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c First Rail for Steam Railroad Laid in West Century Ago Today ft 13 O San Francisco (U.R) A Connecticut Yankee with dreams f or : a transcontinental railroad wins history's nod as the man who laid the first rail on a steam road west of the Rockies 100 years ago today. The event was commemorated at Sacramento in the 100th an niversary celebration of South ern Pacific's lines in the west by a "Trails to Rails" pageant. The man was Theodore Dehone. Judah, bearded 28-year-old en gineer who built the Niagara Gorge railroad, considered an engineering triumph in the days of wood-burning engines, top hats and bustles. Judah pre-dated his later as sociate Crocker, Stanford, Hun tington and Hopkins, the Sacra mento ribbon clerk, grocer and hardware merchants who became known as the "big four" of West ern railroad history and buil ders of tie Western continental railroad link. Judah was, "discovered" by Col. Charles Lincoln Wilson, moving spirit and first president of the Sacramento Valley Rail road company. Wilson, who came west from Maine as a 49er, became a steamboat oper ator and owner of a plank road over the San Francisco sand duties route to the gold fields. Pioneer Builder Wilson met Judah in New York in 1854, two years after the Sacramento Valley Railroad was incorporated. Three days later Judah wired his wife at their Niagara Falls home: "Be home tonight; we sail for California April second." "Can you imagine my conster nation," his wife said later, "on his arrival that night. It was all laid in these words: 'Anna, I am going to California to be the pioneer railroad engineer of the Pacific coast. It is my opportun ity, although I have so much here,' He had always talked, read and studied the problems of a continental railway and would say, "it will be built, and I am going to have something to do with it'." They sailed on the scheduled date via the Nicaragua route, reaching Sacramento early in May. Judah began traffic sur veys to make route proposals. The SVR had proposed building about 40 miles of rails which, it was thought, would control all of the interior trade of Cali fornia. The traffic counts at the J street city limits in Sacramen to and at Lisle bridge listed des tinations of stage coaches, pas sengers, wagons and tonnage, riders on horseback, persons on foot, cattle, mules and any other item of potential rail business. "With such a road and such a business," he said in a report, "it is difficult to conceive of a more profitable undertaking." He added slyly that there would be "inexhaustible supplies of granite" on the proposed route and that the country through the "mother lode" was "impregnated with gold" and it was not unlikely "that excava tions would discover many rich claims." Gold actually was found not far from Negro Bar, but there was no rich strike. Judah had a ring made from the gold found at one cut. The railroad however, fell into the usual financial difficulties of early promotions. Judah with his dream of a "transcontinental" carried the word to Congress. He proposed a wagon road over the Sierra through Dutch Flat, rails surely would follow. It was not until 1860 that Judah succeeded in bringing Leland Stanford, a grocer; Charles Crocker, a dry goods store own er; Collis P. Huntington and Mark Hopkins, hardware merch ants all of Sacramento ac tively into the transcontinental railroad dream. They incorporated on June 28, 1861, as the Central Pacific rail road, the parent of the present Southern Pacific. The old SVR later became incorporated into the SP system. Judah never saw completion of the continental railroad in May, 1869, or the building of the his toric grade over the Donner Pass in the High Sierra. While on his way east by steamer, he contract ed Panama fever and died Nov. 2, 1863, a few days after reach ing New York. He had launche'd his idea, though, and as he told his wife, he "had something to do with" the steel bands that later span ned the nation. Bock Stairs: It's Hot in Rose Garden Br RICHARD E. MOONEY United Press Correspondent Gettysburg, Pa. (U.R) Back stairs at the White House: When it's warm in the na tionl capital, it's hot in the White House rose garden. And when Washington itself is hot, the rose garden is a "bake oven." Those are the words President Eisenhower used to describe the e garden when hewas greeting a refugee relief group amid the roses. The rose garden has long been a favored presidential greeting place for visiting delegations. It is just a few steps from the Chief , Executive's office. It is well ar ranged, because the president 5i can stand on the. porch steps at one end and be seen by the en tire group he is greeting. And it is a landmark well known to the public and to a number of New Public Relations Man Named at SOC Ashland Southern Oregon o college's new director of public relations is Hugh G. Simpson, Klamath Falls, who recently moved to Ashland with his wife and small son. Simpson0 has been buyer salesman for Northrup, King & Co. He received his BS degree from the University of Oregon 0 in 1942 and his ME degree in 1953. a An air corps veteran he has Myrtle Creek High school and Henley High school near Klam ath Falls. He replaces Dr. DeWayne B. Johnson, who has resigned to become assistant professor of journalism t San Diego State college. delegations which pay official calls there year after year. There are two drawbacks, Alcatraz Prisoner Sues for Injuries San Francisco U.R) Clar ence Craddock, serving a 20 year term in Alcatraz, has received permission to sue the federal government for hinder ing his "future career as a danc ing star on television." Craddock, 27, who was ar rested in Washington, D. C, for housebreaking, claimed he was seriously injured in a bus colli sion May 10, 1951 near Terre Haute, Ind., while he was being transported to Alcatraz. Craddock said that as a result of the accident one of his legs was shortened. He charged the bus driver with "reckless driv ing" and asked $200,000 damages. however the heat, and its size. The garden is not large enough to accommodate large groups of 200 or 300 or more. And big groups or little, the glistening white walls of the house, which enclose three sides of the garden, reflect every de gree of heat the sun shines down. Tuesday, August 9, 1955 " MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE Nutria! Cooperative Office Opens in G. P. Joseph R. Burns, P. O. box 347, Grants Pass, has established a southern Oregon office of the Oregon Purebred Nutria Asso ciates, Inc. The organization is a non-profit cooperative design ed to supervise ranching and breeding methods, and provide markets for Nutria fur animal breeders. There are two such breeders in Ashland, and one in Grants Pass, according to Burns. The Nutria is an import from Argen tina ranking with mink as a fur producer. White House aides spotted the size drawback some time 'ago, and the big groups were shifted to a nearby spot on the White House lawn, directly behind the President's office. There is a slope there, where the President can stand and still be seen by all. And it's not quite so hot, but you would never call it cool. ' Now they have beat the heat. The President is on the move, farther out onto the lawn where are dozens of big, shady trees. Last week, the ceremony plan ners came up with yet another improvement, and it looks like this one is here to stay. The oc casion was the visit of the "Bull Elephants Club" a herd of congressional aides and their female associates. There were ! more than 400 of them. This time, the President pro ceeded a little farther down the driveway, to a spot in the shade of a purple beech, where the lawn rises to form a perfect nat-' ural amphitheater. White House carpenters improvised a plat form for Mr. Eisenhower to stand on, and the scene was set. Everyone had a good view of the man they came to see (and to pledge their support for in 1956) and everyone had shade, with some to spare. Taos, N. M. (U.R) John Young-Hunter, well known por trait artist and former resident of New York, died today at his Taos home at the age of 81. 1 S - THe finest ' ' j 0 0 in 71 years . I "? P ' IB Centuiy K q 'j O jy!! jpjjjjijjP STRAIGHT BOURBON I ' 1 "Op) now in tliis ' i ra 0 jpllflHl handsome new paclcage jj i 1 jjilJj We proudly present in this handsome 1 5 ifTlkfl-Jl new package the finest Century Club jjj P JjJJJ ever bottled. Enjoy it tonight! U m L il &Sl 6 YEARS OLD Jj i i $080 $135 I ! ? fcfP PINT 43QT. StrsJght Bourtoon. "WUisltey SS Proof ZattoasA SisUllersi JFroduota Corporation New Y oris., N.y. IHODUCTIONll TRANSMISSION LOSS ANIMATE ENERGY 1 WATER POWER 1.4 VEGETAL THERMAL ELEC. FUELS 15.9 'OWER NAT. GAS 9J LOSS- LOSS '.SRICUSE TRANSP. US 1 EFFECTIVE USE) rmoLEUM;:iv-vN:- ETC 26.5 LIGNITE & FEAT 4.5 COAL 41.4 ; S , r; STORED. NOT LOSS-INDST. USE XV7 ?.vH0ME. ETC STORED. NOT LOSS IN ACCT FOR PROCESSING POWER vrr LOSS HOME USE 1HEAT WORLD'S USE OF ELECTRICITY Methods employed for generating electricity and eventual use of the power is shown on above chart. Thic was part of presentation of scientific facts and figures at the Geneva Conference on peaceful uses of atomic enerev It is based on 1952 bower data. J' Meat Dealer Describes Need For State Inspection Plan About one-half of one per cent of meat processed in Oregon would be rejected if there were state regulated inspections, Orin Brown of Medford Meat com pany told a chamber of com merce roundtable luncheon in the ' Jackson hotel yesterday. Brown based his estimate on California figures. There, he said, tight . state inspection re jects just that percentage of meat to be processed. Describes Program The meat man briefly de scribed the present pilot pro gram forinspection instituted at the last legislature. Representa tives of the state department of agriculture are touring the state to observe conditions of meat processing. From their observa tions they will prepare a report on the number and type of men and the money necessary to pro vide adequate inspection. Pointing to the need for in spection, Brown declared,. "It isn't that we know we're getting bad meat, it's just that we don't know we're getting good meat." He emphasized that an "in spected" stamp would give the buyer complete confidence in JEWELS COVER STREET Keokuk, la. (U.R) A Keokuk street wasn't exactly paved with gold Monday, but it was covered with jewels. A car smashed through a jewelry store display window and thousands of dol lars worth of sparklers were strewn ever the street. the quality of the product. Inspection would be an eight hour per day job, Brown stated. Lay inspectors, he added, would have to be supervised by a vet erinarian. ' A meeting of representatives from the state department of agriculture and meat processors of this area will be held Thurs day night at 8 p.m. in the Grants Pass courthouse. FOREST MAN DIES Portland (U.R) Raymond C. Lindberg, 60, training super visor with the Pacific Northwest regional office of the U. S. For est Service, died Sunday at his, home following a heart attack. Portland (U.R) Second of two big freighters to be con verted into passenger ships for Oceanic Steamship Company by Willamette Iron & Steel Com pany arrived here yesterday from San Francisco. 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