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' PROFESSOR EXPLAINS.
Why he Withdraws From the Race for
Office of School Superintendent
Secretary Curtis, of the Clatsop
County Republican Central Commit
tee, yesterday received the following
explanatory letter from Prof. J. W.
Branstrator, of the Seaside schools, in
the matter of his withdrawal from the
race for the office of county superin
tendent of schools:
"Seaside, Or., May 12, 1608.
"Mr. W. F. McGregor,
Chairman of Rep. Co. Central Com.
Astoria, Ore.
. "Dear Sir: This is to notify you
that I have resigned the nomination
of County School Superintendent.
"My school board here have lately
signified their unwilingness to allow
me to hold the two positions which
was my intention, and as there is not
sufficient salary attached to the office
to enable me to give all my time to it,
I am obliged to tender my resigna
tion. "Wishing you abundant success at
the coming election, I am,
"Very truly yours,
"J. W. BRANSTATOR,
"Principal of Seaside Schools."
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History of English Literature by
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History of Elizabethian Literature
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PLAN FUTURE GATHERINGS
(Continued from page 1)
undoubted value of our inland water
ways, comparatively little has been
done to make them commercially use
ful. The most effective work has been
done in improving the harbors and
channels of Lake Superior, Michigan,
Huron and Erie with the result that
the freight now shipped on the Great
Lakes 75 million tons in 1906 is three
times what it was in 1890. The traf
fic passing the St. Mary's locks rose
from a million and a quarter tons in
1880 to seven and a half milions in
1889, and to forty-one and a quarter
millions tons in 1906, an increase of
3200 per cent. This commerce on the
Great Lakes has been made possible
by total congressional appropriations
of less than a hundred million dollars.
The total appropriations made by
Congress from the beginning to 1907
for the rivers of the Mississippi Valley
amount to $208,484,720. This seems
to be a relatively large sum; but when
we consider that the United States has
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but the costs of wholesale and retai
distribution and of many tnanufaetur
ing activities are undoubtedly les
than they would be were the people of
Europe served almost entirely by rail
roads and not by both railroads and
waterways. Our dependence upon
railroads, almost exclusively; for the
movement of bulky commodities long
distances even at low average rates
while we at the same time neglect th
development and use of our inland
waterways does not necessarily mean
that we have organized our work of
production and distribution in the
most economical manner. When con
ditions in the United States approach
more closely those prevailing in
Europe, we shall find it increasingly
desirable to provide ourselves both
with well-developed waterways am
I with railroads more efficient than pre
sent conditions permit them to be in
the handling of package freight. W
as well as Europe, will find it pro
Citable to minimize capital and ware
housing costs.
The construction of canals and th
improvement of rivers in the United
States have progressed slowly, in part
at least, because the Federal Govern
ment has in the past left to the states
the work of canal building, and to
some extent, the canalization of rivers
The states are manifestly incom
petent to carry out the improvement
of our national waterways. The great
State of New York has the financial
ability and economic incentive to re
construct the Erie Canal; but its route
is so clearly national that the water
way should long since have been tak
en over and enlarged by the Federal
Government.
The experience of our own coun
try and of other nations shows con
clusively that waterways should be
public ways that their execution and
maintenance should be by the Govern
ment. The entire net work of Am
erican waterways should be improved
and extended systematically by one
authority, and with reference to the
economic and social needs of the en
tire nation. There is only one power
whose authority is as wide as our
t Mrs. S. Joyce, 180 Sul'ivan St.,
Claremont, N. H., writes: "About a
year ago I bought two bottles of
Foley's Kidney Cure. It cured me of
a severe case of Kidney trouble of
several years standing. It certainly
is a grand, good medicine, and I
heartily recommend it."
Kidney complaint kills more people
than any other disease. This, is due to
the disease being so insidious that it
gets a good hold on the system before
it is recognized. Foley's Kidney Cure
will prevent the development of fatal
disease if taken in time.
ing our system of natural waterways
only 4 1-4 per cent of the amount pri
vate capitalists have invested in the
construction of railways, our congres
sional appropriations for the better
ment of inland navigation seems to
have been conservatively small.
The United States has as yet done
less than has been done by other lead
ing industrial and commercial rivals
in the development and use of inland
waterways, if we except as of course
we ought the chain of Great Lakes
which have no counterpart in any
other country. Whether it is desir
able that the United States should
follow the example of France and
Germany as regards inland water
transportation is a question to which
the American people "are now giving
serious thought. There can be no
uncertainty as to the importance of
ernment. In the future but small
place in the development and control
of waterways will be given cither to
the states or to private corporations.
There can be no doubt that the in
land waterways of the United States
will be more extensively used in the
future than they have been in the past.
The reasons for this are numerous and
conclusiye.
By H. St Clair Putnam.
Where power is developed from the
combustion of coal, wood, oil or gas,
our natural resources as such are des
troyed and they cannot be replaced,
excepting to a limited extent. Where
power is derived from water powers,
winds and tides, only energy other
wise wasted is used. The energy thus
extracted is added to our assets in
stead of being a permanent loss as is
the case with the combustion of coal.
the transoortation services performed jit is probable that the water power in
by our coastwise shipping, and by the! the United States exceeds 30,000,000
fleet operated 'on the Great Lakes. :"orse power ana unuer certain as
Tfc ,. ,; r.rpat T.tiVps traf-1 sumptions as to storage reservoirs
fie is raoidlv erowinsr: but upon our .th's amount can be increased to pos
canals and manv of our rivers traffic : sWy 150,WW,UUU horse power. Using
languishes or declines. the smaller figure of 30,000,000 horse
In no other country of the world Power as an illustration, to develop
have rail transportation costs been re- an equal amount ot energy in our
duced to such a low figure as in the most modern steam-electric plants,
- t i . i e f
United States. In many other coun- wouia require tne miming or neariy
tries it has been found more economi- 225,000,000 tons of coal per annum, and
cal to do the heavier transportation in the average steam engine plant, as
work by making large use of water-, now existing, more than 600,000,000
ways, and to develop the railway traf- tons of coal, of 50 percent, in excess
fic more particularly with reference to of the total coal production of the
the speedy movement and schedule country in 1906. .
delivery of parcels; packages and gen- The supply of water power is limit:
eral commodity freight. Such an or- ed, however, when the rapid rate of
ganization of the business of transpor- increase in our power requirements is
tation as has been worked out in Eng- considered, and great care, therefore,
land. France and Germany does not must be exercised to insure the pre-
result in as low average freight rates servation of our water power re-
by rail as prevail in the United States; sources and to secure the maximum
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OPPOSITE STAR THEATRE
Where coal
is the source of power, electric trans
mission and distribution greatly re
duce the amount burned to perform
given merchanical work.
This discussion would be incom
plete without mention of the great
possible fuel economy that may re
sult from the use of gas and other
similar engines. The ordinary steam
engine utilizes not more than four or
five per cent, of the heat energy in
coal, and our best modern steam
electric plants show a heat efficiency
not exceeding 10 or 12 per cent. With
the gas engine the heat efficiency can
be more than doubled, and still higher
efficiency seems probable with higher
compression and through the use of
I. other possible improvements. This is
a most promising field for develop
ment, and it is entirely possible that
the gas engine may revolutionize our
I methods of using fuel for the pro
T duction of power.
Where water power is the source
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ui suyyty mc gicdi gam wuii.ii icauiio
from electric transmission is the uti
lization of water powers remote from
t power markets. Where several water
powers along a stream are developed
it becomes possible to utilise, In con
junction with the larger and more
cheaply developed powers, others
which, considered independently,
could not be utilized to advantage,
In the improvements which have
been made on navigable rivers too
little attention has been given to the
developcnient of the incidental water
liowers. On some waterways, as in
several instances on the Mississippi
river, immense sums of money have
been appropriated and expanded on
especially difficult portions of the
river. If this money could have been
made available in large amounts, in
stead of by driblets over periods of
many years, water power of great val
ue could have been developed and the
navigation effectively and permanent
ly improved.
There are many streams that are
not now navigable, or are navigable
for only a portion of the season, that
can be canalized and converted into
t reams of great commercial value.
There are large areas in the western
states where irrigation is essential to
the successful growing of crops. The
ultivated lands usually lie in valleys
and water is carried to them through
long and often times wasteful irriga
tion ditches. In many cases the water
could be utilized for developing power
on the headwaters of streams with-
ut injury to the irrigation interests.
In some case irrigation channels
can be converted into canals suitable
for at least limited navigations, and
where practicable this should be done.
What has been said upon the sub
ject of irrigation canals applies to the
development of the water supply for
our cities. This work, like irrigation,
should be carried out so as to develop
the maximum water power possible
without injury to the water supply.
When we consider the wide dis
ribution of our water power resources
and what their utilization means to
the prosperity and future wealth of the
nation it is obvious that their develop
ment should be wisely and efficiently
ncouraged. Any tax operating tin-
luly to discourage their development
might easily delay our industrial pro
gress to an extent that would more
than offset the accelerating influence of
any improved waterways, which might ;
bo constructed from the proceeds of
such tax, great as would be the un-
loubted value of such waterways, and
any direct revenue which the govern
ment might derive from this source
would be insignificant as compared
with the indirect benefits resulting
from their use.
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PERSONAL MENTION
H. B, Parker was a Portland tourist
on the 8:20 express yesterday morn
ing. He went up on matters of business,
Mr. and Mr. Shannahan, of Forest
Crove, arrived in the city yesterday
and are guests at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. Carl Knutscii.
service. A common laying nowadays
is "Get the Palace habit"
The vary beat board to be obtained
in the city is at "The Occident Hotel
Rates very reasonable.
More News Prom the New England
States.
If any one has any doubt as to the
virtue of Foley's Kidney Cure, they
need only to refer to Mr. Alvin H.
Stimpson, of Willamantic, Conn.,
who, after almost losing hope of re
covery, on account of the failure of so
msny remedies, finally tried Foley's
Kidney Coure, which he says was
"just the thing" for him, as four
bottles cured him completely. He is
now entirely well and free from all
the suffering incident to acute kidney
trouble. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.
A LONG INLAND TRIP.
Torpedo Boats Will Arive at Sacra
mento at 6 o'Oclock Tonight.
SAN FRANCISCO, May lS.-The
torpedo boat flotilla under command
of Capt. E. N. Freeman left early this
morning for Sacramento and will ar
rive there at 6 o'clocg this evening.
Five days of solid entertainment
has been provided for by the recep
tion committee of the capitol city,
the members of which,-with Mayor
White will meet the officers of the
fleet upon their arrival. This will be
the first time any of the vessels of
the navy have gone so far inland in
California, and although the naviga
tion of the river is expected to be ac
complished without difficulty the un
usual event is attracting considerable
attention. Sacramento is 125 miles
from this harbor.
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MISS FRANCES MILLER.
NEW YORK, May 15. As execu
tors of the estate of Miss Frances
Miller, the Title Guarantee & Trust
Company yesterday observed , the
carrying out of a provision of her will
by which the body was to be cremat
ed and the ashes cast to the four
winds. Miss Miller was well known
as a, music teacher and left an estate
valued at $20,000 to immediate rela
tives and friends. She died last Sun
day. In her will she gave explicit
irections as to the disposal of her
body and, in accordance with them,
cremation took place in the crema
tory at Fresh Bond, L. I., on Tues
day. Yesterday the ashes were scat
tered without ostentation or ceremony.
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We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung trouble is not affected
oy the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it containa no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for children and
adults. T. F. Laurin, Owl Drug
Store.
NEW TO-DAY
The Palace Restaurant
The ever-increasing popularity of
the Palace Restaurant is evidence of
the good management, and the serv
ice, at this popular dining room. For
a long time the reputation of the
house has been of the best and it
does not wane as time progresses.
The system used, that of furnishing
the finest the market affords, and all
can be obtained, in season, is a plan
that will always win, coupled as it is
with the best of cooking and prompt
The Commercial.
One of the coxiest and most popular
resorts in the city is the Commercial
A new billiard room, pleasant sitting
room and handsome fixtures all go to
make an agreeable meeting place for
genucnien, mere 10 uiicuii mc topics
of the day, play gtme of billiards
and enjoy the tine refreshments serv
ed there. The best of goods are only
handled, and this fast being ao welt
known, a large business is done at the
Commercial, on Commercial street,
near Eleventh.
The Clean Maa
The man who delights In personal
cleanliness, and enjoys his shave,
shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As
toria, always goes to the Occident
barber shop for these things and
gets them at their best
GOOD WOOD.
If you want a good load of fir wood
or box wood ring up KELLY the
WOOD DEALER,
The man who keeps the -
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1281.
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