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T H U R S D A Y , J A N U A R Y 1, 1914
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D O RRST G R O V E PR ESS
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Panama ! P A C I F I C G A R A G E
Story of the Panama Canal From Start to Finish.
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couqieUtion, and the present Juaiciury
Y o u W ill N ee d
system is continued with right of ap­
peal to the federal courta in the United
(Continued from last week.)
States.
In addition, the government
erne entrance to a point wnere five
may sell ships supplies and coal and
miles of the canal could be opened to
provide facilities for repairing vessels
navigation on Feb. 1. 1009. The New­
T o K e e p O u t*th e ^ C o ld a n d R a in .
at tbe canal terminals.
port and San Jose of the Pacific Mall
At tbe close of the fiscal year ended
fleet, of American register, were the
W E SELL TH EM .
J one SO. 1913, Colonel Goetbuls could
first ships to go through.
look forward to one year more of the
Columbus had been honored by nam­ arduous labor and heavy responsibility
ing Colon and Cristobal for him at lie bus Isirne before tbe big Job would
the Atlantic entrance of the canal, and lie In tbe clear. Invoicing conditions
“ W RITTEN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT**
an executive order on April 30. 1909, at that date, we find that the great
A G R E A T Continued Story o f the W orld*«
honored the discoverer of the Pacific Garun dam was completed; the con
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Progress which you may begin reading
by changing the name of the Pacific erete work lu the locks aud spillway
at any time, and which will hold your
interest forever. You are living in the best
terminal from l.a Boca to Balboa. It was about 99 tier cent completed; the
F O R E S T j G R O . V E ,
O ^ R E C O N .
year, of the most wonderful age, of what ia
is at Balboa that the permanent ma­ Cuiebra cut was approximately 90 per
doubtless the greatest world in the universe.
A resident o f Mars would gladly pay —
chine shops, dr.vdocks. yards, wharves, cent completed: the relocated I’anama
A A A FOR ONE YEAR’S
warehouses and general equipment to railroad was finished, and the work of
, U U U S U B S C R I P T IO N
cost $20,000.000 will be located.
establishing permanent shipping fucil
to this magazine.in order to keep informed of
In 1909 Colonel Goethals seems to itles at Balboa aud Cristobal wus un
our progress in Engineering and Mechanics.
Are you reading it?^ Two millions of your
have had the idea o f making the canal der way
neighbors are, and it is the favorite maga­
zone habitable, but since then he
zine in thousands of the best American
Owing to fresh slides lu the Cuiebra
homes. It appeals to all classes—old and
changed his views in favor of making cut and to changes lu plans in the Pa
young —men and women.
file canal zone a military reservation, citie division a new estimate of the to­
T h e “ Shop N o t e » ” Department (2 0 p a g e s )
gives easy ways to do things —how to make
the part not in use to be left to the tal excuvutlou for tbe completed canal
useful articles for home and shop, repairs, etc.
Jungle and only canal employees allow­ and accessory plant becuuie necessary
" Amateur Mechanics ” (10 pages) tells h ow to
make Mission furniture, wireless outfits, boat«
ed without special permission in the at the beginning o f the last complete
engines, magic, and all the things a boy loves)
, ten mile limits.
year of eanal construction. Jan 1. 1912
»1 .5 0 PER YEAR. SINGLE CORIES IS CENTS
D e a le r in F lo u r, F e e d a n d a ll k in d s o f
Ask tout Newsdealer to show you one or
Work on the fortifications was begun I to Dec 30. 1913 The revised estimate
W RITE FOR FREE SAM PLE CORY TODAY
In 1911 on Flamenco Island, three miles then placed the excavation at 218,138.
G a r d e n S e e d s in se a s o n ...........................
P O P U L A R M E C H A N IC S C O .
i out In the bay at the Pacific entrance, i 299 cubic yards, of which amount 202.
1 18 W . W a sh in gton S t , C H IC A G O
i and on Toro point, at the Atlantic en- j 001,000 cubic yards hud been removed
trunoe. The estimate for their post, as 1 at the end of July. 1013, leaving to be locks iower the ship twenty-seven and ;
fixed hy the officers appointed to de­ excavated for the completed canal 15, a half feet each, or a total for the three
sign them, is $12.415.328. The latest 325,948 cubic yards. The canal organ! locks of elghty-flve feet, which was the ^
and largest disappearing rifle* WITT be zatlon cannot remove the uncompleted height tbe ship was raised on tbe other
Installed after the concrete work Is portion liefore the first ship Is sched side. The ship then steams through |
P acific A v e .
F o re it G rove, O regon
finished. The locks at the Pacific end tiled to pass through the eanal lu Or a sea level channel for seven miles to
are nearly ten miles from the fortifica­ tober. 1913. but of the amount left
(Continued next week)
In saving money and
tions. which insures them against bom- ' more than 8.000.000 yards are to be ex
eavated
outside
o
f
the
canal
proper
or
bardmcnt by an enemy's ships, and
material, and w ill be
the Atlantic locks are seven miles from in the sites foi the dialing station
the fortifications. Some form of de­ drydoeks and terminal at Ballwin, so
glad to know the texture
fense from airships must be worked that the actual canal channel suhstnn
ri
tlally will be finished before the pas
flavor, wholesomeness o f
out.
When the canal is completed the sage o f the first ship.
During tbe curly part o f 1913 the
home baking w ill be o f
beautiful towns slung the route will
tie abandoned
Oorgona. Bas Obispo. Oatun lake was stationary at about
the highest quality if
I.us CHscadas, Umpire. Cuiebra and , fifty feet, tmt with the beginning of
Paralao will be razed
A permanent 1 the rnlnv season In Mav II began to
they use
camp for the array will be located on rise and will be allowed to rise to
with
FOREST
GBCVE,
“ O r e g o n ’s
tbe east side of the canal, across the eighty feet, and this would back tbe
its
wonderful
possibilities
of
development
in
cut from tbe town of Cuiebra. Ma­ water lip I)}' October. 1913. to u depth
H o m e T o w n ” is an ideal place in which
through the t'ulebra cut to permit the
rines have been in the canal zone alnce
agricultural and industrial fields, situated as
passage o f some kind of ship. The I
to live— and it is just as good as any in
11NM. and in 1911 tbe Tenth infantry :
ultimate level of the lake will he |
was added to the permanent garrison,
it is, close to the great market of the city of
which
to
invest
your
money
and
your
which will be further augmented by j eighty five feet-
Colonel Goethals Is indeed a great
Portland: itself e> joying a climate and soil
efforts.
several regiments. The soldiers will
administrator. Kven If the employees
W ithout reserve
we
police tbe canal »one after cunatrue-
that produces any of the products of the
own property in Forest G rove is to
have hart soft conditions of employ |
tion work Is finished
Balboa and
ment
If
Is
an
achievement
to
Impress
j
recommend its purity,
temperate zone and admitted by all to be
become filled with self confidence, for real
Cristobal will be the principal cities,
though at Oatun and Pedro Miguel 3T>.ia*i men with a faith both In your I
the banner county in the state, tbe proud
estate is bound lo advance in the next few
strength and uniform ity.
capacity as an engineer aurt your sense j
forces to operate the locks will be
of justice
This writer knows of no [
owner
in Washington County bas the safest
years
and
the
holders
will
receive
generous
housed.
Your Grocer Has It.
President T u ff signed on Aug. 24. higher tribute that can be paid to him !
and
most
productive o f nvestments.
profits.
1912. a bill for the permanent govern­ than the statement that in live months
In
the
eanal
zone
he
never
beard
any
ment and operation of the canal
Colonel Goethals' Ideas were followed one speak alurringly of the chief **ng1
almost to tbe letter in drawing this neer
As Admiral Schley said of the co d j
bill. The president is authorized as
9 1 Aci
, 4 blocks of Banks
and will always be worth the
4 0 Acres all In Cultivation
soon as the canal Is sufficiently near troversy over the battle of Santiago |
"There la honor enough for tie all." so
money and if any land in Wash­
completion lo ubollsh the present coin
Good
• m, modern house
ington county is worth more,
2 miles of Forest Grove, good
mission and to appoiut a governor for with regard to the Panama eanal
and in
cd ronoition, good
it sure will be; if you don’ t
6-room
house, good barn and
Colonel
Goethals.
as
tne
star
o
f
the
a term o f four years at a salary of $10.-
bum i.
chicken park, all
D e lic io u s a n d p u re, f r e e
want this, tell some o f your
other out buildings; 1 team,
last
six
years,
gets
the
curtain
calls,
Ono per annum. In time of war tbe
kinds c
ru:t, large and small.
friends about it, I am suie
wagon, hack and buggy, «
fr o m p o iso n o u s d y e s .
president may substitute an army of­ tint Messrs Steven* and Wallace, too
This pi
will keep 4 cows,
they will.
Price $10,000, %
cows, and all farm tools, hay
And the whole
and on* an easily clear $109
ficer for this governor
Salaries ami did their parts well
cash, balance to suit.
and grain; running water thru
H ot Lunch, C o ffe e
per mo h. Wi I sell for $8000
wages are not to be morf than 25 per company o f Americana, composing the
the place and a goixl well at
and Sandwiches
term» t mit, or will trrde for
the house. This land is level,
cent greater than In the United States, chorus or supernumeraries, have o n
o f 40 to 80 acres, preferably
trlbnted vitally to the success o f tbe
vou can see all over it from the
and many o f the perquisites now en
near Forest Grove.
house. This is sure s. good buy
Joyed by the employees are to be elimi­ play. Aftsr all. It Is no one man. but
nated The canal tone will be open to the spirit of Americanism. Indomltnhle
only such persons as rbe governor may and triumphant, that we admire In
L et us know your want*. W e w ill be pleased to aatiafy t l em.
admit. American coastwise ships art- Panama
exempted from paying tolls for pas j
C H A P T E R XI.
sage, foreign built ships owned by 1
Wonderful Locke end Dame.
Americans may register under the j
1 \ elevator system for ships Is he
Cor. P acific A v e . and Council St. American flag, ships owned by rail
P H O N E 501
F O R E S T G R O V E P R E S S B U IL D IN G
roads cannot pass through the canal
Ing Installed at Panama at a =
the
Interstate
commerce
commission
1«
1
cost
of
$58.000.000
These
ele
F orest G o v e
-
- O regon
given power to determine questions of J
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By W m . R. Scott.
Popular Mechanics
Magazine
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raise ships to and liAVei' them from the
great artificial Inland lake which la
eighty five feet above sea level
There are six locks on the Atlantic
aide and six on the Pacific side, at
each end of the Gatun lake
A ship arriving at Felon from New
fork, on lu way to San Franclaco. en­
ters the sea level cbunnel in Lim e-
bay and steams for seven miles
through the canal, which Is 500 feet'
wide and forty one feet deep, to Gatun.
Here its way Is barred by a massive
pile o f masonry with impressive steel
gates, and towering eighty-five feet
above tbe ship is the surface of the
Gatun lake. To the west of tbe ship
runs the man made mountain, the
Gatun dam, which bolds tbe lake in
bounds. The problem la to lift the
ship to this lake.
A* if by magic, the gates swing open,
and an electric locomotive, which has
run out on a guide wall and fastened
to tbe ship, tows it into the first lock.
Tbe gates swing together, and tbe ship
is Imprisoned In a chamber 1.000 feet
long and 110 feet wide and built of
concrete. In a moment the water in
this chandler begins to rise, being sup­
plied through holes in tbe bottom, and
the ship rises with the water.
Fifteen minutes after entering the
lock the ship has risen with the water
for twenty-seven and one half feet. If
the full capacity for filling the lock
should tie used the ship would rise
ihat height In eight minutes Another
set o f gates swing open in front of
the ship, and the locomotives tow It
into the second lock, a concrete ebam
tier of the same dimensions The gates
having closed behind, this chamber be­
gins filling with water until the ship
ts raised again for twenty-seven and
one-half feet
A third set of gates
open, and the ship Is towed Into the
final lock, where the operation Is re­
peated with a rise of thirty feet, or
a total lift for the three locks of
elght.v-five feet
When the gntes in
front swing open the ship stenros out
Into the Garun lake The time spent
In climbing eighty-five feet was an
hour and a half.
For sixteen miles through this lake
the ship steams in a channel 1,000 feet
wide, for four miles in a channel 800
feet wide and for three miles in a
channel 500 feet wide, or twenty-three
mileR lu all Then It enters the famous
Cuiebra cut. which Is 300 feet wide
through tbe continental mountain dl
vide and nine miles long At the end
of the cut Is the Pedro Miguel lock,
thirty-two miles from Gatun.
After entering this lock, which es
sentlall.v is the same as the ones on
the Atlantic side, the ship goes through
the reverse of the process at Gatun
The water in the concrete chamber be j
gins falling, taking the ship down with
It. When It has fallen thirty feet the
gates In front open and the ship goes j
out into another artificial lake, a mile j
and a half long, at the end o f which
are tbe Miruflores lock»
These two
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