Show WILl 1 Cone Con I r luct hon on o a Columbia Col a to h lii Southern So mit h era Hand to Commence In Iii II Spring Portland Or March 71 Is under understood stood that the th contract for or tho the construe Ion t of ot the tit e Columbia Southern railroad I m aI 1 from to 10 Bend Benl Ore Ort will wil be he let lei early this month flint old that active ron con on the extension will wil com om commence mence within the next month anti be ho pushed unshed with Ith all speed peed Ilos until the road rOll Is hi completed In II nn ami In effort ort to oval II trouble from fromn speculators who ho would property along the tho right of or way say WiY for or the tho of ot mulcting tho thin company the exact route has hl been kept k pt a iCo secret It I has hl been definitely defnie decided theles anti and all l tt t Is said paid have base been secured It I Is II understood that orders for tor rails have already been leea b cl placed In the past east anti and will 1 he be on hand handby by b the th time sufficient grading has hRS been done for tor track laying la to begin The completion of at this 1111 road will wil mark murk the tho greatest t step In itt II the lie development of ot Oregon that has his taken takemi place e lImo completion of or the railroads as aR It will wi open Oell up tip thousands of ot square miles mies of ot territory In central Oregon which on account t t f Its iA lone Irac linn hiss hitherto brett ben of o little 0 orno or orno no value except for tal livestock purposes |