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PREDICTS RAILROAD
WAR ON DESCHUTES
PortlandPaper Interviews
J. D. Porter
SAYS RAILROAD UP
DESCHUTES IS CERTAIN
Contracting Firm on North Bank Road
Has Purchcsod Oregon Trunk
Lino Survey.
J. D. Porter, one of the three Porter
brothers, railroad contractors who for
some years have been building or start
ing railway lines throughout the Pacific
northwest ttnd turning them over to J.
J. Hill, stated this morning that a rail
road through the Deschutes river can
yon to Dend is a certainty. His story,
when nnalnyzed, fully bcara out the
story of yesterday that Central Oregon
is to see a groat struggle between Hill
and Harriinan for entrance into one of
the richest districts in tho state and
thut there is to be one of the most spec
tacular races on record between the two
interests for control of tho situation,
sajB tho Portland Journal.
Although Mr. Porter denies that Hill
has bought the Oregon Trunk Line and
that Hill's surveyors have been thrown
into the field to lay out a Hill line into
Central Oregon by way of the Deschutes
pass, he virtually admits as much by
inference
Mr. Porter states in so mnny words
that he himself and his brothers are the
owners of the Oregon Trunk, though he
denies that Hill's money bought the
road. He says that a road is to be built
through tho Deschutes, but is not very
clear as to who is to build this road,
which he says will be of inestimable
value, not only to Central Orccon, but
particularly to Portland. And he states
that there is no other way into Central
Oregon from this side except through
the Deschutes river canyon,
Mr. Porter says that the two parties
of surveyors which were thrown into the
field last Saturday, in addition to the
Ilarriman forces already there, are not
his men. The inference, therefore, is
plain that they arc Hill's men,
Tho Porter brothers, W. F. Nelson,
from whom they bought tho Oregon
Trunk Line, and W. N. Bethel, locating
engineer of the North Bank, held a con
ference at The Dalles something over a
week ngo. The recent sudden activity
toward Crook county is apparently con
sequent upon that conference. Since
Porter states emphatically that the par
ties of surveyors are not his own, they
must be Bethel's. And W. N. Bethel is
Hill's engineer. Ergo, the surveyors
must be Hill's.
James J.Hill is not surveying a road
into Central Oregon without a moro or
less deflnito intention of building it
which means a violation on his part of
tho tacit agreement that he would con-
fino his operations to tho North bank of
the Columbia. Consequently the assem
bling of Hill men, such as tho Porters,
Bethel, Nelson and others.
J. D. Porter denies that ho is a Hill
num. nut no certainly is not a ilarri
man man and no one can have the
faintest idea that tho Porters havo any
intention of building tho line them
selves. For years they havo been work- j
ing for Hill, backed by Hill money and
Imllding linos which, on or before their
completion, were absorbed by tho Hill
system-
Ilarriman is already in tho state
"purely on a vacation," and Hill has
promised to he hero to attend tho cham
ber of commerco banquet to celebrato
the opening up of tho Spokane, Port
land and Scattlo road. Something is
duo to drop before long.
SALE OF OREGON TRUNK
DECLARED UNTRUE
Hill Said Not to Havo Bought Surveys
And Rights of Way Up Des
chutos Canyon.
In an interviow given tho Portland
Orogonhin, W. F. Nelson, promoter of
the Oregon Trunk Line, denies that tho
Hill Interests havo purchased tho right-
of-way up tho Deschutes. Tho denial
follows :
Exasperated by the! statements that
II ill interests lmvo purchased the Ore
gon Trunk railroad surveys aiul rights
of way, tho three owners of the prop
erty, W. F. Kelson, V, 1). "Williamson
llud J. D. Porter, emphatically deny
that either Mr. lliil, Mr, llitrrluiuhl or
any other railroad interest has any part
in the purchase. They blame an oven
ing newspaper for the false reports and
they deny that tho Oregon Trunk sur
veys and rights of way have been pur
chased by Porter Bros., railroad con
tractors, who constructed a part of the
North Bank road. J. D. Porter, a mem
ber of the firm, has purchased only a
minority interest in tho Oregon Trunk,
W. F. Nelson, president of the property
for tho part three years, and V. D. Wil
liamson holding a majority of the stock.
Furthermore, the owners of the prop
erty have not promised they would con
struct the line at onco. They are now
checking over the original surveys to
see that they arc correct, and to learn
if the rotito is such that it is practicable
,'or a railroad. They state frankly that
they may or may not build tho line.
In the stories of Hill's having pur
chased the road, the engineer who is
examining the old surveys, W. N.Bethel,
was characterized as a Hill surveyor,
and this was used as final proof of tho
designs of tho "Sago of St. Paul" upon
Central Oregon. Mr. Bethel js not a
Hill surveyor. It is true he worked for
the Hill roads at one time, but lie has
not been employed by them for the past
three years.
"Not only have there been no negoti
ations or purchase by the Hill people,"
declared President Nelson, "but there
is no understanding or intimation that
the IJill people will purchase the line
under any possible circumstances. The
story is without any foundation what
ever.'" V. D. "Williamson also declares that
the story of the Hill purchase is utterly
false and does great injustice to Mr.
Hill as well as to the Oregon Trunk.
Mr. Williamson is a millionaire of New
York, formerly of Spokane, whose
father owned a large part of Portland at
one time.
Mr. Porter made an emphatic denial
that he was acting for Hill in acquiring
an interest in the road, Prominent Hill
officials in discussing the reported pur
chase of tho Oregon Trunk say that they
never even heard of the property.
Neither Mr. Porter nor Mr. William
son is said to be wealthy enough to con
struct the road on their own resources
if they so desired. The surveys extend
for 1G0 miles South from the mouth cf
te Deschutes river. Rights of way
have been secured for a large part of the
distance. The rquto is one that com
mends itself as nn easy line into interior
Oregon. For the first 50 or 75 miles,
however, but little business could be
expected because the road would run
through a deep canyon with scant pro
ductive country adjacent.
PRINEVILLE TOLD TO BOIL WATER
Prineville, Or., Sept. 1. The Prlne
vi'le Light & Water Co. today notified
all water-users in this city to boil the
water before domestic use. This action
is taken as tho result of an analysis just
made by the State Bacteriologist, who
reports finding the bacillus coli in the
water, a germ that causes a stomach
trouble, from which ailment many local
people have been sufferintr. This is not
a typhoid germ, so there is no danger of
an epidemic. Prlneville's water supply
is derived from deep artesian wells, so
tho fault is believed to bo in the mains.
Two years ago Shaniko, Or., suffered
similarly, and the breeding placo of the
germ was found in a six-inch scum on
tho interior walls of the town reservoir.
ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Tho now county court, presided over
by Judge II. 0. KUis of Bend, is in ses
sion for tho first time this week. Prine
ville Journal.
W. H. Kilmer of Seattle, Wash., has
purchased the U. S. Cowles sheep ranch
East of Madras on the old Haycreek
road, comprising 1100 acres, and will
occupy tho placo with his family. He
will raiso blooded cattle and hogs. He
expects to take up his residenco there
in the next two or three weeks. Tho
price paid for tho placo was in the
neighborhood of $10,000. The sale was
made through Ora VanTassel of Madras,
and principals to tho deal were in this
city last week arranging the transfer of
tho property. Crook County Journal.
R. D. Powell, living five miles up Mc
Kay creek, has bought a $050 threshing
machine for alfalfa, and will thresh out
100 acres this Fall on his own place.
Next year ho intends to thresh for his
neighbors. Tho ulfalfa thresher intro
duces a now industry into Crook county
agrluulturo, as tho alfalfa seed is too fine
for the ordinary thresher. Prineville
Journal.
Bond people letuming from tho Valley
report that tho sentiment in this section
regarding railroad building into Central
Oregon is vory calm and quiet compared
with what you find In tho Wlllametto
valley. People there aro greatly Wrought
Up over tho mattori consider tho exten
sion a settled uffair, and are greatly
pleased, over tho prospects. Bullotlu,
HARRIsvlAN RENEWS
PROMISE OF ROAD
Route To Be Chosen Not
Announced
NEIGHBORLY AGREE
MENT WITH HILL LINES
Rajlroad King Is Entortalned In Porta
land And Tells About Promr
Ised Extension.
E. H. Ilarriman, railroad king and.
Wall Street magnate, was in Portland
last Saturday. He has been spending a
month jn Oregon at his hunting lodge
on Pelican bay in search of rest and rec
reation, and at the end of his vacation
spent a day in Portland before his de
parture for the East via San Francisco,
While in Portland Mr. Ilarriman was
tendered an informal reception at tho
Commercial Club, and in a short address
he renewed his promise of the immedi
ate construction of a railroad into Gen
tral Oregon. The Central Oregon road
and the Tillamook road are to be tho
first of the new Ilarriman projects to be
put through, and a number of other
lines are to be built as soop as practj
cable.
The renewal of Mr. Harriman's recent
promise to build a line into Central Orei
gon at once, follows a conference held at
Pelican Bay with a number of high offi
cials on the Ilarriman lines on this
coast, and although itis alleged that Mr,
Ilarriman has made similar promises on
former occasions, it it generally believeU
that there will be no further delay in
the construction of the extension into
the central portion of the state. No an
nouncement has been made as to tho
route to be chosen into Central Oregon,
although it is quite likely that was
among the matters settled at the Peli
can Bay conference. While at Portland
Mr. Ilarriman was asked for an expres
sion on that subject, but he replied,
"We are keeping that to ourselves."
However, if the line is to be built at
once the public will not long bo kept in
suspense, for Central Oregon is in tha
lime-light since the Ilarriman announce
ment, and activity on any of the exten
sions will immediately draw the atten
tion of the press.
It is thought by many who are heavily
interested in Central Oregon, and who
have kept in touch with recent railroad
developments, that neither tho Corval
lis & Eastern nor the Columbia South'
ern will bo extended, but that the Des
chutes routo will be chosen. The rea
son for this is that the Deschutes can
yon offers the best possible route into
this section, and neither the Corvallia
& Eastern nor tho Shaniko road wotihl
lie aide to compete successfully for tho
traffic of this section with n libo built
up tho Deschutes, which line wotlld
eventually be built anyway should Mr.
Ilarriman decide to extend one of tho
others. And for this reason it is reason1
able to expect that he will choose the
best possible route into this territory.
This phase of the railroad situation
will arouse much speculation as to who
is behind the present activity in the Or
egon Trunk Line, It is denied by the
promoters that Hill is the moving spirit,
and during his address at the Commer
cial C'iub in Portland last Saturday Mr,
Ilarriman took occasion to intimate
that thero was a harntonious neighborly
agreement between his lines and the
Hill interests, which, if true, entiroly
dissipates tho belief that Hill was seek
ing to invado tho Ilarriman territory by
a lino up tho Deschutes.
HAY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
Lightning struck a stack of hay be
longing to Jesse Eads in tho Haystack
neighborhood last Sunday morning, and
catching fire, it and an adjoining stack
wero destroyed beforo tho fire could bo
extinguished. Thero wero four stacks
standing near each other, but two of
them wero saved with tho assistance of
some of Mr. Etuis' neighbors, who hur
ried over as soon as they saw the smoko
from tho stack nfire. Mr, Eads did hot
learn of his loss nor of tho valuable as
siatanco of his neighbors until after thO
stacks wero consumed, as he was away
at some distxnea visiting in that vicin
ity. Tho lightniug bolt struck tho hay
stuck during the severe electrical storm
which was In progress Sunduy forenoon,
and a number of other times tho light
ning struck uncomfortably close.
DENTIST COMlNU-I will ho in Mad
ras October Oth, prepared to do all
klutlri of dental work, Dr. lUrolli
ClarUt it