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VOL. XL
ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1.1, 1000.
NO. 300.
Review
Roosevelt Sends Conference
Report to Congress
LEGISLATION IS NEEDED
Causes ol Delinquency Pointed
ind Remedial Measures Are
Recommended
Oat
Special to the Evening Review.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Presi
dent Roosevelt today sent to congress
a special message recommending cer
tain legislation requested by the Con
ference on the Care of Dependent
Children and transmitting the pro
ceedings of the conference. The mes
sage says In part:
"The subject considered is one of
high importance to the well-being of
the nation. The census bureau re
ported in 1904 that there were in or
phanages and children's homes about
93.000 dependent children. There
are probably 60,000 more (the pre
cise number never having been ascer
tained) In private homes, either on
board or In adopted homes provided
by the generosity of foster parents.
In addition to these there were 25.-
000 children In Institutions for juv
enile delinquents.
"Each of these children represents
either a potential addition to the
productive capacity and the enlight
ened citizenship of the nation, or, if
allowed to suffer from neglect, a po
tential addition, to the destructive
forces of the community. The ranks
of criminals and other enemies of so
ciety are recruited in an altogether
undue proportion from children be
reft of their natural homes and left
without sufficient care.
' "The interests of the nation are
Involved in -the welfare of this army
JOSEPHSON'S
The Big Store
of children no less than In our great
material affairs.
"I transmit herewith for your In
formation a copy of the conclusions
reached by the Conference, of which
the following Is a brief summary:
"Home Care. Children of worthy
parents or deserving mothers should,
as a rule, be kept with their parents
at home.
Preventive Work The effort
should be made to eradicate causes
of dependency, such as disease and
accident, and to substitute compen
sation and Insurance for relief.
"Home Finding Homeless and
neglected children, If normal, should
be cared for in families, when prac
ticable. "Cottage System Institutions
should be on the cottage plan with
small units, as far aB possible.
"Incorporation Agencies caring
for dependent children should be In
corporated, on approval of the suit
able State board.
"State Inspection The State
should inspect the work of all agen
cies which care for dependent chil
dren. "Inspection of Educational Work
Educational work of Institutions
and agencies caring for dependent i
children should be supervised by J
state educational authorities.
"Facts and Records Complete
histories of dependent children and
their parents, based upon personal In
vestigation and supervision, should
be recorded for guidance of child
caring agencies.
"Physical Care Every needy
child should receive the best medical
and surgical attention, and be in
structed In health and hygiene.
"Co-Operation Local chlld-car-lng
agencies should co-operate and
establish Joint bureaus of informa
tion. "Undesirable Legislation Pro
hibitive legislation against transfer
of dependent children between states
should be repealed.
"Permanent Organization A per-
manent organization ror worn aioug
the lines of these resolutions 1b de-
sirable.
"Federal Children's Bureau Es
tablishment of a Federal Children's
Bureau is desirable, and enactment
of pending bill Is earnestly recom
mended.
ti ..ji. i i,n,u
of Congress bills for the establish-
ment of a Children's Bureau. These
ARRIVING
DAILY
newspring:goods
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WILL FOLLOW
provide for a Children's Bureau In
the Department of the Interior which
"shall Investigate and report upon
all matters pertaining to the welfare
of children and child life, and shull
especially Investigate the questions
of Infant mortality, the birth rate,
physical degeneracy, orphanage, ju
venile delinquency and juvenile
courts, desertion and illegitimacy,
dangerous occupations, accidents and
diseases of children of the working
classes, employment, legislation af
fecting children in the several states
and territories, and such other facts
as have a bearing upon the health,
efficiency, character and training of
children."
One of the needs felt most acutely
by the Conference was that of accur
ate Information concerning those
questions relating to childhood. The
national government not only has the
unquestioned right of research In
such vital matters, but Is the only
agency which can effectively conduct
such general inquiries as are needed
for the benefit of all our citizens. In
accordance with the unanimous re
quest of the Conference, I therefore
most heartily urge your favorable ac
tion on these measures."
GOLD HARVEST PROMISES BIG.
Output From Southern Oregon Sur
face Mines Will Break Records.
GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 13. It
now seems certain that the amount
of placer gold from the surface mines
of southern Oregon will be greater
for the present season that It has
been since the palmy days of pioneer
mining. Every placer mine, large
and small, Is In full operation. Even
the "dry dlggln's" which have not
been worked for many seasons, are
thlB year giving up their golden
treasure.
The harvest of gold is already
niuirim In from the smaller prop
Mm that have made cleanups. The
iocai banks report an unusuauy
heavv nurcbase of virgin gold, and
the express company has maae many
shipments to the mint. The surface
diggings In Josephine county alone
will produce fully $600,000 and the
figures may reach $760,000 for the
season. There is no means oi usc-i-
ininine the eioct outout, as a great
number of the miners ship their gold
aireci 10 in uuuu
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State v;ill k As!;ed to Build
Own. Railroad
McARTHUR TO MAKE PLEA
Abraham Unearths Plot Against Cow
Creek Placer Miners Drain
is ReluibaLcd
Special to the Evening Review.
SALEM, Os., Fb 15. This being
the hut day Dew bills can be con
sidered, the House will probably be
In session all night to wade through
the congestion that blockB the wheels
of business. A bill extending the por
tage railroad so that railroad con
struction can begin on the upper
Coimbla passed the house and Is
now going to the senate. This meas
ure carries a heavy appropriation,
and for that reason It may be de
feated. Governor Chamberlain today ve
toed a bill raising it he salary of
County Judge Noil, who is a warm
democratic supporter of the gov
ernor.
Speaker McArthur will take the
floor this afternoon and seek to put
through the house an amendment to
the constitution, creating a commis
sion of nine business men to under
take the building of stnte-alded rail
roads through central Oregon. Sim
ilar action is expected to be taken by
the Idaho legislature.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 13. Stirred In
to activity by the sensntlonnl Intim
ations on the fltior of the house yes
terday afternoon by Representative
Farrell," the Douglas county delega
tion Is Investigating the circumstance
surround'ng tho introduction of 11.
H. 301, by llrnily, making it unlaw
ful to dump mining debris Into the
Umpqua River and Cow Creak, link
ing his utterance on what he baa al
ready discovered. Senator Abraham
denounces the bill is an Invention of
the Southern Pac'tl:, and declares
that In the unlikely event of its pas
sing the house, he will "light it to a
llnlsh" In the somite.
That there will bo fireworks when
the bill comes us is promised, unless
it should be .it.ut-; 1 to the bonevord
In committee.
When I heard of the Introduction
of this bill I was much surprised,"
said Senator Abraham, "bocauso I
never heard a word of complaint
against dumping tnilings or sllckens
Into elthar the Uirnqun River or Cow
Creek b'cro I left Koseburg. I have
conferred with the Douglas repre
sentees, Messrs. Appk'gn'e and Bu
chanan, and am informed that the
first they knew of the hill was when
it was introduced by Brady. It ap
peared very Urnr-e t: us that the
bill should be s"'it up here to be In
troduced by a Multnomah represen
tative, so I decided to carry the In
vestigation fnrther.
I discovered that In s-ipport or the
bill a couple rf petitions had been
nrennred, signed by about 100 per
sons, and trot Mr. Buchanan hod re
cclvid one of them. Thy are falsely
worded and ju t tho kl id of docu
ment that almost any innn would slKn
If he did nut suspect n hidden mo
tive. They start off with the asser
tion that the section of country
though which tho Umpqua river and
Cow Creek flow Is a aportmen'a re
sort, und thot the dumping of debris
In them prcenl fish I om running
In the str ams.
Colored Man in MMlpile,
Now, In point of fact, it Is
Btrelchlng the imagination to call
this section a sportsmen's resort, and
there are practically no fish In cither
the l:ver or crei k referred to. TIiIh
showed that there was an African In
the woodpile, and we have been
searching for him. Ills kinky ban
Is already in sight, and we shall make
him a target before we are through.
I am convinced that this measure was
Introduced at the Instigation of ag
ents of the Southern Pacific railway.
because that corporation do1 not
want the streams filled with debris
from the mines for a number of rea
sons. What somebody is trying to
accomplish, however, would work a
hardship on mining men and claim
owners In Douglas County. I do not
believe a dozen names could have
been procured for any petition If the
persons asked to sign had realized
the motive of the move.
"There are also certain things
which tend to show that there Is
considerable money behind the prop
osition to tie up mill's and claims
along these Btrenms. The railroad Is
the only interest in that section I
know of which would care enough to
get such a law pnssed to go to any cx
liense to accomplish its object. When
this bill gets past the house, If It ever
J t think Ihla tin kplv It
... . - .. n in
Will miri Willi a wo.,,, 1..-, .
he senate. I shall nKht It to a finish
and take my chances of offending
Douglas county 'sportrmen.' "
Hills Pa I Saturday.
Senator Bingham's forestry
bill, carrying an appropriation
$10,000 for the employment of a
master fire warden for two years pas
sed tho senate Saturday with little
opposition. The master lire warden
is to bo appointed by the State Board
of Forestry and It to have general
supervision of the enforcement of
the laws respecting the burning of
slashings, the setting of fires, etc.,
and Is to disseminate information re
garding protection of forests.
Johnson's road bill, which passed
the senate, provides for co-operutive
Improvements, the property within
two miles of the road to be improved
to pay three-eighths of the cost, the
county to pay three-eighths and the
state two-eighths. The law Ib not to
become operative until 1910 and au
thorizes a state levy of ouo-half mill,
which would produce practically
$300,000 as the state's share of tho
expense, provided the road districts
the counties take the Initiative
and pay their share. Stuto aid is de
pendent upon the local and county
interests doing their part.
Drain Gets Hack Pay.
Appropriations for the mainten
ance and Incidental expenses of the
Drain normal (luring the past two
years were granted by the house last
night. One bill was for $7000 and
the other for $5091.69. The house
granted' the money on tho assump
tion that the school had been main
tained under the authority of the
board of regents and that tho state
was therefore morally bound to pay
the bill.
IS AMERICA AFRAID
TO RAISE THE MAIM
Spaniards Declare Wreck Would
Show Battleship Wan Not Sunk
by an Exterior Agency.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Memor
ial services in honor of the U3 Am
erican sailors who went down with
the Maine In Havnna harbor Just 11
yearB ago today, and whose hones
still moulder In tho wreck of tho 111
fated battleship, will be held this
evening by the Maine Memorlnl As
sociation. Patriotic societies, par
ticularly vetorans of the Spanish war,
also observed the anniversary.
This year's anniversary Is especial
ly notable, since It Is marked by an
insistent public demand for the rais
ing of the Maine, In order that the
sailors whose tomb It Is mny be given
proper burial. - Determined opinisl
tiou to this project in somo quarters
haB aroused considerable indignation
nmong tho veterans of the Spanish
war.
The recent report of Charles E
Magoon, late provisional governor of
Cuba, after referring to the wreck at
an obstruction to navigation, de
clares: "Even more Important Ib tho fact
that this wreck, although It contains
the bodies of 03 American sailors, or
what Is left of them. Is apparently
abandoned and forgotten by the gov
eminent and the people of the United
States. It haB become a national
reproach, and an Internuitlonnl
scandal."
Representative William Sulzer, of
New York, apparently Is the only
man In Congress still loynl In heart
and work to a plan and an npproprla
lion for ralBlng the Maine. Mr. Hul-
zer's bill asking for nn appropriation
to bring the wreck to the surface and
to remove the bodies therein to Ar
lington cemetery, Ib In keeping of the
houso committee on naval atralrs,
where It has been for nearly nine
months. Whether the measure over
will receive a favorable report Is at
best a mere matter of guesswork
Some of the committee members arc
In favor of reporting the bill favor
ably, but the mnjorlty seems to be
held hack by some shadowy thing of
which no one lias or seems to hnve
any substantial knowledge.
In Cuba the Spanish contingent r.t
tributes the failure to remove the
wreck of the Maine to the fear,
Maaoon nolnts out, that the work
"will disclose the fullncy of tho pop
ulur belief that the Maine was des-
troyed by a torpedo or mine Instead
of on Interior explosion." There nre
also Americans who think with
the Spanish sympothlzera in Cuba
that the government Is afrnld to raise
the Maine because on examination of
Its broken hulk might show "Ilia
the Maine destroyed herself," anil
that tho Spaniards had nothing to do
with It.
A board of competent men settled
to the satisfaction of most peopi
that an "exterior explosion" sent th
Maine to tho bottom of the harbor.
No one In the service or out of It
probnbly believes that the report of
the officers was not accurate
leost of all believes that a wrong re
oort was turned in Intentionally li
order to lift a burden of blame from
the shoulders of the officers of th
shio.
From a speech delivered by Renre
sentatlve Sulzer In the House of
Itenresentatlvea In siniliort of thl
hill for an appropriation to raine th
Maine, It Is learned that the records
of tho Navy Department show that
231 men were killed when the Maine
was destroyed; that 24 bodies were
recovered Immediately and burled at
Key West, Florida; that later 144
bodies were recovered and brought
home for Interment in the National
Cemetery at Arlington. The bodies
..I 1 ar.llnrt ftf the MnltlO were IieVCr
' . Ap iMnimlul fur nnii It lit
" timmcri that thev are now entombed
- - ,,,.- I
with the wreck In the mud of llaiona
the harbor. .
I
FOR SALE A new "green bone cut
Are1 ter " and a small hand feed grind
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10,000 ACRES IS TO
HAVE
IRRIGATION.
.Tllzcns' Company of Josephine Coun
ty Takes up Muiilmotll lr
rigiition Project. -
GRANTS PASS, Or., Feb. 13. Six
teen thousand acres of arid luuds in
ud around Grants Pass will be plac
ed under Irrigation this seuson. Af-
er live months' work tho Josephine
County Irrigation & Power Company,
composed of local people, assisted by
u expert rrom the United Slates re
lamutlon service, has perfected a
system whereby Irrigation becomes a
fact. At tho Una! meeting of direct
ors held this afternoon, a contract
as made with the Golden Drift Min
ing company to supply water. This
company owns a large power dnm
three miles above the city, .with im
menso high pressure pumps and pipe-
nos already Installed. All that re-
nmius Is the construction of ditches,
work upon which begin ut once. 1
By tho terms of the contract, wa
ter will be supplied at a flat rate of
5 an acre. Tho Irrigation company
is given an option on the pluut to
purchase It within two yours for
100,000. After two yours the op
tion will bo extended to .10 years
with the price raised to $500,000, but
II money paid for water at the
per aero rate will be applied to the
purchase price.
he directors of the irrigation
company, composed of lending bus!
ness men and ranchers; 11. L. Ullkey,
mnnager First National Bank, presi
dent; G. J. Rlggs, secretary. Other
members are H. C. Kinney, C. 11.
.lamer, C. G. Cmitiint, K. K. Blanch-
aril, O. S. lllnnchard, G. A. Hamilton.
Thomns. C. w. Anient Ib man
ager of the Golden Drift company.
M. C. Anient is superintendent of
works.
The plant is one of tho best, both
for power and irrigation in Oregon.
Tho dam lifts wnter- of the Rogue
River 200 feet, giving 10,000 horse
power. Four turbines are already In
stalled. Tho largest high pressure
pump in the world will he in oper
ation, capacity 111. 000, 000. gallons
every 24 hours, 9000 gallons a mln
uto. An additional pump of similar
size and cupacity will be Installed. .
i'hero will be eight ditches, four
on each side of tho river, six high
line and two gravity. The wnter will
be lifted Into tho higheHt ditch 350
feet at tho dam, allowing It to reach
11 tho upper benches, nooks nnd
mountain dales. :
This concluding work of tho ranch
ers' irrigation company is the most
mportnnt event in the history of
Grants Puss. Land will now be avail
able for 50, 000 people In and around
this city.
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18-IIOUR FLYER BITS SLIDE
Blizzird Again Crips Middle West
' Idaho Legislature Passes Local
' Option Bill
Special to the Evening Review.
DETROIT, Mich., Feb. IB. It Ib
reported that at least 50 persons are
dead as the result of tho wrecking
lust night of an electric car on the
Lake Shore Road on the outskirtB of
Vermillion, Ohiu. The car carried
upwards of 100 people. On account
of tho heavy blizzard now rqging the
wires ure down and the roport of the
death list cannot be verified.
Train lilts Slide. ..
ALTOONA, Pa., Feb. 15. Run
ning at the rate of forty miles an
hour, the Pennsylvania Flyer, from
Chicago to New York, on the 18-hour
schedule, struck a landslide near
this place today. Tfne locomotive
overturned and the baggnge car nnd
three Pullmans, fitted with sleeping
pnssengers, wore dornllod. Baggage
Master Mingus was severely Injured,
and a number of passengers were
hurt.
' Middle W'-st In Storm's Grip.
CHICAGO, Feb. 15. The worst
storm of the last docado la paralyz
ing the entire middle wcBt, according
to reports received today. Suffering
nnd disaster are widespread. Rall
rord transportation has' ceased and
telegraph and telephone wires are out
or commission. Chicago is firmly in
the grip of tho Intense cold. One
death has been reported.
Iocnl Option In Idaho.
1IOISK, Idaho, Feb. 15. Tho
House today passed the senate local
option hill, which now goes to the
governor for his signature. The bill
makes the county the unit In liquor
elections, which mny be called upon
petition of 40 per cent of the voters.
Smallest Italic In World.
PADUCA1I, Ky Feb. 15. Satis
fied that their youngest child, weigh
ing but 2 pounds, Is the smallest baby
lu tho world. Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
Lady, of this city, have decided to
nnine tho child Toft. When born, the
child weighed hut zo ounces
It Is
12 luetics long nnd perfectly formed.
Its first di-esB was supplied from the
wardrobe of a doll belonging to a
little girl neighbor.
Knox Still Blocked.
WASHINGTON, Fob. 15. Tho bill
designed lo enable Senator Knox to
become secretary of Btate was de
feated in the House this afternoon.
The bill Intended to rescind the In
crease In salary In thut oltlce from
$ xii ml lo $12,000, so that Knox, hav
ing been a member of congress, could
In lie his place ut the head of the
cabinet.
More Honors for Taft.
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 15. Win.
II. Tart left for Washington this af
ternoon. Whon he returns Thurs
day he will be made a Mason "at
sight." The ceremony will take place
nt 6 o'clock at the Scottish Rite
cathedral.
Oil Trust Pays Fine.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 15.
The Wutors-1'lerrc Oil Co.. re
cently convicted of an unlawful
combination with the Republic and
Standard Oil companies, today paid
Its line of $50,000 and accepted tho
decree ousting It rrom the state.
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