OUR PANAMA CANAL
DITCH AT SUEZ
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Increase of Freight
via Panama
Route, Largely
Due to Oil Ship
ment, Indicate
Rue of United
States to Leader
ship of World's
Commerce.
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By JUDSON C. WELLIVER
One of the striking evidences of
! America's rapid rise toward commer
cial and Industrial leadtuhlp of the
world. Is the Panama Canal, will al
' most certainly handle more freight In
1 1I2C than will Sues. For several years
tit two canals hare been in a neck
aid neck competition whose implica
Ubs are the more Interesting be
cause the Panama ditch Is owned by
I Ik American Government, and that
jnt Sg.es by the British Government.
Of coarse both Canals are open to
the ships of all nations; and the
I competition between them Is not only
, between the United States and Brit
i aln. but in a larger and even more
slgnlftcant view It Is competition be
tween old world and new world.
When the Panama Canal was open
ed la 1915, Sues was already transit
ing about 2j.OO0.0O0 tons or freight
annually. Almost nobody be'lcved
Panama could ever attract anything
, approaching such a volume. Eut dur
Ing the war fear of German subma
rines In the Mediterannean caused
-any vesse'.s to take the Panama
route between the far east and Eu-
1 ropatn or American ports. This give
' Panama Its Introduction and It has
not only held but greatly Increased
I 't business since the war. In 1923
Panama transited S037 vessels.
; agalnet 4S21 for Sues; Panama han-
died t5.10O.OO0 cargi tons agalnm 22..
1770.009 for Sues. This was the first
j year of Panama's lead.
' A Close Race
I The following year Sues barely ex
i ceooea Panama a tonnage; and In
12S comfortably held its lad. ftut
reports for 192C to date Indicate that
Sues n ksing. owing to Britain's )n
dusttial depression, while Panama Is
I doing better and Is pretty certain to
resume the lead.
: The present Sues Canal has been
I li operation nearlv sixty year.(. 1'ati-
ma onij firven. AKUOUSn few p.w
ple eicept antiquarians know It, the
Urst ranal at Sues was built more
than 1,000 years ago. It was In p
eratioa as early as B. C. 13S0; I
long before. Is mere conjecture, r:
fore the Christian era began the dlt. ii
j had been built, destroyed, rehu.i!.
(silted up and built up again. (!::
! after time. When Alexander n
Great conquered Egypt the fa
j ssj was one of the oldest of enrf-
neerlnn works.
Betwoeii 1904 and 1915 the preirt
I Panama Canal was construptrd. It
i cest about 400.000,000, Suc about
one fourth that sum. But Su;. Is a
; simple, sea-level ditch aernrd a sardy
ipiain; wnue Panama is a lick c.nnul.
the greater part of Its l-n-ih lying
15 feet above ea lnvc-J. so that mo.!
At IV. .,!-. . - m
. umiuiiLu iro::i ocean to oceau
Is
through an artlfldal freshwater
i lake.
Early Profits Unexpect:d
When Kuosevel; started btitPng
iat Panama, nc!t1mr ha ner any other
prop'.it of cptir.lsm would have
I dared m-:nt thai w;h!n Its flra.
decn'ie His Ca-inl would earn a profit.
Its chV Jr.s'JIIcntian cancurncd the
' national dcfetisn, a.itl the entahlltih--lit
of comp-tltio'i with t!:e trans-
laoiitinci'tni rulltoiuls.
Al.Mi:rh both CnnHld are open to
1 shipping if all nations, Crilish ves
sels cn:itl,uta the majority of those
'using f-'uci (55.8 per cent), while
.American vessels are G'..5 pur cent of
toots usin? Panunia.
For 1024, ship of 21 l.lioos used
LEADING BRITISH
IN TRAFFIC TONNAGE
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PENKSVlVAMA AT CHA.Uti
RIVC.S. CROSSING
the Su.'i route, while 24 nations wer
reprcsonted in the maritime caravan
at Panama.
The World War ft as not Ihe only
unexpected factor In bringing Iana
mi so quickly to cquallt wlih Sue;,
nor thu EiOfct Important. The euor
moim lnrn-ase In Panama trattic la
1923 was represented almost entirely
by petroleum and Its products, mov
ie.' from California to the east coast
and Europe. In the year ended June
30. 1924. tolls apgref;atlng 124.290.000 !
were collected, of which 19.071.0oO
was from tankers carrying petroleum. !
An even more striking statement of
the matter la that for the same year
exactly 50 per cent o all tonnage j
through th,y Canal was between the
two ccran fronts of the United
States; that la, 13.."00.000 tuns; and
of this, considerably over 9,0?.0)0
toss, or more than two-thirds was pe
troleum. It was of. course chiofly
from California, en rou'c to eastern
refineries. In tile succeeding year
this petroleum movement fell off
heavily; but for 1926 It Is nealn In
crer.fhig and the Increase Is likely to
continue for many years. But for the
petroleum traffic, the Canal would
have shown a deficit In every year of
Its operation.
The enormous potroleum business
has been In other ways advantageous
to Panama. A conntant!y Increasing
proportion o? maritime shipping now
adays ur; oil fuel Oil burning shins
sek n-uti-s on which they can most
cheaily buy oil; and because Cali
fornia oil can he put no cheaply Into
the haulers of tf wis pasln
throuRh ihe Pnmirtta ditch, there
Is a sub.uanllil Inducement to
prefer this route This will In
creasingly favor Panamn and mill
t:.te ncalr.st Slid, the number
cf oil burners ln: rea.ses. Moreover,
Panama's advau'a.to will still further
lcreae us the enormous oil re
sources i,t Venezuela. C ilimbla. and
0. hcr Kmih American countries
are deviliprd.
Great Service of Panama
If chc.-.p petroleum has thus served
TiMi'ma so well, Panama In turn has
cqr.sily nerved the American motor
ist, who conrumes most of the World's
fstnHin ntv-rluc For Panama hst
1. r-!-.:r;i;t the pjcilic Coast potroleum
ti the cs:.lern market at coi;ts which.
nut tortile Canal, would bo vaHtlr i
(rrta'.er. Thus the Canal has given
:!:u United States the cheapest pe-t;-ol(itin
products In tho world, and
helped build ths autonnjille Industry
and (Hir modern highway system.
Till mutually helpful relationship
Lrtwem the Canal and the petroleum
users Is the more Impressive when
ono realizes that It was not even re
motely anticipated at the time Presi
dent Roosevelt started building the
Canal. So late. Indeed, as 1010, when
Admiral Evans wrote his articles
about tho Canal and decldud that It
could not be profitable for several
decodes at least, he ba: ed all his cal
i illations on Ihe prolmblo cost of coal
for bunkering s'.ilpa. Mo did not
dream that merchant mnrlies were
on the verge of tin revolutionary
chaii(?n from coal t: oil. So ho figured
that, as there In prnetlcr.lly no bunker
coal In the countries b.nderlng on the
Puclllc, that ocean could not com- '
pete, by way of Panama, for a great- !
ly Increased share of shipping. The i
oil development overturned the proph- !
ecles or Admiral Kvar.s, and of all i
others who had foreseen that fuel !
problems would make Panama un- j
profitable.
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Sl.ittmcnt of the Ownership, Man
agrment, etc.
lit'Hiilrcd by in( of CongivMM of
ah viiHt .4. lui t, ,.f Jono liiil.'iifiidi'iit,
liil"IUhwl wct'Kl.v Ht lime, Oiv
fur Oi Uiln'r I litl,
lulllor. MiiiiiikIiik Kdlhir, l'littllnti
bp, W. W. Iloii.,lom, uivnii.
Thnt tin owner U V. V. llcril,
loi.o, im'ton.
Kown lioml IioMith, iiiorlKiiifi'H
mill ollicrtitviirHy huldri-H, holding t
lu'l ii'iit or niort" of tottil n nut of
li'iiiilh, iuitrtK(iitiiir otliiTHivurllliM
Ninu'.
W. W. 1 1 i:AI. (Uviht
Sworn to mid HIlllNO ilicd ln
If ' in.' thU N ,1,1V of iioto!nf, l:ij:i,
K II. Itoliliihoii' Noliirf I'nlilt..
M.V t'oliiuilHhloii '.iIich ' '.'S,
Young Assailant of the Italian
Pfemier is Slain by
Mob.
T. .'gnu. lt-!y. nenlto Musftlnl
has once again c ape.: tho . ssaf n's
bnl'vt. A yo;.th shot at him Sunday,
the built! ripping piece out of the
Pr-iul r's cout. Tho ssaullunt was
J lyih lied by an Infuriated crowd.
Tae fascist premier was leaving
nuctlng at tho stadium, and was at
the moment being acclaimed by the
grj.it assemblage. The youth stepped
forward and with quick movement fir
ed point blank. The bu!l,t cut the
sji h of the Grand Cordon of the Order ;
of St, Maurice and St. Laiarus which !
, adorned the premier's uniform, rip
ped away a piece of -cloth from the
i co;.t and grazed the sleeve of the
niuyor of Bologna, who accompanied
ihlin.
j There were slurried exilnmatlons,
a tremendous silence, and fury swept
th-ough the multitude. The duce'i
assailant, seemlnnly a more boy of 18.
was selied and before police could
throw a protecting cordon around him.
was killed by ths mob.
S'ussnlinl remained culm and com-po-:d.
Ills automobile halted for a
fe moments and then proceeded for
the railway station.'
EVERYBODY'S
CO-'.VC
CALIFORNIA bids yba
turn back the calendar
to summer and come play in
the warm sunshine.
As an added inducement the
Union Pacific: now offers special
low round trip fares and assures
you a marvelous journey on the
finest of fast trains. Connections
via Portlend or Salt Lake City,
M.IK2 YOCH RESERVATIONS (iW
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Oils, Grease
llNDEPEfiDENT
Mill
See me before sending away for!
vrvi f rT,Iv,i( T
bargdin in tires and tubes.
E. R. LunJdl Proprietor
The Garage where you get
"Service With A Snap" ,
ALONG LIFE'S
TRAIL
By THOMAS ,...OX CLARK
lmH r Mm. I nivi rnllr ( tllmuU,
mapli;ltvST
tir M'i.i:ni'us r'is n good sued town
ava mi the middling iflf u Inrjse city.
It In Inn iK t K. vllliigu mid too
mull for n city, n n, it lmi niiiiiiig.sl
so fur lo kiv out .if miy clly hIIIIIii
tlons er eniiinirlenieiils, There nro no
pn.ir penjilo In Miiplelmrsl, Hint U, no
ivully inur ones. Nut every one Is
r.ch, of course, but evcrynno Is com
ruiiiiiiie. io .voiing persnn In the
town bus ever gntie hungry exeeiiiliiu.
of cinire, until next nienl time. They
lire nil Hell (IivhmiI, coiiifnrtiilile, Weil
hoiied, mid well fed. Few fellow a
miller twenty have eer oil;iM to
emu their living,
The lilgli si'linnl In Miiplehurst Is
flrxt class. Its f(ii!piieiit Is the best
of nny school In the stnte; Its touch,
ers are excellently irulncil, Its curricu
lum iiili'iimii tn Kive piYiiniitUiii for
tlie best colleges in h, country. Oue
exiivts ii pied deal from Ihe young fel
lows who come to college from such nil
environment. They luive hnl iiniisuul
o iii'i-tiiiiitles for tnilnlng. mid Ihe n
Hiills ul their I'tub nvors In eollees
sl'ould In ntisiin be Miicrlor to thoite
of , men who come from less favored
lo ulltles. In snme runes this Is true;
there lire nutitiindlng exiunples of
what nti"h oiortniiltles mi l environ,
tin nt will do for u fellow, but In gen
wal the scholtmtlf nttiilnments of
these j-nutii men ore cily cotnmen
lilnce often they are li.ts limn ordl
Bury. The reuson Is not far to seek. They
hne never worked fer any of their
comferts. They have earned nulie of
the hixirles with which ll.ey have
ben nil their lives r niHlar. Whut
they hu has come lo them riill,v
and ul ,1'ist wlihiuit the nuking. They
Im.e traveled mi eiry nnd flower
l'rdreil path nil their lives, nnd when
tl.ry get to college they expect the,
I s itae ci'tnlilerullon of their ounfort,
I the sntje fn-iHlniti from exertion. The;-s.-nieli
nut the aiMiKithest, ensliKt
rmiil, ni'l they trmel It lelmirely with
no ..n'emeKS to get nil) where. Must
of l hem when Ihey i:et Ihrniu-h col
leji; are gnltlg t'llc-l home lo tnke a
plnee In the business with father.
( Kvcrj thing Is nil Used fur them; there
Is no i-niise to worry, no rensoo to
t exert themsclvea, They never have
dune so, w hy do It now ?
I'm wondering whnt the town will
! I... or l.l.u .......... r...... ....... ul
i n.r i.imij r-iiin ii. lien w iif-ii
this spiritless sh-i ml rni-riiUon will
lime gotten ronirol of thliv.s. 'h
slhly rlrcumslniiees will arise which
will tench llieui to work, otherwise
the eutlimk Is iietty slid.
lA l:s. W't:vB NiniiMf Cnlaa.1
LEGION HALL
THEATRE
The following lit of pictures
are booked to show at the Legion
Hall, beginninif Junn 12
We have in this lint a wiiic
rat ne of suhjects and slurs and
hopfl to pli-Bge evety one. Ve are
havinff s hard time to makeer.dH
mi-i-t.Ro, when in doubt, what
to do, jto to the sho.
Nov. 6 Caluary StPtnpede.
" 13 Sundown.
" ' 20 Simon the Jester.
" 27 Madam behave.
Dec. 4 California Straight
Ahead.
11 Flowing Gold.
" ' 18 Three Fate Last.
25 The K.aJ to VisUi
day. Cut thii out and keep it for
ut i referoncs. We will only
rai-o prices when the price of
pri.uram compels us to. Pont
mins a single number of this c n-
ract. American Legion
lone OreKon
UT Jhc best
& Supplies
GARAGE
fiftt rvf 9 vnnl I
NEW AIR RECORD
I French Alrmsn Cover 3750 Mils In
Non-Stop Flight.
Purls. The feuslhlllly of ft Purls to
New York non stop nlrplntio flight Is
considered to Iiuvh been proved by
Lloulomint Costu and Capiultt Rlgnut,
Kreiteh military alruion, who have Just
mode un ncrlnl trip from Lebnurgotan,
Fritneo, to Jnsk, on I lie Ariihliin sen
In Huuih Persia, Tho dlstnnco flown
was S415 miles. Tho time was 33
hours.
Tho avtaiora are claiming a record
only for distance In a straight line be-1
i ween inn Lciioumit airdrome ami
Jnsk. The nclunl olslaneo covered by
them, counting devliitlim from this
stnilxht line, was shout 3750 miles,
which Is greater than the dlstnnco
between Purls and New York.
Motion Pictures to Tssch Surgery.
Montreal. American motion pic
tures entered a new scientific field,
(hut of m.idlcliio e;,d surgery, syojj,
sored by one of tho world's Inmllug
niedlial soclntles, the American Col
lofts of Surgeons. Will 11. Iluyes, head
of tliu picture Industry, Jolnsd with
th scientific men In tho plan to give
the entire world tho benefit of medi
cal and surglcul pictures. Tho hoard
of rt pints of Ihe college adopted the
recur; of a special romiiiltteo advo
cating the use of movies.
Portland Gets 1928 Scottish Alt Mset
Onuha, Nob, Tho supremo council
of tiilrty-thlrd-dcgreo Scottish
Musuiiry, In annual conclave here, vi.i.
ed lo bold Its 192K meeting al Port
land. The 1927 convention will h
hold at Washington,' hero It meets
eviry odd year.
100 Armorsd Cabs to Cusrd Mall.
Y.'i.hliigton, It. c.ln connection
wi h Its war acnlnst mull hmidils Ihe
p.is.i.flcH di tmrlmetit called for bids
fur Hie iiinaiructlon of luu armored
cal.s.
Illli
We Can
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supply your fuel needs with the J
best in wood and coal at prices that
are right 1
And we Will
If you give us a chance. j
Farmers'
Elevator Co. 1
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Brownies are but $2 up
t For good pictures of your whkI times a Brownie
is the camera you want. ?o" simple, so sure as
we're here to thow you. Drop in and look the
Brownies over,
- ' You'll like cur developing and printing
ycamrahP S'dralluB
EROTS KADOK EHT
Thousands of
New Words
sptlledi pronouncod,
and dunned In
WEBSTER'S
NOV liNT!Z!:NATI0NAL
DiCTIONARY
Tfi "Sujimtw Aulhunly"
Hart or a f;t tamphtl
hot mintdt Red Hir
Air Council cllal ship
mini cull mystery chip
H. P. IkkiI ' tnwlunu
s . i l.i I osstmla l.uilmiits
Amstksti Legion Uluo Cross
girl won I import
cyper ciystul dmecior
uii;ilo suporhslerodyns
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f inftirmmlion
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Lit fi Oral - Wilt, for s mplt
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Mos'il ir u..il liidlu I'uiHirt, ft: LI.
G.&CWfRRIAM CO.
Sn-lnrfe)IJ, Mtsa U. S. A.
Bigan Public Lift Young
Charles .Tames fog, the eelehrntH
utalesm.ui nnd orator, evtcn-d purlin,
lin-iit nti ii Tor) In l.iw, r .eu he wus
only nineteen. Two years later bt
wns made Jimlor lord of the sjdmlr
i By lu Urd North's uilnUtry.
Fir$t " Statical Saw"
The Idcn of rxlrnetlng music from
uch tn unlikely medium as an or
dinary steel saw Is said tn have oris.
Imiied more than thirty years ago in
ArueutliiH. a drunken violinist In a
lumber cmiip Is credited with the ills-eon-ry.
In recent years the "mitslnil
saw", has benutui a mpulur fancy of
I Juits orchestras In both America uml
Europe.
r week-end visin
and your vatation trip -tilicalonB
lirownie