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6 TITE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1914. MILLION ACRES TO BE MADE TILLABLE 11 Benton Farmers Start Big Drainage Project First ;. District Organized. : OTHER SECTIONS FOLLOW Lands Now Worthless or Producing Scant Crops Will Be Vn watered at Kstiinated Tofal Cost of $10 to $20 an Acre. BY MARK WOODRUFF. I CORVALLIS. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) I Through the organization of the . Corvallis-Monroe Drainage District, , which was effected here this after ; , noon, Benton County has begun to pio- : Beer the most practical development . , movement of recent years in Oregon. ; . It means the unwatering of a million acres before the movement Is checked, the disappearance of white lands from the Willamette Valley and a tremen ; dous Increase in land yields. i , .Within two years it is expected that lands that are worthless or producing . a stand of grain almost as thin as hair ' on a bald head will be netting 10 per cent on a valuation of $250 an acre. Second District Started. As a result of the activity of the farmers along, the line of the Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway in South ern Benton County, a second district for the drainage of lands adjacent to the Lonr Tom, Coyote and Amazon creeks in Lane County is under forma tion and will embrace 100,000 acres as compared with the 15,000 to 20,000 ",. acres of the Corvallis-Monroe District. Down at Albany the Commercial Club is working on the formation of a . district containing 60.000 acres, while other large districts are being agitated for the Lebanon Plains and the Brownsville District. For 20 years th farmers of that portion of Benton County lying be tween the Muddy Creek and the Wil lamette River have talked drainage, ' and in one or two instances progres sive men have been able to put in a few tiles. The result of those experi .. ments served to crystallize sentiment to the stage that it has only required a-few weeks' work on the part of L. N. Edwards, who is at the head of the - new drainage organization: J. O. WIN - son and J. S. Watkins, supported by Charles Murphey, secretary of the lo cal Commercial Club, to interest the farmers along the new railroad. In the formation of a drainage sys tem that will cost probably 6000 per : mile for main ditches and laterals, it Is estimated that the cost of the sys tem In perfected Installation will be from $10 to $20 an acre. Meeting; Ag-ala Starch 11. The district organization will be completed at a meeting to be held March 11. when the money for paying :; for a preliminary survey will be in hand. $400 having already been raised . by the committee to pay for that work. The district will only construct the main canals and laterals, it then being " , lip to the farmer as to the amount of tiling they wish to plant on their lands. A dredge will probably be con- - structed some point on the Muddy Creek , and allowed to cut its way out to the Willamette River. The meeting today was attended by about 40 of the 65 large land owners In the Corvallis-Monroe district, and no gathering ever assembled for the exchanging of $5 bills for $20 gold pieces that was more harmonious. Failure Seems Impossible. As it only requires 25 per cent of the land owners to complete the or .... ganization of the district, failure seems ,. out of the question. The meeting was addressed by Ar thur Clarke, attorney for the organiz ers, who explained all legal phases of 1 the drainage matter, and by Dr. James s Withycombe, and Professors Teeter, Powers, Scudder and Williams, all soil .,: engineering and drainage experts. Important among those land owners who expressed emphatic approval of , . the project was Mrs. M. H. Whitby, a most successful woman manager of an Oregon farm, and a leader in the grange In Benton County. Lane County farmers from the vicin ' lty of Alvadore, on the Long Tom, sent William M. Porter, U. W. Ellmaker, R. R. Gibson and J. A. Holcomb as repre . sentatives to the Benton County meet Ing. They are a committee for organ ' lasing the big reclamation district along the Long Tom River, and will at once begin the work of signing up their neighbors to the necessary petition to be filed with the County Court. : Districts' Location la Aid. The two districts are so located as J :. to make practical the elimination of surplus water from practically all of the lands on the west side of the Wil--.' lamette River from Eugene to Cor--" vallis, a district of large grain farms and where intensive farming has never , been the rule. The first district organized begins within a few miles of the city limits of Corvallis and takes in all the lands around Monroe, Belief ontaine and Al pln, while the Long Tom district will unwater the Alvadore, Porter. Lake - - Creek and Hubert territory, all rich bottom soils, where people have been - afraid to undertake farming in the past. TTJUOX COtTXTY OWNERS act Drainage of Vast Overflow Lands Proposed at Called Sleeting. LA GRANDE. Or., Feb'. 21. (Spe cial.) The first step toward effecting the draining of vast overflow land in Union County was made today when a called meeting discussed plans for the straightening of the river and creek courses and changing their channels no that the flood waters in early Spring will be carried away without the an nual inundation of the thousands of acres of the richest land in the county. The proposed project is to bond the lands in the district affected, about 60,000 acres, and the following commit tee was appointed to solicit signers for the formation of the bonding dis trict; George Miller. W. J. Ruckman, W. J. Townley. A. T. Hill. Frank Con ley and C. R. Hillar. The estimated cost per acre for the .drainage system is about $10 and will mean thousands of dollars' worth of additional crops annually from the now flood lands. Waterbury to Play Osborne.- BOSTON. Feb. 21. In the first match in the semi-finals for the National ,.- singles racquet championship today, M. Osborne, of Chicago, defeated L Dwlght F. Davis, of St. Louis, 15-3, , 7-15. 18-13, 15-12. In the Becond con test. Lawrence Waterbury, of New York, 1913 champion, defeated H. F. McCormick, of Chicago, 7-15, 15-17, v 15-11, 15-13, 15-12. Waterbury will Play Osborne for the championship on onoay. WOMAN DEPORTED FROM ITALY ON" CHARGE OF TRYING TO BLACKMAIL MAN WHO TOOK HER ABROAD WOMAN IS DEPORTED Italy Acts on Charge of ex British Army Officer. TANGO TRYST HAS SEQUEL Couple Meet at Dance, Then Travel Abroad, but When Man Wants to Be Rid of Companion and Go Home Trouble Begins. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. It has just become. known In official circles that Mrs. Louise Garland, who was known years ago In Washington as Louise Scott, has been ordered deported from Italy by the Immigration authorities of that country. This action was taken. It is explained, on complaint of Jack Heyne, of New York, an ex-officer of the British army, who declared she was persistent in her efforts to black mail him. Heyne met Mrs. Garland in a tango palace in New York. He liked heir so well they went abroad together. After a rime he tired and decided to return to New York. Mrs. Garland was not willing to part with him and she had him arrested on a charge of stealing a diamond hatpin which he had given her. v He missec! his boat at Naples while settling this case. Then he went with her to Rome, where they lived in a pension. Again he decided to return to New York, and this time she charged him with stealing her luggage so as to detain him. Then the Italian authorities took a hand and expelled her from Italy. She made an effort to have Vice-Consul Bywater Intercede for her, but after a half-hour talk with her he had her expelled from hio office. Ambassador Page declined to see her. Mrs. Garland came into prominence a few years ago in Washington, when Colonel Edwards, secretary of the Democratic National Committee, and Alexander Garland engaged in a stab bing affray over her. JUNK FOUND INSTOMAGH AUTOPSY SHOWS PENCIL VEA'DER WAS HUMAN OSTRICH. Knife, Ramrod, Jagged Metal, Pencil and Whips took Mistaken for Ap pendicitis Until Death. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 21. For many years James Clark, a one-legged vender -of lead pencils, was a familiar figure on the streets of San Francisco. He was taken ill with chills on Janu ary 7 and removed to the city and county hospital, where his case puz zled the doctors. First it was thought he was suffering from an abscess of the stomach. Then It seemed to be appendicitis. Clark became delirious and talked of a two-headed elephant running wild In his interior. There was a region on the right side, pronouncedly rigid, but when it moved to .the left side the surgeons decided it was not appendicitis. Before- the puzzle was solved Clark died. An au topsy was performed and this is what the surgeons found today in his stom ach: One open pocket knife, with a blade 4?i inches long. One Jagged piece of metal 3 inches long by -inch wide. One joint of a ramrod 10 Inches long, which still retained a leather swab. One pencil 7 inches long. One whipstock seven inches long. UNION OF DRYS IS URGED Ashland Ministers Waut but One Issue In Oregon Campaign. ASHLAND. Or., Feb. 21. (Special.! At a meeting of the Ministerial Asso ciation of Jackson County In Ashland February 17 the following resolution was adopted: "That we, as pastors of the churches of Jackson County, do hereby pledge ourselves as heartily in favor of but one issue in the temperance campaign now on in Oregon. "That we adopt as the slogan of a non-partisan campaign 'Oregon dry In 1914.' "That we as a unit do hereby me morialize the Portland General Minis- Photo by Bain News Service. MRS. LOUISE SCOTT C A It LAX D. terial Association to Issue a call to the churches and ministers of Oregon to meet in convention and unite in this non-partisan movement. Irrespective of present political or temperance affilia tions." EX - COUNCILMAN DIES Harry Clough, Early Resident of The Dalles, Is Dead. THE DALLES, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Harry Clough, one of the best known residents of this city, died yes terday after an Illness of several weeks. He was born In England 61 years ago. The Dalles had been his home since 1877. In the early days Mr. Clough was employed as engineer on boats plying between here and Portland. - He was married in this city February 20, 1900, to Mrs. C. W. Rice. He was a former Councilman and a Water Commissioner. He had been one of. the most promi nent members of The Dalles volunteer fire department, having been treasurer of the Jackson engine company for 20 years. Members of the fire department will attend the funeral tomorrow afternoon in a body. A brother and sister of Mr. Clough live In Snglaad. GOAT INDUSTRY STARTED W. F. Ripley, at The Dalles, Seea Good Market Ahead. THE DAT.T.TTIS Or- IT.h 91 sc. ciaL) W. F. Ripley has started a new inausiry in mis vicinity, that of goat rc.islng. He raises the Toggenberg Groat. Wtllnh 1 tVi . 1 cheese industry of Switzerland. This sua.i oi tne oiue- looaea variety and, with a pedigree, it Is more valuable than the thorone-hhrj1 tnm nnat . n a daily milk record of from three to tuur quaria rrequenuy sell ror ?150. The milk from these goats Is valua ble for the use of Invalids, an! there is a great demand for it in hospitals. The cheese made from the milk of the Toggenberg goat sells for the highest price on the market. Mr. Ripley has made such a success of the goatraising Industry on a small scale that he has decided to go into the business extensively. THESIS SUBJECT FIXED Mr. Churchill Announces Topics for . Examinations of Teachers. SALEM, Or.. Feb. 21. (Special.) state superintendent of Public Instruc tion Churchill announced today the subjects for the primary thesis at the examination of teachers, which will be held in June. Teachers who apply for five-year certificates for primary work, in addi tion to the other subjects, will be re quired to write a thesis upon one of the following subjects, the subject to be selected by the teacher: "Garden Con tests," "Music in the Primary Grades," "Physical Defects as Cause of Dullness and Disorder," "Punishment as Seen by Children," "Civic Pride Aroused Through Co-operation of Home and School." SHEEP PROSPECTS GOOD Walla Walla Reports Large Flocks on Winter Ranges This Year. WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Nearly 300.000 sheep are being wintered along the Columbia and Snake rivers, in this state, according to J. M. Schmitz, Forest Supervisor. He says the . weather has been just cold enough to insure good wool and the feeding conditions have been good all season. Lambing has started, and the early increase in the flqcks is excellent. Shearing- of mnftnn eVioon ho. but that of the ewe bands will not be "who iur some time. EMPEROR GIVES TROPHY German Ruler Encourages Singing Festivals In United States. NEW YORK. Feb. 21. The German Emperor has given a perpetual trophy to be awarded at the National singing festival, held every three years under the auspices of the Northeastern Saen gerbund, which embraces German singing societies in the Eastern part of the United States. The Saengerfest committee In Brooklyn, where the twenty-fourth singing festival will be held in 1915, received word of the gift today in a letter from the German embassy In Washington. STARTWITH $1 To secure a piano or player piano at about one-half price see Graves Music Co. adv.. page 10, section 4. Adv. EIGHT ARBITRATION TREATIES RENEWED Opponents in Final Stage Make No Effort to Delay Con clusive Vote. ISSUE CF HONOR EXCLUDED Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland Are Nations Included Oth ers Still Pending. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. General ar bitration treaties ratified by the Senate today renewed for five years agree ments with Great Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland, and marked the first sep in the policy of President Wilson. Opponents of the treaties made no efforts to delay the votes. The treaties, briefly, provide for reference to The Hague tribunal of legal differences and questions re lating to the interpretation of other existing treaties which cannot be set tled by diplomacy. No matter affecting the vital Inter ests. Independence or honor of the con tracting powers is included in the scope of these treaties and all disputes in volving the interests of third parties also are excluded. The method of pro cedure toward arbitration fixed by the treaties provides that a special agree ment shall be drawn up setting out the details of the dispute and defining its issues and the scope of consideration to be granted to the arbitrators. Such agreements must be signed by the President and ratified by the Senate before the question can be submitted to The Hague. Matters still before the Senate foreign relations committee are the Panama tolls question, the pending treaty with Nicaragua and the treaty with Colom bia, growing out of the surrender of the Panama strip. Reports on these, It is understood, will be laid before the Senate in the near future. Tolls Contention Unsettled. Although the majority for the rati fication of the treaties was overwhelm ing and the amendment to exempt by more than a two-thirds vote. Senators who urge repeal of the tolls exemption provision 'Insist that these votes are not significant of the attitude of the Senate on the tolls issue. Senator O'Gorman said tonight he did not re gard the ratification action as a test. He is determined to continue the fight for tolls exemptions. The Senate is looking to the Presi dent for some initiative action in the tolls matter and several Senators said today that the issue "would be made a matter of party caucus. That some Democrats would refuse to enter such a caucus has been, reported for several days. The treaty with . Nicaragua, which has been before the Senate for seven months. Is expected to be taken up for further consideration by the foreign relations committee In the near future. Central America Opposes. Vigorous opposition to the treaty has developed In Central America and members of Congress are in receipt of a protest from Frederick Penado, the chairman of the Salvadorean committee of the National Central American As sociation. Senor Penado says: "I am merely repeating what Is gen erally conceded throughout Centra) America when I say that the proposed treaty is the product of a frame-up be tween 'dollar diplomacy' and Nlcarag uan traitors. The present Nlcaraguan government Is but a satrapy of native hirelings, set up by the scandalous in trigues of the previous State DeDart- ment, more for the purpose of turning me country over to Wall street than for getting a bargain in the canal rights." POLITICAL LINES DRAWN Postmaster Job Mixes With Boom of Washington Man For Congress. WALLA WALLA. Wash.,' Feb. 21. .peciai. jjines are a little more sharply drawn in the local postoffice fight than they were before W. D. Lyman's boom for Congress was started. The faction of the Democratic party Which is working for W. D. Lyman is also working for W. J. Honeycutt, present jailer at the Courthouse, and aspirant for the position of Postmas ter. George Day, another candidate, has the support of the Roscoe Drumheller wing. - Albert Bedell, third candidate" for Postmaster, is pulling with no particu lar faction, but is hoping that with some individual Indorsements which he has In the misup between Honeycutt and Day he will be able to land the appointment. TWO TOWNS FIGHT FLOODS La Grande Business Section Threat ened; Yakima Traffic Stopped. LA GRANDE, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Floods are threatening the busi ness section of La Grande on account of the rapidly melting snow on the mountain sides. The city suffers from floods every Spring, but this is earlier than uouaL The part in immediate danger is in the vicinity of Jefferson and Oak streets. 'She streets are rapidly filling with water. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Feb. 2L (Special.) Rain and melting snow in headwaters caused a severe flood in Wide Hollow Creek today, stopping in terurban railway traffic STOPS TOBACCO HABIT. Elders' Sanitarium, located at 993 Main st, St Joseph, Mo., has published a book showing the deadly effect of the tobacco habit and how it can be stopped In three to five days. As they are distributing this book free, anyone wanting a copy should send their name and address at once. Adv. Lewis School Fairs Arranged. CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) District fairs are to be held by Lewis County schools between April 1 and the end of the school year. Plans already have been made. Some schools will hold fairs at the same time as the district spelling bees, which will be April 17. The Toledo, Adna and . For est districts have chosen judges. Alaska Bill Waits on Chamberlain. WASHINGTON. Feb. 21 Senate and House conferees on the Alaska bill postponed action today until Monday, owing to the absence of Senator Chamberlain. You Can Own a Complete, Modern Disc Grafonola WitR an Outfit of 15 Double Disc Records (30 Pieces) 1 Automatic Stop, 1 DeLuxe Record Cleaner for livered by our nearest dealer and subject to approval. This Is the Columbia Grafonola "Leader" Mahogany, golden oak, fumed oak or satin walnut finish. The finest Grafonola ever offered at its price or anywhere near it. We believe it is the best that can be constructed and sold at this price, or near it the first instrument of the enclosed type offered at anything like its price, and capable of all tonal qualities IMPORTANT NOTICE -AH Columbia Records Can Be Played on Victor Talking Machines LIKEWISE All Columbia Instruments Will Play Victor Records AT YOUR Columbia Graphophone Co 371 Washington St, Portland, Or. THAW HEARING OVER Jerome Argues NeW York In dictment Is Sufficient. INSANITY IS INSISTED ON Findings of Commission That Held Prisoner Would Not Be Menace to Community if Set Free Are Ridiculed. CONCORD, N. H., Feb. 21. Hearing in the United States Court in the case of Harry K. Thaw concluded today. William T. Jerome spoke in opposition to Thaw's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and for admission to bail. Mr. Jerome asked tor permission to file supplementary briefs and 10 days were granted him in which to do so. Thaw's counsel will reply 10 days thereafter. Judge Aldrlch then will render his decision. Mr. Jerome insisted that the indict ment found In New York, charging Thaw with conspiracy to escape from Matteawan, was adequate for the pur pose of extradition. It was returned, he said, "on the illegal- purpose of the alleged conspiracy and the criminality charge rested on the alleged conspiracy and not on the means employed to com plete it. That' criminal purpose was clearly and sufficiently defined in the indictment." he said. Mr. Jerome criticised the commission which recently decided that Thaw, re leased on bail, would not be a menace to the community. He said that the in vestigation of the commission was in adequate in that it took no account of the evidence introduced at earlier in quiries into Thaw's sanity. He cited the case of James W. uavis, whom, he said. Dr. George A. Blumer, a member of the Thaw commission, released from restraint as an insane person. Davis, he went on, recovered his san ity, but on obtaining his freedom promptly chopped off the head of his sister-in-law, the person regarding whom he cherished delusions. THE SECRETJF SUCCESS Genuine Merit Required to Win the People's Confidence Have you ever stopped to reason why it is that so many products that are ex tensively advertised, all at once drop out of sight and are soon f' .-ottenT The reason is plain the article did not fulfil the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells it self, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by tho3o who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says "Take for example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, a preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for in almost every case it shows excellent results, as many of my customers testify. No other kidney remedy that 1 know of has so large a sale." According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is due to the- fact that it fulfils almost every wish in 'Overcoming kidney, liver and bladder diseases, corrects urinary trou bles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y and enclose ten cents; also mention The Portland Sunday Oregonian,- Adv. yr cash or at the same cash i 3 price on $6 monthly pay- ments if you like no in terest or extras. All de of a $200 instrument. DEALER OR IDEAL FRUIT FARM 104 Acres in Spokane County, Washington at Head of Pa' o use Vajley Considered the Finest Orchard Home in the Northwest LOCATION In section 84, township 22 north, range 44 east. About SO miles southeast of Spokane, on fine automobile road, three-fourths mile north of Waverly Station. Fronts on Spokane & Inland electric line, with passenger station and siding on farm for five cars. All trains stop. One hour and a quarter from Spokane. SOIL, Black loam. Land lies practically level. IMPROVEMENTS Fine residence of 8 rooms and bath: windmill and tank, with jack attachment for engine. Water under good pressure ln,,,.use aiJd bftrn- Lawn, shrubbery and flowers like a city home. All kinds of berries and small fruits. Cook's quarters near house. Icehouse. Furnished 5-room house for foreman. Bunkhouse for pick ers and packers. Workshop, hoghouse, granaries, root cellar with capacity for 3 cars of potatoes. Machine shed, combination barn and packing-house 40x80 feet. FRUIT 70 acres in commercial apple orchard, consisting chiefly of Jonathan and Rome Beauty. Other varieties are Spitzenberg, Yellow Newtown, Rhode Island Greenings. Ortleys and Baldwins; 40 acres in 13-year-old trees and 30 acres in 4-year-old trees. Trees are well fruited for this season.and will probably yield 12,000 boxes. HAY AND GRAIN 34 acres in fine grain and alfalfa land. .PERSONAL PROPERTY Five work horses, one cow, three brood sows three wagons, water tank, power spray outfit, buggy, trap and single Harness, rive sets double harness, plows, harrows, cultivators all kinds of small tools and enough hay and grain fo six months. ' Price $50,000 Terms: One-half cash, balance 6 per cent or would exchange for realty in Portland or vicinity GODDARD & WIEDRICK 243 STARK STREET WHO WILL BE THE LUCKY HOTELMAN? The chance of a lifetime. Net Income Over $6000.00 a Year . , On a $9500.00 Investment This may seem unreasonable, but my books will prove this assertion, and are open for inspection to any prospective buyer. Must he sold in 10 days. Through 6ickness my presence is demanded East, or I. would not sell for less than $15,000. I offer the entire furnishings of a 75-room hotel, good new up-to-date bar; also stock wines, liquors and cigars that will invoice $1000. Elec tric sign cost $450. Long lease. Rent J125 month net. Everything in Ilrst-class condition; don't need to spend one dollar for improvements. , THE FIRST OFFER of one-third cash, balance real estate or good secured mortgages, within 10 days, gets the best paying hotel business in Oregon. ' Situated only three hours' ride from Portland. - . No agents. Principals only. For further particulars, address AC 748, Oregonian. IN ONE MINUTE! CLOGGED NOSTRILS OPEN-COLDS AND CATARRH VANISH Stops Nasty Discharge, Clears Stuffed Head, Heals Inflamed Air Passages and Yon Breatlte Freely. Try "Ely's Cream Balm.'' Get a small bottle anyway, Just to try it Apply a little In the nostrils and instantly your clogged nose and etopped-up air passages of the head wlir open; you will breathe freely; dullness and headache disappear. By morning! the catarrh, cold-in-head or catarrhal sore throat will be gone. End such misery nowK Get the small bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm dissolves by. the heat . &b.e nostrils; Klli penetrates and heals the Inflamed, swolen membrane which lines the nose, head and throat; clears the air pas sages; stops nasty discharges and a feeling of cleansing. . soothing relief comes immediately. Don't lay awake tonight struggling for breath, with head stuffed; nostrils closed, hawking and blowing. Catarrh or a cold, with its running nose, foul mncous dropping into the throat, and raw dryness Is distressing but truly needless. - Put your faith just once r-ln "Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold or catarrh will snrely disappear. Adv.