Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-22
FIVE HUNDRED
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amendment to the constitution will
be prepared end initiated by the
committee permitting counties and
municipalities and the state itself TO
assist in tho construction OF railroads.
About one-hnlf the delegates were
from Idaho, cities like Payette, We
User, Caldwell and Boise sending
many of their brightest citizens, who
boosted for oregon development In
a royal and lArge-hearted manner.
Among newspaper men present
were the oregon humorist and lee
turer,A. Bennett OF Irrigon; Phil 5.
Bates of the Pacific Northwest; rep
rcrcntative3 of the Boise News and
CAPITAL Journal. The local press was
represented by Gus Hurley OF the
Vale Orlano, Miss Riddle OF the On
tario Optimigt, the Ontario Argus
by Plughoff and others. Editor Ben
nett delivered two lectures for the
public schools, and also talked 90
the congress twice. Musical and lit
crary numbers on the program were
taken by Mrs. s. D. Taylor, Miss
lamar Nichol, Mrs. Mueller, Mrs.
II. II. Dunlop, Leo II. Schmidt, Miss
Rose Mulkoy, Mrs Douglas, MrS.
Hunt, J. p. Houcton and b. w. Null
key. Mrc. II. G. Eastman and Evelyn
Edmund The chorus and all the
music was of a very high quality.
For the congress special trains |
we're run oGch day and late OF night
night from ontario, and on Malheur |
Project day the people of Ontario at
tended en- mGssc. The delegation
from Ontario included j. w. McCu,-
loch. district attorney, Attorney
Dclton Biggs, Walter GrifithG, all
making pble addresses before the
congress. Delegates from Nyssa
were c. c. Wilson, A B. Noumann,
:. ]. Sarazin. Sam Neil, Sam for En-
nison. end w. Lee Blodgctt. These
oregon Idaho Development Congress
ses are growing In attendance.
Addison Bennett, Vice-PresiGcnt
of tho oregon Development League,
which hes held two meetings at Port
land, says tho VPle meeting was
twice as largo as any ever held by
that organization. Thcy are inter
esting TO the people because they
are not muzzlod on any subject.
so large a territory as interior
bic as the state OF Iowa
withoNt mile of railroad, yet ca
pable of producing enormous crops
and sustaining large cities, underlaid
with oil, coal, CaG and other mineral
wealth, Is the most remarkable thing
on the Pacific coast.
Tho big speeches OF the congress
were mado by President s. A. Low {,
ell OF Pendleton, Col. c. Il, s. Wood ,
of Portland and Hon. ]. s. Smith OF ,
Coos Bay. He was ably seconded ,
by Walter Lyon OF Mcrshfield and ,
between tho two Coos Bay interests ,
wero ably represented Idaho and
Eastern Oregon delegations cheered
for Coos Bay whenever that port or {
It's int,r were mentioned, and ,
the resolutions adopted by this con- /
gross pledge the cooperation of the /
two states to secure the improve
ment OF that harbor, and the cop-
OF railroad from Boise TO {;
Roseburg and Coos Bay, across Cen
trail Oregon.
Assistant secretaries of this con-
greB5 were chosen in II. W. Glen
ents. OF Ontario, and Riley Atkinson,
of Boise, Dates were adopted for
further sessions of the congress at
Salon, January 1880; Boise, Febru-
airy 23-24; Ontario, March 1917; La
Grande. April 27-2S; Caldwell May
11-12. aud Burns, July 1918.
The joint committee named TO
draft legisletlon TO encourage and as
sist railroad construction, by states,
Is as follows:
Governor Chamberlain. president:
S. A. Lowell ind Col c. Il. S. Wood
for Oregon, ana Governor Bro ly,
willard II. White, of Boiee, and j. II.
Lowell OF Caldwell for Idaho.
Tho delegates from Ontario were
j. Prinzing, VIM. Moffitt, j. w. Me |