13 TTTF MfmXTXCr OTIEGOXIAX. SATURDAY. JUNE 1. 1912. FULL REVISION OF LAND LAWS URGED Newlands Tells West to Get Together to Formulate Com prehensive Policy. PRESENT LAW INADEQUATE .Nevada Senator Would Frame) Code That Would Glre t'ltlmate Con trol to fcutea Nation Tie gardevi a Trust. ORFCXIMAN NEWS BUREAU. Tash inerton. Mar 31. Senator Newlands. of NrTirli, has msde a propocel which. It favorably acted upon, may result ulti mately In the solution of the perplex ing conservation problama which now retard the development of lha Want. In brief. Senator Newlende proposes that tha Senators and Representatives of the West tret tog-ether aa a body or orsran lie a committee of 17. ona member from each of the public land states, and asree upon a complete and romprehen alve plan of amending the public land la wa. That tha present laws are Inadequate and many of them obeolete la admitted. But whlla thla la true there baa thus far been no systematic movement look Ins to an amendment of the land laws, and for thla Weetern men In Congrress ir partly to blame. Individually. Sen atora or membera from time to time hare proposed bills to correct one or another of tha land lawa. but none of theae bills hae attempted to provide a general revision, and none of these bills has been unanlmoualr supported br men from tha West. Eaasaple ftet With Irrlaatloe. Senator KewlanJs calls attention to tha fact that tha irrigation question was discussed In Congress a flood many yeara to no purpose, until finally tha Western Senators and Representatives got together, compromised and recon ciled their own vlewa and then present ed to Congress a speclflo plan which resulted In the enactment of tha Na tional reclamation law. He propoaea that tha same plan should be followed with reference to the public lsnd lawa and predicts tha; If this plan la fol lowed tha conservation problem will be satlsfsctorlly solved. He bellevea Con gress would paas a law so framed. Although ha Is regarded as a strict conservationist. Senator Newlanda re cently demonstrated In the Senate that he bellevea In practical conservation, which meana development of tha West. Thla waa shown In a aieech In which he advocated tha formulation of West ern Ideaa of tha public land question. It Is too late to b.-lng about a general revision of the land laws at the pres ent session, but many Senators are com menting favorably upon the auggeatlon mada by tha Senator from Nevada. In that speech Senator Newlands said: Vltlmate State Central AdvlaeA. "I believe that ultimately tha true solution of this question Is to turn over the public domain to the states In monopoly and monopolistic tendency. But I do not believe It Is always wlsa to turn over an estate to a weak bene ficiary, too weak to take charge of the property that la ultimately to be hla. Hence, I would carefully guard tha turning over of Ma domain to the statue within which It exists. -We hava realised that with reference to the swamp lands which ware turned over by tha National Government to the rarlous states. Many of them had not the financial strength or experience neceasary to cope with that subject, end we find now that almost every state In which swamp lands exist, having Imprnvldently parted with the title of the lands, la now coming to the National Government for a full, com plete and comprehensive) plan relating In their development Id connection with navigation as tha sola present source of National power, thua cnnfeaalng that the arrant Itself waa an Improvident one. "I ahould regard the present grant of a'l the lands that are capable of Irrlga. lion to the various states as Improvi dent because most of the rivers are In terstate rivers; they Involve Interatate prohlema and require the action of a sovereignty whose Jurisdiction exists over every Inch of American soil and whose sovereignty Is not confined with in a detached portion of a region tribu tary to a certain river. "Rut all our legislation should tend gradually to turning over this great Jomatn to the control of the states arlthln which It la situated. m IT lea I ties Have larreaard. "Mr. President, tiie settlement of tha humid region wss a comparatively simple one. The agricultural home stead meant there but one thing and that waa ISO acres of land capable of being cultivated, and there was no dif ficulty about cultivating It. But at we go west we find the difficulty In rresaing. As a result we have been obliged from time to time to change the law regarding homesteads, and wo have not only the agricultural home mead which may exlat and ought to exist only In tha humid region, but we have tha dry-farming homestead, the enlarged homestead, and we hava '.he terlamatlon homestead tinder tha reclamation art. "Then, outside of the land that Is capable of Irrigation we have vast areaa devoted to graslng. and the ques tion Is whether we shall so administrate that graalng domain aa to turn It over to a few cattle barons or whether wa hall hava a graslng homestead of some klnoV large enough to support Indivi dual families, and give to each family the control not of 10 acres, not of acres, or of (40 acrea, but of enough land to grase enough rattle to support a family. That amount may range all the way from S0O0 acrea to 15.000 acres. Then the question will be aa to whether we ahall give the title absolutely or whether we ahall simply give graslng permits for a limited number of years, holding tha In mis tn such a position as that here after, with the progress of Irrigation, those landa ran be divided and turned nto agricultural homesteads. Cealereaea a Irgrd. "I urge that the representatives of these 17 atatea ahould get together In conference and appoint a committee with a view to recommending to Con gress a code of lawa upon this subject; to consider the question whether abso lute title should be given to these graslng areas In large units, from 3000 to 13.000 acres enough to support a family or whether they will retain the title, simply giving graslng permlta for a period of years, with a possibility hereafter that these lends may come under aome Irrigation project not now In contemplation. "1 da not pretend to say what law should be psssed upon these questions. Time does not permit; but It seems to me that the rational way to proceed la for tha membera from the Weat to confer together, appoint a committee, adjust this question, and preeent It to Congress for Its approval. I assume that the members from the West are not opposed to a wise conservation policy; that If they do object to a res ervation to tba Nation, they will not object to a reservation to their respec tive states: and. If It Is necessary, wa i csn so shape these lawa aa to make the reservation of the water power, tna eoal. and tha oil run to the states In which these natural resources are located. Instesd of to the Nstion. I sssume thst any rational conserva tionist In the country will be satisfied if such natural resources are reserved to the public rather than granted to ; monopolistic corporations. j Xetlae Regarded aa Traatee. "I hava no doubt the time will come I when the entire public domain will be transferred to the atatea within which that domain rests. There la no reaaoa why the State of Idaho, for Instance, or any other state, ahould not ultimate ly own all that la left of the public domain within Its boundaries, but tha question Is. when sbsll that transfer ba madeT I repudiate altogether the Idea that the publlo domain In any state should bo he;d by the National Govern ment for the profit of the Nation. "1 regard the Nation simply aa the trustee for the benefit of the present and future residents of the stste. but I do believe that that trust requires the ' United States to protect these-forests against fires, and tn protect both tha forest and tha coal reserves against monopolistic control, and that la making tha . transfer of the public domain, within a state to the state the Government ahould wait until It is con- vlnced that the state., can adequately take care of that domain and ahall turn ' It over under such restrictions aa wlU prevent that large domain from falling under monopolistic control. MOTHER SUES SALOONMAN Mrs. Wheeler A-k $10,000 Dam age Because Son Gets Drunk. Because Hubert H. Anderson, a sa loonkeeper of 14 H Fourth street, aold liquor to Harry Wheeler, It yeara old. causing him to become, so the mother I alleges, a habitual drunkard. Anna E. Wheeler, mother of the young man, brought suit for 310.000 damagea In the Circuit Court yesterday against Anderson. The mother alleges in the complaint that Anderson Induced ber son to visit tha saloon frequently and upon several occasions got ths boy drunk. On one occaalon, aha say a, her aon atola soma things from Eugene Blaxier whlla under the Influence of liquor aold by Anderaon and In consequence tha youth passed several weeka In Jail. BUSINESS SHOWS BIG GAIN (Contlnaed from First Psga) tha first five months of lsst year la In excess of 125,000.000. Peatal Receipts (.raw. Tostal receipts showed a big lead over the totals for May, 1311. Accord ing to an estimate aubmltted last night by 'Assistant Postmaster Williamson, tha receipts for the month will reach 333.290. This Is a gain of ISS8J over tha totals for tha same month last year, or an Increase of t.ti par cent The receipts at tha Portland Poatofflca hava been making big galna from month to month. Thla showing Is one of the moet accurate Indexea of th In crease In both business and population. Ona of th most gratifying; features of the month was tha showing mada In building operations. Compared with tha record for tha same month of last year, tha total expenditure In buildings Is not quite as large, but there were fully 30 per cent mora permits Issued. There were few large structure au thorised during the month, the ma jority of the permits being for dwel lings. Tha number of permits Issued was 303. with a valuation of 11.421. 273, aa against 333 permits, with a total valuation of f 1.873. 230 for May, 1311. BalldtaaT Operations Fiearrlah. The total permits Issued for tha five months of 1313 represent sn expendU tura of t7.Tlt.4B:. This Is nearly equal to the coat of building construction for the eame period laat year, which amounted to 37.760,300. Comparatively speaking. It Is doubtful whether there Is any city In tha country that has mada such steady progress In building operations. The record of realty transfers for the month Indicates a ateady movement In real estate. Tbera were three salea closed which Involved mora than 31.000.000. The total deals represented a total consideration of mere than 32.2SO.000 for the month. Trading In both downtown property and residen tial property waa more active than In May of last year. There were nearly 100 transfers recorded . during the month. Lumber shipments showed a sub stantial Increase. The export trsda In lumber amounted to 7.SSS.S69 feet, an Increaae of 250.000 feet over the busi ness In May. 111. Coastwise shipping resrbed a total of 14.600,000 feet. Cali fornia being the largest buyer. Wheat Salstsaeeta larrease Wheat shipped from Portland last month aggregated 827.324 bushels, of which 808.1S4 bushels went to Cali fornia and 218,770 bushels to Europe. The movement to California waa 208. 08 buahels In excess of the showing for May, 1311, and th exportation on European account waa 103,842 buabela greater than for the aame period laet year. The total movement laat May waa 823.8&0 bushels, but that Included 106,066 bushels sent to ths Orient. In the May summary of tha Mer chants' Exchange the total flour move ment Is placed at 127.733 barrels, of which 37.384 barrels went to Far East ern ports and 10,231 barrels to Cali fornia. Puget Sound ahlpped but 282.306 bushels of wheat, 88.822 buahels going to Europe and 134.283 bushels to Cali fornia. For tha season to data Portland haa ahlpped 3.321.357 bushels, whlla th movement from Puget Sound haa reached 4.827.683 bushels. Stockyards Receipts Dree. Total recelpta at the Portland Stock yards In Mar were 33.430 head, or 1044 leaa than received tn tha aame month laat year. Tha decline waa due to the falling off In cattle arrivals, which were about half those of last year. Tbera waa a good gain In the sheep run, however, and reoelpta of hogs and calves were also larger. Th receipts In Mar of this and last year compare aa follows: 1013. 1011. rattle 4.421 S.223 Calvaa 7 1 Hoes 7.B1W T.1BS Sheep 24.HS4 Horses and males 17 234 Totals .89.430 40.474 Postmasters iet Abeeoce) Leave. SEATTLE, Wash, Mar 31 Nina days' leave of absence for all Presiden tial Postmasters In the etavtee of Idaho, Waahlngton and Oregon during tba month of June waa today granted by First Assistant Postmaster - General Grandfleld, In a telegram to Postmas ter George F. Russell, of Seattle. Pres idential Postmasters of the three states will hold a combined convention In Portland beginning June 8, and th leave of absence Is to enable them to ba In attendance. 285 FIIIISH COURSE Y. M. C. A. Graduates Stu dents in 27 Subjects. 10 GET PHARMACY DEGREE William M. Ladtl Presides, IVr. C. H. Chapman Delivers Annual AdV dresa. Dwelling on Advantages of Educating; the Hands. At the annual commencement exer cises of the educational department of the Toung- Men's Christian Association, held last night In tha association au dltorlum. certificates of graduation were presented to 184 students In tha J7 subjects taught. In addition di plomas were presented to tba ten grad uates tn tha college of pharmacy. The exercises were conducted by William M. Laid, president of the association, In th absence of Edgar B. Piper, tha annual address wss delivered by Dr. C. H. Chapman. The conferring of de grees on tha graduates In pharmacy was by Dr. A. G. Bettman. E. B. Mac Naughton. chairman of the educational committee, presented the certificates. The pharmacy valedictory waa given by Fred E. McOrew. Prayer was of fered by Rev. Thomas H. Walker. Vo cal solos were sung by Senor Leonard!, Albert Gollender and the boys' chorus. In the course of his address Dr. Chapman referred to the changed at titude toward education In practical affaire front that which prevailed only a few yeara ago.- He pointed out tha opportunlttea which th mechanical and vocational puraultg offer aa con trasted with the over-crowded condi tion of th professions. While en couraging the pursuit of the highest Intellectual training. Tr. Chapman ad vised his hearers to be entirely sure that their abllltlea were of th aort to warrant It. He deprecated the custom which has prevailed In tha United Statea of training th brain to th dls. advantage of the hand, and commend ed the Toung Men's Christian Asso ciation for Its efforts In bringing to young men the opportunity to obtain an education In the fundamental and essential vocations. "It Is such Institutions aa thla as sociation." aald Dr. Chapman, "that have aucceeded In combining the edu cation of the hand with the education of the brain. Ton can educate tha brain without educating th hand, but you cannot educate the hand without educating the brain. In this war tha economic and intellectual problem la being solved. The personal character of teachers Is the first asset of any Institution. Toung men get more out of the contact with a devoted teacher, a real teacher, than out of books or laboratory." Following Is a list of th graduates: Electrical Department Msrle Carr. Henry 7. Olsen. Karl I. Deordorf, C. V. Hodgson. Earl Randle. M. H. Wade. Richard Harrl soa. Wiley Heart. Erie Englund. W. A. Lank. I.awrence Pargesnt. Clyde Klehl. H. I. Mil ler. D. a. Hertoo. Walter M. Kvans. Mas. O. t,wts. Prank A- Smith. Wiley feeott. Collage preparator 3- H. Forebers. Harry K. Hennlg, Herbert Johnson, C N. Howland, R. P. A I bee, O. J. Fitch. J. A. Oelsaman. J. L. Kerchen. 1. R. Fox. F. B. Keleer. t'hee. A. Clark. Bernard Olsea. Harry Hukawakr. Klwln Hougen. A. R. Vajor, William C Block. A. W. Oustsfson. (Samuel IMukaa. Hsnry C. Pake. James Papas. Walter E. Hoffman, otto Paa.ua. L T. Walker, Frank lin O. McLean Commercial department Arthur W. An dersoa. Rov T. FuJIoka, Harry U. Hammsr, C K. Johnson. Ray Leher. Levi D. Btmp aon. H. N. Tarbroush. Arrhar Oraddr, J. K Masters. T. Chapel Wrlcht. William Olsen, Archibald Davis. C. II. Ahlf. Henrv G.hrls. A. F. Harmaa. Charles Klrkpatrick. Varner Mccormark. Arrhls S. Smllh. r. C. Tref flnaer. Robert F. Hamilton. Ror W. Nut ting, r. Howard Zlnser. A. A. Jsrett. Car roll Clausen. I. Gordon C.I f ford. M. Melville Johns. Edward McOlli. Frank Meneike, J. W. Tynan. C. L Brown. Uust llilisr, John Rock. Ralph F. Read. Frank Hord. First aid O. l Brown. ior M. Crane, Henry Gehrig. Wltllara ilellsrmana. William Hoesty, Niamey Henderson. Hsrry Kimble, Frank Menslks. Matthew Prldt. I .en L. titmpson. Rlrhard Voorhlea. Norrts Coomar. Krlc Knclund. John Olltner. Barauel Urant. Ralph J. Hughes. Clarance K. Johnson. Iorsn Kimble. Arthur McAllister. Joseph H. Nart.k. IJsrold enyder, I.orln Wood. Basil Donahev. nnnald Kenn. W. R. Ontsch. Gor don Olffnrd. A. F. Hsrmsn. M. Melville Johns. Varner MeCormark. Hsnry C. Olsen. tawr.ne Sarg.nt, Adelbart gnydcr. Hew lett Cornwall. Boys' group course. grade 1 Hlldlng Berilund, John Bellew. Orrla E. DeVaul. Ivsr A. Ertrkson. Guerdon Humuon. Uus l. Jones. Herbert Benham. Lewis trans. Clar ence Dlshmsn. William Oellerman. John Ilendrlrka. Henry Krsua Kdwsrd Hush. Hord K. Darnell. Carl Erlcksoo. Nels J. firove. leonsrd Herdrlckson. Krnest l.elle. Edgar Morgan. Adalbert Fnytler. vVIUIsm H. Button. Joseph Moore. Harold Snyder. Richard Voorhlea. Charles H. Psttlbons, Ar. thur Htafford. Bojra' group course, grade 3 Harry B. Baker. Harold Dark, Donald Fsnn, Manning Hears, William Hoealr. Chris Marthaller, Virgil Montgomery. Matthew Prldt, Chester Richmond, Krederle fimlth, Thomas O. Tur ner. K. B. Wolfe, bee Betterldge. W. Devla, Orvllle ties.. Stanley Henderson. Ralph Hughes, Dlmar McKlnstry. Chris Mo-rtson, Joseph . Rarlck, Bernard C. Kuddoek. Charles MrK. Pumner, Clsude Welch, Lorln Wood, Karris roomer. Erie Englund. fcsmuol Oram. Lyhi Htllatnger. Harry Hlmbls. Ksiph Mlcbael. Ervllla Nltschke, Darrel Rice. Bur rel Sellers. Fred Traalar J. William Wlleon. Technical and general departments Joel H. Cos, Ooet Baracoa, Levon O. Calousdlan, Richard Carson. Th. odors George, Johan Jansen, Wtlhelm Kock. Pster Laraen. Henry Pl.laa. Pehr goderman. John Wagner, P Yameyata, Eugene Barton, W. B. Patterson. George W. Klaggs, Jr.," Edward L. Wens. H- Maulbeutcb, James Borraa. Lowle Cherry. C - Dal fonso. Herbert Ofrelner. Carl Jeneen. Phil IB Kock. Tokuma Mlkawa, A. Vender Putten, Jacob Staaewleh, T. Watanabe. Jacob Zum stein, O. Erlckson. Eric Englund. Henry D. Eta. D. T. fchlda. A- L. Brockman. Blng Choong. Charles Dedakia. E. 8. Hashlsume. O, Krlsh, Thomas Koreas. Oscar Nybaek. Humbert Ratal. Frank Bt.plen. August Wemme. A- Oleaeon Bishop. Robert P. Jones, Frank Moulton. Shirley R. Prentla. College of pharmacy F. C. Norrla, H. 1 Falrler. J. H. Bader, Jr.. Qulntln C Burg. Frederick E. McGrew, Heyworth N. Panford. Walter Ulniss, Dr. L T. Tea. L. B. Can alar. John A- Weber. ANTI - V0TERS ANSWERED Millie R. Trumbull Replies to lie marks on Child Labor I jaws. - i PORTLAND. Or.. May 33. (To the Editor.) Will you kindly rlva ma space for a reply to the com munication of the press committee of the anti-Suffragists which appeared In your edition of Mar 37. First as to tha comparison between the states having suffrage and th non suffrage statea In their legislation con cerning women and children the com parison Is neither Just nor In any sens logical. Tha states having the greater number of laws of fills class are high ly developed industrially and requlra protective legislation for their women and children. The auffrage atstes have not aa many factorlea. or women and children-employing Industries In total, aa one will find la one county In Illinois. It la not good political sense to burden the statute booka of the state with laws for which there Is no need. This argument applies also to th dis paraging remark aa to th model child Isbor lsw In Its 43 provisions this model law waa framed to meet all possible contlgenclea In any atate with a large factory development how fool ish It would ba for any mining, or agri cultural atate to burden Its code with legislation In dstall for which there waa no possible use. A general pro vision covering tha condition Is all that Is needed. Tha Oregon law will not do for Utah and tha Massachusetts law would ba too elaborate In about 47 provisions for Wyoming. Tha aaaertlon la not true that Wyoming has no child-labor law Wyoming has all that Is needed for that sparsely settled state see "Child-Labor Laws," by National child-labor com mittee. Aa to Colorado's adult delinquency law, if I remember correctly, the Colo rado law served as a model for th rest of the states we copied. It verba, tlm for Oregon. Colorsdo Is not cor rectly quoted as to Its provision for stag children. They are carefully guarded first by permit from school superintendent, with appeal to the County Judge or Juvenile Court Judge, who haa the power to revoke tha per mit Issued br the school superintendent- The statement Is also Incorrect and out of date aa to the proof of age In Colorado'a child-labor law. Colorado has tha same provisions aa th Oregon law. Tha aaaertlon that Oregon haa a law preventing children from appearing on the stage la also Incorrect. A permit must be secured from the Judge of th Juvenile Court for all children under the age of 16. So far as I know, this haa not prevented any child who came Into the state professionally from ap pearing with the compear- It haa been enforced In a limited degree aa to local children Oregon la In the doubtful class In this legislation. In Illinois, no child under the age of 16 Is allowed on any stage. Thla law was secured through the efforts of tha suffrsge women in Illinois through "indirect" methods going to the Leg Islstur and "pleading" with th law makers. Aa to the ten and eight-hour day in any state suffrsge or non-suffrage the shorter day for the working women and children' has been secured through the efforts of the labor unions with th help of the lesders in social work everyone a loyal suffragist. I hava yet to learn of an antl-suffraglst going to the legislature to plead through the long weary hours of a legislative ses sion for shorter hours for working women. Jt Is quit tlm the ."out-of-dste" leaflet of the anti-suffrage society, which sets forth th facta above re ferred to, waa withdrawn from circula tion: it Is too old to be considered seriously and had It not been used for the fifth time I woulds not ask .for space for an answer. Aa to tha hysteria of tha suffragist I am wondering which I would rather be hysterical or Illogical? MILLIE R- TRUMBULL. SAFEGUARDS GIVEN 0. K. FRANCHISE CHANGES SUIT SEW ELECTRIC COMPAVT. Amendments Proposed by City At torney Satisfactory, Says Legal Representative of Corporation. Every one of th amendmenta pro posed by City Attorner Grant further to safeguard tha Interests of the pub lic In tha franchise asked br the North western Electric Company, la entlrelr satisfactory to the buslneae men be hind the big concern which la seeking to enter th Portland field In active competition with the Portland Rail way, Light AV Power Company. This statement was mult laat night by Attorney L. A. McNary, ona of the attorneys for the company In Portland. Not only will all tha amendmenta aug gested by Mr. Grsnt be accepted, aald Mr. McNary. but they are welcomed by the company. The attitude of the company la Il lustrated in Its stand toward tha rata regulation clause proposed by Mr. Grant. This clause reserves to tha Council the right "reasonably to regu late th rates snd charges which tha company may charge or collect during the llf of th franchise." Tha men behind tha Northwestern Electric Com pany are willing not only to accept the franchise with this proviso, but they take the unusual attitude for a corporation that It la only Just and proper regulation. "Mr. Flelach hacker and his associates regard rat regulation as a feature In tha evolution of public utility corpor ations." said Mr. McNary. It Is bound to come, and they know It la right that it should come. "It le their policy In all the big business enterprises with which they ars connected to take a progressiva and not a reactionary view of these mat ters involving the rights of the public, and that Is whst they will do In Port land. "Mr. Grant haa added an amendment designed to prevent any merger or sale of the company, under penalty of for feiture of the franchise. If the Council cares to. or can, make tha wording of thla clause more stringent, we will welcome It. "Mr. Herbert Flelschhacker and th men associated with him In the North western Electric Company ar anxious to begins work In Portland as soon as possible. They are not promoters, but constructors. Their record shows that. For 10 yeara they have been connected with large enterprises on tha Pacific Coast." OFFICERS ARE GUESTS VANCOUVER ELKS AND COMMER CIAL cmn HOSTS. Addresses by A. M. Baker and 3. A. Munday Re ponded to by General Mans and Colonel Young. VANCOUVER. Wash, May Jl. (Spe cial.) In honor of the officers of tha post and the department headquarters, and more especially for Colonel George S. Toung. commanding officer of Van couver Barracks, who recently arrived from the Philippine Islands with th Twenty-first Infantry, and hla staff, a reception was held tonight In the club rooms of the Elks' Home. Elks' Lodge No. SIS and the Commercial Club be ing hosts. A. M. Blaker. exalted ruler of the Elks, and J. A. Munday welcomed the officers, and General Marlon P. Maus, commander of the Department of tha Columbia., the highest ranking of ficer In the Pacific Northwest, replied, aa did Colonel Toung'. General Maus was accompanied by the Adjutant-General. Major A. 8. Fleming, and bis two aides. Lieutenants E. O. McCleava and F. L. Whitley. Colonel Young waa accompanied by his staff Captain George 8. Tiffany, post adjutant; Captain Bennett, poat quar termaster; captain E. W. Clark, poat commiaaary; Captain Carroll F. Armls tead. and all of tha officers of th Twenty-first Infantry, now in th post; and Major E. F. McGlachlln. In oom mand of th Second Field Artillery, and all officers connected with It. Of the wild enltnale of Norway, wolves, foxes, minks, wessels. hsri'trs. martens ot ter, and seal are trapped. Tha beavar la protected the year round; bear and dear are shot, not trapped. Plffersnt traps are used, mostly steel traps, aome of borne manufac ture, others Imported, principally from Oer-maay. MONTANA 6EIS LINE Great Northern to Parallel Route in Two States. EMPIRE TO BE DEVELOPED Building; Short Lines Has Been la Progress, and Preeent Project Villi Be) Connecting; These Prom Dakota to Idaho. BUTTE. Mont.. May SI. (Special.) Tha recent announcement by the Great Northern Railway Company of Its In tention to conatruct an alternate transcontinental Una through Montana and North Dakota la of Immense Inter est to this state, aa tha new line will tap a country that Is yet untouched by railroads; also will It tend to obviate uaual delays and traffic tie-up In th Spring and anow blockades during the Winter months. . Leaving th Dakota border line, the I Great Northern will trend eoutheaater- j ly aa far aa Lewlaton, Mont, connect- I lng with a apur recently constructed from that city to Moccealn. From Moc casin tha new Una will go ever th line of th Billings sV Northern, a Hill road, to Great Falls, switching west over a line to b built to Augusta. The sur vey then takea the road through the Flathead country, bearing south of the Flathead Lake In a detour and connect ing again with the main line, either at Bonnera Ferry, Idaho, or Troy, Mont. Butta will be brought Into close touch with the alternate transcontinen tal Una by a branch from Moccasin to Helena, connecting with the Great Falls-Butt branch of the Great North ern. Two yeara ago, speaking at the state fair at Helena, Jamea J. Hill outlined the plans of th Ureat Northern Com pany for a second line to th Coast, which will very appreciably shorten the dlstanc from rt Paul to Seattle and give Impetus to th settlement of a veritable emplr of farming country now without transportation facilities of a kind which will permit of profitable agricultural development. According to the new plans, instead of the through trains from the Twin Cities to th Coast switching north at Vance, N. D, they will continue to a point on th main line near Mlnot. N. D., In a line which might be compared with tha hypothenuse of an obtuse an gled triangle. Somewhere near Mtnot the new line will run parallel to th old Una and south of It to Mondak, N. D on th border line of North Dakota and Montana. The Great Northern Company has bsen building small atretrhes of track In furtherance of tta project for aome time. The announcement Just made that the company will conatruct a SO mile stretch from Crane, on the Telow ston River, to a point on the Missouri River, brings with It the Intelligence that the Hill company proposes the building of 400 miles of track aa a part of tta double-tracking plan. BRITON PRAISES PORTLAND Annual Edition of The Oregon Ian Tells Him of Great City. England waa the lest foreign country to pay tribute to the greatneaa of Ore gon and the City of Portland, aa rep preaented by the annual edition of The Oregonlan: Phil Metschan. Fr, yeaterday received the following letter from the manager of Buaton. Proctor aV Co., Ltd, of Lin coln. England: "Phil Metschan. Esq.. Portland Or. Mr dear Mr. Metschan I want to thank you very much for the moat Interesting newspaper which you sent me some time ago. "Really, the enterprise, 'go-headed-ness' and push of your citizens Is be yond all praise. Thlnga do Indeed move' on your side, and the city ap pears to be going ahead In a marvelous manner. "I always feel that It must be a source of Immense aatlafactlon to an thoss who bave the opportunity of col laborating In the development of and moving with the progress which occurs In a live, go-ahead city like Portland. With kind reaards. "GEORGE R. 6HARPLET." Mr. Metschan met Mr. Pharpler when touring Egypt In company with hla two daughters. ANNIVERSARY IS NOTED Dr. John II. Boyd to TreaeJi Sermon In Honor of First Tear Here. Dr. John H- Boyd, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will preach hla flrat anniversary aermon Hunday morn ing, lie will review the work of the church during tha year and outline the plans of th future. During th last year 140 membera have been added to the church. Dr. Boyd says he has been much encouraged by the loyalty of the members of his church to his work. The dedication of the new church house In September will be the signal for enlarged activities, he says, one of these being an effort to enroll 1000 young persons tn the 8uaday school. Clubs and classes will b organised and the women's mtsslnnsry work snd other branchee of tb church work en larged. DAILY CITY STATISTICS Birtba. L RORIKN'T To the wife of Morris Rosumny, 210 Sheridan street. May XT, a aon. K L.EX3 Tt KTTI To the wife of Joe Elegret tl. Firth street. May St. a so a. PALEKMIM To the vlfa or John Paler mlnl, 071 Blith street. May 4. a daughter. A MA TO Te the wife of Balvalore Amato. AS Hlxth street. May 1. a eon. KCOVO.NA Te the wife of Mike gcovona. 123 Eaat Forty-eighth street. May 13, a daushter. Mt ON To the wife of Mo On. 2t Oak street. Msy 2S. a daiurhter. HcX) SISG Te the wife of Hoo Sing. S10 Second street. May 3.1, a daushter. HANAOKA To the wife ef T. Haaaaka, 132 Mussel 1 street. May 17, a daushter. LKR lOCK To the wife of Lea Lock. 3M Handera street. May -IS, a ion. YUKI To the wife ef Frank 8. Tukl. 131 Worth Fifteenth atreet. May It. a dauaht.r. FUJII Te tba wife of T. FuJII. lea North tilth etreet. May 4. a daushter. VAX OROSS To tha wife ef Wllilara Vsa Gross. 4'K Liberty street. May 10. a son. M'CREART To ths wife of Earl V. He Creary. 239 Eaat Fortieth atreet. May . a daushter. I'.nolr to tba wife ef Martin Unger. SIS Cooper street. May la. a daushter. ROBERT To tha wife ef Vernea Rab erta. Oregon Tacbt Club, May 23. a daushter. Marriage Ureewee. DAVIS-HARRIS To Brighton R. Pevla, ST. of Multnomah County, and Mattla Har ris. Its, VAN KIRK-Dtl.LMAV Te Benjamin F. Van Kirk, ef Multnomah Ceua'.y. and Eu lalla M. PIMman. 1 THR AtJHER-PMITH To Joe Thrasher. IS. of Kenton Cmmtr. Or- and Nellie Smllh. KDW ARD8-BITIKK Te Vernoa fcd- HOTEL OREGON, Portland. Or.. WrighDickixiaon Hotel Co Props. HOTEL SEATTLE, Seattle, Wash. Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co., Props. ' i . r K t r .is is etei.rraa :":...;. w-i..7rrrr ,479' g' g'g 'innissetw .i-wTTBl-al -. WITT THE PORTLAND HOTEL, IIITH, SEVENTH, MORHI- SON A 3D YAMHILL T, Q. . KAI FBI A XX. Mausejrer. IK the heart of the rlty'a bustnsss. shopping and theatrical activities. The best dining-room and grill In the city. Passenger motors meet all Incoming trains. Courteous attention to our gueste. European. fl.bO up- A . hi SB SB -Tit'. , J -BJi. -T HOTEL MULTNOMAH HOTEL CORNELIUS House of Welcome Portland, Or. Our li-pasaesger electric "bus- meets all trains. A high-claw, modern hotel in the heart of the theater and ahoppina; district. One block from any car Una. tl xer day and no. European plan. HOTEL CORKELIl'l CO, Proarletora. J. W. Blaha, Free. Fielder Joaea, Vlee-Prea. V-l'-rpl it Vj;-.. 7rlv;37 RATES HOTEL UWPUH PERKINS BATH POftTUND.OR. JISrTH DAT UP sittup at two or nil an wants. SS, ef Multnomah county, and Louise Mltaer. z. roNKl.T-CABH To Ashby P. Conely, 34, of Lane rountv, and Adah K. Carr. HAHUlMl TERRf-To II. J. lisrdlng. !?. of Multnomah County, and Fanny H. Ter ry. 24. ri'BHlER-KNtlt.aND Te Oeorae It. Cur rier. of Columbia County, and Edith A. Knstand. I KALCONER-WKYOANDT To l.orn Fal coner. ;a. r Multnomah County, and Daisy M. Wsrssndt. It. OoIJjaPP-BRAKEMAN Tj Krnest ft Ooldspo. of Multnomah County, and Donna l. Hrskeman. WAI.LI NaUOXTOOM ERT-To Allstet lValllns. 24. of Multnomah County, and Ida Montaomerr. 22 COLFJi VOUK Te Oliver J. roles, 11, of Multnomah county, and Edith Voss, in. Jt'l'Ki'.N-rnMKR To John N. .lepsnn. 81. of Muimomsh County, and Martha A. Kdlarer. 19. D.UI.T METfcOKOIAKiKAl, R KPO BT. PORT1.ANP. May SI. Meslmum temper, sture. 74 dearees: minimum, 4S drsrees. River resdlna at S A. M.. 1U.1 feet; rhans In laat 24 boura. 0.4 foot rise. Total ralnfs 1 S V. M. to A P. M.t. none; total rainfall since g-rtemher 1. lull. Sl.f Inches; nor mal rainfall alnca September I. 42.1S Inches; deflclencv of rainfall sines September 1. lull. 10.4T Inches Totsl sunshine Msjr SI. 14 hours. 2 minutes: possible sunslilne. is hoars. 2 minutes. Haromet-r (reduced to aea-level) at ft Y. M.. ao.18 Inchea. THK WEATHER. "0 15 s-'SITraTBeTn wind 5 - ii State el 5 weatbet : ? STATIONS Baker Hole Iloston Calsary Chicae follax Iteaver Iea Molnea Duluth ........ Kureka . ....... Galveston Helena Jacksonville ... Kansas City Klamath Palls.. l.auiier ... l.os Ans-eles.... Marshfleld Medford Montreal New Orleans... Sew fork North Head.... Norm Taktma. Pendletoa ..... phoenla poratello Portland Roseburr .....i Hacramente .... St. lxuta St. Paul Salt l.aks rn Freocleco.. Spokane St. Anthony ... T co me Tatooh Island. Ths Dslles Twin Kalis Walla tvalla... Washington . . Tt e,er Wenatchee .... WInnlpes 70 O. In n. M 0. es 0. 71 li. 71 . is . on1 (VNWCieer on 12 NWIl-lear M.M'KW'i'luudy on20 NW,Pt. cloudy rxi,12 H ear nil 4 V 4' SB OOION 02 12 HW OO 12 N OO 12 .4 00 12 W ft2 4 HE t'l-sr 'leer S'-MI a o. e" o o s o sit o Cloudy Cloudy Cloutly i louly louny Cloudy eJ.O. 77 0. HO. tl) I I Cloudy oo 4:nw ixi 4 N no HW Clear . Clear I sn n Cleer svi. 4 n. ( ti. .o. a w WO' 4 N Cleer Clear 14 4 UK Lcinuriy io S CW Cloudy Hi 0 720 r.h o s: n. ' o 0. tt it 74 ) i. I4 O 75 0 721 A II KHO 72 0. . 0 ev fl u 0 no 7o Te it 7" (i h ii 4 (4 0 OO in IS Clear .ri,24 NWlClear (mii 4 SB (Clear oo 3 v cisr 00 4 SW (Clesr O0 s w lciesr .i NWlClear mil s N ikii 4 W tin 10 HE .Kill S W 111 HI NW .00 10 w on io w on: 2 hw ,u a n 14! e w Clesr Clear Pt. cloudj Cloudy Clear Clear (Clear Clear Clear Pt. cloud) rsv a NW'Clear vol 2 KK Cleer .on S H tKil 4 N .no, 4 W .On 4 N fleer Clear lciesr iciaar ( 24 SW:'lesr WEATHER CONDITIONS. Aa elongated high-pressure area extends Both hotels centrally located modern in every respect, and conducted on the European plan. ippal KutPcpdef 175 Roo, Hotel WITH BATH (H IF aii Mai The Hotel Bowers Eleventh and Stark Sta. Under New Management offers all the convenience of a high-class hotel, with all the comforta of a home. European plan fl.00 per day op. Amerlcaa ' plan, too. Famoua for Ita grill, a la carte and table d'hote aervlce at reaaonabla prloea Special rates to permanent guests. F. P. WILLIAMS, MANAGER In stse, appointments, serrlr and fireproof quality of the building the leading hotel In Portland, the Multnomah, offers to the dlecrlmlnatlng traveler every comfort and convenience found only In the best hotels of the Kset. Nina stories of steal and concrete, with 736 rooms and suites, palatlally furnished, with ratae from 11.60 to 16 par day, European plan, Motor 'buasee meet all trains end steamers. It. C. HOr,, Manager J. St. BROWKKLI Aea't Ufa A. rrtieae. Mrr, The Rose City Bids You Welcome DON'T WAIT Make Reservations Now ROSE FESTIVAL June 10-15 NEW PERKINS HOTEL from the North Pacific States southesstwsrd to N1 breaks. The bsromter Is relstlvels low oer Alberts, over Ijike Superior end also over the St l.aanncs Veller. A fourth depression of slight energy overlies the gouUiern portions of Arlsnna and New Mes. ,-o. Light rain has fsllrn In Northern t'lsh Kastern Cnlurann. the western portions of Nebrstks and Kansas. Minnesota and Flor in's. It Is much con'er In KsMem Cnloraitn Western Kansas. Wrftsrn Nebrssks snd Kaatrrn Huth Uskoia. Ths tempersturs hss risen In the northern Itoeky Mountain Slstes. The conditions are favorable for fair and continued warm weathor in thla district bsturdty. FORECAST.. Portlsnd and vicinity Fair and continued warm; mtrllierly winds. Ori-gon hair and continued warm; north, erlv winds. Washington Fair; west to north alnda Me h Kslr. KDWAHK A. BKAI.R. Plstrlct Forecaster. UNCALLED - FOR ANSWERS ANKWFRS ARK IIKt.ll AT THIS Or. PICK KOK THK FOI.I.OWlNn ANSWKR CHKCK AND MAY UK H A L MY ntK DKNTIMtJ YOt'H CHECKS AT THS ORB (RJN'IAN OKPICK: A 22. S2. 71. M, ST. , , 101. 105. 107. B 71. TO. SI. 103, HMJ. lie, 11T, 120, 124. c mi. 7t, so. . le til. It. ST. MS. SO, 04. 99, 101, 10S, 104. lor,. K Ml. 111. t Te. in). HI2. 105, lOt, 110. 111. 112. 11. l ; us. M. ttn. (tl. II SB. TH. S3, 02. 94. S. PS, os. s. loo, 14. in;,. J 64. (17. 7. ST. S3. (1.1, 08. 10S. K 72, Hi, l0, 113, I0S. I, 81. 87. St. 02. 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AT T. 80. 81. 88, 8!. u, un. 1 IS 119 If stiovs answers are not railed for It hie six (sv swme will be rlcntro' ed Di ro. STnOWBRIDOK Died suddenly st his home, 3rt 1,1 h St., In this city, Msy 21, George H. Strowbrldge. aged 43 f ears, sea or Mary H. and the late Joseph A. I'trow. bridge. Funeral announcement will appear later. HTHINOKR At her late home at Sherwood, Oregon. May 31, Nettle (I. Stilngcr. egnl 2H esrs 10 months 27 dava. beloved wife of jese l. stringer. Itemsins, brought te Portland for Intcrmnnt, are at ilolman'g funeral parlora, COKFMAN In this city. Vsv 31, l.oiils Coffman. aged 2 years 5t days. hoed son of Mr. and Mrs. Wltllsm C. Coffnisn. of 6410 test 48th at. S. K.