THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. OCTOBER v SO, . 1807.
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EXCAVATION FOR
LOCK NO-1. 000 FEET
BELOW UPPER ENTRANCE
Jor C5te?f&
EVEN to the curnory observer of
development In the northwent,
the aut-cASAful and early com
pletion of the Celllo canal stands
a a factor of titanic Importance.
To the atudent of economic conditions
that exist today in the states of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, the enor
mous strides which every line of In
dustry and every agricultural pursuit
has taken during the past few years,
and the greater advances to be made
In the next decade, the government pro
ject of opening the Columbia .river pre
sents transcontinental and even Inter
national features.
No work undertaken In the United
States In the past quarter of a century
means as much, will have accomplished
more or will have proven en great a far
tor in solving the regulation of mil
trafflo and relieving the serious freight
congestion throughout the great north
west as this channel to be dug from
Celllo a distance of something over
eight miles to the head of navigation
at the Big Eddy.
Recent months have shown beyond all
reasonable doubt that not even the
building of new railroads or the dou
bling of the trackage of those already
projected across the great stretches of
the northwest will relieve the conges
tion of traffic, the rapidly accumulat
ing and constantly Increasing products
of this Immense territory.
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Great Problem of Northwest.
Rail transportation cannot solve the
problem which faces the great north
west. Tho railroads themselves have
said so. Development of the resources
In this empire of varied industries has
set too swift a pace for the transporta
tion companion.
Forest products, mine productions,
ths harvests of the enormous grain
fields have Increased in the past few
years from 25 to 50 per cent. Rail
roads, laboring under the impossible
feat of securing new rolling stock from
manufacturing plants hanging U to 18
months behind on their orders, have In
creased their carrying capacity in the
same length of time only 7 per cent.
James J. Hill summed up the sit
uation not long ago when he said that
$6,000,000,000 would be required to pro
vide' adequate rail facilities for the
wonderful development In the northwest
and that to expend this vast amount
in the proper channels would require a
period of 60 years.
Here then ls the problem which
threatens with serious mien the prog
ress, vitality and life of the richest
domain In the United States. It Is a
combination of dismaying circumstances
which must be met. The solution lies
In the Columbia whose broad surface
is ready and waiting for the hand of
man to accomplish that which nature
left undone. -
The Celllo canal will relieve the con
gestion which has already stunted ths
frrowtb of manufacturing enterprises;
t will open and placa on a paving basis
the future . highways of trafflo to be
built to th banks of the river; it will
transcontinental freight rolling west
ward across the prairies to the natural
water level grade to the Taclflc ocean.
Vast Empire Is Interested.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
square miles of territory In the three
states of Idaho. Oregon and Washing
ton are vitally Interested In this work
of surmounting the obstacles in the Co
lumbia river through the construction
of tho Celllo canal. Interested because
in this government work it sees sal
vation from rapidly multiplying trans
portation difficulties. Tho hope of the
future, the development of Internal and
oriental trade, the complete mastery of
the Pacific is here.
Probably not more than a small hand
ful! of legislators In the halls of con
gress and only a small percentage of
the residents In the regions lying trib
utary to the Columbia basin are rully
cornizant of the vast, unlimited possi
bilities of an open river.
cognizant of the vast.
Here Is found not only the solution
people of the serious phase of its traf
fic conditions and the urgent necessity
of overcoming the obstructions in the
Columbia.
Today the whole northwest Is raising
its voice In Insistent demand that the
national government place Its work on
such a basis that early completion of
the canal will be assured. The great
territory facing the Pacific, acting un
der the prodding Instincts of self-preservation,
cannot countenance any other
course, and It . is believed that congress
this winter will lend the assistance nec
essary to ward off the crisis into which
uncontrollable and relentless conditions
are rapidly drawing a vast region of
productiveness.
Briefly, the Celllo canal, plans for
which were approved bv the secretary
of war four years ago, is a project for
a continuous channel on the Oregon
shore from Celllo falls to Big Eddy, the
latter located at a point about four
miles above The Dalles. The canal
proposed has a length of eight and
one half miles, width of 65 feet on
the bottom, with looks J00 feet long.
It is the purpose of the government to
build this canal to avoid the natural
obstructions In the river which lie be
tween the two terminals of tho project.
of the transportation problem of tna
northwest, but of far greater Import
ance, of greater national and interna
tional bearing, is the development of
a territory larger In area than a doxen
of the Atlantic coast states the set
tlement of a region supporting now a
scant million of souls and which is
oapable of supporting 26 times that
number.
A great water artery of commerce
from the Pacific to British Columbia
will be opened. The Columbia, the
Snake, the Clearwater and the trlbu-
3r hfghr, WffleTUS: Continuing Contract Is Imperative.
ucts or millions or acres win oe turned
into these natural channels of trans
portation, and the stimulating influ
ence in the cultivation of millions of
more undeveloped acres will be spread
to bear fruit.
tling the life and development of an
empire be done away with for all time
to come within the next 36 months.
To meet these urgent demands the
government will be asked to plaoe Its
work on a continuing contract basis.
Under this system the work would go
forward In a dor.en different places
along the line of survey. There would
be no delay. With the government's
sanction back of the work, the tremen
dous public Interest would open the
way for available funds to tide over the
contractors whenever tho congressional
appropriation became exhausted and be
fore another was made.
Aside from the continuing contrpt
system the legislative delegation wul
advance another method for hurrying
the canal to completion. It Is within
the province of the government to is
sue bonds to pay the cost of construct
ing the canal. Just as bonds are being
used for furthering the Panama canal
across the isthmus.
inasmuch as future generations will
largely as the present one
open river, a
bond issue Is viewed with no little
favor. The cost of the wofk would then
be distributed over a period of many
years and the tax upon the people
evenly distributed.
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CONCRETE
WORKS
profit
from the benefits of an
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Above Rig Eddy for a distance of eight
miles trie rivers cnannei is cut oy sub- ... -
merged rocks, reefs and rapids which Insist Upon Hurried Completion.
Engineers have estimated the total
cost of the canal at 15.000,000 and un
der favorable conditions, they say, tho
project could be finished within three
years.
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from tho vlrinltv or inree mho rapias
is also in force and will b completed
early in tho coming year.
In addition to the thousands of cu
bic yards of earth and rock which have
been excavated at the upper entrance at
Celllo falls, a concrete wall 31 feet In
height with a foundation varying In
depth from 10 to 25 feet has been con
structed on the river side of the canal
basin. This, with the exception of a
few minor details. Is the total of the
Work accomplished at the present time.
Eight miles of excavation and lock
building remain to be done before the
great northwest Is freed from the
strangle hold of traffic congestion and
lack of facilities to transport Its won
derful and constantly expanding prod
ucts to market.
But whether through the continuing
contract system or by the Issuance of
bonds, the expansive, territory border
ing on the Pacific insists only that
DOCTORS ARE NOT GOOD PATlfeNTS
SUPPOSE it is treason to my suptt- allowed to us th thermometer a often
rlor officer to say so, but doctors
are certainly not easy patient to
manage," remarked the trained
nurse. "At least, this has always
been my experience, and moat nursta.
you win find, agree with m In tha
matter. I have recently been nursln a atrument Just aa l M la the. act of
l through tvnhoiA kA m- ... handin It to him. Of opraa. I apolo
gia ror T carelessness ai sucn nra,
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as he wishes, h can fret and worry over
tha result enough to and his tempera
. tur up materially, mot than one.
rather than axasperat a, physician pa
tient by a refusal to let film have the
mermomeier, and rather, at me same
time, than let him know just bow falgb
ma tever was. i nave oroppeu ine in-
physlctan through typhoid, and nay ex
perlenoe with him was typical :t the
cases of th profession in general.
"Doctors know altogether too much
for. their own peace of mind, you
furnish the means of reaching a mar
ket without disastrous delay, regulate Public Pretrore It Strong,
present rail rates, encourage production
and consumption, prove the greatest Public pressure towards-, furthering
factor In the upbuilding and aettiement the work of the Celllo canal haa dou
of the northwest and provide in addl- blej during the past few months as a
Neither the sum to be expended nor
the time required to complete the work
is prohibitive. But the great north
west, whose future is. so largely de
pendent upon gaining water communi
cation from the vast Interior regions
to the sea, will demand that the three
year time limit be not exceeded, that
the work be finished, the canal opened
Northwest Awaits Answer.
When the Imperative demands of this
territory on the Pacific are made
known in congress this winter wtll the
government give the assistance re-
the Celllo canal be completed in the quired to open the gateway of freedom Eacn hew symptom la recognised, and
shortest possible time. The destiny of from conditions which constantly grow If ltls an unfavorable one, why, the
the whole country through whih tha more embarrassing? patient's Weakened condition usuallv
northwest rivers flow hinges upon an In tJJe answer lies the development leads titfflr to lay great stress Upon It. B,y"lf f14 lh
early completion of the work. and progress, the hope and future ot an Then, alnca he has always been In a po- L!LAtmlt,.u!it
Only. small fraction of the Chan- StlMSZM.K
net WHICH win carry ships In safety Z.. . . xen ers from -har. an ho Is disposed ttf -Ty rictral.
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and the regret really does aot. have to
be at all assumed, for I am at the ex
pense of buying myself a new. ther
mometer. - i ... -v- -- ' . .--"
"At one tini I had an Inaecorate In
atrument. which aerer registered hlgit
enough, and I usM to call It my doctor
thermometer By a little dexterity I
cotild substitute this for me one I actu
in area. elon to issue orderr to the nurse, he y -
has been dug. The contract for the mn 01 la6 tern districta "'where
first half mile of tha work. Including tn government has spent ror the 1m
the first lock, was let two years ago provement of rivers and harbors ten
and excavation work is rapidly nearing times the sum asked to Complete the
Uon a means of egress for the vast fuller realisation has dawned upon tha and conditions which ara new throt- oomploUon, X aeoond contract provld- Celllo canal
the ordinary catlent re
ceives as a matter of course.
"'But perhaps the most troublesome
thing of all is the mania which the tlo"
tor has for taking his temperature. If
he has a moderately hUU feree. mai 1
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