12
THE MORNING OREGOSIAX, TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1903.
PORT ORFORD, CURRY COUNTY
"WHERE URGENT NEED OF A COAST RAILROAD IS MANIFEST
PORT OXFORD. Or-, Aug. 15. (Special i
Correspondence.) The distance from Ban- '
don. In Coos County, to Langlor's (or j
Dairyvllle) In Curry County, is 16 miles : j
from Langlor's to Port Oxford. 1C miles: j
from Port Oxford to Corbln, on Mussel ;
Oroplr. 16 miles, and from Corbin to "Wed- '
derbun. 1C miles, so that Port oxioni lies
half way between Bandon on the Coqullle
River and Wedderburn, on the Rogue
River.
Port Oxford has a bold, high headland
Jutting out into the ocean and under
the lid of this sheltering point lies the
harbor, which, during a north wind. Is
so sheltered that ships can lie here during
the fiercest storms. At one time it was
proposed making a port of refuge, at Port
Oxford, and estimates were made of the
probable cost, and some of the money
for preliminary work appropriated by
the Government. There is a wide expanse
of water and an abundance of rock, suit
able for making a sea wall, but probably
the railroad up the Coast will have been
completed many years before our Gov
ernment sees the necessity of expending
several million dollars for the protection
from storms of the seagoing vessels. At
present oceangoing craft of all kinds can
come in during the times when the winds
prevail from the north, and be loaded at
the wharf. The steamer Areata makes
regular stops here, and a schooner Is
row here loading with hardwood lumber.
The Count Railroad Itoute-
The country from Bandon to Port Ox
ford is level and offers no obstacles to
the building of a railroad aside from
heavy underbrush and the standing
trunks of white cedar trees, a forest fire
here in 1SCS having destroyed the timber
on thousands of acres of land. This
stretch of 32 miles would be so developed
tsy the building of a Coast railroad as to
create homes for many more people than
at present, and a town would be built on
the bay at Port Oxford feveral times as
large as Port Oxford of today, which
boasts of about 150 people. The dairy
business would be greatly Increased, and
the facilities for reliable transportation
allow the sawmill business to be much ex
tended in the manufacture of lumber from
the forests of Port Oxford cedar, fir and
the valuable hardwoods such as oak, myr
tle, maple and ash. Port Oxford cedar
has a particular value for shipbuilding
and the making of broom handles, match
wood and various other lines, so well
known and now profitably manufactured.
From Port Oxford a railroad would
probably be built along next to the ocean,
and pass up the course of Brush Creek,
behind Humbug mountain, and then
again along next to the ocean to Mussel
Creek and to Eucre Creek. This part ot
tho road would cost considerable to
build, but would be grand in its sscenlc
beauty. After a few miles beyond Eucre
Creek the road would be close to the
ocean, hut have no engineering difficul
ties to reach Wedderburn. then cross
Rogue River and be at Gold Beach, the
county seat of Curry County. An im
portant act to be considered in the
building of a railroad down the Coast is
the absence of irrades. as It would al
most be a water level. On trie Coast
here are no snows In "Winter and no ex
tremo heat in Summer. In the distance
mentioned from Bandon to 'Wedderburn
are Floras Creek, SIxis River. Elk River.
BruFh Creek, Mussel Creek. Eucre
Creek and some smaller streams on whose
headwaters are extensive forests of fine
timber, which could be easily brought
down the streams to the railroad and
shipped. A railroad along the Coast
would make accessible to tourists many
pleasant Summer resorts on the ocean.
The road from Port Oxford to Wedder
burn. and also on down the Coast to
Chitco harbor to Crescent City, would
be in sight of the ocean, and there are
many interesting and novel sights to
make it attractive for tourist travel.
Many sawmills would be located on the
lino of thin road, cutting millions of feet
of fir and cedar lumber, and also the
more valuable and rare furniture woods.
After crossing Rogue River, Hunter's
Creek. Pistol River and Chitco River
would be passed, and each of these have
flno bodies of timber on tho headwaters,
Next to the shore of the ocean there Is
but little timber, the country being now
covered with grasses on which are feed'
ing cattle and sheep.
Infant Industrie.
A California corporation, the Pacific
Furniture & Iumber Company, came to
Port Oxford two years ago and has been
expending money ever since in placin
here a plant for manufacturing into lum
ber tho hardwoods and shipping it by
schooner and steamer, which come Into
tho Vay during tho Summer months. The
company has two sawills on Elk River
and the manufactured lumber is hauled
by team from five to seven miles to Port
Oxford. This furniture timber Is worth in
Ban Francisco from $G0 to J100 per thou
sand feet, and this company this year
has already shipped neadly f 100 000 worth
of lumber. It is hauled from the mills
to tho bay hero at an expense of $4.50
to 55 per thousand, and the mills can
run only during the Summer months
when tho lumber can be hauled. The va
riegated grains of theso woods adapt thorn
to many uses, and the high prices ob
talnod leaves a neat profit after tho pay
ment of heavy expenses of manufacture
end transportation. Nearly 10) men are
employed, and if a railroad were here
theso men would nil be permanent resi
dents and purchase homes In and near
Port Oxford. Tho mills could be oper
ated nearly tho wholo year, and a hand
some profit bo made and tho business
done on a more extensive scale. This
company now has In courso of erection
a. steel cable for loading vessels, and was
to bo Independent of tho wharf In tho
harbor. It has been Investing each year
in large tracts of timber lands near their
mills, showing that the capitalists have
great faith In tho future of tho Industry.
At Corbln, on Mussel creek, another
California company has a hardwood saw.
mill In full operation, and has found the
transportation question a difficult one to
solve. The lumber is hauled over a high
ridge to the ocean, a distance of threo
miles, and there, in the shelter of a
rocky ridge, schooners come in and load
when the weather permits. There Is an
abundance of fine timber, and the mill
manufactures it Into timber rapidly and
cheaply. If there were a raldroad passing
along the ocean front, cars could be
loaded right at tho mill and delivered in
to San Francisco In a very few hours
time. At present it takes nine days to
get a letter to San Francisco and an an
swer back again. In this Isolated place It
Is difficult to get men to do the work, and
out of tho sixty men employed, only four
teen struck, the day I was at the mill.
and there was nothing else to do but
shut down the mill, which was done;
but work will probably be resumed.
Men Are Scarce.
Wherever I have been. I notice tho gen
eral complaint of scarcity of mon to do
tho work. Good wages are being paid.
and the men are not overworked, but
there seems to be no men available. In
spite of the fact that more foreigners
came into the l nitea totates last year
than ever before In the history of the
country, wapos were never as high, nor
men so scarce. Farmers complain that
they cannot get farm hands, hotels com
plain that they cannot get cooks, mining
men complain that they cannot get men
to operate the mines. At the Beaver Hill
coal mines, in Coos County, there Is ex
ponslve machinery In place to make the
output of the mines 500 tons a day, but
miners cannot be had. Mr. Jannlson here
Is constructing a six-mile mining ditch
on Sixis mine, and could work fifty men
until October 1st, but has been aWe to
secure only twenty-eight. Mr. R. D.
Hurn wanted 100 men on his farm and
cannery at Wldderburn. but failing to
get them, brought in some Chinamen, but
could only secure a few of them, (the less,
the better), and as a consequence, .several
acres of his peas went to waste for want
of pickers. Manufacturing plants are all
busy on this coast, and new ones being
built, or old ones enlarged. The labor
unions are so powerful that wages are ad
vancing all the time, but the supply of
available men does not seem to keep pace
with the demands. Employers are ac
ceding to the demands of the unions.
and then turn to the unions and ;ay:
Now furnish us the help we want," hut
the unions seem to be powerless to do so.
The fact is the West is advancing so
rapidly that means for advancement can
not be secured fast enough, and so en
terprise is hampered.
Telephone Line deeded.
Ixmg distance telephone lines are built
from tho north to Gold Beach, and from
the South to Crescent City. There re
mains a gap along the coast from Gold
Beach to Crescent City, and, from Cres
cent City to Eureka, one hundred miles
more. It seems to me there is an open
ing for local capital to find profitable in
vestment in a telepone line along this
part of tho coast. At present a telephone
message from Gold Beach to Crescent
City goes first to Marshfleld, thence to
Rosoburg. thence to Grants Pass, and
across tho mountains to Crescent City. A
message from Crescent City to Eureka,
Calif, goes first to Grant's Pass, thence
to San Francisco and back up the coast
to Eureka having to be repeated sev
eral times.
That Forest Reerve.
The proposed Government timber re
serve in Southern Oregon, which reaches
almost to the coast, Is meeting with
much opposition from all classes here.
There are U townships of land in
Curry County, and Just one-half the
county, or 21 townships, are Includ
ed In this proposed reserve. It
is said here this demand for a reserve Is
Instigated by the Southern Pacific Rail
road, which is anxious to prevent the
building of a 'railroad along the coast,
and by having a reserve created. It would
not only profit largely by an exchange of
lands, but also, by taking this supply of
timber out of the market, discourage the
building of a railroad. Curry County finds
it difficult to maintain a county as It is
now, and with such a slice of land taken
away it Is feared the county revenues
would be greatly reduced. During the past
year nearly 300 persons have located tim
ber claims and homesteads In Curry Coun
ty, and the prospects of a coast railroad
has entered largely into their calculations
of being able to sell their holdings at a
profit. From the standpoint of preserv
ing the flow of water in the streams there
Is little argument In favor of a reserve
as the streams here are well supplied with
Winter rains, there are no yiow sheds,
and the streams are short. It would seem
that the "greatest good to the greatest
number" is not being considered in this
case.
A Placer Mine.
C. A. Jamleson, lately from Alaska,
came here last Fall and purchased placer
land on Sixis River, and now has a force
of men at work building a water ditch six
miles In length and expects to be piping
on his gravel banks this Winter. He has
gravel which prospects well and expects
to develop a good, paying property there,
George Curry, who has been placer mining
on Lobster Creek, a tributary of Rogue
River, Informed me he had been doing
well. A few weeks ago a $46 nugget was
picked up on his claim and also one over
$20 and he has found a number of $10
nuggets.
Are MaklnK Money.
At Corbin I met W. O. Cook and wife.
formerly of Polk County. Mr. Cook has
chargo of the Corbln Sawmill Company's
farm, with a salary of $62 a month, and
what amounts to more than his board,
and receives $40 a month for the use in
hauling lumber of his heavy team of
horses. He sold out his interests in the
stock ranch near there last Fall. I also
met F. T. Cruse, the cigar manufacturer.
who has moved to a new location right
on the county road, and said he could not
now supply the demand for his manufac
ture, and would employ more help If he
could get It. Mr. Cook and he both said
the write-up The Oregonlan gave of this
part of the country last Fall brought
letters from all parts of the United
States.
Killed a Deer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Routlldge. whoso home
is in Portland, at 142 Nineteenth street.
have been traveling at easy stages along
the coast, hunting, fishing and having a
good time. -They found riding on bicycles
over tho roads here not a success and
would advise any one attempting the trip
to have a riding and a pack horse, if
comfort Is to be considered. While walk
ing along the country road a few miles
above Wedderburn, Mrs. Routledge unex
pectedly came upon a deer standing In
tho middle of the road. She had a "22
special" rifle and her first thought was
that if she should aim at the body of the
deer she could surely hit It. but might
only wound It. while if she aimed at the
head she would either miss or kill It. The
bullet passed through the neck of the
deer, which ran only a hundred feet or
so and dropped dead, never leaving the
road. Mrs. Routledge Is greatly elated
over having herself killed a deer and at
one shot. Deer and bear are very plentiful
hero on the coast. A son of Raleigh Stott
has a record of having killed 50 bears.
Itonds Are Better.
This is a mountainous country and
sparsely settled, but a wagon road has
been built through Curry County, costing
$j0,O00, which Is an excellent piece of en
glneering, but repairs have been ne
glected. This year the road work has
been Vne earlier in tho season and as
a consequence travelers get the benefit
of it, and the roads arc much better than
they were last year. There is still great
room for improvement. But one should
not be critical when It Is considered how
few people thero are to work the many
miles of mountain roads. The settlers
tell of how, only a few years ago, there
were only trails up and down the coest.
A Profitable Jfewspaper.
Less than a year ago August Krantz,
formerly of Salem, started a newspaper at
Gold Beach, and since that time his in
come from publishing timber location no
tices has been over $1500. At one time he
had over SO notices and the amount of
space left for reading matter and news
was very limited. There Is no doubt the
wldo advertising given this country
through the letters published last Fall
In The Oregonlan has had a great deal to
do with the rush here for timber and the
rush 6tlll continues. Timber locators are
making money out of the business as they
are now charging $150 for a claim.
L. C. PENTLAND.
FEARS FOR EXPLORER.
Baron Toll, In the Arctic Regions,
Xot Heard From for n. Yen r.
ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 17. The Im
perial Academy of Science is beginning
to entertain most serious fears for the
polar explorer Boron Toll, from whom
nothing has been heard since he left the
yacht Zaria. May 22. 1902. in company
with two Yakouts and started for Bennett
Island.
The Zaria left its Winter quarters early
In June last year to find Baron Toll as
well as his associate, the Zoologist Bi
roullu who had gone to New Siberia.
The vessel was unable to accomplish its
mis? Jon and returned late In the season
to the River Lena. Blrouliu escaped
across the Ice.
Three relief parties were sent out by
the academy early in the Spring 'of 1903.
Lieutenant Kolchask and Engineer Bros
nav each with a number of experienced
Yakouts and coast people proceeded
towards New Siberia and Bennett Island,
while Lieutenant Mattlsen undertook to
recover the Zarla. Dr. Brosnav was
also accompanied by a number of Rus
sian and native traders who make annual
Journeys to this coast for mammoth
tusks and furs, while Lieutenant Kolchask
took with him a portion of the former
crew "of the Zarla. There seems to be
no doubt that- they reached New Siberia
ouite earlr In the season, as the Ice was
very strong and the present hope Is that
Baron Toll may have Deen aoie to re
turn to New Siberia.
Lose Xlvea Tryinjc to Scale Fealc.
CHAMONIX. France. Aug. 1". Seven
tourists, it was announced today, were
killed recently while attempting to climb
the Aiguilles Grlez. behind Mount Blanc,
on the Courmayeur side of the mountain.
TO TAKE MOVING PICTURES
Southern Oregon "Will Be Illustrated
by Xaih'i Polyscope.
W. E. Coman, general passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific, left with a party
last night to secure a series of moving
pictures illustrating the scenery along the
line of the Southern Pacific in Oregon and
Northern California. Mr. Coman was ac
companied by Thomas Nash, an expert
polyscope operator, who was brought to
the Coast by Edward Shields and will
take the moving pictures. The party left
In a prl-ate car, intending to be absent
from Portland for a week. The members
will go south to California, and it Is
planned, among other expeditions to be
made, that Mr. Nash shall be taken on a
ride for five miles or more down a lum
ber flume In Northern California. This is
one of the most thrilling rides that could
be devised. Great flumes carrying a
stream of water upon which lumber is
floated down from the mills In the moun
tains are suspended, at times, hundreds
of feet In the air. The speed attained at
times is equal to a mile a minute. A
small raft will be constructed for the
operator to ride, and- pictures will be
taken of the sceenry from this place.
A trip through the Siskiyou and Shasta
Mountains Is to be taken for the purpose
of obtaining views of the scenery along
the road. The Rogue River valley ana
Cow Creek Canyon are important bits of
Oregon scenery that will be secured.
Some time is to be spent visiting irraln
fields, orchards and other places where
good views of the pursuits followed in
Oregon may be obtained. The return trip
will be made down the west side of the
Willanjette River.
For a part of if not tho enure aistance.
while pictures are being taken, the party
will travel by special train. An engine
will be attached to the private car, ana
this coach will be shoved ahead of the
locomotive, giving a clear and unob
structed view of the scenery.
The pictures are Intended for use In the
immigration work of the Harriman Chi
cago bureau. They will probably be used
for illustrating lectures given by tne im
migration workers, and may be shown at
the St. Louis Fair.
COXFEltEXCE OX FAIR RATES. j
Absence of Railroad Officials Causes
Postponement.
The proposed conference between com
mittees representing the Transcontinental
Passenger Association and the Lewis and
Clark directors has been postponed until
Tuesday, August 25.
General Passenger Agent A. L. Craig la
one of the delegates to .the Trans-Mlssls-elppl
Commercial Congress, and several
directors of the Lewis and Clark Exposl
tldn are out of the city. General Passen
ger Agent Charles S. Fee, of the North
era Pacific Is at the fashore with his
family, and desires to spend several days
there. For these reasons It was found
advantageous to postpone the meeting for
another week.
The feeling Is growing among railroad
men and the directors of the Lewis and
Clark Fair that the meeting is largely
perfunctory. There are several points
which can be settled at a conference,
but it Is generally believed that the rail
roads will not place any obstacle in the
way of the Fair, and that the railroad
men themselves are anxious to assist the
enterprise In every possible manner.
To the railroad men will accrue the
advantage, from the conference, that they
will be able to speak before tho meeting
of the Transcontinental Passenger As
sociation with, a full understanding of
the wishes of the Lewis and Clark offi
cials. The question of selling dates is
really the most serious to be considered,
but an amicable adjustment can easily
be had.
RAILROAD MAX OX FOOT.
He Tramps Through Southern Ore
Ron, Pnclc on HI Back.
Charles A. Malboeuf. chief clerk in the
passenger department of the Southern Pa
cific has Just returned from a vacation
trip through that part of Oregon lying
between Portland and the sea coast. He
walked from North Yamhill to Tillamook,
and after taking several side trips in the
vicinity of that bay. walked back to For
est Grove. Mr. Malboeuf estimates that
he covered a distance of In miles, of
which he walked 141.
A week's time was spent on the trip.
Mr. Malboeuf left Portland a week ago
Saturday, leaving the train at North Yam
hill and walking about five miles before
he picked out a camping spot under the
trees. He started on his trip early the
next morning and reached Tillamook after
two days' travel. The time spent about
Tillamook was devoted to visiting near-by
scenic resorts and well-known agricultural
nnd timber countries. He returned to
Forest Grove by way of Division River.
A pack weighing 20 pounds was carried
bv Mr. Malbouef. This Included his
blankets, supplies and cooking utensils.
The outing Is declared by Mr. Malboeuf
to have been an entire success.
Brine Passenger Agents Here.
R. C Cllne, Pacific Coast representa
tive of the Wabash, with headquarters at
San Francisco, left Portland last night
for his home after an extensive trip
through the Northwest. Mr. Cllne Is nn
enthusiastic supporter of the plan to bring
the next annual meeting of the traveling
passenger agents to Portland. He urges
that the traveling passenger agents meet
all the people who travel and their thor
ough familiarity with Oregon and the
Northwest would be of great benefit not
only to the Lewis and Clark Fair but In
building up this section of tho country.
Loir Rate on Potatoes and Onloni.
The Northern Pacific yesterday an
nounced a rate of 17 cents per 100 pounds
on potatoes and onions between Spokane
and Portland. The rate was first Intro
duced br the O. R. & N. and will become
effective today. It affects shipments In
carload lots. A similar rate has been
auoted heretofore on shipments from Spo
kano to Seattle and Tacoma and the now
rate merely equalizes terminal rates. Here
tofore the tariff has been 21 cents.
Trade on Corvallla & Eastern.
PHILOMATH. Or., Aug. 17. (Special.)
Between Saturday noon and S o'clock
Sunday morning one regular train and
two specials passed through here over the
Corvallls & Eastern Railway, carrying
1000 passengers to Yaqulna Bay. This
marks the maximum of passenger traffic
over the Corvallls & Eastern for any
equal length of time In the present outing
season.
Captain Harrington Dead.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 17. (Special.)
The funeral of Captain M. H. Harrlng
ton. one of the best-known mariners on
the Pacific Coast, took place here today.
Captain Harrington died Saturday morn
ing after three years illness of consump
tion, which he contracted while sailing
in the ship Governor Roby, bound from
Astoria for Australia. He was a man of
admirable character and left friends In
every port of the Pacific Coast.
Diarrhoea.
When you want a quick cure without
any unnecessary loss of time take Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. It never falls. When reduced
with cold water and sweetened it Is
nleasant to take. It Is standard through
out the U. S. and In many foreign coun
tries. For sale ay au oruggisia.
STATE IS THE LOSER
Corporations Profit by Crea
tion of Forest Reserves.
GOV. CHAMBERLAIN PROTESTS
Syndicates Permitted to Exchange
Worthless Land for Property o
Valne la Another Section Loose
Methods of the Department.
SALEM. Aug. 17. (Special.) The with
drawal of public land from entry with a
view to the creation of forest reserves In
this state has progressed so rapidly of
late that people who may be Interested
are scarcely able to keep informed upon
the changes that are taking place In the
limits of land open to entry. Governor
Chamberlain does not approve of the
course the Government has been pur
suing In the withdrawal of public lands In
this state, and believes that the Federal
authorities should at least consult with
the people of Oregon, through the mem
bers of the State Land Board, before a
forest reserve is created. He realizes
that the General Government has 'the
power to withdraw all Its public lands, or
any part of them, from entry, without
consulting the wishes of the people, but
he does not believe that this should be
done. The state Is Interested In every act
creating a forest reserve, because It owns
school land the value of which will be
affected by the creation of the reserve.
The people are Interested, because the
withdrawal of immense areas of public
lands from entry must have a very Im
portant effect upon the industrial devel
opment of the state. The Governor does
not say that the creation of forest re
serves Is bad policy In all cases, and
should be discontinued, but protests only
against the loose methods that have been
pursued In this department of the Gov
ernment's business, and desires that in
the future no reserve shall be created In
this state until after the plan of the re
serve has been submitted to the State
Land Board, so that the state may be
heard if it has any objections or sugges
tions to offer.
The announcement in today's Oregonlan
that the Government will hereafter cre
ate reserves In such a manner as to In
clude as small an amount as possible of
land that has passed Into private owner
ship, would promise a reform if the end
desired were possible of accomplishment.
When it Is remembered, however, that
railroad and wagon-road grants" cover
every alternate section of land It Is ap
parent that if a reserve be created In
townships within the land grant lines, the
limits of the reserve must Include the prl
vate lands, and the owners will be enti
tled to exchange them for other lands. If
the proposed reserves should be created
before the iniquitous scrip laws are
amended or repealed, it would seem that
the evils suffered In the past will be re
peated.
Tho Department of the Interior, accord
ing to its announcement, evidently in
tends to reach the abuses against which
Governor Chamberlain protested last May,
which protest was seconded by the Gov
ernor of Wyoming. But It was not only
against the scrjpplng evil but also against
the creation of needless reserves that
Governor Chamberlain protested, and It
does not appear that the department will
avoid either evil if it should create the
proposed reserves In the near future.
"Experience has shown, said Governor
Chamberlain today, "that the creation of
forest reserves in the past has been large
ly In the interest of large corporations
which own land that Is practically value
less. It is common knowledge that by the
creation of forest reserves in this state
and Washington corporations have been
enabled to give up their worthless lands
and take our most valuable timber lands
Instead. This has been no more nor less
than a 'free gift of thousands of acres of
land, worth millions of dollars, to the cor
porations. The fact that a formal ex
change of land, acre for acre, has taken
place does not alter the effect of the
transaction. If the Government permits a
corporation to give up a section of worth
less land In one place and take a section
of very valuable land in another place, It
has practically given away tho land. If
this policy is to be pursued, and corpora
tions are to be given their choice of the
public lands free, why should not tho
fame privilege be extended to the people
generally, to the homesceker, and to the
poor laboring man, who needs the money
he can realize from the sale of the land?
It Is not right that the land should be
given to corporations without any return
whatever and denied to Individuals un
less they pay for It or go upon it and
make it their homes for several years.
"I say that experience has shown that
this Is the effect "of the creation of forest
reserves. Perhaps those who fathered the
reserve movement did not Intend that the
public should learn until too late that It
was a scheme for giving away public
lands, and perhaps the Federal authori
ties did not foresee the consequences of
what they were doing, but If they did not
they failed to perform their duty to the
people. However that may be, the knowl
edge of the post should be sufficient to
prevent a repetition of the evil In. tho
future, and it is for this reason that I
hope the Department of the Interior will
consult with the State of Oregon before
taking any further action that will result
In the giving away of public lands. From
tho way forest reserves have been cre
ated in the past it would seem that the
Government representatives haveonsult
ed only with those who are to be most
benefited by the creation of the reserve.
When one considers the vast financial in
terests some of the railroads and syndi
cates have in the creation of the reserve,
it seems almost a necessary conclusion
that they are the forces back of the entire
forest reserve movement, using the pre
text of the conservation of water supply
merely to deceive the people and defend
the forest reserve policy.
"I am willing to concede that forest re
serves may be needed and should be cre
ated In some few sections of the state for
the purpose of conserving the water sup
ply, but I assert most emphatically that
reserves have been created and are now
proposed In sections df the state where It
Is absurd to talk of a need of conserving
water supply. An Instance of that Is the
proposed reserve In Southwestern Oregon,
where there Is already more water than
Is needed. Further than that. It Is pro
posed to create reserves In some places
where the land has already passed almost
entirely Into private ownership, so that
tho Government would be powerless to
prevent the removal of timber and there
fore powerless to conserve the water sup
ply. Wherever a forest reserve Is needed
and can be made effective. I am willing
that it should be created, but where It will
serve no other end than to enable large
corporations to get valuable public land
for nothing, I am opposed to It now and
always. In such an Important matter I
ao not believe the department should act
entirely upon the recommendation of a
special agent who may be working In the
Interest of kind-grabbers, or who may be
misled by their representations, or who,
as hns sometimes been the case, considers
the matters so lightly that he forgets
what kind of a recommendation he made.
"To show you that I am not talking of a
matter that Is of little importance, let me
call your attention to the magnitude of
some of the reserves and proposed re
serves In this state. I have not the exact
figures at band, but roughly counting the
townships In the limits of the reserves
shows that the present Cascade reserve
ontalns probably about 4,500.000 acres; the
proposed addition to the reserve on the
western boundary contains 400,000 acres,
the proposed reserve In Southwestern Ore
gon 1,000,000 acres, the proposed reserve in
Crook, Klamath and Lake Counties 3,000.
000 acres. . the proposed reserv e in the
Blue Mountains 1500,000 acres, and the pro
posed reserve In the Powder River Moun
tains, witn the small reserve near tne
northern boundary of the state, 1,100,000
acres. If all the reserves be created as
proposed, we shall have about 13,000,000
acres of land within the limits of forest
reserves. This Is over one-fifth of the
entire area of the state. It seems to me
that there Is some reason In support of
my contention that before these reserves
are created, the state authorities snouia
be consulted, for our welfare will be deep
ly affected.
Within the limits or every reserve ana
proposed reserve there are immense tracts
of land owned by indlviauais, corporations
and syndicates, but there are no records
in the state departments that snow tne
extent of these lands. Whether the lands
are valuable or not, and whether the own
ers are to be permitted to give them up
and take other lands in their stead, is a
very material consideration to the people
of this state, and it Is no more than right
that before any action Is taken the rules
that are to govern the exchange of lands
should be known. The action of the Fed
eral authorities in permitting the North
ern Pacific Railroad Company to give up
lands in a forest reserve in Washington
and to take valuable timber lands In this
state Instead, even locating the selections
upon unsurveyed lands where the Individ
ual could not safely go, was one of the
most outrageous acta ever committed by
the Federal Land Department.
"The Department of the Interior, ac
cording to the press dispatches, does not
Intend that the Northern Pacific transac
tion shall be repeated, yet I cannot see
that anything will prevent a renewal of
the scrlpplng evil. If the reserves should
be created In Oregon as now proposed, be
fore remedial laws are passed by Con
gress. "Taking the most favorable view of the
reforms which the Department or the m
terlor says it will accomplish. It is no
more than locking the stable door after
the horse has been stolen. The large cor
porations have been permitted to take
lands wherever they wanted them: forest
reserves have been created where they
would be ot advantage to owners of land
that bore no timber, or from which the
timber had been removed; and owners of
land Inside the limits of a reserve have
retained that which is valuable and given
up that which is worthless, taking in lieu
thereof valuable land In this and other
states.
"An evidence of the apparent Insinceri
ty of the department in its claim that its
purpose Is to conserve the water supply Is
to be found in the fact that the reserves
In the timber belts were not all created
at the same time. For example, the Cns
cade forest reserve was created, the lands
therein which belonged to railroads and
other corporations, and which were worth
less, were released to the Government, and
valuable lands taken In lieu tnereor, in
some valuable timber belts, these lieu se
lections stripped of their timber, and In
their turn to be embodied In another re
serve, and thus a sort of endless chain
created, by means of which the state
loses most of Us valuable timber land. It
must not be forgotten that the scrip of
the railroad companies can be used for
selections any place In the United States,
while the base the state has can be used
only Inside the State of Oregon.
POURS OUT HER WRATH
Mrs. Wllhelm GetV In Tronble
Abasing Xegro Cainpineetlng.
by
After making a complaint to Chief Hunt
about the conduct of the negro camp
meeting at East Twelfth and Division
streets, Mrs. L. C. Wilhelm, who lives at
4S6 East Twelfth street, took matters Into
her own hands and poured maledictions
upon the heads of the colored revivalists
Sunday night. Therefore, a warrant Is out
for htr arrest In the name of Mrs. Jane
Doe Wllhelm. Chief Hunt apparently did
not pay sufficient attention to the com
plaints of the woman, so she did what she
could to drive the exhorters from the
neighborhood.
According to the statements of those
who heard the language which the irate
Mrs. Wilhelm heaped upon the members of
the campmeeting, it was far stronger than
Is allowable In public places. So the war
rant was Issued on a charge of using
abusive language.
The campmeeting was at its hysterical
height when Mrs. Wllhelm Issued from her
home across the street and began to say
what sne thought of every one in sight.
Officer M. S. Smith, who has been placed
In charge of the campmeeting. came In for
his full share.
It Is a piece of police Irony that tho war
rant was placed In the hands of Officer
Isackson. This ofllcer has made a number
of Interesting reports upon the conduct of
the negro campmeeting, and has freely
said that It Is a nuisance to the neighbor
hood. Now he is forced to arrest the
woman who was doing her, best to carry
out his own ideas.
Mrs. Wllhelm visited the police station
a few days ago and told the Chief of
thlncs beyond belief, which she declared
had been committed by negroes and others
attending the religious festival. Some of
the things she whimpered Into the ear ot
the Chief would not look well in print.
She told all the officers her troubles, but
aside from Mr. Isackson. could find no one
to back up her statements.
WEEPS AT THOUGHT OF JAIL.
nrpklen Yonnir Man Confesses His
C Shame nnd Rnlwes Ball.
Swinging his cane around his head In
reckless manner B. Cowan, a young man
of East Portland, smashed a window in
a store on Grand avenue, near Pine. Hi
was arrested by Officer Myers and taken to
tho police station shortly before 3 o'clock
yesterday morning. Though at least 23
vears of age. he broke down and cried
like a child over the prospect of being
locked in Jail for the night. He dldn'
wish to call up his home, as the shame
of being at the police station seemed to
break his heart. A wagon call came
while the tear-eyed young man was mak
Ing up his mind, so he was chucked Into
the vestibule of the lock-up until tne pa
trol wagon returned. One taste of the
Jail was enough, so. In the end, he tele-
Dhoned for ball, and jiu was iortncommg.
This was forfeited turougn nis non-appear
ance In the Municipal Court yesterday
morning.
Only a Crary Tramp.
A closer examination of Ed Mulchey,
who was arrested by .Detectives Kerrigan
and Snow Saturday night on Marquam
Hill on suspicion of being the much-want
ed firebug, has shown that he is nothing
but a semi-demented tramp, fond of living
by himself. When the captive was brought
into the light of the ponce station, tne
detectives doubted that he was the man
they wanted, but, as the people of Mar
auam Hill have been making repeated
complaints, he was held until yesterday
mornlng. When found by his campflre on
the wooded hillside, he cursed the detec
tives and the corporations, which, he
said were ruining the city.
MInm Parker Wnnts Her Clothes
Miss Lula Parker wanted her clothes.
But because she had been arrested for
being an Inmate of an opium Joint, the
landlady of her lodging-nouse, .airs,
Queenle Marquam, 127 Park street, did not
wish her to return and, as she says Miss
Parker owed her for board, the clothes
were immediately seized. Miss Parker.
havinc served her time In jail, was In
need of her gay raiment. Therefore ifrs,
Marquam wa3 arrested yesterday on
warrant on a charge of larceny by bailee.
Ilia Eye Pnt Out With a Bottle.
Struck with a whisky bottle in the
bands of VIrge, Hayes. Mark Lane, of
Scapjoose. has lost one eye and suffered
a severe injury to the other. At a dance
at Scannoose Saturday night Lane and
Hayes became the leading members in a
mix-up. and a whisky bottle, flying
through the air. damaged. his eye so se
verely that, when he was brought to St.
Vincent's ' Hospital. Dr. Rockey decided
that Its removal was necessary, the other
will probably he saved. The officers of
Columbia County are after Hayes, as it Is
said he takes a delight In. breaking up
dances.
Landlady Pays the Damage.
Because Mrs. A. F. McEIerath would not
move out of her rooms at 351 Alder street.
the landlady. Mrs. S. Cook, pulled her hair
and damaged her countenance. (Mrs. Cook
pleaded guilty in the Municipal Court yes
terday morning, and was fined ?w.
SHE SWITCHED HIM ON.
Telephone Girl Scores on a Blas
phemous, Tscr of 'Phone.
A nretty telephone girl was too much
for old Nate Cauffman la3t evening, and
as a punishment for cursing her over the
wires he Is now in the city Jan.
Nate eft the Jail only yesterday morn
ing. Once more Is the same oia cnarge
of "drunk" placed against his name on
the police docket.
While enjoying himself about the city
last evening. Nate took a notion that he
wished to telephone to some one. He was
then In a saloon at First and Main streets.
Because "Central" didn't answer him Im
mediately and delay the entire service
until the whim of the drunken man might
be gratified he began to curse her In the
billingsgate of the North End.
The natlence of "Central" is supposea
to be never-ceasing and without end. But
it took Just one second for that pretty lit-j
tie damsel who was forced to listen to
the blasphemy of Nate to hang up- and
leave him out In the col$I. The drunken
man had more patience than the tele
phone girl, however.
Here, you blankety-blank little manic.
began Nate once more, as soon as the
girl. In answer to another call, had con
nected him with the office. This hap
pened twice. As soon as Nate would be
gin his filthy revlltngs. the girl would
hang up. Then he would call again and
once more she would get a cursing that
made her ears tingle.
But "Central" got even with Nate. She
thought of the police station.
"Is Captain Moore there? came a sweet
voice over the 'phone about 9 o'clock. Yes,
Captain Moore was there and at the tele
phone In an Instant.
"I wish you would please listen to thi3
man talking to me," said "Central," and
Nate, who had been without a listener for
an Instant, was switched upon the police
station line, still cursing In a way that
would make a steamboat mate blush with
envy.
This is the superintendent: what num
ber do you wish?"
"I want Tom and Jerry, steeny-steen.
you blank"
"Who is this and where are you?
asked the wily captain.
"I'm Nate Cauffman. and I'm at First
and Main, double blank your heart" but
the captain got busy.
"Tell Ofllcer Thompson when ne reports
to go to First and Main and pick up Nate
Cauffman." ordered the captain to the
man on the desk.
And in less than half an hour Nate
Cauffman. drunk and still blasphemous.
came In In the municipal victoria.
Now Captain Moore is unable to
learn who was the telephone girl of the
sweet voice who should be the complain
ing witness against Nate on a charge of
using abusive language. Evidently she
knows that the police court Is a poor place
for a girl.
Nate, when locked up. was specializing
upon the telephone while Including the
universe in his general denunciation.
DomeHtlc and Foreign Ports.
ASTORIA. Or.. Aur. 17. Arrived at 7 A
Jf. Steamer Vosburg. from Tillamook. Ar
rived at 7 and left up at 0 A, M. Steamer
Aurella. from San Francisco. Arrived at
P. M. U. S. cruisers Concord and Marble
head, from Puset Sound. Arrived at 2:30 P.
M. Schooner W. F. Garms, from Nome. Con
dition of the bar at 4 P. M.. smooth; wind,
northeast: weather, clear.
Taku. Aug. 17. Arrived 13th Schooner For
est Home, from Portland.
Cherboursr. Autr. 17. Arrived Kronurlns
Wllhelm. via Plymouth, for Bremen, and pro
ceeded. Sailed lth Frlederich der Grosse.
from Bremen, for New York.
San Francisco, Aug. 17. Arrived Steamer
San Mateo, from Tacoma; steamer San Pedro,
from Gray's Harbor; schooner Del Norte, from
Rogue River; schooner Onward, from Coqullle
River.
NEW YORK. Aug. 17. Arrived Vreeland,
from Antwerp.
Brisbane. Aug. 17. Arrived ICth Mlowera.
from Vancouver, via Honolulu, for fayaner.
X. S. W.
Yokohama. Aug. 17. Sailed 14th-fEmpress of
China, from Hong Kong. Shanghai and Hl-
ogo. for victoria ana Vancouver, u. v.
Antwerp, Aug. 17. Arrived Zeeland. from
New York.
Seattle. Aug. 17. Arrived 16th Steamer
James Dollar, from San Francisco. Arrived
17th Steamer Queen, from San Francisco.
Sailed Steamer Umatilla, for San Francisco;
steamer Dolphin, for Skagway; steamer Santa
Anna, for Valdes.
Tacoma. Aug. 17. Arrived Steamer James
Dollar, from San Francisco. Sailed Steamer
Silesia, for Seattle.
Will Sue for Foreclosure.
NEWARK. N. J.. Aug. 17. Judge Klrk-
Thin babies become plump
babies when fed with Mellin's
Food. Mellin's Food nour
ishes. Whether you nurse your baby or use Mel
lin's Food you will find our book, "The
Care and Feeding of Infants," very useful.
Simply write for it. It will be sent free.
MELLIN'S FOOD CO., BOSTON, MASS.
THE STJTrTTrTFi'R GIRL u
People rave over the summer girl. Thie
is because the summer girl is the healthl
jst and therefore the most magnetic ot
ill girls. Air, sunshine and exercise
have quickened and clarified her blood
and her whole organism, is alive with
energy.
Energy animation makes people
charming, and this may be traced to pure
blood and those factors so essential to
its production air, sunshine, exercise,,
and not less important, wholesome food
food that does not burden but facilitates
"he digestive processes food that In
cludes all those elements for perfect
bodily development. Such a food Is
Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit- The peo
ple who have eaten Shredded Wheat and
they number thousands are eloquent In
Nthelr praises of Its excellence.
"Shredded Wheat Biscuit contains a focxJ
property which acts on every part of the body
It can ..be prepared quickly in many temptlnr
-ays " Mrs. J. D. Klncald. Albion. Mich
Roll Sulphur
American and English
BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO.
Portland, Or.
TRAOC MARK
i an mil
Patrick today signed an order permitting
the New York Securities '& Trust Com-
Upany to bring suit' against James Smith,
as receiver for the United States Ship
building Company, in foreclosure proceed
ings of $10,000,000 mortgage on the Bethle
hem Steel Works.
NOW A SALVATION TRUST
Chicago Minister Want Business)
Methods Applied to Church Work.
CHICAGO, Aug. lTA "trust" In relig
ious forces, ttf bring about economies in
ooul-savlng, after the manner of the com
mercial world, has been advocated by the
Rev. Bruce Brown In the North Side
Christian Church.
"It Is "high time there should be a trust
In religious forces and resources," he
said. "Our present methods tend to mul
tiply churches in respectable communi
ties and to leave the slums destitute of
church privileges.
"We build so many churches among
tne comparatively good people that we
have no money left to preach the gospel
to the poor. The mlllenlum will never
dawn on a divided church. The kingdoms
of this world will not be made the king
doms of God by any sect or schism. Our
usefulness and efficiency and influence
would be magnified many fold if we
would cease multiplying churches whero
they are needed the least and use the
money for building churches where they
are needed the most, 1 am In favor of a
religious trust."
CITIZENS RIGHTS SUPREME
Man With a Gun Who Made Car Stop
to Let Him on Is Acquitted.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 17.T-Beverly S. Warden.
who was arrested Saturday night because
he wanted to board a street-car and none
would stop for him. and he finally drew a
revolver and forced a motorman to come
to a halt, was acquitted !n Police Court
today. In discharging Warden, Police
Judge Tracy said:
Any s.reet-car motorman brought be
fore me on a substantiated charge of
passing passengers on the street corners
will be lined to the limit of the law. Citi
zens have rights that are paramount to
those of a street-car company."
DARING FISHERMEN.
Two Greeks Lenve Astoria for San
Frnnclsco In Small Boat.
ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 17. Nick Goerig
and Nick Gurger. daring Greek fisher
men, started to San Francisco today in
common Ashing boats. They flshed here
during the season and concluding they
wanted to fish In Sacramento River, each
purchased a boat and set out today. They
have always been reckless of life on tha
water. They were wrecked on Marblehead
spit last June and picked up by the life
saving crew.
Have you friends coming from the East?
If so, send their names to the Denver Ss
P.io Grande office. 124 Third street. Port
land. Or.
I""
Ask
Your
Doctor
He will tell you
That barley -malt is a
half-digested food, as good
as food can be.
That hops -are an ex
cellent tonic. jf
That the little'alcohol in j
beer only 3j4 per cent
is an aid to digestion. fj
But Purity jf jj
is Essential m
But he will tell you that If
beer must be protected Jjf
from germs, and brewed
in absolute cleanliness.
He'll say, too, that age
is important for age brings!
perfect fermentation.
Without it, beer ferments
on the stomach, causing
biliousness.
SchTitz beer is brewed with all
precautions. It is the recog
nized standard all the world
over, because of its purity.
Ask for 'the Brewery Bottling.
Phone Oregon 635 Main.
J. Sllvestone.
605 Chamber of Commerce
Bldg., Portland
THE BEER TEAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS
t(tt(tittet(8Qt(ttsi(((9f e
ALCOHOL, OPIUM, :
; TOBACCO USING j
; Write for Illustrated Catalogue
1 First and Montgomery J
; Sts., Portland, Or. J
Telephone, Main 394
Blc G is & ncn-TJoisonorJ
remedy for Gonorrhcca,
Gleet. Spermatorrhoea,
ttbttts. unnatural air
charges, or any Inflnmina-
i nsutiaa. tion of sin cons meet
SEYA1SCHEU!CA!.C0. branw. Kon-aatringent.
Solil by OruRTists,
or sent in plain wrapper,
by cxpreM, prepaid, for
fl.ro. or 3 bottles, ?-7S.
UrcaUr ssa.; oa iwiwwfct
mm 'wsrm
Ounnitod j
i Lsu cat ta imeisrf.
1aWH