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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (July 23, 1907)
' L A PAGE THRKEr tIGHT PAGES. DAILV EAST OKKCiOM.YN, PI-JXDLETON'. QUEZON. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1907. S. F l.&l S C APPAIIENTLY IT IS VP TO CALDWELL TO GET ROAD. Situation Provokes a Good Deal of KetroHpectlon as to the Course Boise .Took Toward Uio Short Line and How Uie Short Line Acted Toward Boise Line Id Actually Being Con. Htr noted and Several Miles Are Nearly Ready (or the Hails. The Caldwell correspondent of the Boise Capital News reviews the latest developments concerning the 8. F I. & M. as follows: "It's a case of putting up 148,000 or. letting the road cross a tew miles below us" seems to be the universal talk of the town at the present, this sum being the bonus that Caldwell Is eagerly giving the San Francisco, Ida ho & Montana road for crossing the Short Line In the limits of Caldwell. "Remember Lot's wife" was once up on a time told to some people who were about to get funny, but the Caldwell people are not told to re member Lot's wife but to remember Boise. Boise some years ago had an opportunity to get the main line of a certain road If they would dig up a nice round sum of filthy lucre but they did not do It, and today they re member Lot's wife pretty clearly. Of course that certain railroad that acted along the lines of contrariness and put Its line another way leaving Boise out In the cold has one useless hill on the present line that has cost It already a good deal more than to have put the line through Bo'ae and that same hill will forever continue to be a heavy bill of expense, so say the wise acres who are Just now getting many hours of consolation out of their abili ty 'to tell how railroads and cities ought to be butlded. Caldwell Is fast gathering In the $48,000 and will have It to plunk down Instanter when the time Is up and In the meantime the new line has a large force of teams rushing the work on the first few miles out of the city. The work Is comparatively easy on account of the "good dirt" and the level con tour. It will cost not more than $8000 per mile for the first 20 miles of the road in the direction of California and our 148,000 will only actually build about six or seven miles of the road. Everyone In and around Caldwell talks railroad .glibly at the present. One man yesterday told the bus iness men's committee that he would not give A cent toward building the new road for he was convinced It would absolutely do Caldwell an In Jury and he did not wish to become a party to tearing down a city, with so promising a future. I We have all been told by some one that this road Is going to build up the city and until we have been told by some one else we are going to stick by the first story, say the knowing ones who are pushing this -work. All kinds of teams and scrapers are at work and the actual dirt is being moved. ! WYOMING OIL BELT. Everything Is being pushed Into ( service. The first two miles of grade on the Caldwell end Is to be complet-' ed In six more 'days. "That's going some," remarked one of Caldwell's timid young ladles this morning when this news first reached her ears. The, actual construction work Is be ing done by W. P. Carter of Nam pa, j and Just as fast as he Is turned loose the dirt will be turned. He only j awaits the signal and, presto, you see It. Mr. Carter has done a lot of rail- road and other heavy construction : work In Idaho and nothing makes him more at home than a little railroad contract like this he has at present. His camp "Hlnes" is In charge 'Of Mrs. C". M. Hlnes, and Is the first on the line, and Is In the Cnpp addition of Caldwell where 18 men get their ra tlons which they say are pretty good. The surveyors have cross-sectioned the line to the Snake and are about ready to glye the grades elsewhere. Mr. Carter promises te have the two miles ready for the ties and rails by Wednesday night next. The local workmen near Caldwell are doing all the wosk at present and will be kept at It so long as there Is sufficient force at hand. - A little later when farm work lightens up Mr. Carter will press Into service every team he can get. The Capital News Is watching this new line of railroad work and has tapped every avenue of news and re liable Information and will give It to the people from time to time. It was the only paper that showed any faith In the Butte-Frlsco line when the road was first promised, nearly three years ago, and It takes special Interest In the progress of the work. 2000 feet of new film and two new Illustrated songs tonight at the Star theater. ' Itapld Development of New Industry Netir Lander. A correspondent from Lander, Wyo., writing to the Cheyenne Tri bune says of the development of the oil fields near Lander, to which place O. C. Edwards formerly Umatilla Indian agent went from Pendleton to locuto as agent for an oil company: F. J. Lobell, of Chicago, one of the owners of the Henderson oil wells at Dallas, has been here for several days on business connected with the fur ther development of these valuable properties which he announces are .to be put In operation In the very near future. He states that a pipe line will be built at once for the trans portation of the oil to the railroad In order to supply fuel for the North western, After the field Is more fully devel oped a refinery will be built at Lan der to refine the oil which Is of too good a'grade to be used for fuel oil. Jos. H. Lobell, of London, England, the senior member of the firm Is ex pected here In a short time to arrange for the opening up of the wells and the drilling of new ones In order to put their property on a paying basis. Much attention Is now being given to other portions of the Lander field. 1 The National Drilling company composed largely of Casper people now hove their well on the' Beebe lease Just below town, down 1260 feet and will continue sinking until the oil strata Is reached. The Independent Oil & Refining company who pur chased the Pitts lands, comprising 840 acres on the oil anticlinal about four miles east of town are making prep arations to begin drilling In the near future. . , , The Chicago-Wyoming company has a ctandard outfit at work on Co coanut creek, about 25 miles north east of town. They have a fine rig and expect to reach the oil sands In about two weeks If no unforeseen difficulties are encountered. George H. Htckey, of Detroit, Mich., a member of the syndicate that took some 18,000 acres of oil leases in this vicinity more than a year ago, arrived this week to begin operations on their lease. BASH BRAVER ! OF Butcher Shop and Property for Bale. Butcher shop, fixtures and prop erty for sale In good location. Do ing fine business. For further par ticulars address W. H. Albee, Helix, Ore. ; .31 Read the East Oregonlan. ItEMIXISCENCE OF WAL. LULA 30 YEAItS AGO. One-Armed Old General Defied Band of IiMolent Indians During a Pow wow Chief Smokeliollow Called Howard a Liar and Was Bitterly Rebuked In Presence of 800 Paint ed Braves. About 30 years ago there was en acted In old Wallula a scene which demonstrated the fearless character of the late Oeneral Howard, says the Wallula Gateway, It was a short time before the breaking out of the Nez Perce war and the Indians were rest-, ltss and Insolent. Chief Smokehollow had arranged with General Howard for a pow-wow at old Wallula. Early In the morning of the ap pointed day the Indians began cross ing the Columbia river and debarked near the present boat landing. After all had crossed, a party comprising TOO or 800 braves, all In war cos tume, a line headed by Chief Smoke- hollow was formed and marched to the government building at old Wal lula. Here the warriors were met by General Howard; his private secre tary, Ed Chambreau, and John Mc Bain, an Interpreter. The Indians were dressed In full war costume end in an angry mood. After the "big talk" had proceeded for a while, Chief Smokehollow, through the interpreter, told General Howard that he lied. This assertion met with the approval of the savages, who emitted a gurgle of assent so posi tive that It filled the hearts of the white spectators with grave apprehen slon. Here Is where the fearless nature of General Howard asserted Itself. Rising and addressing the Insolent chief, he said: "Do you think because there are only a few of us here we are afraid of you?" with eyes flash Ing he pointed to his armless sleeve and exclaimed: . "I did not lose this arm In a fight with Indians. It was shot off by a white man!" White men present thought General Howard's taunt was Ill-advised and might cause a massacre, and were much relieved when the conference ended and the Indians formed In line We are' Pendleton's Largest and Leading Supply House For Everything to Wear and Eat in the Harvest Field. The Alexander Department Sforo and marched back to the river. In a short time they took their canoes, recrossed the stream and disappeared. General Howard was a devout Christian. During the Nex Perce war there were some who thought that the general could have made better pro gress had he spent less time at prayer and more In pursuit of the savages. However that may be, he fills an hon ored grave and his name will go down in history as one of our bravest gen erals. Deafness Cannot bo Cored l local application!, u they cannot reach the dlaeaMd portion of tba car. Tliera I only on way to ears deafness, and tbat Is py consuiouonai remedies. iminm canted by an Inflamed conditio of the mu cous lining of the Eustachian tubs. When thla tuba Ta InflamM von nava a rnmbllnc sound or Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed, deafness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be taken out and thla tube restored to Its normal con dition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine esses out of 10 are caused by Catarrh, which la nothing but an Intlamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We elva One Hundred Dollars for anv case of deafness (canted by catarrh) that caanot be cured by Hallt Catarrh Core. scua xor circulars, iree. v r. i. CHENEY A CO., Toledo, O. sold by sll druEslata. 75c Take 1 1 all's Family Pills for constipation. For Sale or Trade. One 14-horse Buffalo Pitts horse power, In good repair. W. E. PERKINS, 601 Perkins Ave. Expert Baseball at Heaveham. . A game of baseball was played yes terday at "The Pines," the mountain ranch of Joe H. Parkes, three quar ters of a mile from Meacham, which will be long remembered by the par ticipants. The line-up of the game was as follows. "The Pines:" Joe H. Parkes, p.; Jas. Bell, c; Ward Con nell, cf.; -Phyllis Parkes, as.; Charles Hanna, If.; Effle Parkes, lb.; Mrs- Joe H. Parkes, 2b.; Fleda. Parkes, 3b.; Chester Mlnkler, rf. "The Meach- ams line-up was as follows: tioy- Ferguson, p.; Spec Hurlburt, c; Ches ter Moulton, ss.; Mrs. Rose Campbell, cf.; Loren Harris, rf.; Max Hopper, It; Smltf Dawson, lb; Jessie Smith, 2b; Harry Hampton, 8b. The score otood to 6 In favor of "The Pines."- A Happy Han Is Amos F. King, of Port Bryon, K. Y, (It years of age); since a sore on his leg which had troubled him the greater part ef his life, has been entirely healed by Bucklen's Arnica Sabre; the world's great healer of sores, burns, cuts, wounds and piles. Guaranteed by Tallman Sc Co., drug gists. Price I Sc. 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