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TIIE MORNING OREGON! AX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919. FOOD M AVERAGE IS CHEAPER Comparative Low Cost Portland Indicated. E in 22 STAPLES FORM BASIS department of Labor Bulletin on Trices Throughout Country In June Is Issued. If Portland has continued to hold Its own in the past four months as it did in June in the fisht against high prices, it must lead the United States for inexpensive foods. In the latest statistical bulletin, published month ly by the department of labor, the figures for June show that the aver age family expenditure, for 22 food articles combined and purchased on the basis of the cost of a year's sup ply at the prices charged in June, was $449.01. Salt Lake City comes next with S449.10, and Dallas, Tex., follows with J454.52. The majority of the big cities of the country were more than $600. Milk Coat Lesa KlNeirhere. The most common commodities, in dividually priced, do not show up as well as the totals. Bread, for in stance, stood at 9.9 cents, while some cities sold it for much less. Houston had It as low as 8.3 cents. Milk also makes an unfavorable comparison with other points, such as Minneap olis, Salt Lake and Indianapolis, where it was a fraction more than 12 cents, while Portland had it at 14.4. Kresh eggs are another item that was cheaper almost all over the coun try at that time. Portland had them listed at 51.8 cents, while Peoria, 111., was selling them at 43.1. One of the most noteworthy facts shown by the figures is that, despite the large amount of .canned salmon and cheese produced in this section, prices of these are among the highest in the country. Cheese is at 44.2 cents, with no change from the preceding- month. In St. Paul it was 39.8 cents, in Minneapolis the quotation was 40.1 and in Houston, Tex., 40.3 Salmon Cheaper in Kiint. The canned salmon stood at 36.2 as compared with Richmond, Va., where it was 26.7, and Indianapolis, 26.9. . Oregon people, as a rule, use the high-grade cheeses manufactured in this state, which bring more money everywhere they are sold. This prob ably accounts for the higher figure in the statistics. A similar condition also evidently exists in regard to the fish, the people living so close to the industry that they acquire a taste for the brands of higher quality. Since December, 1918, all figures have taken big jumps. In Portland prunes, which were 15 cents in June, reached 19.8. Sirloin steak that was 31.6 reached 34.5 cents in the summer. Other articles went up in about the tame proportion. Food Prices Compared. The following are a few of the com parative food prices in Portland and other cities, taken from the latest labor bureau statistics for June: "3 O O TJ t OJ o a -i P P p I 3 ARTICLE. P 3 '. 2 a : ? " ; ; o Sirloin steak... Kib roant J'ork chops. . . . Bacon Canned salmon 'resh milk..... Butter Cheese EsRS Coffee Potatoes Bread Kice Prunes . !34.S!4 J.o;3T.O!64.9 43.3 31.0 . :U.(i :0.0 32.8!4O.0i4.1!29.5 .4.1.0'.1S.0i3.:43.7l43.3l45.5 . Sil.S Bll.!)in3.7ir4.4:f..3l3.(l J30.2 31.9!28.Tl:t.-..l'32.8.2.0 .I14.4il3.3 14.010.0 1S.0I14.0 62.0 til.l 'U0.3iU3.3 KS.l IJ4.7 44. 2:41. 3' 43.0:42.2142.1 '40.9 51.8 4S.144. 3167.0 50.3:54.8 44.6 45.0 40.0142.2147.7 40.8 2.4 3.11 4.8 3.21 5.31 4.0 O.llilO.Ol B.DIlO.O lO.OilO.O 13B!14.1ll3.r.!13.3!l:5.4 13.7 30.2i25. 8123.8:35.1 125.223.9 SUGAR GROWERS PROTEST CCBAX MANIFESTO DEMANDS OPEN MARKET. KLAMATH RESERVATION ABLE TO SUPPORT 2000 FAMILIES Producing Capacity of $10,000,000 a Year Possible if Agricultural Lands Are Opened, "Banker Tells Business Men. w HAT the opening of the Klam ath Indian reservation would mean to Oregon in dollars and cents, why the members of the tribe are seeking distribution of the tribal funds and distribution of their ac cumulated property held by the gov ernment, were told the Portland busi ness men and bankers who were in Klamath Falls last week, in an ad dress by J. W. Siemens, president of the First State & Savings bank. He presented the matter that its merits might be understood, the Chamber of Commerce of Portland having- been invited to aid in obtaining support of the Oregon delegation in congress for a measure which it is intended to have introduced. Included in - the population of the reservations are members of the Klamath, . Modoc and Yahooskin band of Piutes, all advanced in the arts of civilization and united in desiring full citizenship. Captain Siemens said: "There is only about 17 per cent of real estate subject to county and state taxes in Klamath county. The cause of this is the ownership of the remainder in the government, consisting- of forest reservations, Crater lake national park, bird reservation. rec lamations, reservati6ns and the Klam ath Indian reservation. jRijg Income Poaalble. The Klamath Indian reservation consists of some 60 square miles, containing- 1.198,000 acres of land, di vided as follows: Timber land, 800, 000 acres, the remainder grazing and agricultural land. It is estimated that there are 11.000.000,000 feet of timber valued at $3 a thousand, which would total $33,000,000. Agricultural lands. C98.000 acres at $10 an acre. $3,980,000, in its raw state, ar.d if fully devel oped and in cultivation the value would be $29,850,000. The agricul tural lends are capable of maintain ing 2000 families, with a producing caracity of $5000 a family per annum, or a total of $10,000,000. 'The openirg of this reservation would mean taxable property which would furnish its quota to the state of Oregon nnd Klamath county to the vale of $62,850,000, and the tax on same would provide the treasury with $1,571,050 annually. In addition, there would be personal property to the extent of $720,000 and the income tax on it would be $15,900 yearly. Expenditorea Are Large. . "Automobiles on the reservation belonging to Indians valued at over $1000 number 42, value $42000; those valued at $700 number 22, total $15, 400. "There are 11,260 head of cattle, valued at $563,000, and 10,000 tons of hay, valued at approximately $100,000. In addition there are horses, which item I have not at hand, but which approximate $50,000 in value. -"There are 100 families whose ex penditures exceed $1500 per annum, 10 families whose expenditures ex ceed $2500 per annum, and 50 fam ilies whose expenditures exceed $1000 per annum, making a total of $225, 000 expenditures, not counting some BODIES TO BE RECOVERED U. S. OFFICER. TO BEItY AVI ATORS AN"D GET PliANES. 317 heads of families and adults for whom no estimate is made, being non-resident Indians whose expendi tures are less than $1000 per an num. "Occupations in which the Indians are engaged: 150 in livestock busi ness, two in logging operations and one each in the hotel business, res taurant business, wholesale meat and butcher business, garage owner, and two in real estate and insurance. "There are in the neighborhood of linn Tn.3I.mc . a ... V. estimated worth is from $30,000 to I $35,000 per capita, figuring on the timber alone. The distribution ot this timber and the manufacturing of it would amount substantially to the following: Value of timber $33. 000,000, logging $44,000,000, milling operations $55,000,000, transportation and labor $55,000,000, total $187,000, 000. Klaina-th Indiana Progressive. "About 100 of the Klamath Indians have been declared compefent to man age their own affairs and the Klam ath Indians as a whole are declared the most progressive and Intelligent tribe in the west. They are in dustrious and live in modern homes and are keeping step with the on ward march of civilization. Some of them engaged in the livestock busi ness have an income of from $10,000 to $15,000 per annum. "The Indians are now engaged in a fight to secure their pro rata parti tion of their estate, share and share alike, and should they be successful it would mean the making available of the Klamath forests which would necessitate the building of more rail roads to make available some 20.000, 000,000 feet of timber contiguous to the reservation. This would contrib ute an ' additional $340,000,000 to Klamath's industrial activities and prosperity. Justice la Wanted. "I want to make a plea to our guests for their assistance either in opening up this great reservation or for the distribution of the tribal as sets per capita, to allow this people to take their place in our strata of civilization, become citizens and tax payers and give them a chance to conduct their own affairs, have their own schools, their own directors, hire their own teachers and take up the burden of the white man to its fullest extent. I believe this is the true and only feasible way in which they can advance and learn how to become more valuable citizens. "In conclusion, let me say that the Klamath Indians sent their sons 'over there' when the call came and bought thousands of dollars of bonds and war savings stamps, in addition to fur nishing quantities of beef to help sus tain our fighting men and their na tion, thus proving their patriotism. "You know there are lots of people who think, the great war has been fought in .vain, because Ireland has not received self-government. That is just the way we feel about the Klamath Indians here." Connelly and Waterliouse Report ed Interred at Depth of 3 Feet at I.os Angeles Bay. MEXICO CITY. Oct. 20. Reporta published here relative to the alleged establishment of an American avia tion base at San Quentin, Lower Cali fornia, were branded as absurd and entirely groundless bv the American embassy, which last night issued a statement relative to American avia tors Cecil Connelly and Frederick B. Waterhouse, who have been missing for almost a month. The statement follows: "American Aviators Connelly and Waterhouse. attached to Rockwell field base at San Diego, Cal., left that base on August 2, near Calexico, in tending to fly to San Diego. These avitaors have been missing since that date. Advices have been re ceived by the state department in Washington that the bodies of the two aviators had been found partially buried at Los Angeles bay. Lower California, and that the persons who found the remains interred them at a depth of three feet. "Authorities of Lower California have granted permission for a burial party under an American officer to go to Los Angeles bay to recover the bodies and airplanes. This party, which includes Walter F. Boyle, American consul at Mexicali, will leave San Diego on a naval vessel." FOOD PRICES DROP SOME NATION-WIDE REPORT MADE ON 22 STAPLE ARTICLES. ONTARIO TO VOTE TODAY CANADIAN PROVINCE TO DE CIDE FATE OF PROHIBITION. Decreased Production Predicted Unless "Ample Margin of Protection" Is Obtained. HAVANA, Oct. 20. (By the Asso ciated Press) A manifesto issued last night by the organizing committee of the recently formed Cuban sugar growers and planters' association, ad dressed to the American people and press, demands an open market for its products. The association protests against an attempt arbitrarily to restrict sugar prices and declares that if Cuba can not obtain adequate prices or is not given "an ample margin of protec tion" decreased production of sugar automatically will take place, thus presenting a serious danger to all nations. The manifesto complains that the Cuban producers tbouid not partici pate in the $30,000,000 reserve accu mulated by the sugar equalization board and points out that the Increase in the price of sugar is not in pro portion to the increase in the cost of general articles of consumption im ported into Cuba. Cuba, the document continues, was disappointed in its hope of holding the allied European market and there fore should not lie under the restric tions of the last two crops but should obtain compensation in the open mar ket to offset the high cost or com modities purchased in the United States. Big Increase in United Farmers' Representation In Legisla ture Is Expected. TORONTO, Oct. 20. The electors of Ontario, doubled in number by the extension of tne franchise to women, will vote today on prohibition referendum and at the same time will decide the fate of the conservative government which has been in office since January, 1905, end of which Sir William Hearst is premier. There are four questions on the ref erendum ballot, namely: The repeal or perpetuation of the Ontario temperance act, a rigid pro hibition measure, instituted as a war measure, with the undertaking to submit the question to a popular vote upon the conclusion of the war; a proposal for the sale of light beer under government supervision: the sale of light beer in hotels in previ ously "wet" areas, and the sale of malt and spirituous liquors by gov ernment agencies. At the time of the dissolution of the legislature, which numbers 111 members. Premier Hearst, a conserva tive, had 72 supporters, the liberal opposition totaled 30, the united farmers' party two and two seats were vacant. A large increase in the number of united larmers represent atives is expected. , Among the 250 candidates there are only two women, Mrs. Henrietta Bundy, who is liberal candidate in the northeast division of Toronto, and Mrs. J. C. Sears of Ottawa. Four of the premier's supporters have been returned unopposed, including two members of his cabinets meeting of the Equality league, called to discuss the street railroad situation at the First Baptist church yesterday! The party was shouted down and made his disappearance amid cries from the audience of "We don't want any I. W. W. in this church!" Another dramatic incident occurred earlier when D. C Wymer, deputy in ternal revenue collector, who had per sisted In interrupting the speakers, marched down the aisle to the pulpit and, in mounting the platform, was grappled with by one of the officers of the league, when a woman's trem ulous appeal for "conduct as ladies and gentlemen in the house of God" in a manner quelled the uproar during the exodus of the audience. ROBBERS INVADE HOMES GOLDEN WEST HOTEL PROPRI ETOR LOSES JEWELRY. ESKIMOS FOUND IN ICE WELL-PRESERVED BODIES ARE THOUGHT CENTAURIES OLD. FIUME IS ACTIVE TOPIC i Rome Awaits Washington Decision With Anxiety. ROME, Oct. 20. (By the Associated Press.) There is in progress an active exchange of cables between the Rome and Washington govern ments concerning the last project of Signor Tittoni with regard to the Fiume and Adriatic questions.- The entire press maintains an at titude of great anxiety while await ing the decision of the Washington government. KICK UNCOVERS $35,000 Package Containing Valuable Drugs Turned Over to U. S. Agents. NEW YORK, Oct. ' 20. A casual kick at a package wrapped in news papers lying beside a path near Fort l.ee resulted in a police sergeant dis covering $35,000 worth of drugs yes terday. The package was turned over to federal agents who found 155, bottles of heroin, codeine ' and . other drugs. Dark Hair Disproves Belief That Aborigines of North Were Blondes; Bear Skins Worn. SEATTLE.Wash., Oct. 20. Discovery of prehistoric Eskimos, their dwell ings and implements, preserved under three feet of ice and earth near Bar row. farthest north ooint of civiliza tion in Alaska, was announced last night bv W. B. Van Valin. field ex pert of the University of Pennsyl vania, on his arrival in Seattle from Nome after two years exploration. Mr. Van Valin brought with mm bodies of Eskimos he found preserved from decay In the ice. also hundreds of skulls and a large quantity of im plements and clothing gathered at Barrow. He expressed the belief that the village had been hidden thousands of years. No legend of modern Ls- kimos shed light on the antiquity of the village, he says. The fact that he found a glacier under the village leads Mr. Van . Valin to believe the people lived after the glacial period. The bodies were in good condition and most of them had dark hair, dis proving the claim that the aborigines of the north were blonde people. The clothing worn was chiefly bearskins and not like that worn by the Eski mos of today. Burglar Entered House Through Rear Window, Scared Away by Retnrning Family. Four burglaries were reported to the police Sunday night. George M. Plover, 652 isast Sixty-first street north, re ported that a lavalliere had been stol en from his house. He told Inspector Moloney, who Investigated, that the family had returned home Just after the burglar entered the building through a rear window, and scared the intruder- away. M. Sadler. 964 Garfield avenue, re ported a watch stolen. J. W. DeYoung, 140 Alameda drive, was robbed of val uable jewelry by burglars who got into his home while he was away. In spectors Coleman and Morak investigated. George P. Moore, proprietor of the Golden West hotel, told Inspectors Ca- hill and Morris that burglars had en tered his home and had stolen Jewelry worth $200. . . . .. . ... Five Cities Show No Decrease, While Detroit Costs Go Down Five Per Cent. WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. Food prices are on the decline, the department of labor's bureau of labor statistics an-' nounced last night in a statement as serting that the retail price of 22 sta ple focdstufrs showed a decline of 2 per cent at the end of September, as compared with the last of August. The decrease, based on statistics fiom all parts of the country, is the first to be recorded since the worla war began, with the exception of a decline in June, when food was five- tenths of 1 per cent cheaper than in May. The price of the 22 staple food stuffs, however, is still 88 per cent above the average price for the same roods in 1913. Five cities of the country failed to enjoy the slight decline, while in Detroit prices were lowered 5 per cent. Onions and potatoes showed the greatest price decline, of 17 and 14 per cent, respectively. Cabbage, meats, cheese, flour and sugar also were lower. Raisins went up 8 per cent during the month and were fol lowed in a climb of greater or less degree by rice, eggs, salmon, butter, beans, canned vegetables, coffee and cornmeaL ROAD NEARS COMPLETION to Macadamizing Work at Divide Be Finished In Week. EUGENE, Or., Oct, 20.-(Special.) Another week of favorable weather will allow the state highway commis sion to complete the macadamizing of the highway at Divide, according to E R. Spencer, county commissioner, ard the highway will then be in good cordition as far south as the over head crossing. ' The old road south of the crossing, for a distance of half a mile or more, will be used this winter. - It is planned to open the Walker Cottage Grove section of the highway for traffic next Saturday, said Com missioner Spencer. This section has been closed for several months on ac count of rebuilding the highway to eliminate several dangerous railroad ci ossings. COLONISTS' THREATS WIN Members of Australian Territorial Government Leave. LONDON, Oct. 20. Members of the territorial government of the north ern territory of Australia have yield ed to threats from the colonists there and left Port Darwin on Saturday. Their departure followed a demand by the colonists for the institution of a representative government and the right to vote, and a request that the territorial government officials leave by the first steamer "in order to avoid a revolution." Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070, A 6095. MUTINY CHARGES FAIL Four Survivors of British Schooner Onato Exonerated. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 20. The four survivors of the crew of the British schooner Onato, who were charged with mutiny by Captain Sullivan of the American steamship Zirkel, were exonerated yesterday by T. P. Porter, the British consul, after an inquiry. They will be sent to their homes in Newfoundland in a few days. The men were rescued from the Onato, which was drifting helplessly in midocean October 8 and the schooner set adrift. Captain Brus- kett, master of the Onato. and hia brother Ernest, the first mate, had been killed. Baker. TjLANS that "gang aglee," and J- tangle and foul and enmesh one another, till the most resourceful planners are confounded, are the im pelling motives in "Polly With a Past," which opened at the Baker theater Sunday. The play is splen didly mounted and the Baker players give full emphasis t- the telling situations and clever lines that gave the George Middleton-Guy Bolton comedy a run of 350 nights at the Be lasco theater. New York. The lingering and compelling in fatuation of Rex Van Zile for an enchanting girl reformer invades the apartment of his two friends, an in terior decorator and a broker, who in self-defense against his melan choly plan to assist him in his cam- UPROAR HALTS PRAYER I. W. w'.s' Shouts Mark Stormy End to Church Meeting. DES MOINES. Ia., Oct. 20. A mem ber of the Industrial Workers of the World, mingling his shouts for the proletariat with the benediction as the pastor, marked the .close. of a stormy Makes a hit the first time says (?3o&&g STIES Com flakes that make you wonder if there coud be anything, betten TODAY Alf must have had some place, judging from the glee the crowds are get ting out of "UP IN ALF'S PLACE" The latest Mack Sennet t giggle gust Then there's "SIX FEET FOUR" The Big A 11 American pic ture of the great open spaces where men act first and think afterwards. YES, WE STILL BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST SHOW IN TOWN! t i I i i i i Coming Saturday Constance Talmadge paign to win her hand. The charm ing reformer finding no interest In the lackluster past of her admirer, his obliging friends decide to provide him with an interesting connection with an adventuress. To make sure that the adventuress shall not double- cross the plotters, they elect their parlor maid, Polly, to the siren po sition. From the New "York apartment of the plotting friends the fortunes of the downcast Romeo, his haughty reformer-idol and his annexed siren shift to the summer home of his family. Here Polly, who has been provided with a French name, a French accent, and an international reputation that all but smokes, shocks the staid village but not for long Into helpless silence, and the campaign for the hand of the f emi-; nine reformer seems to progress mer rily, as feminine Jealousy rears its head. Two interruptions almost annihilate the plans while they are still sim mering. The first is that of Stiles. a derelict under'the wing of Myrtle. the social uplifter. who knew Polly as the daughter of Parson Shannon, back in Gilead. O. The second is that of Prentice Van Zile, uncle of Rex, who Is generally conceded to know and who admits knowing all there is to Know about women. Lee Millar, as the chief plotter, en lists Instant interest In the story', with Irving Kennedy, an admirable alder and abettor. Anna McXaugh ton. as the mother of the savior of human wreckage, is a delightfully human figure. George R. Taylor ex tracts the ultimate out of the lines of Stiles, the derelict, and George P. Webster is a rollicking commodore. Prentico Van Zile. as the uncle, gives a good picture ,of the complacently sage business man, and William Lee has a bit which stands out. At first contact a figure dejected and desireful of sympathy, David Herblin and his part develop together till he stands alone, confounds plot ting friends and rejects their aid. His handling of an exacting role earns him high praise. In the title role of Polly, Verna Felton enchants all with her cheerfully given services and with her artfully set traps. As a mere maid Mayo Methot appears and disappears in a self-effacing manner that wins appreciation for her technique. Harry T.rhardfon Lee Millar Rex Van Zile David Herblin Prentice Van Zile, Rex's Uncle John G. Fee Stiles .' Oeoree R. Taylor Clay Collum, an interior decorator IrvlnR Kennedy A Stranger William Lee Commodore "Bob" Barker. Geo. P". Webster Polly Shannon Verna Felton Mrs. Van Zile, Rex's mother Claire Sinclair Myrtle Davis Geraldine Dare Mrs. Clementine .Davis, her mother Anna McNauKhton Parker, a maid Mayo Methot Child Fractures Arm. Leonard Schnelderman, 3 years old, fell off the porch of his home at 410 Harrison street Sunday night, and fractured his left arm. He is in Good Samaritan hospital. KEARTBUUM or heaviness after meals are most an noying manifestations of acid-dyspepsia. KM1QI pleasant to take, neutralize acidity and help restore normal digestion. MADE BT SCOTT BOWNE MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION k iiM-n V. w t? l: j I r ' ll jj p-jj i The Whole Family Brightens Up when someone starts playing the. Euphona Inner -Player Dad lays down his paper, mother; stops hejknittihg,- sister closes hec. book and .every Jace takes on.a happy, smile .when the music starts. The Euphona is -die king of all - carp;chasers. long, winter, even ings change ,to short, happy cveriijigs, 'ancl everyone has a good timet The Euphona, once you' hear it, will change -your' whole conception of what a player piano really dfces. It's DIFFERENT. Ill PLAYERS M 72 otmeb arc Come in and -hear' -the Euphona play your favorite' piece of music MORRISON ST. AT BROADWAY MASON AND HAMLIN PIANOS 5I TALKING MACHINES,') RECORDS! SAM FRANCISCO. OAKLAND. PltCSMO. SAM DtKSO SAM JOSE. IACSAM CNTO. LOS ANttLU PLAYING Charlie Chaplin or Mack Sennett never turned out spontaneous laughs like you get out of "The Romance of Portland" The Home-Made Portland Movie which was intended to . be serious, but well Then there's Big Mitch Lewis in "FAITH OF THE STRONG" A Northwoods Classic PEOPLES Coming Saturday "THE LIFE LINE" As the Tough Street Urchin LL THIS WEEK MARY PICKFORD IN "THE HOODLUM" f.i"t'":. Is a char acter you'll manage to get at least 999 laughs out of. 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