3IOHXIXG OKEGOXiAX. WEDNESDAY, - FEBHUAKT SS. 1912. . -. g her greatest problem at this time." says rharlea W. Melchan. editor of the Pen- dlerton IJve Wire, who. in her for a few dvi. "Thorn Is rejnlrl nc. there- i for." ho Mid. "over tlie imw or " STATE 1 IS ONLY IIHCCTTI Ctl DfllMT -c.s'-.'sr I III. II I II rll rill I I . resolutions adopted with reference, to UilULI I LLU I U I II I the pun printed br J. C. Ho.klns. of Gocd Roads Committee Brings About Peace by Changing Proposed Measures. K-ho. one famous as the ttur-lB ditch enterprise, and abandoned wnen com pletion was In alrht wln to financial nanlc followed bv the) death of taro fcturrls. Its chief promoter. "An Immense area of land which has Increased tremendously In productive ness, even with a sinale 'flood Irriga tion. 1 susceptible to benefits under tie. now plan. The entire area t now owned bv 17 ranchers. With water It would make homes for many more Tfc amicable adjustment of the West L'matllla extension controversy has brought a arcat deal of satl.factlon ACTION BY GRANGE WAITS! "' benefit, since frequent discussions hare awakened the men of the county to a realisation of the rain and power of amr and riven them a water snse which ther did not possess. Out of this has Krown determination to nnder take reclamation so Ions; neglected, and concerted effort is belns; stimulated with the aid of such powerful Influ ences aa President Jack Robinson and Secretary J. K Keefe. Jr- of the Com mercial Club. While tha rreat John Iay project la still In the dim future. It la recoitnlzed br all e-.a;inrs aa the zreatesl reclamation scheme which could be undertaken and every effort will be made by all of Eastern Oresjon to brine It about at the earnest pos sible, date." EUSOHS GATHER FRIDAY Corernor'n Five. Willi nj to Indorse County Bond Bill If Farmers Body Rescind msapproval. Report I Mad. Governor West's special good roads committee ended Its labors yesterday and when final adjournment was taken several Important concessions had been made br each side. The most Im portant ouestloa at Issoe tha state- aid bill was set aside for final action ntn after the Mar meeting 01 m State Gnat, w hen effort will be made t tnduca the farmers' onranlsatloo to rescind Its former resolution asalnst thia nrobosed measure. C E. fpence. representing the State Grace, declared that be waa not em powered to accept the compromise effered. which provided that If the State Graos; would Indorse the atate-ara bill, the state-trWe good roads com mittee would Indorse the county bond Usae bill submitted by the Orange Interests. Grant Bill A created. Tha work of the committee led to the agreement that If the gtate Grange will support the state-aid bill, the county bonding bill of the Grange will be Indorsed br the state-wtue com mitt. The bill submitted by tha State Grange providing for the crea tion of a slate highway commission was accented. Yesterday's session was devoted mainly to winning the Slate Granga recreaentallve over to the alate-ald act. Mr. Scene admitted that It was tha beat bill of Its kind ba had ever seen, but that be did not believe that such a plan would be advisable at this time, lie declared that the countiea should be allowed to spend all the money raised and that tha roads In Impera tive seed of repair should be made permanent before any trunk lines are considered. If the Stata Grange, in Us May meet ing, decides against the state-aid bill, there probably will be two seta of bills presented to the voters at the Novem ber general election. However, mem bars of the committee expressed con fidence in the farmers rescinding their present stand. After concluding their labors yestar oay. the bills prepared by the Slate - Grange and the state-wide committee were suhmltted to Attorney C K. 8. Wood, who will pasa on their constitu tionality. Cnalrman Ayrr dictated a report of the committee's work to Governor West. It was signed by U. B. Ayer, chairman: Bernard Daly, C. T. Prall. W. K. Newell and C E. Epence. The report follows: Tt commute met Monday morning at the Multnomah Motel, and after being called to rlr. decided that the mtloa should be opa aad public. It than listened t brief remarks br J. M. Albert, of Balem. aad A. I. IIimo, of Hood iUr. several other ntlsene of th stale btng present, aad representative of the prase. In taking up th bill as prspand by the ircoa ft m-tsTlnn for Highway Improve ment, tb two acta referring to convlcta were not altered, except Ibat eactloa 4 of ti act relating to Lb transference of prisoners f on county to aaother was re ferred to oar attoraer as to his views of Its const nationality. Th act to amend th coaautstloa of tb stat was amended by limiting tb amount of bonds that th etat ceuld uaroe to a per cent of th assessed Taluatloa f th stat. Th act permlt t.&g th counties to bond, aad which baa ba declared constitutional by the tiu prem Court, la proposed to be amended by limiting th amount off tb bond Issue to J per cent of tb assessed valuation of lbs county. Bead lawae I Cat. The act creating the Issue of state bonds was amended br reducing the amount from iLK.o to (l.tee.si annually, and re ducing tb rat of interest from per cent t not to exceed per cent, aad creating elaktnc fund by which, after ten years, one-twenileth of th amount of tb bonds should b levied and go Into a sinking fund, so that at tb maturity of tb bonds tli money would b en band to pay for tb Mine Tb act creating th slat highway fund was modified as follows: That two-tbtrda of the money received from tb sal of bonds should b divided betweea th coantles In th following man aer: One-third on the basis of equal distribu tion among the coantles; one-lbtrd oa th easts of area, and one-third oa tb basts of aeeeeeed valuattoa. tiit remaining one-third of the bonaa Issued to remain lu the baada ef the state to be expennnl under the di rective of the tiovernor. secretary of fttata. State Treasurer and fetele lilcbway Con ralaetoaer. one-balf in the First Congres sional District, and the other half in tb second Congressional Iistr1ct. Tbts distribution lesves out th Third Cenxreeelonal District, which consists alons of Multnomah County, for th reason that etate rearls built In the First and Kecond District would be of sucb Immense ad vantage and benefit to tb whole stste that MultnomaJt County would Indirectly reap beeer.ts which would more than eriuaj tor expense tUat it would be subjected to. It is nilble t&st this dlstrlbutioa may have to be modified by tbe attorney to make It conittltuiionaL Th money that is proposed to be turned ever to tb countiea aa above outlined, is to b sxpended bw them under the advtc only of th ttlal 11 is h war Commlastoaer, which gtvaa tb counties complete control ever all fuada recelvad br tbem la the lo cation and expenditure of same. On sr. muHt of the very small saseseed VaIusuou "f a few of the counties, we bsv modified fie bill so that counties of th aseesved iaua:ion ef 91v.vOO.0ve or under would be compelled to raise oae-balf of the amount furnished br the state. Counties bavins' a weed valuation of over fio.soe.soo. an amount equal to that furnished by tbe slat. w have adopted th act proposed by tha rmmlllae from the Orsnit creatine and eetabiiablng a stste hlshwajr department and commissioner. We hate been unable to r-ach aa agreement with tbe commttte frofn th Orange In resard to the act ku thorlt'nc tbe counties to Issue bonds. We prnpoeed to S'lopt the measure prepared br them. If they would accept the other bills that are hste acted upon. The Grance commute dleclalma Its au thority to commit Ita onrantsatlon to this procedare. but It has beea agreed upon that If at the meeting ef th Grans to be hld oa th second Tuesday of stay at itnastrarg. If It wiil indorse all the measure passed upon bv this committee, we will rot file our b:ll for county bond, but wi;l sptirnv tbeirm. He a:v beg to advise yoa thst C. K. . TVnod kindly tenjered the services of his office in prepsnr. these bills, and we have re)ueeted blm to make them eo almpte and c.ear that tney will be perfectly uitelllalbl to every cutiaea of tbe atata Aa soon aa he has completed bis work, copies will be torwsrded to you. M ASTEH PEG UK E TO BE COX- nJUlH) OX CANDIDATE. l"ortlrth Anniveragry Celebration f Portland Ixnlge No. 65 Will Be ImpreM.lve Ceremony. Next Friday night. March 1. when Portland Lodge No. 55. Ancient Frea and Accepted Masons, assemblea at tha Maaonlo TemDla at West Park and Yamhill streets, for ,IU 40th gnnlver. sary celebration the feature of the evening will be the conferring of the master maaon degree upon a candidate. Tha ceremony Is an Impressive one. and the work will be put on by past mas ters of the lodge. The object of asking the past masters to put on the work is to a-lva the younger members, recently made master masons, an opportunity of observing tha difference between tha work aa put on 40 years ago and aa It Is Dut on today. Visitors and members of the Port land lodge wiil assemble In the grand lodge room, where the ceremony of in itiation will ba conducted. The Invitations are not restricted to members of the city lodges, but are ex tended to all members of tha order, or- flcere of' the Grand Lodge of Oregon nd of all lodgea In this jurisdiction will be present. H. C. Weber, present master of the Portland lodge, will be toastmaster at the banquet which will follow the initiation ceremony. The speakers will probably be: Past Masters J. C. Moreland, Joseph Simon. Henry L. Pit lock. Dr. O. P. 8. Plummer. P. S. Malcolm. Samuel F. Gill. F. W. Unites. Brydon H. 'McolU Louis Q. Clarke. James P. Moffett, Edward Ev erett. William Boys. R. L. Sampson. Frank H. Lewis. Felix Frledlander. F. C. Waaserman. J. Francis Drake. J. E. Werleln and L. P. Sampson. The reception committee consists of H. C. Weber, master; Walter J. llol- msn. senior warden, and Herbert Houghton. Junior warden. The com mittee on aracgements Is composed or Howard McGowan. Edgar Stevens, H. E. Cogill. Jr.. and II. C. Chlckering. ELKS AND ADMEN GREETED (Continued From Flint PfcgvV) WATER GREATEST PROBLEM l'matllla County Rrjuirlne; at S ac re of Irrigation Congress. "Water and It proper application to thirsty lands affords Umatilla County attle Lodge of Elks and tbe Seattle Ad Club. Portland's advantage aa a convention city were well illustrated In the stories of personal experience by Gua C Moser, of Portland, who has attended every National gathering of Elka for the past decade. He recalled that In every city in which the Elks have met. It has been necessary for tbe delegates to do their work ufder torrid beat, and that It baa been fills repeated pleasure while the convention visitors suffered under temperature of 9 in the shade to point to the Government weather reports, showing that at the same time It regis tered iS degrees In Portland. las ghlaea Always. Humor, rhetoric and philosophy were contained In tha address of Oeorge M. Hyland. of Portland, who spoke for both the Elks and the Ad men. He called attention to tlie matchless climate of the Northwest, but created a ripple of laughter as he said: "I have been In He. attle at all seasons of the year for the last ZS years and never hare failed to find sunshine here." He waa tremend- uously cheered when ha added. If I did not find the sunshine In tha skies, I found It In your faces and In your hearts'. With the development of the new Northwest Spirit, he predicted In creased hospitality for Portland vlsttora in Seattle and promised it to Seattle visitors In Portland. Harvey O'Bryan. chairman of the joint Ad Club-Elks committee of Port land, and R. A. Burns, of Seattle, waived their places on the programme so that the vlsttora might sooner enjoy tha au tomobile trip. Equal In every way to the oratorical features, waa the musical department which had been cleverly prepared by members of the Seattle Ad Club. Tha "Elks Carnival" yell executed by the Ad men a choir, was greeted by loud ap preciation from Portland, aa was the song: "The Pntlatcii and the Rose,' sung to the tune of the Elks chorus. "1'ortlsnd W ant i s. Ileaaeway Ceta Sew Title. -The Gaxook with the white suit Is the language used by President Blethen of the Ad Club in Introducing Frank Hennessy. of Portland, who. attired In his familiar white silk with purple trimmings, sung successively "Erother UIIL the Trvn Belongs to You" and 'Portland wants lou in 1511. iiennes- sy's new title promises to stay with him. as be waa thua referred to throughout tha remainder of the day. Tbe entertainment at the Golf Club waa given the visiting Elks and Ad men by Mr. Blethen personally, ha being made the subject of many happy toasts. He promised to attend both the Rose Festlvsl and the Klks conventloa and to visit Portland as often aa he can In the Interim. C. B. Merrick, post master of Portland, expressed the ap preciation of the Portland crowd for Mr. Blethen s generoua contribution to the day'a pleasures. Harry C McAllis ter, secretary of the Elks convention, who managed tha excursion, also was happily toasted. 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KeUey, Sales Agent, 354 Bumside St., Portland, Or. manasred to keep In the background for more than 11 hours, was brought to the front early In the evening- and Intro duced aa the builder of the new Mult nomah Hotel. Tbe reception at the Klks Club. In the Alaska building, to night waa a happy and Joyous affair. An excellent programme was uncorked. one of the principal featurea being a song by Miss Alice Lloyd, a popular Portland favorltn. who Is appearing at one of the local theaters. Just aa the special train bearing the Portland party entered the Seattle yards' thla morning It collided with a handcar bearing: a group of Italian - section hands, one of whom was badly hurt. The only other Interruption In. the day'a proceedings was provided by "Rube" Foster, of Portland. A pano ramic photograph of the entire party waa taken In front of the totem pole on Pioneer bquare. Foster stationed himself at tha end of the line upon which tha camera first was turned, then after the focus had passed him, ran around behind the machine and endeav ored again to be photographed among those standing at the other end. making himself appear twice In the same picture. planned at a recent meeting held In Pasco and will Include In Its member ship commercial organisations of Ben ton. Franklin and Walla Walla coun ties. Development work will be taken up much after the manner of the South western Washlneton. the Tdsho. Cen tral Oregon and Oregon development leagues. Those In charge of the meet ing at Walla W'alla next month will be W. H. Kelly, of Touchet; J. A. Pine, of Burbank; A. C. Moore, of Walla Walla; S. Z. Henderson, of Kenflewick; W. L. Campbell, of Connell, and C. M. O'Brien and W. P. Gray, of Pasco. 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