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THE SUNDAY OBEGOftlAN, .POETLA2TD, MAY 3, 1903. UILD ROCK "ROADS Permanent Highways at a Cost of $1200 Per Mile. HOW MARION FARMERS Dp it ltR Croaber and Roller at Work and Smooth, Hard Surfaces Made That "Will Lat '.Twenty Year. SALEM, Or., May 2.-SpeciaL)-rKoaa building, according to the most up-to-dato methods, is now in progress in Marlon County, and tho prospect is exceedingly pood for the construction of several miles of permanent roads. A rock crusher "was purchased last year at a cost of about P200, and a. steam roller has recently been added to the equipment, at a cost of $2100. this outfit is in operation on the Jeffer on and Rosedale roods, south of Salem, where a 12-Inch surface of crushed rock is being put upon the highways, at a cost of less than $1200 per mile. Of this cost the county pays about half in cash, while the farmer contribute the remainder in labor. Roclc Already Broken. The conditions are peculiarly favorable for road building in that locality. A pit of rock, supposed to be of volcanic origin, and very hard, is situated about half way between the two roads, and less than a half-mile from either. The rock lies In a compact mass in the hillside, and by some of nature's processes has been shattered so that it is in cubical pieces ranging from the size of an egg to the size of a man's head. While the rock is hard, and seems to possess very good wearing qualities, it crushes very satisfactorily and always retains the cubical form. In its natural state the rock makes a very good ma terial for the first layer six Inches deep on the road. A finer coating, obtained by crushing the rock, is placed on the top of the coarse material to a depth of six Inches. By reason of the shape of the rock It crushes firmly into the ground un der the pressure of the roller and leaves a perfectly smooth surface. In taking rock from the quarry the workmen began at the bottom of the ledge. A plank floor was laid covering an area about 20 feet square, and then by means of a blast, placed several feet back in the ledge, a large quantity of rock was dislodged and thrown down upon this floor. It was then In position to bo easily handled with shovels. The ledge of rock is about 12 feet high, and comes to the surface of the ground, so that there is no soil to be removed. The rock crusher stands within 20 feet of the ledge, and each blast throws the rock close to the crusher. From the standpoint of economy of work, no more favorable conditions could be wished. The crusher is operated by steam power and fuel for the engine is growing all around. Cost of Surfacing: Roads.- "W. W, Allen, who has charge of the operation of the crusher, gives The Ore gonlan correspondent the following state ment, in round numbers, of the cost of placing a rock surface on the roads In that neighborhood. Twelve teams are furnished by the farmers for hauling rock upon the roads. Estimating the value of this work at the prices paid for men and teams In Salem, $3.50 per day, the farmers con tribute about $42 per day. The county em ploys 17 men In the quarry and on the .crusher, at wages averaging about $1.75 per day, or $30 In all for this purpose. The wages of the engineer on the steam roller and the expense for fuel and pow der will bring the total expense of the county up to nearly $40 per day, making the total cost to both the county and the farmers about $80 a day. With this ex penditure, the force of men and teams places a rock surface on 20 rods of road per day, so that It will be seen that the cost per mile is about $12S0. Mr. Allen gave the Items of expense as outside figures, and others who are connected with the work say that his figures are liberal, and, if anything, too large. Crushed Rock Makes Smooth Surface The great trouble with the building of permanent roads in this district has been to find material that will remain where It Is placed. For many years the farmers In the vicinity of these operations have been putting gravel on the roads, but with very unsatisfactory results. The round river gravel would lie loose on the road, and every Winter work farther down into the mud. In places where the road was worked recently, gravel was found at a depth of three feet, though it had been placed on the surface but a few years previous. The crushed rock, being In cubical form, packs together by the weight oftravel and forms a compact surface. The Oregonlan correspondent rode on a bicycle over rock-surfaced roads recently laid and on roads surfaced a year ago. Both were nearly as smooth as floors, so far as the Jar to the wheels of a vehicle Is concerned. The newly-laid rock looks rough, but when the steam roller has been over It, each piece of stone Is pressed Into the ground so that a flat side lies upper most, thus forming a smooth, even sur face. The 'farmers of the district south of Salem expect to contribute labor enough to build two or three miles of permanent road this season. Their best information is that the road, once built, will last 20 years, and in less than five years they ex pect to have first-class roads threading all the country south of Salem In this county. When the people of this vicinity have concluded their work for the season, the crusher and roller will bo taken to Eome ether part of the county, where the farmers are willing to contribute the labor of themselves and teams in hauling crushed rock upon the public highways. The outlook is Indeed encouraging for the construction of many miles of good roads in this county in the next two or three years. HOT ALL TALK. Clackamas Builds Good Roads Says JndRe Ryan. OREGON CITY. Or., May 2. (Special.) County Judge Ryan reports that the "Vi ola road to this city will be completed this Summer. Last year one-half, or six miles, of the road was built, partly of gravel, crushed rock and planking, and the balance of the road will be construct ed of the same materials. There has been subscribed in cash and labor over $3600 to finish the road. Work will be resumed this month on the road, which Is now be ing surveyed for establishing the grades. "Speaking about good roads," said Judge Ryan, "Clackamas County as 134 miles of the best-improved highways in the state, and we are not all the time talking about good roads, either. Speaking of good roads. I mean roads constructed of crushed rock, gravel, plank or are macad amized. The people of Clackamas Coun ty Instead of constantly talking about good roads and agitating the question of organizing good roads associations, are working and building good roads. ' Our county has averaged 15 mills per year for the past eight years In building highways, and we have some substantial and credit able roads to show for the expenditure of this money." Santa Maria Volcano Belches. SAN FRANCISCO, May 2. The Santa Maria volcano, in Guatemala, has broken out again. The news was brought to this city by the steamer San Juan, which left Champerico on the afternoon of April 17, the day the fresh eruption Is said to have taken place. Couriers from the Interior fcrought word that the volcano had broken out. that a storm of ashes. was falling, and the Inhabitants of the surrounding country were panic-stricken. The atmo sphere in the direction of the volcano was thick at Champerico when the San Juan sailed. CANADIAN LAND SCAXDAL. "Why Premier Dnnsmnlr Cancelled Grant to Railroad. 'VICTORIA, B. C. May 2. British Co lumbia has a political sensation as a re sult of disclosures made today at the Leg islative inquiry being held Into the sub sidy grant to the Canadian Pacific Rail way. The railway earned a land subsidy for building the Columbia & Western which had not been paid. The act pro vided that land be awarded in alternate blocks contiguous or as close as possible to the line. Later arrangements were made to grant to the company two blocks In Southeast Kootenay, hundreds of miles from the road, and which are alleged to be rich in coal and oil. Crown grants were issued, but not delivered. Ex-Premier' James Dunsmuir gave evi dence today before the inquiry which was called to Inquire into why these blocks should have been selected. He said he had cancelled the grants because he learned that everything was not right. The order In Council granting these two blocks had been made in his absence. He made an order approving the grant in September, being told the province would save -300.000 acres by tho arrangement. Mr. Wells, Commissioner of Lands and STEALING ARMY TIMBER PIRATES CCTTI5G ON "WASHEfGTOJf HARBOR RESERVATION. Officer Has Been Ordered to the Scene to Report the Matter to the War Department. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., May 2. That scandals in public land matters in the West are more -far-reaching than has yet been suspected by the public was demonstrated today, when orders came from General Frederick Funston, com manding the Department of the Columbia, detailing Captain Manus McCloskey, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Company, Coast Artillery, Fort Worden, tempo rarily to turn the .command over to his First Lieutenant and repair with all pos sible expedition to Washington Harbor, there to investigate and report fully upon the condition of the timber on the mili tary reserve there. Uncle Sam holds for military purpose nearly 1000 acres there, and Information has been given officials that timber pi rates have been making Inroads into the remarkably fine growth known to exist on the reserve. While not definitely known, it is rumored that despoiling has QUEEN OF CUPID'S KNOLL MONMOUTH, Or., May 2. Tho Mar day festivities were held today on Cupid's Knoll, at 2:30 o'clock. A procession was formed at tho Normal building, under the direction jf Grand Marshal G. A. Forbes, with the Normal Cadot Band leading. The order of march was as follows: A carriage- containing the arch bishop. W. R. Rutherford, and the chancellor, F. T. Ansel, the royal Coat, with the Queen upon her throne. Miss Cristol Lauchlln, sup ported by her pages, Virgil Meador and Harold Haley; the Queen's bodyguard, mounted on prancing steeds, as follows: Sir Knights Pop ham, Murdock, Dean, Butler, Crow Icy. Smith, Fitzwaltcr. Next came the beautifully decorated float with the maids of honor. Misses Vernon Shofner, Johnson, Craven. Bertha Reese. Edith Owen. The floats were followed by the students of the school In gala attire and by the citizens of the town and county. The line of march was taken directly to the knoll,' where a throne had been erected, and tho bishop and chancellor formally crowned the Queen. After an hour ot open-air amuse ments, the Queen from lier throne opened the Maypole dances by the various organizations of the school, and all the figures known to May dancers were en Joyed, the music being furnished by the band. The elaborate decorations and Uie profusion of Sowers combined to produce a most picturesque effect- The day was an Ideal one for the purpose, and a very large crowd took advantage of the time for recreation. This was by far the most cuccessful May day ever held here, and xne that will long be remembered. The day's festivities were brought to a close by an evening promenade concert on the school campus. - jlHp raV 311 as Cristol Langhlln. Works, went to Montreal with the grants to the Canadian Pacific Railway, but re turned with them. The witness then learned that there was something wrong in connection with the deal, and he can celled the grants. He did this as a result of a certain thing he would not say what that Mr. Wells had told him. He was told that Mr. Wells had been offered 30,000 acres of the land, if he would hand over the grants to the Canadian Pacific Railway. He, as Premier, cancelled the grants, as he did not want any crooked business while he was in the govern ment. . Mr. Wells said the ex-Premier's state ment was substantially correct. He had been told in Montreal that a company was being formed In Montreal to take oyer the blocks of land, and two members of the Legislature were to be allotted one each of the 30 shares. Died Front Effects of Fall. ASTORIA, Or., May 2. (Special.) Fos ter S. Benson, tho young man who was so badly injured yesterday afternoon by falling from the top of a derrick while working on the construction of the Hume mill, died shortly before midnight with out having regained consciousness. His funeral will be held tomorrow, the ex pense being borne by the mill company. Man Falls 1200 Feet In Mine.' BUTTE, Mon.. May 2. While the cage was being hoisted from the 1200-foot level of tho St. Lawrence mine today the en gine got beyond control. The cage was carried into the sheavee, with Anthony Gallagher on It. The rope broke and tho cago fell with Gallagher to the bottom of the shaft. Gallagher was instantly killed. He has a sister, Mrs. Joseph House, in Salt Lake. Shot and Soon Died. WALLA WALLA, Wash., May 2. Mar ion Stockdale, aged 23. of Dixie, was shot at his home at O. K. this evening, and died an hour and a half later at a local hospital. Indications point strongly to suicide. Stockdale was married and the son of Alfred Stockdale, a prominent ranchman. Meeting: of Republican Club. SALEM, Or., May 2. (Special.) Presi dent S. A. Hughes, of the Worklngmen's Republican Club, has called a meeting of that organization for Tuesday even ing at the City Hall. A number of local speakers will address the meeting. been done by monster logging concerns operating In Western Washington. Cap tain McCloskey's detail will consist in as certaining the exact status of the case, and upon his report the War Department will take steps for prosecuting the pi rates. Pirates until the past few years have carefully avoided the Government's re serves, but now It appears caution has been cast aside. For the protection of re cently created forest reserves throughout the state, the Government provides ample force of rangers, but their work does not protect isolated reserves of the Army. For this reason, Washington harbor de spoliation has been easily effected, the place being far removed from any of the important settlements of Clallam County. GIVES FOREST RESERVE BASE. Will Bring Nice Sum to State Treasury. SALEM, Or., May 2. Speclal.)-Tho creation of the forest reserve in South western Oregon, as announced in today's Oregonlan, will probably create some 40, 000 acres of forest reserve base upon which the State Land Board will be abie to realize $3 per acre, or $200,000. There will be no trouble to find a ready sale for the base, so that the Irreducible school fund will profit by the creation of the reserve. All the school sections that have been surveyed were sold as soon as the first information came regarding the proposal to create the reserve, some two years ago. A large part of the tract is unsur veyed, however, and all the school sec tions in this part of the reserve are stllL tho property of the state. It is possible that tho Government will create the re serve on the checker-board plan, thus ex cluding sections not owned by the Gen eral Government, but those who are fa miliar with the ways of land office af fairs do not anticipate that such a method will be followed. Lien Land Ring; Interested. A strong effort will probably be made to induce the Governor to use the school sections in the reserve as base for the purpose of "setting up" some of the se lections of lieu land which were made upon Invalid base furnished by lieu land operators, but. from what the Governor has already said upon the subject. It Is probable that he will refuse to accede to this demand. Governor Chamberlain be lieves that when people have bought lieu land upon base which they have purchased from- private parties they should look to OFFICERS OF WOMEN'S LEWIS AND CLARK CLUBS v v mv Mrs. H. a Watson, president. Mrs. J. E. Heard, 2d vice-pres. ALBAXT. Or., May 2. (Special.) Mrs. H. a Watson, president of the local Women's Lewis and Clark Fair Club, has been Identified with almost every movement of this nature In Albany during the past ten years. While living la Memphis, Term., in the '80s, Mrs. Watson waa appointed -a commissioner of the women's department of the New Orleans Exposition, by Governor Bob Taylor. Mrs. Watson is a native ot Mlsslssipple. The other officers are: First vice-president. Miss Henrletta.'Biwn: second vice president, Mrs. M. J. Train; secretary. Mrs. C B. Winn; assistant secretary. Mrs. Bertha T. Parker; treasurer. Mrs. A M. Mortir. MEDFORD. Or.. April 30 (Special.) A Lewis and Clark Women's Club was organized In this city recently by Mrs. (Jalloway. ot Portland. The following " officers were elected: Mrs. Luther P. Hubbs, president; Mrs. G. H. Raskins, first vice-president; Mrs. J. D. Heard, second Tice-preslden't; Mrs. A M. Alford, secretary; Mrs. I. A Webb, treasurer. I those parties for their relief if the base proves to be Invalid. To use reserve base to set up the fallen lieu lands would be to give it to the lieu land operators, an experiment that the state tried once. Very strong pressure has been brought to bear upon Governor Chamberlain in the last few weeks, and every argument possible has been offered to Induce him to alter his determination. Ha has not yet changed his Intention, however, to leave tho purchasers of in valid base to get their relief from those to whom they paid their good money. The whole matter rests with the Gov ernor. The duty of selecting lieu land is assigned to him. The last Legislature passed an, act the supposed purpose of which was to settle a question as to the legal status of the existing law, hut a clause was quietly inserted making it the duty of the Governor to use any avail able base to set up any lieu lands which had fallen down by reason of its having been selected upon invalid base. As soon as Governor Chamberlain discovered this neat attempt to play into the hands of the lieu land ring he vetoed the bill, although It contained somo provisions which met his hearty approval. Will It Hart Carry CoHatyT ' Had that hill become a law, the Gov ernor would have no option In the mat ter, but would bo compelled to use good forest reserve base as a substitute for the invalid base upon which the operators have made their fortunes. A strong plea was made to Governor Chamberlain to In duce him not to veto the bill, but he gave It his official disapproval nevertheless. At the time the proposal to create a forest reserve In Southwestern Oregon was made public there was a strong pro test from Curry County upon the ground that the reserve would Include more than half of the area of the county. It was also alleged that the claim that there is a, scarcity of water in the streams west of the Coast Range Mountains was an error, and that there existed no reason for the creation of the reserve in Curry County for the purpose of preserving the water supply. Curry County people rep resented to the Land Department that tho creation of the reserve would greatly retard the development of that section of the state. NORTHWEST DEAD. and Robert Wilkinson. Merchant Rancher of Pine Valley. BAKER CITY, Or., May 2. Robert Wilkinson, a wealthy merchant and rancher of Pine Valley, died at his home in Pine this morning. He was born In England 46 years ago. and came to thle country when quite young. He leaves a wife and two children, a son 'and daugh ter. In addition to his business interests In Pine, Mr. Wilkinson was one of the largest stockholders In the Citizens Bank of this city. He was a brother-in-law of ex-Postmaster Potter of this city. The funeral will take placo here Sunday. Mrs. Van der Bann Ik Dead. SALEM, Or., May 2. (Special.) Mrs. Jennie.Van der Bann died at her home In this city today of dropsy. Deceased was born In Holland 67 years ago, and has lived in Salem 11 years. She left a husband, F. Van der Bann, and one daughter, Mrs. O. G. Smith, of this city. FLOODS XEAR DAWSOX. Results of Winter Mining: May Be Washed Away. SEATTLE, May 2. A special to the Post-Intelligencer from Dawson says: A destructive flood is sweeping down Bo nanza Creek from the forks to the mouth, causing Immense damage to the cuts opened for Summer work, expensive ma chinery, "Winter camps, and Inundating roadhouses and business houses along the route. The water Is coursing through the road houses at Magnet City, Sixty Below and Fifty-Six, and the main street at Grand Forks Is under water. Many dumps on the Ice containing thousands of dollars in gold, are in danger of being washed away. The flood Is caused by the fast melting snow and the ice from the Eldorado gusher. Rebekahs Met and Feasted. VANCOUVER. Wash., May 2. (Special.) A district convention of the Rebekahs 'was herd in the I. O. O. F. Hall In this city last night, all the lodges In Clark County being represented by delegations. The local lodges, Oneonta and Progress, had drill teams, and the work performed Is said to have been the best ever seen In the country. Mrs. D. Stamp and Miss Lulu Ranck had charge of the drill teams. The attendance was very large, and a banquet followed. Eight lodges were rep resented. The next convention will be held at Camas. Centralia Woman Commits Suicide. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 2. (Special.) Mrs. Cammeron committed suicide last night by jumping off the large bridge near the Centralia Shingle Company's mill, south of the city. There is no rea son known for the deed. Her daughter committed sucide about four months ago, and her first husband, Mr. Templin, about a year ago. It is thought temporary in sanity was the cause of her deed. About four months ago she secreted herself In the woods for three days, and was thought to have killed herself. Soathefn Oregon Physicians to Meet. MEDFORD, Or., May 2. (Special.) The Southern Oregon Medical Association will meet In Medford Tuesday, May 12. "Dr. R. C. Coffey, of Portland, one of tho ablest physicians of the Northwest, will deliver a lecture. Dr. Hutchison, secre tary of the 'Oregon Board of Health, will also be In attendance. Physicians from Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath and Lake counties belong to this, association, and it is expected that a large number will attend,. Skeleton Is Identified. SEATTLE, May 2. A skeleton found on Lake Washington on Friday with a bullet hole through the skull was today Identi fied as the 'remains of W. H. Davis,, form erly a saloonkeeper of this city. It has been almost conclusively established that Davis committed .suicide In January, 1902, on .account of despondency over the im pending loss of his eyesight ' Goldman Wanted at Bntte. SAN FRANCISCO, May . 2.-F. H. Gold man, who claims to be a traveling sales man for the Richard & Luteh's Glove Company, of New York, is under arrest here pending the .arrival of officers from Butte. Mont., where-it Is .alleged he is wanted for passing fictitious checks. Salem Athletic Club .Directors. SALEM, Or., May 2.-Sp.ecIaL) The Capital City Amateur Athletic ' Club or ganized tonight by electing1 tho following directors: T. B. Kay, H. G. Meyers, P. H. Sroat, F. TV. Dutbln, H.?H. Ollnger, H. H. Albert and C. L, McNary Charged With Horsestealing:. SALEM, Or., May 2. (Special.) John St. Claire, a young man formerly an In mate of the. Reform School, was arrested tonight by Officers Lewis and. 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