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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. APRIL 30, 1911. TIEWS ON CENTRAL OREGON TOUR. ERNMENT IS I ! Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Morrison at Seventh CLEARING OFF LOGS Morrison at Seventh . Our Clbsing'Out Sale in Its "Six-Bit Sagebrush". Will Be Transformed Into Beauti ful Garden Spot. Burned Acreage in Cpeur d'Alene Timber District Is Being Cleaned Up. fth Week Still Offers Won- 10 JOHN DAY PROJECT MEAiJS BIG THINGS E : TOWN WOULD BE FLOODED Addison Bennett After Prlve Itotrn Valley Is Impressed With Pos slbllltles Line for Kail road A 1 moot Ideal. FT ADDISK)! BENNETT. DATV11J-E. Or, April 2. (Staff correspondence) I am now IS jn'lcs down the John Dsy Klvsr from John Lay. or about (4 mtlrs below tbs head of th John Day Valley. I left John Pay yesterday mornlnir In Kood sessnn. th road leading; wast from tho main street of that town, and following several miles aloof; the south side of tbe river. Just as you leave town there Is as -the first view, so to speak, the Tr,o brldjre ranch, almost di rectly nort.t of the business part of town. This s one of the finest ranches on the river, one of the show places of this section. The buildings are elabo rate: the place well kept In every way. howler a general air of prosperity. The valley la narrow Just here, perhaps not "more than half a mile wide, but every available Inch Is utilised for hay and alfalfa, the staple crops of this section. Xfw Itc-ort Perrloped. Passing clown a few miles the valley opens out. until at Mount Vernon, eight miles below. It Is porhaps four or five miles wide. But I will speak of this portion later, for I turned aside Just as 1 entered the town of Mount Vernon and drove up Beach Creek tbout one and a half miles, and then up Hot Springs Creek for a like distance, and was at the famous Mount Version hot springs, where I remained for tilnneii These springs are owned by 1L A. Murphy. He bought the tract only about two and a half years ago. there being then no Improvements worth mentioning, but he has now a fine ho tel, swimming pool, many bathrooms, j and all of the accessories going to i make a pleasant resort, including a large dancing pavilion. Mlltard-ronm and many shady nooks and walks. The location la superb. Nestled In a narrow canyon, perhaps at an altitude of 300 feet above the liver. Mr. Murphy haa made as pretty a place as you can find in all Oregon home-like, picturesque and restful. There are four springs, the tempera ture of the waters being from 101 In two of them, to 117 and 121 In the oth ers, and the flow of water la about ICfDO gallons an hour. Thla can be greatly augmented by deeper cement curbing, aa much of the water now escapes and flows off into the little creek. The me dicinal properties of the waters are clearly set out In circulars Issued by the proprietor, and I will not go Into details aa to these. Sufficient to say many cases of chronic rheumatism have ben cured, some of them dating back 30 years, before there were any Im provements, the patients then ramping there and digging holes In the earth to bathe In. I will Bay. however, that tbe waters are charged with tbe vari ous medicinal properties, such as sul phur. Iron, and the various sodium and sulphates found In the various cele brated baths of the old world. J .J' ' V I. - 'S I " . Legend Tell of Cares. One could listen for a day or a week to the Indian legenda connected with these springs, for since the first advent of the white race Into thla section It has been known that the redmen had from time Immemorial used the springs as a place where they could be purged of any evils of health or spirit that might vex them. And scattered around the hillsides are found many evidences of their long-time occupancy by thla fast-disappearing race. , The pUce is not in any sense of the word a hospital. There Is no physician there. Mr. Murphy thinks the rest and mind cure in connection with the salub rious climate and the health-giving waters are paramount to rigid medici nal treatment. Hence during all the season there are constant scenes of mirth and gayely. for tha people for many miles around gather there for recreation. There la a splendid orch ard Just north of the hotel, where many tents are pitched during the heat ed term, and last year many guests had to he turned away, so great was the demand for accommodations. - Mr. Murphy haa " acres under fence. He haa some fine Jerseys, aa good as he could secure, also a lot of fine Berkshire hogs. So he finds something to amuse and profit him tha year 'round. I left the sprinrs about 11:30 and drove here by a little after (. and It was a drive worth remembering and worth writing about. The road crosses the liver several times, and wlnda along the foothills, and many times I stopped as I crossed a ridge and swept the valley up and down with my field glasses. Many, many flelda of alfalfa, more or less hay land, now 'and then a field of oats or barley or wheat, and every field, aa a rule, showing the care of a careful and Intelligent husband man. I think I said In a former letter that the valley proper Has only a few feet above the river. Such Is the case wher ever there Is a valley worth the name. Sometimes the hills come sharply down to the river, cutting out the bottom en tirely. But every acre of this valley land la good for four or five tons of a'.aifa a year, with sufficient water. However, there are many acrea of un cleared land, many long stretches of willows, still left, but more being cleared each year. As a rule about all of the land Is utilize that can be cropped from the present water supply, mostly taken from the small streams flowing Jn from the north ahd south. There are about 10 of theee between John IT and Dayvlile. the largest be ing Beach Creek, coming Into the valley front the north Just east of Mount Ver non. It may be remembered by the reader that t drove over the divide as I left Fox Valley to the head of this creek, and then followed It down sev ers! miles, to a point Just below Moun tain Rest, where the south fork of the same creek unites with It. and the stream then flows down about II miles to the river at Mount Vernon. Water Readjustment Needed. And op nearly all of these little streams you will find a ranch or two perhaps more. It depends somewhat on the flow of the stream and somewhat on the width of the valley. But some beautiful places are In sight from the road, and up Beach Creek there are everal good ranches. X say there la mora land to be i . C ' .r - IT" V"? - l e. - .A I t i brought tinder water along the river. 000 horsepower. Aside from this the much rich bottom land and much bench land, but before there Is a much greater development there will have to be a readjustment of water conditions and a united organisation for the construc tion of larger and longer ditches. There are some canals of good construction. In some cases they run through solid rock or high up on the hillsides through a very bad formation for ditching, aave there is little or no seepage. I never saw an Irrigated country where there Is so little wast of water. Aa for flumes, there are practically none. Lumber was too high when the ditch ing was don to resort to flumlng and It was a mighty good thing. Mount Vernon Is a small place: a general store, a postofflce. a blacksmith shop and feed stable, and a house of entertainment good fare, but hardly a hotel. Also a fine school building and three or four dwellings. But it Is a pretty little place, and the country thereabouta rather thickly settled. And as to that portion of the valley I will say a word later. I mentioned something about railway construction down the John Day In one of my former letters, and I will advert to that subject again. From tha head of the John Day Valley. II mile above Prairie City, there Is practically smooth sailing for railway building for a dis tance of practically 40 miles. I do not know how to describe what obstacle the builders would have to overcome. so trifling are they, save a few bridges. I do not believe there would be an ad verse grade In that distance, or a tun nel, or a rock cut worthy the name and a fall of only 20 feet to the mile. Aside from that there would be many stretches of straight track from two to six miles each. Bnt about 49 miles down there Is a rather nasty canyon, rather precipitous nd narrow and mighty crooked. Thla 1 perhaps a mile through. Then a couple of miles farther down la an other. This Is a box canyon, but not more than a quarter of a mil through. and th hill on either side are low. In fact. It look to a maa who knows noth ing about railway building but who ha a general knowledge of altitudes, curves and grades, thai It would not be a difficult matter to clUnb up the hillsides for say six miles above and below these canyons to cross them both by easy grades. , Daraelte Is Chosen. The first real trouble would bo found at a point five mile below here, at the Mascall Oorgs. Near the east em end the canyon I 110 feet wide, and the walls have a perpendicular ascent of more than 400 feet. Thlf point was selected by the reclamation engineers as a damalte. of which more later. The hills on either side of the gorge rise to a height of perhaps 1600 feet, but that Is pure guesswork. They may be .00 feet less than that, or that much more. It is very, difficult to Judge such altitudes. But I will have to connect the two subjects here, to make the proposition clear. I said the Government had se lected and reserved this for a damslte for reclamation purposes. There are. I think, four such reservations on this river. I mentioned on of them. Just below Clarno. In Wheeler County. But thla one I am now talking about 1 th great John Day project we often hear mentioned. Th plana, merely preliminary, I sup pose, call for a dam at the eastern end. such dam to be 700 feet in height. Aside from controlling the water dur ing course of construction this dam could be very cheaply constructed the foundation and piers were pro vided by Nature and the spillways could be through solid rock. Just bow much power could be se- sured by such a dam I am not accur ately Informed, but I have heard It said that a 200-foot dam would provide J60.-, waters, after generating the power, could be utilised down the river to Ir rigate 100,000 acres. This s given as hearsay. This dsm would submerge the valley for a distance above of about 10 miles. It would put the present townslte of Dayvlile 40 feet under water. It would eliminate or destroy at least 25,000 acres of the very choicest of the John Day Valley: consequently It would-be a rather expensive proposition at Its Inception. But Where one acre would be lost, perhaps IS acres would be saved changed from six-bit sage brush land to aa fine garden and or chard land as there la In Oregon. ' Success cenis Certain. I speak of this project as If It might or might not be some day completed, but sine I have looked the matter over, having heard a great deal about It heretofore. I am of the opinion that It will surely be worked out during the next decade. And that brings us back to tha Mascall gorge and the railway proposi tion. To build a line along the John Pay the constructors would have to keep above the limits of tbe reservoir site. I do not believe the Government would allow It to be encroached upon. But that would not materially increase the cost of construction, for the higher ins were lata on the hills the easier It would be to get over th gorge. Hence I do not believe the problem as difficult of solution as many encountered by the Hill people in build ing up the Deschutes. In many ways the situation here la Ideal aa compared with the Deschutes problem, for here ther are no canyon to climb down, no expensive roads to build to get the material on the right of way an open country on all hands. And then ther I a wealth of good materia for ballasting to b had at convenient dis tances. Dayvlile! This I th time of th year when tha office boys grandmothers die off so rapidly and so frequently for th ball season Is open. And the fishing season 1 open, great catches are being made eo why cannot one of my horses get th pip or gout? Well, I reel like trying such a game, for I would dearly love to stop a few days la this fine little burg. I never saw a place that appealed to me more. Such gardens and such orchards I have not seen since I left The "Dalles. I am stopping at the hotel of Mrs. M.. L Munjan. and In the lot adjoining the dining-room there la the finest or chard I have seen In the valley, and I am told It bears a bumper crop very season apples, pears and peachea There are perhaps 75 trees, and - a healthier, sturdier, better headed orchard . I never saw. And. like all of the fruit trees on the river, there are no pests of any. sort wnatever. ana spraying is here ab solutely unthought of. Closo Planting; Is Rale. I would, however, like to say that many of the orchards along tbe river would be nearer described a groves, so close are the trees. In some of them I noted apple trees In rows ten by IS feet. Teaches even closer. With all due respect to the other sections of the Upper John Day Valley, speaking of It from the eastern extrem ity to th Mascall gorge, I believe the section adjacent to Mount Vernon and to Dayvlile are "th cream." And I think, owing to a alightly lower alti tude than the towns above, the cli mate seems softer more than the dif ference In elevation would seem to warrant. I believe the elevation here Is 2S00 feet. John Day, 2000; Prairie City, 2200. But the foliage and herbiage la much more advanced here than above, the gardens In particular being much ahead of those around the upper tow . .... ,j RECURRENCE DANGER SEEN People of Xorth Idaho Are Pleased Wjth Creation of 60,000-Acre Game Reserve, Known as Hevburn Park. v. - 'BI&B. ARNEY. CO EUR D'ALENE CITY. Ida, April a. (Special.) The United States Gov ernment Is now busy with the ordeal of clearing up th burned logs and remov ing them from the vast areas of tim ber land which urrerea rrom iiro our lnr August of last year. Although this was very disastrous to the forests of the Infected section, yet a wise solution of the problem is fast taking on shape through the bureau charge In that the land Is being cleared Just as rapidly as loggers can be se cured: then the burned districts are belnr reforested or thrown out of for est reserves and subjected to home stead entry. The seed used In the re forestatlon of these ideal timbered acres Is all of the hardwood varieties. The clearing of this burned district now tends to assist the demoralised lo calities burned over last Summer, through the money being liberally paid out now by tbe General Government for this logging. More extensive plans than ever be fore devised are being laid by Govern ment and state officers co-operating with private citizens and local officials, to reduce to the minimum the danger of a recurrence of last Summers ter rlble forest fires which cost so much suffering, loss of life and property. Ileyburn Park Popular. The people of the North of Idaho are especially pleased with the crea tion of a 60.000-acre game preserve. known as Hevburn Park. This area. set aside for game purposes. Is located in southern Kootenai County, Chatcalet Lake and station on the O.-W. R. & N. Railroad from Tekoa to Wallace be ing Included In Its boundaries. For this the Government required a pay ment from the state of only 212,000. In Its Inception the plan for this game preserve was originated by A. A. Crane, a prominent attorney and poli tician of Harrison, the next station east of Chatcalet. The Legislature of Idaho at Its late session provided for a commission of three, consisting of the Chief Executive, the Game Warden and a third member, to be named by the Governor, to accept and manage the affairs of this large new preserve. Gov ernor. Hawley named G. C. Pickett, an attorney from Moscow. There Is some considerable disappointment hereabouts that Mr. Crane wag not tendered this place in honor of his fathering of the scheme. Senator Heyburn, for whom the park was named, attended to the details of the passage of the legislation in Congress. . Indian Reserve Opened One Year. It will be a yeaK on May 2. since the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation was thrown open to settlement. At that time one-fifth of the purchase price was paid down. Initially, the second pay ment falling due on or before May 2, 1911. For two weeks past the local District Land Office has been receiving ap proximately $1000 dally from these homesteaders, most of whom are una ble farmers, and busy making the most of their agricultural and horticultural acquirements. The townsltes on the reservation. four In number, were sold later, the sec-. ond payment on them not falling due until August 1, of this year. These lands and townsltes are rapidly increas ing the revenues of the county, Koot enai, and the Infusion of new blood is being felt as a wholesome addition to the channels of local commerce. On November 1, 1909, Kootenai County voted its acceptance of the provisions of th local option law by a majority of 167. The claim was at once put forth by the opponents of the measure that the election was lost to them through apathy on the one hand and overconfidenc on the other. The local option law provides that once accepted it must stand, "Dry" or "Wet" as the result may be, for two years, and that a petition for another vote on the sub ject cannot be' received by the County Commissioners until 90 days prior to the expiration of this two-year period. Xo Deaths by Thirst Reported. While there have been no cases of deaths from' thirst recorded In old Kootenai County since local option ob tained here, the friends of the liquor trafflo are counting the days until August 1, when they can again be gin tha circulation of a petition look ing to a reversal of the Judgment of the people on this much mooted question. It Is believed to be the opinion of the better Judges of political situations here that Kootenai County will reverse Itself on this reformatory subject Just so soon as th law will permit them to vote again. The friends of prohibition urge that there has been less drunkenness in this metropolis of Kootenai County through th oloslng of tha saloons, while the opposition declares It has been equal to previous conditions, but more secretive and insidious, hence more harmful. There Is one evidence of commercial value as a deduction which the "Drys" do not deny, and that Is, it has driven money spenders out of Kootenai and Into Spokane, on the west, and to Wal lace, on the east. Last year the city and the railroads within the city paid to labor approxi mately a quarter of a million dollars. Of thla sum the banking houses here, upon which the checks were Issued, show that SS per cent were cashed in Spokane! Only Sober Men Wanted Every line of buslnera Is closing it doors to "Drinking" men. If you are a drinking man, it may oe your time next. Better stop drlAklng at once. Orrlne, the standard remedy for the liquor habit, will help you. By the aid of Orrlne thousands of men have been restored to Jives of sobriety and Industry- - - We are so sure that Orrlne will benefit you that we eay to, you that It after a trial you fall to get any bene fit from Its use, your money will be refunded. ORRINE is prepared in two forms: No, 1, secret treatment, a powder, abso lutely tasteless and odorless given secretlv in food or drink; ORRINE No. 2. in pill form. Is for those who desire to take voluntary treatment- ORRINE costs only $1 a box. If you are Inter ested In some one who drinks you owe It to yourself to come to our store. and get free booklet and Information. Skldmore Drug Co.. 151 Third street, and 272-374 Morrison str- derful Saving Opportunities t Most Notable Bargains Prevail in Every De partment. Every Article Must Be Disposed of in Next Two Months- We've Priced Stock Accordingly Women's TVTaCkTrAr - 4-- For Spring and and Misses 11 CW VOalS Summer Wear -Are Radically Reduced for Quick Clearance " Interesting assortment and distinctiveness in the styles and materials cleverness in the tailor ing and making this is what women whose coat needs for the Spring and Summer are not yet filled, will find in the following offerings. Just mentioning the prices here: they should induce many to at least inspect them. Black Satin Coats That Were $29.50 to $45, Now Marked at $23.50 to $33.50 1 . Black Taffeta Coats That Were $12.50 to $28, Now Marked $9.95 to $19.75 White Serge Coats That Were $25 to $29.50, Now Marked at $18.75 to $23.50 Pongee Coats That Were $22.50 to $55.00 Now Marked at $14.85 to $39.50 Wool Tailored Coats That Were $12.50 to $35, Now Marked $9.75 to $28.50 Raincoats That Were $8.75 to $29.50, now $6.45 to $14.75. Linen Auto Coats That Were $5 to $25 $2.50 to $18 In CorsetsConvincine; Closing-Out Bargains Two Models in Regular $1.50 Merito Corsets, 98 One model has girdle top and is lace trimmed, with drawstring at top. The skirt is long and has two pairs hose supporters attached. The other is made of good quality coutil, is lace-trimmed and has drawstring. .The bust is of medium height. Three pairs of hose supporters. Sizes 18 and 22. - $7.50 and $8.50 Lily of France Corsets and Madeleine Corsets at $4.69 Ten models to choose from and the materials and boning are all of the best quality. Finished at top with either lace or embroidery. The skirts are long or medium length and fitted with three pairs hose supporters. All sizes. BRASSIERES 69c Regular values up to $1.50. A broken line of the popular B. & J. and De Bevoise Brassieres in very small and large sizes. Some Closing-Out Quotations in Carpets, Rugs and Mattings Wilton Velvet Carpets Sell regularly for $2 yard. In our Closing-Out Sale at $1.50 Body Brussels Carpets Sell regularly for $1.75 and $1.85 yard. In our Closing-Out Sale at $1.25 Yard and $1.35 Yard. Velvet Carpets Sell regularly for $1.50 yard. In our Closing-Out Sale at $1 Yard. Three patterns in these two Oriental and one scroll pattern. . They must be sold with the borders. Velvet Carpets that sell regularly for $1.25 yard, priced in our Closing-Out Sale at 892 Yard. SHARP CUTS IN RUG PRICES $37.50 for $00 Seamless Wilton Rugs in the 9x12 ft. size. $17.75 for $27.50 Axminster Rugs in the 8 ft. 3 in. by 10 ft. 6 in. size. $15.25 for $25 Axminster Rugs in the 8 ft. 3 in. by 10 ft. 6 in. size. . Kysmak Rvigs Resemble the Scotch Rugs are re Tiersjble and exceedingly durable. These prices stamp them as unusual bargains. the 6x9 ft. size reduced from $6-to $4.50. the 9x9 ft. size reduced from $9 to $6.00. the 9 ft. by 10 ft. 6 in. size reduced from $10.50 to $7.90. the 9x12 ft. size reduced from $12 to $9.00. SOME CARPET PRICES Bundhar Wilton Carpets "Durable as Iron. Regularly sold at $2.50 yard. In our Closing-Out Sale at $1.98 Yd. Remnants priced still lower. Hartford Berlin Carpets Plain and mottled effects. Regularly sold at $2 vard. In our Closing-Out Sale at $1.35 Yard. Remnants priced still lower. $49.50 for $65 French Wilton Rugs in the 9x12 f. size. $41.50 for $55 and $60 Hard wick Wilton Rugs in the 9x12 ft. size. $39.50 for $50 Bundhar Wilton Rugs in the 9x12 ft. size. $22.50 for $30 Bundhar Wilton Rugs in the 6x9 ft. size. JS13.50 for $18 Bundhar Wilton Rugs in the j4 ft. 6 in. by 10 ft. 6 in. size. $19.75 for $30 Seamless Axminster Rugs in the 8 ft. 3 in. by 10 ft. 6. in. size. These have plain brown or plain blue centers with shadow borders elegant effects. 75 Rolls of CHINA MATTING Worth 35c Yard, AT $7.80 THE ROLL 40 Yards to the Roll. 100 Rolls of JAPANESE MATTING, Worth 35c and 40c Yard, AT $8.40 THE ROLL 40 Yards to the Roll Everything in the Big Basement Store at Closing-Out Prices Crockery, Cut Glass, Graniteware, Cooking Utensils,' Tinware, Laundry and Kitchen Furnishings, Stoves and Ranges. . All Toys at Half Price. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. aIIh Tull & Gibbs, Inc. I