The San Francisco call., 1910-08-14

away, ah0 Drancn lines extend IN every
direction from Burns
From Shaniko and from Vale each
month during the summer and fall
more than 100000 pounds of freight
is taken to the interior by team. Dur
ing the rush season the weight will be
nearly doubled. Large quantities of
this freight are taken more than 100
miles. while the extreme distance is
500 miles. And from the interior go
back to the railroad towns millions Of
pounds of wool and hundreds of car
loads of sheep and cattle for the mar
kets Of the world. The horse is at no
discount in central Oregon, even if the
automobile is being introduced as
passenger vehicle
Nor are all the stage lines in central
Oregon. over on the western coast
large areas are compelled to depend
on more or less uncertain steamboat
service and the stage coach. From
Roseburg to Coos bay, 90 miles, a stage
service is maintained that during sew
eral months of the year tries severely
mems souls. The road leads over
and through canyons where during the
winter and spring months it is almost
impossible to go with any sort of a
vehicle. Yet at the western end of the
route Two cities, among the best and
most entertaining in Oregon await the
arrival of the old stage coach with the
expectancy that characterizes the boy
with his first pair of boots. Marshfield
and North Bend have long and bitterly
regretted the absence of the railroad.
The whistle of the locomotive has
never been heard in Curry county.
While the Pacific ocean washes the
western fringe of the county the peo-
pie have had to depend upon the stage
eoach for their -only connection with
the life of the state, and largely for
the supplies which had to be gathered
in the open market Splendid towns
have grown up in the seclusion of the
dense forest which covers most of
Curry county without Che spur of the
railroad, with but little of the hustle
of the state at large. This condition
is true of much of extreme western
Oregon, where it has been impossible
for railroads to be built on account
of the mountainous topography of the
country and the impracticability of cul-
tivating the soil until the immense for
ests shall have been removed
To one accustomed to our modern
life, to quick and luxurious travel
and the daily use of the telegraph and
4a1
in one of these outposts OF civilization
as novel and interesting experience.
AS on shipboard or in any isolated
community, he will find that he soon
knows everybody and that he is ap-
praised for what he is worth accord
ing to local standards Some of his
luxuries will be missing, but few COM
forts VIII be denied him. He will not
find summer hotels with their fitting
crowds and ephemeral acquaintance
ships, but he will meet wholesouled
people who will take wholesome in
terest in his welfare and wish him god
speed at his departure
Many western stage lines penetrate
sections noted for their scenic beauty.
The Old line from Globe to Kelvin In
southern Arizona lies through rugged
mountain passes made as the pathway
of Geronimo and his band 80 years ago.
The route from Baranca to Ojo Cali
ente, in northern New Mexico, passes
through succession of wild mountain
gorges. at times dipping close to the
raging torrent and again climbing up
the steep ledges which lie to the canyon
walls The view along this route is
unexcelled by any of the famous gorges
of the west. Yet few of those who
travel it by stage appreciate its gran
deuE The problem of seeing the vehicle
safely past the precarious points usu-