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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.
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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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