TH3:3lbiiAiatt 0KEG031AK. WJbblS'ESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1905."
GRANT I1RD5 IN
WIT OF PROJECT
DR. DRAPER WILL
lng. He therefore says to the Rec
lamation Service that he cannot sen
any reason why, having all that ho j
. HARRY MURPHY SKETCHES PRESIDENT PARDEE AND OTHER PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS
desires, he shall, in order to let in th
newcomer subject himself to an en
SPEAK ON SUNDAY
forced tax for what he does not need.
The result, if many of his neighbors
feel the same way no irrigation
project. He himself thinks that the
law and the regulations are the ob
structionists, and many others thins:
so with him. but the law has apeken
and of course he Is wrong.
Malheur Enterprise Delayed by
Attitude of Wagon Road
Company.
Trail Opening Has Not Caused
Here is a condition to be Met. and
might we not suggest the question of
whether the law has started out right'
There is now pending before the Na
tional Irrigation Congress a resolution
New York Minister to
Decline.
to repeal the 160-acre restriction
ZERA SNOW.
REMOVED AS RECEIVER.
PRIVATE HOLDERS COME IN
FIRST SINCE SHELDON
Beatty Has Fight for Control of
Broken Savinss Bank.
14
Willamette Valley & Cascade Corpor
ation Desires to Inclpde Only
Part or Holdings In Water
Users' Association.
Delay In beginning construction work
on the Malheur project In Eastern Ore
gon has been caused alone because of the
attitude of the wagon road land grant
owners, in the opinion of "Will R. King, of
Ontario, member of the committee on
resolutions, of the National Irrigation
Congress for Oregon, who bespeaks the
sentiment of the people of his commun
ity. Mr. King Is championing in the
committee the adoption of resolutions
favoring amendments to the reclamation
act, modifying certain of its provisions, '
particularly that governing the proportion
of the cost of any given irrigation enter
prise to be paid in each annual Install
ment, and to confer upon the service the
powers of eminent domain so that lands
necessary for the successful operation of
any project may be condemned and paid
for at a reasonable price. Mr. King said:
"Wo of Eastern Oregon., all want the
Malheur "project carried to completion
with the least possible delay and feel that
but for the obstructions presented by the
large land holdings and attitude of the
owners of the wagon road land grants
the association would have been com
pleted long before this and actual con
struction work started.
"Thore are two companies involved; the
Willamette Valley &. Cascade Wagon
Road Company, with holdings approxi
mating 25.000 acres that the Government
engineers found should be included in the
project, and The Dalles Military Wagon
Road Company, holdings, approximating
from 6000 to 10,000 acres. The former com
pany is the one that has stood in the
way of progress of the plans.
"Charles Altschul, of France, is the
owner of the Willamette Valley corpora
tion holdings, the grant including each
alternate odd numbered section, or nine
sections in each township, of the strip
through which it extends. One-fourth of
the land is, therefore, held by the single
ownership, and that must bo brought Into
the association under the terms laid down
by the Federal authorities In conformity
with the law before the enterprise can
proceed. The small landowners feel that
the company would take advantage of the
opportunity to profit enormously by sale
of their lands at advanced prices.
Immense Value of Irrigation.
"It is safe to say that the present own
ers of these lands acquired title at a cast
not exceeding Jl an acre and that with
out irrigation they could not beNold at
510 an acre, while the acreage brought
under irrigation will be worth from 550
to 5150 an acre.
"It was the first estimate that the cost
would average a little more than 530 an
acre. Later It was disclosed that, owing
to the alkali character of the higher
lands It would be necessary to put in a
drainage system to protect the lower
lands from the damage that would follow
were it not provided. This system repre
sents the difference in cost, amounting to
510 an acre, and bringing the estimated
cost up to 542 an acre. Under an ade
quate system of Irrigation the value of
the lands will range from 550 an acre up.
"With the acrenge belonging to the
wagon road companies included,, the
average acreage cost of 542 will be
within reason and can be carried by
the land, but should the acreage that
It is desired to withhold by these com
panies not be included, it would make
a material increase in cost to holders
of the remaining acreage and would,
of course, enhance the value of the
holdings of the companies for which
tney would give no compensation, and
which would doubtless be sold to pri
vate owners at later date. While I
think the reclamation act needs some
revision, there Is no objection to be
raised to Its operation In that every
landowner to be benefited Is required
to. bear the proper proportion of the
cost of such service.
Would Amend Payment Plan.
"I think that the law should be
amended so that the maximum annual
payment for reclamation work would
not exceed 52 an acre, and that in his
discretion the Secretary of the Interior
may so extend payments beyond th
ten-year period that in no case this
limit be exceeded. I shall introduce a
resolution to this effect before the
committee and endeavor to have It fa
vorably reported.
"In the Malheur project there are a
great many private owners who feel
that 54.20 is almost .prohibitive as their
nnnual acreage payment, which would
be necessary under the present regu
lations. I would not say that this has
delayed the progress of the project,
however. Small holders have hesitated
about coming in and raised this ques
tion, but all have stood ready to unite
In the association if the obstructions
of the wagon road companies were
removed.
Senator Fulton Introduced Measure.
"I am heartily in favor of the sug
gestion made by Governor Chamber
lain being carried out. granting the
right of eminent domain In order that
land necessary for any project may bo
condemned and paid for at fair com
pensation. That is another resolution
I hope to have favorably reported back
to the Irrigation Congress by the com
mittee. "Senator Fulton Introduced in the
last session of the Senate a bill providing-
this, but it met with stubborn op
position and was defeated. With pub
lic sentiment of the West aroused on
the subject and Western members of
Congress united in Its support there la
little doubt that such amendment could
be obtained."
Views of C. W. Mallett.
C. W. Mallett, also of Ontario, is of
the opinion that the position of the
Willamette Valley & Cascade Wagon
Road Company has been misunder
stood, and that it is more through a
lack of knowledge of the exact situa
tion than a disposition of the company
or Its representative to stand in the
way of the work, that the impression
generally held obtains.
"I had a long talk with C- E. S.
Wood, In Portland, a year ago last
January," said Mr. Mallett, "and he
asked what my opinion was as to the
value of the lands. I replied that without
Irrigation it was my Judgment the lands
would remain practically worthless, but
that with Irrigation they might be made
productive and valuable.
"Mr. Wood declared that he proposed to
work to bring about completion of the
project as quickly as possible and I be
lieve he has worked consistently toward
that end. A proposition was mode that
the company would sell their lands from
this time forward and that all lands re
maining unsold one year after completion
of the project would be sold to cither
the Government or private purchasers at
53 per acre. That was when it was In
tended to include about 25,000 acres at an
estimated cost of about 532 an acre for re
clamation. When the cost was Increased
to 542 an acre the company declared that
some of its lands would not bear that ox
ponse, and only wished to include the
acreage that would. The engineers Insist
ed that the entire acreage must be in
cluded. That Is the situation, and the
wagon road company seems to me to
have acted in good faith in what It has
done and to have made propositions In
tended to make possible an arrangement
and entirely satisfactory understanding
with the officials of the Reclamation
Service by which the work might be
prosecuted."
Governor Pardee for President.
The committee on permanent organ
ization met in the Clurpman School
building yesterdas forenoon, organized
and transacted considerable business.
Georgo E. Barstow, of Texas, was
chosen chairman, and B. F. Lynip, of
California, secretary.
It was the unanimous decision of
those in attendance that Governor
George C. Pardee be re-olocted presi
dent and there was strong favor of
George H. Maxon, for eight years sec
retary, prior to last year, as secretary.
Another meeting' was held in the even
ing in the California building at which
the selections lor othor official honors
within the gift of the congress were
considered but the report was npjt for
mulated. INDIAN CONFERENCE OPENS
Teachers of the Heci Man Meet to
Exchange Ideas.
Driven from the hunting grounds where
they formerly roamed unmolested and
forced into reservations where they be
came the wards of the Government, the
American Indian neertheless is not for
gotten or not represented at the Lewis
and Clark Exposition. At least, the
American Indian was the absorbing topic
at a meeting held at the American Inn
yesterday morning, when teachers from
20 different states gathered to attend the
sixth annual session of the Pacific Coast
Indian Teachers' Institute. The literary
sessions, which began yesterday, will con
tinue until Friday, and on Saturday will
"be merged Into a Congress on Indian
affairs.
Greetings wore extended to Ihe visiting
teachers at the morning session by Rev.
W. G. Eliot, Jr., representing President
H. W. Goode, of the Lewis and Clark Ex
position; Rev. T. L. Eliot. Jr.; Frank
Davey; Superintendent Charles E. Shell,
of Pala. Cal.; and Miss Esteiie Reel. Na
tional Superintendent of Indian Schools,
under whose supervision the congrcsss is
conducted. Music was furnished by, the
Chemawa Indian School band.
Numerous papers were read by1 the
noted educators of Indians from all parts
of the United States. The shortcomings
of the Indians as a race were talked of.
and methods suggested for the remedying
of the defects that are apparent. Every
thing that could possibly be of assistance
In preparing the younger generation of
the Indian to earn a livelihood, when it
seeks to compete against the white man,
was discussed by the different speakers.
Among the papers read were:
"The Mojavc Indian," Enos B, Atkinson.
Superintendent. Parker, Arlr.; The Em
ployes Reading Circle: How to Use It t
Best Results." H. J. Phillips, Superintendent.
Lac du Flambeau, "Wisconsin; "Best Method
to Employ In Assisting the Indian Child to
Earn His Living," Charles H. Woods Carpen
ter. Chemawa. Or.; "The Importance of All
Employes Being Impressed "With the Fact
That They Are All Teachers." Horton H.
Miller, Superintendent. West Shoshone, Nev.;
"What the Indian Should Be Taught." Hon.
J. H. Fletcher, Jefferson. Or., ex-Governer of
South Dakota; "The Importance of a Butter
Medloal Department In the Indian Service."
Dr. Alonzo D. Snyder, physician, Spokane,
Wash.; "What We May Learn From the In
dians," Colonel Hofer. Salem, Or.
Colic and Diarrhoea A Remedy That Is
Prompt and Pleasant.
The prompt results produced bv Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy together with Its pleasant taste
have won for It a place In many house
holds. Mr. W. T. Taylor, a merchant of
Wlnslow. Ala., writes: "I have used
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy for myself and also with
men on my place, for diarrhoea and colic
and it always gives rellrA promptly and
pleasantly." For sale by ell druggists.
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NEWELL ACCUSED
OF FALSEHOOD
(Continued from First Page.)
Government of the United States to exer
cise the rights of eminent domain when
necessary to carry out the purposes of
the National irrigation law."
AT THE MORNING SESSION
Various Resolutions Cause Debate
Before Committee.
There was practically full attend
ance of the members of the resolu
tions committee at the first sosslon
yesterday forenoon, in which were
considered some of the important sub
jects to be presented and some that
delegates strongly desire introduced
before the body, but designed to die
lgnomlnlously in the privacy of the
committee-room. The meeting- was
filled with lively debate and full of
interest throughout.
Turns Down Smythc Idea.
J. E. Raker, of California, delivered a
caustic address opposing- the resolution
introduced yesterday by William E.
Smythe, of that state, bearing upon
the question of immigration as a fac
tor with irrigation and that "a com
mittee of not less than 15 be appointed
by the chairman of the congress, to be
known as the committee on immigra
tion and settlement of arid landst
Mr. Raker argued thatnhls question
was not at all germane to the duties
of the present congress, as it Involved
questions diametrically opposed in
character.
The resolutions nommltti hv o rnto
almost unanimous, refused to adopt the
resolution. .
H. S. McCowan, of Oklahoma, offered
the following:
"Whereas, It is one of the fundamen
tal principles of the American Govern
ment that men shall havn th rlchf to
govern, themselves, and
wnereaf, Detter local conditions can
be secured through state government
than through territorial; therefore,
be it
"Resolved, that the sympathy of the
Thirteenth Irrigation Congress, assem
bled at Portland. Or.. Is with Okla
homa and Indian Territory in their at
tempt to secure Joint statehood for the
two territories."
Judge Raker, of California, offered
the following:
"Resolved, that this congress favors
the early reclamation of small tracts
of land whenever the cost per acre
of reclaiming such tracts does not ex
ceed the cost per acre of larger enter
prises of a similar character, and,
whenever. In the Judgment of the Rec
lamation Service, it deems such rec
lamation of sufficient importance to
receive its attention."
Ambiguous Emotion Tabled.
Delegate P. R. Garnett Introduced
the following:
"Resolved, that In consideration
that the law enacted by Congress giv
ing aid to irrigation districts and the
construction of irrigation works, is In
adequate and' of no practical use In
mnny localities;
"Therefore. It is the sense of this
Irrigation Congress that the law
should be so changed as to enable the
Government to render aid to those lo
calities where the law Is now inoper
ative." The resolution was temporarily ta
bled, awaiting further action.
Hon. Thomas Carter, of Montana,
formerly Senator of that state and
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, addressed the committee In
behalf of the need of adequate irriga
tion legislation and urged the commit
tee to make the proper recommenda
tions to the oongres3 so that they be
embodied in its recommendations to
the Federal Congress. Mr. Carter was
accorded the closest attention through
out his address and was warmly ap
plauded. Thomas Carter, of Montana; Judge Ra
ker, of California, and Will R. King, of
Oregon, were appointed a subcommittee
to consider and report on a resolution for
the creation of a separate commission to
pass upon expenditure of reclamation
funds.
The resolution as first presented to the
committee and then referred to the sub
committee follows:.
Commission to Handle Fund.
"The magnitude of expenditures for Fed
eral reclamation, amounting to several
millions of dollars annually, and the busi
ness details being sufficiently Important
and complex to require undivided atten
tion and well-trained business Intelligence,
and investing engineers with duties ex
traneous to their education and training,
bearing some hazard as to economical
promotion of Federal irrigation work, as
well as distracting to engineers, and.
perhaps. Injuring their efficiency in that
capacity, and believing that relieving
them from all duties except engineering
problems, and Investing a created bureau
with all business details will prove an
economical, efficient and satisfactory ex
pedient, the National Irrigation Congress
recommends the appointment of a 'busi
ness commission for the Reclamation
Service on whom engineers may make
requisition deemed essential for making
projects feasible, and contracts for deliv
ers of water, together with data, com
putations, drawings,, illustrations and
such other information as shall be neces
sary to elucidate such necessity."
This long and decidedly Intricate resolu
tion. Introduced by G. L. Shumway. of
Nebraska, may have some hidden mean
ing not apparent to the casual hearer, and
it is therefore well that it was referred
to a subcommittee, which may possibly
be able to grapple with the intricacies of
the resolution.
A resolution by Zera Snow, of Portland,
in regard to the limited acquisition of
land under existing laws, was prosentcd
and promptly tabled by a practically
unanimous vote.
The resolution recited the section of the
law that prevents the sale of right to use
water for a tract exceeding 160 acres held
In private ownership, and was a protest
against the provision, demanding repeal
of the restriction in the reclamation act-
The question of the adoption of the
resolution declaring for a stronger dis
tinction between the National Irrigation
Congress and the National Irrigation As
sociation aroused considerable discussion,
and was finally deferred until a future
session of the committee.
Navigation and Irrigation.
Judge Raker, of California, offered the
resolution, championed by the California
delegation, declaring "Water more Im
portant for Irrigation than for naviga
tion." This resolution was practically
Identical with that passed by the Trans
Misslsslppl Congress. The resolution Is:
"Resolved. That the use of the river
waters of the Trans-Mississippi States are
of vastly greater, value to, greater num
bers, when applied to Irrigation than to
navigation, and, hence, when the demand
of Irrigation requires such a volume of
the waters of any navigable stream as to
render It less navigable, such conditions
should not be permitted to interfere in
any manner with the prosecution and op
eration of irrigation works."
This was fought bitterly by ex-Secretary
of the Interior. John.W. Noble, and
several other members of the resolutions
committee, as being altogether too dras
tic In character. Mr. Carter, of Montana,
stated, that. In his opinion, the resolution
should be modified In its language as It
is far-reaching in character, but said that
the storage of water at the head of navi
gation and the subsequent growth of the
country thereby, and the precipitation of
moisture would certainly supply- all neces-
jMiry waters for navigation at a later
epoch.
The secretary of the committee asked
Judge Raker quite pointedly if the meas
ure was not really designed to apply only
on the Sacremento River, . which the
fighter from the Golden Gate denied, and
asked the delegates from the Mississippi
if they wouldn't rather see great barges
laden with farm products three months
In the year for the markets of the world,
than to have them come down not at all,
while the use of that so-called navigable
stream was chiefly by pleasure yachts or
the scow of some Itinerant fisherman.
Pending action upon this resolution ad
journment was taken until 8 o'clock last
night at the American Inn.
SPECIAL KXCUIISION- RATES.
Very Low Nwety-Dax Tickets Eat Offered
byO.R.4 .
August T. 25, September 16. 1", the O
R, & N. sells 90-day special excursion
tickets to Eastern points; stopovers grant
ed going and returning. Particulars of
C. W. Stinger, city ticket agent O. R. &
N. Co.. Third and Washington streets.
Portland.
Many persons keep Carter's Little Liver
Pills on hand to prevent bilious attacks,
sick headache, dizziness, and find them
Just what they need.
If . .
OWNERS HOLD THE HI
THEY BLOCK MANY PROJECTS,
SAYS XEWELL.
Unless Large Holdings Are Subdi
vided, Government Will Be
Seriously Embarrassed.
In the section of engineering and me
chanics or the National Irrigation Con
gress there was a vast amount of In
struction for delegates who devoted their
time to listening to the papers submitted
by the directors of the various great Ir
rigation projects of the country. Demon
strations from actual experience In the
field acquainted the delegates with a more
Intimate knowledge of the difficulties en
countered, especially In Oregon and Wash
Ington. where some of the most obstinate
difficulties have been encountered.
F. H. Newell, chief engineer, declared
that owners of property, especially In
Oregon, are responsible for delay on the
part of the Government In beginning
activities. He emphasized the fact that
the law requires" persons owning large
bodies of land subject to the reclamation
act to subdivide their holdings, fo as to
subject them to acquisition by actual set
tiers, and that the Government, which Is
expending vast sums of money in carry-
lngput Its plans along these line? without
expectation of receiving profit or Interest.
would be seriously handicapped In its Inl
tlal proceedings unless some concessions
of the character Indicated were made by
the large property-owners, together with
those holding the key to the situation In
the shape of control of the sources of
water supply.
He argued that they would be the ones
chiefly bonefited. and from this standpoint
reasoned that until there was complete
harmony between the Interests affected. It
would result In placing the Government In
an embarrassing position.
v President Roosevelt, he said, dealth with
this feature of the situation In his last
message, and called particular attention
to the fact that the object of reclamation
wasvbased upon providing homes for the
masses. Mr. Newell said that Oregon and
other Western States ware particularly
susceptible to this phase of the matter.
for the reason that In the arid districts
stockmen and other early settlers, as well
as private enterprises had absorbed the
springs and other sources of water sup
ply, besides available reservoir sites, and
that there could be no practical extension
of Irrigation under any of the Federal
laws, cither the Carey act or reclamation
act. without the co-operation of large
owners, as there was no extensive hold
lngs by the Government In any of the
reclamation districts.
Contest for Next Meeting.
Selection of the place of meeting for
;he session of 1906 Is assuming the as
pects of tne leading political consider
atlon of the Irrigation Congress. Boise
and Reno are making vigorous cam
palgns for states that have never had a
session of the body, and Denver Is no
tess aggressive - than usual In going
after great National conventions. Other
cities are less active, but It is posslbl
that Oklahoma City or some other o
the various candidates may wax strong
as a compromise. It Is In the capacity
of being chosen as a compromise sc
lection that Reno seems most hopeful
Boisu delegates are claiming many
votes as the result of an understand
ing entered into at Ogden two years
ago and renewed at El Paso last year
when Portland was cnosen. "Various
combinations are being worked-out that
may decide the result by a large ma
Jorlty for either Denver or Boise.
Banquet to Newspaper Men.
The Utah State Commission added an
other notch on Its already long list of
delightful social affairs last night at S
o'clock, when it gave a banquet at the
American Inn to the newspaper fraternity
of the Lewis and Clark Exposition. There
were about 20 guests present at the ban
quet. Among the speakers were Rudolph
Kuehler. treasurer of the Utah Commis
sion, and M. F. Cunningham, secretary
oi tne man commission.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby U Cuttinjr Tewtfa
Be sure and use that old and well-tried rem
dT. Mrs. WlnsloWs Soothing Syrup, for call
dren teethln?. It cothe the child, softens
the rum, allays all pain, cutm wind colic
ana aiarraoea.
Commissioner of Education of the
Empire State Does Not Adopt
the Attitude of Other
Clergymen.
Religious -exercises, the first since the
Sunday opening of the Trail, will be held
In the Exposition Auditorium next Sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The speaker
of the day will .be Rev. A. S. Draper. D.
D.. Commissioner of Education for the
State of New York.
In a letter to the Exposition committee
on congresses Dr. Draper announces that
he sees no reason why he should not de
liver a sermon In the Auditorium. He
makes no further statement of his atti
tude. Arrangements were made yesterday
morning for the Sunday services. There
will be special music, and a large attend
ance Is expected. De. Draper Is known
as an excellent speaker.
Since Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, of To-
peka, declined to speak some three weeks
ago. and Dr. Joslah Strong followed In
his steps, many have believed that Sun
day religious exercises at the Fair were
a thing of the past. Dr. Draper's action,
however, shows that the attitude of the
pulpit Is not unanimously opposed to the
state of affairs at the Exposition on Sun
day. Dr. Draper's views on the subject
are not known. He either sees no harm
In Sunday Trail opening, or believes reli
gious exercises adjacent to amusement
features are not detrimental to soclcty
Or .else has concluded that the Exposition
Is in no way responsible for the Sunday
opening of the Troll.
Whether Sunday services will be regu
larly conducted hereafter is a matter
resting entirely with the individual speak
ers who accepted the Exposition s lnvita
tion to come here at a time when the
Trail was closed on Sunday. Letters have
been sent out advising each one of tho
present status of Trail opening. No re
ply has yet been received from wasning
ton Gladden, D. D.. who accepted an in
vitation to speak at the services of Sun
day, September 3.
URGES lil-LIT REPEAL
ATTORNEY SAYS 1 GO-ACRE LAW
RETARDS IRRIGATION.
Thinks the Conirress at the Fair
Should Recommend Change In
ihe Reclamation Statute.
PORTLAND. Ausr. 21. (To the Edl
tnr in nssltrnlnc- to the atron Lana
Grant Companies, or some of them, the
role of obstructionists to the irriga-
tion projects in this state of tho Rec
lamation Service you have probably hit
a nail on the head But there are
others: chief of which probably is the
farmer himself. It would be hard to
make him believe this, but neverthe
less the law has spoken and it must be
so. The reclamation act of June 17,
1902. provides:
"No right to the use of water to land
In private ownership shall be sold for
a tract exceeding 160 acres to any one
.landowner."
The proposed Government system
was late In Initiation, and without
doubt it will be found that at the time
of the passage of this act a large ma
inrltv nf tho acrence proposed, to be
benefited by any given project is held
in private ownership, and probably
that the settler held an excess of 160
acres. At the outset, therefore, fhe
farmer Is told by the law that if his
farm exceeds this area he cannot se
cure water. The regulations, however,
provide for him a remedy, and they are.
In substance, that If he will dispose of
his excess area within a stated period,
or falling In that., make such con
tracts as will enable bis neighbors to
dispose of It for him to new settlers,
he may receive the benefit of the act.
He is probably the pioneer In the
region, has blazed the trail and killed
the snakes and In his ambition to pro
vide for himself and growing family
and to enable him to give the girls a
dot and the boys a stake when they
leave the parental household, he hat
accumulated an acreage accordingly.
possibly some with water and some
without. Now the law steps In and I
says to him. sell your excess area, or
by some hide-bound contract subject
It to sale by your neighbors, and you
shall have water If you pay for it.
otherwise not. This he foolishly re
sents. He might, either with the en
couragement of the reclamation offi
cers, or without, go through a form
of wash sale to his sisters, his cousins
or his aunts, and thus enable him to
take the benefit of the reclamation
project at all the way from $15 to J40
per acre for his remaining lands.
The farmer, however. Is naturally
honest; he does not belong to the land
grabbing, land-speculating clique, and
remembering the experiences of some
of Oregon's first citizens, and having
the fear of the District Attorney before
his eyes, he declines to thus whip the
devil around the bush. He remembers
also, and unfortunately for him. he has
a good memory, that there is nothing
In the law to prevent cither him or his
.neighbor from acquiring lands In any
quantity to which a water right has
once attached, but he foolishly falls to
understand why he cannot obtain
water rights to that which he already
possesses; he foolishly resents also this
Invasion of private property arising by
the law and Its regulation, which sub
jects his property to enforced sale.
The result Is he, and his neighbors
feeling as he does, get no water, the
irrigation project .falls, and he is told
he Is an obstructionist.
But he is an obstructionist also In
another diiectlon. It Is not improbable
that every stream of any consequence
In any of the arid regions was already
largely utilized. If not wholly so. at
the time of the passage of the reclama
tion act. He probably has all the
water he desires for his own purposo;
but he Is told by the law and the regu
lations thereunder, that he must glyo
up this water right, probably with lit
tle or no compensation, and get a new
right from the Government, pro bono
publico, at $40 per acre.
He has probably sweat blood many a
day trying to get water to his land,
sat up nights, possibly with a shotgun,
trying to keep It there, and while the
cost to him of his ditches and the likt
In money may not represent any great
sum. it does represent great labor and
a. lone period of watcbJnx and wait-
DENVER, Aug. 2i-Judge John P. Mul-
lins. In the District Court today, removed
Henry M. Beatty as assignee of the
Western State Bank, and named th?
"Continental Trust Company to act in
stead. The trust comoanv immediately
filed bonds In the sum of $1.395,000..
The reason given by Judce Mullins for
his action Is that Beatty is a defendant
In the suits pending against the bank
officers, and that, as cashier, Beatty paid
to the local aerie of Eagles money which
It" had on deposit after the bank had
closed Its doors, thereby doing an Injus
tice to other depositors.
Attorneys for Beatty at once applied to
the Supreme Court for a stay of th
proceedings In the District Court to oust
Beatty, and Justice Campbell Issued an
oral order restraining Judge Mullins from
further action In the case, pending hear
ing and decision by the higher court.
Six complainants appeared before Dis
trict Attorney George Stldger today ami
requested that Information be filed
against the officials of the Denver Sav
ings Bank, charging them with having
received bank deposits after the institu
tion was insolvent. The official state
ment of the receiver of the bank shows
that its cash on hand and money due from
other banks dwindled In one month from
$5St,334 to 51TO.S6S.
LOW EXCURSION RATES KAST.
On August 21, 23. and September 15. 17.
the Great Northern Railway will sell ex
cursion tickets to Chicago and return.
$71.50; St. Louis and return. SS7.50; St. Paul.
Minneapolis and Duluth and return. 560.00.
tickets good for going passage for ten.
days; final return limit. DO days; good go
ing via Great Northern Railway, return
ing same or any direct route; stop-overs
allowed going and returning.
For tickets and additional Information
call on or address H. Dickson. C. P. &
T. A.. Great Northern Railway. 122 Third
street, Portland.
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