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THE OREGON SUNDAY : JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY . MORNING, MARCH 21. 10U9.
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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
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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
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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.
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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. .-
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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