Intermountain tribune and Linn County agriculturalist., November 27, 1913, Image 2

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A PROMISING OUTLOOK
On the first page of this issue will
be noteo a dispatch from Eugene,
indicating that matters are to be
quite lively along railway and pow­
er development lines next year.
Louis Hill, the head of the Hill
railway interests, it is said, will
visit Portland early in the coming
year, when the plans for activities
for the coming year will, at least,
be partially disclosed.
Undoubtedly the building of the
so-called logging railway line from
Albany to the Sweet Home valley
will be a part of these promised
activities. There is reason to be­
lieve that the line will not stop
short of ultimately reaching the
Clear Lake power station; for an
immense quantity of material will
be required for the development of
this gigantic water power.
Some time ago it was reported
that a large gang of bridge and
road builders would be placed on
the wagon road from this valley to
Fish Lake and all, or nearly all, of
the bridges on the line to be recon­
structed and placed in condition for
heavy traffic. It is foolish to assume
that these extensive repairs are to
be made just to accommodate the
sparse transmountain travel. It is
reasonable to suppose the heavy ex­
pense to be incurred is to accommo­
date the heavy freighting necessary
for the development of the Clear
lake power station. It is also most
reasonable to suppose that railway
construction will be hastened in the
early spring, in order to shorten the
wagon haul distance as Rapidly as
possible.
Another most suitable conclusion
is that as millions of feet of lumber
will be required, both for the rail­
way and power station, a large
sawmill will be erected somewhere
near this lqcality with which to sup­
ply this lumber.
Look at matters from any angle
you may and the outlook is most
promising for the Sweet Home
country, next year, and our people
should make the most of the coming
opportunity.
There will be demand for more
dwelling and business houses than
we now have and the man of pluck
and ennerprise who takes time by
the forelock and supplies one or
more of these buildings, will be a
winner.
Especially, should care be used in
selecting a board of citv officers,
for this board will, necessarily, pass
upon many matters of great im­
portance to Sweet Home during the
coming year.
THE 12-4 HOMESTEADERS
township 12, range 4, covers all or
about all of these “squatter” claims,
There is a contest brewing for all
these claimants. The Northern Pa­
cific railroad has filed script for,
perhaps, everyone of these claims.
These settlers and the Northern
Pacific people have located on this
land before the land was surveyed
and, in consequence, the contest.
So far as the Northern Pacific is
concerned; the effort to secure the
land is pure unadulturated steal,
under the guise of a legal procedure.
The settlers, while they squatted
on the land before it was surveyed,
are endeavoring to secure the land
through regular and honest means.
That they squatted on the land be­
fore it was surveyed, is not to their
discredit, for they well knew of the
script proposition.
The survey of the land has been
accepted by the government and
will be open for filing after Decem­
ber 22.
Everybody knows that the North­
ern Pacific railrqad received an
immense land grant from congress
when the road was built. Some of
these granted lands in Montana and
Idaho were, comparatively worth­
less. The railroad lobby had a bill
enacted, placing a large portion of
these worthlegs lands in a govern­
ment reserve. By so doing, they
received script for all the granted
lands thus included. It is some of
this script which has been placed
on the lands in 12-4, above refered
to.
As a matter of justice, the set­
tlers have a much better right to
the land than the railroad people.
They have moyed onto the lands,
built cabins, cleared and cultivated
gardens and truck patches, con­
structed roads and trails, etc. The
railroad people have done nothing
and do not pay taxes when they can
get around it.
The Tribune’s sympathies are
with the settlers. There should be
no difficulty, on the part of the In­
terior Department in deciding in
their favor. It is very important,
however, that these settlers, all of
them, shall be at the Land Office in
Portland on December 22, or very
soon thereafter. The railroad peo­
ple are sure to take every possible
advantage.
CLEAR LAKE POWER
Dr. A. A. BURRIS
NATUROPATH
Deseases successfully treated with­
out the Use of drugs or surgery by
the Natural Methods of Healing.
Chronic diseases a specialty.
Consultation Free.
Almost everyone who is familiar
with the effort which the 75 or
more people who settled on claims
in township 12 range 4 have made,
will congratulate them in that the Member of the State and National
order has been made by the Interior
Naturopathic Societies.
department admitting these settlers
to file on their claims. This order First door east of Turners store.
Lebanon, Ore.
opening up for filing 24 sections in Sherman St.
lads
$20
out
just
ONE-HALF THE ABOVE PRICES
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permanent roads, and keep them
clear of show during the winter.
“We shall tunnel through the
walls of this lake and carry the
water in a 10-foot conduit a mile
and a half under a 500-foot head to
the first power plant; The second
plant will take the water from the
first plant, carry it further down
the river to a second set of gener­
ators. The second plant will be
larger than the first. The current
will be carried over heavy transmis­
sion lines at 110,000' volts. The
wires will be a third of an .inch in
diameter.
“We have already surveyed one
transmission line down the Santiam
Valley to Albany, and' now we are
running the survey down the Mc­
Kenzie Valley. At present 15 men
are working on the transmission line
under Assistant Engineer Devault,
near McKenzie bridge. They have
been camped at Belknap, but they
will move Tuesday to the McKenzie
bridge.”
Now is the time to fit your boy
out with school suits
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General Merchandise, Groceries,
Hardware, Etc.
If you will come in and see me,
we will do business.
J. M. COWDREY
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Sweet Home
The Publisher’s Guide says a
minister at a recent editorial con­
vention offered the following toast:
“To save an editor from starva­
tion take his paper and pay for it
promptly. To save him from bank­
ruptcy advertise in his paper liber­
ally. To save him from despair
send him every item of news of
which you can get hold. Tb save
him from profanity write your
correspondence plainly on one side
of the sheet and send it in as soon
as possible. To save him from
mistakes bury- him. Dead people
are the only ones who never make
mistakes.”
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Buy Star Brand shoes at Turners
because “Star Brand Shoes are
Better.”
Mertgage Lean« Negotiated
With congress in session, the
Mexican problem still unsolved and
a wedding on hand, President Wil­
son is a real busy man these days.
1 have 30 suits of boys and
clothing, retail price $7 to
per suit* To close them
these suits will be sold at
Hill Lines Plan Work to Cost $5,000,
000—45,000 Horsepower
in Sight
When a nation at war makes
breastworks of the families of its
For Sale: 50 head of goats, good
leading citizens, the condition of weathers, at $2 per head. Enquire
such nation is desperate, indeed. It of Levy Ellis, Sweet Home, Ore.
is said the wives and children of
some of the leading constitutional­
ists are prisoners in the hands of
Sanitary Barber Shop
Huerta, the Mexican president by
J. F. MALONE, P rop .
grace of assassination. These im­
prisoned families are paraded in
Clean Towels and
front of the Federal troops, when
Prompt Service
there is danger of attack by the
BATHS IN CONNECTION
constitutionalists. A nation which
will resort to such measures of
Sweet Home
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protection is both cowardly and
barberous.
President Wilson’s special session
of congress is, we believe, the long­
est special session in the history of
our government. The session be­
gun early in April and has been
continuous since.
Slaughter in Boys Suits
TO BE DEVELOPED
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W. M. BROWN, Vice Pres.
J. M. STEWART Vice Pres.
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