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About The Estacada news. (Estacada, Or.) 1904-1908 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1905)
MONSTER NEW YORK CENTRAL LOCOMOTIVE. The P ro p er W o rd . Clark— I was tempted to give her a piece o f my mind, only I didn't want to make a scene. Minnie— You mean, dear, you didn’t want to make a production. That's the proper word nowadays.— Boston Tran script. To Break In New Shoes. Always shake In A lim 's Foot-Ease, a powder. It cures hot, sweating, aching, swollen leet. Cures corns. Ingrowing nails and bunions. At all druggists and shoe stores, '25c Don't accept any substitute Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, I e Roy, N. Y. H is H a r d Duck. One of the largest locomotives In the world has been built in the locomotive works at Schenectady, N. Y., for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. It will haul heavy freights. This monster weighs 100 tons, bare of coal and water. It has but one pony truck, but carries four trucks of five-foot driv ers. From rail to dome the locomotive stands nearly fifteen feet. I t can be turned only on the largest tables. Most of the large locomotives used weigh but about seventy tons, and from this one can get some idea of the size of the Central's monster. A new valve system is being used on this locomotive, the invention o f a Ger man. Despite Its great size and hauling power, good speed can be obtained from this engine, and in an emer gency It can be pressed into passenger service. A P A C IF IC PIONEER. C ol. Isa a c I,. Renuu U na o f th e M en W h o T r a n s fo r m e d C a lifo r n ia . One o f the pioneers of the Pacific coast passed away recently In the per son of Colonel Isaac L. Requa, of Oakland. Cal. He was one of those men of keen per- ceptlon, l arge faith, unlimited energy, wholesome ambition and bold agresslveness who threw every atom of their beings Into the work of trans forming the Trans- Rocky region and COL. BEQUA. but for whose un tiring effort the empire of gold and guilt would never have been changed Into a great State whose Industries, commerce, wealth and peaceful pursuits have become a source o f pride to the nation. In the development of the mines be bad a part. In the building of the railroads he was associated with other giants of finance whose names have become a part o f our commercial blstory. In the realm of finance be was a leader. He was a patron of the arts and those things which tend to beautify and adorn and bis home was an example of refinement, good taste and delight ful domesticity. Large wealth was the fruit o f perseverance along Intelli gent lines: length of years was his because o f Inherited strength of physique and prudent living. The Requas were Huguenots who settled near New York In the seven teenth century and successive genera tions lived and died In Westchester County. The grapdfather of the sub ject of this sketch was captain of tin revolutionary company to which were attached the men who captured Major Andre. Isaac L. Requa was born In Tarrytown, Nov. 28. 1828, and received an academic education, after which he went to New York. In 1850 he took a sailing vessel and went to California, by way of Cape Horn. He went out from Racramento and in 1801 drove his stake on the famous Comstock lode at Virginia City, Nev. He had studied mining engineering and became super intendent o f the company which fur nished the machinery for the Com stock. He ahared handsomely In the enormous yield of the famous mine and later returned to California, locat ing at Oakland. He became associated with Huntington, Stanford and Crock er in their railroad enterprises and was made president of the Central Pacific. He waa alto a director In the later lines projected by Collla P. Hunting- ton. He took an active part In Whig and Republican poRtlcs. was long chairman of the Republican State Committee and several times refused tbs nomination for Governor when the election waa certain, preferring to keep ont of office. He waa president for y ea n of the Oakland Savings Bank and was hslpful In svery way to those less fortunately situated than himself. He was a millionaire. He need his money to open up new avenue* of in dustry all over the State. Resides the famous men mentioned, D. O. Mills, Claus Spreckels and Mark Hopkins were his Intimates. The condition» which these men faced were hard and the fruits which came to them were only produced by years of self-sacrifice and perseverance. They lived decent ly, but simply until final triumph over adverse circumstances enabled them to enjoy life’s sweets. When Colonel Requa settled In Oak land he selected Piedmont Heights, with a splendid view of San Francis co and the Golden Gate, as an Ideal spot. He built a mansion and called It and the estate o f twenty acres which surrounded It Highlands. For twenty- seven years It was a seat o f hospital ity and rare domestic enjoyment. Pa rents, children and servants lived In tranquil happiness and visitors came from afar to experience Its delights. He was an Ideal host— tall, o< fine presence, well-proportioned, with a face denoting firmness, generosity and frankness. All philanthropic work of his section found in him a supporter and he contributed to the endeavors of the Red Cross Society. In religion Colonel Requa was an Episcopalian. He waa a firm sup porter of Masonry and had been a Knight Templar many years. He was a member of the prominent clubs of the Pacific coast. He married Mias Sarah J. Mowry in San Francisco in 18C3 and she survives, with two Chil dren— Mark L. Reqns and Mrs. Oscar Long, w ife of General Long, o f the United States army. N O N -B R E A K A B L E BAT. W oun d w ith W i r e o r Rome S tre n g th e n in g M ateriel. O th er The baseball fan, or, mors correct ly speaking, the baseball player, will hs.il the advent o f the non-breakable continuous from a point Just above the handle, so as not to interfere with a good, comfortable grip, to a point just below where the ball ordinarily strikes. Care has to be exercised, of course, In fastening the ends of the strengthening material wound In the groove to prevent the development of weak spots, particularly at the handle extremity. The groove, o f course, is not large enough to detract apprecia bly from the normal strength of the wood of the particular section used. A M IL LIO N AIR E FARMER. B eg a n w ith L i t t l e M o n ey an d I s N o w W o r t h 9 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 . A fter making $1,500,000 In the last fourteen years out of the soil, L. D. Smith, of Madison, S. D., the richest exclusive farmer In the United States, has retired from active life. He be gan farming in Illi nois with a few hundred d o l l a r s . With this he made a payment on hit first farm and then earned enough money on the farm to pay off the en- L. n. s m it h . tire debt. Then he bought a second farm, earning enough money with the two to pay off the second debt. When In 1891 he moved to South Dakota he had $100,000, which he Invested In farming lands. As fast as be made money he bought more lands. In time the value of the lands greatly Increased and Mr. Smith •old at big profits. To-day ha owm ninety-four magnificent farms In cen tral South Dakota, 3,000 acres In Iowa and much stock In banks and other real estate. He Is worth more than $1,500,000. To three of hla tenants whose meth ods of farming pleased him be made a deed outright of the farms occupied by them. His riches have not changed hla tastes. To-day his life Is as simple as It was years ago when he was lay ing the foundation o f hla fortune. O d d E a r r in g s . Earrings are creeping Into favor again, and for morning wear, too, if one may Judge by the lavish display made o f them at a recent morning concert. In a box sat a woman whose ears were bedecked with a pair o f un matched stones— one a black pearl, the other a white one of eqnal size. There may have been some subtle symbol ism attached to the wearing o f the oddities. The revival of the earring Is recent ln'thle country, but It started t peeress of ancient lineage bnt slen- a peerress o f ancient lineage but slen der meant, who was at a ’ n s for something new to startle her friends, bat that hag made Its appearance. This found a pair o f her grandmother’ s earrings and wore theta at a fashion moat desirable and hitherto unknown able dinner. That marked the recru attribute of a baaeball bat la attained descence of the barbaric euatom. by cutting a spiral groove In the wood and Inserting therein, flush with the When erery one aeea the words surface o f the bat, some strengthen "conscience fund" in a paper, ht ing material, such at steel wire or wishes that people who owe him steel tap* or etnew. The spiral ia made would make him one. Brown—Jigsinith is anything but grateful to Dame Fortune. Ureen— How’s that? Brown— He found a two-carat dia mond ia the gutter the other day, aud what do you suppose he said? Green— Give it up. What did he say? Brown— "This is hard luck.” For forty year's Plso’s Cure for Con sumption has cured coughs aud colds. At druggists. Fries 25 cents. P o in t o f V ie w . Cordelia—Jack Dashing tried to kiss me last night. He's simply awful. Malvina— According to your own statement I should say he was awfully simple. Marketing Potato Crops. In line with the classic case of the oyster shippers, cited by President Hadley of Yale university in his book on Railroad Transportation, is the case of the Aroostook potato growers brought by President Tuttle of the Boston A Maine railroad before the senate com mittee on interstate commerce. Noth ing could better show how a railorad works for the interest of the localities which it serves. A main dependence of the farmers of the Aroostook region is the potato crop, aggregating annually eight to ten m il lion bushels which find a market large ly in Boston and the adjacent thickly settled regions of New England. The competition of cheap water transporta tion from Maine to all points along the New England coast keeps railroad feright rates on these potatoes always at a very low level. Potatoes are also a considerable oat- put of the truck farms of Michigan, their normal market being obtained in and through Detroit and Chicago and other communities of that region. Not many years ago favoring sun and rains brought a tremendous yield of potatoes from the Michiagn fields. At normal rates and prices there would have been a glut of the customary markets and the potatoes would have rotted on the farms. To help the pota to growers the railroads from Michigan made nnprecentedly low rates on pota toes to every reachable market, even carrying them in large quantities to a place so remote as Boston. The Aroos took growers had to reduce the price on their potatoes and even then could not dispoee of them unless the Boston A Maine railroad reduced its already low rate, which it did. By means of these low rates, making possible low pricee, the potato crops of both Michigan and Maine were finally marketed. Every body eats potaotes, and that year every body had all the potatoes he wanted. W hile the Michigan railroads made ratee that would have been ruinous to the railroads, had they been applied to the movement of all potatoes at all timee, to all places, they helped their patrons to find markets then. The Boston A Maine railroad suffered a de crease in its revenue from potatoes, but it enabled the Aroostook farmers to market their crop and thereby to obtain money which they spent for the varied supplies which the railroads brought to them. I f the making of rate* were subject to governmental adjustment such radical and prompt action could never have been taken, because it is well established that if a rate be once reduced by a railroad company it can not be restored through the red tape of governmental procedure. I f the Mich igan railroads and the Boston A Maine railroad had been subjected to govern mental limitation they would have felt obliged to keep up their rates as do the railroads of France and England and Germany under governmental lim ita tion and let the potatoes rot.— Ex change.