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PENDI j ETON, UMATILLA CO.. OREGON FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 13. lb>3
lug took place at till* time Mr Hai­
I mkiuuik u great -lai'v pa|M-> of Port­
PORTAGE ROAD CASE.
ley warmly defended hi* substitute,
land at that time sai*’ Vot- 'No on
tejuotlon to lay the substitute on the
All Amendments ' -*rb<nt givinK u Judge Bradshaw Overrules Demurrer
^■e tailed ut passage. Will R Klug i
reason therefor
to the Complain« in the Portage
W M. Pierce favor««! the re|>eal
Our constitution, although it was!
Caee Yesterday
of these laws and spoke at length in
great for the lime in which It wan
favor of the urlgiual motion to repeal
Portland, Nov
12—Judge Brad
adopted, does nut meet the mauy ww
them. Mr. Pierce made one ot the i
and unfurseen conditions which have shew. at Th«- Dalles, yesterday over­
most striking speeches of the meeting
arisen a half a century later. At the ruled the demurrer of the O R a N.
in defense of the origiual motion to :
time of its adoption tbe settled por­ comi>aiiy to the complaint of the
repeal these objectionable land law*
tion of Oregon consisted of that part state lu the portage road condem­
and at the time of going to pres. A
ot the state where ditches were con­ nation |ir<x-eedings, for the right of
King Wilson of Portland, was clo«e
structed to drain swamps and to run way tor the portag« , over tbe laud be­
Ing the debate in favor of the origin­
watei off the laud, in place of being longing to the company
al motion to repeal these acts
The grounds of tbe demurrer a«u<
conatru* »d for the purpose of run­
ning th« water into it. hence it is not that the state could only condemn
Lewis and Clark Fair.
f
surpr str«" that thee» question* were land for a crossing, aud not land
Resolved.
That this association ■
that extended longitudinally along
I
entirely overlooked
hereby Indorse and recoinn'«‘nj the
Judge
Th«- state of Idaho adopted it* con­ tbe track of the company
I Lewis and Ciatk Exposition as tx mz I
____ x
Washington, Nov 10.-—The pn-si 1 tot u* to retuse to take advantage of stitution forty yenr* later and at a Bradshaw heiu that the state could
Foliowing the able and thoughtful eskeo it any plant bad been dis<x>v-1 a great fat tor for calling the at ten
paper ot Judge Lowell at the after­ cred which would of itself absorb and • tlon 4 the world to the resource* ol dent at 10 a m tr*namitts«l the fol-< such au opportunity and force Cuba time and in a state when and where condemn any land not actually In
sa*- or occupied by the tracks of tLe
noon session. Will R King. -» On remove the alkali from the soil.
tn« West, and be It further recoin- lowing message wmeh was luxated! into making arrangements with other all agricultural crop« depended upon
irrigation, hmej* their <-ona«ltutU>n. company, or that tbe state could ex the common council of
Mr. Leckenby *a!d one plant known ’ mend»«l that our representatives in aieiy road iu both houses ut congress < ountrie* to our dtsauvantaa»-
tarlo. delivered an addies* on the sub­
upon that quest!*... at
s tar •t.-iae the right u< emixieut loczMun
ject or the Organisation of Irrigation iu Ausualia as an absorbent or ene­ the national legislature be called up­
Favots Reciprocity
■ White House. Nov lu.—To u»e
co*VALLI 8 HEARD PROM.
ahead
of
ours
and
uo«
which
it
would over any unoccupied portion ot tbe
my to alkhll. bad been in use in that on by the officers of this association acuate and house of representatives.
Districts."
reciprocity
treaty
«lauds
by
if-
"A
right
of
way.
Mr. Kings paper dealt with the 1 country and had been very successful to work for an appropriation for the
T convene congress that it may self. It is demandod ut considers be well to follow on this psr'kular
Tbe portage road survey touches
formation ot irrigation district* s* ' in reductag the amount ot alkali in exclusive use ot the lewis and Clark consider legislation neceaeery to put tions ot broad uatioual policy as well quevtlou.
’he O. R. A N right of way at five
authorized by the Oregon law of 1895. 'j the soil.
-ntu
operstiou
the
commercial
treaty
fair in order to make it a succes?
a» Uy our economic interests It will
Irrigation District* Needed.
points m the 1] miles, bat at
point
Contlnuinlg his temarks Mr Leck­
Hl* paper provoked animated dis­
We further lecommemi that the nuh Cuba which was ratified by the do harm to no industry. It will not be
In
tbe
state of Idaho, a* well a* in doe* it approach nearer tbe ins«k
cussion and some of the heartiest and enby said tne object of irrigation was business men ot the Northwest be so­ senate at the last ae**4un and subse­ destructive to any Industries. It is in
Right of way through
most interesting discussions of the ' to grow plant life for reed and food licited to use their Influence with th» quently by the Cuban government. the interest of our people as a whole California we find that in targe com­ than 36 feet
munities depending upon irrigation all other property has teen secure.;'
purpose*. He recommended that the Kasten* and Southern connections to
session were brought out by it.
"I deem such legislation is demand both because of its importance trom
they bare organized and are working by the state.
The general discussion on Mr. Wil­ outlandish Ixitln names ot common urge upon the national congress
e«l nut only by our internet*, but by the broad standpoint of international
under the hriga’ion dis'.ri- • system
son’s and Mr. King’s papers lasted for plant* be abolished by the department make the above apnropriation
out honor We cannot with propriety l-olicy. and because economically it
A community of.— say. fifty people,
BIG SLIDE AT BINGHAM
«4
the
interior
and
plain,
comprehen
­
ever an hour, delegates from every
Resolved. That the committee on abandon thi* course, upon which we intimatriy con«« in* us to develop in­ more or less <««ntag au satire val­
portion of the state taking an active sible names be applied them, so that legislation of this association I* In have so wisely embarked
to full stature the rich Cuban market ley, ordaining its water supply from Tnousand Feet of Bluff Fell Onto
farmers and common people can un- structed to Inquire into the feasibil­
part.
Platt tor our farmers, artisans merchants
"When acceptance of the
The following concennua of optaxm
a common source, organize a district,
Track »rd Right of Way.
During the discussion Will R. King derstand them.
ity of policy of active co-operation amendment was required from Cuba and manufacturers
from
the member* of the legislators,
elect
their
directors,
similar
in
some
As a means of bringing aoout the with the United States geological sur­ by action of the corgresa ot the
defined the term "riparian rights,"
"Finally, It is desirable as a guar­ respects to our school district« but
I asi night nearly 1,006 feet ot tbe on the special se ssion is glesned from
and made a nice point in showing the change ne recommended national or- vey, on the part of the state ot Ore­ United States, this government there­ anty of io«xl faith on the |>art of thia
bbiff a m.ie the other side of Bingham
distinction between “riparian rights-’ ganization of people interested in the gon. so a complete topographical sur­ by definitely «committed itself to a i ation toward our young sister repub­ on a larger scale and und* a more slid otto the track and right of way -be state pres*
extensive
and
complete
system,
who
subject
and
a
vote
of
that
organiza
­
and “appropriations."
vey of the state, the water power and policy of treating Cuba aa occupying lic *o the south, whose welfare must
Representative T N
Murphy, oC
■( th* Q R 4b N a.-.d has held the
These terms are common among tion be taken for the purpose of se artesian resources of the state and a unique position as regards this ever ue closely bound with outs, We have the general control and manage­ lra:na there until late this afternoon Ln . county, sh>> »» at present con­
ment
of
the
district,
The
district,
lawyars, but practical irrigators and leering common names for the com­ report recommendations to this asso­ country. It was provided when the gave her liberty, We are knit to bei
fined at his home in La Grande with
and all the ¡>eople in its U andar le», Tn«- track at that joint runs under a
farmers become confused in the mon pionts.
laland became a free and independent by the m.-iuor.es of the b’oood vn I
ciation at its next regular meeting
steep bluff of scale rock and dirt cov­ illness, will consult with hl* coaatltn-
bwtee
the
owners
of
the
water
sup-
meaning of the terms, and many ex­
republic it should stand in such close courage of our soldier* who fought ply in common Tbe
Dr. Wltbycombe'a Address.
It ba- ent* and act in accordance with their
wate. 1« dis eted with trees and brush
pressions of satisfaction were ex­
relation with us as in certain respects for her in war; by the memories ot
ED HALL CONVICTED.
been
a
troublesome
point
for
years sentiment in the matter. He has not
Following Mr. Leckenby Dr. James
tributed pro rat* among it* farmers
pressed at Mr. King's brief explana­ Witliycorube, of the Agricultural Cd-
to come within our system of inter­ wisdom and integrity of our ad minis
answered the governor s letter and 1*
une man ran not hare an abundance and today loosened by the recent
tion.
l lege at Corvallis, delivered an address Walla Walla Man Geta Six Months for national policy and it necessarily fol­ I trator* who served her in peace and of water and another have none. If rains, the largest slide of all occur- not in josition to do *o until he eon
As defined by Mr. King, "riparian ! on “Irrigation West of the Cascades.”
lowed she must also to a certain de­ who ktarted her so well on the dif­
fers with the taxpayers
re.’
Tampering With Mail.
rights" are those by which the set­ He told of the gTeat interest exhibited
gree become included within the line* ficult path of self government. We there is a shortage each suff-rs his
A train left here this morning
Senator Justus Wade. X rammer
pro|a>riKMi
of
tbe
to**
and
each
pay*
tler may demand that a stream flow­ ' by all the state, and noted with pleas-
Walla Walla. Nov. 11—Ed Hall, of of our economic policy.
must help her onward and upward his proportion of the tax. The direc­ » ch picked up al! the laborers thia rille. L’nxm county, favors a special
ing past his land must continue to ' ure the absence of the old-time rival­ this dty. has be*n sentenced to Ta­
"Situated as Cuba is. it would n<4 end heiy'.ng her we help ourselves.
de of Bingham, and over 50 men session, bnt believe* tbe tax law
tors appoint the engineers sn«i water
flow past his land unchanged in qnan ry between the different parts of the coma to six months servitude in tbe be possible for this country to per
Urges Legislation.
superintendent* whose business and ‘.a.-e been at work all «lay ciearirg kh'-uid be remedied and the session
tity or quality, no matter what the state, and rejoiced that Oregon was United States penitentiary on Mc­ mlt the strategic abuse of tbe island
"The tarerring con»!deration* are duty Is to see that no man receive* •h" line and laying new track. Part cut biiurt to save expeu■'*
volume of the stream or what land getting down to the actual basis of Neil’s Island, and to pay a fine of 1100 by foreign military powers."
Senator Watt Tyler Smith and'Rep-
cauaed
by negotiation* for a treaty more than hl* »hare and that every <f the mass had to he blasted out of
and costa.
may be located above him.
ihe wsv. sa it was composed of boul­ resentatlve B F Jones, of Lincoln
Limitation* and Concession*.
1 productive irrigation.
with
Cut
a. and its ratification by our man receive* hl« proportion.
A "prior appropriator" is one who
Hall
Is
the
man
who
took
out
a
let
­
ders
too
large
to
move.
He called attention of the dele-
"It is for this reason certa n limi­ senate. The- should now with --qua!
county, have joined with tis county
lays claim to only a certain portion rates to the n«-ea of forests and forest ter addressed to Maggie Hall. Walla
A Law That Should Be Anpbed.
Trains 5 and 1 and 21. west-bound. judge and ocher citinens In pKltloata«
tations hare been impressed upon her force be supported by leg-elation by
of any stream, and has claim on any reserves in making a complete suc­ Wills, extracted a 310 bill and retain­
We have a aim lar law la tbe atate »■ cast-bound iad two -xtra* ha«s
more than the amount appropriated cess of Irrigation and compared the ed it It was possible for Hall to get financlal policy, and naval stations c«>ngreM. which by th» terms of tbe ot Oregon, although it La* u ver been been held at be scene all day. tie for a special session to relieve th*
lave been conceded by her to the treaty, is n- cessary to render It op-
financial conditi-ya of that e>>unty, oc­
>
by
him.
In
many
lnstan-
out
the
letter,
because
his
sister
was
or claimed
taken advantage of. In 189. , while 1 first ore pass ng the si de about 2 casioned by the (os* of the >ax levy.
rainfall of the heavily timbered sec­
United 8tate*. Negotiations aa to the
cee water rights are claimed under 1 tions with tficse sections denuded of of the same tin« as the lady to whom details of these nava! stations arc e-ativa. Fa lure to enact such legis­ bad the honor of being a u <-mter of o clock this all er noon.
lation would come perilously near re
RsproaentaUve IBR ddie. at
both laws, but It la < impossible for a I timber or without natural protc« tlou it was addree >d.
?n the eve of completion. They are pudtation of the pledges of the faith the State Senate of thi* stata, I intro­
Douglas county. beLeves th» sesame
Hall
was
a
Tested
at
Pendleton
tn
settle: to enforce
The
Dall
-a
Military
Road.
duced »nd secured tbe pas« ge of an
m I ”
.'”™ .
•o situated ct to prevent any lie* o.' the nation
should be called but the legialaUoe
July, and he las been in jail at Ta­
must oe either a
Port last* N-V. 12—The Journal confined to the tax law alone, to save
O. K. Goodman's Address
"I transm.« herewith tbe treaty a* irrigation district law very similar to
coma moot o’ the time a nee. Pest- that its re is intention ever to use
tor" ot a certain quantity of water
the
une
now
In
force
in
the
stale
of
►pecia)
Washington
correspondent
them
against
Cuba,
or
otherwise
than
O. K. Goodman of Milton, add- “Hxi office Inspect! r Clark secure.’ an in­
amended by the senate and ratified
coats on ’b» people
or claim the right to the use of the
Idaho. In fact, I borrowed the law says the serre sry of the tater^w t>
for t ie protection of Cuba from the by the Cubau government
stream by virtue of riparian rights. the meeting on local needs ot irriga­ dictment agai ist him in Rpokanc.
Herbert Holman, joint represents
principally
from
the
statutes
of
that
day
approved
the
selection
ot
Tie
THEODORE ROOSEVELT'
Delegate
Corbine. from
Union tion laws, and especially district laws
(Hali is th« man w’-o was arrested a«aaults of foreign foes and tbe bet­
state. It, la some respects. I think. Dalles Military Road Company of th.- live from Clacks mas and MuJtnozaah
ter safeguarding of American inter-
November
10.
He
recited
tbe
e
fforts
of
the
Milton
county, brought one ot the most vital
by Deputy Sheriff Blakeley in t its
counue*. want* to wear no musie
!» an Improvement over the itiigatioa 243 acres ta the Burns land district
House Processing*.
points considered by the conven­ people to fora an irrigation di'-trict city in July, on order of the Walla eats in the water* to the soutL of
and will not agree to consider noth-
district law of California It pro­
v»
These interests
have
hare been
been1
last
summer,
and
made
some
telling
Walla county officials )
tion.
tag bat the tax law and says tf tbs
The boure met at noon Few metn vides that only tbe property owners
the
voneequen
largely
increased
by
I *er*:*>n 1* t«-M other matter* of 1K
I
He asked what could be done to points in favor of state legislation by
bero were ab*eut and the public in withm tbe distriit may have a right
Spain,
and
will
*es
of
tbe
war
with
remedy the injustice In the following describing the chaotic state of Irr:-
po-tance *bowid be sxleaded to aal
IDAHO STEAMER WRECKED.
be further increase«! by the building terest almost equaJe-J that of yester­ to vote on the organization and juec-
ation regulators in Oregon.
illustration: The waters of the Uma
day.
the
6»ilcrles
being
fired
refuses
to answer th* courteous 1*4-
tiems
affecttag
the
district;
it
provide*
of an isthmian canal They ar* both
At the close of Mr. Goodman's re
tilla river are all claimed, for exam­
ter from the governor.
Holman
The swearing tn
of
Charles • 'so '.hat the taxe« «hail be «¡<>n ths
Snake River Steamer Imnaha. Crash­ military and e«onc>nilc. The use of
marks,
the
meeting
adjourned
to
meet
ple and ditches are «Averted below
would like very much to see tbe cor
ed on Rocks and Loses Entire Car­ the nava! station* alluded to io of the Iboinpaoa *4 Alabama wae th» first •and as nearly a* practicable in pro­
at
the
courthouse
at
2
p.
m.
Fendleton for ihe purpose of utilizing
I islr.vss
poraUon tax law repealed at tbe spec
portion to the value of the land, and
utmost importance trom a mil <ary 1
go— Passengsrs Escape.
Caucausing for President
all the stream affords
tai scssiou it is rumored
Committee o* Ruts«.
tbe ’leneflt* de-he-l from the «yiirtn
rtand
point
and
no
lee*
*o
aa
pro«»!
«4;
I The (ommon counc-.l of tbe city ot
Lewiston. Nov 11—The Snake river
The government finds it can re­
The Malheur county delegation met
of
Irrigation.
’
Cuba's
good
faith.
apasker Cannon toitay xnnoanev*
claim the Echo irrigation tract by this forenoon and decided to support steamer. Imnaha belonging to the
Cowani* has petitioned the governor
On account <4 this I was a.-rusec!
“Cuba has made great progress that he committee on rules will be
Southern A
.»avigation
building reservoirs on the Umatilla I. W Hope, of that county, fof presl I ewiston
to call a special seeaon to prevent
by some of being a single taxer
sin- <- gaining independence
She
al-
<<>mpoeed
of
Dalzell
and
Grosrernor.
Company,
and
plying
between
thia
of
the
state
association,
while
river in the Blue mountains, and by dent
financial embarrassment to that city
However,
as
to
that
question
I
know
ready
stand*
high
among
the
sister
TEAMSTERS
MANAGING
republicans;
Williams
and
De
Ah
Multnomah county delegates city and the Imnaha mines near the
using the streams for carrying ptft the
Washington county members will
but
little
and
rare
less
It
is
not
a
republic«
of
the
new
world.
8be
Is
nond.
democrat*
Williams
succeed
­
poses, can supply water foi new were busy advarcing tbe candidacy mouth of the Imnaha river, was
TO CREATE BLOCKADES. not exprvss an opinion but are dec*,
question
a*
to
«hat
we
may
call
it
or
loyally
observing
her
obligations
to
ed
Rlehaniaoa
aud
DeArmond
su<-
ditches below Pendleton leading to <•1 A. H. Devers for re-election. The wrecked yesterday evening, by being
mined not to agree tr- confine -len
of what party or association* of prin­
sentiment prevailed on every hand aashf-d on uie rocks in Mountain n» and is entitled tn like treatment ««cded T-ndcrwocsl. o* Alabama The
the Echo tract.
action to the tax law. alone, as there
ciples
we
may
be
placing
Into
<*ff«»et,
by
us.
i 'attev*i removal surprised the house
Twenty-Ona Lines Tied Up—Trama are other matters pertaining to th*
Now the question arises: Can the ’hat a strong representation should Sheep rapids, two miles below Eureka
as the only question we should con­
Acguss ths Psndinq Treaty.
Senate Proceeding*.
The cable caught in tbe capstan,
old ditch owners claim this reservoir be sent from Oregon in 1904 to the E
Mobbed and OvsHumed and Tram affaii* ot that county which «demand
sider
i*
win
it
be
the
best
for
the
water and divert it, or can they only Paso National Irrigation Congress, causing the vessel to swing violently
"The treaty submitted to your ap
The pietident seat m tbe following people of the community’
Men Assaulted—Mail Trains Not immediate relief. One of tbe matters
claim the ordinary flow of the stream lor the purpos» of bringing the IK'?- around, striking the rocks with great prnval secures to tne United State* nominations' Them»» Cummings, of
that would be brought up trom Wash­
D.s*urb*d
Directly. But Ar« Neces­
force, completely destroying the en- economic advantage* aa great aa New Tors, to be consul at Puerto Co­
>.nd leave this extraordinary flow for meeting to Portland.
Speculator* Disceurag«d.
ington county 1* relief from the pswe-
zines and disabling the boat tn other those given to Cube
sarily Delayed—Five Hundred Po­ •at damaging coageetoa of traffic on
those who built the reservoir and who
No American belio. Venezuela. Wlll-ain Hook. ot
Resolutions.
With none being permitted to vote
use the river simply as a carrier’
interests arc sacrificed.
lice Squad Nearly Overcome.
the Southern Pacific lines in that
Kansas, to be associate justice of the except those owning land within tbe
The
following resolutions werv ways
The passeugers were all rescued,
This question
provoked
animated unanimousiy adopted:
"By thia treaty a large Cuban mar «ighth district.; Daniel Wright. of district we eliminate the objection
county.
discussion and brought out some in­
• l.acwgo. Nov 12.—Represent* .%««
Representative caariee V
Gallo­
Resolved. That this convention re­ but the cargo valued at Is.wu was Let la secured our producers: a >nar Ohio to be aasoctate justice cf •Lo which has sumetinj’-c been raised
teresting discussion.
quest each political party next year 1OSL The boat was valued at I2S.0W Met which lies at our doors, is already supreme court. District of Columbia; sga-nst the California district taw re­ ot the employ«-« this morning declare way. of Yamhill county, believe* th*
Tins feature of the question of ir­ to place a plank in their platforms and has been doing a heavy businei •as large, yet capable of great expansion I Joseph Gill, to be judge of tbe north­ ferred to. such as colonization for ths tlu Employers Association has fam­ session should be called and that it
rigation must come before the state favoring irrigation legislation, and since It was put on the upper river
and is especially important to the de­ ern district of the Indian Territory: purpose ot forcing a district upon an ished the non-unionists who are •x- should be just as abort as th* coo-
commission for '1-scussfon
velopment of our export trade
! Aloysias B iwllng. of Maryland to be unwilling pcopl«
pledging their various nominees for
With the tax upon peeled to take their places, with 50“ »Ideratos of the tax law will permit
President Devers named the fol­ tbe legislature to vote for needed leg­
"It would be Indeed shortsighted i auditor af the treasury department.
The Employers
of. but he decline* to pledge himself
tbe land within Uie district It makes Colts' revolvers
lowing committee on resolutions: islation in the interest of irrigation
not to consider any other msasare
It nccesaary for tbe owner of every km 'ration officials deny tu-a
I
E M. Brannick. Multnomah; O. D. in the state
Last night the committee from the stating that be desires to be free to
troverales nee«! exist as to the amount taken a middle ground between tbe foot of tillable soil »itbln its limits
Tsel Umatilla; i. W Hope. Malheur;
Resolved. That this convention in­
of water to which each may be en­ doctrine of prior appropriation and to place it into cultivation and make union called on Mayor Harrison and do bis duty by his constituency under
H. Hirahburg. Polk; H. E Ankeny. dorse the action ot the Oregon dele­
titled; but >n valley* and communi­ that of riparian ownership a* con- it productive, and if n«x prepared to hm - tired him the strike will be con­ all circumstances.
I«n«' Professor Kent, Benton; A. W. gation to tbe National Livestock con­
However. Mr Galloway thinks that
ties where there are two acre* to be strueu under tbe old common law, do so to convey it to others who will ducted orderly and no effor made to
Garran. Harney . A W. Winans. Was­ vention, held in Kansas City in June
watered to every inch <4 water aup- For example; It has been held that do so This would discourage land interfere with mat! cars, and any I inasmuch a* the legislature ma«ie a
co; Geo Chandler. Baker: A. B Lec.- 1903, in securing the meeting of said
• pecul^lon by preventing speculator* striker indulging in violence will be mistake In the tax taw. th* members
I ply much trouble has arisen In tbe a man max claim the water* of a
enby. Union.
convention for 1904 at the city of
past and will continue to arise in tbe stream which flows through his land from bolding large tracts of land un­ summarily punished by the onion. should remedy tbe law. free of charge
The mayor a«s trad them mere would to the people of tbe state and that
Forenoon Session.
Portland, and pledge our best en­
future.
either as a riparian proprietor or a til horn»» were built around it and
The morning session was opened deavor to make this said meeting it:
Tbe most of our law* under which prior appropriator. but he can not do land* around it made productive, be no city intvrferer.<e unless there no pay should be allowed legislator*
is violence
for tbe special *ee*ica
promptly at 10 o'clock by President 1904 a success, and to this end urge OREGON IS BEHIND THE
we are acting come from the Interpre­ both if a stream of two hundred thereby enhancing its value without
Representative W R
Bilyeu, cf
Strike la On.
Devera
The attendance was aug­ ipon our delegation and people the
TIMES IN THIS RESPECT tation given the common law a* ap­ Inches should flow through a farmer's any effort or expenditure on the part
mportance of attending this meeting
mented by the Morrow county delega
plied to the peculiar facts and coh land and he has appropriated one of such specTilator
Promptly at 4 thia morning the Linn county, say* if tbe leglslstors
While the Irrigation district law greatest car strike tn the history ot do not pledge tbemselve* to consider
tlon, consisting of Phil Metschan in person and in every way lending
ditions which may exist in each case. hundred and claims that appropria­
Jr., J. P. Farnsworth. J. P. Ray. M. S ’heir encouragement and assistance. Its Legislation la Antiquated and In. Not until after most of tbe irrigable tion *» prior appropriator of the ha» not been taken advantrge <4 in Ch cage commenced and 21 lines an­ nothing but tbe tax law. that tbe eor-
Resolved. By the Oregon Irrigation
Cargill and G. W. Phelps, and dele
sufficient—An Application of the lands and nearly all oi the water of stream, be is presumed to hsve sat la this state, I think it Is due to the tied up. comprising ali the Chicago t-oration tax law will be assaled by
fact that it has not been fully under­ railway companies The strike order tbe special session, and that tbe cor­
gates Carbine, F. 8. Bramwell, A. Association assembled. that we ap­
"District Law” of 1895 Would the various streams throughout tbe fled bis wants and cannot complain
Goodbrod. J. M. Church, Thomas Mc­ preciate the importance of the Lewis
state had been appropriated, was any If others above him appropriate the stood and when once fully tried will was formally issued by a ratification poration tax taw must not be tooeb
Greatly Improve Conditions, But
ed until it has been thoroughly test­
Connell and J. K. Romig, of Union ind Clark Fair, to be held in Port­
attempt made by our state to legislate balance, even though he is a riparian be taken advantage of In nearly every meeting last night
land, Oregon, in 1905, for tbe purpose
Moro la Needed—Much Responsi­ upon tbe subject, and thia legislation proprietor upon the banks of the valley in the arid portion of Oregon
county.
It was nearly 8 o’clock before any ed. He favor* a special session if it
President Devers named the follow­ if advertising the natural and unde-
made to apply to corpora­ stream; but. if on the other hand, I am Informed mat it was with much attempt was made to run. while the can be confine«! to remedying tbe tax
bility Rests Upon th* Commission. was
• elopcd resources of the Northwest,
ing committees:
tions only. At the present day then, be has not diverted the waters of the difficulty that the people of Idaho and south side elevated and the Illinois law.
Representative Thomas B. Kay. of
On legislation—W. M. Pierce. Uma be it further
The following able address was de­ we find it a most difficult question to stream and asserts his rights a* a California could at first be induced Central were overtaxed in efforts to
tilla; Thomas McConnell, Union; I
Afternoon Session.
livered by Hon Will R
King, of legislate upon. If the streams have1 riparian proprietor thereof he may to try the experiment, but since hav­ bring belated workers and business Msrion county, stands pat with the
governor, and believe* that tbe spec­
S Green. Harney; E. Blythe. Wasco;
The afternoon session was called Ontario, on the "Organization of Ir­ all been appropriated, the rights of stand upon his legal rights and pre­ ing fully experimenter! in that d rec- men down town.
ial session should not be prolonged to
A. King Wilson, Multnomaa; F. G to order promptly at 2 o’clock.
rigation Districts.” It is especially the various farmers vested in tbe vent the diversion of the flow of such tion. the irrigation districts here be­
Rioting Began at Ones.
consider
genera! legislation. He say*
come
popular
and
have
proved
to
be
Young, l_ane; O. Hayter, Polk; W. R.
important
to
Umatilla
county,
as
the
water
rights
until
there
are
hone
left
stream, if it can be shown that he is
The first proceeding was the redd-
Shortly before 8 the big carbarn there is urgent need of tbe tax levy
very feasible, and in those states dis­
King, Malheur;
Dr. Wlthycombe
ng of the report of the committee on first district to be organized under the to legislate concerning it, it becomes damaged thereby
tricts are gradually being organized doors swung open and six trains. In­ of l^S In many portions of tbe state,
Benton; Samuel White, Baker; T. T. resolutions.
District law of this state, was at­ almost impossible to reach the num-.
cluding the mall train, which was and that when thi* remedial legisla­
Should Amend the Conetitution.
throughout the arid regions
Geer, Marion.
President Devers took a well receiv­ tempted in this county, last summer, erou* and intricate questions which
sandwiched in, started out with non­ tion is passed, the session should ad­
The soundness of this construction
Executive committee—J. M. Church, ed method of expediting bus nesn by but failed of formation.
have arisen and will continue to arise
Will Harmonize Interaata.
union help. No effort was made to journ without imposing unnecessary
and
the
application
of
the
law
to
the
Union; P G. Eastwick, Multnomah; declaring each resolution adopted as
In
future.
For
example:
An
act
of
Irrigation Organization.
The irrigation district law. I think,
Mr. Kay
conditions of this country, we think, la ths only solution of the very dif­ step them until they passed outside expense on the taxpayer.
8 A. Lowell Umatilla; J. A. Newton. read unless there were objections
the
legislature
which
would
attempt
the police detailed at tbe barns, when
Mr. King is author of the Oregon
Malheur; J. M. Dalton, Harney; pres­ Mayor T. G. Hailey objected to the
to provide that the first appropriator ’ can hardly be questioned. The criti­ ficult question of the conflicting in­ they were greeted with a storni of was a rigorous opponro; of H m new
District
lav
of
1895,
and
has
made
a
tax law last winter. He will agree t.v
ident and vice-presidents, ex-offleio.
repeal of the timber and stone act close study of the subject. Mr. King In the usage of water should be en­ cism of these conditions and thia con­ terest* between prior approprlators missihM.
the term* of the governor’s demand
titled thereto as against a person struction. application and interpreta­ of the streams and its riparian pro­
and the desert land act. and the com said:
Prof. Leckenby’* Address.
Three tralus managed to «eather by promising not to consider say
tion of the law arises principally from prietors. Let us assume, for ex­
lower
on
the
stream
who
claims
and
The first paper on the official pre mutation clause of tbe homestead act,
the storm, but the other three crews other matter than the tax law. unless
Gentlemt u of the Convention;
a failure to take Into consideration the
gram thia morning was one By A. B. as proposed In the Trans-Mlsslssippi
That the agricultural and arid lauds own* it solely as a riparian proprietor fact that we are working under a dif­ ample. that a valley of from twenty abandoned their cars and fled to the some emergency not now existing
would
be
an
attempt
by
legislation
to
'
resolution,
and
offered
in
its
stead
Leckenby of Union, on "Leeching o
to one hundred farmers, as the case barns with bleeding wounds. Ode should arise.
of Oregon must be Irrigated to make
a resolution asking congress to so them productive and cause them to take the vested right from the ripar­ ferent constitution from that of our may be. should organile
Alkali Soils."
_
Into an Irri- man was so badly aurt he was taken
Baker. Harney. Malheur and Grant
neighboring
states;
and
the
fault
is
Mr. Leckenby begun bis addrses by remedy and so administer the land deliver tbe treasure bidden within the ian proprietor and vest it in another
gallon district. It may be true that to the hospital.
counties hsve not been heard from
not
with
the
courts,
but
with
the
law-
asking permission to digress from his laws as to preserve the rema ning soil we all admit; that under present without due compensation.
some of those fanners have vested
Th*- mall train was not molested, yet. but it is thought that the mem­
making power of the state. The peo­ rights in the waters of the stream un­
topic for a moment and then drew a public domain for the use and bene­ conditions wo have more tillable land
Serious and Complex Problem,
ple are in fault In not amending our til they have abundance of water for but could not be moved because the bers from Baker and Grant at IsasL
vivid picture of the residents of Mars fit of the actual settlers.
trains ahead and behind were aban­ will favor tbe repeal of th* corpora­
In Eastern and Southern Oregon than
This can no more be legally done In constitution by which we would keep
President Devers here called Judge the accessible water will supply all
peering through their telescopes at
their respective farms. There may­ doned.
tion law at the special session, owing
our
state
constitution
as
between
two
pace
with
the
states
of
Idaho.
Wash
­
th* curious dark lines on this planet 8. A. Lowell to the chair, and spoke in concede; that there Is an abundance
be others with none. Tbe man who
T earn star* Organise Blockades.
to tbe mining corporations in those
and wondering if they were irrigating favor of the absolute repeal of tbe of water when properly controlled and individuals, even if due compensa­ ington and other western states on has the vested right s « m > b that if a dis­
The first cars reached the down­ counties that are so bitterly opposed
canals, military’ roads or what not. timber and stone acts, the desert land distributed is practically beyond ques­ tion should be provided for. than the question of Irrigation.
trict is organized he must divide with
We should remember that the courts his neighbor; but he over-looks the town Wentworth line and had an un­ to it.
jUBt as the residents of earth are won­ act, and tbe commutation clause of tion. Tbe problem of controlling the could the legislature, by enactment,
dering about the dark lines on Mars the homestead act. He reviewed the water supply in the various localities take a farm from one man and give are not intended to make laws bnt to (act that tf he does so and be I k dam­ eventful trip uutil they reached Clark
A constitutional interpret them. They cannot amend aged by any loss that damage is as- and Van Buren, where following the
LAND OFFICE APPOINTEE*.
He drew the picture of the farmer action of the National Irrigation Con- has not been, and Is not, difficult to it to another.
living near to and understanding ns tress, and referred to the current solve. Wiin the necessary capital.— amendment governing such contin­ the constitution nor change the stat­ «e»s<>d an»1 he I spald in proixvUoa to usual custom, teamsters who were In
ture, receiving inspiration from her opinion at that congress to the effect and that the government seems will­ gencies and placing the individual utes. That rests with the people and his damage and if necessary, through sympathy blockaded the tracks, hope­ Appointed and Confirmed by Raqueet
various developments and moods, and that those who made the strongest ing to advance—through the construc­ upon ar equality with the corporations their representatives in the legisla­ condemnation procedlnga, it is con­ lessly entangling them
of Senator MitcMIL
From all sides came bombardment
enjoying every day in her various fight against the repeal of these of tion of reservoirs, streams through­ and declaring the streams of the state tive halls. We should, by all means, demned and h«* is i>aid for his right*
Portland.
Nov. 12.—Tbe Journal*
of
the
car*.
Windows
were
riddle«!
workshops and growths something '.hese laws at Ogden, were largely ta­ out the state and tbe arid west can be to be public property, subject to legis­ have a constitutional convention to and therefore loses nothing, but re-;
Washington eorreepewdewt
lation and subject to condemnation meet the many new conditions aris­ ceives full compensation for bls prop and holes knocked through the roofs, special
more interesting and amusing than terested in land deals that would be
made to irrigate io many Instances a as a public use, was proposed anti
. and plate glass windows In nearby says Senator Mitchell received unaal
a circus.
affected by those repeals.
ing since Its adoption While num­ erty.
hundred farms where they now irri­
• store.i suffered. Several people in the mous consent in executive session to
Delegate Corbin, of Union county, gate but one. This problem can be voted upon within the past four year* erous change* and additions should
He took up the work of the state at
Arter
After its organization the water «
i au j . lTowd
en>wd werc
were hurl
hurt
The police finally day for consideration of the Oregon
but rejected by the people. Had this be made, this will especially be found
the Union Experiment Station, and followed President Devers, favoring
left in the hands of the many skill­ amendment been adopted the question
be distributed and every farmer with-, ( |.pcr»e«l the mob and cam proceed land office appointments, and tbe sen
explained how land very strong with Mr. Hailey's substitute to modify ttio
true
In
reference
«o
irrigation.
The
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ful engineers selected by the govern­ of Irrigation could have been regular
in the boundaries of teat district, as
ate -on firmed Edward W. Davis as
alkali and so pregnant with alkaloids more rightly administer and not to re­ ment.
calllug of the constitutional conven­
ed in thia state by h-gislative enact­ tion will prove necessary before the I have before stated, will receive his | At 10:38 the first Cottage Grove register at I a Orande; A. 8. Prosser,
that no plants would grow upon it peal these laws
Problem of Distribution.
ment, the same as it I* now In Idaho, state can fully receive and enjoy the full proportion If there I k a short- j avenue car returning was again block- as register at Oregon City; Charles
had been leeched out, or drained out
J. H. Lowell, ot Idaho, then spoke
The manner of the distribution of Utah and other western stalos. As lioneflta to be derived from the gov­ age. all lose pra rata; K there is au adetl by teamsters and a mob. A U Snyder, as receiver and John Wat
until :t became rich and productive ou the subject for a feu- minutes,
that all the ordinary crops are now calling attention to the apparent the water under the conditions in tbe it Is now it become* a very serious ernments! aid which will naturally abundance, all are supplied to the ►quad of 500 police charged the mob. son as register at Lake View.
same extent, in proportion to the land but were met so determined they were
frauds committed under the home past, as well as those now existing, and complex problem.
grown upon It.
tall to our state.
he may own, and to tbe amount of Hlmuat overpowered.
Tbe gripman
While many do not seem to reel te
The methods employed there were I’.ead act. and favored the re'»num have been, and will long continue to
SUMMONED THE FORCE.
Bshind Other States.
water which may be necessary lor Huuouucsd he had had enough and
be one of tbe most perplexing of ques­ It, it Is a settled proposition of law
to lay underground pipes and at in of tbe desert land law.
the
proper
Irrigation
of
his
soil.
With
That on the ques..on of Irrigation
would atop off the train as soon as Will Find whether They Knew a*
A. Winans, ot Wasco county, and tions. In valleys where the source In our state that the doctrine of ri­
terval* of 150 feet, along thia pipe
the district formed, money can be it returned to the barn. The crowd
to dig a well to drain off and contain W. T. Wright, then addressed the of water supply exceeds the demand, parian ownership, to a limited extent. we have not quite kept pec«- with our
Much as Tney Claim to.
easily
raised,
if
need
be.
for
the
con
cl.eerod and *p«'edily opened the way
Mr Wright 6 poke do- but little If any trouble ever arises Is In force. It I* true the doctrine as neighboring states we more fully rea­
the wat-»r collected by the pipes and meeting.
struct
Ion
of
small
reservoirs,
or
even
Topeka,
Nov 12.—As a result ot a
lise
when
we
take
Into
consideration,
The
gripmen
of
the
three
succeeding
applied
in
England
and
the
old
com
­
sub-
of
the
alkaloid
Its
distribution
Every
farmer
quently in favor of the Hailey
over
thus clean tbe soli
lo-colums story in Iasi night's edl
Kltute and was loudly applauded at may have his own ditch constantly mon law doctrine Is not in force, for that tbe constitution of Oregon went large ones, depending upon the size trains also resigned
substances.
and financial strength of the district. I
A mob at Forty-seventh and COL lion ex losing the joints and gambling
He finds that th* black alkali, so the close of his remarks. Ha called tilled with water and irrigate bls own it I* tuund not to moot and conform forty-five years without an amend­
tage Qrove avenue stopped the car house* la Topeka, the entire editorial
Head of th* Speculator*.
plentiful in Eastern Oregon, Is the attention to the fact that Oregon cast farm wlhtout interference from his to tbe existing conditions as they are ment. and that even tbe people of our
Whll«1 the government is taklug' “nd pulled the crew off and beat them force of the Evening Herald was sum
moat difficult to deal with. It is more 18 votes for and but 4 votes against neighbors, and only the question ot In the West. The doctrine a» en­ g>.»at -tate, on election day, less than
four
years
ago,
voted
down
au
amend
­
___
uud tipped closed ceaehes over aud moned into the district court today to
forced
In
Oregon
1*
what
we
might
ownership
of
the
ditches
and
the
right
the
modification
of
these
law.
tenacious and strong
give evldance.
(Concludetl on pa««‘ three.)______ smash»«! the grip .vppAratus.
The first oratorical tilt of the meet to easements can then arise. No con- term a «-omproml*» Th» courts have ment In reference to Irrigation merely
LEGISUTORS
Attendance is Increasing With Every Train, and Enthusiasm
Grows With Every Hour of the Session.
Members of Mouse and Sen­
ate Are Responding to the
Governor’s Request.
Treats Only of Relations Between Cuba and United States.-
and Needs of Treaty and Legislation.
STRIKE RIOTS
At ths point Judge W. R. Bills