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VOL. I. NO. 218. PORTLAND, OREGON.'t WEDNESDAY' EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1902. PRICE FIVE CENTS. im- RAISES THE DUST IN THE IRRIGATION CONVENTION "THE DEADLY PARA1 SEARS' CAUSTIC SAYINGS WILLIAMSON OBJECTS TO REMARKS AND TROUBLE IS NARROWLY AVERTED TilE tltlf WHO CBT Papers and Speeches of Excellence The Order of the Morning Session Business in . .Afternoon "While I was si tunc In the lobby of a PrinevlUe hotel. Home time ago. In pursuit of my duties as state en gineer of irrigation, I was attracted toward the loud talking; of a man who was expounding to his three auditors something about irrigation in the Dea Chutes. I was naturally interested and joined the group. At the conclusion of his speech there wag a silence, which was finally broken by a Dutchman, who was an Intent listener, 'with the following exclamation: " 'That ras good, and I liked it, as It rem in fla me of something.' "Being ' asked what It reminded him of,. the Dutchman answered: " Tt reminds me of a new religion In the Eest,,whatja called "tramps migration of the souls.'' .' .."..Uaiig told tfiat he meant"trans mlgration of the soul,' he continued by itaylng: " 'Well, that's It. Anyway, my wife has it bad. You see, I will give you an example how this relig ion works. When you die, your soul gets into that canary-bird and you become that canary-bird and begin singing very beautifully. Fi nally you die. that is, the canary bird dies, and your soul comes out of the canary-bird and drops into a beautiful rose In the garden. This rose smells so sweetly and looks so pretty that you think you are all right, when a donkey comes along and swallows you, that is, the rose. The donkey is happy with your soul and your friend comes along and feels the donkey's big ears and exclaims. "What beautiful ears!" and proceeds to pat it on the back and stroke its ears, when the donkey is so pleased that he lets out his voice and commences bray ing. .When your friend hears the braying he becomes surprised and sa ys : V '"Why, Williamson, is that you? How little you have changed! Extract from Major Alfred F. Sears' address at Irrigation Convention this morning. The second day's session of (he Oregon Irrigation Association convention opened this morning with peace in the fore ' ground, which finally gave place to slight rumblings of war, when the meeting ad journed to again take up Its deliberations and decide its controversies. Tins MORNING'S SESSION. The convention was called to order by President Deverg at 9:30 o'clock, when the committee on resolutions, through its chairman, O. L. Miller of Baker l-Uy, rad Its report. After the report had been corrected and adopted, Arthur P. Davis, principal engineer Arid Land Re clamation Service, United States Geo logical Survey, delivered an extempore talk on Irrigation, and answered questions propounded to him. William B. Chase delivered an address on "Irrigation En gineering," and was followed by a talk by Gov. George E. f hambvrinin. Sec retary Maxnn, of the National Irrigation Oongress, then gave vent to a few re marks, after which Major Alfred F. Sears delivered the speech which created a sensation. Resolution committed report. The report of the resolution committee opened the business of this morning's Session. After a correction had been made as to the- rime of the considera tion of this report, it was adopted. The report is as fellows: jt Portland, Or., Nov. 19. 1902: I To the Oregon Irrigation Association in convention assembled: rVp. toot CottjmiUee on Resolutions, teg laavv to report the following resolu tions and recommend their adoption: FIRST RESOLUTION. Whereas, The counties or the State of Oregon lying east of the Cascade Moun tains produced, according to the census fo 1900. grain crops as follows: ' Wheat, 7!l00.000 bushels';' oats. 770,000 bushelsj barley. 1.227.000 bushels, aggregating ,239.200 bushels of grain; and Whereas, The productive capacity of Eastern Oregon under Irrigation could be Increased ten-fold, which would mean a grain crop approximating 100,000.000 bushels annually; besides, dairying hor ticulture and diversified farming would be Inaugurated on a large scale, thus open ing to settlement vast areas now un titled and adding to the material pros perity of the entire Stater and 'Whereas, Extensive grain farming has been generally abandoned in Western Oregon for the purpose of engaging In m Mryln tig and other branches of agrlcui- ggq$X - OF fcrffc THE WOOL QUEEN' rsr ) c imiwuw i vjb OUR ARTIST ture and 'for manufacturing, and unless ' the Eastern section is opened to the agriculturiKt. Jtljere Is grave danger that l within a few' years the . State will be j forced to purchase from neighboring j states food products which should be I raised upon Its own areas; and i Whereas, It Is of the utmost Impor- tance' that the State take advantage without delay of the Irrigation "law re-i cently enacted by the Congress of the j United States In order that it may make J use or a runa amounting to over isoo.oou now available for irrigation worK within Its borders; therefore be it. Resolved, -That-t he Government of the United States be requested, through the Department of the Interior, to set aside and apportion to the State of Oregon Its share of the fund now in the United States Treasury which is available for the reclamation of arid lands in this State; and be it further Resolved, That the President and Sec retary of this association- be - and - thejr are hereby Instructed to telegraph to Mr. F. H. Newell. Chief Hydrographer of the United States Geological 8urvey, requesting him to begin work at once on reclamation psjects tntfer the National Irrigation Law, approved-'lfune ' 17. 1902, at such points" In Eastern Oregon as in his Judgment offer the best assurance of success and benefit; and be it further Resolved, That the co-operation of the State Land Board and all commercial bodies "of the State of Oregon is respect fully requested in this movement for the advancement of the general welfare -nf the1 State through- the promotion of all Irrigation projects. " And this association ANDtTHEV WANT STUDIES THE IRRIGATION and all of its members pledge their earnest support to any effort that may be made for the reclamation of the arid laids of Oregon. SECOND RESOLUTION. Whereas, State laws on the subject of Irrigation are constantly being changed; and Whereas. The successful reclamation of the arid lands and the progress of agri cultural pursuits under a system of irri gation ixp greatly harassed by detri mental legislation; therefore be it Resolved. That the Committee on Leg Islatlon be Instructed to appoint a sub rommlltee of three whose special duty it shall be to make recommendations against the enactment of ill-advised leg islation on the subject of Irrigation. THIRD RESOLUTION. Resolved. That at the hour of 2 o'clock the roll of counties be called, and that each county, as its name Is called, shall present to the convention for its con sideration such irrigation projects as it desires to have presented to the Govern ment for Investigation. Respectfully submitted, O. L. MILLER, Chairman. HENRY E. REED, Secretary. CHAS. HILTON. M. FITZ GERALD, H. E. ANKENY, 3. W. MCULLOCH. M. E. BRINK. H. H. BROOKS, H. R. KINCAID. - WM. B. SARQENT, E. C. 1WIESNER, - GEORGE T. BALDWIN. I R R lrAT' N'" QUESTION. Tho'report of the committee on resolu tions was followed by an address by Arthur P. Davis. In part, Mr. Davis said: "Charles P. Fitch and myself are here to learn and not to speak one of the principal things we wish to learn Is whether Oregon desires the government to do irrigation work In Oregon. The site, intelligence and the deep interest manifested in this convention decides this question in the affirmative. I hope that the organization will be continued, and that Interest in it shall not flag, as it is the desire of the public official to keep in close touch with public sentiment as to the locality 6f the work, so far as It is compatible with physical conditions. "In the endeavor to respond to the pub lic will, the department will try to dis tinguish between manifestations which proceed from a desire for the general good of the state from those which have the expenditure or money In some special locality in view. The abject of the de partment Is the reclamation of arid lands and not the expenditure of money. The latter, of course, is ths necessary means, but Is not an end In itself." In answer to various questions, Mr. Davis gave the following answers: "The first and only object of the In terior' Department is to reclaim arid land for the people and not to expend the money of the Government -without a pur pose." "The government will do ths surveying, as it has money for that purpose, and therefore cannot take Information on (Continued on Second Pags.J a mtiAi a FUKI UAIMJ MAY CALL MELLEN TO ACCOUNT Gtizens Indignant Over the Railroad Magnate's Stab at the Lewis and Clark Fair in a Journal Exclusive Story t Ths statement msds by President Mellen, of the Northern Pacific Rsllroad, last Monday to ths effest that "Ths Fair won't be a success," and that he would not Invert In It, eta:, were the exact words of ths official. They wsr publlthsd exclusively In Ths Journal, which is a newspaper that publishes the news, doesn't suppress It. Through Mr. Mellen't words it will be noticed that Portland has ensmles that It Is well to dsal with In the open. Mr. Mellen appesrs to be one of them. There Is no doubt whatsoever that Mr. Mellen said evsry word that was at tributed to him, snd furthermore added a good deal that was not published becauss the .statements were uttered In a moment of excitement. s MR. MELLEN VOLUNTEERED THE STATEMENTS MADE BY HIM TO THE JOURNAL REPRESENTATIVE. The statement of President Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, while In Portland, that he was of the opinion tliat the Lewis and triark "Fair would be a "riizle," as inclusively -published-I-n The 'Journal of Monday, has raised considerable discus sion among the local business men. es pecially the Iwls and Clark directors, and also among the prominent railroad men of this city. Several leading merchants have made the statement that If President Mellen or any of the other leading officials of illTCIffLL STILL divtSMswrns Judge Gray Calk Down Ik Questioner. Says That Ground Once Gone Over Should Not Be Traversed Again Same Old Story. SCRANTON. Pa., Nov. 19 -The routine of racking the testimony of President Mitchell, of the Mine Workers' Union, was taken up this morning just where It had ended at the conclusion of the session of the strike settlement commis sion yesterday afternoon. Mitchell was called to the stand at the opening of the hearing. He was taken In hand this morning by Attorney Walter Ross, coun sel for the Delaware Western Com pany. Before the examination began. Judge Gray, chairman of the commission, sug gested that, as Mitchell was prepared to only give opinions and not figures, he not be asked the myriad questions ai ready gone over. FOLLOWED OLD LINKS. ' Ross followed the lines that had beer, traversed by the questions of McYeagh and altemied to fix the responsibility for violence upon Mitchell as head of the union. He then took up the bituminous section and asked muiry questions re garding conditions there as compared with the anthracite workmen. Mitchell answered each question de cisively and was never for a moment either confused or at a loss for an an swer. Juilee Gray finally interrupted the ques tioning and said all this testimony had already been gone over, and time ought not to be wasted in repetition, as It was desirable to get through with the ques tions as soon as possible. STRONG PECLAP.ATION. Ross declared, on closing, that 75 per cent, of the engineers and pump men would have never left their positions in the mines without resort to force. They had, he said, remained faithfullly at their posts until terrorized by the min ers' threats. Samuel Wolverton, counsel for the Philadelphia Reading, next took Mitch ell In hand. He said he wanted to find out. in view of the declared differences between conditions in the anthracite and bituminous regions, whether It would not be better to have two Mine Workers' Unions. This Mitchell denied on the grounds that a disintegration of the unions would redxce their power and rob them of abil ity to he'p one another. Attorney Torrey. for the Delaware & Hudson, confined his examination to cer tain features of the constitution of Dis trict No. 1, where the Interests of the company which he represents are largely located. MOTHER JONE8 THERE. Mother Jones was an Interested spec tator of the proceedings today. She took a seat with the miners' counsel. Attorney Burns, counsel for the Inde pendent orreratorsr. brought out a hew point and said that since the conclusion of the strike those men who went out want their places back. When a man leaves a place voluntarily, he said, all re lation with his employer Is supposed to cease. "Do you understand that our Companies should discharge non-union men to take your tVn back?" Mitchell replied that no law compelled them to put men back at their ofd po sitions If they were occupied, but that in a strike no man considers that he 1ias given up his Job when he goes out. The Job morally belongs to him. Men taking such places should and do usually under stand that their tenure Is dependent en tirely a the -outcome of the strike. : " Pst t nn A ar the Northern Pacific Intend to be con tinually "knocking" Portland, there Is but onJ",i'emedy. and that is to take con certed ectlon and ship all goods via other lines, travel over other lines and have good consigned over .other lines. If the Portland merchants stand -"pat" as they should, and as they no doubt will. the. Northern Pacific will then be obliged to remove its offices from Port land and continue theirjboom of the Sound city even more vigorously, and leave the field open here for a road that HOT COASTED 4 IKr Him Hard. Resulutions and a Scathing Address Against Harvard President at This Morning's Session. NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 19. President Eliot, of Harvard, received additional at tention at the morning session of the Federation of Labor congress, m session here today. He was grilled to a turn both in addresses and in resolutions submitted and passed without a dissenting voice. The early morning session was devoted entirely to resolutions. Those already presented regarding Eliot' were added to and passed. By a clause' that was In serted today his action In indorsing "scab" labor and calling the scabs heroes was denounced as most despicable. Delegate Drlscoll delivered a lS-mlnute speech on this resolution. It was a scath ing crituiism. of -the- educator and declared that Kllot showed snobbery In his speech declaring that no laboring man ought to be allowed to serve on a public school board. Burns closed by asking the commis sion In the esse to decide on a trade agreement and that the independent operators should be allowed to make a showing of Individual condition. An attempt was made to bring up the question of violence but Gray refused to listen further anu said the commission had a moral sense of its own regarding this question. Mitchell interposed and said he wanted it understood that the Miners' Union had pledged itself to accept the award of the commission and whatever it might deter mine regarding the employment of non unionists would be carried out to the let ter, hence the question of violence need not enter into the discussion. MITCHELL EXCUSED. After a few questions regarding child labor Mitchell was excused. He looks hnggard and worn. He has undoubtedly made a, fayora.ble. impression on all pres.-. ent. Rev. Robert Mahoney. a city clergy man, was the second witness. He was on the stand when a recess was taken. WALTERS RESIGNS. PHILADKLPHIA. Nov. 19. President Alfred Walters, of the Lehigh Valley Rail road, has resigned, following a conference of the directors. There were differences of opinion regarding the, management of the affairs of the road during the recent strike. DOING GOOD WORK. PHEONIX. Ariz.. Nov. 19. Having completed their Investigation here, the committee sent out by the American Con gress to determine upon the advisability of admitting New Mexico and Arizona as states, left last night for Tucson During the day they will cross the line into New Mexico. As soon as the trip is finished they will return to Washington. DR. PARKER NEAR DEATH. LONDON. Nov. 19, It Is reported this afternoon that Dr. Joseph Parker, the world famous pastor of the City Temple, is dangerously 111 of dropsy. WAGES GO UP. , NEW YORK. Nov. The Jersey Cen tral Railroad today Increased its wages by a' 10 per cent advanoe, thus msetln the advance by other roads. ... - ill sv aw w is mors gracious to Its constituents. On the -other hand. If President Mel len takes back the utterance which be made to The Journal, and which The Journal will back to the biter end, then, he must promise to at least leave PorU land severely alone. Local merchants, Lewis and Clark di rectors and members of- commercial or ganizations of this city are considerably wrought up about the matter, and an explanation will no doubt be demanded of the railroad president. t to mn I Itt TilA- Wa Urt4-llJe 1 for Very Long While. Fred Reed Gives Jailor Roberts a Few Minutes of the Strenu ous Life. At an early hour this morning; Folic Captain Hoi man was notified that some one had stoieu some billiard balls front the Blaster concert hall, on First street. He made a memorandum of the Incident and left a note for Detective Kerrigan to make an investigation. The sleuth, hit the trail of the man and the prop erty, and at 9 o'clock, landed the of fender in the prison. Jailer Roberts took him to one of the up-stalrs cells, which are not of the strongest. "This will hold him for a while at least, until Baler quarters are vacant," mused Rob erts. BREAK FOR LIBERTY". Fred Reed, who is an athletic youth of 19, when placed in the strong box made a" rapid survey of his surroundings. Us spied a small opening for ventilation In 1 ceiling. This was' &out 12 feet from the floor. As there was no ladder in the room, Reed with a great display of ge nius, set the Iron bedstead on end, underv the opening, and then by ttre use of " stand mounted the bed frame, nd by ' squirming like an eel reached the gar ret of the jail. The only way to escape from his new quarters was by other ven tilation holes, leading down into other, cells, some of which were locked. Ha, finally dropped down Into one that was open. This gave him the freedom of th hallway, but the doors leading below ' were fastened. While trying to open a window to get out on the jail porch he was noticed by Matron Woods, who be came suspicious and asked him what ho was doing. His reply was not satisfac tory, and she-started to ring the alarm bell to the jailer. Reed threatened her with Injury if she rang the belt .The Matron' was 'plucky and pusheo'.tne but'-. ton.. . . . . A LIVELY CAPTURE. ' Jailer Roberts mounted the elevator and sent it to the third floor as fast us its creaking old Joints would permit. n arrival there he spied Reed bounding down the hall. He gave chase and was . hot on the trail, and was on the point rf cornering the escape in a toilet, when Reed, with the generalship of a Tracey, went up in the air by the assistance of a ladder and got on the roof of the Jail througtf the skyllgTit' Roberts was' closb , at nls neeis. aim reiicjurvi i wi m safety, although he expected to bo handed a bunch as Ms head appeared above' its et4hng. Reed sprinted around on top of the Jail, but could see no way ' down without a parachute. When ap proached by Rooerts he showed fight. The jailer, who did not have even a pen- ' knife, warned the victim that If be re sisted further that there would be a new face in Hades soon. Reed went bt-low do cile as a lamb, ana was put in a stronger cege. LOUIS GERSTLE DEAD. ? ' SAN FRANCISCO. No. 19. Lewis Or. stle. president of the Alaskan Commereil Company, died this morning of apoplexy. ' aged 78 years. '" - ' ' BLOCKADE ENDED. ' WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. Bowen t ' graphed from Caracas th4s morning ' the "Venexuelan -government has .lei Bated th bktokiuUiSt Porta Corn, . m (in ii