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PORTLAND, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1807.
WHY PROSPERITY REMAINS.
' Not since the returning sunshine of
prosperity began dissipating the
clouds of depression which hung' over
Portland in the dark days of the "nine
ties" has the wail of the pessimist
been entirely silenced. Perhaps it is
the knowledge that nothing of an
earthly nature can endure forever
which induces a certain class of
chronic croakers) to continue in season
and out of season their dire predictions
of coming trouble. But in spite of all
this "knocking," which Is all but
irowned by the rush and roar of Indus
trial activity, Portland keeps booming
along at a pace which shows no sign of
Blackening. Two v-ery significant items
n this subject appeared In yesterday's
news columns. One told of a gain for
the month of February of more than
170 per cent in the value of building
permits issued this year as compared
with the number issued in February,
1906. The other announced the arrival
in, the city of more than a thousand
homeseekers who have left the East
and Middle West with a view to better
ing their condition.
These two items show different and
Interesting phases of the remarkable
development now taking place in this
citjr and In the surrounding territory.
The tremendous increase in the volume
of building is in response to a demand
from the thousands of people who are
pouring in to find homes and engage
In business in this city and the thou
sands of homeseekers who are taking
advantage of the prevailing colonist
rates and coming here to share in the
prosperity which is so apparent on
every hand. Portland and Oregon have
such superior inducements to offer to
the newcomers, whether they arrive
with capital for investment or with la
bor to sell, that under existing condi-
tionS it is practically an Impossibility
to ttck the growth of the city. The
man coming with capital can find op
portunities for investment In a. score of
industries which will yield large re
turns. The laborer can find plenty of
employment at wages far in excess of
those paid in other parts of the coun
try, with no proportionate increase in
the cost of living.
If the skeptic has difficulty in under
standing how Portland continues month
after month to break all previous rec
ords for building permits, bank clear
ings and other financial and commer
cial features, he will do well to look
around the vast territory tributary to
this city. In e.very town, city or ham
let he will find the same evidences of
rood times and the same proportionate
gala in bank deposits, in new build
ings and in all other branches, which
infallibly point to the prosperity of the
people. There has been no abnormal
creation of fictitious values by "high
finance" or manipulation of real estate
prices. The sound, substantial basis on
which this prosperity rests lies in the
constant and never-ending creation of
new wealth from the forest, field, farm
and mines of this wonderful land.
These matchless natural resources
and the possibilities for wonderful de
velopment in the transportation busi
ness are responsible, for the present
prosperity of Portland and all other
Orepon cities and towns. This devel
opment has been so rapid and the num
ber of newcomers has been increasing
to such an extent that the pessimists
are sadly outnumbered, and from now
on it wi'.l make but little difference
whether they "knock" or "boost."
High finance. is ever presenting Itself
In new aspects, and some of them are
startling. For example, we learn that
Mr. Adams, the Seattle Assay Office
thief. - ho was sent up for five years
for stealing gold from the Alaska min
ers, will come out of prison a rich
man. No owner can be found for about
$200,000 of the money which he Is sup
posed to have stolen, and as a result
il must be given back to Mr. Adams.
This will allow him an average of
about $40,000 . per year for the time he
served in the penitentiary. It will also
serve as a shining illustration of the
unexpected terminus of some of the
seemingly unending chains of red tape
which make a screaming farce of many
of our Government methods.
SKCTION-LINE ROAD FRANCHISE.
The Section-Line road is a public
highway, none too wide for the people's
use. and no part of it should be given
up foV an electric railroad. A street
car line on that road, as on the streets
of Portland, might be a proper conven
ience. But any company that seeks to
use that highway for a railroad and
asks the County Court to allow it to do
so is endowed with a superabundance,
of greed or gall, or both. The public
should beware, and understand fully
what It is doing when it signs a peti
tion to the County Court asking award
of a franchise to the McCorkle eleetric
line to Mount Hood.
There should be a clear understand
ing as to what the franchise is to be
used for whether for a passenger
streetcar line or for a railroad. If for
a railroad, the Section-Line road is no
place for it, nor Is any other public
highway. A line to Mount Hood, being
nearly sixty miles long, would proba
bly be a railroad, like the Oregon
Water Power or the Oregon Electric
Company's Salem lines. If not, the pub
lic should know it well, and the fran
chise should state the conditions clear
ly, so that there shall be no dispute
hereafter.
The public should not be asked to
provide a right of way for any railroad.
The day of such doings is past. Con
gress gave right of way to three rail
roads In Oregon and to five 'military
wagon roads, In the shape of land
grants. The recipients violated flag
rantly the terms of the grants and the
public interest has suffered- ever since.
A railroad should provide its own
right of way. This principle should
be established In Oregon as to all rail
roads, steam and electric- The imme
diate gain to near-by landowners, com
ing from grant of railroad franchises
on county roads, should not be allowed
to sacrifice the future interest of the
public.
A railroad on the Section-Line road,
either steam or electric, would be a
nuisance, and there is no room for it
on that narrow sixty-foot highway.
It may be an argument, convincing to
the promoters of such a railroad, that
use of the public road would save them
the money they should have to pay for
purchase of private right of way, but
that will have no weight with the peo
ple. If the franchise is to be for a street
car passenger line, adequate compen
sation to the county sholild be re
quired. It will not be enough compen
sation that the recipients of the fran
chise should haul road material for the
county along the road where used free,
and elsewhere at low rates. That
would be too cheap for the car com
pany. It would be enough for the pres
ent, perhaps, but not for the future.
And the future must 1e always looked
to. Had the city authorities of Port
land done this in giving away free
streetcar franchises, the "city would
have secured some part of the $4,000,000
for which those franchises were sold
two years ago, and all that money
would not have gone into the pockets
of the exploiters of those franchises.
And the burdens of taxation would
have been considerably reduced.
There should be provision also, at
the end of the term of the franchise,
for disposing of the car tracks. Should
this not be done, they might stay in
the road Indefinitely. The tracks ought
then to become the property of the
county. Franchises should no more be
granted for exploitation and capitaliza
tion by their possessors. The public
has 'been victimized by this -practice in
Portland, until the record of it should
be a byword and a caution for the
future.
A PBACEFTI. INVASION.
The great American tradesman has
invaded England. More specifically, he
has Invaded London and in quiet defi
ance of the broad, self-complacent Brit
ish sneer at American methods, is pre
paring to set up shop on a large scale,
just to the west of Eruke street on -the
north side of Oxford street. Mr, Self
ridge, who practically created Marshall
Field's huge store in Chicago, is at
the head, of this invasion. Associated
with him is Mr. Waring, and the name
of the firm is Selfridge & Waring.
Mr. Selfridge does not go there to
antagonize the British. That would be
the rankest folly a folly of which a
sagacious tradesman would never be
guilty. He goes in a pronounced but
dignified and friendly business way to
build up a trade among them that they
will appreciate and support. "Under
no circumstances," says this politic
business man, speaking to a represent
ative of the Daily Telegraph, "has the
thought occurred to me of teaching you
anything.'- That would be impossible.
I have come here because I am at
tracted, as many another American has
been before me, by the opportunities
afforded for a large and dignified busi
ness that will not interfere with exist
ing English concerns, but that is in
tended to introduce something new."
"Something new", in British trade
customs'. Is the proposition a feasi
ble one? These enterprising Americans
evidently think It Is, for the invasion is
being planned on a colossal scale. The
building under construction many
time-worn structures having been re
moved to .make place for it covers an
area 250 by 200 feet; the front is to be
decorated with graceful Corinthian
pilasters; the material is to be of Port
land stone and American steel through
out, and to be as nearly fireproof as
the Ingenuity of American and English
architects can make it.
Every detail for the comfort and con
venience of shippers' that experience
has evolved from the department store
idea in. this country will be worked out
in this English establishment. Its suc
cess is at present problematical, but it
is believed that if it is run on lines that
are elastic and adaptable; if It relies
upon the essential virtues of hard work,
business sagacity and honesty; if it de
liberately tries to please and is not
boastful of the elements of change
that it introduces into the old-time
British methods, it will find and make
for itself a profitable place in the great
metropolis "
The idea, has aiready taken serious
hold upon Englishmen of the more pro
gressive order. It is realized- that,
however Mr. Selfridge may phrase bis
attitude toward existing conditions in
London, he will be there for business.
The meaning of his coming :s quite
clear. It is a definite challenge; It in
volves a very deliberate competition.
"It will, no doubt," says the journal
above quoted, "teach us a drastic les
son." The trend of this lesson is clear. The
English vendor and producer is fixed
in his attitude toward trade. He has
never taken the tropble to change his
methods of sale or -to alter his pattern
of doing business to suit his customers.
If they don't like what he offers them,
they can go as a matter of fact have
gone to Germany; not for the. best
article; British pride will not admit
this, but for the article they want
which England would not sell them.
"Not content with losing the markets
of the world." says the Telegraph,
"England's merchants are now to see
the actual trade of London itself chal
lenged before their very eyes."
This, it is bitterly but truly said, is
the commercial vengeance that, being
long on the road, is at length to over
take hidebound conventions, which re
fuse to recognize that a buyer is a
human being, entitled to his choice in
making purchases. He wants what he
himself wants, not what another thinks
is most suitable for him. To this broad
opportunity for the exercise of indiv'd
ual judgment the great, modern Ameri
can business idea caters. It is an Idea
that has not had an unobstructed path
In American cities, though American
energy has pushed it to rapid develop
ment. It has been blocked m London
by the repugnance of the British .mind
to change.
American invasion, in the line of
trade, based upon new methods, may
be resisted, but it is not likely that it
will be overcome. On the contrary, the
effort that it embodies will almost sure
ly succeed. The writing has been long
upon the wall, says the Telegraph, and
few who ran have read, adding:
Those few have profited accordingly. But
the majority, who will lose their trade be
cause they will not change their old habits,
will suffer; and it will serve them right.
The warning was uttered to ears sealed In
stertorous slumber. Now it Is the sleeper's
pockets that will suffer, and the appeal may
prove more Intelligible. The competition Is
close at home: the gage of battle is thrown
down on his front door-step.
EXPOSING MORAL CORPSES.
It Is recorded in classic literature that
at one time, in the ascendant days of
ancient Greece, an epidemic of suicide
seized upon the fair women of Athens
and all efforts to stay the movement
for self-destruction were unavailing.
For no apparent reason and with no
evidence of concerted action, many
women of Athens took their lives and
left friends and kin to mourn over the
disgraceful manner of their departure
from the world. At last a remedy was
devised and the mandate went forth
that, thereafter, when any woman
should commit suicide her dead body
should be exposed nude in the public
thoroughfares. This edict had the de
sired effect, for the innate modesty of
the women of Greece was sufficient to
restrain the desire for self-destruction.
This story is related because it may
have some application to the contro
versy that has been going on concern
ing the right and duty of newspapers
in publication of news of revolting
crimes, such as the Thaw-Nesbit-White
transactions. Protest is made that the
life of Evelyn Nesbit should not be
laid bare and that newspapers should
be prohibited by law from printing de
tails of such crimes; in other words,
that when a person has committed
moral suicide the corpse should' be care
fully wrapped and hidden from view.
If the thought of exposure of their
bodies after death was sufficient to
stay the destroying hand of the women
of Athena, eil not the probability of
exposure of self-destroyed character
exert an influence upon those tempted
to enter upon lives of shame?
If there is one principle more vicious
than "Whatever you do. don't get
caught at it," it is "Whatever you do.
you shall not be caught at it." And
this latter rule is one that some mis
guided peftple would have adopted. Far
better might the edict be "Whatever
you do, you shall be caught at it."
In other words. "Be sure your sin will
find you out " Let but the mandate
go forth that when any man or woman
commits moral suicide, the moral
corpse shall be exposed to public gaze,
and there will be a sudden decrease in
the work of self-destruction. There
has foeen too little rather than too
much publicity of moral delinquency.
MB. HIIX'S HANDICAP.
James J. Hill will not replace his
wrecked Dakota with another Ameri
can ship, and it is reported' that he will
sell the Minnesota to the Japanese.
This news, wll be eagerly seized' by the
subsidy grafters, and they will make
the usual attempt to show that lack
of a subsidy has resulted in the .Ameri
can flag's being hauled down from the
Hill line. It must not be forgotten,
however, that Mr. Hill is on record as
being opposed to ship subsidies, al
though he has always been an earnest
pleader for the repeal of our ancient
navigation laws and for the privilege
of buying ships at as low a price as his
competitors could purchase them.
The loss of the Dakota and the sale
of the Minnesota is to be regretted, but
their fate offers no text for ship-subsidy
sermons. The ships were too big,
unwieldy and expensive to operate,
even with their Japanese crews, ever to
provefinancially successful, and if. as
reported, Mr. Hill will collect $2,500,000
insurance, he might well afford to give
away the "Minnesota to any one who
would take It and operate it in connec
tion with his rail lines. Meanwhile It
will perhaps Interest the 'Humphreys,
Gallingers and other advocates of the
subsidy graft to learn that American
commerce can still find an abundance
of trans-Pacific tonnage ready and
willing to carry freight to our Oriental
markets at rates fully a third lower
than those in effect when the Dakota
and Minnesota were built for the al
leged purpose of "developing our Ori
ental commerce."
The threatened extinction of our
commerce, with the disappearance of
the American ship, is not the only
"scare" that the subsidy-seekers trump
up. There Is that other bugaboo about
the - necessity of ships for transport
service in time of war. We had some
experience during the Spanish-Ameri
can War,, and if the Government had
bought all of the fine steamers then
offered by the British. Germans, Nor
wegians and other nations, there would
have been a shortage under all flags
except the American. The Americans
will never have any difficulty in secur
ing plenty of cheap ships if Congress
will permit us' to get them the way
every other enlightened-.nation on earth
secures them that is, to buy in the
open market. .
. The California Legislature has adopt
ed a constitutional amendment fixing
the salary of member o- the Legisla
ture at $1000 for regular sessions, with
$10 per day for extra sessions. The
political and industrial history of Cali
fornia shows quite plainly that some of
the past Legislatures contained some
very "cheap" men, but it remains to be
seen whether the increase in salary
will improve the standing of the appli
cants for the position.
District Attorney Jerome is a fighter:
He will leave no stone unturned to
convict Harry Thaw not because he
would like to have the man executed,
but because Jerome himself does not
want to be beaten in this bitter legal
battle. He will marshal a host of alien
ists against the "brain storm" theories
evolved by the experts of the defense.
The coming week of the great trial
promises to be one of technicalities
that prove nothing and of assumption
pitted against assumption. If the mind
of the jury is not already befogged,
it Is likely to become hopelessly so by
the time nine alienists called by the
prosecution have spun their theories
and been duly cross-questioned in re
gard to them.
The steam crane, by means of which
tons of earth are being removed from
the excavation in progress at Eleventh
and Washington streets, serves the
threefold purpose of moving the dirt
rapidly, of relieving straining, half-exhausted
horses of the task, and of
causing- persons humanely disposed to
rejoice in its coldblooded efficiency. Its
operation Is regarded with interest both
from an industrial and humane stand
point, while from a financial stand
point it can -hardly fail to be success
ful in the present rush of excavation
for buildings and of street grading.
The Government has succeeded In
"standing off" Germany for a few
months longer, on tariff revision. It
has now been more than two years
since Germany served notice that there
would be some - drastic retaliatory
measures enacted unless this country
showed more disposition to play fair in
trade. The course of Germany in this
matter has been eminently more gen
erous and conciliatory than that of th
United States, but it would not be
surprising if German forbearance must
be strained very near to the breaking
point by this time.
Another agedi woman Mrs. Mary Mc
Laughlin, of Silverton has been burned
to death. Casualties of this kind have
been unusually frequent in this state
during the past few months. They con
vey a warning which those having
charge of the aged in their homes may
well heed. First, there i3 practically
no reason why aged women should be
dressed in cotton stuffs in the Winter
time. A good woolen dress would most
likely in each of the distressing cases
recently noted have prevented death in
this most shocking form.
Medical science seems to have come
off victorious in the encounter with
diphtheria in the case of Archie Roose
velt, just as it did against pneumonia
in the case of Rudyard Kipling a few
years ago. Under old methods of treat
ment death would have certainly re
sulted in both of these and In many
other cases of which there is no public
record. The result Is gratifying1 first,
of course, because valuable lives have
been saved, and- again because the tri
umph over disease is a triumph of hu
man Intelligence.
Citizens of Oregon should form them
selves into a committee of the whole
to give information that is being
sought by the larga numbers of home
seekers who are now reaching this
state by every train from the East. A
little kindly interest will be greatly ap
preciated by these people. They have
been invited here. They are welcome.
Let this last fact be made manifest by
attentions such as strangers appreciate
everywhere, and by careful and accu
rate answers to questions that they
ask.
The Texas Railroad Commission is
having much trouble in enforcing the
law. The reciprocal demurrage clauye
has caused a fearful freight congestion
at terminals and junction points, and
now the Southern Pacific is cutting out
passenger trains which are unable to
obey the law and run within thirty
minute3 of their schedule time.
Mr. Kuranaga, a California Japanese,
has been arrested for buncoing five San
Francisco banks out of $21,000. The
method by which -the trick was -turned
is not stated in the dispatches, but the
amount is sufficiently large to indicate
that some of the Japanese are not both
ered by modesty.
There ought to be a good market in
Portland the next few weeks for the
product of any clever .man who can
write Original campaign mottoes. De
mand for votes at the coming pri
maries will steadily Increase.
Governor Sheldon, of Nebraska, does
not believe in rubbing it into the rail
roads, yet he signed the 2-cent-fare bill
because, as he says, the legislators
represent the people. There are other
Governors.
Mr. Hill will take the insurance' on
the Dakota, sell the Minnesota and; go
out of the business. Mr. Hill is a prai
rie railroader, and not a skipper, and
has the wisdom of knowing it.
Some of the developments of the in
tercollegiate oratorical contest at Mc-
Minnville prove that a Trill may turn
out to be a swan-song or a requiem.
All over the state ample funds are
being subscribed for publicity purposes.
There never was a time when such in
vestment promised richer returns.
'It wipes away all the nastiness of
divorce court records to Tead that an
Oregon couple are about to celebrate
their sixtieth anniversary.
It knows the right time to rain in
Oregon; also the rurht time to stop
raining, all cranks to the contrary not
withstanding. It will not be Jong before the blight
put on Second street by Chinese, occu
pancy forty years ago will be entirely
removed.
The Belllngham Herald thinks money
is wasted at the mouth of the Nook
sack. Lots of money is wasted at other
mouths.
Talk- about your Oregon progress!
The peripatetic merry-go-round man
has three horses abreast for this sea
son. Puter still thinks that other men, of
higher station than himself, who stole
public land, should go to jail also.
The incoming colonists will observe
that Oregon can back up all it says
by delivering the goods.
The doctors are trying their 'best to
have a hard time of it saving Archie
Roosevelt.
Just lend your umbrella for a day
or two to the incoming colonist.
The rain fell alike yesterday on the
strikers and the millmen.
IJust spray the trees again after this
rain.
SPECIFIC FOUND FOR THE GRIP
A Discovery tat Medicine of Countless
Value If It I 'roves Real.
New York Times.
Don't let the disease "run its course,"
but when" you feel the oncoming symp
toms of influenza, consult your physi
cians. A writer in the Medical Record
of February 23 has announced that
both a prophylactic remedy and "prac
tically a specific for almost every step,
stage, and variety of la grippe, when
free from serious early complications,"
are now a part of the medical treat
ment. The specific is gelslum, the tinc
ture of the fresh root. The fresh plant
tincture only is endowed with medici
nal virtue, the ordinary fluid prepa
rations of the dry root Being quite val
ueless in cases of influenza. The plant
is highly poisonous, and the disease re
quires careful dosage, which must be
reduced as the patient improves. Of
course, any attempt at self-administration
of this drug would be criminal
folly. The important fact to the lay
mind is that a specific exists, and that
it luay be successfully administered by
a competent physician.
Immunity to patients who have pre
viously suffered from repeated at
tacks of influenza is given by a .like
cautious 'treatment with arsenic as a
prophylactic Sometimes tne dosage
of this powerful agent must be sus
pended at intervals, for not a few pa
tients become more sensitive to Its
action than to the disease; but It rare
ly fails, and it conquers the miasm In
more than 94 per cent of cases.
Epidemic influenza, says trfe .writer
In the Medical Record, Invaded the
United States "in a pestilential wave
from, the overflowed banks of the filthy
Neva and other open sewers in Russia."
That must have been a long time ago.
In the days of President Jackson and
his opponent. Tyler, the Infectious ca
tarrh was known as "Jackson itch."
and the "Tyler grip," by their respec
tive partisans. The Russians call it
Chinese catarrh, the Germans name it
the Russian pest, the Italians refer Its
origin to Germany, and in France It is
known as the Italian fever and the
Spanish catarrh. The name "Influen
za" comes from Italy. Doubtless we
shi'll be afflicted with the epidemic so
long as immigrants continue to pour
in from European countries, or until
our public sanitation shall be perfect
ed. Meanwhile it is comforting to
know of the announcement in a reputa
ble medical Journal that a specific has
been found.
LIFE IN" THE OREGON" ' COUNTRY
Wall From Crook County.
Prineville Review.
If Mr. Roosevelt would devote only
one-third of the time to the building of
the Panama Canal that he has to pre
venting the taking up of timber lands,
he would be doing the country a real
service and would earn the everlasting
gratitude of somebody else than the lons
e&red Glfford Pinchot. There is a limit
to all things, and there certainly shouTd
be to the forest reserve.
She Knew Him.
Walla Walla Argus.
Mrs. Ella George was this week granted
a divorce from her husband. G. W.
George, who disappeared suddenly De
cember. 1905. Mrs. George does not be
lieve her husband met with foul play, but
that he simply deserted her, as he had
done several times previously.
Juat Needed to Be Shown.
Philomath Review.
One day last week Mr. Ish- was at the
Gove mill and saw the donkey engine
work and he was so well pleased with it
that he is going to buy ,one for himself.
Proud of His Town.
Wasco News.
From the time Bill Barnett erected his
old frame store building Wasco has
grown every day and will continue to
grow.
Water-Cure System for Insanity
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A modern system of hydrotherapy, or
the water cure system for insanity, will
be installed by Director Coplln in the
Philadelphia Hospital for the Insane. It
Is asserted that in many cases of chronic
insanity a marked improvement, and often
a cure, is wrought. "Just as a Turkish
bath seems to absorb from the system the
poison of liquor, so the water treatment
seems to absorb the elements which, di
rectly or indirectly, cause insanity," says
Dr. Coplin. "I have heard of cases where
patients who had to be strapped hands
and feet when they were first placed in
the bath, were so much improved after
an hour or two that their violence disap
peared." Clnb Members Must Wed by Lot.
Wilmington (Del.) Dispatch.
Prominent men of Little Creek, near
Dover, have formed a bachelors' club,
with Thomas E. McDaniel as president;
John Dillaha, secretary; John Argo, as
sistant secretary, and William N. Davis,
treasurer.
It is announced that a drawing will be
held within a week. The miserable fellow
drawing -No. 1 must marry within a year
or get out. No. 2 will have two years to
do one or the other.
The men failing to wed must not only
get out, but must banquet the entire
membership, while the fellow who obeys
the mandate will receive a luxurious bed
room set as the club's wedding gift. The
admission fee Is $10, and the monthly
dues are $1.
Saves the Bank's Good Name.
Kansas City Star.
The new Senator from Delaware. Harry
A. Richardson, was once the president of
a bank which was wrecked, the teller
having stolen $107,000, which was $7000
.more than the capital of the institution.
After talking over the matter with his
wife all night, Mrv Richardson appeared
on the bank steps in the morning and
told the throngs of depositors that he
would guarantee their accounts with
every dollar of his fortune. Inside of a
year, the bank was solvent.
Chancellor Day In nn Eclipse.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Chancellor Day Is so constituted that
the presence of his foot in his mouth
does not impede the flow of language.
Da Boy From Rome.
Catholic Standard and' Times.
Today ees com' from Betaly
A boy ees leeve een Rome,
An' he ees atop an' speak weeth me
I weesh he stay at home.
He stop an' say ".Hello" to me.
An we'n he etandin dere
I smell da smell of Eetaly
Steel steeckin' een hees hair.
Dat com' weeth heem acroes da sea.
An' een da clo'ea he wear.
ra peopla bump heem een da street.
Da noise ees scare heem. too;
He ee so clumsy een da feet
He don't know w'at to do,
Dere ees so many theeng he meet
Dat ees so strange, so new.
He eheever an he ask eef here
Eet ees eo always cold.
Den een hees eye ees com' a tear
He ees no vera old
An' O! hees voice ees eotin eo queer
I have no heart for eeold.
He look up een da eky so gray.
But O! hees eye ee3 be
So far away, so far away.
An w'at he see I see.
Da sky eet ees no gray today
At home een Eetaly.
He see da glada" peopla seet
Where wanna shine da eky
O! while he eesa look at eet
He ees begeen to cry. .
Eef I no growl an swear a beet
So, too, my frand. would I.
O! why he atop an' speak weeth me.
Dees boy dat leeve een Rome,
An' com' today from Eetaly
I weesh he stay at home.
ARE FOREST RESERVES A BENEFIT?
Defense of the Government's Policy The Honest Settler Loses Nothing,
but Is Fully Protected How the Timber Baron Thrived Under Old
Methods Grazing Permits The Miner.
BT A FOREST RESERVE OFFICIAL,
The segregation of 16,551,728 acres of
land within the forest reserves in the
state is naturally of vital Import to the
settler, lumberman, rancher and miner.
How does and will the exclusion of this
great area under Federal control af
fect these people and consequently the
development of the state? In- every
discussion of the forest reserve policy
two view points must be considered,
the present and the future.
The statement has been made that
scattered throughout Oregon, Wash
ington or Idaho are thousands of hon
est settlers, who, failing, to find homes
to suit them in the surveed districts,
have entered these lands now em
braced in the forest reserve withdraw
al and have hewn out homes in antici
pation of the opening of the country
and the recognition of their squatter
rights; furthermore, the withdrawal of
such an immense area at this time, it is
said, will not only work a hardship on
these settlers who are entitled to con
sideration, but it will also retard IrnS
mlgration to this state. Now as to the
facts. ,
The right of an entryman to prove
up on a squatter's right within a for
est reserve has not, is not and never
will be interfered with so long as he.
complies with the provisions of the
homestead laws. When his entry has
been surveyed and the plat accepted,
he has 90 days In which to file on the
land and if he has lived continuously
on the land for five years he may ob
tain patent. If, however, he does not
wish to wait for the survey of his
entry he may apply to have his land
immediately examined under the act of
June 11, 1906. This act provides for
the entry and patent of agricultural
lands within forest reserves. The
statement, therefore, that any hardship
will be worked on the honest settler
within a forest reserve is not sup
ported by the facts.
Since the rights of a settler already
within the boundaries of a forest re
serve are not interfered with, how do
the withdrawn areas affect the home
seeker? Since some tracts of agricul
tural land were necessarily included
within the reserve boundaries, the for
est service has advocated and helped
to bring into effect two methods by
which cultivable forest reserve land
can be used:
One It has arranged that any till
able land might be leased and culti
vated at a reasonable rental charge.
Two On June 11, 1906, an act was
passed making it possible for the Sec
retary of Agriculture to list with the
Secretary of the Interior any areas
within forest reserves chiefly valuable
for agriculture, these areas after formal
opening to be -subject to settlement and
entered under the homestead laws. Thus
again it is seen,' that the statement that
immigration will be retarded is not borne
out by the facts.
This law will mean that Oregon will
obtain settlers that are honest, men who
intend to build and maintain permanent
homes, pay taxes, support schools and
construct roads. These settlers will create
new communities, neighborhoods and vil
lages, perhaps cities. It will mean the
progressive and extensive development of
Oregon and not mere exploitation. The
forest service under this law will zealous
ly guard the rights of bona fide settlers
and will not tolerate the "Improvements"
thereon by so-called patriots on their
"homesteads." Such patriots nei'er have
and never will be of benefit to the State
of Oregon. Do such men develop a com
munity, do they support the -district
schools, do they work on the roads? No
answer la necessary.
The forest service not only welcomes
the influx of settlers to develop the till
able portions of the reserve, but it pro
vides that they shall receive the neces
sary timber for the construction of farm
buildings and for fuel, absolutely free of
charge, and furthermore that 10 per cent
of the revenues derived annually from the
sale of timber and grazing of stock shall
accrue to the county from which the
moneys are obtained. Then, too, inso
far as the Congressional appropriations
will permit, the forest service constructs
telephones, roads, trails and bridges and
protects the forests from fires.
An impression has gained ground at
Seattle that the action of the President
in enlarging the forest reserves to pre
vent the timber on the public domain
from falling into the hands of the timber
and lumber barons, has in reality given
to the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and
to other rich corporations absolutely un
disputed sovereignty over some of the
richest and most valuable timber lands;
that a power has been placed in the
timber barons hands that they never
dreamed of having, since the Weyer
haeuser and other big timber land owning
corporations either now have ownership
of all the lands surrounding these re
serves or will soon have them; and that
the small logger owning no timber lands
reaching to the reserves and without
means of transportation of any kind, will
be absolutely and effectually barred from
bidding for the Government timber; that
only the timber baron and the logging
magnate can apply to purchase.
In the first place, granting for sake
of argument, that this assumption is
true, how much better off would the
small logger be without the reserves?
In the past, a man took up a timber
claim often with the money advanced
to him and then sold out to the timber
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baron, or, if he had exhausted his tim
ber right, he too often did not hesitate,
to file on timberland under the home
stead law and swear that he had main
tained a five years' residence in an im
possible 2x4 shack. When he received
his patent, who got the land? The
timber baron.
A concrete example in the State of
Washington itself will show how the
timber baron cannot absolutely and ef
fectually bar out the small logger in
his desire to purchase from the Govern
ment timber within the forest reserves.
The Washington West forest reserve
Is cut by many streams, reached by
feeders from the main lines of the Nor
thern Pacific and the Great Northern.
Such rivers are the Nooksack, Skagit,
Sauk, Snoqualmle. etc. , These rivers
have numerous tributaries within the
reserves, containing millions of feet of
merchantable timber. Manifestly then
for physical reasons alone, it Is unrea
sonable to assume that the small log
ger can be barred by the corporations.
Furthermore, in timber sales amount
ing to more than $500. allotments may
be made to several bidders to prevent
monopoly.
The. principal objects of the grazing
regulations are:
(a) The protection and the con
servative use of all forest reserve land
adapted for grazing.
(b) The best permanent good of the
livestock industry through proper care
and improvement of the grazing lands.
(c) The protection of the settler and
the home-builder against unfair com
petition In the use of the ranee.
There is no need to discuss the rea
sons for the regulation of grazing for
the effects of the Indiscriminate usa
of the range are apparent. The chief ob
jection has been on account of the
grazing fees charged. A fee is not
only a just charge but It is absolute
ly necessary to maintain an equitable
use of the range in order to fix re
sponsibility. When a stockman is al
lowed a certain range and pays a fee
for the privilege, it is to his interest
to guard his range and keep it in
shape. Were It otherwise, in spite of
regulations, he would not be so keen
to prevent over-feeding and trespass of
outside stock.
Development of the mineral re
sources within the forest reserves is
absolutely unrestricted. The mineral
laws apply within the reserve exactly
as they do on the outside domain. The
prospector can explore and locate his
claims without the slightest restric
tion. Furthermore, the advantage of
an accessible supply of timber for de
velopment work is readily apparent.
The future will well demonstrate the
wisdom of the forest reserve policy.
The time will come when the "inex
haustible" supply of timber In Oregon
will be confined to the forest reserves,
if for no other reason than from the
fact that land will become so aluable
for agriculture, with the great Increase
in population Oregon is bound to enjoy,
that practically all timberland In pri
vate ownership will be cleared for cul
tivation. It will then be that the worth
of the PresidenCs forest reserve policy
will assert itself.
It Is noteworthy that with all the
caustic criticism of the forest reserve
policy, no suggestions have been of
fered other than those emanating from
the Government officials themselves.
The problem, with the limited appro
priations available, is an important one
and it cannot be expected that the ideal
can be reached at once in the adminis
tration of this department. Germany,
about 150 years ago. was confronted
with the conditions that are presented
in Oregon today. However, with a
forest reserve acreage of 16.000,000 (ap
proximately the forest reserve acreage
of Oregon), the forests in Gerrpany are
today producing an average net rev
enue of $2.40 per acre annually. In
other wori, every acre, without re
gard to quality, represents a capital of
$50, paying five per cent interest, and
this constantly improving. This show
ing has been largely brought about'hy
the application of the principle of the
substantial yield, that is to say, only
the wood, interest is cut (the amount
which in the aggregate grows each
year) while the wood capital (the
young and immature trees) is left un
impaired. Market conditions 150 year3
hence will produce like conditions in
Oregon. That is. instead of selling the
people's Inheritance of timber for $2.50
an acre straight to be slashed and
burned over and rendered worthless, a
net revenue of $2.50 will be received
annually and this amount will be in
creased from year to year.
Her Ml Minn.
James L. Eltlerice.
Not thine the task tr frame nut laws.
To lead to war a. valorouR host.
To win a iitatesman's lourt applause,
Thy victories he can never boast.
The magic of thy tenderness
Conquers where Klns can ne'er subduej
The mightiest own thy power no lef-s
Than weak and clinging natures do.
Thin is the dignity that charm.
The love that lighted Paradise,
The faith that quiets all alarms.
The purity that purifies.
O Queen! possessor of them all.
To thee the angel task i given
To mile on him thou holdst in thrall.
To point and guldft him unto heaven.
INSIDE."
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From the New York Press.