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Till! OnZCOIJ CU2IDAY -JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, JULY 4, 1012 -nmnr unnn nnin i.iUUHl liUUU U7 tiFFERS IDEAL IP III HEART OF YILDS ' - Assistant District Forester Flory Tells of Jour Around Peak's Eastern Base, NEW TRAIL READY SOON rWea&trfal Beantl of Mountain ark ' tgd Glacier dot to rrtt Flaias , ' and Xens rorests. - By Charle a. Xlory, Assistant District Jr"orstr. A wonderful drive of 175 ml;es from Portland,' 'through ' the Columbia river rorsre, miles upon miles of orchards and , fertile fields, traversing a' wilder ness of. forest across turbulent moun tain streams, through acres and acres of rhododendron and return an auto-' mobile road clear around Mount Hood. Such, In brief, will be5 th story of the Mount Hood road when it Is com-pleted.'- Of thia rreat : highway. .162 miles 'are already practically com-1 pietea, leaving out za miles in llooa river- and . Clackamas counties around the-east base of Mount Hood within the Oregon national, forest to be con structed. k - , .- ' With the completion of this unit, no where in the world will there be found ueh an amazing change of scenery in so short a dlaunce. The tourist will be met with a, veritable kaleidoscope 1 or- rivers, waterraus,; towering: cliffs,; villages, .orchards, farms, forests, gla ciers, -7 anowt leld and flowers. The chance is so rapid that the mind can barely grasp In detail the magnitude of what it sees. - - . If h wishes, th motorist can' leave Portland at o'clock In the. morning and return In time for dinner In the venlnav.nOr,- if he deslrea an outing of a, few days, there la a, wealth of Interesting points at which to linger, v5vf;aUglx for All. J?pl. For the. naturalist there is a virgin, field; for the botanist or. geologist thr In. flti ahiiriflflnn r t nifltAHil it study;, there are Uttle-known and prac- "i'uy unexpiorea ancient jnaian loru f lcationa and village sites for the ar- ChaeolOfiriitt! for th f shei-tnan th,r. are streams and . brooks teeming with iivui, lur mo mountain ciiraoer Mount Hood ever -issues Its silent challenge td be oonouered. Or If van r n1mr.lv ' nUtn Vllfelnita, M,M I. ...... .a thousand spots to charm ' and lure jyou J back again to - peace 'with the I world. " - .The completion , of ; this . road will make Portland 'the foremost city of .the. country la its scenic attractions all within easy reach of everybody j whether he ytra vela by automobile, .horseback or on foot, t U .? The Columbia, river highway Is rap idly nearing 'completion, when it will ,be possible to travel by wagon or auto mobile as far as Mount Hood lodge In the upper Hood river 'valley, a- dis tance of 100 miles from Portland. From thia point a trail 23 miles long, built byi the forest service, will soon be fin ished, south of the old historic Barlow road. an& government camp, on the up per Zigzag river. From this point a eod automobile' road extends 68 miles town the Zigzag and Sandy rivers, through - the-, towns-.of Sandy and .Gresham into Portland. -, . ; I - To Widen 7oresra Trail. " I "Th forest service has long seen the necessity of means of transportation Jn case Of forest fires around. the east srn flank of Mount Hood and two years ago constructed a horse trail on Kh" easy grade as far south as . the .livlde between the headwaters f Hood liver and Whit river. A crew of for bst rangers is now finishing this" trail Into a wagon road. . 1 In order to determine the feasibility pf this- project a party-of prominent Htlzens from Hood 'River and repre sentatives from the forest service and office of public roads, headed by Ruf us Holman, commissioner from Mult nomah county, made a pioneer trip bver the proposed route last week. Others In the party were Judge -tantou. of Hood River county; Leslie JuUer, member of the board of ad i isers for the stat highway comxnis ion; - Charles BeU, proprietor of the lood River hotel; J. T. Schuyler, hlgh vay .engineer- of the . office of public oads, Washington, rx C.; T. H. Sher ard, supervisor of the Oregon national oresf service, Portland. They left the own of Hood. River by auto June 23 nd proceeded as far. as Mount Hood idge. where they were Joined by Mr. nd Mrs. W. L. Clark, lira. Amelia "alter and John Hannam, commissioner or.' Hood River county,', all of Hood iver valley. v J . - Majestic View Obtained. t : ' I Here the party of road enthusiasts as royally entertained until the. fol owlng day ,by Homer .Rodgers, pro rletor of r this charming . mountain Ula. ' From the porch of the lodge a magnificent panoramic view Is to be id of Hood river valley. Range after mge of fprest-covered mountains- ex end as . far as the eye can see and ising aUove all, the snowy peaka of rood, Adams; . St, Helens and Rainier ianl guard in majestic grandeur, i The air is o clear' that the glaciers nd anow fields of Mount Hood seem ist across the road. ; r In fact, Holman isisted . on having a snowball - party .efore luncli. It was aa hard, to make im believe the enow fields were -over ix miles away, as it was for the mem efs of the party "to believe some of ie fish" atoriea h told. -After lunch, l ways, wanting to find out things for imaelCIIolman walked-to Cloud Cap m and back , again, a distance Of 13 nleaw He managed to get- supper be re retiring fgr the night. . It waa 3 Heed ' the rJjjxt day that he ''was ither chary about telling any -more sh stories. . - Arrangements had 'been made In ad- nee through Supervisor Sherrard, ho placed at the party's disposal the rest service pack train for th jour '.y -around the mountain. Th ani-ala.--.in Charge of Dee Wright,' Aha irest service packer, arrived late In le evening after a strenuous' all-day urney from Wapinitia. ' - ." AJX Unjoyed iujich. ! Bright and early next morning a ain of IS mules and horses loaded Uh county commissioners, bankers, ncheraf ana Charley Bell, in all sorts uncomfortable T?osltions, hit the all for Hood river meadows, where mp was to be made that night The irty arrived at these delightfully cool .d charming meadows In time for a .bstantial" lunch of bacon, bread and tatoes, prepared by forest rangers. Tha party, o far, had not suffered y mishap. Everybody was in high irita.T . The weather was so fine and e views of Mount Hood so encbant ?, as glimpses of It came Into view tween openings in the trees, that the ject of the trip was almosiost sight V Only Charley Bell endeavored to I ROAD AROUND MT. HOOD TO CONNECT WITH COLUMBIA IVER HIGHWAY-' r - , , 1 1 - - j 4 , - v, - 4-'- " 'I ' " ' S:-::: -. ::: :;::: .V . :- . ( , , . ' t - ' -J - f - "" w.V ' -( i ' ' 4 V ' " ' " H ' ' ' - ' - , . , ! - - i I ' ' ' X y - ' s - ' f ' y - I p-' ! " " ' " - - J I -"' l - ' - !' ..ii'H"'v-.x-.. .fs - --v i i Y-'V .'-v-r ,s I i r-f . w' -Vi Vv " Left Bonney Bntte from across Elk Ilight, top -Start at Mount Hood line aiutntie -; oouo feet) . compete with the .wonderful scenery by sacriligeously drawing attention to his acrobatic stunts at the most un expected momepta. ; v . . Charley's Antics Disquieting. When - everybody "was spellbound with awe' at some glacier, glistening in. the sun, or. charmed by a bit of flower-carpeted' mountain park Char ley ueu would let put a whoop like a Comanche Indian and come;: racing down- the line like Ichabod Crane fly ing before the' headless horseman his arms flapping like broken shutters and his legs doing vail sorts of buck-and wing antics in the air. Nevertheless, there was .a time of reckoning that night . Charley Bell couldn't sit down. After lunch t when the horses hid been fed ;and rested a short time, the i party -again mounted and av lde trip I of 'three miles was f made- tcth: head .of .Wnite tiver and the galcier-of the same name. .The climb was entirely oa horseback until an altitude of C6O0 feet was attained. As the higher ele vation was reached a vast expanse of mountain, forest and the flat un broken plateau' of eastern Oregon Was gradually unfolded to view. Tad lan Bace track Sean. -: ' The Hee Hee, ; or Indian, racing: grounds of the Warm Springs Indian reservation could be plainly seen at the base of the Cascades and .far to the east the wheat fields tf Wasco county shining yellow In the afternoon sun indicated that harvest was about ready. " In the dim distance' along the easteAi horizon the outline of the Blue mountains ' was ; -discernible. t--'" While everybody waa contemplating the mag nificent birdseye view of farms, for ests and valleys, baking In - the hot summer sun far below, a violent snow storm suddenl v came rolling with - a ! chilling olast down across White river glacier, , shutting out completely the world below and impressing upon" cer tain members of the party very, forc ibly that B..VY D.'s are not good form when visiting glacial regions. ' : That night.; back at Hood River meadows around a . roaring v campf ire built high with ' logs : cut : from dead trees In the vicinity. IT tired road en thusiasts with enthusiasm ' still -un abated," sprawled about on -the , ground taiKing ana planning ana dreaming of the time , when all the Wonder which had been crowded into '- on brief day could be made available for the people of the state and the thousands of tour ists who visit ua each year. Every member had had strange ex p - ,vr - FIREMEN'S .BAND GIVES PICNIC NEXt-SUNDAY AT CANEMAH Th Portland Fire Department band, which holds old-fashioned '. Tha member of the fir department band and their friends are to hold an old fashioned picdic at Canemah park next Sunday, July 1L Special . trains ' "'Wl"Wsjsayi 4 - 11 t V - MoaAnw. !Lodge; bottom party periences that day for 1 the first, time in his life. No on could cease mar veling at the things be had seen and been able to do. - Staid bankers and business men, and even Charley Bell, who used to be. a timber cruiser, did not realize what they had .been miss ing right at ' home.; .We . all slept or rather tried to, under - the stars on a bed of fp boughs i and un der : blankets too narrow i tor - two people th size of some of us, i es pecially on a cold' night Some, of us got pretty - cold, - too, before morning, particularly our backbone and the top of our bald head. It rained and-snaared about daylight, which made the situa tion i still more Interesting. c ' Early the next morning, as soon as everybody , had thawed -out around the campfir and filled : himself i with , hot coffee, bacon and -eggs, the pack train' again hit Jth trail, t That is, it started of f in a - seemingly aimless manner through wet brush and .over logs, up and down hill and through a magnifi cent forest of DoUgIa fir. cedar and Noble fir, No on knew where we were going but the forest rangers who were guiding the party, for we i were passing -over the route where the for est service trail had not yet been con structed. S i -: i :- , ,-, .. V 4Bal Trail Picked tTp Again, After a strenuous ride of three miles, the real trau was again picked up and a brisk trot of two miles across the great sand flat of Whit river and over Bennett pasa brought us to th old Barlow road. From thers It was easy, going to Government Camp, where an automobile was waiting to take us back to Portland. Thus ended th be ginning of tourist travel around Mount Hood. Everybody -Voted the trip th moat memorable one he' had ever taken. It was remarkable in that so much waa seen with so little effort." , Within a few-weeks, as soon as the forest serv ice trail is completed, the ti?p can be made still more conveniently for those desiring; to make th trip by.horseback. saddle animals can - be procured for the 71 Journey either J atf Mount Hood lodge in Hood River, or at Government Camp. - ' . ; - i Tne trail, however. Is" only the fore runner of the automobile ' road. , That the latter is entirely feasible at a rea sonable cost .was fully; determined by those who made th Journey. ! ; -. Washington has a new emergency hospital. ' " its - , are to carry the picnickers ' to - the ground a. I w : ' Th band xpects to giv a concert a large 'part-of th day and this will rf - I T' HISS III I Ml mi' I II IIS Ill " --. . . g Krrtv,; - - . il l- it timber , , I Armenian .Ignored Orders to Halt Washington Officially Hotifled That Soak Carrying; " Mules to Britons Xodged gnbmarinea. Washington, , ' July 3. (I. N. . S.) The steamship Armenian, sunk by a German submarine with loss of Amer ican lives, was not under British gov ernment ; requisition when, aha sailed from , Newport f News Jun 17. with mules for the British army, but prior to this voyage she had. been requisi tioned by the Ixndon government. : Although the British requisition ter minated before her final trip, th Ar menian had not' yet been put "back on th regular sailing list of th Leyland line, owners of th ship." J : This statement from - th manager of the Ley land lis at Liverpool was reported to v the state department ' to day by Ambassador Page at London. -. A dispatch from Consul Armstrong at Bristol to t th "state department today brought definite word that th Armenian attempted for. 45 minutes to run 'away-from the German subma rine and that she hove to only after sh had been set afire by shells from the German vessel. - The dispatch i was - so abbreviated that - the state department was unable to - determine exactly what Consul Armstrong meant to convey regarding the launching of the boats of the Ar menian and the escape of her surviv ors. , The. message will be repeated. IS:. SALUTED BY 21 GUNS Long Beach, Cal., July .-( P. N. S- Wltb formal ! ceremonies witnessed by thousands of persons, the big Lin coln monument was unveiled at the Pacific park here this" afternoon. The monument wa constructed of Califor nia granite and (stands 23 feet high. As th monument was unveied th United States cruiser Chattanooga in the bay fired the president's salute of z i guns. picnic at Canemah park, near be Interspersed with races and many athletic events. 1 Dancing Will be a tTh picnic wIU be an all day affair with th trains leaving here early la GERMAN, SUBMARINE AT BOTTOM OF OCEAN, ,W ARE ALIVE U-30 Meet$;With. Acciflgnt at Mpirth of Effis River; Res " cue of Men Unlikely. London. July . (L K. S.) tnwuter has overtaken on of the kaiser's troublesome mechanical swordfish, the U-30, which is lying at th bottom of th sea at the mouth of the Ems river in S fathoms of water. ' . . ? The i nature; of th" difficulty that prevented . the submarine from rising is not known.' hut she has been located between the islands of Rottum and Borkunv and the crew has exchanged signals with divers .'Who hurrid to her assistance. Three of the crew hav already succumbedk - and little hope la suggested that any effective rescue work can be aocompllshed in time to save th feat.. , Sister craft of 'the distressed .U-SO destroyed at least flv ships lnth waters about -the United Kingdom to day. . The Londonderry steamer Gad by, a vessel of 3500 tons, from Sydney to London, encountered a submarine 30 miles off of Wolf rock and wa sent to the bottom, "Th crew escaped In lif boats and were - later picked trp by the steamer Leon and landed at Movllle, Ireland. The steamer Richmond, a steel ves sel of 3214 tons, owned in London, Queenstown to Boulogne,, wood laden, probably with supporting ' timbers for trench work and gun complements, had an experience little less thrilling than that of tn Armenian before her skip per abandoned his desperate flight and hove to, permitting his ship to be sunk. She was riddled with shot and shell Oregon. City, next 6nnday. the - morning and returning Sunday night, Tickets for th excursion ar being sold by the firemen and at th various fir, elation.- The 'money raised will go Into the band fund. HER CRE 1 i: VBJHB X"s ' j . "T. and had been ; subjected to a raking bombardment before giving up, ,. Mem bers of the crew who drifted about In! open, boats for 12 hours, bef or being rescued, stated! that th submarine at tacked and sunk another good sized ahip ; before .r they were able to '. pull away from th scene. Th British steamship Cralgard, from Galveston un 3, and Newport News. Jun 11, with a cargo of cotton for Havre, France, -which - had i been a subject of apprehtmslon through the finding of two of her lifeboats drifting empty at sea. 1st now definitely known to hav been torpedoed, by a submarine In the latter's -favprite s hunting, son of f th -ScilJyi island. ' Th.. . crew reached the. port of Plymouth today. The Belgian steamer Boduognat, , a vessel of 1441 ions, owned by th Ant werp Shipping company, wa torpedoed and. -sunk off Falmouth la the early dawn. Her crew reached Falmouth with littl difficulty. ;V-r5 . ' " Gadsby, Britisher, . Snnk. - -Londonberry, Ireland," July 4. Sun day) (U. P;)--The S497 ton British steamer . Oadaby was torpedoed off Wolf rock Saturday afternoon while en rout from- Sydney to Ijondon. Her crew was landed here late last night. 7Tn Gadsby was owned 'by R. -Rop-her A Co., of Hartlepool, England. She wa built In 1899 and was 355 feet long. with a 48ifoot beam. -r Becker's JHope Not. " So Strong Now Governor Whitman Delars Ei jem Oonvlneed of CHUlt of 7ormer Polio . . TJntnat. '. . Albany, N. ti July ,3 (U. P.) Gov ernor Whitman Issued a statement this afternoon declaring he was absolutely convinced of the guilt of former Po llceLleutenant Becker, under sentence of death for " the murder of , Gambler Herman Rosenthal,, - -This was, taken to meanjthat if, the appeal expected to be 'taken to the eru prem court of the United States fails, Becker Is certain to b executed. There will b no hope of executive clemency Whitman expressed a willingness to permit . .Marton Man ton, counsel for Becker, to publish th names of per sons Becker alleges to have been In volved in New; Tork police graft. Utlantic Fleet to ' 'Stay in-Atlantic Laat Possibility of " Visit . to Paifie .Coast Tanlshss With Announoemest of Flan for fhunmr. . Washington, ; July -3. (U. p.)--The last possibility -of th Atl antio fleet vial ting the Pacific oaat was. removed today, when announcement - wrs made Of summer plan for th squidron. The fleet will praetlce in the Atlantic until August 29, and 'will then leave for the southern drill grounds. .'- Theosophical Society Electa. j Th Theosophical society,: Portland i branch,-held its annual meeting Wed nesday evening in the room of the society, 729 Morgan building. The fol lowing were- elected officers for the ensuing .12 months: President. Mrs. Mildred . Kyle; . vice ; president, r L George: treasurer, ' A. I-" Keenan; secretary, Mrs. N. B. Hechtj librarian, Mrs. A- W. W ill Um. ' -- -.'. " Grange Meld Day Planned. Gresham. Or., July $. Arrangements ar , well under way for - the grange field day to be held in . Gresham - July 24. It is probable that a member of th national grange will deliver an ad-dress.'- Mayor fitapleon' will make th opening remarks, and melodies will be sung by a chorus of 79 selected from the 19 granges of th county. ; - Minimum Cost e - Muf1o at all hours can be had at home forAfilnimum cott If you read the "Musical Instruments" column in The Journal s classified section, (Adv.) Wealtli of Roses for Seal Estate Men Portland Board Perfects Arrangements for Secelving and rntertaialng Visi tors Todar. f i The Misses Carolina Testout and her pink and red complexjoned sisters will Join with th full membership of the Portland Realty . Board , tomorrow In welcoming" 110 realty men -and their wives of Minneapolis and Chicago, who will atop over here for a day en route fronv the national convention of real ty exchanges at Los Angeles. -. -Tha party wtil arrive at 7:40 a. .m. over th. Southern. Pacific, and Presi dent Taylor has Issued a: call for all loeal members -of the board to be on hand to make the visitors feel at home. Prom the depot the party will be es corted to th Multnomah hotel, where 2000 roses will be presented them at t o'clock. " . - - After breakfast the visitors will be loaded . into automobile for, a spin around th west aid and over Terwil llger boulevard. At 2:30 in th afternoon another auto trip has been arranged for, this time over the Columbia highway," a junket which, will be tipped off with a big royal Chinook dinner at the Portland Automobile clubhouse. And there will be no speeches to flavor the repast, de clares the local, committee, f Th return journey will be made In time for the Chicagodelegatlon - to catch the east bound train. The Min neapolis party; will : remain over all night and depart for Seattle Tuesday morning, where another welcome awaits them. - ' - Prominent; Swedes : V. Pay Short Visit Count Class Sond and Commissioner A. Bernstrom Pass Through City Xn &out Proas Zxposltlon, - Count Claes Bond, secretary to the Swedish legation at Washington. D. was in Portland yeatrda afternoon for a couple of hours en rout- from -Ban Francisco to his station. He was accompanied by General Commissioner R. Bernstrom for Sweden at th Pan-ama-Pacifio exposition, who Is on his way; home. ? . ; The time her was devoted to see ing the city from an auto, as gueata of Vic Consul Valdemar Lidell, and they wer much, impressed wlta th beautiful surroundings and the clvlo improvements. . '. : - . Cojmmlssioner Bernstrom " is son of the head of th large D Laval Sep arator corporation In Stockholm, and is one of the country's most progres sive business men. r He was one of th v leaders in r th planning of the large exposition' held last summer at Malmo, Sweden, and when offered th honor to assume charge of th Swedish exhibits and. building at. the Panama Pacific exposition accepted only on the condition that it carried no salary and that he also b permitted to defray his wn . opsiiM,-:-f.v;-:.!. ,u-'s----k ... It 1 understood that his public' splr ltedness cost him Just about what he had figured It - would,- som 190,000 crowns, or about $27,000; v ! Ohiropractics: Elect. Officers for Year Sr.4 P. O. Xohian WHI Sead Assooia . tion That Closed Conwatloa ' Sere Xart Klgnt with Pin Program. ' Th convention- of " " tb Oregon Chlropraotic association closed last night with a publio meeting at which Ir. P. H. May, of Salem, waa the principle speaker. -He gave an address on "Diseases of th Stomach. Th program consisted of vocal solo,' Miss Amy E tan wood; lecture, "Diseases of the Stomach. ; Dr. P. IL May: violin solo, J. Wehoffer; remarks try A. ' B, Calder, D. C, Ph. D.: reading, Dr. S. P. G rover, refreshment a . , -- At the final business session yesterday- afternoon the following ; offi cers were ' elected for th ensuing year:.- Dr. P. O. Lehman, .president; Dr. H. O. Brown, first vie president; Dr. C. H. Parish, second vie presi dent; Dr. D. T.' Brown, secretary; Dr. J. & Lavalley, treasurers DrvvW, E. Slater, trustee tor two years; Dr. W. O. Powell,- trustee holds over until July, 1919. i Argentina'' 1914 Imports amounted to $242,304,273. .Vacation-Trip via The North Bank Road SJ 4 tasf B4 St. : v Direct Routes Limited Train-St. Paul, Chicago, St. Louia. "THE NORTH BANK LIMITED" AND "INLAND EMPIRE EX PRESS DAILY,' IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GREAT NORTH ERN OR NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R. AND BURLINGTON HCUT2- Daily. Until September 30 Via -Direct California Both Ways On Way Atlantic City. $113.30 : $131.00 ' Milwauk , .$ 72.50 S C0.C3 , Baltimor 108.50 126.00 Minneapolis .. 60.C0 84. ZZ Boston 1 1 0.00 1 27.50 Montreal. ... . 1 03.00 1 22.C 3 Buffalo ..... f 92.00 109.50 Nw York... 110.70 123.23 Chicago i 72.50 . 90.00 Omaha ..... .60.00 77.S3 Cincinnati 80.50 104.00 Philadelphia 110.70 123.23 . Dnvr w 55.00 , 72.50 Pirtaburs; . . . . " 90.60 . 1C3.10 Dee Moin,. 65.70 83.20 SU Louia.. - 71.20 83.10 Detroit . . . 83.50 101.00 St. Paul..... 60.00 Indianapolis.. 81.70 99.20 Toronto ..... 82.00 Kansas City.. 60.00 77.50 Washington , 108.50 123. C ) roportional Round-Trip Tires Ten-day ftopover on one-way tickets through California. S. S. "Great Northern "Northern pacific' every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for1 San Francisco. . . Tickets, Reservations, on S. S. or Sleeping Cars, and all travel lr.for mation at North Ban!: Ticket Office, 5th andStrr!: El. HUSTED WOULD l!.:. pnurnjivniT 11 luriililiirli I II i UU I L.III lltiUl 1 1 IlUH.J , O.&C. GRAIiTLi.:; Former: Attorney in Si;!; Against Railroad Believe Oregon Should Benefit. he advocates heari::: Believes , Proceeds, of Ooveramt. 81 of lianas Should Go to EUtt . School and Boad rnnda. Glenn B. Husted says , the federal government and not the state tho-r : hav charge of the dtspoaal of U.ft 3,300.000 acres of land in the O. & C. railroad land grant. . - - Mr. Husted was associated with n. D. Townsend as one of the attorneys for the government in the suit U have th land grant forfeited to t! government He continued as a t; clal assistant to the United State attorney-general until last July, when h resigned to engage in private law practic in Portland. ; H said the responelbility for' see ing to it that the original purposes rr the land grant is accomplished is la the nature of a public land matt-r which the United States is beat equip ped to; handle. He says the at tt nouia receive tne surplus over ar. i above th amount due the rallrc . ! company for the lands, and this e x cess should be used for both road and schools. - In his opinion, th proper procei r at this time would b tor Orr' . to procure the appointment df a euh commlttee of the house committee ci publio land to hold hearings in thia state. .In this way. he aays, the claims of the state could be presented to con gress In an authoritative manner. He does not favor th calling of an extra session of the Oregon legisla ture at this time. H says he do- not baiieve the United mates . coui 1 be Induced to abandon its original pur pose of enforcing the terms of th4 grant and turn tne grant over to th state. lie says by asking too murii th state may receive less than it de serves. ' ' ; - H holds there la a considerable por tion of the land grant which is worth less than $2.(0 an acre, f Th state should hot pay for anv Quarter section more than if Is worth,1' h said yesterday, "and the rallroa i 1 not entitled to receive more for anv quarter section than it is worth. It is not necesaary that any anfount of money be raised now to pay the rail road company for its interest, as t:.i railroad can only claim its interest in the lands as of th data when they are sold.-- "It seems to m that th lands wort .1 1 2. S3 an- acre or less should be elim inated from further proceedings, the permanent injunction against, sales by th railroad company in violation of the restriction. of course to remain ii force. This would open that part c t the glands to Immediate disposition and settlement. "Su3h Of the lands as are kDc.I turat and worth more than 12.60 en acre should be disposed of to actual settlers for the price they are reason ably worth, each tract to be lnspeou 1 by a government agent and aale mad and price collected under supervision of the court or an officer appointed for that purpose, The timber ahould b sold In trarti upon competitive bids, when market conditions are favorable, after beln? divided into tracts of such else ai 1 location, with reference l(f waterehe i and the like, as to be moat aultabio for lumber operation in order that tr- highest price for the timber may be Obtained. Title to th land Itself upon which the timber Is located ahoul 1 not : pass i with the timber In lar t trac'ts. but, after the timber has ben removed, these lands should be sold t actual settlers in subdivisions of quar ter sections or less, ."In all cases the balance over m! above the interest of th railroad com pany ahould be turned over to the stat for ; road and school . purposes fron time to time as It is received." s to -Return Limit October 31. Via California One Way Direct Both Ways to many other Eastern points.