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2 OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, ..SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1910. BUXTON STRIKES r finniiF w w s w mm ucAwiccT di nu - IILMILUI ULUir f ' " v .1 I Master of State Grange Says Assembly- Plan Would De stroy Direct Primary De fends Farmers in Article. rtteiforoffleo.AniL-ln the conduct of public affairs, : Befat U Judge Lindsay. "These conditions already Indicat ed, have not been peculiar to our state. We have not been more 'unfortunate than manv others. Read Judge Llndsey's atory of conditions In Denver. How. when he caw the plain trail of the po- fiil.l 11. I - .t I 1 I. m rt tf ARM of t:.e great parties, he turned hopefully ( J1" correspondence which passed and confidently to the other. Mow he $2,325,000. For Oregon Reclamation Work Prior id 1912 '- By John K. Lathrop. Washington, V. CV Jan. II. Bearing vitally upon the future ef Irritation in Oregon. Senator Chamberlain recently found there the unmistakable that the same beaat had pre hlin. It la again the an me old Declaring that If attempt be made to work the asK.mbly and direct primary j i(fl) ,Q pymt ,,. ,nrlli,nr, , the soon signs ceded story. 'Ordinarily It makea little difference to 'the tiger,' the system,' 'the Interests, or whatever term you may . choae to apply, what party may happen to be In power ao long aa they are able to make their influence felt In naming thoae who may be nominated aa candidates. Till service they are usually able to perforin for both parties and thla Is the whole milk of the cocoanut. Oregoniasa Take Steps. iiul the people of Oregon have taken togethrr one will destroy the other: In- ( sisting that the principle In the two are , diametrically opposed an! cannot mix; ' iltiOting from the orgAnlc law of the ; intlonul organisation to Justify the hos tility f Ongon gr.mg-s to the a Bcmhly scheme, and pointing out the ' Vi-gent necessity of oppoaing thea v Mf-mhly procciam. Honorable Auatln T, . Jtuxtoh. inaKter of the Oregon State (Jrange, 1ms l.un a stHtement that I wldoly regarded as one of the heaviest .'.blows yet dealt the, effort to return it convention rule in this state. The statement appears in the Orange Bui J.'tln. the official publication of the oiOVr, and Is Issued an warrant to the ! subordinate granges for the stand they ' are taking in defense of tbe direct primary. Qnotea Trtrm Declaration. It nuotea from the "Declaration of Purianws" adopted by the National , ' Grange at an early dato In Ita hlatory to Khow that, in their unrelenting op. i position to the assembly, the subordl nate granges and the members thereof are'clearly within their rights, and In complete harmony with the purposes of lite organisation. In full, Mr. Lluxton's statement Is as follows: here are tlmea when It la neees ' nary to .exercise great care, wise fore thoufc-M, am well as firm conviction and dauntless courage In the conduct of grange affairs. , While it cannot be aald that ' the ''grange itself is on trial In ' this state, yet it Is true that many of , the policies which the grange has been , championing to a greater or less de . gree, are on trial and that there It an i attempt on the part of many to faaten . tne responsibility for any alleged de- ' feet or so-called vagaries In these po- - luteal id aa and principles of govern ment upon the grange. . Attempt Had to Bidloule. ' 'The attempt Is being freely made to cast ridicule upon this organisation for the part it has taken In promulgating those. ideas and In defending those prin ciples,. - . v ' ," , "It Is being criticised for fighting Tor political principles while claiming to be a non-political organization. We have been and our being told. In ef- feet, that the farmers, should mind their own .business; that we should tend to cur plowing and sowing, to the har vesting and garnering of our products In order that the world may eat, but that we should leave political matters Km those better fitted by their training tjj handle them intelligently. , Let us ''In the 'Declaration of Purposes," A-ibptcd by the National Orange early in lis history, ond which has stood as the 'platform' upon which the order bases all Its varied lines of work, are found tlicse statements: : . Grange Hot Political. : "W emphatically and slncereiy as-s-rt the oft repeated rule taught In our organic la', that the grange la not a pilltlcul or partisan organization. No grange. If true to its obligations, can discvas partiHan or sectarian questions, nor call political conventions, nor nom- ijiate candidates, nor even discuss their merits in its meetings, t ,'et the principles we teach un derlie, all true politics, all true states manship, and. If properly carried, out. Will tend to purify the whole political atmosphere of our country. "'It Is right for every member to ilo all in ills power legitimately to In fluence for good, the action of any po litical party to which he belongs. It is Ins duN" to do all he can In his own party to put down bribery, corruption 1 a id trickery; to see that none but com petent, faithful and honest men, who will unflinchingly stand by our Interests are nominated for all positions of trust.' , runners Large Factors. 'Thc farmer is a part, and in manv ij(al;8 a large part, of the political (actors- of the country. He has an un doubted right, and should maintain the undaunted courage to exercise It. to eaiwwlvr, through his organisation, mat ters affecting his political welfare and 1 1 use ills organisation to advance his interests along these lines. ''The people of Oregon, like those of most other commonwealths, have often found that their political machinery did not meet their political needs. They tound that their representative govern ment, . so-called, did not always .-enre- sent the real Interests of the wnole n-o pie. They found that the Influences of bribery,, corruption and trickery were too often felt In the selection of candi first mis after FKEE TO THE 11 QOPTUB A New Home Cur That Anyone Can Use Without Operation, Pain, Danger or Lots of Time. 1 1 have a new Method that cure rupture and wain yvu 10 iw ii, ai my expense. J am not ; trying to eeli you a Truss, but offer you a eurt .; tbat stays cured and ends all truss-wearing and v, dviwikuuuuu turover. ,tio matter whether you have a single, doublf iq un rupture r one louowtng an operation ray Method is ao absolute cure. No matter what your age nor bow bard your work, my Method will certainly cure you. I especially want tc end it free to those apparently hopeless cases . wiiris bij iotus m trusses, treatments and opera lions hare failed. I want to show everyone at roy own expense, that my Method will end al luptiire suffering and truss-wearing for all time -I his mean better health, increased physics bility and longer life. My free offer is tot runortant to aeglect a single dev. Write oow r.d begin your cure at once. Send no money simply mail coupon below. Do it to-day. I fa GMT II LETT I ' 1 i II . ..'. f V II J-Vrtmr. ,.,.,........,... j4.Mf.CM, .... ...... .V,. . FREE COUPON Mark location of Rup- ira on uiagram aod mail to DR. W. Si RICE T96ilaia Pt.. Adams. V. V. Am. Tim Eupturtd naming of the candidatea in the place and to prevent the radical representation of their Interests election. . "The grange, true to its original plat form, has championed thoae principles whi-h appealed to it as tending 'to purify the whole political atmosphere of our country,' and which guaranteed tnat"'r.one but competent, faithful and honest men who will unflinchingly atand by our Interests are nominated for ail positions of trust.' It fag fav ored direct legislation and the direct primary law, and It now desires to see the taws upheld, I think. It must now be cleat that In this the (Tang of Oregon has not In the least over stepped tne original purposes or prin ciples of the organisation and the crit icism which others- have sought to dir. against ua on thla account fs without foundation. "Whether or not the means we have favored to attain the ends desired are the b at that could have been devised Is a matter of Judgment Measures Distasteful. That these measures are exceedingly distasteful to the' professional poll ticlapa, that they are being continual ly ridiculed by this element under the guise of friendship, that they are sub Joct to a fire of repeated criticism from an unfriendly press, which is seek ing by constant-hammering to create public sentiment' against them, that there Is a growing boldness on the part of those Who have, been inspiring much of this and secretly plotting their over throwall this Is no argument that they are. wrong in principle or that the methods that they supplanted were either right In principle or conducive to public morals or public good. "But I am writing at this time not so much to answer objections to the meas ure in question as to answer the criti cisms which have been directed at the grange for rallying to their support. Charges Are raise. It has been charged that the grange ction 'springs from total misapprehen sion of facte and conditions.' It Is said that the convention or 'assembly,' which is a milder term that has been adopted to allay suspicion, 'cannot supersede the primary'; and all those who are calling most loudly for a return to the conven tion methods are continually proclaim ing with the same breath their undying love tor the direct primary. "I suomit that this proposition is rid iculous. 'Jut exactly as the direct pri mary supersede the convention, so a return to the convention system will supersede the primary. The two systems are diametrically opposed to each other. Thy are based on opposing principles and will not mix. The convention sys- tam opens the way for the rule of a boss or machine. Control of nominations through packed conventions, when de sired, never has been or never csn be effectively prevented. With, the direct primary, there Is no packing and aucb control is Impractical 'except it be ex erclscd over the whole electorate. . js mere auy misapprehension in the fear of such abuse or control of the convention system? The history of the sysiem is too plainly written, the tale has been too often and too clearly told to merit repetition here. "Bui.' it is said, 'the assembly will not mane nominations. It will simply offer candidates, who must go to the primary for approval or rejection and no one supposes their presentation oan or would shut out others' Inrieri' n,it the assembly does propose to 'offer can didates.' This is Its particular object. And it will place behind those who will be there selected, by the methods of the old-lime convention, the united support of all t.ie Influences that the reincarnat ed political machine is able to command and boost them at the primaries. "Is anyone simpls-minded enough to suppose that an Independent candidate -would ktand a ghost of a show against those 'offered' by the convention? There would be one of these candidates for each office, and he would receive all the votes that machine influence could control. The other votes would be scat tered among all those who offered them selves by any other means. Does any one have any doubt who the burnt offer-! inga would be. and where the nomina tion would go, under such conditions?! Principle Would Be GHne. I "Would anyone who felt an overpow fiinH "le-oiic to serve tne dear people think of 'offering' himself by any other means than the convention, after it had been fully restored to power? It might still be left as a matter of form, but the principle involved would be gone and all nominations for important offices would reguiariy oe maae at the convention. 'In an article regarding direct legis lation I pointed out a short time ago that the attempt was being made to In volve me question In partisan prejudice. The same thing is true in this case and therein lies the danger to the grange, as well as necessity for care in treatment of the matter referred to in the opening of this article. I believe that no fear of ridicule or criticism or threat of political dfsruptlon sho II Id he permitted to swerve the Kranire from steadfast adherence to the principle In volved in Doin tnese measures. "With the partisan aspects which a sought to be thrown about the case, the K range Is not concerned and should un der no circumstances, permit Itself to be involved. Furthermore, the ffranva should carefully avoid associating it. solf with the question in such a way as to advance any individual's bersoni in. tercats. A. T BUXTON " Salem Poolrooms Raided. o . t JS",eBX Bura of Tbe Journal.) SALkM, Or., Jan. 22. Chief of Police . D. Gibson with Officers Al nviaH Frank Jory and Sam Burkhart im two Halem dooI rooms last nicrh arrests were made for violations of the law relating to minors visfrinr ,,..h places. 8. U Morgan and L. H. Geier. two proprietors, and Dudley Johnson; N. P. Bennet and Llovd m legcu. minors, were taxen into by the police squad. custody CouMef Ruptur Notarial Commission. , e. , BPe'l Wipstch to Tbe Jourul.? Salem. Or., Jan. 2i. Notarial commls slontiave beeiKlssued to Louis Vierhus, Oregon City; W. W. Austen. Hamilton; George T. Ollne, Klamath Falls; a Le- ionucau. roiiiaud; AJ G. Crawford. I discover new projects of a magnitudo Uermlstfli, aud John- y. wallgn, Adama. ' not too reat td undertake, ojr axtenslong between Dim and Secretary Balllnger, In which the secretary virtually ends question aa to the abandonment of the Malheur prpjeot. saying that the, land owners In that vicinity prevent the gov ernmcnt from entering- on; -work. Tha secretary also In answer to Senator Chamberlain's letter asking comprehen slve Information aa to the status ef the government's irrigation operations In Oregon reviews the history of what has been done to date. It is pertinent at'tbJs point to say something In answer to criticisms which have been passed on the reclamation service for alleged failure to give -notice to settlers that they could not bo assured that water would be placed on the nnda they took up, and that esti mated dates for completion might have to be extended. The reclamation service arranged that I the general land office should give to all settlers on proposed Irrigation pro jects official notice In these respects, and if these notices did not get to the settlers It was not the fault of the re clamation service, but of the land of fice, It is maintained. . ' Quoting Senator Chamberlain's letter to Secretary Balllnger In part, he says: . Obambarlala'a Xttsr, . 'Section of the: reclamation act of June 17. 1I0:, directs that the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of publlo lands within Oregon shall be expended In that state, and that ul timately. In any event, within each 1 year period after the passage of the act, the expenditures shall be equalised ac cording to the proportions therein In dicated As T understand the matter, the funds arising from the sale of pub. He lands in Oregon for the fiscal years rrom that ending June 10. iioi, to that ending June tl. 1(01. were a little over $.600,000. and for the two years additional they may be estimated at something over 12.000.000. making In all an amount of 110,000,000 or more. "The major portion of this $10,000,000 would be at least $5,100,000. and this should be expended within the state of Oregon within the 10 year period after the passage of the act. or by June 17, ;11. On the Umatilla project there has been expended about $1,200,000, and on the Klamath project about $2,100,000, of which-latter amount 7t per cent Is chsrgeable to Oregon, making a total of $l,67S.OOO on this project chargeable to that state. This, added to tl.200.UOO of the Umatilla project, makea $2,776.- 000 out of the $6,100,000 which Is ex pendable in Oregon up to 1912. In oth er worn, there la $2, 325,000 more or less which should be devoted to work in Oregon." He then submitted five questions, to which he asked answer categorically, these questions being quoted in Secre tary Balllnger's reply, which read as follows: alllner Beplies. "I have received your, letter making certain Inquiries regarding the policy of this department with respect to the con struction of Irrigation works In the state of Oregon. "Below Is given a full text of section I or the reclamation act, to which you refer, and particular attention Is re quested to the portion underscored: "Sac. 9. That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of this act, so far as the same nay be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible Irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each state and territory, hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and seml- arid lands within the limits of such state or territory; provided, that the secretary may temporarily use such portion of said funds for the benefit of arid or seml-arld lands In any partlcu lar state or territory hereinbefore named as the may deem advisable, tH. when so used the excess shall be re stored to the fund as -soon as practica ble, to the end that ultimately, and in any event, within each 10 year period after the passage of this act. the expen dltures for the benefit of the said states and territories shall be equalized according to 'the proportions and sub iect to the conditions as to the practlca bility and feasibility aforesaid "Soon after the passage of the recla mation act, investigations were started throughout the arid portion of Oregon to discover feasible irrigation projects, with the result that two projects were found which appeared to be feasible from a physical standpoint, namely, the Klamath and Malheur projects. After surmounting a great many difficulties, including necesaary legislation by the United States and the states of Califor nia and Oregon, and the purchase of large rights and properties necessary for the project, the Klamath project was finally approved and construction start ed. Efforts were made to remove many difficulties In the way of the Malheur project, the principal ones being the large land holdings in corporate owner ship and the complications of rights of way, water rights, etc. After strenu ous and long continued attempts to overcome these obstacles the project was finally abandoned as being infeanl ble. This decision was reached mainly because of the sentiment of the land owners, expressed In letters received by the department Jn August, 1906. One of these signed by 21 leading land owners and business men on the project, con tains the following: we are not k ne understood as criticising the reclamation service; in fact, we are relying on it, and we as sume that $42 per acre Is the lowest acreage charge on the government plan it is our Judgment that a very heavy percentage of the land selected by the reclamation service to bear this lien will not bear It, and the farmer who undertakes the task will, as to much of this land, find himself in bondage and oeaten.' "A letter dated August 2, 1905. and signed by C. E. S. Wood, attorney for the Wagon Road land grant, began as roiiows: " 'The settlers in the Malheur valley believe that not enough land can be bought under the present Malheur irri gation system at $42 an acre to warrant the carryingout of the present plan. "Investigations had in the meantime been pushed on the Umatilla project. and this was finally approved and con k( ruction has been advanced nearly to the state of completion. "The cold climate, lack of transporta tion facilities and prior rights of irri gation companies, and other difficulties on projects in the central part of the state, have,- up to date, prevented the fulfillment of the conditions of the rec lamatlon act by any known project in that region. "In the meantime the operation of the law requlre,dthe construction of projects in the other states affected by the act, and these have been taken up to an extent that, requires the entire accre tions to the reclamation fund to carry them forward with the speed demanded by economy and good engineering- ivev erthelees, the department recognise the force of the provisions of section 9, and is sUii prosecuting investigations 'to I 1' i "l - -JC- ' . I , lit I , f - I .V'l I " ? I5M . .1,11 . i I I i 1 I Li. ! , . C ,11: II ir -,-- r ) ft t.r' AVI ill ! ,. i it I i 'SAB I .IS .. yv 1 I w s 'SS I - .'v w , t v DREGON DIOCESE ISI1F ; Second Among -AH of United States In Percentage of . " Growth for Year 1909. - ; ; The Krlneopal church in the: diocese of Oregon stands second among all the dioceses In the United States lit. percent age of growth during the past year. Thla abatement is made by the Living Church Annual, of Milwaukee, ' Wis., and Is based on official rrporti.' ' ' Contributions from Oregon churchmen for their own work and for missions have been much larger than In former , years, and segregate more than the dis tricts of Olympla and Bpokane.com-blnadV-and er as Jargo as California and Los Angeles. ..,.. , - ' interviewed by The Journal regarding the report. Bishop ScHdding said: 'It Is a satisfaction to henr this news, but It might give Episcopalians a bad cas of 'megalomania' were it not for thelcoun- ter-lrrifant of the consclousnesa df the many things we have not done, of tho ' many places where we have hot grown. "The growth in membership and con tributions Is largely due to tbe hard work, of tho clergy, and the at run a addi tions to our clerical force recently Of the following clergy, who have come to ue from the east: Rev. 8. M. Dorrance t Ashland, Or.; Rev. F. B. Bartlett to Oranta Pass, Or.; Rev. William Lucas to- Medford, Or.; Rev. C, W. Baker to Hose burg, Or.; Rev. O. W. Taylor to Bell wood, Or.; Rev, Roy O. Remington to All Balnts', Portland; Rev, r. Baum to Corvallls. Or.t Rev. William Rosen- niueller, to AstorlavReV. H. R. Talbot to St Davld'g, Portland; and to the deacon ess', work, done by Miss Caroline P. Sheffield in vaeant missions. I hope," continued the blshon. "that the high standing Oregon has taken among all the dioceses In the Episcopal church will stimulate our members to greater things next year. ., Our church school for girls St. Hel en's Hall and the Good Samaritan hos pital are self-supporting, and are doing excellent work In the community. But. In almost every parish and mission there are men and women who are mere church adhorcnts, nominal members. who are taking but little Interest, and Hss activity, in church extension. These must be. aroused, end this means per sonal work on the part of bishop, clergy and those laymen and women already bearing the burden. ' "Our Immediate attention must be turned to the reopening of the Bishop Scott academy, and the adequate endow ment of the Episcopal fund, in order te relieve parishes and missions of heavy sssessments for the bishop's salary. Our truclees have both these matters under consideration. I am far more pleased with tUe 'frmllyjdea' which Is uniting us in our work; with the evidences in many places of a quickening of spiritual life, than, with all the good results that can be tabulated." At the top: United States senate commission at Browning, Mont., Black foot project. Senator Chamberlain In automobile at left; in center, Klamath project, Oregon, Intake gate gatehouse and concrete lined canal; at bottom, Umatilla project, Oregon, Qold Springs reservoir and outlet tower. ... . - of existing projects so as to r-omply 1 probable revenue by holding back work with the law. in other states. Speoifio Questions and Answers. I " 'Third Assuming that this money "Specific answers to your five Ques tions are given herewith: " 'First Do your plans contemplate expending the major portion as above described that is, $3,335,000 in Ore gon, in 'addition to present expenditures before 1912?-' "They do, subject to the conditions of feaslbrrttxantrp-racticability as outlined in the law. " 'Second Will this amount be avail able from the probable revenue, and will it be devoted to work in Oregon. even if projects in other states must be held back correspondingly?' The amount mentioned is much less than the annual receipts into the reclar niation fund, and 'will be available from is to be expended in Oregon, is It your plan to utilise this sum for the com pletion of the Klamath project, which I understand will require in ajl about $4,800,000?' . "It is, subject to ttus compliance by the water-users with alt the terms of the contract between the United States and the Water-Users' , association " 'Fourth The- 'ejnount of $2,325,000 will, I assume, be. more than sufficient to complete Oregon's share of the Klam ath project. If this Is the case, will the balance be devoted to extension of the Umatilla project, or to begin, some other project in the state7". "It will be the policy to do whichever, appears most feasible, subject to the conditions of practicability and feasi bility, as defined in section 9 of the reclamation act. ' 'Fifth Assuming that there will be a balance which will not be needed for Klamath and Umatilla, will you devote this balance to the .Malheur project?' "None of the difficulties have been overcome which were at one time re. garded as rendering this project infeasi ble, and It is not likely that they could be overcome at this time. The" depart ment has not felt Justified in assuring the land, owners that the project would be taken up in case those difficulties could be removed, because the cost of the cheapest project that can be prop erly worked out on the Malheur is more than $3,000,000, and is so much in ex cess of the requirements, of the law and would impose such a hardship upon IDAHO FALLS LEADS AS POTATO 'CENTER (Special Dlspslch to Tbe Journal.) Idaho Falls, fdaho. Jan. 22. Diifina the past year the freight records show that over 6000 cars of produce were shipped from Idaho Falls, mot of which were potatoes and small grain, althougii a few cars of cattle and other produce was also shipped. Potatoes are the main crop and Idaho Falls Is fast winning the enviable reputation held so many years by Greeley, Colo., In the eastern markets, and now Idaho Falls potatoes are in Just as great demand. The suc- cesful farmer raises 500 bushels of po tatoes to the acre, which sell easily at 80 cents per bushel, making $300 to the acre. .Joe Taylor, known as the potato king of the Idaho Kalis country, has the product ,of ii acres which ho intend" shipping east as soon aa the price Is sat isfactory. other projects, owing to the present state of the reclamation fund, that 1 do not feel at this time warranted in con sidering the projeot 'practicable,' under present conditions, even though the re moval of all the difficulties involved should' render it 'feasible.' "A provision by congress for the Issue of bonds as recommended In my annual report, or other means of expediting tho work of the reclamation swvice, would undoubtedly bring the Malheur project within the realm of consideration. "If conditions on the Klamath and Umatilla projects warrant pushing work at those points with rapidity so that they can be completed in 1912. the cost of these projects will exceed the present restricted fund for Oregon by more than $1,000,000. The uncertainty of future receipts is such that there is at present no assnranoe that the amounts expended upon these two projects will not nearly or quite equal the restricted fund at tho end of the 10-year period. ' "(Signed) R. A. BALLINSER, "Secretary." is s ii iiri i ii ; journal want ads. bring results. Tie Meter Frails sre Cz-vflwT! T5) -Hc. Tl Editions ilSSHJl 1Q)1& Mil DeLiSe 1 .. .' ' . -Jt K ' i . " u " . .-'. , H ' -. ----. 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