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DAILY EAR OREGONIAV, PEVDLOTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 10T.
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The following rlef iwkw 'of the
work of the reclamation department
was written by C. J. Blancbard, pub
licity agent of the reclamation de
partment, for the September number
of Sunset Magazine. Mr. Blanchard
says:
The full Importance of national rec
lamation la obtainable only by com
parison. Twenty-five projects upon
which the government la now engaged,
when developed to their full extent,
will add l,19f,0O acres to the crop
producing area of the United States.
Add to these IS other projects which
are held In abeyance, pending the
.completion of the first mentioned,
and which will reclaim 1.270,000 acres,
and we have a grand total of (.4(8,000
acres. :
This enormous area today Is prac
tically worthless. It returns revenues
neither to fhe states In which It is
located, nnor to the nation to which It
largely belongs. I is utilized only a
short period In each year for grazing
nomadic herds that are driven over
it. Potentially, it is the richest, the
most fertile and productive land In
the world, and la capable of support
ing In comfort an agricultural popula
tion as dense as can be found In any
of the older settled parts of our coun
try. By expending 160,000,000 on the
25 engineering works In process of
construction, the reclamation service
will reclaim 2,198.000 acres, or a cul
tivated area equal to the total acreage
In crops In the four states of Connec
ticut. Massachusetts, New Hampshire
and Florida.
The diversified crops, enormous
yields from Irrigated lands, and the
excellent prices for an farm products
In the west, warrant the assumption
that this land will return annually an
Income larger than the farmers re
ceive In the four states named.
For comparison, let us sny that
the revenues per acre will be the same.
It Is apparent, then, that this area
reclaimed will each year Increase the
value of farm crops by $(0,000,000;
It will add $232,000,000 to the taxable
rlroperty of the people; It will furiilsh
homes for 80,000 families.
Tlio Patlt of Progress.
The settlement of the desert will be
followed, and In some Instances pre
ceded, by the construction of hun
dreds of miles of railroads,, of electric
lines, by the development of power
for manufacturing and for municipal
and domestic use, by a great build
ing movement, find by Innumerable
Investments which accompany the cre
ation of commonwealths.
All these wilt aggregate millions of
dollars, assuring employment for
thousands of skilled and unskilled la
borers, and furnishing a home market
for the bulk of the products of the
new farms.
This Immense development of agri
culture In the west does not menace
the prosperity of the enstern and mid.
die western former. Our statistics
show that nearly 80 per cent of the
desert crops are forage and consum
ed at home, The products exported
are special crops, which are In no
sense competitive with eastern grown.
The desert's cereal crops do not
That the
Full Strength
fltvor and quality may
be fully protected
Folger's
are packed flavor-tight
in dust proof cartons.
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come east. The orient has opened
wide Its doors for desert wheat and
barley, for the various forest products,
and for the output of western coal
mines. Wesetrn development means
additional markets for eastern manu
factured products cotton, woolens,
steel and hardware, boots and shoes,
and the high-grade household com
modltelea. Continued Prosperity.
With the enormous Increase In the
demand for such articles, the manu
facturers will be compelled to en
large their plants and add to the num
ber of their employes. Such Increase
will add to the demand for home
grown eropa and aasures the contin
ued prosperity of the eastern farm
ers. Thus we see that the eastern farmer
and manufacturer are both directly
concerned in the work of reclaiming
the great American desert. Aside from
the fact that the limitless west is the
safety-valve against the threatened
overcrowding of he east, It Is also the
treasure chest from which the east
may draw fat revenue for all the years
to come.
$1,000,000 Expended Each Month.
Although only four years have pass
ed since the enactment of the law, the
engineers are today employed upon
the construction of 25 great projects
In 14 states and two territories. The
expenditures average more than a
million dollars a month.
The reclamation fund available for
the 25 projects under way amounts
approximately to $33,000,000. Before
these are completed It will be about
$41,000,000. When this has been ex
pended. 1.400,000 acres will have been
reclnlmed, and will begin to return
annunlly $4,000,000 to the fund. The
vast area In these projects and their
remoteness from each other make It
Impossible In one short paper to de
scribe all of these works.
THE NEWS IS BRIEF.
General.
Richard Wilson of Vancouver, a
laborer employed on a new block un
der construction on Water street, fell
three stories and sustained fatal In
juries. Among other Injuries his back
was broken.
The suspension of tho firm of L. S.
Hardle & company, big cotton brok
ers at New Orleans, has been an
nounced. Inability to collect margins
Is said to be the cause. Members of
the firm say their liabilities will not
exceed $20,000.
Special cable and telegraphic com
munications received by Bradstreet'a
New York, show a decrease of 3,632,
000 bushels In 'the world's visible
wheat supply. The American visible
corn supply increased 31,000 bushels
and oats 1,285,000 bushels.
At the convention being held in St.
Paul, Denver was selected by the
sovereign grand lodge of the Odd Fel
lows of the World as the place of
meeting next year. General Manley
Raley of Iowa, waa re-elected com
manding general of the patriotic mi
litia. J. L. Halburn of Blair washeld up
and robbed by two masked men three
miles west of Goldfleld, Nevada, the
robbers securing $62. Halburn was
driving a two-horse team and two
shots were fired at him before he
obeyed the command to halt. The rob
bers escaped on horseback.
It Is stated that when the crimi
nal court opens In New York next
month, and the case of Harry K.
Thaw, charged with the murder of
Stanford White, is called that the
counsel for the defense will demand
an Immediate trial. .Some date In
December will be set for the trial.
Under the wilt of the lnte Thomas
R. Potter, treasurer of the grand
lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania,
who died recently, his entire state
valued at between $2,000,000 and IS,
000,000, Is devised to the grand lodge
of Pennsylvania for the education
and support of male orphans of Mas
ter Masons.
The coroner's Jury Investigating the
recent wreck on the Canadian Pa
cific railway, at Caledonia, Canada,
In which seven people were killed
and others injured, made Its report
and directed the arrest of Engineer
Northwest.
' The annual conference of the East
Columbia district of the Methodic
Episcopal church, south, Is In session
in Walla Walla this week. Bishop
Adklns of Nashville, Tennessee, is
presiding.
A. D. Whlteway of Boise, has sign
ed tho contracts at Moscow, Idaho,
for the construction of the quarter
million administration building at the
university of Idaho. The surety bond
will be filed at once.
Eighteen Hindus who arrived at
Aberdeen, Wash., to go into one of
the mills to work, have returned to
the Sound, as the mills refused to
employ them. This action waa tak
en by the- mill man to avoid trouble.
The Idaho St Washington Northern
railway will put in a "Y" at West
Post Falls, Idaho, and the company's
shops will be at tplrit Lake, the con
tract price to be ,$100,000. The de
pot is being built at an expense of
$10,000.
While trying to dislodge a ground
hog nest in the side of a rocky cliff,
George Cornwall, the 6-year-old son
of J. J. Cornwall, was dashed down
(0 feet and struck on the rocks below,
at Hunters, Wash. When the father
went to search for hi mthe body was
found lying in a pool of blood, dead.
Henry Rombeck, a wealthy rancher
living seven miles west of Valley,
Wash., met with a severe accident
which will probably result in his los
ing a foot His team ran away and
his leg caught in the wagon wheel,
pulverizing his ankle so that the foot
will probably have to be amputated.
The board of school trustees at
Victoria, B, C, has been Informed
from Ottawa that It is impossible to
act regarding the Influx of Chinese
children who attend school for. 12
months to avoid the head tax. In
spite of this the trustees will contin
ue to refuse the admittance of Chi
nese.
The lid has been closed down on
the city of Grant's Pass, Oregon, and
George W. Colvlg, city attorney. Is
sitting on the same. For the last two
years Grant's Pass has been practical
ly an open town, but the Ministerial
association has taken the matter Ifi
nand and has been using pressure
that has brought about the above re
sult SUES FURNITURE TRUST.
Portland Firm Claims to Have Been
Damaged $80,000.
The Gllman Auction ft Commission
company of Portland filed suit In the
United States circuit court to recover
$160,000 damages from members of
the Northwest Furniture Dealers' Pro.
tectlve association, the Oregon Retail
Dealers' association and the Portland
Retail Dealers' association, compris
ing the so-called furniture trust.
The list of furniture dealers nnmed
In the suit are made up of practically
all of the prominent wholesale and
retail dealers In Portland who were
Indicted by the last federal grand
Jury for conspiring in restrain of
trade, and moBt of whom pleaded
SUllty and were fined for the offenso
against the Sherman anti-trust law.
The plaintiff In this suit sets out
that his business tins been practical
ruined by the members of the trust,
who refused to pell goods to those not
members of the trust In good stand
ing.
He alleges thnt his business since
the organization of the trust In 1903
has been damaged to the extent of
$50,000 and sues to recover three
times thnt amount, under provision
of the act of congress of July 2, 1890.
The complaint goes Into detail by
describing the workings of the trust
and sets out that there was an agree
ment among Its members to restrict
trade within Its own membership and
to raise prices to a standard thnt
was to be maintained by members of
the trust under penalty of boycott.
Boring for Art email Water.
Word is received from the artesian
welt mochine to the effect that pro
gress Is very sloy at this time, says
the Burns Times-Herald. They are
down between 200 and 300 feet in
depth and still In a quicksand for
mation which it Is difficult to han
dle. It Is thought a Jetting process
Is necessary to make headway under
such circumstances, but as they have
none, the work Is exceedingly te
dious. It Is hoped to find a firmer
formation soon. Those who have
studied the water problem in this sec
tion are quite confident a good flow
will be struck within another 100
feet, the force of which of course" Is
a problem.
White Plague Conference.
Vienna, Sept. 19. More than 50
delegates from America were present
today at the opening of the Interna
tional Congress for the . Study and
Suppression of Tuberculosis, which
has already decided to hold Its meet
ing next year in Washington. The
present congress will remain In ses
sion about one week. Among the sub
jects considered will be the use of tu-
borculosls museums, the Inheritance
of tuberculosis, the cost of sanatoria,
the propagation of interest In the
anti-tuberculosis movement, recovery
in advanced stages of the disease, tu
berculosis In the army and the Red
Cross, and t ehtuberculosls campaign
and the railway service.
Folk Going to .ininestown.
St. Louts, Sept. 19. The official
party which will represent the state
atthe celebration of Missouri day at
the Jamestown exposition, leaves St.
Louis todny for tho east. The party
Is headed by Governor Folk, who will
be the central figure at tho celebra
tion to be held next Saturday. Other
prominent speakers representative of
the state will also be on the program.
The Indications are thnt a large num
ber of Mlssqurlans will attend the celebration.
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NEW ENTRANCE FOR '
TRACKS INTO PORTLAND
East Portland Peninsula Will be
Pierced by Mammoth Opening for
Trackage Into Portland Yards
Cost Will Be Over Half a Million.
Bids were asked today by George
H. Boschke, chief engineer of the O.
R. A N. company, for construction of
the proposed tunnel through the East
Portland peninsula for the Harrlman
railroads entering this city from the
north and east says the Oregon Dally
Journal. Plana have also been com
pleted for both single and double
track bridges on the site of tbe pres-,
ent steel bridge, but neither plan has
been finally accepted.
"Mr. Boschke Is asking for bids
on the driving of the tunnel, and will
also aslc for bids for lining it with
both timber and concrete. He has
not yet determined as to the charac
ter of the lining," said General Man
ager J. P. O'Brien. "Construction of
the tunnel will be commenced at'
once. There is no necessity for rush
ing the work, but the contracts will
provide for keeping a fair force of
men at it. We want to have the tun
nel done by the time the Oregon &
Washington railroad is completed be
tween Portland and Seattle, but there
Is no occasion to hurry its completion
very much ahead of that work."
Trouble has for some time been
encountered from property owners.
Within the last few days the right-of-way
department has closed up the,
last of the deals that have delayed,
the project, and from this date the
work will progress steadily.
The tunnel wlii enter the hill at
the northeastern extremity of Mock's
bottom, and pass under Dana street
and will emerge on the north side of
the peninsula at Dana and Seward
streets, at which point the railroad
company has located McKenna Junc
tion and laid out a townsite. This will
be the crossing of the St. Johns loop
and the main line of the O. R. ft N.
and the Oregon & Washington roads.
The peninsula tunnel Is the final
link in an enormous scheme of reor
ganization of the Harrlman terminals
In and around Portland, and will, it
is said, give these roads splendid fa
cilities for handling their passenger
and freight traffic
The tunnel will be 4900 feet long,
and the estimated cost is between
$450,000 and $500,000. The boring
win oe comparatively easy and rapid
work, as the soil to be moved is of
a gravelly nature. Ground in Mock's
nottom has been secured as a dump
for the south end of the excavation,
and the earth from the north end will
be utilized for building grades and
filling across the lowlands between
MyKenna Junction and the Columbia
river bridge of the Hill lines, over
which Harriman's sound extension
will pass.
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