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tho business world that tho ndvnnco
bo Rrantcd. No doubt such action
would benefit business vastly, nnd
tho entlro country would feel the
stimulus. Hut nsido from tho 1m
medtnto beueflta na they'nrrect ua nil,
nnd ignoring tho complicated argu
ments, pro nnd con, relative to tho
Justice and necessity of the move, tho
fnct remains that It cannot bo other
than a temporary cure. As lunula
llrandels points out, wo simply pro
poso to swing around n vlolotta cir
cle. That la, the rnllroada nro
to bo granted n higher rate because
tho Increasing coat of living has rata
cd their operating oxponsca nnd,
avowedly, erased their prollta. Later,
that Increase, which la paid by tin
shippers and la ultimately born b
tho public, ngnln mines tho cost of
living. Then the laltorer must have
higher pay, and again, up goes tho ox
ponsca of tho railroad. And so oJ,
ad intlnntum. around nnd around tho
circle. A nice balance must be es
tablished somewhere, and weight
olther Is to bt addod on tho rendu'
aide of the scales through higher
ratoa, or. perhaps, aubatractod from
the opposite aide by effecting eco
nomics in rallroRil ouerstlou. At all
evants, the problem la no simple one,
to be settled by arbitrary action, I
whatever the Immediate prospect cf
benefit such action may ontall.
Ing burned by tho powdor. After nit,
tho cat has tho better of tho comparison.
Moro than n million pounds -of
wool has been hold nt Shnnlkn during
tho last ton days. Tho top prico was
20 Ml conta, nnd tho nvorngo prlco
allghtly over IS conta n pound. Prlcea
lnit yenr lurked around 11 nnd 12
conta. Tho comparison ia pleasant,
and while professional wool mon may
damn tho tariff rovUton It looks na
If they will bo proaporoua In aplto of
tnemsoivea. And their prosperity
moana benefit to all.
Perhaps it la modesty which pre
vents tho tlmhormeu from announc
ing mill construction. Porhnpa they,
who have built only n paltry hair
do-on plants, nro n hit nwed whon
race to face with Tho llulletln, which
has built so many mills!
A record wheat crop! What bet
tor Inducement to pronporlty could
bo offored?
WANTS TO .MEin' t'AU.MKRtt.
To tho Editor:
I am very anxious tn Mt In touch
with all of tho farmers In the country
who nro lutoroetcd In n study of our I
inrm crops ami rami conumuuH ami
a battermont'of snmo and thow who
wish to learn In rull th nature of the
work tho federal, state and count'
government!! are undertaking in
Crook county through tho Oregon Ag-
ISSUES NEWS LETTER
Forest Supervisor Mcrrltt IniMigii
rates Hervlco for Forent Employe,
Pdrcat Supervisor Morrltt lina re
cently inaugurated n novo) means of
hooping tho various mon employed In
tho Forest Service In touch with each
other nnd advised aa to tho work
that la being done on different parta
of the reserve. Ho hna begun tho
publication of n monthly uowa letter
called ''The Deschutes Hanger,"
which ta aunt to all tho men under
him on tho Deschutes and Paulina
Forests.
Tho first issue or "Tho Doscliutcs
Rnnger" came out In May. It vih
mimeographed nnd contained 11
panes, tho front covor boating n pho
tograph of one of tho entrance to
the DcHchuton forest. Notes of tho
various nctlvltloa tn the forest were
given and also Instructions relating
to service matter.
Over SO copies of tho first Issue
were struck off. It la plannad tn Is
sue the newt letter montUJy hers-After.
STATE ROAD AID.
Tho State Highway Commlsflon
ha recently decided that only auch ! rlculturnl College, whom I renresent
- - , .-.- counties In the atnte aa will provide i hero. With the diataneea ao great
V pnnrt ;rii.tr I substantial funda with which to build ' between farina generally over tho
iuuii "V-"M"1" ipormanont roads will participate In I county. I find that tho visit from farm
Elsewhere we print tho atory of the I the division of tho atnte road funds, i to farm ia not. In Itself, the beet
mere is sun remaining in tno road : plan tor getting acquainted most
fund $170,000. and the Commission . iiulckly with the mon on tho farms.
has virtually decided that this aunt Wherever a few fnrmora can
togeiucr in n ecnooi nouae or ai some
initlntlvo bill which proposes to abol
ish tho Desort Land Hoard, to oust
Stato Engineer Lewta nnd to do sev
eral other things. While Ita record
in irrigation matters merits nothing
better than tho nbollshmcnt for tho
Hoard, and Mr. Lewis la nono oo
popular hereabouts, tho wholo
scheme, tn tho guise In which It ta
presented, deserves defeat.
' In tho first place, thero la ample
reason to believe that tho real motive
behind the proposal Is official ani
mosity such na has riled tho waters
of stato political Ufa for the Jast
tnrco years and that economy has
nothing nt all to do with It. Second-
ly, tho scherno la launched with mis
statements. Thirdly, It la impracti
cable In parte, end tho cures suggest
ed seem as bad. if not a bit worse,
than tho disease.
Hostility to Mr. Lewis Is written
large over the measure. There Is no
need to make an elective office np
'polntlvc again let tho people con-
14UUU IU UUUUOU V411T1I O.UIU ,l-,ltlVVI .
will bo divided among those couutlefl
which have already voto road bonds
and thoso which voto them nt tho
next olotclon. This means that coun
ties which are to bo aided In hard
surface road building from tho atnto
fund this year arc: Clataop. Jack
son and Columbia with tho possible
addition of Clackamas, Marlon nnd
Coos.
That, in brief, Is tho stato road
news. In other words, thoso who
help themselves will be aided. It Is
a Just plan, add should provo an In
centive to some of Oregon's sleepy
counties.
So far as political party affiliations
permit, the people of Central nnd
Eastern Oregon owe a debt of sup
port to William Hanloy of Hums,
now n candidate for the office of
United States Senator on tho Pro
gressive ticket. Mr. Hanley profes
ses himself a Wilson supporter nnd
. , Governor West, who frankly backs' Jj.! '?,P?i,J,rornfHv'th
the measure, pleads economy In Its n,X,","'yn,,h?a ",
S,nif mi.in.tnnM. h .. thnt Republican. Rut his stand Is prt-
tha Tumalo Project Engineer, as ""W, ' i?0JPc0P?0f ,rf7
state Engineer, would receive the ?"?. " I" fal.r.to",,y .thni.ho"'J
same salary ho now draws, and that ' ni7 TAi iXr ?nr hi. .?. t V .
thai salary Is $3,000. That Is nn- "'' IumiuJ hV.i Vv?n L
true: Engineer Laurgaard of the, - r ta . ab mt .At vents.
residence In tho neighborhood. I shall
lie very glad to meet with thorn and
explain the work and'oo-opern.e with
them In n study of their soil nnd local
conditions nnd In tho solution
of their problema or difficulties.
In tlifs wny, wo may become acquain
ted sooner and 1 may bo able to de
termine what linos of work nro most
Important for that particular locality.
If thero are any men In any neigh
borhood who might ho Interested n
holding meetings of this kind, either
large or small, I shall bo very slod to
hear from them and I shall bo glad
to glvo each neighborhood tho earli
est date for n meeting.
This work is co-operative In every
particular. Wo go where we nro
wanted and help whoro wo can. Our
work Is for and with tho farmers We
nro not supposed to "know It all nut
nro willing to work with tho men on
tho farms in trying to find out all
that thero Is kjwII1o to find out. eith
er through work already dono or
through work that we may do on this
cooperative plan.
These meetings will not Interfere
with my visiting the Interested farm
er on his farm but will assist myself
and thoso Interested fanners In get
TUMALO PROJECT NOTES
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i ting together moro quickly. There Is
wti,iaimtba'inennMariiMntton nn1 certainly Rend and no expense attached to my presen-se
ra?reclny should know-tha " Al-! Cenlral nnvo ,n Mm wnrn' " meeting or my visit to tho farm
l?iwvim!Mmatthm . friend, almost n "native son" and n and I am ready and willing to go
Enfrfrti.fifti2p wh0 nn n,'oreJ hl n ho"evor I mnv b of service.
f.en.le.' . te.5J?'&?VSJ?Z their behalf and accomplished much A. E. LOVKTT. County Agrlcultur-
1 tmt lfniilHnnil fllfAtmM
I 'M vnsiM. wivnvn,
ir
was appropriated by legislative action , Ior lnonl
and has nothing to do with tne regu
lar expenses of the office nnd cannot
Tie affected by this bill. Also, under
tho proposed scheme, the engineer's
wsrk would bo cared for by biennial
appropriations, and nolther God nor
man nan estimate In advance what a
legislature will do when It comes to
spending money.
The scheme Is Impractical if for no
other reason than that an engloeor
who conducts nn undertaking llko
tho Tumalo ProJecV. remotely sltuat
od, cannot do justice to his work and
do Justlco to the work of tho stato
engineer's office all nt the same time.
, If his project duties are so light as
to permit that, then Instead of re
oeivlag $'.200 until 191C. he should
Set awut half that amount. Rut of
owrse such Is not the ease. No,
there W work for two men.
So far as Mr. Laurgasrd l con
earned, there i not a man in the
Wejt wn6m we would rather tn
the saddle when It comes to handling
constructive Irrigation problems, be
cause his capability la proven uevond
lapute. Rut we venture to bel'evo
that Mr. Laurgaard has been pHt
tOrU'ard In this matter through no
tjp4re of his own.
'No. The Desert Land Ros'd Has
shown Hsolf a group rf driveling
quarreling Inecmoetents. for tho most
Hart, and the State Fnglneor has at
tines failed to exhibit snv nntab'
amoMnt of backbone. Rut taken nil
tn all, Irrigation matters are not to
bo madu still worse, the present re
gime had better be continued, with
nubile sentiment domandlng better
administration. Instead of rlsklnv
worse ohaos through doubtful experi
ments such as suggested in the West-,
George proposal
TUB OUTLOOK.
Oregon State game authorities ad
vise the extermination of all stray
cats, because thoy are our greatest
monaco to wild life, especially birds.
Then we read that Kaiser William
has killed 4.006 animals this year
alone, and In his life 7S.308 gamo
animals. Most of tho Knlter's offi
cial bag were slaughtered in careful
ly staged shoots when they were driv
en In front of the royal gun. Just
about far enough away to escape lie-
MKMCAX HITl'ATIO.V CI.KARS.
Tho events of tho mst few iIbh in
rospeet to the Mexican affair give
good ground for hope that after all
thore will be no further srrloits dif
ficulty In that country, so far t'n
United States Is concerned The me
diators at Niagara Pal's are an?ar
cntly on the verge of offering i ao'u-
I'ordnitd Men VMt Piojoct
t'ainps In Operation,
On Prlday, June Mh, the Tiimal.)
Project was visited by Mr. Walton
Van Winkle, assistant Secretary (
tho Desert Land Hoard, with his wife
and son.
On Saturday, the 6th. a party of
Portland buaiuess men, consisting of
C. P. Adams. C. P. Swlgnrt. Henry J.
Riddle nnd Alma I). Katx were taken
over tho Projeet in both state uutos
by the Project Engineer and the
Chief Clerk. Tho party oxprestmd
themselves aa very much pleased
with the progress that had been mado
on tho Project ami taking tho Hay
toy, Mock and Sandol ranches ns ux
nmples of what could be dono undor
tho Tumalo Project, npponrcd to be
very favorably Impressed with the
foaturo of this portion of Oregon. Tho
party left Saturday evening for n fish
ing trip on the Deschutes above Rend,
returning to Portland Sunday even
ing.
Tho last week In May old Camp No.
i, the pioneer ramp of tho Project,
wan abandoned and tho buildings
token down and movod to Camp No.
0. Camp No. S waa also established
the first week In June, ao that (hero
are In active operation Camps ft. 6.
7, S and 9. Good headway Is belni;
made on both Tumalo Dam and Rull
Creek Dam. The Dull Creek Dam
when' completed with tho arched
bridge going over tho top will be one
of the most attractive structure of
tho whole Tumalo Project and prob
ably In his portion of Oregon.
SCHOOL MEETING MONDAY.
Tho nununl school meeting will he
hold at the High school building nn
Monday at 2 o'clock for tho puritote
of electing a director to servo three
years and a clerk to servo for one
year. Tho offices to be tilled nro now
hold by P. M. Ray. who Is chairman
of the hoard, and II. J. Overturf.
clerk. Mr. Ray, unwilling to
servo again, nnd R. M. Smith has an
nounced his candidacy fur tho dlree
torshlu. Mr. Overturf la a candi
date for re-election aa clerk.
NOTICE I'OU PUIH.KMTION.
It Is Ih tores ting uxpiote, thaalLnf
tho prominent tlmberweu who ufva
ben here during he week som
agreed upon three ioJnts. First,
that prosperous times are coming,
rfiecond, that no single reason can be
advansfid to explain the business de
gression of the past months. Third.
(Jiat granting the railroads a five per
Ajwnt. rate Increase will be of univer
sal benefit.
There oan be no doubt that the
bottom of the hill has been roached,
.everything points to improvement n
trade conditions throughout the
MUntry and no serious obstacles
threaten such betterment Plenty of
money and excellent crops form a
sound foundation for optimism.
Not only the tjmbermon, but stu
dents of natlenal bueinoss conditions
all over the country, are unable to
aacount for the business slump. Many
reasons are advanced, but each dif
fers from the other, and none of
t)ini, olther single or In tangible
groups, nro convincing. In fact,
Otero Is more truth than humor his
critics to the contrary notwlthstand-Jng-r-ln
Wilson's diagnosis that the
real difficulty Is psjchologlcal. No
dQubt a great number of minor cases
have contributed to Jt. but no one
condition, governmental action or
policy can be Justly blamed .
7Xb to the railroad rates. It Is-a
natter of almost universal hope In
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lion of tho difficulties which will lie i ,. rm ... ti, iii. n.-..
agreeable to tho United States and! jun $ igii '
which will exclude Huerta poacably. jcuce'i, hereby given that 0
- . c Fllcklnger. of Rend. Oregon. wh
on February 14th. 1911. made Horn'
Htead Entry No. OSISX, for KM Me,
Uon SO. Township 10 South, rtuni
17 East. Willamette Meridian, h
filed notice of Intention to make I
nal Three Year proof, to estaMt
claim to the land above dOMrlbt
before II. C. Kills. U. 8. ComMlsik
er, at Hand. Oregon, on t)M IX
day of July, 114.
Claimant names as witnesses: Itr
prt Llsk. William J. McCwmhoII, 0
C. Henkle, Thomas Gray, all of ilttt
Orogon.
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