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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1902)
I THE SUNDAY OREGON EA, PORTLAND, JULY 27, 1902. II WORKONBiGPOWERPLANT ItAPID PROGRESS OX O. W. P. & R. CO.'S TERMIXALS. Cars "Will Run Over Xcw Iiine by "Winter Company Controls Lone Strctcli of Vatcr Front. "Work on the power plant of the Ore gon "Water Power & Railway Company, on the Rosa Wallace tract, south of East Clay street. Is progressing. The masons are bricking up the three large Babcock boilers with firebrick. In about 10 days this part of the plant will be finished. The foundation for the engine is finished. It only remains for the concreto to set before it will be ready for the engine. Just east of tho place where the engine will stand tho foundation for the dyna mos will be built. There is no further work being done by the company on the terminal grounds, although it is an nounced that work on the railway lead ing from the terminal grounds will start very soon. Tho big steam shovel, with which the grading will be done, has been taken up near Mllwaukie, where it stands on a sidetrack, ready to commence shoveling dirt whenever the company is ready to begin building. F. S. Morris, president of the company, says that by the time enow flies trolley cars will bo running over a considerable portion of the new railway along the "Willamette River, through Sell wood, Willsburg, Lents and Gresham. This means that work will certainly start up very soon on this great enterprise. Tanners in Powell's Valley are anxiously watching for the beginning of work on the railway that will connect their dis trict with Portland. Regarding the filling of blocks owned by the company, it is understood that as soon as the steam shovel commences op eration the low ground south from Haw thorne avenue will be filled to Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s sawmllL A dock extend ing from Madison-street bridge will be built along the front of all the terminal grounds, which will carry it to the saw mill plant. Everything seems to indicate that the company seeks to control the whole of the East Side water front as far northward from Madison-street brldgb as possible. A bond has been secured on the two blocks formerly occupied by the East Side Lumber Company, and nego tiations are in progress to secure the block owned -by Burpee & O'Reiley, alongside the north side of the Madi3on-street bridge approach. J. N. Davis, who haa made all the purchases of land and se cured rights of way for tho trolley line through Powell's Valley, has investigated the ownership and titles to all the prop erty west of East "Water street north to East Ankeny street, the point to which the company seeks a franchise for its railway. It is very probable that tho franchise for .a railway on East Water street will be secured only on conditions. Before it was asked for the property-owners generally agreed to have the company fill up East Water street, the cost to be MVz cents per cubic yard. It was not then expected that a franchise would be asked for. Thomas Hislop, who owns a half block fronting on East Water street, took the matter up witn other property-owners, and he says that a majority would be willing that a franchise should bo grant ed provided tho company will fill up one third of the street, leaving two-thirds for tho property-owners to fill. "A franchise on East Water street,' said Mr. Hislop. "would be very valu able, and thL would not be asking too much. I talked with the managers of the railroad company, and they seemed to think that this would be all right, but the nea.t thing I heard of the matter was "when th.2 ordinance was introduced Into the City Council without any such pro vision and agreement. I know that unless the company will make a one-third fill the property-owners will not consent to granting "a franchise." Joseph Supple, who owns a shipyard on East Water street, said yesterday he would favor a franchise under proper re strictions. He wants the franchise word ed so that the railway company will be required to keep the track in such condi tion that it will not interfere with traf fic On filled streets, he said, tracks are usually permitted to project above the surface so far as to interfere with team ing. This ho wants guarded against. Mr. Supple said that the fill should be made by all means. Not only East Water should be filled, but all the low ground, but he thinks the main portion of the ma terial should be taken from the river by dredges, thus deepening the harbor while making the fill, Mr. Supple says that the dredges can do tho filling for 3 cents per cubic yard. "I have no doubt that the Oregon Water Power & Railway Company," con tinued Mr. Supple, "seeks to control the whole of the East Side water front from Inman, Poulsen & Co.'s sawmill to the railroad land on the north at East An keny street. Its agent has investigated the ownership and titles of every piece straight through. If the company pro poses to build docks and use the water front I should not object to this, but if it is to bottle up and hold the water front for speculation it should not be ac complished. There is no doubt that Port land is going to grow, and that this rail way company is one of the greatest en terprises that has come to Portland for a long time. Under reasonable conditions the men who are going to spend 55,000,000 in Portland should be encouraged." POWELL VALLEY FARMER KILLED George B. Cornelius Meets "With. Fatnl Accident. George B. Cornelius, a well-known farmer living on the Section Line road three mires from Gresham, was almost In stantly killed yesterday morning while unloading hay in his barn. His wife and a boy -were in the hay loft helping to handle the hay as it was swung up by means of a machine fork. The last load of hay of his crop was being stacked when the accident happened. Tho barn is a large one, and the wagon loaded -with the hay had been driven into IL There still remained some of the hay on tho wagon and underneath that could not bo reached by the hay fork, and Cornelius concluded to pull the wagon out of the barn backwards. A chain was hitched to the end and tho wagon was started. In some way Cornelius was struek by the corner of the hay rack and thrown with such great force against a post that his back and neck were broken. He lived only a short time after tho ac cident. Help was summoned, but noth ing could be done. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius have lived on this farm for the past two years, and are highly respected. The funeral will be held from the farmhouse Tuesday fore noon. The place of interment has not yet been decided, but it will probably be in Lone Fir cemetory. FAIRVIEAV RURAL DELIVERY. Agent E. C. Clcmentx Has Established Route In the Nevr District. Postmaster R. Hofer, of Cleone (Fair view), has received the following instruc tions concerning the rural freo mall de liver' to be established September 1, to gether with the details of the route de llmlnated by the agent: "Postmaster,, Cleone, Multnomah Coun ty, Or. Sir: You are hereby authorized to establish rural free delivery from your office, to commence Monday, September 1, 1902, with one carrier of $600 per an num. Including horse hire." The route to be followed, as laid down by Special Agent E. C. Clement, acting, in a report dated May IS, 1502, will bo as follows: Route No. 1 Beginning at the postottlce in Cleone, said county and state, tho car rier will go thenco west 7? miles, thence south 3 miles, thence east 2fc miles, thence south mile, thence east 1 mile, thence south Vz mile, thence east two miles-, thence north 1 miles, thence east mile, thence south 1 miles, thence east V& miles, thence north 1 mile, thence east 1 mile, thence north to postofflce, mlle. Total length of route, 24 miles; area covered. 23 square miles; population served, GOO; number of houses on route, 132. There Is to 1e a carrier for the route from Gresham via Terry to Falrview, for which bids will close July 29. The period covers from August 15, 1902, to June 30, 1903. This places the distributing point at Falrview, and malls will be received there for Gresham, Sandy, Orient, Cot trell and points along the Sandy. DARING DAYLIGHT BURGLARY. 3Iorff Zeller's Home Entered Tito Meat Markets Arc Robbed. A broad daylight burglary was commit ted at the home of Morg Zeller, East Fourteenth and East Pine streets, yester day forenoon. No one was in the house at the time. Mrs. Zeller was across the river. The robbery was not discovered until evening, when Mr. Zeller found that ?15 had been taken from his trousers pockets. On further investigation It ap peared that the burglar had climbed tip a porch post and entered tha upper por tion of the house without being seen. The meat markets of Gellnsky & Son, on Grand avenue and East Pine street, and Cowan & Hacker, at 71 Grand avenue, were robbed Friday night. The former place was entered by tho burglars cutting a hole through tho upper screen door. The two cash registers wero broken open, but no money was found. Some bacon and some fresh meat were stolen. Cowan & Hacker's shop was entered in the same way. No money was secured., Only a few canned articles were stolen. WORK OX ?lSOO LODGE HALL. VIHn Lodge, Xo. 124, L O. O. P., Will Soon Have a Xcvr Home. Villa Lodge, No. 124, L O. O. F., will soon have a fine two-story hall on Hlb bard street and Villa avenue, la Monta villa. Work has been started on the new structure. It will be 30x00 feet, and will stand on the foundation of the building formerly occupied by the lodge, on the Montavilla Railway, the old structure having been torn down. The second story will be used for lodge purposes, and the lower hall for banquets. It will be used exclusively for secret societies. The cost will bo $1800. Work on the hall will be pushed, and it will be ready for dedica tion in the early Fall. MilwauUIe Band Concert. The Miiwauklo band gave a freo con cert in Electric Park, on the banks of the Willamette River, a few evenings ago that was highly creditable. Tho park is a short distance from the car barn of the Oregon Water Power & Railway Com pany, and it was well illuminated with In candescent lights. Over 500 people were present, many coming from Portland and Oregon City. Seats and tables had been provided, and ice cream and cake were served. The proceeds will be used in pay ing for uniforms and musical instruments. The members of the Miiwauklo band have Improved rapidly since their organization, and they gave an excellent concert. Dur ing the evening Miss Bessie Trengove, of Sunnyside, added much to the entertain ment with her whistling solos. The con cert was a success and the band real ized a neat sum. To Retire From Business. In a short time the Raffety drug store, on East Oak, between East Third street and Union avenue, will be no longer oc cupied by the present owners. Dr. Dav and R. M. Raffety. They opened this drug storo 33 years ago on East Oak and East First streets. At that time on this corner were the banking-house of James B. Stephens and Dr. Loyrea, the Oriental Hotel and the drug store, all of which were swept away by fire. T,be drug store was then established in the present build ing 29 years ago, and has become a land mark on the East Side. The owners have decided to retire from business. East Side Xotes. Dr. C. H. Reed, whose home on East Clay street was burned in the recent fire, is sojourning at Mllwaukie. Charles Laken, of Mllwaukie, who was severely injured by the limb of a tree striking him on the knee, is Improving. He is able to be about, but it will be a week before he can attend to business. The bam of J. H. Metzger, at Gresham, was broken Into Thursday night, and an old single harness was left in place of a double set. No trace of the thief has been found. The single harness left Is of no value. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage Licenses. W. A. Campbell: Mary A Ray. 38. Frederick L. Riem. ased 24; Sarah A Tat low, 21. Contagious Disease. Mrs. Elledse. smallpox, arrived from St. Mar tin's Sprints, Wash. Birth. July 24. girl to the wife of Charles Smith, Sellwood. Deaths. July 25, Lizzie Cobbs, 39 years. St. Vincent's Hospital: heart disease. July 24, Charles L. Hughes, 10 years 4 months 20 days, St. Johns. Or.; accidental drowning. July 25, Fannie Eustls Little, years 4 months 15 days. 501 Yamhill street; aortic stonosls. July 2C. Carrie Oakes. 0 years 1 month 13 days, Portland Sanatorium; septicemia. Building Permits. Miss Lettle Trapp, twe-story dwelling. Hood street, between Grover and Woods; $2750. L Peters, one-story dwelling. Prescott street, between East Sixth and East Seventh; $1500. M. J. Drlscoll & Co., repairs, Pine, between Fourth and Fifth; $150. Real Estate Transfers. Amelia Jester to Kate Klngaler, 50x75, Market and Chapman streets (1S50 The Hawthorne Estate to Frank T. Free man, W. Vt of lots 3. 4, block, 294. Haw thorne Park ,. 1300 Sheriff, for Samuel T. Oovette. to Victor .Lana company, lots y, iu, mock 10, Lin coln Park C Frank H. Gates to Alfred W. Potte, 20 acres. Esra. Johnson D. L. C 1200 R. L. Barnes, trustee, to Mary L. Hayes, lot 33, block 1. Woodlawn 100 Sarah J. Burrage et &1. to W. T. Van Kirk. S. of section 35, X. 3 X., R. 2 W.. W. M. 3200 A J. Smlthson to H. W. Clarke. E. 78 feet of lot IS. block 4. Abend's Addition to Alblna , 2400 Portland Trust Company, trustee, Edna S. Held and husband to John Hewitt, lot 12. block 8. Railroad Shops Addition 1 Portland Trust Company of Oregon to Ed ward H. Reld. lot 5. block 12, Williams Avenue Addition 4C0 G. W. Lynde and irlfo to Louise M. Benz. E. CO feet of lot 1. block 11. McMlllen 1600 C. M. Sch;rer to Portland Trust Company, lots 22. 23 and 24. block 8. Mansfield.. 250 H. M. Ackley and wife to C M. Scherer, lots 22. 23. 84. block g. Mansfield 250 Stella Rees et al. to L. Lewis, lot 12. block 25, Mount Tabor Villa, and lot 9. block 2. and lot 23, block 11. Mount Tabor Villa Annex l Louise H. Boise ct aL to Edward E. Mil ler. E. Hot lots 3. 4. block 2S7, Haw thorne Park 1000 J. H. Hawley Company to John Miller, lot 9. block 13. Lincoln Park 125 The Hawthorne Estate to N. B. SHI. W. of lots 5 and C, block 295. Hawthorne Park 1000 Henry "Wingert to Villa Lodge. Xo. 12, I. O. O. F.. E. 7 feet of W. 67H feet of lots 23 and 24. block 14. Mount Tabor Villa Annex 25 Robort Orr to George J. Cameron, lot 3, block 14, Mount Tabor Villa Annex.... 60 C M. Crittenden et ux. to A A Hoover, lots 38. 37 and 3S, block 1, Frances Addition to Alblna 300 Sheriff to Moy Back Hln. lots 7 and 8, block 60. Caruthers Addition to Caruth crs, and 30x100 north of same; lots 7 and 8. block 24. McMUlen's Addition to East Portland, and lots 5 and C, block 119, Portland 133 Thomas Hislop and wife to N. F. Noren. lots 7 and 8. block 59 .Stephens' Addition S000 McKlnnon Grocery Company to B. Joyce, E. 4 of lot S. block 241, East Portland 1450 F G. Donaldson and wife to J. M. Jones, E. of lot 15, block 18, Sunnyslde 250 Abstracts ard title insurance, ,by the Pacific Coast Abstract Guaranty Jc Trust Go.. 2M-5-C-7 Failing buildlnx. We are thinking of the future the new store. Just bow we are making arid holding trade; profit or money gain lost sight of. We want your trade. Now Is the time. Now Is the Time. Get Ready. Embroideries and Lace C Per yar( for choice of about Ob 50 styles, worth up to 10c . 81 Embroideries, very desirable 2u " styles, at a saving of 35 -per cent. Velvet Ribbon cifin for Black Satin back Noi 1, Ob bolt - m ft for Black Satin back No. 1& 4-0 b and 2, bolt Cfift for Black Satin back No. 3, usC boit Now Is the Time. Get Ready. Skirts and Waists 2QC Skirts, In Summer cheviots liiJ and Meltons, tailor-made, from thoroughly shrunk materials, the skirt bargains of Portland. nCfi WaIsta. a lot of light and dark &Ju colors, cheaper than you can make them. if On Waists; this lot Is continu t0u ously fed by small lots of 75c or even better ones. We sell goods, not carry them over. QQft Waists, all the good things of Ouu the season, that sold at $1.50 or so, are to be found here. Summer Corsets Corsets 25C and 50C very popular with the value-appreciating public. qft Special sale of R. & G. 75c T"db Corsets this week will be a hummer In this department; our val ues are positively not to be matched anywhere. Now Is the Time. Get Ready. "WE FILL MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY AXD CAREFULLY. v BT n11 FIFTH AND YAMHILL While We're Waiting for New Store 9atftcceeeece9odcceeeeQ9c4eeee9oeeo8feeoooooe i THE SECRET IS OUT ! Let All the World Know It NOW IS THE TIME . GET READY t This week Roberts Bros, will make a sale of merchandise that for quality and price will eclipse all other sales and stand eminent for years to come as the greatest of all great sales. REMEMBERall reductions are from our original low prices. NOW IS THE TIME t(sot(titettitttiitoioooot(ei iioaooetcceei Gloves, Notions Special Prices QUO Elbow lengths, all colors. OQC Elbow lengths, fine qualities. Inn Guaranteed Kid Gloves, world's best standard iUU makes. I jjQ for high-grade Children's Braces, t 3(3 per card for Pearl Buttons. )Q per 'dozen, extra quality Pearl Buttons. 5c, 7c, 10c, 15c, 20c, Finishing Braids, all colors. QO all colors Brush Braids. Men's Wants Q(J a pair for good quality Socks. QO or our P1 Mack Socks, foot form. Q(J for three pairs Seamless Socks, Puritan. OC or too pairs full regular made fast dye Sox. rnn for three pairs plaids, lisle or novelty Sox, 25c Ouu and 35c values Sox. ZOu for 50c puro Silk Neckwear. OuC for sPlendI( Balbrlggan Underwear. " All our Summer Underwear Is going at less than wholesale prices. 25C for 50c Sto"57 Hats 50C' for 75c and ?L0 straw Hat3 Men's Pants The Best Bargain of Tliem All. Jeans, double stitch, riveted buttons, a great Pants, that makes us trade. Pants are .splendid specimens of style 'and a big bargain. Pants, all-wool, Reading Mills, tailor-made, beat the world. for the best worsted, tailor-made, custom-finished, tailor charges 7 and $8 for no better. 1.00 1.50 1.90 3.50 Wash Dress Goods" 5C 7c 15c 12 for White Nainsook, a bargain. oQ for striped extra quality Nainsook. I UC and I 2C for White Dimities, 25 per cent saving. A JQ Extra large Bed Quilts, Marseilles patterns, I I I U a limited supply, fine chance. 81p for 38-in. Ecru Scrim; lots of bargains In this 2u department. Ginghams, dress, cut frcin 10c. for Dress Lawns, blue, red, green, 40 inches wide, wholesale cost. 1n Punjab and Sea Island, 36 inches wide, scores 2u of colorings and styles, bargain. Ladies' and Men's Shoes 2 4 n for men's Vici Kid or Velour Calf, Box Calf, 1 1 U new-shape toe, lace, flexible sole; ?3 worth of style, service and durability. 2QC Hand-sewed fine glazed Kid, patent or kid iUU tips, the kind of shoes you usually pay ?-i for; no old styles. . V 5c for Ampt's B. C. Liquid Shoe JPolIsh. Boys' Vacation Needs "Waists, blouse and pleated, light or dark colors, bought to sell at 40c. QOfl WaIsts Mouse or pleated, very late styles, usual Oub ly sell at 60c. Waists, K. & E. brand, exta quality percale, We Guarantee at all times that any article bought at our store Is lower in price than the same quality can be bought for (style considered), any place west of the Rockies. ROBERTS BROS. Now Is the Time. Get Ready. Dress Goods Prices Worth Talking About v 3Qp Fancy Wash Silks, are select jj colorings and patterns; a 25 per cent reduction. AEn Hair-line stripe, imported de rub sign for Ladles Waists; a great bargain. These are the real French Flannels. FR Mohairs and granites, 40-inch Obb widths, blue, black, gray, etc1., the best values we have ever shown. flOft or $1-50 quality Silk Grena aOb dine (all silk); it is the best $1.50 goods in this city. Now Is the Time. Get Ready. 230 48C J 50C 7 ery nobby, worth more wholesale. Pants, all-wool, Banner brand, not a pair of them but is worth 75c. Here and There 1ft for Lonsdale Muslin, 36-in., bleached, limit 20 2b yards Xo a customer. 9C for Pillow Slips, hemmed. '. OuC or UH-Slze Sheets, hemmed. prft for late novelties in polka dot pure Silk Neck- Oub wear, the newest styles for dressy ladles. OuC or chlce f a Mg lot of Percale Wrappers. 3pn Taffeta Silk Waists, black, import quality, 1OU hand tailor-made, yoke and shoulders. This sale lasts all week or until such goods are all sold. As fast as one lot is gone another will be cut and put in its place. Come in the forenoon for easy shopping it's cooler and not so crowded. Hosiery and Vests jni for 20c form-fitting, fast- I L2j color Hosiery. 1 OOn for cnlce of a Mg lot of sam Zub iiles, the very handsomest of 50c and 75c qualities. On Vests, special lot of short-sleeve 0b 15c ones. N. B. We will sell all kinds of Ladles' and Children's Underwear for tess than manufacturers cost. Rob erts Bros., the cheapest house on the j J Coast. You will know it. Sun Bonnets Child's and Misses' A nn for all colors and white, plain liJb and fancy stitching, about wholesale price. nn. All colors, plain or lace jtJb trimmed, ribbed or pattern body, a splendid example of our pow er at bargain-giving. Now Is the Time. Get Ready. HARD WORK OF UNCLE SAM'S SOLDIERS HOW THEY STUDY CHEMISTRY, TELEGRAPHING AND THE MAKING OF STEEL UNCLE SAM'S soldiers have tq do a , great many things besides fight ing. Indeed, many a good sol dier In his army never fought once until tho war with Spain began, and there are some In the army who have not fought even In that. But even those who did flght have had many long years during which they did the very dullest kind of work that is, the kind of work that bofs are apt to consider dull, although no work is dull If it Is done with earnestness and energy. But bova think of a soldier's work as being all brilliant and romantic, full of the dazzle of uniforms and bright with the glitter of parade and weapons. Now, as a matter of fact, the man who wants to make his way In Uncle Sam's army cannot afford to sit still and wait until some war gives him the chance to show heroism, and so win fame and glory. The man who were to do that, though ho might bp truly brave and ready to sacrifice his life for his country, prob ably -would not get the chance to do It, for Uncle Sam, like your father or any other employer, picks out his men ac cording to what they have done, and not according to what they might do if they "got tho chance." And what Uncle Sam's soldiers had to do in time of peace to chow what they might be worth in time of war, was to sit at desks and over books, Just like any boy who goes into business to make his way. Thero are some of them who had to study chemistry, Uko a young man who wanted to become a chemist. They had to pore over dry textbooks and attend lectures . and prepare papers. This was to fit them for work in the ordnance de partment, where men must know, among other things, exactly how all tho differ ent kinds of gunpowder aro made. They had to analyze It and compound It, just as the drug cle.rk In your street has to do with pills and medicine. "When Unele Sam wants to know some thing about ammunition he doesn't ex pect his soldiers to take a match and light it to see If it will explode. What ho wants to know is Just how many thousandths part of a second It takes for all the grains in a given quantity to burn up. He wants to know Just how much pressure the explosion causes. He wants tcvknow Just how quickly that pressure la exerted. For no kind of gunpowder Is like another. Some kinds burn a little more slowly or faster than others. Nobody could see the difference with his eye. It has to be worked out with figures. Many a young ordnance officer has had to fill a dozen pages of paper -with figures before he can give Uncle Sam the answer that that father ly, but strict, employer wanted. Sitting in a little hot office somewhere I In a deserted place which is where Uncle Sam generally carries on his ex perimentsIs not glory, is It? Neither is it glorious to work in a flaming hot forgo and foundry among molten masses of steel. That Is what other officers have to do day after day. They re port for their work Just the way the workmen of the factory do, and they stop only when the other laborers stop and often not then. Frequently they have to strip to the waist becauso of the heat from the blast furnaces; If you wero to see them you would never dream that they are your Uncle Sam's officers, for they are Just as grimy and black a3 the hundreds of workers all around them. These officers are the ones who are assigned to duty In the great steel works where Uncle Sam's cannon are made. They are responsible for seeing that they are designed and cast and finished Tight. "When the Government gives a private concern orders for ammunition or wea pons, the contract nearly always specifies that army officers shall superintend the manufacture to see that all the mate rials and workmanship are what they should be. Hundreds of Uncle Sam's officers have worked their way through all the process es of making steel. Others have made a study of photography. Still others are studying telegraphy, and working over it day by day fully as hard as any telegraph employe, with no more "romance" to It than there Is In the dally life of any wage earner. Indeed, the wage-earners have some advantage, because they can go home when their day's work is done, while often Uncle Sam's officers have gar rison duty or something like that to keep them virtual prisoners in reservations, or forts. The men that study all these and many other things do not study them merely enough to be able to stand over other men and order them, to do the real work. Tho officers who have studied steelmaklng could earn wages at any time in blast fur naces or rolling mills or forges. The offi cers who study telegraphing would be ap preciated as extra good telegraphers in any office in the country. There Is a saying that Uncle Sam's offi cers never ask their men to go anywhere they are afraid to go themselves. That is true. But there Is something deeper In it. They do not ask their men to. do anything that they could not do them selves. So when an officer is In charge of gunners he Is expected to know more about the gun than they do. If anything Is wrong with It, he throws off his coat and gets at it like a mechanic. He knows Just what to do. You might go over the United States year after year and never be able to dis tinguish these officers from any other toll, ers. For Uncle Sam's officers do not wear their uniforms except when they are engaged In active military operations or on special occasions of great cere mony. They do not wear their uniforms for show, and young officers learn that eyjn before they are graduated from West Point. Among the hardest workers are the en gineer officers. Uncle Sam does not build many forts, therefore that work would not be enough to keep them busy. So, In addition to being his fort builders and seeing that his cannon are placed prop erly and watching all his bridges and submarine mines and roads and pontoons and hundreds of similar things that he would need In war, they have groit works of peace to do. Thus, they have charge of every body of water from Behrlng1 Straits to Florida, and In the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico and Hawaii, that Is dep enough for any vessel to float In. They must oee that none of these "navigable waterways" Is obstructed. If any one dumps anything In them that may harm them, thtf enclneors must get after the offender. If anybody wants to bridge them, he must ask the permission of Uncle Sam's engineers. They study the tables that show how much traffic there Is, how high are the ma&ts or smoke stacks of the craft that ply there and how wide- a channel they need, so that they will know If the bridge would Inter fere with navigation. If a vessel sink In any of these navl enhlp wntpnvnvs. Uncle Sam's engineers anchor a buoy Over It first to warn other-4 craft. Then they try to communicate with the owner, and If he refuses or falls to raise his ship, they blow It up to clear the channel. Also, If storm or tides wash sand and mud Into a channel so that It becomes shallow, the engineers must clear It and restore It to Its original condition. They spend weeks and months on dirty mud scows and dredges In melancholy swamps and dangerous, stormy ocean waters wid ening channels that the shlpo may be safe. Many large cities owe a great part of their wealth to the work of these engi neers. For they not only maintain the original channels, but cut new ones. They have done more or less of this for every seaport of the country from, one end to the other. There Is not any glory in this work. Just now tho engineers are digging a huge sea channel for the port of New York, and if you were to go aboard the dredges. Instead of men with swords and gold lace and epaulettes you would see men In overalls, with lead pencils behind their ears, watching to see how many cubic yards of sea mud Is being removed by the contractors. ' Uncle Sam's officers planned how to build the mighty floating dredging ma chines that do this work. In fact, they built some of the first ones themselvts. Mighty. Indeed, they must be to cut chan nels deep and big enough for such vast ships as the Celtic, Lucanlat Campania and Pennsylvania, that come roaring into port, shrieking with all the power of their steam-filled steel lungs for "Room! Room! Room!" They want a channel almost a mile wide to turn In. for in three minutes they can cover that distance and In three min utes all kinds of things can happen in a busy port like New York, where often the water Is as crowded with tucboats and sailing vessels, and ocean fliers and excursion steamers, and canal-boats and barges and steam yachts and rowboats and tows and launches as the busiest street in your city Is crowded with wagons. If tho ocean fliers had any sentiment they would salute and dip their flags whenever they pass the dirty dredges with the men in overalls. For those muddy, ugly things with their mighty I arms of steel and their slimy scoops are silently but swiftly giving the beautiful ships the room for which they are shriek ing. "Wonderful machines they are as wonderful as they are ugly, which is saying a great deal. They arc vastly im proved over the first machines of years ago, that used to take up shovelful after shovelful, painfully and slowly. Some of them still . use scoops, but the big ones actually swallow the bottom and spit It out again into the scows alongside. For, Instead of scooping up the mud and stones they -suck It up with mighty pumps. So tremendous are these pumps that great boulders, weighing many hundred pounds, are sucked up and shot out into the re ceiving scow Just as a boy would blow a bit of putty through his putty blower. "When the men arc ready to commence work, they lower an Immense tube Into the sea till It reaches the bottom. At the other end is the pump and when the en gines are started the great lungs of the. machine begin to Inhale and draw the ocean bottom up. Just as a man would suck lemonade througli a straw. But the lemonade that Is brought up from the bottom of New York harbor Is a dreadful mess, foul and black as mud may be expected to be after having been under the sea for millions of years. A MlMflt Inscription. London Truth. The "Westminster Gazette appears pleased with Mr. Carnegie's "approval" of tho Inscription of the monument to Mr. Pitt in the Guildhall, "He lived without ostentation, and he died poor." If Mr. Carnegie knows nothing about Mr. Pitt's private life, the Westminster Gazetto ought surely to be better Instructed. Mr. Pitt simply let his affairs go to rack and ruin, and no man ever lived who was so frightfully robbed by his servants. He left debts to the amount of about 40,000. which were paid by the country, and this assuredly was not a creditable termination of his career, considering that he had no family, that during the greater part of his life he wns In receipt of about 10,000 a year in salaries, and that he had tho free use of two furnished houses (Down ing Street and Walmer Castle), besides many valuable perquisites. Reivarcl "Upon This Enrtli. PORTLAND, Or., July 23. (To the Ed itorsWhat has become of the movement started by R. W. 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