THE MORNING OREGOSlAX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1909.
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BALL INGER DENIES
CHANGE 111 POLICY
Secretary Asks Magazine to
Enumerate Actions for
Which He Is Chided.
OFFICIALS DO NOT AGREE
Conflict ' In Statement of Director
Xewell and That or His Chief
as to Work on Recla
mation Projects.
"It will hve to enumerate.
Thi was the trite answer of Secretary
of the Interior Balllnger yesterday after
noon when his attention was drawn to
recent editorials in Collier's magazine
wherein he Is chlded for alleged under
mining of the policies of Roosevelt.
"I have not seen the magazine." con
tlnued the Cabinet officer, "but if such a
statement has been made it is easily re
futed. Conservation of forces is the
policy of the Administration and Is being
carried out. The Government does not
aim to comrwte with private Irrigation
ists. but doea things In a governmental
war. There have been no serious com
plaints made to me concerning the opera
tion of the Department or the interior.
"Are you opposed to Director Newell
holding officer he was asKed.
"I have not taken that stand," was
his response.
"Is there any immediate danger of Di
rector Xewe- being dropped from the de
partment, as rumored?"
"No." waa the response.
His Statements Guarded.
Not reticent, but guarded in his state
ments concerning his administration of
the office of Secretary of the Interior, air.
Balllnger had a pert "No" for many quea-
tions and explanations for others. And
he was kept busy. In the morning he
presided at a conference attended by Di
rector Newell. Chief Engineer Davis and
the supervising engineers of the reclama-
tion districts throughout the Union. In
the afternoon at the Portland Hotel not
a minute was his own, his time being oc
cupied by subalterns and committees, one
of which was headed by president Mac
Master of the Chamber of Commerce,
and another by C. E. S. Wood.
"I did not make any promises to the
Chamber of Commerce." said the Sec re
tary, "except to assure it Oregon would
get its share of the reclamation fund as
provided by law. Neither did I promise
Malheur anything. The Malheur recla
mation project never has been recognized
by the Government, but it will be given
consideration upon my return to vvasn-
Ington. No reclamation projects will be
dropped, and It is not likely that any
new enterprises will be undertaken, al
though extension of the lakima system,
which has been under consideration for
several years, baa been broached again.
Novel as It may seem the. statements of
Secretary" Bnlllnger and Director Newell
are conflicting. The former gave as
surance that all the projects now under
way would be continued and Director
Newell remarked that "work would be
stopped in one place to aid another.
Whatever the case iray be the result of
the conferences of Monday and yester
day will not be made known until Sec
retary Ballinger's return to Washington.
His final word yesterday before taking
the midnight train for Seattle was:
."Appropriations are made quarterly
and my apportionment for the various
projects will not be announced until
October 1.
.Lack of Funds Complaint.
Lack of funds was the general com
plaint of the officials who attended the
conference yesterday In the offices of
the Reclamation Department In the Beck
building. At Its close Secretary Balllnger
found himself surrounded by a mass of
figures from every reclamation district
praying for extension, completion or Im
provement. It was announced that the
projects under way and proposed would
entail an expenditure of t26.0uo.000 and
that the funrie on hand amounted to only
Sll.Oi'O.ooo. What steps would be taken
by Secretary Pallinger to get around the
difference in totals was not divulged but
in his address at the close of the con
ference economy was the keynote. He
closed by saying he was pleased with the
personnel of the reclamation service and
that all requests for apportionment of
the reclamation fund would be taken
under adviiement.
That 'Wa-ihlnpton is fretting mare than
her quota of the reclamation fund, her
projects absorbing more than 50 per cent
of the receipts from the salea of public
lands, van a statement made by Secre
tary Ballinger.
"But." he said, "an adjustment Ss
being contemplated whereby each state
will g?t its proportionate share. The law
In view will allow every state Rl per cent
of the fund accumulating through the
disposition of public lands."
"Being the umpire of a basebaH game."
said Director Newell, "is a picnic com
pared to distributing water. I was
actual!- surprd. however, st the
scarcity, of complaints againpt the. serv
ice. There were no complaints out of the
ordinary. In any community there are
soreheads who might kick at one person
receiving more watr than they but we
were not even overburdened with com
plaints of that nature. Reclamation Is
much like the water system of a city. As
soon as a main reaches a corner, resi
dents living up the street and down
the street want to be provided with
water. W encounter the same requests
but we are hampered by lack of funds
ami It Is Impossible for us to accom
plish javoWOOU worth of work for 7.
(0.'X. "In the conference this morning com
pletion of all contracts in 1910 was fa
vored, but to do that over fn.OOO.nro will
he required and it may be necessary to
stop work In one place to aid another
project. The reclamation service has dug
as much as the Panama Canal, but its
work being distributed the task does not
seem so great. By the end of 1910 we
will have spent KV)0.ono on reclamation
and w-e have provided homes for 10.000
people."
Director Newell also stated that an at
tempt would be made In the ensuing year
to complete all the larger reclamation
projects. These as enumerated by him
Include the following:
Roosevelt dam in Arizona, TO miles
above Phoenix.
Gunnison tunnel, largest in the world,
in Central Colorado.
Dike at Patnnnder dam in Central Wy
oming. Tieton system In Yakima Valley,
Washington.
Poise system in Idaho.
Minidoka system in Idaho.
Belle Fourche in South Dakota, largest
?arth dam in the world.
Dam on Tellowstone In Montana.
Dam on Rio Grande In New Mexico, to
be continued.
Institute Dates Are Set.
OREGON CITY, Or, Aug. 1. (Special.)
The annual Institute of county teach
ers will be held In Oregon City Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday, November J,
4 and 6, and County Superintendent Gary
is now arranging his programme. Dr.
H. D. Sheldon, of the University of Ore
gon, will be one of the instructors. Su
perintendent Gary announced the ap
pointment of Professor Brenton Veddar,
of Gladstone, and Professor J. F. Mitts,
of Canby. as members of the Board of
County Examiners.
LAND EAST OF CASCADES
Another Optimistic Communication
From F. L. Young.
NEWBERO, Or.. Aug. 8. (To th Edi
tor. With reference to the comraunlci
tlons of J. H. Moore and "Land Hungry"
as to Oregon land east of the Cascades, all
the land In Lake and Harney counties
will produce crops without irrigation.
That la the land that can be cultivated,
and more level land can be found in these
two counties than in any other two counties
of the state. But all the land In these two
counties can be Irrigated, not from streams,
of course, but from wells, for an abundance
of the best water is to be found every
where by digging, and the water from two
wells will be sufficient to irrigate a quarter
section of land. Besides land and water
there Is plenty of timber for fuel, and this
In a forest reserve, so that even in this the
settler is protected. Instead of nothing be
ing grown, as Mr. Moore says, there is no
part of Lake County in which farming has
been tried but what crops of good yield
have been grown.
In the Fort Rock country the conditions
are Just as I have described them. Fre
mont Is a new town, just on the edge of the
valley, with a good general store, hotel and
postofTlce. The Fort Rock postoffice is
about six miles farther ' east. The land is
about all taken up In this part of the valley.
Much of It Is being put under cultivation;
houses are to be seen everywhere, orchards
are being set out and this year the yield
of grain is beyond expectation.
Garden stuff Is grown in abundance and
In Christmas Lake Valley the acreage sown
to grain demands the services of a steam
thresher. The school district Is there and
a schoolhouse Is under construction.. Sun
day school Is held every Sunday. The peo
ple have organised a church and the min
ister lives In the neighborhood. A petition
containing the names of 0 settlers on a
25-mile route has been forwarded to Wash
ington. I. C-. asking for a rural mail route.
I h&ve lived In the West for some time.
Of course 1 have never lived In Brownsville,
but I have tried Eastern Washington, East
ern Oregon. Southern Idaho and since 11)00
the Willamette Valley. I think my opinion
la worth a little as to. what can be grown
In what Is called an arid country. I am
cot new to Lake County, having been In
terested there in a small way for several
years. What Oregon needs Is "boosters"
and not "knockers."
The Willamette Valley Is a great country
with a marvelous climate, but other por
tions of the state are also, rich In the nat
ural pasources that offer to the home-builder
an opportunity to become independent. The
next trip Mr. Moore makes tn rough central
Oregon, if he .will look a little closer he ;
can find a -few more spots worthy of even j
his notice, especially If he waits a few years. 1
for two railroads will soon break the still
ness of a long neglected section, and Instead
of the dreary landscape of sagebrush, his
eye will be greeted everywhere by happy
homes and waving fields of grain. - i
Jr. L. it-iuisi.
Is Prohibition Really a Failure?
Here Is an Argument That It Is a Great Boon to the Public, and the Only
Effective Way to Handle the Liquor Traffic
PORTLAND, Aug. S. (To the Editor.)
In The Oregonian August I there ap
peared an interesting article under this
caption: "Prohibition va ucensea
Saloon." In this article tne organiza
tion' which Is the chief opponent of pro
hibition In Oregon contends that prohi
bition should not be adopted in our state
because it is such a deplorable failure
elsewhere. To support thie contention
they hold up before us our pioneer pro
hibition state Maine as a fine example
of e-uch deplorable failure. But why, I
ask. did they jump clear aero mo
nntlivent to And an example or tne
failure of prohibition. They know, as
well as I do, that prohibition is not en
tirely an unknown quantity in Oregon
ot th nresent time, why do they not
choose prohibition territory nearer home
so that their statements migni oe more
Hiilv verified or refuted?
I am glad to report mat we now
more than 60.000 square miles ot proni
b It Ion territory within the boundaries of
v state of Oregon. In this territory
are Jocated some of the leading towns of
our state: AiDany, resent,
Roseburg. Ashland, Grants Pass, Pendle
ton. La Grande and a good many others.
Cnrvsllla. the seat of our Agricultural
College, and the county In which it is
situated, have been 'dry" for five years.
Albany and Eugene have been "dry" for
more than three years. Now, if prohi
bition is the miserable, deplorable failure
that the Liquor Dealers' Association con
tend it is. then its evil rruits ana re
sults should be apparent right here In
Or.i-nn within 50 miles of Portland. Pro
hibition has been given a practical, ex
perimental test in our own state, on a
large scale, and we do not need to cross
the continent to find examples of its
practical results.
I assert that prohibition is a success
in Oregon, and I defy the Wholesale
Liquor Dealers' Association of this city
successfully to disprove the assertion.
Prohibition has been so mucn 01 a suc
cess In Oregon that towns and counties
which voted dry for the first time in
1905 voted dry again In 190S, with greatly
increased majorities. Prohibition has
been so successful in Oregon that since
Its adoDtlsn. dry towna have grown, pros
pered and improved s never before in
all their history. Prohibition has been
00 successful here that bankers, mer
chants and other business men, who were
nnrwuwd to prohibition before its adop
tion, are now enthusiastic supporters vi
prohibition. Prohibition has proven so
successful at Eugene, the largest prohi
bition town In our state, that building
permits there for the month or July,
1919. show a total of 174.000. This Includes
permits for building and repairing 42 resi
dences. Perhaps prohibition Is a failure
In Maine, but it is a success in Oregon.
But is prohibition a failure in Maine?
Tt in see. Recently, during a local
option campaign, in Mahoning County.
Ohio, it was determined to tind out the
truth about Maine. This is tne county
in which the City of Youngstown (pop.
45,0X) Is situated. Two or tne most
prominent and best-known men in
Toungstown were sent to conduct an in-
est'pat'.on Myron C. Wick and Thomas
G. Robinson.
These men are not prohibitionists. Mr.
Wick is a capitalist and manufacturer.
He is a member of one of the old and
wealthy families of Tfoungstown. -ir.
Robinson Is a well-known attorney of
Youngstown. and a man whose word can
not be impeached. It was these two rep
resentative men who journeyed to Port
land.. Me., to get at the facts of the
success or failure of prohibition. The
report of these men proves that the
Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association
made a mistake when they held up Maine
as an example of the failure of prohi
bition. - Following is a synopsis of the
report of Messrs. Wick and Robinson:
We feel constrained to say tliat, as an
embodiment of civic .lecency and cleanli
ness, we hav never eon a city which sur
pm9Cd Portland. Me.
fortiana nas inauwinai ciKi'iiKum-m--.
Portland has six National hanks, with
capital and nurplus of fvfr s joo.000 ana
Rirrenate deposits or jL,iwi.i'iw.
Portland has two targe savinirs hanks.
with savings deposits of shout I5,t00.000
and 37.000 savings accounts.
The total deposits of tne bajiKs or norl
and ars over t4K.000.00O.
The City of Portland has two hlRh schools.
and has In all 70 public builrllnfrs of all
kinds. A new Cltv Hall win be built this
Summer at a cost of $96.000.
The tax rate Is 1.96. compared with J IT
Id Toungtstown.
The city has six largs hotels ana 10 smau j
WATER IN QUESTION
Suit May Hinge on Flow
Tumalo Creek.
in
GROSS FRAUD IS CHARGED
State; Sues Irrigation Companies Op
erating Near ' Bend Action
Against W. A. Laidlaw Dis
. missed, Lacking Evidence.
The suit of the State of Oregron against
the Three Sisters Irrigation Company,
Columbia Southirn Irrigation Company.
Columbia Irrigating Company and W. A.
Loidlaw. which came up for trial yester
fi.iv before Judge Wolverton, In Federal
Court, was submitted for decision after'!
arguments by District Attorney Craw
ford and J. K. Kollock for the state and
f Attorneys A. E. Clark, Seneca Smith and
H. M. Esterly for the defense. Tne
complaint against W. A. Laidlaw, who
had been employed as agent in filing
maps, lists of lands and other data, and
In making estimates of cost and main
tenance of the Irrigation system, was
dismissed because the evidence did not
show him guilty of fraud in connection
with the case.
"Whole Case Complicated.
The whole case la complicated and in
volves large figures In land and money.
The contract of the consolidated irriga
tion companies called for the reclama
tion of 27,000 acres of Government land In
the Tuiualo Creek district near Bend,
Or. The cost of construction of the pro
posed irrigation system was placed by
Laidlaw at 318,45.30. Canals and ditches
to the extent of 119 miles had been dug
by the time of the appointment of a
receiver, and settlers taking up lands In
the grant had paid over to the com
pany about J100.000 in cash and notes.
The decision of the judge will rest
largely upon the allegation of the state's
attorneys that the irrigation companies
deceived the state into believing that
water In Tumalo Creek was present in
far greater quantities than was actually
found to be the case. The defendants
urge that there Is plenty of water to sup
ply the two dams, which were built -at
an expense of $80,000. The reservoir was
built to hold 91,000 acre feet.
Wilful Fraud Charged,
The complaint charges that the irri
gation companies wilfully defrauded the
etate into givirg contracts by mipreD
resentatlon of the amount of water in
ones of good character. There is no bar In
any of these hotels: neither, so far as our
experience went, nor so far as we oould
learn, can liquor be obtained In them.
On the five chief business streets of the
city there are no vacant storeroomc.
Portland has 145 miles of constructed
streets and 107 acres of city parks and park
ways. It has a laree public library and a
splendid water supply.
The city has no open barrooms or sa
loons; nor wlnerooxns. nor dancehalls. nor
places where men and women congregate
to drink, with the attendant Immorality.
We do not believe that the laws In
Portland destroying the saloon have been or
are rallures. v e do not beilevo that they
are farcial. We do not believe that they
have bred contempt for law. We do not
believe that they have Increased Intoxica
tion. On the other hand, the City of Portland,
Me., shows every evidence of prosperity, de
cency and morality. We believe that th
abolition oX the saloon has been profitable
to the people, it has helped them morally,
physically and materially.
The truth of this report cannot be
questioned or impeached, and it com
pletely refutes the statement of the
liquor dealers that prohibition is a
failure In Maine. From Maine (state
wide prohibition), to Oregon (19 out of
34 counties dry), and from Michigan
(30 counties out of 84 dry), to Florida
(36 counties out of 46 dry), prohibition
is a success, and is proving to be the
only safe, sane and practical method
of dealing with the liquor evil.
The liquor dealers contend that pro
hibitory laws should not be enacted
because they are frequently violated.
We of the opposition contend that vio
lations of law under license and regu
lation are more frequent and flagrant
than violations under prohibition. We
had a practical demonstration of the
lawlessness of liquor under license a
few days ago, when Chief Cox called
some of the prominent dealers of Port
land to his office and warned them
that the saloons under their control
must be made orderly and kept
orderly.
That Institution that we call the
"blind pig" Is a nuisance everywhere,
and should be suppressed.-
But the "blind pig" is not indigenous
to prohibition territory only. It flour
ishes in license territory also. The Sec
retary of the Law and Order League
of the city of Chicago said recently
that there were not less than 2500
"blind pigs" in that iCity. A larger
number than that are in the prohibi
tion states of Maine and Kansas com
bined. Baker City is perhaps the largest
town in Eastern Oregon, and it Is a
good example of the license city. As
a boose town Baker City carries the
banner in the State of Oregon. It
seems that there is as little need for
the blind pig at Baker as there Is any
where in the country, and yet there
are more blind pigs in Baker- than
there Is In any dry town of the state.
Baker has 34 public houses of prosti
tution, and one who made an Investi
gation in the Interest of public de
cency reports that liquor can be pur
chased in every one of them.
Portland, Or., Is a license city where
the laws of regulation are as well en
forced, and perhaps better enforced
than they are in the average American
city, and yet blind pigs many of them
flourish in the city of Portland, Or.
Parties conducting rooming-houses at
2474 Taylor street. 267 Taylor street
and 209 H Third street paid the Fed
eral retail liquor tax for 1908, but they
were not and cannot be licensed under
our laws of regulation. These are just
a few samples. There are many more
like these in our city. These are blind
pigs of such a low character that they
would not be tolerated in the average
prohibition town in our state for a sin
gle week. Under prohibition the blind
pig is prosecuted; under license it is
not molested.
Regulation has been given a fair
trial in this country; it has proven
such a dismal failure that prohibition
Is being substituted In thousands of
communities. The liquor traffic has
sinned away its day of grace. In more
than half the territory of our great
Nation 't is now an outlaw. In a few
years the beverage liquor traffic will
be a thing of the past and no one but
the liquor dealers themselves will la
ment its passing.
E. T. ZIMMERMAN,
Field Worker of Oregon Anti-Saloon
League.
Tumalo Creek, that they miesappro
priated money received from . the set
tlers and made a pretense of doing the
enstruction work while using the set
tlers' money. The defense asserts that
several reputable engineers investigated
the project and reported It all right, and
that there was no question till about two
years ago. when suit was begun by dis
satisfied parties. Ail concerned were de
ceived, it Is said, as to the actual amount
of water In the creek, but it is thought
there was enough for the purpose and
that the company would have straight
ened matters out if left alone. The com
pany was working steadily at the time
of the appointment of the receiver and
had ppent twice as much money as was-
received from the settlers.
Attorney Crawford maintains the com
pany was acting fraudulently, that there
was not enough water in the creek for
the project, and the settlers were made
to ray for the construction work on false
pretentions.
POSTMASTER HAS COMPLAINT
Duplicate Streets and Wrong Num
bers Hamper Mailcarrlers.
Difficulties experienced by mail car
riers operating In a strange district
where there are no names on the street
corners and no numbers on the houses
were set forth in a letter yesterday
sent by the superintendent of carriers.
J. N. Jones, to Postmaster Young. The
letter states that new carriers find it
well-nigh impossible to work in such
a district without first learning the
names of the people who live In each
separate dwelling. The letter also gave
the names of 40 duplicate streets in
this city which create much confusion
and are the cause of many Portland
residents not receiving their mail.
When the regular carriers go away
on their vacations, the substitutes put
in have much trouble, and the result
is an unsatisfactory mall service. It is
the opinion of Postmaster Young, Mayor
imon and J. N. Jones that the diffi
culty can be remedied at a small ex
pense, and the Mayor promises his sup
port. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
J. L. Angell and wife to Elizabeth A.
Martin, lot 7. block 35. Vernon t 8.500
R. F. Davis and wife to J. Worlck.
lots 3. 4. o, block 5. Laurel Park... 100
C. M. Stevens to Paul Labbe, lot 3,
block 1. Wynkoop Villa '10
Associated Banking & Trust Co. to A.
H. Brock et al.. lot 29. block "C."
Tlbbetts' Add 1
E. D. Dewey and wife to GeorKe
Libbv, E. 63 feet of lot 13. block
19. Albina 10
Rosetta Scott and husband to Bertha
Buchanan, undivided half of lots 3,
4. block 58, Holladay Add 1
W. S. Wigfts and. wife to Henry Teal,
lots 30. 31, block 2S. Carson Hts. .. 730
Hnttie B. Bllze and husband to H. A.
Chapman, lot 11 block 10 First
Electric Add 100
H. A. Chapman and wife to William
Westberg. lots 11. 12, 13, block 10.
First Electric Add 1,030
M. J. Delahunt and wife to W. L.
Morgan, lots 1, 2, and E. 3.1 1-3
feet of lots 19. 20. block 63, Irv
ington 7.250
W. H. Little to Martha Hart Little,
lot 2. block 13. Columbia Heights.. 1
Same to Addle E. Little, lot 5. block
13, Columbia Heights 1
M p. Cannon to Mattie Beatty, lots
9, 10 block 15. Kenllworth Add 1,500
B. C. Kenlev and wife to O. S. Den-
nlson, lot 13. block 4. Stewart Park 300
Ysmael Gaxiola and wife to J. H.
Nash, lot 12, block 1, Nash's First
Add , 1
Minnie Jeffries and husband to Har
vey Goodall et al., lot 21 and E.
10 feet or lot 20. block 10. Tllton a
Add 10
Nellie L. Price and husband to G. A.
Ross et al., 33 1-3x100' feet, com
mencing 30 feet north and 2973.82
feet east of S. W. cor. or Seldon
Murray D. L. C 10
Clark County Bank of Washougal to
N. A. Henderson, lots 8, 9. 10, 11,
block 21, Council Crest Park 8,000
T. M. Rolfe and wife to Rozalle
Hallk. lot 7, block 23, Mount Tabor
Villa 1.100
r. Tt. Beardslev and wife to W. H.
Ferris, lot 12, block 1, Laurelwood
No. 2 230
S. T. Webster and wife to P. A. Mar
quam, Jr., lots 2.3. 29,- block 21.
Willamette Add. to East Portland.. 1
Investment Co. to W. F. Mackenzie,
lot 6, block 46, Piedmont 850
W. H. Watt to J. L. Robinson, lot
9. block 1. Eaton 200
Ruby Adams and husband to Minnie
E Root, lot 30, block 6, Reservoir
Park 500
Title Guarantee & Trust Co. to C. R.
Mowerv lots 19. 20. block 22, First
Add. to Holladay Park Add 1.350
C. G. Warren and wife to W. J.
Miller, lot 13, block 2, Whltwood
Court 450
Rlvervlew Cemetery Association to
W. J. Miller, lot 128. Sec. 16, said
cemetery 150
Alovs Harold to Victor Land Co.. lots
3. 4. block "B," In P. J. Martin
Tract 1
A. N. Hart to F. E. Potter et al., lots
1, 2, block 6, Arle'ta Park Ko. 3. . . 100
p S. Guilford . and wife to W. B.
Wridge et al., lot 4, block 1, Stacy
Park 100
Max Davies an wife to Lyman Da
vles, S. H of S. W. of S. W. K.
of Sec. 15. T. 1 8., R. 4 E 2,000
Margaret Adams et al. to Ada I
Ingalls, lot 34 and N. i of lot 33.
block 123. University 'Park 500
Investment Co. to Mabel F. Warner,
lot 3. block 35, Piedmont 1,100
O. A. Graham and wife to Albert
Cummlngs. X. 20 feet of lot 13,
block 1, Albina Homestead 1.500
G. G. Ferguson to Belle R. Ferguson,
lots 14. 13. 16. block 114. University
Park
O. Mlchaelson and wife to O. A. Gra
ham. N. 20 feet of lot 15, block 1,
Albina Homestead 1
O. A. Graham and wife to . E. .H.
Peerv. N. 20 feet of lot 15, block
1. Albina Homestead - 10
O. E. Grantham to Mrs. K. C. Par-
rish, lot 3, block 15, Katherine 825
Total 33,182
LAWYERS' ABSTRACT TRUST CO..
Room 8. Board of Trade bid.
Abstracts a specialty.
Certificates of Title made by the Title
Trust Co.. 7 Chamber of Commerce.
OBSERVATION CAR
Through Willamette Valley.
The Southern Pacific is now running
an observation parlor car covering the
delightful daylight ride through the
Willamette Valley between Portland
and Cottage Grove.
This car leaves Portland southbound
on train 19 at 8:15 A. M. Returning,
leaves Cottage Grove, northbound, on
train 18 at 4:50 P. M.
- Astoria Marine Xews.
ASTORIA. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) The
power recently Installed In the pilot
schooner Joseph Pulitzer has not proved
a success and the vessel in her present
condition is not considered safe for rough
weather. For that reason the craft will
soon be brought Inside for the purpose of
rectifying her defects. These will Include
a new wheel, shifting ballast and prob
ably a rearrangement of her engines. She
is also leaking aft ana it win db neces
sary to place her on the drydock to nave
this portion of her calked.
The San Francisco ocean tug Hercules
arrived in this morning from Seattle to
tow another log raft to California. She
took to the Sound the American ship
Henry Failing that is to load lumber for
New York, and after discharge there will
be turned into a coal barge.
The lighthouse tender Columbine left up
this morning for Portland to meet Gen
eral Marshall, chief of engineers. TJ. S. A.,
and three officers of his staff. They are
making an inspection trip of the work
being done by this department. They will
be at the mouth of the river on Wednes
day and probably a part of Thursday.
The manifest of the schooner Virginia
was filed at the Custom-House today. The
vessel goes to San Francisco and carries
a cargo of 660,000 feet of lumber, loaded
at Knappton.
The Danish government proposes land and
sea fortifications, the construction of 20
torpedoboats and six submarines, improve
ments In mines, etc
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JOLLY CRUISE PLANNED
MOTOR BOAT CLT7B TO HAVE
FUN NEXT SUNDAY.
Trip Up Willamette to Cedar Island
Will Be Made by About 50 Craft
for Day of Pleasure.
Starting at 9 o'clock next Sunday morn
ing, 60 motor boats from the Willamette
Motor Boat Club will leave for an all
day cruise up the Willamette River. The
flotilla will proceed ten miles up the
river to Cedar Island, and will spend the
day there in jollification and feasting.
Various games and sporting events, both
land and aquatic, will be pulled oft. The
return trip will be made at about 10
o'clock at night.
George J. Kelly, commodore of the
club, will lead the first squad in his
handsome craft, The Judge. George
Klnnear, vice-commodore, will lead the
second squad. A number of canoes will
be taken in tow to accommodate extra
passengers.
The amusements of the day will in
clude swimming contests and impromptu
motor boat races and various motor boat
exhibitions, such as cranking contests,
backward stroke races, etc One of the
most spectacular events will be a motor
boat tug of war.
L. M. Meyers, a noted swimmer and
a prominent member of the club, will
give a fancy swimming exhibition.
A good band will be taken along to
keep things lively and excellent lunches
will be provided. The island is one of
the most beautiful spots on the river and
well suited t a picnic.
There will be a general meeting of the
club members next Friday night to make
final arrangements for the cruise.
CLARK UNEASY IN PRISON
Oregon City Prisoner Makes Second
Effort to Escape.
OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 3. (Special.)
Chafing over his confinement in the
IF YOU CONTEMPLATE AN EASTERN TRIP
August 11 and 12 To All Points
Are Our Selling Dates.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
CITY TICKET OFFICE
Corner Third and Morrison Streets. (
TARES QUOTED. ROUTES EXPLAINED.
RESERVATIONS MADE.
- You can stop at Seattle A. Y. P. E.
' You can stop for tour of
Yellowstone National Park
Take a Trip to Spokane
August 8 and 9.
. 17th National Irrigation Congress.
Visit Seattle A.Y.P. en Route
19.40 Portland to Spokane and Return $19.40
$14.95 Without the Stopover $14.95.
The pleasure is ours to quote fares and furnish full information.
A. D. CHARLTON, A. O. P. A.
Are you aware that it means money
to you when we say Midsummer
Sale ? Come and see us. McAllen
& McDonnell, the Popular Price
Dry Goods Store, noted for best
goods at lowest prices. We have
made the corner of Third and Mor
rison what it is today.
County Jail, Artnur Clark, who is serving
a sentence of six months for larceny, at
tempted to break jail for the second time
Sunday. Clark was arrested on August
11, last, and on the following day pleaded
guilty and began his sentence. In Octo
ber he escaped, with John Bowers, who
was awaiting a hearing on a charge of
assault with a deadly weapon, and was
recaptured last week at Vancouver,
Wash'.
Sheriff Beatie examined the lock to
Clark's cell last Sunday and found that it
had been tampered with, the prisoner
having used a wire in an effort to pick
the lock. He now occupies a lonesome
cell and is not permitted to communicate
with the other prisoners.
POLK COUNTY TO FRONT
New Life and More Prosperity as the
Result of a New Railroad.
' DALLAS. Aug 3. (To the Editor.)
Many citizens of Oregon are unaware of the
fact that Eola came within two votes of
being the Capital of the state. Yet such
Is the fact. For years Eola nursed her dis
appointment, and. nestling at the foot of
one of Polk County's famous hills, awaited
the time when the argument of "want of
means of access" would no longer be used.
Things have changed. The old stage will
soon be a thing of the past, for each day
the const ruction train of the Salem. Falls
City & Western Railway goos thundering
through the back streets of Eola and the
building of the road goes on.. It Is now
within two miles of its terminus near the
west end of the bridge at Salem. This road
means much to Salem and Dallas. Its com
pletion is now but a matter of weeks. The
seven stations along Us IB miles will make
of it a great convenience to dairymen and
fruit men. There will be a station at each
Intersection of county roads.
This road started as a m-sre logging road
to supply logs for the sawmills here, extend
ing westward from Dallas Into the Coast
Mountains. Its length now westward Is
nearly 20 miles and its capacity is .taxed
to the utmost in hauling the freight fur
nished to it.
When the Southern Pacific trains for Dal
las leave the Union Depot and the Salem,
Fallea City & Western trains' make regular
trips to Salem people will learn that Dal
las Is on the map and the hills of Polk (the
best fruit land in the Valley) will be the
fruit grower's paradise. The day of th-a
big farm is gone. The day of the crowded
city and the answering of a whistle will
soon be gone to all selfrellant young men,
for they can get more out of lite as inde
pendent owners of small tracts of land than
they can as the employes of some institu
tion whose foreman knows or cares nothing
for them except as numbers and, how much
can toe forced out of them.
There was a time when the young man
or the city would tilt his nose a few angles
when his country cousin came to town, but
September 9 To Chicago
Portland, Oregon.
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now since farming and fruit raising Is suc
cessfully carried on by brain power the
old-time "jay" has vanished and th-a coun
try man would tilt his nose several angles
when his green city cousin makes a visit
were it not for the fact that the free,
manly, intelligent lif-3 of the country man
makes him above the old-time superclllious
airs of -his city cousin. Young man of the
city. Join a strike as soon as possible. Strike
or easier hours and better pay; for less
bosslsm and better quarters; for pure air
and clean and better food; for more pay
and. less work. Strike out for the country
and be your own bofis.
GLEN O. HOLM AX.
Los Angeles Men Come Sunday.
A special train bearing over 100 dele
gates of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce will arrive In Portland at 7:30
Sunday morning. The delegation will be
entertained by the local Chamber during
their sojourn of a few hours here. Five
chartered observation .cars have been en
gaged and will convey the visitors to .
various points of interest about the city.
The Journey to the A-Y-P Fair at Seat
tle will be resumed Sunday noon.
Should a
Wage Earner
or Salaried Man
Invest in Bonds?
"Why not?
If it's safe?
"Wage earners are constant
ly being told that real estate
investments are ideal on the
easy payments plan.
Why not bonds, then, on the
same plan?
It is true, only a few classes
of bonds can be bought in
that manner.
Pick out a good, safe bond
investment, subscribe for as
many as is consistent with
your income, and pay for
them on the installment plan.
If the bond is good, your in
vestment is safe.
If it is safe, you cannot lose.
If it earns . money for you,
you get it regularly; you do
not have to wait till you sell
to profit.
LOWNSDALE
bonds are safe.
ORCHARD
The total issue of $275,000 is
"secured by property valued
at present at nearly $300,000.
The orchard is earning a
splendid percentage on an
even greater valuation than
$300,000.
Send for literature fully de
scribing the property and
bond issue. It will interest
you, we are certain.
THE
JACOBS-STINE
COMPANY
Fiscal Agents
146 Fifth St., Portland, Or.