' 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
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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
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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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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-
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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.
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Buying your Furniture at the J. G. Mack
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attractive pieces offered
at $10 each.
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"Build up your Specialty Store for the
benefit of the many instead of ' the few."
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Winter is almost here. How
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When the cold, damp winds
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Give up your activities?
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And the bigger, roomier, more
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This is the car with the good
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