Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 06, 1915, Image 5

Morning Oregonian., October 06, 1915, Page 5, Image 5

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1915)

Prev Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (4.0 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextTHE MORNIKG OREGQXlAJf. H'ED iJESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1915. UNITED STATES IN THEORY IS AT Great "Hostile" Fleet, Whose Objective Is Unknown, i Seeks to Attack Coast. REAL CENSORSHIP KEPT Keportcd Explosion on Board De stroyer Cushing Suppressed All Branches Kxccpt Aeroplane Corps Are Employed. WASHINGTON. Oct. 5. Theoretically the United States is at war. tonight. yty some route unknown to Admiral KJ etc her, commanding the defending naval force, a great enemy fleet is approaching the entrance of Chesa peake Bay with the purpose of estab lishing a base, which, if effected, would open the way for an attack, on the Na tional capital. Admiral Fletcher is unaware of the enemy's objective, and knows only that he is operating1 somewhere off the Atlantic Coast between Maine and l-'lorida. The vessels of the defending lorce, which includes most of the bat tleships of the Atlantic fleet, ara stripped for action. ' Censorship Strictly Kn forced. T.ittle will be known to the public about the war game until it is all over 30 days hence. A rigid censorship has (been enforced by the Navy Depart ment, all information except that con tained in official bulletins being with held for military reasons. A report reached the Department today telling of an explosion aboard the destroyer Cummings, one of the "enemy" ships, but officials would not pive out the news. It was explained that the opposing forces were opera t Jng under actual war conditions, and that any information about a disabled vessel could not be allowed to reach the defenders. Yards Heady to Make Repairs. Rear-Admiral Benson, chief of op erations, in accordance with plans worked out by the. Navy War College at Newport, K. I., has notified the Navy- Yards along the Atlantic Coast to be prepared to repair immediately finy of the ships putting back into port jn a disabled condition. In theory many merchant vessels have been com mandeered by the Government and are lying in port loaded with supplies, am munition and fuel awaiting call from the warships which have depleted their stores to put to sea and replenish them. All along the coast mine fields have been laid and submarines are lying in wait for the approach ing enemy ships. in case they evade the fleet. Not a branch of the service, with the excep tion of the aeroplane corps, has be in overlooked by Navy Department offi cials in preparing to meet the attack. Attackers Theoretically Superior. Vice-Admiral Mayo, commanding the Attackers, has a force theoretically superior in strength to that of Admiral Fletcher, his cruisers, destroyers and other vessels representing powertul lighting units. When, one side or the other has won, both of the fleets will assemble at Newport, where a three-day conference of officers will be held to make a General study of the results. WINTERS HEIRS UPHELD V. K." I-1 III) V LOSES SUIT FOR ES TATE IX SlI'UEME COURT. ltlorlguKe and Dwd Given Attorney, by Afttoria Man Later Hanged Is i Held to Be Valid. SALEM, Or.. Oct. 5. (Special. Ef lort of Will K. Purdy. of Xewberg, to obtain title to the Henry D. Winters estate in Portland failed toUay, when, in an opinion by Justice Benson, the Supreme Court dismissed his aDneal in escheat proceedings brought by the Btate. In these proceedings Circuit Judge Morrow, of Multnomah County, Jiad previously held the Winters prop erty to belong to certain of his heirs. The rulinu today marks the second time Purdy has lost his fight to gain possession 01 me property. On the bringing of the escheat pro ceedmgs by the state. Purdy tiled an nnswer claiming title under a deed which ho alleged Winters had given to him. In, a former decision in another case the court had held this deed to be zrauduient. Answers also were filed by eight other groups of claimants to the estate. The lower court ruled against Purdy ana in tavor ot certain claimants. Ap peal was then made by Purdy. A mortgage and deed given bv Os v aid C. Hansel to A. W. Norblad and C. W. Mullins, of Astoria, was held valid today by the Supreme Court in an opinion by Justice Burnett. Hansel was executed at the penitentiary sev eral years ago for killing: Judge Tay- jor. or Astoria. The deed and mortgage was made out by Hansel to Norblad and Mullins to pay for defending him i nm iriai. Other opinions were: .-.biviiu ifwrson vs. cmraa n. Thompson mi. iijip,inins, sun to loreclose niort opinion by Juslu-ft McBririe. Circuit Ju.lt? Hamilton's juugrment for plaintiff af- 111-1110(1. H. 11. Wood ft al vs. TV K. Wood an. yilant, appealed from Lane County, suit to enjou: u-. a trade name, opinion by mfi jusiu-a .Moore, rormer circuit Judgi 3iarrls' Judgment for plaintiff afirmed. Unol-re C. Held vs. J. R KennMlv an ppllant. appealed from Multnomah County, uit tw rescind a contract, opinion by Justice Heuson. Judgment of Circuit Judge McOinn modified. State on relation of Mary E. Eastman vs. A. K. Eastman, appollant. appealed from Columbia County an appeal from an order adjudging defendant in contempt for fail Jug to pay to the court alimony, appeaj dismissed, opinion by Justice McBride. FRANK F. MOODY IS DEAD Son of Southern Pacific Attorney I Victim or Heart Disease. Frank F. Moody, son of Ralph E. Stoody. attorney for the Northern Pa cific, died yesterday at Seattle, where he was attending the University of "Washington. He was 22 years old and liad been ill but a day. Heart disease v as the cause. The young man was a junior at the university. His father was in Corvallis when news of the death reached the Moody home at 369 Aspen street. He was promptly notified and went to Se attle to accompany the body back to Portland. Burial will be at Salem this morning. Krank Moody's paternal grandfather the late ex-Oovernor Z. K. Moody. His mother's father was Francis W. James, ot Port Townsend, Wash., where war the young man was born. His uncle. Malcolm Moody, of The Dalles, is an ex-Representative In Congress. SALEM, Or., Oct. 5. (Special.) The funeral of Mr. Moody will be held here tomorrow at the home of es-Governor Moody. CITY REVENUE TO BE CUT Next 1'ear Expected to Bring $136,- 000 Less Than 1915. Municipal revenue other than direct taxation will fall $436,571 short next year of the amount received this year, according to the official estimates of Commissioner Bigeiow made public yesterday. The total revenue outside of taxation for this year will be $761. 051, while next year it will be J324.177, according to the estimate. Hits year 5291,000 nas been received from liquor licenses. This will not come next year. Mr. Bigeiow is figuring also on decreases in bond premiums. LouU It- StinHon, Grand Keeper of RreordN and Seal, Knlghui of Pythian, Who Shot Hlawell on Karat Xear Salem. bridge rentals, street improvements and other activities which net revenue for the city s general fund. Although the city will have prohibition, no decrease in the amount of Municipal Court fines is figured on in the estimate. It is said it is figured the fines of boot leggers will make up whatever might be lost in fines for drunkenness. CHAMBER URGES ACTION Prosecution of Man Who laired on Steamer Advocated. Protection for shipping coming" into the mouth of the Columbia is the plea on which the Chamber of Com merce is urging that N. V. Parsons be prosecuted on the charge of having fired five shots from a Winchester rifle nto the cabin of the Japanese steamer Bankoko Maru, July 12, when she struck some of his fishing nets at the mouth of the river. The Chamber charges that the fish ermen have been putting their nets In the fairway and then making trouble if the nets were interfered with in the normal passage of vessels. Attor ney La Roche is chairman of the com mittee which will endeavor to have Parsons prosecuted. OREGON GERMANS ASSIST About $7 00 Provided for Comfort of Prisoners in Siberia. Kxtensive relief for the wounded, the widows and orphans in Germany has been provided by the Red Cross com mittee of the Federation of German Speaking Societies of Oregon, of which Otto Schuman Is chairman, and efforts are being directed also toward provid ing warm clothing for German prison ers in Siberia. About $700 has been given to provide woolen clothing of all kinds for the Siberian captives and more is being collected lor this pur pose. The money is being expended and the supplies sent to Siberia through the American Red Cross, as it is doubted if the clothing would reach its destina tion if' intrusted to the Russians. HARR1SBURG SHOW READY School Kair and Potato Carnival to Open October 8. HARRIS BURG, Or.. Oct. 5. (Special.) Harrisburs's annual Potato Carnival and School Fair will be held here Fri day and Saturday, October 8 and 9. The Ladies Civic Improvement Club will have charge of all departments. An especial effort is being made this year to make the School Fair excel all others. The County Court has given aid by appropriating liberally to the prize list. The exhibits will include all kinds of vegetables and fruits, besides po tatoes, which receive the place of honor. There will be programmes of music and speaking each afternoon, and on Saturday night a minstrel show will be given by local talent. HORSE KICKS CHILD IN FACE Tug at Tail ATtcr Failure to Pet Head Leads to Accident to Girl. rENDLETOX, Or., Oct. 5. (Special.) With her face and skull crushed in by the hoof of a horse she had at tempted to pet, little 4-year-old Bessie Madden was brought to St. Anthony's Hospital here from Hermiston today by her parents. An operation was performed and although the child's condition is dan gerous hopes are held for her recovery. After trying vainly to have the horse lower its head the child walked around and pulled its tail. L. R. ST1NS0N IS SUICIDE (Continued From First Page.) a widow and a daughter. Mrs. Carl Williams, all of Salem, survive him. "Mr. Stinson was one of the most lovaole of men, said Frank T. Wright man, a close personal friend of the dead man. "He made friends wherever he went, and by reason of his long service for the grand lodge of Pythians had an acquaintance in almost every town in Oregon. His death, coming as it does a week before the convening ot the grand lodge in Portland, will cast a gloom over the proceedings. He had been in ill -health for some time. ana his act was plainly the result of mind diseased." The funeral will be held in Salem probably Thursday. Service will be in charge of the Grand Lodge of the ivnights of Pythias. :o: until Henry ill s time were rasp- tei ric. &ii a . otrrips or cnerrics grrown lu KiiKlnd. and d- ntt read ol' the turnip, mullflou er and :uinc being cultivated be fore ihe ICih. century. - - - -r ,r f y - J i' It- ' - ' I t : ' . Tf 'i r' - Aill - THE single standard is maintained at this store the standard of highest quality in clothes for men. YouH find here right now "some of the finest products of the loom, tailored into garments of quality and refinement garments that will yield their full need of service. My label is on every garment it stands for complete satisfaction to the wearer. The prices are mod erate. Suits and Topcoats $20 to $35 Ben Selling Morrison at Fourth DALE FOUND GUILTY Pendleton Jury Out Only 20 Minutes in Homicide Case. PRISONER'S WIFE PRESENT Chain of Circumstantial Evidence and Victim's Dying Statement Introduced by State Defend ant's Mind Is Blank.. PENDLETON, Or.. Oct. 5. (Special.) Evincing no sign of emotion. Lee Dale, the young homesteader of Cal ifornia Gulch, who shot and killed Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ogilvy. pioneers of that section, on the night of June 3. faced a crowded courtroom today in the Circuit Court and heard the jury return a verdict of gnilty. The jury was out only 20 minutes. The brevity of their deliberations on the evidence establishes a new record here in the trial of a homicide indict ment. . Dale's wife, standing: at his side, also had prepared herself for the shock of the verdict and succeeded in con trolling her emotion. Dale will be sentenced Thursday morning at 10 o'clock by Judge. Phelps. Throughout the trial Dale was quiet and his manner on the witness stand evidenced complete control of his nerves and faculties. Only once did he ex hibit any emotion, this being when his counsel. Will M. Peterson, assigned by the court, made a sympathetic refer ence to the defendant's wife and mother, in his final argument to the Jury. Dale then brushed his hand across his eyes. District Attorney K. XV. Steiwer presented a perfect chain of circum stantial evidence against Dale, coupled with the dying declaration of Mr. Ogilvy, identifying him as the slayer. Dale pleadfd Irresponsibility on the If Coffee Came in Capsules as its drug-, caffeine, is frequently sold, coffee drinkers would wake up to the fact that coffee is not a food but a drug. Yet in spite of the warnings of reputable physi cians, many persons fail to realize the harmful ef fects of caffeine, coffee's subtle, habit-forming drug. Taken regularly this coffee drug the frequent cause of nervousness, heart-flutter, headache and other ailments sooner or later gets its hold. Look coffee in the face read what physicians and health experts say: (Names on application) "Coffee is a dope opium. Slowly but victim and holds him in its grasp, a pitiful, helpless victim." "Coffee is a drug. Those addicted to its use are drug addicts." "Some people get the craving for alcohol by first taking tea or coffee." "They (the tea and coffee drugs) are comparable to opium in that they induce a habit and should be avoided." Right now, Mr. Coffee Drinker, is the time to find out whether or not coffee has a hold on you. It's simple and easy quit coffee ten days and use POS the pure food-drink Made of wheat and a bit of wholesome molasses, Postum has a delicious coffee like flavour, yet contains no drug or other harmful element. The better health that follows freedom from the coffee drug shows "There's a Reason" for POSTUM Sold by Grocers everywhere. ground of drunkenness, declaring his mind is blank concerning any Inci dents of the night of the murder. He had taken considerable whisky and nearly a quart of distilled alcohol shortly before the crime. MR. HAWLEY GOES ON TOUR Siuslaw and Coos Bay Projects to Be Inspected. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 5. (Special.) To inspect waterways and harbors along the Oregon coast. W. C. Hawley, Rep resentative in Congress, left Salem to day and will be gone 10 days. Tonight he spoke at Kugene to the Woodmen of the World and tomorrow will go via Mapleton to Florence to inspect the Siuslaw waterway and the jetties be ing built there by the Government and Port of Siuslaw. From Florence Mr. Hawley will go to Coos Bay, North Bend and Marshfleld. Mr. Hawley plans to be in Myrtle Point October 11. The following day he will visit Coquille and Bandon. Oc tober 13 he will be In Marshfieid and from there will go to Gardiner. He will return to Salem by way of Drain. SUNDAY CLOSING CONCEDED Law Opinion Favors Xeuberg Thea ter 3Ian but He Yields to Council. NEWBERG, Or.. Oct. 5. (Special.) Despite the announcement by City At torney Chapin that th. law was on the side of the theater manager, he has announced his intention to comply with any decision the City Council may make in the matter of Sunday closing. There was no appearance before the City Council at its regular meeting last night of representatives from the churches, which had protested against the opening ol a Sunday theater. Woman to Be Tried for Murder. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct. 5. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Otto Ludke, whose hus band was killed by Edward Gall. No vember 20, 1914, will be tried for mur der in the first degree during the Oc tober term of court, which opens here October 13. Gall, who confessed to killing Ludke and Is serving a life term at Walla Walla, will be brought back to testify against Mrs. Ludke. and narcotic almost equal to surely it gets control of its ruM MAVERICK CARGO ARMS FORMER OIL TANKER IS DETAI.NKD IX DUTCH KA ST INDIES. 50,000 RIMes, Machine Gont, Cans and Submarine Parts Are Dis covered on Board, TACOMA. Wash., Oct. 5. (Special.) That the former oil tanker Maverick, which caused, a great deal of specula tion among shipping men and Govern ment authorties at San Francisco sev eral months ago. carried a cargo of war munitions has been definitely es tablishet by marine men who have re ceived word from the vessel, now at a port of the Dutch East Indies. The vessel is being held, and what dispo sition will be made of her is a ques tion that is perplexing the Dutch au thorities. The Maverick Is at Tandhong Prlok with the American flag flying and com manded by a Danish master. The ves sel lay at anchor for several days at Poeloe Melak, where another vessel was to have met her and taken th cargo. This steamer failed to arrive. The master of the Maverick, when tiie Dutch officials became Inquisitive, ex amined the Maverick's cargo. The examination disclosed that the supplies consisted of 21 machine gunn. 50,000 rifles in beer cases. 21 big guns and parts of a submarine in knock down form. Ib is declared the com mander of the jubmarine, who was among the crew, disappeared and that parts of the wireless outfit in the carg-o are missing. After the nature of the cargo was disclosed 30,000 rifles were thrown overboard. The rest of the cargo is still on the ship. It is stated two other steamers are expected there with similar freight. It is believed this cargo was for the Germans, but that plans miscarried somewhere. Greek Princes Goinjr to Saloniki. ATHEXS, Monday. Oct. 4. (Via Paris, Oct. 5.) Crown Prince George and Prince Nicholas and the members of the Greek General Staff are hur riedly arranging to leave for Saloniki. Telegrams from diplomatic sources re port the arrival in Sofia of a large number of German aviators and Ger- 4 man officer. LAFFERTY SWATS NEWSPAPERS Let'erBuck'Is Challenge to Character Aspersers Land Grant Fight, Nearing Victorious End, Has Produced Real ar, bays ex - INSIDE HISTORY AXD PRESENT 'Poor Pat," Is Comment on McArthurs Announcement That He Will "Vigorously Oppose" Sales of Timbered Rail road Lands to Settlers. nj'Tfr-it! naftTTi-ifttK-,-AM'fr-" -i- W. Lafferty. To the Citizens of Oregon: If you wish to know how It feels to be Zeppelined, torpedoed, submarined and forty-two-centimetered by the newspapers, just get your self elected to Congress and tell the silk-tiled gentlemen at Washington, who are in the habit of herding your representa tives like sheep, that you are going to be on the square with the people who elected you. At first they would laugh at you, for your assertion would only be what they had heard many times before from green Congressmen. But If you should go ahead and show that you were not only determined to be on the square, but that you had the ability to get re sults, then the real war would begin. Commendable Acta Not Mentioned. My time is too valuable, and space in The Oregonlan costs too much per inch, for me to use many words in answering the silly attempts of three millionaire newspaper corporations of Portland to discredit me before my fellow-citizens. Suffice it to svy that if these papers had thown any disposition to be fair in the past, by publishing any of the things that I have done which were cal culated to reflect credit, then they might expect to be believed when they print their highly colored yarns intend ed to bring me into disrepute. If they desire to keep up that char acter of campaign. I reply to them in the sublime and picturesque language of Pendleton, "Let 'er buck." Great Land Opening; Die. Oregon is now approaching one of the epoch-making events of her his tory. Very soon, unless some crooked deal be pulled off to prevent it, 2.300, 000 acres of the finest vacant lands in Western Oregon will be opened under a drawing system to actual settlers, at $2.50 per acre, and undoubtedly in tracts of 40 acres as to all the more valuable lands. Congress said every acre of these lands should be sold to settlers. In quantities not larger than 160 acres, and at a price not exceeding $2.50 per acre. The Supreme Court of the United States has recently held that the fore going provision constitutes an "en forceable covenant.' By its decision the Supreme Court has given Congress six months after the date the modified decree shall be entered in which to specify just how these lands shall be sold. If Congress fails to act within that time the Fed eral Court at Portland is ordered to make the necessary rules and regula tions for such sales. The modified decree has not yet been entered at Portland, although the opin ion was handed down June 23, last. Let Mr. Reames, United States Attorney, answer why this has not been done. The six months in which Congress may act. and in default of which the court at Portland may order the land sold to settlers, will not begin to run until the modified decree is actually entered at Portland. I here charge the Depart ment of Justice with deliberately hold ing up the decree in order to further prolong this litigation, and to lessen the chances that the lands will ever be actually sold to settlers. No matter whether the rules shall finally be fixed by Congress or by the Federal Court, these things are certain 1. A drawing system will of ne cessity be adopted, because these val uable lands could not possibly be opened up satisfactorily in any other way. 2. At least three years residence will be required before final approval of title by the couTt. 3. Not more than 40 acres will be al lowed any one settler as to the more valuable lands. Therefore, there will be no fraud or speculation possible. Each settler will give in time and money all his land, in cluding the timber thereon. Is worth It will simply be an opportunity for people without means to get homes. Systematic Suppression Shown. Why do the newspapers keep the people in ignorance as to the status of this most important case? The answer is that $50,000,000 are in volved and secret plans are afoot to blight the State of Oregon and upset the original act of Congress by enter ing into some sort of compromise which would defeat the settlement of the lands. We now find millionaire newspaper editors. Republican. Democratic and mugwump, traveling in circles like so many tailed imps and emitting loud yelps that these lands are "unfit for settlement. If that be true why did we ever com plain that the railroad refused to sell to settlers? If it would be wrong, now that Con gress or the court may make the rules, to order these lands sold to settlers, would it not have been wrong for the railroad to have sold the same lands to settlers? The logic of these questions is that the people of Oregon must stand pat for enforcement of the law as It is written, or they will admit themselves out of court. it will be seen that those who now oppose selling these lands to pettier are "hoisted by their own petard. They are annihilated by their own argument. But that Is exactly what theve fakir -want. They are offering to the public Congressman. STATUS OF CASE IS GIVEN. skilled briefs for the railroad In the guise of proposed amendments to th original law. Once we admit that the terms of the original trant law oupht to be amended before being- enforced, then we condone the refusal of the rail road to live up to that law, and we plve vitality to its claim to the valuable Umber growing on these lands. McArthnr Aaralnst Settlenu And now comes my worthy successor In Congrress, the Hon. C. X. McArthur. and in the face of the plain words of the statute, and the solemn declaration of the Supreme Court that those words constitute an "enforceable covenant," announces through last Sunday's Ore gronlan that he will "vigorously oppose" the sale of railroad timbered lands to settlers. Foor 'Pat.M The Honorable ''Pat" will doubtless sway Congress with his eloquence, ex plaining that these timber lands are unfit for settlement and that the South ern Pacific ( ught to be Riven a leather medal for its wisdom and foresight in, refusing for all these years to live up to the law. Honorable "Pat' at the same time; announces hi candidacy for renomlna tion on the Republican ticket May 19. next. He will please be advised that I will be a. candidate for that same Re publican nomination on that same date, and that X favor selling every acre of these lands, timber and all, to actual settlers. Congress knows where I stand on the land grant question, and It will soon know where Honorable "Pat" stands. This matter will not be disposed of by Congress until after May 19, next. If this Congressional district votes to support the Honorable "Pat In his de fense of the railroad company, then Congrress will construe that as an in dication of what the people of Oregon desire. If the district returns me to Congress the National Legislature will know that the people of Oregon stand for enforcement of the original law to the letter, and enforcement of the orig inal jaw tney win get. Honorable "Fat" states that he will be so busy attending to his onerous of ficial duties at Washington about May 19, next, that he will be unable to give the people hereabouts the rare treat of seeing him In person. That sounds very strange, for it is the custom of nearly all Congressmen to go home and meet their opponents on the stump, when they have opponents, and the- House invariably grants leave of ab sence for that purpose. But since Mr. McArthur does not feel that he can conscientiously come back next May I hereby challenge him to meet me in Multnomah County in ten debates, five debates, or one debate, be fore he leaves for Congress, if he dares to discuss publicly his position on this land grant question. I suggest the pub lic library, where no charge for hall ia required, as the place for the first debate. Brought First "Settler" So It. My heart Is in this land grant fight as .t was never in any other case. I seriously appeal to that large number of intelligent citizens who have been prejudiced against me through news paper report to come and see me, or let me come and see them, in order that they may judge first hand whether I am worthy of support. To these facts, proved by official court records, I invite consideration: 1. September 16, 1907. one year ahead of any action by the Government, I filed for John L. Snyder. In Judgn Wolverton's Court, the first suit that was ever brought to enforce the terms of the Oregon & California Land Grant I received no fee in that or any of the other test cases which I brought. 2. I fought the cases through to the Supreme Court of the United Statea without fee, paying my own expenses, and was the only Oregon lawyer who even appeared at the final trial in Washington and argued the case in April, 1915. 3. Had it not been for my protest the case would have jone over in the Supreme Court for argument till Oc tober. 1915. The railroad attorneys had succeeded in getting the Solicitor General's office to agree to make no objection to a continuance when I ex posed the rotten deal by a speech on the floor of the House February 20. 1915. followed by a brief filed in the Supreme Court, which resulted in forc ing the case to final argument in April. Had it not been for my efforts in that behalf the case would still be pending; undisposed of in the Supreme Court, and the Portland papers that live so near the skies as to seldom notice me would not now be writing columns on what should be done with the lands. 4. I was the only lawyer who asked the Supreme Court to enter a decree of enforcement, the Government being bitterly opposed to the plan, and con tending for a. forfeiture back to the United States. The court refused the Government's prayer, but held the terms of the grant to constitute an "enforceable covenant and provided means for Intelligently and fairly en forcing it either through regulations to be fixed by Congress, or through the Federal Court at Portland if Congress shall fail to act. When the decision was handed down June 23, Portlands leading papers re fused even to mention my name in connection with the victory. They have ignored my work in the case since. "Switzerland of America. And now that I have won the case without their support, and in spite of their attempts to drive the dagger in my back while I was in Washington, they have the effrontery to tell the people that the lands are "unfit for set tlement' and that the law that I have made a heartbreaking fight to have en forced ouarht to be repealed or amend ed. Do you wonder that I am hot in the collar? These lands have properly been des ignated the "Switzerland of America." They lay in the Willamette. Umpqua and Rogue River Valleys. From the foothills on either side crystal streams wind their way through the everpreen forests. Over the top of the Coast Range is wafted the pure air of the Pacific Rest, sunshine, health, scen ery, recreation and all the best thing of life await hundreds of thousands of human beings if a solemn act of Con gress, passed with full knowledge of the facts, shall now be enforced. None of these lands are any rougher than Portland Heights. But because some of them approach Portland's fa mous residence district certain men who ought to be ashamed of themselves declare that the whole tract is "unfit for settlement." It would be a crime longer to keep human beingd from these lands. When debating the grant 40-odd years ago. Representative Smith, of Oregon, said that these lands consti tuted sdrch a forest as "grows only in Oregon." Representative Sargent, of California, said that every acre of the land would be sold to settlers at 92.50 per acre even if the building of the road made them worth $100 per acre. So Congress knew exactly what it was doinsr.' There is no excuse now for failure to enforce the law. Verv sincerely. A. W. LAFFERTT. 40-42 Filtock Block. (.raid Advertisement.)