Irrigation mil. j authority who hud to do with lcgis-
Wasiunoton, June 9. It i fr-1 lation. The hind speculator, the
jfectly safe to say that the irrigation i water ((peculator and the land
:bill will pass the House during the! grabber are eliminated from . the
next few days. The bill will then ! situation under the restrictions st
go to conference with the Senate! tending settlement, as contained in
.committee, for the bill adopted by the bill reported by the House com
j the House is the bill which passed j niittee. Some of the amendment
sthe Senate, but to which impor-j made appear immaterial and Uif
tant amendments have been made, tiling to those who arc not fully
.No more striking change in the
flatus of a legislative matter has'
taken place during this session !
ithan that which has come over the,
attitude of Congress towards the!
irrigation hill. Four months ago:
it was evident to those best inform -
,ed that a National irrigation bill
would pass the Senate, though in
what shape was considered doubt-!
ful. It was equally apparent at
.that date that there was a majori-1
ty in the House against the bill of
piobably lf0,
After the Senate passed its irri-
.grtion bill it was still evident that!
.the House was against any such
; measure, and, what was more sig
nificant, the Senate bill was objec
Hiw!)&l t0 President Roosevelt and
to the National Irrigation Associa
tion. President Roosevelt and
.others who desired an irrigation
bill which should be a home-mak-
ine bill immediately instituted a
vigorous campaign to secure such
amendments as would eliminate
from the Senate measure its perni
cious features. ' The Western mem-
.bers of Congress were practically
united to secure this result. Many
conferences were held, both at the
Capitol and at the White House,
and a personal canvass wag con
ducted by the advocates of a pro
per measure, not only to secure
amendments for the Senate bill but
to secure the passage of the meas
ure through the House and its final
enactment into a law.
The House committee on irriga
tion decided to abandon its own
measure for the purpose of gaining
time, and adopted the Senate meas
ure, making the necccssary amend
ments thereto to secure the support
.of the Administration and of the
National Irrigatian Association.
Earlier predictions to the effect that
.no irrigation legislation could be
enacted at this session of Congress
were based entirely upon lack of
knowledge of the importance of the
measure among many members of
Congress and the lack of support
irom I'Josident Roosevelt and the
National Irrigation Association for
;&ny bill such as the Senate meas
ure, which did not conform to the
fundamental idea of homebuildingj
on the public lands. The House
committee reported the amended j
Senate measure April 7, and this
bill, as reported, has received the
full approval of President Roosvelt
and the hearty support of the Na
tional Irrigation Association, which
it may lie said, is absolutely neces
gary to the enactment of any irri
gation legislation by Congress.
This bill, as now before the
House, has received the approval
of nearly three-quarters of the
members, and the support which
has come to the measure since its
amendment domonstrates most ef
fectively that the strength of the
irrigation movement lies in the idea
of home making on the public-
lands. This idea was the keynote
of President Roosevelt's message
concerning such legislation, and it
is the foundation of the great
strength of the National Irriga-j
tion Association with Congress and j
with the people of tbe country as a I
vhole.
It haa been a foregone conclusion
that any irrigation bill which did'notaby the Mitchel Key, Halmes
out reserve the land for the exclu
ive use of homestead settlers, who
should live five years upon their j
claim before securing title to the
same, would not receive popular
jupport or the support of those in ;
: alive to the neeeessity of strictly
guarding the homesteader in his
rights. The most carefully word-
ed law generally affords some op-
portunity for fraud, which, perhaps
without being directly a technical
1 violation of the law, is a violation
of the spirit in which it is passed.
! A loose ly drawn measure becomes
merely a velhole foi fraud, aud it
j was of supreme importance that
the inauguration of the National
j irrigation policy should be under
the ausipees of the homesteader.
An honest administration of
National irrigation law which is
inscribed upou the statute books in
the form of the bill limy '.before the
House will produce the 'restvlts in
tended, and in the course of a few
years the people of the country as
a whole, in the East as well as in
the West, will be proud of the ad
dition to the strength, wealth and
prosperity of the country which
has come through its enactment,
and will wonder at the blinduoss of
those who opposed the adoption of
such a policy by a Nation whose
tremendous growth and strength
abroad lies in the production irom
the soil of the food of the world by
a multitude of American home
steaders. The irrigation bill now
before CoiigriwH is a new home
stead law, and should be known as
such.
President
plita up
diBtrict of
Oregon.
The Evening Journal says the
President Tuesday issued an order
detaching the State of Washington
from the Internal Revenue District
of Oregon and creating a new in
ternal revenue district for the for
mer state, with headquarters atTa
coma. B. D. Crocker, of Walla
Walla, is appointed Collector in
the new district.
The new order will result in the
reduction of the force of clerks in
the internal revenue headquar
ter at Portland and the transfer of
some to Tacoua.
(It is not regarded as probable
at the Portland Internal Revenue
Office that there will be any reduc
tion of the force of clerks. The
probable meaning of the ordor is
that Idaho will be taken from tne
Utah district and attached to Ore
gon. The inner meaning of the
departmental order, in all proba
bility, is that it offers a solution of
tbe fight for the Washington Col
lectorship, which has engrossed
the attention of the people in Wee
tern Washington. As is well
known, Clarence W. Lie is an ap
plicant for reappointment. It is
now believed that the new internal
revenue district is created partly
for the purpose of giving Ide the
coveted Collectorship, while B. D.
Crocker, the Walla Walla man, is
taken care of in the Collectorship
lot the new district.)
IiOuUlana Topographic Map.
. The United States Geological
Survey has recently reissued two
topographic map sheets of the sect'
ions of the State lying northeast
of the delta of the Mississippi River,
They are the Chandeleur sheet,
! showing some of the islands lying
on the west of Chandeleur Sound,
Island, and Martins Island; and La
Fortuna sheet, showing a portion
of tlie low lying land bordering
Lake Fortuna, Lake Anastbasio
Eloi Bay, southwest of the area
represented on the former sheet.
It is of interest to note that all the
land shown on both these sheets is
less than 5 feet above sea level.
Goer expeota lo be elected.
Governor Geei was in Portland
last Saturday, and in an interview
with the Evening Journal said;
"As to the senatoship I will only
say that the flatteringly largo vote
given nie by the people will give me
the office without question, unless
the legislature sees proper to ignore)
the will which is not likely
''While I have apparently car
ried every county in the Plato, Mr.
Wood has in every case, so far as I
have seen, polled his full party
vote. In almost every county my
majority is far in excess of the new
ly elected members and since no
man voted for mo who favored
some other for United States
senator, it is difficult to suppose
that such members will have any
disposition to disregard the instruc
tion received on this question.
"A presidential elector would
have the same right to ignore the
popular vote as would a member
of the legislature under those cir
cumstances. This vote should set
tle the scnatorship."
...W. J. Furnish'g reputation as a
citizen and a business man and as
a friend was not affected by the re
sult of the recent election in the
least, nis home town is to be con
gratulated in not having him take
his depature . from it, as wouid
have been the case in the event
tiiat the election had resulted in
his favor. Though he was defeat
ed his field of usefulness and his
capacity for performances are just
as great as they ever were. For
"sweet are the uses of adversity,
which like the toad 'ugly and veno
mous, yet wears a precious jewel in
hip la-ad; and thus our life, exempt
from public haunt, finds tongues
in trees, books in running brooks.
sermons in stoma and good in every
thing." Men who ennnotstand de
feat are not deserving of victory.
Mr. Furnish's attitude in defeat is
excellent. It displays tbe eoou
that is in him and this is a vic
tory. I'endcllon Kast Oregonian.
Chautauqua Speaker.
Henry Watterson, of national
reputation as an orator and editor,
will be the most prominent spea
ker at the Chautauqua asreiubly
tliis year. His first lecture will be
on the evening of July 10th. but
on the following afternoon he willi
deliver his Greatest lecture on 1
Abraham Lincoln. His second bi-st
lecture, "Money and Morals," will
also be delivered there. Mr. Wat
tenon was personally acquaiuted
with both Lincoln and Douglas,
and fiersonal ex periences with great
men are always heard with inter
est. The assembly this year at
Gladstone Park will be the ninth
in the history of the association,
and promises to be the greatest yet
held. It will open on July Hth
and close the evening of July 19th.
List of Patent.
Granted to Pacific state inventors
this week. Reported by C. A.
Snow & Co., Patent Attorneys,
Washington, D. C. J. Aegcrter,
San Francisco, Cal., Screw propell
er. C. F. Allen, Huencme, Cal.,
Vaginol syringe. W. II. Ames,
Watsonville, Cal., Refrigerator
case. J. W. Bedford, San Fran
cisco, Cal., Life boat launching
device. A. F. L. Bell, Carpenter
ie, Cal., Extracting and refining ! sheep cannot be found. The flock
aspbaltum. G. S. Bennet, San will be strengthened by the impor
Francisco, Cal., Battery. H. C. tation of 100 head of standardbred
Black, Oakland, Cal , Can and sol-! registered Ramhouilott buoks from
dering machine. A. B. Buren,the East and California. The
Sulem, Ore., Burial vault. G. If .shearing this spring amounted to
Chance, Portland, Ore., Picture 200,000 pounds of wool, an avorage
hanger, A. Cole, Hood river, Ore., of 12 pounds to the sheep.
Necktie frame. K. W
Jose. Oal,, Oil burner.
Dunn, Hani
H. T. lint
.rd,LosAngeh;.sCal Huspen.Ws.gullivin '
I. G. Hong, I,os Angelos, Cal.,
Train order box. J. Hoey, San
Francisco, cal., Hod bottom. K. A.
Ludlow, Hanfii'd, Cal., Transfers
ingcar or truck. ,f. I). McKarland,
Jr., San Francisco, Cal., Adjnstihlo
speed gear. R. N. Moody, Aber
deen, Wash., Marking machine
i A. Mullnn
San Francisco, Cu 1 .,
Apparatus for
unloading ship's
cargnes, E.
Cal., Bicycle
F. Smith, Stockton,
pump. H.J. bpill
man, Pullman, Wash.,
cutter. M. 0. Tee!, The
lie0ll)J
lull,. -
Ore., Drawer guard or support. R.
G. Whitlock, J.i.s Angeles, Cal.,
Dovico for holding removable
leaves. F. D. Wood, San Erancis
co, Cal., Means for working ores by
cyan id process. . Z. Xevers, Santa
iCruz, Cal.. Stork or poultry feeding
device. J. N. Young, Alameda,
Cal., Heating apparatus.
For copy ol any of above patent!
send ten cents in postago stamps
with date of this" paper to C, A.
Snow & Co., Washington, I). C.
The Itemaklng of Oregon.
Springfield (Mass) Republican.
niesirm.ngieaiuresoi wegreai
migratory movement of settlers;
. . n . .1. i r . .1.1
into Washington and Oregon this
spring is said to he the unanimity
ith ithieh they scuk the country
and avoid the cities. Considered
as a class, theto homeseekert in a
a new country have money. Tbey
travel in fir-.l-chiss.styli to their
destination, and on thtfir arrival
pay cash for their land. Though
the Government Land Oilicee are
by no means idle; the majority of
settlers are buyers rather than
stakers of claims. Quite in con-
trast are these condition with the!
existing during the early emigrant
movements into ttie west, when
families crossed the continent with
ox teams, and sometimes felt ag
grieved because the Government
would do no more thin furnish
them land by the hundreds of acres
each. The topograpy of the coun
try is changed by the present in
flux. Farms are being rapidly
sub-dividing in the old settled
districts, ani farms of S, 10 or 20
acres are becoming common, where
formerly were extensive tracts of
land under single owners. Land
under irrigation canals has passe.)
rapidly to individual owners, and
in one section of Washington 4800
acres of sagebrush laud, doacribed
,ittle more ,hn veaf 2 ,B
Abiding desert, it now cut into
farms with a home on every 20
acres. Schools are springing up
a similar rate, and the whole Paci
fic Northwest is feeling the impulse
of the new life.
Big Lambing lltoord.
Charles Cunningham, who if the
largest individual shcepowner in
Oregon, holds the record this spring
for lambing, his flock having
dropped 9000 lambs, says the Pen
dleton East Oregonian. Mr. Cun
ningham made a change in his
force this spring, and has secured
a new superintendent for his lanch
es in the person of Tate Sullivan,
of Idaho. Mr. Sullivan is a thor
oughly experienced man, who has
been connected with some of the
largest ranches in the country,
notably being superintendent for
Hershey, the great Idaho sheep
raiser. The Cunningham flock now
numbers 27,000 sheep of all ages,
and a prottier lot of high-bred
Mr. Cunningham has some fine
tlMflra tft iltutmiin ftf TTll Nrtfl M
Cunningham ranch, while Mr,
Colwell has taken a large number
to Arlington to supply people in
that vicinity, who desire good
slock.
Among the recent atlas sheets
issued by the United States Geo
logical Survey is the Mt. Leidy
quadrangle, which shows a section
of the Teton Forest Reserve, in-
I eluding Mt. I.eidy, whose summit
Irises to an altitude of 10,317 fret
above sea level, The region la an
extremely rugged one forming a
portion of the Continental Divide
in western Wyoming and contain
ing a number of lofty mountain
masses. Its bold topography is
clearly shown by the use of con
lour lines, which aim emphasize
the drainage features aud the
shape and slopes of the valleys.
The headwaters of the Grou Ventre
and Buffalo rivers appear on the
sheet. These are tributaries of the
Snake which through thn Colum
bia River discharges into the Paci
fic Ocean. Within fraction of
a mile from them are found the
headwaters of the Wind River, a
trlmjU , t, j,; j,orn
Yellowstone, whoso waters pass
through the Missouri and Missis
sipi to the Gulf of Mexico.
It is reported that Governor
Geor will call an extra session of
the legislature to pa-s a fiat sala
ry law to take effect bcfir the new
officers take their seats in January.
A. R. Grieve bf Ashland, a
brakeman on the Southern Pacific,
was crushed between two grand
care at Melin last Friday, receiving
injuries that will prove fatal.
Report from the strawberry
field at Hood River place the esti
nutw of the season's cnp at about
80 carloads, or
about 125 1)00 in
round
figures. The brnes are
ripening fast, now that the sun hs
a chance to play its beams over
the patches. Two carloads of ber
ries have already started for the
DikoUi, the middle west and Chi
cago, where the entire crop is mar
keted, and another carload is being
completed. This leaves about 77
carloads vet to be bhipied, so it
will be seen that the season hat
just opened up.
Jack Marshall, residing In Mal
heur county, hat made 11500 in
past three years trapping coyolts.
Corotet at rule tre wary of tlet-1
traps, but Mtrshsll't claim it that
be entices them into the snarot by
the ueo of scout of which he alone
knows the secret. During the three
years he has beta paid for 750
teat pi.
Growth of young aalmon-
Last September Master Fish
Warden Van Dusen and Deputy
Bultman deposited about 400 young
salmon, two inches in length, in
the city resevoir on Shively Hill,',
says the Astoria News. When the
rerevoir was cleaned out it was
found that the fiish had grown to
the size of nine inches. Some of
thera were found to he dead. Many
escaped during the two days of th
opened water gates, used to drain
the resevoir. Seve:al doten wer
caught alive, but they died last,
night, owing to the lack of proper
care. Mr. Van Dusen has taken a
number of those that died last
night to the cold Btorftge to he pre
served as specimens of growth. He
deems the test a complete success.
flow Grinding.
Kd Harbin desires to announce that
he it prepared to do all kinds ol grind
ing in the latest approved futliitm,
Gailied plow tlisre grinding special ty.