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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1911)
GRANT COUNTY IS 1 Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Morrison at Seventh Store Opens at 8:3Q Watch Our Windows With Increased Activity and Attended by Hundreds of Thrifty Buyers ADVENT OF AUTO TRUCK IN CENTRAL OREGON PRESENTS NEW PROBLEM. AWAITING PEOPLE 1 - - Immense District Awaiting Ski!! and Enterprise of Homeseekers. RESERVE TAKES BIG AREA John and Other Valleja Present - Thousand of Acre or Tillable Land Lack of Transporta tion Has Held It Back. FT ADDISOX BENNETT. CANTON CITY. OR, April 27. (Staff Correspondence.) I have now driven about 173 miles throuch Grant Countr. and brain to know something about It. There are other portions through which I hara ridden several times previously, notably through the Bear and tlvles valleys, and over Ilxie Mountain. There are other portions which I ezpct to see. out towar.is Ilea, and the western part of Bear Valley. And then I will tMnk that I know as much about Grantas the ordinary resident. But this is con siderable of a county .' square miles. J.s:) acres. One cannot learn all about such an area In a drive of a few hun dred miles. Grant Is one of the counties pretty nearly pot out of business by the forest rserves, as they take up LiJP.wO acres of the total area. leaving Grant only !.. acres of its own domain. By that the ordinary reader may think there are nearly a million and a half acres of actual forest, land covered with treea. But such is not the case These forest reserves are largely covered with (trass and sage brash, but there are many square miles of food timber in the county, splendid timber. But the most or It is deeded land, and for such land the reserves may be a good thins;. I will not argue that cow. Nor wII I say that the reserves ara a bad thing or a good thine for Grant. It depends a good deal upon whose shoul ders rests the admlnlstralon of the for est service, that is the local supervisor in charge of tha district. "Cy" Bingham has charge of much of the reserve In Grant, and it seems to be the general consensus of opinion that he does his best to keep harmonious relatloua be tween the service and tha stockmen. In other quarters. I have neard of much friction being engendered by arbitrary and nonsensical red tape methods of tha representatives of the service on t ground. Be this as It may. th fact remaina that a large amount of pasture land, pasture land pur and simple land that never grusr a tree and never will Is held In the 'forest" reserve, or In one of the f.-vur partially Included in this county. And thus the Government collects a graslng tax from land that it seems ought to belong to the people, for Con gress has time and again refused to pass a graslng law. despite the appeals of the forest service. Taking; out tha forest reserves Grant la quite a county much larger than Rhode Island. Aa a rule the country Is rough and rolling, but the Talleys are as fine and fruitful aa any of like altitude In the state John Pay Valley I ITlch. Tha John Iay is. of course, tha prin cipal valley. This wonderful river runs practically across the county from east to west, and Is not far from 70 miles in length. Aa to its width. I have decided convictions that It la In many published reports greatly over-estimated. I bava driven along It for over two-thirds of Its length, and I would say that the average width Is less than two and one half miles, and not live miles, aa often stated. The same publication that rives tlie average width as five, miles, states that the tillable land of tha county ag gregates W. acres, while It gives the John Pay Valley a Ion an acreage of over SV.w0 acres, and makes no mention of such beautiful and ferula valleys as tha Longcreek. Fox. Beach Creek, tha many small valleys off of tha John Day. those on the north and south forks, and tha score of Uttlo nooks In other places. This country Is rich enough and good enough to tell the, truth about. The peop hera ara all prospering. Ther Is. it Is true, very little immigration coming In. for somehow the Incoming settlers w hear so much about do not turn south of tha railway. If they do. they do not find Grant County very fre quently. I hava only seen one cabin In tha county that looked aa If It might ba tha home Just taken by one of this vast hegtra we read about as overflowing tha state. Considerable land la changing hands, but mostly o Oregon people, and as a rule tha purchasers ara neighbor ing ranchers who are enlarging their holdings by buying out their less pros perous neighbors, or perhaps neighbor! who wish to retlra from active life. Canyon City is the county seat of Grant County. It la the political, finan cial and commercial center. The people from all sections of tha county pay tribute to this place, and will for many years to come, most likely until tha county is divided, whloh it will ba some day no doubt, for It Is rather large and unwieldy. It is a terrible trip from the northwestern part of the county to the county seat. Canyon City IIa Advantages. It may ba thought that the location of the county seat Is not strategically good, but when you come to consider the matter a little you will ascertain that any on haa some advantages. For in stance, the entire trad of the southern portion of the county hss to coma here or pass through here. To be sure. It Is two miles down to the river, and to reach much of the county, the main set tled portions, you must pass John Day In going or coming to the county seat As a businesa place I thlnto Canyon car ries the largest stocks In the county and does the largest retail trade, and also quit a Jobbing business. The Canyon City Commercial Company has a very large stock, and they are Increasing It right along. All other line of business are conducted on broad principles. For Instance, tha newspaper here, the Blue Mountain Eagle, la one of the best week lies in the stale. One thing in favor of Canyon City Is that the affairs of the county have al ways been well conducted. When the t-rrltory wa cut off from Harney, about lit and Grant wa formed, she had to aum a debt.of practically J3.00O. This was long ago paid, and the county haa been out of debt for some time, wsr rants being paid as presented la spot rash The courtfcoiue Is not a very elab orate building, but It series 'J jnlqu irwone parti cu- i rsm. and can ba made to oo so lor bmj veara. And It la unique In. one particu T."u stands In a p'.at of alfalfa. Mighty appropriate for alfalfa Is "the staff of life" in Grant County. . The townslte of Canyon l the most peculiar of any I ever saw. It U ur Ihi townalto was never-located. Like the trail of the calf. It just happened, some miner putting up a cabin "' lulc. boxes on the creek. nth' built near, a saloon was ' a town appeared. It He. in a lit tie. socket up the narrow canyon. As you iuD the canvon you are cut off from Sm'iSS.. s'-- - , en w i MACHINE 1VHICH BROKE DOWS BRIDGE. BEND Or. May 1. (Special.) Tha transition period in Central Oregon transportation methods Intervening between the u"lverf.1 J""? J the ten-horVe freighting team and the substitution J1' for the horse I. not entirely free from nl.hao.. Mia Indicated by tha accompanying photograph, which show the fate of a big gasoUne-d riv en freighter" whose weight proved too much for a Deschute Valley bridge a few mile from Bend. Tha auto truck whoe plight Is depicted, is ona of the several which are pioneering In the local transportation field. It had brought a five-ton load In from the railroad at Metollus and wa on its way from hera to La Pine. SO miles south of Bend. when. In crossing a bridge that spana the Central Oregon canal of the Central Oregon Irrigation Company's s :tem. four miles south of town, it weight proved too much for the structure, with the reult that It dropped some six feet Into the then dry canal. Despite the rough treatment It received, botb In Its fall and the necessarily drastic measures that had to be employe In Its rescu. the truck appeared none the worse for It experience, and soon arter the accident returned to Bend under Its own power, and later pro ceeded to La Pine. It is the property of Peterson Bros., of La Pine. the main town by a hill: passing to the - . I - . K - Invn 1 ! f In a little cavity, so to speak, about WO yards long by 15 yards wiae. ana in crc . this. The business buildings are mostly on the east side of the street, butting rignt into mo u". .... .1...- fr,, s,w nr 400 feet. In front of these buildings there is a street the street which Is SO feet wide for three blocks, ana tapers si muci n to 60 feet. The buildings on the otner side of the street run bac. to me crers, ljO feet or so. City Has Peculiar Location, i i- ..... ....) rronlnc the river ... -...- v. k Miirtliousew which lie serosa the creek, and on the other side this street or road turns ana goes up the canyon, while another branch leads to Isee. Then there Is a row of housea facing the road and butting against the hill. There are two narrow streetlets .i . n thm itrMts leading up A WUU1U II W k . -. - from the town to the east to little nooks on the hill. There are two cnurcuc. .. schoolhouse and a number of nice dwell ings up there, and. as the loan gro. the new buildings must seek one or tnose nooks, for the town can neither grow in or down tne canyon. hillsides. What about a cloudburst? The town was established along In the early . v hMn inf creat loss ana w . . from high water, perhaps never will be. for Canyon Creek Is a short stream, wltn a very small water shed. Anyhow, the .1.1.1. . v r. immune from - ... . i --ut in thsit belief. nooos. ui.i --- The worst accident that ever befell the town waa a fire, wnicn P"..., I . i. nn Ausrust 12. 1ST0. Be fore that there were three very "a'ToW atreeta In the town, neither of them wide enough to turn a team in. There are three cnurcnes. Episcopal and Catholic, and a splendid ..: mrm Attxact- cnooinousv. Aim v. - . ive and homelike, and the people eem to be about as happy ana ramu - you will often ee. i ney r i. th.tr norts. hilarious and strenuous. - for you can often see as lany aa JO of them playing muui the street, the ages or tne coniesiame ranging from i to or Anyhow. that atatement win ruie ii rou take Into couni im 'gailery." Coanty Is Well Irrigated. f . wet. there being only one dry precinct In It. Monument. There ta one saloon at Log Creek, three at Prairie City, one at John iay. iwo Dayvllle and Ova at this plane. I think the license fees are an tne per year, except at John tiy. where the amount levied la $1200. The people of the latter town seem 10 turn high license and the single saloon, aa a result. Is conducive to good order. I do not know. But I would like to see some one of the larger cities of the state, like Astoria or Eugene, have two or three regular saloons, not half but fully regulated according to law. I feel rather cocky today. My hat Is too mall. I am all puffed op. Com ing through John Pay yesterday I topped Into the thirst parlor to see If the pure food law waa being exactly I complied with, when a chap arproached and holding out hi hand, cordially said. 'Hello, pal." His countenance wss a blank to roe. but I did not repel him. I waa In a hurry. He then said. "Don't you know me? Tou ought to, for you mixed many a drink for me when you were tending bar over In Lakeview! Now. I plead not guiltj. I never was eligible to become a member of the bartenders" union: never. I have prac ticed more or less before the bar. but never behind It. never. But I did not argue with the gentleman, for he waa Intent on buying and I let him buy! In my letter from John Day I mad mention of the peculiar condition ur roundlng the conduction of the post office of that place 'and this. There Is a potmlstres here also, and her work la practically all done during the night, save the handing out and recelvloa; mail and Issuing money-order, etc.. during th "regular" hour. I think It I fe to ay that the "regular" hours are quite Irregular, aa the duties of the office consume at least IS of the hours each day. Including Sunday. Mrs. Powers, like Mrs. Elliott, Is for tunate enough to have a husband to as sist her. Her labors are somewhat more arduous than those of Mrs. Elliott, but this is a third-class office, and the alary and allowance amount to almost $Ht)0 a year, with a further allowance for light, fuel and rent, while Mra. Elliott has to furnish all such Inci dental. Check Forgeries Charged. ASTORIA, Or, May L (Special., Coe Thompson, a stranger who says his horn I at Grant Pass, waa ar raigned in the Justice Court today on a charge of forging the name of the Hammond Lumber Company to two check for small amounts, which h cashed at stores. He waived examine- . and was committed to the County Jail in default of bonda to await the action ef the Circuit Court grand Jury. Stanford Given Art Gallery. STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal May 1. It was announced here yesterday that T. W. Stanford, of Melbourne. Aus tralia, a brother of the late Leland Stanford, has donated 1100.000 to pro vide a suitable gallery to house a col lection of paintings which he haa given to Stanford University. A new building will be erected. In connection with th wracked aUanford museum. - SEASON OPENS BAD Tide Interferes With Fishing at Astoria. 800 BOATS ARE ON RIVER HJgh Price Quoted for Raw Fish Stimulates Activity Few Vi olations of Law So Far Keportcd. ASTORIA. Or- May 1. (Special.) The -Spring fiehlng season of the Co lumbia River opened at noon today, and will continue until noon on August 15, excepting for the 24-hour closing period on Sundays. An unusually large number of glllnetters was out this afternoon and tonight, for so early In the season, and it is estimated that not leas than 800 boats were on the liver between Brookfleld and the bar. No estimate of the catch can be made, however, before tomorrow, and perhaps even later, because few If any deliv eries will be made until then. It la doubtful If any very big hauls were made this afternoon, even though there may have been a run of fish In the river, for the reason that the tldea were not favorable for fishing, there being a strong flood at the time the season opened and the nets were placed In the water. Tonight there Is a thick mist with a light rain, and as there Is quite a sea running, some of the fish ermen who are accustomed to drift in tha lower harbor and cloae to the bar. may be deterred from going out after dark. The extremely high prices being paid for raw fish, namely 6 and IVt cents a pound for the different classes of sal mon, mean that early fishing will be prosecuted much more vigorously than is customary. It la understod that some of the seiners will begin opera tions earlier than usual this year, and a few are preparing to commence fish ing before the freshet starta In. Sunday Deputy Wardens Oberjr and Sweet captured a set net that had been 'placed In the water near Hungry Har bor, on the north side of the river. Last night they were patrolling In the lower harbor almost down to the bar. They report that several hundred boats I were lying at anchor about Sand j Island and Desdemona Sands, ready to begin fishing at noon today, but none of the men, so far as could be ascer tained, put their nets in the water be fore the opening of the season. Deputy Fish Warden Gor seized even salmon Sunday morning that had been cached away in a vacant room of a bunkhouse at Drlscoll Slough. Who the fish belonged to is not known. AGED SERVANT CARED FOR Sirs. Tongue Provides Life Estate for Faithful Friend. HILLS BORO, Or., May 1. (Special.) The will of the late Rebecca Tongue, mother of the late Representative Tongue. Oregon's First District, waa filed in probate this week. She gives the ISO-acre farm, near North Plains, to E. B. Tongue and T. H. Tongue, Jr., who are named aa executors of the In strument. To Mrs. Mary Tongue Lom bard, she gives fa in cash, qualifying the bequest with the statement that she loved the granddaugther equally with the others, but believed she had plenty of "this world' goods," without aid from the grandmother. The balance of the estate, after expenses are paid, goes .share and share alike to Mra Edith Reames, Medford: Miss Bertha Tongue. Hillsboro: Mrs. Elizabeth Free man, Portland, and Mrs. H. M. Munger, of Portland. The estate Is worth perhaps $30,000. and the farm la estimated to be worth $20,000. One provision of the will Is a request placed upon the grandsons, that they provide for the life of James Som mervllle, who has worked on the grand mother's estate for many years, and who la In feeble health, and that at his death he be given a decent burial. Our Closing-Out Entered Into Its Fifth Week Yesterday. Just Two Months More of This Greatest of All Bargain Events Ever Held in Portland. You Share in the Most Remarkable Savings When You Take Advantage of the Closing - uut Offerings Contributed From Every Section of the Store. $500,000 in Dependable Merchandise Is Being Sacrificed for Absolute Disposal by July First Every Article in Every Department Has Been Marked to Accomplish This That Great Sale of Gloves Announced Last Week Still Continues; Prices Now 25 Below the Manufacturers 'Our Determination to Dispose of the Entire Stock of Our Glove Section Has Brought About This Radical Reduction. Women Should Anticipate Their Glove Needs for Months , to Come. We Are Quoting Extra Reductions to Purchasers of Three Pair Lots Silk Gloves Alone Are Excepted From tiiis Sale. The Sale of Beautiful Gowns and Dresses Is One bf the Most Notable Features of This Great Event Some of These Handsome Creations Are Now Marked at One-Third of Their Former Prices. Others Half. Never before in this section have garments of such charm and individuality shown such remarkable reductions from their real worth The Drices at which they've been marked would not cover thejeost of materials alone, to say nothing of the fact tuat SSr 're coxSef of cVtatSns Hby leading style designs both abroad and to this country. The woman who has planned to have a new evening gown or dress should be convinced by these reductions that this is her opportunity. Some of the Close-Out Offerings in Buffets and China Closets IN BUFFETS $27 Buffet in weathered oak now . . . . 14.50 $32 Buffet in weathered oak now 18.50 $35 Buffet in quartered golden. oak. dull finish now $23.25 $41 Buffet in -best quartered oak, golden finish 30.75 $46 Buffet in best quarter sawed golden oak 33.50 $56 Buffet in dull finished, quarter-sawed golden oak now 42.00 38.75 .,.39.50 35.00 -now .65.00 $55 $66 $68 $94 Buffet in fumed oak now.. Buffet in fumed oak now.. Buffet in fumed oak now.. Massive Buffet in fumed oak- IN CHINA CABINETS $16 China Cabinet in golden oak now 11.00 $48 China Cabinet in best golden oak now 35.00 $36 China Cabinet in golden oak now 24.00 $38 Large China Cabinet in golden oak now 26.50 $34 China Cabinet in fumed oak now i.. 21.75 $31 China Cabinet in quartered golden oak now .21.00 $77 Large Craftsman style China Cabinet in fumed oak now 56.00 $45 China Cabinet in fumed oak now '. 36.00 $72 Massive China Cabinet in fumed oak now 56.25 $66 Large Colonial China Cabinet in golden oak now: . . . : .49.50 In Go-Carts and Carriages Splendid Line of Models to Chooie From These Are Some of tie Price 4.25 for $9.90 Folding Go-Carts with padded seats and backs. 4.90 for $7 Folding Go-Carts with padded seats and backs and with hoods. 6.75 for $9.50 Folding Go-Carts with hoods. 6.25 for $12.50 Folding Go-Carts with hoods. - 7.50 for an $18 Go-Cart with coach finished body. Also has hood. S17.50 for $25 English Peram- $19.60 for $28 Carriages with brown reed body and hood- 5Q New Waists Specially Grouped to Close Out Many Women Will Be Eager Advantage In one group or the other are Chiffon "Waists, Messaline Waists, Crepe de Chine "WaistsrNet "Waists, Waists of allover lace beautiful combinations from the best waist shops all of them this season's models and most of them exclusive models $10.00. $11.50 and $12.50 Waists at. $13.50. $13.95 and $14.50 Waists at. $15.00, $16.50, $17.50, $18.50, $18.75 and $19.50 Waists at . . . . to Take $7.SO $8.SO $9.SO $20 to $30 Waists now at. $35 to $50 Waists now. .: ...... .?14. 75 .-...HALF PRICE Women's Separate Skirts at Closing-Out Prices. The Reductions Tell the Story. Four Special Groups: $5.95, $6.95, $7.50 Values for.. .. ......... .?3.9S $7.95, $8.50, $8.95 Values for. ....... T. ..4.98 $9.50, $9.95, $10, $11.50 Values for. . . . . ... ... . .?o.9S Skirts That Were $12, $13.50, $16.50, $18.50, $20, $21, $22.50 and $29.50, now at. ...... .HALF PRICE Our entire stock distributed in these four special groups Separate Skirts for dress, street and house wear; plain tailored and trimmed, plain gored and plaited and maternity skirts, in panamas, serges, mixtures, voiles, black satin, white serges and hairline stripes.. The tory told by th deserters Is that they were, kept at the bis tent for two afternoon performances, and when this was thwoug-h they did not have time to parade the streets and get back In time to play at the night performance. The five claim Barnes refused to pay them, and they sought a law firm and had papers of attachment made out to force payment of claims. The show was com pleted, the paraphernalia loaded on cars and started from the town before the papers could be aerved. but the attor neys state the papers will be sent on and served In one of the Oregon towns In the Rogue River Valley Uarr Goddard. the oldest Quaker preacher In the world, preached a lermon at Bruns wlrk. yr.. on nr Ifllut anniversary. CIRCUS BANDMEN DESERT They Were Requested to Play In Parades, but Could N'oU KLAMATH rAIXS, Or, May 1. (Spe cial.) The AJ G. Barnes circus narrowly missed being held up here Saturday even ing on account of the management an nouncing a fine of 15 each on the mem bers of his brass band, because they did not parade he streets to attract atten tion to the evening performance, accord ing to the statements made by Ave mem bers of the band, who deserted the show. A HEALTHY, HAPPY OLD AGE May be promoted by those who gently cleanse the system, now and then, when in need of a laxative remedy, by taking a deseitspoonful of the ever refreshing, wholesome and truly beneficial Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, which is the only family laxative generally ap proved by the most eminent phy sicians, because it acts in a natural, strengthening way and warms and tones up the internal organs without weakening them. It is equally benefi ficial for the very young and the mid dle aged, as it is always efficient and free from all harmful ingredients. To get its beneficial effects it is always necessary to buy the genuine, bear ing the name of the Company California Fig Syrup Co. plainly printed on the front of every package. New City Ticket Office NOW OPEN SOUTHEAST CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STS. Rail, Sleeping and Parlor Car Tickets ltO Spokane, Astoria, Clatsop Beach Central Oregon and Local Points On sale at this office, formerly handled at the offices of the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railways. Tickets also to all Eastern, Oregon Electric and United Railway points. . SOUTHEAST CORNER FIFTH AND STARK STS.