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h '' . - THE OREGON ' DAILY- JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1910. - I m lets fmailseSe I:.. 9, foss Companies Get Easy A' ' I II? 1 f-. Money oy . mimwis Decade : the Postal Authorities Define : Vpacket" to .Suit Therni 1 kfi1 1 F By John ,E. Lathrop. . - shlngton. Feb, ; 1. "If Pre sldent nd rostmaster General Hitchcock .forpret existing law as It 'should si.reted. th deficit of tl7.Ml.7H ,V' annual postal . revenuea, will be 1. out. and thers will b n need of i',, Dollar t rates en second a matter." - ' : - ? JJ,V j statement by Congressman Vlr Murdock of Kanaaa, one" of the Ind igents, has stirred the national eapl . L It has caused some digging Into ' 'ijiity law booka and Into department " W'jmres, tha result being, that an ansas thir situation is revealed. The facta ap- i 'hr to sustain Murdock on every ma uerial contention. Murdock haa been for t iri on the housa postofflc commlt t :4 and flrat sprang Into promlnenoo her hy h,ls revelations af abuses In the . rto jfflca department. Ha is regarded ' ' i expert In such matters.- - '. . law Is that tha United States gor. Ur'i.cnt shall have 'to monopoly of .'-ft I inr letters and packets. It Is In n.H if lnlUon of tha word "packet" that ktusa arises, and the' deficit Is "-".d: and thoTexprs companies ' ; it from tha wrongful Interpretation " Br . Jia law. . '.- ee V 'Tie coat of flee department defines r . i Vets" bundle of letters. This, ' ; oourot, permits tha express " com- j'ea to carry parcels - of leas than C o pounds. And this give tha ax. , jta companies an opportunity to get i "' short sad mora profitable hauls, 1 N-to leare to tha gorernment the ?tg and lea "profitable hauls. This ' J ngement la oxactly what tha et . ... dobimuum aeaire. ana ik im im 1V.1PC which has npbnllt .tha largs v a and permitted the enormous inif4 ot capitalisation. .The gov Mt does tha long, less profitable wr nd tho oxpraaa companies do tha .- tL arnod eorlnar work, and the post iw a-anaral . annually, reporta his 'Wl - - ' '- ' .he point tn the matter Is that, when vis to tha interest of tha express pantea, .the gorernment define 'eketf mm' m, btmdlo of - letters: but ,m oThrrwlso. the daflnltlon is that a okeC Mm a packet , 'kla If niuatrated in tha erlmtnal inmn Mau uera tuKumu m of parcels of 7 deral court, who was Indicted for Ia J r.vt nf arhlnh wan tn palja His lawyer ltdvaaced tha , ', knTC ttttai, inasmuch as tha govern cU eef'nl "pack'tV'aa 0 tha carry In, f mall and express matter, a m of letters, therefore, Blackman i ot opened packet, technically, ' Wuld not legally bo convicted nn ''he indlotment brought against ' fi eotrt rnlod that in mall bnatooss lelket la a packet, and Blackman, roperly, went to Jail. ;; , 4 1 ,1, here tha Postal Koney Oees. dockv punctures another fallacy, t .report of Postmaster Qenral Hitch- .r only 1 cent a pound for packet ,il, but that It coats the government oonta a pound to- transport it, and v i It pays the railway company at -f cpnta a pound out . or tne 'f thn government is paying the rall- J in nr aucn noroiuni sum ior inn ''fine of mails, It Is simply making ' irsenl of 4.6 centa a pound to the H f. k,He proves It bjj allowing tliat '"'hipr!! companies carry packets at . "wipound, and pay the railways an '.At 0.4 cent a pound, or 40 per ' what they get from the cus- ' "V In other words, the government but including bundles other mall matter. He quotes J.' 8, Black, attorney gen eral, June 1, 1858, as , upholding the contention that to the government lo gally , belongs the carrying of both pajksta of letters and other mall mat ter. ; ; : lie quotes the federal court decision above referred to In Uia case of BlacW- let In' tha face of all these facta, tha present postal regulations contain a notation defining "packet" as a. bun dla of letters, thus permitting tha ex- press companlea their large proflta on business apparently prohibited to. them by the law. . . ' . Murdock haa Included all of these statements in ' a resolution which he offered In the house, and which began with tha edifying assertion that De cember 23, 1809, the Wells Fargo Ex press company declared an extra, divi dend of too per cent on a . capitalisa tion of 8,000,000, In addition to a semi annual dividend of I per cent July 16, MOD. and another I per cent dividend January 16, .1J10, these dlvldenda ag gregating in all $14,800,000. Or 17.160,. 000 more than the postal deficit for the paat year. , Apparently, under- proper construc tion of the laws, the government has no legal right to permit expresa com pan lax1 to carry packets up to four pounds. any. more than it would have tha rlgtft to ipermit express companies to carry letters; the law seems, to be clear on that point, notwlthaUndhig the post-1 office department gives such Interpret ation as enriches tha express compan lea ad munificently. n i' Publishers era citing these facts to offset the plea of Postmaster General Hitchcock for inereaae In the rates for carrying second class matter. T COLLISION' ON ELEVATED i . 4ffTm 1 ii ii" i i ' ,. ki . . I 'VVS' ' !j ! if it -! 1 J v :i ---1' I II. S i . 7 ' -Ji : lf ' v ' ' y - I ' ' '.orU.J.'.f -'-if' : 4 Z-:: ' ' v' v. -r - - 7 region In which vacant lands can be j found and keeps them there to live a I period of , five years of banishment from association-with fellow beings. . - "In a great many . 'enses the home slender performs Just as : little work 1 upon his land as possible, and as soon as he gets title removes Ms family to town" where they ' can ' have the ad vantages of school and social inter course. . -J-'. .' ' "The real object of providing homes la not accomplished br" the' reaulrement .of actual residence upon the land.! This 1 1. , . . . , 1 .. , , , . . vujci'i vuuiii on uccompiisneo, nowrrtr, by the requlremen.t . that a man ahaH trlng his land Into productiveness. ; To produce, some on . must cultlvato tha land. To cultivate economtcaily, vtcln- Ity, labor and intelligent, attention are required of the cntryman or his repre sentative. ..-. What Sotrymaa Desires. "The entryman'a desire la the acqui sition and ownership of the land; title can only be obtained through' produc tion; production necessitates increased population, ' either of the entrymen or their representatives. The value of the land acquired by the entryman depends upon continuing production. Thus, It is certain that the land once acquired will, under normal conditions, contlmv pro ductive, as otherwise there In no In centive for entry nor to purchase after title Is acquired. Necessitated produc tion eliminates the evil of Idle land due to nonresident ownership. "My bill requires that the entryman shall cultivate at least one eighth of his land the second year, one fourth the third year, one half the fourth and fifth ycara and that ha must file In the local land office by the first of December of each year a sworn statement verified by the affidavits of two persons having knowledge of the facts, showing the character, quantity and value of the crops produced by him. "I would be pleased If the people of Oregon would advise their delegation In congress of their views of this measure. Yours very truly, "JONATHAN BOURNE." Nntdral. Now, when the wind like toy bat, . Strikes my poor frame and leaves a sting, I wish, I had my ulster that 1 gave away In balmy spring. Chicago News. - SPECIAL REVIVAL . . . OF SALVATION ARMY In, the Salvation Army hall, over the Washington Market,' on First and Wash ington .atretits, will be a special revival service tonight, conducted by chief di visional officers from Seattle, Brigadier and ' Mrs. Dubbin. These officers are no strangers in Portland. Nine years ago they came, for theCrst time", to the city as divisional offlcVA and. remained some four years.' , -..' ' , Tuesday night will be , a young peo ple's demonstration , with, plenty of muaia and aong, piano, atring and brass instruments. - Brigadier and Mrs. Dub bin will be with the No., 4 corps until Thursday night, then will begin special siege meetings that are being started throughout the states on February 6. lasting until March 7. Though the rain and snow have had a tendency to hinder the crowds the past few daya, they have been very good. . ' The hall la specially constructed for thn army. Moving doors make It pos sible to divide the hall no . that the Juniors have a place to themselves that can be thrown open ai times when the crowd Is large.' ' This makes the hall sent something like 460.-' This Is the heat hall the No. 4 corps has had sine" It opened In Portland. All are specially Invited to the meetings. Staff Captain and Mrs. (Isle are the officers in charge. BLOODY Mimnrn KIUUUL t mmm PRESIDENT'S BROTHER ILL AT LOS ANGELES (I'nltM l'ri IhvkI Wlrr.) I,o Angelas. Feb. f. Henry W. Taft, brother of President W. II. Taft. who waa taken to the Good Samaritan' hos pital, suffering from erysipelas. Is re ported today to be much Improved. He passed a restful night and It Is ex pected that he will be able to travel again within a week. He Is being at tended by his brother-ln-Uiw, Dr. W. A. Euwards. It Is probable that Taft will not visit San Francisco and the north wwt, as he had planned, but will so directly to New York as soon as he has recovered sufficiently to make the Journey.i ' Body of Aged Benicia Woman : Apparently Jammed Into a ' TrunkHouse Fired. . Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians were recently paid $60,0oo for land. They can afford to est meat. .' tt.alted Ptms Leased Wlr Benecla, Cal., Feb. l.Murdrr, and not accident. Is believed to have caus. the death of Mrsv -'Margaret McOutre, widow, SO years old. who perished In her home which wis destroyed by fire yesterday. At first It was thought the fire, which completely destroyed hrr home, had been set by hersvlf, bvAiccl- 'dCllt.' . . .-. . ;'' . Later developments caused Coroner Ktots to call District Attorney Halm and Sheriff McDonald Into consultation, Tne coroner Informed tlk county of fir iala that he found tlrrumsta nets thn t pointed to foul play. The bones of llio woman were found In the charred re mains of what appeared lo havo been a .trunk. ' .' t ; x ' .- , .; The bone of the cheat and' shoulders were elose together while thit skull lay near thy hones of t feet and Ions. From these facts. Coroner Klota sur mised that Mrs. McGuIr had either bon killed or made' unconscious, had been thrust into-a trunk and then cre mated In her: h&me.. ; ; 1 Motive for the supposed murder, how. ever, is .lacklng -at the present time. Mrs. McOuire ia ' nou known to 1 have hud any money and although 'she was not popular Jn the -. neighborhood ahe had not Incurred 'the.1 enmity of her neighbors to such an extent as t war rant suspicion of such' an attack. Watch the hen." says Dr.v Wiley. But a hen may not like to be watched when she lays. .-r .... Pile CvTti i t a to 14 Days. Ptcn Ointment li cuamntvH tn car any " nf It.-tiln. RlhiO, HlfKllna or Pmtrudltic I'lles In te 14 ty. nf money refanitMl. 60c A. collision-on the elevated railroad in New York during the recent fcllztard. Passengers have acceBs to ' a sidewalk in caae of trouble, so that they may proceed to the nearest' station. Regardleea of this, however, hundreds wait, wih primitive, curiosity, to, see ."what the trouble la." Buttcrick Patterns Victor Talking Machines, $1 Down) '.'$1 Week Remnants, Odds and Ends Sales in All Departments. Remnants, Odds and Ends at . Rum mage Prices.. to in the express companies - to vlo- & 1 iJoir by Infringing upon the le- 'jf.ernmontal monopoly of carrying I up, to four pounds weight, and , ho railway 22 4 tiroes as much -. ; i rriage as the express companies i' the railways. . (jMnrdook Cites Frecedents '' AT. ill's ! no new controversy Mr. j Klk shows by some fnterewtlng ci . jjl He quotes from Attorney Gen .. Alhn A. Nelson, who, on November A.le-1. held officially that "packets" tertrs mail matter other than letters, oecmuotea Postmaster General C-A. 100 ffe, January 27, 1845, as defining Inlvla" as not only bundles of letters ROUNDING UP "KITTENS" FOR BIG GATHERING The big tloo Hoo concatenation to be held here on the evening of Febru ary IS will be at the Masonic hall, which, It is believed, will be auffl- clently large to hold the kittens that Vlce-Qerent Snark Graham A. Grlswold Is now rounding up. Mr.' Grlswold expects the capacity of the large auditorium taxed on the night Of the concatenation because Portland will be visited at that particular time by several hundred lumbermen and re- tall lumber dealers from all parts of the Pacific northwest. - The1 Western ttetail Lumber Dealers' association' will be in annual session here at tliat time. and this will serve to Increase the at tendance at the concatenation by nearly every delegate; since there are few In any branch of the lumber trade not member of the black cat order. CROP PRODUCTION H ESSENTIAL THAN RESIDENCE Senator Bourne Prepares Bill Providing Homesteader Need Not Actually Live on Non Irrigable Land. Hardwood Lumbermen Meet. Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 1. The Na' United States Benator tlonal Hardwood Lumber association,'! Bourne has prepared a bill the strongest and most influential or ganization of Its kind In the country be gan Its annual convention in Cincin nati today, with headquarters at the Slnton hotel. Several thousand mem bers representing-, many states were1 present when the convention was railed j Jonathan for intro duction Into the senate whichb incorpo rates the- Idea- that the production of crops-is more essential to the, develop ment t the, vast dry farming region of eastern Urgon than actual residence upon a .homestead.. For the purpose of ascertaining the opinion of his constltu to order. The oonventlon wfll discuss jents upon this prouosed amendment of plana for uniting the manufacturers and consumers of hardwoods throughout the country Into one organization. B ! (' 11 ,JI' E If 11 I a be ' j4 DEAVTIFVL COMPLEXION &BEnEfi HEALTH W':f mm tmjk TIK. I ll iv mm n mm 11S7 113' 101 IOC Will come, naturally, if Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is used, when a pleasant laxative remedy is needed,' to, cleanse the system gently yet effectually and to dispel colds and headaches due to constipation. . ' Its world-wide acceptance as ,the bes of family laiatives, for ; men, women and children and its : approval ; by the ' most 1 eminent i physicians,1' because its,' compo nent" parts are known, to them ': and known to ba wholesome and truly beneficial, are the .. besb truarantees of the excellence of Syrup of ? Figs and. Elixir of Senna. I1.'., ; v To get its beneficial effects,-- . , Always buy the genuine, ; M AN U FACTu RED BY TH E -A , ; CALIFORrUAflGSYRUPCO' Buy a bottlc toaay to have in thqhouse when reeded. thft homestead law, Senator Bourne has prepared for ; pubtication the following explanation of his bill: I am . Informed 4y William Hanley, an extensive stockralser in Harney county, that there are 20,000,000, aeres of vacant land, in eastern Oregon In capable of irrigation, but nearly all of It susceptible of cultivation under the scientific . methods now In vogue In dry farming. . - Hanley'a SnggosUon Impresses, "Mr. Hanley's suggestion of substi tution of crop producton for actual resi dence as the consideration for obtatntng title increasingly ' impresses my mind. If the bill which I have prepared should become a law, the homesteader on non irrigable land. In what is known as the arid region, need not live upon his land at all, but must live within-the state. Ho must cultivate ,lt either personally or by representative and he must show by annual proofs that within a period of five years thai land has produced crops of a total value of $1600. "Assuming that Mr. Hanlev's estN mate'of -2b,000,000 acres of vacant land In eastern Oregon is' correct and that same can foe brought under cultivation i.y adoption of what Is, known as dry farming, this area of land would , fur nish opportunities for 60,000 homestead entrymen who, before they.-could acquire title, would be obliged, to produce crops of a total value of O,000,0O0. ... . , , All Would Bo Benefited. "Thus It will be seen that the nation, state aoJ community would be. benefited In tho, development or out natural re sources, wealth increased, and, what is more important,: a class of citizens gained who would be obliged to produce rather than merely live -kl the land a population of workers. .SM "In , Its present 5 condition and , in ' the present state of settlement and of trans portatlon facilities. most, of this land Is sot suitable .for home making, .though it could b cultivated by men ,who would - make - their homes elsewhere, or upon the land through only a. part of the year -y-: V "Mr bill is based, upon , the , theory that if a tract of land is made product ive It wlir.Krovido somo family with a homo even though that family- lives in a town, near the land rather than upon the" land, Itself, and' that, therefore, aU of . the 1 essential' objects' of the home stead law will be accomplished.- - , Do iattle GnltlTatisg. - '"The great difficulty -under the pres- eat io.mestead law is Vhat a great many men '' who settle upon", land under the homestead act do as little cultivating as the law will permit and avoid as many as possible . of the government's requirements, and their land Is not made productive. . "Believing that production Is the real essential, I made that the most Import ant feature of my bill. Xind suitable for dry farming is. frequently such as a man would not wish to make his home upon for 12 months in the year. but the present law permitting an entry on 320 aeres requires actual residence, and, I believe,' without accomplishing any desirable end by such requirement. ."Under the plan proposed by my bill i an entryman under the 320 acre home- I atead act could keep his family in any town of Oregon, where his children could go to school and all members of his family have the advantages of at tendance at church and social functions. and, at -the same time, by complying with the law regarding cultivation and production, he could secure title to the land. Bo Ohanoo for Fraud. "There would be no opportunity for fraud because the bill requires that an nual proofs must be submitted showing the amount of land cultivated and tue character, quantity and value of crops produced. "I believe that the average farmer on 320 acres of land subject to entry under the enlarged homestead act would be ! able to produce crops of much more than $1600 in value in a period of five vara? hnt ihm flKOA minimum lfmtt il fixed as a. standard to which the entrv- I man must work, and I believe that even under adverse circumstances any man who is enterprising and diligent will be able to produce crops of this value. "The theory of the homestead law is that the government -should provide cheap homes for the people. This theory i Js In no way violated by my bill. . Land taken under - this measure would main tain homes for the entrymen even though these homes were a few miles distant rather than -upon the land itself. Bosidonco Requirement Is Penalty. The residence requirement of the homestead law is In the nature of a penalty, the punishment being inflicted not only upon tne entrymen, but upon his wife and children. At present the entryman lanes ms isiuuy into jsoia,ieu i LIVING ' MODELS Will be used as an il lustration in a demon stration of how to wear Nemo Corsets For the first time in Portland, women, will have an opportunity of listening to practical talks on Corsets. Mrs. Dean, the fore most Corset demonstra tor will be with us all week and will bepleased to meet you. A Wonderful New "Nemo" Nemo Corsets are of vital interest to every woman whoj wears a corset, ana especially to tnose wno want to be fash ionably slender and still comfortable and healthy. That's why every woman should come here and see all the new Nemos during this . Fifteenth Anniversary Sale and JN emo Demonstration VrK There's a Nemo for every figuteJo u.'.jf T vJw correct fit, with perfect comfort auid :A''' safety and the utmost possible slender- kWr.--j7 ness. The hew Nemo Self-Reducing Corset, "'i' No. 622. with "LastikoDS Banrller." wv simply a marvel. It's an absipftc; nor elty, which does wonders in controlb the figure. . See it, by all means.' $5:00, " rnme while1 nnr Memo evnert io still here she will gladly help you to tret ria ot your corset trouoies. , rifHiy 'i MRS. DEAN, Expert Corset Fitter,' tSlREDUClND Here Jill Week v lZIIXS BANDLT 5 ' J Cocoas in f tins look pretty much alike; but in the cup, there, is no mistaking the su periority of Painless Dcniis ft CUBES ECZEMA QUICKLY ITew Discovery Has K rotation! zd Treatment of Ekin Sisaases. the Nothing In the history of medicine , has ever approached the success of the marvelous skin remedy, known as post lam, whleht Is safo to oay. -has cured, more cases of eczema and skin diseases than any remedy ever offered for theso ills. ' ' . - : - - ) The success or posiam is. not at all surprising- when it is , considered , that even a very smalt quantity applied to the skid, stops Itching immediately and cures chronic cases In two weeks. The very worst cases of ectemar as well as acne, herpes, tetter, piles, salt rheum, rash, crusted, humors, soalvi acaln and every form of Itch; yield to-it readily. Blemishes such as pimples, red noses, muddy and Inflamed skin disappear al most Immediately when -posiam Is ap-' plied,, the complexion being cleared over' night ' t , Every i- druggist ; keeps ' both the So cant slao (for minor troubles) and tire IS jar, and either of, these may be ob talned In Portland at , tho Skldmore Drug. Co.. and, thevWoodard, Clarke & Co., aa "well aa, other:- reliable . drug Stores, . v ' , -v - . But no one is even asked to nurchas- poslam without- first obtaining an ex perimental package which will be sent by mail, free pf charge, upon request b th Emergency Luboratorlen.. 8! Wes. - Twenty-fifth street, fvew Vork City 1 1 JUL M WVM !vA..W-MM.Mnil COCOA Exquisiteih flavor. Perfect and pure. Dont ask merely . fon cocoa ask for GhirardellPs. Cocoa Fa c t No. 24 Until recent timet cocoa was prepared by manual labor, the beans being pounded in iron mortars. . Ev en how in many parts of the tropics the came primitive meth ods are followed. In the large modern plants, machinery : now does .. all the work of .sorting, cleaning, roasting and grinding the co coa beans. jfVtiof town bot! tlMH their pint Jfnii Didg ork 6 . lhd im on duJ it neovuarir. ! WiillfiyM S eoi 1 22k told tr anrcel-rii t jwbi tor . j, j, j J 1 Moltr Crewas 5. C -! 22kBrMTMth3.e jGoMRltais IC J 1c mul l t siiwraihgs A.E :i Inlay ntlhir 2.1 J Qoo4Rabbr Plilt. Du. ft..L .erPtatts-..7.E-,? PMm EjrtrlhMi .J' WDHH BUAIUNTKO FOS IS TIARS nlnlM Extraction im wha tltaaorbri(U wnrtc ' bordered. OonenlUtioa Tree, Toe enut nt bett SlBleM work done urwhare.- All work fully truar , uteed. UodeneleotriaequlpineBt, Heet moiluKi i 4 V U.tf.S.WItt,rnn0illitaus It rum armaMt Nmm G.CZ i Wise ental C hibuaWash. Mrs. PORTLAND ORECO'I ; snuossooBsr A.Hrtsir.ic. . auuyvttei.' A. NEW" DEPARTURE " ...... . A . ... i , i The cost ... of Interments bar. . been greatly reduced by tha Itolman . Undertaking company. Heretofore it haa been tha m'n ' o of funeral directors to make cha,.- f-;r all incidentals connected with "iu neraL The Edward Kolman .Undertak- , ing company, the leading funeral di rectors of Portland,; have departed from that custom. 'When casket is furniahaii by us we make no extra charges for : embalming, hearse to cemetery, outai ie .. box or any services that may - be re , quired Of us,-except clothing, cemetery and carrlaes thus effecting a saving;' of 1?5 to $75, on each funeral. ; THE EDWARD UOLP.IAN UNDERTAKING CO, 130 TEEBO ST. COB. OAXMOST. UlJ,rLl, nnitedl States and Tt,TtUm ' f? , Proenred. Defended aed ' racixitf coast tm.tsiptil.qt.scz. j , . gtookton, cm. OHEGOIT X.AW 0C3OOL S.- T. ardxoii. (t' rf. A tiiiotin. ti course in "laws, no life; ! ffi.: lar ox-cuilio: - T-..-u.ti-..-4 I'nrmi liiw. liHlfw",1 ' ft.- ' nion wraith b!il. ii. i!-., r -, V