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About Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1908)
THE ETGKXK o IUIi.Y l ARI). KKIIVW. AKil sT JI a T i ibis cm ltfKl1 1 ... nil. .... .uXKl H- . h'nostlng " . mt at the Com iW L tendered the bit. sl)irit deas for , W famous. . f the dull present T tiresul- 'v.. llinVr, I'resiJei it th-.: he lvas ', i, .r:v ul iil- :ac Ui ,.! lara'iie l' : Of .in CaIif,-iiKi and 'l'un ntral r"11" u . miii.ii.iU acres; Oregon Cen ! n M'litarv ltoad Company, SOO.000 rU- Corv'allis 4i Yanuina Bay Wus It'a.1 Company, !MI.I1(I0; Wiliiam- , Vallev and Cascade Mountain fv'on roaa Company. S50.000 "rL- Coos Bay Watson Road Com a J,v'ir, txto acres; The Dalles Mil !',Ja"v' lioad Company. eSa.OUO acres. T,t'il 7,1100.(100 acres. ' ar based noon the 'ndMi'-e of "the several roads, but are not exact, as some u i" ......... A t to the companies on account of overlaps, adverse decisions, etc. These grants have a total area of nooo skuare miles, and would make a tract of land 100 miles square "huh would be as larse or larger , ha, any of the New England Iu.,es. or larser than .Maryland and netware combined. It Is equal to ,he combined area of Clatsop, Co lumbia Tillamook, wasnuiKion, Multnomah, Yamhill. Polk. .Marlon, I'linn Benton and Lincoln counties, 'nr In' other words as large as all that i . nndirnn lvlnff north Dart OI ViesLciu v.-e,.... --o -- v . . ... onH ivmI to the Hlim- ,of uine euumj .. 'mit of the Cascade mountains. Perhaps one-mui ui included In these grants has been sold but the balance is still intact. The owners have never encouraged itmniTatiJii with a view of placing settlers upon these lands, but on the culinary have withheld the lands fn.i'n sab' and not only shifted t life burden of development of the coitn trv on to the shoulders of the small - t i. i-r- but have f ir years systeinati d'.'lcod the payment of their "''l'lic lark's- o;' lllese grunts is the n .V California Kaiiroad gram., :.:ir!l..; 1 1" H. 1'. n.iiia lire .... i . mis l;-..;'i I'onlami to ilio C ' :i 1 Mae, Yliia tll'iint is a, ml ;:;! : !,.. I i ; . t -: i : . i : i n inter, .--is; lei us . .. a : : i,i rave ilii:io ia I '.la v, ay . . ..; c '. :;. Co. p j : o;il. ais ia oiai.T lo :i,:::, and il:i:'.na 1't . i , " ot:; t !'e dare ot i r " ' : ., :,r;e had heel, li.iled f Itiitias this time tint - .... a- I , ,. laves to ,.v ,1 '-. Si-.,,, 1 v ! I ihe a.sses: oca , , dna'iy e,etii!iv! 1 h ese iuli their tax foil, and naw prac- IU- a'l of the mare l:s;od. Tin. as- .. I : i (1 a- c'., cr- S' ss.ai ciiiiii.iiii j...o u uii .in.,. ... ".,'.'.:,. . iais- y.ais ::s v. ry l..v ad the i. Mioiuilli. tal Miionat ol taxes paitl on titiK ',.' i',',' lv:;" ..aaf 1 -ai '-ram down lo and Ir.cloil- a. : t:oi eve .ed ? 1 . "00,1100. -.1 ! . ! : Heal la.i 1 .re:. 1 conieiTy .lo.-'iia : '.! a ! .- ea !y a aiou'll a In a ,: '. . e,.-a V. :f -1V ,,,, he : a v'ifn.r.r. d ::.!. ; X ov .".o-'aad. la r 1:,.. 1 ov. tie. I sea- i.a.l - : a 1 1 a!:o::;'v lard tax Mil. .'s. I'. v iliie i :s to $2...ihm. are tax. a 10 li. anl i' is - 1 ,;a:M i oi.ooo ao,l o- x pay ati ".) e - iv.1;! liiuii. i V i i r i a We WIS! Tel! Y01 result is that it Iktoih,. ,u,.rf.,, hie to li.M -i.Sl. lari. , . from settle. W wU) would l.li and iQuMVe the land, and u M h. Places in the su-eat annv , , builders that is inakiim this - it,-the-arden spot of the earth -Vitl Wer l...gislati John 11. Lewis, state enainee- i discussing f Leishi! iiiit' in Oregon upon the Subject of w-.tei" said this need is more luilv r.-'a'i.'d by prospective investors in -,Mk !,, r utilization of water than by the pies ent water users or those interested in the state's development. n0 the unappropriated waters belong to the state, there sho-ild be means p,. vided for determining the amount that may be used for the. benefit of an Investor. Where diversion is in expensive, Utile intention is paid to the legal right of diversion, but very few of this kind remain undeveloped Until we provide by legislation for an abstract system and police protec tion for vested rights in water, cap ital will hesitate to Invest In expen sive undertakings. Delegates Xunutl At the close of the meeting the chairman asked for volunteers to join the delegation to Coos Bay. None re sponded, so he appointed .1. 11. Har tog, (',. W. Griffin, Allan Katon. and Chas. II. Fisher. Ilesolut ions. The following rcs'.lutions were pre sent, il and adopted: Resolved. b the Com men ial Club and citizens lire llenr! ilv ill of Kliaene ilia' we i!i. slate g lined lr. addn he earn lieu U 1 1 Stat ' a' I inn of , 1 ;eit ra I V o.::' : j "' '' On too' 'oil ! .Mr. ;-,;y,, i of tllttttU . ! le : J ' f i it 1 ' i i' ' n t a a s: i a : i e a I . a :: , :: ' ::: I of Oram. , DurliiK llif pwn.nz !: n Wen' 1 1 . 1 1 ill i till 1 I t V.'.l'l ool.ea d . le '- , tn 1srI.i.. liiiosler- I T,...t. '."'-t j 1 I I , , i 'I a. : : : ol : ' W.I -.- : ' - ; ! me end Irnv 550 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregcm ii im 11 il f"t fit" iTi PETITION FOR o REHEARING OIL FILED TODAY i Continued From Pi case. It was not decided bv the su preme court, however, because it was involved, but was left open. The government insists ihn b..f,... laying down this harsh rule and prac-1 tically nullifying the law, t:-e court' of appeals should certify in award ance with the statute this q-i. sii.ni to the supreme court for its decision; that no court short of the Mipreme court should undertake pracii. ally to wipe out the interstate commerce' act i from the statutes. j It appears from the record in the I circuit court of appeals that the net; prifit of the business of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, the corpora-, Hon that Judge Landis fined, for the years during which the violations of the law for which it was convicted were committed, and lnclii.l i-u the year in which it was indicted, amounted to $;;;',, ;,s:!,'J0s. . On this point the petiti: -n -r, .-: "We re.-lH'ctflllly call the . . s':,:l of the' court lo I ::e stale!!!.-:. ;b, Slanda: d Oil C..li:;,.iiiy of i ! '. a e-i l.V ::i tl::- i ,ie. i , f.'-rred : car- in its ..;.;:!. a and i a - i j I . al. laiaac, i '.tat is il ' Y ilO SIC ae p ui:. i- i!epr: : i ' y f ir l li . ."o a.- (. j; : i .o ;e. It . ,1 1 .! a : AM. AJbmt Meal 'li ll tiTftfr iK-SII ;d i: a uni.-'.i:u is e ' ae. and 1 In: the evidence as . '"! was snlfa ieut to show : knowledge, or what in law wa , aletu ; dual lli- 'Thai the interpretation of the statute by this tour;, iuiposiio; no du ty on the shipper and permiititig a deleuse of ignorance to be made without ivs.inl to the neg'.ig. n.e ..( the shipper, is contrary to the lan guage ot the statute and to its pur pose, ad seriously impairs the effi- ioncy of the act. "That the ruling stated in the opinion as the basis for determining the number of offenses Involves an erroneous ctist re. t ion e,f (he statute and tails to take into consideration! that the thing which is prohlliiic.il by the act is the transportation ot properly at the unlawful rale; "Thai the criticism of the trial judge for abuse of discretion rests upon a wrong assumption of whit the trial judge actually did. and as-, somes that he attempted to try and punish the Standard Oil Company of. New Jersey, w hen in fact, as appears1 from the record, the entire proceed-! lugs were directed against the defeu-1 dant. the Standard Oil Company of Indiana; 'I'hat the ruling :aled in the oj.iti ion to the .fleet iImi a lino is exces .ive when i: ec. i d- in amount t'a -ability ol ; . u. o :: da::: lo pay is an . ::n i w . il 1 1 i.v i ' 1 1 1 1 i : : a im . i : i an .:::i ,1. ;ii .'a A ' ! stat' mmmMX, FRONTIER DAY CELEBRATION WYOMING CITY I'lu'viMino. , Aii.c. "J 1.-- Sju'ciul trains from 1.mit and many .iihrr ln'iius broimtit laro nowds of vis itors to t'lu'voiuu' for tlu iiuMiin i;f the annual Iruutit'r tiay t t'K'Srai ioi.. The relehraJ inn. wnU'h was inaugu rated some fars :ii;o as a purely I, i al festivity. ua );rovvn in popularlt'-. anil maniiiKi.' until it has heroine oiif of the r'e it-most yearly tarnivals to he Ktven wes-r of the Mississippi. The affair this year will run three days, and judiiiK from the tiiu,ntr tt visitors already on hand and the elaborate preparations for entertain ment It will hi' a most notable eee 1 union. Fully ,"000 people are guerts if the eity already, and every train .l-rivinj; is crowded to its utmost ca pacity. The st reels are lined 'Vt h hooths, and street fakns atul ped- UTS IV I Vo ire l iad cl ini; 1 In ir w a tioni osi on Ihe , orld eh pi oi:rain :p ridiin: I ' a VO III at Ol 1 It.' : .i..' y.nh'- I'.: I i a . a i.ie.-l I'...''' ! 1 o i- , v, cl.al tllitt : oa:.: ! !. a ado, rile ie ;; year .-v. e.l $H.. , I'i'A Not 1 in 1 1 - viy 1 uv Scl.'ie.: i r-i '. thr UK Hi V, i -- ti ' - " i Ma r ! i v if vi'u dco'l luj a.:.... . . ... a. nf i i a . a. Co L E5 GET AN OLIVER TYPEWRITER For Your Son or Daughter Let youn? folks typewrite your business letters and learn to be sclf-supportingf. The Oliver Typewriter is the Greatest in Existence. C. S.FRANK, Local Agt EuiSenr, Oregon WILLAMETTE Meat, Market, UnJvf New Management Fi.-s.-ClMS Frrsh and Salt. ; M'.-ct Atvoys on Hand ; Phono I ft Your Order l".-nt Mit .'j Li-' Willamette and : i hi 1 1 1 1 a -ap li Kirt X.ailoiial i: Car fresh content ins. received t n am i u: i;s hakcwauk co. .nanli.io Soli, of Iteal Croperly 'i a i . laa ::.Vai tliOl o ' j p- 1 o ' a ; ;. ,,; I col. I, I V lao.rl of . v . a'' -, a. ,1a iianie allit ' ... 0 . :, I ": e 1 .;: , d a V of : . : . a :' in ,f , i ll,,. I uv I'--; a X a 111 i- ... 1 a . ul' Iho a ....;!., an:- I'ar- ;. . i'ie I irii nay of . : : 1 . ..or or 1 i . : ii or ,t a ia i'lii.eiie. (r- : i .1,1 11 at pnhlie : . : ; luala a 1,: e! r r.ir cash . .'ol .;;.! :' i i . ahi. ti ',. and Inier- a .1 1.1-nv r.i l.i r in and I.".. Ill , lie enPe pi-einiscs. 1 I la,- on. tl,,ve. . 1 a a i, half i . . via , : ' and tie. :.:. i ' Im' law.- t. ... a :'a i a I'o ad -aii, i a, : .,' ! 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