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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOUENAU 'PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. L NOVEMBER - M.- 18C3. ON", miUmSMMG AT BOYS' IUD GIRLS' IID SOCIETY i v v ;, . ' V,7:";- 1 7- r . ,:: , ' . Thanksgiving time brinti'mtny ap plleants to the front asking-donations for their several lnatltutlona or socio ties, and among- these ma be numbered tha Boya" and Glrla' Aid society,' which ' la on of tha moat worthy lnatltutlona of the- atate: for tha past 1 yeara It haa dona Ita work of caring for home- '. leas. Deflected or abused children, pros ecuting parenta who have neglected or . abuaed their children,' and aaved many of the youth of the city from the rn forra aohooL , Thla la purely an Oregon Institution, formed by local philanthro pists, who. In 185, aaw the need of aorae Inatltutlon to be organised for the care of ' the dependent and neglected ' children of the atata. Among these local phllanthroplata can be mentioned "the names of "the Hon. tV. B. OUbert,' the late W. H. .Corbett, F. H. Beach, Mine Helen F. Spauldlng. the late U I Hawkins, and others. - J The work of thla ' Inatltutlon ' haa grown year by year until now It ha become . -almost- a household word Proteges of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Society. - throughout the. entire1 state of Oregon, and many' children have had cauae to bleaa tha efforts of thla aoclety, and many mothers to be thankful that their aona were aaved from Uvea of crime. The receiving home of the society is now very crowded, but the management aa yet hare not refused a aingle child. Fifty-six little children are on hand and the capacity la but 40.- These children come not only from Multnomah county, but from nearly every county in the atate It la to all Intanta and purpose a placlng-out Inatltutlon, where children who are placeable find homes In fami lies where they are brought up and re gard "their cuatodlans aa their own par ents. ,; - , . ; The placing of children In family homes la certainly tha most" economical manner of disposing of large numMers of children, eapeolally when such chil dren are placeable. The Boys and Qlrls Aid society haa-now under' Ita direct care between 400 and 600 children, and every one of these children. If they were not placed in family homes, would have found refuge In an orphan asylum or some pltfce of. that character, and at a very great expense to the state. It, 1 true that to dojhe work of planing out properly there is to be considerable money expended for visiting . agents, clerlctj hire and other employes, for it Is one thtng'to place In a family homo, and another thing' to aee that the aanie. child Is accorded the care and attention It requires; but- compare the total cost of the maintenance of a placlng-out In atltutlon with any orphan asylum. ' Take, for instance, the Soldiers' Or phans' home at Davenport, Iowa, one of (he beat Institutions In the country of thla class. For each child there the state paya 10 per tnortth,and the county from which" the' chnd cornea ( per month, or a total for each child of tl44 per annum. The average atay of the child will be several years. Therefore, compared with thla -the-maintenance of a child-placing Institution Is a mere trifle, and the results obtained, far supe rior. As an old friend, for 10 year auperlntendent of an Industrial school, truly aaid. "Kvenan average family home la a better place to rear children than, tha beat man-made Institution ever devised." so Institutional , men them selves being judges. The placlng-out plan la the beat for all normal, children and tlie work la done at a fraction of the cost 'of the orphanage plan. ' The picture accompanying thla article shows a crowd of happy children at tha receiving home ready for church on Sunday morning. .. ' Donations of any kind, such as money, canned fruits, canned goods of any kind, cereals, dried fruits, groceries or pro visions of any kind, will be thankfully received and called for-if -the -4 oner will kindly notify Superintendent W. T. Gardner, at the receiving home, corner East Twenty-ninth and . Seat Irving streets, or -by calling op en telephone East-.- Or donations will be received at the city office of the society, 'tOi Jefferson street, near Fifth. HUM) EMPIRE'S develop is CHECKED BY GOVERnMEflT a . . m A - . ft te rum re 01 vemrai uregon mnees . i,i . t Ik-71." I mi., , , ( ft ' -ort Granting' of 'Right of " - TRUNK LINE WOULD -r-r ENRtCH "X HE STATE Legislators and Business -Men De- plort Action of Interior Department ' and Declare Hand of Big Railroad Interests Is Seen in It. ' 'With tha end' In view of frustrating any preconceived plana to bottle up the , wealth and development of central Ore . gon. a territory larger In area than the , atate of Massachusetts, and in order to hasten. If possible, the settlement of that sparsely settled region, business Dn.l 1 rA mntnm in nftiiliiiinUnn with the Portland chamber of commerce, will forward soon to the secretary of the . Interior. a petition, . algned by scores of Interested' persons. of th Oregon Trunk Line railroad Uon ?" "ood River a. month leading aouthward into Crook county be (ranted. The petition will klao ask that the filing -made by the reclamation service at the mouth of the Deschutes river be withdrawn aa the latter 1a the only ob stacle which stands In tha way of the rond being built. Of flcera of the cham ber of : commerce have signified their ' willingness to aid In the matter, and It , la expected that action will be taken on ' the petition by .the local body this ' week. ,' a--. ' Among the business men In the city '; who are taking an active part In aa ; effort to bring about a change of front In the recent action of the Interior de partment, the rumor haa gained ground that the filing made by the reclamation- service on the waters -of tha Dea chutes river was run hand In hand with the determination of the Harriman eye ten! to keep a competitive Toad from en tering so rich and productive a field and one whose many resources are lying dormant. Already Irrigation compan lea operating In Crook unty alone have spent In aXceaa-Ot-lUftPJLMmn reclaiming a atate segregation of land of nearly YVO.OOO acres, and there billions of feet of merchantable timber In the same district. ... Transportation la Weeded. '. ;. Further development than that, el ready made and the settlement of the Irrigated tracts will remain practically stationary until transportation facilities are eatahllahed. The move to provide means of transportation to the country have been blocked and the Grand Trunk railroad after making complete surveys. securing light of way over all but gov rnment land and actually beginning construction of Its grade haa been held up pending- the action of the Interior department and the reclamation service on an experimental project, a definite conclusion onwhlcu may be "delayed for a period of five years. Agitation over the peculiar move of the reclamation service wan first sr.rred tip at the meeting of the State Irrlgn both aides of the Deschutes river prior to the notice given out by the reolaaia' tlnn sen-Ice-that It had filed on the waters of the river. As soon as the fit Ing became publlo the crews were with drawn. Thla move on the part of the reclamation service waa made months after -the Oregon TTOnkJia4furyeyBd. Ita line, secured Its right of way over private lands and begun the grading work at the mouth of the Deschutes. The maps, profiles and prayer for right of way over- tha government domain. weeks before the reclamation . service filed on the waters of the Deschutes, were laid before that department to de termlne whether the proposed road would in any way Interfere with any of the government projects. The ap propriation of the water followed and tao Interior department refused to I grant th petition asking for right of 4m m map i a ir TrtiTTjr-a a 11 sgo. at 'Which time It was said in so many words that, the appropriation of the waters or the Deechntes river for the purpose of building dams to gener ate electricity with which a pumping station could be run In Umatilla coun ty, loo miles away, was the appear ance of the cat's paw 1a the great rail road game of the northwest. . ' What Senator WnealAoa Baya. . Btate senator wneaidon, who. waa present at that meeting and expressed his opinions, and who la determined to leave nir atone unturned In bringing the officials at Washington to a right view of the situation, says that the O. R. A N. had crews of engineers working on OKaasaCsWJssBJSSS n, .1 Full Dress Apparel Exclusive Furnishings r-'';ror;"::v? Evening Wear ; 329 Washington St 4 Imperial Hotel Building way pverinr-pnonanaria. ' Mo Determined feasible. E. C Henney, supervising engineer of the reclamation service, stated at his office In the presence of State Senator AYhealdon, Jesse Stearns and F. 8. Stan ley of the Deschutes Irrigation It Power company, which has already apent over isoo.ooo in the Irrigation of arid terri tory In Crook county, that the govern ment's proposition to dam the Deschutes and generate electricity for the Umatilla project haa not as yet been determined feasible, and even If It should be in the future it was not certain that there would be money available to carry out the work. The project, he said, might be abandoned any time within three to five yeara. The appropriation of the water bad been made, he added, -ta pre vent any obstruction of the work pro posed by the department He believer! that the public welfare demands the construction of the road, but it remains for th secretary of the Interior to de termine the matter. The filing waa made without definite location, so that isllroad building la completely blocked, and the timber, mineral, agricultural and Irrigation resources of central Ore gon left at the mercy of Washington officials who may or may not decide In favor of an empire of thousands of square, miles as -against a' couple of dams and a current of electricity. 1 Sanouaees the Store. . ' Jesse 8 teams, one of the stockholders in the Deschutes Irrigation Power com. pany and largely Interested In the de velopment of the central part of the state, who spoke In strong terms against me action or tne Reclamation ttervica at the Hood River meeting, . said yea- leraay: - ;; "If the Reclamation Service Is Intelll. gent, if It is honest. If It Is beneficent, then It should keen Jts handa off and let thla railroad go In and help develop mis-great empire, ana protect the cap ital of hundreds of thousands Invested there.,Jf ILwtU not help.. It should ao ninaer. and It will not hinder unless it la a part and parcel of thla atab-ln-the-back railroad game which Is being played on the Pacific coaat. -1 hoM mora uvugiy nvw iiiMii paiorw ,jo uie views wnicn il expressed at the Hood River meeting, ana the recent dlicloaurea made concerning the favoritism - shown by Commissioner Richards to the Union Pa- cino ana Harriman interests, leads all of us to believe that millions of acres of fertile land, and the hidden wealth of innumerable productive resources will be knocked In the head, tied hand and foot and thrown contemptuously aside to gratify the grasping nature of a rail road corporation which - has virtually said 'Hands off of Central Oregon until we get ready to move . In.' There are other places to develop power, and other Places to pump, and other lands to irri. gate. If the Reclamation Service doesn't approve of us. f it doesn't want to aid ua, then let it stand aside and not to tally annihilate months of labor, devel opment already started and thousands upon thousands Inveeted. , . Waere Servtoe Oomld Da Oood. "If the Reclamation Service la really anxious to serve the people and pump water, let them go above the mouth of the rrver to the Agency Plains district, where wheat and oats are being raised aa 100,000 acree of land. Tha waters of the Deschutes are accessible there and the land owners would gladly give from tt to to per cent of their entire holdings ror water. "It Is a question, of courve, whether the -department will see fit to retract ita action when our petition" Is presented. but there will be enough signatures onl It, and It will go p Washington wKb such Impetus 'that we expect to have some one sit up and take notice whether anything else results or not." , The petition In question will be freely circulated throughout the central part of the state and wIH contain a long list isn representative of fewness enter I prises. Aside from this there Is ' little doubt that the chamber of commerce will affix Ita sanotlon and ahow, too, that not only the welfare of central Ore gon depends upon . transportation, bat that the development ef the resources there will be of great and lasting bene fit to Portland Itself and the business concerns located here. . , Bees-French's Store Zs a Thla eaereaio. move sod rwentteUa Oomvary Way, - STEilMG wmm NO .The Steinbach & Drcher Piano Is owned by the Reed-French Piano Co., , of Portland.-rr-rTheir store -is corner Sixth and Burnside. : : ;' '., '. ...":'. ".';'.' .''";. ' ' The first car of Steinbach & Drehers will arrive in Portland today.' They want a. good piano, capable of withstanding climatic changes a piano brimful of - wear- -a piano pleasing in tone and right in price such is the Steinbach & Dreher. The Steinbach & Dreher is differ- rentfrom any otherpiano mad - has .many distinguishing features ' about it. The principal one is its ability to withstand dampness.-1 It miglit be ised by a mermaid with ho harm to it. . '.-", ; We have learned to know what ; Portland people want. By "Portland people" we mean the great majority. The Steinbach & Dreher is made In two styles) and you'll like either on of them. ,.' .' , heperiativeamfidence we hava -in the Steinbach & Dreher If yon "-have any doubt about .the reasonable ness of the price or the elegance of its tone, we will just loan you the piano for awhile. A manufacturer should have faith in his product. . . W bank on our latest, this newly de- signed Oregon Piano the Stein- bach & Dreher. We're Open Nights. You're Invited The Rced-Frcnch Piano Rflfg. Co. TROM MAKER TO PLAYER" vSIXTH AND BURNSIDE STREETS MAKING MONEY FOR USE OF SANTA CLAUS (fsarasl apselal Serrtea. r Philadelphia, Pa, Novr - Bright gold pieces will nestle In the toe ef many little stockings at Christmas-time. The United States mint In this dty la a-whtrr and tha monster presses are taxed to the utmost turning out hun dreds of coins each minute to meet the great demand of the Christmas rush. Six millions of dollars In gold, la double eagles, eagles and tt.M pieces will be coined before the New Tear. The tiny two-and-a-half piece, hardly larger than 'a cent, la the popular Christmas coin. The demand for the minor ooina. dimes, nlokels and cents, so necessary to the shopper, Is greater than ever be- fore The cotnaa-a of Bennies alone will reach a million dollars before the demand ef the holiday season la supplied. THIS PITCHER IS LIKELY TO BE-BROKfB- President Ask tit Colonel What 1 . He Saw Derogatory to the i ' Negro Troops. " . Uenraal peetal lervles.) Waahlagton, Nor. M. The president will hare on hla handa aa echo, or rather a premonition, of the Brownsville negre troops row today. It la tha ease of Col onel Pitcher, who Is alleged to have said unkind things about negre troops In general, but waa aaa denied the alle- gattoaev : : L denial vr aa omoer or jicnera rank la generally conclusive. Sometimes an offloer admits to the president that row am ay vour Amtm tsa matter, when You can eet- KATN'S Rtlmbii CiAsaifitalUrttJof Or aoBAwathmafon rarmers.frsir.arasrsaMl poTaTosi.caimnt.sroca.numbrr rirr, itc. KWAL DIRLCT0RT CP. somtim. eatcoa he did talk to " a newspaper man and that the newapaper man abused hla con fidence by publishing hla remarks. This Is usually taken as a plea la abatement or . In . palliation, and very little ever oomes of a ease of that sort. Colonel Pitcher, -who, It la alleged, spoke of the removal of negro troops to Fort Sheri dan, Is In another category. Ha denlea absolutely having said what he la al leged to have said and affirms that ha "declined to make any comment" la view ef the fact that the president aaked for an "Immediate reply" from Col onel Pitcher, the president will be the authority to consider the value of the re ;-. 5 ; Bverybodya friend Dr. . Thorn aa Bclectrio OIL Cures toothaohe, earaohe sore throat. - Heals etrta. brnlesa, seaids, -, -Stops any pain. Preferred. Vtook Oasnsad Allen at Lewis' Beet Brand. X4?S nUMt w did Saturday astonished pa. and yet ws hava tha . "."aVlSS..V MAIN T good and people know it- We expect to have s big MMlt .' : 0 "f .V trada all thla week, and special arrangements have been . , .. '..J. . ' ' -- toyM . " r i p. ".".ITT"- ?yi A Car Load of Oregon Turkeys Turkeys ' Dressed, lb .18a to 25 Geese, Dressed, lb....,...'.. ...15 Ducks, Dressed, lb '..17J Chickens, lb. .14 to VlxM Fine Celery, bunch ..5 and 10f Cranberries, qt. .10a Oyster for Dressing Raisins, 3 pks ....23dr Currants,' 2 pkgs.. 23a Orange Peel, lb. ...................... . 20 f Lemon Peel,' Ib............" Citron Teel, lb, ' a . I a. ,r Bultcr Per Roll . . . . 55c 22 lbs. Ccns 6rczzt::3 Sr:: - V