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DAILY EAST OHEfiO.VIAN, WENDLETON, OKEtJON, TUESDAY, AI GtST 25, 1008.
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OSM WEST DDE HHi HI fT.
UK 8TE
Onwald Went, member of the ra.il
road commluuton, has gathered fig
ures and fuels regarding the Oregon
railroad und wagon road grunts that
will be of Inestimable value to the
state.
The fucts are now being used by
Mr. West ,Jn a number of addresses
he is making on behalf of the Wil
lamette Yulley Development league
which will hold a congress at Marsh
field next week. Mr. West concludes
from the fucts he has at hand that
a guaranteed land tax should be Im
posed on the holders of these grants
o that they may m opened for set
tlement. Until they are he maintains
Oregon will continue to be undevel
oped. "About one-eighth of the area of
the state has been given to corpora
tions to aid In the construction of
rail and wagon roads," said Mr. West.
"The grants are as follows: f
Acres.
Oregon & California and Ore
gon Central It. K. ........ 4,500,000
Oregon Central Military Road
company 800.000
Corvallls & Yaqulna Day
Wugon Koad company. .. 90,000
Willamette Valley & Cascade
Mountuln Wagon Road
comjuny 850,000
Coos Day Wagon Road com
pany '. 115,000
The Dalles Military Road
company 685,000
Total 7,000,000
"These figures are based upon the
mileage of the several rouds, but are
not exact us some of the lands were
lo8t to the companies on uccount of
overlaps, adverse decisions, etc.,"
continued the commissioner.
"These grants have a total area of
11,000 square miles aitd would make
a tract of 100 miles square, which Is
as large or larger than any of the
New England Mates and as large as
Maryland and Delaware combined. It
Is equal to the combined area of Clat
op, Columbia, Tillamook, Washing
ton. Multnomah, Clackamas, Yam
hill, Polk, Marlon. LJnn, Benton and
Lincoln countle. or In other words
as large as ail that part of Oregon
lying north of Lane county and west
of the summit of the Cascade moun
tains. Stllcis Xot rjicouroged.
"Perhaps one-half of the acreage
Included In these grants hus been
sold, but the balance Is still Intact.
The owners, have never encouraged
Immigration with a view of placing
settler on their lands but on the con
trary have withheld the lnnds from
sale and have not only shifted the
burden of the development of the
country to the shoulders of the small
settlers, but have for years (systemat
ically dodged the payment of their
Just share of taxes.
"The largest shnre of the grants Is
the Oregon & California railroad
grant which parallels the Southern
Paolflc company's main line and Is
controlled by the Hurrlmnn Interests.
Iet us see what this company has
done In the matter of tax dogdlng.
"Tht Oregon & California Railroad
company postponed the procuring of
patents In order to escape taxation
and during the 25 years following the
date of the grant but few acres had
been listed for taxation. During this
time the total taxes paid by the com
pany did not exceed $75,000.
"Slnco 1S91 the assessors have
gradually been getting these lands
on their tax roll and now, practically
all are listed. The assessed valua
tion plnced on them in past years
was very low and the total amount of
taxes paid down to and Including
1907 does not exceed 11, 000,000, an
average during the past 40 years of
about 40 cents an acre.
"In early years the corporations es
caped taxntion by not having patents
for their land. Later on, when they
procured pntents, It led the assessors
to believe that their Interests were
limited to $2.60 an ncre as that waa
the selling price fixed by law. The
result was that the lands were assess
ed at about 50 cents an ncre and even
down to 1002 the amount paid was
a small Item. Since 1002 many coun
ties have had these lands cruised and
they arc now bearing something like
their share of taxes. The 2.000,000
acres remaining unsold In 1907 were
assessed for that year at about $18,
000,000.
"Under the terms of the grants of
1866 and 1870, the two rallroadB were
entitled to about 4,600,000 acres of
land. On account of overlaps and
other causes some of the grant was
lost and patents have been secured
to only 2,900,000 acres. But the Ore
gon A California . Railroad company
has applications on .file for about
200,000, and is clulmlng about 1,
000,000 ucres more. No further pat
ents will be Issued, however, until th
question as to the forfeiture of the
grant has been settled.
"The Oregon & California Railroad
company hus sold over 800,000 acres
of its lands and has realized neur S4,
600,000, over $5 an acre. The lands
sobl during the year ending June 30,
1907 brought an average of $37.96 an
acre. If the bulance of the land is
sold at prices equal to its present as
sessed valuation tho company will
realize $26,000,000. The deduction of
$5,000,000 for taxes, cruising, office
and other expenses, would leave $20,
000,000, or $5,000 -per mile for the
400 miles of road for which the grant
was made.
Wagon I loud Grants.
"There are no figures available
showing how much the wagon road
companies have received from the
state for the sale of their lands, or
the number of acres remaining un
sold. .
"The Dalles military road grant
extends from The Dalles southeast
through Wasco, Sherman, Wheeler,
Grant and Malheur counties.
"Tho Wlllumette valley and Cas
cade mountain military road grant
extends from Albany cast through
Linn, Crook, Harney and Malheur
counties.
"The Oregon ccntrul military road
grant extends west from Roseburg
through the heart of Douglas and
Coos counties.
"The Coos Bay Wagnn road gran
extends west from Roseburg through
the heart of Douglns and Coos coun
ties. "The Corvallls and Yaqulna Bay
wukon road grant extends west from
Corvallls through Benton and Lin
coln counties.
, "The construction of these roads
was about the biggest graft ever
worked In this or any other country.
Circuitous routes were followed- with
a view of securing the most desirable
lands. It Is about 300 miles on a di
rect line from Eugene to Jordan val
ley, but by the way of the Oregon
Central military road It Is 420 miles.
Many of these roads for hundreds of
miles were nothing but a wagon track
through grazing or wild hay lands of
eastern Oregon, and the only cost at
tached to their construction was the
survey of the route for the purpose
of filing maps In order to secure pat
ents to the granted lands, and many
miles followed roads constructed by
settlers; yet the company claimed
and secured patents for a distance
of three miles on either side of the
road.
"Many acres of the mountainous
nnd worthless lands acquired under
these grants were worked Into forests
reserves and became available as base
or forest rescre scrip, and In that way
sold for $5 and $6 an acre.
Graduate! Ijind Tax.
"The way to break up these large
holdings Is by taxation. The consti
tution should be amended so as to
permit the levying of a graduated land
tax on unimproved values, as they
do In New Zealand. In New Zealand
every land owner, large and small,
pays an ordinary land tax of abotlt
four mills upon unimproved values,
but holdings, the value of which
amount to $25,000, are taxed an addi
tional ono-quarter of a mill and this
Is gradually Increased until It reaches
12 mills the rate on estates valued
at $1,000,000 and over.
"Non-resident owners pny an addi
tional tax of 50 per cent of the
amount of the graduated tax. In
other words, the large land owner
pays four or five times as much per
acre as the small land owner does.
An acre of wild land Is assessed Just
the same as an adjoining acre of
highly Improved dand. The result
Is that It becomes unprofitable to
hold these large tracts of land, and
they are put upon the market and
sold in small tracts.
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'E are sorry that the great crowds of people
that attended the first two days of one of the
most saving Price Sales that ever was placed
on foot in our city could not have the proper service,
but it could not be helped. I have now arranged
the stock so that you can help yourself. Prices low
ered as the short end appear. The Sale will continue
until Saturday, August 29. Supply your needs for
months to come. No time to quote prices .'. .
REMEMBER
The PLACE
BIG 6. STORE
J. A. COBB,
PROPRIETOR
C. L. .Fitchard of Independence advis
ing all growers of that commodity to
stop selling now on future dplivery.
He believes that hops will this
year command a price of from eight
cents to 10 cents per pound. The
reason for the shortage, as given by
him, Is the fact that the poor prices
of Inst year have caused many grow
ers to quit cultivating them. There
Is less Interest in the subject In Ore
gon today than for some time.
"The Pacific coast crop," he snld,
"will not exceed 180,000 bales, as
against 294,000 bales In 1907. Ore
gon this year will not produce more
than 75,000 to 80,000 bales, Califor
nia 75,000 bales and Washington 17 -000
bales. Old hops carried over on
the coast will not exceed 24,000 bales.
That leaves a net shortage of about
92,000 bales.
"Under these conditions, prices
should be better than last year. I
look for hops to bring 10 te 12 cents
a pound. Of course, some growers
think differently and are selling
short. 1 would advise agrilnst that
practice. While the English crop Is
heavy, the eastern crop r short this
year, and this fact should encourage
growe; not to bo in a hurry to make
contracts."
Mr. Fitchard is one of the largest
hopgrowers In Oregon, nnd makes a
special study of the crop and market
conditions.
cal farmers who were ready to tak
advantage of the chance to lay In a
supply of wood for the winter. .
Under the provisions of the forest
department a person is entitled to
wood, fence posts and poles from the
reserves to the value of $20 each year,
the valu being; based on a set scale.
Under this rule wood Is scheduled
at 50 cents per cord and posts at 2
cents each. A person taking advan
tage of the permits Is prohibited from
selling the supplies, but are confined
to utftng them on their own place.
Corporations of all kinds are not given
permits, but a member of a corpora
tion may secure a permit for his prl
viae use.
The obect of Issuing these permits
i.s to help to work up the fallen tree3
and dead wood as much as possible,
and applicants are In all cases instruct
ed to do so. They are also required
to clear away the brush from their
cuttings.
Btntc of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas Coun
ty, .
Finnic 3. Cheney makes ostb that be l
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Che
ney Co., doing business In the City of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
tlint snid firm will pny the sum of ONE
lll'NDHKn DOLLARS for each and erery
cnije of Catnrrli that cannot be cured Ur
rlie use of Hall's Catarrh Curs.
FRANK 3. CHRNBT,
Sworn to before ma and subscribed In my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D.,
1880.
(Seal.) A. W. GLKASON.
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the. system. Bead for tes
timonials free.
V. 3. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
-cold by all Unmtlsts, 75c.
Take Hall's Family 11) 1b for constipation.
OREGON HOP CROP
.SHOWS A SHORTAGE
That shortage In the Oregon crop
of hops is a surety, is the reason for
APPI.i: MKX GOING TO WAR.
DcU'i-uiinctl Fight Against Proposed
Advance in liases.
The advance In freight rates dis
criminating against the apple grow
ers of the inland empire, which is to
go Into effect September 13, Is to be
vigorously fought by the fruitmen's
union and in all probability the case
will be taken up immediately with
the interstate commerce commission,
says the Spokane Chronicle.
A special meeting of the transpor
tation committee of the state horti
cultural association may be called In
a few days to arrange fur ways and
means for promoting the apple fight.
The members of this committee' arc
H. M. Gilbert of North Tnklma, one
of the most Interested shippers In
the Yakima valley; J. L. Dumas of
Dayton, Qevrge Farrwell of Wenat
chee and L. G. Monroe c.f the Spo
kane Chamber of Commerce, who Is
a member ex-orrtcio ana wno nas
been chairman of the committee for
some time. Mr. Monroe has asked to
be relieved from the chairmanship of
this committee, but as yet no action
has been taken.
The new freight tariff announced
comes as a serious blow to apple
growers of the inland empire. It
means an advance of practically 16
cents a hundred on their entire crop
of 1908. The prewnt rate from Spo
kane to Faigo, N. D., is 60 cents per
hundredweight, and the rate after
September 13 will be 75 cents.
Plneules for the Kidneys. 30 days'
trial 11, guaranteed. Plneules act dl
rectly on the Kidneys and bring relief
In the first dose to backache, weak
back, rheumatic pains, kidney and
bladder trouble. They purify the
blood and Invigorate the entire sys
tem. Sold by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
Dakota Club Woiwn.
Pierre, S. D., Aug. 25. .South Da
kota club women are today pouring
Into the city and will be given a re
ceptlon this evening, preliminary to
the formal opening tomorrow of the
convention of the State Federation of
Women's clubfc.
One application of ManZan Plu
Remedy, for all forms of Plies,
soothes, reduces Inflammation, sore
ness and Itching. Price 60c guaran
teed. Sold " A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
"Oregon Builders"
Are you doing what you can to populate your State?
OREGON NEEDS PEOPLE Settlers, honest farmers, mechanics,
merchants, clerks, people with brains, strong hands and a willing
heart capital or no capital.
THe Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co.
is sending tons of Oregon literature to the east for distribution
through every available agency. Will you not help the good work
of building Oregon by sending us the names and addresses of your,
friends who are likely to be Interested in this place? We will be
glad to bear the expense of sending them complete information
about OREGON and Its opportunities.
COLONIST TICKETS will be on sale during SEPTEMBER AND OC
TOBER from the east to all points in Oregon. The fares from a few
principal cities are
From Denver - 530.00 From Louisville - $41.70
" Omaha - 30.00 " Cincinnati - 42.20
" Kansas City 30.00 " Cleveland - 44.75
" St. Louis 35.50 " New York - 55.00
" Chicago 38.00
TICKETS CAN BE PREPAID.
If you want to bring a friend 01 relative to Oregon, deposit the
proper amount with any of our agents. The ticket will then be fur
nlshed by telegraph.
F. J. QUINLAN, Local Agent, Pendleton, Ore.
or write
Wm. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
Negro Fair Ojwus.
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 25. With
exhibits from the colored people ot
Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, the
second annual negro .Industrial fair
was inaugurated today at Luke Contrary-
DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
will promptly relieve all Kidney and
Bladder disorders. Sold and recom
mended by Tallman & Co.
Wyoming Ediors.
Sheridan, Wyo., Aug. 25. Editors
and publishers of all the leading pa
pers of Wyoming are present at the
session of the State Press association,
opened today.
ISSUED WOOD rEiniiTs.
rilot Itork People May Now Cut Tim.
bcr on H curves.
The Pilot Rock News says of the
work of distributing wood and post
cutting permits In the Blue mountain
reserve:
L. E. Tipton, of the United States
forest service, was In Pilot Rock for
a few days this week Issuing wood
and post permits to those W'ho are
eligible. Though there was very lit
tle notice given that Mr. Ttrton was
to be here there was a number of lo-
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