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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14
SATURDAY PROGRAMS.

With the ban dleading and parad-
ing the streets, a bright sun shining,
the second day OF the Development
Congress opened auspioiously, The
opera house was filled for the third
time amid great enthusiasm.
There were large delegations from
an the towns In the Snake River Val
ley. The sessions OF the congress
we're attended by scores OF brightly
dressed ladies' and stalwart ranehers
and progressive fruit growers and
active real estate men.
A. W Gowan OF Burns read a pa
per on the Inland Empire. showing
that Harney county had room for
ESQ eco people, and that Il was ca
pable OF sustaining general agrieul-
ture aud fruit growing with l6 Inches
OF rainfall lie referred 20 the dis
coyery OF gas az Ontario and In har-
ney county, as supplying power and
material for manufacturing. Lands
that five years ago In some districts
sold for 81 To IS per acre, nov
brought 500 20 slOO an acre, show
ing irrigation possibilities.
r, NJ Northrop OF Eugene spoke
as an investor in l60 acres ON Dead
OK Fiat. which he believed would be-
changed Ia live men and live wOmer
flat Hc told OF the development
ehrough railroads and irrigation
Ia the country east OF the Rock,
Mountains. he told OF Wayne ooun
F ty Nebraska. where lands sold fol
/ $1,000 per quarter section ~ years
ago, that was now worth sac q
s. % per acre. In the last thros
T years the attention OF the entire mid
dle west VAS being attracted 90 tbs
snake River Valley. The stream o.
population that Was coming wes
would grow year by year until ther'
Was a family on every ten i0 twent,
acres HOGS sold az Portland 81
cents "A hundred higher than al oma
Ia. This country could grow corr
and hogs equal 90 any state In th'
Union. lie showed that the terri
tory tributary 90 Ontario when de
velOped would sustain lace peopl'
10 the square mile. or 100000 peo
pie, In the not distant future. Max
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14

pared to undeyeloped portions OF
eastern Oregon without railroads,
Climate, soil. moisture and people
were the same. The difference was
in the ahseace of railroads In the
one aud their presence In the other
Three railroads were dividing busi-
ness In the Yakima Valley and all
were doing a profitable business
Here were larger, richer and more
productive valleys that would become
Just as populous and sustain just as
many railroads, The speaker re-
viewed the objections 10 state-con-
trolled railroads and the evils con
nected herewith he showed that
In spite OF all charges OF misappro-
priation and grating, states had
helped railroads aud prospered thcrc-
BY tie showed that state or dis
trict owned railroads was aimed al
under the Oregon amendment. IL
did not propose 20 give dollar OF
bonds or subsidy 10 any man or body
OF mon n did not propose 60 guar
antee interest ON bonds, as was de
mandod hy one great magnate of the
Coos Ray people, IL was not neees-
sary t0 give the people the power 90
' MMAAM NNAAAMNMNH MN NMA NMA NAAA NNA
domn the railroads now in existence.
/ The constitution OF Oregon did not
coptain word to prohibit building
railroads by the state. The people
[ had am the power now II they wanted
I to use a. rhey were determined "a
I Invade central Oregon, A great high
way OF steel must be forced across
central Orcgon. and will make On
tario a great distributng point. With
I its gas wells manufacturing Will be
/ established hero, and With electric
/ lines connected an over southern
I Idaho. viii build a city here equal
i 60 amy city Ia eastern Washington.
Col Wood said In his great speech
/ to the congress that four great roads
were heading Tor Ontario as the nat
Inral gateway Ca the great Inland Em
piro of central OregOn. II would
make Ontario a great city for any
mllroaa 10 cross this state 10 ths
great seaport ON Coos nay that alone
Aad enough business 90 support !
road
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14
Five Hundred Delegates and Citizens Entertained at
Development Congress Held at
Ontario March 26-27

The opera house was a seething mass
OF people. Ontario shone' with great
lustre In entertaining powers by pro-
ducing band with about 30 trained
players, who executed a classic over
ture. A chorus OF about thirty
voices, mostly splendid singers, led
by Professor Conklin, next rendered
one OF Sousa's great popular patriotic
songs. Next came the masterly ad-
dress of Col. b.. n. s. Wood, who
was introduced by Col. Hofer, who
presided as not only one OF the alb
lest lawyers on the Pacific coast, but
the representative OF some OF the
largest property interests I'm the
state. He was received with tre-
Committees on resolutions were
mendous applause. lie drew re-
markable pictures OF parallels be-
tween the highly developed railroad
systems of eastern Washington COM
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14
BOOST FOR COOS BAY.

a ladies' orchestra OF fifteen in
struments under a magnificent band
leader, Professor Rhynier, played
several fine selections. The Burns
male quartet sang two delightful
Songs and then Addison Bennett gave
the audience a taste of Coos Bay
and his experiences crossing the bar.
lie described the glories OF Coos Bay,
It's cities, its harbor, its wonderful
hotels, one Of the finest hotels I'm
the state. IL cost $4,000 and was
named after Mr.. Chanler, who put
$4,000 into 10 and furnished the
ground. lie told of the Twin Cities
on Coos Bay with 5000 people and
payrolls of $500 day. There were
.2S creameries around the bay. There
were the largest sawmills in the
country, with 900 men on the pay
roll, with nearly 1900 on the double
shift. Coos Bay was a wonderful
asset for railroad into central Ore
gon and Boise. The people over there
did things on large scale. The
offices of the Smith mill cost $780,
600. The whole country is under
laid with coal.
The second session closed with a
great wave OF enthusiasm to see
the Coos Bay country opened to the
world.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14

Committees on resolutions were
appointed as follows;
Local resolutions Frank nayey
OF Burns, Miss Estelle Riddle OF
Ontario. Addison Bennett of lrrigon,
VIM, plughoff, Ontario; q, A. llur-
ley, Vale.
Interstate resolutions Reilly At
kinson, Boise: E, NJ Heigho. Wei
ser. Frank A. Northrup, Eugene. A.
w TrOW. Ontario, Geo II. Shcllen-
berg, Boise, Jacob prinEing, Onta-
rio; Julian Byrd. BURNS.
Reilly Atkinson, secretary of the
boise Commercial Club, spoke Tor "A
large delegation present from that
city. They were alive for railroads.
lie said they ua4 manufacturing
payroll OF $500 a day Opc iobbing
house did business OF over a million
last year, lie made a splendid pre-
sentation of the commercial p0ssi-
Utilities OF his city as the great tu-
turc distributing conter of the Snake
River territory,
E. N, Heigho OF Weisor spoke foy
tne local railroads. whose greatest
interest Was IN uphuilding local ter
ritory and serving the people imme.
diatcly benefited. A transcontinent'
al line froQuonuy snbordinated local
interests Not 40 ia constructing To-
cal railroads They created local val
ues aud community built railroads
enriches the whole community
strip OF land of l0O coo acres worth
sBOO, ,O0O. which hy putting a rail-
road through Il that cost "A million
dollars Ia build, which would MAX,
that land worth St00 an acre, meant
net profit, after paying for lhe rail
road out OF the land, would net a
laad owners SS.600.00o. As "a ran
road man he could NOT see how am
district aided railroad through a pro
ductlyo region could make any mis-
take
Col Drake of Weiscr spoke ot con
ditiOns in Wost virginia in having
l...t railroads t0 help their indus
trial conditions Their lands Wor'
Increased from almost nothing q
$500 % $500 an acre.
PROGRAM fRs.lAN kNkNiN1.
The second session 0f the coagres
was a greater success than the first
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14
ONTARIO RICHLY DOwERED.


The city OF Ontario lies In the
heart of the richest section of the
Snake River Vaney. The Malneur
and Payette rivers enter the great
southern confluent OF the Columbia
a mile apart at Ontario. The Boise,
and the Owyhee enter 20 miles on
the south, and the Weiser twenty
miles north. This network OF rivers
spreads like the fingers OF a hand
into the rich, alleuvial plains and
prairies, that are rapidly being irri-
gated and rendered from two 10 five
times as productive as the richest
lands in ,Le great prairie states of
Iowa and Illinois
Ontario, electric lighted, we'll wat
cred, with graded streets and spread
ing suburbs, with high schools and
churches. sits like a little queen In
the center of a territory that in
resources is as rich as a placer mine.
The city has complete sewer sys-
TEN.
For two days OF the Oregon and
Idaho Development Congress Onta-
rio was rhythmic with band music.
explosive with bombs, and radiant
with bunting, and fluttering with
I,dgs. The business men had bought
every last yard OF decorative material
and sent TO nearby towns for more.
Hotels were crowded to the limit,
and every home in Ontario that had a
spare room threw Il open TO dele
gates and visitors At the head of
the principal business street at night
two giant flames of natural gas as
cended to heaven. The splendid hos
pitality of the people of Ontario con
cluded with free banquet To all the
hundreds OF guests. and the banquet
was a spread OF unusual splendor.
LAND GOING LIKE MEDFORD.
This heart o, the Snake River Val
ley is going like land around Med
! ford. where the whole Rogue River
Valley is worth from $500 TO $500
an acre In orchards. The valley is
not subject TO floods. the soil is rich,
the high color and flavor and keep
ing quality make the big yields turn
out money like the pockets OF a pla-
Ger mine. Here is a sample OF the
way lands In orchards go up In price
Wood & Tool put out 100 acres In
apples six miles from Ontario; Il
Nun nAkNuA loh M0ANh Wv Ah
acre two years ago. Last fall they
were offered S3lO an acre for IL,
Ontario is surrounded by rich
plains. running up 10 foothills and
to the north flanked by ranges OF
snow peaks. The air is crisp and
clear by day and by night the flare
OF gas wells illumines the sky. IL
/ Is the brightest OF bright little cities
/ by day or by night.
The climate is dry, eXhilaTating
and stimulating, and the great prod
ucts are stock, alfalfa and fruit OF
every description. The fruit ship
ments within 25 miles OF Ontario
| amount 20 three or four hundred
I carloads. The orchards produce inn
mensely, and the full crop OF apples
on 100 acres OF irrigated land is
placed at one hundred carloads. The
crop OF one carload TO the acre Is
very common az l2 years old.
REAL ESTATE ACTIVE.
Six real estate firms are handling
dirt and doing a business that grows
by leaps and bounds. Two banks
have aggregate deposits reaching in
TO six figures each. The First Ma
tiOnal paid out its money all through
the panic. There are about ten large
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14
OPENING CONGRESS SESSION.

OPENING CONGRESS SESSION.
Mayor Poguo delivered the ad-
dress OF welcome on behalf of the
city OF Ontario. The opera house
was packed with delegates from pit
20 gallery-the solid. progressive cit
liens OF the valleys OF two states.
he spoke OF the great undeveloped
resources and territory OF the Inland
hmplre. and extended the cordial
hospitality OF the city 10 all the Wis
itora. The doors OF their houses and
the keys OF their hearts were hand
cd over
Mrs. J.. W. McCulloch OF Ontario
sang beautiful solo, The Life OF
Love IN but a Day" and II was a
highly finished product. The next
speaker was Hon. Frank Davey OF
Burns. Harney county, who told OF
the undeveloped conditions OF that
section,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14
Pen Picture of Ontario and Its FIOSpitabe People,
Orchard Conditions Duplicate Of MedfOrd
and Hood River

mercantile establishments. One does
a business OF nearly million dollars
year.
There are three large livery sta
bles with rigs suitable to take people
hundreds of miles in any direction.
The city has n good water supply.
II is pumped from an arteslan well
and has a sulphur tinge that makes
Il very healthful. II is impregnated
with q gas that is fatal to all germs.
The principal irrigation systems are
the Nevada and Owyhee bitches. rhe
two call for about ten to sixteen
thousand inches, or 5000 acres.
SOCIAL CONDITIONS EXCELLENT
Ontario has about 1000 people,
with 440 children in the public
schools, with a we'll equipped high
school. There are Methodist. Con-
gregational. Presbyterian, Catholic.
Baptist, Adventists, and Episcopalian
congregations well attended. The
Catholic sisters conduct a parochial
school. There are all the fraternal
orders, and a public library sup
ported by the Work and Win Ladies'
Club.
A GREAT SHIPPING POINT.
Ontario is on the main line OF the
Oregon Short Line railroad. n Harri-
man transcontinental line, and sends
out hundreds OF carloads OF cattle,
horses, sheep and hogs--the great
est livestock shipping station on the
line. There have been as high as
1900 cars of cattle sent out OF here
In one month. 1nere have been as
high as % 600 head of stock waiting
shipment al one time.
Sheep and wool shipments are
enormous, these products coming as
far as 170 miles. Fruit shipments
are rapidly increasing and inside OF
five years will be as heavy as live
stock
Ontario has the finest passenger
depot between Pocatello and Port
land. Hotel facilities are good, but
the rapid growth of the city requires
another large modern hotel.
NATuhAL TRADE CENTER.
The contract for steel bridge
across the snake River at Ontario, 10
cost $50, 900. is let. The bridge Will
connect Ontario with Plymouth col
ony. a very prosperous irrigated sec
tion OF idaho. where orchard lands
are already selling at $1,000 an acre.
The bridge will bring 20 ontario the
trade OF about two thousand people
that formerly went elsewhere.
Ontario is the terminus OF the Nal
heur Valley railroad, that connects
the city with the thriving county
seat, and Is the great distributing
line to interior Oregon. When ex-
I tended this will be the Snake River
! terminus OF the Boise, Central Ore
gon and Coos Bay railroad. The fu-
| tuTe OF Ontario as a railroad crossing
7 OF east and west and north and south
lines was fixed by nature.
LIGHT AND POWER INDUSTRIES.
Electric light and power is sup
piled from eighty miles away by
what is known as the great Ok Bow
power plant on Snake River. There
I is a substation at Ontario that sup
plies nearby towns. The plant op-
crates electric car line at Boise and
I Caldwell. and is preparing TO con
meet Ontario with Boise. by way or
/ Plymouth. Electric lines are being
extended over all this part OF Snake
i.lyer Valley. A line Is building 20
/ Weiser, with a branch 10 Payette.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-04-14
REAL ESTATE ACTIVE.

Six real estate firms are handling
by leaps and bounds. Two banks
have aggregate deposits reaching in
TO six figures each. The First Ma
tional paid out its money all through
the panic. There are about ten large
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30
Weed Cutting by Motorboat.

In Egypt an enormous amount Of
trouble and expense have been caused
by the weeds and other vegetable
growth which spread so rapidly as to
choke canals and other waterways in
a few days. Clearing by hand has
been found impossible in one district,
SO a motorboat has been equipped
with a unique weed cutter and placed
in service. The cutting attachment
consists of pair of V shaped knives
with sharp and powerful blades work
ed by belt from the propeller shaft.
They trail along the bottom Of the wa
terway, cutting the growth off at the
roots. 1t is said that the little boat
will clear as much as five acres an
hour.-London Globe.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30
They Agreed.

To his valet no man is Il hero. Even
his caddie is apt to hold the highest ia
very low estimation. The latter dis
covcry was made the other day by il
certain legal luminary who already
had quite IL modest opinion of his
own abilities. though he has been for
many years an ornament of the
bench and is himself the son of Il
judge. During his off days he usual
ly divides his energies between golf
and dairy farming. On the occasion
i'll question it happened to be golf,
and not being in his usual form, he
made Il very bad foozle.
He GaZed incredulously at the ground.
looked inquiringly at his club and.
having apparently solved the difficult
problem, faced his caddie and eXclaim-
ed. with emphasis, "Well, / am an
ass!' The caddie, startled out of a
dream of bliss, was too well trained to
contradict his employer, so he sol
emnly replied. "Yes, sir!" The man
of law had overlooked the others eX-
istence, but this candid opinion re-
called him to earth. He looked at the
caddie, and the caddie looked at him
for brief second. Then both burst
into shout of laughter. The humor
of the situation had struck them 81
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Taller.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30
The Servant Question.

In England the proportion of men to
women indoor servants is as one to
three or four. In France the reverse
is the case, parlOr maids being I'M
known, the one femme de chamDre
being lady's maid as well as house
maid. The usework-sweeping, dust
ing, etc.-mainly falls upon the man
servants. One element entailing much
extra work for servants in England is
absent In a French house. This is the
staying guest, the succession of visit
ors. Outside private hotels and in the
handsome flats of fashionable quar-
ters there is, indeed, no room in Pari-
sian households for friends. The words
"dine and sleep" or "week end" visits
have not found their way into French
dictionaries, nor have dine and sleep
or week end guests yet become French
institutions. 1t is easy thus to under
stand why three or four servants suf-
fee in France, while in England a
dozen would be needed for people Of
similar means and position, and where
three or four maids are kept in Eng
land only a general servant is kept In
France.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30
FOR THE ENGAGED GIRL.
Pretty Ways Of Announcing the Great
Secret of Her Happiness.

Usually IN engagement is announced
her friends. her fiancc to his. 1t is ip-
coming more and more the fashion t.
'break the news" to ones friends al
luncheon or dinner
This can he done in n formal way by
the girl herself or her mother. but it is
less embarrassing and more clever to
convey the news with a unique touch.
The dessert course is a good time
for the announcement. One girl had
the ices served in the shape of small
wedding bells. Stuck into the top was
a tiny heart shaped envelope which
contained the names of the girl and
her fiance. Each name was written OH
a small silver paper heart Joined by a
silver paper arrow piercing the two.
Another girl had tray passed at
the close of the luncheon with single
red rose for each guest. Coiled in the
heart of the rose was crumpled heart
Of white paper with the names of the
engaged persons brackcted together.
A third young woman had suspend
cd from the chandelier over the center
Of the table large bomb shaped dec
Grafton made of snowballs. From it
white ribbons were attached to the
plate of each guest. When the table
was being cleared for dessert each per-
son was asked to pull her ribbon. The
bomb burst, scattering rice and small
envelopes, which on being opened were
found to contain the announcement in
the shape OF limerick.
A clever announcement at one lunch
con came In the form Of a telegram
brought by the maid to one of the
guests In the secret When opened 1t
was found to contain the news Of the
betrothal amusingly kept within the
usual ten words. 1t was read aloud at
once, creating much surprise.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30
Buried In WooIen.

In 1879 an act was passed in Eng
land requiring the dead to be buried in
woolen, the purpose being to lessen
"the importation of linen from beyond
the seas and the encouragement of the
woolen and paper manufactures of this
kingdom" A penalty of f5 was in
ficted for a violation Of this act, and
as frequently people preferred to be
buried in linen a record of the fine ap-
pears. For example, at Gayton, North
amptonshire, we find in the register:
"170S. Mrs. Dorothy Bellingham was
buryed April 8, in Linnen, and the for
feiture of the Act payd, fifty shillings
to ye informer and fifty shillings to the
poor Of the parishe."
Pope wrote the following lines on
the burial of Mrs. Oldfield, the actress,
with reference to this custom:
"odious! In wooden! 'Twould saint
provoke"
Were the last words poor NarcIssa spoke.
No; let a charming chintz and brussels
lace
Wrap my. cold limbs and shade my life
Chambers Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30
Washable Straps In Cars.

White kid gloves may now grasp
with impunity the straps Of the new
open pay-as-you-enter cars on the
Third avenue line. The hanging straps
are completely covered by a celluloid
enamel composition of pure white.
They are to be cleaned every day and
washed with a sponge, and they can
be perfumed and disinfected If neces-
sary. The board of health is said to be
delighted with the innovation and
warmly approves the effort to make
the devices slippery Alpine heights
from which wicked bacteria would
slide and break their evil necks. The
new straps are soon to be placed in all
the cars of the system.-New York
Herald.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-06-30

During the ball game between the
newsboys and the bootblacks on Muir
phys vacant lot the umpire had occa-
sion to resent an unjust reflection on
his character "Youse to de club
house" he roared at the offending
player.
Jaw, come out Nv itv retorted the
snappy player. "Dere amt no club
house on desc grounds"
"Den crawl into a sewer pipe and
draw on yer Imagination, youse lemon
pie faced NUT" cried the naughty Of
fetal. II amt goin' ter change me
style Nv expression ter accomerdate
yer jay observation-disclosures.