THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MOnNIIIO, ArRIL S3. 1CC7,
STORY OF A LONG AGO BATTLE
..O 10 TUP.
SIGOIOG UP :
AND A ONCE FAMOUS BEAUTY
LEAD DISTRICT
for Excunsmn
sMaBsaaBasssBBBBBBMBBSjssawsajst . . ,
Business Men Are Rapidly Se
curing Accommodations on
- Special Train. ; -
Zlsctrlc Railway From Rath-
drum WIU Also Reach Pond
d'Orellle' Timber Belt.
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'ANOTHER RUSH 13.. '
. EXPECTED INTO REGION
J 'iiAtera Men Own, Valuable Tlmbe
Holdings and Vul Opportunltj
to Market It by Connection With
Steam Road. , " .
Construction work ha bn ora
meneed oa aa electric road from Rath
drum, through. Spirit valley, roalng
th Oreat Nortbara at Newport mod pro
ceeding down tha Pend d'Orellle rlvr to
HiMflnnaaa Mills, by a"e.O0.0 corpo
ration organised by Mesar. , Teaaley and
Iljunra of Spokane, who hav flaanood a
number of inland elect ria roada. It la
aald they axe backed by Corbln Inter
est a. -5- ' '
The project la being watched with ta
tenaa lntereat by mining operator of
Portland and Spokane, who are develop
ing propertlea In tha Metalin district,
astern Washington, which' np to thla
time baa been without rail transporta
tion. It la aald that with 'an el eo trio
road giving tha ore tonnage of thla dta
tiiat an outlet to the Northern Pacific
and Oreat Northern, and perhap to tha
Canadian Pacific, tha Metailne country
will be struck with a boom tha Ilka of
whloh haa not been aeon alnoa the
Coeur d'Alene war opened to rail
transportation. .
, Offer Outlet for Or.
Article ' of Incorporation were filed
yesterday at Ratbdrura. after right of
way and all preparation for conaKuo
tlon had been completed. The Incorpo
rator ar FA. BlackwelL R. P. Black
well of Coeur d'Alene, C P. Lindsay of
Spokane and a number of eastern men
who were Identified with tha building
of the Coeur d'Alene eV Spokane eleo
trio Una Ralla and equipment hare
been contracted for and will be deliv
ered' aa fast aa needed to puah the road
to completion thla summer. S. B. Ed
wards of Portland,' who returned, yes
terday from a visit to Metailne, aald:
"When thla road reaches Maglnneaa
Mllla It will be within IS jntlea of Met
ailne, the heart of the new lead camp.
It la proposed to extend the line nest
year through Metailne and down , tfce
Pend d'Orelll rivr aoma distance, and
probably on to Boundary, where It will
connect with the Spokane Fall ' dt
Korthern. and tha Nelson branch of the
Canadian Pacific. At least It will be
built Immediately to connection with
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific and these two lines will give the
Metailne camp great opportunltlea for
shipping ore. The survey ahow a road
with a maximum grad of leaa than 1
per cent, permitting of the economical
handling of or tonnaga
Tim A wait Shipment. '
The men behind the project hay tim
ber ho'dlngs of hundred of millions of
feet In the Pend d'Orellle country, and
warn a outlet for It. Already tena of
thousand of telegraph and telephone
poles ar stacked up along tha rout
aw.lt!nx transportation ' to market.
1hr boat are now operating oa the
Pend d'Orellle river, which Is navigable
from Newport to Metailne. . Tha bual
nsf offered exceeds their capacity, and
another boat la to be put on at once.
' Development work In tha . Metailne
mlr.eo is being pushed, and hundreds of
tons of ore ar being sacked. The Lar
een Lead Mlnea company 1 driving two
long tunnela and arranging to take out
ore and build a concentrating plant
The Spokan Lead company 1 build
in a concentrator of II ton dally ca
pacity to handle the ere from their
mlnea, the Bella May, the Diamond R,
and Blue Bucket.
The Mammoth Silver Lead Mining
company la driving a Joint tunnel with
the Morning Lead Mlnea company at a
depth of JOO feet, and each company 1
drifting from the runnel on a 10-foot
vein of II per oent or. They have a
1-foot vein of Ti par cent or oa the
hanging wall of the large vein. The
mala tunnel I destined t out, within
the next feet, a still larger vela
shown on the surface. Th Mammoth is
Backing or for aulpmeot. . ,
SUNDAY SCHOOL y
, RALLY ON TUESDAY
Thar wtll b a rally of Sanday school
worker at th Taylor street Metho
dist Episcopal church on th afternoon
and evening of Tuesday, April 10, 10T.
Mrs. J. Woodbrtdge Barnes, elementary
secretary of th International Sunday
School association, and Rev. Charles A.
Phlppe, th Oregon state Sunday ohool
field worker, will both be present.
Tha afternoon session wtll convene at
t.la under th ausplee of th primary
and Junior union. A round table
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iJillincry
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Mary
Tha story published In last Sunday's
Journal of. a dual In tha darkness be
tween Union and Confederate scouts at
th battle of Springfield (Missouri) has
touched th chord of memory In more
than on Portlander. ' ' Mrs. Graham of
Monta villa wrote that th Union scout
referred to. Mr. Brlggs. was her father.
Another who knew these stormy day.
J. C Cooper of McMlnnvUl. writes as
follow: , ., -
Editor Journal Th . atory of Mr.
Graham in yesterday's paper reminis
cent of th battle of Springfield eauaad
m to hunt np th Sunday Journal and
Mad th "aoeut duel" referred to, which
causes m vividly to remember that "I
was there or thereabout."
Th dead man that I aaw with hi
flnerara In hi bootstraps was killed
by a cannon ball that took off th top
of hi head. Th , Confederates bad
driven n back and were getting om
good winter clothing (It was January
) from our boy whom they found
did not need them any mora. Manna
duk having made tha raid to capture
eunnllea. Bo It may be that there was
more than one bootatrap and finger
tragedy, or It may be tnat memory zor
some of us In the span of. year has
combined two Incident Into on.. But
there 1 more to my tory ' S- .
On th Wan of Tort V. .
. Thlrty-thre year after th battle
I wandered over th ground, now cover
ad with beautiful residence and ahady
trees. When about th right place, aa
I thought, I inquired of a woman where
fort No. 4 ueed to be.
. "Thar haa never been any fort In
thla locality." she replied. ' "1 gueaa
yon must b mistaken. I have lived
here for It or II year and Z never
heard of one."
FINE WEATHER IS
THE COMING MONTH OF WAY
Th weather bureau haa lasued Its
monthly report touching npon weather
condition during th month of May.
Prom condition In tha past It 1 fair
to presume that th month will be
favored with some fin weather, be
eaua tha mean normal ' temperature
during th past II year haa been 17.1
degree. ;.'' -
Th ooldeat May was that of ISM,
with aa average of degree, while
conference on elementary Sunday achool
work wtll be th principal feature. Mr.
Barnes will teach the next Sunday
lesson In Hon of th asual meeting of
Friday afternoon. At p. m. ah will
deliver aa address to all Sunday achool
worker. All Interested In bettor Sun
day achool ar nrged to be present at
on or both aeeslon and anjoy a rare
treat '-'',...-...,' : -n . ,
Vtcb for Ocr
Daily .
Millinery
Specials
Next We ok
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Every Day. Will a
Dcrgain Llillmcry Day
Corner Mcrrhon
end First Strata
Tfco BIrrett MHQnery Stor
bath Watt ; -
IngTAm.
On th next block I put th am
auestlon to am old gray-haired man.
"You ar standing en th north wall,"
b answered. '
I waa standing on a level, paved
street, a church oa on aid and a fin
residence surrounded by stately trees
on th other. I waa visiting with
lady friend .who lived ' In - an old cot
tage a few block away, w had oeen
choolmate In th Osark mountalna.
la th log achool houaa and dirt-floor
period of that region. In telling ber
of th battle that ono raged there, ah
called ' my attention to numerous dui
let hole in th aouth and f th house.
Instlnotlvely I want around to th
north end of th house, lay down and
felt for my cartridge box. then crawled
cautiously to th corner of th house
with imaginary loaded carom zor
hot aa I had don with th real weapon
a third of a century befor. . It was th
quickest and moat vivid way that
oould tall th torr. . . .
Ton can out out th remainder It you
want to, but there la still more.
A Beanty Oaadlda of Missouri.
A you ar In th beautiful woman
bualnea It may Interest beauty hunter
to know that thla lady waa tha mother
of on of. th moatbeantlful daughter
that I ever saw In th way of young
woman. In all that goes to' make up
beauty of face, form, aoul and conduct.
Bird, beasts and men aa well as women
saw tha radiance of her presence and
were pleased. And what mad bar a till
mora so waa that aba knew It and knew
that other knew It and would talk
about It In th moet unspoiled, matter-
of-fact way.
Sh gave m her pteturo, which haa
been put In miniature and medallion In
many cluea . Ton can print it if yon
want to. ,Her nam was Mary Ingram.
DUE DURING
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th nottaat May was that of HIT with
ft degree on th 1 1th. That was a
scorcher and la still remembered by
some of th old eitlsen. , Th ooldeat
May day In th hi atory of th city
waa In lift on th tth, when th ther
mometer dropped to II degree, or th
freeslng point. . "; -
Th - average precipitation - for the
month 1 I.4S tnehea. Th greatest
monthly precipitation was l.lt lnohea
In 117. ,.."-!,;.-:-
mm RAILROADS TO
V PUBLISH TILTE-CAROS
Traveler Indignant, but It Is All
Because of the Tremen- ,
dous Expense.
Th ' following communication . has
bean received voicing th complaint of
a traveler that tlm card ar not pub
lished ia th Portland dally papers:
."Will yon kindly advise . an- incon
venienced publlo why th railroad In
thla etate do not tmbltah thalr time
card la tha dally press T If they knew
the trouble they mak for trarelera,
both local and foreign, they would not
relay a day longer in publlahlng thla
very neceeeary information. - I thla
tha result of 'combination,' 'economy' or
a desire to get event
' "In th atat of Washington the tlm
card ar published. . I It posslbls thla
tat will nave to cave law enacted on
uob matter as thla - before railroads
will recognls th , public haa any
rigntsr -.; .
Tha railroad refos to tneert thslr
tlm card In th dally paper becauae
th cost of advertising is more than
they ar disposed to pay. If tlm "card
war inserted of all th train arriving
and departing in Portland th extwnse
thereof would be aomethlng Ilk K.00O
a year, and tha mil roads ar so "close
run" that they prof they are nnabl
to meet this expense, possibly because
their re. ..it and - paaaenger ' rates in
Oregon ar such a not to admit th
expenditure of any such sum. .
They nave nopea oi increasing rat
In aom directions aa wtll afford them
extra revenue sufficient In amount to
convenience th traveling pubHtf 1o th
dally publication of tlm card.
' -' , -' Music. ' 'S-;;'V7. i
N. Modgaon, formerly at -
1TH Second Street, now at ' 1' '
0T Morrison street. Xlifi'
Fall lino bet muala, ',
Baaarvatloa have now been mads by
II man of th total of TI who may go
on tb Portland bualnea man' excur
sion to eastern Oregon and Idaho. Tha
Hat include many of tb prominent
bualnea man of th olty. Another meet
ing wtll be held-next Tuesday at 11:41
o'clock la th Commercial club parlor.
to mak further reservation and it Is
announced that thoaa who would go
should send In their name by that time.
Tha trip will consume lx day a Th
special train will carry TI men and
equipment for their entertainment and
accommodation, and wilt coat approxi
mately 14,000. ' Arrangementa hav
been . made o that . th proportionate
bar to be paid by each excuralcnlst
la between 160 and 110. Th complete
itinerary will be printed next Wednes
day and th train will leave Portland
Monday, May I, at 1:10 a. m.
. Stop will be mad at II Oregon
cities, and five point In Idaho. Up
to last' evening reservation had been
mad by th following bualnea man:
W. H. Moor. F. B. Manchester H. S.
Tuthlll. O. M. Brown, William McMur
ray. Jay Smith. T. N. Htoppenbach,
Charle L. Maatick, C. D. Brunn, R.
B. Carey, Herman Wittenberg, Otto
Mangold, C 8. Jackson, D. H. Smith,
Julius Durkheimer, Otto Breymaa, J.
W, Vogan. Dr. J. W. Morrow, Dr. C
W. Cornelius, F. 8. 8tanley, Oeorg W.
Hoyt. F. W. Iaherwood, N. A. Prry,
C H, English, C M. Brannlck. L- A.
Brown, It. Therkaleen, EL C. Johnson,
A. H. Potter, Hon. C W. Fulton, Leslie
Butler, I Q- Bwetland J. M. Lelter.
C. H.V Jackson, W. A. William. S. C.
Pier. A. A. Moree, Judge T. O. Hailey,
W. Is. Coman, J. Ia Hartman. D. N.
Moohn O. M. McDowell, J. P. Ran
mussen, F. B. Beach. F. A. Nltohy,
Samuel Connell. Tom Rlohardson. A.
C. Callan, I. N. Fllohnr, J. C Rob
art. U A. Coddlngton. F. O. Buffum.
Oeorg 1 Lawrence, . T. T. Burkhardt,
Mark imry, H. w. Harris, w. H. Dd
man Jr T. W. B. London) Fletcher
Linn, J. H. O'Neill. Llle Scott. John
M. Scott J. B. From. A. H. Ellera H.
M. Cake, Adolph A. Dekum, Thoma
C Watta. .:.
SACRED CONCERT AT
. SDYSIDE TONIGHT
Congregational Church to Be
Scene of Rendition of Re-,
ligloue Music
A aCTed concert will be given at th
Sunnyslda Congregational church thi
evening. Th program la aa follows:
Organ .prelude. War March of Prleat
from Rienst (Wagner), Otto H. . Ban
man; anthem, "O Day af Rest and Olad
nees (Parka), choral ocltyj o)o,
"Crossing the Bar" (Tennyson), J. Q.
Kllpack; solo. -Abld with Me" (Llddle),
Mr. F. L Oleen; anthem, "Come Unto
M (Park), choral society ; solo, "A
Dream of Paradise (Oray), rj. ; fj.
Acklas; organ. Prayer from Lohengrin.
Otto H. Bauman: anthem, iCalm on th
Listening Ear Of Ntghf (Parka), cho
ral aoolotyt solo, "The Lord I My Shep
herd" (Llddle)., Mr. H. Stone; tenor
olo, "Tb -Nw Bom King- (Eapolr),
IT. a 'Acklas; quartet, "Evening Hour"
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Our Store Covers
Block
With an
nJlULll ISHING.OF
TACE OR THE MODERN
RESIDENCE r
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311 r.!orr!son Street
(Exoell), Mr. H. Stone, Mrs.' Bohats,
C H. Wllllaoh and H. V. Mill; aolo,
"Fear Ye Not. O Israel- (Llddle), Mr.
F. L Oloen; anthem,. "We Praia Thee,
O Ood" (Parks), choral aoclaty.
. . 1st Qrande Encampment.
Th Odd- Fallow grand encampment
and
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Filled jfz
w.the furn. v y t 7S nP r.r r
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AIL MORRISON BRIDGE CARS PASS OUR STORE
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BUFTOGO ; & ";P ERIULTORI
The GeBtflllj Sh8j i
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will take plac at La OraBda. Wednes
day, May . ' A npeclal train wOI leave
Portland for La O ran da th night of
Monday, May 10. - i.,;- s-'''.'"-
. (m ii ii i in m i ,i ii, -
Theodore 8.; Wilkinson, a raaldant of
New Orleana. and promlnanUy Identi
fied with th sugar interests of Louis
V.
Place vour order with
us in the low rent dis
trict where you can get
Youriwantsbn-easjt
terms without paying
exorbitant prices
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t?g to remind yon
1hst we ere the excln
slve ca-nts - :
Opposite PostolIIce
iana, haa praotlcally announced hi can
didacy far th naxt govemorahlp , of
Louisiana on tho Damoeratio ticket : It
la aald to bo th first tlm aino J-o-eonstruotloa
day Chat a planter and a
Democrat ha preeented himself befor
th people ef th atat for first position
in political honor In Louisiana. ,,
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