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', THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 8. 1906. I'JOOD TALKS OF LiD-POLICY Criticises National Adrpinistra - tlort and Deolares Entire Sys -,: tern Is Wrong. EVIL NATURALLY FOLLOWS v DECLARES THE SPEAKER Says Timberand Stone Acts Are Pro lific Source for Fraud Compare Land Policy , to Old Feudal Sys tem. . ' . - In a speech before People's forum ' Sunday night C. E.t 8. Wood' severely criticised the national administration ' for Its public land policy. The system itself Is wrong, he alf, and evil has ' naturally followed. The address has -' caused' a great deal of discussion, and , isiheraf ore adeemed,, worthy ot -J-epror ductlon In substance. J. He said that the system - of' land ownership, by which one holding; a deed for land can hold It. ha and his heirs, forever, vacant and unoccupied, against all comer, has Ita origin In the absurd theory of the feudal system, that the king was the owner ojr. sjl tfae-tland, and In exchange , for -military service," or some other . compensation, he.g.tve vast tracts of the country to' his vas Li als. dukea and barons, and . they. In turn, for services . or other compensa , tlon, subdivided these lands to ihelr . vassals and tenants, so. that the title to land, Instead of depending upon'pos . session and use, ..aa does the title to every other species : of proper. - de pended merely on a strip of parchment, signed by the over lord, who was sup posed to have the right to give the land to - whomsoever he pleased. Thts led : to the absurdity that the kings of Eng land gave, to their court favorites, or , upon some mere whim, whole states and territory In this country, and the men who was actually occupying and using tha land was ejected from it by the Individual who held title from the king's gift, though the king never saw . the land and neither did those to .whom he gave It. j Similar ysttm la Vie. gn nation on Its own account," Mr-Wood expressed a oertaln, amount "It arrogated to Itself the own- " ym'V,' ,w,ttn mow th". u"a r au the publle domain, juat as rrabbera .injhla s He said the "When tha United States set up for a aoverlegn he said, rship of kings had owned It, and 1 Instead of a king signing strips el parchment; glr- - In g away land. It waa now congress and a president who did It- This did -not seem so offensive,- because Congress and the president were supposed to be - merely the agenta of tha whole people, but her another falsity crept Into tha system, for not only la It a falsity to allow even the whole people to give away land to be hejd vacant and unoc cupied, but. In fact, congresa never, has represented the whole people. ' "Congress, Ilka every other depositary of power since tha beginning of his tory hss represented those few who. I out 'Of their superior ability or superior greed, have been Interested to make use of that power. In the early days, whan we had much land that waa free and open and were really, an agricultural and thinly scattered people, the evil of the power with which congresa waa clothed was not so apparent, but as population end wealth Increased, mak ing the exploitation of the people and - those lands and t ranchlses rendered valuable by reason of masses of popu lation,' then the avll of the power be- cam clearer, and congress became more visibly what In fact It has always been, and what all power has always been, the predatory tool for a few against the ' rights of the many.- .- "80, any-historical reasoner-could TESTS PATIENCE The Most Patient Portland Cltl . sea Mutt Shew Annoy : :, r. anca at Times -- . Nothing spoilt a good disposition- . , Nothing taxes a man's patience, ' Like any itchiness of the skin. Itching Piles almost drive you crasy. - AU day it make you miserable. All night It keeps you .awake. . Itch! Itch) Iichl with1 no relief- Just the same with Ecaema. Can hardly keep from scratching it You would do so, but you know it makes It worse. . Buch miseries are dally decreasing. People are learning they can be cured. Learning tha merit of Dean's Oint ment. Plenty of proof that Doan's Ointment will cure Piles, Ecsema or any Itchiness of the skin., 1 Read the testimony of a Portland citl aen. , - airs. B. Stanley of 11(9 tvon street, Portland, Oregon, says: "Doan's Oint ment Is a splendid remedy for all Itch ing akin troubles, xl was annoyed some years ago with salt rheum or tetter on my hands. The skin was sore and ten-der-and Itched terribly at times. Dif ferent home remedies lulled to ' have any effect on 'it and I was wondering what might be best to do when Doan's Ointment was brought to my notice. I got a box and from using it found quick relief from the Itching. On continuing the treatment I was completely cured and the skin was left perfectly natural, just as If there had been no trouble of the kind. ""1 am glad to recommend so reliable a preparation aa Doan'a Oint ment." For sale by all dealers. -Price 10 cents. Foeter-Mllburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember tha name DOAN'S and take no other. - have been such4 a proildo source of fraud, further exemplify this absurdity oftTetry-Tptt In effect, they pro1 vide that every cltlien of tha United States may take- up 1(0 acres of land, valuable chiefly for timber. This, on Its face, seems to be an equal right to all men and woman eltisena of tha United . i States, but It has tha same falsity at4, bottom, - that- there - la no power which rightfully can treat the unoccupp 1 lands aa a great cake and carve it W and band out a altce to each man and womin, regardless of the fact whether ha or she will make use of It or not Had actual use of the land and the timber been an element - of title, grafting In timber would have been Im possible, but as It was, people were Im ported from the east by carload lots to file their claims oa our Oregon timber, lands, with the absolute certainty -that these men and women had no use for the land and intended to make no use of It whatever, except to sell it to the have foretold, we have land grants 40 miles wide clear across the continent, given to railroads,- and other lesser grants to wagon roads, and railroads are authorised to exchange their worth less landr Inside the forest reserve for good lands, ! and swamp lands, really the most valuable tracts In the arid Eastern Oregon, are granted ostensibly to tha atate. but this Is a mere cover, for the atata hands these lands over to tha grafters. Against Interest of People.. "Now, the people as a whole, bad no - Interest .In -having these laws passed; " In fact It . waa against the Interest of the whole people; but th special pre datory people did have an Interest and while th. people slept they meed the power of congress ss their Instrument for wholesal robbery f the most vital element of any people', wealth the land. This could not have happened, no matter how corrupt congress may have been, just at It could not have .happened no matter how reckless and corrupt a king might have been, If It were not for the theory that congress had a right to glva away th unoccupied lands, to whomsoever It chose. If very man's title depended upon his use and possession of land, and not posses sion ror.ziv years or. six . years,, but h 1 tltlA avnlrlnv k. - K possaasin; It woutd tap.bTl.flt Th.tXr. anrone to araft through Mn... KaVtPr?flt. .ut ?f A1' Therefore; be . cause ..congress . would not hava tha power. Thla very form of tittle pre valla la th law today as to water. No man geta any greater amount of water by hla appropriation than he actually ' puta to a beneficial use, and .when he abandons the use of It, his title Is gone. - . "Tha timber and atona acta, which r iioss Without any question of doubt we believe the Bit ters will benefit arry-erson suffering from . Poor Appe tite, Insomnia, Belching, Flatulency, Headache, Dys pepsia, Indigestion, Costive ness, ' Biliousness, Female Ills, Colds or General Debil ity, A- fair trial - will con-. vinr vntt rt ita train. government had deliberately encouraged them - into fraud. ."In th first place It : had offered these tempting ' speculative claims to snyon who would take them," he said, "and the supreme court of th United Btates hsd decided, and It had become a rule of th interior department, that a person could borrow the money to pay out on th claim, pledge the use of the claim as security for the money and after the final certificate waa secured could sell the claim to the lender of the money for the amount of the loan. The only thing he could not do was to promise In advance to make this sale. Bu flimsy a' distinction as this simply Invited fraud. Vary few human lives could resist tha aubtla evasion that they were not promising to sell land when. In fact they, were, and to thla evasion for years officers of th land of rice, eager for fees, had let their countenance, telling people It waa a mere technicality, ao that It had been a customary and unwritten law that the prohibition sgalnst a sal In advance of final certificate waa a dead letter, and. Indeed, It waa too flimsy a distinc tion for any. mind really to grasp, for if a man la allowed Joborrowthe money and eventually- to deliver the land In exchange for that money, there really la no reason why he ahouldn't promise to do st In advance. The whole train of grafting vHs-and frauds really comes from the false Idea that unoccupied soil Is in tha gift of anyone to give away to anyone by mere paper deed." Bamedy la B arrested. ' Mr. Wood then said the remedy was either to .make actual possession and us tha element of title and tha aban donment of possession and use a for feiture of title, which waa tha an archistic doctrine - and -the one 'he favored. The other remedy waa by the single tax method,' which put. no tax whatever on Improvements, but taxed unoccupied land at Its full rental value, so that the person who did not usa and Improve land, could not afford to hold it against thla tax. He called atten tion, alao, to th fact that under th Influence of our enthusiasm for Presi dent Roosevelt and our confidence In him, and our excitement over the ques tion of reclamation of our arid lands, we were falling into an error which his tory had made, clear -and which had be come a settled principle of politics? namely r that a strong centralised gov ernment, administered by bureaus, eventually meant an over-rldlng of the will of distant localities, a neglect of their Interest and,, finally, a .control of the bureau by ahrewd plutocratic power, under the eame principle already given that where power-exists It will eventu ally be used by, those who will make pre dieted that In tha final outcome of, the matter"the- bureaus, now being estab lished to regulate the cutting of timber and the use of the graslng lands of the public domsln would eventually fall Into the hands of wealthy monopolists who, through then bureaus, would gain a- special privilege as to everything controlled by th bureaus. - , i, ' The "Different Store" v Fifth. Sixth land Washington Streets Olds -VJortman-liing Store News Stcrt. Opens it S:C0 A. M. tr.d Closes at 6:C0 P.M. THIS STORE HAS MADE THE WORD "BARGAIN" RESPECTABLE " ' WEDNESDAY A DAY OF UNUSUAL INTEREST IN EVERY DEPARTT'.ENT tarn Sale9' of ;: in a ffDaa Values to $k.00 for m n (0) A Unique and Original Method of. Satisfying Absolutely Everyone Coming to the Sale) ; v lOOK FOR YOUR SIZE IN THE DIAGRAM BELOW 1 "Qne of the hardest hings the careful, honest store has' to. do is to satisfyevery one who comes to share In the special values of a "Sale" and to disappoint no one. "Almost impossible," says the average merchant "Absolutely useless to attempt such a thing in a Shoe Sale," comes in a chorus from men who conduct shoe stores. But our shoe man's a genius I He's solved the problem "turned the trick" by the most novel and original idea we ever heard of. Whoever comes to tomorrow's sale of shoes will go away fitted, pleased, satisfied and singing our praises if only they'll I take the trouble to look closely at the accompanying diagram which tells the story of the -sizes. In buying shoes for such a great stock of shoes as ours it is quite important to bear in mind the great army of folk who wear shoes below the average in -size and .'tis a. harLthingto.dOL In variably the best buyers will become overstocked .withsmalLsizesEjcactlywhat Inrs-happened to. us. We might advertise in the ordinary way," that "we've so many pairs of shoes values to $4 for $1.98," . and an army of people would come trooping to the store in response half or more would be disappointed., jSo- we show you on the diagram exactly what to expect. Each dot represents a pair of shoes. At the left of the diagram you'll note - the- widthsacross- thetopJSJhe range pt sizes. e ina your width, then trace to- the:nght for; vnnr cirec and we've aa manv nairs in vour size as voulf find Hnt.a in'the anare vnur fincer rests on. Then we've added TWO FULL LINES , so that a person wearing an average size may,! be fitted, too if they get in early! Embraced in the salft is every popular, stylish Jast-an4-make-in Women's Shoes. Patent welt and turrr soles all heights of heel, Blucher or regular cut, in lace' styles, dull or bright tops, all splendid shoes, none worth-less than ?Z.50, others sell up to $4, fori Find Your Size on This Diagram I Count the Dots As Many Kinds of Shoes to Fit You in the Sale as There Are Dots Under Your Size mm ALBANY'S CHINATOWN I Values I $4.00 7 for te 2&3 -a&-4fW&S-5& 6 6f 1 & I 00 000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000' 0000 00 0 k i m A 0. 000 0000 0 00 0000 0000 0 000 0000 0000 AV 0 00 0000 000 0000 00 0 0 J - :::: ;nr - - : H7T;;-i: :::: HT;;;: ; 0001 . 0000 10000 000 f 0 000 0000 ,0000 0000 0000 000 00 0000 0000 I , i 1 -1 I 0 0000 0 000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0 000 0000. 00 0 0 Vf' 0000 Ittl 000 0000 0000 0000 0000 . II 0000 ( 000 0000 .U 1. , 000 0 , 000 . 00 00 000 1 " , . -4 - ' " " ' ' "-- -'- -- 0 0000 0000 0000 0000 0 000 0000 0000 00 0 ' 0000 000 000 W - ' 0000 0000 00 0000 000 0000 00 0000 I I) - 0 ' 00 . :': . - E 000 000 0 0 00 00 . 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 . 0000 0 000 00 Values to $4.00 for $jl.98 Take time to be properly fitted. A plenty of courteous, attentive and painsUking salesfolk and expert fitters on duty at your service. : IN ADDITION - TO ' ABOVEeetaihnsale anaTgeinhberITiIgh'Yrade shoes in fact you-may choose from almost our entire stock of high class footwear $5 and $8 Shoes, ' in men's or women's, for $3.89. The $5 values for $3.19. Boys' and Girls' Shoes at Special Sal Prices. - - - - - Thanksgiving Sales of Purse-Interest to Thrifty Housewives TAKE ANY ELEVATOR TO THIRD FLOOR Silverware '-Rogers; Carving Sets, Cranberry Sets Everything for the. Festal Boards at Less Than Jfou'd Expect to Pay HP TO BE DEMOLISHED . (Special Diipatrfe to Th Joernat.) Albany, Or., Nov. . Albany's China town la to be aold. Charlea Pfeiffer, administrator of , tire atata of Harper Cranor, deceased, wtllsell tha property at public sale. 1 Th passing of Chinatown marks an! vent In the history of the city. Forj years this was the center of attraction! for tha almond-eyed celestial -and here! many of their atrange and peculiar cus toms and religious ceremonies Aver observed. . Scarcely half a doten remain of what wm one a large Chinese colony. With It will go all. that remains of a very Interesting period In Albany's history, th last relic of the boom.aays. A CITY OFFICIALS ARE ELECTED AT GERVAIS! " (SneeUI Pwtwtea t The Jmraat.t Oervais, Or., Nov. . At the city elec tion held here yesterday a light vote waa Cast, five councllmen, a recorder, treasuror and marshal being elected. Councllmen elected were Ed DtiDtils. P. A. Mangold, O. A. Mlckef, August Nlhler and O. T. Molaan. P. II. Fltsgerald was! chosen recorder without opposition. Jns-I y npn ifamman acifat-d-orin weips Tnrj j treasurer and H. I Koester was elected . Special This Week: If 547 Rogers Bros. ' Silverware Tea Spoons, plain pattern, let of 6; spe cial . . . , 95 Tea Spooni, fancy pattern, set of 6: spe cial . . . . . . . . . ... ... ........... . . . 1.0S Dessert Spojons, plain pattern, aet of 6; spe cial ft.69 Desserf Spoons, fancy pattern, set of 6; special . .- .i , .fl.BO Table Spoons, plain pattern, act of 6; spe cial . f 1.80 Table Spoons, fancy pattern, set of 6; spe cial.. :..;... fa.io Set of six Knives and Forks; special 3.50 Sugar Spoons; special, each ......... ,.35 Butter Knives; Special," each " Cream Ladles; special, each . w. I... 35 Gravy Ladles; special, each ....'..... ".TO Soup Ladles ; special each . 1.50 Nut Cracks; special, each ' 45 Nut Ticks, aet f 6- ....!....... ,....1.35 Fruit Kniveir set of d;. . '. ; i.-o Guaranteed Steel Carving Sets Stag handle, 3 pieces, regular value $2.25; special . . . . , .,1.85 Stag handle, 3 pieces, regular value $2.50:. special . . . ...i.W ..3-00 Ivory celluloid handle, 3 pieces, regular value $2.75; special .......,..2.25 Ivory celluloid handle, 3 pieces, regular value $3.50; special ,.;.2.05 Stag handle, 3 pieces, regular value $3.00; special . . , -c-7 ....3.45 Stag handle 3 pieces, regujar value $-f.50; special ...a. . ...3.60 Ivory antique handle, 3 pieces, regular value, $675; special, 5.40 Ivory antique handle, 3 pieces, regubr value 3.00; special 6.45 Sta'g handle, 3 pieces, regular value $9.75 : special . . . ,8.40 Choice assortment of Carvers at special prices for this week. ,- V ' ' I Double-Plated Silverware on Nickel Silver , Tea Spoons, set of 6, regular value 75c; special ,.,..60 Dessert Spoons, set of 6, regular value $1.25; special. . . : .. .7.'. ... ... ...... '.. 05 Table Spoons, set of 6, regular value $1.50; special . 1.15 -Forks,-et-f 6,' rrgular value $L50: ape- cial .'. . .1.15 Knives, set of 6, regular value $1.50; spe cial ... . ..1.15 New lines of Candle Shades and "Shade Trimming for Thanksgiving. ' Libbey Cut Glass exclusive Portland a'gents. Name on every piece. Oil 'Heaters, every one eruaranteed, at 3.00 and 4.50 Special Sale Cranberry Sets 75c Seta for 58c Cranberry Sets of , 7 Jieceswithtinted border either blue or freen spray flowers and gold line, value 5c; special sale price, the set ....;..58 80c Sets 62c Cranberry Set, with decora tion of pansies and gold line, our 80c value; special sale price, the set ...631 95c Seta for 70c Seven-piece Cranberry Sets, -with decoration of small pink flowers, gold embossed, very neat, our 95c value; special sale price, the set ..TO $1.05 Seta for 5c Seven-Tiece Cranberry Sets of thin china, in neat shapes, with dec oration of gold border and gold line, our $1.05 value; special sale price, the set. 85 $1.15 Pets, for 90c Cranberry Sets of 7 pieces, with decoration- of pink flowers and ' heavy gold line, our $1.15 value; special sale price, the set .1 .OO . $1.60 Set $1.25 Cranberry Sets of 7 pieces, with decoration of bright : roses, green leaves and heavy gold border, our $1.60 value; special price, the set ........1.35 $2.10 Seta for $1.70 Cranberry Sets of 7 pieces, with decoration of American Beauty roses and heavy gold border, fancy shape, our $2.10 val.; special sale price, set l.TO These Specials Are Timely fithe or Hosiery to Buy v Special Wednesday in the Knitwear Shops Women's Underwear- ' Women'i- $1.25 Vests 98o Swiss-Ribbed Mercerized Long-Sleeve Vests, medium weight, in white, pink and blue, regular value $125; special 08 Women's $3.00 Union Suits $Z39 White - Merino - Swiss-Ribbed - Union - Suits, long sleeves, ankle lengths, half-open front, reg ular value $3.00; special .'.,........3.39 Women's $2.50 Union Suits $1.98 The "Mer0deVhite-Merino- Union Suits for c large women, sizes 40, 42 and 44, long sleeves, ankle length, extra silk-trimmed, regular value $2.-50; special ....... .1.08 Women's 50c Knit Corset Covers 38c "Merode" Knit Cotton Corset Covers, long and short sleeves, regular value 50c; spe cial . . . . ..........v... 38, Women's Cotton Vests or Pants 50c-Pure" White Cotton Fleece-Lined Vesta or Pants, neatly, trimmed; special at, each. ......501 wiftbeinieresU ed in this news. We -Invite-you ; fellows to come MEM And saunter thru the "Men's Store" a sec tion set apart by itself, where men may find the small belongings they need quick ly and without getting into the hurly-burly ' of other shoppers. Few specials tomorrow. Men's $6.00 Lounging Robes $4.59 Wool 'Lounging Robes in Oxford and Blue and Oxford and Red just the thing for, these chilly mornings; regular value $6.00; spe cial .... v.;.. 4.58 Men's $1.25 Underwear 97c Worsted- Ribbed Underwear, in tan, blue, flesh and natural gray, best $1.25 value; special at, garment . . . . ............ ... ;...9T Men's 23c Hosiery 19c Men's Hosiery in plain Oxford gray cashmere, also cotton in -plain tan, wine, black and silk-clocked, reg ular value 25c; special, pair ,,.,,.19 Men's $1.50 Silk Mufflers 98cC-Si)k Muf flers for cool nights and morning, in plain gry,rvy and cardinal, value $1.50; spe-cialTT-.,,.., 63 Hosiery Women's 33c HoV2Sc Winter-Weight Cotton Hose, ribbed, fleece-lined, regular 35c; special, pair ..........,.., ......35 Women's 35c Hoae 25c Extra-Siae Black Cotton Fleece-Lined Hose, very . elastic, regular value35e; special, pair .......35 Women's $3.50 Silk Hoaa $2.29 A line of- oeautitui Biacn Miv riose, wita elegantly-., embroidered boots, regular value $3,50; spe- ciatTpair . . . ......................39 Children 35c School Hose 25c Children's Black Cotton School Hose, .-fine-ribbed, food winter weight, all sizes, regular value 5c; special, pair .......35 Children's Cashmere Hose Children's 2x1 Ribbed. Black Cashmere Hose, full fash ioned -.-. Sizea 7 snd 7)4, regular value 40c; special, pair ........80 Sizes 8 and 85. regular value 45c; spe-la Sizes 9( 9yi and 10, regular value 50c; spe cial, pair 40 Women's Chic lleckdress Special Values Tomorrow First Floor. 50c and 60c Windsor Ties 25c A fine as sortment of Ladies' Windsor Tics in peatr de soie, some are navy bin with white polka dota, some are red with black 'polka -dote, also some in pretty Persian pattern, regular 50c and 60 values; special sal pnes . . . r ; ." r. ...... ,r;85 Ladies Silk Turnover Collars for 25c La dies All-Silk Turnover Collars, in white, handsomely, embroidered in navy, brown, pink, red or black, -also some in all bli' V; special sale price - Ladies' $2 Lace Yokes anJ T n' i .' Lace Yokea with st.Kk ettai-r- ', i suitable for making the r : - lace waists, also some hsn ' thas in cream 6lor, our ; cial sale price ' riy msrsnaii over n. n, Bianco anil Victor Cam bras.