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oprnent and keep out thousands of set
tlers who soon will be able to buy It for
farming purpoxrs. . , 1 .
.Old settlers of Crook county, who
were here when the road was first pro
poued, 'still tell with delight the man
ner In whli'h the Toad was "constructed."
Through Crook county, It Is said, a man
drove along the basin of Crooked river
with a horse and wagon. He left a rail
of dimt and two wagon tracks behind.
If th wind had been blowing hard
five , mlnuttts afterwards, this military
wagon roRd so constructed, would have
been In oblivion. , As it waa It .passed
from observation within a few hours.
Yet for this arduous task, the govern
ment gave to the promoters every alter
nate section of land for a dlatanue of
six miles on both sides of this Imag
inary road.- If the country happened to
be poor on' one side, the poor land was
eliminated and an additional strip taken
on the opposite Ide. Generally, how-
ever, : the road ; waa '"constructed''
thrmis-ti ih rich and fertile vallev re
with the alternate sections was noccs
aary. ,'" ' -' '5
The company's actual expenditure wns
confined to the Cancudu mountains and
the eastern flope down to the lMchutes.
A road was actually built in this dis
trict and a log bridge constructed ecrons
the Deschutes. It Is estimated that this
work coat about $10,000 or $16,000, and
for this and the time spent In driving a
wagon across the stste. the government
gave land for which 17,600.000 has Just
been paid , and which la worth many
times hat suni t 1 v .- v .
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Ontario Club CJlves Panquotj
' Ontario, Or,, May IS. A banquet was
given at , the Carter house Wednesday
evening by the Ontario Commercial at
which ver 76 'guests were; present
Riley Atkinson, secretary of the Boise
Commercial club, W. N. Donaldson, P. H.
Dawson and D. tndls;. ab of Boise,
made arrangements for, him to deliver
a aeries of addrosses here.' Theae will
be given on four consecutive Sunday aft
ernoons, beginning May Si. In , the T.
M, C. Al auditorium, ' ;. ' , .
Thla aeries Is .looked forward to as
one 'of the m,oSt important of the en
tire year. lr. Hperry deala chiefly with
the health' and sex problem and he Is
one qf the three men, in the. United
Btates who' are used by . the Y. M. C.
A. dn thla line of work. He ; was for
many ycara ,a profensor' In a- medical
col lose and is known beside as an earn
est Christian and brilliant apeak sr. .
The Yt M. C" A. this next Sunday will
hold Its meetings In conjunction with
the revival services now, in. progress
in the tabernacle at Hawthorne avenue
and Kaat Twelfth street. This meet
In will be held at 1 o'clock and will
be for mn'only, no boya under 11 years
of age being admitted. "
. Rev.' H. C lUrt will speak on ths
subject. "Hot Hhot." There will b
mualq by a male quartet and A. 8,'Ma
gann will sing "Memories of Mother."
It Is expocted. that the tabernacle will
be crowded on this ocoaslon. i -
. B. O. Mitchell Will addres a boys
meeting at the. Y. M. C. A. at 3:30
o'clock, and moving pictures .will be
shown. -.''. ' ,., v.-t ;
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WILL HAVE SELECTIONS -FROM
SEVEN OPERAS
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'i ne sale of aeats for the two concerta
by Damrosch and the. New York, Sym
phony orchestra will open tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock at the . store of
Sherman, Clay ft Co.,' opposite the post-office.-
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The Waner program." which has Just
created such a furore of enthusiasm In
California, will contain selections from
seven operaa. In addition, to the won
derfur orchestral numbers on the pro
gram there; will be ; aome delightful
work from the five soloists s that so-
omnanv XCr ' TDnmrOBCh on this tour.
Interentlng. coiitlnlna rm(atl. iirvv
cheetral works inner befoie ihhIui., i
thla .-llv I loth tliea nine I I a Will I '
at the Armory under .tho direct tiu .
Lots Btoers-Wynn Coman. .
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To Comparts Orrhartls.
, !iSrell MpU e T Jouriint t
' .llermlslon. Or.. May lJ.Woid hit
Jiist been received at the local office of
the Columbia. Land company that Farm
Special No. 14 will leave Kargo. N. 1 ,
the first of next week, en route, to Her-
m (nit lnrl Htnn field. StODS . Will
TO BE CUT IIITO
Dr, Lyman B. Bperry, one of Ameri
ca's best known writers and lecturers,
will arrive in' Portland within the next
few days and spend rive weeks or more
In this city. 'Dr. Hperry,1 who lives In
Los Angeles, recently bought a tract of
land near Kstacada and be la coming
here to superintend lt.. cultivation.
Friends of Dr. fiperry ara hoping that he
will decide to make , the tract hia per
manent home. . - ; v ' " i
Dr. Sperry has the reputation of hav.
Ing addressed more 8unday afternoon
meetings of the Toun Men's Christian
tasoclatlon than - any . other man. f A
UAnn m it fnnnit thnt he was com
f
made at Wenatohce, Yakima. Sattl,
Portland, t Spokane ana Jiooa iimci.
where the party will look over the dif
ferent orchards to compare them with
Hermlston ' and Stanfleld. '
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i City Park for Psyton.
, ', 8iwcIkI Dtapsteb to The JourfwU '
Dayton, Wash., May 13. -In less than
half an hour last night at a mass meet
ing cltiena of Dayton raised 11000 to
New, Owners' of Vast Tract in
Central ' Oregon, i Offered
; $5,000,000 for Timber But
P Of f cr Refused. :;
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were present - as ' ruests hf tha clubjj
Plans for the ycar'a publldity caitrsalgar
The afternoon concert : will be, equally
Insure a city park, t f.
waa oucunea, ana nm worwun
ing, to Portland the local Y.,- M. C, At
gions where very little chess playing
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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY
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VAGO
LECTURE IN
PORTLAND
SMALL
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Y
:" (ftptriat Tlf patch' to' Th JouriulI " "
j Bend, May 13. iKvldenco oths
' powerful. Influence the advent i of ; a
railroad Is havlntf in the development
, ef .central Oregoa and the prtpa of Its
l- lands, . la shown In, the offer made
few day a ago by an Eastern timber syn
dic to purohasethe 300.000 acres of
timber land lying In the Cascada maun-
tains, and embraced , fn.th Willamette
. , Valley & Cascade Mountain Wagon Road
company's grant. Thls'grant, stretching
from Albany reaatward mcrosa tha state
to the Idaho lmt was purchased, by a
group of Mlnneapolla capitalists a Jew
', weeks ago and-includes 900,000 acres,
' Jl'he purchase price waa $7,600,000. . ,
j - Offered $9,000,000 fat Timber, j s
It la stated authoritatively that the
, Minneapolis .company . was of fered 15.
v. 000,000 for' its timber - land alone, . an
1 equivalent tf f 25 an acre for the 800,000
aores. The offer, it Is understood, was
not even -considered.;- Timber men state
that It tha timber In the grant Is ever
sold If will bring more than twice the
12.(00,000 in excess of the price paid for
the enure grant oi praciicauy suu.uuu
acres.' .Some of the JTInest and heaviest
timber In the Pacific northwest Is era-
braced, lo tha , wagon road company's
grant t ' - J v "
The, figures quoted, however, show the
intrinsic value of the Minneapolis com
pany's purchase and give ,an Inkling of
tremendous profits to ba derived wlth-
In a few months whea the agricultural
and grazing lands are put on the market
and sold. ,
i Granting that the timber Is "worth
only Aha $5,000,000 which has been of--
fered, the.balance of the 700,000 acrea In
the grant represent a . cost price ' of
' 13,600,000, or J3.60 an nJre. i
I : ,. Xlch Agricultural Zad,
' Of this 700,000 acres, nearly J00.000
lie In Crook county andX Include the
richest and most iertHa agricultural and
irrigable lands in central Oregon. ; Thou
aancs of i acrea of the tract are worth
' today between 50 and : 1100 an acre.
The , same run of - values . holds . true
throughout the confines of the, grant In
Harney and Malheur counties. :;The men
who cnosethe land years ago for the
road; company? for afdlstance of six
miles on either, side of the line ; had
the entire country to pick from and they
selected ithe meat of central "Oregon
: from' Albany .to the Idaho line. '
With scrip quoted at 118 an acre, the
purchase of which ; Is , the only - means
open for the acquirement of large bodies
of government land, a greatly enhanced
value la given to the company's hold
ings which cannot be claased as agricul
tural areas, but Instead will be sold for
' grasing purposes. I The- tracts , lande,
however, represent but a small part of
h.- 7n rtnn . ?-na lipid outside of - the
timbered districts, in tne ,vmcm
" .With "the- transfer ' of the vast tract
. -from the French banket to its present
owners, who are planning on subdivid
ing It. and opening It up U imnredtate
Scttlomont, new interest has been added
to the history of Its acquirement ?
, For' 40 years: the grant, has lain In
Idle useleasneBS. the owners refusing to
jiell J any portion of it,: except here and
there a quartet1 section, and 'the' town
lots in' the cities which' have been' lo
cated within its Iwundarles. . Generally
speaking, most f thJHmmnse body of
fertile land ..ha; been; Viewed as worae
than useless for mra than a generation,
and ttt fact that It has remained unde
veloped has done much to retard- devel-
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Closing Out Sale of Ml
Women's Suits ' ,
Women's Dresses
Women's Goats (
Women's Skirts a
: ; : Women's Kimonos
Women's Hosieiy ;
' Women's Gloves , -Women's
Neckwear -Wbmeri
Underwear
-Women's Petticoats
Laces, Etc. 4 -
X TifE ant it distinctly understood, that we are not dry
y y gooSs merchants in fact we know nothing at all
; " about dry goods or department store stocks. We
bought out McAllen & McDonnell simply to secure .the :
: location for pur clothing store. The $82,000 stock we were
forced to take we are now closing out at such ridiculously
: low prices that we are almost ashamed to put them in print.
A few "cents-will now buy dollars' worth of seasonable mer
chandise. We want to make short work of this sale to
;our friends and t the public .we say:' Come and. take the,
goods away. We are prepared to stand the loss whatever
it may be and'still smile as we have a jongJease at reason
'able rent and; this store: will certainly make a most;;
beautiful homefor our great popular priced clothing and
men's furnishings store- . . ' lt
Closing Out Sale of Ml
r Dress Goods; .
' Silks, Velvets . ' .
Linings, Notions .
, Buttons, Ribbons p
"V Linens, Domestics
Ginghams, Lawns,
Corsets, fVeilings ;
HandkeircKiefs,
; Children's Hosiery
: Children's Underwear
Men's Furnishings.
Place of Sate v .
THIRD AND MORRISON
Brownsville Woolen Mill Store
"'Place of Sale
THIRD AND MORRISON
The Greatest: Bargain Feast
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-t- THE products of two of the foremost - o
' " . TAILORING ESTABLISHMENTS IN NEW -YORK ; . . ,
To You at'-Wliblcsalc Prices' and Even , Less
$25, $28 $30
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A ! .75
I jnade a lucky
purchase when'
' I bought , these
suits. Remem
ber;, also 'that
my upstairs
rent is H that
of a ground
floor.1- store.
These facts ex
plain why I
.give you such
astounding
bargains. :
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$32, $35, $40
SUITS
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The volume of the stock is large, the shades, weaves"and models are varied. Con
servative patterns for mature men, and gayer designs and shades for young men.
OPEN DAILY UNTIL 6 P. M. SATURDAY 10 P. M.
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Among inariy ways of getting rich, there is l one
right way-to make the World Turn Round.
Of ten in your dreams you ha on
a high pedestal, with "Fame and Fortttne " beneath your
feet Is this not true? ; ;
"Opportty'
of that dream;; : ; ''PPP'y ';. S-'--i
Opportunity now comes knocking at your door. You
will soon meet her, face to face. Will you let her pass
by without even a smile?
All that is asked is your help in "Making the World
Turn Round." ,
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