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THE MORXTXG OREGOXIA. TTESDAY. MAT 16. 1911. BE IT S WORTH EXTOLLED Oregon Zone Larger Than Massachusetts Praised as Richest Seen. thaa giving Burn rank with the better ciui or cities. Another power and irrigation site Is ceing worKfU out by ptopli from Mal heur for the Upper Silver Creek sec tion, but Just how far along It la I could not learn. , But It la said the promoters are a-etting things In shape for the construction of a reservoir, the preliminary work being? about done, and the work financed. Baker Project Vndrr Way. Another section Is belnr offered re lief, that alone the lakes, and many ater contracts have been aliened up. I bi POVERTY UNKNOWN THERE Jrr Capita Wealth Surprising Cos aldering Country's Isolation. Only Railroad Needed 3Iake It Slate Granary to BT ADDISOX BENXTTT. BCRN3. Or. May U,-Stiff spondeac.) The first question asked rf the newcomer upon his arrival at Burns Is usually this: "Is there any railroad news?" That has been tie main d'iretlon, the burning. Insistent and lm portent question, for the last IS years. an1 It will te for God alone kno' how many months or year In the fu ture. Over I yeara ago ther was a time tn work was supposed to be going forward on a railway from the Snake hirer country straight west through Malheur and Harney Counties, and cer tain grading was being done west of Vale, even rails were being laid In Crane Cre?k gap. But how many of them? Reports disagree as to this. some saying there were eight of them and some saying six. These rails were cot In half and either six or eight little pieces of grading dnne. the ties laid a l.I these rji:s laid upon them to re- r-aln there and rust and rot away. "ver I yeara ago! The people of Harney then thought, when this work was going forward, that they would within the rouree of a very few months h'ar the whistle of the engine In the liarr.ey Valley. They had every reason to tMnk so. The rnur.try was filled with surveyors and their assistants, light of-wsy men were purchasing the land fr the roadbed and depot sites, every thing was being done that usually pre '! the work of actual buIMIng. At lesst three surveys were made as far a Hend and many of the grade stakes csn SUU be seen, mute and silent wlt tirsse of blasted hopes and blighted promises. I looked eastward alone? a line of these stakes yesterday. Just north of Malheur 1-ske. I sighted along It to tie eastward toward Crane Creek gap, westward pant Iron Mountain and toward Bend. One of the men who worked with the engineers waa In the car witu me. and be snowed me where tne other two lines are. one farther to t-e north and one south of the lakes, both of which I have seen myself. From point Just wt of na I was told there was a mark showing the distance to be 114 miles to Bend, and the distance to the Hnafce must be about the same and hardly a Mil on the line! Krora an elevation of !) feet at the Snake the climb is to less than sOoo in something i les than ( miles. When one thinks 1 or ucb child's play It would be to build such a road be stands amased at the work done up the Deschutes, where one mile cost mure than 1 of this road WOUI't. Short Line Humor Heard It Is rumored that the Short Line peo ple are contemplating the beginning of early work on a road from Caldwell. Idaho, to VTInnemuera. Nevada. Such road would lead down through the southern portions of Malheur and Har ney counties, and would deliver the trade of this entire section to San Fran- risro would practically annex It to relUornla. I do not know how true this rumor Is, I do not know but what t Is a rumor connecting up the Gould road In place of the Short IJne; but It must be true that some relief from some source Is soon to come from the tergft piece of undeveloped country In the United States, and on of the very ricnest. Almost every reader of The Orego- nian knows what the wheat belt of r.astern ashlngton Is, knows how that ;ountry has grown up, how the worth less lands of 30 years ago are now worth 1100 an acre and more, how the wheat map of the country, so to speak, was changed by the wonderful produc tion of that section. Suppose the rsllwsy development that went forward up there had been made In this section: does not every sane man know that Harney County would be the vt hitman County rf Oregon T Is It not a certainty that In place of seven or sight thousand people In the Harney and Malheur Valleys we would have eight, ten or a doxrn times that manvT To deny this Is to say that these lands are not as good as the lands of Eastern Washington, and evervbody who knows anything about the subvert knows there are more acres and better acres of wheat land here than In the country north of us. How long will these people be com pelled to wait? How long will the peo pteVf iregti allow tha greatest valley In the state, several of the greatest valleys In the stste. to lie like a dis owned and unworthy daughter? No man ran tell, no man can tell how long the duration. -Is there any railroad news?" I to remain unanswered for Interior Oregon. Outlook Is Iloeeaie. Is to come from I could not learn, but perbapa the former will ba developed on the I'pper BlHzen and the water pumped from the lakes. This project la being promoted by partlea from Baker. Just now there Is a good deal of talk about the diverting of the freight from tha Sumpter Valley road to the road op the Deschutes, and it Is aald that as soon as the Hill road la com pleted to Bend the freight will come In from there. The distance la about 135 miles from Bend, but the road will be practically over a level country, so the rate from Bend will not be much greater than the present rata over the mountains from Prairie City, al though tha distance la nearly double. On the other band the rata from Port land to Bend will be lesa than half what It is from Portland to Prairie CENSUS HOT ON I Tacoma Grand Jury to Begin Fraud Investigation. GOVERNMENT IS CONFIDENT Special Prosecutor Newton Says IX Indictments Are Returned Ver dict Mar Be Left With Tacoma Citizen Jury. TACOMA, Wash. May 15 (Special.) Tha grand Jury which will lnvestl gata the alleged census frauda in this city waa called before Judge George Dooworth for Inetructlone at t o'clock VENERABLE WOMAN PIONEER OF INDIAN DAYS, DAUGH TER, GRANDSON AND GREAT-GRANDSON IN REUNION. ii i i i a '"" Testerday and the day before I rode a good many miles through the Harney Valley, and I never aaw It look better, rever saw so much of the land In crop, never saw the outlook better for a good crop. The old land Is nearly all seeded, end much new has Just been brought In for the first time. Away o!t toward Lakes Harney and Malheur the outlook Is promising, and the lands along and trtlrr the foothills show the verdure of th Spring grain. Mr. MrKlnney. cf the Harney County Hank took me In his machine many miles up the Sllvles River, and there I saw many thousands of acres of grain seeded on as nne land as there Is In the Interior, and moil of It either has been or will be watered, for that monderful valley bss an abundance of mater. The outlook for the entire ral ly Is surely very promising, althourh there Is not the ater usually visible st this season of the year. Thts romes from the fact that the month of March was very warm and the snows melted rspldly. nTuklng the later run-off so me et aat short. But the ditches and rivers are pretty fulL so there ought to be plenty of water for the Spring Irriga tion. There are several Irrigation and aater power projects forming or s 1 -rady formed. The milling company that now furnishes the power for the city, or rather the lights, has organised a subsidiary company which Is putting In a dam la the Silvies several miles bd thst stream, and soon there will be an abund:tnco of power for running the mill and the lighting and power a? sterna The city will get power for a pumping plant, a reservoir will be constructed en the bill west of town and soon -- city will have a good water system. And at about the same lime a sewer system will be Installed. I'OIR UKSEJtATIOXS IX HOOD RIVER GATHEHIAG. HOOD RTVER. Or.. Mar 14. (Special.) Four generations are here represented: Mrs. Carolina Hamilton, of Corvallls; her daughter. Mrs. O. H. Rlddell: ber grandson. H. H. Riddell. and bar great-grandson. Morris Klddell. of Portland. Mrs. Hamilton was one of tha pioneers of 1847. Mrs. Rlddell waa born to the trip across the plains by ox wagon train. Her husband. Joseph Hamilton, at one time a member . of tha Oregon Legislature, selected a homestead la the Willamette Valley near Corvallla. In tha gold rush of '49 be was lured to Cali fornia. Mrs. Hamilton tells Interesting stories of the daya when Mr. Ham ilton was absent, and the frontier home was guarded by her and a cousin. Miss Mirandy Klndall. She suffered one of her greatest frights one dsy when a band of Indians took poaaeaslon of their woodshed and nsed their grindstone, a novelty the redmen found useful for sharpen ing their tomahawks. The Indians had been attacking the whites, and Miss Klndall. to foil them, heated a kettle of water and, while they were attentive with their work, she threw the steaming water on the warrior grinding the weapon. Maddened by the pain, the Indian hurled hla tomahawk at the fleeing girl. The tomahawk graxed her brad and struck the door facing of the bouse Just as aha was enter ing. Despite her ST years. Mr. Hamilton la active and has good health. With Mrs. Klddell she Is visiting her granddaughter. Mrs. C. II. Jenkins, at Hood River, where, with the children of Ir. and Mrs. Jenkins, the four generations are again represented. City. And with a good road from Bend bere the passenger traffic will- be largely diverted from the Baker-Pralrle City route. To facilitate these matters there will be a delegstlon of Bend merchants and other leading cltlxens here next Sunday to arrange for the Joint construction of the road between the two points, and for the furthering of business and so cial relatione. As a matter of news to some who do not know what the people of the In terior have to pay for outside commodi ties let me say that cement Is worth tit a barrel here: barbed wire T cents at the very lowest, and often I rents, and that freight from Portland to Burns averages around till a ton. To you wonder that merchandise Is high here? When I was through this country last, two years ago, I saw In all of my travels but one automobilo In use by commercial travelers, and that was from a dry goods house In San Fran Cisco. Now a good many commercial travelers from Portland are making the Interior with their machines. And that la the logical way of doing the busi ness during the season of good roads, say from May 1 to October 1. By com ing In through Sherman and Crook counties and taking In tirant and Wheeler, thence out to the Interior of Malheur, through Harney and over Into ke. a very large fleld ran be covered In about four weeks, and at a smalV cost compared with the old system of stagecoaches and livery vehicles. All of the wholesalers of Portland who cater to this trade will no doubt fall In line ltb their machines, though some of them, with light samples, may double up. 1 suppose It Is generally known that the eheepownera are having a very bad eeason. Vi ool is low. arounaio cents, and ewes, lsmbs and wethers are about half what they were a year ago. And the outlook la the more discouraging because there are practically no buyers In the field. No doubt some of the owners who are not forehanded will have to get out of the business at a big loss. CASH VALUE IDAHO BASIS Governor Announces Policy I.oan Made by State. At to BOISE. Idaho. May li (Special. All loans made by the State or Idaho In future will be on the full cash value of the property, the loans being based on one-third the market cash valuation. according to the announcement made by Governor Hawley. Governor Hawley declares that those who borrow money from the stste are entitled to the In formation that loans will only be al lowed, figuring on one-third of the ac tual cash valuation of the securities. 1 doubt whether the State Land Foard has ever been Justified la mak ing loans on property except upon the basis of valuations made by the County Assessors." he said. The Land Board is prohibited by express provisions of law from lending an amount In excess of one-third of the value of the lands upon which the loan la made, and In this valuation the worth of etructurea upon the land cannot be taken Into jonaideratlon." John W. Slckelsmlth. Creenaboro. Pa. has three children, and Ilka moet children they frequently take cold. "We have tried several kinds of cough medicine," he says, "but have never found any yet thst did them as mucn good ae Chamberlain's Cough Km- 1 edy." For sale by all dealers. today, and later held a short secret aesslon before adjournment was taken. It Is possible that some counterfeit' Ing ciuies will be brought before the men before the census Investigations, but these will be hurried through, and It will not be long before a number of material witnesses In the alleged frauds will be called before the tri bunal. C. A. Newton, special assistant to tne United States Attorney-General who. with a force of assistants, has In charge the prosecution of the census enumerators, declares that he Is will ing that the cases shall be heard before a petit Jury composed of Tacoma cltl xens. A venire of 24 waa summoned, from which Judge Don worth thla afternoon selected It for grand Jury duty. The Government la confident." aald Mr. Newton, "that when the public jraros ine tacia in some of the rasea to be Investigated. It win be quick to condemn the methods employed. If any indictments are returned as we ex-Pct- we will not have the least hesi tancy In taking the accused men before Jurtos of Tacoma. cltlxens. We have found the people of the West broad minded and fair In the census Investi gations. - Tacoma citizens will be among the first to demand the punish ment of offenders If Indictments are returned." JEALOUSY DEALS DEATH POrBLE MITU1ER MAV RESIXT FROM BOfsE SHOOTIXG. Slan Who Probably Fatally Wounds Woman and Companion Kills fck-If After Tragedy. BOISE. Idaho. May 15. (Special.) The victims ot what may yet prove to be a double murder, Mrs. Jane Snyder, of Shoshone, and W. H. Weath er by. of Twin Falls, tonight lie hover ing between life and death at a local hospital in this city and only fnlnt hopes are held out for their survival through the night. They were shot down by Michael Crinnell. a Shoshone stonecutter, who later turned the weapon upon himself and committed suicide. The tragedy occurred at Shoshone yesterday and the victims of the as sassin were hurried to Boise. Insane Jealousy drove Grinnell to commit the ct. He bad known Mrs. Snyder for some time and waa Infatuated with ber. W hile ahe waa at Twin Falls he worked at Gooding. Mrs. Snvder re turned to Shoshone the day before the tragedy. She was accompanied by Weatherby. a stranger. This knowl edge reached Grinnell at Gooding. While Mrs. Snyder and Weatherby were walking down the railroad track near Shoshone Grinnell encountered them. Without warning he drew a re volver and shot Weatherby twice through the head and legs. Running down Mrs. Snyder, wbo had started to flee. Grinnell shot ber through the btp and abdomen. Believing be bad accomplished double murder. Grinnell turned the weapon on 1 himself and sent a - bullet crashing , through his brain. As a memorial te tbe late msrauts of Rlpon (who died In July of last yean seven nalnted slass windows hare been placed In Si- Wilfrid's Roman Csthoiie Church. Rlpon, fenguuKl. representing figures ox saints. Tull & Gibbs, Inc. Morrison Street, at Seventh Store Opens at 8:30 Tull & Gibbs, Inc. The Closing-Out Sale of This Store Is the Greatest Economy Event Ever Known to Portland People Matchless values and remarkableness of range for selection were never so forcibly presented as in tho stocks and offerings of this sale. That there remains just a few weeks more should induce every home furnisher who has some need to fill to. take advantage and at once. July first is the date that we have set to discontinue business in Portland. Every article is reduced in price to that point which should mean abso lute disposal by this time. ZSmmt $15$18,50)$19.50$22.50$25 Foulard Dresses $7.95 Garments showing individuality and style, in beautiful foulard silks plain and figured. Trimmings of lace yokes, narrow pipings of silk and fancy silk borders. Good assortment of colors, too, including black, navy blue, browns, checks, stripes and figures. "Women who have planned a new silk dress as part of their Summer wardrobe must surely recognize in this offering theic opportunity. All Waists Now Marked at Half Price The prettiest waist styles and materials of the ' season and a good range of sizes. Every wom an's opportunity to economize in buying her Summer Waists. $5.95, $6.50 Silk Petticoats $3.19 All silk, black taffeta Petticoats with -wide flounce and silk dust ruffle... In them women will find value far beyond their regular prices an opportunity to replenish this part of their ward robes at noteworthy savings. Women's, Misses' and Children's WASH DRESSES All at half price and every garment a splendid value. Ma terials the kind that hold their color well and launder perfectly. Good Time buy Maple Bedroom Furniture The Showing Here is Complete and Prices are the Lowest Known in Portland. $13 Maple Chiffonier, without mantel1 Vow $7.25. $14 Maple Princess Dresser Now 59.75. $1D Maple Dresser Now $12.50. $20 Chiffonier, in Birdseye Maple Now $15.75. $26 Cheval Mirror Now $13. $25 Birdseye Maple Dresseir Now $17.25. $22 Birdseye Maple Dressing Table Now $12. $11.75 Birdseye Maple Commode Now S3.JM). $26 Birdseye Maple Princess Dresser Now $19.50. $24 Birdseye Maple Chiffonier Now $16.75. $32 Birdseye Maple Chiffonier Now $20.75. $36 Birdseye Maple Dresser Now $25.50. $33 Birdseye Maple Dresser Now $21.50. $295.00 Fine Four-piece Bedroom Suite in Birdseye Maple Bed, Dresser. Chiffonier and Toilet Table Now $197.50. $63 Fine Birdseye Maple Chiffonier Now $49.50. $58 Fine Birdseye Maple Dresser Now $38.75. $56 Chiffonier to match Now $36.75. $40 Full 6ize Bed in finest Birdseye Maple Now $28.50. l it A Few Closing Out Specials Graniteware 15c Pudding Pans for 8J. 20c Pudding Pans for 11. 25c Pudding "Pans for 13. 30e Berlin Kettles for 17S 30c Dairy Pans for 17. 40c Wash Basins for 18J. 30c Spiders for 15. 50c Tea Pots for 29. 75c German White Enamelware Mix ing Bowls for 37J. 65c Mixing Bowls for 33t. Several Bargain Items in House Helps From the Great List in the Basement Store 35c Adjustable Window Screens for 21. 50c' Traveling Telescopes for 25S $110 Nickel-plated Tea Jots for 60. $1 Tin Dinner Pails with compartments for 39. $2 Aluminnm Tea Pots for $1.25. 50c Brass Washboards for 29S 75c Galvanized Wash Tubs for 5S. 90c Wash Tubs for 68. $1 Wash Tubs for 75. $3.50 "Jewel" Gas Irons for $1.75. $4 Gas Irons for $2.75. $2.50 Alcohol Stoves for $1.75. $2.75 Coal Oil Stoves for $1.95. $4 Gas Hot Plates for $2.75. $5 Gas Hot Plates for $3 $5 Mission Electric and Gas Lamps for $2.95. $8.50 "American" Washing Machines for $4.75. $15 "Rex" Washing Machines for $8. ' Some Prices From The Carpet Dept. $1.00 Square Yard for Staine's In laid Linoleum worth $1.50 yard. $1.15 Square Yard for Potter's In laid Linoleum worth $1.85 yard. $3.00 for Japanese Mats worth $6; size 6x9 ft. $4.50 for $7.50 Mats; size 7 ft. 6 in by 10 ft. 6 in. $6.30 for 9x9 ft., all-wool revers al e Rugs worth $9. $7.35 for the 9x10 ft. size; regular $10.50. $8.40 for the 9x12-ft. size regular $12. HOP YIELD 10 BE SMALL OREGON WIIJ; GET EXORMOCS PRICES, SAYS BUYER. Many Yards Are Said to Be in Bad Condition, but Outlook for Grower Is Good. SALEM, Or., May 15. (Special.)' "Hod fields In the valley are tull or missing hill and the crop this year undoubtedly will be smaller than last year. With this In view and the fact that In May contracts are being written (or 21 cents, all indications point to enormous prices for Oregon," said James R. Linn today. Linn Is a mem ber of one of the best known hop firms In the valley. 1 know personally for Instance, or one man who has reset 5000 hills up to date. Practically a third of his yard Is dead and he has always had a full stand before. Last year the crop was not up to the consumption and this year it will be even smaller. In fact. here are more hilts missins; this ydar than for many years, perhaps more than ever before. The upland yards are bad and yards that produced well last year show lots of hills missins." Catlin A Linn have only 60 acres or hops of their own and are heavy buyers. consequently this Information Is con sidered as having weight behind it. "The situation for the grower is bet ter than it has been for years," is the way Linn sumed up the situation. MOSCOW STATE BANK SOLD Spokane and Castana, Iona, Men Take Over Concern. MOSCOW. Idaho. May IS. (Special.) The Moscow State Bank was sold to day to the Day & Hansen Security Com. pany. of Spokane, and Robert and Harry Whlttler. of Castana. Ifc. W. B. Ludeman. cashier, who owned the con trolling Interest, announced bis retire ment and that Harry Whlttler. of the Castana Savin rs Bank, of Castana, la., will succeed Cashier Ludeman soon. It Is also announced that Robert Whlttler. who has been with the Water, vllle Savings Bank, of W&tervllle, Wash- which is also owned by the Day & Hansen Security Company, will move to Moscow and be connected actively with the Moscow State Bank. The old board of directors are to bold over un der the new ownership. W. B. Ludeman bought the control ling Interest in the Moscow State Bank about a year and a half ago from State Senator Jerome J. Day, one of the own er of the Hercules mine and president of the Idaho National Harvester Com pany. The bank has about 1250.000 In deposits. Robber Suspects Forfeit Bail. ASTORIA, Or.. Way. . 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