THE OREGON SUNDAY JO0RnAi; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL- 19-1903..
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LEADING
CLOTHIER
LIGHTING
LANE WANTS
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Mayor Declares Cost Would Kot Exceed $300,00Or-An-
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Bwers rresiueni iosseiu uu jxi8.J!icessiye raxa-.
; tion Argument People Also Hare -Interests.
WASHNJCNA VALLEY
UNDER IRRIGATION
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One of "the Big New Projects
Now Being Developed.
Eastern Washington nd Oregon, tfc
country tributary to th Columbia rlv
Mayor Imh baa laauad another let
ter to the people In regard to city llfht
lnf and points out that the city la pay-
Ing- too much for Its llrbta. ' Mayor
Lane advocates a municipal : dUtribu
tlon system and calls attention to the
contention of. the' Portland Railway,
Light & Power company that municipal
ownership Of electrio lighting plants Is
a failure by referring to Detroit. Nash'
vllle and other cities conducting their
wn lighting plants.
Mayor . Lane says that the lighting
bill at present la about $100,000 and
says that It would be twice as much
li tne cuy were property Hgniea. tun
letter follows: ;
"To the People Of Portland In the
matter of the public lighting of the city
there are some points which are worthy
of your serious consideration at this
time. The first and most Important is
that It costs the city too much.
"At the last meeting of the city coun
cil an ordinance was passed ' (over my
grotest? whicn instructs tne executive
oard to enter Into a contractor public
lighting for a term of three or five
years from January 1, 1909.
i 'There la but one oompany wmcn
for this llzhtmr. and it will
ten tne city win nave
.can bid
name the rrlce whi
to pay for such service. The city will
nave no voice in tne matter.
"It will cost, this city at the price
now paid over 100,000 a year, to light
Its streets with but half the number
of lamps needed for an adequate serv
Ice. : .
"If the city Is to light Its streets
firoperly and sufficiently It will cost
t over $200,000 a year to do so.
' xon4h-' on tb City. :, '
' 'The least estimated probable 'expen
diture for a three-year term for half
lighted streets is about $360,000. With
the streets quite well but not fully
lighted, the expenditure for this term
will amount' to-not less than. $650,000.
"On Its face the proposition . does not
seem to be a good one for the city. As
Jl matter of fact It Is not a good one
t Is a; bad . one,' The city pays too
much for its public lighting and will
continue to pay too much for such serv
ice until it devises some means of re
lief from the present condition of af
fairs. "The situation would be entirely dif
ferent if the city, owned a distribution
system deaignea to 1 use electricity, or
gas ana eieeincuy.
"If It owned such a distribution sysi
tern the city could at this time secure
competitive bids for power. ' to operate
its street lamps at a rate .Which would
result In a reduction of the cost of
fiower to not more than one half wlwt
t now pays. It would also be in a po
sition to foreOi competition between
electric and nas arc lamps which would
Immediately result In cuttln the price
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J.D.DUBACK
, P ' . - ' .' i ..
PROFESSIONAL ,
OPTICIAN
.173 Fourth' Street '
YJl.CA.B!dg.;
of lighting down to a rate which the
olty could afford to pay.
' "The proposition of putting In a dis
tribution system Is both feasible and
simple and must be dona by the city
before It can hope to lower the cost of
public lighting. It Is also the flrs
step toward the ownership of a lighting
plant by the city.
Cost of Distribution System.
Whether the city cares to acquire the
power and Install generating plant or
jQOt, necessity -will compel It to at least
own Its distribution system within the
city s limits. Bucn a system can do in
stalled for not to exceed 1300.000.' Der-
liaps for less, and the city can do no
better or more useful thing than to
make preparation to install such a sys
tem as soon as possiDie.
- "Discouraging reports of the failure
of municipally owned lighting1 plants
emanating from the company which has
tne omy supply or uxnt at tnis time.
are to be expected. If you. will look
over such of them, however, as have
oeen puoiisneti, you win .rina no report
from successfully conducted municipal
plants and there are a number, notable
among which are Detroit. Alameda.
California, Seattle, Welser, Idaho, and
eo ' far as It has Installed them. St.
Louis, Missouri, also Nashville, Ten
nessee, which has been Quoted by Mr.
Josselyn as among those cities which
have failed in municipal ownership or
Dubiio utilities.'- - - -
"Tne ciaim tnai me Deonie are unni
to conduct tneir own Dustness airairs.
and must leave, such matters entirely in
tne nanus ox other persons, presumably
those who are . now. enraged. : in rur
r.lehln the sort of service which the
city is getting lor tne price it- is paying.
is. an insuit to ineir intelligence - in
more ways than one.
"To the announcement or the sole
prospective bidder for publlo lighting
mat is. as one ex tne largest taxpayers.
protests against any. municmaiiv man.
agedattempt to ' escape from the pres
ent condition of ). affairs. It may be
urced that the Deonie dhv too- much
for their lighting. AlsO-that they pay
larger percentage or the cost of the
same In -proportion to the value of their
holdings than does this or any other
private corporation engaged in supply
ine public utilities, and until such time
as aucn concerns near their lust , share
of these expenditures the Interest of the
peoote, oy ngnu is nrst to oe considered.-:
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"I have no wish to do Injustice to the
ngnts or tne oruand Kaiiway, Light
ft Power company, it Is entitled to all
which belongs to Hi but to nothing
more The people Of the city too have
their, interests, and they reach out .into
me nomes or many persons. Their in;
terests are as important . to them and
Just a sacred land worthy, of careful
consideration end respect as are 'these
Diners, xne puue-or. aucn expenditures
ara bornu by them, i and their rights
may not. In Justice find decency, be
usurped or Juggled, by any opo. And
In so far and Just so far as it lies with
in my - power I shall protest against
the - fastening of auoh a 'atrnna-lK.hnii
s this upon them. Respectfully, v-V..
' . ' 1 - W AKxtx . LANlii, Mayor.
Btoltal Uext Tuesday. . '
Active Interest is boine- manifAiSfiui in
the lecture-recltal.v.'R;phoe.From rtiria
4nd," by Sylvia WiUiams McGulre,
Portland's popular impersonators and
reader of negro dialeot, which will be
Stven on next Tuesday evenlnv at th
Vhite Temple. Mrs. SlcOulre has won
a high place in the entertainment field.
her work being In a class by Itself and
stamped with, an Individuality peculiar-
lv her Own. ', In her -. 'Rrhnan ,. Frnnt
Dixie' Land" she carries her audience
back to the sunny south berora the war
when the charm of plantation life was
unbroken, and something of -the old
timo Illusions "lingered about th cotton-fields
and cabins. - Her Impersona
tions of the old-time darknv: hla riiWt
and quaint 'characteristics are Inimitable.-
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Mrs. HcGulre -will h aaUtai s an
Tuesday jevenlna; by the well-known
soloists, w aidemar . Llnd and J. Claire
gravity flow during the early part of
May of this year. The main system
from below Hdoper crosses the Pa
louse river' on a bridge in a continuous
stave pipe line SH feet In diameter.
1.000 feet long to the other side of the
valley, and from thence the system will
bo constructed to run down the valley
and cover the balance of the land. It Is
the Intention of the company to com
plete tho system down to washtucna
and have about 2,600 acres under irri
gation for next year.
The undertaking of the Palouse Irri
gation V Power company, in addition to
developing the irrigation project, in-
- . , . . . . ui mo laying uui ana uuiiaiui uy
and the Portland market. Is now making ths townH,ta t Palousa Falls. The
tremendous strides la the development
of its arid lands through the instrumen
tality of supplying water to these lands
by Irrigation. History teaches us that
Irrigation fanning tends to wonderful
developments and to great wealth. It
means the subdividing of the large
farms and valleys into S and - 10-acre
tracts and the settling upon each of
these tracts with families, and a com
petence and even riches to these set
tlers. It means that where, under the
old system, one man farmed ,a section
of land in wheat or as a stock ranch, tfO
or more families, under irrigation and
intensive fruit farming, will derive
laraa Income.
One of the new projects that Is now
being developed is In the Washtucna
valley, adjoining the great Palouse
wheat country In Whitman county,
Waahlnfi-tnn. The mat Palouse coun
try in Washington, although located in
Our sister state, is really a tributary to
the Portland markets. The Palouse
wheat fields have ' become famous for
their wonaeriui productiveness in wneai
per acre for the time and labor ex
pended. The oounties of Waitman,
Franklin and Adams produced nearly
20.000,000 bushels of wheat during the
year 1907, which gave the farmers of
these counties a total of some $15,000,
000. This country has In recent years
also shown a wonderfu1 activity in the
culture of fruits. Wherever water can
be supplied through irrigation, orchards
were estaDiisnea ana w nign quality ui
apple and pear was produced. Tne
Washtucna valley, on the PalouBS river.
Is - the only large district in the Pa
louse country capable Of development
under irrigation and - the development
of this valley is now belnr accom
plished by the Palouse Irrigation &
Power romnanv. a Washington corpora
tlon. The prediction is -made .that the
wasntucna vauey, in m c-aiuuae coun
try, under irrigation, will become as
famous as the- Palouse wheat, and the
two will continue hand In hand in fur
nishing large business for the Portland
market. The Portland & Seattle rail'
wav.- now belnsr constructed, will tra-
varna th Washtucna Taller for 10 miles
and will bring this valley several hours
nearer to Portland.-
The Palouse irrigation tf fower com'
any is a Washington corporation, capl-
allied at 1200.000. This company now
controls the waters of the Palouse riverJ
whirh ara tha same waters that were
contemplated by the government for the
Greater Palouse project and the irriga
tion of some" 80,000 acres of land ex
tending down to Pasco on the Columbia
river.- - This" corporation owns - about
9.000 acres of land in and adjacent to
the . Washtuon valley in whitman,
Franklin and Adams counties. About
2:600 acres of this land are irrigable
and will come under the irrigation, sys
tem, The total amount of land to be
Irrigated .in the Washtucna valley will
be between 8,600 and 4,000 acres. This
property is practically in the- heart of
,the world-famous Palouse . wheat dis
trict, wnicn contriDuates largely to ine
tremendous wheat shipment that is han
dled, yearly through the Portland ; mar-
Ket, rsou mat win proauc oy ary
farmlnr such - liiirh auallty wheat will
undoubtedly produce under Irrigation ex
cellent fruit. This - has Indeed been
proved by .the orchards- that .have been
rrlgated by small individual ditches In
different parts of the valley. It Is the
unlan1 the.t nroduces the wheat ' and
other grain, and the valley land that is
Irrigated, that will make this locality
eciuallr famous : with , its apples. - pears
and other fruits. !.",-:. -v- v--.-
This undcrtakine- is in Its infancy
but those who are handling the project
are both capable' : and ' aggressive -and
this present year will see .great changes
in the Washtucna- valley. Already the
company has constructed .four : miles, of
main canal, built to carry 10 cubic feet
of water per second of time, and has Its
dams and headgatea constructed on the
Palouse river-about three miles above
Hooper In ' Whitman county. The dam
Dunt during this past winter is or solid
concrete masonry, anchored to bedrock
zu reet oeiow v tne river. -, -a , vo-ioot
waste -tunnel constructed through solid
rock makes -the - control of the water
of the river positive at all times. At
tne present - time ; tne - company is , ousy
misning up construction worx on' tne
main lateral which taps tha system be
low . Hooper to supply - water to some
uo acres, part of which --4 has Been
platted into. Palouse orchards This
latei-il-will be com rile ted and the water
locality of this site Is Just across the
river from Palouse Orchards and is
Ideal, for a progressive, thriving town.
Six miles below this townslte Is the
wonderful waterfall of the same name
on the P louse river, and It Is part of
the plan of the company to develop elec
trio power from the water of the falls
for milling and other manufacturing
industries. There are unlimited possi
bilities along this line for this local
ity. The Immense quantities of wheat
raised in the Palouse district will alone
assure the success on the start of such
an undertaking, to say nothing of the
business that packing-houses, canneries
and creameries will give. That the
Washtucna valley will rapidly reach a
high stare of development Is a cer
tainty. The work of the Palouse Irri
gation & Power company alone would
assure this, but when, in conjunction
with their efforts, two more railroads
undertake to traverse the valley, t litre
can be no question of the ultimate out
come as to settlement and prosperity.
The personnel of the company con
sists of the followlnar board of directors
H. C. Peters, president. Seattle.- Wash
ington, owner of. Cascade orchards In
the Wenatchee valley; B. L. Oates, vice
president, Seattle, Washington, Jeweler;
U H. Marsh, secretary. Hooper, Wash
ington; John R Ryan, attorney at law,
Seattle. Washington; J. D. Butler, sec
retary and manager Parker-Bell Lum
ber company, Seattle, Washington; Earl
Pooler, president C H. Nichols Lumber
company, Seattle, Washington; C. T.
Booth of Washtucna, Washington, is
the superintendent of construction on
tho ground; W. R. ProwelL engineer of
Wenatchee, Washington, is the engineer
in charge; Hanrord & BiacKwell or Heat
tie. Washington, consulting engineers:
R. H. Smithwtck. civil engineer of Spo
kane, Washington, is in charge or plat
ting and laying out of the different
tracts and the townslte; Arthur Small
of Seattle, Washington, formerly of
California, advertising and office mana-
?:er at the home office in Seattle. These,
ogether with some 26 active amenta,
constitute the working force of the
company.
Tree Deafness Cure.
A remarkable offer made by one of
the leading ear specialists In this coun
trr. Dr. Branaman offers to all apply
ing at once two full months' medicine
free to prove his ability to cure per
manently deafness, head noises and ca
tarrh in every stage. Address. Dr. G.
M. Branaman. 1388 Walsut street, Kan
sas City, Missouri.
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TAFT ADVOCATES
HEWS PLAN
Bill for Expenditure of. Fifty
Millions for Waterways
Meets Approval.
(Btarat News by Longest teased Wire.)
Washington, April 18. Secretary
Taft today submitted a report to the
senate indorsing the main features of
the bill Introduced by Senator Newlands
for an appropriation of $50,000,000 for
the Improvement of inland waterways
of the country. This plan has been
Indorsed heartily In meetings through
out the country. It was drafted, by
Senator Newlands during the large In
land waterway conference, held here in
December last. The fact that the sec
retary has approved the main features
of his bill leads Senator Newlands to
believe that an appropriation will bo
made by congress for the appointment
of a permanent Inland waterways com
mission, for the creation of a waterway
fund, and for the improvement of the
waterways. It was referred to the war .
department by tha senate committee
on commerce sometime ago. : '
Secretary Taft says the bill provides
a comprehensive plan for the develop
ment of the waterways, the cooperation -'
of forestry. Irrigation, swamp land,
reclamation, utilisation of water power
and clarification of streams in connec
tion with -and the cooperation of states
and municipalities with , the ; national
government in the work.
He bases his report upon the power
of the constitution to regulate Inter
state commerce and states that the
feople of the nation should engage In
he consideration of these questions, es
pecially on- the navigability of the
stream or the possibilities of making:
them navigable; ....... v
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