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ON th 11th ly of March the wrttrr
look th North nnk trmln for
Central Oregon. nJ on arriving
t K;i Brt.'.e. It wll ery evident the
colonitatlon rte were havlnr their ef
fect, aa a number of famlllea and elnitle
men were there reaJy to board tha
train for various points alona; tha Des
chutes line.
On this tratn I found alone the way
about IS of the paaeners were new
people from outside of Oreiton. rlnc
to aecure Ooeernment lanOa or wanllnc
to rent farma. until they could look
over tha country and romiltloca before
ettltax on lands of their own. I was
told later that tie O.-W. IC N. line
waa carrytne; In about the same number
and that persons wera about tha
averace cf new acc-eeeions to the In
terior daliy by the Den-huies 11m".
On axriTlna; at Madras, there was an
evuienra of considerable growth In
Bewiy built modern hon.es over Its con.
dltlon last year: a spienaiu sysiera wna
abundance of (ood water has recently
been Installed, a larce depot bulldlnc
and two mammoth warehouse have
also been erected durlna the last year,
all Jln: to show tl.at there must be
a present as well aa future handl'.nc of
products and commodulea In and out
at that point. Krom various proofs ths
farmers are Jublnt over the prospects
ef a bumper crop t.-.rohout that coun
try this season, and an eiceeelve rain
fall the paat 'Winter and fprlnr has
stored tha soli with aa abundance ef
moletura-
Twwaa ave (irawfa.
It was notlceab'.e that all tha towns
alone the nsw railroads were making
rood a-rowth, and tha country fie. da In
dicated care and attention, all proving
that tue older farmers as well aa tha
new blood that Is being Installed In
that country are avowing their faita by
their worka
Although leaving lor11and In tha
morning with a eunny bprlng atmos
phere, on reaching tha terminus of tha
road at bend It waa snowing a regular
bllaiard. but not cold, and to one who
had been areoatotned to such experi
ences In Iowa In hla younger days,
after all. It was really enjoyable.
A etaae ride of II mllee. one day and
Bight until I next morning, break
fasting at Oliver Lake, and another
day. i miles to I'aleley. In Summer
Lake Valley, waa not without much In
ternet and attrartlone. From Hand tha
road leada tsp tha Ies-hutes Hlver for
44 miles or so. and along this route
and for 1 miles tha country is covered
with a densa forest of pine. Tha trees
ars mostly bars of limbs for soma dis
tance from tha ground, and thua af
ford a natural park through which
tha drive la made, fnownakea cams
down la profusion at Intervale along
tha way. but were accompanied by lit
tle wind, aad It not being very cold,
taeee flakes seemed mors Ilka tha
meeting of an old favored acquaintance
ratbar than aa objectionable featura.
Kiaii Ara Wall BwUt.
After passing over Lava Butte Ridge
from Bend you eome to the homes of
tha settlers along the Deechutee, be
ginning about X miles out Tlrey are
scattered along at Intervals of from
one to three milee apart, and are mostly
wail bul.t and attractive abodes, with
their barns aad meadows and stock
la tha background along the river. Af
ter leaving the river bottoms, a wooded
Journey leada over another, the high
est ridge tahout 6:i feet) on tha
entire route, and yet the ascent Is so
gradual that ona scarcely realises much
of a climb la made. Three mllee out
before arriving at Fremont the woods
are left behind and tha landscape tp
peara, and It Is here where the Bret
land seekers rush to Lake County be
gaa In taking up the eagePrueh home
steads or what waa then known aa tha
Knlargsd Homsstead Landa That was
about three years ago and to sea It
now tt la remarkable what an Improve
ment baa been made.
Beautiful ftelda with substantial
fences and large enclosures, ail In Cna
cultivation or covered with a started
growth of a grain crop for the com
ing season. Passing Fort Rock, ths
principal renter of all this vat ter
ritory that will soon be a producing
field, we were on our way amidst a
blinding snow storm at 11 a clock at
night, for Silver Lake, where wa ar
rlvej at tha afore mentioned time. It's
a long way to Paisley when you go by
stage, but A abort and piaasurabla rids
with auto, when tha roads are good
as they are now and win be until the
deep anow cornea in November. For
tha time It took to go tha distance by
stage, vis, two dajrs and ons night,
wa mada It out by auto from Paisley tu
9nt la less Uaa tif bl tours. 1 tars
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OF CENTRAL OREGON LURE COLONISTS AND
Scenery, Timber, Productive Land and Minerals Draw Millionaires and Home-Builders Substantial Towns Dot Great Expanse of Undeveloped
i xycsixy i -m -7T11T YiTTi r rn -"r r
ridden over with an auto mora than
!00 mllee of Central Oregon's roads.
and all different routes, and I wish to
say right here. If a pleanurabls outing
Is desired, with an auto, don't miss
tha drives through the pine woods and
over the plains of our own beautiful
Oregon.
Heeaw la Oh at Grasiesr,
Take tha train to Madras, then In
one day yon can make the towns of
Prlnevllle, Redmond. Laldlaw and Bend.
From Bend a beautiful route to choose
Is to go to Silver Lake, 7 miles, a nice
pleasurable distance to maks In one
day. and comfortable hotel accommo
dations, but If you are In a hurry you
can go to Paisley, whloh will require
soma three hours time along the most
Interesting and pleasureable portion of
the entire Journey. You will be en
raptured with the rich and beautiful
lands around ths town of Silver Lake,
and when you are on your way a few
mllea you coma In sight of the lake
Itself, and your route will encircle
more than one-half of Its western
border. A heavy divide you will be re
quired to surmount after paaslng Sil
ver Lake, but whrn you reach the sum
mit, the ardure of the tajk will have
been Immediately forgotten, for you
will become entranced with the beauty
of your first vision of bummer Laka
Valley. No pen has more beautifully
deecrlbej this scene than that of Gen
eral Fremont, as ha stood on snow
three feet In depth upon Winter Ridge
(Its wssterly escarpment) and looked
for the first time opon tha valley with
Its green verdure and unfroaen lake
In the dead of Winter. Jt was from
htm under these circumstances that this
locality received Its name "Summer
Lake Valley." and tha mountain on
whloh ha etood "Winter Ridge."
On getting down well Into ths val
ley the most preferable route Is along
tha weet side of tha laka, for along
hero you pass the homes ef settlers
taken more than 40 years ago. These
homes indicate country home life of
the highest perfection. For here are
the richest lands In tha state, and fa
vored with mountain streams that
furnish sufficient water for Irrigation.
Beautiful orchards of peaches, ap
ples, pears, prunes and ether fruits
grown without a season's failure, and
equal to those localities of Western
Oregon that are the envy of horticul
tural producers.
From Paisley yon can make Klam
ath Falls by way of Lakevlew In ona
day. and another day. with several
hours to spare, you can drive to the rim
of Crater Lake, a thing that ahould
have been counted In aa one of tha
eeven wonders of the world. One day
from here, you can easily make your
way back to Bend. The whole round
will be one ef Intense Interest and
pleasure. On your last two days Jour
ney you can have ample opportunity
to tempt the wily trout In the head
waters of the Klamath that flow to tha
south and lha leschutes to the north.
Valley Haa Great Reiesme,
Further. I must say that, what was
ths most Impressive and Interesting
features end things seen. I found In
Summer Lake Valley. Here Is a won
derful valley, with an abundance of re
sonrces. which from Its long Isolation
lies practically undeveloped. Formerly
and up to the present It haa been ths
home of stockmen: their hsy lands wers
the borders of the lake and the Che
waukhan mareh: their ranges were the
uplanda unlimited, to the east and
west. But now a change la coming,
and coming fast. Much of the upland
pastures are now taken by tha new
TIIE SUNDAY
possessions of the homesteaders. Ths
railroads are . coming nearer and pro
ductlona of cereals are taking the place
of worn-out meadow lands to greater
profit. Twelve to 20.000 acres of desert
Unit that has formerly hedged the very
borders of ths beautiful town of Pals
ley, will soon be reclaimed and watered
by floods from mountain streams that
heretofore have gone to waste.
8o ona of the beautiful sights I saw
waa this magnificent tract of land that
has been taken hold of by the North
west Townslte Company of Philadel
phia, and who are pushing the work
of preliminaries aa fast aa their engi
neers can do tha careful calculations
necessary.
Another striking thing of beauty Is
the town of Paisley and Its picturesque
surroundings. It seems to have been
a town with houses pslnted white Just
dropped down In a beautiful grove on
ROMANCE, STARTED BY LIFE-SAVING,
ENDS AT ALTAR IN LOS ANGELES
Wealthy Woman, Cause cf Many Tragedies, Disappears In California McKinley Mitchell, Friend of Davenport,
Telia of Cartoonist's Humor Attorney Dies to Pay Debts-Contractor Killed by One for Whom He Left Wife.
LOS ANGELES. May Is. (Special.)
Five years ago George Bean,
son of prominent Boston family.
Harvard athlete and Loa Angeles rep
resentative of a San Francisco manu
facturing concern, leaped Into the
ocean at Venice to rescue Mlaa Paulina
Toung. who waa struggling for life
far out beyond tha breakers. Ben
brought the young lady safely to shore
and the acquaintance thus formed cul
minated this week In a hurry-up mar
riage. Tha couple expect to take a
honeymoon trip through Mexloo after
their return from San Diego, where
they went by automobile Immediately
following the ceremony.
It was known to a few Intimate
friends that the couple were engaged,
but nothing had been said as to the
date of tha marriage. Bean se
cured an automobile, called for Miss
Toung, took out a marriage license,
drove the jroung woman back to the
home of her alster, Mrs. Henry Gross,
wife of a well-known physician, and
announced that tha marriage waa to
take place at once, and would Dr. and
Mrs. Gross rare to be witnesses at tha
ceremony. They would, and did.
Hick Wossan Disappears.
What has become of Mrs. Sellna Ab
bot Johnson? With her large proper
ty Interests un cared for. her rents un
collected, taxes unpaid with money be
ing held In trust for her by Los. Ange
les banks, the woman once known as
tha most beautiful belle of tha city baa
strangely disappeared.
It la nearly four weeks since Mrs.
Johnson, heart-broken over the death
of her mother and her own disinher
itance, went to a safety deposit vault,
where she kept her yewels and money,
sorted out a fortune in diamonds and
140.900 In Government bills of largo
denomination, remarked laughingly to
a bank official that she was going to
purchase a coffee plantation near Ha
vana. Cuba, and dropped out of sight.
Is she still alive In some remote part
of the world? Or was she murdered
for the money and Jewels she carried.
An answer to these questions Is what
her sister, alra. Mercedea Moratti. of
ORFGOXTAN. PORTLAND,
the river bank, with accurate precision
as to streets, and the first grove, too,
that you come to over the desert from
the East for 160 miles. Ride for one
whole day over burning desert sands,
and 150-mile stretch at .that, without
possibly a cool drink to quench your
thirst ana suaaeniy come w . v.i.s
with wide streets and as nature made
thirst and suddenly come to a village
. . ,
groves, green lawns, hotel accommoaa
tlons and a hospitable people, and you
can appreciate the merits of an abode
like Paisley.
Hot Spring ef Interest.
The hot spring: out a few miles, of
which there are 18 on 40 acres, is an
other one of the things I saw of much
Interest and some day. when conven-
Loa Angeles and Mill Valley, the lat
ter a fashionable Summer residence
district near San Francisco, Is striv
ing to obtain. The police of Los Ange
les and San Francisco have been en
listed and the Cuban consuls have been
communicated with, aa well aa tha
American consul at Havana.
Salter AIM VanJasee.
At the time of Mra, Johnson's dis
appearance Edmundo Fernandez, a
Spaniard, vanished also. He was
known to be madly In love with Mrs.
Johnson, who said, according- to her
sister, that she would marry him a
soon as she obtained a final divorce
from Jose Avlla, a young Mexican,
with whom she lived but two months.
The father of Fernandes, a stock brok
er in Havana. Is known to have been
urging her to purchase a Cuban cof
fee plantation, although the negotia
tion were carried on three or four
years ago and wera supposed to have
ended. '
Mrs. Johnson was tha daughter of
William Abbott, a Mexican War vet
eran now many years dead, and Mrs.
Merced Garcia de Abbott, who died No
vember 13. 190, In Los Angeles, leav
ing a fortune of mora than 2250,000.
Two weeks before her death she had
a disagreement with Sellna, and at
the reading of tha will Sellna found
herself out off with SL
Tragedies Mark Wooing.'
Ko less than five men have died for
the love a Sellna, and three others
figured In tragedies. Tha first man to
give up his Ufa for her waa Frank
Foster, nephew of Governor Pio Pico.
Ha waa engaged to her and was shot
to death In front of the old Opera
House on Main street by a Jealous
Spaniard. At that time Sellna was ths
belle of Los Angeles. She was well
educated and spoke several languages,
and with her blond beauty part Span
ish and part American her hand was
sought by the gallants and wealthy of
the city. When she was 1 she was
engaged to marry Lucky" Baldwin,
following tha death of hla second wife.
MAY 19. 1912.
lences of travel are Improved and the
American people get over their rush
for more money, they will take the
benefits Instead, of such places as these.
The Indians of former days evidently
appreciated their value as camping
ground, for there one can busy him
self continuously In gathering arrow
heads and other curios.
At the head of Summer Lake la Anna
River, a most wonderful stream. It is
i fl b , springs that
i i " . j .u-
nave meir buuico uccij u u h auu mo
warm temperature of the water never
varies, neither the volume. The stream
formed Is nearly 25 feet In width and
from six to 10 feet In depth. The water
never freezes and this stream, no doubt,
will be utilized sometime In watering
much waste lands in the upper valley.
An estimate has been made that 600
horsepower can be secured by damming
the stream and from the rrver Itself,
he mother of Anita Baldwin. Mra
Abbott objected to the union and tha
engagement was broken off.
Soon after this Sellna ecame the
wife of Robert B. Johnson, a young
business man of Indiana, then on a
visit to Los Angeles. After living with
Urn two years In the East she returned
o her home and obtained a divorce.
Her second husband was a son of Sen
ator Barlow of Tacoma, This marriage
also proved unfortunate and again she
ought the divorce courts.
In the course of time she became
the bride of Edward Ives, a Los An
weles attorney, whom she later di
vorced. About five years ago she be
came engaged to a young man named
Avlla, from Mexico City, who was Shot
to death in the hall of her lodging
house by an infuriated Mexican who
also sought her hand. A few months
later she married Jose Avlla, a brother
of the murdered man. Two months
later she sought a divorce and obtained
an Interlocutory decree.
Salclde Follows Debts,
A desire to pay his debts was tha
motive which caused Chester G. Smith,
an attorney, to kill himself in front
of a Los Angeles undertaking estab
lishment a week ago.
"I am worth more dead than alive,"
ha wrote to Thomas G. Rldgway, an
other attorney. The policy was for
J20.000.
Carlotta Sanchex no longer young
would a-gypsying go, were it not for
the strenuous Interference of the Pasa
dena Humane Society, which this week
Issued an official ukase barring the
progress of the 1 steed of Cartotta,
which she had purposed driving to San
Diego. Carlotta, once one of the pret
tiest girls of, the San Gabriel Valley,
the star of the Mexican colony, now a
resident 'of Titleyville, wept when the
humane officers anchored her Pegasus.
However, there Is hope for Carlotta
she may take the trip to San Diego
behind a brand-new steed. Officers of
tha humane society have taken It upon
themselves to provide her with a horse
costing 150 If she will agree to send
'
a pumping plant be made continuous
throughout the year.
And right here I saw the most in
teresting sight of all. It may be in
the near future the lands in this por
tion of the valley will become valuable
for some new industry other than for
agricultural purposes. Artesian wells
have been sunken here in several
places, and the last one recently fin
ished at a depth of over fiOO feet, is
proving to be of great interest in the
locality, and as far away as San Fran
cisco men of unlimited capital have
come with their experts to examine the
products.
The feature that is attracting the
most attention la the production of gas
from the well. A strong flow of water
is continuous, and with It comes the
gas in innumerable bubbles. Instanta
neous Ignition is the result If a match
is lighted and held near the water's
Pegasus to the boneyard, where he will
be destroyed In a humane way.
M. J. Plerson, a "divine" healer of
La Mesa, who dropped dead this week
In the Grand Army Hall at San Diego
from apoplexy, came to Southern Cali
fornia from Centralia, Wash., according
to S. R. Cannon, a former resident of
Centralia. Mr. Cannon says Plerson
left a wife and four children at Cen
tralia Davenport's Friend Talks.
McKinley Mitchell, who was In Los
Angeles last week with the other Port
land Shriners at the gathering of the
Imperial Council, narrated for the ben
efit of friends here a number of inter
esting anecdotes regarding the late
Homer Davenport, cartoonist. Mitchell
and Davenport were boys together at
Sllverton, Or., and when the latter de
cided to go out in the world, the for
mer took off his hands a collection of
poultry which Davenport had accumu
lated at Sllverton and of which he was
exceedingly proud.
"We were regular correspondents np
to the time of his last sickness," said
Mr. Mitchell. "I can recall with what
rich humor he would sometimes de
scribe to me his experiences when he
was first trying to nd himself." He
once wrote me of his first visit to San
Francisco. It was a strange town to
him. He had only an Indefinite Idea
of where he wanted to go, and rather
than betray himself by asking ques
tions he put In the greater part of a
day riding back and forth across the
town, experimenting with one streetcar
line after another, trying to find what
he wanted."
Mr. Mitchell cut short his visit in
Los Angeles and returned to Sllverton
for the Davenport funeral.
Love Tangle Brings Death.
Three women figure In the love
tangle which led to the shooting of
Peter Walker and the suicide of the
woman who killed him In an apartment
house here this week. Investigation
shows that Walker, who was a wealthy
contractor, was killed because the wo
man who killed him believed he In
tended to renounce her and return to
his wife.
According to witnesses. Walker had
been threatened with death a number
of times by Mrs. Anna Dewey, the wo
man who shot him. Mrs. Dewey is said
to have been the daughter of a promi
nent resident of Oklahoma, an ex-Congressman.
Walker left his wife six months ago,
at the same time Mrs. Dewey left her
husband. The police say Walker bad
of late been wining and dining a num
ber of women. He waa frequently seen I
CAPITAL
Territory.
surface. It was first noticed when the
drill was down 230 feet, but has been
Increasing as depth was secured.
The Interest has become bo great
that a company of the business men
of Paisley have already filed on 10,000
acres of the adjoining lands as gaa and
oil lands. Steps will be taken to go
down to a greater depth to see what
kind of a factory they have down there
to produce the stuff that now comes
through an eight-inch hole in suffi
cient quantity to light a good-sized
Tillage.
Some of the enterprising ones are.
already doting on their privilege of sit
ting under the palm leaves of some
southern clime soon after they Becure
their "gusher."
Millionaires Show Interest.
Another rich, undeveloped enterprise
now soon to be brought into public
benefit Is the wealth of the waters and
beaches of the three lakes. Summer,
Albert and Alkali, which have been
leased from the state for the produc
tion of salt, soda and potash. By June
large vats will be begun and much
wealth will be returned to the state if
all .calculations are carried out.
It is reported from good authority
that one of the Spreckels multi-millionaires,
when on the grounds two weeks
ago, secured an option for a definite
purchase of the borax mines, a few
miles to the east of Paisley, and at that
time predicted great things for that
part of Lake County.
Government lands are being taken
fast, but there are townships upon
townships yet to be taken Just as good
as these already taken.
Every man who wants land should
get busy and go where it is good and
cheap, and free for the asking.
The present resources of this part
of Oregon can be Impressively seen
by looking over the Winter feeding
grounds of the Chewaucan Land &
Cattle Company, Just to the south of
Paisley, where, the last Winter, in one
field 6000 head of cattle were fed, and
over the lower hills now sheep by the
thousand are beginning their annual
move to the Summer range. '
In cafes with a woman known as Vera.
A few days before his death Walker
took out a 15000 life insurance policy,
payable to his wife. He was arrang
ing to take out still another policy
when he was killed. He wore dia
monds valued at 28000
Baron Carbonelli, special commis
sioner from the Italian government, is
In Los Angeles this week, accompanied
by Signor Rossi, secretary to the Ital
ian Embassy at Washington, on a tour
of the Pacific Coast, to study the work
and prospects of Italian immigrants to
the West Coast states.
Maero Cannera, Sndlan poet, music
ian, artist and philosopher, was buried
this week in the little Indian cemetery
on the Santa Manuel reservation, above
Highland, with all the ancient rites of
the aborigines.. Dead at only 87 years
of age, he leaves a heritage of art,
music and precept which leads his
people to worship his memory.
CARDINAL HATES DIVORCE
Dublin Primate Onts Persons Who
Quarrel at Home.
DUBLIN, May 18. (Special.) Like
Cardinal Gibbons, the Irish primate,
Cardinal Logue has developed a violent
antipathy to persons guilty of Infringe
ments of the domestic virtues.
Husbands and wives who quarrel with
one another find small consolation In
appealing to him for arbitration, while
he has no room whatever for divorced
persons. The Irish primate is a fa
vored guest at most of the big social
functions, both in England and Ireland,
but latterly he has made it a rule to
Insist on a list of the guests being sub
mitted to him before accepting invita-tiens-
Thls action was prompted by the
presence at a recent function of a prom
inent Roman Catholic peer who had oc
casion to divorce his wife a short time
ago. It was noticed by his host that
the cardinal was not at his ease during
the evening and that there was an ab
sence of his usual geniality and bril
liant conversation.- He begged permis
sion to leave before the company broke
up. explaining humorously that he was
getting an old man now, and that mid
night reveling did not any longer suit
him.
It Is not generally known that his
political support of Tim Healy, M. P.,
is due to that politician's attitude to
ward Parnell over the O'Shea divorce
scandaL