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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1902. 11 ARID LAUDS AND STATE CONTRACTS AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF OREGON ON IRRIGATION, I-ROKL STATE ENGINEER SEARS I ask the attention of my fellow-citizens to certain facts concerning the treasonable attack of Congressman-elect "Williamson and his stockraislng partners on the public Interests of the State of Oregon. I refer to his Jesuitical machina tions to defraud the state by preventing the settlement of the arid region, espe cially In Crook County, where the sheep and cattle of these men roam on free pastures, .for which they are not paying the state or Nation one single dollar in return, and his robbery of the people through the public treasury by taking therefrom a bounty for coyote scalps to save himself and pals the cost of proper ly protecting their flocks and herds. When a writer of The Oregonian re turned from his trip to Prlneville. made In the train of this man "Williamson, some months ago, he told us "the people here are opposed to irrigation." Although I had lately passed four months in the re gion referred to, between Prlneville and the Upper Deschutes, and knew the statement to be Incorrect, I had thought to let it pass, recognizing that the writer had been kept under the influence of and received his Information from "Williamson and his cotcrlo of stockralsers; men who are personally interested in preventing the irrigation of all that vast territory, fertile beyond estimate, and closely tri butary to the waters of the Deschutes River, and now occupied entirely as free cattle and sheep range by the men op posed to -Irrigation. But the continued assault of those men on the Interests of the state, frcra the opening of "William con's campaign to his shrewd organiza tion cf the "Irrigation Association," which he hopes to handle in the Interest of himself and sto'ekraising partners, for stealing pasturage from tho state, has led me to lay before the people a fair statement ot.all the facts as I know them to exist and leave them to determlno whether it 13 safe to intrust the irrigation work of Oregon to a man who has per sonal profit to serve in robbing the state of a grand element of wealth, so long as he can keep us blind to his ulterior ob ject. First, let me review his opening speech in tho last campaign. He said, as report ca in The Oregonian: ApraliiKt IiCaisr Public Domain. The Republicans of Oregon. In convention as sembled last month, adopted a plank In their state platform declaring against any system of leasing the public domain. It Is only neces sary for me to state that at this time, when the public lands are being settled uon under the-'homcstend Jaw3, by the hundreds of thou sands of acres each year. It seems to me that It Is no proper time for us to begin parcelling out those lands In large tracts to large cor porations. Any lease Is a step toward owner ship,' and any lease law Is a step toward a large part of our public lands falling Into the hands of a few people. Leasing the public lands would militate against the homebulldcr, retard the development of the West, and give the Independent few a great advantage over the Independent many. . Likewise. In my opin ion. Is the proposed reclamation of the arid lands by Irrigation In such a manner that large tracts of the public domain come prac tically Into the hands of a few Incorporated companies. Instead of Into the hands of the homcbullder. Some scheme must be devised along the lines suggested by President Roosevelt In his last message to Congress, whereby the Federal Gov ernment shall put the water of certain streams In react; of the adjacent lands in such quan tities and at such cost as will enable the homebullder to remain permanently upon the land. ' In my opinion, these vast arid regions had better remain so Indefinitely, the unde veloped heritage of all the people, than fall Into the hands of large corporations. If this be the gentleman's Republlclsm, It bears a remarkable character for pro mulgation as . the active principle of a party with which I have trained a half century in the belief that I was in. the ranks with men who believed In and taught the doctrine of "government of the people, for the people,, by the people." Under analysis, it appears that Hon. Sucker Williamson has come into Con gress with the purpose here conveyed of giving Oregon a government of sheep and cattle-raisers, for sheep .and cattle raisers, by sheep and cattle-raisers. These poachers on the public domain are wealthy men, living at and about Prlneville, on the edge of the vast plains, where their sheep and cattle range in free pasture, the property of the Nation. They are naturally opposed to leasing tho land to men who are willing to pay for the feed cf their stock, since it would force them to cease their piratical system of quartering on the Nation's treasure house for the increase of their fortunes. They would be thereby forced to return to. the people some part of the price of meats which they are now extorting from hungry men, without cost to themselves. Williamson Is opftpsed to the acquisition of this territory by lessees who are willing to .pay the state an income, because, as the thing now stands, quoted in, the. last sentence of the reported speech, "while these vast arid regions had batter remain so indefinitely, the undeveloped heritage of all the people, than fall Into the hands of large corporations," he can enjoy tho use ' of these hundreds of thousands of acres for the free pasturage of his flocks and herds. But, leaving for a moment the gro tesque personality of this blooming pat riot, let us look at irrigation under and by the Carey law as a business for the state, which has received an offer from the National Government of l.OOD.000 acres of the public lands lying within our bor ders, on condition of providing it with Irrigation. This is the one condition of Oregon's ownership under the Carey act. The State of Oregon Is not in a condition to undertake so gigantic a work. It has, therefore, through Legislative enactment, provided a way by which It may contract with skilled men, who have the capital, to build these works, and has agreed to protect them against loss by allowing them a lien on the Income from the lands coming to the state, to be collected in small annual installments, with a fair margin for interest on the investment and profit. Now, after the state has se lected -its 1,000,000 acres, there are, accord ing to Mr. Newell, the Chief of the Hydro graphic Bureau, 2,000,000 acres left of arid. Irrigable lands, on which the National Government may expend its money, leav ing to the state just that additional amount of the lands given to the state, which, it is supposed, will profit by about 51 25 an acre, to be charged In addition to the amount paid the contractors for Its Irrigation. But of all the lands irrigated by the National Government, not one acre, nor 1 cent of profit, comes into the coffers of tfie state. The state will profit solely by the settlement of those lands, for the colonization of which it must go into a grand system of advertising. This advertising, in the case of lands settled under the Carey act, must be done by the men who contract with the state to do the Irrigating work. For only by the success of the state In selling the land can the contractor secure his pay. He Is the party subject to risk, while under that dreadful act the State of Oregon can only gain, having been placed in position to be safe from any danger of loss. Now. to enter on this stupendous work, no one. man has been found willing to risk the entire sum necessary to construct the system. It has been necessary to al low Its division into several districts ac cording to the fancy or judgment of con tractors; and even then the cost of each system Is so great, and the prospect of profit so uncertain and collection of re turns so distant, that it has been found necessary to invite corporations of cap ital to undertake the work. Such com panies have come among us and gone-so far as to make surveys and designs and estimates which have been submitted to the State Land Board, with whom, in some cases, there has been an agnecment, a contract signed and the documents for warded to "Washington for confirmation. And so, in reference to the arid lands. ?4,000,CO0 wait, ready for Investment in contracts with the 3tate for the construc tion of the state's Irrigation worto in the DcschutC3 Valley. Thi3 money Invested in active work and .distributed among the industrial classes of tho state will reclaim and throw open to settlement 700.000 acres of excellent land, covering with homes and farms and their industrious popula tion the territory on which the man "Will iamson and his partners are now quarter ing their sheep and cattle without paying for the privilege. The state has made contracts with men of responsible character, -who etand ready to execute their part of the bargain for the purposes and with the motives that lead all men into busineas transactions, namely, to make money. But they cannot own one acre In that vast domain; tho Carey act protects the state and the people who settle on these lands. In the first place, not even the state can become the owner of the land until It has been irri gated and so approved by the National Government. After that It cannot sell more than 1C0 acres to any single pur chaser, who must be a bona fide home TjuUdcr. Under no circumstances do the contractors become owners of any part of the territory. Tho state concedes them a lien on the land for the collection of what the state has pgreed to pay them for their work, with a margin for interest and profit on their outlay. The contractor thus becomes an inter ested agent of the state, by every possi ble exertion to settle thb territory on which he has built works and for which he Is waiting to be paid. The moderate Installments distributed over a series of years will be assured by the certainty of crops under the influence of Irrigation. This land will be redeemed from the piratical graep of sucli men as "Williamson and his pals, and become a source of wealth to the entire state. The closing sentence In the speech above quoted supposes that there are 60,000 Idiots among the Republican voters of Oregon. It will bear repeating: "In my opinion theoe vast arid regions, had better-remain sd indefinitely, the undeveloped heritage of all the people, than fall Into the hands of large .corporations." Which means, let the arid lands remain an unpeopled des ert rather than that a "corporation" tied down by a stringent contract with the otate"shall be permitted to make money by furnishing homes for a half million In dustrious farmers, because such capital ists will be risking their invested capital to the detriment of the Interests of the great corporation of stockralsers,- who now hold the territory againat all comers and risk nothing in payment to the state or Nation, while they reap all the scant prod uct the lands produce in pasture for their stock, keeping It. thus, "the undeveloped heritage of all the people"!" Now In Oregon, according to Mr. New ell, Chief of the Hydrographic Bureau of the Geological Survey, there are 3,000,000 acres of Irrigable land. We are able to Irrigate 1,000,000 acres of this at -once by the aid of capital Introduced by men form ing these various dreadful "corporations," who interfere with the solid comfort of the stockralsers; the men who are taking the wild grass off all these acres without paying for It. In doing this 2,000,000 acres of similar land are left for the operations "of the National Government. Cenpaa bulletin No. ISC, Issued last June, publishes the fact that 3SS.329 acres in Ore gon have been reclaimed by irrigation. Some of this has been done by co-operative work, of farmer neighbors, and some by incorporated" capital. Mr. Herbert Wilson, of the Hydrographic Bureau, says the irri gated farms of Oregon .average 56 acres each in size; that the first cost of water In preparing the land for cultivation has averaged $17 23 per acre; that the esti mated cost by the Irrigators has been $13 48, while the average value of land Irrigated has been 557 an acre, and the an nual average value of farm products has been $13 00 per acre. I now revert to the original statement with which I opened this letter, to the effect, namely, that the "people of this region are opposed to irrigation." The writer. In makings that statement, knew just what Williamson chose to let him knowr and came In contact with just those people whom it suited Williamson to let him meet. There were two purposes to accomplish; one was to impress on the writer the notion I have quoted from his letter, and the -other to secure the elec tion of Williamson for the purpose of pre venting the Irrigation of the lands of Crook County, for the purpose of a whole sale devotion of all the National domain to the stockralsera. The statement that the people of Crook County are opposed to irrigation la not true. It is the unblushing lie of men who are seeking the powerful influence of The Oregonian to prevent that settlement of the public lands which will curtail the sphere of their robberies and force them to pay the state and Nation a fair price for their cattle feed. So far Is it from the truth, a residence of four months at work in the Valley of the Deschutes haa shown me with tremendous force , that every farmer settled, in the region Is clam orous for the construction of worka It need not be Impressed on the mind of every intelligent citizen that the surren der of this work Into the hands of the National Government means the delay of many years In circumlocution, for the benefit of- wealthy men, the stockralsers, who are now running the politics of Ore gon. National conduct of these works means conduct by politicians; Jobbery and delay in every department of the works under the Influence of men who, like Will iamson and his sheep and cattle-raising partners, wish to prevent the "settlement of this beautiful state by homesteaders; men who, if irrigation is made by the Gov ernment, will see to It that It Is done only for purposes of pasture over which they will exorcise all the control. But when Oregon haa become owner through the Irrigation of the million acres offered It by Congress in the Carey act, there are still 2,000,000 acres left for the politicians, under the lead of Williamson, without the confiscation of the property o the state, as now proposed. Am I unjust to this man? Observe all his public acts, notably just now, his bleeding the state treasury In the interest of the sheepraisjng business by the coy ote scalp tax. The men who claim this alms from the state are among the wealthiest and most prosperous citizens, and should be forced to protect their stock by the employment of proper assist ance In its care. Let them pay for coy ote scalps. They are the only interested parties in the Job. Has any citizen knowledge that these fellows have de manded less money from the citizens of Oregon for their mutton and wool ly reason of the coyote bounty tax he has been forced to pay for their profit? Let the sheepmen take care of their sheep. Tho town merchant must himself pay for the prdtectlon of a special police officer. Why should the state pay an insurance premium for the protection of this man's property? The truth is, they are profes sional grafters, and the habit of grafting has so grown on them that no demand on the public treasury is reckoned by them too impudent for assertion. When, several months ago, I became familiar in Crook County with the predatory use of the public pastures of the Nation I addressed a comprehensive letter to an influential friend In Washington, begging that the attention of the Interior Depart ment be called to the practices of these pirates. I have reason to believe that their case will be taken in hand in duo time, as I understand, by letters received, that an agent of the Interior Department is now engaged in making an investiga tion of the crime. Tho Oregonian has' been told that no engineering skill cfr ,ablllty have been em ployed In the preparation of surveys and designs for the Irrigation works to be built In the Deschutes Valley, and that this Is the Ideal place for the employment of the National aid. It might have been added that it Is also and much more the ideal place for the use of the cattlemen of Prlneville; being close at home, and with "Williamson In Congress, liable to re main Just as it is now, their free pre serve. But tho statement concerning tho engineering ability employed on that 1 work Is a malicious He. The worK nas been done by practical Irrigation engin eers, and nas not been left to the theories of a lot of inexperienced Government "engineers," scarcely one of whom HaB even seen an Irrigation work, except as he has vl3itcd them in the service of the Government to learn lessons. A part ot these works was designed by California irrigation engineers, who had been en gaged on the greatest works of the class in the United States; Albert J. Frye (M. Am. Soc. C. E.) was employed on one, and his name is a. sufficient guarantee In his profession for his work; a!30 Mr. Wlest, an accomplished engineer, whose 1 specialty for many years has been irri gation work, qf which he has done much in Wyoming. I made the surveys and designs for the Oregon Development Com pany. I have no compunctions of mod esty in declaring that there is no Amer ican National engineer who possesses so extended an experience in length of time or breadth ftf field as mine, whether in designing and constructing such works, or lit -the subsequent cultivation of desert lands under irrigation1. When I began the study and practice of this branch of my profession in 1871 there was only one book on the subject in the English lan guage, a little text-book, published In England, for the use of East India civil service students In the Thomason School of Engineering. At that time we were indebted to the work of French science for all we could command in this field Rafael Pareto's contribution to the Roret Cyclopedia on the irrigation of French prairies; Bnffon on works in the North of Italy; Aymard on those of Southern Spain, and Mangon. with a summary, on Irrigation works in all climates. These the irrigation engineer had to import from Paris pr work In the blindness of 'his unaided genius. It is this fact which has led to the construction of many dis astrous experiments in the United States, by which the money of constructing com panies has been lost in works financially unsuccessful. Before I came to Portland, 3 years ago, I had designed irrigation works for 2,(KK), 000 acres of desert land in the Zona Seca of Peru, some of which I built, .while the grandest, that In tho Valley of the River Firua, covering 750,000 acres. Is now under construction by an English com pany, on plans of my advising. In con nection with these enterprises, I -havo been four times from Portland to thoso deserts in the capacity of consulting engineer- In view of these facts, I resent the statement made to -Mr. Holman, touching the works proposed in the Deschutes. Bulletin No. 1D3 of the last census, re ferred to above, places tho "average" cost -of irrigating tho lands "of Crook County at 57 9S an acre, and in Klamath (the site of the O. D. Co.'s work) $3 42. Now, the StatcLand Board, in contract ing with the two companies, has allowed one of them 510 an acre and the other 59 75 for building these works. This leaves a small margin for interest and profit on the Investment. Let It be dis tinctly understood that, while this amount Is a lien on the land for the security of Its payment, like any mechanic's Hen, it is work done under contract for the state, which becomes the owner of the land, while the corporation does not thereby become the owner of one single acre. I repeat this, that it may not be lost from view as the most important fact In this discussion. Let the state Irrigate and own the 1.000, 000 acres offered it by the National Gov ernment, and -let the National Govern ment spend Its, 51,000,000 where it can best be used on the remaining 2,000,000 acres of "arid land. It can Irrigate not more than 100,000 acres at the most with 51,000,000. But It will be just so much ahead. Let us get all the good that is offered our beautiful state, although ll may drive some cattle and sheep, with HOGS Into other fields a little farther from home. Respectfully, ALFRED F. SEARS. C. E., M. Am. Soc. C. E.; M. Nat Soc. C. E of Peru; M. Geog. Socv of Lima, Peru; State Engineer for Irrigation in Oregon. FROM SOUTHERN OREGON. Approvnl There for an Appropriation of 500,000. The Medford Success is quite certain It but reflects the sentiment of the people of Jackson County when it states that Southern Oregon Is heartily In favor of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and that the progressive taxpayers, who are the heavy taxpayers, of this county are willing that the -Legislature should appropriate 5500,000 to aid this exposi tion. As to the objection that Portland will reap all the benefit of the Fair, that is ab solutely without foundation. Of course the greater portion of the money spent by those attending the Fair will go Into Portland pockets, but then It must be borne In mind that Portland has put up nearly 90 per cent of the almost half mlll lon-dollar bonus for the Fair, and of the 5500,000 state appropriation, Portland's share as a taxpayer would be about CO per cent of the amount. So Portland is entitled to the lion's share of the spoils. There Is every reason to expect that the Fair will put Portland's growth full ten years ahead; that of Itself will be an ad vantage to the rest of the state. If Port land had a million Inhabitants, every producer In Oregon would realize a gain in the better prices that tho market of a great city would afford for his produce. So Portland's prosperity Is the state's prosperity, and If Portland profits by the Lewis and Clatk Fair, the state will also profit by It. But there Is another gain coming from the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposi tion in which the state at large will share quite as much as Portland, and that Is in the immigration and the capital that It will draw to Oregon. The advertising that Oregon will get In the East as a result of the Fair will Induce thousands to take-advantage of the special low rates and come to this coast, more to see the country than to see the Fair, and it is reasonable to ex pect that a large per cent of them will settle in the state. It Is fair to presume that no greater proportion of these immi grants will become residents of Portland than of the newcomers now settling in Oregon. Each section of the state will get Its share, in proportion to the Inducements It haa to offer to both, capital and labor, for the people attracted here by the Fair will bo persons of means, who will bo sure to carefully investigate the advan tages and resources of a place before they locate. Southern ,Oregon Is willing to con tribute Its part to make the Lewis and Clark Centennial a success,- having no fear but what It will reap Its full share of the gain to come from that great exposition. INGENIOUS FLIM-FLAM. A Scheme That Has Pnzzlcd Even the Up-to-Date Barkeeper. New Orleans Times-Democrat. "The thing In the way of flim-flam now, and the real thing," said an old detective, "Is away ahead of any of the old tricks I know anything about. It has been worked but once In New Orleans, as far as I know, and If It has ever been worked In any oth er place I do not know anything about It. The business of finding a pocket book, 'springing the pigeon,' as It Is called; the lock trick, which, by the way. Is one of the smoothest of the whole list, and all the others are cheap and clumsy In comparison with the clever scheme that was worked on a downtown barkeeper a few evenings ago. It shows one thing, and that Is that the criminal classes are quite as active mentally and otherwise as men who are engaged In tho decent call ings of life. They are probably more ac tive mentally than, the men who are ground Into narrow grooves be cause of ceaseless tolling in an effort to keep the wolf away. The new flim-flam scheme is wonderfully sim ple, and is worked with paper money. A 51 and a J5 bill are needed. Of course, bills of higher denomination could be used. jpf will the United States collect Taxes on "!&v : 4j? during the Month of December, 1902? (Cigars bcarlne $3.00 per thousand tax.) I ,4 "5 TVffe OA will be' given "in January, 1903," to" the' persons whose estimates UUUvP are nearest to the number of cigars on which $3.00 tax per thousand is paid during the month of December, 1902, as shown by the total sales of stamDs made by the United States Internal Revenue Department during December, 1902. Distribution will be made ecs follows f, To tbc.m.(l) person estimating the closest ." To the.'. ....2 persons whose estimates are next closest ($2,500.00 each) - To the 5 persona whose estimates are next closest ($1,000.00 each) To the 10 persons whose estimates arc next closest ($500.00 ench) To the 20 persons whose esitmates are next closest (S250.00 each) , To the 25 persons whoso estimates are next closest (5100.00 each) To the.... 50 persons whoso estimates are next closest: (550.00 each) , To the.. ..100 persons whose estimates nro next closest ($25.00 each) i To the. .2,000 persons whoso estimates aic next closest (10.00 each) ' To the .3,000 persons whose estimates arc next rloscst. ($5.00 each)..- .' To the.30,000 persons who?s estimates are next closest-we will send to each one box of CO "Cremo" Cigars (value 2.50 per box) 35,213 $5,000.00 in cash 5;000.00 " 5,000.00 5.000.00 5.000.00 " 2.500.00 " 2.500.00 " 2,500.00 " 20,000.00 15.000.00 75,000.00 f 35.213 persons....... 4 ,v...t - : SI 42.500.00 p ' m m Every 100 bands from above named cigars will entitle you to four estimates: p (One "Florodora" band counting as two bards from the 5 cent cigars mentioned; and no less, WzM than 100 -bands will be received .at any one time for estimates.) svSl - , Information which may be of value in making estimates: the number of Cigars now bearing $3.00 Tax per thousand, for which Stamps ipsa were purchased, appears bejow.: ' g In December, 1S00, 407.092,208 Cigars. m March, 1902," 516.590,027 Cigars. j " December. 1901, 479.312,170 " " April, 1902, 51C,835.1G3 . g " January, 1902, 49G.0S3.717 " May, 1902. 523.035.007 i j " February, 1903. 445,495.483 " M Incase of a tie in estimates, the amount offered will be divided equally among those cutitled to it-." Distribution" of-the awards will be 1 ffpj made as soon after January 1st. 1903 aa the figures aro obtainable from the Internal Revenue Department of the United States for December. giiN Write your full name and Post Office Address plainly on packages containing bands. The Postage, or, Express charges on your package f must be fully prepaid, in order for your estimate to participate. ' tM All estimates under this offer must be forwarded before December lstr 1902, fo the . . FLORODORA TAG COMPANY, Jersey City, N. J. i You do not lose the value of your bands. Receipts will be sent you for your bands, and these receipts will be just as gi Rood as the bands themselves In securing Presents. One band from " Florodora," or two bands from any of the other Cigars mentioned above, will count in securing Presents the same as one tag from "Star," "Horse Shoe," "Spear Iiead," "Standard gig Navy," "Old Peach and Honey," "J. T." "Master Workman," "Piper Keidsleck," Jolly Tar," "Boot Jack," "Old Honesty," l "Razor," or "Planet" Tobacco; or one "Sweet Caporal" Cigarette Box Front. Bp Send each estimate on a separate piece ot paper, with your name and address plainly written on each. Blank forms for estimates will be mailed upon application. FM Illustrated Catalogue of Presents for 1S03 and 1904 will be ready for distribution about December 1st. 1902 and will be mailed on iSlf n?ceint of ten- cants, or ten tobacco tacrs. or twentv cfsrar bands. - .lAViS? mm but the two men who worked the trick here used the bills of the first denomina tion a 51 and a ?5 bill. It Is worked in this way: One ot the men will write in thin lettering on the back of the $5 bill what is supposed to be a list of his laun dry. For Instance, In this way: One shirt, two collars, two pairs of cuffs. He will go into a saloon when there Is a rush on in order to further minimize the pos sibilities of the bnrkeeper'D detecting the scrIbo:ing on the bill, and will call for a drink. "The money Is put in the drawer, the man. gets his drink and his change" and walka out. Directly his partner walks in, calls for a .glass of beer and tenders a $1 bill In payment. The barkeeper throws out t"5 cents In change. 'You made a mistake, old man,' the purchaser will say: 'I gave you a ?5 bill.' A polite wrangle follows. The fellow is InGlstent, says .he only had one piece of money, and that - was a to bill, and he remembers to have jouea aown a list ot jpa launary on the back of It. He calls for the boss, tel!s him of the dispute, and asks him to see if he has a $5 bill with "one shirt, two col lars, two pairs cuffs" written on it in pencil. Sure enough the bill is found and the man gets his $4 95 in change. This is the scheme they worked on the man down town, and he had no idea he had been swindled until he thought it over for some time, and then the whole plot dawned on him. It is a clever scheme, but one that will not last, as barkeepers are awfully quick to get on to tricks of thla sort. HORSES DIE IN -EPIDEMIC Thirty-five BelonRlns to Rnllrontl Contractors Killed at Troutdale. A great loss was sustained yesterday by Vatklns, Parsons & Co., when an epidemic .that was started among their horses killed 5 of them and left several more dangerously sick. It is thought the trouble was caused by poison that was In their feed, but a careful analysis will be necessary to ascertain what it was. "Watklns, Parsons &- Co. are railroad contractors who came West from Mon tana to work on the Gresham line. When their carload of horses arrived yesterday at Troutdale it was found that 23 of them were dead and all were very sick. By ni3ht the dead list numbered 25, and there are stili othfers that seem to be in dan ger of dying. Dr". William McLean was summoned, and will make an investiga tion today d the cause of the epidemic. RECREATION. If you wlfch to enjoy a day of rest and pit-asm e. take tho O. R. & K. train from Union depot at 9 A. M. for a short trip up the Columbia, returning, if desired, by boat from Cascade Lccks. Tickets and particulars at O. R.. & N. ticket office. Tnird and Washington. Biliousness, dizziness, nausea, headache, are relieved by small doses of Carter's Little Liver Pills.