Morning daily herald. (Albany, Or.) 1885-19??, January 01, 1888, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textn VLB : SUNDAY M0KN1NG, JANUARY . 1. Inns. ' . vj n Will I in I, I , li, Mil III I, II I I I IHIIPIllilwimii nullum 1 m miMlll lllini IIIIW IIMIIIIIIMI IIIWWMBWlMiMPMBaMMMMaMiaMMIMeBBnJ t; :. OREGON PACIFIC, A History of the Road and its . Progress. THE .ni. V EAR'S WORK. Description ' of the Towns and Qountry "Ttrongh .Which it Passes the "Work to be Pushed in the Spring - The developmertt ofLinn connty is so intimately connected with the progress of this 'great enterprise that oo apolosry is needed for (;ui extended reference t this company From the small beginning of a little v narrow" -gauge company, started in in l$7'. by some few res idents of Centon County, to effect a connection between the Willamette Valley and tide-water on the tidal waters. of Y'aquina I?ay; it- has itow:i ir;t the proportion of- a trans-continental ro-.id, reaching- across Oreiron and into idalio, to form an integral, and -most irn 'prtant part- of the sixth trans continental, line, "affording the shortest route by over 250- miles b"tvee'n Chi :a:o and the Pacific. Pape- description fails to ive'aaS adequate idea of the conception of i lie Oregon Pacific. To understand it the reader must refer to the uy.i of Oregon "and notice the eon'iig nrarion "of the State. The two firroa-t divisions of East ern and Western Oregon are cut off the one from' the other by the mountain region 'of .the Cascades. We use the term "region" advised- Iv. Instead ot the solid chain shovn'on the maps, indicating a ri inn. stili open for Isona-stead set Impassible barrier ru'thhis -oM''.!y i!tment have been flocking iir. from the Columbia river -on the j When the Oregon Pacific track north to the California state-line on i f,-0in the west meets in t lie Malheur rnsoulu. ttie uascaoe range con . "-ts " lehic 'ied.conical slop.'-s and looiiidis of the range'. In these in ner valievs are found- the sources, open or hid leu, of the streams and rivers which ' distinguish Oregon above her sister states. Some of these rivers tiow to the eolith and -west and find their way into the '"Willamette, the main- artery of Western Oregon. Other streams flow towards "the east and north, and so into the main Columbia. The glaciers and snow fields sur rounding the great snow-clad pyra mids are the 'feeding grounds, not o'dv'of the water courses and rivers f the state directly, but also,,ot tj,e .iM.n? plonds. niled fold On foi.i riAi-loni'he summer skies. wh;..! are the glory -of the sunsets amj sunrises ot uregon. The problem for the railroad builder was to find an easy ae-ess from the west into the hidden meadows of the inner Cascade region now described. Orv-e there," it wastmt W.uues :ion of longer or shorter devia tions to toe north or south to gainthe passes between the snowv sentinels oii'tlie eastern side. " Various trails and . passes .have been-first discovered and then described .. by . the hardy hunters and gold, prospectors of the west. So -vast a range, camping grounds .prospects, what more aoun- -lant spoils for the hunt en. and fishermen culd be desired.. The similarity of the mountains, rocks and canyons! to the .mineral bearing districts to the south and east of Oregon did not escape the the prospector. for gold and. silver. I 1 v.. ..." t.l vtoki oearing qiiai i., g.oi:o.i, .-ui- phides, zinc -blende, m varying ;M intitv an I richness - were first oiscovered twentv vears ago in the heart of the Cascades But t-ne state of knowledge of that, day did not tempt capital into a region tiiei so inaccessible and isolated, in p-irsuit of any ores needing ehem- ' ical treatment ami reduction, to force them to yield up their riches. The prospector dug into thout croppings of the veins, -or washed a lew pans full in the rushing creeks, and then passed on. fearful of be ing caught, by the winter snow in sueh savage ami solitary places. It remained for the Oregon Pa cific to press its track along and a'-ross the fertile prairies of the Willamette valley, by the side of the North Santiam, windiug through the foothills of the range, and then following the eastward and southern course of the swift ly floving river up to its sources on the western flanks of -Mount Jeffer son and .Mount Washington, .-o it opened up directly to the harbor on the Pacific the golden grain of the Willamette, the ruddy apples of the undulating farms of the foot hills, the flocks and herds of the stock farmers of the rougher lands, the lumber and shingles of the vast stretches of untouched timber, -wa:ting for centuries in prepara tion tor the needs of a multiplying population,! he minerals now ready for treatment by reason of the cheaper transportation, wider knowledge and more available cap- . ital. following the railroad's course, as it opened and developed all the . .i i. .. .i.:.a. : v country i nrougu which h jiiimuu. If the Oregon Pacific had for its object only the grain and timber of the .-western one hundred and forty miles of its construction, it needs no argument-jbut only the experi ence of railroad building in the west to justify Colonel Hoggin the vears of labor, anxiety and outlay, freely spent by him in its cause". To these grounds of augury of success add the growing commerce of the western half of Oregon, low -fates of transportation, good track, comfortable coaches of the newest make, and the easy and ire qtient communications by fine and well equipped steamships with San Eraneiseo.have already established the Yaquina route of the Oregon m thi tr,wl eraees oi ail the i too,i people of the Willamette val-1 ay. I Tne coming year haSgivater j thinus in store, if solid imlication.s can be trusted. The spring, or j so wide a : region could -not Sfc'-'" V - 'ipiaSi lm f H V f but bethe home and.'eedinpfMlt . - ! 7 ground of elk. and deer. Its WSptei . MZZSSSSs U wwi' mmtm 1 : f tnuuns and mountain lmXimMmm&m ' " SMffl WWMMW&WM ' ( 1 teem with trout. , hat better Sisi- nsT '-i I &5 m WlPM ff! f", KT ! ' 1 l early summer, of 1SSS should see the engines of the Oregon Pacific mounting the western slopes of the Cascades, penetrating their inner valleys and pressing downwards on to the Eastern slopes., AVoik has been prosecuted during thM late fall and early winter of-1 887 ori the very summit of the pass, and is to be resumed at the earliest possible moment in , the coming spring. , - One remarkable .point . deserve notice, anl that is that the summit of .the pass crossed hv the Oregon., ai:" " " 'V' f1 t-i..oanKa eiu -o io;ig I'.mueis nave nan to oe in von nut. route three The o:uv tunnels on fm- are tho.-e .through two or sli.iro sriurs -it ro.lc wlneti is, ci leaner to- tunnel than- to cut ' i ---- through. ' . No sooner does the. track pass between the eastern mouiiiain sentinels 'Mts. JeiiVrsn and 'Washington, a 1 ready described ', than all the -di.licuities are over, and tne stupes are easy and plain down to tfse cr,)-;s::ig of the. 1 .;s Chutes river, and the Cascade region. ' At present the '-population and .settlement of Eastern hvgon are rapidly changing. Until the . ad vent of the Oregon Pacific--was heralded by the careful and re peated surveys pushed across" the state during the- past live years. puted domain of the cattle kings whose vast herds ranged the year round on its rolling uplands, and in winter sought its river valleys, lint, front east, rwest, north and south the working farmer ' and I seeker after the best government vallev the giade fn which a fait.h- .- i j, . i-i . . till comoanv has oeen steaddv at i , ... ,, - -, work since earlv m lboo, the rail- ..,.! ,..:n. 'k.i o .iL..,.f then 'opening up for settlement The traveler -will find groups of little communities scattered along the .ine, whose repeated letters,, circubited and- nublished for fwiS vwirsiisKt. IfsivA- tovtitim t i:it t isv . 1 - ...... . 1 might have "sought thf hmni I United- Mates over before "thev J saw-mnJ. Hie timoer 'eit o: found a tract of as fertile soil', as j central tregon crossed y tne Ore pleasant climate, as beautiful 'and : gon Pacific is now oy iar tne open outlook, as that central belt. largest and most ac.-essible . source Enomrh has been said to in.li-i cate, rather than describe, the Or- enon Pacific and its route. The. 6ntmrK( m.!; mivsniiu f.,;i,.-tl.i i uimur nn.l-tbivtn.rh ;iu i,ni iv,.. ,- be short I v no.tec'. .! VIEW AT At Vac na nay are. tne 'Indus- ' 'tries of a-growing 'porti Salmon j 'canning and curing, an i deep-'"sea ; J fishing ha';0 been successtuiiy fol-: i lowed'. .' Saw-mills and planing-1 1 mills abound.; The coal interests: . -. vnd the connected in"'' f , ,.' iron ore uisrovenes, are only beginning ,to attract the at tention 1 1 iej deserve. -Toledo, nine' miles east of,. Ya- (puna, is a growing in tie town. Two or three splendid oivhari i. ..t , what wider ' . B--pwa. W WW & i . . . . I prunes, plums, apples,' pears and The. rtcord of early settlers m iiv its u?c the .inulcrery of washing is so re peaches in its immediate neighbor-1 the Willamette vallev and of morel il'u-e.: that even .Mieate women .an easiiy.Hs hood demonstrate the i advantages rece-,t settlement in the ;. great for fruit culture of both od ami 1 wheat region Ot hasrem ashing- removed anil .'orhoi; eieaninir.dish-wxshiiiii. climate of this favored district. From Toledo eastwards, across the summit of the coast range, a distance of some forty miles, is the burnt timber district. The numerous valleys on the right and left of the railroad are being rap idly dotted over with the white houses of the stock laiser and the dairy farmer, and the tame grasses are .supplanting the fern and pea vine of the natural growth. Blodgett's valley, six miles east of the summit, is the opening of the grain country. Large farms are seen, with the plow cutting its way through the old sod of the hill pastures, where now wheat and oats grow to the very top. From Blodgett's valley to Ckr vallis, on the Willamette river, the Uregon Pacific tatbers in farm products at every stopping place. At Wren's is the iirst large wheat elevator, to winch tiie farmers of King's valley, six to fourteen miles away, as well as the residents of the vicinity Turing and deposit their grain. At Philomath, where another large elevator stands by the side of the track, the little town is growing safely if not fast. The college of the United Brethren here is doing good work tor the lads and lasses of the neighbor hood. Corvallis, seventy-two miles from Vaquina, has felt at least the breath oi improvement. Popula tion is growing, and the town prospering. The new state agri cultural college building, a massive brick structure, on a trentle rise west of the town, is worthy of its beautiful location. A .new court house and jail, and a large public school building, are also to be erected there in 1SSS. For the eleven miles between Corvallis and Albany nothing need be said but that this is approach ing the heart, of the Willamette va'lev. and tiiis lnean? that the district in qnestioft is part of a valley containinfr over iour mil- Jioii acres, "of which it may be said that hardly fifty can he found which wi not in the near future THE MORNING- l J 12 U support a family in health, com fort and prosperity. Crossing the Willamette just below tin- main part of- the city by the fine bridire lustration in thisaper, i he Oregon 1 aciUc niters .utiaiiy, tin- Pes! town and. the mrwt uroivin-; in Or- .egon, south of Portland. 'Still crossing the Willamette valleyrfor sixteen n iles after 'leav ing Albany, the same remarks apply to this grand farming coun try. Even when thei road in its eastward course has: entered the vallev ,)f th0 Noi.til antiani ir i j()t, s not leave fertility- behind ir. J I lilU HI til iiu. oear.t it in valleys called .Jordan valljy, Fox vniiev K imr- nr;iin. Ko.-k I'l'oi'k i .." i .... ... ...v.. ... ... ! ill - - . ii: sswi ii f i u f outer i v mi cars. show a rain-i ili-ressii ill v-.l pictures ot oeautipn larms, tnriv-r- ing orchards, neas i:iniinouef!, ; and homesteads, nesting ttiider ; the shadows of the iir-crw.vnod j runs, whirli tem-pt tne passer i,y o stay ins progress ami spenu days, veeks and years amiii .such attractive surroundings. The next forty' or iifty miles of railroad travel stands alone In the meriiorv' of the writer, it is tile coming Switzerland "f the 1'aciMc 1 coa-t. Not one attraction that uraws thousaiKts i .itnencan.- vearlv 'to (ieneva the Eugadine,. hake's Maggiore and Como. is wanting here, save toi-y indeed, and the g:an 1 oh. I houses .of the Swiss. Nature hivi has piled attraction on attraction, mountain, glacier, ravine, wafer t'a.'i, the' gloomy gorge and hiiisi.it: "Uttering in' frosty diamonds, timber in mile' after mile of-giant cedar, fir and hemlock, ' ferns and hucklebc-rrv. with toe lovely w fiowers of the Pacific coast, lakes varying in beauty from the srerm ness of lake Blair and Lava lake i to me lan lauu oi vivr.o ha-v nau J . . - , , , - fits sorin 's and islands, tae para- ,. . " t . ..:.,-', i disc ot the artist,, botanist, geo.o- eist. hunter, nsiier, summer tourist and his. bride. The timber lands of Wisconsin and '"Michigan are well nigh ex hausted. The lumber oi 1'ught SOUllil lias to oe.souML i.uuici oiw i i v.... :k ;....v..- ..... tanner awav irom u:e u;ui-i auu 01 supply tor tne coming eai . ir'""1 tht! eastern slopes or tne I Cascades the roa-l cross.-s (. rook Conntv. wlience this Lst year sis I million pounds of -wool are I.e- i pOl'teil lO l!VB OV'.O nilllJ5M iry , decrioed m an il- 1 nnan-ial prospects and HE? -rX; -.--r-s-v- ' I 1 I i MX If VA''t'4N-. CtTV AV',ls;. ;n. to The Oalie ;.. to mm Hi ere aiter hundred or a humlrcM ami Kitv miles in-e trair port at ion the Oregon Pacific is bringing to. th.e' sheej-uiaster's doors., -Tlietice for .two hundred miles t its' eastern tcrmirnis at Boise -City "is the new ..land of 'the most recent settler, whoe wire fences, new board house and infant orchard ot apples, pears, pi turns, ts . rOT prunes, cnerries ano vines pro- i ..l.Or.. tii-ir tii. i; tl,.r. to t:l- nm,ii i"i ' - i ton are ir." repeated in t'lis i . . - . ,. ! J-''t division fit I ip iii'-itiil -m- pire. It is no wonder mar. uie i farmer should drive off the COW- i (.... fw.in ,,1 u-t,;,.l. i-utnrii ,....! ...... ......... .......... UtrtV to SIXtV ImslieiS Oi Wlieat to the arre m manv localities, and grows barley, oats, clover,- alfalfa, beets, turnips, and other root crops in profusion. As the railroad follows at a safe distance south of, but parallel with, the southern slopes of the Blue mountains, the minerals .of those most recently .discovered mines will be carried by the Ore gon Pacific, either east or ' west, and- the magnitude and value of this business cannot vet be safelv told. OREGON So far as human foresight goes it is not rash to prophecy that our number , of January, "lS89. will chronicle the completion of this work, which wili stand to all time, as the monument of the man .who designed it, cf him who planned its developments east and west, of him who was its surveyor, en gineer, land aieit, leoal advis.-r. fsnam-ial aicit. i-apitaii-t. press- j dent, whom financial crises did not j daunt, whom open and secret ene- j m:ees could not crush, whom'faiut-: hearted friends could not discourage, whom sick ness ami exhaustion did not v.eary out", whom !man-iui prospects and not v.eary out, whom hp. . - . . s " .. -r. . dg?v.5::' I ; r w v -w- -rr -r- !' j itoiden of-fers could mt tempo away. . ;SiKi no Linn county man needs to le told that this man s name is T. Egenton artist presents K'i5vith a viow (if the ri'S-idence.of Mrs. Walter Monieith. It is one of the main .elegant resi- deiici: of Albans-, and ! ttie artist. Vr." J. (i. aw ford,, of this ci.'v. k GREAT TRIM i'YLK'S I'KAtlLlN'K. The iMit.vin.veiitiou for ' easv washinjf that is a',i'iutc!v liarm- "less, anil '.hut has v..n juiJ-.lio j ' coiiiiil-;noe iriirt heeotue' ' J s'ui.'e ' . ! MARES' WASHING EASY, Ptlf?AP AMfl nUJPk'" ',iar'1 "r s'"z ' UilLaF tlu JUlOiV water; wiVi puij I harm ro.fabriu .jr nam's, and without the ai'i n' n:.-.i eleaninu- paint, sil .er. marlile, jewe'rv, milk i u:.. . ,.l.. :.. en"' evcitnin, ""--ii;i- For ciea'fim hair.i-hiuimooini'Mirtl ritimvi.c; Mood stains from linen of dentists or bnith ers it is unrivated. In the bath tub it is a lux urv l.01Kl,u.ivc.t0ht.,ith.and should lie free! used in asvlnms and hosnitais as a ilisinie.t- my ileteiycnt l'nnrer-, painters mas-ns farmers, miners, blaeksiniths, machinists, t'hr.nbcrs and all workers in in oals should us I'lOAliLISK for washiir; their lirgrimed hand as well asj eluthintf. Ask Your Grocer for PEAR LINE. (Terror sale by Wallace 4 Thompson, Albany Oregon. Instruction in Music. . PPOF. H. C. EH LX, FORMF.HLY OF Au rora 'and, is prepared- to teacji violin, clarinet, guitar and..- flute, and furnish first cWks music for balls or parties. All orders left at Will liros'. will be pi umptly 'attended to. PACIFIC ROUND HOUSE. ; ' . i : . A a .m:mj, ' ! will i Zurich, r.as.'e. - wfea i. :?t$3S J .: w"''-'- .-v.. - . r - a ;,n - .-s i v jy ii j . i f 'ifc.t 'r' Have no t-ttcr prortutiltj than now to fur- s ' . - Jf vJii Tlffi'T'ly f?'ft6rS,,,-'.Pa ' i nWn out heme while Wra. Fortmillcr & C"8 t I ' I 'ii0'?'fci,,' ' .,. i-A' ffiid&k ato.-1c .if Furniture i:J Wall Paprjsfutt and 1 ' '; ' I ? j f v v . .-: -" ! . "W. F. lit AD. J. O. WHITSMAX. .iri.H'S GRADWOHL. CI. AY MARSHALL. ALEX. CUNNINGHAM. MAYOR WEATHERFORD. . K BKCORDE'R X. J. HENTON. JOHS HOFFMAN. . . I ' : ' JOHN BRIGGS Roses a Specialty. Cemetery iots planted and eared l"r by m int'n or yenr. ALBANY, - or-EG E. BECKWITH. M. D., H o m ce o p a t ti i c ZZiy.r.?'; lie i" oi. -;;i-r Fir-t; j-'f!TV ovr tlr.irolii'ii'-tiife, AiV.ny, Oro:i. - - i I i ii i i i r- -- M, i Ksrjsaz; v- , i : , P-8L. " r - 1 ',, V f ROYAL itViif Jk '' J ' "!,"-rT-r- l iAbs'ftiuteSv Pure . UL II 41 V PACIFIC COAST -MARBLE AKD STONE WORKS. . !' 'Hie iiiKlfrsiyiii'il.Vroin-i.-t.n-s ol the Paci:U- C.V.B!-t M.:rl.le an.! Stone Wrrks-are j repami t do al! kimls oi 111:11 i.'ie anc stmip woi k or, i n"rc a. Ti.-e. - i v,riv utrnantee.i iu : satisfaetioii. W- will furnish to Oi.lcrnii im- j ! meiits. heailstoiit-s ami an other work in the , n.ari.te husinesf. in aiiv shave or volor ihat ,-an he found in the market. We will furnish Kastein made work as low as anfc hu?e in the state. We call the attention of the pu'n-.lii- to Kasteri finished w-rk imw in our .-hop. X We will not use the Santiam sandstone as we eSft.not recommend it for durability, but will undcavor to use the bes'. material in the market for B ;se, Stone Walls, Curbinir. etc. We will sell as low or lower than any house on the coast. Weear.alwaj-s.hr found at our place of business on Ferry street, one door south ,of postotli.e Albany, Orejron Ail communications will be proinpt'j- aiiswereu. Ki'i aii ini:, cleaning and resetting old stones a specialty. Address HARRIS-& GILLETT, Martic Dealer .Albany, Oregon. I) OA!) SUPERVISORS ARE REQUESTED to include in their annual reports the tools belonsrini; to the countv in their ro..d ) districts, and also the condition of the roads in thi ir respective districts, and about what amount of lumber will probaruj- be needed for hriclires therein next season. And any person hearing of any lumber being, pur chased at eountj- expense bj anj- .supervisor ami not used upon bridges upon public roads, will please take interest enough in county affairs to report the same, to the county court that we mav investigate the matter. J. J. WHITNEY, County Judge. r C. B. ROLAND Jt Jew Store and; Sew Roods, CONSI.-TING OF MEN'S FuriiiHliiiiir nls, Unls. :us.I;miIs. : lux's and Fine Itliiiiff. Imiee ! loi-lions In Fancy Summer Ncek ; Wear. Silk I'nderwear, ltallriK : l iidiTWenr, Fish. Clark anil Flass"' : ; loves. The very wel make of: Hand Sewed Shoes and the ver - a I em lyleK In Sleuw loalh'H and; Boy's tli.iulnji. 111., t'elebrated Makes orHatin Remember our stock consists of bright new fresh goods, and as honest, fair and square dealing is our motto, we ask the public to call and get prices. No trouble to show goods. IB. Roland & eSOn noor wst of Oregon . i - ' r! " " J t--Jk vm Els N & I f ff If I This powder never vanes. A marvel of parity strength mut whoiesoiucnuss. More economical thai! the ordiiuu-j kinds and canifot lie sold in eompeti- iiio with iiui'tumle of low lest, shon weight aiiun or pl;o.spliate powders. Sold only in ems. Royal Baking Pow ieh Co ,' ldi'i WaP ?t., N. T. -:F0R THE:- HOLIDAYS! Julius Joseph Offers new Smyrna Acs, Sicilian lemons, or.-inges and a ful line of Grocer ies, at the lowest casL prices. Also, a fine line of cigars and meerschaum pipes. H. EWERT, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER and jeweler, Albany, Oregon, ffl-R. R KOLDEWAY, YETER1XARY SUR U geon, Alban.v, Oreg-on. -Graduate of Ger man and American colleges. the Revere House, Albany iBtMK HHMK WW WwmsM : ' n Our homo foi. the children's sake as well as or.r own comfort. There is the parlor need cornict poles fur the etirtains, a parlor set, :i. reed and jjatentUiocker, a few Smyrna ri'y, they look nice, and save the carpet, a lounge and a few odd chairs for the sitting room. The dining room needs a few chairs, piller exten sion table aiid sideboard. We ought to have a bedroom set for the front room and one OS those easel mirrors. And now MY Daar, go straight down and pet what we want before the rush.as they are bound to sell fast they are so complete, and coming direct from the East, we can do-better there than in Portland. Do what I tell you and we will have afpleasmt HOME? Look at those woven wire mattresses and: cribs, in fact fhey have a complete stock to furnish a house from the kitchen to the best room. Don't forgot the place, Wm. Fortmil--ler & Co., First street, Albany, Or. No trouble to show goods. Come one and' all, as we have the largett stock, and bought so-Jihat we can sell as cheap as theheapest Yours truly, Wxn. Fcrtniller & Co. UNDERTAKING SPEClALTf