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LAND FOR HOME-MAKERS.
At various intervals in the
history of the government laws
have been enacted for safe
guarding-'public domain. Was it
the intention of the framers of
these laws that public lands be
taken and held as a speculation
for years? Certainly not- What
. then, was the primary object of
these laws?
Beyond doubt the framers of
the homestead law entertained
the idea that the public lands
filed upon by any individual
would be settled upon by said
party making the filing. The
thought was uppermost that they
would improve the lands thus ac
quired, making permanent homes
thereon. It was intended that
the home builder, and no one
else, should become possessed of
these tracks of public domain.
These lands should be held rigid
ly for such parties as are honest
in their intention to build such
homes.
It does not seem hard to ascer
tain with some degree of certain
ty parties likely to improve and
make a home of lands upon
which they may file. For in
stance, how many well-to-do busi
ness men of large cities would
leave their interests in town and
would go to the frontier and
build a home from the rough?
Not being obliged to go, how
many city families would enter
tain such a proposition-forego
ing all the pleasure and excite
ment of metropolitan life? And
yet we find many such people
holding homesteads.
It seems that any land office
man could tell that men of the
class above mentioned did not
calculate to live up to the. intent
of the homestead law were
. merely speculating on a sum
mer s vacation when they ac
quired their claims. In the past
many such city men of families
have made final proof on claims
that other members of their
' household never saw.
oucnmen wouia lose money
were they to live up to the letter
of the law. As it is, they simply
rob some poor man of the oppor
tunity to secure a homestead,
Til" 1 , n - i
is cms rignc; so it is in many
other lines.
Men are every day violating
the timber and stone land laws
forests are being exhausted by
unscrupulous "speculators on
every hand. It is time the gen
eral government gave serious
: consideration to these condi
tipns. In the case of the home
steader, actual settlement should
be demanded, and if a man and
his family were absent from said
homestead beyond a certain
brief time they should forfeit
their right to the same. By
some such provision will the ends
of the homestead law be served
and only by such means. Then
the country would be improved
in every way, and large tracts
of public domain settled as smal
farms the man of honest in
tention and industry would be in
the saddle and what is now an
uncultivated waste would soon
bloom as the rose.
WHAT IS J HE PURPOSE?
Chairman Frank C. Baker, of
the republican state central com
mittee, has issued a letter to the
brethren asking them to gather
i- ,i i,i ..-.. i i
iu ruruanu on me xzcn day- ot
next month. The letter in sub
stance is as follows:
You are respectfully requested to meet
the other members of the Republican
State Committee in Portland, Thursday,
-!... ..it. - C i , l l ...
ui- idiu ui uui uiuuLu, auu you Will
please invite a goodly number of repre
sentative Republicans of your county to
come and take part In the reunion, and
. should there be in your county aspirants'
for state or district office, invite them
also to be in attendance and participate.
So for as can be Llearned it
seems to have entered Chairman
Baker's cranium that it were
wise to convene, kiss and make
up. At least, no other reason is
apparent. Now, why should
they felicitate thus? To our
knowledge none of the prominent
candidates for any of the state
offices have given any sign of
being unusually blood-thirsty.
Is this "call" for the purpose
of defeating the aims and objects
of the direct primary law?
While this may not be the end
sought, there has been no very
strenuous denial. There is
throughout this section a con
siderable desire on the part of
the rank and file of the Repub
lican party for a "square deal"
tit i
as regaras tne direct primary
law. Anything brought forth to
defeat the object of this law will
meet with disfavor - in this sec
tion. The people are satisfied to
submit to a test of the primary
law, but the professional politi
cian does not take kindly to the
matter. The people ask why
such is the case and are the firm
er in their own ideas.
The man, or set of men, instru
mental in working to the defeat
of this law will do themselves no
good. They may as well remem
ber this now and not rue it later.
The masses want " the primary
law given a chanch strictly on
its merits.
PEACE TREATY SIGNED.
The Substance of Articles Briefly
Stated.
Portsmouth, N. H., vSept. 5,
The Russo-Japanese war is
ended. Plenipotentiaries repre
senting the emperors of Russia
and Japan affixed their signatures
to a treaty of peace in the United
States Naval Stores Building
here at 3:52 o'clock this after
noon, and the bloody struggle in
the Orient was of the past. The
engrossers were up most of theJ
night , putting the finishing
touches on the great paper. This
morning the members of both
missions were busy packing pre
paratory to their departure this
afternoon. In order that they
could sign the protocol at the fi
nal sitting, the plenipotentiaries
left the hotel at two o'clock, ar
riving at the navy yard about
2 130. The treaty was read close
ly in both the French and Eng
lisn texts and then signed. The
signing of the important docu
ment was witnessed by but few
guests, principally American offi
cials. The several articles
treaty of peace contain
lowing provisions:
The re-establishment
and friendly relations.
of
the
the
fol-
of peace
jayan 5 ; preponderating m
T l . 1
Huence in Korea, Russian sub
jects and enterprises to enjoy the
same status as those of other for
eigners in Korea.
The evacuation of Manchuria
by both countries, private parties
to oe sateguarded in their acquir
ed rights.
rort Artnur and Daly eo to
japan under the leases, Russian
T" 4 . a -
subjects to be safeguarded in their
property right?.
No obstacles are to be put in
the way ot China in her develop
ment 01 Manchuria. .
Joint operation of the Man
clauna railway by. Japan and
Russia. .
Russia and Japan engage them
selves to make a com unction of
the two branch lines which thev
own at Kouang-icheng-Tse
1 he branch lines of the Man-
churian railway shall be worked
with a view to insure commercial
traffic between them without ob
struction.
Half of Sakhalin is ceded to
Japan by Russia.
Russian colonists are to be al
owed to remain in the Japanese
portion 01 oaKnaiin, out convicts
a i . .
will be excluded.
Japanese to have fishing rights
in Russian Pacific waters.
The commercial -treaties are to
be renewed with the most favor
ed-nation clause.
Both countries agree to pay
the cost of keeping prisoners.
Ihe treaty to be drawn in
English and French.
The treaty to be countersigned
by the two sovereigns in 50 days J
from the signing by tbeplenipo
tentiaries. Evacuation of Manchuria in
i8Jinonths from the date of the
treaty. A special commission
to locate the boundary line be
tween Russian and Japaneseter
ritory in Sakhalin.
OAK GROVE.
'w.Launer';ifilled:
SRev. f.
the Oak
Grove pulpit Sunday.
Mrs. F. P. Altermatt returned home
Saturday from the Fair, where she spe t
a few days seeing the sights.
Dr. Bailey and wife, who'"have been
s, ending the summer here, moved (back
to their cottage iu ;jobs Addition, Cor
vallis, last week. . "
A. A. Williamson, of Wells, finished
th eshing last Friday and housed his
machine for the present year. He says
his exchequer is no not over burdened
with filthy lucre from profits oa
threshing.
W. D. Morris returned home, Friday
evening, from near Salem, where he has
been working in the harvest fields with
his brother, who has been running a
threshing outfit this ; season in old
Marion.
Mr. Parker, ol AlbaDy, is busy afwork
on his new residence near W. P. Small's
in Fairmount. When completed it will
be one of the neatest cottages in that
part of the county. - .
Elmer Goff returned home,, Thursday ,
from Eastern Oregon, where hj spent
several weeks in the harvest fields. He
goes to Independence, Saturday, to enjoy
the hop-picking season for awhile,
"Bill Bailey, Come jHome," is sung no
more by Oak Grove maidens, as Bill's
coming is a reality. He is now here
spending a few days with home folks and
ouaymg occasionally among old ac
quaintances. He will return home the
latter part of the week.
Hep picking began last Thursday in
the Dr. Leeper yard. About 125 pickers
are at work. The hops are very good
and pickers are making pretty fair wages.
Ihe old system of measuring ia still in
vogue.
Hop picking began in the Barney Cady
yard Monday.
Lasell Bros, are renovating the Missall
dryer and getting ready to handle Lthe
prune crop of the neighborhood. There
are three dryers here, but owing to the
shortage inthe prune cropjonly one will
be running this serson
THE COMING MAN.
"J. H. S." Gives Political Points
InTelegram.
in view -of the fact that the old
Mitchell machine has been jolted from
stem to stern by the invasion of the
Federal Grand Jury and the Democrats
several of its sta-8 ousted from office and
the organization crippled into a status of
apparent hors de combat, and all sem
ciance 01 a leader faded, the prophets
are inwardly wondering "what is going
to nappen along certain lines. This con
anion Dnngs up for speculation the fu
ture political operations of Malcolm Adel
bert Moody, Ex-member of Congress and
political rajah of The Dalles.
Thus far the man who makes politics
at the Emporium of Wasco County has
appeared in the role of a sphynx. No
one, it appears, has a glimmer of an idea
about what Lis political plans are or
whether he has any.- But v that he has
some and that they will be heard from
in due comvse of time, is a pretty1 safe
guess, many persons think. Malcolm
Adeibert Moody does not tell these
things in advance for the public audi
tory.
Three possible capacities have been
mapped out for the political future of the
Ex-Congressman. One is the United
btates Senatorship, another the Guber
natorial job for Oregon, and third Con-
gressman from the Second Disttict. Sel
dom do the prophets talkover the Sen
atorial matter that they do not link
therewith the name of Malcolm Adeibert
Moody, and that he may run for Gover
nor has been hazarded by men who think
they can see far ahead. It is also be
lieved by some that he could be re-elected
to Congress, in view of the stumbling
stones that have of late beset the path of
John Newton Williamson.
There must come forth some new man
to take the joo of John Hippie Mitchell.
u urtnermore, mere must arise a new
leader, Malcolm Adeibert Moody is am
bitious. : Why, qaerry the ' nroDhets.
might not the man ot The Dalles erect
himself as a candidate for United States
Senator and make a try for theorize?
The next general state election will con
struct new lines and Mr. Moody will
doubtless lay low if it is his scheme to
attempt the Senatorial high dive.
In the event he is of the mind to run
for either Governor or Congressman from
the Second District, the wise ones are
looking for him to issue forth shortly.
The latter place would probably be the
easier of either, for the Anti-Moody
forces have been much npset by devel
opments in the Williamson episode and
Malcolm Adeibert Moody was a graceful
loser at the last Congressional conven
tion and made no sore spots; when Dea
con Nathan Whealdon, his envoy in
the convention, moved to make it un
animous when the day was lost, and
when not a vote had been taken.
Be it observed that Malcolm Adeibert
Moody has some pretty strong friends
in divers parts of the state. In the
meantime Malcolm Adeibert Moody is
the only one who knoss anything about
somewhere
xuc mere muse De a new leader irom
"Please Smile -
AND '
Look Pleasant:"
When a woman says "I am racked with
pain," the word "racked" recalls the days
when they stretched the tender bodies ol
women on tne racn wnu rope auu punuy
until the very joints cracked.
Fancy an attendant saying to the tor
tured woman, "Please smilo and look
pleasant." , - - . .
And yet the woman "racked with pain,"
Is expected to smile through her agony
and to make home happy. She can't
do it. It is against .Mature, uenerany
speaking, the racking pains 01 m-neaiin
such as headache, backache and "bearing-down
pains "are related to derange
ments or -disorders of the organs dis
tinctly feminine. When this condition
is removed the general health is restored,
and with health comes back the smile of
happiness. - - . . ,
Any woman may regain her health at
home without offensivo questionings or
examinations by the use of Dr. Pierce's
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mother but we do not fear the result (as
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SIMPSON'S IHA.RDWAEE
Notics For Publication.
Taited States Land Office,
Portland, Oregon.
' July 7, 1805.
Notice is hereby criven that in comnlianm roif t,
the provisions of the act of Con cress of June s.
1 878, entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands
in the States of California, Oregon, Nevada and
wasmngton Territory, ' as extended to all the
runiic i.anu states by act ot August 4, 1892,
EUGENE BOGEET,
of Monmouth, county of Polk, State of Oresron.
has this day filed in this office his sworn state
ment no. 6584, lor the purchase of the E. i of S. W.
i & W t of S. E. i of Section No. 18 in Townshin Nn
13 South, Ransre No. 6 West, and Bl offer proof
to show that the land sought is more valuable for
11s umoer or stone than tor agricultural purposes,
and to establish his claim to said land before Regis.!
ter and Receiver at Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday
the 19th.day of September, 1905. -
He names as witnesses: Charles H. Newman, Wil
Wd Church. Philip H. Johnson. Ernest R. Allen, all
of Monmoth, Oregon.
Anv and all Dersons claiminsr adverselv the nhnm.
described lands are requested to file tbeir claims in
this office on or before said 19th day of September
1905.
ALGERNON S. DRESSER?
Register.
A Cold Settled in His Kidneys.
A. J. Jennesse, 9201, Butler St.. Chi
cago, writes : . "I am a switchman and I
am out in all kinds of weather. I took a
cold which settled in my kidneys and I
was in a bad shape. I tried several ad
vertised remedies with no benefit, until
I was recommended to try Foley's Kid
nej cure. Two-thirds of a bottle cured
me. Sold by Graham & Worthpm,
wv 1 nunc;
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mfxtures, checks,
stripes and the like...
Corvallis Rates; to
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SALE DATES. .Daily from May 29th to Oct. 15th, 1905. $3.50
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Parties ot Ten or More.
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II
BooHsua, Qa., Jan. 30, 1901
BlMk-Ifranght Stock and Poultry
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Given Up to Die.
B. Spiegel, 1204 N. Virginia St Evans
ville, Ind., writes : "For over five years
1 was troubled with kidney and bladder
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children and delicate persons. For sale
Dy Graham a YVortbam. -'
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