THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING,, NOVEMBER lr
NORTHWEST
CURRENT '"EVENTS
DEVELOPMENT AND.
GENERAL PROGRESS
ROUNDUP OF THE
WEEK IX STATES
OP PACIFIC SLOPE
ELECTRIC LI TO
Far From the Madding Crowds and Jgnoble Strife" tn the Broad Open of Sunny Oregon
TAP ILLINOIS
. VALLEY ;
THREE YE
' GONE BY .
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Few Changes in Indian Vil
lage Discovered by Lewis
' and Clarke.
Fiftv-Year Franchise Given
Bdgue River Company
Other Roads,
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(bpeclai' Dispatch, to It JooraaL)
Grants Fui, Or, Oct 81. Th Jo-
; jihln county court ha granted a, 60
year francbi. to. the Rogue River &
Southern Oregon -Railway company
which corporation propose to build, and
- operate jut electrlo Una from Grants
Peas.to Illinois valley, a dlsufoo of 60
miles. According to the contract, actual
construction must '-begin -" within 12
months, and within 18 month at least
-io mue or vraca nun do iaia, omer-r
wis the franchl will be null and
void. :
Tha electric Una will derive power for
. lta cara from tha Rogue and Applegate
: rivers, The rout will follow tha wagon
road tha greater part or tne way. xna
franchise .gives tha company tha right
i to use It feet of the county road for Its
! track, telephone? telegraph and power
poiea, Tne- oriago across nogue . river
at Grants Pass, which
is
to be con
structed. bT the county this winter, will
also be tieea ay tne rauroaa ior a period
-'.of three years. -V
Not only passengers and express and
but ore -and matte from the gold ana
'copper mines . will be hauled, also .tho
lumber from the sawmills of wtern
t and sou tuera Josephine, g ; j,
" . ActiTUy on , Northwestern..
(Special Dispatch to Tit Jjomil.
Huntington, Or., Oct II. Great ao
' tlvity i noted . all along; the Northwest
ern Railroad from Huntington to the
Ox Bow. Over 600 men ar employed
i in the different campa ' Over 100 men
: are at the Ox Bow; the largest camp. A
-arloafl of eutinlles Is Used datlv. and
' work is being pushed. The supplies are
ail handled through -the Utah tonstruo.
tion company' camp at Nagel, being
. unloaded at this camp and checked out
and reshlpped ' to the different camps
v along She line." Tha Utah 'Construction
. company hs an electric lighting plant
at the Ox Bow, where It la working on
one of the largest tunnels on tha Una,
.- over one half mils In length.
The Carver Railroad.
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Monroe. Or, Oct. 1- The Carver rall-
v road la now about ready for ties and
rails. , A soon as the bridge gangs
have placed a few small bridges where
; they are- required th track crew will
go to work. The branch line for tho
-west has been connected with the main
-Una so as to form- "y" switch, tin
this manner . the log trains may be run
north or south on the main track with
out extra switching.
BETTER
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Many' New Highways Are
k " Jteing Planned in South-
- .-. em Washington.
(pedal Dispatch to The Jew-sat)
4 ' . 'Husujn, wash., -Oct 81,Th county
" road Tin western Klickitat county are
rtmdergojng Important changes for the
' better, and it Is only a question of a
- shorf time -when travel will be made
more easy for ranchers living along the
.. main thoroughfares, W, F. Brers, dep-
uty county surveyor, has Just completed
.' a. survey of the new rrade leading west
W-nd northwest of White Salmon. -:
X "When completed; th new road will
ave considerable distance in going from
tha HUsum .country to White' Salmon,
and the heavy grade at tha Orange grove
. Will be done away with.
A hew survey Baa also been made of
-. the road runnin,,eaet of Husum to the
I top of the mountain, and- a . lino baa
. . been run for a road in the Jack Perry
s country, leading sontn and connecting
v with tha Lyle and White Salmon coun-
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OREGON APPLES A1&
i". . " SUPERIOR TO ALL
Forest Grove, Or., Oct II. W. R.
Harris, county fruit Inspeotor. in a let
ter from Mackinaw, III,. - Where be is
ROADS
KLICKITA
GOUilTY
Ins; II per bushel for cider -apples, and
- I that even that quality is scarce. He ex
f amlnW a carload of apples from Penn-
sylvanls that growers in Oregon would
hardly aUow to go to the cider mill. He
, , says thevapple crop in Nebraska. Iowa
- and Fllinoia Is a-failure. He suggests
- that some of Oregon's fruit men ship a
. few carloads to Peoria, to demonstrate
4 what real apple look like.
' Take your wife and sweetheart to
tha Perkins Orlll for Sunday Pinner. .
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HUNTING PARTY IN THE BEAR VALLEY
COUNTRY BRINGS BACK TEN BRUINS
.AND A BATCH OF THRILLING TALES
(eertl Dlapateh to The Journal)
Husum, .ITaaW Oct tl. We had the
. - time ef our Uvea,1' declared D. E. Mll-
'Htor'n veteran bear hunter, of Trout
Lak who, with' a party of Portlanders.
,hM iut " returned . from a . bear hunt
'. ; Inst week ia the Jungtea and -wilds Of
i tsear vauey, on ine vvnue Baimon .river,
- mikes from the town of White Sal-
, toon. In Klickitat county. Washington.
"Yes, sir, there -was somethtdg doln'
." . overy iinutf while were were, gone
'thou five daya In all-my hunting ex-
ferleee I have never seen the woods
o full ef bear a they are right .now.
- ! They're everywhere, a leUer can't mlaa
v 'cm. ' . .
artier wer 1 1 , stood "shot' hunters
lit th party, nv from Portland and
cn from Trout Lake and Tielmtv
'-T he v camped St logging plant 'ou the
--Wfcfte Salmon rtvfr -and-7 right on the
-edge of the. bunting ground. We had
' r.lffttv of ammunition. II good kuna
and IS husky bear houada, that have
had all sorts of .experience ' in th
rhase with rMordeeaf.JoB, thtrfamous
. ; ntmrod pf Huter' vlilll, ,ear where
I we .were , hunting. - V-.V?
t .Why; do yyou itnow, sirr queried
' 'Will'er, as ha sat on a-nrf good bog
hi . the little torlat Husum,1 wber
, to- jsarrated tht tale, W killed nln
hr Mack bear- d .one .cinnamon on
t!a trio and -didn't half, try, and they
. rr ail big fellows,--too. .'; '' .. .-..'. .
-It was while s watching three dee
and t'r iran ini w pan -the gfeat
. cut tvn." M' the . bear hunter. "We'
sen )fng upvon the high bill trti-t
r-ie Hal : l..rk of Rear valley where! ha
, f'Miorr: hlmeellf -iear th right;
trH x plrk off acy bear that might
( a:, f. 119 , air' , was cold aad'
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HARKEY- ir.lPATIEflF
FOR LAUD 0PEII6
Litigation Ties UpLiIhous
" "ands of Acres in the
(Soedal DlaiMtteh t Tti Journal)
Burns, Or.. Oct $1- Pendlig tha de-
eislon of ths seoietary of tha interior,
large number of settlers have been tak
ing- homestead on -tha land bold by the
Harney Valley .Improvement company,
under th Carey aot Tha company re
ceived a contract from the state to Ir
rigate 60,000 acres of land In Harney
valley. Ditches wer surveyed but when
work was commenced the Pacifia Live
stock' comoanv secured an Injunction.
?'hla "action killed the project and the
mprovetnent company made no further
ef forta to reclaim the land. The con
tract - was- fcanceled byLth atat two
year ago.- - - "vt-".
Th Pacific. Livestock company with
tha helD of aettler commenced a eon-
teat in the local land office - to have
the land opened Tor settlement. This
action stirred the Improvement eoprpany
io acnon ana i goi a new coniraoi irom
the atate. The case has now been In
litigation for two yeara It is before
th secretary of th interior for final
decision Harnev county has suffered
by the delay, for It ha been the mean
or Keeping out nunareaa pi setuer ana
tnouaana or aonara.
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Deer Island Cow's
Appetite for Salt
Causes Her DeatL.
(Rpeetal IMapateh to The Journal.)
Rainier, Or.. Oct 81. A Deer
Island cow lost her life In an
unusual manner ' near, her - this
week. The keeper -of th game
preserve left a tin can futt-of
salt' outaide of bla little house.
The cow came along, spied the
salt , and stuck her nose In the
can. The contents tasted good.
Bhe -raised her head to elevate
the-cen, The salt trickled down
her throat and trte can settled
more tightly around- her mouth.
-Her appetite satisfied, she en
deavored to shake off thw can.
It would not shake. Then she
tried to paw It off. It would not
"paw.". When help arrived she
was dead suffocated. The ani
mal belonged to Jack Appleton.
Perkins Hotel
Orlll
is th only one
'es eastern beef
In
Portland that receives
direct Finest
teaks and roast in
America.
iletiger fit your eyes for $1.
irony put we could near ine flog
barking about a mile away and the
sounda gradually cm nearer - and
nearer.' ;"" .- i
- W looked tip to the clearing where
Toung was stationed lust as a big heavy
bear came down the trail ' near him.
The bear stopped, looked at Toung, and
Toung stood and gased at -bruin for
fully jfjve mtnutea We wondered what
foung meant o do. He seemed par-
aiysea ror a- moment and then flrod.
The .bear came lumbering dowtr the
mountain trad, heading straight for us.
Toung never touched him, but 10 shots
rang out below the place we were.
ana tne near was aeao. He waa, a
dibck retiow, weighing; naif a ton when
d reused. , . , i
"The dog kept barking, so w knew
mere were more Dear, vve were talk
ing aooui wnat a line pear tne cinna
mon was when Bums cam - tearing
through the thicket his hat gone and
his hair JatandJng straight .up from hi
head. His face was white as death and
he was trembling violently. t
". Ther u . w back there that
weight a thousand pounds,' he said, 'I
never saw such a beast I waa slttfw
on a leg when it oam an' sat beside
roe. I never could kill It alona
"All hand went bark and there was
a oub of a bear sitting up on Its
haundhes booking at vJ. One of th
tan. shot, and kllliul'lf a,kii.
KWney. Bhlverea and trembled. When
weHjgot back to the starting point a
blu
thev
us, tt
uca, .oeer ome swimming hcrosa
Yhite- Salmon and after nuaina-
topped and shook itself. It i
a maffnmeefn immu out wa let It go
as-jt. wa .unlawful tjf itlil deer while
hunting with dnga 'e kept on hunt
4mr until . Sunday evening, when w
killed th tenth bear." ' i
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OBKMfVN CCftCH !fTALLTON,'OAKL?vNP. ORB ,
OREGON'S
Down Malheur Way Stock
men and Farmers Are
Smiling Broadly.
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(Special Dlapateh -to Th osraal.)
Vatai OrHOct II. At th-clo of a
prosperous year for farmers, sheepmen
and cattlemen in southeastern Oregon,
the little, town tit Vale shows sign of
rapid' growth. At the terminus of the
Malheur railroad, connecting with the
Oregon Short Line at Ontaria. vaie l
tne gateway ior practically ne entire
trade of the bla counties of Malheur
arid Harney, and citisens are satisfied
that Vale will became one of the most
prosperous towns or the interior, tteat
estate la advanclna- in value and new
people are arriving dally to look into th
ocal situation with a view to locating.
A new real estate office will shortly
oe opened ty wasnmgton men, ana sev
eral other people who are familiar with
irrigation business are planning to en
ter this field and be in readiness for
the ODeninr next serine of the Willow
Creek Irrigation company' project Thl
tnaertaklng will auppiy.ampie water ror
nrtnino- and orchard tmrnoaes In the
Willow Creek valley, whieh adjdlns Vale
to tne north, and mciuaes over luo.uvv
quality of soil. Tb company will open
offloes in Vale in the course of a few
daya, and will commence an aotlve cam
paign for settlers. : -
. Tha irrigation Pro J so.
Eneourarlnr new re carding th gov
ernment irrigation project haa lately
been received from official of th re
clamation ervlcv The only obstaole in
the way of the undertaking now l tne
obstinacy of a few rancher regarding
right of wav for th ditch. Thl diffi
culty will easily be overcome, however.
ana this project, wmcn was me xirsi
considered by th government depart
ment In the northwest will not be much
longer delayed. The project Involve
the watering fit a large "tract" of terri
tory south Of Vala, including a splendid
stretch of bench land which for orch
ard purposes cannot he surpaased. t
mere are no new oeveiopments re
garding the various oil prospecting out
fits at work near this point One com
pany recently ran into quite a supply
of gas, and indications for oil are first
class. Officials of the companies Oper
ating ara not talking much, but they are
s-olna ahead with the drills and are oulte
confident' of ultimate success. Several
large areas or lands in the oil belt have
changed hands during the 'last few daya
FIRST STEP III BIG
II
. . (Special Dispatch te The JoerB! -Vnle,
Or., Oct 1. -Th first big lant)
deal following the commencement of th
Willow Creek Irrigation project haa Just
tJeea. consummated by. J. W. Richard
and other capitalists interested in the
undertaking, 114 acres : of land which
will be under th ditch vbeing sold "by
them to a rancher of Denver. Colo, Ior
132,000. the highest prlc ever paid for
land in the Wlllow.reek valley. -
The promoters who .made the purchase
anent but on day in the city. They
say that water will be -turned on by the
commencement of., the next Irrigation
season. - The project win irrigate 100.
000 acre of land directly tributary to
thU ity. - w
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SCHEME
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PROSPERITY
Riches of Grand Ronde Are
Being Developed hy the
Thrifty Mormons.
(gpeelal Dlapateb tp. Tie Josraat.)
Cove, Or., Oct. 28. -rahd Ronde val
ley, which la located fBY Union county.
atern Oregon, I rapldlyV becoming
thickly settled with people of the Mor
mon faith. There are now" nearly 8)00
Mormonf in Union county out of th en
tire population of 0,0 00,. and rnoat of
these peopl have com, in within th
post two or thre ear. "They hav al
ready purchased a great part of the beat
farming land In thU section, which is
rapidly being out up into flv and ten
acr tranta v
.La Grande, which ii th oounty seat
of Union county and th most Important
city in the valley, has been madeTiead
quarters for th members of ihe Mor
mon church in eastern Oregon and west
ern' Idaho. A handsome 130,000 taber-
"as aireany oeen erected there,
and An elaborht, pipe organ Installed
In the building. A temhte. rnnH in
sie only to the famous Salt l.nk.
i1".1?1 if Anow b,lB Pond at a cost
. Churche'hav been established In all
the amaller plaees In the valley, bishop
and elder hav been appointed in the
different ward, as 1 the eustom in
Utah, and worship, ia carried on here a
in uone oy tne Mormons in that state.
Ten per cent of the Income of
member I elven to tha rhumh -
each
Ia Qrande ban th only best sugar
actory In th state of. Oregon. It vu
sstabUshed some 1 year ago by omt
$ lh wf Jth. fi8jt L"ko Mormons,
3avid JCccles, th capIUllst who now
es
o
tvja jLccies, tne canuaiist, who now
haa large Interests in Oregon, belna
among thorn. Thl building waa erected
at a oost of 1600,000. There are 1,000
acres of land devoted to the culture "of
ugar oeet; in ractory pay out an
average of $100,000 per yexr In wagea,
and- auppll an average of (.000,000
pounds, or 100 carloads ef granulated
sugar each, season. Manv of tha Mor.
mon setUers rals sugar beet on their
lan da .-- .
sTatoral Crardsn Kpot. , .
Fruit Is on of th main products of
thl section, and It is raised In abund-
anc. Grain ia- alee- raised in larg
qunUUe, and stock raising and-dairying
occupy no Uttls attention. The
mvrnvni nave-cnoaen ,uil valley In
wVfLtahiu -Plff .V1 ?r i foultfy than any other
nle.t0I?"AhTO ljfilr -in' thseifira northwest. yt. last
nacia larae rarma ara bam mit nn
and made to support three and four
families where oe lived la the past - It
Is a great apple and cherry country, and
fruit of th temperat son flourish.
The Mormon aettler as a whole are
proving a thrifty class, and have done
much to bring about th cutting up of
larg tract m this part of Oregon.
Thar eem tb make a Yaw r r,. .
them handsomely. They are honest in
tneir dealings, and thua, far-no protest
has been made to theli settling here.
J1?.0? v" tr- wltly and hav
beautiful home, . . -
So far." however, therr tv nAt
able to mak much headway in getting
oounty office and th like, though sev
eral of th Influential Mormon hare
aspired to hold office. They were of
good material and .would probably have
won had it not been for Ah faet that
some of the Gentile voters nr.f.r
Gentiles run the affair of the county
as Jon as poeslbla ank Bramweljf.
eon of F. 8. Bramwell, one of the lead
ers of the church in this Utrtet n.i
on of the" wealthy men of the county,.
w Twraur ippoinifu receiver or the
United State land offlca at la flrnri.
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WAVE AT FLOOD TOE
Livestock Industry Is; At
taining Huge Proportions
in Douglas County.
(Special Dispatch to Th Journal.).
Oakland, Or., Oct 14. The growing
of all kind of livestock in thl section
la developing Into an enormous indus
try. . There I no gainsaying the'faot
that cllm; lc condition In this locality
cannot be sxcelled when applied td th
'production of high grade cattle.: sheep,
nogs and the feathered tribes. The
fact that more cattle, hog and turkey
are annually shipped from Oakland than
rrom any otner station on tne noutnem
Paelflc -line In Oregon I mpl evi
dence that unuaual conditions- exist tn
thj repct . i
On account of th peculiar geograph
ical settings, the section enjoys a very
equable climate thlyear round and it 1
ia not aubjeot to sudden "extreme of
temperature, either In summer or win
ter, x Livestock stay on th green
pasture all . the winter and . I . In
good shipping condition aeveral weeks
earlier than stock raised in other sec
tions of the sporthwest ' consequently,
the atockman of thl "locality ha a
field all to himself In placing his prod-
. Situated en th main Un ' of th
Southern Pacific . railroad, ISO mile
south of Portland, there I 'no part of
th United Etate- which presents a
more Inviting field tf the stockgrower
than can be found in the territory adja
cent to Oakland. Sixteen hour from
th best -.market, with transportation
cost- averaging but ISO per. car for cat
tle and sheep, are features of much im
port in setting a balant on th right
id Of .th ledger. . ,
. v- "Binj.. Also .ThriV. .
- Beside - cattle, - sheep and 'hogs, a
branch of the livestock business which
Is now. compelling the attention of
farmers here 1 the Angora goat Indus
try. -"BUly' thrive In th section to
a wonderful-degree. He. ha proven to
be one of the most profitable of all
farm enlmala. He turns brush land Into
good pasture and fertilises It He will
clip from four to five pounds of mohair
annually, which -brings from 16 to 10
cents per pound. When young hi car
cass mak fin mutton and his hid
will make a valuable rug.
Poultry"- raising, - especially turkeys,
I another profitable proposition in the
locality.- . Portland paya higher price
year over- 10,000,000
egg - and
large
quantities of poultry wer shipped into
vregon.
Being a natural grain growing coun
try, feed can be produced abundantly
and cfieaply, and with Prevailing high
r.rlce for th product tfcer I, nothing
o deter any on from raking up this
branch of stockratsing During th fail
of 190T over' 160,000 pounds of dressed
turkey were "shipped - from - Oakland,
more than from any other town in the
northwest - - - -
Another important feature of th In
dustry in this section 1 th breeding
and distribution pf thoroughbred Stock.
On local" firm has at present over 400
head of th finest Lincoln and Oxford
Down sheep and th flock; I headed by
omt recent Importation which cap
tured all, th' blue ribbon and cham
pionship at tn recent xoront- Royal
Stock- show and the Paetflo National
show at Portland. -Another firm-makea
a business of importing , and breeding
Angora goata;
' Oakland is also tn nom or thre of
the best -stallions on-the eoaat, .one
of which took th blue ribbon' at tha
ltOI Oregon stat fair. ., "
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FOR HIPJ1ENT. C?teljKND.-6X.
&WS. OrSKLANP. ORB.
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County Assessor's Figures
Tell Story of Wasco's
Growth.
;
(Special Dispatch to Th Journal.)
. Th DafteaSOr.. Oct 11. That Waaco
ha nJoydlroperity In the last few
yea,rs and is becoming mor prosperous
I demonstrated by figures compiled by
County ' Assessor . Asa Stogsdlll in th
tax rolj for- 1908 Tor Wasco county.
Th assessed valuation of ail taxable
property for the" 'fiscal -year 1(07 was
18,120,070, and, notwithstanding the fact
that Hood River county was cut 'from'
Wasco sine that time when about
11,600,000 war taken from th total
amount of tsaessable property In Wasco
tb total amount or asnessaoie prop
erty, as found by Assessor Stogsdlll for
MOt, is $6.tMff. -- . i. j - .
Th difference between the amount
of the total assessable property in
Wasco county In 107 and .1908 Is
12,191,186. Dedueting thl amount from
18,500,000, the amount, of assessable
Property cut off when Hood River coun
y was created. It will be seen that th
property In what H now Wasco county
alone haa increased in valu sine -1997
to th. amount of $1,208,816.
Th followlng 1 the amount of as
sessable property In Wasco county for
the last six year: 1908. 14,640,800;
1904, 14,787,230; 1905, I,01.945: 1906,
16.702,906; 1907, 18.220,070; 1908. 16.928,
886. (Without slice .taken off in create
tng Hood River county, valued In HOT
at $3,600,000.) - --
A comparison of ths number of acre
of assessable land for 1904 and 1908 I
as follows:
1904 Tillable, I16.$04: non-tillable,
IIIAT.. ...c. I j Ott 1 Onfi Tllt.hl.
1486,183; non-tillable, 4M.148; total. 666,.
- ISastsraer Xlook to waooo. ,
It. will b seen that thr pre 88,819
more acre of aaaeasab.' land In this
county in 1908 than there -were In 1904.
Thl county la to enjoy greater prosper
ity In th near future than evef before.
Eastern people ar buying land for an
investment One man from Colorado
bought--609 acres last week. -. He la on
of many. Hi purchase was. eppi land
In the put oh Flat district near The
Dalles . - . '-
' Th Dalle a a city I g-rbwing rap
idly. No boom ha Teen Inaugurated
h-r in. eet of real estate men. The
fact and figures are given by the Busl-1
nes uin r association, xae iruii can.
Series and packing plants have been
oay all ummr. The season I about
over for. .both, but the apple peeking
still goeson. Th fruit ia becoming
more, plentiful each year. -
Tht dairy Industry 1 alo coming to
th front Many farmer ar turning
their attention to dairying. D. J. Cooper
has on, hi 1,000-acre ranch near Th
Dalles a hard of nearly 00 cow a . Bert
Bagley ha a larg number of Jerseya
J. T. Rorlck has 82 cOws at Brook Farm.
Robert Gllmore is milking a large num
ber of oowa, about 60 in all, -There are
many other In th dairy business here.
TiiM. hm not been a eroo failure- In
Wasco county In year, and th farming
community i prosperous. , T -
illrward for Alleged tadnaper.
itUaited Press Leased Wire.) .
- Rellinaham. . Wash.. Oct - 11. Ad
ditional interest is given' th chase of
the kidhaDer of Ed English ln,8kaalt
county by th announcement by Sheriff
Harmon mat ne win give aj-ewaro or
$160- for .' th capture of Ieo Besmer,
the shlnale weaver who Is altered to
have committed th deed. The poss Is
till arcAlng for Besmer. . - . . " -
(Special Journal, Correspondence. ) '
- Wish-ram, Wash.. Oct 1 One hun
dred and thre year ago , last Sunday,
Captelbs Meriwether Lewis and William
Clarke, with a force of explorers who
were sent b,y - President Jefferson on
an exploring expeo.tion to the country
west of the. Rocky mountains, .arrived
on thl spot ta!x miles east of Tho
Dalle. On th - Washington side of ths
Columbia river. Could Lewi and Clark
see the Indian village of Wlnh-ram a
it 1 today they ..- would not pote many
change In th old place visited by
them a little mor than a cantury ago.
At th tlm th xplorer were here
they saw, according to their very accu
rate Journal kept all tha time thy
were on- ths. trip, ;"a mound 10 feet
higher than the common level, pn which
were remnant of several houses, ana .-,
th njound ha every appearance of b--"
Ing artiflctat" The North Bank rail
way rth only modern improvement ' tn
the village waa cut through th mound)
on the north, side, disclosing th fact
thatlt I artificial, .for It is mad, of
hand, ashes charcoal bona of fish and .
animals, bit of flint and arrowheads.
Why It waa mad, or when, th Indian)
of Wish-ram do not know.
Omd X&dlaa AroUtMioM. ;- -.
Th house herej' continues the Jour
nal, "are th first wooden .buildings wa
have een lne leaving - th Illinois
country- and are 11 In number," Th "
house wer mad, of split cedar boards
gotten - from' cedar log, by mean of -urnlng
sff the outside and splitting;1
th board from the log with stone ax.f
Th houses wer mad with gable ends
and built with th lower part In tha)
J round, to a depth of II feet To thl
ay .depressions on the mound denote)
wher th' house stood. -.'
Th Indians her today will proudly
how visitor a burning, or un, glasa
that they prise very highly and which,
they say waa given their "father's fath
er's father" a long time ago by a great
white man. with many other white men. .
the first they ever saw, and Who visited,
them." The younger. Indians say It was
given by Captain Lewis. '
Martin 8p-dls 1 chief of th Wish
ram -their scribs and .leaderswho is)
highly respected by his people. He Is
also their priest, and conduct th cere
monies In the .long, low-meeting bousa
very Sunday, -when the song in mono
tone of th Indian ar heard to tha
accompaniment of the beating of torn-
toma All ceremonies of the Indiana
are weird and unusual.
The silencs of thl villago 1 refresh
ing.' "No sound ls-Aeard hr except
the .roar of th "Qreat Fall" at Celllo
the aong of the wild, shy bird In tha
cliffs;, the shriek of a locomotive, miles
way,- or th low, weird-songs of tha
redskins in their worshipand, one
each day, th passenger train of the P..
8. &. 8. railway glide wlftly by. .
mailroad Oompalled to Tara.
When the new railway eurveyor wera
running a line along th right-of-way, -th
line ran through th center of th
meeting houae of the Indians. Thl
house is, to them, a sacred place..-- Tha
railroad official told th Indiana: "Tou y
will-have to move your house, or wa
will move It for,ou.M The Indian
wr thoroughly roused over "what,
they considered was.a aacrllege. A let
ter of protect wa sent th officials of
Indian affair at Washington, ssying:
"Thla has always been the fishing?
f round of the Wish-ram. It Is our
ome. Our meeting house ha, always
been In thl spot The white man nas
com and taken our lands, our hunting;
S round. Thl l au we nave leu. vys
o not want to live on reservations Wa
want to stay In th land our xatners
save us Will . you allow th whltav"
man to move our meeting house tot run N J
his train througn ltrr ,
Th meeting house wss not moved.
Th. railroad, makes a turn, going around
It and the redskins are happy.
The cliff around Wlshram ar cov
ered with Dictograph Ths deslgna ara
OI repines, iisu, auii, iwn n
as well as grotesque taess. Who painted
th cllrfs, tn oiaest-inaians ao po
know. It may hav been the Attees
or some people that were her befor .
th" advent of the Indian. This Is b-
Ueved by ethnologists. Whoever it was,
the paints used hav withstood tha
ravaerea'of sand and winds and storms
of tlm and ar fairly clear today.
Th wish-rams are rapiaiy going to
th "happy hunting ground to Join
th host of Indian who hav gone be
fore. Tuberculosis has claimed many
and it will not be long until the beat-Ins-
of the tom-tom will never be heard
any. more in tb' land.
Jackraltits Are ; '
Ruining Crops in ,
Lane and Benton
- -- (Speelal Dispatt to Th iottraaLV -Monroe,
Or, Oct II. In a re-
cent dispatch from Salem, men
. tion 1 mad' of th faot that th
black-UUed jack rabbit haa Just
mad its initial appearance in th
Willametta valley. Benton and
Lan counties ar overrun 'with
'the peats, and hav ben for t
four or fly yars. In many in-'
Stance outside 4Aden ar prao-
tically destroyed by them, and on ' t
t account of ths lay of ths land, tt .
is going to b a difficult task to
" get rid of them. .
' It Is ohly a matter o'f tlm un-
til com action will hav to b
'taken by th valley farmer to ,
xtermlnt .thek animals, or
-" turn their rsnchea over to th ,
'rabbit.1. ' Dogs . cha them -
through th grain, and dtroy
' great quantlUea, '; whil- th "f o- i
dent themselves cut down large
w areas of gTowlng wheat and oat '
. and max a runways through what ,
i left, so that at harvest llttl
L 1 left to the maa who tries, to
"earn hi bread by tha sweat of -
hi xrow." Thousands of black-
tailed Jack rabbit 'infest th .
; field of Benton and Lan eoun- --
ties. .. . . ;: ? ;
WORK TO START OX7 ;
, ' TIIE DALLES H0TEJS,
(Snerfal Dispatch fe" Te Xesarsal.tf
Th Dalle. o-U 81. Th plans foftfid
new Hotel to be punt by The Dalle!
Hotel company have been- aocepted a
drawn up by a, local architect Th-"
building will be SO feet de-p by 190"
feet wM, having . a 40-foot Wnfrrta''.
the center' of the front. - The- hotel
will be much like the Portlahd hotel i
architecture. It will be built of brick
with a concret foundation and wlU
be modern in vry particular.