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THE StTNDAY OREGONIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL, 10, 1910. 3 PROBE SATISFIES, BUT ftlORE WANTED Governor Hay Believes Time Limit on Committee Was Handicap. SUGGESTIONS ARE LIKED Washington's Kxet'iilivc Makes Cau tious Kcplies to Interviewer, but Sajs There Should lie I,inil - Commission of Three Men. SPOKANE Wash.. April (Special. "I n.oM h-jirtilv inflofi" t !i recommen dation of the com mi ttee that all timb-r lands, of the Mate he cruised at the :arlif5t possible moment. Vheii I became Governor U wa? re "ported to mc that L!u- eapltol grant lands were wort h :. bunt $1,vvw or $l..V-o, their value will aggregate over $4.uXf.Ma "An et. pr m constituted, the office of Land Commissioner gives? too much power Into the hands of one man ; there should be a. commit ion of three men with espial jiuthority." Stronyly indorsing the work of the leg islative in ve.tigat ing eon: mips ion. Gov ernor Uny. at the Hotel Spokane, ex pressed himself a.s well saiistied with the work, at the same time voicing Ins re gret tli at the commission was t:ot able to finish the work to which it had ben is!gned. Obl rnet ion Given Knockout. The liquor a nd certain other eb-nienta which last year made a bitter light in the State legislature and wliicb elfectuaily blocked legi pla t ion for some time, is be lieved to have received its death blow in the report of the legislative investigat ugi committer-. That t he st te has been Hystem at ic ! !y defrauded fur years, and that much has been lost t h roup h "stupid carelessness," is the gist of the report of the committee, which attaeks (tie administration of Land Com missi. iiur M W. btoss. , It is "up to' the next l-icgis-kit ure to makf a general imuseePHiiiti. in t!m opinion W hic.il po!itiraI leaders, and on the election .f r 1 1. - rn-xt legislature will depend w hei In r or not t he preset 1 1 1 -and -'ommissKiner shaii.be continued in office. Time II ;i mf ictps Commit tee. Governor May was outsp-i iken a nd sa id in part: "Tiie eominitiee has been eareful. indus trious and conscientious, but owing to ihe limit placed on it by tin resolution, it was just g e t ti i ig n i . i y t-1! a r t d w h e n i t must go out of existence. The resclu t iiui passed pr vided that a report should be pi iced in the liands of the Governor not later titan April 1. though the com mittee up to t h present has expended -nly about one-half the money allowed it for expenses. "There is nol a private, corporation in the slate owning any amount of land, hut what has had its timbered lands t borough ly cruised and all hinds a p praised. but Washlnelon. the largest owner in the st ate. has never had even rough estimate made, while the pri vate companies have sometimes bait heirs eruised and appraised five or six limes." Governor Is Cautious. Governor Hay sidestepped any state ment that might be construed as a per sonal a ttack on la nd (Commissioner 11. W. Hoss. J n response to a direct ques l ion as in who t would be done ill t he case of Ross, the Governor stated that it was a matter for the legislature to determine. "What do you think of tiie suggestion of the committee for throe land commis sioners; one to be elective and two ap pointive?" tiie Governor was asked. "I believe that there should be three men. all it li equal authority." was the response. "I'nder t he presen t system t here is too muh power placed in tho hands of a single individual." "Wilt any lea a I steps be taken to re cover land If it ist proved that it was obtained by fraud?" Tuxes Mny Re Colleeted. "In order to prove fraud it would be necofvary to establish a conspiracy, and that is difficult to do. 1 understand, however, thai some suite have already been started in Lewis County."' "What suepi? wiil be taken to collect (axes on hind? which are now paying no tax, as stated m the report of the investigating committee "I am nol entirely sure of the. la w on t hat point, but I believe it its possible to col let-1 taxes, even though the lands ba "e not been placed on the as?sessme tit rolln." FRUIT DRIES OH BUSHES KASPHEKUY ;i:OWKK - HXDS PROMT IV NEW METHOD. IYirt.v-.V-ro Palrh Now in Cultivation V ieltls Return on Valuation id" 8 1 5O0 an Acre. B 'ISK. Idaho. April P. (Special.) Payette proudly boasts of one of the most up-to-date inventive geniuses engaged in agricultural pursuits, one who through accidental discovery has a system of di -Ing raspberries on the hushes wit h such f la t tering r su'.ts that he has raisied t he value on raw mi!-1tiis1i land from al most nothing to $: iit nil hm-. This man is A I. Sh-'rman. owner of a -P-acro t a nth. wbi.-h nets Mm an income in ieo potioti to the value of his land, now known a.s the "Kapberry Orchard." After melting with failure's in cuitiat iu C h is land Mr. Slier ma u d Lseove:vd while g.ung through a drie,j-up raspberry, pateh. that many of tin- betries had lcn It-U on tin- bushes. One of the ;os in the patch informed Mr. Sherman that tho berries lat.-d like raisin; and he picked one and pu t il in his mom h. and to his surprise u mm.u a.ss'.im d its na t -ural siz"1. lie tlld another with the .a me result, a nd suddenly eoneei hit; a n idea picked a handful of the berries and lu kin? them to the hous had his wife cook then:, and found they ta-sted nearly as good as the fre.-h berries. The idea of di ving tlu- berries and put ting them into packages s-eemd pra et i -ral and he gn t hered all the dried befries from the hushes and experimented with them in several wa s. Mr. Sherman at one, began ai ranee -merits for the evaporation nf raspeberries to tmt In paeknires and offorcd for sate. He four.! it difficult and expensive to dry the berrle.s t hen picked f vet- h and lot consideratle on the rxprtniervt. He t;i-n de.dded t-Tlet tbie fruit dry im rlo- bushes. This method proved a mk-cpss ard the berries were gathered in Ir-.rz iiisnt i ies when drv and put up in sma II Dackages and offered for sale. The Ue- ma ad crew from a lcal market to other fields until it became necessary to plant inonj ufreage to berries. Now the entire 4o acres of Mr. Sherman's ranch i& a raspberry orchard. T'nder his methods berries can be treated cheaply. The con tents of one package makes 12 pies or two quarts of stewed berries. The Idaho ciimate has proved ideal for drying berries on the bushes. After be ing left there in the hot days of July ;md August, they are ready to gather. Within a few years It is believed the drir-d raspberry industry will become as extensive and .profitable as that of the raisin. One great advantage In the rais in? of raspberries, Mr. Sherman asserLS. over that of other fruits, is that the bushes bear the second year after being set out. SNAKE TAKES OWN LIFE im:t rattler, ix real drama, 1ies by suicide. Keplile &o Angry When It Cannot Strike Guinea Pig That It lvills Itself. CH ICAGO. ill.. April 1. Bosco. said to have been the only real pet rattle snake in Chicago, is dead. . It commit ted suicide by sinking1 its fngs into its own angry eoiis. Here is the story; Bosco was sent from Texas some three months ago to Dr. Frederick Ev erett. The physician wanted the snake in order to obtain its venom for use in cases where an extreme irritant is re quired. It was housed in a roomy glass cafje. hut it refused to eat anything- - "We tried everything," said the doc tor today. "Rats, mice, raw meat and even various vegetables. It "wouldn't look at them. Finally it was suggested that 1 try a young guinea pig. This too, was turned down by Bosco. "A few days ago," continued the doc tor. "I sot home from a call at about 2 o'clock in the morning. A rushing and rattling noise rilled the office, and 1 knew it was Bosco. I struck a light and saw the snake tearing to and fro, lashing its tail about the cage. I thought it. might be hungry, for it had gone more than ten weeks without any thing to eat. To test it I held Billy, the guinea pig. up before it. The snake rattled and Billy was so scared he jumped right out of my hand into the cage. , The snake struck at once, but the little pig jumped. Bosco struck again. A second time Jilly leaped out of the way. '"The snake appeared to be getting madder and madder. It fairly made the walls of the cage tremble with the fury of its oh a rges. Billy squealed at the top of his voice, but apparently man aged to elude Bosco'.s fangs. Sudden ly Bosco reared, swung its head and bit into its own flesh over the spinal column. That was ail. In a few min utes it lay stretched out and still dea d of its own pro son." Dr. Kverett "s stofy was told to Cy de Vry. the animal keeper at Lncoln Park Zoo. "Yes." said C'y. "when I was a boy out AVcst 1 used to stir up rattlesnakes time and again just for the fun of see ing them get so mad they would bite themselves and commit suicide. It's not at all unusual.'' ins SCHOOL CREATED IMKTKINi: OF KXCKSS I.AIDED I5Y I'KK.Nt'H ARTISTS. l-'anaties Would Sa'k Iueunis, De stroy Masterpieces and Hein n Art of Tomorrow." FA R I A pr i 1 0. t Special.) Signore .Marinetti, believed to be a poet, invented, som time ago. the new creed of the futirrists, which appeared to consist chiefly in being strenuous by driving mo tor cars- furiously and smashing all the snatues and burning aH the pictures in the museums of J taly whenever an op portunity should arise for h is hold work of destruction, the past being a dead thing and the future alone interesting. Now a group of French artisn have started a new school of aestheticism of somewhat similar tendencies;, called "Ex cossivism." The manifesto of the new artistic doctrine begins thus?: 1 "Ho, there, great excessive painters, our brethren: ho, there, sublime and renovat ing paint brushes; come hither on the eve of t he Salons; come to us, and let us smaph the ancestral palettes, make a bon fire of the false masterpieces and lay down the law of the art of tomorrow. That law is contained in one word Ex ccsivini! "Some donkey said that excess in any thing is a fault. On the contrary, we proclaim that excels in every t hing is a force, and t he only force. The sun is never too hot, the sky is never too red, the sea tp never too green, the horizons are never 1 oo black, just as heroes are never too daring or the scent of flowers loo strong. let us sack yea, stick the absurd museums, trample the Infamous ruts of routine, and lea p with a lisswm and sure foot toward;-' the better becom ing. Sursum palettes. sursum paint brushes, sursum value ; long live scarlet and purple, and coruscating gems, and all i he whirling and superimposed tones which are the true r flection of the solar prism. I t us not be oast down by the howls of ihe skinned jxdecats yelling in their death agony.'" The skinned polecats are any artists who a re not excessive enough. The bat t le cry. Sa-k musoutr.-s !" is evidently borrow ed f rom the Puturis?ts. NEW BANK OPENS IN BEND Older Jlank's Deposits Reach Kecord Figure Same Day. BBN 1 . Or.. April 0. (Special.) Yester day the ocond L'auk m bend was opem d. The n;-uio of the new institu tion i the Desvhutes Ranking Trut ompany. with a capital stock of Slo.tX'O. Its officers are I- B. Kaird. who came to Central Oregon from Oklahoma, and M. O. Cou . c. shier, of Eend. On the diiy of tiie appearance of the new hat; king house In the field, the First Xathmu! l-ank. t ii pioneer Institution, saw its deposits reach the record figure of making it close to the biggest bank in Crook County. This tisure ex uoeds ti-e doposits of a year ago by more tban l-.ev, while the number of de positors has more than quadrupled. Tho great financial -prosperity that is follow ing up the Pesehutess Valley In the van of radroud de elopment promisees, will tiouble the deposit bddings of the local banks before the Summer is through, if present inn ieations are to be credited. lirtty Klver C-ets Trout Pry. CATIIL.V.MET. Wash.. April 9. Through the instrumentality of J. H. Walker, of the "Willamette Pulp and Paper Company, the Cnit States Fish eries Commission will make a ship ment of o.oTf Eastern brook trout fry to be placed in one of the tributaries of Gray's Uiver. this county. The first hi t umliioua coal mmd in the 7 n-e'i ssats a found rear Richmond. Ysu, tari in the lSih ceniui.v. ' ' BALL1NGER GIVES . PIERCE FREE HAND Secretary Has Not Interfered in Coal Land Cases, Wit ness Testifies. LAND OFFICE FAR BEHIND 30,000 Suspended Cases Confront New Cabinet Official Mineral Kxpert Allays Fears of Ear ly Famine In Fuel. WASHINGTON. April 9. Frank Pierce, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior, who began .his service under Secretary Garfield. took the -witness stand in the Ballinger-Pinchot inquiry late today and declared that after turn ing over the Cunningham cases to him early In 1908, Secretary Balilnger had not attempted in any way to interfere with his control and direction of the cases, and had not attempted to influ ence his judgment or actions. Mr. Pierce had only fairly begun his testimony when adjournment was taken until Friday next. Efforts were made by Chairman Nel son today to have the committee meet three times each week instead of twice. Several Senators objected, and the sub ject went over. Testimony regarding the 24 missing letters said to have been found in Glavis effects in Seattle was concluded today. This testimony was introduced to im peach Glavis. The committee in execu tive session ihis morning openefl the box in which the letters were found. Coal Scare Not Justified. Alfred H. Brooks, mineral expert of the Geological Survey, testified that the Vnited States controlled 60 or 70 per cent of the world's visible supply of coal. At the present rate of consumption, he said, it would require 4913 years to exhaust the supply in the United States. Brooks 'said he thought there had been too much alarm as to the exhaus tion of th coal supply. Other factors of power are coming Into general use, and this, in time, will decrease the use of coal. Improwd methods of consump tion also are resulting in the decreased use of coal. As a general proposition, the witness said, he favored the leasing of coal lands, but he thought the Alaskan fields were too far away for the leas ing system to be employed to advan tage. He thought such a price should be put on the lands in Alaska, how ever, as to prevent speculative holding of Wie property and require its being worked. Frank Fierce. First Assistant Secre tary of the Interior, who began his service under Secretary Garfield in No vember. 197. detailed all of the various duties of the Secretary of the Interior, saying: -They are burdensome and manifold." '"When Congress passes new legisla tion," he said, "and can't think of any one else to give the supervision to, they turn it over to the Interior De partment." Mr. Pierce said he was himself called upon daily to sign 900 to 1000 letters and documents. Many of these are nat urally prepared in the various bureaus of the department. Ballinger Finds Work Behind. At the time Mr. aBllinger came into office, the witness said, there were 30,000 suspended cases in the office. Congress on March 4.- 1909, had ap propriated $1,000,000 to bring the work of the Land Office up to date. Mr. Ballinger announced the intention of accomplishing this work, If possible. In May, 1909, Mr. Pierce said, ex Governor Miles C. Moore of Washing ton, came to see Secretary Ballinger. "The Secretary called me in and said that he had been consulted with refer ence to the Cunningham claims when he was out of the Government service and that he wanted me to act on all matters connected with that case. I talked with Governor Moore about the cases." said the witness. "He complained of the delay in acting upon the claims. I sent for Mr. Finney, assistant to the Secrtary, who in turn sent for Glavis and we three discused WALL PAPER HALF PRIG Tomorrow we will 5000 Room-Lots of Wall Paper From 50c Per Room Up to $1.50, Including Wall, Border and Ceiling; Enough Paper in Each Lot for a Room 12 by 15 by 9. . At these prices we will hardly more than get our freight money back. We want quick returns and have slashed prices, regardless of profit. Shop early and get the best selections. 184 Second IF YOU DRESSED ASK BEN the cases in detail. That was the only time I ever talked with Glavis. Moore Is" Disappointed. "The next day I told Governor Moore that a prima facia case apeared in the rtcord and that he could not have his patents. ' Mr. Moore was much chag rined and put out. He wrote to Secre tary Ballinger that I had proved a disappointment and that he was going home with a message that would give scant comfort to his associates. At this time Glavis had possession of the newly discovered Cunningham journal." -om that time to this." asked Mr. 'trtrpss. "has Secretary Ballinger at tempted to interfere with your direction or control of the case or attempted to influence your action." "He positivelv has not." Bankers Urged to Contribute. MEDPORD, Or., April 9. (Special.) The Commercial Club today sent out personal letters to all the bankers, au tomobile owners and commercial clubs in the state, urging them to help in the raising of the $100,000 necessary for the construction of the . Crater lake road. Over $26,000 has been so licited in Medford. A weo two and a quarter miles long has ben taken from the body of a Bpider. AT start a sale of Wall Paper never equalled East or West. ORGAN WALL PAPER CO. Street, Between Yamhill and Taylor. WANT TO KNOW WHAT SMARTLY MEN WILL WEAR THIS SEASON. SELLING BETTER LOOKING BETTER FITTING BETTER WEARING CLOTHES than you have ever worn Made by the world's FOREMOST ARTISTS with infinite care at our usual MODEST PRICES MEN'S SUITS $20 to $40 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS $15 to $30 BOYS' SUITS $5 to $25 LADIES, 'We invite you to call and inspect our new department for LITTLE WOMEN, MISSES and GIRLS Tailored garments at modest prices Leading Clothier AIRSHIPS TO HAVE LAWS FRENCH CLCB WANTS SET OF STATUTES EXACTED. Aeronauts Who Fly Over Yards at TiCss- Than 50 Yards May Be Arrested and Punished. PARIS, April 9. (Special.) The Aero Club of France has placed before the Minister of Public Works a series of suggestions for the regulation of aerial traffic. One of these Is for in suring the privacy of inclosed spaces, like courtyards and gardens, b'y mak ing it a punishable offense for pilots to cross such property at a height of less than 50 yards or to halt above them at less than 500 yards, while towns in general are to be avoided. The schemedoes not show how such regulations shall be enforced; it leaves it to the Prefect of Police to fmd a way to Identify and overtake offenders agajnst the laws of the air. H For their own protection, airships fcre to be provided with some kind of horn, with which they will sitrnal to each other before passing: and the Aero Club asks that owners of all buildings over 40 yards in heigrht shall furnish powerful lamps to make their roofs clearly visible at a distance, -and they want the name of every railroad station painted in letters a foot Ions on Its roof. COSTLIEST STABLE BEGUN Mrs. E. 1 1 Harriman's Plan In cludes "Modern Conveniences." MIDDLETOWN. N. T.. April 9. Mrs. Kdward H. Harriman has begun the con struction of one of the costliest Ftables In the fntted States at the foot of the In cline railway leading to the Harriman es tate at Arden. The stable will be fireproof. It will be lighted by electricity and contain a hot and cold water system and other conven iences, including a workshop, a garage and a hospital accommodating: six horses. $500 STEGER & SONS PIANO In Great Publicity Contest Held for the Graves Music Co. by Steger & Sons, the World's 1 Largest Exclusive Manufacturers of Pianos, ""V-vs Won by MISS FRAXCIS STANLEY. 208 Tenth St Portland, Or- Miss Francis Stanley, of 288 Tenth street, this city, iw the proud owner of a $500 Steger & Son? piano. The instru ment is now on exhibition at the Graves Music Co., representatives of Steger & Sons for Portland and vicinity. The piano will be delivered to Miss Stanley after the other contestants have had the opportunity of seeing the piano and the work submitted by the winner. She certainly deserves great credit, for she had mnny loe competitors that were equallv anxious to win the grand prize. The work submitted by this young: ledy shows that it was not a triflfng: task, and many hours of hard work, for which she has been well re paid by receiving one of America's greatest and best pianos. Other contestants who sent in cor rect answers are to be rewarded In order of merit, and the decision of the judges, representatives of the local papers of this city, has been forwarded to Steger Ar Sons from there. Notice of other rewards will be mailed direct to the contestant. j, - s. :j::5i :Miv.S" ? .' -V " i'g: