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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913. RALLY TO BE HELD Ifl IDFORD Eureka Good Roads Conven tion Adjourns After Offi cers Are Chosen. ANNUAL MEETING PLANNED Oregon and Washington Men Elect ed Vice-Presidents and Commit teemen of Xevrly Organ lied 'Association. EUREKA. Cat.. Aug. 21. (Special.) Dudley W. Seltzer, of Redding, today was elected president of the Pacific Highway Association, formed as a re sult of three states' good roads rally. which was concluded today, 'ine dele gates will leave tomorrow. The main purpose of the association is ine pro . motion of a highway which will paral lel the Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico. The association is 10 uve membership from Oregon. Washington and California, and will advocate co operation among those states in road matters. In addition to working for Coast highways, the organization is to con cern itself with all road matters with in the states represented and between the states, watch leglgslation and work for uniform road laws and to secure better systems of maintenance of highways. An executive committee which will meet the third Eaturday of January and of July each year will control the workings of the assocla tlon, while an annual meeting will be held at a time and place to te des ignated by the executive committee. The next meeting is to held at Med ford. Or., next Summer, the exact date to be selected later. Portland Men Elected. The officers elected are as follows President, Dudley W. Seltzer, Redding; vice-president for Washington, E. S. Collins, Ostrander; vice-president for Oregon, J. w. McCoy. Ashland! vice president for California, Dr. J. D. Bullitt, San Jose; treasurer. B. F. Lynip, Alturas; secretary, George E. Boos. Medford: executive committee. Washington. Samuel Hill. Maryhill; Frank Guilbert, Spokane; J. F. Ronald, Seattle: E. T. Griggs. Tacoma. Oregon, H. L. Pittock, Portland; George Rodg- ers, Salem; WHllam Graves, Marsh- field; Charles Renfro, Eugene. Cali fornia, W. J. Dalton, San Francisco; N. B. Johnson, San Mateo: G. A. Webb, Crescent City; T. H. Ramsey, Red Committee Meeting Spirited. A general discussion of road matters, participated in by many delegates, oc cupied the morning session after the eleotion of officers. The proceedings were enlivened by contest in the com mittee on resolutions. An attempt was made to have the committee adopt a resolution increasing the work of the California .State Highway Commission, but this was opposed by several mem bers and was not included in the re port. After the report of the commit tee had. been adopted a resolution in dorsing the work of the commissions of California, Oregon and Washington and commending: the road administra tions of those states was Introduced from the floor by William Graves, of Marshfield, and was passed without discussion. The contest in the commit tee, which held a session behind closed doors, is said to have been spirited. Governors Johnson and Lister ad dressed a crowd of '3000 at Sequoia Park this afternoon on road topics. and tonight are guests, with the other delegates, of the Humboldt Auto Club at a banquet given at the Hotel Vance. WEST NAMES COMMISSION Three Appointed to Co-operate at Conference on Rural Credits. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.) George F. Rodgers, Salem; A T. Brax ton, Forest Grove, and A. P. Davis, of LaGrande. were appointed a committee today by Governor West to co-operate with H. J. .Starkweather, of Clackamas County, and Hector MacPherson, Cor vallis, in representing this state before the Congress on Rural Credits and Farm Life, to be held in Washington, D. C. the coming Fall. Mr. Starkweather and Mr. MacPher son, with representatives of other states, recently made a tour of Europe Investigating the various systems of credits there. The Oregon commissioners and the committee appointed today will make a report of conditions here at the con gress. The commissioners who toured Europe will make a report of their Investigations, and it is believed that a system will be evolved which will be of benefit to the farmers of the United States. RESERVES OFF TO DRILL nrst Company - Coast Artillery to Bivouac at Port Stevens. ASHLAND. Or., Aug. 21. (Special.) First Company Coast Artillery Re serves of Oregon lett this afternoon for Fort Stevens, about BO strong, of ficered as follows: Captain G. C. Spen cer, First Lieutenant Clyde Dean, Ser geants Willis Bailey, Don Spencer, Os car Gainard. Peter Spencer and J. Q. Adams, who, will also act as quarter master, Corporals Danford, Butterfield, Tweed and Tate, Musicians Floyd Ilekey and Cedrle Myers. They left the Armory In service unl form with full camp equipage, and entrained on No. .1$. At Fort Stevens they will be drilled in artillery practice for ten days, under command of Colonel Hammond, of Eu gene, who with other officers will di rect the military movements cf the Coast Artillery Corps. MEAT PROTECTION ASKED Portland Health Officer Appeals to Railroad Commission. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.) Dr. M. B. Marcellus. Health Officer of Portland, has written to the State Rail road Commission, asking that the ex press companies be compelled to adopt a more hygienic system of shipping meats. He suggests that the companies be compelled to have meats enclosed in sacks before shipment. DALY AND DIECK SPEAKERS Contemplated City Improvements Discussed at Kose City Meeting. Public utilities. improvement of streets and improved streetcar service were considered last night at the meet- II lng of the Rose City Park Civic Im provement League by .Commissioners Daly and Dieck. who were tne prin cipal speakers. Mr. Daly discussed the water mains problem to some extent and reported that 2200 tons of water mains would be received September 8, which would enable mains to be laid on many streets, and that another or der of 4000 tons would be placed later, which would carry the department through until Spring, at which time it was- hoped the bond market would ad mit of the sale of water bonds to bet ter advantage. In response to the report that street cars on the Rose City line are con stantly overcrowded, Mr. Daly prom ised that efforts would be made to se cure better service. He invited the club to submit definite information as to poor service. Commissioner Dleck announced that Engineer Boschke, of the O.-W. R. A N., had submitted plans for the regrade of the track of the main line from East Twenty-eighth to East Seventy-second street by which the track would be lowered and grade crossings elimi nated. Mr. Dleck said that some fea tures of the regradlng plans did not meet with his approval, but elimina tion of the grade crossings was the object and will be worked out. Commissioner Dleck said that his de partment had taken up the question of the widening of East Burnslde street according to the Bennett plans, and the extension of. East Glisan street from East Twenty-sixth to East Twenty-eighth streets. FIRE CHIEFS TO GATHER PACIFIC COAST ASSOCIATION WILL MEET IX TACOMA. Portland Firemen's Band on Pro gramme for Concert and Trip ' to Rainier Is Arranged. TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 21. (Special.) The Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs As sociation will hold its annual meeting In Tacoma next week, being in ses sion August 24-28. and elaborate ar rangements are being made for the entertainment of the visitors by Chief McAlevy and members of the Are de partment and city commission. About 80 Are chiefs are expected to be in at tendance, coming from as far south as the Mexican border and as far north as the leading Western British Columbia cities. An attractive programme of addresses and sight-seeing trips is be ing prepared for the visitors. The first of the Sre chiefs will arrive Saturday and as a preliminary to the opening of the convention a concert will be. given' Saturday night in the Armory by the Portland Firemen's Band for the benefit of the Tacoma firemen's pension fund. The Portland band will be on its way to the Na tional convention of fire chiefs to be held in New York September 1-6, and, in addition to the Tacoma concert, will play at Missoula, Mont,, and possibly other points en 'route East, the band leaving here Sunday. One of the features of the conven tion will be a trip to Mount Rainier next Tuesday, the fire-chiefs leaving here In the morning over the Tacoma Eastern branch of the Milwaukee rail road In Superintendent Foster s private car. Commissioner of Public Safety Mills will accompany the party. The return to the city will be made Tues day night. Mm DELAYS TRAINS TACOMA EXCrRSIOX STOPPED XEAR ABERDEEN. Twenty-Five Hundred Youngsters of Federated Churches La to In Beginning Picnic. ABERDEEN, Wasn., Aug. 21, (Spe cial.) Twenty-five hundred children and their overreers. aboard two spe cial trains, bound foi Mocllps, were de layed an -hour today between Aberdeen and Hoquiam through the derailing of the Oregon-Washington gas car near the east approach to the Hoquiam Riv er bridge. The children were members of a Joint Sunday school picnio excursion given by federated Tacoma churches. The two trains, consisting of 12 coaches each, got under way shortly be fore noon. The County Board of Equalisation to day took off (29.000 from the assess ment made by Assessor Riley on the mill property of the Northwestern Lumber Company of Hoquiam, reducing it from 1129.070 to 2100,070. It Is not known whether or not this can be tak en as a forecast or tne action of the Board regarding other mills. It Is held tbat the Assessor had estimated the lumber in the yards on March 1 at about 4,000.000 feet, whereas there was about 2,000,000 feet on hand. Other er rors are alleged. LEM W00N MAY HANG Supremo Court Sustains Conviction of Portland Chinese. SALEM, Or., Aug. 21. (Speolal.) Unless Governor West commutes his sentence to lite Imprisonment. Lera woon. a cninese, convicted In Port land In 1908. of killing Le Tal Hoy. will be-hanged. A mandate of the Su preme Court of the United States was received by the Clerk of the State Su preme Court today, the verdict of the Oregon courts or murder In the first degree being sustained. The mandate will be forwarded to the Circuit Court of Multnomah County, and Lem Woon will be resentenced. The Chinese, who has been In Jail in Portland for five years, recently was allowed to spend a few hours on top of the building. He declared it is the first time he had seen the sun since his Imprisonment. Medford Ships Garden Truck. MEDFORD, Or., Aug. 21. (Special.) Two years ago a carload a month of garden truck was being shipped Into Medford. Today not only is the local trade supplied by local growers, but yesterday a carload of melons, to matoes and other table products were sent to Northern California from Med ford, and efforts will be made so to organize local growers that a regular trade may be carried on with outside points. Two "years ago Medford and Jackson County depended upon Cali fornia potatoes. This year every gro cery store in the city has been sup plied with local potatoes. Through per sistent publicity ana encouragement for the growers the balance of trade in Medford has been changed from the debit to the credit side in less than 24 months. Centralis Auto Victim Dies. CENTRALIA, Wash., Aug. 21. (Spe cial.) Word was received in Centralia today of the death in a Tacoma noa- pital last night of Charles M. Hubbard. a prominent resident of this city, who was injured in an auto accident at South Tacoma two weeks ago. Mr. Hubbard, who was 21 years of age, was employed by the Union Loan Trust Company. OW'S Serge IN AUTO ACCIDENT Charles Black Killed When Car Owned by C. W. Bilyeu Overturns in Road. MACHINE FLOPS AT CURVE Four Others In Motor Escape With out Serious Injury Vehicle Falls to Take Tarn at Speed of 20 Miles an Hour. DALLAS. Or.. Aug. 21. (Special.) Charles Black, of Dallas, was almost Instantly killed and four others more or less Injured when the big automo bile owned and driven by Charles N. Bilyeu. of Dallas, turned turtle this morning at 1 o'clock on the Dallas- Salem road, about seven miles east of Dallas. Mr. Black died within five minutes after Dr. B. H. McCallon, of this city, reached the scene of the ac cident. Mr. Bilyeu, with a party of friends. had been to Salem. In the party was George Wall, superintendent of the Clarke & Henry Construction Company, now engaged in laying pavement in this city; C B. Williams, Frank Hamlin, of the Observer Printing Company, and Charles Black. Mr. Bilyeu was driving about 20 miles an hour when he struck a sharp curve in the road about one mile west of Brunk's. He drove a HttFe too far to one side and the automobile refused to take the curve. Mr. Bilyeu lost con trol and the machine plunged ahead into a ditch and turned clear over, com ing back on the wheels. All the occu pants were thrown clear of the car and none were found under it. Doctors believe, however, that Mr. Black was run over by the back wheels of the automobile. Mr. Wall was pain fully Injured. Mr. Bilyeu was injured in his back and Messrs. Hamlin and Williams escaped without a scratch. At the place where the accident hap pened the curve is sharp. The road has been elevated on one side, so that If a machine hits the curve right it is not dangerous. Mr. Bilyeu has driven over the road many times. When he struck this curve be had his brakes on, but he got too far on the edge of the road. No Inquest will be held. Mr. Wall Is In the hospital at Dallas. The automobile was damaged con siderably. Mr. Black was not married. He Is survived by a father, mother and brothers and sisters. He was 35 years of age. NEIGHBOR'S PONY WORRIES Rival Candidates for Mayor of South Orange In Warfare. NEW YORK, Aug. IS. A pony be longing to Dorothy Davis, 16-year-old daughter of G.. Hewlett Davis, of West Orange, is the center of a neighbor hood feud that is really an echo of the last election. Luther Martin. Jr., is under $200 ball on a charge of striking the pony while Miss Dorothy was riding it. Davis la a Republican. Martin Joined the Progressives, running as candi date for Mayor against Davis. Since then relations have been strained. Mar tin has objected to the daily exercise of the pony In Llowellen place, in which both men live. AUTHORS' NAMES ARE USED London May Follow Idea In Ella Wheeler Wilcox Dance. LONDON. Aug. IS. (Special.) Most people have heard tbat Ella Wheeler Wilcox is a fine dancer and that a dance has been named after her. This is a pretty idea we might well take up. Here are a few suggestions made by one of my literary friends: "The Thomas Hardy barn dance," The Bernard Shaw shuffle," "The J. M. Barrie minuet," "The Corelll cud dle," "The Elinor Glyn side-slip," "The Kipling gallop." and, unless Mrs. Wil cox has already annexed the title, "The G. K. Chesterton waddle." LONDON POLICE PUZZLED Experience of Willi am le Quex, Detective-Novelist, Comes to Light. LONDON. Aug. 23. (Special.) The police of England and France have had a tough nut to crack In the theft of the pearl necklace that was worth $750,000. but the most difficult and sensational problems of h English N -w;i. r-l y- . ! if 1 -) r DALLAS MAN DIES the time for Suit for Fall .1 show all the new models in this collection of Navy serges; there's a dash in the style and a goodness in the tailoring that will please you. The showing is comprehensive, too; no matter how you're built or what your size; you can be fitted in one of these suits. See some of them in the corner window; the price is special $14.85 New weaves and advanced ideas in fine tailoring are represented in the Fall suits now displayed here ; .they're clothes that appeal to gentlemen. Take a look at a few of the new models in the Morrison etreet window. Modestly priced $20 to $40 BEN SELLING Morrison Street detectives are invariably those that do not appear in the newspapers owing to the law of libel. Here, for Instance, is an experience that befell William le Quex, the de tectlve-novelist, the other day in the heart of London an experience that has quite baffled them up to this date. Le Quex, it seems, had occasion to pay a business visit to a residential flat in a good neighborhood and was shown Into a pleasantly furnished room. Having to wait some time for the two women whom he had to see. his eye began presently to wander curiously ' around the room, and fell upon what looked like a big, handsome wardrobe, though why there should be a wardrobe in a kind of drawing room he could not imagine. He avers it was merely from idle curiosity, and for no more definite reason, that he presently rose and pulled open the tall doors of the wardrobe. The breath left his body as they came open. What do you think he saw? He saw propped up inside the upright dead body of a man in evening dress. You can guess how quickly he got down the stairs and. rushed off to the police Le Quex is a friend of most of the well-known English detectives, and as he was not half a mile at any time from the police headquarters, he soon Joined a group of officers that dashed hurriedly into the flat. They found the room and the wardrobe, but each was empty. Gone also were the two women occupants of the flat. Never has a single fact been discovered about the dead man in evelng dress with the wide-staring eyes Never has one of the women been seen the women that secreted a dead body in the "ward robe! v BODIES NOT IDENTIFIED SITRVIVORS FR03I WRECK IS ALASKA RETTJRS SOUTH. Divers Unable to Reach Sunken Ship . and Dynamite Will Be Tsed to Recover Victims. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 21. The steamship Jefferson. from Juneau, bringing survivors of the wrecked steamer State of California and mem bers of the crew, will reach Seattle at 2 o'clock tomorrow morning. The Northwestern, with survivors of the wreck, members of the crew and 10 bodies of passengers, three being un identified women, will arrive here about noon tomorrow. Eight woman are In cluded in tho list of missing, and rela tives and friends of most of these women will try to identify the bodies tomorrok. Divers who were sent north to ex plore the sunken wreck of the steam ship State of California will be unable to examine the vessel because the water in which she sank is more than 200 feet deep, and divers cannot work at a greater depth than 100 feet. By means of explosives the wreckage can be shattered, however, and most of the 14 bodies imprisoned in the wreck may be recovered. CHANGE 0FR0UTE ASKED East Milvrankle Wants Portland & Oregon City Line. MILWAUKIE. OrT Aug. 21. (Spe cial.) Petitions are being circulated in Hast Milwaukie and Minthorn asking the Portland & Oregon City Railway Company to chango Its route eastward from the route selected and surveyed through Milwaukie. In order to pro vide streetcar facilities for the terri tory in, East Milwaukie. The petitions are being circulated by the East Milwaukie Improvement Association ana sets forth that if the company will change its route after crossing the Foster road and entering the city to tne eastward to provide East Milwaukie with car facilities a free right of way will be provided valued at 50.000. and considerable traffic is promised, as two-thirds of the residents of Milwaukie live in that district. A meeting of the East Milwaukie Improvement Club will be held Tues day night at the home of C. B. Hanson, president. M. u. Munley. Steven Car ver and others are expected to attend and talk on the proposed railway to Portland. SALEM INVALID IS SUICIDE Charles Ricbter Shoots Himself - While Wife Entertains Visitors. SALEM. Or, Aug. 51. (Special.) While his wife was entertaining- friends in their parlor, Charles Richter, a re tired shoemaker, despondent because of ill health, killed himself early today on a veranda at his home by shooting himself in the bead with a shot (tun. The top of his head was blown off. Mrs. Richter and her guests rushed to the porch. Richter had been an in valid for several years, but had never threatened to end his life. He com plained no more than usual this morn ing. The suicide was 67 years of age. and besides bis widow, ne is survived by a son, Henry, employed in a Salem bindery; a daughter, Dora, employed in a department store, and another son who lives in California KnlKht tft coal for dorv-etic use. Al- blna Fuel Co. a new Navy LEADING CLOTHIER at Fourth Delegates to Development League Make Tour Over Rich Country. MERRILL SERVES LUNCHEON Addresses Made by Presidents of Two State Educational Institu tions Next Convention to Be Held at Bend. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Aug. SL (Special.) About 50 automobiles left Klamath Falls this morning carrying delegates of the Central Oregon Devel opment League on a tour of the coun try. The trip lasted until noon, when the travelers halted for. luncheon at Merrill. In the afternoon a farmers' institute was held in the Merrill Opera House. Talks were made by C. C. Chapman, Phil S. Bates, Farmer Smith and others. The meeting was presided over by G. W. Offield. Mayor of Merrill. Miss Catheryn Prehm addressed the women of the party on "Home Economics." The delegates expressed surprise at the rich country through which they traveled. Much land Just as good awaits water. President Campbell, of the Univer sity of Oregon, tonight addressed an audience which filled the auditorium at the high school building. He appealed to his hearers not to give all their at tention to the material things of life, but to build up communities that would stand high in moral, mental and social qualities. J. W. Kerr, president of Oregon Ag ricultural College, said he had expected to address a convention of perhaps 60 or 75 persons and was not prepared to talk to the large audience that con fronted him. He told how the market ing problem can be solved. Vernon A. Forbes made a short talk on the extension work of the two state lnstitutiona He was followed by J. H. Young, president of the Hill lines In Oregon. Calvin Brown, director of the Pan ama-Pacific Exposition, told of that great undertaking and especially how It would benefit Oregon. Other speak ers were Will S. Worden. County Judge of Klamath County: William Hanley, of Burns; C C. Chapman, George X. Wendling, of San Francisco; O. P. Put nam, of Bend; Hon. Thomas B. Kay, of Salem, and Judge Webster, of Port land. A. C. Miller. Assistant Secretary of the Interior, was scheduled to make an address, but he has not reached here. The next place of meeting will be Bend. CURFEW FAILS TO RING Oregon City Bell Being Moved to Tower Overlooking Community. OREGON CITY. Or.. Aug. II. (Spe cial.) Curfew, for the first time in years, failed to ring in Oregon City tonight and If there is a big fire be fore tomorrow night the town-crier of old may have to be recalled into serv ice, for today the bin: bell, used as curfew and fire alarm, was started from its long-time station in the busi ness district to a steel tower on the hill overlooking the city. It Is expected that the work of in stalling the mammoth gong will be finished by ( o'clock tomorrow evening, so curfew will ring as usual at 9 o'clock. VANCOUVER GETS BATTERY Fonrtb Field Artillery to Come When Mexican Trouble Subsides. VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash, Aug. SI. (Special.) That the Fourth Field Artillery Batteries, comprising about 350 men and as many animals, will be sent here to replace the Second Field Artillery, which lett -July 1 for the Philippine Islands, is the advice received here today. They are expected when the Mexican trouble subsides. The Fourth Field Artillery Is now on the Mexican border. Several of the batteries left hers in 190 for Fort D. A, Russell. Bank Mnst Cut Name Trust. SALEM. Or.. Aug. 51. (Special.) The Attorney-General, in an opinion today, holds that the word "trust must be eliminated from the name of the First Trust & Savings Bank of Roseburg If it desires to continue In business snd not conform to the pro visions of an act passed at the recent setsion of the Legislature regulating trust companies. KLAMATH'S F AilS SURPRISE VISITORS $235 Buys This $375 Brand New Piano fyl New Sweet Tone Great Singing Quality $140 r $10 r $6 A good Piano is Symbolic of "Home." Almost every home-loving family possesses a piano. There is great satisfaction in owning the above Piano. You Can Afford to Pay $10 Cash Tou can therefore afford to buy one of these $075 Pianos for $235, balance $6 monthly, or $1.25 weekly. The above illustration gives an idea of these elegant Pianos come hear their full, sweet tone. The "hurry-up time" is passing. Pianos are selling fast. 1 Start With $1.00 Make your selection now and pay $1 down, if yon do not want to pay the full payment, and then before delivery you pay the balance ' of $5 or $9 or whatever agreement you make for the first payment, and the balance $6 monthly, etc., until the piano is paid for in fulL Every Piano or Player Piano purchased carries with it the Graves Music Co. guarantee of satisfaction, as also the usual guarantee from each manufacturer of these new musical instruments; besides, we will take it in exchange -within one year, allowing full amount paid if desired. Removal Sale Catalogue of Musical Instruments mailed you on request. Graves Music Co., Ill Fourth St Removal Sale LANE FACES DANGER Interior Secretary Rides 300 Feet in Air at Idaho Dam. TRIP IS MADE IN SKIFF Cabinet Member's Display of Xerve Impresses Reclamation Men at Project Xovel Experience Is Thoroughly Enjoyed. BOISE. Idaho, Aug. SI. (Special.) Swinging over the great gap in the canyon of Bolss River, 300 feet above the construction work on the Arrow Rock dam. Secretary Franklin K. Lane of the Interior Department, today braved all the dangers of this perilous trip in a skiff dangling from the cables to Inspect the wonderful engineering feat the reclamation service is execut ing in the erection of the highest Im pounding concrete irrigation dam in the world. The act of the secretary when he vol unteered to make the ride in the skiff with Chief Engineer A. P. Davis is ta ken by reclamation officials here to be conclusive of his desire to get at the inside facts of work executed under bis department. , Mialdako Next Stop. The sudden illness f Mr. Meyers, private secretary to Mr. Lane, this morning just before the Secretary's party planned to leave for Minidoka made Secretary Lane the distinguished guest of Boise for another day. It also afforded Secretary Lane the unexpected opportunity of making a personal In spection of the work the reclamation service is carrying on at Arrow Rock, for Mr. Meyer's illness made It Inad visable for the party to leave for Mini doka, and early this morning Secretary Lane went to Arrow Rock, remaining the entire day there. He leaves early tomorrow morning for the Minidoka project, where he will meet the settlers at Rupert and Burley. "I count the experience at Arrow Rock today one of the most novel in my life," enthusiastically declared Sec retary Lane tonight, following his re turn from the site of the big dam. -The WARNING TO COAL USERS!! A few unscrupulous dealers are taking advantage of the great demand tbat has been created for "KING" COAL and are substituting a cheaper, inferior coal under the "KING" name. If in doubt as to whether your particular dealer has the genuine "KING" COAL, callous up and we will furnish you with a list of reliable dealers who handle this most popular and satisfactory coaL GET THE GENUINE "KING" COAL ' Independent Coal and Ice Co. - 3TTE AGENTS Main 780- 353 STARK STREET . A-3780 Action Monthly keeps there trip on the skiff was not overly dan gerous, although we were in mid-air 300 feet above the dam works, and rode across the canyon and then back again. Engineering Feat Big. "Arrow Rock presents one of the great engineering problems that the Reclamation Service has solved for the conservation of water in the flood sea son for use during the late irrigation montha I enjoyed the day thoroughly. and am now glad that our party was slightly delayed, for it afforded me the opportunity of viewing this gigantic dam, as well as permitted me to see for myself the manner in which the competent men in charge are carrying on the work." There was little formality governing the movements of Secretary Lane to day. When the plans were changed this morning hurried arrangements were perfected for the Arrow Rock trip. The regular train was taken to the 'dam site and the entire morning was passed on the works. link Served la Caaap. Accompanying (secretary Lane were Chief Engineer Davis. F. E. Weymouth, chief engineer In charge of the Idaho projects, and citizens of Boise, includ ing Calvin Cobb, M. Alexander and Leo J. Falk. At noon luncheon was served in the camp dining-hall. and part of the afternoon was passed in again viewing the works. Secretary Lane was taken up to the big spillway carved out of the solid rock and from there passed on down to the works on the dam. It was from this point he entered the skiff suspended from the cables and was hauled above the dam works. Secretary Lane made no public utter ances while at Arrow Rock. He con sulted freely with the engineers and was an eager and persistent questioner. None of the details of the work 'es caped him. i Returning to Boise, Secretary Lane was taken In charge by leading Demo crats of both factions of the party here. Including John F. Nugent. M. Alex ander. ex-Governor Hawley and others, and was given an automobile ride over the city and adjacent valley. It had been planned to have a general Demo cratic love feast with speeches tonight, but Secretary Lane made it quietly known he was not In Boise or Idaho on matters political and the plans were dropped. This evening Secretary Lane was the guest of honor of the officers at Camp Heyburn. where the Second Infantry Idaho National Guards is outing for 10 days at Boise Barrack a Captain Bums, of the guard, a resident of Payette. Is a cousin of Secretary Lane. Returning to the city Secretary Lane attended to his correspondence and stated he pro posed to retire early for the Minidoka trip.