Vol. XXJ.
Corvallis, Benton CJounty, Oregon, Tuesday, September 13, 1904.
IVo. Hi
STRIKE BLOW AT PoRTUND,
California Capitalists wants C. &
E: Railroad.
The Corvallis & Eastern, a
railroad that has had the most
checkered career of all Oregon
roads, is the subject of negotia
tions between its present head,
A. B. Hammond, and California
Capitalists. The Californians
have a plan to extend the road
across Haystack pass in the Cas
cades, and through the, country
watered by the head streams of
the Deschutes river, then make
a long curve .southeasterly
through the Harney county lake
country, their ultimate goal being
a connection with the O, R. &
N. at Ontario.
A road in wnicn they are now
interested is being built north
ward through northern California
and is nearly to the Oregon state
line. Tnis road would be ex
tended in a northwesterly direc
tion to connect with the project
ed Corvallis line at a point in
Harney county. All this region
is now for hundreds of miles
without transportation facilities.
It contains hundreds of thousands
of acres of alluvial soil that will
be vastly productive as soon as
irrigation reaches it. It has the
greatest timber wealth of the en
tire northwest, and it is certain
to attract railway builders from
some quarter within the next de
cade. The scheme of the Cali
fornians has for its central object
the capture of this territory and
the drawing of its products and
trade to San Francisco. Should
the project succeed it would be a
blow to Portland.
LINE OF ROAD.
The Corvallis & Eastern rail
way is 132 miles long, beginning
at Yaquina bay and extending
eastward to the little town of
Idanha, in Marion county.
Should the road be pushed across
- the state to Ontario, and then a
line 57 miles to Portland from
Nehamah; its station nearest this
city, the road would be like a
capital letter Y, the stem reach
ing across the state, one prong
ending at Yaquina bay and the
other in Portland, and the scheme
of the Californians would be
reversed.
IT GOES BANKRUPT.
The Corvallis road is the prop
erty of A. B. Hammond and H.
Huntington, but tne latter s
interest In it is not regarded as
an obstacle in the way of Port
land, since it is known that Mr.
Huntington and Mr. Harriman
have parted company. The road
was .originally projected by
farmers, and after a long struggle
against Southern Pacific and O.
R. & N. influences it was finally
built at a cost of $8,000,000. - In
xo years it went into bankruptcy
and' was sold under thejiammer
to Hammond and Huntington
for $100,000, less than the cost
ef the old iron. It was oriin
"ally the WilUmette Valley &
Coast raiiway, and was designed
to cross Oregon ami conntct with
the Union Pacific at li ise.'; home, at Cnancha, in the pro
Idaho. The proaio eis. Col. T.E. vince of Hu ia.1, they will be at
HoRg and his assocUu s, secured home to their friends; where all
aid at Washington, and the gov-'Cal s wi 1 be. greatly appreciated,-
erntueu spent $6oo,coo in con-; ...; ' ".- - :,'--.,..;As.
strutting jetties at Yaquina bay! -'!
and improving the harbor. Tue, Costly Fires,
road when completed as far as . ' ::
Detroit and equipped, iucludingl From Bakersfield California,
two river steamers, an ocean jtepted a two hundred and
steamship and a Urge tug, cost! fifty thousand dollar fire, caused
$8,000,000. Wallis Nash, wno by the match or other fire pro
is now a resHeut of Portlaud.!ducV1S of a careless
was one of t ie builders j smoker. Albany had a fire not
lung ago, which was serious
TOOK lO YEARS TO BUILD. -lloh and ,m,1,t V
It bean operations in iSSj,
and was completed in 189 . Af
ter its failure and purcuase by
Ham nond and Huntington, the
new owners sold the ships and
tug for more money thtu they
hd piid for t'le eutire property.
They changed ' the name to the
Corvallis & Eistern, and" plans
for its extension were talked of,
but nothiug has evermn done.
Mr. Hammond liv-gm ... an
Francisco, and shows no interest
whatever in the development
tne property, lhe road is said
to pay expenses, but no more. Its
extension to Ontario would cost
about $9,000,006. It would give
a route from Ontario to Portland
415 miles long, or about 30 miles
Ishorter than the O. R. & N
route, and its grades would be
only 1 14 per cent on the east side
of the Cascades and three per
cent on the west side.
THROUGH GRAND COUNTRY.
It would pass through the
greatest timber belt in the world
consisting ot yellow nr, sugar
pine, spruce, cedar and hemlock,
and through the Harney lake
country 75 miles long by 30
miles wide, with an alluvial soil,
into which settlers are now mov
ing 100 miles by wagon from
Shaniko. Trade control and de
velopment of this country is re
garded, by tnose who nave care-
ully investigated it, as of
supreme importance to Portland.
OAC Alumnus Married.
On the evening of Sept. 8th,
in the tastefully decorated par
sonage ot the united Iwangeli
cal church of Dallas, Miss Elsie
Canfield, an '03 graduate of OAC,
and Rev. A.. I. -Perch, of Odessa.
Minn., were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony by Rev.- A.
A. Winter. The decorations
were in green and white, with an
abundance of potted plants. A
beautiful floral arch was also ' ar
ranged, and, under this, the
bride and groom stood during the
services. The bride presented a
pleasing appearance in her wed
ding gown of chifion, carrying a
bouquet of carnations. Many val
uable presents were received .
After congratulations, light re
freshments were served,, and the
remainder of the evening was
spent in a very pleasant and so
ciable manner with a few invited
friends of the contracting, parties.
Mrsi Ferch is the daughter of
F. J. Canfield, a prosperous far
mer of Yamhill county. .... During
the last year, she was one of the
esteemed professors of Dallas
College. It was with reluctance
that the Executive Committee ot
the institution accepted her resig
nation. The best wishes of the
Board of Trustee, fellow teachers
and students accompany her up
on her new voyage of life and
larger field of usefulness. Mr.
Ferch is a devoted young minis
ter of the United Evangelical
church, and was recently appoint
ed as a foreign missionary to
Hunan, China. ' He graduated
last June from Western Union
College, at XeMars, Iowa, re
ceiving the degree of Bachelor of
Divinity. v
Mr. and Mrs. Fersh left Dallas
Friday on the north-bound train.
They will spend a week or so vis
iting her people in Oregon, after
which they will go East and vis
it his relatives in Minnesota for a
tim.
riiey will sail for China about
ihe middle of October, and after
December 1. in their far-awav
" ' 'fy V IKKH
more so caused evidently by the
same thing. . Corvallis had a fire
by which a family lost their
house, furniture and the result
of their summer's work. Any
one of these fires, in their earlier
stages could have been put out
with a Drypowder Fire Extin
guisher, which is sold at the cost
of only three dollars. Isn't it
poor policy to be without this
handy article in the house.
WANTS BACKING 0FfPlBUC.
Manager
in
Wilsey Explains Plans
Letter to People. '
The following letter from W.
J. Wilsey, manager of the Wil
lamette Valley Electric Railroad
Company, published in the Tunc
tion Times, explains th'e propo
sition or the company on the is
suance of 30,000 shares of stock
Eugene, Or., Sept 3, '04
Editor Times: At a meeting
or the board ot directors of the
Willamette Valley Electric Rail
road Company, the matter of ac
cepting cash bonuses from the
cities and towns through which
our lines will go was discussed,
and.it was unanimously decided
to not ask the people for such
bonuses, but rather that there be
placed in the treasury of the com
pany 30,000 shares of the capital
stock, same to be sold - to the
people that will be most penefit
ted by the building of the road.
The price per share to be $7.50,
ne par vaiue being $10.
in aaaition to this, the com
pany to give such purchaser of
stock a written guarantee to re
deem the stock at the end of seven
years at par, at the option of the
holder. The dividends on this
stock wilj pay a good interest on
the money paid for it, so that the
investment is a safe one, the peo
ple are taking no risk, are giving
nothing away and at the same
time are encouraging: the establ
ishment of an enterprise of which
they will receive the greatest ben
efit. We want the people with
us, and by giving them a share in
the company, they will be one of
us.
The company stands ready to
build the lines, but , believe the
property owners to be benefitted
by the lines should show- their
good will by subscribing enough
of the capital stock to build the
power plant, which will cost the
amount of money mentioned
above. If they will do this, we
will build the road.
The entire est of this system
will be about"$6;bpo,ooo, and the
small amount of stock subscrip
tions asked from the people
should be an incentive for them
to take hold of the proposition, as
the people generally understand
that their lands will be worth
rom $5 to $20 per acre more
than they are now and that they
will have an opportunity to mar
ket their products of whatever
nature, at less than half the
present cost. By running this
ine from Portland to Eugene,
thence to Florence and Coos
Bay, we will open the markets
of the world to them.
' We hope that your people will
come in with us and subscribe for
small block of stock. We have
terms to offer to those who pre-
er or need them. As soon as we
see that this is being done, we
will begin the work of construc
tion and push it to completion as
rapidly as possible. .
Willamette Valley Electric
Railroad Company,
W.J. Wilsey, Mgr.
Said He was Crazy.
f "The population pf Eddyville
was in a high state 6t excitement
Friday night when the C. & E.
west-bound train pulled into the
9epbi says W. E. Yates who
happened to ' be over there on
business. A big fat stranger had
been acting exceedingly- queer,
had frightened all the women and
children and was then a hiding
ra the bushes, because all those
fit for military service were scour
ing the country with . loaded
shotguns. ,
Along in the afternoon of Fri
day the inan . was seem walking
on the railroad track, but when
appreached . by two men . dashed
suddenly into the undergrowth
and disappeared. r 'The men were
greatly surprised, but paid little
heed to the man's actions. The
fellow appeared later on "the rait
road track and was seen by
several people who approached
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For genuine bargains in furniture, carpets or wall paper; we can suit you to a TV
We offer ou no buits, coupons, lotteries or other disappointing illusions. Wegive
you the Tbest possible value for your money, It is our aim, to please
to disappoint none. Do we make mistakes? Well! sometimes
we are willing, and anxious, in every case to correct them.
WE HAVE JUST PUR
CHASED FROM J. D.
MANN & CO. THEIR
ENTIRE STOCK OF
quite near to him. He was read
ing a letter upside down and
spent fully twenty minutes por
ing over the contents of a single
page which led some to think
that perhaps he had been a
printer. He seemed perfectly
oblivious of the presence of the
people standing near until all of
sudden be started on the run
again, it was at this juncture
that the men of Eddyville went
for their shotguns and started
after him. The stranger is
evidently good at escaping since
up to this date he Oiasr, not been
captured or seen. There ;-is no
doubt but that he is a lnnatic
and of such a nature as to be
practically harm
Additional Locals.
School suit-J at Kline'a.
A familiar face on the street these
days is Root, who returned Sunday
After a delightful viol at the
Belknap home in this city, T Profc
J. B. Patterson returned to St.
Louis, Saturday.
. J. E.Heokle, of Philomath, has
just received his Fall and Winter
etockjof millinery goods consisting
or sirpei nats ano; caps and he will
SftTe a grand opening Saturday,
Sept. 17. Ladies are requested to
cair and see his stock before going
elsewhere. '
COUPON
and YOUTH'S
The most radical price reduction of the most
successful sale in our history .will prevail. We ex
pect to make a Clean Sweep of all our boys' and
youths' clothing and, to accomplish this, during
. the month of Sept. we are going to issue coupons
which we hope to place in every home in Benton
county. V
Be sure and Cut this out.
These Coupons good for Or-
Only one coupon may be applied on eacb suit.
During this Great Sale these coupons will be ap
plied on Cash Sales or Produce Exchange only.
We also wish to impress you with the fact that
we are not placing on sale" an inferior grade of
Clothing, but of the famous Jane Hopkins make,
the best in the world for the money.
Yon'U be welcome here Everybody is.
We pay Top Price for Country
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When you sec it in our Ad.,
LOOKING
ALL OUR CUSTOMERS!
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The CorvalliG Saw mill Co.
Watch for an important an-
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$ 1 OO
If applied uany 2 50,
13.00, 3.5 J oy's Suitia
our Siore.
$1.50
If applied n any $4,00,
HSlC0B' y '8 or Youths
Suit in our Store.
$2.50
If applied tn any $6. SO to
$10.00 Boy's or Youth's
Suit in our Store.'
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