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THE .3IORXIX6 OREGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 21, IDIO.
DEMONSTRATION
TRAIN NOW ON WAY
O. R. & N. Farming Troupe
Leaves Portland for
Eastern Qregon.
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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
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Vast Project of Northwestern Corporation, Which Will Serve Valley With Electricity, for Lights and Interurban
Roadsi Is Taking Shape,
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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
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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
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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.
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