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It fills 1 umici b.
i l l ! m oad people th o u g h t possibly
til WH r m ight lie let o u t in a d iy or
two, o n 'r s h a v in g is s u e d t o c u t th e
o b strn c ma as quickly as possible, not
sp arin g the dy n am ite if it could be
used to uivantage.
R um ors no going th a t th e d estruc
tio n ol travu k ano
m e i d a n g er of th e
and th
m ountain still fu rth e r slid in g have
caused th e railroad com pany to co n ­
sid e r th e ab an d o n m en t of th e Cow
ci eek rou e. and Lhe co n struction of a
new road I round the t ' auyonville sur-
vey; b u t it is a lto g e th e r likely th at
suck rum ors have no foundation, for
th e ab andonm ent of so m uch road
2-> m iles—would only bo decided on
a fter very m atu re d eliberation and full
investigation both of which would
tak e m uch tim e.
l h e great mass o f loose inouutaiu
side, com ing down one side of th e cau-
oou, tilled it up, and was forced up
th e opposite slope for 300 feet, it is
said, aud some of th e trees reported
sta n d in g u n d istu rb ed in th e g ro u n d as
they grew are said to be m ore th an
th ree feet m diam eter.
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M r. New) l cam e up from C entral
n e s d a y . Tht whole force which ar-
P o i n t - S a to ay w ith ,a h; .‘k load of
k i l l g th e trip fro m lai m gell
•ived hen num bered ab o u t tw o hiui-
passengers, >fc of eggs. e tc
V a lle y
A; inland. lie S ta r te d J an.
i red men a b o u t h If of whom h id
E n g in e e r M cD onald, of th e A shland-
started, wi th th e tra in from Saeram en- 29; h, wliii h w as b e fo re t h e r a m s b e g a n
D u n sm u ir passenger rim , h a s been
to a t th e b e g in n in g o f th e blookade, here,
1 h e sn o w in L a n g e ll V a lle y h a s
res? in : ia : ■ J . th e b eg in n in g of th e
t h e o tu e r s h a v in g e n lis te d along the been
‘bout ilu rly inches deep on th e
blockade, b a t g o e s to work to -d a y .
lin e , so m e fro m U ns p b c e a n d M e d ­
level, at
a its deepest, and it was d rifte d
ford.
D. L o lo R i c c i s now S o/utlie Tyee
'I ho tra c k is reported to be clear so b idly in all tin- roads t h a t travel was
or g ra n d m ogul of th e S. p . railroad
and
s;ne to ru n slow tra in s over all alm ost of q u ite su sp en d ed , ex cept by
for a b o u t n in ety m iles in th is p a rt of
Hie
way betw eeu S isson’s a u d A sh­ snow shoes, th o u g h som e of th e ra n c h ­
th e w orld, haviug fall a u th o rity oven
land, and th e re are forces enough
th e ru n n in g of tra in s w itlun th a t d is­
aio u g th e ro ad to keep it open aud e rs had been g e ttin g a b o u t a little ,
tance in th e absence of orders from
m ake som e progress w ith p erm anent looking a fte r c a ttle and horses t h a t
P o rtla n d .
repairs unless bail .w eather should had not beeu g a th e re d up off th e
R e p o rts th a t have com e from down
com e on again. T h ere are snow banks range.
th e co u n try th a t th e main span of th e
along th e road, c u t th ro u g h au d piled
Som e ran c h e rs have hay e n o u g h to
•ilo g u e R iver b rid g e a t G ra n t’s Pass
u p by th e plows, which will keep men
is n ot injured are erroneous. T h e
shoveling for som e tim e, b u t th e men see them th ro u g h th e w iuter in p re tty
b rid g e is a ll gone except th e a p ­
can keep th e tra c k clear, b a rrin g heavy good shape.
Som e hav en ’t q u ite
sto rm s aud slides.
proaches.
.Josephine co u n ty is in
enough and som e had little or nono
w orse lack th an Ja ck so n so far as th e
Beyond Sisson th ere a re o b stru c ­
big bridges are concerned.
tio n s a t tw o places. A t tu n n e l 9, when the w inter begau. T h e ir respec­
so u th of D u n sm u ir, it is rep o rted th a t tive losses of stock will vary accord­
'l h e D ead In d ia n people have come
15,0t)0 cubic y a rd s of d irt h as slid ingly, w ith sem e exceptions.
S om e
o u t w ith th e ir c a ttle a t last all they
dow n from th e m ountain upon the who have hay will Jose p re tty heavily
cared to b rin g o u t -som e 250 head in
track. It will tak e th re e or four days
all. R obert N eil left a b o u t 25 head a t
to clear th is away, b u t when th e road on ac co u n t of having horses a n d c a t­
h is D ead In d ia n raqch, having feed
To Be In v e stig a te d .
is all clear both sides of th a t point tle on th e range where th ey could, n o t
e n o u g h for th em there. O nly two o r
Dr. S tryker, who cam e over y e s te r­ tra in s will probably begin ru n n in g be found o r reached a fte r tu e d e e p
th re e head were le st of th e w hole n u m ­
day
from H ornbrook, says th e sh o o t­ w ith paesengers, express an d mails, snow had fallen. In o rd in a ry w in te rs
b er in m aking t he 1 rip, th o u g h it re­
ing
of
his son M artin S try k er, reported a u d tra n sfe r at, th a t p o in t over the horses a re expected to ta k e c a re of
q uired h a rd w ork to get th e anim als
to
be
a
h u n tin g accident, is to be in ­ o b stru ctio n . T h e re are a n u m b er of
th ro u g h th e slu sh y snow encountered
vestigated legally. M arl in S try k e r is slides bet ween D unsm uir an d C antata, them selves on the range in th e L a n g e ll
p a rt of th e way.
a lease of a ranch on K la m a th river, to b u t none so larg e b u t th a t t he track A alley co u n try , a n d they u su a lly g et
which a Mr. Kelley claim s th e title . can be cleared in a couple of days.
th ro u g h very well, finding tall b u n ch
If th ere are no m ore sto rm s it is
T
here has been som e (rouble betweeu
grass
above th e snow on th e w in ter
HERE AM) TH ER E.
Kelley wuL S try k e r over the possession probable th a t by th e m iddle or la tte r
of t h e la .^ k m d die form er has th i^ a t- p a rt of th e w eek the first a tte m p t will ranges, (those sections w hich are r a th ­
T h e rep o rt th a t th e M edford w ater ened. IheW R oor says, to have th e top be m ade to carry p assen g ers and er pooily w atered for sum m er p a stu re .)
d itc h was th e cause of Hooding cellars ol young ¡Stryker's head blown off. m ails betw een R edding aud th is place. C a ttle ‘usually req u ire m ore care, am i
an d in ju rin g houses in th a t place is de­ T h is rifle wound w asn’t far from th e I t is. perhaps, n o t too m uch to hope,
T h is
n ie d by th e citizens, T h e w ater was top of his head. S try k e r aud a young th a t th ere wiit be m ads h ere from th e som e feed d u rin g th e w inter.
w inter th e enow was deep en o u g h to
s h u t o il a t th e head, and th e d itc h was m an nam ed F re d Rolf w ent o u t h u n t­ s o u th by th e la st of th e week.
S u p e rin te n d e n t P r a tt will sen d back cover th e feed th a t th e horses u su a lly
of m uch service, th ey say, in carrying in g deer J a n . 5 b, and Rolf sh o t S try ­
off from a b o u t tow n w ater th a t m ight k er "for a d e e r” a t th e d istance of from here to S acram en to a p a rt of the g et at, a n d they began e a tin g sago
have done m ore or less d am age if il had a b o u t (K) yards. T h e ball
passed force b ro u g h t to th is place, a n d with w hich soon red u ced them g rea tly in
tak e n som e o th ei course.
th ro u g h both cheeks, s h a tte rin g bones th e rem a in d e r he s ta rts n o rth w ard
th is afternoon to a tta c k th e heavy flesh by g iving them “ s c o u ts .” T h o se
A foot-bridge was p u t up across and tea rin g a way th e palate. S try k e r work to be done in th e Cow creek w hich had th is experience are h a rd to
B ear creek a i C en tral Point, last week is recove,si g.
canyon.
save, even w ith g o o d feed a fte rw a rd .
im m ed iately a fte r th e flood,so th a t peo­
Ita ilro a d I’rospecLs N orth.
p le could cross a t th a t point.
H e n ry V inson, who has som e 300
A Train from ftrunt’s Pass.
T h ere is a likelihood of regular
head
of horses a u d a good-sized b a u d
T h e d am age done by Ja ck so n creek tra in s ru n n in g again betw een P o rt­
T h e w h istle of a locom otive woke of cattle, has up a n d is feeding a b o u t
to th e road betw een Ja ck so n v ille and land and R oseburg by th e m iddle of
C entral P oint h ad n ot beau repaired th e week. A t I bc d am aged bridges th e s ta rtle d echoes of th e q u iet a ir in all bis c a ttle , b u t ho has m any horses
sufficiently to p erm it w agons to cross an d trestles, in th e W illam ette and A shland y e ste rd ay a b o u t noon, and out, and his loss will be considerable.
everybody supposed th e work train
th e break u n til last S a tu rd a y .
U m pqua false work is being con­ from th e s o u th had arriv ed , b u t it D avid V inson, who had a ban d of 200
In th e T ule lak e section of K lam ath st m ete d rapidly, so th a t th e mail was an e n g in e a n d two Hat ears b ro u g h t head of horses, had alread y lost th irty
co unty, a barn belonging to R ichard tra in s can be run safely w hile th e per­ np from G ra n t’s P ass by R oadm aster
H u tc h in so n a n d one belo n g in g to m an en t repairs are in progress. If G alvin and a crew of men. T hey had head when M r. W dsou le ft, a n d m ay
M ichael H artley, fell from th e w eight th e tra c k betw een R oseburg and th e com e from G old H ill yesterday, aud lose half his bund.
of snow, b u t only th e build in g s were big slide in Cow ereek canyon can be had fixed u p th e track so th a t it was
Sw ingle & Sou have a large n u m b er
cleared easily it is possible th a t som e passable betw een th is place aud
dam aged.
of horses a n d will lose some, b u t th e ir
m eans of tem porary travel a ro u n d th e
Mr. G alvin re ^ o n e d lossess will be less th an th o se of m any
G ra n t s P ass h a sn ’t had th e Lenefit o b stru ctio n may be a rra n g e d so th a t G ra n t’s P ass.
th a t half a day’s work w ith his crew
of a daily paper yet.
th e tra in s can tie run betw een P o r t­ would p u t th e road in condition for of th e ir n e ig h b o rs T hey have b o u g h t
Potatoes, as well as groceries, hav » land and A shland w ith in a week w ith th e ru n n in g of tra in s betw een A shland large q u a n titie s of hay a t d ifferen t p lac ­
beeu scarce a t G ra n t’s Pass, b u t there only one transfer.
and G ra n t’s P ass. H e h ad fo u n d a es a u d are feediug all th e ir stoek.
are plenty on th e railroad a s h o rt d is ­
200-foot slid e a t Bloody ru n , b u t had
N. S. G oodlow ru n s a la rg e bau d of
Not.
Been
Running
fo r T h r e e W eek s.
tance away, and they m ay have been
cleaned it o u t on th e way up. Mr.
horses.
Alauy of th em h a d n o t been
o b ta in e d by th is tim e.'
T h e report th a t th e m ail lin e b e­ G alvin’s division extends to a point
tw een L inkville a n d A ger h a d been 25 m iles n o rth of G ra n t’s P ass. Two g ath ered off th e range w heu he r e tu r n ­
’l h e cause of th e loss of th e bridge k e p i open, and th e m ails e a rn e d be­ and one-half d ays work w ith his crew
a t G ra n t's P ass was th e s h a tte rin g and tw een those points, d u rin g th e p rese n t w ould clear th e track all th e way from ed hom e from P o rtla n d , a u d his losses
wifi be heavy, th o u g h he was well s u p ­
w ashing o u t of th e stone piers. B ig railroad
blockade was erroneous. A shland to th a t point. Ho camo np
t im bers strik in g th em began th e work. K la m a th co u n ty has been u n til last to A sh lan d to load his Hat cars with plied w ith hay.
T h e river rose fifteen feet or m ore week c u t off from b o th mail a n d tele­ big tim b ers piled up n e a r th e depot
S ilas K ilgore has p leu ty of hay, a n d
a fte r th e b rid g e went.
g rap h ic com m unication w ith th e o u t­ here, w hich he will use in blocking up E d. is p retty well fixed in th a t lin e ,b u t
Mr. W ilson, who cam e th e track a t places w here th e re have is losing som e horses.
'l h e railro ad bridge across Evans side world.
«reek was n o t w ashed o u t, as rep o rted . from L in k v ille via Ager, re p o rts th a t been little w ashouts. Air. G alvin has
In A lkali valley, S hook B ros, h av e
th e mail has not, been carrie d over th e p u t on an e x tra force of 25 meu to
p
len
ty of hav, an d will suffer very lit­
ro u te for t hree weeks o r more. D eep clear u p his division, am i will take
The New Oklahoma.
snow drifts blockaded th e road, and them on n o rth w ard w ith Hupt. P r a tt ’s tle Joss. J . II. C a lla h a n w ill lose m any
C uaw bbiilain , S. 1)., Feb. 10. Fif­ since th e rains began th e stick y from forces, to w here th e heavier work is cattle. D eal Bros, m anaged a t b e g in ­
teen h u n d red m en, women and c h il­ Ager east for a b o u t e ig h t m iles has to be done. T h e track is a b o u t clear n in g of th e w inter to place m any of
d re n arrived here y esterd ay by tra in s been ab o u t im passable. A long u p lit­ now as far n o rth as L eland.
th e ir c a ttle w ith p arties on T u le la k e
a n d p rairie schooners, a n tic ip a tin g tle B ogus th e road has been badly
w
ashed
by
th
e
flood,
a
n
d
will
req
u
ire
who feed th em till sp rin g for o n e -fo u rth
P E R SO N A L .
th e issuance of th e p resid en t's pro­
of th e num ber.
clam atio n , to-day, opening th e S ioux considerable work t o p u t it in repair.
reservation
to
settlem en t.
T hree
Possibly a Tram South To-morrow.
H ay has been sellin g for SR) p er to n
E n g in e e r D. M cC arthy, w ho has
com panies o f U n ited S ta te s tro o p s are
beeu
a
t
G
ra
n
t’s
P
a
ss
since
th
e
la
st
pas­
in
th e stack.
T h ere is a possibility of a passenger
now p a tro llin g th e e a st bank of th e
senger
tra
in
w
ent
n
o
rth
,
caine
hom
e
F lo u r was g e ttin g scarce in L a n g e ll
M issouri river w ith a b o u t 2(51 In d ia n and mail tra in leaving A shland to ­ yesterday on th e c o n stru c tio n train .
police, reg u lars am i specinls. T h ere morrow forenoon for S isso n . T h e d e ­
V alley a n d a t B onanza, b u t, as th e re is
will be g re a t difficulty in prev en tin g layed passengere. will all go on the
J . 8 . H ow ard, of M edford, cam e up p len ty nt L in k v ille , and th e ro ad s
th e people from cro ssin g before the first tr a in —to-m orrow , if it. goes. Of w ith th e c o n stru c tio n tra in yesterday,
course, th ere will be slow tim e m ade to see how th e c o u n try a n d th e town have u» d o u b t been o p ened sin c e ,th ere
laud is throw n open for se ttle m en t.
is no d a n g e r of lac k of b read a n d
by th e first train , a u d o n e o r m ore look since th e Hood.
flap-jacks.
transfers of passengers aud m ails.
A f4OHI Slide at Gw Angeles.
Dr. D . E . S try k e r, of P o rtla n d , who
Snow Melting in Klamath Co.
was called to A ger ju s t before th e
L o s A n g e l es , Cal., F eb. 10. A bout
9 o’clock la st e v en in g a large lan d slid e
L in k v il l e , Or., Feb. 10. L in k v ille blockade by th e sh o o tin g of his son,
o c cu rred on n o rth side of Bellevue ave­ has had no rain g a u g e since th e d is ­ M artin S try k er, a ran c h e r on K la m a th
n u e betw een C astelar and Rosa s tre e ts, co n tin u an ce of th e U. ¡3. signal service river, arrived here afoot y e ste rd ay from
several h u n d re d to n s of e a rth slid in g sta tio n here, an d we do n o t know tile H ornbrook, w here he h ad been w ait­
The A shland Mills will
dow n iu to th e s tre e t nud covering th e e x te n t of rainfall, b u t it rain ed here ing for a tra in for tw en ty days. H e
sidew alk for fo u r o r five feet. R eport­ fo u r d ay s last week. W hen th e rflin goes on n o rth w ith th e work tra in as pay live cents apiece for
ed th a t unknow n m an was buried by began th e snow was four feet deep , far as ho c m from here. D r. S try k e r all of th eir own brand of
whs p racticin g m edicine in S o u th e rn
slide. I t will tak e several days to and it is now b u t one foot deep herje.
Hour sacks, uninjured, de­
cle a r away th e e a rth a n d d eterm in e
8uow lies in all th e valleys of K la m ­ O regon d u rin g th e b u ild in g of th e ra il­
road from R o seb u rg to A shland.
livered at the mill.
w h eth er anyone is b u rie d b eneath it.
a th county yet, b u t in g o in g rapidIV.
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