Morning Oregonian., March 01, 1916, Page 5, Image 5

THE MORXIXG OREGOMA:, AVEDXESDAT, 3IAKCII 1, 11HG.
SECRETARY WOULD
CUT STATE'S SHARE
Lane Favors Genera! Purpose,
However, of Chamberlain's
Land Grant Bill.
TAX PAYMENT IS CITED
Houston's Proposed Cultivation Kc
tjuirement Indorsed and Attorney-General's
Amendments
. Also Are Favored.
OUEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 29. "I find myself in sub
stantial accord with the general plan
of action proposed in the Chamberlain
land-grant bill." says Secretary of the
Interior Lane in a report sent to Con
gress today. On some details, however,
the Secretary disagrees with Senator
Chamberlain. Particularly he disap
proves the payment of 40 per cent of
the receipts from timber and land sales
to the state and a like amount to the
land-grant counties. He thinks not
more than 20 per cent of the receipts
should go to each, the remaining 60
per cent to go into the Federal Treas
ury. Explaining his reasons for rec
ommending this change, Secretary Lane
says:
"The proportion of the proceeds to be
received by the state and the counties
is. in my judgment, excessive, partic
ularly in view of the fact that the re
port of the Attorney-General indicates
the necessity of an immediate advance
by the Government of a large sum of
money for the payment of accrued and
unpaid taxes before complete title may
be revested in the Government, the re
imbursement of the Government for
such advance being at a more or less
uncertain time, without interest.
Reimbursement Not Opposed.
"The timber, as well as the lands,
will be subject to local and state taxa
tion on their disposition, and I do not
know of any reason why the state and
counties should receive such a large
proportion of the proceeds of such
sales. The withdrawal of the lands
from taxation will be to a large extent
temporary, and. while I have no ob
jections to a provision that will fairly
compensate the state and counties for
losses incurred by reason of such tem
porary withdrawal of the lands from
taxation, I cannot approve of such a
large donation of the proceeds.
"It may be well to withhold the dis
position of the proceeds remaining after
the payments required in the bill are
made until such time as the Govern
ment may be advised of the probable
Amount thereof."
The proposal of Secretary Houston
that homesteaders on agricultural lanas
be required to cultivate 10 acres the
fourth year of residence and 20 acres
the fifth year is heartily approved by
Secretary Lane.
On the question of throwing 300,000
acres of grant lands into forest reserves
Secretary Lane is non-committal,
merely saying he "has no objection to
offer to the proposal."
Preference night Modified.
Where the Chamberlain bill would
give preference right of entry to set
tlers who were on the grant lands De
cember 1. 1915, Secretary Une would
grant preference rights only to those
who can prove continuous residence
since December 1. 1914.
Secretary Lane also believes the bill
should be amended to require the Gov
enment. in closing its account with the
railroad company, to deduct from the
amount due the railroad tho full
amount which the Government will
turn over to the respective counties in
full payment of accrued taxes.
Secretary Lane commends the Cham
berlain bill for failing to grant any
privileges or recognitions for the 16,000
applicants lor grant lands ana ae
nounces the activities of the locators.
Before any of the grant lands are
opened to entry or sale, Secretary Lane
thinks they should he classified in the
field and the timber lands cruised. He
does not approve the legislative classi
fication provided in the Chamberlain
hill, believinir it will lead to confusion
and to contests.
Power Site "Withdrawal Approved.
The Secretary also approves the rec
ommendation of Secretary Houston that
all power sites on the grant be with
drawn and held for disposal under
whatever waterpower bill Congress
may enact. He is informed that some
of the lands contain valuable power
sites.
On the question of disposing of the
timber. Secretary Lane approves the
Chamberlain plan. as distinguished
from the plan suggested by the Secre
tary of Agriculture, but he would in
sert a provision requiring tho purchas
crs of timber to cut and remove it
within 15 years from the date of sale.
The Houston plan of selling the timber
on the installment plan, he believes,
would make it impossible for the state
to tax the timber, and he further be
lieves it better to sell the timber for
cash, give the purchaser a deed for the
timber, and let the counties tax the
timber, even though the land itself is
not taxable while it remains in Gov
ernment ownership.
Secretary Lane is in accord with the
amendments suggested by the Attor
ney-General and recommends that they
bo incorporated in the bill-
rests were 362. This is somewhat
startling, for it shows a total of 1216
for December, as against 241 arrests
for January and 290 for February.
The figures for the past month re
cord such a decrease in the arrests
in contrast with last year that the
showing is remarkable, even though
February indicates a gain over the first
dry month.
Vigorous Campaign Waged.
District Attorney Evans, Sheriff
Hurlburt and Chief of Police Clark, as
well as the Federal authorities, are
carrying on vigorous campaigns against
the blind pig and the bootlegger and
they believe the drunkenness figures
will be cut down as time passes.
"The dry law is working very well,"
said Chief of Police Clark. "We do
not have half the arrests or the trou
ble we had before the prohibition act
went into effect. Drunks are few and
they will be fewer as soon as the stuff
tored is used up, for drunkards will
not be able to get more."
Traffic accidents show a big falling
DRUNKENNESS ON INCREASE
(Continued From First FRCP.)
the past two months for drunks and
"vags," and declares that during the
same period of 1915 the arrests num
bered 1789.
It is more valuable for purposes ot
comparison to take the last month of
the wet regime as contrasted with the
past two months, for conditions are
more nearly the same. During De
eember. 1915. drunk and. disorderly ar
rests numbered 897 and vagrancy ar-
TO STOP BAD COUGH
SOOTH DRV, 1RHITATED THROAT
WITH PARMIXT STRIP. SAYS
THIS OLD-FASHIONED COUGH
REMEDY IS BEST.
TVe are told that the old-time reme
dies are best and Invariably contain
harmful yet better medicine than
those which are in use today. This
being- so. undoubtedly the following1
oid-lashloned recipe which is quick
Hrtmff will be welcomed by many a
there seems to be a regular epidemic
or coue-hs at the present time. Se
cure from your drug-gist 1 ounce Pur
mint (double strenerth). take this
home and add to it a quarter pint of
hot water and 4 ounces or granu
lated sugar, stir until dissolved. Take
1 tablespoonful four times a day. Xo
more racKing your wnoie noay with
a. cough. Clogged nostrils should
open, air passages of your head should
lear and your breathing become easy,
Farmint svruo is pleasant to take.
asy to prepare and costs little. Every
person who has a stubborn cough, hard
old or catarrh in any form should
giv this prescription a trial. There
SPOKANE MINISTER TO DEDI
CATE MOXTAVILLA CHRIS
TIAN CHURCH SUNDAY.
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Rev. I. N. NeCaoh.
Montavilla Christian Church,
East Seventy-sixth and East Hoyt
streets, will be dedicated on Sun
day TrVith a special service at
2:30 o'clock. Rev. I. N. McCash,
of Spokane, prominent in educa
tional and religious work, will
give the dedicatory address. He
also will preach in the morning
and at night. George L. Baker
and Rev. J. C. Ghormley, pastor,
will speak briefly.
off since the prohibition law went into
effect. Represented graphically, a
sharp downward curve would indicate
the lessened hazard to travelers and
pedestrians since the state went dry.
The night-rider and the joy-rider
have been eliminated almost wholly.
There was only one arrest during Feb
ruary for operating- an automobile
while intoxicated. Last December
there were 13 such cases and two citi
zens were killed, one by an auto and
one by a streetcar.
Dry Regime- Is Credited.
Chairman IT. P. Coffin of the Public
Safety Commission does not hesitate
to give credit to the dry regime that
came in on January 1. He says it has
made great changes In the traffic sit
uation and that life is safer today on
Portland streets than at any time since
automobile traffic became heavy.
Jail sentences for intoxicated auto
drivers were meted out with a liberal
hand last December," said Sir. Coffin,
'and there was need of harsh treat
ment. Fortunately, we have but little
complaint on that score now. During
the past month autoists who have of
fended have been arrested chiefly for
driving without lights and other minor
infractions of the law.
"There were 283 violations of the
traffic laws last December. We had
5S collisions, of which -5 were caused
by reckless or careless driving. We
had, besides, 21 cases of reckless driv
ing- and 41 cases of speeding.
"'January showed much improvement
over these conditions. There were 146
violations of the law, none were ar
rested for driving while intoxicated,
accidental auto collisions numbered
eight, and there were 14 collisions
caused by carelessness. None were
killed, either in January or February.
February If aM S3 Violation.
'There were S2 violations in Febru
ary, few being of a serious character.
These were ten cases of reckless driv
ing and there were 60 drivers brought
into court for speeding. Threa cases
were brought to our attention of intox
ication on the part of drivers during
the past month. - This is, of course, far
below former statistics.'
Business men and bankers are al
most unanimous in their declaration
that prohibition has eliminated a large
amount of economic waste.
Savings accounts have" grown in
number and. in volume, collections In
the retail stores are greatly improved,
ani tli is condition is reflected, in the
collections of the wholesalers; business
in nearly all retail lines has Improved
and a substantial part of this improve
ment is attributed to the fact that
much money that formerly went over
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SACRAMENTO GVAXGEMST
HOLD 1G SKRVICKS I X
FIRST FRKK MCTHO
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Htr. v. T. Klotxbari.
Revival meetings that opened
on Sunday in the First Free
Methodist Church. East Ninth
and East Mill streets, are well
attended. Rev. W. T. Klotzbach.
of Sacramento. preached to a,
large congregation last night.
Several members were added to
the church as a result. The
meetings will continue for 10 or
12 days longer. The public Is
invited. Rev. E. I. Harrington Is
pastor of the church.
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Clothes ideals
are realised
New Suits for Spring
$10 to $25
Second Floor
Morrison Street at rbnrtk
the bar now is finding its way into
legitimate channels.
Every bank in Portland reported yes
terday that the number of new savings
ccounts opened in January and Febru
ary exceeded the normal. The regular
savings accounts have grown appreci-
aDly. While it is impossible to deter
mine precisely how much of this new
business is due to prohibition, the
bankers know, by personal interviews
with some of their patrons, that many
en now are putting money into the
bank that heretofore spent it for
whisky.
Credit managers in some of the big
retail stores report that collections
have improved noticeably in the last
wo months and that a large number of
new accounts have been opened.
collections In the small retail gro
cery stores likewise have Improved.
Every grocery that has reported on
tnis supiect testifies to the imnrove-
ment of their business in this particular.
Realty and rental men generallv de
clare in almost unanimous voice that
prohibition has failed to show the
chilling influence which was predicted
Dy many prior to the election. While
almost all are agreed that little or no
harm has been done, some are not yet
willing to grant that any good has
come, though they admit the course of
time may bring wholesome effects.
Oood Stores Much In Demand.
In spite of the fact that saloons left
many corners and stores vacant in the
downtown districts, rental men say that
the demand for good store locations is
greater than the supply, and they have
never before been busier in looking up
locations to satisfy inquiring tenants.
The supposition !s that those who
were in the market for locations de
ferred making lease arrangements un
til after prohibition came. Evidently
there were so many who worked on
this premise that several prospective
tenants had their eyes on each choice
location.
Dealers in realty say that there is
an increasing demand for modest homes
in the outlying districts and those who
have been selling homes on the Install
ment plan find that the wage-earners
are more prompt and consistent in
keeping up their payments.
A great majority of the members ot
the realty fraternity look upon the ef
fects of prohibition optimistically and
even those who are' inclined to pes
simism do not declare that realty val
ues or rental returns have been de
creased materially as a result of the
dry law. -
OLYMPIA BOOZE TAKEN
rllOSKt'l TIVG ATTORNEY PROMISES
MOST THOROUGH HOUSECLEAMXG.
ROBBER REWARDS POSTED
Postal Authorities Offer $ 1 00 0 Each
for Train Holdup Men.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 29. The pos
tal authorities have authorized rewards
of $1000 each for the capture of the
two men who robbed the mallear of
the North Coast Limited train of the
Northern Pacific near Covington,
Wash., last Thursday night.
The robbers obtained $3000 m cur
rency shipped by a Tacoma bank. An
other package of $2000 in currency
was not taken. Fifty-seven pieces of
registered mail were stolen. Twenty-
five of these came from Tacoma. .Most
of the others' were from the Orient
and cannot be checked for several
weeks.
Police Ask for Redaction in Salaries so
Another Patrolman May Be En
eased to Battle With "Blind Piss."
OLYMPIA, Wash.. Feb. 29. (Special.)
Following an announcement that he
intended to give Thurston County the
best overhauling it has had for 20
years, George F. Yantis. Prosecuting
Attorney, organized a raid on two sus
pected places that netted a pint of
alcohol, half a pint of whisky, one
quart of ginger brandy, a gallon of
wine, another of punch and. one of
vermouth, eight pints of beer, a bottle
of creme ie menthe and a case of
empty flasks. Warrants were issued
for Oeorge and Thomas 'lay lor. pro
prietors of the former Oxford saloon.
and John Mcintosh.
The prosecutor attaches more im
portance to the empty flasks than to
those he found filled.
Prosecutor Yantis recently stopped
dice-shaking and other forms of cigar
store games of chance. He declares
that the programme of strict law en
forcement prosecutions will last at
least two months, and. that blind pigs
will receive especial attention.
Following this activity on the part
of the Prosecuting Attorney, Chief of
Police Caton proposed his own salary
of $90 a month be reduced, DO per cent
and $5 per month be taken off the pay
of $75 the three members of his force
each receives.. The Chief intends to
devote but half his time to directing
the force and to hire another patrol
man with the salary saving. His econ
omy programme was promptly accepted
by the Council.
be one between the wet and dry forces.
The vote cast was more than 80 per
cent of the total registration, although
few automobiles were used in bringing
out the vote.
Now that the commission election is
over. 18 candidates are preparing for
the annual Spring municipal primaries
which will be held March 7. This elec
tion will be hard fought, inasmuch as
it will bring forth a. strong effort to
eliminate two bocialists who are stand
ing for re-election to the Council.
Never Before a.
Sale Like This!
COUNCIL PLAN UPHFLD
ABERDEEN DEFEATS COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT 1S49 TO 862.
Opponents Accused of Infusing Prohi
bition Alignment nnd Com
bining: With Socialist!. M
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 29. (Spe
cial.) Aberdeen, for the second time
in four years, defeated commission gov
ernment here yesterday, the vote being
1849 against and 862 for. One argument
which gained many votes in opposition
to commission was that the city should
wait until its population was 20.000,
so that the citizens could draft their
own charter. Aberdeen's refusal to
adopt the commission plan leaves this
city the only second-class city in Wash
ington which still holds to. the Mayor-
Councilmanic plan.
The commission fight this year was
bitter and the issue rather confused
The commission men declare the So
cialists were united with the non-com
mission men in a fight to down the new
plan. The non-commission leaders
managed to make the fight appear to
No! No! No! Your
dentist doesn't want
you to lose your
teeth. Ask him
about
P(EB(EC
TOOTH PASTE
CANADA BAN HITS HERE
I Tood Itiver Expects C-Grade Apples
Will Compote In Market.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 29. (Spe
cial.) It is thought by local apple
sales agency officials that as a result
of the increased duties placed by the
Canadian government on this fruit
distribution will suffer severely during
the Fall marketing reason.
"The duty has been increased from
13 1-3 rents to 33 1-S cents per box,"
says Wilmer Siear, of the Applegrowers
Association, "and in addition to this a
war tax of 71'i' per cent of the invoice
price is levied.
"The increased tariffs will have no
direct effect on us. but by eliminating
from. Canada the shipments of C-grade
product of other districts they will
bring this large quantity of fruit in
competition with our apples in markets
of the Middle West."
STATESMAN'S WIDOW DIES
Sirs. V.. K. Slater, Pioneer of 1S53,
Passes at IjH Grande, Aged 81.
IA GRAXDE, Or.. Feb. 29. (Special.)
Mrs. K. E. Slater, aged 81. died today.
She was born in Kast Tennessee. Her
husband, James IL Slater, who died
about 20 years aco. was also a well-
wufifiuuiuiii i?
Stop Wishing and Waiting
This $435 XSlUL $650 Quality
"The Piano Anyone Can Play"
Manager says these 10 PLATER PIANOS MUST BE SOLD AT OXCE.
hence the lollowlnff sensational prices.
lvln(rlory Player ..........
Kur Ionic flayer 3M
I'reneott Player 310
(iaylord Player 3:t3
Weller Player 345
I-MVKR9AI, Player :5
I'rlmntone Player ........... 33
Vr:HHKK Player 4:i5
Krrll Auto Player 4IO
Lester Player 5i5
And many others, in fact the largest assortment to select from in the
city of Portland.
Don't Say You Can't Afford It
You can afford it you don't need the money all you need now ia
the will to buy a Player Piano Clearance Sale Prices and terms put
it within your reach you will find it ensy enough to pay $10 monthly
you paid that much to buy a mere piano.
Pianos Go Too!
Tes! the sensational bargain prices on our er.tire stock of PIANOS sttU
prevail. We must move them for NEW PIANOS en route. Pianos at
any price from $60 to $2l!5.
Today we are placing oij sale 10 splendid Upright Pianos that ordinar
ily cell for ?350, at & special price of $210. Better come and see them
AT ONCE.
Every Piano we sell carries the usual guarantee of satisfaction. We
give 12 months' trial. Thirty months in which to pay. .V little down
and as low as ?ti per month. Can anything be fairer?
CLEARANCE SALE IV ALL DEPARTMENTS.
Violins, Ouitars. Mandolins, Ukuleles and Band Instruments at lowest
prices. Sheet Music, of course.
Kdlson, Victor, Columbia '1'alk.lne: Machine, any mtyle nnd price
RECORDS, TOO! Main 3433
Two Kntranrrxt
151 Fourth t.
-t5 Morrison St.
Graves Music Co,
known figure In tho early history of
the state, having' been a Representa
tive in the lower branch of Congress
and in the United States Senate.
They came to Oregon in 1853, set
tling: in the Willamette Valley. In 1863
they moved to Walla Walla, and in 1864
they went to Auburn, in Baker County,
their team being: the first to cross the
newly constructed Daily road. They
settled in La Urande in 1866.
The surviving- members of the fam
ily are: Olive and John Slater, with
whom the mother made her home in
late years; James IX. an attorney of
La Grande; Woodson T-, an attorney of
Salem and former member of the Su
preme Court; Frank S.. cashier of the
National Bank of Canyon City; Mrs.
Nellie ;. Neill and Mrs. A. B. Cherry,
of U tJrande, and Mrs. Bertha Smith,
of Portland.
DRESS WARM AND
KEEP FEET DRY
Tells Rheumatism Sufferers to
Take Salts and Get Rid
of Uric Acid.
Horse-Stealing Case With Jury.
LA GRAXDE, Or., Feb. 29. (Spe
cial.) After two days of taking evi
dence, in which time the jury was
kept together night and day, the state
and defense rested tonight in the case
against James Childers and L. Burke,
charged with horse-stealing. The case
went to the jury late tonight.
Kumber of turn ployed.
Atchison Globe.
The number of unemployed would
be less if there weren't so many men
in search of lieht employment.
Coitfid
ence
ONCE destroy it and
the Walls of Failure
are thundering about
you.
It grows only in the soil of
honest, dependable and effi
cient service.
UrjFiiiJN JJArJijiii uoitee in
spires confidence because it
is always uniformly high
and dependable in character,
flavor, strength and fresh
ness, and likewise uniform
ly priced at 40c a pound.
Thus DEPENDABLE Cof
fee stands out favorably in
sharp contrast to brands
sub j ect to impulsive changes
which cause them to be sold
on the strength of reduced
price.
Trace "Feature D" in Dependable products.
All answers suitably rewarded.
It?' jf 40
a LB
"Country Club" at 35c
per pound is the equal of
many 40c coffees.
"Hespo" for those who pre
fer a 30c Coffee is as good
as you can buy at the price.
Ask Your Dealer
D 'WIGHT EDWARDS COMPANY, Portland, Or.
Rheumatism is no respecter of age,
sex, color or rank. If not the most
dangerous of human afflictions it is
one of the most painful. Those subject
to rheumatism should eat jess meat.
dress as warmly as possible, avoid any
undue exposure and, above all, drink
lots of pure water.
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid
which is generated in the bowels and
absorbed into the blood. It is the func
tion of the kidneys to filter this acid
from the blood and cast it out in the
urine; the pores of the skin are al.o
means of freeing the blood of this
impurity. In damp and chilly, cold
weather the skin pores are closed thua
forcing the kidneys to do double work.
they become weak and sluggish and
fail to eliminate this uric acid which,
keeps accumulating and circulating
through the system, eventually set
tling in the joints and muscles caus
ing stiffness, soreness and pain called
rheumatism.
At the first twinge of rheumatism?
get from any pharmacy about four
ounces of Jad Salts; put a tablespoon- '
ful in a glass of water and drink be
fore breakfast each morning for a
week. This is said to eliminate uria
acid by stimulating the kidneys to nor
mal action, thus ridding the blood of
these impurities.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless
and is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithi
and 4s used with excellent results by
thousands of folks who are subject to
rheumatism. Here you have a pleas
ant, effervescent lithia-water drink:
which overcomes uric acid and is bent,
ficial to your kidneys as well. Adv.
EASY TO DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
With Q-Ban. Harmless, No
Dye. Makes Hair Healthy
and Darkened Evenly.
Make this experiment. Looi in the
glass and see your gray, faded, prema
turely gray, dry or streaked with gray
hair. Now apply Q-Ban Hair Color Re
storer to hair and scalp like a shampoo.
Do this for only a few times. Then,
look in the glass and see ho-- all your
gray hair and entire head of hair has
turned to an even beautiful dark shade
with not even a trace of gray showing.
Q-Ban has acted on the roots and scalp,
making all your hair', whether gray or
not, wavy, fluffy, soft, thick, free from
dandruff and radiantly, beautifully,
evenly dark and fascinating. Q-Ban.
is a wonderful, absolutely harmless,
ready-to-use hair color restorer. No
dye or sticky mess, and sold on a
money-back guarantee. Try it. Only
50c for a big 7-oz. bottle at Huntley
Drug Store, Tortland. Or. Out-of-town
folks supplied by mail. Adv.
SBC WEEKS AUDniists
, XBBEAK-UP-ArCOLD
TAOI FTQ
I 1 - 3 lrliii. ColSm
m mm m r. yi
is nothing better. Adv,