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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, 'APRIL' 25, 1902.
CLUBWOMEN MEET
State FederationBeginsThree
Days' Session.
MANY DELEGATES ARE HERE
Eloquent Addrene of Welcome and
Rcxponiie Wide Range of Top
ics Dlscusjted Parliament
ary Question.
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The clubwomen of Oregon yesterday
discussed various Important subjects.
Among them were libraries, parlia
mentary usage, kindergartens, hygiene
In public schools, cigarettes, and liter
ature. The convention Is well attended.
The Oregon Federation of Women's
Clubs met in Its second biennial conven
tion in the assembly hall of the Selllng
Hirsch building yesterday morning. The
meeting was called to order by the presi
dent, Mrs. C. B. Wade, of Pendleton. The
clubs represented were as follows:
Astoria Reading Club, Mrs. Trulllnger, Mrs.
Kinney; "Women's Club, Mrs. N. H. Elmore,
Mrs. G. M. Finch. Mrs. Troyer.
Athena Friday Afternoon Club, Miss A. Cox.
Baker City Alpha Literary Society, Mrs. S.
White.
Corvallls Tuesday Heading Club, Mrs. Ada
Stevens.
Eugene Fortnightly Club, Mrs. C Brantley.
Granite Reading Club. Mrs. J. W. Faber.
X.U. Grande Neighborhood Club. Mrs. Cavana;
Tue'sday Musicale. Mrs. H. Schilke.
McMInnvllle Self-Improvement Club, Mrs.
C Bardon. Mrs. M. J. Hembree.
Oswego Congregational Guild, Miss Agnes
Morgan, Mrs, Plttenger.
Oregon City Mothers' Club, Mrs. E. F.
Story.
Pendleton Parliamentary Club, Mrs. Guern
sey, Mrs. A. D. Stlllman; Thursday Afternoon
Club, Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Raley; Current Liter
ature Club, Mrs. X. E. De Spain, Mrs. R. Al
exander. Mrs. H. Dickson.
Portland Kindergarten. Miss Valentlna
Pritchard, Miss May Magulre; Tuesday After
noon Club, Mrs. Plowman, Miss M. Pugh;
"Women's Club. Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. A. Dekum,
Mrs. Julia Maruuam, Mrs. J. B. Comstock.
Mrs. M. L. T. Hidden, Dr. Mae Cardwell, Mrs.
Seneca Smith. Mrs. Roso Hoyt; Teachers'
Club, Miss Barnes. Miss Goddard; Council of
Jewish Women. Mrs. L. Altman, Mrs. S. M.
Blumauer, Mrs. Alex Bernstein. Mrs. C. S.
Ana, Ms. H. Gerson. Mrs. A. C. Newman,
Mrs. Solomon Hlrsch; Forestry Association,
Mrs. P. A. Brejman, Mrs. M. A. Daton.
Roseburg Mental Culture Club, Mrs. S. C
Flint, Mrs. G. R. Childs, Mrs. J. C. Fulierton.
SUverton Social Science Club, Mrs. F.
Ranch, Mrs. .L, Ames.
Salem Mrs. Geer. Mrs. E. Moore, Mra. J.
Hamilton, Mrs. J. S. Calbreath.
Troutdale Women's Club, Mrs. Johns, Mrs.
For, Mrs. Harbord.
Union Women's Club, Mrs. Wright, Miss
Davis.
The address of welcome to the delegates
"was delivered by Mrs. Julia Marquam.
president of the Portland Women's Club,
and was brief and appropriate. On behalf
of the Federation, Mrs. A. S. Duniway,
Isecond vice-president, made a fitting re
sponse, and spoke of the early struggles
of Oregon women for recognition and of
the time when she never dreamed that
she would be a spokeswoman to such an
assemblage. President Wade, .In her
greeting, spoke encouragingly of the work
of the Federation and asked the assist
ance of the various committees in carry
ing out Its objects.
The report of the recording secretary,
Mrs. S. A. Evans, showed that the club
membership Is 27, and the individual mem
bership 1011, a substantial Increase over
last year. In her library report, Mrs.
Evans reviewed the work of the past two
years, and spoke of tho successful efforts
of the Federation to secure a free library
for Portland. The traveling library sys
tem had been inaugurated, and the first
contribution was four cases of books from
Mrs. Lee Hoffman, of Boston. Three cases
had been added by the Pendleton Wom
en's Clubs; one by the state president;
four by the Astoria Women's Club; and
one ;each by the Tuesday Afternoon Club
and the Women's Club, of Portland.
It was announced that the gavel used by
the president had been presented to the
Federation by George H. Himcs, secretary
of the Oregon Historical Society. The
gavel is made of Oregon grape and or
angewood grown in Oregon. Mr. Himes
Invited the Federation to visit the rooms
bf the Historical Society in the City Hall,
and the invitation was accepted.
At the afternoon session, which began
ht 1:30 o'clock, the delegates and a large
number of visitors were ushered to their
Ecats by a committee consisting of the
following ladies: Mrs. Barclay, chairman;
Miss Sylvia Solomons, Mies Clementine
Barmen, Miss Cera Marx, Miss Vivian
Levy, Miss Germain Samuel, Miss May
Batchelor. MKs Freida Rau.
The hall was prettily decorated with
the- colors of the Federation, and with
flower? and blossoms. To the right of
the entrance was a small table, which was
presided over by a member who received
the designation of the "information bu
reau." The delegate had to answer a
number of queries. One facetious delegate
asked her what she had besides lilacs and
cherry blossoms, whether she had any
cigars, and what was the distance to
Mount Hood. All the queries were good
naturedly received by the bureau of in
formation, and she answered all satisfac
torily, for the inquirer did not want any
cigars.
When all the delegates were In their
chalr. a motion was made to select a
member to rspresent Mrs. J. C. Card, of
the Portland Club, who was confined to
her heme by illness. President Wade held
that the Federation had no right to se
lect delegates; that any question of elec
tion should be decided by the individual
clubs. Mrs. Hidden took exception to the
ruling, and the chair appealed to the
house. A viva voce vote was taken, and
the motion was declared carried by the
chair.
Reports were received from the Port
land, Astoria. Athena and Baker City
clubs, all showing an encouraging increase
of membership.
Mrs. Hidden made a brief address on
the "Eihlcp of Parliamentary Usage." In
this age of organization, the speaker said.
the club woman should have high alms
end objects. Parliamentary law was to
woman what the drill was to the soldier. '
By it women learned self-control. ,
"At all the conventions I have at
tended," said the president, "they have
had from one to three parliamentary ex
perts to tit at the elbow of the chair-
woman."
The delegates laughed at the president'."
sally, and Mrs. Hidden answere.d some
question which had been asked her. One
of them was: "At what age may a young i
girl become a member of a woman's ,
club?" "When she receives the consent '
ot her mother," was the answer.
Speaking for the kindergartens, Miss
Pritchard Instanced the struggles of 17
Sears. The work was delightful, and
lany children were receiving instruction.
Miss Pritchard's remarks were received
with applause.
A recess of two minutes was taken, and
when the Federation reconvened the pres
ident said that when she yisited New Eng
land, 5tvcn years ago, she was introduced
as "Mrs. Wade, of Oregon' and was ex
pected to tell all about the women of the
West. She could not give the Information
wanted, but she would Introduce a woman
who could tell the convention a great
deal aboui the women of the East, and
Bbe presented Mrs. E. F. Dockery. of I
Boise. Idaho. Mrs. Dockery spoke of the
efforts o'f mothers to Improve the hygienic
conditions of the schobls In Boise, and
said they were very successful. Meetings
of mothers had been held, and one of them
had been attended by a dentist, who gave
a practical talk on the quality of the
teeth. Another address was on physio
logical matters. The dentist had said that
it paid him well to make the address.
Sympathetic relations had been estab
lished between the parents and the teach
ers, and had proved to be very satisfac
tory. Mrs. Harford thought that one of the
first things to be done was to stop cigar
ette smoking.
Miss McConnell, of the Teachers' Club,
was called upon, and said misunderstand
ings in the school would often be prevent
ed If the teacher were acquainted with
the mother. The cigarette problem was
difficult to solve. The child always had
an example before him. The father or the
elder broght might use the weed, and the
child might become habituated to It. Tho
Injurs' of tobacco to the body and brain
should be instilled in the mind of the
child, and the parents should assist In the
Instruction.
Several other delegates spoke of the in
fluence of mothers in the schools and the
beneficial effects to be derived therefrom.
Mrs. Dockery said .that so far as lunches
were concerned, the Boise clubs saw that
the children's baskets contained something
more than pie and pickles. Mrs. Childs,
Miss Rounds and Mrs. Duniway also made
brief remarks.
Mrs. Kern, who had given some atten
tion to the cigarette habit, said the laws
governing the sale of cigarettes to minors
should be strictly enforced. She hoped to
see the time when women boarding and
leaving cars would not be choked by to
bacco smoke, and when the streets would
be clear of cigar stumps and the expecto
ration of smokers.
Miss Davey said that between 50 and 63
pfir cent of the minors are addicted to the
tobacco habit, and in 35 per cent of the
cases the, tobacco is placed In the hands
of the children by their parents. Children
who have taken the anti-tobacco pledge
have exercised a wonderful influence over
their playmates. The work of the moth
ers and the teachers should be prosecuted
vigorously so that in another year there
would not be a boy who would be ashamed
to admit to his playfellows that he was
not a smoker.
Mrs. Hidden said the tendency of the
Federation has heretofore been to the
study of literature and to solve passages
In Browning. The course to take was
to stir the hearts of the people and to
organize clubs of working women and
girls.
When Mrs. Hidden concluded the hour
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NO NEW ACTION ON DRAWS
BRIDGE AGITATION" WIISL CEASE
FOR THE TIME.
Now In the Hands of War Depart
ment, and a Decision Will
Be Awaited.
No further action will be taken by the
committee from the East Side Improve
ment Association In regard to the regula
tion of the bridge draws. The committee
has submitted the whole matter to the
authorities. However. Joseph Buchtel yes
terday made the following statement con-
many hundreds of times greater than the
rive rtraffic 1 must not be forgotten
that these figures are only for six hours
for seven days. One can approximately
estimate what the volume of business for
24 hours for seven days each week is.
The East Side is growing with wonderful
rapidity. It Is not too'lnuch to estimate
that the residence portion of Portland Is
being transferred to the East Side, and
that the population on the East Side
already very nearly equals that of the
West Side. Portland is simply divided
Into two parts by the Willamette. It Is
one city. Travel over all these bridges Is
on the Increase. If any one will stop to
watch the result when the draw of any
of the bridges Is kept open to permit two
or three boats to pass, he will see that
travel congests at both ends of the draw.
This Is especially true of Morrison bridge.
When the draw rema'ns open any consid
erable time teams, street-cars and foot
men, gather in such masses at either end
that the procession on 'the East Side fre
quently extends back to East First street.
And this is going to Increase right along,
the city grows in business and popula
tion. Now the question Is, to my mind,
whether or not It Is asking too much of
the transportation companies to give .this
extraordinary traffic, shown in the fig
ures, three hours out of Che day when it
can flow unobstructed from one 'side of
the river to the other, while the transpor
tation companies have the remaining 21
hours during which they have the abso
lutely free and unobstructed passage up
and down the ,rlver. no matter how much
Mrs. B. J. Dockery, of Idaho, who
addressed state federation.
of adjournment had arrived, and the Fed
eration decided to meet again at 9:30 A. M.
today. As the delegates were leaving the
hall, Mrs. Dockery received two letters
from her husband, who Is now In Wash
ington, D. C. One was addressed to "Mrs.
E. F. Dockery, Portland, Or., in care of
the president of the Women's Club, or the
State Federation of Women's Clubs, or
the secretary of a Women's Club, or any
clubwoman." The other was "In care of
any Women's Club In the State of Ore
gon." "It appears that I am well known."
said Mrs. Dockery, as the letters were
passed to her. "Why, they are tfrom my
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The Secretary.
cerning the protest of transportation com
panies: "Regarding the protest that has been
filed by the transportation companies
with Captain Langfltt. United States En
gineers, against granting the County Court
the right to regulate the opening and
closing of the draws of the bridges across
the Willamette River. I desire to say that
as chairman of the committee of the East
Side Improvement Association, I submit
ted the matter vlth data to the War .De
partment through Senator Mitchell. It
was then referred to Captain Langfltt.
There has been no thought, no desire, to
suggest anything that would place an
embargo on the river traffic, but the
whole purpose was to provide a regula
tion that would be wholesome and benefi
cial to the whole city. The figures which
were gathered by the County Court
showed that travel over the bridges was
very heavy In the morning, at noon and
in the evening. It was not intended that
the hours of closing should be fixed arbi
trarily, but should be made flexible at the
option of the County Court, after consult
ation with the, transportation companies
and citizens generally. I want to call at
tention to the following statistics gath
ered by the County Court:
"For Madison bridge, for hours between
6 and 7 A. M., 11 and 1 P. M., and 4 and
6 P. M., six hours for each day for seven
days: Number of footmen, 11.641; teams,
3575; street-car passengers, 32,000; boats
passed through, 61; cars, 1554.
"Morrison bridge for the same hours
i for seven days: Number of footmen, 16,-
698; teams, 2o29; street-car passengers, oot
000; boats passed through, 64.
"Burnside bridge, for same hours, seven
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the thousands of people and great volume
of business are interrupted as these boats
pass through the draws. It seems to me
that It Is an exceedingly small conces
sion that we are asking of the transporta
tion companies using the river, whose
volume of business compared to that
which crosses the bridges Is about 1 to
100. My recollection Is that, when It
was proposed to bridge the Willamette
River, every pilot and river captain joined
In a statement to the effect that it would
be absolutely Impossible to navigate the
river If bridges should be built; yet they
were built, and some of these river men
are using the river without the slightest
trouble.
"I do not think that it would interfere
with river traffic in the least If the Coun
ty Court were given authority to regulate
the closing of the draws, morning, noon
and In the evening, making the time of
closing flexible. It Is true that It might
be necessary f6r the boats to make slight
modification of their time tables, but this
would be easy. It Is frequently done any
way. If it be true that the river trans
portation companies are unanimous
against any regulation, then they are no
more so than river men were when It
was first proposed to bridge the Willam
ette River; and yet the War Department
then permitted the bridges to be built,
with no injury to Portland. I don't think
the proposition to close the draws for
half hours would furnish much accommo
dation to the public. Half an hour would
hardly be' sufficient to effect much bene
fit. I want' to say that I have found no
one (and I have talked with hundreds on
both sides of the river who favor regu
lating the closing of the draws) who
wants to place the slightest embargo on
river traffic; but I am of opinion, from
Investigation jot the experience of other
cities in similar condition, that the dos
ing of the draws at Portland will have to
be regulated sooner or later. The volume
of traffic of every sort, footmen, teams,
street-cars and transcontinental lines, will
shortly become so great that there will
have to be tlms set apart -when the draws
will not be opened, and those periods will
be fixed so as not to Interfere with river
traffic more than can possibly be avoided.
So far as the committee is concerned, the
whole matter Is now In the hands of tne
United States Engineer, and he will make
whatever recommendation to the War de
partment he thinks Is best for the city."
husband," she exclaimed when she read
the superscriptions. "He Is away back In
Washington poor, neglected man!"
Ground Broken for New Church.
Ground was broken for the foundation
of the new MIzpah Presbyterian Church,
on Powell and East Thirteenth streets,
yesterday, under direction of -Contractor
Mulr. Work will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
days i Number of footmen, 9349; teams,
2524; street-car passengers, 30.000; wheel
men, 4777; boats passed through, 101; num
ber of cars, 1214.
"I have also the statistics for the rail
road bridge, but the reports do not In
clude the Southern Pacific and O.
R. & N. Co. trains crossing the
railroad bridges within these hours. The
1 candid thinking reader can see from these
figures alone that the volume of business
crossing and recrosslnjgr the bridges Is
"WOODMEN BUILDING FINISHED.
There Will Be a "House Warming'
in the Buildlnjr Next Tuesday.
The Woodmen of the World Hall on
East Sixth street, near East Washington,
Is practically completed, and It will now
be furnished throughout. The cost of the
furniture will not be less than $1200.
Next Tuesday evening there will be a
"house warming." A supper will be given
at 10 o'clock. Up to that time the build
ing will be given over to Inspection of the
public and a reunion of members of the
order. A short programme will be pre
pared appropriate to the opening of the
hall. This building was erected by a joint
stock association,, composed of members
of Multnomah Camp, No. 77. The entire
cost of the property will foot up to about
$10,000.
Powell Street.
The condition of Powell street between
Milwaukle and East Twenty-flrst streets
is disgraceful. A petition was circulated
for its improvement some time ago, but
nothing has been heard of It lately. With
a new car line, and with Improvements
going on everywherer It would seem that
the J property-owners could flx up this
street. The planks are worn out, and
broken, and hundreds are displaced.
FREE HOMESTEAD FRAUD
FRAUDULENT TAKING OF PUBLIC
LANDS.
Individuals and Corporations Prac
tice These Iniquities Under
the Desert Land. Act.
The principal use of tho homestead
act as it stands today, say3 a recent
article in Harper's Weekly, Is for the
fraudulent acquirements of cattle and
sheep ranges and the building up of big
land holdings by corporations of Indi
viduals who are protecting themselves
against the gradual contraction of the
free range. It seems Incredible that
men can be hired so easily to commit
perjury. Each and every homesteader
who takes up a claim with the Idea
of selling It to a company, or who takes
It up to accommodate his employer, who
wants to range his sheep or cattle to
the exclusion o'f others, perjures himself
from the time he makes trie first ap
plication to the moment he accomplishes
his final proof and receives his patent.
The fraudulent use of the homestead
law is due to the fact that five years
residence Is no longer required to se
cure a title, to the utter uselessness of
the law to the settler In the arid domain,
and to the laxity with which the re
quirements of the law are administered
by the land office. No one familiar with
the West will dare assert that there is
any opportunity for the taking up of
legitimate homesteads to anywhere near
the extent manifested in the original
filings made during the past 12 -months.
Thus it is that a law which, in Its day,
has been a boon of inestimable value
K to humanity h.is become a vehicle of
fraud and a demoralizing Influence upon
the people of the newest states.
The desert land- act was passed In 1877.
Since that time there have been 36,951
original desert filings-in the arid states,
these filings covering an area of 9.140,517
acres of public land. Qf all these fil
ings but 10,912 have been proved up on
and title conveyed by the Government to
the individual, these final proofs covering
2,674.695 acres. During each year there
have been between 2500 and 3000 desert
land selections made, and between 500
and 900 final proofs accomplished. It is
a conservative estimate to say that fully
95 per cent of the final proofs made on
desert lands are entirely fraudulent.
As the law now stands any -citizen of
the United States can take up 320 acres
of arid land, making a deposit of 25
cents per acre at the time of filing, and
paying $1 an acre more when title Is
secured from the Government. The law
requires that before securing title the
settler shall prove the ownership of suf
ficient water to Irrigate this entire tract
of land, shall prove that he has expended
at least $1 per acre each year in improv
ing the land, and that he has actually
Irrigated, within three years from the
time of filing, every legal sub-division
of his claim.
To honestly carry out the requirements
Imposed by this law a man must have
an unquestioned water right of sufficient
volume, and, as tjcperlence has proved,
make an expenditure of at least 510 an
acre to put this water upon the land
in sufficient quantities to raise a crop
of some kind which would not otherwise
have grown upon this claim.
The manner In which many of the final
proofs are made upon these desert claims
Is almost incredible. In numerous in
stances no attempt is made to water the
land at all, the principal effort being
expended In the securing of witnesses
who will swear to a statement of al
leged facts j-equlred by the Land Office
before patent Issues. Some Individuals
make a practice of furnishing testimony
for those who desire to prove up fraudu
lently upon their Government claims. To
c- se the conscience of others. Instances
are recorded where water has been
poured upon the land from a pall so
the statement can be made by the wit
nesses that they have seen water upon
the claim.
In well-known and populous valleys of
many of the arid states there are hun
dreds of authentic cases where enough
water to Irrigate 40 acres has been used
to obtain title to thousands of acres.
Each claim has been proved up on by
the use of this tiny stream, the stream
being diverted from one claim to another
In succession, a. demanded by the wit
nesses who were to swear as to
the reclamation of the land. It may
be stated without exaggeration that
nearly all of the large land hold
ings or ranches of the West have
been built up by fraudulent use
of the land laws, and notable by ,the
fraudulent use of the homestead and
desert land acts. In the first few years
of the operation of the latter law each
claimant was allowed 640 acres, and
under this law great valleys and plains
were absorbed en bloc by Individuals and
corporations, who employed people to
use their desert land rights all for the
benefit of a single establishment. The
amount of land which can be taken
under the desert land act has since been
reduced to 320 acres, but the same method
is still being pursued In monopolizing
the ranges and fraudulently acquiring
title to the public domain. A prominent
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grasp is too tight, the
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Better consult vour
doctor and get a prescrip
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we know it will be : " One bot-
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Funeral of "Webster Donufherty.
The funeral of Webster Dougherty, who
died at Gresham Wednesday, was held
yesterday morning In the Methodist
Church of that place. Rev. John Naugle,
assisted by Rev. M. L. Hajrdingham, con
ducted the services. Deceased was a
member of the Order of Lions, and the
members attended in a body. There was
a large attendance. He was a young
man. and had lived In the community a
long time.
Rev. Mr. Pratt Welcomed.
Rev. H. H. Pratt, new pastor of Forbes
Presbyterian Church. Alblna, and wife,
were welcomed to that field in a public
gathering held In the church Wednesday
evening. A number of short addresses, in
terspersed with music, were given. Mr.
and Mrs. Pratt for the present have
.apartments In the Manley building, but
will go to housekeeping as soon as a
house can be found.
East Side Notes.
Hal Pomeroy, Deputy Clerk of the State
Circuit Court, Is in the Good Samaritan
Hospital, and is reported to be seriously
ill. His home Is on East Sixth street,
near Belmont.
The Portland Gas Company is laying a
main on East Eighth street south to East
Sherman. It will also be extended on Ea3t
Sherman to East Eleventh street. It Is
a four-inch main.
western Senator recently said: "The I
desert land act Is the most iniquitous
I piece of legislation ever placed upon the
i statute books. In 90 cases out of 100
( the provisions of the law are not com
! piled with in securing title. In fact,
5 the law Is flagrantly violated, and title
s secured by the rankest perjury. How
long, let me ask, can this work of ac
quiring land largely for the benefit of
companies and corporations continue
before our rich arid domain will pass
beyond the reach of settlers and home
j builders?"
J Many of those who have availed them
' selves of the possibilities presented under
the present code of land laws are men
of high standing, who would indignantly
resent the Idea that they were dishonest
In any particular. It has become the
, custom for a man who desires to secure
a lot of land to let it be understood
that such land Is worth so much per
acre to him as soon as title can be
conveyed. The result of such an an
nouncement Is to bring In a lot of Irre
, sponsible people, who file upon the tract
' which the rancher desires to secure,
' borrow from him the money to prove up,
assist each other In the necessary per
jury to secure title, and then convey
the land for a small consideration above
I the Indebtedness to the individual or
i company Instigating the proceedings.
I Every Secretary of the Interior for 25
1 years past has urged the repeal of all
land laws, except one, by which a man
i can secure title to land by five years'
residence upon it. In 1833 Secretary Tel
I ler said, "Not another acre should be
sold for cash or scrip." The schemes
proposed by which the public domain Is
t to be ceded to the various states are
i simply the plans of the land-grabbers
to secure what is left of the vacant land
by one grand coup, instead of piecemeal,
as It is now done. The purpose and in
! tention of the Government from Its
foundation have been to retain control
of Its own estate, regardless of state
j lines. The Supreme Court, recognizing
' this purpose, has held that "no state
-formed out of the territory of the United
j States has a right to the public lands
j within its limits, br can exercise any
power whatsoever over them." Fortun
ately Congress, within the past two
years, has adopted this view, with con-
slderable emphasis, and the energies of
i those who desire to secure the public
i land for the purposes other than home
making have been transferred to the
effort to prevent such legislation as
would check their operation,
i It needs but a most casual investl
j gatlon of the operation of the present
' system of laws governing the disposal
j of the public domain to bring convlc
i tlon that a clean sweep and a new start
I are absolutely necessary to meet pecu
I liar conditions brought about by rapid
, settlement. There Is not a land law In
effect which applies Intelligently to the
j public agricultural domain as it Is now
I to be found, and each and every law
which is In force is used dally as a
' means for the fraudulent segregation of
land from the public domain by those
whom the law did not contemplate as
possible beneficiaries
Turns Prisoner Over to California.
SALEM, April 24. A requisition Issued
by Governor Gage, of California, was to-
day honored by Governor Geer, and pa-
1 pers Issued for the arrest of John Doe
I Yellow, a mulatto, who is In jail at
Grant's Pass, charged with complicity in
the murder of Patrolman Robinson, In
San Francisco, on January 21. The police
have now located and returned all of the
hobos that are suspected of being impli
cated in the murder of Robinson, with the
exception of Allen Goucher. Shortly be
fore the shooting of Patrolman Robin
son, Goucher served a term in the Ma
rlon County jail for petty larceny. Chas.
H. Taylor will act as agent for the State
of California In returning John Doe Yel
low to San Francisco.
BASEMENT CONTRACT LET
Building; for Alhina Board of Trade
W-ll Be Built at Once.
At a meeting of the Board of Dlrectqrs
of the Mississippi-Avenue Building Asso
ciation, yesterday, the contract for the
basement was let to Peter Lynch, who
will proceed with the work at once. No
other contracts were let, but It Is expected
that the whole building will be under
contract within two weeks at least, or
before the basement Is finished, and ready
for the woodwork. As many have sub
scribed work, the contracts will be let
In such a way that such subscriptions
can be worked out.
Charles E. Steelsmlth was appointed
general supervisor of the building while
it is under construction. He will also look
after collection of subscriptions to the
stock. The capital stock has been in
creased by supplementary articles $300v,
which, added to the first $1200, the amount
at the time of Incorporation, makes $4200,
which Is now the full capital of the as
sociation. The Central Albina Board of
Trade Is now rapidly pushing Its building
enterprise to a successful close. There
were some who thought the erection of a
building too much of an undertaking for
the local Board of Trade, but finally the
majority of the members were made to
see that it could be done. President M. E.
Thompson has been one of the leaders In
this enterprise.
DOG SHOW COMING.
Norris & Rowe's AsKreRation In
Portland Next Weel.
Norris & Rowe's Big Trained Animal
Shows will appear In this city April 23
29 and 30. giving two performances at 2
and S P. M. The show this year Is great
er than ever before. Besides the trained
goats, ponies and monkeys which have de
lighted the juvenile heart In years past,
they are presenting as features for the
season of 1902 the only trained elks in ex
istence, who work in conjunction with
two Siberian camels; Fargo, Duke and
Hero, the dwarf elephants, a $10,000 school
of eddcated seals, and the only trained
lions which are known to perform on -horseback.
Human and animal clowns
make merry throughout the performance
and add mirth and zest to the entertain
ment. A parade will be given at 11 o'clock the
morning of the exhibition, at which time
the animals will be seen In all their glory.
The waterproof tents will be located at
Multnomah Field.
HomeseeScerM. Attentlont
We take this method of Informing
homesekers that farming, fruit and pas
ture lands can be purchased In vicinity of
Harrlsburg, Linn County, Or., for les3
money, qaullty considered, than elsewhere
In the Willamette Valley. Address W. W.
Brlggs. secretary Board of Trade.
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