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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1911. FT ; t w- "I1111 - TV EVER If ll 1 Vuj V r J EVOLUTION Review of Transportation Agencies , - T HE passing of the Oregon Railroad & .Navigation company recently merged as a part of the Oregon & Washington Railroad AiMavlga-. i uon company marks tne ena oi another period in the career of the first,, ,, transportation system in the old "Oregon the earjy history of the Pacific coast the transportation monopoly could prosper .V . I T V. .. ...I-.' tence to handle river traffic, the com Tf the steamboat practically disappeared ; and the railway train, extending into the riches parts of the original "Oregon ... Country,1' created a business, bringing - ; millions in profits eyery year to the men y who halt a century ago foresaw the Pa- cirio northwest as it will be. The real beginnings of the Oregon Railroad A Navigation .company are "to . be found! in I860, when "steamboatlng , . was begun on the Columbia river. For years following that dato 'Mttla boats r.lUJ U. .1.... IPU uiinu liib 1 1 r i his m. i ii if lico.iii . x uc traffic had grown until larger boats wera hullt ann th niimh.r ln th aerv- ..i iH,.oi Th. f,.i,i, M, rrm Dnrti.,, in Tk. n,iia s8 rate from $30 Ter ton. jThe porUge miieH, was JU Ter ton., .ins poruigo around, the obstruction a The Dalles was mado by freight teams. . mues, was Steam Navigation Comp-ny Formed, So ranldly had the business developed ,. ':. . ,, .... . . ., . .. that in .April. 1859. combinaUons.of the transportation interests were effected under the name of the Union Transport tatlon company and the Columbia River Steam Navigation company. For a year this arrangement troved pronuoie ana the business expanded rapidly. After protracted efforts the Orogon Steam." Navigation comCahy was formed with a i.itf t ,u.mv,n,t nt ti7 capital, largely In steamboats, of $17.- t r- Ai....h ..,, J. C. Ainsworth was made agent, and bo remained until tr.e company was le- pnll nrtranWaA mi Flftftmhor aa- a,a Iho i nrnT a B h ri J Vrnm h w ki i! 1 r 11 itioT i?h Washington territorial legislature wun nominal headquarters at Vancouver. The W.Pope.. 4; J, M. Oilman. 4: George W. Hovt a . . . . . . which noalti , hh nor, nled with the" Wntlon ol ona- vLr ntlr y . owr "f . ne en"r lire or tne corporation, ine superior value -of. that portion of the new , owned by Thompson and Coe was recog- V... .1 ..u 1 '" " i l' i. .u " , ' ,0f? .w.. any "i11 f"U.n- ""mK 1 mull, uif uiKr, owi nrauenw Ilnaal.alf S?0'-?!?" mu .tn. uuvn onu iK.viii, ."u this way obtained an Interest in the cor- poration in which the senior mem Der or the banking firm afterwards became quite a power. The difficulty ln effect- ing an organization of this company was very great, but Its subsequent history was great ln result' and usefulness. No other steamboat company In the ynUed States can show siich a record. No as- BORsment was ever lev ied on the stock. The company expended ln gold nearly $3,000,000 In creating the subsequent masrnlfieent nronertv. hpaides navlne to stockholders in dividends over J2.500.OO0 in eold. The first board of directors elected . .V t.a.w.v.. on ocn .... . i . . . . worth, J. S. Ruckle, D. F. Bradford, S. G. . , , .. . Reed and L. W. Coe. These were sup- Tposed to represent the different Interests that composed the new company. On June 8, L. W. Coo resigned as director, and R. R. Thompson was elected ln his Place. Minerals Are Found. Very soon after the legal organization Of the company the rich placer gold mines of Idaho territory. Washington territory and wectern Montana were t - .. rrciw discovered and a rush or miners ano Calle-aA-4own stream to Astoria, in mar. -kv.j .w. t.,. . Rtenm Navlsratlnn mmmnv nnAnithn. brought Into bains-. and thu flwrnn k..-v .x... ... - iuum iucbo u.;., us "ic auuius unaer iock ana i the earliest enterprises the names of J. Th" atZ)Z the road TwUhTm. and tween Portland and Oregon Citr and Steam Navigation company, after a Propitiate the sylvan gods during tne niKht 8troke, crowds of first-footers key At the beginning 0f the day the C Ainsworth. Jacob Kamm. Captain Lot from that Plnt t0 Corvallls. and Eugene score of years of prosperity unparalleled ea80n of c0,d- i were also abroad. They Were men and Wren obtain all the doorkeys in ths Whitcomb and Colonel Jennings appear T "00;0 !i Cy 0T evral In " the Peo- in the hWtory of America, passed out ot ... w . . - Women striving to be the first to set f8 " them ready tor instant i . .. ..Cv. Immense caravan was taxed to its ut- r.i. 'rn.nnr,nHnn ... .... .. T... When Gifts Were Lavish. . use. Then throughout the day and eve. 7. V . 1 V: Bl 1,10 L,a,lea wa"ia"en 10 ino company to meet tnem in New yorn 0f the business in early days, and ln part In the toast ot the present day. on uio imrmu, ui iv mj household give money to each Aftr ihu 15 shareholders, whose holdings were Cascades and placed at work. - Ruckle- city. They met in New Tork and after iate years the name of Edward H. Har- The head of the household in England the year, or Hogmanay, to get them- a of decorated animals led as follow: . ' . . .-became convinced that his true policy much talk and frequent disagreements rim an became interwoven inseparably first drank from the wassail bowl, and swaddled in a great sheet, doub- Dy children slowly pass the house and R. R. Thompson. 120 shares; Ladd & was to self to the company. The pur- effected the purchase of three fourths Jn tho history of the Oregon Railroad & then taBsed It on to his family and led up In front so as to form a vast th f d Vomen wt fnii . '''Jr Wh-1 everyHt,Wn of the caplUI stock of the Oregon Steam N8V,Bation compan, 'and Mn t. SeWp riendf It Ly t me. con- F'tX"? St tttooVTof with IndiSbl.rSS 60;' Jacob Kamm, 67; J. C. Ainsworth. into the hands of tho Oregon Steam Navigation company, at the rate Of $2.- ment of the Pacific northwest utrt of onlv a laree bowl of spiced ln mUe band8- calUng at the doors of Tn f peasants' nZw 40; A. H. Barker. 30r S. G. Reed. 2; NavlgaUon company November 4. 1MJ. 000.000 for the whole, giving one half ment P "e aclc northwest, 8ls tort of on ly ra bi or -picea tnn wealther )nnab,tailt, for a dole of YeBr tJft tare Benjamin Stark, 19; Joslah Myrlck. 12; and the price pald was $155.000. of theamount lnNorthern Pacific bonds . Gmtlmat, redlent, of the mo intricTte com- l"" hL. 5h. I'U . At midnight the peasant, surround a ' utfiHatrj tii 1 4 nr a n v - I t ii ri i i i nn I li fir I ill n imm m viiv brninin rum- ai i. n r m ti fi rirmir sm m v iimo Tnr r n . ' uuovuiai l bbliiui ul va l tana nnu - in mta i. m a. . rreignt up tne coiumma river was tne integrity consequence. The new company was wgs a c,oge corporation". Soon after greatly overtaxed to do the business that thp or(far,zatlon tho Bradfords offered was forced upori it. The portages at t0 se ther gtock at 75 cent8 or at th0 the Cascades were owned by rival and rate of 11,500.000 for the whole prop hostile parties, yet both were interested erty including steamships. , This Brad in the Oregon Steam Navigation com- f0rd' gtoci was purchased by A. Hay pany. snd occupied seats on the board. wnrd for a pool of those who agreed to These parties regarded their portage in- terests . as of paramount importance, They looked upon the company as sim- ply auxiliary to their other and larger Th rnrl.rr. r..r1. Kr .ini.r,0. r.u.u.nc " ..ir..o u. 1 teams to the mouth of Deschutes river, . . .... . ... ....... ... . a aistance ot aoout zo mues, ana was at that time principally 'controlled by C. Humason and his associates. The freight for the new mining country was so extensive that at times the whole portage at the Cascades was lined with freight from one end to the other. The result was of course heavy losses caused by damage and a system of robbery lm- possible to prevent. The company paid damages to freight in a singl month amounting to $10,000. The most of .this occurred on the portage, yet It was in variably charged to ,the Oregon Steam Navigation company The steamboat vantage under which ' they were simply : tint, were wholly gal; which were In the hands ot rivals. ' J . .... '...AMU1A ntiantnaa .O flu 4n rr.en realised the dlsad- ----- - - characteristic of youth. Tl l ft t h. MllCIIirill All IUOUV wuuek i .A 11 I At M i JX W n, u.m Birauicro m.. ,. thn M..ntrv anA tha Oreeon -cnui. oveu iiw uwm- kept c1ear. of Buch dependent on tne port- . v. .. r,nn mnr ing nope t scientists, dui as years ro wtouid remain in . l iuib uiiio Bi"viu i hioiib ui transportation over their portage was a ' ....... I.JIfrn.nn, wArtv. , ft m a. a r ..n-. ij. iuuuic.i wuUUl. iiodinaj ..v.... ft What was known as the Middle Landing .to the upper Cascades' on the Weshlng- g ton side. Ruckle's means of transports- tion on the Oregon side was a wooden tramwav the whole lencth of the Dort- , " ' . " . . i age; tne lower naii, or irom me miaaie " Landing down, was of .irom strap, and over this portion of the road he ran a J. small engine. The cars on the upper part of the road were hauled- by mules, . ' as they were on the Bradford road. , Durjng the high stage of water, notably Irom May to August, the teamert could j not run to the Middle Landing, conse- quently Ruckty transported the freight )c.at ifch times over the entire portage, Aifeenwrfcicli lie..,.raetya . B...ali through rate from Portland to The '. " Dalle, and as Bradford had no tramway u'beloW the Middle Landing, he could" not r, claim from Ruckle' a division of portage V earnings on the lower half ef his rod.; This annoyed Bradford exceedingly, as Euckle'js Income from this source, wltt OF A GREAT of Oregon Country That Had Their Beginnings tn Navigation Company of Half Century Ago and Their Makers. . j igen Oregon Steam Navigation company organized 1869, by special act of the legislature of Washington territory, with headquarters at : Vancouver. Capital,' jm.500. - Operated steam boats on Columbia river only. Re organised In 1862;vnder laws of Ore gon.' : ':y V- " Oregon Railway k Navigation com pany organised, X879, "by Henry VII lard, with. $4,000,000 capital ' Reor ganized 48J6 ts the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company. Merged 1910 as part of,, the . Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company, with H lines and 8474 miles of tracks. Capital," 8SO.0OO.OQO. Value of prop-' erties involved in merger, $18,415,000. Expanded in construction with bet terments since 1898 $59,735,000. v t . - the immense freight that -was then mov ln"' very great, ". -r , "ju is riannea. J. ,C Ainsworth and those who were X . . . . . . . iinis i ri ar rrt rna inravasf s r Y m m hAa e J"0?t capacity as -was' everything else . . ' ""u' wa lo Drlng le board of directors to see the n.ece8Jtv of.buildlng a railroad from mf at"' L .tt (ham tfcoi th. .... .,,.' ., " . . . Jg, tn ra i.!? f, "If? V" Jk He found Portland, and lateTHevTit .-th, hopofrn ;cofn.aib about 20 miles of railroad lronrwhich? could be procured by paying freight and charges. He made arrangements to takn q 'Tl tho lot T0 would on.,y require 14 miles, so this would be enough for the Cascades portage as well, Arrangement, were made for the ship- ""-" ui i a 1 wum or constructing The Dalles & Celllo r?ad was commenced. They had com- Eelea aD.0Ut thr miles of this road at 1 ne thanes when Bradrord. became frlgntened at the uccess Qf RuckJe on the Oregon side of the Cascades. This led Bradford to agree to the construe-' tion of a road hv th nrrnn steam Kov. . vibvJI wLtaui " wm ' cumti ii lire. iicj lgat!on company the full length of the proposed to purchase control oThe Ore- Porta'e on the Washington side of the.gon Steam Navigation stock and Invited river. As soon as the negotiations for an Interview with 'an authorized commit- the sal were completed the construction P"y, rirst organised by special act or l. me legislature oi wasnmgxon terriiory, ,iv. i i u-a . . v. ver. was dissolved December B. 1862, and Iwruil' 1er th general corpora- tiOH law of the statn nf Oreiron. This ...... -.,- Th. Db.tlUU V 1 1 V- Ube,.VII V. DJ.. I . . 1 . V. now master of the riverand all rival "" interests were centered in the company, The capital stock was $2,000,000. repre- Rented bv 25 Shareholders, at 1500 Per 8hare' as foUows: Hraarorn ( TI. 75S HhareS It. It. Thompson. 672; Harrison Olmstead, 558; Jacob Kamm, 354; L. W. Coe, 33S; T w. Lyles. 210; J. C Ainsworth, 188; A H. Barker, 160;' S. C. Reed, 128; Ladd & Tilton, 78; Joslah Myrlck, 66; Richard Williams, 48; A. H. Grenzebach, 52; J. W. Ladd, 48; J. M. Oilman, 44; P. F. Doland, 42; E. J. Weekes, 42; S. G. Reed. agent, 40; J. W. Ladd, agent, 40; Joseph Bailey. 36; O. Humason, 34; J. S. Ruckle, 24; George W. Hoyt. 18; J. H.'Whlttle- sy. 8. v The Oregon Steam Navigation corn- Dany Immediately entered upon a career ' marvelous prosperity, which never llttBtBU. "u " iiiny " nnw In Inflnpn. AnH wpnlth until, from .i a j .u. , ,i....j o ... . . . -. . ....... - .w. V.. l...l. . i . . ... nn.l. fl. the humble beginning made by Insiglfi- Aant .lara.ailiul.ra Hire. lh. P.iTlfl T -J li 1 1 ren steam Navigfttlon company and ,u BUCC.g8C,r8 had become a power ,n the money centers of two continents. Throu(rhout entire period of activity th COmpany succeeded in keeping the g00(j wui 0f the people. No worthy traveler was ever refused passage on the Oregon Steam Navigation company steamers, and many a man was not only carried frw. but was given his meal, as well The pursers werejM $150 per month and that wan extremely . . . , . i ... irnnn nnv rnr. innrip rimnH. I no. inn nun v 3-,.-'. bond of them and trusted take a chance on the future of the com pan;' and purchase its stock 'whenever This pool it could be had at 75 cents. consisted of W. S. Ladd, J. W. Ladd. R. T Thnmrwnn B O Rppd A Havward ... . ...... . . - .. and J. C. ainsworth. Arrangements A . I ,U T J.AA t. Tlllnn (n orl- wore uaurj vim a vance money on such purchased stock and charge tne pool interest, as soon as araoiora wia stampede oreurred with most of the large stockholders outside of the pool named; many were frightened because the control seemed, to be going into Hay- ward's hands, and the offer of stock was more than the pool could well pro- ,de h t rU was purcna8ed that was nffgrgQ Business Increases Fast. The new company began its business f h . " harvest ln transporting il..n Ann nf thu truaiirx HopkorH foun(. ln the mlneg. The Florence City . . I . .... . . .... gold excltemen t oi 1 8t2 aiso Drougut. tne Oregon Steam Navigation company a floftd of prosperity. The wonderful re- gouf.,, 0f tbe new northwest were now becoming known as they had never been . . ti,u h hnr, vuo, .-.f UCiV.ra.. iiiw aao J v. Columbia river steamboaung. The boats could not possibly take care of all the business offered. The fleet running to jne Cascades was frequently unable to handle the people who -arrived on the Bteamshlps and the portage was blocked with freight for days at a time, not- withstanding the fact that double erews were operated. . A trip with leas; than 200 people was light At Portland the rush of freight to the docks was so wt--tlMiHlr iwelw form and stand in line to get, their turn In delivering goods." Their lines were kept unbroken day and night for weeks and month.v :'So. notwithstanding the enormous price of freight 'and pass age, It was Impossible to meet the de- mand.-A few private boats found plenty .1 l.i s I LB eXlBieillQ IHW o."" fc.'iv. v " j . . ,.. i - -- ii.y imrurcu. , . hr-.h. . unrA. nf me uieappuiincu uruam vi lib cany ai- . vas. network RAILROAD of business; also the .steamer Maxla" . .... ... of . the Independent line, but she was seised bv, the ervrnmnt on a. tarJinlea.1 charge axd in March, 1865, the Oregon Steam . NavlgaUon company got control of her. v Another contestant was Captain Van Bersen. who aaoured tha mAll con. tracts between Portland and The Dalles, He controlled the People's line Of steam-' rs.U 1 .1 : tv.. .t,.4 i . i uo. uuuBcu luaniM vi uwraeH iii M 000 capital aa annual dividends. freightVept solids such as lead.' n tS., was estimated by measurement, 40 cubic feet making a ton. The passage frnm.PnrM.nri tn Th. n-iil-' ... ..v.- and 7 cents extra for meals. Portland to Lewiston. $60 and meals and bed $1 each. Owing to high ratej., opposition boats were siartea more or less snaamodicai ly on the Columbia and Wllfamette rlv- . i ... ... firs n ' nnn gnnnn aa t n a la i i ia m arra ganlsed with. a capital stock of $2,000,- Ji completed, the parties controlling them, 1?"1L KLTZ: lgation company's boats. This opposU tion nontlniipd for ivn vMrs Th rr. Navigation com nan y cut wo l the Orewn City 'run and the outcome of it was that this company purchased a controlling interest in the locks and the Goldsmith ftnd. Teal oicnmeia. w Northern Pacific Attempts Purchase.,,, Bv .., th Nnr.hmi- p-.wl rA,t&,d , " . " ; was In the senlth of Us prosperity and the management oslred to use the Ore- gon Steam Navigation facilities in eon- nwrtinn .ith ihoir ntrr.ria. Th tee from the Oregon Steam Navigation, - money payments The old owners Of me company reiainea one rourtn or the .i, j Lni... i.. . so they considered that they had made a good sale, but subsequent events nroved it to he a mistake. Thrn.ih th oll,,-o nt T.v . ....VUB'. .MVP . ... . U . V. W C J VW.O , forced into liquidation, and the bonds that the Oregon Steam Navigation direc- torslnill held and could have sold for h at nhnnr AO mnt nmnrA tn in cents. The three fourths of tbe capital nM n Ik. Unrth.,. nannu tn triii Mrtttri Am On -! 41 n uoai4 lDto the hands 0f the bankrupt estate HOW TO BE San Franciscan Is Modern T HE FounUln of Youth! Whn has nnt annpht It whn the years commenced to weigh heavily? And who knew It lay close at . . . . ...... .. hand and was to he ootaineo Dy me ... i ..li t.. ipn. mmiri in K i.r I mm iiiilbi irs: ... . . Ponc da Leon didn't find it. but Sand- fnrn Rnnfr nf Ran FVanctacn did r Ion wandered over the world and thought the goal was ln flower be decked Florida. He did not know that he needed not to have left his bedroom. Sandford Bennett found the fountain and although he had passed the merid ian of life ln looks at the age of 60 years, he became young again, and at the age of 70 had more strength and vitality than he had even in the days of his lusty young manhood. In looks he VflS was younger at 70 than he was at 40. ' His photographs show it And how did he do it? 'By exarclsing. rtU ... .,-. I r. . .k...ll "Jr" . r'ZZl v.Aj.rvi. . 11. rj ... was too inconvenient,' jwr. oenneii grfw young aKam in ou. He was his own expert. Sandford Bennett Is a resident of San PTanclsco, t;ai.. where ne nas uvea ror 40 years and where he is general man- asrer of tbe Western Redwood Lumber company. Just now he is In Europe on o a-tlnn aa h ! n.nrVH r.rtt ..- .. . , . . .. hard for the last year. And he Is 70 .1 J . . Tjri. . 1 mu, iw. mn biui wi nuw no grew young again Is of interest. lelis interesting btory. "At the age of 60 years," says Mr. Bennett in telling hi story, "I was physically an old man, worn out. rheu tl'J.T. "".,..r a ::.L. : niBLiu, a unrunn.- ujoiotuu uiu Hainan bald, with ether minor ailments charac- terlstlc of age. F.ghteen years later. nr at th. a nf fiR therm Indications of a. physical decay disappeared. "T .11 ..oi monbln hoc. .nrl.aaanrl to restore to the human body by medi- clnal means the elasticity and vitality lis has been on- wlth tho Precedent of-ountless mil- i """J fttted success, that faint Tiope Is becom- irr mnn mm" v.t nr. .fill h nnrl.r nn '"o - m.-.. ' alonn" the same old mistaken lines lm- pHoltly believing in the virtues of any much advertised preparations and as srulllble now as when, the fountain of vouth wsa soueht bv Ponce as Leon. w - - ' me aosoiuie certainty is mat you can not rejuvenate the old body by any 18S2 Vil OCPBHinnpil h thu ihuintd i li. iu , ' , wuti n -o man ,vvv,vuv. , wk0 bealda adorning their tem- isn iiorae, ana sinjuif una uautmi, ruuiiu -.slt v.iHoh. ti. of the Willamette river boats. , I Inventory of the nrooerty was made, to- L-"'.DIi .k- U thu.. ti- .idnn of the fam- tZ0... Neu J,euJar- CHapPV-rKow e JJ5 Ke. rSSf tnT ihWo totMT 1 f thf? Tln P opleT'au '"he whole city thu, Aiata Pitself S SdTe JU durfng the ensulnryear. The New Tear generous supply .f cake, and repaired lth th the cbpsefluently good the company Spaying ?T; tVf,.f tw. customs of exchanging gifts, of visit- to the neighboring homes to offer the lng B blessing for the coming year f in ' as' hlgW as 18 per cent -on ing, masquerading, and of feasting, or- greetings of the season. But there icame its first moment. The sonorous majesty medicine or elixir or health food orought The real cause of old age 13; this Mr. Bennett has written a volume en- before the world. waste dogging matte. It may be termed titled. 'Exercising tn Bed," ln which he 'The question .Is, is it possible by any the debris or ashes resulting from the sets forth his methods In both text and other means to accomplish thisT ' process 6f life, and.lt cannot be ellmt- pictures. It Is a readable book and "Unhesitatingly, from my own expe- nated from the system by any lymph; breathes vitality and hope to those who riedce, I answer yes.' Mine is not an serum, elixir or any medicinal pretfara- want to be young to the very end of exceptional, case and I can state with tion yet brought before the world.". life. However, Mr. Bennett himself has absolute certainty that the. same results Mr. Bennett has greet faith ln his nothing to sell and says he la only ln- that 4 accomplished by the system of ex- simple system of exerclstng "tn bed and terested to the extent of telling the welee anetl ew fctrbtetnett bytttiyenriolde ooritoteonyxme'whs-wrtt sttck"wortd W nW In making" nls who will faithfully and persistently to the game. He says fruther: old body young. practice the simple system. "The secret of health, strength, elas- , To be wrinkled and bald-headed at 60 "My familiarity with the subject of Hetty of body and longevity l simply snd 20 years later to be a healthy Anatomy Is due to two years hard stud r muscular activity. The reason Is this; "youpg" man with not a line In his face I put In trying to become a surgeon. I When a' muscle Is contracted any. worn is i something to accomplish. No one am ready to admit, at this late day, that out dead matter which may have been grudges him his long drink at youth's dldot become .a shining' light la tha deposited at that point is forced out into lount. of Jay Cooke A Cix, and here it re mained locked up for a long time This failure served to shrink values all over the United States. The result was that 'Oregon Steam Navigation stock went down in the crash With other stocks. A plan was 'adopted by the trustees of the estate of Jay Cooke ft Co. to ..pay its creditors In kind. , Each creditor accept- . u n ,u, IHVUVaiilVU ICWATCvl ,1 vvi wilt 'u. " v-iu- ' v , , j r u-. j W. "-O-'ormea. In 1879 Henry, Vlllard came to Oregon with the avowed mimosa of nnrchaalna- the Oregon Steam Navigation company's property or building an opposition con-- cern, NeaoUaUons brouaht out the fsct .. .J. . " m luo esiaDiisnsa. Dusiness couia not k..,.u .u. ... kamkm . - l"d'w"h w ..F i u. PV wu,,u",J- He submitted his plaps to Jay Gould. V. 1 .W, An.. I ,1,. II A J , -m-o-.v,, ... world but -got a cooV reception. Then he laid Ws plans to combine all the trans- portation concerns in Oregon before his t"cu " wv "u rweivcu a prompt response. Thus the Oregon T-11 .V ft. XT I xuuiwkv at. ivavncnuun mm iikiiv ' wm.pi the new company was Incorporated, with '-i"!--! dk th nrernn Raiirnun a Nivintinn .. .... . tUuii"ij. Th rowth an1 mission of the new company was practically the growth and V?! TOE? 1S?0' Thfeugh Its agency Portland 'be ':?1ZZ"": V'...1 ""u "' '"" ul umuiuuuun lor uie norm Pac,flc ' Btate- L,neB 'now tend to North Idah0 and to SeatUe Gray" Harbr. WU to southern Idaho ana U0I,I ttie snaKe nyer- The North Coast, building through central Wash- '7 .. r . " "T unenuu una to ruget souna,. - AU th0 aarly steamboat men of the' ncl nopt.nwefl.t wer.e .ln ome way conneetea witn tne early history of the Oregon Steam Navigation company, and many of the great names In the railroad world were at one time or another aon- cH orirh th. m. ,m.i, i, it itu wuu liic iuwjb willi.ll IimftU up tho great system now brought under one name. .Perhaps more crodit is due J. C. Ainsworth, pioneer steamboat man, than to any' Other person for the development , i , , - r,. r e-i m aira.a you are ca. snan i ! u m oti m i" u "im jto: Mim vnn ma tinr vim m ..nn.j me, but why take It off? More than 200.000 miles of spirit lev- .n., k.. h,n r d ti, nu.,,i . .11. IIUH. IS..,. ..11 .'! ' HI.. . . Ill 1 1 1 Work of establishing bench marks thrjiighout the country In 1897. A RLh. lnV.AlAr h,a ttwl , nearly every country having patent laws n mniAoa 4Fvw m obl n n othirl nl irVt tl mt r.t . n..Mn. .lnAhnl .n... the waste liquor of sulphite paper mills. ii ...... iin-0j .uvcmIho with fh Rnmnni. uuy wueu wmsbjuuk wu, ouuccj, ut ine Beniiment senas out ta twhoinff . YOUNG AT SEVENTY YEARS Ponce De Leon Who Finds Fountain profession, but I did learn all about my nhvslc.nl nlf mv nn KtMv natlent. "It ts astonishing that no one hereto- 'ore seems to have written at length on the subject or experimented In this dl- , i .i.j i. i. rwwun. i nave ni'inini n'p" i n fnr 18 vuara a nfl hllp'fl T hnv. At, covered the simple solution of keeping ... - j - - - -... young muscular activity. By the exercises I take while lying under the covers In the bed I was able 10 no myseii or cnmnic riieumausm, dyspepsia and other minor ailments and absolutely accomplished the rejuvena- tion of a body which at the age of 50 nwwnM all f h'lnrtiratlnnB nf nhu-slnil : - - r ' age. How to Remain Young. "To know how to become physically young and remaln so, it Is well to know why we become old. The human body Is composed of billions of cells or mole cules (I prefer the latter term: Web V sf8 definition being: a minute, parti- mft n,r nr hndi ." iim.Vrt. ie iinuias cle), and those billions of ml tides In the aggregate form ou Tnc lntn be from tn w. nrink th(, ai. WR nrAI1,hA anA th food we take Into the stomach Th. materiala are then con vM-tod hv the marveious process of digestion and as- 8imiiatlon Into cellular or molecular llfn Pilch infinitesimal cell has a life of Its ,..1 , , .v. .. o unu an uuui uik itkii uiiuunii- lng It as each person is distinct from ...... . . .. .... au oiners. 1 nerie ceus come into being. lIlt',r orl" "veB ana U1. even as wo all must die, and having becomo dead matter should be eliminated from the system; if not they will clog up the arlerlal or piping system of the body, Under these. conditions the muscles and organs are not properly supplied with , , . . .ii m . .irtherwl 1" 'tVnfy0 Indications of what we know as agp. a hnriv itn nnm hnrad mlth --.. 1 dead cellp and clogging matter could not be . . r " ' -' ' ' ' " ' hi tvLK ;tno,: nf , IZ. , -x a , venous system, with or capillaries, can be deposits, the walls characteristic of youth. The heart would the plastic fnnrlmnn numn im ninoa inroUKU tnonp. Plastic arteries and capillaries without dtffl- mi.. - ... . l . - cuuy. j.ne munur ana organs Dejng properly nourished -and supplied with material for repairs, would retain their vigor and the body present the appear- ance of youth even at an advanced rage, inri thla la thn nonltrnn whlrh T hm - - ........ . accomplished at almost .'three score and ten.' NEW YEAR'S DAY AND ITS CUSTOMS Hgw People of All Ages and of All :'v , . . Pv Mabel Piske-B'assett A' LL DOWN the ages New Tear's day has beer, prominent In tne Did World. Today among some -or me nations it uanen ia um intofoKtin Mramonies of , . .-.-,.,. i . a tt.a to u- from antloultv XL ",a.. ,- nf IwV.Zk " -,4.k uet - RinK m nuuBfo nnu tuuimm " . . . .i. j , ,h. nn- -" . . making throughout all the coun- was a marked feature of the day. The Persians exchanged eggs. The Dru- , ""5. " . . B "1 '"" tletoe. On h last evening of the old frnm in nnlr In th Harrnrl forpBt. mistletoe and apportioned it to their v?""Zr JZ:'S Vk- LUO UCUUIO UlUWU OLM 11 T O VVtS VIJC - in the time of Henry VII and Henry f-lgns amounted to-sums that were of- niv hovnnri hir man there was one man. honest pie .n. pui mere b uug mn, nuucoi iu uu- mer. who could not lavish conscientious- ly pon so unworthy a master as Henry V21 Jt uiu . .. New Testament with a leaf turned dowi, 81 eoTw.? "- would Tina reterence 10 some 01 ni own domestic failings. This custom of lavishing presents on the rulers of nations reached its height 0f extravagance, ln tbe reign of Queen Elizabeth, when her people filled her purse 10 overnuwing wnu b'u nuu. most precious gems, her wardrobo with the richest clothes, and her larder wltn the rarest delicacies. - The New Year Feast 1,,c "cw ' ' , , I" olden dayg the New Tear feast nlaved an imnortunt Dart, and the was- , 1 " ' sail wax Us most famous, dish. The word wawsali Is equivalent to "here's to your health." ThouRh wassailing Is practically extinct, we have Its counter- rtiinHlnO H Rnvthln ln our r. , . , V Bifldefh cook books, snvs Helen Patten. "It contained eight kinds of spices, six bottles of ale. sherry, or Madeira. 12 ckus. 'wellr whisked up.' and various frnlta Aftnr munu nrncesnes of slow . . ....... ....... J . - Kradual adding of Ingredients and1 pour- ing from one dish to another, the mix- ture was boiled 'till a fine froth was ob- talnpn ' Then with the tossing in of '12 soft roasted apples.' It was sent up Vl At " hnl" The poor young women passed from of Youth in His Old Age. the glandular and venous system, from whence It i rarriorl nff hv h .Tnrn. tlons of the body. When that mViscle Is relaxed the action of the heart forces a fresh supply of blood and tissue building . ... .. .v.. .. - . .. iiiiiu w mw muscie ido wun u mil mvfflprlmi, rmtv,r lh vll.l nHMlnl. hence growth .. . . . . . - ...w. ... ....hil. "Any muscle so exercised, that is. alternately contracted and relaxed, tn- crosses ln size, strength and elasticity, una any aujaceni Kiana or orican snares In the improvement. This law applies to all parts of the body. If every mus- cle of the body is systematically cleared nf dojirl r--ll inH nthnr HnrrrHnr, mall.. . - v"o'" by this process, a general rejuvenation results, and this Is the condition which I have obtained. " Never Too Old to Exercise. For the encouragement of those who feel they are too old to try. remember that I did not commence these exnerl- menis unui 1 nan reacneo me age or au aml ,hilt 1 was,then Physically an old man- My. ' n0t 0ne f Physical Privation, hut rather of physical ac- quisltlon; hereditary antecedents were ' """."T".". . 'IT L:'".L""' unravnrame ana irom cnnanooa .,n r ".7 ..V..-. L . . . ' Option a the age of 4 iTn not of "V 01!."J f ..i L "P. n?.. ' ' r Zi,7 k'1 i m ll.l T W8S promise inal I CO U 1(1 ever Ob- tftl n the health mimcii I ir 1 1 v atronirth 1a Mast -itv at h,,dv whiAh T nnw ana 'laBlH-llJ OI DUdy WniCH 1 DOW nnswKs rpivwtinir that ih. ama a.,.. cess Is possible to anyone who will faithfully and persistently practice the methods. "These alternate contractions and re- laxations are really a kind of muscle omBDi. Ferris wHh h- nTflm-i i.a.-i ' if " " -"v.oju nroicui- at caiiy and persistenUy. they will call nt? Bton, every larK Bf,usc,e of ,he body, bringing to yiu the greatest riches n i 'A . ... . . - - " - iiiti.ii, rn.n.ii,iii ana OOOliy eiSSUCItV Without PXDpnBP 7,t4h'?1' flertlow' nd unler more - t ! , ,, . anyl'sT "l i'"j"M-.i yci prefwnioa iu ine worm. This is the secret of a lona life and the only possible fountain of youth.' " Mr. Bennett's case has attracted wide- sprrttu Hiituiuon ana pnysicai culture Suited him and made exhaustive studies .. . . .... fc,.v . . ....... ...u lummy nave ot pis conauion. The editor of the Physical Culture 'Magazine declares Mr. Bennett's rejuvenation to be one of the wqrld's. most remarkable examples of an old man. beina made young again, ImIuh rr crrvij. , '. . v r ' " ii(S iuci HQ ft I U W O younger as the years come on, say the, experts who have studied him. Countries Have Observed the Beginning of the New Twelvemonth aa a Holiday of foj. " I - -'.v ':';,vi one wealthy house to another with their ribbon bedecked wassail bowls asking tnrougn sopg ror a portion oi wassau or a contribution fif money. If their ef- i " .tB...v...... carol ouickly changed to one less pleas- inir . Into the early part of the nineteenth century wasaalllna- Drevalled in Scot- ua ' Jnut M th rlock .truck 14 there - - . " . was a eeneral handsnaKlne in We scot- : - , jT,... , many another engaging old festival ob- servance. In .Edinburgh, when the good old peopia came out. bands ot runians met them with blows and robbed them, - ,, .. ... . ..... ... ' waturauy mis violence aeau-oyea mo Pleasure 01 WlSSUUng, BUO iruni turn torn. i V 'Cnatera of "First Footine." ' " fhe htnnlnir of tha vea, The on Te'Trought good'Tuck ttrJ U n0Tv vAjir . . . "Thu vnunar man who could meet a "Th 'n nnarminir iirHi-iuuier uv liio uwi not only given the privilege ot ... - kisslns her. but the good luck she brought him would win him a bride ' .1. B.'w .r.l. uon 01 aoornepper' wn juuvu after by the laddies it was not without its drawbacks, for more than likely, ln- stead of moetlng his blushing Peggy, ne was oDiigea 10 ieaa grandmother ,r maiden aunt the butt ,., ,,,, ' ,. aaniii Flrst-footlnar along with wassailing received Its check in- Scotland in the trouble of 1812. Other Scottish Customs. Nevertheless Scotland has other pleasing customs of the day. One savoring of the old wassail spirit Is net, v. ,115 v. .. ... the children's gathering of Hogmanay ln the primitive and retired towns. "It Is customary for the children of the poorer classes," writes Chambers . , i.cauaVrr n?nn y ' exJT iouou ui uiit ueumnuu uui " .h. ,h i,m.iv.i himv thom- Belve8 for several days beforehand ln preparing a sufficient .quantity of caka'' Tha Rrnta rnnnnlt the Rlhla New - - tune for the following year. Before breakfast they lay It on the table. Then each person opens It at random and places a ringer on one or tne cnapters From this chapter he win. gain an idea viii yin no u.n mm, Good luck Is believed to follow the lain ihlnfr In th WnrcAtrhlrA bor der of Herefordshire, at 12, there Is a rush for the "cream of the year," which is the first pltcherful ot water taken out of the nearest spring, the best of luck following the successful one. New Ycar' Eve in Germany. in Clnrmanv Moor V.r'i P!vo nr fit Sylvester's night, brings forth a curious bit of rough play. If a person wears a silk hat in the streets of Berlin on . .., ... . oi. oyiveBicr nigoi no mwns wun a n.iaAf. wnAin uu... " ......... "Hut ah," shouts the laughing crowd. - - ' . o o "Hut ab," he bears from every side. ."Remove , his hat! They are telling him to remove his hatr What can they mean f.-f ouraiy uiero io nuunng wroaK with his hat!" But they are coming toward him! Now they strike him! "Hut ab. Hut ph "-rpnlH th air nn hlnwa fall nnnn -- - - - his head. In a moment, amid deafening cheers. the top of his elegant hat files off and the rest of It speedily encircles his neck. Then, enraged, bewildered and with an ay.htncp hnarl tin flns tn tha nnllr for protection and redress. i ,u. - u , 1 1 l V 1 '11 r 1 1 1 1 W i l oL TUU HilUUlU 1UI .. a slik hat n tha sfrr.t on 8, Sylves.er.8 Bhtr Is tl to him In a tone lmplj unpardonably Ignorant. Thprpnnon with th. f tho question put plying that he Is TherennoTi. with the fnnlinir of a. run- ... .... . .. . -'-.-- nmanaoa emm, ne can oniy steal away to privately nurse his bruises and his outraged soul. Despite the roughness of this diver- slon It seems to amuse every one save the victims. No less a personage thar. the emperor himself found delight In lending a hand Incognito, even after coming to the throne. But his pleasure tn it had a sorry ending, when one Now Year's eve he assaulted a most rctnTin i nri ir t n et ina n morn twt w w n mighty thud came the emperor's hand I'.IIa ,rV.,"T,..'u-,r " f"""". .V... .. " .l 011 laceraiea a conauion uiai it was neces- sary to call a surgeon His victim. "till smarting over past Indignities, had fnrparmfid thP tnn nf hi. hi w th n T ifjt i.ni-ir -Mtin i fiiii ni u inpn wmi nnn the nnlnli lumlnir unwa.,1 Since this experience It' is said that the German omperor takes no Interest in the demolition of the silk hat. it was th vnr is.s thnt v. hih to this peculiar custom. It originated in h rlnrs nn st Rvinr.r'. Aa nf that vear. when th iow-r riaasps tnnv this way or displaying their hatred lowarn uiose in niKn rana. Happily, not all German New Year ob- servances are fraught with such lndig- nttles. If in walking the streets In the Rheriish provinces one hears the greet- Pm.H' T0'..ir.ha xHi., .k. i . his ear. Hatov New Tear bv th rw . . . ' . ... .' . ear,' tiappy xsew i ear oy tne law, the day he is. a captive and must pay? ransom. A gift of some sort, a cigad () L I a rnnsom. A el ft of some sort, t r nr' or'a bottle of champgne, he must be - niL III IIVUIKO VS. v stow on the one who has succeeded" la gathering up of my mind to a conosntra creeping unon- him unawres anSbelng Won of all the lma that have dif the first -to pronounce the magic words, "fuae over the past twelvemonth, all 1 Germany, In the writer's opinion, has Dl,ve don- or suffered, performed . of one New Tear custom that is the most neglected, to that regrttted time. I he. charming In all the world. . gin to know it i worth : when a frisnd "The night of Oecemher Jlst Jfrom ' takes a personal color, nor was time immemorial in Frankfort-on-the- It ttoVflUlM.;;tn;:.tl;.oi)!:mperry Main," says one in describing itJJLJlnfB n exctttimetli '"';f' s " the" city keep the festival, watching tn "'.' r3Bjfi'l.ii old year out and tlie new jrear nx Fmy'W .' try parties op gatherings of friends are Such feeling should lnd lodirrnent Sti to be found In every house. Games, -l oor hearts and as the old yar tnjU stories, music, and kindred diversions, and the new year enUrs wltn ill IM with an honorable attention to eating glowing possibilities, wi huM ftrh and drinking, serve to speed on the last to lnrrr;i the brtlllaacy Afthe u hours of the dying year. . menu of the new. " "Suddenly, at the exact momentwhen from the great dome of the cathedral uw nrm eiroK ti mianignt soonas its warning, every house throws lda open - . ,; lean, all the dwellers In the town, '.old and young together, each with class la ' nand-' Tn Klaa i raised on high, on the.wwd, of the toast burst on the as- tonw,, 01 ln one masslva tone, horn Of mnrn than a v,i.r.,lr..1 ' . .7 . . . loousana voices, joined m th crv. clamor, for a few brief . seconds, and then it ceases. Before the last clang of tne twelve nas melted into silence the toast of the hour has been drunk, the mlJ. W... V . . .t . V...t i" ,"m,; "y" "w11'"'. ousn . .vuca uiiub uiuiv ver :, 10 secure a sugar uncle." or "sugar """S . .V""" ntnw tVmmw tA. i a t . . ThTs Ug' door ann RnAn th lrpw on .4 iik .t...i. . s. r . auv. ' . 1 1 BUVUW WL trlumps. Inform the Drlsoner that h win iiul nn i rtn iinrti riA Qtrrtmu a M !' w n . w j ; 1 the ransom they demand. Woe to him ' , if he values their commands llhtlv he la In the hands of merciless brigands! ' v. ""LI"' . .P m.ln.e wew . xi uuoervnni.es oi me rural aistncts of Russia. At daybreak the adults are awakened by a shower of wheat or ; dried peas, pis Is the children's mis- , J " "avng risen very cany, Jt pu entered house after hou. th doors of which are never locked hurl. Ing the dried peas at their enemies, and Rprinkling the wheat gently over their friends. After breakfast it is the duty of tha peasants to pay their New Tear's greet ing to their lord, and they have a pe culiar way of doing It. The villagers f,a(j their decked wltb the 'home o ftn(J hl fa u-aa inmr narmsomest horn mm evergreens and berries, to of the nobleman. Tha lnnt : and! all Indoors; and toeildlSl of hta " ' " " v. . nai ILI1U WM If n to see it transformed to wina.on the stroke of the hmir trnh .... . i 1 lu" uuur- cacn year renews" thi. . . . . iJiiiwiiuaiKii noi in itussia ainn but in parts of Germany as well, the peasantry firmly believing that lie on ly requisite for a repetition of the mir acle of the feast of Cana of Galilee Is a sufficient degree of faith. ThA Pniuinn. Am, n4 . ,w. ... a . . .. of the yaar t0 calling a Dleaaure In whch even tne chUdm; BhJL uro " china and Japan also preserve this anclent custorn. Delightful Custom in Disuse. ii regreixaoie that .New Year call! have fallen Into disfavor throughout our own country. Calling on New Year's "8el to be the distinctive featura of tha dav m parts of America, particularly ,n New York city,, where it originated among the Dutch. It was discontinued, however, ln about the middle of the ","1JJU,& wf? ,6w .M ZT rn-uiu uiq uaiameq jum ?t of ttorrinnVZTii?0 nousFe and reaooear in a miiTi i ,-, " . m'racuiousry "'" iiiB whb a noisv ann hilarious greetine- a elan nf wtn. .... R 1 Win WSS1 Rwalnur.r1 rtiml&Jlu .... i . t , 7a hT Ti?'' ILir??'?" .... .... , .,. ..' next nouse. Then. too. mora irnni wa ,n wtlJch fiai upetarts. d. 1 tho .v,.. , ... , , . all wouU InfS nnnTh., k Tf a.',. " ul' Z."F' uospiTAliiy. ' . thn 1 h.,M i" . "uoc. laH malum BQOUia ale OUl 1ft America. xt.. v .,.-- ri. t? lcw xear 7 frtnce. New Year's In France is the gayest festival of the year and its principal charm lies In the way in which it ta mil If a famllv rtav Ih. arnmA amlarf . vading France that America has, in her x- . . . . .. ..'T. UIKJAIIU I t 1 HJ. U I V 1 II IT nn V Oil. imr and exchanfflno- rnt. prominent features of the French New Year. Throughout the day merry crowds iui tne nouses and streets of Paris enrwhp.n Trvwrrtt. rurhum Ih. Mn. .... .. . . v " est nuarity in tne Latin quarter, where the students dine sumptuously in tha restaurants, and sing and dance. In the poor section of the city the people have little time for gaiety, for this is their chief business day of the year, tbe one day in Paris when beggars may beg to their hearts' content, so with a merry face and a happy heart tney1 leave their homes early to fill every nook and cor- ner of the gay city and reap their ' re n. aw In most ef the southern countries ?ew 1!ar.8 tne Tnncw n making u oay ana lrie unnstmas tree is then more ln evidence than a week earlier In the Foreien Courts, -n we rorogn wura. i i -vt . . . . -r - w wn nuruuMn UVUTIU, la IDB mnrn. n dlvlnf service, and before the ,",,7 uau" receive " B ""'"w" anu'i : aignuaries. &o interminabio seemed recepuon to the child ruler of Spalo a few years ago, that his mother some times had the greatest difficulty In pr CTll,"a "uu r:M5vn. ino muooi v "'o . ..... neBO an.oa8sao.or, ur oesinaing tne great ?oM Mons ornamenting his throne, th custom of ringing out the old year and rlngiiig In the uew Charle Lamb tells' us that no one can reaard It with Indifference , "Of all toitnda .of x oil holla ha mrifu ,v " .v. oeUs." he writes, i'tnost solemn: and touching ts the peal which rings out the 1 'd I sever hear It without a auni. a uiSR onlv Rwjimn ahMl h