THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTE3IBER 4, 1910.
LUMBERRATETQBE
RAISED, IS REPORT
Interstate Commission Has
Private Information of
Contemplated Increase.
RUSSIAN BAREFOOT DANCER FASCINATES NEWPORT SOCIETY
WOMEN.
SCHOOL SUIT
for
Army Engineers Fear Nature
of Soil Will Make Umatilla
Project Inadvisable.
BOYS AND YOUNG MEN
RESERVOIR WOULD
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NEW HEARING NECESSARY
Purpose of Mill and Harriman Lines
Not Officially Declared Fast-
crn .Markets Already Loft,
Say Local Shipper.
OREdONIAN NEWS BL'REAl". Wish
InKton. Sept. 3. According to private
advices received by the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the Hill and Harri
man Railroads contemplate again ad
vancing the rate on lumber shipped
East from pacific Coast point when
the existing rates, fixed by the rommls
aion expiro automatically on Octol er 15.
It la reported that the railroads con
template advancing- the rates even be
yond the point which they sought to
attain two years aico. at the time when
the commission made material reduc
tions in their schedules as filed.
In the event that this attempt Is
made und la resisted by the lumber In
terests, ttie commt.-slon will be com
pelled to go over the same around it
covered Incident to Its decision two
jean ago and the railroadi. to Justlfy
thelr proposed adv. nr. will be obliged
to show Increased cost of service i-lnce
the commlirlon established the present
rates. October !.. 190.
"If the railroads Increase the rate on
lumber It will absolutely be prohihl
tlt e." said F. li. Kansom. manmcer and
treasurer of the Wstorn Lumber Com
pany. Ia.t night. "The rate is mo lilph
now tliat lumbermen of the West do
not feel like making an effort to to
after buMnt'sa in the Kaat. The Jockey
ing- of rates In the Kast lias had the ef
feet of dlscourajcinir lumbermen In at-
tcmptltiK to seek Kastern trade. South
ern lumber has practically shut us out
of Nebraska anil cvrn Colorado. A few
years uijo we shipped dosens of car
loads of lumber every month to Kastern
Colorado. This year we have shipped
only one car. Southern lumber la sold
In Eastern i-VIurado for $1 to S4 less a
t .to. .-ami than we can afford to i-ell l
! neve ttie railroads realize our
predicament and that any Increase will
be prohibitive. Instead of Increasing
the rates I think "e railroads might
be more disposed to reduce them and
cct the business. Two weeks ago I
talked with Mich officials of both the
Harriman and Hill roads regarding
lumber rates, and they were of the
opinion that it would not be advisable
to In. -rea.se rates. In view of present
conditions and the high rate that has
made It not worth while to (to after
buslenss In the F-ast. It Is hard for me
to believe that any increase Is contem
plated by either of these roads.
"But what about the Milwaukee?"
i iddeiily asked Mr. Rnnwnm. "We want
o know what the Milwaukee Is doing.
He understand they are In the West
'or business, and we would like to
mow If they contemplate an incerase."
It- B. Miller, general freight agent of
the O. R- N.. said last night that he
lad not heard of any contemplated In
crease In rates on lumber.
"It la all news to me." he said, "and
having heard nothing about an In
crease In ra'es until now. I cannot say
anything; about the reports.
-TAP LIXE" RATES SUSPENDED
Interstate Commission Heed Pro
test., of Southern Lumbermen.
WASHINGTON. Sept. J. Radical ac
tion was taken by the Interstate Corn
pierce Commission by the suspension of
r - w rates and charges filed by the
Kansas City Southern Railway Com
pany, the Texarkana & Fort Smith
Railway Company and the Arkansas
Western Railway Company against cer
tain so-called "tap lines" connecting
with the roads. In accordance with
the tariffs filed by the three lines
amed. Joint routes and through rates
were canceled with the "tap lines."
All the "tap lines" transport lumber
from certain districts to Junction
joints on through routes. Heretofore
tie main lines have granted to the "tap
lines" the privilege of making through
routes and Joint rates to various points
ef destination In states other than that
In which the traffic originated.
The a-ancllatlon of the through
routes and Joint rates would Increase
f'om I to cents a hundred pounds the
rts o.n shipments from points on the
"tap lines" to points In other states.
The rase Involvd l?i "tap lines" con-
"-tlng with th main lines of various
rallrcds In Arkansas. Missouri. Texas
a-.d Louisiana the yellow pine region
f the rnited Statea.
Scores of protests have been received
r-r the commission from lumber opera
tors In this territory against the can
cellations arrangement proposed by the
ana In line roads because It would In
crease the price of marketing their
lumber 2 to cents a hundre, pounds.
Puch an Increase would mean. It Is al
leged, the loss of markets heretofore
enjoyed by the "tap lines" lumber com
panies. The tariffs suspended today were to
have become effective September 7 and
They have been suspended until
January I.
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BOARD WILL INVESTIGATE
Proposed
Built
.VKWrORT. R. I.. A UK. -0. (Special. )
A new Russian barefoot dancer has
raptured society at Newport with her
wonderful classic dancing at the Ca
sino. She Is the Countess Thamara de
Swlrsky. She has been besieged with
requests to teach society women the
Kussinn and Slav dances, and has can- C'uunlesa
celled all licr out-of-town engagements
to accept society engagements at New
port. She has been engaged by Mrs. James B. Haggtn
I'hamMra de Swlrsky In Two
of Her .Most Fetching I'osea.
to. give her barefoot
rianees t . .tinner which :r tt M;nr.( ...ill frlv. Ibis month. She has albo
been enirif-l In lnnee llncon Ml... 1 l...n.rfh' numbers In bare fCCt
on the lawn of a prominent woman's cottage In Newport.
ROAD WORK STARTS
Hood River Highway Soon to
Be Realized.
GOOD ROADERS ASSEMBLE
Enthusiastic Conference at Commer
cial Club Results In Decision to
Call Gatherings Monthly In
JKnture Plans Laid Out.
COMMISSION NOT SlSPICIOCS
Investigation. Sajs Prouty. Is Being
Approached With Open Minds.
CHICAGO. Sept. S. Interstate Com
merce Commissioner Prouty. who at
tended the railroad rate hearing here
yesterday, said the Commission was
approaching the rate Investigation with
an open mtnd.
"There Is absolutely no suspicion In
my mind," he declared, "or as far as
I know. In the minds of any of the
Commissioners, that the accounts of
the railroads have been padded or Jug
gled in any way.
"There Is a large appropriation
which Is used In paying for the exam
ination ef railroad books of account,
but our force Is not sufficient to keep
the check rlg:it up to date. In my
Judgment, however, all suspicion that
the railroads are trying to do such a
thing should be set at rest at once.
I.ltrrarj England's N'r-w Stars.
Roston Despatch.
Justus Miles Forman. author of Bt
anra's Daughter." writes that he bas
decided to settle In England for the
Summer. Mr. Forman. together with
Norman Hapgood. has taken a quaint
country seat In Surrey, adjoining the
Summer home of William Faversham.
The name of Mr. Fcrman's place Is
Luuelrtdjre.
Work hsa been started on the Hood
River road an Improvement that the
"Good Roads'1 people of Portland have
been demanding ever since the movement
was Inaugurated.
Announcement that a corps' of civil
engineers had been put to work on the
route of the new thoroughfare wasj made
by County Judge Cleeton and Commis
sioner Uoddard at a recent meeting of
the uregon Good Roads Association.
Judge Lionet A. Webster, who has been
traveling over the state for the past few
months In the Interests of the associa
tion, gave a report of his work and told
In what manner he had been recolved
at various places. He staled that he had
been succeenful In securing the Indorse
ment of the state grange of the scheme
whereby a county may be privileged to
Isme bonds or extend its credit in any
other manner to pay for the Improvement
of its public highway and said that his
addresses and demonstrations among
nuny of the rarming communities naa
Influenced those mho had been opposed
to the movement to favor It. He urged
a vigorous campaign of publicity among
the metropolitan and country presa as
a further means of enlightening the
voters and taxpayers) on the benefits and
advantages to be derived from improve
ment the main avenues of rural and su
burban tratel.
Aid of Pros Sought.
and at all times has been in favor of
Improved highways and he urged a more
general sentiment among the people along
this line.
The Hood River project. Judge Cleeton
estimated, will cost the county 175,000,
but the ultimate cost will be nearer J10,
oi) according to figures complied by offi
cials of the Automobile Club and others
who are Interested In It. The length
will be nearly IS miles nnd when com
pleted will form tlie connecting link be
tween Eastern and Western Oregon. fcJi
thusiusts in the movement consider It
the nioft valuable acquisition to the bet
terment of traveling conditions that can
bo accomplished at this time.
' To create more interent among mem
bers of the aesoclatlon monthly meetings
will Imx held In the future. The second
Tuesday evening of each month and the
offices of the association In the Keen
building were fixed as the respective time
and place for holding the meetings.
CATALEPriC NOW TALKS S
PATHOLOGICAL SLEEP CON-
VEKTED INTO HYPNOTIC.
The press rules this country." Judge
Webster declared. "The power of the
press is greater than that of any one
otlier Institution. Knllrt its nid in the
good roads movement and you will soon
have the farmer and the general tax
paper on your side. The time will come
I can see It ahead when we will have to
use a little restraint upon the people
who will be clamoring for good roads
Instead of using our efforts to fr.fluence
them to secure their construction as at
present."
The speaker advocated the employment
of a state hlghwav commissioner at a
salary consistent with services and ability I
eAntil.lt fnf t ll nns'.ttnn nd rfclsred :
himself In favor of pome man who Is not Josephine
a resident of the state and who would
thus be removed from pullitcei and loc'al
differences if any such exist.
Following his address, a motion was
passed authorising further publicity
smung the voters of the initiative amend
ment providing for hood Isauea or other
extenslom of eredlta In those count'es
of the state whrre the taxpapcrs desire
to thus raise funds to procure better
roads.
Henry Wemme. president of the Port
land Automobile Club, declared himself
In favor of a law compelling counties to
make the Improvement. If a sufficient
rumber of the taxpayers demand them.
He also eaigcrsted an Improvement of the
present courses of many country roads,
Ue cited Instances In various parts of
t state where the traveler la compelled,
by reasorf of the roads being consiructed
In Irregular manner, to cover l miles In
reaching a point only nine miles away.
These roads should be straightened out.
he said, and the land restored to tha
oarers of the adjacent property.
Roads I.Ike Railway System.
Another Improvement suggested by Mr.
Wemme was the establishing of "trunk
roads' and "feeders" similar to those
ot a great railroad system. ,
Judge Cleeton safd tt was purposed to
use convict labor In the construction of
some of the more difficult stretches
during the romlng Winter. He sahl that
the sympathy of the County tVurt Is
Skilled Physician Believes Patient
May Yet Be Restored to
an Active Life.
PARIS. Sept, 5. (Special.) The
Psrls tinners Duhllsh the story of a
servnnt named Josephine who has
fallen Irfto a cataleptic slumber an!
cannot be awakened. She is at pres
ent In the hospital at Alencon, where
she baa been since January 22 of this
year.
Josephine, who Is 32 years old, has
for the last 13 years been subject to
nervous fits, which occurred every few
months. She was completely pros
trated after these attacks and wns
Incapable of working for several days.
Her cure was extremely slow In tho
hospital. Her spirits were affected and
she became convinced that she would
never work again. As her character
became more sotnbor her nervousness
Increased.
On June 11 last, after a day In
which she exhibited unusual ment:
agitation, she fell into a sleep from
which she has not yet recovered. The
anaesthesia Is generalized. Hearing
sight and taste are suspended. Only
the sense of smell remains In a cer
tain measure. The eyelids frequently
tremble convulsively, while at Inter
vals tho patient gives utterance to In
articulate groans.
Dr. Paul Fares, professor at the
School of Psychology. Is extremely in-
terested In tbls remarkable case, and
Is using his best efforts to convert tha
pathological sleep Into an hypnotlo
sleep. In which state the patient would
be more accessible to suggestions of a
therapeutic efficacy. His labors in th;a
direction have been crowned with suc
cess.
When she fell Into the catalepsy.
was completely speechless,
today she articulates In a loud voice?
the effect of suggestion. Itespondlnir
to the snme Influences, she sits up
without assistance In bed. Under tha
guidance of the doctor her faculties
return little by little. But her muscles
have lost their most elementary notions
of movement. Her medical attendant
Is now working upon the "musclo
memory." He believes that presently
the dreamer will be called back by a
scientific miracle from the Umbo where
her mind wanders, nnd that she will be
restored to active life.
Extension May Not Be
Normal ITow of -River
Already Appropriated, Is
Latest Report. .
OREGONTAN NEWS Bt'REAf, Wash
ington, Aug. 30. The Board of Army
Engineers, now In the West Inspect
ing Government Irrigation projects for
the President, probably will spend sev
eral days on the Cmatilla project, look
ing into engineering and physical con
ditions affecting the feasibility of the
west-side extension.
From a purely engineering stand
point, it Is declared by officials of the
Reclamation Service that this contem
plated extension Is entirely feasible.
The land Is of good quality, and lies
well. There Is a suitable reservoir site
and with storage sufficient water could
be Impounded to Irrigate all the lands
embraced In Jhe preposed extension.
Moreover, these things alone considered,
this new part ol the project could be
built at a figure which land owners and
settlers could afford to pav.
buz it Is learned that there are other
features to be considered before this
west-side extension can be adopted.
ana it will be for the board to deter
mine vhether or not these consldera
tions Jmtlfy the Government In build
Ing the project, or whether they make
It advisable for the Government to
abandon this field to private enter
prise
It the first place. It Is learned that
the normal flow of the Cmatilla River
Is appropriated. Water for the west
side extension must be obtained by
storage. This means the building of a
nam across tne Umatilla River, and the
backing up of the waters behind this
dam to the very edge of the new town
of Stanneld. The town will not bo
flooded by the waters of the reservoir,
but will find Itself on the bank of a
long, narrow artificial lake. .
The town, which has grown tremend
ously In the past year, according to In
formation on nle In Washington, Is
comparatively flat, and the soil
throughout the country porous. The
erection of this big storage lake or res
ervoir, bringing the water close to the
town, would. It Is feared, have a marked
tendency to saturate the land on which
the town is built, rendering the main
tenance of cellars impossible, and
otherwise damaging the value of property.
Should this presumption prove cor
rect, it would be necessary for the Gov
ernment, before building the Umatilla
extension, either to buy out or move
the town of Stanfleld, or else pay heavy
damages resulting from the saturation
of the soli and the consequent damage
to town real estate. This, In Itself. Is
one of the obstarles to be reckoned on,
and one of tho elements tending to In
crease the cost of the proposed project.
Anotner thing to be considered by
the board Is the unsatisfactory condi
tion of water rights and filings along
the Umatilla River. It is believed by
fflclals of the Reclamation Service that
the waters of the Umatilla are over-
pproprlated, and that if all the water
called for by recorded filings should
be taken out and applied to Irrigation,
there would not be enough water left
for the proposed Government project.
As a matter of fact, with storage, it Is
believed there would be ample water
for the Government project if private
appropriators did not undertake to In
crease their diversions, or If none of
the water applied to irrigation was al
lowed to go to waste. However, the sit
uation regarding water rights on this
river Is admittedly In complicated and
unsatisfactory condition, and It will
be Incumbent upon the Army Board to
determine definitely whether or not
there can be procured, by storage, suf
ficient water to reclaim the 60.000 acres
Included in the proposed extension.
There will be no determination as to
what shall be done about the Umatilla
extension until some time next Winter,
for the board will reserve Its report
until after Its return to Washington,
and the present Indications are that the
board's views will not be laid before
the. President before the first of Jan
uary, 1911. Until that report Is re
ceived and digested, none of the $20,-
000.000 fund will be allotted and no ex
tensions authorized.
If the west-side Umatilla extension
Is turned down, Oregon will probably
not share In the benefits accruing from
the J20.n00.ono bond Issue, for It is
reported that the only possible exten
slon that might be made of the Klamath
project would be one for the reclama
tion of about 1S.000 acres of fruit land,
lying entirely In California. So far as
Oregon is concerned, it must be the
west-side Umatilla extension, or nothing.
DESTROYERS OF EMPIRES
Fall of Greece and Rome Declared to
Be Dae to Mosquitoes.
(New Tork World.)
It seems that there are no discover
ers like college professors. Prof. W. M.
Wheeler, of Harvard, has Just an
nounced that the fall of Greece and
Rome was due to the mosquito, which
brought In malaria from Asia and
Egypt. Thus he simplifies great ques
tions on which many historical students
have spent their lives only to leave the
problems still In dispute.
Gibbon, who generally appears in six
monumental volumes, believed thst tho
Knickerbocker suits, many models in many
fabrics and patterns are here awaiting your
inspection. Their tailoring and finish border
on perfection. Modestly priced
$5 to $15
Young Men's College Suits
There is much in this stock of ours to inter
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taste. Fall models are ready
$15 to $35
Store Closed Monday, Labor Day
BEN
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LLIN
LEADING CLOTHIER
decline and fall of the Human empire
was due to the increase of luxury, old
age and decay. He has a great deal
cities, an energetic, intelligent insect
like the mosquito would never have
stayed behind. And if the professor's
- logic is good, wny aia i-gypi nersun,
to say about the entrance of the Turks wnlch he ciaims to have been one
from Asia,, but he does not chronicle the
coming of a single mosquito. In fact,
it Is doubtful whether he mentions the
mosquito In-any one of his volumes.
Certainly he has no distressing account
of its stinglna- the Itoman people to
death. The German writers are famed
for thoroughness and accuracy of de
tail, and we cannot see how the rav
ages of such a formidable invader, if
It really ravaged, escaped the attention
of the great Mommueti.
We fear that the professor will have
yet more trouble .with his theories
when he goes back to Greece. Ovid
tells how Io. changed into a cow, was
chased about the world by an Insect.
But It was a gadfly, not a mosquito. If
the mosquito had existed actively in
Greece, a discerning goddess like Juno
would certainly have chosen it as the
Instrument of her Jealousy and ven
geance. The Greeks themselves were origin
ally an Asiatic people, and when they
were sending off Into Europe the emi
grating streams that founded Athens,
Sparta. Corinth, and other famous
of the countries responsible for the
mosquito, endure about 6000 years?
When you go over Into Asia the same
tale is true. Babylon was the New
York and London of Its time for a
couple of thousand years or so, and
Nineveh fell before the busy battle-ax,
not the buzzing Insect. May it not
be that the malaria Introduced by the
mosquito is fully offset by the activity
and energy produced by its sting?
Company Inspects Timber.
HUSUM, Wash.. Sept. 8. (Special.)
Clarke W. Thompson, of Cascade Locks,
Or., president and manager of the Wind
River Lumber Company, operating
along the White Salmon River, is here
on a tour of inspection, visiting the
logging camp eight miles above here.
The company owns several thousand
acres of fir and pine timber lands along
the river and north and west of Trout
Lake. Gus Johnson, Chief Deputy
Game Warden and Fish Commissioner,
recently granted the company a per
mit to run logs down the White Sal
mon River for another year.
Let This Be Your
Savings
Bank
STRAUS STARTS FOR HOME
Ambassador to Turkey to Spend Va
cation in United States.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sept. 3. Amerl-
can AmDassauor etra -, accompanies ny
Mra Straus, left tod;f-- for a holiday in
the United States. Prior to their de
parture the Ambassador cleared up a
number of matters relating to American
educational Institutions in Turkey.
Among other things he . arranged for
the property for the building of the new
American College for Girls: obtaining
permit for the enlargement of Robert
College and an Imperial decree exempting
the American College at Beirut from va
rious annoying restrictions.
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prove to bJ a land of golden opportunities. Have you marked the re
sults that Invariably followed the building of great railway systems Ilka
the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific. Santa Fe, Great Northern, Canadian
Pacific and Northern Pacific? Have you marked the birth, development
and rapid enrichment of new cities, towns and farming communities that
followed In the wake of these roads? If not, mark it now and mark it
well. Remember that the building of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
presents to you that opportunity, and opportunities rarely knock at any
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The Fraser. Nechaco and Bulkley Valleys offer to the farmer and in
vestor what is today the finest undeveloped farming area of the North
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WEIGH THESE FACTS
BECAUSE it is at tha conjunction
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BBCAI SE the Grand Trunk Pacific
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BECAUSE four other railroads will
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BECAUSE it is fertile In field and
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BECAUSE It has the richest black
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