TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. THURSDAY,. DECEMBER 29, 1910.
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OREGON
DEMANDS
RIGHTFUL SHARE
Live Wires Protest Against
Inequity of Distribution of
Reclamation Fund.
SENATORS URGED TO ACT
Failure to Secare Recognition of
fVet Ride TTmatllla Project Is
Regarded as Especially
to Bo Deplored.
UTB WIRES VHtlK rtLAMBER
UD AMD BOI KM TO ACT
roa OKEUOX.
FORTLAVD. Or.. Dee. To
Haasters Chamberlain and Bourn.
Washington. D. C-: Tha Portland Ut
Wins, composed of 100 business men.
sincerely trust that too win bo suc
cessful la caring for Orecon her
nchtrul share of expenditures. While
tbo letter of tbo law Justuses tbo ap
propriation of Oron money n
other states, equity and rtcbt demand
for Oresoa a iratur recosnltlon.
PORTLAND IJVB WIRES.
For Ihe purpose of stimulating Ore
gon's United States Senators to greater
arthrltv. there was held In the conven
tion hall of tha Commercial Club yes
terday noon a meeting of tha Portland
IJva Wires. They were Indignant orer
tha relatively small appropriation. IS25.
000. allowed for the stale In tha divi
sion of the J30.ftOO.OOO reclamation fund
mado by President Tart.
Flame for the failure of Oregon to
secure Its lust shara was placed on the
shoulders of Chamberlain and Bourne.
It was felt that the state had suffered
an Irreparable loss. What could not be
understood was that, although the Fed
eral law previous to the amendment loft
Pprlng. provided that 51 per cent of the
money paid In by a single state to the
reclamation fond must be expended
within tha bordera of that state, evrn
with this protective provision the stats
Buffered from lack of results.
-Orrgon was entitled to lit. 000. 000,"'
said C. C. Craig, s leading member -f
the Utt Wires. "What have we got?
Almost nothing. Tr were our offl
rlala when this TnelJh cutting feast was
on? TVs hava been goMbricked. bun
coed. deprived of our rights. Throusa
what? Negligence, golf, ambition, sorltl
distinction, or pure laatneesT I wUn
soma one would answer. The fact re
malna that ws are tied up until 1911
A man Is known for tha results ha has
accomplished. Somebody evidently has
not "made good. It Is about time that
wa got a better pilot."
It waa aald at tbo meeting that tha
refusal to s:uia an appropriation for
tha West Side Umatilla project waa the
moat anfortuaats loss of all. This proj
ect, providing for aa expenditure of
I7.e00.000. would bring Into cultivation
M.OOO acres of land capable of harvest
ing Its crop three week ahead of ma
Taklma country. Not only In early
crepe would the proect be of Ines
timable worth, but It would result In
holding back sufficient wster from the
Columbia In tha Spring to leeaen ma
terially the danger from floods In the
Willamette ralla-y and along tha Colum
bia. It was declared that the benefits
from this feature alone wera Incal
culable. The Ure Wires decided to send a
telegram to the Senators, expressing In
dla-nlfted manner their desires, it
waa tha general understanding that the
telegram would voice tha extreme dis
appointment of Oregon over Its failure
to secure sufficient money to sld In com
pleting reclamation projects fathered by
the Government within tha borders cf
the state.
COMMERCIAL BODIES AROrSED
Effort to lie Made to Secure Better
Share for Oregon.
Commercial organization throughout
Oregon are to be aroused within the
next few days for the purposes of or
ganising sufficient strength In Valiln
ton to secure a readjustment of tha
division of tha :0.000."0 reclamation
bond money made by President Toft
Monday.
E. 1 Thompson, of 1 1 art man at
Thompson. Is now compiling figures to
show that tha West Side Umatilla proj
ect la at least being treated unfairly.
He has solicited the consideration of
the officers of the Portland Commer
cial Club and of the Portland Cham
ber of Commerce, and It la hoped In the
next few days to bring pressure to bear
upon tha Oregon Senators, snd particu
larly on friends outside of the state to
help Oregon. It la Mr. Thompson s con
tention that this project Is not a new
one. but a "continuation of the old one.
The" understanding which has come from
the National capital Is that the division
was made upon the basis of existing
unfinished products, aa tha only ones
entitled to any of the money, and as
the demands of these projects were suf
ficient to take all of tha funds In sight,
there was no hop for new ones pro
posed. It Is upon this line of reasoning
that Mr. Thompson and his co-workers
hope tn gain their point.
The Vmatttla project, for which It s
desired to secure sn appropriation, lies
west of tha Umatilla River and has for
Its object tha reclamation by a gravity
system of from to 00 acres of
land lying aeat of the Umatilla and
south of tha Columbia River. Its devel
opment require the creation of a
storage reservoir by building a dam
on tha Umatilla River. near the
mouth of Bitter Creek, which will
raise the water level so to to feet. It
la saM tn be feasible to extend the Ir
rigable area about JO.OOO acres by elec
tric pumping whenever the development
of the project werrants such sn exten
sion. To that end control has been kept
by the United State of what appears to
a gnod dam sit on th Deschutes
River. Water can b pumped from ths
Columbia River to th lower levels,
which will lighten the .Baft on th sup
fly of tha Umatilla River and permit
the surplus water to be lifted above the
aighest gravity distributary.
The land to b Irrigated extends In a
atrip from one to six miles In width on
the south aide of the Columbia, and for
a distance from east to west of JO mlW.
most of which la at an elevation of 404
to T0 feet above the sea level a very
desirable elevation. The soil Is a sandy
loam, whl-h tends to become mora
sandy as It approaches the Columbia.
Of tha 19.M acrea In th proposed dis
trict. KM are owned by the Northern
Pacific. HI ar claimed by tha North
era Pacific, but of doubtful title. I.an-ls
sold or lot by the Northern Pacific
Include 1S.4SS scree: patented lands sre
a: J2 seres: homestead and desert land
entries. 10.ll J seres, and vacant public
lands, IT.ls acrea.
The estimate for the cost of tha proj
ect la W.IOD.OJ. This Is divided: Em
bankment. 140.10; cor wall. tSl.CM:
spillway. 1:51.000: outlet conduit and
tower. Kt.eoO; for river control and out
let (Maxwell Canall. 130.000: for turn
out' to lateral of Western Land & Irri
gation Company. 15000: preparatory
work. liS.OOO; allowance for cut-off be
low core wall. 1100.000; diversion of stage
gulch. 150.000; dike to protect Stanfleid.
1:5.000; reservoir site. 54S.:S0: main
canal. t-'SO."): distribution system.
S1.SOO.000: wind-breaks. S100.0O0; drain
age. ijM.Onn: surreys. 175.000; priming
canals. $50,000.
It is contended that the President In
omitting this project from his list made
a mistake or was under misapprehen
sion of the facts. It is asserted that
there are several projects to which were
given heavy appropriations which sra
not ss worthy or are in a leas com
pleted state, and never can hops to
bring forth the results that this one
will. For this reason It is believed that
if the proper pressure Is brought to bear
upon the officials In Washington some
thing may be accomplished tor the ben
efit of Oregon.
LONGHAND IS UNDER BAN
County Court Orders Important Doc
umcnts Must Be Typewritten.
With th beginning of the new year
all probate documents submitted for
action by the County Court must be
typewritten. Judge Cleeton announced
IX VF K. L Or PIONEER DEMO
CRATIC LEADER TO BE
HELD TODAY.
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Albert H. Brswa.
The funeral of the late Albert H.
Brown, well known as a pioneer
leader of the Democratlo party In
Oregon, who died st his bom, tit
East Sixteenth street North, on Tues
day, will be held this morning at 10
o'clock from the family residence.
The body will be takes st 1S: to
Trinity Episcopal Church, where the
funeral eervlcee will be conducted by
11 be J. N. Teal. C. Moorea,
Will aterrtman. W. J. Van SVburver,
Rcbert J. Slater, of Pendleton. How
ard K air fowl and Judge W. R. King,
of Salem.
I fui
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yesterday morning that great Incon
venience was caused by papers sub
mitted by attorneys In their own chl
rography and that with the expiration
of 110 the practice of receiving hand
written documents would bo discontin
ued. -
This order means that no heed will
be paid to documents written in long
hand submitted to the County Court by
attorneys except wills, many of which
are made In the handwriting of tno
testators. Exception will also be made
to petitions submitted to tile County
Court by persons who are not repre
sented by attorneys or who communi
cate with the County Court on subjects
which do not require the care in tiling
demanded by probate cases.
Medford Hotel Under Way Soon.
MED FORD. Or.. Dec. 17. (Special.)
The Hotel Medford Company has sn
notinced that work on th new hotel In
Medford will be recommenced Immedi
ately after New Years. During the Fall
tha foundation waa laid, but the rainy
season act In and work on the building
waa stopped. The contracts have been
let. calling for a building six stories in
height, furnished with every modern Im
provement and convenience, and to cost
100.000. jl syndicate or ateoiora dubi
nese men are financing the building.
Ir. E. B. Ilckel Is president of th
company: A. Coleman, vice-president:
Kmll Mohr. secretary, and uie f armers
and Fruitgrowers' Bank, treasurer.
DEATH IS SURPRISE
News of Passing of Author
Comes to Actress.
PLAYLET HIS FAVORITE
Telegram Received by Miss Ryan at
Close of Performance Conveys
N(tri Mr. Smaller Well
Known in Northwest,
There was mora than stag pathos
in the announcement from New Or
leans that Victor H. Smalley. a well
known newspaper writer, novelist,
playwright and composer, was dead
The news reached Miss Mona Ryan at
the conclusion of the performance of
"Handcuffed- at the Orpheum Monday
afternoon, when she smiyngly received
a blue clad messenger boy, believing
that he- was bringing her Christmas
greetings from her friend, the author
of the playlet,
Handcuffed" Is the favorite sketch
of the author, and was written on a
hot August afternoon last Summer in
New York. Mr. Smalley had promised
to produce a play for Miss Ryan and
upon his return from a vacation trip
met the charming Irish girl at bis
office. Resenting the reproaches of
Miss Ryan for failure to redeem his
promise, Mr. Smalley asked her to be
seated. Calling his secretary the author
dictated the dialogue and stage business
as It is being used today.
"The news of the death of Mr. Smal
ley has Immeasurably saddened my
Christmas," said Miss Ryan last night.
"He waa a charming friend, and In the
last years of his life had begun to meet
the expectations of those who were ac
quainted with his brilliant mind.
"lie had promised to write a play
for me and I have already asked for
the rights to produce the work on
which he wss engsged In the South
prior to his death. I had a letter last
week from Mr. Smalley, In which he
expressed himself as so hopeful for
the future that I can hardly realize
be la gone.".
Victor H. Smalley was well known to
many Portland . newspaper men. He
was born In St. Paul, where his body '
was burled yesterday. After being grad
uated from the St. Paul High School, he
became a reporter on the Dispatch, of
that city, and later waa its city editor.
At that time he began producing vau
deville sketches. Mr. Smalley went to
New York in 1909. While spending the
Winter In New Orleans, he was stricken i
with appendicitis, his death being due 1
to pneumonia which followed. He was 32
years of age.
Mr. Smailey's mother still lives In St.
Paul, the funersl services being held
at the family residence. Former news
psper snd business associates of the dead
man acted as pall bearers, and a guard
from the Masons, of whom Mr. Smalley
was a member, accompanied the body.
Six Masons acted as honorary bearers.
FINE POINTS ARE ARGUED
Insurance Company's Surgeon
Shoots Horse; Pay RefnHed. '
Insured for 1200 by tha Nstlonal Live
stock Company, a horse owned by Jop
lln Meek sickened, and was shot by
the veterinsry of th insurance concern.
Payment of the policy was then refused
by the Insurance company, and owners
of the ateed have appealed to the Stat
Circuit Court to be awarded Judgment
for the amount of the insurance.
The case waa argued before Judge
Oatens yesterday afternoon, and will be
decided next Tuesday. It Is admitted by
the Insurance compsny that the horse
wss insured by it and that It was killed
by Its veterinary to block spread of the
disease to other horses for which poli
cies had also been Issued.
Attorneys for Joplln & Meek, contend
the Insurance company is liable for the
policy, even though the home did not
die from disease against which It wos
Insured. The Insurance men hold that
the shooting of the animal was a pro
tective measure, and that death by gun
shot wound was not embodied In their
agreement with Joplln & Meek.
The rase was heard In Judge Catena
chambers, and as the argument of the
attorneys could be heard through the
temporary walls many listened to ths
arguments from the corridor
It Is the Purchasing
Power of Your Dollars
That interests yon. If the standard makes (and they are
standard makes) of the Shoes we sell are good values at $4.00,
$5.00 and $6.00, they should be a mighty sight better at
$2.00 and $2.50
Should they not! "We tell the factory samples of the best
American Shoes manufactured.
NOTICE!
Onr npstairs
rent is one-seventh
of the rent
paid by ground
floor stores. No
fancy fixtures,
no heavy ex
penses, but just
perfect -fitting,
stylish $4 to $3
shoes for ladies
at
$2.00
NOTICE!
Out upstairs ,
rent is one-seventh
of the rent
paid by ground
floor stores. No
fancy fixtures,
no .heavy ex
penses, but just
perfect - fitting,
stylish $4 to $6
shoes for men.
Pair
$2.50
Portland'! BRANCH - New
Busiest 150 Third st e.i
Bet. Morrison and Alder Shipments
Upstairs. w ...
Btl0P OPTOSITB gKIDMORB-S. YefHUJ
OPEN DAILY 8 A. M. TO 8 P.M.
ON SATURDAY 8 A. M. TO 10 P. M.
Bixth Floor Oregonian Bldg. Booms 600-601-602-603-603
nTAKB ILEVATOg;
DELAYS TO BE AVOIDED
WEST WING OF COCRTHOCSE TO
TAKE LESSOX FROM EAST.
Commissioners Will Require That
Material Be Assembled Before
Work Is Begnn.
Their aim being to prevent delay In
the construction of the west wing of
the new Courthouse such as has been
encountered in building the east wing,
the County Commissioners will adver
tise for bids six months in advance to
give the contractor ample time to as
semble all their material before work
is begun.
That the east wing will be ready for
occupancy some time In July Is the
latest announcement. Completion of
most of the contracts being tardy. more
than a year, the County Commission
ers deduct penalties whenever pay
ments are made, and as a result Mult
nomah County is sustaining no loss by
the delay, although the inconvenience
is great. With the east wing the first
1 delay was caused by the steel contrac-
LAST SCENE IN FAVORITE PLAYLET BY VICTOR SMALLEY. WHO IS DEAD AT ST.. PAUL.
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tors. Their material being late in ar
riving, other contracts necessarily
wore retarded until the long accumu
lated delay resulted.
It is to avoid a repetition of this de
lay that the County Commissioners
have decided to compel the contractor
to whom the bid for the west wing is
awarded to assemble all steel and
stone before actual construction is be
gun. It is probable that advertise
ment for bids will be made early next
month. Whldden & Lewis, the archi
tects, saying the specifications will be
in readiness soon.
When the east wring is completed
next July it will provide sufficient
space for all the county offices with
the exception of the Assessor's office,
and Immediate transfer from the old
structure to the new will be made.
The County Jail will be on the top
floor of the new building, and it is be
lieved progress of the worjc will per
mit the transfer of prisoners when the
general removal from the old Court
house is made.
At present the county is required to
pay rent for offices for the treasurer.
Justices of the Peace and School Su
perintendent, but penalties collected
from the tardy contractors more than
make up this expense.
NURSE'S CLAIM IS FIRST
Services, Though. Volunteered, De
serve Reward, Says Court.
That nurses attending helpless invalids
are entitled to first consideration as
claimants against the estates of persons
who die after prolonged illness was an
assertion made by County Judge Cleeton
from the bench yesterday morning. In
accordance with this decision $300 was
awarded to Mrs. Hattle McDonald, a
nurse, who for nearly three years at
tended Mrs. Leontine Sargousse, who
died last January from the effects of a
paralytic stroke.
The claim of the nurse against the es
tate was fought vigorously by the at
torney for the administrator, who con
tended that Mrs. McDonald's services
were volunteered and that an attempt
was being made to "fleece" tha estate.
Judge Cleeton held that, even if the
services of the nurse were voluntary and
given without hope of compensatiori they
were In a measure heroic and that claim
for recompense should bo heeded.
Mrs. Sargoussj was the wife of a cook
whose work did not permit him to at
tend to his wife in her illness and tho
constant care of Mrs. McDonald, a
neighbor, was required.
NEW 'TIMBER INTRODUCED
Black Walnut and Red Oak to Be
Seeded In Burnt, Areas.
Eight thousand Ave hundred pounds
of Arkansas black walnuts and 8124
pounds of red oak acorns have been
shipped by the Federal Government
from Harrisburg. Ark., to District For
ester Chapman, of Portland, to be dis
tributed through the burnt districts of
the Pacific Northwest. '
The black walnuts of Arkansas are
among the most valued trees of that re
gion and furnish lumber of the highest
value in the market. Their introduc
tion into the forests of the Pacific
Northwest will be of great value to the
generations to come, if they succeed.
While it is regarded as an experiment,
the district forester believes that they
will succeed and that in 25 years the
walnut will be regarded as one of the
important products of Oregon's lumber
mills and furniture factories.
Oregon will receive a good share of
the seed and the distribution will take
place within the next few months. The
seeds will be sent to the forest rangers,
who will take charge of planting them
In the burnt-over areas.
One of the best-known brown paints, prac
tically pennenent In its nature. Is made b
grinding mummies with bitumen.
OhcTS
CALIFORNIA
--HOTELS and
WINTER RESORTS
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WHERE SHALL ! SPEND THE WINTER?
The Sun Favors
In Southern California
Hotel Virginia
THROUGHOUT THE WINTER MONTHS.
Always delightful and warm. THE MOST
WONDERFUL. ISLAND RESORT IN THE
WORLD. Fog very toldom. Frost is prac-tlt-Bllv
unknown. NOW IS THE TIME.
THERE'S CATALINA MOUNTAIN WILD!
GOATS GALORE. YOU SHOULD TAKE
HOME one of the fine spread of horns.!
some are 42 Inches in SDread. Make a tine,
decoration for YOUR DEN. Caialtna otters
those In queat of Southern California's most
ideal sports. GOLF. WINTER DEEP-SEA
FISHING. BOATING, MOUNTAIN COACH
ING. TENNIS and BATHING IN CALM
WATEF.S OF AVALON BAI.
GET BEAUTIFUL
BOOKLKT BEFORE YOU
Leave for the South, by writing
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LONG BEACH
Offers the Winter
Tourist an absolutely
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the sea. with every
up-to-date accommo
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purf. bath Jr. r nerfect .
Fine Rolf links. KoadK
lor auioins r m
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at famou VI r In in
Country Club. Ten
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At the most beautiful beach resort on
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Established on Battle Creek plan.
Pressed brick buildings. Medical at
tention very best. Graduate nurses
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blocks from Sanitarium, wnero win
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CALIFORNIA
Is tlie place to visit Orange groves In full bloom, tropical flowers,
famous hotels, historic Old Missions, attractive watering places,
delightfu climate, making this favored section the Nation's most
popular retreat. You can see this Section at its best via the
Shasta Route and "R wdoeou,and
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Up-to-date trains, first-class in every respect, unexcelled dining
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SPECIAL. ROUND TRIP RATE OF
$55.00
Portland to Los Angeles
and Return
With corresponding low rates from all other sections of the North
west. Liberal stop-overs in each direction and long limit. Inter
esting and attractive literature on the various resorts and attrac
tions of California can be had on application to any S. P. or 0. R,
& N. Agent, or from
WM. McHTJEBAY, Gen. Pas. Agent, Portland, Oregon
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Not Sisters
Now and again you see two women pass
ing down the street who look like sisters.
You are astonished to learn that they are
mother and daughter, and you realize that
a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be
at her finest and fairest. Why isn't it so?
The general health of woman is so in
timately associated with the local health
of the essentially feminine organs that
there can be no red cheeks and round
form where there is female weakness.
Women who have suffered from
this trouble have found prompt
relief and cure in tha use of Dr.
- Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It ' gives vigor and vitality to th
organs of womanhood. It clears the complexion, brightens the
eyes and reddens the cheeks.
No alcohol, or habit-forming drugs is contained in "Favorite Prescription."
Any sick woman may consult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. Every letter is
held as sacredly confidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Addresst
World's Dispensary Medical Association, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Buffalo, N.Y.