The Oregon daily journal., July 26, 1908, Page 31, Image 31

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINQ. JULY 28, 1908.
UNDER THE OPEN SKY IN OREGON Its Source in the Eternal Snowa Beauties of Crater Lake
By Dennis II. Btovall.
I ROM early summer till late full
nearly everybody Uvea out of
doors In Southern Oregon; not
because of oppressive heat, but
- 'the call of the southern Oregon
wild la Irrcslstable. Those who ran
hot jro to the mountolna take a tent
In the back yard and enjoy an outing
St home. The abundance of "place to
, iro,", however, and their accessibility,
induces many to drop business routine,
tofft all care, load the ramp etuff
. on a, hack or wagon, ami hi for the
; ' cool wooda and rippling streams.
There are m em) of ramping plaoes
In southern Oregon, and earn one Is
, almost aa. good aa the other. One
ieed not go far sway from Med ford.
Ashland, Gold HIM, Grants Pans or
Merlin to find all that the camper de
al res--ool woods, rQld water, splendid
fishing streams and Vme of all sorts.
Kvery mile of Bogue river, from Its
a source In Crater Lake National park
to Bear ramp, below (Jailer, affords a
number of excellent places to mtike a
, Bummer camp. The same ran be said
of the Applegate and the Illinois. Then
there are the Great Oregon Caves, 50
miles from Grants Pass, that are well
worth a trip across the continent to
nee and explore. The raves are reached
by wagon road and trail and are lo
cated on Graybnck mountain, one of
the grand snow peaks of the Slsklyous.
r Every stream In southern Oregon la
"trout stream." The rainbow, sllver
" aide and speckled trout abound In all
of them, and even the novice has no
difficulty In catching a long string.
Almost everywhere, too, game Is plen
tiful. Two hours' ride from Grants
Pass takes the camper Into tho
heart of the Canyon or Coast moun
tains, where he can stake his tent and
kill his limit of five deer in one day.
By far the greater number or ramp
era visit the haunts of upper Rogue
river and Crater Lake National park,
passing over the divide to Pelllcan bay
and the Klamath lake country. Crater
Lake National park is becoming every
year more popular, especially with
those who prefer to combine mere
ramping with a feast of scenery aa
grand and Inspiring as America af
fords. One may leave the lower valley
In mid-August, when the fields are
parched and the roads hot and dusty,
and after two days' traveling be revel
ing In the snow and cool shades of
Crafrr lihke park. Around Crater lake
re meadows of tall grass, bordered
with forests of hemlock and ptne, and
vast fields of columbines and snow
melted streams ripple everywhere. Ev
erything is primeval, just as nature
moulded and fashioned It lust the
Irlaoe to go and He in the shade and
et the hours slip by without suffering
the realization that there is such a
I
sV EUROPE the automobile ha been
used In various army maneuvers,
but although in this country it has
been tested as an army dispatch
bearer, the first formal recognition
of the motor car as an important fac
tor In army maneuvers came A. week or
mo ago when the United States war de
partment purchased a Studebaker 30
horsepower model H touring car for the
use of Major-General Frederick Dent
Grant, commanding the national and
state encampment at Pine Plains, New
York, and his staff.
" The 144 square miles Included in the
camp site comprises a rough, aandy
country, full of stumps and snags, with
heavy sandy roads, or no roads at all.
The car la being used by General Grant
In field maneuvers, also by his staff and
the engineer eofps In plotting field
problems and making plana and maps.
No more severe test of the endurance
rtualltles of a car could be Imagined", but
the work of the Studebaker thus far has
been so excellent as to win for It high
commendation from both General Grant
and his staff.
No one in the camp is better pleased
with the showing made by the automo
bile being tested than General Grant. Ha
uses (he machine a good deal and has
rioted the performance of the rar very
closely. In an interview a few days ago
he said: "I should not have believed
that -rt wtrs possible for an antp
moblle to go the places these two Stu
debaker machines have gone if 1 had not
, witnessed It myself. During the time
It has been here it has been put to the
most severe test, and has not been out
of commission for a minute. It Is espe
cially valuable In plotting out problems
where It is necessary to carry maps and
' m ' 11111 lii , r v'-i""fih
WeO; lake MJfcK&'t Krt - -mMk ' 8
the Rlope of the Maiami to the rim of , f Jt 2 . XiY s ! TJJL M k Sts ' i W
the lake. The best camping places are iV (W ft lr t ' S - t , i I X?JX. ;. VJV
In the black hemlock forests about -tffl V V C s f i " u ' ' 1 .,,.AAft. JJljl i ilT ' rfS
three-(iuarters of a mile from the lake, CfJt n t y h , S&PQJWXXJjX
as water is more abundant down there; CjT " x ' r v . t Jt ' , t3 T . .
though ms-nv prefer to pitch their tent ffl '- t- "- s iU"XdJ 1 ti FZcffIJV& ON
on the brink. K-hls road, to the park Afi i 'K' ' 5iW( I Vv . "-t
follows the winding, whirling Rogns (jLfV jij ? , "f .i ' . -J&AJ&tdi f SXj
the entire distance from the valley to fx t ? ! .
tho park. It leads through the largest J&T t s A s. r-JW J
forest of sugar pine in the, world end OP f , '1 ? 1 f - H
passes near the beautiful Mills falls. fW T Ss w ( r-tV 4i
Many prefer to camp a few (lavs en . ' o,vv ; ft ,4- "a t fHMt (h tif , CV
route st Mills falls. Pishing Is fine on flV - 5 J f Ct " 1 ' W ' 3-
the river here, and the dee,, forests JfS ' , I i ,(f V.'-'.' , Vj"?"''"
abound with game. A little further un. 11117 1J Jl - ( " .! t ? l3
and hut a mile from tho main road. Is SfV , - 3 '4 5 4 fcTS
the natuial bridge across Rogue river. Cw f j f 4 J ' HI
Here, too. Is a delightful place to halt CJJ HCZK ' H ! ' -n W
and spend a few days. The traveler Is fM. 'Xfi -k VW Wirf
tempted to stop also at Union Creek lfy J, ' , ' , X v x , Vi 5 fry
ford, a few miles beyond the natural ?1 fS"f 1 , H.Tif tK
bridge. The water of Union rreek Is W , , y , i v SS'ALff
said to be the roldest of anv mountain t t V3?AV' w V!
stream in Oregon, which Is Just as v x( 'f M v J"- ,--.W (-f
t. a. i 1 .ujit2 i'. . -i. &Kjb'tiu. J I'l 'V' ST. , ili A til a, '..J ., . 1 J . . 1
thing as time. One ran rest out there
enjoy the rest that gives broken
down tissues an opportunity to build
up again.
There are two routes from the rail
road to Crater Lake park one from
Ashland and the other from Medford
or Grants Pass. The route from Ash
land follows the Dead Indian road, past
the Lake of the Woods, under the shad
ow of Mount Pitt, along the shores of
Upper Klamath " lake and thence up
Anna Creek canyon to Crater. The dis
tance bv this route is. about 90 miles.
Excellent camping places are found at
almost every- turn of this interesting
road.
From Medford or Grants- Pass the
traveler follows Rogue river to Its
source In Crater Lake park. The dis
tance bv this route is 86 miles. This
road crosses the summit of the Cas
cade range within three miles of Crater
lake and leads across one corner of the
rark. A branch road leads off and up
rold as newly-melted snow can make
it.
At only one point can the water of
Crater lake bo reuched. This is by a
narrow winding trail that drops down
from the precipitous shore from Eagle
rock at the end of the wagon road. The
shore at this point is 1,500 feet high.
A gasoline launch has been placed on
the lake together with a few small boats,
bv which tho delightful trip to Wizard
island can be made. It is three miles
from the shore to the island.
The water of tho lake ts cold and
pure and sweet, and the alight breeze
that fans across keeps the little waves
ever splashing;, splashing against the
rocky shore. Aside from this there are
no other sounds. The absolute quietude
of the place Is one of Its remarkable as
well as delightful features. Once in a
while a snow-white pelican, a wanderer
from Pelican hay. files slowly along the
border, then settles and alights 011 the
blue surface, a mere speck. The lake
was stocked a Tew years ago with a
cold-water trout, and these van now be
caught In great numbers.
There are a number of snow-capped
enks In Crater Lake Park, among them
ielng Mount Krott and Mount Thlelson.
The latter is an almost unsurninuntnhle
idle of flinty rocks, and Is called "The
Lightning Hod of the Cascades." Other
prominences, near the lake are Llao
rock, the palisades, Rnundtop, Dutton
cliff, Castle crag and Saddle mountain.
Running along the northern border of
the lake Is a long ridge rock known as
the Devil's Backbone. This rock, with
Its lopg, straight top, is from 10 to 25
feet across Its ridge, and In many places
is smooth enough for a road.
About a half mile from the western
shore of the lake Is Wizard Island, a
cone-shaped prominence, rocky and cov
ered wltli stunted hemlocks. Its high
est point rises 845 feet from the level
of the water. In the top Is a depres
sion or small crater, rolled the Wltoh't
Caldron. This Is J 00 feet deep and al
most 600 feet acruss. It remains half
filled with snow throughout the sum
mer. Wizard Inland was undoubtedly
the last smoking chimney of the great
volcano that once belched Its fire and
molten rook from the crater In which
the majestic lake now resta serenely
There are a number of places in south
ern Oregon where one muy o and spend
a few -hours, and spend them to the
full. West Pork and other points on
the railroad In Cow Creek canyon, are
fine fishing grounds, and It Is but an
hour's tramp Into the primeval where
deer and bear are found. Gold Rav Is
another popular place with southern
Oregon people. At Gold Ray you allghr
from the train in the verv shadow of
Table Rock, a groat, flat-topped moun
tain. Weather scarred, bronicrd and
moss-covered bv the heat and winds of
aes, Table Rock la a great and old
castle, standing sentinel over the Rogue
and the green valley. Here the big
power dam of the Rogue River Klectrio
company Is built, forming a great water
fall and a vast lake. There Is a club
house hero, with many boats for fishing
on tho lake.
A few miles farther up the river -fs
Mount Pitt, the "Mount Blanc of south
ern Oregon." Pitt Is the highest peak
In this part of the state and has the
dlstlnrtlon of being the most symmet
rical mountain In America. Its almost
perfect cone, glittering with eternal
snow and helted bv the dark green for
ests, makes a picture that oven the
pfoneer southern Oregonlan never grows
tired of viewing.
FIRST FORMAL RECOGNITION OF AUTO
BY ARMY
other paraphernalia not easily conveyed
on horseback. I believe that the auto
mobile Is not only of great value In
military work, but more than that. It Is
a necessity. I am greatly pleased with
the excellent showing made by the Stu
debaker car."
The recent floods In Kansas played
havoc with the railroads and a short
time ago when Captain Prank II. Laugh
ton, purchasing agent for the war de
partment at Kansas City received a tel
egram ordering him to proceed to To-
fieka at once, he found that it would be
mposslble to reach Topcka by train,
anil when he sought n motor car to
make the trip, was referred to the local
branch of the Studebaker Automobile
company.
This firm proved rsady for the
emergency, and although a greater part
of the trip was through mud and water
up to the running board, the car went
through In splendid shape In 18 hours.
Formal entry has recently been made
of a team of three Studebaker Model II,
SO horsepower touring cars, in the
fifth annual reliability touring contest
for tho Glidden trophy. The team will
be under the direction of Frank Yerger
n the Studebaker branch in Phila
delphia, and will be entered from the
Rochester Automobile club.
This Is the first appearance of a Stude
baker ear In the Glidden event, and as
this car is especially adapted for diffi
cult runs of this kind, they hope to
make a good showing.
In addition to the Studebaker team
of three cars, the Studebakers have en
tered a press rar as a non-contestant
The chassis of the press car will be
the same chassis which made such a
phenomenal trip last winter carrying
General Grant's message from New
York to Fort Leavenworth. The chassis
was recently overhauled at the fartory,
and. finding It In such excellent condi
tion, it was decided to enter it in the
Glidden tour.
Keporis inrilrnte that this yrars
will he rather a trying event, luu It
cannot present the difficulties ami try
ing road conditions which were so suc
cessfully overcome by the Studebaker
army dispatch car last winter. This
second long trip will doubtless ho
watched closely by many who followed
with interest the progress of the Stude
baker army dispatch car through snow
and mud last winter.
HUMANITY ENROUTE Travel-
ers Are Often Tudged by the Bundles
They Carry and tke Troubles They Tell
A fTQPFO& LCWCff.
IN THE WAY OF THE STREET CAR
F
KW of all the millions of peopla
who ride annually on the elec
tric cars understand the mys
terious force which drives them
so rapidly up and down the
tracks. With a slight turn of the con
troller handle the motorman stops the
big car oh the corner In obedience to
your signal, and no sooner are you
aboard than the car glides rapidly for
ward and speeds along the track to be
as quickly stopped and started further
down the street.
To the superstitious foreigners the
electric cars are very mystifying and.
be 1t known, it ts very puzzling to any
one, not an electrical engineer, to tell
just how the elet'trie ears are propelled.
It was only twenty years ago last Feb
ruary that Frank Sprngue ran the first
electric car the world ever saw at
Richmond. Va., and since that time
they have been improved until they are
the perfect conveyance so common and
well patronized today. For twenty
years the electric cars have been run
ning and although millions and mil
lions of people have HddVln on them
time and again but very Vftw have ever
taken the trouble to ascertain how, or
why, they move.
In simple language this Is the ex
planation ;
Electric cars depend upon electricity
for energy. This electricity Is gener
ated In a power-house either by devel
oped water-power or by steam engines.
Because of the simplicity of construc
tion alternating -current generators are
generally used; but, alternating cur
rent is seldom used in street railway
work. This fact makes it necessary to
change the alternating current, which
surges hack and forth o er the lines,
to direct current, which flows always
one way. This change is effected with
rotary converters. The converter looks
like a generator hut in reality it only
changes the nature of the current with
a very trifling loss in efficiency. This
direct current electricity Is fed to tho
trolky wire at a pressure of about 550
volts. The trolley wire is familiar to
nil as a heavy copper wire suspended
over the tracks trom insulated guy
wires. In a few instances, especially
in New York. ' London. Chicago, an I
other large cities, the wire carrying
the current is laid under ground and
the trolley contact Is under the car,
or for heavy work the "third-rail" la
used and the current collected from a
rail by a sliding shoe.
In every case where, electricity Is
used for power purposes the current
has to be "grounded" for return or a
return wire used so as to cotnplete the
circuit with the power-house. In the
case of electric railways the rails are
either welded or "bonded" together with
strips of copper and used for this re
turn circuit.
When a car Is to be run on a railway
line the trolley is released until the
little brass wheel presses against the
trolley wire. The .wid" flanges of this
wheel keep It from running off and a
Bv Besle Gulnean Stone.
F one has a taste for tho reading
of human nature, or Is interested
In the different phases of human
ity, there is no better place In
which to gratify It than at the
Union depot in this city.
It is a never-ending source of Inter
est to watch the different types of hu
inanlly'Who flock thither, anil serve to
make the depot the big, bustling, busy
thing of life it Is. There are all sorts
and conditions of men, women and
children here. Some are bouyant and
self-confident, some ennuled almost to
the point of extinction, others timid
and shrinking. They are all there
with a. definite object in view, to get
on board behind one of those. steam
ing, panting monsters If Iron and
steel and bo carried to their destina
tion. I watched the crowds corning and
going for the best part of three days,
end found it a most fascinating study
of humanity. I have come to the con
clusion that the wav the majority of
people travel Is a good Index to their
character and disposition. One could
tell the drummers at a glance, they
wear such a bored, blase air. In sharp
contrast to them is the timid, shrink
ing little man, hopel.jssly overawed by
bis unaccustomed surroundings anil
pitifully -afraid. At last he mu-.ters up
sufficient courage to fearfully ap
iiroach the tmmaclate and haughty po
UMPQUA VALLEY
P
Land
Grown
AVhere
7
ana
Perfect
Acreage
Fruit
Can
Still Ckeap
By A. E. Guyton.
RODUCING cherries as big as a
quarter of a dollar, apples that
top the New York, London and
Hamburg market, pears and
peaches of the finest quality,
and the pioneer prune district of the
coast such is the prestige enjoyed by
the Umpqua valley in Douglas county,
.nestled between the Coast range and
the Cascade mountains.
The Umpqua Is more of a hydro
y graphic basin rather than a valley. Be
; tween the spurB and short ridges are
a series of small valleys linked to
'fcether. Some of these are little nooks
with but room for a farm or two, while
.; others comprise as much as 20.000
. acres. In the county there are about
6.000 separate farms, a small number.
compared to what will be the aggregato
when the larpe trartR are subdivided.
"The owners of the enormous stretehes
1 of land are putting them on the mar
ket In the shape of five and 10-arre
1 fruit farms thus opening the country
to settlement.
Ideal Agricultural Conditions.
A more Ideal fruit country could
scarcely be found The fine rural
.homes now occupied te'i plainly the
success of those engaged in the fruit
business. Dairying Bnl gneral farm
Ins; are followed some and many herds
of rattle and flocks of sheep are rraz d
on the rougher land, but th vMKy in
particularly adapted to fruit Prunon,
apples, peaches and pears are esperiji
; ly successful. Iouglss Is the plonr
county in raising prune ni(."t
Jounds of the dried fruit being shipp'rj
set year.
Fine Specimens of Fruit.
The cherries
growing to the
dollar, as Pho
Apples, while
ir unsurpassed, some
lze of a q:isr'er of
n In the Illustration
a newer !ndi,try. are
believed to have a prom!
The Oravemteln seems to
a In Coos county, which !i
mat Tartety. The 1 mini
th highest price in th
icg future
do as we)
famo.is for
pies bring
eastern a:iil
y for hi pl, e
ttie sum for old
Kuroneaa. markets, a lr,gi Italdwln
tre having brought in In ont irm sf
high as Ifi. Half that )lld n..-r,s a
comfortable fortune from 10 ari-
TUs fruit (roving requires (ar- but
th cars Is amply rearded hv tie
Hionwml retsrn. About It "rr(.
T-lnted in Orchard ta suffhier.t for one
I:i4a to cultivate. He will have mn.nti
i comrortsx.1 r. Mj
nd lay asUle a neat 1 1 1
r'.
On maa In 1T purrhsd a f.ir
interest ta a f-ocre orrhard fr ;.::.o
3( built a dner fw purrh-1 a
t-m for !. making a t jtl outlsr
rf !!. H borrowed the money a:
rr cent - It Ti) th 'n'lre lon
ad is"ert last f4 as 4 had a -
rua, aurr ua .
Farm Reasonab? Cheap.
Tie fru.'t ldt ar ot t ef rea'h.
li t raa - bo fxtrrhasoa coovestrst ta
3aaspstjsaassjsj
Ii?cf '.-: ;",: - V-VX
DOVGlA-rJ CO CM.E.R'RV I 'l'"',pl''''''"
sufficient to m-ke A " f - .11" VT ' Cl V-t O - I
owners nc te P i . , fi U .' ' ; I :, I A , ' f 7 3 ... 1 "i.' I
b.-,r the ri-.d will I L f J . . . I I . X V 1 i ii - I
II an sere ea-h I J' f f. .ft ' C - I I -v .Z ' S- ' - " ' -'1 N ' I
town for shout I; TO n acre. By the
time it Is plaiit d and the on hard
brought to bearing I! will represent
an outlay of an acre, but In the
metuitlme straw berr;ei and grjn
struck riui be raised hftwern the Itti
and In quantities
living for the
ureshrd bems to
T.:n firm 4eo t
ear Mer.
go frt t er
1 , ' lie pu.ri
up To th
' . Tlie ;
Irtcrf t'.me
w I tli
h k
on 1 j Km s i i irioim "an
on rnurh land, do a
enns Hd gradually work
sum r-cdnt hut this .if
harder work and requires
Frait
Protected.
Tt.s t'rr.pqus alley fruit growers hsve
an so. lation ri t-T-jrh It ship th!r
fruit thus prot'fting t he growers Ii
the matter ef jrt', Th't ye-r (he
'i a Bias east lo
DCtfGLAtS CQ.CKEXMBS THE c5lXE OP AQ172"&TB,.
ii
two; tat Son
loe fr te i;tr
The onin.er' ai rl ih at F.er.t; r
sr-tel ni this rear ef
aaterusina; tut frait. Little ,Jr bas-
heavy spring keeps It tight against the
wire. The elcitricity. wlilch Is to drive
the motors located under the car, pass
es through the brass wheel and down
the metal trolley rod to Insulated car
hies concealed in the roof i.f the car.
Theno cables lead to a "circuit break
er'' in the roof of the vestibule. The
duty of the "circuit breaker" Is to
"break" or shut off the current when
the .ioail sets ion heavy for the motors,
because an overloaded motor would de
stroy Itself by burning out In an effort
to carry more than lis rapa'-lty. The
circuit brenker, whh-h Is a very (simple
contrivance, takes the dace of the old
time "fuse." so prone In 'blow out"
at the most Inopportune moments.
From the circuit breaker the current Is
carried to the controller, which Is an
upright, oval Iron 1,, ln out h end of
the car. It inav he M;ited here that the
equipment Is the sane' mi either end
of the car so it can he rim either way
without turning around. The con
troller is worked by two adjustable
handles, the smaller of which S:t used
only to reverse the motors. With the
larger handle the (ontaet points Inrude
the device are opened and closed to In
crease or decrease the speed and pull
ing power of the motors. Correspond
ing to the movements of the handle the
current passes from the contact points
to a series of resistance grids located
under the car. These cast Iron grids
resist the current or hold It hack. When
the controller hanuie Is moved up a
notch one of these grids Is cut O'.it and
the resistance Is redi r'-d, increasing
the electricity which goes to the mo
tors. As the handle Is moved from
jrolnt to point the resistance Is lowered
until the full power of the line Is being
fed to the motors and the car is run
ning top speed
Direct current motors are used be
cause of the great starting torque
which can be secured A Ftreet ear
has to stop and start quickly nnd under
full load A direct current motor will
oulekly pick up its f-.:ll load. wher.is
the alternating current motor Is not so
ready to rnplilly assum' Its load The
motors on an ordinary car ar from "i
to 100 horse-power, and on the largest
cars four motors are used. The -ur-fnt
passes through t!ose motors to
the ear wheels and returns to He power-house
by nay of the bonded lal's.
The electric motors are geared to the
axle V'f the car w heels and t'.ey dif
fer but slightly from any othr form
of dire t current motors. In the past
few ears the General KlcrMi- cm
pany has been experiment Ing verv suc
cessfully with alteMrp.tinr cum it mo.
tors for driving cars, and the lertrie
line f)t the Toledo X- Chhaico Iuterurhan
Ra'lway or. mpanv war; one of the first
in tle (ountrv to he eoulr.ped with the
new apparatus My nn ingenious ar
rangement to divide the fields of the
alternating current motors the ears
ran be starred lust as easily a w1h
direct firrent motors. This Is of con
siderable importance b cause of the
saving In motor cons! rue inn. ss tie
same motors can be used for direct or
alternating current
Besides th eiecirkiry which drives
the ear. rnnugh current Is taken f'nm
tie trolley to light and heit tt-e Inter
ior, far eqislpmept are of yery nr. -pie
design snd vtronclv ro-rstr nr ted.
The large Intrrwrbar, sni ln-al rr re
also equipped with air brak's In 'orre
instance the air is sterol in a largo
tank which hss to be repl'idsr e, fr,m
h rentrsl station, bit the majority of
the new ears i nnii'n a small inot'
drtxen sir compressor located urd-r
'he car whhh m toirvstlcallv keen the
air at J'Jt the right Treasure
kefs eonta'rlng each a -if oin fine
' "-errles mr- presented to iiunn
With e-h Ha ,,.( mtt a .:nv '"olt
conLain.rl facts about the, IcKSllli.
The area of land available for frilt
culture Is so s-reat that the future ei
tent ef the lad try seems almost un-bouoded-
By the time a -rhampsgrre battle re
relven its nnnuirentnl peper t"r it ias
passed through the hands of 41 skilled
w orkmtn.
liieman. and with one hand on mouth.
as though afraid of even the sound of
bis own voice, he ventures a question
in a voice he tries In vain to render
steady. The haughtv policeman, who
has got the science of direction down
to a fine, point, answers with a brief
word and a gesture which Is sufficient
to send the timid questioner on his
way re-joiclng. Then there Is the tired
mother with a fretful baby ln her arms
she tries In vain to sooth, while his
ear-splitting yells are heard even above
the hisslne and throbbing of the loco
motives. She is surrounded by her lit
tle family of six; they are all tired,
hungry and worn out from the heat of
the day It is at this critical juncture
that the depot matron appears, and
with nn experienced air possesses her
self of the cross baby, who instantly
stons his howls, shows the wearied
nsoiher to the wash room, sees that the
lunch boxes are refilled, helps them
with their baggage and tickets, and
when the time comes for them to re
sume their Journey it Is sire who as
sists them to their train nnd carries
i he Infant, who under her soothing In
fluence has sunk Into slumber.
The matron of the Union depot, Mrs.
Carrie Fh Ids, is the right woman in
the right nlace. Although only being
in her resent position four months
yet by her capability, efficiency and
energy she has alreadv won for herself
the reputation of being one of the best
wonun who ever held the position. Sho
Is lure, there and everywhere. and
seems to know Instinctively what Is
needed of her. The work Comes nat
urally to her. as before she came to
I'ortland she had had twenty years'
exprm nee in other depots, so she does
not come to this itv as a mere tvro.
The Union depot management is cer
tainly to hQ congratulated upon se
curi'ic suei a capable woman. There
is something in .Mrs. Fields' appear
ance that women trust at once. She
tolj me 'hat she seems to know what
people want and where they are goLiig.
She i'a certa!nl reduced the study
of hninani'v to an exact science. She
Is p:-sr mistress In re; toring lost peo
ple to their friends, reuniting families
and a veri'ahle haen of refuge to oil
people
"I always try to help everyone," she
told me. e,,,, take especial pains with
the yery old and the irry young, be
cause the seem to appeal to me more
then the others "
One of Mr, Fields' duties Is to stand
In the ball when the trains come In and
answer questions. The questions she
answers In a single dsy would fill
K-nod-slzed book The traveling public
seem to think she is a veritable human
encyclopedia of various and assorted
knowledge Resides answering the nu
merous inquiries In regard to the In
coming nnd outgoing of trains, she
mist segregate ti,e crowds, showing
the irim'n with children the waiting
room reserved for them direct to the
telegraph ofiice and thehaggage room,
help those in distress, lls'en to com
plaints, be 3 guide to the entire eltv of
Portland and a multiplicity cf other
Ciiestlons which fnirlv made mv head
reel, but wl.irh she tskea as a matter
cf course
One day as I was standing In lire
beside her an eirlted little man rushed
up lirea t blesslr demanding a rake of
soap and a trrwol Mrs. Fields toll
him she would furnish him with fhtm
for the payment of a nickel whereupon
he wgied Indtenanf and shouted th-it
such a procedure was a graft m the
part of the depot management, and
threatened tr advertise the fact tn en
Afenclatrd I'ress reporter, eipresslnf
a deubt as to whether surh a reprr
serrfstive could be found In a town su
pir'ins a depot watrb did not furnish
fr'e towels and os p te this traveling
rublir Mrs Fields rrl51y fem'ndsi
him cf Ute fss-t that ei'li rake of soap
r-st fU-e ceeti tn tbe management,
that is the trair1tr of cases it
stolen before it bad beea used naif a
dozen tlrrfes. and that In order to keep
it going at least 200 cakes would b
used a day, which would be rather ex
pensive She did not remind him of
tho fact, however, that In those en
lightened days when the Invidious mi
crobe Is abroad in the land, that t tin
lra.vellng public usually carried their
own Individual toilet articles, which
I thought was a pity as he left still
wrathy and still vowing vengeance and
publicity. If he sees this I hope he
Is satisfied. lie did not know a re
porter was right ut his elbow!
An all to frecpient source of co.i -fusion
to the unsophisticated traveler
Is the fact that even when they have
passed the gatekeeper and are In the
midst of the trains, I hey are still hope
lessly confused. They cannot under
stand why the porter stationed (here
does not call out the name of each
and every town In the states of Oregon
and Washington, for hy that alone
would they be able to tell where they
are going.
The woman with the superfluity of
baggage. like the mother-in-law joke.
Is not a Joke, but a cold, hard fact,
paradoxical as It may seem. The, amount
of absolutely unnecessary luggage tho
average woman carries about with her
Is almost beyond belief. They get on
and off the trains fairly staggering
under the combined weight nf boxes,
bundles, hatboxes, grips, suitcases and
birdcages, yet they could not he ln
dlieed to start out on ovi n the slight
est journey without "them being firmly
under the impression that each and
every one of them are a necessary pat
of their traveling paraphernalia. Tin
bedraggled canaries in the eases droop
languidly, but the parrots, cvt r Irri s
slble. squak defiance at mankind In
general.
The h.igpar;c-ronm Is n babe of
sound. Here are dops of high and low
degree mixing and mingling Indiscrlru
luentl.v. The blue-blooded canine with
blue ribbons and silver cups with :v
pedigree and bench show record hack
of him, hobnobs with th dog of no
pedigree at nil. the plain "yellow pup."
who could not be left behind because
of the pleading lrr bis big brown eyes.
Cats are also a part of the animals
the baggage men have In their charge.
Tubby scorns to make a row and lool.s
with haughty Indifference through the)
bars of her cage at her unaccustomed
surroundings. Inscrutable always as tho
sphynx. there arc chipmunks and rac
coons, and in fact, almost anything in
tho animal line travels these days from
a monkey to a polar hear
The foreigners are of peculiar, inter
est. Their numerous progeny would
be a delight to Roosevelt s heart. Thev
come, from all parts of Europe to seek
their fortune ln the new world. They
have crossed the ocean, passed the rlg
erous tests of Kills Island- and have
traveled to the west to merge them
selves In Its seething vastness. The
majority of these foreigners are of
the peasant class with backs bent from
toll ami the look of patient suffering
on their faces one sometimes sees in
the eyes of cattle. Yet. these vei '.
peasants of today may through their
own exertions become the millmnnh
of tomorrow. It Is from the rank anl
file, the brawn, end muscle of the dd
world that many of our best citizens
In this land of freedom are ret rult "I.
So the restless tide nf humanity
ceaselessly ebbs ami flows He a
mighty stream. In and out of the depot
As the trains disgorge their loads rf
human freight, snd thev Issue forth -q
go their respe, rye wns, what a multi
plicity ef motives actuate them" Some
are reunited to friends or relati,-.;
orne have come for ph.is.ire. or for
business some to he at t. bedside nf
some dear one or. sndd-st of all. to
take some Iw lover one to their last
loriir home 'in the baggage car. Just
ahead "
In the depot the nick mingle w i'h
the well, hut there is no danger of i i
futinn. nor have i.ry cases of Inf
tlon ever arlsep H rverv night "ie
retire depot Is cMs re. led and the hos
pital, which Is m.vntalne, for the .a''
of those supposed to 1. suffering from
contagious diseases Is rilchtlv fumlgi:
ed. .Mrs Fields is n trained nurse, !,
f ' r t one the depot has ever had an i
ke.p. a trutned and watchful eve .t
all those whom she supets
Bevond tie pates of the depot the
busses and waiting csrrlagrs are llnd
i,p. and th e hoarse 'Uou"- oc4
"runners " are heard rrvlna frtrth tl e
nsmes ef their respective hotls whl's
the street , ars add the clangor"of their
bells to the general confusion relh'w
travelers. like "ships that pass In the
night " meet and part tn go their re-spec-tive
wavs. each with their own In
terest at stake.
Spanish KmrraM.
FYnm the "l.ogn IiH News
"Fine, r!d Spanish emeralds" la a
fhrsse which me,r.s something quire
different from wht It seems to Imph
There neier w an emerald mined
In Fp!ti but after the conquest of
J'eru t be frfhquernrs brought horr.e great
quantities of loot nf which e-neniMs
firmH an Imp-i-tart part. In this war
the f'riest emeralds rarre letn pn,.
slot) of th dd Spanish farrllies ar.d aa
ery few had een sn In F.urnpe pre
vious to that tlrne all the best stones
soon twsree cl'sd as fine nil j.en
I'ti emeralds Tn-lsj- th expression
stiii. sprites to the best etreralds ef
any aourt.