The Sunday Oregonian., April 05, 1908, SECTION THREE, Page 10, Image 34

THE SUNDAY ORECOXIAX. PORTLAND, APRIL ."5. 1903.
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More Demonstrations for Ben
efit of Farmers.
VISIT TOUCHET DISTRICT
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ADVANCE
JtHihond Mill onlinne 4 ampnin of
Krinratimi. it It Alslam:e of
ln-trm-tnr- of Wafhtiistnn
Aarlc tillnrl ('nllrgr.
A Mp?fil farmine: dciitonsti ation
trnlit will he rtin t'.v thr O. K. & N.
t hrmiKli th- rciuext of the Wftathlnir
1on Asri -nlliiiMl Cnllrffo on May 5, B
nH T. The train whs minntinrrd yrs
trfly hv R. H. Millar. K nrral frclpht
HCnl fM- th If arriniHn llns In the
l'acltir Northwest. H will bo ooratr-l
tliroiiarh llarllplrl. rnlnmbla and Walla
W a Ha ( "oupt tfi. Wash In Eton.
Thr ntcvnn of tho llrst fnrmlnK
rtrnioiiPtratlon train, r'tn through thi
ri1Miv ountry a fe' works B, lian
c 'iH-nui REn tlm compHny to o nior of
tin- sumo work, and thrsr trains will
lirrn ftr bp, h frntiirr of thr "traffic
d'-nnrtrnpnt's ofl'oi ts for development
and th brttrrmrnt of tli sctionn
srrvp'l by t h ioh(Ij. Miliar trains of
this fliBrHitcr will bo run later In the
Summer.
l.rcturrs Along ItouK.
Stops will bo madn by the poi-l1
trnln jnst annonnced nt Ptarbm-k.
hnrd. I'omrroy. Alto. WaitsbtnE.
HnntsviMf. Dnyton. Prrcott and Walla
Walla. Lectures' will be sriven on the
ptibjc'cts of Summer fullow. conserva
tion of moisture and the continuous oc.
rupMtmi of the soil through diversi
fication of crops. Mr. Miller said:
"The very groat attendance and In
terest manifestefl by the farmers and
the success generally of the first train
was so marked and the results. w
believe, so beneficial, that we have de
cided upon a second train throuRh the
Touchet and Walla Walla Valleys. It
Is our Intention to operate a similar
tra In over our lines, with the co
operation of the Oregon A prrlrultural
i 'ollrgV. th rou Eh Wasco. tTmatll la and
Morn Counties. This will be followed
by demonstration trains In the Willam
ette Valley, lectures and Instruction
bring Riven to farmers by the pro
fessors of th Agricultural Cnltrgp, ac
cording to the special needs peculiar
o each locality.
Utin Trains In Oregon.
"The conditions east of the Cascades
In this sts te a re varied and are, of
course, very much In contrast with the
conditions west of the mounta Ins, but
special lectures will be Riven to fit the
conditions which are found In this very
la prc and Important agrlculttira 1 pro
'HiclnR district tributary to the lines
of the O. H. A- N. and tbn Southern
Pacific. This will bo done with a view
of lendlnsr such assistance, to the farm
erd as the railroads and the Agricul
tural College, can render."
The railroads will strive for tha
more dense settlement of the Willam
ette Valley, which, although well
served by transportation lines. Is still
largely unoccupied. This is not at
tributed to the lack of diversification
of farming operations, for these
methods have been In use for a long
time. However, it Is thought that the
application of more intelligent methods
of farming will tend to correct the
sparsely settled conditions of a part of
the Valley. Much of the land Is not
only unsettled, but Is still In a primeval
state.
'Fggs. butter and poultry are shipped
to Portland In solid carloads in con
siderable quantities." said Mr. Miller.
"Hogs are shipped here from Nebraska
by the trainload. Cream comes here
by express from Utah. These com
modities also move to Spokane and
Pugct Sound markets, which it would
seem ought to be supplied from Oregon.
These things may not be known gen
erally, but they Indicate a situation
that Is wrong and It is with a view of
developing our own resources that the
railroad company Is interesting itself
as above Indicated."
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Traffic Officials to Mcol.
Trallli- offlciiils of tlie O. R. A N. and
Oii'Ron Short Line will moet In fan Fran
Lo with Poutlicrn Paclrtc freicht nifn
to liiscufs the llnlnir up of tariffs on the
Harrlman lines prior to July 1. when all
' rates filed with the Interstate Com
merce Commission must be specltic In
their application and all ambiguous and
Indefinite terms In the tariffs must be
eliminated in compliance with a recent
order. R. B. Wilier, ftenerai fretsht
agent of the Harrlman lines in this ter
ritory, accompanied by w. D. Skinner.
Ills assistant, and F. H. Plaisted, as
sistant ReneTa! freight agent for the Ore
Ron Short l.lne at Sail Lake City, left
last night for San Francisco to lie awav
a week.
WITH A FINE-TOOTH COMB
A riler Picks Moles tn Ei-Govrrnor
liccr's I'ublk-Land Record.
PORTLAND. Or.. April 4. -t To the Ed
itor.) T. T. CSecr Is now seeking the
nomination to Congress. There is no good
rrason why he should be sent there.
There are good reasons why he should
not be permitted to represent this state
a state that selected him as its Governor,
nd while such, permitted a land-king to
Rraft it of its public lands to a finish. He
has mado the claim that he sold lands
according to law. Here is what the law
says: "The Oovrrnor may appoint agents
and lands selected shall not be
sold tor less thsn Jifirt per iay
sell any of lands to highest bidder." He
appointed agents They did not select
lands for the state as should- have been
done, but selected or applied to United
States Land Office for the base holder,
for him alone: state had sold his interest
when base was sold: in fact, ho did riot
comply with the law to sell to the highest
bidder or select the same for the state.
I assert that the Land Board should not
have sold base, should not have allowed
others to hunt base, but should have had
officers examine the boards, books, and
for all base found, srhct lands for the
state, then sell to highest bidder, if sold
at all.
Farties who looked up base had to go to
the books of the State Land Office for
their information. Why could not th
land agent do so? Oswald West did It. A
ruling of the hoard 1s law: it was so de
cided by Judge Boise, and i know of no
decision to the contrary.
jSurtng Mr. Peer's term of office, the
Tjtnd Board sold 155.0i0 acres of base. On
page 4 of Odell's pamphlet, he says as
follows: "And there has been no time
within the last four years when the state
land 8gent could have made selections of
fo.WO or JAp.OCO acres of good timber land
upon any base he had or they could have
bad." This was during Mr. Geer's term
of office for the pamphlet was published
after the Investigation by the Legislature.
They were not confined to Oregon, Ore
gon Cascade reserve lieu, waa in fact
TtK.IlC. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT DR. V. R. fFFMN. I HAPl.AINl A. K. HLACK, VICK-PRBSIDEST;
W. B. SNVIIKR, PRRSIDKIHTl DR. SAM t:. SI.OCUM. PAST PRESIDENT.
Arrangements are belnur made by Portland Aerie No. 4. Fraternal Order of Eagles, to send a delega
tion to the grand lodge convention to be held at Seattle in September. .The local aerie will also bo repre
sented by the degree team composed of 12 'men, tinder Drlllmaster W illiam Sehroeder. The officers of
Aerie No. 4 are: Past president. Or. Samuel C Klocum; president, w. K. wnyder; vice-president, A. K,
Ulack; chaplain. Dr. V. R. Coffman.
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scrip, and locata.hle in either state. Hyde
and Benson located about -to.mio acres of
Oregon school land base In the state of
Waslilngton-and 67fiu acres In township 11
N. S W. It Is now worth Stir) per acre.
Another lot was located In township 7 N.
3 W. on Kalama River: ai.nno acres was
located In townships S N. 5 R, 7 N. 6 B..
7 N. 6 F.., and 8 N. 6 H.. Lewis River dis
trict, and a large amount of It was locat
ed on unsurveyed land.
I do not assert that this was located
during Oeer's term of office, but it shows
what could have been done, and also will
show that lieu sold by the board for $2.T0
per acre accomplished' the same purpose
that Northern Pacific scrip did. But the
Northern Pacific BnllroHd Company was
locating this scrip In Oregon. 3T.K acres
In the Oregon Oity and Rosehurg Land
Offices. The Southern Pacific scrip was
selling for 15.50. and liters of It located
la-nds in the same townships that state
lieu was located in. and sold by the state
for 2.o0. and sold by Odell. and others
for J1.60. Here Is a difference of J2 for
the lieu land base hunters. What a nice
fund that would make for to look up
base with.
And still Mr. Geer claims to have done
his duty.
On the east side of the Willamette Val
ley In Oregon City land district, the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company lo
cated over 70.0D0 acres, to say nothing
about that part In Rosehurg land district,
all In sight from the dome of the capltol
at Salem. I could give a detailed list of
amounts In the different townships. I
was sent for as a witness in the inves
tigation of the Geers. I was asked if I
could locate lOO.ono acres in lieu. I said
Tes." Inside of ten months there was
located In Eastern Oregon, chiefly, over
loO.OOO acres of scrip. One party located
over 70.000 acres of Arizona scrip. Bear In
mind that this scrip was worth J5.50 and
better June 8, 1900. there were 58S0 acres
In townships 7 6.1 W. filed upon by the
X. P. R. R. Co. Next day, June 7, there
was filed in townships 20 and 21 south,
range 11 east, 6517 acres, with Klamath
Indian Reserve base.
Some time later 1 wrote Governor Geer
and criticised him for this filing and also
about the way the Land Board accepted
filings. He informed me that I had made
a mistake in the townships and that all
that had been sold outside of school sec
tions was 40 acres. He asserted that he
had looked it up. I wrote the Register of
the Land Office at The Dalles, and the
latter Informed me that 6517 acres had
been filed in those townships.
This will show that Mr. Geer docs a lot
of queer work, for the records will not
help him out. Had Mr. Geer done his duty
to the people of Oregon, he could have
got lands enough in Oregon City and
Roseburg land districts that would have
been worth at the least calculation $10,
OU0.000. He could have located the greater
part of his 153.000 acres in the Willamette
Valley. Had he made an effort to do his
duty, he would not hav to ask a nomina
tion for Congress, for the people of this
state would have made him Senator with
out asking for It.
Mr. Geer had nn example before him in
the state of Washington. That state sells
no lands for less than $10 per acre, except
State Capitol lands, and all lauds must be
sold to the highest bidder.
We have in this state a school fund of
about $5,000,000 or $6,000,000. while about all
these lands are sold. What Washington
has to show in the value of her public
lands goes close on to $50,000,000: 15.000
acres of land in the Nehalem brougltt to
the school fund a little over $19,000,000:
$0 acres back of Skamokawa brought to
the school fund of state of Washington
$15,000. bought by bankers of this city.
I can see no reason why this Mr. Geer,
who failed to protect the inheritance left
to little children by a generous Govern
ment, should be sent to mix with the
agents of Standard Oil and Harriman.
Our representative now there has done
his dutv while there. Why should he not
have another term? J. A. BUCKLEY.
ST. JOHN SHQWS PROGRESS
CAR SHORTAGE IN INDIA
rtailroads Embarrassed by Increas
ing Prodnctlon of TMicat.
CALCUTTA. April 4. I Special.) The
production of wheat by the Canal Col
onies of the Punjab is likely, says the
Pioneer, to assume enormous dimensions
tn the future. More land will be brought
under cultivation as the big schemes of
irrigation, now well in hand, are pro
ceeded with: and there will be no lack
of colonists to take up allotments of
fered by the government. The crops al
ready are so large that during the busy
years of export the Northwestern Rail
way cannot cope with the grain traffic
to Karachi, and the doubling of some
sections of the line has consequently
been forced on the administration at
Lahore.
The cry has hitherto been for more
rolling-stock, and the government is pro
viding additional locomotives and
wagons: but if we are to look far ahead
we must consider if means of transpor
tation alone will satisfactorily solve the
problem. There are many who think
that it will not. and that other measures
must be taken soon to prevent tha con
gestion of traffic which occurs from
time to time.
In the grain-elevator sj-stem. which
has been so successful in Canada and
tha United States, may be found a way
out of the difficulty.
a standstill all building operations.
The government intervened In the con
troversy this afternoon with the result
that the masters have agreed to submit
new propositions to the men.
MARCH BtlLIUXO PKRMITS
AMOUNT TO $13,000.
Town on the Peninsula Is Opening
Up New Streets and Improv
ing the Old Ones.
St. John is growing very rapidly, as is
shown by the fact that building permits
during the past three months amounted
to $:'.6.000. The permits averaged $100
each, or nearly 12 new homes each month
since the first of the year. March per
mits amounted to $13,000. Most of the
dwellings are being built southeast of the
business district, showing a gradual
growth toward the location of the big
packing plants. The growth in popula
tion has been large also, keeping step
with the increased number of homes.
Lost Tear 625 votes were cast at the
city election. This year 778 voters have
registered, and it is estimated that from
25 to 40 citizens will swear in their votes
at the election. Using five as a factor,
the population Is well over 4000.. An
other feature Is that the assessed prop
erty valuation has Increased from
$317,615 in 1904, to $1,398,670 In 1905.
which amount was almost doubled In
1906. The lew haa also Increased from
S mills In 190t to 7 mills in 1906. This
increase in the levy was for the purpose
of paying off $3000 debt carried over from
previous years and to guard against any
further deficit.
The assessment this year has jumped
up again to $3,432,952. hut the tax levy
Is down to 4.6 mills. The city is out of
debt with the exception of the City Hall
bonds, and has $5000 with which to start
the new year. The City Hall is com
pleted and the women of the city have
raised money to purchase and erect a
handsome fountain on the City Hall
grounds.
The real estate men report that while
no unusually large deals are being made,
there Is a steady demand for property at
fair prices. Altogether the first three
months of 1908 have been much more
prosperous ' than the same period last
year, in spite of the fact that the city's
payroll of $80,000 a month has been cut
this year to less than $'.'0,000. The pay
roll, however, will Increase rapidly from
now on. The Peninsula Lumber Com
pany', which usually pays out from $30,000
to $40,000 a month, was shut down for re
pairs, and only resumed operations this
week. The woolen mill, which has op
erated only six hours a day all Winter,
will soon run full time, and there Is
every reason to believe that St. John
will have a much better year than any in
Its history.
There were many small sales the past
week. John Kura sold to Minnie Schulze
lots 3 and 4. block 5. St. John Park, for
$550. M. L. Hoolbrook bought a fraction
of block 10. in James John Addition
for $8800. Johnson P. Porter bought lots
7 and 8. on the waterfront, in James John
Addition, and part of block 10. for $20,000.
These transfers indicate the value of
waterfront property.
The city will vote at the election next
Monday to issue bonds to the amount of
SIS. 000 to purchase a six-acre tract sit
uated near the drydock. This is consid
ered a good price, but taking into con
sideration the surroundings, the value is
not excessive.
Lockout of Paris Builders.
PARIS, April 4. A gisantlc lockout,
affecting 15.000 masons, bricklayers and
allied workmen in the building trades,
went into effect today. The trouble
arises over the question of hours and
the application of the weekly day of
rest law. The men Insisted on a
maximum day of nine hours. The mas
ters ottered a higher wage scale and
a reduction of hours last Autumn, but
this the men refused.
The lockout will result In brlngfng to
ESPERANTO CLUB FORMED
International Language Is . to Re
Studied In Portland.
Thif ti recently orjCHntMd in thl
city thr "Rosft City Esperanto Club" a
society which ha been formed for the
purpose of fit tidying and aiding In the
advancement of the International langu
age, Esperanto. Esperanto Societies exist
In 'M nation and by thin language one can
converse with natives in any large city
of the world
Foreign business may be t ran parted in
Esperanto making it of great commercial
value.
Esperanto journals are published in
Japan. India. Africa, North and South
America and Burooe over 40 in all. It is
the intention of the local enthusiasts to
publish an Esperanto journal in Portland
in the near future.
Tn Esperanto the vowels are neither
long nor short but of medium length.
The accent fails uniformly on the penulti
mate syllable, excepting In the monosyl
if i
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1 fcaMMMmMEMMMitiiMMtli ' futflTM MM
Charles J. McDonald, Secretary
of the Esperanto Club.
abies. Every word showg by its form
what part of speech it is.
The grammar has 16 rules and no eX'
ceptions, and is easily learned.
The interlocking; unit system of ideas
gives an immense range of expression to
a small vocabulary.
Bvery word is pronounced exactly as it
is spelled.
Every noun ends in "o," every adjective
in a, every derivative adverb in "e.
Esperanto makes use of everything that
is common to our civilized languages and
drops an that us special to any of them.
Four-fifths of the words are self-defining
to any English-speaking person
simila (similar), papero (paper), roto
(rose), telefono (telephone):
It is the intention of the local society
to correspond in the international langu
age with the natives of the various conn
tries which will aid in advertising Port
land and the Rose Carnival.
When the members have mastered the
mysteries of Esperanto according to the
rules laid down by the Inventor. Ir. 1.
L. Zamenhof, they will enlarge the scope
of the club.
The Rose City Esperanto Club starts
with a membership of about 30 and after
adopting a constitution and bylaws the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President Walter C. Farn
ham: vice-president. Dr.- D. B. Howard:
secretary. Charles J. McDonald: treasurer,
Marlon Warde Farnham.
GO TO TILLAMOOK
The richest Dairying County in the State. A herd of 21 cows on. a
small piece of this rich river-bottom soil last rear yielded the suin of
$2385.96. We have over 33 billion feet of standing timber in the
county. With the completion of the railroad now building into the
county, industries of all kinds will hum. If you are interested in
milling, cold storage, fishing, tanneries, paper mills, celery raising,
cranberry culture, fruitgrowing, gardening, oysters, etc., come to
Tillamook. We have the country that abounds with opportunities of
all kinds. We want your co-operation to help develop it.
Call and get papphlet and map of Ralph AcUey, Secretary of
Tillamook Development League, 603 Corbett Building, Portland, Or,
or write the Secretary at Tillamook, Oregon.
PRICES OF ALL BUSINESS LOTS ON CHAUTAUQUA
BOULEVARD, WILLIS BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVE
NUE, IN UNIVERSITY PARK, WILL BE ADVANCED $100
PER LOT APRIL 15th, 1908.
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Why Not Advance?
The lumber business made Detroit, Mich., a city of 400,000
population, where business lots are now $4000 per front
foot. Stock-yards and packing-houses gave Chicago its first
boost toward greatness by adding 100,000 population to its
ranks; business lots in Chicago now sell for $10,000 per front foot;
made Kansas City peer over all its rivals by adding to it 60,000
population; business lots now sell for $3500 per front foot; and
made South Omaha a city of 40,000, where business lots sell for
$2000 per front foot.
Wherever railroads centered there has sprung up a large city.
What have we a reason to expect of University Park, with its
vast lumber business', its large stock-yards and packing-houses,
and all the great trans-continental railroads centering there, in
addition to its rivers navigable to the commerce of the world?,
When we consider what has been done in other cities, have we not
good reason to expect to see lots sell on such streets as Chau
tauqua, Willis and Fowler for $1000 per front foot within 10 years?
Prices now $ 1 0 per front foot for
residence lots up to $ 1 5 per front
foot for choice business lots.
Terms 1 0 per cent cash, balance
$10 monthly on one lot, $5 addi
tional for each additional lot.
No interest if each installment be paid when or before due.
By paying down $37.50 per lot before April 15, you will get the
benefit of the $100 per lot advance on April 15, thus making a gain
of $2.50, within 10 days, on each one dollar invested. This should
be sufficient to satisfy the most grasping speculator. Take St.
John car, get off at Chautauqua boulevard, where you will find
my office.
FRANCIS
McIENM
PORTLAND, OREGON