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THE OREGON : DAILY - JOURNAU - PORTLAND. ". TUESDAY . EVENING .DECEMBER 1. 1908 NO VEMBEK WOBK OF ; JUVENILE COURT -U-H'M- t One hundred and twelve casea '. were handled In - the Juvenile court during the month of November, as shown by the report of - Judge Qantenbein. The boy offenders outnumber the girls by more than three to one, the totals show lng 85 boys and $7 girls. Thirty of those who were called to answer were not over. 10 years of age, $4 were from 11 to IS. it were 14 or 15, 1 were if and 8 were 17 years of age. Beven were sent to the state reform school, and others were sentenced, but sentence was suspended.. Forty-seven were placed on probation, 11 were commttte&j to the care of the -Boys' and , Girls' Aid so-, ciety, and 2 committed to the detention home. Four . girls ,,. sentenced to the. House of the Oood ' SheDherd were re leased on parole, two who broke parol were ordered back and one was com- ' mttted there without parole privileges.. Many of those cited in court were dis missed with a warning.. . 1 ..' . - BETTER WATER LAWS ONE OF OREGON'S IOSt URGENT NEEDS ,.x-.-l0-iwS?l JpPW--v- -ogfctvwV-XTy-"i Hydraulic Mining. A Giant Under Higa PresBur Working a Bank Prom a Distance of 650 Feet. ; One of the Illustrations From Conservation ; . Commission's Report. : . Ued to lome specified time, subject to renewal -under- certain restrictions, - , 8.- An efficient administrative ays tem, with proper officers for the dis tribution of the water supply amonff those entitled to Its use. . "9. - An adequate system of fees. pay. able to the state by those benefited,; so that eventually the system shall become self-supporting-." ' ; :t , j KEYHOLE WATCHERS - MAY GET MEASLES Police Officers Porter and Burrt on Saturday earned for themselves the title of . the "keyhole detectives.1 and Incidentally threw the entire police ta tlon into a state of consternation and apprehension from which It1 has not yet recovere. '-i :'!"'- :-'''('!. " The sleuths, who really are not real sleuths but only "harness bulls," that is, uniformed patrolmen, went to 25 H First street, room S, and squatting be fore the door of that room, cased lone and lingrerlna-ly through the keyhole. When this excitement palled, they got a pass key and entered the room, where they arrested Ethel Btevenson and a man named Binaldl. The prisoners were taken to the station and lodged in Jail. ' , And then, aftes they had been there some time, Er. Parker made the startling- discovery that Ethel Stevenson had the. German measles. In wild haste she was bundled out and Into a wagon and sent to Bt. Vincent's hospital. Porter' and Burrl spend most of their time now examining; themselves for symptoms. A small pimple would send either of them on the run .to the hos pital. '-'And the rest of the police force squirms uneasily and wonders If fumiga tion and disinfection is a sure pre ventive of the measles. Need of Irrigation legislation In Ore gon is treated at length in . the report of tho Oregon conservation commission which has Just been Issued. In this re port the commission has taken up the . different resources of the state -and Has discussed them separately, showing the reed of the state In each direction. Be cause of Itjs importance to the future development of the state a good 'deal ' ' of space has been given to the irrigation question and much important data has been collected dealing with this sub ject. It Is pointed out in the report that any "person in the; state . can acquire water right by posting a notice of the claim at the proposed point of diversion from the stream, showing the amount of water to be diverted and the use for which it ia intended. If for Irrigation purposes a copy of the notloe should be filed with the state engineer. In commenting on this condition -the re port says: . "It makes no difference If the waters of a stream have already been fully - utilised - at Ipolnta below,- Tha . notice can specify ny. amount, even though such amount exceed the entire flow of the stream, It may be impossible to use the water beneficially for the pur pose es claimed, and, as a matter of law, the approprlatdr may be limited to the quantity thus applied . within a reasonable time. But that makes no difference, ao far as the prima-facie right thereto may be concerned. 60 long as construction of the works i commenced within six months, the title to the water susceptible of appropria tion and Included in. the notice ia thus apparently complete. The public, bow-, ever, is not informed of this fact, be cause there is no provision for the fil ing of final proof. By refiling every six months, a water right can be hId- In definitely without use, and legitimate development retarded." . 1" . 'Regulation Is Difficult. ' 1 'The report then shows that because of these conditions it is hard to regulate water power development or irrlga : tlon project work because of the litiga tion which. 'would result from any at tempt to use water claimed ' by these notices. It is therefore almost Iiudou elble for a legitimate Investor to secure a water right, without-paying 'a holdp price for the rlKht to use uie water, : and then his right is indefinite because of the condition of the law. ' In speaking of the remedy the report - says tnat tms condition could oe over com by requiring a fee to be paid -to tne state Dy persons Holding irrigation or power, rights, the fee to be deter mined by the amount of water claimed. , At the expiration of half the time al lowed by law for holding a claim proof ' snouid be enown tnat at least one rirtn of the Intended project had been com pleted.' Upon completion of the work 1 final proof should be made and a water "- right issued by the state. - After ' showing by statistics the . amount of water that has been claimed by various men In the state the report says: .- "It wJU b noted that a total of U2t notices of appropriation of water have been recorded In the above five counties of eastern Oregon, claiming a flow of - 810,026 cubic feet per second. The ab- surdity of these claims Is apparent, as - the ' aggregate amount is hundreds of times the combined low water flow of all the rivers' on which the filings are - anodtt. Tha total filings on the Malheur river amount to 68 times the maximum Hood flow of this stream ot Vale. A person unacquainted with the worthless eharauter of suoh records would natur ally assuma that no further unappro- . priated water exists in any of the above streams. . These are typical of the en tire state. :.. ' System - TTtUr Tailnre. " "Further illustrations could be given - In detail, but these are sufficient to show the utter failure of the present system of water filings to give any In formation of value to one who desire to know what rights are vested, what rlgnts are initiated and likely to be f perfected by beneficial use, or even the ntentlons of the filers. The Tamount of surplus water, if any, cannot, there ' fore, be ascertained, because the amount already appropriated is unknown." As sn Illustration of the condition of . the present laws In the state attention in called by the report to the present litigation among the settlers of the Walla Walla river district in the vi cinity of Milton. There 10 ditches di vert water from the river within a dls ' tance of 16 miles. In 1905 a suit was re-run in the circuit court Involving 406 parties and requiring 2S lawyers to carry on the case. This suit is still Tendinr. ' In time it will be taken to' the supreme court and the rights of : these parties adjudicated. Since the beginning of the suit, how , vr new - water rlithts have been claimed and more will be filed before Ihe final settlement of the suit. Then the whole-adjudication will have to be f'one over again,- unless remedial legls atlon is enacted In the meantime which will make the law definite and adjudi cation certain. ' , . As a result of these conditions in vestment is discouraged and . the devel opment of the country Is held back. Ia treating this phase of the situation the report i says: "There is another - grave . question which a conservative use of water for Irrigation purposes will sooner or later bring forcibly to the' public mind as our Irrigated areas are increased. The low water flow of many of our streams will have -to b supplemented by artificial xtoragei In fact, the time Is already rips for extensive works of this nature Vn a number of streams of- the state, t-peciflo Instances can be cited where itent conditions are so aggravated ' tuxt the construction -of storage reser tra Is the only remedy for. the sit' nation. - . - - ' la Tolly to Xavest. . - ;..r Tet In-the face of this necessity and the remgnlsod effk-aey-.of the remedy, ll would b fo"y for enyone to Invest even moderate sums of money In storage worts. J'he present law offers no pro tection nor provides a means wnereoy This protection can be , ,1 onlv throuirh the employment (oinlstr'stlv tuficers who hsve au iv to Io U tii'ttiljjates so SS to Sd--,'v t Lev, water to which each ditch t f H lored waters can e reciaimea in a stream ny tne owners or me rc work. Is entitled, leaving the balance, includ-! lng the stored water, to flow on to the intended place of use. "The court records show the aban donfneat of a $54)0.000 Irrigation project on the Umatilla river in 1892, because the supreme court refused to decide the question of relative rights between two companies who had commenced con struction. Both of these companies had complied wltn, our present law, but had not applied the water to beneficial use. Owing to the fact that neither had been Injured by the overt act of the other, the court ruled that it had no Jurisdic tion in the mutter. The companies' bonds could not le sold, on account of the great uncertainty of the water right, and the project was accordingly aban doned. "It . Is, therefore, impossible, under present conditions,, for an Investor to secure the necessary Information as a basis for such Investments in Oregon. He must first expend his money, di vert the necessary water, and take his chanoes on securing a favorable decree in .case he ia attacked . in, the courts for some real or Imagined Injury." - Btronrer Xws Vesdsd. The report goes into the water legis lation of other countries and other states, showing that there must be strict governmental regulation of water supply either by general government or by state laws before the Investor and the property holder can be protected equal Justice administered and develop ment fostered. ; In summarising the result of Us find ings the report makes the following suggestions:.. "A water right should be aa easily ascertained, as clearly defined, as se cure, and In all respects as definite as a perfect title to land. Tt Is 'apparent that without: a def inite system of water right titles, and adequate protection by the state, our water users are burdened - with -costly and apparently unending litigation; our present constructed works are depreciat ed in value: the United States hesitates to construct irrigation systems; private capital declines' to invest; homeseekers go to other states and countries, where the purchase of an irrigated farm does not mean the purchase of a-lawauit, and thus our development Is seriously re tarded. 1 - . ' ' ' "Our present water laws cannot be found by a study of the statutes alone, but must be sought for in a long series ef-deelslona by -our supreme- eourU Sna apparently are ao conflicting that , our ablest lawyers' differ in opinion on the most fundamental points. .- "Based upon the experience, of other states and countries in -the enactment of effective water laws, we belteve that the conservation and use of Oregon's water resources will lag until, such time as a law is enacted covering tne 101 lowlng fundamental principles: What Xa Weeded. "1. Complete state control of diver sions from streams. No water right in tne future should become vested except by appropriation under the laws, rules and regulations prescribed by the state, and the diversion of water without right from a public stream, Including all knowingly wrongful interference with the rights of others, to the- injury of another, should be made a misdemeanor. "2. A system whereby the priority and limitations of every existing right to the use of water can eventually be ascertained. "3. Provision for a reliable record In some central office of all rights to the use of water as letermined, and of new rights as initiated. "4. That actual measurements of ditches and streams be made as a basis for the adjudication of existing rights and for the initiation of new rights. "5. To provide a definite procedure whereby rights to the use of water can be acquired- "6. That beneficial use be made ths basis, the measure and the limit of all rights to the use of water, arid that water for Irrigation purposes should be made appurtenant to the land irriga ted. "7. All rights to the use of water for power development should be 11m- WHY SUFFER? ; Breathe Hyomei and Kill the Loathsome Catarrh Germs. Just aa long as you have catarrh your nose will itch, your breath will be foul, you will hawk and spit, and you will do other disgusting things . because you rnn't tieln vAltriiAlf. Th rlirmi of riL. 1 tarrh have got you In their power; they are continually and persistently dlg srlhir into and irritating the mucous membrane of your nose and throat;4 They are now making your life miser able; In time they will sap your entire system of Its energy, Its strength. Us vigor and vitality. If you do not kill the loathsome germs of catarrh, their desperate assaults will In time undermine your reason, rob your brain of Its brilliancy and activity, and leave you not only a physical but a mental wreck. This picture Is not overdrawn; . the writer has seen thousands of lust auch cases. He has personally experienced the demoralizing results that come from the ravishing attacks of the horrible catarrh germs, the greatest pest of civ ilized nations. But there Is one remedy that will kill the germs and cure catarrh, and that Is Hyomei, the Australian dry air treat ment. There may be other remedies, but thev are not guaranteed as Wood ard, Clarke & Co., the .druggists, will guarantee Hyomei to cure catarrh, or money back. Don't delay this pleasant antiseptic treatment Every day you allow these germs to exist in ysur sys tem brings you nearer to complete de moralisation. Woodard. Clarke & Co. will sell you a complete Hyomei outfit for only $1.00. Ask them about It. It Is also guaranteed to cure bronchitis, asth ma, coughs, colds and hav fever. Lennon's Glove Orders for Presents SPECMtGLOVE SM .AT Ladies' elbow-length Kassati, Capes: tte- & jp ular $3.73 quality, special... ...... ...... .tpZ.45 Ladies' 16-button length French Kid, very latest abades and black and white; regular tj0 1 f price $4, special ". $L,lo - Ladies' one-clasp mannish Cape Gloves, of A C fine quality; regular $1.50 quality, special SOC Ladies' French Pique Kids, In the very latest tans and taupe shades, all the rage; regular l ft $1.75 values, special ...ylelD 309 Morrison Street, Opposite Postoffice Umbrellas Repaired and Re-Covered Mail Orders Promptly Filled 7 ; jf . Tomorrow Wc Commence Oiir Sale of Holiday Goods at lower Prices Than Portland Ever Saw. We Will Not Handle Holiday Goods Another Reason, Hence These Tremendous Sacru -THB BSB KXTB- Big Doll Specials Here's a regular 25c' Patent Doll, -with washable face, dressed with chemise, with brown hair, that we offer as a special induce- -t A ment at 1UC We also offer a limited number of Full Dressed Dolls, Regular $1.75 to $2.25 Valoes ' Full jointed, movable eyes and with light and dark brown hair, that cannot be approached for value elsewhere for less Q than $1.75 to $2.25 JJOC "TO JD Labowitcb Eros. mm 169 171-173 Third St., Near Yamhill -Til BSB HXTB- -TXB BZB XXTB- 75c Underwear 36c Here's your bargainregular 75c Heavy Fleeced Vests and Pants,, made of fine combed Egyptian yarns, of. good heavy quality fleece, long sleeve vests and ankle length pants, special for the week JUC -TKB BSB KITE- $3.98 Waist Patterns $1.19 Something extra nice for Christmas Filet Lace Waist Patterns, enough for an entire lace waist, white and ecru, in fancy boxes for gifts, 10 values up to $3.98. Special price tyll -THE BZB BX7S- Great Ribbon Sale RII3BOTS31 We are closing out our stock of Ribbons, To do so we offer Al standard goods at a saving of 25 to 40 .per cent off regular prices. These ribbons will be much needed within the next few weeks, and these prices must surely appeal to you. All Silk Taffeta Ribbons, in all shades, as follows : No. 5 at, per yard. .4 No. 60 at, per yard I9rf No. 7 at, per yard.. 6f No. 9 at, per yard. .8 No. 12 at, per yard 10 No. 16 at, per yard No. 80 at,' per yard 22 Silk Satin Baby Ribbon No. 1, 10 yd. piece 10e No. 22 at, per yard 14 No. 1, 10 yd. piece 24 No. 40 at, per yard 15f No. 3, 10 yd. piece 30 i TKB BSE B3TS : Post vJust the; thing. for a Christmas gift - Post Card Albums with fancy decorated lithographed cover, hold 300 cards, book 9x135 inches, ; r A Regular 75c values for .......... ..jUC French Voile Skirls at $7.45 Regular $12.50 and $15.01 and Folly Worth It Fine Teddy Bears, Reduced Prices No .store in Portland can show the value! that we have in Teddy Bears for the children. It's your opportunity now to buy, when -we are closing out our entire stock at a sac- L rifice. 35c Bears 19c Dark Brown Teddy Sears, 8 'inches high, with jointed arms, legs and head, that you can't dupli cate anywhere tor less than 35c, we offer These are Strictly Tailor Made Skirts of Finest French Wk;e Voile, of the very newest de signs of gored, sheath and plaited effects, some trimmed with wide and narrow bands of Skin-' ner, satin, ornamented'with large satin buttons. Every skirt cut large and full. t7 ylf Complete line of sizes. A very special bargain at ALL ALTERATIONS FREE AT THE BEE BIVE The Bee flive Continues to Oiler the Biggest Values in Portland In Women's Tailored Suits and Furs $3.50 and $4.00 Furs lor $169 S P E C I A L We offer Coney Clusters, Browns, Blacks, Boas, Ties, Throws and Scarfs that can not be found in any store in -Portland for less than $3.50 to $4.00, during this week's sale All Other Furs at Halt Price s . We offer all other Furs - at half regular prices.- Our, entire; stock , of Furs is offered at a tremendous " sacrifice at the time when; they are most sought after. ; This in ' eludes our finest, pieces, and. should attract fur buyers this -week -'-7:Xi:.-'- $25, $30 and $35 Suilsior $16.85 You will be interested in this splendid suit bargain. We offer 15 different styles of suits of Serge, Cheviot, Broadcloth, fancy Worsteds and Chevrons. Every' suit lined with 2 season guaran teed satin lining. Trimmed with braid,' buttons, silk and Skinner's satin. Every popular shade golden browns, grays, blues and fancy mixtures.? Regular $25, $30 and $35 suit during this week r 19c at Another line of Brown Teddy Bears, 13 inches high, with jointed arms, legs and head, with voice, that'Will make the children happy, Regular. 95c Teddy Bears....... -DUC TKB BBS BXTB , $1.00 Women's Hose 39c Ladies' Hose, half lace, gauze, lisle thread and cotton; colors marine blue, smoke, huntersman green, dots and checks and plain black silk plait-, ed lisle, values to $1.00. Special QQ price . -OuC THB BEB BXTB : Popular Hair Rolls Another shipment of Hair Rolls, so much in de mand right now. Made of fine crimped hair, cov ered with fine net, in all shades and SANITARY MADE. Latest shapes for the prevailing styles of hairdressing, 75, 50, 35 IE? and : . . . . . . . L DC TKB BSB XZTB $2.50 Toilet Sets 95c Brush, Comb and Hand Mirror, floral decorated- handles,, in puff lined fancy cellu loid box, beautifully decorated with roses and poppies. . This is one of a big assortment that sell regularly at $2.50. Offered during our sale this week at this special price, the ,set , . . .'. . ' 1. sW 1 95c -TKB BEB BXTB-: Sale oi Pearl Necklaces Exceptional values in Three and Four Strand Pearl Necklaces, some with bars of rhinestohes and some plain. Regular, 75c, $1.00 and J A $1.50 values, while they last, at . .V. ...... OuC " 1 TKB BBS, KTTB ' ' " ' " ' ,V . "Venus" flair Barrettes Three, different styles "Venus" Hair Barrettes, 'hair clasps strictly new, in tortoise color. Sell for as high as $1.50 by hairdressers; can nf be had .here at 75j Of . . .... . ; . . . . . . 0 jC N. V