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About Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1913)
FOUR thers W ill e Pensioned |( Alarmed at Decreasing Rate, Passes National Insurance Law * not returned. 8on r fo r her mother th*( nil now ahe in iami goodneaa of ,h# ^ mtainoer who twit*4 r treacherous road* („, a minister, and 0.^ ike the preacher f. Roquet of Agricthq «0 Speak to HorticU Society Satttffcy e n ext regular rnwtq County llortiriiltanlk old at the Commerrialf] igcn e Saturday it | ^ ter o f the day will 1 ct o f Orrgon Arnnfc P r o f. Roquet is 1 iable culture tad ^ et gardening. Sever«,, >e aaaoeiatiun h m m a to dincun rrrtihi ng able* ami garden ¡ifl ration, etc. If any w tain aubject ! iruaagi laiatal card at Cortri| ha would like to hi<«| in hia address Mr. BoqM at the meeting. All rdening ia near it haj 1 unuaual opportunity 1 and put them into j e e tin g ia o|irn to ill. I g„ eye singled to the future of Ih» country, the English loot ha* passed a law that hna £glc object the preservation gfeglish race. It ia known a* pti»h national Insurance law, prides for “ Mrrti bounty of (or «■«• h child Imrn, beside» I ((tendance for the mother, ilv its purpose is to check the tendency on the |>art of l„ ovoid the responsibilities ooavaniencea of |i«reBtbood, » r that I* bringing England tu the condition in which now Und« herself. The passage low comeo ns the result of n h inicstigatioii Into the vital ra of the nation, together with orina* influences that have : alHiut the I 1. sent low birth prra and a half d dlsrn will by on* case the bm b-n of thu io trai ail. nor will it eom her fur the wee' * o f itlixioti* ond hour* of worry. But the of |>orli i uent i* in the right >n and will no donht time lOticnre on the li'rth rale, passage of the law indicates rm felt by Britons for the fu ' the race. They evidently And a* did Rome, in the fallili * the number of soldier* malla iverv, malaria, lust of gold and of religion haic plaved their i the decay of empire*, hut ne and Oreece, at least, the of children in pntro-ian fam as largely re*t>on*ible for the of oatiunal prowe**. England i to her condition, so much *o tendency is manifest to throw aten of taxation u | moi the man •mall family, with the idea iag a premium upon the large lofer May Dedicate from Sale of Nora A n Open River for the Northwest $2,000,000 Appropriation by Cong Interrsling View o f Celilo I alls at Close Kang, Will Go Far Toward Bringing Inland Empire Into Close Touch With Foreign Markets times the produce of ttiia inland em pire does not move immediately be cause of a car famine, and the «hip- |x-r loses a good market. The open ing of the Columbia would e«tabli«h competition in tranaportation, with re «ultant lower rate«, and, in it« final analyaia, the whole plan for opening up the river« i« merely a matter of a perpetual reduction o f freight rates to the end that a great percentage of the people«’ money may stay in their own pocket*. For years the richness o f the In land Empire has been pointed out. Hut o f what benefit to extol the rich ness of the country when it* birth right i« still beyond its reach? Na ture bla/.ed the trail for transporta tion to follow when it hurled the seething waters o f the Columbia through the Cascades. Here lies the natural outlet to the sea. Dormant, it serves the purpose o f no one. Sub dued to the use o f man it will be the channel for undreamed o f develop ment. The thousands of acres of virgin soil now lying waste in the de-erts of Idaho, Washington and Ore gon will immediately fill up with set tlers because of the knowledge that they can market their produce and retain the profit therefor. Such an outcome is obvious to the man who has passed through the fertile valley« and seen the result o f scientific ap plication of farming principles. Where once stood the uninviting sagebrush he sees the well tilled field. Where once the only vegetation visible was the. encouragement and «timulu« given to all industries, branch lines will be found necessary to tap new and fertile territory. Timber districts now lying idle, too far from transportation to be available for the world, will be opened up. For the timber of the country is now eonfined to the Pa cific Coast states, all other sections having practically exhausted their sup plies. Mines of precious metals, of coal and iron, as yet undiscovered, will yield their wealth to this new order o f things. With the problem o f transportation solved the location of factories far inland will no longer be a questionable venture, for the river waits to bear its output to the trade ports of the world. And why these immediate and enormous returns for the opening up o f a river? Because in no waterway o f the country are the lines o f least resistance followed as they are in the Columbia and Snake River basins. And this line o f least resistance fo l lows parallel with the railroads that now bear the produce o f the empire to the sea. No other section is taxed so heavily for its service because the railroads climb the high mountains, the heavy expense o f which is borne by the shipper. So the cost o f im provement will be small compared with the great benefit to be derived from following this line of least resist ance. Every foot of improvement means increase in the value o f the products o f this empire, for though climbing the mountains is very pic- the deep-rooted native grasses the green alfalfa now greets the eye. Heavy-laden fruit trees dot the land scape, while the general prosperity is proclaimed by the frequency o f mod ere residences and spacious barns. And this will be repeated over and over again when the waters o f the 1 olnnibia are brought into direct com- pi tition with the railroads of the West. Where now exists an irrigation dam its height will be doubled or a new one installed. When the supply of water in the streams is requisitioned by the increased acreage improved, new dams will be constructed to store up the winter supply o f these same streams against the drought of sum mer. So with the proper inducements capital will seek this old field o f new promise for the installation o f new dams in streams not now used. Far it land, where the fertile valley lies vet undiscovered, the life-giving stream will pour out upon the thirsty land to bless another community with the joy of living. Bo with the in creased production new facilities for caring for the output will be found, new towns and new industries will spring up throughout the Northwest Nor will the influence of this nav igation be confined to the immediate territory along the streams. With tureaque it is not profitable with a sea-level route available. The growth o f the Pacific Northwest has been V« rv rapid, but with the transporta tion problem settled the most san- to tin- Pacific ocean did not arouae in lh, miuds of their heurera much eu e passage tliUsiasin as to lio- future mi**ion of a stream that had for age* past Imen With thi* ennui completed the Co pouring out its life into the more rest lumbia River will offer passage to Ics* ocean. Nor did they dream of ships for a distance determined onlv the wealth mid development of the gn at Inland Empire, across whose then uninhabited (dales the explorer* Showing Celilo Rapids N ea r the Proposed P ow er P lant hail struggled in awe nnd wonder into the no less hound less wcnlth of tini Iter. For the Fast was not ready to admit the c«tsblishment of another great shmping and power renter on the opposite siile of the continent, and the atones of Lewis nnd Clark were tnken in mnnv quarters with n grain •lav a settlement was started in the great Northwest and its population was augmented each Veit thereafter. Other settlement# followed until states grew nut of the nucleus, and the | ku « lu lit te» of the Columbia and its tributaries appealed to numbers who established homes along their hanks. (■ nduallv to the business of the fur tri der was added the transportation of grnins, and stock and fiver steam er* became a necessity. Almost with the beg in U in g of settlement along the banks of the Columbia the more astuto sittlers began to predict the o|>ening of that great watercourse from the sen far inland. Early in the history o f the country the Canadian Pacific railway operated boats on the upper most stretch of the Coltimi ia. a dis I...... Ilion miles from the month. n the sales of Col. HoM 100,000 the University ri tniami a new dormiti m ade this promise iaai university Friday wkal rnaliarn as a »trppigl fam e, ile spoxe of I to lie overcome by m*i his own troubla io al f H o fe r declared that »III g r e a t men in Amen* iv e received their it* per »H ire. This on» «1 liv e r Wendall Hoi** has finished hia e«*l id now lives in hop»,i- im ing a aurccMful •rary world. Hi* 1 ** lie placed on the m»rtA ttem p t. It ia bmri life . rcial Clubs of Ville) Operate. Necessary to Bn) it for the Old Mm I Now on Hand. this week of a19 lich The Sentinel !>*» lot to publish, eonipi »«a ry to buy « tick** the crippled old has been «0 kindly ! past month «nd esa In his book »»I®* 1 decided thst he di lUt he has changed J isked The Sentinel1« 1 contributed to eked thst the‘ ¡ck* until he has had tW* x>ks for which ha ■ . »MM »II«' «I*-* ironi’ r ® hirth rate had it* inceptiun in P * incident of the Boer wnr. Th.’< '* tnercly cited as nffording in U , . * n ®*|danation for this alarming L l,lon that is commun to Amacica L ' *" England and France, lt L . '■v underatnnd wh.v the poor, L ! : . - " m°ftal who failed in his np- L jui ^10" l ° r a place in the rnnka L, "•‘"'tate to bring an innocent C J L *t® the world to suffer the K , compelled to endure. (®M °|ln^ imP°**ible to prnperlv Pendent* himself nnd his de- (nv .. W|fe, hnw conld he provido xf *. *'*»1« one*. Ho the conditions tt**,) drove him to crime ln- "acred dutios o f parent- ten (.¡nr Hod intended hitn. Of- »»r / ,m?r w'l® was the breadwin- hhnr 1,1 * « " »ge o f «perinlized «%)«' à ” ’"*i® help ¡a eheaper that» n' the sxveat ahop is nlwnys (Continued on page four) FAGES of this end 1* no* few days ago tho on rivers and bar- annual report ear- apportionment of or the improvement rbors of the conn- i ou nt the Columbia receive almost $'■»»• 000,000 will 1,6 out I, of the Colui»- ■ird the completion „I «ad the balance along the two nv- tl, perfect the chan For beside* the two river* pro-’"» tacle* to transporta y he clearing ° " t oT „re Ropr-'wntativo »hington, Northwest . river* and harbor* guine dare not predict what strides will be taken in its settlement. Nay, let us conjure further. With the improvement made the Columbia River territory will have transporta tion facilities hardly excelled in any part o f the country. New York is making a ship canal of the Erie canal with the intention o f opening up a gateway through the state for ocean-going craft. The territory drained by the Columbia and its tribu taries is just as rich as that o f the State o f New Vork and has greater possibilities for development. More over, this matchless channel w ill be open more months in the year than will the Erie canal, thus affording an outlet for produce almost the entire year. But, unlike New York, the Co lumbia offers a gateway to the Orient. Throughout the entire Pacific Coast there is but one water level haul from the inland country to the coast, and that is the Columbia River. Is it un reasonable then to believe that the United- States trade to the Orient will pass out through this natural channel which nature has so providentially furnished? Certainly that from the north half of the country would find it more profitable to pass out through this channel than to go to New York fo r the same transfer from railroad to steamer that w ill be neeessary on the Columbia, thence down through the Panama canal to the same objec tive point. Imagine the great advan tage to the Northwest of this con tinual stream o f products pouring out through the Columbia basin. It would put within the grasp o f the entire territory all the diversities of the country. And again from the other direction. Manufactured articles from the gTeat centers on^the Atlantic coast will find their way to the Pacific by means o f the Panama canal, for the water haul is cheaper, and goods w ill be laid down in this territory at a far lesser price than they now command. Of what great advantage to this territory i f the same steamer that carries the goods through the Panama canal could proceed up the Columbia far into the interior and deposit its cargo at the door o f the inland merchantl For the only sea level passageway on the Pa cific Coast reaching into the interior is through the. Cascade-Sierra barrier. The Columbia River is waiting to bear the commerce o f the Inland Em pire to the sea. The only gateway through the mountain barrier that sep arates the East from the West invites the resources of the entire country to pass out on its waters to the broad Pacific and across to foreign ports. The Northwest holds the possibility o f being the dispensary for trade to the Orient. The Columbia is waiting to bear the manufactured articles up into the interior. The realization of an age-old dream is almost in sight, for the great river w ill soon fu lfill its destiny as the bearer of the products o f its people to all parts of the world. Y et not only as the bearer o f com merce will the Columbia fu lfill its destiny as the great servant o f the Northwest. I f the plans outlined in the biennial report o f State Engineer Lewis o f Oregon are carried out Ce- lilo Falls will be the site o f the great est power plant in the world. Plans for the gigantic enterprise have been gone into fully and the project pro nounced entirely feasible. When com pleted this plant would have a ca pacity o f 300,000 horse power with the river at its lowest stage and 536,- 000 when at its height. A careful esti mate o f the cost o f construction places the figure at $23,000,000, and it is proposed that the states o f Washing ton and Oregon unite in the enter- ( Continued on page four) V tew o f Cascade Locks on the Columbia R iver