ITER POWERS TO
BE CONSERVED
House Committee Takes First
Steps to Save Resources
by Regulating Dams.
FOLLOW PRESIDENT'S LEAD
AVith Exception of Tax lo Tie Irn
posed, Jlfmbcrs Agree to Tolicy
Outlined by Koosevelt Strong
Opposition Appears.
WASHINGTON. Dec 21. Practically
the first steps toward a more judicious
us of the water powers of the country.
In line with the policy of President
Roosevelt to conserve the natural re
sources of the United States are now
being- made by the House Committee on
Interstate and Foreign Commerce in
preparation of a bill to resulate the con
struction, of dams across navigable
waters.
Strong Opposition Appears.
Preliminary consideration of the mat
ter has developed the fact that there is
a strong opposition In Congress to the
Government levying on the water powers
of navigable rivers.
Subsequent to the veto last Spring by
the President of the Ralney project, the
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee of the House appointed a sub-com-mltte
to investigate the programme- of
new legislation In regard to the regula
tion of dams across navigable waters.
During the Summer and Fall this sub
committee went Into various phases of
the matter and Chairman Stevens of Min
nesota Is now ready to explain to the
full committee the recommendations of
the subcommittee.
This will be the first matter consid
ered after the return of the committee
from Panama.
Agree With One Exception.
All the recommendations of the Presi
dent In regard to the improvements and
regulations of dams are agreed to by the
subcommittee except the regulation that
a tax be Imposed. Tomorrow the sub
commltte will urge that the full com
mittee recommend to the House that the
present laws be so amended that the Sec
retary of War may fix charges for the
privilege of constructing a dam.
It will make an alternative recom
mendation that this money either be de
voted to restoring conditions of naviga
tion to the original state before the dam
was constructed, or be turned Into the
treasury to be applied into the improve
ment of navigation generally. In his
message the President pointed out that,
while it appeared that under the present
law there waa a method of forfeiture of
permits, when conditions were not met.
owing to there being no definite imposi
tion of the duty of declaring a forfeiture
or any administrative officer, permits
were not forfeited. The subcommittee will
urge that this duty be Imposed upon the
Secretary of War.
Committee Accepts Recommendation
The committee also has accepted the
recommendation of the President that
there be a specific time limitation upon
the permits and has fixed 99. years as the
limit. This is done with a view of the
public keeping control of the great water
ways and of the Government retaining
the right to eventually remove a dam
should it become an obstruction under
changed conditions.
PREDICTS CHEAP LUMBER
Edward Mines Says lower Cost or
Manufacture Responsible.
CHICAGO. Dec. 21. Edward Hines,
newly elested president of the Virginia
& Rainy Lake Lumber Company, the
largest combine in the world of its kind,
predicts cheaper lumber and a new era
In its production as a result of the new
organization.
It is our intention to cheapen the cost
of manufacturing, and, of course, to
cheapen the cost to consumers proportion
ately," said Mr. Hines. "Wo will not do
thU, however, at the expense of the coun
try by reckless or wasteful lumbering
methods. -
'We will work in harmony with the
forest departments of the United States
and Canada, and we hope to make money
out of the things that they will ask us
to do. For instance, we will utilize all
the timber on the ground we cut over.
We will not simply pick out the choice
trees, leaving dead wood and Brush to
feed forest tires. We will clear the land,
so that Instead of being a worthless
wilderness after it is cut over, it will be
available for farming purposes.
"We are also hoping that a further re
duction may be made In the cost of lum
ber to American consumers by the tak
ing off of the tariff. The greater part of
our land is in Canada and this would en
able us to bring the Canadian lumber into
the United States, a thing that the tariff
practically prohibits now."
DRYS WIN AT PRINEVILLE
Property-Owners Ticket Wins After
Exciting Contest.
Pry NEVILLE, Dec. 21. (Special.) The
property-owners and business men's ticket
was victorious today In the annual elec
tion. The following officers were elected:
Mayor, D. K. Stewart: Aldermen, John B.
Shipp. Jesse Yancy. Wardwell Cram: Re
corder, C. It. Shattuck; Treasurer, J. W.
Boome; Marshall. Wade Huston. The
election was iery close and hotly con
tested. The winners may be claesed as
Prohibitionists.
LET C0I1L MEN ACT
Western Producers Fail to
Take Part in Tariff Work.
EAST WANTS FREE COAL
JURY FOR BEACH HARGIS
Defense Will Expose Wliole Life of
Jndge Ilargis.
IEXIXGTOX. Ky., Dee. 1. At Irvine
today a tjury was secured to try Beach
Hargls for the murder of his father,
Judge James Hargls. AU the members
are farmers. It is said that the defense
will introduce witnesses to lay bare the
whole life of Judge Hargls, giving his
connection wlfh the Breathitt County
feuds and assassinations, believing it can
be proved by these witnesses that Judge
Ilargis was responsible for his own death.
COATS, SUITS, SKIRTS. -
Fine tailored suits, coats, skirts, waists,
eiderdown dressing garments, silk ki
monos, silk petticoats, waists, costumes,
etc., for Christmas gifts. Lowest prices
for high-grade garments. McAlIen & Mc
Donnell, Third and Morrison.
Christmas cutlery. Eyssell's Phar
macy, 2n Morrison, between Fourth and
Fifth streets.
Big Mine Operators Favor Removal
of Duty to Open Up Canadian
Market to the Americans.
Would Hurt Far West.
OREGONIAN KBW3 BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 19. If the coal producers
of the West are interested in maintain
ing the present duty on coal, it is time
they took cognizance of the fact that
Congress Is shaping a new tariff bill, and
that considerable pressure is being
brought to bear by Eastern interests to
have coal placed on the free list. While
the ways and means committee waa giv
ing hearings on coal, the Western pro
ducers were conspicuous by their absence.
As a matter of fact, if the duty on coal
is removed it will be the Western pro
ducers who will feel it and not the big
producers of the anthracite region of
Pennsylvania nor the bituminous region
of the Ohio Valley.
As a matter of fact. Eastern coal pro
ducers are willing to have coal placed
on the free list. They are sufficiently
strong to meet competition from abroad
and their geographical position is such
that they can hardly be damaged by
coal from foreign markets. On the con
trary, the Eastern coal men believe that
if the Dingley duty is removed, Canada
will grant free admission to American
coal, and thus enlarge the markets which
today exist In the Eastern provinces.
The Pennsylvania coal producers believe
that they can compete with Nova Scotia
producers in a large portion of Eastern
Canada.
Would Damage Far West.
The real damage that would be done
by removing the duty on coal would be
in - the Far West, where coal from Bri
tish Columbia would enter into active
competition with the coal produced in
Washington and in Wyoming. Washing
ton would feel it more than Wyoming
because British Columbia coal could be
shipped by water to Puget Sound, San
Francisco and to Portland at rates which
could not be met in many instances
by Washington coal mines.
The Wyoming producers would probably
not feel Canadian competition except in
Idaho and Montana. Nevertheless there
Is a large market for coal in these two
state, supplied almost entirely at present
by the mines of Washington and Wyom
ing, and if, under the free trade arrange
ment, Canadian coal should compete
In these markets, the Wyoming producers
would suffer.
Should Submit Briefs.
The opinion of members of the coal pro
ducing states of the Far West is that
their coal men should get together and
formulate a brief or a series of briefs
for presentation to the ways and means
committee setting forth the conditions
under which their coal is mined, the price
of labor, the markets which they now
serve, and showing what results would
follow if they should be brought into
competition with British Columbia coal,
mined by cheap labor and much of It
transported in foreign ships which also
employ Asiatic labor. Any information
of this kind that is authentic will be of
great assistance to the Western delega
tions in their protests against the reduc
tion to the tariff on coal when the spe
cial session convenes.
OHIOAN IS ARRESTED HERE
Ex-County Auditor and Federal
Agent in. Toils.
Thomas J. Patterson, formerly County
Auditor of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and
an agent in that state of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, was arrested Sunday
morning by Secret Service Agent Con
nell. and later held in $2000 bonds, which
he furnished. It Is charged by Connell
that Patterson is wanted on a grand Jury
indictment in Ohio for Impersonating a
Federal officer, and that he has also pb
talned J76 worth of groceries from an
Ohio grocer and neglected to pay for
them.
W. C. Bristol. Patterson's attorney,
denies that his client is a fugitive from
Justice, and declares that no record of
his ever having been indicted in Ohio has
been sent to this state, and that the local
Federal officers have no case against him.
Patterson Is at present working as a
salesman for an East Side firm, and his
employers have every confidence in him.
HIS examination will be on January 12,
bv which time it is hoped to have the
Ohio charges, if they exist, forwarded
here.
EMMA GOLDMAN SPEAKS UP
oted Anarchist Debates With Wal
ter Thomas Mills.
Emma Goldman, the expounder of the
principals of anarchism, and 'Walter
Thomas Mills, Socialist, writer and lec
turer on economic questions, were heard
in a debate at a meeting last night in
Merrill's Hall. Rev. E. S. Muckley act
ing as chairman. Mrs. Goldman advanced
her well-known views on government,
and referred cynically to the programme
of the Socialists. She made a plea for
individual liberty. The community in
terest is, she said, to be fathered by
mutual understanding, without coercion,
and added that government- is in its
essence corrupt, since it seeks to control
the liberty of the individual. Each should
decide his affairs in harmony with his
own interests and inclinations and not in
harmony with those who hold the power
of government.
"The Jews," said Miss Goldman, "have
been governed for 600 years. Their
prophets each assured them that they
would reach heaven. And the Jews are
still in hell. The Christians have been
ruled for the past 2000 years by the law
laid down by their leader that was to
give them heaven on earth: and they
are still in helL. The Socialists are now
In hell; but when they get Into office they
will make a heaven for themselves, and
leave you in hell. The majority should
not control the minority."
Mr. Mills, in answering Miss Goldman,
questioned the practicability of her doc
trine, and presented what he contended to
be the principles of the greatest good to
the greatest number. Said Mr. Mills:
"Under the anarchistic system, when
will you strike? When anyone la ready?
When will you quit? When anyone is
ready to quit? Nothing worth rec4rdinr
was ever accomplished without union. I
am not asking for the control of the mi
nority by the majority, but for a system
that shall stop the robbing of the ma
jority by the minority."
Multnomah Billiard Tournament.
The handicap billiard turnament at the
Multnomah Amateur Athletlo Club com
menced last night with games In the
fifth class. E. L. Mersereau, one of the
best cue artists at the club, met and de
feated two competitors. His first game
was with R. M. Jones, from who fi he
won by 50 points to 43. H. D. Barrett
CHRISTMAS
AT
THE
COAST
Through train to Seaside.
Leaves Union Depot 6
P. M. Deceniber 24th.
Ai' & 0. R. R. R.
SPECIAL DINNER
AT MOORE HOTEL
TICKETS AND PARLOR
CAR RESERVATIONS
At 122 Third St. and Third
and Morrison Sts.
was Meresereau's opponent in the sec
ond game, when the latter won a second
time, by the score of 50 to 46.
AT THE TACPEVITXE THEATERS.
Kooney Sisters Orpheum.
The Rooney Sisters are the two little
American dancers who conquered Europe
and who were so well thought of that they
were the recipients of handsome medals
from her majesty, the Crown' Prince Marie.
Their dancing is so spirited they have been
termed "the Rooney Madcaps."
The Johnoon Students.
The bill at Pantages Theater this week
Is composed of rare novelty acts. The John
son Students, four young men, are the
speediest club Jugglers in America their
act Is a whirlwind from start to finish. They
are supported by seven clever vaudeville
numbers.
Artlstlo Vaudeville.
One of the most artistic vaudeville offer
ings presented in Portland is "A Soldier
of Propvllle." In which Mr. and Mrs. Es
mond are appearing this week at the
Grand. The act Is strictly high-class and
contains legitimate character acting.
COMEVG ATTRACTION'S.
Seats Selllnr for Louis James.
Seats are now selling at the Heilig The
ater, Fourteenth and Washington streets,
for the favorite actor. Louis James, in the
stupendous scenic production of "Peer
Gynt." Mr. James, supported by Aphle
James and a splendid company, will be the
attraction for three nights, beginning next
Thursday, with special matinees Christmas
and Saturday.
Rose Stahl at llelllg Tonight.
Tonight and tomorrow night at the Helllg
Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets,
the attraction will be the charming actress,
Rose Stahl. and an, excellent supporting
company, in her interesting comedy success.
"The Chorus Lady." Last night's big audi
ence applauded both star and play to the
echo.
"Arizona" at the Baker.
Hollls Coolcy's production of Augustus
Thomas' greatest play. "Arizona," Is the
attraction at the Baker Theater all this
week, with matinees Wednesday (bargain
ilavl. Friday and Saturday As the title
LEST YE FORGET
LENNON'S GLOVE ORDERS
AS A REMINDER
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To those who have yet to complete
their Christmas purchases we sug
gest LENNON'S GLOVE ORDERS
Have you forgotten your friend in San
Francisco? You have ample time to
reach her (him) by mail with one of our
Glove Orders, which are redeemable with
the best ploves at our San Francisco
stores on Market street. Van Ness avenue
or Fillmore street, in San Francisco. In
Seattle we have two stores on Second ave.
Your Portland friends may present
"Lennon's Glove Orders at 309 Morrison
at' any time and receive in exchange a
selection of the world's best makes of
gloves.
Purchase one of Lennon's Glove Orders
as a present to man woman or child, and
save yourself the trouble and annoyance
of making a selection of the goods.
Sold for as much money as you care to
spend.
gflft&TlS309 MORRISON ST.
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N EVENINGS UNTIL 10
GIVE HIM A HAT ORDER
He Can Get the Size and
Style That Suit Him
THE "MULTNOMAH" Z HAT
In Brown, Gray, Black, Bronze, Tan
and Green; Soft and Derby Styles
' SAM'L ROSENBLATT S CO.
Cor. Third and Morrison Streets.
Indicates, "Arizona" Is a play of frontier
life.
rhristmas at the Bungalow.
The tlay Manager Baker's patrons of the
Bungalow chose for a Christmas attraction
BUDS"" ,. ;,,,,, TJoll Tx-),lrh l nleas-
mg crowded houses nightly this week He
sides the regular Saturday matinee there
WU1 be a special matinee Christmas.
HI Henry's Mlnntrels at the Star.
Hi Hnry'y entirely new minMrol ng.gr-
gatlon is the attraction at the Star The
ater this week. It is a minstrel perform
ance ty new high-grade performers, all of
whom Won New York recognition.
Christmas perfumes. Eyssell's Phar
macy,. Morrison, between Fourth and
Fifth streets.
Klepant stock of fitted hairs nnd
suit cases at Harris' Trunk Co. Note
window display.
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If you are going to have any wines or liquors
on your table at Christmas you ought to consider
quality first, as that means the continuation of
your good health.
It pays you to secure the best when you can
obtain it at prices charged for inferior grades.
S. A. Arata & Co. and Arata Bros, are the
old reliable wine and liquor houses of this city,
with a reputation covering a period of 25 years
for carrying the very best grade of goods, im
ported and domestic.
We are now in a better position than ever
before to handle every demand of our con
stantly increasing .business and we guarantee
all goods sold by us to be absolutely pure and
exactly as represented. Every article is genu
ine and sold under the restrictions of the United
States Pure Food Law.
In connection with the Arata Bros', store,
67 and 69 Sixth street, we have installed a first
class Delicatessen and Grocery Store in which
we carry all of the best grades of imported and
domestic goods.
All orders filled promptly and delivered.
So A, Arata & Co.
104 Third Street
Phone Main 480 A 1481
Arata
jforaers
67-69 Sixth Street
Phone Main 2531 A 2531