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8 THE OREGON SUNDAY : JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY . MORNING, MARCH 21. 10U9. n ii i" ' " "" ' " " "' -U...ULJ mj . . . - i jl .i . . j .'. ..... ,i . ji - .-J., -..-u - l. jm .nm .'i 1 . i k.'.j1.. j ... iw j ' i ... .. , i. n u. i ''J. - 1 - '- " ' ' '- 1 -i . i. i il YO UTHS OF TENDER AG E . ' TERMS FOR BOLD KEfiRY RlfEAMS, 11 COi'lVICTEO AS FIRST TRAIN FACE BEN ROBBERY DEGREE UROERER Dime Novel Literature Held Responsible for Sensa : tional Holdup on Great ''Northern. Kailroad in . Montana. ' ' ' BUILDING BOOM ON AT NEWPORT Many Structures -Will -Rise at Oregon Beach Itesort This , Summer. (Special Dispatch to The JoornL) " Great Falls, Mont, March' JO. Two . of Butts's youthful quartet of bandtts . ' I1VS DCeil COIIVICIOU ua. Irani ivuijdi;, one or the Ilrat degree muraer mcon - nectlon with the holdup And -the. fourth Js awaiting , retrial, tho j Jury having , disagreed. . , . , .- j, ' i William Randall la IT year of age; Oeoree Creswell. 1 8 : Henry Rheama, 17. and Albert Hatch, 17. Rheams was convicted of murder In the first de . rree, It being charged that ha fired the shot which killed William Dempsey, a passenger on a Great Northern train that waa held up a year ago, a mile vent of thta city. :' ' " . Practically no defense waa attempted ftor the quartet or robriers otner man - an effort to prova that they were under 18 years of age at the time of the com- mission or the crime, it was sougnt t bring: the boys under the provisions -ttif tha Juvenile criminal act In the ' event of which they - could only be committed to the state reform school. Creswell Xiosss ZDs ITerv. -The- state brought -evidence to prove -that KandalL Ktieami and Hatch, had : - just passed 14 when they held up the train. Creawell, who is charged by tha .other boys with having- planned,' tha robbery, backed out at the last Tnln rite and took no part in the holdup. Bentenoe is yet to be pasaed upon Ran ' dall and Hatch. . their conviction of train robbery In this state meaning death if the court Bees fit to Inflict (ha extreme penalty. " '--,.'.-', Creswell waa tha last of the youths to be tried, ? one Juror ,i holding out against tha rest for 4S hours, finally resulting In a disagreement. " The tes timony in this case did not differ ma terially from that adduoed at the trial of the other boys. . Each of the -youth-. , - ful bandits -made a clean breast of . everything and tha -defense pleaded In extenuation that Creswell and his pals were bo Intoxicated on the evening of : the holdup .that they did not know - what they were doing, evidence being presented to show how many quarts of beer tha quartet had drank together with copious amounts of whiskey, Dime Hovel Bohool Orads. The1 boys had been devout students - - of dime novel-literature and- their robbing- of tha Great Northern . train was particularly sensational and. daring. Hatch, in .. company with u William Ttandall and Henry: Rheams, held up . the passenger train on tna - enemy branch of the i Great, ' Northern - by throwing; the -switch at. the wtockyarda nf the road. Just , west .or tireat i'Jaiis. : When the train - came to a atop, Rheams,. who had been detailed for vtha.t purpose, pointed hla gun aiJthe en?lneer's head and told hira to stay where he wm. Hatch and Randall then entered the trin, fho former com piling the conauctor io precede nim . in tha train and hold out his hat. Into which Randall, with his ,run . pointing 'at the passengers, maae tnem empiy their valuables. ; v. - ; -.' "'- Dempsey waa standing on tha plat- form, and when the robbers entered the car ha Jumped off the train and start A to run. Rheama caught sight , of . him .and with a alngle shot brought "him to the irround, Iempsey dying of hla Injury several days later. Tha boy bandjts secured all told . a -little more than 1100. ' (Kpectil Diptch ta Tba ImumL) . amount .of building will be dona this sesdon at NewDorL tteveral auustan- tlal residences ara already under . con struction. Tba lumber famine la over and prospeota look bright for an abuu- aant supply. - The f aqulna Bay Lumbar company has put in a lumber yard and the Elk City Lumber oompanr and the New port Lumber company are . arranging for wharraga on which to nancue tneir lumber. F. H. ilacdonald will enlarge his dock Heretofore tha builders have bad to rely- prlnnlpaJly-ott the valley mills for their building material and orders were seldom rilled'when needed. ' -s The Electric Light and Power com pany -la setting poles along'the prlnol ral streets and In a short time will commence the foundation for the power house, creamery ana coia storage BUSY YEAR IS ASSURED GRANT , p" ' s - . ' ; . ' . . - . 4i ... . ...... r t . ., v Business Was Xever Better and-AIL Industries Are Thriving. Ash Swale grange contemplates build ing a fine new hall on the land which they own, says the Brownsville Times. 'The grange hae already erected lar3 and commodious sheds for tee ma This grange Is one of the most progressiva ' In the connty. - . ' (Special D0itca to Th Jooraatt : Prairie City,; Or. : Maach 10. "Busi ness conditions In Grant county are better than , I have ever seen them," states R, T. Mcllaley, one of the prom-InenttockmeB--of , the country. . "The stock Industry is flourishing, the of prices prevailing for cattle, and horses, v Stock have wlntorMt , and the ranks promises early Kruaii .j more abundance than usual. 'There has already been a number of stock sales from the county and the demand m good. For 3.u 1 have re cently sold a band of yearling weth ers to be delivered after shearing and have been offered 18 cents for the 11JV' ,. Air. jnciiaiey states mac no nas never Been a. better time for -making money in the county tlian the present. Judging from the number of ranches that, have boon sold nnd from the num ber of inquiries for , "Grant county lands, he believes that the opening of npring will be the beginning of one of the most prosperous years experienced in the county, if it does not eclipse all previous records. TORNADO CAME IN . AKSTOR TO TKAYER HUGE SUMS FOR FORTRESS WORK .--,Jv ' yy.';; Extensive Improvements ' to ' Be Cajried .but . at - i Fort Stevens1 (gperlal Dlaimtca. to Tha Journal) Fort Stevens, Or., March 20 Cap tain W. K. Moore, who formerly had charge of the installation of the signal service apparatus at I'ort Worden and who was recently in cnarsre or tna signal service installation at J-ori Stevens, has bean ordered to the hos- filtal at Vancouver for medical exam nation. The results of the present ex amination have not been made public, but' should his condition be found pre carious. It Is probable he wiu be re tired. ' . PMndinsr the arrival or nrs success on, Mr.- Whltenr-CaBUla-Moore'a-asalaU til ha rhRrff. or the WOrK. - Allot ments for the Installation of signal servlos apparatus have been mane, ag- vroviLtin gaiaooo. which, in coruiec fion with other engineer's work; for whioh allotments have been made ag gregating I48.0UQ lor new . quanors and 130,000 for general Improvement, makes a total of approximately a82, 000, for which allotments have already been passed. - .,--. . Central Vowex Plant, . Tha erection of a central post power plant Is also contemplated, at a cost of approximately 1JO.OOO, and a por tion of the amount, sufficient to cover grading, and preparation oi ine ground, has been made available, v - . .. Mnli.Hnni ara, nendtlisr for the purchase by the government of three Int. in vaw Aatoria for the erection of a tower flre central station), which is to be over BO rest in neignu xor coii- trolllng and Oirecung lire iroro o batteries. - ' . . ' The laying r a suomanne caum between .Fort Columbia ttumooj Point) and Fort Canby Is contemplated as a part of tha signal service Instal lation. .. ' ' GENERAL PROGRESS : -ABOUT HUSUMr.WASH. Cuthbert, Ga., March 20. The torna do which . struck this place recently, destroying over 300 buildings, killing nix persons, injuring 28 - and leaving S00 families homeless, cams in answer to prayer, so the church folks assert, and was sent by God to warn the towrf to eschew evil and pursue righteous ness. For : a week before the tornado a great revival was in progress, and there were nightly prayers for God to send cyclone or earthquake to warn the unrighteous, on the night or the tor nado nearly '1000 , persons were ores' ent at the revival service, and the tor nado came while a fervent prayer was being maoe Tor uoa i una arorm. earthquake or some other sign td warn th e wtcked- The next dav a D raise service was held that uoa had answered their nraver and melted the stonv hearts . . 1 I (SpecUl Difpatch to The Jonrail.) Jlusum, Wash., March O.-R. A. Hus sey has received 1200 pigeons from Bos ton for his squab ranch at Underwood. Mr. Hussey says, the propagation" of squabs for the market Is a paying In dustry. He has erected a pigeon house at a cost of 11000 and will also engage In tha poultry and fruit business. - . The contract has, been let . for tha erection of a large brick block at Un derwood. Amos TJnderwood will occupy one storeroom, 60x80. Postmaster BmitJi will occupy another room for his gen si m,rrhnHn stock and the re mainder of the Tjlrtck will be the ware-f house for the Apple urowera-. union ,oi the White Salmon valley.J . ihnut 1K families are'on their way from North and South Carolina to take un lands on the forest reserve a few TEN MILLION GAIN -FOR N. P. Vast Area Reverts i to, Rail . . road by Land Office " ; I)ecision, T . ) ' ' (RmpUI bliMtrh Tha Journal ! Couer d'Alena. Idaho. March 2(1 11(1 . 000.000 is tha estimated , value nf tha tract. Including 460.800 acres of choice timber and agricultural lnnda In the wauace. districts .In northern 1 Idaho, erhloh has Just reverted to the North ern Paolf to. Railway company, accord ing to a decision ry tne commissioners of the general land office. This traot has been In controversy for eight years. . It was classed as mineral land by the commission in jui, wnen the. railroad company filed a protest with the de partment against this classification. The company gained the decision following a motion to -review the case. The ract is souin and east or tna city or. Wal lace ano covers 20 townships. - A cur sory reading of the decision shows tha company proved that ihe land is .adapt ed to forestry and agriculture and was wrongly classed as mineral land. IRRIGATION CO. MAKES PROGRESS - , "!'. ...... - . t, , v. Barge Territory In -Jose phine County Will Getr - .Water This Year. COOS BAY LUr.lOER HAGFIATE TELLS OF FORESTRY PROBLEfJ: MEN AND WOMEN WHO WERE : MAKERS OF OREGON HISTORY lnactws Troiidiii for t Z'!: Fixed Assessed valuation; . State Control Would Be Advisable, ;Says C. A. .Smith. ' ... " , - . Xaarf Hewitt Baldwin. e Few Oregonlanv pioneers have 4 passed ' through the variety ' of Incidents that have Baldwin. Into the 8 years or Ms life have been crowded the experiences ef the 4 soldier, sailor, rancher and pros- e pectori Ma came to Oregon (7 e) years ago. was one of the hardy 4 band which eaUbUshed the first ' 4 settlement on Coos bay. and he 4 participated .In nearly all of the. , 4 Indian wars of the early period 4 on tha coast. -A , . ;. , 4 4 4 4 : (Boecltl m .patch to Tba JearnsLl Spokane. Wash March l0."Forest' ry should be considered hand In ' hand with Irrigation, as without "forestry It Is only a question of time when the rorests-will e denuded, the rainfall very much decreased and the the waters for Irrigation more problem 'than under. . present - condl tlons." ., - C. A. Smith, cresldent of tha C hil'tl ' f "IT l.5 P. ."J"" ft. dlsUnctiTof rux r 1 rears a refluent, or uooa: ioncar Marshflftld." Or.. "March " I s wil a I avini. t ?P"naid record as British sailor, Amer . V. loul soldier, Indian fighter.-Civil 4 war lore or a 1 veteran, suocessful rancher, discover er or gold, pioneer miner of southern Oregon and maker of history In tha oouoiry,- itenry Jiawitt Baldwin,! Inslnger. chairman of the local board of control of the National Irrigation congress,- which will - have Its - seven teenth session in fcpokane the second week in August-: -. ' c ' Change raxatlon Rysteau "To encourage forestry. H" he contln ues, "I am satisfied that state laws IN ' !UX 1111 ( Henry Hewitt . Baldwin. than, any' other, living man. lie nassed through all of the strua glee and hardships of the early days and the atory of his life Is Identified closely with the making and develoDina of Oregon. , He fought for Oregon long I nprnrsi si 11 si whm am. r t st - nn a nnai - will have to- be enacted, changing the I bay when Indians Inhabited the place erwards was hanged by the white peo- present system of taxation. .. This Island before towns were built, and ha I Pie as a traitor. Let ma say a wordf f or certainly a very Important " question I knew Bandon, his present plaoe f resl- Eneas. lie never would have turned and should be taken up by' these coast I dence before there waa even a settle-1 againsr his chosen allies had it not OIOIK UI III ana 01. ins City. ; I i 11m was luiceu 10 uo BO oy Mr. Baldwin was bom April 10. 18W. i"r."r."L na ?ruuity or the t- u 1 st r 1. t-i fumnwera 10 wnicn ne waa suntectefl. was of English and French descent It L-PYnrSliftf rhfJLuZ?')!?, Is aomethlnar of a coincldance that ha wa? dccessfut The settlers had all states ss soon as possible. - "If laws . oould be enacted ' which would provide for a fixed nominal as sessed valuation on all lands utilized for reforestation and then a large tag upon, the crop when, harvested, I be- was a boyhood friend of George Ben fled from thoir ranches and had gath- lleve the problem would be solved: or. I nett, who came to Oregon and founded h?51 iatiV-i.- 2u It mls-hk even ba advisable to nermlt I the town of Bandon and died In Oooa 5aY"a .ln6 town. Ueneral lane was the the state to receive title to the Jands. county. The two studied together for ta "J. I, tntli.ZIn - i5,L,i.y.n, giving the owner permission to car. admittance t Trinity college, but Mr. t ennm nJd iv!m i ni v"nI (Special IMipatcb to The jroamaL) Grants Pass, Or., March SO. ThIth taxation of -tha standing for the forests and cut the same under I Baldwin decided that he wanted to ko state supervision, the state charging I to sea and serve as a tintistv sailor, a certain' fixed nercentage of the Value I during which career - he waa shlD- of the stumpage. : I wrecked off the coast of Portugal. He "In line with this question I believe I left England and came to the United It . wnnliti ha nrniwr for vonr in.nu I States in 1815. He enMsted in the rear- also to take up the matter of thejular army at 8t Louis and In 1849 teera encamped near Jacksonville. These volunteers were not or much use as Indian fighters compared to the regu lars and General Lane waa glad to see us arrive. ..we estaousned rort Jbane In tne eigirt or Table Rock in Jackson county and had more or less flghlln with the Indiana We captured an state laws being; CnanRMtJn regard to I went io run uaavanwurin, men an oui- i..j th ihi. .-j Vi-.i .. the taxation of the stanTlng "mber post, and followed the life of a soldier a?1?2.IndJan m;,rrr"n,1ln?11? Josephine County Power Irrigation f This generar Undency , of . aJtavarlous parts of the country. r close" when Oeneral Lane artd CaptalS 'A company Is making splendid progress v.ery P'a ucTeK9 in .11 3 I Ut Coot By SetUement. ' ; I Smith signed a treaty with the India u in ma, construction 01 me - irrigation I " "' " "'"" '1,1 1 One of tha flrat events, whlnh- nt 4nl laaaara- " " canals for. Grants Pass .and viflnity. iJi f iMlittoSTVSd which I ..After recelvlftg his discharge from army air. auaiawin minea ror goiu The worklls hein hed'that . unjust ISZJlATJk thi portion of the arid territory to be ben- the timber should bear this enor-1 0J"cooJ? oani y. was the wreck of the 1 1" Vaokson. Coos and Curry counties, efited will have, water this year moua tax from year to year. governments transport Captain Lincoln He was obliged to quit mining at tho Three crews are at work, besides a State Control of Timber. . on January I. 18 north of . aiD, vyilu Kiauni. anu 1 inrvait Hi.'; mka, l.n. m vh - I,. 1 tuv rnr. . Tna TOrmer aomiee ana mo I " " iiiuiwin wukki l uriva sorapera,; -! . , , I anWial . !. .'tha. . tat. -nhlMi' . I near tella some interesting facts regard- I tha White men into the sea. Mr. Bald- On? of the high land ditohes will be Perpetual lease to the gran'toV. affix- lngm the Incident'... He was a member tto?fcn vc"rva gins at a point 200 feet above the dam, ate value of the crop when removed. boat with SI troopers and stores aboard P"fJ, Xb f1" "1?S w.er5 and will receive water from the big in lieu of taxes. .-7 ! was bound for Port Orford, then a mill-1 S?JLii.tjL-.-ViS?SuiVi-. riy.?T n5 - centrifugal pump. It will follow the "I-believe these questions are of the JJP??1' to protect the place against Pp "f.8" Sroi Viva? t, .2 hillside, ancf will not, only reach sev- most vital interest to these coast the Indians. . It had sallerf from a Cal- "j .r?i,a2a Thl liJiZ' -llff ' eral thousand acres of fruit lands east states. Whether they could pYoperly fornia port and the storm had carried "VateMnaT thi ,nrd ?i5i and north of this city, but will also come before youiJ congress or not I tt Past Port "pr ford. - - . . ZlJnf JSAV thr i m.,Tnd Vr,.' deliver water to the lawns, yards and do not know. Wt It seems to me that Wheii the Iransport was wrecked the Jj W 6 day tor a man and the . . . . I ' . . . . n Jt a K,I. M ... nhwA M M n r m . r. I Hill. BUIIJ 1 1 1 1 m niir.B. - I.WICTI.UUU u in. uu ran , 'l. , . Li w n. aava. . althonarh anoa to. irHentinn and the waifara nf inclined to greet the castaways, but was jl ft but Mr. Bald a. a. Water for ITultaale District oar forests, are oi very vital import- fy "1" Kfi half a centurv aSo h. ha nvr vi A ditch on the south side of the rlv- ffV JJ-t0 lno weuar8 ot whi T afterward made friends and furl received, all the pay due him. . The ap- . 8 11 aiso do constructed tnts BDrinar. I ;.i.f jji..i -m. nlshed the soldiers and sailors riean and l Frvi'"v'il "I iivv..li.ll!5ajt This - wtll be lilOT Inr dltchr and f fish for which was exchanged hardtack f J, Py : tha war expenses will Irrigate the Fruitdale drstrict i .!?ctI"-irru? itll? I an1 nld tlntKlnar and uniforms. Most I territorial debt was out down to three-miles from Grants Pass. ' :ZT.r ' r.fr..rf i of the carg was saved and stored on 600.000,, and some of the . men who The , big gravity ditch will not be IY.r-:"." w ".. 7Z?'". " I an improvised warehouse built where never goi any compensai.n, ipr constructed tais year; at least no at- r i "5 V the Coos bay life saving station Is now tneir work. . t.v . temnt will be made to comnlete it thlal ' ' wood SoadS TItal rrODlam. - I locAted. and the sails of the wrecked I Ratnmo n rw fnnnt. r n,iij armthwoar of Husum. A pecu-l smsnn. though It mflV ha miar-tfil T I "flood roada nr almnat anw rlnA we I and hnnc.h ed vessel were used to make I - . ' lUi-Utf r thftae settlers is that they I will nnnnltf wntnr to tha fartna. nr. I riuHa la a nrnhlam In whloh thta a little vlllaare of tents." . . I . abater Mr. Baldwin went back td mln- prefer a mountainous region to prairie chords and ranches on Rogue river, east and west. Is very much Interested! " In a few weeks the party wm visited I land. The settlers are coming prepared from four td eight miles below Grants I If it were possible to wake ud a Moses I by several men from the Umpqua who I lAu5i wil-ln? AH to make good Improvements from the Pass. . ... like Sam Hill, president of the Good had heard .-of their condition., Atnohc I ?ZtttilT.?tiZ haTitia Bh.Adi'n tart , r "oms aasoeiauon. or Washington, m I ".e" " f;1.". ,"",uLf ht to, Mn.i i.n.r ),. ;. I raraGATINO DITCH FOR , . WHITE SALMON -VALLEY FARMERS START SOWING this state It would mean thousands of I Flanagan, who had also seiners and millions . oi dollars to IN OAKLAND VICINITY Oregon. V a, am n iuii una sincere Bympainy witH Vlii WArlr anrirl T wtll rin amrtVilnar (SpeeUl DIapatch to The JoornaLi I can to assist you In making it and Oakland, or., March zu.- xne rme i ine congress a success in every way. 40,000 ACRES IN LAKE-ARE BOUGHT BY VALLEY LAND CO. ' - (snclal Plapatcb to The Journal. iLakevlew, Or. March J0-The largest deal In tha history of Lake county has Juat been closed here by the Oregoa Valley Land company purchasing tha holdings of-the He r y ford Land -and -Cat- ia rnmnanv This aala transfers 40, 000 acres of the choicest lands In the The tract embraces lands ln Goose Lake, Chewaucaa and Drews val-J - leys as well as mucn land in uis oor- ders of Oregon and California. - Close -to Lakevlew are 11.000 acres of this . land, which added to the 85,000 acres heretofore owned by the Oregon Valley Land company, form the most valuable "tract now under process oi coiomaauon tiv that company.- The holdings . are among the oldest In Oregon. The Heryford Cattle company Is com posed of w. P. Heryford. James D. Hery ford. Felix Green, the heir of the Cox mate. The latter retained an interest when the Heryford Cattle company took ' over tbe Cox and Clark lands last year. W. P. Heryford. the president ant! largest owner of the Heryford holdings Is probably the best known cattleman in Or'itnn. He was born tn Knox cown tr, Missouri, In 1841, and crossed the flatns with an ox team in 18S7. Ills father, C R. Heryford, aettled la rUiaeta county. California. In 187S XV. P. Heryford came to Oregoa and engaged ln tii cattle business. . rarchased tho TO" Brand. - In ha sod Ms brothers. James D. and Henry H. bought the TP" brand from 1'ercv Hoyt and later Incorporated an the Heryford Cattle Company. Is the early nineties Henry Heryford with draw front ,th firm. whirh continued tinder the ownership- ef William P. and James IX Last year they bought out tha Cox and Clark holding, and fHx tiren. a aon-ln-law of W. P. Heryford, entered the amalgamated company and became reral manager. . The ilicy er the Heryrora tattia two years.- But this reservation will ln no way Interfere with tha work of tna Oregon vauey Laqd company in preparing; for irrigation of the lands. Tha sale of these lands is a surprise to many.- as the company was strong fl narrchrlly. mitMf. Heryford and his fiartners realize'' the stock raising bus ness will sooner or later be driven out by the Incoming rush of settlement and saw . fit to have those lands turned into xarms. ; .. ,v ..v"' . ' By this purchase tr.e Oregon Valley Land company has added .very consid erably, to the Interest of its contract holders, by throwing Into the original traot SO much of tha finest lanria in Oregon. Tha lands purchased from the neryford Cattle company are valued at least at half a million dollars and very much more when the valuable water rigeta going with them are taken into consideration. - - ' nianatfh to The Journal. 1 White Salmon, wasn., Marcn v-- weather of the past week has enabled 0 S rg.ltlV!" tendaa?SeM esMded - to I PKWWlliLB BOOSTERS iiiiih to. aiinnlv rancnera Wltn water i , , v.i- I . . ' wra-uni . -. .K- 1V hanoh of- the Whit ,,uu ,u l.u" . t ...riiMJttUWUirAIUa ,i wt. ii.tin 1. 1 'r several years past. ina jannarj Salmon river valley. The - Intention.. la h en to -if thale orona in ilnr. to build a concrete dam In one Of tnel. tv.. ... inidv,in v,l I : rSnilal Planatch to Tha Journal 1 box canyons at a point about i( I miles BeSd,kn'" tjJ "rZ w"thls focality . Prlneville, Or.. March 20. Articles jof aoove usum,-wnero ino wir win u. ig unMBuallv larsre and a number of I ncDOrauon nave been-Hied wltn tne forced to a level, with the ranch lands, ""ect tl htv. Juita" num- jfeotork an secretary smte for iib""" ; v ''""'. "v.; 'i i . i. ber ready for the eastern marketa r"""" wiuiiren,mi viuu, wnu x. Thta new project wtU irrigate a "'oakjnj Is to hav an un to date Odd- M. Baldwin, D. F. Stuart C. M. Elkins, stretch of valley land over Untiles In tevtZ'5 1 pians and specifications '-'H- Haner and M. K. lirink as lncor- length. and will be the means of . open- "!lfflje aSred fw ao7tory- porators. -The new commerclaltab has !?:ull.?0 trTck0bulTdinl TOh wm ocSup tK .PIP' obligation, and n'ui" i"i unwii" " i,r - I greater nut of a 40 bv 100 foot lot ". vuwuuu. u uw curaiiiumir xur- to secure the requisite quantity of wa-1 uDItory will fa occuSSi b wnp'4 by the Prlneville Ama- ter to. carry on a successful trial of Thh SuXSS and othe? t YaUrial or- t"T Athletlo . club., and will be In a irrigation. "11.""""'": IT -XZ better position to fulfill tfi bfflfees bf building will be used as an opera house, .h1 club than WM th4 oW or tton of Oakland and immediate W wla roundlngf country, the Dublic ' achooU J.Ah .c..m.ln yfar. ni. thft i a r j j - a. - a a neii reiruiRr rfleeunr. wnion win nn nn IIH V an iMariirnil IIIMIlHtlllH.1 H. Ja llllinil IIa la a . . . . . t" -r ing has been called by Mayor Hunt for KThM JtA,7rS,SSA tnn.u'aSlSrw'm9 tCseUhap pare for the annual meeting, to be held Ku;'"1""- i Pf,"evea lnar win do on -tatistics and oublicltv. . - ALBAXY .COMMERCIAL ; CLUB PLANS MEETING iSn.cll Diana tch tn Tbe Journal.) Marcn at a meet- probably on April . The meeting will "tue or no opposition. be a "booster event" TTominent speaic- ers from around the state wiupartici- That : the commercial club here ha been a decided success Is shown by the Increased valuation or cjty ana larro property and tbe active demand for it MANY NEW BUILDINGS UNDER WAY AT CONDON Colony of Broiled V era I-Fountl- on statistics and publicity. OFFICIALS VISIT RERMISTON PROJECT On Coast of Alaska 4 Speelal DIapatch to Tbe Journal.) 4 Seattle, Wash., March , 20. 4 Almost.. Incredible Is- the' story - 14 brought to this town by John J. 4 v4 l 4 -'(Snerlal Plapatch ta Tbe Journal. ; " Hermiston. Or.. March 20. A arovorn ment official and representatives of the Oregon Agricultural college arrived here I last evening on Dusinesn connected with tha establishment of the experimental staiiorw in tne party were President W. J. Kerr- of O. A. C, Professor James WIthycombe, director of the experiment station at the agricultural college; Pro- ienut . u. Bcuaoer, xne college agron (Rnaelal Diana trh to Tha. Jnnrnal.) - Condon. Or.. March 20. Several new buildings and residences have been started work on an addition to their store. The building win ne nuiit or brick and win be two stories In height The brick will be manufactured in Con don. .- I 41 "i SEDATE OLD LIVERY COB AFTER : - YIELDING TO CALL OF THEI wILD IS ONCE MORE MUNCHING FODDER 4 a spot on the coast of Alaska 4 where broiled lobsters may be caught by the" tliousanda ' As proof he brought , with him a cargo of several thousand lob sters, every one of them, broiled mVLw says h. was at- I W& RESOURCES IN SECTION tracted to the spot " ky what 4 This trio was much In the n.tura of an Investigation, to ascertain the exact conditions here and note the, progress which is being made in the work un der the direction of Mr. NewelL tha government engineer In charge. . these were Patrick Flanagan and Jame. i!,r.T. 2." Flanagan, who had also been ship- h"n wrecked and who afterward became I vatlon and when the Civil war broke prominent in tha development of in teuing or tne incidents xonowing "7 .v, .,,iiT tha wreck and the establishment of the .'er,' '""'""'Vr.lt"! camp, Mr. BaldwW says: . , .nd-aerved one year as a recruiting of- . , , - - - . -j .. - - ncer at eacramento. - - , Without Food for Days. . After his second honorable discharge "Our horses had been gent to Port from tne United States army Mr. Bald Orford on a steamer, thrown overboard win went to Ireland on a visit and then and alldwed to swim ashore, so we were returned to Oregon, purchasing a 840 without mounts. We made efforts to cre ranch on the Coqullle river, near signal the steamer Columbia which where the town of Parkersburg Is lo passed. but without success. Wa had cated. For 27 years he- resided on this the government stores on band and place and then sold his land and live there was- nothing to do but get word stock and built a little cottage In Ban In some way to headnuarters at San don.; His Bandon - home is one of the Francisco. Port Orford was .the near- most attractive places In the town. Mr, est place from which mail could bo Baldwin has named It "San Soucl," sent out -1 waa one of elx men with an because he enjoyed absolute- poaceraur officer who formed a 'forlorn hope -to ing the 10 years he resided there, make the trip over the mountains and Eighteen - months ago he sold his throuo-h tha woods to Part Orford. .We Place and went back to Ireland to ano did not know what savages we would what ohanges had taken place since encounter and we had no guide, but he had last been to his native country. . we-started out - . ? On this occasion ha - traveled 12,000 "It was a terrible trln and for five miles when past the ie of 80 years. days ln the woods we- were-without After his- visit in Ireland he coma back food. Nearly exhausted, we . reached tp pass hfs declining days at Bandon In Port Orford'and sent word to 8an Fran- Oregon, the little city he first knew Cisco.- The mails were slow and It was as a wilderness at . the mouth 'of the not until- three months later that a toqullle- river, where the only building relief boat came. , She was The Nassau, was a small store house for tha miners commanded by Captain Johnson and a J of the section. boat of 106 tons. Piloted by Captain rt Regarding the mining In southern Kaa-ln -of the wrecked - transDOrt Can-1 Oregon Mr. Baldwin tall aoma Intar. tain Lincoln, who had sounded the bar. j estlng incidents. He mined on New she was tha first white man's, boat J ver. Rogue ,rlver, at Cape Blanco.-; to enter.Coos bay. " This was On May I Pistol river,. Whiskey Run and .other , 3, 1852. - H I points. Recalling his early mining days ' x;ur iitue .7oriorn.nopeoana.- atier i nBoiu. sending" its message to headquarters! Minins? Onerailnna ' ' --"i " had remained three days at Port Or- "UBlnK Jperauon. .s ford and then returned to Coos bay to " wnen l was still ln the army and loin the rest of the troop. When the f troop wa; taakinr a march along faat of the government Stores' had the coast at Whlr'tey Run, I saw what been loaded on the Nassau the whole ; believed to be gold, and with another .KJ nn,M n Tnrf Hrfn.H SOldlSr. dlOttea Out of ranlra tA InvaiM. where we established ourselves ; and I fata We found gold that had . been built -barracks. ;--' " I .FT." " ln" r,ver an M thick- tll.. T..ltn .a rinlH . It . ryca. inai count orusnea un Wltn tne hand. In thi "Word cam a bv war of Rosabursr that I early days - there was much. aroM In Indian trouoies nao Drogen out in tne i on ancouni or tne crude methods em Rnarua river vallev and It waa necessary I Ployed, but good monev could ha maH for us to Abandon Port Orford and go we used board sluices, allowing a thin to save Jacksonville from the Indians, stream of water to run through them It was tbe first time that white men and brushing back the black sand until had ever crossed those mountains and tbe gold would settle in the bottom ano eaten on the rough boards. Later our a-utda waa the celebrated Indian. Eneaa. who Joined the whites to avenge j we devised some better methods. Even himself upon the red man. and who aft- -- L. . (Special Dtepatek ta Tbe JmaraaLt Helena. - Mont. March 50. A storv of fiction which a few years sgo at tained fame for Us author, which dealt with a dog from domestic Ufa develop on g lnto the leader of a band of no- madle an l mala, finds - verification In real life, tn a remarkable Incident, that befell two Montana men. Ebe Mi lias and Tom Loughlla of the Moose lake country were In tha city a rew days ago and reported the finding of a boree that had been lost by Ana conda parties last summer. - A party fomr-anr ra s 'aJws yp-twen- To bnraltftf "Jf'V rlltT,1V ih rri land offered for sale, prO-M" J- A "obnson end Ruby 8o- avaw.iaa w va -a -j vb. V ikijvn last summer on a week end fishing )d It was wea eupplied with water. Theae larx! hare never failed te be Iro t Lt Irnsatkin,-fenraa and houaaa a tha "r. riy cntrole an lmmensa a '"onl ef wtr. the rereat purt-hass (U -e"y fr:ita he.t-ir;. ccJorila-lld was ae gentle as a JUtte, li a- ii.itt ef the Oregon, aliev Land i-fi- Tf e lands ,!1 be rokea tip t'te rrra f varying pipe, and a, Id fey i a rrf-r,t f Br l y ooDtrait to set ra aWyattaW0 V AWre B4preea, Th rr-f"o f tfce Herford Cst t' rt h'f 1 aSore refroarh. Rar.ga -t.i.-a 4t tia rfrtr ei!trd Into: a r.!.f Kaa ilnvi hrii farw-d wit w 9 5 cf ail frar.r I,terete1 - f - r"--nr ph. I las evir , -1 ! f'a ro a-1 and ) a trio, ard hired a team of Tava Rmm fne of theea horses bed been tn Mr. Reese's stable for a number of years 'Th first night out the oarty fimp.it at Slooat laka The next morning tbe harpee were nowhere to be seen and the flslting trip . was turred Into aa horae hunt, lot in rain. The fisher snen hired e rancher's team and era brought r-ark to tmti aad.a raaard aai offered for the recorery of the hor At length one of them waa captured, but It was pot eld Jim. N tra'w. af h ' m coot 4 be fmifvd.- Ta h 'inline mom anon came ent. sod a party of bursters diprevrred that a r.r-d r-r dr were being led bv ta li t i fc-r acd lxrae with soch. good gfnr:t,;p that the hunters could not even get within range, or mem. : -, As the snow got deeper die borso and his adopted band had to come down lower in the hills to get their Tor-age. a em and K ba had oen on th lookout for this particular horse.' and hit on a plan to capture him, which eventually proved successful. - They oonneo tneir snow snoes, witn which they could skim over the frosen sur face of the snow, and started - for where they expected they might poa- sioiy ring me core . 4 seemed to him to be volcanlo"- 4 action In. the sea. Jets of hot 4 water spouted ln . tha air And 4 clouds of steam were constantly . 4 arising. . 4 "But what was more unusual." 4 said the fisherman, "was the 4 great number of lobsters la that - 4 vicinity. - Near tha geysers they 4 were disporting; themselves ln ' 4 high glee, all of them a beau- 4 'tlful pink. ' Other lobsters were 4 coming In all dlrectlona . These 4 weald dash la to the hot water as 4 - Their conjecture was correct and they soon came In sight of old Jim, but he had learned some ef the tricks of the wilds dating his vacation and he gar them a-hard chae until he was overcome from exhaustion by the ofO enow tnrntjrn . which, be plow liia war. while his purs sera could Bairn nver tne tap or It. ' They finally landad a nnoaa ea-er Ma need. Me waa brought hack te toa and la now manching his feed as UKign ne had never had a vacation. The fishermen were glsd to pee htm. r-"Wever. as they. had paid I Java Reese aivv iar dipi. Astorlans shogld learn ffat'lf iher wiab) to a espital tni-eeted in real ea-I late here a rrat re1 irti ia t)e nrtra I . ri'T rousi arwx c-e maoe, says thongh they enjoyed it 4 JJIt was plala that tt. lep. stem, bent on saving a great 4 deal of labor and trouble for a - 4 consvmtag public, were broiling 4 tbemaalve. After being thor- 4 4 oughly cooked -they wtrald swtm 4 -o-ponie sheltered- cove aa if 4 4 awaiting capture. - 4 4 "The young lobsters required 4 4 bkt one bath to he themsghfy 4 cooked, bat the older atbes took 4 sr4ral t rea ( metrt a. 1 breaght a 4 larre a a in per ef tt-.em berk ead , 4 4 shall traMplant snort ef them In 4 4 native waters, hoping te ra lee a 4 crop of broiled lobetere here tn 4 WahlBgti. tSperial Dtacatek te Taa Jnraal.l Modford, )r March (. After ovo. ral months of preliminary work acquir ing leases, options and titles to all of tne aesirspie property, in the Medford coal and oil belt Colonel J. F. Mundy. representing a number of prominent astern capitalists, announces that he le ready to andertake the work of de termining the value of local coal and oil fields. Three different mines have been opened and Colonel M nndv atataa that by. July l.the outfeut frons bis va rious proparUes will total Urns of eoau a oay. - , . Work araarta eat first. Wall, , Actoal work waa ptarteA thta ak about eight mile northeaat f thle city, rn the first well which Is aituat4 opon the property owned by the Itepert I'll comoanv tna ort'eera or wnirn in- Huda (Colonel J. F. Mirndy. Ttowad 8. LTudlr and A II Reaanea While link ing thle well every foot of stratum will be tetd for 1-idttlonB of roal arid natnral araa All onrjbt aa ta the value ef tre coal ftH vaniaHad a"ntimt ai A vein of bttnm'nons Ptearnina arid rr.klig xm1. wh'rh has been thorourhly tealed and whkh ta 12 fet In wi.ltV baa htrp trr-d foe a dialance ef II pni'e tStna rpii'r-r 1rava )eee fr a- In the rtaar fstur work ta te K. a't reoa the re.irr! tn nt a rail rwad ta t? Rroadbr,t ttina, ahaut three n rnhet ( f !- Imrti.f te I -eat two an or a aa ftuftfor l.aa bee-a With the rough machines some men took out ss high, as ll&oo worth of ,m In one day.. .. "The black sands were rich In plat inum but that metal in those days was not as highly valued as It is now and was not worth trying to save. I be lieve today that a miner ran eaailv take out 85 to 17 a day with the old methods If he goes to the rlht nl along the southern Oregon coast and of course, with modern machinery the rurnfita would ha a-raatar n.lnh nm. made to obtain control nf tha Taolf!a I mera wn a man with whom I inln.,1 ee Eastern railroad I Thla hnwaver. i a great deal and together wa found noma - has so far proved unsuccessful, owing 1 very rich diggings. I think that ther to the many tangles of tbe road's legal I must be much gold In the southern part out CONTIGUOUS TO MEDFORD WILL BE DEVELOPED BY EASTERNERS status. It la now because of a great Dlanned to eeeureior tne state. a right of way and terminal privileges ttipheaval of probably renturles ago. ror tne construction -or an Independent I tne great mass may t down very deep, road to lead from Medford to eacb of I hut certainly, the rivers have brought the three mines. . . J down to the coast great -amounts -of Surveys for tba road bava baen mm- I the nreclous metal." - . firta? oVdVed .neorVTel: D ' nal lam n . . . , 1 Henry Baldwin la a distant rl.lln l and tha local demand as well aa the ff the lata, "Lucky" Baldwin and he VI rorelm will ha annnltad foional VI nr.-1 anew nun. i ne lanrornian came to v dy aaaerts that no less than 80 men the 8Ixea country. In Curry county, dur wlll be employed ln tha mines by July J. I lr" the rh bere but Henry Bald- - a ti- fww win says that there wss not enough - i -oid to attract tbe noted plunger aid Irrelopment work Will eoon cnm-lthe latter retnrnad ta lif.t. -- mewee on many Other resources In thiatanon afiar mail, hia hla .ink. .u. district Over on the Aptdegate river, Coma toe k mine. wlthta It mllee ef Medford, are tm- gome of Mr. Baldwin's mining expar- menaa def-oait of lime wbich need only lences were at Randolph, a town on the fuel for tbe kilns to mako It a great crt at Whiskev Bun, He ears ln tha cement nroducinar ranter. Near tiold rtiit, pome is mnes norm oi M an roru are mmintains of Iron ore needing eriy cal for the rmeltera all Of which whi be developed wten tha local mines are erd rvo li aea acre of land are eon- troid bv theaa carit!!ata Thla are emtirerea ail ef the dearja iI and ol vrrrtrl' cf thla aett-.n. i nc ij ;.q i -a or trie rinrat M- hiTi aibi crtal tatfli tha m'ner and the oarry -t's It waa oulta a little town. poaeAasLri g three bowling- slier a. veral , Mlwna stores, a hotel and residence, how there la not a sign of the flar. It town having been entirely hlit- ersted. The p'ce died when tVa min ing. apn whlfh It -id for piib- rrt. nas t ranaf erred . f ram taa aat to the monriuipa , Mr. riMiT t-Hn no relstlrea H ihta eoar lry. - 1 te f r i reret ta h ro a re tha ar-i of h boyhood frlnd ard "t dajs wl pettia U.e oU qitea-I so-ate. tWrre lteanu, who fonowed i ui lrum ia oan
