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.