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Thomas A. Edison 111 After Return From His Vacation Photo copyright by American Press Association. THOMAS A. EDISON, who might be called the "human grindstone" wore It not for the fact that he Is known as the "wizard of electricity." re cently became 111. His doctor ordered him to stay home Now. when man contends that three or four hours' sleep each night Is enough and spends most of the other eighteen or nineteen hours at hard work be Is Dot the kind of person who likes to be told he must stay home under a physi cian's care. But Mr. Edison found that he bad to obey, and. for the drat time In eight years, he remained away from his laboratory at his factory. In West Orange, N. J Mr. Edison was taken ill while on bis vacation In New Eng land, but he made light of It He was forced to curtail his vacation, however, and return borne. It was thought that the Illness was not serious. nf A A By Formet President of the United States WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT 1HOPE to see the time not far distant when public golf courses will be offered to the public, as in Scotland, for those who cannot pay for costly club privileges. I would have the funds RAISED BY TAX ATION. Golf is pre-eminently a GAME FOR THE PEOPLE, and they should be allowed to play it. GOLF IS BOTH AMUSING AND 8ERIOUS. I BEGAN MY EXPERI ENCE IN IT TWENTY YEARS AGO. I LEARNED IT IN CANADA, WHERE THE GREENS WEhE ROUGH AND CONDITIONS WERE SO DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME THAT I OUGHT TO HAVE BECOME A BETTER PLAYER. NOW I HAVE ABOUT FIFTEEN CLUBS, AND I AM ABOUT FIFTEEN TIMES WORSE. GOLF IS PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND THE PRESENCE OF 80 MANY INSTRUMENTS TO PLAY IT WITH INDICATES WHAT YOU HOPE FOR. I believe that John Reid, the introducer of golf in America, is en titled to the GRATITUDE OF THE WHOLE AMERICAN NA TION. Golf is something that life insurance vtmpanic should support. Aeroplanes, Vicious Wasps of War, Likelu Limit the Duration and Scope of Hostile Operations By JOSEPHUS DANIELS, Sec.etary of the Navy IN my opinion, the newly developed art of aviation will not only tend to limit the duration and scope of hostile operations, but also aid in the CONTROL OF THE SEAS, one of the elements contributing materially to the power and prosperity of a nation. THE POTENTIALITIES OF THE AEROPLANE WHEN APPLIED TO THE ART OF WAR ARE EXTREMELY GREAT, AND IT9 PROPER USE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE A DOMINATING FAC TOR IN THE SUCCESS OF FUTURE CAMPAIGNS. THE PRINCIPAL ROLES OF THE AEROPLANE IN NAVAL WARFARE WILL BE FOR SCOUT ING AND RECONN0I8SANCE WORK AND FOR 8TRUCTIVE OPERATIONS AGAINST FICATION8. Rash indeed will be the commander of an opposing fleet who would bead his vessel against the fleet or coast of an enemy possessing a num ber of these VICIOUS WASPS OF WAR, and unfortunate indeed would be a commander who did not have ready at Hi -all this means of obtaining supremacy in the air. States Can Best Stop Slaughter of Birds By Senator GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN of Oregon. Father of to Prevent Slaughter of Birds ' THK most efTectiTe means to prevent the slaughter of birds and stop the use of plumaze is for the STATES TO TAKE AS THE IK CTE THE ATTITUDE OF C0NGKESS as expressed in the tarilT bill and ennct legislation to prevent the possession and use of the prohibited feathers. About stich legislation there can be no doubt, and iU EFFECTIVE NESS WOULD BE APPARENT IMMEDIATELY. Golf Game of People, and Life Insurance Companies Should Support It 9 HIS. by American Press Assoclatloa. OFFENSIVE DE- HOSTILE FLEETS AND FORTI- Bill OKF.dOV OIT1 KNTKItt'UISK. I'M? I HA V. .MNl'AKi I""- ASK BOND ISSUE 10 COVER COST WATER LEAGUE TO SUBMIT THE FACTS TO COUNCIL TRY TO CET ELECTION PEOPLE TO DECIDE ON PROBLEM Is Mountain Water Worth the Cost of Getting It to City? Boosters Think That It Is and Will Work to Raise Cash Thrviigh the city council, I lie people of Or. (toil I'iiy will prolmhy he kiv.'U the dunce to vote (or n .1i0.imh bond i!ue for tin' construction of ft pipe line to the sources of the south folk of the Clackamas. It. A. Kands, the engineer who h.is been Riven chaise of the lim'stic,.)-:l.-ns In the fiel.l. has made his report He line into nil of the conditions tiiM surround the lask. He tells of the vast urea draining into the Chi. kiimas. lie noints out the fact that the sour." of the proposed water supply for the citv Is in tv region when' the riKCed crags rear their hc.ols hl.:h above ill sparkling waters of a stream that hai" been distilled and cooled In nature's own filter plant. No Chance for Filth. More than that, he shows to the league the Impossibility of Ih.' water of that stream ever he online contain limbed and the small chance that there is of any population ever reaching that far into the mountain fastnesses where rolls the sparkling Clackamas A L-re:it portion of the report deals. too. with the cost of he construction of the line. It mentions the merits o( the various sorts of pipe tines that lire pla.'td on the market. It susses: tin use of one kind for a portion of the distance where the conditions are such that it is needed und another kind where the conditions are tuned. Carefully Explained. All of these technical matters are ramfully explained hy the engineer After the report was read, the league decided to ask the city council to call a special election and submit the ques tion to the people. The report con tains all of the lacts that are of in terest and shows the expense that is entailed. It shows a supply of l.Yt'.li. 000 Bullous and designs u line capable of carrying XOm'.OOO gallons. A dam would be built for the Intake at mi elevation of SiM feet. The line would j ne IS inches fur l.'l.fi miles. i inches for S.I miles, H Inches for 4 miles, making a total distance of 2S.I miles. The reiKirt in full follows: I have been asked by your orsanliJ tlon to make a survey and prepare an estimate for a pipe line to bring water (rum the South Fork of the Clackamas River to Oregon City as a supply to re place that now provided by the pump ne and filter plant. Agreeable to this. I would slate that 1 have made the survey and would re spectfully report as follows: The Source. The South Fork of the Clackanius River is a stream of sparkling, pure water having Its source and entire course amid the ld and rugged slopes of the Cascade mountains. The, flow, as measured by a representative of the V .S. Geological Survey on Sept. 27th of the present year, amounted to 212 cu. ft. per second which corres ponds to 15,641.000 gallons in 24 hours This figure, if in error at ull, is on the .vnotner 'nrTgle in trie proverb about the early bird and the worm Is found In the story nf the two Huston boys who were struck by a meteor at 3 o'clock In the morning. Of nil the dictators Yuan holds on with the least fuss and confusion. There are so many Chinamen that when a few of them are beheaded no body else knows anything about it The tango has been barred from the hieago schools. There Is a movement in foot In many parts of the country to hnve spelling and reading and arith metic take Its place In the schoolroom. A Cincinnati woman married her sons wires brother, nnr unless some thing hnppens In Cincinnati soon to di vert people's attention the problem Is going to drive half the city to the asy lum. There is talk of a giant Zeppelin air ship to cross the Atlantic with passen gers for the Panama exposition. Ger mans are not quite so reeklesq rs all that. Zeppelin disasters have inspired them with caution. Being a cniigrcxsman Is no fun. If yon stay In Washington and Introduce bills the netvimper talk of the harm you are doing, and If you go home they print tables showing how many roll calls you have missed. The Finperor w llllnm on nn Income of nearly $7,0Ki.(Mi Is reported to he having a hard time "to make ends meet." The cost of living has gone up for hal-iers and secretaries of state as well as for the plain people. Merl'-o should be one , and most contented of : of the earth, ft Iris Cie ' the richest I the nations r.wouroes lo make people was-te hand:. rich sipulti"!i f HlO.OOO.Oori It Is discoursiglti'.' to see It its birthright mid turn back the of the clock of progress. Don't pass your worrfea oi; ckloro- form them. Chihuahua Is even mora difficult to pronounce than Junrer.. In the brlplit lexicon of love there la no such word as eugenics. Of course rig-lit thinking people are those who think as you do. The price of cigarettes Is (tolns; up. Xow we have the high covt of inhal ing. About the most uselewi gift we can think of would be throat troche for John Llnd. It Is reported the nary refused men with flat feet May be only mis understanding. s safe side, as engineers of the Cortland Uallwnv. Light Power 'Py hat 11 measured this stream for set era tears prist and have never recorded so low a How. The water "hod. or catchment area, of the stream as tak en bv platllnietor measurement from the large Forest Service map nniotinis lo '.'it Miuaro mill's, anil, as the pro posed Intake Is bill on. half mile from the stream's mouth, all the Ion water How mid practically the entire cat. h ment area Is tributary lo the proposed pipe line. East and West Forks. One half mile, or lo be exact , feet, rrom lis mouth the South Tor i f..r,i,..,l lo- I hi- coming logout er of two slreains of nearly ciii:tl 1,1 '" culled the Last ami West Folks So, far as I know, no ineasiir. nienls hate been made of the How of the: e strcatim separately, and ut the time this work was Inltlivlcd heavy rams had raised all the siivanis above the r minimum or low water How so that measure ments made then would have I n of .... v .tin., US II tTeellll!! the problem in hand TIW West Kork. a. cording to i the Forest Service map has a catch ment area of Ki.2 and the Fast Foi l. l i .,iii-o miles but as the areas i have little relation lo minimum run ml. j we can Judge little from this compai son. A stream hut lug n;c p rocky (-lopes and generally rugged topo graphv will he "llush.V with fre.piei.! sudden Hoods ttfter etery storm, and will hate at cry low miu'ru'iu flow, while it stream with gentle slopes, o. better yet, with Us sources In lakes and ponds will hate few freshets, and will maintain a fair How et. n during the dry season. From u e'lidy of the map I am Inclined to the belief that lb.' West Fork has rather the better of It as regards the low water How, but 1 do not believe the Fast Fork will ever fall below 10 second loot and n.i ihU .'I'liltalent to tl.ti'nl.OO'l gallons In .M hours It alone will supply iiregou citv for some time to come ; West Fork In part not on Reserve. 1 hate gone Into this matter of llow j at some length as the West For la In part in T. is. K. 4K. und so Is not on the Forest Keserte. This area on: s de the Kes. rte amounts to t'. 4 s,pia;c nubs and has been patented, the odd sections to the Oregon & California Kailroad, and the eten s.vtlons to the Nor;hern Paclllc Kailroad. ex.-eplliu: section :ti'. which belongs to the stal'' of tir.gon. t). V C. lauds may revert to the Fulled Slates in which eteu tin t- will un loubledy be addi d to the lies. rte. and possibly, by the time Ore con Ci'y will need the (low of the Y a: Fork, tile other patentees may be pre tailed upon to take other lands put tided the matter were taken up wltn the proper authorities. Other Streams. The llow in Roaring lilvcr and Kis Creek was also measured by the engi neer of :he F. S. (o-ological Surt.-y on the same day that he measured the llow of the South Fork. Sept. 27th. I'll! and the facts ceueernllig all ,(,,. stnaiiis eppear In the table be low . The How of the North Fork was not measured by the engine, r of Ihe C. 5. i;col"gicul Survey on the day that he measured the other streams. The summer llow of this stream is very small and near the mouth at least t or poor us to quality. It Is more of a tallet. than a inouuialii sir. am an.: not at ull suited for a municipal watei supply. Ths Intake. At the point where the Kast und Wist Forks unite to form the ma n South Fork the elevation Is 7m'i fee'. For the reason that the West Fork Is not on the Reserve, as well' as for the (act tint a dam ucross one fork will be ih. aper than one across (he entire , stream, and for the further fact that I the gain In head Is needed In dearln ; the Sprlngwater ridge, it la deemed best to locate the intake 200 feet up the Fast Fork which, with the small' diversion dam necessary, will niuke : the Intake at elevation SOU ft. It I would be bcBt, In lieu of a settling basin, to run a box flume, for about two hundred feet anil, should occasion arise, It would be an eaHy mutter to run u smaller branch Hume up the Wist Fork. The Inluke works, run sistini: of a timber crib (lam 5 or o f, et high with screens over the Intakfl proper will involve small expense. Wood Stave Pipe. Most of you are doubtless familiar with wood stave pipe, but for such ns ure not I w ill, In a few words, describe it. Wood .state pipe Is of two kinds, vi.: "Ma. bine Handed" and "Contin nous Slave." Machine Handed Pipe Is made up in x to 20 font li ngHis In the shop and derives Us strength from the wlrn which Is wound spirally around Us outside. The ends are made slightly conical and tire Joined consecutively j In the Held, except In the smaller sizes which telescope tORether, by col lars similar In construction to th.! pipe Itself. H Is usual practice to uip this pipe in hot asphaltum and coal Stream Flow Sept. 27, 1913. 24.2 cu. ft. per sec. (1.1. 641, OHD Kal. lu 24 hours) 18.2 cu. ft. per sec. (11,763,000 ku!. In 21 hours) 56.S cu. ft. per sec. (36.710,000 kiiI- In 24 hours) Not measured Not measured South Kork Fish Creek ItonrliiK Klver KaHt Kork of South Kork West Kork of South Kork South Kork Area on Reserve South Kork Area not on Reserve Husband, Rather Than Wife, to Blame For Discontent Which Leads to Divorce By JOHN J. FRESCHI. M.g,irate, Gly of New York FROM my experience on the bench of a court that interpret the law and files the penalty in cases that range from misdemeanors to more serious notation of the criminal code I have come to the con clusion that it is LESS OFTEN THE WIFE THAN THE HUS BAND WHO STRIKES THE PRIMARY CHORD OF DISCON TENT. IN MY 8HASie OF THE SOME SIXTEEN THOUSAND CASES Of ALL NATURE THAT ARE ANNUALLY PASSED UPON BY THE TWENTY CITY MAGISTRATES I HAVE OBSERVED THE MARITAL PROBLEM FROM EVERY POSSIBLE ANQLE. THIS CONCLUSION COMES TO M Ei THE PERCENTAGE OF DIVORCE IN THIS COUN TRY IS INCREASING THREE TIMES AS FAST AS POPULATION! FOR EVERY TWELVE MARRIAGES THERE IS ONE DIVORCE- AS TOUNDING, ISNT IT. WHEN WE THINK NUMERICALLY OF THK PARTICIPATION IN MATRIMONY AND THE RESULTS? SociologwU hare argued that the rift in apparent domestic felicity cornea because one of the pair develop icea or reveal nnpleaatnt traiU of character. Kut between the HUES OF MATRIMONY and the ASHES OF THE DIVORCE COURT tins theory lose iU identity. It isn't that either of them baa contracted new ice. Rather, one or the other lu ceased to be tolerant of old frailtie.. Tha complainant car il at what one waa condoned. lar after which, while the coating U si III hot. Ihe pipe U rolled In saw ilusl and (his II Is thai Kites (tils pipe I peculiar "corky" appearance. It I mail.. In sites from 2 Inches to .1 Inches. Nt. from Its bulky character which results In large Height and hauling blls, Hs lniiihipiuhllli.v lor bending around short lunis, and H iss snioolh Inlerlor, as compared l vi .ii.nerlln.il. It Is not recom mended for this work for sl.es above l( Inches. Continuous Slate Pipe Is put I"''11' ,r In the Held, and derives Us nlr n" from round s I rods which cnclo I lug It are drawn tight by nuts and shoes provided lor that puipose 1 he longitudinal seams are made light by a tongue similar to thai of it Honrlm: hoard, mid the leakage which woiit.j otherwise occur between Ihe ends of Individual stutes Is prevented by a steel plate which Ills snugly Into saw kerf In the ends of the slaves. There are no collars or coiipllUK ami as the slaves break Joints the pipe presents a smooth continuous appear mice, hence Us name. This pipe, from the fad that It may t" '"'lit to the arc of a curve hating u radius of bill t',0 times Us own diameter. Is superior I" j" other pipe for geltlng uiouioi. .....I r l.r.iken colinlrv. I lie l a i lliat II collies knocked down makes II a cheap pipe from the standpoint ol Ire ght and haullnc. and the amoulhcrj Interior makes It a splendid ii.iiedii. t ll is ma le In we s tiom til inch- s I" I.I r. ft. and some tnanufa. tur. rs iigree to make It as small as H Inches In ill uuieler. Durability of Wood Pips Mr. A. I Frte. of Hrooklt n. X. Y.. but at on time a resident of Oregon City, has recently Kottm out possibly the Hnest i-titilncf r's pocket book thai has et appeared, and he begins his section oil Wood State pipe us fob low s: .'Wood Stave 1'ipe had a turiame reputation, and has bin-u the snbjicl ll( mi-, discussion iiiiioug engine, rs. .h, wrll r uls ,,, Kl, u( many m b s (1 ,(,( .,(.,,, ean recoiiiuieud It for cheapness of llrst cost and carry ms u paclty Hut It ti l remains to be ib in onstruled to what extend It will com pare III economy wlih oiln r kinds of pipe when its lasting e,ual!tlca are cm sldered." This Is probably a talr s'ntcineiit of Ihe case, yet many engineers be i llcve thai cast Iron alone surpass. wood stave pipe In lasting nuallll. .when the Kilter Is prop, rly laid. We are prone because of Its inetalle lul I lure, to think of steel us lndetruct Ible. hut those who have hud expert i Hue know that rust. tiihcrcuUlloii und I pitting do for steel, as surely, und i many engineers may be found who ttlll I say positive)- more rapidly, what rot ; und decay will do for wood. Pitting ; began to cans,, leaks on the first Hull ! Hun line I tears uft.r It was down. und during the following S years many leaks were found, but, according to Mr. Clark, the Chief Kngllieer, this pitting and leakage was eonrinid al most entirely to two stretclus of a tulle i ach, and w ith tin s.' repaired the pipe Is believed good (or U number of years. Kngiiu ers differ is to r' oiniueiid lug -tood pipe. Mr. It II Thompson, formerly City Fnglni" r of Seattle, in projsislng the second Cedar KlVer line for that city, recommended wood which was the material of the first line: Mr. D. I. Clark, t hlel F.nitUicer of the Portland W ater I oinmlss im. on the other hand, stales Hint they lu'ter very seriously considered wood for the second Hull Hun line which, like the first, was of steel, though made of heavier plates. Until these men are of nationul reputation. llefore missing from this heading It may be stated thut cust Iron under usual conditions Is more durable than either steel or wood, but Its cost and great weight leave It out of consider ation for this line. Wrought Iron pipe which would come next In duruhilliy Is now little made. Steel pipe, when cnefoiirth Inch thick and wrapped with burlap pass lug through u hot bituminous com pound, a process known as "National Coating," Is believed Immune from electrolysis ami gives promise of long I. fe. lis cost, as that of cast Iron, lenders It out of consideration for this line. As has been said, between t.ood slave pipe and steel as ordinarily (tip ped, many engineers may be found who believe the former more lasting lloth cast Iron and steel, b. cuuse of the roughening of the Interior by tu berculatum, show a gradual falling oft In carrying rapacity so that us the population and the demand for water Increase, the amount delivered grows less and less as the years go by. Wood pipe which In the beginning Is as good a carrier as cast Iron and Hi per rent better than rlvoled steel does not do- tenorule with age and in,.. I am advised by the City Knglii.ei of Seattle that In mnklng the calcula tions for certain short sections of the Cedar Klver l.lne, where the great pressure rendered the use of steel nec- Catchment Area I I 2'i at), miles 43 so,, miles B'. miles 42 13.2 si. miles 1 5.2 sip miles 22.0 si). 6.4 sq. mil. s miles , .1... .,..,. i rum ui- allowed for Urn same l-nath 'f This annlled t' I"" Oreiott t lit I 1 1 " ,i i....u thai were It of rivet IM sled I'lP" " '' nn XTl' ..a ilallv at ll"' '''' ' 000 gallons ."hate lo hate fall MccM IN ke and Sprlmiwalor rlilM" id l teat iuiiisi no.. .-I ' - . (eel III place of 1"" "" " Ths Astoria Line. There have I n two notable rail urea nf wood pipe, one a large oulfall M,er of the t It v oH.oc Auaeles ami the oilier that th aler supply l 'i' the City of Astoria. The Astoria Water ommlssloti In S'i.'. cousirniieil a Hue 7l miles In length conslsiinu In l"rt of IH i.n h wood slate pipe and In part of III U steel pipe. 1 his line, the aUtif por tion of which was of Ikniglas Fir, after giving liouble for a number of ) . was In I'.'in replaced bv a similar PIP" of lledvt ood. Several Oreaoll t I1 1 peo ple have spoken lo Ine about this Ulin and I had hoped l visit 11. but as I could not do so. In addition lo looklim up Ihe published accounts. I wrote Ihe Water Commission n,"l received the follow UK reply: In r. plv to your Inquiry relative to Wooden Stave' Pipe Conduit, will sa lltal at tune of renewal the siav.s win. la a ib caved condition aloiiit tlio whole line and wuoihor er would hate s.-en a collapse of Ihe whole line. Ihe steel pipe was III a better Colulb III u and vv til the excel, II. Hi of almul in. iii ft of No 12 (slightly under one elghlh InflO. which was renewed, Ihr original pipe Is sllll III US" Where No. Ill isll.-.hllv over one eight III. hi itccl was used th.-re has I i v.rv Utile trouble but the No. 12 has lie tclopcj many leaks. The or Klual wooden slave pipe was made of 'kill dried ' Uougbi Fir and It I" Ihouglit dial the kiln lining shortened the Hie csart, no inn per ..... ..... .... .ul one half I lines Hull o( the staves. When Ihe line was f ... tti . Slid opposite the mouth of llm Hi wed III" staves vtetn of Redwood. -i , , n 1 ti Fork to th" mouth of Ihe North ..lacked and idled In the o" n ' jFork. At this luller point the Kudu III aildliloii to the reason glv.il m 1 , mmrcts with III" road from (iatn.-IJ the ab'.te letter It mitt be slal. d Hint j , j,( p l be necessary In hiillil a bv (ar Ihe greater number of 11,11 1 road from the North Kork In Ihe etnj w.-rc found a( (hose points when, llo j t ,1B ira, k at th socull. J Tpper pipe was Ileal ill.' htiliuullc grade and j torn," a distance of one ami Ihms (he pressure accordingly slight. I .hi i fllliri' mid If Ihe (oral inn la lit fob si uncut ly Hi" saturation finui Hh'U ; die norlli aide of Ih.. river. From was ttlmoK in eligible W ood sulur , ,(,,, t'pper I'aui lo the Crosslin haei utcit with water will lal Hid. Hnl . I) ' dm alllith bank, one tourist ttilla and the AsLUIa and U'S Ang. lo. u !,, the Fslacada brldae. Iln ! -well u oilier f.illuin. have taught the 1 ,,,, i follow Ihe upper side of Hi" following ' rnllrond and. (or reason of economy lu til Wood Slave Pipe to last iiiuit I (rrl,ehlnil the pipe, as close thereto a run at all points mid at all dm. elr. nuistaiicea and the l.lght Power full of water, and for Ibis reason Is -.niitmnf a engineer will ermlt. The not suitable for s. w. nt (21 Wood Slave Pipe Is crseiit'al ly a pressure pipe and Is more la-itlus-. ollur thlnga b.lng e.iiat. when un.-d under a pressure upwards ol I0 lb p.-r S'ure Inch Thla keeps the wood saturated from within. Ul Wood State I'lpe la the better for careful back rilling ro.il. sods und other vegetable (nailer should liev er be used In biuk nibns ngalnsi Ih" j (p The difficult country at polula pipe. Stone und i spis ialv ungul ir : ,M., , iltt North Fork and the Ca Iraituei.' of ish k leaving linei s'l.-rj . ...,, i.., ...J rout luuonsly for 4 f.,r air ure also iiu lealrable Inn k II I Manv eiigllieer say wimhI pl!e I bet l. r placed on wood or concrete sail ; .luts set on top of the ground thnii put In a trench of any kind, and this Is the practice In mil h lirlgallou und power work. (41 The s'iiv.-s must be liamii- I with cure, ns bruise on wood. Ilkfc bruises on an apple, muke a slanlir: point tor decay ami trouble. i in y must not lie thrown alm'ii use rui nary two by tours. Th" lorego'iig ileilucllons Have an Important bearing In rotialderlcg l'."i problem of locating lb" pip" llu' es hilly the taieinent regarding Ihe back Mlinir. for If the only bark till nh!U liable I of such nature a experi nice shows w 11 decrease, rut her than Increase Ihe life of the pipe, whr o lo the expense of etcavat Iiik a trench nt all? Whv not place the pipe on saddles on top l'"1 around where It may be easily Inspected and cheap ly repair, d and where, If renewal there must be. It may be attended with much less expense than were the pipe burled In a tr. nch' It Is true that III the esse of inutile pul supply Ihe back tllllui; has two function to perform, ll) preserving' the pipe, (If It does preserve III; and 121 keeping the water cool and palat able. Where these the only colisld (rations, I would unhcsU.illimly rec ommend Hint ihl Hue, for the Cist 4 mll.s and nt certain point nlonic the ii. t r. mil s, he placed on top of the around, following aa near a prac ticable choc to the left or south hank of the Clackamas lllver. The raliyon. ninnltiit In a k ncruly east and west direction and belns; more than a thou mini feet doeti would, I think, afford ample protection from tho sun In so far as kcoplnn the water cool Is con cerned Wallace, Idaho, several yeara aao received, and. I believe, tlll receives a portion of Its water supply from I'lacer Creek throunh a 2 Inelix2 Inch box flume which follows Hie open can yon side for two miles and delivers Its Mow to a pipe line near Ihe city limits. Uowover. In the case of the ('I n k amas Canyon, there 1 the necessity of protectlnK Ihe pipe from slides, rolllim stones and lors which nt manv points mlKht easily come down will. such force and violence a to wreck the pipe. This must be taken into consideration for, even as It Is. It Is possible that the Insurance companies may object to the city dependliiK on so lonK a line as the one here pro posed with so small a reservoir as ihe present one at Klyvllle. This feature will be commented on further alona; In the report. TakltiK all matters In lo account, the best and most ecohom leal plan. In so far as both first cost and depreciation Is concerned, seem to be to place tho pipe on top of the ground at those points where no pro tection from slides Is necessary, and at points where such protection Is necessary do only so much trenching as will accomplish the purpose. The damage from tiro Is believed neglig ible, esporlully If care he taken to keep the briers and ferns cleared away by late fall or early spring burnings. At points along the stave pipe line for the City of Vancouver, H. ('., where the pipe Is above ground, additional protection from fire I afforded by fire liose attached and ready or use. Con sld'Tliig the pressure under which the pipe wll be used and which will tend to keep the wood saturated this would eem a needless precaution In the case of the Oregon City Hoe. Th Pip Line. The line 1 designed to deliver J, 000,000 gallons per 24 hour, and has a diameter of IX Inches between the In take and the Sprlngwater ridge, a dis tance of 13. ( mile; 18 inches between the Sprlngwater ridge and the farm of W. O. Harris, 8.1 miles; 14 Inrhe bet wen the Harris plare and the Kly vllle reservoir, 4.4 mile. The total distance Is thus 26.1 mile. The IS Inch and lit Inch pipe are recommend ed to be continuous stave construc tion and the 14 Inch machine banded. Th Intak to Estacada. Two hundred feet below the proposed Intake hlrh, aa stated, will be on the Kant Fork or the South Fork, the line will cross the South Fork and follow thence down the left or weat bank for 2,500 feet. The material her I part loose and part aolld rock and aa there la mi danger from slides nil His left bank. Dm Una may tin placed nn erailln abovn Ihe around. This will lim'issllaln fUtllliN the timber In reach, and In this half mile Is fuuin about Ilia ol ly liri cu Umber along. b line, Leaving- Hie Reran of III" Hniilh Fmk Ibii proposed loealiou follows as rlntn lo the Clin damns lllver as the giuiiinl will permit tieurlr tu Ksiai sdii, At piilnla, as the pri'llt" shows, II will b.i best iii rise imai ly Iii Ihe hydraulic gradu line, as above I lie. Csudnr.i I'ower House anil at ollor places. In addition In Ihe tiiinieruua pulnis which VIII reipilrn dome shiMitlng, there are thine elins, 2ml, .Hii) all, in in feel In lohHlh which can lm pasi. only bv blasiliis away the maletlnl s.i us in form a shelf or a ledge on whug lo place the pipe. Tim longest of Hu m which Is opposite Hi" old Jno. rlliatulu pliiei. Is marked hy lioiUniilal r"ii i nil. I II la liell-'veil lhal bv J " iif . r ii..,.e a M..ifi ... unit can lie inaiU at IIIHI ll leas I II,. Diar, 1 1, nt) wui olherwlsn tin Ihe cni. (illn ' of these Tiorltotilal Joints Is shown in olio of the sinull phologi uphs milled herewith. After passing ( k rt cllfl the hills Ihh oiu" less rusg 'd ami tin. danger from slides Is alnmst n.(. llglblo Alternate location. An aliernat" location lieiwn-n i,t Intake und Fatncada would be i,, f,, low ih" left or south hunk nf Hid ram Clni katiias lllver for about a Uiiltu4 tli. n cross in ihu north Lank i-htipr oter III" water on a uapc unit, In Idge or under the water by no ant of cm it lion with hall and s,ski,i joints Once on the north bank III. I.H-ntlou would follow as closely a a piaetl.uble Ihe wsgoti rosd gisiln which Ihe piirtlniul Itallvtay. IJglit t I 'ottir Company n praciicuiiv com i,i,.m from a point short ill.tun. river la narrow al the point selected for the second crossing so (nai a sus pension bridge iiifflclent t rrry the pipe line will Involve no serious n petise The distance I practically the tame ,y (he north bank, as by the south bank I.Hatb.n. but for the follow tranoiis th" south bank ocation Is rec .....n.riidr.l tunc, from the t aaadrro Pain lowaiw Katncmla. 12) The two river rroaalngs. the upper one of which Involtes consid erable eipetise and some uncertain ties in The desirability of kmeli , Way fnun etab.tlng or projected "! (1( Th" advantages of a shaded ' l(ir1n ,,, ver a healed south oii" , (mcada to Oron city. Knixriiiat ilia rouiitj riuid lo ar the oU(h end of the K.t . .! brldaa, tho i line will follow the Sprlngwai. r road the place where (he "cutoff" rJ 1 J,,lu the main rai near the old Ini j ,,, aw M1 From ih.a P-.lnl III" ...rvrvnl follow the cutoff ... . at.M fur.,, i.f road lo, ami nesny nir.. Mr. Trachsel Mere, nslna utounl making: II necessary to leave the n"l. the line as surveyed turns lo the right mid. folowliiR- a generally northwe.it course, passes through the old "Haf rln place" and crosses Ihe Hprlngwat er ridge at the point where llm Viola road Joins the main road leading from Sprlngwater to ligan. Ibis point which marks the end of the Is Inch pipe Is M tulles by the survey from lb.. Intake, und lo feet Ions In eleva tion. This gives to this point a fail of I 39 ft. I'er WO feet of length- From this point the fall will be 2 ' ft. per lu' feet of length and the pip will be Id Inches. I'roin the Sprlngwater ridge Ihe lino will follow ihe county man, ' where an uccasionm sunn. ""- Ihe acquiring of additional right nf way necessary, to. and through Viola sod up the hill to tho Itedland cross roads at A. M. Kln hem s house. Ilcri rising ground again makes It neces sary to leave the road and Ihe loca tion, crossing first the field of J. W. l'ullham, remain on private laud for about one and one half miles, or lo a point In Hie road leading from the Itedland Cemetery to l.lnn Mill. Th location will then follow this road nearly to the point where It com mence lo descend rapidly Into the Ah ernathy canyon. Leaving the road at ihl point, Ihe line will deacend lu Ahernethy which It will cross one. fourth mile above l.lnn'a Mill, regain Hut the county road again near th house of Mr. Perry. A urveyed, ths line, leaving the house of Mr. HarrH snd Mr. I'erry to the left, passe through Ihe wood to the end of th lane on the line between the farm of Judge Campbell and Mr. Kgglmaun. and thence to the Highland f"'1 Since the survey waa made It been decided to raise the lllt ' feet, and thla together with the h(,rl' enliig of the line by the direct nrurs" across the Ahernethy ranyon Is be lieved to have given sufficient w , f0owti .....( i.. ik.. Ilonerlrl riOOi house and thence along the Highland road as before to Oregon City. The fall from the Harris place m Ihe reservoir la such that a M nr" pipe will more than carry J.OOO.OOii gallon. Aa a result, a atand plpa rIn be erected at F.ly and by an automat o valve the line can be made to fill thla lank when needed and at other time discharge lo the present reservoir. Calculation show that a I" " pipe, delivering 7 hour orw t '"is tank or stand pipe HO feet 'o at other times to the reservolf, j take care of all tha water a 16 ln( plpe will bring to tha Ham farm. Thla lmplle tha construction, at leas:, of a mall reervolr al thla place. However, thla need aot be don until Oregon City require nearly tha whole ot the 3.000,00 gallons, and In case a shortage reservoir I ever built 'nl would be the proper location for It. The estimated cost, uelng IS-lnctt and 1 Inch continuous atav pipe and 14-Inch machine banded pipe. 000.00; using IS Inch continuous stave to Kstacada and lH-tnch. 1 Inch and 14 Inch machine banded from Ks tarada to Oregon City It la $273,0'i0.0. Conalderlng tha character tt tlj country from Estacada east, I woiiW statu that thla report and estimat should be verified by aoiae enrlneer whose experience haa made btn a specialist In thla clasa of work. would, In thla connection refer ysu to Mr. D. C. Henny, Consulting Englie" of the II. 8. Reclamation Service, rrt land, Oregon. Reapectfully aubmltteC II. A. RANDt 'WV T