The Oregon daily journal., September 29, 1905, Image 1

1Q t"7'C ' F OnTEtlD I & AY--I-2 AlIS - El1 I
GOOD EVE III II 6
A 15 . Afl T f ,'') ,'
V X '. , THE WEATHS2.
Tonight and Saturday partly
- with shower; south1 to wet
" ,VOU IV., NO. 178.
Hundred Thousand, Paid Ad
missions It the Ideal of the ,
: Corporation and "
.-;:.-:th;citir:;-.-j;;
GET AN HONOR BADGE :
AND MISS TROUBLE
i a.
I Every Conceivable Amusement "' Has
- Hmm Plinni1 ' inr tha Til and
Skmtiltancou Attraction ' ' Will
, Keep ' Crowd Interested Railroad
r Shops and WficeCYHll Close.;--
i f. - ..-'"' ' ' ' -.cr"-'-
v:.: - . , J ' v V :v
it no mm uh a. -pass!
' That, another alogari"for Portland
, , day. i In a apara room of tha Adminis
tration building, at the exposition thara
: are. 100.SQO badgee announcing -that
i "Portland Polnta tha Way!" Each roan
1 and woman In thla city and aoma thou.
Bands, from outside, is expected to ob
tain one of theee. - Tha consideration
v la a paid admission ticket If you wear
-.a badga it -provee you paid. - If .you
- loaa it, o right out and set s pother. be
causa all your friends ara solns to look
' Inquiringly at your lapal aa you eaun-
tor by and wonder why you djdn't help
make l tha greatest day, la Oregon's
history. - .' V -'v'
v. If -the gate receipts ar not 150.009
tomorrow, rain' or shine, soma ona will
regret It don let that soma ona be
jrou. . - .-. -- -v
, .The above Is In effect tha final an
nouncement k of tha management before
, tha exposition's greatest day.. Tha da-
- sire Is general for an attendance paia
attendance of 100,000, beatdaa tha chil
dren, an or hooL UD to tna are 01 11
, .........
I lFMlIMTLAiD DAY
yeara. will be admitted rea. ,Tha fair
( offlclala : have worked earnestly and
- against tnasr dlffleulOea for tha success
of tha day: They have completed their
. tasks and now ask Portland to "wnoop
rar up" -and- sea to It -that na figure Has
than 190,000 IS wired ovef .the world to
morrow night as an Indication of tha
. notthweet'a patriotism' and Portland'a
local orida. ; ' :'; . , '
, - Every conceivableform Of amusement
i la offered tha crowd. A mora attractive
' program waa never announced. 'There
.will be no speeches to try tha nerves.
: nor long, drawn-out ceremonies to rasp
I the endurance. -The whole day and ulsht
i will be given over to entertainment and
v loapiiaoie oigwmuiiuvm -'-'
j , ' ; Clsjurealula Opas Oajf.
' i Portland day beglna when tha big guhs
" boom. At I o'clock In the morning. tha
- Oregon National Guard artillery, situ-
' a ted on a point . overlooking tha fair
grounds, will lira a aaluta of (t half-
minute guns, aa a reminder of tha fact
; that 56 years ago tha city of Portland
waa Incorporated.- Tha instant the first
J; gun la heard tha department of admla
, alona will throw wide tha gatea and at
that moment. It la hoped, tha rush for
tlckata will begin. f ' -'
Taking the special avanta In tha order
In which they are to occur, there will
be something worth hearing or aeelng
every minute of tha day. Music will
play a prominent part At o'clock Da
' Caprlo'a Administration band begins, a
jMtriotlo program In the bandstand ad
joining tha Transportation building. Ona
hour later tha band moyea to the regu-
lar istand on,..Gray'B boulevard. .-.At 10
clock, too, tha United Statea artillery
' band - beglna a concert at tha Govern-
ment building.
A feature which la never unlnterest-
Ing Is tha airship," It will malte a special
flight promptly at 11 o'clock with the
young record-breaker.. Lincoln Beachey,
.. at Ita helm. Thla spectacle will scarcely
' liave ended when the artillery will boom
, out a sUte aaluta of 14 guns, Oregon
being the S4th state admitted to tha
union. While thla la In progreea, be
ginning at noon, tha regiment from
Vancouver barracks will, give a parade
and drill on the Government peninsula.
Tha airship City of Portland will make
ita second rilgnt at I ociocs, unaer
Uklng for the second time the delivery
of a message to Vancouver barracks
and the .return with, a response. , " ;
-w . V ; Afternoon Teatarea. . ,
At I o'clock visitors who are mustc-
. ally Inclined may hear the organ in tha
f Foreatry building played by Professor
'' F. i W. - 'Goodrich,- while - thoae' seeking
novelty will witness tha first exhibition
" ; In this ; city ' of - boomerang-throwing
by a " celebrated- Australian ' ex
pert Thla . .will .take " place." In
: front of the Government - building.
i Ellery's great - Italian' band playa Ita
regnlSr concert at 3:30 o'clock. At tha
same hour tha life-saving drill la to Uka
. ' place, At o'clock, beginning promptly,
there wlll.be a parade of floats through
the grounds, each being typical of an
. Important city of tha Paclfio coast and
st,atea participating In .the exposition..
' Other special featurea ' will be day
fireworks Invented' by the 'Japanese, a
rational salute of 11 guns at o'clock,
Ellery's 'concert at 7:4 o'eloclr-snd
, again ' at q'clook the Intermission
being due to the great event of the
. night S' reproduction of the- battle of
Manila, bay. - On thla big spectacle the
management-la working vigorously. It
will begin at 9 20 o'clock and Will taat
,or probably 40 mlnutea. Director-of
..Worka Huber expresses the belief that
this feature will eclipse all of rta fore
runners. '. i .. r t i
-t-JOa oclocltan Jiour before the
llghte are -turned out, the cash' prises.
amounting1-to 11.000. will be distributed
at the head of the Trail to the holders
-of winning numbers. . ' 1 '
L. . i.. gpleadid Sapport..
Thre'la a good deal of gratification
In the Administration bulldlnsf- on ao
C"unt of the splendid support which has
(Continued em Psge.Two.jK
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cloudy
wind.
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DON'T FORGET
I PORTLAND DA Y
Portland day weather ; prediction -Partly "cloudy, . with
X showers? south'to west winds.
'.' Governor Chamberlain has declared . Portland day a legal
holiday, and asks all Oregonians to help swell the attendance.
(to 100,000.
X-;, MayorLane has issued a proclamation calling on the people
f to join in .the. movementvtrrenthuslasm., : -'. " " -' , J
V , .Governor. Mead of Washington has sent out an appeal to
JJieLrcsidentsoLhiaateJo coopefate with 'the Oregonians in 4
.making Forfland day the lOO.OOO day-ot the tair.
The 'Portland Consolidated
to each of its 1,200 employes a
the. exposition." V' , . '. j . - j "i.
The. Portland postoffice will
X, and the banks will not open, at
,r The federal custom house will remain closed all day, thet
city hall offices will not opn and the court house including the
tax department, will take a holiday. , ( " '
, Every hotel in the city has. planned for its employes to at-,i
tend at some time during'the.
t . Urge stores will remain open,
day or evening give tneir employes time lo visu me iair.
Special rates on all railroads entering the city, will bring
'many persons from all parts
PR0GM.1 AT FAIR
-PORTLAUD DAY
y ft t.i ',, i i iii 'hi
Greatest Uft AWacttena Yet
Offered VVlll Amuse the Hun-.
jred Thousand. ? - :
MUSICAL PROGRAMS : -
AN ESPECIAL FEATURE
'A- ..... ' . S i "
Parade and Drill-by-TrooprPrde
of Floats,' Great Display . of ' Fire-
.works and Naval Battle Among the
1 Offering.' -
Here Is ths official order of events
for tomorrow, the greatest-day Of tha
exposition:
7:00 a. m. Municipal aaluta of 55
guns. In honor of the 15th year of tha
Incorporation of tha City of Portland. '
T:00 a.' in. Gatea open. ; .j
1:00 a. m. Exniolt buildings, govern
ment exhibit and Trail open. '
t:00 a. m. Special concert by De
Caprlo'a Administration band, : Trans
portation building bandatand.
i 10:00 a., m. -Special . concert, De
Caprlo'a Administration band, bandstand
on Gray boulevard. .
. ,10:00 to 11:00 a. m. Concert by IT. 8.
Artillery - band, Government terrace.
ii:ee a. m. Hpeciai night or the
airship "City of Portland." .
11:00 m. 8tate aaluta of S4 guns," in
honor of State of Oregon, the J 4 th atate
to be admitted to the Union.
11:00 m. Parade and drill by regi
ment of United Statea troops xrora Van
couver barracks. - "
1:00 p. m. Long distance flight by
tha airship rxcity of Portland" carrying
message to, Vancouver barracks and re
turn. . ' ,
1:00 p. m. Organ recital by Prof. V.
W. Goodrich. Foreatry building. '
.1:00 p. m. Boomorang throwing by
celebrated Australian expert, in front of
Government, building. ' ' . '
(Continued on Page Six.)
BEEF BARONS MUST
Government Wine Firet Victory by Denial of Packers' Piea
-frl-Abatement by Federal Judge Humphreys Legality of 1.
; I . i'::-" t v ; Indictment .Is Sustained by Court.. ; .
(Spsdsl Dispatch te TVs JearatL). -
. Chicago.. Sept I .The United States
government won Its first victory In the
prosecution of the beef trust barons
for violation of Jhe Sherman anti-trust
law when, Judge Humphreys In the fed
eral court this morning .overruled the
plea In abatement filed by the defend
ants by sustaining the' demurrer of the
government.- :- -' -'-v -j:
rThe court passed upon the three pleas
as to the tvgattty of the grand Jury that
Indicted the packers and declaredttist
they could not be attacked The points
overruled wereji Judge Bathes, sitting
hr the eastern "dlvtaHn of district of
Illinois, . had ,no right to ' receive - the
return of the indictment returned from
the northern division of the same dis
trict: that s' member of the Jury was
net-legally, made a member of . the body,
and that the government bad no right
PORTLAND,' - OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER
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Railway company has presented
Souvenir, ticket of admission to
. ', "; , A.
be closed from 10 o'clock on,
alii . V ":....,
day or evening; Some of the
but will at some time during .the
of the northwest. ' V
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FATE IS KIND TO
EDITOR PRYOR :
Relative -of Hie" Wife leaves Her
a Few Hundred Thousand '
r Dollars in Cash. '
REAl,. ESTATE HAS NOT ,
: Z'-.y ) YET BEEN DIVIDED
Wfeen It Is He WUl Buy a Couple
of State for a Summer Home
At Present He Is Worrying Along
on Ten Thoosand a Day. '
A few waeka ago a demure, plainly
dressed newspaper man Jostled shoul
ders.wlth the California editorial throng
visiting the Lew la and Clark fair. On
his arm was an equally demure little
wife, and' In his pocket a mystifying
telegram which read:
"Tour wife's uncle la dead, and left
her a fortune. ' .
That waa almost Incomprehensible, In
fact aeemed to-be a Joke. He of the
editorial air, who bore the name of John
Pryor. had known many grim Jokes in
his career aa Sauaallto Journalist," and
this telegram waa one better thun .he
had yet encountered. In the timid way
of the profession when fortune thun
ders, the editor ventured to show- the
dispatch to Commissioner J. A. Fllcher
of the California exhibit
"Oo east, young man: go east and In
vestigate that matter," urged the com
missioner. -
Editor Bryor went east This week, he
returned and casually visited the Cali
fornia building. Hla seedy coat -and
multi-colored tie . had been replaced by
work that waa high In the tailoring art,
whUa. hla. wife. .was. a paragon of neatness-and
style. The editor called on
Commissioner Fllcher.
"I have drafts for tm.000 with me,"
remarked the Bausallto news- dispenser,
and the real estate haa not been divided
yet. -When we get our share of that
Our fortune will be considerably in
creased. No,' I will hardly continue pub-
(Continued on' Paa Six.)
In
to reproduce before the , grsnd Jury s
transcript of evidence previously heard
by them .unsworn and unverified, but
presented, as ah abstract of the evidence.
Demurrer Xext Thursday. ,
', Twiot heirless relating to the pub
licity In " drawling the Jury, the court
stated, were harder to decide, but there
waa' no doubt tha't the act Itself 'waa so
loose and Indefinite that packers' plea In
abatement would not hold and therefore
the demurrer- of the government . was
SUStslned.TTheae points-were that The
Indictment waa Illegal because It .was
not publicly drawn as 'required by law
and that tha defendants .wars deprived
of their right to challenge the Jurors.'
Ths packers' attorney asked delay of
two weeka In order to file a demurrer to
the Indictment. - The court allowed nn
tll October for the filing of tha, de.
murrer, whloA wUl be argued- 4 week
H!GH;FI1CE DEQPIIIEIEPUE
S IHISBr ' II
Jacob H. Schiff Says That Cdr
poration Directors Are Dum- .
. mies ' and Committee ;,
V ' Meetings a Farce. J,
DENIES PROFITING BY .
V UNION PACIFIC DEALS
-..!.-;.:.;'-''.'.';. '
Refuses toTelT Object 'of Syndicate
Organised by Kuhn, Loeb St Co. to
Acquire Control of Railroad Say
That He Never Passed Upon Jobt
Financial Transactions. ; .
(Journal Special rvtce.)
.New Tork, Sept, !. The searchlight
of the legislative Insurance Investiga
tion today revealed amaslng methods of
high, finance when Jacob II.. Schiff, mil
lionaire banker and member of the firm
of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., managers of tha
"Union Paclfio- syndicate" and financial
backers of E. IL Harrlman. wag placed
upon the stand. Accoruing to . Mr.
Bchlffa testimony, the. following, con
ditions exist: '
' Corporation directors are dummlea.
The finance and executive commltteea
of the Kqultable Life Assurance society
were composed of the Same persons and
simply sat in Judgment, upon, them
selves.. "' ' '
'The finance committee had no knowl
edge of expenditures shown on the
books of ' the - Kqultable,- or of fundi
shown to be missing. ' V
Reports that Hyde bad contributed
tor : . the Kqultable : to the Republican
campaign fund were never Investigated.
' Hyde's participation in syndicate- pro
fits were unknown to directors.
.Schiff refused to answer queations
aa to ihq.jiu3VBflB,.f:jt he.. Union- Paclfio
syndicate. . ... .' . .v. -. ';: -f
- Questioned about the relations of di
rectors to companies, 8chlff aald that In
tha general run of corporations directors'
were -nothing moe- thn, Aumroles, and;
were wkwo u secura ine use or ineir
mtmea to give an appearance of solidity
to the corporation and maintain public
confidence. . . . . - v . -
Inquisitor Hughea went at length Into
Schlff'a . connection with the Kqultable
as a' director, and mercilessly qulxxed
nlm regarding the Union Pacific syndi
cate deal. In which Schiff as a membef
of the executive committee of the Kqul
table waa accused of buying securities
Of BcWff, "member of Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co.
Bchiff said that when a director In
the Equitable Life he became a mem
ber of the executive committee and he
defined the operations of the executive
and finance commltteea.
' Approved Themselves. '
He said that the finance committee
merely approved the action of the ex
ecutive committee. With one exception
the members of thegraance committee
were alao members of the executive
committee, and simply eat In Judgment
upon themselves. The executive com
mittee would arrange a certain financial
transaction and Immediately convene
themselves as a finance committee and
approve the action they had taken as
an executive committee. ,
Attorney Hughea told the witness that
he waa prosecuting the Inquiry In order
to account for funds which were ap
parently missing from the Equitable
ure and asked Bchtrr what he knew
about them. Schiff replied that when
the finance committee .appointed the
auditing committee It supposed them
perfectly honest snd he did not believe
that any man waa dlahonest until he had
been proven so. .
. Xyda Don trolled Committee. '
- Schiff testified that Hyde and Alex
ander absolutely controlled the finance
committee and Ita transactions.
'The committee waa - controlled by
Hyde, either Hyde or Hyde and Alex
ander." aald Schiff.
The witness did not know of any con
tribution to campaign funds made by
the Equitable; although he was a mem
ber of tha finance committee. ' He had
heard that Hyde had contributed to Re
publican funds, but had never Investi
gated the matter, and so far aa his per-
(Continued on Pajge Six.)
from Monday. Two days a re, allotted
for arguments, when the packers muat
come Into court and plead guilty or not
guilty. . ...... i - .
In the ruling - today United States
District Attorney C. B. - Morriaon won
hie first victory In hla struggle to bring
to a successful finish ; the prosecution
of the meat packers, who are charged
In the Indictment with conspiracy In re
straint of-trade. ,
Defendants All XlUioaaires.
The Indictments were returned July 1
after a three months' Investigation by
the federal grand Jury. Irive - large
packing-house corpnratlona and 17 of
their officials are defendants. The pun
ishment carried on conviction carry pen
alties of one year - Imprisonment and
fines ranging from f 1,000 to (20,000, for
specific offenses.. Imprisonment must'
be In the county Jail, .as the offense Is
. The Indicted officials are all of them
millionaires. .The defendanta are: Ar
mour packing, company. Swift i Co.,
Carta hy Packing company. Armour ' tk
Co-.,- ralrbank fanning company, J.yOg
den Armour, Charlea W. Armour, Ed
ward Morrl,- Ira--N.- Morris, Louis F.
Bwlft, Edward T. Swift, I A. Carton,
JX K. Hart well, Edward Cudahy, Arthur
STAND TRIAL FOR FORMING A TRUST
29. 1905. FOURTEEN . PAGES. .
ARRMGNS RM-ROM
WILLAMEnn VALLEY DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE LEADERS
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F. M. Wilkin, Mayor of Eugene.'
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KEEflE IS Fl
FOR REVENGE
it
Great Wall ' Street Mahirulator
Avenging :Up6h' Son',; Blow
.'3
Given" by Father. ,
WAS ONCE FLEECED BY ' j
JAY COULD OF FORTUNE
Speculator jp, Thick of Fight Assist
ing Ramsey to Obtain Control' of
, Wabash System Issue Call for
Proxies. -
. ; J - (Journal' Sped! Serrlca.) "tt-?-J
' Newj, York,' Hept '2. -James R.- Keene
has com'e to the. front In the 'fight for
control of. the Wabash.' Wall street has
known since the contest between George
Gould end James Ramsey began that
Keens, was a stanch supporter; of the'
latter, but hot. until yesterday, waa the
fact? developed that the, big .magnate
was fighting Gould. - When It waa known
that Jveene'a representative -In Wall
street hSd sent out a rail for Wabasb
proxies. U was realised that Keene, was
tn the thick of .the fight..
A motive for Keene's sfftlon Is sought.
And some persons think 'they have found
it in the unfortunate transactions Keene
once had with Jay Gould, shortly after
Keene first came here.-'frotn California.
Onthat.ocdssion It Is said that Jay
Gould caused Keene's losing his jent Ire
fortune of $13.000.000. ! , l
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GHTIfJG
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Millionaire Packing House Magnates Civen Until Thursday to File
( ilpemurfers iri Case Brough Against Them for Viola- : J
. .'n Sherman Law j by FormingamstTrT
- - - , ,f- -
F. Evans,,. Robert C. McManus, AH.
Teeder, P. - A. Valentine, J. Conner
Arthur-Meeker, Charles N. Swift ' and
Samuel A, McRoberts. - Their1 defense so
far haa been purely technical.
.The Indictment is based upon the' ad
of congress, approved July 3, 1890, popu
larly known aa the 8herman anti-trust
law,' The flrat section -of thla act makes
It an offense" for any person or corpora
tion to engage in any' combination Is
the form of trust or otherwise, or enn.
4 spiraey-In restraints ot trade or com.
meroe among the several states or with
foreign nations. ; ' v- i -
. Section J makes It an , Offense, to
monopolise or' attempt to ' monopotlae
any part of such trade or. commerce. -
.' rormatlo ef Trust. " ,'
The stock of 10 ems Her packing con
cerns, previously ,' running In opposition
to the bi' packers, Iras bought up by.
PRICE TWO
Charles A. Hardy.
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ViASi BIGAHIST
Mrel. Cay Writeefhrt
Home Because Story Told ;
s . v Her by Another-Woman,
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FORMER SERVANT WAS .. .
CAUSE OFTHE-TROUBLE
Tale -Is- Pronounced Fala -by -Gay
; f Who , Goe to Bring' -ack . Hi
Wife A Cowardly Revenge' I His
" Explanation.' ,
': C '
" The mystery -, surrounding '. the dis
appearance of 'Mrs. W.- B. Gay of 'Linn
ton, who haa been' missing since-Tuesday,
waa cleared up. yeaterday afternoon
In 4 a-manner that- aurprlsed both her
husband-and. the police, v The - woman la
at Roaeburg, where she claims abe waa
Induced to go by a Mrs. Wilkinson, who
informed the. young wife that she had
been duped into a btgamoua marriage by
Gay. . - ' . . . . , . . . ,. ,.,.-..-..
-By advice-of Aotlng Detective Hlllyer,
who haa been working on the case. Gay
left last night for Roaeburg. to see hla
wife, confident that he -could show her
that she- had been Imposed upon. ; He
vows-vengeance. on-Mre. .Wilkinson, .and
haa . told the police-If possible be will
bring .. her.' to , book . for -, her . alleged
offense. - ' i -
Mrs. Oiy's' maiden nsme' w'ss Marie
- (Continued on Page Sis.),.
Individuate connected with the big pack
ing corporations and placed' with an
other corporation organised for the pur
pose oi nomine these stocks the Na
tlonal -Packing , company.. '. through
L which the operations of the trust . were
controlled. Competition between the.de
fendanta waa thuM. prevented. ' i
.When the-stocks ef the smeller com
pan lee - were - purcbaaod. not - merely - the
controlling "r Interest of each of . the
smaller companies waa acquired, but all
the stock was bought up, so that the
purchasers-were In a position to wise
wu-waiuunct i.U1S, companies so
bought up. ; . On Mils' point the National
pacaing .eempany- differed from the
Northern HecgrTtISs can, lately darlded
by the supreme - court of the United
8tates. '. In the latter -case only the roe
trolling Interest of, ttie vrallroeda con
cerned waa bought hp and put tn the
hands of a third corporation for. man-
' Hi sl as'l ll s a
CENTS. -2""
Large Attendance From All Parti
of State at Opening Session
' at Eugene .This : Af- :
" ; temoon. '.r
POLICY OF INACTION
A MENACE TO OREGON
Presidents E. . Hof erSay As PPlL
.Have the Right to Destroy Judg
Lowell Talk on "A Square Deal for
Oregon and .Criticise People and
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; (Bpedsl Dispatek te.Tae JearaaL) s
Eugene. Or., Sept. 2. A large attend
ance from all aections of Oregon greeted
the opening or tne-wuiameito vausy
Development league this afternoon. - At
X o'clock the meeting waa sailed to
order by President B. Hofer of Salem,
who made en extended address which
wsa enthualaatlcally received.' - - '
Mayor F. M. Wllklns welcomed the
league on behalf of the city of -Eugene.
The following Is . the ' afternoon a - pro
gram:(-.-' ' '- --".' r.-,----,.
"A Square Deal for Oregon."-by. Judge
Stephen -A. Lowell, Pendleton,-
"Progresa by Cooperation." ' Charlea
Griaaen,' president Oregon , Fire Relief
association. McMinnvllle.: ' , -
unk..Ai.. . . o . 19
Hon. Robert Glenn Smith. Grant a Pass.
ment," Colonel Ike Manning, Salem, -.
t. .,- , ToalgM's Vrogmas. '. :; '
' 81ngtng-by the University quartet, i
' Address Of " welcome, ' Hon. 8. H.
Friendly,; president , Commercial club,
Euser.e. - . . -
"A Few Observations on the Mlaaou
rians," Rev.' K. W. Slayer,, Independ
ence. . .' " : . ,
-. ouni, mtmm a.vsk ounrrn. - - -"Conditions
Paat and Present," .Mayor
V- P, Klmore, Brownvllle. . , , -i ;.
. "Irrigation in the Willamette Valley,
A.- B. Blacks Eugene. '.:
v President ofes's Afld-ees. ,:: ,
'- President Hofer eeld In part: ' "
This convention has on Its program
report that will arouse the financial
world td agreatec. Interest In undevel
oped Oregon, and the -facta-throughout
will disprove forever that the Interior of
Oregon Is a desert which It will pay no
railway-to-penetrate. Committees will
report - statistics of. tonnage . and I re
sources . for deep seas harbors - on 'the
weet -coast, - the -advantages ef- Irriga
tion for the -Willamette valley, and a
sUte highway from Portland to the
California line. ' ; .-... :
The possibilities of .' development
through railroad construction have at
tracted the attention of the whole state
aa never before. The position of this
league le that for the fairest and most
liberal treatment extended railroad cor
porations by- any atate In the Union
they have not shown the fullest eppre
clatlon In return. Thle position Is well
established. Railroad managers admit
this and have -exerted themselves to
do something substantial for Oregon to
make up-for their peat delinquencies.
The altuatlon is hopeful of. much good)
fop nnrmi - -i . .
;' Tee Oae-sided 1 sst.; ' ,
It haa been too one-elded In the peat!
Beyond liberal additions -of ' watered
stork to -absorb-surplus-earnings what
have the non-resident owners of Oregon
railroads done for this sute- the 'test
This league of buatneos- men Is happy
to report that It has aroused Intereet in
western Oregon among' -the railroad
magnates of the new world. For 'six
montha the Oregon preae , has 'been
deluaed with accounts nf nmn-l i
ways. . i . i. t .
Railroad managers who are thinking
Of OCCUDVlnsr. thla flaM ' with L n4-
mache ratlroada better construct them
of asbestos so they won't bum. ae the
people of Oregon are going to make it
too hot to hold variety. . -' -
- Transportation policies and states
manship that take all the ocean-bound
traffic off a railroad like the Corvsllls
Eaafern, close up, a .harbor like
Yaqulna bay to ocean-going commerce,
end force the grain eropa of the. Willam
ette, valley over long haela and over
mountain ranges ere. to say, the leest.
not policies of - development. Those
policies of obatructlng natural meihode
of cooperation and our delegations I
congress and the United Statea senate
must- become aggressive , representa
tives of every Oregon Interest, includ
ing deep sea harbors, with an trammeled
railroad connections. , ,, , i,
1". teste to Besteoy. ' : 4
Ths people of Oregon do went 'what
ever Is right," and furthermore they are
going to try to get It. They realise that
In dealing with Harrlman- they- are up
against one of the kings of Wall street
who has ' the ear and confidence - of
Rockefeller. Morgan and Hill. The peo
ple of Oregon know that they are at the
mercy of the rate-making power, and) ae
Webster seld In the Dartmouth college
ease, "the power to tax la the power te
awsiruy. - - ;.,-.
Freight tariffs that paralyse In
dustrie snd substitute silent, smokMeee
chimneys for the singing saws ' ar
humming planets are always - follow, j
by -taxation-' and legislation In rat'
Uun. May that evil-day never c
Upon thle undeveloped community. 1
we never be compelled to mora he
tax the railroad we hsve In order t
the. railroad we have yl to f
the taxing power will not for,
erclsed ee unilateral prone"' -. -
Stephen A. Ixwell of p
upon the topic, "A Siusr 1
gon.". and among other, t...
speaker aald: ..,..
In- the march of --'
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