Morning Oregonian., April 01, 1908, Page 11, Image 11

THE nTXIXG OKEGOMAX, ' WEDNESDAY. AFRIL 1, 1903.
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JQKER LURKS IN
MOHDELL-S PUN
If Suit Were Defeated, Last
Hold on Railroad Land .
Would Be Gone.
COULD NOT FORCE SALE
By Canceling Claims of Actual Pet
tiers, Proposed Resolution Might
Leave Rich Tracts In Hands
of the Southern Pacific.
Thai a j-ker lurks in the land-grant
reo!Jtiori of Representative Monde L in
Wastr.jr. for the benefit of the South
ern Pa-!f:c. !s the plain evidence on t..e
fa of the resluxinn. hether Rep
rnta:lve Mondell knows the joker or
rot it ouM take away from the pub.ic
the .Government one of their
re-otirs ara:r-t th land grip of the
railroad-that of compel !!nsr the rai.road
to 8"!! the .orVY acres remaining In its
psess:on. at K.M an a?re, in quantities
of rot tnnre than W acres to each pur
chaser and to actual settlers only.
Seal Cp the Land.
The rlutin declares that none of the
lands "sha:t at ar.y time be or become
subject to settlement or any form of
entry. filing r location . . . and any at
tempt to settle upon, enter or claim any
rigt whatever under the public land
avs of the United States or any such
lands is hereov expressly prohibited and
declared unlawful," Th resolution re
ceives some rrestipe from the fact t..at
Mondell is chairman of the Housa com
mittee on public land.
Th's resolution if adopted, would Par
ar.y person f r m demanding a parcel of
the railroad land as an actual settler
under the te-ms of the land prant and
r.iuM sea! up the land to await the
reasure of the railroad or the Govern
ment whichever should win. Its ostensible
purpose is to hold the land for the Unit
ed States, In case the Government shou.d
win t earning su't against the railroad
fnr forfeiture of the i.WMW acres, and
to shut out from the fruits of the Gov
ernments victory, persons who have filed
c"-a!ms hortr.jc to be first in line for land
after the Government's success; the only
wa"t of ?uh persons beir.p the priority of
th"lr claims ar..i their chief desire being
M grasp valuable timber land for CEO
an are.
B:t If the Government should fall to
Obtain a f irfeiture decree from the courts,
the Mondell resolution would prevent the
Government's compelling the railroad to
sll the land. There could be no actual
itettlers or other claimants. The few
persons who have claimed tracts of the
!and as actual settlers, up to this time,
the railroad could satisfy and there could
ba no further claimants.
It is by ro means certain that the Got
arnment' can win a decree of forfeiture.
Many authorities maintain that remedy is
to radical and beyond reach. They aver
that an order comprint? the railroad to
-U tn compliance with the terms of the
land grant is more available. But If the
Government should fail to obtain forfei
ture, the Mondell resolution would shut
out any other redress. It is therefore
Plain that the railroad likos the Mondell
resolution. And it is rather surprising
that Mr. Mondell. beirit chairman of the
H'vjs committee on public lands, should
ffr the resolution.
Fulton Measure Not Blocked.
TV- Mondell resolution is offered as a
supplement to the Fulton resolution to
follow the adoption of the latter. Ac
cording to reports from TVasTiln&Tton, it
T-1H not obstruct the adoption of the
I'ulf on resolution.
Should the Government secure a decree
forfittnir the tiile 'to the remaining i
iv.li acres of these lands to the Gov-
rr.ment, the Ian2s would not by that fact
n'.nne. even as the laws now are. -become
open to settlement or entry under
the public land laws of the United States.
The lands would first have to be restored
to entry by an order of the Secretary of
th Interior and a proclamation of the
President. Should the lands become for
faited to the United States they might
never be restored to entry. Instead they
micht be put into a forest reserve. But
if these lands should ever become for
feited to the United States and after
wards restored to entry, they would prob
nMy be restored to entry by the drawing
system and one c'.tiron would stand as
much chance to grt a claim as another.
Sometimes when lands are restored to
entry the order of restoration provides
that actual settlers on the lands at the
date of the proclamation shall be given
a preference Tight to the particular tracts
settled upon. It has been reasoned out
at Washington that when the Govern
ment suit is fl'.ed. different rersons will
settle upon these railroad lands, hoplne
to be given a preference right, should
the Government win and later restore the
lands to entry. Th Mond-M resolut'on.
provides that no prrson shall secure a
preference right, under any of the public
lard laws, by sttling unon these lands,
ard further provides that any such set
tlement shall be unlawful. Ostensibly
th's resolution Is Intended to leave it to
the Government to d-spose of these lands
as it may se fit by subsequent legisla
tion, sh.nu'd they become forfeited.
Speaks for the Settlers.
Th Mendel! resolution has received the
attentfOn of vicilant observers of the
Government's movement against the rail
road. Among them is A. W. Lafferty. of
th's city, attorney f.-r nearly a score of
a-'tUTl settler claimants. Said he yes
terday: "In effect the Mondell re-Vut!on repeals
the acts of April 10. and May 4. 170,
insofar as those acts extended to citizens
of the United States the r'yht to go upon
these lands and acquire them by actual
settlement and the payment of 1. V an
a "re. This resolution w ;M dnubtless be
df ated. There ts no argument In its
favor. It Is useless, to say the least, and
nstsrht rf"f at the Government's case en
tirely. It would certainly leave the Gov
ernment to the single remedy of forfei
ture, and should the court find it impos
sible to grant a decree of forfeiture undT
t?,e law the Government would be de
feated. It could n.t then ask for the
niter native re'ief of enforcement of the
sale rf the lands to settlers, because the
railroad attorneys could answer that it
w as made unlawful for anyone to setrle
vr-n t' lands by the MorriH! resolu
tion. While the. Pulton resolution was In
tended to give the Government two pos
sible farms of relief Instead of one. the
Government b-ir;g originally entitled to
si'e for enforcement, the Mond-1! reso
! r;t ion cuts off the original remedy, and
Vftves the Government n ro better posi
t'on, and perhaps In a worse position,
than !t was before either resolution was
proposed.
"No policy-that could be pursued would
bring greater benerits to Oregon or to the
country than to cause the disposition of
the remaining ;.fl0iio a-rs of these lands
to actual settlers. An a- tual set'ler Is a
person a-t;:a'ly inhabiting a given tract
of land as his home. It govs without
saying that the thousands of applica
tions that have been made to buy thee
lands the past year by persons not actual
ly living on the lards amount to nothing.
As the law now stands any citisen who
w:l! settle upon a ISo acre tra:t of these
lands and make it his borne can bring a
suit in his own name and get the land in
my opinion. There is no reason why
persons actually desiring to make the?r
homes upon these lands should not move
upon thm at once. Congress cannot pass
any law aiter they have moved on the
!a-tds that will affeot their rights, and
perhans If the MordeM resolution is.
passed at a1! it will not Vr passed for
savers! we-ks yet.'
Will File Suits Here.
B TV Towr.fnd. who has this matter
ir. chare for the Government proposes to
file a suit In the United. States Circuit
Court here,- asking for relief as follows:
F!rst. that the court enter a decree for
feiting the title to the remaining 2.vi.n
acres of these lands to the Government,
because the company has vioa'd the
condition upon which the lands wre
granted, provided the court shall be
willing to make such a decree; and. sec
ond, in the event the court shall be un
willing to enter a decree for absolute
forfeiture, that it enter a decree requir
ing compliance with the terms of the
granting acts tn the disposition of the
remaining 2.OCPO.O09 acres, and the appoint
ing receivers or trustees to sell the lands
to actual boa fide settlers, in the Iden
tical manner that it was contemplated by
the original granting- acts.
The Fulton resolution, now pending in
Congress, authorizes the Department of
Justice to include in its suit a claim of
forfeiture. A suit for compliance with
the law could have been brought by the
Attorney-General without any resolution
of Congress, but !t was thought, if claim
of recession of the grant was also to be
included In the Government suit, as al
ternative relief, that authority therefor
should be asked of Congress. It has
been Mr. Towcsend's theory to set up
all the facts in the Government's bill of
complaint and to waive no rights or
i remedies: In other words, that the Gov
ernment's bill of complaint should be
made sufficiently broad to include any
form of relief that the court might be
willing to give. That was the reason for
the Fulton resolution, and that resolu
tion does not mean that the Government
Is going to limit its suit to a claim for
forfeiture.
TRIBUTE TO F. X. MATTHIEU
Reception to Pioneer on Occasion of
Xintieth Birthday.
An informal reception for F. X. Matth
!eu. of Buttevil'.e, who will celebrat-3 to
morrow his &szh birthday anniversary,
will be held in the rooms of the Oregon
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F. X. Matt Men.
Historical Society at the CrPy Halt The
reception will be held between the hours
of 3 and 4 o'clock, and it is hoped that
a large number of Mr. Matthieu's pioneer
friends, their children and the public gen
erally will call to see him.
It will be remembered that Mr. Matthleu
Is the only survivor among the M per
sons who were present at Champoeg,
Marion County, on May 2. and who
took part In assisting to organize the
first civil government in the "Oregon
Country": and that he. while not a native
of the United States, cast h.'s vote wii
those who were in favor of American
government, and eiso used fc'.s influence
with a fellow-countryman with such effect
that he. too, voted with the American
party, thus giving it a majority of two,
which made the organization possible.
For this patriotic act, and for the quali
ties of neighborllress, hospitality and all
other characteristics of good citizenship
for which Mr. Matthleu has been distin
guished since he first came to Oregon, in
he im gratefully remembered by the
people of Oregon.
THINKS OWNERS WILL WIN
Xome Resident Discusses Strike In
Fairbanks Mine.
J. F. Darling, owner of mining proper
ties in Nome and vicinity. Is in Portland
for a few days on his way to San Fran
cisco. Mr. Darling has been a resident
of Nome snce 19C0, has visited the vari
ous mining districts, and Is well qualified
to speak of conditions in that part of
Alaska. He was tn Fairbanks recently,
the scene of the labor troubles, and be
lieves that the mineowners will win the
strike eventually.
"Nome Is the greatest camp in Alaska,"
f a ;d M r. Pari in g y est erd ay. "The p rop
erres in that district will produce about
r'.OOO.'KO this season. They are now piling
up the gravel on the dumps to be washed
this Spring. The sluices are operated be
tween May and October. During the re
maining portion of the year the only work
undertaken is that of getting the gravel
Into the dumps ready for sluicing. Nu
merous discoveries have been made this
year in various parts of the territory.
Perhaps the most sensational one was
tht on the Koj-ukuk River, in the in
terior. TOO mi!"s from the mouth of the
Yukon. One pan showed gold valued at
$-. This showing has not b-en main
tained. The properties at Norton Bay
and Tan an a promise big things. The op
erations at the latter place have, how
ever, been a good deal hampered by labor
difficulties.
"If the supply of laborers which the
mineowners of Fairbanks have succeeded
in shipping in continues, the unions there
will certainly lose out. They were strik
ing for J5 for a day of eight hours. They
were getting S3 for ten hours. The mines
have started up again with labor shipped
In from Seattle over the trail from Val
dex, a distance of 3S9 mile."
Steal $85 From Fnlon Safe.
lN!ON, Or., March L fSpeciaL) The
grocery store of C. EL Oliver, of this
city, was burglarized early this morn
ing. Burglars effected entrance through
the back door and robbed tie safe of $-5.
The p-pe trators must have known the
comb nation, as the safe was- unlocked
without breaking. Mr. Oliver is positive
he locked the safe upon closing the store.
He believes the robbery was committed
by pome one. thoroughly familiar with the
establishment. The burglars left no
clue.
SEEKS TO LEASE
STREET LIGHTS
Mayor Lane Wakes Proposal
to the Fortiand Railway,
Light & Power Co.
ALSO SUGGESTS PURCHASE
Head of Corporation Intimates That
Matter TIIl Not Be Considered.
JExecotiTe Also Writes a
Letter to People.
, Mayor Lane yesterday addressed a
communication to the people of Portland,
in which he sets forth, from his point of
view, the municipal lighting situation. He
also mailed to President B. 5. Josselyn,
of the Portland Railway. Light & Power
Company, a letter, seeking information as
to whether that corporation would con
sider selling or leasing its distributing
plant lamps, etc., to the city. Mr. Jossilyn
said in an interview that he did not care
to enter tnto any newspaper discussion of
the matter.
Mayor Lane is determined to lay before
the people all the information he can
secure relative to the situation as to
lighting the city's streets, parks and
public rlaces. He believes municipal
ownership is feasible and desirable, and
haids that the present is the proper time
In wsica to act.
Mayor Lane's letter to F resident Jos
selyn Is as follows:
"Writes President Josselyn.
far Sir: I write to ask If the Fortlaa-l
.way. Light power Corntanv won!.i
entertain a prcpcffitloa to lease to this city
a.l of the roles, wires, lam pa and other ap
p. lances uJ in the public lighting cf t'-9
city. &: a reajorab.e and just rate of Inter
est upon the actual ascertained cash vaJue
of euca el-ectric lighting plant within the
city hrr.lts as I: ex:.;s at this time. The cltr
to operate and n-.a;-:aln the cam In goc'i
ordr at Its own execse. and what rate
F-r company would fumtsh the proper ar-i
sufficient current to light such arc lanros
and Incandescent lamps as the city wou'd
need and use in Hgh-tln the city
A. so I woiiid I;ke to know if your company
would se:: to t?ie city all of y.;.ur said, lisht
ir.g plar.t w!:h!n the city limits?
I would etteera It a favor If von would
kindly in me know whether any" such ar-rang-:raent
couM fee rr.a!e with your cotn-pa-Ey.
Very respcttiilly yours,
HARRY LANE, Mayor.
Letter to tlie Peolpe.
Following is Mayor Lane's letter to the
people:
To the People of Portland: Ter Ms be
fere me for my ap?rva: or disapproval an
ord s&r.ce which wis passed by a n-.aJorlv
of your representatives- whkh directs tha a
contra "t shall be entered into by zhe cy
for public lighting for a period of e'fVr
three or five years from the 1st of January.
with no maximum price fixed to b raid
tor emcfc Ili-ht.ne.
This ordinance Is drawn with a degree of
care in its terrrj of era:tmer.t whieh" Is rot
usually bestowed up?n measures w:-h are
passed for the transaction of ordir.arv af
fairs, ani for that reasor. I assume that It
wis the inientioa to make It certain that
rh ehou.'d be do escape from Its provis-
As the matter now starves we have a con
tract f r lighting the city at a prlre of 5 .30
per month for each arc lamp which we use.
ar t tor which we will pay out about jiOO.-O
this year. This contract will expire on the
31st day of next December, ar.d under exist
ing c ire ams-tc sees there !s but one concern
whfch can by ay possibility bid for ach
service.
We are Informed by the head of the com
pany which has the present contract, and
whl.h is the only prospective bidder for an
other contract, that hi company lost money
la: year in lighting the city. In maklrg a
showing to prove th-j awerUsn, however, he
has ir.cloded charges for the installation of
new lamps and other material which he will
uee this- year and pBrhap for many year to
come, and whk-h charges seem t be over
charges, if made solely against the expenses
for lighting for the year I:-T.
Bo tfi Suffered a Loss.
Be this as It may. w are assured b- him
that his company lost J-OGO last year, and a!l
of us know that the cTty did net have more
than ha:? the lights which it needed, while
It pal J out ov.ir JSLCVIO for such service as
It received; thus both parties seem to have
gotten the worsL cf the barpain. Assuming,
however, that much was. the case, tt teems
to me that unt!! such time as the city rie
c:des to put in a plant of Its own that a fair
solution cf the problem might be arrived at
if the contracting company Icere to l-ase to
the c!y lis plant within the city limits for
a term of years at say 6 per cent Inter-?!
on tie actually ascertained cash value, the
city to operate the ramo at its oTrn expense
end to pay for all new lamps installed. thy
to be owned by the city, and the c!ty to j:y
the company not to exceed H a cent to
of a cent per kilowatt hour for the electric
power to light such lamps ruch being the
price. I a:n Informed, at which such pc wer
is sold In Ta.oma.
This arrangement would probably relieve
the Psrtland Ball-nay, Light 4 Power Com
pany from any further Iota tncarred In light
ing the city anl I think it might prove to
be a d:s--inct gale to the city as well. If
some arrarg-emer.t Is not or cannot be made
with this compary, fully one-half of the peo
ple of thiff city will be compelled to grope
their way about in darkness, else the coat for
lighting will be about 2'X,000 a year. Of
this you may rest assured.
Vrges Its Importance.
This matter of pub lis lighting is of more
Importance to you than may appear upon the
turfa-e and If some action in respect to It
! net tiken soon, with all sources cf w-ater
power in the hands of private person?, and
the city tied up with a long-time con tract,
the pcsitlcn will be such thd.t relief will be
exceerd.ngly difficult ar;l expensive to obtain,
and It is my firm conviction that you cannot
do better for the future of the crty thart to
gt sped;ly to work and se-k and secure if
possible some avenue of escape. .
To me It seems unfortunate that this city
should he In a position In which It is abso
lutely dependent for its service la the matter
of public lighting anon the mercy of a pri
vate corporation., which In a great part has
derived its powers of dictation from .special
ly grarted privileges to the use of the city's
property, and tn justice to Itself and with
pre-juii-e to none in building for the day when
she must actively compete for her commer
cial existence and by the r advantages which
he ha to offer must either ri?e or Sail, it
is the duty cf the people to provide every
reasonable safeguard f-r the future.
For thf se reasons an d for uon e oth er, I
wish to arouse an intelligent Interest in ths
matter and I hope that you may see fit to
devise seme fair and! ratlorral m;thod of re
Iif Respectfully.
SAP.P.T LANE. Mayor.
NOTED UNITARIAN COMING
Clympla Beer. "It's the water." Brew
ery's own bottling. Pnonea, Main 67L
247.
Key. Jenkins Lloyd Jones TV! II Lec
ture in Portland.
Rev. Jer.kin Uoyd Jonea will arrive
from the south this morning en route to
Seattle end Eellingham. He is on his
way to Chicago, from which place he will
have been absent a month on his regular
Winter vacation. But to those who know
Mr. Jones his vacations mean char?- of
work: they certainly do not mean cessa
tion from work. On this trip Mr. Jones
will have delivered addresses i Los An
geles, San Francisco. Portland and the
Fuaet Sound cities named.
Mr. Jones was born In Cardiganshire,
TTales, in 1SS, but came to Wisconsin
when a child. Since he has been min
ister of All Souls' Church. Chicago, which
church is now organically connected with
the celebrated Lincoln Center, of which
Mr. Jonea is d;rector. Mr. Jones was the
first president of the Illinois State Con
ference of Charities and Correction : uni
versity rtrteniuon lecturer for Chicago
T'niverslty: president nf the Tower Hill
Summer School r.f literature and Re
ligion; founder and first president of the
Chicago Browning Society. He Is, how-
TETTRAZZINI
In a Special Concert
Eilers Piano Hcrase to Giro Recital
Triday Evening cf tha Marvelous
Tettrassini Records, Jnst-Issued
by the Victor Co. ,
The first otportun!ty given the mu
sic lovers of this c'.ty to hear the- won
derful new Tertratsini Records just is-
5r.ed by the Victor Talking Machine-Co.
occur next triday vemns la
Eilers Recital HaM.
Madam Teitrasxini. the sensation CI
the Metropolitan Opera Co., and hailed
as a J?rea:er vocal artist t::n r m hi.
was eneasred by the Victor Co. to
record a number of records. All tola
there are nine records, a complete set
of which were immediately expressed
to the Eilers Piano House, the largest
Ta'king-Marhlne Dealers In the West.
These will be heard in the concert Fri
day evening. In addition, several new
records by Caruso. Scott (. Ferrar and
other eminent operatic stars will also
be rendered.
The Tettrariinl records are nnaues-
tionaMy the finest reproductions of thft
human voice ever ma le, and are. with
orchestra accompaniment, as follows:
Rigoletto taro .None (Uearest Nsmei.
Verdi. Alir.on Polonaise. 3o son
Titania" (I'm Fair Titania), Ambrose
Thomas. Lakme Ou va la Jeune
Hlndouo (Bell Song). Peltbes. Dinorah
Ombra Legsiera (Shadow Song.
Meyerbeer L.ucia Mad scene (with
flute obligato by Albert Fransella.
Donizetti. Hoise dl Figaro Vio che
sapete (What Is This Ft-eilns?) Morart.
Barbiere Una voce poco fa (A Little
Voice I Hear I, Rossini. Travlata Ah,
fors' e lul (Is This the One Verdi.
Don Giovanni Batri (Scold Me, Dear
Masetto. Moxart.
Wliile there will oe no charg-e, ad
mission will be by ticket only. Com
plimentary reserved seat tickets can be
secured upon application at Kilers
Piano House. 353 Washington St. Only
the seating capacity of the hall will be
jriven out.
ever, more widely known as the editor of
"Unity" and the secretary of the World's
Parliament of Religion and as the (reneral
secretary of the Conyress of Religion.
He is the author of many books, amon
the bast-known of which are "Jess" and
"A Search for an Intldel."
Mr. Jones will speak1 at the 'Unitarian
Church, corner of Seventh and Yamhill
streets, at S o'clock this (Wednesday)
erening. his theme being "The Three
Reverences a Plea for the Better Educa
tion." In the afternoon at 3 o'clock he
will speak In the rfhapel on "Robert
Browning."
TRUSTS ORDINARY VOTER
Thinks He Is Well Qualified to En
act Legislation.
RL-SSETTVILaLE. Or, Marcn SO. (To the
&di:or. Allow a granger to make & few
remarks on the proposition of Worthy
Master A. T. Buxton, in last Tuesdays Ore
goalan. to amend the Initiative La-w.
1 wlH not call Mr. Buxton's sincerity In
question, but I do call the feasibility of his
proposition in qutlon. If the ballot la
"overburdened with a long strinp of stuH
which nobody understands," as he asserts.
It will resu'.t In disgusting -the ordinary
vbter" with th petition passers, instead of
the whole system; and they will not sla
petitions off-hand, but Inquire Into the
merits cf them before signing. This will be
the natural and Inevitable result, and will
be check enough on the Initiative.
The -ordinary voter" of Oregon is aa In
telligent, reading man and we need have
no fear that he is going to get disgusted so
easily with a system that has worked so
well up-to-date, Jurt because the "cranks"
are overworking the Initiative and take
long st ftp backward by abolishing the sys
tem of direct legislation.
3Xr. Buxton's first proposed amendment
would virtually abolish, the Initiative. I can
Inform Uirn that It was Intended from the
beginning of the agltaton for direct legis
lation to make It possible for the people at
large to Initiate such laws as they desire,
and to make sure that when a majority of
the voters of the state want said laws that
the people through the initiative and refer
endum can have said laws enacted whether
the Legislature agrees to It or not. The
creature (the Legislature) ts not greater
than its creator (the people).
It is r. onsen se to suppose that In the
Legislature, with its limited thne, election
of United States Senator, its fights for
speakership, appointments of committees,
cierk hiring, log rolling and the hundreds
of other considerations that take the atten
tion and consume the time of the members,
that a more careful consideration, more
explicit or exact wording of a bill for a
proposed law can be obtained than In the
quiet of an office or at a conference of the
officers of the state grange for Instance.
Past experience proves that there Is far
more danger of Jugg-ling In the committee
rooms of the Legislature than In the head
quarters of -e group or society that la
striving to enact some nerr law. . .
As to prohibiting the getting of signatures
bv paid werkera, that Is the monopolist !c
spirit in a new form. lr. Buxton feels
ware the grange could get signatures enough
without paying for tht-m, therefore don't
let any one pay for them and we will do it
all. That is. we and other Orders who can
lay the petition cn the altar and depend on
their members to sign when they come to
meeting. But Is this f!r or Just? Is there
any good reason why any number of per
sons should not put up money to hire an
other or others to circulate petitions when
their business or occupation wlH not permit
them to do the circulating themselves?
Is the circulation of petitions a, crlm that
It should be prohibited? Ko!
Being one of the original promoters of
and agitators for direct legislation In this
state I think that I know the "tone and
original purpose" of It, and am inclined to
think that Mr. Buxton will learn more about
It at the next meeting of the state grange.
W. H. ADD 13.
SOME FAVOR THE BILL
Union Men Xot a Fnit Ajrainst Uni
versity Appropriation.
Organized labor tn Portland is by no
means a tmit in opposition to the bill
increasing the appropriation for the State
University at Eugene. At its last meet
ing the Federated Trades Council, follow
ing a -presentation of the claims of the
University by F. El. Beach and others,
acted favorably on the proposed increased
appropriation for that educational insti
tution. This week's issue of the Labor
Press, the official organ of the Federated
Trades, and which is controlled by a
board representing the different unions,
urges the members of the various labor
unions to vote to defeat the bill increas
ing the appropriation.
This action on the part of the official
publication of the Trades Council is re
sented by an element within the trades
unions, which contends that it is not
within the province of that paper to
dictate to the individual members of the
union? how they shall vote on any ques
tion in which the interests of organized
labor are not concerned directly.
IS ZEALOUS IN POLITICS
Writer Scores "AVeak-Kneed Sisters"
AVho Trade Totes.
PORTLAXP. March SO. '.To tins E-tnr.
Thomas McCusier, In a recent communi
cation relative to Statement No. I, Inti
mates that there is no ceslre on the part
of the people to have these men tn oar
Legislature who do cot subscribe to that
statement.
In the last election In this state eight of
the Republican nominees for the Legislature
from Muitrmah Cour.ty did not sign the
statement and five did. The eight, as I
understand it. ran considerably better on
the ger.-?ra! average than the five
Mr. Mc-Tiffker thinks we do an Injustice
to those srpportirg Statement No. 1 in nt
allowing t?.at trey are honest In their con
vittion;!. N that Is just what I wish he
would concede to tis.
tVTio for a moment believes that the two
old soidiers who spoke so xeaJeus.'y on these
matters at the recent Republican convex-
INVEST YOUR MONEY IN
HOME
Don't Let the Profits Derived From
You Go to the East
You are pariti? for the use of the telephone. Out of your money the
telephone company makes its profits and pays the interest on its
bonds, and tvill pay big interest on its stock. By buying these bonds,
you get a part of your own money back.
If these securities are good for Eastern people, banks, and private par
ties, it should certainly be good for you. As you are on the ground, you
know what the proposition is; you know who the people are who handle
it, and you will know what it brings.
We offer you, for a limited time, the first allotment of $100,000 of 6 per
cent First Mortgage 20-Year Gold Bonds with a 50 per cent stock bonus of
WASHINGTON HOME
TELEPHONE 8 TELEGRAPH CO.
The Washington Home Telephone & Telegraph Co., of Vancouver,
Chehalis and Centralia, Wash., has been incorporated under the laws of
Oregon, with a capital stock of $500,000 and an authorized 6 per cent first
mortgage 20-year gold bond issue of $500,000.
The company will construct and equip plants in Vancouver, Chehalis
and Centralia, Wash., with 2250 telephones installed and in operation,
and an ultimate capacity of 15,000 phones, which will allow extra capac
ity of about 12,250 local phones to the extent of 2000 farmer line-connections.
Public sentiment strongly supports the installation of these phones,
and minimum number of 2250 phones will be largely increased by the time
plants are in operation.
The construction and development of the company's plants are being
canned forward as fast as material can be procured and plants perfected.
One of the most beneficial results will be that the Home Company itself
will be in charge of all constructions. .
Our franchises are the most complete in their terms and rights. The
authorized bond issue of 6 per cent sinking fund 20--ear gold bonds are
secured by deed of trust. Vancouver, Chehalis and Centralia are known
for their conservativeness, and are settled in a wealthy and prosperous
territory. Development there in all that makes for substantial growth is
very marked at present. The company will erect its own buildings and
will have the most modern equipment and construction in the Pacific
Northwest.
FINANCIAL SUCCESS
With every assurance of financial success, the securities of the Wash
ington Home Telephone & Telegraph Company, of Vancouver, Chehalis
and Centralia, Wash.., offer especially- inviting opportunities to invest.
For information, write or call
National Bond & Underwriting Co.
Portland, Oregon.
320 to 327, Corbett Bid.
Home Telephone A 1857. Main 8115.
J. A. BLOCH, General Manager
Tormerly Vica-President of German-American B ink of Portland, Or
tion and about five others who were not
and have not been office seekers were not
In earnest? But that im what Mr. Me
Cuker eay tn effect. As I reoolect. there
were only three speakers at that convention
who Indorsed Statement No. 1, and they
either nave been recently or are active office
seekers.
As to the two old soldiers I have men
tioned, they went out honestly in the de
fense of their country during the rebellion
and have supported the Republican paj-ty
ever since, because they honestly believed
It the r!ght thing to do. and they don't
want to see a Republican sign a pledge that
may requirs him to rote for a Democrat
as Senator. VThll these men may have
been more zealous at times than yme of
XW Satisfaction
. in the
mf hat which Is IV-
1"ALWAYS y s
EIGHT"
X Ask roar
Dealer f :.v,.'i.'j
us, yet I sdmire zeal when I know It is
honest, and it Is Tery hard to have seal
unless It is honest. I would greatly prefer
the record of one of these old soldiers when
I wind up affairs here below than that of
Mr. Bourne or Mr. TTRen.
One trooble with Oregon politicians is
that we Have had too many of the weak
kneed sort that nave traded and bartered
with the opposite party. Both parties would.
In my opinion, have had less men In dis
grace If they had elected more of the zeal
ous kind to office. It 1s -ery apparent
from their records and agreements that a
large portion of the Statement No. 1 people
have little regard for party, one of them
told me not long since: "To h 1 with
party." That is the way a majorttv of
them feel, notwithstanding the fact that
the direct primary law indorses party in the
etrongeat kind of terms. m perhaps they
did not mean that when they wrote the law.
M. H. CART Kit.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine Tahtr
Druggists refund money If it falls to cur.
B. W. GKOVE B signature Is on each box 3c.
The Lowln&t ep
Often a foot correctly proportioned
in other respects has an instep below
the usual height The
ordinary shoe, even if it
chances to fit other parts,
is loose here.unsle-htlv and
o -J
far from, comfortable. A Crossett with a
low cut instep will solve this trouble try i 1
this time.
CROSS ET1
SHOE
si
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Makes Lifes WalktW"
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LEWIS A. CROSSETT, Inc. $COO
NORTH ABINGTON, MASS.