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OREGON CITY COURIER,' OREGON CITY, OREGOxN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915.
LARGEST DESTROYER TAKES THE WAYS
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Photos by American Press Association.
Miss Evelyn Wnlnwrlght Turpln acts ns sponsor when our latest and
largest torpedo bout destroyer, the Walnwrlght, Ih launched at Cuuiden, N. J
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
AVritcr Fails to agree with Brownell
on Booze
Editor Courier: I will begin my
correspondence by acknowledging ap
preciation for the opportunity to ex
press ideas and opinions, and to re
ceive the same from other citizens
through the medium of our weekly
newspaper. It is of inestimable valT
ue.
There have been so many interest
ing subjects open for discussion late
ly. Mr. Rerguson's inquiry as to the
religious training of his nephew was
of intense interest to me. I search
ed every article for new light, but
did not find anything that changed
my theory that honor and morality
are most important in the early
training of a child.
The editorial opinion in last week's
Courier concerning the Maple Lane
Grange's decision in regard to a fed
eral farm expert for Clackamas coun
ty, seems to be putting the cart be
fore the horse. As our greatest need
is an assured market for farm pro
ducts for th large farmer that raises
grain and stock, it might be well to
double the output, but if the small
ranchers should double their products
they would double their trouble,
there is small demand for many kinds
of produce. If extra exertion and
a favorable season bring abundant
crops there'is an over supply and a
lot of perishable truck on hand to
divert for use in other channels, with
a consequent loss of profit.
If we had a cannery and dryer on
a scale to demand the produce, the
ranchers would respond and feel en
couraged to raise two bludes of grass
where one grew before. There are
many good farmers scattered all over
the country and those who would not
copy the unsuccessful farmer would
be poor material to employ a federal
expert to improve upon.
lhe prohibition problem is once
more cropping out for discussion, and
George Brownell has put out quite a
scarehead. It was expected that he
would show his hand sooner or later.
Although the resultant prohibition
measure was quite n disappointment
to some, and others felt it a very
good compromise and well balanced,
people of good judgment expect a
good improvement in time and finally
complete prohibition. It has been
demonstrated that local prohibition
improves communities and state pro
hibition will make a greater improve
ment. Of course some of the old
tipplers will have all the law a'lows
them, but 24 quarts of beer and two
quarts of whiskey, if drunk in 2S
days by the average man, would not
induce a very deep state of intoxica
tion, but might make him beastly
drunk for two or three days if hj
chose to drink it all in that length
of time. So under the new rule of
1916 a man can only get benst.lv
drunk for a few days in each month;
while with the open saloon or licensed
drugstores he could bo drunk all the
time if he chose to do so.
Oh no, we are thankful for benefit
wo hope to receive from conditional
prohibition, and in timo citizens will
see the good therein, and will make
improvements. No doubt many men
will send for their allowance and
there will be attempts at bootlegging,
but if they are properly punished
they will stop or leave the state.
Most of our young men will bo saved
from the habit, and the old tipplers
will eventually die off. So, in time,
we will bo rid of the curse of drink,
A. M. W.
SOME FISH CAUGHT
Famous Personages Investigate Wilds
. and Come Home Happy
John N. Sievers, justice of th
peace; Thomas A. Burke, of counsel
for the Portland & Oregon City rail
road, which now has two locomotives
and expects to have . four more
Charles T. Sievers, associate of
Gearge C. Brownell; and Frank Mc
Anulty who has many bids to fame
returned Saturday after a mysterious
trip in the general direction of the
headwaters of the Clackamas.
On being interviewed as to where
they had been and what they had done
Judge Sievers said the party had been
to Oak Grove creek and had caught
some fish, and had enjoyed a good
time. No more would his honor re
veal.
Thomas A. Burke went a little
further. He would not say. where
the party had been, but admitted that
they had gone quite a way. Asked
what they did, he said they caught
some fish between five and six hun
dred. Mr. Burke deposed to the ef
fect that the members of the party
ate 40 fish each for each meal, that
they brought 200 fish home with
them, that the fish were all over six
inches in length; and that he, T. A
Burke, hud, with one broken fish
pole, jerked a 13-pound trout out of
the water, so tame and anxious were
the fish to be caught.
To date Charles T. Sievers and Mr.
McAnulty huve made no statements
regarding the trip for publication.
FIRE PROVES FATAL
Golton Child Dies of Burns Received
While Playing in Yard
Mary Lindstrom, the five-year ol
daughter of Eric Lindstrom, of Coiton,
died early this week from burns
which she received Saturday while
playing at "housekeeping'' with her
sisters and friends in her own back
yard. The little girl was building a
bonfire upon which to "cook," when
her dress dragged across the flames
and in a moment she was a mass of
fire from head to foot.
Before older people could rush to
her aid she was so badly hurt that
her life was despaired of. The sher
iff, coroner and juvenile court matron
investigated the case, and as a re
sult of conditions which they discover
ed in tho Lindstrom home, the other
children may be sent to an institution.
LOCAL MAN HONORED
Constable Frost Gets Office in GiumI
Lodge of Ut'dmcu
D. E. Frost, familiarly known to
evil-doors of this (neighborhood ins
Constable Jack Frost, was one of the
Oregon City Redmen who went to
Tillamook last week as delegates to
the grand lodge of Redmen; and just
for that they made him Great Guard
of the Forest in the big lodge. While
away Jack took several baths in the
ocean, and pronounced tho water heap
good. Mr. Frost also likes the Tilla
mook country, and says it is heap
tine Hunting grounds, especially for
crabs and sea lions. Jack didn't
shoot a sea lion himself, but he saw
one shot.
Others who went wcro Louis Noble,
and W. Little, and Representatives
Mueiich, Konig and Long of the local
tribo of Redmen.
LIKE A MONEY TREE.
Simple and Profitable Scheme of
Kongo Trading Company.
The possibilities of a really enter- f-
prising trading company are realized
at Kiliku, central Africa, "where the
Kongo Oriental company' owns all
stores, where money can be spent uud
fixes its own prices for Ivory, rubber,
labor and trade goods. "It was as If
by planting a few francs In the ground
money bearing trees had sprung into
existence." The lucrative procedure Is
explained in James Barnes' "Through
Central Africa."
"As soon as a native was paid cash
for anything, either as an advance or
for services rendered, he hastened hot
foot to the company's stores and
bought anything from a harmonicon to
a secondhand gold braided uniform
and as the profit in these articles rau
from 100 to 2"0 per cent It can easily
be seen where the money trees come in
"The man who had brought in Ivory
was paid for It in cash at a rate that
insured a profit of about 150 per cent
and immediately he repaired to the
store, whore he bought things he had
no use for, giving another profit oi
cent per cent nt least. The liiTThey was
sent from the store to the company's
olllces, where the native was paid for
carrying the Ivory on the first stage of
its long journey to the const. The
money received was the samu that had
been paid for the ivory in the first
place, and 4the bearer would surely
come back nud-speiid his wages at the
store again.
"It was a lovely system, and the
only real chance for loss was the wear
and tear on the money itself and the
expense of bookkeeping. If the native
demanded an extra price for Ivory or
labor there was very little trouble
made over it the extra cost was add
ed to the articles in the store."
THE FIRST TELEGRAM.
TOO HAUGHTY TO WORK.
English Servants Will Not Do What
They Think Beneath Them. -
The Lowells lived at 31 Lowndes
square, having moved there from an
other house in the sumo square. Theii
establishment was not magnificent, but
adequate, with a sufficient complement
of servants. These servants were en
gaged for special posts in the ''service.
as is always the custom In England,
and each was a stickler for his preroga
tives and perquisites and quick to re
sent any demand that did not fall in
the province of his sharply defined du.
ties.
It so happened that In moving n car
pet from the former house had been
put down in the new one, leaving a few
inches uncovered In a corner, which the
furnishers had overlooked. As there
was a dinner party at the embassy that
night and Mrs. Lowell possessed a
piece of the carpeting to cover the bare
spot on tho floor, she rang for one of
the menservants and asked him if he
would kindly tack it down for her. He
drew himself up, distinctly offended In
his pride.
'I beg your pardon, your excellency,"
ho said, "but It Is not my plupe to do
that. I will ring for Alfred."'
Alfred appeared, and his answer to
tho same request was:
I beg pardon, your excellency, but
it is not my place to lay carpets. I will
call Charles."
And Charles came with the same an
swer. Mrs. Ijoweu called up, I think,
every male servant in the house, but
one and all stuck their noses in the
air and looked with disdain upon the
humiliating hammer and tacks. She
then had thein stand in a row while
she herself proceeded to mill down the
small corner of carpet and Instantly
dismissed them from her service.
Princess Lnzarovlch In Century.
Wood Pulp.
Observation of nature hns often sug
gested ideas to business men. Many
years ago James G. Iilnlno said to Dr.
11111 that there was n rapidly diuiln-
shlng supply of rags and cotton for
papenunklug. That set Dr. Hill think
ing. One day ho camo into tho olfice
of a paper manufacturer holding a
hornet's nest in his hand. "Why can
not you make paper like this?" he
said. Dr. Hill's trained eye had seen
that the hornet began making its nest
y chewing up particles of wood into
a line pulp. That Illustration led to tho
use of wood pulp for making paper.
It Was Not the Famous Message Sent
by Morse's Daughter.
Hidden away In the archives of the
Tennessee Historical society at Nash
ville is the account of the first actual
message ever sent over a telegraph
line. That dispatch differs 'materially
from the solemn message that passed
over the wire between Washington
and Baltimore In the year 1814. It Il
lustrates well, however, the lack of
seriousness with which Mr. Mouse's
Invention was taken when he first of
fered It to tho world.
According to the account preserved
at Nashville, Hon. Robert L. Caruthers
of Lebanon, Tenn., was a member of
Congress in 1813, and a member of
the committee to which was referred
Mr. Morse's application for an appro
priation to build a telegraph line from
Washington to Baltimore. Most of lhe
members of the committee looked
upon Morse as a visionary, and his pro
posal as impracticable.
On the last day of the session Morse
went to the committee room and told
them thut he had stretched a wire to
the top of the capltol building and
had a young man up there. If they
would write a message he would send
It up, and the young man would bring
them a copy of It. None of them be
lieved It could be done. Judge Caruth
ers. however, pulled the envelop of a
letter out of his pocket and wrote a
message. Mr. Morse, who had his In
strument with him, sat down and sent
the message. In u few minutes the
young man walked into the room with
an exact copy of tho message. The
committee reported favorably, and rec
ommended the appropriation.
The bill passed just before the ad
journment. Some one went to Mr.
Morse's boarding house to inform him
thut the appropriation was made. The
daughter of the landlady went to Mr.
Morse's room, waked him and gave
him the welcome news. He said to
her, "My daughter, you shall send the
first message that goes from Washing
ton to Baltimore." That promise was
fulfilled when slie sent the famous
message: "What hath God wrought!"
Judge Caruthers was on ardent
Whig, and in 1843 the Whigs were
very angry with President Tyler.
whom they accused of betravlmr the
party. The message that Judge Ca
ruthers sent from (he committee room
to tho young man at the top of the
Capitol was, "Tyler deserves to be
hu nged." You Ill's Compa nion.
OUR OLD LIBERTY BELL.
Text From Which tho Inscription It
Bears Was Taken.
For fifty years after that July day in
1770, when the old bell rang out its
memorable message, it continued to be
rung on. every festival and anniver
sary, It was rung on Feb. 22, 1832, iu
honor of tho centennial of the birth of
Washington. While being tolled on
tho morning of July 8, 183o, in mem
ory of Chief Justice Marshall, who had
died two days before, the old relic sud
denly cracked. On Washington's birth
day, 1S43, an attempt was made to
ring it, but the bell hns since been
mute.
Finnlly it was removed from its po
sition In the tower to a lower story,
and later it was placed on Its original
timbers iu the vestibule of the state-
house in a prominent position Immedi
ately beneath where a larger bell, pre
sented to Philadelphia in 1800, now
proclaims the passing hours.
To Isaac Norris, the speaker of the
colonial assembly, is ascribed the hon
or of having originally suggested the
prophetic words from Leviticus xxv, 10,
'Proclaim liberty throughout all tho
land unto all the Inhabitants thereof,"
which were cast on the bell. The rea
son for the selection of this text at a
time when there was not the slightest
thought of a brcuk with the mother
country has been a subject of much
conjecture, but the true reason Is ap
parent when the full text is read, "And
ye shall hallow the fiftieth year and
proclaim liberty throughout the land
and to all the Inhabitants thereof."
In selecting the text the Quakers had
In mind the arrival of William renn
and their forefathers In America.
Christian nerald.
You Can Do Better for Less on Third Street"
Store Opens
8:30 A. M.
Saturdays at
9 A." M.
Pacific Phone
Marshall 5080
The Most in Value
The Best in Quality
'stmt, lib mi i iii in i' i Mini p i i ii nil i 1
THE MOST IN VALUl
THE BEST IN QUALITY
Store , Closes
5 :30 P. M.
Saturdays a.
6 P. M.
Home Phone
A 2112
Great August Clearance and
Mid-Summer Sale of
Embroidery
Thousands of Yards-Hundreds of Patterns-EDGES, IN
SERTIONS, BANDS, GALLOONS and FLOUNCINGS
WOMEN WHO FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS SALE. WILL MISS THE MOST WONDER
FUL VALUES OFFERED IN THIS CITY IN MANY MONTHS. IT IS OUR GREAT AUGUST
CLEARANCE SALE, AND INCLUDES THOUSANDS OF YARDS AND HUNDREDS OF PAT
TERNS IN EMBROIDERIES, SUITABLE FOR EVERY PURPOSE. YOU HAVE
Six Great Lots to Select From:
Lot One at 2 l-2c Yd.
For Values to 12 'jc
INSERTIONS An extensive variety of Fine Em
broidery Insertions in both Nainsook r-.nd-J
Swiss, y to z-incn wicitns, in regular val
ues up to 12c. Clearance Price
21c
Lot 2 at 8c Yd.
For Values to 19c
SETS AND EDGES Made of high grade Swiss
and Nainsook and shown in a fine line
of patterns, desirable widths, in 15c to
19c qualities. Clearance frice
8c
Lot 3 at 15c Yd.
For Values to 48c
EMBROIDERY Edges, bands, sets and galloons;
also 27-inch Flouncings and 18-inch Cor- j I"
set Cover Embroideries all in choice 1
new pat. Reg. val. up to 48c. Clearance, I
- Lot 4 at 25c Yd.
For Values to 48c
18-INCH EMBROIDERIES For corset covers or
flouncings, fine Swiss, Embroideries in dainty
baby patterns and heavier materials ,
in large designs, 39c-48c values. Clear
ance Price,
25c
Lot 5 at 39c Yd.
For Values to 48c
27-INCH EMBROIDERIES Of very fine Swiss
ana Urgandie, finished with ruttled, scalloped
or hemstitched edge and shown in ,
dainty baby patterns. Values to 69c
yard. Clearance, ,
39c
Lot 6 at 59 c Yd.
For Values to $1.75
45-IN. EMBROIDERY FLOUNCINGS Shown
in beautiful patterns and made of high-grade
voile ana (Jrepe. The most surpris
ing value. Regularly sold up to $1.75
a yard. Clearance,
59c
MANY IDLE MEN
Correspondent Comments on
tions He Observes
Condi-
Tho Courier for job printing.
TORPEDO EXHIBIT MUTE WARNING.
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Killed by Fear,
Frederick I. of Prussia was killed by
fear. Ills wife was. Insane, and one
day she escaped from her keeper and,
dabbling her clothes with blood, rushed
upon her husband while ho was dozing
in ids chair. King Frederick Imagined
her to lie the "white lady" whose ghost
was believed to Invariably appear
whenever the death of n member of
the royal family was to occur, and he
was thrown Into a fever und died in
six weeks.
A Henpecked Bird.
Tho male rhea, a featherel Inhab
itant of South Africa, Is very much put
upon, for four or live liens combine to
gether and lay their ej;gs In one nest
till the total reaches twenty or more,
when the females depart, leaving a
mule bird to sit on the eggs and attend
to the wants of the young birds.
Color Legibility.
In Loudon recently more than a thou
sand persons participated in tests that
gave these average comparative dis
tances at which signs of same size and
lettering, but of different color com
binations, were readable:
Feet. Feet
Black on yellow. 375 Yellow on black.. 3.'.2
Green on white... Sf.7 Black on white.. 351
ReJ on white 3t!l White on tea.... 350
Blue on white.... 3li4 White on green.. 341
White on blue.... 367 White on black.. 3t0
Mean Retort.
"He says he Intends to he the nrchl
tcct of his own fortune."
"I predict a terrible stagnation in the
building line." Judge.
Good Reason.
Indignant Customer Harbor, why
did you drop that towel on my face?
Harbor r.ocause It wns hot, sir." Hos
ton (J lobe.
A Matter of Doubt.
"So Dolblay has decided to get mar
ried?" "I merely said that he was going to
get married. Whether tho decision
wns made by Dolblay or his fiancee
or some member of his or her family,
I am In no position to state." Hlr
mingham Age-Herald.
The Real Test.
"I don't see how that little Mrs.
Grumpy can seem so well satisfied
with her husband. He never kisses
her or shows her any mark like that of
affection."
"Maybe hot, hut he gives her spend
ing money without her ever having to
ask for It." Baltimore American.
Prejudice squints when It looks nnd
lies when It talks.-Abrautes.
WATER WAGON HIT
Photo by American Press Association.
At the recent conference of tho National Security league in Mew York the
navy depnrtuient sent this torpedo for exhibition. It is tweuty one feel long
oud twenty-one Inches lb diameter.
Auto Truck' Smashes into Sprinkler
and Damage is Ample
Oregon City's "emblem" the water
wagon got a jolt this week when
maneuvering, around the base of
Singer Hill. A heavy auto truck load
ed with gas pipe got out of gear at
the top of the hill, and the trouble
centering in its brakes, the big
freighter started down the grade for
all it was worth. Half way up the
hill was a Standard Oil wagon, but
Keeps Busy Hustling.
Wedderly Of all fool proverbs,
"Marry In haste nnd repent tit leisure,"
Is about the worst. Singleton Why, 1
always thought It was n fairly good
one. Wedderly Huh; Just as If a
married man ever had any leisure!
Indianapolis Star.
the driver of this managed to dodge
the auto-truck, which continued on
its merry way until it got to the bot
tom of the incline, where it tore into
the city sprinkler, driven by C. W.
Heskell.
The horses which were hauling the
Editor Courier: In coming to
town recently I have seen many a
sweet picture in the homes of the
section through which I have passed.
I have seen the husband and father
working in the little garden beside
the house, and the wife and mother
on the back porch doing the washing.
About both of them the children have
been playing; and I have thought how
nice it was that families could thus
spend their time together.
But on talking with these people,
I have found that they didn't think it
was nice. The husband and father
had told me that he was home putter
ing around the garden for the simple
reason that he couldn't get a job;
and the wife and mother has told me
that she was doing the washing be
cause she couldn't afford to send it
to the laundry. As to the children,
they have been playing; but to them,
too, has come a realization of the fact
that something was wYong.
And I have searched to find out
what this wrong was what was the
underlying cause that enforced idle
ness on the husband and father and
gave more than her share of work
to the wife and mother. And as
near as I can discover it is the banks
that are to blame. The banks are
hoarding money, they will not lend it
except at exhorbitant rates of inter
est; and with the money market tight
no effort is being made by progres
sive citizens to keep the mills running,
to build new houses, or to do any
thing that would give work "to the
idle.
With the banks holding money as
they do, I do not wonder that times
are hard for the workers. And with
the banks holding money htis way,
I often wonder why it is that some of
our more well-to-do citizens do 'not
offer to lend their money directly to
those who need it. With the banks
paying only four percent at the ut
most on deposits, and with them
charging from eight to twelve per
cent for loans, it would seem to me
that a golden opportunity awaited
our people who have more than they
need. They could lend money on
good security at six percent, and make
more than they are getting from the
banks; and at the same time they
would be helping their neighbors and
the state for they would advance in
dustry and provide work for the un
employed. I should think it would
be a good scheme for some of our
wealthier citizens to quit playing into
the hands of the banks, and to make
monev for themselves by lending
their money so that business might be
bettered.
E. W. DENIELS
county attorney, and they were run- They found the woman had been my
ning wide open after I left the state.'' i husband's mistress for more than
Humbly I beg leave to call your j eight years, had borne him a child,
attention to that.
At the bar association meeting in
Portland the first of this week, coun
ty attorneys of Washington ,went on
record as declaring that the county
attorney who permitted violations . of
the prohibition law would be a traitor
to his people and would be guilty of
malfeasance in office.
The expression of opinion by mem
bers of the bar association meets
with universal approval as far as I
have heard. The people voted for the
so-called prohibition amendment,
knowing from the pledge of the Com
mittee of One Hundred and the
"steering committee'' of the drys who
went to the legislature, what statute
the legislature would enact. The pro
hibition law so-called is therefore
the will of the people, and all true
county attorneys will see that it is
enforced.
Mr. Brownell says he was county
attorney in Kansas during six years
of prohibition the Kansas kind and
that during- that lime he saw open sa
loons. I woulu like, then, humbly to
inquire, wnai license a county at
torney who permitted violations of the
prohibition, law in Kansas has to go
into a church pulpit and talk about
any law, or any subject under the sun,
in Oregon ?
A county rttorney who admits that
he saw open saloons during his term
in office in a prohibition state is
hardly the sort of a man that I
would consider fitted to talk to church
people. Nor would I value his opinion
highly on any other subject. Mayb
this little thought of mine may not
merit your attention, but nevertheless
I send it to you, and beg to subscribe
myself,
T. LORD C,
that, fortunately died when yet an
miant.
"I never mentioned my knowledge
of his life to my husband; if he saw
any change he did not show it, for he
was ever the same to me a cour
teous, thoughtful, even affectionate
husband to me, and I must admit, a
splendid father to my boys.- (Thank
God, my daughter died while yet a
child!)
"My life was one long hell, made'
harder to bear since I had no confi
dant, and never did I dare relax my
vigilance in self-control. Had I ever
spoken the first word of my hatred
my home would have been broken,
my children's life shadowed. I al
lowed myself only one change in my
life I bore no more children.
"My foilr sons grew to splendid
fnanhood. When their father died,
they grieved for him, while I rejoiced
at my freedom, and thanked God I
had endured my bondage for their
sake.
"I am seventy-four years old now,
ill and tired. My life has been a fail
ure, my sun set before its rays had
warmed my life; yet I defy you to
find a friend of mine who will not
tell you mine has been a placid, hap
py life; and I am proud that I had
the sense, the unselfish love for my
children, the endurance, to live a lie."
WHY BE PROUD?
MORE ABOUT GEORGE
to
Corresoondent Calls Attention
Status of G. C. Brownell
Editor Courier: As I gathered it,
Mr. George C. Bronwell, when giving
his little talk upon the prohibition
law in the Methodist church Sunday
sprinkler were cut up pretty badly evening said among other things:
and were thrown onto the body of the "I was county attorney for six
years in Kansas when the prohibition
iaw first went into effect there, and
I know how the people take these
measures. l saw saloons running
auto truck by the force of the im
pact. Heskell and the driver of the
truck were both severely shaken up.
and material damage to the vehicles;
amounted to about $200.
Woman, According to Own Story, was
a Poor, Weak Fool
The American Magazine has bean
offering prizes for the best letters
entitled "The Thing I am Proudest
of." In the September issue the
prize winning letters are published
Following is an extract from one of
these letters. "It is from a woman
who says that she is proud to have
lived a lie:
"I am proud of myself. I am es
pecially proud of mv ability to de-
ceivejiiy family arid my friends. 1
do not believe that there is one of
them that knew how I loathed my
husband.
"The first year of my marriage I
gave birth to twin boys'. The next
year a daughter came, and within
fourteen months of her birth two
more boys. This caused me to see
little of any friends socially, for I was
a very frail woman and I had much to
do. Despite all this, I was very hap
py, very content with my life.
"Before my babies were six months
old I had occasion to visit a dentist
A handsome woman was in the of
fice settling a bill. I could not avoid
hearing her tell the doctor that my
husband would pay him the following
day. He agTeed readily, calling her
by the title I only had the right to
bear.
"I decided to find out what rela
tion this woman bore to his life. I
hired a reliable firm of detectives to
. wide open during the time I was report the truth to me. Briefly:
The Courier for job printing.
R. L. Holman and T. P. Randall,
Leading Undertakers, Fifth and Main
St.; Telephones: Pacific 415-J; Home
B-18.
EXTENSION DUE SOON
Clackamas County Railroad Line to
Reach Salem in 1916
With business on the completed
portion of the line constantly increas
ing, the extension of the Willamette
Valley Southern road to Salem will
be taken up early in 1916, according
to Judge G. B. Dimick, president of
the road. Hope's for starting exten
sion work earlier have been abandon
ed, owing to general business con
ditions; it beeing deemed best to have
the completed portion of the system
on a paying basis before new respons
ibilities are undertaken.
In the meantime, however, con
siderable money will be spent on tak
ing kinks out of the present line, in
installing new switches and sidings,
and in general betterment of the
roadbed. This work is all beintr Daid
from the present earnings of the road,
which are most flatterings; and in
addition to this an interlocking tower
at the crossing with the Southern Pa
cific is being set up.
Judge Dimick says that the nresent
outlook is such that the extension of
the line on towards Salem will be com-
menced early in 1916; and once the
work is started, it will be pushed to
completion with all speed. As soon
as the line is completed through to
Salem, direct trains from the capitol
city to Portland will be run, thus add
ing to the present service over the
line.
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Fir Wood at $1.50 per cord ad
dress C. E. Barr.ey, Oregon City,
Oregon.