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TWO DIE AT WORK OREGON DURING : ! THE LAST WEEK One Killed in Railroad Opera tion at Florence and Other - While Logging.- r- ' TOTAL - OF FtIFTYEVEN (tat "Labor Commissioner Xolva Keg-alar WMklf ateport of , ' Accidents.'.". MONMOUTH CELEBRATES AFTER MANYEARS A iSilfn Bureau of Tb Journal. Bilem, Or.. July 11. Two fatal and 6T other industrial accidents were re ported to State Labor Commissioner o. P. 'Hoff this week.- Linn Younge wan lUJei-at Florence while engaged In railroad work and Chester A. Jones ai killed while logging at Clatskanle. The full list of accidents Is as fol lows: ' -: ... - ;.- ':.'::' X,,'- i:: - A. Klrkoran. Tualatin,' chest bruised; railroad section. . ; E. Johnson, Trenholra. foot cut; log ging. ,.- - T. Killmgspern. Portland, hand; cut, meat company. . ' . R. Came. Portland, body bruised; railroad section. Joe Bam. Portland,' heel bruised; ma chine shop. . , John Filter, Portland, eye Injured; machine shoD. William Sample, Ontario, leg brok en, arms ana race nruisea; electrical. J. O. Druelly, Sellwood, head bruised sawmill. John Duffy, Portland, finger cut; planing mill. J. L. Molen, Portland, heel crushed; teamster. M. R. Upton, Portland, ankle broken; logging; , Thomas Johananson, Portland, face bruised: lumber yard. Cl.ris Sigenthaler, Portland, back sprained; teaming. John Long, Carlton, toe bruised; log clng. V. E. Maffitt. Portland, ankle bruised: railroad section. Gilbert Wilcox, Llnnton. hand cut; sawmill. B. C. Poe, Lebanon, foot crushed; sawmill yard. - H. H. Taylor. Albany, head bruised; machinist. Frank ftobinson. Portland, foot briilsed; meat company. -M. D. MePhearson. Springfield, fin ger bruised; teamster. 3. C. Mulligan, Springfield, hand bruised; sawmill.' Amil Smith. .Marshfield. finger bruised; sawmill. George Kelly, Portland, foot bruised; boiler shop. J. H. Long, La Grande, thumb crushed; railroad yard. Linn Younge. Florence, fatal; rail road train. Hoy Beneflal. Manning, finger crushed; sawmill. J. Schultz, Oregon City, arm burned; - paper mill. K. McSorley, Monroe, finger bruised; railroad, train. J. Calvich, Enright. leg broken; rail road construction. K. D. Jennings, Ashland, foot burned; railroad train. Churles Shaffer. Falls City, foot cut; logging. Mike Tavavltsch. Falls City, foot cut; logging. Antone Mathlsen, Portland, s finger nail lost; carpenter. ' Oeorge Sarlas, Portland, ' finger bruised; railroad section. K, Branner, Marshfield, foot bruised; lumber yaro. John H. Woods, near Vale, neck bruised;' railroad construction, Ernest O. Rlckll. Dallas, body bruised; warehouse. V. K. Smith. Oregon. City, finger bruised; carpenter. i O. Fosker, Wendling. face and shoul der bruised; sawmill. J. Frank, Portland, face burned; can manufacturing. J. B. Fandram, Portland, blood poi son In hand; can manufacturing.- A. A. Brachti Portland, finger cut; machine shop. A. Weber, Portland, eye cut; rail road section. Chester A. Jones, Clatskanle, fatal; 1 4 Mark Broyles. Marshfield. body bruised; logging. -v, Dewie McKilrath. Salem, finger cut; tiox far.topv. M. Snow,- Marshfield, toe bruised; lumber yard. - - Percy Peet, Marzhfleld, leg bruised; sawmill. O. Mangarious, Gardner, finger torn; rallroa'd construction. W. O. Schuette, Portland, nail In hand; electrical. Henry. Nagel, Portland, eye Injured; ' railroad yard. . Allison Tennant. Portland, 2 fin gers cut; construction. Edward H. Oilman. Portland, 4 toes bruised; railroad yard. ", John Sousa, Latham, hlp bruised; railroad train. J. M. Robertson, Brooklyn, 3 fingers bruised; machinist. William Thlstlewalt, near Meadows, t foot bruised; railroad construction. Oust Fredrickson, Clatskanle. . chest -oruisea; logging. . . Employers Must Post Due Notice :' jTrw"'ww ' IWirf1 w-',?ffyg?3BS i Lit - - - - - s r WHEAT OUTLOOK' IN mm county is REALLY GOOD NOW indications Are, Too, That ' First Estimates Will Be ' More Conservative, SMUT IS THE "JINX'? Idaho County Also Promises1 Big Out- . put of Wheat and Bar ley. . Top Polk county delegation in the parade. Bottom Lane county had second , largest delegation parade at Oregon Normal. in July . 4th, Monmouth, Or July 11. Mon mouth's celebration of Independence day was featured by a parade in .which dver 400 Oregon Normal school stu dents took part. Many floats were in lincT The summer students divlled themselves Into groups of counties nd much competition was exhibited. Mult nomah and Lane counties had the larg est, delegations, with Polk county fol lowing closely. The parade started on the normal baseball grounds, moved through main streets to the eastern part of the city and returned to i the normal fir grove, where a musical and literary program was held. Dr. C. J. Smith Democratic- nominee for gov ernor, gave & patriotic address, which was well received. The celebration was ' Monmouth's first lVi 24 years. Several old residents declared It was the best ever . held m .Folk county, The event washonored by the pres ence of old pioneer, who saw the first celebration In the county, held in Monmouth in 1857. , ; By Hyman H. Cohen. Colfax. Wash., July 11. There have been seasons when the talk, was ex ceedingly strong regarding, extraor dinary wheat yields in Whitman coun ty -that have never materialized, but this season the outlook Is genuinely good. . ;" -. . . Last year first estimates of the wheat yield of Whitman were fully a third greater than the actual production- of th county; but" it is qufte likely that Initial estimates this sea son will be much, more conservative. Throughout the Pacific northwest there Is a general .tendency among the grain buying trade, as well as among the producers, - to be ' more careful in making estimates. To some this year's figures of the wheat crop will very likely prove a disappointment, but the fact re mains that in practically all' of the sections visited thus far, the outlook is either close to a year ago, or possibly a little better. The present outlook for ' wheat In Whitman county is for a total yield of 12,000,000 bushels. The crop might be greater - or smaller than the . figures-mentioned, much depending upon weather conditions from now to har vest time. The one great drawback to the wheat crop of this section of the Palouse the present season Is the presence of so much smut. So far as known there has never before been a year whdn the smut, trouble was nearly aa great as during 1914. The fields look clean and the wheat in perfect condition if ex amination is made only from the roads but a closer view and examination. In the fields, discloses the trouble maker, the smut evil. It Is safe to say that were it not for the presence of the smut, the wheat output of Whitman county would be perhaps from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 more than the present outlook Reported Hold Hps J Probably Just rake j After JtarsMleld Officer Work on Caa; Alleged Victims -'Admit : That Stories They Told Were Bot .True. Marshfield. , Or. July lL -Th " city has been excited . today over reports of supposed holdups . - which - are? al leged to have occurred last night in the south part of the city, yesterday was pay : day at the Smith mill, and the banks were open last night to cash the men's checks. ' v Two men employed at the mill here claimed . to haver been held r np at 11 o'clock and a Uttl later it was re ported by occupants of an automo bile that they had been held up and robbed of $100. ?: Officers went in an - auto t to the scene and shot at two men, who es caped Today, the police have been working on the case and this evening two of those who were said to have been robbed admitted It was a fake as far as their case' was concerned. The" officers now believo that the whole matter was a fake, probably brought about with a purpose. DREDGE. MAKING "GOOD ROAD". IN RIVER WARDENS ON DUTY TO GUARD AGAINST FIRE IN THE TIMBER State Forester' Elliott An - nounces That Full Force Is Being Sent Out, iK'i! t .F:"J:... " i i, .mi lit11 Tillamook in action. Wheeler, Or., July 11. "Good roads is the nick name by which the govern ment dredge Tillamook is familiarly known hereabouts. The big digger Is scooping out a deeper channel In the RRTRF NEWS OF NORTHWESTKiSll jnosxiy rau nanting. While there is a fair amount of Happenings, in Dallas. Dallas, Or.. July 11. Rev. C. C. Cur tis; pastor of the Christian church in this city, has returned home, after spending several weeks at Turlock, Cal., where he had exchanged pulpits with Rev. C. R. Brooke,' , Holly R. Bennett, a recent gradu ate of the University of Chicago, who spent several yeeks with his parents. Rev. and Mrs. George HV Bennett, in this city," has -gone to Glacier Park, Mont.,- where he has a position with the , United States geological survey, While here Mr, Bennett collected and classified more than 200 different specimens of Oregon plants. . ' JWrs. Jane Schultz, '85 years old, Jell at her home in' this city Wednesday and broke her right hip and her right arm. - , ' 1 . ' j The following officers were installed by Friendship lodge No. 6, I. O. O. F., of Dallas, Thursday evening: Dr. V. C. Staats, N. G.; "Leo Burch. V, G.; Tracy Staats. secretary; F. W. Man ston, treasurer; Tony Larson, warden; B. H. McCallon, chaplain; A. V. R. Snyder, R.-S. N. G. ; J. E. Sibley. L. S. N. G.; F. E. Davis, R. S. S.; Charles Hayes, L. S. S.'; Lee Rickman, I.. G. ; H. H. Rich. O. G. After a shut down of several weeks for repairs, the sawmill of the Wil lamette Valley Lumber company has resumed operations. At an Inspection of company L. O. N. G., this week held by Adjutant Gen eral Finzer and Colonel Martin, 25 members of the company were inocu lated with anti-typhoid serum, prepar atory to going into camp at Gear hart next week. t Gerald Volk, formerly publisher of, the Polk County Observer and the Forest Grove- News-Times, has an nounced his permanent retirement from the newspaper profession. This week Mr. Volk purchased a fine fruit farm near Salem and with his family will move their next weekT' Chester Self erth, a resident of this city, but who for several months has been employed in Portland, has been appointed county recorder of . Polk county, to succeed Ned Shaw, who re signed a month ago to engage in farm ing in Washington. Because of a lack of harmony be tween himself and the street commit tee, City Engineer Edward B. Himes has been dismissed by the ,clty coun- I spring wheat in the county this season, cil. His successor has not been se lected, the greater percent of the planting was done in the fall. While last sea son the west end of the county turned out a remarkably heavy yield while there was little taken from the east end, this years outlook is for a more The fields are Woodland Has Clean-Up Day. Woodland, Wash., July 1L WHd- Drnvpmont pommittoa 'a-nri nil 1t1onaJ Uniform gathering. on Thursday observed th last eleanun I much alike whether they are on the day of the season. I north or south hills or whether on the The Woodlknd Fair association has 1 top of the hills or below. let the contract for the main building I The county promises a record barley on the four acre tract recently acquired I crop; in 'fact, first threshing is al- immediately south of town, and the I ready reported In the west end of El Woodland baseball boss are busy put- mira; where Roy Hickman is cutting ting up the high, board fence that, will 1 a Iield of about 250 acres that is re- ,, (Salem Bureau of Tbe Journal.) . Salem, Or., July 11. State Forester F. A. Elliott announced today that a full force of wardens .and patrolmen is being put on now throughout the timbered sections of the state for the protection of the timber from fire dur ing the dry season. The state will have a force of SO fire wardens, while about 60 fire fighters will be em ployed from the 110,000 fund allotted for the purpose by the federal gov ernment. v m These men will beV employed during the season when Mr. Elliott thinks the dangers from fire are the greatest. The various fire patrol associations will employe a force aggregating 300 to 400 men. The state forester is elated 'over the prospect of an appropriation of $25,000 by the federal government for the pur pose of patrolling the forfeited land of the Oregon & California Railroad company. Word has been received that a bill covering this amount has passed the senate, and the 'prospect of its passing the house is good. From the fact that these lands ag gregate an area of about 2,300,000 acres, and ana mingled with other for est lands in alternate sections, they must be patrolled whether they con tribute their share to the fire patrol fund or not. . surround the premises. The Woodland Fair originated five years ago the coming fall and the first exhibition was held In the rooms of local real estate concern. The next two succeeding years it was held in win mki? n-n. tj M,in 1 , - . . I ' J O - v.vn.... me uiu tcuuui uuiiuuig, iasi year li was held in three storerooms near the depot, and this year will see it held on its own four acre lot near the business center of the town, and there will be a main- building and other buildings for the care of exhibitions other than will be admitted to the main building, which win be or rrame construction, 40 by 70 teet. Thri .r. .ro,,..!.!,, Idaho, 1n Latah county, a wheat of the Commercial club last night and cFop, of approximately 2,000,000 bush the secretary reported the finances of els is Promised this season, about a the club to fair condition. quarter of a million bushels better In resDonse to a letter that was aS. I man a year ago. wane the crop in dressed to Colonel McKlnstry, United I that section 18 always later than. In states engineer in charge or the im-I w unman counxy, me ouuook is most provement of rivers in this district, j favorable. the engineer stated that the improve-1 As in this county, there will be a ments to be made in the north fork 1 big barley crop In Latah this sea- Those Who Bo Wot Come Tadr-Work man's Comoanaatlon T.&w Unit xc&lra ' ract Knows to Their Workmen. Salem, Or July 11. Employers en gaged In industries included - within the scope, of the workmen's compensa tion law, who elect not to come under the law, will be required to post no tices In their places of business an nouncing that they have not come un der the law. Commissioner C. D. Bab cock said , today that an employer In astern Oregon and another one in the southern part of the state had re fused to post the required notice, and - that that commission had advised them that unless they comply with-this pro vision of the law they will be prose- 'cuted. Failure to post the notices Is a misdemeanor, and subjects the of fender to a possible fine of $500 or - one year in Jail. : ; 5 . RESCUED AT LAST On his arrival in PoftSand Johnny Mott found himself entire destitute. No money, no Job in view and not a Ingl frlerid to whom he could appeal for - assistance. ' At first he worked for a life Insurance office, then for a real estate company, but neither Job earned plm a decent livelihood. A final . analysis proved -that his trouble - was in not being able to so Impress his prospective customers as to get their favorable attention, owing to the lack of his personal appearance, He ati once rigged himself out-" with5 a very nifty suit of lothea. a swell hat, shirts and shoes, arranging to pay for them later on, a.j little each week, and started : out .' for . business. Re markable, bow his luck has changed. ' He does fine. The place where he got his clothes is the: Eastern Outfitting Company. 406 Washington street And he. is not the only one. ,. v (Adv.) MISS' MORTON WAS GODDESS OF LIBERTY 1 1 V; : ri a 1 ! ; ' Miss Gladys . Morton. , ' wnua -saimon, wash,, July 11, Miss Gladys Morton was Goddess of Liberty at the White Salmon Fourth of July celebration. She was chosen only after a' spirited voting contest. In which a number of local youna: womm nnrtiM. pated. ;Th celebration at White e-ai-mon was voted on of the most suc cessful and complete held in years, a oarade being followed by a program of music and literary numbers, and a vuauuia vui, -atnieuc events. ported to be running an average close to 60 bushels. This is the earliest harvesting that-residents of that sec tiojj of Whitman county remember. The .barley is of excellent quality and The barley crop of Whitman county is, undoubtedly a record one this sea son. Not only Is there a liberal In crease" in the planting, contrary to previous reports, but the outlook Is the best in years. Oats crop is light The acreage was curtailed this seasonand the crop Is somewhat less promising than usual. of Lewis river would be made in time to allow navigation to be continued during the low water period to Wood land, instead of to Pekin as formerly. i'ekm is jnree miles below Woodland Eugene Chief Wins. Eugene, Or., sJuly 11. C. B. Chris tens en, chief of police of 'Eugene, se cured a verdict In the case - of C. W. Wallace against him for $10,000 dam ages because of alleged malicious ar rest and . prosecution. Wallace was arrested by Christen sen a year ago on a warrant charging him with conduct ing a disorderly house. He was put in Jail and was refused ball till the next morning. His case was dismissed. S. W. Taylor, county treasurer of Lane, says he will not help the stato treasurer out with any funds that have been oollected as taxes In this county. There Is about $34,000 In the banks at the present time drawing per cent interest, but - the treasurer says he lc not-going to take it out, and so cause the county to lose the interest. - Albany Elks on Frolic- Albany, Or., July Wearing long coats and high hats and carrying um brellas, all of which were In colors of purple and white, 200 Albany Elks de parted on the 1 o'clock train for New port to hold a high jinks this after noon and evening and all day Sunday. The party will - return date Sunday night. The delegation was accompa nied by a band and a number Of singers and fan makers At Newport they will be entertained by the Newport ' Elks and Elks -. who . hall from Albany, but who are now staying at Newport, i Clam bakes and banquets are on the program. son. Quite a percentage of the land that is usually sown to oats' was put In barley this season and this will likely bring forth a greater output than usual. Some feeling has been caused 'here by the advance in the storage rate on grain by the warehousemen from 60o .for a term of generally three months to a period of SO days. Not only hasi the storage period for the single charge been advanced but there is now a graduated charge for a more extended period. It is said that the farmers' organizations were among the first to ask the old line compa nies to make the advance, because. Temperance Day, Albany Chautauqua Mrs. X.lllian M. mtchner, of Topeka, Xanu, Will Give Principal Address; Pastor XcXod Will Speak. Albany, Or., July 11. Tomorrow is temperance day - at the Albany Chau tauqua. The principal address will be made by Mrs. Lillian M. Mitcbner. of Topeka. Kan., president of the Wom en's Christian Temperance union of that state, a member of the mayor's advisory council of Topeka, a member of the Good Government club and sec re tar y of the Home Missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal church of Kansas. She was closely Identified with the "Put Kansas on the Water Wagon" movement. . Rev. Murdock McLeod, pastor of tha First Presbyterian church of Tacoma, will deliver a sermon In the evening, Nehalem river at Wheeler, and "Good Koads" is not such a misnomer wnen one considers that Its purpose is In reality to Improve the highway of the river to Increased commerce. RAILROAD IN THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON : WOULD KILL POWER - T7 "- V " - State Engineer Lewis. Sees, Menace to Harnessing of Great Force of Water. SERIES OF DAMS IS inPA Information is Pnrnlshsd James A. Jones, Idaho Xxhfblt D1- rector. IORVALLIS & EASTERN BECOME A REAL RAILROAD T , .V Old Bridges Are Giving Way to Heavy Structures, Grades Are Being Cut Down and Sharp Curves Are Dis appearing trje Road's Early History- it' is claimed, -that after all the talk, the farmers themselves found that there was really no money in storing grain for others. ' A very small amount of contract ing is repotted in the market for oats, barley and wheat, but the volume Is unusually light, with the principal call at the moment for fortyfold on the basis of 80 81c a bushel, tidewater track delivery. ' George and Robert Forty, Marsh field, after a. season's hunting off the Port Orford reef, ' have sent 150 sea lion skins to the San Francisco mar ket. They will get $8 for each one of the pelts. - DESCHUTES RIVER FISHERMEN'S MECCA Kurtz Victim -t Improves. Centralis. Wash.; July lL-From all Indications John Hesford, the young son or a.t. Hestord who waa struck by u , motorcycle ridden by : Henry Kurtz, Portland,-has passed th danger mark and will recover.-: The boy was between life and death for 72 hours before his condition took a turn for the better. ' An uncle of Kurts was here from Portland, yesterday endeavoring to -secure the release of his nephew. but Kurts - will . he - held . until it la known positively that his victim will recover. - - ' aaaaa""'-'S-aflSAMaaaaBaaaBaw' -' - Portlanders Buy Farm. Albany; Or. July ll The August - Iff ,J A. A.v5 - f 1 gf bftfp ' in.i tm&mm P -"0" - , ''jrLr' - T5' 1 K'' A . 4 ' a- 'v ,- irJfgm if" 1 ---J" -r'V'i--''W'k . - . ' -iPhoto by W. P. ..Bunch of real beauties landed by angler. Hlckara. Fishing" parties from. Portland , are Keonlg farm of ,200 acres 6 . miles j finding In the Deschutes river a chance southeast of Albany, near Goltra sta-1 tlon, has been sold to H. J. Mclnnis and wife of Portland," who took charge yesterday, i ": The consideration was 828,000, but included all the personal property and -th ; cropv; .v Mr- ; Keonlg and wife will leave , the first - of the i for so much sport that expeditions are framed up on short notice: ; nearly every Saturday afternoon, .for a day la th . canyon.. "Last Sunday H; Proebstel. George Carson,- Gus Carlson and L B. Hickam fished In the river week for- San Diego, California, j to I near Frieda, a small station -on , the make their future home. . Oregon Trunk, The catch was not abnormal, though each of th party got enough to "bring hem and make a good showing. Mr. Hlckam brought in 28" fine trout, many as much a 14 Inches long. , The others did equally welL, Similar-parties have found the Des chutes trout fishing, a most diverting sport so f ar . this ; atnmer, with no apparent diminution of th supply with the succeeding visitation. By Fred Ixckley. There was a day when the Corvallls & Eastern railroad was referred to as two streaks of rust -running from a snowbank to a mudbank. The snow bank was Mt, Jefferson, the mudbank the shores of Taquina bay. It this de scription was ever true,- it is true no longer. The Southern Pacific company ha Just spent several hundred thou sand dollars In making the, Corvallls & Eastern a safe road.' Realizing that seeing is believing. John M. Scott, general passenger agent of the Southern Pacific invited a par ty of newspaper -men to take a. trip over the road and see for themselves whether the road Is In good condition. Those in the party were J. K. "Weather ford, president of the Corvallls & East ern; J. H. Stevens, vice president and general manager of the road; G. G. Bingham, Salem attorney for the Southern Pacific: John M. Scott, Gen eral passenger agent; H. A. Hlnshaw, general freight agent; Mark Woodruff of the; publicity department of the Southern Pacific, and the following newspaper men: Frank' Jenkins of the Eugene -Register. Charles H. Fisher of the Salem Capital Journal, William H. Hornbrook . of the Albany Democrat, E. J. Finneran of the Eugene Guard, E. M. Reagan of the Albany Herald, L. R. Gilbert of Albany, C. U Springer of the Corvallls Gazette-Times, J. Shanedling of the Telegram. A. Ben nett of the Oregonian. and Bred Lock ley of th Oregon Journal. I sat on the rear end of the obser vation car with J. H. Stevens, who has been with the road since June, 1898, and who knows every bridge, every culvert and almost, every tie. A Railroad. Hoted for Bridges. "We," ar operating 140 miles of road," said Mr. Stevens. "From Hoover, at the eastern end of the line, to Albany IS E7 miles, and from Al bany to Taquina, our western termi nus is 83 miles. I doubt if there is any other road of similar length that has anywhere near . as many bridges and waterways as the Corvallls & Eastern. We have 864 waterways on our system, 464 being between Albany and Taquina. We cross the St. Marys river 25 times and th .Taquina 15 times. We are replacing many of our bridges with substantial structures heavy enough to stand main lfne traf fic. While it is more expensive. to put in standard structures heavy enough to stand up under the heaviest en gines "Used on our main lines, yet, on account of their greater - safety and durability we believe It will pay.- It will give you an idea of what we are doing in the way of replacing our bridges to learn that since last Sep tember our bridge crew payroll has averaged 8167.50 a day. Our average monthly payroll for track gangs is running over 828,000. . For the six months ending July 1, we spent for renewals and repairs of our bridges. trestles and culverts, 821,000, ' For th same period w expended for the main tenance and care of track, not includ ing improvement work, $40.0 0. We have spent scz.ooo tor recaiaattng the track between Corvallls and Norton, a distance of 36 miles. From Norton to Taquina we have replaced the old light English 60-pound rails with 76 pound steel rails at a cost of $200,000. , Grade Eav 8n Bdncd. As we approached mile- post 44. which is Just west of the summit, we stopped to examine a high trestle that Is being replaced. "That trestle is 400 feet long," said Mr. Stevens,, "and 187 feet -high and the new structure will require 410,000 feet of timber. , "In addition to our 17 regular crews we have five extra gangs of 40 men each. While we have lots cf bridges and plenty of curves, yet with our hew bridges, our. heavy steel rails and our new ballast we should be able to make good time with perfect safety. We have already cut an hour off our run ning" time. Our maximum, grade is 2 per cent, ', This grade is just west of the summit, between mil post 41 and 46. - , " - "From Taquina to the summit there is a rise of 720 feet. Exclusive of the cost of the new steel rails and the new bridges, the cost of our new work will be approximately $510,000. With the new steel rails and our new. bridges we will spend over a million dollars in making th Corvallls Ml Eastern a mod ern, safa and up-to-date road. Part of this cost Is caused by taking some of th curves out of th road. For exam pi, on bridge 102 near mile post 63. eleven miles west of Corvallls, we are taking out a reverse curve by a cut costing jiB.ooo. - We passed numerous construction trains on newly mad spurs, and ev erywhere . was abundant evidence of improvement in. - the way of newly ballasted track, new ties, new water ways and bridge crews at work. ; Cer tainly the Hip to Newport is, a very delightful one. ' There Is a constantly changing ' panorama xf treeclad. hill sides, picturesque valleys interspersed with farm and orchards," while time after time the train crosses th beautl fyl St. Marys and the Taquina rivers- been president nearly 20 years. He can tell you all about Its early his tory." "Colonel T. Egerton Hogg Is the man who conceived the idea of the Corvallls & Eastern, said Judge Weatherf ord. "He- had but- little money himself, but he had some weal thy backers. His first move was to buy th wagon road grant from Cor vaius to xaquina, it consisted or a strip bIx miles wide, of which every alternate section was given to the builders of th wagon road. This grant was owned by local men in Cor vaills and was a liability rather than an asset to them. Colonel Hogg bought their grant, consisting of 75,000 acres, for about $40,000, a little more than 50 cents an acre, Colonek Hogg mort gaged this land to an English syndi cate for something like $100,000. He then commenced the construction of the road from Taquina, Arter he tad built eight or ten miles he conceived the idea of tapping central ana eastern Oregon with hi road; so he bought the Willamette val ley and Cascade mountain wagon road gTant, extending from Corvallls to Ontario and comprising about a mil lion acres. This was owned by local men at Albany and he paid them something like $75,000 for their arrant. 'Colonel Hogg mortgaged the road already built, the newly acquired road grant, and the proposed road for $16,- 000,000,. and of this sum he actually received $13,000,000. Of this he spent about $4,000,000 in the purchase of steamers to run-on the river and also I steamships to ply between San Fran- (Salem Buro of Tba Journal.) Salem, Or., July 11. Destruction Of 800.000 potential horsepower In Snake river between Lewiaton and Hunting ton Is threatened by the conatructlort of a railroad through the Snake river canyon a few feet above the water surface, according to information fur nished by State Engineer John 11. Lew. to james w. Jones, director of ex- nioits ror Idaho at the Panama-Pacific exposition. Building of th railroad nn nar ihm river level, Mr. Lewis points out. would interfere with the construction of dams tor tne aevelopment of power. The destruction of this nowrr. would likewise defeat the posHiblllt of securing cheap water transportation ror the great Snake river hat-in, com prising 43,000,000 acres, one-fourth of -vhich area is in Oregon and the bal ance in Idaho." said State Eniri Lewis. He points out that in 1909, ac cordng to the U. 8. census, 1.611.000 acres In this district was Irrigated Btfd tnat th nrolPCtn unrlsr wui- .till 1 . rigate 3,907.000 acres when completed. Maps have been prepared, by Mr. J Lewis, who has been making a study of the water power development possi bilities on Snake river, showing th COnfliO hftwoan r.llrn.rf on V, proposed dams, necessary for power development. He says to obviate the, difficulty would require the relocation of the road several hundred feet above! the high water in the river. :, It is Mr. Lewis' idea that if a mar- ' ket could be found for the enormous ; amount of cheap power that could be j developed, u succession of dams could be built In the narrow Snake river can yon. In addition to thus developing the power, this would make the river, navigable for hundreds of miles, tap ping wnn water - transportation the rich districts of Idaho and eastern Oregon. 000 In making surveys from the end ui ine roaa to unianu. to make it a part of the Orfon "Short Line, but at Harriman's death many of his plans were not carried out. "I have been president of this road, with the exception of one year, since I was made president in. 1895, and I hope to see the road expended across the mountains to tap tine rich eastern Oregon country. V can get over the Cascades on an easy grade and the construction will present no expen sive problems." Zfewport Xs "prospering. After a very pleasant ride wa reach- Cisco and Taquina and In building the Yu,"a- w.he?L'W T' ut"rd.. railroad from Taquina to Detroit, a mr 'or the foitir and a half mile distance of about 142 miles. What be came of the remaining $9,000,000 I do not know. , Affected by Tlllaxd Crash. "The Vlllard boom collapsed; It was impossible to secure further money to continue the road over the mountains; the mortgage was foreclosed; the Eng lish syndicate lost between$12,000,000 and $13,000,000, and. Colonel Hogg went back to his old home a broken man, broken In spirit and In finances. "The road was purchased by A. B. Hammond for $100,000 as an invest ment, He had no Idea of running a railroad. He planned to dispose of Its visible assets and abandon the "road. He believed he could sell' the ship; the rolling stock, the rails and another assets for considerably more than $100,000. As a matter of raot, he did get more than that amount for the steamers and the ocean steamships. "Mr. Hammond sent Edwin E. Stone to Albany to manage th road until he could dispose of Its property. Mr. Stone retained me as his attorney. He talked the matter over with me and wanted me to go with him to Mr. Ham mond and ask him to continue to run the road. In place of taking up the track and selling it. After careful Investigation Mr. Hammond agreed t7 do so. He at once spent over $300,00 In replacing bridges and making ne cessary repairs. H also spent $6,- ride to Newport. 5We were met by committee of business men and taken to the Abbey Hose, where a splendid banquet was served. Local speakers told' us many inter esting things aJjout the city, and the visitors were called upon to tell what they thought of Newport." The next morning was. spent in visiting ' the Foulweather 'lighthouse and In bath ing and meeting the residents of New- pun. . Newport ,' is going to have one the best seasons it has ever had. . In spite of tile fact that we are supposed to Dm navjng quiet limes, more -vianorw are in NJewoport than ever before so early in. the season. Th Xailroad's "Early History, - Presently . Judge Weatherf ord Joined us on the back platform. - I have been 4,w V.-. -.-A Avar 9A Mn"...4 1.T- T.VU VUW - . J f Steven.' "and Judge Weatherford has I UaTldson Home Gutted. Hocl River. Or., July 11. The resi dence, of P. S. Davidson was gutted by lam s this evening. The loss will tots.! $2000. J. B. Anderson, who oc cupAed the house,, saved moat of the fu'nlture. The fire is believed to have stftrted from a defective flue. President Gllman Travels. Albany. Or.. July 11. President I Gilman of the Oregon Electric and H. W. Davidson of Portland arrived here at 6:30 and left in an automobile for the Sweet Home section to look over property recently acquired by th Hill interests. iniiiiin We have Fitted Trusses for 49 years Our -fitters are expert men and women, who, by train ing and experience, are quali fied to make good our Guar antee of Satisfaction or No Pay. A properly adjusted truss should hold the rupture with absolute, comfort to the wearer. No fancy prices here. l Single Trusses $1.00 - Double Trusses $1.50 Over 200 styles and-sizes to select from. Send "today for self-measure and fitting blank and booklet. , -Genuine Seeley-Truss $10.00 I Voodard,CIarke&Co -5 Wood-Lark Bldg., Alder St. at West Park WMMOm