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THE MORXrXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1910. BUYERS OF BEEF TRACED BY PBOBE 85,000,000 NOW FQR-IRRIGATION LATEST OREGON BOOMER. Butterick Patterns Nemo and Smart Set Corsets - Secret Service May Be Able to Prove Trust at Inquiry to Resume Today. At Least That Amount Could Be Used to Carry Proj- -ect to Limit. La Vida, W. B. and C B. A la Spirite Corsets SPECIALS FORTUESDAY First Showing of Infants 'long and short Slips and Dresses at special prices. HOG PRICE TO BE TRAILED BALLINGER GIVES OUT DATA .Plants of Five Cities to Re Investi gated, Kedernl A (tents Regarding- Supposed Competition as Only a Ruse. CHICAOO. Keb. 13. (Special.) When t."ie members of the Federal grand Jury resume their hearing of evidence in the Government's beef investigation tomorrow morning. Information regard ing the ownership of stockyards and packing plants and the operations of buyers at Sioux City, Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City and Denver will be brought out by United States District Attor ney Edwin II. Sims and his assistants. Federal agents at Denver and other cities. It is said, hav'e uncovered evi dence tending to show chat the pack ing houses as weli as the stockyards are owned by the National Packing Company, although the "names of other firms have been accepted by the public as being the active factors in the stockyard situation. Competition Is Doubted. Despite the contention of representa tives of the packers that buyers from Armour & Co., Swift & Co., and Morris & Co. are operating independently in competition with the buyers for the local branches of tho National Pack ing Company at these various cities, the Federal lawyers apparently hold other views. As a result, secret service men have made a rigid Investigation of the prac tices of buyers in these five cities, and it is rumored that their search has re vealed important facts. Mr. Sims, James II. Wllkerson, El wood G. Godman and Oliver E. Pagin, the lawyers who are making the Gov ernment's tight in the beef inquiry, spent much of Sunday at the District Attorney's office in the Federal build ing. , Price-Control Inquired Into. Mr. Sims and Mr. Wllkerson are de voting their efforts' to an attempt to prove that the National Packing Com pany controls the price of livestock and dressed meats. Mr. Godman Is handling the inquiry relating to the Schwarz schild & Sulzberger Co., and the various deals and tights that have occurred among tho packers In the last three years. Mr. Pagin, referred to as the Gov ernment Indictment expert, is going over the evidence submitted to the grand Jury regarding the purchase by the National Packing Company of the New York Butchers' Dressed Meat As sociation. It is said that he is draw ing up indictments charging conspiracy based on the evidence given last week. Whether any agreement has existed to keep down the price of hogs when bought from farmers by the packing houses is to be the line of inquiry when the Federal grand Jury resumes its hearing. Employes of the Schwarzschlld & Sulzberger Co., from Chicago and from Western cities, are to be questioned as to methods of their firm, known as an "independent." At the same time, books of the other packers are to be gone over to ascertain prices of hogs for the last five years. MISHAPS FORGE RETURN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIOX EX Dt'UEs c;reat HARDSHIPS. lr. Charcot's Ship Pourquol Pas Sprlnps I-eak. Loses Rudder. Scurvy Attacks Crew. n'XTAS ARENAS, Feb. 13. Further details have been received of the voy age of the Pourquol Pas, which Js "now returning: with Dr. Jean M. Charcot's Antarctic expedition. The Pourquol Pas. on reaching the region of Ice on her trip to the south, stranded on the coast of Graham Land, but was re floated after three days. On the re sumption of the voyage the steamer met with a long series of accidents, She was in collision with a number of IceberKs, and lost her rudder. The crew then constructed a Jury-rudder. There was much suffering in the Ant arctic regions, scurvy and heart disease being the chief ailments. Scientific observations were conducted with the greatest care, and thus the object of the expedition was in part realized. Many journeys were made over the ice. but it was impossible to use automo biles on account of the bad condition of the ice fields. Collisions with icebergs caused a leak In the ship which it was impossi ble to repair, at the outset of the expe dition, w ater flowed in at all time; and the pumps were in constant use until the end of the voyage. The steam er was exposed to violent storms on the Toturn trip far as the Straits of Magellan, and was compelled to put Into an obscure harbor for two days to repair the engines. A scarcity of provisions and coal, the damage to the chip and the exhaustion of the men necessitated the return. RELIEF FROM TAXES GIVEN China Helps Home Industries by System of Exemptions. SHANGHAI. FVb. 13 Ppecial.) Since 1907 the authorities have taken steps to discriminate between foreign and .native manufacturers In the matter of domestic taxation, and no small advantage for competitive purposes ts thus conferred on makers of such articles a? paper, woven roods, candles, needles, woolens and cot ton yarns. The system of exemptions Is xtended to Roods produced at factories within the foreign settlements. In Kwangtung Province, which has al ways been noted for Industrial enterprise, factories have been established for mak ing lemonade, woolens, school utensils, uniforms, matches, cement, woven fab Tics ami leather goods. In the case of matohe.sMhe materials are procured from Japan, and Chinese cheap labor Is em ployed to work them up. It is note worthy that on the labels attached to the fabrics produced, at one factory there are imprinted words which signify "develop ment of local Industry," COURT TASK IS BIG National Supreme Tribunal Kas Many Cases tfi Decide. ANTI-TRUST LAW FIRST American Tobacco Company Suit Is Most Important U. S. After Con victed Army Officers Loot State Acts Validity TTp. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. When the Su preme Court convenes, Monday, February 21, a long list of decisions Is expected. Lawyers believe that the court in its three weeks' vacation has endeavored to dispose of many cases, that it may be as free as possible to consider the applica tion of the Sherman anti-trust law to corporations and the validity of the cor poration tax this Spring. The suit of the Government against the American Tobacco Company and others Is the most important case vnder advise ment by the court, It was argued several weeks ago. On account of the Standard OH case, to toe argued March 14, and in volving similar questions, it Is believed that the decision In the tobacco case will not be announced until after the Standard Oil suit has been heard. One of the most important laws, the validity of which has been questioned in arguments before the court, is the "hours-of-service law for , railroad employes." passed by Congress in 1S07. The railroads have attacked the law as being applica ble to employes engaged in commerce within the state as well as in Interstate commerce. It is eaid the law is open to objections similar to those that nullified the liability law of 1906. A decision In this may be announced February 21. Carter Case Important. Another suit that has attracted much attention Is that in which the Govern ment Is seeking to get possession of prop erty amounting to nearly $400,000 in the bands of Oberlin M. Carter, ex-Captain in the Engineer Corps of the Army, who was sentenced to prison for his alleged connection with schemes to defraud the Government out of $2,000,000. The court has the case under advisement. The validity of a large number" of state laws is questioned in cases which the court has heard argued, but in which it has not announced its decisions. Among these Is the act of the Legislature of Min nesota, Increasing to 4 per cent the rate of gross-earning tax on railroads. The Chicago Great Western Railway and the Great Northern Railway have brought suits to the Supreme Court, contending that, as applied to them, the law is void, because their charters exempt them from paying a higher rate than Is specified In those charters. Corporation Tax Tp. One Arkansas suit involves the validity of the act of the State Legislatures re quiring foreign corporations seeking to do business in that stat to. pay a fee proportionate to the capital stock of the corporation. The validity of the regula tions of the Railroad Commission of Ar kansas requiring railroads to furnish cars for local shipments within five days after the order has been received is under con sideration. DAYTON FEARS EPIDEMICS Smallpox and TMphtheria Found, Schools Are Closed. DAYTON", Wash., Feb. 13. (Special.) Fearing epidemics of smallpox and diphtheria, two schools near Iayton were closed this week. Yesterday physicians found Mrs. Pellissier, wife of a wealthy Patit farmer, ill with sm-al pox. Quarantine was ordered. At least two score of people in the neighbor hood, including most of the scholars in the Dittemore school, have been ex posed. The disease was contracted by Mrs. PelliBsier while at Walla Walla two weeks ago. Four days ago the Covello schools were closed, owing to diphtheria in the home of Klmer McGee, and according to reports many have been exposed to this disease. IS CHEHALIS INCLUDED? Olympic Reseme Order of Iresident Taft May HaTe Effect. ABERDEEN, "vTash Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) If any portion of the Olympic reserve -In Chehalis County Is included in the order issued by President Taft throwing open large sections of the for est reserves, it will mean much to Ab erdeen and Grays Harbor, according to a statement of Phil S. Locke, timber owner and real estate man of this city, who i unusually well acquainted with this section of the country. "There is a large portion of this re serve in Chehalis County which should never have been included in the re serve," said Mr. Locke, "and Gifford Pinchot's policy in increasing the re serve to include it was keenly felt among the settlers who had gone into the territory around Lake Quiniault to make homes for themselves. While some of the pioneers remained on their land many of them deserted their em bryo homes and lpft the country. Those who remained have struggled along for many years In the belief that some day their troubles would be over and they would be. connected with the outside world. "A concerted effort should be made by the people of Aberdeen and Grays Harbor to induce the Government to open the Quiniault Indian reservation. The. completion of the state road to Lake Quiniault and beyond to the straits will offer the only means for the people in the western end of Jefferson and Clallam Counties to visit their county seats." OWYHEE PROJECT WINS LAST OBSTACLE TO RECLAMA TION OF 200,000 ACRES GONE. Ditch Company's Rights Joined" With Those of Districts, Insuring Necessary Reservoirs. ONTARIO, Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) With the agreement reached between the Owyhee Ditch Company and the proposed irrigation districts between the Malheur and Owyhee Rivers, an Im portant Irrigation project for Malheur County Is launched. Tho Trowbridge Nivr Company, of Chicago is gathering workmen and teams to begin construc tion work as soon as weather will al low. For the past several months the formation of irrigation districts has been held back by negotiations pend ing with the Owyhee Ditch Company, the oldest and strongest in this vicin ity. The final turning over of all the rights and water system to become the property of the proposed districts has made way for the successful culmina tion of plans for irrigation here. An agreement also has been reached with the Nevada Ditch Company, which has a considerable acreage un der the proposed new project. The rights will also be turned over to the districts, and thus practically 'every water-user in the vicinity becomes a member of the district organization. An immense reservoir will be built on the Owyhee River 60 miles from Its confluence with the Snake. ' It will hold the flood waters of the river, and will be capable of storing enough water for 200,000 acres. The largest part of the land to be benefitted lies in Mal heur County between the Malheur and Owyhee Rivers, but some of it lies in Idaho, and another unit whloh may be included later lies above the Malheur Rivr on what is known as the Dead Ox flat. Another project for Malheur County now taking definite form is proposed for the Willow River district. The firm interested In the new scheme is composed of Salt Ike men, prominent among whom are H. H. Dorsey and A. J. Evans. They have bought the rights, ditches and reservoir sites from the old Malheur Irrigation Company, of Payette, including the old Stark ditch along the Malheur River and several reservoir sites on the Willow above Vale. They are also now negotiating with present water-users on the Wil low for their rights. The first unit of their proposed project will take in 30.000 acres along the Willow vicinity, but may later include some territory above the Malheur. BRITISH SHIPPERS HAPPY Owners of Vessels Expect Renewed Activity in Freighting Trade. i . i-nj .n , reo. u. epeciai.) Tne new year finds shipowners In a more hopeful mood than for many months past. There are various signs which suggert that bet ter times for their industry lie immediate ly ahead. The trade of the world ap pears to be reviving. Big crops' have to be moved from one end of the globe to the other, and new sources ' of employ ment are quickly opening out. Only On -BHOMO QCTNTSE." That i LAXATIVB BP.OSO QnxiKK.Look for the denature of E. w. QROVE. Used the World tiver u Cure a Cold In One Day. 23c GANGER CURE HOPED Inoculation Suggested by New York Investigator DISEASE IN FISH PECULIAR Greatest Increase in Malady Seen in Those Parts of Country "Where Trout Are Most Plentiful. Much Expected of Virus. ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 13. A strong hope of curing cancer, or at least great ly ameliorating the suffering of cancer patients' by means of Inoculation, is held out in the report of Harvey G. Gaylord, director of the cancer laboratory of the State Department of Health et Buffalo. This hope is based on extended experi mentation in the last year on the inocu lation of various animals, mainly rats, with the cancer virus. "It appears," says the report, "that where the resistance of the animal is not sufficiently awakened by one inoculation of the tumor, this resistance can be heightened by repeated doses and, in a considerable proportion of cases, immun ity can be raised to a point that will bring about a cure. Humans May Be Cured. "It Is needless to point out that this process of repeated vaccination, which has cured in the proportion of 25 to 10 In rats, might well be applied to those cases of late cancer In human beings in which surgery has nothing to offar and the outlook is hopeless. "As we strongly urged the Legislature in previous reports, the time has come when we should begin experimentation with human beings. "To do so it is necessary that a num ber of patients should be maintained for this purpose. Funds sufficient to enable us to maintain 10 patients is -the least amount that can be of value if this work is to be undertaken." Coincidence in Fish Cancer. Other investigations conducted by the laboratory have had to do with the preva lence of many forms of cancer in fish and the possibility of infection by human beings. It hae been found . that cancer of the thyroid is of frequent occurrence in fish of the trout family. "It Is a remarkable coincidence," says the report, "that the area of the Tnited States which includes the 'great concen tration of human cancer cases is almost identical with the area through which the various members of the trout family are distributed. Statistics are given to show that can cer continues to increase. The report says that in the United States it has in creased from 9 per 100,000 population in 1S50, to 43 in 1900, an average of about 65 im 1901 and an average of more than 70 in 1906. END OF FRICTION IS PLAN Chinese Would Show Christianity Has Many High Ideals. SHANGHAI, Feb. 13. Special.) A na tive dispatch reproduced by a Shanghai journal states that the Ministry of Edu cation has hit upon the following plan for preventing anti-Christian troubles in China. It proposes to select a number of the smartest students, who have been educated abroad, to translate extracts and selection of Christian works, and in the case of any tenets or principles co inciding with those taught in Confuseian ism. to compare and illustrate them with words from the "Four . Books in Six Classics." Copies of these selected compilations would then be circulated in schools and public offices in the empire, to acquaint the people with the fact that Christianity, like the doctrines of the Chinese philos opher. Mai Tzu, has for its object "the exhortation of men to be good and al truistic." In this manner, it is added, the doubts of the people would be re moved and anti-Christian friction should die a natural death. More Miners Bodies Recovered. PRTMERO, Colo.. Feb. 13. Three more bodies were recovered from the "main" Primero mine today, making 65 taken out since the explosion on January 81. One body was Identified as that of David Will iams. Welsh mine boss. Workmen say more bodies will be recovered tomorrow. Secretary Indicates Manner In Which $30,000,000 Will Be Utilized if Appropriated by Congress at Present Session. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Keb. 13. If Congress authorizes the issuance of reclamation certificates $30,000,000. all Government Irrigation proj of indebtedness or bonds to the extent of ects now under way can be completed ac cording to approved plans in about two years. This does not mean, however, that the full water supply now available, or that can be developed in the neighbor hood of the various projects, can be ex hausted in this time, or with this amount of money. To carry all these projects to their ut most limits, utilizing all possible water that can be obtained by diversion and storage, would call for the expenditure of about $S5,O00,000, and the work involved would cover at least six years. The plan now before Congress, however, is to get sufficient money to complete the various projects according plans that have been worked out by the Reclama tion Service and approved by the Secre tary o fthe Interior. The remaining work has not been given more than the merest attention, and no definite plans for the full utilization of available water supply have been prepared. Ballinger Furnishes Data. In a letter to Senator Carter, chairman of the irrigation committee. Secretary Ballinger furnishes complete data as to the amounts needed to complete the proj ects along the lines laid down In approved plans, and indicates the manner in which the $30,000,000 will be utilized if appropri ated. In this letter, Secretary Ballinger says: "The Reclamation Service reports the following data with reference to amounts necessary to complete the approved por tions of the reclamation projects now under construction, and the extensions of such projects which could, with advan tage, be made were funds available for that purpose: Approved State. Project. portion Extensions Arizona. SaltKlver..$ 898.000 $ 275.000 Ariz.-CT.llt., Yuma. l.aufl.ono California. Orland... 20.OO0 750.0O0 Colr'do, Grand Valley 2.0:17.000 Col'do. Uncompahsre . 2..4a.00O Idaho, Minidoka .... 6.10,000 R.S00.O0O Idaho. Payette-Boise 2.317.000 10.000.000 Montana, Milk River 1.S.V7.0OO 4.000.000 Montana. Huntlev.... RO.OOn Montana, Sun River. lns.ooo 7.500,000 Mont.-N. Da., Low. Y. 3XS.000 Neb.-Wvo.. No. Platte 1.1OO.O0O R.000.000 Nev.. Truckee-Cars-n 1S2.0O0 2.000.000 X. Mel.-Tei.. R. Grd 8.700.00O N. D.. Williston-Bu'd 93.000 201.0O0 Oregon. Umatilla K0.0OO 2.T.OO.OOO OreKan-Cal.. Klamath 1.M7.O00 3.0O0.000 S. llak.. Bell Fourohe S00.0OO Utah. Strawb'y Valley 1.O33.O0O Wash.. Yakima 1.44.000 14.000.000 Wyoming, Shoshone. 2.022. 00O Total 30.13S.OO J55.786.000 "In the foregoing table the amounts in the column 'approved portion' are the amounts which should be added to the ex penditure made in 1909, plus the allot ments for 1910. The" amounts in the last column are only approximate estimates. The estimate for the Minidoka .project, above, applies to the south side only, and does not include irrigation from Jackson Lake storage. The $14,000,000 estimate for thecompleted Yakima project includes the Kittitas and Benton units. "The average annual receipts into the reclamation fund from 1901 to 1908, inclu sive, were $7,237,364; the estimated receipts for 1909 are $7,771,809: the estimated re ceipts for 1910 are $7,293,000. Much Money Needed. "Assuming that the receipts from the sale of public lands, and from repaym?nt of building charges, will average $7,000, 000 per year in future, an additional an nual appropriation of $i.000.000. under a bond Issue or otherwise, making $14,000,000 per annum available, would permit of the completion of the approved portion of the projects named in the foregoing table in a little over, two years. "The Director and Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Service advise me that this amount could be economically and wisely expended. They' also advise me that, upon continuance of the same an nual addition to the fund the extensions described could be completed In four years more. "The table headed 'approved portion. covering an estimated expenditure of $3O.13S,O00, represents the .projects, or por tions of projects, approved by my prede cessor and myself. The table headed 'ex tensions,' covering an estimated expendi ture of $55,786,000, has not been approved by me; and it is possible that. In working out the matter when the work is actually reached, the amount could be decreased by the elimination .of some of the pro posed extensions. "As recommended In my annual report to the President, I am heartily in favor of an early completion of existing proj ects, and of prudent extensions, where such extensions appear necessary to re claim arid public lands. I and to utilize water supplies created in connection. -Completion Means Quick Returns. "The early completion of thes3 projects will, I hope, result not only in meeting the wishes of settlers and prospective settlers upon the landfl, but secure an SENSIBLE SUGGESTIONS Of Intercut to Kiduey, Backache and Bladder Snfferors Prescription Given Which End Mlnery, Restored Ont-of-Order Ivldjicya and Bring Back the (.low of Health. A very sensible suggestion, and one which is being more and more adopted, was recently made by the eminent Dr. Lewis Baker, formerly physician and surgeon with The British Medical Insti tute. He said that many simple pre scriptions should be published or printed in the newspapers, so that the public could-use them when neededln stead of buying the much-advertised patent medicines, all of which are not good for the general public Kor In stance, the following simple and inex pensive mixture can be made at home or mixed by any well-stocked druggist, and it is a boon and blessing to any one afflicted in any way with kidney and bladder troubles. Alix, fluid ex tract buchu 1 ozl, compound fluid balm wort 1 o., and compound syrup sarsa parilla. 4 ozs. Shake well and take a teaspoonful before or after meals and one when retiring. Quickly restores and stops all such symptoms as: De ranged kidneys and bladder are indi cated by dry parched skin, hot and cold sensations, frequent burning or scanty urination (especially at night) with bad odor, tender spots in back, loss of weight, morning weariness, swollen feet and ankles, backache, headache, in flamed eyes, etc Infants' long slips and dresses in bishop styles with embroidery edgings or round yokes with dainty Madeira embroidery, feather stitching or embroidery, tucks and insertion; all made of nainsook. Values O O to $1.00; special . ODC Fine Cambric skirts with deep flounce edge with seven inch tucks; full width and made with dust ruffles, val- O P ues to $1.75, special . 0C UMBRELLA, ISABELLA or regular drawers with edges of fine linen or cluny laces, em broidery or tucks, open and closed styles, values to O " $1.00, special . . . O JC --High V Neck Cambric gowns with yoke of fine embroidery tucks and insertions, three fourth sleeve, also slip-over gowns with French bandings. embroidery or lace trimmings. values up to $1.75, special . . . . $1.29 New Spring Blouses For Bops 6 to 14 Years PRICE 50c Puritan Blouses in new stripes and patterns for the coming season. Stun ning new designs that all boys like, the stock is com plete, the selection is now at its best. early return to the treasury of the mon eys expended in the construction of the reclamation work. "The present receipts in the fund are not sufficient to enable this department to conduct the construction of these works to the best advantage, as it is hampered by the insufficiency of moneys to carry forward the construction of many of the projects already approved. "I am of th opinion that the suggestion -; (and tli en some) At last a cylinder record which will play from four to five minutes, and which is at the same time practical and unbreakable, is an accomplished fact. Indestructible Cylinder Records 50c They fit any make of phonograph or graphophone (with 200 thread attachment). They play, the complete selection averaging fully 44 minutes clearest, most brilliant tone you ever heard and they NEVER BREAK and NEVER WEAR OUT! "The only 4-minute records that are right.' New Numbers Issued Every Month Call In and Hear Them Sold by your Dealer or COLUMBIA. PHONOGRAPH CO. 371 WASHINGT Dainty French, Gretchen, Buster yoke and bishop dress es for little tots, six months to four years old. Yoke styles trimmed round or square with dainty val. lace and insertion or Madeira embroidery or feather stitching. Gretchen and French styles with tucked waists and Buster style with side tucks and belt. Materials of nainsook or French lawn. Regular price $1.00, SPECIAL 83c Spring Neckwear Jn Great Variety 25c to $1.50 Bows, tabs, rabats, fancy collars and neck pieces in great variety. Irish cro chet work, both real and imitation, in great variety. Kvery day we receive new neckwear by express. that Congress authorize 'the issuance of certificates of indebtedness or bonds against the reclamation fund, to an ag gregate of not exceeding $30,000,000 or so much thereof as may be needed,' would, if enacted into law, enable me to com plete within a little over two years the approved portions of existing projects, and make the more necessary extensions. The other extensions could be left for future consideration." w& m m m m fej m m t. mki