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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1905)
Empire Watting For a Railroad. C. C. Hutchinson, land commissioner of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company, does not think much of Mr. Harriman's policy of first getting the country developed and then having a railroad follow the people. Mr. Hutch inson represents a firm that baa built canals and ditches in Central Oregon, a fertile country which he claims is farth r away from a railroad than any other valuable lands in the United States He believes that a railroad into Central Oregon is necessary to the development of this rich section of the state and re futes the statement that the country is not sufficiently populated to warrant the 0. R. & N, Company building a branch line from Shaniko to Bend. "It is nonsense," said Mr. Hutchin son yesterday afternoon, "for railroad men to say 'develop the country and then we will build a railroad.' It takes a railroad to develop and open a rich country such as is in Central Oregon. Settlers cannot be induced to take up farms so far from traffic, for there is no chance to dispose of their products. Here is an instance, just as soon as a railroad is built into tbis section of the country, I know a number of financiers who will build a beet sugar factory with a capacity of 1000 tons of beets a dav, and it will tike 6000 acres to grow beets enough to keep this factory supplied. "Replying to the speeches ot Mr. Ilaniman, Cotton and others relative to Central Oregon, the lands of the Des chutes Irrigation & Power Company are as follows "The Pilot Butte segregation, 84.707 acres; Oregon Irrigation Company segregation, 56,007 acres; the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company, segre gation, 74,193 acres. "The canals of the company now cover or will cover by the first of April, 1906, the two first segregations of 140, 714 acres. Tne company has sold up to date about 30,000 acres : many of the buyers are actiye aettlers and are now on the ground preparing the land for next season's crop. "The compauy took up this matter of developing the work February, 1904. but did not commence active work un til about August 1, 1905, over $530,000 and it has before it a total expenditure of probably about $2,250,000. "It if a hard thing to sell lands to . Eastern people who hove been accus tome I to the benefits of tansportation and to get them to go in and buy land 70 lo 100 miles from railroads. We fee, that, wilh a railroad we woubl not l,nve half enough land to meet the demand Hie coming year. We think that it is H benefit to the settler and to th State of Oregon to have this irrigation wokl d me by jyj Vate capital instead of by the National Gove-nim nt, as the lands cov eie 1 by the cilia's of the Deschu'es Ir rigation & Pow-r Company will average to the settler $10 per ace, while the Government cannot cite a cse in all of its extensive irrigation works where the l.ui'H h ive lieea brorght t the se'tlers for less than an average of $30 per acre. "In thy Twin Falls irrigation proposi tion in Idaho, (a private enterprise) of which the lands were sold to the settler at an average of $1'5 50 an acre, the de mand was si birge that there were not hinds enough to go around, so the lands had to he drawn bv lots The soil of the lend covered by the Deschutes Irri gation A Power Company's ditch's is as good, if not better, than that tinder th" Twin Fals system, and equal to the Yakinn country where the lands are now eellin? for from -f 100 to lu00 per acre. "By the aid of transportation we would have a Pettier on every S0 acres uf land and co doubt within a short time the average will be 40 acres t? the family. "Beyond the lands of this company lies a great plain south of the Paulina Mountains, which is 100 by 200 miles in extent and on which the sagebrush grows as high as ten feet in places, and this country would be all opened up and farmed if it had transportation. There is a great lake under this land and wa ter can be gotten by going down from I Ha waa ,i " .i five to 15 feet for wells. Lt s Z I 'T . . hji-u wii or,vlue, Alter the lhe railroads should anticipate bust- war Rear-Admiral cil,k ... a ness instead of waiting for the country the Philadalnhi vrri i . to develop before building a road.''- naval hr,m in th ,ir 6 Oregonian. i,..a:, V xvoai-Auiuirm vyiarn was born 6t Bradford, Ve-mont, August 10. Ri Are Japanese duel? and entered tha nrs! a,.., ... c tember, I860, remaining ac that institu- . 1 u iui iunr.HU The proof, to my mind, that the Ja- tion untii 186, whftn hfi . , - i a piauiiaiou He was promoted to ensign in that year . lUBl CDe grossest innu- was commissioned master in 1866 lieu, manity, such as would draw a protest- tenant in 1867. iAnr.An.nt , ; j . ... .. ' w.umauuer in l"wu In any olt)er country, seem 1868, commander in 1881, captain m " -uOU,uieiy unoDservea on the 1896 and rear-admiral in lono ... i - - JJU , sireeis oi Japanese cities. I was asked the other day to deliver an address be- Public is Aroused fore the ladies of the Japanese Society Tbe Pablio is aroused to a knowledge lor the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- . . oa" merits or that great med- mals in Tokio. and at th- w.n t ,0,D8, .lT.c ,eo,r, Bltt", for siok rather welcomed what seemed to me an Walters.' of Ufi at nii. ' ..... . ' avo- oium- pu.iuuiiy io ten about a few of the bus, u., writes: "For several mr,nth atrocities I have myself seen perpe- 1 was i?en QP to die- I hid fevar and trated during my year's residence in BU6' my nerves were wreed; I could the country; but when I outlined mv . , 7 BtmCtX was 90 weak y, wnen j. outlined my from useless doctor's drugs, that I conld intentions I was told that they would not eat. Soon after bDJ tot uo"" uu luai as a foreigner I must 'eotric JJitters, I obtained relief and oay uu.y nice, complimentary things to ' 1 1 was 60 "rely oured my audience ; I must confine myself to stories of cruelties in other lands and gain my point by observing with, pride that such things could never happen in an enlightened land like Japan, where the people are gentle and full of sym pathetic understanding for the suffer ings of the least of the creatures of earth. But it takes longer than a year, even in this country, to learn well the art of indiscretion, so"! declined the Guaranteed at Slooum's drug store; price ouo. Stock Tax Law Void. Salem, Or., Aug. 7.-The Supreme Court today declared that the immi grating livestock law passed by the leg islature is void, because in violation of that section of the constitution which requires that all taxation shall be equal and uniform complaint and this ruling is affirmed in an opinion by Chief Justice Wolverton. The immigrRtory livestock law m-o- videsthat when livestock is assessed. the Assessor shall collect the tax nnless the owner has real property to seoure the paym-nt.- If collected at the time of the assessment, the tax is to be com puted at the rate of the cash levy. The owner who has real property must pay at the rata ot the next levy. The Supreme Court hclds that since the rate varies from year to year, this plan establishes a tax system that is unequal, for the man who has no rea property will sometimes be compelled to pay a higher rate than the man who ha?, and vise versa. Tbe opinion says that this objection could have been re moved by the insertion of a provision for the reimbursement of the livestock owner who pays at a higher rate, but this was not done, and the law is plain ly unconstitutional. Other questions were raised but as this point disposes ot the case, the Su preme Court does not discuss the others. Glared for Action. When tbe body is cleared for actioDv. by Dr. Kincr'a Nad l.u p.ii- tell it-by the bloom of fceahh on te cheeks; th brigblneosof the eyes; th? firmness of the flesh and muscles; tbe baoyanoy of tbe mind. Try them. Af aiocum Drug Co.'h drnj? store. 25 cents. A Touching Story. is the saving from death, of the baby girl of Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberland, Md He writes: "At the acre of 11 month our little girl was in declining health, with serioos Throat Trouble, and two physicians gave her up. We were al most in despair, when we resolved to try Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, Coughs and Colds. The first bottle gave relief; after taking four bot tles she was cured, and is now in nr- feot health." Never fails to relieve and cnre a cough or oold. At Slocum Drue Before You Order Tombstones, Marble or Granite Work You will do well to see Monterastelli Brothers and get prices. They have a fiDe stock on hand. MAIN STREET, HEPPNER, ORE,.. V Oregon Shotline Union Pacific Onlv Line EAST via SET LIE and DENVER TWO TRAINS DAILY The dpriainn m.. proffered honor on the plea of my in- ed in the case of the Lk n . ability to meet tbe requirements. I pellant, vs. A. B. Schroder, respondent i nrf cough or cold. At Slocum Drug could not remember trnm t, .respondent, rjo.'s dra store; 5oo and $1 gaaran- " ODC" i-uumjr. me suit was teed. Tn'a bottle free. - uuur country anything that brought to enforce payment of the tax j cuu.u oe compared to the exhibitions of under tbe new law ami .T,w u t ' The editorial f ,- w., - 11 . xj. - " " . . vvm.j VIS- uruiamy mat are so common over there. Benson sustained a demurrer to the o oejjin with, the Japanese are cruel to themselves and cmel to each other. and their standard of mercy'seems to h6666A6AA&AAAl be so low that they cannot reco.niz as l cruelties things which impress us aelJlI atrocities. ITi gonlan five a broad treatment t a wld rang of subject But if a member of a family happened to be stricken witb leprosy, or anv other loathsome and incurable disease, he or she was thrust merciles.-dy from the house and forced to go out on tbe highways, away from the villages, to gain an uncertain living by begging from infrequent pedestrains. Even now it is not an unusual thing to see a horrible, scaly, crumbling wretch doubled up in the dast by the roadside. holding out a withered, tremb in- hand w f '- nuy win) never seem to notice. I miseif have seen things Hiiicii nirne i my soul sick and nv.de me wo. der if this is a civdiz.-d nation aspirin to Ih-, hiuheht deals of century development. An equally conspicinm evidence uf ii i nmiiessness is -he manner in which in,ane people .,e treated. Ui to a very shot tune go the e were no institutions of anv su.t prt.vided for these unfortunates, Mid thy were con- lined in open cu-res like ss d he.sts and allowed to starve nd frzs, or fam sh f om tt irst and hnrn up in ;he hot sum DU... na ihb case migl.t be. Such abject cruelty cannot be believed of sane human beings, but in Japan it is not by any mems a thing of the past -Leslie's We. klv. Dorn esric Peace I j TaIto TIME SCHEDULES DKPARTS Heppnkk, Or. ARHivaa Fast Mail For 9:00 a.m. East and West Fast Mall From East and W est 5:35 p. as,. Express For 9:00 a. m. East and Wxst Express From East and West 5:35 p. STEAMER LINES. San Francisco Portland Routk. Steam sails from Portland 8 p. m. every 6 days. Boat service between Portland, Astorin. Oroiron City, Dayton, Salem, Independeacv. Corvallis and all Columbia and Willames River points. SNAKE RIVER ROUTE. Steamers between Riparla and Lewipton lem, Ripana daily at 10:40 a. m. except Saturday . returning leave Lewiston daily at 7 a. m. exeeu S Friday. J. B. HUDDLESON, Agent, Heppn0. A. L. CKA1G, in the family is not to be ex pected where a poor cook .stove is used. That is only natural. Secure DOMESTIC HARMONY by furnishing your home with one ot thoj Liberty iat MarM MATLOCK & IiASMUS- se maenihcent Fresh and Salted Meafc Fish on Fridays s perioror Majestic 1 J Highest market price paid for fa?- stock Admiral riark I Itrlired. STOVES OR RANGES WavhinKton, I), c, Au. 10.-Kea. Admiral Cha.Ies KdKar Clark, i,o o th battleship Oregon during the Span i.ii-.iineri.Mn war, was retired from the navy today, Laving reached the re quired a;e after 45 years of ai tive Per vice in the Un.tej States navr. At the Sinie of his leiiremect Ciaik was a member of tbe general board of the navy. He is the man whQ brou-ht the battleship Oregon a.ound the Horn from San Francisco to Key West during the Spanish-American war. He Wa8 ordered to sail from Saa Francisco on March 19. 1S9S, and covered tde 13,000 mues around the Horn in 63 dars. th quickest time on record. Desnit i,s. long yoyage the Oregon joined Rear Admiral Sampson's sqaadron without any accident or delay and played a con spicuous rart in the battle of Santiago. Economical in Fuel, Satis factory in Results, and as cheap and good as a good grade of Stoves can be sold. Il-IEPPNKH. OKEGO.V Red Front Livery & : reed staDles ' Stewart &. Kirk, Props FIRST-CLASS: LIVERY RIGS FOR SALE ONLY BY Gilliam & Bice, Heppner, Ore. LEADING DEALERS IN Stoves and Kitchen Outfits PLUMBING A SPECIALTY GILLIAM & BIsBEE Kept constantly on band and can he furnishes on short notice to parties wishing to drive into the interior. First class : : Hacks and Buouies CALL AKOrXD AND SKE I'S. WE CATKK TO TllL : : : : : COMMEUClAL TRAVELERS ANT CAN FrnXISH F.HiS ANH PlIIVFi: OV SHORT NOTICE : : : Heppner. oreoon c I f I I ( i