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v v -THE; OREGON -SUNDAY.", JOURNAL,. PORTLAND "SUNDAY . MORNING. JULY t 21, 1918. 19 RAHORN RAIL PLAN OPENS NEW INLAND EMPIRE In Addition, Connecting Link Provided for Existing Trans continental Systems. WORK IS NOW UNDER WAY Such Construction as Was Con tracted for Before the War Is Being Carried Out. Robert VL Strahom. president of the Oregon, California tt Eastern, who has returned from Klamath Falls, expresses himself a greatly encouraged by the many evidences of progress due to the extension of the new line from that Upolnt toward Bend. Irrigation projects .sonipieiea.ana unacr way, ne says, since .construction of the line commenced, a 'year ago this month, will just about double the acreage under cultivation, ' BeartnnlniP at Pn Cimvtk taHnn even miles out of Klamath Falls, water , Is Just being turned on to a project of about 3000 acres. Up to that point the 'xoaa crosses a succession or splendid farms, this year producing $75 to $100 per acre In alfalfa. Fifteen miles out in the Swan lake -and Pine flat section, where In spots water rues to the surface, artesian wells are being sunk to add to the produc tlvenese of some 15.000 acres of dry ' lands, . which ordinarily produce some f crops, but for three years have been (badly affected by drouth. From the vicinity of Dairy, in Tonna alley, zo miles out. extending eastward from six miles is a beautiful section of 1 1 about 10.000 acres Just receiving Its nrst. Baptism from the great springs In ! the outskirts of Bonanaa. Three numu- ing unite nave been installed this sea son to raise the water from 20 to .40 feet on to these rich, sandy loam lands, which wui produce five, to six tons of alfalfa per acre and other crops in proportion. One tract of 1000 acres In the vicinity. : owned by one farmer who has his own pumping plant, has eloquently testified to sucn tenuity for several years. i' irrigable Leads to the East I ' "Stretching on eastward." said Mr. 'Strahom, "are the 30.000 Irrigable acres or Langeu valley. , for the Irrigation of wnicn clear lake reservoir was con structed by the government at a cost f ffS 00,000 several years ago. with the intent also to conserve water for a lares rea of Klamath valley, through which mis roaa passes. This latter part of the program was carried out. but owing to oirxerences oetween landowners In Lan- geii valley and the reclamation author! ties the 30.000 acres referred to have not oeen reclaimed. Under stimulus of the railroad construction the settlers have worked up to the proper point, while . uneie Bam has also conceded uinu things, so that the irrigation of this area is to De commenced next season. . The valley Is already auite wn mtttA and there are larare hav firm, fin th L lower lands bordering Lost river., which ijows through It, but. these 80.000 acres ot ricn sagebrush benches stretching up " "lopes o me xorests on both sides will be vastly more productive. Proceeding northward from Dairy, toe line enters the Horton in-intinn Project of some 10,000 acres, on which considerable work has bn inn Tfeito "In its first 20 miles, the new railroad' nas aireaay stimulated the reclamation of over 60.000 acres, which could produce 2.000.000 buahela of v-rrnln In tlm. A .i win the war. if the handful of brave pia, Beers who Tare straining beyond their strength to produce such results could get immediate financial assistance. They are compelled to workelowlv ha- i cause of lack of market for their Irriga tion oonas, wnicn have their lands and the Irrigation works as security. It la a inning example or what can be done in many other sections over there by affording transportation facilities and reasonable financial assistance on an ab solutely safe basis. ;; xir.i varioaas uaeiea t As you may know, I had the pleasure ef seeing the first carloads of freight hauled over our new road. They con sisted of lumber loaded at Oiene, 10 miles out of Klamath Falls, and these deliveries are coming along quite regu larly now. As I understand this lum ber Is being used for cases to hold sup plies to fill government contracts, we are thus also helping out the big cause. This particular , lumber is hauled to our temporary terminal by wagon and auto trucks from mills 10 miles farther out. but we will be much nearer them within 0' days. There are six mills operating 'new within hauling distance of our first 20 miles of line, and two more are prom lsed, for next season if we will complete the seven-mile branch planned to reach Bonansa from Dairy. This reminds me ef the splendid spirit of the people of Bonansa and the Langell valley country, who, in addition to, the heavy burdens they assumed In the Irrigation projects mentioned, have agreed to grade, bridge and tie this seven miles If we will lay the rails and operate. It Is a fair sample of the pub lie spirit of most Central Oregon com munlties in this matter of securing rail somraunlcatlon with the outside world .;: Spragee It 9t Objective "Our next objective 4s Sprague river valley, 13 miles north of Dairy. This ' construction was all lined up before the war, but unless It' can 'obtain the sup port of the government as a war meas ure there seems little hope of our going , through with it until after th conflict Is over. Not only, are the lumber and agricultural resources 'of the Sprague river country very great,' but we would then be within 63 miles of the Lakeview country, cutting out . 100 miles of its wagon transportation now necessary to reach Portland. Also, we would be within 30 miles of the Silver lake coun try,, and. as Is the case with the Lake View haul, we would tap and serve a great traffic producing section lying be -tween the end of the track and those next objective points. However, -J think yon understand we are limiting construc tion to what was contracted before the war, so that readers of The Journal who have followed in Mr. Irvine's splendid ; editorial page articles his recent trip inrougn uenirai uregon may not be con fused by what I am saying of this rail' way development. I would like to have you make clear the fact that my pro- posea connection or me Klamath and Northern California country wtthPort. land has a . wholly different route, and 'broader mission -than the Natron line. Its function Is not' only to diverge far. enougn eastward tnrough the rreat raflroadless and practically undeveloped interior and open up all that territory he so eloquently described," lying be tween Bend and Lakeview. but to fur nlsh a new and independent easv rr.Hn through rail route east of the Cascade mountains from" Portland ,to California points and the East., Also, with my pro-i poea connecting link between this line i and Crane, the terminus . of the Or snn Short TJne. in Harney valley, to I fSPFMIMri HPT-Ti? : iir a V . Th mitw txtt ;:a ktiy t?a ifmri? ! i m - 'sk..aBaew"s. mm - 'evk . eLi mm "BBssVjsassjrB-MsflBiv:.atf se . m. m . m. - i ii . .?own r a '-ft a ta b ii - v-. t .... a x. , jmu - a i 1 1 ft .mmmmmm. A Si Sj a m9 mW STl r 1 h. sV . A w-at m m ism I m N . . -1- ::-n 'ftfrTi.yA fc : r t: 1 .... LZltB&L u ArV'T a. -I -. f I ,ii a p r -1 ey-M-vir ' v .v I Sla-p showing major rail lines west of the . Rocky mountains with proposed connecting links of Oregon, Cali fornia & Eastern in dotted iins. Photograph shows Oleoe gap on the' O., C 4 E, on the new eon struction north of Klamath Falls. , " 1 ' ' CLARKE COUNTY SUBSCRIBES WELL :.V. ' "' ' " '. s. s. 11 FUND S h i pyard . Employes Come For ward With; Liberal Amounts? Soldiers, Too,; Invest Freely. TOWNS GO OYER TOP School Children :' Give Splendid Assistance in Outlying Dis trictsj Teacher Seils Stamps. furnish an alternative and practically water-grade line eastward via Bend from Portland and all the Central Ore gon country to shorten and relieve in time of . blockade or stress the present single-track Union Pacific line over the Blue mountains, which, by the way, ne gotiates three stiff summits, between Portland and Ontario, the junction point on the main Oregon Short Line of these two alternative, routes. - , ' Purpose of . Xatroa Xlne "The propbsed Natron line, on the other hand.' Is part of a loop running, eastward . across the Cascade mountain from Weed, on the Southern Pacific, through Klamath Falls, thence north ward along the east slope of the Cas cades, and crossing them again at the head of the Willamette river and re joining the Southern Pacific at Eugene. While local In character. It would be an admirable diversion much to be desired by the Klamath country-and affording some relief to the Southern Pacific main line single track. "The , logic of thla railroad situation as the most pressing and vital to a vast potentially rich unserved region in the United States today is best Illustrated by a map I nerve prepared of all the railroad lines west of the Rocky moun tains. As you will note, their-name and mileage is almost legion, and the scale upon- which my draughtsman made the attempt proved to be too small to get all of the branches and numerous Industrial lines In. The striking fact developed Is that all the vast region lying west of Salt Lake -and north of. -the Southern Pacific main -line,- About- one-seven tl of the area: of the United States, depends on -' only one single-track . north-and-south railroad, to connect the wonderful network " of rail lines in ? the Pacific Northwest, Including - seven transconti nental lines and an almost equar array consisting of five transcontinental lines and many branches in California and the Pacific Southwest. - . - , . The Pretest Sltaatloa ' That, no matter what may happen; in conenction with the war on otherwise, we are dependent upon the single slendet thread: ; ahwtnH-jr - V J tfTV. heavy grades and numerous high-viaducts' and bridges, over which to accommodate the interchange Jof traffic between the two great groups of railways mentioned and to handle the north and south local busi ness of somq, 6,000.000 of people. - My project seeks to add a second line at a merely - nominal - cost, considering the great things at ; stake, and 'which. In deed. Is justified from considerations of purely local development . and : traffic alone. - r Besides the great forests, it means the opening of 6,000.000 acres of land capable of - . producing 75.000.000 bushels of grain annually. It at the same time ties together the five differ ent railroads which reach the outer edges of that new inland empire by comparatively short i and easily con structed mileage of low grades and light curvature, with, climatic and other con ditions favorable to the most economi cal operation.'" Objectors Behind Times, Says Barbur Commit rioaer (- of Pablie . Works Says , Opponents of .Tanner Creek Project Are la Error Job Is Completed. Objectors to the assessments for- the cost of the Tanner Creek sewer im provement are in error in their expressed belief , that: the,, project is . of .re cent origin and should 'not be put through at this time of war .'economies necessity, says. A. Barbur. commis sioner of public works. He said : . ; The contract for the Tanner Creek sewer was , let about two years ago and the' job has just been completed at a cost of $307,000. The project was started on its way before the United States got into the war- and the ; period .of re monstrance against the project baa long since expiree; ;u?"--i-V'-:-5 "'";-."- Residents' of '. the ': Portland Heights district are- particularly opposed to the size of their assessments. - The - tax runs from $40 to $50 a ?nd this List of Drafted Men Discharged Is Given Camn Ltwh'Amsrlnon T.ob. xxr -k July 20. Oregon and Southwest Waah ington men who have appeared in orders mis week, as discharged follow : Bernard Krickson,. Baker: Sergeant Edward R Guntfier, .Vancouver Barracks, to accept commission as second lieutenant, N. A Aioert c Abigren, Hillsboro : . John L. OOlvos. .: Rudolph Leuteuyier, Gold Beach ; Raymond Wheaton. Owen Thomas, Lindsay Kinnear, .'Pasquale Mattencci, Portland; ,Krlstian Salbak ken, Vancouver ; Vernon Eckman, Henry k. iveenricnsen, Theodore w. - Nelson David -Kekar. John G. 'Dihxman. rPort. land ; f Olaf Johnson. Coqullle ; Trtoo Blagich. William Johnson, Tortland ; George Stathopouloe. South Bend : Doyle Fulton,' Enterprise ; Frank E. Braden, La Grande : Raymond A. Miksche. Med- ford r Edward I. RompIe,; Vale : George a. uimton, Kiajpath Falls : - Levi L Crowther, The - Dalles ; - Kearney D, Klmsey. James " M; ' Mangan. - Lytle O. Jones, Acle Wilson.? Portland : Richard Hance,-Jacksonville ; Victor ' Klaus, Ho qulam. Waah. ; Tom Vlahos, Georgeos Treantafellu. Ernest D. WilHams, Frank J, Glrtle.-Portland ; Bmil J. NeUs. Bend Walter B. MlssecarJ Klamath ' Fan Berger A .. Anderson. Jose : Martmex, Charles A. . Buck, Portland ; HolUe R. Gillespie, Toledo : Clarence E. Bennett. "Hillsboro ; Nick L. Nunkolas. Portland; Henry A walker, .Pendleton, and Hos pital sergeant John C Sturm.' Portland figure, they claim,, is out of proportion to tiie coats or sucn , improvements in other, parts of the city. The Portland Height's . improvement association headed by George W. Hoyt, president : and red4w German, secre tary i. will appear at the meeUng of tne councu next-weoneeaay. - , " One of the new pencil sharpeners has a clip on one aide to prevent a pencil railing out of a pocket. far ares mfr Vancouver, Wash.. July 20. With more than five months to go on, Clarke county has subscribed all but $152,669 of her War Savings quota of $701,000 lor the present year. Prior to the recent intensive drive the county had to its credit the purchase of $127,000 of the stamps. $55,000 of which, amount, it is estimated., were purchased by Vancou ver citizens. During the recent drive the shipyard employes raiiiea noDly to the cause. those in the wooden ship yard subscrib ing $37,160 and those in the steel yards subscribing $20,804. The Second Pro visional regiment stationed at the Van couver cut-up plant went over the top ana men some with a $27,000 subscrip tion. -School district No. 37, comprising all of Vancouver and territory adjacent to the city limits on the north, east and west, subscribed $219,656. exclusive of any of .the above figures. Total Pledged So Far'$t1431 . . M . i . ' . , . . iii.iuuu ior me county auring me drive, exclusive of the Vancouver dis trict, was $206,733, making the complete amount pledged and purchased so far during 1918. $554,331. Waahougal. Camas and Yacolt among the other cities In the county wnicn went over me top. Yacolt de serves especial mention since It exceeded its quota by $6385, or t percentage of amount apportioned to the district to raise of 151 per cent. The beautiful flag, four by six feet In size, which was ' ouerso io me aistrtct snowing the ' greatest percent. Went' to the Yacolt dls- trict, and will be presented In the near future. I School districts 29, 62 and 55 also went over the top with some to spare. In : connection with district 55, which is a j combination of the old districts 75 and i 78. it is interesting to note how one girl was responsible for the auota beinir ! raised and exceeded. This district lies on the Lewis river between Cowl Its and Clarke counties In the extreme northern I part of me county,. It Is very ruca-ed country, being in the foothills, and is a f nard district to work. For a while it seemed that no one would be found to i take the responsibility of canvassing the i uioincL. ana men miss Ada Frost, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frost of Etna, a school teacher In diatrlr No. 65. came to the rescue. Sells Stamps to Loggers The quota for the district was S203 and the stamns said durimr h AmZ. amounted to $2485. In this dtatrictare I a number of loeeera. Since ihi more ' or " less transient people,' Miss Frost knew . that to merely take sub scriptions would not be satisfactory nr she went to the Woodland State bank and bought outright sufficient stamps to ouppjy me esumateo- needs of the men Irt the timber. Her efforts resulted in the sale outright of $1630 worm of the stamps. The remainder of the J2485 wu taken in subscriptions. ' The Frost fam ily has also been very active In connec tion with Red Cross work and nth.r patriotic drives. - In connection with . district No. 83. which Is located several miles norm of Waahougal and extends away into tho foothills, it is interesting to not rrhair- man J. L.-. Sutherland's attempt to or ganize a War Savings society. As usual, he addressed a communication to the clerk of me school board telling of his desire to organize the society, and ask ing mai a date be set for a meeting at the schoolhouse. . His letter was evi dently turned over to Miss Angle Faler, the district school teacher, who, by the way. lives on her claim near the schoolhouse and is monarch of all she surveys, and Mr. Sutherland received a, reply containing the following infor mation : That only six pupils attended the school and that one of the families had recently moved, taking flv of th children with them, and that it would nardly, be advisable for Mr. Sutherland to attempt . to organize the society under those conditions. Handicap Does 3Tot Affect Drive This handicap, however, did not af fect the drive in the least, and when the returns were all in it was found that all the patrons In the district had subscribed. Charles F. Jones, Mrs. Ma bel Howells, Edna M. Howells and Mfss. Faler - had subscribed for five stamps each, and Miss Faler has pledged one tenth of her next year's wages to the cause. A large force of volunteer workers has been busy for a number of days tabulating-and checking over the re sults of the drive, and, the report has Just, been prepared for publication. Woman Asks Divorce And -Husband's Job Kelso, Wash., July 20. Filings for county officers In Cowlitz county on the Republican ticket - up to the present time have brought forth two men and two women. The first to file was L. P: Brown, deputy treasurer, who is seek ing the treasurership. He was followed by Hite lmua. deputy clerk, who filed for that office. Mrs. Faith - Perry, wife of Treasurer Lawrence Perry-who. recently- started action for divorce .from htm. is going after ' his position, 'and - has filed, and Mrs. B. F. Bon cutter of Sandy Bend has filed for the clerkship. G. G. Comer and L. C. Mann ' of Kaiama. filed for Justice or the peace in North Kaiama precinct. This position Is particularly lucrative because of the number of marriage ceremonies per formed.; -Comer- has . been Justices the past jt wo "years, and as Janitor of 'the courthouse is always on hand to tie wedding knots. : ... Sulphur Increases Growth of Alfalfa Klamath Falls, Orvi July 20. That sulphur applied on the alfalfa lands of Klamath county Increases the yield of hay- very substantially is the report of County Agricultural : Agent . H- ..Roland Glaieyer of this city, who lias been con ducting experiments of thla nature here tn connection with J. E. Pittmaa of the department of Irrigation and drainage. On the bis ranch r Frank H. . Mc- Cornack on the west side of Upper Klamath lake, northwest of this city, the yield of alfalfa hay waa 2200 pounds greater on an acre' where,' the Sulphur had been applied than on an adjoining tract witnout ft. . .- Sulphur at present prices here is four cents per pound In large quantities, and loo pounaa of the chemical to required per acre. . V- College Men Urged Tok Finish Courses Oregon Agricultural College. Corvallls. July 20. Young men are' urged to at tend college- next school year, to obtain military and collegiate training which will fit them to meet the future need of the army for highly trained nan, by Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, in , letter received by the State Council of Defense at Portland and forwardau to the college. The Importance of this plan for com bined military and collegiate training. If we are to meet in the future the urg ent needs of the army for highly tratnexl men." said Secretary Baker, "is so great that the war department earnestly re--quests the colleges. Councils of De fense and other patriotic societies to co operate In bringing it to the attention of the young men of the country and In urging them to do their part totnake it a success." A. J, Flum Dallas. Or, July 20. A. J. Klum. who was born In Ohio in 1832, died at his home in this city July 11. He is sur vived by his wife and seven children, none of whom are residents of this state. Mr. Flum had been a resident of Dallas for eight years. FIVE' DALLAS BOYS AT LEAST KNOWN TO BE IN F RENCH RGH T Possibility : Exists; Tiat Entire Company From Valley. City Is in Marne Engagement v Dallas.' Or., July 20. At least five Dallas boys are known to be in the big battle in France, even if Yhe whole company from this city is not engaged in JL Julius and Robert Esslg are with Battery B of the Oregon artillery. James Lynn and Orley Chase are with the regular -and Corodral . Laird V. Woods was recently transferred to one of the regiments of the Rainbow divis ion which. It is stated! officially, has been completely engaged tn the battle. The, last word that came from Captain Conrad. Stafrin, commanding me Dallas company of the lC2d Infantry, waa to me eriect mat Ms company had been broken up and all but about B0 of his old men assigned to other regiments as replacements. It is probable that through this arrangement other of the soldiers from this city, are also partlcl pating In the big drive. ' ' War Souvenir Received T : Dallas. Or., July 20. Miss Helen Poling of this city haa received a sou-. venlr from her brother;. Harold Poling, who Is with an engineer regiment in France. It Is a small. piece of a Ger man airplane which the young' soldier saw fall one day in "No Man's Land" after a battle with allied aviators. That night young Poling - and a comrade Lcrawled out under the cover of darkness and cut away pieces of the wrecked machine to send to the folks back home. Two 'Are Promolrd Dallas. Or.. July 20. Two Dallas soldiers have been promoted. Lleuten ant Charles Barrett of the signal corps, who has been stationed at Camp Lewis as an instructor since his return from the fighting xone In France a few weeks ago, has been advanced toaeap- at Camp Dodge, lowa- Jack B-'Eakln. -son of Mr- and Mrs. HI B. Eakltv of this city and a prominent member of a for- . mer student body of O. A. C who re cently enlisted in the sanitary corps and has, been" stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, haa Just received a 'commis sion as second lieutenant and has been " aen to Rockefeller Institute. New. York, lor further, train inz. , . . i : :.- Will Call 19 IS Registrants . Dallas. Or.. July 20. The .191$ class of registrants will be drawn on .by the . Polk county exemption - board - to fur- . nlsh the first of me August draft calls. , " which is for eight men to go to Camp jt Fremont, California, August 5. The SI men to be sent Ho Camp Lewis' next Monday and two special calls for tech ' nical and limited' service men will com- pletely exhaust ail of the original das v one in -this county. Including what ad- dltione have been made by reclasssli ? cation. - " ' ' Paper Suspends ' Dallas. Or.! July 20. The Independ- ence Monitor, a weekly paper, estab lished a few years ago by O. A. Hurley and which was taken back a few months ago by Mr. Hurley from Clyde T. Ecker. to whom, he had sold it. has suspended publication. The last Issue appeared last week. When you finish your cigar or cig arette, finish it. Don't toss it away talncy and detailed to the training camp burning. It is estimated that each copy of a newspaper is read by an average of five persons. On this basis The Journal, with its more than 65,000 copies distributed each day, is read by more than 325,000 persons. Think of it! An army of read ers, .and no small army either, even as armies are rated in this day of huge movements of troops. Almost a third as many people as we have troops in France. More people than there are in the city of Portland. Colossal, isn't it? And more than half of this vast army is located within Port land and its easy trading zone. . - Now, let's suppose a bit. Suppose that each of these per sons spends ah average of 50c a day. This would be only $75 a month for a family of five persons, and there are mighty, few families of that size who spend less than $75 a month these days. This would mean one hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($162,500.00) spent each day by Journal readers. Think of it! $1,017,500.00 a week; $4,875,000.00 a month; $58,490,000.00 a year! i Whew! What a market. The figures make one dizzy. And yet these figures are conservative, r The actual total is probably much greater. Is it any wonder that Journal ad vertisers get such excellent results?. - Isn't such a market worth going after, especially when it is reached in the eve ning, when folks have time to read and plan their purchases? It most assuredly is worth going after and, whether you are a big advertiser or a little advertiser, you can get your share of this business just the same., On top of all this The Journal is concentrating the at tention of practically everyone" upon Journal "Want" ads just now by offerings free Five Dpllar War Savings Stamp to those who Jind their; names inserted by The Journal among The Journal "Want" ads. Everybody is reading Journal "Want'' ads now. If you want the utmost results for your "Want", ad .nioney put your "Want-ad in The Journal. v . ' -' : BY THE WAY ' , , . - , . -. ' . ,-,.. '",''. ''- . ' ' '- ' this may be your lucky day. - Three times each week the name of some resident of Portland or the surrounding coun try is selected by The Journal and inserted at random among The Journal "Want" ads. When the person whose name is 'used finds it and brings it to The Journal Business Office that person will receive a free Five Dollar War Savings Stamp. There may be a"! name among today'sJournal "Want" ads and it" may be YOUR name. Better look and find put. You can use a Five Dollar War Savings Stamp as ? well . as anyonVelseY f;':; ) ; ; ; : - ' r :