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5 WATER AND FOREST CONFERENCE TOPICS L. L. Sharp Proposes Plan for Disposing of Land Grant Forfeited by Railroad. CONSERVATION IS FAVORED J. X. Teal Thinks Celilo I'roject Could Be Carried i'urtlier, Aiding Navigation and Adding: WealLh. .Mr. Lane's riews Given. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, May 28. (Special.) When the com monwealth conference closed its second day. questions dealing with the Na tional forest reserves, watetfpower monopoly and Kederal-state co-opera tion to conserve natural resources for posterity had been thoroughly dis cussed, new ideas advanced and theo ries expounded. The conference will end today. I Sharp, chief of the field divi sion of the General Land Office, of fered a comprehensive and novel plan for disposing of the land in the Orecon & California land grrant, in the event the Government wins the suit for can cellation of title or the lands are or dered sold under Government super vision. Mr. Sharp pointed out that perhaps one-half of the total area of the 2,300, 000 acres in the (frant can be classified as timbered agricultural land and that the remaining one-half probably is strictly timbered land. If the Government recovers title, he proposes that all the land be examined and properly classified under these heads, the timber to be sold or bonded in the same manner that private hold ings are disposed of and the agricul tural land opened to bona fide settlers. The aKrlcuItural areas, he sufterested, should be reclassified under the heads of crazing land and strictly agricul tural. No settlers' tract should exceed 160 acres, of which no more than $0 acres should be strictly agricultural. Coatlnuonfa ReMltlence PropoHrd. The title to the timber on such land, he said, should remain in the Govern ment, to be disposed of by the Govern ment, and the proceeds applied, to the development of the land. Entrymen under this arrangement would be required to cultivate all of the cleared portion each year and to reside upon the property continuously for five years before the submission of final proof. In this connection he proposed a simple system of farm loans, by means of which the settler would be enabled not only to clear the properly, but to stock and equip it. Through sale at the full market price or the bonding of the strictly timbered area the Gov ernment would derive money to finance the loan system. Mr. Wharp estimated that the tim bered BBricultural land can be cleared for an average of $75 an acre if done on a larfre scale, either by the Govern ment or by private contractors under the Government. The price of such clearing would be charsred acnlnst the property. If wholly without finances, the settler should also bo provided with horses and -equipment, a few head of cows and i oNier domestic animals, he explained. These expenditures would be sectired by mortRace upon the prop erty and by withholding itle until all the obligations had been discharged. 1. one-Time Luain Favored. But Mr. Sharp suggested that the loans should run for a long1 period, probably 25 or 30 years, so that the farmers mijcrht have every opportunity of paying them. Thus the security would grow better each year. The strict residence requirements, he pointed out. would Kuard ajiainst spec ulation, and bona fide settlers, he de clared, would be ouslly able to meet the terms of the plan proposed. B. P. Irvine, of Portland, the first speaker of today's session, dwelt upon the necessity of co-operation of the Nation and the state in the conserva tion of waterpower. "That the Government is losing money because it limits its engineers to h sinjrlc project instead of allowing them to develop the project so as to utilize all possible resources," was the assertion of J. N. Teal. "An example of this is the Celilo project," said Mr. Teal. "No provision was made for future development except to open the canal for river traffic." Mr. Teal explained how a project such as the Celilo Canal might serve a double or even a triple purpose. Ills plan would be to construct a dam across the Columbia River at this point. The dam, he explained, would keep the rapids from moving upstream, develop an enormous amount of power and also back the water up the Columbia, which would make navigation possible. K.x-tioveraor Went Speaker. "In theory it has been the policy of our Government to dispose of the nat ural resources in such a manner as would result in the greatest good to the greatest number, but we have in fact been maintaining a policy which has favored the special Interests, pro moted monopoly and built up a landed aristocracy which is to become a men ace to society," declared ex-Governor West. K. O. Finney, representing Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, who was unable to be present, said: "Con servation to Secretary Lane does not mean tying up resources from use, nor does it mean the perpetual and uncon ditional turning them over to special interests. To him It means the imme diate and rational development of our water powers, oil, gas. coal and phos phates under conditions which regard the people's interests as well as the rights of the developer. Hound-table discussion finished the day with all members participating. MARCHERS TO HAVE BAND l'allsarlans Tonigrht to Organize Musicians of Club. OREGON CITY. Or.. May 28. (Spe cial.) A band will be organized tomor row night by the Fallsarians, the recently-formed marching club. Twenty five of the 70 members of the organi zation have been listed for places in the band. Three drills of the marchers are held each week in preparation for their ap pearance at the Portland Rose Festi val, lletween 40 and 50 men have re ported at each of the three drills which have been held since last Saturday. It is planned to develop the band into one of the principal features of the or ganization. Among tho.ve who are counted to Join are H. T. McTialn. mill manager of the Crown-Willamette Paper Company; Dr. Clyde Mount, who was at one time a member of the Sil verton band: Clarence Johnson, Lloyd Kiches, J. J. Cooke. Arthur Warner and George Ely. mandamus to compel the King County .Superior Court to try the divorce action instituted by C G. Crombie against Jennie M. Crombie, the Supreme Court rules that a husband who fails to pay temporary alimony according to court order is not entitled to have his case heard. Any other decision might make it impossible for the wife to be repre sented in court, the opinion states. Crombie appealed from an order of the King County Court committing him to jail for failure to pay $60 a month temporary alimony, the appeal not yet being decided. SALEM CLUB NETS 800 Membership Campaign to ltun One More Day to lleach 1000. SALEM. Or., May 2S. (Special.) At the close of the three days' campaign for members for the rejuvenated Salem Commercial Club, announcement was made tonight that about SOo had been received. This was the number it was thought could be obtained when the move was started, but it was decided that the 18 committees soliciting memberships should work two hours next Tuesday to bring the number to 1000. All memberships are for three years, the annual fees being $20 each. This will yield $16,000 a year which is con sidered sufficient to provide a thorough programme of advertising the city and county. H. V. Chase, who is in charge of the work of consolidating the commercial and social organizations of the city. today congratulated the committees on the success of their work, declaring that in all his experience in organiza tion work he had never known of such enthusiasm and determination to success as has been shown. ATTORNEY INDICTED; LAND FRAUD CHARGE '. E. Collier, of Olympia, Ac cused of "Locating" Many on Settled Property. $10,000 BOND IS PROVIDED BRIDGE BIDS ARE INVITED Viaduct Across South Santiam Lebanon to Jie Replaced. at ALBANY, Or.. May 28. (Special.) Bids for the construction of a new bridge across the South Santiam River at Lebanon were called for by the County Court of Linn County today. Kids were asked both for steel and wood construction, and the material to be .used will bo determined when the bids are opened. The new bridge will be 322 feet long. It will replace the oldest large bridge yet standing in this county. The old bridge was erected in 1875 and has re mained in good condition for practically 40 years. Most of the timbers are yet sound, but the bridge is beginning to show some signs of weakness, and it ts deemed advisable to replace it. MAN QUITS 'USELESS' JOB Kins County Assistant Health Offi. cer Atl vises Abolishment of Office. SEATTLE. Wash., May 27. (Special.) State Senator Ghent today sent a let ter to the King County Commissioners resigning his position as assistant county health officer and suggesting that the position be abolished. After two and a half months exnerienee In the office Dr. Ghent is convinced that there is not enough work for a prin cipal and an assistant. The position is one that lonz him existed in King County and was ten dered to Dr. Ghent In January. Tie told the County Commissioners that his position was a sinecure. TWINS BORN TO 0LC0TTS Secretary of State Is Ueinjr Bom- burdecl With Congratulations. SALEM. Or., May 28. (Special.) The stork visited the home of Secretary of State Olcott today, leaving twins six-pound boys. Both mother and babies are doing nicely, and the Secre tary is beinsr bombarded with con gratulations from all parts of the state." Mr. Olcott is the father of three boys, Chester Wallace having been born about 18 months ago. Mrs. Olcott, before marriage, was Miss Lena Hutton. being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Hutton. of Port land, and a sister of Mrs. Oswald West, wife of the ex-Governor. LOG ROAD ENGINEER KILLED Jesse Hussoll looses Control of Train and Is Crushed After Jumping. SALKM, Or.. May 28. (Special.) Jesse Russell. 35 years old. engineer on the Spaulding logging road, was killed today when he lout control of his train going down a grade near Black Rock, Polk County. Ru ssell jumped and was crushed tinder the wheels of a car. Other members of the crew escaped injury. Mr. Russell Is survived by his par ents, who live at Macleay, this county, and a brother, who is County Clerk of Linn County., Joseph Delaney lead at Astoria. ASTORIA. Or.. May 2S. (Special.) Joseph Ielaney, for many years engi neer on the Government tug George H. Mindell, died here tonight following an extended illness with kidney trouble. He was a native of Ireland, 65 years old, and left one sister, who resides In Portland. D. IX. Collier, Timber Cruiser, Ar rested for Complicity and Vic tims Arc Said to Number 35, Paying StOO for Services. TACOMA. Wash., May 2S. (Special.) C. K. Collier, an attorney of Olympia, was arrested in that city last night by Federal officials on a grand Jury In dictment charging him with using the mails to defraud on a-land scheme. Ar raigned before the United States Com mission there, he gave $10,0u0 bail and was released. D. R. Collier, a timber cruiser and brother of the attorney, was arrested at Oakville, Chehalis County, today on the same charae, and brought here, where be was arraigneo In Federal Court and released on $3000 bail. The indictment against the two is 35 pages long. Chief among the ac cusers against the Colliers was Mar garet M. Ross, who, with her son, Karl, were victims of the Pacific County "night riders," in which case a county grand Jury at South Bend Monday re turned 38 indictments. Prominent bankers, lawyers and busi ness men of Southwest Washington are alleged to have been among those lured into the Collier scheme, who are said to number approximately 35. From 2J or more of these Collier and his associ ates are alleged to have received il!00 each in 1913 for establishment on Gov ernment land in Skagit and Snohomish counties that afterwards was found to be already claimed. In many instances it is alleged the persons Who paid $200 found the land supposed to come to them already actually settled on. The victims charge that Collier worked in conjunction with his brother, the timber cruiser. Many of those ap proached to "go In on" a claim were said to have confessed to Collier and his brother that they knew nothing of Government land practices and signi fied their willingness to trust in the attorney and cruiser. If any doubt was expressed, the cruiser is alleged to have come to the front and said he actually had seen the land and knew it to be valuable. Although Collier's office is In Olym pia, whore he formerly was law part ner of Charles K. Claypool, who re cently served as Superior Judge in Thurston County, most of the land fraud operations are alleged to have been In Aberdeen, Hoquiam and Centralis. Leading men of these cities were in duced to "take up" claims, it is alleged, when shown a plat of the district. Mrs. Rosa was said to have been led, with her sons, to take up three claim.1 and had worked as the agent of the Colliers getting her friends to invest, until she was said to have become sus picious herself. The Federal grand jury visited Mc Neill's Island prison today and will make a public report in court tomorrow morning. HOOD RIVER IS DRENCHED Strawberries Practically Unhurt Rain, Says Mr. Sieg. by HOOD RIVER. Or.. May 28. (Spe cial.) One of the hardest May rain storms ever seen in Hood River pre vailed here yesterday afternon. The streets of the city were flooded and the heavy drops spattered ripening strawberries with muddy water. How ever, except for the ripe fruit, accord ing to Wilmer Sieg, sales manager of the Apple Growers' Association, no damage will be caused to the berries. "The crop promises an excellent re turn." said Mr. Sieg. "Berries are ma turing slowly, but are making good growth. The delay will give competi tive districts a chance to clean up their crops and make a clear market for us." Sigma Xus Knter Idaho. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow, May 28. (Special.) Zeta Delta chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity was recently Instituted here. F. D. Allen, of Spo kane, directed the ceremonies and was assisted by representatives from the Universities of Oregon, Wash ington, Montana, Nevada and Califor nia, and Leland Stanford University and Washington State College. Zeta Delta was organized December 13, 1910, and Is one of the most influential fraterni ties on the campus. Something no young man can afford to miss: This sacrifice sale of all my young- men's nobby Spring-. Suits. Because they're this sea son's garments in all the smartest fabrics and mod els Because prices, already moderate, have been gen uinely reduced Young Men's $25 and $30 Suits $19.85 Young Men's $15 and $20 Suits $14.85. Today's the last Saturday before the June days. Come in and be fitted. Second Floor Only Ben Selling Morrison at Fourth HERO HONORS BEGIN Public Schools Hold Patriotic Memorial Services. VETERANS GIVE ADDRESSES four-Legged Chick Healthy. Carl Mueller, of 390 East First street North, is rearing a four-legged chicken, one of 15 chicks hatched from one sit ting May 15. The four-legged chick ap pears normal in every way except that it has an extra leg growing out of its breast, and another growing out of its back. It appears to have an excellent appetite and to be vigorous. Daughters of American devolution Also Take Part In Programmes, formal lixercises and Grave Decoration to follow. Pupils' of the public schools through out the city observed Memorial day yes terday with special programmes, and representatives of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Daughters of the merican Revolution and the Spanish War Veterans were among the speakers at various places. The first programmes were held at the high schools in the forenoon, and in the afternoon the grade schools held their programmes and listened to patri otic addresses. Speakers at the high schools were: Lincoln, T. K. Hills, Judge Gantenbein, Seneca Fouts. A. W. Carpenter, John Livingston and C. J. Schnabel; Jeffer son. J. D. Stevens, James Jackson, L. A. Rose, J. McNulty, Robert Hatiield and K. It. Horton; Washington. H. S. Fargo, H. W. Speer, W. 1'. Dickinson. I. W. Baldwin. J. L. Wills and C. K. Hotchkiss. Children in various schools brought great bouquets of roses and turned them over to the Grand Army of the Republic and Spanish War Veterans, and they will be sent today to Spokane to be used in the memorial services there tomorrow. More than 3000 roses are to be sent, this being an annual custom of the Portland camp. The Chamber of Commerce is collecting roses today to be sent to Spokane also for use by the Veterans of Foreign Wars in memorial services. In all about 5000 roses will be sent, liecause May 30 comes on Sunday the official Memorial day holiday will be ob served Monday. Formal exercises will be held in various parts of the city and decoration of the graves of soldiers in the cemeteries of the city will be made. A service will be held aboard the cruiser Uoston and a military parade will be gi-en in the afternoon, followed by a service at the German House, Thir teenth and Main streets. Many of the churches of the city will hold memorial services tomorrow, and special invitation for attendance of the Grand Army of the Republic men has been made by the First Methodist and First Congregational churches. A military memorial service will be held at the Armory tomorrow night at 8 o'clock, and members of the militia as well as of the veteran organizations will participate. Chaplain W. S. Gilbert will make the address of the evening. Services for dead sailors and soldiers will be held at the Lone Fir Cemetery Monday at 10:30, and a service will also be held on the Boston. Solemn high mass will be celebrated at Mount Cal vary Cemetery at 10 o'clock. Monta villa. Lents, Woodlawn, St. Johns and Sellwood have prepared for special ob servance of the day. CHILDREN HOLD MEMORIAL CEREMONIES IN PORTLAND SCHOOLS Divorce Killing Made. OLYMPIA. Wash., May 28. (Spe cial. ) Declining to grant a writ of ih-. y -,r'-Bx jt fit? .a 'I Vie. . vWv - v I - . Frrsentingr !. the Mallinic Iteprenentntlvro of thr O. A. H. onil Other OrRMnlxation. Three at Right of Pl ture u- ecr, Mrs. L. T. .evton and Mn, William Garnett. at hattuek School. EX-OFFICIAL IS SENTENCED Glenn B. Derbyshire, or Spokune, Committed for 1 to 15 Years. SPOKANE. May 28. Glenn B. Derby shire, ex-Clerk of Spokane County, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court today to a charge of embezzling 110, 551 of the county trust fund and waa sentenced to a term of from one to 15 years in the State Penitentiary. Derbyshire, who disappeared last January, returned from Australia re cently and surrendered. While he was Against Substitutes PJ1 Get the Well-Known" " Round Package 1 (0) Caution .Avoid SubstltirtKi o Malted Mil CIKI,W1V,U.3.A. v Ask For ' J EXALTED .MILK Made In the largest, best equipped and sanitary Matted Milk plant in the world We do not make" 'milk product Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, etc. B-tonir BORLICK'S THE ORIGINAL HALTED MILK Made from clean, full-cream milk and the extract of select malted grain, reduced to powder form, soluble in water. Best Food-Drink for All Ages. Used for over a Quarter Century Unlosm you svay "HCRLIOK'S" you may got a suastituto. Package -Homo When Going East via the El Paso Route (S. P. E. P. & S. W. C. R. I. & P.) Ten days' stop at San Francisco and 10 days at Los Angeles to visit the Fairs can be had on ALL ONE-WAY TICKETS and you have the choice of two splendid trains to Chicago, the "Golden State Limited" and The Californian" Full particulars with literature at City Ticket Office, 80 Sixth St., Cor. Oak, or Union Depot SOUTHERN PACIFIC John M. Scott, General Tassenger Agent, Portland, Or. a fugitive a warrant charging; him with $4000 embezzlement was lHsued. A new information was -filed in court before he pleaded truilty. maklntr the amount of the. embezzlement agrree with the shortage found by state checkers. K.I ma, Wat.li., lo Grt Hural lioulc. F.LMA, Wash., May 2X. (Special.) Klma is soon to have another rural route went from here, through Satsop ind up the Satsop Iliver to Matlock. It will displace the star route from Sataop to Matlock. Tt will he r3 miles 1onr and will nerve more than "00 (am Hies. This route will lo estaljlif-hed as soon as it can bo acted on by the le- .ai iiiirni, tto ll l UPNCB llt lu nil I ,J - quirements. GEARHART 'BY-THE-SEA." Best pince to penrl liind;iy nnl Me morial d:iy i to he ohxcrvod Monday), (iolf lini in Rood condition. NaU toiium open. Hotel reservations at innu Kourth street Adv. What Is " I The Mutual Crea iitua mery Company? It is the provision whereby the producers of creamery products, handled by the distributing company, may share in all the profits accru ing from the sale of such products. This big company, with its ample capital, does away with the neces sity of establishing a lot of little creameries in the small communities to care for the dairy and poultry products. No community is as well off with a local creamery plant having butter to sell as it is with a place to sell all its cream, eggs and poultry. The producer is very little closer to the consumer with his butter than he is with his cream. The marketing facilities of the Mutual Creamery Company instantly effect great econo mies for all producers. The company stalls with a successful organization (having succeeded to everything formerly owned by the efficient Jensen Creamery Com pany), is well financed, and has a splendid equipment for handling dairy and poultry products in a large way over a big territory. But, great as the business of the Jensen Creamery Company was, a reorganization on a larger scale was fully justified by the possibilities for future development in these wonderful Western States. It is necessary to introduce economies in order to insure larger returns to producers of these products to offset the decrease in their values, caused by lowering the import duty on butter, and taking off the duty on eggs. These desirable economies could not be effected by the farmers and the distributing company working independently. Efficiency demanded some kind of a "mutual" arrangement, whereby producer and distributor may co-operate and equally share the profits of their industry and enterprise. Sixty per cent of the Mutual Creamery Company stock is reserved to be sold to producers of the products handled by this corporation. The company will encourage the improvement of livestock, so that these Western States may have a higher grade of cows for the economic production of milk. To this end, as soon as sufficient capital stock has been placed", it will have funds to loan to farmers to carry out this plan, which is of tremendous importance to every community. Makers of the Famous "Lucerne" and "Four-in-One" Butters The Purest Butters Known "The Taste Is the Test" Xo. 4. Mutual Creamery Company PORTLAND, OK. L. E. BEST, Mri-. 11 Creameries in 7 States. Authorized Capital $3,000,000 Annual Butter Output, 8,000,000 Pounds