Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1917)
THE OREGON & SUNDAY JOURNAL,- PORTLAND, i SUNDAY ORNING;i APRILr529. 3917. 11 PAflRFOFRFAN Rill flFRTAIN Tfl I Fin ; IVWI 1Mb'' J I , WUI II f - Mlbb Wbl I I f III 1 I W bU IU : TO MORE LITIGATION, FURTHER DELAYING .flPFNIMR liF n.P. lftMn5 TniQPTTICMfMT . Ul LMIMU Ul U U. LTUUU IU UL.I ILLlllLlll PASSAGE OF BEAN , , BILL IS OPPOSED Annrncf rtf Rill Akrt WnnM Ra FWlfl ration r( Uncilo ' : :Attitude by People of Oregon Towards Chamberlain- ' -Frric Ar Pnnctittrtinrmlitv nf VJh'mU le FeroWiek "Jy Clarence Keatnes. ' " United 8tt Attorney. At the special election to be heM on Monday, June 4. there will beupon tb fflcial ballot for th eonsldera tt6nlof the "electors of 'the state a measure1 entitled "A Bill for Taxation of Oregon & California Grant Lands." This 1 the bill enacted by the 1917 session of the Oregon state leglsla ture and whjlch has been by the legislature- referred . to tWa V- people; if rattfUfd .lt "wljl become of full force and effect. . The bill, is so directly contrary and opposed, W tile act of congress knows, astne Terrls-Cnamberlaln act and to too decision of tke supreme court of toe Watted States rendered on April 83, 191T, that It would be, tn my Jodrnteat, a most serlona mistake If .the bill should be appro-red by the people .If it Is approved at the elec tion it will be accepted s the atti tude of the people of the state of Ore. gon toward the Ferris-Chamberlain sufficient to immediately pay. all What Bean Bill Provides - The Bean bill declares, among: other ' thinsa: Railroad company is the owner of the complete and absolute title to the lands embraced within the Oregon & ' California railroad land grant . . 2That notwithstanding; the- de cision of the rut) re me court of the .United States reported in volume 238 United States Reports at pare 393, the Ferris-Chamberlain act declares the title to the unsold grant lands to re vest in the United States. 3- -That said granted lands are in .'private ownership and should be sub ject to taxation. 4 That the removal of these grant , lands from taxation and the loss of taxes to the port districts of Oregon imDOnes rroaslv unfair bunion of '.,!: taxation upon the port districts. V o - mat trie-proper county officers uiu Kraiiica lanua upon ine RSBens- ment roll of the respective counties for the year 1916. Tacts Are Suppressed. Th people of the state of Oregon wno will be called upon to vote upon this measure are not apprised by the . Bean bill either by the title of the nut appearing- upon tee nauof or in Tact by an Inspection of the act Itself, ; mai tne r erris-Chamberlaln bill ap proved by the president on June 9, .1916. contains the following express provisions and confers many ad van - tares nnon th nunnU nf th tiU tT Oregon, among which are: 1 That these nngranted lands ap proximating 2,300,000 acres are to be old and disposed of and the nrereada ef said Ales applied in a large meas- . Die Of tha state of Oreeron. 2 That the agricultural lands am. braced within the land grant are to be ' opened to entry under the homestead laws it the' United states and to be Old to actual settlers for the price of $8.50 per acre In order to enoour. age settlement upon said lands and to -invite - homcseekers to come to the state of Oregon. . 8 .That the timber upon said lands Is tobe sold by the secretary of the interior by plan of competitive public bidding and that said timber is to be old as rapidly as reasonable prices n oan be1 seoured therefor in a normal market. 4 Tha the proceeds of the sales of the land and tne timber estimated to be a sum In excess of thirty mil lions of dollars is to be placed in a separate fund known as the Oregon 4k California land grant fund; that the Oregon California Railroad compa ny Is to be paid the sum of $2.60 per acre and no more for its equity in these lands (less, however, all sums of money In excess of $2. SO per acre which said company has heretofore received); that th taxes accrued and unpaid on all of said lands at the , date of the passage of the act, to. ' wltt on Tune 9, 1916, are to he im mediately paid by the secretary of the Interior to the several counties in the state of Oregon; and that the bal ance of all of said fund Is to be dis pensed by the secretary of the in terior annually in the following pro portions; Disposition of Tnnds. r. a-Twenty-f Ire par cent thereof to the-state treasurer of th state lu which the land is located for the ir reducible school fund of the state. b Twenty-five per eenfto ,ta treasurer of the county for common schools, roads, highways; bridges and port districts, to be apportioned by the county courts for the several pur. poses above named. c Forty per cent to the general reclamation fund created by the act of congress approved June 17, 1903. d Ten per cent shall become a part of the general fund in the treasury of the United States. And when these deductions shall have been made if there shall remain in this fund any additional sums of money realized by the government on account of its suits against the railroad company, the balance is to i be - divided as follows: (a) Twenty-five per cent to the ; state treasury as a part of the irredu cible school, fund of the state; j (b) Twenty-five per cent to the county treasury for common schools. roads, highways, bridges and ort dls- trlcts; t (c) The remainder to become a part I of the general fund in the treasury of tno united States. Section 9 of the act appropriates from the genereal fund of the treasury of the United States a sum of money of taxes due on June 9. 1916, to the several counties. These facte do not appear la the Bean bill, and it is Quit probable that many people win bo called upon "to vote upon this measure not .knowing that the Terrts-Chamberlain act con tains these provisions so beneficial to all of the people of the state. Chamberlaln-Terrls Act Constitutional. LITTLE TORPEDO BOAT HAS BEST CLAIM TO LIE SAVING RECORD Arc Rescued 471 Men on a Single - Occasion In Med iterranean, y ' " 1 mi i I fcy'Xf 1 ft f- -s ,,iw t dj- ' i 9 B L' ; ,' f' ' " ''1 'jf ' s' 'j a Paris, Jlpril 28. (U. P.)If ever there should be competition in records of llfesaving at sea, the little 800-ton French torpedo boat Aro probably will have Just claim to tno first medal of purest gold. ; Not much larger, perhaps, than soma of the tuga which scoot up and down New York harbor, the Aro Is safely back on war duty today after a human salvage feat almost without parallel the saving of 471 men on a single oc casion. t She, not only saved them., but carried them all to port in a heavy e, though 83 were wounded. - Added to thee aboard the little shippers 0 more. the.crew, making 541 in all. ; ' It all happened In the Mediterranean, when, the Arc was convoying the Ad miral Magoiw. a transport ship convey ing men, horses and material of war. A high wind .was blowing . from the northwest. - the sea was extremely rough.. Suddenly tho periscope .of an enemy "submarine appeared and a mo ment later a heavy explosion literally tore the transport in two. , ' Tried to Attack Submarine. ; ' The Aro raced ahead and back, fran tically patrolling the vicinity in an ef fort to attack the submarine. But the latter had disappeared and the Arc's duty immediately resolved Itself Into saving of life. The Magon had disap peared, leaving great masses of wreck age and its hundreds of soldiers float ing together on the plunging surface of the water. Streaming into the cen ter of the .wreckage human and other wise, th little torpedo boat-began its enormous task; Minutes were precious. Some of the Magon' survivors were safe -on rafts and-wreckage but the ma jority were rapidly becoming benumbed by the cold water in which they strug gled. . - ;? -'. More than halflof th Arc's rew manned the sides of r the ship with ropes and. lifebelt, hauling survivors aboard while the others manned the guns. The commander knew that the submarine was probably, watching and waiting its chance to torpedo ths Arc. Chose o Save BUa. Suddenly ' a .periscope appeared, gently rising above tha waves and slowly moving toward the ship. There was momentary excitement but it was soon calmed by the commander who ordered his sailors to go on with the llfesaving. -The periscope was risible for a few momenta and then disap peared. The Arc's commander could not have rammed the submarine, fired a torpedo or shell without wounding or killing many of , the struggling humans around him. He chose to save Ufa For two hours the little torpedo boat continued to take aboard the survivors. The most helpless or wounded were rescued first. Finally when it appeared that the ship would hold no more, an other vessel arrived and saved what the Aro might have been forced - to leave, Including the rafted survivors. As the Arfl steamed toward port she was almost a human beehive. Men were everywhere, the wounded holding the choicest place. Besides the Arc's 541, the other rescue boat carried about SS0. The official communique telling f the loss of the Admiral Magon gave the number of saved but. like all brief official communications It didn't bexin to tell how the deed was done.. m " Bakers Ask Revision Of Bread Ordinance ' TJos Angeles, April ; 28. -Declaring that under present prices of lard.' flour and other foodstuffs which enter into the manufacture of bread. 12 ounces of the staff of life cannot be sold for S cents and leave a profit for the baker, two dosen Los Angeles bakers have appeared before the city council and asked the repeal of the present ordin ance requiring that 18 ounces shall be tho minimum weight for a loaf of bread sold In Los Angeles. -' In place of the 11 -ounce requirement the bakers claim that a provision re quiring thatthe weight of all loaves be stamped upon them should be sub- I stltuted. v v ' Clarence Reames, United States at torney for district of Oregon. this bill to be placed upon the ballot, then I trust that every newspaper in Oregon will do everything to fully advise the people of the danger of passing the Bean bill. Turther Xjegislalioa Certain. Xf the bill should bo passed it would amount to not only a declaration of a hostile attitude of the people of Ore gon toward tha Terrls-Chamberlain By the decjsion of the supreme court ! act, but it wouW also make it neoes of th T7nitA Ktt rH. Anrii sary for the institution of a suit to 23. 1917. tha ?rris.f!ha.mhrlain act ' test the validity of the Bean bill. XOW Is held to be constitutional, valid and ion hi would hold up tha opening a "proper exercise of congressional of these land for ettlement is prob- power. It is also held by this decision ; lemanoai. wouxa eonsnwe an to be a proper interpretation of the ; tempt to declare tnat xn lanas, um decision of the supreme court of the 'title to wnlch rest in the United United States attempted to be quoted Statea, are subject to taxation subse in the Bean bill. Contrresa dealt very 1 anent to the passage of an act of on. liberally with the people of the state , gres declaring ths title Tested in the of Oreson in the passage of the Ferris- i government. Pending the settlement Chamberlain act. It aonroDriated from i of this Question, the assessors would the treasury of the United States dl- 1 undoubtedly fee: themselves bound by rectly the money necessary to pay the i the provisions of the Bean oux . ana several counties the accrued taxes; It the ease would probably go to the provided that the agricultural lands oourts of last resort for final deter. should be open to Intry under the mination. That the Bean bill would homestead laws and that the proceeds be held to ba absolutely void X do not from the sales of the timber should believe any attorney who ha studied be divided between the school fund, the decision of the supreme court and the road fund, the. port districts and the Terris-Chamberlaln act would Ba the reclamation fund, leaving but 10 rlously question. per ceni oi .pracucany me enure tuna va mnv nrnMm for the treasury of the United 8tates. If the people of the state of Oregon, to solve in properly disposing of the trust committed to its care, and I re- recognizing and understanding all of , tf subml that ,t houid not e.i"-WwV,Ab!X-iUX!t this time be hampered by legisla- , '. ;' ... " tion such as- this in its efforts to dis- federal government would have any right to challenge their good faith in so doing; but the fact is that at no place in the Bean bill either in the manner in which it will appear upon the ballot or in the entire act it&elf, are the true facts disclosed. Xf Bean Bill Is Approved. ; Xf tha Mil be passed it will undoubt edly ba taken and considered as aa pose of these lands In the fair and equitable manner outlined in the fer- ria-Chamberiain act. People's Bight Jeopardised. The passage ofthe bill would hold up the settlement of these lands and their opening to public entry until the bill could be tested in the courts, or I further congressional relief obtained. expression of tha people of the state j " Ben . " i Psed and th rv. x.Z people of the state, through court ac- Unlted statea of what tha people of "OI.ar?ot able ,havf, U declared Oregon think of the rerriailhalnbar. lnvmJ,d' tl?en ,ur delegation in con lain act, which act. La my opinion, u : f ss mut again petition congress for th. mai l.TIi. i relief. When this is done we could iat ti. nr. -wT-.- j not expect to again receive from con- trr I gress the very favorable consideration The people of the state of Oregon ' w "celv 4 the Passage of the Fer certalnly cannot expect that the gov- j rls-Chamberlaln bilL ernment of tha United States is going I The long ten-year fight made by the to contitnue to pay taxes upon Its pub- ! fovernment of the United States lie domain, classify and sell the lands against the railroad company was for the state, and then. In addition to mA for ttt of the people of that rmv th mtuf. th nrnfiui. n h. the state of Oregon, as is evidenced by the passage of the Feerris-Chamber- nf rvrornn want imni to rivm. lain act Xt osrtalnly would be a cry- the taxes upon this land while the ' if this hould now aU be ownnnhin th.rMf l. vmi.A n th. defeated or the benefit endangered United States then the treasury of the Paage of this Tory inappro. united states should, as any other " wsijfw. landholder, expect to receive all the money derived Trom the sales. j It required a man of the recognized ability and influence of Senator Cham berlain to induce the congress of the United Statea to enact the Ferris Chamberlain bjjl, and it would be, In my opmum, a most anori-aigniaa poi- Washington. April 28 The halls icy for the people of the state at this w. time to pass a bill which if presented ot Btafe aTe buMlns with the drone of Negro Is Adept at Bouncing Diplomats to the committee on public land of the house and senate, would be consid ered by those bodias as an act of bSLSa ingratltutde. In making these statements I am many languages. Keen, alert, dapper men pass to and fro. To Eddie Savoy, the aged negro mes senger of the state department, such sounds means but little. For 47 years noc actuaua oy any pouncu reeling Eddie has been employed In his pres whatsoever. but only for the good of ent capacity, and a few diplomats more id. vvv ' -"" orMess are nothine inis voune life. matter is a very serious one; th Bean bill ought not to be permitted to go upon the ballot. Some way ought to be found even now by the taxpayers of the state to restrain tha secretary of atate from causing this bill to be submitted to the peopla If this can not be don and it 1 necessary for fEDEMgll SffiES, i anmrnmujom Rugged Tread Doable Cable Base mumi Traffik Tread '0 Driving with one eye on the' road and the s other on your tires is more strain than pleasure, fg'if When you are sure of your tires, the miles slip behind . 3Tou and make motoring a real pleasure. J - Equip your car with FEDERALS. " Their Double-Cabl-Bae ; Construjction doe away with th most common causes of tire trouble. 1 i They are known as "Extra Service" Tires and they deserve the name. MOTOR CAR SUPPLY CO. 84 N. Broadway, Portland. . The Federal Rulbber Co.' - of minoia f.'';:, -: Facwrteii cudahy, Wis, Eddie Bavoy probably knows more people in the capital than any other living human. He has seen presidents come and presidents go, and in the turmoil and trouble that has changed the personnel of many an administra tion Eddie has remained on "fixed post." Eddie's own particular pet Job is handing ambassadors their passports. He enjoys this more than anything j else in the world, for he is the last j connecting link between the govern ment of the United States and the dis missed envoys. It was Eddie who, in 1898, bade fare well to the Spanish ambassador when he was sent home before the war with Spain. It was a somewhat more white- haired Eddie who speeded Count von Bernstorff on his way to face the wrath, of the kaiser, and just the other day die, in all the might and maj esty of his five feet, delivered the pa pers which sent the Austrian diplo matic staff back to Vienna. So you can ee that Eddie is quite some personage. As a diplomat he has had the benefit of long experience under many a master, and he is as evasive on matter pertaintne to the department of state as the secretary himself. Skeleton of Snake Soultion to Mystery Calexico, April 28. The finding of ! the skeleton Of a colled rattlesnake. over four feet long, under the doorstep of the hous in which William Sib- I betts,- a recluse, died more than two years ago, has removed the brand of "dope fiend" which the coroner's jury i placed upon Slbbetts at the time of hi death. Slbbetts, who once was ar. rested for smuggling opium, died alone in the cabin. Hi body was terribly bloated and a verdict of "death from an overdose of plates" was returned at the inquest. A few days ago a con tractor wrecking Slbbetts' "former abode found the skeleton of the rattle-1 tnaJr ' all vMnrM Inillr'jtlns tHotl KJ NE of the first pi ajces where the people of the. United States are going to feel the effect of this nation's entry into the war is in in creased food costs. This is inevitable. No matter who you are or where you live, you are going to feel it unless you do some thing about it right away. What can you do, and how shall you do it? Every man and woman who, has room in his yard or who can get the use of a vacant lot near his home to start a garden should think and act right now. You to whom this idea is new will be surprised to .know that the yield from even a small plot of ground will produce enough vegetables to feed a family of five all summer. Figure this out in dol lars and cents and you will be surprised at the amount of money a small garden will save you in a single season. Invest the cost of necessary seeds and the small amount of labor required and you will be delighted at the additional goodness you will enjoy in fresh garden truck picked right out of your own patch. Try this plan, beginning now this month is planting time, and you will find that you will be distinctly benefited physically, yes, and mentally, too by the wholesome outdoor work of pottering around in the ground among grovying things. , And right here is where you will find the new Encyclopaedia Britan nica of immense practical value. Order your Britannica NOW or you can NEVER buy it. A re y o u surprised at the idea that the Britan nica can be of immedi ate help in such an ordinary undertaking as a garden? The Encyclopaedia Britannica cov ers the whole range of agricultural subjects completely from the very foundation of a thorough knowledge of gardening and extending over the widest field. It will tell you what kind of ground each crop needs. It will tell you how to prepare the ground, ' how far apart to plant the rows of seeds, when to plant, how to cultivate the ground while things are growing, and it even gives the names of reliable varieties of seeds. The Britannica describes local crops and any local methods of farming that are of.special inter est It contains some 600 articles on individual plants. The article "Soil" (Vol. 23, p. 345) tells how to make the best quality of soil. The article Manures and Manuring tells about fertilizing, the supply ing of ingredients the soil needs to make it most fertile. There are articles on Bacteriology, the effects of Sunlight, ,Shade, Heat, Cold, Water enough, Drainage, Irrigation, Reclamation of waste land. There is an article that tells how to fight all kinds of pests from bug and the like to the larger enemies like the rabbit. It Ts safe to. say that any amateur gardener with the help P a(Ja rep a re Us War -Time r ood Prices and instruction to be found in the Britannica can multiply his chances of success and the yield from his patch many, many times. Think of this matter of food sup ply seriously. It will become very serious if the war runs on. Every farmer of a -dozen acres or many hun dreds of acres,, growing such staples as wheat, barley, corn, rye, hay, cotton, etc., will be called upon to increase the yield and reliability of his crops. The farmers of big farms will find in the Britannica articles full of information and help to them, for the agricultural articles and articles on correlated subjects are written by agricultural experts of world-renown. The Britannica is the highest authority in the world for information on all farming subjects, in cluding live stock and the animal industry. If you have room for poultry, the Britannica articles on Poultry and Poultry Farming will help you to make this a successful economic side line. Bee keeping and the honey indus try is a method of food production that is interesting and practically without expense. People who live in apartment houses in the cities, miles from the country, have kept bees on their roofs success fully and profitably. The Britan- n i c a articles on the Bee (Vol. 3, p. 6 2 5) and Honey (Vol. 13, p. 776) are complete and instructive. NOW or NEVER is your only chance to own a set of the Handy Volume Britan nica printed on genuine India paper. This is only one phase of the value to you of The Encyclopaedia Britan nica. It covers every subject of hu man knowledge with equal thorough ness and in an equally practical way. It covers every manufacturing sub ject in every line of trade. It covers every subject of interest to the shop worker, the salesman, the profession al man or woman, the student and scholar. The war's effect will increase the pressure on the pocketbook of every home in America. With the Britan nica as a practical help you can ma terially ease -this pressure. Sets can be seen and orHers left at: T3l)e X IHu (Bill Company Third and Alder Streets It is NOW or NEVER for you to decide about buying. But to own the Britannica to have this valuable work immediately available, you simply must decide about buying right away. The re maining number of sets of the "Handy Volume" Issue of the Brit annica, printed on genuine India pa per, are very few. Within two, or at the most three, weeks the last set will be sold. To help you decide and order while there is a single set left, ar rangements have been made with the merchant in your city, whose name and address is printed below, to show a complete set of the "Handy V o 1 u m e 1 Issue of the Britannica and samples of the various bindings, also sample volumes of the superb Cambridge issue (the large type, large page, more expensive form). Go today to this storeexamine the complete set, see the bindings, learn the prices, learn the plan of buying on converty iently small monthly payments, prove to yourself once and finally whether or not the Britannica will be useful and helpful. Then, if you decide to buy, leave your order right there in thestore. IF YOU DO THIS TODAY YOU WILL BE IN TIME FOR OT$E OF THESE LAST SETS. If you cannot go to this store or. if -you already know that, the Britannica will prove a help and of practical use to you, sign and send us today -the Reserve v Order Form which is a part of: this an-" rioiincement. We are not going to: haye nearly enough sets to fill all the orders we will receive in 'the next few weeks. We could sell many thousand more sets if the papermakers could get the flax from Belgium, Germany or Ireland and the hemp from Russia two raw mate rials necessary to make genuine India c , paper. Because these two products arc unobtainable, the publishers cannot print any more seta of the "Handy Volume' Britannica on this wonderful paper. ; NOW or NEVER Remember if you do not decide , NOW you will NEVER be able to buy at all. ThereforeYou must go to the store named below, see the books, decide and ordef OR sign and mail the "Reserve?-Order Fonru There is no time to write for infor mation because the last set will be sold before you can get the printed descriptive matter, read it, make; up your mind about buying and get your order in. , . To be sure, you should act TO DAY. ' " Taos who aamnot ga a thl star may us this BtT" Oade Ton, which will be legally binding upon us to re. err oa set for you. Jus tae same as U you ordered tt 1b yarsoa, . - SEARS, ROEBUCK 4 CO., Chicago, TSL Plem merre me a set of the "Handy Volume" Encyclopaedia Britannica, printed on genuine India paper. I enclose II. 00 as first payment. Send me an order form which 1 agree tovaiga and return Immediately. Name ., Street and Number City . 4 ........ . . P, O. Address ... ....... . . State m m 0 r ) 4 t 4? ) a ' ,1 e g 171 i t -i. . . 7- W . V I ISibhAtta. , A "