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;THE' OREGON.' SUNDAY " JOURNAL!, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8. 1908.
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tic lilui; niouiHaliiH of eastern
Orogon, hidden uway In a pic
turesque littla guMi called by the
commonplaco name of Mosciulto
and surrounded iy beautiful pine and
tamarack-clad mountains, 1 another of
those enterprise for which this west
ern country Is rapidly becoming fu
Itioun. A pipe line coming down the
ride of a mountain; at the base a stone
building In on fnd or -nhh-lf appear
largp port holes that make one think
Of a fortress and from which three llne
of copper, wire supported by large tam
arack poles extend oft in the distance
through the timber, down the gulch and
over the mountains as far as the ey
can raeli These tell a story, which
after all .is a simple one. but oh. so
wonderful in results. The harnessing
f the water of the mountain streams
and lakes, the generating
energy, the transmission
of electric
of it to in
definite distances and the application of
It for turning Ihe wheels of commerce,
1 'Ulng the streets and dwellings of
cities towns and villages, operating
lioistn, compressors and mills of the
mines and so on Indefinitely.
How to Feach Plant.
To reach this hydro-electric power
plant, which Is owned by the Fremont
Power company, one journeys to Baiter
City and from there over the picture
esque Fumpter Valley railroad to Sump
ter. Here yr. rest and refresh yourself
at a first class hostelry, steam heated
and fully equipped with all modern con
veniences. The town of Sumpter Is the center of
the eastern Oregon mining district and
on account of several recent good
strikes lit some of tho mines In tnis
vicinity is' anticipating quite a boom
this springs Some six or seven years
ago times were very lively here, but
unfortunately, as is true in most new
mining camps, tho work of proper de
velopment was not Intelligently nor In
pome cases even honestly carried out
and the inevitable result followed.
Money that should have been expended
In development work was In some In
stances used for bgilding mills where
Ihev were of no use and in others went
to "promoters, stock Jobbers, etc. That
this Is destined to be one of the great
est mining districts of this country the
test posted mining men and geologists
gree. No less authority than
Waldemar Llndgreen. ,. TTnlted, States
reologlst, In his report to the depart
ment of the Interior, states that there
are very good reasons for believing
that the strong, well defined veins upon
which most of the Important mines of
this district are located will contlnuo
to the greatest depth obtained in gold
mining.
Work Intelligently.
The country is gradually going
through a rehablllatlon. The men who
are developing the mines, her today
are working along Intelligent lines, and
with cheap. power and Improved trans
portation facilities many mining prop-
artlea that have heretofore been value
less on account of Inaccessibility, and
coat f development may ba worked
profitably and soon become producers.
From 'Sumpter we take , the stage for
th. Red Boy mines. ) Our roail crosses
divide,' from which one can see the
Whole world, apparently. Mountain af
ter mountain, all snow-clad, but with
the pine arfil tamarack foremn grace
fully outlined against the white back
ground; one can imagine that in the
summer when these mountains have lost
their snow covering and it has given
place to tne blue haze which is char
acteristic of this region, the view
frum here must be indeed beautiful.
We soon reach the inland town of
Granite, which is In the heart of what
Is called the '(Jr.inite district." and is
the trading point for many mines Thin
district hi similar in its conditions to
that mirruumlluff Slimbler. and the town
is expecting, and. with very good rea
sons, a revival of mining operations In
tiie spring. Four mile. from Granlt.1
and we arrive at the Ked Hoy mine.
This property up to about four years
ago was perhaps the greatest producer
in this section.
At that time, on account of internal
differences and toy sc-wml other tea
sons, the company became' financially
involved and its property was placed in
the hands of a receiver K.istern par
ties who ownetl the adjoining property
purchased the It oil Hoy mines and re
organized the company under the name
of Tied Boy Mines company. Included.
n the assets of the old company were
certain water rights covering the wa
ter of Lost and Lake creeks, logetner
with two natural reservoirs situated up
in the mountains about nine miles .10111
the Ked Hoy camp, one of these reser
voirs being quite a large body of water
rid known as Olive lake.
The Watershed.
The entire watershed covered nito
getlier about 20 square miles Tim new
owners of tho .ropi'4 ' (fw- the mh tcnf
of better managing and linaniiii the
enterprise, orgJnintd a separate com
pany for developing the water power
and incorporated It tinder the laws of
Oregon as the I'Vemont I'ower company;
the stockholders of both the Red iioy
Mines company and the Fremont I'hWit
company being practically identical
Work was Immediately commenced on
the development of tne water power ac
cording to plans furnished by a lirst
class engineer, but owing to delays,
largely caused by the inability of man
ufacturers to supply machinery, the
plant was not completed until about the
first of last November.
The first work done was that of in
creasing the heiglh of Ihe dam at
Olive lake, which original work wa
started by the old company. The dam
was raised about .'10 feet, the cribbing
tilled with earth and rock sluiced from
a nearby mountain-side by water from
what Is known us the upper reservoir
ami conducted down through a pipe line
tor that purpose. The storage capactty
of H. lake was thereby largely in
creased so that at the present time it
has a capacity of 241,.nnO.Oiio cubic feci
'i 'h. upper reservoir has at the present
Mine a capacity of about . 3 1 .(iiio.inl'l
cubic feel. Hoth of these reservoirs can
be largely Increased by raising the Ir
respective dams.
Readings of the flow of water In Lost
creek and Lake creek hav been talt'3n
for the last two years, and the amo uit
of wuter which has flowed In Lake creek
for the last year would be an amount
equal to 61. ',.000, 000 cubic feet, or a Muf
fle ient amount to generate 1.77S work
ing horsepower at the plant. A "stave
pipe lin,e 3.'t Inches in diameter takes
the water from Oljve lake, being
joined at a distance of about me mile
by another p'pe line from Lake creek
of like dimensions, and from (here Is
laid a distance of about six miles to
the top of the mountain above the
power-house.
from tins point a
clown to I'd inches
veys the water Into
steel pipe running
in diameter con
tho nozzles.
Pipe.
The Stave
The stave pipe is constructed of two
inco mate rial banded together by steel
bands at varying distances and Is all
foerc,l with eaith in a depth of two
i.i ifcrcw fv", .The heaviest timber has
been i jl off from the line so io.j, n,
Is n. i danger of any damage by falling
1 re i h. Recent sev re weather with the
thermometer ranging from 10 to 0 der
grees below zero ilias caused no diminu
tion in the tlow of water. The power
iionse itselt is situated about one and
a uuartci miles from the Red Hoy
mines, is constructed of cement blocks,
with cement floors and soliei masonry
niachin- foundations. All the machin
ery installed is the very best and most
mode'tn that can be "purchased, and the
plant as a whole Is thoroughly first
e lass and at present is capable of pro
ducing approximately -.',000 horsepower,
which can be easily and economically
company has constructed
two transmission lines, one running to
the Red Boy mineH, the other running
through the mining districts known as
Orunlte, (.'able Cove and Cracker I'reek
over to the Bourne district, which is
only six miles north of the town of
Su mpter.
Among the lmpiovem,-nts upon the
old Red Boy property was a hoisting
plant, fully equipped with sle am ma
chinery and thoroughly Mr-a e-l.is In
every respect. The cost for Hal to
opeiate this plant, how", e:, would ap
proximatr, Ha.mtel tier ver. ami il whh
1 1,
doubled. The
with lie- Ihoiiirh! of eloi
tills great e'xpe-nsc Ibal
irs uf the properly (Irs: 1
With the llle.l of .levelo
trlcal power. The st. .
with which tic hoist W.I'
all be e u taken out ami ic
driven inachiie i La' be .
Its ola-. e . ( ocileci lea I.
aial the e -onipi csNoi is no
uted Willi ee. ' i i,wer 1
The lower woi kings !
mine w ere be low the a i el
t he pumps wen pu I e .1 a i
t li receive i ship. I he w ere
fill so thai at tin' present
tunnels a nil sha :"i s n re1 a 1 1
The new conip.iii ' . how ever
IV with
'A el 'A 1 1 -I
in bued
I'UeJt the epe-
ini mac hinery
- equipped has
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a ;n-.liilleel 111
i - be- n inaeie
i w being op. r
oin Ihe plant,
the Red Hoy
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allowed to
lime those
submerged,
is starting
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AFRAID I CANT" -By
John Anderson Jayne
Von do(j t know
or not until you
EARLY BO years ago, in a New
Knglarid town, there was born
to a ruther well-to-do family a
bright baby boy. His father
and mother rejoiced in tlxir
new gift from the Kternal, and, as the
months rolled around, sought to de
velop in him principles of character
and manhood.
He was given every opportunity for
the development of his physical life,
but It was noticed as he came in
contact with the briys of his own age
in play, that he nfivcr tried to fly
kites, shoot marbles, play bull, run
races or do any of the things that
other boys his own age were doing.
When he came to go to school he
lagged behind all .of th rest of the
scholars, and each' year stood away
down at the foot of his clasaes, re
ceiving his promotion only through fa
voritism, or, as people sometimes say,
"by the f-kip of hia teeth " When lie
came to the time for him to enter
high school he made his entrance on
conditions, and In the second year quit
school forever and for good.
He started to learn a trade. He spent
three, four, five j-ears in one plae-e.
Three years was fha time given him
by his employers, for it was the time
before labor unions were in existence,
for him to learn his trade in. At the
nd of the five years he knew but little
more than when he went in to learn
his trade. Ha .had started to learn the
leather finishing business. But when
five years were up he did not know
how to "Jack," "polish," "grain." or
"scive." He could not sharpen a knife
so that It would do good work; neither
could he "set" a stone well.
He left his home town and . found
in a
jour
neymen were rinlnhlng their work in
eight to nln hours, he was taking
from 10 to 12. He never did sem to
get caught' up on hia work, He was
always behind. v - .
In the course of time be married.
Little oues were horn to him. The
oldest is now a hoy or 23 or 24, and
is as different from his "daddy" aa
work us a journeyman, however.
oistsnt city. Tnere, while other
fail.
of a
Here
the moon Is different fiom green
cheese. For years the father has been
struggling on and is now a man Hear
ing a0. He has made, from every point
of view. ,a most lamentable failure'. He
Is constnrtly in debt. Makes continual
appeals to bis people for assistance, and
is ill continual trouble of., various kinds.
His friends for years have been
searching for the root of the trouble.
His brothers have excelled in their
work life One has become a first class
printer and is the owner of a large es- " '
tahlishment In a western cltv. The fll V TH4 T TWH'y V'T DTWt
other is an educator of no mean prom- vul-t 11111 I'Ul.C 1 JllMr
inence In a state thai Is renowned for
you "can't e'-i a thing.
whether you can do It
try.
A most prominent man in IMttsburg
says to young men: "If your employer
asks you to do a thing, do the best
you can at it. You have the three
chances of winning aealnsi one of fail
ure. You may find it's the thing you
can best do. You may train yourself
to elo and do It well. You may bluff
li inrnujrn. i on mav
I in-afi aid-I-can't' kind
to liles propositions,
goiiiis to win ' "
Ihe spirit of "I can and I
courage te any man; the spirit
nrrnni i ant roredooms him
lire.
A STUDY OF EMIL ZOLA-By
Major Alfred F. Dears
Don
man.
goes;
will"
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Hay
I'm
give
"I'm
fall-
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the care it elves its vounir. Whv the
failure of this man? The answer has
been found.
Ac a boy on the plnygrotitnl he used
to say. when asked to play and In
dulge in the harmless, upbuilding sports'
uf boyhood: "I'm afraid I can't."
As a young man learning a trade he
always went to bis foreman with the
words: "Won't you show me how to do
this, that or tho other? Won't you
sharped my knife; set this stone for
me'.' I'm afraid I can't."
As a Journeyman it was still the
same, cry. As a young married man ho
even had the habitual rxcuse ready;
now, as a middle-aged man, premature
ly ray end bent, the same words art
on his Hps: "I'm afraid I can't."
I'm Afraid I Can't Has Wrecked.
Kuined and Spoiled His Life.
I n afraid f can't never accomplished
anything in this world. It never will.
I'm afraid I can't never built a boat,
swimg a bridge across a stream,
preached a sermon, cured a fever, paint
ed a picture, reported a case; never did
anything.
I'm ifraid I can't dooms a man to
failure from the very moment when be
first utters it. Writes over, the tem
ple of his life the word, "lehabod."
Places hisrh on Its wall," "Thou art
welched In the balance and found want
ing." I'm afraid T can't Is a bugbear that
darkens, deceives and finally damns a
man's life.
1 Car. 'aiwJ I WILL.-, on the contra rv,
give to a man grit, grace and gumption;
turn his feet In right patha and croWn
his efforts with success. Never say
OME puges of a delicate romanti
cism, really a monument of filial
pletv to nls literary fa i her. are
dedicated by tho ' distil guislie !
French writer, Paul Brulst. to
the memory of the genius of iil an i
Lyrlsm, Emll Zola. Brulat repeals
Home facts about Zola thai .an har.liv
be known, save; by an intimate confi
dence.. We are surprised to leant that
Zola was never eloquent hi public , ami
1n .private, umnng bosom friends, only
.so when an affair aroused his enthus-
ot A I way Counterfeit May Have ' iasm. . in public, savs Brulat. he roubi
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Only ft Small Cavity In It
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Gold coins which do not ring are not
always counterfeits, according to Oper
ative Thomas B. Foster, in charge of
the I'nited States secret service work
for this district. Hi- demonstrated that
fact at the police station yesterday and
as a result Aimee Sykes, alias 'Oera
OGera, will be charged with stealing
5 In lawful money of the United Htat -.i
from one William McGarrity.
i ue woman was arfesteil Tuesday thit, Xol
night by city Detectives H f a, 'mo r n.
anu r. y. uiarK on complaint by M -Garrity.
TJie $5 gold piece supposed to
-have been stolen was found on her and
Was held as evidence. Clerk Billv Kent
dropped the gold piece on the desk at
the station and It fell like a piece c f
lead. There was absolutely no ring
to it.
Operative Foster was called in with
a view of capturing a band of counter
feiters. "Just as good as any coin ever tuni 'd
out of tile mint," said the secret ser
vice man after he had examined the
oin. "It is very probable that there n
a small cavity In this-.coln, That hap
pens very often and gives a great deal
of trouble:' When the Ingots frpm
which these coins are made are cast at
the mint air bubbles get Into them
sometime'"- When the metal I rolled
out and the coin made the bubble
sometimes stays there, and there Is no
ring to such a ,cotn."
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not pronounce a syllable without stain
mering. In the few cases in wliich he
was booked to take ihnrre In a public
program, It was positively painful to
listen to hlni. he was so eleorlveei of
the means of expressing his ideas, who
so entranced by his writings He ap
peared actually to suffer physically
whe.ni Bpeaklng In public.
Kven when he real his discourse his
voice trembled and his whole manner
made the hearer fee that he did not
comprehend what he sui-i. In spite of
all his will he could not dominate his
nerves in preye-me of the public. In
was like the popular writer
tRhtienth century. Bernardino
St. Pierre, author of Paul and Vlrginl.a.
who was terrified at the suggestion
of speaking In public, and of whom
It vas told 'hat oil one occasion, when
he had prepared a short paper for
reading t'i a company of literary friends
lie was rather suddenly called on to
give it to the assembly. It wan at
the time of his greatest popularity,
and he begun by reading the opening
clause. "I am a man of family and
)iv la ihe- fields." when a. salvo of
applause stopped him an. I he was un
able to proceed. That was all the
company got of that address. Albert
St. Paul nay or ola In an Interesting
and judicious criticism, that In the- in
timacy ef friendship he showed him
self really superior In conversation, his
language being exact and - hia argu
ment decisive.
Zola was scrupulous In selecting bis
friennr airt made himself familiar with
characters before ha admitted men to
e-; an
eli-onteivste.! .
II, at tv: of I c
tact end cxh
Spl it i'l the
brli.g!i:g f".- i
Hons. I've"
1. rv. l-'o'- !'
iSain t Paii!. h:
In which suffic .
The r. -I etiww
a sell' ': I ion in I t,
w 1 i lea . llm h : -.
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Diamond Salesman's Secrets.'
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.'
There is no line in which more caro
rn ust lie exe . ( Isi d than
ii'iuld. ' i iiu.u k' cl one
dealers in Cleveland
we don't dare show a
stone than he can afford
te unwater the mine and will 'do ntr
either by compressed air or electric
pumps.
Economy in Electricity. . I
As an example of the vast economy"
lii using electric power over steam, I
am advised , by the management of tho
Ked Hoy Mines company that at ' the
regular rates charged for power'by
the Fremont Power comoany tha . ex
pense of operating the plant ' of tlia
former company would be reduced by
at Ic.im one half. Tiie Itea Uor'MHies
eompany has also proven tho practlca-
l.ilic.- . . e" el... . . - e.. aeit .
e lallv where It. la impossible or Im
practicable to use compressed air aa In
then recent work, of running; a tunnel
over 500 feet they have -used the elee
tite drill exclusively. The opportunities
offered to the small mineownerg or
quickly and economically developing
their properties by the application of
electric power direct Is of the greatest
importance to this diatrict. Many
propertles which are really undeveloped
power very soot determine as to the
value' of their properties and If, after
such development work, the properties
i" "-' ecccii. laiucii, oec vwu iw sure ui
being able to work them at a compara
tively am ail expense for power.
The transmission line which ''the
Fremont Power company has construct
ed from their plant to a point near the
town ot Bourne, m whut ia called tho
Cracker creek district, covers practi
cnlly all of the best mining district ly
ing norm and east or the plant. The
line itself' la as perfect in construc
tion and equipment as it is possible t
make It.' The timber is cleared away
from the line for a distance of appro-,
imately 100 feet, so that It Is Impossible
for the transmission to be Interfered
with by falling timber. Soutlt and west
of the plant" are the mining districts of
Alamo. , Greenhorn, SusanvIHe i and ,
(juartrburg, me latter being a distance!
ui Buuui s,o in ues rrom um plant, anil
a transmission line extending to these
districts is planned by the company and
wul be constructed whenever a suffi
cient demand for power justifies. There
ia alsa a possibility of the company
extending the present transmission line
to Baker City, in order to reach a com
mercial field which will afford them n
market for the additional power, it la
possible t- develop. rT--.
riear Baker City. ... '': V V;;':.fi.;;
From the terminus of the present line
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selllna' di--- - . me oisianc xo sKer "uity
. - jjiub over milt's, ana wniis vnis
,s ron
1 loll 1111-
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of
his
Ura
cil bis IM'e- a soll-
:ci l-i- : necflty."
ry "- ' I iii; bad noth
r. c- so many of his
i; n i ' t " nun : on the
..s in C'c highest e
a: ui.'.k::. n.imous and
s . .iii'.iaign for the
i.line manifested this
.1 the grandeur of his
f justice and truth,
htm terrible perseeu
c'eain is still u mys
W" think Willi Albert
i was a rare brilliant
its own value."
of I icu I.i t have made
me. . specially among
iel-i ireel and even
the solitary
in
of the - oldpsk
"For Instance,' mctroPoH of eastern Oregon If af press
man a larger- ,- " -wnr vr .
to buv ; , POther company, there la mo atlof
r.eeic n uceinc-.cni n itcini ur a CBrai vui iimt ,ne mnuiH nr lueHf F LIIV WUI ill
and a half in size looks Ilka a mighty 'n welcome eompetUion and the Increfta
sm ill affair to pav so much money tot,? nmount of,, power offered, at cornpurn
and If a man comes in expecting to nay' tlvely low rates would 1 undoubtedn
$75 for a diamond he may get dis athnulate and encourage the starting ?.
gusted and not buy at nil if the sales- new industries. "jrueh aa Hour mills,
man shows him something a littl larg. smelter interurbnr. streetcar' lines, ete.
er for 52 80. I he salesman. If he knows - Baker City Itself is growing rapidly and
his business, will find to a certainty, the- opportunities offered thare 1 rr"
just how much a customer Is willing tlcally U . tines of buednens m v. rv
to pay before he ' shows t him anything, s good. ' he building of the- Unake riv'
Then It s better not to show a cnl-t.rond from Huntinton, openlri up
cirra r . .rn h vriiDr or an em of tha largest copper mining dixt ru-t
erald or a bluelsh diamond ! Jn conneo- thla country, aa well as th fttliitnr
lion with other diamonds.. If von .heioT ih n, l-..i. .n r.e,i f,,,i i .
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some customers a colored vstone and Ctl orooer. are both ring to
' , i p!.. K aw Show him good watarlally t lh out .,-'.
white diamond he will declare that tha thia eity. and lr my oplntem" i
Ciamond Is off color. It does not seem few years. will very rspid
4o be a whim so much as tha effect on ment and growtn tbroiighuMt t
the eyes -of the colore in tha gtonca." . . tlon of the .atata.
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