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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1911)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAN. rORTLAND. JUNE 18. 1911. BIG LOST RIVER DJUIT IS NOW SAFE Defects in Construction Have Been Remedied at Sta'e Expense. MAC KAY IS NOT IN DANGER Itl a ho Bank Examiner Announces Thai InMltutlon Headed by Rar nej CVXell. Which Palled, Ha n F.re- of $18 1,000. FT C. T. ARNFT BOISE. Maho. June IT. One of the sidelights tn the tropaln of last Kali was the offi. Ui conduct of the Brady State Ijin.l Hoard. In the construction of the dam in the canyon above M ksjr for the trace of water to use In th Irritation of the His; l.ist River Carey a' t project. Wr.en the legislature met. Senator Macbeth, of Custer County, the to of M'ckay being It metropolis. Intro dtice.i a Mil providing for an approprl atlon sufficient to cover the cost of adequate spillway in this dam. because, of Its faulty construction. This rotas ure received sturdy opposition throug a charge that the Mackay citliens were unduly exercised over the dam: that th valves then provided would pass all th water that would ever accumulate and that such expense would be uselesa I no water would ever pass over the ne spillway. If constructed. The opposition, however, only rldl ruled the Idea for political purposes. W hen the real test was made, they lit thortied the appropriation and tha State Engineer supervised the new con structlon. I-ant Monday JOOO cubic feet of wate per second, or quite double the total carrying capacity of the valves, wa passing through the newly-constructed spillway provided as a result of wide published charges, culminating In proo of Inefficient plans of construction. Disaster Is .rrtd. Disastrous results have probably been averted by this precaution In ad ried construction, for should the Mac kar dam give way. as the expert en gineers have predicted It would If al lowed to nit with water above the 6 foot level, there would certainly be loss of property and probably of Ufa In Mackay. situated at the mouth of the canyon, three miles below. Such changes In the dam as are necessary to make certain the comple tion of the watering the land of the project to the maximum, are being studied and after the recession of th waters work on this will begin with vigor. In manner tu protect not only life and property, but the Investor In these lands as well. The Incident has furnished a concrete Illustration of the speed made by the people In replacing officers negligent of duty by those who are Inclined to minister the affairs of state with xeal and probity. Telephones May Merge. There Is a smart undercurrent of ap - prehension as to the result of the pro posed merger of the Independent and the Hocky Mountain Bell Telephone Companies In Idaho. For this purpose, Waldrmar Van Cott. a Salt Lake attor ney. Is In Boise, with Clarence McCoon Irk. holder of the escrow papers, to gether with a detail of expert account tants. going over the situation that a legal organisation of these two public service) properties may be merged Into one an. I occupy the telephone field alone and ex Instvely. Attorneys :n ttolse are especially anxious to see what form of transfer will be made by Attorney Van Cott. which will aot be open to lesal attack. politically, this consolidation will furnisi fuel for the flame which t.. advocates of a public service commts sin aitre to fan Into a flame at the next genera! election In 1912. Among tie ci'.ief advocat'-s of aoi'h legislation Is State Senator Potts, of Coeur d'Alene City, who represented Kootenai Coun ty In the 11th session. Caldwell and Nerrtpa. the two princi pal towns In Canyon County, eight miles apart, and always noted for sharp rivalry on all puollc questions, are be ing brought toaettier through commer ctal aenctes. Kach town Is connected with Holse by rival Interurban lines The movement, calculated to unite them In friendly relations. Is a proposed In terurban line of road to connect the two cities and close up the gap. unit InR them with Bolso by an electric line. The Commercial Clubs of the re spectlve cities met last Wednesday evening- for this purpose at a Jarre srhoolhouse celled Midway, located half wav bet ween Xampa and Caldwell. Kased on the ra- t mat Idaho made a :.ooo appropriation while I'tah appro priated but l:00t last YVIn'er to aid the geological survey tn carrying on Its co-operative work In surveys In the fireat Basin district. State Engineer Robinson, of this state, applied to the director of the Geological Survey at Washington for the removal of the headquarters from Salt lake to Boise. Last week the director denied this request and so notified Senator Sutherland, of I tan: hen'-e the base of operations for this Investigating work will remain for the present In I'tah's rapltaL In his refusal to make the change, the director admitted the, force of the presentation by Idaho's engineer that Boise was nearer the center of gravity of the work, concluding his refusal In this statement: 'Salt Lake has a decided advantage as a railroad renter and the survey office there la well established and convenient, not only for the adminis tration of the etream-K'auclng work, hut also the rights of way and other investigative work on the public lands.- Bank Has Sufficient funds. Two Items of news In commercial circles come from Wal)ae this week, affecting men well known In political circles at the state capital. One is the statement of the Idaho B.ink Examiner that: "Insofar aa I have been able to ex amine Into the assets of the State Bank of Commerce. It Is my opinion that they are more than sufficient to iav all the outstanding obligations." This statement refers to the col Ispsed banking Institution of Barney F. O'Neill, former State Senator. Na tional committeeman and state chair man. The details given out by Ex aminer riatt places the assets of the institution at approximately I III. 000 more than the liabilities. The other statement from the great mining center of Idaho, Wallace, tells of the purchase of th Wallace Na tional Bar.k and Its Increase in capi tal stock from f 50.000 to S 100.000 The president and rice-president of the bank, elected as a result c.f the change, are Harry L. Pay and Ramsey M. Walker. Marry I 'ay was a delegate to the last Democratic National con vention from Idaho and has been ard la a prominent factor in the politics of Ms party In Idaho. Ramsey Walker was for II tears a merchant In Hen- drick. a farming; town In Latah County, during all of which time he was a prominent figure at each state con vention of bis party. While always refusing political of fice, himself, he was such a factor aa to wield wide Influence among as many people who made up the person nel of these conventions as any other man In the Democratic party of Idaho. Three years ago he moved to North Yakima and engaged In the hardware business and this Wallace reorganisa tion again fastens him to Idaho, where he has plenty of friends. .Many 1'lties .re Cleaned. Idaho towns from one end to the other are receiving visits from the of ficers of the state pure food depart ment, which are of more than passing Interest to the people. Coeur d'Alene City. Pocatello. Glens Ferry and Hal ler were treated recently to "clean up orders from the Inspector and his two deputies and In Si per cent of the cases of arrest, the accused have entered pleas of guilty. Atoned to the offended law by the payment of flnea ranging from 15 to 125. For the most part, these late arrests have been of proprietors of eating- IIKRMKTO (ilRL ATTAIXS HIGHEST GRADE: IX 1'THA Tll.l.a. 0.11.. I".--' . .' .-. . ..J- ;. ; wV V-i - , . , a'- - h - '.;... . ,- . . - v v X f t;r-y X I.-.- i ' -w- .'" ' x ' t X yymyTA iff il Mlse Ifelea Sklaaer. HERMISTON. Or.. June 17. (SpeclaL) Hermlston feels proud of her schools and her pupils since the examinations this year. At the April school examinations In this county only 30 per cent of the eighth grade pupils passed, hut In this number was Miss Helen skinner, who had the high est grades of any student In Uma tilla County. At the June examinations, just held, Ilermlston. In addition to graduating every pupil who took the examination, again took the honors for the county, when Miss Matilda Call beck received a grade of i I-i per cent. houses. Hotels and restaurants have been closed right and left In all these towns and the kitchen help given ade quate time to clean out their filth be fore again opening their doors to feed hungry public. Attention has not been given alone to hotels and chop-houses. All eating houses have been put on the gridiron. Sheriffs, because of the unsanitary ' conditions of cotinty Jails, and. in one nstance. a Chief of I'nllce. because of the maintenance of a bad-smelling back yard, have leen called to time. This line of work Is entirely worth while and It ,1s a good omen that enouch Is being done In this direction to insure a more healthy order of things through state supervision. CULTIST REVISES DEFENSE filrls Ready to Appear Against "Absolute Life" Exponent. CHICAGO. June 17. Counsel for Eve lyn Arthur See. founder of the "absolute life" cult, now- on trial, charged with abduction, today began a hurried effort I to revise their plans for the defense of ' their client. Both Mildred Bridges and Mora Rees. ' he two girls taken In the police raid of See's home, and who were named by See as two of the chief disciples of his cult, spent this morning with Ms at torneys preparing for the examination they will undergo on the witness stand next week. Following the opening address of As sistant State's Attorney Burnham. In which the plans for the prosecution were exposed, counsel for the defense were granted a postponement until Mon day In which to arrange their defense. GAME BIRD GIFT REFUSED AudubonMs Will Center on Protec tion of Songsters. NEW YORK. June 17. The gift of 115.000 offered by various gun and pow. der makers to the National Association of Audubon Societies, to be used by the organization for game protection has been rejected. Consideration of the proposition, which had been favorably received at a previous meeting, was taken by the directors. Official expla nation was that the Audubon Society was organized primarily for the pro. tectlon of song birds. IV the accept ance of so large a sum to be applied exclusively to the protection of game birds "the real work of the society would be forced to take an Inferior place." EXPERT PIANO WORKMEN While the family Is away for the Summer, let us fix up those mars and scratches on the piano. Let us put he piano In thorough tune. Let us whiten the ivories, or do anything that may be necessary to put your piano In horoughly satisfactory condition. Tele phone or call at Filers Music House. now at Seventh and Alder. C tRD OF TIIA.XK. We wish to thank our mn-r friends for their tender sympathy and kindness shown us during the. Illness and death of our loving father,' John Mera-en. . FAMILY. l(ediiiillEim This sale, like EVERY sale inaugurated by this store, is GENUINE. Prices quoted are the prices at which these goods have been regularly sold. The reductions are real unlike the EXAGGERATED'VALUES" quoted by many department stores. Unlike them also in the goods not having been purchased SPECIALLY for SALES. This is a rare opportunity that will appeal to all economical mothers. Sal V, Qdk In the Eeim Ssllibg Sftoir as We Boys9 auradl Gfah' WewTM as in All the Moyew Scores . silt Real Boys' Wash Suits, Sailor and Russian Styles (Sizes iy2 to 10 Years.) Every Boy's Suit in the house is marked down. Our stock was clean at the opening of the season, and all we now have is fresh, new, clean stock absolutel different from the sale goods of other stores. 'Boys' $1.50 Wash Suits, now. Boys' $2.00 Wash Suits, now. Boys' $2.50 Wash Suits, now. Boys' $3.00 Wash Suits, now. Boys' $3.50 Wash Suits, now. Boys' $4.00 Wash Suits, now. Bovs' $5.00 Wash Suits, now. Boys' $6.00 Wash Suits, now;.3.98 On the Third Floor. ...9S .$1.35 .$1.65 .S1.9S .$2.35 $2.65 .$3.25 Boys' Waists Even- Boys' Waist in the House Marked Down. 50c Waists, down to 33 75e Waists, down to 58? $1.00 Waists, down to 73 $1.50 Waists down to.! $1.15 $2.00 Waists, down to $1.35 On the Second Floor. T7 Boys' Knickerbocker Suits Every Boy's Knickerbocker Suit in the House Marked Down. Boys' $ 5.00 Knickerbocker Suits $ 3.95 Boys' $ 6.00 Knickerbocker Suits $ 4.50 Boys' $ 7.50 Knickerbocker Suits $ 5.35 Boys' $ 8.50 Knickerbocker Suits $ 6.35 Boys' $10.00 Knickerbocker Suits $ 7.50 Boys' $12.50 Knickerbocker Suits $ 9.85 Bovs' $15.00 Knickerbocker Suits $11.25 Boys' $18.00 Knickerbocker Suits $13.50 Bo3's' $20.00 Knickerbocker Suits $15.00 On the Second Floor. Boys' Underwear Every Piece of Boy's Underwear in the House Marked Down. Boys' Porous Knit Underwear 19 Boys' 50c Underwear 33 Bovs' 75e Underwear 58r Boys' $1.00 Underwear 73 Boys' $1.50 Underwear $1.15 On the Second Floor. EXTRA SPECIAL 100 Boys' Knicker Suits, sizes 11 to 16, regular $5.00 Suits, 650 SA SPECIAL at p&.JJ BOYS STOCKINGS Boys ' 25c Hose . . . 19 Boys ' 50c Hose . . . 39 On the Second Floor. Girls' Tub Dresses (Everj' Girl's Tub Dress in the House Marked Down.) Ages 4 to 14. $1.50 Girls' Tub Dresses, now 75 $2.00 Girls' Tub Dresses, now 9S $2.50 Girls' Tub Dresses, now $1.35 $3.00 Girls' Tub Dresses, now $1.65 $3.50 Girls' Tub Dresses, now $1.95 $4.00 Girls' Tub Dresses, now $2.25 $5.00 Girls' Tub Dresses, now $2.75 On the Third Floor. Girls' Stockings Girls' 25c Stockings, now 19 Girls' 50c Stockings, now 39 On the Third Floor. Misses' Suits We place on sale as a special attrac tion, 30 Misses' Suit's, sizes. 14 to ltf, at HALF PRICE $25 Misses' Suits, $30 Misses' Suits, $35 Misses' Suits, now $12.50 now. . . . .$15.00 . $17.50 now On the Third Floor. RIFT J D)J CiJ LEADING CLOTHE ait Fwfcla EE OIAZ IS REPROACHFUL KX-PRESirET FINDS REPUB LICS ARE I'NGR ATEFI'Ij. People Soon Forgot Merits or Ad ministration, Says Statement I -sued In Spain. CORUNNA. Spain. June 17. Phys ically enfeebled and slrk at hrart. Gen eral Diss has yielded to an Impulse to self-defense. In a formal statement he justified his administration as Presi dent of Mexico and reproached his countrymen for what he described as their inirratitude. "General Diss, when he assumed power, had to deal with condition? requlrlns energy, but afterward the nation ripened -and was more able to direct Itself constitutionally. General Diax" later policies were Interpreted by his adversaries as a sign of weak ness. After consultation .with members of his party, the following statement was given to the Frabra. Agenda, the official press assoclstion of Spain: "General Dias is saddened by the re cent events in Mexico and the ingrati tude of his countrymen. "He voluntarily sacrificed his am bition in the hope of obtaining tran quillity for the nation, foreseeing that If he continued to defend his cause, he might afford a protext for Inter vention. "General Diax. confident of the good sense of the people, thought that the agitation would disappear, but the peo ple, easily forgetting the merits of the D4ax administration, allowed them selves to be dragged Into a revolu tionary movement." General Dlai said at Vigo that when he left Mexico, the treasury re serve totaled about $31,000,000, which he believed would now be squandered hy the revolutionists. In conclusion. General Diax Insisted that the United States Government was in no way ro sponsible for his resignation. CHEMIST STOPS RUNAWAY Ammonia Compound Checks Ani mal; Antidote Quickly Given. YONKEFV?. N. Y., June 17. Profes sor Charles Edgar Beake. of Syracuse University, turned his knowledge of chemistry to practical account in an unusual fashion here last night. He was walking on Jerome boulevard when he saw a runaway horse ap proaching. Two screaming children were in peril in the cart which the horse dragged along. The professor happened to have in his pocket a package of an ammonia compound with which he had been experimenting. He threw a handful in the horse's eyes as It came opposite him and the blind ed animal stopped as if shot. Then, while a bystander held the horse, he stepped to a hydrant and prepared a solution of another chem ical. With this he washed the ammo nia from the horse's eyes In time to save Its sight. Aberdeen Laborer Killed by Fall. ABERDEEX, Wash., June 17. Wil liam .Wyatt, a laborer In the employ of the city, was killed today while work ing on the old bridge across the Wish kah River, when a heavy timber, which fellow-workmen dropped on his head, plunged him Into the river. In falling Wyatt hit a log boom and received severe internal injuries. He was at work underneath the bridge and fel low-workmen there. did not know he was Pasture wanted. T 773, Oregonian.' STOPS Toothache Instantly, cavity or no cavity. Preventa decay. Saves dentists bills. Dent's Toothache Gum All Druggiits 15c