I i THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, JULY A, 1&08. 10 ; t STATE'S WATER POWERJIGHTS Action Should Ho Taken by the Lpffislaturr, Says : an Epert. 62 STORIES TO RISE 909 FEET Equitable in New York Jtivak Kvory Known hYcord. : : . r : : ' ; ; :;:.tUv 'IV '"it.--; VAf 'VJ it pleases us immensely when u ; t ;.w'r-h o ' r-j - :J 'A FORMER CUSTOMER SAYS: 1 V 1 U "Voq I hnfu vnn iIa fhp (Soli-ra Bureau of Tti. Journal ) ' Salem. Or., July 4.--KIwoul M.b.1. the ''fcesEi'eCOfrnlsf'U" niitlinrlty on -rights ' and Irrigation, In a luttr-r to " State Engineer John II. Lewis advises ' that Uie Oregon law Include two feat- urea: First, no perpetual power rights; y second, an annual charge for water used In Irrigation. Mr. M-ad. who Is now the chairman of the state rivers and water upply commission of Austral!, says "' Oregon should K farther In the direc tion of public control than states which legislated earlier. . The charge for water used In Irriga tion should be baSfed according to Mr. Mead on the amount appropriated not V the amount diverted, and the charge ehould be so much a second foot. Wy oming, which has the best water code of any state In the union. Is indebted ' largely to Mr. Mead for Wyoming s water laws were drawn up by him while he was state engineer. "If there Is a charge for use of water for Irrigation purposes," says the engineer, "It will cut down excess - and surplus riehta as effectively as the New Zealand land law prevents fraudu lent values for taxation. In New Zea land each man fixes the value of his property for taxation. If the state thinks this Is too low it can buy the property at the assessea vaiue wun iu percent added. The sin of undervalua tion la almost unknown. "In Australia the charges and rentals for water rights, both for power and Irrigation, are sufficient to pay for the supervision of the streams and .relieves i the general taxpayer from this burden. TIM main ining la u aurii on uoiri - opment and prosperity and the more Im pressed I am with Its superiority over the lax and wasteful surrender of con 1 trol In America. "First, there Is no wasteful litigation. There has not be"en a single water right lawsuit in this state for 10 years. There Is no wasteful or excessive use of water to maintain a surplus right. There Is a reserve power of the state to apply the water to a higher use whenever the p tieed appears. -- State Engineer Lewis has prepared a -water-bill that will be proposed at the . next legislature, and If there Is no such legislation accomplished next winter Mr. Lewis through the aid of the state arrange will propose a water coae through the Initiative. yMSIIntycan retain excess taxes .-Perpetual Granted Against State by Circuit Judge Galloway. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) -McMlnnvllle, Culy 4 Circuit Judge . Galloway has Just handed down a de cision In favor of Yamhill county In the case of the county against the state " treasurer, asking for an Injunction re- :' straining the treasurer from collecting the county's excess taxes of $21,00(1. ' Attorney General Crawford argued the State's case, and the county was repre sented by Attorneys McCain, Vinton and Pipes. The injunction was ruled per petual hy Judge Galloway. The case will be taken to the supreme court some : time In October. Observation Car Fortland-The Dalles. Commencing Monday morning, July t, the O. R. & N. will run the obser vation car "Altec" between Portland and The Dalles. This car will leave Portland at 8:30 a. m., arriving In The T)atlee at 11:30 a. m.; returning, leave The ..Dalles at 1.45 p. m. arriving in Portand at fi:15 v. m. - ' Theffddltton of this - luxurious car will afford Dassengers every opnortun Ity to enjoy the never-to-be-forgotten ride through the grand Indescribable Co lumbia river gorge. The announcement that comes from New York thut ii ti urrhltect has Juat completed the j.hiiis for a Q2-story building to bo eructed on lower Kro.icl way by the Kqult.-ible Life Assurnru-e society haH caused a renewal of the agi tation to limit the distance which these HkvHcraneis mav project Into space. New York's proposed monstrosity will reach a height of S'.tO feet above the sidewalk, and when completed will be the tallest structure In the world, rls Ing 20 feet above the celebrated Eiffel tower, which for the past dozen years has held the record lor height wltn over 200 feet to spare. Architects and construction engineers said five years ago, when the 41-story (Singer building was started on Hroau way, that this structure would mark the limit for height and that no other builder would dare attempt to surpass it. Land Values the Cans. But land values have reached a point In New York where it is impossible to get a fair return on the Investment ex cept by pisftlng up buildings of great height. As An Illustration of this fact, a New York architect who was re cently before the building commission of that city, protesting against limiting the height of buildings, testified that a 12-story building on Williams street, In the heart of the lower Hroadway of ficii building district could not be made to pay more than 3 per cent on the In vestment, while a 20-story structure in the same district yielded an Income of but 4V4 per cent. In spite of the opposition to limiting the height of these sky piercers. It looks Library Smoking Stirs Aberdeen. (Special plana trh to The Journal.! Aberdeen, Wash.. July 4. Whether or not men shall be allowed to smoke In the new public library, as suggested rv "Rev. Charles McDermoth and Fred Hart, members of the board of trus tees. Is agitating the citizens. There la an even division of opinion on the mat ter. There are two women on the board of trustees, one of whom is in favor of the plan, while the other, although op posed from principle to the use of to- baceo, says that if the majority of the board of trustees favor It she will not oppose. A MTLLIOKAXRE'S BABY Attended by the highest priced baby ' apeclallst could not be cured of stomach or bowel trouble any quicker or nun i than your baby If you give it McOee Haby Elixir. Cures diarrhoea, dysentery and all derangements of the stomach or bowels. Price 25 cents and 60 cents. Bold by gkldmore Prug Co. as if the Equitable building will be the last or Its kind to ro up In fsew lorn, s the building commission Js making it thorough Investigation Into the re puted disadvantages of tilling up the city with lofty structures, and it Ih be lieved will adopt a regulation maKing radical restrictions along this line. Another reason that Is advanced In favor of allowing skyscrapers In New York is that the city has exhausted Its f aclll ties for spreading out. and. if it is to grow In future, must grow upward. This reason Is probably not applicable to any other large city in the I nited States, for none are built as Is New York, on H small Island. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis. Baltimore, New Or leans, Hoston and others, where the skyscraper has not taken such a hold on builders, have ample room to spread In several directions. Other pistrlots Spread Out. In many of the larger cities of the country property owners are in favor of, spreading the business district over a greater area, and thereby giving in creased values to a larger district, rather than putting up tall buildings in a restricted, high-priced area. Architects and engineers agree that th question of safety cannot appro priately enter Into any discussion of the matter of limiting the height of buildings, provided they aro constructed In accordance with the most modern and best methods. The principal objection to lofty buildings Is that the average structure above 15 stories high cannot be designed so as to be. architecturally beautiful, but on the contrary must In the very nature of things be ugly and unomamental. Fortunately, Portland capitalists and builders are not Inclined to run their buildings above 10 or 12 stories, with the result that the dozen modern structures that have gone up nere in tne past two years are or at tractive design and pleasing to the eye. Portland Is Blessed. Neither is there a tendency here to concentrate business within narrow lim its. A local architect commenting upon this fact said: "It Is a question if any other city in the country the size of Portland has so many costly office and retail buildings spread over such a large area. It has a tendency to make real estate values more uniform, and prevents rents from reaching a prohibi tive figure. Business has not become so heavy here that it must be confined and while there is time an effort should be made to prevent running buildings f j, : I dcsi worii ana u anyinmg 7 I ; ! s " I isnl jus! riflhl you'll make I i - . . ;r I in ia ."'. -:' " .-:-:;- fcV '" , "' ' 4 II H - s s I III B r ', 11 i in h I nV ' II It' seems the idea is transmitted from I a-'' l A l- if ti - r :! 1 II one customer to a prospective one. v "WE H j 1 ; , . J DO THE BEST WORKS'IT'S BE- i ' sx H;v(?lfrii: ' ; ' cause we do 1. mmvl- - Lf 'r- mr-l, V The ,f .... smm- - W.G.fflcPhcrson Co. i . Hl 1 ' Heating Engineers 1 fcraOTKIT.ffWinMMam im J HiinimiasnlSlan 1nmm.11 .rtniaiitmmnni in niij H 32830 GL!AN ST j Ten-Story Annex to Hotel Oregon. 5 S IH II PERMITS ' ' CHEAP LIBER STILL TO BE HAD Inquiries From East Indi cate Better Business Shortly. LOGGING CAMPS T)AKE VACATION PLAIN CONCRETE TO T ROUGH Valuable Building Material Molded to Suit Fas tidious Tastes. Shingle Mills Find Demand for Product Much Below Output and Close Down to Work Off Surplus Stock. up Into the air until they become mon strosities. One of the great . difficulties is to overcome tjie rkvalry among architects Hnu eneineers wno are unxlous to set a record of achievement. New rossibtH tles In structural steel and reinforced concrete construction are constantly coming to light Which foster the Idea to still further Increase the height of buildings. BIG STEEL BUILDING Five-Story Chicago hire Will Be Kolln Half Block. Lumbermen report that there seems to be a somewhat better feeling In the lumber market. Inquiries from the east Indicate that dealers have about come to tho conclusion that soon will be the more advantageous time to fill their stocks. It Is said that In many cases have stocks been allowed to run down to the very lowest ebb with the view of having a cleanup while things were In anrt of rhnotle state. 1'rlces are about the same as a week ago, and those Intending to br.lld are getting; the benefit of what lumbermen declare bedrock' ouotation. They say lumber Is lower than It has been for the rast elirnt vears. Shingles, too. are cheaper bv far than they have been for many years, and mill work shows no advance, although tho In this Portland Oregon What Live Stock Insurance Means Tht we Insure the lives of yotir horses, mules nd rattle against death by accident or disease for two-thirds their cash value at a Tory nominal rata. Money invested 5n lira stork - should bo as fully prtct4 aaainat death from other causes as from flra. On hundred and ninety nlna aslmala die tnnually from acci dent and d'.aeoaa whero ona Alas rota flra. We have paid til.POO In looaeo from aorldants and dloeaso to the earners of !! stork In Oregon, Idaho Vtah and WaoainctoD. A great house-moving task is now in progress 'on tho west side In Chicago. The o,-.ent!'.n Is part if the denning up work on the site of the new JO.noO.- , "0 station of the .Northwestern rall ' rc-d. A flve-storv l.rlik and st-el hulld II. K. 100 ret wl.le by 1.10 feet long. ' welshing about i.A'OO tons. Is to be In .e(j H dlstancn nf (ib ml lislf a block. T! - '!. will . msi t'o'.ouii nod will re- .4 . : r : hree mnnMm A (."Md groundwork of giant l!-by-ll woodi n beams I. .is been placed ' be neath the buildliig to within a foot of Its sir.; cross-beams, njid ordinary rall r'ad Tall.- h.'ive leen lajcl crosswise on t! e wo. 'den 1" am On the tops of the rails. hli h ar- a foot and a half apart, ar- laid s'.eel rollers two Inches In diam- efrr and wo fwt long fy means of Plants district are enjoying good business. The steady local demand has made It un necessary for the sash and door manu facturers to look farfor customers. Hut the lower price of lumber has enabled them to quote lower prices than a year ago. There Is said to be an Increasing de mand for standing timber, not only eastern men placing their money in the j forests, but western men. too. having ! I. ad their eyes opened to the excellent opportunity for investment In timber. Stumpage Is quoted at from 60 cunts to m i per thousand, and men In th busi- II US.- 1 r"ss declare that in less than two years from now the value of every s'lck of I timber will have doubled ! Some of the logging oum;is along the ''nlumhla river and its tributaries closed I down during the week, and their men , have rome to the city to celebrate the Fourth. Benson's bis camp at flats ! kitnle will remain Idle for a month, j The Twin Falls Logging company's i pump at Yaoolt. Wash., has been closed j for the Fourtbi and It Is not known how Tvin operations will be resumed teere, the bin lake near Vancouver being filled with logs. A couple of shingle mills have been dosed down, their owners intending to n main Idle until business Improves. number of shingle mills on fugrt sound loat had been closed for sortie time re opened this week because of n falling ut between tne operators I his is n- An Interesting feature In the onward march of concrete as a building ma terial Is to note the change that Is be ing made In the character of blocks that are In general use. The blocks Just on the market were not accepted as a desirable substitute for brick or stone. They were usually of the rock-faced pattern, and were condemned by archi tects and builders of good taste. Many are still used, but they are gradually giving way to the plairHsur face block. The protest against tho rock-faced block has been so general that manufacturers and builders are gradually discarding them. They have substituted a perfectly plain surface so far as any design Is concerned, merely seeking to produce a pleasing texture and color. home of the finest houses in the country have been built of these blocks, the facade being relieved by col umns and cornices in moiuea concrete. In other words, it has been found that the- most simple, direct and economical methods In block manufacture and build ing processes produce the best results. Heretofore there has been a straining after whimsical effects, something not confined to blocks, however, but Intro duced on occasion In all forms of con crete, construction Intended to represent tne more refined types wltn the result that the right sort of progress has been retarded to some extent. It has been akin to the forced designs In masonry as exemplified, for example, by boul ders set In cement like so many huge marbles, or gateposts decerated with projecting stones for cap pieces, which are not only ugly In themselves but in vite the disrupting. Influence of rain and frost. REACH 8300,000 Week's Building Record the Highest Touched for Several Months. LABGE PROJECTS ARE BEING LAUNCHED Sum Includes Huge Warehouse Un der Construction by North Bank Road More Apartment Houses to Go Up. Building permits for the week will total about $300,000. the largest sum re ported for any one week In several months. Included In this sum Is the two-story frame warehouse for the North Bank road, which Is being erect ed on the river front, between Raleigh and Thurman streets. The second larg est sum named In a permit was $10,000 the estimated cost of the alteration to be made to the Empire theatre. Henry H. Keed. secretary or tne Alas ka-Yukon exposition, announces that ho will soon begin preparation for the erec lion of a modern apartment house on Portland Heights covering a quarter- UNSIGHTLY CORNER WILL BE IMPROVED The newest building promised for the business center of Portland Is a hand sumo structure to cover the quarter block at' the southeast corner of Sev enth and Stark streets, the property purchased this week by Theodore H. Wil cox. . The character of the building to go up on this corner has not been de termined by Wilcox, but will be In keeping wltl the recent Improvements on the surrounding property and with the Importance of the location. When soon. Mr. Wilcox said that the purchase was made as an Investment required that a suitable Improvement be made without delay. pected possibly to have further weaken ing effect on the market. WU1 Leave on Vacation, (ftrwrlal Planatrh to Tb Journal ) Astoria, Or . Julr 4 dlx. l"nlted States harle. H Hsd- eustom-house In- Jack, the wooden beam, wrtl push the 1 'JA' ? K?nt dVLl'? rails and rollers up so as to lift the I . !t"C' "Ji1 -ii f,. P?.rfnt! K. W. f'rlghtnn has broken ground for a two-story frsme residence, of modern design, on Wasco street, between Fast Sixteerrth and East Pevcnteenth streets, estimated to cost $4500. Tho Orefl-on TT.leotrlfi Rallwav com pany ias taken out a permit for the erection of a warehouse on Water street between Columbia and Jefferson streets. The building will cost $6000 and will be put up by Lltherland and Abrev. Architect W. L. Morgan has let the contract for the erection of a new music hall for McMlnnvllle college. The building will be a two-story frame and will cost approximately $7600. M". DeLIn has begun the erection of a four-series flat at West Park and Hall streets. The contract was awarded to W. D. Garret at $5600. E. H. Hobbs has begun the erection of a one-story frame residence at East Twentieth and locust streets to cost $5000. W. L. Consor is building a handsome one-story cottage at the corner of Emer son and Cleveland streets. Walnut Park, which will cost $4000. A. R. Mendenhall has taken out a per mit for the erection of a large flit building on Larrabee street, between Cherry and McMIUen streets, cost $7000. Architect A. H. Kaber is preparing lans for a natural stone house, 4 8 by SV twe-storles high, to be erected In Piedmont. It will have nine rooms In the lower floors and two rooms In tho attic to be used as servant quarters. The estimated cost Is $6000. hi'lding off Its original foundation The building will move along on the r llers at the rate of about 10 feet a day Offices, Rooms 8, 9 and 10 Lafayette Bldg 3 13 ' Washington St. The Short Line to St. Paul. Tho Canadian Pacific. Boo-Spokane rout ) the short line between Port land 'and tba Twin rules their time tho faaHeot. In Texas. While there he will attend th annual convention of the B. P. O Elks at Iwllaa. Xotarlen Commlsatnned. (Special D)Pa"h t T Journal ) Falem, Or.. July 4 Commission notaries have been Issued to John as H Mtddletofc Portland, K Hale. Elmlra. i Edward T Catlow H'orhrm, Horrrer J Denlo. and B O 4 STRONG SULPHURIC ACIDS j rumlng'Monohydrate-66 Dcg. Be. liltrlc and Hydrochloric Acids X Dollroroc ha task ears, irtaj mt oat-tor. ! Peyton Chemical Comp'y A PATRIOTIC 4th OF JULY DUTY for overy loyal American is to put his home In order In honor of the birthday of liberty. Among tho very necessary factors essential to this purpose Is new paint where paint la needed. BAY STATE Is Just the kind you require, because It Is road mixed and eaay to apply. THE BIG PAINT STORE Fisher, Thorsen & Co. FRONT AND MORRISON STS. Don't Overlook These Lawn Mowers at cut prices If you want to keep your grass in beautiful trim. We recom mend their strong construction and ease of keeping In order, their ease as to propulsion and their all 'raund good qualities. rr AVERY & CO. 4$ Third St.. 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