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Country Near Intake Exceedingly Rough and Accessible Only to Those Who Are Familiar With Trails-Water
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Helen Toews on Eighth Floor
and John Keefeon Seventh
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OREGON CITY. Or., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Twenty-five miles south
east of Oregon City, about nine
miles from Eetacada by winding moun
tain trails and several miles from the
nearest human habitation, lies a site
lor the intake of the proposed $375,000
Oregon City water line on the east
branch of the south fork of the Clack
amas River.
The stream Is considered ai ideal
source for water supply. Tumbling
down over cliffs that pile on each other
until, to the observer at the bottom
of the canyon, they seem to reach half
way to the sky. -the water is free from
any possible source of contamination.
The east branch of the south fork rises
about three miles above the intake fcite
in a lake fed by hundreds of springs.
There is little or no snow water in
the lake, which makes it, many be
lieve, as good if not better than the
famnltR Rll II Run water in Portland.
.The country near the intake and the
watershed Is exceedingly rough and
only those familiar with the few trails
can find their way. Sixteen hundred
feet below the proposed Intake the I
south fork takes a sheer drop of 63
feet, and on both east and west
branches of the south fork there are
large falls.
Konck Couatry Peaetrated.
The roughness of the country, while
a protection against contamination
from hunters and campers, presents a
difficult problem in engineering. The
route of - the line follows down the
bank or the east branch of the south
idrk. until the south fork itself is
reached. From that point it goes down
the Clackamas River, over the Spring
water divide Just above Estacada, com
ing out at Linn s mill. The survey
then leads in almost a straight line
across country to the intersection of
the Molalla anad Maple Lane roads,
lour miles from Oregon City. The coun
ts road is then followed into town.
Bteel pipe, lap-welded with lead and
coated with tar. considered the highest
type of pipe than can be obtained, has
been selected for the line. Its life,
under average circumstances, is said
to be at least SO years, and for half
that length of time the repair cost will
be almost nothing. The steel will be
a quarter of an Inch thick and no
rivets will be used. The first half of
the line will have a diameter of 18
inches and the last half IS inches.
The capacity of the line will be
S 000.000 gallons, enough to supply 30.
O"0 persons, basing the estimate on the
tifrurea of the Portland Water Depart
ment that every person uses an aver
age of 100 gallons a day. Oregon City
13 now using about 1,000.000 gallon
"'"The cost of the project. JJ75.000. will
not be shouldered by Oregon City alone,
Jf the bonds are approved March 3,
when the special water election will be
lield. Under a contract now prepared.
"West Linn will become a partner of
Oregon City in the line, taking one
third of the "water and sharing one
third of the cost. Oregon City, how
wm issue bonds to cover the full
amount and West Linn will turn over
tTiia oitv. e ther in casn or Donas,
Jl5 000. The construction of the line
will be in the hands of a committee of
live, known as the South Fork Water
Commission. Tnree oi us mcmueio
..nunt Oregon City and two will
represent West Linn, but no action can
k taken without an affirmative vote
of four Commissioners.
!Va Tax Kapeeted.
ti,. rrfri,n Citv bonds will have a
life of from five to 30 years and bear
b per cent interest. The Pure Moun-
tain Water League, which has backed
.h. nrnwt sincp the beginning and
...i.k the money for the prelim
Inary survey, is authority for the
loi.mrnt that by raising the water
rates from 11.55 to 1.S5 the rrlncipal
nnd Interest can be met without re
..rtinr io a direct tax. The league.
moreover, docs not allow in its figures
lor the sale of water to other towns,
lor leasing the power rights of the city
tfc natural increase in con
sumers. The forecast Is freely made
, r that in case the line la built, the
(1) tipper Falls oa
Snath Fork of Clarkamast -)
Streams S) Party That Visited
nTrt W.- A. Elliott, K
F. . W -McKecanie,
Charles shields.
sLSo
water rate will be only a tempo
rary matter. West - Linn wm
money to meet the cost of the line by a
direct 3-mill tax.
The men back of the south fork
water project, as it is known here,
represent the most substantial business
interests in the community. The South
Fork Water Commission is composed of
William Andresen, M. D. Latourette
and Wllliam Long-. representing Oregon
City, and B.-T. McBain and L. L. Por
ter, from West Linn. Dr.- L. A. Morris
is president of the Pure Mountain .Wa
ter League. -and with him are associat
ed such men as Dr. Hugh S. Mount. L.
Stipp,- J. W. Moffett, T.- W. Sullivan,
Linn E. Jones, J. E. Jack, E. E. Brodle
and John W. Loder. H.. A. Rands - Is
the engineer-who made the preliminary
and the flnal surveys, and his brother.
E. P. Rands." has acted as consulting
engineer. Both men are known
throughout the Northwest as practical
and capable men.
The last trip to the intake site was
made last Sunday, when a party of
nine, consisting of Engineers H. A.
and E...P. Rands. Dr. Morris. Charles
Shields, West Linn Councilman; Attor
ney L. Stipp, E. L. Johnson, M. A. El
liott. C. V. McMonagle and F. W. Mc
Kechnie visited the site:
RAZOR PUTS END TO SCRAP
When Colored 'Women Clash, One
Lands in Hospital, Other in Jail.
Three days ago. Christine Fleming,
of 153 North Fifteenth street, and Cleo
Thomas, uf 193 North Fifteenth, both
colored, had a serious altercation, in
the course of which Christina was badly
beaten. Christine met Cleo at Ninth
Lower Falls ou the S
ame
Left to RJght Front
. i..kn.nn. l.i-r Stluoi ( ISnck Row), it. .V. Rands,
Dr. L. A. Slums una n r.
and Flanders streets yesterday.- A
razor flashed and Cleo ran screaming
down- Flandera with a deep gash on
her loft cheek." -A red hat she was
wearinsr was slashed open and the
cut extended from cheek-to chin.
Two hours later- Patrolman J. H.
Black cauKht Christine at Third and
Glisan streets and placed her under
arrest for assault and battery.- In tne
meantime, Cleo had been taken to Good
Samaritan hospital, for treatment. -
BABY BOY BORN IN DEPOT
Stranger Welcomed to Family.While
Tather Seeks Food for Children,
While Peter Sterio,a. Serbian horse
trader of San Diego, QaL, was foraging
in the business section of Portland yes
terday to find food for his wife ;and
four children whom he had left In the
family waiting-room at the Union
Depot. Mrs. Sterio took " occasion to
present her husband with another ad
dition to the family, and the. wails of
an eight-pound baby boy. greeted aim
UDon his return. . .
Patrolman S. B. Vessey found that
the matron at the station was at lunch,
so called to headquarters and "Miss
Randall. ' of the Women's Protective
Division of the Municipal Court, re
sponded to the plea for help.' The
mother was taken to a. hotel and made
comfortable, while tier husband found
his hands full with the four other
children who objected to their mother's
attention being wholly attracted- by the
noisy stranger. . : ; ,
Mr and Mrs. Sterio arrived yester
day morning from Snohomish. Wash
en route to their home-in San Diego.
- Mother and, eon exo eing nicely,
Woman Held as Ha-rlng Too JBany
'Husbands and Alleged Land
Frauder Plight Troth at Court
house, by Vse of String.
Love laughs at steel baTS and con
crefe and rigid jail regulations as well
George H. Hurlburt
superintendent of the County Jail, is a
wiser man. And yet 1 he Z
feelingly yesterday as he told of shat
tering a romance within the jail.
Separated by a scant 10 feet of steel
and concrete, hindered by strict rules
and regulations and able only on rare
occasions to hear each other's voice,
i.-f and Helen Toews carried
on a courtship, contracted an engage
ment and planned their future happi
ness. They also pianncu V
from the jail and lor mm -mance
suffered a sudden jolt.
rlnridice Cnpld's Dart.
u.no mnv be one of Cupid's
weapons. At least n.i
explanation of the fact tnai JOi.u
Keefe and Helen Toews arrived at the
County Jail from widely divergent
Sources "on the very same day. I-.ach
- in the institution leb-
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held for using the United States mails
to defraud. e ra.n V " V' c
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iiir .vtnsivelv. The Government
then took a hand and located him in
the County Jail under ,
Helen Toews had irouDie
husbands. There were too mr
them for any one woman declared the
authorities, and tney seui j-
They didn't understand why she re
ceived mail addressed to Mrs. Helen
Toews and also Mrs. Helen Deal. Tbey
also wanted to know why a man wrote
her a letter signed "Tour devoted hus
band, Paul WltteKe."
Man Won by Voice.
Helen Toews was placed in the wom
en s quarters on me bib""-"
Courthouse. The corridor of her cell
had a window opening into Main street.
One floor below her was me cui ui
John Keefe. Helen frequently opened
the window, filled her lungs with the
fresh air off the vviuamene, aim
John Keefe heard ner, ana jicu
voice By no means couiu mcj
each other, but John listened intently.
With the aid of Nellie Smith and
Mrs. Luella Sauer, who is only 16 years
old but who has been married three
times Helen Toews evolved a plan of
communicating with the men's quar
ters below. .
She wrote a note, tied It to a string
and let the string dangle between the
bars of the window on the seventh
floor. John Keefe seized the note, read
it. wrote an answer, tied it to the
string, and signaled to Helen to draw
lt.up. In this way they communicated.
" Notes Bare Escape Plan.
Just what passed during their court
ship is locked in the thoughts of John
and Helen. Only a few of the notes fell
Into the hands of Mr. Hurlburt. but
they were enough. They revealed a
carefully-planned method of escape.
whlnh Mr.
Hurlburt aeciares wumu
1 1. ko imnnssible of execution.
4- . . i, ... ....rtchin John
la tneir iwo
learned to address Helen as My Dear
est Sunshine." Their method of. com
municating is revealed in one para
graph of a letter written by John
Keef
Please write to me, dear." he writes,
"If you can today or tonight. When
you have a chance to pass a note, sing
"I Need You" at window No. 2 and then
I will go to window No. 3 and you can
pass the note down in safety."
Having learned of this line of com
munication, Mr. Hurlburt intercepted
some of Helen Toew'a messages, and
then determined it was time to act He
Drought Keefe into the office and
searched him. Tightly ciencnea m
list was a letter ne u"
to Helen. "
Flight Details Revealed.
"It was just a joke," Keefe stam
mered when Mr. Hurlburt took the note
from him. But the note contained the
detailed plan of escape, and Mr. Hurl
burt did not see the joke.
"My Dearest Sunshine," said the let
ter "I have been thinking and plc.n
ning night and day on how to get out
of here and it does not seem pos
sible to get out without the help of
somebody on the outside. It is good
of you, dear, to offer to help, but I do
not like to impose on your good
nature. But still if I do impose it is
your own fault, for you have made me
want to' get out. You have put new
life into me and made me want to get
out so that I can go away somewhere
and. then have you with me always,
and then I know we will always be
Further on the letter advised Helen
Toews that when she was released on
bail, which she expected every day. she
was to procure three saws and two
files. . She was to wrap them in a
piece oi black cloth and wait in the
street, seven stories below the jail
window, at 11 o'clock next Saturday
night. Keefe would then make a long
string from bedclothes, lower the
string to the street. Helen would tie
the package to the string, and the
flies and saws would be hoisted.
Love Notes Are Held.
After he had sawed through the bars,
he would lower the string again and
Helen would attach a rope. With this
John Keefe would lower himself to
freedom. He would go out slope tor
he said he had not even told hiB cell
mate of the plan.
The Intimate thoughts and confidences
expressed in the several letters which
havV fallen into Mr. Hurlburt's hands
are held sacred by him, and he has
preserved the letters. Perhaps he will
turn them over to their authors when
they are again given their "berty.
In the meantime he has moved John
Keefe to a far distant corner of the
jail. - -
"4. Kelnctant Applicant.
(Washington Star.)
"Are you looking for work?"
"Yes" replied Plodding Pete.
"Well maybe you can find out who
wants help by applylnff at the post
f"Mebbe - But I've watched the men
dat works for de post office. Long
hours an' weather an' salary aln t
supposed to make no difference to
them. If dey heard of any easy jobs
I should think dey'd nail em them
selves." His Fault.
(Brooklyn Eagle.)
Mr. Slowboy (calling on girl) You
seem errather distant this evening.
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HOQUIAM, Wash., Feb. 20. (Special.)
A- 350-mlie drive, all the way
past beautiful scenery, lakes, sea
and mountains, traversing- valleys with
thousands upon thousands of acre, oi
as fertile land as lays under the sun
an automobile road clear around the
mvsterious Olympic Mountains, the only
unexplored section of the United States
such is. in brief, the story of the
Olympic Highway when completed. Of
this great highway 295 miles are con
structed and only 65 miles of the road
remain to be built, the section i or .the
west side of the Peninsula, between
Lake Quiniault. in northern Chehalis
County? and The Forks. In southwest
ern Clallam County, all but seven miles
of it across the Quiniault Indian reser
vation and western Jefferson County.
As an attraction for the automobile
tourist the value of this great highway
is hard to estimate, but its completion
means the opening of big valleys al
ready partially settled, for develop
ment along agricultural Unes. It
means making accessible, also, about
five townships of state-owned lands
the largest bodies of timber and other
1m nH the state holds.
The Olympic Highway is a combina
tion of state roads Nos. 9 and 14 and
certain county roads, to make a road
clear around the Olympic Peula.
and is a project long advocated by
those who are familiar with the re
sources of the Olympic Peninsula,
whether as an attraction for tourists
Tr the opening of agricultural and
"her development afforded. "1
state road No. 9 running west from
Olympia to Hoquiam and thence north
5y way of Lake Qulniaus, across the
rth side of the Indian reservation,
through Jefferson and Clallam Counties
to Port Angeles, and state road No. 14.
running north from Olympia by way of
if" canal to connect with Port
?ownsenCdaand Port Angeles, have been
recognized projects for a mfiber of
year!? the Olympic highway as a road
fooping the
ed two years ago by the State lS'sia
tUre Olympic" May Be Circled.
With the completion of state work on
highway north of Hoqniam. to open
Se roSa7toy Quiniault Lake, and U..
building of 20 miles of the highway
along the west side of Hoods Canal be.
tween Hoodsport and Duckabush. the
C-Tympic Highway becomes a reality
from Quiniault clear around the Penin
suTto The Forks, five miles north of
the Jefferson County line, in Western
Clallam County. With the clearing of
som the highway along Hood.
fmiaultclaround
fl.4 Olvm PIC fliounuiiiw w -
wi 'thout dif f iculty and all the , Untt i he
will be passing some of the most beau
Iifni scenery of the entire country.
When e road is completedv those fa
miliar with the country's great scenic
highways declare there will be no road
in the country to excel and few to com
pare with the Olympic Highway. .
The road winds through the greatest
single forest oX the Northwest. It being
estimated the w-st side of tho I'enln
sula alone contains a stand of l'Proxl
mately 125.000,000 feet of timber, in
cluding -some of the finest fir. cedar
and spruce the great Northwest has
produced. This area includes the rich
area of the Quiniault Indian Rescrva-
U"t points the road runs out to the
Straits of Juan de Fuca. or sklrte Hoods
Canal. At other points It runs at the
foot of the Olympic range of moun
tains., and snow-capped peaks tower
above the tourist. At other places the
traveler comes upon such lakes as
Quiniault and Crescent He la i row fer
Hed from one end of Crescent Lake to
the other, a distance of 12 miles be
tween hills covered with their virgin
veil of green, hills which run down al
most to the water's edpe. The highway
survey crosses the Quiniault valley and
Hver at the foot of that lake, and that
silver body of water spreads out lor a
distance of three miles between .steep
and high wooded mountains which run
town to the lake on both sides, while
fn the distance beyond the lake one
sees the towering peaks of Olympus
and Queets, and nearer by Mount Baldy.
Thi white of the snow and glaciers on
these peaks is seen in a setting of gray
brown crags and the rich green of J the
forest below, with the green of the lake
in the foreground. -I
Fertile Valleys Traversed.
' Again the road passes through wld.
rich valleys. In which the ranchers al
ready have brought their land to a
good state of cultivation. The vai y.
of the Olympic Peninsula are al I rich
in soil, and are well protected,
them adapted to almost any W o
agricultural or dairy pursuits. On the
south, east and north sides of the pen
msula these valleys, with mean. , of
getting to market open, are fast oelng
developed, and there are many fine
ranches to be seen along the highway
or back on the side roads, which run
into the Olympic Highway.
On the west side of the peninsula.
however, it is different. The
Valley, containing severa thousand
acres of land, already well ""led is
just now obtaining a means of trans
portation to market, the ranchers hav
ing for years struggled along with
nothing more than a poor Peon
trail tor half the distance of 45 miles
to their market at Hoquiam. However,
their lot, even with the puncheon road
was good as compared to that of the
settlers in the Queets. Clearwater and
Hoh River valleys. Not even a "ad of
the poorest puncheon gives them out
let, but to reach the outside world they
must trarel for 20 to 40 miles over
narrow, muddy trails:
At a low estimate the Queets. Clear
water and Hoh valleys contain 40.000
acres of fine agricultural land and
there are ranchers who have lived tn
the deep forest along these rivers for
the past 15 to 20 years, hoping against
hope that they would some day have a
road to and from a market for the r
produce. How they have held on Is
a mystery almost as great as the mys
. h oivmnlc Mountains theni-
selves,
but neia un
them have.
The road will cross the QueJva River
rwUl follow up'th.-'aeaVter
id then lrlk
Thene must be driven over the
rails through the fore-t. Itu
cattle.
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...... .--i. i. i. nt-xt to imponsl
Ibl
tobrfn; cattle out without loa.M pari
or the had and even thoa whkh ar
rive ore gaunt from th.-lr Ion trip. T-
pay th' taxes on their land many o the
ranchers have b.-.n f..rcel to leave
heir families "nches and come
out to work in the logainn c.n.p. or
mi la until they have e.rncd ri.ou.h
to save their property from being sold
by the county.
CVhool"unl,v.ra.-y or r-pl.-l.!."-;.
Western JeKer-on County -lone rsn.
tains about four townsh pa t "
lands. This Is heavily timbered, but
Inneress hie. With tn
lJi,J,in r,t the Olympic Highway
ompletlon or me -'! m,... .
,i land will increase B"atly In l.
!at suitable for agricultural
e In demand for that purple and the
thi
that
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tlmbcr stands a cnanc oi "-"' ""
ketable. It Is roughly r Imate,! th
state has $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 worth
of land In this dlstrlcL
Cenatlea iiliare Erraf.
As nearly as can be ascertained,
from figures MrnlHhed by
the various counties traversed by the
Olympic Highway, the portion of the
road already opened represents an ex
PendtBurea cTf t lea, 2.000.OO0. Only
about one-tenth of this sum has -ome
from the state public highway fund,
the remainder having been expended
bv the counties, part of the mm being
from the permanen, litahway fund,
levied 1 the state, but wh.ch Is spent
by the county "n whuJtaver main load
It desires, so long a the funds are i"-d
on a stnte peolneation hlithway. That
the 12.000,000 Kimue la none mo high
Is shown by the fa't that ChehaiH
Countv alone has expended f90.0O
on the Olympic Highway croaalnn IU
of which J83.000 has been ftirnthed by
the state. Ninety-nine miles of the
road la in Chehalis County. Thurston
has 25 miles of the Olympic Hlahway,
Maxnn County 48 nillea. Jefferson Coun
ty 78 miles, countln both the east and
we.st ends of the county, and ClallHtn
County has 100 miles, a total of J-'O
miles.
The greater part of the road nw
hunt in hizh-claaa hlithway. I' h t
w ii. " ' . v. i mar-
.irravrl surface and good (trade. Par, a
of the road are not entirely up
standard, but are easily pnaahle and
safe, and with only a few bad n,Hla.
which, autolats say. are not at all out
of the ordinary.
Clean Skirls.
Cleveland Plain Dealer )
"Who l.i your gueat of honor:
"A man from Terro llautc.
What's he done?"
"Why. he' one of the few Terra
Haute ' clllxens who haven't been lo-
dieted for c.cct.on frauds.
i-..ii..i. cr nfvernl miles a
across to the Hoh and thence aorowi t
the Forks. At pre.ent the only thins
the rancher on the Queets. the CW
- .u- ,.n vrt to uiarKei 1
waier or
rA,ititv nut off ftS
western je irr' - . - ,
It I. "by the Olympic National tnrU
presents a mibj-ct of Inlcrw . t. tha
Stato of Washington st lurKO, tor
about half the area l.etwe.n the west
ern NaUonal for.,, line and the Par-Hie.