBANT. Or.. April X. (Special.) Albany postofflca receipts for tha fis cal year Just ended show a g aln of 18 .i .int. nf the rjre- per cent over n , ,. . ceding year snd the total established for the year at the close of business i lni-a tnn last night advances - 1J0.000 class. The receipts for the fisoM V'! ' $20 641.24. as compared with i7,o.J for the year ending March t,31. 1910. Tha receipts for the past quarter were $5724.28 and for the first quarter of 1910 they were $4722.13, showing a net ... . i & aUos. vnnnrhw AV'T t IlO gain in me paoi corresponding- peried & year atjo oc Postmaster J. S. Van -Winkle today began his second term in charge of the Albany office. Four years ago to day when he first took up the manage ment of the office he assembled all the employes at a dinner to discuss plans of work and last night, when his new commission arrived, he was again the host at a banquet attended by the 21 employes of the local office- JAIL FIRE IS INCENDIARY McMlnnvllle Prisoner Is Charged With Responsibility. MMINNVILLE. Or.. April 3. (Spe cial.) A warrant Is out for the arrest of Merle Ruffner. a laboring man of this place, charging him with setting Are to the city Jail early this morn ing. Ruffner was locked up by Chief of Police Peterson last night for drunk enness. His escape was effected and i , nr, the street bv Night Po- II. ..CO v.. - .. T".-.-.. ahnrrlv hefore S A. M. iiuriiiuu j ....... ..j . . . , , to whom he explained that he had paid his fine and Been reieaseu.. About this time fire was discovered in the Jail bell tower sDove me struc ture. The flames practically demol . .. t. . iaii which was of wood and rendered the bell with Its electrio striking apparatus useless. An exam ination of the premises showed that the ...... i.k.t t the rinnr had been broken from the outside and that the lock and the holts holding k naa . probability been Droaen wun by tha prisoner working from the In side through this aperaiure. Suspicion points strongly to certain companions of Runner as oeing ac complices. Ruffner was seen leaving town on foot before daylight and may be in hiding in the country. Athena Pioneer Dies Suddenly. ATHENA. . Or.. April 3.-SpeciaI.) Frank M. Mansfield, one of the early pioneers of this eltyl died suddenly at Ills ooiua lino -i-Lk. l i . Mi. . o " j . .... his death Mr. Mansfield appeared to be perfectly well, and was on the street at 7:30 o'clock P. M. Surveyors at White Salmon. WHITE SALMON. Wash.. April 3.- (Speclal.) A crew of Portland surveyors are running preliminary lines for the steam or electric road the Mount Adams Electric Company proposes to run up the bluff from the North Bank road to White Salmon. ..SUHHY I are the two great creators of energy. You can get along without Scoffs Emulsion if you have enough sunshine, but for the millions who don't get much sunshine, Scott's Emulsion is absolutely necessary. You can always get Scotfs Emulsion. 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Our faith In Rexall "93" Hair Tonic Is so strong that we ask you to try It on our positive guarantee that your money will be cheerfully refunded without question or quibble if It does not do as we claim. Certainly we can offer no stronger argument. It comes in two sizes, prices 60 cents and $1.00. Remember you can obtain It only at The Owl Drug Co., Inc., corner Seventh and Washington streets. The Brewer Is the Best Hat in the World Up-to-date in Style, Graceful in Appearance, Comf ortable and Made of the Best Ma terial The Brewer I iat Looks Well and Lasts WelL It is the Kind it Pays to Buy. BEN SELLING LEADING CLOTHIER MORRISON AND FOURTH 1 sVH g2AT Ore1 "The Cream of ihe Famous Hood River DisiricV Will appeal to you as the best investment offered today in Oregon. Do yon realize that you can buy a small tract in M0ISER VIEW 0RCHAEDS on the easy payment plan, that in five years will be a bearing orchard, bringing in a splendid income T Call to see us and we will tell you all about it. Ask for literature about the world-famous Hood River-Mosier district and its wonderful apples. Hood River Orchard Land Company, Owners Devlin & Firebaugh, Selling Agents Offices 906, 907, 908, 909 Yeon Bldg. Phones: Main 1450; A 6598. f