Changes Recommended.
That the Government ia going to pat
a stop to the abuses prevalent in the
past in the acquirement of public lands,
principally in the West, is evidenced t)'
the work of a commission now making
a complete investigation of the land
conditions, and formulating a report to
Congress which it is expected will em
body the recommendations that the
timber and stone a t be repealed, that
a commutation clause of the homestead
act meet ihe same fate, and that the
desert land act also be abrogated.
The9e recommendations were re
cenrly contained in a preliminary re
port to President Roosevelt, and there
is no question in the minds of those in
touch with the situation that the com
mission will make the same recommen
dations to congress.
These changes will put the public
lands on an entirely new basis, and wil
presumably leave the timber lands of
the country open to sale at auction, the
Government to stipulate when and how
the timber on the lands shall be cut
It is estimated that five times as much
money will be available from the sale
of laods as is now secured by the tim
ber and stone act, by which each claim
brings about $400 to the Government.
With this increased money the Govern
ment will build reclamation works
throughout the West, and Oregon will
profit largely by this system if it is car
ried out, for there is a vast area in the
eastern part of the state which must be
irrigated if it is to be of any good to the
future residents of the state.
The Public Lands Commissiou, which
was appointed nearly two years ago, ex
pects to submit a complete report to
President Roosevelt prior to the as
sembling of Congress next Fall. To
gather detailed information as to the
operation of the land laws in the coun
try, a special committee, composed of
Alexander C. Shaw and G. W. Wood
raff, of the Forestry Service; Frank
Bond, of the General Land Office, and
A. E. Chandler, of the Reclamation
Service, have been sent into the West
and are gathering information which
will be UBed at the meeting of the Com
mission in the Full, when the fiual
recommendations will be formukted.
It is understood the recommendations
to be mide in regard' to the desert, titn-
nontana Juigi Will Hear Remain-
lug Land Fraud Cases.
country has been 22 932,905.
Iotigla County Advertises.
berac, at.d homestead laws have al
ready been decided upon, and all that
remains to be done is to investigate the
conditions ot the mineral land lws.
Meauwhile Chief of the Bureau of
Forestry IMnchot is in ti e West, and
will arrive in Portland ou the first d.iy
of the Irrigation Congress, which con
venes on August 21, Mr. Pinchot was
in Montana a short time vgn. He will
be met here by Chief Engineer F. II.
Newell, of the Reclamation Service,
w ho is now in the Klamath country
Land Commissioner Richards, the other
member of the Commisston, is in Utah
to conduct the opening of the Uintah
Reservation.
nuT M CCEEDS DEnAVEM, 181 and 1 882 chanced thn mana nt
transportation, and Celilo became
merely a tradition. It was moved down
the Columbia at the very beginning f
the rapids, and was known for manv
Judge William H. Hunt, of the Fed- years only for its fish wheels end cold
ertil Court for the District of Montana, storage plant
win reacn rortiand August to take History is repeating itself, and Celilo
up the land-fraud trials where they will j8 agaja coming to the front as the point
be relinquished by Judge J. J. ,De fr0m which will start water tranepdrta
Haven, who left Portland on Saturday tion lines to points in Washington and
for San Francisco and will remain there Idaho.
engaged with the business thet has
arisen in his district.
Judge Hunt Is now engaged in trying
the Cobban case in Montana, a case in
......
which R. M. Cobban is accused of sub- The flood of foreign immigrants into
ornation of perjury in regard to indue- the United States reached its highest
ing many land entries to be made in level during the fiscal year just ended.
western Montana. The case is similar For the first time in the history of the
I
to the Williamson-Gesner-Biggs case, country more than 1,000,000 immigrants
which has just been concluded. entered the United States within a
United States District Attorney Heney period of twelve months, the total being
has gone to San Francisco, where he 1,027,421. The previous banner year cumptioD, Coughs and Colds. The first
Over 1,000,000 Immigrants.
Roseburg, Or., Aug. 3. An advertis
ing campaign has been opened by Doug
las county by the committee control in
the county's exhibits at the Lewis an
m.i. ..: ii . .
vioi mir aim local real estate urms.
The fair committee has just had issued
25,000 pamphlets exto ling the merits
of the county. Besides this, real es
tate firms are sending out literature all
oyer the east. Already results of this
work are felt.
Glared for Action.
A Touching Story.
is the saving from death, of the baby
girl of Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberland, Md
He writes: "A the age of 11 months,
our little girl was in declining health,
with senont Throat Trouble, and two
physioians gave her up. We were al
most in despair, when we resolved to
try Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
will attend to private business that has was 1903, when the total number was
accumulated in his office, and, if it is 857,046 immigrants. More immigrants
possible, take as mnch rest as can be entered the United States in the past
sandwiched in with the woik that has year than during the entire four years
to be done. of 1894, 1895, 1897 and 189S.
It is intimated that certain questions During the twelve months ending
arising from the recent trials in the Fed- June 30, 1905, a total of 275,693 immi-
eral Court will be gone into, with start- grants were admitted into the country
ling disclosures. How long the jury from Austria-Hungary, more than any
will be in session, or what wi l be the other nationality. Italy dropped to
result, is a matter of supposition. Mr. second place for the first time in six
has not as yet decided upon the exact years, 221,479 Italians haying been ad-
date for calling the jury, other than to mitted. Russia maintained her posi
say that he will bring it together prior tion of third place in 1905, with 184,
to the convention cf court on August 28. 897. England, Scotland, Ireland and
l i
After the cIobo of the final details of Wales were fourth with 137,057, and the
the Williamson case no business will be Scandinavian countries of Denmark,
transacted in the Federal Court, and a Norway and Sweden, ranked filth by
rest will be given the officials until the contributing 60,625.
latter part of the 'month, when from all Since 1820, or in eightv-six years, the
boitle gave. relief; ofter taking four bot
tles Bhe was cured, aud is now in per
fect health." Never fails to relieve and
cure a cough or cold. At Slocum Drug
Co.'sdrug store; 5oo and $1 guaran
teed. Trial bottle free.
Hitchcock Will Buy Ditch.
Washington, Aug. 2. The Secretary
of the Interior has approved the option
to purchase the property of the Klamath
Falls Irrigation Company, kno n ss the
Ankeny ditch, for $50,000. This ditch
will be enlarged and improved by the
Government, and a large part of it ulti
mately will be used as the upper end of
I the main canal of the Klamath project.
When fbe body is cleared for aotion,
by Dr. King's New Life Pills, you cad
tell it by the bloom of hea'rh oo the
ohees; ihH hrihtnes of the eyes; the
firmness of the ffo'h and muscles; the
buoyHDoy of the mind. Ty them. At
Slocum Drug Co.'s drug store, 25 cents.
Before You Of e'er
Tombstones, Marble
or Granite Work
You will do well to see
Monterastelli Brothers
and get prices. Thej have
a fine stock on hand.
MAIN STREET, HEPPNEB, ORE.
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Oregon
SH0JTIjINE
amd imon Pacific
The editorial pace of the Weekly Ore
ronlan gives a broad treatment to a wide
range of subject.
indications things as strange and start
ling as any that have happened hereto
fore will be brought to the notice of the
public through the workings of the De
partment of Justice of the United
States.
total number ot immigrants in the For news and oplnlons-th. Oregonlan.
Old and Mew Celilo.
Railroad to Coat Hay.
Fo-tland, Aug. 2 The Southern Pa
cific company today made an official
announcement of its intention to build
a branch leaving the main line at Drain
and running westerly along the Urnpqua
river to Gardner, a point near the
mouth tf the Umpqua, and thence
south to Marsbfield, on Coos bay.
According to General Manager J. P.
O'Brien, of the Harriman lines, who
left for southern Oregon today, active
work of construction will begin as soon
as the work of surveying the route
which is now in progrePs, has been
completed. The road will be standard
guage and have the highest grade of
equipment. Drain, the point from
which the branch starts, is 165 miles
south of Portland. The new road will
be eighty-one miles in length. It' will
tap a country whioh is completely un
developed owing to the lack of rail
transportation. It possesses possibly
the largest timber belt in the world,
has rich agricultural possibilities and is
a mining center for both cold and coal.
As soon as the wheat crop in the
northwest is h arvested the lit'le town I
of Celilo will be a busy point, eavs The
Dalles Chronicle. Steamboats from the
upper Columbia and from w Snake river
wlil le unloading wlieat daily, rnd this
will require quite a number of men to
andle.
It may be that the railroad in order to
control the trada will come down to the
cutrate; but there Hre points on the
Columbia in Washington, aud the Snaks
mi Idaho, thit are not reached by uny
railroad company, and these must de
pend upon water transportation.
The portage road is 6implv a prelude
io an ujieu river 10 nuewater lor a coun
try comprising 300,000 square miles.
When the government canal and locks
are completed, without b eaking car-
iio?, steamers will transport the wealth
of this region to the ocean.
Then the true and permanent de
velopment of the northwest will begin
and the possibilities of the Inland Em
pire will be thoroughly tested. But
Celilo will remain as the eastern ter
minus of the canal as it is of the slate
portage road, and around it will rlnsttr
memories of the past and dreams of the
future
The old town was about a mile above
the present hamlet, and here in tte
early history of eastern Oregon cluster
ed a thr fty, active population, posses
sing all the evidenoe of a busy mait of
trade. Tle wharf boat was i00 feet
long, and in it was stored goods for the
interior country, as far east as Black
foot, in Montana.
Boats navigated the Columbia as far
as Priest Rapids, and then far above
there were steamers after the portage
around these rapids was made; and
Snake river was made a highway of
commerce to Lewiston, Idaho. This
caused considerable business to center
at Celilo.
Here were built the Annie Faxon,
Spokane, Nez Terce jChief, Harvest
Queen and other boats that made regu
lar trips with passengers and freight to
interior points.
The construction of the railroad io
Domestic Peace !
i
in the family is not to be ex
pected where a poor cook stove
is used. That is only natural.
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STEAMER LINES.
San Francisco Portland Rout. Steam
sails from Portland 8 p. m. every 5 days.
Boat service between Portland, Astoria,
Orogon City, Dayton. Salem, Independence,
Corvallis and all Columbia and Willamette
River points.
SNAKE RIVER ROUTE.
Steamers between Riparia and Lewipton leav
Riparia daily at 10:40 a. m. except Saturday,
returning leave Lewiston daily at 7 a. m.excep
Friday.
J. B. HUDDLESON, Agent, Heppner.
A. L. CR&IG,
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