THE -3IORXIXG- OREGOXIAy. SATURDAY, APRIL 3. 190.
DESCHUTES ROAD
BE BLOCKED
MY
Report Federal Engineers Is
Said to Impose Serious
- Obstacle to Line.
MUST" PROVIDE FOR DAM
Condition Might Necessitate Great
Expense in . future ' and May
Cause Harrlman lo Rojt
; Route1 to Interior.
Restriction to. be. put .o ' the Des
chutes Railroad in the recommendations
of Kngineers Henry, and Hopsoa of the
Reclamation rvtire are -understood to
be such-, that he Harrtaan- line may
not be built tat alk -Obstacles that are
thought tO.be. insurmountable, it is un
derstood'.' .are- to be., embodied:. In the
i ecommendatlorls to the department at
Washington. This report, is now ready
to ko forward. - .." V . .
Neither. the reclamation engineers nor
Harriman .offiolals. with whom the en
gineers hoto a-oonforence before mail
ing their report, tHI! discuss the rec
omirren.iatlorls made.' It is understood,
nevertheless, that "requirements to be
placed on the railroad are onerous and
are such that the railroad company
will not make the heavy investment re
quired to build the Deschutes Railroad.
it is understood that the railroad
project is to be given the right of way
over Qovernment reclamation projects ;
along the Deschutes River, with the
expressstipulation, however, that if the
department later on decides to carry
out the reclamation project already
mapped out at a point half way between
the mouth of the river and Sherar's
bridge the -railroad must move its line
so as to cause no interference with the
tiovernment's. plans.
That this provision imposes upon the
lsllroaa a Condition that is prohibitive
is believed In some quarters where in
formation has been received as to what
the stipulations of the engineers' re
port are. If the road were built along
a water grade Into Central Oregon by
the Peschdtes 'route and the Reclama
tion : Srv1e later decided to construct
n Irrigation dam tn that stream, the
railroad would have to be rebuilt
around the dam, at an elevation of no
less than 11 feet above the river, as
the plans for the dam call for a 100
foot' wall.
The railroad builders do not favor
Jumping up 100 feet from a water grade
and then down-again to set out of the
way; of an Irrigation project, in fact,
there is some doubt as to whether such
a thing is practicable because it is
thought a road would have to cling to
sheer cliffs. If built at. that elevation
above the river. "
: Conditions That Threaten.
Perhaps" thtf-'worst feature of the
whole esse is that" if the Uovernment
dam were favored in this way by the
railroad and a detour made, private
power enterprises and irrigation com
panies might insist that further Jumps
bo made by the railroad to get over
their dams as well.
The Deschutes Railroad ia difficult
enough of const ruction at best, railroad
men believe. That it will be very- ex
pensive 1s shown by the estimated cost
of 4, 755.000 for 130 miles. Many rail
road engineers would not recommend
the building of a railroad up the Des
chutes Canyon at all, so rough is the
sledding encountered. The construction
will be more difficult than the North
Rank road but in many ways, con
struction problems are Bimilar. Solid
rock cliffs confront engineers at many
points and tunnels and high bridges are
numerous. Space to lay track will have
to be blasted out of basalt bluffs for
miles If the surveys are followed by a
railroad. -
; Not' Received With. Favor.
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Additional obstacles to railway con
struction are not likely to be given a
hearty welcome by the Harrlman inter
ests. It is pretty well understood al
ready that the heavy cost of the Des
chutes railroad, as given In the esti
mates of the projected line, cast some
what of a gloom over the Chicago of
fices of the Harrlman system. Addi
tional expense and serious operating
difficulties are not likely, it la believed.
to ne met witn tavor at Headquarters.
It is estimated that if the reclama
tion dam Is built it would cost not less
than! $H0iroi0. for the railroad to make
the 3unip over it. Such protection of
the reclamation service as Is said to be
contained in the reymrt of the irriga
tion ' engineers will not. it is expected,
rnd favor with the Harrlman officials,
and it Is being predicted that the Des
rhuteT'Ttrute wilt Tint- b- followed, in
view of the restrictions believed to be
laid upon the railroad. - ,
The report of the engineers will
probably go forward to "Washington to
day or tomorrow, and prompt action 13
expected fo- taken cm It by the de
partment. ' Theu- the matter will be up
to the railroad to accept permission to
build the road with the consequent llm
itstions, or reach Central Oregon by
some other route. -
Turkey., is in the city, the guest of Miss
Frances Gage, whom she succeeded In
the work of the school. Miss Willard
is home on a furlough of one year,
granted by the American Hoard of
Foreign Missions after ten years' con
tinuous service in the foreign educa
tional work.
Miss-Wtllard Is a native of Minnesota,
and is a graduate of Carleton College
She is a woman of the highest culture,
and talks entertainingly of her work
In the interior of Turkey, where the
women are so hungry for education
that they make all manner of sacrifices
to obtain the priceless Western, learn
ing that they believe will liberate them
from their unpleasant conditions.
Just now Miss Willard is in Salem,
where she i3 giving a lecture on the
educational work in which she is en
gaged. She will return to Portland
Wednesday and will speak that night
in the Hassalo-street Congregational
Church. The public is invited to this
lecture, and no admission will be
charged. The subject is to be the
"Politics of Modern Turkey," and Miss
Willard will tell of the great change
that has been brought about in that
country since the Young Turks came
into power.
TRAIN IS BADLY SHAKEN
EXPLOSIONS AT CELILO BREAK
WINDOWS OP PASSING CARS.
Government Officials Neglect to Flag
Approaching Express and Three
Terrific Blasts Go Off.
Passenger train No. 7 on the O. R,
& N. Railroad from Pendleton, Or.,
passed through a thrilling experience
yesterday as the coaches came oppo
site tne uovernment works at Canal
Portage, at Celilo. The officials con
nected with the work there had been
superintending putting in three large
blasts of dynamite, and had neglected
10 nag tne train as it approached.
The immense charges were exploded
Just as the train reached the spot,
and, according to F. W. Woolley. of
iaa East Yamhill street, the results
were something terrific.
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'tiv in 01 uiasc was Tiirnen inn.a -
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oiiiuner came alongside. anrl n
numoer of windows were smashed In
the car. Almost immediately the suc-
ceuing two Diasts belched out with
inunnerous crash, and a number of
. 1 1 ..n. w .- in me two rear cars woret
completely demolished. Some 16 or 20
mnciows were partially or entirely de
stroyed, and glass was flying like i
nausrorm through the cars. Almost by
miracle no one was hurt, but the
passengers were nearly frightened out
of their wits by the crash and tha
Biartung ettects of the blasts.
i ne ride Into Portland for th. r
maining distance was an exceedingly
chilly affair, as there was little left
in the window frames of some of the
cars but a fine varietv nf vsnin
tlOn Mowing in OVr layered En.ara rtf
v tv 1 1 cians.
An impromptu indignation meetinz
among the passengers warmed up the
atmosphere considerably, and in fu
ture, if the railroad company and Its
patrons have anything to say about
it. mere will be no such salutes fired
w m-n me trains go by.
According to Mr. 'Woolley. fhr
was an interval of only a few seconds
oeiween tne nrst blast and the next
iwu, ana tne passengers had a chance
to get readv for the imfiiUn
blors" which followed with some de
gree of forewarning. If they had all
gone off together the results might
have been counted in some serious
Injuries to the passengers. It is
thought.
Mrs. Chipman Wins Ride.
The ladies' paner chase nf r -Dnt-
land Hunt Club for the R. B. Lamson
cup was won yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. R. J. Chipman. Miss Mabel Law
rence was second and Mrs. A. M. Cro
nin third. The start was made on
the Sandy road on the East Side and
ended at Rose City Park. Those tak
ing Dart in the ride w.t-. mu. t oi
better, Mrs. William Woods, Mrs. F. G.
omiuui ana Airs. James Nicol. The
event was closely contested through
out. .
UNKNOWN MAN IS DROWNED
Hody'of A!l.Strwi Xock Suicide Is
Not lictovrHl.
An unknown man was drowned In thm
AvlllaiMtpixe- Rlvrr yesterday mornlnjr at
tn Ash-strtM dock. ani, although thi
Hvpr Una brn Avn pst:ed for consider
abl distune?, no trace of the body
could be found. Th only clew to 1dn
ticntlon is a cap that was picked up in
t i water. Th4. -cat waa such as la
worn by labor t nit: men. and especially
b- Uvecks. Jt is a heavy woolen cover
ing !fh car tfrtn? folded on the sides.
Miss B ssle Anderson, of "0 Twenti
eth s'.roct. an employe xt th dock of
hce, was the on I, pernon who saw the
autclde. Stre was silting' at her desk
near, the window overlooking: th
water, when she heard the cry of a man
In distress and saw' Some one strug
Kline in the water, bhe called Assist
ant Superintendent- OverbauRh, who
rushed -tt the floor below and called
help. In response Watchman Bowman
and Boat Carpenter Barber manned
boat and went cat to the rescue. By
the time the dock employes had reached
the water the man had disappeared
from eijrht. The search for the body
will be continued today.
TEACHES GIRLS IN TURKEY
Miss Charlotte? It. Willard Home) on
f urlough and Wilt Lecture.
. Mifcs Charlotte R. Willard. at the
head of a girls' school at Marsovah,
?1
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Reed Furniture, Pompeiian Willow
Kelto Porch Rugs, $12.50 to $25;
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Furniture, Prairie
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GAS ENDS SftO LIFE
Mrs. Mary Nichols, Deserted,
Thought to Be Suicide.
FOUND SEVERAL DA.YS DEAD
Harf Been Living With Divorced Hus
band, Who Left After Quarrel.
Woman Became Recluse, Act
ing Strangely No Inquest.
Mrs. Mary Nichols, of 672 Williams
avenue, was found dead in her home
yesterday morning:, having been as
phyxiated by gras. Indications pointed
to tha fact that she had been dead sev
eral days. Whether the death was acci
dental or intentional cannot be deter
mined, but from remarks Mrs. Nichols
made previously and from her actions
It is thought the result was deliberate
ly planned.
For several days nothing had been
seen of the woman, who was perhaps
40 or 60 years old. and the neighbors
began to wonder what had become of
her. Mrs. H. B. Eddy, who lives next
door, and another neighbor were dis
cussing the nonappearance of Mrs.
TIRST PHOTOGRAPH OP PORTLAND'S NEW POSTMASTER
TAKEN TOR SIXTEEN YEARS.
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Nichols and determined to investlc-ato
Mrs. Eddy looked into all the windows
but could see nothing wrong, except
that the furniture and personal belong
ings were scattered about the rooms In
disorder. Several daily papers dating
from Monday were found on the front
porch.
Mrs. Eddy then went around to the
bedroom window and tried to see if she
were in bedX but the window blinds
were down. She then took a pair of
shears and pried open the window a
few inches and smelled the fumes of
gas. Thinking something wrong she
immediately notified the police, who
forced an entrance. The woman was
found dead in bed as though she had
retired for the night.
Gas Too Strong for Officers.
The gas was so strong the officers
could stay in the room only a few sec
onds at a time. They opened the win
dows and tried to clear the room but
the gas still poured in and for some
time they could not locate the leak. The
body was taken to the Coroner's, where
it is being held for a few days until
something- can be learned ' concerning
her relatives. This failing she will ba
buried Monday.
Mrs. Nichols came tp Portland nearly
three years ago, according to Mrs.
Eddy, first living on the West Side and
then moving to the present .house w ith
James Nichols, who was supposed to be
ner husband. borne trouble occurred
one morning about a year ago and
Nichols left the place swearing never to
return. Mrs. Eddy says they were In
the habit of quarreling and that that
particular morning.' was especially bit
ter.
Mr. Nichols had arisen, according to
Mrs. Eddy, and tried to make Mrs.
Nichols get up and get breakfast. She
refused and Nichols undertook to do it
himself. He had placed some meat
and vegetables on the stove and then
went down to a corner saloon, where he
drank himself intoxicated. He had left
the things on the stove and the smoke
of the -burning viands forced Mrs.
Nichols to get up. A short time, later
Nichols came home and was given
orders to leave the house. He went and
has not been seen since.
However, he wrote to several of tha
neighbors, and told them the woman
who had been their neighbor was not
Mrs. Nichols and never would be, say
ing several things detrimental to her
character. These things were told her
by the neighbors and it is supposed she
brooded over this until her mind be
came deranged.
Lived With Divorced Husband.
According to the story of Mrs. Nichols
to Mrs. Eddy, the dead woman had
been married to a man named Mitchell
in Chicago several years ago. Later
she had obtained a divorce' from him
and later met Nichols in Montana, and
fell in love with him. She married
and lived with him for four years, and
then secured a divorce from him. Then
she came to Portland and started giv
ing lessons In china painting. While
here she came across Nichols again
and they lived together until the time
of the trouble.
Since then, it is said, she became a
recluse and her actions were peculiar.
She could often, be heard talking to
herself alone in the house and some
times threw things about the room in
a sort of rage. Last Fall she told Mrs.
Eddy that life was miserable to her
and that she Intended committing sui-
t-iue. one atso said, she would asphyx
iate herself with gas. Lately she was
more irrational than usual but the
neighbors did not suspect anvthing
out of the way. Several times she had
closed the doors and locked them, re
fusing to allow her pupils to enter to
take lessons. The last seen of her was
Monday morning.
Mrs. Nichols said she had relatives
in Chicago and in Rochester, N. Y. She
is thought to have a brother in this
city by the name of Frank Kolb and
another relative in Louisville, Ky.,
Father Kolh. a priest. She told the
' "V-1 l'HiriW,KAPHKU AT HIS DESK ISf THE POST-
OFFICE.
The accompanying excellent likeness of John C. Young, Portland's
new postmaster, is the only photograph taken of Mr. Young for the
P"5 I "ears- As Mr- Young explains It, he has hitherto been so busy
that he has hod no time to sit down and "look pleasant." One pic
ture taken in his "courting days." and one taken years ago at the re
quest of Senator Bourne, constitute the onlv previous records of his
likeness. The picture appearing herewith shows the new postmaster
at his desk beginning, as he hopes, a new postal administration in the
City or Portland, which shall give the people all the advantages and
facilities enjoyed by any city tn the United States.
neighbors that the famous actor in the
firm of Kolb and Dill was a relative
of hers. No letters could be found in
the rooms giving any clew to her rel
atives except one letter from a niece
named Maudie, who lives in Rochester.
She always isaid her people were well
to do.
The man who was supposed to be her
husband is now said to be in Van
couver and living with another wife.
He is a painter by trade. Mrs. Nichols
is said by the neighbors to have been
very much in love with him and to be
broken. up by the separation.
When an inspector of the gas com
pany arrived at the house and found
the leak, which was a short distance
above the jet, it was seen that the pipe
had been wrenched in such a manner
as to force a leak. The gas Itself was
shut off. the key being square on tha
pipe. For this reason it is thought
the death was accidental.
There were no indications that the
death came at the hands of any one
from the outside with the Intention of
murder or robbery, and no Inquest has
been nor will be held by the Coroner
unless developments occur that neces
sitate such action.
FEED YOD MOSEY
Feed Tour Brain and It Will Feed Yon
Money and Fame.
"Ever since boyhood I have been es
peciaiiy iona oi meats, and I am con
vinced I ate too rapidly, and failed to
masticate my food properly.
The result was that I found fnvself.
a few years ago, afflicted with ailments
oi the stomach and kidneys, which in
terfered seriously with my business.
At last I took the advice of friend's
and began to eat Craps-Nuts instead of
tne neavy meats, etc., that had consti
tuted my former diet.
1 found that I was at once benefited
by the change, that I was soon relieved
from the heartburn and the indigestion
that used to follow my meals,, that the
pains in my back had ceased entirely.
.my nerves, wnicn used to be un-
.sieaay, ana ray Drain, which was slow
and lethargic from a heavy diet of
meats and greasy foods, had gradually,
but none the less surely, been restored
to normal efficiency.
"Now every nerve Is steadv and mv
brain and thinking faculties are quicker
and more acute than for years past.
"After my old-style breakfasts I used
to suffer during the rorenoon from a
feeling of weakness which hindered me
seriously In my work, but since I have
begun to use Grape-Nuts food I can
work till dinner time with all ease and
comfort." "There's a Reason."
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letterf A new
one appears from time to time. Tfcey
are true, and fall of ran
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