THE SUNDAY OREGON'IAN. PORTLAND, AUGUST 28, 1910.
OREGON NAVAL RESERVE ORGANIZED
AND TRAINING VESSELS REQUESTED
Artinf Gorernor Bowennan Signs Decree and New State Body Comes Into Being Officers Are Chosen and Recruiting Is Started Captain Shepherd
Asks Nary Department lor Yorktown or Vicksburg; and Retired Ship May Come Here Men to Be Taken on Annual Cruises.
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Br VIKTt'E of Acting Governor
Bowerman'B tvnaturs of lust
Thuslr. tho Oregon Naval R
nrr was created, mod officers of the
ortanliation were appointed. Ore son
la the last state on the seaboard of the
United (States to have a naval reserve.
The scope of the new organisation Is
to be much like that of the Oregon Na
tional Guard. In times of peace regu
lar drills like those conducted by the
landsmen will be held so that In case
of hostility with any otlu-r nation, lire
son will be able to contribute Its quota
it fiKhtina- men tor the Navy.
Already the officers of the organisa
tion have a larKe list of recruits for the
rrserve. many of whom have seen act
ive service In tne Navy and are anxious
to continue with the life without the
necessity of enllstlnc for an extended
period sucb as la necessary In the regular
service.
All of the officers of the new organ
isation are either retired Navy men or
liave had much seafurtng life.
Of dorrs Are Chosen.
The officers of the new organization . LVngree.
set Intervals durfng; the year. If the
Yorktown or Vicksburg Is secured. It will
be necessary to make a number of
cruises because j0 men are required to
complete Its crew. The reserve Is ex
pected to have nearly 1000 men by next
Bummer. All of these will have to be
taken for a cruiew. thereby necessitating
at least three trips. During these cruises .
the vessel will probably play at war tac-
lies wnn inv inru si ine puuuiu ui mo
Columbia Klver. and act In the war
games with the Oregon National Guard
to the advantage of both bodies. At least
one regulation cruise per year Is demand
ed of each naval rcervp vessel, and as
many more as possible are urged.
John McNulty. who la the United
State's nautical expert in charge of the
Portland hydrographlc office Is represent
ing the Government tn the organisation
of the reserve. Mr. McNulty has seen
active service, snd Is well qualified for
the position of commander. Mr. Mc
Nulty waa aWei appointed recruiting offi
cer, and Is now at work.
The next session of the Legislature will
be asked to enact a bill providing for
the maintenance of the organization. This
bill will be similar to the Foss bill, which
I will appear before the next senslon of
are: George H. tnepneru. captain, juno
McNulty. commander: Jacob B. 8 pel ex.
exacutlve orficer: John Blaln. naviga
tor: W. I. Edwards, chief engineer: Al
bwt 3 Cspron. paymaster: Ir. Loula
J. Wolf, surgeon: tTharles llamman. as
sistant engineer. I-lvlslon officers,
rarrylng rank of lieutenant: Maxwell
wmte and G. J. Hlomherg; boatswain.
Staron: Gunner. Moltby: carpenter, W.
K. Knright: chief boatswain's mate. A.
s Reeves: chief master-at-arms, Wlss
chusen: chief quartermaster. Slnex;
bandmaster. J. ' Abbet.
The reserve will have at least eight
divisions, each of which will nave Its
own officers to be elected by the en
listed men. The officers of each divi
sion will be lieutenant. Junior lieuten
ant, two ensigns, paymaster and a sur
geon. It .a planned to have six divi
sions In Portland, one or mora at As
ton and on or more at Marahfield,
no Cooa JSay. Hach dlviraun In the
Naval Kesrve will correspond to a com
pany In the Oregon National Guard.
Regulation I'nlted States . Navy
clothes and paraphernalia will be used.
The uniforms will be supplied by the
state.
An appropriation to cover this ex
pense will he asked for at the next ses
jaoti of the legislature. Each man
will have two uniforms. Ilk all "Jack
ie "
Training Phlp Wanted.
Immediately following the action of
Governor Itowerman. George S. Shep
herd telegraphed the tecretary of the
Navy asking that th Vnlted States
gunboat Yorktown or Vicksburg be
plven to the Oregon Naval Reserve as
a training vessel. The Yorktown. one
of the last of the old type of gunboat
In active service. Is soon to be retired,
and It Is thought that the wishes of the
newest naval reserve In the United
States will be granted.
The Yorktown waa a recent visitor In
th Portland harbor, coming to Port
land at the request of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and the men in
terested In the welfare of the naval
reserve . Local man wer t ken aboard
for a complete Inspection. All showed
keen enthusiasm.
JxM-al Men fo Command.
If the Navy IVpartment awards th
Yorktown or Vicksburg to th Reserve,
It will be IB complete command of th
total men. Officers of the reserve ap
pointed bv Governor Howermsn will
act as navigating officers, engineers
and executive ofrh-ers. Seamen from
anion it the ranks of the enlisted men
will do the work regularly done by th
I'nlted States "Jack tars."
Whenever the Navy pepartment give
a eHp to a naval reserve it sends with
It creer of six men who act as guar
dians. These nien are paid by the Gov
ernment and are regular members of
th nsvv.
The crew an, I vessel can be utilised
to tight tire. Kverv man aboard a war
irp a a fireman. Drills are held almost
la'ly.
The Governor of the state Is the
commander In chief of the Naval Re
serve, lie has the power to order the
men Info active service when occasion
iemanls.
At th nevt Portland Rose Festival
the men of th Naval Reserve will ap
pear In full nntform and will play an
important purt In the entertainment.
If tre Yorktown or Vicksburg ie secured
it will he stationed In the harbor nhd
will be thrown open to visitors, adding
another attraction to the already ions
list. ,
Men to io on Cruise.
Already the officers art planning for
m crnise for trt men. As no Govern -ment
ship Is yet obtainable the cruise
wlil b taken on the pilot schooner San
Jose. As the San Jose Is a two-mated
ehooner. this would give the men a
taste of real sailing.
When a Government ship is procured
far th reawrr crujsc will b mad at
The Portland Commercial Club and the
Chamber of Commerce have taken an ac
tive Interest In the organization, and have
signified their willingness to help In the
work of the body.
Oregon, about 10 years ago. had a naval
reserve, but because the Navy Depart
ment at that time was not able to help
It out In any way It whs abandoned. The
present progressiva policy of the Navy
Department did not begin until Kx-Preel-dent
Roosevelt ordered many of the old
veneris retired, and encouraged state re
serves, Oregon's former attempt waa be
fore this era. when all th ships were
needed, and the Nation was Just recover
ing from th cost of th war with Spain.
It is because of the former failure that
the present officers are determined that
th now reserve shall be a success. If
bard work can accomplish that end. they
aver. Oregon wtU 'have one of the best
naval reserves In the United Mates.
Astoria and Marshfleld have taken a
decided Interest In the movement, and are
preparing to lend. a helping hand in the
way of organising divisions In their
town.
Whenever a new naval reserve Is or-
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ganised the Navy Department In addition
to supplying a "ssel supplies a drill mas
ter to whip the recruit into shape. Sev
eral naval officers have expressed the
deal re to be sent to Portland to Instruct
th men here. Th Navy supplies the coal
for the ship. This feature alone will be
a big saving In the cost of mslntonance.
Acting Governor Bowerman ha as his
advisers In this matter the earn body of
officers that sets on the affairs of th
Oregon National Guard. The latter or
ganization serins enthused with the Idea
of having another fighting body of men In
Oregon, and will probably lend much as
sistance. Captain Shepherd haei for year been
Identified with shipping Interests of Port
land, and has been Admiral of the As
toria Regatta, and this rear la on of
the officers. He has had much seafaring
experience In the merchant marine, hav
ing been an officer of a sailing vessel.
Executive Officer Jseob Speler wa for
merly commander of an Army transport
before coming t Portland.
Th Yorktown la of 1710 tons displace
ment, 230 feet In length, 14 feet draft, twin
crew and can develop a speed of 18 knots.
She wis built In 1M at Philadelphia.
Th Vicksburg was built In 1897 at Bath.
Ma, and I of 1000 ton displacement. 148
feet long, 12 feat draft, and has a speed
of IS knots. She Is barkentlne rigged, and
waa formerly used on the Eastern Coast
for a training ship. The Vicksburg would
make an Ideal naval reserve ship. She Is
on her way from the Central America
war son to San Francisco to be retired.
Th Yorktown relieved th Vicksburg
from duty In protecting th American In
terest about Nicaragua. From there the
Torktown will probably go to New York,
Captain Shepherd wired hla preference
for the, Yorktown. naming the Vicksburg
a hit second choice. It Is thought that
th Vicksburg could be delivered her
almost Immediately.
LESSON IS EXPENSIVE
MILLIONS LOST IX FOREST
FIR.ES BY NEGLECT.
White Men Should Learn From In
dians How to Clean the Woods
of Inflammable Stuff.
ASHLAND. Or.. Aug;. 10. (To the
Kdltor.) The piltcy of neglect and Im
practical forestry fad theories are to
blame for th loss of millions of dol
lars worth of our finest timber In the
present great forest fires.
Instead of following th common
sense policy of burning th surface of
the ground over whenever enough
twigs, leaves and brush accumulated.
Ilk the Indian did for hundreds of
years while our forests were growing,
th white man has been coddling the
brush and debris In our forests under
the false but attractive theory that It
was necessary to protect our water
supply and also to assure a future
growth of timber, with the results that
th brush and rubbish accumulating
for years Is now the cause of destroy
ing millions upon millions of feet of
our finest timber. Our wise forestry
faddists admit that the situation Is be
yond control and all they can do Is
pray for rain.
Arguments have misled timber land
owners to believe that their patrol sys
tem of keeping out fires was a success
and that each succeeding year losses
by fir were lesa Th lattsr statement
no one has undertaken to dispute, but
It has been doubted by observers her
in the Northwest art it can no longer
b used to fool th people In believing
that timber Is safe from fire under the
present fals system of protection. It
Is a surprise that the Tacific North
wast newspapers have not had more to
say on this subject.
Why duD't some of our pioneer men
explain the condition they found our
forests In when they first came to Ore
gon? Let us get bark to where the
white man succeeded that child of na
ture, the Indian, and learn his ways
and then let ns profit at one by his
methods. After th rains start again
clean up the accumulated rubhlsn In
our forests and make them safe from
fires, no matter how dry or how long
the dry seasons extend or how many
fires may be started In the future.
Lrt ever)- timber land owner begtn
this Pall to clean up his frest. It will
be a big Job becaus It has been neg
lected so long, but It will have to be
don. If the timber la worth anything.
It Is worth protecting from destruction
by brush fires. Better employ men at
reasonable wages Spring and Fall to
clean up the surface of th ground and
make th timber safe from fires In the
dry sason than be compelled to pay
them big wages In th dry and busy
season, when men are hard to get to
fight a hopeless battl that In many
cases could not b won by all th men
In the world.
Control the fir situation Instead of
letting It ruin you through th policy
of neglect and prayers. No penalties
can be mad sever enough to prevent
fires from starting because firebug
ar not easily caught. Thr are many
reasons why wretched specimen of
humanity will start destructive fire
and each succeeding year that the ac
cumulations ar permitted, condition
get more dangerous and more destruc
tive fires will be started. The best In
surance against timber loss Is to clean
up the surface of the ground before
and after the dry season.
The building of wide fir trails. Ilk
Is dona on th brush-covrd mount
ains of Southern California, la the first
necessary move. This could be dona
before another dry season. Than there
would be some chanc to atop or con
trol fires until such time as th brush
and debris was all cleaned out of the
woods, when all danger of destructive
fires would be eliminated. Th Indians'
policy could then b followed and th
surface burned whenever enough
leaves and twig accumulated so that
the fir would spread. These light fires
would not hurt growing timber, and
th result would b complete safety
from loss by fires.
To let faddists make us believe that
th brush and debris In our forest of
Western Oregon Is necessary to our
present strsam flow. Is to admit that
w don't know a much a digger
squirrels and It I classing Western
Oregon with desert countries like
Southern r-altfornla, Arlsona and New
Mexico. To the argument that th
brush and seedling trees must be pro
tected to assure a future crop of tim
ber. I tay let us show our ability to
take car of th maturing crop th In
diana raised for us. and not try to
raise aeveral crop at a time, and
thereby lose all.
Let our Legislature make laws re
quiring th Immediate building ef fir
trails and th cleaning up of th sur
face of the ground In forests and burn
Ing of all debris in logging, and pro
vide for state and county aid In mak
ing the timber safe from fires. . Th
state could well afford to build a sys
tem of fire trails and appropriate mon
ey to fight fires within ta boundaries
of these trails for several years until
owner of timber land can get rid of
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the dangerous tinder beds that have
been year In accumulating.
If something worth while la not don
at once, on of our most attractive
taxable properties will b nearly wiped
off th tax rolls of the Northwest, nnd
It will not be longer necessary to ratio
each year the asaessed valuation on our
bottled-up timber. It is no wonder that
timber land has become about the
hardest thing to dispose of In tills
state, with the taxea steadily advanced
each year and th fir dangsr Increas
ing with every succeeding season, and
the Southern Pacific In th way of get
ting It to market with exorbitant
freight rate which make th lumber
ing unprofitable, as the many failure
of milling concerns along the rallroal
Indicate, I would like to know where
th tlmbtr land owner- 1 expected to
get off at. N. F. THRONE.
PLANETS ARE INHABITED
Scientist Is Convinced Life Exist on
Heavenly Bodies.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17. Profes
sor T. J. J. See, In charge of th Naval
astronomical observatory at Mare Is
land, addressing the Popular Educa
tional Society, known as th Material
ists' Association, last night, announced
the completion of his researches In
coimlcal evolution, to which h has de
voted 10 year of hi time. He stated
that his investlgstlons have evolved a
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UNTIL SEPT. 1ST
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
For on Thursday we will move our sales department
to our new store at 367 Morrison street, corner West
Park, (by Olds, Wortman & King's) and be opened
up there Friday and Saturday next. If you want to
get the advantage of this advertising removal sale,
you will have to be on hand here Monday, Tuesday or
Wednesday, you can get a LADIES
SUIT FREE as follows :
With each order for a Gentleman's Suit any price we will
give a LADIES' TAILORED $35.00 SUIT FREE. Two reasons
for this splendid offer.
FIRST We are opening a new store at 367 Morrison street,
'corner West Park (by Olds, Wortman & King's). We want you
to know this fact and know it quick, and remember it, for we will
have a store there for a long time. The arrangement of the win
dows and front of the store is most striking and worth your while
to see. .
SECOND We are opening the Gentlemen's Tailoring Depart
nien to this business and we want everyone in Portland to know
it at once right away. During the past year we have had many
inquiries if we made men's clothes. Now we will make them, and
we use the most expensive advertising there is to let you know it
that is, giving a Ladies' Suit free with a Man's Suit.
THE LINES OF OUR LADIES' GARMENTS
are correct the most perfect to be had. You know and can depend on it that every garment we
show you is made by us. right here in our large 50x100 making floor and department. The lining
tine best to be had. '
NO FIGHTING OR ARGUING with you to deliver or get you to take a garment. If it ain't
right you can't have it. Won't cost you. a cent. DON'T BE AFRAID of any misrepresentation.
Mr. Acheson absolutely will not allow any of his assistants tJ misrepresent indeed, you can
rely on their word and judgment, and you need not be surprised if we differ with you about a
piece of goods advise you not to take it, etc., for we know what is best and will work up best.
YOU CAN REST ASSURED
that we do not use or cut up an inch of what is known as DRY GOODS material, or similar to that
used in Eastern ready-made garments. We use only tailor cloth woolens. Those words sound
good, are good and mean lots. HUSBANDS, FATHERS, BROTHERS, OOUSmS, UNCLES,
SWEETHEARTS Ladies, bring them in; they will have to have a Suit this Fall, and you get
one FREE. You know you want one.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
You-can register your order, select the lady's suit and the gentleman's suit can be selected
any time hereafter, before November 15, that you may be ready. There is no cinch to this. We
want your business this exceptional offer entitles us to it. You arc not true to yourself or busi
ness principles, if you don't accept the offer. v
TERMS AND CONDITIONS No deposits or payments on orders or garments are taken by
us with a view of forcing you' to take garments, but are taken as evidence of good faith on your
part, and if we fail to please you are promptly refunded no jangling about it. All prices are
plain and are made according to the goods, style, etc., from printed lists. You can see them.
There will be no changes. We know they are right. So will you when you see what we will give
you. '
148 Fifth Street, Fifth Floor of Acheson Building
Where we have our big tailoring and making department and sales floor, is where you can see
the garments and woolens.
Acheson Cloak and Suit Co.
and Merchant Tailors
148 Fifth StreetSee Electric Sign Take Elevator to Fifth Floor
nw and Improved Uieory of the al
derlal universe.
Th eclentut claimed that hla theory
of coemlcal evolution Involved the ac
tion of both attractive and repulsive
forces, and had enabled htm to explain
all classes of heavenly bodies. By his
discoveries during th past two years
Professor See said he had reduced cos
mogony to an 'exact science.
Professor See's concluding argument
wa that the planet now shown to
revolve about the fixed star are inhab
ited by Bom kind of intelligent beings,
so that life ia unquestionably a gen
eral phenomenon of the unjverse. H
cited an address delivered at Phila
delphia in 1887. by Professor Newcomb.
In which similar views were held, and
said that the proof Is much more com
plete now than at that time.
"Men of science." he said, "must ad
mit that life Is general on the count
less worlds revolving about the fixed
stars or else concede that life upon
earth Is an accident and a mistake, ex.
Isting for hundreds of millions of years
In direct violation of the laws of Nature."
than last year. Superintendent Dally,
of the Portland-Alaska Packers' As
sociation's plant, reports that his com
pany' cannery was burned on the
morning of August 10, but how the Are
started Is not definitely known. The
company had packed 63.000 cases of
tiah and 28,600 cases of the pack was
burned. The run tf fish was very
heavv but continued for only 13 days.
Alaska Salmon Pack Short.
ASTORIA, Or.,' Aug. 17. The Portland-Alaska
Packers' Association'
steamer North King arrived today from
Nuihagek River, Alaska. Sha reports
the total salmon pack In that river as
455,000 cases, or about 85 per cent less
'Each of the chief or
gan of th body ia a .
i link ia th Chain of
I Life. A chain ia ao
stronger than its
weakest link, the body
ao stronger than it
weakest organ. If there S weakaesa of stomach, liver or lungs, there is a
weak link ta the chain of life which may snap at sny time. Ultra ttjis so-called
1 is ceased by lack of nutrition, the result of weakness or disease
of the stomach aad other organs of digestion and nutrition. Diseases and
weaknesses of th stomach end its allied organ are eared by the use of Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. When the wen; or diseased stomach i
eared, disease ef other organs which itrm remote from the stomach but which
have tbeir engla tn a diseased condition of tne stomaen and
ether organ of digettioa end nutrition, are eared also.
n mtromg man tarn m mtrmmi mtomaca.
Tmtm tmm aeer reauaeaeTee7 "Ofaeor
mrr" at roar mar mmv m mtfnt turn
m a mtromg Tr.
Grvm A wat. Dr. Pierce' Common Sense Medical Adviser,
new missd Edition, is cent frr oa receipt of stamp to pey
expense of mailing ay. Send 21 ooe-cent stamps for the
book ia paper cover, or SI tramps for the cloth-bound vol-
Addresa Dr. S. V. fierce, Buffalo, IN. X.
Aug. 3 1 and Sept. 2
To ST. PAUL
and Return
For Conservation Congress
Future .
Excursions
Sept. 8
To all points
East
Sept. 22
To Denver
and other
Colorado
points.
Stopovers permitted on go
ing or return trips; Extra
stopover given for visit to
Yellowstone Park to Sep
tember 15.
Through trains and sleeping
cars from Portland.
Westbound
Colonist Fares '
Sept. 15, Oct. 15
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Torthern
JLl TacSeaicHitbwT
Pacific
Tkraagh th
Railway
ia at ranaa
A. D. CHARLTON, Aaat. Gen. Pass. Agent
25S Morrison Street, Corner Third, Portland