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VOL. XXIII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OltEGON, APRIL 10, 1110
NO. 22
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0 RUSH THE
rork Will Begin on Boise fc Western
Soon as Engineers Report
tMPLETE LINE
rclmscrs of Road Land Grant
Builder and Railroad Will
Large Portion of Distance
James J. Hill will begin the
instruction work on the Boise
fWestern Railroad across Ore-
fen from Eastern border to Pa-
fic Ocean, just ns soon as his
htrinpfirs lmvo mado their re
lets as to the straightcst line,
siest grade and best route,
..mi J IT-I- 1
kys the Telegram. jucse
lute" means the route which
Bill present the minimnm of on-
Enpprirnr difficulties With the
Maximum opportunities for trnfllc
evelonmcnt. The engineers
re now working out one of the
host important of the physical
eatures of the road, namely, the
Lost logical point for hooking up
lith trans-contmental connec-
lons and also the most feasible
oint for spanning or leaving the
Inake River canyon.
Another of the strategic engi-
eering problems, that of cross-
Be the Cascades, as wen as
there the Boise & Western will
fttersect the Oregon Trunk line,
is said on high authority, has
cen'settled, but no announce-
lent is made on these points.
I According to the surveys as
aey are now being run by scver-
forces of engineers, it is esti
mated that the length of the east
bid west line across Oregon will
fe in the neighborhood of 400
idles, possibly a trifle longer.
Add this to the length of the
Oregon Trunk, the north and
buth line already authorized, it
leans that the Hill programme
present calls for the early con
traction of close to 700 miles or
trreater lencth than that of
Ether the entire Southern Pacific
Bain line and branches, or the O.
& N. main line and branches
aside the state.
I Three years is estimated as the
bnirth of time it will take to
lave both the Boise & Western
Ind the Oregon Trunk completed,
: at nresent projected.
' The prospective purchasers to-
lay wired their acceptance of
be 800.000 acres in the Willam-
Itte Valley & Cascade Mountain
flilitarv road crant to the New
fork office of Lazard Freres, at
terms offered under the
ireement whereby 8100,000 was
enosited to bind the bargain in
ase the investigation of the huge
Iomain was satisfactory. This
eal which is now practically
losed up, will serve to remove
lany of the difficulties that
light otherwise have stood in
ne way of the early invasion of
bregon, east and west by the
treat Empire Builder. Hill will
able to follow the military
bad for a large proportion of
be distance across the state and
hasmuch as the interests which
ive purchased the big grant are
losely identified with Hill, they
rill work in co-operation with
he railroad in the stupendous
Dan of 'colonization which the
Ireat Northern is working out.
Tho purchase of the grant is
iosed so far as the Minnesota
lipitalists who have been looking
; over are concerned," said Col.
E. S. Wood, who has been
Icting as agent for Lazard Freres,
Bie owners. We expect to re-
pive an acceptance of the offer
ly wire within tho next two
Lys, and just as soon as we can
otdown to it, the vast tract
ill bo placed on the market in
umerous cities at one time. It
ill bo the first move toward the
eat scheme of unbuilding Ore-
n, which Mr. Hill has had in
ind for Borne time, and it is
iv natura tnat n s close num-
os should bo the first to know
tat his definite plans arc.
ich. and no more, aro tho am
otions between the buyers of
e big tract and the Hill forces.
'As representing the Boiso &
lestern, I can say frankly that
Bistruction will begin just as
pn as tho engineers find out
HILL ROAD
IN THREE YEARS
Closely Identified Willi Empire
Closely I-ollow Military Komi
Across StateCol. Wood Talks.
what is tho most practicable
route to follow in the swing
across the state. I don't believe
Mr. Hill himself knows just
where the road is going. Ho
has simply decided to invade
Oregon, and ho will build the
road along tho route that the
surveyors determine to be the
straightcst, the one with the
easiest possible grades, where
the most productive and re
sourceful regions of the untapped
empire can be developed.
"While Coos Bay is named as
the present official western ter
i minus, I am not prepared to say
that that will be the point on the
Coast to which the rails will ac
tually be laid."
It is expected in local Hill cir
cles that when President John F.
Stevens, of the Oregon Trunk,
returns to Portland, James J.
Hill, chairman of the Great
Northern Board, and Louis W.
Hill, the president, will accom
pany him and be prepared to
make further and moro detailed
announcements of the plans for
the coming remarkable develop
ment in long-neglected Oregon.
IIARPIMAN FIRST TO INTERIOR.
Engineers Ashton and Osborne,
of tho Oregon Short Line, return
ed Saturday afternoon from "a
trip to Burns in the interests of
the continuation of the Vale
branch into the inteior, says the
Enterprise. Mr. Ashton states
that the people of the Harney
county seat are all anxious to see
the railroad reach their city and
to use his own words, "there's
no reason why they won't have a
load soon." The Harriman in
terests fear trouble from the Hill
people in getting through the
canyon but Engineer Ashton
made it plain that his road would
get throtlgh if the tho two tracks
were built side by side. He fig
ures that there is no necessity for
two roads into the interior, but
the game of the Hill agents in
their endeavor to corner the en
tire road land grant of Willam
ette Valley & Cascade Mountain
company, shows that the Hill
road would have an immense ter
ritory and vast resources to tap.
The capitalists, who are working
in conjunction with the Hill lino
and who are looking over the
road grant, had not reached
Burns when the two engineers
started back toward Vale. It
was also gathered that in spite
of all opposition the Oregon
Eastern, which is the continua
tion of the Short Line from Vale,
would be tho first road to reach
tho interior country.
Ancnl the Lire-Stock Markets,
In last week's issue of the
Rural Spirit Mr. D. 0. Lively
makes a plea for ono central
market for livestock in tho
Northwest that is quito logical
and sounds well in print. With
almost a famino of fat stock,
conditions aro exceptionally fa
vorable just now for backing up
his theories, but oven with this
great scarcity of fat stock with
the Northwest practically de
nuded of fat cattle, yet wo have
our extra runs at tho yards with
consequent breaks in tho price
when tho supply in sight in tho
whole territory drawn from,
which should rule tho price ra
ther than tho few extra carloads
that happen in and temporarily
glut tho market, is so Bmall that
it really justifies a price in ad
vance of anything yet paid at
tho Portland yards, says tho
Rural Spirit,
It happens hero and it happons
at Chicago and at every other
central market or union stock
yards that heavy runs occur very
frequently that break tho prico
and afford tho packers an oppor
tunity to buy their stuff at prices
very much below what tho gen
eral supply in Bight justifies. It
is human nature for tho packer
to tako advantage of these fre
quent gluts and it is a sura thing
thnt ho docs. This sort of thing
which ho knows is going to hap
pen right along week after week
is one of tho things that makes
him so strongly favor a central
market.
If every buyer in tho North
west would cotno to the Portland
yards to do his buying. If they
would honestly compote and not
put their heads together and set
prices nmong themselves ns in
the past. If shippers would not
get panicky and rush their stuir
in on overcrowded markets. If
tho packers were prepared to
consumo tho stuff ns it comes in
in any reasonable quantities and
if feeders would learn to plan .to
extend tho supply more and not
all feed to sell at about tho same
time the ono central market idea
would he all right, but that hor
rible littlo "if" will persist in
thrusting itself into tho prem
ises and, like the burnt child,
the shipper who has gotten the
worst of it a few times -has
shipped his cattle in on what
promised to bo a G market only
to find that a few extra carloads
arriving at tiiat timc had fur
nished tho pretext'foij dropping
the prico a half dollar, which
meant all his profits gone, natu
rally feels that ho can best pro
tect himself in his own pasture
or feed lot.
Drcwscw Would be New County Seal
Drewsey is ambitious and
would become tho county sent of
a now county. Such is the stato
of afifairs in that city now. The
citizens have raised $1000 and
have a man going over the state
to secure 10,000 names that their
petition, asking for a new coun
ty, may be placed on the next
state ticket. That person has al
ready secured 2,000 names. A
report from Drewsey states that
the now countv would tnke in
Riverside, Juntura, Agency and
Barron Valley and as far as
Fophano's towards Wcstfall in
this county while in Hnrney it
would reach as far as tho sum
mit of Stinkenwnter mountain.
The new county would take in
the largest taxpayers of Malheur
county. The division is not logi
cal and the people should not
favor such a dream. There are
few enough people in Malheur
now. Vale Enterprise.
Of all persons we meet, we
like the rustler the best, and we
can readily forgive the few
errors in his mnke up for he
rustles. Ho encourages and en
thuses and hurries along tho
slow-going. Industrial prosper
ity follows in his trail and men
tal development is his. Ho goes
from strength to strength. Ho
is the salt of the earth. Devel
opment comes only by overcom
ing difficulties, hence the slow
going, non-progressive, never
develop, over remnining in tho
samo rut get a move on, pro
gress and realize how it feels to
be alive. Exchange.
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J. II. Andeuson, Van, Ore.
AFTER HANLEY AGAIN
Arrested for Cutting Wood on Gov
ernment Land for Dredger
GIVES INTERESTING STATEMENT
Indictment
Made
Stand
Returned Some
Until lie Visited
Trial and Have
Port
Pacts
William Hanloy, of Burns,
considered the wealthiest stock
raiser of Eastern Oregon, will bo
arrested this morning to answer
a secret indictment found against
him March 22 by the Federal
grand jury, charging him with
cutting timber on Government
land.
Mr. Hanloy is visiting in Port
land. Yesterday when United
States Marshal Reed called him
by telephone at the Portland
Hotel and informed him of the
charge against him, Mr. Hanloy
nsked that ho bo given until this
morning beforo tho papers
served, to allow him time to
bondsmen. The request
granted.
This is the second time
Government has accused
aro
get
was
the
Mr.
Hanley of violation of tho Feder
al laws. A year ago ho was
found guilty of fencing about
U, 000 acres of Government land
unlawfully and was sentenced to
pay a fine of $500 and meet the
costs of the case, which in all
amounted to $3230.iM). The case
was appealed and will be argued
beforo tho United States Appell
ate Court in San Francisco May
4.
There are two charges against
Mr. Hanley in the indictment of
March 22, one alleging the cut-
t nor of 1000 cords of wood on
public land in November,
1907,
and the other accusing him of
removing timber from public land
in December 1909.
Mr. Hanley mado the follow
ing statement to tho Oregonian
concerning tho charges:
Among other business I have
in Harney County, I manngo tho
properties of the Harney Valley
Development Company.
On this property is over 80,000
acres of worthless tulo swamp,
which I thought it would be good
to drain for future farms when
the railroads camo and tho cattle'
ranches could be broken up into.
farms and homes. To drain thisl
great swamp I persuaded thoj
owners to let mo dig up an old
drediro and iro to work. To runU'ennce
the dredtro I had to have fuel. I
contracted with my neighbors
for juniper fuel from the hills,
but had nothing to do with the
cutting. I want to bo perfectly
frank and say if I had known
they wero cutting juniper on
Government sections, I would
have thought nothing of it, for
juniper has never been classed
as timber and has always been
considered free to tho settler.
Not until this indictment against
me has any ono in tho West ever
considered that juniper scrub
wnn timber. It has been tho I
custom for settlors to help them
selves to it for fuel nnd fencing
so if I had known that the men
I contracted from wore going to
cut on Government lands, I
would havo thought nothing of
it.
After the wood was corded up,
delivered and paid for, it was
seized by a special agent nnd the
men who cut it wero browbeaten
threatoted and intimidated to
supply cvidonco for tho Govern
ment. They wore told by special
Agent Mend that hn had a com
plete caso against them. I was
tho fellow thoy wero after. Ap
parently I am a bad citizen.
I was tried and convicted of
fencing Government land on this
same ranch when I never fenced
a foot of Government land in my
life. Tho fences referred to had
been built for from 15 to 20
years. I had just taken chargo
of tho ranch and had never seen
tho fences and had told Special
Agent Stoncr that I would rido
tho fonco lino with hjm uny day
and do whatever tho Government
said to do. But without further
notico I was indicted, tried and
convicted. So now I havo beon
-&
TimeAco
Hut
Arrest Was Not
WcekI'rcfcrs to
land Last
tfl( Case
Conic Before Public.
indicted and will, I suppose, be
tried and convicted.
But my ideas of Government
of lnw and justico aro so differ
ent from this conviction of inno
cent men that I prefer to go to
trial and lot all tho facts come
out. If tho United States Gov
ernment can all'ord to spend tho
taxpayers' money in such cases I
can afford to stand trial. In
neither case have I been guilty
of any unlawful act. In neither
caso has anyone been injured.
Meanwhile tho dredging has
stopped for lack of fuel. The
work is going backward nnd
what I regard as a public service
has come to an end.
Whether I or special agents
have boon of more uso to Harney
County I would gladly leavo to a
Harney County jurybut unfor
tunately by tho plan they have of
selecting juries in tho United
States Court tho men to try an
Eastern Oregon man aro all Wil
lamette Valley people, strangers
to him and to the situation. In
my former trial tho jurymen were
largely composed of friends of
the Assistant District Attorney
who prosecuted. But I had
rather stand trial and lot tho
facts come out than plead guilty
to a dollar fine.
I was in New York this winter
and on mv return to Portland a
natter followcfi'mo from a govern
ment special agent saying if I
would immediately send a certifi
ed check for something like $2000
(I forget the exact sum) it would
bo all right, othcrwiso I would
bo indicted. When I got tho let
ter tho matter was already beforo
the grand jury, but tho demand
that I send a certified check at
onco (without a chance for de
fense) or bo indicted would bo
much like blackmail from anyone
but a orreat paternal Government.
flnr jnnnlrv unnnilu finn nnirJ
the Government sounds big till
you know it really means some
upeciai agenr, just an oruinary
man who may be working out
some scheme of political ven-
One thing is sure. If tho juni
per cannot bo used for fuel, that
swamp cannot bo drained nnd I
already had a canal through it
for nearly JJ0 miles, with nenrly
40,000 acres dry for the plow,
and irrigated by the very wnter
which onco mado tho swamp.
This water is available to reclaim
by irrigation about 50,000 to 75,
000 acres of Government land.
A potty agent for potty malice
stops this work and tho strong
hand of the Government is put
out to ucsiroy wnac some uay mo
sottlers there will bo nsking the
Government to issuo bonds to
complete. To a man not down in
n puddle, but looking at tho fu
ture of tho stato from a hill top,
It all seems very foolish that no
thing less than a crimnal trial
and disgrace is fit for tho man
who tries to do things.
I am not posing as a benefac
tor. But no matter why it is
dono or who gets tho first profit,
I say turning 80,000 acres of dan
gerous marsh and nenrly as much
desert land into farms and homes
by ono genoral plan ought not to
bo criminal, oven if to do it tho
fuel is purchased from hard
working sottlers who go on tho
open hills and cut nnd haul it.
IIAI.LUV'S LOAIGT.
Hnlloy's comot is still an ob
scure object and has confounded
Bomo of tho rasher prophots who
predicted that by this timo it
would bo conspicuous. On April
18 it will reach its pcriholion, or
nearest point to tho sun. It will
reach its nearest point to tho
earth on May 20; but as it and
tho sun will bo in tho samo part.
of tho sky tho comot will bo in
2? Z
beforo its noarest approach to
the earth it will pass across tho
sun, nnd astronomers aro looking
forward with intenso interest to
tho transit Thoro is no record
ed caso of a comot having been
seen during transit, and it may
bo that the composition of comots
is so nebulous that even the nu
cleus is not substantial enough
to bo projected on tho Bun. The
tail, at all events will be invisi
ble; tho Bun's rays will shine
through it as though tho lightest
of vapors. After tho transit the
comot will bo an evening star
again and will become moro and
moro visible for a timo, although
it will bo actually losing in bril
liance. When Hnllcy first suggested
that tho comot now known by
his name would return in 1758
ho hnd compared only threo sets
of observations, in which he dis
covered Buch a striking similarity
that ho concluded that they must
all refer to tho same comet.
Thcso wero tho observations of
1531, 1G07 nnd 1682, in which
year ho observed tho comet for
himself. Ho was then 25 years
of ago. He mu3t have been pre
destined for the study of tho
stars. While ho was still a
schoolboy ho had provided him
self with an astronomical appar
atus, and when ho was an under
graduate at Oxford ho erected a
telescopo and various instruments
on tho roof of his father's factory
in Winchester street, London.
He left Oxford without taking a
degree in order to study astron
omy abroad, and when after fur
ther calculations ho predicted the
return of tho 1G82 comot in 1758,
ho called upon "candid posterity
to acknowledge thnt this was
first discovered by an English
man." Wo have read somewhere that
Peter tho Great, when ho was
staying in England, had a par
ticular liking for the companion
ship of Halley, and that after
carousing with him at Deptfort
ono evening ho wheeled him in a
barrow through a yew hedge and
did such damage that he had to
pay handsome compensation to
John Evelyn, tho owner, which
incident shows thnt Shakespere
was right in thinking that not
every astronomer plucks his
judgements from the stars. But
it would bo wrong to think of
Halley's investigations as having
n merely astronomical value; it
should never bo forgotten that
his prediction on the return of
tho comet known by his name
depended upon
the confirmed
Newton's discovery of the law
of gravitation. Newton was his
closo friend, nnd Halley paid for
tho publication of tho "Princi
pia" out of his own pocket All
Halley's calculations assumed
the varying retardations by at
traction, which comets suffer
during their journeys through
space. When his prediction was
fulfilled. Newton's law could
nover again bo disputed.
In 1850, J. R. Hind read a
paper before tho Royal Astrono
mical Society in which he traced
the appearances of Halley's
comet through tho ages with the
help of tho Chinese annals.
Thcso had only recently become
known in Europe. Ho believed
that in them ho had found credi
blo references to Halley's comet
back to tho year B. C. 11. Ho
took it as certain that Halley's
comot reached its pcriholion in
1378, and therefore, allowing
tho normal periodicity, ho look
ed for Bomo montion of it about
the year 1801. Tho Chinese nn-
nnls definitely described a great
comet in that year. But thoro
was ono European account of it,
by Friar Giles, which was not
reconcilable with tho Chinese
record. If tho Chineso wero de
scribing Hnlloy'B comot it seem
ed that Friar Giles certainly was
not Mr. Hind was led on to an
examination of Friar Giles' cred
ibility. Ho discovered that his
account of anothor comet in 12G4
was bo contradictory that ho had
no hesitation whatever in pre
ferring tho Chineso statements
in 1301. Ho concluded thnt tho
comot of 1801 waB Hallo'y comot,
Ho believed that tho preceding
return of tho comot waB in 1223,
when in July, shortly boforo tho
death of Philip Augustus, a
comot was soon for eight days in
thoovoning twilight Tho Chi-
(
(Continued on page four.)
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