THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 18, 1910.
NEW ROAD COSTS
SCENES ALONG NEW O. R. & N. CUT-OFF. UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS
Republicans Warned Against Demo
cratic Advisers.
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SI 00.000 FEB MILE
O. R. & N. Cutoff From Pendle
ton to Yoakum Nearing
Completion.
GRADES ARE ELIMINATED
J.lnc of 1 S 1-2 Miles Rrdncrs Dis
tance Nearly Two Miles. Straight
ens Curves and Is One of
.Most Expenslre In 'West.
rK.VDLrrON". Or.. Sopt. 1& (Special.)
tn of the moat expensive bit of road
building the O. R. A N. Co. haa ever
undertaken Is now In profrrewi between
thla city and Yoakum and will be com
pleted within the next two or three
months. The work covera but 12H miles
of construction but will cost approxi
mately ii.3Q,ja
The Improvement In proicreaa Involve
a complete cnanse or the main line or
1'ne O. R. & N. Co. between Toakum
and Pendleton: none of the old line will
be u.ti. The work ihortens the prewent
line 1.7 milni: elimlnntca 13fil df(trees of
curvature; reduces the maximum decree
of curves from 10 deirreea to 4 degrees
and reduces the rrade from eight-tenths
of 1 per cent, uncompensated, to
tenths of 1 per cent, compensated.
On the new line there will be one 500
foot tunnel, cutting out the horseshoe
b-nd; a high rill and a steel-bridge of
two l.Wfoot spans with concrete piers
and abutments, through the reservoir o
the Kurnish-C'oe Irrigation Company.
.Many Bridges liuilt.
About four miles east of Yoakum the
line will cross the river-twice and cut
through a big ridge that makes another
Jionpr.shoe of the present line; tlilti will
require two more bridges, similar to
the one described above. There will be
two email changes In the channel of
the I'mHtllla Kiver near Yoakum and an
other about lSvfeet lor.g one mile west
of Itarniiart. while about a mile each
way from I'llot Koek Junction, there will
be two channel changes about one-half
mile In lenicth.
On the present line the longes stretch
of straight track is but ZU feet long,
while on the new line there are two tan
gents of two milea each and one a mile
long.
While the cost of the ll'i mile of new
construction has been figured at Jl.lW.O.
It Is iilte probable that the ultimate
rout will be even greater.
The ch.ingra In the channel of the
1'maiilla River will very materially as
slst the run-off of that Mream during
floods and thereby will prevent consider,
able overflow during the flood seasons,
TIe work W being pushed along quite
rapidly and should be completed about
th first of the year.
The well-known construction firm of
Twohy Bros, have the contract. They
have jft men a; work. More would be
employed If they could be secured and
with the close of the harvest season.
1t ls possible that 1" or SO additional
will ne available. A double shift Is used
on the steam shovels. Hectrlc light plants
having been established so that they can
be operated by night as well as by day.
&;x of these grat machines are at work
and thousands of cubic feet of dirt and
rock are being movt-d dally.
fours o? Klvcr Diverted.
While the steam srtiovets are being used
extensively In the excavations to secure
mate-'cls for the many long rills. It Is
In r.irnfing the channels of the river
that they come Into their greatest use.
In one place the new channel runs
straight down through the heavily tim
bered river bottom for half a mile while
In others It has been necemary to cut
channels through almost solid rock.
One of the contributing fators of the
grrat expense attached to the work is
the fact that several of the proserous
farms along the Umatilla River bottom
have been literally cut to pieces, neces
sitating the payment of large sums of
money for right of way, since much of
the land was worth from 1100 to J.VO
per acre. The J. H. Smith Company
received ii.tjUO for the right of way
across Ita ranch which extends up and
down the river for a distance of four
miles.
Kami Cut to Pieces.
One field is cut In two by the new
channel for the river while two or three
others are similarly divided by the rall-
ro.-i.l and Its nils. Bareley miming the
residence, the new line cuts through
the valuable orchard, making necessary
a removal of the dwelling and a oom
plete rearrangement of the farm.
This Is the largest farm affected In
this way but a number of smaller ones
are similarly treated.
When the changes are completed the
main line of the O. R. A N. from Its
Ikistern to Its Western extension will
compare favorably with the Western
roads of more recent construction. Num
erous changes and improvements have
been under way for many years, but
this the wort stretch on the' line lias
been put off until nearly the last. It
has been declared to be the crookedest
piece of road between Portland and Chi
cago. Fast time, even with J:ght trains,
has been Impossible In the past.
The new line, however, will be a verit
able speedway with a practically straight
track with slight grade from one end
to the other.
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Wife of Seattle Man "0 K's"
His -Divorce Complaint.
SHE RETURNS TO NORWAY
ALFALFA IS PROFITABLE
.Average Yield In Klamath Country
Is Worth $23.65 an Acre.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Sept. 17. Sta
tistics compiled by the Reclamation Serv
ice officials show that during the current
year tl acres of irrigated land were used
for the production of alfalfa. The aver
age yield was S.C5 tons per acre. Consid
ering that much of the land was poorly
farmed and the season haa not been the
most favorable, the yield Is ron.-idered
good. Many of the well attended farms
produced from 4' to tons to the acre.
The average value of the alfalfa crop is
j:3 5 an acre. The cost of producing
alfalfa and harvesting the crop Is light.
Jt will show by the Government figures
that the Klamath country Is well adapted
to the production of alfalfa.
This year the Government furnished
water for ls.71 acres. The major portion
of the area wa seeded to grain. Barley
averaged about 3 bushels, but under fa
vorable clrcumstani rs will yield 6l bush
els to the acre. The average yield for
oats was bushels, also a short crop.
Big; Chemical Plant Burned.
OMAHA. Sept. 17. A fire today de
stroyed the plant of the Western Chem
ical Reduction Company In East Oma
ha, causing a loss estimated at JluO.
ono. with J4S.000 insurance. The fire
la believed to have been incendiary, as
It Is s id to have started in two place
at the same time
Defendant Prefers Native Land to
Seattle Deserted Spouse Sends
Woman Notice of Suit and
She Gives Her Approval.
SBATTLEk Wash.. Sept. 17. (Special.)
Cases are rare in which the accused
wife places her "O K'" on her com-
plulnlng husband's petition for a divorce,
but such an action is now pending In
the Superior Court of King County, and
will won come before one of the Judges
for the granting of a decree by default.
Peter Ostby Is the plaintiff in the suit.
and Moren A. Ostby, who for more than
a year has been a resident of Myrvold
Norway, Is the defendant. According to
Ostby'e complaint, his wife became dls
satlslied with America, after living with
him In Seattle for five years, and when
he refused to return to the old country
with her, packed up her belonging and
returned to her mother's home near
Myrvold, taking with her her children.
a boy of 11 and a girl of 10.
After waiting a year for his wife to
rhange her mind, Ostby retained At
torney Thomas B. MacMahon and sued
for a divorce. Complying with the
statutes, MacMahon published the sum
mons in the case, and mailed a copy
of the complaint to the wife.
Tills mjrning the copy of the com
plaint came back to him from Bo rums
Sar.den, Norway. Under the signature
of htr husband to the affidavit appended
to the complaint, petting forth that he
believed the contents of the document
to . be true, Mrs. Ostby had signed her
vown name.
Ostby says in his divorce petition that
he has deeded to his wife 80 acres
of land that he owned In Norway, and
that she, and her children, are therefore
well provided fox.
CONFERENCE IN SESSION
Methodists at Centralis Hear Lec
tures and Klect Officers.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Sept. 17. Spe
cial.) The Methodist conference, which
has been in session here this week, yes
terday heard a lecture by Dr. W. B.
Ilclllngshead. superintendent of the Port
land district. W. M. Randolph, of Bel
llngham. presided. Dr. B. F. Young, of
Portland, assisted by the faculty of the
College of Music of Puget Sound Univer
sity, delivered a lecture In the evenlag.
A meeting of the Laymen's Association
w-as held this afternoon. Hon. Lester
K. Klrkpatrlck. of Seattle, presided. J. M.
Requa was secretary. Resolutions were
adopted Indorsing the county unit local
option movement. The meeting was ad
dressed by Dr. Park. Dr. Rees, Dr. Evers.
Dr. Franklin. Dr. Sheaf. Thomas Houl-
ston. H C. Utterbeck And F. H. Baxter.
A resolution waa adopted Indorsing the
proposed union of the Methodist Episco
pal Church and the Methodist Episcopal
Church South.
The following officers were elected:
President. Hon. Lester E. Klrkpatrlck. of
Seattle; secretary. L. E. Seeley. of Seat
tle: treasurer. Thomas Houlston, of Se
attle; vice-president of Vancouver dis
trict. Hon. B, E. Collins, of Ostrander;
Olympla district,' R. M. Gibson, of Monte
sano; Tacoma district, E. C. Utterbeck,
of Puyallup; Seattle district. Judge B. F.
Young, of Kent.
On Monday the following clnss will be
ordained: E. E. Bergman. W. W. Surtxer,
Q. N. Day. Charles W. Blanpled, A. A.
Brlttaln. W. Andusen, John H. Avery,
E. R. Tracy.
The conference will' be In session until
next Tuesday.
A Democratic primary will be held
on the, 24th of September. The control
of thiOprlmary Is properly left to the
Democrats; we could not interfere In it
without subjecting ourselves to Just
criticism. Neither should Democrats
interfere either directly or indirectly
In the Republican primary. The dis
organisation of the Republican party
In the past can be traced largely to
the fact that Republican voters have
accepted the guidance In party affairs
of such newspapers as the Portland
Journal, the Pendleton East Oregonlan
the Baker City Democrat, the Eugene
Ouard and the Albany Democrat, all
Democratic "organs, although they de
scribe themselves as independent They
all supported Bryan and Chamberlain
and they will support the Democratic
candidate for Governor this year. These
papers are the last place In which to
find disinterested and sympathetic ad
vice on the conduct of the Republican
party. They are the organs of the op
position, and they do not want a
strong, effective Republican party, nor
do they want the party to nominate
Its best ajid strongest men.
Senator Jonathan Bourne has profit
e&- by the division of the Republican
party; and he gives his hearty co
operation to the efforts of Democrats
to foment dissension In Its ranks. He
announces that he will not support the
candidates recommended by the Re
publican assembly, even If they are
nominated by the people at a fair pri
mary election. A similar announce
ment set to at least one candidate has
been made by Henry E. McGinn, who
seeks the Republican nomination for
Circuit Judge In Multnomah County.
What shall we say of the ethics of such
men? Why have a primary if not to
settle differences between Republicans
and present a united front to the
enemy? If every man did as these men
propose doing we could have no Re
publican party. No one ought to vote
at a Republican primary unless he Is
prepared to vote" the ticket nominated
at the primary. When Americans meet
together it Is always understood that
the majority shall rule. A man who
will run as a candidate for nomination
at a Republican primary with the In
tention of knifing the ticket, except as
the ticket accords with his personal
choice, is unworthy the respect of his
fellow-cltixens. Yet these men are
loudest of all men In acclaiming their
devotion to popular government. Great
s humbug.
The assembly candidates are pledged
to support the ticket nominated at the
Republican primary. This Is the best
possible evidence of loyalty to the pri
mary law. In their eyes it Is not a
sure-thing gambling device to be Jug
gled with for political advantage, but
a law to be,obeyed. No amount of
declamation In praise of the primary
law can make a man a friend of the
law. If he Intends to disobey and dis
regard It.
Republicans who desire the welfare
of the party nre reminded of the signifi
cant fact that every Democratic paper
attacks the assembly and deylres the
defeat of the candidates recommended
bv It. In 1906 Governor George E.
Chamberlain, high priest of Oregon's
Democracy, went on record publicly In
favor of an assembly as a itifam of
working under the direct primary law.
See his letter to A. D. Stlllman pub
lished in the official pamphlet. All of
these Democratic papers supported him
for Governor vociferously and enthusi
astically. Yet these same papers now
advocate the defeat of Bowerman for
the same office because he also be
lieves in an assembly.
Away with Such hypocrisy. Away
with the absurd suggestion that can
didates worthy and qualified should be
defeated because they have been recom
mended to their fellow citizens by a
large body of men of character and
standing gathered together from all
parts of the state and made up of
farmers, merchants, professional men
and workers in all lines of useful
effort.- .
Nothing can be accomplished with
out concert of action. In public affairs
a way must be found for men to work
together. This is so In all parties and
also with those who' denounce parties
and mask their political activity under
the name of non-partlsanshlp. The
real question is whether concert of ac
tion shall be sought In the open or be
hind closed doors:. whether the advice
and Information which, voters' accept
comes from a large body representative
of the voters of their political faith, or
from a small body of political non
descripts who conceal their names and
mask their own selfish purposes in in
temperate denunciation of their op
ponents. The anti-assembly ticket hi
not put Itself together by chance. Dur
ing the period of its incubation there
were anti-assembly assemblies held
every day composed of a few self-con-
stltuted leaders who met in secret, ac
tuated by no motive but self-interest.
Some of the men responsible for this
anti-assembly ticket are wornout poli
ticians whose scandalous conduct In the
past precludes the possibility of their
working in the open. There Is design
In the selection of the twelve Bourne
candidates for the House In Multnomah
County. Note how their names begin
with the first letters of the alpTiabet.
The difference between them and their
opponents on the assembly ticket Is
that one set of candidates was named
In the open by a representative body of
men who stand behind their recommen
dation, and the other set was named by
men who refuse to admit their father
hood.
It has been repeatedly said that the
candidates on the Multnomah assembly
ticket, or some of them, were named at
a meeting In the office of W. D. Fenton
held In advance of the assembly. The
statement has been explicitly and pub
llcly denied by truthful men who are
charged with being present at such
meeting. It Is unqualifiedly false; yet
the statement Is reiterated by anti
assembly speakers .and by the Demo
cratic press. None could be present
at the Multnomah County assembly or
at the state assembly without seeing
that they were deliberative bodies
made up of Intelligent men anxious for
good government and eager to do their
part In bringing It about. The assem
bly tickets are the advice given by
these highly representative bodies after
Investigation and 'deliberation. TCvery
voter -who Is In doubt will be wise If
he gives weight to their recommenda
tions. He will he foolish indeed If he
looks to Democratic organs for advice
on matters pertaining to the welfare of
the Republican party.
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE.
M. C. GEORGE. Chairman.
E. V. LITTLE FIELD, Secretary.
(Paid Advertisement.)
SALMON RUN LIGHT
I husband ran away with his sister-in-law,
I Cleo Covey, aged 17 years. Flagg says
that he waa simply accompanying the
girl out of the city, when they were
overtaken and arrested. In addition to
the divorce suit Flagg must answer
criminal charge of eloping with the girl.
The parties all live In North Bend.
Catch of Fall Fish on Columbia
River Is Small
MAY CHANGE WITH RAINS
Plants Along the Oregon and Wash
ington Coasts Are Doing Ex
ceptionally . Well at the
Present Time.
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ARRESTED
SCSPKCTKD MCRDEREIt AXI AC
COMPLICES AHE IX JAIL.
Officers Return From Deschutes to
The Dalles After Investigating
Italian's Death.
THE DALLES, Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
Monday morning at U o'clock. Deputy
Sheriff Glenn O. Allen and Constable
Lew Kelly, with Coroner Burget, l?ft
for the camp of George E. Randall on
the DesJiutes, where it was reported that
one man was dead and another ser
Jously wounded in a fight which oc
curred there.
This forenoon the Deputy Sheriff and
Constable returned with three prisoners.
Sam Demur, who. It Is said, virtually
admits the killing, and Ralph and Frank
Demass, brothers, but not related to the
suspected murderer.
The father of these Is the wounded
man In the hospital at the mouth of
Eagle Creek, and they were brought in
because of being implicated in stirring
up the row. The suspected murdeter
escaped to the hilb and was in hiding
for two or three days, but returned to
the camp, where he was taken Into
coustody and delivered to the authorities.
The trial will be lie Id some time next
week In order to give the men, who
re all Italians, a chance .to secure an
interpreter. The man killed, Domlmck
hurlllo, was brought to this city and
burled earlier in the week.
CtRI) OF THANKS.
Mr. J. W. Thomas and family, of
Oswegu, wish to thank their many
friends for the klndnexs shown in their
recent bereavement in the loss of their
dear son and brother; also for the
many beautiful flowers.
J. W. THOMAS AND FAMILY.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 17. (Special.)
Reports from all tne streams, both along
the Oregon and Washington coasts, are
to the effect that good runs of fish are
coming In and the packing plants are
doing exceptionally well. The gasoline
schooner Gerald C which arrived last
night from Nestucca, brought 871 cases
and ten tierces of salmon for Elmore
& Co.
The catch of Fall salmon on the Co
lumbia River is very light at the pres
ent time, and some of the guinetters
who have been Ashing with large mesh
nets have taken them out or tne water.
ts:ow that the weather conditions are
(changing, however, a good run of silver-
sides Is looked for.
YOUTH FLEECED OF $4211
Fake Race Horse Game Worked In
Seattle Swindlers Caught.
SEATTLE, Sept- 17. J. A. Enger, a
young telegrapher from Moapa, Nev..
... fl.-H out of $211 In cash and a
,hw for 14000 in a fake horse race
game in this city yesterday. The two
men who got Enger's money and check
were arrested touay anu
names of J. E. Owen ana varies Atl
anta the aliases of Trainor and McCor
mick being also found In Adams ef
fects. ... .
Payment on the check, issued on a
Moapa bank, probably will be stopped.
Owen and Adams followed Enger here
from California, where he had been
displaying his wealth, which he had In
tended to spend on a tour of the United
States.
CHILD DROWNS AT PLAY
While Pulling Vp llsh Net, CUfton
Boy Falls In River.
ASTORIA, Or.. Sept. 1.. (Special.)
Jack Marlncovlch, the S-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Marlncovlch, of
Clifton, was drowned at that place last
evening by falling into Wie river while
attempting to pull up a crawfish net.
The body was recovered a short time
afterwards.
Eloper Fuces Criminal Charge.
MARSHFIELD. Or.. Sept. 17. Among
the divorce cases to be tried this term
of court is that of Inex Flagg against
Oreo Flagg. The wife alleges that the
NEW STRIKE IS REPORTED
Judge Cushman Says Valdez Gold
Deposit Is Rich.
TACOMA, Sept. 17. Judge E. E. Cush
man, one of the Federal Judges In Alaska,
who haa Just returned to Tacoma, after
a season of holding court in the North,
brjngs news of a rich gold strike in the
Valdez region.
Mining in this district has formerly
been confined to copper, and the new dis
covery has resulted In a great rush for
the fields, according to Judge Cushman.
Clerks have deserted their stores and
prospectors are coming in from all parts
of Alaska to which the news has reached.
The gold is In what is known as "blue-
ribbon" quarts and is said t6 be exceed
ingly rich.
Forest Grove Couple Wed.
FOREST GROVE. Or., Sept. 17.
(Special.) A quiet, though pretty wed
ding took place Wednesday morning.
in St Anthony's Chapel. Rev. Father
Buck, officiating, when Miss Mary
Saunders wag married to Mr. Charles
A. Gerrlsh, of Gaston. They were at
tended by Miss Margaret Saunders, and
Mr. C. P. Rlel. A wedding breakfast
was served to the friends of the couple
at the home of Mr. John E. Bailey,
after which Mr. and Mrs. Gerrish left
for Newport, where they will remain
for a few weeks. They will be at home
in Forest Grove after October 1.
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try are subjected to many demands that
tell on their health. They have to catch
trains at all hours of the day and
night, put up at all kinds of bad hotels,
eat poor food and swallow it in a
hurry, and do other things that play
havoc with the stomach and cause dys
pepsia, indigestion, etc. To relieve
these bad effects the traveling men of
the country have united in the use of
Stuart's Dyspepsia tablets 60c a box
all drugstores. F. A. Stuart Co., 150
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