: ' ' ' THE OREGON
DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY
EVENING,
DECEMBER 8, 1911.
WATERWAY FUNDS BURNS ASSERTS HE LATINS IN TRIPOLI
NEEDED TO GUARD SPENT 01 MONET SEND CRY FOR AID
POSSIBLE WASTE
Unless Permanent Appropria
tion Is Made, Says Travel
: ing Director for Congress,
'i Country Will Lose Millions.
- (Washington Bureau of Tba Journal f
' Washington, Deo. 8. John A. Fox,
traveling director of the national rivers
and harbor congress, has toured the
country In the Interest of the annual
meeting; and the general work of the
organization. He comes to Washington
with some Ideas on the subject, and thus
reviews some of the projects now under
Consideration:
' "I regard the convention this year of
van greater Importance than any of
the conventions previously held," aid
Mr. Fox. "The country has been more
' thoroughly awakened than ever before
regarding the need of a systematic and
definite policy on the part of the na
tionalgovernment toward completing a
comprehensive and correlated system of
waterways. Business men In every large
directly Interested city In the United
States have begun to look into this mat
tar of water transportation since their
Attention ha been ' called to the possi
bilities of extending our vast system.
and they tow see the Importance of
placing these great arteries of com
merce at the disposal of business,
f. rinds Praise for Work.
' During the past nine months I have
visited nearly every congressional dis
trict of the southern states, have been
s far et as Denver beyond the
Mississippi, have gone diligently through
the states on the upper Mississippi,
and am now traversing that region ad
jacent to the great lakes, and every
where that I have been I find the
trongest praise for the work that has
been accomplished by this organization.
"The action of congress In 1910 in
returning to an annual river and harbor
bill of such large proportions as will
nable worthy 1 projects to be speedily
oompleted, is most highly commended,
and it would be not only unwise, but
extravagant in the extreme, for any
congress In the future to attempt to
curtail or reduce the budget of annual
expense That -is needed for carrying on
the great works now under way.
Upper silver Project Adopted.
"The project of the upper Mississippi
river has been adopted and the 120.
000,000 needed for its completion should
be furnished by congress as rapidly as
possible. In order that It may proceed
In the same logical and businesslike
manner as work on the Panama canal
Is now proceeding. The Ohio river
project, estimated to cost $63,000,030, Is
now under way and scheduled to be
completed In ten years. The project of
the lower Mississippi necessitating the
revetment of caving banks is now splen
didly under way and can be completed
In 20 years if the $80,000,000 estimated
for its completion is forthcoming in
Installments of 4, 000, 000 annually. The
project of Improving the Missouri river
to Kansas City has been adopted and
the $20,000,000 needed for this work. If
Voted continuously and regularly dur
ing the next years, will enable that
great highway of commerce to be
pened Into the heart of the west.
"Other projects such as Improving
the Columbia river In Oregon and
Washington, constructing the dams on
the Cumberland river In Tennessee and
Kentucky, completing the lntercoastal
canal In Louisiana, and Texas, are also
under way and It will require a river
and harbor bill of not less than $50,
000.000 annually to thoroughly complete
these splendid projects and to carry
on the various harbor Improvements
In a systematic and businesslike man
ner. Millions Hay Be Wasted.
"If either the party in power or the
present administration desire to con
form to the wishes of the American
people according to the sentiment which
I have found everywhere throughout
the country the splendid internal Im
provements now under way will be
pushed rapidly to completion by the
appropriation of large regular amounts
each year. There must be a river and
harbor bill framed at this session of
congress, such as will provide for con
tinuing the great projects which I have
named above In an aggressive and
active manner; or many millions of
dollars will be wasted.
"For instance, large amounts have
been invested by the government in
plants for dredging and for construct
ing revetment work, as well as for
building harbor breakwaters, which
Valuable tools now provided will have
to remain Idle If provision Is not made
to keep up the work for which they
Opposed by Los Angeles Bus
iness Men, Detective Ex
pended $14,000.
- (Dotted Prau m4 Wlni.1
New York, Deo. 8. .Full inside history
of who backed his Investigation of the
McNamara dynamiting was given to
the United Press here by William J.
Burns upon his arrival in New York.
Burns said:
"Mayor Alexander of Los Anrelea em
ployed me first, and for a time furnished
jme with money, I learned early that
jonr. Mcwamara was- the man I was
after, but I knew I could not arrest him
on inconclusive evidence. In getting
proof 1 spent $14,000 of my own money.
Still I didn't have all of the threads of
the case, and I told Alexander I needed
more funds."
"Alexander was 'in bad' then, even
with those who were most eager to con
vict the dynamiter, "because he had em
ployed me.. The big men of Los An
geles' didn't want me on the Job. So
Alexander could not get . any more
money. I .didn't feel that I could afford
to spend more of my own money, Sao I
quit and went back to Chicago.
) "Later Alexander sent for me and I
appeared before a committee of three
members of the Merchants and Manu
facturers association. One, of these was
K. w. Burnham. 1 tola mem an l Knew
but. I added that I could not act until
the evidence was conclusive). Then the
money was forthcoming, and I resumed
work on the case.
'Today I received Burnham's congrat
ulations, he declaring that Darrow and
Gompers have discovered that Los An
geles is not in Idaho."
Fifth Italian Division to Be
Dispatched to Put Down
Handful of Turks.
v,
were constructed. It has taken a good
while to get ready to carry out this
comprehensive plan of ' waterway Im
provements, Just as it took two or three
years to get ready to build the Panama
canal, and now that money has been
Invested In preparing the accessories
needed by engineers with which to do
the work, funds should be supplied to
keep it going as rapidly as men and
material can be assembled.
, Iifcck of Funds Hurtful.
'If congress should fall to provide a
large river and harbor bill this year,
so that the $2,000,000 needed for the
upper Mississippi, the $6,000,000 needed
for the Ohio, the $4,000,000 needed for
the lower Mississippi, or the other
specific amounts needed for other sec
tions, were not forthcoming, it would
be Just as If we had halted the great
constructive forces at work on the
Panama canal for a year, allowing the
engine to rust, the forces to become
disorganized and the great plants that
have been constructed Jto lie Idle.
"Many of the most prominent busi
ness men of the United States will be
present at the river and harbor con
gress to urge that these Internal Im
provements so widely begun be now
continued without cessation."
DAIRYMEN COOPERATE
IN CREAM SHIPMENTS
(Special to Tbe Journal.)
Junction City, Or., Dec. 8. The
Lake Creek dairymen's' pool has let a
contract to the Oregon creamery, of
Portland, and last night sent out the
first shipment of cream under the new
plan. The dairymen expect to make
three shipments a week of 30 cans each.
The contract with the creamery com
pany provides for a receiving station
here, and one of the dairymen is to at
tend to the testing and weighing.
(United Press Leased Wire.)
London, Dec. 8. Advices today from
Milan, Italy, announce that the govern
ment is preparing to despatch a fifth
division of troops to Tripoli. This has
convinced Italians generally of what
they have lohg suspected that the mil
itary situation In the "new colonies" la
most precarious.
When the new djvlston Is landed there
will be approximately 180,000 troops of
all arms In Tripoli and Cyrenalca for
the purpose of coping with some 10,000
Turks and their more or less unorgan
ized and ill equipped Arab allies.
The stringent censorship on all news
from the seat of war has made It diffi
cult to understand why General Can
eva's picked army of 80,000 men, not
counting the troops garrisoning other
coast points, should remain so long
practically at bay.
Only from personal statements made
by returning Journalists and military at
taches Is It possible to arrive at an In
telligent Idea of the real situation.
Huh? Women In Legislature?
(United Pnt Leased Wtre.t
Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 8. "We cer
talnly will have some women representa
tives In the state legislature after the
next election," said a prominent member
of the assembly following the passage
of Assemblyman Kehoes' bill making
women eligible to every office In state,
county and township. The bill provides
that women, to become eligible to the
office of district attorney, must pass
an examination before the state supreme
court The measure was unanimously
passed, the vote being 66 to 0.
HER SICKLY CHILD
Is Now Strong and Healthy r
Vinol Built Her Up.
Every mother wants her little boy or
girl to have a fair chance In the world.
Make your children strong and healthy
and they will grow up able to make
their own way.
For ailing children, there is nothing
so good as Vinol, our delicious tonic,
for it gives them a fine appetite, makes
ftheir blood rich and puts roses In their
cheeks again.
"I have been giving Vinol to my little
daughter," says Mrs. O. Elsaesser of
Hackensack, N. J. "She was very deli
cate and I was .worried about her. Vi
nol has bult her up fine. She is strong
and healthy now, with a good healthy
color in her lace which she nevcY bad
before. It only took one bottle of Vi
nol to do this for her. She likes the
taste of Vinol, too."
We could tell you of many others
right in this town but give Vinol to
your puny child and see how fast It
improves. We give back your money if
Vinol does not do all we claim. ' Wood
ard Clarke & Co., druggists, Portland,
Or.
Smart man-tailored Suits in juniors
sizes. arc now selling at half price.
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$25.00 SUITS NOW ONLY $12.50 $42.50 SUITS NOW ONLY $21.25
$30.00 SUITS NOW ONLY $15.00 $50.00 SUITS NOW ONLY $25.00
$37.50 SUITS NOW ONLY $18.75 $57.50 SUITS NOW ONLY $28.75
Blues and Blacks Only Excepted
Shown on the Third Floor Please Take the Elevator
ELLMC
LEADING CLOTHIER
inrisomi silt Feratlhi Staseft
For Beautiful Hair
and Lovely Skin
("Parlslenne" in Woman's Journal.)
"Long, abundant and glossy hair Is
often the result of dry shampooing.
Soap and water 'take the life out' and
leave It brittle and colorless. For a
dry shampoo mix four ounces of therox
with four ounces of corn meal or with
four ounces of powdered orris root.
Sprinkle a tablespoonful on the head
and brush It out and the soalp and hair
will be clean, wavy and lustrous.
"To have a clear, velvety complexion,
massage the face, neck and arms dally
with a solution made by dissolving an
original package of mayatone In eight
ounces of wltchhaiel. It makes the
skin lovely and soft.
"For chaps, cold sores, pimples and
skin diseases, there Is nothing better
than Mother's Salve. It heals cuts,
burns, scalds and sores and Is a won
derful cure for coughs, colds and catarrh."
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A GIFT THAT WILL ADD TO EVERY BOY'S GOOD TIMES
IS A ,
rownie Camera
THEY WORK LIKE THE KODAKS
Here Is the $1.00
Brownie
an inexpensive and thoroughly
practical little camera, loads in
daylight, takes square pictures
2'4x2'4 and has a meniscus lens
and Eastman rotary shutter.
And this is the biggest "little cousin of the Kodaks"
The 3A Folding
Brownie
It makes pictures 3jx5j4 inches,
just the right size for postcard use;
a thoroughly reliable and attrac
tive appearing camera;- has menis
cus achromatic lens, 6-inch focus
and automatic focusing lock;
equipped with F. P. K, automatic
shutter,' with bulb release. CIA
Price .... . i. '. . ...... plU
m.. Xl:
Kodaks $5 to $65
Columbian Optical Co.
H5" SIXTH ST. SELLING BLDG BET. ALDER and MORRISON
Suit OF
Overcoat
To Your Measure
Fifteen Dollars
Suit or
Overcoat
To Your Measure
Fifteen Dollars
AT this time of year
all careful buyers
are planning how to get
past the Christmas season
without spending more
money than they feel they can afford, at the same time we all want to be well
dressed. You will find a way of saving ten to fifteen dollars by having your winter
Suit or Overcoat made by us, as we are just now better equipped to supply your needs
in this line than ever before, as we have received in the last week over two hundred
pieces of the season's latest fabrics direct from the mills. This lot embraces a number
of unusually handsome patterns, and the values are greater than we have ever shown
before, as all the best weaves arc among the lot, in order to close out our winter stock.
The result is, you can now have your choice of the best styles of the season. Any one of this new lot is worth a great deal
more than the price we will make them up for you.
Our price is $15 for any suit or overcoat in the house, made to your measure. It is needless to tell you that in no store in
Portland can you find such a fine assortment to select from, even though other stores will ask you double the price we sell them
for.
Each day brings us new customer who have been sent to us by people who are wearing our $15 suits, and they feel they
are putting you wise to a good thing. ,
Another funny thing is that some of our customers request us to put their clothes up in plain packages for it's hilman na
ture to give the impression that you pay $30 or $35 for your clothes, instead of $15. (We'll put yours in a plain box, too, if you
wish.)
The only difference between our $15 suits and overcoats and the ones other stores sell for $30 and $35 is the price.
We invite you to come and look. You are welcome, whether you buy or not. Every garment bears the Union label.
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