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THE OREGON DAIY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 5. 1910. II ID 1 READYFORWATEI; ' Nj. .i . i' r :pi' . . ''? ' " -. t .. , ..- '( '.. Owyhee Ditch Company, Too, " : Will" Jdrj in Larger Plan 'of Reclamation. Northern Pacific Engineers Cooperative Plan of Protecting Extension of Salmon River Line Said to Be Headed for Wheat Belt." , Would Abandon Lolo Fruit Under Way Along Columbia River. ' . - Pass. SEEK NEW ROIITE HURRYING OREGON APPLES TO NEW YORK OVER MOUNTAINS sa ' " ' 1 1,1 ' UOR EM Oi H wimm lit' ' ' .w 1 . j'- v 4 . 3 a tit 1 - - v. III I! ' 1 ' . r ' !-v- U ... !V f. Lx.-! J. -..-V--.' j - J', ' .... J . , (ftpoclil Dlnpatek to Th"jonnia.) ' ' Lawlaton. Idaho, Jan. 6. Witft a view of determining f( a feaall xaA can bo secured across the Bitter Boot Into Montana through a different rout than , through Uolo paaa a,nd down the Mid dle Fork, the Northern Pacific haa just fitted out a tartr of 11 men who have been directed to proceed up the little J North Fork to take elevations and make ! a reoonnaiisance through to the nead waters of that stream. The work of tho party will be ex tremely- jOirncuit and haaaraous. isx- ( perlenced guides and packers have been,: engaged to transport the supplies and men across .the wild country, a great", portionrpf which la, said to have never been explored. The tattle North Fort empties Into ' the main North Fork1, of the Cfearwater, about 38 miles nortlt of the mouth of Silver Creek and Its headwaters are north and east of Pot mountain, the wildest region .In-' Idaho The Information which has Just reached the city Is to the effect that the party ' has already begun the work and that several "months' time will e consumed! fm InVAaHvatlMtf that 7n,llnt ' I ... Kllwaukee Also Busy, It Is also learned that, not to be out- . dona,. the Milwaukee engineers are plan. ring to follow up this and will also place a party In -that territory with the same object In view. There has been no cessation of work in the Clearwater ecu n try wnere nunareis or surveyors are employedjjn running lines through every portion or the rlcli timber belt. Both the Northern. Pacific and the Chi cago, Milwaukee ,4 Puget Sound Inter ests are pressing their - men to work rapidly, so that when the spring season opens conditions will be mature for con stractlon. The surveys being made on the North Fork by both railroad compa nles are apparently of a permanent character and Indicate the Intention of . construction in the early future. Stop Work on Lolo Trail. The abandonment of the work in the Missoula cutoff some time ago, after the contractors bad assembled men to work from the Missoula end, it Is learned, was partly on account of the heavy snows In that section at this time . of the year, and also to give an oppor tunity for its engineers to discover. If possible, a new pass across- the Bitter Roots. This, is not taken to indicate (hat the KooakH line will not be event ually built, but that the new conditions arising, in which the Milwaukee-has be came a factor, have made It Imperative that If the Hill interests are to retain their hold on the Clearwater timber belt more extensive building than was at first planned will be necessary, HURRY GRADE ON W0I0GI Solid Trainload of Hood River Apples Starting Across the Continent. BUILDERS OF GREATER OREGON Bliss 9. Day. Active In the public life of Jackson county for half a can- tury, prominent In the work of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1812, and of re- cent years the most energetic member of the Jackson County Pioneers association. Judge 81- las J. Day became one of the A best known and most highly re- snectetl men in the valley of the- Rogue. For 67 years he was resident jf Oregon, being one of the really early pioneers, who lived to see much of the devel- opment of which he had -dreamed in the days of privation ana lso- latlon. His death occurred with 4. the birth of the new year. Ten Miles of Roadbed Ready and Contractors Move Down the Line. OdkIiI DIf natch to The Jrmrml. t Vale, Or, Jan. 6. Ten miles of the grade for the railroad to Brogan is finished. Five camps are established along the lme, with about ISO men and 100 horses on the works. About 10 teams are running from Vale with supplies to feed the men and stock, and furnish materials needed. Hurley is the only contractor leftn the Cole Tague first seven mile contract, the rest baring moved up to another divis ion,' The road Is being built In first class shape, will be standard gauge, with standard weight rails, and built for the future traffto of this section of the country. The effect of the railroad construction Is the building of a town at Brogan. . The town Is changing, from a sage brush ranch with unusual rapidity. The big company hotel and the bank foundation-axe, completed and the contractors are waiting for a break in the weather to go on with ' the brick' work. . The Orchards, Mr. Addlr.gton's hotel, Is al ready occupied, the new 60x100 Store building Is under way, and a' number of other buildings .are to be erected at once. The school house for which bonds have been voted will be one Of the best In the county. . s ' - 1 (SpecUl DUpttch to The Journal.) Jacksonville. Or.. Jan. 6. Judge Silas J: Day, whoae death occurred December 31, came, to the Pacific coast from Maryland, In 1850, settling In Jackson county In 185Z, where he lived contin uously, . Judge Day became an Odd Fellow In 1SS3, was grand master of the state' In 1868 and was later a grand representa tive of the sovereign grand lodge of the United States. For. many years he wa,s secretary. and manager or the Jackson county no- nun' association. He was a member Of the Mejthodist Episcopal church, south. ' ' In 1871 Judge. Day . was married, 1 Portland to Miss Mary MeOhee, who survives him. He leaves a son, Ed ward Day of Jacksonville, and a daugh ter, Mrs. Mayme Dox, of North Dakota. Always enterprising and progressive Judge Day was found furthering every, movement for the development of Ore- iu, 1 jwirauBjwsj I uable timber holdings. The road will be about five miles long and two miles of this have the rails laid. A novel method has been employed In housing the men who have done the work on the road. Camp buildings have been built on cars, which have followed the progress of the road, keeping the workmen light on the ground without the necessity of long walks to and from work. It Is stated that many of the larger logging camps in the vicinity are adopting the method, which has been found to work very satisfactorily In- all cases. Silas jf. Day. gon and for the advancement of Ore gon and of his own section of the'state. For many . years he was active and. in fluential In politics. As county Judge, he built the present Jackson county courthouse In 1863. Prior to that time he had been clerk of the county. Judge Day was 84 years of age. Fu neral services were held by the Odd Fellows. Sunday afternoon. Union Pacific at Aberdeen. (Special Dlapatch to The Journal.) Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 6. Work , has begun on the station ground of the Grays Harbor A Puget Sound (Union Pacific) railway at Aberdeen. The con tract provides for the removal of the sawdust and other refuse which now fills the tract along Its entire length, the building of a bulkhead and the fill ing of the street with solid earth. , Water Plant for Meridian. (Special Dlapateh to The Journal.) Meridian, Idaho, Jan. 6. An election haa been called for ' February 12, at which the people will vote on the ques tion of authorising an issue of $20,000 bonds for the construction of a water system. There Is no question the vote will be strongly sfflrmative unless a radical change should occur In popular sentiment, which is not at all likely. (Specie! Dlapateh te The Journal. I Kennewlck, Wash., Jan. 6. Prelim inary plans for fighting frost here next spring have been perfected. It Is now evident that practically every orchard along the Columbia river from Whits Bluffs to Hover will be equipped with smudge pots before the esrly spring frosts. Men of every business and pro fession have united In the campaign to tecure the necessary pots, leaders of the movement who have made a thor ough Investigation of conditions In other localities where the heaters have been used with success, sre confident that a bumper fruit crop will be harvested here next fall In spite of the weather. Two committees sre at work, one In vestigating the kind of heater to be used and the other providing means for financing the undertaking. It Is prob- aoie that a corporation Composed of 60 business men will buy the pots and chough oil to operate them and resell to the fruitgrowers. Other localities are evincing s lively interest in tho project. Preiser,' Klona and other towns have naked that Man ager E. M. Sly, of the Kennewlck Fruit Growers association, address their fruit growers on the result of his Inves tigations In Grand Junction. Colo., where he went last fall to study the smudge pot question. State Horticultural Commissioner F. A. Huntley, whose headquarters sre here. Is greatly Interested In the move ment and has begun a scientific study of the frost problem. He will watch the pots very closely next spring and expects to secure Information that will be of great value to the fruit raising in dustry generally. . Railroad Needs Men at Medford. (Rporlal Dtapatfb to The Journal.) Klamath Falls, Or.. Jan.- 6. Advices from Medford state that there is work for 600 men on the extension of the Pacific St Eastern railroad. This Is the line recently taken over by men supposed to represent the Hill Inter ests. Work Is being done on the road beyond Eagle Point through the timber In the direction of Crater Lake, and It is reported that this Is to connect with the Hill road from the Deschutes, which Is to open up Crater I.ake and extend from Medford to the timber section in Curry county. (Special Dlapateh to Tba Journal. Bolae, Idaho, Jan. 6. Plata of loca tion have been filed by W. A. Mc- Cutcheon, president of the Pittsburg & Gllmore Railway company, at the Boise land office indicating the right of way for the proposed extension of the Tim ber creek and Salmon river branch of the road across central Idaho and to Walla Walla. The plat Is designated as u "Map or location survey to moutn of North Little Salmon and thence to Walla Walla." This is the first plat to be filed in the Boise land office, due to the fact that the right of way as surveyed has Just entered the district, with the sixth section. In making filings for rights of way It Is customary to make them in 20 mile, sections. The plat filed comprises the sixth section and covers the proposed route from the Little Mallad to the mouth of the South Fork, where the road will cross over to the south side of the river after traversing the north bar.k for the entire distance from Sal mon City The crossing is to be made at the Junction of the South Fork and th Salmon, and as indicated by the sur vey, the bridge will run diagonally, making the construction .of one of the longest trestles In the state necessary. CLACKAMAS HAS MANY RURAL TELEPHONES Damascus, Or., Jsn. 6. The Damascus Telephone company, an Independent con cern less than a year old, has 118 share hblders and 116 telephones, with head quarters at Damascus. It has a trunk line to Oiegon City where It connects with the Home company, also trunk line to Greshsm, where it connects with the Multromah and Clackamas County Mutual, Including such points as Fair view. Corbett, Troutdale, Sandy and Boring It also connects with other Independent lines of Clackamas. A few years ago there were no local telephones In this section. Now almost every farm home has Its telephone. Farmers as well as merchants realise their importance as time and money savers and thore Is no surer Indication of the development of the farming seo-l tloii. (Special tlaoatch te Tte Journal. Ontario, Or., Jan. 6.- A plan to in clude all acreage covered by Its dltt'tini In the new public Irrigation district b Ing formed near Ontario, to water lan!s below the Malheur river and along tuu Owyhee' river in Malheur county. through the extension of the Ilolx- Owynee, project Is being worked oH here. The acreage to be watered may reach 160,000 acres. Not only do the directors of the Owyhee Dltoh company propose to ex tend Its canals to Irrigate the arM lands, but It Is now proposed tJ work into the general project a plan by whl. h the so-called wet lands can, be - In cluded, providing the owners consent t come , Into the project. Petitions' fur the creation of . the' proposed district were presented to the County, eourt or Malheur county at Vale, December 6. but a postponement was asked for the purpose of allowing wet land owners to come into the Owyhee district and also give the Trowbrldge-Nlver - com pany ample time in which to thoroughly Inspect the big project, for this-concern Is entitled to the handling of the bonds. December 19 a meeting wss held at which time It was decided t consult with the Owyhee Ditch com pany to Include all of Its . lands. If an agreement can be reached practl cally every acre of land lying belo the Malheur river will be Included l the one Irrigation project. At the last meeting held at Vale .-. communication from the Cascade Moun tain Road I,and Grant oomDanr wa read and this declared that all the roa-. lands will be subscribed ' to the dis trict except a few acres which alread have good water rights, or for whlci contracts for sale have been made. Th question of the road grant land beln. lncluded-'ln the project haa been on. that has caused considerable apprehen - slon, but it can be announced now tha' it Is settled and the road grant peop! will work la cooperation with othe interests for the success of the - new Irrigation system. : Washington County for Good Roads. (Special Dlapateh to The Journal.) HUlsboro, Or., Jan. 5. Road districts of Washington county have voted over 840,000 for road improvement' this year. This Is In addition to the usual count v and state road tax. nr mi ' 1 ini . at BRAND - NEW TRAIN SERVICE Health Cranks and Food Faddists Have Evolved Some Strange and Wonderful Theories Concerning Stomach Treatment RUSHING WORK ON . DIKING PROJECT (Special Dlapateh te The Journal.) Clatakanle, Or., Jan. 6. The Columbia Agricultural company has completed the levee around the S60 acre tract of land opposite the Clatakanle depot and preparations are being made to Install the pumping plant, tide gates for con necting up the ditches for draining' off the water and putting the land Jn condi tion for plowing In the spring. An electric light plant' has been In stalled on the dredge Muskrat, to take the place of the coal oil carbide lights formerly , used, giving better, lighting facilities. . . Both the dredges have worked day. and night every day this winter and will continue to do so throughout the" coming Summer. mm mi E OF MINES Theatre at Hermiston. (Special Dispatch to Tht Journal Hermiston,- or., Jan. 5. An opera house is to be built In Hermiston at onoe at a- cost of about 16000. The building Is to be of stone and will ad join the Newport Skinner block re cently erected. The building is to be erected by the Newport Abstract com pany. - ; v - . . '- 1 a Engineers of Pittsburg & Gjl more Work Near Buf falo Hump. Only Gloved Hand Pick "Slmkisf0ariges r J V M ' 'A We use great care in picking the famous "SUNKIST? ORANGE&, Each "SUNKISr ORANGE is oicke, from the tree end packed in the box by a gloved hand. No orange that falls to the ground is packed under the "SUNtUS." label. ' , ' VSankist" Navel Oranges Are Seedless We grow 60 of all the California oranaes. Three fourths of ail the lemons, , Most of them are sold in bulk. but the choicest selections of this great quantity are wrapped in the "SUNKIST label, so that if you would be sure that you" act the choicest pick, insist upon the "SUNK1ST," - , beautiful Orando Spoon FREE Some dealers may claim the oranges they sell are the famous 'SUNKIST," but that they have removed the wrap per. Insist on your dealer giving you oranges and lemons in the "SUNK1ST" wrapper. If you do this we will irive you a beautiful orange spoonone of Rogers', best standard AA Quality. Just send us twelve "UNKIST" orange or temon wrappers, wun six ca stamps to pay postage, packing, etc., and receive . one of these : beautiful spoons by return mail. ' ' ' . , The choicest Quality of lemons also' go under the - 0UNKI0 1 " label. You can easily se cure a whole dozen of these beautiful oranffe "spoons. Get a dozen "SUN KIST" oranges or lemons today. Send to California v " Fruit Growers Exchange f ; 3i aarVStreef, Chicago, UL (Special Dlapateh to Tha loaraal,) uiengvni8, mano, jan. a. A. crew of Pittsburg & Gllmore engineers are camped at Mount Idaho, two miles from this place, the men having come from - " . w .... mo ynav weeit. . ; . a survey Dy ine engineers was. made up Whiteblrd creek for a distance of 13 miles when deep snow was encoun tered. The camp was then moved down to the Swartz ranch on the Whlteblrd Grangeville wagon road and from there to Grangevllle and then to Mount Idaho. me una nas oeen surveyed from Grangevnie to Mount Idaho and the Supposition Is that the' survev wtn h so continued on through the Big Cove to amount of proteid used simply means near the' head of Mills or John's tri.v semi-starvation for the most Important and tunnel through the divide nn . centers of the system the ones on Wind river and down that itrum t I which we depend the most' to enable us a junction with the main line on snim to successfully fight the battles of life. river. This route would bring the rail- Those nations whose people use foods road In "close touch with the Buffalo containing but little proteid are msver Hump mines.. , of large frame or well-built. The Jap- Another theory Is ' that th iin .m I anese. who hve always been small of run mrougn trie 'Big Cove to a stature, nave, since adopting a more point on the south fork of the Clear-1 liberal proteid diet, shown a remark- water river and slona that Rtnum a able Increase in size, vltror and ran Elk City and thence to a Junction with eral development; and It is only since A Trial package of Stuart's OysveDSla Tablets Sent Tree. within the last 20 years there has sprung Into existence theories by the score relative to the kinds of food that human beings should eat, and should avoid. With the tremendous Increase In nervous and stomach diseases which are caused by the strenuous life of this neurotic, neurasthenic age In which we live, we are constantly havlnar our attention caned to some food faddist s "new Idea" on the subject of alimenta tion. Most prominent among these theo rists is the vegetarian who insists that meat was never Intended for the hu man stomach, despite the fact that his ancestors for 8000 years or more, used it as their principal article of diet; and the old patriarchs of Biblical History who lived to prodigious old ages, were meat eaters. All of the great nations of history have been users of meat, and all of the most powerful and advanced countries of today employ It extensively in their dietaries, and their superior develop ment and high degree of civilization aref in strong and striking contrast to the decadent and degenerate nations of Asia and the tropics, whose Inhabit ants are vegetarians. Another fallacy which has lately be come a iad, is the so-called low-pro-teld" diet. Now, the foods which are rich In protelds are the ones which build up nerve, brain, muscle and blood. that any great reduction in the P0R T TLAMD ACOMA IE EAT! AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS ' OREGON & WASHINGTON RAILROAD .'iV the main line at & nolnt On ftnlmnn itver. . - 1 . ' The rout would bring the Hump, rour auie, urogrande and Elk City mines within a few miles of the rall- rvun ana wouia insure cheap transpor tation and a revival of the mining In. dustry in those rich camps. x s uiimore begun an investigation ror a route through the Japan became a meat . eating nation that it has leveloped into a world- power. Still another theory lately advanced Is that sugar, pepper and salt are gastiio Irritants and Irritate the mu cous membrane of the stomach, al though It Is known that . sugar pos sesses a high caloric value, while pep per and sail- assist digestion rather mining districts and down the southt't" Interfere with It, as is claimed. ior 10 urangeviue several months ago! The no-breakfast plan, the two-meal and It Is understood such a loop llnePr dy. nd even the one meal dally can be constructed along the entire I has been advocated, while some advise route, ix is generally believed the re- two or three weeks' fast, during newed activity is the result ht n. which all food Is withheld . from the sausractory grade between thA mmWv, stomach "to slve It a rest." comnlntolv M i"iwu u creeic ana Grangevllle and I ignoring- the tact that the system's tls ine recent announcement of tha suea art belnc constantly torn rtnwn SEATTLE PASSENGER Leave Portland 9 :00 A. M. Arrive Tacoma .2:30 P. M. Arrive Seattle 4:15 P. M. EQUIPMENT Pullman Standard Sleeper, Tourist Sleeping Car, Mod ern Passenger coaches, Elegant din ing car service. uiwij racuioa intention to construct an giension oi its uiearwater line from Stltes to Harpster.' The second crew of Gllmore A Pitts burg surveyors - working under En gineer Vance Is now camped at Lyon's Ferry, four miles below Whiteblrd, and will extend, the survey down the Salmon and Snake rivers to Lewlston, -' BIG LOGGING CAMPS -: . ; RESUME OPERATIONS (Special WsDotcii to Tii Journal.) Aberuene, Wash.". Jan. 6. Th inrin oampj of .the E. Slade Lumber com. pany,,. which have been Idle since No vember 1, have resumed operations with Jarge erewa St work. Most of the sum mer has been spent by the company in building railroad Into some of It yal ;ri vyV;y: i''VK'i: i-i t.-" ; and cast off, and new material to re build them must be supplied from the food. i It is utter nonsense to concern one's self about all these absurd and Illogi cal theories, - as life is entirely too short, and there are other things re quiring our attention. - Eat what you want when you want it, and as much as ' the-, system needs to replenish its waste, and then take one4 or two of Stuart a Dyspepsia Tablets, and forget all about food fads and stomach trou bles. They digest all kinds of food so thoroughly you . won't ' know you ' have a stomach. They : are, powerful diges ters of every . kind of food though harmless to the system, and may be taken at any time and in any quantity. Get a box from your drugglsjf or EQc and send us your name and address for free sample. Address F. A. Stuart Co, 159 Stuart Bldg.. Marshanplffehigan, "SHASTA LIMITED" Leave Portland 3:00 P.M. Arrive Tacoma 7 :45 P. M. Arrive Seattle 9:20 P. M. EQUIPMENT Library observation car, Compartment double drawing room sleeping car, Pullman Standard Sleeping Car, Through dining car service. (Passengers on this train are required to hold Pullman tickets ' in addition to regular first-class rail road tickets). w ' "OWL" Leave Portland 1 1 :45 P. M. Arrive Tacoma 5:15 A.M. Arrive Seattle 7:15A.M. EQUIPMENT Pullman Drawing room sleepingcar, Smoking room, fourteen - section Pullman Tourist sleeping car, Modern coaches. Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and Full Information at ' THIRD AND WASHINGTON STREETS AND UNION DEPOT W. D. SKINNER, General N Passenger Agent, Seattle, Wash.