THE SUNDAY OEEGOXIAX. PORTLAND. JULY 31. 1910.
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ILL-ADVISED CONSERVATION BLIGHT
LIES HEAVILY ON OLYMPIC REGION
Miner Points Out Effect of Poindexter "s Further Plan Senator Piper Announces Candidacy Seattle Folk See
, War Signs in Japanese Naval Building Programme. V
SEATTLE, Wash., July 30. In a
newspaper communication, F. H. Stan
ard, ot 5031 Eleventh avenue North
east, Seattle, discusses the Forestry
f-ervlce in the Olympic Mountains, and
asserts that the so-called National
monument is an instance of how West
ern lands have- been cursed by brain
less restrictions. Applying Senatorial
politics, he says that anyone who
wants to see the available land in
Washington "still further reduced to
a. ragged spider web" will find a
friend in Representative Miles Poin
dexter. Mr. Stanard is .a prospector and
miner, and the act of which he -complains
has barred him from his favor
ite field. The National Monument
comprises 600,000 acres in the neart of
'the Olympics, and closes to develop
ment approximately 29 townsnips in
Chehalls, Mason. Jefferson and Clallam
Counties.
"This is a fair example," says Stan
ard, "of the kind of conservation you
on expect from the people who would
blackmail the Secretary of the In
terior, and is on a par with the amend
ment to the land laws in which Mr.
Poindexter asked to have all classes
of mining excluded from all lands set
aside by the President. Some people
say that the geological conditions in
the Olympics are not favorable to the
formation of mineralized veins of
economic importance, and for that rea
son the stopping of prospecting Is a
benefit ' to the prospector. For the
sake of those who have paid but little
attention to that range of mountains,
I will say that the richest large cop
per prospect, from a surface stand
point, ever discovered in the United
States is in the Olympics. For all any
one knows, these mountains may be
the richest part of the continent; and
I have it from the Geological Survey
that they are the least known of any
range in the United states.
Every Elk Has 640 Acres.
"Conservationists have set pside in
the Olympics one section of land for
every elk in that region. Washington
has the most expensive herd of elk in
the world; and I think that the State
Legislature will be asked to raise the
' bounty on cougar to 50 in order to
reduce their number to the point where
there will be fresh elk meat for the
remainder as long as possible."
The stanard letter Is only an in
Htance of the protests that have arisen
over the forestry policy as wpplied to
Northwestern Washington. Aside from
prospecting and the discouragements
held before the miners, bona fide set
tlers have felt the harsh rules . of the
Agricultural Department and have
been able to get little or no satisfac
tion from the authorities at Washing
ton. In a dinner at the Arctic Club, Sec
CHICAGO'S POPULATION WILL FALL
FAR SHORT OF COVETED 3,000,000 MARK
Evidence of Race Suicide Among Americans Causes Warning That City Will Be Entirely Foreign in Few Years if
IjOw Birth Rate Continues Bankers Blame Automobiles for Tight Money Market.
BY JONATHAN PALMER . . . .
CHICAGO, July SO (Special.) The
"Three-Million Boosters' are in for
disappointment when the census fig
ures are made public, for it is now ap
parent they will show that Chicago
still Is far bolow the coveted mark.
Four estimates have already been giv
en on the probable population, as fol
lows: W. L. Hortlne. school rensuft 2.100.000
M E. Ho'U'hkiBs. Kedoral census ... 2.-'tUMot
'tty dlrertory enumerators 2.:tS7.0O0
Three-million club 2,000,000
Somewhere in these estimates lies
the true figure, and it is altogether
likely it will be near the smallest es
timate. Federal census officials admit
they miss between one and two per
cent of the people, but they say it is
absurd to claim that hundreds of thous
ands of residents are overlooked. The
Three-Million Club, in reply, says it is
equally absurd in the face ot the miles
upon miles of new residences and flats
erected in the last ten years, to say
there has been such a small gain in
population. Meanwhile Mr. Bodine
stands pat on his estimate and says his
agents have actually counted all adults
and practically counted the children.
What is of vastly more importance
is the evidence of race suicide in all
the American wards of the city and the
preponderance of children in the Ghetto
and other districts inhabited solely by
foreigners. W. L. Bodine, superintend
ent of the school census enumeration,
sounds a warning on this low American
birth rate, saying in his report:
"Judging from the number of mar
riages and the size of the birth rate of
the various nationalities, the Chicago
of the future will be the city of the
Gorman, the Slav and the Italian. In
contrast with the low percentage of in
fants in the Twenty-first Ward I that
of the Twenty-seventh Ward, the heart
J of the Polish district. There the total
f population is 123, 2tw. of which 8SS8 are in-
l'Hnts, a percentage of 7.2."
The Eighteenth Ward lias but 1032
babies, but It is essentially a factory
ward. The First Ward, the downtown
business district, has but 1246 babies, and
t'.ie Second Ward, which takes in the
fMshlonable . Michigan avenue residence
district. has but lt4 infants. The
wealthy and exclusive Twenty-first Ward
ranks even lower than the factory
wards, where the population Is largely
composed of unmarried men. Theso figures
Khow that the stork is not welcome in
society and that the Americans are build
ing palatiaj residences that will be used
hy foreigners a boarding-houses in a
few yeari.
With the true ldier instinct which
forbids complaining. Major-General Fred
D., Grant has left Chicago, where he
" would rather live than any other place,
to take command at Governor's Island,
in charge of the Department of the East.
Chicago Is the center of the General's
family tics. Mrs. Grant Is a sister of
Mrs. Potter Palmer. On her side te a
large family connection, most of which
is prominent in social circles. This be
ing true, the opportunity for the General
to divide his time between the military
and the soclul with friends who had
more than a personal interest in him
was unusual here.
General Orant very closely resembles
li! distinguished father. Many a stran
ger has pointed him out on account of
t his "likeness. He has four years of ser
vice before he is placed on the retired
list. In accordance with the regulations
relating to age. He learned soldiering
at Went Point. Near the academy he
doubtless will bring his active career to
an end. He will find on the faculty of
AVest Point at lesrt one of his class
mates. Colonel Charles W. Lamed, who
lias been profesir of drawing for 34
, years.
Oollege traditions say that "Fred"
Grant was a scrapper when he was In the
academy, and that he was especially re
sentful of any odious comparisons be
tween his father and other great Gen
erals. Personally he Is today the most
I mild-mannered of men. but naturally he
thinks and dreama of things military.
When be joes to the Department ot the
retary of the Interior Ballinger de- i
clared that he Intended to stick to i
his post. "I am not a 'resigner'," he
said. Mr. Ballinger has been inves
tigating a specific instance of alleged
violation of contract in the Mount
Rainier National Park. The Big Creek
Shiirgle Company has the right to cut
the "dead and down" timber and is
said to have strained tne agreement
to the point where the Secretary will
have to give a decision as to Just what
constitutes "dead" timber. "We found,"
says Secretary Ballinger, "that this
company had cut about 30 standing
trees for shingle bolts. These trees
were partially dead; that is, they were
dead at the top, but the stumps were
still green. The company was ordered
to stop cutting such trees and has
stopped."
The object of the contract in the
first place was to secure the removal
of dead trees an i undergrowth from
the National park. Secretary Ballinger
says that no contracts of like nature
will be signed while he is in office.
If any more timber Is to be removd
from Government parks, the work will
be done by Government agents.
Senator Piper Is Candidate. .
George U. Piper. Senator from tfie
Thirty-fourth District, who is widely
known personally all over Washington
and has been an active Republican in
all the 21 years of his residence in Se
attle, has announced his candidacy for
renominatlon. The Seattle Star says
of him:
"To him is due the credit of causing
to be enacted into law the famous
'Piper bills,' which provided for an ap
propriation of $1,000,000 for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
exposition. It was Mr.
Piper who evolved the Idea of utilizing
the state lands along the shores of
Lakes Union and Washington for .the
purpose of financing the appropriation.
In this manner the general fund of the
state was not touched. Had it not been
for this idea, not more than one-half
of this amount would have been real
ized. In fact, the measures of other
members of the Legislature asked for
only one-half of the sum secured by the
Piper bills. .
"As chairman of the military com
mittee of the Senate, he engineered
through that body the bill providing
for the building of the magnificent Se
attle Armory, the handsomest building
of its kind west of the Mississippi
River. As chairman of this committee
he was largely instrumental in estab
lishing the new Soldiers' Home at Port
Orchard.
"The policemen's and firemen's pen
sion bill received his active support,
and it was principally due to him that
it passed the Senate
"In all legislation affecting the wel
fare of his city or county he was espe
cially active and diligent. Mr. Piper
has had -passed more bills, carrying
larger appropriations, than any other
East -hs will give his attention to avia
tion as an adjunct of" war and to coas-t
and harbor defenses. In' the latter he Is
deeply Interested.
He will have charge of the First Field
Army of Kastern Militia, composed of
25.000 men. In hie hands will be the task
of whipping the state troops into shape
for quick service under the latest regu
lations and to give a trial to the new
plan of Anny supervision. Artillery tours,
instruction camos and Army tactics,
which he supervised this Summer, have
put him in intimate practical training for
the work in the Cast.
General Grant and his associates
have just given in this city one ot
the finest object lessons of what the
Army really is, in the great mili
tary pageant which continued 10 days
on the lake front, right in the heart
of the city. More than 1.000,000 peo
ple witnessed the entertainment pro
vided Dy the soldiers drills, scaling of
walls, band concerts, sham battles and
some rough riding that made the or
dinary Wild West show look cheap by
comparison. Primarily, the troops were
brought to the city to compensate the
youthful population for certain restric
tions placed upon July 4 celebrations.
In the place of the deadly' toy pistol
and -cannon cracker, the people wit
nessed a great military parade and
war evolutions during the day and
listened to a splendid band concert in
the evening.
The net result was an absence of
shocking fatalities and such tremend
ous interest In the soldiers that the
show was continued. General Grant
PIOXEEH OHEGOX PHYSICIAX
CAMK ACKUS PI. A CVS AS
HABI4 IX 1M52.
The Late Dr. Abel Leonard.
Dr. Abel Austin Leonard, who
recently died at Good Samaritan
Hospital, was born at Kingston.
Mo., in 1S52, and crossed the
plains with his parents when
only a baby. The family settled
near Sllverton, where Abel grew
to manhood.
After receiving a public school
education Br. Leonard taught
school for several years and
saved his money for the purpose
of securing a medical education.
He received his M. D. degree in
St. Louis, and began to practice
in Salt Iake. Later he located
at Salem. Or., near the scene of
his childhood, where his sterling
qualities and ability as a physi
cian and surgeon made him one
of the leading medical men of
this section of the state.
Pr. Leonard Is survived by a
wife and son, who live at Salem,
and a sister and three brothers
living.
As.
member of the "Washington Legisla
ture." Japan's Activity Seen. a& Menace.
Oriental newspapers arriving by the
Nippon Yuseu Kaisha are full of dis
cussions of Japan's plans for enlarging
the navy, which topic has taken the
lead among all the questions engross
ng the empire. The Ji.li ShlmDO.
Tokyo, advocates an enlarged arma
ment in view of the constant inter
national tendency in that direction, and
the prevalence of the desire for large
navies. In certain quarters' in Seattle,
Japan's activity Is regarded as a sign
o impending war with the United
States. The Jiji says expansion of
the navy should be effected under any
circumstances. It makes note of the
fact that, as the result of untiring1
effort on the part, of the Katsura cab
inet, there is & surplus in the finances
of the state, and that this favorable
turn of affairs has undoubtedly caused
some sections of the public to advo
cate more warships.
The Japanese government, says the
Jiji, must not be content with the pres
ent naval strength, because in case of
emergency any naval power in tne
West may dispatch its main fleet to
the East, as was the case In the war
with Russia. Believing that the var
ious powers will carry into effect their
projected naval expansion programmes.
the Jiji decla-res it is imperative tnat
Japan build at lease 10 or 12 battle
ships of the Dreadnought type, and
have them completed by 1917, for which
work from 200.000.000 to 240,000,000
yen will be required.
Navy May Displace Army.
It follows, therefore, that for naval
charges alone during the next seven
years, Japan will .have to defray an
annual expenditure of from 36,000,000
to 43.000.000 yen. These figures are
given as the minimum; and the Jiji
expresses the hope that the minimum
programme will be pushed forwarf
even if the expenditure for the army
has to be curtailed, and the strength
ening of shore batteries and other mili
tary measures be delayed. .
Reports of shortage of the wheat
crop, and the rise in the price, have
been accompanied by a flood of orders
of flour for the Orient. Puget Sound
millers, in consequence, have bookeS
enough business to keep their plants
going for six weeks at a time when
the mills ordinarily are idle. Buyers
have Insisted on immediate delivery.
whenever practicable, with the result
that the mills are now swamped and
will not be able to take orders except
lor future delivery.
A local miller says that in his opin
ion the demand is speculative, and is
due to a fear tnat flour will make ma
terial advances before the end of the
season. Millers here are quoting pat
ents below the cost of wheat, with the
object of shutting the Mlnneapoli
product out of the field.
and other' military authorities were
greatly pleased with the outcome of
this venture, which was a success from
every point of view. It served to show
the public that the Army is not made
up of a lot of drunkards and derelicts,
but of bright, active, clean young men,
disciplined and trained to the point of
, perfection. The best of order was
maintained in the great camp at all
times. It was a very fine object les
son for everybody, not excepting cer
tain anarchistic elements in this city,
and the military authorities are , en
couraged to make these pageants an
annual affair, holding them in all
large - centers of population. Aside
from the lesson to the public, the en
tertainment furnished the thousands
of people and the ten days' holiday
for the troops, the pageant brought
to the recruiting offices a flood of appli
cations from the very class of young
men it is most desired to have in the
Army. Thousands of feminine hearts
are still fluttering following the de
parture of the khaki-clad heroes, for
it was largely a society function, de
spite the rigid camp discipline.
In connection with the prevailing
tight money market much local interest
has been aroused in the statement of
financiers that the widespread buying
of automobiles has a good deal to do
with the situation. The assertion ap
peals with a particular force in Chicago
because the expansion of the industry
.Is so strikingly visualized on two prom
inent streets here, Michigan avenue and
Wabash avenue. In Michigan avenue
nearly the whole of both sides of the
thoroughfare from Twelfth to Twenty
sixth street two miles is devoted to
salesrooms of cars and accessories The
business is rapidly extending south
ward and spreading out to neighboring
streets. Residences of one-time fame
and fashionable boarding houses are
giving way before it.
There are something like 40 branches
and agencies for the sale of cars and
at least 150 concerns handling motor
supplies, including tire houses and kin
dred stores. The land occupied by the
40 .houses alone Is worth 4. 000 000
New automobile buildings now in
course of construction or completed
have cost $2,225,000. Public garages
number nearly 200. There are 60 repair
shops and 15 to 30 automobile liveries
Over 300 acres of floor space is devoted
to the business.
According to the figures just tabu
lated the output of automobiles in the
factories of the country for the season
of 1910 is about 210,000. The average
price of the cars Is placed at $1250
The total value at these figures would
be $262,800,000. and nearly all the output
was sold, if the manufacturers speak
correctly. For 1911 it is rm.n u.
output will be 300.000 cars, worth $375 -I
000.000.
Local bankers, speaking of the effect
of automobile purchasing on the finan
cial situation, say. that while general
prosperity warrants many in buying
cars, a large percentage of payments
are made with borrowed money, com
paratively few being able to draw on
their bank accounts for the full am
ount. It is the sum of this borrowed
money which has helped materially in
making the money market tight.
Chicago financiers have no fear of
embarrassment, however. Never have
the institutions been more strongly for
tified In reserves to meet the crop
moving demands. When this letting go
of grain is in progress on a large scale,
they look for the farmers to settle
their loans used In buying cars and
land and thereby to release a large
amount of capital needed in otber di
rections. There Is a plentiful supply
of money in the country, only more of
it is desired in the form of an active
motive power.
Colonel James Hamilton Lewis, he of
the ruddy whiskers and immaculate
dress, has evolved a new axiom, which
in effect is:
"Beware of men who want to make
you President.- When they raise their
hands to tweir allegiance to you, lower
WITH THE TAILOR
At this season of the year it
workshops busy. We have
first-class tailors. In order to
contract and guarantee to give
year round. Now, in order to
going to give an
Extra Pair
FMEE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY ONLY
Of the, same or striped material with any
MADE TO ORDER SUIT
, -
This offer includes our leader,' the WEST-OF-ENGLAND
BLUE SERGE; new arrivals in hairline and pencil stripes,
new Scotch and English importations, all standard woolens
in fact, just as this advertisement says.
In order to fully appreciate this offer of an
Extra
We will guarantee every Suit
as to quality, fit and finish.
Remember, an Extra Pair of
Trousers FREE.
American Gentle
Portland's Leading Tailors
your own hands and clasp your pocket
book." There is a reason, of course, and it
came about In this manner. Feeling the
need of a little recreation from his
arduous political, social and leiral du
ties, the Colonel disported himself at
Sans Souci Park and on the way hwne
boarded a Cottage Grove avenue car. It
was crowded to the limit and the gal
lant Colonel was forced to take a
"strap seat." He noticed that he was
beintr crowded and jostled more than he
thought was absolutely necessary, but
paid no attention to it until a man
standing beside him leaned upon Ms
shoulder and remarked:
T beg your pardon, sir, but you look
a great deal like Colonel J. Hamilton
Lewis."
"Well, people have told me that be
fore." said Colenel Lewls. amiably.
"You even talk like Colonel Lewis,"
persisted the man.
"I have been told that, too," responded
the Colonel.
"I believe you are Colonel Lewis
Colonel J. Hamilton Lewis," insisted the
man. "and I want to say that you are
the greatest man living. Some day you
will be President."
Colonel Lewis blushed deeply and ad
Justed his Panama hat more firmly on
his head, but did not deny this statement,
and the man, in his apparent enthusiasm,
went on to say:
"My friends and myself certainly be
lieve you are the greatest man of today
and we are going to elect you President,
too"
While the Colonel war trying to figure
out the identity of the man, the car
stopped and the latter alighted. Very
soon thereafter. Colonel Lewis discovered
that his pocketbook, containing $17 in
currency, had alighted at the same stop.
He also mourns the loss of an annual
pas over the Canadian Pacific Railroad
and a medallion presented to him by the
University of Paris when be made a
speech at that institution while on his
continental tour.
Medical insrectlon Of 1000 K-year-old chil
dren in Surrey. Eng.. ha revealed the fact
that thoe who had several decayed teeth
welched on an averaire of 2. ad pounds lew
than those m ho haa soual tc.ttb-
makes us hustle to keep our
under contract more than forty
get the very best workmen we
them steady employment the
keep our tailors busy, we are
of Trousers
Pair of Trousers
SEE
you should come in and let us explain and
show you the famous American Gentleman
Tailoring System.
In order to insure a perfect fit we give a
double try-on in the basting, we do all cutting
by the American Gentleman Twentieth Cen
tury Cutting System, we build all coats with
the never-break front that is guaranteed to
stand up until the garment is cast aside.
COR. SIXTH AND
BALLINGER DELAYS TRIP
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR CAN'T
COME TO PORTLAND MONDAY.
Much Speculation Aroused In Politi
cal Circles as Resntl of Post
poned Visit ot Official.
&?cretary of the Interior Richard A.
Ballinger yesterday notified the Commer
cial Club that he would be unable to visit
Portland on Monday as planned, and
postponed the date of his arrival In this
city indefinitely. Mr. Ballinger will be
here, however, within the nex ten days
or two weeks.
President Harvey Beckwith. of the Com
mercial Club, yesterday caused notices to
be sent to members of the elub and
Invited guests who were to dine with Mr.
Ballinger that the event would be post
poned accordingly. The club will bold
Itself in readiness to extend its courtesies
to the distinguished Washingtonian when
ever he shall cross the stateline.
The action of Secretary Ballinger was
the cause of much speculation in political
circles last night. It was argued in some
quarters that Ballinger was continuing
his vieit to Seattle in the interests of
the regular Republican organixatlon
which le being attacked by the insurgent
element under the leadership of Miles
Poindexter. candidate for the United
States Senate. Poindexter is now in
Washington for the purpose of opening
bis campaign. As the home state of the
Secretary. Ballinger is thought to be
very much interested in the result of the
election.
When coming West, the Secretary an
nounced that he. intended to spend his
vacation, following the close of the bear
ing on the Giavia charges, in examin
ations of the various projects which ths
Reclamation Service la fashioning in this
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and other states. A visit to Klamath
Palis and conference with the water
users is scheduled.
The announcement of the Secretary as
to the abandonment of the extension of
ths Malheur River project also will be
come a matter of much Interest to Ore
gonlans. The irrigation of the lands
which could be made suitable to cultiva
tion lie in Morrow and L'matilla coun
ties, the water being taken from the Co
lumbia River. The Government possesses
the-first filing on those waters, the pro
ject has been approved by the Reclama
tion Service as feasible, but public an
nouncement of abandonment has not
been made. During the present' week sev
eral Portland men have offered filings orrJ
tne same water, and will be compelled
to perform specific work to hold them.
The money for work and filing will be
wasted unless the Government abandons
the project. The situation Is interesting
as to the extent that the Portland men
may be considered "good guessers" on
what will be done by the Department of
the Interior.
JiAVASSAR LADIES' BAND.
The following are the programmes
of ths concerts at the Oaks today:
Afternooa.
March overture. "Zigeunerin" Balfe
Waltz, "L'Estudiantina" .. . . Waldteufel
Suite Tschaiko wsky
(a) Chant Sans Parole.
b) Chanson Triste.
c) Chanson Humoreske.
Selection from "The Girl Question"
Howard
Medley, "Berlin bel Nacht" Lincke
Humoreske, "What's the Matter With
Father?" Lamps
Tone pictures of the North and South
Bendlx
Evening.
March.
Overture. "Jfabucodonoser" Verdi
Por trombones Selected
Hungarian rhapsody Liszt
For voice Selected
Miss MacCoy.'
Operatic selection "Maritana"... Wallace
"Death of Custer''. Johnson
Old Man Jailed on Assault Charge.
E. Shank, J years old and- of most
Tail
OFS
Ray Barkhurst, Manager
grave and reverend mien, was arrest
ed yesterday on a complaint signed by
John Orestes, charging assault .and
battery on Mary Ceglle. Shank begged
that his ball be cut down to 110. but
was refused and he was sent to axeil.
Chinook. Pioneer Dies.
Daniel W. Clancy, a retired farmer of
Chinook, Wash., died .at St. Vincent's
Hospital yesterday morning after a
brief illness. He was 7U years of ago
and a pioneer In the region where hs
lived. W. E. Clancy, a prominent resi
dent of Chinook, is a son.
Warehousa Property
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S. W. corner loth and Overton,
150 feet on 15th street. - Track
age and swftch on this location.
1200 FEET
RIVER FRONTAGE
Running back 600 feet to S. P.
Ry., with 1200 feet of trackage.
Income Property
From $15,000 to $200,000.
All transactions confidential.
Information by interview only.
MERCHANTS
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COMPANY
S. W. Cor. 6th and Washington
. Streets.
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