1 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAi; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, ,1009.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST
HAS AMPLE AREA FOR
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
Washington and Oregon Coil
fain Millions 'of Acres of
Uncultivated and, Neglect
ed Land Work of Pub
licity, Bodies.
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' By A. It Harris." ;
. Qlympla. Waah., March 8. Two mlK
. lion people could be dropped, without
notice, into tho state, of Oregon and
AVmihlnKton and nobody would be
e-roa-ded for elbow room. As a matter
of fact, an army of that sUe oould
be accommodated In tht unoccupied cen
tral part, of the two state, and there
Would be room left for the enure array
of the United Statee to hav. maneuver
grounds and rtfie practloo without dl.-
turbine an j
Mr ih,' na rhMri. - wn.ii
the effort, being maoe to maucn
TiWw soon a million or two of new peo
ple will be counted in the census and
' b (iven . over to the development or
(he richest states In ;the union T .
Nobody thinks that the population pf
.m nn in tun norinweau wnw v-'i j
th. United State. In dense, fcyeryooay
knows that It la scattering and In places
so thin that a ciotnesun- ''" '
from one settlement to another or p
,,le would get lost
i-ountryl It may be news to many but
It is a fact that the average population
per sauare mile for the entire country
is a fraction over S e moat dense
Iveing In Massachusetts, with 87S. and
the most sparse in Nevada, with a frac
tion less tian on. half of on. ; P n
to the full section.,- And that Includes
oldfield. with Its bursted bubbles and
.. ..,,-iinir of Nevada aa the state
whore tho only really wide open aown
la the country exists. ,
Should Have 3,000,000 JTaopU. ,
.With the averag population for the
fntlre country, which is certainly II
lt" d enough for comparison, the states
of Oregon and Washington ahould hay.
over i.000.000 people residing within
their-borders. or' more than double the
"umber now in the territory under eon
etderatlon. Is it to be wondered at. then.
. that In Oregon rnan i",0,,
the state at a distance of 200 miles
from a railroad, as was to!d in the co :
iimns of The Journal the other da,
and in Washington to order to reach
the county seat of his county a lawyer
hus travel 103 miles, and give over
S Sav and a night to the trio? Why.
"he average man has but a faint idea
of the magnificent distances, of these
two northwestern states!
By a ' multiplication Jf the
miles of territory comprising the two
states it will bo found that 16.73MOO
acres of land are on the map. The
"inures compiled by the state tax com
mission of Washington last year show
liiiHniuii i Imnroved
at aiu wilt a fraction over 7.000.000
. Bl. -i ? Vv.o.n.. tha fin-urea are
' Strife
" ?'"ula'"avt3EaT of - cultivated
land of not to exceed 9.000.000 acres in
both states. And this garden patch
, been si ced off from a good slsed
farm of 105.784.400 acres which Uncle
Sum rave to tne peopio rawnjr i"" ":"
Bu?elv be couutry , is "Woming
crowded. ... -' . '. ' ' - .
1 Boost Clnba Halp Orowt.
It would be no easy task Jo segre
gate the different nf'encX!Lwi- ThS
Combined to arouse the Pjople of the
northwest to a sense of the lost oppor
tunities all about them Throughouttho
states of Oregon d Washingtoncom
mercial clubsf boards of trad booster
clubs have been organised, money has
been pledged to maintain Publicity men
at wage eampaign f u,tVnu?,1
agitation throughout h country until
men wUl atop in tbeirjJuuT rush alter
wealtlu and come where 'it Is to oe
wesiui, , w . f soring the
tMiTliS T entirely un-
pkfaleW in" the Jflf&TT
!.. V,..im teith the exception of tu-
forria in her early campaign".
The hundreds of thousands f arid
rn".Jl,vla. D..iin northwest are not
states are covered, or at one time were
covered, by an 1
Ilr. tamaracK hu , in. lind have
thousands of Ws or th s land have
leen logged 011. . 1 iw. mil
inain. worthless on copunt t bo mil-
be woraea ouu ..- tr lu
gVoWnVTabTer
ihe future aeveiopmeu
L-wed This Wf.
u.u..irii excursions
immense ""'" j .l ape
from the eastern d central states are
?Kem7nT:,i
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Tow.ai . ;IZV. . !U ns her tourist
toward
travel, the homeseeaer --,
tvi north wara. an."" .i
.a
In'iThl. movement i-
Ka, nlanT laid by enterprising com
pere & bodies now being apparent to
averybooy. fVl. p,p)e
k-. la ft enoucn tiiBi
.ni view the promises
nOUiq ""- : . W.na! to
land. They "'"'LVT, krf
tull up Vh- ..iib1 nrh-e
. -i kamat III 1 1 1 moasu. -- -
Jvlop tn 7 ',- -ll-"-nriVs of
7n4 ! W? rtjwira. and tho- wlllan
!,,JiMra be done to thousand of pet
p ir want to make t heir homes In
llZ. r..7 f the northwest. Sufficient
reasons appear for the people "T ure
i"d of Washington to make tl.e
C t-mwlbl efforts to develop the
jTtV?oH?rge th.
fanrrrue
E Ve "5K SJ-T lo vrnVw
The waste place. rn"t be made ,
awvf vmnHjr. when tdl laod
r the exception Instead of the rale.
MURDERED MAN'S GHOST HAU1STS
DESERTED CABIN IN KLICKITAT
COUNTY, DECLARES STAGE DRIVER
tthtarad !4rt- t Tke Joaraatl
Him, WiHl, Marrb . The driver
t4 the l!y sure between White Rah
t"n M Trt Lake ler!r thr Hi a
it i4 on his rnuta and that
t- li t rm t riicm at times.
- !- live a Mrt trir
fl i lMe!r ft. 1 1 roof
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Notorious Frank Smith Case Is Recalled
OUTLAW'S SLAYER
SPOKANE CITIZEN
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fiarry Draper and His DogsTJ
Hare Participated jn ,
3Iany iian Hunts.
(Special DUpttck to TJm Jocrnl- ,
Bnokano. Wash., March. -8. Harry
Draper. Spokane' famed bloodhound op
.r.tive. who. with his baying dogsr pur
sued ' Desperad Prank Smith, Ore gon'a
noted bad man, to "'V'". "2
wooda near New Era on the morning; or
May 1. 1908, has launchea iprtn as
sleath to follow like his faithful hounds
upon bad men's trails. . ' ..'
The awful crimes, daring ca.pes and
subsequent battles for liberty In the
record of Smith commonly called
arry Tracy Smith" by his pursuers
!?t ,rNore hv Oregon and
Washington people, ey remembr his
murder of Patrolman Hanlon at Oregon
City" that of Sheriff Shaver of Clack
amaV county, and that of Captain Hen
derson of Woodburn..Or1.
They have, not irKnir i UA
ing escape .from the Wla"d Jail-ho,
Sn TScT.torr"a thTjali; on a single
across nm wny, ":- 1.-
side by those wno inous"- "
the marvelous feat on a waiter.
Shoot ta 8elf-f-1
r. irtif-rlpfenso that Draper
sent av bullet, from his revolver crashing
through the . skull, of notorious Frank
Smith. Portland men. both officers and
business men., composed in. pa rt ' .the
posse of 200 or more man hunter. Who
swarmea mo - "ru s
of New Era the morning when the dy
robber and murderer was dragged
from behind fallen log to whicn ine
sniffing hound had traced him, to be
shot by their master. - .
It was raper and his houndsthat
tracked Frank Brown, Micnaei curns
1 Fred Tltang to their hiding place
aTong the Snake river. In Idaho, after
the daring trio had broken from - the
county Jail t Asotin. Wash., where
fhey were confined pending trial for
burglary. ' Stang. whoso real name was
Christian Blomond, was fatally wound
4 In a running battle with pursuers of
himself and comrades down the Snake
JAPANESE MAKE
GOOD GARDENERS
Over 500 Acres Have Been
Placed Under Cultiva
tion in Wasco.
(Speclil Dlptch to The Journal.)
The Dalles, or.. March .-The Colum
bia Land Produce company, composed
entirely of Japanese, which , owns a
1700 acre ranch 10 mile, fropi this city,
Is making wonderful progress in Its
work of truck gardening. The company
has a capital stock of 185,000. Over
600 acres have been placed under cul
tivation. Among other things, caopage
is being raised. Fifty acrea have been
planted to this vegetable.-
The Japanese) have built a comfortable
"ranch house and have a library which
contain, two complete sets of standard
encyclopedias and a large collection of
volumns by tha best English and
American writers, text books, govern
ment agricultural reports and many of
the latest publications on horticulture
and kindred subjects besides a hand
some Bible which ha. been translated
Into the Japanese language.
BIO LAND DEALS '
i r; , XKAB BRQWNSVILLK
Srch1 Disputes The JoariiaM ' .
Brownsville. Or, March . Three of
the largest farms in this . section re
cently- changed hands. , The MS art
.kn.it sta -res was sold to a
Colorado man. he TO.Idration being
.hi itlMO This la said to be one
of the best farms In Linn county.
The Kbberly farm of 400 acres went
for f 17.000. and the C fL1".0? frm
of 1308 eicres brought 117.700. The Cal
loway farm I. located northwest of
Brownsville. In the rootams, n "
ld?L"Z"Xk of land ar ascribe
to the
w atprted ut a l ahor tr and killed Wm.
He th ran awy. b-t returned after
nrml rui, and stood trial, and was
rAb!it tM. tm. the driver relate.,
he was rldicg rt the rbln after sun
down, when u4-lTiiy his hore gave a
trnfleal snnt and rared nr-j th'tr
hind Uss. He looked toward the rt o
and uw Ike plrtom of a man. wun
ra-l ti .4r1rg. floating thmuf h spac
an . ,rt1 ax In its hands.
TU drtrer eptrv the Tarn from time
time t regr wbea pasel". the
-ht and firmly r!ler-a the tlt as
iiad, t-t Ha-th-r It a drm.
-' ft fcwliH.intlo. stiJ remains a
activity or ine nreiii"
hind about IHOO. W. be spent for d
vartlslng In th et. and middle west.
KOUNDUP OF THE
WEEK IN STATES
OF FACIFIC SLOPE
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FJacry Waper ana Young Blood
- hound. . ;
Irlver. 1 After giving Draper his mother's
address in Fredrickstad, Germany, the
outlaw died, at his captors ieei on
Goose Island,-where he and his confed
erates had landed to surrender them
selverJto the officers.'
' Bounds Bat. Oood BMotd.
Draper and his hounds haVo "seldom
failed to be included In possa formed
anywhere in the country for V mil8
around,- and aside from the list ' of
crimlnair who owe their ill luck of cap
tnra in htn efforts, men lost in . the
mountains have been restored to theiiS
accustomed haunts ana inmates or me
Medical lake asylum for the insane have
been taken back. , , f
Draper Is now In business in Spo
kaae. His scheme of connecting a pack
of trained hounds with a detective serv
ice Is the first undertaking of its kind
In the west. , u - ...
Draper no longer has the hounds with
which he went on the long hunt for
Frank Smith, but a young hound, from
a convict farm in Georgia, Is now being
trained into the service and will .oon
be ready for actual work, with two
older ones. This hound will already
take up a trail on a concrete sidewalk,
which few hounds will da .
Draper, who Is of English descent,- Is
still a young man. . He has ridden
bronchos on the range, done service In
the cavalry and navy and will now; set
tie down to detective wrk' and blood
hound training for a. Ufa profession.
3 WEEKS WILL
SEE NEW LINE
Automobiles to Replace Old
Time, Stage Between "
Vale and Burns.
(Swclal Dtaiiateh to The Joornal.!
Vale. Or.. March. 6. The new automo
bile "line between Vale and Burns Is to
be established tn about ? three weeks.
Two automobiles are yeady for use.
There will be daily service. Each auto
accommodates eight passengers. The
line will use the river road, which I
in btter "condition for fast traveling',
as the other one! I. badly cut up by
heavy rreignting. , t
The bulk of the traffic will go by way
of Vale Inatead "of Canyon City and
Austin as heretofore.- An excellent
chauffeur wilt have charge of the ma
chines. Travelers generally are rejoic
ing over the new mode of transporta
tion, as It Is not only a safer and easier
method of transit than the old time
stage, but cuts down ttie time severs I
hours. . -
ritESIDEXT EARLIXG
TO DRIVE GOLD SPIKE
tflracial Dlapateb to Itt Journal.
Spokane, Wash, March . Albert J.
Earling, president, and other officials
of the corporation. Including- William
0. Rockefeller, and prominent fesl
dent, of Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana, will participate In the ceremony
of driving- the golden snlke in the Blltwr
Root canyon at Gold ireek, two miles
east of Missoula, Mont., the afternoon
of Friday. April !, thus signifying the
completion of the Ohlcago. Milwaukee
Puget Sound railway between the
great Jake, and the Pacific coast. Two
engineering feats of Importance In con
nection with the line are the records
established in boring t the Idaho-Uon-tana
tunnel and the building of the
11.000.00 bridge across the Columbia
river west of Spokane. The alructuro
is more than a half mile in length and
SO feet above the low water mark. It
1. supported bjji.il piers.- '
OVER TWO mLLIOX
TREES TO BE PLANTED
tftptctal tMapatrb to The ioaraaL)
Spokane, Wash. March . -Mor than
J.OOO.Svt frwit tree, will be planted In
astern Washington this pring and
next fall, wocordlng to A. F. Crowed,
deputy e'ste frull rommissloner. Hit
Honed In Fpokane, arid of these he says.
th majority will b apple. The estt-
mata Is naaM on avi-i rmm nurser
ies In this aqd Mm tern state, vhiih
will beg'n shipping within it dav.
Th trial plantings tn the state daring
1X1 imnnrtlad t(. 1 trs. mm fo
lows: Arr'. ' .!.: r-ah. .71
pear. t:.71; cherry.,! ; plam sr
nruiKt ,70.Ift; ml-llanaoni. it 7
( tf t he J , were set mil
n Sr-o-nt
k.ria rsuntr. w title iima
planted in 4T1, and YI" "wintr,
,kwn lriid' U,e Wenwe diitrkl.
reported il.TI4. - '
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IMf J K H MEoi
EASTERNERS WILL -
Anpuri.Tiiif. rtii 1 infin
VUi-lllll rill 1 III 1 1 1 1 1 1 N
Ul LIIU I If U UIILLIUIIU
Oil' IDAHO PROJECT
Huge Pulp and Paper Plant
, to Be Established Near
Kooskia Expected That
Operations Will : Com
mence hy 1910. ,
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Kooskia. Idaho, March Two.mllH
l.i. Alim nt wh nh I1.DOO.000 Will OO
axprniltd thla and next year. Is tho es
timated cost of a, pulp ndv5.Pei;.Pjani
to be established In the timbeTbelt near
hr bv an eastern syndicate repre
sented by C. A.T)ay. treasurer or mar.
ruu Mr rv. anil his .on. H. V.
nav of Chicago, and W.l J. Bell, .part
owner of a pulp napor' Pi? ".-..t"
Newaygo, Mien, vvora is w " "
In four month, and It 1. expected the
mill w.111 be ; m operation peroro -in
Sose of 110. It will be the largest of
Its kind - iif the west." Tne Mannui
Field "staV is Interested In th. new
't.' Day and; Bell ,fcentl spent
several weeks In the district. cfollectlng
data for the information of their tsast-
ern associates, Engineer, have ; just
completed a survey for a ; large dam
koross .the middle fork of the Cleat
wator rlvfr. where 10.000 horse power
Wl"tHcsl energy will ,,',P1llTh
dam will also create mlllponds to faclli
two rirtvins-. of logs down the
stream. -' "t
to Make High Orada oemeni.
U.,& ftar llm dam ll built.
work will begin on a brick and cement
. .... 1 mnd.ni iteaitfn. . The ce-
ment required for the dani nd mill will
be obtained from a plant to be estab
lished near t Kooskia the nornlng sum'
rham ta in Sookane. New York
Cn.tnn ahiw hv analyses that a
high-grade cement can be manufactured
from the lime shale deposit, found 1
miles from Kooskia,, . . .
it la announced In Spokane that the
Idaho Portland Cement company, con
trolled largely py ,Y.,VCxZlX
and Washington capital, will begin work
on IU plant thlsapring, and expecta to
-,t tnnnaratlAti hefors the close
HQ r . ... w f - . - 1
of the year. The structure will be pfJ
nnn-01-a.tn ..nfnrMit w th steel, ana ine
cement beds will be developed by - ma
chinery. " - - '
Bl'f Jisway BJ a,av.
Kr.elneers in the employ of the Day
Interests,- who have completed the sur
veys, report mat tne puip ra iw
mill can be erectea ann reaay iui "V.u:
pancy early in itne iau 01 kh. J" ,
of the timber to , supply the material
for the pulp plant will be secured on
the Clearwater roresi rewnc,
tn hioh th -omnanv .has 2800
acres of fir nd spruce timber in the
vicinity of th mlllsite. Three hundred
and fifty men will be employed when
the mill la in operauun.
It Is also announced that work will
begin within 90 days on a pulp. plant to
be established in the St Joe river dis
trict. In nortnern iaa.po. vy iuici.i.
represented Dy J. - rr,T?
engineer for the Chicago, Milwaukee &
Puget Sound Railway company.
richt!lluride
strike is made
Ore From Canyon Creek
Gives Shipping Returns :
of6000 Per Ton. "
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(SpeeHl Dlanatch to Tbe WnaW .
Grants Pass, Or.. March h.A rich
tellurlde strike that rivals the famous
erlDDle Creek district, has&een made on
clnyon creek, near the old mining camp
of Kerby. Josephine county. Ore bas
been broukht Into Grants pas that gives
shipping returns of $8000 a ton. It Is
onePof Ihe richest strikes of this chdr
acter ever made in southern Oregon.
The main strike was made on prop
erty owned by Samuel Bowden. former
ly of Spokane, but who has recently
become interested In Josephine county
mines. The discovery Is attracting
Such attention and a ""Wber j pf claims
a rft. being located. Mr. Bowden and
his assoclatea will do "tensive develop
ment work upon their properties Jhls
soring and summer and It is expected
that a lively camp will rlsa on Canyon
.
The. ore irom 1 i.rii
show, much free old visible to jthe
eve but I. seamed ana hvm w.v..
tellurlde. In which the lue. are prin
cipally carried. It Is exactly the same
character of ore as made Cripple Creek
famous, and Mr. Bowden, who !aa mined
In Colorado, declares that Canyon creek
has as good chance to become world fa
mous as the former district.
. Till belt- In which the tellurlde de
posit was-found has been traced for
several miles. Owing to the-exceeding
rich values of the ore. the transporta
tion problem will not be a serious one.
and preparations are now Under way to
haul out and ship a large quantity of
the ore thls spring and summer.
KLICKITAT FARMERS
r J prganize'graxge
8rtal Meaatek U .Tb. Joanta!.!
Husum. Wash.. March . The Fruit
Valley grange has been organised near
Bristol by George H. Darling, deputy
state master, with an enrollment of it
charter members. The officers elected
are- - George E. White, master: Miss
Sleila Parsons, lecturer; G. W. Parsons,
chaplain; M. V. Baker, treasurer; la. B.
Burnett, secretary. . ,
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Luckiest Fisherman ;
. And Ctamp Hard Luck '
Man Live at Rainier
(peetal Piarate to The JAsrssl)
Rainier Or, March . Oscar
Peterson, a young man of tbl.
city, now possess, but one leg
'and on. hnd. Sometime agJ he
lost hi. right leg while working
In a mill, and bas since been
1 using a wooden peg.. While
Cleaning ft saw In Farfi. Brbs.'
tnlll last week hi. right band
was severed at the wrist. Pat
f e -a is nn married and ta ft
Member of the America. Hos
pital association. . '
Rainier. Or, Marek . Charley
MUlef. tb. rhsnpWa stargeoa
catcher of this place. eelen-atel
the dosing of the winter fishing
aon by landing a six foot
rtsrreoot- -laaat samar be
caught ft st.rgeew neasnring
TH feet.- and erne ft l:U!e later
taeasuring 84 ft-
VALLEY SCHEDULE
OF DEnonsTRATion
TRAIIIAIIII
lecturers. From' Washinjr
v ton College Will Start on
- Annual Spring Itistruc-
- tion Tour March JO Well
i quipped Trains ;
. (Special Dispatch to Tho JoornaH :,
' Washington State College, ' Pullman,
March .Th- dates for the first fruH
grower.', domonstrktlon train to enter
th. Taklma valley have been fixed and
on March 18 and II 'the Washington
State college will operate a Ira 11 over
the line of the No'thejn Paelflo rall
way. The train will be furnished by
the railway and will be flipped from
the state college. The lecture corps will
consist of the horticultural and agricul
tural expert, from the college etaff aud
experiment station, at puuman,
oian. 1
of- a Iflatcar.
, The- train win conami
haa car. lecture coach and coacnes
and sleepers for , the railway official,
and the lecture force. On the flatoar
will be mounted fruit trees and a power
sprayer, with which demonstrations of
the beat method, of spraying will be
given as well as the modern methods
of pruning tree.. The baggage car will
be fitted with pruning Implements, fruit
growers literature and charts , and
mounted speclmena showing the growth
and life history of the fruit Insect pests
common, to the west. ' .
v Keottu. Trwf top.
' At each stop lecture, will be given by
th college lecture force on orchard fer
tility, tillage of the soil, pruning and
.nmilna tnr Innnrt nila. Fnllowlna the
lectures will be the demonstrations. A
very interesting ana novel jeaiure iu
tha train' eaulDment will be the farm
home electric lighting plant This plant
will ih In nneratlon all during tne trip
and will furnish light for the train. The
plant is intended to oemonstraie me
Draetlcabtlitv of electricity on tho farm
and In the farm home especially. i
The lecture pariy accompanying tire
train will icoaslst of Professor. R. W.
Thatcher, director of the- State experi
ment station: W. S. Thornber, horticul
turist: A. U, Meianaer, entomologist,
and O. M. Olson, farmers' Institute di
rector. , . . ! x . - .
Sohadnl. Of BetonstratloB Tralm. '
The schedule for tho train' is as fol
lows: Starting Wednesday,' March 1ft,
the stop at Kennewick' will be from
10:15 to II o clock noon: Klona, 13:66 to
2:30 p. m.; Prosser, .t to 4:45 p. m.;
Mabton,, 5:15 to 8 p m.; Granger, 1 to
7:46 p. m.; Outlook. 8:0Sto 8:46. '
Thursday. Mareh 11, at Grand view,
8:80 te 9:30; Sunnyslde, 1:45 to 11:30 a.
m.; Toppenlsh, 12:30 to 2 p. m.; Wapato,
1:15 to 8:1 p. m.r North Taklma, 8:46
to 6 p. m.. - ' ,-
Friday. March 11 it fnnto (seian).
8:15 to, 8:15V a. m.; Ellensburg, 10 to
12:15 p. m. The trip will end at Kl lens
burg. Practically the 4me equipment
will be used on the second fruit train
of the Beaaon, when the college makes
Its trip into the northern fruij country
of the state about Spokane.
WHITE SALMOX SHOWS
WOXDERFUL, PROGRESS
(SpecUrl-Dlapatch tn The Journal.)
vWhlto Salmon. Wash.. . March 6. r
Whits Salmon has a population of 600
and,ves pne is doing his best to bring
tha town and surrounding, country to
the front. - The city has spent $6000 In
grading and macadamizing the; .two
main streets. The waterworks had
bean purchased-from the individuals who
owned It A new reservoir is being built
The: city has also purchased a piece of
ground to build a city hall on. Two
local capitalists are building an electric
light plant to furnish light and power
fort-Wlv White Salmon and Bingin,
Th cost of this plant will be about
ISO.O00. . ' .
The Swan Ham man Lumber company
will soon be ready nto ran Its new saw
mill. Th mill hns, a capacity of 40,000.
A box, factory and a pickle factory are
under construction.. Some of the new
buildings tne past year are the M. E.
church, $2500; Baptist church, t27SO;
opera house, 86000; I. O. O. FT hall.
$1260; Cltisens .bank. $2000: McLlon
stock A Simoson building, $1500; .C. M.
Wolford, brick rand stone building, $6,
000; Washington , hotel, $6000; Colburn
hotel, 13500. ' - I .
The principal residences built are those
of D. W. Dexter, $3000; R. Burkett
I3P00; B. Uernan, $2760; Roy Worts,
s 41. ' ' . "
FOSSIL IS UNEARTHED ' 2 : ' W
IN. CROOK COtfNTY
f ( Special Dlanateh to Tbe Journal.) ':?
Bend, Or., March :r A report Tia.
just reached this placV of ,the finding
of the skull pf an animal at ft-deptb. of
rive and . pair reel- Dy nev. j. u.
Rrntvn while flla-a-ln a Well on bis farm
in the Madras country.. The fossil 'was
Imbedded in a stratum of sand and wag
In fairly good condition, although broken
In several olaces. It was about-vt-the
else of a goat's bead and had somewhat
the appearance of the skull of that ani
mal. . The fossil will be preserved and
later, may be sent, the paleontologist at
th. University of Oregon. .
VALLEY FRUIT CROP
i TO NEWVYORK MARKETS
i ' - (Special Diana tek -tn The JouiAL; ' A
Husurrw-Wash., March 8.Some of the
leading fruit growers "of th,Whlte Sal
mon valley have already contracted this
season's crop to tew York and Pacific
coast, commission houses. Ranking In
par excellence, with the famous Hood
River products, the varieties of apples
stoww here nd tneir superior qiiaiiir,
f tha rauu for the demsnd St th
I,
time. Fruit growers prefltct an unusual
yield of all kinds of fruit this season,
the condition of trees and plants being
In . fins shape for
ductlon. - . -
an enormous pro
. VrUii Schrffft Bftnter - . i
" A St. Ixruls -special . '
A story of Frits! 8cbeff In
mood behind the S-ena. In PHrste IrTe
has come to llsht thfoush the silcld
of Alfr-wl R. Woodford, one time favor
ite waiter of the spenders In "e htgh
prica-d cafes of Ht luis. who klHed
himself Kew Tear, eve by hanging at
Hrt Pprtnsa. Ark, "
Woodford had red hair and freckles
that mada him eonerdcuoua anywhere.
He wore a rrpetul smile- '
Frltsl Scbeff was boeiea. at a din
ner party at a 1n" "af. while
she t tvl.ii"tt In Wt . Iaouls on ona
craelen. wo,1ford laerred the dlnr.
"ouot the freckles on rur race,
trtnlmajd tHe a-tre. "and I II give yon
a tarter for every onaa"
ftoiemelv the waiter isrmft cmintlng.
Tbe fr-ore-M wss . prolor st - Th ac
traaa . )imimi and her '' laughed
Bprrmisly and thea rw bora-d.
f. ffrt alit It." crld Miss
Seff. -Hr. tak- thl7
And she K-t Htm IS ,
- That w" the bisW "-'a t'p h
avar r-elvd sv aKr rai ars Ha
knew him t t h"' b r-"-! In ttps
during ft""! yers- - - '-"'
nor ran It? (- VM' ' er-T-t a
fnif It In th l.-.- h k4
aer mil . rir ' r't -r r Is
Ibe rafas W -dfor-i vo-kH
DUNGED
CURRENT EVENTS
DEVELOPMENT AND
GENERAL; PROGRESS
MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE
MAKERS OF OREGON HISTORY
Joseph Za, Morrow. .
. This pioneer of Oregon haa
achieved statewld prooilnenca ,
because of his connection with 4
the noted Warner Valley land"
cohtost; th. light which ho ha.
made In tho Interests of tils fel
low settler. In- Lake. county to
wrest thousand, of 1 acres of
valuable land from the Warner
Volley Stock company. : The case
dates back to IS60T. '
4
(Special Journal Correspondence.)
Lakevlew, Or., March 8. Champion of
the settlors1 case in the far. famed land
eonteat of Warner . valley, Joseph 1
Morrow of Adel. take county, stands
higher-In the estimation of his fellow
settler, than any man In this part of
rirAirnn... On of tha first settler. In
Warner valley, Mr, Morrow has dona a
f reat deal towards It. development, par
Icularly In tho part he ha. taken in
the prolonged litigation for, th. pos
aesslon of Its lands. ' ;
. Owlns- mainly to hi. strenuou. effort.
8000 aore. of land, worth about $60 an
acre, has been-successfully settled and
cultivated by a number -of prosperous
families, despite the efforts of the
Warner Valley Btock company to con
Vert this" rich agricultural valley Into
a. stock rango. -. - 'N ,
' ; Wotea, Oregon tftad 0f.r ; v
, The ' Warner valley land contest " Is
one of the most noted -cases that have
arisen in the -state an) Mr. Morrow',
life has been inseparably connected with
its history.. In 180 an act of congress
providing that all "swamp and over
flowed" land should become the -prop
erty of the state, was applied to Ore
gon. ' - ., - '
In 1870 the Oregon legislature author
ized the sale of these lands, whereupon
an application, known a. the "Owens ap
plication," was r.iade for the purchase
of the alleged swamp lands of Warner
valley. It wa not until 1884, however,
that a. certificate of sale, under differ-
, ent applications, was securea, ana in
1892 tne - Warner Valley Stock company
got ' possession of these lands,
, ; vBottlei-g Tight lot iands.
In the-meanwhile few settlers bad
come to tho valley, but-owlng to the
difficulty of securing ft title ft vigorous
attempt at settlement ' was . j not md
until 1885, It was this year that Mr.
Morrow, after ft previous visit, brought
his family to the valley and toqk up
the ranch on' which he now lives. He
st once placed himself at the head of
the settlers, exhorting them - to retain
and Imnrove the- lands they had taken
up. Irrigation was necessary to tnalre-
the land productive, ana aitcnes wer.
constructed and cultivation begun..
But tho settlers had- no deed to the
landi npon which they were living, nor
ave they yet and disputes . as to the
ownership arose-. - Certain officials of
the survey were accused oT fraudulent
reports. Mr. Morrow brought about an
Investigation by 8pecial Agent Charles
Shackelford, -who, in an exhaustive" re-;
port, confirmed those facts. The - do.
partment of the Interior, however, inves
tigated the case andin general decided
adversely to the settlers. .
" Warner Company Get. 9 os.sssloa, . , ,
In 1892 the Warner Valley Stock com
pany secured ' possession of the land,
and In 1894 Mr. Morrow lost - suit in
the general land office. He, however,
continued to press the campaign against
tho stock company.'wlth the result that
In the celebrated case of J. la. Morrow
against the Warner Valley Stock com
pany. In 18S9, the settlers won v com.
plete victory in the local land office.
But this decision was reversed the fol
lowing year by the general land M flee.
In 1904, Mr. Morrow caused Governor
Chamberlain to become interested. The
state of Oregon then took the side, of
the settlers, bringing ft suit against the
stock comtoifiy. The last decision, how
ever, in 1908, was adverse to the Inter
eats of the settlers. , ",.
.-.ioolt for TXltimate Victory. i .
Mr. - Morrow and his fellow settlers
oelleve,' however.- that they will win In
the end, and that they will live securely
In -the fine valley, 'one of the wealthiest
In the state, where they have built their
homes, made their farms, and paid their
taxes. In' their Interest he has mad
three trips to Washington. I. C, and
several to tbe Oregon state capital. He
fully deserves the honor and credit he
has won of the public
Since "his advent to southeastern Ore
gon he has taken an active part in the
welfare and development of the country.
He is now over 70. and living a life of
teml-retlrement, having leased his land
SLOW TIME-ON..
CP; A. RAILROAD
: .v $J ( ; y ' ' t . J-i.-
Tracklajing: , Delayed Ue
. cause of Heavy Kains-X,
v ;:' Corsallis Line 0penaj
.V;!jBpeelai DIapatrh to. Th Jourrisl.)v(v ; '
: Mbnro,'Or., March . Th construe-
tlon crew of the Corvalll. fc Alsea rail
road Is now In the "Slough of Despond,"
otherwise known ft. th. Big Muddv
lough. Tracklaying is progressing
slowly on account of extremely sort
mud and much-high water.
A Tegular schedule will soon be In
operation on the Corvsllis-Monroe run.
Merchandise haa been hauled for some
weeks for the local merchants and flour
mills, but no 'regular runs hav. here
fore been mads. - ;" , .
. - - - ,
GOOD ROAD BOOSTERS
- .-; - ; MEEJT AT GOLDENDALE
Ooldendale. Wash.. March . The
road supervisors .and others Interested
in road building held a good roads meet
ing here. SamisM Hill, president of tl..
grod roads association of the state tf
vVaahlngton. and Prpfessor Lani-anlJi'
of Ihe (state university of WashingtOii.
delivered lectures and gave stereoptl
con views of both modern snd sncient
methods of building; roads in tha old
and new world; also many, views of
natural aoenery la various counties In
which they have traveled during tha
past year.
TRACTION ENGINE, STREET PIANO, ' t
V AND PILE DRIVER USED TO LURE
"V: TRUSTING POTATO DUGS TO DEATH
!r-1l tHnr to The Jow-a.it
t IWnpe. Idaho. March Pnrlng
. v . . . ,m , 'naart' In
stitute 7-sBOtello Baker . ethiWted his
most trent Invent low. a device whW-h
Is a rure m nans of eraie-aiirig ija r
lata t.n It la Mtimated Idat the po
tato hug ets the farmers of this
citrr more than $1 S.fttlfl rear.
TP's vin pini rmm o rm v i. nr.
ara-'i'e. by h t-f his spniianfe.
TO fc f fa-1i va. mirn an .inarnia'n
miist be simple.- -said Mr. ?ar.
have rln murli st'Mr V hshits of
tra pntata tn. and I' no- he ' e !
lorl mhrm Mnnt 1- f-roa-J 1 r t
m the foosdatten of my rian.
I larc
rra.
NEW
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Joseph ' 'h'y Morrow of Adef, Laie
' M I I j
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and stock. - He own. "so acres of'valua- I
ble land, together with one quarter sec
tion belonging to. a son. now deceased,
arid another qorter, which I. really the
property of minor grandson. ..
" Bon ft Chariton Co., Ho. ,
Joseph la. Morrow was born In -Chariton
county, Missouri, July 8, 1884, and
was .reared in Macon -county of that
state. - Heraa-hja. fathsr, Rev, Jesse 8.
Morrow, dWd iii' 18&5. Only ft brother
and alster' are Wow.. living, v
Mr. Morrow never enjoyed the oppor
tunity of going to school; but by dint
of persistent home study In his native
state and in the west, he has acquired a
good fundamental education. He crossed
.no iia'a ... u u . , .. . . - ... uwa ....
train of ox team.' experiencing much
annoyance irom nasnre muiani mo
route. In one - fight he 1 received an
arrow wound in the leg. ' '-
Ho started west in April and arrived .
at ievaoa viiy, uai., iniu;un, xino
he worked in the mines, later, going to
the Forest City mines, where he mined
nines,- where he rained Jt I
h went to Sonoma J I
t He next removed to C I
engaging In the saw
ittl the fall-4 or 8869. A
until - liv wnen
county: uauiornnu-1
ni ntvof Vlllfl. en
r I... l' . unttl
II 1 111 tfuaiuco. on", . -'
wen he returned rto wevaaa- couniy.
h' Settleg ' to hd - Warner :Tall.y,-
1, . w. ....HI iHfir: wfinn
he removed" to Douglas county, Oregon.
1 .- . 1 - -.1.1-- anA fannliia An
Myrtle creek. In 1881 he removed to
Fort Bldwell, Cal.. and it was this year
that he passed fhrough. Warner valley
on ft horsehuntlng ; expedition and de-
.... i . . . . . . . v. .. . . a ,i tr. kM.,i ,t
ciaeo on nis-tui-u" '"" :fi
his family to Warner In 185. and has
, u m Alrrritailn v ftnit farm.
Ing, ever working tirelessly for the in
terests of his fellow settlers and the
country in general. :
; While in isonoma couuiy. 1,1
ir.. n.rrlul Rthhrlna. Hart, a native
of Roane county; Tennessee. To this
piarriaes bi cnuuttn , - i . :
John WA-nd -Mrs, Sarah B. Neisham,
Jesse B. Morrow and Mrs. Mary E.
Cooper, .till xivmg. -
Mr. Morrow is a man of sturdy, tire
less energy, upright ' and unassuming.
though nrm ana-ptirBiBir.it, iu n,
selousness of right. ,Ho has worked
bard, sacrlfloed much In the Interest
of his fellow cltlsena. particularly those
"i n.u, Vallav raalnn and I
-Generally regarded by the public as
one of his country', greatest benefac
tors, " - , - ,; '
CROOK COUNTY
AT THE A.-Y.-P.
: iV , 4 V V" ' .' . ' U r ; ;
Citizens Vjll Petition for
Appropriation for Coni
: 'preliensive Exhibit. "
" ' -(Special. Dlapateb to Tha Jooroal.)
. ia fir- March 8.--The business men
have sUrted ft movement to send an
exhibit from Crook county to th. Ala.-.
ka-Tukon-Paclfio exposition. A mass -
meeting win
s committee appointed to asjc the fiaWnty
'court for an appropriation. " - - . A.
A sufficient lunn la oratreu i n .
comprehensive agricultural and livestock
exhibit with ft competent man In charge. V
. 1 .m.(Iv .nlkna.J m-u,
the exhibitand it Is expected that sev
eral hunsrea aousrs win d xae up .
by popular subscription.
SAMUEL HILL BUYS
. : MORE LAND IN VALLEY
4Srwlal Plopatrk to Th Janrsal.
Columbus,. Wash., March 8. Bamuei
Hilt, has recently added- four mora
rnntnes to his holdings In this vlcinttv.
He purchased 80 sc,res from George
Goes for $2760. and also 10 acres from.
C. M. Lester for $8000. -The W. H
Miller ranch was purchased for $8000..:
and the D.-A. Reams place for $3009,
Two of thse rsnches are well Improved
fruit farms, with living springs for Ir
rigating purposes. . - a
. ; . .
"First I set op a pile driver In a field.
Then bring up a traction engine. This,
as yon may readily understand, 'Is to
fumlsti the pile driver with .motive
fore. . ,
"I then pl a street piano In th
rr of the pile- driver and connect It
als with the traction enr'ne with a
light drlrlng belt. A small dynam o,
fiirnishins the rsrrant -for a battery f
six are linta. is eatsbllthed.
"When ail Is readr, on solne night
doting the dark of th rnoon the
mrrianls is started. Tl. Strt planaa .
sends forth Its sweet etrslns. mblrhhire
hs ptsto hu? toward te light. Thev
waik uni'r in pile drivit and are
crushed to death.""