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TIIE MOltXIXG ' OREGOXIAX. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1911. RAILROAD IS ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCENES IN CENTEAL OSEGON TOWN. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. NEED OF COUNTRY Morrison at Seventh Store Opens at 8:3 O Watch Our Windows No Greater Saving Opportunities in Dependable Merchandise Have Ever Come to the People of Portland and the Northwest Than Those That Are Now Being: Offered in e-f Section From Head of John or Closimi Day Valley to Columbia Picked as Ideal. ' I Sale l' -. V-"-. 4,--' v' By July First We Must Vacate Our Building:. Every Article of the S500,00Q'Stock Is Marked for Quick Disposal Homefurnishers Should Anticipate Their Needs for Months and Years to Come. PRAIHIE CITY BUSTLING think of the country to be opened up. It ilmt make me "cum" when I see ! thin country as it I. and think of it It might, aa it should be. A few (l.ijj ago I was driving along drinking In the splendid sreno. picturing this wonderful valley as It will one day be. I was perfectly oblivious to all sur- roundina. I was almost living In an other world. I saw a bridge far ahead, say two or three miles, and I knew here was a sign up, something like this: TWENTT DOLLARS FINE r Riding or Krlvlnj Across This Bridie. Faster Than a Walk. IKftr-epl Automobiles. ) Town Dctured a Ljlns In Most Rrantlfal Part of , Oregon. Sumptcr Line, Only Ootid. Most Profitable In Nation. BT APPISOV BEXXKTT. PRAIRIE C1TT. Or.. April It. tStaff Correspondence.) I amMlnally on the railroad again. Prairie City being the southern terminus of the fumpter al ley Railway. It connects with the .-W. K. N. line -t Baker City. si miles by rail from here. I have been 1 ere several times before, and I always I ked the look of the place. I like Its location, which Is one of the most teauilful and sightly in Oregon. Tne town Ilea on the south side of the John Iy River, on the first bench, perhaps l'0 feet above high water mark. Dixie rek flowa throurh the west end of town, and thence Into the river. Across K:e valley are the Strawberry Muun tilns. among the most picturesque In the s'sie. while iust here the John 1'ar Valley widens out as It does no other point. Its width being pla.-rd at tn miles, but I think that an extreme statement, if one speaks of the valley prorer. I should say from seven to eight miles Is nearer the truth. The length from the town of John Day to tae head of the valley Is 1 1 miles, and all of this territory Is tributary to I'ralrle City so far as rail f. Illttes are concerned, as are. In fat t. the most of Grant County and large portions of Harney County. one difficulty I am having on my trip, which was ai-centuated here. Is the trouble of getting reliable Informa tion. 1 am not blaming the people vi horn I irtervl.'W. They probably tell me what they believe to be the truth, but the trouble la they know so jnui ti that Is not true. Data JiartI to Ciet. I think a dozen people here told me tat the town was formerly called Xlie. when the truth Is. as near as I ran learn by looking un the data, that I'lxle postofflce was a few miles up jMxie Crrek. and Prairie City, common ly called ITalrle. has always been the fame of this town. And almost every old settler will tell you that Joaquin Miller was the first Justl.e of the Peace of the town, when published and presumably accurate .late show that Joaquin, then calle.l V. H. MUler. was elected County Judge of Grant County in last. True, he may have been a Justice of the Peace here prior to that. for this waa his home town, but I ran find no data to bear out the state ment. And then take the precipitation of the Vpper John Day Valley. Published re ports give It aa ro Inches. And yet t iere is no reliable record kept, never lias been, so far as I ran learn. Per haps 21 Inches Is about right. 1 do not know. But the country does not show s ich an amount by several Inches, ar corfllnf to my way of thinking. Tnls country Is good enough for any man to tell the exact truth about. Goo.1 wtne needs no bush the John Day Valley needs no overestimates of soil, climate, arable land or water. Iload Ml Profitable. There are some phases of this sec tion that I Intend to touch upon In a future letter, to be written from Can yon City after my return from Day- vllie and Mount Vernon. Both of those I the beef of the state would be raised In places are on the river, and after I I quality and quadrupled In quantity. reach Dayvllle 1 will have traveled Before writing more about this valley along tu John Day lor considerable i r am going to take In the Dayvllle over 50 miles, or nearly from the ' country, and will stop at Mount ver non. Then I will go over Into the Bear Valley, out to Ixee and over to Burns. Then I will be on the line, or close to the line, of another logical railway route. And many people who read this letter will live to see both of these roads constructed will live to see the Greater Oregon! Perhaps I may, for my 67 years sit very lightly on my shoulders. In fact I never felt better or had less In my life. So I have no worries. I enjoy every hour of every day. and feel that perhaps my labors may redound to the good of the sections through which I travel. And they will '-i,-;.--r-' . rrr ,r-- ' '. ; '"A -Li In I U Mn. i W- U-t II ABOVi; VIEW OK PRAIH1K CITV. BKIltV. MR. BESSETT READY I KAVK PltAIKlB CITV. TO My team was going along a little faster than a walk, and I know that I fractured that law. regulation, statute. provision or whatever you like to call It. for the first thing I knew I was a ills beyond the bridge. But the offi cials have got to prove It on me. I do ot Intend to plead guilty, hence I will ot give more reliable data than above conveyed. And now the ftumpter Valley road la n the John lJay. doing away with the uestlon of getting In from the east or orth: the road here Is In operation, the xpenslve part of It has been built the balance of the construction to carry It on down the river would be one of the easiest railroad propositions . ever worked out In the Northwest. And what of the future? Xo man knows, but one would hardly suppose the terminus will remain long at I'ral rle. City.' It - asmrredly will be built down for many miles and then It will have to go on to the Columbia for self protection. And think of the country It will go IhrouRh! Aa railway territory the John I 'ny alley can only be compared wit the Willamette Valley In this atate. With this country opened up the fruit area of the state, would be doubled, rich timber belts would be close hand, the most magnificent sheep and cattle country we have would be within easy shipping distance, and with th large amount of grain and alfalfa which would be raised close at hand W GUNS TO Fcrt Stevens Receives Two Carloads of Artillery. COAST TO STUDY; FIELD Wheeler County line to the very head of the valley, the point where It flows out of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 15 miles northeast of here, that being the site of the famous Blue Mountain Lot springs. I Intended to go out there, but I learned the hotel was closed and t lere were no accommodations. So I drove within sight of the place and, then with field glasses spied out the country as best I could. So, when I say I have traced the John Day np aa far aa there Is a valley. I tell pretty close to the truth. But much more about the valley later. I want now to go back to the railway for with the publicity given through the columns tney win near gooo. uaings 10 many wanting homes. Yes. I hay a position which I would not exchange with Jonathan for his, even If the swap would be the means of having both jobs In better hands. But he has the best of me In one re recall could be worked quicker In my case than In his. Prairie City Bustling. situation, as that Is the question of jaramount Interest to the state at large. The country between here and -'Baker City Is very rough, very moun tainous. Dixie Mountains have to be crossed, and It took pretty good engi neering skill to get over here. But tne hurupter Valley people built In here ' spect the soraetnlng like a )ear ago. and while the road Is not a model as to grades, curvatures or general construction. It la still a'rallroad. and gives an outlet to this long-neglected country. And tne builders are pretty shrewd business As said In a former letter, rrairle City is the second town In the county. . it t. ..I.! .r,.riiv th., th.ie Canyon city, the county seat, being road Is one of the most profitable in i br amall margin, and John Day the Cntted States, and by far the most I a close third. There Is much business profitable In Oregon. And profits are what the promoters and owners evi dently bad In view. Road Is Feasible. I Suppose we go bark to the late '70s and early ". when the O. It- X. and the hort Line were building to and from Portland. When the Shore Line reached the Snake River at or near Ontario, there were three routes open, and three surveys made towards Port land. Perhaps one or two of them Were only preliminary. I do not know, but It la said that crewa of surveyors were sent via the present road, down tne Snake from Huntington, through Crane Cree Gap. acroa Harney and portions of Crook and thence down the Deschutes and across the I'pper Mal heur divide to the headwaters of the John Dav. and thence along that stream j In Prairie; I met to tne Columbia. And many good en gineers have told me that the two latter routes were what might be called the logical routes, and the others the Illogical. But I am not an engineer, ly friend. . B. Holbrook. says I am -half Injin and half Injtneer." but he always persists In flattering me. But It does not take an engineer to see that a road from the head of the John Day Valley along that stream to the Columbia could be bulit for prac tically a third of what It cost to build aToss the Blue Ridge at La Grande, or up the Deschutes or down the Snake. There are practically no box canyons en the John Day. There are but few rocky cliffs to cut away or cut through, there are no rapids worth mentioning, and the stream Is not a turbulent one. entailing the building of the road far above the river. Ten feet above would be ample, more than ample. Great Possibilities Seen. ! betng done in Prairie, all of the mall and traffic for the Harney and Grant countries practically passing through there, or transferring there. The town has a very sightly location and there are one or two good buildings there, while a new hotel, which. It Is said, will cost I .'5.000, Is under course of construction and they need It. How ever. I found good accommodations at the house of Mrs. J. M. Daly, and took my meals at the restaurant. I capital ize It. for it Is the only one there. In the palmy days of mining Prairie bad more Chinese than the entire pop ulation of today. Now there Is but one sole survivor Old Joe. He Is about 74 years old. a wreck who Is happy and contented If he can get a little of the white man's liquor. I had one very pleasant experience Johnny S. Hughes, (Slug 11) who. for II years, from 1S7 until 1ST 9. held a case on The Oregonlan He talked very entertainingly of his early experiences and hla old com panions, such as Mr. Plttock. George Hlmes and Tony Noltner. After leaving The oregonlan he went to work for the Dally Bulletin, Ben Hoiladay'a paper. ' loiter he was a member of the firm of Bellinger, Currie A Co, publishers of the Kvenlng News. The senior member was the late I'nlted States Judge Bel linger. Mr. Currie. went soon after to California and engaged In the news paper business there, and the remain ing member was S. F. Blythe, now of Hood River. ilug 11" says the Evening Telegram is a descendant In direct line of the Kvenlng News. , Mr. Hughes in 1S located the Stan dard mine, up Dixie Creek, near Prairie, which he sold In 1905 and purchased a ranch a couple of miles trom the town. This he has Just sold at a good price. Mid his friends will be glad to knov that he has an ample abundance to i een the wolf far from his door for tn But suppose the Government stepped remainder of bis dsys. . He wished to be I In. or Irrigation questions Intervened, remembered to all of his old friends and . there would b- no trouble in getting acquaintance, as well as his fellow em 1 lack on the fust bench. And thtn ploy es aud employers. "War Pejiarlrnent Plans to Make All Brandies of Soldiery Competent ' In Iefenso and Attack. Training to Rcgin. FORT STEVENS, Or.. April 26. Two carloads of field artillery have been received at Fort Stevens, as well as a number or automatic machine guns. Training of the troops stationed here In the use of these weapons Is to be taken up Immediately. This is the first time such methods of defense have been adopted at Fort Stevens and their arrival has aroused great inter est. Field artillery guns are as great a mystery to a coast artillery man as a horse Is to an Infantryman. It has long been recognised that, al though Fort Stevens is defended from naval attack, it lacks adequate land protection: consequently the addition of field pieces will help materially In perfecting defense operations. This training of the regulars will enable them to participate in this Summer's maneuvers either as a coast, field or Infantry organization and to act as practical Instructors in all branches. The field artillery received consists principally of three-Inch breech-loading, wheeled mount rifles. These are effective weapons at ranges from 4000 to 7000 yards. The principal auxiliary weapons are a number of Colt's auto matic machine guns, which are de signed to Are at the rate of 600 shots a minute. This radical departure In the course of training for coast artillery Is also part of a general scheme of the War Department to prepare troops former ly usad only in defensive operations for active field service as siege artil lery. It is argued that their famil iarity with the details of defense will Induce them 'to adopt the best system of attack. It has been pointed out by leading military experts that the great In crease In the I'nlted States naval forces is gradually making the Nation prac tically Immune from attack by any but the leading powers, therefore they con tend, since operations in the future will be largely ctTenslve. if undertaken at all. It follows that by a simple process of training the greatest defensive branch of tflri Army may become an equally formidable attacking force. THIRD RANK CONFERRED New Lodge of Knights of Pythias lias Vnlquc Ceremony. Two hundred members of the Knights of Pythias crowded Tuesday night into Castle Hall, at 4074 Alder street, to take part In the district convention and witness the conferring of the final rank upon members of Cosmopolitan Lodge No. 109, performed by the Ivan hoe team. There were present as part of the district convention: Ivan hoc. No. It. of Portland; Phalanx. No. it. or Portland: Calanthe. No. 21, of Portland: Homes, of SL Johns, and Cataract, of Oregon City. Grand Chancellor Yoran, f Eugene. Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Stlnson. of Salem: Past Grand Chancellor Moser. of Portland, and Past Grand Chancellor Curtis, of Portland. took part In the conferring of the third rar.k. The Initiation, which was the prin cipal feature of the district conven tion, was unique In that the member ship of the new lodge was composed of knights from every part of the country, the Bermuda Islands, Hawaii, Canada and nearly every state of the Union. The first and second ranks were conferred Monday night by the Ca lanthe Lodge. No. 21. at Its hall. 1791, Russell street. The officers chosen for the new lodge were: chancellor commander. .lu!s . Otto; vice-chancellor, K. W. White; Such Chances to Save Come But Once in Lifetime We Have Set Today as the Day for the 1 v nf HP TH) aie our-1 ea-aoom jcqmpmeir Quick clearance to be made of (everything that was used in this section. The sale is to take place on the fourth floor and begins at 8:30. Be on hand early if you wish to share in the wonderful bar gains. You'll find many other things besides those mentioned here 4? HAVILAND CHINA, IN WHITE AND GOLD, SLIGHTLY CHIP'D Bread and Butter Plates at, doz. $1.00 10-inch Platters at, each 20 6- inch Dessert Plates at, dozen. . .$1.25 7- inch Plates at, dozen ....$1.50 Cake Plates at, each 45J Dinner Plates at, each 2o& Soup Plates at, dozen $1.50 HAVILAND CHINA, IN WHITE AND GOLD (UNDAMAGED) Soup Bowls at, dozen $6.00 7-incri Plates at, dozen $6.00 Bread and Butter Plates at, doz. $5.00 Chocolate Cups and Saucers, doz. $9.00 Celery Dishes at, each $1.30 10-inch Platters at, each $1.00 Oyster Plates at, each. Relish Dishes at, each: After-Dinner Coffee Cups and Saucers at, dozen .......$5.50 7-inch Flat Plates, dozen $4.65 CUT GLASS AND GLASSWARE Cut Glass Oil and Vinegar Cruets at, each $1.95 Cut Glass Celery Trays at, each.. $2.50 Individual Salt Cellars at, each 25 Cut Glass Salt and Pepper Shakers at, each 50 Cut Glass "Water Bottles at, each $2.75 Heavy Cut Glass Bowls at, each.. $2.25 Etched Sherbet Glasses at, dozen $2.00 Etched Parfait Glasses at, dozen. $3. 00 Etched Finger Bowls at, each 40d Cut Glass Tumblers at, dozen. .. .$4.50 Those ArtisticTable Lamps It00 $12.75 They Have Tiffany Glass Shades. This Price Is Much Less Than Makers' Cost. TABLE SILVERWARE Silver-Plated Tea "and Coffee Pots at, each $2.10 .85c Individual Cream Pitchers, silver plated, .60C at, each 39 Nickel-Plated Bake Dishes or Serving Dishes, -with covers, at, each $1.50 Table Pads at, each 40, 50 and 65c Table Napkins at, dozen $1.25 Table Cloths at, each $1.25, $1.50 and $1.65 All Kitchen Utensils, Etc. . Are Included in This Sale Set of 6 Knives and 6 Forks, hollow handle knives (Rogers Bros. 1847) at, set $3.95 Set of 6 Tea Spoons at 75c Set of 6 Bouillon Spoons at, set. .$1.00 Set of 6 Dessert Knives and 6 Forks at, set $3.95 Set of 6 Dessert Spoons at.. $1.00 A MISCELLANEOUS LIST OF MANY OTHER ITEMS FROM. THE TEA ROOM Paper Doilies at, gross... 12c anl 18 Serving Aprons at, each 10J Crumb Trays and Scrapers at, set. .85c Guernseyware Baking Dishes, with cov ers at, each 28 Guernseyware Bean Bowls and Custard Cups at, each x 5 Baking Dishes at, each,..12c and 15c Nickel-Plated Tea Trays at, each $1.10 Those Pretty Chairs That were used in the Tea Boom and were admired by everybody are to Ko at S9.50 We broug-ht them over from Vienna, Austria, and they are almost as good as the day we received them. This price Is a Kre.it deal less than their cost, to say nothing- of freight and duty Extra C16utng Specials in Leather Pieces Watch Our Windows Here's Where You Secure Comfort at the Lowest Possible Cost, Prices axe Far Below the Manufacturer's Cost. Some of Them: The $37.00 All-Leather Arm Chair to go at $21.50 $48.00 All-Leather Arm Chair to go at $27.50 $49.00 All-Leather Arm Rocker to go at..- $27.50 .$.36.00 Leather Turkish Rocker to go at $23.75 $47.00 All-Leather Arm Chair to go at $27.85 $40.00 Leather Turkish Rocker to go at $29.00 $63.00 All-Leather Arm Chair to go at $36.75 $95.00 All-Leather 'Arm Chair to go at $47.50 $105.00 Leather Turkish Rocker to go at $52.50 These 5se and Many Other T TU1I- EVU.: Should Induce Many Closing.Qut Prices on pHUlOi.CA A auilCO to Recover Their Pieces $3 Cotton Tapestries,, in new verdure effects now SI. 50 yard. 2 patterns Wool Tapestry regular price $6 yard now $3 yard. $4.50 Tapestries now $2.25 yard $5.00 Tapestries now ...$2.50 yard Imported German Mohair Upholstery Fabric, worth $12.50 yard now 3.95 yard. In eight patterns and colorings the most serviceable up holstering fabric made. These $2.50 Folding Chairs to Go at $1.25 For general utility chairs around the home they can't be beat. Made of hardwood and well finished. Leather cloth seals. They're attractive, too. HAVJLEY MAY LOSE FIGHT BOARD LIKELY TO VOTE VOWS IDAHO GOVERNOR. Statewide Protests on Taxation law Enforcement Result In Deter mined Action by Body. BOISE. Idaho, April 16. (Special.) Th. nnsslhllltv of an extra session of th Lpfrlslaturo In this statu to solve the difficult taxation problem with which Idaho finds Itself Involved, has created a stir In political and public life Indicating that with the return of r.nvcrnor James H. Hawler from hla trin to Washlnsrton, the public calendar prelate. John M. Felton; keeper of rec- I -Ui be punctuated with interesting ue- ords and seal, Henry M. Kimball: mat- er at arms, H. r. Illmea; master of finance. J. R. Wldmer; master of ei- hequer, C. D. Laienby; master of work. IL i- Roberts; Inner fniard. D. Rich; outer guard. G. . Whitney; rustee. B. O. Slaa-ie. . v. otto. F. Estock. The meeting place will be at 109 Second street. nrpr Oat Of Work. The busiest little things ever made are Ir. Klnar's New Life Pills. Every pill Is a siiKar-coated srlohule of health, that chances weakness into strength, languor Into energy, brain-fag Into mental power: curing Constipation, H:i'larhe. Chills. Dyspepsia, ilalarla. Only 2Jv at all druggists. velonments. The compact formed by a. majority of the members of the State Board ot Equalization to vote to rescind the action of that body to assess all prop erty In the' state at Its full cash value means that at the board's next meeting Governor H.iwley will be voted down In his determination to enforce the taxation law to the letter -s It stands on the statute books although this had not been done for years. Touching as It does the pocketbooks of every real or personal property owner, every man ' or woman who has a deposit In the hanks, every house holder and farmer, the taxation ques tion, brought into unusual prominence by the action of the board to assess at full value, lias, within the past three months; become the mooted issue In this state. Having gone on record to carry out its policy or edict the board found It difficult to retract in race of the cry of protest heard from every nook and corner of Idaho. When the first meeting of the State Board of Equalization was held Im mediately following an adjournment of the 11th Legislature Governor Hawley promulgated his plans to the Board members. Secretary of State Gilford, Attorney-General McDougall, State Audi tor Taylor and State Treasurer Allen. They agreed with him that the law should be enforced, providing, that it was distinctly understood that the bis corporate Interests should not escape their share of the taxation burden. In the event that county assessors refused to enforce the new plan' of taxation, the Governor was to call upon the Attorney-General to bring action against the Assessor through the respective County Attorneys and should they re fuse to prosecute they were to be re moved from office. The edict had hardly been pronounced before a general protest went up over tho Mate from taxpayers. The Gov ernor's office and State : Board of Equalization was flooded with letters and petitions of angry property holders who asserted that If forced- to pay taxes on a full cash value scale they would be forced out of business and ruined. As a, result both the State Treasurer' and Secretary of State agreed to stand with State Auditor Taylor to rescind the Board's action. They held the bal ante of power on the Board. What will Governor Hawley do upon his return to Idaho trom Washington I when confronted with the possibility of a majority of the members of the State Board of Equalization going over his head and rescinding the Board's taxation resolution? That Is the ques tion continually asked in business and political circles since the compact of the three members became public. Governor Hawley is expected back from Washington the latter part of this week. A delegation of his friends and advisers will petition him to call an extra session of the Legislature to settle the Issue, it Is said. GOOD ROADS TO BE TOPIC State Association to Elect and Reorganize for Campaign. to When the Oregon Good Roads Asso ciation holds its annual election of offi cers tomorrow night plans will be ad vanced for a general reorganization of the association, and steps will be taken to enlist the active support of every locality In the state for the good roads cause. .During the past year the association has been carrying on a campaign for improved highways and has been suc cessful In creating- a healthy Interest in the movement. The necessity for better roads In Oregon is coming to be realized everywhere, declare the 'offi cers, and with the efforts of the asso ciation in arousing enthusiasm over the subject, it is expected that more results will be accomplished this year than ever before. One of the purposes of the association is to organize a branch in every coun ty in the state, so that each locality will consider its own people as having a direct interest In the work of the association. Dr. Andrew C. Smith, president of the association, urges all members, as well as friends of the good roads movement to attend the meeting. The meeting will be at 8 o'clock at the association's' headquarters In the Beck block. Sev enth and. Stark streets. The playing of checkers has been roads unlawful in a Georffla town. Any Woman Can Have Beautiful Hair (From French Beauty Monthly) "No woman should use water upon her hair oftener than once In two months," says jr. Fournler. the noted French scientist. "Dry powder only should be used. Moisture causes the hair to lose its color and In time be comes thin. "Any woman desiring abundant, lus trous hair should use a dry shampoo every two or three days. Mix four ounces of powdered orris root with four ounces of therox. Sprinkle about a tablespoonful of this mixture upon the head: then brush the powder thor oughly through the hair. This will keep it light and fluffy, and beautifully lustrous. You will soon see new haic starting to grow. This treatment is the only thing that I am sure will produce a growth of hair. "While plain orris root is used as a dry shampoo by many women, still, no such results can be obtained as by using the formula I have given." Adv. L