. E . OREGON SUNDAY : JOURNAL. PORTLAND, UNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1914.
IRRIGATION CONGRESS
USES
1H
CARE
PASSING RESOLUTIONS
Caution Exercised Owing to
.'. Fact Legislature Enacted
-AH Its Recommendations.
, All the more cautious and careful
because the legislature enacted every
legislative recommendation of the irri
gation congress last year, thin year's
session,; which closed a two day meet
ing last night, while going on record
by mean 8 of renolutionnvon a large
number of matters, did so on!.' after
exhaustive consideration of each. The
"solutions committee was composed
of J. W. Brewer of Rdmond, chair
man; V. A. Forbe:, of Bend; 1,. H.
Lewis, of Madras; Frank Hlcan, of
Stanfleld; C H. Leonard, or Burns;
Ouy Rice, of IWeview; J. J I. Fisher,
of Haines; J. N. Duncan, of NyKa-,
W. F. Hurrell, of Portland. "The
session; are reproduced below.
Crook county delegation, was approved
by the Irrigation congress through this
resolution:-----"''' '-
Whereas, the Carey act project lying
on the east side of the Dechute river
in Crook county, Oregon, known as the
Central Oregon Irrigation, company s
North Canal Segregation, Is only par
tially completed, but that a large num
ber ot acres of land has already been
sold to settlers out of its segregation,
and that many of said settlers are now
tfn said land, and
Whereas, the company now controll
ing Bald Cary act project is financially
embarrassed and acknowledges its ina
bility to complete said project, and
Whereas, owing to the fact that the
above DroJect- is a Carey Act pio-
if-ct. and the nta.tr and federal gov-,
rnments are both interested In the i
same, by virtue of such fact,
Kow, tuererore. n resoivea mw
the state or the federal i government
or the state and federal government
through cooperation should take over
from said Central Oregon Irrigation
enmnanv said Carev Act project as
scon as possibia through such agencies j
fully reclaim the lands embraced with- ,
in the segregations or saio project,
and be it further. ! .
Resolved that such action be taxen
in such a manner as to place every
protection around the interests of the
state and federal government and the
settlers now upon the project.
0. A. C. IS URGED TO
ESTABLISH STATIONS
ON THE PROJECTS
CANADIAN DELEGATES BRING MESSAGE TO IRRIGATION CONGRESS
ATTENTION IS CALLED
TO DISCRIMINATION
AGAINST THIS STATE
The plea of Malheur citizens for
recognition of their rights In con-,
t-fcctlon mitii Irrigation projects there
wax Joined with a rsHolutlon which
eslled attention to, the fact that
Oregon has not been receiving her
Just bhare of the federal reclamation
anportloninent. This resolution reads:
Whereas, it appears that the state
f Oreaon has contributed a lareer sum
to the United States reclamation fund
than any other arid state: and
- Whfreas. the apportionment of the
reclamation fund to Oregon is so in
adequate as to constitute actual dis
crimination against the people of Ore
gon; and
Whereas. It appears that the Owy
hee and - Malheur projects are among
the earliept investigated by the recla
mation service and by paid service
found feasible: and
Whereas, the early reclamation of
. the lands of the Owyhee and Malheur
districts Is desirable tolh to the sec
tions to be developed, and to the state
of Oregon, in securing an equitable ap
portionment of the l'nlted States re-
' clamatlon fund; therefore
He It Resolved by the Oregon Irri
gation congress tliat the United States
Reclamation service be. and It Is here
by petitioned to aguln take up tike pro
jects Of the Owyhr and Malheur dis
tricts with a. view.., Jo the early recia
matloH of said lndf. nd that copies
of these rr'SVitlrt!i.si be transmitted to
the secretary of the Interior, Hon.
Franklin K. Iane, and to each or the
senators and '"representatives of the
state of Oregon in congress.
The. $100,000,000 B1U.
Whereas, the ntnte of Oregon has to
dat not received its J'jxt shave of
the reclamation fend In the aetinl
eonstriMt lo:i of lirigntiou projects
Vilthln ita bonier, and
Whereas. tlc Third Oregon Irriga
tion Congress 'In regular session real j
. I-.i-k the tmportanei- of me reeumtnen
ilntlouH of the ac'-retP'-v of the inter
lot to i'Oigress in regard to the 1 1 00.-
000,l)(t lonti for the eoiiHtni'tlon ot
I ri I rn t ini projects in the west, and
Whereas. the ireaon Irrigation
congress recti-: iilse tl'f- justice of t '.'
Iccomnienuiftlens ot the s'-eretary In
ViKHrn to th-j o years tlef.-rred pay-
n.etiih tin already conatructe-J projects,
und
Whereas, the secretary has shown
le Is favorable to the policy of co
Jpcratlou tietween the federal gov
ernment and the Mute governments.
Now therefore he it resolved, that
this congress docx hereby heartily en
dorse the policv of the Fecretary in
regard to the $ 1 Oll.noo.OOO lojin and
the deferred 20 year payments and
'. hereby pl-dges their support and urgo
heir liassac In congress. The secre
tary is also commended on his atti-
tnde toward, cooperation.
adopted the
cent results
throughout
The delegation from Canada gave
strength to, the Oregon belief that an
agricultural experiment f station on
every irrigation project will Insure the
success of irrigation and jadd millions
of dollars' worth of cultivated farms
to the taxable properties of the state.
The congress accordingly
following resolution:
Whereas. the maernlfl
Vint havi heen realized
th ntatc t,f Oreeon. in all agricul
tural and stock raising pursuits from
the passage of. the senate bill "72 of the
Oregon legislature of 1918. fully dem
onstrate the wisdom of said measure
in the development of the great re
sources of our state, we most heartily
commend the action of the legisla
ture in the passage of said act and ex
tend our hearty support and coopera
tion to any and all persons and enter
prises carrying on work along these
lines within the state; and
Whereas, Irrigation is one of the
freat problems of our country there
ore we recommend that the Agricul
tural college of the state of Oregon,
in co-orjeration with .the agricultural
department of the TTnited States, be
asked to establish small experiment
farms or sub-stations on each irri
gation project, at which place all the
problem? ot soil analysis, plant
m-owth and similar demonstrations
may be carried on, and where the
voung people may be taught the scien
tific as- well ns practical sides of ir
rigation and .the use of i water, along
with the study of agriculture and
storkralslng.
The congress also adopted resolu
tions commending the organization of
Imj.vs' and girls' agricultural clubs
throughout the state.
EXTENSION OF TIME
FOR BENHAM FALLS
PROJECrDISAPPROVED
PURCHASE OF CANAL
UNIT IN CENTRAL
OREGON INDORSED
The purchase !; the state of theJ
north canal unit of the central Oregon
Irrigation project, which was made a
chief Issue of the session by the big
The Irrigation congress ruled that
the Benham falls project in ?rook
county has had enough! time and ex-
tentlons of time and ruled that the
state and government should take over,
the project In. this resolution:
Whereas in 1904 what is known as
Benham Falls segregation in Crook
county, Oregon, comprising approxi
mately 7B.0O0 acres of land, was seg
regatedand a contract.- entered into
with individuals for the reclamation
of land embraced in the segregation,
which contract expired in 1910, and
was thereafter extended by the desert
land board for a period of two years
and was thereafter extended by the
desert land board for a further period
of three years, which period will" ex
pire in October, 1915, : and whereas
during the entire lapse of time since
the forming of said segregation, abso
lutely no work has been done thereon.
witn tne exception oi a tew prelim
inary surveys which - were , necessary
to obtain data In order to segregate
said lands, and ' , -
Whereas, said segregation" comprises
and embodies one of the largest, most
important and valuable tracts of land
in central Oregon, and i
Whereas, said segregation is pro
nounced by engineers toi be one of the
most economical in the state, consid
ered from the point of amount of
money necessary to reclaim the lands
embraced within the same,
Now therefore be it resolved that
no further extension of time should be
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FURNITURE IN OREGON
BUILDING TO BE MADE
IN STATE'S SCHOOLS
ManuaL Training Classes
Agree to Supply Structure
at San Francisco Fair,
granted to the holder of said segrega
tion or its successors In Interest, and
be it further
Resolved, that said segregation be
reclaimed by the federal government
or state and federal government work
ing under some feasible cooperative
plan.
RESOLUTIONS FOR
CHANGE OF BOARD
RULES ADOPTED
One of the, most important acts of
the irrigation! congress was 'the adop
tion of its "speculator banishing" res
olution relative to the need of a change
In the rules pf the desert land board.
J. K. Morsoniof the Deschutes Irriga
tion company opposed this resolution
ae did others who have water rights
onMrrigated lands to sell. It was dra
matically sustained by J. W. Brewer
of Crook county, who spoke In the
name of the; state and of the settler
who has beeri hurt by the speculator's
practice of scratching up a little soil,
sowing a little grain, staying on the
ground a week, then returning to Chi
cago or New! York or some other city
to wait for the land to increase to a
price where jhandsome profit may fc
made by its sale. The resolution reads
as follows:
Whereas, the desert land board's
rules under which land owners under
the Carey act projects obtain certifi
cates of proof have not been satisfac
tory, and wonted greatly to tne detri
ment of the actual settler and to the
localities where the projects are lo
cated and to the state in general.
Therefore, ! be it resolved, that the
irrigation congress recommend to the
desert land board that it speedily make
a ruling that no certificate of proof
be granted to any settler or land own
er until at least one-half of the irri
gable area of the tract involved be
completely cleared and cultivated, re
claimed, formed and a crop actually
harvested therefrom,
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INTERIOR SECRETARY
IS URGED TO PROCEED
WITH TUMALO PROJECT
Top Canadian delegates Left to right Norman S. Rankin, H. F.
Peters, William Young, O. Kirkwold.
Bottom Mayor James Kyle of Stanfield, and Master Bill Sloan, mas-
cot of Umatilla delegation Biggest and littleet delegates at the
congress, i
Oregon's building at the San Fran
cisco exposition is to be equipped
with, furniture made by the manual
training! classes in the Oregpn pub
lic cnoois, according to announce
ment yesterday of Assistant State Su
perlntendent E. F Carlton at tlie ses
sion of the Oregon commission,
Tne assistant superintendent said
replies from nearly a score of sections
to letters, sent out by his department
promised .the supplying of chairs, ta
bles and other bits of furniture, the
actual product of the pupils.
The commission "decided not to en
gage any permanent employes at this
time, and so informed numerous ap
plicants for place who appeared in
person before the body. Some special
field organization is to be done within
a short time, however. This work
would not demand the entire time of
anyone, and the arrangement proposes
to cooperate with some well-qualified
individual who can give occasional ser
vice.
Dr. J. W. Kerr, president of the1
Oregon Agricultural college, told the
commission he would cooperate in the
supply of furniture from the college's
manual training department.
That a special Portland rose day be
made a feature of the exposition was
urged In a communication signed by
Arthur Langguth, Mrs. J. G. Krankel
and Mrs. B. T. Voorhurst of the
Greater Portland Plans association,
A. W. McFarland of the Rose so
clety, and E. J. Daly of the Portland
Realty board. The commission took
no action, but suggested that several
days might be celebrated, such as
cherry day, apple day and a general
floral day, in addition to rose day.
Allen H. Eaton of Eugene submitted
a report on the landscaping of the
grounds around the building. He de
clared cooperation had been secured
from the Portland park board, the
state game commission, the schools of
Oregon, the University of Oregon,
the Oregon Agricultural co11ok the
Garden league, Forestry association.
Horticultural society, Mazamas, -Hoy
Scouts, Campfire Girls and numerous
individuals. An aquarium is recom
mended as part of the exhibit on the
ground floor of the building. The cost
of treatment of the grounds as' Mr.
Katon outlined it, was estnated at
about $3000, exclusive of proper top
dressing and services of a caretaker
during tha exposition.
Part of the business of the com
mission was omitted because oi lack
of time. This will be taken up tomor
row at an adjourned meeting, begin
ning at 11 a. m.
STATE 'IRRIGATION
MEN END STORMY,
FRUITFUL SESSION
two hours Friday night he held Ui
congress spell bound with the tale of
reclamation in Alberta. There are lx
demonstration farms in Alberta, said
he, bought-outright by the government,
costinr $47,000 to maintain last year
ana producing a revenue. In addition
to tha value of Instruction, of $4:1,
000. Three schools of agriculture are
maintained In connection with - t?se
demonstration farms, costing $50,000
each and 260 Western Canada boys
and girls attended these last year. It
Is the government's policy to increaaj
the number of agricultural Industrial
schools to 16 or 20. A resolution of
appreciation adopted by the congress
yesterday.- mentioned by name, Dun
can Marshall. William Toung, T II
reiers ana wormin 8. Rankin. It wai
voted that a return delegation be sent
to, me. western Canada . Irrlagtlon
congress which will meet in Pendio-ton.
NEW TRAIN SERVICE :
ON p:f E. & EVELECTRIC
IS
ROAD
ANNOUNCED
Meeting Adjourns.
C. L. Smith, agriculturist for the
O..W, R. & N. company, was the only
speaker at the evening nd closing ses.
sion oi xne congress. R, D. Hetsel and
Beginning Nextl -Sunday All
Cars Will Run Down Fourth
Street. ;':!''
Beginning next Sunday, when every
train of the Portland Eugene & Kast
ern's electrification of he Southern Pa
cific lines will rim dc-win Fourth street
an extensive new alignment of suburb
an passenger service will prevail out of
C. 1 Lewis of the Oregon Agricultural Portland, according to! announcement
college had been originally scheduled yesterday by John Mil Scott, general'
to make addresses, but were removed Pehger agent. :ji "
from the program because of the ex
treme length of the sessions.
"Father--' Smith had as his theme the
over exploitation of irrigation as a
panacea for converting dry lands into
profitable farms. "Irrigation," ' he
stated, "is nothing but a substitute for
deficient rainfall. And despite all the
claims of thereal estate man it will
not take place of cultivation and fer
tilization and hard wrk. Too many
men have gone on irrigated lands with
the idea that because they had water
cn their -farms that water alone was
all. that was necessary to make a for
tune. The man who has been fooled
becomes disappointed and tben discour
aged. "The opportunities are here In this
I'aciric northwest, however, and the
final result of It all is finding the fer
tility in the soil. You can't expect
water alone to grow a crop: you must
have fertilizer and cultivation. Hard
work makes for value in water and
lands. The more hard work is intel
ligently applied, the greater the suc
cess. My advice is to get a cow be
for you plant a tree; put something
back In the soil. There is nothing
finer for your land than good barn
yard manure. If you have got water,
make use of it but don't think it alone
will grow your crops and make you
prosperous." Mr. Smith concluded m lth
an appeal for home building in rural
communities
. Announcement of the executive and
legislative committees and an expres
sion of appreciation on part of the Ca
nadian delegation of their treatment
here in Portland ended the meeting.
FUEL DEALERS MEET
AT ANNUAL BANQUET
CONSTRUCTIVE POLICY IS
FEATURE OF CONGRESS
(Continued From Page One)
E. G. Hopson, supervising engineer
of the reclamation service, objected
to the passage of the resolution call
ing upon the secretary of the interior
to proceed at once in the development
of the Tuntalo project, but it was
passed by a strong majority. It reads:
Whereas, the state of Oregon has
and is engaged in the construction of
the Tumalo project In Oregon, and
Whereas, the secretary of the in
terior has already set aside $450,000
from the federal fund on a cooper
ative basis ; for construction In the
Deschutes valley, and
Whereas, it is feasible to extend
this same Tumalo project to ultimate
complete reclamation, and
Whereas, considerable vacant gov
ernment land or Carey act withdrawn
land is embraced in the Tumalo pro
ject extension,
Now therefore, be It resolved, by
the Third Oregon Irrigation congress
in regular session, that the secretary
: cf the interior be urged to authorize
j the immediate construction of the Tu
malo project extension to complete
the work already commenced and in
Srocess Of construction by the state of
, regon, by virtue of the $450,000 ap-
, jiiiiii nnuii ui iue iasv eiie icsiBia"
The Oregon Irrigation congress yes-!
terday went on record as
Supporting, state-federal cooperation
in reclamation of arid lands in Ore
gon on a dollar for dollar basis.
Desiring that the Oregon Agricult
ural college establish experiment farms
or substations on each irrigation project.
Urging the secretary of the Interior
to authorize the immediate construc
tion of the Tumalo project extension.
for' which the state has appropriated
$460,000, and the secretary of the in
terior has set aside ' $450,000.
Desiring the elimination of the ir
rigated lands speculator by requiring
50 per cent cultivation and improve
ment before certificate be granted by
desert land board.
Requesting of state and national of
ficials, members ot legislature, con
gress, a thorough 'iystem of stream
gauging and topographical survey.
Would BemoT Engineer.
Favoring the removal of the state
engineer as a member of the desert
land board, this over the state en
gineer's objections.
Deferring action favorable to or
against the appointment rather than
the election or the state engineer-
Approving the proposed federal $100,-
000,000 bond issue desired by Secre
tary of the Interior Lane, also approv-
ture.
PROPOSED IRRIGATION
OF THE DESCHUTES
VALLEY FAVORED
Pending the report on the feasibility
of irrigating the Deschutes basin tha
Irrigation congress passed a resolution
; favoring the project, " using thebe
words: .
Whereas, . By the cooperation the
United States reclamation service and
the state of Oresron a survey is bein
made of the Deschutes valley to deter
mine the feasibility or irrigating the
same, and.
1 Whereas. From th Information nov.
at Sand the reclamation of a vast and
fertile area seems exceedingly practi-
, cable-
Therefore, i Be It resolved, that should
the same prove feasible, the third an
nual session! of the Oregon irrigation
congress does endorse tne oescnutes
j Valley irrigation project and more es
pecially that branch Thereof affectintt
: the lands north of the Crooked Rt " er
' and situated in Crook county, and uc-
titions the secretary of the interior to
consider this project at an early date
on a cooperative basis or by the recn-
! mation Bervjce direct.
III
POLICY WHICH WILL
DEVELOP ARID LANDS
SHOULD BE ADOPTED
The irrigation congress urged the
need for the state to adopt some com
prehensive etate policy in reclaiming
arid lands in the following resolution
"Whereasi the development of our
large irrigation projects is essential to
the future' growth . and prosperity of
Oreaon. and
"Whereas, private capital Is loth to
ect last year, started the securing of
remedial legislation, again came to the
front and as a result of his plea, good
humor was restored and personalities
thereafter were not indulged in.
One of the most important addresses
of the day was most quietly delivered.
"We are instructed." said J. G.
Camp, federal project manager of
, -- Klamath Falls, "if red tape Interferes
with the welfare of the settlers to cut
insr the Interior sof-rotarv'a nln for the red tape, that if questions are
24 rleforrert t t i-mcntu nr. 'airomiv f on- ! raised to let the water users' associa
The fifth annual banquet of the
Portland Fuel Dealers" association wa
held last night at the Multnomah hotel
with about HO people present. F. I.
Waring, of the A Iblna -f ! company,
who is president of the assix-lation.
was toastmastcr. Discussion of busi
ness was tHlino mid beyond the fH-
that A. II. Kdlefsen, of the Kdlefsen
Fuel company jokingly berated tlw
weather man because that individual
had not provided weather this winter
that suits the fuel man from a finan
cial point of view, the subject was not
touched upon.
In addition to Mr. Kdlefsen, speakers
were K. O. Burdon, of the Mendota Con I
company; J. L. Duffy, of the Ind
pendent Coal Ice company; Mr. War
ing, toastmaster; Mi I... McOraw, of
the Fast Side Fuel- company; A. S.
Boyd, of the Mendota Fuel company,
and othern.
About Z0 of those present were deal
ers and somo of these were accom
panied by members of their families.
ine new service 'will Include 18
trains each way dailgi between Port
land and Oswego, compared with 14
trains now operated; j The flrt of
these will leave Oswesb at 5:55 a. m.
Other trains during thje morning will
leave at 7:10, 7:25, 8:0t 8:J0. 9:45 and
at approximately hour.lv Interval
throughout the dayij The .evening
trains will leave Portland for Oswego
at 4:15. 5:05, 5:35, 5:5e and 6:20. the
last one leaving at lli45 p. m.. to ac
commodate suburban tbeatre patrons.
Ail the electric trains, both on the
west I side line and the Oswego line,
will ftass in Fourth rect at least ae
far a Burnside, though many will pro
ceed to the Union defot.
In addition, -all trains that now have
Newberg as their tertninus, will con
tinue to McMlnnvllle, giving McMlnn
vllle two extra trains jjeach way. . One
of these trains will lojlvc McMinnville
about 6:15 a. m., arriving at Portland
at 7:45 a. m., the tier .leaving Mc
Minnville at 12:40 p-fm.. arriving at
Portland at 2:45. Returning, the firsV
train will leave Portland at 9:30 a. m.,
arriving at McMinnville at 11:40. The
other will leave Portland at. 5:45 p. rrt..
arriving at McMinnville at 7:40 p. m.
On the west side Unei an entirely new
train will be run between Portland and
Beaverton, leaving at "6:40 a. m. and
arriving here at 7:15'ia. m. :
The trains now going; no further than
Forest Grove, Nos. 17: and 8, will be
continued on to McMinnville, giving
that city two more exra trains on the
west side line. Thi,traln will leave
Portland at 8:45 a, :-m., Instead of
9:05 as now. arriving at McMinnville
about 11 o'clock. Returning, it will
leave McMinnville about 1:20 p. m.; ar
riving here about 3:30.
Another new Forest Grove train will
bio put on leaving Portland about 10 a.
m.. and arriving about. 11:10 a. m. Re
W..C. T. U. MEETING
AT PLEASANT HOME
structed projects.
Calling upon the reclamation ser
vice to make an apportionment of
reclamation funds equitable to' Ore
gon' (this not having heretofore been
done) and asking for renewed favor
able consideration of the Malheur and
Owyhee projects in Malheur county.
Indorsing the proposed Deschutes
basin irrigation scheme by federal-etat-e
cooperation, surveys for which
are already being made.
Approving the taking over by the
Istate, or the state and federal gov
ernment, of the north unit of the
Central Oregon Irrigation project.
State's Duty Defined.
Disapproving any further extension
of time on the Benham Falls project '
and approving reclamation of this
project through federal and state co- i
operation. i
Defining the duty of the state to
adopt some comprehensive reclama
tion plan that will result in the re-!
claiming, as fast as possible, of the
arid lands in Oregon.
Thanking the Imperial hotel com
pany, Portland newspapers, Portland
Commercial club for courtesies ex
tended. . Electing W. W. Caviness of Vale,
honorary member of the congress.
tlons settle them. E. J. Burlingame,
of Walla Walla, M. J. Lee, of Canby,
W. Powers, of the Agricultural college,
and George T. Cochrane, eastern Ore
gon water commissioner, spoke.
The presence of delegates at the
Oregon Irrlagtlon congress from th-?
Western Canada Irrigation associa
tion was highly appreciated by the
reclamation forces of this state.
Minister Stirs Throng.
Duncan Marshall, minister of agri
culture of Alberta, Is credited with
having delivered one of the most ef
fective addresses of the congress. For
Pleasant Home. Or., Feb. 14. The
regular monthly business meeting of
the W. C. T. U. will be held at the
local Methodist church Vrlday. Feb
ruary 20. A large attendance of mem
bers Is urged.
Mrs. K. I. Denny will entertain the
meeting of the Indies' Aid sfxJety of
the M. E. church next Wednesday.
Mrs. B. C. Altman will ac t as hos
tess at the next meeting of the Em
broidery club".
The first railroad in Prussia fa use
electric traction on a large scale ob
tained much of Its equipme nt from the
i:nited States.
turning, it will leave: Forest Grove at
12:45 p. m., arriving about 2 p..m. '.
An extra new tralmwill be rvit from
Oswego to Beaverton Via the CifcTCrti-
off. leaving Oswego at 6:15 p. m. ar
riving at Beaverton at; p. in. ":
train will start from; 'port land, leaving
here at 6:35 p. ni.. byiihe Oswego, Cook -and
Tigard route. j !
The new service Is-imade possible i,y
the completion of iaii-nuraher -of new
cars at the Beavertcn flinps. It !;h
been announced tha:tj ai fast as tin
other cars can be. turned out. een
more frequent service will be put on
the McMinnville loop.) the only -portion
of the Southern Pacific lines In U.
gon so far electrified.
GRESHAM STREETS TO
HAVE HAP SURFACE
I "st
aresham.Or.. Felf 14. Steady !"
gress is being mada.on -the petition
circulated for the hard surfacing ; of
three Gresham streets. Councilman
George F. Honey declared last, night
that ho had secured; the signatures of
the required majority of property own
ers for the paving; of Powell street.
Councilmau George W. Kenney. who
Is elrculatlng the petition for paving
Main street, last night secured the sig
nature of M. I,. Smith, .owner of prop
erty frontage on . the street of 4ift
feet and has secured practically
etjough signatures to predict that this
paving proposition will be carried.
-Councilman M. ;D. Kern, who -lias
charge of the petition for the paving
of South Roberts avenue, hopes to ob
tain the required number of signa
tures when he serfures in writing the
reported agreement of the county road
master to lay on the street a crushed
rock base. Main and Powell street"
already have this hake.
enter this field because of the ques
tionable profits and great length or
time required to turn over a completed
project to actual water users, there
fore be it
"Resolved by this Oregon Irrigation
congress that it Is the duty of the
state to adopt some comprehensive
policy which will ultimately result in
the reclamation of all our arid lands
at the lowest possible cost to the ir
rigator and without increasing taxa
tion through, the direct appropriation
of funds; and to that end we recom
mend the adontlon of the constitutional
amendment submitted for vote of the
people In November or mis year wnere
by the states's credit can be loaned -for
this purpose, and further in order that
we may divide the risk and still fur
ther lower the Interest rate, we recom
mend cooperation with the United
States, upon the dollar for dollar basis
and the utilization of its superior
credit facilities.
WOULD NOT HAVE
STATE ENGINEER ON
DESERT LAND BOARD
There was a dispute over the pass
age of the resolution that the state
engineer 6hould not be a member of
the desert land board. State Engineer
John H. Lewis declared It would re
move from the Tooard Its only present
technically trained . member. W. Lair
Thompson' said present conditions
made the state engineer in the first
place one-'who files judgments; In the
second' place, a judge who passes on
that which he has prejudged- The
resolution was passed, but the follow
ing resolution asking that the state
engineer be appointed rather' than
elected was tabled.
Whereas, the office of state engineer
is an office designed primarily for
the purpose of acquiring technical In
formation and advice for the use of
the state and particularly for the use
of the desert land board of the state
of Oregon In its administration of the
affairs of the state relative to irriga
tion projects within the state, and
' Whereas, the laws of the state of
Oregon make the desert land board, as
a board, answerable to the people of
the state for its actions relative to
irrigation matters under its control,
and
Whereas, better results would be
accomplished by having the office of
state engineer directly responsible to
such board,
Therefore, be It resolved, that this
congress favors the appointment in
stead of the ejection of the state
engineer.
CONGRESS ASKED TO
GUAGE STREAMS AND
SURVEY WATER SHEDS
After the value of a thorough meas-'
urlng of waters contemplating for use ;
in irrigation had been emphasized by a
representative of the United States
hydrographic survey, the congress
passed the following resolution:
Resolved.- that we earnestly reonrst
of our state and national officials, our
members of legislature and congress, '
the earliest possible completion of a
thorough system of stream gauging
and topographical surveys of the watei
sheds of the streams throughout the
state of Oregon to the end that th
public be fully Informed as to water
and land resources of the state, and
thousands of -dollars may be saved by
the settlers and others In trying to as
certain what are and what are not ir
rigation and power possibilities with
in the state.
Washington Beats Aggies.
CorvaUJs. Or., Feb. 14. The Uni
versity of Washington tonight defeat
ed ; the Oregon . Agricultural College
team, at basketball. 22 to 18, In a well
played game. King was the star for
O. A. C and Robinson for Washington.
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