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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.
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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
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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"
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PORTLAND, OK. L. E. BEST, Mri-.
11 Creameries in 7 States. Authorized Capital $3,000,000
Annual Butter Output, 8,000,000 Pounds