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Examines Timber Tracts in
Central-Oregon and Is Much
Pleased With Tonnage Pros
pects.
FIC.!iTlu3 JAClC " FH03T FOH CIG STAKES
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(Special Olapatcb to Tb Journal. t '
. Crescent, Or., May 21. Louis W, Hill,
president of the Great Northern Rail
way company spent one night and a
portion of the Say at Crescent, looking
over the town and the surrounding
country... Mr. Hill's visit was unher
alded and unexpected,' but the citizens
gave him a cordial -welcome and he de-
clared that he had enjoyed his visit
Immensely.
' Accompanying Mr. . H144. were E. ' C.
Leedy, .general Immigration agent
Messrs. Seton, Atwood and Morrison of
' the publicity -department of the Great
Northern and William Haniey, million
aire stockman of Harney county. They
passed through the Klamath Indian res
ervaUon where engineers, It was an
nounced, 'Will shortly be surveying the
, Oregon Trunk line from Jts present i
, terminus at the -reservation, through
to Klamath Falls. He carefully went
bver the line from , this point to the
reservation, , stopping at the camp Df
Knglneer Kyle, five -miles above this
1 point He spent some time examining
the big timber tracts and-was pleased
over the prospect of tonnage. He also
spoke approvingly of Crescent which
will be a freight and passenger ' dl-
. vision poin$.
Xaaoh Madras January 1. '
'The Oregon Trunk line Is expected
to reach Madras, by January ," said
Mr. Hill. "Work in the canyon Is
progressing satisfactorily and I an
ticipate we will have no difficulty in
, making Madras on the date set It
will likely be a year before the road
reaches Crescent, but early next sum-
; mer I believe- I may safely say that
trains will be running through here. I
am not in a position tojaay when the
' line will be completed to Klamath
lalls," f'.-V v ;r:-. v':"'
Mr. , Hill was not prepared he said,
to say where the east and west road
will Intersect the main line of the Ore
gon Trunk through the Deschutes val
ley. He said that his visit a Bums
; and the' eastern part of the state had
caused him to r reach a. determination
to have an east and west line. Several
" lines, he added, will be surveyed and
the one best adapted for. the needs of
. - the company... wllJa. adopted. ,
Build Towards Vale. '
Chief Engineer" Budd of the Oregon
Trunk went over the line between here
and the reservation and arranged for
the establishment of a survey camp , at
Corral Springs, 1,8 miles above, from
which point it is expected a line will
be run'4o the east beyond Vale,
J. Jt Cryderman, assistant to Chief
. Engineer Kyle, Is in charge of the line
from Madras to the Klamath Indian
reservation, 125 mlleav -and is now en
.camped near here. He announced that
the construction crews 'Will b thrown
Into this country about July 1, . the
contractors, Henry- ft MaPhee, desiring,
on account of the scarcity of feed, to
wait for the new hay crop.
B, P. Wants Teed. -
That the . Southern Pacific Railroad
eompany will be' a bidder fon the"grain
and hay of the Walker basin and the
reservation, is Indicated by the arrival
. here of Assistant Chief Engineer Hoy
of that company, who la arranging- for
., -survey camps. . Hoy brought with him
""two assistants and a party of men who
are - making- -an -automobile -road -from
Crescent to lakes Crescent and. Odell,
IS miles west - The fishing season is
about to open at these resorts.
Asked whether the construction crews
of the Southern Pacific would be on
this side of the mountains within the
next (0 days, Hoy said that It depended
, upon the progress of the contractors
wno are pushing the line in this dl
' rectlon from Klamath Falls. The Nat
, ton-Vale Una. has a camp within SO
miles of . Crescent and Is engaged In
tunneling. , - - -
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No Firecrackers, No Admission
Charges, No Exorbitant Ho
tel Rates Is Motto.
El'paking and probably a parade.
Over $600 has already bean' sub
scribed and with the proceeds of the
sale of concessions this will probably
reach about $700. A committee has been
appointed to make all arrangements and
to advertise the event throughout the
surrounding country. Owing to great
danger of fire and runaways, the coun
cil will be requested to prohibit fire
works of any kind.
Hotel men and restaurant keepers are
also to be asked not to raise prices dur
ing the celebration. Every effort will
be tent to make this a notable event
in the history of this section of east
ern Oregon.
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Falls City. Or., May 1. N. -i
Myrtle Creek Is - pre;ann j; t vi 't
store building: 50xSU f.-;er. to tu.ui
high. Mr. Seigel will occupy t. t :.
room with a general stock. Tin Hn
will take the place of that owned h:'
Walter L. Tooze, and recently destroy 1
by fire.
(Special blapatcb to T)i Journal.
Condon. May 21. Condon, us well as
I the other cities of Oregon,: is planning
j'for a "safe and sane" Fourth of July,
j yet the - celebration here will be " the
greatest yet- undertaken. ' Instead of
I the usual method of raising funds by
j charging admission to the different
events, everything will, be absolutely
.free. The ! celebration will last three
I days beginning Saturday and the pro-
j gram Includes three baseball games,
i dances, moving picture shows, reports
l by rounds of the Jeffries-Johnson fight
i athletic 'contests, band concerts, public
lefts might do
ticket.
run on an assembly
Orchard of T. D, Bradford, near Proaser, Wish. j showing emiidge pots In action. Fifteen hundred of the pots
raised the temperature from 22 degrees to 35 degrees for three Bircceselve nights, during the cold wave
Cf April. Mr. Bradford, expects to harvest 20,000 boxes of Spltzenbergs and Yellow Newtowns. '
lill UHE
. BUHL TO HYSSA
Route Definitely Located for
150 Miles Through South
j - ern Idaho. ,
seek pass over
smooth we
Gilmore & Pittsburg Surveyors
.. Busy Along the Payette
River.
V
Hood River Plays Lincoln High.
(Special Dlapatcn to The Journal.)
. Hood River, Or., May 21. The Hood
River High school and the Lincoln High
school of Portland baseball teams will
play a. game In this city today. Hood
River league team and the White Sal
mon team will play on the Hood River
grounds Sunday.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Boise. Jdaho, May 21. The Harrlman
system made the most Important move
lii southern- Idaho executeC In some
years when it filed plats of definite lo
cation In the United ' States land of
fice for the Minidoka & Southwestern
road, a subsidiary of the Oregon' Short
Line, from a point east of Bruneau to
Nyssa, Or., a distance ' of 122 miles.
Simultaneously plats of definite loca
tion for the same road were filed In the
Halley land office for a distance of
25 of SO miles, making a total distance,
for the extension out of, Buhl to Nyssa,
of between ISO and 160 miles. -
he route of, the Buhl extension is
northwesterly, hugging the Snake river
most of the distance after It passes
east and west through the great Bru-neau-Twln
Falls tract aoon'f to be
placed under lrrlgalionr . It passes
through the, OTvns , ofi Bruneau v and
Grandview and ; then Jcontinues west
along the south bank of the Snake
river to Nyssa.' ,'
, ' Waldffort Club to Advertise.
iSoeclal nipatH to Th Jnnnuil.k ,
Waldport,' Or., May 81. -The annual
meeting of the Waldport Commercial
club was held last Wednesday evening
and Officers for the ensuing year were
elected. - William F. Keady. recently ap
pointed postmaster, : was elected to the
office of president, a position he has oc
cupied for the last three years. Leslie
H. Evens, the leading grocer1 of, the
town,-was choserras "Vice president, and
W.; H. Daugherty, , who occupies a re
sponsible position with the Waldport
Lumber cempany, was elected as secre
tary treasurer. The.club is' preparing
to launch an active advertising cam
paign. ,
. Chapel Car at Forest Grove. '
(Special Dispatch to Tie Journal. '
' Forest Grove, Or., May 21. St.
Anthony's chapel car, which la travel
ing over the state in the Interests of
the Catholic denomination, will reach
this city May 29, and -will remain here
one week, going thence to Cornelius for
a week'a stay. While the car is In
this city the clergy having' It in charge
will giva lectures, daily. It Is an
nounced that the lecture will seek more
to set those right who are in error as
to the teachings and work of the Catho
lic church, than to gain new converts
to that religion.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Boise, Idaho. May 21. A large party
of Gilmore and Pittsburg surveyors is
located on the headwaters of Moore's
creek north pf. this, city, having sur
veyed up bothaides of that stream to
a point near Pioneervllle, In the vi
cinity of which the surveyors are jnow
running lines. Another crew Is'reported
to be on the eact bank of the Payette
river, where work is belns- rushed ta
lay-out 4 right-of-way along that stream
to the hogback of , u Sawtooth range.
The crew is working in opposition to tan
Oregon - Short line party on the west
side or the river.
. Headed for Stanley Basin.
Reports received from Challls are to'
the effect that a third, crew has sur
veyed from the line of the Gilmore ft
Pittsburg between Armstead and Sal
mon City ) to Challis and has worked
past there toward the Stanlev basin
country This crew is said to be headed
for the Smokey Creek and headwaters
of ' the South Boise river seeking an
easy graae into tne canyon and this
city.
Another crew la worklna- west out of
Uhe Stanley basin country to a point
on the Sawtooth range Just opposite
the headwaters of the Payette river. By
surveying the right-of-way along the
sides of the steep mountains the road
can gradually be brought down to
Grimes' pass, where It is a comparative
ly easy matter to strike the headwaters
of Moore's creek and gain a one per
cent grade into the Boise canyon and
on to this city. i
Looks ..Ilka. Business. ; .
'" That the appearance of so many sur
veying' crews identified with the Gil
more & Pittsburg Indicates the back
ers of this road mean business is now
firmly believed by railroad men of this
city who claim to be posted on the de
velopment work as it is carried on.
The surveys has been completed be
tween Salmon City along the Salmon
river to Lewiston, where, it is said, this
line of the Gilmore & FKtsburg will con
nect with the North Coast, the Stra
lrorn road, which has a complete right-of-way
across the state of Washington
to Seattle. . .
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Do you rtalixt
Caldwell Orchardists Plant Big
Areas in Irrigated ,
District. -
THE APPROVAL
: of the most ; . ;
EMINENT PHYSICIANS
.and its
WORLDWIDE ACCEPMCE A
bythe
-WELL-INFORMED,
BECAUSE ITS COMPONENT
PARTS ARE KNOWN TO BE
MOST WHOLESOME AND
TRULY BENEFICIAL IN E
FECT, HAVE GIVEN TO
JBLJXIRorSEIUm
THE FIRST FOSiTION AMONG
FAMILY IAXATIVES AND HAVE
LED TO ITS GENERAL USAGE
WITH THE MOST UNIVERSAL
SATISFACTION. '
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((jperlal Dlapatch to Tbe Jonrnai. .
Caldwell, Idaho,' May 21.-Fully 1000
acres of land has been planted to or
chards within 15 miles of i Caldwell this
year. These figures will be shown by
the report' of census enumerators, who
are required to ascertain the acreage
planted to the, various crops.
Fruit growers living In the Caldwell
fruit belt are congratulating themselves
on Shaving displayed the confidence;
Which they have In this section being
.immune from killing frosts. ' While
other rfectlona of the county procured
smudge pots and fuel th-Caldwell fel
lows are saved that expense. The re
ports from the fruit growing localities
Indicate there will be a. bumper crop.
Within five or alx years Boise valley
will be one vast orchard. The soil and
climate is here and the residents now
realize this fact and are planting more
orchards than' ever before.
,r Now that water is practically - as
sured for the north side of the Payette
Boise project through the organisation
of the Black Canyon Irrigation district,
which will place 90,000 acres of fine
land vnder cultivation, the future pros
perity of Caldwell Is firmly established.
.While it is true that it will'require two
Or three years before the water will be
accessible for this district, yet when
this Is accomplished there wiil be no
more valuable land In the state. The
source of water supply is the Payette
lakes and is Inexhaustible, thus assur
ing" unfailing crops. .
MATERIAL ARRIVES FOR
: PAYETTE VALLEY ROAD
-. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
Payette, Idaho. May 21. The f rlst
shipment of material for the Payette
valley railroad extension from, New. Ply
mouth -to Emmett arrived in Payette
Thursday afternoon. It includes 1 1
cars of steel rails, one car of switches,
10 cars of ties , and one car of spikes.
ST"i Ycurv"'r'
iJS YTonief
. 1:1
nouse
work is
tiresome
and sooner or later
your' wife's health
will be ruined by the
incessant toil which.
is her. daily worK.
You can help her more
by getting her a dise of
than by actually doing
the work yourself. Pabst
Extract, on account of
its great strength-building
and tonic properties,
stimulates renewed vig
or and gives her endur
ance to attend to her
many household cares.
r at the same time re
taining all the beauty
V and superb woman-
uuuuuauvi jrvubai
BOISE HIGH WILL .'"
GRADUATE BIG CLASS
' (8peelal Dlapatch to The Journal.)
Boise, Idaho, May 21.-rThe Boise high
school will graduate the largest class
In the history of the school, June 16.
Last year the class numbered 48 and
held the record up to that time, but
this year 71 will receive their sheep
skins at the hands of the school board,
28 of the number being boys.
Special interest will attach to the
graduation of class 10, not only be
cause it is the largest In the history
of the school, but because, for the first
time, the board has made suggestions
in regard to: the graduation frocks of
the girls, which are not to cost over $10
each. No restrictions .have been placed
on the attira for .the boys.
Masons to Build at Chehalis.
(Special DliiMtrh to The Journal.
Chehalis, Wash.. May 21.-1 the
Chehalis Masonio lodge's committee can
sell $20,000 worth of 6 per cent bonds
Interest payable semi-annually, It-will
mean that the city ; will have a beau
tiful five story brick block on -yie cor
ner, of Market ' and Boistfort streets
where ; the -. Commercial block - now
stands. The project will stand about
$60,000 in all and the arrangement for
financing it have all been completed
with the exception noted. It is be
lieved that the $20,000 will be sub
scribed 'promptly. Tha ptans call for
a thorough remodeling of the present
two story structure. The first floor
will be made into beautiful modern store
rooms. Tha second, third and fourth
floors will be for office purposes. The
fifth floor Will be the home of the. va
rious Masonic orders of Chehalis, of
wnicn tnerts are now three.
Forest Grove Teachers ChoseA.
(Special Plapatrh to Tle Journal.)
Fores Grove, Or., May 21. The
school-board of this city has elected
the teaching staff for the school year
of -1910-11, Nearly all of those who ore
now teaching win remain, and several
additional teachers have been engaged
to meet, the demands occasioned by the
increase ,in .the, enrollment. Following
are tnose engaged by the board: Supor
ihtendent of schools, Professor O.M.
Gardner; principal of Central high
school, Professor Leonard Hlebel : as
sistant teacners. Misses Bella Chalmers,
Gillian Morton, Gladys VTodd. Ada Van
Varst. Ethel JOT. Edith Ktanlev; -Ktarinni-
Masters. Elsie LathrotT.; TVnri -rto Wis
JoHsle Greer, 'Bertha Clement and
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Tba United State
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This is the accepted slogan for Oregon, and,
according to records bf sales of farm Unds "made
in the last few years, investors and homeseekers ;
show their faith in. the prediction. ' '
I '
" A tract of 2000 acres located most favorably
in the line of rapid development in the Willam
ette Valley, 30 miles east of Portland, 15 miles
from Gresham, is offered for sail by thz Portland
Railway, Light & Power Company; at a low price
per acre, on favorable terms. 1
A projected railroad line is to pass through'
: or near this tract, a county road already funis h
ing means of entry and exit for vehicles, includ
. ing automobiles. f r
. In the wooded portion, 22,000,000 feet of. good
saw timber stand, ready for the woodman's ax,
and the timber at present prices would go far -;
toward paying for theentire tract. There is a
lumber mill within three miles in operation.
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There are .fully, 900 acres of level or gently
sloping farming land, available when cleared, and
: from 700 to 800 acres of fine grazing land no w
- awaiting the farmer or dairyman. . , '
Twdood sized creeks with numerous tribu-;
taries furnish an abundance of water:
The tract will be disposed of ' as " a ' wh")lc,
though a new owner could subdivide to .great
advantage. , 1 '
" For terms and full particulars, call oh or ad
dress Land Department, Room 623, Electric .
Building, Portland.
Portland Railway,
JLIflht Ik Power Company
INDEPENDENCE PAPER
TO HAVE NEW HOME
(sperlal Dlspaitr to The Journol.)
Independence, Or, May 21. Tho In
dependence Enterprise Is to build a mod
ern printing office this summer. The
Enterprise building will be one of the
best business blocks In Independence.
It will be modern and up-to-datewith
basement and modern front, lit will be
onwstory and will occupy 80x78 feet.
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-Light Fruit " on Lewis River.
"'''" (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
.Woodland, Wash.t May 21.-The
apple jcrop in the Lewis river vauey
will not be a full one this year nor will
the cherry crop be as full as usual, late
frosts having injured them, but both
will be of better Quality than usual as
the state . horticultural Inspector has
compelled orchardists to - spray . and
prune their trees. Strawberries ' and
other berries will be a full crop, and
strawberry picking , will be on In the
valley In about ten days. VUd black
berries will be one of the ireat crops r
ever, known in this country 'unless an
unusually late frost should occur,
Moncjr in Rhubarb.
(SrwUl Dlapatnn to The Jonroal.)
Woodland, Waah., May 21. Over 800
cases of rhubarb and over $250 net up
to the present date this season, Is the
record that Ed P. Goerlg has made on
One and one half acres of Chat plant
and some of the plants, about three
quarters of an acre, were not put out
until last year. He will have a large
quantity -to ship to the canneries later
when other stuff 'comes into market
to supplant this delicious product.
Odd Fellows to Build.
- ' (Spwlal Dlapatch to Tho Journal.)
V Klamath Falls, Or., May 21. Work "on
the Odd Fellows' temple will be begun
in a very short time. Plans are.. urac-
tically complete." . The structure Is to
be of brick, three stories high and mod
ern In every particular. The first floor
wlll'be planned for stora -rooms, while
the second floor will be fitted up as
offlcesand the third floor-will contain
lodge rooms.
. ' Berries Ripening .Fast. :
(Spfrlal Dlapatch to The Journal.) .' 1
Hood River, Or., May 21 The warm
weather; of the past few days has rip
ened the berries at. a Very rapid rate.
Pickers are coming, into the vallev in
school. Miss Anna Taylor; awlatantt ,ape mim,pr"- DUl ""'fy gnotisttiwre
-t Mmrtrvrrynusroi Lihcoiiin mvc(TBs-7cr to care xor tue, vvop. The
urn i'uiiu mi uin. cftminij uuica to
Butte, Montana. ' ... - ; v
J."A. liwhanan of Roseburjr has In
ossesion an pia yeuow pflper. the
Bertha Clement -'and V"""U ,"r,r.?!a i
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