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BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 14, 1914FORM ORGANIZATION FOR ELECTRIC ROADJ Drewsey People to Promote Line From Riverside up Malheur to the Logan Valley. Estimated Billion Feet of Timber Tapped. Only Practical___ I „Route to Bring it to The MarketsHA large ma.SK meeting wns heM by which thin timber cun mar* at Drewsey last Saturday for the ki ted, then? is absolutely no doubtpurpose of promoting an electric but that thin road will be built inrailway from Riverside up the the near futureMalheur past Drewsey, to tap John E. Johnson A Sons* thetthe timber belt near Lufran Val- promoters of the large power pro* ^by* ject on the Malheur River, have cA permanent organization was agreed to furnish the necessary s formed with the following officers power to operate this road. Thin jn elected: President. J. L. Sitz; will be a cheap line to maintain.Vice*president, I. M. Davis; Sec- aa the tonnage will at) go out on retary, W. 1. Raker; Treasurer, a water grade, which will require C. W. Drink water. blit a comparatively small amountA Committee of Finance was of power,elected consisting of the follow- Mr. John K. Johnson will have ing members; J. Edwin Johnson, charge of the engineering of the R. E. Dun ten and John Ott. road, and it is ex \ x*c ted that ar* This committee will commence range men t* will he made by the irmneadiately to raise funds by date of the next meeting, March stock subscription for the purpose 21st. for surveys to be made.of making preliminary surveys!and inconnntingttnuritimbatiuii p L. S. Co. Shipping Cuttle, to Ik* known as the Malheur Valley Electric Railway Co.Steps will now be mad# to inter* ert capital in the building of this n»ad. The large timber owners are already interested in this undertaking. arul the sentiment here is that the large timber owners an* expected to furnish the capital fur tin* building ol this road.It is estimated by competent men that am* billion feet of timber can be tapped by this road. As this is the only practical routeWalter M. Glenn returned the lirst of the week from Echo, Ore., where he superintended the feeding of 1,650 head of Pacific hive Stock company beef cattle the past winter 1.000 of which were shipped to the Portland market last week. He returned to Echo Tuesday to assist with another shipment and the culls that are left over will be shipped with 1,000 head that will be shipped from Huntington to California next week. Ontario Democrat.tl
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Burns Times Herald
Burns, Oregon, US
Sat, Mar 14, 1914
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