The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, February 21, 1909, SECTION FOUR, Image 35

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Newspaper Page TextDRAMATIC and SPORTING SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to 8 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 31, 1909. NO. 8. VOL. XXVIII. Gadsbys Sale of Furniture and Carpets Continues This is the time of the year we reduce stock. The most favorable opportunity in the history of Portland to furnish single rooms or complete flats below even our former special prices. Those who have rooms to fur nish now, or expect to have within the next six months, CANNOT AFFORD to ignore the wonderful possi bilities presented in this great February sale. $10.00 BRASS BED ONLY $20.00 We have a beautiful line of Braes Beds to Ehow you. This solid Brass Bed. . . .20.0Q Special Bargains in Discontinued Pat terns of CARPETS 63 yards No. 1359 Tapestry Brussels, regular price $1.00. now I 50 54 yards Xo. 643, Tapestry' Brussels, regular price $1.00, now.. '. 50 18 yards No. 1228, extra quality Brussels, regu lar price $1.50, now 7o 19V2 yds. No. 5026, Axminster, reg. $1.60, now 80 13 yards No. 390, Axminster, reg. $1.60. now 80 121 vds., No. 731B, Axminster, reg. $1.56, now 80 47 yards, No. 592B, Axminster, reg. $1.60, now 80 16- yards Bussorah, regular $2.25 yard, now.. $1.00 GADSBYS 5-PIECE PARLOR SUIT $25.00 jpp jp This beautiful suit is superb, both in quality and appearance. It consists of five massive pieces, uphol-1 stered in beautiful vclour; the frame is finished mahogany on birch, and the filling and springs are un surpassed; the most attractive suit that you can put into your house for the price Gadsby's..$2o.OO BOOKCASES AT CLEARANCE SALE PRICES We Can Show You 375 Different Pat terns of Room-Size Rus, without any trouble, with our Rug Display Racks Brussels Rug, Dun lap, 9 by 12 $ 9.00 Brussels Burlington, 9 by 12 $18.00 Royal Brussels Rugs, 9 by 12..... $25.00 "Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9 by 12, guaranteed 20 years $27.50 Bagdad Wiltons, 9 by 12 $39.73 Axminster Russ, imported, 9 by 12. .$25.25 Burmah Pro -Brussels, 9 by 12 $10.80 Extra quality In grain, 9 by 12 $ 9.75 Larger and smaller sizes ia proportion. This Bed Davenport $25.00 ROCKERS REDUCED -Tl ram $50 solid mahogany Cases. .$39.75 $45 solid mahogany Cases. .$32.50 $40 mahogany Bookcases. . .$29.00 $33 solid oak Bookcases.... $26.50 $30 solid oak Bookcases. .. .$22.50 $25 solid oak Bookcases. .. .$16.50 $20 solid oak Bookcases. .. .$14.50 $18 Bookcases now $13.50 Others as low as $3.50 $3.50 Rockers now.. $5.00 Rockers now. $7.00 Rockers now.. $8.00 Rockers now.. $9.00 Rockers now.. $25.00 Rockers now. ..$2.25 . .$3.75 ..$5.75 ..$6.50 ..$1.00 .$20.00 T 1 Massive oak frame, beautifully upholstered in electric verona; very heavy solid oak frame; upholstered in beautiful velour, with box for ,beddin?. Price : $25.00 $5.00 Deposit, $1.00 Per Week. CHINA CLOSET SALE I !fj I ; l I $2-5.00 China Closet now. ..$17.50 $30.00 China Closet now. . .$24.00 $35.00 China Closet now. . .$27.50 $40.00 China Closet now... $33.00 $45.00 China Closet now... $36.00 This Ia Your Chance to Buy a Good China Closet Cheap. DRESSERS REDUCED $45.00 $40.00 $35.00 $32.00 $30.00 $25.00 $20.00 $15.00 $12.00 Dressers now $36.00 Dressers now .$32.00 Dressers now... ..$28.00 Dressers now $26.00 Dressers now. $24. OO Dressers now.......... $20.00 Dressers now S1G.OO Dressers now $12.00 Dressers now $9.00 BUY THIS OUTFIT COMPLETE FOR $8.75 This outfit, consisting of double bed with brass knoh, woven wire spring with cot ton top mattress; Gadsby's price $8.75 COMBINA'N BOOKCASE BARGAINS r - . V $35.00 quartered oak Bookcase $27.00 $30.00 quartered oak Bookcase $24.00 $25.00 quartered oak Bookcase $20.00 $15.00 Bookcase reduced to.... $15.00 THIS ELEGANT DINING TABLE FOR $10.00 You .will be asked a third more at other stores. It is made of selected wood, in golden or weathered finish; the 6-foot size marked at -. $10.00 . i " NO RENT TO PAY, THAT'S WHY WE SELL FOR LESS BIG DAM CHECKS COLORADO FLOOD Great Work of Reclamation Saves Imperial Valley From Ruin. OBSTACLES ARE OVERCOME AVithout Rock for Foundation, En gineers Build Dam on. Piles. Great Area of Rich Iand to Be Open Next Fall. CHICAGO, Feb. 20. (Special.) The region of the lower Colorado River, the valley of the American Nile, as It Is sometimes called, now offers an in creased number of opportunities be cause of the completion by the United States Reclamation Service of the dam that diverts water to the Yuma project. The work of harnessing this unruly river and making it water the sur rounding land was difficult, but the dam was finally completed, after a spectacular struggle, and the entire flow passed through the giant sluice-, ways on both sides. Ever since the day when the water defied all efforts to control it and be gan to spread wholesale destruction in the Imperial Valley the Colorado River has been recognized as presenting seri ous problems for those who wish to control It. But the prize in sight is well worth tho effort, because of the uncommon productiveness of the land when irrigated. . The size and uncertainty of the river, the shifting channel and unstable banks, the yearly Inundations, great variations in volume from low water to flood heights and the immense amount of silt carried by the yellow water troubled the engineers con tinually. Build Dam on Sand and Silt. Having no bedrock for a base, the engineers had to build on the sand and silt a dam that would be strong enough to check the flow of one of the most powerful and unruly rivers on the con tinent. In addition, provision had to be made for depositing the silt car ried by the water; otherwise the canals would soon be choked up. The following description of the dam was furnished by the constructing en gineer, E. D. Vincent: "The weir that was built across the Colorado Is of the type that has been in successful operation in India and Egypt for many years under conditions practically Identical with those found in Yuma Valley. The most advantag eous weir site was found at Laguna, 12 miles abovo Yuma, where gigantlo mountains encroach on the river valley, leaving an opening about a mile wide. 'Three concrete core walls 4SO0 feet in length and 67 to 93 feet apart extend from bluff to bluff. The crest wall, with a maxlnjum height of 19 feet above the bed of tne stream, rests upon a row or six- inch sheet piling, from 12 to 20 feet in length, incorporated in its base to cut oft seepage. The space between the walls is fllled with broken stone and an apron of rock extends 40 feet beyond the lower wall. The structure between walls is capped with a concrete pavement 18 Inches thick. On the upstream side of the weir a talus of broken rock, with an incline of two feet horizontal to one foot vertical, protects the concrete structure. The dam is 4SO0 feet long between abutments, 19 feet high in the river channel and 228 feet in width up and down stream. Great Steel Sluice Gates. The water will be raised about 10 feet by this dam and will be backed upstream nearly 10 miles. A settling basin of about eight square miles will thus be formed. At the west of the weir is a sluiceway 116 feet wide cut through the granite. The sluiceway at the east end of the dam is somewhat smaller. These sluiceways are closed by large gates operated by hydrau lic machinery. The gates are of what are known as the Stoney type, the only, other examples of thl3 kind being on the sani tary canal south of Chicago. The gates are of steel, 18 feet high and 35 feet wide. As the flow is slow the water for irriga tion la to be taken off by a sort of skim ming process. When the silt has accumu lated in large amounts gateo will be opened and the rush of water will clean out the deposit in the settling basin. In times of flood the Colorado overflows its banks and inundates the surrounding country for miles. In order to afford pro tection for the lower lands an elaborate BVKtem of levees has been built. These dykes hav an aggregate length of 75 miles and are of the same size as tnose aiong the Mississippi. XTse Power to Pump Water. ?nrta win. Krt made to utilize the great energy of the river in the development of water power ana in tnis manner mo mea lands are to be irrigated by pumping. Some pumping is now being, done by means of a peculiar water wneei, wmcn represents a modification OI an iaea mat as been used successiuuy in nuuauii. In building the dam work was done from both shores. The sides of the dam a n., .Rinf int until An opening of gmuu.Lij -, " only 600 feet remained. A short distance up stream from the dam two temporary railroad bridges were constructed. These rested on piles driven into the sand of 11.. .t... KrtttrtTn Cnra were run out on these temporary bridges and rock was dumped into tne "water, uniii um uuuun i w 1 H ThA work of ex- was t;uimit. l- -.f - tendlng the core walls was then taken up and is nemg pusnea ri"i"j umi. n expected the aam wm on iiinsueu nun month. Open to Settlers Xext Fall. (vi.ior It fx -nrohable that 17.000 acres In the Indian reservation on the California side' of the river will be thrown open for settlement. The exact , . . ,1, l nnmiTirl Ifltp. ihff tlA ftPTTfl- QtllQ "Will WO ......... w. J tary of the Interior. All such announce ments ere made as puonciy a pussium, and there is no chance to obtain "inside" information. At present it is Impossible for anyone xo giv vu.. wij mujiiiiuv further than the statement that the land , ,:, t ... i t h rn n r, (infTl Tl OT T ball. IS 1 1 li" J y " -f - --- probably in October. . The land Is valu able, and will be irrigated by the TJnite,d States Reclamation Service. "Water will be ready lor otner janas un der this prelect during the present year. The Reclamation Service will supply rwater to only a limited area for each holder. If anyone already owns a larger amount, he must sell his excess holdings. and in this way many opportunities are offered for those who wish land. ASKS FUEL CONSERVATION Sir William Ramsey Says Coal Will Be Tntrayable In 200 Tears. LOXDON, Feb. 20. (Special.) Consid erable interest has been aroused in scien tific and commercial circles by the speech delivered by Sir "William Ramsay at the Mansion House meeting in con nection with the British Science Guild last week, in which he dealt with the future of tha coal supply in England. Interviewed by a press representative yesterday at University College, Sir "Wil liam Ramsay said the report of the Royal Commission showed that the- coal supply would not last more than from jRRF.ST OF" ATTORXEY CALLS ATTENTION- TO AMBl LAXCE CHASING," " V; limit ' - ,, . Joseph Shay, of New York City. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. (Spe cial.) Joseph Shay, who has Just been arrested in connection with an attempted rescue of a prisoner from the Tombs, first came into general prominence as attorney for the Halns brothers, charged with the murder of William E. Annis. His case grows out of the system known in the legal pro fession as "ambulance chasing." Many lawyers who make a spe cialty of street railway damage suits have special agents watch ing ambulance calls so as to get in connection quickly with those accidents and obtain control of their cases. Shay is charged with trying to effect the escape of a who are injured in street railway man now under arrest who was formerly an ambulance chaser for him, and the reason given is that he feared revelations this man might make to the District At torney. Shay's standing in his profession has always been good and the case is yet to be tried. BOO to 800 years. Long before the coal supply became exhausted there would be a diminished production, with higher prices. "So that we may expect," he continued, "that within not more than 200 years, or even less, the high price of coal will render the life conditions of the living very difficult. It is obvious that the life of our nation can be prolonged by strict economy promoted by legislation. The question of export duty on coal at once suggests Itself together, with the afores tatlon of the country, restriction of the use of machines which consume larger proportions of energy compared with the results they yield." Sir William urged that the present gen eration should exercise thought for the generations to come by conserving the stores of coal existing in England, other wise in 200 years he foresaw a genera emigration irom ji,ngiana to otner coun tries and the decay of the industries do pendent upon coal for their energy. BRICK WALL COSTS DEARLY Two Hundred Times Value of land Paid in Ijegal Fees. PARIS. Feb. 20. (Special.) M. Labtche bought a little piece of land in 1903 from the city. On the little piece of landl was a little brick wall. This wall was useless to M. Lablche, and he wanted it pulled down. "By all means," said the executive council of the Paris parish, from which he had bought the land, "by all means pull the wall down." "Yes, but at your expense," said M. Lablche. "I bought the land; I didn't buy the walL" "We sold you what we had," replied the council, and the matter went before the court. After three years of legal argument the court decided that the parish must pull down half the wall and M. Lablche the other half. Both parties appealed, and last week the court, after three days' deliberation, came to a decision. The decision was that an expert should be called in. When he has handed in hla verdict the court will decide, and then both parties may appeal again. The little piece of land was sold originally for $14.97. The parish has paid J19T0 into court up to date, and 11. Lablche J1820. GAMBLE IN RAILWAY DEPOT Russians Absorbed by Craze to Get Rich by Little Effort. ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 20. (Special. Gambling has become an absorbing pas sion In St. Petersburg, even ladies ne glecting all other occupations in order to tempt fortune. The police have been compelled to take action. A woman's gambling den in one of the chief streets was recently closed, and today a raid was made at the great railway terminus, known as the Warsaw Station, whence the express trains leave for abroad. A detective officer. Colonel Ladkovski, discovered a gambling club in the station. It is alleged that the club was kept by a police Inspector named Tsheikokoff, and by a railway cashier named Vassllleff, who were arrested. It is stated that wealthy passengers awaiting the departure or arrival of trains were Invited to play and even fleeced of their railway tickets, which the cashier, it is alleged, resold. The police seized J4000 found in th club. GMFTD 5C0VERED IN FORESTRY BILL Landowners Seek Chance to Sell to Government at Fabulous Prices. HAWLEY EXPOSES DEFECTS Oregon Congressman Opposes Crea tion of Appalachian Reserve on Ground That Sleasure- Has Many Vicious Features. OREGOXIAX XEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 20. The Appalachian-White Mountain forest reserve bill. In tho shape in which it was recently reported by a majority of the House Committee on Agriculture, Is generally regarded by Western men in Congress as a most vicious and most dangerous piece of legislation. Instead of being an honest bill, seeking solely to accomplish the pur pose originally intended, it has been al tered and amended until it contains Jok ers of stupendous importance. Instead of providing for the creation of a forest reserve in the Appalachian Mountains, and a smaller one in the White Mountains, the bill has been so shaped as to authorize the Federal Gov ernment to buy worthless mountain peaks In all parts of the United States, and no limit is fixed upon tho prioe that can be paid for these worthless areas. Having awakened to a realization of the true -purport and extent of the bill, Westerners do not hesitate to denounce It is a graft, and Western opposition coupled with exposure, will kill the bill In the Senate If It manages to get through the House. Many Amendments Made. The advocates of a forest reserve In the Appalachian Mountains started out with an honest and avowed purpose. They wanted the Government to buy up several million acres of timber land along this range of mountains, and con vert the area into a forest reserve, to be operated and controlled as are the forest reserves of the West. But Congress held that the Federal Government had no constitutional right to go into the vari ous states and buy up vast quantities of private forests merely to place those for ests under administration. To overcome this obstacle tho advocates of the big Southern forest reserve scheme altered the title of their bill, and changed their arguments in its behalf. Instead of a bill looking to the preser vation of the timber, it became a bill to "maintain the navigability of navigable streams," and the preservation of the timber became of secondary or Incidental importance. It was held by many that Congress had power to control navigable waters, and therefore had power to do whatever It might deem necessary to keep such waters in a navigable condi tion. It was argued, therefore, that by buying up all the watersheds in the Ap- -paiachian and White Mountains, control ling the forests, etc., the Government would put a stop to erosion, and prevent the collection of silt and sediment in the navigable rivers of those regions. Chance for Graft Unlimited. Having established this technical ground for getting around the consti tutional objection to the scheme, the Southern and New England Representa tives in Congress proceeded to frame a bill along those lines. But before they got through, they had a measure that not only authorized the purchase of watersheds in the Appalachian and White Mountains, but in all parts of the United States, never once, how ever, fixing a limit on the price to be paid for this mountainous land. As far as the original proposition is concerned, the bill contemplates the Im mediate purchase of 5.000,000 acres in the Appalachian Mountains and 600, 000 acres in the White Mountains. But the Forest Service, which is primarily the instigator of the movement, frankly admitted before the House committee that there are 75,000.000 acres in the Appalachian Mountains "which will have to be given protection before the hardwood supply Is on a safe footing and before the watersheds of the Im portant streams are properly safe guarded." Hawley Stoutly Opposes Bill. Notwithstanding the outward change of front on the part of the advocates of this bill, the main object, now as al ways, is to place the mountain forests of the Southern Appalachians and the White Mountains under the control of the Forest- Service. A minority of the committee, includ ing the chairman and Representatives Hawley, of Oregon, and Cook, of Colo rado the only Western members have opposed the bill In its present form and on sundry grounds. They question the constitutionality of the hill. In the first place, and believe that if the Southern forests are to be protected, it would best be by the respective states, inas much as the lands are not public lands, but entirely in private ownership. Then they criticise the legislation because it opens the way for the expenditure of millions upon millions, and possibly billions of dallars of public money in the acquisition of private timber lands everywhere. They point out that once it becomes known the Federal Govern ments Intends to buy this land, prices will be boosted, and present owners, many of them unable to iind a market at any price, either because of the poor quality or inacessibility of their lands, would gladly unload onto the Govern ment at a good fat price. KAISER AIDS EMIGRANT? Lends Sloney to Poor Baron AVho Becomes African Farmer. BERLIN. Feb. 20. (Special.) The German Emperor has become an emi gration agent. He Is desirous that im pecunious aristocrats who cannot make a living In Germany should emigrate to German Southwest Africa, and be come useful members of that l.erman colony. He has lent Baron de Schmid $12,600 to enable him to settle in Ger man Southwest Africa and begin life as a farmer.