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5 WORK RETARDED BY POLICY OF PINGHOT TWO NEW VIEWS OF PANAMA CANAL, SHOWING SLIDE-INFESTED SECTION AND FAMOUS LOCKS AT GATUN. IACE FOR SENATE INTENT OF AILSHIE Ttn? nroTMVrN"Cr 01?"F:f50NTAX. MOTTDAT. NOVEMBER 24, 1913. Capital Not Willing to Develop Power Projects That May Be Confiscated. AMENDMENT IS DEMANDED Kevocafele Contract Meets Strong Objection and Advocates of Rea sonable Attitude Will Ask v ; for Its Repeal. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ' Ington, Nov. 23. "Water-power develop ment In the United States has been rendered unprofitable by latter-day Governmental policies under the name of conservation. Unless these policies are radically altered capital will seek other investments, and the one in exhaustible natural resource of the country will remain utterly wasted. This was clearly brought out during? the sessions of the National Conserva tion Congress during; one of the stormiest sessions the congress has known. On the one hand were prac tical, experienced delegates from the' West men who knew all about con-' eervatlon from having- rubbed elbows with Government authorities charged with enforcing the conservation policy; on the other hand was the army of Gifford Pinchot, made up largely of paid employes of the Forest Service, brought to Washington at Government: expense. The antl-Flnchot delegates at the Conservation Congress did concede the right of the Federal Government to have jurisdiction over power develop ment on navigable streams and on non navigable streams in the West, where the power sites were held by the Gov ernment. At that point they parted company with the ex-Chief Forester and demanded material changes in the Government's policy. Development la Checked. That the existing policy operates to check power development was readily demonstrated by figures showing that the large majority of permits for the construction of power plants either on navigable streams or on public lands had been abandoned because the com panies proposing to develop power had found it impossible to borrow money to finance their projects, where the Government would make a lease or con tract for only 50 years, without pro vision for renewal, and, furthermore, reserved the right at any time to can cel the contract and virtually con fiscate the power plant. To illustrate the impracticability of the Government's policy, it was said at the congress that no capitalist, un less he were a fool, -would Invest J10, 1)00,000 in a building project if he did not own the land on which he proposed to erect the building, and if the land owner granted him a revocable 50-year lease, with the privilege of canceling the lease at will and taking possession of the building without compensating the man who paid for its construction. Vet that is on all fours with the present Government water-power policy. Effort Made to Amend Law. Sufficient interest was aroused in the water-power question to Insure its presentation to the Federal Congress t the coming regular session, and it is known that a serious effort will be made to bring about material changes In the Government's water power policy. It is to be expected that Pin chot and his heavily financed organi sation will fight against changes, but It is also assured that strong pressure will be brought to bear by advocates of a reasonable and practical policy to overturn the Pinchot idea and have the Government offer some real In ducement to capital that Is desirous ot Investing in water-power projects In the United States. . The first demand will be for the recall of the revocable 50-year contract. It is conceded that water-power per mits must be indeterminate, or if for B0 years must be made with a provision for renewal at the end of that time, for power plants are costly and cap ital will not invest large amounts for a comparatively short period. Even more important is the necessity for withdrawing the revocable feature of pending contracts, because capital will not take up an expensive project so long; as It remains in the power of a Cabinet officer to confiscate the prop erty of the power company. MORE WED IN VANCOUVER U47 Licenses Issued In Month and Most to Oregon Couples. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 23. 1 special.) one hundred and forty-seven couples procured marriage licenses here this month and most of them came from Portland and other Oregon cities. A dozen couples obtained licenses here yesterday. They were Archibald Maendele, of Portland, and Ella Mc Clellan, of Salem; John Mattox, 24 years old, and Ruth Van De Llnder, 16 years old, daughter of Mrs. E. P. Van te Linder, of Homan.W. W. Johnston and Mrs. Hester, M. Ridley, of Seaside, or.; naward B. Williams and Miss Ade line Olsen and Raymond L. James and Agnes D. Vaughn are four of Redmond, Or.; J. F. Cartwrleht and Florence Al len; Edgar Peterson and Mrs. Effi Lyons, of Portland; H. D. Feagins and Anna E. Kaller. of Newberer. Or: Ros ooe Tysop Crawford and Ethel Violet Updike and Peter Denotter and Mrs Louise Heckman. of Vancouver: J. H. Lane and Hazel Sprague, L. V. Smiley ana vjroiaa j)V Thompson ana Simon Corliss Berry and Marcella Gertrude noon, of Portland. . r'e&iJ'. t -h. J4 . iiiiiiil - . x 4; i i 1 I AbOVE FIRST VIEW OF CANAL PROPER SINCE BLOWING UP OF UAMBOA DIKE, CHANNEL APPEARING TO BE CROOKED ON ACCOUNT OF ENCROACHMENTS OF SLIDES. HELOW GATUN LOCKS. LOOKING WEST FROM WATER TOWER, SHOWING APPROACHES TO LOCKS, GATUN DAM AND SPILLWAY IN DISTANCE. DATE IS UNCERTAIN Opening of Canal Depends on Slides in Future. FAIR EXHIBIT SUGGESTED Four Counties Asked to Join Wasco in Ery Fanning Display. THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) Secretary Judd S. Fish, of The Lalles Business Men's Association, has written to every commercial body In the counties of Sherman, Gilliam. Crook tinfi Morrow, asking them to Join with Wasco County in making a dry farming, exhibit at the Panama Pacific Exposition at San Francisco In 1915. He advised the commercial 'clubs that the local organization will do every thing in Its power to make the united exhibit a big winner, and urged the clubs to begin preparations at once for growing the products for exhibition. RAINS NOT NOW FEARED Bodily Displacement of Vast Hill Found to Be Only Way of Deal Ins With. Obstacles Mech anism Works Well. (Continued From First Page.) Oregon Apples to Go to Orient. LAFAYETTE, Or., Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) The Lonsdale Orchard Company has reported an order for one car of Ben Davis apples to be shipped to Bal four Guthrie at Seattle, to be exported to Pekin, China. the other slides until the full width of the channel is attained, and the pas sage of vessels through the canal as soon- as channels of full depth and of sufficient width have been secured. Channels Must Be Dredged. "Before boats can be passed it will be necessary to remove the Gamboa Dike by dredges and to remove' the slides as already outlined. The pas sage of commercial vessels is depend ent, therefore, on the time when proper channels can be dredged through the slides; should additional ones occur. they will necessarily advance the date when this will be accomplished." The canal proper, exclusive of the approaches, the machine shops and warehouses and great ocean docks at either end, would have been completed during the last fiscal year but for the extensive slides in the Culebra Cut. To deal with the great problems In volved in the removal of the slides no effective way was found except the bodily displacement of vast hills. The slides and breaks increased as the cut was deepened. "No treatment has proved effective for slides when once developed except that of excavating and hauling away material from the moving mass until the slide comes to rest or until the angle of the repose for the particular material in motion Is reaches," said Colonel Goethals. Geologists False Prophets. Last year It was predicted by geolo gists that the slides had been' con quered and that little more activity could be expected because all the loose surface soil and stone had almost Blid off, exposing great ridges of solid basalt rock, which would act as bar riers to further earth movements. Yet, when all was most promising and the canal excavation had gotten within 60 feet of the bottom of the cut on th east side, the rocks broke under the tremendous pressure and 2,000,000 cubic yards of material slid into and closed up the cut. Since then, the canal workers have been digging away that material and though there have been several slides, steady progress was made, for not only did giant dredges work on the face of the slides, but powerful hydraulic monitors, such as were extensively used in hydraulic mining on the Pacific Coast, were brought into play to wash away the treacherous hills from the rear, carry ing the material Into unused valleys distant from the canal. Dredges to Be Used. A great engineering problem was in volved in the solution of the question of continuing the excavation of the canal by steam shovels or by hydraulic dredges and Colonel Goethals, for the first time, makes an official statement of the reasons which Impelled him to choose the wet method. In brief, these were based on the ap prehension that Gamboa Dike would not be strong or high enough to keep the water out of the cut as the Gatun Lake rose In the wet season. Also, steam-shovel operations would be re tarded by the seasonal rains which would not affect the operation of the dredges and finally the measure was one of economy. It would have been possible with the shovels to remove all' of the slides by January 1, 1914, next, except Cucaracha slide, which could not have been entirely carried off before April, 1914. The financial operations of the canal are told In big figures: The disbursing officer has paid out 20,524,705 on pay rolls alone. Congress so far has appropriated $349,505, 223 for canal construction, of which $10,676,950 went for fortifications. Mechanism Works Well. In great detail Colonel Goethals tells the story of the engineers' work during the last year and with particular satis faction it is reported that the mechan ism of the vast locks and dams was, tested with perfect success. The gates at Gatun were swung In 1 minute and 51 seconds for each leaf. The heavy iron chains, which were depended upon to prevent an unruly vessel from crashing into the locks, were raised and lowered in ample time to meet any emergency, and demonstrated their ability to check or stop any vessel un less of great size and moving at ex cessive Bpeed. The locomotives which will tow the ships througn the locKS were tried out and proved their abil ity to handle the largest vessels, and the electric installaion, which will in volve the use of a current of 44,000 volts pressure, was completely successful. Altogether the technical sections of the report seem to demonstrate the ac curacy of Colonel Goethal's statement that practically nothing but the great elide at Cucaracha remains to prevent the successful operation of the canal. ST. JOHNS HAS LIBRARY GQAS T TO BENEFIT German Writer Points Out Ef fect of Canal on Pacific. NEW CARNEGIE STRUCTURE IS FORMALLY OPENED. Children Are Entertained In Afternoon and Short Talks Are Blade at Night Session. ST.JOHNS, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) The new library building erected on West Charleson and, Kellogg streets was thrown open to the Inspection of the public Saturday afternoon, when a large number .of people visited the building. Story hours were held In the afternoon at 3 for small children and at 4 for the larger children. Miss Mabel Rundall Is the librarian in charge. At 8 o'clock a public reception was held In the library, which was largely attended. There was a short programme of addresses. R. L. Sabin presided, and congratulated the people of St- Johns on the completion of the nne branch library. Robert Holman, County Commis sioner, spoke of the work of th county department In establishing branch, libraries In the county, where they would bring the advantages of the Central Library close to the people. Mayor Charles E. Bredeson, pro fessor Charles Fry, principal of the St. Johns High . School, and others spoke. The branch library is a one-story structure with basement. The main book room is finely lighted for night reading, and the branch is expected to become a social and educational center for St. Johns. It will be possible to hold lectures and other functions in the new building. Monday, the regular distribution of books will start from the new library. Andrew Carnegie provided the money for the building and M. F. Holbrook the site. Jefferson City Ticket Named. JEFFERSON, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) The following ticket was nominated at the city caucus held Thursday night: Dr. W. W. Allen, Mayor; E. E. Howell, Recorder; C. J. Canon, Treasurer; D. H. Looney, G. C. Mason and J. W. Parrlsh, Councllmen. Only one ticket was nom inated. GREAT BOOM PREDICTED Separation of East and West Will Disappear Hot Competition Be tween Steamship Linos Is Certain, at THrst. BERLIN, Nov. 23. Germany, above all other foreign nations expects , to profit by the opening of the Panama Canal. Maritime experts here point out that while the United States naturally will receive the greatest ad vantage, owing to its lack of ships It will not be in a position to protit by the great increase in the carrying trade which the German shipowners have foreseen and prepared for. German authorities say that the effect of the opening of the canal will manifest itself chiefly in a great com mercial boom in Western Canada and the Pacific Coast states, from which shipping Interests generaly will profit in the diversion and expansion of the streams of European emigration to regions on the Pacific Coast well suited to settlement but of which the Euro pean emigrant hitherto has had slight Knowledge, and, finally, in the op portunlty offered to the industries of the United States to compete under highly favorable conditions in the markets of the Orient, Western South America, Australia and New Zealand. Count Ernst zu Reventlow, the wen- known German naval writer and stu dent of American conditions, reviewed the subject recently, and said: "The west of the United States will experience a strong business and com mercial development. The Srrmigration from Europe will probably tarn itself far more than before to the Pacific Coast. That separation of the East from the West of the United States existing up to the present in the busl ness field will gradually disappear, making the United States a commer cial and business w.hole and in this way much stronger. On the west coast of South America lies the greatest i portance of the canal for the United States, and this importance will man! test itself not only economically bu probably in the political field as well "The full economic significance o the Panama Canal will make Itself ap parent only gradually. At first w may expect a hot competition between a number of steamship lines. The sur vivors will have the commerce In thei hands. Only the fittest will survive. Apparently all the great steamship companies of the world are preparing for this battle." riends of Idaho Chief Justice Circulate Information of Candidacy in State. FOUR-SIDED FIGHT LIKELY Frank It. Gooding and Probably Burton Hi. French, Congressional . Representative, Will Op pose Senator Brady. BOISE, Idaho. Nov. ?3. (Special.) Chief Justice James F. Ailshie intends to become a candidate for United States Senator, subject to the will of the Re publican primaries. This is settled with the friends of the Chief Justice, who have been circulating the information In the State. - They declare that noth ing that can be foreseen now can pre vent the Chief Justice from entering the race. They are not adverse to dis cussing the probability of the an nouncement of his candidacy, which still is withheld, and the possibilities of his nomination and election. Primarily, it is said, there is behind Chief Justice Ailshie's candidacy a de sire on his part for vindication from the " severe criticism that has been heaped upon him because of the Pro gressive disfranchising opinion and the subsequent contempt pvoceedings. French Reported to Be. In Race. A Washington report is that Burton L. French, now Representative in Con gress from Idaho, will be a candidate for the United States Senate, to sue ceed United States Senator Brady. Jus! how much foundation there is to the re port cannot be ascertained. Close political friends of Representa tive French say that they have heard nothing from Representative French that would lead them to believe that he win become a candidate. The re port is said to have eminated from Mr. French's friends in Congress. in tne event Chief Justice Ailshie and Mr. French both enter the race for the senatorial toga a four-cornered fight win De waged in this State nrior to the Republican primaries the latter part of July, which will detract from every other political issue and contest. ranK R. Gooding, the only an nounced candidate now in the race, has avowed his determination to conduct a personal attack on Senator Brady, who he holds is responsible for the alleged unsatisfactory condition of Rcmihlirnn jjoiiLiua in mis state. In reply to Good ing s attacK in nis announcement Sena' tor Brady declared that he did not pro pose to inauige in a camDalcrn of nnlitl, cal mud slinging, but would stand on nis vwo years' record in the Senate. Division ot District Likely. That the entrance of both Mr. Prt and Justice Ailshie in the senatorial race win divide tne northern dlstrir with French the stronger vote-getter of the two. is generally believed in po- "t'wi tircies nere. mere have been few men in politics in this State who havo been able to noil th vnta Congressman French has. His friends urgca nis candidacy for th Senat. h fore the last Legislature, but" to the last ne rerused to enter th ran a a arttve candidate. The same Legislature J Full Dress and Hf , f . Tuxedo Attire p Hi . For Af fears of the fill Jfeljl Holiday Season rj Mm Formal and semi-formal gar- f BS g3lJ ments that cany an air of Hell- I pl ppjjn being and refinement Not nearly Hi ?pjSn so expensive as custom-made, but tltj " fiSn m every vay. - t BU A new Full Dress Suit is gjfc trimmed ivith fine galoon binding II gpi 53f on edges of coat, and half-inch fit HfU stripes on side seams of trousers. L ; 11 Full Dress Vests of French g jj H Pique, Fancy Patterned Pique, I tpf IH (I an Silk. f Hi HI j Knox Silk and Opera Hats L lj I Buffum 1 HI Pendleton . g ggj I Morrison Opposite H tfeel Postoffice overwhelmingly defeated Justice Ail shie and elected James H. Brady. The. political forecasters declare that Justice Ailshie's defeat then is an indi cation of his weakness as a candidate for' the Senate. His friends say he can be nominated and elected. CHINESE IS CALLED HOME Consul-General Ow Young Kay Re placed by Progressive. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. Ow Young Kay, Chinese consul-general here, a member of the Kook Mung or Democratic party, has received a cable gram from Pekin demanding his resig nation. ' Ng Poon Chew, editor of the Chung Sai Yat Po, who has been consul-student under the Chinese consul, also has been notified that his services are no longer desired by the new Chinese republic. f Tsn Sz Kan, an adherent of the Progressive, faction of the new repub lic, now In Pekin, has been appointed successor of Ow Young Kay. School to Run "Without Tax Levy. CORNELIUS, Or., Nov. 23. (Spe cial.) The Cornelius School Directors will make an effort this year to con duct the work of the district without any tax levy on the district. The state funds, and the money already on hand will be relied on to keep the school go ing for a year. A special 2,,4-miU levy has been made, however, to take care of a $1000 bond which matures next year. SALEM TO GET MEETING TEACHERS' SESSIOX IS SET FOR DE CEMBER 22 TO 24. Professor O'Shea, of University of Wis consin, Educational Expert, la a to Be Chief Speaker. OREGON NORMAL SCHOOL, Mon mouth, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) Th- annual session of the western section of the Oregon State Teachers' Associa tion will be held in Salem this yea.-, December 22 to 24. J. H. Ackorman, head of the Oregon State Norcuil School, is the president of the associa tion. Hundreds of teachers from all parts of Oregon will attend the meet ing. President Ackerman and his help ers have prepared an excellent pro gramme. Dr. Michael V. O'Shea, of Wisconsin, is to be one of the speak ers. Dr. O'Shea is on a trip to Califor nia and President Ackerman has per suaded him to come to Oregon before returning to trie East. He will give two principal addresses at Salem one "The Trend of the Times" and the other 'The Child, as Heir of the Past." Dr. O'Shea is professor of theory and practice of education at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. He is an expert educational speaker. The full programme of the meeting will he issued in a few days. tiarnksgiYiEg $9m Wines and Liqeors o RDER early and be certain of having our delivery reach you in time. Remember there are hundreds of others who, like you, wish to buy the best qualities and buy them at the lowest prices and that means that "The Big Store ' will be busy. .California Wines at These Low Prices The prices below include sanitary glass container you may choose from Port, Sherry, Agelica, Muscat, Claret, Burgundy, Zinfandel or Riesling : Standard a regular $1.00 Wine, the gallon 'OC Imperial Wine a regular rf - gf $1.50 quality, gallon 1 U Old Vintage, a superb grade, regular $2.00 gallon Cream of California, our great specialty, gallon. $1.50 $2.00 Spring Valley Beer $1 a Dozen MILK BONUS IS OFFERED Creamery at Cornelius Opens War on Condensing Company, CORNELIUS, Or., Nov. 23. (Special.) Contesting the Cornelius milk pat ronage with the Pacific Coast Con densed Milk Company, the Portland Pure Milk & Cream Company, which maintains a plant at Cornelius, has. an nounced that It will pay a bonus for milk over the condensers' prices. Since invading Cornelius the cream ery has paid a bonus of 10 cents a hundred over the condensers at Forest Grove and Hillsboro. It Is said that the creamery Is mak ing big inroads on the business of the Pacific Coast Company. As a prelim inary step, .the company announces a meeting for the benefit of dairymen. - A mild beer is a pleasing beverage with a heavy meal our famous Spring Valley Beer is mild and of a delicious flavor. Serve it to your most critical friends. Large bottles, net (after re- d 1 f"f" "turn of bottles) delivered to your home, dozen P A Ail These Brandies Make Delicious Sauces Pure California Brandy, 75c the bottle, or gallon in glass container at $2.50 3-Star Brandy, in grape or cognac, the bottle, $1.00. 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