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4 OHKflOV CITY KKTEnPKIKK. KIM DA V. KKl'TKMMKU 21. Hl'. OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE I. I. tROOlC Eillor an Publlh.f. Eairn-4 l Oragoa Cay. rrge,a. I'oatofTn M aaroadcla mailer. I , r.ilen Rat: Oa tear II 53 mi MuBiht Tl Irul tiubM-rliiion. To Muiahi i HulnriLr U An Ik dai or aiplratloa tamp4 on their paper fol iating llielr nama. If Ut intuit-tit I aot credited, kindly notify ti. nd 11 miliar atll r"l our iUb(Iub. i A4nlalaf flat on application. F OKMl K I'KHSIDKNT TMT U ..irj u a-itlnc ilut the Pro i;irir ol mat cmite hatl into tl e Republican party in I'M'tJ tir the tatrt In ttliiili capital mut look fur it rrtiuinrr.it hmi. l illHMik. I'fMn ilie furiiK-r Jate to lie burr the pi.iriiiNi of rtpoiu car iirj iii Ameiiran aliit tltvlinr.l pietty ttcgilily year altri rr. Now that it mainly an elfect uf internment trtjiiiMi. Say what rlr tmi pleae alsuit il, I'teie i llie niiltnJiii ft that in our tta or an.itlur ornate Jiil ni(t of" it. Siive ISdS t hate luiilt up r.nli.'a. tirni tlut r npial lo that nf all Furnpe ctinilunrj aiul can ict firijjlit at the ottc( ton mile rate in the hoi 1.1. We hate ilrtcoteJ far ami tu.it the crcatnt trcl iiiilutr) in the ttorlJ. In the matter of flipping Me uere mire in the moiM' tan. J ha( we .Mould now ( at (he lail ol (he piikrwioii, il .Vnerkaii and rntrrptite haJ been en en i petlectly fire hand to compete ot the ra ttitu ulhrr ciitmtrirti, it unthinkable. We hate trirj a nunilier of experiment in the way f itrritiitritt iru- LtiiNt of buinc. Fur example; tline ii uur rxprritneiit nl lr.it intf pi it ate owner ti tat the capital lor raitroaJ cuntruction while the Ktiteiniiiciit (line it our hit llut thrt iJwmt luing their principle slot';; ttilli them. Mr. Taft't admirable primal quatiti'r hate trrtrj lo gite him an at fniloiute plje in the minJt of nunv nl hit fellow -fit irei, but tte are not i.iair that thr qii.tlitit- ir the fact that he tta once mir preiilrnt pemut Mr. Tail lu P" il'e "l' i'l'L'f '( iiiilit iilual ijualif rt"at'i fnr elaitit'4 t in a a KepiihUan. Futther, e dn nt hrliete that any rNly vi men nun .luh miwrr. Ihe KrptiMii an laitv i not a umal ilun. It li.it no i.Htimittre on iiirinlTrvhip to whxn tntrntliii RrpuWiiaiH nnit tuhmit thcin- vltrt. Thrte are n hUk ball in our patty paraphernalia. Mm join llie Rrpuhliian party, or act with it from time to lime, from contktion; lxaue Rrpuhliian Jtrine at contained" in the Rrpuhliian plat tnim appral ti their r"on ; or K-au of ijualificationt or the attrattite r tmu'itt oi RrpuhhVan raiiiliJatev Te are the only limitation urorn nxmhrrJiip in llie Rrpuhlkan party and they permit the ttiJct latitude for indttidtal opinion hnaue there are many matter which may he of com niandins ImportarHr to a tate or to a croup of tate and which never find exprrw.'on in a national platform. Moreoter, the platform change with the time. There arc certain rarjinal Rrpuhlkan doctrine which are unalterable uch a a government by law rather than by nien, a tariff for protection, a igorout foreign policy en ediiirnt currem-y. Rut a party of growth and of advance lilt our adapts itelf to the need of the occa'on. For example, the plank in the platform of I90S relating to labor and injunction a plank, by the way, for which Mr, Taft contended earnestly could hate found no place in the platform of I860 brvaute no iteration exittrd for it at (he earlier date. Therefore, who can tell what will be in the platform of 1916? A gov ernment by law rather than by men? Most a-uredly. A protective tariff? Ye. Lfficient currency law ? Certainly. A sterling expression of foreign relation? Without doubt. A ju-5 indictment of the present administra tion? Emphatically, yes. The will form the hM of Republican doctrine. Whoever subscribe to tlirm will be a Republican. He may hold whatever other view he may ihooe. He may try to write the view into the platform. If the)- are sound view-, he will succeed. Rut if he fails and if he still acts with the Republican parry, he may hold to whatever opinions he pleases as to social justk-e. the initiative, the referendum, the recall, or any other fundamentals rxetiment of liting to ttop the coordination of hutinr into biggrr unit whkh hat pioduced only aimotaikr to far. Ilut in our rxpfiimrntt wit thipping tte were open to foreign competition all along the lute, and ti'ile all forecast of the effect of our latent adventure in that field the Seaman act ate fa!e are result i going to be pretty complete lailute. 1 1 how that a biiinr may be regulated to death. SiturJj ft rain; 'ui. o T WICK IN THK LAST FIVE MONTHS ihe dinger of tadttat crossing ha been demonstrated. A fetv month ago an automohil haded with children and a Smthern 1'anfic tram colhilrd neat Eugene with the usual result that seteral were killed. Wednesday of I't week there wa another accident of thi ame kind when four men lost thei lite in acollissioit of an automobile truck and an electric train nr.i r Tuahtin, Every level crossing of a railroad trvk and a public road i a VKsihl death trap. The danger of a collision between a speeding train and an aunt mobile i alttat present. Sign 11. n'gnal and eten watchmen are not alttat enough to prevent death. fKrrhi-j.l rmvsinL't are the best method of accident prevention. he;i a wagon or automobile is not forced to cro a track, the possil.tlity oi a tragrry, such as western Oregon has witnessed in the List lite months, .! vnti'relv. Such crossing are. in most case. exiM-nsite but i not the guarantee against los of life worth it? Clackamas county, like every other crossed by railroad, has thi same danger. It i impossible to tell when a train will hit a wagon or automotive with fatal result within our own county boundaries. On the road from Oregon City to Gladstone there is an ideal setting for another one of these judden tragedies, yet there is probably not another place in the county where an overhead crossing conld be more easily constructed. o I T IS REFRESHING to note the belligerent attitude a few of th- IVn.o- crats in the house and senate have assumed now (hat premonitory quak ing warn thtm they are about to be pitched into oblivion bv a nation wide revulsion one xear hence. Senator Vurnifold Simmons, of North Carolina, chairman of the sen ate committee on finance, now swash-buckle around in a suit of borrowed of local government. So long as he vote the Republican ticket he will be a armor four size too large and declares himself for a huge bond ivsue to pro- good enough Republican for us and it will not lie with Mr. Taft, or w ith any other ex-president, or with any individual anywhere to say differently. The Republican party is the party of liberty and that is why -Mr. Tatt can say what he pleases and why any other Republican may say w hat he vide for an adequate navy. Heretofore Mr. Simmons espousal of the cause of national preparedness has been about as ardent as that of a Kentucky colonel for the Hobson anti-redeye amendment. But while Furnifold has glimpsed enough of the light to encourage him pleases so long as he acts in harmony with the major doctrrhes of the Re-1 to take his place in the sun, his fellow-statesman and coadjutor, Representa- publican party. m HE HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME, the cause of the war in Eu- Irope and the reason why Clackamas county doesn't spend a part of its road money for real roads are easy, one-two-three subjects w hen compared with the workings of the city charter. The constant attendant at council meetings i forced to view with awe and wonder the complexity of that document, alvvav Datched. never satisfactory and ever debated. It is appropriate that Oregon City pay a city attorney and provide every council man with copies of the charter and it is easy to understand why, even then, the question of proceedure is one always bobbing up. . The formula for street improving and assessment collecting is among the most complicated. Weeks of red tape, of advertising, of delay are necessary before the improvement can begin and after the work is done still more delay, more advertising and more red tape is required before assessments can be colleetcd or the property owners can take advantage of the Bancroft bonding act. . The citj now has outstanding $18,000 in street and s.ter asses.uvnts. This condition was fostered largely by the complexity of the charter. The only person who thoroughly understands the improvement red tape or thinks he understands it, is Chris Schuebel. His advice is needed every time a step is taken for the slightest misstep may rfiake the collection of assessments im possible. The other day .Mr. Schuebel began to draw up an ordinance prohibiting minors from uoinff into poolrooms. He found before hts labor was complerc that the city already had such a measure, passed in 1911 under the admini stration of Mayor George C. Brotvnell. Twice in tHe last four months Chief Snatv has told the council that a cer tain ordinance existed and then aked "Now this is the law; do you want me to enforce it? If vou do, I will." The council had forgotten the ordinances in question ever existed. The city charter needs to be simplified. Such proceedures as street im proving should be made as easy as possible instead of as complicated as they are. The ordinances, now thrown together in an unorganized mass should he modified, as the city attorney suggests. No man in Oregon City knows thr wo'h'ng of the city ihaner and few knot- the provis'on; of hal' of the ordinances. o IN 1868 THE VALUE OF AMERICAN EXPORTS carried in Am erican vessels was one hundred and seventy-five million dollars. In 1914 it was one hundred and sixty-nine million dollars. Meanwhile, total American exports rose from less than half a billion to more than two tite Claude Kitchen, still snuggles the Bryan dove to his palpitating bosom and strives with soft accents to smoothe the wrinkled front of grim-visaged war. Claude i the next chairman of the ways and means committee of the house. Thus we are to have the pleasing spectacle of two tar-heeled incense-swingers, each chairman of the most powerful committee of his respective branch of congress, differing in diagnosis of national symptoms. When such Dem ocratic leaders disagree, who shall decide? Answer: The Republican party in 1917. o Hh Die uitutt Brine The tnuv Irniri I - lamU. till He n tuli Jn l lo laialhin, Ilia diM di H-nd me of ontlli' road ii. un it I rul hik in,.i.l,iti. uiiliid. hi-r Mould tulilliiiif lu imriete In value atillr IimM lull liiruiw at-ie bull. line, and liiallilalniiK r.uOa tln.iudi Ihrm U,r lifrdin Idle m tiixd fund anuld r IIKIvvsl, hut (thai a nilaril) IhiMIiiu mild Kiltie lo lllitae hiae loll and .u llflre i irad d II. Original Deal Recalled Hie (ram 10 (lie rallMU'l llliwhr .r.l.l.e thai Ihe land ahall t Mild at jo lie mil etieedlna &i) r an, llie ail nf ronarvM may tr ell elifufte Ilia (irotUInn, drlrriulu ln Ihe imvraafuj aunlliaiila and Hie oid. r of llii'lr exlrs iliiiii ly .i. Thi dlairlluillon In Ihe piihllc of a talue thai bee rraullrd from Ihe eullnllt llldualnr of Ihe lulialillaiila ot Ihe atale la CHjultnlile and aa nearly eten at II can le made. I'unliarrt do not de rite the eole hs'lii-rU. The nhnlo cum inunlly proflla dln'til, a Um-, In decffaalii ntilo, Ihe hole klale. Think of Ihe reuened bualueaa ac thltjr llirouiihuut (Taikaiua vuiinly, llli a Ihouauiid land uener come iiddclily Inlo cuiiiwl-nie. Actual aelllrra would tMciiny Dial Kjrtliiu of llie landa til fur agricultural purpoM'. Timbered arm would aall a mar ki'l. uieanahlle cuiilrlliullna lo llie iiiki'i-i of n hiiI a, ashoola and ripen ot alate and county guirrniui nla, and at Ihe aame lime conatllullni a rrrdll aaai't In Ihe handa of owner. II I commonly rtn-omtlied that niauy malt fortune Ined'ad of a tVw latgu one many mall (arm Inatrad of a lew taat eetale. mark the proaix-rom, pro- grvaahe coiumiiiilly. lu the true Interval ot Ihe Inhabit ante of Ori-aon, allow) Imliialry ha cri'atcd the great ttealib ilored In Ihe forrsia of ihe U. t ('. land grant. lei It be hoped that the eel tii huebt'l chcine may fall utterly; and that the governor a lie plan to devote Ihe re ourcea of Ibe wed to It upbuilding may be carried out, (iibalanllally In the manner originally lut-ndiHl. O. V. KA8TIIAM am lo llir railroad roiniikiiy. Hie land III i 11 1 liua nun lo 'i iiUllun I hart in 4'Uli'Uii'iil. and Ihmk Ihi'lvf.ilM, Ihal the lalliiMid en:iint linuld hid imly be eii,i,iii'd frm.l ! In tlnlalliin of Ihe mifiianlt. bill in Juliiixl frn'M aur illMi llinn nf Ilium whaliMir or nl Ihe 1 1 in 'r there m, and In in riililug nr aulhiifWIiig Ihe cnlll u or lemniiil of any i f llu inn brr Ihemui, until emigre ahall bate a rraa.iiial.le iiiHirlunily lo I'lutl.l.i by li'glalalli.n for lhlr illNillliin lu lordmne wllh uih Miry a it ma) Ireui filling umli r Ihe i'ln uiimlaui e. and al Ihe aame lime aeriire lo Ihe Iffi'li.laiil all Die talue Ihe giahllhg arl roiiferre uiHin Ihe raHriMil. If roiigrea ibie not Ilia Mr nu ll . rut I.I, in Ihe ilffi inlalil ma) an ly In the dlalrb I court wlihlu a reaaouahl" lime, mil lea than an n hiiIIk, from SCHUEBEL TELLS PROBLEM FACED BY O.-C. SESSION ATTACK MADE BY O. W. EASTHAM S ANSWERED BY ONE WHO ATTENDED MEETINO, ARVEST FOR UNSCRUPULOUS GRATTERS FEARED BY SCHUEBEL T HL PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OREGON have become united on one matter in regard to the Oregon k Calififtnia grant lands. There Is no debate in regard to the necessity of putting actual settlers on the land. Conservation has few friends tn Oregon. Three million and two hundred thousand acres are tied up in Oregon and of that acreage, 92,000 are in Clackamas county. Every citizen in the state would be benefitted with this land in use, either as graping or agri cultural lands or timber property. Aside from the benefits of new settlers, a return of the property to . i . li. l: ...n..l.l ,,kctmrlfil -miA tis rnnnrv and private aim taxaoic owncrsoiji wuum i. ................ - . - state management, bixty thousand miliars are ncu up in unp.nu Clackamas countv alone on grant lands. It is only in the east that conservation is urged and the possibility that congress, influenced by sentiment on the Atlantic coast and not the state affected, will close for many years the Vast tracts is feared. Mr. Schuebel I Willing to Matt Any Pron for Debat on Rtiolutlon Paad Lait Wiik at Salem Amendment Given. Sincerity We want you to have confidence In what we tell you In these advertisements. False pretenses fool but few. Richness and quantity of clothes count for little on an unhealthy body. When we tell you that ours Is a reliable bank, that the safety of depositors' funds Is our first care, that we are anxious to be ot service to the communi ty, that we would like to be honored with your confi dence and your account, we hope you will give us credit for sincerity. We believe we can be of service to you and that our Interests are mutual. Call In any time and we will be glad to tell you more about our own way of doing business. The Bank of Oregon City 0. W. EASTHAM IS SEVERE CRITIC OF SCHUEBEL'S PLAN PROPOSAL TO BUILD UP SCHOOL FUND BY GRANT LAND SALES IS RIDICULED EX-COVERNOR WEST AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE CALLED ALLIES Right of Railroad Mut Be Respected Warn Attorney, Who Explain View on Problem Original Plan Highly Approved. OREGON CITV, Sept. 15. (Editor of the Enterprise.) The Oregon & California land grant conference at Salem on the 16th Inst., will express the desires of this state with refer ence to the disposal of over two mil lion acres of Oregon lands. A prac ticable policy may find expression at the meeting and the day may be giv en over to the presentation of vision ary schemes and the diffusion of emp ty oratory; but the Importance of the occasion Is emphasized by the fact that our senators and congressmen may be expected to take their cue from tlfe sentiment prevailing at the gathering and to voice that sentiment in Washington this coming winter. If the true Interest of Oregon finds expression at the conference a decided stand will be taken that congress en act no law Including these lands In a government reserve; that they be dis posed of lubstantially as the original grant provided and In such manner as to return them Immediately to pri vate, taxable ownership. Court Decision Explained. the gist of the supreme court' de cision is that the terms of the. grant. by which the rompany took title, are enforceable. The court haa now given congress the opportunity to provide a method for currying out Its original Intent, and this method, if not In con llict with rights of the original par ties to tho contract, will be embodied in the court B final decree. Congress will be permitted to waive conditions oriKlnnlly imposed no doubt; thus the government can, and should, omit the condition that the lands be Bold to actual settlors; but If congress at tempt to Infringe on any right advan tageous to the company, auch action will be the signal for renewed lltlga tion for the court's decision, Instead of working a forfeiture, confirmed in the company all that wa originally In tended to be conveyed. The right to have the land sold not to exxceed $2.50 per acre would probably be con strued as advantageou to the com pany, since the company cannot re ceive the excess over that sum, and It would claim the right to limit the price In order to expedite a sale, This Is the situation that will prove an Impassable barrier to any plan to sell the lands en masse to the state or for Its benefit to the highest bidder. This feature must have the first at tention of the conference when ex-Governor West, supported by C. Schuebel, and other political allies, unfold therr impracticable plan of state purchase, separate timber sale and reforesta tion. The proposal to add many mil lions to the irreducible school fund is a talking proposition; the fact that the scheme can never mature may not greatly lessen Its value as political capital. Ilut an examination of the project leads to the Inevitable conclu sion that its adoption would add to the government reserves, that now Include one-fourth the area of Oregon, a stale reserve of near two million acres, West's Viewpoint Questioned It Is conceivable that ex-Oovernor West, who is a resident of Multno mah county, might expect Clackamas county and other counties similarly situated to forego the advantages of Including In their assessment rolls two million acres of land for the pur pose of building up a school fund to be used In large part in maintaining Portland schools; but It Is not under standable how anyone having at heart the welfare of Clackamas county or any other county containing a large area of the grant lands Could fall In OREGON CITY, Sept. 20. (Editor of tho Enterprise) In your Untie of September M you had an nrticli writ ti'ii by O. W. EaMthant wlin IumiI lines "(V W. Kan th a in la aetere critic ol Schiic be! . plan. proo'l (o build up school f;.n(! by grant land rab' la ridi culed, fc'v Governor Wen' and local rcpriMi-ulutlve called all v." I have no ili'Hlrc to enter into a n"vniapir controversy with Mr. Eaatham or any ntbi-r person In connecilo'i wl.h ihe Ore '.'on California rtu on. Inn J rt.Hi! end thi I final so fur as i am concerned. I should not huve puld the slightest attention to the article were It not for the fact that I was a dolo mite the conference and Introduced an amendment to the original resolution which nincnilinent was defeated. The conference will reconvene in a short time and oh I expect to attend the con ference when it meets and again try to nave my amendment adopted. I deem It propcrt to present the facts to the public and let them judge whether I am representing the best Interests of tho people of this state. Several different classes of people are taking an interest In the Oregon California railroad land grant ques tion. First The railwuy company which Is vitally interested In trying to kcop tho lands for Its own benefit. Socond There are a large numbor of Versoim consisting of speculators, seirish interests, a certuin class or lawyers who see the possibilities or reaping a harvest and cheap politi cians who would be candidates for office who pretend to be friends of tho poor man. Third The poor man who really desires a tract of land for agricultural purposes and the men who are trying to help them and at tho same time protect the best Interests of the stato. I have no desire to cast reflections upon any man as to his integrity or honesty of purpose on this question nor do I wish to bo understood as plac ing Mr. Eastham In any of the parti cular classes I have mentioned. I will try to give the facts as I see them and then let the people Judge. I should be pleased to meet Mr. Eastham, or any other person, before any audience and allow him the opening and closing to discuss the amendment1! Introduced In regard to the disposition of the grant lands, as a public discussion is more satisfactory than a newspaper article. Not only Clackamas county, but the whole state of Oregon, is vital ly interested In having this question settled and settled right. There are approximately two mil lion five hundred thousand acres of land claimed by the railroad company, according to the best information that I have. About five hundred thousand acres is agricultural land, not valuable for timber, and the balance, Is chiefly valuable for timber and in some In stances, when the timber is removed, the land can be used for agriculture purposes, but the greater part of the timber land Is In the mountains and will never be used for agricultural psr poses. The supreme court in passing on this case said; "This, theu, being the situation resulting from conditions now existing. Incident, it may be, to the prolonged, disregard of the coveu- lli mi re of lh di' ! ;inn III, lor hun irii ailuii of mi iniu h of ih ' Jinn linn hrn'ln otilen-il a enlnliia arijr dlapcalllun of the land and iluibi'r in III i imam ahall ad. and Ibn i"it In II dlai-ri'llou Uiy modify Ilia iWr't ai mrilliiKly Ihla. thru, beyond anr nueallnli Kltra lh railroad company an e.ull of 12 SO ht arro and ali liullcali Ihnl thti iiirtuin court la mil In lat of I tin itrlii Ptifurci'iiiiMit of Ilia ara'H t.UMi lh landa Irnd nioit In hh illation I ban lo Hlliiiirul. The loivrnor t ailed a run feme u lu dctlae a plan lo oM-n ui Ibe la i l Mir aetlleinrlil, for lh dxtvlopllienl of Ihe at a.! and al tha hum I linn lo ptoiecl lha Inlerrai tlio alale ha In Ihe land Th folloalna reanlullDii wa tri pared and aiibniltted by lh conuoH tro on itaolutioiia: ' IteanUrd that It I Ilia irna of Ihla conference thai the rnimre.'a ol lh ('lilted Hlale ihnuld vnai-l la defining and aettllna who shall be iu alderrd an actual aettler tin lr lb terina of said acta, and aliat alinll be ronalilered an actual anlllpinriit. and requiring Ilia grantiwa under laid a t lo perform Ibe term and rendition of said a t. and ill and dlMw o aald landa, according lo the truii In tent and purpoM of aald act tn am i actual acttlcra. and. ba It further Itcinltcd, that art" unalterably optxiaed lo any further lnrrMt forrit rearrv In tha (tat of Orrgon; and latly. be II "Kraolvad. that urge iiMtn run grra Ihe enactment of legialatlon which "ball provide for Ihe Itnniedlatr ala of ald (rant land In area of not greater than 160 acre lo any one person and to actual aeitler al a price not In cirea of 13 50 per ore. and to provide again! all fraud In Ihe (rltliuniMil and dlpoltlon of laid land." I oppoaisl Ihe resolution and nib- niltted lha following anieiiili.ient: I In II reaolved, that It Ir Ihe arme of thi conference that the rcngreaa of the t'nllrd HUli a ihoulil enact law defining and settling who alie.ll Ii eonildered an actual et:'cr under lh term of aald acta, and what halt be considered an actual acttlcnu nt. That truteo-hlp ot the Itnd tin dir consideration bo rvpeaed in alate of Oregon wllh authority to tell agricultural land al tJ.fiO per acre lo acluii settler and that all timber land Khali be sold at prices conalatent with it reasonable value; and Taut au ale are mu l a turn of not to ncwd 92.50 an acre bv puld t the lailroa I company, and the rv'imin der be paid in lo tho irredunlbl school fund of the vlata of Oregon: That said fund b avuiluhlo fnr loan to settlors upon said laud on term similar to thoae made upon landa under the reclamation act whereby twenty year' time I given at eaay annual payments, or upon Mich other terms a ttiV lend all pos aible aaulatunt-o In the development nf liumei only, and aiicienKful pur chase of said landa by .in Id actual set tiers, and that actum cottier now upon said lauds shall be given (he first opportunity to purotinne. He It further resolved, that we are unalterably opponod to any further in cronse of forest reserve In tho state of Oregon." TIiIb amendment was the resolution agreed upon by a conference of Feif united Trados, Farmers' union and grango delegates which I attended Wednesday evening, the 15th, at Sn lem, Oregon. Under this amendment all tho agricultural lands would have been placed upon the market for act mil settlers at 12.50 per acre and the poor man who really wanted a tract of Innd to make a living on would hnve the opportunity. The land that was chlfuly valuable for timber would hnvo been sold, the railroad company receiving $2.50 per acre and the surplus placed to tho credit of the Irreducible school fund to be reloaned to farmers at a low rate of Interost; being a direct bene. fit to the man who Is poor and Is com pellcd to borrow by getting his money on long tlmo loans at a tow rato of In terest. The government In tho suit estimat ed the value of the land at M0, 000. 000 whlleHhe railroad company In its an swer admitted it was worth $.10, (mo 000 and I am sure we could safely estl mate the value at $25,000,000 allowing $5,000,000 In value for the 500,000 acres of agricultural land (although It would be sold to the actual settlor at $2.50 per acre instead of $10.00 per acre) there would still remnln $.10,000, 000 worth of timber land that could not be used for agricultural purposes. From the sale of the timber land (lie railroad company would roeulve $2.50 per acre or $5,000,000 and ilio school fund would receive $25,000,000. The plan for the dlspohllon of the land as proposed by my friend Eabt- ham, which Is virtually the same as the resolution adopted by tin) confer ence would provide for eelllnc nil of the land, agricultural as well as tim ber land, at $2.50 per acre. If the land was to be sold to actual settlers only, It would be Impossible to sell the timber land as a settler could pot make a living on the timber land, It not being fit for agricultural purposes. The only object then could be to try and get possession of a -sectlon of timber land that Is worth $10,000 for $400 and sell It just as soon as lie acquired title to some large timber corporation and he would make the profit In place of the profit going to the school fund for the benefit of the people of the whole state. The method proposed by Mr. East ham would certainly provide a harvest for unscrupulous grafters that could not be compared with the balmy days of the land frauds. Ml lalmiiii ar alao being mad III UMI'I lo ll qneallntl of laillig Ilia luii.la If lh land are Mild by lb railway roiiiiiiy lo aix-i ulal'X under lh land grant al V ' an a re, Ihey alll ha In lb band of prltle per on and lb HN ulalnr lll liiak lb prof II If Ida land alinuld ha mid In at' riirdaiii , fa h amendment I pro p. win) Uio lumla aotild ba on lha lak lull hi Ilia hand of pritala peraon and lha alalu luxil fund aiiiild make lha pnitll of bIhmiI l.'i.nOO.OnO and afl Ihe agrli ulluial land aoiild b otd for tl tti) per ana lo actual aeitler. I lielleie thn beat Inlereala of III pvupla aiiiild ba erri by svllllig III arlciilliiral land lo actual aettlefa and Milling lha limber land for what II I reasonably aorth and place lha prof it In fund that alii aaalat In edu cating lha children of tlut mining geiivrallnn mi long Oregon re main a data I b U ympalhy allll i heap politic or lh fellow alio I trying lu gel hold of a "4 erllnil nf limber Ihal la aorth $IO,ooO for $H0 under lh gulaa of lining an actual filler. C. H('ltrKi:K1.. CUMISHfJlM II (Continued irora rag I.I inl'tett that had tl rafted Ih reaolu lion. "When llie iiipraiu court aald Ihal tha term of lb grant would ba n forcnl. It meant Ihal II could ba rn- fnrtrd." limited Mr. Dlmick. Tha court ri petted rougr lo I'ika aome action for dlapoalng of lha nrliilnal grant. Now then, at Ihla lata day lb railroad come along with A ruggeatlon that w compromlae. I certainly take off my hat lu Mr. Dunne aa being thn flulahed prtwliict. Me certainly la a aniooth article. They didn't have anyone In Oregon aniooth enough lo put their ra lo you o Ihey had lo Import till chap from Hau FranrUco." Henator IHnilck quoted from Mr. t'unne'a remark and declared hia iintet. tenia "mora of Ihal bunk Ihal titer Soul hern Pacific haa been feed- ng you I'oopl of Oregon for tb lt il yt-nri." lie took rwraaliin aim) (o r'dlcul tha eiiccii on that rongresa ba In vited to i. nd out commute to look over the ailuatlon. Wbc-tl wilyl they end?" ha aked. A hum h of failillata. ronaarvalloulat who have bottled up the itate and kept nearly half our property off tb tax rolla. and when they come here wrom will they stw? They'll go around and talk to ine highbrow at lha Commercial club, and then go back to Wahington with th report I the land ar not fit for eltlemenl." C. L SPENCE QUITS C01IM PLACE STATE GRANGE MASTER BE LIEVES RULE AT SALEM CON FERENCE IS TRICK. 8AI.EM. Ore., frpt. 17. A bomb was exploded in the face of the dele gale lo the Innd grant conference thi morning when C. E. Bpence, of Clnckainn county, and K. J. Slack, member at largo of the comnilttiHi on resolutions, withdrew from It be cause thny believed Hint the rule un der which they were appointed hud boon niudo thn cloak for deception and tlmrp practice. Their action provoked an angry de buto on the floor of the conference, reviving tho controversy of yehtenlay over tho meaning of llie amendment to the rules proponed by A. K. Clark, of Portland, under which Htnto Sena tor Pay, W. W. Cnrtlwoll anil E. V. Carter wero added to tho rtmoltlons commltten, In violation of tho under standing of many of the dnlegntcs as to the nctunl contents of tho proposed rule. Hpeuro nnil Slack sent thn follow. lug letter to Chairman Vnwter, and Its reading precipitated tho muddle: 'After due consideration of tho mo. Hon by which farmers' organisations and tho Federation of Labor were designated for representation on the resolutions committee, wo bcllovo that tho motion was carried with the belief and understanding thnt its solo purpose wore to favor our organiza tions, and increase the number of delegates from five to seven, and not to romovo tho provision that dele gates at large bo from counties In which there aro no Oregon & Califor nia railroad lands. "It Is our Judgmont that tho motion put and carried Is tho one recorded and read by tho official stenographer . and not tho one subsequently passed to me secretnry. "We do not objoct norsonallv to the gentlemen appointed from the counties having Oregon ft California railroad lands, but we do object to the apparent use of our organizations ror the purpose of covering up any thing that Is not duly considered by this body. Our organizations are fundamentally opposed to such meth ods of proceudo In private or public affairs, as being detrimental to good government and savoring of old time political mothods, and believing thnt we could not consistent v volca our objections to this procedure and con tinue to servo on the committee, we respectfully but firmly decline to serve on the committee on reanlu. tlons. We wish further to state that our action In so doing Is unanimously ap- proved iy the delegates from our or ganizations present." Blllousnest and Comtlpatlon. It la certainly surprising that anv woman will endure the mlseralil f.l.- Ing caused by biliousness and consti pation, when relief Is so easily hnd and at so little expense Mrs. Chas. Peck, Gates, N. Y.t writes: "About a year ago I used two bottles of Cham berlain's Tablets and thev cur.d ma of biliousness and constipation." Ob tainable everywhere. (Adr.)