THE OREGON : DAILY - JOURNAU - PORTLAND. ". TUESDAY . EVENING .DECEMBER 1. 1908
NO VEMBEK WOBK OF
; JUVENILE COURT
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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
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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. - .
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Labowitcb Eros.
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169 171-173 Third St., Near Yamhill
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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
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$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
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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
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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
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$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
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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
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$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 , . . .'. .
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95c
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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
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. "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
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