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Telephone North 2191 " Agent Headquarters, 353-355 Wahlncton St., cor. Park. WORK TODAY Suggestions for Irriga tionists. BY HYDROGRAPHER NEWELL People Should Read. the Law Carefully DESCHUTES NOT ONLY PLACE Convention Should Recommend Scv ernl Localities Where Govern ment Worlc 1h Desired, In Order of Their Importance. DEPARTMENT OF-THE INTERIOR, United States Geological Survey, Wash ington, Nov. 13. In my mind the matter of first importance is for the people of Oregon who arc in terested in the reclamation law to read It carefully and consider its provisions. I find that a large part of my time Is taken up by Inquiries which would not have been asked if the men had take.n the trouble to read the law carefully. It is short, concise and rea sonably clear. It hould also' be borne In mind that the people of Portland have unusual fi cilities for knowing the scope and pur pose of the law. The chairman of the Senate Committee on Irrigation, Senator Simon, has an office In your city; and the chairman of the House Committee on Irrigation, Hon. Thomas H. Tongue, lives not far distant. The latter com mittee in particular spent much time In discussing the bill, suggesting many amendments, some of which were adopted. Hon. Malcolm A. Moody, of The Dalles, Is also deeply interested in the bill, and used every effort to secure Its passage through the House. Senator Mitchell has also given considerable thought to the matter and should be p.ble to ndvlse you on details. .. I. recite these facts, as it may save considerable cor respondence on the bearing of the law Itself. As regards the detailed application of the law, there are, however, possibly some facts which can properly be " ex plained from the standpoint of the en gineer. The general spirit of the law seems to be that of authorizing the Gov ernment to reclaim arid land for the purpose of inducing settlement, and with the proviso that the work shall pay for Itself. In the minds of the men having the work in charge it Is probable that the most prominent requirement is that each project considered shall. If success fully executed, settle the largest number of families upon good land, where they can prosper and repay the investment. Other things being equal, the projects which are Jeast expensive and least com plicated would undoubtedly be consid ered first. Replying to your question as to" what you should do, It seems to me that after having carefully studied the law, the members of your convention could come together to discuss the relative merits of the various projects brought to their attention, weighing each carefully In accordance with their knowledge of its feasibility, and particularly as to Its future bearing upon the utilization of vacant lands, blatters which can better be left to private or corporate enter prise should obviously not be urged for Government construction. If the state has already committed itself by con tracts or otherwise to reclamation of any particular traces, and Is obligated, It would seem to follow that these obli gations should bo carried out. , It is not to be supposed that In a meeting of the kind to be held in Port land, you can determine upon the en . If JI i hi n. v7 . w. . . 'vmvovypF union, toscosstt r JJrJA YL0 CUM K TAT3EJ PA3T WTH 73;u -w, 4.L L ' BAK.n,WA5 TOOK A SMOKE . - 'U vmth OFBaKER- nt6o Hornier gineering problems. These must be set tled in 'the future by careful examlna-. tlon in the field; but -what you can do Is to agree upon projects' which, in your opinion, - are best for the state as a whole, and which, under the letter of the law, can be probably brought to successful j completion. j Many of the projects which may at- tract at first will bo found to embrace j lands in private ownership, and there- j fore not susceptible, to occupation under the homestead law; others may be found to have an insufficient water supply. The general discussion will bring out the strong and weak points of these, and serve to satisfy the people concerned, that it is inadvisable to suggest projects' which otherwise might be urged by In dividuals. In Utah 'I recently attended a conven tion of thin kind, and although at first the discussion seemed to be Indefinite, yet later on, as men from one part of the state realized that citizens from other sections knew of matters of larger im portance than . their own, they quietly withdrew objections and were satisfied with the ultimate outcome. If it had not been for this free discussion they would have considered that their pet projects were not being treated with respect. As a result of this Utah meeting a num ber of possible enterprises were sug gested, arranged In the order of import ance, the first being considered to be of prime Interest to the state as a whole. The presentation In this order enables the engineers to consider the items one after the other, and If the first is found to be not desirable from his standpoint, he can take, up the next, at the same time being assured that the people of the state will not continually urge, the moment he starts on one thing, that he should have done something else. It is to be hoped that the outcome of the . present discussion in Oregon will re sult in something of the same kind, viz., that the convention will, after . careful consideration, arrange a number of, pro jects which they consider desirable, and which can be taken up in their order, not necessarily one at a time, but in some system which will bo satisfactory to the majority. Replying to your question as to whether the Deschutes land, already occupied by investors under the Carey act Is the only place in the state where the Gov ernment would operate, I would answer that in my opinion this is only one of many localities where work might be done. From personal examination, I be lieve that there is probably more Govern ment land which can be reclaimed at moderate expense in this locality than elsewhere; but, on the other hand, it should distinctly be noted that 'we do not t wish to interfere with the state in its operations. There seems to be great confusion of ideas concerning the Carey act. In read ing The Oregonlan, one ' would get the impression that the writers of some of the articles thought .that the investors owned or could get possession of the land. This Is., not the case. The land, under the Carey law, passes from the Government to the settler, or to tho state as trustee for the settler. The investor cannot in any way get posses sion of the land, nor use It as security. This is one of the causes contributing to the stagnation of work under this law. After the works are successfully com pleted and the water is brought to the land. It is true that title can pass .in trust to the state-and a Hen can be cre ated to the amount of the original cost and reasonable interest, but this has not been sufficient to attract Investors. They cannot foreclose on the Hen or get title to the land, excepting as it is disposed of in tracts of not to exceed 160 acres. Colluslonln the matter Is so extremely dlfilcult and dangerous that It probably will not be attempted. The other localities In Oregon With which I am familiar, . and where recla mation work might be undertaken, have for the most part an extremely limited water supply, although it 4s popularly believed to be large. The area of re clamable land in public ownership is also small, as several of these areas lie within the grants of alternate sections to rail roads or wagon roads. These are mat ters upon which the members of your association should be well Informed be fore making suggestions. In my last visit to Portland I discussed these matters very fully with those who were Interested, and I assume that there must be a number of men who have since given the subject careful consideration. (Concluded on Page 10.1 VANGUARD OF IRRIGATION DELEGATES DISCUSS CONVENTION TOPICS ' - . AS1 HE. -- O-C -C - HE HOLDS HIS OWN Mitchell Still on the Stand for Miners. DOESN'T, endorse boycott Several Sharp Passages Between Lavo-er and the Witness Respon sibility of Labor Unions Hear ing: of Non-Unionists. SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 17. In the pres- ence of as many persons as could be jammed into the Superior Courtroom to day, Wayne MacVeagh, for the Erie Company, and John Mitchell, for the miners, continued their brilliant battle of cross-examination before the Anthracite , Coal Commission. The two men, the one in his SOs, and the other in his 70s, were followed with Intense interest by both ' the Commissioners and the crowd throughout the day, and the contest will ' be resumed in the morning. The fourth j demand of the union, which calls for a yearly trade agreement, and which means a straight-out , recognition of the union, was the bone of contention, and although four hours were taken up in a discussion of the question, not much progress was made. Wayne MacVeagh, skilled in the art of cross-examination, attempted to show the utter irresponsibility of the union and its unfitness to make contracts which it could not live up to. His prin cipal argument was the alleged boycott, and he often hard pressed the miners' president for art answer. The latter, how- ' ever, slowly and deliberately gave some j reply, but it did not always satisfy his i Inquisitor. Mr. MacVeagh, In the pres- I ence of the assemblage, expressed his ad- miration of the ability of the witness, and J on one occasion, when Mr. Mitchell parried a question regarding the boycotting of a j coal-and-iron policeman by a hotel-keep- J er, the distinguished attorney threw up . his hands, laughed and said: j "Mr. Mitchell, you are the best witness . for yourself I ever confronted." j Mr. MacVeagh bore heavily on what he j said was a reign of terror in the anthra cite region during the period of the strike. He read a list of 11 names of men who ; were killed during that time, and also j submitted In evidence about 75 printed pages of acts of alleged violence, boycott Land intimldatlon.-and with the assistance of statistics and documents maintained that It would be utterly Impracticable for the coal companies he represents to enter into agreements with an organization that could not control its own men. Mr. Mltch- t ell stoutly maintained that the discipline In the organization is as good as It pos sibly could be where 147,000 men are In volved. He claimed that the strikers t were not" entirely responsible for the acts , of lawlessness that were committed. He regretted that members of tho union had I In some Instances violated the law, even after they had been warned to refrain from doing so, but made the excuse that in times of great excitement there was always more or less disorder. Replying to specific instances pointed j out to him by Mr. MacVeagh, where men had been deterred from going to work through fear of personal harm or social ostracism for themselves and families. Mr. Mitchell said that in some cases men may have been deterred, but he denied the j thg mjnes from helng operated. He said that when the strike was declared every mlneworker in the region quit work and remained out, even after the entire Na tional Guard of the state had been thrown Into the coal fields. In short, he said, the men would not have gone to work under any condition. Would Not Approve Boycotts. The miners' president, no matter how skillfully he was questioned, could not be drawn into a flat admission that he, as president of the union, approved of the boycotts complained of by the companies. He had his personal opinions of some phases of the boycott, but would Tiot ex press them as being the sentiment or policy of his organization. During the cross-examination the Com I.OOKED - -O -9 -O-J - - f - II. J- - II V frnm , mi, mi m. mmmmmmmmf . ... . I r missioners often interrupted with ques tions in order to stop a long colloquy over some disputed point. While the ex amination was at times quite spirited, the best of good feeling prevailed. Only once Mr. Mitchell showed tlgns of Irrita bility. This was when Mr. MacVeagh, reading the long list of acts of vlqlence. would take Mr. Mitchell to task for some particularly" vicious act and say, sharply, "You could have prevented this." In the course of the forenoon session Mr. MacVeagh examined Mr. Mitchell re garding the eight-hour day, and referred "to the fact that Abraham Lincoln, James A.-Garfield and William McKlnley worked more than eight-hour days, and were thus enabled to climb the ladder to the Presi dency. Mr. MacVeagh grew eloquent In the course of putting one of his questions to Mr. Mitchell regarding the martyred Presidents, and added: "I only mention these because they are three views of the spirit of anarchy which Is the curse of this country today, and the only serious curse afDIcting It." The miners' president, quick as a flash, came back with the inquiry: "Trades unions are not held responsible for it. are they?" i To this Mr. MacVeagh quickly responded they were not, and supplemented this with the rtmark that labor unions are mo3t admirable. The bringing of the word "an archy" into the examination caused a distinct murmur of disapproval from the many miners In the courtroom. When the discussion of the effect a yearly agreement would have on the coal Industry In the anthracite region was in progress frequent reference was made to the workings' of agreement.? In soft-coal reglona This led to the an nouncement bv Chairman dmv .... commission ."had decided to Invite Herman Ju3ti. Commissioner of the Illinois Coal Operators' Association, to testlfv beforp the commission. This announcement wao favorably received by each side and the attorneys tor the mir.cro and the operators made suggestions fr additional witnesses. Mr. Wilcox, general counsel for the Del aware & Hudson Company, after a con ference with other attorneys,, handed up a suggeotlon that "such other wltnessc. If any, as the Illinois Coal Operators' As sociation may deem proper for the pur pose of showing the' effects of the trade agreements with the United Mlneworkers of America." be invited to attend, air. Darrow, counsel for the miners, (Concluded on Fifth Pace.) CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAPER. IrrJsrntlon. Hydrographer Newell makej suggestions for guidance of Irrigation Convention. Page 1. Experience of sethl-arld states with opera tions under the Carey law. Pase 10. Situation in Deschutes Valley. Page 10. Orcson Irrigation Convention will assemble today. Pass 11. Delegations .arrive in full Htrergth, and East ern Oregon members hold caucuses. Page Domestic. President Mitchell, of the coal miners, -makes points in another day of rigid examination. . Paco 1. Shaffer, of the steelworkera, will be required to substantiate charges agiinst Gompers, of American Federation. Page 3. Full text of King Oscars dacisTon shows .Ger many to have won everything in Samoan arbitration. Page 2. Government requires a bond before accepting . lease of Port of Portland Dredge. Page 2. Pacific Const. Tacoma r?er comes out for Wilson and against Ankeny for United States Senator. Pare 1. State Land Board raises price of lieu lands to ?5 an acre, race 4. Temporary quarters have been secured for the Washington Legislature. Page 4. Wheat Crop for Washington" has been under estimated. Page 4. Commercfnl and Marine. Eastern prune market easier.' Page 13. Chicago wheat closes strong and higher. Man hattan the feature of N'ew York stock mar ket. Page 13. . Engineers of O. R. & X. steamers said to have disappeared. Page 12. Steamer Alliance Is safe. Pa'ge 12. Sports. Oregon Agricultural College manager chal lenges Albany for a game -at Salem. Page 5. Rules for amateur swimming, pole vaulting and water polo changed. Page B. , Portland and Vicinity. Portland Railway Company accepts blanket ordinance by which $73,000 will be paid city in 25 years. Page 14. Council committee decides to raise liquor li censes. Page 12. Labor unions put forward rival candidates for proposed office of State Labor Commissioner. Page 12. A. T. Gladlrcce is sentenced to 15 years for manslaughter. Page 14. City Attorney gives opinion that street rail ways must pay occupation tax. Page 12. Sellwood Board of Trade will go to Legislature with free' ferry bill. Page S. Foreign. Columbus' ashes were removed ito permanent mausoleum, at Seville. Page 1. Colombian government and rebel gunboats fight off Agua Dulce. Page 2. King of Portugal Is visiting British monarch. Page 2. JMYOfiK AMD I Tacorpa Ledger Comes Out for Wilson. LOUD GALL ON FOSTER 1s Alliance Made in 1899 Effective in 1903? WHAT TACOfrlA MAN THEN DID Promised the Spokane Candidate He Would Help Him Four Years Later Where Pierce County Delegation Stands. TACOMA. Nov. 17. (Special.) That the friends In Pierce County of ex-Senator John L. Wilson will make a strenuous effort to break into the Ankeny following in this county was made manifest yes terday morning-, when the Tacoma Ledger, In a plentifully displayed article on the first page, reinforced by a double-leaded editorial, declared in favor of the Spo kane aetpirant to the Senatorshlp and brought home to the members of the Pierce County Legislative delegation the promise which Senator A. G. Foster made four years age that he and -his friends would support the Spokane man In 1S03 in return for the 6 votes delivered by Wilson to Foster In the Legislative ses Mon of 18D9. The Ledger's effort is palpa bly to influence political and public senti ment In Pierce County against Ankeny and in favor of Wilson. The campaign which the morning paper here started yesterday is noteworthy, from the fact that this is the home of Mr. Ankeny's managers. B. S. Grosscup, division counsel fqc the Northern Pacific, and George Stevenson, who has represented the O. R. & N. "and other railroads during marry Legislative sessions at Olympla. More over, it Is well known and well estab lished that Senator Foster favors the elec tion of.. Mr. Ankeny, 'Vn3, this belnc the Senator's ,,home, his wishes are thus op posed by the leading Republican paper In this cqunty. The Ledger claims In Its Sunday article that Foster and Pierce County both owe a debt to Wilson, and that Foster and his friends were bound in writing at Olym pla, January 31, 1899, to support Wilson In 1903, provided his friends brought his name before the Legislature. Without the 26 votes delivered by Wilson to Foster In 189a, the Ledger says, Foster would have been beaten and Ankeny elected.- The Ledger concludes by saying that it, as well as Senator Foster's other friends and supporters In the Senatorial contest of 1S99. Is now bound in all honor and fair ness to redeem the promise which Foster made. Prominently displayed on the first page of the Sunday Ledger Is a paragraph taken from the agreement signed by Sen ator Foster January 31. 1S99, after receiv ing Senator Wilson's support. This reads as follows: . AN AGREEMENT. OLYMP1A. Jan. 31. 1809. Fifth. If it shall transpire that John L. Wilson's friends desire to present his name four years from now to the Legislature as a candi date for United States Senator, it is azreed that 'A. G, Foster will contribute the assistance of. himself and friends to MrC Wilson's .elec tion. (Signed) A. G. FOSTER. Witness, Jam5 Wickersham. All this brings to mInd,onefOf the most Interesting chapters In .the . political his tory of the State of Washincton. It is (Concluded on Second Page.) JODCtE TPAVUI0N