THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENINO. JULY, 15. 1908.
III! I IKF
111 1.1 1 --
THEIR JOBS
th par fore under
flm and wh Inherited
No Time for Loafers and
Drunkards in Panama
' Canal Zone Workers Can
Troud of Work Done.
th old rraooh ra
cy th
comany with the other aat
canal. Ha wu emDlovad bv th
lean when thay began operation
wants to ae th job finished. Ha an
pay off aa many men In a alven tlma aa
any man on th lathtnua, and th m la
ta k(. hp make are aa faw and far be
tween aa four-leavd clover.
There are nearly 8,000 whlta people
In the canal aone, out of a total popula
tion of mora than IS.OOO. Of these
obout 1.S00 ara women and 1.100 are
children who Uva In canal eommlaalon
quarters. About 17 per eent of the
white men In the Bona are aliens, moatly
Spaniards and Itallana. but only a very
mall per cont of the women and chil
dren are not Americana. Tha working
force averages about 1,800 men with
the canal eommlaalon, and about 6.600
vrn ins I'annma railroad. Approxl
mat el y 11,000 are at work on tha exca
rations, tm dredging there are Borne
6.O0O at work. On other contributory
C,. MnnoY' All Aiy !en(ra;d, making a force of approxl-
bave iionej in )mntely ,K0H0 at worlton !he COnstruo-
ilon work or all kinds on the canaL
Balarl for Woman. .
There w slightly more than 200
women employed on the canal, of whom
about 90 per cent are with th com
mission and the remainder are with
Did Panama railroad. The highest sal
dry paid to a woman Is 1175 a month,
and the lowest $50. The average la
about J73. It Is not the policy of tha
commission to employ many women.
and these It doea employ are mainly
related to men living; In married Quar
ters who furnish them a horn. Tha
commission finds that It would ooat
more proportionately to furnish Di
for women than for men.
No one can Imagine the difficulties
that beset tha Americana who manage
the great work or digging tn canal.
Many Is the day when It ralna two or
three Inehaa In an hour or twe Of
course thla makes veritable seaa of
mud of th Me dumns where they de
posit the excavated material, and these
seas are almost without bottom. To
stop hauling until these dried out
would be out of th question, for It
would cut down the total monthly exca
vations very seriously. On the other
hand to run their dirt trains on the
dumps means that many of them will
literally sink Into the mud. Yet the
dump foremen, the yard master and
the others In command courageously takw
the responsibility and the work foes
forward. Sometimes It Is hour and
hours before they can (ret a train off
a sunken track, pat here In the canal
none no on ever says die, and the
work goea merrily on, rain or no rain.
Bain ran tn Torrent.
No one In the state ever saw It rain
much harder than It did her one day
not long ago. In less than two hours
dearly three inches of rain had fallen.
And yet when I asked the division
superintendent how much dirt they had
rotten out of Culebra that day he
handed me the cheering Information
that it had amounted to 40,000 cubic
yards of material, which ia at the rat
of 1,000,000 cubic yards a month for
Culebra cut alone. Riding on a dirt
train after a rain I asked the conductor
how ho managed to keep hi orders dry
while such a downpour wag falling.
"Orders be hanged!'' he replied. "I
have to carry everything In my mind
when these rains falL Even rubber
coats will not keep one dry during these
Panama rain." And h went on his
way singing as if he didn't mind such a
shower more than a duck would.
The steam shovel enarlneara of tha
canal hold the record as being about
the only people in the employ of the
United States who ever conducted a
successful strike against the govern
ment for higher wages. They were
getting S185 a month, .with six weeks'
leave with pay and quarters besides.
but they thought It was not enough.1
Thoy struck and the force dwindled
from 65 to 13. New men were secured,
but things did not go well, and the
president and his advisers decided to
give them their- present wages, 1210
per month. This brought all the other
classes or steam shovel and trainmen
proportionate increases.
Longing for Hon.
The average length of time Americans
stay on the isthmus is a little more
than two years. There la something
enervating In the climate which, to
gether with the lack of opportunities
for rational diversion, seems to make a
man, alter ne has been here two or
three years, have longlnge for home
which ha cannot overcome. During? the
wet season the winds seem so laden
with moisture that they pass men by
unable to cool their brow. On the
whole It la very- depressing thourh It
is not unneaiiniui,
A construction engineer who has to
De out in tne not sun all day long told
me that In the 20 months he has been
on the isthmus he had never had
headache from heat. Sunstroke are all
but unknown.
On tlie whole. Uncle Bam has em.
ployedon this great Job as fine a force
or workers as can be found anywhere.
These men are terribly in earnest Be
fore them the dirt Is flying, barriers
are being broken down, and the promise
or nope is oeing redeemed bv the assur.
ance of ouccess. This canal force Is
inaeea a nooie army, and there can be
no doubt that It will succeed In cutting
the mighty ditch that will loin 1n weri-
iock me waters or tne two greatest
oceans or me gioDe.
By FREPEIUC J. IIASKIX.
(Copyright. 1908. by Frederic J. llaskln.)
Washington. July 15.-The impres
sion one gets from a stay among
the men who constitute the Ameri
can contingent of the Isthmian canal
force is that every man seems to
feet himself the owner pi the canal,
'.nd is anxious to get the job com
pleted a oon as possible in order
that he may begin to get income
from, it instead of suffer a pe
outgft. Every one of the 5.WU or
more Americans connected with the
undertaking is deadly m earnest He
1 ia proud of the record .that is be
ing made and seems to be Imbued
-with the desire to have " hand in
the making of thia record. The time
for loafers, time-server, drunkards
and shirkers is past.
v X weeding out process ha been going
on for a year now. The inducements
which can be held out are strong enough
to attract good men, and the commls
lon no longer find Itself under the
- necessity or tolerating mcuui..
ti man who care more
for the "cup that cheers" than f Of the
canal oon rina weminvw "
thev say on th Isthmus when a man
lose hi position. xnow . !
OI tnese. no u on.n
1 nm
"i... K. -irturad in nosi-
tlon. . He is the only man on the Ith
mus that ha a word to ,ay alnt the
work. H threatens all orta of expos
ure. He will tell you that he has a
friend In eongres and that h I going
. v... . . inmit nt on that will re
veal the shameful conditions. He, per
haps. Intend irolnfr to Peru or ome
other plac wherithey pay good wages
and appreciate good men that Is If
he can rat th passage money. But
without exception It 1 all .klck be
cause he baa lost a Job or has been
dropped to a lower position.
All Ar Satisfied.
Everybody else Is satisfied. Most of
the men in the construction work are
all old hand at the, business. They
have come in from everywhere. Borne
of them have spent years in -construction
work in tropical countries and call
themeelvea "Tropical Tramps." But
- they have no aversion to hard work.
"Years of residence In th tropics have
Inured them to climatio conditions, and
years of experience have taught them
o car for their health. They have
1 known condition elsewhere and are
' qualified to speak. "Without exception
' 7 they "will tell you that they make more
a 1. - . . A 1 t r .n f t f.Tl
V ' money ana imva voiy whuiuwh
- atructlon work better than anywhere
else they have ever been,
... - J-wet a foreman of one of tne big
dlrtyards, the one at Pedro Miguel,
where they make up the dirt trains for
tha big dump at La Boca. Ha told i"
h had been on construction work in
the United State. In Peru, in Bolivia,
Ecuador and Brazil, and that nowhere
had he been . able to save as mucn
innntr aa on the Isthmus canal. He
aid that everything that men could
reasonably ask was given them. I heard
i. the lamt thing from a hundred sources,
from men who have opportunity to
lrnow At the La Boca dumps I met
several men who had been on construe-
' uonuon worn in iua vi j - ai
and they, without exception, declared
that conditions down here, 2,400 land
-mllen from New York, were better tnan
ther had even known on big construc
tion jobs m tne very neari or me states.
Best of Talent.
From th chief engineer down, it
seem that the best talent obtainable
has been secured for the prosecution of
the work. The engineers or tne con
struction department are all men who
have mad good In their respective
fields. For instance. Civil Engineer 8a
vllle who ha charge of the experiments
at the Gatun dam, was selected for that
work because of hi proven ability in
connection with the wachuetts dam
' near Boston, an engineering problem of
a similar nature as the construction of
the Gatun dam. These mea. also know
how to get all bands under them to
doing a maximum amount of work, and
are accomplishing wonder by combin
ing th Intelligent direction of those
higher up with the main strength and
awkwardness of the Illiterate Spaniard
and the Ignorant West Indian negro.
Nearly every American member of
the force has some pet ambition In con
nection with the work. There is Cap
tain Mlchaelson of the big sea-going
dredge, Ancon, which can suck up 500,
000 cublo yards of earth a month and
carry It out to sea. His pet ambition
ia to pilot the first ship through the
canal. He says he Intends to stick to
the work until the job is finished, if his
health allows, and then he hopes to be
the head pilot at the big celebration
- when the canal Is finished.
. JLaothsT Ambitions On.
Another employe with a worthy am
bition Is Paymaster's Clerk Page. He
already ha the record of being the old
eat employe in point of service on the
canaL He has been connected with the
canal project for it years. He was on
ma THE' ENEMY'S
cooiimip OPEN
First Big Bryan and Kern
Demonstration at New
York Bryan Dominant.
(Hearst Kw by UafMt Laue4 Wlr.
Llnooln, Neb.. July 16. William J.
Bryan will announce hta eampatgn di
rector at Chicago, July St, whil th
delegate to th Independence party na
tional convention ar flocking there.
Ho 1 xpctd to b alther John H. At
wood of Kansas, Oil! James of Ken
tucky, T. B. Ryan of Wlsoonsln or
dark horaa.
After th Demooratlo candidate for
president I formally notified of his
nomination at Lincoln. August 1H, and
John W. Kern, his associate, is ap
prised at Indianapolis, Bryan and Kern
will go to New York for perhaps th
first big ratification meeting of th
campaign.
Bryan and Krn club ar to b or-
ranlzaa in averv state under tn guid
ance of th reapectlv state committee.
During th consultation yeaiernay, in
whloh Si or th 63 member or tne na
tional commltte who cam her from
Denver to oonsult about preliminary
campaign propositions, met Bryan and
Kern. National Committeeman Norman
B. Mack Dleaded hard but unsuccessful
ly tha-4)ie Joint notification ceremonies
should be arranged for New York, which
Mr. Bryan in 1896 characterised aa th
enemy country. Mr. tsryan veioeo
thia. a ha did a number of other en
gagementa from th rank and file of
the committee, and demonstrated mora
tnan ever his power to control me
Democratic national machlna
After an exchange of civilities be
tween the candidates and the visitors.
Chairman Taggart dragged a tabl Into
tne center or the parlor, got noia or a
gavel and called the national commit
tee to order. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Kern
took seat at his left. One of the first
propositions submitted wa the fixing
of dates and place for the notification
of candidates. Mr. Bryan, after hear
ing "boost" from national committee
men from New York, the west and
aouth and the Paclflo slope, responded:
wnue i am in me nanos or tn com
mittee I must say that I prefer to be
notified at my home at Llnooln. Once
waa notified in New York and tha
second time at Indianapolis. This time
it seem to be proper that you should
come to Lincoln. I shall make speeches
In New York and ahall be glad to go
there immediately after my notification."
The date of Kern's notification Is left
open, owing to the uncertainty a to
tne aate or tne notification of
hi Republican rival.
Sherman,
FANCY PRICE )
FOR BENTON
GARDEN LAND
WOULD MAKE BIBLE
L
PERMANENT
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
Albany Citizens Plan to
Make Addition to State's
Educational System.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
i Mutt Bear Signature of
(Special Dispatch to Th Journal )
Albany, Or., July 15 It Is planned
to make the Albany College Summer
Bible school a permanent Institution In
Oregon's educational system. Some f
Albany's most prominent citizens are
actively enagp(l In the upbuilding and
advancement of the p.-hool classes, sd
drese. sermons and conferences on
every possible jihase of religious work.
Able men from Ohio, Illinois, California,
Ni'rth T'akntH. Mlchlfrn and Oregori
will be present as Instructors. Mov
ing picture machines and stereoptlcons
for tne purpose of Illustrating the work
are seme of the Innovations.
Eight dally classes and lectures "n
the following will be organized: "The
h-i'lFties of Paul, ' rsalms," "Minor I
Profile's," "Home Mission's." "Foreign
Missions." "Young People's Work,"
"TI.e Rural Church," "Rural pemgog) "
The classes will continue through tho,
10 das of this religious conference.'
Two addresses dally by well-known j
speakers have been arranged i
In com ectlon with the periods of
studv recreation and sports will enter!
larKtiy Into the seslon a program. Boat-
In on tlie Willamette and Calapoola
rivers, tennis and baseball will be en- 1
courage" Trie grounds at Albany col-
lege will le at the disposal of every-,
one. Several excursions and lourn. '
I ments have been arrar.ged for.
I PER ILAPS 0XALURIA !
i IS Mil AT AILS YOU!
(Special Dispatch to Th Jooraal.)
Albany, Or., July 18. William
Peacock of this city, wo own 4
an 18-acra garden tract across
the river In Benton county, haa 4
been offered 115,000 for th land.
It la said the garden lands are
the best on the Pacific coast. Mr.
Peacock 1 on of tha veteran
gardener of Oregon. He Is not
anxious to sell. The price of
fered, almost 1,000 an acre, 1
the highest ver offered for
farm land in thla vicinity.
GARBAGE BILL'S
DMJJSIIED
Seattle Councilmen Allege
Contractors Have Thou
sands to Pay for It.
fUnlted Tr Wtra.)
Seattle, Waah.. July IB. Bribery ha
een attempted In an effort to kill th
municipal garbag. bill. An mvwa
tlon 1 now undr way which may lead
to startling development.
. i , v, . t . iNit two member
of th city eounoll hav bn PProMhjjd
with an orrer oi oontj, ""'""',.', ,,;
case, comprised a
plain propoaltlon to
vol of tn member
In another Inatanc th oouncuman
i i
ay I i.000 for th
queallon.
..rr. fis 600 if h would
prepar Incorporation paper for and
attend to th legal affalra of a company
k. mtmntmA tn hnlla the garbage bua-
in Tha inferano wa too plain to I
be mistaken for anything but a direct
offer to "buy up" th councilman ap
proached. In on ca, th councilman wa
called up at hi hous over th tele
nhona A date for a hearing wa
agreed on, but owing to a lengthy oom
mlttee meeting which h attended th
nut dav. tha counollman failed to b
at th appointed plac.
Two day afterward th same party
talnnhnnail to tha council member again
and In reply to a queatlon was Informed
that he could see the councilman at th
city halh At the timi named the go
between showed up. Ha stated there
mmtmm t ft AAfl In it if tha ftflnnfllman ha
wa talking with would agree to father
a bill repealing th ordlnano already
passed appropriating 166.000 for a mu
nicipal garbage collection system.
A. further sensation la promised.
WILL BURN OP
SOCIETY FOLK
I
Missouri Millionaire Will
Ilave Company If He Must
Have Misery.
(United Press Ltesed Wb.)
Springfield. Mo- July 18. Society
leader her ar today anxiously dis
cussing tha threat of R- P. Dlckerson, a
millionaire, to "burn up" vera! social
Hon and lionesses, tn his reply to an
extremely sensational divorce com
plaint recently filed by his wife.
Dickerson refused to discuss the alle
gation mad by his wife to tne effect
that last Friday he had threatened to
throw acid upon her face unless she
left hi house. There ar many sur
mise a to th 'cause of the domestic
storm in the Pickeraon household, aa
both were rjromleent in society and were
apparently very happy until laat week's
row.
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Men's and women's shoes, worth up
to 12.60 palrvsew Jl per pair, women's
and misses' $$ and 12.28 every-day shoes
and Oxfords now l per pair, isoys
shoes and Oxfords, worth up to 12.60,
all sizes, now Jl per pair. Sample Shoe
store company, corner .First and Madl
son. Also Morrison street, between
Front and First.
TWO TO TELL HOW
COMPANION LOST LIFE
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Marvsville. Cal.. June 16. Two men
are hejd pending an Investigation fol
lowing the drowning yesterday of Wil
liam Slsson In the Sacramento river at
Vernon. Slsson was in a boat with two
companions, who give their names as
Cornelius and Bmltn. The Doat cap
sized and Slsson was drowned, while the
others swam, ashore. Cornelius had
started to pack up his belongings pre
paratory to starting for Nevada, when
the officers compelled him to remain
until after he 'inquest, as there was
some question regarding the exact man
ner In which Slsson was drowned.
A OOLDEV WEDDIHO
Mean that man and wife have lived
to a good old age and consequently
have kept healthy. The best way to
keep healthy Is to see that your liver
does Its duty 365 days out of J66. The
nlv way to do this is to Keen tialiard s
Hsrblne In the house and take It when
ever your liver gets Inactive. 60 cent
per bottle. Bold by Skldmore Drug Co.
mnltaA Pri
New York millionaire, who has distrib
uted pasteurised milk to the poor of
that city for the past 18 years, has
presented Vienna with a milk sterilis
ing plant The plant will be used for
distributing sterilised milk to th
babes of the city, who suffer from im
pure milk, especially in th warm
weather.
Straus has been demonstrating his
method of pasteurizing milk before the
authorities lor tne past iwo weens, ana
all are pleased with It. If It should be
popular In Vienna, the philanthropist
promises to donate similar plants to
other Austrian towns.
DEAL FOR THE N. P.
TkTTTVT mTTTI fMXT TTHf"TT A
VKJ VV H X IlXi KAJLi V ill J)X A
(Special Dispatch to Tbe Journal.)
Astoria, Or., July 16. Portland par
ties representing the Northern Pacific
railroad have purchased 140 acres
close to the short at Frankfort from
Frank Borne for $27,600. From appear
ances the Northern Pacific Is preparing
to build down the north bank from Ka
lania to connect with the road at Meg
ler. MOTIIER-IN-LAW GLAD
SHEFURNEP AVENGER
New
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YorK,
and
July 16. Smiling
joking with the attendanta at the
Roosevelt hospital, Dr. J. W. Simpson,
who was shot Monday by his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Bartley T- Horner, at
Northport, is awaiting an operation for
the extraction of the bullets. The phy
sicians have decided to delay the oper
ation and observe bis condition, which
Is not critical.
3amc9 xTDaMson
(4th President, U. S. A.)
N George Washington, the
American Revolution had its
conquering general; in 'John
Adams its intrepid organizer;
in Jefferson its bold philosopher;
and in Madison its constructive states
man He it was who caused to be deeply
imbedded in our highest law those vital
and fundamental guarantees of life,
property and Personal Liberty.
In private life he was extremely
social yet truly temperate drinking
good malt beer and wine in strict mod
eration. Once, when sick in bed, he
caused his couch to be wheeled near
the dining-room door, that he might
call to his acting representative at the
festive board: "Doctor, are you pass
ing the bottle? Do your duty," doctor,
or 1 must cashier youl "
Justly named "The Father of the
Constitution," he died at eighty-five.
When shall his name be forgotten?
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Mr. Horner, who has been placed un
der arrest, told the magistrate today,
"I am (rlad I shot him. The world
would be better off without him. He
had been warned to keep away from my
house, since he killed my husband, his
wife's father. Even If he was acquitted.
I did not aoault him. I ahot him a
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Bear of Portlanl Or., wa an arrlral
today on board th North Germae
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Bear waa one i.f the American repre
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ooncreaa. Jual nr.eed at I. naa. H
aid a new fit , had bee eft4
during- tbe p-mrM of the conference.
This dlae I. arlentlfVaUy termed
"exaluria" and relate to the ecreUoa
of orallc arid In the blond. Tt wa th
f-earal opinion imoof tha 4t-la at
the conference. It. Bur aaid. that
th.e amiUoei ar the owe of the
ma)orlty of cam of narroais braak
di'm Thar wa a radteal toad nation of
th "rr cur" tnr oerrOua attack, der
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