9 Tirr MORXFNV OREGOyiAX. THURSDAY. . AUGUST 25, - 1910. SUMMER S DROUTH CAN BE OVERCOME Irrigation for Willamette Val . ley Urged by Government Investigator. WATER SUPPLY ABUNDANT IX-vrlopnK-nt of Smaller Farm. Kx-K-rt lHrbmi, I Kseentlal It crds of Kvrn Local Market Are to lie Supplied. ORBGOXIAN NBWS BITREAC. Wash ington. Auk. XI. t'ntll the farmer of "We Irrn Oregon abandon the agrlcul .turai methods of the past (feneration and torn' to Intensive ftrmlni, with rotation of crops; until the - and 40 acra farm aupersedr-s the ranch of ten llmtl that sl. and until modern meth ods of Irrlautlon and cultivation are practlr-ed anerally throughout the Wil lamette. Rogue River and I'mpgua val ley. Oregon will continue a victim of prevailing high prices, and her moat promising agricultural region will fail, as It baa In the past, to meet even the de mands of tha local market. A change fram old to new, with the general prac t'ce of Irrigation, however, will double. If not treble, the output or these three ralleva. and greatly relieve existing; con dition . TMa is the. message conveyed In a report Jiut lsened by the United States leartme.'it of Agriculture, giving the re sult of three yeans" Investigations of Irri gation possibilities In Western Oregon, coupled with a study of the causes that contribute to the agricultural backward ness of the wb-le of Western Oregon. Economic Problem Serious. The report Is written by A. P. Stover, a ho had charge of Irrigation Investlga tlooa In th Willamette Valley. The con clusion of the report deala boldly with condition that exist today, and Is . so forcefully wonled a to command serious consideration. Ties cor eluding paragraphs read as follows: "As tha result of a widespread cam paign of education and advertisement. Western Oregon Is experiencing today one of the greatest eras of growth and development It has ever known. From all ovar the Vnlor men are coming to thai region to locate and Invest their capital. Alon commercial and Industrial lines' tha development Is very great. Indeed. Along agricultural lines there Is much Investment and speculation, but on the whole, little real development Is taking place outside of a few especially favored localities. This) backwardness In the actual de velopment of the agricultural Industry t-oneiitutee one of the mo- serious econo mic problems confronting Western Ore gon. Thu region Is essentially and pre eminently an agricultural one. and tha chief supporting Industry will always ba agriculture: yet substuntlal development along this line Is falling far behind the development along commercial and in dustrial lines, and as a result an abnor mal condition is rapidly being created. Tha cltiea and towns are growing rapidly, their population la Increasing, but tha farming Industry that Is to support this growth of the titles and towns Is making low progress. "Outside of the favored districts that are progressing, the general farming area la clinging to tha same methods and se curing the same results that obtained 15 and J years ago. In the heart of the large farming area, the large 330 and acre farm la the rule, and the raising of grain crops that do not yield I per cent nt return on the assesn-d valuation of the land is tenaciously adhered to. Condition Is Abnormal. "That conditions are abnormal Is proved forcibly by the fact that although It ta eesenlially an agricultural region, the farm products of Western Oregon, d.'srilta the high prliea prevailing, fall absolutely to supply even the local de mand. The valleys of Western Oregon each year actually Import, from Eastern sifctes and from other outside sections, hundreds of thousand of dollar worth of ham. bacon, lard, bult-r. canned goods, egaa and even !fay and grain product tiukt should be grown In such abundance j not only to meet the local demand, but to supply an extensive export trade that waits only to be developed.' With such conditions existing, it can readily he seen that normal ami substantial de velopment 'can not take place until the agricultural Industry receives an Impetus that will enable It to keep pace with the d- elopment along other line. "The re aeons for this state of affairs are not dirticult to locate. One of the p-!ncipal reasons for the prevailing con dtlnn Is that the destructive cultural methods that lave been followed for years have so affected tha producing power of the soils that they ran no l.irgcr ba (armed with profit In the old manner even though earnest and con . -tent effort he put forth by the farmer. Th soils will not respond aa thev once d:5 nor can they be made to produce aa thev should unt'l radi.-al cnarges In meihcls sr- adopted. Another reason Is trat p.T-vsiiing farming practice Is in a rut 'The most Important reason of all. 'however, why dev!opm?rit should be so slow la thi in this necessary change from the eM one-crop method to the In tensified and diversified method of oon structiva farming, adverse climatic con ditions are encountered tl:at affect most tertoiisly the result that should be se cured under thr pew order of thlni." The report calls a:tention to the pecu liar climatic conditions of the Willam ette Valley, with- its heavy annual rain fall, but practical drought during the growing months of Summer, -the awaaoo, when all crops, but wheat require water. Tha valley, aance it was nrst settled, has been devoted principally to wheat grow ing, for which the climate is admirably adapted, but the long continued gTowlng of thai one crop has brought the land into such condition that profitable crops of wheat are no longer produced. Summer Irrigation One Remedy. In favored localities, limited areas hava n recent years be;n devoted to other crops. It la aaid. but practically nothing haa been done with tha vaat area of gTaln land that each year Is growing les pro ductive. The seriousness of this situa tion was appreciated by the Portland Board of Trade, and at the Inaiance of that organisation the department haa conducted Invocations in the past three years to determine the feasibility of Ir rigation In the Willamette. Umpqua and Rogue River valleys', and to determine by experiment the value of Irrigation in Increasing yields, as well as ascertain ing other Information that will bet of value In solving the problem that con fronts the farmers' generally through Western Oregon. Of the results of the Investigations, the report says; The experiments made, though Incom plete in many respects have shown con clusively that exeat benefit Is to be de rived from Summer Irrigation In the Wil lamette Valley: that through it crops may take advantage of tlie best grow ing' month of the year, thereby giving not only a more assured return but a greatly Increased yield "All crops experimented upon show a decided Increase In yield, also Improve ment In quality when Irrigated. In gen eral, it aeems safe to say that the In telligent application of water to crops will easily Increase yields from 1i to 150 per cent. In other words. Irrigation prop erly applied will double the output of farming operations'. Water In abundance is available for the most exl-enrtve Irri gation development. "Irrigation will make possible the small diversified farm of to 40 acres, on which a far better living will be made than Is now possible on the average farm of ten tlmca that stxo.' " CIRCUSliEif TODAY PARADE STARTS FROM SHOW GROCXDS AT 9:15. Barnuni & Bailey Performers and Menagerie Will Appear Here Twice With 1200 Animals. CIRCTH- PARADE WllX START . THIS MORNINO AT ' :1J O'CUM K. Route otX circus Darade today: Starting fro the show grounds. Ral slgh and Twenty-afth strwta. at 9:13 o'clock this morning, will move direct to Nineteenth streef and Washington, sad will tno follow this rcute: Nineteenth to Morrison. Morrison to Third. Third to Burn side. Burnilde to Sixth. 8h:h to Oak. Oak to Fourth. . Tourth to Washington. Washington to Nineteenth, and thence back to the grounda The afternoon performance will commence at 2 o'clock sharp. Today and tomorrow are circus days In Portland. Th. first section of the circus train l expected by 1 o'clock this morning. It will bring the hotel and the kitchen out fit and the horses and men n-ceaaary to haul It to the grounds and get break fast for 130 men. sromen and children. . corps of W chefs, cooks, waiters and kitchen heljiers come with this depart- The other four trains will arrive a soon after the first section as the regu lation of the railroad will permit. The performers and the business staff live on the lest train. By the time they ar rive breakfast will be waiting on the lot." Breakfast means about oO pan cake. S pounds of porkchops. 150 doien eggs. J0 gallons of coffee. K pounds of butter. 1W gallons of milk. 15 buanels or potatoes and a few other Hems In like proportion. The menagerie will come on tha sec ond train. In It are 1-V0 wild and eml domestlc animals, which also must be fed and watered. They will consume for tomorrow's breakfast MM pound of meat and five tons of hay. to say noth ing of a ton or two of vegetables. After the unloading of theXmlle-long train and the bgllJing of the city of tents the next event of Interest will be the pa rade. It will be three miles long. It will leave the grounds at :lo o'clock. The afternoon performance will begin at J o'clock. Tha night ahow will begin at S o'clock. The doom will open an hoar earlier to give people an opportunity of vlistlng the biggest menagerie on earth. The downtown ticket offK-es will bs conducted In Sherman. Clay Co.'a piano store. It will open early m the morning. Rerrved seats and admissions can be bought there at the same prices charged on the show grounds. Those who wish to avoid tne crowns win un " town method a great convenience. Much has been said of the fine Euro pean prorramm unfler the main tent. Jupiter, the balloon horse; Desperado, who leans from the dome of the tent and lands on "his cheat and Charlie tha Klrst. the chimpansee acrobat and bicy cle rider, are among the feature. NATURE DOES WORK Raw Copper Tempered to Cut ting Edge in Alaska.- - AZTEC "MYSTERY SOLVED? When the stomach falls to perform Its functions, the bowels become de ranged, the liver and the kidneys con gested causing numerous diseases. Tha .lonn.'h anil liver must be restored to a healthv condition and Chamberlain a stomach and Liver Tahleta can be de pended upon to dc It. Easy to take and most ef'ri tlve Sold by all dealers. Owner of Mine That Has Made III in Wealthy Has Practical Demon stration of Workings of Too Mnch Conservation. Besides discovering a copper. m'ne that has made him Immensely wealthy, J. W. Range, of Seattle, who is staying at tha Perkins Hotel, may have incidentally discovered the secret of hardening cop per, an art that was lost with the pass ing of the Axtec Indians. Copper uten sils and tools fashioned by the Aztecs have been a puzzle to science and a theory that the aborigines had a method of smelting and hardening copper Is gen erally accepted by scientific authorities. The discovery of Mr. Range may upset these scientific theories, for he has found In the streams of frozen Alaska malle able copper nuggeta that may be ham- me red and cut Into all sorts of utensils, and fashioned Into tools that may be sharpened to a keen edge. Nature. did the smelting and tempering. Mr. Range is president of the Dan Creek Gold ac Copper Company, which has 2S claims within 15 miles of the fa mous Bonanza mine and the Guggenheim group of properties, besides &40 acres of placer property, covering a' mile and three-quarters of Dan Creek. It was in the bed of the creek that the malleable copper nuggets were found. The nug gets range In size from a pea to 65 pounds, and are pure, refined copper. Copper Scissors Will Cut. An employe of the camp was temporar ily disabled and, while passing the time away, hammered two small nuggets into plates, designed the blades of scissors on them and cut them out with a chlssel. The blades were then sharpened with a file and riveted together with a piece of tha malleable copper. The scissors have a keen edge and will cut wet tissue paper. It is believed by Mr. Range that the Aztecs, instead of possessing a process of smelting and hardening copper, found the metal ready for manufacture, like the nuggets along Dan Creek, and ham mered out their utensils. Implements and tools. Just as the palf of scissors were hammered out In the Dan Creek camp. In describing the process of nature In smelting the copper nuggets Mr. Range said: 'Our ledges are capped .with 3000 feet of lime rock. Lime rock is formed under the sea and is the flux for smelting cop per. When the volcanic eruption took place, that brought the wealth of gold, copper and silver to the surface in Alaska so that It could be used by man. there-was enough lime rock to flux the copper ore, and the highly refined nug gets were thrown up with the raw mate rial. It is possible salt water did the tempering of these nuggets, which may be hammered out and edged, but I don't know. Nature excells the handiwork of man and we do not know her secrets. Tha nuggets contain a little gold and silver, and all that la necessary to market them Is to send them to the refineries to take out these more precious metals. I presume that the refining process will take the natural temper out of the nug gets so that the copper will losa Jts edge." I'llra-Conscrvatlon Is Bar. While Mr. Range has discovered a property that relieves lilra from all care, so fsr as worldly possessions are con cerned, and has probably solved the problem that has long puzzled science, he finds himself a victim of a conserva tion policy that has "sewed up" the re sources of Alaska. Mr. Range la not critical of the system, but he says that It has greatly hampered the development of his and other mines. He has Just received a letter from Robert Guggenheim, telling him that the Guggenheim railroad, from Cordova to the Bonanza mine, will be In operation September 1. and hat the road will be ready to' accept ahlpments on that date. The Ouggenhelms hava already an nounced that they will ship their ore to Tacoma for smelting, and Mr. Range, will do likewise. The conservation policy hinders us this much.'- said Mr. Range. "We are compelled to ship ore by rail and water to smelters In the United States, because he coal in Alaska is tied up by the Gov ernment. Coal is all around us but It cannot ha used. It was the intention of the Ouggenhelms to build a smelter near the mines, so that the copper in that vicinity could be smelted before ship ment. Under the present system we must ship the ore a long distance and pay freight ratea on the surplus rock the same aa on the metal. It means that we must pay at least a double freight rate to gel- our metal to the United States. "Of course, there Is great wealth In the nuggets along the streams, whirh have been found In sufficient- quantities to warrant sluicing, but the great body of wealth lies In the immense copper ledges that crop from the mountain sides. Until the coal lands are unlocked and smelters are built In Alaska, these great bodies of ore must He utuonched. or mined and shipped to this country In Its raw state at double cost to the miner and ultimately to the consumer." MANY STUDY ESPERANTO Y. M. C. A. Class Makes Mnch Pro press In Learning; New Tong-ue. With the National Esperanto con- .-? rI, fj.-jZ?zzzzxu' rr rr i 3ersss. ; r.rT MMMsawi. . 55 t - ctt im swjaJ II 1 J til - - g. Fair: :arpi Don't expect to buy these fine Pianos for the 1 ' V same money when this sale closes This $475 Style for $332 The Last of Four Carloads Are Now Being Closed Out - - r; s -- -wTiii This $375 Style for $286 if This $400 Style for $304 Think of selling fonr carloads of two different makes of pianos in ten days besides lots of Chickerings and Kimbals and Autopianos, -etc. yet mat is ... the selling record established by Eilers Music House during the last ten days. Only a few of the entire four carloads of the pianos pur chased of a bankrupt Eastern.dealer's stock are now left, and any one wanting one of these must act quickly. Of course there must have been fluite a special inducement to produce such remarkable buying and there is yet! It is indeed a rare occurrence when you can buy the equal of these four carloads of pianos at such immense savings as we offer them for. - " . - A clear saving of from $89 to $143 is obtained on these four pianos. And this is an actual saving, mina you, ana not one . - ' fictitiously based on "list prices," but $89 to $143 below the lowest net retail prices you can buy these same celebrated pianos for anywhere in the United States. . A handsome $375 style can now be had for $286, saving you $89; a regular $400 style can be bought for $304, saving you $96; a superb $450 instrument is now priced at $318, saving you $132, and a magnificent $475 piano is now $332, saving you exactly $14o. . . And these are every one guaranteed pianos, warranted fully by the makers as well as by Eilers So great is the cut on these reliable piano prices that the manufacturers have requested us to withhold advertising their names, so as not to demoralize futifre sales at regular prices. The cases on these instruments are of the very latest designs, being made of figured mahog any mottled walnut and burled oak. Some are richly carved, and others have plain style cases. This is one of the greatest values ever given by the House of-Eilers, and any music-lover who desires a thoroughly'reliable instrument, with all the latest improvements will make no mistake in selecting one of these beautiful instruments besides, you save enough on the trans action to pay for an extended trip or vacation. - Ton will admit when you see these fine pianos that you never saw their equal in value. Come and see them. Hear their magnificent tone. Note their fine action and. nch cases. Bead the binding guarantee we give with each instrument. Compare them with the best that other deal ers can offer at $400 to $500, and yon will then find that we offer a far superior instrument for $143 less. Isn't that WORTH saving? But remember, we can't possibly duplicate tnese insirumenis ai ' these prices after the few we have on hand are sold. Therefor you had better hurry if you want one. Under no conditions will this sale continue after Saturday, and it probably won't even last that long, at the present rate of sales. LARGEST, OLDEST AND MOST RESPONSIBLE Est5 -r-" T - 1 1 S it- - '"iffi'J'ilr' -A 'rr i This $450 Style for $318 351, 353, 355 Washington Street East Side Store, 84 Grand Ave. Wholesale, 15th and Petty grove Sts. OREGON'S E;0ME PIANO CONCERN N I -A Tnrttatlit tlPTt VfliT. considerable Interest In the "universal language" Is being laxen in m --w-a AFvonw-itinim that are AUM'Ilg o- ' ' ""7 paying more or less attention to t-s- peranto ts the Young men s uunLiu a whirh hfls maintained an Ksperanto Club for the past year. The j?;speranio liuu, whh-o cH ikh t i nnftl deoart- auauitcn ui ment of the Y. M. C. A., Is not one of Its regular classes. 11 was B.i Ised by local people who had become Interested In the language and desired a place to meet and study. The club meets every Wednesday night, even In Summer. There are no charges con nected with It and the club is open to all persons, whether members of the association or not. During the past year the club has translated many letters received by the Portland Commercial Club which has been advertising In Ksperanto Journals. These letters have been urneu over to the Y. M. C. by W. U .Crlssey. secretary to Publicity Manager Chapman, of the Commercial Club. Replies have been sent, also in Esperanto, and it la expected that this correspondence will result In bringing a number of people to Ore- "Vhlle we have not taken Esper anto up as a part of our course, said Kducallonai Director French dav "we are interested in it and en courage the club that is meeting here. Since Portland was decided on as the convention city of the Esperantists. e have had many Inquiries about the club The membership will probably increase considerably during the next few months." . TRIBUTE PA1D WILLIAMS Clrcnlt Court Issues Booklet About Orcgon"s "Grand Old Man." As a tribute to the memory of the late George H. William.. "Oregon's Grand Old Man," the Circuit ..Court of Mult nomah County has Ifsued a liUlebook- let, compiled of eulogies on his life and character, which were read by members of the Oregon Bar. at a meeting of the Circuit Court last April, called for the purpose of passing resolutions on the death of the venerable old gentleman. The little pamphlet consists of 32 pages and reproduced therein is also Judge Williams' last public address, which was delivered on the occasion of a dinner given to him in Portland on his 87th birthday. Worcester Building Vire Small. A blaze originating from crossed elec tric wires hroke out in the attic of the Worcester building, at Third and Pine streets, at 10 o'clock last night. Tenants of the building, smelling smoke. investigated and found the motor-room s -above the ' elevators ablaze. The fire ' department responded to an alarm and ' checked the flames, with a loss estl--' mated at $50. - Piles Will Speak at Vancouver..-- :' VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 24. (Spe?;" clal.) Samuel H. Piles, of Seattle, is to speak here September 1. ..' TV 1 V-.,, - .-in-. J-f HIIT1I THE FXrHsT IX TH V. BARXIM BMI.KY STREET PARADE. L. i3 m. m a "S .asT TURKISH iS B L.E.N L) e ' CIGARETTES Work or play requires relax ation and the soft mellow taste of Fatima Ggarettes meets the re quirement perfectly. The flavor of the sldllfully blended tobaccos affords a sense of comfort and content. An inexpensive package makes possible ten additional cigarettes. Picture of popular actresses now packed with Fatima Cigarette. 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