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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1910. TRIBUTE IS PAID TO HARDY SETTLER IS INSURGENT SENATOR WHO CONFERRED WITH ROOSEVELT YESTERDAY No fishing outfit complete vyithout a little pure whiskey. Methodist Invasion of Zion to Be Fought, He Says. You will find it very con venient to carry a pint . Senator Borah, in Pre-Ad-joijrnment Speech, Makes or half pint flask of INVADERS STAND FIRMLY CFbotJ old Plea for Aid. Dedication of Chapel Yesterday hut Beginning of Their Work, They Declare Battle Lines Are Clearly "Drawn. ABANDON THEORY, HE SAYS ii Substitute Sensible, Practical Poli cies Which Will Tend Toward True Conservation, Espousing i Cause of Homesteader. OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, June . 27. An eloquent tribute was paid the hardy settler who la reclaiming- the arid West, In the con servation speech delverd In the Senate Just previous to adjournment by Sen ator Borah, of Idaho, and combined with this tribute was an equally eloquent plea for the abandoning of theoretical ideas of conservation, and the substi tution of sensible, practical policies which will tend toward true conserva tion. This feature of Borah's speech has not heretofore been quoted, though It constituted one of the best features of his remarks on conservation. In tak ing up and espousing- the cause of the settler, Borah said: "Out Jm the desert in the West, strug gling inevery way which their Ingenu ity can' devise to protect their homes until the water which they stand ready to pay for and which the Government promised to deliver reaches them, are men and women from every state In the Union. There Is not a Senator upon this floor who would not be able to find some of the best citizens of his state, connected with the best families of his commonwealth lately removed .here. People Anxious for Home. "They are anxious to get a home. Gradually, through delay of the Gov ernment, they are being forced into absolute need. To leave them. In the ituation of victims of the Govern ment's invitation and dilatory methods when they offer to pay every dollar of expense, would be a shameless be trayal of public duty which no Con gress will do when It fully understands the situation. "Not a dollar of expense will ever fall to the Government. The home steader stands ready to have the en tire burden put upon his land. He only asks that the Government fulfill Its contract and that he be given a chance to secure a home at his own expense upon what is known as the American desert. "Turning the desert into a prosper ous community at the expense and through the energy of the settlers alone looks to me like practical con servation. This ought to enlist the enthusiasm and support of those who are earnest and devoted believers In conserving our natural resources. If those who believe the principle of con servation to be the greatest question of. today continue to 'pass by on the other side' from the men engaged In the actual struggle for existence, the American people will come to believe after while that after all this is but an ostentatious and Pharisaical display of efforts that live only in dress parade. "While conventions are being held and literature teems with plaintive platitudes about caring for the 'small man,' about looking after the Interests of: all the people, while speeches in Congress and out of Congress deal with the 'consecration to the cause of giving every man an equal chance,' while we are being told that the first considera tion of our republic Is to have a Nation of homes, the real man in the case, the home-builder, is marooned on the- Am erican desert, fighting the real battle of conservation. Picture Well Portrayed. "I have no doubt that as be looks out; upon the burning desert, cleared for cultivation and waiting for four and five years for water, estimating how much longer he can possibly hold out, he is greatly moved by this dis cussion which is going on about scenic beauty and hunting parks and the fear ful situation of generations yet un born.. While his wife and children suf fer privations of pioneer life, deprived of schools; while he is threatened from day to day with cancellation of his title to his homestead upon which he has put his last dollar, he is no doubt cheerejfl with the news that Andrew Carnegie has promised to deliver an . address to the conservation congress on haw to make home life on the farm .'pleasant. " ,' .-. "If he seems stolid to all other mat ters, if he is not moved by the eloquence ; of Mr. Carnegie, who has earnestly and energetically devoted his entire life to ; conserving all the natural resources In sight, .Jie will, certainly be unusually j hopeful when he learns that by an ex traordinary maneuver the Secretary of Vthe Interior has -withdrawn 10,000 acres of power sites in the Sawtooth Monn ;' tains, which will undoubtedly prevent some grinding monopoly from exacting 'exorbitant charges from the only In habitants of that fertile region the .mountain goats. By this time the home steader Is ready for retirement to pleasant dreams, and he opens his fam ily Bible and reads: i " Ye hypocrites, well did Isaiah j-prophesy of you, saying this people Jdraweth nigh unto me with their mouths innrt honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." ' "I presume that most of us have heard a good deal of late with reference "to conserving the natural resources for the benefit of the . 'small man.' I do not kaiiw of anyone who la opposed to ' that proposition. I. do know that the only nian who has suffered by reason of the present policy Is the small man. !J know that where that policy has pinched it has been the small man. "I do know that the advantages -which Tiave been derived from the policy have been with the large men. I do not ''mean to say for a moment that that is 'the intention or the purpose of those .'who are advocating that policy. I do ;'Fay, however, that it is the result of it, and those who are in favor of con serving our natural resources for the benefit, of the individual citizen must modify their policy which is at present obtaining with reference to this all Important question. s- Lt them cease to deal with theories and take up the question of serving the 'small, man,' and we will Join them. But we liave seen the 'small man', driven from ;'tiis homestead, driven to other lands, and we are no longer infatuated by lay sermons upon virtues which no oane man challenges." - -.1, Astorlan Dies Under Operation. ASTqBJA, Or.. June ' 27. (Special.) Charles W. Holmes died here today.-following, an operation. He was a native xt Prince Edward Island, 38 years , old, and during the past 18 years had con ducted a blacksmith shop in this cityl He leaves a widow and two sons. 1:1 : 4..., . WV?' ;l . . . . . :s is v - l- ' "'. ' p .v..- ...v.;. ' '. " - :.; -.:'-"' '' ''; ' ' v v' ;: . ' ROBERT M. L.A FOLLETTE, OF WISCOXSIX. BILL IS SPECIFIC $20,000,000 Irrigation Docu ment of Importance. PAYMENTS WHEN NEEDED Measure Passed Before Congress Ad journs, and Now Iiaw, Allows No Entry Till Unit of Acreage and Water Charges Fixed. ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, June 27. The $20,000,000 irrigation bill, intended to facilitate the completion-of Government irrigation projects, as finally passed by Congress and approved by the President, reads as follows: "Be It enacted, etc.. That to enable the Secretary of the Interior to complete Government reclamation projects hereto fore begun, the Secretary of the Treas ury is authorized, upon request of the Secretary of the Interior, to transfer from time to time to the cred I of the reclamation fund created by the act en titled "An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands In certain states and territories to the construction of irrigation works Dr the reclamation of arid lands,' approved June 17, 1902, such sum or sums, not ex ceeding in the aggregate 20,000,000, as the Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary to complete said reclamation projects, and such extensions thereof as he may deem proper and necessary to the successful and profitable operation and maintenance thereof or to protect water rights pertaining thereto claimed by the United States, provided the same shall be approved by the President of the United States; and such sum or sums as may be required to comply with the foregoing authority ere hereby appro priated out of any money In the Treas ury not otherwise appropriated; Payments Only When1 Needed. "Provided that the . sums, hereby au thorized to be transferred to the reclama tion fund shall be so transferred only as such sums shall be actually needed to meet payments for work performed un der existing law; and provided further, that all sums so transferred shall be reimbursed to the Treasury from the reclamation fund, as hereinafter pro vided; and provided further, that no .part of this appropriation shall be expended upon any existing project until It shall have been examined by a board of en gineer officers of the Army, designated by the President of the United States and until approved by the President as feasible and practicable and worthy of such expenditure; nor shall any portion of this appropriation be expended upon any new project. "Section 2. That for the purpose of providing the Treasury with funds for such advances to the reclamalon fund, the Secretary of the Treasury' is here by authorized to Issue certificates of in debtedness of the United States in such forms as he may prescribe and In de nominations of $50. or multiples of that sum; said certificates to be redeemable at the option of the United States at any time after three years from the date of issue, and to be payable five years after such date, and to bear interest, payable semi-annually, at not exceeding 3 per centum per annum; the principal and in terest to be payable in gold coin of the United States. The certificates of In debtedness herein authorized may b disposed of by the Secretary of the Treas ury at not less than par, under such rules and regulations as he may pre scribe, giving nil citizens of the United States an equal opportunity to subscribe therefor, but no- commission shall be al lowed and the aggregate issue of such certificates shall not exceed the amount of all advances made to said reclamation fund, and . in no event shall the same exceed the sum of 120,000,000. The cer tificates of indebtedness herein author ized shall be exempt from taxes or du ties of the United States as well as from taxation in any form by or under state, municipal or local authority; and a sum not exceeding one-tenth of 1 per centum of the amount of the certificates of In debtedness issued under this act Is here by appropriated, out of any- money In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. to pay the expense of preparing, adver tising and issuing the same. Five Years "Time Given. "Section 3. That beginning five years after the date of the first advance to the reclamation fund under this act, 50 per centun of the annual receipts of the reclamation fund shall be taid into the general fund of the Treasury of - the United States until payment so made shall equnl the aggregate amount of ad vances made by the Treasury to said reclamation fund, together with Interest paid on the certificates of indebtedness issued under this act and any expense incident to preparing, advertising and ls etiing the same. - "Section 4. That all money placed . to the credit of the reclamation fund in pursuance of this act shall be devoted exclusively to the- completion of work on reclamation projects heretofore begun, ns hereinbefore provided, and the same shall b irclnOed with all other expenses in future cet'rr.ates of construction, op crulion or maintenance, and hereafter n irrigation project contemplated by Baid act of June 17, 1902, shall be begun un less and until the same shall have been recommended by the Secretary of the Interior and approved by the direct or der of the President of the United States. ' Section 5. That no entry shall be here after made and no entry-man shall be permitted to go upon lands reserved for irrigation purposes until the Secretary of the Interior shall have established the unit of acreage and fixed the water charges and he date when the water can be applied and made public announce ment of the same. - . "Section 6. That section 9 of the act of June 17, 1903 (the reclamation act) is hereby repealed." RAILROAD, SUIT DISMISSED According to Agreement Made - by Taft, Prosecution Ceases. ' ST. LOUIS, June 27. In accordance with the agreement reached between railroad presidents and President Taft, United States District Attorney Charles H. Houts today asked for the dismissal of the suit brought In the United States Circuit - Court by the Government against railroads composing the West ern Trunk line committee, to restrain the proposed increase in freight rates. Judge Dyer, who signed the restrain ing order at Hannibal, ordered the suit dismissed. D0GCATCHER GIVES UP JOB Gus Nelson Finds Official Life in Vancouver Too Strenuous. VANCOUVER. Wash., June 28. (Spe cial.) "Aye yumped my yob," says Gloomy Gus Nelson, formerly Vancouver's dogcatcher, and "aye have gone to wurk In a. llvry stable. ' Xiast week Gloomy Gus was beaten and kicked by three barbers. He swore out warrants against them, but failed to ap pear at the trial to prosecute. The cases were dismissed and the costs of fl.M were assessed to Gus. ZION CITY, 111., June 27. (Special. ) "We will fight this invasion to the death," is the statement attrfouted to General Overseer Glenn H. Vollva. of Zion City, referring to an invasion of the sacred precincts of Zlon by the Metho dlsts. who yesterday dedicated a modest chapel inside the city. Bishop McDowell and a long list of Methodist dignitaries assisted In the ceremonies, and they say they are in Zion to stay and grow. If so they will probably prove an extremely large thorn In the flesh of Overseer Voliva, for the excellent reason that his own camp is badly divided. The independents In Zion hailed the advent of the Methodists warmly and sent a delegation of elders to the dedication of the chapel. The new church will have the backing of business Interests outside and Over seer Vollva has the battle of his life cut out If he undertakes to. exterminate the Invader. The Methodists dedicated their chapel in the forenoon yesterday, and In the aft ernoon Voliva, speaking at the taberna cle, hurled his defiance. This draws the lines of battle clearly and some interest ing developments may be expected. The Methodists will seek out the suf fering in the city and not permit them to die without attention. The recent case of an aged elder being suffered to expire of a rattlesnake bite, while Voliva re fused aid aside from the customary pray ers. Is a case in point. Voliva, it is understood, had just real ized his dream of securing control of a majority of the land holdings, in which case he would have become a dictator more powerful even than was John Alex ander Dowle, founder of the city. At present there is strife between the aldermen, two sets claiming election After the death of Dowle and the subse quent failure, the advent of a receiver tore down much of the Chinese wall sur rounding the city. The followers of Dowle broke up into numerous factions which warred upon each other. Voliva has sue ceeded in aligning several of these fac tions with his cause, but the opposition still Is very strong. SENATOR SEES ROOSEVELT (Continued From First Pse.) the report published today that an operation on his throat was to nave been performed this morning. He laughed aloud in his boyish, way. "Why the first I heard of it." he said, "was when Senator La Follette ar rived here and told me he read that report. I have ne-er even heard of the doctor who It was said would perform that operation. How do you suppose such stories about me become current? You can see for yourself not only that there is nothing wrong' with my throat, but that I am in perfect physical con dition." La Follette Not "Summoned." Getting back to the La Follette con ference, the Colonel wished to make it clear that he had not "summoned" Senator La Kollette. Mr. La Follette and Senator Burkett and Representative Madison, he said, had wired him asking if they might come to Sagamore Hill. It was so late In the morning when he found the telegrams amid the day's grist of mall and wire messages that although he telegraphed for the three insurgents to" come, only Senator La Follette received the reply In time to reach here today. The others he ex pects soon. As he finished this ex planation, the Colonel took up his ax. "One more and I'll quit." All the way down to the gate the whack, whack, whack of the wood chopper's steady blows could be heard resounding through the woods. Beer, $1 doz. quarts delivered to your home. Spring Valley Wine Co. ' " COLONEL NOT TO VISIT DENVER Sorry, He Tells Governor in Letter, but Presence Impossible. DENVER, June 27. 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