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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OBE., WEBNESIUV, NOVEMBER 20, 1010. PAGE t.'t VAST COUNTRY W. D. CHENEY RETURNS FROM LONG TRIP. After Traversing More Than 2,000 Miles by Auto, Bond Man Gives Description of Strnhora Hnr- er Many Wonders Seen. With J. C. Rhpdes, his local man ngor, for guide and driver, W. D Cheney, of Seattle and Bend, has re cently spent more than a month in vestigating the territory tributary to the Strnhom lines, part of the time with II. L. Emerson, J. D. Spreckols' engineer, part of the time in com pany with riobt. E. Strnhom, address ing "railroad meetings" In tho towns I of the Interior; part of the time with chief engineer Bogue, and during tho last two weeks accompanied by C. B. Mtllor, a photographer of Klamath Kails, who has taken a number of panoramas under Mr. Cheney's di rection intended to assist Mr. Strn horn In the building of the Oregon, California & Eastern and Surprise Valley rallroadst When visited by a representative of Tho Bulletin yesterday and asked for his Impressions, Mr. Cheney dic tated what follows: "When Bobort E. Strahorn first camo to the Emblem Club two years ago, wn 'entertained an angel un- '-.ures'; and Bend, Portland, and Central Oregon found the only man on earth who could solve the prob lems one whoso wonderful achieve monts and beautiful character made him loved and admired throughout tho whole Northwest nnd his opinions , respected, both here and In the mon ; ey centers, from Portland, Oregon, to Boston, Massachusetts. "One month later, In the dead of winter, this man, 62 years young, and C. S. Hudson, of Bend, drove 1,000 i miles through rullrdadlcss territory. This was merely the first of many Journeys. One. month more, and at ;hls own expense, Mr. Strnhom began Inn exhaustive engineering analysis of 'this great region which culminated in the surveys of tho O. C. & E. and Surprise, Valley railroads, tho more investigation and surveying of which wero not finaly completed until now, after two years of labor, at a cost to Mr. etrahorn of noilusa'than $7C, 000. "When such a man so cmphatlcal- I ly expresses his opinion, mine Is superfluous. But I shall be glad to share with others the plcasuro of tho most beautiful ami inspiring jour ney I have uver taken. I shall not attempt to describe It in detail, us wo often rctruced our route, but will try to give those who huvo not seen It Bomt) Ideu of the country strictly along the surveys and within view of the rights-of-way of tho Strahorn lines. Farmer are Prosperous. "Ono drives southeastward from Jiena tnrougn twenty miles of laud that Is mostly irrigated. Then, with out apparent chango of altitude, so gradual la tho uscent, and without once bolng out of sight of cultivated farms, he comes Into the lower end of Mllllcan Valley. This is the High Desert, whero people have been telling me that nothing could bo grown; and well as I know this coun try and long as I have been faithful to it, I expected to see nothing but sagebrush to the lovel and uninter esting horiion, When wo topped u rise, swung around Horse Bldge, und I saw before me a checkerboard of rectangular stubble-fields as fur as tho eye could reach, I stood up In the car, waved my hat, and shout ed a wild hurrah for the brave home steaders and this, their answer to the pessimists. "From the tlmo of tho Now Testa- meat until now, the great enemy to progress has boon the pessimist, who always calls his lack of faith 'con servatism.' The Inventors and cre ators of all that wo call civilization and development have been optimists, the enthusiasts, from those who merely volco their faith to those llko Alwyu I.ee. "Alwyn Lee had no horses when he took up his claim; and ho packed his supplies on his back from Bend, more than twenty miles distant. Ho needed water; and you have to go deep for water on his claim. Alone, away out there on the High Desert, Alwyn Lea dug his well by lowering (ft bucket, climbing down, filling the bucket, climbing up, raising tho buck et, emptying It, lowering It once 'more, climbing down, refilling the bucket, climbing up to lift and empty it again, and so on; patiently, tire lessly, hour after hour and day after day, until, two years later, we ride by nnd admire his farm buildings, urrouuded by haystacks, with a tri umphant windmill whirling over them. To mo, that well Is a monu fment and an Inspiration; and at the 'request of Bobert E. Strahorn him self, I plead with everyone to call that valley High Prairie. Thanks to Alwyn Lee and many like him, It Is not a desert any more. "But I must not bo carried away by my enthusiasm for these people, rot whom Alwr I,ec la hrely a-aaniple. I could tell tales of every ranch wo pass; nnd I firmly belle vo that it was this, and this alone, the Joy of work ing with and for these people, and the pride of achievement, that in duced tho beloved "Uncle Bob" to take up tho great task of building tho Strahorn lines. It would re quire a book to tell It all a largo book. So wo will proceed for the rest of our journey like a cold-blooded, respectable, railroad. Fort Bock is (J rowing. "Turning south from tho western end of Mllllcan Valley, wo traverse thirty miles of plno timber, a great resource for a railroad. Tfien wo outer Fort Bock Valley, In its cen ter the remarkable rock from which It takes Its name, surrounded by the over-preseut checkerboard of farms. Here I met W. M. Strattou, a veteran of tho valley who Is volunteer gath erer of gladly-given rights-of-way from the homesteaders who am loy ally and generously following tho leadership of Undo Bob." I as., about the customary proving-up of claims and their subsequent desertion by the homesteaders; and Mr. Stra horn tells mo that practically all the farms spreading In every direc tion are now occupied and tilled by permanent residents. "When Mr. Miller and I climbed half way up tho mountain to get our panorama of; this valley, I told him that I waB becoming skeptic of tho pessimistic Information that I havo been constantly receiving; and hav ing been told that thero was 'nothing but sagebrush' beyond this mountain, I thought I'd climb to the top and Hee. 1 camo down and got Miller; and when his picture is developed and printed, I will show you what I saw. It was not a valley. It was a whole level kingdom, with tho samo old checkerboard of cultivation fad ing lnt? blue Invisibility thirty or forty miles away. We climbed 29 mountains; and every time, every where, that checkerboard lay below us. VulleyH are Fertile. "We no sooner leave Kort Bock than we enter Silver Lako Valley, with mile after mile of the same eternal checkerboard surrounding the town nf Silvovr Lako at the north end of tho lako, nnd narrow arms of tho checkerboard extending down both sides of tho lako to the entrance of tho beautiful valley of Summer Lake, where tho wider shoreland checkerboard continues. At the southern end of hummer Lako wo round another mountain, and bolow us lies tho pretty little town of Pais ley, nestling in a cleft or tho hills, and looking for all tho world like somo peaceful, eastern village. In fact, so like tho eastern farmlands nro theso valleys ana so prono are wu to think of Eastern Oregon as a barren sugebrush, tnat, after driving rapidly In an automobile- through such scenes as these all ono after noon, I asked 'How long will it bo boforo wo got out of Illinois nnd back Into Oregon again?' "Wo could see nothing from Pais ley but haystacks and cattle; and so It continued all afternoon, clear to Chandler Valley and on through that valloy to tho short pass that took us out Into tho wonderful val loy of Goose Luko, part In Oregon and part In California, and contain ing the towns of Lukevluw and Now Pine Creak. Hera It Is tho samo old story haystacks, cuttle und farm buildings; cattle, farm buildings and Imystacks, scattered thickly over tho checkerboard of farms us far as ono "Then tho survey led us over Kan- dango Pass, so culled because they wero danclnn the faudago when In terrupted by Indians und a massacre In the old, old days. I wish I could en largo upon tho old ox-teum wagon- trail, almost perpendicular, and the men I met who bad traveled It in bygone days; the camps of Kromont and Kit Ca'rsou; beautiful Kort Bid well und Its delightful Inn, presided over by Mrs. Poter McDonough; tho old fort, now an Indian school, whero Oenerul Crook was stationed at tho tlmo of the Civil War. Truly wo traveled In the print of olden wars, for we crossed and re-crossed the buttlu-flelds of tho Modocs. Scenery I Wonderful. "I wish that I could write at length of the wonderful scunery all along our route; and I must touch upon it, for It Is u resource. Beginning at Bund, the most beautiful slto In Amerlcu for an Inland town, with Its eleven mountain peaks,' snow-capped throughout the year, never once In thirty days of travel were wo out of tho midst of seunory through which wo could drive again and never ti of It. Tho many lakes we passed and tne Hundreds of other lakes, water falls, caves, hot springs, and natural places of intorest that are accessible to tho automobile, with 320 days of sunshine annually, made It easy to Imagine the pleusuro of the tourist. Wo traveled 2,000 miles, with no more than 75 miles of bad roarin; and for my part, I prefer the turn ings or these natural roads to the level strulght-uway of brick and con Crete. There Is a fascination about them that is lost on tho Broad High way, even though It drives Its courso straight through the same beautiful scenery. The eye Is greetod by a constant succession of pleasant sur prises; for tho most part tho roads are as smooth as a boulevard, and one rides In comfort through beauty und romapee for which the pioneers were willing to endure hardshlps-and danger. Kor theso are not the dreary plains they crossed; this Is the El Dorado to which tho traveled Even In tho tar interior, off the surveys I describe, the high plateaus, abrupt headlands, and their brilliant co'lor logs, only exceeded In brilliancy by tho bluo distances nnd tho clear, golden sunsets, make ono- feel that ho Is riding through olio of those paintings by Frederick Bcmlngton that critics doom loo lurid. They are not. Always you arc fn vast valleys, surrounded by Inspiring upheavals; nnd when tho clouds nro fleecy, the sunset extends clear across tho heav ens. You stnnd in the bottom of n still, bluo bowl; and tho whola domo nbovo you, down to all horizons, Is filled with tho glory of tho sunset. "Fandango Is tho highest of the passes; and from the top we learned why the country on the other side is called 'Surprlso Valley.' It Is cor talnly a beautiful surprise. Like all the valleys that havo gone before, Surprlso Valley is just nri oval basin of fertile farms, ten mile wide and sixty miles long, surrounded by rug ged mountains, some of them snow capped, and containing the towns of Kort Bldwell, Lako City, Cedarvlllc and Eaglevllle. Tho only tlmo this valloy ever exhibited at tho fair in Sacramento, California, it was given first prlzo for grains, and first prize for quality- of apples, in competition with the whole state of California. "We aro now in California, but Surprise Valley Is joined southward by Duck Lako Valley1, that by Bye Patch Valley, nnd that again by the valley of Buffalo Meadows;" nnd all these are In Nevada. Then a few miles of pass and Nevada desert takes us to Klanlgan, our southern ter minus and connection with tho West ern Pacific. "Wo are 31t miles from Bend, C77 in lies from Portland. Wo arc far nearer to San Francisco than to Bend. We havo come through 300 miles of land, not only produc tive, but already producing; nnd ev ery foot of It will be tributary to Bend nnd Portland. They will bo Its natural markets when tho Strahorn lines are done. Klumntli Prospect Big. "But this Is not all. Wo return 23C miles to tho town of Silver Lake, and go southwest through solid wnlls of plno timber to Sprague Blver Val ley and on through that valley, 75 miles, to tho city of Klamath Falls. Badlatlng from this beautiful city are Poo Valley, Langcll Valley, and many others like those wo have been describing, t'nlllto tho others, these aro compact; large enough, It Is true, for many un eastern state, but all centralized at Klamath Falls Ilka thu spokes or a wheel to its hub. With tho additional resource of largo bodies of timber and several largo mills, Klamath Kails Is certain to become a fine city. Somo of this traffic wilt come to Bend and Port land; but Klamath Kails Is the cap ital city or a llttlo kingdom all her own, with four avenues of egress for her products when tho Strahorn lines are finished more, of course, to Portland than to Bend. But Klamath Kails and Bend will never bo competitive. In fact. In tho im portant matter of tourist travel, they will be in constant partnership, and should mako tho partnership real, cordial and practical. "Surely we havo seen enough re sources for ono railroad; but wo still havo to return ISO miles north to tho well of Alwyn Leo. Tlionco wo travel eastward 168 miles, passing through Mllllcan Valley, Imperial Valloy, Hampton Valley, Brookings Valley, and Silver Creok Valley; and nearly nil the woy our road runs, like a grey lino across a checkerboard. through sage and stubble-fields. Burnt Country I Vust. "Then wo como to Harney Valley and tho town or Burns, tho homo or BUI Hanley and tho Sagebrush Or chestra, It wo havo been Impressed by what we have seen belora on the long surveys of tho Strahorn lines, we are now struck dumb to find that Harney Valley, Jordan Vulley, Don ner and Blltzen Valley, and their many tributaries nro as large as atl the valleys wo havo visited combined. This Burns country Is so vast that It Is almost Impossible to photograph. -ithough tho eyo can see hundreds of haystacks, group beyond group or farm buildings, herds beyond herds of cattle, and tho white town of Burns In the far-away foothills, tho details aro so small In a photograph Why not giro your boy and girl an crnortunitv to mate their home itudu eatv and ttrtctiett OIvo them tho same chances to win nro- motion and nuccesi an tho lad having tho advantage ot rjr jv jj, 1 WEBSTER'S NEW INTERNATIONAL Dictionary In his home. This new creation answers with final author ity all Lindjof puzzling questions In hUtory, geography, blogranhy, rpcllin, pronunciation, sport, arts, and sciences. 40,040 Vocabulary Termr. 3700 Page. Oirl000lllmlralloni. Colored riaica. Il it alaUaairr tu U Dtrl 41 Uu. Tha type matter li equivalent to that of a lf-Tolumo encyclopedia. M ore Scholarly. Accurate. CoaTenfenr . as4 Autiwituuie tbaa aaroibtr Cot ua uiciMMury. REGULAR AND EDITIONS. WRITE for lHoitrfttlmA. .ia aic2fDii nftru- FREELmlcl Pnrtrt Map it ywi cam Oil papar. 6.&C.MCMUMC. trmmwrniB, mass. jjE8SE?v mP 'M & -f Y - v " Jr a bq rtrr,i wmxsm E S MKB"H9r HWwVaaoaaatnMaeaMu that they ore lost In their own niul- jtltude; nnd what actually is a town nnd 1,600 square miles of farms sur- I rounded by high mountains, appears in tho photograph to bo empty, level country with a shadowy background of low hills. Bemombcr that we see only 40 miles of it nt a time, some times only 10 or 12 miles, while tho Jordan Valley extends 100 miles to tho southeast and the Donncr and Blltzen Valley 100 miles to tho south. "But I agreed to confino my de scription exactly to the Strahorn lines and what Is visible from tho surveys. The surveys nro llko a hand, with widespread fingers, laid down on n map of this great region. Tho wrist is In Portland's sleeve; tho base of the hand is at Bend; tho end of the thumb is nt Crane, 180 miles. cast of Bend; tho end or tho third ringer Is in Nevada, 315 miles south of Bend and only about 40 miles from Beno; nnd the end or the little finger Is nt Klamath Falls, 150 miles southwest from Bend. It is 250 miles from tho tip or the thumb to the tip of the third finger, across ter ritory equally productive and rough ly Including tho Jordan Valley, Bon ner nnd Blltzen Valley, tho rich val leys cast or Stein's Mountains, Catlo Vulley, and Warner Valloy. Still thero is left tho whole palm or the hand, the very heart or southeastern Oregon, 100 miles square, nnd most or which will soon bo producing grain, as it Is already producing min erals, handicapped by tho lack or transportation. Thoro Is plenty or opportunity, you sec, Tor tho middle and Index ringer or future railway construction. "This Is the Hand or Portland. Sho holds tho commerce, or all this vast and rich territory firmly In her grasp. Excepting a row crumbs' on her llttlo finger, nono of It can over get nway from her. Territory? Cul tivation? Productivity? Develop ment? Krelght for a railroad? Com merce for Bend and Portland? Hero it Is, equal to nil that Portland can qver get from tho combined resources of Alaska, Eastern Washington, and tho Willamette and Columbia Val leys. It Is so great an empire, burst ing with potentiality, nil ready to spring into productivity, nnd waiting to pour n flood or commercial pros perity through Bend Into Portland, that I gasp nnd strangle In the effort to give you n glimpse of It. Now that I am done, havo I given any Iden of tho Immensity or it all? I wondor." ALL BEMAINIMI ISSUES FBEE. Now subscribers for Tho Youth's Companion for 1017 who send $2.00 now will receive frco every remain ing weekly Issuo or 191 C. Tho Com panion Improves every year now features, captivating stories, side splitting sketches ot down-east life. It you have n growing family whoso puro Ideals you wish to see roflocted In their rending you cannot chooso u more satisfying publication for ev eryone in It than Tho Youth's Com panion. Let us send yon free, tho Forecast for 1917, which duscrlhes In detail thu good things promised to Com panion readers during thu 52 weoks of tho coming year. 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