Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, January 02, 1904, Section Two, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextCAJLY CAP At- J.Q.URNAL, SAlEM, ORE&ON.SATURDAY. JANUARY 2, 1904. ELEVEN HE who Is a close obsorvor Judges a city by Its morcnn tllo establishments. He sizes up the stores, notes tho volume and cl(.ss of business, and guiges tho com munity thereby. It may seom at flrst qlrnco that this Is not the propo measure of a clty'B prosperity, yet 's a true measure. Tho store, of course produces no thing, but on the other hand It Is the product of the city's necessities. It 1b an effect not a cause. To support It thoro must bo somewhoro a cause, and looking at Salem's splendid busi ness houses, ono naturally inquires what supports thorn? Whero doos the money como from that pours In a steady Ptrcnm over tho numberless counters? It Is a haul question to answer un less one Is a close observor. Around Salem 1b a rich agricultural country, ANNIHILATING SPACE ..- . . . -.,. ... A quarter of a m'lo before reaching BLOTTING OUT TIME,:!,oc"rvonoaRn"rT,f7,rtott w-w-' , m, aw-. - -v -"W -.. -w ,tami t,J0 curront nmj n,,,,y tll0 txM powoi, I of the hrakcB. Tho speed of tho cm Idrops to 102 miles. Tho curvo Is Vivid Description of the Record-breaking Run on the Ger- rounded in a noble swing. Tho brake man Eletric Road When a Speed of 30 Miles an Hoar I B "'"". r glides along xrr Ait . jf tji t t- 11. trr - . , itintlor Its own momentum without Was Attained. Birds in Flight Were Overtaken, andany curront whatever until zoseen is the Front End of the Car rVfefiorffrtTVaffc kv ff,o -- W --. - " t (Dr. Rolchel In a Berlin Weekly, Translated by tho Scientific Ameri can.) AH propaiallons have been mado; a brako tost has bean carried out; tho onglnecrs havo climbod into tho car, and tho military posts along the road hnvo heon informed that tho car Is soon to start. Tho motorraan turns tho controllor vory slowly through n fow degrcos. Fourteen thousand volts shoot from tho linos to tho motors. With a whirr the car starts on its momorabl Journoy from MarlonfoldO at twonty-flve minutes nftor 9 o'clock. Tho ovorhead wlros are swaying In a strong wind. As tho car travels on, tho strength of tho olectrlcal current fed to oach of tho four motors Is gradually increased to 350 ampsros. In other words, 2300 kilowatt, or 2600 mechanical horsopowor, are bo lag expended. A mile and a quarter has been covorod. The sposd Indl cator shows a velocity of seventy five milos an hour. When Llchtonrada .13 reached, about naif a mllo fur.hei Ion, tho car is rustling on at 94 miles an hour. Each second the speed increases. Just before tho station of iMahlow appears, a curve of 65C0 feet radius looms up. The speed Is now 100 mllos an hour. We seem to bo leaping toward the curve. No bondjwtn a frightened look, and then floo can bo seen; the track apparently ends admptly. Wo know It Is only a curvo and yet we arc anxious; we brace ourselves for a shock. Just as wo reach tho curve tho track seems to bond into a gentle arc into which the car runs easily. Tho curve Is passed. About a mile ahead of us a safety slgual can be seen. Wo climb a grado of twenty six feat to tho mile slight, to bo sure, and yet to ascend It at full speed we must expend 300 horsepower more Tho train is flying on faster and fast er. Wo rush through Mahlow (four miles from Marienfelde) at a speed of 115 miles an hour. No vibration or shock is felt It soems as If the car ! itself were not moving as If build lings, polos, treoa, were flickering post Only the humming of the wheels assures us that It Is wq who aro mov Hng. The voltmoter shows that the bcurrent collectors are doing their work smoothly. No fear of Increasing Ja speed need be felt The Jast re sistances of the controller are grad a section thai in summer is fragrant with hops, and tho eye is dellghetd with th? billowing fields of tawny jueardod grain ns well as fruit, stock 0tC To make a city requires mora than this. It requires tho turning of raw mutorlal Into som finished product. Tho Thos. Kay Woolen Mills Is one of tho features that have built up Sa'.om, Quietly, unobtrusively, b'it stead lly year after year, this institution has turned loose In Snlom for wages alono, fiom ?3,000 to sf.n.OOO monthly In one sense this Is not a largo amount but when you take into consideration the fact thai this money Is all brought hero and left hero you can realize what this Institution Is doing for Sa lem. It is ojtaftla money brought hero month afto:1 month, turned looso In Snlem, that olharwlro .vould not com here. View of the Main Building. Was Covered With Insects TmrviM - - MJWH tiolly cut out under tho load of 2300 kilowatts. The flngor of tho speed indlca'or slips along to a mark which shows that tho car Is making 121 miles an hour. At every crossing c loud ringing note can bo hoard, caused by tho wheols. Fragmonts of ballast as largo as walnuts are sucked up Into tho air and fall back as tho train rushes on. At flrst tho s pood is bowlldering, al most stupefying. Wo In tho cab ar much .noaror tho track than Is the engineer of a steam locomotive. On that account it seems nt flrst us If th car is literally devouring the road by the nlllo Gradually wo become ac- customod to tho now sonsatlon. ThC fooling of safoty and comfort while overcomes tho first shock of amaze- mont glvos riso to the doilre to travel still fas'.or. After tho 120 mile an hcur mark has bon passed the ex- c'temjnt In the car bjcomo3 intonso. Not a word Is spokon. Only the click of tho whcols over tho rails Is hoard, every oye that Is not fastened on the J speed Indicator Is glued on the track, Suddenly wo see two men unconcern-1 .2C t'38EJS -""- -. . - .. .... . .. ' "ring, as tno danger signal shrjoka the two men on tho track turn about for their lives. No power can stop thlB 93 ton car within a mile. Wo whiz past tho town of Dahlwltz Dust, sand, and large pebbles leap up behind us. We just catch a glimpse of people on the station throwing up their hats In Joy, Suddenly a smash ing blow is beard against tho window of tho cab, as if a man brought his (1st heavily down upon the table. It was a bird, overtakon in its flight and killed. Tho speed Indicator fin ger climbs up past the 124-mlle mark. Rangsdorf is only one and one-quarter miles away (8.6 miles from Ma- rlonfolde). It Is soon time to shut off the curront. If tho 4000-horsa-powor engine at tho power station at Oborspree does not help us we shall not reach the spoed for which we aro all hoping, The engineers at the power house havo not forgotten us. The linger of the speed Indicator, as wo near Rangsdorf. moves just a little further. And bo wo cover the last mile which we stillhavo before cutting off tho power at top-notch ouiy sianuing in .me miaaie pr tne,vi " iruim, was ui mmwor. road calmly awaiting tho car. The i "Well, what's the difficulty lost tha motorman Jumps for the whistle key?" One of O'.ogon's mlsfoi tunes Is thn' she 's i maternal state. With 11k most pioflltc soil, the perfection of clknntB, s In has openol her bosom to Bend to tho world a wealth of wheat and timber and wool, cnttlo. sheep, 'mining products, fruits and a thou sand other things, and all In the 'rough. Tho Thos. Kay Woolen Mill Is one of tho plonoer Institutions that has undertaken to save Orogon, and ltave hore (ho added moducts duo to manufacture, yet, much as Salem'H ibis mil' bas added to Salem's pros polity, it is out n drop or wnat it ana similar Industries must do. Tho open ing of the markets to tho west has qu'oted tho clnmor on the Pacific coast for nn Isthmian canal, for tin reason that the young western giants of trade and manufacture hnvo roa. ized tho possibilities of the Orient. We no longor need association with tho east, but rather the malntonnnc i speed, with 1400 kllowatto or 1G00 I horsepower. ; reached, in eight minutes wo have leaped from Mnrionfoldo to Zosson Wo crowd around tho tologrnph In strumoiits. which havo recorded o speed never boforo nttnlned In tho nn nnls of railroading. Tho tolegraphor can hardly nttsnd to his Instruments, eo many heads aro prosslng about him. Finally ho succeeds in reading off tho record 130.4 miles an hour, i tivory one smllos; hands nro shaken, congratulations oxchar.ged. An afll cor ritshos off to tho telogrnph station to announco to His Majesty the Kal- sor tho foat which Gorman onglnoors havo succoodod In performing. Tho front'end of the car Is covorod with filos, bees and small Insects, crushod as If by a thumb against tho Iron and glass. The Governor's Dilemma. Govornor Van Sant, of Mlnnosotn, recently nrrivod hi Now York and wont to a hotel. Shortly nftor a formor roeldont of that stao callod nnd wns snown to ins room, hq tounu me gov- ernor sltMng In a chair surveying with Bloomy countenance a trunk which stood against tho wall. wnni is ine matter, governor aaitea the caller. want to got a suit or clothes out - . - l-M .1 "No, I have the key all right." said Iho governor, heaving a sigh. "I'll tell you how it is My wife packad that trunk. She expected to como with mo. but was prevented at tho last moment. io my certain Knowledge she put In enough to fill thre etrunks the way a man packs them. If I open It the things will boil all over the room and I could never get them baqk. Now what I'm wondering about Is whether ii wo'jia oe cneapor to j,o mi', anu ouy a now suit of clothes or two addition al trunks." Philadelphia Post. They call tho Jap "tho Yankee of the Orient," in spite of the fact that his forefathom' day Is a trifle older than 283 years. Perhaps tho Yankee is really the Jap of tho Occident Mail and Express. Undo Sam made It oloar to Co- lombla that any monkoymg with the Isle of Plnae will mako It an Isle of hickory awltchee. Denyer Republl- can. I A flying machine constructed of hank notes should be able to fly away easily during tho holiday season OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY. Thos. 13. Kay, President and Gsn eral Manager. Squire Farrar, Vice-President. Robert H. Coshow, Secretary and Treasurer. Thos. B. Kay. Squire Farrar, Mrs. C. P. Bishop, of Salem; J. K Weatherford, of Albany; O. P. Co show of Roseburg, Directors. Number of looms In constant opsratlon, day and night, 32. Total business of the past year, about $200,000. Number of peoplo employed In the Woolen Mills, 120 to 125. Amount of wool used In the In stitution In one year 600 Ou J pounds Amount of wood burned In dy ing and cleaning works. 1,800 cords. of all natural haulers which exist In our favor. Tho keen insight of Thomas Kay In establishing the mills hore, deser ves tho moro commondation from tho fnct that thdy war otjtnbllshml long boforo projent conditions nroso, and they Indicate the far-reaching grasp of their founders Intollcct. Tho wast and the east, tho Occtdont and tho Orl ont, are both ours bscnuae we nro of both and who Is thoro shall say, whero or when we shall reach the summit of our pioJuctlvnM. A brief return or the history of tho Thos. ICny mill may not bo ou. c' plnce. This mill was built lr. the prlnic of 18S9, with twelve loomi. It was burned down In 1895. A brick mill took tho placo of the burned structure, which was mostly wood and a now start was mndo with 20 looms. Since that time twelvo looms have boon udded. Dosldes the two now looms added during 1902, an Improved wool wash ing nnd bcourlng plant has boon added a Sargont plant, to tako the place STATE , LAND BOARD Prices of the State Lands and Condit ions of Purchase How Loatib 7Are Made From the School Funis-the Local Attorneys in the Various Counties 1'rlor to May 21. 1903, tho prlco of school lands was $1.25 nor aero and I during tho early part of the pnst year tho saloa wero greatly In oxcoss of those of any previous porlod In the history of tho dopartmont. Slnco tho law raising tho prlco to S2.50 por acre has become offcctlvo tho salos have nlmost entirely ceased. Tho amount duo as dororreu pay- n)(mtB on outstanding cortlflcatos jmaa for tho salo of school landH Is abcut ono ra0 dolars. The roco,,t8 of the department for tn0 ,)aBt yoar havo l)8fln noout four hundred and thirty thouinnd dollnm TJl0 fnrmB aoqro, ,muor foreclo- sure of ntortcaKO are In the hands of the s.nt0 j nnd Agunt who nets undflr tho direction of tho Board jn onlor to secllre a ioan (rom the 8Chool fund It Is neensoary to apply t0 tho Attornoy for tlie Board In tho cimty , whch tn0 Innd ,t bo o-0rfld aH Mc,iritv Is incntod nnd It Is his duty t0 oxnmIllo tho tlti0 0f tho ,and npprftlaa ,t flllnB tho completed nppllcaUon wlth tho Clerk of tho Board by whom ,t , BUbrnlttod t0 tho board and mm q,. approval it pa88QB ,nto tho hRnda of tno 8Ult0 Tr0n8Urer who forwards tho money to tho appoant and rcc0pt8 for interest nnd prJnclpa, payraontn thoreon. Loans are mado for only one-third of tho nppralsod cash value, oxclusive of all improvements'. The rate- of Intorost Is 8,x,r ,ont tOM f ado prlod, ofno ' h PrlvBe cf QIX,t10nd'"f ilm tou, t?tt,J0n VrovUlag tho Jntorest, which is duo January 1, and July 1, of oach year, is promptly paid. Tho Bales of stnto lands and tha Investment of funds arising therefrom are ' tho hands of the otat land uoorl w'oh oomiqsd of tho Gover- nor - Hwrotary or stato ana state ..-... This board appoints a clerk who has charge of the affairs of the land department and la custodian of the records and seal of tho board of tho old machinery which required much of tho work the new machine now performs to bo dono by hand. In addition to its economy, tho mw machine doou the work hotter than It was done boforo. A now water wheol was put In, a -18-inch special Lcffol wheel, which increased tho ca paclty to the oxtent of about twent) flvo horso powor. It is tho scttlod policy of the man agoment to sot aside each year a ccr tain per cont for Improved machinery thus constantly Increasing the ca paclty of tho plant, and adding to itt efllciency in vnrlous ways and lin proving the quality of goods turned out. In pursuanco of this policy, porno Important Improvements nro IHng planned for 1904. Among U1030 Is tho addition of a new machine for making blankets and robes, to tak tho placo In pnrt of gigs. This Is a viy fine pleco of rcachlnory, and will add malorlally to tho output of tlieso classes of goods. 1 be capacity of tho mill Is now moro thnn throe tlmos what It was nt flrst, owing to tho additions of lm pioved iiinchtnory. The gross hnslnoia of lait year wai nomcthh g over $200,000, not a groat Incipnio over the year before owinu to thp low luicos provalllng for the luunufactured articles though the quantity of goods turned out was materially increased. The prices o.i futuro orders range slightly higher nnd as capacity 1ms been still fur ther increased the gross buslnees for 1908 line been greater than former ywrs ami 1904 will show gratifying incroase. Thos. Kay was tho fountlor of the mill and Its manngor until tho time of his doath, in April of 1900. Mr. Kay learned his trade in England. Ho camo to ths United Stntos nearly forty years ago, and vas during all his life thoieaftor connected with the mnnaijeiiiont of woolen mills In Oro gon. Ho conducted tho old Browns- recolptn for all monies paid on the salo of lands, and all cortlflcatos and deeds issued for tho salo of stat-i lands aro prepared by him. Tho regular meetings of tho board aro hold in the ofllco of tho clork on tho second and fourth Tuosdnys of oach month. Tho prlco of school lands is not loss thnn $2.50 por aero; of Agricultural Col lego and Univorslty InndB not loss than $li25 an aero; of swamp lands not loss than $1.00 per aero and of tldvi lands not loss than $2,00 per aero, tho board roservlng the right to fix whntevor prlco may in their Judgment bo propor. Any porosn above tho ago of 18 years who Is n fno cltlzei or tho United State is ontltled to purchase 320 ncren of oach of tho above claosoe of lands. Upon school, unlvorslty nnd agri cultural collego lands one-fifth of tho purohaso prlco In required to bo paid down; ono-flfth becoming duo In ono year with intorost at 8 por cont; ono flfth in two yoars with intorost nt 7 per cent and two-fifths on demand with liitorodt at G por cont; No appli cation Is acopted for tlieso lands un less accompanlod by at least ono-flfth of tho prchaso price. On swamp and tldo lands the full amount of the put chase prlco must bo doposltod with tho application. Tho vory ofilclont ofllce forco at tho itato capital Is as follews: G, C. Drown, Olork of the Doard. c parrjB,, chiof Clork. Julia K. Webstor, Recording Clerk, Orr-co N. Dabcock, 8 onographor. The County Attorneys. Tho nttornoyB for tho board In tin different counties cf tho stnto and , tholr addrcssos aro as follews: J. Prod Yatos, Corvallls, Benton. Frank L. Mooro, Baker City, Baker. Q. IS. Hayos, Oregon City, Clacka mas, Chas. H. Page, Astoria, Clatsop. W. H. Conyora, Clntsknnlo,, Colum bia. U A. Roborta, Myrtlo Point, Coos, M. B. Gibson, Langlols, Curry. W. A. Bell, Prlnovlllo, Crook. F. W. Benson, Roseburg, Douglas. Jny Bowerman, Condon, Gilliam, George H. Cattnnach, Canyon City. Grant. A. W. Gowan, Burns, Harney. W. I. Vawtor, Medford, Jackson. W. O. Hnlo, Gmnta Poae, Josephine. C. II. Wlthrow, Klamath Falls, W. A. Wllshlro, Lakovlow, Lake. A. C. Woodcock, Eugene, Lane, J. It Wyatt, Albany, IJnre. C. B. Crosno, Toledo, Lincoln. F. A. Turner, Salem, Marlon. Win, Miller, Ontario. Malheur. Warren H. Thomas, Portland, Multnomah. J. U Collins, Dallas, Polk. J. M. Parry. Moro, Shorrnaiu B. L. Eddy, Tillamook. Tillamook. Jamee A. Feo, Pendleton, Umatilla. I J. Davis, Union, Union. J D. McCulIyi Joseph, Wallowa. vllien woolen mill for a number of y ars and tho Ashland mill for a peilod. The splendid propcity here k? 1HR B niHH IBH c HHHV wkSbL :-tl-r4M. tii. y HBC Thos. B. Kay, President lit Salem, built by his cffortH is tin onduring monument of his untiring Industry and zeal Thomas D. Kay, tho prosent head of this institution was born nnd bred in this Industry, and supervises overy detail of the vast buiuiem from tho purchasing of the wool to selling thp finished product In the markoU of the woild. He Is one of the pushing, hrrlny and energetic voting business mon of he west who lu-8 loomed nnd profited by tho lifetime oxparlenae of ills father to whom he is n worthy succcMor. Ho has ability to grasp the new situation now opening to tho Pacific coast, to roallzo tho Immensity of tho field opened to us, and it Is safo to say that undor his direction Salem will reap her full shara of tho harvost coming from Amorlca's now accumu lations and now nrrnngomonte in tho far oast. W. H. Wilson, Tho Dalles Wasco. D. n. Tonguo, HUlshnro, Washing ton. H. H. Hondrlcks, Fossil, Whcolor. W. T. Vinton, McMlnnvlllo, Yamhill. Sir Thomas still has his oyo on the Amorlca's cup, but wo don't Intend to lot him get his hands on It wemeiotfmnms Hominy Com Some lino white corn Hint mukes hominy "Likomothor made." Violet Iiollod Onts, uso thorn and gota White House Cook Book, froo. Ont Flnkos, a prize- in ovory pncKtigo. Wo soil Flour, good flour nnd at tho lowest prices in tho city. f D. A. White & Son 9 FeerJmcn and Seedsmen 301 Com'l St. Phore 1781 I l e)-f-4-H-M- eeW J J. MILLER, PETER IIOCII, J it German Market II Just opened, next door to liar ritt & Lawronced grocory store, a clean, new market, where all 9 kinds of meat can bo had. Low prices and prompt dollvery our motto. Wo make a specialty of flno Gorman sausago of all kinds. Qlvo us a call. tH8i8U)iiomaiw BO YEAn8 EXPERIENCE TnAoe Marks DC8IQN8 RnvnisuTB An. Anroo endln a (ketch and deterlptlnn mar uleklr aaccrtaln oar opinion free whether an larentlon probably paiantablo. Cuuniunlca tlonntrlctlreoiilliliitul. Itandbookoai'aUaU Uldet fuvncf tut curing patenU. takeu (brutish Jlunti A Co. k!' K1 Scientific Jimlim, A bandtomtlr lllaatratcd waaklr. T-arceat elr eolation of anr clantlDo Journal, T anna, Is jeari (ourroontlu, (L Bold bj all nawadMlara, MUNfj & Co.88IB,wto,'NBW York