The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931, December 01, 1915, Image 9

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Newspaper Page Textthk nnxn hullktix, hknd. our., wkdnesday, i)kci:muku i, mirs. TAon o. STRAHORN BEGAN CAREER AS JOURNEYMAN PRINTER WALKING FOR HEALTH. A recent issue of The Evening, ion of General Crook hi. wn . Herald of Klamath Falls contains an j recognized , n " .!." lrl I'luiiuiiuiik ' tninruBtlnK article concernlns the llfn : of Robert E, Strahom, president of the Oregon, California & Eastern railroad, ilrot printed In the Pacific Printer. Since the original publication of this article, Mr, Strahom has built the Corvallls and Eastern In the Wil lamette, valley and noted as Its presi dent, from which office he resigned lest summer to tako up the work of railrond building In Central Oregon. The article follows: From n journeyman printer In n pioneer mining camp" to the presi dency of nn Important railroad Is a 'long step; In fact, It Is a sort of soven-Ieague-boot stride, yet it all camo to pass in about a third of n century, nnd tho man who thus wont ed his way to the top Is In tho prime corrospondepts of that Important cx- nuuuioi, which una much to do with suppressing the last of tho great In dian uprisings . "Winter and summer, Strahom rodo and camped with Crook, and while ho aa neither enlisted ns pri vate soldier nor enrolled as officer, ho partlclprted In every engagement, and had many thrilling experiences. The battlo over, no man could more graphically or accurately describe tho occurrence and, with his story wi It ten, none waB more prompt in getting it to the papers. Numerous 'scoops' wore recorded to his credit. "These thrilling times when. In 1877, John Arklns nnd I went In on our (list tour of Middle Park together Strahom was still at tho front. Ar klns was tha foreman nnd I tho city of life with everything in his favor editor of tho Tribune nnd our coin to rench grontor distinction in the panlons on tho Jaunt wnro ntlinr mnn transportation and cons t r u c 1 1 n g world. Robert E. Strnhorn of Spokane, vice president nnd general manager of thb third division of the Oregon, -Washington Railroad nnd Navigation company, oporntlng tho northwestern lines of tho Hnrrlman system, who "stuck" brovler nnd nonpareil on tho Denver Trlbuno In tho early part of 187C, wont to tho top chiefly by his own ccorts. Ho proved his callbro by keeping n railroad secret for moro than five years, and had the best posted financial writers and carriers' agents guessing until ho was Veady to mnko tho formal announcement that tho North Coast railroad, which ho promoted nnd of which lie was president, was part of tho Southern Pacific system. Whllo scattering millions of dol lars In acquiring rlBhts-of-wny through Spoknno and other cities In tho state of Washington, Mr. Stra hom was designated as "tho Sphinx," "tho Man of Mystery," ana "tho Hnllroad Enlgmn." His methods, clean and rtftovo board at all times, gnvo not tho least Inkling that tho hend of tho North Coast line was nco n pioneer In tho midst of tho lough nnd tumblo of Western trans formation for moro than thirty years. Mr. Strnhorn's first trip to Spo kano was made on horseback via Walla Wnlla, Wash., nnd Lowlston, Idaho, In 1879, whllo spying out tho country In tho interests of eastern railway capitalists. TownBlto and Ir rigation ventures requiring moro capital then nt his porsonnl command, ho went to .Hoston in 1890, nnd thoro found that his knowledge of tho Northwest was In greater demand 1 thnn hla perconnl sorvlces had boon whllo in tho Pacific slopo country, ond ho roninlnedjn tho east seven or eight years. Ho was ono of tho orig inal promotors 'of tho now famous (irnuby mlno In British Columbia, being associated with Jny P. Oravcs ond Aubroy Leo Whlto of Spokane. After settling In Spokano to resldo permanently In 1898, ho took up elec tric lighting nnd power projects, con structing plants at Contralln. Wash.; Wallace, Idaho,; Sumpter, Oregon, nnd North Yakima, Wash., the last thrco of which ho still controls. He owns n Inrgo Interest In the light and powor plant nt Helllnghnm, Wash., and tho light and power plants nt Kennowlck and Pnsco, Wash., also a modern Irrigation plant covorins 12.000 ncr'os near Pnsco. Tho capi tal Invested In theso vnrlous entor prises represents moro than $2,fiOU,- 000. Ho launched tho North Coast railway elx years rgo, to build an Independent lino from Spokane nnd Wnlla Walla, through tho Ynklmn vnlloy to Seattle and Portland. This project was taken over by tho Hnrrl man Interests laBt spring nnd Is now being rushed to completion. "I woll romomber tho flrct time 1 evor hoard 'Hob' Strnhorn's name montlonod," snld Thomas L. Dawson, for years with tho Associated Press in Washington, D C. "It was 'way back In 1877, and tho circumstance wero n little bit out of the ordinary. Horn somewhere in the Mississippi valloy in. tho early 'CO's, he emigrated to Colorado whllo it was still a ter ritory nnd became a typesetter on tho old Donver Tribune alongside of John Arklns. I went to Darner In 187C, tho year Colorado camo into tho union as a contennlnl state, but Strahom was not thero. " 'Alter Ego,' oxclf.lmed Arklns to me one day as we were climbing Her- thoud Pass across the main range ot the Rocky Mountains on our way to Middle Park. Ho was reading from ) painted sign on one of the big boul ders In Clear creek canyon, the words aa there used wero connected In some way with a patent medlclno or a smoking tobacco.. With that, how ever, Arklns was not concerned. 'Alter Ego' was the pen name of his friend Strahom, who had graduated from- tho case to tho position of newspaper correspondent, In 'which lttter capacity he already had won fame, nnd the appearance of his nom do plume on tho big rocks aroused Arklns memory. "Without coaxing, ho told me how. nt the beginning of hostilities with the northern Sioux Indians, Straborn had thrown his. printer's buck ana headed for the scene of conflict. He Booq mado,a connection with the Chi cago Tribune and other western news papem, and aa the constant compan- rrom tho same establishment. Wo had fitted up a two-horse wagon, and wero out for n camping tour in tho midst of the Uockles. We wero two or three days making tho Journey from Denver to Middle park, and during that tlmo John talked much of his friend Strnhorn. His admira tion for him was. unbounded, nnd I became anxloys to meet tho Bubject of ro much praise. A few months later Strahom came to Donver, and I was Intro duced to him. Wo wore both young men, and then began tho friendship. which, I am pleased to say, has con tinued without Interruption. Strn horn never went bnck to tho cbeo, nor did ho pursuo his newspapor work, Tho familiarity with tho then now Northwest, which ho hnd gained through his Indian campaigning, proved a vnluablo nssot. Ills ser vices were sought by tho Union Pa clllc Ilallroad Company, whtcli then, under tho direction of Thomas L. Kimball, was beginning to exploit tho great section to tho world. Strahom wns ono of tho first railroad 'wrlto up' men. "For years ho traveled almost con stantly for tho rnllroad company, and many of tho booklots prepared by him nt that tlmo becanio standard authority -on tho Western Btatos. From the first ho was a zealous apos tlo for that section, nnd ho It wns who Bald If tho Pilgrim Fathora'had landed on tho west shore of tho con tinent Instead of on the caet, tho settlement of tho cast would have been much longer dclnycd becnusa of tho superior attractiveness of tho west. Strahom practically pioneer ed nnd survoyed tho routo for tho Oregon Short Lino and ho located many of the towns and cities along tho way. "After severing his connection with tho.ronds, Strnhorn became a pro moter of several Western cities, and from than drifted Into the brokerage business. For n tlmo ho was located In Ronton, nnd JJioro, I think, ho mndo connections which led to his employment by Mr. ilnrrlmnn, Tho shrewd men of tho Hnrrlman system co Id have mndo no better selection than when they choso Tlob' Strahom to build their roads nnd to keep tho ownership Eecret, for he 's cnpablo of performing any work and observ ing nny trust." The Pedometer Habit Is a Splendid 0 to Cultivate. A fnuioux Sow York doctor wns call ed upon vuine uioutlu ngo by a putluut who ptvjetitcd mi nppf:triitui of Ill ness, but with whom ho tould Hud nothing the mutter. IJui'stlonnig dis closed the fnet that he lud not taken regular physical cxerelo for .U'urs. "That's jour trouble." return ked the wise phyclcl.in. "I'll write you a pre scription." When be got outside the "lllef tho patient opened the bit of pa per mid road. "(Jet n pedometer and "bring It back to me In three weeks with the Indicator pointing to 100 miles." When the patient returned at the time mentioned the doctor, without making mi examination, told him he need not vuuic buck miy moro. Ilia looks demotixtiiited the elllency of the treatment. Hut bownv counseled to persevere In keeping the pedometer busy mid thereby save many u doc tor's fee. There are Imaginative patients, most of whose troubles may be traced to the "thermometer habit" They are constantly taklug their temperature, nnd their feelings nie regulated tty their dlcoeiies. A splendid substi tute Is the "pedometer habit." Instill of continually fussing to ucp tils tem perature below UK), for Instance, the possessor of one of these clever ton tilviiiiccs ciin try how long It takes to send the pedometer above that llgurc. Lots of fun Is to be obtained from as certaining distances between various points by walking them. Incidentally the liver gets n good slinking up. the lungs receive tho fresh nlr for the lack of which they have been starving, nud the enthusiastic pcdeHtrliiu feels u new Joy of living. It la not convenient for nil to piny that most excellent or pas times golf. Hut the pedometer game Is available to most, and It render In teresting what Is, lifter all. n rather monotonous form of exercise Pitts burgh Guzetto-Tlmcs. 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