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(THE 3 OREGON DAILY " JOUkNAL.' PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, V 1908. I HROWf fi G GREAT DA : OF GATUI ! Biggest Single Job of Hov ing Material Ever Taken i; Up by Man Program for 1909, There and at Cule bra Panama Grafters. Bit FREDERIC 7. HASK1N. (Copyright, 1808, by Frederlo J. Haskln.) Washington, Nov. 11. The plans for (prosecuting the work of Olgging the (Panama canal during the next fiscal iyear . Bay t. bean completed. Colonel IGoethals and soma of hla associates ,;hay been la the . states ' for several . i weeks, during which time the plans " I were prepared t and submitted to the i secretary of war.' They call for tha Jeipenditure S5,O00,0pJ during the ; year, as compared with $27,000,000 this year. The work in Culebr cut is to be : pressed forward, and the Gatun dam J is to rise skyward. Have you looked at Sthe seeming chaos existing when the foundations of a big skyscraper are J being laid, and then -watched the great ;ftuijdlng take shape ' with the passing I weeksr The foundations at Panama ,t nave been laid. The upbuilding work j on the superstructure has begun, and (what seemed to be chaos is being'ton- venea into system tnat even tne un ! practiced eye can understand. Heretofore the Gatun dam existed ; only -in the minds of those great engi- T Beers who conceived It The traveler s across the isthmus was pusstled to 'know bow they would , Impound, the j waters of. the Chargres on the site i where the dam is to be built It re l quired the explanations of the engineers ,to make it clear. The, work hitherto done fwas largely preliminary. Of course the spillway . was excavated,- and the lock :siies cui tnrougn tne bill, but they meant nothing to the passing; traveler. Now, however, the preliminaries have $oeen completed, tne last Imaginable ' doubt has been removed by -experiments v . hiii 7ouvi.vu - VAiiauBuvaitVH. anil hereafter he who passes Gatun on the ' Panama railroad may see a mountain iin the making a mountain . of Imper. I vmus mua a mue ana a quarter long and a. half mile wide at 'the base. That . is the Gatun dam, a dam strong enough i! to withstand double the pressure that ..-will be brought sjralnst Jt. and which I earthquake such . as has occurred in i Panama within historical times. It will jbe t dam so big as to make the pyra r mid of Cheops look like a pigmy un i. dertaklng, so far aa cublfr content! are ; concerned; ' - . , : The beginning of the work of up-'j building the Gatun dam during the-next jdry season spells. disappointment to thai rank and file on the isthmus. It was their ambition to make- 4,000,000 yards ; of dirt fly In one month. "Four million ?,a montirr was their slogan for the com ling dry season. But the work on the "tGatun aam wm require the transfer of a consmeraDle number of the excavat sing lorce to mat -point, so that the S -.600,000 cubic yard record established flam March win remain the highest ree lord for - Panama and that means the mignest record ror . the whole world. . jn owners -ewe on earth In all Its hi i tory. nas mere Been as much mate (rial moved in a single month on a sin. isrle iob a was moved at Pan urn a last fiaaron. Perfect Organisation Effected. But while the "four million a month notch will never be reached, and even the record of last March may never be WIlllW .ffnin . h,M Hf L. Hn U. fin the enthusiasm of 'the workers nor fin the results accomplished. During -me present rainy season colonel Goet glials has completely reorganised bis iprce. : ,-very piece or dead timber In tne om organization has been -ell ml riated. and every man on the isthmus ; nas Deen piacea wiier he will accom ; pllsa the maximum of results. The reorganization manes' a compact work ing .unit ,on the IsthmOs such as has never, before .been' possible. -and there win' be' m greater display of team work : tliaij ever before. Theref ores measured ,,. oy me si&naara or tilings accomplished it is .expected mat xne next dry -season - will surpass the record of the last one. It will not show in the amount of mate rial excavatea, cut in the degree that uatun asm Bears completion. i first session or the congress KING GIRL LOVED Hi PASTOR elected last week will be called upon to make the largest appropriation in the history of the canal. So well is the work progressing that the canal offi clsJs are getting ready for the purchase of the big lock g&tea year after next. Upon the ones at the mouths of the un- per end of the Gatun and Pedro Miguel locks will rest the tremendous burden of holding in check the waters of -the big Gatun dam, with its 64 square miles vi water area, jinoy must D Dig enougn and strong enough to resist the ram ming force of a battleship or a giant cargo boat, in, case they were accident ally struck by suoh a vessel. Imagine a neavy rauroaa - D ridge, boarded up wnn soeei sieei so as to make it water tight, being wheeled back and forth across the mouth of these locks, and you will be getting a layman's Idea of how they Dropose to restrain the water of Gatun lake from forcing its way out tnrougn me iocks. and at tne same time to prevent the locks-being put Out of commission through, .possible ramming The building of the lorira at Oatnn. reciro Miguel ana Mlraflores will bo a leaiura or tne work ror the next year. Immense reparations have been made ior mis work, it will require tne larg est concrete mixing plant in the world. Also a warenouse wirn s. atoraare ca pacity of 100.000 barrels of .cement A special receiving aock boo rest long will be built, and the materials will be towed aiv the canal to Gatun from Cristobal, a distance of some seven miles, In order that the work may sro on nigm ana nay, a big iignung plant is oeing installed at uatun. wnicn pro viaea ior i.uuv ugnts on rne works. wiwwag vows vumn, (Cnlted p, l., wt,., wnen minars nnn to sro un at uatun i . . i v,... in z - .5 I csan jranciacu. nov. .-uvtmi..y rapidly at Culebra out iAt ths surface evidence tending to support the accusa tive out is 439 feet wide.- The deeper tions of Edna Reynolds of Oakland that .hb. r .hV Rt. Payson Young, rector of the Epls- lt is approximately see reet wide. Al copal enurcn ot bu aiiu-y wis tu" a point approximately 9i feet below ban mnre than orlestlv relations with the surface, the cut will be narrowed i-.i,,- ia.vaar.oM SO feet bv a horisontal offset of 4S Edna Clark, the missing l-year-oia feet on either side. The remaining 66 I art student is in the hands of the so- I feet of the cut will be approximately i..i..xn.i M,i nt innnirr. Am if I down the work Is carried, the more rap- 1 rom tkv idly it will seem to prooeea. Letter from Edna Clark to Her Chnm Reveals a Cal low Creature's First In " fatuation Admits Meet ings in Study. come the written con- Heretofore fesslons of love by the missing girl to fni?r"naJ.J5n.?2 Rfl her friend and confidante. A letter written by Edna Clark, dated riestly sweelheart and of her love 9 Bellingham p Everett low the French. lowest point reached bv the But, they have dug the whole out down to that nolnt and hfcreaftcr4 October 11. telling of ner meeting witn a steam shovel eats Its way ner priesuy sweeineun aim through Culebra cut It will be one notch for him. is corroborated qy Key. w. it. nearer th,0ttom. ADDroxlmatoly half Clark of Redwood City, wnom en men- Af ttist mjhtArifli hni rAsn tnicAn nut millions ai nuvixiK niev wiui " v.s- uA Anh l rif urir a a id h was Introduced to th mt. . Edna. Clark by Father Younr In tht Tha MtaatM ShAVAl WnsiM f ri si Isthmus I rflnri 1 1111 V 41 n II1B (1H V IUC11LIUUCU. are showing -no signs of letting up In The letter Drougnt lorwsra uy iu the matter of record-breaklnr. Months Reynolds, in which Miss Clark tells or i thw aimsMrioii in immiilnn vpr.lKer love for Father Young, reads in wrlH'a rinnl Vint vn thnA retard tiart: were not allowed to stand. They were "Dearest TeoV Mamma asked me yes- wiped off the elate, so far as individual terday afternoon if I were particularly nhnv.il wera nnnpernorl. durlna- Julv. One haoriv. 'Oh yes. I answered. Itartns ti tnn. for I saw a particular -friend material In the J6 working days of the of mine yesterday noon and have hopes mnnth u n1 dmiiIIid. RQ AAii v.niitr. vard. if Mi1 nu- him nn the boat thiS CVen- I It Is thought this Is a record which will ling. Haven't I reason to be- happy?! stand for many years to come, 'though Yesterday was the first time in etgnt si s r ngrrnfmonsAs annv rnar ti rt -arrit n innva rnni wtn nim. n nil l tvcls uoluiu- ahaolutelv safa on the Isthmus. linsr so blue that I hardly had a smile ; Work m taa firada-ea. fr anyone. I am undoubtedly In. love wjin viio nrcujfpa LiiiiiKa are siigiiiiy i different While they have measured up to ths best standards or dredge perform ance in the United States, there is not the opportunity for record-breaking with a big dredge that there 'is with a steam shovel. They now . have a number of 20-inch suction dredges on the Isthmus. In addition to the big sea-gotng dredges. The latest arrival is tne "bandploer. It Is built to . dredge to a depth, of 40 feet It has. a 20-inch, centrifugal pump.- wntt with Vilm? Nn una we Know, out anotner priesi. called Father Clark. He looked rather itonlsheu, and amusea wnen ne nearn my name. I don't oiaine mm, ao your M lan't half as nice as mv beloved. ihniirl-ar it least I don t think SO. 1 wlsn you coma meet om uu,i Teddie." ,v ' I JUarlt curiy nair. long nose, oiue evs. typical priest moutn- on ine or-1 aer of an Irishman's, so I told him direct driven by two horizontal tand.-m 0nce rather tall and slender. That's high-speed compound engines, fed by afl d a aeseriptlon as I can give of crude oil is tised for fuel. It takes 100 whlIo Ma fairly good looking he would barrels of oil every 84 hours to run ntv(.r D6 -tvled a beauty this dredge. Vhen aU the dredge equip- .je Mld 'thftt ,omo t(me he wanted the monthly ... w. u. ,. rn. , . - nil iu null wio viuc. . - not, J ronl I fraternity of the Blessed Bacrament." I inM him i wotiici wnen our enKaKeiiieui was announced and I could attend bis church. .... "The idea of your insinuating the other day that there would not be much confessing of sins when I was there and that It would be mostly a confes sion of love! How shocking! In closing. Edna ciarn wrote: 'Did I tell you I expect to see my wHthairt on the boat todayT you 11 excuse my saying so much about him, I won't vnnT Ons always writes about what is most in one's mind, y"u know." The pen picture tne missing gin uas given is vivid .In Its resemDiance to Father Young. The features) ? corre spond with ths description. Bishop's Court Demand iflUMIIi tlkv. David J. Evans, secretary of the ecclesiastical court of Inquiry whicb Is examining the charges that have been made against Rev. Payson Young, rector of the Church of Bt Mary the Virgin, In connection with the disap pearance of Edna Clark, announced this morning that there would be no. more sessions of the court of Inquiry until aff idavita had been filed with the court. "No more hearsay or gossip will be considered before this board at all," de clared Rev. Evans. "We will investi gate carefully every charge that is made against Rev. Toung, but these BUY A LOT NOW Before Prices Advance Great Shaw for Iths Boys y-. Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats at $5 for ages from 6 to 16 years. ' This is a special lot, made for us from our ; own ideas and your sug gestions, and if you and the boys are not more i than pleased, ":we v want to know why. - -1 metvt Is brought into play output of material will be .buo.oou cunic yaras. On the whole, the work on Ahe canal for the next year promises .to be even more satisfactory tbn that winch nas Been done during me present y isfactory as that has been. Bvery na tion In Christendom has held Its breath watrhlnsr TTnnlft Dim dlar the canal. Ha has outdone every other nation almost two to one. Workers la States Beaten. , ' It is a fortunate thing for the con tractors of the United States that this canal-digging machine is not jQi woik here at home. It would set so low a mark for per unit cost, and so high a mark for general : efficiency, that the government might be pursuaded to do all of its river and harbor, work itself. No accurate estimate has yet been made of the relative eost of work on the isth mua and In the states, but all observers seem to agree that when a sufficient allowance is made for 'the difference in conditions at home and on the Isthmus. the canal diggers have the advantage of the workers at home. And this in spite of the fact that the majority of the la borers are West Indian negroes, un trained to construction work, and un used to an sort of work at all. Bides tapping Panama Graft. The Panamanian government is again mlssary. , Th son of President Obaldia charges must be sworn to. Until we has been in Washington protestln a rains t tha commissary being allowe to continue- its sale of supplies to the Americans on the isthmus. He says the Americans are all wealthy and are able to pay the prices the Panama merchants would charge- them for supplies. But this Is not a fact Although the Ameri cans ph . the Isthmus get good wages they are' not wealthy, and they would be poverty stricken if they had to, buy their supplies irom tne native Manama merchants. If one knows how to drive a bargain with a Panamanian Chinaman he is likely to do very well. But the native merchant will Dleed him every time. It was a knowledge or mis that led to the establishment of a commis sary carrying cinpartmeni store lines. It is this knowledge that will continue this sort of commissary. MISS KENT MAY receive the affidavits wa shall take no I action." OAKLAND POLICE ASKED TO SEEK FOE EDNA CLARK X Tfl 4 ttti nAim 4 vttt morning mat inis was ine LEAVE COMPANY notification tha1 Flrl . ' ' that his department had rei 166470 Third Street . Miss Louise Kent, who for two 4 seasons and a half has been' one of the most popular, if not the most popular member of the Baker -: stock company, has re- celved an offer to Join the Valen- 4 cla stock company of San Fran- clsco, and will probably accept. If she does. Miss Kent will leave 4 Portland November 21 and open with the Valencia -company on 4 November IS. . - i "I have received an offer to 4 play second lead with the Valen- cla company," sail Miss Kent. 4 "I don't know whether to take It 4 or not I have grown so fond of 4 Portland and of Portland people 4 that it la almost too much of a 4 wrench for me to leave here, 4 but I feel that the Ban Francisco 4 offer both from the standpoint 4 of salary and of possibilities for 4 future advancement Is so good 4 that I ought not to refuse it I .4 cannot decide until tonight or 4 tomorrow, however." 4 At the sams time that Miss 4 Kent received ths Ban Francisco 4 offer she received another' to be- 4' oome leading woman for the lie- 4 Clay stock company of Tacoma. 4 She is not considering this seo- 4 ond offer, however. , 4 Whether Miss Kent can leave 4 without having trouble with the 4 Baker management over her eon- 4 iract is doubtful. It Is known 4 hat Mr. Baker is unwilling that . 4 he shall go, but a clause In ths 4 contract .provides that It can be 4 annulled with the 4 consent of 4 both parties. V 4 4 (United Prma Leawd Wire.) first time the Oakland police were asked to assist In the search for Edna Clark. A member of the family, whoso identity Chief wuson rerusca to divulge, s.skcd tnat tne nonce lend tneir am. and 20 days after the girl disappeared the Oak land detectives oegan tneir investiga tion. Why there should have been such long delay In officially notifying the authorities the police do not know. Cap-1 tain or detectives feterson said mis morning that this was the first offlcla' was misstnz receivea. though tne news- he had followed ths case in papers. a a t vi7amnr tt aat IN NEW ENGLAND 4 4 4 4 4 '4 4 4'- ' 4. 4 4 Xew Oregon Postmaster. tSpecial Wapatch t Tse tauramlA Wssftlngton. Nov. ll Anton R tfr has been auoointeit noarmsatar if. Klondike, Sherman county, Oregon. (SMdal Dispatch to Tt Journal.) Boston. Mass., Nov. 1J. Beginning tnis evening ana continuing tnrougn tne next two days a notable conference Is to bo held In the hall of the Massachu setts Institute of technology to con sider plans for civic reforms in the cities and towns of Massachusetts. The conference is the first of Its kind to be held in New England. The Galveston form of government by commission. which was recently adopted by the city of Haverhill, will be one of the fore most topics of discussion. Other sub-' lects to receive attention include mu nicipal playgrounds, the teaching of ag riculture- and Industrial education for small towns. . . 1 . . 10 CENTS TO STOP THAT ITCH Kw Easy to- Oet Belief tastant BsUsf J rrom ntxn Disease). 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