THE MORNING OREGOMAX, FRIDAY, JULY 23,
1909.
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BALLING EH WILL
HEAR COMPLAINTS
Many Protests Heard Against
Government's System of
Reclamation.
SEVERE HARDSHIPS FELT
Department Accused of Breaking
Promise to Provide Water Pri
vate Projects Progress Better
Than V. S. Enterprise.
Scores and perhaps hundreds of bitter
;omplatntF will be poured into the ears
of R. A. Ballinger. Secretary of the In
terior, on hi. visits to the 1- mat la.
Mmidoka and Boise-Payette '7'"'"
projects. If reports heard In Portland are
to be believed.
While these reports are crculated. as a
rule by representatives of companies
whose p.lvate projects conflict with those
of the Government, they are accompanied
by a wealth of detail and apparently re
liable statistics which tend to cast severe
condemnation upon the present system or
-arrying- on the Government reclamation
"These stories deal with severest hard
ships and near-starvation suffered by the
persons who have entered upon lands to
le reclaimed under promise from the
Heclamatioh repartment that water will
,-e supplied within a (riven period. It Is
declared that hundreds of men have
moved their families to now barren
tracts. Invested their available money In
homes and are now In dire straits for
the necessities of life while waiting for
the often deferred delivery of the water
that is the only thing that will make
possible the growing of crops on the
lands they have taken.
flinging to their arid homesteads under
the knowledge that departure to fields
where they can make a livelihood will
lose them all they have undergone and
expended in tne past, these men and their
families. It Is asserted, know no other
meat than that of the Jackrabbit. while
their children are being reared In idle
ness and without schooling. Even the
water they drink, it Is said, has to be
hauled for miles In many instances.
Cost of Rights Raised.
To add to their troubles further the
original estimates of the cost of water
rights have been Increased from year to
year, with the water yet to be delivered.
It was told In Portland, yesterday, that
the original estimate of for water
rights on the Umatilla project had been
doubled and again Increased until It now
has reached an acre, while an addi
tional yearly maintenance cost, not orig
inally mentioned, has lately been added.
That reports of the progress of work
on several projects have been grossly
misrepresented to the Interior Depart
ment by the reclamation engineers Is an
other charge. It is stated that the engi
neers have reported the .Boise-Payette
project W.7 per cent completed, when,
as a matter of fact. It is not 10 per cent
completed. Of the original estimate of
j1l.rni.Art) as the cost of the project. It is
asserted that only about t2.000.000 has
been expended and that much ot tne
work done haa been a loss through in
competency of the men in charge.
Comparisons are drawn between the
Minidoka project and the Twin Falls
project In Idaho, both of which were
started in 190t. The Minidoka project is
a Government enterprise and the Twin
Falls project was undertaken under the
Carey act by semi-private means.
On the Minidoka tract water has been
promised again and again at specified
periods and only a portion Is receiving
water. In the same locality the Twin
Falls lands are rich in crops, the settlers
prosperous and getting rich, while their
Irrigated lands are making of Twin Falls
one of the most substantial of Interior
cities In the West.
Lack of Funds Blamed.
As to the Minidoka project. It is as
serted that settlers have entered on lands
which comprise a large percentage of the
tract It was originally Intended to re
claim, but which are under the proposed
fourth and fifth lifts, on the south side
of the- river In Cassia County. Idaho. It
Is now declared that none of these lands
will receive water for years to come.
iJick of funds, so It is announced by the
reclamation officers, will prevent the
building of additional canals required to
irrigate the higher lands and the settlers
will be forced to lose their rights or hang
on and scratch for a livelihood while
neighbors but a few miles away are
growing wealthy.
For irrigating 66.000 acres ef Minidoka
lands under the gravity system proposed
by the Government the original estimate
waa tl3 an acre. Fifty-three- thousand
additional acres under a pumping system
were to be Irrigated at an estimated cost
of J17. an acre. Later it was found
that the cost under the gravity system
would not be less than J22 an acre and
under the pumping system not less than
. an acre. Then. too. If the settlers
d'd not live up to the letter of the law.
trt'y forfeited their claims, or sold to
others when not able to make their pay
ments. The price was raised to ICO an
acre under that section of the canal
where $3 was the estimated cost.
Politics and civil sen-ice in the en
gineering branch of the Reclamation Serv
ice are declared to be responsible for the
failure of -the Government to complete
irrigation works within the time prom
ised and for the errors in estimates.
Political pressure, it is asserted, has
brought about the approval of too many
promts for the funds available for the
work. Estimates have been made of the
aTnount necessary to complete the Gov
ernment projects now under way and are
placed at JS9.430.tfW. To offset this it is
estimated that the revenues from the
sales of public land and the returns from
projects already completed will provide
only about JT.Att.Ofl0 for reclamation work
during 1910. This amount. It Is asserted,
would not complete the Payette project
alone.
Only $52,000 on Hand.
Tlie total receipts of the reclamation
furd. actual and estimated, for "309, are
p:ace,i at JvT30.0. with J3o.734.000 already
allotted, leaving only JS2.000 on hand for
other and newer projects.
If these figures, which ha-e been com
piled by promoters of private enterprises
ostensibly from Government reports, are
correct, there seems to be little likelihood
nf the Government taking up any new
projects In Oregon or any other state In
the near future.
As to the complaint against the en
gineering service, it is asserted that the
Government Is putting young men Just
out of school, who receive from the Gov
ernment !.- or l0 a month, on the char-
rr of work for which private compa
res pay engine-rs from J.T a month up.
While tne young men employed are bright
and soon gain experience, it Is further
said that so soon as they become of value
a their profession they ara enticed away
from Government employ by the higher
salaries paid by tne pnvaie
The Government Js compelled to draft
engineers from raw material continually
and young men are entering the service
almost solely for the experience.
- James A. Garfield. ex-Secretary of the
Interior, In a report of February. 1909,
said:
No Fund for New Projects.
That portion of fund derived from receipts
daring the past year and recently made
available for expenditure during the calen
dar year lo9. will be needed for filling
contracts already entered Into and for pay
ment ot expenses In connection with work
In hand, as well as for maintenance ana
operation. There is now but little oppor
tunity to use the reclamation fund for t.
tirely new projects, as each of the works
already begun and partly completed Is de
manding all and possibly more money than
can be had In the near future. In tact. It
may be said that from now on the moat
difficult question to be solved In this con
nection Is not what new work to take up
but rather what part of the work already
begun can be .safely deferred until funds
are available.
These are some of the many things that
will be brought to the attention of Secre
tary Ballinger during his present visit
to the semi-arid districts of Oregon and
Idaho. It is surmised there will be of
fered to him voluntarily much matter
tending to sustain the Secretary's position
regarding the work of Chief Engineer
Newell. Men who know the new Secre
tary are predicting that there will be a
great shakeup in reclamation circles af
ter the Inspections by Mr. Ballinger are
completed.
Alex McPherson. director of the Twin
Falls project and also Interested in the
Owyhee and other projects, while in
Portland yesterday went into consider
able detail as to the character of the
Government's reclamation work.
"I am not actuated by personal Inter
ests." he remarked, "when I say that the
settlers on the lands under the Govern
ment's proposed irrigation works have in
many instances been treated unjustly
and compelled to undergo the greatest of
hardships. Three corrections should be
made in Governmental reclamation. The
projects should be confined to Government
lands and kept clear of enterprises which
private capital is ready to finance; the
Government tracts should not be thrown
open to entry until the water Is ready to
be turned on the land and no Govern
ment irrigation enterprises should be un
dertaken until the money is available to
complete the works in a reasonable length
of time."
LAi PROMPTS QUERIES
700,000 RESERVATION ACRES
TO BE DIVIDED.
Residence Begins Six Months After
Drawing Superintendent Witten.
Issues Information Circular.
FORFJST GROVE. Or.. July 20. (To the
Editor.) Will you pleaae answer the follow
ing questions: (It How many acres are
there to be thrown open In the Spokane and
Coeur d'AIene reservations? i2) Can a per
son commute on an agricultural claim after
a residence of 14 months, or is ha required
to live on the claim for a period of five
rears? Answering these questions will be
greatly appreciated by a great many people
In this section.
C. U LARGE.
(1) Total acreage to be thrown open
to entry 700.000, as follows: Flathead
lands, Montana. 451.437 acres; Coeur
d'AIene lands, Idaho. 200.000 acres; Spo
kane lands, Washington. 50.000 acres.
(2) Yes. On the question of resi
dence on' lands included in the three
reservations. James W. Witten, su
perintendent of the drawing, in a cir
cular gives the following- Information:
"Residence must begin within six
months after the date on which the
entry Is made and continued, with cul
tivation, until a patent has been earned.
Patents may be obtained either by five
years' residence and cultivation and
the payment of the installments an
nually, or by 14 months' actual and
continuous residence and cultivation
and the payment of all the unpaid pur
chase money on all the lands except
the Umbered lands in the Coeur d'AIene
reservation. Couer d'AIene timber lands
can only be obtained by five years'
actual and continuous residence and
cultivation, and the payment of the
annual Installments, as commutation
Is not allowed for them."
ASTORIA. Or., July 19. (To the Editor.)
I would be greatly obliged to you If you
would Uiferm me whether, according to your
opinion. I am eligible to file an application
for a claim in any one of the three reserva
tions to be opened for settlement next
month. I own 100 acres of timber land,
also five town lots I secured the former
tract as a so-called timber claim from the
United States Government.
J. J. ROBINSON.
Under the rules governing: the entry
of lands included in the three Indian
reservations. Mr. Robinson cannot par
ticipate in the drawing;- For the in
formation of the public The Oregonlan
prints herewith an excerpt from Su
perintendent Witten's official circular
showing what persons are qualified to
make entry on these lands. Mr. Rob
inson, evidently, is barred under the
provisions of the fourth condition. The
circular referred to declares that the
following persons are disqualified from
participating in the drawing:
First A married woman, unless she
has been deserted or abandoned by her
husband, or unless her husband Is In
capacitaed by disease or otherwise from
earning a support for his family, and
she is the head and main support of
the family.
Second One not a citizen of the
Vnltod States, and he who has not
declared his Intention to become such.
Third One under 21 years of age,
not the head of a family.
Fourth One who is the proprietor
of 160 acres of land in any state or
territory. The ownership of 160 acres
and a town lot 'disqualifies the owner
from making entry.
Fifth One who has acquired title to,
or Is claiming, under any of the non
mineral public land laws, through set
tlement or entry made since August
SO, 1S90. any other lands, which, with
the lands applied for. would amount
in the aggregate to more than 320
acres.
Sixth One who has previosuly made
homestead entry, unless he is entitled
to make second homestead entry, which
second entry may be made by:
(a) One who commuted a homestead
entry prior to June 5. 1900. and has not
since that date made another home
stead entry.
(b) One who. prior to May 17. 1900.
paid for lands In a former Indian res
ervation, to which he would have been
afterwards entitled to receive patent
without payments under the "free
homes" act.
c One who for any cause lost, for
feited or abandoned his homestead en
try prior to February S. 190S. if the
former entry was not cancelled for
fraud or relinquished for a valuable
consideration. Where such entrant
sold his Improvements or sold the re
linquishment of his entry, he not
entitled to make a second homestead
entry, regardless of the fact that his
improvements may have cost him more
than the amount received for them.
(d)-klne who has already made final
proof on less than 160 acres of land
may. If he is otherwise qualified, make
an adltlonal entry for such amount of
land as will, when added to the amount
for which he has already made final
proof, not exceed in the aggregate 160
acres.
Portland Grocers Spend Great
" Day at Camas.
SALESMEN WIN BALL GAME
Contest, Which Goes II Innings, Is
Feature Event, While Men's and
Women's Races Add to Gen
eral Jlerrlment.
Twenty-five hundred grocers, with their
families and friends. Journeyed 25 miles
on two special trains of IB coaches eaoh
yesterday to attend their ninth annual
picnic held in the new park at Camas.
Considered from standpoint of attendance
and quality of entertainment furnished,
the picnic was declared by all the most
successful that has been held. The day
was Meal, with a fresh breese blowing
up from the river to keep the picnickers
from sweltering, and plenty of sunshine
to keep them cheerful.
Arriving at the picnic grounds at M:30
A. M., the merrymakers scattered to
shady spots to make ready the luncheons,
to the ball park to watch a game between
the grocers and the. city salesmen, and
to the new pavilion to dance to the mustc
produced by De Caprio's Band. From the
time of arrival until the trains pulled out
at 6:30 o'clock, there was something
doing every minute, and it was a happy,
though tired, crowd that boarded the cars
for Portland.
A programme of athletic events occu
pied the entire afternoon.' There were
footraces for grocers, their wives, their
daughters and their clerks, as well as a
peanut race, a shoe race and a tug-of-war
for both sexes. The 76-yard races
for girls were the features.
Grocers' lose Hard Game.
The baseball game between the grocers
and the city sales-nen lasted 11 innings
and was extremely interesting. It re
sulted in a to a score in favor of the
salesmen, after the groceri. had the game
S to 0 In the fifth inning. In the begin
ning of the ninth Inning it stood 7 to 6
in favor of the salesmen, but at this
point the grocers rallied and tied the
score. The stars of the game were Tay
lor, ca-.cher for the salesmen, and Ogel
by, the salesmen's pitcher.
The star in the races was W. A. Gay
lord. whJ won in both the 100-yard open
race and in the 100-yard grocery clerks'
race. In the open race he made a sen
sational finish by forging ahead of A. R.
Arns in the last five yards. The peanut
race consisted of encouraging a peanut
along the ground by means of a tooth
pick. In this event Mrs. C. B. Smock
won 'out in a whirlwind finish. The shoe
race waa a rather novel feature. In which
the contestants were required to run the
length of a 75-yard course, put on a pair
of shoes selected from a pile and then
return to the starting point. The race
was won by A. B. Kelt.
Three Claim First Place.
About a dozen large but active fat men
labored for 100 yards to a close and excit
ing finish In one of the most spectacular
events of the afternoon. After the race
no less than three of the contestants, ex
cited by their great efforts, came for
ward and claimed first place, and It was
with considerable reluctance that two of
them finally allowed the victory to be
awarded to H. M. Bush.
The winners of the various events were
as follows:
" Ladles' tug-of-war Mrs. If. Metcalf, Mrs.
T. Walker, Mrs. Harold J. Anderson, Mrs.
E. Miller, Miss Lulu Bryson.
Men's tug-of-war S. G. Base, H. M.
Batty. J. C. Nelson. S. Splllman, C. V.
Bmook, F. G. Urfer.
Grocers' raoe S. A. Stubbs, W. E. Hamil
ton. E. R. Barnes.
Grocery clerks' race G. A. Gaylord, W.
C. Kelt. W. Llpkey.
Married ladles' race Mrs. George King,
Mrs. R. T. McMulen, Mrs. D. A. Hood.
Traveling men's race A. R. Arnolds, L.
T. Squires, W. A. Hufford.
Shoe race Kelt. Reynolds.
I.adls peanut race Mrs. C. E. Smock.
Hilda Mulkey. Lulu Bryson.
Fat men's race H. Bush, 8. A. John
son. W. T. Oreer.
100 yards, open W. A. Gaylord, A. R.
Arns. W. A. Hummel.
Broad Jump W. A. Barnes, W. A. Hum
mel. George W. Newell.
The Camas people were given much
credit for their enterprise in improving
the picnic grounds. In one week they
cleared the grounds of underbrush and
built the pavilion, at an expense of $600.
JOLLY GOOD OREGON DAY
Weather Man Uncorks Fine Sample
of the Real Stuff.
The weather man turned out an ideal
Oregon day yesterday, for the benefit of
residents and tourists alike. The atmos
phere was clear and the temperature did
not rise above 75 degrees. This was 12.8
degrees cooler than on Wednesday. Dur
ing the early morning hours there was a
little fog. but this was soon dispelled. All
resorts were crowded with pleasure-seekers,
and all manner of small craft on the
river were out. Hourly temperatures yes
terday follow:
6 A. M SS 1 p.
7 A. M 0 S P.
8 A. M 62 3 P.
9 A. M 64 4 P.
10 A. M S 5 P.
11 A. M 7 0 P.
12 noon .' -631
Trunks, suitcases and bags, Largest
variety at Harris Trunk Co.
RUN DOWN BY STREETCAR
Messenger Boy 19 Struck by One
While Dodging Another.
Wilford Watkins, a Western Union
messenger boy, living at 194 Fifteenth
street. North, lies at Good Samaritan
Hospital in a critical condition as a
result of injuries sustained in a street
car accident yesterday morning at Oak
and Third streets. He was on his bicy
cle at the time and had Just dodged in
front of a southbound St. John car,
barely escaping a collision, and ran in
front of a northbound W-car.
The street was slippery from recent
sprinkling and his wheel skidded, precip
itating him under the W-car. Watkins
sustained a broken thigh and a badly
lacerated scalp, aside from other bruises.
He will recover.
DECIDE INSURANCE CASE
Sealed Verdict Today In Buck Creek
Company's Suit.
At 10 o'clock this morning a Jury In
the Vnited States Court will report a
sealed verdict In the suit of the Buck
Creek Lumber Company, of White
Shimon. Wash., against the National
Union Fire insurance Company, of Pitts
burg. Pa. This is a suit to recover J35O0
for insurance on a lumber mlll in the
State of Washington. It has been on
trial before Judge Bean four days and
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270 WASHINGTON STREET.
Stock, Fixtures and Lease Bought
by C. H. Baker, of California
link to his chain of California shoe
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In order to add a Portland
cnws RqVpt lms bmifht the
est, and at the same time, best-known shoe stores in the city, and
was sought because it was not nancucappea wain me great xjeiceut
age of dead stock common to most general shoe stores. It's a strict
ly high-class, specialty proposition, offering all of the newest novel
ties in shoes for men and women.
NOT ONE OLD STYLE IN THE STORE BUT ALL MUST GO.
AO the
Latest
Styles for
Women
Every
All the
Latest
Styles
for Men
Pair of Crawford Shoes must be sold at once. A shoe
sale without a parallel in Portland. Baker sells shoes
Of all grades carries many makes. 1 ne urawiora
Factory cannot serve his general purpose. We
want the Crawford location we don t want me
shoes. It's your chance act now.
CRAWFORD SHOES ARE KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD AS THE STRONGEST
VALUES SOLD AT REASONABLE PRICES
The prices are stamped on the shoes before they leave the factory;
they represent what goes into the shoes, not what the storekeeper
may be able to get out of his customers. The reductions here indi
cated therefore represent more than the usual sale announcement
because they mean just what they say. Be in time.
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$5.00 "Crawfords" now
$4.00 "Crawfords" now
$3.50 "Crawfords" now
3.85
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2.95
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went to the Jury at 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon.
The defeidant company resisted pay
ment of the face of the policy or any
- i h TYMCTn that the mill
JttI l incicui i l" ' ' ' "
was located nearly Ave miles from White i
Salmon while the description of the risk ;
as set forth In the policy located It "at
white Salmon. xne outcome vi
case depends entirely on the Interpreta
tion of the jury of the meaning of the
policy as to the true location of the
property.
The Instructions of Judge Bean to the
Jury were to the effect that the mere
fact that the mill was located a few
miles from the town of White Salmon
did not in itself' render the policy void
or excuse the Insurance company from
paying the amount of the insurance.
WIFE HELPS HUSBAND OUT
Rose City Park Man 19 Acquitted of
Charge of Robbery.
E. A. Harpole. the Rose City Park
resident, son of J. S. Harpole, a horse
man, who was arrested Monday on a
charge of robbing Antone Miller, a
Swiss milkman, of J57, was released by
Municipal Judge Bennett yesterday
morning, following the establishment
of an alibi by the defendant in which
his divorced wife was the principal
witness in his behalf.
A peculiar feature of the case was
the fact that Mrs. Harpole made an
affidavit to District Attorney Cameron
prior to the trial In which she said she
saw her erstwhile husband at 11 o'clock
on the day the robbery was committed,
last Sunday. It took place at 9 o'clock.
two hours earlier than her statement
..irii rn th witness stand she
acknowledged to seeing him at 9 o'clock
In her room at 169 Jefferson street,
where she said he had been all the
previous night.
Brewer Withdraws From Race.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. July 22. (Spe
cial.) Hoquiam's candidate for Congress.
Attorney H. Brewer, to succeed the
late Congressman Cushman, in the Sec
ond district, withdrew today in favor of
Edward C. Finch, of this city.
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