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TIIE 3IORNLXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, MAY 21, 1917.
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Enormous Increase In Tonnage Is
Cited Plans Go Ahead to Care
for Government Requirements.
Passenger Service to Be Cut.
Relief from the present car shortage
will not be possible until the present
tremendous volume of business is re
duced to a normal basis, concludes the
Railway Age Gazette, In a summary of
the car situation presented in a. special
report recently received by local rail
road men.
"The present large car shortage,"
ays the report, which Is printed in the
current issue of the Age Gazette, "is
not due to the tact that the railroads
are not being efficiently operated, but
to the fact that there is so much more
business than ever before to handle."
The report then goes on to show that
in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916,
the railways transported 42,000,000,000
ton-miles of freight traffic more than
they did In the fiscal year 1913, which
previously was the record year, and
that in the calendar year ended De
cember 31, 1916, they set another record
by handling 23,000,000,000 ton-miles of
freight traffic more than they did in
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916.
It is apparent, too, that the total
traffic moved has continued to increase.
The freight traffic moved in January
and February, the latest two months
for which figures are available, again
surpassed all movements in those
months in other years.
Private Traffic Secondary.
"The reason why there is at present
a record-breaking car shortage," con
tinues the report, "is that there is a
record-breaking business.
xne entrance oi mis country into
the war probably will cause a still fur
ther increase in traffic. It will, besides,
have another: effect to which little con
sideration has been given. It will make
it necessary for the railways to give
priority to the movement of Govern
ment traffic. The tendency will be to
Interfere with the most efficient prac
tical use of the facilities left for the
handling of ordinary business."
It is pointed out that the year Imme
diately preceding and the one immedi
ately following the commencement of
the war in Europe that is, the fiscal
years 1914 and 1915 were .financially,
the worst two years in the history of
American railways since the panic days
of the "90's. During these two years it
"was necessary to curtail expenditures
for maintenance, for improvements and
additions as far as was physically pos
sible. Then came, suddenly and with
out warning, a year of feverish and
largely artificial prosperity, during
which it was impossible to get enough
materials, supplies and labor for ade
quate maintenance."
Railway Men Meet Situation. .
- But the railway managers are alive
to the situation, the report sets out.
They have not waited for the Govern
ment to tell them what to do, but have
proceeded to effect an organization that
will co-ordinate all the lines in the
country as if they were one big system.
Under this plan they will co-operate
with the Government in handling the
Nation's business.
Not only are the carriers short of
cars, but they are hard pressed for mo
tive power. This latter shortage may
be overcome, though, by curtailing the
passenger traffic, tentative plans for
which are under way.
Operating representatives of all the
Western railroads will meet in San
Francisco this week to consider plans
for cutting off some of the passenger
trains in the West
It is presumed that these curtail
ments will be made gradually so that
the public will not suffer great incon
veniences, but the public will be warned
in due time to adjust itself to the con
ditions made necessary by the war.
FARMERS NEED MONEY
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This photograph givesone of the reasons why Mary Pickfond pur
chased a roundrtrip ticket from Los Angeles to New York and con
sumed ten days of her two weeks' vacation in behalf of her "Summer
wardrobe. The picture also offers a striking contrast to the Mary
Pickford of the days of '49, as will be disclosed on the screen soon in
her Artcraft picture. "A Romance of the Redwoods."
Mary has been associated with ragged clothes so long, only occa
sionally being permitted by one of her stories to "doll up," that it
is rather difficult for the average photoplay fan to connect their fa
vorite etar with feminine finery.
BOAT USED US BARGE
Lack of Engines No Handicap
to Lumber Company.
Increase In Acreage. Planted
Cereala and Otber Crops la
Indicated, However.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL, COLLEGE,
Corvallis, May 20. (Special.) The
Benton County farm survey, practically
completed, shows that the farmers in
general appreciate the great responsi
bility that rests on them in the success
ful prosecution of the war. They are
doing all they can to increase food
production.
An immediate need for capital with
which to purchase seed or equipment.
a heavy demand for labor during har
vest season and a decided Increase in
the acreage of cereals and other impor
tant food crops are among the facts
indicated by the summary.
An increased number of poultry,
brood mares and beef cattle breeding
stock is also indicated, while the num
ber of sheep and stock hogs has de
creased considerably as compared with
the number on hand at this time last
year. ...
There are 1749 acres in the county
that will produce no crops this year,
and the farmers are planning to increase
the cultivated acreage 9 per cent in
191S. This will more than use up the
idle land of this year, which from lack
of seed, capital or machinery has not
been seeded.
A seed shortage, however, is not in
1 ica ted in this county, according to
the survey.
PLAN IS COMMENDED HERE
Seattle,
christened the
Sunde. of
schooner.
The Hansen Is a five-masted auxil
iary schooner, 260 feet long, 44 feet
beam, has a 21-foot depth of hold and
carrying capacity of 1,750,000 feet of
lumber. Her dead weight is 27,000
tons. The keel was laid December 27.
She will be equipped with engines here
and will begin loading lumber for, Chile
within a month.
60 ENLIST IN PRINEVILLE
Central Oregon Youth Hard to Per
Buade to Stay on Farms.
PRINEVILLE, Or., May 20. (Special.)
Sixty Prineville boys have enlisted in
the various branches of service in the
past 30 days. The last to leave were
Charles O'Kelley, Albert Birdsong,
-Frank Dinzey, Paul Barnes, Bud Barnes,
Martin . Hoover. Ralph Christianaon,
Bert Hartsell and John Prather.
More local boys are planning to leave
soon, and it is probable that the total
number to enlist from Prineville will
reach ihe 100 mark. It is no trouble to
get the Prineville boys to enlist, but
it requires. much work to convince many
of them that they are needed as badly
at home on the ranch as they are in
other branches of the service.
Merchants' Exchange Manager Sug
gests Craft in Port Awaiting Ma
chinery Might Earn ValceT
in Lumber Traffic.'
Owners of recently constructed ves
sels now lying idle in Portland harbor
awaiting the installation of engines
might do "well to copy arter the plan
of the C A. Smith Lumber Company,
of Coos Bay and San Francisco, and
their ships as barges until the
necessary machinery is forthcoming. In
the opinion of Fred W. Clark, manager
of the Portland Merchants" txenange.
The C. A. Smith Lumber Company
has a new vessel, tne jonaima. oiunu.
for which engines will not be available
for installation until September. In
the meantime the company is using the
vessel in the lumber trade as a barge.
thereby probably paying xor me in
struction before she is even able to
operate independently.
t1,a.a n t a now . four vessels on the
river which have been turned out by
local yards and are now awaiting ma
chinery. These vessels all, in the
opinion of Mr. Clark, might be made
assets by uBing them in the lumber
trade as barges.
Thev are the auxiliary scnooners
Alpha and Beta, built by the Peninsula
Shipbuilding Company and owned .by
Bowman Bros., of Norway; the Mar
garet built at Astoria for A- O. Ander
son, and the Astrl, built at Astoria for
Kulver & Company of Norway.
Tt is said that it is almost as cheap
to operate a vessel in the lumber rade)
as a barge as it is with engines in
stalled, especially is this true in Sum
mer when weather conditions are good.
In addition, the carrying capacity is
considerably more without engines, and
consequently a greater return could be
made on each trip.
Lumber Freights XT p.
The feasibility of such a plan is con
siderably heightened by the fact that
there has recently been a raise of 50
cents a thousand feet on the charges
for hauling lumber in the coastwise
trade from the Columbia River to Cali
fornia ports. Charges for such service
are now $6.50 a thousand feet from the
Columbia River to San Francisco, and
$7.50 a thousand feet from the river
to Southern California ports.
With such rates prevailing the cost
of constructing a vessel could readily
be made In the returns from a few
trips.
SCHOOXEK HANSEN LAUNCHED
Norwegian Vessel Will Load Lumber
at Tacoma for Chile.
TACOMA, Wash., May 20. (Special.)
With the shrill blare of factory
whistles and the staccato blasts from
the waiting tugboats in the stream, the
Norwegian schooner H. C. Hansen slid
down the ways of the Seaborn yards
here Saturday. She floated gracefully
out into the channel as her owner and
captain, H. C. Hansen, Norwegian sea
farer, stood with bared head and
watched her take the water. The lines
fastened to the vessel to check her
progress across the channel proved too
light to hold her and she crushed two
pileheads when making her way to the
water. No damage was done. Viola
STEAMERS TO LOAD LUMBER
Eight Carriers Now Booked for
Portland In Coast Trade.
- The departure of the steamer Wa
pama for California ports with a mil
lion feet of lumber and the arrival of
the steamer Nehalem, which will load
lumber here in the coastwise trade,
featured activity on the waterfront
yesterday.
The Wapama, was loaded at St.
Helens by McCormick Interests and
took out passengers in addition to the
lumber cargo.
The Nehalem brought miscellaneous
cargo for Parr-McCormlck from San
Fruncisco and will discharge at Port
land. The steamer will then begin
loading lumber for California.
Another steamer coming here In the
lumber trade is the Multnomah which
left San Francisco Saturday' night.
A fleet of eight carriers are booked
to come here to take on lumber for
the Coast trade. They will handle sev
eral million feet.
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ALASKA TO DO SHARE
Salmon and Copper to Be Sent
in Quantities.
COUNTRY IS DEVELOPING
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Steamer Schedule.
DUE XO ARRIVE.
Name. From. Date.
Breakwater. . t . .. . Fan Francisco. . . - In port
Beaver ..Lot Angeles May 21
F. A. Kilburn San Francisco. ... May 23
Great Northern. .. .San Francisco. ...May 23
Roue City Iku Anielu .May 27
DUG TO DEPART.
Name. For Date.
Breakwater Los Angeles May 21
Vale 8. F. for IA.-8.D. May 21
Beaver L.os Angeles Mar 2a
Harvard J3. F. for L.A.-S.D. May 23
Great Northern. . . . San Francisco. . . .May 24
K. A. Kilburn San Francisco. ... May 23
...San Diego May 27
. ...San Francisco... .May 29
.. .San Diego. ... .May SO
...San Diego ...Juno X
Building of Federal Railroad Opens
Vp Coal Fields of Vast Value,
and Makes Possible Min
eral Development.
Alaska ' at the present time has
awakened to the needs of Uncle Sam
during the present war crisis and will
do its full snare toward assisting the
Government throughout the continu
ance of the war, according to W. A.
Munly. assistant United States Attor
ney, at Valdes, who is in the city for a
brief visit with hia family.
Alaska this year will be prepared to
furnish from 6.000,000 to 7.000.000 cases
of canned salmon. The rich mines of
the Alaskan country during the present
year will shin out approximately S35.-
000,000 in copper. The rich coal fields of
that country will be in readiness to fur
nish all the coal that is needed so long
as the war shall last.
Far North Will Aid.
These are but a few instances of how
Alaska is prepared to do its "bit," said
Mr. Munly yesterday, an the people
of the Far Nbrth are ready and willing
to do all that they can in order to be of
service to their country.
"This preparedness is for the most
part due to the railroad construction
now being carried on," said Mr. Munly
yesterday. "From the little city of
Anchorage a branch line is now being
rushed for a distance of 150 miles to
tap the richest coal fields in Alaska.
Forty miles of this line are now in
operation and the remaining distance
should be completed by the end of the
season. Not only will this branch line
furnish the required transportation for
the rich Matanuska coal fields, but it
will also aid In developing many small
quartz mining properties which hereto
fore have been Ignored because of the
lack of transportation facilities.
Ft ah Business Grows.
"So far as the fishing Industry is con
cerned, Alaska was never in a better
condition than it is at the present time.
One of the largest canneries in Alaska
is now in operation at Cordova, with
a capacity of 250,000 cases a season.
There are also large factories at Sew
ard, Valdez and other cities of Alaska
and they are all working to their
highest limit. There are likewise a few
clam canning factories."
The rapid railroad construction now
being carried on will mean the sal
vation of Alaska so far as giving aid
In the present war Is concerned, Mr.
Munly said. As an illustration of the
almost feverisn haste being exhibited.
he pointed to the new city of Anchor
age, which 18 months ago was nothing
but a patch of timber. Today it is a
modern little! city of about 7000 people,
with pp.ved streets, cement walks, a
water system, electric light system and
all the modern appliances of any city in
the States. Even the movies have
found their way to the little city.
Development at Hand.
"Alaska is a great, growing country
and is destined to show a remarkable
development within the next few years,"
Mr. Munly concluded. It is teeming
with energetic people who have a faith j
in their country, and all that is needed
now is the completion of the railroad
construction, which is now under way."
The new town of Anchorage is the
headquarters for the Alaska Railroad
Commission, of which Captain Mears, a
brother of E. C. Mears, of Portland, is
a member.
Mr. Munly leaves tonight for San
Francisco, where he will argue a case
before the United States Court of Ap
peals. He will return to Portland next
week, and after visiting for a few
days will return again to his work In
Alaska.
"No one can tell what the next few
years will bring and I wanted to see my
two sons, who have joined the colors.
before they leave for the front, said
Mr. Munly.
STRAND BILL IS CLEVER
CLOG-DANCERS OFFER DROI.I, ACT
IX SINGING AXD PATTER.
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J 29 Reduction in Expenditures of Public Works.
J Reduced Cost of All Pavements.
CJ My record the last four years is the reason for my
Candidacy.
(Paid Advertisement.)
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strange and terrible life into which a
girl was led. In her struggle to shlrld
her father's name, is the motion picture
feature in the new bill, a Butterfly pro
duction. The film features Mlgnon An
derson in the leading role.
The sixth episode of "The Voice on
the Wire" runs today and tomorrow.
Wapama. .. .
Rose City. ...
Willamette. .
Klamath. . . .
EPW0RTH MEETING HELD
Eugene District Convention at' Al
bany to Last Three Days.
ALBANY, Or., May 20. (Special.) In
14th annual convention the Eugene Dis
trlct Epworth League of the Methodist
Episcopal Church convened here today
for a session of three days.
The district Includes all of the Meth
odist churches In Lane. Benton and
Lincoln counties, those in Douglas
County from Toncalla northward and
the church , at Jefferson, in Marion
County. Practically all of the churches
In the district are represented, and
tlMre is a large attendance at the convention.
The routine work of the convention
was handled today, that the two re
maining days might be devoted to ad
dresses and instruction by Dr. Dan
Brummitt, of Chicago, editor of the
Epworth League Herald, the National
paper of the organization.
"The Phantom's Secret" la Film Story
of Strange and Terrible Life
Led ky Girl.
Young and Clifton, with feet that can
patter out anything in clog dancing
from a dialogue to a description of the
first 100,000 soldiers marching to
France, are one of the particularly
clever features In the new bill that
opened at the Strand Theater yester
day.
Their act Is versatile and Involves
singing and clever patter as well as
dancing, and has some bright costume I
changes. Young appears in the last
half of theact in a Scotch outfit in
comedy Highland fling that was good
for Innumerable laughs, and then he
and his pretty partner tripped off a bit
of clog dancing that "almost taiKea,
it was so adroit and perfectly accented
and droll as could be.
Fred Coulter in monologue has an
other bit of dancing to supplement his I
prattle, which was nearly as mirth-pro
voking as the burlesque dance in the
other act. and his line of conversation
had enough laughs In it to keep the
audience "on Its toes" all the time.
Jack Puchlni. saxophone virtuoso,
demonstrated his ability as a master of
this burbling instrument in the high
est degree.
Ford and Cunningham, a clever pair
In dialogue, patter, music and comedy,
rounded out the vaudeville half of the
bill and made it all that the heart could
wish.
"The Phantom's Secret." a story of
Irrigation Men Ask More Time.
SALEM. Or, May 20. (Special.)
Jesse Stearns, of the Central Oregon
Irrigation Company, has written to
members of the Desert Land Board ask
ing them to petition the Secretary of
the Interior to hurry an extension of
time on the contract between the state
and the Government on Segregation
List No. 6 of that project. This list
Includes the original 77.000 acres de
veloped under the project near Bend.
The time of the present contract ex
pires In February, 1918.
Xon-Sult In Damage Case Denied.
ST. HELENS, Or., May 20. (Special.)
The case of Ed. Boulby versus the
Columbia Contract Company for $20,000
damages for Injuries alleged to have
been sustained by falling into the com
pany's quarry, will be submitted to the
Jury tomorrow, defendant's motion for
a non-suit having been denied by
Judge Bagley.
St. Helens Women Work for Library.
ST. HELENS Or., May 20. (Special.)
The Woman's Club of St. Helens, at
the city hall Friday night, gave a mu
sical programme, greatly enjoyed by
the large audience present. About $60
was realized for public library purposes.
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IDAHO FARMERS PREPARE
Plowing and Seeding by Tractors
"Will Regain Time Lost.
LEWISTON. Idaho, May 20. (Spe
cial.) What the 117 crop will be both
buyers and farmers .are unwilling to
predict. While the season Is several
weeks late, farmers are prepared to
rush Spring plowing and seeding.
Many farm tractors are being pur
chased and this will relieve the con
sumption of feed, make possible day
and night work and greatly relieve the
labor situation. Many farmers are
planning to operate continuously dur
ing the plowing and seeding season.
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and the artistic without doing violence
to art has been the long'coveted goal
of Player Piano manufacturers.
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The Automatic Apollo
Player with the Automatic Roll is not
an automaton, but a 'iving thing vibrate
ing with life, soul and feeling. There
is no elaborate mechanism to be manip
ulated; no guiding hand is needed. A wn
derful Player Plana truly expresses jt.
Bring your musical friend and
spend a few niinutes listening to at least one
selection on the Apollo.
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N your trip to the East don't miss the majestic
panoramas of the Canadian Pacific Rockies. No
side-trips necessary. A world of glorious peaks
with fir-forested slopes.
The Garden of ihe-Giants
fittingly describes this "Fifty
Switzerlands in One." Stop off at
the hotels built by the Canadian
Pacific in the high spots.
Every Idnd of convenience and
comfort. Pony riding-, sulphur
swimming pools, golf, fishing.
boating, and camps with Jim
Brewster's guides.
Service, at all hotels, Canadian
Pacific standard non better.
Banff, Lake Louise, Field, Glacier,
reached only via the
Canadian Pacific Railway
"Thm World's CrtattMt Highway'
For foil information phone, call or write for Tour No. W-5
J. V. Mnrihy. Gen. Art Pass'r Dspt.
?a torta street, rortload. Ureaoak
Swimming Pool
at Banff
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mine pool. trrnd yolf
course, pony ndinp,
biksB, mountain etimb
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vpittodid hot. irwpir
ing mountain conrry
erarythlna to mako
yoor Tivit at BoaLX
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Lake Louise
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World." ThoChmUoa
Loko Louise look out
on o Fairyland. IV
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trail to Saddleback
drio to Vallv of
tba Tm Poaks. Paro
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to tbo sUulos in thm
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