THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY IMORNING) NOVEMBER. 17. .181. it LOGGED OFF LANDS OF OREGON OFFER BIG OPPORTUNITY Portland Chamber of Commerce Plans to Clear Land for Re turning Soldier. GOVERNMENT AID IS ASKED Millions of Acres Open for Set tlement by Industrious Men and Women. SOLDIERS AT VANCOUVER WANT APPLES Th question of the economic condi tion which will prevail "after the war." when the vast army of American soldiers returns, has had the careful thought of the Chamber of Commerce. How beat to meet the situation, how best to at tract to Oregon the assured western migration-of a larte number of the sol diers, the released tens of thousands of munition workers, and others engaged In war Industries who may seek "a rharii?e" has been a subject of careful consideration. Government officials state that fol lowing; each of the wtirs In which this Rovernment has participated, there has been a shifting: of population from the crowded centers to "necr" sections of the country. "In the work of repatriation, it Is re alised that one of the chief alms of the country must be to help the returned sol diers to help themselves," said President Corbett of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. "Some plan must be devlBed which will In no way suggest charity for the sofdler, He does not want charity. H wants favorable oppor tunity to apply his efforts, and Is en titled to the best the country affords. "The adoption of a sound land settle- , ami Hi " ,..Ti 1 ;- 53 - j.Wr. '7' -' It' Lt - Wis Where the apples will be distributed the Y. M. C. A. at Vancouver barracks. The boys at Vancouver barracks want to go home for Thanksgiving. They want to ee the folks at home. They don't believe any year In history ever furnished so inspiring an opportunity to give thanks. But they won't get to go not many of them. They must stay at the camp, on duty. Naturally they are restless. They are just red blooded American boys who enlisted to fight and, If necessary, die for their country. Then a good many of them surrendered the hope of glory on the battlefield just to stay here and help get out airplane materials without , which the war could not have been won. Mrs. Velva D. Weller, who is camp hostess at the Vancouver barracks, ap peals to the farmers of Oregon and Southwestern Washington to make Thanksgiving more thankful and hap pier for the soldiers at Vancouver. She wants those who have apples ani can spare a few, to send them to her, charges collect, right away. A box. or a score of boxes or a hundred, will be received with the same cordial ap preciation. It will be difficult to send too many, for there are other days than Thanksgiving. There are soldiers in quarantine and soldiers in the hos pital, all of whom relish the juicy. directions. Mark the box or boxes plainly : Mrs. Velva D. -Weller, Camp Hostess, Y. M. C. A., Vancouver Barracks, Wash. Charges collect. Send by express. A special rate has been granted so that the bill which the T. M. C. A. will have to pay will not be over burdensome Just as an illustration. Vary, ona of the "Y secretaries at Vancouver bar racks, received 20 boxes of apples at Halloween from friends in White Sal mon valley. Twenty boxes sounds like a winter's supply, but in less than an hour after the boxes were opened every apple had disappeared. The boys S.S. F WiHAHA DAMAGED RUN DOWN OAS OM ASTORIA T JR. Story of Explosion on S. S. Dam- am Reaches San Francisco; Other Marine News. Corporal Woods :Is nrr n ., t-r i YYounaea m nana. ; To Hand Fighting Dallas, Nbv. 16. Word was received here today that Corporal Laird V. Woods, well known University of Ore gon man up to the time of his enlist ment, and a eon of I. N. Woods, local ! agent for the Southern Pacific, had been j Commercial Club Working nn wounded in a hand-to-hand fight WUIUIIICI Udl VIUD TVOrKing Ofl Plan to Get .Land to Setters 200,000 ACRES IN THE YAKIMA VALLEY WILL .BE acres being in holding of ICO acre an less and 45,(00 in larger tracts. RECLAMED SOON the Huns in October. Woods received a painful but not serious flesh wound in J the thigh from a fragment of a bursting ; hand grenade. He Is now a member of ! the 104th Infantry, part of the famous New England division, and has been in much of the hardest fighting of he war. Attorney H. C. Eakin of this city has Just received a cablegram announcing that his son. Lieutenant Jack B. Eakin, sanitary corps, had arrived safely over seas. Lieutenant Eakin Was formerlv Bect Growers Paid J Yakima. Nov. . The first boet pay. ment for the 1911 season was made al the factory of the Utah-Idaho Scant j company Friday when $40,000 was dts j trlbutvd to growers for 4000 tons 'de livered by them prior to November I. The tonnage was taken from approxl I mately 260 acres and the company ha ; yet to receive the tonnage from JOOU ad- ditional acr? and will handle during i the season about 0.000 tons of beets, j The beet fields are yielding an average I of 20 to 25 tons to the acre. at Nominal Figure. a member of the Oregon Agricultural j out a letter to the owners of the land college football team. luscious, red or yellow apples of Ore-1 in khaki at Vancouver all like apples, gon and Washington. These are . the j There are thousands of them. the problem of the government will be how best to enlist the cooperation of the owners In the plans of the govern ment policy by the federal government i ment for the reestablishment of the re has had the attention of the Secretary i turning soldiers. of the Interior,. Franklin K. Lane for several years; but anticipating the close of the war and ' the conditions which usually accompany the mustering out of the men in the military service, the sec- The subject has had the consideration of the federal and state authorities and commercial and development bureaus generally throughout the country. Thp Oregon land settlement commis- retary last May addressed to the presi- sion ls proceeding rapidly with plans for dent a letter on the subject, making deveiopment, not only of the logged-off lands of Oregon and Washington and 1 lands but also of the vast irrigable see the possibilities they ftffer the soldier- j tions of Sherman, Wheeler, Gilliam and nettlers." ! Morrow counties, which may be brought Some time ago. with the object in! under cultivation when water for them mind of a larger development of the is made available. The Irrigation prob Htate, the Chamber of Commerce under-! lem is to be handled in a separate sur took the organization of the State Cham- vey. her of Commerce. One of the functions It is safe to say that no section of of the proposed organization will be to attract to Oregon a large number of set tlers who will put Into operation a sys tem of Irrigation enterprises and culti vate our arid lands, or bring into pro ductivity the cut-over and burnt lands in the timbered sections of Oregon. In conjunction with the forestry de partment and Walter H. Graves, an en gineer of the I'nitcd States reclamation the United States offers better colonlza tion advantages than does the Pacific Northwest. In addition to the large acre age shown in the compilation pre sented herewith, there are vast areas of similar lands in Southwestern Wash ington and In a commercial way direct ly tributary to Portland. It is fortunate that the logged-off sections of Oregon generally lie in dis tricts favorably situated as to transpor tation. There have been important ex tensions of railroads and highway sys tems in Oregon the past few years which will make much easier the life of the colonist. The long period of pioneer ing, the hardships and privations en dured by the earlier settlers of the state, will not be experienced by the colonists of the future. If the government will devise a sys tem of colonization and reclamation, especially in the matter of the financing of such operations, there is no reason why Oregon and Washington should not be the most favored sections of the country in this particular. And f some logical solution of the problem ' ls produced, the large economic waste incident to the non-working of lands suitable for agricultural purposes will be eliminated. SUFFRAGE GAINS TWO STATES, DRYS FOUR IN THE RECENT ELECTIONS Republican Majority in Senate Is 49 to 47; in House, 239 to 193. Esti mat(l Popu Connty: lation. DnWA OA 'I 7 of the chamber undertook to obtain ac- . riackamas curate data in the matter of the logged- off lands of the state. The county as sessors were communicated with and every source of information was can vassed. The result of the survey is shown in the appended table, which rep Clutwp . . . olnmhia . . . Coos Crook Curry ..... DonflM . . . Deichatm , of the three organizations named. Harney 13.145 36.819 25,000 12.206 21,001 6.000 2.628 22,72 12,000 6,64 5 4,436 In this connection lt may be stated Jl"linB','r oVV tnai wnen me aeveiopmem oureau bud- i jeffrmon mitted its final report' to Thornton T. j Josephine Munger. of the forestry division, and to 1 Klamath Mr, Graves, it was approved by them, j I'le and doubtless will become the basis. 80 ' in'i'n' " ' ' far a,s Oregon Is concerned, of the plans j , 'jnn under consideration by the department j Malheur '! '. of the Interior for the intensive devel-! Marion ... opment of the sparsely settled sections j Multnomah of the country. ' r?i'ik ''I' As will be noted from an examination i TmiSa .' of the table, Oregon possesses vast j i;nion areas of rich lands for farming, dairy- ' Wallowa ". mg, cattle raising and horticultural pur- Waco poses, ruitable for reclamation and colo nization purposes. As most of the cut : sver lands are in private ownership. Washington Yamhill . . 4,400 8.785 15.000 5,1 13 37,360 6.702 26,675 13,913 46,919 885,000 1.6.159 10.000 23.270 17,882 9.536 18,694 23.270 21.148 Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Total Improred Timbered Burnt and AgTicul- Area. Area. Area. Leeged. tural. 1. 958. 400 116.910 487,509 81.376 440,320 70.054 168.627 4,560 1,390 1,192.960 102,418 500.440 100.000 10,000 525.440 6.274 339.120 J23.530 61,765 423,680 16,000 180,095 200,000 70,000 J.041,920 32,947 387,189 262.965 100,000 780.048 72.073 130,251. 3,000 ...... 958,720 3.500 414.738 91.000 10.000 3.150,080 98,070 1,801,224 470.000 240,000 '1.928,077. .69,558 305.279 20.306 2.892.800 41,045 1.111..352 8.987 1,000 6,357.120 583,141 537,678 3.000 347.520 23.1.80 153.000 30,000 8.000 1.815.040 115,000 1.145.439 32,000 10,000 530.290 150,245 122-.178 3.000 500 1.120.640 22.791 501590 62.000 10.000 3.840,000 100,000 1,777.000 40,000 4,500 5,068,800 179.135 1.083,301 3,100 ...... 2.951.680 125,932 1.690,509 .'00.000 60.000 645,120 " 7.612 233.080 75,000 25.000 1.435,520 203,081 753,310 50,000 10.000 6.825.120 240.194 125.553 338 1.00 784,160 190.358 160.000 15.000 2,500 288.600 37,818 94.000 90,240 40.920 453.760 133,211 158,025 34,000 10,000 720.000 18,100 416,982 111.000 20.000 2.030.720 670.298 202.716 100,000 1.335.680 154.526 367:103 150,000 20,000 2,012,800 101..365 698,640 40,000 10,000 1,499,520 203.086 348,980 25.000 5,000 467.840 120,840 155.240 150,000 75,000 456,960 133,128 100,1.36 100. 000 35,000 Washington, Nov. 16. (U. P.) Final "clean-up" returns of the recent elec tions today showed that drys have gained four states, suffrage two and that Republicans elected 1 governors to the Democrats' nine. In the senate. Acres Pi-'irage. ! -1 "J T ti !l70 f Republicans have 49 to the Democrats' 30 000 ' 7 ' a ma;io,Uy of 'one- and ln the house, loo'ooo j Republicans have 239, Democrats, 193, Independents 1, Prohibitionists 1 and 40'oon ! Socialists 1.' 115.000 Ohio. Florida 'vit9 or utr,. , wem ary ana Minnesota. California and Missouri stayed wet. Michigan and South Dakota adopted San Francisco, Nov. 18. (I. N. S.) The shipping board wooden steamer Wi haha. became disabled yesterday a. little north of Point Arena through the break ing of an exhaust pipe on her run from Astoria. She was picked up by the Mc- Cormlck steamer Willamette, which was on her way north, and towed to San Francisco, arriving here this morning. The schooner City of Papeete, which put back to port November 6, after hav ing left here for Alaska, has been re paired at the Barnes and Tlbbitt's ship yard, where it was found that beyond recaulking the vessel was not in need of further overhauling. The four masted British schooner Henrlette, owned by Captain Alexander Woodside, which returned during the night of Thursday, collided in the stream the same night with the Japan ese freighter KJyo Maru. The Henriette lost an anchor and 20 fathoms of chain but was otherwise uninjured. The Kiyo Maru has gone to sea apparently un damaged. The British motor ship Cethana, from Sandye for San Francisco with a cargo of wheat,, was reported yesterday to have put back to Honolulu with a dam aged rudder. Baoy Ckaages Loeatloa The barkentine Thrasher, operated by Harry Knowles and commanded by Cap tain H. C. Townsend. for many years master of the ship Manga Reva, has brought to port a crew of eight Ameri can youths who, when the ship sailed for New Plymouth, had never been to sea before. Pacific coast mariners have been wondering for a number of weeks if California geography is undergoing serious changes as the sound of a whis tle buoy has recently warned them that they were approaching Albion river on the Mendocino coast when, according to their charts, they supposed they were passing Salmon Point. The secret of this coast disturbance rests with the buoy. It went adrift and changed its location from Albion river to Salmon Point without notice. Superintendent H. H. Rhodes of lighthouses, has issued a warning to mariners to disregard its signals until it can be moved back to its proper location. included in me passenger list or the mj l 17 J Ci f Dutch steamer Kawi. which arrived here lYlaKes t OTO& Jt&Tt H&SV yesterday from Batavia and Honolulu j A new Gas Generator, which heats the was Captain J. B. La r sen and several i manifold, vaporizes the gas and makes members of the crew of the ship Star of instant ignition possible has been In Poland, which was wrecked on the Jap- j vented by the Bear Mfg. Co.. 120 Bear anese coast last September. Bldg., Rock Island, 111. This simple and Storv of Dnmarn Wrk inexpensive device does away with hotJ The Pacific Mail steamers Venezuela and Santa Cruz were definitely with drawn from the Transpacific service Yakima. Nov. 16. In anticipation of an early development of an additional 200,000 acres of land under reclamation ln Takima valley a committee of the Commercial club Is this week sending "Busfnrss as Isual" Yakima. Nov. 16. There was 'busi ness as usual 1 in the ptores of the city Saturday, the health department being fully determined that there Is no furthel alarm concerning spread of Influenza, Bakers of the city announce today thej will serve their patrons with whit bread. To Enter "V Work Dallas, Nov. IS. Rev. AV. S. Plowman. former pastor of the United Evangelical I church here, will leave Monday for New ! York city, from where he will sail for France to take up work as an army Y. M. CA. secretary. m i Heavy Sentence for Disobeying Orders Camp Meade. Md., Nov. 16. (I. N. s.) ror aisooeytng the orders of their superior officers, two heavy sentences have Just been passed by courtmartial on Charles Wheeler of Pittsburg. Pa., who was a member of the base hospital corps here, and James W. Livingston of Springfield, Mass., who was attached to the remount depot. The sentence of the court was that each man shall be con fined 15 years in the United States dis ciplinary barracks. Fort Leavenworth. Kan. Mashed Machine to Protect Children f New York. Nov. 16. (I. N. S.) When a score of children broke from a parade and ran into the path of his airplane in Prospect park. Brooklyn, this after noon. Lieutenant W. R. Taylor turned his machine into a stone wall to save theii lives. He was uninjured, but the airplane was badly damaged. He had just landed in the park when the chil dren attempted to cross his path. He was taking part In today's war work campaign celebration when the smashup occurred. asking for their cooperation In handli the colonization ln such a way that the ni Seattle Interests J land may be furnished to the actual settler at a nominal figure. The letter suggests that the owners agree that a farm unit of 80 acres shall be established and that all land above that amount be turned over to a board of appraisers and its value determined for sale to actual settlers. Of the 200,000 acres that will be re Take Over Two of Albany's Theatres Albany, Nov. 16. The Kolfe theatre, owned by A I Sternberg, prominent mer chant and one of the piuneers ln the movies here, has been sold to C. K. Hill and his associates, all of Seattle. claimed in the valley by means of a new Tne same Interests recently- took over highline that is now being surveyed. th Globe theatre and hence both houses 134,500 acres lies within Yakima county, i HI be under the same management. Of this amount the railroads own 9554 The announcement has not been made acres, the government 21,660 acres and ' s to the plans for operating the Rolf the state 3620 acres. The remainder is i further than that It will be open only owned by private Individuals. 54.400 two nights a week. I 7.987 3.000 18,000 22.000 2.500 suffrage. Lousiana reiectel It nn rvi 3o!ooo i rima is still doubtful with a possible S.ioo ; majority or less than 500 either way. 140.000 50.000 20,000 238 11.500 40.000 20,000 80,000 80.000 100,000 20.000 15,000 75.0O0 50,000 The following states elected Reoub- lican governors : Arizona, California, Colorado, Con necticut, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas. Massa chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota. Ne braska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon. Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont. Wisconsin, Wyoming. The nine states electing Democrats j seif were : j water makeshifts, etc.. and gives you a "ready to start" motor in the coldest weather. It also saves 10 cents a gallon on easollne becaise with it vou can use yesterday by the shipping board, when ; the cheapest gasoline all winter. If you final orders came to discharge their want to try this great trouble and money sues iiuuicuiaici; tuiu ekii iui x ugci j saver eena mem ai.ou ana iney win sena Sound ln ballast. Details of how the United States ship ping board steamer Dumaru. loaded with coal eil and T. N. T.. was struck by lightning on October 16 and destroyed ; how her crew, with the exception of 33 men, who are still missing, were saved, and how the Struthers & Dixon ship Arapahoe, loaded with dynamite and carrying two score apprentices, narrow ly escaped a similar fate when struck by lightning, are told in advices received here yesterday from Honolulu. The lightning struck the deckload of gasoline and naptha which caught fire and quickly spread to the cargo of gun powder, dynamite and T. N. T. The crew made a wild scramble for . the boats, and in spite of Captain Borre- sen's efforts it was every man for him- you one of those remarkable devices postpaid under a guarantee of satisfac tion or money back. Write them today. Salesmen wanted. Adv. It's Time to Be Gay again, and you feel it in the at mosphere of this famous old hotel. Dining is a cheerful thing in the big dining-rooms, and there's dancing every night but Sunday to the music of Prasp's Novelty Orchestra. The Portland Hotel Under Management of Richard W. Chllds 1 Take Your Sunday Dinner at the Portland Excel lent Cooking Special Music. Dinner, $1.25 Also a la carte service Totals ...756.012 55,759.375 4,127.790 16,648,314 2,668,402 830,675 1,386,177 , pP Of Exceptional Value - fe Umbrellas Of Exceptional Value NEW SHAPES, NEW COLORS, NEW DESIGNS Priced at $6.50 to $18.00 You will find a most extensive stock in Khaki, Taupe, Brown, Purple, Green, -Navy, Red, Black gfef and Novelty Best Grade Silk fast colors. Fancy baccaiite and Wood Hanliles, with Leather and Silk Loops, Baccalite Rings and Crooks. Fitted with fancy ferrules and rib tips to match, making attractive combinations. Week Special Ladies' Silk Umbrellas in Taupe, Brown, Khaki, Blue, Green and Purple, light ribbed paragon frame, fancy handles to match, Alabama, Arkansas, Geortrla, Nevada. . . New York. Ohio. Oklahoma, South Caro- ! k I Q lTI CI t fl P Q I I Q H Q Q lina and Tennessee. High School Teams Will Resume Games Tuesday Afternoon Coaches of the Interscholastic Foot ball league held an Informal meeting Saturday afternoon and arranged a schedule for the balance of the season. The league has been divided into two di visions of four teams each. Division 1 ls composed of Washington, Lincoln, Commerce and Hill and Divi sion, 2 of Franklin, Jefferson, James Johrx' and Columbia. The first same of the schedule will be played Tuesday afternoon between Lin coln and Commerce. The last game of the season will be staged December 10. The board of directors of the league will ratify the schedule at a meeting Monday. The schedule follows: Nov. 19 Lincoln vs. Commerce. Nov. 20 Washington vs. Hill. Nov. 21 Franklin vs. James John. Nov. 22 Jefferson vs. Columbia. Nov. 26 Washington vs. Commerce. Nov. 27 Franklin vs. Columbia. Nov. 29 James John vs. Columbia. Dec. 3 Hill vs. Commerce. Dec. 4 Franklin vs. Columbia. Dec. 5 Lincoln vs. Washington. Dec. 6 Jefferson vs. James John. Dec. 10 Lincoln vs. Hill. Contest for Mayor Following Election Klamath Falls. Nov.' 16. The first gun in the campaign of a new controversy within the home circle of Klamath Falls was launched at a special meeting of 1 the city council Monday evening, when Ike R. Struble, councilman from the Third ward, tendered his resignation in that capacity and took the oath of of fice as mayor as a result of the recent : city election, and demanded that C. B. j Crisler, incumbent. Immediately sur- . render the office to him-in accordance! with the vote at the recent municipal election. This was formally refused by the mayor, and an action to bring about a legal settlement of this matter is ex pected. Councilman Will T. Lee was selected as president of the council after spirited balloting of about a half hour. At $4.50 We carry the best Rainproof Umbrellas for both men and women to be found in the city, At $1.50 1111111 ALDER STREET AT WEST-RAM 3f Unidentified Man Found Unconscious Baltimore, Md., Nov. 16. (I. N. S.) A man. who, from papers and a govern ment pass found in his pockets, is be lieved to be Frank Holloway. editor of the Journal Gaxette, Fort Wayne, Ind., is lying unconscious at Mercy hospital here this afternoon. Physicians there have not been able as yet to determine the cause of his condition. He was found on a bench at Union station. Ac cording to-a special officer of the Penn sylvania railroad, the 'man had been brought to the station in a taxicab by unidentified parties, who, 'after deposit ing him on a bench there, hurried away. Aged Pair Burned To Death on Kanch Seattle, Nov. 16. (1. N. S.) H. Y. Holstead - and his wife, both 7S years old. are dead at Redmond, east of here, and their son-in-law and daughter, H. J. Warfield and hls-wife, are seriously burned as a result of a fire that de stroyed, the Warfield ranch home, ac cording to word reaching the sheriffs office here. The aged man . and wife were caught in their beds by the flames and died soon after be,lng carried out of the biasing- buAdln- by Warfield. : ir j I - -.'- Taxes Are Lowered Klamath Falls, Nov. 16. The first sign of a reduction in price on anything in Klamath county for some time was indicated at a special meeting of the city council when the budget for the coming year was fixed at 22.3 mills, or a reduc tion of 3.2 mills over the budget for the year before. The budget Is based on a $3,000,000 valuation, and will produce $66,900 In funds. Graduate of O.A.C. Drowned in Canada Oregon Agricultural College. Corval lis, Nov. 16. Word has been received of the death of Lawrence Keene. known on the campus as "Larry," one of the most promising graduates of the institution. He was drowned in the High river near Alberta. Canada. Prior to his death he was farming in Canada. Keene took his degree ln mining engineering. He was a member of the Gamma Delta Phi and of the miners association. lfc V The Hi I :, lis! mm, g Week of Our Formal Opening During this week we witt have on display many exclusive, individual garments for women. This shop ts new; its appointments are in good taste, and the garments it offers are of the latest production. You will find this a delightfully pleas ant place in which to select your Suits, Frocks, Coats and Furs Although quality, taste and exclusiveness are characteristic of the garments, the prices are quite moderate. We will be pleased to have you call and see our displays. Suits $22.50 to $75.00 Frocks $1750 to $75.00 Goats $2250 to $100.00 Furs $20.00 to $125.00 Cured His Daughter's Fits X veil known resident of Milwaukee. Wi.. report that hi daocbtr ba been completely cured of Epilepsy trit) by preecriptjon -cared from a friend. Tbia airl had raftered as maay a one hundred attack! in a day and cemed beyond all bop of relief. Her father ay he is to grateful for her recorery that be wilt cradly mail a bottle, of thi wonderful medi ein in plain sealed wrapper, free to any suf ferer who writes Win. If yon. a friend, or a relative, suffer, write R. P. N. Lepso. 44 Island ava. Milwaukee. Wis.', and get a free bottle. ad. , The Famous Castle Gate Coal ECONOMY FUEL CO. MINE AGENTS E.214 B-2343 ' 31 Grand. . Taj OPENING WEEK In order, to acquaint the women of Portland with this shop, we will, dur ing this week, give these discounts from advertised prices: SUITS One - Third OH FROCKS One-Fourth Off :e Advantage! Exclusive Womensfpparel In the Morgan Building 348 Washington Street ."The Shop BeautifuV -1