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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, "' PORTLAND, - SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 10. 1914.
OREGON
SHOULD
SAV
E
VAST LATENT WEALTH i
CONTAINED IN LAKES
. - i
Summer and Abert Are Ca-j
pable- of Establishing Mon
umental School Fund,
LAND BOARD COMMENDED
Portland Promoter Shows What the
tt Would Xioaa by Benin
for a Sony.
!
A Portland promoter who recently
return'! from New York city. In talk
ing lit the recent contest between
contending faction before the utate
land board over the leaning of Sum
mer and Abert lakes In Lake county.
aaio:
"Practically no one" in Orejfon has any
conception or the value of these lakes.
The state f Oregon leaned them some
time ago. The owner of the lease or
ganized a company In New York city.
inr-orporatlng It In Delaware for
11.000,000. A fight ensued between
rival factions for control of the com
pany. Meanwhile the old contract
lapned, each of the factions Intending
lo make a new contract with the state
and Becure control. While this was
going on, the matter was brought to
the attention of a millionaire capitalist
In New Yirrk, who offered to buy the
lakes outright for $9,000,000. payment
to be part cash and part common and
preferred stock In a proposed com
pany: At the recent meeting of the
land board, action was postponed
penning investigation.
Latent Wealth for School Pond.
"The United States government has
surveyed the lakes and brought out
geological and topographical maps,
which show the area to be 130 square
miles, or 83,000 acres. The govern
ment analysis shows also that the
lakes contain three salts soda, salt
and potash. This analysis Is con
firmed by numerous analyses of lead
ing chemists throughout the United
States, which show that the water
contains about three pounds of salts to
the cubic foot, or a total' of 40,000,000
tons 18,000,000 tons of salt, 19,000,
000 tons of soda, and 1,500,000 tons of
potash. These salts marketed at J10
a ton would amount to $400,000,000.
" "The potash In these lakes sells as
higVi as $60 a' ton, and the soda for
about $18 to $20 a ton. If the state
got $1 a ton out of the whole tonnage
as royalty, we would receive $40,000,-
000 for our school fund, and yet the
New York bidders offered the pitiful
sum of $1,250,000 to $2,000,000 for
the lakes. Including the land, the
amount to be paid over a long period
of time. And that notwithstanding
Hon of a minimum of $75,000,000 net,'
nH a mnvlmum tt f flftft nftA rci I
Talne of Soda Alone,
"When we realize that practically
all the soda now on the market is
manufactured soda, which costs, from
$7 to $9 per ton, while the Orego'n
soda can be produced for $2 a ton net,
allowing the state a dollar a ton roy
4 alty. or $18,000,000 for royalty for the
f salt h1ohi, we realize the safe margin
there Is In marketing the soda In these
'. lakes. Th soda consumed In the
United States amounts to about $20,-j
OOO.ood a year, selling at from $12
to $24 per ton. It enters into all
glass Industries. Into the manufacture j
or paper, inu 11110 me limiting ui
soap.
"The amount of soda In this lake.
If wisely used, to develop the Indus
tries depending upon It, all of the !
raw materials of which lie In profuse!
quantities in Oregon, would increase i
tne volume or Diisiness oeyona an caj- i
dilations. It Is estimated that there
is $27,000,000 worth of common table (
salt, independent of the soda and pot- j
ash. The potash Is used primarily for ;
fertilizing, and will b recovered as a j
ion, ana me lanes contain aDout ;,
000.000 worth at that -ate. The United '
States market alone consumes about I
$40,000,000 worth of the products of!
these lakes per annum.
Some Comparative Plguree.
"The value of these lakes may be
more readily realized by comparison!
wjth other forms of natural wealth. '
For example, oil. The Great Lakeview
gutther oil well is credited with a pro
duction of. 40.000 barrels per day,
maintaining this rate month after
mourn, until $3,000,000 worth of oil
was thrown out of this well. It!
would require. 10 such oil wells, '
spouting continuously for 13t4 years. '
to gush $400,000,000 worth of solution
now contained In the lakes, and the
difference Is that the value of the
lakes does not evaporate or deterior
ate In any way, but rests there in
perfect conservation, to be recovered
at the pleasure of man.
"The value tn these lakes is equal
to 660,000.000 bushels of wheat. Com-
j pared to timber, at $1 a thousand, the
lakes are wdYtb almost all the timber
of Oregon. As to gold, 10 of the larg
est gold mines. Of the west, combined,
have not proven tonnage equivalent to
the total tonnage of commercial salts
In these deposits. While the salts are
worth more. It costs less to recover
them than it does to extract the value '.
from the mines.
"And yet,' that immense value Is
looked up in a body of water cover
j ing .83,000 acres, with an average
depth of only seven feet. There it
j lies, and can be looked over almost at
one view. I
Zand Board Zs Praised.
"Is It any wonder then that the
cupidity of the capitalistic class was
i excited and that the bidding was
i fierce? These values were revealed
j to the state land board almost ex--cluslveiy
by the Portland citizen who
had accidentally met them, being
.hawked on the market of New York
city, and all honor is due the land
-board for its prompt action In taking
'the lakes off the market as soon as
the real value of the property was dis
covered. The board's wisdom is
shown In its decision to call to Us
assistance the! advice of the citizens
of Oregon, on' the proper disposition
. of these lakes;
"If these properties are properly
developed and the stewardship which
recovers "the values !a properly organ
ised, which no doubt will- be done.
Oregon may develop a great Industry.
Such development the people of Ore
gon ought to, i and, no doubt will de
mand, and th4y will no doubt- Tind a
ready response from the present state
land board; which will make the vic
tory Just won through this board a
permanent asset of the citizens of
Oregon for an time to come. t
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To open to navigation a lake In Nor- .
way wnicn is separated rrom the sea
by mountain; ridge there will be built
A a canal mora than nine miles of which
Three Lots of Men's Fine High.
Grade Negligee Shirts
FIRST, COAT STYLE SHIRTS IN PLAIN WHITE, TAN, (Q
CREAM OR DAINTY LIGHT PATTERNS $1.25 GRADE y OC
Negligee shirts made coat style with double French cuffs and separate
collar to match or with starched cuffs and without collar they come in
plain white, tan or cream, and in assorted light patterns All sizes gQ
A standard quality shirt, sold everywhere at $1125. Priced here at OC
A MERCERIZED $1.25 NEGLIGEE SHIRT PRICED ONLY 95c
Another high-grade Negligee Shirt, made from a highly mercerized ma
terial that looks like silk and wears much better Comes in plain tan,
cream and white and with French cuffs and military collar rbest r
$1.25 grade at .r 7jC
MEN'S $1.50 SOISETTE NEGLIGEE SHIRTS PRICED AT $1.15
A;very comfortable warm weather shirt made with soft button-down col
larsneat pocket and good pearl buttons. Ihey come in plain tan, Ai m
cream and white every shirt has a Soisette label a $1.50 shirt, 4) ! ID
Pacific Phone I All Purchases Prompt- j ' Home Phone
Marshall 5080 ly Delivered to All Parts A-2112
of Portland, Vancouver and Oregon City Express and
Parcel Post Packages Prepaid on $5.00 Purchases All
Latest Styles in Ladies' Home Journal Patterns, 10c-15c
Store Opens Daily at 8:30 a. m., on Saturdays 9 a. m.
Store Closes Daily at 5:30 p. m., Saturdays at 6 p. m.
THE MOST IN VALUE THE BEST IN QUALITY
Another Great Sale Women's
i Charming Silk Dresses
They Are Shown in Taffetas, Messalines, Plain and fi 1 QC
Brocaded Crepe de Chine Values to $22.50, Choice D 1 1 O O
Just 30 to be" sold at this low price, so don't delay your coming. The
assortment includes the most charming styles with skirts made with
frills, in minaret or tunic effects. They are made of the finest soft
finished taffetas, messalines, plain or fancy brocades and are beauti
fully finished. They come in navy, Copenhagen, blue, taupe, wis
taria, tango, etc. Almost any size. Regular values (PI jj OtT
up to $22.50 on sale at 0 1 I mOO
THE NEW STYLE DUST COATS FROM $1.98 TO $7.90 EACH
We have gathered for your inspection a full showing of the new .style
Dust Coats they" come in linen, and' in mohair and linen, and in all
desired lengths and sizes, in tan, gray, navy and black all prices from
$1.98 up to $7.90. ,
eason UndLerpricing of Fine Woolen Bress Goods
Early
m:tmm-m. of
Fabrics of the Most Reliable Qualities
The marvelous skill of master minds in the weaver's art has produced Dress 'Goods of wondrous beauty for this season, and testifying to it are the fab
rics in this sale.- In texture and in colorings they have never been equaled, and when such low prices are quoted the surprise grows that such high-grade
fabrics can be sold for so little money. (
Those Who Heed This Sale Will Be Delighted With the Big Savings
49c for 75c Dress
Materials
A Special Under
pricing 500 Yards
No Samples Cut or Phone Or
ders Filled at This Sale.
Yard-Wide Satins
The World's Best Lining Satins, Shown
in Most Any Wanted Color Our fifn
Standard $1.00 Quality, a Yard Uv
Dressmakers and tailors as well as home
sewers will be prompt to take advantage
of this unusual underpricing of Belding
Bros.' celebrated Lining Satins Included
are all the . most wanted colors They come
full 36 inches wide and' with a permanent
lustrous finish Satins of standard quality,
sold everywhere at $1.00 a yard. On
sale tomorrow at
69c
CI Q O YARD for Spring Coatings
Jl.O" Worth From $2.50 to $3
You never had a better assortment to
choose .from included are both plain and
novelty weaves in an endless assortment
of colors All seasonable weight coatings
and all 56 inches wide $2.50 A OA
and $3.00 grades priced at, yd. OlC
AO- YARD for Silk and Wool Nov
VOL elties in $1.25 to $2 Qualities
Priestley's celebrated silk and wool novel
ties, also Waffle Checked Novefties, Shad
ow Plaids, Peftin Striped Worsteds, Shep
herd Checks and many other 46 to 56-inch
materials $1.25 to $2.00 grades, qq
priced at, a yard. : jQC
SI. 19 a Yard for
S 1 . 5 0 Dress Goods
Beautiful silk and wool Scintilla, another
Priestley, fabric of soft, graceful weave,
comes full 44 inches wide and shown in
charming designs and colorings.
69c for SI. 00 Shep
herd Checks
Fine half-wool black and white Shepherd
checks, in all size checks a durable, fash
ionable fabric full 54 inches wide best
$1.00 quality priced this sale at, a gf
yard OlfC
42-inch half-wool black and-white checked
and striped dress materials in the proper
weights for spring and summer garments.
Regular 75c grades, on sale at, Mr
a yard 45JC
39c for 50c Dress
Materials
At this low price you have choice from
both Waffle and Shepherd checked, half-
wool materials, full 30 inches wide th
kind regularly sold at
for only . .".
50c a yard,
39c
42c FOR 50c AND 65c WOOL CHALLIES Hundreds of attractive and dainty, colorings in charming new designs fine
All-Wool Challies, full 28 inchej wide, regular 50c and 65c qualities, specially priced for tomorrow's sale at 42c a yard.
Don't Miss This Sale of Women's
Dainty Undepmuslins Half Price
A sale of Gowns, Combination Suits and Skirts, -made
of high-grade crepe, nainsook and long- f
cloth. Regular $1 kind, at tMHJfL
THE COMBINATION SUITS are made of good quality nainsook
and crepe in the popular princess, knickerbocker and circular
styles. They come in either ' corset cover and skirt or corset;
cover and drawers, neatly trimmed with fine embroideries, laces,
ribbons. Shown in all sizes.
THE GOWNS are made of fine crepe, nainsook and long-cloth
in the popular slip-over style with short sleeves or. high and V
neck, long sleeves. Neatly trimmed with fancy yokes, embroideries,
laces and insertions. They are in extra good length and fullness.
THE SKIRTS are made of high 'grade nainsook and long-cloth.
They are neatly trimmed with deep flounces and laces, embroi
dery or scalloped embroidery edge with dainty floral design. They
come in the new narrow widths, also in fuller styles. These gar
ments sell regularly at $1.0. Priced special for this
sale at only. .
50c
it
Niagara Maid"
Silk Gloves
Two-clasp, double - tipped
finjjers in black, white and
all good colors,' of- FAp
fered special at, pair tl"v
Two-clasp, double - tipped
finRers in black and white,
at the low price of '7P
3 psiir
Sixteen-button length, in
black, white and all Rood
colors, at the low Q-j AA
price of, pair .i..
Sixteen-button length, extra'
fine quality, in black and
white, offered spe- (TA
cial at, the pair.. JJ.JU
Women's Fine Thread Silk Stockings
FULL-FASHIONED STOCKINGS, MADE WITH DOUBLE HEEL, SOLE 7 1n
AND TOE AND DOUBLE GARTER TOP $1.25 GRADE AT, PAIR OC
500 dozen pairs of strictly hgh-grade fine pure thread Silk Stockings, made with full fashioned leg and
foot, double heef, sole, toe; and garter top all sizes in blacks-stockings that will please you in HQp
every way the kind regularly sold at $1.25 a pair This sale at j. I Ol
French Ivory Hair
Brushes, Regular $3,
$3.50 and 0- 1 tQ
$4 Grades 3 1 aV O
Here is your opportunity to
secure a high-grade Hair
Brush at a ridiculously low
price. A fine lot of French
ivory hair brushes made
with solid, plain or concave
backs, and good quality bris
tles. Regular $3, $3.50 and
$4 values. Priced
while they last at
$1.98
Hundreds and Hundreds of Yards of
Crisp, New Embroideries Reduced!
The constantly increasing popularity of dainty embroideries and the certainty that
they will be in great demand this spring has induced us to make a strenuous effort
in this display and sale, which in its variety is -wonderfully comprehensive. In this
limited newspaper space we find it quite impossible to convey more than a slight
idea of the beauty of the offerings, their daintiness and their unusual worth. A
face-to-face inspection will compel admiration at once. VARIETY IS SURPRISINGLY
LARGE. The designs are fascinating and they are new. Especially will the
patterns in flouncings and corset 'cover embroideries appeal to women of critical taste.
Exquisite, Embroideries
for Dresses
a yard for 45-inch fine Batiste Flouncings,
worth to $1.25.
a yard for 45-inch Crepe, Voile and Rice
Cloth Embroideries to $1.50.
a yard for 45-inch Crepe. Voile and Batiste
48c
59c
I 7C Embroideries to $2.00.
3"j QQ a yard for 45-inch new Novelty Em
PJL0 broidery, worth to $5.00. ' .
(10 Q a yard for 45-inch riew Novelty Em
pU broidery, worth to $7.50.
yQ a yard for 27-inch fine Batiste Flouncings,
tO V worth to $1.00.
KQ yard for 27inch fine Batiste Flouncings,
worth to $1.50.
QQ a vard for 27-inch fine Crepe Voiles, in val
OVK, ues to $1.75. y ; -
21 tOQ a yard for 27-inch Beautiful Novelty Em
PX0 broidery, worth to $3.75. . : .
Dainty Embroideries
for Baby Clothes
1 fl a vard or 2 to 4-iQCh Baby Edges, in values
lvt to 20c.
f a yard for 3 to 7-inch Baby Edges, in values
JLOlto 30c. - , -
OKn a yard for 27-inch Bflby Flouncings, in values
to 48c i
yCr a yar or 27-inch Baby,' Flouncings, in val
fxOiues to 85c
Beautiful Embroideries
for Underwear,
10c
15c
25c
39c
a yard for 6 to 18-inch Bands, Insertions and
Beadmgs, in values to 25c
a yard for 6 to 18-inch Bands, Insertions and
Beadings, in values to 35c
a yard for 18-inch Flouncings and Corset
Cover Embroideries, in values to 48c. -
a yard for 18-inch Flouncings and Corset
Cover, Embroideries, in. values to 75c :
Braid Pins, 25c 1 Qr
Grade at, Each 1 J
This is a sale of plain and
fancy Braid Fins they come
in large or medium size in
either shell or demi-amber
colors. Neatly set with bril
liants. Regular 25c "I Qp
grade, on sale at, each J-UK
A Sale of Ready-Made
Stamped Gowns, Reg.
$1 Grade, for JQr
Tomorrow at I v
For this sale we offer a well
made stamped Nightgown of
fine Quality silk-finished ba
tiste, all finished except the
embroidery work. Twelve
new patterns to select from.
Regular $1.00 grade. HQf
Priced tomorrow at.. I U
file
Out-of-the-Ordinary Purchase and Sale Manufacturer's
Odd Lot Curtains Less Than Cofet
ALL NEW STYLES IN SCOTCH LACE, BOBBINET AND SCRIM,
IN WHITE, CREAM AND ARABIAN BEST WIDTHS IN 2 AND
3 YARD LENGTHS CURTAINS OF $1.5041.75 QUALITY, PR.
A very important and op
portune sale of desirable
new Curtains, coming as it
does just at a time when
housekeepers are busy with
Spring cleaning. It is a
great special purcnase oi
manufacturers' odd lots, 2
to 12 pairs of a kind. The
assortment includes a great
variety of styles in Scotch
lace, bobblnet and scrim.
Many attractive styles with
lace edge and inserting.
They come in white, cream
and Arabian, in good widths
and 22 and 3 yards long. AH are crisp, new curtains that were made to Q0r
sell regularly at $1.50 and $1.75 a pair. All priced for this sale at, a pair. . .L
Lot Two Consists of Some 800 Pairs of Scotch Lace,
Madras and Cable Net Curtains
ALSO IN BOBBINET AND SCRIM THE SEASON'S BEST STYLESjfr 1 OA
IN $2.25 TO $3.00 QUALITIES TAKE YOUR CHOICE AT ONLY 1 ,07
In this assortment you will find an unlimited variety of styles in Scotch Lace, Madras Lace,
Cable Net, Robbinet and Scrim they come from 36 to 50 inches wide and in desired
lengths and they are shown in white, cream and ecru. Curtains that sell regu- OA
larly from $2.25 to $3.00 a pair On sale tomorrow at, the pair vl0l
REGULAR 25c AND 35c CURTAIN SCRIM SPECIAL NOW ONLY 21c YARD
An unsurpassed showing and sale of severai hundred yards of plain and fancy Scrims and
m aa. .a . a
Marquisette curtaming do to 4U-incn wiatns,. in various styles with colored or open OV
work borders, etc. Regular 25c and 35c qualities This sale at, the yard mXC
'1 ' filial '
Gold Beauty Pins, 25c
Grade, Priced 1 T
This Sale, Pair IOC
For tomorrow we place on
sale a fine lot of gold Beauty
Pins. They come in small
and medium sizes and only a
f few of each style. They are
shown with two on a card
and sell regularly at ICp
25c. On sale at, pair AOi
Tango Dress Shields,
50c Grade, on Afiy
Sale for, Pair tUC
For this sale we offer a fine
lot of Tango Dress Shields
they are made . with net
sleeves in the SQtiare cut
style. An excellent garment
shield.' Reg. 50c grade, flr
This sale v pa.-'-"v
Sale Women's and Misses9 Fashionable
JxTew
"Mary Jane" and Other Popular
One and Two-Strap Models
Regular $3.00 and $3.50 Grades
Included are the popular Patent and. Gunmetal "-Mary
Jane" Pumps; also dull kid, patent and sukor velvet one
and two-strap styles, in both English and short vamp,
round-toe models. Many are shown with hand-turned
l hey are high-grade pumps that sell fiJ-lQ
Here at..P.0
soles.
regularly at $3.00 and $3.50 pair.
Women's, Misses' "BXary Janp" Pumper
THE LATEST SHORT, BROAD TOE STYLES, PATENT LEATHER fl 1 AO
ALL SIZES THE VERY BEST $2.50 GRADE PRICED AT, PAIR 3)1 .IfO
Another worthy underpriced offering of the most popular style footwear 300 pairs of wo
men's and misses' "Mary Jane" Pumps-r the very latest broad toe styles with gros grain bow
and ankle strap and they are made of a guaranteed patent leather all sizes 4 QQ
Pumps that are sold everywhere at $2.50 a pair. This sale at......... wlttu
Infants', Misses', Children's, Women's "Mary Janes," Patent, Velvet, Dull Leathers
Infants'.in sizes 1 to 5, at '...$1.00 Pair I Child's, in sizes By2 to 11, at.. . .S1.75 Pair
Infants', in sizes to 8, at....$1.2S Pair i Misses', tn sizes 11V to 2 at. . .$1.08 Pair
Women's, in sizes from 24 to 6, at. .....$2.48 a Pair '
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