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THE OREGON SUNDAY ' joURNAL, PORTLAND, . SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 5,' 19U, t-2 SRESS JlOiOf RINGS I rfc-echoed. Ths Democrats, aroused bjrj has' been ihs mott jtamely tPgUnlatlvs or ,the obvious -, methods the Did man was'phan In the senats In years. Secretary employing-, greeted every decision, with i of State Knox, who negotiated it, . vi- wllrt yells, and . Jarxf derlalan. But Cannon bounded them down and at one time ordered the sergeint-at-arms to the floor with the sllver-boUnd' mace, the emblem of authority ef the house.i It-Jookd tor , lime asJf the ited the chamoer today to learn Iflv ators Informed him that .if an effort, should be . made to eall " Itsfup, there would be no end to the opposition. Kepresentative - McCall, ' Republican, of nniiinM'T nn : iii ii ii i in i 'ill 1 1 UUULUIt I UU entire bemocratle atj Would be ordered Masaachu.etts.uthor4or the bill: to dropped In- and sought valnjy for eon eolation.' . .... ''"-,.' . arrested, "under the mat." but the t show of authority was sufficient, "and me nou sobnreU, ; ...... . ' .-. ' , f.L Cinalj Fortification; Battle ship and Few Other items, Large and Small Great Matters jgnored Rejected. in B tU lnttrmMoDil Nw Serrlre. llVashina-ton. March 4. longress i f sefcslon Just closed, provided for: . rhtiTortuicaiion 01 mo " f-'fv ti.W batQiiishIbSrr"' ilecedittcfttion of laws relating to the, fllciary. 'restion of i forest -preserves in ino i thern Appalachian and White moun- instruction of emDassy ana oga- in buildings abroad. inspection of locomotive boilers. hejse measures failed to pass: frarifcdlan reciprocity agreement fermanent tariff T boar bill, which sed the senate but waB killed by a flbuster in the bouse, - Itentolutlons to admit to statehood rlsona and New Jieslcp, killed by : a filibuster in the senate. . .. ti I Resolution providing for direct elec f in of United States senators. 7rl General service pension bill. " 1 Iialllnger-Plnchot ' investigation xe- it not acted on by 'the .house. . ,.- 2 Oean mall subsidy passed by the sen f : but not acted upon by, the house. . 4 v4Xsst : Day's rrooeedings. S tVhat congress did today: ! ' -'f Jn the senator ''' " r -I Senator Owen filibustered the New J.'eXlco statehood, measure -tq- death, by iiglsting that a vote be also taken on iilmlttlng Arlsona. .:.-444"'4',' I (Senator: Bailey.' Uiqued i at.- Senator Owen's action, resigned from the senate, a withdrew Sui , reslgnatWn ater- Jn $ponse to urgcct requests of, the gov- Si nor rand members of the .Teaas. legia- iture and colleagues. . ;t, 'V ' ';' The" Canadian - reciprocity agreement as Ignored. '...,., ,'4 j.'.. ,i .2 . '44 v 4 The , reapportionment - measure was nocked out n abjection of Senator Me- X The" Sullowayittenslon bllV waskilled. $ Thei tariff bound' bill wA rushed Jlirough, only to be' defeated' ln the ouse.-by a filibuster- . 1 Senators; Flint and Taliaferro yrere Appointed membet a . of the monetary Commission. . g Senator 'aWrner was .confirmed as' Civil commissioner , of fortifications and firdnance. ; j ' . K k ' J In the house: , , . " ,'' S Representative Fi(gerld beaded ,a democratic filibuster against the' tariff joard. r bill. . which, led , Representative fayne to withdraw the bill. During the filibuster cnea of great- disorder oc- surrea xna at aiiiereni , times almost fsembled a rlot-..-v. S Representatives Hawley and le were fppointed members of the commission ni auperviije, the purchase of lands to irbtect tho watersheds of navigable At ihe White Jlous'eX: t'TfiP. President taft. after a "conference, at u capitoi,; vitn nepBpiican leaders, ls ued the cafl tor 'an extra session, to ieet iAprll 4. lure.-was in his element. Me rode rough shod Bver every thingUhaU ven jeemed to challenge his right to run the house as, he thought best, until Fitsgerald, se curing the floor for a moment, secured. tho ad vantage and caught th-venerable furhi-r in a psi-iirmentary trap. Ca'i'ion was forced to nije In bis favor, and the way was opened for two more roll calls before. the. tariff board bill could be reached :' .; . i zxmoorats Are Victors. It was then 11.80. end only half ""an hour , remained 1 before , adjournment. When the first mil call was half com pleted, Representative Payne,' Republi can, of New York, who was In charge of the bill, Interrupted and declared that in order to let the various appropriation bills pass he would withdraw the tariff board measure. The Democrats cheered madly, Then peace settled over the weary as sembly and until the time that the house adjourned there was good will.4 The crowded galleries, that had leaned for ward breathlessly to watch the bitter passage between Cannon and Fitzgerald, noursajr. Democrats and Republicans, regulars and insurgents, working quietly side by side to rush the remaining nec essary work of the session. ' - Before the last bill was passed, Champ Clark, the Missouri leader and speaker of the nest house, offered a resolution conferring the thanks of congress on Speaker CannomL 4 . - iu ' : 'This has been one of the. most Important-and -one of. the stormiest ses sions of congress in the history of the country," a!d Clark.! ."Jt .began, jn a storm and 1t came perilously near end ing In a storm. Just now. Thta congress has beard more bitter words and seen more violent scenes than almost any other congress. ,i I offer this resolution because at this "moment Joseph Q. Can non becomes one of the great historical personages of our country." , ; j - CaahoBi ITow OheeredL -it As Ciarlt onol jide Bis euTogyUnder wood, Democrat,, of Alabftma.. to whom Caonoft.had", resigned the chair, pOunded In vain to bring the Cheering house, to order. jFtnally above'the. din ; he ap pointed 'Clark , and ' Mann, .Republican, of :, Illinois, to escort Cannon to .. ? the chalr.V; As they led the soon-to-be-de-posed ' speaker w the center alelc. the, cheering burst forth anew, and when-;i8rk presented !'Uncle Joe', the din was deafening. ' 4 , . Soon the house subsided Into 'an. un broken stillness.'' :. .The crowds thatill day had . stood outside the doors and the chamber, broke through and filled the. aisles of the galleries and the space behind- the floor ratling In- the chamber. They leaned, forward with breathless Interest as the high" quavering voice that had often' sounded above the up roar of wild excitement on the floor began ,to sing the swan song of "Uncle Joe." C..; ::,'. -u ' '': ': With trembling cadences,' frequently almost inaudible, the aged warrior J about to step down, from his high place," reviewed his experience in tho house. He declared he had always ad hered to the belief ' that the speaker was the servant of the honse and should work with the . will of the majority. A ha. .beared the conclusion, the hand that held the gavel 'trembled and' the lips that epdke , scarcely vmdted. s k ;;. , ; Vo , Kallce Xe Bays. 3 . Al' leave this place not without re gret," he declared. "I hav performed" the duties of this great office to my .L TL"V"Cel" fi t 8"C5e"or '!house, - J do not.leave this place with r The enatewa favored, with a egram from Rear Admiral Peary, ex pressing his appreciation of the pas- 1 sage of a, resolution in recognition fit his discovery of the North Pole. . . "I see, he signs just 'Peary, like a king," observed a Vestern senator. A final ieffort was mad brScott Republican, of West Virginia, to get action on the Sulloway pension . bJI, which had passed the house. : ... ' "Such s law, would, cost the country $440,000,000 In ten yearn," said Lodge, Republican, of Massachusetts, In pro test "It would make necessary tne levying of new taxes." CaRs Canal-a Ditch. "You are spending that much In build ing a ditch to connect two oceans res pited Scott. 5 "Whatr ls"lt worth J com pared to prevision for the. comfort in their declining years of the men who served this country? Not to pass It would be a shame and outrage." f-j-' IOdge's objection was eustained uore, iemocrat or UKianoma, ine blind senator, startled -the senators nd the'packed galleries with an attack up on Vice President Sherman during the ceremonies that closed the session. The usual resolutlonscxpresslng the appre ciation of the vice president's "courte sy - and. Jlmpaftlaf. rulings'were , pros sen ted by Moneys Democrat of 1 Missis sippi.. Gore, ho"hd been deprived ot the privilege of speaking by Sherman earlier In the day, when they differed as to the rules, rose and said that If; he were capable' of personal resentment,' he would vote against the resolution. Xnles Arbitrary, He ays.- He' spoke of the arbitrary rules -arid despotism" li'.the'hdOM and said they "vm never u iiiiruuuieu iu Bcii- ate without his protest; . ' Sherman then made a farewell speech and -declared adjournment without day. Senators sped for their homes without' a moment's delay. Automobiles and carriages streamed away from the capi tol, carrying overwrought statesmen, yearning for real beds and joyous in the thought that at. last thev had the priv ilege of undisturbed rest-l-most of them for a, months many for the resrof "their Ye.( ( .:f !'.. . '; ,-' ' ,, . "i..'fc.fe..-. .a ' m. i ;:... . 4 eoretary Norton would be named to jiorrow, .. j- , - ' ; Tho president said he would "leave iVashington on March 9 for Atlanta, Oa s here he will spe'sfc before the SoiOiern ommerclal eonress, going later to kogusta, Oa., where he will rest for a ) eek or 10 days. ' " r AST MOMENTS IN , LEGISLATIVE HALLS ' ARE SPEQTACULAR Continued- from' Pice One.) ii issue was a mere formality after congress closed "its doors. Owen's Performance - Able. The fining tide of the non-Dartisan ack-to-the-peonle movement evi- jient when 'Senator Owen the tall, nu Inlentlng , Indian from Oklahoma Jfaced and, single handed,! defeated the jpowenfui Interests behin-n effort -td Jatify the ultra-conservative constitu tion of New Mexico. . He demanded an qual consideration of the Arlsona eon- qtuiion, which he declared waa malice . in my heart toward any col league or toward any : member with" whom i ever served. - Jn'y1 friend, the epeaker-to-be, has t bidden -m farewell as Speaker, and ?l' assure hini that .'at the age. of 76. In the course of na ture, I could not hope to,- even If 1 would, ; occupy this great- place " again. So I will .take my place under Wa gen tle rule as a member of the house." And as his lest official act as speak er, Uncle Joe dropped his gavel with the words:, "I now declare the third session of the sixty-first congress to stand ad journed,, without day." ; : i ;h 4 For fully a minute all was still. Then the strains of. "My Country 'Tis of Thee"- rose from the Democratic side, and floor and galleries -stood : respectfully, all singing the' anthem. , : 44''-r,":ti t "Joe"- Merrick, the' pe;t page of;th house, was hoisted upon a desk and In his full soprano voice, he sang "Auld Lang! Syne' the. members joining In the chorus. - . ",, ' Senators Orlm to the Last. Nerve-strained,' wbrn by the1 loss ei sleep, the senators showed a complete absence of the good feeling that usually "tha jiostr progressive, In the. wprld."a The fattenda Hie eloe of -a sesslewdf con- Jesuit, was . that neither was annravut ft . jjcmocrais except three voted vlth pen. " . Senator Joseph v, Bailev of Te, !le Democratic floor leader and avowed aemy of the referendum" And rrn in lhe Arlsona constitution, Infuriated and tliagrlned at the desertion of his banner, telegraphed to the governor of Texas us resignation from the senate. 4 The scenes of 'violence that marked She last hours of a continuous session tf more than 21 hours' In the house we're tlcturesque - The members Weary, be raggled, unkempt and unwashed, were Jiv'nd mood for -foolery, and hlgh 'words yere the regular order. .. ... At one DOlnt In the I'Vncle Joe" Cannon was wleldln th They ended their work with a contlnu ous session. of, 28.rhours. less a puny recess, and :. with"; ' neavy eyes fth'ey watched tke lagging hands on the mat-' ble. Clocks. Even then they were Cheat ed, fot, whenHMe; longed for, mart pfIJl approached, the minute band was, set back half an hour. 4 J t-.- : ' ' They began the week with a-20 hour session-the Lqrjmer, fillbuteU-and ran other sessjoh as late as 4 o'clock trrthe mornfng,. wlt4 the ;hext, session iis'ched--Bled---to.Wltt;rViitofe.4irirfh of t,h eeseionk and the number 'of fili busters were unprecedented. " i. unexpecjteaiy a closing, filibuster was precipitated wnen Bailey, .Democrat, of Teicsi last midnfsht made a motion tb f r, fh h -y x everI.dld "ca" 1 approve the sutehood constitution of iurt7 .S f: M ?o. ... Owen started a .fight that mmm i nm Llifil L IlLvlULnUU NEV LEADER 4 W "Old Guard'V Shattered and r SiiuatioaT. bifticult or Survivor Progressives HoId Balance of Power. 1 4 ; TARIFF BOARD WILL 4 V- ASSIST IN REVISION TARIFF IF NEEDED " (United Prru Tawd Wln Washington, March 4. That the ser vices of the present tariff board will be placed at the disposal of the Demo crats of the next congress In case they' carry out ineir announced Intention of revising, the tariff, was the statement made at the White House tonight. ' Following the action of congress in allowing the president $226,000 to be expended in continuing the work of the present - tariff board for one year, It was announced at the White House to night that two Democratic members will be added to the board. They are William M. Howard .of Georgia, who retired from the house today, and Thomas W. Page, professor of economics at the University of Virginia. The present three members Of the board are Republicans. 'THE DEVIL'S DEAD; ? NOTHING TO SAY," Yf; ;SAYS EX-SPEAKER rif. tOnitea Prm Lt.ied Wire.!" ' ' ' Washington, 'March 4.- "The devil's dead. I've , nothing to say." ! These ; were the only words 'obtain able from the former speaker and now Representative "Uncle Joe" Cannon for publication after adjournment of the the house today. . 1 i , , 4 " Tonight the former speaker" was pro tected from' every Intruder by- the or. dora of his daughter, ', with whom he lives. . The; strain of the" session, It t was said at Jiia house, was greater than he realised and though he has always boasted that the hardest work has nev er affected him. his friends will try to force him tq rest until April 4, when he enters upon his duties in the next congress. ICslttd FretM tewd Wlre.V, ' 4! : Washington, March 4. An immediate issue .as to J&a.' leadership ;jn .the new senate:; It4raleds,by : the fact ' that an xtjiesalonlhaseen called., Its there was, a complete transformation in . the Republican membership marked by the rise of the progressives, selection will have to be made-from -members - who have had the mlrtor part Jn the 'techni cal direction of affairs. '. . While Aldrlch was in the senate thert was ho concern. about the question, be cause... the Rhode Island senator per sonally conducted the senate' and dictat ed' practically all action. With him; however, -Ijave gtne Mb close iieuten antv Ilale of Main. Kean-Of Jew Jer sey, Burrows of Michigan and Scott of West-Virginia. Dictator Impossible. - - There Is now no possibility of another dictator, but It will be necessary ' to have a leader to get results. Warren of Wyoming, it is generally believed, will be made chairman of the appfooria- tlons committee, may head the shattered ranks, of the regulars.- Gal-! linger-of New Hampshire, Penrose of J Pennsylvania, Sraoot.of Utah, Idge of Massachusetts and Crane of -the same state,- wll be the cabtnet of the stand patters. ' '' ' -'j, ' '. They will not go far, it is believed. without considering the progressives. who a few years ago were regarded by the Aldrlch crowd ,aa strong-minded rebels "whose"wtshes-were -of no consequence.- They will hold .the balance of power In-rthe new. senate, and no im portant action i'can. vbe 'taken without n As to the progressives, they ail are regarded as leaders and as they stand together for -all. progressive legislation, they are : expected tp get along .wen WUhout coaching. ,: ?4;.' 4 f. 4. 4 Bailey -Semooratla leafler. 1. : Bailey of Texas had been the Demo? cratio; leader Sf tha house before com lag to the senate, and he Is familiar with every turn In the maze of parlia mentary procedure.: He is now the floor liacon of Georgia, who is the. senior Democrat, Is an alert member and will have': much- to do wUhtheiillrel;tIpn jf party affairs, even though he Is not made the titular leader. . Culberson of Texas, Stone iof Missouri, John Sharp Williams, a new senator from Missis sippi,: Owen of Oklahoma, Clarke of Ar kansaa and Overman ' of North ' Caro lina will have leading places In the organisation. Shlvely of Indiana would shine if It were not .that he Is handi capped by ill-health. .4, CARTER TRYING TO INJURE '4 (Continued from Page One.) ' njlght feel Itjheip duty to file a fnin- ority Report ' Examination of the last Carter ' report shows that Chamberlain's objections havAioedXartertoomltmuch; of the objectionable matter which was Intlhf first Teporti5 iChariiberlaln and New lands will study It closely and if -they find, It still objectionable, their mln orlty report will be forth-coming In two weektf-4-:- However,.: Carter's term, ended today and his power to injure- Oregon 'Irriga tion Interests 'peases, 2$'Z?Tij:. v .4 , H Quototloa Trom Sew. Beport. ' wJL.. portion of his report especially' in teresting to iregon Is as follows: "The pratJlee of buying, the right to enter upon reclamation lands largely in private ownership, is queatlonabia. When lands are wholly in private ownership such practice Is Indefensible, , In-this relation it is Impossible to overlook the .case presented at j Klamath- Falls, Or., where, , to begin with," the sum of $160,000 was paid to the Klamath Canal company for certain ditches and'water rights which had heretofore been and at the lime were doing service, : 4 "The further sum of 150,000. Was paid to the Klamath Irrigation-company for Its ditch, which; has been in operation 20 years, and the further sum of $100. 000 was paid, to i the - Little i Klamath Ditch company finally in connection with the first unit of this project Moore brothers, : who , clntmed the Water" , 'right in connection with sawmill and grist mill,, neither : of which enterprises ap pear to.havs been of considerable Jnag nltude, ; were "given & power , privileges, improved at the government expense, on a stream 'extending from tn upper' to the lower Klamath lake, known as Link river. The mills were- located near the head of the rlVet, lose by the outlet of the upper lake, where waterpower was developed by a fill of approximately 20 feet. . , l j, l. "Milling operations there haye been practically abandoned and water used, for power. does not; at any, time Seem to have exceeded 100 ToubUUeet- per. sec ond, yet the United States built a di version dam at the; expense of about ISO.OOO so as to give the Moore broth ers a 66 foot drop, and granted to them In perpetuity 205 second feet of water, which, with the drop mentioned, would develop something in excess of 1000 horsepower, estimated to be worth 2400, 000, figuring on, a basis of '240 per horsepower ,'per , annum. Here, then, we" have the sum of 2300,000 in cash paid our and property worth 2.400,000 created and turned over to other parties for tho privilege of, entering upon irri gation of lands largely In private owner- mp, wmcn nave Deen, irrigated to a great extent by works.'purchaeed for periods ranging from one to 8 B -veara. These figures relate to; the upper, or) nrpi unit or ,ine jiamathl venture. On what- Is called the: lake; portion of the project Hh , sura ofti8S,eoo was pald to Tula Lake and Livestock company for certain lands and privileges claimed by that company." --'' . . BOamatli People Vo Cnaaos'. The record oif Carter's manipulation;, as chairman, shows he forced an ad journment of i th4commlttee ion, the Klamath hearings November . a iqno just as -the settlers were ready to test tlfy In opposition to the hastily given charges, so that the commission bad only the - charges without hearing evi dence of. the other side.' , -Builds Block; Gives Banquet 4 (Suecta) Pirates, to fit JomumLI ' Albany, Or., March 4.-One hundred and fifty high vschool boys; several, of. me city ciergy, .members of the press and prominent cltlsene were last night the guests of Alfred CV Schmltt at a luncheon given in celebration of - the completion of the new Bohipltt block jon uroaaaiDin street. , president Campbell of the state university, Dean A. B. Cordley of the O. A; C and J- c Clark of the Portland t. M. C. A. were guests of honor and prominent speakers. - The occasion was 'highly pleasurable In ev arv. feature. , ..-'..U IIS I I 1 I i I I nn hup SELLS ITS BKIDS Kuhn; Loeb & Co. Take 'the Entire4 issue, Amounting ;; - " to $25,000,000. (By the International New 'Service. 5 New Tork, March M, Kuhn, , Loeb ; Co.", and the National City bank of New fork have purchased 228,000.000 ;ciii-' ca.go, v Milwaukee 84 Pugetf Sound , rafM way i, first: mortgages ;foarforty yearf gold bonds, due 1M 3, principal and in terest unconditionally guaranteed by the-. Chicago, , Milwaukee & ; St, Paul r rl , Negotiations leading to this end Have been under way for a week onsoduf ing which -there was a good, deal bfi dlscusslQn between the road . and the bankers, as to what ' sort of a ! bond tqf put out. At first it was-thought ad-r visable to sea) general mortgage bond Of the St. Paul proper, but subsequently the' plans, were changed- providing for the sale of the bonds' of the ,puget Sound road, the Pad flc coast extension' of the 8t Paul, .- .....'..- CITIZENS' CLUB1S , ; ' FITTING UP QUARTERS; ':j J' .';; . ; y.4 , , 4' r1 ' ISoeeui) DUpntcb ta Tae oara.Lt I Cheballs. Wash., March 4. The Clti sen's club of Chehalls has-decided to spend several thousand dollars fitting, up Quarters second to none in the north west , Chehalls business men are ex-i pectlng the biggest year In the history-' of the city, there being already about 1500.000 '- worth of 'Improvements In sight, more than $200,000 of which, will be new sewerage and paviiig,- The big gest residence building boom ever known city numerous bodies of land are being subdivided ; Into acreage and many of the tracts have been sold. The Citl sens' club has taken an aotlve move toward securing; the cutting up of tha large tracts, believing thaf the era of more intensive larming is at nana. "" ' ' ' 1 - , ... '. -f 11 wti m i' ivy .in f 1 n r m i Xt'Jr - Pay Us a Little Each Moiith'aiid'-4W fl l$.Jr ! TWSSSSifi J in a Short Time It: U All Yours ? Jr i y ' ' 1 " 4 - 4' ' " ' . ..- , ,4l "V 1 ' I LUMBER PLANTS WILL RISE J ; (Continued from Page One.) . tignltlon, strode to the snare hpfArj. v,a maker's desk and, shaking a menacing ihger at Cannon, shouted: t 4onuson s Anger BiSes. 51 wish you were a younger man." :A . flush of anger overRnread tii Tinkled face of "X.'ncle Joe." h. rasped the gavel nervously and inf-- ng at Johnson, cried: "'I take no advantage of mv - Democrats pulled Johnson aside and ine event closed without casualties. Throagh"'lhWpTd7 vsrRoIored, serl u and ridiculous happenings, that fcwept the house, the little, straight flg- ir or cannon stooa oisttnct and lm mivabie. . v 'When ' FlUgerald. Democrat. New pork,, bean the final fiUbueter, the jhower of days gone by came back to t'ucie Joe"i - he grasped his ave! ighter; his face set beneath tha ner- plratlon that poured from his brow, Itnd he became the merciless "czar." right was on and Joseph G. Cannon as going ; down fighting fighting in ila old May, the onjy way he knew, the vy he had fought through 80 years n iilie houseeight . of them In , tha nwker's chair. , - ' ' 4 Demoerats , Have Be Chanoe. - ' Koiir ttmee he . pounrti-a Kltxgerald im the floor, when the Democrats li ii or va '.ew, riUgeraia was an antaronlat "utliy ef his steel and lie i was tak $"H no cJiHiH'Ca. hiult lime a Denorat i 4i lakfl the floor TAnmm bet i -.'j BnuifiUug lord until, the galleries lasted until nearly noon. Owen is part ly of. Indian blood, and the persistence of the blood of his ancestors was re flected in his vigor and staying quali ties, persuasion arid threats were alike Ineffective, and hn kept his filibustering Bpeech going until he received a'satis factory. compromise. Sharp comments by opposing senators received quick and appropriate answers on the charge that he would prevent the passage of certain appropriation bills and cause a special sessions - : , association in the Canadian reciprocity matter, and report from Washington indicate that he was one of the most ar dent workers In behalf of the lumbermen of tlje -country. - Mr. Hawkins says he considers the proposed reciprocity meas ure Inconsistent and harmful to the Pa cific coast where the lumber Industry Is one of the most valuable assets,- al though ' evep with the. present low pro tection -against : Canadian competition' tlie lumber Business Is far. from as pros perous as people unacquainted with actual-conditions aeem to suppose. t .Mr, Hawkins .would not venture to .guess what' will be" .done1 with the measure when jaken up at1 the. special session of cpngresChext tnonth. ' ' )' Mr., Hawkins also represented the Ore gon & Washington Lumber Manufac turers' association at the Panama-American Comrherciai conf ererCce heldf in the half fof, tUl'e Americas February 18-li. at which ::Sl American "fpublica-wlfe-rep-4 resented - Mr. Hawkins .says much adr ni ration; was expressed at the' beauty LotVthe receptioft-Toom finished Jla"Ora-i wasVforiatd f members of the Oregon ft Washington Lumber Manufacturers' asseelation at the time the building Was erected. ; . ' -. See the :happyt contented young couple in the right hand picturee1 Three months ago they were trying to keep housin ah llxl4-foot hall bedroomj with a gas plate for a stove. They had to make tip the folding bed-before they could prepare breakfast, and the only things they really owned were v two suitcases and a trunk 1 J After reading one of our advertisements they came to learn about our CrecJit Plan, and were so elated over pur liberal methods they went house-hunting, that same afternoon. They found a little cottage on the East Side, and the next day had the best time of their lives picking out their favorite pieces of fur niture to feather their little nest " ' V Now they are "as happy as iwo clams at high tide"; i they have a little home partly paid for, and it is costing them no'moi.t down town m a stuffy and poorly furnished room. : If YOU haven't a home, come in and talk it over. It's easy to get a home and your credit is good at utworui What We Did for jThese Two Young people We Can Do . for ' : You don't have to pay cash at Edwards'-We will trust you privately - You . .. XatUess ' Waste Charged. ; . , "The call for, a; special session has been signed by the president, and Is ready for announcement," he said.',, fit is to reconsider the reciprocity agree ment With Cknada. It would afford, a timely opportunity . to have some 'of these money bills considered by the new congress that will come hero with the indorsement of tho people. They would not show the -reckless waste of money that has marked the appropriation bills that have been rushed through the cn ate in the last few days. , "This is a great fight between the In terests and the people. Arlsona stands for the people with the best constitution on earth New Mexico Is on: the otlior side." . . At ll:fiO the filibuster ended with . ,.... r,v. o.isToryjmo: i ynw- on . jyrn'jeol;itoufoi:jll)e ap- constitutions of both !JeW Mexico and Arizona. It was. defeated by a vote of 8 to 45, -which gained Me end .of preventing ratin:atJon. of ' the Now Mexico constitution. ; , AltHough the reciprocity agreement COYOTES KILLING DEER C AT WHITE SALMON iii . VA, (8lecUI Plapatrb t" llie Jonrnil.i t White Balmon, wash., March 4. The coyotes are killing the doer In the moun tains "back of Trout lake at the head! waters, of. the White Balmon river. In two instances ranchers have had to vio- late-.-tbegame laws by klUIng deer d4 torn by ravenous coyotes that theycould t not live. Poison is now being laid for) these enemies of the deer, but if .the fatter are- to be preserved the bounty j must be raised high enough to induce ; hunters to wage war on the coyotes.- I ? Not A Single Headache In a thousand cups of POSTUM 'gearanswerOn? tion. . "There's a Reason? 1 HI A Very .Low Price on . v , This Bed A substantial Iron Bed, ex 'actly like the illustration, dou- t blc size, finished in white, cream, blue or green. .Regu lar price $6.50. ' A f Sale price ...... .JbtJ.Vo ".;444 44 wMmmwMMmsmb ' 4 -t Bargains in the : Carpet Department $8.00 Brussels Rugs .$6.60 1 ,4 Z yards by 3 yards. I,, $11.00 Brussels Rugs . , ;$8.60 . ' J yirds nby2 yardC $16.00 Brussels Rugs .$11.65 3 yards by 4 yards. 4 ' i i i j j j b Modern CKill-Iess iron Beds Reduced ! This style we can futni'sh in any color desired. We have them with'K-inch post or 1 M6 Inch, post . The, lighter style wiusuillycU ;a$&50. The heavier style are worth $10.00. The "special sale pricei ' - - , Bed with 7-8 posts . . . .$5.90 Bed with 1 146 posts'. . $7.15 Dinner Sets raled; worth -$3.50. A Good : P 1 ace To Trade " .tor . II Monarch I Umalleable, - if Door, i Mats? Special 6Sc ifats 39c $1.25 Mats at on!y..7v?Sc