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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1908)
ITER POWERS TO BE CONSERVED House Committee Takes First Steps to Save Resources by Regulating Dams. FOLLOW PRESIDENT'S LEAD AVith Exception of Tax lo Tie Irn posed, Jlfmbcrs Agree to Tolicy Outlined by Koosevelt Strong Opposition Appears. WASHINGTON. Dec 21. Practically the first steps toward a more judicious us of the water powers of the country. In line with the policy of President Roosevelt to conserve the natural re sources of the United States are now being- made by the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce in preparation of a bill to resulate the con struction, of dams across navigable waters. Strong Opposition Appears. Preliminary consideration of the mat ter has developed the fact that there is a strong opposition In Congress to the Government levying on the water powers of navigable rivers. Subsequent to the veto last Spring by the President of the Ralney project, the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com mittee of the House appointed a sub-com-mltte to investigate the programme- of new legislation In regard to the regula tion of dams across navigable waters. During the Summer and Fall this sub committee went Into various phases of the matter and Chairman Stevens of Min nesota Is now ready to explain to the full committee the recommendations of the subcommittee. This will be the first matter consid ered after the return of the committee from Panama. Agree With One Exception. All the recommendations of the Presi dent In regard to the improvements and regulations of dams are agreed to by the subcommittee except the regulation that a tax be Imposed. Tomorrow the sub commltte will urge that the full com mittee recommend to the House that the present laws be so amended that the Sec retary of War may fix charges for the privilege of constructing a dam. It will make an alternative recom mendation that this money either be de voted to restoring conditions of naviga tion to the original state before the dam was constructed, or be turned Into the treasury to be applied into the improve ment of navigation generally. In his message the President pointed out that, while it appeared that under the present law there waa a method of forfeiture of permits, when conditions were not met. owing to there being no definite imposi tion of the duty of declaring a forfeiture or any administrative officer, permits were not forfeited. The subcommittee will urge that this duty be Imposed upon the Secretary of War. Committee Accepts Recommendation The committee also has accepted the recommendation of the President that there be a specific time limitation upon the permits and has fixed 99. years as the limit. This is done with a view of the public keeping control of the great water ways and of the Government retaining the right to eventually remove a dam should it become an obstruction under changed conditions. PREDICTS CHEAP LUMBER Edward Mines Says lower Cost or Manufacture Responsible. CHICAGO. Dec. 21. Edward Hines, newly elested president of the Virginia & Rainy Lake Lumber Company, the largest combine in the world of its kind, predicts cheaper lumber and a new era In its production as a result of the new organization. It is our intention to cheapen the cost of manufacturing, and, of course, to cheapen the cost to consumers proportion ately," said Mr. Hines. "Wo will not do thU, however, at the expense of the coun try by reckless or wasteful lumbering methods. - 'We will work in harmony with the forest departments of the United States and Canada, and we hope to make money out of the things that they will ask us to do. For instance, we will utilize all the timber on the ground we cut over. We will not simply pick out the choice trees, leaving dead wood and Brush to feed forest tires. We will clear the land, so that Instead of being a worthless wilderness after it is cut over, it will be available for farming purposes. "We are also hoping that a further re duction may be made In the cost of lum ber to American consumers by the tak ing off of the tariff. The greater part of our land is in Canada and this would en able us to bring the Canadian lumber into the United States, a thing that the tariff practically prohibits now." DRYS WIN AT PRINEVILLE Property-Owners Ticket Wins After Exciting Contest. Pry NEVILLE, Dec. 21. (Special.) The property-owners and business men's ticket was victorious today In the annual elec tion. The following officers were elected: Mayor, D. K. Stewart: Aldermen, John B. Shipp. Jesse Yancy. Wardwell Cram: Re corder, C. It. Shattuck; Treasurer, J. W. Boome; Marshall. Wade Huston. The election was iery close and hotly con tested. The winners may be claesed as Prohibitionists. LET C0I1L MEN ACT Western Producers Fail to Take Part in Tariff Work. EAST WANTS FREE COAL JURY FOR BEACH HARGIS Defense Will Expose Wliole Life of Jndge Ilargis. IEXIXGTOX. Ky., Dee. 1. At Irvine today a tjury was secured to try Beach Hargls for the murder of his father, Judge James Hargls. AU the members are farmers. It is said that the defense will introduce witnesses to lay bare the whole life of Judge Hargls, giving his connection wlfh the Breathitt County feuds and assassinations, believing it can be proved by these witnesses that Judge Ilargis was responsible for his own death. COATS, SUITS, SKIRTS. - Fine tailored suits, coats, skirts, waists, eiderdown dressing garments, silk ki monos, silk petticoats, waists, costumes, etc., for Christmas gifts. Lowest prices for high-grade garments. McAlIen & Mc Donnell, Third and Morrison. Christmas cutlery. Eyssell's Phar macy, 2n Morrison, between Fourth and Fifth streets. Big Mine Operators Favor Removal of Duty to Open Up Canadian Market to the Americans. Would Hurt Far West. OREGONIAN KBW3 BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec 19. If the coal producers of the West are interested in maintain ing the present duty on coal, it is time they took cognizance of the fact that Congress Is shaping a new tariff bill, and that considerable pressure is being brought to bear by Eastern interests to have coal placed on the free list. While the ways and means committee waa giv ing hearings on coal, the Western pro ducers were conspicuous by their absence. As a matter of fact, if the duty on coal is removed it will be the Western pro ducers who will feel it and not the big producers of the anthracite region of Pennsylvania nor the bituminous region of the Ohio Valley. As a matter of fact. Eastern coal pro ducers are willing to have coal placed on the free list. They are sufficiently strong to meet competition from abroad and their geographical position is such that they can hardly be damaged by coal from foreign markets. On the con trary, the Eastern coal men believe that if the Dingley duty is removed, Canada will grant free admission to American coal, and thus enlarge the markets which today exist In the Eastern provinces. The Pennsylvania coal producers believe that they can compete with Nova Scotia producers in a large portion of Eastern Canada. Would Damage Far West. The real damage that would be done by removing the duty on coal would be in - the Far West, where coal from Bri tish Columbia would enter into active competition with the coal produced in Washington and in Wyoming. Washing ton would feel it more than Wyoming because British Columbia coal could be shipped by water to Puget Sound, San Francisco and to Portland at rates which could not be met in many instances by Washington coal mines. The Wyoming producers would probably not feel Canadian competition except in Idaho and Montana. Nevertheless there Is a large market for coal in these two state, supplied almost entirely at present by the mines of Washington and Wyom ing, and if, under the free trade arrange ment, Canadian coal should compete In these markets, the Wyoming producers would suffer. Should Submit Briefs. The opinion of members of the coal pro ducing states of the Far West is that their coal men should get together and formulate a brief or a series of briefs for presentation to the ways and means committee setting forth the conditions under which their coal is mined, the price of labor, the markets which they now serve, and showing what results would follow if they should be brought into competition with British Columbia coal, mined by cheap labor and much of It transported in foreign ships which also employ Asiatic labor. Any information of this kind that is authentic will be of great assistance to the Western delega tions in their protests against the reduc tion to the tariff on coal when the spe cial session convenes. OHIOAN IS ARRESTED HERE Ex-County Auditor and Federal Agent in. Toils. Thomas J. Patterson, formerly County Auditor of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and an agent in that state of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was arrested Sunday morning by Secret Service Agent Con nell. and later held in $2000 bonds, which he furnished. It Is charged by Connell that Patterson is wanted on a grand Jury indictment in Ohio for Impersonating a Federal officer, and that he has also pb talned J76 worth of groceries from an Ohio grocer and neglected to pay for them. W. C. Bristol. Patterson's attorney, denies that his client is a fugitive from Justice, and declares that no record of his ever having been indicted in Ohio has been sent to this state, and that the local Federal officers have no case against him. Patterson Is at present working as a salesman for an East Side firm, and his employers have every confidence in him. HIS examination will be on January 12, bv which time it is hoped to have the Ohio charges, if they exist, forwarded here. EMMA GOLDMAN SPEAKS UP oted Anarchist Debates With Wal ter Thomas Mills. Emma Goldman, the expounder of the principals of anarchism, and 'Walter Thomas Mills, Socialist, writer and lec turer on economic questions, were heard in a debate at a meeting last night in Merrill's Hall. Rev. E. S. Muckley act ing as chairman. Mrs. Goldman advanced her well-known views on government, and referred cynically to the programme of the Socialists. She made a plea for individual liberty. The community in terest is, she said, to be fathered by mutual understanding, without coercion, and added that government- is in its essence corrupt, since it seeks to control the liberty of the individual. Each should decide his affairs in harmony with his own interests and inclinations and not in harmony with those who hold the power of government. "The Jews," said Miss Goldman, "have been governed for 600 years. Their prophets each assured them that they would reach heaven. And the Jews are still in hell. The Christians have been ruled for the past 2000 years by the law laid down by their leader that was to give them heaven on earth: and they are still in helL. The Socialists are now In hell; but when they get Into office they will make a heaven for themselves, and leave you in hell. The majority should not control the minority." Mr. Mills, in answering Miss Goldman, questioned the practicability of her doc trine, and presented what he contended to be the principles of the greatest good to the greatest number. Said Mr. Mills: "Under the anarchistic system, when will you strike? When anyone la ready? When will you quit? When anyone is ready to quit? Nothing worth rec4rdinr was ever accomplished without union. I am not asking for the control of the mi nority by the majority, but for a system that shall stop the robbing of the ma jority by the minority." Multnomah Billiard Tournament. The handicap billiard turnament at the Multnomah Amateur Athletlo Club com menced last night with games In the fifth class. E. L. Mersereau, one of the best cue artists at the club, met and de feated two competitors. His first game was with R. M. Jones, from who fi he won by 50 points to 43. H. D. Barrett CHRISTMAS AT THE COAST Through train to Seaside. Leaves Union Depot 6 P. M. Deceniber 24th. Ai' & 0. R. R. R. SPECIAL DINNER AT MOORE HOTEL TICKETS AND PARLOR CAR RESERVATIONS At 122 Third St. and Third and Morrison Sts. was Meresereau's opponent in the sec ond game, when the latter won a second time, by the score of 50 to 46. AT THE TACPEVITXE THEATERS. Kooney Sisters Orpheum. The Rooney Sisters are the two little American dancers who conquered Europe and who were so well thought of that they were the recipients of handsome medals from her majesty, the Crown' Prince Marie. Their dancing is so spirited they have been termed "the Rooney Madcaps." The Johnoon Students. The bill at Pantages Theater this week Is composed of rare novelty acts. The John son Students, four young men, are the speediest club Jugglers in America their act Is a whirlwind from start to finish. They are supported by seven clever vaudeville numbers. Artlstlo Vaudeville. One of the most artistic vaudeville offer ings presented in Portland is "A Soldier of Propvllle." In which Mr. and Mrs. Es mond are appearing this week at the Grand. The act Is strictly high-class and contains legitimate character acting. COMEVG ATTRACTION'S. Seats Selllnr for Louis James. Seats are now selling at the Heilig The ater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, for the favorite actor. Louis James, in the stupendous scenic production of "Peer Gynt." Mr. James, supported by Aphle James and a splendid company, will be the attraction for three nights, beginning next Thursday, with special matinees Christmas and Saturday. Rose Stahl at llelllg Tonight. Tonight and tomorrow night at the Helllg Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, the attraction will be the charming actress, Rose Stahl. and an, excellent supporting company, in her interesting comedy success. "The Chorus Lady." Last night's big audi ence applauded both star and play to the echo. "Arizona" at the Baker. Hollls Coolcy's production of Augustus Thomas' greatest play. "Arizona," Is the attraction at the Baker Theater all this week, with matinees Wednesday (bargain ilavl. Friday and Saturday As the title LEST YE FORGET LENNON'S GLOVE ORDERS AS A REMINDER 111 :Lf E To those who have yet to complete their Christmas purchases we sug gest LENNON'S GLOVE ORDERS Have you forgotten your friend in San Francisco? You have ample time to reach her (him) by mail with one of our Glove Orders, which are redeemable with the best ploves at our San Francisco stores on Market street. Van Ness avenue or Fillmore street, in San Francisco. In Seattle we have two stores on Second ave. Your Portland friends may present "Lennon's Glove Orders at 309 Morrison at' any time and receive in exchange a selection of the world's best makes of gloves. Purchase one of Lennon's Glove Orders as a present to man woman or child, and save yourself the trouble and annoyance of making a selection of the goods. Sold for as much money as you care to spend. gflft&TlS309 MORRISON ST. urr. jfuaxo a xiv& N EVENINGS UNTIL 10 GIVE HIM A HAT ORDER He Can Get the Size and Style That Suit Him THE "MULTNOMAH" Z HAT In Brown, Gray, Black, Bronze, Tan and Green; Soft and Derby Styles ' SAM'L ROSENBLATT S CO. Cor. Third and Morrison Streets. Indicates, "Arizona" Is a play of frontier life. rhristmas at the Bungalow. The tlay Manager Baker's patrons of the Bungalow chose for a Christmas attraction BUDS"" ,. ;,,,,, TJoll Tx-),lrh l nleas- mg crowded houses nightly this week He sides the regular Saturday matinee there WU1 be a special matinee Christmas. HI Henry's Mlnntrels at the Star. Hi Hnry'y entirely new minMrol ng.gr- gatlon is the attraction at the Star The ater this week. It is a minstrel perform ance ty new high-grade performers, all of whom Won New York recognition. Christmas perfumes. Eyssell's Phar macy,. Morrison, between Fourth and Fifth streets. Klepant stock of fitted hairs nnd suit cases at Harris' Trunk Co. Note window display. ' . .. ' - If you are going to have any wines or liquors on your table at Christmas you ought to consider quality first, as that means the continuation of your good health. It pays you to secure the best when you can obtain it at prices charged for inferior grades. S. A. Arata & Co. and Arata Bros, are the old reliable wine and liquor houses of this city, with a reputation covering a period of 25 years for carrying the very best grade of goods, im ported and domestic. We are now in a better position than ever before to handle every demand of our con stantly increasing .business and we guarantee all goods sold by us to be absolutely pure and exactly as represented. Every article is genu ine and sold under the restrictions of the United States Pure Food Law. In connection with the Arata Bros', store, 67 and 69 Sixth street, we have installed a first class Delicatessen and Grocery Store in which we carry all of the best grades of imported and domestic goods. All orders filled promptly and delivered. So A, Arata & Co. 104 Third Street Phone Main 480 A 1481 Arata jforaers 67-69 Sixth Street Phone Main 2531 A 2531