Morning Oregonian., July 22, 1909, Page 12, Image 12

THE MORNING OREGOXIAy, THTTR SPAY, JULY 22, 1909.
VALLEY WILL HAVE
TO USE IRRIGATION
Only Means Now to Raise
Crops Up Willamette, Says
A. McPherson.
TTHIS YEAR BUT HALF CROF
Jar of Wheatgro-wtng Is Past, Says
Expert, and Diversified Farming
Most Be TTndertaken, Which
' Needs Water Distribution,
"The time has arrived when the peo
ple of the "Willamette Valley must look
to Irrigation as the only means to a
proper cultivation of their land."
This may sound like an attempt at
Jokins to those who are aware that an
average of 44 inches of rain falls in the
Willamette Valley every year, yet it is
a statement made in all seriousness by
Alex McPherson. "the man who made
Twin Falls," and concurred in by A. P.
Stover. In charsre of irrigation work in
Oregon for the Government.
Mr. McPherson. who is In charge of the
experiment stations for the Twin Falls
land Water Company and connected
with irrigation enterprises In the Owyhee,
lost River and other semi-arid districts,
yesterday concluded an Investigation of
conditions in the Willamette Valley,
made at the request of the Government
Reclamation Service In this state.
When I received the invitation to come
to the Willamette Valley and investigate
tiie needs for irrigation, the proposition
seemed so ridiculous to me that I laughed.
I think, for nearly an. hour," said Mr.
McPherson yesterday.
But since seeing the Valley and
studying the conditions there. I am con
vinced the matter is one of vast Im
portance to the Valley, to Portland and
to Oregon at large.
"For years wheat has been the -standard
crop In the Valley. Wheat Is a
cereal that matures early in the season
and until the qualities of the soil neces
aary for profitable wheat-growing be
came exhausted, there was no great need
for Irrigation. But the time has come
when the attention of the farmers of the
Valley must be turned to diversified
farming. An investigation of the charac
ter of the soil, the frost periods and
other factors convinces me that the W 11
lamette Valley is capable of producing
almost any kind of crop. But when di
versified crops are attempted, there must
be water during the growing period for
their successful production.
It Is a fact not generally known, and
one I have Just learnea myself, that the
rainfall In the Willamette Valley during
the growing period, or Summer months. Is
less than that in the Twin Falls. Owyhee
or Lost River countries, which are con
eidered arid. ,
I was surprised by the condition of
the crops In the Willamette Valley. They
have a drled-out. burned-up appearance
that speaks for half a crop. The farms
of the far-famed Willamette Valley to
day are not to be compared with the
irrigated farms of Twin Fails.. There
every inch is under cultivation and the
reen crops are running riot. Yet the
Willamette Valley has the soil and all
It needs is water during the crop-growing
AVhen one considers that irrigation in
the Willamette Valley will increase the
productive power of the land from two
to four times, increase the value of the
land from two to four times and make
possible an increase in population of
from four to ten times the present popu
lation, then he will become convinced
that irrigation is an urgent matter
In urging irrigation in the valley I
would not be harsh on the men who
have lived on and cultivated, their farms
for years or more. They have done
their work and done it well, but they
should be Induced to divide their 1000
svere holdings and dispose of them in
small tracts to the younger generations,
who will educate themselves In the
necessities for Jrrtsatlon and the grow
ing of diversified crops. Thus will
Western Oregon continue to grow and
become more populous and more pros
perous to the benefit of the whole state.
"We would like to see the people of
the Willamette Valley awakened on the
irrigation question." said Mr. Stover,
last night. -The tables giving the aver
age monthly precipitation in the Willam
ette Valley show that while an average
of 44 inches of rain falls annually, the
average In June. July and August, the
crop-growing monttis. is but two and
cne-half Inches. The Summer rainfall
comes as a rule In the form of showers
and does the growing crops no particular
jcood. Take this year, for Instance. The
dry season began practically about April
20 We have had nothing but showers
thereafter until July 5. and all that rain
did was to poil many tons of hay. The
need of Irrigation is not determined by
the total amount of rainfall, but by its
distribution throughout the year. There
are numerous localities in which water
can be impounded In the Willamette
Valley and in my Judgment, the valley
must adopt Irrigation for Its salvation.
The sooner this is done, the better for
"Western Oregon."
PRESIDENTIAL VACATIONS
Almost a C au.-e for Impeachment In
the Early Days.
That the Summer vacation has become
a well-established National Institution Is
shown by the friendly tone of the press
of the country in Its comment on Mr.
Taft's wise course In setting up a Sum
mer home on our New England coast
Notwithstanding Coneress was in session
when he lrft Washington. D. C. the
President was followed to his Beverly
cottage by the hearty good wishes of the
people, while the public necessity which
obliged him to return to the jtYipltal for
a few days has been the subject of ex
pressions of commiseration in the news
papers. Apparently his countrymen ex
pect and wish him to stay aiy from the
seat of government as much as he possi
bly can these Summer days.
Nothira? else better marks the change
which has taken plaoe in the opinions
and habits of the American people in this
regard. For In times gone a President
was threatened aith impeachment for
doing what Mr. Taft is doing now with
popular approval.
It used to be contended that we hired
the Chief Magistrate by the year and that
the must stay on the Job. His every ab
sence from the White House was closely
measured, and for him to leave Wash
ington while ferrress was sittjrg would
have done violence to an unwritten law.
In the early days when the Pt sidency
was the heritage of the Virginia aris
tocracy. It was customary for the Chief
Executive to pass a good deal of his time
on his nearby estate. The Capital itself
had been on wheels for many years and
the new city of Washington was siow to
caln prestige In public sentiment.
After the Virginia line of Presidents,
however, and in the succeeding era of
rough and ready statesmanship, the
Presidential customs of staying more
closely to the White House became fixed.
Jackson's only Summer resort lay be
neath the wide-spreading branches of
the trees on the lawn, where, with a
corncob pipe In his mouth, he delighted
to stretch himself and hold his bed of
justice on the green grass. There were
yet extremely few vacationists In the
land. Only men of fortune and leisure
and there were not many of those
then had the vacation habit, and they
generally Indulged it sparingly by mak
ing a comparatively brief stay In some
primitive hotel at the shore or at the
springs.
Grant was really the first President to
claim a vacation, and he had to fight to
get it. Numerous Summer resorts had
sprung up with the great growth of Na
tional wealth, and the ranks of the Sum
mer recreationlsts were swelling year
by year.
Nevertheless, when Grant took a cot
tage at Long Branch, Freedom shrieked
and many good people stubbornly resisted
the step as the first toward' the ruin of
the republic. A statistical alarmist proved
by figures how revolutionary it was for
the President to live anywhere except In
the White House. Polk had been way
from his desk there only 37 days in all,
or an average of about nine days a year;
Fillmore's absences in three years totaled
60 days, while Pierce and Buchanan were
away less than two weeks in the year.
A Government clerk in the lowest grade
now has 30 days off.
President Grant's vacation was not
only denounced In the press and on the
party platform, but Congress as well
took notice of It. The House of Repre
sentatives, on motion of Mr. Blackburn,
of Kentucky, afterward ar Senator, and
now snugly tucked away on the Panama
Canal Commission, passed a resolution
Inquiring of the President what executive
acts he had "performed at a distance
from the scat of government established
by law?"
The President replied In substance that
he did not think it was any of the
House's business, and. at any rate. If the
offense were impeachable he would stand
on his right as an accused person; where
fore he refused to testify against him
self. That rejoinder ended the struggle
to set up a time clock in the White House
for the President to pull whenever he
went out the door.
Grant's successor, however, did not
venture to follow his example. On the
contrary, Hayes prudently renewed the
practice of Buchanan and Lincoln, and
passed his Summers in a cottage at the
Soldiers' Home. He could have it rent
free, fend it was in the District of Co
lumbia, if not in Washington. Arthur
was content to continue this enstom.
Cleveland departed from it at first only
to the extent of buying a suburban home
in the. District Instead of living on a
Government reservation. Although he
ran for the White House three times and
was twice elected to it. he always re
tained a hearty dislike for It as a home,
dwelling in it as little as he becomingly
could.
Harrison, in his term, stood for a va
cation and went to Cape May, whereupon
there was an outcry, not, however, be
cause he took a cottage there, but be
cause he accepted it as a gift from
Waaamaker and perhaps others. To ap
pease the critics he paid for the place,
but he had lost his interest In Cape May.
In his second term Cleveland passed
his Summers at Gray Gables, and. like
Mr. Taft. stole away from a mid-Summer
session of Congress, which he had called,
in order to imbibe the tonic In the New
England air. He was scolded not a little,
but that did not in the least spoil the
fishing in Buzzard's Bay.
While McKlnley had no fixed Summer
place, he took fairly liberal vacations, and
his successor completed the revolution
begun by Grant. Oyster Bay became in
deed the "Summer capital," with a full
suite of offices and a full complement of
clerks, and even the Navy was drawn
up in grand reviews there to impress the
official status of the village upon the Na
tional mind.
Thus did It come to pass in the spread
f the vacation system that Its benefits
were enjoyed by hundreds of thousands
of private citizens before they reached
tee President. This was the penalty he
had to pay for having too many employ
ers. It was not until a large portion of his
constituents were privileged to drop their
tasks for a time without being dropped
from the payroll that this "hired man"
of the American people felt free to lock
up the White House once a year and go
Into the country. We cannot rebuke even
the President of the United States for
following our own example.
Tet the least of us still has the advant
age of him. He cannot turn his work
over to the man at the next desk, for after
all his vacation is unconstitutional, and
his duties and his cares dog his steps
wherever he goes.
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f$0&m. he eats and the
If W for the growing
W Shredded Wheat B
S THE ONLY " BREAKFAST CEREAL" MADE IN BISCUIT FORM
TIRED ELKS GLAD
TO REST UP HERE
Hundreds More of Homebound
Brethren Enjoy Local
Hospitality.
ALL WARMLY WELCOMED
Many Special Trains Are Due Here
Today and Tomorrow All Vis
itors Heady to Help Bring
Grand Lodge Here In 1912.
Visiting Elks homeward bound from
the merry week of fun and frolic at Los
Angeles continue to" flock Into Portland,
and every one of the excursionists wel
comes the arrival In Portland, for their
stay here, even though but for one day,
allows them an opportunity of resting up
from the tiresome trip oh the cars.
Yesterday's Influx comprised the dele
gations from Detroit, Illinois, North Caro
lina, Texas, portions of the Arizona and
Iowa herds. Kansas and Nebraska. Tues
day there were something like 1500 visit
ors, all from the convention at the Angel
City, while yesterday there were at least
1400 arrivals. Despite the trying siege
they have undergone in entertaining these
vast throngs of visiting brothers and
their families, the members of the recep
tion committee of the Portland . lodge
are as enthusiastic as ever in extending
the visitors every courtesy possible.
Take Trip Vp River.
Yesterday several hundred of the Iowa.
Kansas and Texas Eiks availed them
selves of a lengthened stopover privilege
and took a trip up the Columbia River.
On their return they sang the praises of
the scenic wonders to such an extent that
many of the visiting brethren not so for
tunate were highly disappointed at not
being able to do likewise.
The customary trips by trolley to Coun
cil Crest Portland Heights, the Bast Side
and to The Oaks constituted the slight
seeing tours inaugurated in the city
for the benefit of the visitors, while
many of the excursionists visited the
Lewis and Clark fair grounds as well
as the Forestry building and the ad
joining park on their own account.
Others Swapped Yarns.
Many others took in the baseball
game, while others remained at the
Elks Club resting up and swapping
yarns with Clyde Bills, Aaron Harris.
Dr. Marshall, E. A. Parsons. George
Hutchin and others who acted In the
capacity of reception committee at the
club. At the Elks Club all the visitors
are presented with pamphlets contain
ing illustrations of various points of
interest In and about Portland and Ore
gon and to each visiting brother the
fact that Portland is after the 1912
grand lodge convention is meniioneu.
Most of them are aware of this be
cause of the campaign made by the
Portland delegation at Los Angeles. -Several
members of the Portland
delegation have returned home, among
whom were Ralph E. Moody. Charles A.
Malarkev, J. J. Jennings. H. G. Oviatt
and John Jost. The others are scat
tered from San Diego to San Fran
cisco and are enjoying a leisurely trip
home.
Delegations Due Today.
Today the different lodges coming in
special trains are as follows: Boston
and New Haven specials due at 3:30
this morning: Cincinnati special with
Garry Herrmann and other notables
due at 7:30 A. M.; Philadelphia, spe
cial with 150 persons due at 7:45;
Brooklyn special with 100 persons is
expected about 10 A. M. Other delega
tions are expected In the evening,
though stops at Shasta and Ashland
may delay their arrival until early
morning.
Tomorrow James U. Sammts, recently
chosen grand exalted ruler, and a large
delegation of the Iowa boosters are ex
pected. Grand Exalted Ruler Sammls
The Hungriest Boy on
growing
boy
because it contains all the material for making
hnne. brain and muscle. The crispness of the
shreds promotes mastication, which means
The food to study on, to play on for
grown-ups. Your Grocer sells it
Shredded Wheat is made of the choicest selected
wheat, cleaned, steam-cooked and baked, liy it ror DreaKiait
tomorrow with milk or cream. The Bucuit u also dehciou.
for any meal in combination with fresh or presenred fruits.
will remain in 'Portland until Sunday
and will be elaborately entertained by
the Portland lodge.
SIMON TELLS ABOUT PLANS
(Continued From First Page.)
line. I will finish those boulevards to
show my friendly attitude toward the
beautifying of our already very beautiful
city.
,' Wants Brick Pavements.
"I have been greatly surprised at the
marvelous wearing qualities of the brick
pavements that I viewed." continued the
Mayor. "I want some brick streets in
Portland, and I am going to have a re
arrangement on paving lines. I will
throw the city open to every kind of
hard-surface pavement, including brick,
and will insist that there shall no longer
be a close combination, absolutely con
trolling this business there. The people
want good streets and are willing to pay
for them at fair prices, and I propose to
see that they get them. I am going to
break up the paving combine and let
everyone in on a fair and square deal
with every kind of paving material, and
then Portland can decide in each case
which particular kind is best."
Promises ' New City Jail.
"I will also complete the garbage
crematory and the City Jail building
during my term of office, and will also
clear out the scow dwellers along the
river, although I will give them ample
time in which to arrange affairs. They
must go, though, and should lose no
time in preparing to do so. I do not
want to do everything during my term,
but. these few things in particular I
will finish up. I think more of Port
land today than ever. It is the most
beautiful city on the Coast, and I would
not live in any, other."
Puts In Busy Day.
Mayor Simon visited all of the princi
pal exhibits this morning, first paying
an official call on President Wehrung,
of the Oregon Commission. The Mayor
was especially pleased with the tine
arts building and the exhibit, and re
mained there long enough to view it
well for the time at his disposal. He
spoke in very complimentary terms of
the beauty of the grounds and of the
exposition in general. He was the
guest of George T. Myers at luncheon,
and this afternoon accompanied Mr.
Myers1 and aamily to the Puget Sound
Navy-yard. He returned to Seattle at
6 o'clock, gave a dinner to a few per
sonal friends at the "Washington, an
left for home on the night train.
Mayor Locked In Jail.
Yesterday's trip about the city in an
automobile gave the Mayor an oppor
tunity to see the city at its best. At the
new municipal building he experienced
the sensation of being locked in the City
Jail for a few minutes. There is nothing
about this structure, however, that Is
worthy of pattern for the contemplated
city building at Portland. It Is poorly
designed. The Mayor was greatly im
pressed with the crematory here, how
ever. Oi.e feature particularly attractive
to him is that it is operated without fuel,
the garbaga furnishing heat for its own
consumption. . He is much impressed
wlfh the park and street improvements,
and unhesitatingly gives Seattle credit for
great progress and unbounded enthusiasm
In extending its improvements.
Portland Again In Evidence.
The Exposition grounds today were
again thronged by Portlanders, as they
remained over to see more of the Fair.
Many have gone to various point's of
interest around Seattle, and some to Vic
toria and Vancouver, B. C. Portland
booster buttons and ribbons were very
much in evidence again.
Commissioner Wisdom, who has been
ill for some time, was sent home this aft
ernoon.' He is somewhat improved, but Is
far from well, and must have rest and
the constant care of a physician.
Hundreds of Sea Lions Killed.
ASTORIA, Or.. July 21. (Special.)
Clark Loughery, who has been employed
by the State Fisheries Department to
shoot sealionB at the jetty sands, has met
with excellent success, especially during
the past week, and has- killed hundreds
of the animals. The presence of so many
boy at ten. You
books or sermons. His growing
body demands more building
material than the adult Nature
is making for him a structure of
brain, bone and muscular tissue.
She must build it out of the food
air he breathes. The best food
or girl is
1 .MHHMHI 111
I II THE ?- . :
WILL
YOU
SHARE
IN
THE
PROFITS
FROM
300 ACRES
OF
ORCHARD
18 YEARS
OLD?
The world-famous LOWNS
DALE ORCHARD is re
ferred to. It has been di
vided into individual owner
ships by a bond issue
amounting to $275,000.
These are for sale in multi
ples of $100 and may be ob
tained for cash- or upon fa
vorable monthly payments.
Is it not far more satisfac
tory to participate in the
profits of an old, established
orchard that has paid divi
dends for years, than to buy
a ten-acre tract, cultivate it
at great expense for many
years and then hazard the
entire investment?
The ownership of the
LOWNSDALE ORCHARD
has been divided into indi
vidual ownerships. You
may own as big or as small
a part of it as you are able.
Your profit commences the
moment you become the
owner of one of these bonds.
Ask for Free Literature.
The
Jacobs-Stine Co.
146 Fifth Street
of the seallons around the mouth of the
river is considered as an almost certain
indication that a large run of salmon
is heading in. as these animals always
follow schools of fish.
Castle Rock Woman Dead.
CASTLE ROCK, Wash., July 21. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. C. E. Forsyth, of this city,
died at St. Vincent's Hospital In Port
land early this morning. She was born
in Sonoma County, California, March 12,
1854, and came here when 2 years old.
She has lived here ever since. She leaves
a husband, one daughter, two brothers
and two sisters, all In this vicinity. Two
sisters died in the last three months.
She had sufTered from tumors in the
neck.
Lame shoulder is almost Invariably
caused by rheumatism of the muscles
and yields quickly to the free applica
tion of Chamberlain's Liniment. This
liniment is not only prompt and ef
fectual, but in no way disagreeable to
use.
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PORTLAND
PORTLAND, OR.
KTTKOTBAK FLAV
MODERN
RESTAURANT
COM OKX WOAMUf DOLLAJtS.
HOTEL OREGON
CORNER SEVENTH AND STARK STREETS
Portland's New and Modern Hotel. Rates $1 per Day and Up
EUROPEAN . PLAN
WRIGHT - DICKINSON HOTEL CO., Props.
Centrally Located
Modern
Imperial Hotel
Seventh and Washington
Phil. Metschan 4 Sons, Props.
-& erro.-e Rates $r.00-$1.50-$2.00
J. F. DAVIES. President
St. Charles Hotel
COMPANY (Inc.)
FRONT AND MORRISON, PORTLAND. OR.
EUROPEAN PLAN " ROOMS 50c TO $1.5.
- FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT IN CONNECTION.
THE
Park St.. between
MorrUoa and Alder.
CALUMET
HOTEL
Nortonia Hotel
ELEVENTH, OFF WASHINGTON ST.
BEAUTIFUL GRILL ROOM
American Rates to Families
and European Oar Bob Meets All Trains
Sample Suites with Baths tmw Commercial Travelers.
MODERN COMFORTS
MODERATE
C." W. CORNELIUS,
Proprietor.
HOTEt SEWARD
Corner of Tenth and Alder Streets.
(One square west of Arlington Club)
PORTXABfD, OREGON.
"AN HOTEL OF ftVIET ELEGANCE"
Just opened and surpassed by no hotel In the. iS?"hJrest1.r?
Portland before looking over this charming nostelrr-v,?:uX0Pf ns.'
Excellent cafe In connection. Fifty sample rooms. The Hotel Seward
'Bus meets all trains. , w ci iniif u...r
W. M. SEWARD, Proprietor. K- CLARKE, Manager.
'if tip mmm
BeautifulHotelMoore
CLATSOP BEACH SEASIDE, OR.
Portland's Nearest Beach Re sort Via A. ft 0. R. R. Open All Year.
Directly overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A delightful Summer and
Winter resort. Hot salt baths and surf bathing. Sea foods a spe
cialty. Walks, drives and boating. DAN J. MOORE, Prop.
TRAVEL BY SEA
ffiS TRAINTIME NOWEQUALLED i.ys
Daylight Ride Down Columbia and Through Golden Gate
t . fUpperDeck SAN f15-00 f $27.50
Rote fist, ficote USANCE!
(Meals and Berth Included.)
g. S. State of California (L. N. opand Ma-ter, Sat., July 14, 9 A. M.
SAST FRANCISCO PORTLAND S. S. CO.
nt 3 pnrnir c T A- 1 Third St. Phones A 1402, Mala 403.
J. W. R?gsOMT Pock AVenl AlSorth Pock. Phones-A 1234, Main 368
'Iiner Delayed by Plague.
HOILUX.tT. July 21. The Pacific
Mall steamship Korea, bound from the
Orient to San Francisco, will sail from
this port tonisht, five days behind her
schedule time. The delay is due to
the fact that the vessel has been in
quarantine here on account of the dis
covery of a case of plague on board.
FOR TOI RISTS and
CO-MTCERCIAX.
TRAVELERS.
Special rates mad
to families and sin
gle gentlemen. The
roaoavement will be
pleaned at all times
to show rooms and
givm prices. A mod
ern Turkish Bath
establishment In tile
hotel.
H. C. BOWERS,
Manager.
HOTEL PERKINS
Fifth and Washington Sts.
In the heart of the business and shopping district. The
most modern and up-to-date hotel in the Northwest.
Local and long-distance phones in every room. Rooms
with private bath, en suite and single. Large and
moderately equipped sample-rooms.
The Perkins Hotel GHU announces mu.lo dally darlne; lunoh,
dinner and after the theater, by the famons Markee Orchestra.
Bus Meet, all train.. . l "
HOTEL PERKINS CO.
F. 3. Richardson, Pre.. L. Q. SWETLAXP, See's
Improvements
C. O. DAVIS, See. and Treas.
A Strictly First - Class and
Modern Hotel Containing 170
teooms. Only American and
European Hotel in Portland
Long Distance Fhones
In Erery. Room.
Free 'Bus Meets
All Trains.
SS.Ofl
per day
and up.
and up.
Ka VnmnML
fl.OO
per day
Per month, single room and board, 43
s9o, accorama; i
$110.
Board, without room.
For two, S5 to
.$30 per month
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PRICES
Steals
THE CORNELIUS
"The House of Welcome corner Park and Alder.
Portland 's newest and most modern hotel. European
plan. Single, $1.50 and up. Double, $2.00 and up.
Our omnibus meets all trains.
H. E. FLETCHER,
Manager.
HOTEL RAMAPO
Corner Fourteenth and Washington
New Hotel. Elegrantly Furnished.
Rates, $1.00 and Up
European Plan. 'Bus Meets All Trains.
M. E. FOLEY, PROPRIETOR.
New Building (or Astoria.
ASTORIA, Or., July 21. (Special.)
A. G. Spexarth has had plans and spec
j ifications prapared and will award a
contract within a few days for a busi
ness block at the corner of Eighth and
Commercial streets. The structure is
to be of reinforced concrete. 100x100
feet and three stories with a basement.