THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY," MAY 21, 1915.
VESTERN GOVERNORS
NEARLY ALL FAVOR
VATERPOWEH BILL
Ferns Measure Declared to
Be Step in Right Direction
. by Conferees at Seattle
SECRETARY TELLS PLAN
line's Zda Tm to Open TXp BtonitM
ty Permit System Bo u to 0
cur Development Honey.
Governors of the western states,
with two exceptions, expressed fullest
sympathy with the plan of Secretary
of the Interior Franklin K. Lane for
government ' control of water powers
under "; the - sofcalled Ferris bill, ac
cording to the' declaration of ex-Governor
Oswald "West of Oregoa, who re
turned today from the governors con
ference at Seattle.
"The v papers read and the discus
sions hal developed the fact that most
of the matters complained of were
the result of existing conditions," Bald
West, "and it was the sentiment of
the majority of those j. attending the
conference that the Ferris bill, fath
ered ,by Secretary Lane, was a step In
the right direction.
"It was believed by most of the
governors that the measure will re
move many of the obstacles which
now stand in the way of the develop
ment of the water power possibilities
of the west and that greater progress
towards unlocking and developing our
resources can be made by following
a 'role of reason' and working shoulder
to shoulder with Secretary Lane, who
was proving himself a friend of the
west, than, by continuing a campaign
of opposition ' and obstruction.
Matter In Abeyance.
"It was decided to hold the whole
matter in abeyance until in adjourned
' session cf this conference, which will
be held in Portland next September."
Governor "West said as a matter of
fact only Governor Carlson of Colo
rado and Governor Spry of Utah ex
pressed opposition to the bill, their
opposition being not eo much to the
: advantage- of the west as to the prin
ciple that the states rather than the
federal . government should have con
trol and that' the power companies
.should not be restricted.
Governor West took to the confer-
" ence a message from Secretary Laner
who urged the governors to consider
the need of the west from the Broad
est possible viewpoint.
Secretary lane's Massage.
"Secretary Lane says in hia mes
sage: v.-
"The government bas. spent $100,
000,000 in reclamation throughout the
west. It wiB take $35,000,000 or $40,
t)0t,000 more" to complete the projects
already undertaken. Under the new 20
. year extension law, and under the rate
of income from land sales, it will take
20 years to raise the-amount neces
sary. to complete these projects. We
manifestly need an- addition to the
reclamation fund. ,
4astern Washington, eastern , Ore
Bjon, southern Idaho, Utah, Arizona,
N Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming ;and
Montana have large tracts-; which
should be developed" iand which never
can be developed excepting under ir
rigation. Where is the necessary money
to come from? ,
i "I have repeatedly said that the
xnoney hat comes out of western re
sources ought to be used" in the de
velopment of the west. In accordance
with this thought I have tried to He
cure the passage of legislation that
would do two things open our west
ern resources to ' immediate develop
ment and secure out of this develop
ment money , with which the west can
be developed by new reclamation
projects.. We have no law under which
capital will i undertake to develop
hydro-electric power 'apon 'government
. land because no one has power ;to
-grant a permit for --he use of these
lands excepting one that is revokable
at the pleasure of the secretary of
the interior.
Capital Sot Unreasonable.
This is not satisfactory to capital
and capital is not unreasonable- in
demanding, that a permit shall be
granted for a fixed term. Therefore,
I have urged that the permit be made
for CO years. But I will not agree
that the people, of the country and of
the states , and of the municipalities
shall no, nave another chance to de
termine what is a wise policy to pur
sue with . respect to the development
of hydro-electric power. Accordingly,
I have urged that at the end of 60
years the government shall have the
right to renew the permit, or that the
states' or the municipalities, or the
federal . government shall have Vie
right to take over the plants by pay
ing the fair Value of the physical
property. No one can tell what the
-value ofra great' dam site will be 60
years from now. During the , early
years of such' a! permit the revenues
of the - government from such lands
should be " practically 'nothing and
what revenues come later should go
into the reclamation fund.
"I have : also urged that our oil
lands should be i developed under . the
leasing system. I If the oil developed
from government lands in the last 15
years had paid a - royalty to the gov
ernment instead f of to the men j.who
took the land up for nothing, it has
been estimated by oil men that we
would have" had, a royalty of more
than $60,000,000, one-half of which
could have gone into reclamation work
and the other half Into -the state where
the oil was discovered, for good roads
and schools. j
Suggestions in Two Bills. :.
"In tho northwest, where lands are
cultivated intensively, we need to de
velop ret tiltzer nitrate which we can
get from the air by electricity, and
phosphates which we can get out of
oar own soil in Montana, Idaho and
other states. There is no law now
under which phosphate land can be
taken up and put into service. Why
should this, be? ! The same is true of
potash, of which we know of? some
very small deposits only. As to coal,
the plan is to leave :he present pur
chasing law, but to enact a leasing
law under which a man, instead of
paying a large price down for coal
land, can pay a ; small royalty out of
the coal as it is produced and use his
capital for development. And all these
funds are to go into our reclamation
fund, and be divided . with the -states.
"The suggestions riven above are
embodied in two bills known as the
water power bill and the general leas
ing bill. These, as you know, have
passed the house and the senate com
mittee. They have the Indorsement
of the administration. It is not pos
sible to turn over the government
lands to the states. . Everyone here
concedes this. The program outlined
is One that can' be rassed, and that
will be of immeasurable value to the
west.".
Three. More Added
To City Population
There's' lots of excitement in the of
fice of City Purchasing Agent Wood
as result of events occuring in the
last 48 hours.
Tuesday night twins were born to
the wife of P. L. Cover, ah inspector
of the purclmsing bureau, and Wed
nesday night a nine pound baby girl
was bom to the wife of E. W. Charles,
chief clerk of the same bureau, Charles
lives at 632 East Fifty-first street,
north.
When writing or calling on adver
tisers, you will confer a favor byrnen
tioning The Journal. (A3"v.)
LIMERICK CONTEST
VILL CONCLUDE AT
' MIDNIGHT, TONIGHT
Writers of Best Verses About
Buffalo Bill to Be An
nounced Sunday,
AWARDS AFTER PARADE
Old Indian lighter Himself Will' Be
on Sand at The Journal Of
fice Monday Hoon.
Law-w-w-w-stt-t-t-t-t-t and. flnall-1-1-1-1
call.
For tonight there comes an end to
the contest" of The Journal for the
best limericks to be written about Buf
falo Bill. At midnight . tonight, the
Contest Editor rolls . up his sleeves,
takes off his coat and begins to go
over the hundreds of letters which
have come into the of rice of The Jour
nal since the contest started. And he
will continue to work all night tonight.
And all day tomorrow. And a part
of tomorrow night, that the winners
may be announced in the Sunday morn
ing issu-4 of The Journal.
But Just because the contest is to
end at midnight tonight does not
mean that there is not a chance for
you to enter. . There is lots of time
until midnight and a person can
write a Jimerick in five minutes that
is, if you are used to writing them.
And who lis there in the world who
has not amused himself by .writing
the fine line lilts about some sub
ject or other. .
But perhaps you -haven't heard about
the contest? Perhaps you have been
away out in the woods somewhere,
where the papers did not reach you,
and this is the first you have heard of
it. 'Then allow it to be known that
The Journal is offering prizes which
aggregate $50 and 50 reserved seats
to i the Sells Floto Circus and Buffalo
Bill's Original Wild West, which is
tof be in Portland next Monday and
Tuesday, for the best limericks sub
mitted to the Contest 2ditor of The
Journal before midnight tonight.
And any one of the prizes is worth
having. The Sells Floto circus loudly
announces that is is the biggest circus
in the world. Certainly it has enough
attractions to give it cause for that
announcement And specially this year,
there Is Buffalo Bill and bis original
wild westerners, i, Rosa Rosaland, the,
best somersault rider in the world;
Lucia Zora,' the woman who trains
and performs three Iwrds of elephants
at one time, and many other features.
eento :two -calliopes and 40 clowns.
Therefore, you'll want to see it. And
why not go as the guest of The Jour
nal? All that is necessary-Is to write
that limerick. Make- it funny, make
it serious, make it light or heavy or
clever. Just as you choose. Just so it
isn't derisive. Then mail it to Tne
Journal so it . will reach the Contest
Editor before midnight -tonight.
The -winners are .-to be announced
Sunday. Then Monday at noen, fol
lowing the big parade of the Sella
Floto circus, Buffalo Bill himself will
appear before the' office of The-Journal
B3C personally distribute the prizes
to their winners. And you'll want to
be one of the fortunate ones. -
So come into the contest!
Will Try Farnam
On Murder Charge;
Roseburg,rOr., May 21. Tuesday,
June 1, Is the date set by Judge J. W.
Hamilton for the trial of Koy Farnam,
who is 'charged with having murdered
his sweetheart, 15-year-old Edna Mor
gan, and burned her body in a barn
near Glendale on the night of Decem
ber 8, last. Young- Farnam, who is 22
years old, is at present serving a 15
year sentence in the Oregon peniten
tiary, following his conviction here
last January of a statutory crime
against the girl.
What evidence the state has against I
young Farnam' on the murder charge Is j
not publicly known, but Sheriff Quine, j
wno spent ronsiaeraDie ume iuu
gating the matter, hopes to secure, a
conviction. District Attorney Neuner
will have charge of the prosecution.
He may be assisted by Attorney Gen
eral Brown, who formerly was district
attorney here, aad who handled the
prosecution in the first two trials on
the statutory charge against Farnam.
Attorney W. W. Cardwell, who defend
ed young Farnam in the previous
trials, also will have charge of the
defense in the murder trial.
Three trials were necessary to con
vict Farnam on the first charge.
Plans Again Revised.
The plan of property owners along
Stark street to extend the thorough
fare through to the hills on the west
side has, again been revised. With
Commissioner Daly they viewed the
street this morning. It is the plan
of Commissioner Daly to have the
United Railway tracks on Stark street
removed And a single track which will
allow for a loop system of street cars
through the business district take its
place. !
MOYER A , rlW
; Second and Morrison v
Third and Oak .
Whether you sit at
the desk or stand at
the bench, you will
be pleased with a
Moyer $15 Suit.
Judge them by
their service, not
"by their modest
price.
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Co Convalescent Some, Twenty-fifth
and Xovejoy, Portland, Oregon.
Thones Main 5990. A-1313.
Oregon HumaneSociety
574 Belmont St.
Phones East 1433, B-2515.
OPEN SAT A2TTJ SIQHT.
Report all cases of cruelty to this
office. Lethal chamber for small ani
mals. Horse ambulance for sick r
disabled animals at a moment's notice.
7 Coffee on tte vacation,
1 I I tne week-end outing and l
7 III' cruise it is packed in v V
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I last. Steel cut no cnaff. I I
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S- W . The Oldest and largest Coffee: kWvi HCflPt
Roasters In the Northwest. ? 5 JJj :
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On
Northern j Pacific Ry
; ' - ! Between
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. And Intermediate Stations
Leave Portland 7: 30 A. M., 4:10 P. M., 11:30 P. M.
The Famous Northern Pacific Dining Service ,
on all Day, Trains
EXCURSION FARES
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Daily, May 15 to Sept. 30. Low
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and berth tickets and all assistance.
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A. D Charlton, A. G. P. A. .
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Portland, Oregon
Last Day 65 th A
WITH SALES ALL OVERTHIS GREAT STORE
nniversary
MAIL ORDERS FILLED BY EXPERT SHOPPERS
qffll CO
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MercKanclise or
Pacific Phone Marshall 5000
Merit Only"
Home Phone A-6691
AN EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF MILLINERY
Genuine Milan Hemp and Escargot Braid
Uritrimmed Stapes
Never Sold Less TTian $lvBo to $3.50
Sale 95c
Large sailors email sailors medium sailors rolling
brims and many other latest shapes for Summer wear'.
. Second Floor
Toilet and Drug Sale
With Astonishing Anniversary Specials
Over 500 Articles at Sale Prices
First Zloor
I
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SAVED FOR THE LAST DAY
To End the Anniversary Sale
With an' Everlasting Reminder
700NewShirts
Selling at $2.25, $2.00 and $1.50
Silk madras, silk soisette, and ,satin stripes. The most
beautiful collection of mid-summer shirts we have ever had
the pleasure to show. "The syle, the fit, Jhe tailoring are
perfect. In all sizes, in an immense variety of colorings and
patterns. Made in summer style, with plain bosom and
soft finish cuffs. We place no restriction on quantity. You
may supply your entire summer's needs. First Floor
New Summer Neckwear f)n
REGULARLY 75c TO $125 JKJVf
Organdie, voile and Oriental lace vestees, flat collars, lace
trimmed, and Swiss embroidered collars. Collar and cuff sets,
hand embroidered. Fine net guimpes with the popular high
necks. ' First Floor
Regular 25c Pure Linen Handkerchiefs
ANNIVERSARY SALE' 12c
Fine, sheer quality all pure linen, with quarter-inch hems and
embroidered corners in new floral designs. Handkerchiefs that
never sell at less than 25c regularly. First Floor
ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS IN GLOVES
$1.25 Pure Silk,
Elbow Length . . 89c
Heavy quality, superior silk, in
black only.
$1.00 Double Tipped
16-Button Silk, ..... .79c
Pure silk eldves, in sand and
. white. All sizes. ,
75c Tricot Silk, 16- -Button
Length. . . . . DzfC
Good quality tricot silk, white
only. All sizes.
50c Pure Silk, Two
Clasp Style ........ 39c
Black and white, double-tipped.
Good quality. First Floor
Women's Silk Boot and Silk Fibre Hosiery
Regular 50c Qualities SALE 39c
Black, white and all the new Spring shades, including; pinks, em
erald, putty, sand, gray, smoke, navy, sky, bronze in fact, almost
every color and shade to match the Summer frock. Made with
double garter top reinforced heel and toe. 4 First Floor
Women's Kayser Summer Underwear
$1.00 KAYSER UNION SUITS, ANNIVERSARY, 79c
Summer weight, low neck, sleeveless, knee length, band or beaded
top. Reinforced for extra wear.
75c KAYSER VESTS, ANNIVERSARY, 49c
Fine Swiss-ribbed vests, full length and elastic Low neck, sleeve
less, fancy crocheted yokes. V;
$1.75 KAYSER UNION SUITS, ANNIVERSARY, $139
Low neck, sleeveless, lace-trimmed knee. Perfect fitting, fine Swiss
ribbed. Summer weight. v First Floor
115 Anniversary Suits Selling to $6.50
Saturday $4.95
With One and Two Pairs of Full-Lined Pants
Regulation Norfolk pleated arid double-breasted styles, in fine
all-wool fancy mixtures, checks and stripes. Extra well made and
tailored. Sizes 6 to, 1 8 years. '
Fine tailored all-wool suits regularly $9.50
V Anniversary $5.95
Regulation and English ' Norfolk suits, perfect fitting, mohair
lined, pants lined and taped. Fine all-wool materials, in grays, tans,
browns. Sizes 6 to 16 years.
Our best $11.50 woo! suits, Sale $7.95 .
Our best $13.50 wool suits, Sale $8.95
Suits of character, fit and finish, of the best all-wool material,
greatest variety of. models and patterns. Size's 6 to 17 years.
Tapeless Percale Blouses, Sale 50c
Sizes 8 to 14 years, j With separate .detachable soft collar. In
fancy light striped percales, tapeless style.
Genuine Panama Hats, selling at $5.00
-.Vf $3.95'-: ' ;
Extra fine quality Panama, in telescope shape, with black silk
band around crown. Sizes for boys 6 to 16 years.
Straw Hats at Anniversary Prices
Regularly 65c, $1.00, $1.35, $1.75 to $5.00
Sale 48c, 79c, 98c, $1.39 to $3.98
White, black, navy, burnt and fancy combination straws, all
styles, wide and narrow trims. !
" Other Anniversary Sales for Boys
$1.00 Corduroy Pants . . . . . . .r ... ........... .69c
$135 Pajamas of soisette .................. .95c
$1J50 Shirts of fancy men's shirtings. ......... .98c
To $2.50 striped flannel Shirts ....... . ...... $1.00
' All-he-needs" Undergarments at. . .......... .50c
-ronrth Ploor.
Anniversary Sales From 4th Floor Section
Girls' Coasts
Regular $5.00 to $17.50 Sale $4.45 to $13.95
Our best Spring styles, inxnavy serges, fancy plaids, tan pop
lins, Covert cloth and fancy mixtures, in a wide assortment of
the latest models for girls 8 to 14 years.
EXTRA SPECIAL!
Children's Coats ' '
Regular to $7.00 Sale $2.95
Box coats, full or half-belted styles, double or single-breasted,
in navy blue, tan, Copenhagen, blue and brown serges, black and
white novelty checks and plaids. Some with white pique collars.
Sizes 2 to 6 years.
Middy Blouses
Regular Price $1.35 VSale 98c
Of extra quality jean, air white or white with
Made with dickey and trimmed with white braid.
years and 40 bust.
navy collars.
Sizes 8 to 20
25 TAILORED SPRING SUITS
Models for Misses and Small Women '
Sold Formerly from $30,00 to $35.00
Saturday $5.00
- Wool crepes, serges, diagonals, fancy suitings, in tailored
and fancy novelty styles. Jackets lined with best quality
peau de cygne, skirts plain er fancy models. ,
- Tonrth Ploor.
New Priscilla Sunbonnets
Anniversary Special 29c
For children, misses and women. Sun bonnet or sun hat shapes,
adjustable, can be opened flat for ironing. In light and dark colors.
! , ' Tomtlx Tloor.
EXTRA!
Children's Dresses
Regular 75c and 85c Sale 59c' '
A new assortment just received, in plain percales, checked.
; plaid and striped gingham, high or long-waisted styles, pleated
skirts, stitched and loose belts, trimmed with pipings and band--.
ings. ' Great variety of colors and styles. Sizes 2 to 6 yrs.
Children's Dresses
Regular $1.25 to $1.50 Sale 98c j
Fresh, new dresses in white poplins, combined with colored
; crepes, in fancy striped crepes and fancy plaid corded ging
hams, in a large assortment of new styles and colors. Sizes 2
.i to 6 years. ,
Girls' Dresses
Regular $1.25 to $135 Sale 89c
Regular $2.00 to $2.25 Sale $1.59
Two exceptional lots of dresses in ginghams, corded ging
. hams, percales, chambrays. plain and flowered crepes,' in high
waisted. suspender, long and regulation waisted. vestees,
guimpe and other new styles in plain colors, stripes, plaids, dots.
Sizes 7 to 14 years.'
. Elastic and Shirred Waist Aprons
Regular $1.00 Aprons, Sale 79c
The aprons many women have been waiting for. Made of plain
blue, pink, lavender, chambray, or blue, pink.. lavender and white
checked gingham. Made with, round neck, short kimono sleeves.
Sleeves, neck, pocket and side front opening, trimmed with plain
or checked banding. . Adjustable elastic, waistline or shirred waist
line. Also come in light and dark figured and striped percales with
plain bandings. . . . Fourth Floor
1
Children's Hats
Regular to $1.75, Sale 69c
Regular to $3.98, Sale 98c -
Sizes 2 to 6 years, in crepes, dotted Swiss, fancy,
straws and wash materials, tailored and dress hats, both poke
and hat shapes, trimmed with fine ribbons, flowers or feather
' stick-ups. ' , .
Infants' Bonnets
Regular to $1.25, Sale 59c
Sizes up to 2 years. f Of dotted Swiss, crepes, lawn,
and embroidery in many dainty styles, revere caps, Normandy
and French styles, embroidery, lace, net and ribbon trimmings,
v :. -v . Toortli ?looz.