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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' MORNING. AUGUST 14, 1904.
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WORK BEGINS ON
BIG POWER PLANT
Immense Dam of 0. W
dero Is Started WiU Be Chief Electric
Station in the Northwest
Work ha recently been commenced on
what is to. be one of the largest elec
trical generating pUnU Irf the Pacific
northwest by the Oregon Water Power A
Railway company. It la the localea on
the Clackamas river near the town of
- Caiadero. about 38 mllea from thla city
.land will coat, when complete, about
. 1600.000.
. . The waters f the river are 4o.be
harnessed and turned Into an Immense
', oondu It. which will carry the water over
a mile, where It will be dropped down
the mountain aide, giving; abundance of
power for . turning the wbeela of, the
mammoth generating plant which la to
be Installed. - .
Foundations for the temporary dam
. are now being laid In the deep canyon
about a mile above Caiadero. One hun
dred men are being employed and they
'' are ' assisted by four large donkey en
, glnes which' are used In hauling and
ah If ting the lmmenae Jogs In place and
.' In carrying rock.
To call It a temporary, dam is rather
misleading, for to see the giant timbers
with which it Is being constructed one
would get the Idea that tt la to be per
manent. Many of the timbers are 140
: feet long. These are being placed In
grooves in the solid rock, acroas the
stream. The timbers will form cribs
of 10 by SO feet In dimension, and these
.will .be filled with rock from a huge
, slide, which Is just above the place
where the dam Is being built. When
completed thla dam will raise the
watera pf the river to feet It will be
1(0 feet up and down the stream and
will be triangular in ahape, thus giving
strength sufficient to bear all the pres
sure of the Immense body of wster
which will press against it
' An Immense Conduit.
- Forty feet back from the crest of the
... dam. with a sufficient capacity to carry
ail the waters of the river, a concrete
conduit will be constructed.. This will
run 1.000 feet around the mountain side,
where the water will be- dropped back
Into the river, leaving the channel below
the; dam comparatively dry. This will
enable the company to construct their
permanent concrete dam on compara
tively dry ground. -
This permanent dam will' be located
150 feet below the temporary dam and
will be large and capable of atanding the
Immense strain. It will be constructed
so that tt will be almost impossible for
any force which might come against It
to wash it away.
From the end of the 1.000-foot con
duit a cement lined ditch will run a dta
. tance of one-half mile to a reservoir
containing 10 acres of surface and being
12 feet deep. From the reservoir the
water will drop through pipes down the
mountain side for a distance of ISO feet
to the plant where the generating plant
will be installed. Under this pressure
MARIE WARE COMES
TO ATTEND RACES
Was Marie I Ware, who achieved
much prominence in connection with
land frauds In the Roseburg land of
fice, and who is now under an indict
ment by the grand Jury, was In Port
land yesterday. She came to the city
with a party of frlenda from Eugene
to shop and attend the races, and her
visit la said to have no bearing on Im
pending suits against her in the United
States court She la under $4,000 bond
to appear at the next term of the
federal court but thla fact did not
deter her from enjoying the eights snd
the race meeting at Irving ton track.
Before going to the races she made a
DENSE SMOKE WAS
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Although it was close and sultry In
this city yesterday the thermometer reg
istered only IS degrees. The air waa
filled with dense smoke from the many
forest fires in the surrounding; coun
try which settled over the Willamette
valley, obscuring the sun for the greater
part of the day and leading many to
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New York and Paris
Styles of Hairdressing
Demonstrated all this week at
Our Grand Hair
Goods Opening
At which will be exhibited ' the
largest display of choice human
' hair to be seen In- Portland or sny
city on' the North Pacific coast:
jLadtea should not forget this un
usual opportunity to learn, free of
-all charge, the art -of hair dressing -as
It is now practiced In America's
' and Europe's most fashionable .
metropolises.
Our Electric"
Vibro-Massage
Appliance r
For the cur of all acalp and ecsemlc afflictions, the development of the
bust and restoration of the face to Its youthful beauty, has found immediate-favor.
It is a most wonderful machine. Free samples of face
cream to all who apply this week.
Madame Aza Hplmcs-Ribbeckc
Masts aa4 Teacher of Sersoatolof f. Phone Mood 882. Writs tot Book.
' let. Free samples) ef Massac Cream all this week. ,
P. Company at Caza-
It Is estimated that the water will have
a force of 2S.000 horse-power.
Olgantio Dynamos,
Dynamos for generating the elec
tricity will , be on the south side of the
river, but a transforming power bouse
will be located on the north side, where
the current will be "stepped up" to S2,
000 -volts for transmission to the com-
pany'a Unea and to the city of Portland.
The large repair shops of the company
will also, be located near the power
house on the north side.
' The natural features of the country
surrounding the proposed plant could
not be better. At the place where the
dam Is being constructed the canyon la
narrow and the water Is not, very swift
There is an' abundance of timber and
rock for' use in construction. The con
dutt wlir run for a short distance around
the steep side Of the mountain to a
point where all. the water that la not
needed for the power plant will' fall
bark Into the river. The cement lined
ditch from thla point will run across a
large tract of bench land with a gentle
slope to the place where the reservoir is
being constructed.
It is expected that the work on the
temporary dam and the reservoir and
ditches, will be finished by the end of
the year and as soon as' the water sub
sides in the river next summer, work
will be commenced on the permanent
dam.- Meanwhtle a large force wlir be
engaged In Installing the heavy ma
cblnery for the generating plant
There will be three transmission lines
to the city of Portland, two being for
the high tension transmission lines and
one for the railway feeders and trolley.
Win Cut Schedule.
With the construction of the plant
great change will be brought about In
the service over the lines of ths com'
pany. With the abundance of power the
time for making the run to Casadero
will be reduced from two hours to one.
Trains will . run on an average speed
of 40 miles an hour. This will give
residents of the towns along the line
an excellent car service to the city of
Portland. w.
A 400 kilowatt generator Is being In
stalled at Boring, which will stct as a
feeder and will Increase the speed of the
cars over this section of the road.
In the Installation of this Immense
power plant the Oregon Water Power tk
Railway company la simply following
out its original plans, which -were
formed when the company was first or
ganised. They are, however, going still
further with ' their work and propose
utilising the Immense forests of spruce
and fir which are on their property sev
eral miles above Caiadero. This timber
will be cut and floated down the Clacka
maa to the dam. whereat will either be
converted to lumber ornihlpped oyer the
road to Portland.
ahort call on one of her lawyers, Judge
Thomas O'Day, in the Chamber of Com
merce building. Her defense is in thi
hands of Judge O'Day and Martin I
Pipes. Judge O'Day aald today:
"The visit of Miss Ware had nothing
to do, with her case in the federal court
She merely made a social call. I hav
no Idea when her. case will come ui
for a hearing. It will depend upor
when Judge Bellinger calls the next
federal grand Jury together. She I:
indicted accused of a long list of of
fenses in the land office. I suppose I
there had been any more charges that
could have been named she would have
been Indicted for those also."
believe the day much warmer than It
really was.
While other parts of the country were
suffering from the intense heat during
the past week, Portland haa been having
very pleasant weather. Yesterday was
the hottest day, while Wednesday aver
aged the coolest the maximum and
minimum temperature being 71 and
60 degrees respectively.
Last Sunday and Monday It was
rather warm, but cool breezes from the
northwest drdve the wave of heat away
and Tuesday and Wednesday It was un
usually cool for August The nights
were especially so. the thermometer
falling to from E0 to ti degrees almost
every night" making it necessary for
eltlsens to don heavier clothing. Port
land has hsd ss cool nights during the
past five or six days ss San Francisco
and other cities along the coast
Friday and yesterday the thermom
eter rose perceptibly and It Is predicted
that tt will be much warmer today than
yesterday.
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MATXOsT. ' . '
The Oregon Water commission con
vened at Pendleton. -ugust 10, to con
slder the vaaioua . subject matters of
their appointment and more particular
ly to consider any suggestion that might
be made by the representatives of the
reclamation service of the United State
In charge of the enforcement of the act
of the congress , in relation to the re
clamation of arid lands. The represen
tatives of the reclamation service sug
seated certain lines of legislation,
furtherance of the projects of the gen
eral government '
On August II the committee - con
vened at Walla Walla, Wash.,, in Infor
mal and formal Joint session, with a Ilk
oommlttee from the state of Washing
ton, , and the question of the character
of the legislation advisable waa not only
considered, but the. propriety of uni
formity in legislation with the state of
Washington was also considered. Both
commissions expressed the tentative
opinion that ' uniformity In legislation
was "advisable, in .view pf the - similar
conditions of both states.
.Proposed legislation, v
The . Oregon commission now, has
under consideration legislation In
the following lines: t
Legislation having for Its object the
early determination, in the cheapest and
most efficacious manner, of the exist
ing water rights In ths state, with pro
visions tor a -proper record of these
rights, to the end that It may be known,
In connection with a state hydraulic
survey, whet her there Is In this state
sulplus water which may be devoted
to a future beneficial use, under appro
prlate regulations governing the math
od of appropriation.
Legislation '. abolishing the miners
inch as a unit of measure, and substi
tuting in lieu thereof what la known
at a "second toot" the discharge of
one cubio foot ef water per second of
time; providing that .the "acre foot
should be the unit of measurement of
quantity the "acre foot" be Ins- equiv
alent to 43.460 eublo feet; with the pro
visions likewise of converting miner a
inch into "second feet making the
mind's Inch equivalent say to one-for
tieth or one-fiftieth a?f a cubic foot of
water per second, thus making certain
the present varying and uncertain quan
tity arising from varloua causes where
quantity is governed by the Inch meas
urement and aiding In the converting of
the present water rights, the extent of
which are governed by the miner's Inch,
into the "second foot", unit of meas
urement
Organise Districts.
Legislation looking to the organisa
tion of irrigation districts, either pro
viding for a quasi publo corporate Or
ganization for such districts or such
amendments- to the private incorpora
tion acts as will enable water users to
organise under a private corporate -organization
and take the benefits of gov
ernmental legislation, which legislation
while primarily for the purpose of re
claiming public arid lands contains pro
visions enabling land claimants, who
have already acquired titles, to par
ticipate in the use of water arising by
the application of the act .ofjthe gen-traTtoverhmenC-
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Leglslatlon providing for future ap
propriations under state supervision and
regulation and devoting all of the un
appropriated waters of the state to pub
lic use, providing rights to attach by
appropriation only, not by riparian
ownership, together with legislation
upon the question of existing riparian
rights, if sny . exist limiting . such
rights to beneficial use- Thla question
Involves serious questions of power as
wen as of policy. '
Legislation providing for condemna
tion suits by ths United States In Its ef
fonts to apply the reclamation act to
this state, and providing likewise for
rights of . wsy over state lands for
canals and reservoirs constructed by the
United States In- Its publlo work In
connection with the reclamation act
The commission also has under con
sideration the question of whether thoae
lines of legislation should be made ap
plicable to the entire state or limited to
eastern Oregon.
ale of Water Bight.
A clause in the reclamation act of
the United States is also receiving an
attention which heretofore has not been
given it The reclamation act applies
in general to ths arid states and terri
tories and Is primarily designed to facil
itate the settlement and aale of the un
sold publlo lands when water for their
irrigation shall have been provided
for. By the act In question these publlo
lands, which are embraced within the
area designed to be affected by publlo
irrigation works are withdrawn tempo
rarily from entry, until the works have
been decided upon and the reclamation
begun. They are then opened for entry
under the homestead act only and In
areas varying from 40 acres, minimum,
to 100 acres, maximum; hut sines It
will generally be found that In every
region proposed .to be benefited ' by
reclamation works private ownership
has already been acquired to property,
tne act provides that:
"No right to the use of water for
land in private ownership shall be sold
for a tract exceeding 160 acres of land
to one land-owner, - and no such sale
shall be made to any land-owner unless
he be an actual bona fide resident on
such land or occupant thereof residing
in tne neignDornooa oi said land."
While this provision was Drobablv
designed to prevent reclamation works
In the interests of large speculative
land-owners. It Is said to work a srreat
hardnhip upon the rancher who, having
acquirea more tnan 160 acres, is com
pelled to surrender his farm or ranch in
excess of that area before being entitled
to participate in benefits, of reclama
tion works. " '
' Maay Serious - Questions. rr".
"There sre many very serious ques
tions of power of legislation." said. At
torney . zra Know, who attended the
convention at Walla Walla, "as well aa
policy of. legislation, not the least of
which is the conditions existing in
western Oregon such as to call for the
same character of legislation which
seems to be absolutely necessary for
eastern Oregon. Our commission, has
repeatedly invited from the publlo ex
pressions of opinion upon any and all
questions, affecting the subject matt jr
of their appointment but as yet very
few. If any, Suggestions have been
made,"
New Electric Light Fixtures
Sold at cost for the neat 10 days. 'Must
close out our line of electric snd com
bination fixtures to make room for our
new Wagner-Bullock dynamos.
NORTHWEST KLECTRIC ENG. CO
. S0 Stark Street
Phone Main 1184. ,
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IS ATTRACTIVE
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. TBXPABATIOBS SCADS.
Fully 1,000 copies fit the complete pro
gram for the American Mining congress
which convenes In this city August SS,
have been sent to prominent mining men
throughout the' United Statea. The) pro
gram Is artistic In design and not only
glvea features of the congress but eon
tains Interesting Information regarding
Portland and vicinity.
It gives a brief description of Port
land and tells of the climatic conditions.
It points out the varied attractions of
the surrounding country, including the
Columbia river. It describes Mount
Mood and ' tells of an excursion which
will be nin to the peak by way of Hood
River during the gathering and enume
rates numerous other attractive-places
which are within easy distance. It also
eontatna an announcement of the Lewis
and Clark exposition.- , . - -
Beginning, with tomorrow workmen
will commence fitting up the armory for
the reception of the delegates who will
begin to make thelrappearance during
the latter part of ' thla 'week. It Is ex
pected that the mineral exhibit will ar
rive by the middle of the week andahese
will Immediately be assigned apace and
put in position.
It is anticipated that all the officers
and the membership of the different
committees will put In an appearance
some time this week ' In order to get
everything ready for the opening of the
congress. The work of the program
committee will be of great Importance,
for they will have to arrange the speak
ers for each day after they arrive, as no
special time haa been set for any of the)
speakers to. appear, that being left en
tirely to the discretion of the program
committee after the congress opens.
Messrs. J. Frank Watson and A. Ti.
Devers, the local committee of the
American Mining congress, met at the
Commercial club yesterday afternoon
and selected the committee on reception
and entertainment It will be the duty
of thla committee to meet at the Arm
ory on the morning of August 1 2nd at
to receive the delegates,, have them
register and receive badges, to set as a
reception committee at a reception to
be given the delegates and visitors at
the Commercial club upon an evening
yet to be decided upon, and to have
charge of the general entertainment ot
the visitors during the entire session of
the convention.
Following Is the committee: Jonathan
Bourne, chairman; Louis Zimmerman,
Dr. A. C Smith, Dr. H. W. Coe, L. A.
Lewis, Gen. C F. Beebe. W. L Boise.
dies. E. Ladd, Richard Wilson, Walter
Msckay. S. M. Mean. A. F. Biles. II. M.
Cake, Leo Fried. Albert Feldenbelmer,
CoL Irvln Mahon. Ed. Ehrman. EL L.
Thompson, L B. Hammond, J. F. Batch-
elder, Ben Albers. F.' A. Jones. W. M.
Kllllngsworth, T. W..B. London. W. H.
Corbett w. A. Mears. Dr. C F. Candt-
anl. J. H. FIsk. Jaa. Llndsey, Col. Jas,
Jackson. F. J.. Hard, C H. Mc Isaac. Vin
cent Cook. L. T. Keady, E. A. Sessions,
D. Lee. Philip S. Bates, Frsnk W.
Watson, M. E. Lombardl. Alex, f ,
H. K. Sergeant F. E. Beach. A. L. v , air,
W. E. Coman. A. D. Charlton, Prof. I.
W. Pratt Alfred S. Smith. A. L. Morris
and John F. Wlckhara.
Ths above. committee will meet Tues
day. August 16. at S p. m.. In the rooms
of . the Commercial club and perfect 'a
complete" prog ram. " subdivide the com
mittees In such way -as will be deemed
advisable and arrange - other details
which will result in making this session
of the American Mining congress the
most eventful in the history of that
great organisation.
T. B. Gilbert, mayor of the city or
Kansas City. Kansas, has appointed the
following delegates: Wilbur A. Tveston,
O. Fife and Abner B. Smith.
State Miners' Association, of Grants
Pass, Oregon, has appointed: W. B. Sher
man, (Clarence jr oinaexter ana u. nig
gins. . ' '
George C. Pardee, governor or tne
state of California, has appointed: E. A.
Rht. A. H. Halloran, W. H. Storms, J. IL
Neil and W. 8. Keyes, of SanFrsnclsco;
Chss. O. Tale, Oakland; Col. Thomas
Ewlng, George M. Chattier, G. 8. Holmes.
Fred J. Slebert L. H.. Mitchell and Gall
Borden. Los Angelas.
A. E. Eaton, mayor of the city of
Union. Oregon, haa appointed K, S. Mo-
Comas.
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'Wlll Lyons and Bert Clemens will
leave Tuesday evening on a walking trip
to Newport about 100 mllea from Sea
aide. They expect to make the trip In
seven days. If they have any energy
left by the time' they reach their destina
tion they will go on farther south to
Alsea bay and Coos, bay." Leaving "on
the boat Tuesday evening, they will
reach Astoria In the evening and go to
Seaside by rail. They will ' make., an
early start on foot from there Wednes
day morning,, taking, by way of camping
accommodations, only a blanket apiece,
a couple of pans and enough provisions
for a day. They hope to reach an inn
each evening for dinner, and in case
they don't must go to bed supperless.
The first day they plan to make Cannon
beach, about 20 mile. The second day
the road is rougher, passing through the
Necarney mountains, and they will only
make li miles to Nehalein. -Launching
across the bay In the) morning, they will
pass through Garibaldi, Hobeonvllle and
Bay City Friday, and spend the night
at Tillamook. The country beyond that
Is strange to the two pilgrims and they
have not arranged a definite route to
travel. They took the trip to Tillamook
wo years ago with a large walking
party, among whom were Mrs. Buffum.
Mrs. Miller and the Misses Shogren.
The members of the party were thor
oughly converted to "roughing it"' by
Mrs. Miller's experience. She - had
suffered much from rheumatism for
yesrs and at the time of departure her
foot waa In such a condition that she
could not remove her shoe. The continu
ous exercise and wading In the salt
water along the shore completely cured
her. :
. On Instance.
Olffle Did you ever actually know of
man making a mountain out of a mole-
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Bplnks Well, the proprietor 'of the
hotel I stopped at last summer came
near doing It In his prospectus. -
It's So Nice Out of Doors
Why Not Enjoy the Summer?
Why Defied f o a Hotiqtcheii?
' The Gas Range gives you time for summer
joys. -,;::-:,'.;.;y-::-.
With old time fuels you're overheated before
the lire begins to burn. , '
With gas you have heat only where, when
and as long as. you want it. : )
You've a cool kitchen and a cool house.
With a Gas . Range you can have a-vacation
at home. -V; -; ' ' : ' ' ;r;,-. - 0;
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Chief Campbell of the fire depart
ment la determined to place the depart
ment on as high a plane of efficiency
as possible with the means at his dis
posal. In order to accomplish this he has
adopted a plan of discipline which be. is
putting In force with the able assist
ance of his battalion chiefs.
There has been a tendency shown on
the part of a few men to disobey the
rules regarding drinking and disorderly
conduce while on duty. They have been
summoned before Chief Campbell, who
haa warned them that If the offense oc
curs a second time they will be dropped
from the department -
Only one man, since the full paid de
partment has been Instituted, has mani
fested any inclination to disobey re
peatedly the orders of the chief, and re
cently written charges were brought
against him and he was dismissed from
the department
This has served as a warning to the
other firemen and but few cases of at
tempts to disobey the rules have been
brought co the notice of headquarters
for some time past Id speaking of
the matter Chief Campbell said: "
"As long as I am chief of the fire
department I am going to enforce the
rules. It cannot reach the high stats
of efficiency required unless the mem
bers of the department abide by the
rules. There Is one thing I will not
tolerate- of a member and that Is drink
ing and dlsorderllness while on duty.
Several such cases have been reported
to me. I have Immediately summoned
the men to my office and have warned
them that they must not repeat the of
fense if they desire to remain on the
force.
"At the present time, the best of feel
ing prevails smong the men and better
discipline Is being shown dally. Their
work at the fire drills Is proving of
great benefit to them and each man en
ters Into the dally exercises with much
enthusiasm." .
TEACHERS FINISH
THEIR EXAMINATIONS
The teachers examinations are over.
Those who took the quls fer the county
certificates finished , their papers Fri
day afternoon, but those who were
trying for tate certificates were, exam
ined in their last two subjects yester
day. ...
There were 12 applicants, of whom
only four took the eUte examinations,
all the others taking the quls for the
county certificates. The questions were
not very difficult and nearly all are sat
isfied that they will receive their cer
tificates. It will take some time for the board
to go over and correct all the papers
snd It will be st least three weeks before
the applicants know whether or not thejr
hate been successful. V t
Farming Is becoming more diversi
fied yearly around Gervals. ' ,
Gas
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Timber and logging men are beoomlng
alarmed about the . continued dry
weather, and express ' fear that the
smouldering fires now burning may yet
spread and do considerable damage,
Holl is Alger, president of the Alger
Logging company, and the Co wee nan
Driving A Rafting1 conn pany received
word yesterday that a fire was burn
ing In some his green timber on the
Ccweeman. While there Is now not any
apparent danger of the blase doing
much damage, Mr. Alger says that If ths
dry weather continues and- the wind
should rise,, the outcome might besom,
disastrous.
P. C Pelton of the Pelton-Armstrong
company says there are some fires on
their logging lands back of Cathlamet
He does not anticipate any Immediate
danger, but says that it is unusually dry
and a fire might spread at any time. He
Said that the past fires had not been
productive of serious damage, but there
Is danger for the future, unless weather
conditions change.
R. A. Bewail of the Columbia ft Ne
halem Logging company says that snags
and logs are still burning In his camp
back of Columbia City, but so- far the
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and TwenUr-elKhth st. ear; get off st M.tooa
walk one bkwk. Inquire 8.19 Dt door.
The above advertisement was inserted" lti The"
Journal Sunday, August 7, for one week, Wednes
day, the advertiser made an earnest appeal to have
it stopped.' . - 7 '' 'V:''-..
"We sre besieged with applicants, the
house was rented from the ed. on Mon
day. PLEA8B stop it" they said.
This is One of Many Like Jncidents
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green timber , haa stopped the progress
of all the Area
It ! . reported that a,flre-.4s tllt bum- ;
Ing In the' Benson timber back of Oak
Point but aa yet has done but little
damage. '
A forest fire was burning, In the tim
ber south of Boring. In Clackamas
county, yesterday, and was moving In a
southerly dlreotlon. Smoke settling
down In thjs vicinity Is said to come
from the burning of clearings up the
Clackamas.- near Estacada. The heavy
smoke -Indicates that there are small
fires In eyery direction, and the logging '
and timber men are hoping for raln.x
ST. JOHNS TO -HAVE
many NEf Buildings
St Johns la -to have two more busi
ness houses. - Contractor Koerner haa .
commenced work on a fine two-story
building on Jersey street for J. Baker.
Bids are but for L. Csrr's two-story
frame structure. The lower floor Is to
be fitted for store purposes, the upper
Istory will be fitted up for offices.
snany new nomes are in course oi con
struction. Among the handsomer ones
sre Fred Xoerner's two-story dwelling In
St Johns park. J. Henry Smith's cottage
on Burllngham street and the C H.
Bralce two-story nine-room residence.
Work is progressing rapidly at the
woolen mills and the-machinery la on the
way from the east
' It Is reported that two Albany men'
who visited Coos Bay Intending to Inveet
found the trees too big and the waters
too, wide and wet and so returned. But
they are satisfied that there la going to
be great development over Id that coast
region, and may re'turn and try to get
used to the bigness of things.
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