BRIEF REPORT OF THE DAILY
WORK OF NATION’S LAWMAKERS
WAR WOULO BE FOLLY.
Foe Japan to Attack United
Would Be Suicide.
Statea
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
San Francisco In an atldress before
FIRE DANGER TOLD.
STATE CAN'T STOP EXCHANGE.
Washington. April 6.
Violating svrorxl congross met in extraordinary the Commonwealth club. Baron de
several precedent», LaFollette today aeasion today. What the s«*asi<>n will Estournall«*» de Constant, the distin-
introduc«»! a resolution in the senate bring forth, or when it will adjourn, 1 guisbed French scholar who has been State Official Takes First Step to Land Reverts to Government If Irriga
for a new investigation of the Lorimer
Save Oregon Timber.
tion is Not Carried Out.
! advocating the cause of international
werv matter» of conjecture here.
bribery charges.
Salem
—
inaugurating
the
fight
Salem
Having been unabl«* through
roneillaUoa
during
*an
extended
tour
The
Democrat«
took
|»>«ae«aion
of
It ia contrary to precedent to reopen
a qase of thia kind once decided. It the bouse and put Champ Clark in the of this country, declared that “war i against forest tiros in Oregon the state legislation to accomplish the ob-
tn hia >|H*ech ac with Japan would be not only a I state forester ¡»sued has first ultima- jxfct, Wellington G. Howell ,v Co.,
ia also contrary to precedent to ■ peaker'a chair.
during the closing hours of the let«*
cepting
the
honor
he
warned the dem
name the members of the investigat
crime, but folly, with no end, no re ' turn which he ho|x*s will be reprint«»! 'congress, succsNKled in having a law
ing committee on the resolution ap ocratic memlx-n that the eyes of the
B. enacted by which this company is per-
. in every newspaper in the state.
pointing it. It ia a further violation country were upon them; that the sult, except revolution and ruin."
The text of hia address was “War W. Elliott is assisting tho state for- imtte«! to exchange H.7V3 acres of
of precedent to apjsiint only new mem party wax on trial, and that it had an
timber land that It bail acquire«! in u
ester until a deputy is seleete«!.
bers of the senate on such a commit opportunity for the first time in 16 lor Peace With Japan.’”
I years to prove ita worthineas for a
tiffices were o|x*n«**l at the capitol »chool section at present lying within
tee.
“Let us suppose,” he said. ”that
and the first move taken was towanl a national forest reserve for about
l.a Follette proposed that the com »till higher exrraaion of confidence.
the
United States, following an un- 1 wtrning th«* people against the danger 9,560 acres of land that had been re-
Throughout
the
day
the
«hadow
of
mittee lie comjxsed of Works, of Cal- j
»ervod from entry by tho Unite«!
ifomia. Townsend, of Michigan; Me the coming presidential fight hovered fortunate inspiration, attack Japan of starting forest tires.
In his letter to th«* |x»*ple of Oregon Stat«« government an«! which was
Ix*an, of Connecticut; Kern, of In about the caitol, and there ia no ques and are victorious; this victory would'
awarde«! to a l*ortlan«l c«>mpany under
diana, and Pomerene, of Ohio.
Of tion but that the maneuvers for |>dit- ' be of no use. Japan would remain in-! the forester says:
“Forest fires, one of th«* greatest contract with the state of Oregon to
these the first two arc insurgents, the ical a<lvantage will play an important i
accessible and even »tronger than t>e-
sources of d«*struction to the most val- : reclaim under th«* Carey act.
last tw<> liemocrata and Mcl-ean is a part in the affairs of the house and
fore, standing upon her rights against uable resources of the state, will soon , The interests of the Portland com-
regular. It is un«ier»Uxxl they were senate in the next few months.
William J. Bryan, of Nebraska, and an unjust aggression. She would lx- be restricted am! their terrors largely I pany were afterwards purchased by
selected at an insurgent conference.
The resolution recites the action of Governor Harmon, of Ohio, were lead supported by the national feeling of rrxiuc«»! if the people will co-operate; Wellington G, Howell A Co. The
the senate last session, when a resolu ing figures on the floor of the house. ■ her people and the exalted solidarity with the state forester in the admin!»- ! 9.56U acres that are to be cxchangexl
tration of the new forostry law enact- i for th«* schtxil land« lie in the Malheur
tion to declare the seat of Senator Ha«! Governor Woodrow W'llson been
lairimer vacant because of alleged present, the list of generally accepted of Asia; no civilixed nation could ab e-1 by the iaat legislature, which will ' valley, about 20 miles south and ea»t
b«* roady for distribution in pamjihlet of Burns an«! alxiut 10 miles from
corruption of the Illinois legislature Democratic presidential possibilities stain from approving her resistance.
Lak«* Malheur.
The Wellington In
which had elected him, was defeateii. would have been complete.
“But, supposing now the reverse, | form in the near future.
The ->-nate's ojx-nmg was sedate as and in a moment of complete folly j
“One of the most im|»>rtant provis- j terests ac<|Uir«*«l the school base, which
The resolution recites:
And while the leadership of
ions of the law is that mnking a clo»«»l they exchange«! for the arid land« in
“It ap|H'ars from the published re usual.
that Japan attackexi the United States. -
season for burning from June I to Oc ; Malheur county, through purchase,
ports of the proceedings of the said the upper branch remains in Republi
Illinois state senate committee, that can hands, the change in the person- . Thia attack would be, for Japan, a U>ber 1. during which jieriod out-door not getting it directly, from the state.
For it they paid from (1.25 to (2.50
fires of all kinds aro prohibit«»! except !
witnesses who were not called and nel was almost as marked ax in the ' suicide.
an aero. There nr«* various estimates
urnier
mo«t
stringent
regulations
and
sworn by the committee of this sen-' house. Aldrich. Hale, Beveridge and :
“Let us suppose, with the most pM- j
ns to th«* value of the Malheur valley
ate appointed to
investigate said others of both the regular and progres simistic alarmist, that Japan, starting i the probability of heavy penalties.
“In this connection th«* stat«* for ! tract, though it is the opinion of State
charges, have ajqx-arod before the said sive factions were missed.
President Taft's message, dealing a policy of imperialism an<i megalo ester urges u|»*n everyone th«* no«*«** i Engineer Lewis that it cannot success
committe of the Illinois state senate
ami on being interrogated, have given with Canadian reciprocity, will be read mania, would try to monopolize the j sity of <!<>ing all |»>ssible bunting be ' fully lx« irigatvi. It was th«* plan of
The Dem Pacific ocean, claiming Asia for the fore the chxx* season begins and thus ; the Portland company to irrigate by
important material testimony tending in congress tomorrow.
to prove that (100,000 was corruptly ocrats of the house, however, have Asiatic. It would be the beginning save the trouble ami risk of «ioing l sinking wells, but no work was ever
it by permission in the season of! done by that company.
expended to secure the election of formuated an ambitious program, (
of her decadence and the end of her >
which
includes
the
revision
of
sched-
.
greatest danger when tiros spread so
William Lorimer to the United States'
FRUIT PEST SQUAD STARTS.
ules of the Payne-Aldrich tariff laws. , power.
easily and rapidly.
Th«* state for-
senate."
Republican leaders of the senate |
“Acting against the United States, ! c»t«-r desiros the assistanc«* ami c>* ■
The fight will begin at the outset,
for the Iairimer senators will move to have announced there shall be no tariff taking by surprise or by force the operation of everyone in tho prot«*c- Many Important Points to Hava O.
A. C. Stations.
They declare they are Philippines, th.’ Hawaiian islands, she i tion of property from forest, grass or |
refer the resolution to the committee legislation.
on privileges and elections, of which not alarmed at the threat of the Dem- would open, at tho same time the era brush fires, ami to thia end invites | Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
of a gem*rul revendicalion against suggestions ami information calculat- vallis A general siege against fruit
Dillinghurn, a Lorimer man, is chair
This ’ Eurojie.
She coul'l not stop; she j <<d to assist in any manner in th«* per |H*»ts of every description is now lx*-
man, in the hope that it will be action is secured on tariff bills.
difference promises soon to bring the would threaten Great Britain, Siga- formance of hia moat impirtant du- ing aming*-d by the experts of this
smothered there.
two branches into conflict. A legisla pore aa well as Shanghai, France, i ' «
<'..pi,-s <>f th«- law will be fur college. Within th«* next week or
Washington, April 5.
President ' tive deadlock is predicted, and the Saigon, as we!! as Hanoi, Germany, nish«xl promptly to all who d«-sir«< two six men will lx* employixl to go to
Taft transmitted to congress a me»-! length of the session iwnii to dc|o-nd ; Netherlamls, Rum. Australia, to.
them. R«»]u<*«ta ami communications various sections of the state and take
sage urging early action on the recip on how long the Democratic house will that ia to say. ail the world.
It is , should lx* addross«»! * F. A. Elliott, up this work.
rocity agreement with Canada. He bombard the Republican senate with very much to do for one nation.
State FArestor, Capitol, Salem,’ and
This general fight against the |w*»ta
said that he sent this message in de-, general legislation bills.
“And where would she find money I will receive prompt am! appreciative ! of fruit crops was authoriz«*d by the
ference to popular sentiment and in
From a |s>litical standpoint it ia ' ' • ■ ■ ; • i '• ■ 1 ' ■■ , I ''
P i. ■ ■ ' Io • attention. ”
* last legislature at th«* investigation of
duty to the great masses of the Amer likely that one of the moat import Napol eonic policy of a universal i
“As th«* dry *e*is«in approaches, tim ' the fruitgrowers of the state.
It will
ican |wople. The message follows:
ant things the Democratic house will blockade? And what would become1 ber owners in Orogon aro making pre j b«« carried on entirely under the di
To th«* 5« nalr and II • cifi ‘>t fleprt
rection
of th«* departments of plant
........... -
B«*nta11\ t *,
I
to the riiity- t <jn will be to order an investigation of of her industry, of her agriculture«, of I parations for more effective work than '•
fimt I'ohtfreKM uh Juhuary 3< la^t. th* the departments and branches of the i her commerce, of her art, of her eco- ( ever lx*fore in preventing damage by ; 11 i io I g v > < ntomoiogy and* horticul
trit i>f the r* < pruclty ti.kilr agr««etneni governmennt service.
The Democrats nomie leadership in China? It would i forost fires,” said (’. 8. Chapman, Í tun* of this institution. llcadquart jni
which had
negotiated under my ; say there have beam no such investi- I
— - lx* establixhixl
-......................
be the miserable colla|>se and not the secretary and manager of th«* Oregon will
in the various fruit
direction by th« .Sr- irury <»f Stat** withi
Fire association.
I sections of the state. It has nlreiuly
the r«-j>rvht nttt11\of th« Porninion of gâtions for 20 years, and that a sav- • triumph of Japanese imperialism.
ing to the pxxiple will result.
Canada.
“Let us ship this alarmist n< nsensv
“One way in which many owners been deci«!«»! to «*stablish ««neat Salem,
•This agreement wn the coneumma ’
The house session was devotol to and these pessimistic ap|«eals to new are preparing for th«* danger jieriod is an<l others will probably lx* located
tl«»n of rurip t effort. »Vending o»rr;
the work of organization.
The a<k>|>- expenses for armaments atxl to empty by burning, during this s | h *II of dry at Roseburg, Portland, Eugene and
a l<eri«»d of nearly a year, on the parti
weather, slashings, fern patches and possibly Milton. Th«* work, however,
of both a "V> rnrn* nta to rff» •* t a trade tion of the new rules was put over un glory.
arranx^tnent which, aupplernrnitng a» til tomorrow.
The Republicans will i
“The empire of the sea exists no places where fires can easily be start - I will all be direct«»! from the college.
it tlltl, the ainl iblc «attlrfnmt of varl
make their first fight on these.
They I mor«*; the Pacific ocean will belong to <»i a little later.
The details have not been deter
oua qu«-Mlonn of a diplomatlr and p«»
"Nothing can be more im|»>rtant ■ mined U|s>n, but aro now being care
lltlcal character that had hern reached, i resent the action of the Democrats in all, as well as the sky belongs to avia
would mutually promote < »»rninerce and increasing the membership committees tion and not to one nation only.
than that such work lx* taken up while fully work«»! out.
Thy plans will
would a trrnathen the friendly rotation* I without increasing the |>ercentage of
"Let us lx« confident in th«* wiadom heavy rains can tw count»»l on roming probably lx* completed within the next
Row exiatlnac
minority representation.
of the Japanese people and of the Jap to extinguish any smoldering logs or week or two.
Professor« Coniley,
’The agreement in it» intent and the
The Republican insurgents in the anese government.”
snags before the dry summer months Lewis and Jackson, who havt* general
term» mam purely economic and com
menial While the general euhjert a»» house indicated their purpose to act
arrive. With th**»«* places elimmat«»! charge of th«* work, aro confident that
under dl»< uwei n i.y (tie commhaalonara. ! independently by declining to vote for I
and gixxl patrols maintain«»!, the state it will r«*«ult in saving many thou
SOCIALIST
IS
LOSER.
1 felt aaaured that (he sentiment of the'
should, next summer, make an rn* sands of dollars to the fruit growers.
people of the United State« was such I Mann for speaker, and by giving their
that they Hould wclcutne a meaaurr sup|»>rt to Confier of Wisconsin.
Non-Partisan Is Elected Circuit Judge viable record.”
Vale Heads Riot Act.
whlch would result In the increase of I
The insurgents gained a memlier
In Milwaukee.
trade on both »idea of the boundar) . when Aikin of New York, elected as
Val«* Much |x*rturlx»l over <!«• lays
ONTARIO
SCENTS
LINE.
line, would open up the r< eerve pro I
Milwaukee, Wis.
Th«« Socialist
an«i various complications in the new
ductlve resource«
of
Canada to the | an “independent Ilemocrat“ and here
water system lx*ing construct«»! at an
great maea of our own consumers on , tofore carried on the Democratic rolls, t Democratic party in Milwaukee city
Condemnation Suits Pointed to at ex|x-n»e of slightly over 11<>0,000 an«!
advantageous conditions. and at th«i east his lot with them and chose a
and
county
was
defeat«-«!
in
Tuesday's
earn« time offer a br»>ad»r outlet for
bt-gun mn<* month*« ago, th«* Val«* city
Oregon-Eastern Move.
»vat on the Republican side.
the eicru product of our farm® and I
judicial and school l»>ard election.
officials have given the American
Berger of Wisconsin, the only So
many of our industries.
Ontario
That
work
is
to
b<*
cum-
Incomplete returns from the city
Light 4 Water comjiany, of Kansas
"petal!» rruarding a negotiation of! cialist in the house, voted “pr<-»ent"
menctxi on th«* extension of the Oregon City, until May 1 to put the system in
this kind nr« • «warily could n<»t be made • in the speakersh p ballot.ng.
He also show that Circuit Judge Halsey, non
public
while
the
conference* were!
partisan. who was oppos«*d by John Eastern Railroad, known as the Har working shn|x*.
The firm is under
pending
When, however, the full teat, chose a seat on t.'ie Republican side.
Kleist,
Stx’ial-Democrat,
has been riman line, through th«* Malheur Can (100,000 lionds. A telegram has lx*en
The
drawing
tor
seats
attracted
in-
of the agreement, accompany ring corre ,
yon to Central Oregon, is evidence«! »«•nt City Engineer W. P. Bullock at
apondence and data, ciplaimng both it* i terest.
Because of their large major- i circle«! by a purality estimattx! at 10,-
by the* commencement «»f condemna Kan«a» City to »end all rna|>s, plans
purp(«»<i and It« »cope, became known ity it was necessary for 30 Democrats i 000 votes.
to the
people
through the me»*age
Th«* rl«>ction was the first real test tion suits against owners of the <’»« and contracts of the system. Bullock
to
pre-empt
a
strip
of
seats
on
the
Re
transmitted to Congress, It was immr
cud«* wagon road grant, for right of is druwing pay for su|x*rviaing th«*
dlatrl) apparent that the ripened fruits | publican side.
Four of these are com of th«* Socialists’ power In Milwaukee
The caws work, but ha» not been her«* since it
• >f the careful labor* of the i<»mmi* , mittee chairmen, while four others are since they swept everything in the way through its lands.
»inner« met with widespread approval *
city a year ago and carried several as will come u|> in the April term of startexl and th<< council Ia debating
members
of
the
all-powerful
commit-
.
Thia approval ha« been strengthened |
sembly districts and sel«*ct«*d a repre court, when It is ex|x*ct«»l that a set wheth«-r to diajx-n**«* with his aervieva.
by further cvneidemtlon of the term» tee on ways and means and committee ,
tlement will be made.
sentative in congress last fall.
of the aar«em«-nt in all their particu-I on comm i It rm.
When Engineer Oakea was a|q>oint<»i
Surveys on the south side of the by the council a few weeks ago to h»*k
lara.
The volume of support whichJ
Women were permitt«*«! to vote for
When
the
Republicans
found
it
ne
ha« developed »hows that
it®
broad |
scho«d directors only and were hand««d Snake river from the Orogon Short over the system and locate tho source
national »cope 1« fully appreciated and cessary to invade the Democratic aide,
Line tracks to Hom«»lale show that of trouble, n<> mu|M, plans or contracts
their-section was known as the Chero separate ballots upon which to mark |
is re«pon«lve to the i»opular will.
the
new track will strike th«* Short could lx* found. Sine«* then th«* l»«nds
their
Acl«*ction».
It
is
estimate«!
that
’The House of Iteprewentatlvra of kee strip.
Burleson, of Texas, today
Lin«* near Arcadia. al»>ut seven miles of the contractors have been local«»!
the *l»t l'ohgrree. aft«*r the full test , christened the Democratic section on fully 5,OQO women vot«*d.
of the arrangement, with all th« de-j
In several towns outside of Mil south of Ontario. It ia believed that but other valuable ¡*a|x-ra are still
tail« In regard to the different pro- I the Republican side as the “Pan- »
waukee
Socialists were succeimful. a double track will lx* laid to the pres missing.
Vision®. bad been laid before It. aa they handle.”
They captur««l two aldermanic |»>«l- ent line u»«»l by the branch road run
were
before
the
American
people.
pa»»rd a bill confirming the agreement
Work Bogin* on Bridge.
tions and two county supervisors tn ning to Brogan, thus making a double
STEEL TRUST BID LOWEST.
aa negotiated and a» transmitted to
Superior and one aiderman and a jus track from its connection with th«*
Madras
W brk haa commenc«»! on
Conic re» a.
—
Short Line to Ontario, which will un- th«* foundation» for th«* big Harriman
"This measure failed of action In the Corporation Gats Contract for Build tice of the peace in Racine.
Wausau and Beloit went “wet.” doubt«»ily become the division point. bridge aero»» Willow creek gorge on
Senate.
In my tran*mlttlng me« «ge
ing Sis Panama Emergency Dams.
A coal shute ia being built at On the w**«ti-rn <»lge of town.
of January 1« I fully «el forth the
Fond du Lac and Janesville el««ct«x!
Largo
character of agreement and emphaala«d
Washington — Tho Unite*! States Democratic mayors and Oskosh elec tario large enough to hold several cars quantities of materials cement, etc.,
Ite appropriatrne«» and nr« r*»lty aa a
of coal.
It will be ojierat«»! by hy a concrete mixer, donkey engine and
Steel corjsiration was the lowest bid- i ted a Republican.
response tn the mutual nerds of the
draulic machinery.
people of the two countrie*. a» well a* <ier for the construction of six emer
«xjuipment ar«* already on tho ground,
It« common advantages. I now lay that gency dams to be erected on the Pana
while the excavation for the concrete
Roslyn
Miners
Resuma.
message and
the
reciprocity trade ma canal.
Bids for this work were
agreement «*• part of the present me*- opened at the Isthmian canal commis
Spokane The indxpemlent mines at Government Pays $4.000 for Spring bases for the four st«*el tower* that
sage before the <?d CTongrewa» and
Oregon City E. P.
D«»iman of are to supjvirt tho bridge ia Ix-ing
Jonesville, in the Roslyn coal mining
again invite earnest attention to the sion offices here.
Clackamas, has just sold to the Uni- dune.
district
in
Central
Washington,
have
The steel company's bid was |2>-
vonslderation therein e»pre«*ed.
t«xl Statea six acres known as the
Wheat Helpeu Ay Snow.
I am .<»n«tralned. In deference to 2M,Sk7, while the bid of the McClin resum«*«! work, but the men formerly
popular sentiment and with a realis
employed by the Northwestern Im Cranfield Spring on which ia located
C«in«ion
Condon was visited by a
tock-Marshall
Construction
company,
ing sense of my duty to the great ma«»
the
hatchery
belonging
to
the
govern
provement company are still out and
snow of about two inch<»a Mi*n«iay
of our people, whose welfare is in- ’ of Pittsburg, were (40,000 higher.
Hearing that ment. Thia aprnig haa been own«»! by night and jw»>plc wore jubilant over it
voiced, to urge on your consideration The third bid by the Pennsylvania deman«! a cloiw*d shop.
Mr. D«»!man aineo 1W!L It has been
early action on this agreement.
Steel company was (165.000 higher the workers in the indeperxient mines leas«»! for the jiaat aix years by the !x*cau»e of tho big lx*nefit to the farm
“In concluding the negotiations, the
were
to
resume
work,
several
hundred
ers who have grain sown. Not enough
than the lowest bid.
Two of the |
representative» of the two countries
miners march«*«! from Roslyn to Jones government for hatchery purj«ses, can be said of the benefits derived
bound themselves to use their utm<»«( , emergency dams will be locate«! at
an«! ia consider«»! to be valuable. The
from snow falling thia time of the
efforts to
bring
about
the
tariff the Miraflom locks, two at Gatun ville to force the indepen«!«*nt em
ployes to reconsider their action. A price paid for the spring was 1 4,000.
change« protided for in the agreement and two at Pedro Miguel.
year nn ground that is planted to
by concurrent legislation at Washing- I
show of force by the deputies was
grain, aa it receive* nearly every bit
ton and Ottawa.
Wallowa Plan* Stock Show.
sufficient to quiet the strikers.
Initiative
Decision
to
Be
Published.
of moisture in that form.
•*! have felt It my duty, therefore,
Wallowa Efforts are being made
not to acquiesce In relegation of action
Washington Senator Brown of Ne
Oregon Plan Rejected.
until the opening of the Congr*w* in braska. secured an order in the senate
W;il Irrigate 1.000 Acre*.
to hold a livestock and jmultry show
l>ec«mber .but to use my constitutional
Concor«!, N. H. The state senate in Wallowa thia spring. With it will
Ontario
The Ontario Townsite com
to
print,
as
a
public
document,
the
de
prerogative an«! convoke th« ttd Con
gress in extra session In order that cision of the Supreme court of Oregon Tuewlay killed by a vote of 12 to 10 be an auction day for the exchange of pany ha* onfero«! the machinery, mo
there shall be n«* break of continuity in the case of Frank Kiernan against the bill which recently passed the liveaV>ek and farm products and a tors and jtumjsi, costing over (6,000,
In considering and acting upon this the City of Portland, involving the le house, adopting the Oregon plan for general market day may result
May to irrigate 1,000 acres of land adjoin
most Important subject.**
gality of the Oregon initiative and instructing the legislature aa to popu or Morolock promis«*a to make definite ing town. The work will be com
announcements within a few days.
lar choice for United States senators.
pleted thia spring.
Washington, April 4.-The Sixty- referendum act.