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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1912. FRIDAY, DECEMHEIt 20, 1912. TWELVE PAGES DEVELOP POWER Ml LI JONS OF HOKSETOWEK CONTAINED IX (STATE STREAMS Portland Ad Club KnHt In More to PrvHop El-crlol Enorjry to Orr gon INnwr Can be Made l'wul at Small Cot Moving K IIHd In rorttami, FAOE FOUR. ft nn w o LJVU fUU Tortland. Ore.. lec 20. The Tort lunJ Ad club has enlisted in a cam pnign to secure the development of: Oregon' water power. This will be II. ''III. ' 1 V -'IV 1 1 1 ... J .1 "111. J I ... ii j er meeting, wnicn was n.iure.sei ny j Attorney Central A. M. Crawford and j C K. S. Wood for V. R. Foshay. man-: iiXf r of the Northwestern Electrical cimpany, i The stan.l of the dub will he that' since there is undeveloped an op- proximate of 3.3"0.o0(l horsepower' in the streams of the Mate, the price of serving the energy as fuel and power i should not he governed by the price j on other forms of power and fuel. j Mr. Foshay submitted through Col. I onel Wood yesterday a resume of the I new elei tric company's plans and i work. In this statement he says that the plant at White Salmon will be operating early in Marci. . It Is other wise known as the "Condit Plant," The converting station will be started at once. Preliminary work has be gun on the auxiliary steam plant. which is to be placed at the edge of ! the city. The converting- and dis tributing station will be located at theJ corner of Wet Park and Tenth streets, and will share space on the Pittock block. "From this station," announced Mr. Foshay, 'the work of underground feeders and lines will be taken to all parts of the business district of the city and D. C. current furnished. Other cable will be brought across the river and the alternating current tak en directly to the residential and out lying diMricts on the west side for both power and light. The east side distribution will be alternating cur rent and will be handled from the combined steam and distributing plant on the east side." torn (Pendleton nnrpnno EST u u LlVU ig Popular mm STATK FAIR ISER $10,093 TILLS YEAJt Gate Receipts. $15,213, and Race En tries, $14,475. Make Vp Earnings. Salem, Ore., Dec. 20. The receipts and disbursements for the state fair of 1912 show a net loss of 110,993.92 These figures have Just been com pleted by Secretary Frank Meredith. There was a lows of almost an equal amount last year, as both fairs were held during exceptionally wet weath er. According to Secretary Meredith's figures, the disbursements for the fair, covering a year's period, were as follows: Labor, 17.139.87; adver tising, 11950.47: supplies, 12426. G6; miscellaneous (including secretary's salary, special premiums, medals, badges, etc.), $15,000; salary, mileage and per diem of board members, 1578.20; speed account, $22,916.83; total, $65,863.51. The receipts were as follows: Race entries, $14,475.20; ground rent, etc., $3851.75; division entries, $1990.20; miscellaneous, $244.60; premium ap propriation, $15,000; gate receipts, $15,243.75; grandstand receipts, $2, 640; farm receipts and race stall rent, $1428.09; total, $54,869.59. IMMIGRATION MI,Li IS PASSED BY HOUSE Measure Bars Aliens Over 16 Years OM Who Can't Read and Write. Washington. Dec. 20. The house passed the Burnett literacy test Im migration bill, 178 to 52. The meas ure, a substitute for the senate Dill ingham bill, would bar from the United States immigrants over 16 years of age unable to read, except those proving- to have emigrated on account of religious persecution at home. ARREST CHINESE FOR SELLING HOOZE TO BOYS Huntington. Ore., Dec. 20. Kong (.'hew, the Chinese restaurant man, arrested Saturday for peddling Intox icating drinks to boys, had a prelim inary hearing before Judge Patte Hon of Baker and was held on $-'00 bond to appear before the grand Jury, which will meet in a short time. The testimony showed that thi- in vestigation into conditions regarding the sale of booze to minors will have to go deeper than this one case. Other warrants will be sworn out and ar rets made in an effort to stamp It out, as well as punish the guilty par ties. Sensational developments will result If the th:ng is pushed and the disposition on the part of the prose cution Ih to go the limit. Fong Chew was defended by At- ANY article selected here would be sure to please a man. It would of necessity be stylish, of the highest quality and something to please the most exacting taste. 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The parents at once caused the arrest aft er information had been gained of the source of supply. Constant com plaints have been made to the city authorities about this condition, both boys and girls going Into the cafes, Ho-c-Hlleil and being served with II-ijuor. railroad COMMISSION TO ARBITRATE BISITTE Salem. Ore.. Dee. 20. Represent ing that they are unable to reach an agreement with the Clackamas .Southern Road with relation to a crossing- in Oregon City, the South ern Pacific and the Oregon & Cal ifornia Railroad companies have pe titioned the railroad commission to Investigate the subject and adjust their differences of opinion with re lation to the question. Some Growing Children are under size under weight. Sonic grow tall and thin, others are backward in studies pale and frail improper assimilation is usually the cause. 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