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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING,. APRIL 17, 1005. HOW TO GET SLICE OF LAUD Watch the Indian ReserYa vtions ns They Open, Is One Way Some Information as to Flathead Tract in Montana. v 44' ' v-..' ( 1 !. . j . Still another good way to get ! pleo of tood land la to talt I advantage of tha liberal terms ' offered by the government to set- tiers on tracts reclaimed under ' 1 tha national reclamation act. Mr, Hasklna In his, next article will ' furntah a vast deal of additional '! information for those who ara land hungry. . 1 v- r : --v.. ,;;; ,; sv a. av a a. & a . . - By, FREDERIC J. RASKIN. ally lake their msdMna like mn and K tmi k to their homes determined areept (tin next chain of making good thai in offered by a limo vulunl govern ment, i Millions Tet to Da Opened. Th-aldes the Klitthead reservation, con gress has aulhorlKml. during th paai r or (wo, tha niienlnar of a number of oilier f ml In it rcnerva lions to setlla- liint, preliminary work In connection with which In now lielna- carried on In .1. a!.,... n.a,.,t 1li Inl al irAtt tii nun iui urji.i iiiivim tiu . . , - of these rrsf-rvatlnns that are to be I Incjcfq nil onened la over 7.fc00.000 acre. eseludlng lui,,nw tha Kiowa. Comanche md Apache res- ervatlona, OhIhIiuiiis, the areas of which are not known. During the current year, tho Interior department estimates that buHhlre the Flathead reservation, there will I thrown open to settlement at least four -or rive inamn ronrrva tlona containing 672.00,0 acres. Other in eavii case 11 is fiji.-i-vi " syatttm or nrawmg rrom ma jiin-..-ilnna received will be-followed. it la nr.. hahle that never agnlil will occur no rjui IS MAYOR'S CRY Ists on Blame IJeinir Fixed for Accident to Water Mains. Mayor Lane declared at meeting of tha wateV board yesterday that he li dissatisfied with the 'planner In which tha water department officials have there 1 hAniUff th. ajlt,,.Hin ?Mnllv hmnfht big land rush such a happened I about by a broken water main under the a nuniher or yeara ago wnw inn irrri-1 Willamette river. ie said that IT lrt- tory or Oklahoma was sei span irom formation given hlm i correct tho city the ohl jnuuin J errnory. auiu w w;i -u- i snouia not nave been without Bull Jtun plod by a Horde or nungry lann see water for a minute: thut the supply In thut caae and In the case of certain I could have been kept up by the. simple Indian reservations In the) past, huge turning of a ante bur which mlirht have crowds gatnereo aiong ina uoraers oi i been done in less thn two hour. the tract to l opened ana at a certain i jdp. Rffty. and a. W. Allen of th hour on a certain day. and at a given J water hoard, were inclined to be lonlen slKMl alerted In a race for tha best with the employee. They any that the lamia. The result oi me oia aysiem i irouoia la over ana the matter should were not satisfactory to any but the I be allowed to rest. R. B. Lainson and few persons who got tho most vamanie I Mayor Jane. however. Insist thatth lands. There were free-for-all flghtalfaota altall ba ascertained - and . Che over the question or priority oiciaims i oiame rixed for the accident. imgauon ana owier TT TT A TTO' TTYi T TT I M II II II J II 11 II II leadtna to endless complications. , , , : Indian, Allotment Byatem. Durlna the discussion of tha break l I in tna aunmergea , main ana me nun rjiuen( misnapa or . mismanaRemen . . . t-. I wiiiuii khvb pcupia aivuiK uii inn w t-o 1 n PITllin. Ill VII IHUinn. I nPICI TRllll I a J. I m , It wata. f ,M. jlr nbln. MlVAAi i. wit --ii. uwr. . Mayor um disputed superintendent be popularly aupposed. that thai In- Dodge'a assertion that tha reservolra.on dlans thereon are d.-prlyed pf their lhe wfmt Bldft of th- rlv. were at aH lanaa. un inn rornrary. vne iiri "v I tlmfta aunnlied with . water ennurh of the department, when congresa au thorites the opening of a reservation, Is to see that eacn Indian la Klven ail tne land he can use. Including: homeatead of 180 acrea. or a amaiiar tract or irri gable land, and probably noma rrailng and timber landa In addition, i Tbe In dlan Is allowed to choose his own land. Aa the amount allotted to him la as much aa a white settler can obtain from tha government, ha Is not discriminated against, despite the ideas of the aentl- nientallst. (Copyright 1909 by Frederlo J. llaskln.) in u nounclng that 1,200.000 acres of land I Is about '45,000,000 acres l: win r n ) in Washington, April 17. Tha president I Tbe total approximate area of ajl ln issue a proclamation before long I dlari reservations In the United States The nunwer the Flathead , Indian . reservation. I nf Indiana In thla ronntrv. exnentinc Montana, will be opened to entry and I Alaska ' and Including persons whose to provide adequate -fire protection. The Journal published the statement that these, reservoirs had fallen so low that the ' ' high . surface lines . were threatened at one time with being cut off from the source- of supply. Mayor Lane told Mr. Dodge that he had per sonally visited the reservoirs and found them to be mora, than half empty. MUSICIAN. TAKES. A SNEAK'S KEVENGE TTnltnS P.M, la.u Wlr 'Berkeley, CaL, April 17. tirave fears aettlement probably next fall. This blood Is mixed with that of tha whit are entertained that Mrs. Mar Wllklns. a peclal , act, oriand negro racw, is 300.OOO, or about I prominent In- the younger set of this congress. - A commission appointed by I the same number : II , ianas to ba disposed of. There win I would have 150 acres of land. As a the president Is now nimffM in lnsnect- Inr. classifying and appraising all of the will be done under estimated to- have city. -may lose her slaht as the result been found here by Columbus. If all I of the act "of a miscreant who haa not these Indians oweu on reservations, eacn l yet been apprehended bv tne police. mrmi 1 h.v. 1 KO .P.MH of : lnnd. !. A a a I . Tra Wtllrina la tha nrnnrlntni, ft be rive classes of lam1availabla for I matter of fact, nrobablr not mora than I fsshlnnnhln danclmr nendemv In , thia distribution, including agricultural, tlm- 50 per cent of the Indians live on reser- city, and last night while a dance was ber, mineral and graslng. These lands vatlons, snd one third of the total num- In progress In the ball, whih adjoins may be obtained under the provisions her, members of the so-called Five Civ- her apartments, she was. resting , near pf tho homestead mineral and townslte Used Tribes, reside v In the present an open window. Climbing to the wln- ' oi me unitea niaieii, "'istata or UKianoma- xnai is tne largeai aow py means or a rence, an unnnown the land Is agricultural and can bm ob-rndlan population In one state. Kan- assailant hurled a large can of pepper tained In 4 tracts of 160 acres each bylsas has the smallest population of In- into her face. i the payment of an almost nominal price. I diflss dwelling on reservations, about Some weeks ago Mrs. Wllklns dls: as mere are over au.oou.uuu people inijooo.. The Osage. Indians In Oklahoma I charged one of the musicians In her this country who would like to get 1 ar -,1 j0 be the richest people on the I employ, t He made threats of retaliation, something for nothing, a big demand for 1 fae1 t tho earth, considering; their av-l and he may be compelled to prove to the Flathead lands is expected. The I erage wealth. Other Indians are land the police his whereabouts at the time metnoa 01 aisiriminon is, to no pre- owners In many states or the union. I of the pepper throwing, ii uy intj incniuciii. ii ui 110 I J he lanas in wnax was iormeny xnaian 1110 nature or a lottery orawing. a i,ncio territory were allotted to individual in-1 Sav8 ox)r monev and buy a home at Kim dnu it InUnf. nr . tat Inttorlea. 1 j 1- .....n . k I oB your nioiiMy aim uuy m. nuniw ll h,7r;Ti---iW- Heights, see ad on page 3. as win oe ine case i me tiamran enlng." This Is not a lottery In Its Reservations la M States. Zra.. ;nJ" '1 ""Vr, '"Xrj.ZZ -:Th are Indian re.ervation. In !2 Many Ills come, .from- Impure :blood . w . . . , a.v r - - - - . . . - . ... ,.!-', ibvi mir tttnnrt mrl.H ram, v. all. states and to taiwllnilAS as aaa.f l.incr xt '1. v.i a.H xt i? riZ! I treat. Ion. laxv liver and flluetrlfth bowels. , iicw x ui a aim nuiiu vai'ii: , , ,. . . - . . the Pacific coast,' and 'from ! .?, "i""?"? 8l0.m- Michlgan slnd Wisconsin to Arisona and ; r-! "" nffloe of registration and a notary's New Mexico.' Homo of, theae? reserva-1 ice. xne tunction or tne notary win iionn v "r wen ui vcjra , wiu , ,...... i..),., .1,1. .rlmiinn. .1. tn.li MfjAiirpM nan . nn v . da , imxffinpii. I . " - i rrt tint ia. nuM nnthlnv fAi th. . nrlvll.fi. of taking a chance In the game. The the way from New York and North Car only - expense Involved for participants I olina win be the cost of transportation to tne if registration ana ; a notary s in function nf the notary will " ' v '.. iimii ni.j . "i "wv '"v 1. TT. .Li ii- . .... r ij I figure, annoy. ran 1 a TTir nomeaieanfl - reativ w 1 m f 1 ui 1 Anion, conuini uiw ii urcu .it. m. 1 u- . . . . i ...1.1. 1 1. ... 1 . iVSL0?. "l6'.. ope t0 obtaln ft"!:rf:10ll"n-ainen" cures, ntfr cent, at any drug stora. Doans 000,000 acres, and Montana and South Dakota eacn nave i.vuu.uuo acres. as from the government. ' JTsw Things In msg1strs,tloa. ' It Is honed by officials of the general land offtce that it will be found prac ticable to provide, facilities for. register- Kaniww contains only 8 2 2, acres of In dlan reservations.', lows zstt acres. '' .a,..'. . Lu. 1 a 1. . . . 1 . . itt, ,h.a raa, o r-..o . .Ithaa, -lVcr 'TI Jiif i, vw - vuupio UI . f C vT 1. ,1 V. ik. .rt moan's Reguiets, and give your stomach, of. which Is fquf to ti hear liver and bowels the help they will need. aL.,?e." brtnr easy, regular . passage. ing applications for the Flathead lands In the leading cities of the country. That, would lie- the 'ideal war to throw open valuable Indian lands to the whoJe I DrVL people. Then the Jewish immigrant I There are ;J3 Indian reservations In at New - York; would have an equal I n.iitnrni. n f h.m hoins- tnhahtt. ; chanca with th cowboy of the western Dy Mission' Indians. The Indians are f nxaaliala. . fam avn . a. . ajS HM . tAMn n f inn 1 1 w 1 - ' . . iu mini ui.vv....,i, . adopting tne government's plan or worK- iiothlng. .The expense to -the govern- n(Tvfor a nving, and last year alone ment and other m difficulties Involved thBy Kot tne government, to sell $5,000.- In this plan would be great and It may -,(, wortn- of thoir , land, so that they not be adopted for -that reason. ; Jr it mniii .ni.r ithr nwimuHim. tii.n that Is not the plan followed at tne open- lllK 1U1 (.lie nunruuu .iiutnn tir-, ci-t iviii i. ... . .... a. . . Houth Dakota, last year, may be adopted. aanon. vaoan-c Jutt . In audi case aDDlicanta for landa will - The difficulty of dealing , with ' the have to register at various towns where I red men is increased by the variety of there are land ornees in too vicinity tncir languages, customs ana otner of the bowels. Mlclile-nn over 8004 acres. North Cam-1 .nu....Kat.r. ' - ... - . . , - v, a.. ... I i.'J . I I ,vr, 1 IIIOIIU - a, a ' I . ,. . ILIIiJ Una 64,000 acres, ami f ew York 87,000 Eclectrie OIL Cures toothache, earache. sore throat. Heals cuts, bruises, scalds. Stops any pain. Beginning Tomorrow, Sunday, April 18 The United Railways Will Give an Hourly Service From the Chamber of Commerce From 6:15 A. M. to 11:15 A M. and From 1 P. M. to 6 P. M. Buy Your Tickets to Harborton at 272 Stark Street ,.' HARBORTON is the most desirable townsite on the new line only twenty minutes ride from Portland. , ' ; BEAUTIFUL' HOMESITES Graded streets, excellent water piped three quarters mile from' pure springs, good factory, sites. . : : HARBORTON is the scenic point on the Willamette, and is an ideal site for, beautiful homes. Rivers, city and mountain view the grandest in America. , ' A score of teams and an army of men are now grading streets, excavating for, water mains and contouring the beautiful hills. We are representing a strong financial organization of repu table business men, who ask only .fair returns for their investment and recommend HARBORTON as the best field for investment around Portland.' FREE! FREE! FREE! .'.':.'..' ' ' r . . .'..! Free Tickets to Harborton From 9 A; M. to 3:15 P. M. Sunday GET YOUR TICKETS TO HARBORTON FROM DAWSON & ROBERTS, 272 STARK STREET - HEPARD & H AGENTS 1018 BOARD OF TRADE if. ARDY of the Flathead reservation. , osebnd'g Overregistratlon. . Even under such - circumstances a great crowd of eager homeseckors Is expected. Men and women will ' pay railroad fare for hundreds Of miles with the hone of. aettina a , "look - In at the Klatbead opening. At the Rose bud opening about 115.000 applications characteristics.. Recently a request. was received at the Interior department for a translation or "tne inamn language. In ' reply tha department stated that there are over 300 recognised different Indian languages and dialects,.,, .- The policy of opening Indian reserva tlons to settlement is calculated to de velop the great west. It la the nolicv that has been pursued successfully for were filed and "only 000 names were B0Veral generations.; Everything from tne Atlantic to tlM : Facirie, except the It original colonies and Texas was at one time or another public land. Out drawn. The last thousand of these were entitled to benefit from the draw ing . only - as . possible . substitutes Tor some ot tne swuu ana' ooa persons wnoae f t 2fi states have erown. Although i'.m0 .were rwni."r i-i". lVLtrrth Pbllc land Is being entered at the i M. I in J i.ty lauiiiijiv tv k vhw iLn s w vvn- rata ir it nun linn mrtftm a uansi i- aka soantl forfaftcd tMtr 'Unda.-' Fwlftll I ,m ,?; -unsppropriattd A-ii4--..'uWre8srved about 800,000,00 acres in all. , Assuming all to-- be agricultural land, 6.000,000 people my .yet ootain nqmesteads. ment of the law Includes actual rest dence on the land, the making of Im provements, the .partial payments periodically.- ,.'"-'. . -' -Tea .Thousand Homes in the Tlathaad. r The Flathead reservation should fur nlsh homes for 10,000 American homS builders and it Is likely that from 10 to 20 times that numbet will file ap- l.,a tlnnai . ,.Th. -ei-iiatnl r-nnlnt !: of - lh whole affair will occur when the draw ing takes place. . At tha Rosebud open in a- that important function was per formed - by two- little - girls . and ' two little boys. One of the girls was little bud," as she was called, daughter of Mayor Rose of Dallas, - 8. D., a town 'situated on the outskirts of the reser vation. As these children danced around in the pile of homestead applt- r,.tlnna. Irir.klnar them un with their iin fna.t tha .mnl Inn. nf tha rrnwil or I ttrnL . i nrea or tne ooaies taken rrom the 1 USE -TRAPS MUST GO, 4 SAYS SAX FIvAXCISCO w s , , j, , . . (United Press Leased Wlre.y. San Francisco, ; April ( 17.Search is belne made In the ruins ot the St. George tenement house for th bodies Demt Rose, "the real Rose of the Rose-J of John Burrell and Jerome O'Hara, the only two inmates of the place who have not Jtteen accounted for sines the fir early yesterday. Six bodies have been recovered from the .ruins and ft la h.. lleved, tlj total death list will be hut DDllcants present grew "alternately hot and cold. The strain was (Teat, as the drawing lasted for several days. debris have not been Identified. - The The others are those of C C. Ortwrlght of names of the winners were announced by megaphone and on typewritten lists. ' Town lota aa rirst Choio. Those m'hose names- are drawn first have a 'right -to first choice of the lands thrown open and the first choice usually falls upon lands In the vlclnltv of the townsites laid out by the gov ernment. At these town sites small building lots ar sold to persons who prefer town life to farmlntr. Tha an. pllcants for Indian lands Include young oacneiora ann airin, married men. seek ers for health and wealth, denlsens if eastern cities ana-western rarmers, and 1 ri 4 --Ci fflf A f CI mff many persons who, having mada a fall-IOAXo JplU JUJ 1UU v f iirs nrtitm rm sitTiam r Kv4n sail I s"iBJjj xr.?wx-.T?v.r:z little for lumber Salem. Or., who died after belnar t ko to the hospital; W, H. Johnson, an Ari sona miner, - and - Thomas O'Brien, a local expressman, - . , : ': - As a result of the disaster a crusade has been started against buildings of dangerous construction? , which - were erected hastily after the great lire three years ago. Th press la united in . its protest against - this class - of Duiidings and as a result it is probable a number of death traps now existing nere-wiu pa torn aown in in near future. "Hours and days saved" sickness averted by prompt use of Orangeine frWin) For Colds, "Grip.-Head-ache. Chill. Indigestion. "Out -of-Sorts Fecline." Jr Act culddy. IJon -secret. Pure remedy. i (Called Pwt Leaa-d Wlr. Vancouver, B. . C, Aorll 17 faUmher prices, which hsve been stiffening owing to sn Increasing demand from th Can adian northwest, will be advanced shortly as a result of a conference of (the member of the British Columbia lumber and shingle manufacturers asso ciation held here yesterday. A member ! or the association stated today that It j woo Id be only a short time b-?fore a mvT. in inn taireviion wouia E- mane. At present there- la no rigid base prlt-e." said the lumberman, "but It I generally accepted that 110 for- rough lumber Is the rule. This Is altogether too low to permit of a profit, and an advance must come." . . c r FIRST OF JAP EXHIBIT, ARK IVES FOR A.-Y.-P. ' (TBlled Ptcts Lr4 Wl. P-attle, April 17 The first Install ment of tbe big display to he made by Japan at th Alaaka-Tukon-l'aolflc e"x rxxMlon was landed In Seattle totay fnwi the steamer Ton Mam. lit art.il ton te a large shipment of knockdown liiflinr and booths for bouetng th -hihlt, the vesaa.1 bronsht over IS men in handle eshiblt srrsnaetna,,,!, jM-ir.r , lk. opening ef (he exposition. Th orkm.n thia morning rx-sn t h w. '"n et bootiif; and display rrst)rnnta. 1v sr prciUM a 11 h a lar onan v r-f Hn-hwi and otfir hattre prot . i. for ftiti.hire a Irnly natiorl at. sr'-, i alout the Javanese bt.i..1.r g . : Electric .; : . Ant omobiDes Arc Coming Fast - Because in five years they, have im- proved more than . gasoline cars,' al- - though the two fields are distinct. Electrics are ideal for use In' city 2 streets, for theatre-going or as the noise less lady's car for calling or shopping. Electrics also make a splendid com mercial vehicle. '-'r - - Sec The Electric LIflht Company , Ask them to give you the latest in . formation about Electric Vehicles there is a good deal of difference be. 'tween BEFORE and NOW. . Electrics go faster and farther than they did in the old days. Get the infor mation you should have now, TODAY. Portland Railway, LiglitandPoverCo. .Xliis Tear'! fl'tVf iO W(8 fl 19 mums Is of Unusually fine Quality. WILL BE ON TAP TODAY SATURDAY, APRIL 17th IN MOST OF THE LEADING BARS OF THE CITY Orders for this excellent Bock . - Beer in -bottles or in kegs taken at the office of the Henry Weinhard Breweiry Pac Phone Main 72 13th and Burnsitfc Streets Home P:ci ' PORTIAN'D, OPiE. ' A 1172 I 1