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' O . . ' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, v SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, ; 1918. " OREGON EASTERN IS I completion of line in eastern oregon marks new advancement J . nniminTn Anrrn 1 . ' . ... ,. . ... . : ,- .. .., - -. - , : Surgeon Does Major Operation at Sea boiled, so as to be antiseptic - Then hi put Acovalas under ether, . pert ormci the delicate task of entering the stom. ' acAand great Intestine, and. while th operating table rolled with the sa, , packed the wound in the liver. Ther 1 he sewed up the abdominal cavity, fnt the supply of ether was exhausted, and ' the operation could not be continued. Dr. Walters completed the operation In ths hospital here in the presence of several surgeons and students. I'liysi- , clans pronounced his feat an extraor dinary pleoe of surgery. Employment Bureau for German. New Tork, Oct. 28. (I. N. S.) In the Sunday school room of his church here, the Rev. Maximilian Plnkert hai just started a free employment bu reau for German sailors and artisans held here by the war. Applicants num. 75 a day and work is found for most of them. laborer. Slashed la Tight, Owes Xdfe to Skilled Snrgeom Wno Attended xtm t7adr Host Unfavorable Conditions. New Tork. Oct. 28. Gort Acovalas Is In the Long Island College hospital to day, recovering from wounds fatal in 99 cases out of a hundred. He owes his life to Dr. Irving Walters, surgeon on the steamship City of Memphis, who performed a remarkable operation 402 miles out of New York. Acovalas. a coal-passer, quarreled with another man, who slashed Aco valas in the left side with a long knife, penetrating the liver. Th surgeon improvised an operating table from two packlng"oxe8, called a sailor as assistant and had cotton 1 iiiiiiiririNi Hrirn h , v . n , rs PR0D GO US FNDFAVflR h,?'xii'--U--M - 'x---- '--:v ;-v -Project of' Driving "Line in . ;Y &' :.x$& U.A;,i v ' sv-i i7 ''Prl; '-''l I 4 v ' 1 , X' 4 Ma neur Canyon WjII Have ivJ -- "ir'-'"- ! ' s : rJ I--' u ,x , vj Cost About $5,000,000. fe-fV ",1 'rF' 'L, V . , 3' I Lo BRIDGES ARE BUILT - ' A;,- j f,-" X J i -flE2S:Sato y vn i ium uvcv- l . . ""Sfc" - BE . i y' VI V III Itl K. '-Osr ,-'..4;, , ! -1 Sfr$S tr-7rsrt't ' ."?yif" , J : m' '" W -J irrW ni AT 1 ' V" "f If'- i-J zXi$i'- - Js 1 One of tUm rrcateat railway develop- eent projects of recent years hae Jut en finished. A lino has been driven ibroufh the canyon of the Malheur river, a pass throurh the Blue moun tains that separates the great Snake yiver country from the vast empire of central Oregon. Within a few days the 15,000.000 Job Will have been officially completed. this completion to be marked by the ormal transfer of the 1ZS miles of ain line track from the O-w. K. N. onstructlon department to the Oregon hort Line operating; department. The project has been under way for ttearly five years. Initiated when the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific ere still intermerred. Original Flans meonlled. The original plan was to build across he state, traversing the Harney coun- ry and the "high desert or central regon to a connection wltn the Houth- Jsrn Pad lie at Kirk ana thence into California by way of Klamath Falls. 'X part of this pretentious task was the connection of the Deschutes railway, jww ending at Bend, with the cross jstate line, thua establishing through connection both with Portland and with n Francisco. Then came the dissolution of the erger and, during readjustment or roperties and business, construction rork was abruptly stopped, to b re umed later. Now the Oregon Eastern, built from mtarlo main line point on the Ore on Short Line has threaded Its way & rough this canyon pass and finds Its minus at Crane, Just outside the cati on at Crane creek gap. No plans for ts further extension have been made sstbly until It Is known what Robert X Strahorn Is to accomplish In his project of connecting up all the rail tines' that now terminate Just at the fedge of this great seml-arld expanse. Worst of Jeb Over. But at any rate the worst of the Job s over. More obstacles were met and pvercome on this 128 mile stretch than possibly on any other road of equal fllstance save possibly the Moffat road. There were canyons to cross. Swamps to drain and fill, streams to blvert Into new channels. New engineering- problems were encountered that had to be solved by shlngle-nall nd hairpin methods on the spur of the moment, when to wait for a consulta tion "of the "authorities" would have meant Infinite "delay. I But the line is now out In the open, ready to be extended In any one of a dosen directions. It has reached far enough out now so that the flat, fcralrle-llke country to the west of it Is spread out like a plate, if it Is de cided later to build farther, this con struction can be done with no rreat en gineering problems to be solved. ' Between Ontario, on the Snake river, end Crane, the western terminus, rail toad engineers had to figure on 20 rosslngs of the Malheur river. SlTsr Zs Treacherous. Ordinarily a very placid and lnoonse- uential stream, the Malhuer at certain eaeons rises up In Its might and tushes through the canyon like a tortu ut millraoe. It carries the drainage from thousands of square miles east ward into the Snake. In winter and Spring, when the river freezes and thaws, the current burls the Ice cakes gainst the banks and shatters them spon rooks. Consequently, what bridges are built must have the solidity of a basalt cliff. No timber bridge could ! ... 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And since I uart's Calcium Wsfers will rid the ' fnpuntiea. wny flare such lm : ririwiioni i xou win rina stuarti taicium warers on sale at SO cents a box at all drua- stores. Get bos today or send coupon for a-free trial . a, ..... rFree Trial Coupon atoU, SUciuend me atnci by return mail, a free trial pack age of Stuart's Calcium Wafers, v Name ..... I.. ...1.......... 1. 1. street , ... j. . ntv. Mi stand before the attack of the spring floods. So all these 20 bridges, some large, some small, were built of concrete and steel, with foundations sunk to bed rock. And because of the erratlo geo logical formations no one could tell In advance where this bedrock was going to be. Sometimes It was only a few feet under the surface. At other places It was many fathoms down. All of which means that the construction of the Oregon Eastern is an extremely costly piece of work, averaging around 140,000 per mile. ' Tracklaylng Machine Unique. One of the features of construction on this line was a unique tracklaying machine, invented and constructed by the engineering department of the rail road. It has its basic idea in the ordi nary steam shovel, with a great steel arm. By a system of tackle figging. equipped with numerous technloal de vices, the arm Is made to swing1 back and at the same time seize two rails from a flat car Immediately behind the machine and a ling load of ties from another car Just back of that. A lever is pulled and the big beam swings around in front, dropping the ties aapproxlmately into their proper places' and then letting the rail fall upon them almost before the workmen hve had tune to kick ths ties into their actual position. Then, while work men are lining up the rail and heel ing It In, the team swings baok for another load. Xhe. workmen have spiked down tfce rail temporarily by that time and the stub train moves ahead one rail length, the new rails and new ties being then thrown down. Harold Tonne; la Charge. Harold W. Young, assistant engineer of the O-W. R. It N., in charge of the work, said the supply of material Is the only limit to the speed at which the machine can work. The materials have to be brougbt up in work trains, with only a single track,- however, which means some delays. During the last year, 14 miles of track was laid from Riverside. The work on this stretch was delayed be cause of the necessity for diverting a stream. To avoid a difficult grade, a survey had to be run on the shoulder of the canyon wall and a roadbed hewn out of the rock. At the mouth of the canyon a deep cut had to be made. The cut was long and some rock was en countered. So, to get the first train through In time for the big celebration planned at the townsite of Crane, a shoofly" track was laid up the hill. By dint of some puffing and much fuel, the train was pulled up. After the celebration, when the out was finished. me tract was simpiy slid over a rew yards and dropped into the cut, spiked down and maoe permanent. Crane Takes ZieaA. The town of Riverside is now shorn of its prestige as the "terminal town." Its inhabitants had seen the handwrit ing on the wall however, and did not attempt to build up a metropolis. Most of the buildings were originally little more than tents or sheds. Many of the people have moved on to Crane, which is now quite a thriving com munity, built on a more permanent basis. Both President J. D. Farrell and Vice-President and General Manager J. r-. yj cnen nave laaen a Keen interest In the new line, because they realised oetter, probably, than anyone else, Just what It would mean to the vast Harney country. Already hundreds of people have gone Into the valley to build up homes and farms. More are going In constantly. Until som connection to. the west ta made with this Harney valley line, the wui now toward Boiaa en1 isa JLne (Jlty rathtr than toward Portland. But prospects of early con struction of the Strahorn road.ao.rna the state Is looked upon by Portland interests as an answer to this first pumng-away. tendency. WOMEN LEADERS IN CONFERENCE WHICH SETS A HIGH MARK October Luncheon of Presi dents Featured by Human nterest and Enthusiasm, Need for Raising Limit is .Not Seen Plasty of Kern trader 40 Are Zmsmred U Sedentary Pursuit to mi mands rrom Trent for Soldiers. London, Oct. 28. (I. N. S.l In rut. lltical circles it is considered extremely unlikely that the British parliament will advance the military age to 45 years. It Is generally recognised that for military purposes a man has nasi his prime at 40, but the idea is that these men could be used for home de fense so as to release every available younger man for the continental ser vice. But before any measure of this sort is decided upon; parliament will neea assurances mat there are no con. slderable number of younger men en. joying exemption and engared on work of civilian character which could Just as easily bo done by older . "men. The com bin r out process Is almost as n. essary In the army Itself as In govern ment oiiices ana in munition works. Ther . are still, thousands of men In sedentary Jobs at the bases, and on the lines of communication who might be sent to Join the infantry of the line and Slave their places, taken by par- V Teeming with enthusiasm and human interest - the October luncheon and presidents' conference held yesterday at the Hotel Portland foes on record as one of the most worth while of the many meetings of women held this season. The fact that the membership of this organization Is confined to active pres idents of women's organizations makes It the most exclusive In the city and Its personnel is all-embracing in inter est and vision, hence the Intelligent discussions of a wide range of subjects, The luncheon hour yesterday was oo- cupled with a general and entirely in formal discussion of many matters of public interest. After luncheon the meeting -was called to order by Mrs. Alva Lee Ste phens, chairman for the day. It was unanimously decided to change the meeting day to the fourth Saturday instead of the last Saturday, the new- ruling to take effect January l. Mrs. Stephens spoke briefly on the general purpose of the parent-teacher organisation. Mrs. C. J. Devereaux, chairman of the social service" work of the Council of Parent-Teachers, was unable to be present and her place was taken by Mrs. W. 1. Swank, formerly chairman of this department. She told In an in spiring way of the general working plan of the social service committee and of the great work accomplished with virtually no overhead expense. The presidents 'were asked to carry back to their clubs the appeal for con tributions of money, clothing, food. books and toys to be distributed by this committee during the winter. The discussion of this and many other branches of the parent-teacher work brought out many interesting points. There were 40 presidents present. Mrs. Helen Ekin Starrett was elected chairman for the November meeting, when the general subject will be "Christmas Books for Old and Young." Indiana's 120 Authors. Indianapolis. Oct 28. (I. N. S.) Indiana's statehood centennial celebra tion has Inspired Minnie Olcott Wil liams to gather In a volume extracts from the works of Indiana authors to substantiate the state's claim as the mother of authors." She has included-U wrlUngs of 120 authors. Scenes featuring construction of Oregon Eastern road. Above, left to right Tracklaving machine lifting ties and rails; placing steel beam at eighteenth crossing of Malheur river; where nineteenth crossing of the Malheur had to be made. Below, at left Distributing the ties. Buying Your FURNITURE at the store within the high - rent v district means that you pay a price accordingly. Buying your Furniture at the J. G. Mack & Co. Store means that you pay the low rent price. Give us the opportunity to prove it. 1 A for this tpiKJ "BETSY ROSSf Sewing Table It is of solid Cuban mahog any and bears the famous Cowan shopmark. Height 24 inches, top 12 by 13 inches. Has double lids, and sliding tray inside. A special lot of 50 of these attractive pieces offered at $10 each. J. G. Mack & Co. Af ember Greater Portland As$ociation "Build up your Specialty Store for the benefit of the many instead of ' the few." FIFTH ST., BETWEEN OAK AND PINE PUT CREAM IN NOSE AND STOP CATARRH Tells Ho- to Open Clogged Nos trils and End Head-Cold. 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