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7 : THE. OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1918. .- s ITS IN WAKE OF $20,000,000 EXPLOSION 0) D) ISSUE A CIRCULAR ON 0. & C. LAND J:'.-si"t ; -x - r i i ! o i sis or Lanas n noseDure The Theatre Beautiful Sixth at Washington The Coolest Spot in Town uisuici win dq iviaiiea to '$4 , Applicants. r. MAPS ALSO AVAILABLE Advice Will Wot B Qivn As to Char acter of Tract Tlmbr Will Be Bold lor Cash. V, mm LAND OFFICIALS CO GRAN T ft The following circular letter has keen issued by the U. S. land office at Roaeburg: This circular letter Is Intended as reply to the many letters of Inquiry coming to fhls office, relative to the uregon &. California railroad g"iant lands. , A list of these lands, by township and range In the several counties within the Roseburg land district, will be mailed to any one requesting such list for any particular county, or the lists for the entire district will b sent. If desired. Based on the lint of lands given In the. decree of the ourt, the approxi mate acreage of unnold railroad lanrth In the several rountles of this distrh-f, at the time the Suit nag Instituted, was an follows: Lincoln, 1040; Benton. 27718; Linn, 1420; Lane, 300.110; Douglas" 607,360; Coos, 100.620; Curry, 8400; Josephine, 17J.460; Jackson, 444.680; Klamath. 18,440. Total, 1.690,326. pnsweved Xiand. In addition to the above lands there are other railroad lands In several of the counties named, that at the time the suit was instituted were unsur veyed. and hence not included In the list given In the suit, but coming as well under the decree. This office has no map for distribu tion, but will furnish township plat showing location of all vacant land and unsold railroad land, at $1.00 pr township. In ordering township plats, both the range and township number must be given, and remittance should be made by certified check or '. S. postal money order, payable to K. R. Turner, receiver. Personal checks may not be received in payment. This office is not at present In a position to give ndviee as to the char acter of the land in any locality, and can not attempt to advise any one In this regard. The Act of Congress approved June 9. 1916, which revests title to thoese unsold railroad Ian. is In the I'nited States provided that the lands shall first be classlfltd In -he field as: (1) power site lands; (2) timber lands; 13) agricultural lands. I'ower site lands are witliehld from entry subject to present and future legislation; ' timber lands are such lands having ,800,000 or more feet of timber to the 40-acre subdivision, agricultural lands lnplude all lands not classified as P9ver site and timber. Agricultural and timber lands are subject to min eral exploitation and entry under ex isting mineral land laws, except that title to the timber thereon may not ba-acqiitred by mineral entry. (Timber Bold for Cash. The timber on the timber lands will he sold for cash, under some plan of competitive bidding to be later deter mined by the secretary , of Interior. While the' timber may be placed on sale in large bodies, yet the plan of sate MU provide that any legal sub division may on application of a qualified purchaser be offered for sale separately beTore .being Included In a larger unit. For ' timber thus pur chased a reasonable time will be given for Its removal after which the land becomes open to entry under the homestead laws. Tatent will be is sued for the timber alone and such timber will he subject to the taxing power of the state. Lands to Be Opea to Entry. The lands classified as agricultural will become open to entry under the general .provisions of the homestead law, with certain modifications rela tive to cultivation, and opened to entry in accordance with the act of September 30, 1913, which states that "The president may provide for the opening of lands by settlement In ad- i vance of entry, by drawing, or by tomt such method as he may deem advisable." under such regulations as may be promulgated by the secretary Of Interior within the scope of this act. The opening of the railroad lands will follow some such general plan as given 'in said act. In addition to the usual homestead fees and comtnls alons. 50 cents per acre must be paid for the land when entry is allowed, and 2.00 per acre must be paid at the time of making proof. Commuta tion proof will not apply to these lands, nor will patent be Issued until 'entryman has resided upon and culti vated the land for a period of three years, proof of which must be made within five years from date of entry. The area required for cultivation shall be such as to satisfy the secre- tary of Interior that the entry was made in good faith for the purpose of settlement. Only persons qualified, to- enter land under the homestead law may enter this railroad land. Exception is made of such persons who are otherwise qualified, but nho have exercised their home stead right, and who since December . 1 1913. have resided upon tlje land. Td such persons, preference right is also given, and such person may also enter the subdivision having more . than 800,000 feet of timber, on which his Improvements are located. The work of classification of these ' lands in tha field was begun August " 1 -1918. In Jackson and Josephine counties. The classification will pro ceed north, and will probably be corn plated some time in 1917. While no definite Information may be given as to when any of these landa will be thrown open to entry, yet It la stated on tha authority of those having charts of the work of classification that certain bodies of land In Jackson county may be opened for entry some time tha later part of this year. At this time no mora deflnlta informa tion may be given out In regard thereto.- Very respectfully, '..- W. H. CANON, Register. t R. R. TURNER, Receivar. Money for Blind Is ' Sent From America Barlin. Au. 6. (I. N. S.) Alder man Kaiser of Bonn announced that he iaa received $1000 from his son, Ferd inand Kaiser, a New ;Tork merchant. to tha blind soldiers of the Rhenish city. - Several months ago . this New York business man sent $1200 for the bame purpose. -This amount he. col lected from a - number of prominent , Grnn-AmertcMvi,iv;'v::Jr::'."::i pi II y . w I I I o ft 0 f K 1 I PSS: &S83F & nlk 1 I iMIillMI Tim Ill IT TOT! TMIt'iiUlMU mm I 1 ' nftilT " : Z Fire swept waterfront alon lilack (Sunday morning that left death investigation of the manner of li BILLY" SUNDAY WILL AT ICE E Evangelist's Booze Sermons Are Not Like the Ordinary Campaign Speeches, T'hen Rev. "Billy" Sunday opens the. campaign to keep Oregon dry. In speaking In the Portland Ice Hippo drome. Twenty-first ami Marshall streets, next Tuesday nlsht. It will be something more than an ordinary campaign speerh. Mr. Sunday's booze sermons are the diniiix of bis regular evangelistic campaigns. In the Ice Hippodrome he fan .peal to such an audience and under such conditions as he is familiar with, and he will be able to put into it what lie cnaracter izes as "gusto, go. life, vim, vigor, ginger, tobasco sauce, pypperino, pep per and pep." The Interior of the rink that not long ago hoiJaed a prize fiKht ring has been remodeled with a ros-. trlim and pulpit, and altogether there will be much of the pictures jueness of a typical "Billy" Sunday campaign. Mr. Sunday is no respecter of per sons, and offers of money have no power over him. A little more than four years ago a company of 27 went by special train from Wheeling to get Mr. Sunday to come there for a revival meeting, after two years of long range negotiations had failed to produce any effect. A special delegation of 500 from "JOE" BACK OPEN DRY CAMPAIGN H1PP0DR0M it5! ? l?? s?V i 1 "-tM Kt'JiJ. ZJJL&J Joe Hardy, street merchant, whose friends welcome him home. Joe Harty is back on tba Job. The Jolly-faced newsboy who de spite his crippled condition believes life ' Just one big picnio Is again on Broadway and Washington selling Journals to the pausing public. Joe spent the past few weeks at the beach. "You know some people think sell ing papers is Just One big snap," de clared Joe yesterday. "But I can tell you different. When a. man yells his wares all day long as I do his throat and lungs' and stomach get mighty tired. "Tou may not think it would affect one's stomach but I know it does, the constant strain of gathering one's breath to call, puts your digester on the blink-mighty easily. "And believe me. I had some time at the beach. I was at Seaside. A. lot Tom KiUnsula, Xew Jersey, following the terrific explosion of last and destruction in its wake, and which will result in a thorough handling explosives for shipment. Detroit were waiting, and delegations from seven other cities. Mayor Brand Whitlock of Toledo, now minister to Belgium, and then one of the country's most famous literary lights, together with the city officers and council, were waiting for an audience. He received them in his room in his night shirt, trousers and slippers. He turned down the delegation of 500 who wanted him to go to Detroit and accepted the invitation to go to Wheeling. The "offering" in Detroit would be many times what it would be in Wheeling, but West Virginia was to vote on wet and dry and he wanted to get a crack at "Old Booze." While In Detroit there came up the question of his going out on the Chau tauqua circuit during the summer at an enormous offer. His reply was: "No; I promised God last winter that I"d never again use my voice for any thing except to preach the gospel and to fight booze, and that I wouldn't make any money out of fighting booze." Clerk Is Arrested for Taking Two Suits 0 . Two blue serge coats and a pair of trousers, found concealed in a fruit store at 310 First street by Detective .ToseDh Mo Dak featurday. was the contributing cause of the ' arrest of Gugllamo Amato, an employe of the I. Perkes second hand clothing store, 303 First street, on a charge of lar ceny. Amato confessed to the theft. While Perkes left his establishment for a few minutes. Amato said he took the clothes because they fitted him, rolled them into a bundle and hid them In the fruit store. Perkes' brother, however, witnessed the act, and when I. Perkes returned. asked about the sale. Amato was then . called on for explanations. FROM BEACH of fellows thought they were kidding me when they Inquired if I was going bathing but I soon showed them dif rerently. I don t know when I ever had more fun than I did In the breakers. "Of course I couldn't go out very far. My wife made me a bathing suit that had everything color, shape and all. I was In very nearly every day I was there. "There were a few days though when I wasn't. I wanted my wife to get good and brown and to encourage her undertook the same treatment my. self. '. "Say, were you .ever really sun burned from your head to your feet? Well, she was and. ! would -have been had I had. any. feet to get sunburned. Do you know we stayed in bed. too sore t move for over three days? k more' sunburn cure, lor me." PAMPHLET IS ISSUED REGARDING MEASURES TD APPEAR ON BALLOT Booklet Contains the Titles, Numbers and Texts; Argu ments Will Appear Later. Proposed constitutional amendments and Initiative measures, which will be submitted to the yoters at the gen eral election to be held next Novem ber, are embodied in a pamphlet which Secretary of State Ben W. Ol- cott has issued for the convenience and information of the public until th printing of the official voters' pam phlet. The advance pamphlet contains the oiriclal ballot titles and numbers anrt full text of all the proposed amend ments and measures, while the offi cial pamphlet yet 10 be issued will contain the arguments for and against various measures that have been filed witn the secretary of state. Many Measures Are Up. Nine proposed constitutional amend ments and two statewide Initiative measures will be on the central i. tion ballot, besides there will be two local initiative measures submitted in Crook county, two in Harnev. two in Jerrerson, one in Klamath and one in 1-aKe. Of the nine proposed constitu tional amendments, three were pro posed by the legislature and six by initiative. The three proposed amendments re ferred by the legislature are in pur pose as follows: Glvins authority to the governor to veto single items in appropriation bills; exempting from taxation until January 1, 1935, except taxes for state purposes, all ships and vessels or 50 tons or more capacity whose home ports of registration are in the state of Oregon; repealing the provision which says, "No neero, Chinaman or mulatto shall have the right of suffrage." "Dry" Amendments Included. The proposed constitutional amend ments placed oithe ballot through the initiative are in substance as follows An amendment providing for the collection of taxes equal to the full rental value of land and providing a homemakers' loan fund. This pro posed amendmenr-Was initiated by the Oregon State Federation of Labor and the Central Labor Council of Port land and vicinity. Establishing a state normal school at Pendleton and ratifying the loca tion of other state institutions which have been placed away from the state capital. Initiated by the Commercial Association of Pendleton. Permitting the manufacture and regulated sale of beer in this state Initiated by the Equal Rights for Home Industry committee, C. El Wood, chairman- Prohibition amendment forbidding the importation of Intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes, to make Ore gon completely "dry." Initiated by the Oregon Prohibition state committee, J. P. Newell, chairman. , Sural Credits Amendment. Rural credits amendment, giving autnority to bond the state for no over 2 per cent of the assessed valua tion of all property therein for "rural credits fund," which is to be loaned on farm mortgages for pay ment for land and Improvement pur poses. Initiated by the Oregon Refer endum league; C. E. Spence, master of the state grange; J. D. Brown, pres ident of the Oregon-Southern Idaho Farmers' Educational and Co-opera- tire union; T. H. Barchard, 'ex-presi dent of the Orecon State Federation of Labor. State-wide tax and Indebtedness lim itation, limiting tax levies of state, county, municipality or other taxing power to not more than the total amount levied the last preceding year plus 6 per cent, except for paying bonded Indebtedness and interest thereon or by vote of the people. Inl tlated by the State Taxpayers league, Walter M. Pierce, president. The two statewide initiative meas urea are as follows: Prohibiting compulsory vaccination for the prevention or cure of conta gious diseases. Initiated by Lora C Little. Repealing and abolishing the Sun day closing law. Initiated by Com mittee of Independent Retailers' as aoclatlon of Portland, Dan Kelleher, president. Investigates Traffic Conditions Charles Stone, passenger - traffic manager of the Missouri Pacific rail way, is in Portland : for an investiga tion of traffic conditions oftne north west. ' ' . . J"t :" m mi :H4 '4f IN A PICTURIZATION OF BRET HARTE'S CLASSIC OF CALIFORNIA "CARQUINEZ nn Special for the Florence Fashion Something new and original in style displays showing advance Fall Fashions Vr f ... v'- 1 if IS WOODS' in Ladies Rose Film m A. if' isi? Of ml Wings and Wheels A Mack Sennett-Keystone Comedy in Two Parts The name Mack Sennett-Keystone, guarantees real fun, i laughter-filled, continuous, con tagious comedy and what is so rare as a hearty laugh! 5t ; 3i r