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Built by Louis Gerlinger and
His Sons, Falls City to
' West Salem.
STRAHORN BUILT BRIDGE
Ityuil Taken Over Hy S. V. Will lie
'-Electrified and Made I'urt of
Great Electric System.
The ceremonies today completed
and closed tho railroad romanco o
the Saloiii, Fulls City & Western rail
way, which will soon fly the flats of
the Portland, Eugene & Eastern In
terurban system. At the same time
was disclosed a story of how It was
all accomplished hy one man, Curl
Orlingor, who today carries a
maimed arm as tho bndgo of his hon
orable service In tho development of
western Oregon.
There are three, of the Gerllngers,
builders of the Salem, Falls City &
Western, owners of tho Dallas Lum
ber & Logging company at Dallas, and
self-made men. Louis and George
Ge-Mnger were nat.'yes of Chicago,
who found a framed copy of Horace
Greeley's advice on the wall of the
first place where they applied for em
ployment and lit out for the West.
They made money and Baw more of It
hanging to the branches of the great
forests in western Polk county. Carl
Gorlinger..was born In Germany, re
ceived the thorough training given
mechanical engineers over there
where the Kaiser Insists that his sub
jects shall understand their busi
ness, and nt the time his cousins,
Louis and Goorge, were making a be
ginning in Oregon, Carl was an en
gineer aboard the great steamer
Deutchland, between New York and
Europe.
In 19011 Louis and George decided
to build a railroad from Dallas to the
timber and they sent for Cousin Carl.
The first year . the road reached only
to Falls City, but two years later It
went on to Illack Rock where a mini-
, l)er of sawmillB were operating. Its
business was to haul out lumber and
logs for the market and for the use
of the sawmill they operated at Dal
las. The entire equipment at that
time was one Helsler engine, a second-hand
coach, six flat-carB and ona
box car. Carl Gerlinger built and re
paired the track, ran the engln.e kept
it in repair, Issued train orders, sold
tickets and quarreled with the Inter
state Commerce Commission and the
state railway commissioners. Carl
held a 20-hour per day lob where
pennies had to be saved. In 1906,
Cousin Carl was operating a machine
shop with a gasoline engine and a
bunch of tools that the average ma
chinist would consider useless. In
that year a larger machine shop was
constructed, Carl becamo master me
chanic and employed skilled help. He
solicited commercial repair work and
In three years was able to pay back
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to his cousins the entire cost of the t
plant with Interest. Last year the
shop overhauled and repaired twelve 1
railroad engines.
In 1910 Louis and George Gerlinger
decided to build their road to Salem.
It reached the west bank of the Wil
lamette river and stopped because of
the great expense of constructing a
suitable bridge. The Salem, Falls
City & Western was acquired a year
or two ago by the Southern Pacific
company, and D. W. Campbell, su
perintendent in Oregon, .immediately
caused the building of the bridge to
begin, It was estimated to cost $193,
000, but as completed represents an
outlay of $250,000.
SAYS SHE H AS JI ST
STARVED FOK LOVE
UHITRD IMII8S UABKD W1B1
Milwaukee, March 13. "I was sim
ply starved for love."
This was the explanation given
here today by Mrs. Mabel Clarkson,
wife of the Rev. Clarkson, of Chicago,
for deserting her husband and chil
dren and eloping with Owen D. Conn,
San FranclBCO's "$100,000 burglar."
Conn told San Francisco police that
Mrs. Clarkson started him on his ca
reer of crime, but the woman says this
charge Is untrue.
"I was married," continued Mrs.
Clarkson, "when I was only 18 years
old, and my husband soon tired of me.
He treated me shamefully. I was so
hungry for love that I would have been
grateful for attention from anyone.
This condition of mine blinded me to
the sort of man Conn was.
Mrs. Clarkson Is bitter In her de
nunciation of Conn and today appeared
anxious to tcBtlfy against him. Mil
waukee police think Bhe can reveal the
operations of Conn In Chicago, where
he Is reported .to have got $100,000
worth of loot.
The woman today expressed a de
sire to see her children, and admitted
writing to her husband and asking for
a reconciliation.
AVtts Horribly Tortured.
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Chicago, March 15. Vincent Tro'n-
skl, ngi-d 4.ri years, a baker, was beat
en and Ptningled -n death hero early
today. Minnie Ll.skc, his common law
wife was arrested.
Trolnskl was Inhumanly tortured.
Ills was twisted until the nock was
broken; tho eyes bulged from the
sockets and the back of the head wa-i
beaten almost to a pulp.
The LlBke woman told the police
that she found Trolnskl unconscious,
lying In front of the bakery early in
the morning. She declares he expired
Hie West End of w llrldgt'.
soon after she had carried hlra to
their rooms over the bakery,
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SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAKCH in.
ELECTRIFIES PEOPLE
AS WELL AS ROADS
President Strahorn of the P. E.
& E. Tells Modestly of the
Road's Building.
CREDITS THE GERLINGERS
1'olnU Out Some of the Ileneflt.s of
tho Dig Electric System If Oregon
"Totes Fair."
"Very early in the proceedings which
led to this splendid demonstration 1
look pains to impress those whom
we have- to thank and congratulate
upon its success that I could not
consistently figure as a principal.
That tho credit for the planning and
execution of the Salem, Falls City &
Western railway enterprise was due
to Mr. Louis Gerlinger and his able
sons and assistants, with Ilia more
recent help of Mr. D. W. Camubell,
general superintendent of tho South
ern Pacific company, and his engin
eers. 'Therefore, while I am rospnns-
lhlo for starting some other things
and am not a bit backward about
absorbing and electrifying everything
they have In thl gWHous valley that
I can lay my hands on, I am hero to-
day to join you In celebrating the
achievements of these other men, who
have dona more for you than I be'
llcve you yet realize.
"I say this because, without wish.
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Ing to be personal, 1 have a very dee))
conviction that the road builder Is
always a public benefactor, and near
ly always public-spirited, even If he
should happen to profit by his enter
prise. It has been thus from the
very beginning of things. The ruler,
either anolent or modern, who has
handed down a great highway, has us
ually done more for his subjects and
for posterity than by the winning of
great battles. 'Once a highway, al
ways a highway,' is a trlto old saying
to Illustrate tho enduring nature of
such work. Cities may rlso and fall
and all other monuments may crum
ldo, even the veryi rivers may dry up
or change their courses, but from the
trails of the earliest savages down
through tho caravan routes of all tho
ages to the greatest of mall's achieve
ments tho modern railway, tho In
stances aro rare Indeed where the real
highway builder has not left a monu
ment, or the foundation for a monu
ment, almost as enduring as tlpio it
self. Thus has tho builder lightened
tho burdens and promoted the Inter
course and higher civilization of un
counted millions In the ages of the
past, with fair promise that his bene
faction will continue to bless the
multitude for tho unending years of
the future.
"80 I say what these men have
done for you and for iostorlty is a
splendid, a majestic thing, no matter
how it compares In size or extent with
other like creations. It is Just as Im
portant and potent for b:kx1 to tills
community and Its tributary country
as tho greatest enterprise of Its kind
Ib to the largest'conimunlty.
"I regard tho completion of the Sa
lem, Falls City & Western, with lis
connection over to Fir and Hllverton,
as vastly moro beiiellnlal to you and
the Willamette valley generally than
the building of a new line from Sulem
to Portland. Of course I must mod
estly suggest that Ihls presumes my
being allowed to put. on Hie finishing
touches by elect rlflcali'iin. By Vie
persistent and splendid cnlorprlse or
these gentlemen mid tic.r Southern
I'aeiric company backers, these two
new cross-valley triads and the great
bridge which connects them, the five
north and sonlli railroads of the. W!l
.Inmetto valley and some forty miles
In width of possibly Its richest part
are lit. last and forever tied by Im
perlnl lilile thongs of steel to the stale
capital. The facility with which the
business of these five north and
r.juth roads and every hamlet and
community along them will ultimate
ly bo exchanged with Sulem will sur
prise even tho most optimistic. Mod
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Euxt Eud of the New Hrldtfe.
esty here again almost forbids my
reminding you that this happy con
dition will bo vastly enhanced when
these five north ond south railroads
are Increased to bIx by the early com
pletion of tho last and best, tho main
trunk lino of the Portland, Eugene &
Eastern, with its various branches,
. particularly the McMlnnvlllo and the
Sllverton-Molalla-Canby linos.
"Surely your cup of good cheer,
congratulation and good will should
bo full to overflowing. I venture the
assertIon that no similar area west
of tho Mississippi Is better served by
railroads than UiIb will be when this
program Is complete. It, would seem
that tho slogan 'Markets 30 minutes
from tho farm' has been realized. We
may woll pattso to consider that In
most regions today railroads aro not
seeking so much to extend their lines
as they are concerned with tho devel
opment of tho territory they now oc
cupy. This bccauBo after all It takes
largo traffic to pay dividends, while
Idle metal only glitters In tho sun or
rusts. Without adequate tonuago the
most gigantic transportation com
pany heads straight to bankruptcy.
So, my friends, .It behooves us to pull
together In consistent and persistent
endeavor to develop every fertllo foot
of this great territory to its greatest
posslblo production, encourage by ev
ery means tho establishment of home
Industry and promote with most cor
dial co-operation tho Intelligent inter
change of business and the enlighten
ing and care-lifting habit of Inter
course and travel.
"I am earnestly and always thank
ing my Maker and all my lucky stars
that I am permitted to play the game
In the best, country on earth, and feel
that. 1 can consistently and truthfully
urge upon the railway Interests I rep
resent that here is a land which will
not disappoint, when the day of reck
oning conies and the harvest Is
counted. Hut may we not. well take
thought of the responsibility assumed
when, with the hope born of glad
optonilsts, we so iwrslstcntly urge
and, as In this case, so confidently so
cure the Investment of a vast capital
in a fb'ld :t.'KH miles from the men
who furnish the money. It Is one
thing to Induce Hie pouring forth nf
all this treasure; It In nullc limit li
to Insure a Kafe and ad"iUMle return.
"Speaking, therefore, :iH lt rlllzett lis
well as builder charged with III' fair
share of the duly of the public to sen
to II that such great confidence Is re
spected, and piich great Interests fa.lr
Iv treated, I hope I express the sen
timent of Ihls community and state,
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THE LARGEST
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CENTS KfrnS
Big Dlegations From Surround
ing Cities Come, Bringing
Brass Bands.
A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY
I. Kilo Helen West, tho overir's
Daughter, from Engine Scatters
Carnations on llrldgo.
The day dawned bright and clear,
crisp and cool, but this latter condi
tion did not prevail lung, for it soon
negan to "warm up." Thn opening
of proceedings began about 9 o'clock
when doens of antes assembled at
1 lit Oregon Klcctrlc depot to welcomo
the visiting railroad officials and es
cort them to the Hotel Marlon. From
that, time there was not a dull mo
ment fur there was something doing
till tho time. Tho Sllverton delega
tion headed by the famous Homer
Davenport band was the first to ar
rive, and that famous bunch of brass
manipulators was the first to "toot
a born" for the big celebration. It
turned loose about. It o'clock at Stata
and Commercial, and the big crowd
that gathered was . Boon "patting:
Juba" with their feet, In time with
tho music. A short time later the
Cbemawa band tuned up In front of
The Capital Journal office and gave
the office force, as well as tho Marion
Hotel gucst:i and tho big crowd, some
splendid music.
The Ilrldge Dedicated.
With the dainty little hands of Miss
Helen West casting red and white
carnations on each side of the new
steel bridge-, tho official opening of
tho structure which means the open
ing of thousands of acres of land te
railroad transportation throughout
tho valley was held at 11:30 this morn
ing when an engine and three coaches
bjroko through a flag barrier sta
tioned on tho east, end of tho bridge
and carried with It hundreds of pas
sengers and railroad officials.
In the neighborhood of three- thous
and people witnessed tho official ded
ication of the new bridge. Tho en
gine, which won decorated In rod.
white and blue, left tho W.jst Side
promptly at 11:10 a. m. Ilesldes tho
railroad officials, Mayor Stoeves,
Judge D'Axey, (Irahani 1. Tabor,
editor tlu The Journal, and repre
sentatives of tho Portland paers
were either standing or sluing oil
the running boards and cow catcher
of tho engine. When tho train ar
rived within ten foot of tho flag bar
rier Mr. Taber assisted tho Gov
ernor's daughter to her fM)t and S. G.
Sargent, of Salem, banded a basket
filled to overflowing with carnations
to Miss West. As tlitt pilot of the cn
glno broke through tho barrier, Mltis
West scattered tho flowers In Its path
while the motion picture machine re
corded every action of both tho per
son ehlrstcnlng tho bridge and the
enthusiastic participants.
(I'ontlnued 011 I'ago Five.)
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