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lO THE .3IORXIX6 OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 21, IDIO. DEMONSTRATION TRAIN NOW ON WAY O. R. & N. Farming Troupe Leaves Portland for Eastern Qregon. ' EXHIBITS HIGHEST CLASS Heppner and lone Will Be Visited Today as Opening of Ten-day , Trip When O. A. C. Lectur ers Will U ve on Coaches. The O. R. & N. farming demonstra tion train, carrying: Its scheduled load of lecturers, demonstrating parapher nalia, exhibjts, stock and poultry de . parted from the Union station for .' Eastern Oregon at 11 o'clock last night. ' . If the line east of Pendleton Is not cleared of the wrecks that occurred -yesterday this' will not interfere ' with . .. the itinerary of the train, as It is not ' due at Pendleton until tomorrow after noon. The train passes through there on its way to Baker City, but exhibits at Pendleton on the return trip next Friday. The schedule of demonstrations, in cluding the several minor changes that have been made since ' the first an nouncement, is as follows: Monday. March 21 Heppner, from 8 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. ; lone, from t P. M. to 3 P. M. Tuesday. March 22 Baker City, from 9 A. M. to 11:30 A. M.: Halne. from 12:55 P. M. to 2:5 P. M. ; X- Powder, 3:10 P. M. to 5 P. M. Wednesday. March 23 Vnfon, from 8:30 A. M. to 10:10 A. M.: LaGrandt. from 11 A. M. to 12:30 P. M. : Imhler. from 1:35 P. M. ,to 2:50 P. M.: Elgin, from 3:10- P. M. to 5 V P. M. Thursday. March 24 Joseph., from 9 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. : Enterprise, from 11:20 A. M. to 1:15 P. M. ; Wallowa, from 3 P. M. to 5 P. M. FVlday. March 25 Milton-Freewater. from R:45 A. M. to 10:45 A. M. : Athena, from 12:30 P. M. to 2 P. M. ; Adams, from 2:10 P. M. to 3:30 P. M.; Pendleton, from 4 P. M. to 5:30 P. M. Saturday. March 26 Pilot Rock, from 8:30 A. M. to 10 A. M. ; Echo, from 12:30 P. M. to 2:15 P. M.; Stanfleld, from 2:25 P. M. to 3:50 P. M.; Hermlston. from 4:10 P. M. to 5:30 P. M. Monday. March 28 Condon, from 9 A. M. to 11:30 A. M. : Clem, from 2 P. M. to 4 P. M. Tuesday. March 21t Grass Valley, from 9 A. M. to 11 A. M. r Moro. from 11:30 A. M." to 1:20 P. M. ; Wasco, from 3 P. M. to 5 P. M. Wednesday, March 30 The Dalles, from 9 A. M. to 11:30 A. M.: Mosler. from 1 P. M. to 2:30 P. M.; Hood River, from 2:45 P. M. to 4:45 P. M. The fancy stock and poultry that are carried oh the train were on board the .-' cars all day yesterday in the terminal yards, having been brought down from Corvallis by special train Saturday af ternoonJ Workmen put on numerous " finishing touches to the cars yesterday and everything was in readiness at the starting hour. Bronk Owned Hogs on Train. ' The hogs carried are high-class Po land china animals and are owned by Thomas TV. Bronk of Kola, Oregon. For a time it was feared that Just what the college experts wanted In fancy hogs could not be secured as the col lege farm did not have specimens that suited Dr. TVithycombe for demonstra tion purposes. What he sought, how fiver, was obtained, and will be on the train throughout the tour. Of the two sheep one Is a Costwold ram, aged one year, and the other a Shropshire ram, both owned by the college. The Holstein cow that will be used with a high-class Jersey for .demon strating; purposes Is "the property of the Oregon Agricultural College. The animal is known as "Wayne of Glericoe," and produces 16,550 pounds of milk ' per year. The milk analyzes 547.18 pounds of butter fat, or the equivalent of 638.37 pounds of butter. College Owned Horse on Trip. The mare carried is a Clydesdale shire. 8 years old, weighing 1700 pounds, and is owned by the college. The chickens are barred rocks and al ready appear at home in "their model houses constructed on the train. The 15 experts from the college and experiment stations and other mem-, bers of the party will make their homes on the train for ten days, although it will be necessary to go to 'hotels and eating-houses for meals. To haul the train, two engines will be necessary In numerous places, and In getting over some hills, particularly up the Shanlko branch line, it Is prob able that three engines will be required. WOMAN. CLERK 40 YEARS Mrs. Everett Has Seen History Made in Supreme Court. BOSTON, Mass., March 20. Of the radical changes that have occurred in the highest of the state's courts, of the many great men who have come and gone as judges upon the state bench, perhaps no person alive is more competent to speak than Mrs. Mary I. Everett, who has just passed her '4.0th year of continuous service as clerk of that court. Mrs. Everett was the first woman to fill the position of clerk in a court of law in Boston. Forty years ago she made application to the then Clerk of the Supreme Court, which then met In the old Courthouse, for a position, as assistant. - At that -time the idea of employing a woman for such service was a novel one, and it was only after repeated applications that Mrs. Everett was finally given her chance. It was the excellent neatness and clearness of her handwriting that first procured for her a trial. For the first few months she was employed Irregularly, the idea of keep ing a woman in the court regularly not seeming quite in accordance with the etiquette of the profession. However, Mrs. Everett was finally made a regu lar assistant. When she first began her duties Reuben Atwater Chapman was the Chief Judge and George C. White was the Clerk of the Court. Judges Hammond and Sheldon, now of the Supreme Court, were rising young barristers, and Chief Judge Knowlton, who had studied in the of fice of Chief Judge Chapman, at Spring field, was a partner with George M. Stearns. Nearly every member of the bar who presided when Mrs. Everett first became clerk has since passed away. ST. THERESAS OPEN-AIR Sanitarium. No. 3827. call up Red '33. "Oak Grove. Organ to be given away. . Japanese chopsticks are delivered to the sruests In a decorated envelope. The two sticks already shaped from one tongue-like piece of wood are broken apart by the guest. POWER PLANT ON M'KENZIE RIVER, ' EAST OF EUGENE, TO COST MILLION ' i . i. i . .., i ... . .... . . . , Vast Project of Northwestern Corporation, Which Will Serve Valley With Electricity, for Lights and Interurban Roadsi Is Taking Shape, -i -(dm-.-. IS - - - SALEM, Or., March 19. (Special.. The Installation nbw under way of a 15,-060-horsepower hydro-electric power plant, 35 miles east of Eugene on the McKenxie River, by the Northwestern Corporation, means the expenditure of over $1,000,000. It will- require about 18 months, according to the engineers in charge of the work, to finish the dam and buildings, get the machinery in stalled and have the entire plant in op eration. The purpose of this great under taking. is to furnish the Willamette Val ley with electrical energy for all com mercial and domestic purposes. The engineers of the Northwestern Corporation, after exhaustive investiga tion and numerous tests into the latest possibilities for power along ' this fa mous river, at last settled on Martin's Rapids, this point being considered the best and the nearest reliable source of power to Eugene, which will be the com pany's distributing center for the valley. Conditions Are Ideal. The topographical and geographical conditions at Martin's Rapids are Ideal for the generating of 'electrical power. The company has purchased all the nec essary land on both sides of the river for a number of miles and has' all the hold ings necessary to care for the water sup ply for any further .development in fu ture years. The river at Martin's Rapids will be dammed and backed up for over three miles, the water being released and returned through the proper artificial channels constructed by the company. An adjoining area of some 100 acres has been surveyed for. a reservoir. This area will give an average depth of 15 feet over the entire 100 acres, and will range from 15 to .30 feet at different places. This enormous reservoir will hold a sufficient quantity of water to operate the power station to' full capacity for 24 houcs. gen erating 15.000 horsepower. Thia reserve power will b maintained for use in case it is necessary to shut down the flood gates for repairs or for changes made In the machinery. . - The present plans include, aside from z . aw - . I - - t:"frf. I 1 - "!" "WS 4 I"' J I 11 'TA'Mf - w. rj Vl " 1 Sawtf i T ,srT- A ' " h V,-,V ' tr H - . fti H f , X " v ' - ' - iV 5 ' ' t I 1 . ar? 1 " . ' -L, ' J? M , " " ' i : s ?.'.. . s.v;;ii... . . 'TkJ I AOZ42& -T0vZXe 'JST- the extensive waterpower operations, a transmission pole line running through the Willamette Valley,' covering a total distance of about 150 miles, touching all the valley towns as far north a9 Saiem, with Portland an objective point. Cities to Efrect Saving. The Northwestern Corporation, once this mammoth powerhouse Is in operation, will be in a position to sell to consumers electrical energy for all purposes. Cities can buy current from this company for both private and public use, for much less than, it can r be manufactured by their own plants. The heavy outlay for dynamo7 stations now operated throughout the valley under steam will be eliminated from operating charges... The electric lighting service is only one of the several fields into which this Mc Kensie River power will enter. The power will be sufficient to enable this company to contract to operate every car system, city or interurban, throughout the val ley, even to the extent of reaching Port land with its interurban railway power lines. . ' The company will be- a gigantic dealer In power, wholesaling electrical energy to all consumers, large and' small. The service will be a boon to many of the smaller towns where the high cost of Installation and maintenance of steam plants prohibits the service. The trans mission line of the Northwestern Corpo ration passing within easy accessibility of all these- towns, the installation of a substation is only necessary to step the current down to local voltage x require ments, feeding- the city or town maxi mum consumption at low cost. Plant at Martin's Rapids. The company . has already expended in preliminary . work on the water power site nearly' $75,000 and has at- the present time a considerable force of men at work clearing, roadbuildins, cutting necessary timbe9 and bedrock drilling. The heavy electrical machinery to be installed must be taken to the power site over a moun tainous road, five miles of which has L.kWk'.WJWf.J,JUv.JV,.l.UllJlistlJlB -i v j been built by the company, AH other ma terial entering into the construction of the big dam and the power-houses must hf transported over this route. ma tirst work of installing this plant, will consist of preparing the ground for the construction of the dam, clearing out the reservoir and building a transmission power line from Springfield to Martin's Rapids. Bids are now being asked for the purchase of poles ' to be delivered along the right of way. This pole line will supply electrical power for the oper ation of concrete-mixers, hoisting, light ing and power machinery used in the construction of the dam, stations and other buildings. AH the buildings erect ed will be of the latest concrete designs. The dam will be of reinforced concrete, costing about' $400,000. The dimensions of this retaining wall are: Height, 65 feet; length, 680 feet; width at base, 125 feet :width at top, 8 -feet. It will re quire 25,000 barrels of cement, aside from tons of iron reinforcement, properly to build this dam. At present the Northwestern Corpora tion' is furnishing power from the Spring field station to the Eugene city street car lines and the Eugene-Springfield in terurban, and also lighting systems for the two towns. The plant at Springfield consists of two high-power steam tur bines (1000 K. W.), exerting a continuous electrical efficiency of 97 per cent, with a steam maximum of 1500 horsepower. Part of this energy will be diverted over a standard pole line to the McKen aie River site and maintained until, the completion of the big plant there. As soon as the power is ready for the val ley service the heavy current at Mar tin's Rapids will be returned over this line, connecting with the lines feeding the valley. The buildings to be erected at the power site include the necessary space for en larging the machinery equipment at any future time. With a limited expendi ture the company can, whenever advisa ble, double the output of the plant at practicaly the came cost of maintenance.' MILLS SWAMPED BY LUMBER ORDERS Oregon and Washington Un able to Supply Demand of Present Season.. TRADE NOW UNSOLICITED Railroad . Officials, "Lumbermen and Manufacturers Tell of Prosperous Conditions "Which. Western Timber' Is Facing. Every lumber mill In Oregon and Washington has on handtsuch a quan tity of orders that, with many of them. It Is becoming- a question of how they can supply the demands of . their cus tomers. . This is the word brought to Portland by railroad men who have been trr the field studying the situation, and it" Is confirmed by leading manufacturers of the city. - - A. remarkable story of conditions as he found them Is told by A. D. Charlton, assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Northern Pacific, who has just completed a trip that took in every milling town on the - main line -and branches of the Northern Pacific in Washington. . v . Business Xot Now Solicited. "Every mill I visited reported that it had on hand all the orders that it could fill. The mill men, in most in stances, have ceased to ' solicit orders and the situation" has resolved itself into a matter of filling accumulated demands," said Mr. Charlton. "In my trip I visited every 'mill with in a reasonable distance of every sta tion on the Northern Pacific in Wash ington, and everywhere I heard the same.- story. The prospect is that the lumbermen will make more money this year than ever before In the North west. "In several mills I was shown letters that Jwere sent in after prices had been quoted on a list' of lumber material in which the writers offered higher prices than those quoted If the mills would guarantee to deliver the order within a specified time. "I was shown the order books in many of the mills and in one that I recall there were 290 on file, covering almost every lo cality in the country. In the Grays Har bor country I visited a mill that was man ufacturing a special grade of material to fill an order from New Orleans and the finished stock was piled up in suffl cient quantities to fill a train. "The revival in lumbering is reaching every branch of the industry from the makers of heavy construction-, material to those who make a specialty of finish- ing lumber. The situation has reached the limit in the scope of my observa tions. " Mills in Good Condition Now. "The mills, too, 'are in better shape than ever before to handle the enormous business that is now coming their way. for the. most part they have been en larged and the most modern machinery has been installed. Special attention has been made to loading facilities. There are mills with two and three tracks on each side and so arranged that several cars can be loaded at once. Some of the mill offices on Grays Harbor remind one of a big banking establishment, with handsome fixtures and a multitude of clerks at work. Every mlllman has a smile on his face that stretches from ear to ear. "The question of the ability of the rail roads to handle the lumber shipments naturally arises and I believe I am safe in saying that there will bejio car short age. The revival in the industry has come at a time of year when the rail roads are best able to handle it, for there is a heavy movement of merchan dise westward and the wheat crop is out of the way. "The big demand for lumber will be felt by every branch of business. It will mean the employment in the logging camps of every man that can be secured, and this will mean increased sales of shoes, clothing, groceries and other sup plies. Lumbering is the bulwark of our industrial and commercial progress and activity In lumbering, with fair prices. means greater prosperity for the Pacific iviortnwest. Harrlman Slanage Optimistic. R. B. Miller, traffic manager of the Harrlman lines in Oregon and Wash ington, takes an optimistic view of the lumbering situation. "The present demand, judging from the railroad point of view, is good, and the prospects are even better," said Mr. Miller yesterday. "There Is a great development going on in Kansas, Ne braska, Colorado and Utah. The de velopment under way In Montana i enormous, particularly along the new line of the Milwaukee. This develop ment Is causing a strong demand for building material. The railroad ' com panies are the largest lumber buyers in the field and the great amount of repair work and construction going on calls for increased supplies of lumber. Whether this condition shnll continue must depend, of course, on the tenor o legislation In Washington and on the threatened strikes." From the lumbermen's side, K. C. XCnapp of the Peninsula Lumber Co., spoke yesterday In equally glowing terms of the present condition and of the outlook. He said: As for our own mill, it has all the busi ness, and more than it can ha mile. I have even asked some of our neighbors to help us out but 'sret the same report from them. For six weeks after the first of the year . the bad weather conditions, which seemed to extend generally throughout the United States, made .the lumber trade quiet. Aa soon as the ' weather became settled the rail business picked up and juBt- at that time the export trade also strengthened greatly. i Orders piled in on us for both rail and export .shipments. The latter condition was brought about largely by the settlement of a coal strike In Australia that had re- ' tarded business advancement greatly in that country.. With the atrike settled the'' Aus tralian demand for lumbeg increase! greatly. Conditions Change In Week. Within the last 10 days conditions have changed a great dealfor the better in the demand for building material -and finishing lumber, and the general situation now is good. The prices are fair, but not high. 1 look for & slight advance in the price of lumber ' later in the year Banging on an average from $1 to $2 per thousand, but I hope that the advance will not be very great. Clear and finishing lumber, or the higher grades, will likely realize the greatest advance. L. J. Wentworth, of the Portland Lum ber tympany, indorsed what Mr., Knapp said of the increased demand for lumber. A sharp- Increase In lumber prices is not expected by H. B. Van- Duzen, super intendent of - the Inmari-Poulsen mill. "Some people have an idea that iiiere will be excessive prices on lumber this year," he said yesterday, "but I believe they are mistaken. Business is good, and so is the outlook, but 1 do not anticipate an unprecedented demand. If the rail roads buy,", and Auy heavily, the lumber business will be good. We are dependent largely, on the railroads, and cut so much railroad lumber. If Congress keeps on hammering the railroads until the devel opment work stops, then there will be nothing Jn the lumbering business. " At the -offices of the Monarch Lumber Company the statement is made that the small, mill the company is operating at present has all the orders it can fill for six weeks ahead. The big mill under construction on the Peninsula will be ready for operation about April 1. Offi cials of this company express the opinion that the price of logs is out of proportion with the price " of lumber, and that the price of logs must come down or the price of lumber go up. Concerning the Western situation, the Weekly Financial Review, published in New York, by J. S. Bache & Co.. bank ers, contains the following report from a Western correspondent: . The situation Is apparently more unclouded at present than4 at any time during the past two years. Our basic industries are lumber and agriculture. In neither has there teen an over-expansion of credit. Mer chants as a rule owe less than usual. Un certainty as to tariff changes caused hesi tation in lumber and other lines xor a year or so. Merchants reduced stocks and liquidated Indebtedness generally last year. Mtllmen now report a ready market at high er prices for their products. Farmers are rich and seasonable rains and lots of snow this Winter have Insured a big crop next Summer. Fruit prospect is as yet unim paired. Immigration from the Middle West continues unabated. There has been less speculation In mines and real estate than for any like period for years. There is absolutely nothing -visible in .the situation to indicate the possibility of a trade re action. " ' - The Alaskan" Is Seen at the Baker. , 4THE ALASKAN." r . A mimical play In five acts.' N By Jo seph B let lien and Harry Girard. Presented at the Baker CAST'. Richard Atwater .John R. Phillip Totem Pole pete Detmar poppen TOalKiriKham "Watt, Richard F. Carroll Prof. Knlcklebein. . .Gus C. Weinburg . Mr. Good lAJ Rauh. . Mr. Better John Lawton . Mr. Best Harry B. Hoffman Marty . . Wm. Brady Arlee Eaeton Jeese Honer Mrs. Lydia, Good, Better, Best Alice Keen Ku Ku Etta Lockhart La La Lu Nellie Templeton Snowball, a pet polar bear . . . Sidney Algiers GAIN we have wlth-'us? "The Alas S kan." In this connection "agains" Is used advisedly, for this la its) fourth visit. Large audiences1 greeted the- re turned musical play yesterday afternoon and last night, and -were properly dem onstnative, each song number receiving many encores. The cast remains . intact, with Gus Weinberg and Richard F. Carroll as the dual excuse for the play. When "Th Alaskan" was remodeled the last time these two supplied themselves with the only two fa.t parts; the other masculine roles being of much lesser i importance, Again Weinberg keeps everyone in high good humor with his ridiculous riddles, almost Gorman accent and generally ludicrous role of Professor Knicklebein, the man -with the laughing powder. Car roll balances the scale of fun with his interpretation of Washington Watt, actor, author and manager. Jessie Stoner, who is girlish if buxom is again seen as Arlee Kaston, and sings nicely in a small soprano. Apparently it has not been considered necessary to change tho oast in any way, hence the audience is forced to accept a colorless bit of work by Alice Kean as the Mrs. Good Better Best. Delmar -Poppen's sing ing voice is a revelation after hearing' his reciting. His "Totem Pole" was well received. The "Snowballing" song, in which the audience participates, was one of the best numbers and was encored half a dozen times. Etta Lcokhart, a diminutive maiden who can neither sing nor dance, but who attempts both In a brave manner, 1 pleang to look upon in the role of Ku- CHICAGO THROUGH TRAINS VIA Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry. "The North Bank Road" The handsome equipment of these trains supplies th eomforta and appointments of the -best hotels. The dining errioe ie particularly good. OBSERVATION CAKS COMPARTMENT SLEEPERS STANDARD SLEEPERS niNINO CARS MEALS A LA CARTE TOURIST SLEEPERS FIRST-CLASS COACHES Leave Portland 9:00 A. M.; 7:00 P.M. Arrive Chicago, 3 Days to the Hour. PASSENGER STATION, 1 1th and HOYT STS. CITY TICKET OFFICES Tbird .ad Morrlroa Sta. 122 Third St ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE GREAT NEHALE COUNTRY With its vast timber resources, its beautiful beach resorts, its rich dairy and faming lands and its un equaled opportunities for profitable investment? I will be; at 418 Board of Trade Building for a few iays arid will be pleased to meet those interested in the Nehalem country. FRANK A. HOWE, Cashier of Nehalem Valley Bank. Caoicl IDnsfe the composite cleanser We' would be forced to enlarge our factories many times if Gold Dust was used for ALL the purposes in the homes where it is already used for SOME purposes. When you use Gold Dust the composite cleaner you do not need to use borax, ammonia, kerosene or naphtha. Please read the direc tions on the package. Gold Dust is safe, econom ical and harmless to hands or fab rics. Ku, which sounds like the name of a biscuit, but which the programme says is, "an Eskimo child of Nature." m "The Alaskan" will remain all week at the Baker. FUND IS FOR TWIN-BEARERS Wealthy Seedsman Makes Unique Provisions in Hid Will. 6ALEM, (Mass., March 3). A fund of $1000 to the town of Marblehcad, the. income to be divided annually among; the Marblehead women who have be come mothers of twins in the course of the year, is one of the unique things provided for in the will of the lat James J. H. Gregory, a wealthy seeds man, who died recently. The testator's widow is the principal beneficiary under the will; hut at her death, the residue is to go to the American Home Missionary Society to establish a fund for the purchase of Character building books" for distribu tion among the children of the moun tain whites in the South. The will provides small bequests to the Episcopal, Methodist, Universalis!. Roman Catholic and Congregational Churches of Marblehead, declaring that each "In Its own way is doing Its best for the Improvement of mankind." As good as the best and better than tha rest. Edgeworth Tobacco. : BOYS! B.TER CANOE CO.MEHT. 200 VOTES FREE A. B. STEIN BACH & C O. TO 100 ThLra S DAYS