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20 THE MORNING- OSEGONIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBBjfc 20, 190f. BIG RUSH WILL COME Yakima Reservation Is Soon to Be Thrown Open,' NEAR 500,000 ACRES'IN TRACT Passage of Jones Bill Insures the Sale of Unalloted Lands Within Less Than a Year Provisions for Indians. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. 19. As a result of the final passage of Representative. Jones bill opening to entry the unalloted lands of the Yakima Indian reservation In East ern "Washington, It Is expected that there will be a grand rush for this large tract when the reservation is actually thrown open by proclamation of the President. The opening of an Indian reservation al -ways brings a crowd, and the fact that the lands were once the property of the Indians seems to Insure a heavy demand, notwithstanding a large part of them are of little value. Before the Yakima lands can be thrown open they will have to be surveyed, classified and appraised. This work will probably require nearly if not quite a year. Because of the Impor tance of the Jones bill, and the interest that will be taken in the opening of the Yakima reservation, the provisions of the bill are here explained somewhat in detail. This reservation contains about 500,000 acres, of which nearly 300,000 have been allotted to the Indians. This bill pro poses to recognize the valadlty of the claim to the tract of land adjoinnig the reservation to the extent of 293,837 acres. and of this land about 78.4S6 acres have been entered under the various land laws. and it is proposed that the rights of these settlers and purchasers shall not be interfered with, leaving approximate ly 715,351 acres to be disposed of under the terms and provisions of UiIb bill. Section 1 of the bill authorizes and di rects the Secretary of the Interior to sell or dispose of the unalloted lands In the Yakima Indian reservation, and rec ognizes the claim of the Indians to the tract adjoining their present reservation on the west. Section 2 provides that allotments shall be made to any Indians entitled thereto, Including children now living born since the completion of existing allotments and who have not already received allot ments. The secretary also may reserve such lands us he may deem necessary or desirable in connection -with Irrigation systems for agency, school and religious purposes, and such grazing and timber lands as he deems best for the uses of the Indians in common, provided he may dispose of such lands from time to time under the terms of the bill if he' may deem best. Section 3 provides for the classification of the lands by the Secretary of the In terior as Irrigable, grazing, timber, min eral and arid lands, and provides for their appraisement by legal subdivisions, except that the mineral lands needs not be appraised and the timber lands shall be appraised separately. The basis for the appraisal of the timber shall be the amount of standing merchantable timber thereon. When the classification and ap praisement is completed the lands shall be disposed of under the general provi sions of the homestead laws of the United States, and shall be open to set tlement and entry, at not less than their appraised value, by proclamation of the President The proclamation shall pre scribe the manner in -which the lands shall be settled on, occupied, or entered, and no person shall be permitted to set tle upon, occupy or enter any of said lands except as prescribed In such proc lamation until after the expiration of 60 days from the time when the same are opened for settlement The rights of Union soldiers and sailors of the Civil and Spanish wars and the Philippine in surrection shall not be abridged. It also is provided that the price of the lands -when entered shall be that fired by the appraisement or by the President and the same shall be paid in accordance -with the rules and regu lations to "be prescribed by the Secre tary of the Interior. One-fifth of the purchase price shall be paid in cash at the time of entry and the balance In five annual Installments, and it is pro vided that upon failure to make annual payments, or any of them, promptly the rights In and to the land covered by the entry shall cease, payment shall be forfeited, the entry canceled, and the lands shall be reoffered for sale and entry. Lands embraced within the can celed entry shall be subject to entry under the provisions of the homestead law under the appraised price unless otherwise directed by the President Upon compliance with the requirements and terms of the homestead laws and upon making the payments, he shall be entltred to a patent for the lands en tered and shall make proof within six years. Aliens who have declared their intention of becoming citizens may en ter these lands, but before making final proof and receiving patent they must be fully naturalized. The fee? and com missions to be paid shall be the same as now provided by law where the price oi me iana is i.z& per acre. It Is also provided that the Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion. jupu tne quantity of irrigable land , to mj acres, out not to less than that auan tlty. Whenever, in the judgment of tne president, no mora of said lands can be disposed of at the appraised .price, he may, by proclamation, sell from time to time the remaining: lands, subject to the provisions of the home stead law. or otherwise as he may deem most advantageous, at such price or prices and in such manner, upqn such renditions, with such restrictions, and upon such terms as he may deem best for all concerned. The timber shall be" sold at not less than Its appraised valuer under scaled proposals, in ac--ordancesv4J.h the rules and regulations prescribed by-dhe Secretary of the In terior. Mineral lands shall be subject to location and disposal under the mineral-land laws. It also is provided that lands not classified as mineral may be located and occupied as mineral lands, subject to the approval of the Secre tary of the Interior and conditioned upon the payment within one year from the dato when located of the appraised value of the lands per acre, fixed prior to the date of .such location, but at not less than the prices fixed by existing; law for mineral lands.- No mineral loca tions shall be permitted on lands allot ted to Indians in severalty or reserved for any purpose herein authorized. Section provides that the proceeds arising from the sale or disposition of the lands aforesaid, including the sums paid for mineral lands, exclusive of cus tomary fees and commissions, shall, af ter deducting the expenses incurred from time to time in connection with the appraisement and sales, be depos ited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Indians be longing: to and having; tribal rights on the Yakima reservation, to be expended for their benefit under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior in the con struction, completion and maintenance of irrigation ditches, purchase of wag ons, horses, farming: Implements, ma terials lor houses and other necessary and useful articles as may be deemed best to promote their welfare and aid them in the adoption of civilized pur suits and In improving: and building: homes for themselves. It authorizes the payment in cash to the Indians pec capita, share and share alike, if the Secretary deems best, but not other wise. Section 5 provides that the cntrymen and purchasers of lands now irrigated or that may hereafter be irrigated shall pay such annual " proportionate pay ments as may be Just and equitable for the maintenance of the systems, and that in appraising: the value of irrigable lands such'sum per acre as the Secre tary of the Interior may deem proper shall be added as the proportionate share of the cost of placing: water upon such lands, and that when the entry man shall have paid the full appraised value of the land. Including: cost of pro viding water therefor, the Secretary of the Interior slfall give him such evi dence of title to a perpetual water right as may be deemed "suitable. It also is provided that the Secretary shall have power to determine and di rect "when, in his Judgment the opera tion of the irrigation works shall-pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their ex pense under such forms of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him. It also provides that the title to and the man agement and operation of the reser voirs and works necessary for their protection and operation shall remain in the Government until .otherwise pro vided by Congress. These latter provisions are substantially those of the general Irrigation law. Section 6 vests the Secretary of the In terior with full power and authority to make all needful rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act, and gives him authority to reap praise and to reclassify these lands from time to time. If deemed necessary, and to continue to make sales of the same until the lands are disposed of. Section 7 provides that nothing in the actsball bind the United States, to find purchasers for any of these lands, but de clares It to be the purpose of the act to have the United States act merely as trustee for the Indians and to expend or pay over to them the proceeds as pro vided in the act. Section S provides for the appropriation of 553,000, or so much as may be neces sary, to defray , the expenses of classify ing and appraising the lands, to mark the boundaries of. the western portion of said reservation, and to complete the survey of the tract recognized as belonging to the Indians. This sum, however, Is to be re imbursed from the proceeds of the sales of the lands. It also provides that when funds shall have been procured from the first sales the Secretary of the Interior may use such portion of the same as may be actually necessary in" conducting fu ture sales and otherwise carrying oat the provisions of this act The bill settles the long-standing dis pute between the Government and the Indians as to the tract of 293,000 acres adjoining their reservation on the west Instead of the Government being re quired to pay the Indians a large sum of money for these lands, the Indians will receive whatever these lands bring under the terms of the law. No agree ment has been made with the Yakima Indians, and their consent has not been secured for opening the reservation and the disposal of the unallotted lands. The failure to secure such an agreement, however, does not rest with the Govern ment Repeated attempts were made to secured, for opening the reservation and the disposal of the unallotted lands. The failure to secure such an agreement, how ever, does not rest with the Government Repeated attempts were made to reach an agreement and very liberal terms were offered, but the Indians declined to enter into an agreement It was only when an agreement was found to be out of the question that Congress decided to act un- ! der a recent decision of the Supreme Court irrespective of the wishes or pro- teat of the tribes. One of the principal reasons assigned for opening the' reservation is that Its very existence in the heart of the Irri gated district of Yakima County is a great hindrance to the continued and complete development of that country. 1 With so large a body of land withheld from settlement and cultivation, growth cannot help but be retarded. The land? of the reservation are varied In character. Much of them are arid. sagebrush lands; some of this can be wa tered, and when this Is done It Is of great THE CHURCH AND THE DRAMA Alan Dale Interviews Father Brann on His Views of the Theater of Today Titi selling was so aosoiuieiy unimo any that has hitherto graced my environment that well, it is no use pretending that I felt easy and confident. for I did not. A mere passage separated me from St Agnes' Church, picturesque and glowing with the warmth and com forting color of the Roman Catfiolic rit ual. The church was filled with people men and women, sitting In silent com munion. Marble saints, aloof from the Forty-second street region, stood In pale appeal by the altar. There was the al ways Indescribable atmosphere of refined repose. My little theater thoughts were bard to realize; they dwindled. But it was not in St Agnes' Church that I stayed. Into the school hall f was led, up dim, uncarpeted stairs to the sanctum of Father Henry Athanasius Brann, the rector. It was a large, reverberant room, furnished almost exclusively with books. They littered the tables, swarmed on shelves, crowded themselves upon stands and dominated the occasion. Here .was a Dante' collection that would have filled the blbl!6phlle with acute Joy, for the Rev. .Mr. Brann Is a Dante enthusiast, and he knows his "Vita Nuova" as you and I know our Gray's "Elegy." It was a riot of books, and there was nothing else. Oth erwise It was bare. The outside world still clung to me as Father Brann came forward, a small, solid little man, with short gray hair and a face that strongly recalled the features of Coquelln; the actor. Everything was there except the merry little twinkle In Coquelin's -eye, but I Intuitively felt and It made me feel -easier that Father Brann's eyes could also twinkle, on oc casions. As .a rank outsider, I naturally looked at the clergyman for some point suggesting sympathy. I found it In his eyes. They seemed to Indicate a subdued sense of humor, and I clung to that I buoyed myself up with It "Before I talk to you about the theater," his soft educated voice soothing any ruf fled feeling; "I must" tell you that there is a prohibition against the clergy attend ing the playhouse. It Is a general prohi bition. It Is not interpreted ve-ry se verely" He looked at me keenly to see If I was quite all . right I was: Then he went on: "You see. the clerical state is sup posed to be one In which man makes sac rifices. He cheerfully gives up worldly pleasures and amusements. It would create scandal If the clergyman were seen at theaters when the play might perchance bc-M?r off color." He used the expression. It is certainly secular, but significant "As for the morality of the stage to-day," he said, "well, I think the plays of the ISth century were, If anything, worse than those of the. 19th. It Is the lighter vein that predominates today. Still, I think that a censor would be a good thing. He would keep a great many objection able things from the stage. He might make a few mistakes, but In the long run his work would be valuable. Our church, however, is extremely broad. We very seldom try to Influence our congregation." "In the case of the play that sets the town by the ears?" I asked. valfi. JSpme pf it, however, ia. not Jlkaly to be watered for many years, and this is of little worth. Somo of the land near the mountains is fairly good grazing land, and there Is some tolerably good timber, rather remote, however, from transporta tion. Because of thewe varied conditions. It "was deemed necessary to give the de partment considerable latitude in the dis position of the lands. BEST OIL TO PRESERVE TIMBER Bureau of Forestry.Is Makingthe Ex haustive Tests Along This Line. OREGONIAN NEW BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec 19. The Bureau of Forestry is making exhaustive tests to determine the best grade of creosote' oil for use in wood preservative treatment The supply of tne kinds of timber which are naturally most resistant to decay is diminishing so rapidly that substitutes will have to be found within a few years at furthest Al ready the railroads arc face to face with a tie famine- from the exhaustion of the woods hitherto most used, especially white oak. There are plenty of substitutes, but they all decay so fast In their natural state that though their first cost is low their use Is very expensive. In Europe this difficulty was met long ago by de vising methods of artificial preservation by which, for example, a beech tle.jwhlch If untreated will decay In from four to five years, is made to- last 30 years or more". This result is obtained by Impreg nating it with creosote oil. Other preservative materials are in ex perimental use In this country, but none gives more promising results In the in creased length of service secured. At present most of the creosote oil for this purpose is being obtained from European sources. Quantities sufficient for our use are produced in thfcs country, but the grades are so many an7, for the most part, so inferior that they are but little used. About 1000 samples of this oil, both native- and European, have been tested by the bureau to determine what grade gives the best results. This Involves finding out the grade of oil which both most readily enters the wood and also stays In the longest time. The first will hasten and cheapen the process, the second will Insure the greater permanence of the treatment The necessity lor wood preservative treatment is beyond the theoretical stage. It is a question of recognized and vital Importance, especially to the railroads and telegraph and telephone companies, whose bills for constant renewals of ties and poles are enormous. The oil tests the bureau Is making are therefore of large and immediate practical value. Immorality of Singing. PORTLAND, Dec 16. (To the Editor.) In a recent issue of The Oregonian-was a picture of one Mrs. Clark, wife of Sena tor Clark of Montana. The picture rep resents the woman's "first appearance at a private gathering of friends in Paris." Now. the writer of these lines is not very old, but he must be old-fashioned. He always thought that when a man and a woman got married they should live In the same house, always be- together for mutual assistance, etc: that they had really an Important mission to fill re garding themselves arid society. But If one Is out singing, or otherwise absent, in Paris or anywhere else, can such couple be considered married, live a mar ried life, in the correct meaning of the word? Is not such a life indecent both ways, and should not such a marriage be dissolved? Can there be reason for sur prise when scandals come from such living? The whole thing Is Immorality! and should be considered as such. If that woman in Paris, and those like her would go home and do some cooking and washing for her family, or If she Is too lazy or too "fine" to do these things, superintend the housework necessary in a family, would she not be a better wife and a better woman for the community than when singing in Paris, attending women's clubs, bazaars, etc.? Certainly. Verily, the women need reform as well as men. A. L. S. THE OVERWORKED EU. The faded Eye, the red and inflamed Eye. the Eye that needs care, relieved by Mur ine. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. "Then," he said, guardedly, "we might do it As a rule we do not speak of the stage from the pulpit If, as happens oc caslonally, a man or a woman comes to the confessional to admit having seen a play that has evoked immoral thoughts, or has tempted him or her in any way, we naturally advise him or her to ab stain from further episodes of that na ture. But very often we of the church rec ommend the theater when a man or woman Is nervous or melancholy. It is a fine remedy for nervous disorders." He laughed; so did L I thought that while a homeopathic dose of theater might effectively remove undue nerves, an allopathic dose accentuated them strangely. I did not explain my mirth io me reverend father. Where the Church Stands. "The attitude of the Catholic Church toward tho drama." he said, seriouslv and you must read this seriously. please "is substantially Identical with her position in regard to all art, whether it.be music, sculpture, paint ing, or general literature. She loves the true, the good and the beautiful. She hates the false, the immoral and the ugly. She denies emohaticallv that unv form of art can be beautiful which is cased on the false, or the immoral, therefore, she is opposed to the theory that art may be beautiful when it in culcates, insinuates or indecently por traits the Immoral. She has always fos tered the arts, of all kinds, and partic ularly the arts of dramatic writing and representation. The tragedies and com edies of the classic Greek and Latin writers are studied in all colleges by both sexes. The modern drama, in Its present form, Is her. creature. Her lit urgy is intensely -dramatic. The mass Is a tragedy. The services of Hply Week are all dramatic; the feasts of Easter and of Christmas have been the occa sion ot Easter and Christmas dramas. The liturgy of Holy Week gives us the "Passion Play. The 'miracle,' the 'mys tery' and the 'morality' plays like 'Everyman.' recently given in this city by Ben Greet antedate the modern secular drama and are the offspring of the Christian muses." Father Brann paused, .and I was much Interested. He knew what he was talk ing about, and so many don't! This was vastly superior to the screech of the sclf-advertlslng actor. "Just think!" he went on, "the Jesu its, who are the leading educational or der of the church, have written over 2000 plays. In short, the church stands -where every honest mind stands, on the platform of a clean theater, and clean popular amusement She esteems and holds dear those who amuse. Instruct and enlighten the people by clever composition, good taste, and chastity of speech and of action" "But," I piped, "if you don't go per sonally to the theater how can you know?" "We read all the good plays," he an swered simply, "those that -make liter ature. Cornellle. Racine, Schiller we know them all. Why, I appeared myself in- Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme at col lege. And then Father Brann did look like Coquelin. His eyes twinkled and it was borne In upon me that, as a refined comcdlan.the would not he IjicVin Charles Frohman might go farther and rare worse. "Before I-was a -priest" he said, "I saw all the fine French actorsUn Paris SLAIR ON THE RAIL Enormous increase in Deaths From Accidents. BLOCK SYSTEM IS URGED interstate Commerce Commission Has Made Its Annual Report Need of Further Legislation to Regu late Rates of Carriers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. The annual re port 6f the Interstate Commerce Commis sion was transmitted to Congress" today. Reference is again made to. the two prin cipal objects of the act to regulate com merce, the publication and observance of tariff rates and the correction, on com plaint, 'of established tariff rates. The commission says, in substance, that successful regulation of rates depends upon the effective operation of all branches of regulation. The act, as amend ed by the Elklns law of February 19, 1903. and which deals with the publication and Invariable application of tariffs, appears tobe operating successfully as applied to carriers subject to its provisions, but It is believed that these provisions might be made somewhat more definite and ex tended to apply to other agencies connect ed with transportation which may now be used as a means of affording concessions to shippers, which In effect reduce the cost of moving of their products. The commission calls attention to the fact that there has been no amendatory legislation conferring power over rates and making the orders of the commission effective. In the present state of the law. after careful and often extended Invest! gatlon, the commission may find a rate complained against to be unreasonable and order the carrier to desist from charging that rate for the future, but it cannot, though the evidence may and us ually does indicate it, find and order the reasonable rate to be substituted for that which has been found to be unlawful. In two instances during the past year the commission has been asked by both shippers and carriers to adjudicate con troversles between, them concerning the adjustment of rates. The commission thinks It probable that the cases now pending before it directly and indirectly affect almost every locality and nearly ail of the people in the United States, Besides disposing of a iarge number of complaints through informal investiga tions, the commission has rendered 27 decisions In reports and opinions upon con tested cases or investigations made by tne commission on Its own motion. The report shows that in railway aeel dents there were 43,266 employes Injured ano. 3367 killed in 1904, as compared with 33,711 injured and 2516 killed in 1902. with which year comparison is made. There were S077 passengers Injured and 420 killed. The Increase in the number of deaths of passengers over 1904 is 64& per cent There were an unusually large number of acci dents during the year. The commission again urges the adoption of the block sys tem. For the year ending June 30, 1904, the rprellmlnary report embraces returns for roads representing 209,002 miles of line. or about 99 per cent of the mileage that will be covered by the final report. On the mileage stated the gross earn ings ol the railway -were $1,965,633,821. The gross earnings for the previous year on 20a.3l3 miles were $1,900,816,907. The ODerat ing expenses of the railways for the year amounted to ?i,332,352,94S, being equivalent to $6375 per mile of line, or $250 more than lor the year of 1903. The ratio of ope rat Coauelln. MnnnAt.SnlIr -ri Sarah Bernhardt'. Oh, I wasn't always a priest, ana in my young-days I used to go to the theaters a good deal. A short iime ago, he smiled, "I went to see Ajax in unntoa Hall. It was played in wee., ana ana i aian't think the pronimtlon excluded me from that Oh I was able to follow It pretty thorough ly. I enjoyed It immensely." Actors and the Church. There were no "dramatic critics" at Ajax. we prefer to stupefy our souls In musical comedy, or to drink in the delicacies of beauties like ' nirrt ren ter." We either miss a good deal, or not enougn. "It Is a mistake to annnncn thuf church exclusively favors religious plays," he said, "and discredits secular piays. bnc nas always championed the rights of Nature. She holds that is capable of natural good, and that man is not totally depraved since the falL Oriirinal sin. according tn htr hx not destroyed the natural integrity of man, or nis capacity ror natural vir tue. She admits that the old many good things, which she accepts and assimilates, and that the modern pagan can ao many good things. The church claims tn he iMthnllr -i i tr t, true, the good and the beautiful, in the order of Nature, as well as in the order oc revelation. She denies that divine inspiration and revelation are rnnflnH to the Bible; and some of her great inmKers, line uante, claim that many of the great lawgivers and poets of paganism were divinely inspired. She takes, and approves the good, the true ana mo oeautuul wherever found whether in the theater or In the pul pit" "And the actors?" (I didn't knnw nr. clsely what "and the actors" meant It was, pernaps. a simple effort at diver sion.) "I have known many," he said, "and have liked them. BIllv Florence u? o friend of mine, and he was burled from my cnurch. The picture of The Dead Christ in St Agnes' was given to me by Mrs Barney Williams, who Is today as lively, and charming, and brilliant a lady as though she were 40. And you saw that beautiful statue of the 'saint by the altar? Well, the model of thof statue was a little actress named Loret- xa neaiy, who used to play for Proc tor. And she was married in my church the other day." Father Brann's eves wer luminnno Verily, the fanatics who try to foment dissension between the church and tho state should have seen him . "I knew Booth." he said, "and Mary Anderson slightly. The stage people I haye known I have liked sincerely. When plays offend us, as they do oc casionally and we learn this through laymen, who brinsr us th do not protest, for such protestations wouia simply He .paused, and I came In -with "ad vertise them." 'Tes." he said. "That vouM nnt v. necessary. I am well posted on current productions, for I read dramatfr. i-im clsms. There Is a scene In a play now being presented. In which there is somo shockinc business with n itritir,v These matters of religion should never be staged. They are certain to hurt somenoay. xney aeieat tnemselves. Peo- ole who see them tell othpr nonnln an these Btay away from the theater. It is all that is necessary. New York Journal. HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS STILL WONDERING WHAT TO BUY FOR XMAS ? HERE ARE A FEW HINTS IN THE WAY OF HOLIDAY GIFT BUYING. LOTS OF OTHERS EQUALLY ATTRACTIVE COME AND SEE THEM OPEN m ' 'i-fe ss2 fippti EVERY fvOTOCfiEMT AMvcI EVERY 9 O'CLOCK LaW loWNTHms) LC( Ing expenses to earnings was 67.23 per cent. TO DISCUSS FORESTRY. t Prominent Men Will Attend Congress to Be Held Early Next Year. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. "Wash ington, Dec. 19. From January 2 to 7 there will be in session in Washington the American Forest Congress, made up of representatives of the large lumber companies, fores try associations, stock and mining men of the United States. The congress Is called to discuss all problems directly or Indirectly hearing on the Na tional forestry problem. Among: the prominent lumbermen who will attend are: N. W..McLeod. president National Lumber Manufacturing Assocjar Lion, rreo vveycrnaeuser. or at. .faui; K. A. Long, president Southern Lumber Man ufacturing Association; and the follow ing presidents of leading- lumber com panies: Garret .Schenck, of New York; Colonel George H. Emerson." of Hoouiam. Wash., and John L. Kaul. of Birmingham, Ala. Most of the lumber trade journals will be represented by their editors. The grazing Interests will be represented by a number or very Influential men from the Western States, among them F. J. Hagenbarth. president, ot ".the National Livestock Association; Jesse M.- Smith, president of the Utah Woolgrowers Asso ciation; H. A. .Jastro". president of the Kern County (CaL) Cattlegrowers -Asso ciation, and E. S. Gosney, presIdenFof the Arizona Woolgrowers' Association.- No less than eight supervisors of forest re serves will be present to participate in the discussion on the reserves. Tho min ing interests will bo" represented by-such men as John Hays Hammond and. T. J. Grier. Colorado. Florida. Indiana. Missouri. North Carolina. Ohio, West Virginia. Maine and ' Pennsylvania - have already appointed full lists of delegates- Delegates are promised from most of the remain ing states. The Interest of the Federal Government in the congress Is evidenced by the facts that the President of the United States will deliver an address and receive the delegates, that the Secretary of Agricul ture will preside, and that the different Government Bureaus especially concerned with the forests, irrigation, and the public lands, will be fully represented. Problems affecting the forests and forest lands, as well as tho great enterprises of mining and grazing in the West, are now receiv ing National attention and the delibera tions of the able men who will attend tha meeting will doubtless help immensely toward their solution. In addition it is expected that valuable suggestions for the improvement of present regulations con cerning lumbering and irrigation, which are Interwoven so Intimately with for estry, will be a result of the meeting. The American Lumberman, one of the leading trade Journals of the United States, comments thus on this feature of the Congress: "There will be born at this meeting, or. Auto-Valets for Men Here's a present for the man who likes to have "a place for everything and everything in its place It's a combination of wardrobe, chiffonier and shaving cabinet. It has an ideal arrangement for men's wearables, every thing being get-at-able in an instant. If you've a man in your mind you'd better see these "Auto-Valets.' Colonial Sewing Tables A dozen dainty mahogany Sewing Tables, in the prettiest Colonial shapes, from the plain four-leg square top table, with one drawer, to the handsome pedestal table shown above. They're fitted with all sorts of little con veniences for sewing in comfort, and any of them would be a welcome gift to a woman who sews. One design is an exact reproduction of the famous "Martha Washington Table." $12.75 to $38 Chafing-Dish Cabinets The Chafing Dish is now in such gen eral use that a Chafiing-Dish Cabinet would fit into almost any establishment. The ones we're showing are the latest. , designs in weathered oak, fumed oak and golden oak. We have drawers and racks for. all the things that go witlTthe - ChafingvDish, and plenty of room for the N Chafing Dish itself. Open the door, light ?' the lamp, and you're ready for business. $17.50 to $50 at some subsequent meeting which cir cumstances will compel the holding of at no distant time, a forestry policy to be enforced In all parts of this country which will materially change existing methods and Insure that perpetuation of the lumber industry a$d the conserva tion of other interests which must be In strumental in advancing the general wel fare." MRS. FAIRBANKS' SECRETARY. Miss Wade Persona Non Grata at Vhite House. Washington Corespondence New York World. Miss Margaret "Wade, society editor of the Washington Post, has'been se lected as social secretary by Mrs. Fair banks, wife of the vice- President elect. The appointment has caused much comment, because Miss Wade was barred about a year ago from the White House in her profesional capaci ty by order of Secretary Loeb, which presumably was suggested either by the President of Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Wade refused to comply with certain regulations set down by Secretary Loeb, because she considered the treat ment prescribed by these regulations ignominious. The society reporters were placed in part of the White House and ordered not to go anywhere else. Miss Wade contended that she was there, on Invitation of the Presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt and refused to remain In the position designated by tho ushers. Really not much importance can be attached to the matter, because until March Mrs. Fairbanks social duties will, be only those of a Senator's wife, but the private secretaries of Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Fairbanks must necessarily negotiate all the exchanges of social courtesy between the Presi dent's family and that of Senator Fair banks. It can scarcely be taken as a defiance ot Mrs. Roosevelt's opinion, a3 Mrs. Fairbanks is one of the least mali cious persons in the world, and in any event would not bo so undiplomatic as to purposely antagonize the first lady of the land, or espouse the cause of the oppressed to the detriment of social peace. The connection with Mrs. Fairbanks will naturally put Miss Wade in close touch with official life at the "White House, much closer, in fact, than if she were simply allowed the privileges accorded to other news paper womenv In this position, if Mrs. Fairbanks follows the custom Insti tuted by Mrs. Roosevelt and the ladies of the Cabinet. Miss Wade will assist Mrs. Fairbanks in receiving her guests. pour tea for her at her informal and formal receptions, and otherwlso occu py a pronounced position, although per sona non grata at the Whito House. Missing People Wanted. The police have a string of missing peo- pie for whom they are looking. The latest addition to the list is Chun Hing Fay, a queueless Chinaman, who disappeared from a tailor shop here ten days ago and for whom Quong Lun Tai & Co., of 61 Second street, offer a reward of 510. Noth ing has been heard ot L. B. Avery, who Is missing from the Imperial Hotel. He informed the clerk he would return short ly, when he left last Wednesday. He did not take his belongings. Hi? brother, W. B. Avery, is here assisting in . tha search. John A. Hood, who came to Port land from Chicago several years ago, haa not been heard of by his relatives for nearly two years. When last heard ot he was working on a railroad here. Ho was formerly a commercial traveler and Is 63 years old. He Is sought by G. R. Barker, of Moyie. B. C. HIGH SCHOOL "QUICK LUNCH." Great American Habit Wrongly En couraged in t:ie Young. PORTLAND, Dec. 15. (To the Editor.) Is there no way by which the author ities of the High School could be induced or compelled to give the school children, the students of thai institution, an hour for lunch at noon fnstead of 25 minutes as now is the case? We have a boy at that school, and it is quite disgusting to notice how he cornea rushing for his lunch, having not over seven minutes to eat before he has to rush off again to be at school In time. We live several blocks from the school. Now, as the school Is over at 2:30 P. M.. would it not be better to keep school until 3 P. M. and give the students an hour for lunch? Common sense the worla -over will answer, yes. And if that sense ia lacking at the High School, what can we expect of that seat of learning? It Is true that many of the students carry their lunch with them, but with an hour for lunch many of those would go home at the noon hour for lunch. And even for those who live too far away to go home it would be a blessing to have some time for recreation and digestion of the food after the meal. In some Eastern states the State Com missioners have recommended laws to prevent the employers from giving their worklngmen In shops, factories, etc., only half an hour for lunch, even If the work lngmen In their Ignorance ask for it, giv ing them a cbance to quit half an hour earlier, as it is said that some rest is al ways necessary after eating a meal, and that the workingman's health would otherwise suffer, which would be a loss to tho state. How much more. then. should the health of the children be pro tected? If their health Is impaired, what a loss to the community. By any means, even it drastic measures should be neces sary to accomplish the end. give the students an hour for lunch. That school Is for the public, not for the convenience of the teachers in filling other engage ments. 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