THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 11, 190Q.
:BIC IRRIGATION PROJECT
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BAXHR CtTT, Or., Nor. JSOt An im
mense storage Irrigation system for a
portion of Powder River Valley la planned
and being- promoted In Baker City. Pow
der River Is the only stream of any Im
portance available for watering this val
ley, and even then In the Bummer season
' does not afford enough -water to Irrigate
much of the land. Reservoirs for stor
ing water In the wet season Is the hope
of the undeveloped agricultural region, as
in most other sections of arid Eastern Ore
gon. A bona fide effort to construct such
a reservoir In the Powder River Valley
causes all landowners to view the enter
prise with much interest.
The Powder River Land & Irirgation
Company Is the name of the conoem that
contemplates the work. During the past
week the company had J. C Ulrich, the
noted Government authority on Irrigation
matters, visit the ground and report oa
Its feasibility. Before Mr. Ulrlch's serv
ice could, be had, permission of T8tv1 Com
missioner Hermann had to bo secured
for him to leave Colorado and Wyoming,
-where bo Is at present engaged. Mr.
Ulrica reported to the company that the
projeot was feasible, from the engineer's
view point, as well as practicable from the
farmer's. Not being familiar with the
volume of the Powder River In the wet
season, he was unable to say how much
water could be Impounded then. Those
-who know the vast Quantities of water
rushing with torrent force down this
stream do not Question that the 2SO.000.000
cublo foot reservoir now planned can bo
Quickly filled, and that the second reser
voir of about equal capacity, which is be
ing considered In case the first proves In
sufficient, can also be stored during a
short period of the wet season.
The canal to supply the reservoir t-pa
Powder River five miles above Baker City,
and Is 11 miles long before reaching the
reservoir. Two miles east of the city Is
the proposed site of tho first reservoir.
A distributing ditch will then lead 10 or
IS miles down through Powder River Val
ley, passing through what is known as
Burnt Hollow, where the placing of the
second reservoir Is contemplated. A dam
CO feet high. 20 feet wide at the top, and
2300 feet long, will fence off a basin about
three-quarters of a mile In diameter, to
form the first reservoir. Mr. Ulrlch's
estimate of the cost of this dam Is $126,0)0.
The dam across the mouth of Burnt Hol
low, where the second reservoir Is con
templated, will cost about $75,000. The
supply, or Inlet canal, is estimated to
cost $40,000, and tho outlet canal $10,000.
As it is necessary to construct only the
first reservoir for the commencement of
the enterprise, the total estimated cost
is $176,000. The company has control of
about 7000 acres of land that will be made
tributary to the ditch, and by extending
the distributing canal a little further than
It is now staked, approximately 10,000
acres more can be reached.
Project Is Practicable.
A few Baker City business men organ
ized the Powder River Land & Irrigation
Company last December. The officers are:
J. H. Parker, president; W. J. Patterson,
vice-president; William Pollman, treas
urer; Fred R. Mellls, secretary; F. S.
Lack, t superintendent; J. I Rand, attor
ney: C. M. Foster, surveyor, and J. H.
Parker, P. Basche, William Pollman, F.
S. Lack, W. J. Patterson, Isldor Fuchs
and F-ed R. Mellls, directors. The com
pany has not tho capital to carry on the
- work-of construction, but has- expended
-""756naraDe'moriey In getting the project
into siape so lhat outside capital may be
interested. Now that Mr. Ulrlch has
reported favorably. Eastern or foreign
capitalists will be asked to Inspect the
project. One of the Important conditions
prescribed by Mr. Ulrlch was securing
contracts with landowners, who will be
affected, -for at least the capacity of the
canal and reservoir. These contract
wiltfbe solicited immediately, conditioned,
of course, upon construction being com
pleted. Farmers will be asked to sign
an) agreement to take so much water.
WSen a sufficient number of these men
ate "signed up, the members of the corn
piny believe little difficulty will be experi
enced in drawing the attention of capital,
for profits will then be a matter of arith
metical calculation.
After speaking generally of the tract
to be irrigated, Mr. Ulrlch says in his report:-
I Stall of this area Is sagebrush country,
almost perfectly level throughout xne half
I nearest the river, and gently undulating
as the hills to the east are approached.
Its Quality is uniformly first class, except
in a few spots, which show boqo alkali;
and the half lying to the east, adjacent
( to the foothills, is unsurpassed in Quality
by any land found in this part of the
country.
i
Irrigation Will Be Effective
"The climate does not appear to differ
,. materially from that which characterizes
most" of the arid belt in Colorado and
Wyomine, except that the Winters and
Springs are marked by greater humidity,
and tbo date when Irrigation must be be
gun lsAoorrespondlngiy later, and the
-period during srhloh It is required Is some-
what ahorter. From the testimony which
I have received from ranchmen, and oth-
ers who have lived in tie valley many
years; it does not appar that much irri
vgatlon is needed during tho months of
April and May. there being usually consid-
terabla rainfall then, though those who
have facilities for doing so find it greatly
to their advantage to irrigate the land
thoroughly which is under cultlvatSoa at
this tlmo. It is during the months of
June, July and August, and particularly
in July, that the greatest need for water
,1b felt, and It Is then that shortage of
supply Is experienced In the river.
,j "The rainfall recorded at tnls station,
as furnished by the signal officer located
ai Baker City, exceeds but slightly that
t experienced In Colorado and Wyoming,
the normal for tho year being given for
about 16 inches. But the absence of high
'winds, which prevail in most portions of
the arid region. Insures that a given
amount of precipitation is retained longer
In the sou, and. less water is required hero
than is found necessary in most of the
- arid region -enjoying the same amount of
rainfall.
Whero water for early irrigation can
be obtained or application during the
months of April and May, and the land Is
-vfell soaked prior to June 15, it does not
appear that more than one Irrigation wfu
be required for ordinary crops, such as
TFbcat, oats, potatoes, eta, after June 15,
end two -irrigations should suffloe for al
jfalfa -and most other crops, after this
date. In the absence of statistics upon
(this point, it would be impossible for me
o say definitely how much water would
bo required for the successful conduct of
agricultural operations in this valley, and
I ,mut base my conclusions on this
' .point upon the results accomplished, in
Colorado, Wyoming and Utah "under sim
ilar conditions. In Colorado it has been
my experience that it requires from six
"to nine inches of water in depth to ac
complish thoroughly an Irrigation: the
smaller figure being found sufficient for
Iqost crops where the land is compara
tively level, and where care and skill is
exercised in its application. Assuming,
therefore, that one-half the area which
will be farmed in this valley will be grain,
which -after June 1 to 15. will usually re
quire only one application of water, and
ttfaat-tfce other 'half will be alfalfa and
other crops requiring two irrigations after
this, data, Jt may be safely assunvid that
one and one-half irrigations will be suf
ficient for the whole area after June 15.
Heeded "Water Can Be Stored.
'Under this assumption it would appear
that the amount of tfater required wouldj.
be three-quarters of an acre foot applied
after June IS each year to the whole area.
This volume would have to be supplied
by storage, since the river after this date
cannot be relied upon to furnish water for
direct Irrigation, It is my opinion that
there Is no question at issue concerning
the amount of water available for tho re
quirements of this enterprise, provided the
company can at reasonable expense con
struct reservoirs of sufficient capacity and
suitable location to serve the lands which
It Is here proposed to reclaim."
Mr. Ulrich recommends that a supply
canal of at least 100 cubic feet per second
be constructed, as it will be used for di
rect Irrigation from the river until after
Juno, 15, and will also be required to fill
the big reservoirs during tho wet or waste
season. A deep, narrow canal for the
work of supplying Is recommended from
experience in such work in other arid
regions. The reservoir, estimated to hold I
about 230,000,000 cubic feet, he says, "will '
THE VOTE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
COUNTIES.
Complete: tOiia
Seattlo count shows
discrepancy will be
Q i & : : : : : a : o : : :
. .!::!jp55 :
i-L-i ' 1 ' t-I I ' I ' - 1
Adams .................. 62 214 80
Asotin 69 13
Chehalia 1643 799 750 ... 1330 835 453 ...14401440 C52 662 778 ...
Chelan .. .. CO . ... 100 25
Clallam ... .. 230 ... 009 468 1601 ... 626 624 364 S71 257 ...
Clark 16451993 652 ...15181262 2561 ... 1611 1611 987 , 967 .624 ...
Columbia 896 712 184 ... 837 75Sf 79 ... 8S4f 886 Tfllf 697f 1S5 ...
Cowlitz . 545 500 J ... 500 ...
Douglas 515 OS ... 101 S99 626 ...'227 438 449 669 566 ... 130
Ferryv .... 413 365 901 ... 636 432 416 819 81S ... 400
Franklin ... 60...., 100 50
Garfield 523 437 91 ... '451 601 ... ' CO 50S 500 426 427 76 ...
Island - 150 100 125 ...
Jeiterson .. 300 ... .-. 025 285 ...
Kingf 10071 79S2J 2,039 ... 8741 9012 ... 271 S741 9134 8O0CJS9 400 ...
Kitsap 834 499 335 ... 807 6C5 242 ... 851 53 494 617 350 ...
Kittitas .... .s 200
Klickitat v. 350 330 350 ...
Lewis C 1004 1371 533 ... 17941511 253 470 ...
Lincoln 250 700 .- 300
Mason a 60 60 ...
Okanogan 320 ..i
Padflc 60S 293 500 ... 658 313 323 ... 450 ...
Pierce :. 59703549 2,421 ... 47215118 ... 397 6015 5681 3204 30621 2,715 ...
San Juan 433 263 170i 145 ... 153 ...
Skagit. 681 .. 303 ...I 612 ...
Skamania .IIA ... 2SJ 1 j ... 431 ... ... ... ... ...) 30
Snohomish )287S2372 6601 ...2501 2761 ... 275) ...... 600...
Spokane '... 153941 50S3- 61 ... 4548 5872 ... 13315264 5328 50S6 4083 262...
Stevens .1 . 800
Thurston ., 300 420 300 ...
Wahkiakum -.:. 319 180 190... 266 203 S6 ... 298 297 187 183 100 ...
Walla Walla 21231541 C82 ... 1907 1T"7 330 ...2055 207414551457 610 ...
Whatcom 1269211444 1,250 ... 3670 19o4 700i 900 ...
Whitman 12366128261 ...1460 2050 3123 ... 1063 2358 2344 2735J2705 ...1377
Yakima V. . I 483J... Aj3A l -
Totals 13,8S6I139lT3....42646939 ..Jrj ... ...J12A7712648
Net plurality ........l2.4957.......... ...2676 ... ...f ...f ...f 9,529 ...
cleared up by the official count.
be about sufficient to cover 6400 acres to a
depth of one foot. If, as herinbefore as
sumed, tho application of water after
June 35 to an average depth of three
quarters of a foot will suffice for tho re
quirements of an acre of land, the same
having previously been well Irrigated
without the agency of tho reservoir, the
amount of water thus impounded will be
sufficient to complete ' the irrigation of
about S500 acres." If the supply canal
has a capacity of 60 cubic feet a second.
Mr. Ulrich estimates that it will fill the
first reservoir In 45 days of continuous
running. Cost of construction, he says,
will be rather heavy, but not to such an
extent as to render the system Imprac
ticable. After the 10-mlle point of the
supply canal Is passed, cost Is then a
minimum. The outlet canal skirts the
rolling foothills, from which position a
belt of land from three to five miles in
width between it and the river may be
watered effectively- Should the second
reservoir at Burnt HolldV be constructed,
another large area would be opened for
Irrigation. Closing his report, Mr. Ul
rlch says:
Load Values Will Be Raised.
"This enterprise, taken as a whole,
possesses considerable merit. The cost
of the plant per acre of land reclaimed Is
considerably above the average of those
constructed throughout most of the arid
region, except In California. This is, of
course, a disadvantage, and a possible
element of weakness. On the other hand.
It enjoys many decided advantages not
usually possessed by such enterprises.
Its Immediate proximity to a vigorous,
growing town like Baker City, which Is
the natural distributing point for an im
portant and prosperous mining region,
constitutes an asset of undoubted value.
The unquestioned natural superiority of
the land to be reclaimed, and Its Immedi
ate proximity to Baker City, are advan
tages enjoyed by few similar enterprises
-nlth which I am familiar. Unless I am
much mistaken in the quality of the land,
'it will be worth from $ W to $50 an acre
within five years of the date upon which
this plant is completed."
JTctt Councilman at Tho Dalles.
THE DALLES, Nov. 10. At the meet
ing of the City Council lost evening, F. H.
Wakefield, ex-Assessor of Wasco County,
was elected Councilman from the Second
Ward, to succeed Hon. A. A Jayne, re
signed. Washinfftoxx Notes.
The new school building at Davenport
Is nearlng completion.
A saloon at Harrington was robbed of
$15 Wednesday morning. '
A poultry show will be held at Walla
Walla the last week In January.
The corner-stone of the new Christian
Science Church at Tacoma was laid
Thursday.
The liowis County Ministerial Associa
tion will meet to organize Tuesday, No
vember 13, at Chchalls.
Tho sale of railroad tickets from North
Yakima to points on the line of the
Northern Pacific during October amount
ed to over $5000.
President E. A. Bryan, of the Washing
ton Agricultural College, left last week
for New Haven, where he will attend the
National Association of Agricultural Col
leges, to be held November 12 to 15.
It Is reported that Samuel Gllpatrick,
of Stanwood, was so angry on receiving
the news over his telephone that McKin
ley waB elected that he tore down the
Instrument and threw it into the river.
The sale of stamps at North Yakima
last month was the greatest in the his
tory of the office, $1146 78. The sale for
the corresponding month last year was
$988. For the seven months of the year
Just closed there Is an increase over the
same period last year of $142 61.
One hundred and fifty Tacoma sports
men have organized the Dlerlnger Shoot
ing Club, and have leased from Crawford
Anderson 320 acres of land, which will
be turned Into a preserve. H. T. Denham
has been elected president of the new
club, and Frank Klessig secretary.
Smallpox is Taging in -uornton, 20 miles
north of Colfax, where there are about
two dozen cases, none considered serious.
The county has hired a trained nurse and
sent her to take care of the worst cases.
The disease has spread rapidly, and much
uneasiness is felt. There are no case3 in
any pther part of the county.
Ralph Sheldon and John Herring, the
two boys apprehended at Seattle a week
ago for sandbagging Emil Brandt at Sno
homish, on the night of October 30, were
arraigned before, Justice of the Peace C
W. Graham Friday. Herring had made a
statement practically admitting their
guilt at the time of the arrest, and both
waived examination and were bound over
to the Superior Court In $50) bonds. In
default of -which they were again lodged
In the County Jail at Everett. Mr.
Brandt, their 'victim, is fast recovering,
and wlllvundoubtedly fully recorerv-
DAY FOR GIVING THANKS
AXXVAJt FROOXiAKATIOar OS THE
GOVER2TOB. OV OREGON.
Thursday, November 29, the National
Holiday, Is Set Aside People Hsvr
Bnch, to JJe Grateful For
SALEM, Or., Nov. 10. Governor Geer
today issued the following Thanksgiving
proclamation:
"In conformity with a time-honored cus
tom established by President Washington,
111 years ago, at the suggestion of Con
gress to "recommend to the people of the
United States a nay of public thanksgiv
ing and prayer, to be observed by the ac
knowledging with grateful hearts the
many and signal favors of Almighty
God,' the President of the United States
has set apart Thursday, the 29th of No
vember, as the day upon whlch.our-people
that Rosrers has over 700 plurality. The
are requested to rest from their labor
and give thanks to the Supreme Ruler
of the universe for the many blessings
vouchsafed to them during the past
year.
"The people of Oregon have special rea
sons for engaging In the thanksgiving
exercises, since this has been one of the
most satisfactory years In all lines of
material prosperity our state has ever
known. At no time in our history can It
be said that our people have enjoyed
greater freedom from contagious or other
diseases, or from want or calamity of any
kind. There Is an abundance of the nec
essaries of life everywhere, easily within
the reach of all classes of our people,
.and as high a percentage of our popula
tion Is 'employed upon terms of satis
factory remuneration as has ever prevail
ed In the history of the state. Our schools '
are liberally supported, largely by the
munificence of the general government
through the agency of a perpetual endow
ment, and ore well attended In all our
rural as well as In our more populous dis
tricts. Ourpeople are orderly and peace
prevails everywhere within the domain
of our cherished commonwealth whose
future Is undlmmed by any presage of
untoward circumstances.
"On the occasions of our indulgence in
general thanksgiving, wo should not fall
to remember with grateful hearts the
courage and high purpose that animated
our pioneer fathers and mothers, who,
with a fortitude surpassed only by the
children of Israel, sought out and re
deemed thl3 promised land of the West,
and not only gave It to us, their de
scendants, as a goodly heritage, but added
It permanently to the growing Jurisdic
tion of a conquering civilization, to be
enjoyed and shared by those who, In later
years, have come among us to become
a part ofr our stable citizenship. We have
a form of government, both state and
National, under which the greatest meas
ure of freedom Is guaranteed to the hum
blest citizen, as well as to those pos
sessed of a greater portion of material
wealth. To all these Is to be added the
privilege of worshiping God according to
the dictates of the Individual conscience.
"Recognizing that, as a Christian Na
tion, It Is our duty to praise God, from
whom all blessings flow, I, T. T. Geer,
Governor of Oregon, do hereby designate
Thursday, the 29th day of November,
1900, as a day of general thanksgiving
and praise to the Giver of all good for the
unnumbered mercies granted us during
the year and century Just closing, and I
recommend that our people, as far as pos
sible, abstain from their usual vocations
on that day, and that It may be devoted
In some appropriate manner to an ex
pression of gratitude to the Lord of Hosts
for his remembrance of us as a Nation
and state, and that deeds of charity may
be -performed wherever possible. In cases
where the burdens of our fellow men,
through misfortune or other causes, may
be reached by the tangible evidences of
the promptings of generous hearts.
" "Let us come before his presence with
thanksgiving.'
"Done at the Capitol, at Salem, on this
the JOth day of November, in the year of
our Lord, nineteen hundred.
"By the Governor, T. T. GEER."
KORTHWEST DEAD.
Mrs. 31. S. Donahue, of Engeno.
Mrs. M. S. Donahue died at her home
in Eugene, November 6, of paralysis, aft
er an illness of three days. Deceased was
born In Pennsylvania In 1828. Several
years of her early life were spent In Ne
braska. In 1862 she carao to Baker Coun
ty, Oregon,and then to the Willamette
Valley. Her husband died In ISSJ. Since
then, she had, for most of the time, re
sided in Portland, and was an influential
member of the Taylor-Street" Church, lu
that city. She had been a resident but a
short time prior to her death. Two chil
dren, R. M. Donahup and M. C Donahue,
of Portland, survive her.
Ttto Deaths at The Dalles.
THE DALLES, Or., Nov. 10. James
Lane died last night at his home In this
city, at tho age of 25 years. Some months
ago Mr. Lane was kicked In the back by
a wild horse, to which Injury his death
was attributed. He left a -wife. De
ceased had resided in this city about 10
years, and conducted a transfer business.
Geneva, the 8-year-old daughter of
Louis Frits, of this city, died last night,
after a two weeks illness with scarlet
fever.
TVnUam Stewart, of John. Day.
HEPPNER, Or Nov. 10. A. report
reached here last night from John .Day
that William Stewart had died of lock
jaw. Her was a prominent Grant County
stockman, and was recently hooked in the
leg by a vicious cow.
Fay Taxes Wltn County Warrants.
HEEPNER, Or., Nor. 1.0. The Morrow
County Court yesterday made an import
ant order allowing the Sheriff to accept
in" payment for all taxes, dollar, for. dol
lar, county warrants, on which no in-
Partial Est. Partial Est, Partial Est.
voto. plu. vote, plu. vote. plu.
MS WS3'o?3S-re0'2E?S3
terest had accumulated or was claimed.
The county's excellent financial condi
tion admits of this being done. It Js prac
tically out of debt. Treasurer Llchten
thal yesterday turned over to Clerk
Crawford canceled warrants, school or
ders, etc, he had paid, amounting to
$S000, and today received from Sheriff
Matlock $9000 taxes collected.
Kerr Oregron Incorporations.
BATVravT, Pr.. Nov. Ml Artioles of in
corporation were filed In the office of Seo
ietary of State Dunbar this week as follows:1-
5E P. Isaacs Mining Company, Portland;
$50,000; Edwin S. Isaacs. John Fulton,
Edwin 9. Buffum.
Craig Ditch Company, Bnterprise, Wal
lowa County; $400; George S. Craig, SalKe
B. Craig, NV. F. Craig.
Bonanza Lodge, No. 143, X. Q. Ov F
Bonanza, Klamath County; $1200; S. H.
Patterson, John S. Shook, Henry Vinson.
Porcupine Hydraullo Mining Company,
Portland, $30,000i George M. Miller, C C
Newcastle, L G. Davidson.
Foshay & Mason, Albany; $30,000; D.
P. Mason, R. C Stlllmacher, Flora A.
Mason; object, to conduct a -drug busi
ness. Consolidated Implement Company. Port
land; $10,000; A. H. Breyman, J. F. 0IXn
nell, W. L. Archambeau.
Standard Carpet & Furniture Company,
Portland; supplemental articles changing
the name to "Taubenheimer & Schmeer'
Carpet & Furniture Company.
East Fork. Irrigating Company, Hood
River; supplementary articles increasing
the capital stock to $50,000.
Tho Northwestern Guaranty Company,
Moro; $10,000; W. H. Moore. H. A. Moore,
L H. Moore.
Comio Criticisms.
Portland Evening Telegram.
The Tacoma papers are the funniest in
the land. No comic sheet of the times
equals them in humor. Here, for in
stance, is the News saying: ,
Governor Rogers' re-election, -whila the re
mainder of the fusion state ticket suffers de
feat, 'is primarily duo to Republican treachery
In Seattle.
There Is a lot more of this sort of ac
cusation, and fierce and furious charge3
that Seattle threw Frink down, and yet
the same paper publishes these among
other returns from Pierce County and
Tacoma: JdcKInley's majority, 22S2; Cush-
man's majority (Republican candidate for
Congress), 3032; Jones' majority (Republi
can candidate for Congress), 2542; Rogers'
majority over Frink, 397. Thus Rogers,
Democratic candidate for Governor, in
Pierce County, Including Tacoma, ran
2649 ahead of Bryan, and an average of
over 3000 ahead of the Democratic candi
date for Congress; and yet the Tacoma
paper alleges that Frink -was betrayed
and beaten In Seattle. To an outsider it
looks as if the alleged "treachery" of
which Frink was the victim occurred in
Tacoma as much as anywhere But what
could be expected? The Tacoma papers
had been supporting him vociferously and
voluminously during the campaign.
XSpldemlo of Diphtheria.
OREGON CITY, Nov. 30. Heposts from
Canby today Indicate that the diphtheria
epidemic is becoming serious among chil
dren. Another death occurred last night,
the victim being the 4-year-old child of
Jacob Smith. There are now seven well
doveloped cases, four children in the
-Hutchinson -family being ill with the com
plaint, and a child of City Marshal H. C.
Gilmore is not expected to recover. Both
the Canby and Riverside schools were
ordered closed yesterday until the epi
demic abates. At first the disease was
believed to be tonsilltls.
Dipatch-Boat Back from. Nome.
SEATTLE, Nov. 10. The Army dispatch-boat
Seward arrived from Nome
today with 53 passengers, most of whom
are returning Government employes. The
transport Oopack. bound for Manila with
a cargo of horses and mules from this
port, was spoken by the Serwardat Dutch
Harbor.
Syndicate to Build Nome Railway.
TACOMA, Nov. 10. R. O. Lazier, Just
returned from Nome, claims to be backed
by an English syndicate In the project to
build a. partially surveyed railroad from
Granite Harbor to Council City, in the
Golovln Bay district, a distance of S5
miles. He says the route offers no seri
ous difficulties to construction.
Contract Price for Prisoners' Meals.
FOREST GROVE, .Or.. Nov. 10. Wash
ington County prisoners will be fed for
the next 12 months at the expense of 14
cents per meaL This Is the contract
price, In response to an' advertisement for
sealed bids.
Received, at Asylum.
SALEM, Or,, Nov. la-Henrletta Rob
ertson, aged 34 years, and a resident of
Falls City, Polk County, was received at
the asylum today.
Oreson Pfota.
The bell for the Dallas College has ar
rived. Wilbur Academy is equipping' a gym
nasium. Eagle Point organized a football team
last week.
An athletic association has been formed
at Falls City.
The militia company of Albany wants
to play football with the Eugene com
pany. Tho annual meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture will be hela at Salem, De
cember 11.
University of Oregon freshmen will play
football with the Portland Academy eleven
at Eugene, November 24.
E. J. Farlow and F. M. Drake, while
hunting last Sunday, shot a pure white
quail, says the Ashland Recall.
The Port Orford-Myrtle Point mail
route is now on Winter schedule, and
three mall-carriers ore employed.
Pupils of the Baker City schools are
complying with tho vaccination require
ment, and very few have left school.
At Dallas is an apple tree laden with
blossoms, and fully developed fruit, says
the Ohserver. The tree boro a largo crop
this season, and is again In full bloom.
(Republicans of Grass Valley held a Jol
lification Wednesday. A parade, a bon
fire, a tin-can brigade and firing cf
bombshells were events of the celebra
tion. The Port Orford Tribune cays that one
of ex-Sheriff Turner's fine animals at
Gold Beach fell Into an old well 40 feet
deep, and was lifted out with a block and
taoklo practically uninjured.
The Ministerial Association of Dallas
organized Monday evening with tho fol
lowing officers: President, Rov. Mr.
Goodfriend; secretary. Rev. Mr. Deck.
The association will meet tho first Mon
day of each month.
Postmaster Belt, of Dallas, has received
-word from Washington that tho mall
service between Dallas and Derry Station-has
been changed to 12 rounl trips
per week, Instead of six. The order re
stores the former service.
They can't run a bluff on John Hayes,
says the Grass Valley Journal. A man
offered to bet him his socks that .McKin
ley would be elected. He immediately
called the bluff, and the two left their
Bocks with a stakeholder.
Gorievieve Brown, the 8-year-old daugh
ter of J. Q. Brown, bookkeeper of the
Pokegama Sugar Pine Lumbering Com
pany, was ,drowned Tuesday afternoon
in tho .Klamath River. She, together
with her older sister and two friends; was
standing on a boom of logs. The boom
broke and all fell into the river. The
sister got out of the water and gave the
alarm. The two friends, daughters of P.
Xdnn, aged respectively 13 andJH, were
rescued by Wuuam iierwin, wno pmngea
Into ,the water and found them holding
each, other across a log.-1 xno Doay,nasnoi
"been recovered
MENS
That are in atop "with the season. No matter hoyr often you come these days
you will find here neir spots of interest. The fashion trolley is on the wire in all
departments at the new store. There's electricity in, suits, tnere's motion in overcoats,
there's a constant come and go of pleased cuntomersTr-some of-them old patrons, but
many of them new friends who come in to see our bright, new.stockanofdtjjpuy
iug temptations too great to resist. 'x
' Men's Underwear
In our large east front window our
window trimmer has displayed a va
riety of Men's cold weather antidotes.
It will pay you to pause just a mo
ment as you go that way today and see
one of the richest gatherings of under
garments ever displayed in Portland.
WINTER UNDERWEAR
, ot 50c, 75c, $1, $1.50, $2, and up to $8 a garment
UP
S.'E. COR.
FOURTH AND
MORRISON
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n CIW A M n I M DDAVEft DA A nC
ULlllrttil I till IV vf LU lValJ
THIS IS THB PARAMOUNT ISSUE Cf
MAIUO.V COUNTY.
Farmers Shovr Interest by Using:
Broad-Tire Wagons Results of
Present System Not Lasting.
SAI4SM, Nov. 10. If the labor and
money which have been expended. on the
public roads of Marlon County in the last
20 years had been used judiciously, the
county would now be covered with a net
work of the best macadamized roads In
the country. As it ls, the county can
boast of but a few short pieces of first
class road, while there are miles of high
ways almost Impassable during the rainy
season of the year.
The farmers are beginning to realize
the folly of building temporary roads, and
in every part of the county there ia a
decided movement toward the perfection
of grades and permanent graveling. The
Improvement of public highways ls be
coming the paramount issue, and tIU re
main such until a satisfactory system of
road-building has been established.
Probably Marion County roads will
compare favorably with those of other
portions of the "Willamette Valley, and
even with the roads of other sections of
the Coast of the same age in develop
ment. But they are far from perfect.
In the first place, they were not laid out
officially through a settled region, the
highways were made to conform, to the
boundaries of donation land claims. In
either case, the matter of grades was a
secondary consideration, and if a hill In
tervened, the road was run over instead
of around it. A very well-known In
stance of this ls shown on the road that
leads from Salem to Macleay, In the Wal--do
Hills. That road formerly passed di
rectly on the top' of a high, steep butte,
and teams had to pass over the hill in
going in either direction. The size of the
load that could be hauled over the road
was limited to the weight that could be
hauled over the steepest part of that hill.
About five years ago the farmers who
had climbed the hill for a generation
conceived the idea of going around the
hill Instead of over It, and with but com
paratively slight expense tho steepest
part of tho road was avoided.
The same condition exists on nearly
every road that formerly prevailed on
the Macleay road. With the exception of
a short, steep hill at the Reform School,
the road from Turner to Balem, ls on one
of the best grades in the county. Every
nerson who has ever passed over that
road, especially if he hauled a loaa to-
ward Salem, has occasion to remember
the hard pull up the Reform School hill.
And yet the railroad runs on a level
stretch of ground not far away. With
but small additional expense, a road
could be built around that hill, and for
centuries to come It would afford an easy
thoroughfare In this section of the Val
ley. With half tho labor that has been
expended In hauling loads over that hill
a level road around tho hill could be
built.
Another Important Consideration.
But while the farmers are directing
their attention to the avoidance of heavy
grades, a more popular Idea ls that of
graveling the highways so as to obtain a
hard wheeling surface. The-two improve
ments should be made at the same, time,
for when a permanent road is to be con
structed. It should bo laid out on the best
possible grades. In every part of the
western end of the county the farmers
are giving the roads a coating of gravel.
In some Instances tho gravel ls put on,
only to fill "chuck-holes"; in others it ls
spread over the whole surface in a thin
layer, while in a few cases a. heavy, sub
stantial covering of gravel fs put on over
a firm foundation, and a permanent road
is built
- The material used In surfacing the roads
Lis the gravel taken from the river or old
KcreeK oorcoms wnajevert ia moss con
Tenient to the -place where It will be used.
CLOTHES..
SUITS FOR BUSINESS
In telling you of this particular line we might writ
of a hundred (fifferent patterns would space permit "We
have Business Suits at 10, $12, 15, 18 and 20, but we
want to mention moie particularly today our choice show
ing at
15.00
Fancy check and striped "Worsteds, the new Oxford nd
Cambridge Mixtures and plain and fancy Cheviots. Single or
double breasted fashionably cut garments. Suits that'would
not have to blush should you bring, them face to face with
the made-to-order at double the price.
TO THE TIMES ALL THE TIME
' Th8 8Tavel ls hard and durable, but hav-
lnS been worn round, and smooth by the
faction of the water, it does not pack as
solidly as crushed rock would do. Many
loose stones are left on the surface in
both Summer add Winter. But this ma
terial is the best that can be had under
present conditions, and it makes a road
that ls immeasurably superior to the al
most bottomless "highways" that exist
where no graveling has been done.
The cost of graveling a road depends
solely upon the distance the material
must be hauled. In Monitor precinct, in
the north end of the county, the farmers
have undertaken to put a 12-inch cover
ing on three miles of road. In some
places where the road is good, not so
heavy a covering will bo put on. The
farmers will do most of the work them
selves, and will probably have help from
the county to tho extent of one-fifth of
the amount of labor contributed by the
farmers. Counting the labor expended,
it ls figured that the three miles of grav
eling will cost $1760 per mile at the great
est distance from the gravel supply. The
road begins at the gravel pit and ex
tends three miles away. When the work
ls completed the farmers of that section
will .have a road that will be good 13
months In the year, and will require but
slight expense for "keeping In repair.
Based upon property valuation, and the
rate of taxation for road purposes, Mar
ion County taxpayers should have ex
pended $335,000 'on roads in the last 20
years. The taxpayers have "worked out"
their road tax Instead of paying it In
money, and in many cases perhaps the
road work has been avoided entirely. In
addition to the work required by law, the
farmers have voluntarily contributed la
bor to an amount about equal to that
which the law prescribes. Tho figures
given above include only the tax based
on the average property valuation, and
not money paid out by the County Court
to road supervisors, or for special as
sistance In road districts. The ordinary
road tax, therefore. If honestly and Ju
diciously expended, should have built not
less than 100 miles of good hard-graveled
road.
While the farmers are entering upon an
era of road improvement by perfecting
grades and building gravel surfaces, they
are furthering the good work by the use
of wlde-tlre wagons. The out-of-datla
narrow tire wagon Is easier to haul with
for temporary purposes, but farmers are
coming to the opinion that In the long
run the wlde-tlre wagon ls the best. As
every teamster knows, Tvhen a narrow
tire wagon strikes a small stone, tho 1
stone glances to one side, and the team
ls saved the exertion of lifting the load
over the stone. But the loose rock is still
there. A wlde-tlre wagon, on the con
trary, would pass over the stone, crush
ing it into the road surface and leaving
the road smooth. The use of the wide-
1 tire wagon ls a problem In the preserva.
j tion of roads, rawer tnan in tneir Dima-
ing, and the moro public-spirited citizens,
encouraged by the state laws, win grad
ually make them the common load-bearing
vehicles of the country.
AFTER-ELECTION OPINIONS.
Just after the memorable landslide ot
four years ago it was announced that the
free-silver party, headed by Hon. W. J.
Bryan, would start out on a "cam
paign of education" in the United States.
The result of four years' of education,
was made known Tuesday 'evening. The
people are apt scholars. Grant's, Pass
Observer.
The political party that makes some
particular class believe that it will make
them Immensely prosperous can only do
so by -robbing the massos of the' people.
It i3 not the business of government to-
manufacture prosperity and run a free
delivery. The number of people in the
be3t party in tho world who will never
bo prosperous is large. They have not
learned habits of economy and Industry.'
Thoy are the grasshopper class, who
never think lfs going to be cord untU
Winter is all over them. The public
schools do not teach industry and do
mestlc virtues that make boys and glrkt
f self-supporting. So tho only prosperity w
can euarantee is that wmen comes irom
labor. The -willingness to wor!c and the
willingness to do without" luxurieaY-alono
trrr2
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More Hats Sold Yesterday
than during any one day this sea
son, Portland men are finding '
the genuine value of
The BREWER $3 HAT
They are good, stylish, uniOn
made hats. Better hats in fact
than ordinary hatters sell for 4.
Pcrby r Fedora Hats $1.90, worth $2.50
Derby or Fedora Hats" $2.50, worth $3.00
kr,
THE
RELIABLE
CLOTHIER
p
leads to the poi of gold; at the end of th
rainbow. Salem JournaL
Wo have heard of men beinc talked
death, but Bryan ls-tha nrst man wr:
talked himself to death, Baker City
publican. .
Tho Oregon vote la remarkable, and canJ
not be mlstoxen In its rebuke of Bryanlst
and cheap money. It shows that Ore
gon s newly acquired population is Re
publican, and that her oncoming yours
men are patriotic as well as sound think-
era, However, under condlitons, backed
up by true Democrats, it can hardly be
claimed so .strongly Republican, as the
Bound-Money Democratic voto is a si
lent factor in Oregon's present 14,000 Re
publican majority. Gervais Star.
Bryanlsm has been repudiated. While
it ls not probable ttiat "McKlnley could
have been defeated by any Democrat en
any kind of a platform, there la no ques
tion that any prominent leader in the
Democratic party, running upon even tho
Kansas City platform, would havo made
a better showing than did Mr. Bryan.
The dangerous character of the man, or
rather the incendiary and despicable ele
ment in politics which ho represented.
has had more to do with his defeat than
contraction and debased currency com
bined. Either of these issues was enough I
to defeat the best man in the country who
would espouse them. Corvauls Gazette.
In th& contest, Bryan represented every
thing that was a menace to the welfare
and peace of the country, to order a"d
popular government. McKlnley stood fr
tho upholding of the Nation, the happi
ness of its people, and tho honor of the
flag at home and abroad. It ls a great
National victory, and the people may
well, as they do, rejoice over it. Mr
Bryan and his followers In the modern I
cave of Adulum have been given notice I
that there ls no place in this country fori
class hatred, and that his propaganda of!
free riot, greed, hatred, repudiation of
debts and debasement of the currency
and dishonor to the flag have no hope
of prevailing, now or henceforth. Ash
land Tidings.
Tho American people have again spoken
their sentiments upon a National issue.
and spoken it in a mighty loud voice.
Taqulna News.
The result of the election Tuesday was.
anticipates 'me American people as a
whole cannot be induced to vote agalrst
tho flag of their country Their verdict
on the 6th Inst, exalts this Republic. In tho
eyes of all the nations of the -world. It
was the voice of patriotism that declared
the result the voice of progress, of en
lightenment, of souqd money and a sound
National policy. It came from those who
enjoy the 'full dinner-pail, prosperous
times and promised reward for loyalty
to the substance of the country and its :
development Portland New Age.
International Athletic Alliance.
NEW TORK, Nov. 10. It is possible
that Australian athletes may be governed
I by the rutec! now in .force in l&e United
States. E. S. Marks, secretary ot the
Amateur Athletic Union of Australasia.
In a letter to Secretary Sullivan, of tho A,
A. U., suggests an alliance with the An
tipodean Brethren. Mr. Marks says that
the A. A. U. of Australasia constitatlcn
makes provision for alliances with simi
lar organizations controlling aiaateur.
athletics in other parts of the world.
"We believe that much good would re
sult from the Joining of bonds of tho gov-
'ernlng bodies ot all parts of the -world
where tho Anglo-Saxon tongue is the-Na
tional language,1 he said. "The -eeitm!-latlonof
rules tdgovorn trade eonteste all
the world over is eminently desirable, as
is a comm6n definition of an amateur.'
He suggests that perhaps in tho near
future -a conference between delegate
from the governing bodies fat England,
the United States, Ca&ado,' SoutSi Afrlcsi
and Aus"tralasiar may brftig' fibou absa
luto unanlttflty in'rules of racing:
Cherry-Time.
O. D.. C in .Oood Wcr$"
Cherrr red cap, banging hlco,
In the. azure and th$. sun. i
Now the cuckoo's, ceased hl. cr.
All bis. Summer sqng ,1 dsae.
He Trtth cherries plufajped'hU crop
Three tunes notr tia calls no mors
W.e'll bo.duraMtotf nt roalt-drtfr
"Ihtb-caa" and feia&foret -'' -
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