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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-
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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
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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 -
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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. ..'
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