The Oregon daily journal., June 13, 1905, Page 9, Image 9

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f HE OREGON .. DAILY JOURNAL'.1 PORTLAND," TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE - IV- lSO-V-U:
RAPS. RAILROADS i
OMIOCLICY
Development League at Inde
4'k. psndence . TkesUppb i
structlon Question.
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EXPOSITION RATES , ; .
L , . ARE. ALSO DISCUSSED
Statistics . Show Oregon Lines
Are In Most Flourishing
1 li..-,!:; ; Condition! 7 .t
(Special UnM M n iNmM .
Independence, Oi., June H.WXha se-
' ohd day' session cflti Willamette Val
Jey Development league convened at
o'clock this, morning. Hon. Bent Jones
' ef .Toledo delivered' an address oo the
" opening of Ysqulna bay.' which waa fol
. lowed by a discussion and preliminary
steps were taken to form an open port
association for the Willamette valley. .
. Addresses war made on the "History
of Oregon's Development". by.Profeaaor
. A. P. Campbell of the Monmouth Ore r on
State Normal school; on "Improving Or
egon's Waterway," by,?Davld B. Ogden,
.Colonel E.' Hofer, Chairman Wil
Y Jametta Valley Development League
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. government engineer of Portland, and
- ."Farmers 'Tonnage on the Willamette
'Klver," by J.' p. Graham of Balem. '
. ... , Ming Sadie Crelghton sang a nolo,
, , after which Walter ifc-Tooaa of Wood
, bum apoke on "Opening the Locke,"
; James K. Weatherford of Albany upon
v ' Improving the Willamette." W. 8. Mc-
-rFdden of Corvallls spoke upon "Tele-
-nhrmes- and Franchises. - Rer'Mr.
Klayer'cf Independence apoke upon "The
Mnn wnaaeta. There.
'-'- This afternoon Hon. W.' H. Hoi 1 la of
Koreat 'Grove apoke upon the "Ownership
of Public Utilities." Edyth -Toiler
. ."XVsartVmrred of Portland apoke on "Ore
gon's Greatest Needs." Governor Cham
berlain ."made an address upon good
--i roads, -which was- followed by. general
' discussions and, short addreaaea. Mlaa
'Helen "Cooper sang and I M. GaJbert of
, ."Balem - apoke1 upon , the . "Fruit Market
:.and Co-operation In Canning."
Last night a clam bake and barbecue
of beef waa aerved at' the town park.
Yesterday afternoon preliminary atepa
-.were taken upon the state organisation
of bankers and a -committee on perma
nent organisation appointed. -I:'.
.-An addreaa to the people of Oregon
waa presented by . .the transportation
committee, the Willamette Development
tongue and other - valley development
- league and waa adopted by tb conven
tion. In part It la aa follows:.
"It la neither the desire non Intention
of this committee to make any unjust
attack upon corporations or transporta
tion companies. We fully realise that In
thla age railroads are a vital and essen
tial factor In our country's development.
. and we favor reasonable encouragement
. to their management and equitable reg-
'Tha people of Oregon have Invaria
bly treated corporations with fairness
and liberality and -capital Invested in
them , has beent alK times "accorded
''Complete and Impartial protection of four
isi. "No state in the union--haa been
rnnrtr-liberal In ita treatment of rail
, roads. -. '- ..-' ' :
eoord,of Oregon.- "f"r
" ''"'"TTtt" state hns "never enacted any
o-called dntstla 'leRlelaMon- against
transportation companies,
t "On -the other hand., it la assessing
.their lands, rights of way and rolling
stork upon Jess valuation than any state
...Lin the west . '- - '
There l no law In Oregon taxing
their franchises or gross or net earnings
' as in many other ststes.
- "Ten vests ago this state repealed Its
: railroad commission law and has enacted
... no rate legialattonJ. .
- "Thla state has made It unlawfuns
deat in cut-rate tickets or to dispose of
. unused transportation, other, thaa to the
.(.'onto rations. - . ' ' '
"We have frft tha power to fl freight
- and passenger fares and the legitimate
work of extending their lines to meet
the needs of the country entirely In the
-hands of these corporstlons,. trusting
to Hi em' to trent the people with fairness
'". and equity.'-" '' s '
. . .j, jngtea to maUroaoa.
"In a spirit of Justras w glve credit
for all that has been done by-the rail
roada for tha benefit of ha atat-.Tha
. Induatrl-tl departments of the roada have
co-operatM with tha people and pro-
rnoted-production of fruit and dairy
- products. r Tha state, la Indebted to the
. railroads for-reding paasenger fares
f
Mot
Sa
li fit Havana ciOARS
0UAL1TT
tf lfc. 5ICHEL a CO.
1 Tklrfl Strsei, - BlstrlbaUrs
ON BXlJB IVERTWIIBIUS.,- N .
to rents a mlleori their main lines, and
for aecurtng low rates to tha L,ewls and
Clark fair and to many stste and local
gatherings. . , ' ,' k .,.'
L"' iwrttea;tw raopia, ' "
Vs "believe that railway corpWratToiis
re creatures of the state, possessing
valuable franchises which hava come
from; the people, as well as vsat granta
of puhlle lands alwaya becoming more
valuable by action of congress, and that
they owe a duty to the people .which
they hava not fully performer . - . ' -"A
duty to the state of Oregon la in
cumbent unon them . which grows out
of their oretipsncy of - thslr territory
pnder nrlraless franchises bestowed and
Inalienable, and such duty can only be
performed to the people or tne state oy
assumption on the pari or me oompnm
of their full share In the development
of this terrttory. ' ...
Oregoa Bailraada rrosperoaa.
"Thla ooromtttee believes that In no
state la tha Union are the railroads do
ing a mora profitable business or en
joying more prosperity aa financial en
terprlsea than In Oregon. . The earnings
of tha O. . N. Co. for 10I are re
ported at about $6.000,009, . and nearly
all this money waa made in Oregon.
One Tilece of new railroad In eastern
Oregon, from Biggs to Bhanlko. said tt
bo tha pereonal property of Mr. E. H.
Harrlman. Is reported to ba paying over
30 per cant annually an -ita capitalisa
tion. ', ,. : 5..-'--.' ..;.'.': I i:.;.-.f
Protest Against ObstruoMon.
- "ln spite of tha fsot tha these en
poratlons have - been treated with the
greatest liberality by the pPl of Om
gon In thetr political capacity, and'-in
spite of fsllure to extend their lines
adequate to tha growth of the eommunl-t-awUBLJlllberateob
has reoentiy been annountea ennnelf
part toward all euch oontemplated en
terprises. In return for the prosperity
they anjoy aa the result of liberality and
fairness on tha part of tha atate; unde
veloped Oregon Is - to - be accorded in-deftaUe-
a tag nation, and jlraogulatlott
-r1' : t arpixia of Zlssatlsf aotloa.
"This condition of things-a oeftalo
to' nroduce"a spirit of resentment on the
Dart of tha people toward ttiese Torpos-j
rattona, a result , that li to ba deplored
TU- resident -directors: of these rail
Mrta at Portland hava left nothing tin-
'deho to Inttwae the aniislrurtlnn . of
branch tinea Into tha Interior, but have
been overruled by hostile Influences out
aide tha. atate. - Tha -people Pf Oregon
will and should resent- the proposed
Interference with the natural and or
derly- development- of their -etater- We
muat regard a compact oy wnicn .man
ager of railroad .corporations' In pos
session of productive territory, or hav
ing easy access thereto, agrea to keep
further lines of railroad out -of auch
territory, as an 'agreement In restraint
of commerce. It la In violation at leant
of tha spirit of tha Sherman, antitrust
law, and in effect "constitutes " a crime
agalnat the community which Is held Id
bondage 'thereby. ( ,
. Semedr With tha People. ' '
Tlie time has come for thin state to
'demand and .receive In return greater
appreciation of- corporate opportunities
to aaalat la the higher developmnet of
our commonwealth, or to Invoke the im
mediate - application" of . tha - powers
vested In the legislature and the. people
fur corporate regulation "and control.
The people possess legitimate means
under "the constitution to bring aooir
more equitable eondltlons and more Just
relatione for tha benefit of all. -
"This committee has not had time to
gather all tha facta touching taxation of
railroad property aa compared . with
other property In other states. Investi
gation will show that on aotne formg of
tatatlolf they bare beerlekempted en
tirely, while-compared with aome west-I
ern atatea Oregon haa placed only nomi
nal valuea on their property. The fol
lowing statistics show the amount of
taxea paid per mile by these corpora
tions .In tha four Paciflo const ptatea:
Oregon,- U( Wash legion, 2 1 t Idaho,
J44; California. $J47.
"Compared with tha taxes collected
from these corporations In some states,
the difference In fsvor of Oregon's ex
emption of corporate - property, lands
and franohlaea would amount to enough
to build rallroada Into tha undeveloped
lntei lor" inalde of 10 years.
Vaeta About -Oonstrwottoa.
"Our contention Is that while Ore
ion haa favored these corporattona by
legislative and taxation policies, they
Irrreturn iiava not favored Oregon in
according a fair share of construction
Lot, branch linear - -
"Wa find that 11 counties of Oregon
having a territory of 84, 45 square
mllea ara without any. railroad commu-
titration with tha outer world. These1
counties comprise more than half the
State, maintain county . governments,
hava Industries, banks and prosperous,
thriving cities and towns. Many of
tha other countlea have railroads only
along their border. Mora than three
aa state aa Is ailthnut.
rallroada. While the people of tha
whole atate are putting forth a mighty
ef fortto . develop and populate thin
great Interior, aome of the railroad
managera Insist ITiat no railroad Into
tha Interior can be made to pay, and
the non-resident ownership decrees a
policy of non-construction under any
circumstances.-.-. --'-
Tailors to Zeap rromiaea.
"It baa been publicly charged that the
present management of theae corpora
tions haa not keptalth with the com
mercial interests of Oregon. The com-
miyee does not consider' that It la re
quired to go into any particular inves
tigation of these matters, but when the
people of this state are apendlng over
tl.OOQ.000. ta hold an exposition for the
development of tha Oregon coun
try.' they have a right ' to expect
that the promise of - a" " one-fare
rate to atl-whOTattciid to- vlsrt-tha-rrf-f
tenor of the atate shall be kept. :ln
asking for. that reduction so Important
to settlement -and. investigation, the
State Development league was assured
that the request.aa entirely reasonable
and virtually what had already been de
cided upoiw The president of that con
vention, Hon. K. L. Smith, waa author
ise by -tha officials' representing the
Oregon lines, who were present, to an
nounce that this concession had. been
granted, and the snnouncmenrwas re
ceived with great applause. But when
the rata waa announced by these same
officials through tha press. It wss found
limited to' persons holding tlcksts to
Portland from points east of the Rocky
mountains, and otherwise- restricted so
that It will he ot little practical value
to Oregon. Tha convention asked a one
fare rate flat to all exposition visitors
from outside of this stats- That was
what was understood by all present
end rertslnly there has been failure- to
do as agreed. - We do not censure or
hold responsible the local railroad man
agement or consider that they are per
annally. responsible, . but somebody la
at fault because limiting the one-fare
rata to visitors from esst of the Rockies
will preclude many of those coming
from- tha- British ' possessions, Alaska;
foreign countries, and all states and
territories west of the Rocky mnuntslns
from viewing the. great atate, and will
do them a a well as-our own people a
grave Injustice. Presumably the legis
lature expected in making tha appro
priation, for-tha fair -that-the visitors
to tha Jewts and Clark exposition who
might also come to see Oregon would
be. accorded by the transportation com
panies opportunity to aee . tha unde
veloped part of .thla atsta W trust
there msy ba a prompt recyislderatlon
on tho pert of the railroad people."
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- A Thousand Features to Interest
TakeltheVCbmfortable, Cool, Electric Cars Front theA R
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TESTS COMMENCE
IN ABOUT A WEEK
Geological Su rJLP'Ini
With Black Sand Are Await- 1
ing the Preliminaries.
EASTERN ANALYSIS V I
:.:.-.have.been:finished
Several Tables and Separators
; Placed and Others Will ;
Arrive Soon.
Within slightly more than a week's
tlmenha Cnll'd Btatea geotogicar sur
vey experiments at the exposition will
probsbly , begin. Preltmlnsry srrsnge
ments are being mad'wlth all possible
dispatch, assuring a number of tables
snd separating devices. rr. Day has
been watting, for a time on reporta on
preliminary teata made In tha east,
some of whlcji ara axpected dsily. , Tha
Massaohtisetts Institute of. Technology
haa wired that detalla of the work done
there- are - rati te. f peaking of the
preaent altuatlonBuperintenrtent J. T.
Uatchelder said thla morning:
"Untie Uiesa detslls are received we
cannot determine as to-the most de
l ii . x . -i .wwaa
- A trimU I ee.
5 IV res knn ef anvoae suffering wits em-emptl-
Then-ll tlwat fcllbout aelair that
tr. Ibwhee'a (ktnil Srriip will esre theia
and reo wlll be a friend-In see. Oeraiaa
Srriip l a reliable sperlSr 1 the en re mt eos
aropllnn. It haa heea nialiln erre leas-cure
maanmstlns (hroufkniit the world for en
Tar, Croup, eonth... enMa, hreatna aea an
throat anil lung trouble are tpesllr rwA bt
rrsian Urmp. Trial eele.-e. Big bottle.
Tfte. At aU aroatlau. (tt Oreass
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Portland's VVphderlul and "Beautiful
' : . AmusenieiiL Resui LZ:
:':U-yi. First' and colder Streets
5c. Carfare
(drnission 10c
TAKE YOURj
cAN UNEXCELLED CAFE
slrsble method of conducting our ex
periments. In the very near future wa
hope to hold aome preliminary experi
ments, but tha real work will not com
mence for 'at least 10 days or a fort
night. Aa a matter of fact our equip
ment la not aa yet complete. It consists
now of a Wllfley, a Woodbury, a Ptnder
and a' Chiistenson concentrator, a
Wetherill magnetlo Separator and a
Blake-Morscher- electrical . separator.
There Is also a set of Jigs. , A number
of metallurgical" appliances wtrtch are
essential to our work here are expected
to arrive almost any day. Until, that
time we can do nothing of especial note.
"Professor Richards of tho Massacha
setts Institute of Technology. In whose
charge tha experiments at that Institu
tion hava been conducted, wires that ha
haa mailed tha detalla. They will, of
course, aid us materially. Primarily
our concentrating experiments ara In a
aearch for platinum and kindred min
erals which are supposedly contained In
various classes of beach sand a. but tha
chief work will ba done with the black
sands. A carload of this la, now here."
BLUE MOUNTAIN MEN
-AFTER STATE HONORS
- Eastern Oregon mining men will com
pete in the Tourth of July drilling con
test at Grants Pass thla year. Tester
dsy Frsnk McCsrvel, one ef the most
prominent Blue mountain coaches and a
contestant In many ' matchea of tha
northwest, passed through tha city with
Roy Wattera and Pan Dunn, who ara
regarded shirftig the best men On rock In
the Blue mountain"?' Visiters drilled
with" Jos "John at-Ore wis - Pass last
spring, when tha Almeda teanf won.
Dunn haa been one of the winner In
nearly every- eastern Oregon contest for
tho last six or seven year a , Ha and
Wattera atata that they ara going aouth
with the purpose. ot winning. If ir Is In
the ranis. . . -
The Orants Pass contest la aald to ba
for 11.600 first money in the doubles.
There will ba a stralghiawsy also, with
a good pursej Bumpier will probably
hang up a puree on the Fourth for a
contest, aa there la a big drilling avant
cAKEr INVITED TO
mi
Directly to the Entrance.
LUNCHEONS
there about every year. The eaatern
Oregon men hoped to enter a conteat In
Portland, and were under tha Impression
that a purae had been hung up for a
northwest match. They state that a
great excursion would have come from
that section to witness such.. an event
CLEAN-UP MADE AT THE.
OREGON SECURITIES
(gptelal DWpatrh tu The Jasraal.t
Cottage Grove. OV., June 13. A clean
up haa been made at the Oregon Securi
ties mine, Bohemia, but the amount la
not given to the public. Much lntereat
haa developed hare aa a result, however,
as tho old air of good times when tha
Helena and Mustek were bringing out
large bricks of gold at frequent Inter
vals, la seemingly near. The Champion
tunnel at thla mine Is In better ore snd
the west drift, on tha. ledge looks ex
ceptionally ifall. The-new superintend
ent. Mr. Arthur, is getting things In good
order and more stamps will ba put at
work aoon. .
aaaeltef Oompaay frt,
: Articles for tha Incorporation of tha
Improved Smelter aV Mining company
hava been filed with the eounty clerk.
Tha Incorporators ara Carl N. Jonea,
G. Evsrt Baker and Arthur Langguth.
Capital atoek authorised la 11,000.000.
Thla la tha company that ,1s srrsnglng
to erect a custom smelting plant nesr
Oranta Pass,, with a furnace of the
Blanrhard typa. . "- -,"
- pworthlaaa ta Seeetoa,
-J(Spcla Ptspalck teTa JoaraaLl
Baker City. Or., June II. Tha annual
workera' convention .of tha West i Idaho
Epworth league convened In thla city
yeaterday and will continue In aesston
thre, daye. Tha -Baptist Toung Peo
ple's union and the r. P. S. C. B. of
thle city have united wtth the Epworth
league to make tha convention a sue
eesa Tha officers of the league are A.
C. TJeMsry. Boise, president; Miss
Allca Egbert, Mlddleton. Idaho, vice
president; C. U Sloan, Boise, secretary
and , treasure.- - "
VISIT
Children
AND DINNERS
SUBMARINE EXPLOSION
CREATES WATERSPOUT
(Journal Special Berries.) '
Carlo, Egypt, June II. The world's
record for aubmarlna explosions ' haa
bsen made at Alexandria wuh a con
signment of explosives from Nobels,
Glasgow, which was being shipped to
Cairo in native boats. One of the boate
on which thjero' was It H tons of dyna
mite waa wrecked. The explosives
were salved and taksn to Abouklr. . Ow
ing to contact with tha water ths dyna
mite gsnerated gsses, which made It a
public danger,- so It was - conveyed" a
quarter of a mile out . Into ..tha bay
from Abouklr fort and aunk In IB feet
of water. Then It was exploded by elec
tricity. - , - -
The sea became a churning mass for a
great dlstarrc,-and a waterspout Of gl"-"1
gentle height arose. Tha sun shining
through the mses gave a auperb glisten.-
The Best
-A6ur.nj Soap
" A Metal Poliih
A Glass Cleaner
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VIZ
5c
Ing appearanca and produced a wonder
ful effect, aa tha rising of tha water
lasted nearly two mlnutea. It la ea- .
tlmated . tha waterspout attained a
height of 2.000 feet, with a baaa J00
feet in diameter. ;
CAPTAIN KIRKMAN MUST '
SERVE TERM IN PRISON
. (Journal tpeetal Sarvlea. .
" Omaha, Neb., June II. W. O. Klrk
man of -tha Twenty-fifth Infantry. 1 re
cently brought Into prominence througlf
his connection with a scandal which re
sulted In the .lulclda of Mrs. - Bessie -Chandler,
the wife of a fellow officer,
la to serve a term In tha penitentiary
In addition to dismissal from the army,
Thla la the sentence of the aeeond court
martial, which waa recently concluded at
Fort Niobrara.' ( It la understood the
sentences paased by both eourts-msrtlsl
111 receive th approval of tha presi
dent and secretary of war., -
Scocrtas Scap tx
.Bomi'0.