VOL. XLVI.-NO- 14,591.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER
1907.
FIVE CENTS.
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SWIFTEST - GRAFT
WHOLE WORLD
Lusitania Beating All
Ocean Records.
SPEED OYER 41 MILES AN HOUR
Wireless Message Only Half
Day From Port.
WILL ARRIVE EARLY MORN
Turbine Steamer Proves Superiority
anfl Will Cut Trans-Atlantic Time
Below Five Pays Record
Run Made Last Day.
THE IX8ITANIA.
Length, 7S.1 feet.
Benin. 88 feet.
Draft, loaded. 37 V, feet.
Turbine engine. 68.000 horsepower,
replacement. 4A.OO0 tons.
. Ornee tonnage, RS.iiOO.
Coal consumption, looo tons a day.
Passengers, 1000; passenger ca
pacity. 2200.
Crew, 800.
Cost, 6,2.0.0fi0.
NEW VORK, Sept. II. The most im
portant ocean race In trans-Atlantic
steaming- is nearlng a spectacular
finish. Tho turbine-driven Lusitania,
In which Is Incarnated the British re
solve to win back from Germany tho
blue ribbon of the seas, was nearly
abeam of Nantucket lightship tonight.
A wireless message to the Associated
Press from the Lusitania filed at I
o'clnck thl afternoon, says:
"Steamship Lusitania, via Halifax,
N. S.. Sept. 12. Tho 24-hour run end
ing at. noon today was 993. the record
run of the trip. A ' record crossing
Ms now assured. We are now 481 miles
from Sandy Hook, where we should ar
rive) early tomorrow morning, under
five days for the entire trip.
'In eplte of the speed at which th
vessel is traveling, the. vibration la
not excessive. The owners and de
signers of the Lusitania are delighted
with her performance. The ship has
not been pushed and has not been
strained for the record. Her suprem
acy came naturally. All on board are
well."
The speed of the Lusitania during
the 24 hours ending at noon yester
day, 993 miles. Is an average of
41 9-24 miles an hour.
LUCANIA ' IEFT FAR BEHIND
LuMtanin Rushing at 2 5 Knots and
M ill Beat Record.
HALIFAX. N. 55.. Sept 12 Wireless
dispatches from Sable Island at 4 o'clock
this afternoon Indicated that the Lusi
tania had passed beyond the wireless
gone at that point and was probably in
communication with Nantucket.
The operators at Sable Island placed
her at 4 o'clock this afternoon, as
being about 380 'miles from Sandy Hook
lightship and averaging 25 knots an
hour. If she maintains that speed for
tho remainder of the distance, she will
complete the voyage at 7 o'clock tomor
row morning, and beat the record.
HALIFAX, N. S., Sept. 12. A wireless
message from Sable Island says the
Lusitania passed there about 4 o'clock
this morning. The Lucanla is reported
to have passed Sable Island at 9:30 A. M.
NEWPORT. R. I., Sept. 12. A wireless
message states that the Lusitania was
100 miles from the Nantucket lightship
st 9 o'clock. She was expected to pass
the lightship about 11 A. M. The
weather is clear.
NEWPORT. R. I., Sept. 12. The
steamer Lusitania reported herself at
4:40 o'clock this afternoon 1S5 miles east
of Nantucket lightship.
MAY FALL. HOI R OR TWO SHORT
Lusitania Not Likely to Arrive Until
o'clock.
NEW TORK. Sept. 13. A dispatch
from Siasconett, Mass.i says a wireless
dispatch received there from the Lusi
tania. timed S P. M.. reported the
steamer 277 miles from Sandy Hook
at that hour.
This would Indicate that the Lusi
tania cannot reach New York before 9
A. M., and will, therefore, fall to break
the German record by an hour or more.
OX FINAL LAP OF COURSE
Lusitania Expected at 7 A. M., Cut
ting Time Below Five Days.
NEW TORK. Sept. 12. The titanic tur
bine steamer Lusitania. of the Cunard
line, entered today on the final stretch of
her maiden voyage, which may break all
trans-Atlantic records. The newest
greyhound of the sea was reported 150
miles east of Sable Island at 11:20 last
night. With 800 miles to be
steamed at 11:20 o'clock last
night, the Lusitania will have to make 24
knots or better until Sandy Hook light
4uiu4q ifi reached and jasied, in order tq
exceed the record of 23:13 knots held by
the Deutschland. of the Hamburg-Ameri
can line. The Lusitania will have fair
weather for her laBt day's run and every
ounce of her propulsive power will be
used to make up the time believed to
have been lost yesterday In the fogs oft
the grand banks. Driven at her top speed.
the giant Cunarder may be expected at
the lightship shortly before 7 o'clock Fri
day morning, making the time lor the
trip a shade under five days.
Wireless dispatches from the Lusi
tania show that the ship is running
smoothly and that her machinery has
been ehaken down so that her run
from Sable Island to this port can be
made at her highest speed. Officials
of the Cunard line planned to have the
Lusitania at the end of the ocean
racing lano at 6 o'clock tomorrow
morning, and, despite the fog, they be
Meve she will be found at the lightship
near that time.
Tho Lusitania will be the first ocean
liner to enter this port through Am
brose Channel, the new waterway. The
Lusitania has navigated the rough seas
which she encountered on her voyage
with no difficulty, and only a score of
the passengers on board have suffered
any indisposition.
MYRIADS SAW HER START
Strains of "Rule Britannia" Rang
From Mersey Shores.
LIVERPOOL. Sept. 7. (Special Cable
to Chicago Tribune.) The Cunard steam
ship Lusitania, the largest steamship ever
built, sailed this evening on a 3000-mile
race against time across the Atlantic, and
there is no one in England tonight but
is convinced that by next Friday the
greatest turbine steamer ever constructed
will have won back for the' Cunard, line
the .laurels wrested from It 10 years ago
by the North German Lloyd.
Fully 100,000 persons witnessed the de
parture of the two liners. It was not an
event merely for Llve'rpoolians, but for
the entire nation. Special trains, motors,
wagonettes and every mode of convey
ance brought thousands from the utmoBt
corners of the kingdom. From early
morning until the Lucanla sailed, short
ly hefore 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the
throng was immense, but when, shortly
after 9 o'clock tonight, a blast from the
Lusltanla's whistle announced that the
great vessel was about to start, the
crowd of sightseers was simply enormous.
Hundreds of thousands covered every
vantage point, from the Princess landi:;
stage to-Seafort.
The Lusitania was more than an hour
late in starting, and it was Ave minutes
past 9 this evening when the huge ves
sel swung out clear of the landing stage
and started to chase her smaller sister,
the Lucania, already far down the Irish
channel.
The spectators yelled themselves
hoarse aa the liner gathered headway
down the river, and every steamer and
riverside factory for- miles along the
Mersey, joined in the chorus of good-byes.
The din was deafening.
Lit up from stem to stern With
lights glinting from the rows of portholes
that marked the numerous tiers of decks,
the mammoth proportions of the Lusi
tania were magnified and the vessel pre
sented an imposing spectacle as it be
gan to move away.
The demonstration reached its climax
when the vast multitude broke out with
"Rule, Britannia." This song was taken
up by the crowds on the Cheshire side of
the river and sung until the ship with its
3000 passengers had passed slowly beyond
the sight of the fourimile-Iong riverside
promenade. The Lusitania will be allowed
to go easily as far as Queenstown, but
from there it Is expected that the ship
will be. driven at Its full speed of 25'fc
knots an hour.
Of course, the officials of the Cunard
line say that no race is contemplated, but
the engine room crews of the two vessels
have been busy for a week pa-"t getting
everything in readiness, with the expec
tation that the engines will be called
upon to do their best on this occasion.
Twenty hours is about the lowest esti
mate by which the Lusitania Is expected
to beat the Lucanla into New York.
Among the passengers who sailed on
the Lusitania are: Mrs. Potter Palmer,
Robert P. Porter, George Peabody, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Goelet, Richard Croker,
Jr., Mrs. Croker and Miss Croker, W. P;
Thompson, Robert Balfour and Charles
W. Clark of Chicago.
TEST OF TURBINE STEAMER
Lusitania Splendid Floating Palace
of Unexcelled Speed.
The Lusitania has cost 16.250,000. She
is simply a floating city. Her popula
tion la 3000. made up as follows: Pas
sengers, first cabin, 540: second, 460;
third. 1230: crew, 8.10. There is plenty
of room, however, as tUc gross ton
nage is 33,500 tons; displacemenr.-45.p0fl
ions; length, 75 feet; breadth, SS
feet; draft, loaded. 37!-4 feet. The engines
turbines are 68,000 horsepower.
When lighted up at night with her
6000 electric lamps, the splendid
Cunarder will appear a stately specta
cle racing across the ocean, and the
1200 windows will mark the enormous
outline: while the four -.huge fuunels
belching out smoke will in daylight be
sighted from afar.
Family suites, elevators, telephones,
nursery, gymnasium. Turkish, vapor
and needle baths are special features.
So, too, are the regal rooms for mil
lionaires. Each regal suite has two
bedrooms, a dining-room, reception
room and a bathroom. All the apart
ments are 10 hi feet high and furnished
In , shore hotel fashion. There are
brass bedsteads and brocaded settees
under the large sized windows. Deli
cate papers are on the walls, and the
dressing tables are In Sheraton style.
Interesting It Is to note that .all the
staterooms have their bed sheets
warmed with electric bedwarmers.
Three times round the promenade
deck gives a mile, so the passengers
can have their constitutional pedestrian
exercise under the best conditions. In
fact, the only restriction placed upon
the athletic disposed passenger is that
he cannot play golf.
The Lusitania is subsidized by the
(Concluded on Par 4--
UGLY CHARGES
AGAINST RUIGK
Said He Forced Jurors
to Indict Borah.
DEITRICH GALLS GRAND JURY
Idaho Federal Attorney May
Be Called to Explain.
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR BUSY
Judge M. C. Burch Asks for C'ourl
Order In Boise Affidavits on
File That Rulck Coerced Mem
bers Former Grand Jury.
BOISE. Idaho, Sept. 12. Judge Dietrich
in the Federal Court, this morning issued
an order for a special grand Jury to ap
pear on Thursday, September 19. The or
der was Issued at the Instance of Judge
M. C. Burch, special Assistant Attorney
General of the United States, who is hero
for the purpose of Inquiring into matters
In connection with the Idaho land frauds,
Owing to the statement by Judge Diet
rich that no grand jury would be called
for this term, the order created great
surprise.
It is understood here that the order was
really the result of a plea In abatement
filed by the attorneys for Frank Martin
one of the men Indicted with Senator
Borah and others, which plea makes
serious and sensational charges of mis
conduct on the part of United States At
torney Rulck.
These charges are that Rulck UBed force
and coercion in securing the indictments
of Borah and his fellow defendants, and
are supported by the affidavits of three
of tho grand jurymen. They set forth
that Rulck argued the case before the
Jury and presented indictments in blank,
which he Insisted the jurors should sign
before he would leave the roonj.
Similar affidavits are to be ' presented
by other members of the recent grand
Jury, according to the attorneys In the
case.
JEWS BURNED IN DROVES
FEARFUL OUTRAGES BY RUS
SIAN" MOBS AT KISHINEV.
Awakened From Sleep, Jews Are
Herded In Lumber Yard Rou
mania Repulses Fugitives.
.VIENNA,. Sept.." 12. According to the
reports received here, the disturbances
which caused the circulation of alarm
ing rumors in Roumanla began at Kish
inev, during the night of September 8.
A band of rowdies which arrived there
. -i c 4n4nH hv a TCishinV
mob, and committed fearful outrages in
the suburbs.
They set fire to a large lumber yard.
Into which the Jews, aroused from their
Bleep, were driven. The police during
the. disturbances were entirely passive, j
BUCHAREST, Sept. 12. Numerous
Jewish refugees including whole fanfilies
from Kishinev and Odessa. ave fled to
the frontier at Ungeni, and the villages
along the River Pruth. The Roumanian
THERE SEEMS TO BE
authorities have issued the strictest or
ders to prevent their entry into Roumanla.
JURY TO TRY TIREY FORD
Twelve Men Chosen Subject to Challenges-One
Convicted Glass. .
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12 Twelve
probationary jurors, subject to peremp
tory challenge, were selected today and
tonight for the trial of ex-Attorney-General
Tirey L. Ford.-chief counsel for
the United Railroads, charged with brib
ing Supervisor Thomas F. Lonergan to
vote for the franchise permitting the
electrification of that corporation's street
car system. The jurors chosen include
Niels C. Mortensen, who was a member
of the jury which convicted Louis Glass
of bribery.
District Attorney Langdon and Assist
ant .District Attorney O'Gara appeared
for the people. The defense was rcpre-
XT. J. Blggy, Abe Rnef's Jailer,
Appointed Chief of Police of San
Francisco.
scnted by Attorneys A. A. Moore, Stan
ley Moore and Earl Rogers.
All of the United Railroad officials were
very anxious for tactical reasons that the
first trial be that of President Patrick
Calhoun and to the last moment their
counsel endeavored to bring this about.
The District Attorney, however, was Just
as determined, for tactical reasons, that
Mr. Ford should be first tried, and he was
supported by the court's ruling that the
right of selection lay with him.
FEAR RUEF MAY BE REACHED
Prosecutors Shut Off Visitors While
Graft Trial Proceed.
SAX FRANCISCO, Sr. 12.-The prose
cution officials. District" Attorney Lang
don and Francis J. Heney. have put down
the lid on the prison in which Abe Ruef
is confined, and all visitors except those
having business with the fight against the
grafters are barred at the entrance. One
of the attorneys who represented Kuer in
the early, part of his trial called at the
house yesterday and was denied admit
tance. It is said that the District Attor
ney and his assistants fear that an at
tempt may be made to "reach" Ruef be
fore he has had a chance to testify
against Calhoun and Ford, whose cases
are not on the graft calendar. His testi
mony is so Important to the conviction
of the bribe-glvers that no chances will
be taken.
BIGGY IS APPOINTED CHIEF
Ruef's Custodian Chosen to Succeed
Dinan in Office.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 12. The Board
of Police Commissioners today elected
W. J. Biggy Chief of Police. Mr. Blggy
served a short time as Chief of Police
under Mayor Phelan several years ago.
For the past, nine months he has been an
elisor of the Superior Court, acting as
custodian of Abraham Ruef. an impor
tant factor in the local graft cases.
Union Veterans Close Session.
GETTYSBURG.' Pa., Sept. 12. The
session of the Union Veteran Legion
closed today with the election of W.
H. R. Neal. of Philadelphia, as com
mander. Philadelphia will be the next
meeting place. '
A GOOD JOHN .BULL AND
HINDU
WORKERS
DRIVEN ASHORE
WhiteMenTakeCharge
of Steamer.
CANNOT TRAVEL TO ALASKA
Seattle Scene of Latest Out
break of Race War.
VANCOUVER QUIET AGAIN
Steamer Monteagle Takes Her Hin
dus Back to Victoria Japan Re-
fuses to Grow Angry Over
the Race Antagonism.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Sept. 12. (Special.)
Hindu and American workmen engaged
by the Alaskan Home Railroad, projected
from Valdez to the summit of the Coast
Range, fought- aboard the steamship
Portland, on which they vera quartered,
until the Hindus had been driven to the
shore. The riot threatened to become se
rious until the ship's officers Intervened
to save the Hindus from a severe beating.
When the Portland sailed at 10 o'clock
this morning all of the Hindus had been
driven to the dock and their baggage
tossed overboard after them. The trouble
started when the white workmen went
aboard the steamship early this morning
and found 33 Hindus had . been engaged
to go north and were sleeping In the
bunks reserved for the whites. They im
mediately set upon the Hindu contingen
cy and drove them to the deck.
Officers of the ship interfered to pre
vent further trouble and the Hindus cow
ered on deck until morning. Then the
white workmen made another onslaught
and drove the Hindus to the dock, throw
ing their baggage after t..em.
.LAND HINDUS (AT " VICTORIA
Monteagle Turns Back, Fearing Vi
olence at Vancouver.
OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 12. Advices
from Vancouver state that the Mayor
of Vancouver haa warned the captain
of the steamer Monteagle. which has
on board 114 .Japanese, 149 Chinese
and 941 Hindus, destined for this port,
that he 'would be unable to guarantee
a safe landing here, because the union
ists have expressed their determination
to resist the immigration of any more
Asiatic laborers. The steamship au
thorities feared to assume the risk
and the. vessel has been turned back
to Victoria, where the Asiatics will be
landed.
Vancouver is reported aa being com
paratively quiet, but an outrage by
two Chinamen yesterday has again in
flamed the people. . . The Mongolians,
while passing along one of the main
streets, saw a white baby sitting on
the doorstep. They snatched it up and
threw it Into the middle of the street,
which was busy .with traffic. It fell
among the horses' feet and narrowly
escaped death. Beyond being bruised
it was not much the worse. An angry
crowd started In pursuit. The Chinese
had a good start and escaped. The
fact that no arrests have been made
has not tended to allay the temper of
the people.
The .City Council prohibited a
A BAD JOHN BULL,
wrestling match which was to have
taken place tonight between a white
man and a Japanese. The entire Jap
anese colony had bought tickets for
the encounter, and trouble was threat
ened.
TELEGRAM SENT IS REASSURING
Mayor of A'ancouver Sends One to
Governor-General.
OTTAWA, Ont., Sept 12. The follow
ing telegram dated today is the only one
received by Sir Wilfred Laurler, from the
the Mayor of Vancouver:
At a special meeting of the Council the
following resolution was passed:
"Please assure His Excellency that the
disturbance which occasioned some
damage to property, but -none to per
son. Is being kept under control by an
efficient police, backed by a strong publio
sentiment. The disturbances were di
rected against Asiatics generally, rather
than against Japanese. The offenders.
who were apprehended, numbered 26, and
are before the courts of justice."
CHICAGO JOINS EXCLUSIONISTS
Admission of Oriental Adults to
Scfnool Meets Objection.
CHICAGO. Sept. 12. A recommendation
by the Superintendent of the Chicago
Public Schools to the effect that certain
adult foreigners be admitted as pupils to
one of the schools brought out tho fact
that proposals to admit any adults, espe
cially Orientals, will meet very strong op
position from members of the School
Board. Superintendent Cooley. in a for
mal communication lost night recom
mended that three Japanese, one Persian,
three Dutchmen two Irishmen and am
Englishman be admitted to an ungraded
room whtch had been provided at the
Jones School building.
Dr. Guerln. one of the school trustees,
at once objected to admitting adults,
especially any Oriental adults, to the
schools, where they would be thrown into
association with children. Other trustees
objected also on the grounds of the 1m
propriety of devotirg school funds to edu
cating any adults, particularly objection
able adults.
The attorney for the Board, being ap
pealed to. said he had doubts of the legal
ity of admitting any pupil above the age
of 21. but declined to express an opinion
offhand. The whole matter was then re
ferred to the committee on school man
agement. JAPAN DEPLORES OUTBREAK
Hopes Better Treatment From Brit
ain Why Japanese Are Haled.
TOKIO. Sept. 12. The JIJi, In a leading
editorial, to be published tomorrow, deep
ly deplores the fact that an Incident
similar to that at San Francisco has oc-.
curred at Vancouver, which Is part of
the territory of an ally of Japan. The
JIJI believes that the trouble at Vancouver
was occealoned by the Increased arrival
of Japanese laborers from Hawaii, after
the enforcement of the exclusion measures
hy the Government at Washington,
coupled with the contagion of antt-Jan-
anese sentiment on the Pacific Coast of the
United States. This had fanned the anti
Oriental sentiment which had existed for
several years in British Columbia, and
had only been prevented from assuming
legal form by the attitude of the Domin
ion government. The paper, however, em
phasizes the fact that the outbreak at
Vancouver, like the trouble at San Fran
Cisco, is only local. It says:
"The regret already expressed by the
Canadian government, coupled with as
surances of the prevention of the recur
rence of a similar incident, even a royal
message having been sent to the Domin
ion authorities in reference thereto, fur-
Concluded on Parte T.)
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 68
degrees; minimum, 47 degrees.
TODAT'6 Fair ar.d warmer; northerly winds.
Foreign.
French and Spaniards attack and route
Moora and burn their camp. Page 2.
Jews tortured and burned at Kishinev.
Page 1.
National
Plans for Roosevelt's voyage down Mlssla
alppl. Page 2.
Oregon leads states In contribution to re
clamation fund. Page 1.
Domeetlc.
Mikkelsen party finds no continent north of
Alaska. Page 2.
Great Northern passenger train held up.
Page .
Steamer Lusitania due at early morning,
may -break record. Page 1.
Portland boy deserts from Army and par
ents make strange requeat. Page 5.
Striking operators get strike pay again and
dissension ends. Page 5.
Parry attacks Bryan and Beverldge on
labor question. Page 7.
Bogus secret aervtce agent victimizes many
women In peculiar way. Page 5.
Many Butte mines close and copper atocks
decline. Page 4.
Gourdaln, the millionaire awlndler. becomes
maniac in prison. Page 5.
Stuyvesant Fish fails to prove charges
against Harahan. Page 4.
Panic In Philadelphia traction stock.
Page 4.
Pacific Coast.
Taft party is delayed In sailing. Page 7.
Ugly charges made against Federal Attor
ney Rulck in Idaho. Page 1.
Roneburg fair is drawing large crowds.
Page 8.
Another streetcar riot in San Francisco.
Page 4.
Bounty on rats In San Francisco to kill
plague. Page 12. .
White workmen drive Hindus from steamer
at Seattle. Page 1.
Sport.
Beavers defeat fommutera, 7-4. Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
More sales of hops at low opening figures.
Page 17.
Break in corjer atocks at New York. Page
, 17.
Cold weather In Canada sends up wheat
prices. Page 17.
North Pacific Steamship Company attempt
ing to raise steamer Corona at Eureka.
Page 16.
Portland and Vicinity.
Important questions to be decided by com
ing M. E. conference. Page 11.
Seneca Smith will sue today to enjoin bond
lssuee. Page 10.
Cashier Morris to quit Oregon Trust A
Savings Bank after reorganization. Page
10.
Charles Cunningham Bays sheep should b
protected from wild animals. . Page 9.
The Mayor raya Manager Miller, of th
Mount Hood road should be careful In
'his demands. Page 13,
The Mayor advocates a water tower for
Portland Fur Department, Fut 13.
FOR IRRIGATION
Large" Sum Put Into
Fund in Last Year.
OREGON LEADS ALL STATES
Land Sales in Beaver State
Yield $1,500,000.
WASHINGTON COMES THIRD
Release of Many Timber Entries
Swells Fund, Which Now Aggre
gates Over $41,000,000 Col
orado Land Sales Booming.
OBEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Sept. 12. Out of a total
of $9,484,938 received from the sale of
public land during the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1907, approximately $8.000,.
000 will go into the Government recla
mation fund, swelling the total to a
little more than $41,000,0.10.' This is
the largest contribution made to tlia
reclamation fund since 1903. when the
total amount set aside for Government
Irrigation work was $8,713,996. In
1906, only $5,000,000 was added to the
fund, and at the time It was presumed
that that aggregate would never again
be exceeded.
Because of the release of many tim
ber entries in various parts of the
West during the past year, the re
ceipts from public-land sales almost
doubled tho receipts of 1905, and
showed a gain or about 33 per cent
over the receipts in 1908. At the end
of , 1906, the reclamation fund amount
ed to $33,242,444. Most of this money
has already been apportioned to pay
for projects already authorized by the
Secretary of the Interior, and practi
cally all of the $x,000,O00 contfibnted
last year goes to pay for projects un
der way.
Oregon Far In the Lead.
At the close of 1906 North Dakota
had contributed more money to the
reclamation fund than any other state
of the West, due largely to the exces
sive receipts In that state) in the fiscal
year 1906. During the year just closed,
however, Oregon contributed nearly
$1,500,000 to the fund, or $300,000 in
excess of North Dakota, and thereby
displaced North Dakota as the leading
contributor. In 1901 to 1906, Oregon
contributed $5,260,449. Out of $1,429,
760 derived from land sales in . that
state last year, about $1,200,000 will he
placed to the credit of the state in the
fund.'
Washington is the third largest
contributor to the fund, the total to
1906 being $3,541,391. The receipts in
Oregon last year were $708,337, and
approximately $600,000 of this goes to.
the fund. Idaho has already contrib
uted $2,349,875, and out of $709,169 de
rived from sales of last year about
$600,000 will go for irrigation.
In round numbers, about 90 per cent
of the funds derived from land sales
In each state goes to the reclamation
fund.
Colorado Has Large Increase.
The heaviest receipts from lands
during the past fiscal year came from
the Pacific Coast States, and were
largely derived from sales of timber
land. There were other causes, how
ever, leading to the large increase In
totals, notably in Colorado and New
Mexico. About a year ago, because of
the falling off in public land business,
the Interior Department contemplated
closing the Land Offices at Hugo and
Lamar. During the past 12 months,
however, there was tremendous activ
ity on the part, of settlers who were
taking up land for dry farming. This
method of agriculture -has been widely
exploited In Southern .Colorado and,
because of the excessive rainfall In the
past two years. exceptionally good
crops have been raised. As a result
of this experiment, the Hugo and La
mar offices are now doing more busi
ness than at any timo since their es
tablishment. In fact, they are listed
as the two most important ofBces in
the West.
The same condition exactly prevailed
at Clayton and at Roswell, New Mex
ico, due to the same causes.
It was the policy of the present Sec
retary of the Interior to revoke old or
ders of suspension which have tied up
Innumerable public land interests in
the Pacific Coast States in recent
years, and the presumption is that the
funds derived from timber sales will
continue to swell the reclamation fund
until such time as the unreserved
public timber shall have entirely
passed Into private ownership.
A Little Slow, but She'll Do.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 12. The battleship
Kansas sister ship to the Vermont, has
Just completed her speed trials and, wnllo
her rtcord Is slightly below that of her
sister ship and a trifle below the lS-knot
speed which she was required to make in
her acceptance trial several months ago.
It Is said at the Navy Department that
her record la entirely satisfactory. The,
average speed for four hours with full
power was 17.81 knots and for 24 hourj en
durance trial 17.09 knots.