Morning Oregonian., October 08, 1907, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1907.
LIC
LAND
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NEEDS REFORMING
President Points Out, in Keo
' kuk Speech, Changes Are
Advisable.
LAWS ARE MADE FOR IOWA
Hence Io Not Fit Conditions In
Northwest Stone and Timber
Laws and Coal I,and Laws Es
pecially Need Changes.
ORKGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Oct. 7. It is evident from the
Prestdenfa Keokuk speech that he Is
going to undertake serlouely to bring
about a reform In the public land laws
at the coming session of Congress; not
a general revision, perhaps, but such
h.no.. as will make the laws appli
cable to present-day conditions. Here
tofore land law reform has been prac
tically out of the question because a
majority of the House committee on
public lands was unfavorable to the
reforms sought by the President, and
because a few powerful -senators stood
ready to block legislation in the upper
branch of Congress.
Fortunately for the President, and
for the bona fide settlers, there is to
be a reformation of the House Public
Lands Committee this coming session,
due to the fact that Representative
Lacy, of Iowa, former chairman, was
not re-elected to the 0th Congress,
and the further fact that several other
members of the committee will not be
members of the new Congress. This
will give an opportunity for injecting
new blood into the committee, and this
new blood, If carefully selected, can
do much to promote such reform leg-.
Islatlon as is desired by the President
and by the entire West.
Representative Lacey was an honest
mart and he sotjght to do right, but Mr.
Lacey came from' at state ' which is
climatically very different from . the
states of the Rocky Mountain and Pa
cific Coast regions, where the bulk of
public lands are to he. found today.
Unfortunately for the West, Mr. Lacey
knew little of conditions in the West
outside of his own state, and being a
man of .narrow vision, he helleved that
land laws applicable to Iowa .should
le adequate for every other state.
This very view was particularly criti
cised by the President at Keokuk, and
lie pointed out that one of the great
Wessons, why the land laws should) be
reformed was to meet conditions found
In the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
Coast states.
'leforms for Arid and Grazing Land
The National reclamation law ade
quately provides for such of the arid
lands as can be rendered ' arable by
irrigation, and up to the present time
it is not apparent that that law needs
modification, Bit there is a vast do
main whicl;-Hll not bo affected by the
reclamation act.'but which at the same
time will never, pass to private owner
ship under the homestead law In its
present shape.- The President clearly
points out the necessity for amending
the homestead law so that lands of
this character may. be taken in tracts
of more than 160 acres, his reference
being to lands susceptible of dry farm
ing, or lands that are valuable only
for grazing purposes. In his speech
the President did not stipulate the
amount of this land that should be
patented to any one Individual, leav
ing that question for Congress to
solve.
The second reform which he specifi
cally recommends Is in regard, to the
control of public grazing lands. The
present law absolutely prohibits the
erection or maintenance of fences on
the public domain, the law being
aimed primarily at large cattle barons
who, to serve their selfish purposes,
and to crowd out small stock owners
have in times past undertaken to
monopolize millions of acres of the
public domain. Yet this law, while
striking at the barons, has also affected
the small stockman, quite a number of
whom had erected small fences for
their own protection, and in a way
that would not prevent Permanent de
velopment of tho country. The Presi
dent realizes that the removal of
fences has worked a hardship in manv
instance, yet the law js specific, and
while the law stands the administra
tion has no preference in the matter
It must remove the small fences 'with
the large ones.
What the President evidently desires I.
a -modification of the fencing law o
as to permit the fencing of small aVeas
of the public grazing lands when such
......... . , a. jinnection to small
stock owners who are permanent resi
dents in the region whern their stock are
grazed, t the same time he advocates
the exaction of a nominal grazing fee
but only such amount as Is required to
pay the cost of administration
Again, the President makea no spe
cific recommendation as to the exact
type of legislation that should be en
acted, leaving Congress to decide Just
what is best to meet present conditions
in the West.
General Revision Unnecessary.
It is doubtful if the President will urge
Congress generally to revise the land
laws at the coming session. There
Is not so much demand for change
in the laws as for change In the manner
of their enforcement. For instance, it is
doubtful whether new legislation would
materially reduce land frauds. v
What may be urged, however. Tn addi
tion to the legislation referred tn bv the
President at Keokuk Is a modification of
the timber and stone act. and a change
In the absolute coal land laws.
If the President makes an especial ef
fort to secure modifications in the land
laws, and if the House committee is re
organized along favorable lines, some
thing ia likely to be accomplished this
Winter. At all events, land law reform
will be a conspicuous topic.
WRONG MANJS ARRESTED
Oscar Rlaven. of Pendleton. Has
Vnpleasant Experience.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Oct. 7. Special.)
Railroad ticket number 13.523 is re
sponsible for the fact that Oscar.
Blaven. 21 years old, of Pendleton, Or.,
spent two uneasy nights and a day in
the fmir courts, where he was held as
a murderer suspect.
Blaven wa arrested Saturday night
at Union station by Detective John
Howard on a telegram from Sheriff
Taylor, of Pendleton.
"Why. the Sheriff was the last person
to bid me good-by before I departed,"
eald Blaven, after bis arrest. "There
must have been some mistak
not wanted for anything.
The police wired to Pendleton
they had arrested tne noiae
13.623.
"Ask him if he knows Stock Clerk for
construction company and has finger
oft at first-Joint" read the telegram
from Pendleton, which reached St.
Louis Monday. Blavens was thereupon
released and continued toward his des
tination, Bristol, Tenn.
DISASTER CAUSES SUICIDE
Charles. Gray -Broods-. Over San
lYanclsco Fire and Ends Life.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Oct. 7. (Spe
cial.) Nearly two years after the
earthquake which made San Francisco
and Its sister city, Oakland, the scene
of death and desolation the horrors of
the catastrophe so preyed upon the
mind of Charles Gray that after try
ing to secure relief In, health resorts
all over the country, he ended his life
at Washington Park on Saturday night
by sending a bullet through his brain.
He ' had come here from Portland,
where he visited James B. Gray, of
Gray Brothers. Letters found upon his
person indicated his identity. A let
ter addressed to Gray Brothers, law
yers, Oakland, Cal., referred to the
collection of streetcar transfers from
Portland as well as from Butte and St.
Paul. A second letter addressed to
R. S. Gray and all the family, told of
! THE NEW BRITISH ARMY AI
"The Nulli Secundus, designed for the British War Office by Colonel E. Templar and Mr. F. S. Cody,
made a very successful trial trip recently. The trip took place under the guidance of Colonel Capper and
Mr. Cody, who expressed themselves as very satisfied with the result, two ascents being made. The air
ship traveled well aga.nst the wind.
stopping at Portland, Or. This letter
had been written in Chicago, Octo
ber 3.
INCREASES COAL SHORTAGE
Fire In Ravensdale Mine Will Serl
ously Hamper Railroads.
SHATTLiEJ, Wash., Oot. 7. (Special.)
Aside from the economic effect on the
county by the throwing out of work of
some 600 men. the Are in the mines at
Ravensdale threatens to add materially
to the already serious coal shortage of
this part of the country. The Ravensdale
mine has been producing between 10,000
and 11,000 tons of coal a day. All of It
was used by the Northern Pacific Railway
Company. There U one small slope at
Ravensdale Which does not communicate
with the burning portion of the mine.
This can be worked, but It will not fur
nish much fuel. Until full-capacity op
erations can be resumed the railroad will
have to rely on its collieries at Roslyn and
Cle-Bi"m and the fuel bought in market.
CEMENT ARRIVING FOR TUXXEIj
Union Pacific Ready to Begin Bore
In South Tacoma.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 7. (Specials
Material for use in the construction of
the Union Pacific tunnel in the southern
part of the city is now being assembled
In Tacoma. Eight thousand barrels of
cement were received yesterday from
London on the French bark Jeanne Cor
donnier, and more is en route. It is re
ported that a large number of the big
fleet of cement ships bound from Europe
for the Sound have cargoes for Harri
man. The road's engineers are still sinking
test shafts along the line of the pro
posed tunnel to learn the" nature of the
subsoil and the latter part of the month
the railway will be ready to begin the
big bore.
OREGON ENROLLMENT GROWS
Registration at State University Has
Reached 8 70. ' "
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, - Eugene,
Or., Oct. 7. (Special.) Enrollment In the
University now stands at the. 370 mark,
and a few students are registering every
day. A number of old students who are
out with surveying crews will not re
turn to college until next month, and
there will -be a good-sized entering class
for the opening of the second semester.
Registrar A. R. Tiffany expects the en
rollment to .go as high as 425 before the
end of the college year.
ENDS QUAKRELt WITH BULLET
Charles Churchill Shoots and Kills
W. Zelgler, Ex-Policeman.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Oct.' 7. Fol
lowing a barroom quarrel this afternoon,
Charles Churchill, son of an .old-timer.
met William Zelgler. an ex-policeman of
this city, tonight and shot and instantly
killed him. Zeigler received the bullet in
his breast. Churchill escaped, but sur
rendered to the police an hour later.
THE SEASON OF THE YEAR
Is now here when lighting fixtures,
fire-place appliances, grates and and
irons are a necessity. Phone The M. J.
Walsh Co.,- or call at their salesrooms.
311 Stark, between Fifth and Sixth, and
have your lighting fixtures installed. Of
fice and residence lighting promptly at
tended to. Both phones.
Crowds for Portland Day.
Anticipating a large crowd of Port
land people at the fair at The Dalles
next Wednesday, which is Portland
day. the O. R. & N. will add additional
equipment to care for the people. Extra
cars will be put on the morning local
train out of Portland, returning to the
city at night.
LOCAL FANS PICK
DETROIT TO
World's Championship Base
ball Series Attracts Much
Attention Here.
CHICAGO IS BETTER KNOWN
Many of Players of Cubs Formerly
on Pacific Coast Game Struggle
of Detroit Makes That
Club Favorite. .
BY W. J. PETRAIN.
This afternoon at Chicago will be
inaugurated the greatest annual con
test In the American game of baseball,
when the Detroit American League
RSHIP, "NCI.I.I
champions will meet the Chicago Na
tional League champions in the first
game of the world's championship
series. "
This series promises to be eventful,
for the two contenders for baseball su
premacy are more evenly matched than
in any preceding contest since annual
world's championship series was inaug
urated. The speed and cleverness on
the- bases of the National contenders
is offset by the hard-hitting proclivi
ties of tlie American representatives.
The teams are equally proficient in the
field, and the result of the series will
undoubtedly he decided by one or the
other proving stronger In the respec
tive branches of the game In which
each excels.
In spite of the fact that the Chicago
National players are better known in
dividually in Portland, and none of the
fanB dispute their ability, the Detroit
club has a greater number of favorites
among the local fans, who 'almost uni
versally pick the Michigan team to
down the speedy aggregation from the
Windy City. Undoubtedly the favor
itism shown the Detroit club s chances
has been caused by' the game fight
that team put up to win the American
League championship and also the vic
tory of the Chicago Amerioans In the
last world's series.
. On the Chicago club are a number
of players who have at one time or an
other graced a Pacific Coast League or
a Pacific Northwest League uniform,
and who are therefore well known to
the fans of, Portland. Joe Tinker, the
best-known of the Chicago bunch, was
the third baseman of the Portland team
of the Pacific Northwest League, in
1901, when Portland won the pennant
with the following team: Sam Vigneux,
catcher; George Engle, Martin Glen
don and Willis Salisbury, pitchers;
Louis Mahaffey. first base; Andy An
derson, second . base; Jake Deisel,
shortstop; Joe Tinker, third base; Max
Muller, left field; Robert P. Brown,
present manager of the Aberdeen
champions of the Northwestern League,
center field, and Fred Weed, right field.
That was the first year Portland had
of baseball after a period extending
over six or seven years, and when the
club won the championship the fans
were greatly enthused, and many of
the old-time fans will tell you that It
wag the most successful year In the
National game ever experienced by
this city. At the conclusion of that
season Tinker was drafted by the Chi
cago team, and has been a member of
that club ever since, for he made good
from the start.
Other Coast Players With Chicago.
Jack Pfelster, the big southpaw
twirler, is another former Portland
twirler. for in 1903, the year of the
baseball war, he pitched for Jack
Grlm's Portland Pacific National League
aggregation, and won considerable dis
tinction In that company. He was
drafted by Brooklyn from Salt Lake,
where Grlm's , team had been trans
ferred .when it was found that It could
not" successfully compete with the Pa
cific Coast League In popularity, and
was later secured by Chicago In a
trade.- During the two seasons he has
twirled for Murphy ne has made
splendid record, and is rated as . one
of the best southpaws In tue big
leagues today.
All Portland fans will remember big
Overall, the giant University of Califor
nia pitcher, who was a member of the
peerless Tacoma Tigers. Overall first
appeared in Portland as a member of a
barnstorming college baseball team which
came here about four ye'ars ago and
nlaved a series of games with the Mult
nomah Club. Later he came here as a
member of the U. of C. football team, and
is probablv better known among the
clubmen than in any other line. Overall
has been pitching a grand game for Chi
cago this year, and Captain Frank
Chance will depend on him for at least
two of the world's championship games.
Frank Chance, manager and captain of
the National League defenders, is a Fres
no. Cal., bov, and played professional
baseball with Big Bill Lange in the Cali
fornia League. He went to Chicago as
a catcher and for two years was used
back of the bat. One day he was tried
out on first base and made such a splen
did shewing that he has been stationed
there ever since, and Is now rated as
WIN
the best man at that position In the Na
tional League.
Of the Detroit team very little is known
here of the Individual players for none of
them have been members of any Coast
team. Most of them are known to the
rabid fans by reputation, for the eager
scanning of the baseball, weeklies re
veals references to the players of every
league.
Umpires Hank O'Day of the National
League and Jack Sheridan of the Ameri
can League will be on hand at Chicago
this afternoon and will, denominate the
strikes and balls and base decisions dur
ing the greatest series, of the National
game.
The following are some of the reasons
given by the Portland fans as to why
they have picked Detroit or Chicago to
win:
Opinions of Portland Fans.
O. G. Shurtleff Chicago should win over
Detroit. I believe they have the fastest
team In either of the major leagues. .
Al. Disque I believe Chicago should win.
I figure Overall to win two games, Reulbach
one and Brown one, which will make four
out of the seven games to be played.
Pete Mails Nothing- to It but Detroit;
that's my home town. -
Albert Wickham Detroit should win.
"Buck" Keith That Chicago bunch ! all
the candy and should run away with the
Tigers. .
Joe Stutt Chicago has the better of It In
team work and on the bases and should
win decisively.
George Wigg Detroit has my money all
the way. . .
George J. Bills I pick Detroit to win
handily.
Ed. Deitrlch Tou can break me If De
troit loses.
SEfTUNDUS."
Ed. Schiller I'll bet all the ducks, geese
and pheasants I kill this winter against a
Pittsburg stogie that Detroit wins.
Sheriff K. L. Stevens Detroit is the
classy team of the two ana is my favorite.
Charles A. Petraln The Chicago team
should win over Detroit. It is the beat team
in either of the big leagues.
Seneca Fouts I like the chances of the
Detroit team. Detroit has the batters and
batting will win the championship.
George Caldwell Nothing to It but De
troit. Vio Martin I am riding the Detroit bunch
this year. They have the class and should
score easily.
8. S. Baldwin Who'se playing? Shamok-
awa or St. Helens? I've been in the woods
all Summer and don't know anything about
ball-tossers.
Sam Vigneux Chicago looks like the
goods to me. Chance's team should win
handily.
F. T. Chart brmrn Jennlnrx' mmw
bunch look very good to me. Detroit for
mine.
R. E. etevenson-
-I favor the chances of
the Detroit club.
A. H. Griswold Detroit goes for me.
Jack Coffey I pin my faith to the r-
troit banner.
Edgar Beard Detroit Is tai. mnnv. Tf
Baker City had a chance I'd bet on that
burg every time, but as it is, the Tigers
for mln thin time.
W. S. Rhodes Detroit an the way.
W. P. Swopo The Tigers should skin the
Cubs alive.
Dick Eccles Chicago goes for me.
George Munter The Tigers on the bit.
ucy win uobb Liie t,iiDS out at every
quarter.
D. G. Cohn Chicago looks good to me.
A. E. Johnson The Cubs look rood to me
Dr. J. W. Morrow I believe Detroit has
lug uckber LIUD,
Fall to His Death.
PENDLETON, Or.. Oct. 1. (Special.
Coroner Folsom was called to Stan
ton Station, on the Washington and
Columbia River Railroad, this after
noon, by a report that a man named
Allen, a brother of Mrs. George Car
mlchael, of Weston, had been killed by
falling from a pile of wheat. No par
ticulars could be had. The Coroner
will return with the body tomorrow.
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Abstract & Trust Co.. 7 Chamber of Com.
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ESTABLISH NEW UTOPIA
CALIFORXIAXS WIMi FOUND
SOCIALIST COLONY.
One Hundred People to Cultivate
Tract In Lower California on
Idealist Principles.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 7. One
hundred men and women residents of
Southern California have banded to
gether In the organization of La Pros
peridad Colony Association, which has
for Its object the setting up of a mod
ern Utopia on the eastern coast of
Lower California. Byron Hall, presi
dent of the association. Is now in the
City of Mexico conferring with Presi
dent Diaz relative to the sale and con
cessions involved In the purchase of
300,000 acres of land.
A city laid out In a scientific manner
will occupy the center of the vast
tract. The land will be cultivated by
the association, which will control all
the public utilities. No buildings
detrimental to the public welfare and
no saloons will be admitted. Families
will receive an allowance for each
child, there will be no subscribing to
any religion, mei and women will work
equal hours for equal wages, and the
Initiative and referendum will govern
the colony.
The hundred members already en
listed will be the pioneers, it being the
ultimate intention to establish two
similar colonies when the first is suc
cessfully under way. One Is to be
south of the City of Mexico, and the
other in Kern County, California.
RAVENSDALE MINE ON FIRE
While Trying to Close Mouth of
Slope Three Men Are Injured.
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 7. Fire broke
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 7. Fire broke
out in the Northwestern company's coal
mines at Ravensdale at 1 o'clock yester
day at the pumphouse in the bottom of a
900-foot slope. While the men were trying
to close up the mouth of an old slope
adjoining, the timbers caved In, burying
three men in the wreck. Harry McDowell,
manager of the company's store, suffered
a broken leg and arm and was removed
to a hospital In Tacoma. William Dun
can's nose was broken, and Booth, night
foreman,, bruised on the leg. Dynamite
was used to close the mouth of the
slope and the tunnels in the mine were
flooded.
Harrlman Behind North Coast.
NORTH TAKTMA, Wash., Oct. 7.
(Special.) There is strong reason to be
lieve. In view of recent developments,
that E. H. Harrlman is at least one of
t..e backers of the North Coast. It is
admitted that he Is friendly to the pro-
How illogical "we are
to have fresh succulent
oysters deliciously cooked
and then spoil the feast
with hard dry oyster
crackers when we can get
t
Those delicious little oyster
crackers that are always fresh and
crisp and flaky, with just suffi
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proof packages
NATIONAL
BISCUIT
COMPANY
Ject. The company has purchased right
of way facilities at Kennewick for $50,000.
The land purchased stretches for a mile
north of the city proper and Includes a
considerable acreage suitable for freight
yards.
Must Comply With State Law.
OLTMPIA, Wash., Oct. 7. (Special.)
Tn a decision . rendered today the
State Supreme Court holds that the Co
operative Home Builders, a California
incorporation, is doing a building and
loan business and sustains the conten
tion of the state Attorney-General that
the company be prohibited from doing
business in this state unless it com
plies with state laws respecting build
ing and loan -associations, such as de
positing securities with the State
Auditor, making reports, etc. The de
cision affects the decision of the King
County ' Superior Court In a case
brought by the Attorney-General
against the company, to oust It from
the state.
Charged With - Illegal Fishing.
ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 7. (Special.) An
ton Scarpali, of Seaside, was arrested
this afternoon on a complaint sworn- to
by Walter 'Bailiff Scttum, and charging
him with operating a set net without
first securing a state license. The defen
dant was placed under a 20-bond to ap
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MANDOLIN, Including the Instrument
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desire to take up later. ; -
To the Osborn Conservatory,
Dear Sir: I wish to state
tied in every way in which
as she knew absolutely nothing about
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still taking lessons, as agreement.
Wishing you always the greatest
Yours truly,
1560 PUPILS
Call After 2 P. M. at
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September 14, 1907.
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