PROiSRAM OF TWO COMMONWEALTHS & Ji ( gPi ij) Qj if iQib vr August 25-26, Congress organized at Marshfield, Development Congross held during session of the Oregon legislature, ' Commissions appointed by governor of Oregon to draft general, port commission act, and district-aid railroad amendment to constitution, Governor Chamberlain sends special message to the legislature, Oregon legislature enacts port commission act and railroad amendment to be submit ted to vote of the people Govomor Chamberlain names highway commission of seven members, Next Development Congress to be held at Ontario March 26-27, Next at La Grande and next at Burns, BOISE CONGRESS FOR DISTRICT RAILROADS A liilllu Journey to IIoIkc. Tho Orojon-Idnlio Dovolopmunt Convention mm In Its llfth conven tion nt llolso, February 20, This Ib to ho followed by Blinllar conventions nt Onturlo, I,a Grande and Hums tho next thrcu months, l.lko tho ono hold nt Hnlom in January, tho nosnlon nt llolso wnn hold during tho fu sion of tho legislature, many of tho momhorH attending. Dolognto woro present from tin far away iih Oooi liny to tho west nnd Idnlio Falls to tho i ant. It wnn n Htirprlito to loam that, Idnhn Falls, 300 mlloa from llolso. ihlpH out S400 carload of frolght n year. It scorned almost In rrodlhlo that llolso mon aro Interest ed In townnltiw, banks nnd buMncM ontorprlMMi on Coos liny. Tho flKht In put the whole commercial, politic- ni. iKi"iHiivt aim executive puw imoK or tho llKht for a railroad from Ilolse aoroaa Central Oregon to Coo liny l now on In both state, nnd the j mon hyhlnd the guns know tin such j word full. : The local exm-utlre eommlttt of j thi two-etat Development CongreiM . (which Is In no way allied with Tow Hlohhrdsun's Oregon Development League) cousletiid of Joseph Par milt, ehalriunii: Rellly Atkinson, swuelury; Carl I'uluo, Max MayfWld, p. V. Allen (formerly of Hnlom), John M. llalutM and lldwlit 8no,v. And a livelier tiuuoli wo never hothi to kuow, Tho motto Inscribed nornss tho top Of their IwttMr-hmtd U: "To Dovolop HoHthoru Idaho ami Out si nnd 8oHlliwMttrn Orsgon. To bring Uih two MHlvs Into iHurw frloudly t- iHtlUIIS. To IIHltH tllMlr COIlMIIVTOlnl Intwosta. To build a railroad from Ci Hay, OrKn, to llolso. Idaho, with tht rM of th ennllt of th ! khI Miibdlrlwlons of the two state." To Mak this iHtMlhlo an awMdmont i tkt ooHstltutlott of OroguH was put through tho lnliature. that Is U- romlag tho Uve wlltlfnl Ism Ih tbU auto. The Wtgaest oanltalleta. maa ufauturer. merrhaaU aMd reore sontatlvos of the Ohnmber of Onm- meroo of l'ortland are bneklng the1" light. Among thorn are: Win. Mo- Mastor. liroaldont of the ohamha; ' W. II. Ayur. tho lumber kIuk: Her man Wlttonborg. tho president of the MaiMiiaoturars' Associatien: A II Dovors, wholwnlor; J. N. Teal, of the Toal Transportation Company; UeHfTr"" ro,H Hnhu. Jobber; C V. Adams, presi dent of the Portlnnd Ous Co ; ) Khrman. of Mason. Ilhrmau & Go. grocers; J A. Keating, Iiumharman's Uaiik; V. S. Sianley. Dosekuteo Irrl Kullou Cw ; A M. Drake. C. W. Hoa on and matu other In Idaho aa aula legal uowmlttre reported that (hero was nothing in the ooiutltu tloH to prohibit legUlaUvtt arlloa to eunble railroad dlstrlota (9 be ore ated to oxtetid aid. A law was Im mediately ordertHl drafted along the llNa of Irrigation dUtrlotn, draluagtf distrleU. ivort dUtricU. tnhool di trleta and road dtstrlots. empoweied to leMd oroillt. to lory taxa. to float Winds to aid a railroad ooustruotloi. The ubjeet wa thrtvhid out for iwo day by somo of U) nblwt men )f the two states and the aentlmant ma to be unanimous for the bill In Idaho. CAMPAIGN OF THE OREGON BOISE. CENTRAL OREGON O R E G DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN OREGON, ' 4iaiii?! " A largo mass meeting was held In the Plnney opora houao, a mngnllt- emit structure, finished In mnrblo nnd Routing 1600 pooplo, coating 100, 000. It Is n monumont to tho on lorprUo of n worthy pioneer, who fought (ho Roguo lllvor Indians In 18T. 1, wnn nt Portland when Third Htreot wan bolng cleared of stumps, and has boon n pioneer of Idaho, Ho hnti lived to H(o tho olty of Holso Krow and npproclato his public spirit. Another plonoor of tho onrly Orogon dnys, who on (lured hardships with lil tn . Mr. Toogood, wna also nt tho great mans mooting pf ovor 1000 of tile best pooplo of llolso, who woro jiiinulinoiiH In expressing tho oontl inenf that tho tlmo had nrrlvod whou' thoy should do something to ho'p themselves, llolso, tho capital nnd metropolis of Idaho, Is situated ns wns Dos MoIhm, la., In tho onrly '70c, whou the now peerleas capital olty of Iowa, a manufacturing nnd wholesale city .I railroad city, wns off on a single spur of the Northwestern railroad, and that tiarruw gauge nmd. built l ih farinsjrs. Dm Molnew ronohod out with oouuly nnd inuulolial suo IdlM, and state aid through legisla tion, and got ono railroad aftor ui other, until now that city Is tho cen ter of a iwrtect plderwb of stoa:u and electric lines. Holse Is off on n So-mils spur from thv Orogon Short Line, with an eUetrlc nystem IiokIii ulng to radlnto In the llolse vallev, with hopes of a lint to Hutta. and tlKhtlHg for a line to Cow Day. That liaise will duplicate tho his tory of development that took plato at the capital of Iowa, Is Mot unlike ly, as tho Iowa ooloay la large ami aiilve. Among the volunteer speaii iri ealled upon to spoak for cowMr clal club from the varloua eltlee rep-rwu-ttKl It got to he a etaadlng juke to har wan after wa sot mm anil m1BuuM4: ..j hW aUHI ,H IowH man Hots Is aot a cheap, iwo-blt style ,ONSH- ' m,l ' ,l fr r,H"M ou l r of lh ,l-w l slx-etory strae. tar with modem grill room and eboay-oauellod dining hall. The ele vator move more than four mlloa an kour ' thro ' telephouoe Ik m. Hut tkla la not g4d riajnaa. 8he Is situated for Ilolse. The Kalks nre.wkk.u WM m,m Uy l4)oa, 0 Hough mttag a seven-story. 160x180, Are-ike proof hotel that t to W a woroIct) llwtlM ot 0,HMllUoa of a wwi and up-tiwlatd affair. A. WJ. w of wom.W9UWhtA citizens. Umue valley w woald Ht ask tor WWH Hrr,mH WM- blldlnR (hu auythtag Uottor than the Idaa-aa. i9kutrt Uh, kt tolt, tHt u of kltag i ou tho first Md la wllablo thH, Uw wwkl mmf tM H k m "u!T?i lfcat ,wm "' ',r " lv " ' .- He to b wished for. ; tt ,, , rtK,u ' f w,y Thlg To show the arit of the mow to Hftw eoiuidereil cheap, and If It Hot., the loeal wmwlttae oaiUd far had not kom for the opposUtuu of aaioa to take ot the delojaUe-. w oMttmer the offer would have about 1 to --ami ahow tkew the arvny poet, state prlsM aMd ethir attaa liana of too rlty. There waa onougft MtacniNW m uiK litem all. aad U . I rte u the aat that lUrrDwaa oecHtll when We wm at RJU,, , Hois. hn th Wtrgojit kot-wats. oleotrle lighted natatoVtum la the wost. ta swimming pool about 100 feet by 30 feet, heated by uatural DAILY CAVITAJJ JOUKXAX. 8AXJSM, ORBOpX, WSQNB8DAJT, JKARCH 17 1M AND IDAHO DEVELOPMENT CONGRESS FOR DISTRICT AIDED CENTRAL . .j,;i.juwwwi jar hot wntor of 170 dogreos.. This Is piped to many rotldonccs nnd public buildings, nnd conntltutos tho largost nntural boating plant In tho world Flno rosldenoos disconnect their fur naces and turn on tho hot wntor. This Is not hot nlr. For wnshlug clothes It snvori half tho soap, ns tho.'e Is n ohomlcnl snpollo In tho wntor Tho Dolno Commorcinl Olub head quarters are almost ns flno ns nt Port land, nnd sorvod n lunch nt noon with colored wnltora. Tho club onlor tallied the Dovolopmont Congross, concluding with a smoker, at which two ncta by local vnudovlllo com paulos woro prut on in conclusion, und thoy woro tho only lndlos prosor.t. Hut many of tho ladles who attend ed tho congress visited tho thcntro, while their hiiBbnnda woro nt :ho sniokors, nnd claim thoy Baw stunt not ovor put on at tho Comdiorcl.il Club. Tho IloUe Commorcinl Club sponda about 3000 entertaining tho mom bora of tho loglslnturo. Thoy gnvo an Inaugural ball at tho big natator lum. whoro thoy Inld n floor over the swimming tank, nnd literally dnnrod on the wntor. Tho olub gnvo n rocoptlon to tho loglBlalors' wives and daughters, who mot the Indloa of Ilolse on equal tonus, and danced wUh them The llolso peoplo and business mon soom to think thoy aro under some obligation to tho loglsln turo. Ilolse has a Jobbing trade, nt tho In ad of whloh sthnds tho Fall: Mer cantile Company, which conduct n modern dopnrtniout storo. nnd n wholoaalo house thnt koops flvo mon on tho rond. Tho wholotnlo district has solid brick buildings, each of which Is reached by a railroad track,! thus effecting n groat saving In I handling heavy freight. To show tho ! nerve of llolsj). whon somo Portland house invaded their territory, noise Jobber notltlod Portland to with- draw, or thoy would put sugar Into j the Portlnnd market nt cut rntos. That ended the unfair competition. UOISIt IS ItNTIU'SKI) OVKK COOS HAY I, INK Capital of Idaho Willing lo ,Mvf tho Hallway Pniject .Mori' Than Half Way. (Coos Hay Harbor. March IS.) The groat Investment of llolso capital and the location of llolso men a Chm Uay baa wade the propueeU IkiWe-Cotw Day railroad take llko wildfire at the capital oily of that state. Hole U without a main line of on a spur ll.rrim r.,i h-.i ..i nt ih bea a The optHM tloH was out wlthoil ftiUowlag and llarrlman auauauu! ;at he had eut out all ihooght ( Mfdl and wttwUl do ihroagh Nanm. iiotee mi hsy at one. Ih ten w $! hd raUeil 150.000 and undexOtlU fa llarrlman aa-a bonus he woMld otno thrgugh tlw olu- with the mahfllno or the road. Ills reply was a .charactertotle llarrlman TO PROMOTE RAIIROAD AND COOS BAY RAILROAD O N !-... February 26-27, Development Congress; held, at' Boise with legislature, rA Ways and means committee reports favorably-on Idaho constitution, ' "SS Congress endorses report to be introduced in Idaho legislature; . i '"; - Governor- Brady addresses special message to legislature, ' ' X Idaho legislature enacts district-aid railroad law and Governor Brady approves same, Next Development Congress to be held at Caldwell, - reply: "Use your monoy beautify ing your olty; tho road will go through Nnmpa." It would not bo strnngo If tho op position that arose on tho bay at the tlmu when he doslrod ponnlnlon to bridge the bay with tho Drain-Coos Day extension, has not boon tho In fluence that ciiiiHod that wizard of the railroad realm to abandon, with out ever giving a ronton, the lino on which ho hud spent a million. Lottera from prlvato parties nt llolso aro filed with roporta of tho attltudo of tho cltlzona thuru- toward tho rond which Ih proposed to bo built by tho stuto nnd It would not bo nt nil surprising If eoinothlng Uef- lulto docs not come out of tho rum pus. No sol of resolutions ever pass ed by any congross lino caused tho flurry In tho twq,utntoH an those pass ed by tho Idaho-Oregon Development congreHH In session In thnt city. ' ii'goii-ldalio lliidhtei-s. (llolso t Idaho) Capital News.) The Oregon-Idaho Development congroHH Idea came to Colonel K. Ho for of Suloui only a few mouths ago. i lo, together with two or throw othor gentlemen, set to work to develop tho Nohoine. They have worked hard and Insistently without compensation of any kind, paying their own expenses, that they might be of service to the general public. They have succeeded almost be yond oxpootatlon. Tho llrst congross was hold last summer with a very modest beginning, but ono.li succeed ing meeting has grown until the proaant mooting In IIoIho which still ahows a most encouraging luoreuso in tho enthusiasm Two purposee w'oro In mind In the organization of tho congrosa, ono of them tho building of a railway through south central Orogon con neotlng Idaho with doep wttter on the Pacific. The necessity of such a railway was so evident and tho groat bua'.nesa aawltlng Ita arrival ao clear ly and easily demonstrated, that when tho people began to understand the plan It was easy to arouse their en thusiasm. The beet minds of the two states have heeome Intereaml In the eon groeti and it has hN a pleasure to Iktten to the apeeahos and the re ports made at the meeting here. Urondor and wider swipe will be given the vision of those who heard the discussion, a closer and more friendly relation will be developed be tween tho citizens of the two statos and a closer bond of union of pur kwo to make tho most of prosent op portunities will be formod that will benefit every citizen. UNITED WIRELESS TELEGRAPH AT SALEM W. K. Thompson, constructing en gineer for the United Wireless Tele graph Co.. of Seattle, arrived In ;he felly today, and will proceed to erect a station. He expert to get a thru tr flvo-yonr la on a sultablo loci- Hon. aad erect the apparatus, and In stall aa oporator that will connect Salem with the northwostTu olreult. direct eonneotlon with stations at Portland and Marshfield. Ho has just established a station j at Olympla ou the water frout. and : koaurHl good reauVl. It will takaj him two weeks Tt ercl the station This will ut Salem lu direct comma- Hleatlon with vessels pasaiag up add dowu.th$.cast. C DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN IDAHO. and appoints cbm.missipn to. RESOLUTIONS FOR COOS BAY HARBOR Itcolution.s Adoptetl at tho llolso Coiigrctw. Dy tho Oregon-Idaho Rosolvcd, Dovolopmont congrosB that we ho.tr tlly npprovo of tho vory nblo ropcrt pros ntod by tho committee on ways nnd monns, showing conclusively thnt thoro Is no existing -constitutional bnrrlor to tho enactment of n law providing for tho creation of rail rond districts, and further providing through t)io loglslnturo for tho crea tion of such districts nnd tho enact- ment of n Inw by meaiiB of which tho pooplo of such districts can orgonlzo and 'co-operato to secure thf con- structlon of needed railroads. Wo rocommended thnt n comml - to be rocommondod to draft n bill to enrry Into effect tho Orogon plnn it Initiating constnuotlon of rallronds by counties, municipalities and dls- trlcta and embodying tho reservation that nil nld oxtondod by -tho people ahall romaln vosterin thorn, to tha end thnt nil rights shall bo preserved. We recommond thnt tho bill draft- i by this community ho Introduced and passed boforo both housos of tho loglslnturo bofore its adjournment. Iniprnvoiiieiit of Coos liny Harbor. . .,-, , Tho Orogon-Idaho Dovolopmont congross heartily npprovos of the action of tho Orogon legislature In orontlng n gonernl port commission act undor which th. groat harbor on Coos Day can bo further Improvsc" ami 1 made navigable Tor tho .hipping of the world by tho enterprlso of Its own citizens. ( This congross furthor potltlons the senators and representatives from the statos of the Paolflo coast .to Mill-' port unitedly all appropriation.! fori tho Improvement of Coos Day, to the end thnt It may bocome one of tho world's groat deep sen harbor. to whloh Its contral location, and being ou tho through lino of tho groat trana continental railways that must pass through Idaho and Central Orogon so Justly outltlos It to a recommenda tion, situated midway between Puget Sound and Gnldon Gato. surrounded by llllmlfnblo coal fields and forests of Inexhaustible woalth. that harbor Is destined to become tho entryport of the products, the commerce and the populations of the grwvt Inland omplre. Itlulto's Xcarvt Port, II o It further resolved. That the most direct railroad route to the Pa cific oaboard would be the most ad- vauiageous to the people of South- Take Halls Family Pills for cob ern Idaho, that owing to the fact stlpatlon iitwitiMiitinnmsumtmititm YE LIBERTY the house Aft interesting program today, including X scenes showing inauguration. MlfclMiiWiililMitiWlilfclhUltUlfcUitji CONSTRUCTION RAILROAD so. draft district-aid :railroXd;?law., y . I that Coos Day, on tho Orogon co.ur f Id nnnrns Cniit1iAtit filnlm Minn nnie o IIVIIIVI V uJMkl4VIM A4UUW V4lttl IIU other hnrbor on tho Western coast; that its harbor Is land-locked, ade quate In ?ize, nnd sufllclont to nccoru modato tho largest vessels, and that tho Coos Day soctfon Is underlaid ty vast deposits of high grado bl tumlnuous conal, nnd surrounded by forests' of Inoxhnustiblo wealth, to gether with Its conimi"clnlly strnco glo position to command tho com morco of tho Orlont, mnko It ndvnn- tnBM"8 to tho people of Idaho that tn western terminus of tho proposed fallroad uo on Coos bay, nnd we r5- ommend that our representatives ?ntl sonntors in congross mnko an earnest effort to sccuro npproprla- tlon ' Improve tho Coos bay harbor tl'iis Commission to Iks Appointed T Oregon-Idaho Dovolopmont eongron recommonds that tho logls- ,nt,v0 ct,n ' tl'e two comino:i- wealths be followed up to sccuro ' praotlcal results by the appointment ft commission of prominent cltl- zen b tne governor of each stat Tho delogatos in convention assem u,od ftt Dolso' IJnho' Weby re- Pe"y "uost thnt Governor Jaj. II. Drndy, of Idaho, and Governor Gw)rge E chnmb9r,aln( of Orogon onnh nnmo allph ,,,, , ,0Ml govon promInont cUIr0n8 who nro to bo authorized to find ways and means to further promote tho con struction of railroads In pursuit of lgoMallyo noUon t,mt be had , .,.,, op ho.h . tha.ttB,atfl, .,. - luc s County, as. Prank J. Cheney makes oath that ho Is sonlor partner of tho firm of s. ,cs. i vv rx. ui r XI M 8 mi UiMMMKIJrL 111 i-. j. uneney & Co.. doing business In the elty of Toledo, oounty and state aforesaid, and tnat sold firm will pay the sum of ONB HUNDRED DOt.hARS for each and every oase of eatairh that eaaaot bo cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. , FRANK J. OIIBNBY. bwora to before me and subscribed In my presence this 6th day of De cember. A. D. i8SC. t A. . Gleasou. (Seal) Notary Public ' Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken' In- ' ' ternally. and acts directly on the 1 ' blood and muoous surfaces of the:iL "' sj-stew. Send for testimonials free. ' 'ili. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O." NjIU i all druggists. 7Se. of comfort. I'res. W. ii, Taft's Good music. I v.t. -