Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1904)
OREGON NEWS LAAAAAAA.A. LINEN MILL I'Olt SALEM. PUnt Costing i I ()(),()()() will lie Opened Euily Next Ycur. Halem Without nuking fur a dollai ol subsidy or (or financial tinnlntmico of any klinl from thu people of thin com munity, Kugeim Jlonmi nml associates will establish n linen mill In Hnlcm thin winter nml linvti It In operation kxiii nllor tint Ami of tho year. Tlio plant to ho entahllnlied will re quire hii Initial luvcntuifiitof 1100,000. It will niiiploy during thu first jiir n force ol 100 periods, two-third of whom will m women nnd children. It will handle n Ion of llax IIIht n dny, ml will iimi tlin product of 3,000 an en of land aimed to flax. Thin very gratifying outcome of the llax lllx't t xxrliiiri)tH nml Investiga tion tuny I hi credited In n Imgit iihiim ma to tlm ellort of tlm Oregon Women' Max i'lWr n'noclnllou, the leading np')t of which were Mm. W. I', Lord, Mid, (. N. Penny and Mm. II. I,. Pillock, Keven or tdgth year ago tliofii mtloun wonion Wyan tlm experi ment which demonstrated tlm high iullty of tin1 tlWr from Oregon giown lUx. HI inn tlinl tlum tlio Ktteultou of lUx rxperta linn Wit attracted to Halem, wham tlio experiment were conducted, TIioiikIi tlio Oregon Wo mull' Flax FlWr association dlscontln util It work herausn It linil accom plished wlmt It had started nut to do ami mi not able to carry tlm work further. Id effort! were product I vn of imiiIIi wliono importance cannot yd lw estimated. SOUTHWARD fROM SEASIDE. extension of Astoria & Columbia River Road Aoaln Discussed. Astoria Tlio extension of the Aitorla A Columbia River railroad from Hea- aide roil tli li again Wlngdlwunnod, and till tlnin tliulo Ik evidently some banl fur tlm rumor, although nothing old cUI on tlin subject ran W obtained, llelow K ititldrt I a flno ledge of rock, nml hiiiid tlmo ago theie wa talk of oiMMtlng It up to aocuro rock for tlin Jetty iixtruriou. Knglnrer Hrgardt, uf Fort Woven, and Hiipeilntendent Ale Otilre, of tlm railway company, hae Snadn mi Inspection trip over tlin pro fjiocfil linn, mid examined tlm rock In tlio ledge. They are said to U well pleased with tlin result ol tli Ir Inves tigation. When tlm extension In tnillt, It will also U UM-d to bring log for thu Hi-mlilii LumWr oompminy from tin ilmWr holding In that vicinity, mid tlm anwint on I madn that A. II. Hammond hn inmlo a contract with tlm mill company to ll It till timber, a I no lixtil in that ncctlon, at f '.' per thoiiHaml ktuniiK' Tcsls Detroit Granite. " Alhany Major J. W. Abhott, of Wellington, ! C, the national gootl road exiHirt who hn chargn of goixl roadi work of tlm government In Ort gon, wai In Albany and tented the grnnlto from tlin Detroit quarry. The granite In to I mi lined on thu road of Marlon county, and a atreet iu Haleni will bo pnvil with tho lock a an ex Iwiluient. Major Abbott ataled thnt thu granlln wim of nn excellent quality (or bull ling purown, but might Imj too hard (01 road work. It will, however, umku nu excellent foundation for n pavement or road. Pleased With Grand Rondc. I a (Jiamle Profrwwr 1. 1. Oreno, of tlio MlnnoHota aiglciilturnl collcgu, who in making n tour of the nlato In thu Intereat of tlm O. 11. A N. Co., nc coinpnnliMl by Iuduntilal Agent Colonel Juilnon, aio In tint city and havo Iwon looking over thu Grand Itonde valley. It will be given it wrltn-up in tlm Kant em pron. l'ro'unnot (Ireeim Mpoku of ihla v.IIhv oh ImiIiiu oiiii of tlio tluunt ami inont prollllo liu hnd neen In nil bin travula, and wna particularly Interent chI in thu growing of beetn nud thu lm mutmo tugar factory in Ia Qraiulu. Opcnlno Road to Uluc River Mines. Kugono rho work of rebullillng thu wagon roml to thu llluu ltlver iiiIiu'h will buuiii next week with n force, of !I0 men und 16 team. Thu amount rained by pilvntiiHiibHcrlptlou will bu about U,000 and nn equal amount will bo given by the county cotut, making a fund of $11,000, which will put thu road In good condition. farmers' Line lit Linn County. Albany Another link in tlio clmln of tolaphnno lines that Ih rapidly con nootlng nil tho vIlhiRoa and hamlutH ban boon comploted. TIiIb ono In b twovn l'oorlw nnd Hhedd, nnd connoclB all tho farmhouses nlong tho lino with tho two towiiH as woll na with otlior farmern in tho countiy. OP INTEREST TltOLLUY AROUND GRAND RONDC. New Ucctrlc Line Will Develop Union Couuly. Ij (irmido Thu peoplo of (Irnud Itomlii valley, wfio linvu long waited fur tlm uilviitico of mi electric railway through Union county, will wxin k-u tliuli liopun rciillr.i'il, Kugliirer Davldnon and a rnrp of nurveyor will be on thu ground by the mldillv of thi week. Tho company behind thin nohuuiu In known na thu Mnnlern Oregon Dcvtilopuieul company, of which T. W. Davldnon I prenident and W, I!. Davldnon I MKiiutary and tiiHiNiirer. Thu road will conned all to the win- clpal'polnt In tlin valley In addition to circling tlm valley. Thu itirvey and lint entlmiitu will coat about $10,000, ami 11.000.000 will Ixi Invented be fore the roml la in njH'mtlou. In nildltion to tlm great amount of produce mid fruit to la handled by tlm new Unit I lima are many hundred million fett ol IiiiiiImt thnt iimv tlnin bu brought to market, -ml numerous iilu lumlMjr plantn will exlnt wlmru at preneut aru amall mill. Itral tntate will Imi valued much higher and all will reap a harvent from llielr Intercnln here. CLACKAMAS COUNTY PRODUCTS. rirst Steps Toward Sccurlna ex hibit for 1003 ralr. Orrgon City Tlin Clackamas county court has Untied a rail anklng tho farm era of mcIi precinct of the county to an Mimblo and namn delrgatra to attend a tort of a convention that will lw hold at Oregon City Octolmr 0, In connection with tlin meeting of tho court. Thl In a atep preliminary to thu gathering of an exhibit of tlio resource of Clack amaa county to I tnmlo at the Lowl and Clark fair under the terma of the offer of tlin l.ewln and Clark comniln nion, which agretn to ptifchaie at canh value tlin exhibit from each county at a cont not to excord $500. Thu call also rrqiu-als the farmers to rcrvn the cream of theli producta this year as a nucleus of a credltablo collection to bo Hint from Clackamas to tho 1006, fair. Marlon Will Assist lit Road Uulldlno. Halem The county com t of Marion county has drcided to act In conjunc tion with tho Linn county court in considering tho matter of opening a wagon road to connect tho Corvallis A Kanteru railway with tho Dcrchut- country, eant ol the Cancnde. If pot1 aible, County Judge fkntt will go with a representative of I. Inn counly and In vestlgate tlm feasibility of tho plan and thu prnbablu cont ol conntiuctlon. Hon. John M Into, who laid out thu Mlnto trail through the Cancadcs, will ac company tlin party and act a guide, pointing out what he Iwliovca to bo a shortel and easier routu than tho old trail. forty Acres of Walnuts. Nuwbeig The 40-aoro Kngllth wal nut orchatd at Duudeo, twn miles from Imro, which has Wen watched with so much Inticentand which Itoro n lleht crop hint yeai, will Itearheavlly this nearou, connlderiug tho ngo of thu trees, which aiu ruggel and healthy. Cap tain G. W. Totcr, who is In chaigu of thu orchard, is vety enthuniastlo over Knglish Malnul prospects in this Mo tion. Ho says tlio uutH from this orch mil have been compared with samples (torn over the Unltod State and oven (orelun countries, and found very much sucrlor. Center at tttiocnc. Kugeno The Willamotto Valley Klectrlo lailwuy company has been In coiporated (oi $1,000,000. Kugeno h ill bo the center o( ojieiatlons. The county court Is a-ked to glvu a (ran chlu (mm Kugeno to llluu rlvui, Ku geno to Florence, Kugeno to Cottagu drove, Kuguuu to Junction and on north to thu county lino. llenton county will bo asked to glvo n (ran chlru to Coivallis. The Idea is to con neel with tlm lino from Halom to Tort land. Plenty of cnpitul Is behind the movement. Survey of New Electric Line, Balem Manager I.. 11. French, ol thu Portland A Bouthurn railway com puny, which proposes to build un electric lino from Canomah to rSnlom, Ih in Ralcm making arrangomenta (or n pnrniuueut surey of thu routu (or hie roml. Tho eurvoy will begin at once and it la his expectation that a coutdd erablo portion ol the construction work will bo comploted tbla year. AMERICAN CONSULATE STONKD. Troops Called Out to Protect Chorae d'Affulrcs at Uoaola. Panama, Aug. 10. No Information has boon recolvcd nt tlm American lega tlon here from llogotn regarding re ports circulated In tho Unitid Htntes and mild to have been nvut from Pana ma that an outbreak occurred atllogotu I. r l.liii IhI wlimi llw Aiiierieiin coil auUi.. ia.nu hIiimiu! bv ii mol) and troon called out to protect Alben O. Hnydor, too charge il'nllalres. 'I'll.. Atunrli-uii fiilnlNler Im'IIuviih that the consulate was stoned and allegi-d It was tlm act of Irresponsible pnmour, ciiummI by tho feeling airalnat thu United Utateri, which obtains In Colombia. Washington, Aug. 10. Although tho statu department ha not received any information of tlm reported utonlug of Ihu A met lean legation at Uogota, yet thu olllclals mn n Hunt a llvo Interent In everything pertaining to tho matter. Vary recent advices from Colombia In dicated a jM'acelul condition of affnirn, with tho execution of pocnlblo political complication growing out of Uonoial lleyes' pienldeutlul camililncy. Presumably tho feeling of dissatis faction that followeil Geniual Ituyes falluru to obtain any money from thu United Htate In iiayment of Panama still oxlnts In Colombia, and thin may havn given rlno to unfriendly demon ntiallnnn iiunlnrt thu Ameiican repre sentatives at llotiola, If this has oc cur led. Kt 111 tho confident Ixillef lieio Is that General Hoycs will promply deal with any trouble that might occui and thus avoid complications with this government. The charge d'atlalrs Is a west Mr glnla appolnten and a newspaper work ei by piofeenlou. PLUNGC IN CRCCtt. Engine ond rive Couches Wrechcd In Colorado. Pueblo, Colo., Aug. 10. Train No. 11, tlio Missouri Pacific flyer, crashed through a brlge over an arroya, on Dry crook, near Kden, on the Denver & Klo Grandn railroad, about eight miles from Pueblo at 8 o'clock this morning. Tho accident was caused by tho heavy rains which wrecked tho bridge. Tho extent of tho Injuries to tho pas sengers has not Wen received here, but it Is rumored that some fatalities re nutt.nl. It i estimated that of tho 1S6 pas sengers on board the Ill-fated train, be tween HO and 100 lost their lives, eith er by thu waters of tho raging torrent, or Wneath thu wreckage. Upon the news roachlng Pueblo a special train, b-arlng all the available surgeons and the Klo Grande nnd Mis souri Pacific olllclals, left (or the scene. About 11 o'clock a second train, carry ing stretchers, cofllns and a numWr of olllclals, was sent out from tho union station. About 1:46 o'clock the relief train returned to tho city bringing tho) who escaped with their lives, numWrlng 17, all so (ar an now known who havo not (alien victim of the disaster. riJNDS TOR TIGHT. ChlcoQO Unions to Be Assessed for Striking Meat Packers. Chicago, Aug. 10. All the labor unions In Chicago havo indorsed tho stockyaids strike After listening to the strikers' side of tlm controversy, which was ptesentcd to them by Mich ael J. Donnelly, president o( tho strik Ing Butchers' union, thu Chicago Fed etatlon of Ijlmr, which Is composed of oveiy labor organiratlon in Chicago and has a memWinhlp of nearly 300,000, adopted resolutions tonight pledging the aiQial and financial auppoit of thu foilorated body as long ns tho strike continues. Kach member of tho central body will bo assessed a small sum per week, and tlin whole amount will W turned over to tho striking unions to help in tlm support of thu strikers nnd their famlllea during tho struggle with tho packets. Tho exact amount each member Is to W assesred was loft in thu hands of n committee, with orders to report ronultu tomorrow. Whllo tho olllclals of thu Federation of I-alior woro nnablo tonight to glvo an oxact entltiinto of tho amount of money thoy would secure (torn this source, it was Rtatcd that tho total sum would bu well up iu thu thousands ouch wook. Vessels Will Carry Coal. Constantinople, Aug. 10. Tho porto has practically accepted tho verbal notification mndo Saturday by tho Itus slim ambassador, M. Zlnnvleff, of thu impending passago of the Dardanelles by Homo vcsBole of tlio volunteer fleet laden with coal. This notification was accompanied by assurances thnt tho vessels would prerurvo tlio character of tho morchnntmen throughout the voy ago. To avoid ditltculty, It also in cluded a textual reproduction of the Russian declaration in tho ofllcial note addressed to tho Itueslan embassy, Advanclno on Mukden. I.lao Yang, Aug. 10. The Jnpanoso nro advancing on Mukden nnd it is probnblu that a simultaneous attack will bo mudo on Mukden and Lino Yang, in which caw) a decisive battlo la nuaurod, WEEK'SJDOINGS Newsy Items Gathered from All Purfs of the Vorld. OP INTEREST TO OUR READERS General Review of Important Happen pcnlos Presented In a Brief and Condensed Eorm. Whltecaps nro terrorizing Cripple Creek. A North Carolina ml no was suddonly flooded and eight men drowned. Tho owners of tho German steamer Then will appeal from tho decision of thu prize court. Tho Ituesian Port Arthur fleet is be lieved to have olmlbd Admiral Togo and Joined tho Vladivostok squadron. Two .THpnncho IoijkxIo boats entered Chcfoo hnrboi In tho niht and towed thu Itusslan cruiser Itycshitelnl nway. Great llrltnln Is far from satisfied with thu finding of the prixo court in thura-oof tho steamer Knight Com inauder. A Kus'lnn military expert argues thnt Ktiroputkln cannot afford lo leave I.lo Yang on account of tho stores and fortifications. Packing houso employes will begin suit to forco thu government to mako an injunction against tho Left trust, In thu hope of ending the great strike. HecrjUry Hay will address a strong note to Itusnla regarding tho selzuro of thu steamer Arabia, Mlnlser McCor mick's report showing her to bo in tho wrong. It is probable Russia will pay for all tho cargo taken promptly, aa tho czar's troops can use it. The Japan-so havo Wgun using the Chinese railway to move men anil sup plies. The Japanese are concentrating in three groups with a view of flanking I.lao Yang. Another flreco land and sea bnttlf has been fought at Port Arthur which was very costly to both sides. Great Britain's views as to contra band goods aru thoroughly in harmony with thoso of Secretary Hay. Chicago packing employes find the boycott against retailers not the success expected, aa they are hauling their own Ice. Unless Turkey meets tho terms of Hay by tho tlmo the licet reaches (Smyrna, Minister Irishman will leave his post. A Chicago flagman gave the wrong signal and In the collision which re sulted flvo people wero killed and a number of others injuicd. The bodies of seven more victims of tlio terrible Coloiado dlsarter have been recovered Eighty-two dead havo been found and 32 otjient aro known to be mUelng. Ttuklth soldiers attacked and mur dered a largo numWr of Armenian women. Two Turkish garrisons have W-en turned Into graveyards by the avenging Armenian men. The Japanese fleet has met a reverse oft Port Arthui. Now York butchers will Join the packers' strike The government hat abandoned the Harney valloy, Oregon, iirlgatlon pro ject. General Btoessol, In command at Port Arthur, la rcpoited to have committed tucide. The British steamer Catchas, from Tacoma, seized by Russians, has Wen towed Into Vladivostok. Klhgtytwo bodies have Wen recov reed ftom the wreck near Pueblo, Colo., and moio aro known to bo lost. Famine condition! at Port Arthur aro becoming appalling and hospitals are crowded with tick and wounded. RursUans aie busy strengthening the defenses of Port Arthur (or tho final struggle, which thoy are expecting at anyt line. More iumoia that Port Atthnr baa fallen continue to arrive in Bt. Puteia burg, but it ia Wliovod in the ltussian capital that tho Japanese aro still un able to capture tho outworks. Gorman papers condone the sinking of tho steamer Thea, A railroad collision at Hoxeman caused tlio death of a traveling engi neer. An attempt was made on tho Hfo of tho president ol Uruguay. KuroriAtkln'a position at 1.1 ao Yang has strong railroad defenses. Tho dostroyor Goldsboiough will soon havo another trial on the Sound. Packora continue to add to thoir forcot and aro confident of victory. No now forest roservea nro to bo cio ated in tho West until after election. French troops aie being hastily for warded to Tonquin by the French gov eminent, TO AVOID DELAY. Philippine Army Supplies May All Go by Transports. Washington, Aug. 0. Tho war de partment In considering tho advisabili ty of shipping all supplies (or tho Phil ippine by army transports, until tho hostil'.tle between Japan and Itusnla nre concluded. Commissary General Weston, In a lotler to tho recrotary of war, calls attention to thu possibilities of delays on shipments mado on com mercial sleamors and strongly urge that all shipments Ihi mndo ly trans ports until tho danger of sclzuru is over. Contrary to previous reports, It la teamed that tho Urlllnli steamer Ar dova, seized in tho Red rea and subso fluently released, carried United 8tate army supplies, but that is the only in stance so far In which tho Ittusiann havo Interfered with the supplied of this government. Under tho new law all army tuppllea must oe carried by American bottoms, so tho only Pacific line affected, if the department adopts General Wcnton's recommenda tions, will bo the Boston steamship company and thu Pacific Mail. General Weston's recommendation has been referred to the quartermaster general for hi opinion. His recom mendation will probably be carried out. While tho department doe not fear that any of Its supplies will W confiscated by tho Russians, it ia not desired that tliero should W delay in the delivery of theeo supplies, many of which arc sent on short notice, or to fill emergency oiders, and might, if sent by commercial steamers, have to go along with the contraband goods. PRODUCTION OP PETROLEUM. Geological Survey Gives rigures for Last Year. Washington, Aug. 0. Tho United States geological survey has issued re ports on the production In the United Htatei during the year 1003 of petrol eum, asphaltum and bituminous rock and copper. The petroleum production was 100, 641.337 barrels, valued at $04,004,050, against 88,7oo,010 barrels, valued at $71,178,010, in 1002. Production in California increased mora than 10,000,000 barrels, while tho Texas production decieased more than 1,000.000 barrels. Tho production of asphaltum and bituminous rock was 101,266 tons, valued at $1,006,460. This was a smaller arrount by more than 4,000 tons in quantity than the previous year, but Its value waa 31 per cent greater. Of the total production, 46, 178 tons, valued at $622,104, waa from California. ASK DIG SPACE. Can Pill rorclrjn Dulldlnrj at Lewis and Clark ralr. St. Louis, Aug. 0. The determina tion of tho Japanese to foster American friendship and inlroduce tbem-elvea thoroughly to the people of tbla coun try has again Wen atriclngly illustrat ed by the commissioners from Japan to tho St. Louis exposition, who, It is stated by Colonel Henry K. Doech, the tit. Louis ropresentltive of the Lewis and Clark centennial at Portland next year, havo asked for the entire floor space of the loreign building at the ex position of 1005. When it waa explained that nearly all of the foreign countries now partici pating in St. Louie have promised to send part of their exhibits to the Pa cific coast next year, and that all the exhibits from foreign countries will W housed under ono roof, the nature of tho lequent made by the Japanese com mis-loners may W Wtter understood. Although Colonel Dosch, aa director of the exhibits at Portland, waa forced to tell the commissioners that he could not grant them all the space in tho building, ho states that he will prob ably erect a special Japaneao pavllllon for them. This has never been broach ed at the meetings of the exposition managers, but Colonel Dosch raya Uiat from preeont indications it will have to W don'o. "I waa very much surprised," he said, "at tho rqeuest of the commis sioners here, and told them that they could not u&e all that space, but they replied so earnestly that they could that I waB forced to consider the pro posal seriously." Decision Sent to United States. St. Petersburg, Aug. 0. Russia baa communicated to the United States the decision of tho Vladivostok prize court, August 4, In tho case of tho Portland & Asiatic line ateamer Arabia, captured by the cruiser Gromobot, of tho Vladlvcstok equadron, July 22, confiscating such part of tho cargo an waa consigned to Japan porta. Tho foreign otllco la carefully considering tho objections raised abroad in regard to Russia's list of contraband, but no decision haa been reached. Monster Coal Combine. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 0. Thn Post to day prints a story that a now $20,000, 000 coal combine composed of 28 inde pendent companies la In process of for matlon. The principal objects of tho nw combino, It ia said, aro to main tain prlcoa, i i tl i i kn H ii h.1 V i "V