TWO
TWICI-A-WEEK GUARD, THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1911
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Kipling Tells Medicine Hat Why
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Portland, July 16.—Train dispatchers, with headquarters
here, to the number of fifty, today presented demands for an in
crease of wages from $140 to $175 a month. The demand is
addressed to the managers of the various railroads having head
quarters here.
It is expected that after the railroad managers confer on the
matter a conference will be arranged with the representatives
of the disptachers to discuss the situation and, if possible, reach
an agreement.
FLORENCE TO HAVE
COMMERCIAL CLUB
VIEW »/MEDICINE MÄT
Temporary Organization Effect
ed—Other News Notes
of Interest
MOTHER CONFESSES
QUICKSILVER MINE
TO MURDER OF BOY
AT COTTAGE GROVE
Distracted Woman Declares Great Bluffs of Ore Near the
Odd Fellows’ Cem
She Could Find No Place
for Him
etery
Albany N. Y.. Jan. 16.—Prostrat
Cottage Grove. Or.. Jan. 15.—An
ed with grief and remorse. Mrs. Edith extensive body of cinnebar ore has
.Melber. confessed murderess of her been discovered at GowdvviUe. al-1
son George, four years of age. is in most within the city limits of Cottage
the care of the matron of the jail Grove. Great bluffs of the ore are I
here .The woman was brought to in sight of the public road south of
day from Rochester, where she was the Oddfellows’ cemetery.
The big
arrested, and where, the police allege, fissure vein runs diagonally across[
she told of having compelled her son the southwestern portion of the buri
to drink from a bottle of carbolic al place and on across the mountain t
acid. District Attorney Sanford wil where mammoth boulders are broken
urge that the case be tried speedily, and have slid down the mountain
and the grand jury was asked today . side.
to investigate the boy’s death at once,
The discovery was made by Lew A. I
and return a murder indictment I Cates, who accidently
stumbled
against the woman.
i over a piece of rock, containing mer-1
The boy’s body was found in a curie sulpides, visible to the naked
swamp near Schenectady, where. Mrs. eye, while he was in that vicinity
Melber told the police, after a strug i December 24, to gather a Christmas
gle to find a home for the lad, she ’ tree for a child friend.
gave him the poison. The boy was
Mr. Cates will call the property
tired and thirsty, and asked for wa the Yuletide mine, and is planning I
ter. His mother told him the bottle , to organize the Yuletide Mining.1
contained water, and he drank it.
Milling X- Reduction Company, nego-'
When she could find no home for ' tations for options to the land being ,
her baby, Mrs. Melber sobbingly told , under way.
the police today, she decided to kill
Unlimited quantities of the treat
him.
ed ores can be used for filling low
“I bought the carbolic acid at the grounds and dyking Silk creek and
Lewis drug store, and then went to Coast Fork river, near the property
the swamp,” she said. “My mind and within the city limits. Whit-'
was in a whirl. I did not know what man Gowdy, one •of the pioneer resi
I was doing. I wanted my boy to be dents of Cottage Grove, is by govern
happy. I did not see how it was pos ment grant, owner of that portion of
sible to make him so. Everybody the claim nearest the city.
seemed against me. I thought if
Geòrgie were dead he would be bet
ter off. 1 did not take time to con GERMAN BALLOONISTS
sider this matter twice. If I had I
FOUND IN LAKE
could not have done such a terrible
thing.
Berlin. Jan. 16.—The Ger- ♦
“When he asked for a drink of wa ♦
balloon. Hidlbrandt, ♦
ter I decided it should be given then. ♦ man
I knew death would end his suffer ♦ missing since its ascent at ♦
ing. I gave him the acid. He chok ♦ Scharmgendorf, on December ♦
ed a little as he drank, but I held ♦ 29th. was found in Lake Po- ♦
him in my arms. Then he slipped ♦ merania province. Prussia, to- ♦
to the ground, lying as though he ♦ day. The bodies of both aer- ♦
♦
were asleep. He looked so peace ♦ onauts were in the gondola.
ful. At first I did not think I had
done such a terrible thing. Now the
inhumanity and unnaturalness of my
act crushes me.”
DALLES CITIZENS
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HOP MARKET HITS
19-CENT BASIS
Seavey Buys 200 Bales
Silverton From Lively at
18 Vi Cents Net
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TO TAKE CENSUS
Say Durand’s Figures Absurd
and Will Be Ignored—
at
Astoria Protests
—
The Dalles Or. Jan. 16.—The cens
us gives this city a nopulatlon of
Growers are not selling hoos and 4880, an increase of little more than
at present refuse to consider offers 1000 in 10 years, which citizens here
at any price, but dealers seem to consider absurd, since the postal re
have little desire to hold above the ceipts have about doubled and the
present price and several deals have school census shows on increase of
been reported recently at 18*4 cents nearly 60 per cent Ince 1900.
So dissatisfied are the citizens that
a pound net at country points, which
means a 19 cent market here says they will ignore the census figures
and make a count of their own. un
the Journal.
Quite a number of 18*4 cent of der the supervision of the Business
fers are out at country points, but, Men’s association. - A mass meeting
not a single acceptance is reported w held in the Commercial club par
by growers. T. A. Lively, a Salem j lors last night at which it was de
dealer, sold 200 bales of Silverton I termined to make a count of the re»
hops to Seavey Hop company at 18^4 , idents of the city, and when it is
finished it will be verified by the
cents net or 19 cents at Portland.
Fourteen and a half cents is now Commercial club cud Business Men’s
being quite freely offered for con association, and given out as the
tracts on the coming growth, but as authentic population of The Dalles,
in spot goods, growers are not show regardless of what is shown by the
ing any disposition to accept. The government enumerators.
present price is Vi cent over any re
Astoria, Or. Jan. 16.—While there
cent offering, indicating that brew
ing interests are getting more anxi is no general dissatisfaxttion regard
ing the census returns here, it is the
ous for supplies.
A few sales of olds are reported opinoin of a large number that As
but trading in all hops has been ex toria has a larger population than
9599. There are 2856 children of
tremely quiet recently.
school age in Astoria and if the pop
ulation were figured on the same
HAMILTON AND
ratio as Portland and other Oregon
cities, it would give Astoria a pop
ulation of about 15,000. Also when!
MURPHY CONVICTED
the census was taken a large number
residents were in Alaska and
OF HORSE STEALING of
other coast points employed in the
Men Caught at Goshen Last fisheries and were not enumerated.
September Are Found
Guilty at Vale
Vale, Or., January 14.
Editor Guard:—I thought perhaps
a few lines from this place would be 1
of interest to you and your readers. ■
Vale is a neat little little town of [
about 1200 inhabitants, situated on 1
the west bank of the‘Malheur river..
There Is now about six inches of snow
on the ground, and not much cold.
Lots of undeveloped land about here
yet. Would advise any one that in
tends to go into horse stealing to
steer clear of Malheur county, and
taot get mixed up with Prosecuting
Attorney J. W. McCulloch. He is
sure a hard one on horse thieves.
They get their just dues in short or
der. Hugh M. Shaver and Hamilton
and Murphy have all been convicted
of horse stealing. Hamilton and Mur
phy were arrested last September at
Goshen for stealing the Isaacs horses.'
Tours respectuflly.
WILLIAM WILLIAMS,
Of Dexter.
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RUDYARD K!PUrfc\
What? What’s that? Scat! Who’d have thought It or Medicine Hut'
That’s "the place the weather comes from.” and It’s Just above the UnPed
States tn British Columbia. Medicine Hat recently hinted about changing its
name because certain Irreverent folk laughed at its queer cognomen. Rud
yard Kipling, most famous of living authors—poei. story writer, novelist Im
mediately wrote a letter to the Medbine Hat people. In which he said, among
many other things: “So far as 1 can make out from what 1 heard when I was
with you in 1907 and from the dippings you inclose the chief arguments for
the change are: (a) That some United states journalists have some sort of
joke that Medicine Hat supplies all the bad weather of the United States and
(bl that another name would look tietter at the head of a prospectus. Inci
dentally I note that both arguments art* developed at length by the Calgary
Herald. I always knew that the Calgary Herald called Mi Heine Hat names,
but I did not realize that Medh lne Hat wanted to be Calgary’s little godchild
Vow. rs to the charge of brewing bad weather, etc., I set* no reason on earth
why white men should Is* bluffed out >11 their city's birthright by an imported
,V rept the charge Joyously and proudly and g > forward ;:s Medi< lne
I ,at. the only city < 'tP I.-illr recognlz si :i< capable \>f freezing out the United
States .....1 :.-fv!ng the Continent cold feet. Let us examine the so nd of the
present n; me Medicine Het. I have my maps by me. but I s>- t:i to r'-membe!
a few names of pli. • < .. -io.-. ; i * I,order
,cli as S -bene tail . I’< <1 ms. S, «••
harie. Poughkee'r • • >
<>>o*s.q'onawnnda. Oneonta, etc., all of * lu< n
are rafter curb in' *o th • «:i
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LABOR CASES ON MILLION PAID IN
SUPREME COUT DIVIDENDS IN
CALENDAR
NEW YORK
Washington. Jan. 16.—Two of the
most important cases affecting or
ganized labor that ever came before
the United States supreme court for
decision are on the calendar of that
tribunal for today and will probably
be heard this week.
Tbe appeal of President Samuel I
Gompers and other officials of the
American Federation of Labor from
the conviction of contempt of court
passed upon them in connection with
the boycott of the Bucks Stove and
Range company will have an early-
hearing. Should the verdict of the
lower court be sustained, Gompers.
Mitchell and Morrison will have to
pay heavy fines and serve sentences
in jail. The appeal was originally
set for hearing last fall, but was
postponed upon motion of the coun
sel for the labor leaders on the
ground that it was desirable that so
important a case be heard by a full ;
bench.
The employers’ liability cases, in ■
which the Northern Pacific and New !
Haven roads are directly, and all the
railroad lines of the country indi
rectly concerned, is also on today’s
calendar and will come up at an
early date.
HEAVY FTNESARE-
PAID BY BOOTLEGGERS
Roeeburg Jan. 16.—Douglas coun
ty authorities are having a final In
ning against the bootlegers before
the home rule law can legalize the 11-
quor traffic. One indictee. Elmer
Hayes, pleaded guilty In the circuit
court last week to selling whiskey at
Glendale, and paid a fine of $300.
Another Glendale man, Ed Dohl, and
Perry Reed, of Sutherlin, both ac
cused of violating the prohibition law,
were arraigned in court Saturday
morning. Dohl pleaded guilty and
also paid a $300 fine. Reed took un
til Monday to plead.
REV. C. T. WHITTLESEY
ALBANY TO WORK FOR
WILL REMAIN HERE
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Fairmount Presbyterian Church
Albany, Or., Jan. 16.—Municipal
Votes to Retain Him For
ownership of water and lighting utili
Another Year
ties is being agitated here and plans
The
Fairmount
Presbyterian
church, at a meeting held last week,
voted to ask Rev. T. C, Whittlesey
to remain with them as pastor for an
other year. Mr. Whittlesey has been
pastor of the church for a year and
nine months. During that time the
membership has grown from twenty-
five to seventy-three, a flourishing
Christian Endeavor Society has been
organized and carried on, the Sunday,
school has doubled in membership,’
and other departments of the work
have made good progress. This ad-1
vance has
been
made possib'e
through the faithful foundation work
and hearty co-operation of the former
pastor, Rev. C. A. Wooley, and other
friends in the church and out.
have been formulated for the submis
sion of the question to the voters at
a special election.
A petition has
been largely signed for the purpose
Complaint is made of poor lighting
service, and excessive rates for both
water and light. The franchise is,
owned by the H. Byllesby company,!
which controls several other Wiliam- I
ett evalley towns.
Albany Herald: H. A. Soults of
Eugene came down this afternoon
to look after business matters. Mr.
Soults is president of the Eugene
Sand & Gravel Co., which firm does
an extensive business in the build
ing line, and Mr. Soults is one of
Eugene’s most exemplary and enter
prising young busines men.
New York, Jan. 16.—Millions of
dollars in dividends were paid out
today by savings banks and Indus-j
trial and railroad organizations. The!
Bowery Savings Bank, the wealthiest
institution of its kind in the United
States, today paid its depositors a
semi-annual dividend of 3 *A per
cent. The Manhattan, the Green
wich and several other savings banks
made disbursements today of 4 per
cent on sums of $1000 or less and of
3 *4 per cent on sums of from $1000
to $3000. Despite the troubles of
th* state banks, the savings institu
tions of New York are said to be
more prosperous than ever.
The Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing company today paid
a quarterly dividend of 1 % per cent
and in addition thereto 3*4 per cent
on account of dividends accumulated
since September 30. 1907. The com
pany, which was temporarily embar-
assed, is now said to be on a firm
foundation.
Dividend and interest disburse
ments on stocks and bonds for this
month will reach a total of $226,-
700,000, setting a new high-water
mark. Of this sum. $133.300,000
represents interest and $93.400,000
dividends. Interest payments will
be $17.800,000 more than last Jan
uary and dividends show an increase
over a year ago of $8,300,000.
\ meeting was held at the school
house in Florence Monday evening to
take stees toward organizing a com
mercial dub.
About (went)
men
w. 10 pre. »'lit and considerable Inter
est in the movement was manifested.
Temporal',, organization was ef
fected by elei'tlng W. IL Weatheisotl
chairman and W. R. Hollenbeck sec
rctary.
There A'ore remarks by several of
those present about the necessity for
an organization of this kind to pro
mote the Interests and general wel
fare of the town and community, and
of the benefits that a commercial
club Is to a place. All the speak
ers expressed themselves as heartily
in favor of organizing a club to look
after the interests of Florence.
After some discussion it was voted
that the chair appoint a commit
tee of three to prepare a constitution
ami bylaws and report at another
meeting. ’I he chair appointed F. J.
m nroe, D’’
Edwards anil J» W-
Bergman n- such <■ immittee.
Stn**c Driver Hurt.
Saturday night while the Eugene
stage was on its regular trip to Mn
pieton. when a short distance below
Ssrlss-home one of the wheels struck
> root and the driver. Lester Ogden,
was thrown out of the wagon
lie fell behind one of the horses I
which became frightened and kicked
n ,,)on nr the agni. One of the wheels I
'Hissed over his breast but he ntatiug-
1 to stop th" team He drove on as
far as the Walker ranch and Mr. 1
Walker then accompanied him to
Mapleton, where they arrived about
seven o’clock Sunday morning.
|
Ilelwcct« Installation.
Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. 10.- It developed to.' iy that infoi
mation given by a negro bellman at a local hotel h d to the ui
rest yesterday of Charles H. Everett, charged with having ob
tained $1800 from a savings bank at Seattle n<’. 1 ’ whom dt
tectives have long been searching through I ilf r d' .0,1 Btatci
Four men occupied a room, according to the aef 0, ' ho v *
summoned to serve liquids to them. He ■ :i'7 ¡11 jo : t’< k of b .1»
on the bed and chairs. When the polk * ar; ver’ tl « :
11 h I
disappeared, but a memorandum was f ' i<’ f.
gt 'ups of figures, aggregating $286.000
i<
¡“i 1
» 1 1
parts. Everett was the only one of the
p n
*e
JO’NT 1 RAC i Ft R
BANK SWINDLERS
ARE ARRESTED
HÎLL-HAR31MAN
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Successful Crooks Are Finally What the Mt heu.’ Canyon Dc.il
Really I enm to Rnil-
Jailed At Hot Springs,
Arkansas
1' on Is
Purtluiid. Jan. 16. After carrying
on for more than a year 11 aucicHifu)
bank swindling scheme through
which bankers uud businessmen In
various cities oil the Pacific <0n.1t
have been fleeced of hiiiiis ranging
from $25li to $2.’*H>, Roy It. Thorpe,
alias George S Stlmpsoti. was arrest
eil by Pinkerton detectives at Hot
Springs, Ark.. Saturday night. T. o
of Thorpe's accomplices, J. <1. Hoss
and Rose Corelli, lire being shadow<xl
and, the detectives say, will be ar
rested within a week.
Among the heaviest losers in the
operations of the Thorpe gang are
the Merchants* National Hank, of
The following are the officers of Portland, a Seattle bank three banks
ftvi-'t i’«b«l:nh Lodge of Florence I at Walla Walla, one nt *1’1110111:1. two
w ho were Jpstalled last week for the In Nevada and two nt Sun Franclsc"
present term Mrs. Emma Kyle, N. G. In addition, merchants in the various
Leonore Titus V. G.: Alfreda Lind , cities visited by the iwinillers were
gren sec.: Edwin Kyle, treas.; Mrs. ! bilked of thousands of dollars worth
Greta Cox. Fin. «ee.: Mrs. Angle of Jewelry, diamonds and other valua-
Tanner war.; Mrs. E. II. Miller, ! bios.
con.: Mrs. J. A Yates, chap.; Mrs
Proinineiit Men llooilw inkcil
F H. Alexander. R S. N. G.; Mrs.
The ext* nt of their operations, the
Wm. Kyle I. S. N. G : Flossie Chap success which attended them In ev
man R. S. N. G.; Mrs. Lillian Smith. ery case, the hooilwinking of bo.li
L. S. V. G.: Isabella Kyle, 8.; John . bankers and prominent lawyers, an.I
Bergman. O. G.
the effrontery of the gang In follow
Good Sized Hog.
Ing up Its work from city to city
Last week II. W. Johnson of Point without detection are features which
Terrace butchered a hog that dressed make it the most striking swindling
game in the criminal anni'la of the
500 pounds.
After cutting off the hams and Pzclflc coast.
shoulders, the fat was fried out from
the remainder and eighteen gallons
of lard obtained.
The meat and RESUME WORK ON
lard brought Mr. Johnson over fifty
dollars.
SIUSLAW JETTY
If a farmer has a few hogs like
this to dispose of. the proceeds of the Contractors to Get Busy Again
sale will do up his pocket-book at a
After Month's*Vaca
rapid rate.
Mrs. C. Nadeau departed Wednes
tion Lay-Off
day on h-r way back to Eugene after
spending a week in Florence with
The Sluslaw Jetty contractors In
her husband. Mr. Nadeau says that
his wife likes Florence and that she tend to resume work next week,
would have remained here if she had through Mr. Wakefield states that he
does not expect to commence putting
the children with her.
rock in at the mouth of the river In
for® February 1.
Operations at the rock quarry are
commence Monday ns a crew of
:
born
: to
•
« men will be put to work clearing out
the drift that has fallen in. and get-
' ting in shape for handling rock
At Elmira, Friday, January 13, I again.
1911. to Luther Armstrong and wife,
A few men will begin cutting wood
ad daughter.
at the Jetty next -week and preparing
for active operation there again as
To Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Burch, soon as they are ready to bring down j
at Springfield, on Saturday svenlng, rock from the quarry.
Jasusry 7. 1911. a son.
It Is about a month since the work i
was suspended for the holidays -1
To Mr and Mrs. J. A. Valsh, at Florence West.
Springfield, on Friday evening, Jan
—
uary 6, 1911, a daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Cox. at
Springfield. Monday, January 9. t
Real Estate Transfers !
Boaton, Jan. 16.—A dividend of 1911, a son.
$2 per share was paid today by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
At Elmira, Jan. 13, 1911, to Luth
Frank R. Jones to J. L. Stoner
company, the so-called Bell “trust.” er Armstrong and wife, a daughter.
100 acres In sec. 5-8-18 S; $1.00.
The total disbursements amounts to
Fingal 3. Hinds to W H. Harri
nearly $5,000,000.
son tract, in sec. 33-20-3 W; $575.
Lyman Adams to James
Ilank-
DIED
: head 39 acres In sec. 17-21-3 W;
DOUGLAS BUILDS GOOD
$1400.
Katie Walsh Bru motto to J. h
... .
ROADS, BUT NO ARMORIES
Bruniette tract In sec 20-18-2 W
At
the
General
hospital
In
Eugene,
$10.
Roseburg, Or., Jan. 16.—Approxi
mately $175,000 will be spent on Jan. 14, 1911, Warren Allen, son of
J. L. Stont to Emma J. VanVIlet
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
F.
Allen,
aged
18
106 acres in sec. 5. X, tp. 18-5 W
good roads In Douglas county this
Death was due to obstruc $3500.
year. A general levy of 4 1-2 mills years.
of the bowels. He had been ill
for that purpose has been made by tion
Orville D. White to A. T. McAus-
only a few days.
the county court providing for a
land lot 8, hlk. 6 of Mulligan's add
The funeral will be held at the to
Eugene; $1.00.
fund of $145,000.’ In addition, one- Central Presbyterian church Wednes
third of the sixty road districts In day afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. H.
W. H. Pennington to ,1. M Wilson
the county have voted special taxes, N. Mount will conduct the services. 41.23 acres in tp. 17-4 W; $1600
which will raise an aggregate total of
J H. Howard to G. F. Kelso 27 75
acres In sec. 30-15-4 W; $1 248.
not less than $30,000. The grand to
At
the
home
in
Florence,
Tuesday,
tal will exceed by $65,000 any previ
G. F. Kelspn to J. M. Howard blk
ous sum expended in this county for January 10, 1911, of tuberculosis. 105 and W 1-3 of lot 6, blk. 94 of
Fred
E.
Raymond,
aged
4
4
years,
Junction City; $800
the betterment of highways. The two months and eight days.
court refused to grant the urgent, re
A Clark to Charles Hurt
SW *4 of SW*4 of eec. 14-18-4 w
quest of a number of the heaviest
The County Court of Douglas has 40 acres; $200.
taxpayers for a levy of five mills to levied a general tax of 10 mills,
A. M. Kaiser to F M. Johnson lot
defray one-half the cost of building which will raise approximately $316
». 10, blk. 51 of Junction City;
an armory in this city.
000, figuring upon the valuation of $200.
1910, which are $31,648,558.00.
A. H. Nottage
The amounts are apportioned as fol tract In Morse's to T. H. Phillips
OLD PIONEER OF
i
town
of
lows:
State taxes,
$50,637.69; Florence; $X00. add to
WASHINGTON DIES Douglas county taxes, $77,53X 96; t„»
B’
'<* C. A.
Dm
A. E.
K. Duncan
common school fund. $44 307 98'
on —. Van
n and ... I ' 1th
Seattle, Jan. 16 — Jospoh Foster, deficiency, $374.25; llbrar^ fund'. Qt«,
ir*«
< l,,lre
*1,1 sts ** SI.
h. urvvn
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a pioneer of 1852, who had served $632 97; Indigent fund, $949 46-
14 terms In the state and territorial roads and bridges, $142,426.51.
legislature, died today at his home
in Foster, near this place, aged 83
J. Daltman. of South Bend., Ind. CKy; 1175» *’ blk’ 59 of J"ncl,°"
years. He leaves a fortune of half a was an arival in Eugene this after-
million.
noon.
The Guard Claaaiffed Ada Pay.
Five Millinns in Dividends
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Wh • r th»» pro-
posed a t*w ralli«»ad I m builit through
the Mill h«*nr < hi y oni III E
Ort-
by b > lh the itili
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and H.i: rlni-tn a
the m.. ( 1 . . !.! r*
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transfer k «I by 1!h»» iHoiiit* 4i WoMlorn
a ii'.n c orporuttiDll. t<- i he Ort ’zon
n liiritltuti n.
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i»>tl. Klvihg
1
thut sys lem (hi*
iimthli» of a con
tlnuous pa»M.IKt< th rough
been let med th«
y to t hr Eantrni
Oregon
situ nt Ion, It la under.
stood th nt a coni i moin uN«r
win pa . iiu-rrd I n(<> with i h. UHI In
ter« sts.
Nelther party to the transaction has
confirmed or dented the report, ex
cept to sty that the road will be built
by tlu> Harrlinalis. How-ever, It Is ad
mitted on m H sides thnt titer« la noth
Ing In the sltui tlon thnt will prrieut
an agreement whereby the rival road
tuny operate its trains over th« pro
posed new tracks.
Idaho Outlet in l*r<M>|HM t
Even this arrangement however,
would leave Hill without an outlet In
Western Idaho, bnt title, Il li be
lieved, can be supplied by one of the
several routes now receiving consid
eration.
Already there Is some talk of a
Western extension of the northern
branch of the Burlington Into South
ern Idaho. Thin would provide the
desired outlet for the east-nnd-west
road through Oregon, and give Hill
reason for continuing hla hold on
Malheur canyon.
Persons close to the builder of the
Great Northern system dec lure thut
hie sal« of th« 70-mlle strip provides
no reason for concluding that It« has
given up his purpose of Invading
Eastern Oregon. William J. Hanley,
of Hurns, who I h said to be close to
Hill as any one not directly connecteo
with his official family, talked when
he was here last week of his possible
construction of a road south of th«
Malheur canyon route, providing for
a conttei tlon with the Deachutes line,
which Is now heading for Bend and
which promises to be extended in a
southerly direction ns soon as the
line at present projected Is complet
ed.
Stevens Expected Home Today
John F Slovens, head of the Hill
roads In the Northwest, Is scheduled
to return to Portland from a month a
stay In Chicago and the East today.
He In expected to give some informa-
tloa with reference to the plan sug
gested for the joint usage of the pro
posed Malheur line.
J. P. O'Brien, general manager of
the Harriman lines In Oregon, said
last night that the transfer of the
title In the 70-mlle strip through th«
canyon gave the Harrlmnns sole own
ership In the property, and predicted
that when tho road In built It will l>«
owned entirely by tho Harriman sys
tem
He admitted, however, that a
traffic or a common uset agreement
Is possible.
No definite steps have been taken
to construct this piece of track, hut
Is Is believed that the authorization
of the line will be one of the next
steps of the Harriman officials.
COLLEGE GYMNASIUM AT
DALLAS BURNS: $7000
Dallas. Or., Jan 16
Tho Dnll.’S
college gymnasium wns entirely dls-
troyed Sunday afternoon by fir«
The fin* was first noticed at 3:15
p m. The fire department was un
able to do anything to check th« fire
except to keep the Southorn Pacific
company's water tank and
bridge
from burning
Th« fire started In
the lower floor and spread rapldlv
'nroiighout tho building
The gym-
was valued at $6000 or
..¿22’ an'*
an insurance of
$«.iOO. The origin of tho fire
fin* Is on
un
known, though It was probably set
set on fire by some boys who’ hail
balding
g ln ‘h" l"W,‘r |,arl of ,he
p . k T"
V1.11 ""d hflr father, P. P.
’ atmer. left today for Fruitvale, Cal
L W.diZT’
by Mrs. C.
L. Hadley, of Roeeburg.