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MONDAY, JUKE 12, 1905.
COMING EVENTS.
Roseburg and Cottage Grove day ai
Lewis and Clark Fair, Monday, June 12
National Good Roads Convention,
Portland, June 21-24.
At Portland, Thursday, June 15,
Thirty-third annual reunion of Pioneer
association.
National America Woman Suffrage
association, Portland, June 29, July 5.
American Medical association, Port
land, July 11-14.
District Fair at Roseburg, September j
12-16.
PRESIDENT AND SENATOR AT ODDS
The Washington Star of recent date
had this bit of news which is remark
able in some respects :
The President and Senator Fulton oi
Oregon are at odds over the appoint
ment of a receiver of the land office at
Soseburg. Ore. The President refuses
to appoint a member of the state legisla
ture by the name of Dimmick to the
vacancy existing in that office, and Sena
tor Fulton states that he will see that
the nomination of Secretary Hitchcock's
candidate for the office, a certain
Oregonian named Lawrence, is rejected
by the Senate. The misunderstanding
over this particular matter is made more
acute by the demands of Senator Fulton
that the order of the President trans
ferring the land office from Oregon City
to Portland be rescinded. The President
refuses to rescind, and on July 1st the
Oregon City office will cease to exist.
The situation grows out of the acute
msde, and after careful investigation
the executive order was prepared and
lresenjed by tlie Secretary to the Presi
dent for signature. The President
signed- it, authorizing the ttansfer to
take effect July I.
the situation just at present is very
much si rained and unless somethiug un
expected happens will remain strained.
Neither the President nor Secretary
Hitchcock will back down from their
position both as regards to the receiver
ship and the transfer of the land ottce
The matter is held up for the time be
ing, however, as neither the appoint
ment nor the transfer become effective
uatil July 1.
The dictatorial attitude of the Pres
ident toward Oregon affairs, federal
appointments in particular, is becom
ing a subject for much adverse com
ment in political circles, not onlv in
this state but throughout the l'acinc
Northwest. The belligerent attitude
I of the President is thought to have
been assumed through the recommen
dations and report of special agents,
whereupon the common phrase "a
reign of special agents" has. been
coined and made applicable to the
present state of affairs, -lust why
the recommendations and reports-of
special agents who are unacquainted
with local affairs: unfamiliar with
conditions in the far west and not in
sympathy or accord with our people,
should be given more weight with
Hitchcock and the President, than
the recommendations of our state
delegations, men who have grown up
and have been closely identified with
every stage of western development
and progress, wh are thoroughly
familiar wfth the needs and require
ments of the state and its people and
are selected by the people to guard
their interests in all the affairs of
state within their jurisdictions, is
what is agitating and irritating the
Western Congressional delegations
and their constituents, lake tor in
stance the turning down of Mr. Dim
mick by the President and the at
tempt of the general land office dic
tator to have installed in the Rose
burg Land office a practically un
known Eastern Oregon man. who
resides for outside of this land
district and is unfamiliar with
its territory and people, and. who if
well authenticated reports are true
is a man inferior to Mr. Dimmick in
evenr qualification, but then Law
rence was recommended by a pet
special agent, therefore the depart
ment of the interior and the Presi
dent would give him precedence over j
the recommendation of Senator Ful
ton backed up by his constituents.
DEFECTIVE LAND LAWS
This kind of thing is what is making
the present admistration unpopular in of fraudulent land dealings
exactly the same
Unatim in Hpaann OS a rAfilllt i if tile
ai a t,t ,. wn the west and is well termed "a reign . continue
IAUU 1 1 tUVA U (KTtlailVU vuaa a-iw aj--. a
in progress there for the past two years, i of Hitchcock," or "special agents."
The receiver of the land office at Rose-! The same arbitrary attitude is denr
burg separated himself from tbe service onstrated at Washington as regards
the Oregon City land office. It is not
and left a vacancy which the Secretary
rt I Ka Tntarirtr hsD tiAon onHna Viirin,'
to fill. A Mr. Lawrence was recom-; so much the wishes of the patrons of
mended to him as one of the best men ! the office that it be removed to Port
In ths state for the place, The Secre- land as the demand of the Portland
tary made an investigation of Mr. Law- j hacked up bv the special agents,
pence's qualifications tor the office and . gtatment tt the office would
found that he was not only capable and ! .
a good man in every way, but had tbe 1 be more convenient to patrons and
support of a vast majority of the best-' more central to the district if located
known citizens of the state. Tbe Secre- at Portland is absurd. Portland is
tary therefore sent the name of Mr ! .a, j m tne extreme north end of
Lawrence to the President and his rec- j dfa ad aj, q tfae of
ommendation was equivalent to nomi
nation. In the meantime Senator Ful-1 the large counties of Clackamas, Ma-
ton had been getting busy among his rion, Polk and Tillamook must pass
henchmen. He picked out Dimmick through Oregon City to get to Port
as the proper man for the place. It is j 1 nd whije on the other hand, the
aid that Dimmick was one of the sena- j . of Coum.
a ri-mo;t on r . rutopa in i)a laAlO a.
bia would find Portland more con-
A seemingly good authority on
goyernment land laws has this to say
in a recent issue of the Glendale
News:
The government land frauds of the
west is a question, however, of far
deeper significance than the mere
matter of the illegal acquirement
during the past few years of some
public lands or timber by private indi
viduals, .corporations or government
officials. The question is, will the
present prosecutions affect the
system. Not one iota. The cases
being pushed are those in which the
government sleuths think there is a
possibility of obtaining conviction.
The great mass and majority of equal
ly great frauds will never be heard
from outside of their immediate
localities. The reason for this is
that such frauds have been legal
frauds committed entirely within the
law. Put how can a land fraud be
legal? An instance: The legislature
of Georgia granted some three million
acres to certain syndicates. The
grant became a law. Subsequently it
was discovered that all the members
of the legislature who voted for the
grant,were members oi tne various
syndicates which secured the land:
but the title nevertheless was de
clared jrood. This was legalized
fraud. So in the west. The timber
and stone law, the desert land law
and the communication clause of the
homestead law. are in themselves and
the regulations under which they are
administered, fraid laws, and while
their letter may be observed their
spirit can be violated and the men.
who receive government patent
under them in the great majority of
cases have no right in equity to the
land. It is a questio n whether, taken
as a whole, five per cent of the tim
ber and stone entries are actual
bonande claims in which the entry
man carries on his part of the con
tract in strict compliance with the
spirit of the timber and stone act.
The desert land act and the commuta
tion clause are not so universally
fraudulent in their operation, but the
vast preponderance of claims under
them are to a more or less extent
frauds and do not in any lull sense
comply with the spirit of these laws,
which requires settlement and home
making.
So that even should the govern
ment be able to make out its cases,
and fine and imprison every man impli
cated for land frauds, the great bulk
would
The
activities of the department will
simply make land and timber men
careful to evade the laws and not
criminally violate them. The laws
themselves must be revised if honesty
is to be expected in land matters.
this state, as it confesses has been
done. The confession of the Ore
gonian is not true so far as the party
is concerned. It is a fact, though,
that the Oregonian has obliterated it
self as the Republican organ at Port
land."
Yoncalla News.
President Roosevelt is said to dis
cuss matters of government only
with the cabinet official to whose de
partment the question appertains,
and not with the whole cabinet, as
has been the custom with his pre
decessors. There is no question that
Roosevelt is able to come to his
conclusions on most any question,
alone, but his conclusions are not so
apt to be popular, as though they
were formed on the concensus of
opinion of the entire cabinet.
Mr. C. C Vail, of Roseburg, is in the
city this week.
Born, June 6, 1905, to Mrs. K. Helli
well, a daughter.
Mrs Maud Applegate went to Port
land Monday to attend the Kebekkab
Lodge to be held there this week.
Mr. McOrady Daugherby's new resi
dence in East Yoncalla is completed.
The family will move in this week.
Misses Merriel and Beatrice Staley
have returned home to Roseburg after a
visit with friends and relatives here.
Miss Lizzie Powell, who has been at
tending Oregon Agricultural College at
Corvallis, arrived here Tuesday eveuing
Miss Eva Applegate arrived home lust
v ednesday evening, after a visit of
several months in Wallowa, Oregon
She was accompanied by her sinter
Mrs. Rachel Tnlley and son, also Mr
Tulley's mother and little brother
Stewart.
The editor of the Salem Journal
announces that he is not a candidate
for any office.
America will get some of the con
tract for building Russia's navy.
THE REASONS WHY
You save money by purchasing your goods
of us are that
ist. We buy our goods for cash only.
2nd We buy goods in carload lots and therefore get them
at the lowest discounts.
3rd. We do our own work, thus reducing our running ex.
penses to a minimun.
4th. We do not swell prices with bad accounts.
5th. The rapid progress our business is making is due to
the fact that we have gained the confidence of the buying public.
Letter List.
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The Patriotism
Of Peace
Br uv.rnor JOSEPH W. POLK
of Mkanui
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HOW IT HAPPENED
tor's firmest supporters in the legisla-
ture, and that his work was material in
I longer be set forth as an argument
in favor of the removal of the office
the election of the senator. Dimmick's j venient of access. Further, the econ
name was sent to the President by Sena- omy of installing the office in the gov
tor Fulton with the recommendation ernment building at Portland can no
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mar. ne oe given me vacant luweourg
receivership.
The President declined to nominate
Dimmick and announced his intention from Oregon City, as it is a well
of nominating Lawrence. Senator Ful- j known fact that every room in the
ton is said to have declared that the g0Vernment building is already per-
nomination of Lawrence will never be I .. . a mmm ,,,
c , . . , , . .... ,, manently occupied, hence other quar
connrmed by the Senate ; that he will ...
see that it is not. On top of this situa-! ters at a high rate of rent, much
tion comes the President's order aboash-! higher than is paid at Oregon City,
ing the land office at Oregon City and must be provided at Portland. It is
establishing one at Portland. This the3e arbitrary methods that is caus
order was issued on the recommend- j friction hetween Pre8ident Roo8e
Uon of Secretary H'.tchcock, who acted i
in accordance with the wishes of a ma ; velt and western senators and con
jority of the people doing business with 1 gressmen and is subjecting the ad-
tlie Oregon City land office who are com- j ministration to criticism on the part
pelled to go through Portland to get to , f the common people.
ine oince, ana consequently required in
travel many unnecessary miles. A pe
tition was sent to the Secretary by the
citizens, asking that the transfer be
Today is Douglas county day at the
Portland Exposition.
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ROSEBURC - CRECON
Some pertinent remarks on the late
municipal election and Oregon poli
tics from the Capital Journal follow :
"One of the most effective means
the Oregonian took for the defeat of
Williams was throwing out the sug
gestion that the election of Lane in a
strongly Republican city meant a slap
in the face of the Roosevelt adminis
tration for prosecuting the land
frauds in Oregon. This writer pointed
out that the affairs of the national
administration had nothing whatever
to do with the government of this
city. It was mixing the babies up
with a vengeance, and was saying to
those who were being prosecuted and
to their friends, that they must vote
against Williams unless they wanted
to uphold Roosevelt in prosecuting
themselves which men are not like
ly to do. If what the Oregonian said
was true this strong Republican city
has slapped the administration in the
face by electing a democratic mayor.
The administration saved itself by not
having Vice President Fairbanks
make a speech for Williams when he
was here to open the fair. He all
but did it, but of course in such an
indirect manner that did Williams no
good whatever. But that break of
the tall tower cost Williams hun
dreds of votes, and there was no pos
sible excuse for taking such a posi
tion by a Republican paper that was
trying to elect a Republican. Sena
tor Mitchell and his friends were all
loyally supporting Mayor William and
did not deserve the rap they got
from Scott.
It would really be beneficial to the
Republicans of the state if Mr. Scott
could be given the appointment to
some foreign post for life and that it
be made a condition that in the mean
time none of his family undertake to
run a Republican paper in Oregon.
This is said in all kindness, and yet it
will be considered impertinent by
tnose for whom it is well meant and
by whom it should be kindly consid
ered. It is not often that anyone
will give another such good, honest,
frank advice as this and it should not
be lightly rejected. A review of the
political defeats suffered by the Re
publicans of Oregon will show that
the Oregonian was closely identified
with those disasters, and cannot
hardly escape the blame for the ob
literation of the Republican party in
OWEVER great in natural resource, however potent in
material achievements, Missouri's fairest AND DEAR
EST possession is her own good name, This name she
has treasured and defended and faithfully vindicated be
fore the people of the world. We have what is called the
"Missouri idea" the idea that citizenship in a free country implies a
civic obligation to ENFORCE the performance of every public trust
end holding every public official to strict accountability for all official
acts.
Bribery became the usual thing all over the land. Missouri took
up the tight against civic wrongs. A dormant public conscience was
aroused. The realization came to the people that if all official acts
were for sale FREE GOVERNMENT WOULD NO LONGER
EXIST. From Missouri the idea spread from state to state until
from ocean to ocean the fight was waged against evil.
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It has not been very long since bribery was looked upon as some-
what conventional. NOW it is regarded as a crime AKIN TO J
TREASON the treason of peace, more dangerous than the treason
of war.
The Missouri general assembly recently closed presented the
unique exsmple to the nation of a legislature free from the evil of
the rai!r.'d pass snd in which corruption had no part. No one was
sandbagged, and EVERY INTEREST WAS TREATED FAIR
LV. f what other legislature in all the land could so much be said i
THE MISSOURI IDEA MEANS THE ENFORCEMENT OF LAW
AND THAT IF THE LAW BE BAD THE REMEDY IS TO REPEAL,
NOT TO IGNORE. IT.
There is entirely too little respect for law in America. Disregard
of ONE law breeds disrespect for ALL law. "It is the law" should
be sufficient for the law abiding. Good men will observe EVEN
BAT) LAWS, but bad men will break even good laws.
There are many who thrill with patriotic fervor at the thought of
going to war and risking their Uvea for their country, but who FOR
GET TO VOTE on election day. The patriotism of peace is just as
neco&sary as the patriotism of war.
THE PATRIOTISM OF THE BALLOT IS EVEN MORE NECESSARY
IN A FREE COUNTRY THAN THE PATRIOTISM OF THE BULLET.
The government never neglects the people unless the people first
neglect the government No government, city, state or national, was
ever better thsn the people made it or worse than they suffered
it to become, THE PEOPLE ARE THE ULTIMATE SOURCE
OF GOVERNMENTAL POWER
THE PEOPLE ARE THE STATE. AND THE PUBLIC LIFE OF A
NATION IS BUT A REFLECTION OF ITS PRIVATE LIFE. GOOD
CITIZENS MAY MAKE GOOD LAWS. BUT NO LAW CAN MAKE GOOD
CITIZENS
Menaces to the Republic
y ROBERT HUNTER, of Nw Yet. Prominent Vxiologl.t
N the last forty vears arrest chaoses have come over our po
litical, social and economic life. Forty years ago there were
few if any unemployed men, NO TRAMPS, and only a few
spots in our large cities contained a good deal of poverty, but
in the country as s whole there was not the EXTREME poverty to
be seen now EVERYWHERE.
THEN poverty did not exist because of any individual shortcom
ings of the pauperized vice and drunkenness but was due almost
entirely to ECONOMIC conditions. In this same period we have
seen great industrial depression, vast fortunes built up, and all the
time wo have seen this condition of poverty increase in seriousness
and IN THE NUMBER of its victims.
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At the same time that we have seen poverty grow we have seen
men like Armour and Rockefeller acquiring wonderful wealth. In
the last forty years these men, beginning poor, have acquired vast
privileges and vast natural resources until Rockefeller may be said
to be the richest man in the world. We see trusts acquiring railroads,
mines and all the natural wealth, and all the while THE PEOPLE,
who develop and maintain these sources of fortune, ARE FAST
BEING DRIVEN INTO THE PAUPER CLASSES.
The shameful misuse of wealth and growing poverty are two
thirds that now SERIOUSLY MENACE THIS GOVERNMENT.
We see also men of wealth and means corrupting the legislatures in
this and other states. A few men and institutions control the legis
latures of all the states and even the NATIONAL body.
Besides the complexity of the problem there is still another, per
haps an even greater, obstacle firmly set in the path of constructive
reform. And this is a political difficulty namely, the AN ARCHAIC
principle of state rights which divides this country into twoscore and
more small legislative areas.
FOR THIS REASON SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LEGISLATION IS
MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN IN AMERICA THAN ANY OTHER
GREAT INDUSTRIAL COUNTRY.
Hp sat at the doner table there.
With a discontented frown,
The potatoes and steak were nndone,
And tbe bread was baked too brown :
The pie too soar, tbe padding too sweet,
And tbe meat was mnch too fat.
The soap too greasy too, and salt,
"'Twas hardly fit for a cat."
"I wish you could taste the bread and
pies
I have even my mother make ;
They were something like, and 'twould
do you good
Just to look at a slice of her cake.'
Said the smiling wife, "I'll improve
with age,
Just now I am but a beginner,
But your mother called to sr.- me today,
And I gin her to cook tbe dinner.
For Sale
Some fine Scotch Collie pops : they are
$100.00 dog when trained. Brown Leg
horn and Barred Rock eggs now f 1 00
per setting. One pair of Poland China
pigs, not rrvistervi. $6 each ; weight
lbs. One3'4 wagon. 1 spaa of heavy
work horses. 1SO0 lbs each One Stand
ard mower cheap. Also a verv fine Jer
sey bull. Address E A. stars,
Roseburg, Oregon.
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IS THE PLACE TO INVEST YOUR MONEY
Deeded I -and can be purchased at
prices that w ill make money for you.
I have land for sale. Timber and
Farm land in tracts of from 1(0 acres
to 5000 acres at prices ranging from
13.00 to $20.00 per acre.
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201 JACKSON STREET, OPPOSITE HOTEL
McCLALLEN
J. FALBE'S
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When in town and don't know whnt
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direct you to
FRENCHY'S"
OPPOSITE DEPOT
I, J, Norman & Co.
Cigars, Tobacco
Confections. Fruits
Bakery Goods
Always fresh
SHLRIDAN ST. NEAR DEPOT
Steam Cleaning- Pressing Parlors.
Notice
Our new steam cleaning and repairing
parlors are now in operation. A clubl Sealed bids will be received by the
ouorty at ft do per monvn is already county court at the Julv term Thursday
asaoiiraaarl si fiat riaini f tr mAPsA Kinoslak . " J
suits steamed cleaned snd pressed from ! July 9th laT th troctio of a coa
11 up to ft 50. As steam cleaning is ! crete uPn Douglas street the
the reliable process there is no doubt j lngth of the Court House block. Plans
that the people of Roseburg and vicinity j specification at the office ol the
will appreciate the same and patrouiie ! county Judge. Kight reserved to reject
sufficiently to support the enterprise. ny nJ 11 bids. Dated June 12, iy06,
Ladies wool skirts also steam cleaned
and pressed.
Next door to U cDongal's Tailor Shop.
L. D. Hasvsy, Proprietor.
D. Thompson
County Judge.
J. E. Sawyers is visiting relatives at
Elkton,
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