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TIIEc MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1914. 13 'UMATILLAFARMERS ARE MAKING GOOD' C. D. Mahaffie Inspects Farms in Project, Talks With Men, . Makes Report on Visit. WORK DONE IS DESCRIBED Alfalfa Is Grown, Fruit Trees Are Set Out, Dairying and Hog Rais ing Carried On Settlers Ivearn Methods of Irrigation. That farmers are making' good on the Umatilla project, whose sandy soil appears to be capable of producing good crops, and. that dairying and hog-raislng- are proving successful, are some of the points made by Cha-rles IX Mahaffie, assistant secretary of the Oregon Conservation Commission, to J. N. Tea, chairman of the commission, yesterday. Mr. Mahaffie passed two days in vestigating the project and interview ing its settlers. He walked over and examined in detail 34 different hold ings, and talked with the men operat ing 21 of them He saw from the road more than half of the project, and talked to 18 other men cultivating land on it whose farms he did not examine. Mr. Mahaffie explains in his report that he did not make the inspection either as a soil or crop expert, but formed his conclusions from his obser vation of the results that he saw had Ijeen accomplished. The soil is sandy, mixed with a vary ing amount of silt, and in some places the. bedrock is near the Burface. In some places a Bort of solfdified vol canic ash is encountered, and in other places coarser sand and gravel lie be low the surface soil. It is land of the jrravel quality, he says, that causes dif ficulty in distributing and retaining water. Flrat Alfalfa of Season Cat. Mr. Mahaffie says in part: "All sorts of crops which ordinarily may be found in temperate climates are being grown successfully on the project. Alfalfa is grown more ex tensively than any other crop, and the first cutting was being made in most fields at the time of my visit. Prac tically every farmer on the project raises, alfalfa, and the crop this year is excellent.. The first cutting will produce from one to two tons per acre. "Dairying and hog raising are being practiced largely and with Success. "A great deal of fruit has been put out all over the project, but as yet very little of it is old enough to bear. The trees, however, where they have not been seriously neglected, are in excellent condition, and those old enough to bear are well laden with fruit. Watermelons, corn and rye are raised. The rye is used especially as a "nurse crop," while alfalfa and the like is being started. Grauhoppera Cause Damasre. "Potatoes are in good condition all over the project. A number of the farmers are handling bees extensively and apparently with good results. "I saw some places where the entire surface soil had been scraped away in the process of leveling, leaving the blue sand exposed, and which, being part of an orchard, had been set to trees. "Parts of the project are being vis ited by grasshoppers and a great deal of damage is being done to crops and young trees. Some of the places where they are thickest and where the farms are not stocked with chickens or tur keys will suffer serious injury. Mr. Mahaffie found no parts of the project which may be considered "in fertile," "The men to whom I talked," he said, for the most part told me that on be ginning their work on the project they knew nothing of irrigation, that much of their work had been wasted on that account, and that their improvements could be made by them now, if begin ning again, more efficiently than they were made, and at a cost of not to ex ceed 60 per cent of what has been put into them. "It seems to me that the difficulties of this project are, in the main, due to the fact that the settlers were in general not prepared to handle the land at the time they went onto it. This, both on account of lack of knowl edge and on account of lack of finan cial resources. "In no part of the United States, and especially in no section where land has to be reclaimed from the waste, can a homesteader expect to go on to raw land and make a living from it from the start." LADD AVENUEC0ST IS SET Entirely New Pavement at $31,409 Is Deeided Upon. It will cost $31,409 to pave Ladd ave nue through Ladd's Addition from the corner of East Twelfth street to Divi sion and East Twenty-first streets, ac cording to official figures. This in cludes the circular drive around Cen tral avenue, and the concrete founda tion will be five inches thick. The cost will be assessed to the abutting proper ty owners. Ladd avenue was paved six years and a half ago, and proceedings to repave the street started the opposition on the part of property owners who think they should not be assessed until the expiration of ten years. It was found that the present pavement on Ladd ave nue cannot be repaired. A committee from the Ladd's Addition Improvement Association, has asked that the letting of the contract be delayed for the present. The streets of the addition were paved by private contract, and it is said there is no guaranty that the improve ment would stand ten years. Investi gations so far have not disclosed that any of the purchasers of property have any written guarantees either from the owners of the addition or from the city tnat the pavements would be main tained for ten years. OSTEOPATHS WANT TEST Speaker at Convention Discusses Fight on Dr.'Van Brakle. Dr. D. D. Young, of McMlnnvllle, president of the Oregon Osteopathic Association, opened the thirteenth an nual meeting yesterday at the Multno mah Hotel, with an address. He de voted his paper to the consideration of the problems within the osteopathic profession and to boosting lor the 1915 National convention which Oregon os teopaths expect to entertain in Portland. The Van Brakle health officer case received considerable attention at the hands of Dr. Young and will come un der the discussion of business today. Dr. Young declared the Oregon osteo paths want a straightforward, clean- cut contest or the matter. Dr. H. F. Leonard, of Portland, read an important paper on the "Cause and Treatment of Adenoids and Hypertro- pnied Tonsils." Dr. A. B. Cunningham and Dr. F. J. Feidler, of Seattle; Dr. Katherine 8. Myers, of Portland, and Dr. Carolyn Allen, of The Dalles, - will be among tnose who will present papers today. MEMORIAL WILL BE HELD Conductors, Trainmen and Women's Auxiliaries to Join In Service. The Order of Railway Conductors, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the women's auxiliaries from both orders will hold memorial services, June 14, for their dead. The memorial will be observed by all the locals of the United States and Canada. The Portland services will be held in the Knigths of Pythias Hall, Eleventh and Alder streets. The programme will consist of vocal music by Mrs. S. L. Olsin and Miss Isabel Merrlman, with addresses by Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara, Rev. H. C. Marshall and R. A. Booth. Kelso Road Balks Drivers. KELSO, Wash., June 12. (Special.) Owing to the bad condition of the Pa cifio highway between Kelso and To ledo not many automobiles passed this way going to the Rose Festival at Portland, Or. One British Columbia car was stuck several times between To ledo and Kelso. Most of the machines are shipped by boat from Kelso to Portland. Sunburnt Use Santlseptlo Lotion. Adv. Portland Agents Ladies Home Journal Patterns Manicuring and Hair Dressing Parlors aV?i Olds, Wort man & King Reliable&MerchandiseReliab le Methods New Trimmed Hats Flower and Ribbon Trimmed Styles Second Floor Beautiful new Trimmed Hats Leghorns and Mi lans, daintily trimmed with os trich fancies and flowers Mi lan shapes trimmed with flowers and ribbons and fine quality of Panamas trimmed with white breasts and wings. Exquisite mod els for street and dress wear. All are new and very desirable shapes. Specially priced for G?C1 QCZ Saturday's selling at Trimm'd Panamas $3.95 Trimmed Leghorns $3.00 ' Women's trimmed Panamas in the newest shapes. These are all just in by express. Attractive styles trimmed with ribbons, breasts, etc. Spe- fij Q Q cial for this sale About 200 of these pretty Leg. horn Hats in this special offer ing. Trimmed with flowers, rib bons, etc., in the smartest new effects. Priced for (fQ Saturday's selling POeLl Beautiful New Plume Trimmed Hats on Sale at Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Parlors in the Basement Shoe Shining in Basement Manicuring & Hair Dressing, 2d Floor Rest Rooms, Retiring Rooms, Public Telephones, 2d Floor Headquarters for Local Views, Post Cards, Pennants, Etc., Etc. J U ME WHITE SALS ft EvSry Wt)ite4rticl e ffeduced-Except a F-evV Contract Lines. rugs and Toilet Goods Underpriced For Saturday Main Floor Out-of-town folks should take advantage of this sale and supply their needs for the entire Summer season. 5c Ivory Soap for 3c Limit, 6 cakes to a customer. No deliveries except with other purchases in Drug Department. 15o Toilet Paper, 500 sheets to the roll, special at only 10 35c Hospital Cotton now 19 Sponges, nice size, only 15 lOc-size cake Sapolio, only 6 Regular 25c Jergen's Rice Pow der, Saturday on sale at 12 Regular 35c Daggett & Rams dell's Face Cream now 25 25c Kolynos Tooth Paste 14 50c Pebeco Tooth Paste 28f 15c 4-lb.' bottle Peroxide Sat urday special for only 7 J Sanitary Napkins the doz. 35 25c Imperial Talcum for 15 Regular 8c 'Williams' Shaving Soap for low price, only, 5 15c Borated Talcum now at 5 10c Monkey Soap for only 5 35c Witch Hazel, 16 oz. 21 10c Moth Balls now for 5 $1 Sal Hepatica for only S5 Regular 25c Emerson's Bromo Seltzer, now selling for 20 35c Apenta Water now at 25 50c Phenolax Wafers now 35 50c Stewart's Dyspepsia Tablets priced for Saturday at 35 Regular 35o Merck's Sugar of Milk, Saturday's sale 28 25o White Pine and Tar 15 25c Lavoris Moutb "Wash for Saturday's special sale 20 35 o Fletcher's Castoria at 25 15c Pears' Unso Soap at 10 25o Violet Ammonia for 15 Special Offer Charles Hedden's 75c Toilet wa ters .in the following odors Siren Lily, Violet Eve, Naiads or Lilac. Any one of these with a 50c jar of Hedden's Face Cream total retail price $1.25. Combination special for 7 CZg Saturday's selling at 25o Fasteurine Tooth Paste, for Saturday's special sale 15J 50c Carman Face Powder S& 15c Petro, 1-lb. jars now at S 25c Meade & Bokeis Mouth Wash on sale now for 15 50c Meade & Bokers Mouth Wash on sale now for 25 10c Mule Team Borax now 7 50c Scott's Paper Towels, 150 in a package, on sale for 35 FREE 25c Shaving Stick with every 25c "Duplex" Demonstra tion Safety Razor sold on Sat urday. Take advantage of this. Use "Maurine" Toilet Goods Money cheerfully refunded if not found entirely satisfactory. Special demonstration of the "Maurine" Hair Tonic in drug department, on the Main Floor. Maurine Hair Tonic for Sl.OO Beauty Lotion at 50S $1.00 Satin -Cream for 50S Sl.OO Rosebud Rouge priced at 50 A Sale of Manicure Articles 50c "Wood Buffers, special, 25 25c Nail Files, asstd. sizes, 15 10c Orangewood Sticks now 5ifc 10c Emery Boards, special, 5 15c Tupla Nail Polish now 10 25c Lotus Nail Enamel, 12V2 25c Lotus Nail Bleach, IZVut 25c Lotus Nail Salve at 121a Washable Wool Powder Puffs, special, 5S 8S 10, 15ct All Pyralin Ivory at VA Off. Rubber Goods 50c Household Rubber Gloves on special sale- at only 39 $1.75 three-quart Hot Water Bottles on sale at Sl.OO $1.25 3-quart Syringes, Sl.OO 50o Rubber-Lined Travel Cases on special sale at only 35 C 50o Rubber - Cushion Hair Brushes, special sale at 39 35o Rubber Dressing Combs on special sale today at 19 Pullman Rubber-Lined Travel ing Aprons, new 6tyle, made to hold several articles, SI Bathing Caps Special display of Women ''s and Girls' guaranteed Rubber Bath ing Caps. Very latest 6tyles, in every wanted color. Specially priced 25S 35S 50, 75 FLAG DAY June 14. Complete stock of American Flags in all sizes and qual ities, lowest prices. Main and 4th Firs. So Wortnian s&? King Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Store Honrs 9 A. M. t 8 P. 1L Every Business Day- Saturday TTritil Old TEA ROOM Fourth Floor. Lunch today in our cool, restful Tea Room. Unsur passed service 'and reasonable prices. Saturday Shopping Guide Men's and Young Men's $35 Suits $23.45 Light, Medium and Heavy Weights IP Distinct New Models Men's Store, Main Floor For style, service and' all-around satisfaction these splendid Suits are unequalled at any 6tore in Portland at the price. They are hand-tailored throughout with the best of linings. They were made .by prominent makers whose names are familiar to well-dressed men the country over. Beautiful woolen fabrics in neat, conservative patterns. Cassimeres, worsteds and cheviots, in light, medium and heavy weights. We show ten dis- O O V3 CT tinct new models. High-grade Suits worth up to $35.00, for Saturday's sellings Men's Store, Main II. PJm-0 mill in Motor Coats at $6.45 Men's "R. & W." Roseberry Cloth " Motor Coats light in weight, stylish and comfortable. Reg. $8.50 grade now on sale at only fJ.tJ $1.5QMotorGloves98c Men's Motor Gloves Made to itand hard usage about the car. Also splendid Gloves for driving. Regular $1.50 grade, oQCp sale Saturday at. nair aC3 O Men's $5 Stetson Hats $1.98 Men's soft felt and stiff hats, "Stetson," "Cheshire" and "Napoleon" makes, light and medium weights, sizes fi Tf O 6?i to 7'2. Hats worth to $5 P JL.ZrO Men's $1.50 Shirts 95c Main Floor Plaited and plain bosom' with stiff cuffs soft bosom with turn-back cuffs and collar to match also while plaited or plain white with stiff cuffs and soft bosom, with soft collars and cuffs. Several lines grouped into one big lot for quick disposal. Reg ular $1.25 and $1.50 Shirts priced very special at 95c Boys' $7.50 Suits Now $5.95 Norfolk and double-breasted styles in cassimeres, cheviots and worsteds. Beautiful new patterns and colorings. Ages 6 to 18 yrs. $6.50 and $7.50 Suits for S5.95 $8.50 and $10 Suits for S7.95 $12.50 and $15 Suits for S9.95 Sale Boys' Wash Suits Main Floor1 Children's Wash Suits ' in the popular Russian models. Made of repp, percales, madras and chambray. Odd lines, Worth up to $4, divided into two lots for easy choos- J?0 T Q ing, at S2.69 and PfJLZ7 Men's 25c Hose 19c Wash Ties at 12Vic Underwear at 39c 50c Hose 3 Pairs $1 25c "OWE." Hose in all the Beautiful assortment of pat- Men's Balbriggan, Porosmesh Men's silk Hose in black, tan, wanted colors. Sizes range terns in dainty colorings. The and Honeycomb Shirts and gray, navy, lavender, green; from 9V up to 11V2- T 0 standard 25c TQltp Drawers in white QQ also fancy mix- jf"f flf Reg. 25o Hose, pair, Wash Ties at r& and ecru; a garment e-J7l tures. 3 pairs V-l'" Women's Sweaters at Sale Prices Department Second Floor Now is the time to select your outing Sweaters. We have now in 6tock and are receiving daily all that is new and attractive in Sweaters and Sgort Coats also Hoods and scarfs to match. Fine and heavy ribbed and Jumbo-stitch Sweaters in all styles. New silk Sweater Coats in plain and two-tone effects, with knit scarfs. All colors and all sizes. The prices (PI O )0 range for these attractive Sweaters and Sweater Coats from S-1.50 on up as high as P.O"" Sweaters $2.98 Women's and misses Sweaters in plain and fancy weaves. Styled with roll collars and patch pockets. In colors red, white, tan, gray and Z?9 QQ navy; these Sweaters are priced "at P-'0 Girls9 Coats and Dresses Reduced for the June White Sale Sweaters $4.49 Women's all wool Sweaters in fine and heavy ribbed. Shown in plain and fancy weaves with the roll or Byron collars. Some come with 2J5. 5.0 belts. They are .priced, special, only P $11.50 Dresses. $2.98 Girls wool challie Dresses, odd lines in ages 6 to 10 only. Colors and a few cream 6erges with dots, stripes. Dresses T"0 OiS worth to $11.50 at $3.00 Dresses, 98c Odds and ends children's Wash Dresses. Ages from 2 to 6 yrs, Q priced very special at C31" Sample Dresses, $5.98 Girls' Dresses of voiles, challies, eponge, linen and. ratine. Excellent range of colors. Ages 12 to 14. Dresses in this lot worth up C? GO to $11.50, on special V"0 $1.00 Dresses, 69c Children's bloomer-style Dresses in light and dark percales. Ages 2 to ZCtg 6 years. Special, each for Oiv t Coats at Va Price Our entire line of Girls' Summer Coats, ranging in price from $10.00 to ?ZV2 Price Kimono Aprons, 89c Women's kimono-style Aprons with but tons on side front and shirred belt. Percales and gin- C? Q" hams. Priced now at Silk Gloves Reduced! At 69c Pair Women's 16-button length Silk Gloves, with double tipped fingers. All sizes. fZOf Special today, the pair, at At 79c Pair 16-button length all silk Gloves, with c o n t r a st ing stitched backs. Black or 7Hh white. Special, the pair $1.25 Gloves, $1.00 16-button length all-silk Milanese Gloves. Contrasting stitched 3J t (t backs. Special, pair P X W Important Sale Underwear "Kayser's" and "Carter's" Makes Department, Main Floor Today we feature in the great June White Sale a special one-day sale of Kayser's Glove Silk Un derwear. - Also "Carter's" celebrated make. Union Suits, Note the following reductions: Vests and Pants for wqmen. Kayser's Underwear $2.75 Vests, Knickers, S2.45 $3.50 Vests, Knickers, S3. 15 $5.00 Vests, Knickers, S4.5Q $4.50 Union Suits for S3.95 $5.00 Union Suits for S4.50 $6.00 Union Suits for $5.70 Carter's Underwear $1.00 Vesta and Pants at 9Q $1.25 Vesta and Pants, SI. 12 $2.50 Vests and Pants, S2.25 $1.25 Union Suits for S1.12 $2.00 Union Suits for SI. 79 $5.00 Union Suits for $4.50 Muslinwear Specials In the June White Sale Dept.. Second Floor Our entire stock of Muslin Under wear now on sale at special low prices. Daintiest of undergar ments in latest styles here for your choosing. Note the low prices: $3.50 Combinations, $2.98 Made of fine quality nainsook, neatly trim'd with pretty laces and embroidery medallions. Regular O QO $3.50 grades. Special P-'70 Crepe Gowns, $1.12 Several at tractive styles in this line, trimmed with colored embroidered wreaths and colored edges. Very good ef fects and priced spe- jj 1 TO cial for today, only Corset Covers, 69 c Crepe and nainsook, edged with linen and VaL laces. These are great values, and for the June White Sale CZCkf we have priced them at-'' $5.00 Undermuslins, $3.33 Beau tiful French garments Princess Slips, Combinations, Gowns, Draw ers, Corset Covers and Skirts all hand embroidered in floral designs. $7.50 grades S4.9S, EQ QQ $5.00 grades at only Women's Shoes w1?h $6.00 V I " J , - I " f " I Donble Trading Stamps with Cash Purchases in Main ' Floor Shoe Dept. all day long Saturday. Continuation of the great sale of Women's Shoes, offering grades ' usually selling up to $6 at $2.95 pair. High Shoes in all the wanted styles and leathers. Co lonials in scores of at t r a e t ive styles with buckles or straps. Also tailored bow pumps and "Mary Jane" styles. Shoes and JJ5 Qi Slippers worth up to $6.00, on sale at Men's Shoes Worth to $6 for $3.85 25c and 35c Veilings 19c Yard Department, Main Floor Special assortment of new Veilings, in plain and novelty mesh effects, in nearly all the wanted colors. Grades usually selling at 60c and 75c for 48S and T 0 grades usually selling at 25c to 35c on special sale at only Saturday Corset Sales Closing Out Odd Lines Department, Second Floor Discontinued styles and sample Cor sets in "Lily of France" and "Bien Jolie" makes. One or more styles in each of the following, but not all sizes in any one style: Regular $5.00 Lily of France Corsets on special sale at S3. 33 Begular $8.60 Bien Jolie Corsets, while they last, special, lg5.67 $10.00 Lily of France Corsets, best materials, on sale at S6.67 $12.50 Bien Jolie and Lily of France Corsets on sale at S8.33 $16.50 Lily of France (rubber slip-on model), special, 12. OO $15.00 Bien Jolie and Lily of France Corsets on sale at glO.OO $7.50 Mme. Mariette Corsets of mercerized broche, special, S3. 75 $8.50 Mine. Marietta Corsets, beautifully made, on sale at S4.25 Odd lines of high-grade Brassieres on special sale at Vs price Saturday Specials in Jewelry Picture Frames of sterling silver, in plain and band-engraved. Vari ous styles and sizes. a fhff On special sale now - Gold-Filled Mesh Bags in plain and engraved. Also Vanity Cases in assorted styles. On Ia fhff special sale now at - 25c fancy Braid Pins on t Qf special sale today only '"' We have just received a handsoml 50c Beads, 25 o 50-inch strings in red, green, black, etc. Buy them today, while they last O CZg. at the special low price of Real Amber Beads - in all sizes and styles. A splendid assortment to select from. At C EZ 11 $1.75, S3 and Regular 50c fancy Braid QQa Pins on special sale at only -r r " new line of Jet Beads, in all sizes and styles. Priced for Saturday's selling at from 25t to S7.5Q - Basement Bargain Center - Men's $5 Shoes at $2.98 Full Line of Sizes and Widths Basement Underprice Store An extraordinary opportunity for thrifty men to buy good dependable shoes at a splendid saving. All the popular new lasts, including the smart English models. In medium and heavy soles, some fitted with rubber-ieels, black or tan in button and lace styles. Shoes of standard makes secured by our buyer at a low price. Grades usually selling CJO QQ at $3.50 to $5, offered in the Basement Saturday at J5eivO