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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1903)
6 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY IS, 1903. CAREY ACT WORKS OPERATION RELATIVE TO DESERT LANDS GRANTED THE STATE. Oregon. Land Board Presents Legis lature With. Coinplete Report manner of Obtaining? Grants. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 17. (Special.) The State Land Board has prepared a very complete report relative to desert lands granted the state under the "Carey act," and the operations under the law of 1901 accepting the same. The report contains the Carey law In full, the Oregon law in full, the opinion of George H. Williams construing the Oregon law. form of con tract adopted for use by the board, and by the General Land Office, rules and regula tions prescribed ty the board, directions for proceeding to obtain land under the arid land act, and a full account'of all the contracts that have been made, together with descriptions and maps of the lands that have been covered by contracts. The report closes with suggestions for amend ments to the present law in this state on that subject. The report will not only be of great value to the members of the Legislature, but will be a source of com prehensive Information for all who may be interested In any way In arid land questions arising under terms of the Carey act as accepted by the Oregon stat utes. In transmitting the report to the Legislature the board says in part: LaTr Not Well Considered. "We have the honor to present here with our report concerning the desert lands granted the state under what Is known as the 'Carey act,' and which was accepted by an act of the Legislature filed in the office of the Secretary of State Feb ruary 23. 190L (See Session Laws, 190L page 378.) This act does not seem to have been well considered or understood by the Legislature, as it passed both houses without debate, and without a single dis senting vote, and inasmuch as the matter of irrigation, and the re clamation of desert lands has assumed important and Interesting shape of late in this state, by reason of the passage by the last Congress of a National irrigation law, we have deemed It advisable to make a separate report concerning this matter and the operation of the law since it went into effect, and In order that the whole matter may be presented to the Legisla ture and the public in compact form, and be fully understood, we deem it advisable to publish in this report the full test of the 'Carey act' and amendments thereto, with the rules and regulations of the In terior Department concerning selections of lands under it, together with our law accepting the grant." After setting out the Carey law and the Oregon arid land law in full, with rules of the Department of the Interior govern ing the same, the report says: "This law makes it the duty of the State Land Board to enter into contract 'with any person, company of persons, association, or incorporated company' de siring to reclaim any of the desert lands of the state, when they make application for same in compliance with law. Soon after the enactment of this law and "dur ing the Summer of 1M1 a number of ap plications were made, but the whole mat ter "being new to both the applicants and the board, and the attorneys for the dif ferent applicants not always agreeing with each other or with the board as to the manner of proceeding In order to get a contract under the law, considerable de lay was caused thereby, and It was not until in the Fall of 1301 that any of the projects were ready for contract, and then our main trouble commenced, being prin cipally as to the form of the contract, and to add to our difficulties the Attorney General was taken ill with typhoid fever about this time, and was away from his office for four months. The applicants' attorneys submitted different forms of contracts, all of which the board thought were more favorable to the applicants than they should be, and after making some changes submitted the different forms to Hon. George H. Williams, of Portland, and finally adopted the form approved by him with the changes sug gested. How Lien to Be Fixed. "One of the most troublesome points in the contract was to determine when the cost of construction should be determined and the Hen fixed, the attorneys for the applicants contending that the board should accept the estimates of the engin eers making the surveys and fix that amount in the contract as the Hen for re clamation. Some of the ablest attorneys in the state were consulted in regard to it, but there was a difference of opinion among them, some contending that the contract should only say that the appli cant shall have a Hen for the 'actual and necessary expense of reclamation,' the amount of which would be determined after the work was completed, while oth ers claimed it was the duty of the board to determine the amount in advance and nx it aenniteiy in the contract We sub mitted this matter to Hon. George H. "Williams, who rendered us a written opin ion, in which he decided that It was the duty of the board to ascertain and fix the amount of the lien In advance and Insert it in the contract, but that we would use any means we chose to ascertain what the amount should be. This opinion we have followed, and employed an experi enced irrigation engineer. Mr. George L. Dlllman, to examine each project In the field, as well as the estimates of appli cants, and report thereon. Judge Will iams expressed the opinion to the board that the contract adopted was about as good as could be made under the law and safeguarded the Interests of the state and the settlers about as well as it could be done. Descriptions are then given of the five tracts of land for the reclamation of which contracts have been made, with maps showing the location of the land, and source of water supply, and with a statement of the cost of reclamation and annual maintenance. A statement is also made of the applications now pend ing before the board for contracts by other companies. The report then says: "The contracts entered into aggregate 220.696.Oi acres, while the applications filed for which contracts have not yet been executed, including the Three Sisters Ir rigation Company, aggregate 46.395,80 acres, making the total amount applied lor 267.C9LS4 acres, only a little over one-fourth of the 1,000.000 acres to which the state Is entitled under the Carey law. The board has no means of know ing how much more land there may be in the state available under the grant. The average cost for reclamation of the three all-gravity systems for which con tracts have been executed is $9 30 per acre, and the average annual maintenance charge 13 75 cents per acre. Gift Not Highly Valued. "It is evident that the people of this state considered the 'Carey grant' of but little or no value, as the 'Carey act' was passed by Congress in 1B94, and no move was made by our Legislature to accept It until 1901. when the present law was passed, and it evidently was not consid ered of much value by the Legislature at that time, as Is evidenced by the lack of Interest taken in it when it was being con Eidered, and the unanimity with which it passed both the Senate and House. It will also be noticed that the state did not consider It of sufficient value to war rant it in spending any money in getting the grant and having It reclaimed, it being provided .always that everything con nected with it should be done at the cost of the applicant for a contract, and with out cost to the state. So It would appear that the state was willing to turn It over to any one willing to undertake its re clamatioru not even requiring a bond or any kind of guarantee on the part of the contractor that he will carry out his con' tract in good faith. Some Amendments Needed. "In our brief experience with the opera tion of the Jaw a number of imperfec Hons or defects have appeared to us. which being proper subjects for consider ation for amendment by the Legislature, we will proceed to point out, for if this law is to be continued and the grant be made worth anything to the state (which we believe it can be with proper amend ments to the present law), and the con tracts already executed carried out, it is absolutely necessary that some amend- j menis oe maue. in our opinion ine law accepting the 'Carey grant should have created the office of State Engineer, with sufficient salary and allowances for ex penses to have secured a thoroughly com- j petent man. The funds for the payment of which could have been provided by requiring applicants for contracts to pay into the State Treasurj a small sum per ! ocre. say 10. 15 or 25 cents, which would j have also been some guarantee of good faith on the part of the applicants. While it is to be regretted that the pres ent law did not make such provision In order that the. large bodies of land already contracted could have been made to bear some of the expense of such office, and that this whole irrigation business could have been placed In his hands at the start, under the super vision of the board, and not have been placed in the school land office, where it has no business, there is still great need of such officer: and in our opinion the 'Carey grant and the matter of Irriga tion in general is of sufficient importance to the state to warrant the creation of euch office, even though his salary and ex penses have to be paid as other state of ficers are paid. The contracts already en tered into. If approved by the Secretary tract for the reclamation of desert land under the Carey grant: "First File with the board application for appointment of engineer to make the survey and a selecting agent to select the land. "Second File a map in triplicate on trac ing linen, on scale not greater than 1000 feet to 1 Inch, which map -shall exhibit a plan showing the mode of contemplated Irrigation and the source of the water. The plan, shall be sufficient thoroughly to Irrigate and reclaim the land to prepare it to raise ordinary agricultural crops. The map must also contain United States forms 1 and 2. "Third Field notes of survey In tripli cate. Field notes and map must show connections of termini of ditch or canal with public survey; also, wherever sec tion or township lines are crossed by pro posed Irrigation works. "Fourth Statement in triplicate of amount of water available for the plan of irrigation. "Fifth Quadruplicate list of lands se lected, acreage summed up at foot of each page and at end verified by selecting agent (United States form 3; lists con taining erasures will not be accepted) and accompanied by a sum of money suffi cient to pay United States Land Office fees, which is at the rate of 52 for each quarter section.. "Sixth Triplicate printed copies of con tract of Secretary of the Interior with the state (United States form 5). "Seventh Appliatlon for contract, con taining estimates of cost of reclamation and annual maintenance estimates must FOREMAN OF THE CHICAGO GRAND JURY WHICH HAS INDICTED THE COAL CONSPIRATORS. WILLIAM D. WYMAN. RICH STRIKE ON TANANA CIRCLE STARTS WILD STAMPEDE FOR NEW GOLD FIELDS. Fabulous Tales Uneqnnled Since Story of Bob Henderson In Klon dike Dirt 25 Cents to the Pan. S BATTLE, Jan. 17. A special to the Times from Dawson saye: A tremendously rich etrike, the magnl tiudo of which has? never been equaled since Bob Henderson told his wonderful story of the Klondike, has been made 18 miles north of a point on Tanana River, 300 miles from its source. The district is in American territory. Circle has been depopulated and a wild stampede of prospectors from all the sur rounding country is in progress. As yet few have reached the situation. The holes that proved the wealth of the country were only sunk this Winter and the first man to reach Dawson from the new country has just arrived. He is a Japanese, J. Wada, well known in Dawson, where his veracity and honesty are known as his chief traits. So far the report has not been spread to any extent in Dawson, but the little that has been told has created an excitement that surely means a stampede. The gist of Wada's report on the ground Is that tho district resembles the Klon dike in its physical formation, but has a heavier growth bf timber. Gold in widely different kinds had been found in eight different creeks when Wada left for Daw son. December 2S. The original strike wa3 made on Pedro, a creek running parallel with Tanana, about IS miles from the river. This creek Is staked for miles. Dan McCarthy, a well-known Dawsonlte, made the dis covery on Gold Stream, a continuation of Pedro, which has proved to be the richest so far found. It was 25 cents at 13 feet down and bedrock not yet reached. Mc Carthy struck pay December 24, while sinking his first hole. It panned seven cents. On Christmas day he had 1C cents to the pan. Three days later he had found 23 cents to the pan. The ground became richer 'all the time as he descended and what he found before reaching bedrock may be still more sensational reading when the news Is finally received. Pedro Creek, the discoverey creek, has not as yet equaled Gold Stream. Seven teen cents is tha richest found, but its wealth kj better indicated in a statement that Costa Bros, sunk seven holes to bed rock and found an even run of gold In every run, with a pay streak over eight feet deep right through with a width of about COO feet. Cold Stream is a big district, three claims (Alaska dimension), wide. It has not yet been explored at length and Is not known. It was not yet all staked when Wada left. About 100 men were working the ground. Jack Costa was offered 530.000 for his claim on Gold Stream and refused It. of tha Interior, will likely be carried out, and under these contracts the contractors agree to perform 10 per cent of the work within one year from the signing o the contract by the Secretary of the inte rior, and to prosecute the work of con struction with duo diligence until com pleted, and agree to have all completed within a given time. State Engineer Needed. "This will make it necessary for some competent engineer on behalf of the state to visit these different projects at least once each year and ee that the con tractors have done the requisite amount of work; that they have done it within the time and In accordance with the speci fications of the contract. It will, also be necessary from time to time as portions of the land is reclaimed and proved up on for the state to apportion the Hen on each smallest legal subdivision, accord ing to the value that such tract bears to the whole tract under contract by each company. The contracts also pro vide that the rules ot the companies rela tive to the distribution of water shall be subject to the approval of the board. All these matters will require more or less expert engineering knowledge In order ttyat the board" may act intelligently upon them. The engineer should be the clerk of the board so far as all Irrigation mat ters are concerned, and we believe when applications are made for contracts that before the board should enter Into a con tract the engineer should examine and report fully on each project as to its feasibility, the availability of water, the character of land, and whether it would be for the best interests of the state to grant the contract. When It is remem bered that about two-thirds of the state is east of the Cascade Mountains and that a large portion of it is arid or semi-arid, and that nearly all of It is much Im proved with irrigation, and that the great future development and settlement of that portion of the state depends upon irriga tion, we think the state can well afford the money that will be. necessary to see that it is done to the best possible ad vantage to the state. We therefore be lieve that this Legislature should" create the office of State Engineer and would eo recommend. Combine Engineer and Land Atcent. "In this connection we would suggest that in view of the fact that the farms that were acquired by the state under foreclosure of mortgages to the trust funds during the last several years have mostly been sold during the last four years, 66 only now remaining, eo that tho work of leasing and looking after them is very much, reduced, and the further fact that the selection of indemnity selections of school land has almost ceased, so that the duties of State Land Agent, whose duty it now is to do this work, will not be nearly so great, that the two offices might be combined in one, the State En gineer also acting as State Land Agent. We have no doubt but a good, compe tent man could now attend to all the duties without trouble. Do the Companies Own the Works? "Another objection to the present law is that under it it is too easy for appli cants to obtain contracts, no bond or other guarantee being required for the faithful carrying out of the contracts. Still an other objection, and in our opinion a se rious one, is, that the contractor, when the last piece of land is sold, will have received back his entire outlay for rec lamation with interest, but will apparently still own the works. We think the law should have provided that the purchasers of the land should have had a correspond ing Interest in the works, and when the contractor received all his money back the works should be turned over to the settlers, but as it is, the company will apparently still own the works, with the right to continue collecting the annual maintenance charge for water. This is as It appears to us from the law, although we have had no legal opinion on this mat ter, not being up to that yet. In view of the prospect for large and numerous ir rigation projects being undertaken in the state in the near future, it will be neces sary that some legislation concerning water rights be had at an early day, and we would commend this matter to the earnest and careful consideration of the Legislature, in connection with irrigation legislation. Procedure Under Arid Land L&vr. "How to proceed and things necessary to be done by applicants to obtain con- be in ouch shape that they can be ex amined and verified by the board's en gineer appointed for that purpose. "Eighth Twocoples of contract between applicant and state, as per form that is applicable printed in this report. "Ninth Applicants must deposit a suffi cient sum of money with the clerk of the board to pay the expenses of the board's engineer for examining, verifying and re porting on their project "It will be noticed that the board re quires one more paper of each kind than Is mentioned in the Interior Department regulations. This Is in order that the board may have for its records a com plete set of the papers In each case." The report also contains a copy of the National irrigation act passed by the last Congress, thus making a complete com pendium of Irrigation statutes. CLATSOP TAX REPORT FILED. Roll Will Soon Be Closed Up With but Fciy Delinquents. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 17. (Speclal.)-Sher-iff Limille filed his report on the 1901 de linquent tax roll todajv It shows the total rou wiin costs added to have amounted to 54174 OS. Of this 52119 03 was collected from the property-owners before the sale, the county paid 5493 75 on property which It had purchased at the previous tax sale. Errors and double assessments amounted to 529 SL the sum realized from the tax sale was 55S5 03, and the amount pur chased by the county was 5945 55. On the latter amount collections are being made dally from the original owners, and it will be greatly reduced before the next sale. Of the 5493 id tax paid by the county over 5420 is on property belonging to the Holla day estate, which will be redeemed within the coming few days. This is the first time in years that a delinquent tax roll has been completely closed up, and the list of property against which the county has claims Is smaller than ever before. Report of School Clerk. The annual report of the clerk of As toria school district No. 1 for the year ending December 31, 1902, filed today, shows the receipts and disbursements for the year to have been as follows: Cash on hand January 1, 1902, 5322 37; receipts during year, 547,026 23; disbursements. 546.972 09: cash on hand noepmhor 51 $374 57. The report shows the net floating indebtedness to be $230 99, a reduction of 54344 84 during the year. The bonded in debtedness of the district Is 575,000. Funeral of Dr. Renmes. The remains of the late Dr. F. D. Reames, of Klamath Falls. Or., arrived here at noon today. Tho funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the resi dence of Hon. Denlamln Yminir linear f Via pauspices of the K. of P. and Elks lodges, me aeceasea naving neen a member of the Portland lodges of those orders. Drowned Body Recovered. The drowned body of Gordon A Stlnson, the blacksmith, who disappeared three weeks ago, was found on the beach at Scow Bay this morning. The body was in a badly decomposed condition, but there were no marks of violence on It, and as the cause of death was undoubtedly drowning, no Inquest was deemed neces sary. There was a reward of 550 for the recovery of the body offered by the A O. U. W., of which order he was a member, and under whose auspices his funeral will be held tomorrow. School Will Not Yet Open. The school board at a special meeting held this morning decided to continue to keep the schools closed for another week on account of the prevalence of scarlet fever In the city. The disease does not appear to be gaining any headway, but numerous cases exist, and it Is of a very malignant type. The Board of Health and .every physician In the city recom mended that the schools be not reopened. They have been closed since the begin ning of the Christmas holidays. Arrested on Charge of Forgery. SEATTLE, Jan. 17. A J. Jones, until recently an employe of the Northern Pa cific Railway at Ellensburg, was arrested here this evening for forgery committed at that place. Jones is accused of making and passing a Northern Pacific time check for 572 on an. Ellensburg merchant. He appeared in the local offices of the North ern Pacific to collect for some time due him and was placed under arrest by a Deputy Sheriff. LOCATING ELEVATION STAKES. Southern I'uclflc Making Baseline From Benecia to Seattle. ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) C. H. 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