THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1908.
FREHGHOAYS
Third of 1-00,000,000 Was
Used, a Third Wasted and
a Third Stolen Work
Done Was Well Done-
Old Machinery (iood Yet.
By FREDERIC J. HASKIV.
(Copyright. 1!08. by Frederic J Haokln.)
Ancon, Canal Zone, July 25.
From Colon to Panama one may
utlll goo a thousand mute but elo
quent remlnderB of the melancholy
falluro of the French In their ef
forts to duplicate here their triumph
at Suez. Hern a half-mile string of
engines and cars, there a long row
of steam cranes, at this place a vast
park of nondescript machinery, and
at that a big dredge left high and
dry on tho banks of the mighty
Chagres at its flood stage. All of
these are redolent with memories of
burled hopes and defeated ambitions.
Exposed to the ravages of 20 trop
ical summers, decay runs riot, and
but for the scenes of Hfo and In
dustry being enacted by the Ameri
cans on tho isthmus, one might feel
himself stalking amid the tombs of
10,000 departed hopes, and the
burying ground of the eavings ,of
100,000 French peasauts.
The t torn pt of the Frotich to build
the cunal will forever stand out as the
grandest fiasco In history. Four hun
dred million dollars was raised to lmlld
the I'anania canal. From tho gilded
palace and from the iieasajit s humble
cotlane came the stream of gold that
was to lay low the harrier that divided
the Atlantic and the Pacific. At first
tliey estimated that they could dig a
ID-foot ea level canal for t 1 14,000,000.
taking seven or eight years to do It.
At the end of I he eight
figured that It would cost
to niiiko it a 1. 1-foot lock cjnal. and
that it would tke UK years to liulld It.
Hut after spending- iii oxlmalely $400.
" (KMI.OOO (hey were further from realiz
ing (heir ir.-foot waterway than the
Aimricans arc today from realizing a
40-foot waterway.
One-third Bapreaented Graft.
Never was money so recklessly used.
It flowed in faster than it .yniihl no
spent -even liy the French company.
Vlo-n Ihey started thev asked for Jtirt ,
00'.), 000. Douhle that amount was of
fered. The se.-mlns Inexhaustibility of
the funds led to extravagance, e.xlrava-
h'd to irrif hgacv. and profligacy
to graft. The $4'j0.000,unp which
was subscribed first and last was.-all
expended In less than 10 years Une
thlrd is said to have been spent on the
ian.il, another third was wasted, und
the remaining third was stolen.
Extravagance ran riot on the Isth
mus, where they got only one-third of
tho money. The director-general, nt the
stockholders' expense, built himself o
housa costing $100,000. Ills Mimmer
house at I .u tinea cost $150,000. He
drew $.".0,000 a year salary, und $.".0
extra for each day he traveled a mile
over the lino Iti his sumptuous J-IL',-Ooo
private car. Stables were built
which cost more than $500,000. The
hospitals at Ancon iind Colon cost $7,
OOii.Oiio and otfiie buildings cost over
$fi.000.000. Where a $50,000 building
was needed, a $100,00(1 building was
erected, and the canal stockholders were
charged double that amount for It.
The World's Grandest Junk Pile.
Supplies were bought almost wholly
vt it heat reference to w hether they were
-needed or not. Ten thousand snow
shovels were brought to the Isthmus,
i-'.ime, 15,000 torchlights were carried
there to be used in the great celebra
tion nt tie completion of the canal.
Steamboats, dredges. launches. and
what not. were bought and haub-1,
khoikeil-dovvn. Into the Interior, oi
await the completion of the canal. There
I:: even today some machinery left . on
the Isthmus by the French whose u4i
no American has yet been able to figure
out. At TnbernaTIa there is a machine
NO HALTIHG OF
JAP ABUT
Policy Is, Bigger Army, Two
DreadnaughtN Repub
. Uranism Dreaded.
years they
$351,000,000
r:nii'
I'd t
(United PrcM LlMd wire.)
Vancouver, n. C, July 26. A paaaen
gor on tho Empress of Japan, which
arrived yesterday, said In regard to thu
new Japanese, cabinet:
"Tho military policy will be strength
ened by the now government, the urmy
being rawed, as urranircd. to 19 alvl
Blons, and tho navy strengthened. The
decision has been reached to build two
Drcudriaughts of 20.000 tons displace
ment, mounting 12 12-Inch runs each.
One has been laid down at Yotoruka and
preparations are being mado to build
the other at Kure.
The iilnn to arrange the armament
of the warnhlps by substituting 10-Inch
guns for the 6-inch guns on cruisers has
been abandoned owing to the ract tnat
examination showed onlv a few hulls
capable of withstanding the discharge
of the lncreused batteries. The new
olg battleships will be able to discharge
10 of their 12-Inch guns simultaneously.
alonjl Kepublloan.
Some sensational statements were
mado regarding the downfall of the
Salonll cabinet nt a meeting of tho con
stitutional party nt Toklo. They Htated
that ( ount Katsura and his followers,
with the assistance of Prince Yamagata,
charged ex-Premlor Salonll, 'Mr. tiara
and fllr. Matsuda, the principal members
of the late cabinet, with being secretly
desirous for tho establishment of a re
publican form of government. Kx-Pie-
mler tjalonjl nnd been looked upon ror
years with disfavor by the bureau-
racy. It being recalled that when bo
returned from tils studies In France he
brought back aspirations for freedom
nnd liberty after the French model. He
a scion of an ancient Japanese fam
ily, one of tho kuge. or court nobles,
but he os'.nbllshel a democratic newspa
per, with the avowed object of securing
constitution on the lines or tnai or
France, and this venture was dropped
under pressure of other nobles.
Considered Dangerous Man.
Rureaijcracy ws shocked when he
was called upon as premier, when the
ropular disapproval of the peaco terms
aused the downfall or the former iwt-
Kuru. government, and the recent writ
ing of an Introduction of a translation
of Zola's Paris' again brought tho dis
approval of the bureaucrats, who took
means to secure ills downfall. Prince
Yamngata is titntei to have counseled
the emperor that the RaionJI ministry
was one of a subversive and danger
ous tendency.
"It is generally considered, though,
that the difficult question of finance
was the rock upon which the ministry
was wrecked. "Tin) military warty In
sisted upon rontluuud sxpsinlltiiro on
armaments, and the Salnnji ministry
found the situation impossible in consequence."
SCALPED IN
ACCIDENT
3Irs. Amanda Doty Has Top
of Uead Torn Off When
Stao Tips Over 100
Stitches Necessary to Close
the Wound.
(Sclil Dlipitcb to Th Joorml.i
Stevenson. Wash., July 25 Almost
as neatly as the most skillful surgeon
could accomplish with his knife Mrs.
Amanda Doty, 70 years old, of Dexter,
Iowa, .one of the victims of the hotel
bus which went over an embankment
near Carson cut yesterday afternoon,
Is her injury
will recover.
Mrs. Doty's scalp was
completely from the top
tho laa;ratlonH
TEXAS VOTES Oil
I0U0R UESTIOII
Three Tarties in Fight
, - TVo Brands of Drouth
to Choose From.
that It Is doubtful if sho
DIED BECAISE HE
FOUGHT IfESCUERS
on
Pan
r s
trnltfd Pre I-naed Wlre
Rafael. Cal., July 25 The ror
lurv todav returned a verdict of
torn almost
of her head.
extending from her
forehead around both sides to tno
back. In sewinc ui) the wounds the
surgeons were compelled to take more
than 100 stitches.
Mrs Doty was also severely Injured
otherwise and It is thought that she
may have Teen hurt Internally. She Is
nt the Stevenson .Sanatorium wnere sue
was taken Immediately aner mo acci
dent together with four others or tnose
Injured. .
roar Winers ujuiea.
Mrs. Doty had been visiting relatives
at Salem and left I'oruanu yesieroay
morning on the steamer wanes i.ny
for the new mineral springs to spend
some time. I tiHrtes rane, a. ueimen,
living in Dexter, and Mrs. Iioty s
relatives in Halem, have been notified
f Imt condition.
The others Injured In tho accident
nro :
Mrs. Hello Slaughter. L'o; Twenty-
first Ftreet. Portland, contusion of the
back and shoulder.
Holt Wilson Slaughter, age 4 years,
Mrs. Slaughter's son, punctured wound
over brow und face severely skinned
and bruised.
Mts. Delia Groves. 22n Montgomery
street, Portland, lacerations and con
tusions of both limbs.
Miss Ruth Potter, age 15, of Fast
Portland, painful Injury to right leg.
The accident was caused by the two
teau norses or ine ivinierai 7tpiio j . -,r . T-
tel bus becoming frightened at a train , l JlAllj
and plunging oier an emnanKineiu. I
All told thero were 20 passengers nnd !
the driver aboard and srvrral-of them'
escaped Injury by Jumping before the
bus left the road.
Boat Passengers See Accident.
Carson cut is about five miles above
lie"'.'. j."' . ,-. ...... Iii-lnf!
leu tne iaites , uy noai. rersons on
ttte vessel saw the accident, returned
to the wharf and the injured ones were
hurried to ' Stevenson for treatment.
Tho bus Is operated by Ralph Shel
ley. It Is understood that several other
Spclil Pltpatrh to The Jonrnal.)
Dallas, Tex.. July 26. A genorftl
Democratic primary election Is ' in
progress throughout Texas today, In
volving results of more than ordinary
Interest to the people of the state. The
future of the liquor traffic In Texas
hinges upon the result of the primary.
Temperance legislation of .some kind
seetna certain. The vote at the primary
will decide whether It shall take tho
form of a broad local option measure
or absolute prohibition.
Two distinct propositions are before
the people, one to "estop the sale of
liquor, the barter of the produrt, the
Interstate shipment thereof, ami any
traffic whatsoever In or growing out
of liquor within tho state tf Texas,"
and one "to perfect the system of local
option within the statu to the end that
the laws may be more rigidly enforced."
Prohibition will be the one big Issue
of the state campaign this year. The
advocates of prohibition have mado a
most vigorous campaign and their
chance of success In having the ques
tion submitted to the people Is con
sidered good.
Republicans TaJte Courage.
Tho Republicans are arranging to
place a ticket In the field for state
officers. Thev will have an anti-prohl-bitlon
platform and Charles W. Ogden
of San Antonio Is tho choice of prac
tically all the regular Republicans for
tho nomination for governor.
Governor Campbell, who Is a can
didate for renominiitlon In the Demo
cratic primary today, has Incurred the
enmity of capital and antl-prohibltion-Ists
by his attitude In tho past two
years, and he is having a right for
renominiitlon, his opponent being R. H.
Williams of Hopkins county, also a
prohibitionist
Onlv one candidate Is In the field
for the Democratic nomination for Ueu-tonant-governor
This Is A. B. David
son, tile present Incumbent of the of
fice, who has served hut one term
For attorney-general there are two
aspirants. Colonel R. H Wynne of Fort
Worth and R V. Davidson, who Is now
holding tho office, which he has filled
two terms.
State Treasurer Sparks will bo chosen
to succeed himself For the nomina
tlons for comptroller, commissioner of
the general land office, railroad com
missioner, state superintendent of pub
lic Instruction and judge of the court
of criminal appeals there are two or
more candidates eti.cn.
Una following the survey of the old
Bwanson roud is contemplated, the
North Coast having long since annul red
the right of may originally purchased
vy npoKime. Loiumtua itiver nan
road & Navigation company.
FIGHT
OX SOCIALISM
Idental drowning in the case of Her-: r tne passengers were sitgntiy injured
man Wernecke Jr. Who met death Frl- I hut did not go to tho hospital for treat
dav afternoon in the cemeterv reservoir. I ment. Dr. Thomas Carr Avary, man
Tin' boy was on a raft in tho deep I ager of the Stevenson Sanatorium, said
water and fell off. He could not swim this morning that Mrs. Doty showed
but John Whitman, a florist, who was ! signs of Improvement and that possi-
workliiK near, went to the rescue. Tho wy she might recover.
(Special Plspntrh to The Journal.)
Manitowoc, Wis., July 25. The ad
visability of making an organized fight
Socialism will be one of the im
portant matters discussed at tho annual
convention or tne i at none reaeranon
of Wisconsin, which begins Its sessions
here' tomorrow. The convention will
be attended by about 160 delegates,
many of whom arrived in the city today.
X0KTH COAST AGAIN
MAKING SURVEYS
drowning boy fought off his rescuer
and others came to his aid. Rut
Wernecke persisted in fighting and the
rescuers had to let him sink to save
their lives.
Fishing Hoat Missing.
Prlnep Rupert. P.. C, July 2S. As a
result of yesterday's big winl storm
two fishing boats with their occupants
were missing for a time. One has
turned tip. but no trace of the other has
been found, although the shores of the
mainland and the Islands have been
searched as far north as Port Simpson.
The mlssitisj boat let go at Dtuirler Is
land and belonged to the Balmoral cannery.
which every engineer front Walla
Goethals has examined, but none
them will yei v enture a prediction as
what use It was ititende,) to be put.
looks like a big rock crusher, but it
not one.
Defeated by Oeneral Mcsqnlto.
(tno of tne things which brought
about the defeat of the Flinch was
the lnosiiuito. el low fever and ma
laria were prevalent. Ample provision
was made to take care of the sick, but
no ertort was made to prevent sickness
In fact, without the knowledge of tlK
mosuulto theory, which has been given
to the world since then. It was Just
about as well that thev did not make
muen effort nt sanitation, for their ef
forts could not h ive been fruitful. Per
haps never before in tho history of th.
world was there such a high percent
age of dfths among a working fore.
or men. And certainly there was never
a time when such a large percentage
was incapacitated ror work
The great project of digging the canal
was inaugurated' on January 1, lN.sa
On that date a party of ladles and
gentlemen, headed bv Count de I,esseps,
-proceeded irom lanatna to the mouth
of the Rio Grande, at DaBoca. Here
his little daughter turned the first
shovelful of earth, marking tho begin
mng of the project whose end should
be the union of the Atlantic and the
iTtciric. i en aays later this srpe
little girl touched the button" which
was to explode the first of the thous
ands of tons of dynamite with whi-h
Culebra mountain was to be laid low
The Oood Old Trench Days.
During the first three veers the com
pany levo'ted most of Its efforts to get
t.ng ready, although at the end of
February. 1SS3, a half million cubic
meters of dirt had been removed ard
a working force of 3 (i0(i men had been
established. At the very beginning the
laborers struck tor higher wages. They
had betn getting S0 cents s!iver per day
and wantet J' 2" They got It ,,t : :atr
nnother Incr.jse to $1.5" p. r day.
on the Isthmus the people still talk
in a reminiscent way about the good
times under the French They will
tel: you that the Americans axe doing
vastly more work, but are ?tot spending
half the money where the Isthmian folk
un get a share of It So plentiful was
gold ard silver in the old days that
even the econonih-tl people became
spendthrifts. And when the crah final
ly -am it c.iught evrryltodv. Thousands
were without dollar Jamaican negros
III lived UP to the 1 ,t cert ef the'i
earnings an. I thev fojnd themselves
prnrtlislly titut Th' F.ngllsh j
govprnmert bore tl expense of repatri
ating some g.oen r,esro The Chlllsr j
government made a M l for immigration j
from the !thmu. offering 4 000 free I
passages. For months every departing
passene-er steamer etfrried from 400 to
000 emigrants of all classes except ne
groes and Chinese.
But Work Done Was Well Done.
The report of the receiver shows that
the old ! reach company spent Jlfifi.OOO.
ooo on tho Isthmus, of which they ac
counted for JS9.oo0.0ito as having been
expended in engineering an! construe
tlon. The organization of the new
French companv, its launching of a new
stock issue upon the troubled waters of
i anal endeavor and Its prosecution of
the work only rapidly enough to Iteep
tilive the concession rights. Is familiar
h'story So also Is the negotiating an I
Jinal purchase by tho United States.
With nil their profligacy, however.
1 1 io French left" to their American suc
cessors a valuable heritage. What they
did was done with the utmost thorough
ness, and time after time the American
engineers, wandering away from the
French plans, have been forced to come
back to them. The most rotable In
stance of tills Is the cose of the dams
at the Pacific end of the canal. The
French had planned two. one at Pedro
Miguel, nnd the other at Miraflores.
hen the Americans took charge they
planned ore at PeJivr Miguel and the
other at Boss Hilt. When tnev bejran to
make the dump at Sosa they found that
the ground seemed to have no bottom.
A trestle for a railroad track wotilu
be put In, and the first dirt train on
it would cause It to sink many feet
Finally the dam site was entirelv
ehandoned snd n sea level canal will he
dug up to Miraflores, Just ns the French
had planned.
Old Machinery Hot Worthless. j
The machinery which the French re- i
glme bequeathed to the Americans has .
l .en of Immense value. When we look 1
hold there were 113 store houses filled i
with various Wnds of canal digging
outfit, 15 large warehouses, and 41
parks. All told there was cnoueh In
this greatest of scrap heaps to cover a
iO0-acre farm 3 feet deep, leaving
enough to build a six feint fence? nil
around It. The latest French Inventory '
assessed Its worth nt J29.0on.000. There I
wer hi barges. 3 8
launches, !73 Iron
When the news of the accident first
reached Stevenson It was to the effect
that there had been a wreck on tho
north bank railroad. Word to this ef
fect Was also spread about Portland,
and for a time It was thought that
thero had been a head-on collission be
tween trains.
EXPECT TO M IH
. NIWETEEN-TWELVE
Hearst People Think There
Will Be No Democracy
Left by That Time.
(Spechd tllnpatch to The Journal.)
Hooper. Wash.. July 25. The North
coast Is active again. A party of JO
surveyors Is now working near the fi"r
mer townsite of Berry City, which was
platted by the defunct Spokane-Columbia
River Railroad & Navigation com
pany. The surveyors started work near
the crossing of the Chicago, Milwaukee
V St. Paul at Cow creek and have
worked In a southwesterly direction
across Rattlesnake flat, a route never
before taken by a North Coast party.
Kltlier a spur Into the rich wheat
land, comprising Rattlesnake flat, or a
Stomach Ache
and Diarrhoea
Are often brotipht on tv eating
green vegetables and unripe fruit,
or by sudden changes in weather,
excessive heat, gulping down iced
drinks, etc., and are prevented
and quickly cured by
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey
Mrs. Freeman Vigorous at 1 1 4
In an interview with Mrs. Camp
bell, who livej at Red Hank, Pa.,
and who is the daughter of Mrs.
Freeman (114 years of age), she
stated : "My mother has been us
ing Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey,
and is anxious to have me tell you
that she felt its strengthening ef
fects at once. We know that it has
done her a great deal of good. She
is 114 years of age and needs
something to sustain her strength.
She thinks it is a great stimulant
and no old person should be with
out it. I myself know what she
says about your medicine is the
truth."
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stimulant and invigorator known
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freedom from injurious sub
stances render it so that it can
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stomach.
If weak and run down, take a
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half a glass of milk or water.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is
sold throughout the world by drug
gists, grocers and dealers, or shipped
direct for $1.00 per" bottle.
If In need of advice, write
Consulting Physician, Duffy Malt
Whiskey Company, Rochester, New
York, stating your rase fully. Our
doctors tv ill send you advice free,
together with a handsome illus
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(Spoi'hl DK-pufch to Tlie Journal.)
Chicago. Jul v 25. Arrangements are j
practically complete, i for the conven
tion of the Independence party, which;
is to meet In' this city Monday to adopt!
a platf.irm and name candidates for'
preslil. nt and vice. pi esidetu. The ha.i
ers "peet the ,oneiiiion to complete
i's business in two days. Monday will
he devoted to the ojaj.uiizat Ion of the
convention nSa-I the appointment of the
usual committor, while Tuesday is to i
he devoted to the adoption of the plat-j
form and the naming of the ticket.
In point of nuniheis the convention
v.ill not he ei y 'ari;e. Some states
will lc without representation. Hut,
what the cor. veil t Ion lacks in namhers
it promises to make up In cnthiivia.'ini.
!5f ' " m
Will'l'll R He:
of the league.
Sieve t In v I'.a v '
lion. '1 !i"v pro
national eleeti".
last w l;cri in th
Will eellelisly e
liean patty for
element. In th
tlon thev expect
rst. the
old'
d h
t.
pint
a!. s he- .
-eras,- t.o nioila
. hepeve that the
, a r 1 ; 1 lie the
old I 'emoera t o- party'
oTit"St Wit il t lie Hepull
t he eor.t rol of t lie (EOV-
ne:.t president la I elec- ,
the Independence party
pumps, 149 rock drills and dredges.
tesin engines, dirt enrs, etc., without
end.
All ihe French fqiilnmerl wa of
hest. The Americans will go out Into
the Jc.nKle unearth an old oredee that
has lain: there exposed to the elements
for 20 vVais. float It down to the Jry-
do k at hljfh water, soend ahout Id n- r
rent of Its first cost In repairs, and
thev have a first-class engine Onjnm
of these engines as much ns Jl.uOO
worth of brass has been found.
Whet is true of the niachinerv Is trti
of the building. The house In which
Governor Hlackburn used to livo was
built 25 years ago. He said he would
hardly expect his present home to look
m well after 25 years hsve passed
Kxrdoring parties from .the sanitation
depsrlrmrt find macrjlnerv. houses and
hoie villages burld In the jungles A
llltle rubbing awav of rust nnd a few
i pairs restore thm rrartlcallv to their
former condition. What the French did
thsr certainly did well, whether It was
working or spending monev.
to he Ihe leading minority party mil
entertain hopes of v. inning In the presi
dential election In 1!'KV
Five Candidates in Line.
With these ideas fi'-mlv fixed in their
minds, the men 'l.o have heeu won
ovei to the I tolepend nce party move
ment arc I reparlne for a vigorous epm
palgn. Tnev predict that the party's
candidate for pi evh.eat wlil poll 1.5 '"in -(miu,
votes In th. November election
The Hears' lea, . is make no secret of
the'i deterinlnati oi to dcfi it the Demo
cratic ticket this fall In doing this
they maintain they will be opening the
wav for a real radical pnrtv With
yawls. 21 steam i the lines rlearlv drawn between the
cranes. SCO bi e ; ra.1lc.ris and the conservatives. Mr.
Hesrst nnd his
pect eventually
1 IIcrii nartv anil
the pen lence league
It s-o'tns to h.
leaders prefers to ex
to defeat the Keptlh
elect one of the Inde
foliow hie pr si, 'eat
the prevailing opinion
t'.u: tlie convention nere n- x: w.
nominate Hearst himef with a
of ex. Itemrnt Hut Vr Hearst
he is not sevkirir the nominal!'
is possible he nuav refuse it end
k will
whirl
nslst s
n. It
insist
on ttie nomination or arc-tier
Five candidates ar he'.i.g discussed,
and their friends have opene 1 head
quarters here in the Interest of their
respective candidates Thomas I,. His
gen of Massachusetts has been indorsed
bv several states. C. F S N'eaJ of
Rhode leisnd. N W Howard of Alu
bama. Howard S Tax lor of Ililr.ots
and '"harl's A Walsh of Iowa also are
roentlonri In oir'i'itmn with the f'rst
plac ,n the ticket i
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Bulletin No. 9.
SUBURBAN TRAIN SERVICE
The development of the suburban and interurban terri
tory near a large city is largely dependent upon transporta
tion. The highest development of the transportation prob
lem is found in the modern high-speed electric train. Even
the steam railroads admit this as witness the electrification
of the N'ew York, New Haven & Hartford, New York Cen
tral, Southern Pacific, Oakland, Cal., and many other sub
urban steam lines.
The same has been true of the lines running out of Port
land to Oregon City, Cazadero, Gresham, St. Johns, Van
couver, Mount Scott, Montavilla, Fulton and other nearbj;
points.
The running time of trains between Portland and Ore
gon City has been reduced from 80 minutes to GO minutes.
This and similar service can easily be maintained with the
cooperation of passengers; for instance, the time lost in
stops can be greatly reduced if passengers are ready tojeave
or board the train promptly. In many cases railroads are
adopting the plan of limiting the time of stops, and passen
gers not ready are carried to the next stop ; or the number
of stops is cut down, making the train an express of lim
ited. This last method is objectionable where most stops,
are of equal importance, and is only used as a last resort.
That safe and reliable service may be maintained, a block
signal system has been installed on the Oregon Qty line.
This insures safety to passengers, and is in accordance with
modern railway practice. New and heavier rails and a steel
bridge over the Clackamas river have also been put in;
ther improvements are contemplated soon. A new boat
for the Vancouver ferry service will be in operation in a
few months.
These matters indicate the consideration given to this
suburban service, and the efforts constantly made to im-
prove it.
The value of suburban property and residence la greatly;
increased by frequent, regular and rapid train service. The
market gardener, dairyman, poultry and stock raiser is also
well served by the new "package freight" service recently
inaugurated, by which such products are brought in on pas
senger schedule and placed in the hands of dealers in a few
hours after' preparation for the market,' instead of from one
to three days, as by ordinary freight.
The absence of dust, smoke, cinders, ability to quickly
add cars to trains for rush or special travel, are all a part
and feature of the suburban electric service.
TOUR TRAINS TO THE, LAST
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NORTH COAST LIMITED
TWIN CITY EXPRESS EASTERN EXPRESS
NORTHERN PACIFIC-BURLINGTON EXPRESS
Northern Pacific Railway f
VISIT
YLLLOWSTONL NATIONAL PARK
Stopovers allowed on all tickets to enable
trip being taken through Park.
ROUND TRIP TOURIST FARES
To all points in the middle and eastern states.
Apply to -any ticket agent Northern Pacific Railway and have faret
quoted, rputes explained,, and berth reservations made, or
call on or write
A. D. CHARLTON.
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent.
255 MORRISON STREET PORTLAND, OREGON
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KLAMATH FALLS
$25
ROUND
TRIP
$25
This very low rate affords an opportunity
to visit the wonderfully fertile Klamath Coun
try a community which is making great strides
onder Federal irrigation.
The excursion party will b royally entertained
by the citirens of Klamath Falls, and enabled
to see the Klamath basin to the best tdVantagt.
This party will leave Portland Sunday morning.
August 2nd, over the Southern Pacific, limit !
of tickets August 31st allowing plenty of time
for side trips to Upper Klamath Lake, Pelican
Bay and Crater Lake.
Inquire at the city ticket office. Third and
Washington streets, for tickets and full lafor
nation.
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Wm. Mc Murray V F. A., Hortrnnif, O?