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THE MOBlSTiya OREGOmAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY-' 25,. 1902.
OEER REPLIES TO BUSHEY
AXD SHEDS QUITE A LITTLE OP
THE DESIRED LIGHT.
He Hints, Also, That Republican Sap
port Is Desirable Before as "Well
as Alter Nomination.
SALEM, Feb. 24. (To the Editor.) It
must not be supposed that all those at
tacking the present state administration
will be gratified by a notice of their invi
tations in that direction, but the pathetic
plea of Mr. Bushey, "and some of my
friends," for Information, was so child
like and bland that I will see what can
be done for him, and especially "for his
friends."
- It is In the interest of the conservation
of space that he sums up his grievances
in a list of seven questions, to which he
yearns for answers. The first noticeable
tiling about his questions Is that the
name of General W. H. Odell occurs fci
each of them. The first question which I
am to answer Inquires If General Odell
"Is in the business of furnishing informa
tion as to 'base lands' for a compensation
charged by himself?". Really and can
didly, I have so understood that he is.
I am also credibly Informed that Marconi
is experimenting with wireless telegraphy.
but I have thought best to not interfere J
in tuner case, aunougn 1 nave ine same
right to regulate Marconi's business that
I have General Odell's. Whether "the
compensation Is charged by him" as al
leged or whether he employs come one
else to charge It for him, or whether he
furnishes it free. I have really neglected
to Inform myself.
The second question asks "if it is not a
fact that Odell prepared records for him
self, showing the base lands and selec
tions ,of lieu lands by the state."
My 'only information about this momen
tous question Is what I have seen In the
papers. If he is guilty of the alleged
'crime, especially if he prepared them for
himself Instead of turning them over to
Mr. Bushey, he should undoubtedly b
punished to the full extent of the law. If
General Odell acquired any information
about the public lands while he was clerk
of the State Land Board, he should have
been required to forget It the moment he
stepped out of the office. All men who
have the public good at heart do this. Of
course, the state law requires that the
moment an officer vacates his position,
his mind must at once become a blank as
to wnat he has learned while discharg
ing his duties. It may be that General
Odell retains a knowledge of the multipli
cation table which he acaulred when at
jbchool, and that he has used it at times
for his own benefit. I shall certainly
look Into this grave matter at once and
report direct to Mr. Bushey. It is quite
likely that if General Odell prepared rec
ords for himself, that in some way 1
should have prevented It.
"Tills Same Odell."
Third Is It not also a fact that this same
Odell has his office In the Statehouse at Salem,
and has a desk In, and occupies as an ofllce,
the same room with L. B. Geer. State Land
Agent, who was appointed by the Governor,
without the Intervention of the other member
of the board?
There is a man named Odell who has
desk room in the office of the State Land
Agent, and he may be "this same Odell."
I confess the names are strikingly similar.
In 1896, while Clerk of the State Land
Board, Odell protested to the Department
of the Interior against the allotment to
the Indians of that part of the Klamath
Indian reservation which would come un
der the swamp land grant to the State of
Oregon, and which will amount to about
115,000 acres. This Is a good claim, in
volving, however, an Immense amount of
work in making out the lists and pro-
-arlng affidavits from competent persons
who knew the character of the lands 35
years ago, and as the Land Commissioner
of the State, I employed General Odell
"this same Odell" as agent of the state
to do the work. As a practical surveyor.
General Odell was all over this land 35
years ago, and a more competent man
to act as the agent of the state, in the
matter could not b.e found. He has al
ready made one trip to Klamath County
on this business, and the office work has
been enormous, as any one at all familiar
with the red-tape methods of the Inte
rior Department well knows. There is no
question of the ability of the state to
establish its right to this land, or to
most of it, which will amount in value to
the State Treasury to nearly or quite
5100.000.
If I had known that in doing this work
his occupying desk room in the office of
the State Land Agent was even in the
remotest degree offensive to Mr. Bushey
I should certainly have procured a tent
for "this same Odell" and stretched it
for use under one of the spreading ever
greens in the Statehouse grounds. Or, 1
might have appointed Mr. Bushey In the
first place, but his well-known fitness for
such work was entirely overlooked, for
which carelessness, I sincerely apologize
to him, as well as to his friends.
Fourth I do not know whether "this
same Odell" pays rent for his desk room
or not. The Secretary of State has ex
clusive control of the Statehouse, and
what his arrangements with Mr. Odell
may be I have not thought to inquire. A
letter of inquiry addressed to Secretary
Dunbar, Salem, will no ' doubt receive
prompt attention.
Control Is Limited.
The fifth question is similar to the first,
except that Mr. Bushey wants to know
"if it Is not a fact that W. H. Odell has
been receiving $1 to $1 75 per acre, spot
cash, for his Information about base
lands?"
While I would delight to accommodate
Mr. Bushey in his quest for knowledge, 1
must say that it has never been my prac
tice to pry into other people's business,
hence I do not know. I have heard that
there are scores of men engaged In "hunt,
ing base," either in person, or by hiring
men to go Into the mountains in search of
the necessary facts to establish the base
character of lands, but whether it is their
custom to donate this information to the
public or sell it on time, or exact "spot
cash," I do not know. I have no more
control over such men than has King Ed
ward VII.
I have read that Mr. Bushey has had
some experience surveying in the moun
tains, and he probably knows as much
about the customs of the class of men he
refers to any anybody else.
The present State Land Agent was ap
pointed under the act of 1889 to carry out
the amendment to the act of 1S95. and
which amendment Mr. Bushey studiously
avoids referring to. The purpose of the
act of 1895 had been fulfilled, as the re
tiring agent, T. W. Davenport, reported
to the Legislature, and would have been
repealed but for the reasons set out In the
amendment referred to. Indeed the act
of 1S99 Is entitled, "An act to amend" the
act of 1893. The act of 1899 recites that
the State Land Agent, in addition to the
duties which devolved upon his predeces
sor, -should, "under the supervision of the
Board of Commissioners" not under the
supervision of the Governor "have gen
eral supervision of all lands secured by the
state, by reason of the foreclosure of
mortgages or conveyances to the state
by deed or otherwise, shall supervise the
leasing of such lands, and the collecting
of rents accruing therefrom, and from
time to time make such investigations re
lating to securities held by the state as the
said board shall deem advisable, and per
form such other duties as said board may
Tequire."
He is still the selecting agent of the
state, and makes all selections of lieu
lands, but the man who thinks he could
do all that Is required of him under the
law, and travel over the state in search
of scattered tracts of base lands, is either
helplessly stupid or purposely blind. As
to Mr. Bushey, he is probably the victim
of both misfortunes.
Mr. Bushey's sixth Question Is a repe
tition of two of the others, but in the
seventh he asks: "Is not this man, Odell,
the same W. H. Odell who published the
labored four-column article in defense of
the State Land Board in The Oregonlan?"
etc.
I am disposed to say to this man Bushey
that, frankly, I join with him in the sus
picion that they are one and the same
man. Dark and cumulative circumstances
combine to fasten the authorship of the
"labored" article on this latest manifesta
tion In the flesh of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde.
But I would suggest to this man, Bushey,
that a charitably disposed discrimination
on his part should suggest that his no
ticeably sprightly style of composition Is
denied most men. and that his recent ar
ticle, terminating with seven questions,
shows so little evidence of any "labor" in
Its preparation that few men could hope
to be considered successful rivals.
In the third question Mr. Bushey makes
the bo!d and bald statement that the pres
ent State Land Agent "was appointed by
the Governor without the Intervention of
the other members of the board." I can
didly admit the truthfulness of this charge
and that It was a flagrant usurpation of
power on my part, but what do the other
members of the State Land Board amount
to, anyway? In all these little flippant
attacks on the State Land Board during
the latt few months by peanut politicians
of the rule-or-ruin order, has the public
ever heard of any members of that board
but myself? Since the Secretary of State
and the State Treasurer are of such a
putty mold that they are trampled under
foot in the general destruction I am carry
ing on here with such a high hand, why
should I waste my valuable time consult
ing them as to such an unimportant mat
ter as appointing a mere State Land
Agent? Appoint him "without the inter
vention of the other members of the
board"? Of course. I did. The public
should begin to understand by this time
that I am the State Land Board, and that
the other so-called members are not per
mitted to intervene in my exclusive and
eminent domain. Henceforth all commu
nications on land matters will please be
addres&ed to the Governor.
Imputed Auixnns of the Attack
In closing "these few lines" allow me
to suggest to the general public that Mr.
Bushey Is but an innocent figurehead put
forth by some "of his friends" to whom
he alludes. Neither he nor they are con
cerned as to the public lands of Oregon
any more than are the Inhabitants of
Mars. He is the temporarily employed
spokesman of that superior and select but
unhappy company of patriots who affect
an attack of hysteria every time they
manufacture the outlines of a "Slmon
Geer" combination. Discovering that
their crusade for spoils depended for Its
success upon frightening some people
somewhere, this organization of disap
pointed office-seekers, according to a pre
arranged plan, set up the phantom of a
"Slmon-Geer" combination, and then turn
pale every time they look at 1L This 13
what they invented it for, hoping that the
pale feeling might be contagious.
The "Slmon-Geer combination" consists
of a public statement made by the Sena
tor several months ago that he was in
favor of my renomination. I was very
glad, indeed, to read his statement, and
that other Senatorial candidates have not
or if they have not similarly declared
Is" no fault of mine. I am sure Uie way
to do so is still open.
This little but noisy group of troubled
lovers of their country one by one discov
ered my unfitness for a renomination
within 20 minutes after I made my ap
pointments three years ago, and publicly
said so at that time. Some of these very
men who are now so pained over a possi
ble combination of some kind notified
me three years ago, as soon as they dis
covered Uiey were not among the electf
that I would find them arrayed against
me three yeans hence. Some of their let
ters to that effect are now on file in the
Executive office. I was given to under
stand that a Marlon County Governor who
would deny an appointment to a Marlon
County applicant need not expect a second
Marlon County Indorsement. Other coun
ties had no rights in the matter of public
patronage that Marlon County was bound
to respect. This Is well understood here,
but to make a more effective pretense
abroad it was necessary' to Invent a bogy
man in the shape of a "Simon-Geer com
bination," at slglit of which they could at
will ostentatiously succumb to the at
tacks of self-inflicted horror.
There may be those who believe that if
Senator Simon should die tomorrow, and
thus remove any danger of a "Simon-Geer
combination." there would be an Instan
taneous scramble among these grieving
patriots to my support, and then there
may not.
The man who receives the Republican
nomination for Governor will be more
than anxious to receive the support of
every faction of his party during the cam
paign. Why it should be considered any
greater reproach to receive the support of
any member of the party in the conven
tion than It would be to receive the same
man's support at the polls presents a
phase of political ethics only to be solved
by men who. if they are not careful, will
find themselves training among the apos
tles of Pharlseclsm. From this time on
there should be less and less of this sort
of work among men who believe the wel
fare of the Nation demands the supremacy
of the Republican party. There are larger
questions than these that 6bould engage
our attention, every day.
In the meantime, for the sake of Mr.
Bushey and his friends, I will keep an eye
on "this man Odell," that ,his comings
and goings may promptly be reported to
the public. Whether he believes in the
five points of Calvinism, why he Is a
Methodist instead of a Presbyterian, and
whether he prefers cream in his coffee,
and if so, why, are matters of grave pub
lic concern, and, of course, when a befud
dled citizen has doubts about them, ho
very properly directs his inquiries to the
Governor of the state, who. at present. Is
the State Land Board. T. T. GEER.
Bank-Assessment Decision.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. In passing
upon the case of Clement Studebaker vs.
John Perry, receiver of the National Bank
of Kansas City, the United States Su
preme Court today affirmed the opinion
of the court below. The question involved
In the case was whether the Controller
of the Currency, acting under the Na
tional banking laws, can validly make
more than one assessment upon the share
holders of an insolvent National bank
ing association, two assessments having
been made against Mr. Studebaker In this
case. The courts decided that several as
esssments could be legitimately made If
necessary.
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Great Office Building: for Xew York.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. Transfers of
property at 36, 38, 40 and 42 Broadway have
been made to a banking firm for an esti
mated sum of 54,000,000. It Is stated that
the purchasers will erect an Immense of
fice building on the site, In which will be
inaugurated many innovations. Henry
Ives Cobb will. It is understood, design
the new building.
Weit Quit in Fight 'With Jackson.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24. At the Penn
Athletic Club tonight Young Peter Jack
son and Tom West, of New York, were to
fight six rounds, but West quit during
the second round, after receiving severe
punishment.
Church Denounces Social Democracy.
BUFFALO, Feb. 24.-nJames Edward
Qulgley, Roman Catholic Bishop of Buf
falo, has issued a letter addressed to the
priests of his diocese denouncing the
teachings of Social Democracy and An
archy. t
Are Toh Interested la Statistics t
The lead that the house of Moet & Cbandon
has in Importations to any one country dis
tances by thousands upon thoumnds of cases
any competitive brand. Moet & Chandon White
Seal. Epernay, France, of the famous Vintage
of 1803, with its gigantic strides, has an in
crease in 1001 greater than 100 per cent of the
combined increase of all the other Champagnes
imported. Adv.
HAS NO JURISDICTION
DECISION OP SUPREME COURT Ef
THE MERGER CASE.
End of Minnesota's First Move
Against Northern Securities Com
pany Will Try Another Way,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. The Supreme
Court today delivered its opinion In the
case of Minnesota versus the Northern
Securities Company In application of the
state to file a bill of complaint In that
court. The opinion was read by Justice
Shlras, and the motion for leave to file
the bill was denied on the ground that
this court was without jurisdiction.
This is the case in which the State of
Minnesota made an effort to secure the
Intervention of the Supreme Court to
prevent the merging of the Northern Pa
cific and Great Northern Railroads by
CABIN PLAN OF THE
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CANDLES ARE TO BE USED FOR LIGHTING WHEN THE CRAFT IS FITTED UP IN ENGLAND.
NEW YORK. Feb. 24. The flttlng up and decorations of the rooms on the German Emperor's new yacht will be done in
England. ays a London dlypatch to the Herald., The yacht will not be fitted up as for the luxurious vessel of a monarch,
but like the comfortable sailing craft of a private gentleman. The style adopted throughout will be what is known as the
"Colonial Adams." AH the rooms will be paneled with mahogany, which will be enameled in white and burplshed to a fine
cherry color. The dominant note of .the decorations Is to be of pale myrtle green, which will be carried out In the curtains,
coverings and carpets. The carpets will be specially manufactured Wilton. The furniture of His Majesty's room and the
ladles' salon will be Inlaid with satin wood, and the other rooms with mahogany. The deckhouse will be treated In mahog
any and Inlaid with holly wood. An interesting feature Is that no electric lights will be Installed, but that candles will be
used instead.
injunction. Justice Shlras summed up
the Judgment of the court as follows:
"As the Great Northern and the North
ern Pacific Railroad Companies are Indis
pensable parties, without whose presence
the court, acting as a court of equity,
cannot proceed, and as our Constitutional
Jurisdiction would not extend to the case
if those companies were made parties de
fendant, the motion for leave to file the j
proposed bill must be and is aenled.
The opinion is a voluminous one, but
the greater part of It is a review of the
history of the case. Justice Shlras stated
that the question to be determined was
whether the parties to the case were be-j
fore the court, and he held that it was
obvious that the minority stockholders of
the two railroad companies are not rep
resented in the controversy by the com
panies whose stock they hold, and their
rights ought not to be affected without
a Rearing, even If It were conceded that
a majority of the stock in such companies
held by a few persons had assisted In
forming some sort of an illegal arrange
ment. "Moreover, it must not be overlooked
that it is not th'e private interests of
stockholders that are to be alone consid
ered," the opinion continues. "The direc
tors of the Gseat Northern and, Northern
Pacific Rallroiia Companies are appointed
to represent and protect not merely the
private and pecuniary interests of the
stockholders, but the rights of the pub
lic at large, which Is deeply concerned
in the proper and advantageous manage
ment of these public highways. It Is in
sufficient to say that the Attorney-General
and Governor, or even the Legisla
ture of the state, can be conclusively
deemed to represent the public interests
in such a controversy as that presented
by the bill. Even a state when she volun
tarily becomes a complainant in a court
of equity cannot claim to represent both
sides of the controversy. Not only have
the stockholders, be they few or many,
a right to be heard through the officers
and directors whom they have legally
selected to represent them, but the gen
eral interests of the public, which might
be deeply affected by the decree of tho
court, are entitled to be heard, and that,
when the state is the complainant, and
In a case like the present, can only be
effected in the presence of the railroad
companies as parties defendant.
"Upon investigation It might turn out
that the allegations of the bill are well
founded, and that the state is entitled
to relief; or It might turn out hat there
is no Intention or design on the part of
the railroad companies to form any com
bination in disregard of the policy of the
state, but that what is proposed is con
sistent with that policy and advantageous
to the communities affected. But In mak
ing such Investigation a court of equity
must insist that both sides of the con
troversy shall be adequately represented
and fully heard.
"When it appears to a court of equity
that a case otherwise presenting ground
for Its action cannot be dealt with be
cause of the absence of other parties, it
is usual for the court, while sustaining
the objection, to grant leave to the com
plainant to amend by bringing in such
parties. But when It likewise appears
that necessary and Indispensable parties
are beyond the reach of the jurisdiction
of the court, or that when made parties
the Jurisdiction of the court will thereby
be defeated, for the court to grant leave
to amend would be useless."
J. P. Morgan was present when the
opinion of the court was delivered.
HOW MINNESOTA VIEWS IT.
State Will Now Proceed In Some
Other Way, Governor Says.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 24. The announcement
of tho United States Supreme Court's de
cision against the application of the State
of 'Minnesota for leave to file a suit
against the Northern Securities Company
was received In this city today without
surprise. President Hill, of the Northern
Securities Company, refused to discuss
the opinion of the court, contenting him
self with the remark that It was no more
than ho had anticipated. Governor Van
Sant was not inclined to express an opin
ion on the matter, and Attorney-General
Douglas was also averse to saying any
thing. It Is known, however, since the
announcement by United States Attorney-General
Knox that he would bring
suit against the Northern Securities Com
pany under the Sherman act, the state
officials here have looked for Just -such a
decision as that now announced by tho
United States Supreme Court.
. Governor Van Sant gave the following
brief statement to the Associated Press:
"It cannot be stated positively what will
be tho method of procedure until the text
of the decision of the Supreme Court on
the question of Jurisdiction is known.
The state will proceed in some manner
at once and exhaust every means in Its
power to enforce Its laws, and protect its
rights."
HELD AN EVENING SESSION.
Transcontinental Freight Men De
ciding Northwest Common Points.
For the first time since the Portland
meeting began, the transcontinental
freight men yesterday held an evening
session. Not all the bureau participated
in this, however, it being confined to a
committee of the representatives of the
Northern .lines. The particular business
before them was to determine the outly
ing points in the Puget Sound country
and on the Columbia River which would
be recognized as common, and those to
which arbitrary charges should apply.
The committee continued In session until
a late hour, and no announcement was
made of its conclusions.
Yesterday morning a committee of hop
shippers, consisting of A. J. Ray and
Charles and P. A. Uvesey, appeared he
fore the bureau and presented a petition
for a reduction in the transcontinental
rate on hops from $2 to 51 50 per hundred.
They were assured that their representa
tions would be given full consideration In
their proper time.
The rest of the day was given over to
consideration of the tariff sheet, and it
was said that no important change had
been made in any of the freight quota
tions. The sessions will continue today,
with nothing on the programme to vary
the routine work. ,
BOTH MEN IN GOOD SHAPE
Betting? Even on the Tracey-Fcrns.
Welter-WelKht Contest.
Everything Is in readiness at the Expo
sition building for tomorrow nigh t's box
ing contest between "Rube" Ferns, welter-weight
champion of the world, and
Tom Tracey, of Australia. The steam
heating apparatus has been given a thor
ough overhauling, and the building will
be put In better condition to accommo-
EMPEROR'S YACHT METEOR TO
date the spectators than ever before. That
old phrase, "in the pink of condition."
can be applied to both principals. They
have trained faithfully, each realizing the
ability of his opponent, and both being J
anxious, to wear championship laurels.
Tracey has made many friends through
out the Northwest by his game qualities
as a fighter and his gentlemanly conduct.
He would go into the ring a decided favor
ite in the betting were It pot for the great
reputation of his opponent. While It is
true that Ferns has not impressed all who
have visited his quarters as being a .fust
man, the knowing ones point to his record,
which contains victories over Matty
Mathews, Frank Erne, Bobby Dobbs,
"Dutch" Thurston. Australia Tim Mur
phy and others of equal prominence In the
pugilistic world. They say he is too
strong to bet against. This will have a
tendency to keep the betting even, as
Tracey's friends will not force the odds
on their man.
The men will weigh In at the Hotel Mi
kado at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon,
and as both are at weight, they have no
fears of losing the weight forfeit which
they have up.
The preliminaries will be of the usual
firs.t-class order, and will commence at
S:45 sharp, after which there will be no
delay, as the management has assured
their patrons In Vancouver, Oregon City
and other neighboring towns that the
show will be over In time for them to
catch the U:15 P. M. cars for their homes, j
GOOD RACING PROGRAMME.
Early Closing? Stakes for Oregon
State Fair Announced.
The speed committee of the State Board
of-Agriculture has announced the follow
ing early closing stakes for the Oregon
State Fair of this year;
Greater Salem stake, for 2:18 pacers, $2000.
Capital City stake, for 2:24 trotters. $1000.
Webfoot stake, for 3-year-old trotters, $500.
Inland Empire stake, for 3-year-old pacers,
?500.
Illlhe stake (added), for 2-year-old runners,
$300.
Announcement will be made later on of
tho complete list of stakes and purses
for the events of the entire week. En
tries for the early closing stakes must
be made on or before April 15.
The Greater Capital City stake, sub
scribed by the citizens of Salem, Is the
largest ever offered on this Coast, and the
racehorse men ol this city are of the
opinion that horses from all parts of the
Pacific Slope will be entered in the event.
Already entries have been made from
Utah, Colorado, Montana and California,
as well as from all of the Northwest
States and British Columbia. Secretary
M. D. Wisdom, of the State Board of
Agriculture Is of the opinion that the
racing at the state fair this year will be
"the b?st ever." On account of the large
purses offered and the excellent circuit
which has been arranged, horsemen from
all parts of the country have turned their
eyes toward tho Northwest, and many of
them will bo hero with record-breaking
anlmnl:s.
Tho Irvington races, which In recent
years have dwindled into Insignificance,
will be equal to any programme on the
circuit this season, and Portland sports
feel co'-fident that there will be good rac
ing here this year, and that it will be
fairly conducted.
Queer Story Aboaf Dr. Woodruff.
Dr. Wylie G. Wroodruff, one of the well
known coaches of the Multnomah football
club, is stated to be a "professional pugil
ist in Queenstown, Australia,' according
to a dispatch from Topeka, Kan., and
which appeared in the Philadelphia North
American newspaper February 19. As a
matter of fact. Dr. Woodruff has never
left Portland since he arrived here last
year, and Intends to make his home in
Oregon. He has newly recovered from an
attack of typhus fever, and is attending
his medical practice.
Multnomah Billiard Finals.
The first games of the finals in the M.
A. A. C. billiard tournament were played
last evening. C. W. Zeller (75) beat J. H.
Clark (70) by a score of 75 to 56, and an
average of L156 to L16. H. H. Wels (60)
defeated J. H. Clark (70) by a score of 60
to 4S, and an average of 2.00 to L60. In
this evening's games Godfrey (100) will
try conclusions with Gay (40), and Weis
(60) will meet Foster' (60).
Argues for Panama Canal.
PARIS, Feb. 24. Count Bonl de Castel
lane has written a long letter to the Pans
edition of the Herald arguing in favor
of the purchase by the United States of
the Panama canal. In this letter the
Count compares the prejudice in favor of
the Nicaragua route to the preference of
some people for brunettes over blondes,
and says the United States will not be a
really great nation if it sacrifices to blind
selfishness and private interests an enter
prise of general utility and superior po
litical interest.
Doing Good.
A great deal of good is being done in all
parts of the country by Chamberlain's
Cougn Jttemeay. xne most naiienng tes
timonials have been received, giving ac
counts of- its good work, of aggravating
and persistent coughs that have yielded
to its soothing effects, of severe colds
that have been broken up by its use. of
threatened attacks of pneumonia that
have been warded off and of dangerous
cases of croup that It has cured. The
great popularity and extensive sale of this
preparation cannot be a surprise to any
one who lsHicquainted with Its good qual
ities. Use'lt when you have need of such
a remedy, and it will do you good. For
sale by all druggists.
WILL ANCHOR THE SAND
O. R. & X. CO.'S WORK FOR PROTEC
.TIOX OF ITS TRACK.
Trees Planted to Keep Wind From
Carrying Sand, and Sod Will
Then Be Grown.
Ever ,since President Mohler introduced
the policy of bringing the O. R. & N. lines
up to the highest condition of physical
excellence, some method has been sought
whereby the shifting sands along the
Columbia River might be anchored and
kept off the railroad track. A number
of experiments have been made, which,,
though -not in themselves successful, have
yielded considerable practical information
on the subject. One of the most Interest
ing of these experiments was conducted
at Rowcna, where a rapid-growing grass
was Introduced as a sand binder. But
BE LAUNCHED TODAY.
the sand moved so much faster than the
grass grew that the plants were soon hid
from view and completely smothered. The
sand continued to drift in the wind that
sweeps up the Columbia gorge, and the
only protection for the railroad track was
in the movable wind breaks and gangs
of section men with shovels.
Another experiment will be made this
year, and there Is little doubt that it
will prove successful. This test Is being
conducted 145 miles east of Portland, at a
point almost midway between Arlington
and Willows station. This season's ef
forts will be confined to the reclamation
or anchoring of a strip of sand about a
mile long and half a mile wide, at the
easterly end of which a rock promontorv
forces the track to bend a little to the
river to pass around it. - At that point
the wind insists in piling sand almost In
cessantly, to the great annoyance "of the
railroad people. Now, if the wind can
be prevented from lifting that sand waste
and drifting It along and on the rail
road track, two things will be accom
plishedthe railroad will be relieved of
the difficulty, and a considerable tract
that Is now worse than unproductive will
be transformed Into fertile fields.
The new plan Is to plant trees. This
Is easier said than done. The treees must
not only be able to get a living on very
stony ground (for at the windward edge
of the sand there Is no soil to speak of),
but they must also be able to withstand
the annual freshets that will keep them
deep In the water for weeks every Sum
mer. Industrial Agent Judson. who is
conducting5 this work, thinks he has hit
a combination that will work. He has
a gang of 40 Japanese, in charge of a
foreman who understands tree-planting,
and they are taking willows and cotton
woods from a favorable location near
Roweha and transplating them to tho
windward edge of the sand strip to be
reclaimed. These trees range from one
to two Inches in diameter and from six
to 10 feet in height. In all, 12,820 trees
are to be thus transplanted, and the
work Is expected to be done by tomor
row noon. Four thousand trees were
planted the first day. Saturday.
These trees are set one to three feet
apart in the rows and the rows are about
10 feet apart. These are expected to
operate as a wind-break and whatever
sand may be In the breczo when it strikes
the trees will be deposited before passing
the third row at most. The wind will
then pass on quite a distance before
becoming again laden with tho sand and
other rows of trees will be so placed as
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Delicately formed and gently reared, women will
find, in all the seasons otheir lives, as maids or wives
or mothers, that the one simple, wholesome remedy
which acts gently and pleasantly and naturally, and
which may he nsed with truly beneficial effects, under
any conditions,when the system needs a laxative is
Syrup of Figs. It is well known to be a simple com
bination of the laxative and carminative principles of
plants with pleasant, aromatic liquids, which are
agreeable and refreshing to tho teste and acceptable
to the system when its gentle cleansing is desired.
Many of the ills from which women suffer are of
& transient nature and do not come from any organic
trouble and it is pleasant to know that they yield so
promptly to the beneficial effects of Syrup of Figs,
but when anything more than a laxative is needed it
is best to consult the family physician and to avoid
the old-time cathartics and loudly advertised nos
trums of the present day. "When one needs only to
remove the strain, the torpor, the congestion, or
similar ills, which attend upon a constipated condi
tion of the system,, uso the true and gentle remedy
Syrup of Figs and enjoy freedom from the depres
sion, the aches and pains, colds and headaches, which
are due to inactivity of the bowels.
Only those who buy the genuine Syrup of Figs
can hope to get its beneficial effects and as a guar
antee of the excellence of the remedy the full name
of the company California Fig Syrup Co. is
printed on the front of every package and without
it any preparation offered as Syrup of Figs is fraud
ulent and should be declined. To those who know the
quality of this excellent laxative, the offer of any
substitute, when Syrup of Figs is called for, is
always resented by a transfer of patronage to some
first-class drug establishment, where they do not
recommend, nor sell false brands, nor imitation
remedies. The genuine article may be bought of all
reliable druggists everywhere at 50 cents per bottle.
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to rake the sand out of the wind again.
By Judicious' arrangements of the trees.
It is expected that the movement of
the sand will be controlled or prevented
so that a sod may be grown on the sur
face or ordinary crops tilled with safety
and profit. Nothing can be grown on
soil that changes its location every hour
in the day, or even every day.
The rows of trees will extend from the
railroad track toward the river, not quite
at right angles to the prevailing winds,
but with enough obtuseness to cause the
wind to sheer away from the track. The
idea running through the whole arrange
ment is to make the wind drop its bur
den of sand before it gets near the railroad-
track. It will not pick up another
load without a considerable free sweep,
and that will be prevented. Cuttings of
the willows and cottonwoods are set
thickly between the trees, and if they
thrive it will be but a few years when
a grain of sand will get lost trying to
work its way through the trees. It is
hoped that these cuttings will get well
started before the June rise this year.
On one part of the plat to be reclaimed
the sheltering trees are being planted
Irregularly without regard to rows. This
Is done to observe whether this plan will
serve as well as the other. In the Fall
a lot of live cottonwood logs will be bur
ied where they will take root and grow
trees for wind-breaks where shifting sand
Is troublesome. A thorough test of this
method of sand-binding will be made this
year.
DANISH WEST INDIES,
Commercial and Other Statistics of
Our New Possessions.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. "The Danish
West Indies" is the title of a monograph
by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics
which will appear as a part of the forth
coming Issue of the Monthly Summary of
Commerce and Finance. It describes the
Islands included In the recently-ratified
treaty of the United States and Denmark,
by which the Islands of St. Thomas, St.
John and St. Croix are to be transferred
to the United States. These Islands. It
shows, lie off the eastern coast of Porto
Rico, and are In fact a mere extension
of the marine elevation of which Cuba,
Jamaica, Haiti and Porto Rico are the
principal representatives; while they also
form a connecting link between the
Greater and the Lesser Antilles. St.
Thomas, the best known of the group, lies
3S miles due east of the northeastern ex
tremity of Porto Rico; St. John lies 12
miles east of St. Thomas: while St. Croix
lies about 50 miles south of St. John and
St. Thomas and 60 miles southeast of the
southeastern point of Porto Rico. Two
small Islands already belonging to the
United States, Vieques and Culebra.
which were obtained through the cession
of Porto Rico, He directly between Porto
Rico and this newly-added group.
The Islands are small, with a compar
atively small producing capacity, their
chief importance being by reason of their
harbors, which they offer, and their value
as a strategic as well as general com
mercial standpoint. St. Croix, the larg
est of them, is about 20 miles long and
from one to five miles wide, with an area
of about SO square miles, and a popula
tion of about 20,000. It Is also the most
productive of the Islands, a considerable
area being devoted to the production of
sugar cane and tropical fruits, and agri
culture being the occupation of a large
proportion of the population. There are
two towns on the Island. Fredriksted,
with a population of 3700, and Chrlstlan
sted. with a population of 5500. The lat
ter Is located upon the chief harbor of
the Island, which, however. Is choked
with mud and of lesser importance than
the harbors of either of the other islands.
St. John, the smallest of the Islands, has
an area of but about 21 square miles, and
a population of only about 1000, and a
comparatively small cultivable area, Its
chief value being In its possibilities for
harbor purposes, the natural harbor of
Coral Bay being described as one of the
best-protected natural harbors In the
West Indies, but at present little used.
St. Thomas, which lies nearest to Porto
Rico, is by far the most important In its
present availability for harbor purposes,
the harbor of Charlotte Amalla having
been for more than a century recognized
as one of the best. If not the best natural
harbor In the entire West Indian group,
and having been during all that time a
central point as a harbor of refuge and
point of exchange for merchandise and a
coaling station for vessels from all parts
of the world. With passages through
which It Is easily reached, a good depth
of water, and excellent protection from
the hurricanes to which that region Is
subject, it has long been regarded as an
extremely valuable harbor, and when,
Denmark In the early part of the Nine
teenth Century made it a free port It be
came the distributing point for the com
merce of the entire West Indian group.
As a consequence nearly the entire pop
ulation of the islands Is clustered around
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the port of Charlotte Amalla, fully 10,000
of the 12.500 population living in this city,
and less than 2000 being engaged In agri
culture. The Introduction of steam and electric
ity within the past few years have re
duced greatly the importance of St.
Thomas as a point for the distribution
of commerce, since now all of the Islands
In the group are visited byregularly
plying steamships, and the tradesupplled
by this process?. Instead of being com
pelled to rely upon the supplies formerly
drawn from SU Thomas as a distributing
point. The Importance of the harbor,
however, as a supply, repair, coaling and
naval station has not been reduced, but
rather Increased: and with proper devel
opment It will, it Is believed, prove o
great value, while the productive possi
bilities of the Islands, especially St.
Croix, In the class of articles so largely
Imported by the United States, tropical
productions, will not be Inconsiderable.
The population Is chiefly colored, de
scendants of former slaves, who were
liberated in 184S. English being the chief
language. spoken, especially In the Island
of St. Thomas, which has been for many
years a resort for vessels from English
speaking countries.
The imports Into St. Thomas alone In
1900 amounted to $733,000, and thbse of St.
Croix about $120,000. They consist chiefly
of foodstuffs and manufactures. The ex
ports of St. Thomas In 1S00 amounted to
about $25,000 and those of St. Croix $273.
000. The exports of St. Thomas were of a
miscellaneous character, largely manu
factures destined for neighboring islands:
while those from St. Croix were chiefly
sugar and other tropical products for tho
United States markets. Of the $733,000
worth of Imports Into St. Thomas In 1900,
$363,266 were from the United States: ?14S,
002 from Great Britain: $9S,044 from other
West Indies: $53,0TS from Germany: $25,
372 from Belgium, $20,742 from British
North America and $14,402 from Denmark.
Of the Imports, the most important were
flour. $53,770: cotton goods, $60,343! hard
ware, $11,114; rum. $13,S72; cigars, $19,007:
butter and oleomargarine. $16,497; cheese,
$7204; lard, 57254, and other provisions,
$21,12S.
THOUGHT FUSE WAS FROZEN
Two Men Killed by an Explosion ol
Dynnmiie.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. Feb. 24. By an
explosion of dynamite on the grading of
the Colorado Railroad at Babbtown. 25
miles south of this city, Archibald John
son, of Chicago, and C. E. Andrews, of
Marshalltown. la., were killed. They
thought the fuse was frozen, and went to
examine it, when the shot went off, killing
them.
New Yorlc Railway Wreck.
SYRACUSE, X. Y.. Feb. 24 A wreck:
has occurred at Cayuga, on the western
division of the New York Central. Super
intendent Branfield will not give any re
port of the w reck at this time, but admits
that It is serious. The Auburn correspond
ent of the Post-Standard wires that a
number of people are Injured, and that at
least a fireman Is killed.
With the "Woman's Council.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. The extension
of woman's work and the decrease In the
National birth rate were discussed dur
ing the sessions of the woman's council
today. In a talk on the latter subject,
Mrs. Susan Young Gates, of Utah, de
clared that women physically had de
generated, and In the struggle for intel
lectual greatness during the last half
century had forgotten the great mission
of her being.
Better Eastern Oregon Mail Service.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. Representa
tive Moody has finally succeeded
in getting the Postal Department
to agree to requlro successful bidders on
the mall routes from Baker City to
Sparta, and Sparta to Carson, to adopt
the Summer schedule for the entlro year.
If they decline to give fast service for
the contract prloe, these routes will be
readvertised.
Currnn and McLaughlin Mntclied.
GREAT FALLS. Mont.. Feb. 24. Ar
tlcles'Of agreement for a wrestling match
between Jack Curran, of St. Paul, and
George C. McLaughlin, of NIehart, Mont.,
who claims the championship of Mon
tana and Utah, have been signed. The
match will bo pulled off here February
27, and will be for a purse of $500.
Boston, Feb. 24. Arrived Ultonla, from
Liverpool.
Glasgow, Feb. 24. Arrived Sarmatlan, from
Boston.
London. Feb. 24. Arrived Teenkal, from Se
attle. Yokohama, etc.
Plymouth, Feb. 24. Arrived Kaiser Wllhelm
der Grosse, from New York for Bremen.
New York, Feb. 24. Arrived La Champagne,
from Havre: Rotterdam, from Rotterdam.
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