LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1911.
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Threatened by the loss of priceless
mineral resources, deprived of 'the
benefit of Its rich coal fields, denied au
eflclent form of government, and Its
valuable fishing industry In the hands
of a grasping monopoly, Alaska has
presented one of the hardest problems
which congress has faced during the
past session. Already plans have been
formed whlcli will make the problem
one of the leading ones of the next
session.
During the agitation that has been
tarried on furiously for several years
this situation has resulted:
The Cunningham eoal claims have
heen canceled by Secretary' FiBher,
Td the matter is pending in the war
department. . ,. ..'
Ryan has not received title from
the, .government for locations undsr
soldiers' scrip of land on the shores of
the bay made tn the interest of Ryaa
but It la said these lands cannot be
denied him and that the delay has
been merely a matter of official rou
tine. Each of these locations extends
for 160 rods along the bay but are
not contiguous. The law provides
that every alternate claim, 80 rods on
the bay, shall be retained by the gov
ernment. 4
Ryan had, the presumption tc f.Io a
terminal railroad , claim of 40 r:c:;es,
of the inferior department.- His ac- covering an entire frontage of ctj of
tion saved to the people from the at- ithe government's 80 rod reserve liens,
tempted grab o'f the Morgan-Guggeu- ("president Taft, "however, has sa t t'vai
hulin syndicate, thousands of. acres of ( the claim is clearly against the law. ..
hlh quality ; coar worth
millions ot aour9;?t:'t'l''f Tr"!r:f bag surveyed a railroad right oTT.y,
Alaska said today that the p.irtios
seeking to grip Us wealth in a mon
opoly are J. P. Morgan, the Gujn
helms and a Londou firm. Close Bros.
"Should ithe government give thfm
' a transportation monopoly in Alaska,"
declared the senator, "It would be
one of the most stupendously rich
money making propositions in the
world. Even an Increase over rea
sonable ratea of 10 ito 15 cents a ton
would mean millions increase above
ordinary profits. .The Interstate com
merce commission has no control over
rj'lroa'ds in Alaska.
"Monopoly is not only charged but
Is, admitted by these men as the ob
jper they have In view. .They seek to
comtrol not only land transportation
but the ocean shipping and are now
credited with being masters of' ihe
great fisheries and large mercantile
enterprises. It Is a private monopoly
and they are seeking to extend It over
vasit mineral Interests In Alaska.
'As a remedy I believe that the
government', should . develop a large
coal deposit for its own use and for
publ'c distribution, it e'hould con
struct a railroad from the mine to the
coast aud operate a fleet ot steamers
to come coal to our naval .stations
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about 27 miles long, from Controller
bay to the coal fields In which the
priceless deposits sought by the Cunr
nlngham claims are located. i ,
There Is a general Impression that
if Ryan and Ills backers build the rail
road It will eventually pass to the
Morgan-Guggenheim syndicate. ;
The syndicate owns the only rail-
Urminal privileges for a railroad at j road in Alaska, with a length of about
Controller bay, has not been consum-( 90 miles, and, when the Cunningham
malted but the pospects seem to tavo claims seemed to be within reach, had
his enterprise. , Congress passed a planned to build a short branch to the
la- giving IRyan permission to build coal fields. The shore terminus is at
a wharf over shallow water to a deep, Cordova, not a great distance from
narrow channel In Controller bay. Cordova bay.'
TH grant was subject to approval by Senator Polndexter (republican, of
Secretary of War Stimson, however.. Washington), -who Is an authority on
tio adequate law for the develop
ment of the coal fields appears in the
statute books, and, with vast supplies
at hand, Alaskans must get their coal
irom distant polntts even Australia.
Secretary Flshef will recommend a
practicable law to congress.
Richard S. Ryan's attempt to ac
quire from the government valuable
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Cregon producers are Invited' this
year by the immigration department
of the Northern Pacific and the Great
Nothsrn railways to compete for
prizes In the American Land & Irri
gation exposition, to be held In Madi
son Square Garden, New York city,
November 3-12. These railroad lines
will transport free of cost all exhib
its from the point offered to the plac?
of exposition.
James J. Hill, chairman of the
board of directors of the Great North
ern, has offered a $1,000 prize silver
cup for the best 100 pounds of wheat
grown in the United States In 1911
and exhibited at the New York exposi
tion. This competition is open to any
farmer in the United State3. Howard
Elliott, president of the Northern Pa
cific, has offered 160 aere3 of first
class farming land near Terry, Mont.,
on the line of the Northern Pacific as
another prize. He will also give $50')
for the best 25 boxes of appleB of any
variety, or varieties, a single variety
to the box. Competition for these priz
es is open to the world. .
Many. other prizes will be given for
the best exhibit of corn. oat9. alfaKa.
potatoes; hops and barley. The con
ditions of the contest are contained
In the prize cup bulletins, Issued by
the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific. These bulletins have been
furnished the; various ' commercial
clubs of the state, where Interested
growers may obtain them on applica
tion. .' '
CD. Tii? cfiivsuT.ioa "ill coa!ru
tor three days, closing Saturday. At
the op-"r.'.r.g session today Governor
Foas delivered an address of wel
come, to which Nathan V. Mc
Chesney of Illinois, the pr$:-!.-.lint of
the Institute, replied. Cm of the
features of the meeting will be a visit
of the members to the various penal
and correctional Institutions of tho
city located in Boston and on some
of the islands of Boston harbor.
The Home Looks More
When Papered and Decorated by
fSIPtf ER
SEW STOCK JUST RECEIVED
" J N Phone Red 971 next door to Observer office.
Home Independent
Telephone Co.
Long Distance Connection with the Entire
Bell System -
ers In the vitics li the Pacific
states. In ithat way an effective curb
could bri plact upon corporations ?'
so engaged In t & production and dis
posed to extort exorbitant prices frva
the consumers. ' .' . ,
Present laws applying to AUska
make the development of coad depos
its impossible. An Individual Is per
mitted to hold only 160 acres of cal
land and It f.e'.-ma to be obvious tliifc
an attempt to work on such a irull
basjs icould result only in loss.
: Bills Introduced In the senate by
Polndexter, Works (republican, Cali
fornia), and Jones (republican, Wash
ington), present solutions of the prob
lems. They are similar In respect to
providing for strict, government con
trol of railroad rates and the price to
be charged to consumers. Pair re
muneration to those engaged In the
Industry but no monopolistic extortion
are the points held in view by these
senators. '..;..: ,;"-'-v'V v'' v'""v
'Senator Works' bill was written by
Glfford Pinchot. ' Some of its points
are that the secretary of ithe Interior
may lease to a person not to "exceed
5,120 acres of coal land for a term of
not over 30 years. A small royalty
on the poduction 1b made payable to
the government. Leases are .to be
granted under the condition that the
lessee "will not monopolize or un
duly restrain the trade in coal and
tha the lessee will proceed (to devel
op the coal diligently.,
Full power la given the Interstate
commerce commission to .fix the price
at which the lessee may sell coal.
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Build 8 Torpedo Boat Destroyers.
Washington, Aug. 81. Contracts for
the construction of eight torpedo boat
destroyers, all of which will be built
on the Atlantic coast, have been
awarded by Acting Secretary of the
Navy Wlnthrop. Each boat wljl liave
a displacement of 1,010 tons and a
speed of 29 knots. :
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Suggestions
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Take two-thirds of a glass of cold
sparkling SAM-O, add one-third of
I any of the following fruit juices: -
Lemon, Orange Pineapple or Grape
"Measure It right and mix It together
If good for what alls yon la th,ls kind of weather."
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TO Fortify Four Islands : ,
Washington, Aug. 31. The war de
partment is considering plans for the
fortification of one of the four Islands
Naos, Flamenco, Perico and Cule
bro lying pff the western entrance of
the Panama canal which, the govern
ment has purchased from the Padfic
Mall Steamship company. ': It Is not
known yet which of the four will ; b
selected. . .;.-'??.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be reecived at the office of
the - undersigned for the construction
of cement walks, on Fir street from
the O.-W, R. and N. right of way to
Monroe avenue, and on North Fir
street from Monroe avenue to W ave
nue, same to be constructed in ac
cordance with the plans and specifi
cations on file in this office. The
amount to be constructed on the above
mentioned streets can be had by ap
plying to this office, Certified check
for 5 per cent of the amount bid. must
accompany all proposals, which must
be filed with 1 the recorder before fi
o'clock p. m., September 6th, 1911. The
council reserves ' the right io reject
any and all bills'. '
y ; C M. HUMPHREYS. ,
, i ' ' a City Recorder.
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BOXDSMEX NOTIFIED. AND CITY
WILL COMPLETE SEWER.
Service of Notice Some Time Ago Does
Not Result Properly. .
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DELEGATION UEI'RESESTINO EN
TERPE1SE VISITS OFFICE.
Marsh?fld News; Ed Abernethy la
manufactlng brick at Dora to sup
ply the local demand, and will als
use a large quantity himself In tha
construction of a hotel, which he con
templates building Immediately.
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All Books of ilome Independent Trie,
phone Company Qpen to Men.
P.uslenss men of Enterprise, repre
senting the business calendar of En-
Contractor B. S. Davis who was
served officially with a notice two
weeks ago that he must proceed to re- terpilee and the farmers of surround-
palr the alleged faults of the city sew- ing district, last night and this moru
er system or the city would assumed . lag went over the books of the Home
the responsibility itself, was last night ' Independent Telephone company wl;h
at the council meeting deemed to be , the cbject In view of establishing to
making only a pretense at repairing ( th lr own satisfaction whether or not
the work and his bondsmen will be, the tolls charged by that company In
notified at once that the city will take Enterprise were right and Just and
the work off his hands and , with the equitable. The visitation ot this dele
balance due the contractor, construct gatlon came aa the possible solution
a fine Jersey cow.
1302 B Avenue.
Tho's. S. Harris,
S-30-2t
FOR SALE A desirable home, on rea
sonable terms and easy payments;
a nine-room house with acre ot
land; good location. Address P. O.
box 254, Wallowa, Or. (A. 19, S 19.)
FOR SALE Dry chain wood In any
quantity. S1.60 per cord at the Per
ry yards. Grande Ronde Lumber
company Pe.rry, Ore. C-15-tf
and repair the project. ,r
Sewers Badly Needed.
Property owners are crying for sew
ers and permission to hitch on to the
trunk sewers. This cannot be allow
ed because the project has not been
accepted and R Is absolutely essential
that the work be done before wlntr.
Clty .Attorny Cochran is today pre
paring a notification to the bondsmen
protecting the city and Just as soon
as It Is possible the sewer will be com
pleted so that connections can be
made. Some have , already without
permission hooked on and there Is
going to be some difficulty In adjusting
the final test for the pipe must be
laid dry and not show any run ot wa
ter when accepted. '' '
White It is not known how much
time the notice to the.' bondsmen will
require In transit, It is likely that the
city will not assume active control of
the project for a week at least. ,
; Rare Sport at Fair.
Salem, Ore. (Special) With the
horsemen racing against their own
money as they are at the Oregon
State Fair from September 11 to 16,
there is bound to be rare sport. AU
the classes haveJ filled and as a
result the unusual spectacle of the
drivers and owners racing for their
own money coming from entrance
fees is presented. Thi? insures hon
est racing and the cards show that
the fast horses have all been entered.
. Secretary Frank M. Heath of the
organization which has its track and
exhibit grounds at Salem, Ore.. Is
happy because of the showing made.
He ha9 had the track improved and
ft will not "cup"' as much as In former
yar- The "doctor" reported that
the fault of the track was because the
clay mixture was dead. Some new
clay was spread and as a result the
track has been "regenerated"' into a
last one, with the objections of vet
eran horsemen nearljr removed. As
a consequence all the clasp hav
filled and everyone is waiting- for the !
. isVJ me iirsv race. y
Governor Oswald West has prom
ised to attend the races this year, and
President L. W- Hill of the Great
Northern Railway Company has as
sured Secretary Meredith that he will
be present on the closing- day, Sat
urday, to participate in the Goad
Roads Conference and demonstration,
.; Altogether, it looks as if the Ore
gon "State Fair, , with improved
grounds and better track' and build
ings, will be better than ever. Hardly
a county is lacking in representation
and the competition for prizes in the
various exhibits will be Veen, prob
ably unusrally so, in the stock show
events, , ,
Reduced rates are in effect on all
railroad lines for this exposition of
the best that Oregon ha to offer.
of the Enterprise telephone war when
many telephones ' In Enterprise were
cut out pending, a settlement. The
othc towns of Wallowa county have
already settled with the company and
are vslng the telephones as before,
b it Enterprise-will await a report
from Its book committee before tak
ing further action that wlir probably
consist of returning to the Home In
dependent service or building i line
of its own. The report of the commit
tee which was here last night will
large'y determine further action.
The books of the company were laid
beforo the committee. . The cost of
construction, the cost of maintenance,
the tares and the gross receipts Were
at the.
the men
ness affairs of Enterprise, went back
with sccurate data on which to make
a veport this week. . ,. ; ,
FOR SALE Two steated trap iu first
class condition. Inquire Dr. A. L.
Richardson. ' ' 8-4-tf .
WAT ED Two or three rooms furn
ished, or thre or four rooms unfurn
ished. No children. Phone Main 735
8-22-tf
CHINESE DOCTORS, CAN POS- ,
ITITELY CURE IOU.
Those who are suf
fering from dis
eases .-which mnay
other doctors hav
pronounced incor
ablf, now hove re
lief In sight. York
k York, the fara
on Chinese doc
tors, are now la-
! caled In Walla
Walla. These mn, after years of
tudy and) resa'ch In China, vrers
ranted diplomas by the emperor, to
ursae their practice of medicine.
For centuries the Chinese have bea
Acknowledge leaders In the practice f
medicine, and many wealthy people aa
naally go to that country In search of
relief for ailments which doctors of
disposal of the committee and jtIl,s country have pronounced Incapa
n, who are influential ift bus!- ? permanent core.
York & York use: nothing but pow
erful roots and kprbs of demonstrate!
medical value. These roots and herbs
'act gently on the system on direct con-
"2 n, . . ' itrast to medicines nsnttlly glrthr?
: To Discus Phases of Crime , Tpy fQn C01IMlIt(lI wlthont cogt
Boston, Mass., Aug 31. Following ,Those residing out of the city can genii
the meeting of the American Bar Ac for symptom blanks and free diagnosis
.lflnt!nn tl.i Amorlnnn Inotltnln nf 111 i. i
Criminal Law and Criminology op- ; YORK & YORK MEDICINE CO, "
cned its third annual meeting here to-1 10 W. Main St. Walla - Walla, Wn.
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