The Oregon mist., February 28, 1908, Image 2

About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913

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kL COST
CAN'T BE ESTIMATED
Amount First Considered Necessary
Hat Been Increased anil May
Need Stretching Again.
IT'S OLY A BOUGH GUESS NOW.
Colonel Goethals Expect to Make
Forecast Next Year Unknown
'Difflcultie Hay Be Met.
Wathlncttm correspondence :
The wonder 1st fnm in anions Sena
tor and Representative on what ba
sis the original estimators flgeri the
probable post of tbe iiiunina fallal.
There la a Iwlfwny suspicion that the
first estimators didn't know their busi
ness or were afralil to give out a truth
that they thought might !v appalling.
With the characteristic bluii(mta of a
soldier Colonel tleorge W. Corthnla
lias III that he ran only gtieea at the
total coat of the rami!, but that lie be
lieves It will not exceed f i'lO.rtM.flOO,
excluding the original pun-bane price.
Aa another has put it. "the estimat
ed cost of the Panama Canal keeps
pace In the ascending scale with the
cost of living. Every year the price
the United States will have to pay for
the water way Is marked np." First
estimates put It as low as Jl-Mi.mi,in.
Then came what was called an authen
tic estimate to the effect that the coun
try would have to exjend HM.nmVNiO
before the canal could be completed.
Colonel Goethals' guess Is t,W(UM0.
and be Is frank to any that the limit
may have to be raised at least once
again.
Mas AaaroDrlatca Elajhtr Mlllloaa.
I'p to the present about, s.iio.tiiiO
TEE FAKE FOLLOWS THE FLEET.
. A
amp
of the completed canal. At flr the
Senators didn't approve the word, but
they came to undtiund that the actu
al cost was past the power if man to
estimate accurately, and so they fell
In with the soldier's Idea and feel that
It was better to have Indefinite state
ments than dcllnlte statements which
might bring In their wake dlaptillit
ment From all that has been an Id by the
engineer In charge It may be ejtxvted
that the cost of construction will run
up to $-kUX.l. but as m as It Is
ascertslned that the price Is to be high
er than has been believed the country
Jfvf
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JtassSwwiassewisie
HTKAM 8IIOVFX AT H'OKK IX ( I I.KllltA ( I T.
has been appropriated Iy Congress for
the canal work. July 1. I!r7. J.'!I..
of the sum remained uucxieiided.
When Colonel Coctbuls succeeded Mr.
Stevens Inst March as engineer In
charge he found that circumstances
warranted an increase of the working
force ami an enlargement of the plan
of the work. It was la August Hint
the soldier-engineer told the Secretary
of War that If the work was to I
pushed at the rate at which It has been
pushed since the army took charge the
appropriation which bad been made
for the year ending June ,'SO, l'.K.
would tie used up by the first of the
calendar year.
This bit of information, which was
cheering to those who hoped for a
sjs-edy completion of the canal work,
was given to President Iloosevelt, who
at once ordered Colonel (loetbala hot
to stay his hand, but to go ahead at
the eume labor rate and Incur a defi
ciency. The Colonel, like a good sol
dier, obeyed orders, and now the ap
propriation made li.at year, which sui
posedly was large enough to provide
for the continuation of the work until
July 1. If. I exhausted and an ur
gnt deficiency bill calling for $11,000,
000 Is pending In the House.
The Secretary t War hns told the
Senate committee -on tnterocennle ca
nals that the work- was kept going at
high speed and that the deficiency was
Incurred because It was his belief there
was grenter economy In going ahead
than In lagging.
Of the Increased cost of the canal
over the original estimates the Secre
tary of War ba said : "The widening
of the locks In accordance with the re
quest of the Navy 'Department has
been aitproved, and It means an addi
tional coat of abont 10 per cent In the
construction of the locks. The locks
themselves as now projected will cost
$32,000,000, and thin means an addi
tion of $3,000,000 to the price."
In talking to the Senators Colonel
Goetbali used the word "guess" when
ba was tell In them about the price
will be told. It Seems Unit the cantil
Is to be dug, and dug quickly, no mut
ter hiw niu h It will cost, anil proba
bly that is what the ieople want.
Way Mum Br llablr 111.
Ir. Francis Warner, neuinr phy'lcinn
of the Ixttiflntt hospital, ha ilrnwn atten
tion to a curioui w-i prttMem. Taking
the births of 1!IU1, he sIiuwm) that ,7 pr
cent were boys, yet the oVnih rut i,f
toys was so much higher tlinn thut of
girls that of 5 ymr-oltl ilili.ln-n on.y 4.1
ier cent were' boys. Further tiitlr
bowed that '27 -r cent of Iki.vh. coin
rel with only '! ier cent of girln, ilie.l
In the first year. Ir. Warner ttrilmtel
the preponderance of females in Knglaml.
rleepite the nmre niimerona lilrtb of rx.va,
to the fact that a much lamer proportion
of mules had the same phynlnil .-f .--f . A
minute examination of thouMnila of chil
dren showed that 0 per cent of lo r
physically defective, as ramps red with 7
per cent of girla. but taking the children's
mediisl warl, where practically all were
physically defiitlv-e, the mortality of d.
fective girls was higher than that of the
boys. Hence be deduced that while the
female set apparently approaches r.,er
to normality than the male, yet mhi-n
normalities are found equally In both, the
girls have lens vitality, a fact which
Cannes a more rapid breakdown under an
added strain. It was alan note.) Hint
while the male sei supplied s great ma
jority of criminals, yet n murder coin
plicated with lunacy women were lu a
great majority.
ODDS AND ED87
Two hundred students at Kiev Ituwia,
were arrested to (mell an Incipient riot.
Itichard Croker announce.) ,,
tion of leaving Ireland to ajn-nd the win
ter In Egypt.
The Tope positioned until January tl,
consistory which was to hare taken plac-.
In iJecernber.
Admiral Sir Francis lipoid MWlin
tock, a mslnstay of the Itrltish navy,
died In London.
The King of Spain was entertained at
a ball given In the subterranean pnlac
of the Iniks of Portland.
A atone hurled through a car window
Id St. Petersburg Injured the Austrian
ambassador, but not seriously.
Ws.htnglon l 1-iimle.l on
h, ,he i'npl.ol and on
r,.stl.-M alresm of slghls" 1 her-
trs
cspltul worth .-rliA , , I.
(nitonlan kuo. It. '"- '"
,.m. and strength y I- M i W
In New lotk
in Hsiii"'
New
idltlHW.
tiisnv louilnta
..... -iii this ilinvreo'. Ib
Yorker d.s-. i' mind ''t
mrl.t cl... 1 11 t,u. if '- ""-
h money and a fond.. tr
r.a tM, (iw
willing, su Jlf.
way and intUi
1-...L.. in nuire tlmn
Tourist emerge hi. Ideinny
New V..rk -push." art.lltfl-'
ne.c, let ,oU f.Hr.et you '
Kesldent woiueo ",W '
with an ln.lcri""o'e
hspia'H to run
t.ittrlsl of the
sslit
ijuelit sir when ''"'
:iu,' Mitt, a tlii-fc
M,e s In a hotel r rtetrln-l
store rlr.t..r. A Wa-hlogb'"""'
straight shcd at n : '"
1st I kiKiwn ly tl "! t','',
he crmiks her "'.
NEARLY BURIED ALIVE.
Man In Burtal Casket for Twsnty
Four Hours Now Oettlng Wsll.
William Voung of Suvaimuti, M..
barely es.-ae.l Iwlng hurled alive, rv
gnliilug niiisclousitess only an hour ln
fore tlw time set for the funeral. lim
hitd Ihvu III a long time, and s few
dujs ago he apnn-ntly dlwl. A phyl
clan was at his Isilslde, nud lie s.ild the
man was dead. The l!y was pre
pa nil for burial by an undertaker and
Plaivd lu a casket.
Congressman IM,.m "t Alabama,
famous as the le-ro of Manila, and
l-ier at several kissing campaign. !
Uaht to fav.r lw ratehltsbinet't by tbs.
government of aa om,il weekly le
.siwr for frw distribution. which
lie wlsh. tWgreaa to ITTT"""
$rsi,.ss. This pefl.1l.al would
tain a summary "f "' tVw"
(resa. sutt all deirtnir.it of tba
arument. so far as It might l.itrreal
the public. Il '? tl Jour."' ''
teuled to form oHioeitl.ig link tss.
tw-esm tbe g.erniient and t""V'"
and that tl pr..J1 grew or ti-s
Friends of live dead man went to the:. . ssi-ertslnrd that a vsst amount
bouse to expro-s tlx-lr symiwlhy b. tlw . ....(.i- mter!sl did n.rf foh
fttinlly. ntnoiig the visitors tlng UeV 1. flr wv,m It was Intended, He
J. E. M. Uuglillu. pastor of the thur.-h i lh,,kt th t,t,!trstl..n of n. h a pat-r
to which tbe Youngs belong w t remove distrust and snsp.-n sod
The niourncrs bad nemli!.sl f.,r thei , . reoeae.1 lntcrI and cnofj
Itnurl tit govern.
burial, and the time was only an hoot
distant when llcv. Mr M -Lnuiililin
went Into the ri'HU le-r the iiirps
lay to take a l-it hk ut his I If.-l. ri a
friend. While g;ilhg at the face (.
ti-ouglit he dctii-fed the twitching of a
muwle. lie iis.k'il "giln. and for the
Minnd tluie v 3i s sure Ik- iulvl ie a
!l'ht nonenn'iit
The tnwlv of Voiiig h;ol been lytug
111 the cnokef '.M Imurs and w,is coid
1 he minister fciinil that he li.it ticcn
mlstnken, and not desiring to .-niiw
eXlllemetlt Itlnollg t!le't!e ass.-nibleil I
deiu'w aimmg the
neiilsl affalrm.
for I lie funer.'il. went iliieM out audi
siiiuruoneil a plni, !,in, wlm si,n found
that Voting was still nllte. Then the
preacher went out bihI nmroin-iHt that
the funeral would he Mtisnet At
that lime Voting was sitting ;ip In hu
i .(tin arid was witi by s..hh- of t!i ,e in
the next r'Kiiii. Tiny fled from the tin
canny sljlit.
Voting mis removed from the .fnn
and ilacel on a bed. and It Is tllce.)
that lie will fully rei-onr.
A pnneiltii.n for a ri-duiflon of the
per ilirni charge of ! ci-nis for the use of
freight mrs Is tielng , uti-l P r. ,r t,
Anierlisn Hallway Aasis-iallon. 1 his is
dus to the trntllile wih (lis ,sw Vurk,
New llawn and Hartford, and also to
the fact that the falling off of ,iSf,es
has resiiltrd In a plentiful supply of emr.
The executive coimuitfie of tt,e lrd'-r
of Itnilway I 'ouduCors ami the Itrothnr
hwl of Hallway Trainmen at Chicago
has determined to hold in sl-auce th
demand for an Increase in waes and Im
prove,! working conditions n,,t, ,,t, n,,
railway companies enst of the .Mississippi,
The vote of the tin n asked that ll,. Mm,
rate of wages and the working conditions 1
adopted for the western lines a ycr ago I
lie put lllto effect Upon the eastern lines, j
Imt because i,f the llnancial (lurry and the '
condition of the freight tranV tl, , j
mlttee deemed it unwise to rsrry n tieg.e j
nations with the general maiim-rs of t, '
railroads at this time. j
IViinles left In the tx- by rurs.
Mute patrons for tho purchase of
stsmpe frn the csrrlers will lw M
ions f tti rmituuietslaliisiMi of
Fourth Assistant l'itoiss!er (ieisersl
(M. tiraw snd Hnjserintemletit rij.llb
man of the rural dellrry arrvlce Is
sdoptwl. In eld weather It has al
ways been a lnfiil duty of the carri
ers, tills hunting ammnl 'U in hi-
I cold Uittum of a inefal mail tt with
bare h4mls It has l-n said that
sometime ftnff-rs of currier get to
colli a n. I stiff that liter ' unable In
write out niotiey rli-r rc-vipts Tbs
reonnmetslallon of tile two ofnVlat I
that (latrmts pis.-e a small slen bit
'n the mall hi. and therein put all
the M,nt.-s with which they wish to
buy stamp or anything ris The me.
rler ctiulit then, withmit reuniting hi
glovea, en ply tbe omtrtit and g oti
Ms way rejoicing, foiling the attack of
Jack Fr.t If the (wtiiilm are tmt lit
the ht Hie carrier will nl ls r
'lulriil to bk for them
I'y Hulloway. of S'.w Hanitashlrs,
still reinms bis (da-e as the blggxsf
mnn In ttw ll'Oine of lletinwntstivea,
and s.) f ir no one Ins ain-areil that
may claim hmuir to se...fid place ahead
of Ullle Jam., of Keiilni kv. Hulhtwsjr
Is soiiiething more than sii and a half
fi-et tall and weighs but a pound Ira
tluin S.Vi III breadth Is pri,.ctlofial
with his height, ate) lie towers shot a
his inlieagiie, Frank )., Currier, a Its
dow sls.te imat sll the lniiol-r of
the llimse. e la one of the members
who OVics not Mercian his prtTngntlve
of taking his Itiiir bi-im on that able of
tli House restnurnut where the sign
prix-lalnis "for memliers only." bill
each ilny twirtiiki- nf strliig Itincb
on (he public side of Dm r.eH, where
i the tiKiltu Is that anybody motley le
g"l.
Th application of lrg M. Austin
of New Vork for a restraining order
against re-retftry Cortelyoti, pt event
ing hi ui from allotting l:s i,u) of
I'nnitiiia Canal tends to rertnln M
tlolinl firtukw, has Is-eti d.tilml by Jilitga
liotiiil of the Suin-me Court of lite IlsV
(rli-t of Cnliimhln. Austin charged that
the secretary had violated th taw In
rejecting his bid for .1,(SM Of Isiluls
and alloilng the Isnids tu national
The New Vork, New Haven and Ilnrt-1
ford railroad baa sdopted a u-w style'
-.. .... ,n. i,tw U ' fl wl.t ... l ...
pre., on Its shore line. Instead of ' n",,f
ts-rths. the car la divided Into compart- ';":"
inent, the ,1 of the arerag. ,e,, p,tmaster fienersl Meyefa order lb
i:; .o th. diste. , ssntveulr
n.,m. ,s. upon a corridor r,m"i ft. ! W,,l"h ""l' U " '"'
length of the car and ir M ' " " """r'''' "f 0
that they may l,s tal,,,, n nJ H'ouaanda of unfortunate children,
finishing is rare, the wooda used M. , h" r,,r,,. ""! of being .neetroyett,
such as tliterwiKid, whi.-h r-senihie, ti "r r'f,w aeiit to the orphan asylum
marking of a tiger ; J ,,, H , , ,d chlldren'i hm.w atH h.stpltala In
not t Wen de.dl.. .rh,'lWh,'h "T'n "' '"W rc)pltg.t
Women Worn
Mora than men, sari h, JL. i
mte rswMsn I Utsl tin,r ,'JJrHt
llona are more ditri.
InrllKwatlort 1 Veaea.i
with liiillgastloa fut Uin. sJ-".1'
Karsapsrllla l ust tiw nsrfV
sstu-tvar, and blood totirliUsT'
n--! t
llmst's Karssoarllls s.h! lrJf?' -
lug a wnbr ef bntiiM i tfWi
ured- . It. lUi-Mfl.brtTT
Norvous, let rain. Nai
Uek and atr. nh
vausnsa ml tut acp.nu. TZu'
sspsrllia aslnsg iti.odh
sll 4ar. eal Kesellii and .1. JT.
(liresi. Masssa le. Mm J .
tlrmimsim-"lk,itfcWHl(B. I
f tug asikl. but llo , niTZ?'"
tsv as asinaaasnt rsli.t ?
llaad's namsswltls," ll Ass hW
Hand Misaptrttli It M tntrJ
la the asual llanld. ur to IstiMJ
areatakva. too Usm tm is, j
Mead eeUa by C. L lloul i'n i J
i .J
It el..4
'When My kiehtH
last yr," aald Mra Keslial
ueeeestssl la buy log ( mtJ
Ibe e wiaes '
"Well, well." irlttmet
mm, nw we o nuyie' atssl,
wlaeer-rbiiseeitd,!, t-t 1
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mrs ctmro in to i4m'
ro rtTig!iT is r,. ..iH a Jj
(M IWla. .eJ illist m SiT'
r ism la le It rs m MsabTl
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wsxstaa Uaaaw
"lrla, dsat," said ynung ti
nee. ki you rsll fsdsj
tloee Mtr I tewiht tbit
alaag aaaaa far a drug"
"Teu're autte right.'
-Tky cell It that l.ts ,3 J
ereliy gwta yen is a pisat tnu
a rede ewsloln," ..vsiMm)J
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lt'
that J
Ha. J
res-aleaaa Maeas,
"W.II, het ea ft asatr i. J
ri- esssa.
Ae he eyasi th lairv mi
"!' yaa a hMtte'," st4 rstktt
As4 (he snraafrssuWf (usual fcesi
kksg Truwea.
t.al
A th4 teal Ib j ae
t'asse ever is kf W.
las wksa a 44t m
MkyaMsl It auk ti
OsxmI Jwagea
Aniercwns ae fult tr Ut
crluiltiatieg. They reejrstr
hf th ! i sae It ak'siM, ahst
csl, emitder4 in th tight at tea,
meo silieileoca of rnsatUst (
la Inly a hsvl one. Tt hsjt
std of Intel ligwnre and diwenaet
this country, where sdastaUai l(
rule and nut the ti.wr4lua.liMa
dtftwull sik! eorprislr.g to lisltfM
natwHtal euccsse a4 lesed at at
worth, lleewe) U was that
prraentatkm of H. Otllfce,
teclly jodgari It at Ohn. tti Bn
thai rare Intrtnels) worth only em.
the K)tr of ta imns Tlaeu
tlh l ham west suialsd is mm
I. on; and it le a reie thtcg tt t
f.mlly without hi. JatohtOlil!
hooee.
Mat le aasa.
"I ewppa you bar kest
try penury T
-No. annm : the t-t aual
ti llrieo; he"; Irish,
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