AlOUNING ENTERPRISE SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 913.
ARMY IS PLACED !
ON TACTICAL BASIS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Reorgan
ization of the United States army on
the tactical basis, recently ordered
by President Taft, to facilitate mo
bilization, became effective today. It
divides the organization into four
divisions three infantry divisions,
with headquarters in New York, Chi
cago and San Francisco, and one cav
alry division, with headquarters in
San Antonio.
Secretary of War Stimson says the
reorganizations eliminates the neces
sity of sending army posts separate
mobilization orders.
"The importance of this reform,"
Stimson added, "will be appreciated
when it is remembered that in 1911
it required 16 days to mobilize a
single division of 12,000 troops in
Texas.
In 1912 the Bulgarians required on
ly 18 days to mobilize 250,000 men,
cross the enemy's border and beat
the Tuiks into submission."
The troops affected by the order
the the Third battalion, Fourteenth
infantry, moving from Fort Missoula,
Mont., to Fort George Wright, Wash.;
the Second battalion, Ninth infantry,
from Fort Snelling, Minn., to Fort
Thomas, Ky.; the First battalion and
machine guns platoon, Eighteenth
infantry, from Fort Bliss, Tex., to
Fort Missoula, Mont., third batallion,
Fourth infantry, from Fort Logan H.
Roos, Ark., to Fort Snelling, Minn.;
Third batallion, Ninth infantry, from
Fort Sheridan, 111., to Fort Sill, Okla.,
and the Third squadron, First cav
alry, from Boise Barracks,. Idaho, to
Presidio of Monterey, Cal., 2000 in
all.
CITY HAS FIRST
SPRING DAY OF YEA
Spring was certainly a welcome
wisitor to Oregon City Saturday and
all day long the city by the Falls was
basked in the warm February sun
shine that might have done honor to
the sunny South, and far eclipsed
anything on a February day that
California ever boasted of. The
streets were swarmed with persons.
Suggestive in Questions
Sunday School Lessons
(36) Evert if you neither attend
church or Sunday school, and never
expect to, if you are a man or wo
man of -any thought, your life will be
enriched, and the outlook for the
future will be made bright, by read
ing the Suggestive" Questions on the
'Sunday school lesson, which are to
be found each week in our colunms.
Just put our words to the test.
Your Questions
Answered
If you would like to have answered
any particular question each or any
week from "The Suggestive Questions
on the Sunday School Lesson" by Rev.
Dr. Linscott, send in your request to
tW office giving the date of the lea
sou and the numLcr of the question
you wish answered. You may select
any question except the one indicated
that it may be answered in writing
by waembers of the club. Dr. Linscott
will answer the questions either In
these columns or by mail through this
office. Don't forget to state what ben
efit these "Suggestive Questions" are
to you. Give your full name and ad
dress. Send your letters to the Ques
tion Editor of the Morning Enterprise.
Questions for Feb. 16
(Copyright, 1911, by Rev. T. S. Lin
scott, D. D.)
The Call of Abram. Gen. xii:l-9.
Golden Text I will bless thee and
make thy name great, and be thou a
blessing. Gen. xii:2.
(1) Verse 1 How had Abram
learned to know the voice of God?
(2) What reason is there to sup
pose that every man has the poten
tial power to hear and understand
the voice of God? .
(3) Where was - Abram residing
at this time?
(4) When a godly man leaves the I
oiq country to reswe in this 'country
with the conviction that it is the will
of God why is not God speaking to
him precisely as he spake to Abram?
(5) When honeybees "swarm"
why would it not be right to say that
God causes them to do so?
Get this idea of rough, high
proof, strong whiskey out
of your head or it will
get you play the devil with
your nerves ruin your
digestion.
Why punish yourself?
Cyrus Noble, pure, old and palatable
Bottled at drinking strength. ,
Sold everywhere and costs no more than
any orher good whiskey.
W. J. Van Schuyver & Co., Genera 1 Agents, Portland, Oregon
Although there were no men's straw
hats in evidence, the women were
certainly on the job with the latest
in Spring styles. Vacant streets and
lots proved to be magnets for the
children and the baseball made its
first bow to 1913, with the appear
ance of young Frank Chances und
Ty Cobbs. The roads were hardly
dry enough for the speed demon to
see whether he could put his speed
up to 50 -or not, but nevertheless the
new pavement on Main SUet drew
a few who have been "using it for 1
race track for the past two weeks.
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VALENTINE PARTY
The party held by the Sophomore
class of the High school Friday ev
ening in the Masonic Temple, wa3 :i
marked success. The affair being
held, on St. Valentine's evening, all
games and decorations were in har
mony with the occasion. The heart,
contest was very interesting and
Charles Beatie was awarded the
prize. The prize for the song sketch
was won by Ray Morris. The hall
was 'prettily decorated with hearts,
cupids, ferns and Oregon grape. Af
ter a number of speeches by the pres
ident of the class, Miss Dorothy
Latourette, and a number of the
teachers, refreshments were served
by the girls of the class. There were
about 150 present. The committees
in charge were: Invitation committee
John Halleston, Ester Downer and
Ted Miller; Refreshment commit
tee Ruth Elkins, Ruberta Schuebel
Alvin Wievesick, Everett Cross and
Grace Spiger; Social committee
Freida A?artin, Gladys Green, Waitor
Dirgey and Walter-Elliott; Decora
tion committee Eva Dye, Allie Lev
itt. TuejJa McKuene, Pearl Heater
and Francis Curran.
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AND RUSSIA NEAR WAR
. VIENNA, Austria, Feb. 15 That
relations between Austria-Hungary
and Russia are in a dangerous state
of tension, was again indicated today
by an alarmist editorial published by
the Riechspost, the organ of the Aus-
(6) Verse 2 How has God's pro
mise to Abram that he would make
of him a great nation been fulfilled?
(7) In how many important re
pects have Abram and. his descend
ants been a blessing to the world?
(8) Verse 3 What nations in the
past have persecuted the Jews, and
what punishment has God inficted
upon theni as a result?
(9) Has the promise, ""In thee
shall -all families of the earth be
blessed,' been fulfilled and if so,
how?
(10) Verse 4 If Abram had been
in doubt about obeying God and tad
delayed his departure, what probably
would have been the result?
(11) At what age is a man too
old to start for a ne.w country or take
up a new enterprise to better his condition?-
Why?
(12) Verse 5 When we have any
thing good from the Lord, why ought
we to be anxious to share with others
(This may be one of the .questions
which may be answered in writing by
members of the club.)
(13) If a man says he is on the
road to the heavenly Canaan and
takes no person with him, what would
be your assumption?
(14) What grounds for certainty
have we of reaching the land or at
taining the object that God has pro
mised us?
(15) If a man starts for heaven,
may he, or not, and why, be certain
of getting there?
(16) Verse 7 Is God as able, and
as likely, to appear to us in one
place as another? Give your reasons
(18) What imagination have you
of the way or manner in which God
appeared to Abram?
(19) Why would you say, or not,
that it is a rule with God to frequent
ly repeat his promise to the faithful
soul?
(20) What is among the first
things a good man does when he gets
to a new country?
(21) Verses 8-9 Is there or not,
and why, any place or condition to
be attained on earth in which we
cannot make further progress?
Lession for Sunday, Feb. 23, 1913.
Abram and Lott. Gen. xiii:l-18.
If There Be Eels In the Mud.
No matter how deep and muddy a
hole be, if it be. known that eels are to
be caught there, the people will get
into the mud and search for them. So,
no matter, where you were born or how
lowly your station in life may be, if
you are men of character.seholarship
and ability, you will be sought after.
Ninomiya S)ntaku.
tro-Hungarian - heir apparent. Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand.
' The writer declares that the days
of the conference between the Am
bassadors of the powers in London
are numbered "as the differences ex
isting between Russia and Austria
Hungary on Albanian questions are
far too great to be bridged over; by
such means.'' :
He adds that the London confer
ences could not be expected to suc
ceed in what Prince Hohenlohe-Wald-enburg-Sehillingsfuerst
failed to
achieve when he carried an autograph
letter from Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria to Emperor Nicholas of
Russia.
Bismarck's Retort.
One evening when the German troops
were before Paris Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg-Cotlia
hegnii grumbling jn Bis
marck's presence because "the iron
cross of the first class, given for brav
ery in the Held of battle, had been dis
tributed ti! indiscriminately. Bis
marck replied that- the distribution of
siii ii decorations was always a deli
cate and difficult task, "for." said he.
"conspicuous merit has to be rewarded,
but in some cases conspicuous position,
with or without merit, cannot be over
looked See now." he said. "Moltbe
has it. Room hasit. Blumenthal has
it Excellent : But." he added, "your
highness and I have it. too. and surely
it is not for us to grumble!"
APPRECIATION.
Love never seems so clear and easy
as when 'he heart is bearing fas'er
at the sight of some generous, self
riskingdee-J. Wefeel,n6doubt,then
what is the highest prize the soul can
win; we almost believe in our own
power to attain it. George Eliot.
EXPERT'S REPORT
(Continued from Page 3.)
tecting coat of gravel supplied. The
filters are equipped with the standard
mechanical rake agitators used in
the Jewel type of filters for the pur
pose of more thoroughly breaking up
the beds during the periods of wash'
ing. A constant head of water is
maintained on the filters by means
of butter-fly valves. The filters are
not equipped with gauges to show the
loss of head caused by the collection
of dirt on the sand beds or with rate
controllers, which when set at a maxi
mum capacity for which the beds are
designed, will prevent them from de
livering a larger quantity of water.
The. absence of the loss of head
gauges is of minor importance as a
small amount of experience will show
the operator when a filter needs
cleaning. ' The absence of rate con
trollers is ordinarily of considerable
importance .as it is always possible
that a mistake can be made in setting
the outlet valves thus allowing the
water to pass through the filters at
an excessive rate. This feature has
been overcome in the construction of
this plant, however, by its being so
arranged that the difference in head
between the settling basins and the
filters is not sufficient to allow the
water to flow through the six inch
pipe supplying the filters at a more
rapid rate than that for which the
filters are designd to handle- it and
for this reason, rate controllers are
in no way needed.
The washing of the filters is ac
complished by means of a two mil
lion gallon capacity Morris Centrifu
gal pump which takes its supply -from
the filtered water well. The pressure
and amount' of water furnished is
ample and produces a very effective
wash. This is best shown by the
present condition of the sand beds,
for after years of use, the sand is
perfectly clean with no caking of
the beds and containing no mudballs.
The size and grading of the sand is
good although it is somewhat defici
ent in material of the very 'fine
grades but as none of the coagulent
passes the suijfacf of the sand, it.
would be inadvisable to endeavor to
change the grading at this time.
Several tests were made with haema
toxylin on the effluent coming from
newly washed beds and although the
ticularly small yet there was no trace
of it in the effluent.
Under the filters is a concrete
reservoir having a capacity of seventy
thousand gallons, which receives the
water coming from the filters and
from which it is pumped either direct
into the mains or into the storage
"Sample 'Bacteria
Number Source of Sample perlec B. Coli -
1 Raw Water . ' 600 Absent
2 Settled Water on No. two filter 127 Absent
3 Settled Water on No fourfilter 278- Absent
4 Filter No. one before washing ' 2 Absent
5 Filter No. two before washing - 3 Absent
6 Filter No. three before was ing . ' 2 Absent
7 Filter No. four after washing 32 Absent .
8 Clear Well 1 Absent -
9 Reservoir 10 Absent
10 Faucet fed by reservoir - " 1 Absent
11 Fountain Seventh and Center Streets 7 - Absent
12 Filter No. one after washing - 5 Absent
13 Filter No. two after washing 1 Absent
14 Filter No. three after washing 1 Absent
15 Filter No. four after washing 11 Absent -
ing bacteria; (
When the samples were taken !
the river water carrying but a very
small amount of suspended matter
and as the results show, was also low i
in bacteria when . an unfiltered river
water is considered. These results
also shew that the settling basins
with the exception of the difficulty
already mentioned did very effective
,work and when the connection be
tween number one and two basins
has been made, there is no reason
why the settling alone should not at
all times remove at least seventy-five
per cent of the bacteria. The rest of
the results show practically sterile
water with the exception of number
four filter which has higher counts
than the other filters and undoubtedly
for the reason that this filter was op
erating more rapidly than the others
and also because the water coming
to it was not as well settled as that
going to the other filters.
In consdiering the capacity of the
plant, the consumption must also be
considered, but the absence of a re
cording appartus as before mention
ed fakes accurate knowledge impos
sible and for this reason only estima
tions can be had. Information given
by. the sperindendent shows that the
consumption throughoutout the- year
averages approximately one million
gallons daily. This amount should
be more than ample to supply sixty
seven gallons per capita, and as the
reservoir . located on the hill back j
of the city. The water furnished to
the down town district is pumped
direct into the mains by one Gould
Duplex pump of one million gallons
daily capacity and maintains a pres
sure of sixty pounds. The hill dis
trict is supplied from the reservoir
into which the water is pumped by
two pumps of the same size and type
at a pressure of one hundred and
eighty pounds.
The storage reservoir is uncovered,
of concrete construction and having
a capacity of ocd million four hund
built and protected by a high wire
fence but should be - covered with
some kind of a roof, not only to pro
tect it from possible outside contam
ination but because a filtered water
is very susceptible to organic
growths. An underground water or
one coming frof the dark should be
stored in the dark while a surface wat
er or one coming from the light is better
etoed in the light and as a filter
water although" coming from the
light takes on the characteristics, of
a deep seated water it Should be
stored in the dark. It was noticed
that on the bottom of the reservoir
there was a slight sediment- which
upon investigation . proved to be
form of algae growth which is en
tirely harmless but undesirable. Its
presence would undoubtedly be pre
vented if the reservoir were covered.
Regarding the operation, with but
four exceptions the general procee
dure is carried on correctly. It was
found however that number four fil
ter which contains eight inches of
gravel will operate more rapidly than
the other three which tontain no
gravel whn the outlets are set at
the same opening and for this reason,
this filter must have separate ratings
in order to have the work evenly dis
tributed. It was also found that
when the river was carrying consid
erable silt and the filter became
stopped up more readily than at
other times, it was customary to
rake the top of the beds in order to
prolong the period trefore washing.
An explanation was given the superin
tenient why this was not conducive
to efficient operation and the practice
has since been. to wash all the beds
at practicely the same time. Inas
much as a filter does its best work just
before it is washed and its poorest
immediately afterwards, the wash
ing periods should be so arranged
that there is only one new bed in
operation at a time. With these ex
ceptions which are readily . changed
without difficulty, the . j'nCipal of
operation is otherwise ty-it torily.
Regarding the superv iliat is
maintained, the plant is materially
deficient. The . operation of any
water purification plant should be
strictly under laboratory control and
the results of these findings be the
guide by which all work is carried
on. For instance, the amount of
coagulent used, should be increased
according to the number or bacteria
and the turbidity of the raw water as
well as the bacterial efficiency of
the filter effluent. The present pro
ceedure is to feed the -coagulent by
guess and as long as the water com
ing from the filters is clear the oper
ator hag done all he can do but at
the same time the bacterial iife
which is the only problem to be
feared may not have been satisfac
torily cared for. He can not miscel
laneously increase this coagulent as
he does not know the alkalinity than
of the raw water and as it is possible
to add more aluminum sulphate than
can be hydrated by the alkalinity,"
there is danger of allowing an acid
water containing free aluminum sul
phate to go to the consumer. During
this investigation the alkalinity of
the raw water was found to be thirty
five parts per million and the filter
ed to contain fifteen parts " per mil
lion. This condition is very satisfac
tory but as the alkalinity changes
with the different stages of the water
and as the -water at this time was
very clear with only a small amount
of turbidity, it is possible that dur
ing periods of high turbidity the al
kalinity may not have increased suf
ficiently to meet the demands of the
coagulent needed properly to filter
the water. There are no recording
devices 'on any of the pumps to show
during the day and thereby determine
the pumpage. Consequently no ac
curate knowledge may be had of the
amount of water consumed and there
fore the amount of aluminum sulphate
used per gallon is a entirely a mat
ter of guess. Recording - devices
should be supplied and records kept
in order that the coagulent may be
supplied in a more scietific manner,
as this is one of the important parts
in the operation of a purification
plant. Samples of water were taken
from different parts of the system
and show the following results:
average amount used in the eastern
and middle west cities is only ninety
gallons per capita it would seem
that a goodly allowance had been
made. With these facts at hand and
a knowledge that the plant has in
every department a capacity of two
million gallons daily or double the
present consumption, there is (no
question as to it being able to meet the
present as well as the future de
mands for sometime. The design
and installation are in every way sat
isfactory and the upkeep in excel
lent. The bacteriological results
plant if properly operated will do all
that is required of it and if the water
has at any time in the past been faulty
it was due to improper operation and
not to the incapacity of the plant.
The company have ordered a plant
for the application of hypochlorite of
lime to be used as an additional to
the filtration when neccesary. While
it can not be said from this investiga
tion that the installation of this
plant is an actual necessity, yet it
is a very valuable adjunct and when
installed will make the entire sys
tem as complete and valuable as
can be obtained and if the operation
is put under laboratory supervision
the people of Oregon City may be as
sured of a water supply that ie
eminently satisfactory in every way.
. Respectively submitted,
' J. H. BREWSTER
' . .-Sanitary Engineer.
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Miss Leaih Morrison returned to
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Mr. Hoffman, the Sandy butcher
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Keith, Lulu and Rilda Roberts, Willie
and Irving Updegrave and Hollistei
S. Killen.
C. A. Keith made a business trip -to
Oregon City last week.
M. M. Reid was home for a few
days last" week. He returned to his
work Friday.
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