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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.
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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-
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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.
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STATIONS
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Calsary
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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
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Washington . .
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WInnlpes
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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
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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:
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B 71. TO. SI. 103, HMJ. lie, 11T, 120, 124.
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I, 81. 87. St. 02. M. 4, P 0. OS. 108, 10.
M 75. N4. 8H. WO, W4, PS. SS. 102. 104.
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K Tl, 81, US, ln.1. 105, l'.tl. 124.
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T 78. H3. 04. ln4. KI.V 117. IIS.
V SI. M. 81. 81. 80. 181. I't. 4. SB. 103.
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A4 SI. 81. UK. "". M. VS. M4.
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Al TO. 1. TT. 86, Ul, 04, 07. OS. OS. 120,
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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.