THE MORNING' OR BOON I AN. THURSDAY, APRIIj
23, 1903.
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NATIONAL RULE
OVER RAILROADS
Knox Says Federal Regufation
Has Come and Will Ba
Permanent.
NO MORE STOCK-WATERING
Senator Tells Magnates They Can
Sell Securities if They Will Invest
All P roceed s in I m prove-ment-s
Without Rake-off.
NEW YORK, April 22. Senator Phi
lander C. Knox addressed the Civic
TVtrum in Carnegie Hall tonight. A
arowdpd audience listened with interest
to his scholarly address on "The People,
the Railroads, and the National Au
thority." Aftr a Inrid review of the relations of
the railroads io the state?, the Federal
Government and the people, and of the
r-vent legislation to regulate interstate
oimmtrc a to relat'ons of railroads both
the people and to their employes, Mr.
3nox said:
Th- fundamental work has bfon done, tt
has hren wrought out by the.se responsible
for it. on 4iron1 ltn. In a spirit nf modra
iin and with a desire. ,rt ii" no injustice, tt
has been neither "inradic" nor "spectar
uUr." The v..i k has le-en treated a a
i hoi and each part sustains its proper re
lation to carh oilier part. It ban proceeded
a structure should, dealt with bk a unit.
nt hre and th-re a pillar with miffing roof
btween. As the work prgressod motives
and iriMPdre have hfr-n pTvortd and mis
undprsrooii by those who muld not or would
no; understand theuV. f'nsrmpulous men.
upon the one hand, have intern pemtoly mn
iJmnfid fvrry forward step, and, n:on the
othr hand, men equally unscrupulous have
. nflvvord t brrak down the credit and
..efficiency nf the railroads. arroprntlnK Trader-,
ship In an genomic development the scien
tific principles and practical details of which
they a!ttpfi her misunderstood.
No D)s1iirbame of Busbiroa.
T'nftier.dly r-rillclsm has portrayed thesi
i-ps as h"arin(f fruit only in the disturbance
of business. To thii the farts f urn tin a
i'nmp!! refutation. The steady .ludloial
aril)n of xehirtve National authority
over the Interstate traffic of the railroads,
and the no ir ptendv assertion of the leRis
)tie and exrrufive branches that the
authority sbsll be used to correct evils
erisinn from ltik of regulation, are not
p-iradic but constant, nor have the mens
irs ftami'd. ma tu red and enacted by Con -H"'ps
Inilwted injury upon or Riven Jus:
cause of complaint to legitimate Interests.
lalt and dclnvs caused by Judicial con
struction or If tilative correction of details
found defective may seem sporadic; to super
ficial and possibly prejudiced observation.
Fo the river, bending- and doubling in its
course. Its current halted by dams and bars,
may aetm Interrupted and obstructed in tta
flow. But the stream invariably flows on;
and It never flows backward.
Will Take No Step Backward.
No more can the progress accomplished
be turned backward. The pVincipie estab
lished are permanent. The policy of legis
lation ; the subordination of corporate ope
ra lions to it. the law of t nipart iali t y in rates
inj accountabtHty to Federal authority for
Integrity and Impartiality in the condue:
of the great traiisportatoin services of the
Nation are now fixed and roofed in our
Jurisprudence, and legislation. Tost u latins
onlj the e ei--esentlal factor of flr. ear
i st, nn4 Taithful nrorcenient. we may
rely nn this body of legislation for adequate
protection against the return of the evils
which have evoked the rc'ornis without
Invoking acts of a vindictive and destructive
natu re.
Nor Is it true that the measures which
hare reached the matured form of National
legislation Include attack, enmity or injury
to iound business interests, either corpor
ate, or private. Rxtreme propositions may
have been made! but thpy have not largely
prevalled in the completed enactments by
ConRrcss. On the contrary , these laws,
rightly seen, mean a sounder. trrnger and
mora widely diffused prosperity for the real
corporate Interest., namely, the owners of
the railroad shares Had securities.
No Inflation of Securities.
High railroad authority has declared the
n,-es-ii y of spending V&no.ooo.'ooo during
the. iifxt two years In extensions of the
railroad facilities, to meet the growing de-
matin's of th- country, coupled with a grave
doubt whether the securities to cay for
The.e expenditures can be floated. In view
of I hat very doubt, thoush It is questioned
whether it is a subject within Federal
authority, it i of the utmost Importance
that the $.ro) ooo.noo of securities shall
r u re h a. the full $5, Mn.ooo. rtoO worth of
improvements, and not be subject to whole
sale thouffh surreptitious subtractions. Surely
investors will buy bonds which represent inn
per cent of their face In actual increase of
the value of the property more readily than
bonds which only enhance the security AO.
TO or even Wv per cent of the Increase In
liabilities. Purely stockholders will find moi
satisfaction In their property, if It is not
burdened with charges to jay interest on
"1 or :it per cent of bogus indebted ness.
Surely the great body of industry will be
less provoked to enmity if their traffic is
not called upon to pay fixed charges on that
element of pure, inflation.
It Is as much to the inteicst of thp se
curity holders that favoritism in rates and
the flat quality in capitalization shall be
proven td. as It Ir to the Interest of the
r-iblir that railroad capital shall earn a
i air return on actual and unlnflated invest
ment. Railroad revenues cannot attain their
broadest and most stable dimensions when
dwarfed and diverted by these abuses; not
can the wide Increase of transportation fn
cllities needed by growing commerce be se
cured, unless It offers to the Investment of
actual capital an adequate and reasonably
assured return. Legislation conceived and
executed in the unchangeable resolution to
maintain Justice and honesty for and against
all class alike, is beneficial for all alike,
and establishes the foundation for the widest
and most permanent National prosperity.
Keep Public Opinion Awake.
This F maintain to be the spirit and char
acter of the laws enacted by Congress, on
this subject. Administered with unswerving
Pdejity to th underlying purpose, they fur
nish the full remedy for the evils. We- must
not forget that the efficacy of all law
lies in th integrity and persistence of Its
epforcment. A diversion of iu'olle opinion
into inattention or oblivion may easily b
reflected In negligent or partial enforce
ment. Ag.Vn?t that, the only prceptlbl
possibility of a mooted reaction, .must be
maintained an active and educated popular
ifnttmrnt. Judging - truly the depth and
breadth of Tie Interests at stake, resolved
to avoid on the one side the rocka of cor
porate privilege and favoritism without fall
ing on the other side Into the whirlpool of
destructive and confiscatory retaliation.
For the maintenance of that enlightened
r -pular opinion, the co-operation of sin-
f and honest men, laying aside private
Interests or personal prejudice, for the com
in n welfare. Is Invoked as the highest duty
of i at riot !c cltlienship
Mr. Knox quoted from the annual re
rort of the Interstate Commerce lVmmis
un st ateine nts that railroad men had
accept. M the new laws in'ool faith and
that transportation facilities must he ex
panded enormously in order to keep pace
with the expansion of the country's in
dustries. He continued:
Take Burden With Benefits.
The Commls-don makes It evident that the
bst and ablest railway managers now recog
u.se the old evils and abuses and the necessity
for uniform Federal regulation In the inter
est of the railroads thm wives, and that
they show a disposition to cooperate wii
lugiy In the plana and methods adopted
u sei!.-a conformity to the Jaw. They
seem now to realise that the railroads hav
ing invoked the Ftdrral power lo b freed
fions onerous state restraints, they cannot
now Jusriy complain if the power which
hei-ed them aio regulars them In the
public Interest. They must take the bur
den with the benefits. They sought liberty.
tid they must remember that liberty Is not
liCi-nxs but ii a freedom regulated by law.
Thers is nothing in present conditions re
quiring any strain upon our Institutions to
supply a remedy for any mischiefs that
ptHgue the puhllc." and there ar no mis
chiefs the correction of which may not be
attained without diurblng the public wel
fare. There is enough Federal rower. If
not enough Federal legislation, to meet alt
Federal emergencies. There is nothing af
fecting the external affairs of th Nation
or such internal ones as are committed to Its
charge that ongreis cannot regulate; there
is nothing that affects them Injuriously that
Congress should not regulate, and there is
nothing which doos not belong to the Federal
Jurisdiction that Congress should attempt
to regulate.
EDITOR GIVES A DINNER
William AJIcn Whit Entertains
Kansas Newspapermen.
EMPORIA, Kan.. April 22. What
tirnhahly will go down in Kansas his
tory as William Alien White's dinner
party was held hero last nigrht, when
the editor of the Gazette had as his
ffuests 20(1 prominent Kansas news
paper editors, as well as several per
sons of note from outside the state.
Amonff the spea kers were Oeorire R.
Peck, formerly of Kansas and now of
Ohirasro; Ida M. Tarbell, C. E. InpraU.
of Washington: Governor Hoeh and Jo
seph I. Rrigtow, editor of the Salina
Journal and formerly Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster-General.
A discussion of "postbfflce Order No.
9)T," recently issued, which forbids sec-
MACHINERY BUILDING
OXE OF THE FIVE TEKMAXEXT
ond-class mailing privileges to delin
quent subscribers. was . Indulged in
and the editors generally commend
ed It.
DEATH REVEALS SECRET
Fresno Man Invert 25 Years Vnder
an Alias.
FRESNO. Cal., April 22. Five years ago
a man calline himself William Reid.
called at a loeai undertaker's office and
left a sealed note asking that it be opened
on the day of his death. Reid died at the
County Hospital thi.s morninff. Coroner
Bean opened tho note, which sta.ted, "my
true name is V. H. H. Ballard, Indiana
Volunteers. '
Reid was a miner and owned consid
erable property, one claim beinpr named
after Mrs. Iottie Kohler. a prominent
woman of Fresno. Reid lived in this
country 2fc years and it is thought that
no one but Mrs. Kohler knew his true
name. Ho was 6$ years of age. It is
thought that he deserted his wife and
family in the Fast, as it is known that
they are living.
PERSONALMENTION.
Rev. M. Hayes, of Olympla, Wash., is
a guest at the Perkins.
Kev; H. W. Thompson', of Centralia,
Wash., is at the Perkins.
Mrs. Ethan Allyn and daughter, of
Washougal, are registered at the Hotel
Lenox.
W. E. Oraoc. a well-known banker of
Baker City, is registered at the Im
perial Hotel.
W. F. Guion, editor of the Pendleton
Tribune, accompanied by his wife, Is
a guest at the Hotel Lenox.
W. R. Callaway, general passen2:3r
agent for the Sob Lines, with head
quarters at Chicago, will reach Portland
tomorrow for a short visit with railroad
ofti-'lals here. He is making a trip of
inspection- over the Paciric Coast ter
ritory. Thomas Quaid, residing at 215 Twelfth
Rtreet, formerly of Heppner, Or., and A.
J. Haran. 44t Taylor street, are preparing
for an extensive trip through Europe
to visit their native home in Ireland.
From there they intend to visit Berlin.
Paris, Naples and Rome. A little party
Is to be given in honor of their depart
ure. Roderick K. Smith, adjuster for the
Ixmdon Assurance Corporation, returned
yesterday from a visit to California. Mr.
Smilh is a former refluent of Santa Rosa,
Cal. In referring to the coming ' Rose
Festival. Mr. frnifh said yesterday that
when In his old-time home he told his
former neighbors that the town of Santa
Rosa would have to take second place
when it came to roses, for Portland can
produce more varieties and finer roses
than the California town.
NEW YORK. April 2?. Special.) The
following from the Pacific Northwest reg
istered at New York hotels today:
From Portland A. J. Lilburn. at the
Breslin; G. T. Galilean, at the Herald
Square.
From Seattle 9. S. Ixeb and wife, at
the Astor: Miss J. Jackling. Miss E. Col
lins, at the Seville; G. Matzont, at the
Imperial: O. Roseleaf. at the Herald
Square; E. E. Alles at the Wolcott: M. K.
Caliendar. W. J. Thompson and wife, at
the Bartholin.
From Spokane G. A. Heidlnger. at the
Breslin.
CHICAGO. April (Special.) The
following from Oregon registered at
Chicago hotels today:
From rortland C. H. Ford. S. A.
Hartman. A. W. Schmale. at the Kai
serhofT; Floyd J. Campbell, at the
Great Northern.
No-w York Alderman William C. Herbert
Is ador&tilir an ordinance befor th Jersey
City Board of Aldermen providing that a
license fee of SI a year be charged for cats,
that they be tag-rd and that unlicensed cats
be collected the same as dogs.
Lunch today at the R. and M. Sani
tary Lunch. 10S Sixth street.
iv im :i mi II ml i-! I4
WILL OPEN M TIME
H. E. Dosch Tells of Progress
of Building Seattle Fair.
FIRST PLANS ENLARGED ON
Appropriation for (iovernmont's
Participation Kxpeoted Shortly.
Eroctipn of Building by City
of Portland Is Vrged.
Colon H. E. Dosch, illrei-tor of x
hlhlt at the ,Alaska-Yukon-PMfic-Kx-posttion.
yeeterriay gave out the fol
lowing Interview:
"History does repeat itself, sure
enouph, and the Alaaka-Yukon-Parlfic
Kxposition is no exception, for it is
AT ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC
.si,
STRVCTl RES OK THE' EXPOSITION
THE UNIVERSITY OK WASHINGTON.
now apparent that this Exposition, like
many another, will be much larger
than originally planned for. and right
here allow me to tell you that the re
peated reports, which And their way
into circulation, that the Exposition
will, or must be postponed, are the big
gest kind of nonsense, and it Is diffi
cult to see how such silly reports find
currency. Anyone visiting the Exposition-grounds
will become fully coa
vtneed in less time than it takes me
to tell It that there Is no postponement
contemplated, necessary or po&siblo
from the amount of work finished or in
course of completion.
"Just let me tell you, for instance,
all the grading Is done, except the top
dressing of the roads, which cannot be
done until all the buildings are com
pleted; all the sewer, tiles and other
piping are In the ground: the Emer
gency Hospital is finished; the large
Manufactures. Liberal Arts and Varied
Industries Palace will be completed
and ready to turn over by the contrac
tors to the Exposition management in
a few days: the large Agricultural,
Horticultural and Irrigation Palace, a
counterpart of the Manufacturers
building. Is under roof: the finishing
touches are being put on by the stafT
workers: the Machinery building, which
is a beautiful pressed brick structure,
with terra cotta finish, is now up to
the roof, and will be covered shortly;
the grading for the Auditorium and
trenches for the concrete foundation
are completed, and the concrete work
will begin Monday. This Is also a
beautiful pressed brick and terra cotta
building; and the grading for the Fine
Arts building, another pressed brick
and terra cotta structure,, is now under
way: the contracts for the Mines and
Metallurgy building and the Electrical
building have been awarded, and work
will begin Monday.
"We are now figuring on an enlarged
Transportation building. Foreign build
ing and Forestry building. The Expo
sition management i also figuring on
doubling the space for the Machinery
building, which has become necessary,
as all the space in the original build
ing has been spoken for, and still 14
months to the opening day of the Ex
position. The Transportation building
will have to be three times the size of
the original contemplated structure,
owing to the demand for space. Now)
does this look like postponement, or the
necessity for postponement, or even the
possibility of postponement?
'"Here I am reminded of a little inci
dent that happened in the City of Port
land, on the Willamette, a number of
years ago: As usual on the Fourth of
July, a parade was contemplated, and
owing to the fact that the parades set
for 10 o'clock in the morning never
came off until 2 or 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, the committee in charge per
suaded General Morrow, a most con
genial gentlennin of the old school,
then stationed at Vancouver, and who
was known for his promptness of ac
tion, to take charge, and he did. and
said: 'But I want you gentlemen to
understand that the time set is 2 E. M.,
and at the tap of the big bell the
parade will move, if It is only myself
and the band." Well, the parade did
move, at the appointed hour, but every
thing and everybody was in line, and
Pacific Exposition: the turnstiles will
begin to click on the first day of June
1909, and everything will be In place'
and moving, including the band.
"The beautiful Oregon State building
is making fine progress; all the stud
ding and joists are in, ready for the
rafters, and it will be the first state
building commenced and completed.
"It Is expected that Congress will make
the appropriation shortly for our Gov
ernment's participation, and as the ex
hibits Intended for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition are all packed and ready
for shipment from Washington, accord
ing to advices received a few days ago,
it will not take long for their installa
tion. "It is most gratifying to me that there
Is a general response to my Invitation to
manufacturers and merchants generally
to participate at this exposition, both
from home and abroad, and still more
gratifying is the high class of exhibits,
and ail who canwill have something In
their exhibits in motion, or, in other
' J
i&u Sri fn ya? 4
words, show how things are made; thus
It 'will bo not only interejttinjp. instruc
tive and educating:, but it will be an in
dustrial exposition in the, fullest sense.
'All the world Is from Missouri, and they
want to be shown."
"Amons; the many features. Just lot me
mention a few: For instance, there, will
be a complete mine and mill In full op
eration; shafts, tunnels, stopes, hoisting
works, miners at work, ore crushers,
roasters, amalgamating pans, separators,
concentrators and In fact a complete
riant, to all of which visitors will be
permitted, even to going down the shafts
and promenading in the tunnels, where
miners will be at work. Another most
Interesting and Instructive plant will be
a salmon cannery, showing how this
toothsome fish is prepared for the table
from the cutting up by machinery to the
packing of the tins In the cases, under
most sanitary conditions. A plant show
ing how silverware Is stamped out. en
graved and polished: diamond and other
precious stone cutting and setting and
other lapidary work; a shoe factory;
woolen mills, showing how cloth, blan
kets and shawls are woven; silk looms,
showing how silk embroidery and bro
caded silks are produced: the making
and turning of woodenware; the making
of tiles and ornamental designs for build
ings and pottery; acetylene and gasoline
gas plants for household use cooking.'
heating and lighting, and a good many
other most interesting and instructive
exhibits.
EXPOSITION, SEATTLE
4
I i $ a mitts ?i
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TO BE I'SED AFTERWARDS BY
"The amusement feature has our'
closest attention. Only the very best at
tractions are accepted and all fakes will
be eliminated, so that the 'Pay Streak,'
as It Is called here, will be a clean and
enjoyable amusement section, and sec
ond only to the 'Midway' at Chicago,
the most famous and pleasan laughter
lane eve produced.
"There Is just one thing more. I
would like to sec the City of Portland
erect a building opposite the Oregon
building and flanking tile Forestry
building on the south, as is the City
of Spokane erecting a building opposite
the Washington building and flanking
the Forestry building on the north, if
for no other purpose than to show the
good will of the citizens of Portland
t the citizens of Seattle. It would bring
these two growing municipalities clos
er together, and as both cities are add
ing suburb after suburb toward each
other, and bringing them closer as
time passes, which will necessitate It
terurban electric trains before mfjsr
years, it seems to me that Portland. eA
the older city, should reach out ksjif
hand in friendship, cordiality and e
pltality, for which she is known, whMj
I have no doubt will be cheerfully ac
cepted and .appreciated, and uiut, ror
ever bury the hammer."
INCREASES PENSI0N ROLL
New Law (;ivcs More Money Io Sol
diers' Widows.
OREGON! AN NEWS Bl'REAf, Wash
ington. April 00. Within a very short
time the Pension Office will be ready to
receive and pass upon applications filed
under the new widows'' pension act.
which has Just been agreed to by Con
gress and signed by the President. This
law increases widows' pensions from $S
to J12 a month and renders it less difficult
for soldiers' widows to secure monthly
pensions from the Government. Ever'
widow who is now drawing a pension of
IS a month will be entitled to an increase
of $1 and thousands ef widows whose
names are not now on the rolls will be
come eligible for pensions at the new
rate. Not only does this law apply to the
widows of Civil War veterans, but to the
widows of veterans of the Mexican War.
the Indian wars, the Spanish War and
the widows of soldiers who served 90
days or more in the regular Army. Alf
a widow need prove, under t-hls law, la
that she Is the lawful widow of a soldier
of one of the above classes, and that the
soldier served at least 90 days and was
honorably discharged. , It will not be
necessary to -prove that the soldier's
death was the result of his Army or
Navy service.
The Pension Office is now preparing
blank applications for use of widows de
siring to take advantage of this new
law. and these blanks will be furnished
to Senators and RepresentatU'es. and can
be had upon application to them. It
will not be necessary to file these claims
through pension attorneys, for if appli
cants properly fill out the blanks fur
nished by their Senators or Congress
men and supply the little evidence that is
required, their claims will be allowed
from the date they are received by the
Pension Office.
It is estimated that the new law will
Increase the pension roils by over $12,
000.000 annually.
Restrictions Are - Removed.
WASHINGTON, April 22. The House
today passed the bill providing for the
removal of restrictions from part of the
land of allotters of the Five Civilized
Tribes. The persons who will be bene
fited by the legislation are those having
less than one-half Indian blood, also in
termarried white persons and freedmen
who have by previous acts of Congress
been provided with allotment.
Bolivia rank second among the tin-pro-dnelnr
countries with an output of li.oOO
ton la 1007.
SPOILED BY STORM
Sports for Sailors at Los An
geles Abandoned.
GREAT BALL TO. OFFICERS
Roach AYater Keeps Visitors From
Many Ships Spcrry Tells Good
Fffccts of Voyage on Navy.
Aeronaut's Narrow Escape.
TS ANGKI,ES, fal.. April 22. -A hall
enthusiastically brought to a close the
fifth day of the stay of the American
battleship fleet at the port of I-rOs An
geles. The dance was given In the Im
mense Shriners' Auditorium in honor of
the Admirals and officers of the fleet, and
it is estimated that more than 12 cou
ples took part In the grand marh. which
was led by Roar-Admiral. Charles M.
Thomas and Mrs. Adna Ft. Chaffee, wife
of General .Chaffee, chairman of the offi
cers entertainment committee. Suppers
were served at 11:30 P. M. and at I A.
M. in a dining-room which was decorated
in a fashion almost as elaborate as the
auditorium itself.
Storir. Spoils Sport. N
The ball brought to an exceptionally
happy conclusion a day of leaden skies
and heavy f bowers, which caused a post
ponement of most of the outdoor cele
brations, including the boxing bouts, the
barbecues and Wild West show. More
than 3000 bluejackets and marines came
ashore in the early morning, and had a
good time, despite the rain.- 9orne went
galloping through the city on horseback,
others were whirled about In automobile
and still others were entertained at in
door luncheons, matinees and theater
parties in the evening. Three-fourths
of the fleet entertainment fund raised in
this city has been spent on the enlisted
men. Their conduct reflects a high
standard.
,A stiff breeze from the southwest piled
up a heavy sea at the beaches and made
boating too dangerous to be attempted
until well along toward evening, and or
ders were sent out that no visiting par
ties would be ajlowed on board any of
the ships at I-ong Reach. Redondo and
Santa Mon ica. The first division, an
chored in the lee of th long "protecting
breakwater at San Pedro, did not feel
the effects of the blow and was open to
visitors throughout the day.
Children Sing; on Shipboard.
During the morning the Connecticut
was open only to school children. At
one time there were 9KJ on board. They
gathered on the forward deck and. ac
companied by the ship band, sang
"America." The sailors gave them three
cheers wherl they were taken oft on an
excursion steamer.
The largo flotillas of pleasure launches
at the various beaches suffered from
the rough weather, one going ashore at
Venice and several others having narrow
escapes from disasters.
The offficers and men of the fleet are
much impressed by the lavishness of
their entertainment here and at other
points along the Coast. Rear-Admiral
Sperry commented on the subject today
and added:
"The present crutee is the birth of the
Navy. The Navy without a fleet is
simply a mob of ships, and until the
cruise of the American fleet we can
hardly be said to have had a fleet. We
have one now and one that we believe
is the equal, if not the superior, of any
other of equal number of units in the
world. '
Bishop Conaty, of Tjos Angeles" and
Monterey, today celebrated a special low
mass for about n00 enlisted men of the
fleet at St. Vihiana's Cathedral. The
mass was attended by Rear-Admlral
Bmory and his aids, Lieutenants Hender
son and I lutchins.
Aeronaut Narrowly FM'apes.
Le Croix, the aeronaut, who makes
daily balloon ascensions at Chutes Park,
for the sailors, had a narrow escape
from death this morning when he tried
to ascend in the midst of a strong gale
of wind and rain. Realizing his danger
shortly after he had started up and when
he was about 6 feet from the ground,
he cut loose his parachute, which failed
to open, and he fell to the ground. He
caught in a tangle of tr-Iegraph and
telephone wirs and hounded off to the
ground, landing without serious injury.
Evans ffas Good Sleep.
PASO ROBLK9 HOT STRINGS. Cal..
April 22. Surgeon McDonnold states this
morning that Rear-Admiral Evans en
joyed an excellent night's rest, sleeping
continuously for over in hours.
THROUGH TO PORTLAND
Spokane International to Hun Trains
"From St. Paul.
SPOKANE. Wash.. April 22. (Special.)
Through train service with its own
equipment between St. Paul and Portland
will be established by the Spokane In
ternational at an early date. ,The plans
contemplate running the Soo-Spokane
train, which was put on again Sunday
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NO A1UM N9 UMl FEOSFHATES.
after havlnsr been discontinued January
6. through Spokane to Portland. The
train will cover the distance between St.
Paul and Portland in 67 hours, running, j
over the tracks of the S'to. C. P. R.t
Spokane International and O. R. A- N.
This arrangement Is declared to h- a
movA to An tor into close competition with
the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, which
in the near futuro will have through
traflje established from Eastern terminal
through Spokane. It Is Intended to run
the Soo-Spokane Limited over the Pleas
ant Valley O. R. & N branch, which
will save 2 miles opt the present route
taken by through O. R. & N. trains from
Spokane.
IX C. Corbin, president of the Spokane
International, announced today that pe
gotiationB are now under way for tne
new service.
LA GRANDE RAISES $3300
Vote This Sum In Few Minutes to
Boom the Town.
I-A CTRANDB. Or.. April 22. (Special.)
This city went on record tonwrht a heart
ily in favor of assuming all the grms of
boost possible when it subscribed in a few
minutes the sum of $3300, and in addition
secured a membership subscription of 125
to a reorganized commercial cJub at $1
each.
Not satisfied with raising that amount
for boosting, the meeting passed a reso
lution to canvass the city so thoroughly
tomorrow morning that the figures will be
brought up to $fiO00 for the year, and a
committee was appointed to do this.
This sudden burst of enthusiasm, backed
up by financial support, was primed and
shot off through the efforts of Tom Rich
ardson, manager of the Portland Commer
cial Club, who this afternoon raided
at Elgin for the same purpose. He goes
to Union and Cove tomorrow.
Stopers Eiect New Officers.
Slope No. 1 of the Stopers of the World
held an enthusiastic meeting Monday night
and elected new officers. Supreme Or
ganizer A. T... Ivjvelace has been for rne
time working in interest of the Portland
Stope and has succeeded in getting" many
of Portland's representative mining men
Interested In the order. The purpose of
the Stopers is to aid and promote nil
honest and legitimate mining industries!
an d t o .stamp- out Illegitimate mining or
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PROTECT FINEST FORESTS
Ileedcr of Kansas New
Timber rand Bill.
OftETtOXIAN NTCW3 BT RKAt", Wash
ington. April :. Reprcy.-ntath e Re. d.-r
of Kan. -as. chairman of the con; rni t ice
on irrigation, has a new s-'heme for
amending the timber and stone act; a'
scheme that would be rntite feasible If
the. remaining public timber lands, not
in reserves, had been cruised and their
value estimated. In f he absence of this
information, the, Rni-drr bill is -HcMifly
deficient. In brief. M r. Herder's bit I
provides that no Government timber land
worth more tftfan $2..Vt per acre shall
hereafter be disposed of under the tim
ber and stone act. The Secretary of the
Interior is authorized to dispose of the
standing timber upon the public domain,
where the value of uch timber exceeds
J'.5e per acre, the sfline to be soVd on ;i
stumpage basis, to the highest responp
ble bidder, under such rules and regula
tions as may be necessary to protect the
public interests.
Mr. Feeder furthor provides, in his hill,
that the proceeds of all timber sa tes in
the states and territories named in the
National reclamation act shall be con
verted into the reclamation fund, to the
credit of the respective states. In sell
ing Government timber, the Secretary is
required to give preference to purchasers
desiring timber in small quantities, the
idea being to prevent speculative pur
chases by large lumber companies. All
sales shall be, preceded by 6 flays' pub
lished not ic. TLnber lands from which
timber has been removed, under this bill,
will become subject to entry under t he
public land laws, whenever the Secretary
of the Interior may prescribe.
The Reeder bill differs from the general
stumpage proposition in that It fixes
$2. SO as the minimum price at which Gov
ernment timber may be acquired.
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