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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, MAT 21, 1914.
SOIL EXPERTS HOLD
IRRIGATION BACK
Adverse Report on West Uma
tilla Means Delay Pending
New investigation.
CONCLUSION IS DOUBTED
Land Is Represented as Unsuitable
for Cultivation, but Unjustified
. Condemnation in Other
Cases 'is Recalled ' .
OREGOXIAN NEWS-BUREAU. Wash.
lngton. May 20. Secretary of the In
terior LanD and members of the Rec
- ' lamation Commission, are seriously
concerned over the adverse report made
by experts of the Department of Agri
culture on the soil of the,West Uma
tilla project and it is uncertain what
will be done toward the construction
r of the main body of that 'project,
which has been tentatively approved
by the reclamation engineers and de
partment officials.
In the face of an adverse report,
representing the land to be unsuitable
for cultivation, even under irrigation,
the interior Department must neces
sarily pause with that project, in view
of the fact that the soil report is made
s by supposedly competent experts of the
Department of Agriculture. To proceed
with the project, and have it turn out
a failure after several millions of dol
lars had been expended, would leave
the -Interior Department in an em
barrassing situation. y
Soli Experts' Anetrrtionn Disputed. .
On, the other hand, reports made by
field representatives of the Reclama
tion Service ind reports from persons
living on or near the Umatilla project
are at direct variance with the re
forts of Mr. Jayne and Mr. Allen, of
the Department of Agriculture, and
since their" reports became public the
Interior Department has been flooded
with protests, denouncing the conclu
sions reached by the soil experts and
asserting that the' land, when ir
rigated, will be highly valuable for
agricultural purposes.
The intimation is thrown out
guardedly that the report of the soil
experts was inspired by interests
antagonistic to the West Umatilla
project. and that the conclusion
reached was one- which had been
agreed on before the soil was ex
amined. That, however, is something
that probably catrnot be proved, and
the conclusion is' merely surmise on
the part of some who believe the
project entirely feasible and of great
promise. V
Past Conrl-jalons Unwarranted..
The records of ' the Department 'of
Agriculture show, however, that soil
experts yho have been sent intothe
West have heretofore made as damag
ing reports on other regions as that
recently made on the West Umatilla
country, and their conclusions have
been demonstrated to be inaccurate.
KJve or six years ago soil physicists
'of-the Department of Agriculture were
-sent into Central California to report
on the soiK.of a valley which was oro-
I posed to be irrigated by the Govern
ment, iheir report showed the land
utterly incapable' of successful culti
vation, because of the superabundance
ror aiKau. The Government abandoned
that project, but private capital did
the work, and today the land is pro
ducing luxuriant crops.
Whether the report on the West
Umatilla lands is correct or faulty,
the Secretary of Interior does not now
know. He has contradictory advices,
but at the same time he is confronted
with official reports from another 'de
partment which he cannot ignore, until
those reports are proved to be without
justification. The result probably wifl
be -that the Government wrl delax in
definitely the construtcion of the
storage unit of the West 'Umatilla
project- - ;
Reports Delay Progress.
The Government has not yefacquired
the damsite or the reservoir-site on
the West Umatilla project, but it has
negotiated with private land 'owners,
Including owners of -lands proposed to
be irrigated and has completed much of
the preliminary work. It cannot werf
proceed in face of - the reports sub
mitted by Messrs. Jayne and Allen.
Just what the next step will be has
not been determined. It is likely that
othermen versed in soils will be asked
to report on the West Umatilla land,
but this examination wilL' take time
and it is reasonably certain . that the
Government cannot enter actively on
the construction of the WW Umatilla
projtet within a year.
It had been the intention of the Iir
terior Department to-withhold the re
ports, pending verification,- for it was
not deemed advisable to alarm the land
owners on the first unit unduly, nor
was it desired to give the original-
umatnia project the black eye it has
sustained because of unintended pub
licity given the soil report. -, Publicity,
however, was given and it, 1s now
deemed best to apprise people, of all
phases of the subject.
BEE ORDINANCE IS STARTED
Hood River Council Moves Against
Big Apiaries Within City.
HOOD RIVER, Or,May (Spe
cial.) Complaints of citizens of the
heights portio.ii of the city residing
near the home of W. W. Dakln, who
has an apiary of 50 hives of bees,
caused the CityQUncil in sessionhere
Monday night to draft an ordinance
which passed its rirst reading prevent
ing x any person from keeping more
than five hives of bees, and these to
be kept removed at least 100 feet from
any occupied residence or street.
In case any one is found -guilty of
violating the ordinance he will be
asked to abate the hulsance. Failure
on the owner's part to comply with
the ordinance will make it necessary
for the City Marshall to engage in the
delicate task of transporting the bees
from the city. The ordinance also car
ries a penalty of a fine of from $5 to
100. r
SHERIFF BRINGS WET SUIT
Jiorthern . Pacific Charged With
Carrying Liquor Illegally.
CHErlALI?, Wash., May 20. (Spe
cial.) Sheriff Foster has begun an ac
tion in Justice Westover's court against
the .Northern Pacific Railway Company
for the alleged shipping of liquor into
dry territory.
The shipment, is said to have been
made May 16, 1914, to John Doe Cox. at
Pe Ell, and included two barrels at
bottled beer, two barrels of. wine, one
case of wine -arrfd two kegs of whisky.
A similar shipment is said to have been
made to W. R. Conrow. of Pe Ell.
SENATORS FAIL TO
SET TIE FOR VOTE
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Action on Tolls . Issue Has
tened, Hpwever, by Length
ening of Session.
REPEAL ADVOCATES SPEAK
Ken yon of Iowa Announces Himself
in Favor of- BQ1 on Economic
Grounds Williams Pleads
for Upholding Treaty.
WASHINGTON. May 20. Failure of
Democratic leaders in the Senate, to
get an agreement to vote on the Pan
ama tolls bill at the end of a week
resulted in renewed and more deter
mined efforts to hasten delivery of
scheduled speeches. Sessions are be
ginning now at 11 A -M. and next
week "probably-will see regular" night
sessions of the Senate.
Democratic leader Kern today as
strted he saw no reasons why four or
five speeches" could "Sot be delivered
every day -and announced that, begin
ning tomorrow, he proposed to ask
every day for unanimous consent for
an agreement to vote.
Repeal Advocates Speak. v
, Three speeches on the tolls question
were made during the day. All favored
the repeal bill. Senator HOllis, of New
Hampshire defended the measure as
upholding the treaty obligations of the
United States. Senator Kenyon. of
j-Iowa, made the first public statement
of his attitude on the measure, an
nouncing that he would vote" for the
repeal on economic grounds. He said
he had reached the conclusion that the
exemption -of American coastwise ves
sels was an unwarranted- special priv
ilege. , '
Williams Rebukes Senators.
Senator Williams rebuked Demo
cratic colleagues who had criticised
President Wilson for not following the
Democratic platform. t
"Will anyone offend us by saying
that a platform plank is superior to
that greatest, of all obligations that
rest on a nation the obligation to hold
involatea solemn treaty?" asked the
Mississippi Senator. "There is some
thing to me more sacred than a plank
in a platform, and that is a nation's
word and a nation's honor."
Ivcnyon Favors Arbitration.
Declaringthe exemption of Ameri
can coastwise ships from tolls was an
economic mistake and a "special
privilege,' Senator Kenyon in the
Senate announced he would vote for
the repeal. The question of the righ
of the United States to exempt Coast
wise ships, the Senator said; was one
which should be submitted to arbitra
tion, i
Senator Hollis) said good faith and
the honor of a great Nation required
that the tolls exemption plank of the
Baltimore platform be disregarded.
. He said the country would not ask
performance of the pledge in the plank
if it were violative of treaty obliga-
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OK FORTIlAND'S
1300 ADDITIONS
WHY choose:
BECAUSE
LOCATION t Very heart of the
East Side residence district three car
lines surrounding LAI RELHIH9T with
Its 31 acrca of nnturnl scenery.
TONE i Quiet, refined, affording; an
established social life. An Individual
tract for people who are Individual la
their preferences. -
CLASS: Indenl-blT In the first, as Is
nttrsted- by the 500 beautiful homes al
ready erected nnd the Quality of ITS
RESIDENTS. . ,
SIZE: One mile Ions; and of a mile
-wide. " 25 year t restrictions. 6 miles
paved streets.
PlilCEi Extremely low. lO per cent
down. 2 per cent monthly. 2d mortarnse
privilege to responsible parties.
We have some lovely homes for sale
and rent or will build to suit.
PAIL C. MURPHY.
Vlce-Pres. and Sales Agt., '
270 Stark St. , Mala 1S03, A 131..
tions. Senator Hollis protested against
referring the question to the courts.
PYTHIANS PICK OLYMPIA
Washington Grand Lodge Elects Of
ficers in Spokane.
- SPOKANE, May 20. The grand lodge
of the Knights of Pythias of Washing
ton selected Olympia as the next meet
ing -place and elected officers as fol
lows: "
H. C. Koons, Tacoma, grand chan
cellor; Gua Mees'e, Spokane, vice-grand
chancellor; - Daniel Bowes. Aberdeen,
grand trustee; F. W. Loomis, Aberdeen,
grand prelate; A. R. Met-, Eiberton,
grand master of arms: Fred G. Cook,
Snohomish, grand inner guard; George
E. R. Tew, Seattle, grand outer, guard;
Ben Haverkarnp. Tacoma, grand master
of the exchequer, and H. N. Love, Col
fax, grand keeper of records and seal.
The state lodge went on record as
favoring the reduction in the age limit
from 21 to 18 years.
Newport Agate Has Rival.
MARSHFIELD, Or.,' May 20. (Spe
cial.) The famous agaterbeach at New
port has a rival in th southwestern
part of Curry County, and one that bas
recently furnished some of the most
exquisite moss stones ever shown in
the state. Its discovery wavan acci
dent, and due to th- dashing storms
of January and February. The beach
is on the Macleay estate, a few miles
from Wedderburn, and it has produced
in one month between 5000 and bOOO
moss agates of half a dozen varieties.
It is usual on agate beaches to And
stones of from two to half a dozen va
rieties, but the Curry County beach
produced as many varieties of moss
atones. ' . '
;Tlie discovery 1 was made by A. M.
Collins, who was mining the beach
sands. His search netted him some
thing more than 5000.
It's Time for "Straws"
LOTS of men wore their straw hats on May 1st,
just because it was official Straw Hat Day in
Portland. Now, wdth Summer weather here in
earnest, comfort demands a lighter headpiece. To
be sure you -will, find the- right style, the newest
weaves in straw hats at Ben Selling's.
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Exclusive agency f oiv j
7 Dunlap Straws $5
Brewer-Strawy $3v
Men's and Women's Panamas $5 to $10
Hill
95c for $.5(TShirts
"Outing Shirts of soisettes and Russian cords,
with soft collar attached. All colors. Regular:
$1.50 grades, special today.
95
$1.00 and $1.50 Cooper's Summer-weight
Underwear, for jnen Sea Island Cotton
and Lisle Shirts and Drawers, today; 79
BEN SELLING
LEADING CLOTHIER
MORRISON AT FOURTH
NAGHES -CANAL BREAK?
WATER SWEEPS OVER FARMS AND
DOES DAMAGE TO CROPS.
Power Plant Clones, North Yakima
Water Temporarily Cut Off, and
Irrigation la at Staadstill.
NORTH TAKIMA, Wash.. May 20.
(Special.) Twenty-eight feet of the
new concrete canal of th Pacific Power
& Light Company in the Nachcs Val
ley gave way about 3 o'clock this
morning sending a tremendous volume
of water across the lands of J. W.
Kinkaid. E. O. Keck and A. H. Mc
Phee, doing damag- to the amount of
several thousand dollars, compelling
the company to temporarily shut down
Its Naches water power plant and
making it necessary to draw on the
Selah irrigation canal for the city's
water supply until the broken canal
is repaired.
The damage and inconvenience are
increased by the fact that Jfc Is the
height of the Irrigation season, and
the canal furnished' Irrigation water
tor thousands of acres in that part of
the valley. On the Kinkaid ranch a
channel eight feet deep was cut for
200 yards, and' hundreds of tons of
mud were washed over the lower-lands.
Fields of standing hay were ruined and
cellars in the path of the flood, were
filled..
The canal where the break occurred
is part of eight miles recently con
structed at a cost of half a million
dollars.
Seepage from higher canals under
mining the concrete work is blamed for
tha disaster. Repairs will require two
days or longer. '
SCHOOL RALLY IS HELD
Three Districts of Linn. Are Stand---J
ardized at Big Meeting. .
ALBANY, Or, May 20. (Special.)
Several . hundred today attended a big
educational rally at Shedds at whKh
three Linn County schools were formal
ly standardized and educational
problems, good roads and other ques
tions of public interest were dis
cussed. County School Superintendent
Jackson presented a pennant em
blematic' of standardization to the
schools of Shedd and Flalnvlew and .
the Greenback district. i
The leading speakers of the day;
were: Milton A. Miller, of Portland. "
Collector of Internal Revenue' who la
a member of the Linn County Board,
of Education: D. B. McKnight, County:
Judge of Linn County; Alfred C.
Schmitt, of Albany, a member of the
County Educational Board; S. M. Gar
land, of Lebanon, and yr l. Jackson, ,
County School Superintendent.
Twenty in Graduating Class.
COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. May CO.
(Special.) The 20 seniors who com
prise th largest class which has ever
been graduated'- from the local high
school are as follows: Ruth DeLong,
Carrie Woods, Eva Ilopper, Marti n
Hooper. Eva. Richmond, Bertha St
phens, Ada Mathewe. Jessie McCord,
Leslie Godard. Iiobert Earl. George
Hall. Ernest Lebow, Andy Sears, Frank.
Brumbaugh, Elwyn McCargar, .Victor
Chambers, Murray Trunnell, Robert
Atkinson, George Mathews and Austin
Berg.
The programme for the commence
ment exercises, May 28, is practically
complete. The address will be deliv
ered by a member of the University of
Oregon facility, not yot selected.
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