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V 16 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAItCn 25, 1917. 300 TtlOTORBOATS TO PLY COLUMBIA Eastern Capitalists Backing Scheme to Handle Freight and Passenger Traffic. FAST SCHEDULES PLANNED "River Railway System" Will Have Regular Division Points and Will Be Prepared to Meet Usual Train Time. "A new kind of transportation has been planned for the Columbia River. A company has been organized in the LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER JOHN H. BLACKBURN, U. S. AND HIS FORCE OF LIVE-WIRE WORK ERS WHO ARE MAKING RECORD IN GETTING NAVY RECRUITS. p 1 1 i it." it. O j&tXK f 3r S3 ' gilt R.-J -9. ..) I t I ' Left to Right J. Rupert, Chief Machinist's Mate; IT. I". Kyle, Gunner's Mate, First Class Chief Teomaa Alvln S. Reid; W. T. Corder, Pharmaelifs Mate, First Class; Lieutenant-Commander John II. Blackbnrn, V. S. Officer In Cbarice; Surgeon J. A. B. Sinclair. V. S. !V.I W. T. Brown, Hospital Apprentice, First Class Chief Yeoman Jesse J. Eno) Samuel Harts, Klectrlctan, First Class; E. J. Ga;n, Chief Water Tender. East and expects soon to begin opera tions. Its plans call for a fleet of 300 pas senger and freight motorboats of all steel construction to be operated on the Columbia River and its tributaries. Unlike transportation of the present, these boats would be operated on rail road schedules, to make railroad time, and there would be regular division points where the crews would be changed. Just as on railway lines. The new plan, according to Wallace R. Stmble, secretary of the Columbia & Snaka Rivers Waterways Associa tion, means the salvation of river transportation on the Columbia. He calls it a "river railway system." East Grasps Opportunity. "While we of the Columbia River re rrlnTi hAVA hppn lnriulerinar in our the ories and exhortations," said Mr. Struble, "hard-headed transportation experts and financiers of the East have "been formulating plans for transform ing our resources into available assets. "The result has been the conception of a modern and far-reaching trans portation system, which it is proposed to put In operation on the Columbia River and Its tributaries in the Im mediate future. "For the information of my friends I will say that I have had this matter under careful consideration for more than six months past, and have sc thoroughly satisfied myself of the fi nancial ability and character of the Eastern backers and the practicability of the transportation system proposed by them that I have become officially connected with the work; of preliminary organization. Regular Schedules Adopted. Tor lack of better pseudonym, I will dub the new plan 'a river railway system.' The conception of the general plan is the work of Paul C. Dormltzer, 'a proctor In admiralty, and a, practi tioner In the Federal and state courts of tha Pacific Coast for the past 80 years. Mr. Dormltzer has had as his financial backer and fellow worker In these plans one of the best known trust officers and transportation experts and financiers of the East. "I have Indicated the pseudonym, river railway system,' because, In Its application, the new enterprise will be tha equivalent of railroad trains operating on the rivers. This applies as to Its equipment. Its operating de partment. Its time schedules) and Its system of accounts. . Plans Are Revolutionary. "I am frank to say that, to the old time river man or the layman unac quainted with the progress made in motorboat construction and propulsion, tha things proposed to be done by this new transportation systen will appear to be distinctly revolutionary. The fact is they are revolutionary, bat It is only through the application of such revolutionary and advanced methods of navigation that the prob lem of transportation on the Columbia River and tributaries to . tha farthest reaches can be solved. . "That the new system will solve this problem fully and satisfactorily.! am convinced. "The first distinctively "railway fea ture of the new system will be Its fleet plan of operation. Enough boats. freight and passenger, will be provided to accommodate the traffic. These boats will operate In divisions, and erewa will chance at each division point. Thus, every engineer or pilot will operate exclusively on those stretches of the rivers lying within hts division. ' - ' Fast Boats Proposed. "Boats will onerata on schedule rim a. This will especially apply to passenger service. Passenger boats will carry no freight and freight boats no passen gers, except livestock boats, which, of course, will provide for muleteers or drovers. Through passenger boats will make no stops between division points. "Local passenger boats will serve all way points, will run in advance of through boats and assemble through passengers at division points, where they will be transferred to through Doats. "Freight boats will be equipped to handle. TIn, la bulk, cold storage shipments, livestock, liquids in tanks and all kinds of miscellaneous car goes. Particular attention will be given to classified shipments, such as bulk salt, sugar, flour, iron and steel prod ucts, furniture, etc., and oils and liquids. "The interiors (or cabins) of passen ger boats will be an exact reproduc tion of the arrangement and furnish ings of a railway observation car, so far as possible. The 'roof," or upper deck, will be fitted with railings and porch furniture for observation. Freight boats will be equipped with all modern appliances for the quick handling of cargoes. Freight and Passengers Separate. "In Its system of bookkeeping rail way accounting methods will be dupli cated, thus facilitating business rela tions with rail lines. "Operating schedules for both pas senger and freight boats will be the equivalent of railway time. "Further information as to the plans of the new system are set forth In the following statement, which has been prepared for presentation to shippers and citizens of the Columbia Basin: The Columbia Transportation System, Inc., is the name of. a new river transportation system (to be incorporated under the laws of the Congress of the United States for the District of Columbia), the objects and purposes of which are to do business as a common carrier of passengers and freight for hire upon the waters of the Columbia River and its tributaries, and operate a fleet of both passenger and freight motorboats of all-steel construction with Its main line operations and Eastern terminus at Lewis ton. Idaho, and its Western terminus, home w yp f - port and assembly plant at some point on the Middle or Lower Columbia, with ample dockage and wharfage facilities at all in tervening points. Freight and passenger service will be op erated by separate boats and under separate departments passenger boats carrying no freight and freight boats carrying no pas sengers. 300 Boats Are Planned. When Its plans are completed, this com pany will have and maintain in operation approximately 800 boats, running on sched ule time, both through ana local passenger and freight. The main-Una system will ! uvllM Into four divisions, towlt: From Lewlaton to Umatilla (or there abouts) will constitute the first division. From Umatilla (or thereabouts) to The Dalles (or thereabouts) will constitute the second division. From The Dalles (or thereabouts) to Portland (or thereabouts) will constitute the third division. From Portland (or thereabouts) to As toria or Warrenton will constitute the fourth division. in addition to tne foregoing mam-line divisions, other branch divisions, such as the Nortn Columbia division, the 6nake and Clearwater division, the Willamette division. the Cowllts and Lewis division, as also divisions on certain creeks and rivers trib utary to the Columbia River and its branches, r which under present existing boat construction conditions are scarcely classi fied aa "navigable, ' will be traversed by boats of this system. This company will assure to Its patrons a service equal to any railroad carrier In time, speed and efficiency and superior In comfort and enjoyment of travel - with all of the discomforts of railway travel re duced to a minimum, Grain Ships Contemplated. In the company's freight servloe, boats es pecially deslrned for handling rraln In bulk. shipments of livestock, cold storage cargoes. tanics lor liquid cargoes and all the various cargoes of merchandise will be provided. The exigencies of "car shortage" In the Columbia River district will be overcome by this system. The capital stock of this system wtn be Sl.000,000. divided Into S0.O00 shares of the par value of (20 each, all common, with no preferred stock. ' Eastern Investors stand ready to Invest $000,000 in the capital stock of this system, provided one-tenth of the capital stock, or (100,000, Is subscribed by prospective ship pers or Inhabitants of the Columbia River Basin. The last-named subscription of (100.OOO is only to be paid after 20 boats of said system have been placed in operation on said Co lumbia River and tributaries. Rate - Reduction Promised. It Is desired by the Eastern Investors that said (100,000 subscription be divided among the greatest number of persons interested In the success of the enterprise within the Columbia River Basin. When In operation this system will guar antee to shippers and passengers a reduc tion of 85 per cent of the present existing railway tariff, or. In other words, rates on freight and passengers not In excess of 65 per cent of the present "rail tariff rates from and to all points contiguous to the Columbia River and Its navigable tributaries. Practicable and commodious non-slnkable steel boats for any form of transportation, general or special, will at all times be available. Subscriptions to the (100.000 block of stock In any sum from (20 up are now re ceivable by the undersigned as trustees for organization of the proposed corporation. Respectfully submitted, PAUL C. DORM1TZ, General Counsel. WALLACE R. 6TRTJBLB. General Agent. Trustees for organisation, Columbia River Transportation System, CITY MAY COMBINE SHOPS Smaller Force and Steady Work Is Aim of Proposal. Consolidation of all the city shops and storerooms Into one general shop and storehouse at Fourth -and Market streets Is now proposed. An Investiga tion Is being made to determine the cost of erecting a new building at the Fourth and Market-street site, which Is owned by tha Water Bureau. Tha Water Bureau now has a shop and the city has a general shop. There has been much complaint lately about lack of work in the general shop. By consolidating the two, it is said, the force might be cut and the men kept busy. Also there are several munic ipal storehouses which It is proposed to combine In one. :: ys4 v.-rvF . i-.-M, 7S. : Pa NAVY RECRUITERS SET RECORDS HERE Commander Blackburn Already Has 99 Enlisted and May Reach 150 This Month. PARTY ALL HARD WORKERS Every Other Pacific Coast Station, Including San Francisco, Is ' Beaten Some Men From -Adjoining; States. - It's betraying no Navy Department secret to say that the Portland naval recruiting station. In charge of Lleu- zj tenant-Commander John H. Rlackburn, U. S. X., has made a record in obtain ing recruits for the Navy during the period he has been stationed here that Is not surpassed at any recruiting point In the country. No other station on the Pacific Coast has come even near equalling It- Since he took charge here in December. 1815. Lieutenant-Commander Blackburn has taken a total of 731 stalwart lads into the Navy. When he came here recruiting was not very brisk. It took him a few months to get his bearings but after that things certainly began to hum. Since July alone he has enlisted 63 men. In'the entire three years preceding lieutenant-Commander Blackburn s do tail here, the total number of recruits obtained was 759. Up to last Thursday night. Thursday being the last day of the official week at Navy recruiting stations, 99 men had been enlisted since March 1. That is a record for one month that has never been equaled at any recruiting station on tne I'acirio Coast, including San Francisco. And March still has enough days to run so that the final total for the month stands a good chance, of- becoming 150 men. Lieutenant - Commander Blackburn hsa been aided in his work of recruit lng by as loyal and capable a fores of men as any officer could ask. Every man of the lot, which includes soma veteran warrant officers. Is alive to the good of the service. They take a thorough Interest In the work and are proud of the record their station has made. - The station here, by the tray, em braces a good-slsed territory, as it takes in ail of Oregon and Idaho and Eastern Washington as well. That Is a rather large field for one squad of men to nanaie. out they cover it enthu slastically and thoroughly. One detail sent to Idaho last week in charge of Chief Yeoman Enos, brought in a crop of 28 fine recruits as the result of four days' work. Don't Judge from that that It was easy work. Recruiting is hard work, especially wnen the recruiting officers and men put their hearts into it, as das those unaer .Lieutenant-Commander- Black burn. The results obtained here are par tlcularly pleasing to the Navy Depart- 1 1 -I III I.1IHJ( 11 ill J If i i l iff t I J V pi 1 : v. -1 Ijtz I J last Wednesday more than BO motion picture exhibitors and film exchange men of Portland and the Northwest met Lee A. Ochs, of New York, president of the Motion Picture Exhibitors' League of America, at a lunch given In his honor at the Portland Hotel. The visitor Is a prominent New York exhibitor, owning a number of houses. In that city, and is also the big figure In the Exhibitors' Trade Review, a new film publication.. On a trip throughout the country Mr. Ochs Is having remarkable success In affiliating the exhibitors of various states with the National organization. Among those present at the Wednesday meeting were: Lea A. Ochs, C W Melghan. . F. . M. Slmonton. B. J. Myrick, A. H. McDonald. George B. Guthrie, W. M. Rogers, Guy Robinson, D. N. Pallay, S. M. Flelschmann, A. M. Cabler, B. G. Werschkul, Sam A. Sax, A. E. Leflar, W. E. Tebbetts, M. B. Donovan, W. A. Van Scoy, W. W. Kofeldt. C. Walte, Abraham Nelson. W. S. Morse, L. A. S&muelson, J. B. Nashtok, J. B. Sparks, J. B. Stone, John Adams, H. W. Pierong, John A. Jennings, J. J. Parker. G. E. Jackson, W. W. Armstrong, A. S. Itirkpatrick, B. J. Bperry, C. A. Malarkey. E. Shalnwald, R. C. Montgomery, L. A, Toddt H Cj, Stevens, Jt Bradt, J, T4 O'Neill, W, A. raep.er4 d Humphrey, Cad Stern, Charles Powera and Fred Langerman. If yoo trust may make Touring Car, Touring Car. meat, or the Navy never was In creat or need of men. There In a deficiency of more than 13,000 men In the per sonnel of the service, and at so criti cal a period as this, when the Nation is dependent on lte Navy as a first line of defense, every man enlisted is a point gained in potential efficiency. Lieutenant - Commander Blackburn hopes to double this month's showing in April. He would like the oppor tunity to talk It over with every young roan who is Interested in the Navy. Joining the Navy nowadays Is almost MOTION PICTURE MEN GIVE LUNCHEON IN t j 1 t V v V 4 07 Chalmers 7 -Passenger Touring Car Price $1350 Detroit iioose si as Yon Do Compere two watc&es. Ji licy may loolc exactly eBlrc They may be equal in diameter and thickness. They may weigh the same. Perhaps your eye cant distin guish any difference between the gold in the two. Oo may seem to keep aa good time as the other Big Difierencts Then Yet there may be a i t difference One may boa . 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Jill ' of the a&ooe means qaality the land of tfaatity you need in tha car yoa bay, and the kind of quality yxra GET in the Chalmers 7 - pessenger 5-paascnger .r$135 1250 Touring Sedan. 3-passenger US uiltiil Chalmers Touring $1850 at L. Keats Broadway at e equivalent to signing up for a special ized course In college, for the enlisted men are taught trades, and there is a fine opportunity for promotion. MINOR OPERATION NEEDED James F. Clarkston Has Kneecap Set Following Accident. A minor operation, for the setting; of a broken kneecap, was undergone yes HONOR OF HEAD OF NATIONAL t .ePWPyWsefWsjeeaj5(SffeeflP :,'!9fcx, ..... IY? V?' V ir, 4 t .- M j VV 7 Qua. ,mer; a Watch . Solid Onc-Picce Shaft Tort wouldn't discover that the crankshaft is single sturdy shaft of drop-forged heat-treated carbon steel. Nor would you discover that the Chalmers pis tons are die cast from Lynite, a special alloy, and weigh only 12 H ounces each. Deep-Lying Differences To glance at the body you wouldn't realise that the body frame is built with such great care from select ash That this Is covered by one-piece, welded sheet steel. Nor that the springs in the upholstery are of an extra ordinary spring steel. Nor that the frame of the chassis la of carbon steel, 5 inches deep and 4t of an inch thick. With flanges inches wide. And with three strong u oas members and reinf arcing plates. Be Deliberate Sr when yon examine the Chalmers don't look hasti ly. That's unfair to the car and unfair to yourself. Some tilings you dont realise when you glance aa the 7 -passenger Chalmers! 7)S ounce Lynitm piaton. Crankshaft balanced white in motfos. Cylinder and crank case cast in a anuV Timken axle built to Chalmers design Economical intake manifold. Chrome nickel driving shaft. Nickel steel differential gears heat-treated fe secure hardness and toughness. And many other important points of mtipttoi-tty. T - pesso . $1850 . 1250 Umousine. yesscuges1 Town Cat, 7- ta.k.tesalO Sedan, 7-passenger 1 Detroit " Auto Co. Burnside St terday morning by James V. Clarkson, of the 8tandlf er-Clarkson Company, at St. Vincent s Hospital. Mr. Clarkson was injured Friday aft ernoon, when his automobile skidded on the Broadway bridge, crashing into a post. With him was M. F. Sandstrom, a shipbuilder, who was slightly bruised. Mr. Sandstrom has since left the hos pital for his home at 115 Humboldt street. Church Convention Is March 29. FOREST GROVE, Or, March 14.- ORGANIZATION. I?' rr 5"e fttSO (Special.) The Northwest District Cons ventlon of the Christian Church will be held in this city March 29. SO and II, Among the speakers are Superintendent Hopkins, of tha National Bible School and Rev, A. L. Crlm, pastor of the First Christian Church, of Eugene. CROSS, FEVERISH CHILD IS BILIOUS OR CONSTIPATED Look, Mothers! 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Ask your druggist for a 60 cent bottle of "California Syrup ot Figs." which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Beware of coun terfeits sold here, so don't be fooled. Get the genuine, made by "California Fig Syrup Company." Adv.