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Show GOULD LINES TO ENTER OREGON To Extend From Idanha Across Central Oregon to Some Point on SnaKe River. eaaaaaaaaaaassaaaaawaaea. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. The fact that the Gould lines have obtained an entry en-try to Oregon has leaked out through the announcement of A. B. Hammorid, president presi-dent of the Corvallls tt Eastern and Aa-toria Aa-toria aV Columbia roads, that the first named will be extended from the terminus ter-minus at Idanha, Linn county, across central cen-tral Oregon to some point on the Snake river, probably Ontario, says the Chronicle. Chron-icle. Work will also be started on the Astoria As-toria In the same connection, as It will be pushed south along the coast from Seaside Sea-side to Nebalem and Tillamook county. The projects will aggregate more than 350 miles of construction for the two roads within the next few years. It Is said that the terminal of the Corvallls aV Eastern may not be Ontario, but a point In Klamath county, where a Junction Junc-tion may be effected with the California, Nevada ft Oregon road, an acknowledged acknowl-edged Gould line, which It is Intended shall be pushed north from the main line of the Western Pacific at Reno, Nev., to Lakeview and the Klamath. The road has already been completed as far as Madeline Plains. The building of the Corvallls A Eastern East-ern to a Juncture with the Western Pacific Pa-cific or the California, Nevada ft Oregon, Ore-gon, and thus closing the gap between Albany and Portland, or Yaquina and Tillamook, Til-lamook, will give the Qould line access to all the Important northern harbors except ex-cept Coos bay. |