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DEVaOPHT BY: WATER POVER IS GROV NG RAPIDLY .Millions Being Spent' on Coast on New Projects Oak Grove . Unit Among Slate Enterprises BT Fsiltp H. Deter .A OMMct Sadater. Catud State hwt Merrte Water power development : In th United States U progressing rapidly, : particularly la CaJlfornl whera aeT eraT huge ; projects-are under way.! Other large developments; are under construction In WsJmington and Ore gon. - -.-. !v. -:v:? - ": f Ai''' , Expenditures for new project on the pacific ; coast alone aggregate many millions of dollars. It: I currently re-! ported that one CaUfornia. company, la pending a million a month. ' The larg- ' eat local project la the Oak Grove unit of : the j Portland Hallway, Light - , Power company on the Clackamas river about 1 mile above ths company's CaSadero ' plant. The CaJifornta-Ore-gon Power company during- 192) built ' a 123-mile transmission line fromProa pect, on the Rogulf river, to Spring field, and completed its hydro-electric plant on the Klamath river at Copco, California, ' Thia plant of 17,100 borae power serve Southern - Oresoa ; and ': Northern California. . ' . .: PEB. CE51 ,CT V. B. "-i -. ' -; Forty per cent of the developed water power of the world to In the United State. A recent estimate gives the to , tal aa f 441,000 borae power. Statistics by the United States ecological sur vey in 1921 show that there are la the United States 8120 - water power plants of 100 horse power or more capa city, with Installed water wheels ; of 126,958 horse power. . Seventy-eight per cent of this total Is In public util ity plants and 22 per cent in manufac turing plant. New York state leada with. 1.21,S7 borae power: California is a close second with 1,149.099 ; Wash - Ington Is third with 454.856 ; Maine fourth with 449,114 ; Montana fifth with 244,420; Idaho thirteenth with 224,868 and Oregon fifteenth with 185,218 h. p. These state totals compare favorably with the totals for some of the moat progressive foreign countries. Franc has 1,400,000 horse wower; Norway 1. 850.000; Sweden UOO.oOQ and Swltser Isnd 1.070,000. t " o The New England states have the largest percentage ; of development, where the installed capacity of 1.810. -.000 horse power is about midway be tween the estimated potential power s . at low water flow and that using stor age. The three Pacific coast states ' have aa installation ef 1,800,000 horse power and a potential power varying from 11,500.000 horse power at low flow te 28,000,000 using storage. Oregon. with aa Installation of 185,000 horse power has estimated potential power .varying from 4.912,000 horse power st low flow to 1447,000 using storage. OWE QUJlBTXK IK OBXGOIC For the entire - United States the water power developed averages arcs ser caDita. For California and Wash ington the average Is one-third; for . Oregon one-quarter. With the comple ' tlen of the Oak Grove plant on the Clackamas river Oregon's average will approximate that of Its neighbors. The New England states, an industrial sec tion, have existing plants with instai " letlon In excess of the minimum poten tiaL However, the Installation per capita Is only .14 horse power, or two thirds the Oregon rate, one-half that of Washington and one-sixth that of : Montana. The situation in New York is almost Identical with that in Mew England. The. records show that the Pacific coast country is already rela ' Uvely better developed than the older industrial centers. To 'usury runner development in Oregon there must be Increase of population. Oregon has three-quarters of one per cent of the population of the United States, two and one-third per cent of the developed water power and 17 per cent 01 the pos s aibllitlea. To build large water power plants requires the Investment of many millions of dollars. Until a market is available invested capital can not af ford to carry large Interest charges Shown a market, power investment and development will follow speedily. Contrary to the published statements of maay enthusiasts "white coal is not "free." it has been quite the cus tom among non-technical writers to consider water power as a product costing about the same as the air we breathe. As a matter of fact water power Is not always the most eeonomi- cal power even In regions where water resources are abundant. Steam power is sometimes actually cheaper. There should be a mental blue-sky law cover Ing non-technical discussion of water power matters. Probably soms writers are confusing cost with use of natural resources A pound of water used tor power is not consumed and lost as ta the ease with a pound of coal or of oiL In the economic use of natural re sources water power has nearly every argument la its favor : nevertheless, the hard fact remalna that water power ,. costs. - Eighty-five per cent of the water power sites in the United States are v ; under the Jurisdiction - of. the federal ' power commission. This commission. ' consisting .of the secretaries of -war, . interior and agriculture, was created in June, 1920. It has Jurisdiction ever sites affecting navigable streams, In- ternational boundaries and government lands. The commission grants licensee for a term period, which period by - law cannot be greater than 50 yean. Licenses under the commission pay 'certain rental charges to cover ad ministration costs and use of govern ment lands. Since its creation the com mission has received applications for license for projects totaling over 80. ": 000.000 horse power. Use of the water - Itself Is a state right and water appro priations must, be made under state , laws and subject to state regulation. Linfield College Founded in 1857 Declared Standard oy the ' TJ S. Bureau of Education " - - ' Second Semester Begin MONDAY, January 29, 1923 For Information Write to President Leonard W. Riley, MeMINNVILLE, OREGON WATERPOWER l - . . i - ' " 1 1 1 1 '- 11 1 1 1 j 1 ! 11 ! ' eS8sBBsseasJsSasasssBSasJss f i t ; ? I lewis 1 mi 1 sees nsiiawj 1 1 wssu - w-f-s ewssssssesswissMsssay Sssaessss-oea--atsssssassMSSas-e .;.-K-;t: : -: 1 " : : a : :: .-;:: :.-:-:..-.. .: . - 4,". " ' -': --il'':-:;:"::::'L : A ; V ' BIBpife:. I., -' ' f : i- vi-v-V:f?.:.:.::-.::!KW:iv.: - J; i if i i' i ; " - "",;:;' , T ?. (t) Northwestern Electric plant on Wiiite Salmon river; (2) Scene of P. R. I A P. new power development on tbe upper Clackamas river; (S) P, R. li. A P. pUnt on Bull Run river; (4) An Oregon waterfall tnat snsgests power possibilities; (5) P. R. Jj. A P. oonetroctlon camp on upper Claehsmss. ' i- .'.y. - State Colleges Thrive Campaigns A campaign for IUS9.000 to pronflbte" the work of TVlIlametts university tie dean of Institutions of higher learning in the Oregon country, was suoeessfully conducted late In the year. ifiah year since 1915 the enrollment at Willam ette university1 ha been Increased be tween H and 1 per cent, resulting during 1222 In over 88 studenU regis tering. Jjausanne hall has been fin ished entirely throughout- and i UO women students are resident. - Unfield college, formerly McMinn ville college, wss opened by the Bap tlsts In McMinnvtlle In September. 1857, and was chartered by the state Jan uary 80. 1SSS. '" T : . . - During the last year the. college re ceived the gift of Mrs. y. E. R. Lin field of property amounting to a quar ter million dollars, and the name of the school was changed to Linfield ooUsg January 10. -i , it The lonr standinff debt hag been paid In full and all of the expenses of the administration have been fully and promptly met. A new gyrdnasium with a full time physical Instructor has been added. A concrete tenms court was built. ' The attendance has been much larger than before, the present enrollment being J69, tZ& of whom are college studenta !.':".? : , y'y: UWTTEKSITT BEOBOAIflZZD rurlng the last year the administra tion of Pacific univeraity at Forest Grove Jias been reorganised under the leadership of President William Clar ence Weir, formerly connected with the Washington State Normal school at Bellingham. The campaign for provid ing this pioneer Institution with a sub stantial endowment and efficient equip ment has been reopened, under President weir's direction. . it is planned that a new science building and a - structure to house the conservatory of music will be erected on the : beautiful Pacific university campus at Forest Grove within : the next few months. ' , PACIFIC COIXSGX ADTA1TCXS . During the last Year Pacific conesw at Newberg has made greater advances cnoiasacaiiy taan. tn any other year of its history.-; This has been made possible by the successful completion Wishing the Readers of The Journal A Happy New Year . Dr. E.T. Hedlund ;. 'DENTIST ' . " i -?- XTF.XTSGS BT ApPorXT3tK3rT PHOSB ATWATK MH IN THE OREGON COUNTRY Successful In the summer ef 1921 of a campaign for f 150.000- of addlUoaal funds. ' ' ,.The college student enrollment is the largest In Its history, with a prospect of a still larger Increase at the begin ning of the new year.;,. y,-r" , Improvement in . the Albany ' college courses during the year of 1922 has been confined mostly to the music de partments which at present ranks along with the best in the state. In May a state wide : drive for IJ00.00Q, which would raise the endowment of the col lege to half a million, was started. The quota, for Linn county, - S50.0O0. was raised the first few days, but on ac count of the delay In electing a new president the outside campaign has been postponed. - - r IDAHO ADYA2TCES RAPIDLY During the last two years, but par ticularly the year just closing, the Uni versity of Idaho has enjoyed healthy growth and now the Institution finds Itself i sorely lacking in equipment and facilities to accommodate properly the yearly Increases In registration. Four years ago the college enrollment av eraged around 000, and -the laboratory and classroom equipment was compar able. Three years ago the enrollment Jumped to 89, the : following year' to 1110. and this fall tbe registration, ex clusive of all extra courses, stands at 1274. With few exceptions the class room space has not been enlarged; but noticeable Increase has been made In the teaching personnel since that time One new men's dormitory . was com pleted this summer and a women's dormitory Is now being- constructed. : With aa increased enrollment of 10 pen cent-ever last -year and all ar rangements mads for the first works on a building program. Whitman col lege at Walla Walla Is completing its most successful year. A new men's dormitory and a central beating plant, to be completed by September 1. 1928, are the firsta structures on the build ing program for a greater Whitman. A bond , issue of $150,000.1 providing the money for these buildings, la now being- - sold. - Tbe i Whitman building corporation has received its ; charter from the state of Washington and Is imakton; preparations ? for the -commencement of construction work soon. i 45W59 Morgan KI. 62TX,T 1922 Porest Fires f Do Hep.vy, Damage Forest fires n Oregon and Washing ton during the season of 1922 burned ever : 83.140 . acres of national forest land and; destroyed $98,642.72 .' worth of forest resources, according to re ports compiled in the ' local office of the distriet forester.. In all 1228 fires were, reported : 44.5 per- cent of these were man-caused and should have been prevented, forest officers stats. Timber. Sales: Total '- -316,714,00.0 Feet .Timber sales from the national for ests of the Pacific Northwest district, embracing the states of Oregon and Washington, amounted to a total of 818.714.000 feet board measure for all specie vahMsd at $477,788.09. for the past fiscal year, according to the for est service, .u. 8. department of agri culture. - . . ' . - University c The College of Literature, Science and the Arts The School of Architecture and Allied Art , Tbe School of Business - a Administration The School of Education, l The Extension LHrision Four terms each year, with strong summer " courses at Eugene and Portland A hiffk standard of cultural and professional scholarship has become one of the outstandins; marks of the State University. For 'a . catalogue, folders on the various schools, or for any information, write THE REGISTRAR UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON 1 Be Guided i ' when you MUST ftessell a ' A.- tojei eowonsJj Makers of Rosarian Candies Pi Frf ji i i "!""!!!!!!!!! 1 !! i !'.!!!! i 1 1 1 That Reminds Me I JOLLY-RATELLE print everything except postage stamps and money JOLLY-RATELLE -PRINTERS y 260 WASHINGTON STREET . . . ..POETLANO : : OREGON 31 : i r3 :3! niiiiiiikiiiiiiiiit ':'.;'.,.,.iii'.,..i.ii-f '"" ililOil PERSOiiS VISIT KORTHVEST FORESTS IN YEAR Of rThis Number 457,706 En 'yifiiTXZ National Reserva lions of Oregon. Durlnc the past summer over 1.000, 000 persons visited the 22 national forests of Oregon and Washington. . Of this number 457.708 were . visitors" to the 12 national forests of Oregon and 572,268 to the eight i national forests of Washington. Between 6,000,000 and 7,000.000 per sons visit the national forests of the entire United States each year, said Chief Forester - William B. Greeley, in the annual report of the - forest service, United States department of agriculture, recently. AUTOS CHASGE THrjTGS - ; V Motors and - good roads, fcfes state ment continues, have combined to ef fect a" radical change - In- the outdoor recreation habits of the American peo ple. : Vacation, time : is now a period of free movement, nomadic enjoyment of widely separated scenes, and of sim ple living- in the open, iP Rich in scenic beauty and natural charm and offering- the primitive at tractions of the wilderness, . the 'na tional forests afford an Incomparable field for the Indulgence of this whole some . tendency toward rational play and physical improvement. Nowhere is this truer than Jn the Pacific North west, whose scenic resources are just beginning to be - appreciated. Such an array of sublime peaks as Rood, i Jefferson, Three. Sisters and Pitt in Oregon, and Adams, St. Helens, Rainier and Baker in Washington, are to be found nowhere else in the United States." - ; Within the boundaries of the nation al forests , travelers, by motors, by wag on., on horseback, or en foot, camp er, hunters and fishermen, amateur photographers, mountaineers, berry pickers, naturalists and everybody else who wishes to corns have equal opportunity. : Care with fire and In camp cleanli ness are the only requirements 1m- poeed upon their sojourn. CEHTEB OF BZCBEATIOV " The wide distribution and extent of the national forests : and their prox imity to thousands of cities and com munities make them natural centers of summer recreation. particularly for tbe masses of people whoso vacation must be inexpensive. The discouragement of recreational use of the forests would- therefore be a distinct hardship, and failure-to de velop recreational, possibilities would mean . withholding a form of public service which ranks in social and In deed economic importance with the timber, forage V and ; waterpower val ues of these properties. Counties such as Gila, county. Arts, and Fresno ' and Mariposa counties. California, and dues such as Denver, Salt Lake City. Los Angeles and Butte now have programs of county or mu nicipal development which, provide ror maintaining county or municipal camps and camp grounds within the nations 1 foreeta a-. -r i . . -.-r;. -While not s county camp ground. Portland and Multnomah county have the Eagle creek forest camp, in, the maintenance and Improvement of which the . Multnomah county commissioners have shown the keenest, practical: interest- and cooperation. , 'wfeB: - This growing use means for the na tional ; forests i new : opportu nl ties of service of Immeasurable! public value. of Oregon , The Graduate School The School 'of Journalism . The School of Law The School of Music The .School of Physical , Education The School of Sociology by This Sign be sure of the quality Princess Chocolates -, PrisciUa Chocolates Autocrat Chocolates Fruits and Nuts Rosarian Chocolates i gilbert Portland, Oregon ll ! ! I f 'I s rl T ! I, W W H O T K. BROADWAY 5992 IIIIIIIIIIIIITMIITIIIIIIHlfrTllTl SIlVUiiE TRAIL IHVITES YOU tO BUOY NATURE Hunting, Swimming, .Hiking nad Matchless. Scenerf Are' Fea- tures Offered by Route. By eeorge "E. Grtffltii Fere trnc. C. 8. OepU ef Arriauraue . : Actual construction work on the Oregon Skyline trail during tbe past field' season included the further open' tng- op- of sections of the main trail. and - the 'bunding of. lateral roads to make 'the trail more easily accessible, The federal forest service spent a to tal of $31,500 on such work this year Meanwhile, the Oregon Skyline trail offers a rare opportunity to those hardy - Individuals who like to take their recreation j "in - tbe rough, and who deplore the advent of the commer cial hotel and the auto tourist into the few remaining spots of virgin natural GAUS AFLEJfTT - ; Such travelers win find . trails,' good for ' the most - part, well posted with signs ; and plenty of camplns: places by lakes and streams, or in mountain meadows. . Excellent fishing abounds. most of the lakes being well stocked with trout. During the, open season good hunting may. be nad, either by those whose tastes run to the rifle or to the camera. Deer are common within short , dis tances of the - trail. During the late summer months - - the a huckleberry patches are frequented by black and brown bear. " Cougar, lynx and bob cats are not plentiful,' but are occa sionally seen. : Game birds, especial ly grouse , and : pheasants, have . been scarce, ; but are gradually Increasing. Hunting and fishing licenses are, of course, required. - -SWtWMKrO GOOD. TOO : Excellent swimming- may be enjoyed In most of the ISO lakss. although a few are too cold to appeal to the av erage traveller. Mountain climbing of fers - a challenge to those of Alpine tastes, ranging from some of the more easily scaled snow peaks, to Three Fingered Jack, which it is said, bears the distinction ef never bavins; , been climbed. ., An occasional . forest- ranger will be met. and a visit to the fire lookout on bis mountain peak, with his scientific Instruments and hut far flung vista of mountain and valley will add interest and -variety. Or the silence may be broken by a crew of expert fire fight- era, building trail, but ready for in jstaat defense against the ever threat ening enemy of the forests fire. " f So a month or more passes pleas antly, as the traveler trails the skyline r&ge south from government camp on the Mount Hood loop road, past Olsllls lakes. Mount Jefferson park, Marion lake; Three Fingered Jack and across the McKensio highway. r Again south ward, past the Three Sisters, Elk lake. Lata lake. . Cultus lake, and along-, the y m JT - Service to all points in the United States east shore of beautiful Waldo lake. Thence along the west shore of Odell add Crescent lake to connect with the old military road ' to Eugene. - v-- -' ' And so on south past other lakes and l o;a -nvS' MONEY TO LOAN and - -, LOANS ; If you desire to borrow moDey or to loan money, see I a ' us. We have splendid applications both ways. : L Oregon Investments Mortgage Goe : , :; 210 Exchange Blds Second and Stark : , - " IPhone Broadway 4705" CV'l ' -j in . HI - 409-410 Central Bldg. ,.V- Portland, Oregon SHlRtS fe'mimanititititiimnmm To Sei'Ve A s a Legitimate M edium in Bringing Buyers and Sellers of Successful Businesses Together Is the Service Offered ntVESTHEITO BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES Business Property-Leases Phnnt nr Mail I 610 Henry Building jmm- MB mem Send your hoKday greetings by long-cliilahce telephone fat . snow-clad mountains until Crater l&fce is reached, approximately 260 miles from government camp. ' and the ter minua of a summer's vacation of un surpassed scenic, beauty. - - , WANTED TO - ORDER 5' When e II Broadway 2872 a aa It