EIGHT PAGES DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1915. PAGE THRI'T Safety First Mishaps are made in buying clothes as well as subjecting yourself to injury. Both injure your peace-of-mind. Preserve your appearance and eliminate the risk of a poor investment by buying Bond Clothes $15 to $30 A grand array of new Fall styles now showing with new ones coming in nearly every day. Our own tailors assure you a perfect fit. . Try one on. Bond Bros. Peadletoo'i V4iai Clothim SBHTDR CHAMBERLAIN TAKES II RAP AT THE OPPONENTS OF ACT TO GOVERN ITER SITES Ji CAR-LOAD OF AUTOS ARRIVE AT PILOT ROCK (Special Correspondence.)' IMLOT ROCK, Ore., Aug. 25 The Bond Auto Co. received a carload of automobiles today. Jean Hascall .returned home today from Portland. Mrs. Cora Knotta left Wednesday for Heppner where she will visit friends and relatives for a few months. Miss Grace Gilliam was a Pendle ton visitor Wednesday. K. G .Warner of Butter creek, was a visitor here Wednesday. Mrs. Burton Hutchinson spent Wednesday In Pendleton doing some shopping. Chas. Miller was a business visitor In Pendleton Wednesday, iahlng Kxplolt Told. BERLIN, by wireless to Sayvllle, N. Y., Aug. 15. The adventurous career of the German auxiliary cruiser Me teor, which was blown up by her com mander to escape the British warships after she had sunk the British aux iliary cruiser Ramsey, Is described by the Overseas News Agency as follows: "According to private reports, the lleteor, a converted merchant steam er, succeeded In breaking through the lines of British patrol ships and trav ellng to the Orkney Islands, 550 miles liom her base. She laid a large nura her of mines and destroyed British. merchant ships. "Finally she encountered the Brit ish cruiser Ramsey, which she sank after a splendid maneuver. The cap tuln of the Meteor, whose crew con sisted of about 25 men, saved and captured 4 3 men from the Ramsey, und it Is probable that more than 60 others were drowned. "British battle cruisers, notified by wireless, pursued the Meteor. After the Meteor had burned the Danish merchantman Jason, the little Ger man craft, facing four British cruis ers, stopped a Norwegian steamer, transferred the captured British crew of the Jason anl also put the Danish sailors on board. This boat escaped from her pursuers and reached port safely with the captured English men. The Meteor was sunk by ex plodlng her mines." At Bornou, narrow strips of cloth are used Instead of coin. mr Mm (. fi:'W;, A Message for You From Headquarters! New rust & uaaifles for Breakfast A delicious food different from ordinary "corn flakes." Each flake has a body and firmness doesn't mush down, but keeps crisp when cream is added. New Post Toasties are the tender meats of white Indian Corn, skilfully cooked, daintily seasoned, and toasted to an appetizing golden-brown. They come to you oven-fresh, in tight-sealed, wax-wrapped packages ready to eat with cream, milk or fruit. New Post Toasties the Superior Corn Flakes Your grocer has them now. PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 25 "It will generally be found that the same elements which In time past have op posed the withdrawal of public lands for forestry and other purposes, are arrayed against any efficient re strictive or regulative legislation as affecting water power sites or the de velopment of hydro-electric energy,'' declared United States Sen. Cham berlain In his address before the Joint sessions of the Oregon and Washing ton Bar associations. Senator Chamberlain's address was both an Indictment of the Interests that have exploited the public domain for their own InteresU In the name of development and an argument in favor of the water power leasing bill now before congress. In beginning he called attention to Improvidence of congress and the states In relinquishing public lands and natural resources without any ef fort to secure adequate return fol the public. "It might be Interesting to discuss In detail legislation which has been enacted from time to time affecting the public domain," said he, "and to show therefrom how Improvident con gress has been in the disposition thereof, but I can only touch upon the subject. "Not only has this improvidence characterized congressional action but It has characterized state legislation as well, and lands granted by the gen eral government to the srveral states for educational and other public pur-1 P"Es have been recklessly disposed of, and nt wholly Inadequate prices, to the detriment of the people of these states. Each legislation which had for Its purpose the bona fide settle ment and disposition of tne public do main, has in many Instances by ad ministrative laxity been used to trans, fer title from the government to cor porations, to timber barons, and to others, placing It beyond the reach cither of regulation or the general welfare. IawH Have licen Abused. "The homestead and pre-emption laws have been availed of. time with out number, for the fraudulent ac-' quirement of public lands; and the timber and Btone act. passed In 1878 ostensibly to enable the homesteader and other settlers an opportunity to acquire timber and stone, has been more generally abused than all other legislation combined, and soon be came an Instrument for perpetrating the most gigantic frauds against the government. "In the short period of 30 years after Its enactment over 12.500,000 acres were acquired under it, and the smaller part of this immense acreage was obtained by the original locators for their own use, but by far the larger part was fraudulently acquired by timber syndicates and monopolis tic combinations for the valuable tim ber growing thereon. "In this state alone. 3.560,905.45 acres, in the state of Washington, 2, 070.563.3S acres, and in the state of California 2.717.010.13 acres were ac quired under this act." Wagon Itoad Grant Discussed. Senator Chamberlain discussed the wagon road land grants to interests that never built the roads, and the grants to railroads of great tracts which were withheld from settle ment or sale or sold at prices or In luantities violative of the terms of the original grants. "From 1S50 to June 30, 1909, 159. 5,724.25 acres were granted to aid in railroad construction, most oi w hlch has been patented to the gran-1 tees; while 3.229,230.41 acres were granted in aid of military wagon ul construction, most of It having been heretofore patented to the gran, tees. The Immensity of these grants can be better understood when it is remembered that they equal in area the states of Maine, New Hampshire. Vermont, Massachusetts. Rhode Is land, Connecticut, New Jersey, Dela ware, Maryland. Pennsylvania, Vir ginia and West Vtrginia, IH'volopnicnt at Great Cost. "It may be insisted and it is prob ably true, that the granting of these lands has hastened the development of the western country, but at what a sacrifice! "I venture to say that, with the knowldege which the past years have brought to us, if our governmental life had to be lived over again not an acre of these lands would have been so improvidently disposed of, but the government Itself would have under taken the work of wagon road and railroad construction through Its own Instrumentalities, and would have sold the land and utilized the pro ceeds with an Immense saving, and In fact, with a profit, to the people of the whole country. "There have sometimes been at tached stipulations to these grants, requiring sale to actual settlers at fixed prices and In limited quantities, but these conditions have In most cases been entirely ignored by the grantees, and In this state a suit In stituted to forfeit a rallrad grant be cause of the violation of a similar sti pulation, has recently been determ ined by the supreme court of the United States, and the decision of the court in Its final analysis Is, that not withstanding the flagrant violation of the terms of the grant, the railroad company still owns the land, or the proceeds of It to the extent of the price stipulated in the grant. Government Is Mulcted. "And In all these grants what rights have been reserved to the govern ment. What right to transport troops and equipment without cost In time of domestic or foreign war What power of rate or other regulation? What supervisory control was reserv-1 ed or what subsequently was accom-1 plished without exhausting all the remedies known to law What right of forfeiture for conditions broken exists that have not required an ap-1 Peal to congress or to the courts for1 construction or relief? ..'ot only Is the government shown no favors for Its great generosity, but In some cases. It. has to pay more for a given service.' than Is charged a private corporation for the same service." The senior United States senator from Oregon condemned the advant age which railroads have taken In the right of Indemnity selections, a right originally granted for the benefit of individual homesteaders. The result, he said, has been that the railroads relinquished worthless lands and se lected In lieu thereof valuable prop erties. As to Oregon, In this connec tion he said: Conservative Policy Indorsed. "Of 16,221,368 acres held In re serves In Oregon most of it can be utilized only for forest preservation, grazing and water power purposes. There are some lands within these re serves that ought to be, and will be in due course as they have been from ! time to time in the past, released, but' the people of the state are not suf-j fering from these reserves, because j they understand that the lands em-! braced therein are unfitted for any1 other purpose than those herein men-; tinned. j "For a Ion',' time I myself was an' opponent of the policy of conserva- I tion. but study of the question led me i to believe It tt.is necessary to con-' serve and preserve- from waste the re-1 sources of the country, if we Intend-1 ed to continue as one of the highest' developed civilizations on the globe. Would Let It Stay. "Oregon. ashlmrton. California together have 275. 000,000, 0H0 feet of (standing timber In the forest reserves which is about 40 per cent of all the timber, and I believe that the people of Oregon are patriotic enough to prefer that that portion of this magni ficent wealth which lies In Oregon shall remain in the federal govern ment, to be utilized under wise regu latlon and legislation consistent both with the present needs and the needs of generations yet unborn." "Electric power Interests" contin ued Senator Chamberlain, "Insist that natural conditions prevent monopol ization. "How Is this development d'strlb uted, as far as it has gone, and Is there or has there been a tendency Just now is the time you can take time to select that new SUIT or COAT for Fall- Our showing of Suits, Coats, Skirts and Dresses are most complete and, too, the styles are most pleasing. Materials are of the best selections and the prices are in reach of all. 27-in. Messalines in all colors, yd 75 36-in. 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"It Is an argument which Is made ostensibly In the name of those who are seeking to acquire homes for themselves In the undeveloped west, when in truth and In fact everyone who has been an observer o fthe trend of legislation In the past quarter of a century knows that these plausible arguments are not In the Interest of the homeseeker and the homebuilder, but are In the Interest of, and are In some Instances paid for by, those who are anxious to obtain, and have obtained, these lands for monopolistic control. tercommunicatlon In an effort toward j preparedness for the adequate de fense of the nation. 'In a resolution proposed, It Is pointed out that no proper or rapid mobilization of troops ' equipment and commissary can bo at , tained without adequate highways. The resolution also favors the ap pointment of a civilian board of ex ' perts to aid the administration In solving the highway 'preparedness i problem. Mother Of 7 Kills Self. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Aug. 25. Mrs. L. U Davis, of Sunnyside, mother of seven children, the eldest 11 years old, and the youngest a babe, shot herself through the tem ple with a revolver and died Instantly. The Davis family, which moved from Grandview to Sunnyside recent ly, has been in straitened circum stances. Davis has been unable to work on account of an injury last year while driving a creamery wa gon. Mrs. Davis has -been much de pressed recently and her act la at tributed to despondency. She served breakfast for the family, cleared the table and then went to another room and took her life. Xo legislation jthonM he enacted bv lowaro concentration and monopoliz- congress which will surrender its Jur. ne a-eKea- isdictlon to control and regulate for 'It Is contended by those repre-all time, the rates to be charged for enung me power companies and .power used in. Interstate business and that, too, very earnestly that there . i do not think there will be." Is not such a concentration of water. l.easiiur Rill Is Annrovcd. Those who have selfish Interests oppose state and federal regulation; those who have no selfish interests power development as to rise to the danger of a power trust. Small Developers own IJttle. And yet It has been pretty well support state and federal regulation established, notwithstanding repeated j of water power. denials of the fact, that In the states He said that the waterpower leas of California, Colorado, Idaho, llon-jlng bill before congress Is of a char tnna, Nevada, Oregon, t'tah and.ncter to warrant the investment of Washington ,out of a total develop- capital and to protect the public in ment of 1.135.400 horsepower, 1,023,-' terest. Concerning the bill he on "00 horsepower or 90 per cent of the! tinued: development is owned by 23 con-nan- "It recognizes the federal and the ies, while only 10 per cent is owned state jurisdiction and the respectlvei ty small developers. rights of each, and while It may not "Two groups of companies own 90 be perfect, it Is hoped that In the per cent of the development in Ore-! main it may be enacted at the ensu gon. Taking the evidence before the!ing session of congress, so that the senate and house committees, ami re-, development might begin in the pub- ports which have from time to time lie land states. been made by public officials, on the! "Those who are engaged in fight- water power possibilities of the roun-Mng and in denouncing the measure if. try, the conclusion Is Irresistable that; they really are the friends of western there has been a tendency toward development, ought rather to turn concentration of companies interested their attention to assisting, by proper Great Old Remedy For Skin Diseases S. S. S. Clears Skin of Erup tion! Drives Poison From the System. Get It fixed in your mind that skin eruptions, Scrofula, Eczema, burning itching skin, and ail skin diseases are due entirely to impure and infected blood. If the trouble was on the outside of the skin, by simply washing and keeping it clean you could obtain relief not even ointments, lotions, and salves, would be necessary. Agree with us in this belief, and your trouble can be re. lieved yon can be entirely restored to health. S. S. 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Xecifl for Regulation. analysis and criticism, to whip the measure Into such shape as will pro- "Thls. in itself, might or might not lect the public and at the same time be a menace provided, of course, these . encouraae the development of the companies are engaged' only in In-' country. trastate development, and in states! Kcgtilution should He Basis. iiii COCITEST where utilities commissions have the: power of rate regulation and control. "Put consolidation of development means the Inevitable concentration of ownership of control, either directly or indirectly, of public utilities, wa-' "Regulation, rather than revsnue. ought to be the basis of all legisla tion governing the development of water power. It does not muter much, either to the federal or to the state government whether the reve- ter. heat, power and transportation-' nue derived from the development or And therein lies the necessity for , horsepower is much or little; to un control of the power site, for thejdertnke to exact an exorbitant charge present and in the future, by the fed-j will postpone or prevent the very eral government; for Its control purpose of legislation. ; means the ability to regulate the wa- "It is better that no revenue be de ter power, as well as the public utill- rived than that no developmen: be ties, owned or operated by the p,wer had, hut the essential thing for the companies engaged in Intrastate bus-, state and national government is that Iness. the power of regulation In the lnter- l'nllndous Argument Is Potent. est of the power be maintained, with "The perpetual ownership bv the the power at the end of a stated p? government of the power site means rlod to renew its contract with the the authority perpetually to regulate lessee upon such terms as legislation the rates to be charged to the con-land conditions at that time may war sumer. whether for water, heat, light, rant or at its option to take back the transportation, Irrigation or energy utilized for any purpose whatsoever " Senator Chamberlain discussed the facts which add to the evidence of trend toward concentration of owner ship In water power throughout the nation, then added: 'I know how potent with the un developed power plant upon terms which shall then be Just both to the lessor and lessee." Governor Indorses Plan. SALEM. Ore., Aug. S5. Governor Withycombe mailed a letter to the National Highways association, Scuth thinking Is the argument that every Yarmouth, Mass.. In which he in man who Insisted upon safe and con-'dorsed a proposition of the trustees servative legislation in the interest of .as to the necessity of calling the con the masses stands against the devel-j slderatlon of the Wilson adminlstra opment of the state. I have seen tlon to the importance of highway In- and heard it made against those who have stood In the breach to oppose legislation that In the end would have turned over to corporate greed the undisposed portions of the public do main. Not In nomcbnilder's Itehalf. "It Is an argument which is now being made In some quarters, to op en up for exploitation the forest and other reserves in the several wvstern stutes, and thnt without regnnl to whether the lands upon which these CASTOR I A For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Aug'ust 26 Oregon Thsatre , Pendleton, Ore. 15 ROUNDS 15 ! MAIN EVENT AL MOSLER Of Seattle, Wash. VS. Biily Farrell Of Pendleton, Ore. Contestants will weigh in nt 133 pounds. TWO GOOD PRELIMINARIES. ilways bears ,r ignature of '-me' J V y- k ..... ' j : i ' i j I Vc how begins promptly at lock, rickets on salt! at Welch's Cigar Store. Ringside $1.50 Reserved Seat $1.00 Balcony 50c iiiiiitiiMiiiitiiiuiiHiimmuuiuMut.