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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY. EVENING. DECEMBER 9. 1813. - WOULD EXEMPTION ALL FROM INSTIIU Tl I0NAL LAND BANNA DISTR ICT DECLARED TO BE RICH Initiative Measure Proposes Assessment on Burial Plots and Land Owned by Indians (Salun Bur.au of Tho Journal.) Salem, Or.,-, Dec. 9.--To rtmovt the taxation exemption from all landa, ex cept that owned and used 'for corporate purposes by the United States, this atate, and the several counties, cities, towns and school districts In this state. Is the purpoHe of a proposed Initiative measure, a. copy of which was filed In llio office of the secretary of state yes terday afternoon. The measure, is pro posed by C. S. Jackson of Portland. A copy of a proposed constitutional amendment, limiting the condemnation price of land to double Its assessed value, was also filed yesterday by Mr. Jackson. Personal property Exempt. The proposed Initiative measure sub jects to taxation all lands owned by church organizations, literary, benevo lent, charitable and scientific institu tions, but exempts all personal property owned by these organizations. It also exempts church buildings used for wor ship. 1'nder the proposed law burial grounds will be taxable, as will also lands owned by Indians. The proposed constitutional amend ment, which Is to be submitted to the people at the next general election un der the initiative, Is an amendment to section 18 of article 1. The amendment reads: Provides Just Compensation. "Private property shall not be taken for public use, nor the, particular serv ices of any man be demanded, without Just compensation; nor except In case of the state, without such compensation first assessed and tendered. Just com pensation for any land and other natural resources shall not bo. In any case, at a rate more than double the average rate of assessment of that property for taxa tion during the three assessment years next before tlie HMsessment year In which the action is brought to condemn the property. The court may receive a verdict and render Judgment for any sum less than twice such average as sessed value1, bat never for more than that amount: nrovlded. that if part of anv assessed lot, tract or legal subdi vision of land Ih condemned, the owner may cither accept the verdict for the part actually taken, or may require the corporation to take and pay for Hie en tire lnt tract or leiral subdivision, not exceeding 40 i.creH, at the same price ner acre or Der souare foot, as Is al lowed by the court or Jury for the por tion thereof actually condemned, and In such cne the corporation shall also pay for all Improvements on the land taken. "Land, whether it be dry or covered with water, and 'natural resources." as used In this section, does not Include any Improvement thereon, and compen sation for such improvements shall be appraised and Judgment rendered there for separately from compensation for the land, or other natural resources, and In the same condemnation proceeding." Returned Miner Says Country Retarded" by Lack o( -Transportation, Fresh from the Shushanna region In I Alaska, Jack Wallace Minnls, a mining ! engineer of the territory, proclaims it t f Ha I. a MAnAU .ltA 1 . - n.wann i w (.1 kUkOl lUKQ BIIIUB . I Cold la there In ahunrfnnno. ha invi. hut I without 'railroads, It will be Impossible to use any of the quarts, because of, the difficulties of transportation. "What Alaska needs above anything else Is railroad facllltes," said Mr. M:n- j nls at the Portland hotel yesterday. I ''The Shushanna region Is full of rich I quarts bearing 2200 ounces of silver, $70 gold and 60 per cent lead to th ton, but nobody Is doing much with it as yet, because of the long haul and,! the necessity of transporting the-quarUl to smelters. -Everybody Instead Ja.tr lng placer mining. "You Portland people should help leal the movement for railroads in Alaska, for If you go out after it there' is ns reason in the Vorld why you should not have a large part of the Alaskan trade that Seattle now enjoys all by Itself. "My partner' and I are down in the states for a few weeks' visit, and sail back to Alaska Wednesday on the Ala meda from 'Seattle. We have procured a steam thawer, and hope to do a large amount of work this winter. At the! present time we have to whlpsaw all our lumber, as there are no mills In tne district. There again a government owned road would assist the miners in getting out their ore. The Shushanna camp has a popula tion of between 1800 and 2000 people witn nearly oo cabins. Compared with tne Dawson days the prices are low. Flour In Shushanna is now listed at $17 per hundredweight, but in Dawson we paid $35. I remember when the firat load of watermelons reached Dawson, they were sold anywhere from $18 to $25 each. Catsup brought over $2 a bottle, while milk uid for $3.60a quart. "The country up there has gold, sli ver, copper and lead, and since we have conglomerate and blue clay. I see no reason why It should not contain dU- I tnondtf, Just as these. soils do in South I Africa?" Minnls has mined since 1897 In' Alaska and has been at (Joldfleld, Nev. He characterizes Alaska as the greatest part of the American continent. NO QUARTER FOR DESERTER, SAYS CARRANZA NOTE (Continued From Page One.) peculiar character of Mexican problems, there is n likelihood In certain cases, ami notliw ithstandlng one's good Inten tion, of placing a wrong construction on some of our acta. Criminal act forgotten. "This Is due. In ali probability, to the fact that the criminal acts with which this struggle was begun and the cruel measures employed to maintain It are forcotten. When Mexico had realized the supreme Democratic prerogative of electing her own representatives and had reason to expect. In the midst of peace and tranquillity, the perodlcal change of public officials only by an expression of popular will, a most cor nipt minority of the defeated factions, after attempting to overthrow for all time our political Institutions, by means of violence alone, have destroyed the lives, the rights and interests of our fellow-cltlzens; have carried out bloody executions without regard to any law; have murdered Constitutionalists who fell wounded while fighting with their weapons for the liberty of the people. and the deputies and senators who have defended with their power of speech our democratic Institutions; have torn away from their homes peaceful men and even hoys, to compel them to take arms against us, or have filled them with terror by devastating entire cities. Destructive "acts of thjs character have mace It apparent thatVthe cause which I represent has constituted not only a political reform revolution, hut also has the character of a proceeding of calm Wine at 75c Gal. I If you judged this wine by the price, you'd never guess .right on the quality. It's our famous "Standard" quality well aged, delicious flavor, and regularly $ 1 the gallon. J Phone "The Big Store" for a gallon in sanitary glass con tainer - PHONES Main 589 ' A-1117 and severe Justice which punishes the culpable and safeguards the Mexican family. To Enforc "Law of Juarez." "I have determined, within the spirit w m iulijuiuiiuii miu wiiiiuui any leei- 1 1 lng of mission hut riellhornto v m.l ith 1 1 circumspection, to pursue these ends until gradually the exercise of clem- J ency and magnanimity can be attained in satisfaction of an imperative demand of Justice and the urgent necessity of I securing peace, and In acordance with the future welfare of the nation, I have determined to enforce vigorously and In accordance with the proclamation which was duly Issued on May 14, 1913, the law of Juarez, of January 25, 1862, i which defines and punishes delinquen cies Inimical to the oublio neace. 'With strict deference to the law pro vided, the Huertalsts officers were tried and executed 1n the city of Juarez, and among them were some who had been j captured at Torreon by this same Gen eral Villa, who. after pardoning them, agreed that they should be enlisted In I our lorces, among which they endcav- I ored thereafter, but unsuccessfully, to i create a defection of the men whom I ' entrusted to their command, finally deserting to reengage in crime. Bigorons Measures Xscessary. , "It is true that the established prin ciples observed In International wars extend to prisoners the privilege of pardon or Immunity from bodilv harm. : hilt In 1vil Btl'lll'irloa 111. nut ..4 1 J I - ... 1 - r. ' v.iu ...if, v . i ,it.c:u nations ln all ages have employed more rigorous and bloody means even than we i have been compelled to adopt; and with i reference to the executions of the of ficers in the city of Juarez, there should be perceived not any needless cruelty was visited upon prisoners of war, but i merely such punishment as was pre- j scribed by the law applicable to offend ers against the DUbllc Deaca and anfetv I "The Mexican people, in the begin-' nlng of the civil struggle initiated by tionoraoie f rancisco I. Madero, ex-1 hausted all their . power of clemency and forgiveness, but experienced as the I only results of their magnanimity,! tyranny ln their country s interior and I the loss of prestige outside its borders. Today I want to Insure the operation of j the country's Institutions and to . re establish tranquility for all times by means of a definite and effective resto ration of the national organization. The occurrences In the city of Juarez were far from being invested with the numerical Importance which our cne-! mles. In their intemperate frame of I mind, desired to give them. In the , same manner a libelous report was pub- I lished by them to the effect that in ' Durango more than 40 women and girls A committed suicide through fear of the i excesses that might be indulged in by 1 the Constitutionalists, since 1 ean per- soi-.ally give assurance that In purango, j a in an ouier parts or tne country, our forces have been disciplined and considerate, giving guarantee of safety I to the different populations which have) fallen Into their power. WU1 Pardon the Guileless. "In conclusion It Is my desire to as sure you (Mat tne same humane senti ments which you possess also dominate ' me and even though 1 find It necessary, ln defense to the existing national feel- I ing, to Justice, to public convenience ! and the necessity of restoring peace ln . my country, to be somewhat strict In ! the enforcement or the law ln Juarez, I have provided at the same time, that this law shall be applied only within ; the limitations fixed by the most abso- lute need, and shall be enforced only , against wilful enemies, with the privi lege of pardon and safety extended al ways to the guileless and misguided. "I entertain the nope, furthermore. that my former declarations will suf-jl lice lo mane ciear mo jum nnu numina attitude c&reiuuy ooservea ty the con stitutionalists and to retain your per sonal sympathies as well as the opinion of the people of North America ln favor of our cause, and you may be sure that I will take into consideration your high Ideals to the extent of commend ing, always with due respect to the law, greater roroearance towara our ene mies. 'With assurances of my highest es teem, may it please you to regard me as your kindly and sincere friend. "V. CARRANZA." Merchandise and Glove Bonds for Sale, on the First Floor ' Fifth Street Entrance , . MnM I HI IS P ' .1' IIHHI I.I J II III II I I Hl ,. I . II WH1H Mill HI l B 1 fSBESSSSSSSS4sZMeEESEB3eSB3 cTMercnaridis fc Merit Only" ' A Practical Xmas Gift The Hoover Electric Sweeper . $5.00 Down $5.00 Month SPRING VALLEY WINE CO. "The Big Store" on the Corner Second and Yamhill Mm Preacher Sold Mortgaged Cows.. Vlsalla. CI., Dee. . W. A. Iden, ex. clergyman, was sentenced yesterday to live years' Imprisonment ; for selling mortgaged' cows, but said he would ap peal. '; . " -i y . I J i ? William A. CUanler III. Paris,- pec, 8.--Kx -Congressman Wil liam Ator Chanler Is gravely ill. the i recent automobile accident. Books Thar Combine Beautiful Poems With Beautiful Pictures A New Art Book, ftcver exhibited before this season, "A Rosary of Girls," illustrated in full-page color illustrations by Penhryn Stanlaus, Alonzo Kim ball, and Hamilton King. A bevy of charming faces and verses that are appropriate. Price $2.50 Three New Harrison Fisher Books, $3.50 each. "Beauties," with verse by Car olyn Wells; some old favorites and some new faces. -"Maiden Fair," another lot of beautiful girls in charac teristic American poses. --"A Girl's Life and Other Pictures," contains the fam mous "Greatest Moments of a Girl's Life." in addition to a number of fascinating Fisher pictures that are not common. Basement Any boy, be he six or 60, would enjoy this "My Bun kie," a half-inch book of pic tures by Charles Schreyvogel. depicting western scenes. They remind one of the famous Rem ington pictures. Price $4.00 "Lovely Woman," a book of famous pictures by cel ebrated American artists, in cluding Harrison Fisher, Charles Dana Gibson and others. A combination of fascinating faces and beautiful verses. Price $1.50 Riley Books at $2.00 "Out to Old Aunt Mary's," "Home Again With Me," "A Hoosier Romance." These books are uniform in size and binding, and are beauti fully and profusely illustrated. Other Riley Books "That Old Sweetheart of Mine," "Little Orphant Annie." Price $1.50 "A Young Man's Fan cy," a book of verses and beautiful girls, by Cole Phillips. Mr. Phillips has a style all his own. Price $3.00 Paradise Feathers There are very few women who do not admire Paradise Feathers, and who do not wish for 6ne for their "Sunday bonnet." For this reason they will make practical as well as handsome gifts for Christ mas. Our stock of Paradise feathers is the most complete in the city and, as these were purchased in advance of the raise of price on this mer chandise, we are able to offer them at great reductions in price. i-They are shown in black, white and natural color. Specially priced at $4.95, $9.95, $12.50, $15.00, $19.50. $25.00, $30.00, $32.50 and $40.00 each. Second Floor Ostrich Feathers for Christmas Gifts High-grade Ostrich Plumes in the best grade of feathers. All guaranteed stock from the male bird. Shown in black and the pop ular colors. Packed in separate boxes especially for gift-making. 19-inch Plumes, $3.98 21 -inch Plumes, $5.98 Second Floor Continuing the Distinctiveness of Being The One Shop in Portland To Show the Latest Mid-Winter Millinery Modes Keeping pace with the wishes of our clients in offering the smartest and newest of trimmed hats for dress and tailored wear. Hats that take their inspiration from the smartest Parisian -modes naturally it is that particular women, wishing- to make a practical Xmas gift of a hat, will come as this is the only mil linery store in the city that keeps abreast of the times, by show ing from day to day all that is new in the millinery world whether it be; at the beginning or during the middle of the season. Hats that would sell regularly at $15.00 to $25.00, special now $8.95. Second Floor Every Turn of the Rug Piles Shows Something New in This Wonderful Collection of Oriental Roag's At Constantinople Cost Such a large lot of rugs could not be shown all at once, and, notwithstanding the heavy buying in This Specially Arranged Sale the choosing is as good today as it was when the sale opened. These rugs are unusual in quantity shown in high character in variety in size assortment in coloring, And they are particularly unusual because the prices quoted are about what we pay when purchasing them direct from the dealers in Constantinople. We arranged this sale especially so people might share its ad vantages just before the Christmas holidays. This includes every rug in our large stock. All 6izes as well as all kinds and weaves. Fifth Floor LITTLE GIRLS, GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS, AUNTS AND COUSINS All Who Are Little Girls in Heart, Are Invited to Visit the House of a Thousand Babies The Greatest of Doll Shops f' the Prettiest, Happiest Place to Visit You Ever Saw. "Kathe Kruse" Dolls From Germany The Kathe Kruse Dolls have now become world famous. They are the work of loving mother hands. First made by Mrs. Kruse for her own darlings. Mrs. Kruse is the wife of a sculptor, and, she herself being an artist, did not like the' stiff unnatural dolls that were sold in the shops, so she had her husband model some heads from real children; these she painted in life colors and dressed in the clothes of real children. They are washable and absolutely undamagable and unbreakable. One doll will last a lifetime. It is the beloved rag doll glorified. We have these natural-like dojls fully dressed in their quaintcostumei. Prices: $12.00, $15.00 and $20.00 Doll Specials for Wednesday Kid Body Dolls, full jointed, 18 inches long; long, nat ural curly hair. Special, 95c $2.00 Dolls with full jointed papier mache body, 23 inches long, bisque head, heavy curly hair. Special, $1.29 Jointed Dolls, 15 inches These few specials include but a small portion of thje many dolls in this specialty shop there are Bath Tub Dolls to amuse baby while in the bath, 25c and 50c ; "Stockinet Dolls, which are absolutely unbreakable, $2.00 and $3.50; Character Baby Dolls that are the nearest thing to real baby dolls that have ever been made, $2.25 to $18.00 each; Laughing Baby Dolls at $1.25; the famous Kestner Crown Dolls, with either Ud or papier mache bodies, from 50c to $15.00; the cutest little Boy Dolls, all dressed, at 25c each. The Kewpie Dolls are here in greatest numbers, in every size and kind that's made, with little knitted garments that fit perfectly. All the very latest fashions are displayed in the ready-to-wear garments for grown-up, baby and girl and boy dolls as well as dainty accessories, such as Muffs, Furs, Handbags, Toilet Articles, Hair pins. Bonnets, Shoes and Stockings in fact, everything that the little mother could desire for her doll's wardrobe. Wigs and Heads in all sizes bring your doll in and let us fit it with a new head or some hair. Our expert doll surgeon repairs all kinds of damaged dolls. Second Floor long, papier mache bodies and real curly hair. Special, 48c Kydline Dolls, 16 inches long, with bisque heads, natural curly hair. Special, 39c Full Jointed Dolls with papier mache bodies, natural curly hair. Special, 68c Buy Your Christmas Phonograph Now Have It Delivered at Once .t Begin Paying on January 1st The Most Liberal Phonograph Offer Ever Made in Portland Columbia and Victor Machines In Every Style That's Made Finished in Oak and Mahogany lamaum Hollywood Prints and Oil Proofs Are Genuine Photographs of Some of the World's Masterpieces in Art The Hollywood Prints enjoy, too, the reputation of being in themselves prints of exceptional artistic merit, the most beautiful and permanent expression of the Art of Photog raphy. They are true in tonal value to the original paintings and warm sepia tones lend an added charm to their unusual merit. The Hollywood Oil Proofs are genuine photographs on a beautiful tapestry-surfaced paper and painted in oils, in the original colors, by expert artists. And are pronounced by leading critics to be the finest and most perfect repro ductions of the original paintings. These Hollywood Prints and Hollywood Oil Proofs offer many suggestions for Christmas gifts as home decorative subjects they are unsurpassed. They will be prized by the connoisseur of art and ad mired by the lover of the beautiful. Sizes from 6 by 8 inches to 20 by 24 inches, and priced from 40c to $15.00 each. Sixth Floor An Avenue of Useful, Beautiful Gifts In Overwhelming Variety at Any Price You Wish to Pay Gift Shop Sixth Floor Lamps That Are Useful as Well as Artistic. Selling at $15.00 Special $9.00 Lamps for ; the reading table of dull finished antique brass, 22 inches high with, an art glass snaae io inches ui Complete with two lights, pull- diameter. chain sockets and 16 feet of cord "IT'S AN ILL WIND THAT BLOWS NOBODY GOOD" Imported English Scarfs Are Here HALF PRICE There's a Reason An English manufacturer, with an office in New York City, jheld these scarfs in the custom-house until the revision of the tariff. When they finally were released it was too late to take otders for Holiday business, consequently he was compelled to dispose of the entire collection. We purchased them. Tomorrow they will sell at Half Price. It was a fortunate purchase, for there never was a season when scarfs were held in such high favor as now. The mode of dress ing with its low-cut bodices, filmy blouses and decollette gowns all call for a light scarf. Then again, what is prettier after danc ing than one of these light shoulder throws? Exquisite scarfs in Oriental, Bulgarian, Dresden, Joue, floral and conventional designs in a variety of colors. Size 22 inches by Zy yards. $2.50 Scarfs, special $1.25 $3.00 Scarfs, special $1.50 $4.00 Scarfs, special $2.00 $5.00 Scarfs, Special $2.50 $7,50 Scarfs, special $3.75 ' First Floor Berlin Brass Novelties Exactly as Illustrated. No. 1 Special $1.75 This is a flower basket which can be used nicely for violets or small blossoms. It has a glass inset and made with an openwork pattern and an embossed design. No. 2 Special $2.50 Is a ten-inch-high gracefully shaped vase with glass inset and em bossed decorations. No. 3 Special $1.25 This is a very at tractive basket with loop handles, and is especially designed for nuts. i, ' No.' 4 Special $1 .50 Another flower bas ket with a glass inset showing a flare-top style; embossed in a very effective pattern. After Dinner Coffee Sets Special $3.75 Charming sets for the serving of after-dinner coffee, of white china, decorated in three very artistic designs, showing the rose wreath, a Dres den and a floral pattern in pale pink and gold. Consists of a tray, sugar and creamer, coffee pot and two cups and saucers, as shown in illustration. $8.00 Bohemian Glass Cordial Set Special $3.98 This very handsome set con-, sists of six glasses, one tray and" a decanter, in style as shown in the illustration. ' It ia very artistically designed, being hand., made and hand, decorated in gold and quaintly colored floral ' patterns. . . Bohemian Glass Special 89c On a large round table we.have arranged a spe cial assortment of very beautiful Bohemian Glass, which is elaborately decorated in heavy gold de signs. Here you will find nappies with and with out handle!, six inches in aize gracefully shaped baskets with loop handles and eight-inch comports. For a useful and dainty gift' Bohemian Glass is al ways appropriate, as no dining" table is complete . without at least one or two pieces of this very artistic glassware. ; result of mm-