The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-25
, RECLAMATION PROJECT STARTED.
Judge Miller Gives Facts Regarding the
Mysterious Railroad Survey.


home Thursday evening from
Agency Valley where he had
gone in company with VIM. Han
ley and Col. c. f.. s. Wood and
when asked reg ding the ma
ture of the work Civil Engineer
Faulkner had been employed to
do and what he knew regard
ing the railroad recently incor-
porated with Mr.. Hanley as one
of the incorporators, he said;
II left Mr.. Hanley and Mr..
Wood at Beulah looking over the
prospective dam and reservoir
site in Agency Valley. When
shown the 0regonian with the
excited Burns dispatch they both
laughed and Mr.. Wood said he
was glad to see they were In
such good company as J. J. Hill
and John f. Stevens. and it
would be a pity to contradict It
as it might scare the 'Short-Line'
people into building into long
neglected Eastern Oregon.
''Mr. Hanley said Yes let it
go-it might do Burns some
good, In the chat that follow
ed Mr.. Hanley and Mr.. Wood
agreed that il would be wrong to
excite the people with false
hopes and the facts are that the
Secretary of the Interior has re-
jected the Harvey Valley I'M
provement Co.'S. Carey Act
scheme and Mr.. Hanley and Mr..
Wood intend TO reclaim the de-
sert lands at a fair water rate to
the settlers and in the tract con-
templated to be settled are more
than ten thousand acres belong
ing to the Road Company. The
government has practically de-
cided against the Malheur pro-
jeet under which the Road Com
pany has twenty-five or thirty
thousand acres. Now Mr.. Wood
and Mr., Hanley have n plan to
try and create reservoirs in
Agency. Warm Spring and
Drewsey Valleys so as to leave
the main Malheur Canon open
FOR railroad purposes and also
ut a channel from Malheur lake |
% the South Fork, using the |
waters of the Bitten River stor-
I'd there, Mr.. Wood is also au-
horized to make some prelim-
nary surveys and make a re-
,ort. Then Mr.. Hanley has his
yet hobby, the district construct
ID and owned rail road and he
With Mr.. McCuloch and Mr.. |
dallett have formed a little cor
'oration called the Boise & West
IN with fifty thousand dollars
apital stock, similar to the cor
'oration formed at Coos Bay to
ry and make surveys and collect
ight of way. and he and Mr..
Wood are going TO try and have
he same surveyors in the field
over both designs. Mr.. Wood ;
aid: This secrecy of railroad 1
perations always struck me as
good subject for comic opera !
1T never fools any one and new
does any good in the long &,
IN" 1
He said I have been almost
lvertising for engineers, for o
e want to push this work DUR I
g good weather; but up to date :
G have not secured one COM :
etc crew-they seem scarce as .
ms teeth. have been beating y
e bush at Boise, Ontario and D
ale for everything from compe- :
mt engineers to camp cooks, as -
hat little money we have to n
end we want to spend at once
fore winter. AS to the Short
ne interferring-I would be e
oud to be noticed by them If 4,
ey build a rail road that is all
, want; If they hold one side i.
the Malheur Canon without of of
ilding and obstruct the people 81 81
)m trying to get a survey on Of
e other it will be the finest ~
gument in the world for state IA
ned rail roads; you don't sup
Sc the people are going to have
e company monopolize a pass In
'ated by nature?
District or state owned rail-
IDS are sure to come some day al'
such obstructive tactics of a.
Short Line or any other road r. p.
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