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' . THE ' OREGON DAILY .V JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1913. Social WPfersorial 1 113. THOMAS FUGJ5. 'a fdls. tlngulshed visitor from Dublin, Ireland, la enjoying har quota of entertainment during her vlelt here with her nephew - and hla .Witt. Mr. and Mrs. Quy Webster Tal bot, and her niece, Alls Gertrude Tal bot - Betujday-evening - Mr, and - Mra, Talbot cava a dinner part In her honor, when the additional guest were Mr. and Mra. c. St. 8. . Wood, Mr. and Mra. Wil liam MacMaater, Mr. and Mrs. Theo dora B. Wilcox, WlUlam D Wheelrlght, and Hugh Hume- .. Testerday afternoon . Mra Ernest P. Tuoker was an Jnfonr al hostess at tea In her honor. ' '- Mrs. Fuge's visit Will bo of several weeks' duration and a number of af fairs i will be given for her pleasure In the next few weeks. . -v...-,-v,.:-i-i Miss Furnish to Wed. y 1 The date has been ' set for January 14 for the wedding of Mies Kathleen Furnish and Stewart jr. Moore. Miss Dorothy Moulton complimented her with a theatre party and tea, following at the Portland Saturday afternoon. The guests enjoyed the Orpheura matinee and afterwards repaired to the Portland, where a daintily .appointed tea table awaited them, decked with violets and white hyacinths, a corsage bouquet of which was at each place. Besides the hostess and ths honor guest, the' er Mrs. Clarence E. Moulton, Mrs. William J. Furnish, Mrs. Earl Latourette, Mis Mildred Moulton, v Miss Harriet Kern, Miss Mary Kern, Miss VOna Guthrie, Miss Frances Fuller, Miss Nells Bayly and Miss Mary Btelwer. Graduating Class Honored. February '14 graduating class at Un was made the honor - guests at a dancing party and Christmas tree at the school gymnasium last even ing by the June class. Decorations and ' all the features of the-eveninge enter tainment were in keeping with the noil day spirit. ... ' The patronesses and patron were Miss ' Barnia, Miss Perry, Miss Buckly and Mr. Krohn. Those present were! June, 14, class: Loyal Allen, Alverlda Alt man, Vivian Barker, Wesley , BeharreH, Randolph Bingham, Helen Block. Lillian Bohnsen, Lewis Brown, Jean Campbell Robert Campbell, Lavandeur Chlnnard, Joe CelesUne, Hugh Coey, Charles Cohn, Gertrude Conroy, Leah Cushman, Quln cy Daniels, James De Lor, Martin De Muth, Roe Dellar, George Drew, Allen Drumheller, Harold Eckerson, Bessie Evans, Benjamin Finke, Dorothy Fos ter, Celeste Foulkes, Ethel Fugate, Harry Gevurts, Marie Glose, Adalbert Gordon, Ruth Grant, Lexy Graham, Sybil Gross, John Hoehlen, Nellis Ham lin, Julia Helbok, Victor Hoefllch, Flor ence Holmes, Jerome Holsman, Victor Hooker, Cora Howes. Charles Johns, Allyn Johnson, Rhea Joalyn. Kletn Higglns, Harry Koerher, Llbby Krlt chesky. Charles Laing. LiUie Larson. Harriet Leas, Gertrude Lewis, Frances Lindsey, Lilly Lorets, Angus Matthew- WEST ASKS ACTION IN LAND MATTERS, AVERS SECRETARY v ... , (Continued From Page One.) that its affairs and needs hdve not been given that consideration at the hands of the National government which they merit Secretary Lane says: 'T.ils feeling is not confined to specu lators or exploiters.-. It is the sentiment of many who are without selfish mo tive and regard the matter wholly from the standpoint of national growth. They point to the conditions which ob tain in Alaska as unparalleled among people of our aggressive and nation building stock. So, too, they are unable to understand why ways have not been found by which the great bodies of coal and oil lands, of phosphate and potash lands, may be devedoped, and the waters of the mountains made available' for the generation of power and the redemption of the desert Machinery Hot Adequate. "There Is one very simple explanation for the existence of this feeling. We have adventured upon a new policy of administering our affairs and have not developed adequate machinery. We have called a aalt on methods of spoliation which existed, to the great benefit of many, but we have failed to substitute methods, sane, healthful, and progres sive, by which the normal enterprise of an ambitious people can make full use of their own resources. We abruptly closed opportunities to the monopolist, but did not open them to the developer. "The old philosophy that land is land was evidently unfitted to a country, where land Is sometimes , timber and sometimes coal; Indeed, where land may mean water water for tens of thou sands of needy neighboring seres. For the lands of the west differ as men do, in cbaraoter and condition and degree of usefulness. We had not recognised this faot when we said "land is land." Lands fitted for dry farming and lands that must forever lie unused without Irrigation; lands that are fvorthleas save for their timber; lands that are rich In grasses and lands that are poor In grasses; lands underlain with the nonpreclous minerals essential to in dustry or agriculture; lands that are in valuable for reservoir or dam sites these varieties may be multiplied, and each new variety emphasises the fact that each kind of land has its own future and affords Its own opportunity for contributing to the nation's wealth. West Wants Action. " "So there has slowly evolved in the public mind the conception of a new policy Oat land should be used for bat purpose to which It is best fitteJ, and it should be disposed of by the government with respect to Its use. To tnis policy I believe the west Is now reconciled. . The west no longer urg-ss a return to' the hazards of the land Is ' land' policy. But it does ask action. It is reconciled to the government mak ing all proper safeguards against mono poly and against the subversion of the spirit of all our land laws, which is In TINTED IVORY Gold, Bronze and Ma hogany Candle- Sticks -all sizes r . From $1.50 Up F. A. TAYLOR COMPANY , 130 TENTH STREET We do picture framing Xmas Gifts' son, Mildred Matney,- Cecil McAllister, William Mclndoe, ; Ronald -Mcintosh, Ronald McLean, Jack Mlddleton, Jack Montague, Elisabeth Moore, Gerald Moore,' Ralston Moore, Jennie Morgan, Julia Murphy, Minnie Nemerovsky, Wil liam v. Nightingale. Gus Nof fke, Tlllie Nusbaum, : George Oleson, Norma Pas quay, Frank Pearcy, '; Mary Plgney, Ruth Price, Marjorle Quam, ' Hubert RelUy, Jeanette Reubln, Buth Rlchter, Helen Richardson, Arthur Rltter, Beu lab Roberts, Kenneth? Round tree. Myr tle. Schmaei, Harry Semler, Herbert Sessions,'- Mamie Siglln, Paul Smith, B. F. Snodgrass, Isabelle Steel, Louise Stephenson, Roswell Strobecker, : An nette Sullivan, James Thomas. . Helen Uhlman, Vera Van Bchoonhoven,' Carl Wagner, Sidney Walpole, Besale Wil son, Wilfred . Watklns, Harriet Wood worth, Hartwell Woodworth, Thomas Worthen and Lorraine Young; February, ...14,:', class .Fred -.Allen, Marian At water, Lawrence JBeggomann, Nell Be vans, Squire Bosorth, Marie BrldwelV George Clark, Ines Cornell! Clarence Dlahl, Edward Ding, . Wini fred Goodrich, Stella Gray, Joy Gross, Fen ton Hoover, Stanley Howard, Helen Judge, ' Dora Kenny, ... Colltla 'Kenny, Glenn Klelnau, Edgar Lind, Macbeth Llnklater, ' Fulton Maglll, Marjorle Mc Collqm, Sophie Mesher, Elsie Moon, MUes Perry, George Robinson, Edward Russell, Olga Splud, Mary Schlegel, Carl Schuls, . Alice Sunstedt, Mary Stark weather, Mary Townsend, Edward Tur ner, Reuben Voss, Annie Weeks, Clyde White, Pauline Wilson, Alice Werren, Alieen Wolf, Ora White and William Krause. . Fraternity puncheon. Kappa Kappa 'Gamma fraternity will give its regular monthly luncheon,- Sat urday, Dee. 17, at the Oregon Hotel. Mra. Cowles Guest Mrs. Frank Menefee has as her house guest Iter mother, Mrs. C. 8. Cowles, of St Paul, Minn., who will spend the holi day season and most of the winter In Portland. - . ' tf. M New Arrival. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schlnk are being congratulated on the arrival of a baby daughter Sunday, Dec. 1. Visits Classmate. Herbert W. Hllli who is attending Tale college at New Haven, Is a guest at the home of Howard Henn of Cleve land, Ohio, a freshman classmate, where he will spend his holiday vacation. Society Notes. Mlsa Elisabeth Cadwell of Portland. Is a guest at the Wolcott, New York city. Mrs. M. F. Hasting of McMlnnville. Or., has returned home after an ex tended visit In Portland with her daughter, Mrs. P. Park. essence that all suitable lands shall go into homes, and all other lands shall be developed for that purpose which shall make Them of greatest service. But it asks that the machinery be promptly established . In the law by which the lands may be used. And this demand is reasonable. Already the congress has recognised In many ways the apposlte ness of this policy, but it is for yourself and congress to further extend this thought Into our legislation. ' "Surely this Is not a task that may be adventured upon with recklessness or without respect for the opinion nf others. And the suggestions which shall be made by me are so made In the hope that they will form a basis upon which the constructive mind may work and bring forth a more perfect, a more efficient working plan." Alaska Commission Beconunended The secretary devotes considerable at tention to Alaska, which it is estimated contains 80,000,0000 acres of land that will make homes for a sturdy Deobia and which is capable of vast develop ment. Continuing he says: "We have with drawn Alaska from the too agresSlve and self serving exploiter. What have we to substitute as a safer servant of publlb interest? To tls question I have given much thought, and my con clusion Ms that if we are to bring Alaska into the early and full realisa tion of her possibilities we must create a new piece of governmental machinery for the purpose. We should undertake the work in the spirit and after the method bf a great corporation wishing to develop a large territory. In my judgment the way to deal with the problem of Alaskan resources is to es tablish a board of directors to have this work in charge. Into the hands of this board or commission I would give all the national assets In that territory, to be used primarily for her Improvement her lands, fisheries, Indians, Eskimos, setis, forests, mlr.es, waterways, rail roadsall that the nation owns, cares for, controls, tor regulates. "Congress sribuld determine in broad outline the policies which this board in-a liberal discretion should elaborate and administer, much as Is done as to the Philippines. This board would .of course have nothing whatsoever to do with the Internal affaire of the organ ised territory of Alaska, for it would exercise no powers save such as con gress granted over the property of the United States In Alaska." Developed By Own Besooroes. This recommendation of the secre tary is based on the reasons that the board could advise oongress as to what should be done without prejudice and could coordinate the present enterprises of the government in the territory. An other consideration Is that Alaska should be developed as far as possible out of her own resources and have a federal budget of her own which should be pre sented to congress on a single sheet The fnuds raised from her furs, her for ests and her mines should be used in the construction of her roads, railroads, tel egraph and telephone lines Or for any other purpose that would make her re sources more quickly available to the world. In short he would construct the administrative machinery that would most surely lead to a prompt and con tinuous development of Alaska as a part of the United States upon a plane com mensurate ' with her possibilities, in dustrially, agriculturally and socially. Proceeding Secretary Lane says; "I would not have Alaska wait for needed legislation until the merits of such a plan could be passed upon by congress. Those things which appeal to me - as of immediate necessity upon which independent action may be taken are (1) the construction oz rauroaas In the territory and (2) the opening pi her coal lands." , . 1 If it Is thought wise to. recoup the government for Its original outlay in railroads the secretary recommends giv ing "a land subsidy to the owners of roads and retaining In the government one half of the land on each side of the railroad ' until it had appreciated In val ue by the growth of the lands given to the public The roads should be built -under government supervision EXPERIENCED WOMANWILL HEAD REMEDIAL LOAN OFFIQE ' - ..:- :-,-::'.v:MiX-:--- h . , -J b . ts v - - . I t ' -"" x I . s4-' est- X - ir y y Miss Caroline Portland's Remedial Loan association Is to be headed by a woman who un derstands every kink and, phase of the loan, business and who through seven years' philanthropic work at Neighbor hood House is thoroughly familiar with the social purpose of a remedial organ isation. Miss Caroline B. Myers, who for the past 26 years has conducted a loan bus iness in this city, established many years ago by her father, familiarly known as "Uncle" Myers, will assume the managerial duties of her new office With solid practical experience behind her. coupled with an enthusiasm and sympathy for assisting the unfortunate euch as is given but few, people to pos sess. Tear In, year out, in her loan Busi ness on Sixth street, she has rubbed elbows with every class and condition of people who have sought her assist ance to tide them over temporary fi nancial embarrassment. No two cases have been alike; she has become a profound Judge of human nature as a consequence. Tnis xnowieage nas ripened and developed into a oesire 10 help the helpless, and has been instru mental In inducing her to enter philan thropic work. f An incident prompted her to start a school for foreigners In the south end, paying the expenses of operation her self. That was seven years ago; today the school has four teachers and is one of the settlements of the city that is really accomplishing something. and be at any time subject to purchase ! by the government at their cost minus depreciation. Openlar of Mineral ianas. a a ta th oDenlng of the Alaska coal lands the secretary suggests they can be safely turned over to the public under a leasing and royalty system sim ilar to that under wnicn ine mmo u Minnesota leases its ore 'lands and the states of Montana and Colorado their coal lands. He mentions zoo acres as a maximum unit. Passing from Alaska tne secretary t,iiu nn western coal lands and recom mends that the same policy of leasing be adopted througnout me country, xia also advises the same policy in regard to petroleum, phosphate and potash lands. . , On the subject of Umber lands Secre tary Lane says: "T am not satisfied with the oper ation of the homestead law as to the timber lands of tne lar western ianas. As the law now la, a man may enter upon 1(0 acres of these lands, and by livinr a total of 21- months on the land during three years and cultivating at a maximum 80 acres of the land, it be comes his. we promptly proceeas, ii ne is wise, to sell it to some lumber com pany for from $10,000 to $20,000. The land Is allowed to lie for an indefinite period as a part of the company's for est reserve or is logged off, leaving the stumps in the land, and eventually sold for agricultural purposes, if so adapted. Homesteads 1$ ZTame Only. "Experience Justifies the statement that few men take up these heavily tim bered lands under a bona fide attempt to meet the purpose of the law, which, as its name implies, Is to convert the public land Into homes. y tne lnvest mnt of a few month's time and a few hundred dollars the- homesteader gains a property worth awnany thousands of dollars. let ail tne conaitions oi tne law are complied with and patent must Clf lllifli'iM ll"""""irriirrn BAKER'S COCOA B. Myers. Miss Myers says that sympathy and love in the work made that institution a success and that while the new reme dial loan association will be strictly a business proposition, this same sympa thy and understanding wUl be neces sary for Its Buccess. "I really can say very little about our plans," she said yesterday, "except that the association will start its work sometime in February. I am endeavor ing to sell otit my business and stock here in my Sixth street store, and will take up the work as soon as I am free to do so. "This association is going to be a busi ness association from the very start. So many people have an idea it is to be a charitable institution. It isn't. We are going to charge 3 per cent a month and make every effort and inducement to have our borrowers pay back on time. We shall have to turn our money many times and our capital Is not, of course, large. If circumstances war rant it we shall permit repayment of loans In small Instalments. We do hope to be able to reduce the rate of In tsrest to 1 per cent.-. "This position came as a great sur prise to me, continued Miss Myers. did not know anything afbout It until a committee called on me the other day, but I concluded to accept. I have been working for my family for years and now I shall devote my time to society. This association will fill a long felt need and should drive from the field all but the legitimate loan agents." issue. The government loses the tlm ber and the land and does not gain real home maker. Such homesteaders Rdd nothing to the wealth of the nation. The law should punish them, in fact, as frauds. Whether with the conniv ance of the lumber companies or not, they are the agencies by which the law is defeated and the lands conveyed where it Is not Intended that they should go. "There is a remedy for this condition of things, and it lies in the selling of the land and the timber separately. I am beginning to doubt the wisdom of applying the homestead law to any land which has not first been declared fitted for agriculture. It is now a blanket law which is used to cover a multitude of frauds. . Such legislation would also cure the abuses resulting from the use of certain classes of scrip." Succan in Bsolamatlon. Taking up the question of arid lands Secretary Lane says: "The successful Carey Act projects are a distinguished fewi Great wrongs to trustful or none too wise farmers were donialts name and the suffering which flt caused has made It difficult to make M serviceable even under the more careful scrutiny of later and more cautious officers." Since 1902 when the government adopted the policy of undertaking Irri gation projects of Its own there has been constructed through all of the arid land Btates some 26 projects In which the government has Invested approxi mately $76,000,000. The work has been a success, asserts Secretary Lane. Less than three per cent of all the land which Is served or ready to be served Is unoccupied. Referring to complaints of the recla mation service the secretary has reached the conclusion that mistakes have been made by the service. Some grew out of ambiguities and defects in the law, some out of inexperience and others out of a mlsconoeptlon of the re lationship that should exist between r Is Good Of fine nualitv. made from carefully selected high-grade cocoa, beans, 5 skilfully blended, prepared by a per- : ST a 1 1 - 1 -A A l iect mecnanicai process, wunouc inc use nf chemicals or dves. It contains no added potash, natural flavor, and Booklet of Choice Walter Baker Established 1780. such A government service and . those with wbora It dealt i-' v-'. ''''''"''."'... Much of the feeling against the aev- vtce can be mended, says Mr. Lane, by- a" greater frankness and fuller apprecla- J tion of the work. i J voce Una for Irrigators. 1 Dlu UMT txaauowwa eJtaer to . ,v T 7ViL "'L. re " t merge their cap "But there la ons matter ef great tno- i,.i..,i ,k.i- .i... "7 . . , . , - I wewvw w lUVIIiUJ ment to these people which .should be,, 'VwA pUa as im here suggested corrected by law as moon a. voseible , mhfmi attractive to capital wherever adds the secretary. "We mistook the ttMsr. u bona fide Heed for such water abilltr-of -tte-Jfarmer-to- w T-bis T(hrw Velopinentt fr u ,s aennlu j, water rights, v Ten years was the time Ub terms an1 m.d. A oreclee given. His optimism and our own waa toe greet.. That time should be doubled, Thia should be done sot alone because or tne inaDiiity oi many, to ineet mnr obligations to the government, but be cause it will prove wise policy to give a free period within which the farmers may more fully uss their farms. They can pot their lands te a more profitable use. both to themsetve and to the coun try, by being allowed to cumulate their earnings In the early years and be thus enabled to make Investments in stock and machinery which will make for larger profits later. "I feel the keenest sympathy wim those upon these projects who are en tering; Into this work of putting the desert Into public service They are genuine pioneers in a new field of work, on the success pf which depends greatly the rescuing of a vast, territory. The enemy of the' government and of the farmer is the land speculator. He Is of two kinds. Sometimes he is a farmer who does not expect to farm but to sell out at a higher price and go elsewhere, i Generally, however, he Is the holder or a large tract of private -land within the project who creates false values and burdens those who buy and attempt to farm with a load of debt which handi caps them In their efforts. But such matters may be, I trust, overcome by new methods of administration.' Xst Government lend Money. Referring to the inadequacy of private capital to undertake reclamation works and the ability of the government to do so tne question is asked, "Where are the funds to come from to carry on such work?" "My answer Is," says Secretary Lane, "from the public lands in these states. We sell these lands now and the pro ceeds go Into the reclamation fund. Two years ago the government went further and aet aside $20,000,000 to be used In the completion of the irrigation schemes now under way. This is an advance by the government for which It takes what might be termed A mortgage on the moneys which the projects will yield from the sale of water rights. Why not extend this pollcyT The west can use profitably and wisely $100,000,000 to the advantage of the whole country. The i government will recover all of the money it advances, not to speak of the homes and values created by its enter prise. If the government will place upon a leasing basis these western re sources .with which we have been deal- -lng ltan have an increased fund for j the continuance of this work and an increased assurance of the return of Its advances. Just as I would aim to make Alaska pay in the end out of her own j resources for a liberal advance, made to her for the opening and Improvement of her territory, so should we aim to make these lands of the west bring into be ing the latent values of. the west." Inasmuch as the title to Oil and other lands would remain In the government and be excluded from state taxation, the secretary recommends a fair portion of the royalties received should go to the states within which the revenues are raised. Co-operation With States. In the matter of co-operation of the government with the states he looks forward to a more Intimate relationship between the states and the federal gov ernment In developing the west. "So cordial," says he, is the spirit of the west toward this work that within a few months the state government of Oregon andthe federal government, through the reclamation service, have become partners in several projected ir rigation plans, one Involving no less than the pumping, of water from the Columbia river by electric power gen erated by the river itself. A similar co-operative enterprise has been entered upon with the state of Washington. Tne plan is that we shall do the work, sup plying one-half the funds and the state the other half. This is a tendency which it is well to foster." i Discussing the power site problem, which ho dfclares s most perplexing one, Secretary Lane says he is not in favor of keeping them from being- util ised by private capital In the publio in terest. He continues: "How may the needed advantage be gained for the present and the needs of the future cared for? This is the im mediate problem. What may capital reasunubly demand? A fair and attrac tive return upon Its Investment yearly and the full return of its capital. And what may the publio served reasonably require? Good service and fair rates. Who shall make these rates? Within the state they must be subjeot to state regulation; between the states, federal authority must control. What return shall the federal government have lor Us lands? Bevert to Government. "My answer would be. no return whatsoever, provided the plant reverted to the government without cost at the end of 50 or 60 years, or so much of the plant as was based on the land Itself and the Improvements directly attached thereto such as reservoirs, dams water rights and rights of way. For the tan gible property of the plant, such as the distributing system and machinery, the government might well agree to pay an appraised price so as to Insure its be ing maintained and extended during the later years of the life of ths franchise. The right to buy the complete plant at an appraised figure at any time after 20 years would be a further protection and one not burdensome, while for better -rrr---r-r Cocoa possesses a delicious is of great food value. Recipes sent free & Co. Ltd. uorcnester, jviass. r service It would seem advisable that stll plants be permitted. In fact emeouraged. to thyslcaliy combine, just mm eur, rail- roads are required to couple themselves Into tnrouglt routes and thne make their service oootlmioaa and' Interdependent; basis for canltallutlon. Thm t.rm- of the franchise would be long enough to permit of the amortisation of the plant , . , ,,. ........ . , m tke same dis- r& iff cretion m Wk choosing your KM candy as you jx$ Jo otter gifts Wi T. shell munch $ Wr 11 If : J! . Tomorrow f j;rr Packed in beautiful new $J design holiday boxes ; HK- X and baakets EcS - ill 1 resuas upon such a percentage as would Uy no heavy burden upon each year's earnings. Where a reservoir site Is also ui4 for the storage ef Irrigation waturs, the right to which, attaches te certain lan.ii Whlcfe should enjoy that use forever. It could be provided that at the end et the franchise period the government would either turn ever the plant te the wator user or the state or otherwise provide for Its operation.'' ; h Presents Delivered by "motorcycle end bicycle mounted meaaengera Telephone Main SS. A-21&3, Hasty Messensrer ft Delivery company. 9 There Is No Better Light For The Home than the soft mellow glow of a good oil lamp. Scientists indorse it; com mon sense recommends it. The Lamp gives the ideal light for sewing and reading. ' Scientifically constructed. No glare. , No flicker. 1 Can be lighted without removing chimney or. shade. Easy to cafe for. Ask Your Dealer To Show Yea Standard Oil Company ' ' , (Catfomia) v Portland V