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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1908)
MESSAGE IN BRIEF Chief Points In Roosevelt's Re ' commendations to Congress. The following are tho chlof points brought out In the mcssano of tho presi dent to i no second .session ui mo bm.- Tho financial standing of tho nation at tho present time Is excellent, and the iinnnciai management 01 mo iiiiiiuu a Interests by the government during the last soven yrars- has shown tho most satisfactory results. But our currency system Is imperfect, and It is earnestly to be hoped that the currency commis sion will bo ablo to propose a thorough ly good system which win ao away wim mo existing uciccis. As regards the groat corporations en gaged In Interstate business, and es pecially tho railroads, I can only re peat what I havo already again and again said In my messages to tho con gress. I believe that under tho Inter state clauso of tho constitution the United States has complete and para mount right to control all agencies of Intrrstato commerce, and I uellovo that tho national government alonii can exer clso this right with wisdom and ef fectiveness so as both to secure Justice from, and to do justice to, the great corporations, which nro tho most Important- factors In modern business. The railways of the country should be put completely under tho Interstate commerce commission and removed from the domain of the anti-trust law. The power of the commission should be made thoroughgoing, so that It could exercise complete supervision and con trol over tho Issue of securities as well as over the raising and lowering of rates. As regards rates, at least, this power should be summary. The power to investigate the financial operations and acoounts of the railways has been one of tho most valuable features in recent legislation. Power to make com binations and traffic agreements should be explicitly conferred upon tho rail roads, the permission of tho commis sion being first gained and the combi nation or agreement being published In all Its details. Rates must bo made as low as is compatible with giving proper returns to .all the employes of the railroad, from the highest to the lowest, and proper returns to the shareholders: but they must not, for Instance, be reduced in such fashion as to necessitate a cut in the wages of the employes or the abolition of the proper and legitimate profits of honest shareholders. Telegraph and telephone companies engased In Interstate business should be put under the Jurisdiction of the In terstate commerce commission. Interstate commerce Is now chiefly conducted by railroads; and tho great corporation has supplanted the mass of small partnerships or Individuals. The proposal to make the national gov ernment supreme over, and therefore to give It complete control over, tho rail roads and other Instruments of Inter state commerce Is merely a proposal to carry out to the letter one of the prime purposes, if not the prime purpose, for which the constitution was founded. There are many matters affecting labor and the status of the wage-worker to which I should like to draw your attention, hut an exhaustive discussion of the problem In all Its aspects Is not nnnr nppPRSflrV. The congress should without further delay pass a moaei employers imuimj law for tho District of Columbia. The omnlnvprs' liability act recently de clared unconstitutional, on account of apparently including in us provisions employes engagea in ininismw cuw mercR na well ns those encaged Id Inter ntntn commerce, has been held by the local courts to be still In effect so far as its provisions apply to me uisinci of Columbia. There should be no am biguity on this point. If there Is any doubt on the subject, the law should be Te-enacted with special reference to the District or ColumDia. T most earnestly uree upon the con ijress the duty of increasing the totally inadequate salaries now given to our Judges. On the whole there is no body of public servants who do as valuable work, nor whose moneyed reward Is so inadequate, compared to their work. Be ginning with the supreme court, the Judges should have their salaries dou bled. It Is not befitting the dignity of the nation that Its most honored public servants should be paid sums so small compared to what they would earn In private life that the performance of public service Dy mem implies an ex reedlncriv heaw Decunlary sacrifice. it in earnestly to be desired that some method should be devised for doing away with the long delays which now obtain in the administration of Justice, and which operate with peculiar severity against persons of small means, and favor only the very criminals whom It is most desirable to punish. These long delays in the final decisions of cases make in me aggregate a crying evii; and a remedy should be devised. Mucn of this Intolerable delay is due to Im proper regard paid to technicalities which are a mere hindrance to Justice, in some noted recent cases this over- regard for technicalities has resulted In a striking denial, of Justice, and flagrant wrong to the body politic. Real damage has been done by the manifold and conflicting Interpretations of the Interstate commerce law. Con trol over the great corporations doing interstate business can be effective only If It Is vested with full power In an administration department, a branch of the federal executive, carrying out a federal law; it can never be errecuve if a divided responsibility Is left In both tho states and the nation; It can never be effective If left in the hands of the courts to be deciced by law suits. If there is any one duty which more than another we owe it to our ctw dren and our children's children to per form at once, It is to save the forests of this country, for they constitute the first and most important element In fhe conservation of the natural re sources of the country. There are, of course, two kinds of natural resources. One is the kind which can only be used as part or a process or exnaustion; this Is true 'of mines, natural oil and gas wells, and the like. The other, and of course, ultimately by far the most Important, includes the resources which can be Improved in the process of wise use the soil, the rivers, and the for ests come under this head. Any really civilized nation will so use all of these three great national assets that the nation will have their benefit In the future. All serious students of the question are aware of the great damage that naa been done in the Mediterranean coun tries of Europe, Asia and Africa by deforestation. The similar damage that has been done in eastern Asia Is less well known. " The lesson of deforestation In China Is a lesson which mankind should havo learned many times already from what has occurred In other places. Denuda tion leaves naked soil; then gullying cuts down to tho bare rocks; and meanwhile the rock waste buries the bottom lands, when the soli Is gone, men must go; and the process does not take long. What has happened In northern China, what has hnnnenod In central Asia, in Palestine, In north Africa. In parts of ma aieuiierrnnean countries or isurope, will surely happen in our country if we do not exercise that wise forethought which should bo one of the chief marks of any people calling Itself civilized. Nothing should be permitted to stand In the way of the preservation of tho for ests, and It Is criminal to permit Indi viduals to purchase a little gain for thnmselves through the destruction of forests when this destruction Is fatal to the well-being of tho whole country in the future. Action should be begun forthwith during the present session of the con gress, for the improvement of our in land waterways notion which will re sult In giving ua not only navigable, but navigated rivers. We have spent hundreds of millions of dollars upon these' waterways yot tho trnflo on nearly nil nf thorn Is steadily declining. This condition Is tho direct result of the absence of any comprehensive and far-seeing nlnn of waterway Improve ment. Obviously wo cannot continue thus to expend tho rovenuos of tho government without return. It Is poor business to snond money for Inland navigation unless wo got It. Inquiry Into tha condition of tho Mis sissippi and Its principal tributaries re veals very many Instances of tho utter wasto caused uy mo motnous which have hitherto obtained for the so-called "Improvement" of navigation. A strik ing Instnnco Is supplied by tho "Im provement" of tho Ohio, which, begtin in 1S24. was continued undor -a single plan for half a century. In 1876 a new plan was adopjed. and followed for qunrter of a century. In 1902 still a different plan wns adopted, and hns since been pursued nt a rata which "only promises a navigable river In from 20 to IQO years. Such shortsighted, vasclllatlng and fu tile methods nro accompanied by do creasing water borne commerce and In creasing traffic congestion on land, by increasing floods nnd bv tha wasto of public monoy. Tho remedy lies In aban doning the methods which have so sig nally failed and adopting now ones in k oping with the needs and demands of our people. I urgo that all our national parks ad Incent to national forests bo placed completely under the control of tho for est service or mo agricultural appart mcnt. Instead of leaving them as they now are. undor tho interior department and policed by tho army. The congress should provide for superintendents with adequate corps of first-class civilian scouts or rangers, and, further, place the road construction under tho super intendent. Instead of leaving It with the War department. Such a chango lh park management would result In econ omy and avoid tho difficulties of ad ministration which now arise irom having the resnons'bllty of enre and protecton divided between different departments. I had occasion In my message of May 4. 1906. to urge the passage of some law putting niconrti, used in mo arts. industries, and monurncturcs. upon me rr.-e list: thnt is. to provide ror m withdrawal free of. tax of alcohol which Is to be denatured for those purposes. Tho law of Juno 7. 1906. and us amend ment of March 2. 1907. accomplished what was desired in that respect, nnd tho use of denatured alcohol, as intend ed. Is making a fair degree of progress and Is entitled to further encourage ment and support from congress. The pure food legislation has already worked a benefit difficult to overesn mate. It has been my purpose from tho be ginning of my administration to take the Indian servico completely out the atmosphere of political activity, and there has been st?ady progress toward that end. me last remaining strong hold of politics in that service wa the acenev system, whleii lias seen it be'st days and was gradually falling to nieces irom natural or purely evoiu tlonary caus s. put. llKe an such sur vlvals. was decaying slowly in its late sin ires. 1 again renew my recommendation for postal savings banks, for depositing savings with me security or me guv ernment behind them. Tho object Is to encourage thrift and economy In tho wage-earner and person of modernt means, in 14 states me ueposus savings banks as reported to the comp troller or currency amounts to 3.09U 245.402. or U8.4 per cent of the entire deposits, wnue in me remaining states there were only 70.308.513. or 1. p?r cent, snowing conclusively unit there are many localities in the united States where sufficient opportunity Is not given to the" people to deposit thel savings. The result is .that money 1 k -pt In hiding and unemployed. It 1 believed that in the aggregate vast sum of money would be brought into clreu latlon through the instrumentality of the postal savings bank- ln my last annual messnge I com mended the postmaster "general's reconi mendatlon for an extension of tho par eel post on the rural routes. The es tablishment of the local parcel post on rural routes would be to me mutual benefit of the farmer and the couii.ry storekeeper, and It Is desirable that the routes, serving more than 16,000.000 people, should be utilized to the fullest practicable extent. An amendment was proposed In the senate last session, at the suggestion of the postmaster gen erai, providing mat, .ror me purpose o ascertaining the practicability of es tablishing a special local parcel post system on the rural routes throughout the united States, the postmaster gen eral be authorized and directed to ex perlnvnt and report to the congress the result or sucn experiment uy esiuuiiHii Ing a special local parcel post system on rural routes in not to exceed iou counties In the United S.ates for pack ages of fourth class matter originating on a rural rout? or at the distributing postofflce for delivery by rural car rlers. It would seem only proper that such an experiment should bo tried in order to demonstrate tho practicability of the proposition, especially as th postmaster general estimates that the revenue derived rrom me operation o such a system on all the rural routes would amount to many million dollars The share that the national govern ment should take In the broad work of education has not received the attention and the care It rightly deserves. Tli immediate responsibility ror the sun port and Improvement of our cduca tlonal systems and institutions rests and should always rest with the people or me several states acting mrousn meir state ana local governments, bu the nation has an opportunity In educa tlonal work which must not be lost, and a duty which snouid no longer bo neg lectea. I strongly urge that tho request o the director of the census In connection with the decennial work so soon to be begun, be complied with nnd that the appointments to the census force be placed under the civil servico law,-waiving the geographical requirements as requested bv the director or the censuH, Tho supervisors and enumerators should not, be appointed under tho civil service iaw, ror me reasons given by the dl rector. I commend to the concross the careful consideration of the admirable report of the director of the census, nnd trust mat ins recommendations will be adopted and Immediate action there on taken. It Is hlchly ndvlsable that there should be intelligent action on the part or me nation on me question or pre serving the health of tho country. Through the practical extermination in aan .Francisco or disease-ueanmr ro dents our country has thus far escaped tno puoonic piague. this is but one of he many achievements of American health officers, and it shows what can no accomplished with a better organiza tinn man or present exists. Mlio dangers to public health from food adulteration and from many other sources, sucn as me menace to the physical, mental and moral development of children from child labor, should be met and overcome. There nre numerous diseases wmch are now known to bo preventable which are. nevertheless. not prevented. The recent international congress on tuberculosis hus made us painfully aware of the Inadequacy of American public neunti legislation. 1 therefore urgently recommend tho pas sage of n bill which shall authorize a redistribution of the bureaus which Khali best accomplish this end. I recommend that legislation bo on- acted placing under the Jurisdiction of me department or commerce and labor tho government printing office. All soldiers' homes should be placed nder tho complete Jurisdiction and control of tho war depnrlmont. Economy and sound business nollcv require that all existing independent iireaus ana commissions mould be Inced under tho Jurisdiction of appro priate executive departments. It Is un wise rrom every standpoint, and results niy in miscnier. to nave any executive work done savo by the purely executive ouies, unuer mo control or mo presi ent: and each such executive bodv should be under the Immediate super vision of a cabinet minister. I advocate the Immediate admission f New Mexico and Arizona as states. This should be done at tho presont ses- iun ui inu congress, i no people or tne OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST wiso treaty or Apru n ot hub your. "":, . mcjieni officer. Ah wn. vorlng to como to on Interna- 90ln",nn. I PJ.". "LSi .i, , ... nHmitim. agreement for the preservation to oe ' , "' nI , imv, satisfactory usa of tho fisher es or "V".' 7.M,-.V.i; it is a wators. whloh cannot otherwiao bo proven cum . ,,,, n two territories havo made It evident by p ed nnd t urn In g el re' c, and an nj "J. n their voles that thoy will not como In ns possible thoso tactical mini I . es n iou one state. Tho only plternntlvo Is n ho tho same ns Is I n I o f w-mui iiiimit Ilium aH iwu, unu a iium vina uviuiu ........... i, nrnvlil will bo done without delay. Two hospital ships si a i Id l o rcni.i I call tho attention of the congress to , o ml 0lh.X ho Importance of tho problom ot ti. r'1"'?.1'1'' w YAvnluiiblo work whlc. fisheries In the Interstate waters. On has show i t 0nn, 11 n8 0K pr(,v(. tlm nrent Lukes wo are now. under the SUCH a imp , loi " . " ," ,, ,,, . - . ----- - -r, - - . . ,. , - i Mint it m wen in nnvo it i-in unu.-. ... very end n tlonnl and s these achieved. .... , ilno officer as ft wou d bo to put a hos But tho problom Is Quito as pressing ,7tni " .shoro under such a command In tho intorstato waters of the United fthls ooht to Imvo boon ronllied before States. Tho salmon fisheries of tho T" P. l , ? n,av Sxotiso for failure U Columbia river aro now but a fraction 2?"1,, "'?F ? no of what they wero 25 years ago. nnd 1CNthfnc better for tho navy from want mey wouio do now it tno unueu States govornm charge of them Oreuon nnd Wf 2C years tha llshermen of each s.ato 1'nii tfiov iinY0 trained far mors oxperl , , have naturally tried to take all they ha0 tnt) than Ihey would various Oilier propcrUM in tills COUH havo novor action of nnv for tho protection mo moment IMMENSE COLONY 8 PLANNED Schomo to Sot Out 10,000 Acres In Treoo In Jackson County. Mctiforil. A lniKC colonization scheme for Jackson county lands lia iavy. rrom i , , . , rtf M, ouid po now lr mo unueu 0Very stmidpolnt has ovor occurred than been piauncu uy wpiuui v. U"-.V..ii- i.iVK..:- tho crulso of tho battle r eet urounu "' ynri. ritv. Mr. Kay is OWIlcr Ol til I'm vij uiivi until wnwuii tt,np .i Tim imnrovcnioni oi w m d - w - - . P"ri2ff LhS!S fii overs wni luT bcenoxtraurdlimry Condor Water & Power plant and been able to agree" on Joint PM1" . ty. H is Ms intention 10 nnve p nmcii kind ndeouato In degreo ;rA...i mniifientimi .... i,e ,f 1ie Inrce tracts icltl by li s fruit trees annually r' and continue until lO.ooo acres have 5'd1 Zhl&Vl 'vB n VioiToV the" IVovSment .ho c kind." an "no one" can tell 'what the h!VL ?or" " ,L,nX, h lw, ..Innlc.l. He nlailS to place til courts will decide ns to the very stat- " u"'thpr 8"rvico In tho world In which -...i ,cr irrigation, the fac tics utes under which this action nnd noti- ?; w of clmractnr ond efficient ,aml ,. , ,r .!.'.?, Th nm. action result. Meanwhile very few sal- ftt,fft$ " lH for wllicl,.l,c ,UW ca,,t0.,, Vr., mon reach tho spawning grounds, and ft cnMcenrn8 owni I believe that th. jeet lias Ion? been n favorite with rvlllam'ountto'nothlng -and this na lo Colonel Kay. wno s B u nut .r, from a Mrugglo betwoen tho associated. offlcer8' tnla" us ft w"010' a desire to cnricll himself SO much a or glll-not fishermen on the oho hnnd, and the owners of tho fishing wheols up tho river. The federal statute regulating Inter state truffle In gnmo should be extended to include fish. New reuerni risii imtcn cries should be established. Tha ad ministration of the Alaska fur seal s?rv Ice should be vested In tho bureau of fisheries. GREAT NORTHERN HOLDUP. Throo Masked Mon Board Engine Just Out of Spokano. a desire to furnish small tracts for it t ' 1 .1.. employes ol Uic Amentum niu.iti; company, oi which mv ia vu.c-imvb dent. OPTIONS ARE RETURNED. Eastern Timber CompnnyX'WIthdraws From Klamath. Klamath Falls, After securing op 'Snokanc. Wash.. Dec. 10. Great This nation's foreign policy Is based Northern nassetiRer train No. 4 was on the theory that right must bo done I Itctcl up by three masked robbers about between nations . precisely as between I ' , .. . ,.f jiniunnl individuals, and In our actions for the ; ;" V'r. V " ( V ' l.il in vnlira nta l.nvn In llilu nintlm C inrt V Iw'llirr til It 1 II 1 17 II T 1.1SI IllUllt. proven our faith by our deeds, wo The presence of mind of the fireman turns on between .iu.uuu to iv,uuu acres Sb,K,& prevented the express car which is of timhcr ,ad lying along the reser- ornuio man would uonave toward ins .luppu-icu iy n.ivc i.imii.iimi.i .1 ..h. i vntion line between Iionaiiza ami liy, ruiiuna. ... sum, iiiciliuiiig a .iiiijiiit.iii ti "in i':...l I. Tho work on tho Pnnania canal Is bo- Onnf-n,,- frn. i,,.:., , mlilied the hastcrn limber company lias lnir done with a speed, efficiency anil ...". v . . entire devotion to duty, which makes 1UKUI1C, IIUlll UClllK ll'IIUVtl. - -- , . f When he was ordered to dismount taken its cruisers off and is returning it n model for an work or th" kind, no trom ins cab and cut on tne oaggaue, tlc option contracts. 1 lie options task of such magnltudo has ever be- cvnrcss and mail cars from the other it i . wr-ii,.., .i foro been undertaken by any nation, nnd 'f " ,, " ? " rSi, 1f.fJ ,1 " "I. were secured by Albert Walker and no task of tho kind has1 ever before been coaches, he cut two, hi t .left Uic ex- ' believed better performed. Tho men on tho Isth- nrcss car. which was the last of the were only lor uo nays, it is ociictcti t mus, from Colonel Goethals and -his f'l- ',rst three cars, and thus saved the that the timber company on accoiin list of employes who are faithfully do- treasure. .... . , ,,. , of the lateness of the season and th me I....H wu utn ...i u, tmnossHiilitv of makimr a cruine.be t .i icw mint ics w cn t c engineer v .. .-. !.. . the Am.'rtcan people. nn.l firein-in were suri)ri;cd to scc lore tile w nicr Sliows set in. ucciucu I again recommend the extension of "r." , 11 ' ,, u to withdraw from the field until next me ocean mnii act or ism so mat suns- mi m .... nilllMVUII vvvilll ......I I" i.liltt iiiil: llljtl II l.Wllt t,l l..lll,VI . , .a... ... ... Jouth Africa. Asln. tho Philippines nnd ,!,.,.., ;..ni,.re tUv rtr.lre.l ili on. -'0C lo HI.UUJ acres were scciirci Australasia may be established. The ':' ' ,.'... i. ;..,.,,,i:,,i,. on nntion at an average price ol $l.H3 erratlon of such st nmshlp lines should K'r iu stt,H ....... . , . . ... .i... .i!erc j, be tiie natural corollary of tho voyage lie obeyed their orders, and as soon Hiousi ml. it is staiui tiiai ti.crc is of the battle fleet, n should precede as tnc trajn camc t0 a st0p all di- double this-amount of timber owned the opening of the Panama canal. Kvoif ,,,,,) fr,,m .t. r.t, ,i, iriimneii by individuals which can be bought "J!!?? b!u,'!"'J8 :nL1." ?l?Tf 1 Auu'lul in this section. Kenrc.enlativcs of niut I'luiwu uuiuiu Hiiun ..urn t.t.i nt; i ivitn.iK tiiv. tt.ij, tM ntu ,t.i. ...w , put Into operation. Accordingly 1 urge weapons of the robbers. t.UIL U.U L'UIIKIVBM lit... llUllip.l) WllCIf foresight already shows that ictio. sooner or inter will b- inevitable. other interests have been looking over nvn wun in inv. miiiv.i-1' . I I 1 i it The cngiiu?er was left stsnding with the held, but it is not believed that thr il.ir.l aiiv ame sales will be made this year. suuiit-r ur itrr win u iiit-v.titu.t;. t ,, w .... ...j... ... . ......w ... . . ! t r . ..' I call partkular attention to the tor- accompanied the fireman back nart as it is almost impossible lor cruisers ri ory of Hawaii. The importance of way wj.jjc ie was obeying the order to work in the timber during the win- those lslanis Is apparent, and the need ' ' " ""fc'V.?. , . . ,. --,.. f ,t. ,,.r of improving their conditio,, and devei- to uiicoudIc the cars. heii he had ter on account ol tnc (Itcp snow. oping meir r "sources is urgent, in ro-1 tooled tne mugs !y cutting oil two oi cent yonrs iminstriai coniiitions upon m,c cars ,stead of three. tli- tlircc the islands, have radically changed. Tho " . . , . , j ,, Importation of coolie labor has prac- rbbers boarded th engine and start- Incorporate Irrigation Compnny Oregon City. The Union Irrifta ton coiiinauy ins liico articles ui in .corporation, with a capital stock o $.1000, divided into 500 shares at 910 each. The incorporators arc Charles llolman, lieu la h iloliuau anil it.iiik lin T. Griffith, and the object of the corporation is to furnish water for irrigation purpo.ses, Household and home consumption, and for watering livestock upon dry lauds in this state. The company also expects to supply electrical current for general pur n t mAl.nH n ., .1 ..... nn .. ,..1.,... I . .... ., i . ..t f t t i e broiigiit tl iti er Kivers nna naroors uongress aona poses, i uc principal oiucc is m vrc Hm iirotriHa tnwnril m r.ini'irnminl I lor igouu.uuu.uuu Dunu issue. Is b 'ing made In the Philippine Islands. The gathering of a.Phltlppinu legislative tleullv censed, and there Is now devel- ed off down the track, leaving the fire oping such n diversl y In agricultural ,nn and enuiiiccr with the dead train. products as to make possible a change (... nrnnrliiit nliniit twn miles the in th land conditions of the territory. proctcding aiioilt two lilies I lie o that an opportunity may ho given to hold-ups, who are said to be old rail- the small' hind owner slmllur to that on way men, judging from the manner In the mainland. To aid these changes, ...t,:,.i, tuPV llai,(cd the locomotive the nntlonul government must provide l,.,cv 1 n "l,c(1 locomoiivc. the necessary harbor improvements on stonncd it and then went through the each Island, so that th agricultural mail car. obtaining a considerable products can be carried to the markets nu.-intit v of registered mail, of the world. The coastwise Hhlpplngr' rcfcisicrcu man. inws snouid be amended to meet the special needs of the Islands, and the alien contract labor law should be so modified In Its application to Hawaii us MILLIONS FOR RlVERS. Washington, Dec. 10. Sentiments 1.000 an Aero. oouy unu i-iiiiiiuiine unsuniuiy murKs aim i:,vor o, n eoveriiment hoik, issue i n... i i, . . n i m nl.KOl.ltlv new In Anil, not nnlv It... L "... " " . , HOOI1 UI VCr. HOI HCr IlOOtl IS.WQT as regards Asiatic cblo.ijles of Kufo- r J?"'vr"rlV t" was sold a few days agO( when J. H. Ileilbronucr & Co. dis poned of '-'() acres of the Pierce Cox place for $80,000 to I'.. T. Ncal. an Iowa man. In some respects this is considered one of the highest pricci I I l .1 . I iitt. v-u.tFi.u.i-n ui j-,iiii- I , t i , , - ,, pean powers, but as regards' Asiatic . " ia.in n iuk possessions or otner Asiatic powers; i country, to tnc end uiai tnc iiaiion and, liul-ed. always excepting the strlk- s,al ,aVC the greatest system of wa- Inir nm wninlprful cvnmnlp offi-r,,,, liv I . ..." . . r . . . the great empire of Japan, it opens nil lerways III MIC worn gained Headway entiiely new departure when compared I at the opening session uf the Kivers wim anything which huh Happen u nnd Harbors Congress here yesterday : "V- '" t"'."" 2wnnn,aHerIC Itherto' .'lPhmnnlne T1,c scI,c'c contemplated $.(oO.OOO,000 'j'cllan' JVj'08 tl,a ' takc" reglairre'as11! worth of federal bonds for internal ' . h in.i u,.ir.r,.utrni,,i cn.i i,nu .in,i i ,,.,inAE ... i, .i i . , -1 1 ... , .. .i , oi .M t. iNcals iiurcliasc arc ui bearing. I'he other 10 acres arc in young trees t lint will not bear for several years The orchard is dtuatcd in the famous east stile belt '."..".. "ten-year period, or $30000,000 aniiu 11 mil inai iiivjc muni umiij n uo mn tt ti t r . 1 i ernment. and t'.iat the only way In l'y. President Koos-cvclt and I'resi whleh any bodv of Individuals ciui es- (lcni-clcct Tnft before the iriint eon- bv" oulluerseL'lsHtoy showbtilmt Z'S f "vation meeting have advocated the iMOUtn r f2tit..hmH,.itv h1 Vo i im issuance of government bonds for con- uown wronguoing nnu tiisorder. Tno iMriiciing jierinaiieiii pumic improve riiiiiio )im(iiu, inriiuKn incir oiiiciiuh. I tpeiltS are thereforo making r?al steps l.t tiie ir. nc Unir.r,..ro. inc ifaicr iiiciuiicu viL-c-i rem v -- " " "v.-h'v."Mn-ii,. 1 . - , , ,, . 1 : ' ----- j . ...... ...... 1 again recommend that Amerienn cit- 'lent r.nroaiiKS, MKirew uarnegie, m December for almost a quarter Of lzenslilpie conferred upon the people of Ambassador Hryce. Seth Low of New a century. The river is now less than in Cuba our occunnnev will c-nse in York Representative Joseph I?. Kans- 1.3 feet above low water mark, and nluml lu-n mnntlm' time Tli f'nl,,, ,.u I (iC II. KeDreSUIlt.'ltlVC l.ll.ltlll) . Clnrlf nflclill f-.H!..,. 'I'l.:. il. ownovernmermai'nZni Missouri Governor George h Chain- tagc of the river in the middle of ?8andhwnM.d berlam of Oregon aKd Samuel Coin- siimiucr. lJoat.ncn here do not re occupation on mis occasion bus lasted 1 ; uiu iiucuciiii reu- member a tunc in SO years when the Rivor Lowest In Years, Albany. The Willamette river is now lower at Albany than it has been ii little over two years, and Cuba has cration of Labor. river has been so low in December thriven and prospered under It. Our earnest hope and one doslre is that the people or the Island shuu now govern themselves with Jus 1c . so that noaco and order may be secure. We will glad ly help them to this end; but I would solemnly wnrn them to remember the grent truth that the only way a people an perniiiiinn ly avoid neing governed from without In tn Hhow thnt ll.ov 1ml I. can and will govern themselves from Inventory of Natural Riches of Coun wniilll. .. I fl...! n, The Japanese government has post- uyunu i ncir uuranon. PS,V,i,"l Washington. Dec. 10. ing taken so ns to Insure atnplo tlmo in Jhn A. Johnson, of Minnesota. 111 an a repair yard; that no attempt be :n..i . . I it .timl,. It,. ,. d. :..i.. .:i. t:.., .i wi... upwards ol .i.fiOO ( clecatcs. retire- Tl. t n,;. -n...i:.:n.. iu. !.. ... . , . , V . .1 " V,lt,.TlV t,l .11.3 t.U.IIltlUII lltil 111 senting 44 1 states i and the territories of u,c fact that there has been practically t) . t- .nm no ram in tnc inotinta ins tli is lal . Porto Rico were in attendance. COMMISSION TAKES STOCK. Capps Reports on Navy. Washington, ucc. 10. Rear At miral Capps in a report today to the construction bureau recommends tbi't the naval station at Pearl harbor. Ha- !..,:: i. .. .i i i t.. . .i International exposition, the notion bo- , ''biinigioii, ucc. in. uovernor "f uevci.ipe i aiong tnc lines oi ''tinorn'.n 'i0 rnnk? l";.,.'!C""sl!-,0l" address yesterday before the joint con- made by the navy department to haye can commissioners have visited Japan ,crun- 01 lllc,lliltl011111 conservation ,c ' . ", a siilpDullding yard. The and the postponement win men.iv lMv commission and the coventors of ilif. admiral also t'omtilains in the renort i.'inX'lt?p!,or.tu.,l"y ror 'muricsi to be fcrcnt states, brought an enthusiastic of the inadequate berthing spaces for M "wart ? tl eCarZ I cml attention 'cssac I'ord from the great mid- undergoing repairs at the Pu- tn rnnt i, wi.u (v,i- ,,,'r.l. die west in t Ii e schemes of conserv.i. Ret sound and Ma re Ulrmil nnu-v unu euiisteu men stand very nigli, the nun anu ucciarco tnai tile paramount yarns, i"? " nyn.i-in ui in uniouon uy seniority prouiCIll Ol t ic lOUr W.1S t IC deve 00 r -suits fn bringing Into the higher ncnt Gf inl-uid waterways A fr iV grades many men of mediocre capacity " . ini.uici waterwajs. After the wno nave but a short time to serve. inventory oi lawis, presented by Sell- Almost Flvo Miles. I 17. ......... . ine cuvoiry arm shou'd he reontan- ator Nc son there wne ;f,m,l ... " . i-iiK'"tci vicorKe zed upon modern lines. This Is an arm discussion Sen-iinrs wV.u.V.i . ! vabr"er lias made a report to the In which It Is peculiarly necessary that S , ; auutors Newlands and common council on the nmni nt Af the field officers should not be old. The Smoot and Governors Noel, Broward, ,," " ",'' " 1 5" "lt f?uilt0( cavalry Is much more difficult to form Ansel, Lea and ex-Governors Hoke 1 K "onc. '". V',l,KC,,2c t,llrlK l,c than infantry, and it should bo kept up Smith and Ulancliard nariicioati.il past y,car,and a Ialf- He reports that o the maximum .both In efficiency and xf ' ' , rJV. " ..partlclI)'l,c"' a total of OO.f.no annnre v.nr,!. n( I.Si,,. in strenirtii. ror it cannot lio mm n n n ' jhuic governors wore iiiiitiiiry anu .'.wnw.i, - ...... inibor for our Much of the time of the session was C-f of S37',)1(- This i 'mgu'n0 devoted to .reports on water, forest 'ne.ed Vre" ''ft ouid be ostab- laud and mineral resources, these be- ,rnc,,c1 for and it is e: the nvp-ago ing in the form of an inventory " summer will sec a hurry. At present both Infantry nn.l present. .iriiiicry uro 100 tow in nuniner ror our necus. i-.Hpuciai attention paid to development of tho r general service corps sho inijnii. jh iiiinun nro nil w iiia nt'f.pnt'ri i tnrr in tn, ni-m rf ., ... ... . - 7- - - , ... ...w ,.i,i, i ..ii nivr wirv soiuier nas rar loo much labor of a non- Tin. nmnrt n( .i, military churncter to perform. i lie report of the commission was rvow that the organized inllltln, tin- i'"cun:u uy ex-uovcrnor Ulancliard iintlonal guard, has been Incorporated of Louisiana. Mr Blanclianl urrroil with the army as a part of tho national the appointment of a n, 1. . -'.."""" ".T h"i iiiuih " cnmnl mi ..,.:..:.. uo every reasonanio thing in Its powor " '"'"" v",",,,,OB,l,i- ti ii tiuci ns omuiuncy. jt snouid be Hsistea in us instruction nnd otherwise kicu more i norany man neriitnrnrn. rue continuous sorvices or many woll lithtc pavement have been laid, at a 1 his is about ttvt more arc con- expected that n irc.'il inr more of the work done. Will Stop BootegB!ng. T-a Grande. Violat ions of I lie Inrril option law within the city limits will Mr. Newlands- spoke, of the in,- rolS o portaiicc of he commissioirs work the city rather thn the count v m ' and the need for its ncrmnm.nnV ,.,i.i. l.rnnri. ' v,r,'. " " ,lllc counii. as ralnnl rnm. of f m iT"."." suitable nnnrnnrlntln " " .'fl " " r"'., 1 l "Sirit Of ail in thl5 connection. " " motion, seconded W ? , 1 m " 1 "CC t,,nt I approve tho recommendation of the " f Uta i -i commitiZ Zitt i ST0t ?.IIC" money general board for the Increase of ttte "I 7 an C0'"'1CC Will be appoint- fines this Eiimi ni i t i lh , - ""'U5, Lobanon Landowners Find n... t Advanced rSJHH T..1 , o-'i ..Viwaiiuil. l 10 Culllnr. 1 1000 acres of tho l'alno L "1 " tti tracts ,M attracted mo5?JB, interest In tl.l. Smh 1 1 Is bollovod that It l8 but ifc ft of many more Hko I g th'JW4 hooui to havo j.t dlscovoroJ will pay much ltiKhor nrlc'Ut'M, 20-ncro tract tha? a lC, fVV Inrgo tract, and by VuttS5,rtl,', Inrgc tracts thoy readllv K small holders athffp Lr" ' t,; A fow montlis auo a strn:. Lebanon and .iirctia8c,l 7S ' L'h! ndjoinliig tho town for iflf . ,It,ait! and many of the old tl H tl.t greeny w, 'J price, for thnt kind of lid Fr lUl tun uv,vb, nnu in t x niflntiii l M oiiougl, to pay tho fSQOO h Lu', and has Imlf of It lofL bW'V ui.in .: .I,IIU II nil v.u.jr wnilK. Illl.. . now being cut up Te T Xwn noon o nm ,.u.,. " ' t", of tilings f. Outsldo Capital for n.ii.-., Marshfield.-M. M. Jolmsot, ' ant secretary of the S ?! v-,"' a? -itiori, Md ,3 ii oi me coiumbia i.ife 4 company of Portlnmi i ? . Trl cqiisidcring the possibility of u$ trie nc between rnn. i.'. ' n ,r,I tt. bur"Hc,;KS y v..u i"a'. tat tbitb noti- is simply lookiiiR over hV fl IdTl what can be done, and if ffi i line is possible. Wi,ii. Johnson will gather daUai , tfi business might be expected if i it were built. Those who b?e Katcd feci certain that it would Z profitable. The plan of bffiJJ inc .with local capital waj mlmi but it is understond that Mr, C is iookipr into tnc maiitr wnb ,A tflftf. ff llllr,icli,.M ...! 61 uv,, v.. ....... vt.iiK uuisiue capital. More Gas Encountered, wiii.uiu. v scries of gai ttj si.ous have occurred in the OnUrii oil well, throwing water, mad ui pebbles into the air to a height of m icct. i uc as now. which opened hit week, had been closed. Drilling kn' been rcsumedr the shaft being extesj. ed another 00 feet This last Had ! the larRcst yet made, and proves immense supply of gas here, The fi rectors of the oil company bare a liiicti m iiiq ciiy council I0r X Ifll- cinsc to ngiii nnu neat me town. Soils Aro to Be Tested. Washington, Dec. .0. Professor Milton Whitney, chief of the burua of soils,, reported yesterday that the farming lauds of the United Sum aggregate 838,501,774 acres, and that the yield per acre of all cereal crmi has increased. The bureau of joiliia tends to make an investigation of lh: soil of the semi-arid belt of the Northwest, with a vic'w to ascertais- ing the nature of the soil, what it ill adapted to, and how it can be btil ia-J proved. Moro Timo on Klamath Project. Washington. An extension of HI lays has been granted to UmpoeiiSl Huffman, of Klamath Falls, for Htl comniotioit of their contract to struct .wooden flumes on the Klamili j project. This advances the dste c completion to February 27. Revenue From Hunters' Licenses. the first of the jtirl the couniy cicrg nas nucu """r"! er' licenses for Clatson county. Tcel licenses arc each and t".monJ1'" turned over to tnc stair urn i licenses have been issued in soi comilics in the state. PORTLAND MARKETS, HM. - tit ititetfMII tVIIV.lt .....va.v,.., ,. 91c: fife, OOCi'Jlci red ku. in l.l ,. .,-t)nt flllV I Barley Feed $20 50 per ton, bren ing, $27, ...anu net I Oats No. l wnue, iu ' ,0"; ... .....!... Willsmette Vsllff. i inv i linuiiir, ! .. ..l.i $14 per ton: Kaitern Oren ra $1(1(2)17; cfovcr, $13; alfalf, grain hay. $12 50 13. - Fruits-Apidcs, oocfti P pears, $101.20 per ." ffl" 1 60 tier crate; riuiiiccs, WL box; cranberries, $U rcl: huckleberries. lOfiilSc perpi persimmons, tw i vt.ll 1'otatocs 7ocwac n - potatoes, attfsic per dl unions mi i iu )"' ::tj per VesretnblesJTurnipR VrViY. pound; artichokes. W'iwe. beans, loMc P?r PJ'jSk iitii. .... nniimi: caiiin'" .. I $1 per dozen; celery, $3,80 Pj t cucumbers, $2(H3 80 P er plant, lie perpoMiiJjle non matocs, fiOcffi$t.75. 37c .i.nsl Iluttcr-City cream;";. e (gst Eastern. 30cfJnfic per down. Poultry lens, IStfi IK P"tfl,jjte nrlmr. 12i(fSl3c; niixcu. ; ducks, umw veX77oW j lOtJJIlTcj dressed turt eyi. ny ndi of Veal Extra, OfflOlc per v J,C6c Per Inrwe. fllr7D7C. ... rlme, etl IIopsTooS, cho ce, c o,. jWv 7ic; medium, oiv the county, soon iroes into effect. has been co lected In mcr, but It has gone to navy, calUntr cHpocial attention to the ecl to present tnc question to con iiaa.I rt f ..llllnnnl .1...., .... .i. .. n .1 , I ' ' ..uvu w. Huuiiiuimi lii-n.i iiyci rt U1IU Ul IKICnti Horn, and, ahovo all. of tho four lmttin. T. ... .1 1 t.l . ... I ail. .in. ,i in .juniii.uin lij ciiinniriin nH I v-,. ... noon an possible a Brjunilrnn of olttiu riignts Are Successful, uiiiuu-HiiipH oi tno uohi oxiNtinK tynn. n rviirui nd Utah v, hlH snundron. Tha four vohhoIh nro- mauc a scries of siirrns.fi.i ii..i.,.' '"uiiiiii qi growers, re- r.oHed will form the nocond dlvllon. It here vesterdnv T7n..r ,.,,i "' ' A. B ' . V,at practically all of the asso- ' i." an Imnrovomont on tho fir', the British Aernrtnli . h "nilt " . " "on' crlnnd hns been shlpB helnsf of tho heavy, single caliber. i V.,iii. Sr Clt.1, ,w,cnt aJ?ft scpnntc- so d at a nrlce nelUno ili- l,n SJ1 all hljr gun type. All the vonBelB Hhouhl Y with Mr. Wright. None of tl. .i.".p,Vcc ne'R tlic growers novo tno name tactical qualities, thut Ih f In its was marred bv nri,!.... .i "vc cents Pooled Primes Aro Sold. ? 1 - . na of tho boHt oxlBtlnK tyno. Le Mans. France TW m rn 4 3i'v" ' resident L. M. G bcrt. of Ii, Dirkotn, Delaware. Florida Wright tl Am-Vi-. c' Wilbur the Nortliwostern Prune assocla on will form tho first dlvlHlon of "glit, the American aerop Ian st, the new orcaiiz-iit, , r ? ' iron. Tho four vohhoIh pro- made a scries of successful fliihu nArt. Vi.. f"' l.1a,V?" . ffrowcrs. re- a pound for tho c; 1000, imlc- nrfaoni sv Vool Eastern Orf gon, m ifAi.,iV ' f-hoice. 1BC p best, tomic per pown. slirlnkage; valley, 1 p0UBi ' -vv.ww.il. ijm -an s.zp iUUOM " '