TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN. T1IURSDAT MAY 23. 191G,
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AMENDMENTS ONLY MINOR
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Counties' Share in Proceeds Put
Back to 30 Per Cent, as In
Original Measure Efforts of
. Oregon Delegation futile.
'fontlnuM From First Va.ne.1
Lenroot and Stafford, of Wisconsin,
disciples ot Gifford Flnchot.
Comparatively little interest was
rhown by House members in the bill.
Seldom were more than 50 members
present.
Representative McArthur made a
strong: appeal for more liberal treat
ment of the state, the counties and the
Tort districts and tirpred adoption of
the 40-40 plan. He opposed the idea of
selling the valuable timber lands for
$2.P0 an acre and approved the fren--ral
plan of the bill. Mr. McArthur
denounced all schemes tending to en
courage speculation.
Speculators Said to Be Actinic
"These speculators have been in
league with shyster lawyers, dema
gogues and candidates for public of
fices and many of them have been be
guiled into putting up coin of the
realm to pay for expenses of useless
lawsuits and campaigns," said McAr
thur. The House caught his allusion to
Lafferty and greeted this remark with
applause.. He said the bill as it stands,
is drawn to protect the state from
fraud and speculation and for this
reason he would support It.
Representative Lenroot, who with
Chairman Ferris, proved to be the
leaders of the movement to reduce
Oregon's share of the benefits under
the bill closed general debate by as
serting that "The committee on public
lands has been too liberal to the State
of Oregon."
.Mr. I. enroot Saya Bill too Liberal.
This remark brought loud applause
from the Democratic side of the
Hose. Mr. Lenroot said the state and
counties were entitled only to what
they will lose in way of taxes during
the time the land and the timber re
main in possession of the Federal Gov
ernment. Mr. Lenroot said the bill as
reported by the committee, gave the
state three times as much as it legiti
mately was entitled to claim; he main
tained the Oregon delegation was dis
playing great nerve in asking the
House to increase the apportionment to
the forty-forty plan of the Chamber
lain bill, and in asking additional allot
ments for the port districts.
The allotment of 50 per cent to state
and counties was made by the com
mittee, he said, over the protest of
the Secretaries, Lane and Houston, and
in that respect he thought the commit
tee had seriously erred.
Chairman Ferris, closing the general
debate, undertook severely to "condemn
Representatives Sinnott and Hawley for
their criticism of the bill, and especially
censured Mr. Sinnott,
Steam Roller Tactic Used.
"When the bill was read by para
graphs. Representative Sinnott first
sought unsuccessfully to amend the
timber land classification clause by In
serting the word "merchantable" bo
that only lands carrying 300,000 feet
of merchantable timber to the 40 acres
would be classified as timber land.
Representative Sinnott offered an
other amendment providing that lands
carrying less than 500,000 feet to the
40 acres should be listed as agricultural.
This also was voted down.
Observing the steam-roller tactics
being pursued. Representative Morrflell
pointed out the futility of offering fur
ther amendments and denounced the
methods -used to jam the bill through
Representative Hawley offered an
amendment liberalizing the settlers'
clause. This was rejected.
Representative Mondell proposed an
amendment which would permit a per'
son who purchased the timber on not
more than 163 acres to homestead the
land on which the timber stands if he
be qualified entryman. This amend
Kent met the usual fate.
Port Districts Get No Share.
Next went down to defeat, two by
Representative Hawley proposing the
port districts a share in the proceeds.
The port district amendments had the
full support of Republicans present, and
were defeated entirely by Democratic
votes.
Then camo Representative Foster
with his amendment reducing the coun
ties' share of the proceeds from 30 to
20 per cent, and increasing the share
of the Federal Government from 10
to 20 per cent. The Democrats, aided
by Lenroot, Stafford and Madden, of
Illinois, forced the adoption of this
amendment in committee of the whole
by a. vote of 29 to 24.
Uncle Joe Cannon proposed that the
40 per cent intended for the reclama
tion fund be turned into the Federal
Treasury instead. His proposition was
rejected.
Representative Sinnott then offered
ah amendment providing the 40 per
cent allotted to the reclamation fund
should be expended in Oregon. This
had the support of only the three Ore
gon Congressmen.
As the bill was about to be reported
to the House. Representative Sinnott
offered an amendment providing that
- nothing in this act shall be construed
as affecting the right of the state of
Oregon to tax said lands." It had lit
tle support.
When the bill was reported back to
the House, Representative Sinnott de
manded a separate vote on the Foster
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amendment, and the remainder of the
bill was agreed to. On the Foster
amendment the House reversed the
committee of the whole, and by a vote
of 53 to 60 rejected the Foster amend
ment and restored the 30 per cent pro
vision for the counties. This enraged
Mr. Foster, who demanded a rollcall
and, as only 135 members could be
found, .adjournment became necessary.
The Oregon delegation tonight is
working with Humes to get support for
their final attack on the Foster amend
ment tomorrow.
Treatment Aot Liberal.
How Oregon will, in several respects.
be buncoed under the provisions of the
Oregon & California land-grant bill, as
ra.wri by the House committee on pub
lic lands, was told clearly and con
vincingly in the House by Representa
tive Sinnott, a minority member of the
committee, who made a strong fight to
ecure justice for his state, particularly
in the distribution of proceeds from
land and timber sales.
Mr. Sinnott proceeded to show that
the30 per cent allowed the counties
and 20 per cent allowed the state is far
rom being 'liberal" treatment at the
hands of Congress. The state and coun
ties, , he asserted, should have 40 per
cent each, at least, as provided in the I
original Chambealain bill. At the out-
et, Mr. Sinnott showed how Oregon s
development had been retarded "by the
railroad company s disregard and de
fiance of the terms of the granting
act," and made it plain that "all the
while the administrative officers of the
Government were apathetic spectators
of the violations of the terms of the
act."
He said it would be impossible to
calculate the loss to the state by reason
of the withholding of th,ese vast areas
from settlement, and added tlutt fur
ther loss confronts the state with the
passage of this bill, which will with
draw the lands again from taxation and
many of them from settlement.
Government Fully Reimbursed.
Turning to the Government's side, he
showed that when Congressmade the
grant to the railroad company it raised
the price of the even-numbered sec
tions from $1.25 to $2.50 an acre, and
thus secured full reimbursement for
the grant. Continuing, Mr. Sinnott
said: -
The Government will . receive many mil
lion dollars more under the provisions ot
this bill. The Government parted with its
title to the grant land The Supreme Court
heiu that with the exception of the settlers'
clause, the prant was "unqualified." The
court held "There was a complete and ab
solute grant to the railroad company wttb
power to sell, limited only as prescribed."
Had the Government not permitted the set
tlement clause to be ignored ifr ears wiin
impunity, the development of that section
of the state would present a vastly different
picture from what it does today. v e in
Oregon feel It is only equitable, that In
asmuch &f the Government has parted with
its title to thees lands to eect the settle
ment and development of Oregon this ob
ject having been defeated the proceeds ot
trie lands suouia now be pursued ana ae
voted to the original purpose of the grant-
ng acts, the progress and development or
the state, to the remedying as far as mere
money .can remedy a loss that cannot be
reckoned, that cannot be recompensed.
Oresron Bears Entire Ixs.
My state has borne the entire loss and
burden of the violated grant, the adverse
conditions thereby entailed. Our industrial
loss easily amounts to mere than the entire
vaiue of the granted lands.
These lands are now on the tax rolls
paying- a yearly tax of about $450, UOO. It
purposed to withdraw them all from the
tax rolls; subject a small part of them to
settlement and In the far distant future sell
the timber, and after first deducting sev
eral million dollars from the proceeds give
the counties for roads 30 per cent and the
state for school 20 per cent of the balance
or the proceeds. I he remaining per
cent is to go per cent to the reclamation
fund and lO per cent to the treasury.
Mind you, on the passage of this bin
4,"0.U00 of yearly taxes will be lost. The
time when we are to be recompensed for lost
taxes alone is a matter of the greatest con-
lecture. If the theories of the admtnlstra
tlve officers are given full scope, it will be
many decades oeiore Oregon s proportion
of the proceeds are returned to the state.
Arrested Development Pointed Out.
In Oregon we helfeve that the original hill
introduced by fc-enator Chamberlain pro
viding 40 per cent for the counties and 40
ner cent for the state ror public school pur
poses ia not more than the state is entitled
to; that It will inadequately repay the state
for arrested development and lessened popu
lation
Such a division can only partly atone for
pa3t injustice to Oregon on account of the
illicit administration of the land grant.
Oregon's loss in settlement and popula
tion certainly is the Government's gain to
the tune of nearly $6.O00. Out. with a fur
ther .V per cent division when the lands
and timber are sold, amounting to an ad
ditlonal tl0.000.00O or Sl.VOO0.00O.
No one need have any nightmares or ap
prehension over any extremely liberal" con
slderatlon for Oregon in this bilL It fall:
far short of doing justice to the state. Ii
equity and Justice we are entitled to the
full 40 per cent to the counties and 40 per
cent to the school fund, as provided for in
the Chamberlain bill, and that will not re
pay Mb for lands held in Idleness for TH years
and now to be withdrawn from taxation for
an indefinite period.
Representative Hawley spoke for an
hour on the land-grant bill. He did
not approve the bill as reported by the
public lands committee, and suggested
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a series of amendments. In the courae
of his remarks. Mr. Hawley said:
"I regret to say that the bill in its
present form is a disappointment to our
people, and greatly defeats their rea
sonable expectations. The bill faces
the direct possibility of being rejected
by the courts. It handicaps the de
velopment of a number of counties by
largely reducing their tax rolls."
Mr. Hawley read the resolutions
adopted by the land-grant conference
at Salem last Summer, and reviewed
the history of the grant, and the acts
of recent years to open up the grant
lands to settlement and development,
and then said in part:
The Supreme Court does not indicate
what action Congress can take. What can
be done is to be inferred or deduced from
the crecision. and limited by whatever
rlxht the railroad have acquired and can
not be divested of. It is important that
whatever legislation is enacted be valid la
the courts.
Settlement of Lands Important.
It -w as the intention of Congress when
making the grant that the lands should
pass as soon as possible into the possession
of actual settlers.
A family on every habitable portion of
our land is the best guarantee of our future
eecurity and prosperity. Any tract of fer
tile and cultivable land will In a score of
years or less be worth more and produce
more than it win in a hundred or hun
dreds of years if left In a state of nature.
While I lo not think th bounties of nature
should be wasted. J am for men, women
and children.
The bill does not provide for settlers who
went on the lands in good faith and after
having spent considerable sums and time In
making improvements temporarily left
them to earn more money for their improve
ment. Their absence is due to the refusal
of the railroad to sell and the long con
tinuance of the litigation. The date of set
tlement of those now on the lands should
be fixed at a. later date than the one given
in the bill. Preference rights should be
given . to both these classes.
congress, when making the grant, took
care of the interest of the Government.
Prior to the grant these lands were for sale
at $1.25 an acre. The act. while grant-
Ing the odd-numbered sections, reserved i
the even-numbered sections, and provided
that the price per acre for the latter should
be not less than i50. This meant that
the Government was to receive for the
even-numbered sections under the grant as
much as it would have received from ail
if the grant had not been made and such
additional amounts as the building of th
railroad, the settlement of the country and
the estnbllshment and maintenance of a
civilized government in that section would
dd to the value of the
sections.
Since It Is now nroDosml to chinn th
arrangement. Congress ought to provide that
ins jirocteai ot tne grant, after paving
the charges above Indicated, shall be paid
to the state for Its common school fund,
to the land-grant counties and to the ports
in proper proportions, at least according to
the terms of the bill as originally drawn.
xne senate puoilc lands committee
today authorized the sub-committee, of
which Senator Chamberlain is chair
man, to report the Oregon - California
land-grant bill directly to the Senate as
soon as possible after it passes the
House. Senator Chamberlain siva h
will report the bill with a few changes
in the House bill, the principal one being-
an increase in the proceeds for
Oregon. He says the proposed proce
dure will expedite final action.
Community Clearing-House Is Plan.
ALBANY. Or.. May 24. rSrjeclal.1
considering the establishment of a
community clearing-house at this city.
me Aioany commercial Club will send
a committee to Wood burn to ascertain
now mat city handles its system of
that Kind. The committee named to
make the investigation consists of A.
L. Fisher, president of the club; AV. A.
Kastburn, secretary and manager, and
G. A. Flood, a member of the board of
directors.
Eleven Graduate ut Glendale.
GLEXDALE. Or.. May 24. (Special.)
The senior class of the Glendale High
School presented The College Coach
at the Auditorium Sunday night. The
commencement was held last night.
when & class graduated. Six of the
class have completed the teachers'
training course. The following are
members of the class: Albert Blackford
Sumner Williams. Loren Marsh. Joyce
Nail, Grace Harding. Marguerite Ellis.
Elrtaa Johnson, Maude Ferbrache. j?'reida
McColm, Doris Dillons and Dolly Beck,
Agate Carnival Chairman Named.
MARSH FIELD, Or.. May 24. (Spe
clal.) Port Orford has named A. J.
Marsh, chairman of its 1916 Agate
Carnival committee and the arrange
ments for the entertainment are under
way. The date has not been deter
mined upon, but will be given on dates
identical with or immediately follow
ing the Coos Bay railroad celebration
in the latter part of July.
Oregon City Man Honorcdi
SALEM. Or.. May 24. (Special.)
Clyde G. Huntley, of Oregon City, was
appointed by Governor Withyeombe
today as a member of the Oregon Phar
macy board to succeed Leon B. Hasklnn,
of Medford, whose term expired May 2(.
Membership 'on ' this board is for five
years.
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PEN" REPAIRS PUN
Emergency Board Meets To
morrow, on Fjre Loss.
$11,000 IS TOTAL NEEDED
By Heroic Work ot Prisoners at Sa
lem Flajnes " Prevented From
Reaching Interior of Carpen
ter and Machine Shops.
SALEM, Or., May 24. (Special)
When the Emergency Board meets here
Friday it will make provision for using
funds to repair the four shops at the
Oregon Penitentiary which were gutted
by fire last Thursday'.
This week members of the state
board of control, consisting of Govern
or Withyeombe, Secretary of State
Olcott and State Treasurer Kay. with
R. B. Goodin. secretary of the board
and Superintendent Minto, of the Peni
tentiary, made an inspection of the
damage done to the. buildings.
According to estimates, it will re
quire about J11.000 to repair ' the
burned structures, which were of
brick. The fire slestroyed the roofs of
the structures and gutted their inter
iors with the exception of the car
penter and machine shops. This latter
building had Its roof destroyed and
the machinery water-soaked, but the
flames were prevented from reaching
the interior by heroic work of the
prisoners.
The boiler room on the south end
of the adjoining structures, the Flax
Dryer, the paint and tin shop, will have
to be extensively repaired." Practically
only the brick walls now stand of
these buildings. The boilers, which
furnish heat for the Penitentiary, for
tunately were not harmed extensively
by the fire. . The large water wheel,
which supplies power for operating the
machinery in the shops sustained con
siderable damage and repairs were
necessary.
The flax dryer building will not be
used again this season as the approach
of summer, outdoor drying is consid
ered much better. The school room,
located in the rear of the dryer, will
ot be re-installed this year, w ith the
arrival of Summer, there will be more
employment for prisoners out-of-doors
in the flax fields and elsewhere. How
evr, when winter arrives. It is planned
to resume the school.
COLONEL RUNS BEHIND
LISS COL'XTV GIVES CUM MIX S AND
BEVERIDGE . VOTE EACH.
ily Mnc Vote Cast in I'rogrM.ilre
Primaries In Entire County,
According to Returns.
ALBANY. Or.. May 24. (Special.)
Theodore Roosevelt failed to secure
the unamimous vote of the Progres
sive party in Linn County for the nomi
nation of his party for President of
the United States. Roosevelt secured
five votes in this county, while Albert
B. Cummins, cne of the Republican
candidates, and Albert J. Beveridge. ex
United States Senator from Indiana,
each secured one vote.
Only nine votes were cast in the Pro
gressive primaries in Linn County.
Four of these were cast in one precinct
two in another, and one each in three
other precincts. In 48 of the 53 pre
cincts in this county not a. single Pro
gressiv.e ballot was cast,
No returns on this vote were re
ceived until the official canvass of the
vote was made today. It discloses that
Republican candidates for county of
fices received the Progressive nomina
tions except for School Superintendent
for which W. L. .Jackson. Democratic
nominee, received the Progressive in
dorsement, and for one of the three
nominations for Representatives. W. P.
Elmore, of Brownsville, who was writ
ten in for the Democratic nomination
being one of three indorsed by the
Progressives. Incidentally, Jackson
received more votes than any one writ
ten in for a county office.
PIONEER WOMAN BURIED
Early Residents Attend Euneral ot
Mrs. Mary E. Knott.
"I am glad to speak about the lovable
character of Mrs. Knott, her strong
devotion to her friends and her great
love of Portland, where she wae mar
ried and where she spent half a cen
tury of her life," said-Rev. John Simp
son, who conducted the funeral serv
ices of the late Mrs. Mary E. Knott,
well-known pioneer, held at Dunning s
chapel, 14 Fast Alder street, yester
day. Mr. Simpson commented on her
beautiful character, which he said at
tracted innumerable friends and held
them closely through the years. It is
fitting, he said, that her funeral should
be held surrounded by the friends who
had known her for nearly a half cen
tury. The funeral was, just as Mrs. Knott
desired, a gathering of pioneers. The
pallbearers were: Captain W. 11. Rob
ertson William H. Mall. Joseph Bever
idge. G. E. Welter, Ivan Humason and
Edward Shambrough ( .
Mrs. Knott was a pionee; of 1853, and
80 years old at her death, which oc
curred last Sunday at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. C. D. Stewart, at New
port. Or.
FESTIVAL DRAWS THRONG
Koseuurg Is Crowded on Eve - of
Strawberry Event.
ROSEBURG, Or., May 24. (Special.)
With fair weather promised by the
local weather observer., the eighth an
nual strawberry festival will open in
Roseburg tomorrow morning. The
town tonight is thronged with visitors.
Tomorrow's programme will be fea
tured by band concerts, parade of Odd
fellows and Rebekahs and the crown
of Queen Jessie and Queen Verus. Bal
loon ascensions, street shows and other
similar attractions also will help to
furnish entertainment for many visi
tors. Queen Jessie is a Rebekah, and
the visiting delegates to the Rebekah
assembly now in session here expect to
attend the coronation ceremonies. To
morrow's festivities will close follow
ing a dance In the Armory.
SCHOOLS INVITE PARENTS
Tomorrow Is Visiting Day and All
Are Urged to See Work.
Parents and others interested in the
schools, their work and the children
housed in the various school b,uildlngs,
are urged to go to school tomorrow,
which Is "School Visiting day."
On that occasion teachers and all
school officials will be waiting with a
warm welcome to show visitors through
the schools, from the basemerrt to -the
topmost floor, and will explain all the
workings of the school system.
Superintendent Alderman urges all
wno can possibly do so to visit one
or more schools on Friday and thus get
closer insight into what the edu
cational forces are doing for Portland
and its children. The day will be ob
served generally throughout the tate,
Here is a short and easy way of eter-
minlne tJie heieht of a Zeppelin. A piecp
of wood two Incnes long and a quarter or
an . Inch wide would completely blot out
Zeppelin if it were "ono feet awav and
the piece of wood held ahout two feet from
tne eves.
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BANK
GAINS
shown
Deposits Are $12,693,421.41
Ahead of Last Year.
FIGURES ARE FOR MAY 1
Superintendent urgent Issues Ite-
port Indicating Itemarkable
Cliange for Iietter In
Oregon's Finances.
SALEM, Or.. May 24. (Special.) Fi
nancial conditions in Oregon as reflect
ed by the banks of the state in their
statements to S. G. Sargent, superin
tendent of banks, show a startling
chancre for the better, according to
Mr. Sargent, who issued a combined
statement toOay of their condition at
the close of business May 1.
As compared with a year ago. the
ctrposifs of the 177 state banks and 84
National banks in Oregon have In
creased 12.693.421.41. That more pros
perous times, however, have -come to
Oregon industries within the last few
months is indicated by figures which
show that in the 54 days intervening
between March 7 last and May 1, the
date of the last call, deposits have
gained $6,145,447.42. or almost half the
total increase during the entire 12
months prior to May 1.
Although there is no sure index to
the reason for the sudden gain in de
posits recently, the increase is ascribed
generally to the opening up of Oregon's
lumber industry, which, until this
Spring, has been in a quiescent con
dition. The statement issued today places the
total resources of Oregon's state and
National banks at $171,101,082.10.
Clatskanic Class Graduates.
CLATSKANIE, Or.. May 24. (Spe
cial.) The baccalaureate sermon for
the graduating class of Clatskanie High
School was delivered at the Methodist
Church Sunday evening by Rev. S. Dar
low Johnson. All of Clatskanie's eighth
grade students successfully passed the
state examinations last week. The class
roll Is made up of the following: Thel-
ma Fisher. Cora Tangen. Anna isuert
sen. Helen Kratr. Magdaline Pulliam.
Catherine Sulliavan. Lloyd Burk. Karl
Klllott. John Johnson, Henry Orwig.
Fred Erwin. Harvey Bennett and Frad
Raird. Miss M.igdaline. Pulliam. class
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figure.
One." A stirring and
timely story of the Mexi
can border that will win
the heart, of every able
bodied boy.
valedictorian, has the distinction of be
ing exempt from all examinations owing
to the fact that she received an aver
age of 90 per cent throughout her
school career.
DINER TO BE INAUGURATED
North Hunk Steamer Train Will
Carry Car June 1.
Dining-car service will be introduced
on the Portland-Astoria-Flavel divi
sion of the North Bank lload begin
ning June 1.
The steamers Northern Pacific and
Great Northern will begin trl-weekly
service to San Francisco on June 1.
sailing on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays, and the dining-car will be in
troduced on the steamer train west
bound.
On Sunday. Monday! Wednesday and
Friday the dining-car will be carried
on the train leaving Portland at 8:10
A. M. for Astoria and Clatsop Beach
points, and be returned to Portland
daily on the train leaving Seaside at
5 I. M.. and arriving in Portland at
9:40 P. jr., serving supper en route.
Clatskanie Changes Show Date.
CLATSKANIE, Or., May 24. (Spe
cial.) Clatskanie's 10th annual rose
show will be held at Miller's auditorium
on June 17. The committee had orig
inally decided to hold the show on
June 3. but owing to lack of warm
weather the date was changed. In ad
dition to the rose display, field events
and a baseball game will probably be
featured. Entries are expected from all
towns on the lower Columbia River and
the Nehalem Valley.
Vancouver to Sell Hay.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 24. (Spe
cial.) Clover hay in the Park Hill
Centetery. of this city, is to be sold to
the highest bidder by the City of Van
couver this year. There are six acres
in clover in the cemetery and this will
yield approximately 15 tons of good
hay. The successful bidder Is to cut
the hay. The money received for this
will go into the general fund.
Sunday School Oirls to Confer.
EUGENE. Or.. May Zi. (Special.)
The fourth annual Western Oregon
Older Girls' Sunday school conference
"will be held in Eufcene May 26, 27 and
28. Every older girls' Sunday school
class in the western part of the state
is entitled to two delegates. Delegates
must be 15 years of age or over and
must be accompanied by a chaperon.
About 100 girls are expected to attend.
The object of the conference is to de
velop leadership in the Sunday schools.
The Vnltert Slates Purcno or ?Cavination
reports 4S sailing;, steam, ftas and unriirert
vessels of ::V -(OS tons built in the I'nited
States and officially numbered during Janu
rv, llllti.
"How to Pitch."
Christy Ma the w son
hero of a thousand ball
games and idol of a mil
lion boys shows how to
curve them overlhe plate.