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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 14, 1907)
THURSDAY, FEDRUARY 14, 1907. 8 r THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. The message of the Olive to man is OLIVE Sylmar California Olive Oil has no equal, The oil contains more nourishment than a -pound of meat because the oil is wholly assimilated with out taxing the digestive organs. DONE UP IN PINT AND QUART BOTTLES. A. V. ALLEN, Phone 3871 nd 711 Main. Sal Agent for Baker' Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. FOR LAND LEASING Roosevelt Favors Retention of Land By Government URGES CONGRESS TO ACTION nt In' Points Out in Long Message the Need of Legislation to Preserve Pasture Lands, Coal "Field, and Tim ber Tract. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Pres- Ident Roosevelt today sent to Congress a long message calling atten tion to what he calls the "Urgent need of legislation affecting the different .phases of the public land situation the United States. He advocates the conservation of coal and other fuel resources on lands stUl belonging to the government, say ing that henceforth the nation should retain Its title to its fuel resources, urges government control of the wes tern public land pastures, with a sys tem of small grazing fees, etc., and asks for an appropriation of half a million dollars. Immediately available, In adition to present estimates, to aid In detecting and preventing land frauds. He contends for a system of; government leasing of its mineral lands as public utilities. j The President calls attenUon to the importance of such legislation as would provide for title and develop ment of the surface land as separate and distinct from the right to the un derlying mineral funds in regions where these may occur, and the dis-i posal of those mineral fuels under a' lease system on conditions which would Insure to the benefit to the pub- lie. "Mineral fuels, like the forests and navigable streams, should be treated as public utilities. This is generally recognized abroad. In some foreign countrft-s practical control of a large portion of the fuel resources was al lowed years ago to pass Into private hands but the existing governments are endeavoring to regain this control In order that diminishing the fuel sup ply may be safeguarded for the com mon good instead of being dispose! of for the benefit of the few, "In our own western states and ter ritories the scarcity of both water and forests has rendered necessary their preservation as public utilities and the preservation of the forests for the pur pose of conserving both the waters j and the timber supply, has come to be recognized as the wise and proper' policy of the federal government. The quantity of high grade mineral fuel in ; the West is relatively much smaller ' than that of the forest nn.l the proper T conservation of these fuels is a mutter of far reaching Importance. This gov ernment should not now repeal the mistakes of the past. "Let us not do what the next gen eration cannot undertuke. We have a right to the proper use of both the for ests and the fuel during our lifetime, but we should not dispose of the birth right of our children. If this move ment sells Its remaining fuel lands they pass out of Its future control. If it now leases then we retain control, and a future congress will be at liber ty to decide whether it will continue or change this policy. Meanwhile, the government can inaugurate a system which will encourage the separate and Independent development of the sur face land for agricultural purposes and with the extraction of the mineral fuels in such manner as will best meet the needs of the people and best facili tate the development of manufactur ing Industries. I am sure that objections to this UGANBEZ You Can Be Easy! W. L. Douglas Shoe They are the Greatest of All Shoes In single and double soles, warm and trong, protecting the feet and health at the same time. These shoe have that oft, velvety feeling, and bave that peculiar action making walking a pleasure. They are gratifying to the most sensitive feet. Our Specialty Line of Loggers Shoes guarantee satisfaction to the wearer. No better but a leader of all. S. A. G1MRE 643 Bond St., opposite Fieher Bros. system are being urged. It Is claimed that so large a part of the coal in some of the western state has already passed into the hands of certain large corporations that parties endeavoring to operate under a lease system other coal deposit would be unable to com pete with these corporations and there- fore that the fuel deposit still be longing to the government should aso be allowed to pass Into private owner ship presumably Into the hanJs of the ! same or other large corporations. It is also claimed that the reservation of the fuel supplies still belonging to the government would raise the price of coal in the west. And as an argument in favor of this contention, it Is claim ed that the reservation of the natural forest Is raising the price of lumber In the West. It should be remembered that the best and most accessible bod ies of timber in the West passed Into private ownership before the forests reserves were established; that while the price of timber has advanced in the West, it has advanced still more in the East, where there are no forest re serves; that supplies of timber are to day being shipped from the West to the markets of the Mississippi Valley, and even to foreign countries, and that the probability of obtaining future suplies of both timber anl mineral fuel in the West at reasonable prices, will be much greater with a large por tion of both the forests and the fuels under the control of the government than if this control should pass to pri vate parties. To secure cheapness of timber and fuel for the moment at th cost of ruin to our own children would surely be a suicidal policy. "It may be fairly claimed among the the friends of the leasing that it will facilitate the working, under favorable 1 conditions, of coal deposits for local markets, by miners without large capi tal, as no land purchase money would be required and small royalty charges would be paid out of the earnings it will facilitate larger pcrations( as the leases are made sufficiently lib eral In the matter of time, and other conditions, to Insure healthy compe tition and meet all real demands; and yet in all cases the general supervls ion of the government It is bcl'cved could be such as to prevent waste in the extraction and handling of these Y) SPICES, or COFFEEJEA, BAKING POWDER, Ri:cn:;:oEXTRXT5 Absolufetoffy, finest Flavor. Or&tcsrSrmh.lasortabIefTkxsJ CL0SSET5DEVERS r PORTLAND, OREGON, r Wise's Great Removal Sale. h ) This To Your Memory. Wise's Great Removal Sale. A i aHERE have been sales before and there will be sales again some day, BUT, it will be a long time before such "Good Goods" are offered at such really "honest" reductions. t AENERALLY sales arc started to get rid of old goods or when new goods are offered the reductions claimed are largely imaginary. JgUT, we cannot afford to fool anybody; a residence of rwenty.seven years in Astoria and the upbuilding of a reputation would prevent us from lying if nothing else would. WHEN WISE SAYS.-I will take 20, 25, 30 or even 50 per cent off IT IS TEUE. Because Wise cannot afford to lose his reputation. What we offer to do WE DO. HE RMAN Astoria's Reliable Clothier and Hatter. BEHIND EACH ARTICLE IN HIS STORE WISE fuels; the system can be operated in such manner as to prevent the evils of monopolistic control; It will permit the government to reserve from gen oral use, fuels especially suitable for metallurgical and other special in dustries; and by it will enable the government to protect the public against unreasonable and dlscriminat ing charges for fuel supplies. "Already probably one half of the total area of the high grade coals in the West has passed under private control: including both the llfrnite and the coal areas, these private holdings probably aggregate not less than 30,- 000,000 acres of coal fields. With the remainder of lands containing min eral fuels, reserved and leased by the government, there will be ample op portunity to determine In tho near fu ture, which of -the two system pri vate ownership or the leasing system with general government supervision willl best protect the interests of the people and thus promote the perma nent development of the West. Great Investment, absolutely afe, bring return, giving urplu earn ing power of youth till old age, aecur Ing comfort and health in your de clining year. That what Hollis- ter Rocky Mountain Tea does. For sale by Frank Hart. ' ... CHARGES COWARDICE (Continued from pnfje 1) to meet the situation as conscientious and honorable men. Careful compilation of figures early today (Thursday) shows 13S lives are known to be lost in tho dlwiHtr-r. It is known that there were not less than 157 perxons aboard. Out of that num ber only 19 survived. Seventy-one bodies have been recovered, and thirty-eight of them identified. There are still 100 passenger missing or unidentified. FULTON GIVEN PLACE. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13,-Henator C. W. Fulton was yesterday appointed ; a member of the military affair com-! mittee, succeeding the late Senator Al- I ger. He assumes hi duties immediate ly, taking up the Brownsville invest!-' gation. The Old tftove Man Has been hunting around for a y.ar or more to find a (In of STOVE S a good or better than th kind h. sold here twenty year ago (om of the, ar. beginning to wear out). He think he ha found th. line. H. will how them to you If you will call at th. stor. of W. C. LAWS & CO. Plumber and Steam Fltt.re. ASTORIA IRON WORKS (Nelson Troyir. Vice-Pro, und Rapt. Z ASTORIA SAVINGS BANK. Treat Designers and Manufacturers 01 JOHN FOX, Pre. V L BI8I10P. Secretary II QTAQ I A j JTHE LATEriT IMPROVED For Infants and Children. Canning: Machinery. 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