TIIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXTAN, TUESDAY. AUGUST 25, 1903.
PANAMA REPORT
IS IDE PUBLIC
Special Commission Finds
Conditions in Splen--'
did Shape.
ROOSEVELT MUCH PLEASED
Writes Each Member Personal Let
ter Report Will Be Submit
ted to Congress With
Recommendations.
OTSTER BAY. Aug. M. President
i Roosevelt haa made public a report
, submitted to him on August by a
: special commission consisting of James
; Bronson Reynolds. Bamuel B. Donnelly
' and Henry Beach Keedham regarding
conditions In Panama. The commission
: was appointed April 25 lost.
I That the President is pleased with the
report is shown in a letter which he
sent to each member of the commission
on Friday. He expressed particular
1 pleasure over the fact that the commis
i sion upholds the administration of
' Colonel George K. Goethals. chairman
i of the Jsthmian Canal Commission, and
! the President has had a copy mailed to
' Colonel Goethals, requesting that the
' recommendations made by the com
' missions be put in effect Immediately
so far as possible. The President will
submit the report to Congress with ap
propriate recommendations.
' Wide Scope In Investigation.
The commission's report that it "In
spected the entire line of the canal ex
cavation from La Boca, the southern or
; Pacific terminus, to Cristobal, the north
'. em or Caribbean terminal, and traveled
i through the exci-vation several times, in
! terviewing the men at work."
Indicating the scope of the inspection,
the commission reports that it visited the
: "Go-ernment workshops. constuctlon
i plants, warehouses, shipyards-, dredges.
I commissary stores, living quarters (that
Js. hotels, mis:i. kitchens and camps),
schools, clubhouses, courts, pqjice sta-
ttons and the con ilescent home at Ta
' boga."
President Roosevelt's letter to the
! investigators says:
1 aoubt if there Is any piece of
i work undertaken on behalf of the
j American people of recent years of
j which the American people have more
reason to be proud than of the work
i i r.n ( Piinama Canal. The suc
cess has literally been astounding.
Five years ago. when we undertook the
task, no sane man would have dared to
hope for. the results which have al
ready been achieved. Tne work Itself
has been advanced more expeditiously
than we had ventured to predict, and
the rapidity of the rate or progress has
steadily increased.
Health Conditions Vastly Improve.
"Meanwhile the treatment of hygienic
rondltions on the isthmus has been
such as to make it literally the model
for all work of the kind in tropical
countries. Five years ago the Isthmus
of Puiama was a byword for un
healthlness of the most deadly kind.
At present the canal rone is one of
the healthiest places on the globe, and
the work which is being prosecuted
with such tremendous energy is being
carried on under conditions so favor
able to the health and wellbelng of
the workers that the mortality among
thpm is abnormally small.
"Finally, in addition to the extreme ef
ficiency of the wor under Colonel Goe
thals and his assistants and the extraor
dinary hygienic success achieved under
Dr. Gorgas. there Is the further and ex
ceedlnsiy gratifying fact that on the
t Isthmus the Vnited States Government
has been able to show Itself a model em-
ployer. There are matters to correct, of
I course, as your trip showed, but on the
iother hand it is true that the United
States is looking after the welfare,
health and comfort of those working for
It as no other government has ever done
'in work of like character."
( Great Difficulties Overcome.
In prefacing its report the com-
mission says:
"Work on the construction of the
; Isthmian canal has passed through two
' stages, those of planning and of pre
i paration. It Is now in the third stage,
1 the stage of construction.
"Both the earlier stages required iha
presence of a large working force,
i necessarily quartered In temporary and
makeshift accommodations. Because
of these conditions inevitable at the
outset, critics of the enterprise mis
took the temporary outfit for the per
manent equipment.
"The terrible scourge of yellow fever,
egalnst which the French struggled In
vain: the filthy and pest-breeding state
of the principal Panaman towns; the
rough lumber camps and other hard
ships of the first two eras has been
eliminated through the brilliant and per
sistent activity of the department of
sanitation, the department of municipal
engineering and the building department.
Today we find yellow fever" driven from
the Isthmus, malaria and pneumonia
irreatly reduced and a high average of
health.
"Although the Government's Imme
diate object on the Isthmus is to dig
the canal and erect living quarters for
a temporary enterprise, it has in fact
created comfortable homes and well
organised social communities for its
working forces."
Actual Progress of Work.
Of the progress of the work the re
j port says:
"This year over two and one-third
t million cubic yards were excavated In
each of the Winter months, the dry
; season in Panama, a million yards be
ing aoproximately equal to a square
' mile one foot deep. To prepare this
Immense mass for removal 405 tons of
' dynamite were used per month, and
1 to make the dirt fly to this extent 32
I 95-ton steam shovels, 37 70-ton,
' 10 45-tnn and 24 others were
In constant use. A total of
4141 cars and 30! locomotives moved this
jnsss to the dumps. A fleet of 18 barges,
15 dredges and 31 other vessels were at
' work In the dredging service."
After giving a detailed description of
i the method of the work on the canal and
. the amount of machinery and labor in
volved, the report continues:
"When we .recall that this enormous
: plant is operated at a distance of 1155
' miles from its main base of supplies. New
i York, we can estimate with more Jus
tice and accuracy the magnitude and
complications of the undertaking. On
! April 30 last, 26.118 men were actually
' at work for the Isthmian Canal Com-
mlssslon and 7077 at work for the Pan
ama Railroad; total of 33.196."
All Complaints Looked Into.
In speaking of the morale of the
service, the report says:
"From the outset we were strongly
: Impressed by the spirit of good will and
loyalty of the employes inspired through
the accessibility of the chief engineer,
Colonel G. W. Goethals. to all com
plaints, and his prompt investigation in
person or by deputy of all complaints
made. This spirit of loyalty and In
terest In the work was evinced on many
occasions and should be counted as an
aRset of the highest value to the Gov
ernment in the accomplishment of Its
colossal work."
A revision of the wage schedule will
be worked to advantage, the commission
finds. The report deals with this sub
ject as follows:
"The wage scale should be simplified,
the grades reduced in number and the
same pay and hours required for sim
ilar service for the Isthmian Canal Com
mission and the Panama Railroad.
Much cause for existing complaints
would be eliminated by the above-mentioned
changes."
The commission dwells at length on the
difficulty of holding skilled workingmen
at the Isthmus, and In this respect says
that the wage rates paid on the Isthmus
are but 10 per cent higher than those
paid on building construction work in
the City of New York. It recommends
that no reductions be made.
Regarding the number of hours the
employes should be asked to work, the
report says:
"It is proper to record that we found
the eight-hour law faithfully enforced
in the
e entire service of the Isthmian
Canal Commission.'
As to investigating and disposing of
complaints of the workmen, etc., the
commission reports:
"A labor secretary to the commission
should be appointed whose duty it shall
be to investigate all complaints in re
lation to conditions of the employment,
subsistence and accommodations and to
report thereupon to the chairman of the
commission."
Would Provide for Injured.
Adequate compensation for those in
jured while at work on the Canal Is rec
ommended. As at present provided by
law Injured workmen are entitled to one
year's pay, "Unless sooner able to re
sume work, and in case of death tha
widow, children and dependent persons
receive the workman's wages for the re
mainder of the year. The commission
finds this law inadequate regarding
cases of permanent disability and recom
mends more liberal allowances."
In conclusion the commission states
that it desires to emphasize three strik
ing excellencies of the administration.
These are:
First The recognition by the Govern
ment that the housing, feeding and
health of its employes bear a vital re
lation to their economics and efficiency
and - as a consequence the Government
has been able to take up and successfully
carry on a work that had been aban
doned by another government with a
high average of health and working
power of Its employes.
Second The improved relationship be
tween the Government and the employes
which makes it now possible for the
workingman to have his complaints in
vestigated and if proved, rectified.
Third The liberal provision that is
now made for relief Jn cases of tem
porary disability.
WILL CONFER IN BOSTON
HITCHCOCK AXD PARTY LEAD
ERS TO MAKE PLANS.
Gathering Part of General Plan to
Keep Workers In Touch
With Each Other.
BOSTON. Aug. 24. Republican political
artlvlty in New England will center In
this clt" for the next few days, when
Chairing Hitchcock, of the Republican
National Committee, will confer with
party leaders of the six New England
states In regard ot the aspects of the
Presidential campaign, especially with ref
erence to the coming elections in Vermont
and Maine.
This gathering in Boston is part of the
general plan of campaign by which Chair
man Hitchcock expects to place himself
In touch with the party workers In all
sections. He already has seen those of the
West and Middle West.
It is also to be inferred that beyond
learning how things politically are drift
ing in New England, there will be ques
tions asked as to what can be done in the
way of helping the campaign financially.
It Is expected, however, that the pre
election situation in Vermont and Maine
will form the main topic of discussion.
FAILS TO FIND LOST BOY
Convict Leads Officers on Fruitless
Trip to Cabin In Mountains.
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WALLA . WALLA, Wash., Aug. 24.
Convict James Breen made his last at
tempt at locating lost Cecil Brittaln
yesterday, and will begfh the serving
of his five-year sentence in the peniten
tiary, at the close of which he will
probably be tried for selling one of Brit
tain's horses while engaged in one of his
wild goose chases, the penalty for which
will be from one to ten years in the
penitentiary.
Officers of the penitentiary took Breen
yesterday to the mountains, - near Toll
gate, where he said the lost boy could
be found. He directed the party to a
cabin three miles from Tollgate. but It
was unoccupied and showed no signs
of occupancy for several months.
Breen's excuse was that those having
the chili! had evidently moved camp to
a point lower down the river in order
to find better grass for their horses.
Warden Reed said that the trip yester
day closed the Incident so far as Breen
Is concerned.
MONEY FOR LABOR'S FIGHT
Central Federated Unon Acts on
Recommendation of Gompers.
JfBW YORK, Aug. 24. At a meeting
of the Central Federated Union
the recommendation of Samuel Gom
pers, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, that the labor bodies of
the country make contributions to and
in support of the friends and defeat
the enemies of labor, was endorsed
after an animated debate. Adoption of
the resolution by the centrol body will
permit the several hundred unions in
the American Federation of Labor in
this city to vote such sums as they
think advisable for the purpose.
GOES TO JAPAN FOR BRIDE
Frank Wakabayeashi, of Hood
River, Will Return In Spring.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Aug. 24. (Spe
cial) Frank Wakabayeashi. a well
know Japanese resident at Hood River,
left today on his way to Japan where
he goes to be married. Mr. Wakabay
eashi states that he will return in the
Spring accompanied by his wife.
Before leaving he obtained the signa
tures of several prominent business
men here certifying that he has been
a resident for six years and wishes to
return, ne was accompanied by two
other Japanese who will make the trip
with him.
mm victor
Usurper Defeats Sultan
Record in Morocco.
of
TREACHERY IS INDICATED
Reigning Saltan's Artillery Fails to
Work and Indications Are It
(May Have Been Tam
pered With.
TANGIER. Auc. 24. The defeat of the
Sultan. Abd El Aziz, by the forces of his
brother, Mulal Hafld, has been confirmed.
The Sultan of record was surprised on the
August 19 and most of his troops
deserted to the side of the usurping Sul
tan after the firing of a few shots.
Reports indicate that the defeat of Abd
El Aziz was due largely to the betrayal
of his own tribesmen. Mulai Hafld has
been proclaimed Sultan of Morocco at
Tangier- and , announcement of the proc
lamation has been telegraphed to all parts
of the country. Most of the officials who
have been previously under the rule of
Abd El Aziz in this city, declared for
Mulal Hafld.
Details of the battle show that Abd El
Aziz had an army superior to that of
the enemy but that his artillery failed
to work and possibly was deliberately
tampered with. Some of the guns ex
ploded, throwing the tribesmen into a
panic. The vast majority of these seized
the opportunity to flee during the en
gagement and general pillage' broke
out, many of the tribes seeking to carry
off as much booty as possible.
Abd El Aziz and his escort retreated
in an orderly manner to Settat, his
army being pursued by the victorious
troops of Mulal Hafld. Abd El Aziz was
accompanied in his flight by the grand
vizier, the minister of foreign affairs,
the French military mission and two
British officers. A Tangier newspaper
stated that the British officers and
several French officers are missing.
It Is said that the former Sultan will
proceed to Casa Blanca and that he
intends to go to Damascus.
Usurper Triumphs Completely.
PARIS, Aug. 24. News of the proc
lamation of Mulal Hafld is taken here
to mark the complete triumph of the
usurping Sultan and the downfall of
Abd El Aziz, the Sultan of record.
DEATH ROLL IN NORTHWEST
Judge Frederick Winton, Prominent
Astoria Attorney.
ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 24. Special.)
Judge Frederick David Winton. for many
vears one of the leading attorneys of this
'city, and a veteran of the Civil War, died
here yesterday after a long illness, ioi
lowing a stroke of paralysis some years
ago.
Judge Winton was born in Scotland 61
years ago and came to this country when
quite a young man, locating in Connecti
cut, where he was educated. In August,
1S62, he enlisted as a private in Company
L Twenty-fourth Connecticut Infantry,
and served In the Civil War for 13 months,
the principal engagement he was In being
the battle of fort Huason.
Shortly after leaving the army. In 1S63,
he came to Oregon, residing for a time
at St. Helens and Kalama, where he
taught school and for two years was
pastor of the Methodist church. Thirty
one years ago he moved to Astoria and
engaged 'In the practice of law.
The deceased leaves a wife and three
daughters, Mrs. James Keating, of this
city: Mrs. E. C. Slater and Mrs. W. J.
Bohon. of Spokane, Wash. He was a
member of the Masonic order, of the
Eagles, A. O. U. W., and of Cushlng
Post, G. A. R.
FORTY PERISH WITH SHIP
Norwegian Steamer Goes Down Off
Coast of Norway.
BERGEN. Norway, Aug. 24. The Nor
wegian steamer Folgen Fonden. from
Bergen to Haugesund. on the west coast
of Norway, was wrecked Saturday near
Skonevlks and sank in three minutes.
The steamer carried 70 passengers and
it is believed 40 of them were drowned.
Fifteen bodies have been recovered. The
captain of the steamer was among those
saved.
The Folgen Fonden carried on only a
local traffic and it is believed that no
foreigners were aboard.
It is reported that a terrible panic oc
curred when the steamer struck; that
fearful scenes were witnessed as the
vessel sank. Boats were hurriedly
manned by those who had witnessed the
catastrophe and they hurried to where
i .......moi. had rnnn down but most
of them arrived too late to rescue the
passengers.
BRING GOLD FROM ALASKA
Incoming Steamers Have Cargoes of
Yellow Dust.
SEATTLE Aug. 24. The steamship
Hyades arrived at midnight from Nome
with $300,000 in gold dust and a small con
signment of freight. Her arrival caused
considerable surprise for being a freight
er and starting from Nome just an hour
after the steamship Northwestern, a pas
senger ship it was thought the Hyades
would not show for at least two days yet.
The steamship Northwestern arrived at
4 o'clock this afternoon from Nome,
bringing 330 passengers, $20,000 worth of
fur and J150.000 in gold dust.
The steamship Jefferson arrived from
Skagway this morning with S9 passengers.
BIG CROWD HEARS CHAFIN
Prohibition Candidate Makes Speech
at Eau Claire.
EAU CLAIRE. Wis., Aug. 24. B. W.
Chaftn, Prohibition candidate for the
Presidency, and W. D. Cox, nominee for
Governor of Wisconsin, on the Prohibition
ticket, yesterday spoke here to 4000 people.
Chafln left for Minneapolis this evening,
where he will deliver live speeches tomor
row. Chafln today said that he had spoken in
six states already and intended to cover
the remaining states before November.
GOES AFTER COAL COMBINE,
Attorney - General Brings Suit
Again New York Railroads.
ALBANY. N. Y., Aug. 24. Attorney
General Jackson tonight announced that
he had instituted proceedings against the
various railroad companies In the state
and their subsidiary companies, engaged
in the transportation ot aniuraciie cum,
alleging that in violation of the so-called
Donnelly anti-monopoly act they "have
effected and are now carrying out an
agreement which in effect constitutes a
monopoly of the hard coal business within
this state, and that such an agreement
restricts the production and regulates and
fixes the prices at which coal can be sold1
in the State of New York."
PLANS FOR HAINS' DEFENSE
Insanity to Be Invoked as an Exten
uating Circumstance.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. A number of
conferences were held yesterday by the
lawyers engaged to defend Captain
Peter C. .Hains. Jr.. and his brother,
Thornton, to decide a plan of defense.
After interviewing a number of pros
pective witnesses, John F. Mclntyre an
nounced that he was prepared to prove
that the visit of the two brothers to the
Bayslde Yacht Chib had not had the
murder of William E. Annls as its ob
ject. He had several witnesses, he de
clared, who could testify that Thornton
Hains had entered into negotiations to
purchase land at Bayside several weeks
before the tragedy and. he would estab
lish the fact that the Hains brothers
had gone to Bayside to examine the es
tate offered them and not to shoot
Annls.
Mr. Mclntyre announced that the line
of defense to be adopted in both trials
had not been definitely determined. As
far as the Captain was concerned In
sanity would be invoked as an extenu
ating circumstance.
AUTO OWNER - IS MOBBED
Chicago JIan's Chauffeur Kills Boy
In Germany.
DRESDEN, Aug. 24. A. C. Bartlett,
of Chicago, accompanied by his wife
and his daughter, was automobiling
from Karlsbad to Dresden last Sat
urday when the car ran over and killed
a boy, eight years old, in tna village of
Schmiedeberg, 30 miles from here. It
appears that the boy ran suddenly in
front of the machine from behind a
car. .
The villagers made a hostile demon
stration against the Bartlett party,
who took refuge in a nearby hotel.
From SchmlJdeberg, Mr. Bartlett tele
phoned to Consul-General Gaffney at
Dresden, who went down to Schmiede
berg. They found, the police and vil
lage authorities in session taking tes
timony. It was decided Sunday morn
ing that the chauffeur, a man named
Cummlngs, was blameless.
Mr. Bartlett said immediately that
he would indemnify the family of the
boy.
BREAK BERKELEY RECORDS
Freshman Class Largest In History
of California University.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. Berke
ley. Aug. 24. The incoming freshman
class has already established two new
records that of enrollment and percent
age of male students in the class. The
latest returns show 64 freshmen en
rolled. This far exceeds In numbers any
class which has ever entered the univer
sity. In. 1902 605 were enrolled, and last
year 609,' and these were considered rec
ord classes. Four hundred and seventy
one men are among the 694 enrolled, or 6S
per cent.
The total registration to date is 2216
undergraduates and 270 graduate students,
making a grand total of 24!6 for the Fall
term. In 1907 the total registration was
2240. and in 1906 was 2177, from which it
can be seen that the number this year Is
more than a normal increase. The regis
tration of old students has had some
thing to do with this,t however, since, in
1906 and 1907 there was a falling off.
DEAD; BULLET IN HER HEAD
Miss Winifred Parson, of New York,
Found In Paris Hotel.
PARTS, Aug. 24. Miss Winifred Par
Bons, of New York, youngest daughter of
the late Charles Parsons, president of the
Home, Watertown & Ogdensburg Rail
road, New York, who died in 1904. was
found dead with a bullet wound In her
head yesterday in her aparament In
Avenue Iena.
The police say that the case is one of
suicide, while friends of the dead girl
declare that the shooting was an acci
dent. It was learned that the girl had
been suffering from melancholia since the
death of her fiance, a young Frenchman,
Emile Maas, who died four months ago
of consumption.
CRUSHED UNDER ROCK
Rescue Party Works All Night, but
' Finds Miner Dead.
RANDSBURG, Cal.. Aug. 24. After
working since noon yesterday, a force of
miners yesterday uncovered the body
of J. Schultz, a Polish laborer,
who was caught in a slide of hundreds
of tons of rock when a bulkhead at the
Yellpw Aster mine gave way.
Under the personal direction of John
Singleton, president of the mine, the men
plied picks and shovels desperately
throughout the nigh, in the hope of find
ing Schultz alive. The dead man was 23
years old and unmarried.
FOUR HURT IN AUTO WRECK
Women Are Victims of Accident
Near Alhambra, Mont.
HELENA, Mont., Aug. 24. An auto
mobile accident occurred yesterday four
miles from Alhambra, Mont., in which
the machine of Henry M. Parchan, of
Helena, was totally destroyed and four
persons injured. Mrs. J. G. Sanders, of
Butte, received a severe cut across the
forehead, and her two daughters and
Mrs. D. . A. Cheul, of Pasadena, Cal.,
were slightly injured.
ALASKA TOWN WIPED OUT
Jloore City Destroyed by Fire Only
Few Cabins Remain.
SEATTLE, Aug. 24. Moore City, Alas
ka, in the Innoko district, was burned
t . . 1 . - 1 anpftrHIni, trt na5)n?rra vhn
lip juij " - - - r. ' " .
errlved on the Northwestern yesterday
from isome ana ot. .viic-ueaia. i ne uhucu
States commissioners' office, the jail and
a few cabins were left standing.
TEAM TO VISIT OYSTER BAY
Returning Athletes Will Be Guests
of President Friday.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24. The last of the
Olympic games athletes will arrive Fri
day morning and that afternoon the
.ui viai nvctpp Rnv. where Presi
dent Roosevelt will receive its mem- j
T
E BETTER
BY. ELECTRICITY
Great Increase in Plant
When Current Is Ap
plied to It. :
Life
RESULT OF EXPERIMENTS
Sir Oliver Lodge Shows Increase of
SO to 40 Per Cent In Produc
tion of Grain and Fruit
Under Electricity.
LONDON, Aug. 24. (Special.) Stim
ulation of the growth of crops by elec
tricity has been attempted for some
time, and the progress made' is fully
explained by the eminent scientist, Sir
Oliver Lodge, in the article below:
Some 30 years ago a Swedish profes
sor named Lemstrom sought to eluci
date the aurora borealls by trying to
Imitate its appearance by electrical ex
periments. For this purpose he produced high
tension discharges of various kinds
and sent them through vacuum tubes
until he got an appearance very like
that of the northern lights. - Some of
these experiments he conducted in his
greenhouse, and he noticed inciden
tally that the plants seemed to thrive
under the treatment, and that the elec
trification thus produced ln their
neighborhood appeared to do them
good.
He also noticed, as remarkable, the
flourishing development of plants In
Arctic regions, where the sunlight was
very weak, and he attributed part of
this ' growth to the influence ot eiec
trlc discharges.
Made Tests on Plants.
He pursued the matter by careful
observation, taking test plants in pairs
or groups, electrifying one group
that is to say, discharging some elec
tricity into the air above them and
keeping a similar ' group away from
the electricity, in order to be able to
compare them.
Then he photographed the two
groups elde by side, and found in near
ly all cases marked improvement as
the result of the electrical treatment.
He concluded that the needle-like
shape of the leaves in fir trees, and
the beard on the ears of most cereals,
have the discharge of electricity as
their function, and finds that they do
act in this way.
This observation and these experi
ments of Professor Lemstrom were
not.. Indeed, the beginning of the ap
plication of electricity to plant growth,
because pioneer attempts had been
made long before, but they were the
beginning of a thorough and scientific
treatment of the problem.
There is a natural atmospheric elec
trification, and this must be playing an
important part in many phenomena.
The whole subject is a large one; a
great deal is known about it, and
vastly more remains to be known, but
meanwhile It can hardly be doubted
that the electrification of the air har
some effect on growing plants.
Plants Give Electricity.
For it is found that, under the in
fluence of sunshine, electrified plants
can give off electricity into the air
from the leaves, and the fact that the
air is electrified relatively to the soil
requires that the plant shall be elec
trified too, so that in all probability
they are in a constant state of slow
electrical discharge, which becomes
more rapid when the sun is up.
Possibly in some sunny countries
the effect is excessive, and might, with
advantage, be moderated; but in this
climate It turns out that artificial sup
ply of electricity does Increase the ra
pidity and assist the amount of
growth. At any rate, the experiments
of Lemstrom, which were repeatea ana
extended by others, clearly pointed in
the direction.
So when, after some preliminary ex
periments at Bitton. J. E. Newman, of
Gloucester, acting in conjunction witn
R. Bomford, of Salford Priors, deter
mined to try the phenomenon on a
.really large scale, and came to me to
see if I could help them electrically
and enable them to maintain a con
tinuous high-tension discharge for
hours together each day over ten or
eleven acres by means of power fur
nished by an oil engine and dynamo, I
willingly assented, and set my son,
Lionel Lodge, upon the job.
Electrifies Whole Field.
The method Is to stretch over the
field to be treated a number of wires
on poles, something like low telegraph
wires, but high enough for loaded
wagons and all the usual farming op
erations to go on underneath the wires
without let or hindrance.
The wires are quite thin, and are
supported by a few posts in long par
allel spans about thirty feet apart.
They are supported on the posts by
elaborate high-tension Insulators, and
they extend over all the acreage under
experiment, a control plot of similar
and under similar conditions being, of
course, left without any wires.
The system of conductors is then
connected at one post with a generator
supplying positive electricity at a po
tential of something like a hundred
thousand volts, and with sufficient
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not of individuals only, hut of the
many who have the happy faculty of
selecting and obtaining the best the
world affords.
One of the products of that class,
of known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and
commended by the Well-Informed of
the World as a valuable and whole
some family laxative is the well-known
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. To
get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co., only, and
for sale by all leading druggists.
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THE L J J- JL SJl SATURDAYS 1:00 P.M.
GRAND TRIP-GLORIOUS TIME
h Every convenience provided. Including-
comfort of lady passengers. TflXll. mSe
1 Portland $4.00 Saturday to Monday $3.03 ftTHRfny
l "OREGON OUTINGS" $ J JJ k U
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City Ticket Office.
CAPITAL $4,000,000 -
HEAD OFFICE.
ME II OF CALIFORNIA
PORTLAND BRANCH
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING
THIRD AND STARK SREETS
A general banking business transacted.
Letters of Credit issued for travelers
and importation of merchandise.
Interest paid on Savings and Time Dc
v posits. Rates on application.
JAMES T. BURTCHAELL
Assistant Manager
power to maintain a constant supply
of electricity at this kind of potential.
Leakage Immediately begins, and
the charge fizzes off from the wires
with a souird which is sometimes audi
ble, and with a glow which is visible
in the dark.
Anyone walking about below the
wires can sometimes feel the effect on
the hair of the head, as of a cobweb
on the face. He is then feeling the
stimulating action of the electrifica
tion. ,
The electrification Is maintained for
You will be "on the job" bright
and early every morning if you eat
The food that puts vim and vigor into
tired muscles and worn-out nerves. All
the nutriment in choice selected white
corn blended with pure barley-malt.
Grisp, appetizing and nourishing.
Delicious for breakfast with cream or milk. Ask your grocer.
The only Malted . Corn Flakes.
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r- V. For the Nursing Mother
' : iy, The mother1! health and strength are of vital
IH? importance during the nursing period Digeito f
I Malt Extract ii a highly concentrated, pre- 1.
! -4iiijatjgg digested . liquid food, which hai not only the
"""" power to digest other foods, but also to create I
. I new rich blood, and fatty matter necessary to the 1 W't'fVi
E"(55y I formation of strength-giving milk. I fo-i-lai
extract, J Palatable and Efficient XzIJZ.
rSSSSJZS'SJ At ''I Drug Starts .JT
THEO. HAM VI BREWING CO., ST. PAUL 32
' Hamm's Famous Beer l$t:Z.
1
experienced steward-
SURPLUS $10,746,004.02
SAN FRANCISCO
WILLIAM A. MACRAE
Manager
some hours each day, but Is shut off
at night: It Is proDably only necessary
to supply it during the early morning
hours In Summer time, and In Spring
time or In cold, cloudy weather for the
whole day, or during the time of the
plant's greatest, activity. In ( ths case
of wheat bolh-the ear and the straw
are valuable, and the electrification Is
accordingly applied for a time each
day during the whole period of growth
until stooling begins.
Rosenthal's wlnaows are money-savwrs.
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