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•T A T E CONTROL Of.W ATER. Paper Presented at Recent Masting of Oregon Stete Orange. Thus cried the hair. And a kind neighbor came to the res cue with a bottle o f Ayer's H air Vigor. The hair was saved I In gratitude, It grew long and heavy, and with all the deep, rich color o f early life. Sold in all parts o f the world for sixty years. By John H. Lewis. State Engineer. When wo boo tba miracles wrought by irrigation and think o f tbe potential energy o f our streams as representing thousands o f aeroo o f the most valuable coal lands, it ig no wonder that we hesitate to ehelloego the statement that the water resources o f Oregon ere to day its moot valuable asset. Y e t our legislators have persistently refused to eaeet lews governing the use and distri bution o f this valuable sensesodity, Far-sighted corporations are rapidly ac quiring perpetual franchisee to the use o f w ater fo r power development, w ith out present er possible future eompen- cation to the publie, from whom the p rivilege is acquired. Through the leek o f a reliable record o f vested rights to tbe qra o f water, the public *has no mesas o f ascertain ing tba loaatioa and amount o f unap propriated water which is available for now neon Largo quaatitiM o f water are being hold without us# through setual or threatened litigation, and the intending investor or settlor moves on to more progressive states, where water right* sen be secured by application to the state officers, and whoa granted are protested, the same as other property rights. The holder o f these quration- eble vested rights joins with the power interests ia opposing the enactment e f nay law providing fo r publie control and making beneficial use the bonis e f ig h ts to the use o f water. ord is, therefore, o f no value to the publie. Resulting L itigation . ^ The conditions ia California are identical with those ia Oregon. The Commonwealth club has labored for years to escuro the enactment e f mod ern wflter lacre, and in the proceedings o f this elub we find t b . statement thflt the bar o f Calitornia waa delighted to fin d in their prim itive water lews each a fru itfu l eourea o f income, and did nothing te remedy conditions. “ The ■tatatea in qne.tion have been the a g e s t ó £ & Í S E m ¡ 5 ___ ,n P ^ t e o f Alaska la found a kind * f Hah that makes a capital candle when It Is dried. Tbe tail o f tbe fisb |a stuck into a crack o f a wooden table to l*|d ,t UI>r|gbt> and Its noee Is Ughted acoord, to the Fishing On- « » - «„ «'"• • "«“* ara held exclusively by the attorneys ®r ‘ nree candle power, and considerable o f record o f the misguided individuals beat, and w ill burn fo r about three whs availed themselves o f the p rivilege hours. granted by these statutes. ■ / ,, It Is reported that a student o f the Truth and Quality appeal to the W ell-Inform ed In every walk o f life and are eaaentiai to per manent success and creditable stand ing. Accordingly, it la not claimed that Syrnp f i t Flga and E lixir at Senna la the only remedy o f known value, but one o f many reasons why It la the best o f personal and family laxatives 1« the fact that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which It acts without any debilitating after effecta and without having to Increase the quantity from time to time- ‘ ■” « * 1 » , '» « '. » < . - « - P «- ersburg named Frendlnherg haa luvent- ed an apparatus /or exploding minea It acts pleasantly and naturally and by wireless telegraphy. Numerous ex- L ta*f » » W7 truly aa a laxative, and ita component fcslr following an attack of moaalaa. I vaa pertinents airead)- made are said to Mothers win flafl Mia. Winslow’ s Soothing aUvt.od br a fttoutf to m m A ja r's Hair Vlm r. have proved remarkably successful. Syrup th* bes*, remedí to as* tat their (k ’A r s parts are known to and approved by during th* f thing period. physicians, aa It la free from all The apparatus Is also claimed to be I M U . WU. suited fo r directing Whitehead tor- objectionable substances. T o get its A H it D IM eroat. oedoes at long ranges. Tow n*— There's one thing abont my beneficial effects alw ays purchase the I . . . A «AtSAFAMllA At a recent meeting o f the Roya» wife. She makes up her mind i f she genuine— manufactured by the Cali Society o f Canada, Sir James Grant, can’t afford a thing that she doesn’t fornia F ig Syrup Co., only, and for M D., presented a pa|ier on tbe neu need I t ' ' sale by all leading druggists. rone and cells o f the brains In their Browne— Something like my . wife, relation to the faculty o f memory, and, only she buys it first and makes np her ra c «. after stating that, as with the other mind afterw ard.— Philadelphia Press. O w lj- N i g h t A i r • * N i g h t . “ W ell," Mid tb« customer, aa be p*U tissues o f tbe body, so with tbe cells bpeaklug o f Florence Nightingale the barber and moved toward tbe door, Bt. V 1 W D a m t r i i U K i _________ o f the brain evldenoe o f lessening J I T S ^ : tir rama by Dr. K lim ’s Ornai and her efforts to keep the world **I tael like congratulating myself on get s»nr« B**u>r*r - d for K B E K «3 trial botti* end Dr.n. IL K lln .. ting safely out of a mighty bad scrape.” c. UL.SH Arch SC, Phlla^P*. healthy, It seems pertinent to make PrT h e r a T e approximately *00 ditchra l* ,wer a“ d a (t ,r * / w,th th* special mention o f her miaaion in be-" By placing himself promptly on tbe out diverting water from this stream ia a Pa“ af o f Jear»- •** «“ » I « 1 tbe ,n* P a l s M B t lq s r t t « . side of the barber shop be avoided get half o f the open window at n ight la distaacc o f 10 miles, fo r the irrigation t e s t i n g statement that tbe line o f ting himself into n mighty bad scrap.— o f soma 5,000 seres. N early 500 per- present Investigation demonstrates that Th e royal, court o f France used to be tbe early years o f her labors mtfeb un ■ona or corporations have boon made tbe electrical current through the a great plat* fo r etiquette. Louis X IV . intelligent oppoeition to this method o f partiM to tba latest suit, and *8 law- brain rotates Its molecules to such a once caught a severe cold owing to ventilation because o f tbe supposed yara retained to protect the various „ to produce a mo8t not.b le the fact that on h i» arising from his barmfuluesa o f tbe night a ir waa ex hr local application«, as they cannot reaci» the diseased portion of the ear. 1 bars Is only one Hoar W ater Is Appropriated. ■ bed one cold morning tbe lord o f tbe pressed. but Mira Nightingale bad one way to euro dsnfnese, and that Is br constitu S fT J E * «“ tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in ▲ay pereen can acquire a w ater d itc h .. » I l l b . kn ow ,, t o t h o . » I l l th . cbamlier, whose duty it was to hand stock argument in support o f her posi m vm orj. terned condition of the mucous lining of tht right by simply posting a notice at the water be divided among thornf The Everybody knows that tbe water m him his shirt, happened to be abaent. tion. it being the question, “ What air Snstaobtan l ube. When this tuba it inflamed >posed point e f diversion, stating; the picpger irrigator known that tho court tbe.G reat Balt Lake la very dense as Not one o f the numerous courtiers ■bail we breathe at night but night '# a rumbling sound or Import set bear prop I when U amount o f waM t claimed, the intended vben l It t i is s e entirely n t l r c ly closed, eloeed, Deafness B o a fo r ti ts sup- W€„ u vetJ ¡^ lt, but many will be present had the courage to tranagreaa air?” It was unanswerable from her the --------- ult, . a and tbs inflammation can b* be n d u unless n i r « tb e fn flam m atlon ean .,1 a i » h a n o t ie e cannot deny him hia usual w ater teteaoutaad this tube rsetored toIti nonaal BBO reeording a copy OI^tB# saune etiquette by handing tbe garment to opponents’ point c f view, even If It P1 * g * . T . «urprlsed to learn that Its density at the county court bouse. I f the water condition, bearing will ha destroyed forever: termiaed fo r perhaps the second out of ten are censed by Catarrh U to bo used fo r irrigation purposes, a third time, tho question ia still, bow varies to a remarkable degree from the shivering monarch.— London Scrap did not always convert them, but it did lead a countless number Into saner ^ m n ^ S T .u r t lc ^ ' “ #°“ 4Uluu ui certified copy o f the norie, ¿mat bo to mat this water at the time when time to time. For Instance, in 1886 tbe Book. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ways o f living and along tbe way to We will _ rive On* engineer within SO needed. How w ill ho determino which density was 1.1225, and the percentage ns Hundred Dotier* Dolisi for IS an, M . file d with the state cagim »"> ease of l esine.» (canacd by catarrh) that l » cea- n - days thereafter. I t makea bo differ T o B rcal 1« N ew Sh*ss. tbe present methods o f treating tuber o f tho many ditches above is divertin g by weight o f solid constituents was net be eared by Hall's Catarrh Cur*. Send for Alweyeshek* In Alton’* Poot-Eme, a powder. ence i f the waters o f the stream are w ater without right, in order to bring el real an, free ____ 16.716; in 190» the density bad in It cures h ot, s w e e tin g , a c h in g , s w o lle n feet. culosis.— Boston Transcript. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, a already fu lly u tilize^ at potato below. an injunction suit against i t i Lu re* corns. In g ro w in g n a ils e n d bunions. A t Bold bv Dnisrl.t« T6e. creased to 1,2206, the greatest ever re *11 d ru gg ists en d shoe stores, 26c. D on t accept The notice can specify any amount, The deeree is binding only oa the Take Ball’s Family Pills for conitipetlon. r substitute. S em ple m a iled F R K S . Address M e r e T r e e h ie f o r M a n x . even though eueh amount exceed the parties to the suit. N ew a p p r o p r ia te s corded, and tbe percentage o f solids *n A lle n 8. Olm sted, L a Hoy, N. Y . “ No.” explained Mr*. Lapsling, “ Johnny regular flo w o f the stream. Jt may be can and w ill bo made,, thus forcin g new to 27,721 ; in 1907 tbe density had di- says he wasn’t bitten by tbe dog. bat l*ia impoMible to use the w ater beneficially liiigation . The same condition* which mlnlshed to 1.1810. and the percentage D eea s'l A lw a y s F e llo w . H e W na P r a c tic a l. not going to tsk* any ebanerw. 1 shall Because some men get over a fence fo r the purpose as elaimed, but that brought on the present suit still exist of solida to 22.920. O f tbe solida in- “ Young man, you w rite a good deal have him expurgated Juat as soon aa l can M fe ly with a loaded gun It is not al a sk es ao difference so long as construc and this deeree, without additional leg 1907, 12.67 per cent waa chlorin. 7.58 o f poetry to my daughter.” tion is commenced within six months islation, w ill be o f no more value in ge» him to the doctor's.” — Chicago Trib ways safe to iM um e that they won't Y o a r title is then complete, but the settlin g conditions than form er decrees. per cent sodium. 1.53 per cent aul- une. "Y e n sir.” * examine a mule's heels to settle a bet record is not completed by the filing o f phate radical. 0.72 per cent potassium, " I t takes a practical man to sep^ Tha supreme eonrt. b y consistent de- — Washington P o e t proof that work has commenced. B y erees. has enaeted practically all the 0.45 per cent magnesium, aud 0.04 per port a w ife.” .-.— .i ■! i ——. ’ refiling every six months, a water right w ater law o f this state. T o expect the ' “nt calcium. “ W ell, it’* thia way. I have to write ean ba bald without the performance o f eourt to provide in their decrees fo r th* The tamoqg Neanderthal skull found her an occasional letter, and I ’m ao n r x L u m any work until some legitim ate investor comp]leatr«i administrative machinery 4w.ro,• «11 th* try « to secure control o f the same water to make water decrees effective looks in Switzerland In 1856, and other sim busy at the office that I just copy the ooatftorttowerr right. Then w ork must be commenced like a complete sh ifting o f the burden ilar skulls and parta o f skulls found poetry to fill In.” bom*-u dinies and prosecuted with due diligence. Un- from the legislature to the court*. elsewhere lu Europe, have been re The explanation was satisfactory.— vv'MJC, ** • r o * ' ukCerer? dor this law ona o f onr leading attor- This, in the oninion o f lending water garded aa representing a distinct Exchange.___________________ Ì S z. 0 i/tv* s» ., nbTmJno! aeye has stated that a one-armed man right lawyers, is not possible. species q t the human nice, to which are (ronbL^an,. Clean, neat aad with a shovel, em ployed.at tbe intake, T r o a b lc . . One o f the leading attorneys in tbe tbe name Homo Prtnilgeiilua haa been will not eoli of ana bold a water right indefinitely. W alls W alla riv er ems* estimates that Nan— So you like Archie, do you? 1 given. Prof. W. J. Solías undertakes “ T U B SCHOOL. O F QUALITY** Thu* the legitim ate investor must first the present suit w ill uitimatelv cost be to shoe- that there are no grounds always thought bios just the least bit b a r off tho notice rasa, wi n has con Better each year, and larger. W e now a »».. flssMhm ■ f effeminate. tween $20.000 and $25.000. Thi* enor tributed nothing to the public welfare. mous drain npon the agrienltnral re whatever fo r regarding the Neander Fan— Well, he’s certainly a good deal have two floors 65x100 feet. Thorough thal type o f man as a separate species. Even tho payment o f thia blaekmail sources o f this small valley, fo r s nogs-, ladylike than yon are. work tells the story. I t counts in the does not give him d ea r title to the t iv * result, cannot help but retard set On tbe contrary, he thinks that “ the end, and we admittedly lead in thia re araeosary water, fo r tho apparent sup tlement and discourage capital. Neanderthal nice, tbe most remote ply may, perhaps, all bo fu lly utilised spect. Get our catalogue, pen work, etc., Tb# purchase o f a w ater right in from us In time o f which we have any ia tho adjoining counties below, through Oregon mean« the purchase o f s law then j udge for yourself as to quality. knowledge, and the Australian, the whieh tho stream runs. suit. N o litigation over w ater rights most remote from us in space, probably AR R AN G E TO STOP AT* A. P. A R M S TR O N G . LL.B ., Principal |. Ia tho absence o f state control, tho in this state has over settled any issue only w ay fo r this investor to oven ao that it cannot again be raised. The represent divergent branches o f the Tenth and Morrison • Portland. Oregon T H E C O R N E L IU S guera at tho amonat o f unappropriated deeroes are binding upon only the same original stock.” Doctor L.vdekker P A R K A N D ALD E R STS. w ater ia to first measure tho stream, parties to the litigation. These decrees remarks that this conclusion o f Prof. aad then travel down the rams, meas often serve to cumber title- to the un Bollas* accords with the modern view A New aiM^ Modern European Hotel, catering particularly to State people. A reflned place for uring the maximum oapaeity o f etch used waters, at the state, interested in that the native' Australians are low- ladies visiting the dty. close to tho shopping ditch, to ascertain how mueh o f this prM erviag th* unappropriated waters T be well known reliable w ater haa already been appropriated. fo r future users, haa not been repre grade members p f the Caucasian, or crater. Rates reasonable. Free Bus. I f the stream ia a hundred or more sented in eonrt at trials o f these aasas. European stock, instead of. as st one I 1.1- CURIE, (III« sf PstllsH Natal) Mgr. S t Helen's Hall, Portland, Or. mile* ia length, this task alone would time supposed, balf-bred oceanic ne Conserving Onr Waters. isd Day School for Ciria dineoarag* tho moat enthusiastic in groes. "T h e Yeddabs o f Ceylon and Brat aad lo t B O R AX FO R FRESH M EATS vestor or rattler. Then the records o f Catalogue oa Roquoat. In tho arid portion o f thia state th* the Toalas o f Celebes apparently mark w ater filin g*, nadar oar present lawn, area o f irrigable U sd fa r exceeds the ;b elr Hne Gf march from tbe west to _ Fresh meats, dusted over with pow mnat also bo examined to ascertain how j regular water supply. The summer dered borax (which is now prepared o f e a s t” Has Bind« • life study of many right* have been initiated whieh flow o f these streams ean be increased/ extrem e fineness and purity and white roofs an»! hertm, and In Uu4 •duly discovered •nd is fin. may ultim ately become vested and j many fold by the storage o f water in aa.anow) and'rubbed in as vou would inn to the world hi* »ondar. pepper and salt, w ill keep fresh much prove prior in time to hie right. N o the mountains, and using th* natural iuT remedies. longer. A ll that ia required is to wash tiees claiming water, posted ia th ick -ch an n el to eohvey euch w ater to the ■ P ortons o r D r v p U t e d - l l c l Wit b oot Operation* nr Without tuo A id o f i hi the meat before cooking. .. eta along the banka o f a stream, can j plane o f intended use. This class o f Lrawra. He tro*ran tee« to Care (hlârrh, É Asthma. Í fhront. Rhon mat I nti . N«»rv<>n«neKs. Nert y on« ] P p Q flllf.t * 5 not be fonad and are, therefore, o f no development, which ia encouraged and KEEPS PO U LTR Y SW EET iton'----- ______ _______ _Jdney Iron»*!«?*:»J no : lout 1 c a ; r vain# to him. The eounly records are protected in Wyoming. Idaho and other tomi remnle W eakn««« and A ll PrivHte D in $ M Dead game, poultry, etc., can be o f but little. I f any more value, aa the states, is absolutely impossible in Ore A SURE CANCER CURE pt aweet kept fo r weeks by rubbing them recorded claim* to w ater Invariablv ex- ! gon. except under the most favorable Jrat Received from Pehinjr. Ctos* -Safe. Sara w ell with borax under the powdered fc seed many times tbe regular flo w o f conditions. Capital w ill not invest in r IF TOD ABE JLFJ.JrTm. P O N T DELAY. wings, le ft , tail _ effi ” and placing a little in \ th* stream. For example, th* record« such storage works until th* state pro DELAYS ARE DANC,LRUI'M. the mouth o f the bird. o f Baker eonaty ehow elaims to the 1 video th* necessary administrative ma C O N S U L T A T IO N F liE B Loofthogenta wanted. W rite for money making plan w ater« o f Pow der river fo r irrigation chinery fo r protecting atorad water as If TOO cannot call, write feraymptra blank a*4 There's a big differ Ur. Inrta-e 4 ct-n-a la ct.cnj.. purposes amounting to over eighty it paraca down the stream past numer- _ 111»! C. GEK W O .C H I»K 8 I H E PIC IN E C O l O. T h o F e lin o P r o p e n s it y - I1 J First St.. Cor Borrii Port, time# the flood flo w o f this stream at ! one ditch divereione to tho plaee o f in e n c e b e t w e e n i ust Pisar* Mrnt ion Thia Parar. “ How does Mrs. Sleigh get on In tbe Baker C ity during 1905, and the 1,145 tended see. corned beef— tbe kind recorded claim* fo r all pumose* — club?” i amounted to over one hundred and | No 8 o Protection, N o . 2 8 -O S P N U “ Oh. she always comes up to the s o l d in b u l k — a n d eighty time* this flood flow . Theae | I* *■ *p t a crime in Oregon to «teal scratch.” elaims. therefore, eannot all be vested w st« r- I b *»e t, the law encourage* it, j Libby's Cooked Corned “ O f course she does. The c a t!” — ¡ Y X T H K N w r i t i n g t o a d v e r t í * * » * g l — * I rights, and It i* Impossible to ascertain A> »bove, any person can ae- I I I m e n t io n t h ia p a p a r- Baltimore American. B e e f. T he difference from the rseord whieh, i f aav, are valid. 9nir« • w ater right by posting a notice or ultim ately may become vested. Be | or <**&*'"* * and diverting water, is in the taste, quality of sides, a n r ditches have been built | regardless as- to tha area o f crops do- sad w ater diverted without any public «troyod at tho lower end o f the valley meat and natural flavor. roe ord whatever. Ia a separate record by sueh wrongful diversion. W ithout w ill be found eourt decrees affecting I th® neeeerary adm inistrative mnehin- , Every fiber o f the titles to tha water o f this seme stream. | »■<> • reliable record o f vested These deeree« may divide the water rights to th* use o f water, it would be meat of Libby's Cooked among a minority o f claimants, without impossible to enforce any criminal law Corned Beef ia evenly nay consideration whatever o f the covering water, even i f «uaeted. T h eft o f water ia aa arid region is rights o f th* publie in the nnappro- a n d mi I d l y c u r e d , priated water*. Th * eounty record thue as serious a crime aa destroying th* corves only to elond title to unappro crop o f auothor, since it amounts to cooked s c i e n t i f i c a l l y priated water and discourage invest the same thing la the end, yet this and carefully packed in stats maintains no department having^ ments. The K ind You H a re Always Bought has borne the signa o f diversions from public'' | Th * stream under consideration by control Libby’s Ore«l While KHcbffo ture o f Clias. H . Fletcher» and lias been made under his ■treams. There is no department to 1 This is the very latest for the 19U» tha Investor may flo w through or bor ; personal supervision for over 3 0 rears. A llow no one which the homeseeker or investor can anmmer ,r, she mugt wpar a der oa two er more counties where wa to deceive you in this. Counterfeits» Imitations and It forms an appetiz- ^ . . ter titles are eanally aa complicated aa w rit« to a Mortal n i f tho w ater righto . . . _ . “ Just-as-gnod'* are but Experiments, and endanger the described fo r Baker eonnty. To ab elaimed fo r aohctructed w ork, arc a. « > * * « > * » the neck and shuts o ff her ing dish, rick in food health o f Children—Experience against Experiment. stract tha w ater records of th* represented, or whether any unappro- hearing, skirts that have enough ma- value and makea a sum vali Doaehntra river wonid require a Jour priated w ater remains in a certain terlal In them to make a gas bag fo r ney o f praetleally 1,000 miles, aad the •tream. Even I f unappropriated water Roy Knabenshue’s airship, and a hat, mer meal that satisfies. examination o f the worthless records exiata, there la ao method provided by b|g aa a wnahtub, that requires a Oastoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, P are o f fiv e eeunties. law fo r acquiring clear and undisputed course in Juggling to keep It balanced goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. I t is Pleasant. It For Quick Serving contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narco tie | Under the 1905 net, nil filin gs for title to this w ater from the public, to « fr e ig h t ._______________________ substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys W orm s irrigation purposes were to be recorded whom it belongs. L ib b y 's C o o k e d C o rn I t requires constant litignt»nn on the and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and W in d ifc the stats engineer's office at Salem, A G en ron a B rq n ra t. ed B e e f, cut into thin Colic. *lt relieves Teething Troubles» cures Constipation but ao psaaltv was provided to en part o f esrlv appropriato™ to secure Porter Emerson Browne came into and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the force this provision. Out o f 188 filin gs their rlghtc. 'Where the prie# o f juat ire slices. A rran ge on a Stomach and Bowels, g i v i n g healthy aud natural sleep. in Baber «aunty under this net, only exchodc th * vain* o f the w slcr right, the office yesterday. H e had been out The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. In tbe country fo r a week and was fiv a wars recorded at Seism. Thus th « place mast be abandoned. platter and garnish with what was intended fo r a complete roe- ' very cheerful. Just as be was leaving (CONCLUDED NEXT WElTK.) L ib b y 's C h o w C h o w . he said: “ Did you bear about that t ig B e lo v e d It. A «a « s t * 4 . man who died the other day and le ft A tempting dish for Boma (struggling Author)— That last wDa yes consider your nerve Is suffl- t il he bad to the orphanage?” book of min* agreeably surprised you, did dcntly steady to I t you for aa airship B e a n the Signature of luncheon,dinner,supper j “ No,” some one answered. "H o w U? I am glad to hear that. navigator ?” % * Naggas (literary editor)— Y « « ; I ex "W ell, I ’vs boss oat la a cano* with a nuch did he leave?” "T w o lv e children." pected to de rot* aa satire evening to rwd- nervous fist girl.” — Cleveland Plain Dral- h if i t It pat ara to sleep la Ivo mia- Mr. Browne left, too.— Everybody’s teilew. Msgaslne. F r ile fl, T w ill follow you to tb * end o f tb* Y nee 11 cited T rib u te. One poor little fly In tbe bedroom “ Aunt Lstty,” raid her little tn r th !“ hissed tbs villain In bar shall- In the morning w ill do more effectual J from th« dty, “ I saw a bearded lady la lik * M r. But th * clover girl fooled work than s dozen alarm clocks, cost» V* Ft MlMfiV < a dime museum once. 8h< him— oh* didn't go there.— Boston and never gets out o f repair. 1 hat yuu’rs the rasi thing.“ Transcript. A lifers ¡K , - i r . evidence introduced obtained a dcerec giv in g it a priority o f tw enty eubic feet o f w ater per aecoad. Ditch “ B " , •ued ditch “ C ” with the same reeult, and ditch “ C ” thereafter sued ditch “ A " with the ram# result, aad there were still 25 ditches divertin g water from the same stream whoM rights ware not determined. A lon g the W alla W alla riv er in Ore gon, litigation to Meure a proper d i vision o f the stream has been ia prog ress fo r abont SO years, without settling a cinglo issue. This experience la typ i cal o f many other eommnnities and should serve to demonstrate the failure o f the present system o f distributing w ater bv the courts, through injunction W m i i ’» W it. An emperor o f Germany besieged a 'Ijy which belonged to one o f bin re bellious noblemen. A fter the alege had lifte d for a long time tbe emperor de termined to take It by storm and to de stroy all it contained by fire aud sword. He did not, however, wish to injure the defenseless wom en; therefore, be sent a proclamation into the town, ra y ing that all the women might leave tbe place unhurt and carry with them whatever they held most precious. The uot)leraan'a w ife Instantly decided to take her husband, and tbe other women followed her example. They soon Is sued from the city gate In a long pro cession. each one with her husband on her ahouldeea. Tbe emperor was so much struck with the noble conduct of the women that he spared a l l ; even tbe «tty itself waa left untouched. WHEN YOU GOME TO PORTLAND C Gee Wo ' CHINESE DOCTOR Libby’s Cooked C o rn e d B e e f CAS What is CASTORIA The Kind You Hare Always Bought Use For Over 3 0 Years. V