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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1909)
WV M f 3 MAY BUILD TO UGND COUNTRY (Continued from page 1.) begin the construction of a railroad into Central Orcgou. Al Portland Kngincer Ucthel vvns called into conference with Stevens. Bethel was one of Hill's engineer on the North Bank road, mid also hnd general charge of the running of tLc Oregon Trunk Line surveys up the Deschutes canyon into Central Oregon. Stevens has likewise been play ing hide and seek with the Hniri ni nn sleuths in Portland. The Telegram tells about it as follows: James J. Hill has sent the man he regards as the greatest location and construction engineer in the would into Oregon to look the long neglected territory over witn a view, beyond any doubt, of decid ing upon the feasibility of throw ing railroad lines through the rich and undeveloped empire. This man is John F Stevens, who only recently resigned from the vice presidency of the New York, New Haven & Hartford to become Hill's confidential representative on the Pacific coast Stevens is also the man who won international renown for the splendid record he made as chief engineer of the Panama caual and the Isthmian railroad. Here Under Assumed Name. Stevens retired from the vice presidency of the New Haven about two months ago, and he must have closed up his business afT.urs at once, for Mr. Stevens has been living at the Cornelius hotel for about five weeks under the name of James F. Sjmpon, Mil waukee It will be noticed that he chanced both his first and last names, but did not twist his initials. With Stevens all this time has been a man from the Hast -who regis ters as E. P. Shannon, also of Mil waukee. . His identity has not been discovered, although he is supposed to be a construction offi cial from the Hill engineering That Hill has had longing eyes directed toward Oregon for years no one any longer doubts, in spite of his oft-repeated protestations that he bad no idea of invading that country. At the same time, John F Stevens returned to Port laud Sunday from a ten days' automobile tour through Central, Southern and Southeastern Oregon. He went alone save for Shannon and bad a reserve automobile with him in case of accident to the first one. That his movements might be shrouded in still deeper mys tery be did not hire livery auto mobiles, but took two private cars furnished by Samuel Hill, son-in-law of J.J. Hill. On the tour through Oregon, Stevens visited, after leaving Shan iko, Madras, O'Neil, Bend, Princ ville, OJell, Klamath Falls, Lake view, Burns and Vale, showing that he made a comprehensive sweep of the entire region through which railroadsmight be construct ted on any kind of practicable ba sis. He took in all the possible routes that presented no insuperable engineering difficulties and would tap all the important grain, timber, agriculture, livestock and other belts. As James F. Sampson, this en tire journey was covered; scores of people were interviewed at differ ent points,, and even several irri gation, water right and laud pro moters enjoyed Mr. Stevens' hos pitality aboard his motor car and noue of them, save one, suspected for a moment who the distinguished railroad builder and engineering expert was. This one man wasn't oure about it, but had his sus picions, and when a Telegram re porter showed him a photograph of John P. Stevens, the cat was out of the bag. Picking up a thread here and there, Stevens was hunted from one hotel to another until the myster ious Mr. Sampson was located at the Cornelius. Here, too, when the clerks were asked if John F. Stevens of New Haven, was at the hotel, they said no. They were shown Stevens' pic ture, and both agreed that it was the man registered as Sampson, though they were not informed that the picture was that of Hill's new confidential man. The only information to be had about Samp son and Shannon's latest move incut, was that they had left Port land lor tnc litut on a morning tVain alter living at the hotel for a number of weeks. tlarrlman Dog tits Tracks. For a considerable part of the time that Stevens vas in the in terior of the Mate he was dogged by Harriman agents with an O R & N. automobile. This was princi pally true for the several days that were spent in the territory which is embraced in the Deschutes River Railroad project. These spotters scarcely let Stevens get out of sight so long as he was anywhere near the extensive halidom which Harriman has so successfully kept bottled up for all these years. Stevens not only inspected the topography of the country through wnicu lie passed witn great care, but he directed many of his in quiries at various points where 'stops were made to matters per taining to water rights, power sites, reclamation ptojects and kindred subjects, all of which have direct bearing on railroad development or are closely inter-related with such enterprises. Much of this recon naissance work took place right under the Harriman nose, and this srobably accounts for the fact that the "little wizard of Wall street" kept Stevens' trail hot so long a IF PRICE AND QUALITY Are any object to you, you should go to the PINE TREE STORE, where you get both. A full line of everythiug you want to eat, wear, or work with. GROCERIES DRY GOODS HARDWARE BOOTS & SHOES GENTS' FURNISHINGS GLASSWARE DOORS AND WINDOWS PAINTS & OILS PAINT BRUSH'S HOUSE LINING AND TACKS RUBBER ROOFING BUILDING PAPER CREAM SEPARATORS SCRAPERS GARDEN TOOLS TENTS AND CAMPING OUTFITS FISHING TACKLE OP ALL KINDS Prices and quality beyond competition. Call and see for yourself E. A. SATHER THE ONLY DIRECT STAGE LINE TO BEND, OREGON Automobile Stages pass through Madras, Culver, Redmond, Laidlaw, to Bend and thence to any point in Central Oregon, Stages connect at Redmond with Sisters .line. For further information call on or address J. PRUYNE, local agent, Shaniko, Oregon, or BEND-SHANIKO LIVERY & STAGE CO., BIZNO, OREGON SPECIAL ATTENTION TO EXPRESS AND BAGGAGE When Yon Need Modern, Neat and Serviceable Furniture... Call on he was in eye-shot range. At the same time, Stevens did not confine himself to the immediate prospects of this small portion of undeveloped Oregon, but his observations gave him a fairly good closerangc view of the entire cmpltt almost as big ns nil New England now entirely innocent of railroads. Stevens mude n number o( pule trips out of Portland, besides the mure extensive one through Cen tral OrcgotOvhich was, as stated, the most comprehensive and ex haustive. But in each instance he chose tin itinerary which would in dicate his deep interest iu what Harriman is nr is not doing tu other parts of the state. He made a trip to Tillamook. He went over the Corvallis & Eastern, and is supposed to have visited the Coos Bay country, although more of his attention was directed to the'uppcr coast region of Oregon. Confers With Officials. During his stay in Portland, Mr. Stevens was in frequent conference with Samuel Hill and with other prominent Portlanders closely iden tified with the Hill interests. One of the Twohys, who built the North Bank and who is now engaged in construction work on the Harri man road up the Deschutes, ac companied the celebrated engineer over part of the trip into the in terior, and Chief Engineer Bethel, in charge of Oregon Trunk location work, was also railed into confer ence with Stevens and Shannon. But you can't get a word out of any of these people. Some of them admit they know a man named Sampson, but they never heard of Stevens. The future of the Oregon em pire as a prospective battleground between Hill and Haniman looks brighter as a result of Stevens' visit. And the fate of the vast and WAGONS AND DUG G IKS MOWERS AND RAKES BINDERS AND TWINE BARBED WIRE CHICKEN NETTING runs daily between Madras and Bend. 1 MILLARD TRIPLETT BEND, ORUUON dormant region will depend in huge measure ukui the nature of John V, Stevens' report to James J, Hill, wham he served so faithfully mid with such brilliancy in the ex tension of the Great Northern to the coast that Hill remarked, "His work is one of the most tematkuble achievements iu American railroad ing, the acme of engiiieeiing pluck and ability," RIGHT OF WAY API'KOVUD. (Continurd from page l.) iiiK hi our contracts with cltlers tlut they mint not charge moic than the pur chase price for any riKht-of-way land tlinl the railroad may tcipiire to rxtrml the line up the Deschutes. We uic nulling our own project with all the apeed we can, and are irmlinu over fliMvoa month In development wotk, and will Increase thU an the railioud U being couitructrd. Our reclamation work which N U'ltii done in the llcnd territory include over 400 mile of main canals and lateral, and we hac te claimed alwut U5,(to acre of our jyv ixacre MitrtKallon. Thl alone slums that we ennuot nllord to aland in the way of the new railroad." Largest l'ro)ect In Country. The Deschutes Initiation & l'owcr Company ha the large! imijcct of II kind in the country, and with Ihl con cern announcing It intention 10 put nothing Iu the way of the liultdlug of the railroad it I not ennrcled that any ol the nuincroii imallcr interests with holding in that territory will interpose any icriou nlntaclc. Thl make the outlook for Irantpor tatlon facilities into Central Oregon much brighter than it ha ever tn I fore, anil marks distinct progress Iu the plan to invade the great undeveloped empire. ' Uospcl Meetings at Laidlaw. State Evangelist Samuel Gregg or Portland is conducting revival services at Laidlaw, with some in dications of success from the begin ning. Mr. Gregg represents the Church of Christ (Disciples) and is expecting to organize a congrega tion and locate a good preacher be fore he leaves. Mr. Gregg has been an evange list for many years and his work is remarkable for its stability, void 01 all clap-trap methods. As a speak er he ts positive and forceful; he is a man with manly bearings, in dead earnest, and bent on a great mission. As a strong friend has said: "He touches the mainspring of life iu the throbbing, longing heart of man, with cheerful words that come like radiant visitors of hope, thrilling and inspiring men and women to do right because it ts right and makes for true no bility." An all day service will be held next Sunday, with a basket dinner at noon. The citizens of Bend and vicinity are cordially invited to any and all these services. Tor Sale. One team young marcs, weight about 3600; good set of harness; brand new Shuttlcr wagon com plete: $475 for the outfit. jlf Ruiikkt.1 Bkoh., Sisters, Or. 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