THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1905. Tfl WATER DRY LAND Eleven Oregon Projects Under Consideration, 90,000 ACRES IN MALHEUR Epitomized Reports of Engineers' Ex aminations' to Determine What thc'Governmeht Ought Do. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 4. Eleven different Irrigation projects in the State of Oregon are at present under examination by engineers of the reclamation service, to determine their feasibility and practicability. Every effort is being made to select the most promising project, and to get to work. "Were it not for legal complications, the Malheur project, which has been found en tirely feasible from an engineering stand point, "would today be under contract. But obstacles which have arisen have com pelled the engineers to look elsewhere, end unless the pending obstacles are re moved this project may have to give way to some other, not bow so highly TOgarded. A great deal in the way of field exam ination tv ay accomplished during the past Summer by the field engineers. Mr. John T. Whistler, In charge of examinations in Oregon, has submitted bis report to tho Geological Survey, showing progress on all projects except Klamath River, which does not come under hiB jurisdiction. This report will be published within a few days Malheur Project. Mr. Whistler gives first attention to the Malhour project, which he says contem plates the irrigation or about 90,000 acres of bench and bottom lands by storage in l-Iarper reservoir and by diversion at the mouth of, .Malheur Canyon directly . onto the western extremity of irrigable lands This district if, located at from 2150 to 2350 feet above sea level. It was at first sup posed that only 75.000 acres could be re claimed under this project. Subsequent study however, shows that by construct ing a dam 360 to 170 feet high, and utiliz ing the full capacity of Harper reservoir, 90,000 acres could be irrigated. There ap pears to be an abundance of water to ir rigate this area. As improved and lrri gated, lands in these valleys now sell for NO to 5100 per acre. About ?5 per cent of the land falling under this project is pat onted, nearly 25 per cent being wagon road lands. Willow Creek Project. The lower 20 miles of Willow Creek Val ley contain 20,000 to 10,000 acres of excel lent land, which is at present unim proved for lack of water, and which Is largely unpatented. The north side canal under the Malheur project would cover a part of the lower end. The remainder of tne valley can be reclaimed by storing the flood waters of Willow Creek. The land Is similar to that of the Mai heur project, and it-is believed that it can stand a charge of $30 per acre. There is probably considerable more land than can be irrigated with the water supply avail able. Not less than 10,000 acres of excellent bench laud under this project is unpat ented. Probably an equal amount of bot tom land is patented, but Is in. great need of additional water supply during the lat ter half of reason. Owyhee Project. It would perhaps be practicable to irri gate in.000 acres of land to the north of Owyhee River, and lying along Snake River, from the Owyhee, if storage were provided. It might also prove practicable to Irrigate an equal or greater amount of land on the south side, and along Snake River, partly in Oregon and partly in Idaho. Several excellent reservoir sites exist on the upper Owyhee, but the river for the most part flows through a canyon from 200 to 100 feet deep, and no. practi cable diversion can be made to cover any large body of land on cither slQe, except at great and probably prohibitive expense. The lauds on the north side of the river can all be covered by water under the Malheur project. There Is at present a ditch diverting water from the mouth of Owyhee canyon, irrigating 5000 to 6000 acres somewhat unsatisfactorily in ordi nary years. This is about the limit of urea possible to irrigato well without storage. Surveys are being continued from the Malhuer project across to ,thp' south side of Owyhee River, and including all the area below the highest practicable di version point oji Ihe river. A very small portion of the area which can be Irrigated from Owyhee River is unpatented. It would not-exceed 20 per cent. Much of the land on the north side of the river has been subscribed to the -Malheur Water Users -Association. Umatilla Project. The Irrigable lands under this project lie west of Umatilla River and south of and bordering on Columbia River. The elevation of- these lands above sea level is from 300 to 700 feet. x The project contemplates the use of flood waters from Umatilla River by stor age, supplemented by any additional sup ply which can bo obtained "by diverting the fiood waters of Willow Creek, or any of the tributaries of John Day River. Probably not less than 150,000 acres of land is available In this region if the water supply can by any means be in creased so as to cover it. The growing reasons arc long and the Winters short and usually mild. Four crops of alfalfa can be raised. In Butter Creek bottoms, with one flood irrigation, three crops of alfalfa are grown, yielding five to eight tons per acre for the season. With these conditions it was felt the land could stand a possible charge of $35 per acre. Of the total area of Irrigable land under consideration, two-thirds, at least, is un patented, and the major portion of pat ented land is Northern Pacific Railroad grant land. Last year work was started sinking test pita over reservoir ite. embankment line and feed canal line, xvith a view to author izing early construction. The test pits In the reservoir site disclosed the fact that a not inconsiderable area or the lower part of the reservoir site and embankment line was underlaid by beds of coarse gray sand from 5 to 60 and more feet in thick ness. For this reason the board of con sulting engineers, after a careful examina tion., concluded that the reservoir site whs Impracticable and suggested search for others. Another site similar to and immediately north of the one condemned by the board haw been located, and examinations are now being made to determine its practi cability. Examinations have also been made to determine if there are any poFslble means of diverting water from John Day River over the divide onto these lands. This examination has so far been entirely with out success. Harney Project. The Harney project contemplates the ir rigation of lands In Harney Valley. 150 mllos south and west from the mouth of Malheur River. It is nearly a round val ley of approximately 700 square miles area. " Silvics River empties into this val ley and carries-a great dea? of water. Tbp year's rocprd shows that suiticient water could have been stored In SUvies rostrvolr to Irrigate perhaps 60.000 acres if no required for irrigation under pres ent uses. With the present practice of flooding "wild jhayJands, using Irom two to five times the amount of water actually required If properly distributed, it is doubtful If in seasons- of ordinary run-oft there is more than sufficient water to satisfy present demands. Emigrant Creek alone, during the one year of which there is a record, furnished probably ample water for all the lands now culti- ated, even under the present extravagant methods of irrigation. An excellent res ervoir site exists In SHvles valley, about 20 miles north of Harney Valley. There remains but about 60.000 acres of unpatented land In Harney Valley. This has been selected by the state under the Carey act. for the Harney Valley Im provement company. After a preliminary examination in April, 1903, topographic Survey? of SUvies reservoir site and a large portion of the. irrigable lands in Harney alley were rec ommended. These mtrvey.: were com pleted In November, 1003. Early In June, 1S04, a board of consulting engineers went over the ground in the field, and after a careful consldf ration of the project, rec- ommended that it be abandoned, owing to probable insufficient water supply during ordinary seasons to patisfy the require ments of the project apd present uses. Silver Creel? Project. Little information of value has yot been obtained as to the water supply available of Sliver Creek. There Is a great fluctu ation In the flow of this stream, and it is roughly estimated that from 20.000 to 40,- 000 acres could be Irrigated. The Irrigable land lies about and principally above Riley. In Silver Creek Valley. A good reservoir site exists in townsnip south, range 26 east, below which ror about three miles the creek runs through a comparatively narrow canyon The val ley then widens out and contains, De tween that point and Riley, perhaps 15.0OJ acres of bench and bottom lands, which could be covered by a diversion at the mouth ot the canyon. The land lies at an elevation of between 4200 and 4 reet above sea level. The sail appears to be very fertile, and the climate is similar to that of Harney Valley, though tho bench lands are said to bo practically free from mid-Summer frosts. It is believed that, owing to tho short season and long distance from rail road, the land could not be charged more than SZtTper acre for best water supply. Probably not to exceed 20 per cent ot lands which would come under this project aro at present improved, and these lands grow only a light crop of wild hay. owing to the run-off, of 'the creek occurring so early in the season and leaving little or no water by July 1. About ono-tniru. however, of the land is patented through a military road grant. Chewaucan Project. The lands for the Chewaucan project lie generally north and east of Paisley and Chewaucan marsh. In the south-central part of the state. Their elevation above sea level is approximately 4500 feet. Chewaucan River empties its entire vol ume of water through a narrow canyon Into Chewaucan Marsh. This marsh i3 now owned almost entirely by the Che- j waucan Land &. Cattle Company, and ; at a considerable expense channels are being cut around and through the marsh to carry off the flood waters and so re claim large areas of the marsh land. Chewaucan River empties into this marsh much as It would Into a lake, and It is a remarkable fact that there is no nat ural channel or slough In the entire marsh. From the marsh' the water emp ties into Abcrt Lake, a body of water without an outlet, and having an area of between 80 and 10 square miles. Its prin cipal source of supply for evaporation Is from waste waters of Chewaucan River. The lands to the east and north of Chewaucan Marsh arc very fertile, ani, for this altitude are unusually free from frosts. The area of irrigable land which can be covered by a gravity system is about 33.(00 acres. There was apparently at one time a broad channel from Summer Lake to Chewaucan Marsh and Abert Lake basin. By crossing this with a long pipe line it will be possible to cover 40,000 acres of land additional. The state has applied1 for the with drawal of about 14.000 acres of the former land under the Carey act. If this Is al lowed, it will probably provo impractica ble to undertake the project for the re mainder. Owing to the high elevation, late frosts frequently occur In the bottom lands and prevent the general cultivation of such vegetables as tomatoes and potatoes. Along the foothills, however, in the more protected places, all the fruits and prod ucts of the ordinary garden aro grown. Two crops of alfalfa are now successful ly raised. It is not believed that these lands, re mote as they are from railroads, could at present stand a charge for even a stor age supply of more than $20 per acre. Surveys have been made during tho past season of two reservoir sites in Up per Chewaucan Valley, one of which, with a 100-foot dam. will store 130,000 acre-feet., and the other of which, with a dam at same height, will store K.CO0 acre-feet. Preliminary lines were also run from a diversion point at the lower end of the canyon to determine the amount of land which could be covered. Ana River Project. This project lies northwest of Chewau can and north of Summer Lake, at an elevation of xabout 4500 feet above sea level. On the west side of Summer Lako j fruit and garden produce of all kinds aTe grown In abundance. The climate ; for land which could be irrigated from Ana River should not be unllko it, ex cept that It would be more subject to winds. The soil in places is very alkaline, and much of it Is covered with sand With water at this tempera- dunes. ture running the entire season, it is . ... ,,,, ,, . . believed that all alkali can- easily bo taken ,care of. and that a sufficient amount of level land can be found to at least justify further Investigation. It is believed that for tnls, water supply the land will easily stand a charge of 520 per acre. The lands un'der this project are practically all unpatented. Silver Lake Project. The lands for this project lie north of Silver Lake, in Lake County, and are what Is locally known as the Low Desert, or Sliver Lake Desert. There havo also been included lands west of Silver Lake. The lands of Silver Lake Desert are s, little lower than Silver Lake, which discharges a greater or less amount of water in different years toward Thorn Lake. There is said to be a reservoir site on Upper Silver Creek, from which lands west of Silver Creek may bo lrr rlgated. The general elevation of this region is about "OO feet above sea level. Not even an approximate estimate of the area possible to Irrigate or of the cost can be made until measurements of the discharge of the streams empty ing into Pauline Marsh have been made. The climate In this region Is more severe than In the Summer Lake and Chewaucan regions. Frosts occur every month in the year, and the snow is said to drift a 'great deal in Winter. It is not probable that the land, re mote as It Is from railroads and with such a climate, could stand a charge for "water of more than 513 per acre. Practically all of the land of Silver Lako Desert is unpatented. Of that west of Silver Lake probably half is patented. Odell and Crescent Lakes Project. This project contemplates the stor age ot the flood waters of Odell and Crescent Lakes and of the East Fork of Deschutes River, and their diver sion across the Walker Mountains onto the Silver Lake Desert, as described under the Silver Lake project. No record of -the discharge of Mho two lakes or of tho stream was avail able, and estimates of the water sup ply are from miscellaneous measure ments made this season. From those it 'was- 'estimated. ..that i.400,000...acre-feet of water might be obtained. Since the canal line would requlro to be from 70 to 80 miles long and through a porous, pumiceoun soil, it Is possible not over 25 per cent of this could "be -counted upon to reach the land. Assuming lVj acre-feet sufficient for each acre, 65,000 acres could be Irrigated. As this project may prove of value in later years with railroads through the interior, gagings will be continued to determine the actual water supply available. If It could be shown that the loss of water in the lone canal by seepage and evaporation would be less than 50 per cent, . the project might become possible. It certainly would with a railroad. Into this section to raise the Value of irrigated land. As further consideration of this proj ect Is not rccommeuded. no withdrawal ofands has been requested. OBJECT TO CONTROL. Rebels . In Santo Domingo Threaten American. NEW YORK, Veb. 10. -Rear-Admiral Slgsbee, commanding the Caribbean squadron, has notified the Dominican authorities, cables the Puerto Plata (Santo Domingo) correspondent of the Herald, that If any harm Is done to Lieutenant-Commander Lelpsr. the cruiser Detroit's executive officer, who is in Crtsti. they will held responsible for I the consequences. Ho landed alone, with- out -arms, and some persons threatened him. The authorities in Monte Cristl are IN TOMORROW'S OREGON IAN PINAL ADVENTURES OP SHERLOCK HOLMES. First of a series of 33 stories, each complete in itself, from the pen of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle the best detective stories ever written. In "The Mystery of the Empty House," Sherlock Holmes, who was supposed to be dead, returns to London and there follows a story of adventure equal to his best. No one who reads it is going lo be disappointed. HINTS FOR THE HOME DRESSMAKER. A new feature for the woman's page by an expert, giving prac tical instruction as to making clothes at home. 'illustrated with cuts and diagrams that cannot be mistaken. OUR NEW PROTECTORATE, SANTO DOMINGO. Interesting facts concerning the little mulatto republic now "in hock" that Uncle Sam will try to redeem. NEW FIND OF PRECIOUS METAL IN NEVADA. Stampede to the sagebrush town of Goldfield, which already num bers S000 people. Enthusiasts believe that enough ore is in sight to require 30 years to clean up. MANLY VIGOR POSSIBLE IN OLD AGE. A practical physician the man who attended .lames G. Blaine in an interview points out a way to prolong the attributes of 3'outh. Common sense is the guide. FORTUNES IN JEWELS AT THE OPERA. A- Now York correspondent tells of $15,000,000 worth of jewels worn by women in metropolitan opera-house audiences, with portraits of wearers. ANENT ST. VALENTINE'S DAY. An article on novelties in Portland shops: a sympathetic story of a schoolgirl whom the saint narrowly missed; a newspaper office romance, "A Valentine by Chance)" and several good things on the children's page. ALL THE NEWS AND CUSTOMARY DEPARTMENTS. said to pretend that they have received no Instructions from the Dominican gov ernment to hand over the direction of the custom-house. The telegraph wires are being cut. Merchandise landed from the steamer Seminole, from New York, has been placed in bond. As the Dominican au thorities decline to permit Lieutenant Commander Lelper to dispatch it to Its destination. Rear-Admiral Slgsbee also re fused to let the Dominican collector act. The people are threatening to take the goods by force. The cruiser Newark kept a searchlight on the custom-house Wednesday night and had boats ready to land blue jackets in case of trouble. Many persons of unimportant standing In Monte Cristl have signed a protest against the protocol, but generally speak ing. It Is accepted by the rest of the country as being the best arrangement for the settlement of the claims and debts. WORK OF THE OFFICE-SEEKER Judge Abbott Explains Source of Trouble at Monte Crlsti. NEW YORK. Feb. lO.-Judgo John T. Abbott, iinanclal agent of the United States.vwho Is stationed at Puerto Plata, in charge of the collection of customs at that port, has Just returned to New York from Santo Domingo. He was much sur prised over news ot the report of the hostile demonstration against the United States naval officer In chargo at the Monte Crlsti custom-house. "There arc," he said, "some disaffected persons who by this arrangement have lost their political Jobs. I can say for I am thoroughly conversant with tho af fairs of the entire country that it Is ! .IvJIL ?f; ...,,. j ,, ,.,,i ru or would foment trouble. The situation . r, 0-1 ., ,,.n.- - ,.n,. it Is -under the authority of President Morales, but there is a strong rcvolu- , llonary 'party there, and actually the city does about as It pleases. We call it the 'Independent Republic' down there, but of course that implies much more than the facts warrant. Nevertheless, the In dependence of Monte Cristl Is so near a fact that Admiral Slgsbee and Command er Dillingham were negotiating separate ly with Monte Cristl for the adoption of the protocol which, under the agreement with the Morales government, was nom inally binding upon the entire island. When 1 left the Newark. Admiral Slgs bee's flagship was at Monte Crlsti." LEIPER HOLDS CUSTOM-HOUSE Official Report Says Dominican Read ers Oppose American Control. WASHINGTON. Fco. 10. Durlns tho day cablegrams were received at both the State ahd Navy Departments from Santo Domingo. The text of these was Withheld from publication, but it was stated they permitted the understand ing that Lieutenant-Commander Lelp er. from the Detroit, had established himself as Collector of Customs at Monte Crlsti. .There was no report of threatened disturbance, though an in timation was conveyed In the cable grams that some of the Dominican leaders in opposition to Morales' ad ministration do not view with satis faction the action by the American Natal commander in establishing him self at Monte Cristi. Disregard Chief's Orders. Two women were found in the Badger saloon and lour In the Cosmopolitan saloon, both "combination" establish ments, last night by Patrolmen Baty and Burke. This Is In direct violation of the orders of Chief of Police Hunt recently issued, In which he forbade women to sell drinks in those places, According to the report of the officers the six women were selling liquor to men on the ground floors at both places. Arrests wll probably be made today. Pneumonia and Grip Follow the Snow. LAXATIVE Pneumonia and and look for the BROMO QUININE prevents j to curb It to the extent of granting re SSutu'rt off.W.eG"fcSe! 1M to Philllplne Islands by.encourag- LION IN THE PATH Sugar Trust Prevents Justice to Philippines. BEET-SUGAR MEN THE DECOY Trust Absorbed All Reduction o Cuban Sugar Due to Reciprocity, but Can't Control Philippines President May Interfere. OREGOXIAX NFWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Feb. 10. Secretary Taft continues to drivo homo sledgehammer blows In favor of free trade between the Philip pine Islands and the United States, and especially does he urge the allowance of the freo admission of Philippine products to the ports of this country. He appears to appealing to deaf ears, however, for Congress pays no attention to what he has to say. The sugar Interests are still very strong, and aro doing all thoypos- 4 slbly can to prevent the reduction -of the duty on sugar coming from the Philip pine lBianas into the United States. They are joined oy the tobacco Interests. Strange to say, beet susar is hrouirht iorwara m this case, as It was when the attempt was first made to secure reel proclty with Cuba, as the Interest that would bo sacrificed In case Phlllnnlne sugar snouid bo admitted free. It is well-remembered fact that the opposition 10 tuDan reciprocity came from the beet outiir interests, but when it became known that many of those Interests were controlled by the sugar trust, the oddosI- uon melted away. Now the Ueet-suear interests are being put forward again, and 01 course it Is known that It Is the sugar trust tnat is behind the opposition to tho admission of Philippine sugar on an equality with that which comes from Ha waii, or even to any. reduction of the duty on sugar. The same beet-sugar reDre sentatlves and the same Louisiana Inter ests that joined hands to oppose Cuban reciprocity aro Joined together In the on position to tho Philippines being placed upon equality with other possessions of the United States. Trust Gets All the reduction. This opposition Is made in spite of the fact that sugar has now reached a higher price than In many years. In spite of the 20 per cent reduction that was granted to Cuba, neither the consumer nor the Cuban planter ever received any benefit. It has developed, as was then claimed, that the sugar trust controlled the output Cuba by owning either the sugar lands or by an arrangement with the owners of sugar lands, so that It could control the price. It was alleged at the time, and has since been proven, so far as anything of that kind can be proven, that the to bacco trust controlled the output of Cuban tobacco. Consequently the 20 per cent reduction on Cuban tobacco has been of no benefit to the actual grower of to bacco In Cuba, nor has the consumer of Cuban tobacco or any kind of tobacco In this country benefited by the reciprocal agreement. Trust Can't Control Philippines. But In the Phllllplnes there are 63,000.000 acres of land capable of being placed under cultivation and growing augar. It will be impossible, under the present laws governing the disposal of Philllplne lands, for the sugar trust or any other one com pany to secure control of the Philllplne lands. It would be possible for farmers and those who sec the profits In sugar growing to develop the Philllplne lands and grow sugar which would find a market 'in the United States, if there was free trade between the islands and this country. This . development of the sugar lands of the Philllplne Islands would come about Hi such a way as to prevent the trust from controlling the output, artd that Is the reason there is such violent opposition to admitting the products of the Philllplne Islands upon equal terms with those of other posses sions of this country. Roosevelt May Force Redress. Of course nothing can be done at this session of Congress, but if President Roosevelt gets the Idea firmly fixed In his mind that the sugar trust or any other trust is holding up legislation which ought to be passed for the benefit of the Philllplne Islands, and for the benefit of the great body of the American people, he will bring it before Congress In such a way that some action will be taken. It remains for one man. and that one man Presidency Roosevelt, to smash the most offensive and gigantic trust, or at least Ing industry there, and also by promising a reduction of price on one of the neces sities of life consumed by the American people. HIGH PRAISE FOR MR. MILLER Secretary Hay Recommends Him to President for Promotion. OREG ONI AX NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Feb. 10. The President within a few days will send to the Senate the nom ination of Henry B. Miller, of Grant's Pass, tobo Consul-General at one of the most Important posts In the Orient. Sec- I rotary Hay today took tho matter up Ith the President and strongly urged Miller's promotion. "I want to say." said the Secretary, to the President, "that Mr. Miller, as Con sul-General at Nlu Chwang, has earned promotion. He was an experiment that turned out successfully. He had had no experience In diplomatic work when we sent him to Xlu Chwang. but he has been equal to every occasion, and many times has handled difficult problems. He dis played rare ability and was strong and courageous under the most trying circum stances. Mr. Miller has developed Into one of the best officers Iff the consular service. He deserves promotion, and 1 heartily" commend hlra to your favorable consideration." Secretary Hay is not lavish with praise, ao this tribute to Miller was doubly Im portant. Miller will not go to Shanghai, which place has practically been tilled, but will receive appointment almost as Important. It Is probably Kobe, Japan. Auto Hits President's Carriage. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. As one of the President's carriages was being driven from the White House to the stables today an automobile cut across ahead of the team at the corner of Seventeenth street nd Pennsylvania avenue. The horses be came frightened and ran on the sidewalk. striking an Iron fence. The carriage was upset and the driver. Julius Wheeler, was thrown to the ground, receiving a severe bruise on the right hip. The horse that struck the fence was thrown and a gash cut In Its breast. The carriage, a closed coupe, had Just conveyed Miss Jean, a daughter of Whltelaw Peld, to the railway station. Investigate Panama Railroad. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. No date has been set for beginning the Investigation of the affairs of the Panama Railroad Companv. which task has been assigned to a subcommittee of the House commit tee on Interstate and foreign commerce. Representative Shackleford (Mo.), chair man of this subcommittee, stated today that It would be some days before the details of the investigation would be dc elded upon. Much of the information dc sired regarding the affairs of this road has been received in reports from the executive departments. Barrett Will Stay at Panama. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The President has decided to make no change at pres ent In the American diplomatic repre sentatlon at Panama, and Mr. Barrett will continue to hold that office at least during the remainder ot the present tlscal year. VOCAl FESTIVAL CALLED OFF Time Said to Be Insufficient Training Big Choruses. for It was definitely decided yesterday by William H. Boyer and those associated with him that the contemplated oratorio music festival at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, In which Portland. Salem, Eu gene, Albany and Corvallls choirs were to sing, early in July, will not take place. "There is not sufficient time left to attend to rehearsal work," declared" Mr. Boyer. "I presented my offer for-a vocal music festival to the Exposition management early last Fall, but I have not been notified of Its acceptance. To make the festival a success, rehearsals should have been begun for the different oratorios last November or December. It Is now too late, therefore, to do any thing on the plan we contemplated. A proposition has been made to me to direct two or three different oratorios Sunday afternoons, ln connection with the series of congresses and conferences at the Ex position's auditorium. We may be able to carry out this Idea with my Portland chorus. The plan Is not yet definitely settled."" Private correspondents from Salem, Eugene and other towns in the Upper Willamette Valley state that on ac count of the lukewarm policy pursued In this city with regard to the great vocal musical festival at the Exposition all enthusiasm . In this regard has now died out and that It will not now be possible to get choruses for rehearsals. PlanE for Jiu-Jitsu Exhibition. The coming exhibition of jiu-jitsu at Rlngler's Hall. S09 Alder street, Monday night, February 13, promises to be of great interest locally. Since the last en gagement at the Marquam Theater many .well-known athletes have expressed a desire to meet the wiry Japs. They will be given the chance Monday night. Gen eral Nil and the Japanese troupe, assisted by Professor Rlngler, will give a marvel ous performance of the secret art of JIu Jitsu. Meeting of Aid Society. A meeting of the Travelers' Aid" Society, of Portland, will be held this evening at the Young Women's Christian Asso ciation. All persons Interested are in vited to be present. The society, which is organized especially to aid young women who come to the city looking for work. Is now making an effort to inter est the societies of various nationalities In the country women who may be In Portlartd at the time of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. American Authors Plead for Gorky. NEW YORK. Feb. 10. At a meeting of the Authors Club In Carnegie Hall a memorial In the name of American litera ture was prepared for presentation to the Czar of Russia, praying for the release of Maxim Gorky, the Russian author who IbJ ln prison In connection with the recent Internal disturbances in Russia. The me morial Is signed by several prominent authors. Cruiser Sully Goes to the Bottom. PARIS, Feb. 11. According to a private dispatch received at Toulon last night and telegraphed to the Petit Journal of Parle, the French vessel Sully, which hit a rock ln Long Bay. northeast of the Red River Delta. Tonquln Pass, slipped off the rocks and sank tonight. There Is no confirmation of the report. Exodus From Vladivostok. VLADIVOSTOK, Feb. 10. The dally ex odus of non-combatants, women and children, has almost emptied Vladivostok. Tho frosts are not severe and the bay is half free of ice. Merchant steamers con tinue arriving here with supplies. A naval officer from Port Arthur declares that the Russian warships sunk In that harbor are beyond hope of raising. Grippsnberg in Doctor's Hands. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 10. General Grlppenbcrg. former commander of the Second Manchurian Army. Is resting In the doctor' bands near Irkutsk, Siberia The Emperor has sent an aide-de-camp to the General to receive, official documents which Genoral Grlppenbcrg Intended to personally hand to the Emperor.. Fifty-ninth Annual Report OP THE CONNECTIOITIWUTUALLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY . To the Members: ' The experience of The Connecticut Mu- j tual in Its 59th year was satisfactory j and may be thus outlined: Some Increase In the new business written, in the amount i of business In force. In premium Income. in interest and rents. In assets and In t surplus; a somewhat heavier mortality , than In tho preceding year, though still 'considerably less than that expected, glv- Inir n vavlre- nf rV S23 with no out- ing a saving of ?SJ, ltn no ou standing contested claims; a considerable urcrcase in mc amount aim tuai ui i closed real estate; a recovery In the mar- J ket value of other securities of over . $770,000 In 1903; a reducUon In the ratio of expense to income; a sound condition I those of a thoroughly conservative char throughout. The company continues in acter and for which" th future demand that steady, full tide of beneficent opera- ' is likely to be far greater than any posi tion whleh hnq fnr Kfi rnnnv vears d!- i on wnicn nas ror so manj eara ai i tlngulehed it among all others, by admin- istrative methods which hold always one grana ohject in view: a maximum oc re- suit to Its beneficiaries at a minimum ot cost to Its policy-holders, each and all. All details will be found In the financial statement which accompanies this report. An Interesting Summary. A summary of the operations of 59 years may be stated thus: Received from policy-holders, $232,759,264.33; returned to policy-holders and their beneficiaries, J224.333.4S3.98. or 51.534,221.63 more than tho amount received from them: with assets a aT-rwi rr a surpms ol . In hand ot 565.224.S4L53 and ?4,S2S,S6.64. with which to meet a llabll lty, actual and contingent, of $60,396.1 14.S9 on $167,167,515.00 at risk on 70.454 policies. Except in the possible case of some so ciety or concern with only a local and slight membership, no comparable results have been accomplished by any other American life Insurance company. Persistence of Business. As for many years past, a most grati fying feature of our experience has been the persistence of our business. It has been "no small factor In the company's prosperity. Business which goes oft rapid ly can be replaced rapidly only at an un due cost. Business which stays costs little, and permits the taking of new business sufficient for a uniform good experience at such moderate cost as does not disturb the favorable average. That Is one of the simple secrets ot The Con necticut Mutual's unequaled success. ftJcw Business, Its Character and Cost. The new business of the year some what exceeded that of 1903, and also exceedcdlhe amount of business ceasing: so that there was some Increase in tho amount in force. The new business was selected with our usual constant care to take only such risks as are likely to give the same favorable mortality experience which has been so large a factor In re ducing the actual yearly cost of our Insurance hitherto: and It has been taken ou the same low basis of cost which has been directly reflected In our large divi dends to policy-holders throughout the company's lifetime. To the faithful agents who. ln the midst of a thoroughly demoralized competition and despite the always pressing tempta tion of much higher commissions and al lowances from others, choose to abide steadfast In our service because of Its ; greater value to those whose need they sincerely seek to serve, there Is due allko irom the management anu irom tne poi Icy-holders benefited thereby, the distinct and constant recognition of the high, u:i- selfish quality of their labors for the greater good of the whole membership. Relation of Mortality to New Business , . i . i The public is often given to understand lat as a large and rapid Influx of new that business tends for a time to keep down the average age of the business as a whole and so to make the death losses appear a smaller percentage of the whole amount at risk, It really gives a comparatively better mortality experience and therefore Justifies Its abnormal cost. This is not true. It belles the whole basis and struc ture of life Insurance. It Is worth a mo ment's examination: Take 10,000 sound men, aged 30. in sured for $10,000 each, or $100,000,000 al together. We know within safe limits how many ot these men will die each year until all are gone: we charge each one the premium adequate to meet that rate of loss, and from the premiums make the proper reserves. The first year only S4 will die. the company will pay out $840,000. or only eighty-tour one-hua-dredths of 1 per cent of the amount at risk; 20 years later there will be S1S0 of these men living, with $81,800,000 at risk; 124 of them will die that year, the com pany will pay out $1,240,000, or l'i per cent of the amount at risk: ln the 40th year 441S will be living, with $41,180,000 at risk. 265 will die. the company will pay out $2,650,000. or about 6 per cent of the amount at risk; In the 50th year thre will be 1770 living, with $17,700,000 at fJsk. 230 will die. the company will pay out $2,300.- 000, or 13 per cent ot the amount at risk; ln the eotn year only zib win oe living, with $2,160,000 at risk, 63 will die, the com pany will nay out $630,001), or about 30 per cent of the amount at risk. But the mortality wnicn in tne wtn year or me business calls for 30 per cent of the amount at risk is just as normal and Just as favorable to the company as that which In the nrst year cauea ror omy elghty-four one-hundredths ot 1 per cent: and if the company has charged the proper premiums and kept the proper reserves It is Just as well prepared to pay the 30 per cent as It was to pay the eighty-four one-hundredtha of 1 per cent: and if the business was well selected and well located, the chances for a mortallty moro favorable than that calculated for. with a consequent saving on losses, have been equally good all the way through. No amount of forcing at whatever cost can always keep the Inflow of new business greater than the outgo of the old. In the nature of things the day will Inevitably come with any company, when Its amount at risk must come to a prac tical standstill and the age of Its busi ness, and the consequent ratio of Its death losses to the amount at risk, reach the maximum average. In that day the greater the amount at risk and the higher the cost at which it was obtained, the greater will be the struggle and the higher the coat of keeping It at even a stand still. Securities. The corporate securities held by us arc of the highest class. Their par value Is $23,361,070: they cost $25,6S5.116 and are worth in the market $26,694,418. or $1,009,302 mnro thnn thfllr r-OKt. and Sl.232.3tS mnri than their par value. The year 1208 saw an almost unprecedented shrinkage in the market value of such securities, that upon our own holdings aggregating $770,000. The past year has seen a large recovery toward wnat may generally oe regaraea as an average normal valuation. Some of our securities affected by the shrinkage have been sold: the recovery on those still held Is over $576,000. Real Estate and Loans. One of the most remarkable, as it was the most unforeseen incident of the finan cial history of the last two decades, has been the changes wrought in the condi tions affecting the values of city real es tate, caused mainly by the development of street-car service. Befcre the advent of the electric trolley living at a distance from business centers was difficult and expensive. Population tended to gather compactly in their near proximity. It spread only as It was forced outward by the spread of business. This, tended to both increase and steadiness In values and to certainty In their realization. To dav the electric street-car with its speed. Its comfort and Its accessibility, the freo mall delivery snd the telephone, have largelv reversed tho conditions and are leading the population to spread out free ly in search of space, light.' air. more privacy and cheaper land. The older Fet tled parts of mos.t of our larger cities thus find themselves in an active compe tition which can be met only by a reduction- In prices Which but a few years ago were justified by every measurable con dition then In sight. For obvious reasons this great change has caused individual losses, which have led to many foreclos ures of loans Justifiably made under for mer conditions of higher and supposedlv stable values. Rnd the dullness of the real estate market, due In some part to the continued operation ot the" changes noted, ba.ve In many cases compelled the 1 lender to become the owner of the secur ity. t In all this experience this company has had Its share along with others. It now has foreclosed real estate which cost it $8.678., This Is being gradually ab sorbed: some at a profit, some at a los. Among our liabilities we carry an item for contingent depreciation of about $330,000. We Intend to make no unueces- sary sacrifices. So far our profit and loss account on foreclosed real estate as a whole Is ?l,26S,9 to the good, In our present more limited loans upon this class of property we are taking such account of the conditions referred to as we believe will guard against a future rP?""n f experiences Notwithstanding the conditions Wch "ye changed and unsettled real estate in ma" localities and which arc tin ln Progress, It may well be that when tfa gnaJ1 , bevonw more completely dcVeiOI,ed and their operations more fully uenneu ami ineir innerent limitations oci.- ter understood, real estate, on the result- ant oasis ot yaiues. may recover raucn oi th(t. " t ood of (-,rnorat sCCUriues U1'1J. 1 iuuu uimii uiuiuubi ,nvestment whether by savings banks insurance companies, trustees of institutions and estates, or private lndi- vlduais. need to nave avanaoie every iorm of security that offers a stable basis of income and of ultimate value. The Business Ideal of The Connecti cut Mutual. Every business or enterprise undertaken for a distinct and particular service to the public, and which assumes to offer men something they truly need, and some thing for which those who need It should be willing to pay its true and necessary cost, carries within Itself an Ideal ot meth- peculiar and necessary to the purpose jntcnded, appropriate and effective to the torm of result intended and essential to Its perfect realization. Especially la this true of mutual Ilfo Insurance. It take note of the great fact that he who has married a wife and mad her dependent on him and brought Into the world helpless children yet more de pendent, has assumed toward them and toward society Itself a responsibility not only for their dally bread, but for all the manifold needs of their whole dependent future, which he cannot shirk and remain a true man: a responsibility which, in th- great majority ot cases. It takes his whe normal lifetime rightly to discharge, and one which his earlier decease must leave unfulfilled, to the great loss and Injury of his dependent ones. And the risk, the danger of thl3 loss, rests upon them day by day and every day. In the great ma jority of cases there Is in hand no finan cial provision fully adequate and availa ble to replace for all their future that which his family would lose ln his death. There Is but one way In which that pro vision can be made at once and k-pt al ways ready and tecure. He must Insure his life for the benefit of those who will lose bv It3 loss. In no otherwise can his responsibility be fulfilled for their whole future, which IS" as much his to provide for as is their present. And It is this which we offer to do for him, for them: to take his money while he lives and, to the fullest extent that money, much or little, enables us, to provide for them when he is gone. It Is a sober undertaking: it Is his duty: it is our trust. And because It Is his duty, and a transaction whose benefit goes to others, but whose burden falls on him and lu order that the benefit may be as great as possiBlc to those who need it. and that In proportion to the benefit given tho burden on him may be as small as possible, we offer to, do the business on the mutual plan: to make no profit out of It for stockholders, but to charge him a premium which is f,,- .i' w Lf,,i year bj careful Pgr Invtment o eoogm pJmPf I it to him year by yea certain to be adequate, and then, year election or tisks, oy of reserves, and by i he gets his insurance at its j cos to the company, And the full meaning of mutuality is. that what the plan does for one It does equally for each one. It does not set up a scheme of deferred dividends for 20 years, make each man pay his full pre mium each year, regardless of what the actual cost has been for the year, make him leave with the company each year's surplus from his premiums, to be forfeited if he dies or lapses, and to be finally divi ded up by the one-third more or less of those who survive and pay throughout the term: a speculation by each one In -what he hopes he may not lose, but somo one else will: a pool to which all contrib ute, but which a few only will divide: a gamble as to who those few shall be. True mutuality ln life insurance does imt time sofk to favor a few at the ex- pense of the many to give the few what ! i .n n . . Vin,.n Inn t plinrfp (inih mrtil a premium proportioned to his risk, and so charges every man alike. It ascertains each year each man's like proportion of the actual cost of the whole year's opera tion: and. returning to each man what he has paid ln excess of his due part of that cost, gives to every policy-holder alike his insurance at its actual cost, with no discrimination in favor of any one. with no hardship upon any one. Each pays his own actual cost; each gets back his own contribution to the surplus created by all alike. That Is the Ideal purpose and that is the ideal method the actual "square deal" of mutual life Insurance. How truly and steadfastly The Con necticut Mutual has held to these Ideals, and In what unequaled measure it has realized for its members and for their beneficiaries their best result. Is told through all its history, and each recur ring year witnesses It anew. Respectfully submitted. JACOB L. GREENE. President. January 23. 1905. DAILY CITY STATISTICS. Marriage JUcenses. Jensen. 44, San Francisco; Jew E. llary THten McGrath. 3U. Edgar A. Kllppel, 40; Ethel Bailey, 21. Bulldlns rermlts. John Foot. Tlbbetts, between Taggart ami Ellsworth; $900. John Foott. Tlbbetts, between Taggart an l Ellsworth; $000. W. Cox, McMlllen, between Holladay aveniu and "Margin; ?."W50. Real Estate Transfer. E. H. Robblns to JI. C. "Wilson, lot i, block 01. Woodstock 1 Arleta Land Company to J. A. Keea. lot 15. block 5. Artcta Park. No. 3.... oame to G. I Oaborn. lot 10. 11, block IV 30v j Snerjff to T. H. Smith, lots 23. 24, 25. i " iwk 4. Columbia Heights i I. E. Buchanan and wlfe to J. a J' tun into i it) iv. inclusive uiock University Park; V. ',i of lot II. block 77 Moch's Addition to University Park 1.S37 A. TV. lAinbert to E. G. Selby, lots 0, 10. block 4. Point View 2i John F. Springer and wife to II. Lewis, lots 13 to III. block 4. Prunedale Addi tion '..S. 4tn P J. Peterson and wife to C. Bonde. 33x100 Teet ln lot 5. block 32. James Tv.r.a Cxwtnil A.l.ltttriTi tn 3 -Tnlins . . "Tr, I SherlfT to P. Schmeer. 23 acres, sections 7 and 8, T. 1 S.. R. 3 12. 3 Earl C. Bronaugn ana wire to t. t. Hoenel. lots t to 0 Inclusive, block 23. Arbor Lodge 10 Title Guarantee & Trust Company to "VV. II. Kin. lot 10. North St. Johiu 1.071 Peter Schmeer and wife to C. E. Peter kin, 10.03 acre?, beginning SE. corner N Hamlin D. L. C. 1-W Title Guarantee & Trust Company to U M. Rice, lot tf. V. 5 feet or lot 3. block 21. Fin Addition to Holladay Park Addition 73o Harmony Lodge No. 100, I. O. O. F.. to J .A. Workman, lot 2. block 17. North Albtna -"0 Thomas I.. Eliot and wife to D. E. Wil bur, lots 3 to 20, Inclusive, block 13. Buxage Tract 1 Charl Kohn and wlfo to C. k. Hutch In. lots .17. 20. block C. Willamette Hrtghts Addition 3.X0 Jams. O..Botfcln to O. F. Hotkln. lot M to 9. Inclusive. Verdiinte 1 Arleta Land Company to A. Morse, lot 2U, block C. Arleta Park No. 2 1 Boxing Matches in Milwaukee. MILWAUKEE. Feb. 10. Maurice Sayres and Charley Neary. both of Milwaukee, fought six rounds to a .draw before the Badger Athletic Club tonight. Young O'L-eary. of Milwaukee, got the decision over Tammy Hermann, of San Francisco, in six rounds. Hood's Sarsaparilla ensures good diges tion and strength to the vital organs. Iusist upon Hood's.