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THE MOUSING OREGONIAN, MONDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1900. 9 t WHAT IT WOULD DO Effects of Construction Nicaragua Canal. of BENEFITS WOULD BE NATIONAL Industrie and Resources of the Pa cific Coast "Would Be Greatly Stimulated and Developed Naval Advantages." One of the best expositions of the ben efits which would accrue to the Pacific Coast from the construction of the Nica ragua Canal appeared in a recent issue of the North Pacific Farmer and Stock man. The National advantages to follow inauguration of the waterway are also clearly shown. It is made evident that the trade of the world would be revo lutionized and the great marts of the world brought Into closer commercial re lations. Following Is the article: "That there should, in, view of the many convincing arguments in favor of the great Importance to the world of com merce generally, and especially to the -commerce of the Pacific Coast, to say nothing of Jts naval advantages, be any difference of opinion among intelligent people as to the advisability of the com pletion of this great work under Gov ernment control, seems passing strange. "It would be impossible in, this brief article to more than indicate the incom parable benefits that must necessarily result to the people and commerce of the world, and especially to the people and commerce of the United States, and above all to the people and commerce of the Pacific States from the construc tion of this ship waterway. "The reduction of time and rates to the shortest and lowest minimum in the transportation of products from the point of production to the point of con sumption, is a problem the solution of which is urgently demanded by the peo ple, producer and consumer alike, and that legislation. Congressional or other wise, which will most rapidly and surely tend to the solution of this problem should receive the favorable consideration and earnest support of tho legislator, both National and state. How Pacific Coast Will Be Gainer. "But as a trade equalizer, in which the Pacific Coart will be vastly the gainer, the construction of the NIcaraguan Ca nal will be a mighty factor. "By Ita construction the great marts of trade of the Atlantic Coast; New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities which today send out over 75 per cent of our domestic ex ports will be brought into closer prox imity by many hundred, and In some In stances over 2000 miles, with the Paci fic trade centers, China, Australia, and the Philippine Islands than are London, Paris. Liverpool, Manchester and Berlin. "We will have an Immense advantage over Liverpool, as to Japanese ports. The present distance from Liverpool to Yo kohama via Cape Horn is 17,529 miles; via Cape of Good Hope, 16,010; but via the NIcaraguan Canal route, the distance will be 13,111 miles, whereas, the dis tance from New York to Yokohama via the NIcaraguan Canal will be but 9369 miles. Furthermore, our Atlantic har bors will be nearer the British port of Hong Kong, counting by these several routes, and not sonsldering for the pres ent the routr via tho Suez Canal, by 274S miles, than will be Liverpool by the NIc araguan. Canal. Th distance from New York to Hong Kong via this canal will be but 11,038 miles, while that from Liv erpool to Hong Kong via the same route will bo 13,786 miles. It Is a fact, more over, not to be forgotten, that what ever advantage the Asiatic ports may have in distance via the Suez Canal is more than overcome by the safety of the NIcaraguan Canal route in contrast with the stormy and. unsafe character of the Suez Canal route. Will Revolutionize World's Trade. "It must, therefore, be apparent to all at a glance that the construction of the NIcaraguan Ship Canal will work a most marvelous revolution In the commerce and carrying trade of the world. Then, ships sailing from Hong Kong, China. Toklo, Yokohama and the British port of Burmah and bound for European ports will have the choice of two routes. They can go either eastward across the Pa cific, through the NIcaraguan Canal, and thence by the Atlantic Ocean to Liver pool, Havre, Manchester, and other European ports, or, going In the opposite direction, following the sun In Its course, through the China Sea, the Straits of Malacca, across the waters of the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Ocean, the Straits of Rnbel Mandeb. the Red Sea. the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean Sea and Gibraltar to the same ports. ..What effect, in other words, the con struction of this canal will have In short ening the distance of transportation routes between the great commercial seaports of New York and Boston, and the ports of the Pacific Ocean, and also between New York and the great commercial ports of the Pacific States we mean San Fran cisco and other California ports, Port land, Astoria. Yaqulna, Coos Bay. Port Orford, Tillamook and other Oregon ports, and the ports of Puget Sound. It is via Cape Horn 14.840 miles from New York to San Francisco; to Portland, Or.. 16, 40. and to Puget Sound ports 19,640; where as the distance from New York to San Francisco via the Nicaragua Canal Is but 1946 miles; to Portland, Or., 5546 miles, and to the Puget Sound por" 5746 miles, showing a complete saving of distance be tween New York and San Francisco, be tween New York and Portland, Or., and between New York and Puget Sound ports of 9S94 miles, which shortens the dis tance that much between them all, the allele shortening occurring between San Francisco and New York. "Will Reduce Freight Rates. This saving in distance and. of course, in tints of sailing, to say nothing of the Incomparable advantage of a direct steam ship waterway, shorter by nearly 10,000 jr.'les between our Atlantic and Pacific ports, cannot but have a tremendous ef fect in reducing freight rates between these several ports. It is, therefore, clear of all sections of the country which will "b Immensely benefited by the construc tion of this canal, the States and tc -I'torles bordering on and tributary to the 1 aclflc Ocean will be benefited most. The Slftes of California. Washington and Oregon, while prolific in a great variety of agricultural, mineral, timber, plsca tirla' and other products, are notably v.he8t-growins states. The North Pacific Coast has an annual surplus of about 43,000.000 bushels of wheat and wheat flour, and in a few years this will be trebled. The principal market for this surplus Is Liverpool. This necessitates transporta tion by water around Cape Horn, an av erage distance of 15.3P0 miles. By the Nicaragua Canal this water route to Liverpool would be shortened G806 miles, nearly one-half, or reduced to 7GM miles. This, it is estimated, will reduce the transportation charges from the North Pacific ports Portland. Astoria, Yaqulna. and other Oregon JkJs, and Puget Sound ports, at least 1C Ats a bushel below the present rate by s Horn, to say nothing of the time saved In the voyage. A sav ing of 10 cents a bushel would be a saving to our procurers of J4.500O0O a year. Will Open Xcw SInrkets. But infinitely greater will be the ad vantage that will come to our wool and .fruitgrowers, lumber merchants, salmon packers and exporters and hopgrowers of the North Pacific Coast, who find their principal market for th?lr surplus prod ucts in Atlantic Coast ports; notably. New York, Philadelphia and Boston. As the case now stands, the distance between Portland, Or., and New York City by all water route is 150 miles farther than such , all-water route between Portland and Liverpool. The reason is because, as vessels go around the Cape they sheer off and reach Liverpool before they can reach New York. From Portland to New York by this route it is 15,500 miles, while from Portland to Liverpool it is but 15,350 miles. Construct the NIcaraguan Canal and the situation Is Immensely changed. The effect this would Inevitably have on the cost of transportation of wool, lum ber, salmon, wheat, hops, furs, fruit and other products of the far Western States will be seen at a glance. And who can predict the effect the construction of this maritime canal will have in developing and warming into life the immeasurable resources gold, silver, lead, copper, iron, sulphur, nickel, asbestos and the great fishing, fur, fine woods and other inter ests, not only of the North Pacific Coast States, but of the Territory of Alaska. Tho value of the canal in developing that marvelously rich territory, and thus add ing to the wealth of our Nation and peo ple, cannot be estimated. Benefit to Timber Interests. But it is not only the wheat, wool, hops and fish-producing classes who are to be vastly benefited by the construction of the Nicaragua Canal. Who so blind as not to realize the incomparable advantages that must come to the great timber interests of the North Pacific from this great out let. More than $50,000,000 are at present Invested in the lumber Industry of the Pacific Coast. The annual output of the States of Washington, Oregon and California from over 1500 sawmills and shingle mills Is nearly, or perhaps quite, 2,500,000,000 feet of lumber, and 2,200,000.000 shingles, aggregating in value nearly $30, 000,003, and giving employment to nearly 30,000 persons, to whom are paid annually wages amounting to nearly $20,000,000. At present our markets for this vast output of lumber and shingles, spars, staves and other like products are comparatively cir sumscrlbed. Of the total product of Ore gon, Washington and California for 1893 of 2,300,000,000 feet of lumber, the States of Oregon and Washington sold to the people of the State of California alone about 325.000.090 feet of lumber, or nearly one-seventh of the total output of the three states, while of the 2,200.000,000 shingles produced that year by the three states, Oregon and Washington sold to California over 11.000.000. The European forests, as also the forests of the Eastern. Middle and Southern States, are being rapidly denuded. Open this isthmian highway to the ships of commerce, and our lumber merchants are at once .brought to the very doors of the Eastern coast of North and South America and the European ports as well. Even, under ex isting conditions, to say nothing of the vast forest regions of Oregon and the State of Washington, and the result will be that the Eastern States will become a ready market for all our high-grade lumber at least Important Xarnl Advantage. But no less important are the naval ad vantages which must accrue to the United States by the construction and mainte nance of this Isthmian ship waterway by and under the control of the United States. The Tecent tendencies of foreign powers to Interfere with American inter ests on this continent and trample upon and treat with contempt the time-honored American Monroe doctrine, admonish the people of the United States of the neces sity from a military and naval standpoint of the early construction of the Nicaragua Ship Canal, and Its absolute control by tho United States. Give us the canal and our wheat, fruit, dairy and hop crop, as well as our lum ber and fish products, will treble in a very few years. The building of the canal would revolutionize the business of the world. . . STATE PRESS COMMENT. Considerable talk is being Indulged in about the division of the State of Oregon on the line of tho Cascade Mountains, making two states. The only benefit to bo derived from a division that we can see would be that It would give us two more United States Senators and more offices to go round. The state is too thinly populated to make division popu lar. All of our state Institutions would be crippled by division. Politicians might like to see the number of offices doubled, but taxpayers will be slow to ask or vote for an increase of taxes. Hood River Glacier. There are no private enterprises or public ones, for that matter that are en titled to Invade the schoolroom- for as sistance. The custom excites and dis turbs the mind of the pupils; it forces the children of poor families to contribute beyond their ability, or else to reveal fi nancial conditions which cause them hu miliation, in both of which they are en titled to protection, and It gives enter prises with cheeky promoters an unde served advantage over those directed in modesty and fair dealing. The school room should be closed to all collectors, ticket-sellers, book agents and outside rustlers of all grades and enterprises. St. Helens Mist. The country is to be congratulated up on the defeat of the ship subsidy bill, at least that the disposal of it in such a manner that it cannot be passed at this session. It is to bo hoped it will never pass, as It is against tne best Interests of the country. While It should be the policy of the Government to build up the Navy. It should be done on legitimate lines and not through methods that are unjust. Our shipbuilders are able to com pete with the best In the world, the same as our manufacturers generally are able to compete with any In the world. The United States Is no longer a stripling learning to walk and run. Albany Demo crat. After two unsuccessful campaigns, J. Iv. Jones, chairman of the Democratic .Na tional Committee, has concluded to resign. Jones does not seem to doslre being mixed up in any more landslides that slide the wrong way. Eugene Register. Oregon is too sparsely settled to be di vided into two states, as has been sug gested, even should the people desire it. which Is very Improbable. The prop osition Is too absurd to be discussed at this time. Brownsville Times. Some of the Seattle people are disturbed in mind for fear the building of the Nicaragua Canal will bring competition for the trade with the Orient that will handicap the Pacific Coast States, and are opposing the building of. the canal. This Is a shortsighted policy. The Pacinc Coast States arc so much nearer these markets that legitimate competition via the canal will not hurt us, besides the market for our grain and lumber in the East will be greatly improved by the con struction of the canaL The Pacific Coast is. and will be, for the canal. Bclo News, The proposition made by the Oregon Historical Society that a great industrial exposition of the Northwest be held in' 1905 to commemorate the Lewis and.CiarK expedition, should meet with general la vor and commendation. The opening up of this vast and resourceful empire of the West Is certainly worthy of such com memoration, and of the large monument which it is proposed to build near the mouth of tho Columbia. And aside from the historical standpoint, which is suffi cient reason in Itself, there is also to be considered the material benefits to our country which would certainly accure from such a National exposition. Oregon has a good opportunity now to get in. rub oft some of the moss, and show what she can do in the way of rustling for a great entorprlse. Newberg Graphic. Spokane has a number of cases ot small, pax KLAMATH INDIANS' LANDS FULL AJTD DETAILED DESCRIPTION BY INSPECTOR. This Is Territory Which Is to Be Ceded to the Government Under Treaty Xow Before Congress. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The report of Indian Inspector James McLaughlin, who recently concluded a treaty with the Klamath Indians, regarding the disputed portion of their reservation, which they propose to cede to the Government under a treaty now before Congress, gives a very full and detailed description of the lands Involved, as well as the difficulties he had encountered in bringing about a satisfactory agreement with the Indians. The treaty has heretofore been reviewed, but the following extracts from the In spector's report will prove Interesting, giving much information not embodied in the agreement and letter of the Indian Commissioner: "In compliance with instructions, upon my arrival at the Klamath Agency, Oc tober S. I Immediately proceeded to ob tain Information regarding the character of the country, nature of the soil, and quality of the timber within the tract In volved, which embraces the area lying be tween the reservation boundary estab lished by survey In 1S71 and the treaty line determined by the boundary commis sion in 1S9S. "Commencing at a point on the bound ary line about one mile north of tho bridge across Wood River at Fort Kla math, I proceeded along boundary line to the summit of the ridge which divides the upper and middle Klamath Lakes, from which elevation I had an extensive view of the adjacent foothills and moun tain slopes, all of which I found to bo I heavily timbered, yellow pine predominat ing, with considerable sugar pine, reu cedar and some fir Interspersed. Yellow pine is the chief timber of the heavy forests throughout this section of coun try, producing an excellent quality of lumber for all ordinary purposes, and the sugar pine, so-called. Is a species of white pine, possessing a high market value for finishing material, and much, preferable to yellow pine for the finer kinds of work, and the red cedar furnishes excellent Umber for shingles, fence posts, etc "The ridge which forms the western boundary of the treaty reservation Is a spur of the eastern range of the Cascade Mountains, and its eastern slope for a distance of about 40 miles Is within the excluded area, and is well covered with good merchantable timber of the varie ties above mentioned as also numerous plateaus throughout the level and sterile portions of the excluded tract contain groves of good pine timber. "There Is a heavily timbered bolt of not less than six miles In width and 40 miles In length, within the excluded tract, the eastern slope and foothills of the mountain ridge which forms the western boundary of the treaty reservation, ana In said belt, from the point near Fort Klamath through to Mount Scott, thenoe to Cowhorn Mountains, which latter point Is the northwest corner of tho treaty rc ervation. there are manv million feet of excellent pine timber, which will become very -valuable as soon as certain projectoa lines of railroad are constructed by whlch the timber can be profitably converted Into lumber and marketed. From the foot hills of the Cascade Range, the ridge of which forms the western boundary of the excluded lands, the country for a- considerable distance east is of In ferior quality. The soil In thli inferior tract Is chiefly decomposed pumice, and no merchantable tlm- be" grows upon it, but there is a denar growth of small black pines throughout tho greater portions of this tract that range in size from small saplings to trees 14 Inches In diameter, which Koeolea ot scrub pine is of little value other than for fence poles or fuel. This character ot country, which Is of little value, em braces a tract of the excluded area ap proximating 40,000 acres, situated In tha northwest and northern portions, extend ing from the foothills of Cowhorn Moun tain, on the west, to Sugar Pine Mountain on the east, which last-named mountali, Is several miles In length from west to east, the center of Its southern slope be ing nearthe extreme northern point of Klamath Marsh. The whole of this mountain Is heavily timbered with an ex cellent quality of sugar pine, yellow plno and red cedar, and there are throughouv the said sterile .black pine tracts, several small plateaus of good yellow pine, with an occasional patch of grass land, which latter affords limited grazing. "The sail throughout the excluded por tion which lies east of Klamath Marsh in of a different character to that on the west side of said marsh, there being no pumice east of the marsh, and the soil Is of much better quality: but there arc several tracts of sterile lands along the base of Winter Ridge, the eastern border of Sycan Marsh, and In the southeast por tion of the excluded lands, which are very rocky, being thickly covered with lava rock, and upon which no vegetation ex ists other than a few juniper trees of stunted growth, and this character of land, aggregating anproxlmately 25,000 acres in the excluded portion, is prac tically worthless. "The Sycan Marsh (meadow) an3 Thompson Valley, which extends north from said marsh, together with the exten sive meadows and arable lands In the up per Sprague River district, aggregating approximately 20.000 acres, is esneclally fertile and very productive, and Yamsa Mountain, a large portion of which Is sit uated within the excluded area. Is well timbered, as Is also the western slope of Winter Ridge, which ridge forms the east ern boundary of the excluded lands. From Mount Frances, which Is the northeast ern corner of the treaty reservation, along Winter Ridge to Gerhart Mountain, where the said ridge terminates abruptly, Is a distance of about 45 miles, and a pine timber belt, averaging about seven miles In width, extends along the entire distance. "I estimate the merchantable pine tim ber in the excluded' portion of the Kla math Reservation, along the Cascade Range on the west. Sugar Pine Mountain on the rorth. Yamsay Mountain In the northeast, and Winter Ridge on the east, together with the numerous small plat eaus of good pine throughout the inferior and black pine portions, at 350,000 acres. I regard the pine timber of this estimates acreage equal In quality to the ordinary pine lands of Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota. The trees are tall, free from limbs for a considerable height, and range In size from about 20 to 60 Inches in diameter. The Inaccessibility of this timber to market at the present time makes Its posses.Ive value difficult to even approximate, but It will doubtless become valuable In the near future, ana I have been reliably Informed that there have been a number of persons looking over the said Cascade, Sugar Pine Moun tain and Winter Ridge districts the past Summer, with a -view to filing entries, some of whom expressed themselves as intending to return next Summer and lo cate upon their selections. "While at Bly, In the upper Sprague River settlement, E. E. Fitch, proprietor of the hotel at Bly, Informed me that the Oregon Central Military Wagon Road Company, which owns considerable land in the county, holds Its raw lands at from $1 25 to $10 per acre, according es situated with reference to Its Irrigation, and that a farm in the valley was recently sold foi $12 per acre. And Mr. W. A. Walker, who has lived 26 years In the locality, the owner of 1200 acres of Improved land In the neighborhood, and who Is now quite wealthy from farming and stock-raising, informed me that he would not sell any of his land (all of which is within the excluded portion) for less than $10 per nor and that hr i-hIiim nmo nf It nt vi S. . - i? . i.L a double that price, but that he regards ?2 50 per acre on the average a fair value Downing, Hopkins & Co. WHEAT AND STOCK BROKERS Room 4, Ground Floor BOTH TELEPHOXES for lands in their native state throughout the southeastern portion of the excludea area, exclusive of the lava rock covered portions hereinbefore referred, to, which latter are worthless. "Seven settlers of the Bly colony are constructing an Irrigating ditch 12 miles in length, at a cost of about $3000. which will cover about 4000 acres" of uplands, bor dering the lower valley lands of Spraguo River, upon which they can grow tim othy, alfalfa and red. mammoth clover very successfully and profitably. Mr. Walker, who Is also one of the owners of the Irrigation system, further Jnformea me that he has raised six tons of rye hay to the acre this year and equally good crops of other fodder, and .that he has, threshed 100 bushels of oats from an acre; that vegetables can be successfully raised some seasons, but that potatoes and ce reals are not a sure crop, the altitude be ing about 4700 feet, with frosts every month In the year, and that It Is, there fore, unprofitable to engage in the raising of small grain in the locality, but that there is no section of Oregon that sur passes the Sprague Rfver Valley for pro ducing fodder, good grazing and success ful stock-growing. "I have gone Into minute details, as above set forth, that It may be under stood that I have availed myself of every possible means to arrive at the value of the lands excluded from the Klamath Reservation by the erroneous survey ot 1S71, and while It Is true that there are a great many acres of valueless land in tho said tract, yet there are many acres ot arable land which already possess consid erable value, and an Immense amount of pine timber that must become very valua ble in the near future; and, when taking Into consideration the 29 years that the Klamath Indians have been deprived of these lands, together with the value ot the valleys, meadows and heavily tim bered portions. I most heartily Indorse the price fixed upon said lands by tha boundary commission in 1S96, viz., S6.35 cents per acre. "After completing my examination ot the lands referred to and becoming sat isfied that the price fixed for same by the boundary commission was Just and reasonable, I assembled the Indians In council October 22, at which council there were about 150 Indians, and commenced negotiations for the relinquishment by them of said excluded area. Including all claims and demands of said Indians aris ing or growing out of the erroneous sur vey ot the outbooundarles of their reser vation in 1S7L I summarized, briefly, what had been done in the premises up to our meeting in council, and stated that the treaty line as determined by the boundary commission was the one recog nized by the department; that It had been accepted and approved by the proper offi cials of the Government as the line con templated In the treaty of 1S64; that all their right, title and Interest to lands out side of the boundary commission line was ceded to the Government by their treaty of October 14. 1SG4, and that the negotia tions we were entering upon was based uj)on the finding of said commission. I further Informed them that I had con cluded to Indorse the price fixed by the boundary commission, and, therefore, our negotiations only Involved the question oi what disposition was to be made of the proceeds. I also advised them that the department was opposed to per capita cash payments; that large cash payments have a demoralising effect upon Indiana, and that It was therefore desired by the department that they place the greater portion of the amount they were to re ceive In the United States Treasury to their credit, to draw 5 per cent interest annually, and the remainder, after paying the legal fees of their attorneys having duly approved contracts, to be expended, under your direction, for such purposes as would be of greatest benefit to them; not what would benefit them at the pres ent time only, but for their present needs and future welfare. "I suggested that after the principal portion of the proceeds were deposited :n the United. States Treasury, the remain der, after payment of their attorneys fees, should, to be of greatest benefit to them, be expended In Irrigation of theti lands, purchase of stock cattle, wagons, harness, mowing machines, horse rake:. etc., which manner of expenditure would more likely meet with department ap proval and prompt action by Congress, and told them that I was prepared to con duct negotiations with them In open coun cil, or. what I regarded the better plan, with a committee of three or five mem bers of the tribes, apointed by the In dians assembled, to conduct the negotia tions, and after we had reached an agree ment we would report It to the full coun cil for its action: that I would withdraw from the council-room that 'they might discuss the matter among themselves and appoint their committee, If they so elect ed. They concurred In my suggestion to withdraw for a short time, whereupon r left the hall, again telling them "before leaving that they must bear In mind that this matter was of long standing, and to have any agreement we might conclude meet with department approval and fa vorable acttbn by Congress per capita cash payments should not be stipulated. In about hair an hour they notified me that they had appointed a committee of five persons and were ready to proceed with the negotiations. "The committee were all Intelligent In dians and representative men of the tribes, who understood and spoke Eng lish, so that an interpreter was unneces sary m our negotiations except ai the first council, , when about 150 Indians were present, among whom were some very old men who did not understand English very well, and again when I submitted the agreement to them after I had reached a conclusion with the committee. The committee took up only one question at a time, and after disposing of it reported to their full coun cil for further Instructions. In this way the agreement was concluded without un necessary delay or wrangling of contend ing factions, and after I had read the agreement to them, and had It inter preted, paragraph by paragraph, I an nounced that It was ready for signatures, whereupon 12S Indians, all who were pres ent at the time. Immediately signed their names, and others came In from day to day from distant parts of the reservation to sign, until 200 had ratified the agree ment. After I had reached an agreement with the committee It was reduced to writing, and explained to the Indians as sembled, who unanimously concurred In Its provisions." "There are 113S Indians borne on the rolls Ct this agency, 296 of whom are males over 18 years of age, but 23 of said adult males do not reside upon the reser vation, and quite a number of others are absent from their homes working in white settlements, all of whom would undoubt edly have 6lgned If they could have been reached, as there was not a single ob jection offered against any provision of the agreement after we had reached a conclusion. Under instructions from the full council, the committee demanded, ana MANHOOD RESTORED;?,: bit YltallBar, ih preacriptloa of a famous French physician, will quickly care you of oil nervous or diseases ot tia generative organs, such as Lost MaBbeed, iBiemais, Pains In the JsVacJc, Seminal Emissions, SerroHi Debility. Pimples, Unfitness to Marry, Sxnanstlnx Drains, Varicocele ana Constipation. It stops all lossa by day or night. Prevents quickness of discbarge, which It not checked leads to Sper zmtorrhoea. and all the horrors f lmDotencT. 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The $25,000- per capita cash payment pro vided in article 3 was conceded by me, after considering It very carefully, thav the beneficiaries might thus be enabled to liquidate their Indebtedness. None owe large amounts, chiefly small grocers' bills, and a few for mowing machines, etc., and this cash payment, for the 113S Indians of the agency, being about $22 per capita, will be of great benefit to the beneficiaries, and, in my opinion, will be Judiciously ex pended by most of them; and It will be especially appreciated by the very old people, who would not be particularly ,beneflted in a tangible way should the money be all expended In Irrigation and the purchase of stock cattle. "The Indians were all very much op posed In the beginning to any provision for Irrigation, maintaining that those de siring such could construct their own ditches, but they finally consented to its Incorporation In the agreement, with the proviso, however, that only those who will be benefited by the irrigation shall boar any expense of its construction, and when taking into consideration that the allotments of many of these Indians are so situated that.no general system nf Irri gation can be made to reach their land, the proviso Is but Just and reasonable. Outside of the Williamson River. Sprague River, Sycan River and Klamath Marsh districts, the allotments, scattered over 33 townships, are much separated, and In some Instances far removed from where any general system of Irrigation will ever be constructed, or where water could be conducted, and In view of this fact I in corporated a clause by which those who receive the benefits shall bear the ex pense, and those who are not benefited by such expenditure shall receive an equivalent in lieu thereof. "The Indians, as above stated, were at first very much opposed to the Incorpora tion of any provision for the Irrigation of their lands, but since they have accepted this Important provision they are talking of Its advantages, have become very much Interested, and many are now en thusiastic over It. The Indians were op posed to making any mention of wagons, harness, mowing machines, horse rakes, etc., In the agreement, desiring to leave the purchase of those articles to your discretion, subject to their applying for same, they fearing that If mentioned in the agreement they would be obliged to accept them, whether desired or not, and, at the request of the committee, I pre pared the agreement providing for the drainage and irrigation of their lands and the purchase of stock cattle, omitting enumeration of other articles, the pur chase of which Is provided for. In your discretion, by said article 3 of the agree ment, and which can. under said provi sion, be purchased and shipped as actual ly needed. "The Klamath and Modoc Indians of the Klamath Reservation all dress as whites, wear their hair short, and are well ad vanced In civilization, and, while they are not what can be termed fully civil ized, the elements of progress are well grounded and steadily developing among them. A stranger riding through the dis tricts would never suspect that he was passing through an Indlnn settlement. Commodious residences, good barns, ex tensive stock pastures and hay meadows, stacks of hay and good fences, wlth what little stock they have In fine condition, show general prosperity and give It the appearance of a community of prosperous white pioneers, instead of being among Klamath and Modoc Indians, some ot whom were hostlles of the "Lava Beds troubles of 1S72 apd 1S73. "With the exception of the very old people, these Indians are fairly well edu cated, a majority of them being quite well advanced, and of the 200 whose sig natures are attached to the. agreement, 95 signed their own names. All appeal to understand English, and most of them, both men and women, speak the English language quite Intelligently and without native accent so common to most tribes. "The Klamath Reservation, with an al titude approximating 4500 feet. Is not adapted to agriculture, other than the growing of fodder, which Is at present raised In valleys along the streams ana other low places where there Is sufficient moisture; and with irrigation of the lands, as contemplated by the agreement, the amount of timothy, red mammoth clover, grain fodder and wild grass that can be raised on this reservation will only be limited by the acreage cultivated. There being frost In this section every month In the year, the cultivation of veg etables and cereals Is not remunerative, and In fact not attempted as a paying venture, but there is no finer section Oregon for stock-growing, and for the Klamaths to continue prosperous and be come Independent the stock Industry should be fostered and encouraged, as It Is the only remunerative Industrv in this section of country at the present time." Judge H. A. Porter has brought suit In the Superior Court at Everett to re cover $330 alleged to be due him tor serv ices rendered to the county as Court Commissioner during tho past seven months. No Cure No Pay THE MODERN APPLIANCE. A positive way to perfect manhood. The VACUUM TREATMENT cures you without medicine of all nervous or diseases of the generative or gans, such as Iobt manhood, exhaustive drains, varicocele, Impotency. etc Men are quickly re stored to perfect health and strength. Write for circulars. Correspondence confidential. THE HEALTH APPLIANCE CO. rooms 47-49, Fafc por-os't Rldg. Seattle Wash. TRAVELERS' GUIDE. teamersforOrien Hong Kong, via Yokohama and Kobe. Due at Portland ns follows: SS. MONMOUTHSHIRE Nov. 28 SS. MILOS .- Dec 23 S3. SKARPSNO Jon. 2S For freight or passage apply to T. ., lie. G-S-10 Columbian bldg., Third and Oak sts. WHITE COLLAR LINE STR. HERCULES takes the place of BAILET GATZERT (Alder-street Dock), Leaves Portland dally every morning at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Returning. leaves As toria every night at 7 o'clock, except Sunday. Oregon phone Main 351. Columbia phone 351. TIVAVEIiEUS GUIDE, TKAVELERS GUIDE. fol lift &Efl- TJaloa Depot, Sixth smd J Streets. 4 W THREE TRAINS DAILY FOR ALL POINTS EAST "CHICAGO-PORTLAXD SPECIAL." Leaves for tho East, via Huntmgton, at 9:00 A. M.; arrlTca at 4:30 P. M. SPOKANE FLYER, For SDokane. Eastern Washington, and Great Northern points, leaves at a P. in; arrive at ATLANTIC EXPRESS. Leaves for tho East. via. Huntington, at OlOO P. iL; arrives at 3.40 A, if. THROUGH PULLMAN AND TOURIST SLEEPERS. OCEAX AXD RIVER SCHEDULE. Water lines schedule subject to change with out notice. OCEAN DIVISION From Portland, leave Ainsworth Dock at 8 P. II.; sail every 5 days: Geo. Y. Elder, Dec 3. 13, 23: Jan. 2, 12, 22. Columbia, Dec 8. 18. 2S; Jan. 7, 17, 27. From San Francisco Sail every S days. Leave Spear-street Pier 24 at 11 A. SL: Co lumbia, Dec 4. 14. 24; Jan. 3, 13. 23. Geo. VT. Elder. Dec 9, 18. 20; Jan. 8, IS, 28. COLUMBIA. mVEH DIVISION. PORTLAND AND ASTORIA. Steamer Hassalo leaves Portland dally, ex cept Sunday, at 8:00 P. M.; on Saturday at 10:00 P. M. Returning, leaves Astoria dally, except Sunday, at 7:00 A. il. "WILLAMETTE 1UYER DIVISION. PORTLAND AND SALEM, OR. Steamer Ruth, for Salem. Independence and way points, leaves from Ash-street Dock at 0 A. M. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. Returning. leaves Independence at 5 A. M., and Salem at 6 A. M.. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. CORVALLIS AND ALBANT. Steamer Modoc leaves Portland at 0 A. XL on Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Re turning, leaves Corvallls at 0 A. M. on Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. YAMIIILU IlIVER. ROUTE. PORTLAND AND DAYTON, OR. Steamer Elmore, for Oregon City. Butteville, Champoeg. Dayton and nay landings, leaves Portland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at T A. M. Leaves Dayton for Portland ana way points Mondays. Wednesday ana Tiaays at 0 A. M. , SNAKE RIVEIt ROUTE. RIP ARIA. WASH.. AND LEWISTON, DDAHO Steamer Spokane or steamer Lewleton leaves Rlparla dally at 3:40 A. M.. arriving at Lew lston about 3 P. M. Returning, the Spokane or Lewlston leaves Lewlston dally at 8:30 A. If., arriving at Rlparla same evening. W. H. HURLBURT. General Passenger Agent. V. A. SCHILLING, City Ticket Agent. Telephone Main 7li SO Third st, cor. Oak. STEAMSHIP LINE TO THE ORIENT CHINA AND JAPAN. FROM PORTLAND. For rates, accommodations, etc., apply to OREGON RAUJIOAD & NAV. CO., Agents. Portland, Or. L Avj 1 via SOUTH Depot Fifth and I Strectn. Arrive OVERLAND EX PRESS TRAINS, for Salem, Rose tmrg. Ashland. Sao r a m e n to. Ogden, San Francisco, Mo Jave, Los Angeles. El Paso. New Or leans and tho East. At Wood burn (dally except Sun day), morning train connects with train for Mt. Angel. Sll v e r t o n, Browns ville, Sprlngn eld. and Natron, and evening train for Mt. Angel and Sll verton. Albany passenger Corvallls passenger Sheridan pass'gr . . 7:45 A. M. 8:30 A. M. 0:30 P. M. 4:00 P.M. 117:30 A. M 114:50 P.M. 10:10 A. M 115:50 P. M. 118:25 A. M Daily. llDa.Hr except Sunday. RebaW tickets on ile between Portland. Sac ramento and San Francisco. Net rates $17 first clasp and $11 second class, including sleeper. Rates and tickets to Eastern points ana Eu rope. Also JAPAN. CHINA. HONOLULU and AUSTRALIA. Can be obtained from J. B. KIRKLAND. Ticket Agent. HO Third street. YAMHILL DIVISION. Passenger Depot, foot of Jefferson street. Leavn for Oswego doily at 7:20, 0M0 A. M.; 12:30. 1:55, 3:25, 4:40, 0:25, 8:30. 11:30 P. M.; and 0:00 A. iL on Sunaays only. Arrive at Portland dally at 0:35, 8:30, 10:60 A. M.; 1:35, 3:10. 4:30, 0:15. 7:40. 10:00 P. M.; 12:40 A. M. dally, except Monday, 8:30 and lurt3 A. M. on Sundays only. Leave for Dallas dally, except Sunday, at 5:05 P. M. Arrive At Portland at 0:30 A. M. Passenger train leaves Dallas for Alrlte Mon days. Wednesdays and Fridays at 2:4D P. M. Returns Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Except Sunday. R. KOEHLER. C II. MARKHAM, Manager. Gen. Frt. & Pass. Agt. ONLY 70 HOURS PORTLAND TO CHICAGO ...VIA... 4 4 s V . 0 '$ PlCTOrl UNION PACIFIC R. R. CO. OREGON SHORT LINE R. R. CO. OREGON R. R. & NAVIGATION CO. TWO TRAINS DAILY TO THE EAST NO CHANGE OF CARS to Dcnvor. Omaha. Kansas City and Chicago. Only Four Days To New York, Boston, Philadelphia end Washington. Palace Sleepers, Tourist Sleepers. Dining Cars, Library Cars. Free Recllnlng-Cholr Cars. Steam Heat, Plntsch Light. Fast Time. Union Depots. Baggage checked to destination. CITY TICKET OFFICE 135 Third Street Portland, Oregon J. H. LOTHROP. Gen'l Agent. GEORGE LANG, City Pass. & Tkt- Agt. Steamers Alfona and Pomona Dolly (ex. Sunday) for Independence, Salem and all war landings. Leave Portland 0:45 A. M.: leave Salem 7 A. M.: Independence. C A. M. Offlco and dock, foot Taylor st. :Y SUKSCT -Tl tn mStes wry The Yellowstone Park and Pioneer Dlnlnjj-Car Route tatoa Oeptt. SliMl JSU No. 12 Overload Express lor South Bend, Aberdeen, Hoqulam, CosmopolU, Olymplo. Tacoma. Se No. 11 7:00 A.M. 1:13 P. M. attle, North Yakima, Rltzvllle. Spokane, Pullman. Moscow, Lew- It. t a n. arangevme. Rossland. 3. C Butte. Billings. Fargo. St. Paul, Minneapolis Chi cago, iicston. vasn- lncton. D. C. Xtew York: and all points tost and southeast. No. 4 11:30 P. M Kansas Clty-SL Louts No. 3 Special for Tacoma, Seattle,- North Yakima. 7:30 P. M. RltxvlUe. tstfoscane. Rossland. Lewlston. Helena. Butte. Billing. Deadwood. Denver. Omaha. St. Joseph, Kansas City. St. Louis, Chicago, Washington. Baltimore. New York. (Boston, and all points I east and southeast. Baggage checked to destination of tickets. Union Depot connections in all principal cities. Through car service via Northern Paclfle Burlington Route, train No. 4. for Omaha. St. Joseph. Kansas City, St. Louts. Quick tiros and unequaled. accommodations. The only line running Pullman standard and Pullnfan up holstered tourist sleepers, the finest in th world. Portland to Minneapolis and S,t, Paul -without change. For any additional information, tickets, sleeping-car reservations, maps of routes, etc. coll on or -write to A. D. CHARLTON Assistant General, Passenjrer Agent, 255 Morrison St.. Cor. Tlilrd, Portland, Oregon. Bureau of This office la a veritable Bureau of Information on matters pertaining to railroad and steamship travel a place -where you can buy a ticket to Trondhjem, Norway; "Wahoo, Neb.; PIttsfleld, Mass., or anywhere else in America or Europe. Our ticket agent, does more than take your money and give you a ticket. He plans your trip for you. He shows you how to save time and money. He tells you what there is to see and the best way to see it. TICKET OFFICE Car. Third and Stark Sts. A. "W. FOSTER. City Ticket Asent. AND SOO LINE FIRST-CLASS AND TOURIST SLEEPERS DAILY PASSENGERS BOOKED TO AND FROM ALL POINTS EAST ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP OFFICE For full particulars apply to H. H. ABBOTT. Ageut. 140 Tnira st., f ortiana, Or. E. S. COTLB, A. O. P. A., Vancouver. B. C icnsa j M TREATNffRTHEBW Ticket Office 26S HtrrbsnSt 'Phone 630 LEAVE. NO. 4 The Flyer, dally to. and from St. Paul, Minne- flrtnlf Tlttliifh f?htfirn f ARRIVE No. 3 7:00. A. M 0:00 P.M. j and ail points East. Tbrough Palace and Tourist Sleepers, Dining and Buffet Smoklng-Llbrary Cars. JAPAN - AMERICAN LINE STEAMSHIP RIOJUN MARU For Japan; China and all Asiatic points -will leave Seattle About January 7th i ' t Astoria & Columbia River Railroad Co. LEAVES UNION DEPOT. For Maygers, Rainier, Clatskanle. "Westport, Clltton. Astoria, War renton, Flavel, Ham mond, Fort Stevens, Gearhart Pk., Seaside. Astoria and Seashore. Express, Dally. Astoria Express, Daily. ARRIVES UNION DEPOT. 8:00 A.M. 11:10 A. it. 7:00 P.M. 0:40 P. M. Ticket office 253 Morrison st. and Union Dspot. J. C: MATO, Gen. pass. Agt. Astoria. Ot. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. 1& FOR ALASKA. The company's steamships Cottage City. Senator asd Al-Kl leave TACOMA 11 A. iL, SEATTLE 0 P. it, Dec 1. 6. 11. 16. 21. 28. 31t Jan. 5. 10. 15, 20. 25, 30; Feb. 4. Steamer leaves every fifth day thereafter. For further information obtain company's folder. The company reserves the right to changa steamers, sailing dates and hours ot sailing, without previous notice. AGENTS N. POSTON, 240 "Washington at, Portland, Or. F. "W. CARLETON. N. P. R. R- Dock. Ta coma. Ticket office. 618 First ave.. Seattle, M. TALBOT. Com'l Agt.; C. W. MILLER. Asst. Gen'l Agt. Ocean Dock, Seattle. GOODALL PERKINS & CO.. General Agents, San Francisco.