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The
Nursery Stock, Rose Stock,
shrubbery, all kinds of trees. |
Apples trees $12.00 per hundred
From the best nursery in the
state. Guaranteed true to name.
A t the Forest Grove Greenhouse
4th Street and 5th Avenue South.
Phone 0116.
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FOREST GROVE PRESS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1914
Americans
In
À
Panama i THE 1914 OVERLAND
I
is now on exhibition at the
Story of the Panama Canal From Start to Finish.
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PACIFIC
GARAGE
I liar the water with the soil in a fluid 1 cnertper tnan tn rne ( nlted states, free
state to a »elected dump which has quarters, free medical service on full
been boarded, the water being drained I pay. nine holidays on pay, reduced
(Continued from last week.)
off when the nmd has deposited. The railroad rates, wages and salaries from
W a n t e d — The P ress desires
AtlAntic entrance required an excava 3iJ to 80 ¿>er cent higher than In the
tion of 47.523.000 cubic yards and the United States, an annual vacation of
to secure a live correspondent in
Pacific entrance 58,2*7.000 yurds.
forty-two days on full pay for gold em
every community in Washington
It Is planned to take the great dredge ployees and the necessaries of life fot
Corozal through the channel and locks
county. Send in your application
| sale at lower prices lu tbe government
You are invited to call
up Into the Culebra cut for the work
1 commissary than in the United States.
at once.
of handling slides and silt after the
and look at the
No one realizes how generous the
water Is turned Into the cut.
government has been to Its employees
new model
Terminal works at Balboa requiring
j at Panama more than tbe employee
more than 8.000,000 yards excavation
Improved
in many ways
?
who leuves the service to return to
and finishing details of the canal chan
work In the United States. Over and
nel proper will bring tbe total excava,
over again such employees bavs re
tlon by March, 1914, when the canul
Successors to
turned to the canal zone to take work
Is expected to be In regular commer at wages or salaries less than they
C. G. D A N I E L S O N
cial use, to 221,000,000 cubic yards.
were receiving wbeu they quit One
In the late spring of 1912 the press foreman drawing $250 a month In Pan
PHONE 306
PACIFIC AVE. I
I
in the United States exploited the dis ama decided be could do as well at
t«f
covery of volcanic formatlons In the home. In a year be returned to the
bottom of the Culebra cut. The engi canal zoue and gladly took a position
neers have not been alarmed by these at 65 cents an hour, or about $132 a
vaporous emissions, which were caus month. The cost of living and stand
ed. according to the commission geol ard of pay lu the United States made
ogist. by the warm atmospheric effect him repent bis action.
upon pyrite material.
Any employee on a monthly salary
basis may take elgbty-one days off at
CHAPTER XIII.
full paj In every year. He has a va
Labor.
cation of forty-two days on pay. a sick
F ir » t Ranga L ig h t at Pacifie Entranca
AN FRANCISCO'S exposition In leave of thirty days on pay and nine
to tha Canal.
1915. celebrating tbe formal holidays on pay. a total o f eighty-one
Almost at the wlndtip of operations
opening
of the Panama canal, days that the government voluntarily
the canal diggers made the highest rec- |
will be the most truly interna deprives Itself of the employee's serv- j
ords for excavation On April 11. 1912.
tional exposition ever held lu this Ices. The sick leave, too. Is pretty
forty-four steam shovels took out «8.-
generally used up by the employees,
country or any other.
505
yards
In
the
cut.
which
iN
the
rec
Cor. 5th Ave.
who have little trouble In persuading n
Not
only
Is
the
object
of
the
exposl-
ord for one day In that division !
and 2nd St.,
district physician they need a rest at
!
tlon
International
In
Interest,
hut
there
Steam shovel No. 257 working at (!n
Tuboga sanitarium or Ancon hospital ■
tun took out 5.554 yards In one day. Is not a nation under tbe sun, possibly,
Forest Grove, Ore.
It Is apparent that the government has |
the highest record In the canal zone which has not contributed some of its Invested some o f Its millions In a way
for one shovel, the date being May 2. citizens to the construction force of no private contractor could follow, ex
1912. and in August. 1912. the same the canal. In the census of the canal cept Into bankruptcy. If an employee
shove! made a record by removing 80.- zone taken In February, 1912. forty does not take his vacation one yenr he
You Will Need
nationalities are listed.
844 yards In twenty-six working days.
At the beginning of the American can accumulate It for the next year
That part of the central division
and so get eighty four days at full pay.
which Is little mentioned extends front occupation. In 1904, there were 74« and his trip to the United States will [
men
employed
on
the
canal.
Accord
the Gatuu locks to the entrance of the
A. A. K I R K W O O D
cost him only $20 or $30 a one way
Culebra cut. about twenty-three utiles. Ing to the quartermaster’s department, passage.
To Keep OutJtheJCold and Rain.
Only about 12,400,000 yards had to be the highest force o f record since then
CIVIL EN6INEER AND SURVEYOR
| Pay days until Oct. 1. 1907. were
excavated to complete this channel, as was In April. 1913. when the payrolls
semimonthly. Since then monthly pay
W E SELL THEM.
it follows the Cbagres river valley showed 44,61il employees.
days have been the custom The dis
The
percentage
of
Americans
In
the
from ubout sea level to Rohlo; then
Municipal Engineering
bursement office at Empire Is a great
i lie level rises until It reuches forty- totul working force usually has been
bank, handling nearly $3.000.000 a
Surveying and Subdividing
eight feet above sea level at the cut. one-sixth or one-seventh. Their work
month. Payments for wages have In
From
(¡atun
to
Obispo
the
Chngres
Is
of
a
supervisory
character,
or
Phone 482
creased from $000.000 monthly In
crossed the line of the canal twenty- skilled Inbor. such as mechanics, car
1905 to nearly $2.000.000 a month as a
three tildes. In the same dlstnn e the ■pouters, plumbers, masons, electricians
maximum In 1910-11-12.
Chngres river has twenty-six tributa etc. They also are the stentn shovel,
Abbot Building
Silver employees or common laborers
F O R E S T G R O V . E , OIR E G [ O N . ”
ries, the more Important ones being ttje locomotive and marine engineers, rail
earn 5. 7. 10, 13. 10. 20 and 25 cents an
(intuit and Trinidad rivers. All con road conductors, time Inspectors, fire
hour, with a few exceptions at 32 nnd
tribute to ttie great (intun lake.
FOREST GROVE. OREGON
men. policemen, all branches of civil 44 cents an hour, and a maximum
Tbe slides, which have been nccu- administration, office forces, sanitary
monthly silver rate of $75
ratel.v nil«! Inaccurately exploited In Mll(1 hospital officers, foremen, civil en
Oold employees, which Includes all
the press, represented the steep sides [ ¡r|Ileers, „
t|,e mie
the Americans, are paid from a mini
ol the Culebra cut breaking off and ^ Laborers did not come to the canal
H. LIDYARD
mum of
$75 monthly
n maximum
of
8. A. WALKER
falling down Into the excavated part. J ¡¡one in sufficient numbers during the ........
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....... to
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Kvett where the cut has been sunk m,rly years, necessitating recruiting $600 monthly, not Including In tills
through solid rock these slides occur- offices In Europe. the West Indies nnd ' classification heads of departments
red. a s the rock fo rm a tio n s o f 4 h e , , he Unlte<, s ta tu a . A to ta , o f 43.00,, Colonel Goethals. us chairman and
........... . are brittle and dissolve to dust niHIJ were iIuported under contract chief engineer and president of tbe
after exposure to the atmosphere. An j n it(j ,|)e commission from l'.HI4 to Panama railroad company, receives
SHOEMAKERS
attempt was made to prevent slides hy
$21.000 annually; tile other members
Dealer in Flour, Feed and all kinds of
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plastering the sides of the rut
cut with
Spain furnished the largest number of the commission. $14.000 annually;
Garden
Seeds
in
season...........................
concrete,
but
the
experiments
clerks,
from
$75
to
$250
monthly:
1st Ave. N., near Main St.
w e r e j of European laborers to the canal un
futile. There were between fifteen j ¡¡j t|,e ¡.„vernment of that country In draftsmen. $100 to $250; engineers, as
and
twenty
Important
slides
on
both j 1908 forbid further emigration to Can sistunt. special and designing. $225 to
We are prepared to do
1 sides of the nine mile cut. the largest amn. Out of a total of 11,797 Euro» $600; foremen. $75 to $275; Inspectors.
the very best of all
J. R ASM USSEN, Proprietor
I being on the west side o f the canal pean laborers Imported to 1910. 8.222 $75 to $250; marine masters. $140 to
kind of shoe work.
: near the town of Culebra and etnbrnc- were .Spaniards, and the others came $225; master mechanic. $225 to $275;
, lug sixty three acres.
Around the | principally from Italy. France and Ar physicians. $150 to $300: district quar
1 towns of Culebra and Empire were rnenla.
terinasters. $150 to $225; hotel steward.
Pacific Ave.
Forest Grove, Oregon
many smaller slides that gave much
Special attention given
The colored la Ivor predominates In $60 to $175; storekeepers. $00 to $225;
trouble to the engineers. Steam shov- the enhal zone and was obtained In the
to crippled feet.
(Continued next week)
i els. locomotives nnd flat cars have been j islands of the West Indies. Barbados
caught In these slides, but. singularly, I furnished the largest number. 19.448
few lives have been lost.
The largest Immigration for one yenr
Sometimes the pressure on the sides was in 1907. when 14.942 laborers were
of the canal operated to make the earth Imported
| bulge up lu the bottom o f the cut D1-
The color line tins been drawn In the
’ vision Engineer Onlllnrd devised the canal zone by dividing the employees
! plan of terracing the sides of the cut Into "gold” and "silver" men In the
to relieve this pressure, with the result Itrst category are the Americans and
Embalming and
that much extraneous material lias
>u the second the common and unsklll
been prevented from sliding Into the il laborers Wages are paid In silver
Funeral Directing
cut. Engineers who formerly stood
FO R E S T GROVE, ‘ Oregon’»
lo tile laborers, and salaries to the
W A S H IN G TO N C O U N TY with
• Mtnnchly for the son level type of en
'.uierieniis are paid In gold. This ills
FOREST GROVE UNDERTAKING CO.
Home
Town”
is
an
ideal
place
in
w
h
ich
mil after seeing the slides o f the pres I Unction Is not a hard and fust oue
its wonderful possibilities of developm ent in
ent eighty-five foot level look type
! nil the Idea was adopted as tbe best
to live— and it is just as g o o d as any in
agricultural
and industrial fields, situated as
J. S. Buxton, Manager
< were forced to admit that the attempt
leans for the government to draw the
j to sink n cut through the Isthmus for ) olur
w
h
ich
to
invest
you
r
m
oney
and
your
it is, close to the great market o f the city of
line
Second class rom-ht* are
No. 64 2 Forest Grove, Or.
a sen level channel would be attended
efforts.
Portland: itself enjoying a clim ate and soil
by such prodigious earth movements. wovliled on the trains, spcclul win
.own In the |H>stoffices. special clerks
' necessitating such mi liiestlmsble ad
[
T
o
o
w
n
property
in
Forest
G
r
o
v
e
is
to
that
p rod u ces any o f the products of the
>u the commissary ami separate eating
dltional excavation, as to make It well
ilaces
for
the
sliver
employees
b e co m e filled with self confidence, for real
temperate zon e and admitted by all to b e
nigh lm|»iss!hle. For a sea level canal j
the Culebra rut would- have to go | .M iiii . i labor saving devices have
estate
is
bou
nd
to
advan
ce
in
the
next
few
the banner county in the state, the proud
eighty flve feet deeper than In the >een born of necessity lit the canal
one
The
honor
for
Inventing
the
years
a
n
d
the
holders
will
receive
generous
ow n er in W ash in gton C ou n ty has the safest
present pinn. which would require both |
s wider bottom and Indefinitely wider -■re«te»t of these tickings to W (1
profits.
and most produ ctive of investments.
iilerd.
formerly
general
uisimger
of
the
surface opening, and then the slides
would be immeasurably greater than Pantile a railroad and the miiii who
at present The best year's work In nost largely was res|Minslble for bring
Feed Mill will run every
ug that archaic system from ctiuos
j the Culebra cut wus lii.5Ntl.891 yards
day in the week.
, Slide« first and last htiTe added more io order under Chief Engineer Ste i
He originated s track shifter
4 0 Acres all in C u ltiv a tio n
and will always be worth the
than that amount tn the total estimate vens
9 1. A cres 4 b lo c k s o f Banks
money and if any land in Wash
o f excarntton for the division Yet the v III« li does the work of .Mm men tn
■ ne day and requires only nine men to
2 miles of Forest Grove, good
ington county is worth more,
Good 7-rtom, modern house
Increase in efltetencv of the organize
Wholesale and Retail
6-room house, good barn and
it sure will be; if you don’ t
and in good condition, good
i
! tlon has ena iled the workers to handle •peratc tt.
other out buildings; 1 team,
want thia, tell some of your
barn and chicken park, all
Strikes have never lieen successful In
'
'i
''
' thd dxtra anonnt wlti.ln the time anil
friends about it, I am su e
wagon, hack and buggy, 6
kinds of fruit, large and small
, Bran.Shorts. R oV d Qfkts, Grduhd
rattmatid for taking out the ortg :beFans!Ktink. in t?x*4 President ItoiW
they will.
Price $10,00(1, ^
cows, and all farm tools, hay
This place will keep 4 cows,
velt
gm
e
the
commission
the
power
to
cash, balance to suit.
Oats. Ground Wheat, Cracked tn«i yardage
and groin: running water thru
and one can easily clear $10o
tie iTace ami a good well at
Thrw inH , hod* of egrtnlmrtoH fcai<> ' c l l W ; iiliylxidl fret tn the/"canali zor
per month. W ill sell for $8 MX)
Cracked
Corn. . (Whole
waV.fiot
Ben
who.
In'U
f
dkcreth
|” ‘Wheat,
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the hpu se. This land is level,
terms to suit, or will trade for
tft iV ^ fg liig tly» RÒnÉii
irk » s t i kukillBK the .« anal
hd i w
wérk
ou cgn see all over it from the
Wheat and Corn, Middlings and mil™ of'swi' 7.»v •I <Baiigelioi/ the .y h i ry to jlh
o f 40 to 80 arres, preferably
o
u
a
i
This
is
sure
a
good
buy
Uff) donatile foriau.v ras sun
near Forest Grove.
hrVijKf ifltTWi dr »tft
several kinds o f Hard Wheat UuUo'»W** « id thFVii
By Wm. R. Scott.
Forest Grove
Steam Laundry
W ood,
H A S K E L L & SON
Coal,
Cold Storage
WINTER
and Ice.
MERTZ & LATTA
s
Is upon us and you should get
Your House Repaired
Lumber, Shingles, Roofing and Roof Paint
The Willis-Flace Lumber Co.
k -w v ^ w v ^ v v v v v v v v v v v v a
li
Rasmussen’s Feed Store
W a KLER & LIDYARD
fr
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W. F. HARTRAMPF
J Investigate these bargains on Easy Terms 1
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Klottr
P lour,
S ark
h a ck
T w in e "and S a ck s f «>«Vbkhnel *i the Pacific .14* .Strain
l \Nine an d b a c k s , , B<fTeU
|<1WI1 #n
At|^ |p Mdt.
H q v and
a n d Vetch,Seed.
v p f n h Si>i»d
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Hay
to forty feet
below sea level With
great :
dlltsa to holdout the water, and dredges
Give us a call when in need.
have done the remainder of the ezea
rating. On the Pacific side. In addl
tlon to dredges and ahorela. tbe by
drantle method has been used Tht«
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method
consists of ______
playing
Ind Phone 50x
Forest Grove, 0 re , stream of water on the earth a!ul drain
No !,u<* pVw' r T-" 1'1? ,n
Am" r1 =
-I). sfMe *xec„,|re. h„, the supreme =
.-m irf hH(1 fh
.if fh*»
na w
a- =
that
the r»»n«i
canal tn
tone
wni
not under the constitution sml was
subject to the regulation of s military
reservation
Tbe canal employee« are the moat
•ampere«! set of worker» In the worUl-
|
an eight hour day with a two hour In
tenntoiloB at noon, finit class board
Let u» know your wants.
W e will be pleased to satisfy them.
GOOD INVESTMENT CO.
PHONE 501
FOREST GROVE PRESS BUILDING
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