9ASLY K4ST OKEGONIAK, PENSIiBTOX. OMDGOI. MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1911. PAGK THBXB dGirr pages LOWELL TALKS THINKS TOO MUCH IiAND IS WITHDRAWN Nearly 300,000,000 Acre Included WlUiln National ForesU Pendleton Judge Favors Idea But Criticizes Methods. Judge Stephen A. Lowell of this olty was scheduled to address the conven tion of National Woolgrowers' at Portland laHt week but was unable to attend owing to the Illness . of his mother. However, the able paper pre pared by him on "Forest and Flock masters" waa read to the convention by Dr. S. W. McClure, northwest chief of the federal bureal of animal Industry with headquarters in this city. In part Judge Lowell's paper read: "I hold no retainer from any Inter ests or any individual, and for the views which I here express neither your organization nor any other is responsible. I speak as an advocate of the seasonable preservation of. both Btate and national resources, and my Interest In the questions here discuss ed Is that of a citizen only. The brief which I hold is for the public, for this generation, and the inext, and fop those to follow. Conservation, how ever, ox the nation now Interprets It, must be regarded as a manifestation of the natural protest of society against long continued lawlessness. The desire on the part of the people to terminate the domination of male factors in the public lands has caused the pendulum of public sentiment to swing so far the other way that hon esty 1b obscured and retardation tri umphant. "The movement has resulted, ac cording to the figures of the general land office, in closing to homeseek ers nearly 300, 00,000 acres of the na tional domain, an area more than twice as great as Is comprised In the German empire, or nearly four times as large as the whole expanse of Great Britain. It is true that all this territory in not Included within the national forests, but It is Included within reserves of various kinds, and the forests themselves cover approxi mately one-half of the total acreage, Country WTJ1 Need Kvory Acre. "Such a situation menaces the de velopment of the western states and withholds from settlement lands which are needed to assure a symmetrical growth of the country. We are now a nation of more than 90.000,000 of people, nnd If the Increase of popula tlon shall continue relatively, .anoth er generation will witness upon Am erlcan soil 150,000,000 Of people and If wo escape the curse of the unnat ural and dangerous growth of the clt ies, every available acre of public lands must be open to the home build er. It Is urged, of course, that there are1 vast tracts withdrawn which are Incapable, of settlement and cultiva tion, but except In the case of high mountains, river brakes and unwat- ered deserts It Is safe to predict that It will be ultimately found that sub stantially all the lands now withheld from settlement will yield crops Jn greater variety and abundance than the hill farms of New England pro duced In their palmiest days. "The patriotic and unselfish senti ment of the western country, as well as that of the east, is behind the cop- servatlon Idea so far as It Is reason able. We desire to see the cool, oil and gas Innds withheld from exploit atlon, and the scientific splendors of nature preserved In the natural parks, We shall welcome the time when the selfish grasp of great corporations upon the national resources shall be broken, and when the unearned land grants of the transportation eompan ies shall be returned to the genera) government. Wo believe Implicitly In the idea that the remaining water power upon the public domain should be retained for the people and. If necessary, developed by the govern ment for the people's benefit, nnd we favor the maintenance of the national forests, not for the purposes for which they hii'e apparently been cre ated, or hecauso we accept all the theories which causd their creation, but rather that the timber areas may not pass Into the hands of monopo listic Interests, but may be used by the common people and may be pre served for coming generations. East' Conservation Idea. "The west differs from the east up on this momentous question only upon the problem presented by administra tion, towlt: the east demands a pro tected wilderness. The west would encourage Immediate use and occupa tion of nil these reservations so far as they can bo used and occupied; the east would enclose them In a fence of unconscionable regulations nnd dis courage both use and settlement. "The sentiment of the older portions of the country seems to be based up on a belief that the population of the western states s composed largely of land grubbers ond timber thieves, and the Idea there obtaining seems to be to withhold the public lands until some vague, uncertain, tenuous time In the dlptnnt future when all men become honest. "The men of the west who have been brought in contact with the ac tual conditions know better than any one else can know that abundant frnud hns colored public land affairs for a generation. It Is a misfortune for the western country, especially as touching the promise of Its future, that the stntute of limitations has thrown Its protective arm over men who ought to be In the penitentiary, and that the doctrine of Innocent pur chasers guarantees to present owners title to illegal land entries, but such In tho law, nnd theipast Is a closed book. Tho law abiding men of the west are ready to strike hands with those of the east for a cleaner future and for Just conservation of every re source, but In doing this we have a right to ask that our brethren snail not be blind devotees of a system which locks the doors of progress nnd assures that kind of honesty only which Is represented by the time lock. "The west accepts the scheme of conservation, Indeed welcomes It, but It demands, nnd has a right to de mand, such conservation as shall en courage and not retard the develop ment of the country; that there shall be the fullest possible use of public lands, of forests, of mines and water power. Immediate and actual, and such legislation as will give the people such rights without undue restrictions and without the ceaseless unwinding of red tape. "In the administration of the forest areas we demand the most use, not the least. "The old Idea that forests are. ne cessary to assure rainfall has been ex ploded by more thorough Investiga tion. I have to confess a change of view myself. "A complete and scientific exami nation of all the public lands ought to be mado by practical men under the Joint direction of state and nation, and the data made available to homestead entrymen. How to Administer IteHervcu. "In my Judgment a first require ment Is that there shall be placed In each public land Btate a federal su perintendent who shall have charge ot the national resources therein and of the use thereof, and that he shall be clothed with full authority to bind the government, and who shall act and act promptly, upon every application for power, mining, timber, grazing and homestead privileges, without the delay and theoretical technicalities Incident to reference to the depart ment at Washington; and to avo.d er rors or favoritism upon his part there should be created an appellate tribu nal of citizens of the state who, in case of dssatlsfactlon with any de cision of such superintendent, either by interested parties or the general public, shall have authority to deter mine the issue finally and promptly." 1 1 BULLET BARELY MISSES MAN'S HEAD (Special Correspondence.) Athena, Ore., Jan. 7. Dr. L. Dell, a pioneer of this city had a very close call to being killed a few days ago, when a bullet crashed through his house and passed only a few Inches above his head. Dr. Dell was Just starting down stairs when he heard the crash of the bullet through the window and it lodged In the stair casing close -to his head. The bullet proved to have been fired from quite a large rifle and evidently had traveled a mile or two before striking the house, so the Incident Is not likely an attempt to murder the doctor but merely the result of some careless shooting at the edge of the city. MONUMENT FOR LINCOLN PROPOSED The erection of a monument In Washington, D. C, in honor of Abra ham Lincoln will be urged upon con gress for approval by Senator Cullom, (Repn., 111.). He believes that Lin coln has been too long neglected and that a memorial should be erected without further delay ond regardless of expense. Whether the cost should be 2, 000,000 or $3,000,000, Senator Cullom said should not be given con sideration In tho selection of a suit able design. Cullom was a close friend of Lin coln and thus the personal element as well as his admiration for Lin coln's groateness enters Into his de sire to see the emancipator properly honored. Provision for the erection of a me morial, he says, "Is a wish I cherish as a duty which I hope may be ful filled before I end my service." Tho project has been pending In congress for years but failure of the statesmen to agree upon a site has prevented legislation. Two statutes of Lincoln now grace the streets of Washington. One shows him In the act of striking shackles from a slave and the other is a small statue of the war president standing on a high pillar of stone. The de mand, however. Is for a grand me morial and Senator Cullom believes that conditions are favorable for get ting action by congress this winter. OREGON THEATRE Tue., Jan. 10 CHAS A. GOETTLER PRESENTS A STUBBORN CINDERELLA A Musical play of Quality and Merit 40: GIRLS 40 20 SONGS LAUGHS 1 ,000 The Local Order of Elks will attend in a Body "OH WHAT A NIGHT" j Prices: $1.50, $1, 75c, 50c, llanscom's Jowelry Store I E MISSION COUNCIL NEW TEACH EK ELECTED FOR CITY SCHOOLS IDENTIFYING WRITINGS OF HARVEY W. SCOTT SuM-rintcndcnt of Experiment Station Return From Trip to Nation's Cap ital Daughter is Born. (Special Correspondence.) Hermlston, Ore., Jan. 8. The pres ent city council met last evening for the lost time as the new council take their seats next Wednesday evening. Three members of the present council retire being J. D. Bice, C. H. Crandal and Russell Brownell. However, Mr. Brownell was reelected and will k T his office another term, the new members will be R. C. Todd and H. A. Waterman. At this last meeting! the electric light franchise was passed I and the opening of Furnas Avenue was taken up and after much discussion the council supported the measure. New Tcaeher Fleeted. j Yesterday Mr. August E. Bensel I was elected as a teacher in the pub lic school of Hermlston, this making eight teachers at the present time In our school. Three years agp there i was only one teacher and six pupils, and now eight teachers and several hundred pupils. Returns From Washington. !R. W. Allen, superintendent of the experimental station 'at this project returned from Washington, 1). C, yes terday, having left here on November 28. Whiie he considers the trip a very profitable one he is glad to be back again at his work. Duughter Horn. Mr. and Mrs. David Sorrells of this city are pleased over the birth of a 12 pound baby girl. Mrs. Sorrclls is doing well. Charles S. Cx was here last week from Mason City, Iowa. J. Dixon spent a few days at Her miston, his home Is in Pendleton. R. S. Tucker of the third unit, hav ing a homestead, Is now going into the business of tuning pianos for the peo ple of the project. Robert E. Reed of The Dalles, Ore., was here over Sunday looking after land Interests. Mrs. Harvey Loungagln of Pomeroy, returned to that place yesterday, after having spent the holidays with her sister, Mrs. G. 11. Upthegrove. Mrs. Ha Smith left for Portland yesterday to be gone for a month. Jj' 0il Yu cannot expect it to do otherwise these cold and freezing mornings and white frosty nights. We can still offer a fine grade of coal de livered promptly. Better see that your sup ply of coal is in your cellar, instead of at our yards. OREGON LUMBER. YARD Phone Main 8 Too Much Face. You feel as if you had one face too many when you have neuralgia, don't you Save the face, you may need It; but get rid of the neuralgia by applying Ballard's Snow Liniment. Finest thing in the world for rheu matism, neuralgia, burns, cuts, scalds, lame back and all pains. A. C. Koep pen & Bros. 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Next door to one of as nice young ladles in Pen dleton. This house can be bought for $20 month. Young man tell her about the opportunity, t can live as cheap as 1. NICE 7-ROOM HOUSE: on JUckson street; beautiful loca tion; property worth. $3000, If sold at once $2250. 17-ROOM HOUSE worth $2500 can be bought for $1500, only requires $400 cash, balance terms. 12-ROOM HOUSE one of the most up-to-date houses In Pen dleton, worth $3000 or $9000, for sale or trade for wheat land or city property; would pay dif ference on piece of property to $12000 to $14000. LEE TEUTSCH Phone Main 5 550 Main Street The Real Estate and Insurance Man Known For Its Strength The First National Bank PENDLETON, OREGON C APIT AL SURPLUS and UNDIVIDED PROFITS . RESOURCES OVER S45D SECURITY I II