THE OREGON . SUNDAY JOURNAL, ' PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13, 1CC7. 12 f e vest Sg It will certainly pay you to dp, so, we-' are giving ate 20Discount on Alfred Benjamin & Co. High Class Business Suits, O vercoats : u4 - i ' Raincoats ; If we can give you better, value than some one else, -vou'ii duv trora iistnai s business. Why not look into the matter? ; Agents. Dr. Jaescr's KnOX . 3H MorrlsonTStreeCOpp. PostofTIce LB! Sents Ouffuifl Pendleton, flats . Portland Gentility Shop ' Undero'r DRIII6UH1D1 CDTWU Great Umatilla and Klamath Projects Will Reclaim Two; Hundred Thousand Acres. RIVERS SUPPLY POWER FOR PUMPS ON DESCHUTES Adverse Labor and Market Condi tions Do Not Materially Delay the Construction of. Gigantic Irrigation IroJocU In Oregon. ' ' i J) RATE HEARING MEANS MUCH TO THE COAST i Interior Cities Are Battling-for Coveted Terminal Rates From Transcontinental Lines. RAILROADS OPPOSE ANY CHANGE IN SCHE&ULES resented, snd ths taking of evidence will last three or four days. Portland, Seattle and Other Seaports "Which Deelre No Alteration Are - Sending Prominent Attorney to Interstate Meeting at Spokane. Railroad attorney and represents tlve of Paclflo eeaat Jobbing and manor 1 acturfng interests are Journeying today toward 8pokana to attend the Spokane rata hearing that will be opened tomor row at that city by, Franklin K. . Lane, member ef the Interstate commerce commission. Seattle, Tacoma, ' San Francisco ' and Portland Jobbing; houaea will be rep- Pimples Stopped --- in 5 Days Every Possible Skin Eruption Cured In Marrelooaly Quick Time by the New Calclom Treatment. "It Is a ease for the railroads to prove that their rates from the eastern cen ters to Intel-mountain terminals 'are reasonable," said a coast Jobber, ."and It Is tap to ' the Jobbers and manufac turers at the seaports to show that they have water competition. That Is about the way. the matter stands. We are not fighting Spokane nor any ether Inland city, hut are bound to protect our own grain rates, which are lower only by reason - of -.th fact that w bav water competition to bring against the railroad freight , rates to hold them down, while the Inland city does not possess this natural advantage." - PorUaad Ken Ba Bont.-- Seattle "wlQ toe represented by Heeers. Goldfleld and Fisher of the Jobbing in terests and their attorney, Mr. Bans- man. The O. K. N. Co. will be heard through W. W, Cotton, general attor ney for .that company, who left last ulght for Bpokane. San Francisco com mercial Interests will be - looked after by H. t. Loveland, president of the Pacific Coast Jobbers and Manufac turers association. Judge P. F. Dunns, general attorney for the Southern Pa cific at Ban Francisco, and Henry Jones, rrelght traffic manager of the Southern Pacific, passed through Portland yes terday en route to Seattle. J. N. Teal, attorney for the trans portation committee of the - Portland chamber of commerce, left last night for - Spokane. .V He . may . possibly, be Joined tomorrow by several , members of that committee, ' Including L. A. Lewis, A- F. Biles and T. D. Honey- neaa fee Free Ssipls Trackage Today, , Bolls hare been cured In three days, and some of the worst cases , of skin ' diseases have been cured In a- week, by the wonderful action of Stuart's Cat' plum Wafers. These wafers contains as their main Ingredient, the most thor ough, quick, and effective blood-cleanser known, calcium sulphide. -. Most treatment for the Moot? and for skin eruptions are miserably slow In their results, snd besides, many of them- are poisonous. - Stuart's Calcium Wafers contain no poison or drug ef any kind; they are absolutely harmless. .and ret do work which cannot fail to surprise you. They are the most pow ertul blood purifier and skin clearer ever discovered, snd they never de range the ayatem. No ' matter what you , suffer from. pimples, bhtckbeada. acne, red rash, spots, blotches., rash, tetter or any other akin eruption, you can. get rid i of them long before ether treatments ceo even begin to show results. Don't go around with a humiliating. disgusting mass of pimples and black heeds on - your. face. A face covered over with these disgusting things mskes - people turn sway from you, and breeds failure In your life work, stop it ' Head what an Iowa man asld when-he woks up one morning and found he had a new face: . "By George, I never saw anything Ilka it Thar rve been for three years trying to get rid of pimples snd black heads, and guess I used everything un der the sun. I used your Calcium Wa fers for Jast seven day. This morn ing every blessed pimple' Is gone end y can't -find a Meekhafc I eeuld write you a-volume of thanks, I sm so grate ful to you."- Tou can depend npon this treatment being a never-falling cur.' Just send us your name and address "' In full today, and we will send you a trial package of Stuart's Calcium Wa fer free, to test. After you hare tried the sample and been convinced that all we say Is true, you will g to your nearest druggist and get a 10c box and be cured of your facial trouble, They are in tablet form, and no trouble whatever to take. You go about your irt as usual, and there you are cured end happy. flnd us your nam and sddret to day and we will st once send you by mall s sample parkas free. Address V. A. Ptnart Co, tt Stuart Bllg, Mar shall. Uc . . , More than 100,009 acres of tbe rich eat Irrigated land will be added to the nrodue.n area of Oregon next year and rthe following year through the Kiamath ! and Umatilla Irrigation project that are being proa ecu ted by the government. Progress of the, work on the Klamath project Indicates - that about 190.009 acres- will receive water In time for Ir rigating for the next crop season. In a report to the Portland chamber of commerce Just made by A. IL Devers, chairman of the Irrigation committee, bs gave the following" statement - of progress of the work: "The Umatilla project was approved June 1. liOt . Th land to be .Irrigated under this project borders upon tbe Co lumbia river and lie immediately east of the Umatilla river, the emount to be Irrigated being estimated . at .10.000 acre.' Work on the feed canal la po ' greasing rapidly and will probably be 7Bnlshed-y-May 1. 10T. Construction fon the earth dam is te be completed toy ' May 1, HOI. A email amount of watsr I &iy be supplied during the 107 irriga tion season, out no comprenensiv irri gation will be done until after the com pletion' of the storage , reservoir .-early in MO,' ' '-' - : .xr rnmir-Wlta Electricity. - -mestlgetlone have been under way tor adding to the above described proj ect by the Irrigation of lands bordering on the Columbia rivsr west of the Uma- tilla, these lands to be supplied with water from tne uoiummi river t pumped with electrically transmitted power from a generating plant to be lo cated on the Desohutes river. 'For this purpose the government has withdrawn the -waters of the Deschutes river for power purposes-under state law, said withdrawal being worded so as in no way to place . limitations upon ny Ir rigation that cart -be carried on from the Deschutes river st points higher up, "The Klamath project was approved by the secretary May IS 105. In its entirety It purposes tbe Irrigation of about MO.Ov acres of land, two thirds of which lies In the state of Oregon. About IS miles of main canal have been under construction. This , entire - work will be completed early next year be fore the beginning of the Irrigation sea son. Distribution ditches to cover a first body of 0,000 acres to be Irrigated from thl canal have been built directly by government force. . , r Begin en Bene OaaeL . "It- Is : expected thst commencement will be made during the coming year with the construction of the so-called Keno canal on the west side of Link rive-, and that from the present ter. minus of the main can a construction will continue down toward Merrill so as to cover all tbe dry lands lying between Irrigated areas under ths Aokeny canal hear Klamath Falls and the Adam ca nal near Merrill, both of which systems have been purchased by the govern ment, and whereby a continuous strip of land containing about 10,000 acres will be under Irrigation. - - "Work is progressing rapidly and sat isfactorily In spits of extremely ad verse labor - and market conditions. While these two projects are - of vast Importance to the state, w hsvs other Important ones that should be taken up at once,".. J Seek "Terminal Betes." TTndar ths provisions of the new in terstate commerce and rate law. Spo kane, Denver and San Bernardino bav Instituted proceeding s gainst the rail roads, before the interstate commerce commission, asking that they be given wnat i known as "terminal rat" that lsth seme rates from the east that are now given San Diego, Baa Francisco, - Portland, Tacoma and Se attle, Of these suit ths on of moat Importance to Portland' mercantile In terest 1 the Spokane case. , All the dtle mentioned will Inter vene tn the ease, be represented by counsel, and will try to show the com mission that transcontinental rate to tha Paclflo coast are really not made by the railroad but are forced on them by sea competition, that no mat ter whether many vessels bring freight here from the Atlantic seaboard or not. the route Is always open, sad If, rates were not voluntarily made low by the railroad ships would bring the freight. "It will be shown," said W. A- Mesrs, In a report to the Chamber of commerce. -inai praciicany every article or com merce can be and Is now being shipped around the Horn. That thl trafflo I very heavy eo heavy in fact that the American-Hawaiian Steamship company cannot secure ship enough te carry it alL That on the completion ef the Te hauntepee railway across the Isthmus, which shorten the time In transit one half down to 40- day from New York their trafflo will be much heavier that when the American-Hawaiian Steamship company shall put on a 'Una of steamers from New Orleans to" the eastern terminus ef ths Tehauntepee railroad most of the products of the Mississippi valley from Chicago south will seek that rout and thereby more than treble the tonnage now coming to this coast by water. . - "It will be for the railroads to show that ratea.to their Interior points are reasonable and that If this commission forced them to make as low rates to the Interior as to coast terminal points the order-would be unconstitutional, aa It would be Impossible to carry the freight at such low figures and pay their fixed charges In other words it would prac tically be confiscatory in Its effect." Excellent Home Treat ment for Consumption and Throat Troubles ' The camps for tuberculosis patients In the pine forests of Maine, establish ed by the Philadelphia special let have demonstrated a new and wonderfully successful phase In the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Tbe method pur sued has gained almost universal, rec ognition ' among - the medical - profi slon. . . . ., , In an Interview recently by a New York newspaper representative some Information 'that' will prove of Im meose value to the publlo In general was given out. . . , The , remarkable stimulating effect on tbe respiratory organs by ths resin ous etrooiphere of the pine forest i been a matter ef great interest to (he medical world and that doctors In gen eral wouiu nave long since avail a themselves of the great curative mer its of the Tlne sap had they been able from the many deleterious matter with which it is asBOvlated by nature. This has been one of the achievement of the work in the forest oampe and he tins produced what is known to ths medloal fruternlty as Concentrated oil of pine, -i If this preparation be used in connection with plenty of outdoor ex ercise and the habit of taking . deep, long breaths every few minutes, patients will have all the advents ges of (be pin forest camps right at their own home and, tha vrooat effective remedy obtain able for any case of lung trouble that Is not ..too far advanced and a cure for any cough that Is curable.. The formula a originally prescribed I the following: "One half ounce Concentrated oil of pine; wo ounces of glycerine; eight ounces of good wrtsksy. r It should be shaken thoroughly and taken In table spoon doses every four hours.". The Ingredient em be procured from eny erelj-atocked prescription druggist. Csre abould be taken to secure only the "Concentrated" oil of pine, whloh oome put up for medicinal us In half-ounce vial and inclosed In smsll round screwtop case which protect tt from heat and light The ordinary bulk oil ef pine is uaelass owing to tne foreign matter that it oontains; likewise the patent medicine Imitation labeled 'Oil of Pine." They only produce nau sea and fall In specific results. ., I i . II TIMBER KIUOS PAY LOW TAXES Clallam County, Washington, In IZ Clutches of Harriman and 7 7 Weyerhaeuser. ": PAY LITTLE ON MILLIONS -OF FEET OF FINE TIMBER W. X. Marqnnrdt, Former Prosecnt ta Attorney, Declares Day Will Come When People Will Stand for Imposition No Lonfer. GROCERS AND MERCHAHTS 18 STATE GOSVEHIlOa Delegations From Every Section of Oregon to Organize a , Mutual Association. Klamath Taxes Sixteen Mills. . (gpavlal ntopafa-a The JearaaL) Klamath Falls, Or., Jan. li. The county court, now In session, baa flxed the tax levy at It mills, as sgalnst 20 mills. !st year. The valuation of tax able property this year Is H,04,04. a against $3.&ll,ll last year. Less thsn t:.000 ef th levy of 7,t0 last rear remains uncollected, . A large number 6f' delegates, repre senting every section of ths state, is expected to attend the stats convention of grocer and merchants to be held In the Allsky building on Wednesday and Thursday. A committee was ap pointed by the Portland Retail Grocers' assoclstlon to arrange for the conven tion, and Its members report prospects good for s largs attendance, It 1a proposed to form e state organ isation for the purpose of providing mu tual protection and to secure legisla tion favorable to commercial interest. Member of th committee tn charge of the arrangementa are: J. C Mann, chairman; Dan Kellaher, Charles ' B. Merrick. F. Dresser. O. W. Btubbs, George Leerls and John E. Maliey. On Wednesday evening ths visltlns delegatea will be guests of tbe Portland assoclstlon at the Helllg theater, and a banquet will be tendered . them on Thursday evening. The follow program has been arranged for the two days' session: Wednesday morning 19 a. m., con vention called to order by B. I. Dresser, president of the Portland Ketall Grocers' association; Invocation by Rev. J. Whltcomb Brougher; adores of wel oom on behalf of tbe city, Msyor Laps; address of welcome on behalf of th Portland association. Charle B. Mer rick; response, Charles EL Gray, of Pen dleton; organisation and appointment of committees. - Wednesday afternoon "Benefits of Organisation." A. H. Devers; "The Re lation Between the Wholesaler and the Retailer," W. A Mears. secretary of the Oregon Wholesale Grocer association; 'Credit nd Collections." R. t Sabln, secretary Merchant' Protection ase eUtlonj -"Advertising for the Retailer" (Illustrated addreeaT. C. C. Chsprasn, of th Chapman' Advertising bureau, the ater party in the evening. Thursday morning Address, "Main taining Prices." , Samuel Conner!; Th Retailer and th Commission Man.". W. B. nlafks. ' . Thursday ' efternoon "The Retailer and th Pur Food Law," J. W. Bailey, tat dairy snd food commissioner; "Benefit of Mutual Fir Insurance," J. C. HageXy, of McMlnnvllle; election of officers) miscellaneous business) banquet at Hotel Portland In the even ing ' ' ' Weyerhaeuser end Harriman each own 100,000 acres of timber land tn Clallam county, Washington,: and each pays taxes on t00 worth of property, while W, L. Marquardt. a well-known attor ney of Port Angeles, Washington, who Is visiting Portland, says he owns ! acres of the same land and that Harrt man's men have offered him 1000 for hi claim, although It cruises from 12.000.000 to 14. O0. 000 feet of fir and Is worth at least f 1 per 1,000. Mr. Marquardt Is one of the ' men prominently mentioned to succeed tbe late Judge Hatch, - who presided over the district composed of Clallam, Jef ferson and Island counties previous to his death In a runaway accident several weeks ago. ' Mr. Marquardt Is tn nowise seekrng the position, although be be lieves that the office should go to Clal lam county, . from whloh Judg Hatch waa elected without opposition. Mr. Marquardt la In Portland on profeesionsl business and bad no hesitancy In talk ing about ths manner In which tbe Har riman and Weyerhaeuser people have refused to pay taxes on ths timber they own instead- of the land en - which It stands In speaking of th condition ex isting In hi eounty, Mr.- Marquardt said:.. . - wore to Affidavits. "For number of years I was prose cuting attorney for the district com posed of tbe above-named counties and in my term of office endeavored' to compel the Weyerheauaer and Harriman Interests to pay taxes on th timber they own. Neither would do It, alleging that the land was - more valuable . for agriculture than timber purposes, in fact, swearing to affidavits to that ef fect. Of course, with such records I was nnable to make the people come to, anything Ilk reasonable term with the state, but nevertheless th land they own has been cruised and show that It ha th finest timber In th world on It. The land which they value at 1600 each cruise anywhere from -1 J. 000,000 to 19,000.000 feet for - every 1(9 ' acres. I " ' ' ivVir.'vvv'': -Tw I I ffliDk V ' -v?rfv- . -v?-t i : wmkm m IfFlfHfl Clearance of our ' . entire stock at prices that will move them out in short order The Best Tailored Trousers in the city included in this Sale HANDTAILORED PANTS $10 Values, Now.. ltiese sJJSF 0 H asjr . Fine Worsted Pants $8.00 Values, Now............. .......... Good Worsted Pari ts $7.00 Values, Now.;....,... i ee Good Worsted Pants $6.00- Values, Now...... . sneeze ; $5 00 Worsted Pants .l sn'Orw uaMtMSetM $4 00 Worsted Pants; Now en ) $2 00 Working Pants $6.75 5.95 $4.95 $4.25 $3.38 i Now tHWlsjsMseeeeii ms LEADING - CLOTHIER -V Milwauklo Country Club. - Fastern and California races , Take Bsllwood and Oregon City oars st First i M AMMk- .. '. . .... .. - .WE LEAD ! THE BEST . DENTAL WORK "''.- AT THE IO WEST PRICES SIa IR..M. -W- kIu sis m graft eri tiewi iwosw ywsen . a . w m B-H Set of Teeth, rabSer sUtes... 7 Hi A Bridge Work, sot teeth S.te Oold Orewea, per twh. ........... 4.0 Cmwet aae Sliver Flilinee, eanh... .M Oel4 ss4 remlala riUioga, eaeh... l.M Extracting or cleaning teeth free . ef charge with other work. ' Of floe Moure S a. m. to p. aa. r30 to S p. sa.. KoUdaya, a. na. sua. Yale Denial Co. . 167H tout mtxzT, Between Morrison aad Tamnill. Phone Mais 4e7. With lumber worth 11 per 1,000 feet, now can toe lane oe ,wena awn ir ssTicultnr nurooeeoT "It I were to hold my land for 10 years I might be able to get what It Is worth today. In fact, I have been told to sell the land, - for I - will -novor-gat more than I have been offered for tt. There will come a day of reckoning with the people, however, and when there la, I will be there witn nil tne evi dence that I was able to gather while I waa district attorney. The people are tired of such actions on tbe part of large Interest and when they are thor oughly aroused they will not stop until they have made the two parties pay their Just taxes to the state. "Harriman has more then ISO men surveying In our county . for the new north bank road.' That road will Imme diately cauae activity In th timber business, snd H will all be for Port land's benefit. Just say that whatever development the new road cause la Washington .will, result , ln good . for Portland. .. Bossts Fort Angeles. Say that I told yon that Port An geles . was on the boom. The place Is growing and will some day be one of tbe leading cities on the coast. Land that I paid but s few hundred dollars for s few years ego Is now worth thou sands of dollars. Comparative value In real aetata In Port Angeles and Portland are In favor of Port Angelas, and you hav pretty good elty here, too." . PASS GOOD ONLY INSIDE. OREGON Holder Must " Buy a Through Ticket and Not Use Privilege - ".T Up to State Une. . s ; Th Harriman lines, tn Oregon,'; In sending out ths 'annual pas that are being Issued for ths new year, have at. tacbed conditions not Beretefer known. , The Interstate commerce law must be compiled with trlctiy in us of these passes, snd th railroad company and pass-holder are mutually liable, It la said, for violations.. Accompanying each . pass la a circular explaining the llmlta- ' tlon of th pass. . Any pass issued by a railroad In Oregon le not good for any portion of an Interstate trip. The pro- j vision covering thl point say: ' "Person holding pes - good In on state, and desiring to go Into another " state. Is obliged to purchase a through tloket from starting point to destina tion. A fins of not less than 1100 nor mors' than 11,000 may be imposed by the court tors, violation of this, pro vision." . -la other word, a pess-holdsr who 1 wished to travel from Portland to Bed ding. California, sven to a point one -mile below th stats line, cannot use hi Oregon pees a far as Ashland, and there buy a ticket to Redding. He n)ut purchase at Portland n through ticket to Redding and pay cash for th full distance. Likewise,- a pass holder of the Northern Paclflo who wished to travel from ' Portland to Kalama could not travel on hi pass t Gobi knd than cross on th Northern Pacific ferry, but h could cross In i skiff It I believed, without violating th interstate commerce law. A nemarkable Exception. ' From tb Cleveland Plain Peeler. ... Ta, be ha on claim to fame." , -"What' thatr "He was a member of a grand Jury that didn't Indict th Standard Oil com l1.,! . v:., : . - . ZXKSZ A - IT TMES RELIABLE QUALITY ,sT u . iw, As Well As Price Concession To Mike a i : : . Genuine Piano Bargain THE HIGH CHARACTER OP OUR STOCK GIVES DECISIVE ASSURANCE THAT REDUC TIONS HERE ARE WORTHY OF MORE THAN ORDINARY CONSIDERATION : ' ' :' v.--v.";"' '..v '"". Never before was as large,. magnificent or meritorious a piano stock ever assembled on the Pacific Coast as we hold at this time. Hundreds, yes, half a thousand, of the very' finest instruments in the world are con tained in our .retail store and mammoth ' warehouse. - Many were specially ordered for display; at our open ing which we expected to hold at the latest by No- .vemberyand which we have been forced to defer even for some little time yet, owjng to incompletion of our -enlarged quarters.-' r- ' ' ... . . -v. 35 STANDARD MAKES STYLES TO MEET EVERY DESIRE : ' Exclusive patterr9--some of the most beautiful pro- , ductions of the leading American makers Art 'Grands in the richest woods and most elaborate carvings unusually artistic cases in Mission and other strik-. ingly effective styles, in Uprights, and a range of se lection so varied that every one's choice may be exact ly suited. This is the stock that awaits the piano seeker here now. ; - , ;; ".:.'. Must Be Sold and Soid Quickly SPECIAL PRICES SPECIAL TERMS These pianos must find owners without loss of time. " We must make up for the delay in finishing our new quarters by strenuous selling now. - We71 make prices that will induce you to buy at once. A saving of $50 to $100 on the most moderate cost grades and from that up to $200 on some of tha more expensive styles are the inducements now... Make your. own . terms we'll give you a long time to pay$5 down and the : same-amount-each month , will suffice if you-do -not .care to .pay more." Really, in all seriousness, isn't this an unusual opportun. 'lon't you think yon had bet ter "get in" on it quickly ? There'll never be a better time than TOMORROW. ttisuMralhbCe Basler, Bigger and Better Than Ever - 353 Washington St Corner Park M -- i