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rnmn nnnrniT mi .iuulu rwnni all. SPECULATION IN THE ; 0. & C. GRANT LANDS Chamberlain PreSentS ! :en. unamDenair s Bill Laying the Foundation for: Equitable Settlement, RECOGNIZES ALL EQUITIES roTldd a SCatbod Wnerrty Agricul tural lud JCay Beach the Haaas ' of Aetna! Battlers. Washington, Dec. 13. (WASHING- ION BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) Itt presenting a bill that eliminates -peculation In the Oregon & California and grant landfe, at the same time recognizing the right of the state, the and grant, counties and the national xeasury to share in the proceeds from pales of valuable timber. Senator Chamberlain has laid the foundation For solution of the big Oregon land roblern on a basis of recognition of 1 Interests. The bill recognizes the interest of he Southern Pacific in these lands ai J.50 an acre, and no more. It points ut In Its preamble that in the grant- ng act of 1866 congress was author- navtng due regard ior ine ngma f the railroad, to amend, alter or re- th act making the grant. The bill of the Oregon senator proceeds nder this authority to amend. A AgrVroltural Land for Settlers. It provides the method whereby and suited for agriculture may reach jths hands of actual settlers, as con kemplated by the granting acts, and nMfTlha how thn railroad havine shallegoponrecefvlng1 theG per sere to which it was limited by . . . . - brertocs congressional legislation. The Chamberlain bill, both as to us legal angle and the policy proposed. follows the line previously indicated la these dispatches as most likely to b regarded with favor by high ad ministrative officials. It is thought tost in US mam ieaiures u win nave , the approval of officials of the de partments of Justice and the interior. v After providing that title to the land shall be vested once more in the United States, the bill classifies the land in three classes. First are the mineral lands. Including all tracts "chiefl valuable for minerals." Timber Lands Defined. Next are timber lands, defined as those that are non-mineral and have s growth of timber amounting to 1,000,000 feet to a quarter section. A Quarter section is defined as any four contiguous 40 acre tracts, or any number of smaller legal subdivisions together containing approximately 161 acres. This method will enable all heavily timbered land to be classified as "timber land." I Ths third class comprises agricul tural land, being all the land not classified as mineral or timber. ! Mineral lands are to be. disposed of under the mineral laws, immediately open to exploration and entry upon passage of the act. Mineral lands are to be disposed of under the mineral laws, immediately open to exploration and entry upon passage of the act. Timber lands are not to be disposed Off until the timber Is removed, at Which time they will automatically : fall Into the third class, that is, agrl- i cultural land. j Timber May Be Sold. I .' It Is provided that timber may b? ! sold for cash to citizens of the United I States, ot to associations or corpora- ! ttona, under sealed bids, upon notice given by the commissioner of the gen- ; eral land office, but "as soon after I ths approval of this act as may be." ! The commissioner will designate the j areas to be sold from time to time. Sales are to be made according to the smallest legal subdivision, bids to in? announcement by the Northwest Include one or more tracts, but where cjn improvement company that the snore than one tract Is bid upon, a wy,irv, 31 men were killed by 1 Separate offer must be made for each f " Si. AH bids are to go to the register I and receiver of the land office of the district In which the land lies, are to ! .bs accompanied by certified checks 5 equal to 10 per cent of the sum of j fered, and when bids are accepted, bal ance of purchase, price i3 to be paid In 30 days. The register and receiver are au- thorized to reject bids that are gross ly Inadequate, but an appeal from their decision will lie to the commis sioner of the land office and after that to the secretary of the Interior. purchasers to Oct Patents. J Purchasers of the timber will be given patents therefor, in which title to the land will be expressly reserved. . Ths, timber Is to be cut and removed at any time within discretion of th'j purchaser, his heirs or assigns, and .pending removal the land will be in possession and control of the one who buys the timber. Agricultural lands are made subject to entry at the local land offices under ths homestead laws, no patent to issue ; Until the land has been resided upon and cultivated for five years and until the settler has paid 32.50 an acre. 50 cents at the time of making appllca- . tion. and $3 at the time of proof. No entry to be for more than 160 acre, tr for the benefit of any person other than the settler. Provision is made to Insure the good faith of the entryman. -: Agricultural land Is not to be sub ject to entry for 90 days after passage of the act, and are then to go to the first qualified applicant appearing, provided that during this 90 day 18 POUNDS OF BLOOD . is the average quantity in a healthy adult, but it is the quality of the blood that determines our strength to resist sickness. , With weak blood . we find cold hands and chilly feet; in children an aversion to study, and in adults rheumatic tendencies. In changing seasons get abundant fresh air and take Scott's Emulsion after meals, because Scott's Emul sion is a rich blood-food that will increase the quality of the blood while it warms the body and helps carry off the impurities. When multitudes of people are to day taking Scott's Emulsion to avert winter sickness, and are giving it to their children, you should not neglect its benefits. ' Look out for substitutes. jMtibia;Mwiii.i, .. 14-3 (period actual settlers on the land In December 1, 1916. shall hava a pre ferred right to enter the lands upon which they hare been residing, unless such land Is found to be classifiable as Umber land. All such entries to be subject to contest for fraud In their Inception or for failure to comply with laws and regulations.' 'Toes to Be Required. The usual fees are to be paid for entry of mineral and agricultural land. Timber purchasers are to be required to pay a commission of one-fifth of divided equally between register salary limits allowed by law. All money received from sales of either land or timber to go Into the treasury of the United States In a special fund designated "The Oregon and California Land Grant Fund, to be disposed of as follows: The commissioner of the land office Is directed to ascertain as soon as possible the exact number of acres un sold on the day tne anorney-senenu began suit against the, railroad, and proceeds from sales are to be paid to the railroad until It has received $2.50 an acre foe each. After the interest of the railroad has been fully satisfied, the remainder of the fund shall be divided as follows: "Forty per centum of said proceeds shall be paid to the state of Oregon for the establishment and support of public schools; 4 0 per centum shall be paid to the respective counties In which the lands are situated, to aid In the construction of reads, highways and bridges, and for sucn otner puDuc purposes as the county authorities may direct; and the remaining 20 per centum shall be deposited in the treas ury of the United States to the credit of the United States.' Moneys from the land grant funa apportioned to the. state of Oregon and to the counties are to be paid to the state treasurer or county treas urers, as the case may be. In annual payments upon the order of the lwd office, after the close of each fiscal year during which the moneys were paid In. , The commissioner of the laid ornce, B.inrviaion of the secretary or the Interior, is charged with the en forcement of the act. The making of any false statement In affidavits under the act or regulations that may be prescribed will lncu the penalty of perjury. fiashfid B&U. C1I6CKS While on a Spree Melvin J. Ward Gives Himself Up to Police When K Xisaras of His Error I Police Await won inna - The Dalles, Or.. Dec. 13. Offering himself for detention to the local au thorities until word can be received from his father, E. E. Ward, who .is said to be a wealthy resident of San Francisco. Melvin J. Ward is behinJ the bars in the county jail here, rharpd with cashing worthless checks. Ward is 23 years of age. lie cashed checks on the Mosier Valley bank to the amount of ISO. He had been drink ing heavily for several days, it is said, and when he discovered he had written the checks he willingly gave himself over to tne locai unuf. hi father would reimburse William Murray of this city, to , were issued. whom they Portland Drummer Quietly Married. The Dalles, Or.. Dec 13 Evading his Portland friends, H. G. Barklage. a popular traveling salesman for the Marshall Wella Hardware company, who "makes" this city once a week, secured a marriage license in The Dalles November 10. to marry Mrs. Zella Strauss of Portland. Bribing the license clerk and newspaper reporters hrv Mr Rarklaee managed to keep his wedding a secret until yesterday. Mine of Death Not To' Operate Again Owners of Ravensaaie Toptrij clde That It Will Be Less Expensive to Start Development In Sew Part. Ravensdale, Wash.,- Dec 13. P. N. S.) Ravensdale today Is beginning to resemble a deserted village, follow- an expi0sion on November 17 will not l,e reopeneu. wittily ul me mii... " a, th(ir home. here have al ready moved and others are preparing to do so. Announcement that the mine would not be re-opened was made after the r.wnr nf the Drooerty had deter mined that the explosion had so wrecked the timbering and machinery o' the mine that the expense of re pairing it would exceed the cost of opening a new mine. The company owns other coal lands in this section which "it plans to develop. School Teachers Attend Institute Thirty-five Are Told at Oak drove Bow to Teach Practical Agriculta.ro I in the PahUo Schools. ' Oregon City, Or.. Dec, 12 Thirty five Clackamas county teachers at tended the local institute at Oak Grove Saturday afternoon and even ing. The principal address was given by F. B. Guthrie, principal of tae Kstacada schools. He told "How to Teach Prectlcal Agriculture in Dis trict Schools." Others who spoke were Lewis Reece, Clara M. Landon and Mina B. Hubbs. Seattle Patrolman Victim of Hold-Ups Seattle, Wash., Dec. 13. (P. N. S.) Succumbing to wounds received in a pistol fight with three supposed highwaymen Friday, Patrolman Law rence E. Kost is dead here today. Kost's assailants are still at liberty. The murdered policeman . will be buried in his uniform, his star. No 105, will be pinned to his breast and this number will never be Issued to any future member of the police de partment. Woman Will Serve on Council. Lebanon, Or.. Dec. 13. For the first time in the history of Sweet Home, near this city, a woman has been elected to the council. She is Mrs. Lula Sneed. and will serve for a one year term on the city council. A heavy vote was polled. Wife Alleges Desertion. Oregon City, Or., Dec 12. Lilly S. Rice filed divorce proceedings against her husband, George B. Rice, in the Clackamas county circuit court Sat urday afternoon. They were married in The Dalles, June 12. 1907, and Mrs. Bice alleges desertion. SALEM PROPERTY IS LEFT BY CLERGYMAN TO Deed to Property of Value of $8000 Left in Trust Is Filed for Record. Salem, Or., Dec. IS. According to a deed fHed In Salem. Hallelujah Mis sion, of Calcutta, India, becomes ths owner of some of ths property of Rev. and Mrs. E. P. Kyle, who died in Salem In October. Ths property, which Is located In Salem and Is valued at $8000, was deed- MISSION NDIA It's an Altogether Different Christmas When There's Music And So Easy Now to Make This the Most Memorable Christmas of All Ever so many latest and best prayer pianos to be had actually at half price. All others, as well as baby grands and uprights, enormously reduced in the great consolidation sale now in progress. Shelves full of fine violins, guitars, mandolins, etc., at less tftan wholesale prices; sheet music, studies, folios, etc., except a few contract price goods, most radi cally underpin ced. A sale conducted in two places at the same time. THE reasons for this great sell- 1 lng hare been frankly stated heretofore. Three great music house stocks are to be consolidated in one place. To do this a Tist number of pianos and all sorts of musical Instru ments and musical merchandise must be disposed of. IEARLY everything in the es tablishment of Graves Music company, at 147 Fourth street, near Morrison, and Eilers Music House, Eilers building, Broadway at Alder (the other establishment on Morrison street having already been closed) has been put on sale at genuine and most drastic re ductions. ELEGANT mahogany and brand new player pianos, regularly selling for $650 and $750, such as Chase & Baker, Lester, Sterling and Hallet & Davis, have now been marked, all of them, at $350 each. This is virtually half price. Easy payments. There are some $500 player pi anos, with $20 worth of music rolls included, alt for $265, and several old-style pianola pianos for still less. A number of $300 Behning, Baldwin, Kimball and also several slightly used genuine bungalow player pianos, Autopiano player pianos and Weber pianola pianos are to be had at exactly half price. Payments of $40 every three months secures them; in fact every reasonable offer as to terms will be cordially entertained; payments of $10 per month will buy almost any one of the many fine Instru ments, and free music rolls sup plied with every player piano in this sale. Several concert used Eilers De Luxe player pianos, Sohmers and The Best Yet! Our Christmas Phonograph Offer Including Records and Accessories, all for. . The Supreme Achievement in Supplying Greatest Talking Machine Value at Talking Machine Headquarters Every Home Wants One, Every Home Can Have One. Unequaled Low Terms K tone not excelled by any $200 instrument. A finish as fine as the cost liest models as shown in illustration, including everything complete, all for the low price of $87.60 1 A splendid variety of records is included free; also a record album and a beautifully bound vol ume explaining and il lustrating the principal grand and other operas, - oil can, record brush, needles; free delivery at any time Payment Plan one year's time In , Telephone or write, or, better one of these or one of tny other $10 to $500. mm in W L. . Phonograph Headquarters, Second Floor. ed to Emma O. Eaton, Naxarene mis sionary whose home is In Pasadena, Cal In trust for the mission. A deed for property in Balem for African missions of the' Nasarene church was also executed but has not yet been recorded. Mistletoe Hunter Breaks Leg. Balem, Or Dec 13. Koy J. Ander son sustained a broken leg" yesterday afternoon while hunting for mistletoe about two and one-half miles from Sa lem, In Polk county. He slipped from a tree. Domestic Corporation Dissolved. Salem, Or., Dec 13. Circuit Judge Galloway has made an order dissolv ing the Donald Commercial bank, which filed articles of Incorporation several years ago but did not engage in busi ness. The suit was brought to clear ths books of ths corporation depart ment. School Championship Undecided. Salem, Or., Deo. 13. Ths football championship of Willamette valley also Krankh & Bach, and even some Chickerlngs are marked down at arbitrary reduction of $300 each. Easy terms, too. This means business. Regular pianos, to be played by hand, are offered In an almost end less variety of makes, case designs and finish. The nation's most famous makes. Several Steinway and Decker pi anos now $285, and fancy Burl walnut cases, $315. Superb $5oo and $5 50 Kimballs, also numerous Strohber and Marshall & Wendell and Haines Bros., and Bennett makes, brand new and beautiful and guarantee!; most of them are to be obtained for $265 each, and many for less. Terms $15 cash and only $8 per month. Ruws upon $275, $3( lOWS ipon rows ot tne best (00 and $325 pianos now $135, $156 and $178. Pay ments only $5 a month. These are new pianos, and the instruments are guaranteed to give perfect sat isfaction after extensive usage, or money will be cheerfully refunded. This is a music sale without precedent. There are used upright pianos at $90 apiece, and several for even less, all in playable shape; some organs only $12 and $15 each. We want everything out of the way. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to publish a complete list and description of all that Is included in this sell ing. Come and look the stock over or telephone or write us and we will submit lists by mail. We will ship pianos, player pi anos and other instruments any where, and we unreservedly guar 7i-i, -wiil .1' -rjrs 'is 1 ' r - you say. All sold on our New Easy which to pay. still, call at once and let us reserve make or type ranging in price from vrfivn . z .a'Hn rj v I high schools rests with no school, fol lowing ths action of Salem in with drawing all claim to It and Albany in withdrawing a protest that had been filed against Salem's title. Ths pro test was on the ground that Cecil Sarff, who played on the Capital city team, was Ineligible because he was 22 years old when the rules provide that no one over 21 years should play. Boy Won't Be Submarine. Salem, Or Dec. 13. Sergeant W. B. Schuman. of the local marine recruit ing office, has written a letter assur ing Morris Kanue, of Colfax, Wash., that he will refuse to "employ or hire" Anthony Kanue. aged 17 years, as 'a submarine of the navy," as suggested by the boy's father. Kanue also asked the sergeant to "whale him within an inch of his life and send him home," but the sergeant cannot comply with ths whaling part of it Raspberries Ripen In December. Salem. Or.. Dec 13. Further evi dence that raspberries can be ripened in December was submitted yesterday antee every transaction, great or small, to prove satisfactory to the buyer. Musicians, Note! SEND for complete price list of music, popular and classic, studies, folios and other publica tions; all sorts of minor musical instruments, such as violins', gui tars, banjos, mandolins and the now-so-popular ukeleles. Almost everything is Included in this reduced price selling. Any Instrument will be set aside for Christmas delivery upon pay ment of a deposit. Band Men, Attention! This is the most favorable oc casion for members of bands and members of orchestras to secure instruments and supplies. Never heretofore have prices been so low, and never will prices be made so low again. The price upon each and every article in this sale is positively the lowest that has ever been quoted in the west, one and the same to each and all alike. A child may purchase here as safely as can the most experienced shopper. A genuine sale of guaranteed money-back instruments for the purpose of consolidating the great stocks under one roof. Don't over look this. The selling is now in progress at Graves Mjisic Co. 151 fourth street, near Morrison, and also at Broadway at Alder Eilers Music House Supplying Everything Musical M7M - - : - - - - There Are Dozens of Other Records Included, FREE These Sbonl Be Heardd in Eyery Home P Aloha-oe, The Rosary, When I Was a Dreamer, Morning Song, Spray of Roses, Put Me to Sleep With an Old-Fashioned Melody, Silent Night, Holy Night, at Talking Machine Co. by Mrs. Erfle Ostennann, 1140 Court street. In ths shape of a branch hold ing 15 big ripe berries. Another crop was picked last fall. - Mrs. Clara Morgan Dies. Salem, Or.. Dec 13. Mrs. Clara Morgan, aged 39 years, died at her home, four and one-half miles north of Salem, yesterday. She is survived by her husband. She cams from Kansai to Oregon. Youth Charged With Attempted Hold-Up Snohomish, Wash., Dec. IS. (P. N. S.) Millard Warner, son of Rev. W. H. Warner, of 8nohomish. is In Jail here today charged with attempting to hold up Dwlght Pease, a former policeman. Pease asserts that young Warner, who is 18 years old, attempted to ro him Saturday night as he was carrying home his weekly pay check. Tm Buying Just One Christmas Gift, But It Is for the Whole Family." "I've Arranged for a Christmas Gift That Everybody at Home WU1 De light In, Not Only on Christmas Morning When It Is Delivered, But on Every Day and Evening for Years Afterwards." "For our Christmas 1 have ar ranged for a modern Player Piano at Eilers Music House. We shall all enjoy ourselves. The boys can play and learn music. The girls will all play and study music, too. I can play and so can mother. We can have all the music we want whenever we want it. We won't beg anybody to play even so much as an accompaniment. With the new style music rolls we can all get around the piano and sing the old songs and the late ones, too, and, by the way, I think I have a song or two left yet myself. "The Player Piano will help keep the boys and girls at home, too. They'll get up a song fest of their own any time they feel like it. They can kick the rugs out of the way and pile the furniture into the Don't imagine the above is merely t theoretical conversation. It is exactly what a well known grocery man said yesterday. You had better drop In at Eilers Music House, or at Graves Music Co., any morn ing or any evening and arrange your Christmas the same way. Depend upon it, it will make a real old fashioned 'Merry Christmas." You can have quite a number of important people at your home on Christmas day; in fact, you can have a company of distinguished people such as was never possible before in the history of the world. These people will entertain you in royal fashion. They'll sing, play, recite, make a speech, any and all of these things in a manner not surpassed. If you want the vaudevillians you might have Blanche Ring, Billy Wil liams, Montgomery and Stone, Har ry Lauder and a hundred more. You can have all of the great band leaders or all of the great grand opera artists, or if you want sing ers from the concert platform, here are Evan Williams, Alma Gluck, A Guitar Sale For a girl or a boy the gift that will app al instantly and one that will last a lifetime. Beautiful guitar, mahogany fin ish, full concert size equipped with best set of strings, self-instruction book and canvas carrying case. Such outfits as these generally command double the Christmas sale price. Only 27 sets to sell at this price, $8.35 get one to day. Biggest stock of band and or chestra instruments 00 the coast MRS. ALICE MILLER OF LEBANON IS LAID IN FINAL RESTING PLACE Funeral Services Conducted From Baptist Church In terment in Sand Ridge, Lebanon. Or.. Dec IS. The funeral of Mrs. Alice Miller, who died at the horn of her daughter, Mrs. W. Alex ander, Wednesday night, waa conduct ed from the Baptist church Friday af ternoon. Rev. R. F. Jameson officiat ing. Following the services the body hall and have a dance If they want to. They'll Invite their beaus and sweethearts In and we'll all have a good time. What's a home for, anyway? Ours Is going to be a real home with plenty of music in it after this It's been a house long enough. "The Player Piano is coming for our Christmas. My goodness; I can hardly wait myself for the day to come. The Eileis people will de liver it on the minute 1 know, be cause I know they did so last year in the homes of several friends of ours. "We couldn't get ours last year, but things are looking better for us all, now, and the prices in this consolidation sale proposition of Eilers and Graves are so low now that anybody almost can afford one. Emma Eames, Gadskl, Piccardo Martin, John McCormack and a hundred more. A modern phono graph does it. Music Room With No Music This is not a joke. There are dozens of homes in Portland that have fine music rooms, with no music in them. There are hundreds of pianos in Portland that might A Sale of Violins This Maggini model violin, dou ble purfling, full ebony trimmed, excellent finish, powerful and sweet tone, makers' certified in struments, model No. 600, made1 to sell for $20. Only 19 of these fine instruments remain at 1 price far below the real value. While the supply lasts you can get them For $6.80 Apiece None to dealers and only one to each buyer. Mail orders filled If re ceived before Thursday. Either store consolidation sale. GRAVES 1 5 1 Fourth, at Morrison EILERS Eilers Building HALL FOR RENT Eilers Recital Hall, in Eilers build ing, for private and public meet ings; seats 265 people,' equipped with organ, grand piano, phono graph; rates and open dates upon application. Building Manager, third floor. fc in ! minima waa Interred in the Sand Ridge ceme tery near the former home southwest or this city. Mrs. Miller was born January 1863. in Gallatin. Missouri, and earn to Oregon in early childhood with he, parents, settling in Coo8 county. In 1882 she was married to Chas. H. Miller of Linn county. Following her husband s death in 1907 she mads her home wth her three daughters, who are Mrs. W. Alexander and Mrs. Ray Hicks of this city, and Mrs. Jerome Harrington of Portland. Ship Fir Trees South. Lebanon, Or.. Dec. 13. Seymour Washbunr left here Thursday after noon for Los Angeles, where he has done to dispose at retail of a car load of young fir trees for the Oregon Evergreen Tree company. Will Organize Trap Club. Aberdeen, Wash.. Deo. 13. Gams Warden Esses is directing plans for the holding of a trap shoot on the Country club grounds December 31. It Is planned on that day to organize the Grays Harbor Trap Shoot club "I can't imagine anything to give so much pleasure and entertain ment to the boys and girls and even to grandfather and to my self and to my wife as a Player Piano. "No, mine is not a Chickering, nor one of those costly De Luxe Player Pianos that they advertise, but mine will do all that their high-priced Mayers will do, and it is well made and well finished, and it only cost $385. "I gave them a deposit of $15 and have the privilege of paying the balance at Jio or more a month. No need of taking any money out of the bank. It is the best Christmas and the most eco nomical Christmas ever. We got quite a bundle of music rolls, too, and will buy a few more every Saturday or so." just as well be boxed up so far as the music they give is concerned. There are thousands of men in Portland who have music in their souls and who have neveJ had time to get it into their fingers. These good people can now arrange to exchange their almost useless pi ano for one that will produce, not only music, but the finest kind of music, and that with but little practicing on the part of the op erator. It nlll bp good news for all that Mi' h an f-xc-hanne ari t mail) without any serious lose to tliem ipvrs. and that the cash "diffor-i-ncf" may be Hprt-Hd over a period "f three years If (l-sir"1 and that oik? need not ton' h thn "("hrlatmaa" inon-y at all If (he exchange la made a suKctstd. Music Rolls Make Fine Gifts If you know some friend who is lucky enough to own a playr pi ano your gift problem is as simple as the proverbial "A B C." Buy a few rolls of music. It would take columns of this newspaper to give you all the information. There are 25,000 different selections to choose amongst. And the prices range from 10 cents to $1.75. You can find just the thing in a few minutes or you can telephone Main 1433, Graves OR Main 1123, Eilers And HaTe. the Rolls Sent.