THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1915.
SENATOR LANE LAUDS
ALASKA AND THE RICH
. RESOURCES IT HOLDS
Oregon Senator Explains Sig
nificance of Government-
Built Road in North,
COUNTRY MISUNDERSTOOD
Hany Telse Xdas Are Abroad Concern
taf the Conditions That Obtain on
Omt Peninsula.
c. Ban Francisco. Cal.. April 19 (U. P.)
With every spike that is driven in
the United States government rail
road from Seward to the interior of
Alaska, a new empire, bigger and more
. productive than the state of California
, comes closer to the grasp of the Amer
ican people.
This was the statement here of
Harry Lane, United States senator
Xrom . Oregon, who has been In close
touch with the Alaskan situation for
many years.
"Americans do not realize Alaska."
aid Senator Lane. Most of us imag
ine It to be a frozen waste, contain
ing gold mines. This is the wrong
Impression.
"True, parts of Alaska are frozen
wastes. There are gold mines there
and coal and copper likewise. But in
the interior there is a rich agricultural
country which is destined to support
-millions of prosperous people. The
. government railroad will make this
wealthy land easily available to every
American.
Cheaper Coal for Coast,
"Slow progress is being made on the
railroad at present, but the work will
mo faster soon. The road is to be at
least 400 miles long. It will bring the
government coal fields to tidewater,
and that means cheap coal for the
whole Pacific coast. But the greatest
thing this railroad will do will be to
Drin&- the interior of Alaska close to
the people.
"The Tanan'a valley is 400 miles
long and 150 miles wide. I am merely
citing it as an instance. There are
many more similar valleys as big as
the Tanana. It is carpeted with soft
velvety moss. Oreat herds of moose
and caribou graze. That mosa can be
rolled back like a rug. Under the sod
there, are layers of ice which have
kept the soil constantly in a state of
sub-Irrigation. In summer the sun
, ahmes for 22 hours a dav. That land
Will produce the biggest cabbages and
potatoes in the world.
"Then there are the vast Matanuska
coai iieias. art of them have been
reserved by the government. But there
are thousands of acres of coal land
open for settlement. Every American
who wishes to. may own his own coal
mine.
"If. 1 described the kind of celery
they raise in Alaska, you wouldn't be
lieve me. The same holds good for
other kinds of, fruit and vegetables.
There are more fish than anywhere
else except Norway. At present with
out the railway wages are high in
Alaska, and if you can't get work you
can live on the country. Nobody goes
hungry there."
Oroalay'a Slogan Kevlsed.
As Senator Lane talked a beggar
appeared and begged a dime. Lane
Used him as an example.
"If that man would go to Alaska
he-could live like a prince," he said.
Here he begs. There are no beggars
,ln Alaska. It is the nearest thing to
the Uarden of Kden that has been dis
covered. "It would not be safe for settlers
to go into the interior at present in
expectation ot the railroad coming to
them immediately, because it will not
be there for several years. But any
able bodied: man could live there in
luxury without the railroad.
"A number of years ago Horace
Greeley said, "Go west, young man, find
grow up with the country.' Some JId.
Today they are wealthy and others
envy them and kick themselves be
cause they ignored Greeley's advice.
If Greeley were alive today he would
aay, 'Go to Alaska, young man, and
that advice would be every bit as
valuable as his advice to go west was
years ago."
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I Edith Hained Kuester.
A peb.ee song has been published by
Mrs. Florence Crawford. The words
are hers and the music was written
by Edith Haines Kuester, pianist-
composer, now of Seattle, who Is Mrs.
Crawford's guest at 715 Thompson
street. The song will be shown on
the screen at the Peoples theatre, be
ginning today.
United Railways
Traffic Is Missed
Commission Points Out That Only, Re
course for Bates Zs by Joint Agree
ment "With M. V. as 9 Company.
Salem, Or., April 19; In reply to a
flood of letters' from Hlllsboro and
other points" on the -United Railways,
. the state railroad commission Is send
ing out letters to the effect that it
can do nothing toward forcing the
"company to resume traffic. The com
i mission points out that the only ar
; rangement that can be made Is to get
joint rates with Spokane, Portland &
Seattle Railway company. The cora-
mission already has taken the matter
up with the traffic people of the lines
concerned and has received a promise
that they will meet the commission, if
there is not a disturbance of all rates
between Portland and Astoria. The Sat
urday to Monday rule has been re
stored but not on' the same basis as
that of the United Railways.
The commission says in its letters
that it is confident that had the rates
fixed by the commission, been accepted
by all concerned no on would have
been charged an unreasonable amount.
"The people beyond Linnton had
rights, but they were rather negligent
In permitting the assumed interest of
one community to overshadow the
'rights of other localities," the com
mission writes.
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from a county wide standpoint are the
I special steamer chartered to carry the
i Umatilla county delegation from hers
to The Dalles and the Umatilla county
j souvenir program which Is about ready
for circulation. :
Stories of themj
cStreet and 1 own
BIlL'STRANDBORG spent Saturday
afternoon taking Harry Wilson,
night i editor and assistant managing
editor of the Philadelphia Record, out
for an automobile ride. Besides being
Chief jMut, Bill is a member and one
of the founders of the Elevated Order
of Glacials, a newspaper and raid road
fraternity, organized three years ago
in Glacier national park, and Wilson is
also a member. One of the obligations
when a brother Glacial hits town, is to
drop all work and take the visiting
brother "to the little place around the
corner." Like all good newspaper men,
Wilson does not flirt with highballs, so
Bill took him for an atito ride.
AE. CLARK, prominent attorney,
. "was once a crack amateur base
ball pitcher.
.
THE recent death of Judge Thomas
ODay, who was a favorite among
lawyers and Judges, recalled to Circuit
Judge McGinn the first time he had
the pleasure of seeing and hearing
judge ODay.
"Twenty-five years ago." said Judge
McGinn, "I wanted to hear a talk in
favor of Sylvester Pennoyer, who was
then a candidate for governor. I at
tended a meeting in East Portland and
Judge O'Day spoke. I had my desire,
for that was certainly a Pennoyer
speech."
"When Judge O'Day was on the
bench," said Attorney John Van Zandt,
"I tried a lien case before him, in
which I represented the defense. Judge
O'Day had had experience as a builder,
and listened to both sides with inter
est. The plaintiff wanted $160 for a
dormer window built extra on the
house involved. Judge O'Day waited
until the attorney representing the
plaintiff had finished and then
drawled:
" I could build a much bigger dor
mer for that amount. I'll allow you
525.'
"The $25 for the dormer stuck, too."
MELVIN G. WINSTOCK is one of
the best Lincoln authorities in
Portland. He has delivered hundreds
of lectures on the life of Lincoln, and
he puts fire in his orations on the great
American.
NATURALIZATION day in Judge
McGinn's court is always interest
ing. A score or more foreigners re
cently took the oath of allegiance to
Uncle Sam. They are put through a
catechism regarding the form of gov
ernment and positions of authority in
this country.
"What is the difference between the
federal government and the state gov
ernment?" the Judge asked one appli
cant for citizenship.
The man shook his head.
"Don't you know what the federal
government Is?"
The man remained perplexed.
"That is a pretty hard word for a
cabinetmaker," said the Judge.
"And Judge," Interrupted the clerk,
"he has a wife and seven children."
"That helps," replied the Judge. "He
is all right."
During the morning session only one
applicant was denied. He was given
30 days more in which to gather a
little more information as to the form
of government this country has.
Declares Germany
Is Angry at U. S.
Sale cf Ammunition by United States
Firms Causes Widespread reeling-,
Says Returned Traveler.
London, April 4. (Bv mail to New
Tork.) (U. K) Widespread tinker
agatnst America prevails pverywliere
In Germany; Kngland is the object of
intense hatred: France is pitied and
Russia is regarded merely as stupid
and inferior, according to David Grad
Wohl, of San Francisco.
Gradwohl has Just returned from a
visit to Leipzic, Nurnberg, Sonneberg
and Berlin as a buyer of toys. Tlu
sale of ammunition by American firms
to the allies has aroused a bitter feel
ing that has penetrated into every part
of Germany, he said.
There la no truth In the report that
Germany is nearing" starvation, Grad
wohl said. Likewise, stories that Ger
many; has exhausted her draft of men
of military age, he declared to be in
ventions. Oakland Cleans Up
For Odd Fellows
Merchants Take Sand In Preparing
Welcome to Delegates Expected to
Attend. Convention.
Oakland, Or., April 19. The Douglas
county association I. O. O. F. will hold
its annual reunion in this city April
26. i
Extensive preparations are being
made for the accommodation of the
visitors, and every citizen of Oakland
has been appointed a committee of
one to act on reception.
Many of the enterprising business
men have brightened up their stores
with fresh paint, which will add ma
terially to the general cleanliness and
beauty of the city.
The city council In cooperation with
the local lodge I. O. O. F., has had
all the streets and alleys cleaned. The
public school is to be dismissed for
the occasion, a holiday having- been
proclaimed by the board of trustees.
Special trains trill arrive here from
both ends of the county, and a con
servative estimates places the number
of visitors at 1500 should weather
conditions like the present prevail.
The Douglas County band has been
engaged for the day, and together
with the Oakland Choral club, will par
ticipate in the two programs to be
given for the visitors' entertainment.
Dinner is to be served to all by the
Daughters of Rebecca at open air pa
vilion, rest places and benches are to
be provided along the Btreets In shaded
places for the guests,
Oakland bids fair to retain with dig
nity the proud name it has so long
enjoyed for good time and hospitality.
The next reunion will te held in
Roseburg in 1916.
BOOTBLACK KILLS WIFE
Oakland, CaL. April 19. (U. P.)
After a quarrel, Michael Lucia, a Sam
Francisco bootblack, followed his wife
to her aunt's house here, spoke kindly
to her, handed their child a coin, then
grasped the woman's hand and shot
her through the heart. He waited for
the police.
Northwestern Now "Weekly.
Klamath Falls. Or., .April 19.
Klamath Falls now has but one daily
newspaper, the Evening Herald, as
the Klamath Falls Northwestern, for
merly issued mornings, is now to be
Issued only- weekly. Announcement to
this effect was made Saturday by Sam
Evans, editor and owner.
There Is also a change In the weekly
newspaper field here, for In addition
to Evans' weekly. Miss Catherine
Prehm of Merrill, has consolidated the
Merrill Record and the Fort Klamath
News as the Klamath Record, and will
move her plant to Klamath Falls this
week. It Is reported that another
weekly Is soon to be established at
Merrill.
Robert Allen Dies.
Forest Grove. Or., April 19. Robert
Gibson Allen died here April 3 at his
home on East Third street. Mr. Allen
was born at Monmouth, I1L, September
3, 1839. He married Miss Eliza Dag
get In 1865. Seven children were born
to them, and all are living.
PONDER awhile
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When we say they're the
best $15 Suits made, we
mean just what we say.
That means, too, that
when you. buy a Moyer
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saving real dollars!
And you're buying good
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Second and Morrison
Third and Oak
Umatilla Getting
Ready i for Fete
City Is Being Given Good Cleaning ;
Btreets Will Be Xagfcted and There
Will Be Joy on Every Band.
Umatilla, Or., April 19. Plans for
the Celilo canal celebration to be held
here on May 4 are progressing rapidly.
Fully 1000 visitors are expected to par
ticipate In the celebration here.
During the next week a dancing pa
vilion will be completed on the banks
of the Columbia rlver.i streets will be
lighted with stringers of lights and
much street work will be done. For
some time the city has been pushing
a cleanup campaign and by the end of
the month the Btreets land alleys will
shine as never before, j Umatilla coun
ty, as a whole, is to be represented in
the local celebration. The big features
Klamath Rookeries
Will Be Protected
Federal Department of Agriculture Is
sues Order That Visitors Shall Hot
(Be Permitted Until Birds Mature.
Klamath Falls,' Or., April 19. Ac
cording to an order issued by the bio
logical survey of the United States
department of agriculture, no visitors
will be allowed at the bird rookeries
In Lower Klamath lake reserve until
the young birds are hatched and suf
ficiently matured to care for them
selves. This Is to prevent a high mor
tality rate among the thousands of
pelicans, shags, cormorants, grebes,
herons, crrnts and other migratory
waterfowl that annually nest and hatch
on the floating tule Islands In the lake.
; Heretofore, sightseeing parties have
visited the rookeries during nesting
season, and, .frightening the old birds
away by their approach, they uncon
sciously caused the unborn young to
die through the chilling of the eggs.
Stay of Execution
Granted American
Intervention by United States Govern
ment Saves Arthur Tappan, Whom
Mexicans Had Condemned.
Washington, D. G, AprU 19. T. N.
S.) Intervention by the United States
government today secured respite for
Arthur Tappan of New Tork, under
sentence of death at Yucatan, Mexico,
following court-martial proceedings.
INews of the stay in execution was
received here today by President Wil
son from John R. Sllliman, American
agent at Vera Cruz. Sllllman's report
stated that the Mexican authorities
had agreed to a new trial under the
law providing that the death penalty
should not be exacted for the offense
charged against Tappan.
The nature of Tappan's offense is
unknown here, but It is thought .that
all danger of his life being lost Is
now past.
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JL ara valuar bien
un diamante se debe
ir a un perito en
diamantes"
"For the valuation of a diamond"!
go to a diamond expert" J
Let me tell you of a conversation I over
heard Iikt spring while I was in Tampa.
You perhaps know that to every cigar
maker 1 is given each week a certain
number of cigars by 1 the factory which
employs him.
I chanced to pass by, on one of those
balmy Florida evenings, the home of a
cigar maker. He stood in the open door
way conversing with a friend from another
f actoryi I will translate from the Spanish
what passed between them.
"Do you have a cigar about you, Jose?"
asked one.
"I have three Van Dyck Cigars," was
the answer. '
" For one ot them I will give you two
of these s," urged the first.
Now I who know cigars so well, was
greatly pleased to hear my own judgment
confirmed in this way
I inquired about. I found that the
superiority of the Van Dyck is so gen
erally recognized that in friendly exchange.
Van Dyck cigar makers frequently secure
two of another make for one of their
precious Van Dycks which costs you or
me no more than the other cigar.
So I say that When I wish a diamond
valued I go to a diamond expert. When
I wish to know the tnie value of a cigar,
I ask no better judgment than that of the
expert Cuban cigar-maker. I am proud
that his opinion agrees with mine. More
than ever, I appreciate the delicate, Ha
vana aroma of my friendly Van Dyck.
(Notes The above is based upon an
actual experience The Manufacturers.)
Havana all Havana Spanish made
j ' Two for a quarter and up
M. A. Gonst & Co., Inc., Distributors -1 1 1
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Tuesday, Another Wonderful Millinery Day
$5.95
For Any Group of 400 Trimmed Hats Selling to $12.00 -
This sale is the most important announcement of the season in connection with millinery.
This second day's sale will come as welcome news to the many women who were unable to
attend Monday's selling. ! ; r
Hats of beauty and individuality, such as have never been offered in our history at such a
low figure. j ... ).-. - Second Floor
Is Your Dollie 111?
Our Doll Hospital
Is fully equipped to care for
all forms of illness that a doll
is subject to. Hera you may
leave your doll babies and the
kindest nurse imaginable will
see that tbey are fully re
paired and sent home to you
as good as new." And last,
but not least. th prices are
surprisingly small. Leave all
dolls in the doll shop. 6tU Tl.
Mail and Telephone Orders Filled by Expert Shoppers
of J Merit Only
Pacific Phone Marshall 5000
Horn Phone A-669J
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
An All Important Sale
Apr
ons
50c Cov'all Aprons
In full 57-inch leneth. Of
good quality percale, in light
and dark patterns, in checks,
figured stripes and dots. Made
regulation coverall style, with
round neck, kimono sleeves,
turn-back cuffs, belted back,
pocket, finished with white
pipings. Sizes 1. 2 and 3.
Exactly as illustrated.
39c
New Style Aprons
Made of light and dark col
ored percale, in fancy figured
designs. Made 1 in slipover
style, buttons from shoulder to
uhder-arm. With round neck,
kimono sleeves, belted all
around, fastens to the front,
finished with white bias pip
ings and pocket.
Exactly as illustrated.
50c
$1.50 Belgian Sets
Three-piece housa dress sets
consisting of jacket, skirt and
cap, in dainty pink, blue and
lavender, check gingham, fin
ished with bias striped bind
ings. Jacket fastens to side,
has V-neck, short sleeves and
wide belt. Plain gored skirt,
and revere style cap.
Exactly as illustrated.
Fourth moor.
$1.19
New White Chinchilla Coats
$17.50 if Sold at Regular Price.
Sale $12.50
Strictly tailor made, in new 38-inch length.
Of a fine quality white chinchilla, now so
much in vogue for Spring and early Summer
wear. Made in belted back style, with large
black velvet collar; turned-back cuffs and
two pockets. A very smart model excep
tionally priced. ( Third Floor
Comfort in Modart Front-Laced Corsets is a
quality that cannot be described. It must be felt
and it is only by the use of correct design and
superior materials in combination with good
workmanship that a corset will stay stylish and
comfortable until worn out.
A trial fitting convinces.
Modart Corsets on kale here from
$3.50 to $15.00. Fourth Floor
And still they come
Finer Materials Better Styles Than Before
In This Tuesday Offering of
Verilbest Waists
Featuring Five New Models
Very Special i $1.00
Newness and daintiness form the keynote of these voile and organdy
"Veribest" Blouses in plain and allover embroidered -effects. Show
ing the newest ideas in collars, in sleeves, in manner of trimmings.
Third Floor
Tuesday we will continue this great
Sale of Much Wanted Laces
In Two Lots At Two Exceptional Prices
Laces selling to $1.50 for 2,5 C
Laces selling to $3.50 for 49c
A most extraordinary offering,' indeed, is this, for it includes the
most sough t-f or laces of the season. Edges, insertions and all
overs. Venise laces, Chantilly. Oriental laces. Maline laces, Cluny
laces. Shadow laces, embroidered nets, metal laces.
The most artistic, the newest' designs in laces1 for all sorts of
trimming purposes laces that are in greatest favor.
This is truly an extrtaordinary sale. It is so far and away be
yond the usual lace sale in greatness of scope and supremacy that
no woman can afford to miss this exceptional opportunity.
First Floor
TUESDAYSECOND DAY OF THE j
S:l Imported and American
litL Foulards Selling Regularly
Sale at Sale
8eooa4 - Z loor.
50.
Sale of Garden Hose
Goodyear Hose, Guaran
teed
Trout Hose. Cotton Covered
50 ft. length, Vz in. $3.98
25 ft. length, a in. $1.99
SO ft. length, 34 in. $4.48
25 ft. length, in. $2.24
Black Tortoise Hose
Of 5-ply ruhben--50
ft. length, Vin. $3.98
25 ft. length, Va in. $1.99
50 ft. length, in. $4.48
25 ft. length, in. $2.24
Indian Red Rubber
Hose 7-ply
50 ft. length, y2 in. $5.73
25 ft. length, 12 in. $2.86
50 ft. length, in. $6,38
25 ft. length, in. $3.19
A Solid Brass Diamond
Nozzle Free with every
50 ft. length hose.
Basement,
Tuesday Special Demonstration, of
Hoover Electric Suction Sweepers
Mr. W. A. Haxvley, Direct From the Hoover Factory,
Will personally demonstrate the many superior features of this Sweeper and convince
you that It U the best Suction Sweeper manufactured.
-Attend this special demonstration before upsetting the house for Spring cleaning.
Tbe Hoover will do all your cleaning without upsetting the house'
and with very little-effort on your part.
Sold in various sizes and at popular prices.
Easy Payment Plan $5 Down. 55 Month
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