- . - TTTE SUNDAY ORKGOXIAy. rORTIiAND, MAY ?, 1911: - I
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OREGON DEBATING TEAM GETTING INTO SHAPE.
LLOYD GEORGE IS
TANNER Fl
N OF
Men's Stylish
FOR SGHOOL LAND
His Workmen's Insurance
Plan Acclaimed by All Par
ties in Britain.
Washington Attorney-General
Writes Officials of Three
Other States.
point
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GHTING
Clothes
V
HE SEEKS CO-OPERATION
All Point at Issue WlU Be Threshed
Out In Meeting at Salt Lako
City Jane IX, It Plan
- Is Carried Oak
OLY1IPIA. Wuh, May t Special.-
For the purpose of attempting to Mcure
for the school children of Washington
7f).0CO acres of land with a minimum
value of I7.000.MO. W. V. Tanner, Attor
ney-General of Washington, ess written
letters to the Attorney-Generals of Mon
tane, North Dakota and South Dakota,
asking- them to look Into the Federal
land laws and their operations and to
assemble at Fait Lake on June 12. when
the Attorney-Generals of the Union will
hold their convention there.
I'nder the enabling act by which
Washington was admitted to the Union,
section IS and section K of every town
ship were set aside for school purposes,
this land to be conveyed whether "sur
veyed or unsurveyed." Montana. NoriS
Dakota and South Dakota were admitted
under similar acta to that of Washing
ton. State Claims 200,000 Acres.
But the Interior Department has mads
s series of rulings which the state con
tends to be unfair. Through adverse
rulings, which permit settlers to go onto
sections 1( and tii on unsurveyed lands
and which prevents Washington from
filing on them, the state has been de
prived of more than S ).' acres of land.
It Is the contention of Attorney-General
Tanner that these sections belong to the
state and that the Federal Government
has no right to permit them to be set
tled, and cannot pass title to them, for
that title already rests In Washington,
although not formally of record.
To test the strength of the state's
claim two suits have been started by
. Washington acralnst settlers who have
located on these lands, called school
lands, in sections IS and S. One Is the
case of the Sate against John D. Wal
ker, of Kittitas County, and the other
Is the Skagit County case against Ed
ward R. Whitney, in which the stats
makes a similar contention, that the
Whitney title is void as the land II
school land. This case Is now pending
before the State Supreme Court.
United Action Wanted.
But In addition to wanting back the
100.000 acres which the Federal Govern
ment has deeded to settlers, although It
was once given to the state, Attorney
General Tanner insists that the United
States has no rljfht to lock up &J0.000
acres of school lands in forest reserves.
It Is to secure some united action on
the part of Washington, Montana, North
and South Dakota to take the matter
up with the Federal land department
that the meeting at Salt Lake is urged.
Up to this time Washington officials
have failed to get any satisfaction from
the general land department. The Wash
ington, D. C authorities admit that the
state has been wrongfully deprived of
Its lands and that the. school children
are entitled to consideration, but nothing
has ever been done to relieve the situa
tion. Vain More Than f 10 an Acre.
If the state gets this land It means
the enrlohicg of the common school
fund, not only of the fund for the
higher educational Institutions, but the
fund for the education of the class known
as the "barefoot a school boys." Ths
State can dispose of none of Its lands
for less than Jl' an acre, so the mini
mum value is tT.ftxMMX But the state
has averaged t-E.se an acre In the past,
so that the estimated value of this land
la placed at more than J15.iXO.00o.
Justhow much this amounts to may
be shown when it is stated that It is
practically talcs as much as the stats
has In a.1 of Its permanent funds now,
InOOVOTOl and this latter Investment nets
an Interest income of l.000 a year, of
more than liuou a day. Tho value of ths
lands for which the state Is contending,
if invested, would bring in about 20u
a day for the common schools, and
therefore the Attorney-General's office
la anxious to secure them.
MADRAS SERVICE STARTS
Passenger Train to Be Ron Today
on Deschutes Line.
OATEWAT, Or, May . (Special.)
Work on the Deschutes Railway is be
ing pushed at a rapid rate. The first
passenger train over this line will
reach Madras today. The country is
feeling the stimulus of the railroad and
since the completion of the line to this
point five or six stock trains have been
shipped from Gateway, this being the
best shipping point for a number of the
largest stockmen.
Lots are selling well and buildings
ars being rushed to completion to ao
commodate the business of the sur
roundlng country. Settlers are arriving
dally and every acre of land available
for cultivation Is being taken up.
A party of railroad surveyors has
been at work In the Front Creek can
yon a few miles below Gateway and
several preliminary surveys have been
mads for the Ash wood branch, which
taps a large area of country not sup
plied with railroad facilities. The main
line soon will be completed to Red
mond. CLUB TO AID .FESTIVAL
1 V
Astoria Motor-Boat Men Will Escort
Rex Vp RlTer.
ASTORIA. Or.. May . Special)
The Astoria Motor- Boat Club at Its
meetlnc last night decided to aocept
the Invitation of the Rnee Festival
committee to escort Rex. King of the
Festival up the river. The local fleet
will leave here on the evening of Sat
urday. June . arriving at Portland In
time to participate In the festivities en
Monday.
The club took this action In order te
how that It Is willing te assist la
every way In making the Rose Festival
a euecess. The details of the club's
participation In the programme will be
left to tUe Portland Motor-Boat Club
to arrange. The announcement was
made last evening that the barge
Klickitat which was recently purchased
by the elub will be brought down the
river during the eoenlng week when a
force of carpenters will be put te work
fitting tAa eraft op as the club's head-smarter
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SZlztC JCKCU4AJ7V? IZZhsslttPZE CE&SLttV?
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES, Corvallls, May t. (Special.)
The six young men who will represent this college In the debates with
. the Washington State College team are . rapidly working their ar
rangements Into shape. They have been working faithfully for the
past two months in preparation for these big contests, which are the
principal forenslo events of the college Tr-
The debates wlU be held May 12, one at Pullman and the other at
Corvallls. Each school Is preparing a debate on both sides of the ques--tlon
The Oregon team, which will support ths negative side, will go
to Pullman to meet their affirmative team, while the Washington school
wlU debate the negative on the same question at Corvallls.
The question selected is on the advisability of the gradual aban
donment of the protective tariff. A. A. Asbahr, manager of oratory
and debate, la now at work on the selection of Judges. These will be
announced some time this week. ....
The Oregon teams are made up of men who nave all had some ex
perience In debating. Two of the men. A. A. Asbahr and A. P. Gib
eon were members of the teams which won from the Washington Col
lege last year. The other men have all taken part In the lnter
soclety debates.
Tho members of the affirmative team are C. L. Jamison, Herbert
J Gllkey and H. C Hetsel. The negative team members ars A. A.
Asbahr, A. F. Eschrlst and A. P. Gibson.
BIRDS ARE SAVED
Taft" Declares Clear Lake Site
Reserve.
PLAN TO ENLARGE AREA
EnUre Lava Bed Country May Be
Embraced In Game Retreat.'
Stockmen Oppose Scheme
Deer Plentiful.
vr iwiTH riT.TA Dr.. Mav 6.
... I in hi n . - -
o.i-i -rv n nrdep from President
Taft. which baa Just reached this city,
the Clear Lake reservoir site and lands
contiguous owned by the Government,
have been declared a uovernmen
reserve.
r- w..n Alva Lewis received
the official notlncation with the Preal-
dent'a signature attached, ana une
no word has come as to ths plans for
patrolling the new reserve It Is ex
pected this will ne
on- t and reservoir site
covers an area of S5.000 acres. It Is
a nart ef the famous Carr land which
waVowned by Jesse D. Carr years ago,
and which fell to his heirs at his death
in ban r ruw.w. - ---Modoc
County. California, and was pur
chased by the Government for a reser
voir site about five years ago, when
the reclamation service entered upon
the great Klamath Irrigation project.
The price paid for this site was about
1185.000.
Order Surprises Public.
... .i,inn. reserve came
i ne oruer
somewhat as a surprise to the general
.... w mAn vhn are close to
the reclamation service say that the
matter has oeen .
for some time.. This lake, prior to the
time that the Government built the
dam. making the lake a reservoir with
. . i . ..-in- ih. water to tr
ine 1DUI1UUU - -
rlgate a large acreage of land In
Klamath County. Oregon, and Modoo
County. California, was seven or 'Knfc
miles long ana tooui m "
at ths widest place. It was somewhat
In the shape of a triangle, and while
not one solid body of water was full
of tules. and waa mostly everflowed
land with small Islands In many Pjacea.
Since the Government completed the
bin dam across the lower end of this
, .. . I-... in width to con-
I1KV lb umm ..-. - -
slderable extent and is between 11 and
15 miles at the widest place.
While the dam has been completed
no work nas been done toward using
ths water.
Clear Lake has been one oi tne moi
. . Aiwm .I,... tnw wild Klrda
limoui "ul,,s "
for years and Is second to the Lower
Klamatn LtM regions ana mo uu
which are known as Bird Islands Espe
cially baa this been a great plaoe for
BUCKS in Ull wrwvu.ua "
millions of these nest there each
Spring.
While the birds have not been
by the stockmen who have ranged their
OSlUe aUU DIICCI all vuv . l-tu. i. J w.
years, with the more thickly population
of the country It Is recognized these
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KCUVIk Ml MU. vmwu . hi.
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and the President made the order.
lin oompiOLO pruLwuvis iivw uuuvvra
IOII will rftliui; u.1.11111. iuwiv v.
breeding place for birds of all kinds
ana win g-o jvob a j no.y
lng the great hunting grounds of
The InrredWnts, as attaatssl srmdar ears, are Stone root (CollttfOBlm C-ritadtm.
sort. B&adraa (Sasrvaarss UoxtooW, Oelitre al root ( Hydrmttll Caaadaa.
mltY. Ouaea's root (Stilllawim Mrlrmtic). Biactt Cberrybartc (ftvssi Virginia?).
Maaarafce reot sor7a Msarsr), wtta trtpte refined glycerine, pcepared
la a aciaatitkc laboratory hi a way tfce arafclst could laailata,
This tooio contains no alcohol to shrink np the red blood corpuscles but, on
the other hand, it increases their number and they beoome round and healthy.
It helps the human system in the eoostant mannmeturo of rioh, red blood. It
helps the stomsch to assimilate or take op the proper elements from the food,
thereby helping difestioa and curing dyspepsia, heart-hern and many uooonv
fortable symptoms, stops exeeesive tlseee waste in emvalesoeooe trom fevers
for the rua-down, anexnio, thin-blooded people, the " Dlseovery " is refreshing
and vitalizing. Stick to this safe and sane recnedy,ad refuse all " Just as tood '
medicines- offered by the druggist who is looking for a larger profit. NothinJ
but Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will do you hall as much good. ,
Klamath and Northern California
stocked with the feathered tribe.
Flan to Extend Reserve.
It Is also believed here that the
placing of the Clear Lake reservoir
site Into a bird reserve is the first
step toward establishing an Immense
game reserve embracing the entire
lava bed country south of here and
along the Northern California line.
For a year an effort has been on foot
to have the President make the lava
bed country a game retreat and protect
it from the hunters. This baa been
fought by the stock interests, but the
general impression here is that the
creating of the reserve means that the
President is considering favorably the
plaoing of the lava beds into a reserve.
The lava bed country lies In Siskiyou
and Modoc County and Joins close to
the Clear Lake reserve. It is a famous
Winter retreat for mule tail and other
deer, while- many antelope range that
region when not disturbed by the
hunter. By adding this to the Clear
Lake reserve It would mean one of the
finest game and bird reserves in the
Paclflo Northwest, and would do more
to conserve the game resources of
Northern California and Southern Ore
gon than any step that could be taken
by the United States Government.
RECALL IS CIRCULATED
CLAGKA3IA S JCDGE AXD- COM
. MISSIOXER ATTACKED.
Adoption of New System of Conduct
ing Road Business Arouses Ire
of Supervisors.
OREGON CITT,May 6. (Special.)
The report that petitions are in circula
tion for the recall of County Judge
Beetle and County Commissioner Blair
was the principal topic of conversation
on the streets of Oregon City today.
"The Oregon City Commercial Club
must get behind these officials if they
are In danger." said a prominent at
torney In discussing the subject. "We
all urged the court to appoint a road
master and if some of the supervisors
are so disgruntled that they are going
to resort to the recall, why it is up
to all of us to line up for the pro
tection of the court. The people of
Oregon City, as well as the rest of the
county, are certainly Interested In the
building of permanent roads."
The information reached Oregon City
today that there are 63 petitions In cir
culation in various section of Clacka
mas County, and that about 2000 signa
tures have been obtained. Only 1300
names would be required for a recall.
The report, however, is not fully
credited.
If the petitioners obtain enough
names to order a special election, it
will mean that the people of Clackamas
County will have an opportunity to
vote on the straight question whether
the old method of construction and re
pair of county roads is to be followed,
or whether the new policy of the court
In endeavoring to conserve the money
of the taxpayers shall be Indorsed.
COUNTY FAIR ARRANGED
Clackamas Officials Prepare for
Improvement Over Other Shows.
OREGON Cmr, Or, May 6. (Spe
cial.) Arrangements are being made
for the coming county fair and from
all Indications this year's fair will be
one of the most suocessful ever held
by the Clackamas County Association.
There will be a prfxe of $10 for the best
exhibit. Clalrmont. Gladstone. Barlow.
Mapla Lane Grange and Warner Grange
have already applied tor space in the
big auditorium. One of the advantages
of this year's fair will be the lnstalla
tlon. of electric lights.
Weak Heart
Many people suffer from weak hearts. They may experi
ence shortness of breath oa exertion, pain over the heart,
or dixzy feelings, oppressed breathing after meals or their
eyes become blurred, their heart Is not sufficiently strong
to pump blood to the extremities, and they have cold hands
and feet, or poor appetite because of weakened blood supply
to the stomaoh. A heart tooio and alterative should be taken
which has no bad siter-effeot. Suoh is Dr. Pierce's Golden
Modiosl Disoovery, which contains no danferoos narcotics
nor alooboL
ITS EXTENT SURPRISING
Tory Filibuster Against Veto Bill
Wears Out, Probably Due to Hint
From King Last Stand Against
Home Rule Is Expected.
BT T. P. O'CONNOR.
(Special cable to ths Chlcaso Tribune
Copyright. 1911, by Tribune Company.)
LONDON, May 6. The veto bill
passed through a vital moment during
the week. Home rule played Its big
part and the big elections continued to
excite Intense anxiety to both parties,
but all these things faded Into Insig
nificance before Chancellor Lloyd
George's insurance scheme.
The gigantic size, the daring concep
tion and the thorough and exhaustive
machinery of the scheme came with a
crashing. surprise even on a public pre
pared by preliminary announcements
for weeks for the big proposal.
More remarkable even than the Im
mensity of the proposal Is its almost
universal acceptance. - Austen Cham
berlain, speaking for the Tories, Red
mond, for the Irish and Ramsay Mac
Donald for the Labor party, are equally
loud in their praise. ' The Insurance
men and editors of all the party or
gans, even the extreme Socialists, join
In a chorus of praise and for the mo
ment the only reserve made is that the
details require careful study before
the scheme, can be fully accepted.
Bismarck Is Out-Blsmarcked.
Everybody recognizes this proposal
as the' most daring advance towards
social , revolution and the recreation of
all English life on an entirely new basis
ever proposed or even suggested. As
one Journal puts it, Lloyd-George has
out-Blsmarcked Bismarck." A moment
of reaction may come later, but for
the present Lloyd-George and his
scheme stand out as the greatest things
in English public life.
Lloyd-George got through his speech,
lasting nearly two and one-half hours,
well. His voice was rather low, but
audible and carefully nursed through
out the speech, but he looks still pale
and worn and possibly, while resting
his voice, he has overworked himself
In perfecting his immense and difficult
scheme. . He certainly has lost a good
deal of his restless physical alertness,
but his mind remains enormously active
and daring and inexhaustibly hopeful
and self-confident.
Veto Filibuster Wears Out. '
The veto bill Is reaching the 'last
stage of the discussion In the House of
Commons and. as the end oi the light
approaches, the prospects for the meas
ure grow brighter. Though the fili
bustering In which the struggle began
did not entirely cease, it sank 'every
hour to smaller size until in the end
Asquith was able to make friendly
deals with A. J. Balfour, opposition
leader, which did away with the neces
sity of all night sittings.
Balfour's speeches, though uncom
promising on the surface, became mild
er in tone, and even Lord Hugh Cecil,
the moBt venomous opponent of the bill
and most garrulous filibuster, toned
down, and, when the final debate On
the committee report approached the
end, a few Jokes sent everybody into
fits and the stormy opening ended in a
sunset of geniality and hearty good
humor.
Next week's fight will open with the
long delayed guillotine closure and thus
the bill will reach the House of Lords
in plenty of time to be disposed of be
fore the coronation.
King- May Have Given Hint.
Speculation is rife for an explanation
Union Pacific Life
STATEMENT TO STOCKHOLDERS .
INCOME
Gross amount received from stockholders in cash on 4624 shares of stock. .. $132,684.05
stockholders' notes taken on 4433 shares of stock, due and not due. , ... 103,924.45
Total income ..,.-.-.,.-.. . . ..... $236,608.50
DISBURSEMENTS
Total amount expended for agents 'commission, office rent, clerks' salaries, printing and
advertising, etc. ..... ., . .j.-..... . .4,... v... .-.... - .-...,....$ Sl,lb9.0J
Balance ..,....-. .-. . . . ... ...-. ... . ...-.-....--v.. $205,418.91
, LEDGER ASSETS
Mortgage loans on real estate. . . . .
Collateral Loans Y'VC
Book value of stocks and bonds owned (Portland 6 per cent improvement bonds)
Agents' balances , , , M, , .-r.-. t-. . . . t . t . .-.-i -.
Stockholders' notes r . r-. . . 1 1 t ....m.k
Cash in banks on interest (application for mortgage loans approved, $28,250)
Total ledger assets
Par value of 9375 shares of capital stools:.
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Street
of the abrupt change In the whole Tory
attitude. Some suggest that a hint
came from the King and others, so that
the Tories at last realize the game is
up and are thinking up some plan of
decent retreat.
The general expectation now Is that
the House of Lords will aocept a seo
ond reading of the bill and then pro
ceed to Introduce only one drastio
amendment, which would compel As
quith to have another general election
before' passing the home rule bill. This
follows my anticipation all along that
Balfour would try to concentrate on
Ireland as the one issue that can re
unite the scattered and broken party.
King; and Asqnlth Pledged.
' The neera also seem to think the
winsr would not grant 600 new peers to
carry. home rule and that Asquith may
consent to some compromise, cut each
of these hopes is equally false. The
-wry i m hnnnd Tiv hla written firuaran-
tees to follow Asqulth's advice and As
quith is bound by honor as wen aa nm
Of Portland, Oregon.
MARK KADY, President
LIABILITIES ,
home Office, oregonian building
WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SHOW YOU WHAT
$25,$30,$35s$40
Will Do Here in Purchasing a Suit
dependence on the Irish vote to stand
by home rule.
Everything goes well and the week
winds up fitly with a reception to John
Redmond in Edinburgh so enthusiastic
as to recall the old days and the simi
lar reception to Gladstone and Parnell.
COUNTY FAIR STOCK SOLD
Clearing: Ground for Harvest Show.
Buildings to Be Begun.
VANCOUVER," Wash., May 6. (Spe
cial.) Nearly $5000 of the stock of the
Clark County Harvest Show Associa
tion has been sold. Of this $1000 worth
was sold yesterday by George P. Lar
sen, the newly appointed secretary.
The Harvest Show will be held on
the old Falk tract Just outside the city
limits and work of clearing the ground
for the buildings will be begun Mon
day. The ' Commissioners have appro-
if
nsurance Co.
Opposite
Post
Office
prlated $2000 towards the fair assocla-i
tlon. About $5000 will be given in
premiums.
I
Ralnbow Chaser Held Insane.
VANCOUVER, Wash., May . (Spe
cial.) Seeing an exceptionally beauti
ful rainbow yesterday afternoon, Gus
tavo Ahlgreen, 44 years old, who was
being held In the County Jail yester
day for examination as to his sanity,
wanted to buy it and hang it on tho
wall of his room as a decoration. He
was committed to the State Asylum to
day.
Family Goes to Mexico by Team
OREGON CITT, Or., May . (Special.)!
Going all the way to Mexico by team
will be the unusual experience of Mer-(
rltt Veteto, his son and daughter, oft
Centralis, Wash., who passee mrougn
Oreuron City Friday. Veteto
is a
of E. F. Veteto, of
New Era.
$
I'SSS'SS
20,000.00
2,500.00
104,145.45
83,807.81
$205,418.91
$ 93,750,00
$111,674.91