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ST. HELENS MIST, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916
I r OPPOSED TO
STATE BONDS
Kulo TmiMiivr TIioiiiiih Kny Wrll
Know Ingly
In unswor to many rcciuoHU (or uu
(. prt'ssloii uh to tlin proposed Inltlu
i; t 11 to nuieiid tho coiiHt Itutlon,
-, . 1 1 1 1 will provide (or tliu IioikIIiik
of tli" stuto (or irrigation, druinuKO
cnij rural credits, not to exceed two
pi cent (which would incun $18,
0 ((,(MHl), huvoto Bay Unit I am op
I' ied to tlia proposed niouHtiro for
1- fail rOUKOIIH.
'flio propoiiltlon to Inittnio this
n enilini'iit flrHL comes from tho Ir
r! (iiimi congrosa which mot In Port
In, id In December, and, therefore,
cuiO" from people particularly inter
ci -jil in reclaiming doHort landH. A
ij' dl.ir mousuro, which cuinti from
t' jnami) source, was put on tho bui
lt. i.J two years ago, which provided
fori bonding tho ntuto (or IrrlKutloti
a.-nl road building; tho latter being
tho' mora popular Ihhuo of tho two,
yet tho niiieinliiiotit did not carry In
ii single county In tho statu, it being
defeated by ouo hundred thlrty-flvc
tlmutuind (135,000) against hh (or
turly-nlno thoilHaiid (49,000) (or.
Thorn In a popular demand for
riome system of rural credits and tho
people lutoroutuil In irrigation have
tuknli udvuiitiigo of this, nnd propose
to amend tho constitution, which
will link together tho bonding of the
stali for Irrigation, dralnago and
rural credits, thinking tho latter Is
sues'" will carry the former one
through.
Now, in my opinion, there Ih ab
solutely no demand at IIiIh time for
tha state bonding ItHelf for Irrigation
purposes, Inasmuch ns thero pro now
on the market thousands of ncrea of
reclaimed lands ready for settlement,
for which thero lit absolutely no anlo.
In proof of this, I hnvo to say that
thre years nKo tho Ktato appropri
ated. $4 .10,000 to reclaim . 22,500
arret of land, known us tho Tunialo
project. Thero wero 7000 acres of
tllln ctnouiit owned by settlors on the
ground, who had vested water rlghtB,
topelhor with parties who had con
tiu.tii in the old Columbia Southern
Company, which tlu r.tnto permitted
the Renewal of; they receiving credit
for B.inio on new emit roots (or the
amount paid tho Columbia Southern
Company. Thin loaves 15,500 uorca
of band recliilmeil by tho ctato (or
uale,'' of which Ihero havo been sold
lecn than 1000 acres, although It bun
Lm'iv on Ih" market (or nearly Iwoi
ycark. Thin land If! favorably located
and Js comildercd first clans, yet the
P;"rt Land hoard Ih nniihlo to -find
pu ijiaHera for It. Thero are over
acres of patented landa, or Hat
ed for putmits. In tho Central Oregon
Irrigation C in puny for 'Halo. And
tlllfurlhor, of tho 15,000 ncroa of
recialmeit landa In tho government
project In I'matillu county, thero are
about 5:100 ncrea ndually being cul
tivated; tho real being In the hand.)
of speculators or tho tlllo remaining
will! the KDvernment. Thero are llko
wlno thousends of ncrea of reclaimed
lands for iialn to tho hnndn of private
companies nnd everyono who la fa
miliar with these mnttera knows I
that thorn la absolutely no demand
for those landa.
Tbla being tho caao,- tlien' what
legitimate demand la thoro (or bowl
ing 'tho Ktato for reclaiming more.
ThO'only demand cornea from people
or communities who would bo bene
fited; by (ho cxpcndlluro of large
BUiiiB of money In their localltlea, or,
further, from people who would ao
cure positions In connection with
carrying on of tho work, and It
Elmply nniounlH to a proponltlon to
bcrrow money and expand It In order
to makn good t lines.
- Some claim (hn reaaon thoao lnnda
are not aold la bccuuuo tho tnnna aro
n t' liberal enough. Tho terma nrej
t i. per cent down and ton per cent'
I ,fl each year for nlno yenra, with
1: rost at alx per cent, nnd these are
' at 1 would conulder llborul terms.
ln, sonio puoplo maintain that
o landa can be Irrigated for $15
tf ncro, which contention la not
11 founded, an nono of tho Cnrey
;? projects hnvo over boon roclnlm
on tho original estimates. The Co-
li obla Southern Company originally
f. ttred It could reclaim and aell thoao
1; ida lit a profit, for $14. 7S per ncro,
i .Ich wan tho amount charged for
t' mi, This company fullud and the
f. .to reclaimed tho landa, nt a coat
0 nearly $40 per aero; that being tho
r. .to Hen price for wntor. The cost
of Jho government project In Umntll-
1 county Is $60 per aero and this
i iject Is fuvornbly located. Tho
iio of tho land when aold by spoc
iora la addud to tho Hon coat.
understand this propoaltlon lina
sfclvod coiiHlderablo encouragoment
m Bumo largo bankers, who atnt
.that in case the atnte would gunr
teo tho bonda thoy would sell llko
pt enkoa." This, no doubt, la true,
mmucb an tho banks are toomlng
over with funds which they are witl
ing to lonn on good bonda, at four
or. flvo per cent Intoroat, yet, under
prennnt conilltlona, ttioy are not wtll
I: i to loan those monoys in the or
dinary channels for a much higher
rute of interest. At the present time
It la bard to ancuro funds for legiti
mate business propositions at loss
than seven or eight per cent, and In
Eastern Oregon, for luss than 10 pur
cent Interest.
I will venture, the assertion that
none of tlieso bunkers would Invest
u dollur In Irrigation bonds, at any
rnto of Intercut, unless tho atuto was
hack of them, und If the state would
havo hud to pay both principal and
Interest, Inasmuch as practically all
of them havo been failures.
Tho population of Oregon is loss
than 800,000 and tho area Is nlncty-
flvo thousund siiuuro miles, or Gl,-
000,000 acres of luni, which la great
er than tho combined area of the
states of New York and Pennsylvania,
with over 18,000,000 people. There
are three acres of tillablo land to
day In the state of Oregon for every
acre In cultivation, not counting des
ert lands, so what demand is thero
for the xlato bonding itaelf and
spending large Bums to reclaim more
lands, with all these tillable landa
lying Idle and thousands of acres of
Irrigated luuds on the market?
All subdivisions of tho state, such
us counties, cities and school dis
tricts, can bond themselves and many
of them are now bonded to tho limit.
Therefore, to provide (or state bonds i
would simply amnio, to re-hondlngj
tho same property and adding to Use
already excessive burden of taxation.
The state of Oregon is one of the;
few states which has no bonded In
debtedness. In enso tho constitution
la amended whereby wo can bond for
one purpose It will not be long until
it Is bonded for ninny purposes, and
once the bars nro thrown down it will
ho but a few years until we have tens
of millions of dollars worth of state
bonds, which will udd greatly to our
already high taxes and will not bo
couduclvo to good results.
Section 20, Anlcln 4 of tho state
constitution provides that "Every
act shall embruco but ono subject,
and matters properly connected
therewith, which subject shull be cx
pressod in tho title." j
This constitutional provision wus;
Intended to protect the members of j
tho legislature, und on initiative
bills, tho general public from having
to vote (or a bill or appropriation
which they do not endorse, In order
to vote (or one In which they arc in
(avor. Or, in other words, to keep
from putting a "rider" on a good
moasuro.
Irrigation and drainage, being the
two methods of reclaiming waste
lands, could properly bo Included in
ono measure, but rural credits, hav
ing nothing In common with the other
two subjects, should not be included
In the sunie bill.
I bellevo In some syBtcm o( rural
ci od Its and think I am entitled to the
piivili'go o( voting (or that measure
without having to voto (or bonding
tho atuto for Irrigation and drainage,
which I nm not in (avor of nt thla
1 1 mo.
1!IOS. II. KAY.
SENATOR LANE OP
POSES STANDING ARMY
Senutor I.uno in a do a formal state
ment of bis attitude on military leg
islation as follows, In Washington-
"I am opposed to tho creation of a
largo standing army, which In addi
tion to being a burden on tho people
I four will later ho used to override
tho liberties and rights of the citi
zens of this country.
"I will favor and endeavor to so
euro nu amendment to the bill to en
list from 600,000 to 1,000,000 men
(now idle) for periods of from six
to nlno months, pay them ruling
wages and employ them In building
highways across and throughout the
country, nt the mime time training
them In rudimentary military tactics
say two days each week, lly pursu
ing this course we could turn buck
Into private lifo uhout 1,000,000
healthy young men each your who
would not bo ruined by lifo In bnr
r neks und wo would nocure the roads
which nro badly needed.
"Ouo man In a trench armed with
a machlno gun can defeat 100 men
marching In dress parade ordor
against liltn, and the old ordor of
"hny-foot-straw-foot" stylo of mili
tary drilling bus gone never to re
turn, "In regard to tho navy, I would
Bay that bo many millions of dollars
havo boon frittered away and lost by
paying extortionate overcharges for
an Inferior quality of armor plate
for battleships, and for munitions of
wur to private contractors that I am
not In favor of throwing away an-
othor dollar in that way. We have
expended hundreds of millions for
preparedness and havo been left de
fenseless.
"I would favor a bill providing
for the construction of government
owned and operated plants for the
mnnufacturo of nil vessels and ar
mor pinto, powdo', mines, aeroplanes
und other means of defonso such as
wo need to safeguard this country
from Invasion.
"I believe we should placo tho
country In a condition to protect It
self from Invasion, but not for ag
gressive wurfaro or the Invasion of
any other country. In order to do
this we do not need $17,000,000 su
per dreadnoughts, which becomo out
of date and useless In a few yeurs,
but should construct powerful coast
defense vessels, submarines, aero
planes, hydroplanes and mines, und
placo other largo guns at all Import
ant and acccssiblo places along our
coasts, all o( which, ua I said before,
should bo constructed In government
plants only, and at tho lowest pos
sible cost to tho people of this coun
try. "During tho present war now rag
ing In Europe, we huvo not been neu
tral but have furnished hundreds of
millions of dollars worth of death
dealing devices to some of the war
ring nations which navo been used to
kill the people of other friendly coun
tries who nro at peace with us. They
resent our conduct nnd I fear after
tho wur Is over they (If thoy are In
position to do so), will demand un
explanation and perhaps reparation
(rem us, and tho innocent may bo
mudo to suffer (or the nets of those
who have profited from the nefarious
traffic."
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ST. HELENS
REMOVING STUMPS
BY CHAR-PITTING
Of the various methods of remov
ing stumps nono seem to prove more
economical or efficient than tho chur
pltting method of burning them, ac
cording to Geo. A. Nelson, county
agriculturist of Wahkiakum county,
Wash., who has used the method to
good advantage in his county.
In preparing tho stump for burning
tho bark should bo removed from the
base, and on stumps It Is necessary
to removo some of tho dirt. Thus
tho fire may bo started so near the
bottom that it will start burning
under the main part of the stump and
tho roots. Any kind of wood that
forni3 good coals may bo used. It
should be cut short nnd stood up
around tho stump or laid on its side.
The wood may bo piled so aa to
start the flro entirely around the
stump or In ono place, ns may bo de
sired. The former method will burn
tho stump out more rapidly, but
takes moro wood nnd moro time to
prepare. After the wood Is placed it
may be covered with fern or any
other similar material, and a thin
layer of dirt should be placed over It,
with tho exception of leaving a place
largo enough to start the fire. Only
to be distributed in a
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ance with the contestants' standing
at tho final count.
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Renewals, more than one year,
600 votes 1.50
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5 years New or Renewal Sub-
Bcriptions, 5000 votes 7.50
10 yours Now or Renewal Sub
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votes will be issued after 30 days.
No votes accepted at less than regular
price of paper concerned in this con
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paper or belonging to the immediate
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a light coating of three or four inches
of dirt should be put over the Are,
mil this should not bo piled against
the stump over 18 Inches high. Aa
the wood burna down the flro will
break through tho dirt in places, and
It will then be necessary to pile more
dirt upon such places. As tho fire
burns Into tho stump more dirt
should be shoveled over It. Should
the fire burn higher on tho etump
thnn where the dirt lo plied It should
bo put out, Instead of trying to cover
It by piling tho dirt higher. The (Ire
should be covered at all times and
never bo allowed to burn into an
open blaze, as when It does much of
the fuel is burned up and the heat
lost. The object Is to confine the
heat. When this Is properly done It
becomes intensely hot around the
base of the stump. As the main part
of the stump is burned out care
should be taken lo keep the roota
covered properly so they will all burn
out.
Another method of char-pitting
stumps that has been recommended
by the University of Idaho, is to saw
the stump off as near to the ground
as possible, and skid it up on Its base
from two to four Inches, using stones
for this purpose. Then in the Bum
mer, when it is dry, a fire can be
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testants. Votes after being voted, cannot be
transferred to another. Be sure to
know for whom you are going to
vote before coming to the ballot box,
as tho editor or anyone else will not
give you any information on the sub
ject. The key to the ballot box will
be in possession of the awarding com
mittee during the contest.
For the first thirty days the paper
will run a 25-vote coupon, which can
be voted freo for r.ny lady contestant.
Contest to run about 90 days.
CONTEST WILL CLOSE MARCH 29,
1916. The right to postpone date of
closing is reserved if sufficient cause
should occur.
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ST. HELENS, OREGON
started between the two parts of tho
stump. The two burning surfaces
radiate heat upon each other and
thus maintain continuous combus
tion. The top of the stump gradually
settles down, burning the roots out.
Only soil that contains a consider
able amount of clay is suitable for
char pitting; sandy or gravel soils
are not adapted to the work. This
method has proven equally successful
In Wahkiakum county on both hill
and bottom land. It has proven es
pecially successful on the reclaimed
tldelands. The quality of the stumps
and the nature of this soil makes it
especially adapted to the char-pitting
method.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Friday, February 18, 1916. 11th
Judicial day.
Officers all present except Com
missioner Weed. .
Due proclamation being made, and
it appearing to the Court that there
are no matters awaiting considera
tion, adjournment was had, without
day.
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Ten days prior to closing contest,
the judges will carefully lock or seal
ballot box and take same to the bank,
where the same will be In a place
where voting can be done during
business hours and locked in a vault
at night until the close of contest,
when the judges will take charge and
count same and announce the young
ladles winning In their turn.
The last ten days all voting must
be dono in a sealed box at the bank.
If you do not wish anyone to know
for whom you are voting, place your
cash for subscription together with
your coupon in a sealed envelope,
which will be furnished you, and put
same In ballot box. This will give
everyone a square deal. THIS CON
TEST WILL CLOSE MARCH 29th,
1916.
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