TIB MORNING OREGONIAN. MONDAY. AUGUST 21, 1911. BOOMERS INSPIRED BK LESSON OF TRIP Californians Enthusiastic at "Pull Together' Spirit Fos tered by Visit. PORTLAND FOLK THANKED Movement lo Have aBUleshlp Ore gon Lad NtW Through Pn imi Canal Warmly Supported by Exposition Men. Warm word, of appreciation for the reception and entertainment thera by the comm.rclal bodies of Port land Were telegraphed . Or... M last niirht by members of the party I Lin Jrtncl.co Panama-Fac" to tlon boomers, from Ed.wooJ. CaJ. At the same time the Californians eonveyeJ to the people of ''"' sssurinre that th.y will aid ment. directed by C. C. Chapman, sec retary of the Oreaon Development League, to have the 1J civic organisa tion, of this at.te Indorse the re.o u tion adopted at the banquet In this city rturd.y n,ht urgln the l'1 Government to have the .Ore gon lead the navies of the world through the completed Panama Canal "Vb's'resolutlon was presented at the banquet by Frank L. Brown of the publicity department of the big ma Francisco fair, who preceded his remarks with a brief statement of the latitude of the 11 P't'n which will be the blRSe.l In hnt' tory of the world, and a recital of the benefits to be derived by the entire Paclflc Coast. . The resolution was sdopted unani mously with sreat enthusiasm. It fol- Wh,r..i It ! th. plan of the United ,r" r.ernm.nt to Invl.. th. na Wn. -f th. orid to jo th. Am.r.cao fl. r..(. thr-uah th' rsnama r.nat on S"f""or.nlr. IB 115 auU prer-ed J B. of .n ,r.cla to participate la the Sr.nt rrnlm o( to. Panama .e.ftc In '.rn.tlor.al Exposition to wmm.moril. IM rmpiuoa of lb. 't .nln..rln fat. nwhram. tta battlMhlp or.on lch .a txi.lt at th. inion Iron Work. . Fr.nr .o. bT tno brawn and sinew of our Bairtvllr nrklrimn. and chrl.t.ned . coo in honor o( this sr.at slat., and .ub .qa.ntl lvl tfc. title of th. 'Hol.doC of th. Navy." by r.a.on of her wonderful arhi.e.m.nt of .le.mins l0" ml.c from oeean to o-.aa. and arnvtns In th. waters off Fantiaaa in tim. to participate In the t ,tonr ... fiM that MiU.d our troubl.s wl5 tr:u; nl Wh.r.aa. th. attention of th. whols world w r.r.t-reJ oa th. remarkahl. voy sa of th. Oreson. snd .uphMittd the .-.atty of eon.Tmctina th. Panama Canal, not onle for def.naitr. purpo.. but com mercial well. Th.refor be It rolvJ. that th. Com mernal riuh of Portland and me chamber of cimmw of this citv. Jit witn the f.pama-Factfle International F-spoeltl.m d aiuo now orient and p'edse th.m a'!va. to aae thefr tltmoat .ud.avor. to pr rall upon th. Feleral Government to do fi'tins potior to tn. battleship oreon bv naming b.r as th. .hip of war to ied th. nvt. of th. world througn th. Panama Can. I. and further b It Ke.olved. that we pled. our.lv te eal apen onr deleaa'.ion In Ceninep to ue. e.nr effort to bring about th. fulfillment of to. dHlra of th. people of the State, of Oregon and California and of Ih. Nation. Lesson Learned In Schoolhouw. "Th. best lesson on this trip was taugot us In the old village achool hous at Latourelle Falls, where the ex position supporters of Oregon and Cali fornia learned anew the lesson of pull ins 'og.th.r." said Mr. Brown In an Interview at Kdatewood yesterday. "The A. B. Cs of co-operation and unity of purpose, by means of which the Pacific Coast States will use our I 1 S Exposition aa an expression of the wonderful resources of the Paclflo Coast, and the Brest development that awaits this part of the I'nited States as a result of the completion of the Panama Canal and the holding of our (Croat K J position. "Another and equally Important lea Ron van the great efficacy of these 'booster trips, cementinar socially and In purpose the Pacific Coast and the Western states, and clarifying the thought that the Exposition la for all the Pacific Coast, and Western states, and that San Francisco Is the central point where alTuihe people of the Pa cific Ocean, KuruV and the TL'ntted States ran beet atmbln to celebrate the completion of the wor!d-s greatest engineering achievement, the Panama Canal. Are to Blame In aWlea. Charles 8. Foe. passenger traffic man ager of the Southern Parlfle Company snd a director of the Exposition Com pany, said that the vlalt of the Chamber of Commerre and the directors of the Panama-Parlflc Kxponttlon. had proved to be at the oppvrtun. moment. It not only served to emphasise the community of Interests of California. Oregon and Washington, be said, but brouglit home to every one the peceelr for speedy snd concerted action to the end that the evposltlo mar rank not only well to the fore, but ahead of any expoaltlon of Its kind heretofore held. "The people of Oregon, and especially the cities of Portland snd Astoria." he sld. "realise that a new proeperlty was ushered In with the Uewls snd Clark Fair In ISO. The trrowth end develop ment of the state and Its ettlos. includ ing the metropolis, dnrln and since thst time, have been substantial and rapid." 1 1.000,000 Not Improbable-. Captain William Matsnn. president of the Chamber rf Commerre. of Pan Kranrlc-o, said: "The excursion of the Chamber of Commerre of San Fran riro to the Astorlal Centennial was ero of the most successful ever held by the organisation. It was successful, not only In bringing; about closer com mercial and friendly relation between California and Oreaon. but also be rauM It caused rltlxens of Oregon to pledgo themselves to favor the appro priation of to.oeit for Exposition pur popes, and I believe that before their erond legislature adjmirna tt will In rrevse the appropriation to H.0OO.O0O." On the homeward Journey the dele gation held a meeting; and adopted res olutions thsnklne; the rlt liens of Port land and Astoria for their reception andpltallty. Resolutions were also adopted thanking- M. If. Pe Toung for his splendid efforts In roaktng tha trip a success. CLOVER TEST UNDER WAY Hood River Association Gathers Pat on Orchard Benefits. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug 10. f pe dal.) Tor tha purpose of determining tha action of clover crops and w-a! benefits may be derived from tbero ?. the orchards of the valley, the U-d stiver Fellowship Association will ecu duet four experiment statlona. In dif ferent sections of the tralley. Professor W. II. "Lawrence, the hortlcultorai ex prt employed by the association, baa chosen aa locations for his work th ranches of Babeon Broe of the Upper Valley; Dlckerson A Peck, of the East 8ids. and Captain C. P. McCan and George I. Sargent, of tha West Bide. Tests will thus be made of the four most Important typea of aoil In tha community. lawrence has been busy this week arranging; samples of seeds for tha row tests. He bsa Just received from tha Inlted States experiment station at Chlco, CaU and from tha Agricultural Department at Washington. i'o dlf- . I ; 1 trUit out ler.na ranfftici woiv.ii wj.. w - -- . After tha row testa ara made and It is determined which of the plants maao the best showing larger field experi ments will be made. Professor Lawrence haa sent to tha A,rmn. nf . .mnnmT at the Oreaon Agricultural Collega over HO soil aam- plea from different sectlona of tha val- j r s MATtVH Or OR FXOt WHO DIB AT At. R Of FIFTY-TWO IS BIHIED AT I.09TIXE. t tr I r - : f e ar 7. Mrs. M. K. Beatssaa. ' ENTERPRISE, Or., Aug. JO. (Special.) Funeral eerviees of Mrs. M. K. Boatman were con ducted In the Unton Church at lAstlne. August 17. Rev. George W. Arms. Jr.. officiating. Burial was In Lostlne Cemetery. Mrs. Boatman died at tha family home In Division street. Portland, last Monday, after an Illness lasting many months. Her maiden name was Irene Wood, and she was born near Palem. May IS. 1159. the dauthter of William H. and Elisabeth (Tatom) Wood. Her mother died at the time of Irene's birth, but her father survives at the age of S years. She was married to Marshall K. Boatman In Benton County. Oc tober 14. 1877. After a few years' residence In the Alsea Valley they came to Wallowa Valley In 101. settling- near Lostlne. Mrs. Boatman was a member of the Christian Church and a char ter member of Lostlne Chapter, Order Eastern Star. 6ha Is sur vived by her husband and two children, Mrs. K. O. Allen, of Lostlne. and W. C. Boatman, County Clerk of Wallowa Coun tv; a half brother, George D. Wood, of I.oetlne. and her aged father. W. H. Wood. ley. A texture analysis will be made for the purpose of working; out drain age aystams for the different soils. APPLE CROP TO BE LIGHT HOOD RIYETt GROWERS EXPECT HALF OP LAST YEAR. Marketing Valnee, It la Believed, Will Offset any Lose In the Point of Season'a Yield. HOOD RIVER. Or- Aug. 10 (Spe riaL "It tha demand for small-siied apples, which prevailed throughout tha markets last season, continues this year." said Charlea R. Castner, Connty Fruit Inspector, last week. "Hood River growera will find a ready market for their products. Because of the de sire of the consumer to he able to purchase small-slxed fruit last year tha local orchardlsts have not dona as much thinning this year aa' last." W. K. Newell, president of the State Board of Horticulture, was In thla city and met with tha different fruit men. marketers and growers. Estimates of the Valley's product this season place tha crop at between 60 and (0 per cent of last year's. The Applegrowers' Union is distributing among; the grow ers estimate blanks. These probably will be In before the middle of Septem ber, and then It will be possible to malce definite estimates. Mr. Newell said that nowhere in the Northwest will tha crop be aa large this year ss last, except In Wenatchee. At this place It Is thought by some that the harvest will be larger than last season All fruit men agree that at present It Is Impossible to mske definite state ments aa to the coming: season's mar keting conditions. No buying- will be done until after the International Fruit Marketmen's convention, which will meet at Detroit. August . However, all say thst the present tendency Is toward a wood year for the grower. Representatives from London. Chicago and New York apple merchants have visited the Valley this week. ROADS TO JOIN 3 TOWNS Boise, Nam pa and Caldwell Will Be Corners of Triangle. BOISE. Idaho. Aug. t9. (Ppeclal. Boise. Xampa and Caldwell will with in the present year be the three cor ners In a perfect triangle of electrlo roads, two aldea of which are already constructed and In operation. The third will be built this year parallel to tha Oregon Short Line, connecting tha two cltiea of Caldwell and Xampa. There is lively bidding; tor the con struction of the Utter link. Connecting Boise with Nam pa la tha Boise Valley electric line. The Boise at Intenarban connects Boise and Cald well. Cooe Grows More FVnlt. MARPHFlELn. Or.. Aug. 10. ("pe dal. r. M. Hall-Lewla. County Fruit Inspector, la touring the county to examine the rye he Ma and Instruct t fruitgrowers now to spray ana care I It their tr.es. Reports show that j C ooa County la rapidly coming to tha I front aa a fruit-growing district. At Coaullle, the county seat, and Its lm j rre!late vicinity, the Inspector found I ! orchards with a total of about if" - trees. The number of treea un cr cultivation thla year will be much larg.r than Last year, aa several new or -iMi have been planted. Tha fruit r--.t' organisation will market tha rrr.p a.aln thla rear aa thty did last SHIPPERS AWAKEN TO RATE DANGER Waterhouse Threat Results in Formation of Company to Reduce Port Charges. LOWER PILOTAGE SOUGHT W. D. Wheelwright Sara Steamship Chief Proved Immediate Reform Noreasary to Meet Creaper Sound Rates. A visit to Portland several weeks ago by Captain James Graham, who crpo to look over the shlpp'ng field aa a tepresentatlve of Frank Water bouse, followed obout two weeks aro by Mr. Waterhouse himself, wro con ferred with shippers and threatened to stop running Ms Una Into Tortland unless port charges could be reduced, has resulted In the formation of a new company, which Is expecte-i to havo powerful Influence In persuading tha Fort of rorllund to reduce piloiagra rales tj Portland and bring e.bout move marly ar. equality. of rat n with thoss of Fue-et Foun t. The new cumiary will le known at th. p.irt'itrd Firvrdoring Compiny. It r Ml Incorporate ti day win a capita' stock of ISO"'". McCabe Firm Gives Option. A .-oniniitlne v.a appointed at a meeting of nun and mtmbcis of tha fort of P:rtiand, Aug mi. 1", witn W J" Wheelwriaat as chal.rnse to s-ie If arrangtraente could be ma.'e where by rates here coul'i be eiailied wllr. tliosa on the srtu. W. .1. Bur" a. of Palfour. r.uthtle & Co.: C M Clark o'. the Ciark-W'lson Lumber Company; C. E. Curry, of the Northwest Lumber Company, and Brockwell Statter. rep resenting Frank Waterhouje & Co. in Portland, were with Mr. Whealwrlght on the committee. This committee decided Friday to draw up articles of incorporation and to take up equalisation of- pilotage rates with the Port of Portland. Not more than 125.000 of t-ie stock of the company la to ba sold at pres ent, the remainder being held subject to call. A tentative opt'on has been secured from the McCabe Company, which has been operating in Portland for the last three yeara, on the greater part of Its equipment. Mr. Wheelwright aaya that the ship pers of Portland were convinced Ly Mr. Waterhouse that It was necessary to act at once to he'p the shipping of thla port, and that lils was made doubly urgent by the recent rate granted by the rallroaj from interior Washington and Idaho points to the Puget Sound cities, making the larlff the same aa to Portland. Figures Are Convincing. Figures given by Mr. Waterhouse demonstrated, he eald. that It costs a minimum of 8 7', 4 per cent more to handle vessels at Portland than on Puget Sound. Be-jldea the higher pilotage rates !n Portland. It is aald that there Is a dif ference of about 80 p.r cent in the dock charges here and la the Sound cities, and that the charges for hand ling cargoes, with overtime for lontf shortmen. Is from 10 r in cents lower there than In Portland. Members of the new irgnnlxatlon s.iy that it la not Its purpose to make con ditions harder for waterfront organ isations, but to facllitoM handling of cargoes of vessela coining to this port. They deny that any attempt will be made to break up the waterfront fed erations, but btlleve that the new com pany will place ghlppnis In better posi tion to secure what men they desire to attend to their cargoes, a condition which they declare haa not existed here In late yeara. BOAT METHODS ARE SCAXNED Washington Commission May Cause Complete Readjustment. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Aug. !0, (Special.)- That there will have to be a complete readjustment of the methods of doing business employed by the various boat companies operating In Washington is now certain, for the Publlo Service Com mission la constantly running Into prob lems thst can only be solved by having the customs altered. It Is not charged that discrimination hss been practiced, but discrimination Is possible under the present order of things. One of the problems for the Commis sion hss arisen In the verbal request for permission by a big boat company to quote a Si-ton rate for a big shipper, the tonnage to move at the option of tha ehlpper. This request the Commis sion will deny, for It means thst the line cannot be drawn. Under this sys tem nothing would prevent a boat com pany from estimating the business of some big house for a year and quoting a rate on lO.OfO tons to he moved any time within a year. The other shippers could not avail themselves of the rste and the Commission derlares it would no doubt work a hardship. Before long tha Commission must hear the protest entered by four persons sgalnst the method tired by the Inland Navigation Company In selling tickets for excursions. In this Instsnce a rate of $1 as advertised for a trip to Hood tt a nvroTTvn otttttt TtTTCi vr J fa, V AJtJ VeVA VT eW4a .v-jawjlini i i.im.., . .. -.av. ,tj.. . ,( f ai - ,.. o- .. ,..-:. jrl -: ' lat a '.inrawti aA iiaaWiaaa' aVa. ' 1 Aa'ai I aii'a&tasH'T.ii-ea-4 itiWiiMraian nmsi WASCO. Or.. AO. !. (SpeciaL ) Thia harvesting outfit Is cutting 45 acres per day In wheat making eight to eleven sacks an acre, and putting tha grain Into tha ek at on. operation. The picture itself will show a very good stand of grain. . . , Howell Bros., who own large traets In Shermsn County, expect to cut J 000 acres 1"?!",! dlscln all the stubble on .round that Is to he Summer-fallowed They expect 7"" V,rn k.! method of farming, aa they can do their work In season and plow their land much r plowe. The caterpillar engine will be the means of putting a great deal more money In Sherman County, as the farmer, will be able to do away with from to 0 hesd of .took, thereby saving tha feed of so many horses. v Canal. Tha regular fare Is $2.60. The boat left Seattle at 1 o'clock in tha morning. At midnight tha ticket office closed. This party went aboard at 12:30. but whan they offered the II it was re fused and they had to pay the full fare or be put off at the first landing. They paid the money under protest and ap pealed to tha Commission. There is no question but that a refund will ba or dered, and for a time the proposition of having the Attorney-General start suit for a recovery was considered. LOIBER IS MOVING RAPIDLY Coos Bay Captain EipecM to Move 85,000,000 Keet in Year. MARSHFIELD. Or- Aug. 20. (Spe cial.) Captain Olson, of the C. A. Smith ateamer, the Nann Smith, is en deavoring to make a new record for handling lumber by water. He etarted the first of the year to transport 85.000.000 feet of lumber from Coos Bay to Bay Point, Cal.. within a year, and so far haa kept up with the schedule. The new electric loading device which has been Installed makes It possible to load more quickly than bsfore. About 100,000 feet an hour can be loaded. The vessel Is used exclusively In carrying lumber from the Smith mill in this city to the company planing mill at Bay Point, and she haa beeu making a round trip every five days. Fhe can carry about 1.500,000 feet of heavy fir timber. MORE DESTROYERS ARRIVE Lieutenant Commander Richardson Here on Flagship Whipple. Steaming Into the harbor at S:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon the third division of the torpedo boat destroyer fleet at Astoria, consisting of tha Whipple, flagship, the Truxton and tha Hull, anchored off East Oak street. Almost before tha vessels were set tled at anchor they were surrounded by boats and launches, bearing visitors, who thronged aboard at once to ba courteously welcomed. Lieutenant-Commander L. G. Rich ardson, commander of the fleet. Is aboard tha Whipple. The flagship Is captained by- Lieutenant J. G. Church, tha Truxton by Lieutenant R. R. Soud der, and the Hull by Lieutenant Harold Jonas. During their stay In Portland the three ships will receive visitors between A. M. and 5:J0 P. M. They will remain In port until Wednesday morning, at .i o'clock, when they will weigh anchor and run down to rejoin the fleet at Astoria. The fleet will remain in Astoria for one day after the return of thla divi sion these three ships, and will then leave for San Francisco. With the ex ception of the Farragut and the Golds borough, which were left at the Brem erton yards, the entire fleet has been able to visit Portland thla month. Steam Schooner Runs Aground. . ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) The steam schooner Temple E. Dorr which loaded lumber at Kalama for San Francisco ran aground at high tide last night near Westport and is now stuck fast. An attempt will be made to pull her off tonight, but It Is be lieved that her deckload will have to be lightered. Marine Notes. Harbormaster Speier will return to day on the steamer Beaver from a visit to San Francisco. The steamer Iralda left the drydocks yesterday noon and dropped down to Rainier last night to resume her regu lar run this morning. Since Thursday, when the Iralda was taken Into the dry docks for repairs, the steamer America has been on her run. This Is the first time In three years that the Iralda has been obliged to miss her regular trips. Acting Harbormaster Grlslm yester day halted C. Hagland. of 689 Vaughn street, leaving in an excursion launch with 14 passengers, three of whom were small children. There were only nine life-preservers on board, no fire ex tinguisher and no whistle. Mr. Grlslm obliged the party to put back and se cure more life-preservers before permit ting them to proceed. The Norwegian steamer Hercules wtll sail today for Oriental ports with a cargo of lumber. Temporary repairs of the damage don? hy a falling timber while she was loading at the mills of the St. Johns Lumber Company Satur day were made, so that she might not be delayed In getting away. The steam schooner Temple E. Dorr, laden with lumber for California, grounded on Puget Sound, near West port, yesterday forenoon In a fog. No serious damage could he noted, and one of the Port of Portland tugs was sum moned to make an effort to draw her clear at high water at 11 o'clock last night. It is not yet known whether serious leaks will appear after she has been cleared. t'nless the damage la such as to demand Immediate repair work, she will continue her voyage to San Francisco. Movements of Vessels. Astoria. Or., Aug. 20. Condition at th. mouth of the rlv.r Weather, rloudy: wind northwst; na .month. ret!ed at 5 A. M. 8t-am.r Rhaata, for San Franciaco; sailed at 7 A. M.. .learner Carlo., for Fan Frnnclnm: Brltleh steamer Llic.rlr. for Ori ent. Arrived and left lip at 7 A. M. Steam er Klanmth, from pan Krancl.cn; arrtved at S A. t. and 1-ft up at Z I'. M . stumer Olympic, from Pun Tranclaco: arrived at T A. M.. steamer Waahlngton, from Pan Fran ciaco; arrived and left up at B.Jtn A. M.. st.amer Roanoke, from 6an Francisco ar rived at 13 noon. British steamer Earl of Forfar, from Novo. fiaallla Aug. 30. Arrived ateamer Ber tha, from Southwestern Ala.ka; .learners M. F. Plant. Columbian. Eureka. Falrhav.n, Col. K. I.. Trak. towing Barge t., from Pan Franrl.ro; nteamer Rupert, from Prince Rupert; steamer Rimnna, frpra Pkagw.y. Palled Steamer Jeifereun. from Pkagwav; learner Trlnce Rupert, for Portland t'anal; h.ric. Sit. David, in tow of tug Tatooah. for Howiheaet.rn Alaaka. Victoria. Aug Is- Arrived Brltlah steam er Coulsdon. from Portland. Tide at A.torla M.aday. High. Low- 11 30 A. M SB feet4:3 A. M . .0.4 foot 10 S4 P. M S 8 feeti4.n0 P. M 8.9 feet at? oAVTS MTJCrT MONTY TO FARMER OF SHERMAN COUNTY I M4 w w - - i-.-ve ROTARY DELEGATES SETTOWN A-WHIRL Convention Visitors Captura Portland for Three Whole Days. MORE COMING ON SPECIAL Local Tlotarians to Tate Invaders Up Columbia on Excursion To day, With Camp-Fare Under Big Treea at Bonneville. Beginning at T o'clock this morning and continuing for three days, between 100 and 300 delegates to the seoond an nual convention of the National Associ ation of Rotary Clubs of America will have poesesslon of Portland. The convention will be formally called to order with an addresa by Paul P. Harris, of Chicago, National president. In the assembly hall of the Portland Commercial Club, at 10:30 o'olock this morning. Tonight a reception will be tendered the visiting delegates by the member of the Portland Rotary Club at the Commercial Club. i President Harris and about 100 dele gates from Eastern States will arrive in Portland at 7 o'clock this morning In a special train. The excursion party will also Include the delegates from Eeattla and Tacoma. San Franciscans Already Here. These delegates will be received at th depot by the reception committee, rep resenting the local organization, which met yesterday and completed plans for greeting the party and escorting Us members to Rotarlan headquarters at the Perkins Hotel. Among the mem bers of the local reception committee are: J. T. O'Neill, J. L. Wright, Phil Grossmayer and C. V. Cooper. Prominent among the delegates to ar rive yesterday were those from San Francisco, Log Angelas and Oakland. In cluded in this delegation are C. J. Wet more and C. M. Elliott, of San Fran cisco, who were members of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce party of exposition boomers who passed Satur day in this city. They remained over and with their as sociates from San Franciaco will en deavor to secure for the "exposition city" the convention of the Rotary Clubs in 1915. Mr. Wetmore is a prominent manufacturer In Ban Francisco, while Mr. Elliott is vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce of that city. Other members of the California dele gation arriving yesterday were: R. R Rogers and Charles H. Victor, of San Francisco; Waltham J. Wood, R. D. Branson; Will R. Stevens and E. O. Woodruff, of Los Angeles; and Robert Robertson, of Oakland. Tomorrow tne delegates will be enter tained by an excursion up the Columbia to Cascade Looks on the steamer Mon arch, Including a picnic dinner served under the trees at Bonneville. The steamer will leave the foot of Washing ton street at 7 A. M. Routine business will be considered Tuesday night and at the day cessions Wednesday. The convention will end with a banquet at the Commercial Club Wednesday night. BIG ENGINE TO PLOW LAND Hood River Men to Make Tract In Camas Prairie Fertile. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Aug. 20. Special.) B. E. Duncan, Noah W. Bone and J. R. Putnam, all of Hood River, who own a tract of several thousand acres of the land to be drained by the big ditch now being dug at Conboy Lake, In the Camas Prairie district, of Klickitat County, Wash., are planning; to plow the land with a larare caterpillar engine. "Mr. Duncan and Mr. Bone, accom panied by Howell brothers and C. II. Merchey. owners of one of the ma chines, which they have been operating in Sherman County, near Wasco, re turned from the Camas Prairie country yesterday. They plan to transport the engine to White Salmon, whence It will proceed across the country to the re gion to be plowed. The section has deep and fertile soil, which, however, for the greater part of the year has been covered with water. In Summer the wild grass, which jrrows luxuriant ly, has furnished much hay for the former owners of the land. With the draining of the lake the land will be come tillable. The plowing is a prob lem because of the heavy sod. White Salmon Is Klch Valley. HCSl'M, Wash., Aug-. 10. (Special.) That the White Salmon Valley haa been advertised as being principally a rich fruitgrowing section does not signify that other Inducements are not offered to the homeseeker. From the mouth of the White Sal mon River and adjacent lands to the foothills of Mount Adams, lies a coun try with typical conditions for divers ified farming, which in many instances Is taken advantage of. With the in stallment of cansla for Irrigation, among the best opportunities are of fered of any in the state. Another Item of Importance is the vast areas of fir, white and yellow pine forests that only await transportation facili ties to mske them valuable. .f' Mr .ia,- UNION PACIFIC LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF PORTLAND, OREGON - June 30, 1911 ASSETS Mortgages on Real Estate, First Liens. . .$ 58,927.90 Collateral Securities 875.00 Portland City Bonds 20,000.00 Bonded City "Warrants....-..- 1,897.70 Bills Receivable 23,684.8a Installments Unpaid 37.638.62 Cash in Banks on Interest............... 17,721.60 $160,745.67 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $100,000.00 Premiums, Advance Payments 6,957.89 Interest 1,469.12 Surplus 52,318.66 $160,745,67 TAX LIS COME UP Commission and Legislators to Consider Measures. M'COLLOCH GIVES VIEWS Baker Senator Says People Should Adopt Constitutional Amend ments Proposed and Rebuffs Theory of Single Tax. Consideration of needed legislation on assessment and taxation, to be submit ted to the voters of the state under the Initiative In the general election of No vember, 1914 will be taken up at a meet ing of a Joint legislative committee and the State Board of Tax Commissioners. The men to whom this task has been delegated will assemble at Salem next Thursday and will begin their delibera tions as soon .as they have organized. "Personally. I am opposed to consider ing in any way the single-tax theory at this time, neither do I favor submitting to the people next year a great number of initiative measures on this subject which would tend only further to con fuse a situation already complicated," said Claude C. McColloch, State Senator from Baker County, and member of the tax revision committee, at the Imperial yesterday. If the voters will adopt the three con stitutional amendments proposed by the last Legislature, which will be submitted In the next general election, much will be done toward straightening out the present taxation muddle in Oregon. McColloch Gives Reasons. One of theEe measures repeals the single-tax provision adopted in the last gen eral election. Another provides for the classification of property and the segregation of taxes for state, county and municipal purposes. The third In hibits the Legislature from attaching the emergency clause to any act regulat ing taxation or exemption, thereby re serving to the people the power of the referendum on all legislative acts on this subject. "If these three constitutional amend ments are approved by the people, the effect will be to restore to the Legis lature the regulation of legislation af fecting state-wide aasessment and tax ation, subject to the referendum. Al though I am only one member of the commission that has been created, it seems to me that it would be far bet ter to direct our efforts toward secur ing the adoption of the amendments to the state constitution I have referred to rather than to enoumber the ballot in the next election with many Initia tive measures which probably only would create greater confusion in the minds of the voters without accom plishing the desired results that can be attained by enacting the proposed con stitutional amendments." Slgler Favors Amendments. The commission of which Senator McColloch is a member was authorized and created through the adoption by the Oregon Legislature last Winter of a Joint resolution by George Neuner, Jr.. Representative from Douglas County. It provided for the appoint ment by the respective presiding of ficers of the two houses, of seven mem bers of the House BfiA five members of the Senate, to confer with the State Board of Tax Commissioners to frame and recommend to the people for tneir adoption under the initiative such taxation measures as the commission might deem necessary. "The three constitutional amend ments on taxation, submitted by the Legislature, should by all means be adopted by the people," said B. E. big ler. County Assessor, yesterday. This would leave to the Tax Commissioners the power to suggest legislation and to the Legislature the power to enact that legislation, subject at all times to the referendum. This would sim plify the present muddled state of af fairs materially. "By withholding from the Legisla ture the right to tack on the emer gency clause to any bill relating to assessment and taxation, it may be de pended upon that the state's law makers would enact only such legisla tion on these subjects as was demanded by the people, which would best serve the publlo interest. Otherwise the peo ple could Invoke the referendum and undo any unsatisfactory legislation. HOOD RIVER GETS THEATER C. O. Bell Will Erect Two-story Brick Jn Apple City. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. JO- Spe cial.) According to C A. Bell, owner of the Mount Hood Hotel building. Hood River will soon have a modern playhouse. Mr. Bell, who recently pur chased a lot on the corner of Oak and First streets, has removed the old buildings and will erect a two-story brick, part of which will be made for a theater. A deal was closed here yesterday afternoon whereby Captain C. P. McCan purchased from a D. Clapp the busi ness block at the corner of Oak and Third streets. The consideration, it Is understood, was $17,600. Asylnm Paces Water Famine. SALEM, Or., Aug. JO (Special.) racing a water famine at the State Asvlum for the Insane because the water In the wells is getting low, the State Board will meet, probably tomor row, to arrange for a new system of wells and to plan for a nitration plant to cost approximately $10,000. Thes wells will supply not only the asylum, but aid In supplying the penitentiary and the State Fair grounds. KLAMATH GETS FINE HOTEL Three-Story Hostelry, Costing $50, 000, to Be Ready Thanksgiving. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. 20. (Special.) Klamath Falls' $50,000 hotel Is to be completed and ready for open ing by Thanksgiving day. This Is the announcement made by the Klamath Development Company, the builders. The hotel is to contain 120 rooms, In suites and singles, and modern in every particular. Hot water from the mineral hot springs will be piped to every room in the house, and a system of Hammam baths are to be added for the accommodation of the guests and city. This alono is to cost $10,000. A contract has been signed with J. S. Brower, formerly connected with the Palace Hotel of San Francisco, to take charge of the hostelry when it Is ready to open. It will be three stories high and the brick walls are almost completed. FACTORY ACRES Located in the Peninsula factory district, where rail and water meet on the Co lumbia River. This property is a short; distance east of the Swift holdings and is within the six-mile circle from the cen ter of Portland. Watch Factory Acres ads. this week an important an nouncement will be made. Factory ores is the only Columbia River front property in Portland where as small a tract as one acre can be purchased. Fac tory Acres gives the small investor an opportunity to reap a portion of the big 1 profits that are bound to come to holders of Columbia River frontage. "We are offering 238 acre I tracts at Factorv Acres for $500 and up an acre. Easy terms, low rate of interest on deferred payments. Don't, miss this splendid opportunity to make a for tune from a small invest ment. Five hundred dollars invested in Factory Acres will give you a good start toward financial 'independ ence. See MEAD & MURPHY SALES AGENTS s Phones: Main 1503, A 1515 Offlce 522-526 Corbett Building. Regular automobile service.