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THE M.OKiSJLNldr UKttGOJNiAN, MONDAY;, iNO VEMBISK 17, iai2r. r 3. IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP ItEPLACE JESTTXG WITH THOUGHT OX IRRIGATION. One Who Knotrs Tells Something That Will Be Uefnl.for Ore gonians to Fonder. I Olds, Wotftman: & King j a S of legislation. The lack of proper laws governing water titles Is. held respons- ible. This- is not a scarecrow; it is not a "theory," as it was when Major Powell wrote; it is a fearful reality, and Oregon will face the same condition 20 years from now, unless she provides proper laws at the outset. Experience in California and other states has proved beyonddoubt that the common law and the courts alone are not adequate to the emergency. In -saying this, I do not wish to be understood as depreciating the courts. Imperfect as they often are, our courts of justice rep resent to my mind the highest Institution which man has yet produced. But it is not their . function to make laws, and they, ought not to be compelled to do so, as' they virtually have been in California, in order to permit irrigation to be prac ticed at all. The attempt to evolve a doc trine of water rights adapted to an irri gating region by the slow and painful process of court decisions based upon the common law is the most expensive, the most foolish, the most disastrous piece of business which any commonwealth has ever undertaken. May Oregon be wiser in her day and generation than her sister on the South. y The problem Is slightly complicated by the uses of water for power and mining purposes, but these difficulties can read ily be. adjusted. The main problem re lates to Irrigation, and at first sight it seems rather remarkable that the experts who have studied the subject, from Major Powell on down, have arrived atjsubstan tlally the same conclusion; and when it is known that the states lying wholly within the arid region, and also several of the British possessions, have adopted views largely' identical, the unanimity ap pears still more surprising. But when the facts are once understood, the surprise disappears, and it is difficult to see how a rational mind could draw any other conclusion. The essential elements of the conclusions referred to may be briefly stated as follows: First The English common law doc trine of riparian rights should be abro gated in every state where irrigation Is to be practiced. This Is regarded as a fund amental necessity, prerequisite to the adoption of any rational system of Irri gation laws. The doctrine has already been abrogated 1n every state and ter ritory lying wholly within the arid region, namely, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada. Arizona and New Mexico; and also in the British provinces of Victoria and New South Wales, In Australia, and in the Northwest Territor ies of Canada. Second The water of any stream which is to be used for irrigation should be ap portioned by a legally constituted author ity in definite amounts to the lands which are to be served; and thenceforth the right to the use of the water should In here in the particular tracts of lands to which it has been apportioned, and water titles should b made Inseparable from land titles. Of course, after the whole amount of the normal minimum flow of the stream has been apportioned In the order of actual settlement and use, no further claims to the water of that stream should be recog nized. But as experience and skill in ir rigation increase and improved methods of agriculture are adopted, the amount of water required for each tract will become less, and should be made less, so that apportionments to new lands may be made from time to time, j Reasons for these conclusions are admir ably set forth in the report of the experts above referred to. I shall not go Into them In detail, but I wish to call attention again to the quotation above cited from Major Powell, and to add one from the report of the experts in California: "The relative merits of .laws which at tach appropriations to the land and those j which, like California, make the ditch or canai-owner tne appropnator, is not a matter of theory or conjecture. In every country where rights attach to the land ir rigators are prosperous and peace prevails. In countries where control of water and ownership of land are separated, contro versies and abuses abound. There Is ho exception. The situation in Wyoming as contrasted with that In California shows that the arid West is not destined to furnish one. If human experience has any value, we ought to heed its lessons." Under this view no person or corporation can become the "owner" of water for ir ilgatlon the water belongs to the land, and the owner of the land has a perpetual right to the use of the water. Irrigation companies ought not to be-allowed to own the water which runs in their ditches, and they ought not to be allowed for one mo ment to suppose or assert that they do own it or have any control whatever over It. The right to the use of water for Irri gation ought no more to be dependent upon the permission of an irrigation com pany than th,e right to use air for breathy It is. of course, to be expected that at-' tempts will be made to keep the subject of water rights out of sightr-to smother its consideration. If possible; but if the people of Oregon allow themselves to be hoodwinked in this matter, they will buy their experience at the expense of mlHlons of dollars squandered in litigation, a stran gled industry and endless contentions and hatreds. It will be a sorry day for Oregon if water Tights and land titles are allowed to part company. "If human experience has any value, we ought to heed its les sons." Function of Irrigation Companies. What. then, is the function of the irri gation company? vThe irrigation company is a common carrier. Just like a railroad company, and Its business is simply and stalely to transport water and deliver It to the lands to which it belongs. Those states have blundered grievously which have regarded irrigation companies as mercantile concerns to traffic in water. It is a fundamentally wrong classifica tion; they are not mercantile concerns: they belong strictly to the transportation division of industry, and they have no more right to make merchandise of the The increasing Interest manifested in the subject of irrigation In Oregon is timely. Too long have we jested about the abundance of our water supply and allowed streams of gold to run idjto the sea. Too long we have laughed at the ig norance of Eastern, people in regard to Oregon, and yet the resources of our state are absolutely unknown to nine tenths of its own citizens dpubtless their full extent is not known to any. Too long we have slept to dream of wealth, while fortunes rolled by unheeded. It is time to replace jesting with sober thought. 'It is time to cease laughing at the ignorance of others, and remove a portion of our own time to "take stock" and find out what we have. It Is time to rouse from dream ing and begin to lay hold of our oppor tunities. It is time for us to comprehend, for one thing, that our water supply is worth more than all of our gold mines, valuable as these are; worth more than all our lumber, vast as our resources are in this respect; worth more than all our farms as they exist today. Water in Cal ifornia for irrigating purposes Is worth from $10 to 545 per miner's Inch per year. The time Is not far distant when water In many parts of Oregon will be equally val uable. At these rates, many of our small er streams would be worth from 5250,000 to $1,000,000 each per year, while the larger streams would run far into the mil lions. Added to this should be the in creased value of the land irrigated, which increase in other states has been In a few years from nothing to $100, or even $1000, per acre. Further than this, most of our streams have such amounts of fall in their upper reaches that the water can be used over and over again for power purposes, before reaching the place of diversion for irriga tion. For example, the McKenzIe River has a fall of more than 1000 feet In a dis tance of 60 miles before emerging from its gorge into the valley. It would re quire but little engineering skill to get 100,000 horsepower out of this stream alone, by installing batteries of turbines at various points, while the total horse power of the river is probably 10 to 20 times that amount. The McKenzie is not a large river, and Its fall is not great, as rivers go In Oregon, and It will easily ap pear that the combined horsepower of Oregon streams is something tremendous. The amount that is easily available al most passes conception. With the late improved methods of transmitting elec tricity over long distances, power in un limited quantities can be taken from Its mountain sources to any part of the state where it is needed. The yearly value of Oregon's water power -would buy a king dom. It would be visionary in the extreme to .suppose that all this latent wealth can be made available in any short time. Some of It it is to be hoped a large and rapidly Increased portion will soon be utilized. The use of water for power I shall not further discuss at this time, but Its use for irrigation presents a few problems of the highest Import, and these ought to be considered very early, before we have embarked In any extensive enterprises. Delay in their consideration can only cause enormous litigation and loss of money, as other states have found out. Water Rights. Perhaps the most important problem presented is the question of water rights. Who shall own the water? The paramount importance of this question arises from the -fact that nowhere in the arid region is there water enough to irrigate all the land. Some scheme must be devised to ap portion the water justly to the lands which it is to serve, until the water of the stream Is all apportioned, and then to stop all further appropriations from that stream, so that the first users shall be secure in their rights against usurpation by newcomers. Neglect of this precau tion has brought disaster of greater or less magnitude to every state where irri gation has been attempted. California has suffered most in this respect, . and her bitter experience is vastly instructive as a warning. For a generation the courts of California have attempted in the absence of appropriate legislation to justify the use of water for Irrigation, at the same time holding to the English common law doctrine of riparian rights. Tho two are of course absolutely incom patible, and the courts in attempting to operate them together have in effect usurped the functions of the Legislature they have in fact evolved a new doctrine which is not the common law and also is not based upon any state statute. This anomalous condition, together with other contributory circumstances, finally brought matters to such an Intolerable pass that a number of representative citi zens petitioned the Government to under take an Investigation of the whole irriga tion situation. This petition recites, among other things: "We can offer, vre presume, examples of every form of evil which can be found in Anglo-Saxon dealings with water In arid and semi-arid districts. Great sums have been lost in Irrigation enterprises. Still greater sums are tndangered. Water titles are uncertain. The litigation is ap palling." Even a cursory examination of thevslt- uatito in California shows that these statements are not rhetorical exaggera tions, but represent the truth only inad equately. The evils might have been foreseen; they were foreseen and pointed out. As early as 1S7S, Major J. W. Powell, then Director of the United States Geo logical Survey, prepared a monorranh en titled. "Lands of the Arid Region." A K " aier wmcn tney carry than a railroad copy of this -lies before me, and I read "Thus it is that a custom is springing up in the arid region which may or may not have color of authority in statutory or common law; on this I do not wish to express an opinion; but certain it is that water rights are practically being severed from the natural channels of the streams; and this must be done. In the change. It is to be feared that water rights will in many cases he separated from all land rights, as the system is now forming. " If this fear Is not groundless, to the extent that such a separation is secured, "water will become a property independent of the land, and this property will gradually be absorbed by a few. Monopolies of water will be secured, and the whole ag riculture of the country will be tributary thereto. "The right to use -water should inhere in the land to be Irrigated, and water rights should go with land titles." The whole of the last sentence Major Powell printed In Italics. The complete and extraordinary ful fillment of. this prophetic fear In California has been recounted in a volume of 400 quarto pages embodying the reports of nine experts appointed. In accordance with the above mentioned petition, to in vestigate the situation. Water rights have been gobbled up by the great es tates, by corporations, companies -and In dividuals. The supposed owners of the water fight each other incessantly in the courts, they blow up each other's dams and headworks with dynamite; contracts stipulate the delivery of water, unless prevented by "unlawful Invasion or un warranted interruption"; -water rights in some cases have been maintained by the aid of "gentlemen from Arizona" who are handy with pocket irons; irrigation in some places Is stopped, because nobody knows who has a right to the water, and so It runs to waste and people are leav ing. On a single small stream It is stated that the legally recorded claims to the waters amount in the aggregate to enough water to flood the continent No doubt "litigation Is appalling." It is ex pressly stated that the courts are not to blame for the state of affairs; thoy have dono the best they could in "the absence or other common carrier has to make mer chandise of the freight which It carries. For transporting the water the company Is entitled to charge Just rates freight rates, if you please which will repay a reasonable interest on the capital invested m the construction of the canal, head works, and other necessary appurtenances, after deducting cost of operation and maintenance. It would seem proper that the company should be authorized to do business by a franchise granted for a definite term of years, and forfeitable at any time upon failure or neglect to trans port the stipulated amount of- water. The franchise should carry with it the right of eminent domain. The necessity for this lies in the following statement of fact by Mr. H. M. Wilson. Government engineer and Irrigation expert: "About the heaviest expense incurred in Western (irrigation) works is the charge made for the right of way and for the condemnation of reservoir sites." The short-sighted, pJg-headedness xand rapacity so often manifested by land owners through whose property the canal must pass ought not to be allowed t,o put a heavily Increased tax upon the users of water for Irrigation by their exorbitant demands for right of way; for the cost of right of way. as well as all other ex penses, must finally be paid by the irri gators. Along many of our streams settlers have already located, and unless the right of eminent domain is granted they cannot be compelled to accept a reasonable sum for damages, but can demand any amount they please, and it must be paid or the project be abandoned. Experience leaves us in no doubt as 'to their probable action when they psreeive that they have a cinch." State Control. The state should assume entire control of all of its waters, and should prescribe a suitable method of procedure by which the water shall be apportioned in due order and amount to those who are "or may be come entitled to use it. There is no need to "go it blind" in this matter. Other communities have struggled with the same problems and have evolved systems which Grand Tkan&sgivmg Reductions AH Ove The Stos? e Ladies' Walking -Skirts Today Only A very special bargain, $5.00 Fo $2.98 Special For Today Only Sllve Sets Quadruple plate, satin finished and hand engraved. Prices: 4-piece set, Teapot, Sugar, Cream er and bpoonnoia- ryf f fr er 5-piece set, Telipot, Sugar, Cream er, Spoonholder and handsome Tray to match, special s TABLE DAMASK: Double Damasks, grass bleached, by the yard and in sets, in large va riety of patterns, all greatly reduced. ORIENTAL RUGS: Two bales of very hand some grades, comprising Shirvans, Mossouls, Kozaks and Guenghes, at very special -Thanksgiving prices. MEN'S GOLF SHIRTS: In stripes, q f c dots and figures. Val. $1.50, sp'l p LADIES' WALKING SUITS: (jr AEZ Regular $25 values for 0fO ??(a VT ATYTPC! 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We have not only the experience of California as a terrible warn ing, but we have the experience of Colo rado, Wyoming, Australia and Canada as guides. The Irrigation laws of Wyoming are better than those of any otherstate In the Union, and the irrigation act of the Northwest Territories of Canada is in many of its details superior to anything hitherto enacted. Oregon can profit lm jnensely by these, but she cannot afford to allow her water interests to become en meshed in such an interminable tangle of litigation as California has. Sooner or later the state will be compelled to lay hold of the matter with a strong hand, and it will never be so easy aa now. Remarlcs on the Foregoing:. I cannot hope that In the foregoing para graphs I ' have adequately expressed the views of the eminent men who, having comprehended the experience of the past, and, foreseeing the evils of the future, have wrought out just and beneficent laws for the lands which they served I can only hope that I have not misrepresented them. I have refrained from going into details, because my purpose was not to outline a definite Irrigation law, but to set forth the basic principles which should He at the foundation of any intelligent system of legislation. Once" more hear those prin ciples: The doctrine of riparian rights should be abrogated. Water titlcsrshould be inseparably joined to land titles. Private ownership and traffic in water should be made impossible. Irrigation companies should be classed as common carriers, and not as mercantile concerns. The state should stand sponsor for the equitable distribution of water, and for the maintenance of water rights, the same as with respect to land titles. It Is believed that experience amply jus tifies the statement that any system of legislation or any lack of legislation by which these principles are ignored will necessarily lead to contentions, abuses, even violence, and partial or complete strangulation of the Irrigation Industry. . With respect tq California, perhaps it should be stated, to avoid any misunder standing, that she has profited Immensely by her Irrigation enterprises, in spite of her many disasters and present entanglement. But It Is agreed by all in a position to know that the state Is losing great sums annually by the retardation of development which would be possible under wise laws. The result merely shows the Inherent power of Irrigation It does not justify Its fetters. - Rational v. Private Enterprise. It is not my desire to engage In the cur rent controversy between the advocates of private enterprise and theadvocates of Na tional irrigation schemes further than this: First, to remark that. under proper regu lation, which we do not now possess, I think there is ample room for private en terprise, intelligence and push: and, sec ond, to note that'the opportunity for fraud under the Carey law Is precisely the same as under our timber lawa We observe that "actual settlers" commute, pay up and sell out to a syndicate by the scores. What shall we s.ay of the man who smil ingly tells that these things will not hap pen under the Carey law? Let us be char itable; let us not call him harsh names let us call him a chuckle-headed chump. Legislation Needed. I appeal to the people of Oregon, and particularly to the citizens of Eastern Ore gon, to rise to their opportunity and to demand of tho Legislature the enactment of an enlightened code of Irrigation laws. Why should we flounder In the quagmire of laws passed before the difficulties and possibilities of irrigation were known? Why not have a code based upon present knowledge and anticipation of the future? What do we have a Legislature for but to pas enlightened laws? Is there no man who can do for Oregon what Mead and Warren have done for Wyoming, -what Deakln has done for Aus tralia, and Dennis for Canada? The eyes of enlightened pipple are upon us, and they will judge cl our enlightenment by our wisdom or folly in dealing with a sub ject so vast in its potentialities. We have In our keeping an Industry in Its infancy. We can neglect it, we can harass It, -we can strangle It, or we can provide for its growth to the proportions of a beneficent giant. But it must be done wisely. Vast as our water resources are, there Is not enough to irrigate half our arid land. This is the condition for which we must pro vide. Are we equal to the emergency? E. H. M'ALISTER. University of Oregon, Nov. 14",1902. RUBINO'S ITALIAN- RECORD Whs Condemned for Stealing and Writing Subversive Article. ROME, Nov. 16. The Ministry of1 the Interior has established the identity of the assailant of King Leopold. His name is-Gennerro Rubino, and he Is described in their records as an advanced Socialist. He was condemned to a long term of imprisonment, for stealing at Milan In 1S93. but he effected his escape to Eng land, where he is supposed to have im bibed his anarchistic principles. His father was. a patriotic communical coun cillor, "but Rubino, while still serving In the army, was condemned to five years' detention for writing a subversive news paper article. The3e are the only crim inal records that have been found against I him. bince leaving Italy he has resided in Scotland and England, first In Glas gow and afterward in London. Some years ago. he was accused of treachery by his anarchist friends and expelled irom their ranks. The pope, King Victor Emmanuel a"nd Premier Zanardelll have sent telegrams of congratulation to the Klncr on his escape from assassination. It appears that jttuDino nas a Brother -who is also an an archlst. His father fought with dis tinctlon In the Italian war for independ ence. and to various Investigations made by representatives of the German govern ment who had been sent to the United States. The commission's work, judged from tho programme prepared, will bea most exhaustive examination into the effects of the kartels on wages, the price of raw material, domestic and foreign prices and the .economics of production affected. It is not unlikely that the government will use the report as a basis for proposing legislation providing for national sup pression of combinations of capital. St. Louis Dog Races, ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16. Despite the heavy rain that fell all day, the coursing at Del mar race track was continued today and the second and fourth rounds and final in the Louisiana Purchase stakes for all age greyhounas was run. Final: e o I TODAY : Great CloaK Dep't tLS Every Garment in at Greatly YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM JJtN UNSURPASSED VARIETY OF FIRST , CLSS, STYLISH GARMENTS AND IN EACH AND EVERY INSTANCE MAKE SUBSTANTIAL SAVING Great Cloak Dep't Sale TODAY Allen, a black bitch owned by C. E. Root, of Richland, Minn., beating Anheuser Turner and Lawes' Quicksand. MORE BOODLE'TRIALS. Prosecution Ready to Take Up St. Louis Gang. ST. LOUIS, Nov. 16. Circuit Attorney Folk, who has returned from Columbia, Mo., where he prosecuted the case against Ed Butler, who was convicted of at tempted bribery, is preparing for the trial of other alleged boodlers next week. The cases against Charles A. Gutke, Ted Albright, Adolph Madera, Charles J. Denny, Emil Hartmann, John A. Sheridan and Julius Lehmann, former Delegates, on the charge of bribery in connection with the suburban street railway fran chise deal, are docketed for trial tomor row. It is Mr. Folk's intention to make an effort to try Gutke. It is believed coun sel for defendants -will try to get more time, but Mr. Folk is anxious to proceed .with the trial of one qf the defendants. Whether Butler will be tried at Fulton on the charge of bribery in the lighting deal before the higher courts have passed upon the case tried at Columbia last week rests with Judge Hockady. To Mr. Folk Judge Hockady stated that he had tried defendants on two charges before the first was finally settled, and he may decide that Butler can be tried legally at -Fulton before the Columbia case is finally settled. the car. the bullet striking Mr. Tate lr the forehead. His home was at- Cleburne, where he leaves a widow and child. On circumstantial evidence. Sheriff An derson has arrested Tom Futrell, a freighi conductor. Sentenced Mnrderer Lynched. ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky., Nov. 16. Harlan Buckles, whowas yesterday sen tenced to life imprisonment for the mur der of Robert L. Reid. Deputy Marshal was hanged by a mob early this morn ing. The mob consisted of 75 men, somi of whom are supposed to have come froir 1 Larue County. Buckles was taken to tht Courthouse yard and hanged to a tree. RAILROAD MAX 'KILLEJJ. Bullet Came Through Rear of Car Arrest Made. CONROE, Tex.. Nov. 16. Master Me chanic C. W. Tate, of the Gulf. Colorado GENERAL BLISS' MISSION. Some CulianH Fear, but Most of Them v Are Elated. HAVANA. Nov. 16. Commenting on th mission of General Tasker Bliss to inves tigate the industrial situation and th fiscal possibilities of Cuba, the Discus sion Intimates that the appearance o: General Bliss will be likely to complicaU matters and will give color to the doml nant fear of a restoration of military gov ernment. The newspaper recognizes the General's ability In questions relating tc the-tariff, but expresses the belief that It he must come to Cuba he would come tc consult with Minister Squlers and not ai a Minister Plenipotentiary. Cuban mer chants and planters are elated at th news of General Bliss coming and art hopeful that the result will be a speedj solution of the commercial treaty nego-tlons. Loss Through Drop in Sliver. urAvn T i i.ou t . J. Blake Sons' Dexter B.. beat Allrn sS. 7 vL Vc 7w iTm ,""V Cu,l"r. ws"e nS" K"0 ,n gan'eari; io He" was in the prU ury Z TofrSSK the shot was fired through the rear of decline, at Sl.054.OCO. gold. for greyhound puppfes. was won by Lady WHY RUBIXO SELECTED LEOPOLD. Because .of Inhuman Tentment Ills Daughter. BRUSSELS. Nov. 16. According to some reports, Rubino. in the course of hia ex amination before the magistrate, de clared that he selected King Leopold for his attack on account of His Majesty's inhuman conduct toward his daughter. Princess Stephanie, at the time of her mother's death, and - he also wished to show to the ' anarchists in London, who doubted his loyalty, that while they only talked he acted. He would have killed King Edward, he added, but for the strong feeling of the English people in favor of the monarch. 1 111 Secretary Hay's Congratulations. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Secretary Hay called at the Belgian Legation today to express to the officials there the regret over the attempt on the life of the King of Belgium yesterday, and to extend the congratulations of the people of this coun try over the King's escape from harm. LOOKING INTO GERMAN TRUSTS. Government Commission 'to Make Exhaustive Inquiry. BERLIN. Nov. 16. The . government commission appointed to inquire Into the kartels, or syndicates, that control or largely affect so many departments of production la Germany Is composed of four professors, eight members of the Reichstag and 19 busiqess men. 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