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12 THE MORNIXG GREGORIAN, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1908. WARSHIPS LEAVE FOR PUGET Charleston, Yorktown and Two Torpedo-Boats Sail From Portland Harbor. RIVER STEAMERS SALUTE Cruiser Will Go on Drydock at Bremerton Captain Bcatty la Or dered East July 1 Commander Werlich May Succeed Him. The cruiser Charleston, gunboat York town and torpedo-boats Fox and Davis sailed from Portland at 10 o'clock yes terday morning for the Navy-yard at Bremerton, on Puget Sound, alter a stay of exactly one week In Portland harbor. The torpedo-boats Farragut, Preble and Perry will leave today. The departure of the war vessels was witnessed by a large and enthusiastic crowd which gathered on the Steel bridge and on the East Side of the river, near the Charleston. When the huge cruiser swung around and pointed her nose down stream, she was given a rousing cheer from the crowd on shore and from people In launches and small boats. The river craft saluted and the vessels in the harbor all dipped their colors as the war ships steamed away. The fleet passed out to sea on the high tide last night and headed north. The Fox and Davis are of the smallest class of torpedo-boats and the larger vessels will act as convoys to the diminutive craft. On arrival at Bremerton it Is the in tention to place the Charleston on dry dock. July 1 Captain Beatty, her com mander, will leave the vessel and is un der orders to proceed East. He will be promoted on July 11 and It is generally understood that he will take command of the gun works at the Norfolk Navy yard. Who will succeed to the command of the cruiser la a matter which the Navy Department has not announced. Com mander P. J. Werlich, at present on duty as Inspector of the Thirteenth Light house district, has been ordered to pre pare for sea duty July 1. Captain Wer lich is one of the three officers of the Navy who are in line for the master's berth on the Charleston and It is gen erally understood that he will be the lucky man. The Charleston Is consid ered one of the finest commander's ships In the entire Navy. Before departing from Portland Ad miral Swinburne took occasion to express his gratification at the treatment re ceived while here. He said that he had hopes of returning to this city next year with several vessels of the type of the Minnesota. Admiral Swinburne also ex pressed himself as leased with the moor ing place provided for his ship and per sonally thanked Captain Groves, of the Port of Portland, for the services OS the tug McCracken. Breakwater Makes Fast Trip. The steamship Breakwater arrived up yesterday morning at 7:20 o'clock from Coos Bay, after one of the fastest pas sages she has made since she went on the run out of Portland. The Break water sailed from this city Wednesday night, June 3, at 9 o'clock. She crossoi out to sea the following morning and at 7:1S Thursday night she crossed In over the Coos Bay bar. She made all Coos Bay ports and at daylight Saturday morning she crossed out on the return voyage. The Breakwater reached Asto ria the same night and at 7:20 Sunday morning she passed through the draw of the Steel bridge. San Pedro Shipping. SAN PEDRO, Cal., June 7. The steam er Tallac, Captain Hansen, arrived to day from Portland via San Francisco and will discharge 1100 tons of grain for the Crescent Wharf & Warehouse Com pany. Marine Notes. The steamship Homer is discharging general cargo at the Couch-street dock. The French bark Edmond Bostand is loading wheat at the Oceanic dock. The Pilot No. 2 left down for As toria yesterday. The steamship State of California Is due to arrive this evening from San Francisco. A new stack was placed on the steamer Dalles City yesterday by the Willamette Iron Works. Arrivals and Departures. PORTLAND. June 7. Arrived Steamship Breakwater, from Coo Bay; steamship Northland, from San Pedro and way; steam ship Homer, from San Francisco; gasoline sloop Condor, from Alsea Bay. San Francisco, June 7. Arrived British steamer Yeddo. from Portland; steamer Raymond, from Raymond; steamer Doris (new), from Raymond, In tow steamer Ray mond; Shoshone from Astoria; steamer Tamalpais. from Hoqulam. Sailed Brittsh steamer Inverklp, for Portland; steamer SOUND GRAIN TONNAGE EN ROUTE AND LISTED FOR PORTLAND COMPLETE TO JUNE 8 Name, Flag and Rig Tons. Aberfoyle. British ship 1507.. Ahnes Oswald. British ship 13X0.. Albert Rlckmers, German ship 1880.. Asgard. British ship ..15DU.. Aster, German ship ................... i:t:;:i. . Aster, Ger. ship 1333.. Bossuet. French bark Brablock, British bark 2000.. Carmanlan, British bark 1773.. Clan Graham, British ship .....2SOO.. David d' Anglers, French bark.. ....... 1578. Eugenie Fautrel. French bark 1705.. Falklandbank. British 1781.. Flfeshlre, British bark !:H8.. Gael, French bark 1707.. Gen. Faidherbe, Ft. bark 1728.. Gulf Stream. British hark ...1378... Henrlette. German ship ,....1808.. Helen Blume. French ship 2154.. Homeward Bound, American bark 1887. . Nordsee. German ship 1652.. Jourvllle, French bark ........1945.. Kllloran. British bark 1580.. Knight Templar, British steamer 4002.. I.aennec. French ship ...2011.. La Rochejacqueleln. French bark ...... 1594.. Madura. British steamer ..2903.. Marechal Moallles, French bark. ....... Neotsfleld. British shin 216ft. 1820. Oregon, German snip Port Crawford. British ship 1593.. River Fallock. British ship 1586.. Rochambeau, French bark... 1831... Turgot, French bark 1959.. Vendee, French bark...... .... ..1765. . Vincennes, French bark ....173U.. Total tonnage en route and listed. ............ Same date in 1007 Same date In 1006 GRAIN VESSELS Name, Flag and Rig. Tons. Ancalos. British ship ......1704... Brodick Castle, British ship 1770.. Crown of India. British bark 1885.. Donna Franceses. British bark 2163. . Edmond Rostand, French bark ...1951.. Einanuel Accame, Italian bark. .. ....2163. . Larglemore, British ship ... .1786. . Leyland Bros.. British ..2238.. President, for Victoria; steamer Thor, for Nanalmo; steamer Tho. L. Wand, for Co lumbia River; steamer Daisy Mitchell, for Wlllapa; steamer 6. C. Llndauer, for Grays Harbor. Astoria. June 6. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M-, smooth; wind, northwest; weather, clear. Arrived down at 5 A. M. and Balled at 6 A. M. Steamers Eureka and Yellow stone, for San Francisco; steamer Alliance, STEAMER INTELLIGENCE. Doe to Arrive. Name. From. Date. Numantla. .. .Hongkong In port Breakwater. .Coos Bay...... In port Roanoke Los Angeles. . . June 9 Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro June 9 State of Cal. San Francisco. June 9 Alliance Coos Bay June 11 Rose City... .San Francisco. June 15 Arabia Hongkong: July 20 Alesla Hongkong Aug. 20 Nlcomedla. .. Hongkong. .... Sept. 8 Scheduled to Depart. Name. For. Date. Breakwater. .Coos Bay. .. June 10 Geo. W. ElderSan Pedro June 11 Alliance Coos Bay June 13 State of Cal. San Francisco. June 13 Kumantla. .. .Hongkong. ... . June 15 Roanoke Los Angeles... June TR Rose City... -San Francisco. June 20 Arabia Hongkong Aug. 1 Alesla Hongkong Aug. 27 Klcomedla. . . Hongkong 8ep't. IS for Coos Bay. Arrived at 10 and left up at 10:10 last night Steamer Breakwater,1 from Coos Bay. San Pedro. June 7. Arrived Steamer Tallac, from Portland. Tides at Astoria Monday. High. Low. 7:62 A. M 60 feetl:49 A. M 2.8 feet 8:08 P. M 7.7 feet)l:32 P. M 2.3 feet CROSSES FINISH X.1SE AHEAD IX HER CLASS. Xittle Boat Picks Up Southeast Gale. Corrected Time 98 Hours, 12 Minutes, 15 Seconds. HAMILTON, Bermuda, June 7. With her starboard rail under water and driv ing under three lower sails In a 20-knot breeze, the Venona, owned by George E. Bliss, of Boston, and carrying the flag of the Eastern Yacht Club, crossed the finish line at 3:34 this afternoon, winning in class three in the race from Marble head to Hamilton, the start of which was made shortly after 11 A. M. last Wednesday. When the Venona crossed no other vessel was in sight. The elapsed time was 99 hours, 12 minutes and 15 sec onds. The Venona is the smaller boat in the fleet. Captain Bliss and his crew ac count for the fine run by their keeping well to the eastward orl Thursday and Friday, so that they picked up the southeast gale last night and ran fast and with stacked sheets. The little yacht's best run was 193 miles from noon on Saturday to noon Sunday. Soon after the Venona finished another yacht appeared on the harlzon. It proved to be the Marchioness. She was fully 20 miles behind the winner. At dark tonight she still had a good five miles to go. Amusements What the Press Agrnta Say. "Idyl of Folly" at the Hellig. The "Idyl of Folly" opens and closes at the Hellig tonight. This comedy-drama in three acts is an extremely amusing affair. In which some cleverly-acted domestic and financial complications provoke laughter. Tickets on sale today. "Lovers' Lane" at the Baker. "Lovers' Lane," which the Baker Stock Company opened the week with yesterday, contains more whole-souled, laughable com edy than any of the other famous Clyde Fitch plays. The scenes are laid In a little town in Massachusetts and the piece affords great opportunity for character creation. "Held by the Enemy" Tonight. The second week of the Blunkall-Atwood season at the Lyric will be Inaugurated to night by a distinguished performance of William Gillette's famous drama "Held by the Enemy." Oaks' Big Attractions. Thousands upon thousands of delighted vis itors enjoyed the many charms of Portland's magnificent amusement park yesterday. This afternoon the White and Gold orchestra will give a symphony concert and tonight the Allen Curtis Company will put on musical comedy, as usual. The Tickler and dozens of other features. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS. Fitzslmmons at the Marquam. Robert Fitzsimmons, the greatest fighter the world has ever known. Is a $1000 per week Pantages feature at the Marquam all this week. With Mrs. Fltzsimmons, he pro duces a dramatic sketch and gives an exhibi tion of bag-punching. Grand's Bright Acts. This afternoon the new bill of vaudeville at the Grand will commence. The head liners are the Gleesons and Hculihan. This Is a dancing and musical act, which has no superior In vaudeville. The special added attraction will be the noted emotional act ress, Franklyn Gale and her company In "The Seamstress." Grease palntB and professionals supplies at Woodard. Clarke & Co. Hanan shoes at Kosentnal a. From. ..Antwerp . . Newcastle, N. S. W. . . .Antwerp , ..Antwerp ............ .'.Nitrate Port ..MaJIllones ...Newcastle, N. S. W. ..Antwerp ............ ..Hamburg ........... ..St. Rosalia ...Antwerp ........... . .Antwerp . .Valparaiso . ......... ...Newcastle, N. 3. W. . .London ..Antwerp Sailed. .Feb. 25 .Jan. 13 .Jan. 20 ..Feb S .April 19 .Antwerp . Callao .............. . .Antwerp ..Vancouver, B. C... . .Callao ..Antwerp ..Antwerp' ............ . .Valparaiso ..Honolulu ........... ..Newcastle ........ .April 9 ..May 1 ..San Francisco ...... ..Talcahuano ......... ..Hamburg 1775.. .uallao .Callao .Valparaiso Lelth . H amburg ........... .San Francisco Antwerp ., ...April 8 In Port. 15.590 8.025 6,222 65.117 81.976 37,785 IN PORT. Berth. .O. W. P . .Drydock . .Drydock .... ..Astoria , .Mersey Columbia No. ,.o. W. P .O. W. P Arrived. ...April 20 . . . Feb. 27 .March 3 .March 26 ...May 1 .. .May 19 ..March 1 .March ( PHASES OF COAL INDUSTRY TO BE DEVELOPED Coos Bay Capitalists Prepar ing to Establish "Briquet ting" Plant at Marshfield. GOOD FUEL WILL BE CHEAP Lignite Product of Southwestern Oregon Said to Possess Excellent Qualities Plant to Be in Oper ation Early This Summer. MARSHFIELD, Or., June 7. (Spe cial.) The Coos Bay coal fields are to afford a new industry which not only promises to be a big thing for the locality, but which will be an import ant factor In the coal trade of the Coast. There has been formed a com pany for the purpose of "briquetting" the Coos Bay coal and putting it on the market. A large amount of money is being expended for machinery which has been ordered and within a few months the briquetting plant will be in full operation. The site for the establishment Is a tract known as the Archer farm lo cated near the C. A. Smith sawmill, and with a big waterfront on Isthmus Inlet, where there is deep water near the bay, affording transportation for both raw material and the finished product. The purpose of briquetting the coal is to transform the slack from the mines, which sells at a low cost Into briquets, which will be a high-class fuel, but one which can be sold for much less than the regular coal. The Coos Bay lignite coal sells' for a big price and those who are start ing the new plant believe that they will be able to meet the demand for a cheap fuel, but one which will be good for both domestic and steam pur poses. Makes an Excellent Fuel. In Germany the lignite coal is brl quetted with success and it is the only coal which has so far been put in this form without the use of a binder because of its moisture. The same thing is claimed for the Coos Bay coal. The slack will be pressed together by machinery and for ordinary use no binder will be used. The briquet will be of a size convenient for stoves or can be shoveled the same as any coal. For the product to be used for steam purposes a binder will be used with the slack. It is held by the new firm that the German navy depends upon briquets and that manufactured on Coos Bay they will be an important factor as a fuel for boats of all kinds and also for railroads. The new firm which will start the plant is known as the German-American Coal Briquet Company George Wt Carleton, of Marshfield, is the president and Francis H. Clark, also of this city. Is secretary. W. A. Theis, formerly of Hanover, Ger many, will be the general manager and the practical man. Mr. Theis was en gaged in this business in Germany and has made investigations in different, parts of this country and states that the Coos Bay coal is the best lignite for briquet ting he has discovered. He has been ex perimenting here for some time past with the result that the company was formed. About J10.000 is being expended for the machinery, which has been ordered, and putting the site in shape for the work. Can Be Sold for $3.75 a Ton. It Is estimated that the briquets can be manufactured so that they can be sold for $3.75 a ton.' The slack will be pur chased from the various coal mines of the country and can be transported on scows to the plant. It is claimed in favor of the briquets as can be made here that in burning they make practically no smoke, are more easily fired and require less storage room than coal, no waste, a uniform Bteam pressure is produced and that there Is no liability of spontaneous combustion. Chiefly, it is claimed, the successfully manufactured briquets will be put on the market a first-class steam fuel and at a small cost The machinery was ordered from Ger many, and while awaiting Its arrival buildings will be constructed and wharfs built on the factory site. The machines press the slack with great force into the shape of the briquets which, when finished, are exceedingly hard. It Is expected to have the plant in full GROWTH OF FIOXEER TOWS MAKES NECESSARY ERECTION OF ADDITIONAL ROOMS. Architect Chappell Browns has completed plans for the enlargement of the Milwaukie schoolhouse, mak ing an eight-room building, with assembly hall. The completed structure will be a handsome building and a credit to the plpneer town. Attendance of pupils has Increased rapidly the past year, an outside room being needed for the Overflow. The completed building will cost something over $10,000. INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST HALF MILLION DOLLARS EXPENDED TO RECLAIM DESERT WASTE AT TWO RIVERS Pump Weighing; 250 Tons Raises 26,000,000 gallons of water to 82-foot level every 24 hours. ISA 7VSSG jnZ3 JOW:& CWSMJL, UfJTE&W WALLA KALLA COiAfTy TWO RIVERS, 'Wash.. June 7. (Spe cial.) The waters of the Snake River are now being pumped by the Pasco Power & Water Company onto the arid desert lands of Western Walla Walla. County. The project, which was begun three years ago by A. B. Frame, of Portland, later purchased by the present company, with Will H. Parry, of Seattle, as President, Is one of magnitude. When completed it will represent an expenditure of over $500,000 and will efficiently irrigate over 20,000 acres of desert land now covered with sagebrush. At present a 250-ton pump, over 14 feet in height and costing $18,000, raises 26, 000,000 gallons of water 82 feet every 24 hours. A similar pump will be installed as soon as enough land Is placed under irrigation to warrant, which will raise even more water to a 45-foot level, and the present pipeline will be elevated to place water on a 120-foot level. A great deal of the land under this system of irrigation has been sold, and is immediately being prepared for Irriga tion. The town of Two Rivers has sprung up as a result of this irrigation project, and there is much activity in the sale of properties. One of the largest canning companies in the West will erect a branch cannery at this place as soon as sufficient asparagug has been planted to provide for the capacity of such a operation and producing briquets some time during the latter part of the Sum mer. As several new mines are being opened on the Coos Bay waterways and as the production- of coal in the district is being greatly increased there will be no difficulty in securing an abundance of slack as the raw material for the new plant. As there is a great demand for the or dinary coal of Coos Bay, the owners of the new concern believe that the market for their product will be even greater than they can supply. A NEW HOTEL FOR STUART Model Structure Being Erected in Snake River Town. RIPARIA, Wash., June 7. (Special.) The town of Stuart will boast one of the finest, if not the very finest, hostelrles of any place of its size in the State of Washington wnen the new hotel is com pleted. The building will be 60 feet square, two stories, with basement 36x60 feet, and provision is made in the base ment for an up-to-date bar and wine room. It will have private sewer system, private water supply, and baths on both floors, and its own gas plant. The build ing Is of hollow cement blocks, and will be finished and furnished In a thoroughly up-to-date manner. The cornerstone was laid Friday, May 29. W. H. Stuart, pioneer owner of the townsite. Is erecting the hotel, which will cost over $10,000. Hewill later clear the buildings from the adjoining lots and grade the streets and park the lots at his own expense. Stuart, as the town will hereafter be known, has always been called Texas City. It la in Whitman County opposite Riparia. Riparia, the old town on the Colombia County side of the ri-er, is scarcely more than a railroad yard now, many of those employed there residing in Stuart. Stuart, or Texas City, as then called, was established and platted long years ago, but has until recently pro gressed but little and the lots have for some time been withdrawn from the market. Situated on the navigable Snake River, a terminal for two railroads, the Oregon, Washington & Idaho and the Stokane, Portland & Seattle, Stuart should come to be one of the best little towns in the district. SCHOOLHOUSE AT MILWAUKIE WILL BE It, Z3 YfAG fJT Z.AT o J plant. Apples, pears and all late-blooming fruits thrive well throughout this district, and as a result of two years' CITY AT FOOT OF WIXD RIVER VALLEY HAS BRIGHT FUTURE. Government Expert Estimates Tim ber Value at $6,000,000 Miner al Springs Becoming Popular. BT ROSWELL SHELLEY. CARSON, Wash., June 7. (Special.) Since the completion and operation of the North Bank road Carson is fast forging to the front. Cradled in the breaks of the Columbia River gorge and being the natural gate way to Wind River Valley a table stretching northward 20 miles on a water grade, rich in undeveloped resources, Car son is destined to grow rapidly. A conservative estimate of the value of timber in the u ind Rivor Valley made by a Government cruiser places the figures at $6,000,000 in raw material. The school district is bonded for a four room schoolhouse and bids have been advertised for construction of same. A new church is to be erected this Sum mer, together with a number of modern cottages. Carson boasts of two mineral springs, the St. Martin's Hot Springs and the New Mineral Springs Both springs are equipped with hotels and thousands of people come here annually to bathe and renew their youth. Portland furnishes a large proportion of the guests and all return home fully satisfied. Carson is situated in the heart of the mountains only 18 miles from Hood River and the rich fertile soil Is especially adapted to the growing of apples. A fine supply of city water Is furnished from a pure mountain spring. Several enter prises are needed here, among them a weekly newspaper. Taking It altogether Carson has a bright future and offers splendid induce ments to the homeseeker. Tomorrow and Wednesday will posi tively be the last days for discount on West Side gas bills. Portland Gas Com pany. ENLARGED experiments, several acres of peanuts have been planted, as they are found to thrive and do well. There are five business buildings con tracted for erection, which, together with a $6000 schoolhouse, will be built and ready for occupancy next Fall. A pressed brlck factory is figuring on running a plant here to provide for building ma terial. The sand Is said to be well adapt ed for first-class brlckmaklng. PAVING YAKIMA STREETS CONTRACT CAIiliS FOR EXPENDI TURE OF $200,000. Work Expected to Be Completed in Time for Fall Fair Good Prog ress on Electric Railways. NORTH TAKIMA, Wash., June 6. (Special.) North Yakima has begun street paving on a large scale. The area to be paved with brick includes four blocks of Yakima avenue, the principal business street, and two blocks of Front, First and Second streets, north and south from the ave nue, and comprises practically the whole of the business district of the city outside of the warehouse section along the railroad right of way. George Milton Savage, of Tacoma, has the contract for the work, the price being approximately $200,000. and it Is to be paid for by assessment of property owners of land adjoining the paved streets, and by a special bond issue of the city, the two parties shar ing equally in the cost. Brick laying will begin In a few days, when all of the macadam from one block of the avenue will have been removed and the ground prepared for the bricks. It !s certain that the work will bo completed before the date of the state fair, and the electric railroad also will be running along the avenue and out to the fair grounds by that time. The accompanying photograph shows the busiest crossing on Yakima ave nue at the junction of First street. The macadam is being plowed up and deposited by horse scrapers into wa gons from a w(oodon stage, thus sav ing considerable labor necessary for loading the rock onto wagons by hand. The building shown in the picture is the Washington Hotel. JUSTICES AND CONSTABLES Results of Election for These Ofrices in Iilnn County. ALBANY, Or., June 7. (Special.) The following Justices of the Peace and Constables were chosen in Linn County at the recent election, there being some close contests In many dis tricts: . District 1 fWest Albany. Orleans ana Tan sent) O. T. Porter, Justice: District 2 (Al bany, East Albany, Price and Sjr,acuse) L. L. Swan, Justice; John Catlln, Constable. District 4 (Shed(?) C. J. Shedd. Justice; L. St. John, Constable. District S (Halsey) William M. Stewart. Justice; Ferry Curn- mings. Constable. District 6 (Harrlsburir) Levi Douglas, Justice; T. J. Stephens, Con stable. District 7 Brownvll!i) W. S. Hol comb. Justice; William Morgan. Constable. District 8 (Lebanon) J. M. Burtenshaw, Jus tice; Philip RIMer, ConstaMe. District 9 (Sodavllle end Waterloo) C. H. Donaca; Jus tice; Newton Huddleson. Constable. District 10 (Sweet Home and Foster) Dayton Harris, Justice; H. R. Slavens. Constable. District 11 (Crawfordsvllle) F. M. Barr, Justice; G. w. Slavens. Constable. District 12 (Lacomb and South Scto) G. W. Wilson. Justice; S. M. Wirt. Constable. District 13 (North Sclo, Regelburn. Jordan and Kingston) O. B. Cy rus. Justice: J. A. Bilyeu. Constable. Dis trict 14 (For Valley) William Farmer, Jus tice. District 14is (Rock Creek) Thomas W. Tuttle, Justice; Marion Rlstun. Cnnstabl". Look Well Your doctor will tell you why Ayers Hair Vigor so promptly checks fall ing hair. Ask him all about it. Alii 9 FY ers sn U NEW IMPROVED FORMULA J Good books are all right, but do not let them cheat you out of your good looks. Drop your books; take up your mirror ! Is your hair exactly to your liking? Remember, Ayer's Hair Vigor is a hair medicine, promptly stops falling hair, destroys dan druff. Does not color the hair. We have no secrets I We publish the formulas of all our medicines. J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Mass. DBHiflH BILL "LOADED" HOUSE DISCOVERED JOKER IN AMENDED MEASURE. Defeated When Cattlemen and Other Landgrabbcrs Attempted to Remodel It. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU; Wash ington, June 1. Congress would have passed a dry-farm homestead bill before adjournment had the true friends of dry farming brought in a measure that was fair and honest. The failure of the Smoot-Mondell bill was due to two causes It was not a homestead bill in all respects, nor was it confined to dry lands. The Joker was discovered by the House of Representatives, and be cause an attempt had been made to slip through a loaded bill, the House became Indignant and virtually tabled the measure. The adverse action of the House is not a blow at dry farming; in fact it is generally acknowledged that the House would speedily pass a dry-farm homestead bill that was properly drawn and adequately safeguarded. That such a bill will bo brought up next ses sion is quite certain, and If it can be kept free from jokers. It ought to pass. But if it is again loaded down with dangerous amendments, it will follow the ill-fated Smoot-Mondoll bill and go to the discard. The President and the Secretary of the Interior are both favorable to a dry-farm homestead bill that will dou ble the size of homesteads in dry re gions, where 3 60 acres will not sup port a family, but the Secretary was not In favor of the Smoot-Mondell bill, and had it passed In Its final form it is very doubtful If the President would have signed it. The administration ob jected to the dead bill because It was not confined to dry country, but was so worded as to virtually double the home mead area In all parts of the West. Moreover, the administration could not see its way clear to approve any kind of a homestead .bill which waived the residence requirement, as did the Smoot-Mondell bill in certain cases. With these objectionable features re moved the administration would have readily indorsed the dry-farm measure, and, with the indorsement of the ad ministration, it probably would have become a law. One great trouble with the dry-farm homestead bill was that It quickly passed out of the hands of its friends Into the hands of men who were anxious to use it for the benefit of the stockmen and particularly the cattle men of the West. Those members who were earnestly In favor of providing for 320-acre homesteads in sections that can be developed only by dry farming, soon found themselves out numbered, and when they were out numbered their bill was mutilated until it became, as was frequently declared In debate, a "land -grabbing measure," with no semblance to a homestead proposition. The House was so determined In Its opposition to the Smoot-Mondell bill that it is hardly likely any attempt will be made next session to revive that particular measure, or if that bill should be revived, it will be material ly altered. It will have to be confined strictly to dry country, and it will have to require residence. Senator Smoot, who was primarily responsible for the defeat of the measure bearing his name, is fighting for a non-resident amend ment, ' permitting 320-acre homesteads on lands which do not contain suffi cient water for domestic purposes. Eastern men will have to be con vinced that such land can be success fully cultivated before they will stand for the Smoot proposition. Smoot says Utah must have a non-resident dry farm homestead bill or his state will not benefit. A majority of the House takes the position that If Utah is so dry that families cannot live on its unappropriated lands, then It is too dry for cultivation. Mr. Smoot must come to time and take the same kind of a dry-farm bill that Is shaped up for the rest of the Western country. BOHEMIA DISTRICT ACTIVE. Development Work Under Way In Every Section of Camp. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., June 7. (Spe cial.) There is considerable movement in the Bohemia mining camp this year, and although the season has been some- -what backward, heavy development work Is already outlined In nearly every sec tion of the camp. The Mayflower Mining Company, on Steamboat Creek, has a force of men developing an important lead, as well as having let a contract for a new road to connect with the Noonday road. It is announced upon good authority that this company will erect a reduction plant this season. Thea Great Eastern Mining Company has been reorganized and is now incor porated under the name of the Trinity Mining Company, with 19 full mining claims. Joe Wilson, a well-known mining man is in charge, and it is reported that extensive development work will con tinue thrnuehont the year. y r air v laor