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THE OREGON : ft AXLY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY-' EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1808.
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Uill Being Prepared by Kep
, resentarive Bryant Will
: Aid to Conserve Water
' Powers of Oregon Prop
erty of State the Main
, Point.
Most important In Its possible effect
.' upon tha futursr development of. Ore
son of , all legislation' which will come
- before the next, session of the leci
lature for enactment will be the Irrl-
Sation code now In course of drafting.
. C. Bryant, representative-elect from
" - Multnomah county, has the . bill ' under
consideration and Is working In line
with the ideas of State Engineer "John
H. Lewis, J he expression ' of the Ore-
Son State grange, and the plans of the
regon commission "for the conservation
Of the natural resources of 4he state.
Representative Bryant has been spend
ing much time and thought in the con
sideration and study -of the -water needs
of the state. He has collected a large
amount of information and material
' from other states where Irrigation codes
have been enacted, and out oi this mass
of data will construct his bill. -'
' 4 Jackson's Bill ths Model.
' The new . measure" will be modeled
along the general plan of the board of
trade bill Introduced at the last session
'of the -legislature . by Representative
Perkins of Jackson county and defeated
by a narrow margin after A bitter fight
had been waged against it by the rep
resentatives of waterpower. interests in
' the house.
The primary idea of the proposed
code is that all waters' within the state
from all sources of water supply be
long to the public and, subject to ex
isting rights to their use, may be ap
propriated for beneficial use.
The laws of Canada and Italy and of
Idaho,' Wisconsin, Arkansas and other
states, and the advice of eminent au
thority on irrigation' and water conser
vation will be considered in the con
jRtructlon of the bill. Its object will
be to encourage the development of
., Irrigation and waterpewer in the state
' and at the same time to safeguard the
Interests of the people.
Should Limit Permits.
The main -points being .considered by
Mr, Bryant are that the waters of the
state belong to the people of the state
- , and can be -used under certain restric
tions for" beneficial use, that . waters
, appropriated for irrigation purposes
'become appUrtenent to the land; that
I waterpower permits given by the state
'to individuals or - corporations should
be limited to periods of 25 years,
and that annual fees' to be fixed
.v by the legislature should be charged
for the 'use of power by corporations
developing It; that all waterpower cor
porations should be specially incorpor
ated, and that no "corporation shall be
, allowed to make application for a sec-
ond power site until it has developed
' the site already held bv it as a grant
froth the state; that full statements of
: the construction and labor of all power
plants shall be filed with the state en
gineer upon the completion of any pro
Ject, and- that the state shall reserve
the right to buy, lease or condemn any
works at the expiration of the term of
i the franchise or before that time and
that the state shall have the right end
power to regulate the cost of heat, light
or power used by the state or by any
Incorporated-' clty or town.
Representative Bryant expects to have
1 the preliminary -draft of his bill ready
, in a short-time. It will then be sub
gmltted to the conservation commission,
i the state grange and to the state sn
I glneer, and the work of putting it Into
,! final shape will be undertaken. The
1 final draft will be clear and compre
hensive water code ready for the con
1 aideratlon -of the legislature.
' ' The great - mass of litigation now
1 pending in the courts of the state over
tater rights shows clearly that there
Is urgent need In Oregon for remedial
legislation. According to attorneys
wno nave made water contests a spe
cialty, there is no state in the Union
in which the water laws are In sucn
chaos as in Oregon. Under the present
law about the only wav by which the
water rignts or tne eopie in any ais
trlct taking their water from the same
source could be adjudicated would be
ror every nerson hoidinr land in mat
district to be made a party to a suit of
determination. , and - even men me re
sult would be uncertain. -
It Is expected that the comlnar session
of the legislature will pass a water
code bill, as there has been a steadily
growing demand lor sucn legislation.
There was such a demand at the last
session but It was defeated bv the per
sistent efforts of a few waterpower In
terests, rne men wno represented mess
interests will not be in the present ses
sion or the legislature ana it is ex
pected that the public demand will be
Lrigation code bill of the present ses
sion. Will 1IIMRC L9i "Uuucon ins yiiu
cipal effort during the session.
CATION
OF
"ON PAROLE" CIVIL WAR DRAMA'
IS WELL PRESENTED AT HEILIG
Miss Maud Leon Is a most remarkable
young woman. She kept us . interested
at the Hellig last night through -four
acts of "On Parole," a civil war drama
by Louis Evan Shipman. I venUire to
say there are few that are capable Of
rising to a like situation. To keep an
audience waiting in their seats to see
what Is coming next when they know
HE
The Christian Brothers' college on
Grand avenue and Clackamas streets
was dedicated yesterday aiternoon in
the presence of an audience of 1500
people. The exercises were conducted
by Archbishop Alexander Christie as
sisted - by the St Joseph's society and
many visiting and local clergymen. On
the platform were Governor Chamber
lain, Bishop O'Dea of Seattle. Bishop
Sinnott. nresident of the college. Broth
er Michael and other dignitaries.
Bhort addresses were maoe Dy uov-
ernor Chamberlain, A. J. Capron, Broth
er Michael, Countv School Superintend
ent Robinson, Bishop O'Dea, Chairman
Sinnott and others In addition to the
official dedicatory address by the arch
bishop. The Christian Brothers' college is a
three story., freproof building 112 by
62 feet, and was built at a cost of
$47,700. A general and practical edu
cation as wrII aB-religious Instruction
will be tanght at the institution. Mem
bers of the clergy present were Arch
bishop Christie. Bishop O'Dea of Se
attle; Monsignor Rauw Father Mur-i
phy, O. 8. B., president Mount Angel
college; Father Cantweli, of the Re
demptorists; Father Gallegher.- of Co
lumbia university; Fathef Hildebrand,
of Oregon City, Father Fitspatrick, of
Montavllla; Brother Vantasfan, presi
dent of La Salle Business college.
Walla Walla: Father Villa, S. J., of
Portland; Father (Jeeney, S. J., of Bea
verton. Or: Father O'Reilly, 8. J. of
Spokane; Father O'Brien, O. P.. Father
Lamb. O. P.. Father Bolla, Father
Hughes, Father O'Hara, Father De Lor
mler, Brother Francis, of Columbia uni
versity; Brother Michael, of Berkeley,
Cal.; Brother Vellisian. of Oakland, Cal.
To Old Mexico.
The regular midwinter excursion to
Old Mexico will leave Portland Decem
ber 11th and 13th, joining the Southern
Pacific solid . Pullman excursion train
out of San Francisco Tuesday, Decem
ber 15th. The return fare Portland to
Mexico City will be $104; tickets bear
ing a limit of two months;--with stops
over privileges at pleasure on the re
turn trip. Passengers will be given the
choice of the Southern Paclfio or the
Santa Fe returning between El Paso and
San Francisco. Coming west over the
Santa Fe you can make a side trip into
the Orand Canyon for $6.60. Ask f6r
"Mexico" a little booklet story on this
charming and historic country. Tick
ets, reservations and particulars 'at
Third and Washington streets. (
Title Gauararitee, Oregon Trust ac
counts and German-American certifi
cates bought at the highest cash price;
also Home Telephone bonds. Cohn
Bros., 180 First street, corner Yamhill.
positively beforehand Just what la go
ing to happen to tne very dotting or
an "I" and the crossing of a "t" Is a
good deal of a success. But that's just
what Miss ueon. assisted Dy a com
petent company, did.
"On Parole" nuts you on your guard
from the start There is the sound of
hoof-beats on the hard road, a lovely
southern beauty staggers in, attired in
modish black nroadcioth riding cos
tume, besmattered with mud and she
bears "Important dispatches." The rest
is of course merely automatic. Anyone
who has gone to the theatre at all is
entlrel- famWIar with the trend of the
"war drama." It varies as little as
does the military polonaise which the
orchestra gives between acts. You know
there will be a dashing northern cav
alry officer and that he will meet the
lovely southern beauty. You know that
his gallantry will overcome his sense
of duty and that her heart will beat
for him instead of for the Confederacy.
You know that he will stride roughshod
Into her father's parlor and give the
old gentleman one of those choking
paroxysms of rage that seem to have
been indigenous to the old men of clvjl
war times. Each turn dovetails into the
one before It with the ease and regu
larity of a well-oiled cog.
The southern beauty has a whimper
ing friend and this friend is in love
with the beauty's brother, who is off
In the army. And the brother comes
back and captures the dashing north
erner. It's Idle to state that In the end
the brother is given up for lost but is
brought home in the arms of the north
ern officer and benedictions are heaped
upon his head. Anyone with half an
eye could have foreseen from the min
ute "Important dispatches" were men
tioned that such was the Inevitable
conclusion.
There are other end more maddening
things about "On Parole." Everything
reminds someone of a atory. You can
see them coming, too. Every so often
a word gives one of the company his
cue. He strains at it with a half
hearted smile, the others settle them
selves in an attitude of constrained ex
pectation and you grasp your orchestra
seat tightly just as you do when you
are at your dentist's and hear him turn
the current into the drill. You are given
shock after shock of this kind. The
"stories" are interminable and miss fire
astonishingly. The play also abounds
In anecdotes. There are anecdotes of
General Grant and General Lee and of
Appomatox and of Jefferson Davis s es
cape. They are - about, as ' valuable as
most anecdotes.. '
With this then, to contend, with, it is
truly surprising that Wlllard Mack, 'who
plays the cavalry off leer from the north,
and Miss Leone, who is the southern
beauty, send you away pleased. But
they do. They have taken these time
worn old threadbare dramatic garments
snd given . them a semblance of life.
Miss -aeon's voice is attractive and she
has a Virginia accent that doesn't droD
off'at inopportune moments into Mlch-
iganese. The little brt-ht dialogue that
is found here and there is furbished up
into Quite an event by her and you re
member it gratefully. Jay Qutgley, as
the agonised southern gentleman and
father of the beauty, - was ordinarily
rood and Marshall Farnuei, as - Tom,
Cress, and Maude Cleveland, as Lucy
Cress, were better. .
The play is unusually- well staged
and the company stick to the times well
enougn. excepting mat Miss iec.aft,
while Dosing as a poor white trash
country girl. Just can't forego the pleas
ure of wearlog silk stockings! ,
Mr. Mack has plans for the north
west In the future. It'is not necessary
to relate them here, however, as he
will tell you all about them and a stage
story too, between acts, if you go to
see on iaroie. i
ROSE. MELVILLE
: III OLD FAVORITE
Going to 61s Hopkins has become
a habit with many , of us during, re
cent years.. , -Whenever the billboards
and the . press ' agent ' announoe that
Rose Melville is to appear again In her
own quaint conception, We J begin to
figure on which 'night we will go.-
Just -why, -It would be hard to say.
61s Hopkins certainly isn't art ' It
isn't life. It is Just Sis HoDklns and
Rose Melville. And yet, there is art in
it, and lire, too, ror ail its impossibili
ties and incongruities.. All the charac
ters, with the exception of Ma Hopkins,
Ridy Bcarboro, and .perhaps Pa Hopkins
and some of the Inconsequential props,
are ' utterly Impossible. But laughter
and tears are so closely Joined through
out the simple little play, the homely
joke follows so closely upon the sob,
that the play becomes human In spite of
all Its exaggerations and grotesque con
ceits. It is the attraction at the Baker
this week.
But one cannot' help feeling grate
ful that the third act lets us see the
real Rose Melville for a few- moments,
instead of the ignorant, hoydenish scare
crow that is Sis Hopkins, throughout
the rest 'of the 'performance. - for when
all Js said and done, Rose Melville is the
whole show. The others are - merely
scenery, necessary, dui not. impressive.
Josephine Haines as Ma Hopkins, and
George H. Maxwell as Fa Hopkins a-e
each all that could - be asked in their
Darts, but' even they are merely acces
sorles. Lewis Medbury as Addison VI
bert is utterly impossible outside a
ten. twenf, thlrt's show. , The others
will all pass, r-
If any adverse criticism . may be of
fered, it is that as soon aa the curtain
goeskdown on ttie first act, the ears of
the 'audience are outraged by the rau-
cous voice of a hawker offeqrlng for
sale Rose Melville's photograph and
songs. - There may be people who do
buy such things, but ir they want them
they might be allowed to purchase them
In some other way, instead of having
every man who can leave hi seat driven
out into the lobby to escape the rasping
yell of the spieier. one naroiy expects
to see a theatre in any other city turned
Into an auction room. Tne ooys witn
their "Chips, candy, caramels." are bad
enough, in all conscience, without add
ing this. latest outrage. - , .
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- New- Orleang Without Racing. ,
Now Orleans. Nov. SO. Unless the
mile tracks Meclde to operate during the
holidays this winter, this city will be
without, racing. This was decided to
day when the promoters of the" an
nounced 0 day meet at the half mile
track announced their-abandonment of
the game, claiming" a loss of. $10,000
after three days' operation In accord
ance with the Locke law, which pro
hibits bookmaking.
POLICE RAID
OPIJ JOIIII
A ralV. on an opium ... Joint ' in the
Willamette ; rooming . house at . $22 -Stark
street. .was made at 8:20 o'clock
yesterday. morning by Police Sergeant
Klenlen and Officer Robson, and. Kittle
Evans and Paul Becker were arrested
on the charge of smoking opium and
W. J. Griffin on the charge of visltlnj
an opium den... The of fleer 111
report state that they sraelled the opiuth
smoke as soon as they entered-the
J""-, ye proprietor- denied t. any
knowledge of it ' , . v
;The officers say that it waa a-matter
of common report In the neighborhood
that an opium joint had been running
In the-building for more than. week,
and the proprietor must have! known
what was going -on. They, expressed
the belief that the proprietor ought
to barrested also, v : - ,. , "ma
-The supply of' sponges from Yucatan
may be- looked for era Inn Than, i.
a large growth, of fine sponges left -untouched
so far, as the native divers do
not usually take sponges at a greater
depth than IB feet. The better class
grow in the rreater deaths ..mil ihm.
are now to be gathered.
OREGON APPLES
ADMEN'S TOPIC
The Oregon apple will be glorified
until it won't know itself. A meeting
of the Portland Ad club is to be held
tomorrow night on the opening evening
of the convention of the tOregon State
Horticultural society, and the only topic
which anyone will be permitted to speak
of -will be "Oregon's Ad, the Apple."
Judge Colvlg, Professor Leatherman
of Alhany, and E. H. Shepard, who will
be Introduced as "the soul of Hood
River," will expound the glories of Ore
gon's world famous apples, while M. O.
Lownsdale will warble, "You're the
Apple of My Eye, and other more re
cent song hits. W. J. Hoffmann will
act as chairman of the meeting. A
large Audience is expected, and those
who are in charge declare that the
gathering -of the state's horticulturists
Is to be only a sideshow by the side
or wnat tne aa men are going to do.
8 Tears is Portland, 8 Tears la Leading1 Colleges and Hospitals of Xurope.
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