SENATOR- i
MITCHELL
21AJEE3 MOST D2A2IATIO DENIAL
! :
Senior Senator From Oregon Takes His
Place and Under Strain
AddrwM Senate.' . " i
Senator BeceiVe. Him With1, Kindly
.. Oreejbincs and Bequest Hint to Con
tinue His Seat Befuaee Till Hatters
1 ' Are Cleared Up. ' :; ;-; . J
WAS1HNOTON, D. O, Jan. 17. The
unusual spectacle of a United States
Senator explaining on the floor of tha
( chamber . of the Senate charges made
. .against himself by a court of law id his
; owa state was witnessed in the 8enate
, today when Senator Mitchell of Oregon,
. -; vpoae oi we inaieiment recently retain
! ed against him by an Oregon grand
! I Jory The Senator had not previously
- ; appeared in the Senate since the indict-
, , a ment was returned, and was received
f by 'his fellow Senator with many evi
I deuces of good will. .He was mach af-
xeeted, his emotion at times being such
. that he read the statement with great
difficulty. - 4 : .
- At the outset the Senator declared
the, charges made against him; if true,
unfitted him fb-occupy his seat in the
Senate. He then detailed the charges
ana eaia: . .
"I assert in the -most rtositive and
- unqualified manner, that each and ey
' ' " err one of those charges insofar as they
relate to or, involve me, is absolutely,
unqualifiedly and atrociously false, and
I here and now, indignantly and defi
antly denounce their authors, each and
, every one of them, and brand them pub
licly as malieiotas and atrocious liars.'
. Following this general denial with
. one more specific, the Senator spoke
substantially as follows:
"But I desire, to do more specific,
nd therefore I further deny, In terms
the "most absolute and unqualified
which-1 am-capable of-using, that I
- never, either in the month of January,
1902, in' the state of Oregon or at any
other time or place, unlawfully ! or
feloniously, or otherwise, conspired
with Binger Hermann, then Commis-
: aioner of the Land Office . and S. A": 1.
Puter, Horace G. MeKfnleV, D. W; Tar
pley,' Banna I Watson, Salmon B.
Orrasby, Clark EL Loomis and. William
II.. Davis, or with either or any of them,
. or. with, ny person or persons, to de
fraud the United States out of any part
v , xf ' its public lands located either T in
township U south, range 17 east; 'in, the
state of Oregon.! for sy. other ..publie
,a m lands cither ia the statu of Oregon or
elsewhere. -r,?tm'J'M-vxL ' :. .Wv. ir
1 1 assertr'tniWmere, in the most
absolute and unqnaiined manner, that
" t nr- B1 statement ' by any persoa
) I ?;f. persons' to the tlJet that X met at
any time or place entered into a eon
spiracy with ajl ;0 . any of said persons,
or they or any of .thejn, with, me," to
i ' defraud the United States out of any
' part of its? nubile lands in the "state of
Oregon 'or' elsewhere, either by false or
forced homestead applications, affida
vits or proofs are absolutely, unqual
ified and atrociously false, and I defy
mydefamers and ehallenre them to pro
duce any evidence other than that of
condemned thieve, formers and perjur
ers to sustain any such charges.
tt i further deny in the most absolute
and unqualified terms that S. A. D.
i, - J'Utcr did, either in the city of Wash-
2, ington on March 9, 1902, or at any
other time or place, offer, me or pay to
me, or give me, nor did I -on March 9,
1902, in Washington, D. C, or at any
f. pother time of place, accept or receive
from said 8 A. D, Puter the sura of
4 ,lk ?000 or any other amount whatever,
either in two $1000 bills or any other
denomination or amount whatever as an
inducement .to nse my influence, with
Binger Hermann, then Commissioner of
i the General Land Office, to induce him,
I as' such commissioner, to pass to patent
4 twelve certain' homestead en tries, or
' any homestead entries whatever or, for
, anv other purpose. ' , ' 1
v And I here indignantly, with j all
t the force I ean command .enounce the
i public statement of 8. A. D. Puter that
he, on March . 1902, at Washington,
f D. C, psid mo $2000 Jn two $1000 bills,
" as wilfully, maliciously, unqualifiedly
f ' and atrociously false."
.' Mitchell attacked Francis J. Heney,
( attorney for the government in (the
prosecution of .the land frauds, accus
ing him of unprofessional conduct, l He
I - charged that Heney offered clemency
to Puter, Emma I. Watson and others
if thev would make statements involv
! .ing himself 1 (Mitchell) and Congress-
man Hermann and others. i :
: Senator, Mitchell entered the Senate
- at 12:18 today," going direct to his seat.
-''"' lii- presence was wromptlv noted i and
the Senators floeked to his desk to greet
him and welcome' him back , to the Sen-
ate. Thos i who welcomed him were:
- 'Senators Hale, Spooner, Allison, Lodge,
McCotnas. Ing, Kerns, Clark, (Wyo.)
Oark Mont.), Stewart,-Fulton, Mor
gan Flatt. (Conn.), Smoot, Alger, Per1
kins, . Hansbrouh; Dietrich, Teller,
I Burnham, Ileyburn, Cly, Proctor J An-
! keny, Overman,.-Gamble, McC ready,
A Martin," Taliaferro, " Scott, MeLaorin,
Elkina, PoUiver, Newiands and TU1-
man. -'",1 I
' Both sides of the Senate were repre
t ' seated and all were ennally eordiaL
' Senator , Mitchell was assured that his
4 presence today was in no way an impo-
sition upon the Senate ' v : . t
' r At the conclusion ? of the morning
-l ' business. Senator Mitchell was ree
X ognized at 12:33 and entered upon the
' delivery of his remarks. - i :. :
Nearly every Senator was in kia seat
and all present followed Senator Miteh
l elL cloeelr throughout his entire speech.
Not in some time has there been ; such
. full attendance in the Senate, nor has
any speech in this session commanded
Senator - Mitchell read his remarks
from manuscript. At' times his voice
I thowei emotion, but at -each passage,
w hen he denounced - Pater and others
? who hare been instrumental in sjcur-
" iag-.his indictment, hi Toice rang out
strong and clear. ! " -
i Senator Mitchell. " concluded his re-
marks at 1:10. As he rea'd the closing
icctcaccs his voice quavered his words
were oarejy audiWe la the galleries
and he was shaken with emotion! Loud
applause arose hi th.
oeaaior MJtcncu toosr his seat, but
was quelled by resident Pro Tens
Prye. Many Senator flocked to Sen
ator Mitchell's seat when he concluded
ms- remarks. r r:: : ,-, -
senator Jlitchell started from the
chamber upon the conclusion of his re
marks, but was called back several
times by Senators who wished to soeak
with him," After ten minutes conver
sation with his colleagues heTetired
w ms committee room. . - .
More than half the Senators who
greeted Senator Mitchell today urged
(eiuin in ioe isenaxe ana con
tinue to partieioate in it nroeeeaintm.
He, however, wUl not follow this advice
but will remain away as long as the in
dictment is pending. ' -..
nVB BODIES BECOVBBED.
EL PASO, 7 Jan. lS.-Inf ormation
comes from Clifton, Arizona, that fivs
ooures were recovered from the .flood
there last week and thai ethers are en
tangled with t'ae drift. Persons are
honrly reported missing and it is im
possible to determine how many per
ished in the flood. "All the wires have
been - down since the flood. The first
news was brought by travelers, : who
rowed forty mifes o the railroad.
PURE FOOD BILL
ANOTHER MEASURE WILL BE IN
TRODUCED WITHIN FEW DAYS
BEFORE LEGISLATURE.
WtU Raise Standard of Quality of All
Dairy, Creamery and Condensed Milk
Factory Products; Also Regulate the
Sale of Processed Butter in State.
Another pure food bill will doubtless
be introduced in one or the other
branch of the Legislature either today
or tomorrow. After several days of
work, worry and deliberation the com
mittee selected to draft a measure to
cover defects in the old law and pro
vide for emergencies which "have arisen
since the old law was enacted has fin
ally gotten the . matter in such shape
that it is Only a question of the ad
justment of a few minor and immaterial
details until the fruts of their euorts
will be ready to present to the Legis
lature for enactment:
The most interesting and important
feature of this bill , is that portion
which provides for the standard of pur
ity as regards condensed milk and com
mercial cream and milk. In the case
of the former the bill requires that all
condensed milk snail consist of 24 per
cent solids and V percent pure butter
fat, while the standard of commercial
cream, is raised to 20 per cent fat, and
that of commercial milk, is raised .from
3 to 3 2-10 per cent butter fat. '
These matters were-- decided - upon
only after a, series of conferences be
tween the committee and proprietors of
creameries, dairies . and condensed milk
factories from different parts of the
state. The strongest objectors to. the
regulations were the proprietors of the
Carnation Cream Evaporating Com
pany, of Forest- Grove, Oregon, and
Kent, Washington, and of the Oregon
Grape condensed cream factory, of
Hillsboro. It was at first proposed to
compel these institutions' to either raise
the standard of the products of their
factories, so-called cream to 20 per cent
butter fat, to conform in quality with
commercial 'eream, or to change their
labels from eream to milk. Such a vig
orous protest wast raised over this pro-.
osed regulation, however, tne owners
of toe plants claiming that the enforce
ment of either one of " the provisions
would drive them out of business, since
it would be impossible to raise the
standard of their condensed product to
that of the commercial cream and to
change the labels from eream to milk
would deprive them of the sale of their
J' roduct, that the committee was finally
nduced to agree, upon a compromise.
Although not yet definitely decided, ex
cept as to the standard which they will
be. required to maintain as to tho qual
ity of their products,, it is probable
that they will- be allowed to continue
the use of their adopted labels with the
understanding that they must Lave
printed upon their labels, underneath
the brand, the fact that it is condensed
milk.
Another regulation which the bill
will provide is that all dealers in pro-1
eeesed butter must provide themselves
with open books in which to enter the
names of all persons purchasing this
article, such books to be subject to pub
lic inspection at all times, while t'ae
restaurants and not els must, post m a
conspicuous place in their establish
ments a placard setting forth that
processed . butter is served " to the
guests... It will also provide that tne
manufacturers of professed butter must
label and put it on 'the market as such.
4 'Cure the cough and save the life.'?
Dr. Wood's Norwav Pine Syrun cures
cough and colds, down to the very
veie of consumption.
READ THIS
Jacksonville, 111.. Sept. 3, 1902.
Nearly three years ago, with a serious
attaek of lUaess, I was surprised to
cam that I had dil-etes- Irv.:!f n
tiallr. 1 was led to'nrocftre a bottle
of Dr. E. W. Hall's specific for kidney
and bladder troubles, known as a Texas
Wonder. Less than half the S1.00 bot
tle effected, a compete and permanent
enre. Consequently, ! believe it to be
a medicine of very great value . . ,
- . I U Jicnt, tvangeust ,
TEXAS W0rft)ER '
- One small bottle of the Texas Won
der -Hall " - Great Discovery,- cures all
kidney and bladder troubles, removes
gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emis
sions, weak and lame backs, rnenma
tiam and all irregularities ef the kid
neys in both men and women, regulates
bladder troubles "in children. If not
fold by your druggist, will be' sent by
mail on receipt-of fx. One small bot
tie is two months treatment and sel
dom ir.U to perfect a cure. Dr. E- W.
HaH. .sole manufacturer, P. O. Box
629. St. Lonis, Mo." Send for iestimon
ials. Sold by all dm gists and Stone's
orug itore. . ; ' r . -;; ; ; " ;
1 0rTTT mAfl?
I 1 1 TJ H f IF?K
VilLi- UUUliLu
THE PRESIDENT
SZ5AT0B SSVTVZ3 CHARGES OF
IMTBOFBXETx' Z2T CAMPAIGNS. :
HE FAVOES AN INVESTIGATION
"Hew to the Line; Let the Chips. Fall
Where They May, Says
- Stone.
Names of Roosevelt, Parker and Cortel
you .Used With, Freedom by Senator
From Missouri Says President Is In
stlncttvely an Honest Man,i
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. The
charges of impropriety made In. eon
nection with the campaigns of 1896 and
1904 were revived for a 4ime today in
tie Senate by Stone, who spoke in sup
port of the resolution providing for an
investigation' of the charges. He used
with much freedom the names of Presi
dent Roosevelt, Judge Parker and
Chairman Cortelyou, and again related
to the allegations that Cortelyou used
information secured by him as secre
tary of commerce and labor to secure
money from the trusts. He said:
The charges' have 1 been made : by
Alton B. Parker and Theodore Roose
velt. They are not vague, irresponsible
campaign rumors; they ,- are . , definite
cnarges. ; We cannot ignore them. Let
the investigation go on. If the Demo
crat io ' party has also been - reereant;
if it also is - guilty of . this monstrous
crime against good government, let it
suffer the consequences. .-.Hew. to the
line; let7 the chips 'fall where they
may.fl;.i '.;!;:".
Such, were the words with which Sen
ator Stone closed toe first half of the
'ipeeciT'made by him in the Senate to
day in support of his resolution direct
ing the Senate committee on the judi
ciary to investigate the charges of cor
ruption in connection with the national
elections of 1896 and 1904. .
The language "quoted had reference
especially to the election of 1904 and
was uttered after a. review of the
charges made in connection with the
campaign of .that year by Judge Park
er that the Republicans " Admit the
acceptance of financial aid from cor
porations which exist in contravention
of law for the purpose of establishing
industrial monopoly by destroying com
petition and ' which, ordinarily J expect
favors, directly or indirectly from the
government." . ' ' '
He deelarrd that Under the cir
cumstances this aet of. the national Re
publican chairman and: former secre
tary of . the department of commerce
sua. labor was an act of gross immor
ality if nothing worse. ' He added:
' To ' what . level .have we fallen if . the
American people can look upon such
eonduct wich "complaisance f Aye, and
to what level nave we fallen if the
American Senate; can contemplate this
national shame with indifference f This
confession made by the President and
Mr. Boot is monstrous. There is no
need to decry or condemn it: it speaks
for itself." ,
Taking . up the charge made during
the campaign that Mr. Cortelyou had
used i his secret 'official information' as
a cabinet officer to secure contributions,
Mr. Stone said he could neither affirm
nor deny "This terrible indictment,"
because be did not know. 'I only
know," he said, that the 'damning
admission stands that the trusts did
supply' Mr. Cortelyou campaign funds.
Mr. Cortelyou has never made answer
to this charge. The only answer he
has ever vouchsafed is a statement at
tributed f o him to the effect that -the
collections made by the Kvpubliean com
mittee in 1904 were not so large as tue
collections made by that committee in
1S96. I If that means anything, it is a
cry for leniency on the ground of party
precedent and because be had not
sinned so grievously as others. Why
Mr.- Cortelyou stands dumb under this
dishonoring arraignment I will not con
jecture.' That man is said to be wise
who knows how and when .to hold his
tongue. .Perhaps the good name of the
country would have been better served
if the Presfuent and Mr. Root also had
sought shelter under the same kindly
wing of silence. - Mr. President, it is
hard to believe that Mr." Cortelyou or
any man of character, would prostitute
official opportunity to. partisan ends so
base. I am loath to believe it;, and yet
a charge so specific as this, and waieh
so deeply concerns the public honor
and welfare, cannot be silenced by con
temptuously poohooing and ignoring it.
f i : i . . , . . .
v is a stain upon national nonor anu
it will not be-washed out, but will re
turn and again and again plague us,
until -the charge rnas been shown to be
false, or until it has been avenged if
shown to be true.,', -
He reviewed the rise of Mr. Cortel
you from "a department clerk under
the. civil service and a Democrat"' to
secretary of the department of com
merce and ..labor under rresident
Roosevelt. in : which last ' position he
was clothed in .inquisitorial authority
to spy into the secrets of trusts and
power also was. given him to make &is
discoveries publie. at ' the discretion . of
the President. This man and this offi
cial the President himself selected for
chairman, of the Republican " national
committee. ; He was without political
experience or familiar with party man-
azement. and nis designation zor tne
chairmanship was received with univer
sal surprise. Mr. President, fae circum
stances ' of this appointment were curi
ously. significant,: if 'not sinister, and
the suspicions inevitably excited ' " by
t'aem have provoked a situation greatly
l io be regretted. Why did the Presi
dent elect tnis inexpeneneeu new con
vert to be head of bis party organiza
tion. This accusing fact-will not down
that the trusts did fill Mr. Cortelyou
campaign coffers to everflowrng. Hap.
pilr, we- have the eomfortin aseuranee
vouchsafed by both Mr. Root and the
President, that the trusts hacl uo im-
nroner motive" In makins these con tri
butioni' and . that no improper means
were- used to tndnto taenur The coun
try is asked to believe . whal-no doubl
it innocently will -and does, that the
trusts brought their, cold to CorteTrou
out of patriotic considerations and that
they expect nithihg, in; return, v These
indeed were virtuous trusts and? theirs
an idealistic self -sacrificing patriotism.
They - scorned all base", execution of
favors to om and Iseouted the very
thought that -their gold would be used
to eorrupty -
He said the Senate could sot accept
c fiese assurances without question and
that the resolution of inquiry should
Be adopted. He. also expressed the opin
ion that the President 's charges against
the Democratic campaign management
should be inquired into. " Mr. -Stone
bssedr bis demand "for an inquiry into
the campaign of 189 on'" the allega
tions -sf Thomas .W. . Lawson made in
a recent nLaazine. Article. The Senator
was himself vice-chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee during that
campaign, but he said that he did not
propose to testify. Many thousand peo
ple, - he said, believe that election- to
hare been boueht. and. that fact alone
justifies an inquiry. , 'It is hard, ? ' he
added,: speaking , of Mr. Lawson, to
believe that a. sane man. to say nothing
of nis integrity, would deliberately lie
without an apparent-oDjeet to ms own
detriment. .For the sake of those whose
good names are involved, for: the sake
of the public .weal and for -the sake
of troth , itself, this ; story should be
sifted. ,. :-. ,
Referring Jneidentally . to th bill in
trodueed by,Mrf Piatt, of New jYork,
to reduce tne congressional, representa
tion of the Southern states because -of
the .imposition of qualifications on the
right of suffrage,, he said: .
"The conspiracies formed in' New
York to debauch the electorate are nt
only a crime against the suffrage, but
a crime immediately subversiv of rep
resentative government and t its sup
pression the Senator" from New York
might profitably devote his solicitous
attention.", .
Mr. Stone also took cognizance' of the
recommendations -of . the President in
his last message for the protection of
the integrity of elections, saying:
V What the President asrts is true,
and what ae counsels is wise, but I am
surprised that he should, so soon after
the election, denounce this particular
crime in .language, so . explicit and f de
fiant. ,If Judge - Parker spoke, truly,
then - the Presidents hi njelf is tae con
scious beneficiary of the very crime ha
condemns. The .President's -intrepidity
purzles me to determine '.whether -te
was- ia. iaci -Buviseu nan to muju. t--tent
advised as to the immoral means
employed to promote hia " election. I
would prefer-to bejeve that the Presi
dent is 'ignorant of "many things done
for ' his profiting. Tbvloro Roosevelt
is instinctively an lioneit man. , Hat lie
hi also ambitious, snl 1 alive thought
that ambition 1iad 'so blurreu his natur
al honesty afto blind iiitn' mohientartlr,
and 'to makp . himT'do; or suffer things
to oe ?qne tiur"wouja otnerwise nave
been repulsive '1 prefer to believe the
best- of. him, and il things conxiileTt i,
the least I'fan believe is that tne,
President, Jjelhg an honest man, tmnit-j
hg under thVtting of remorse ind be-,
ing Joimself rfo. longrr interested in
campaign cOntribtrii&HS, has resolved
unselfis"fcly t6exrt his strength to pro-
mote the public:wclfaro in this be
hslf! ' ..' rjrvpt.is,'- '. ' . ' -- ; ""
AHEAD
SENATOR MILLER PRESENTS BILL
rOR - CONSOLIDATION OP
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Will Arouse Strong Antagonistic. Atti
tude from Senators from Eastern and
Southern Oregon Normal - Districts
Graduates Compelled to Teach-
If any bill which has been presented
during the present session of the Ler,
islature precipitates a lively discussion
it will be that which was Introduced by i
Senator Miller, of Linn county, yester
day afternoon. This bill provides for;
the selection of . one State Normal
School by the State Board of Education
and that all of the property now owned
and in connection with the balance ot
the normal schools in existence in the
state revert; to a common school fund.
However meritorious the bill may be,
it looks to some of the- Senators who
represent the ' districts in which is lo
cated rt ho - four schools, as though it
were" a'ehaUenge on the-, face of it 'and
it is? quite probable that there will be
" something doing "wften the billomes
up for. final action, if it ever sees the
light of day after once getting into
the. hands of a committee. -
There are at - present four normal
schools in tho state, one at Ashland, is
Southern Oreeon. one at Drain, and an
other at,Westn. in Esstern Oregon, and
the other at Monmouth.. These lour
institutions cost a at-rrmte annual
appropriation of $13,500, and Senator
Miller contends that if all of the en
ergy expended upon these schools were
centered troon one inaiiuwon iud cm
of maintenance would not only be less
ened by one half, but the results would
be far' more beneficial. Although it
does not. specify -as to which school the
board of education shall eide upon as
the state school, those who will present
the strongest opposition to the proposed
act take for granted that 'the . author
bad the Monmouth Normal in mind
when he drafted the measure.
The bill also provides that all grad
uates from the , normal school be : re
quired to teach for some stated length
of time after ''. graduation, but as yet
there, is no penalty attached for failure
to comply with .this provision.,; Senator
Miller states. that he has several amend
ments in;, mind which be desires to tack
onto the bill before it is brought up
for passage -but would not state the
exact nature nf them. . - , 4!,
" Senator Carter of Jackson,: who has
the interests of .the Ashland normal di
rectly atf heart," when asked what he
thought of thTl as it now standi,
said: " Well, I do not know anything
about it. not having paid much atten
tion to it, (although he was noticed to
center his attention upon the I reading
of -the enact ing. clause when the word
"normal school "smote upon hi ear,
notwithstanding ' be was apparently
deeply engrossed in the perusal - of a
letter at the" time).. However it strikes
m' that it going to work somewhat of
a hardship npon we' fellows who fcave
about $15,000 invested in the school
property in our section,!.. So ,iajr as .1
am able to judgefrontl what, I: heard
of the- enassing -ciasse. all that I can
say at the -present time is that it will
probably not receive my' vote."
TROUBLE
PUBLIC LANDS
ANOTHER piD
BILLS IN CONORXSS CLAIMED TO
BE IN ENTESEST OP SETTLERS.
BASS - FOR ' BARS ROBBERY.
Wholesale Raid on the Lands Remain
. Ing to Be Under Kevr Amendments
i to Homestead Law. '
Follow After. Famous Kincaid Law
"Which Applies Six Hundred and Forty
'Acre Unit to Lands in Nebraska
What This Scheme Means, i
' WASHINGTON", D. O, JanJ 17. A
wholesale raid is in evidence at Wash
ington designed upon the remaining
W estern publie lands. Already this ses
sion two bills have been introduced by
Representatives Martin and Brooks al
lowing a man to take up a square mile
or government land in South Dakota
and in Colorado respectively and per
mitting those who- may have - already
made a 160-acre homestead entry to
make an additional entry of 480 acres.
The claim has been persistently made
by i Western land men that a man can
not make a home and living on 160
acres anywhere in the West and! so tab
square mile home plan" w. brought . for
ward as a means of .getting the publie
domain into private ownership as rapid
ly as possible. The question i, even
assuming that 640 acres is not too large
a farm for the government to j give a
citizen, to whom will this land got
The bills above mentioned are model
ed after the Kinkaid law, which applies
the 640-acre oinit to Western Nebraska
and was slipped through Congress, at
too tail end of last session. Yet it was
not thirty dav before it was charged
that under this law the Nebraska cat
tlemen , had secured , about all they
wanted in Nebraska. The ftinkaid law
and the above bills provide that where
a man has a '160-acre entry, or a mere
filing on 160 acres, he shall have the
preference right to enter an adjoining
4S0 acres, and. in Nebraska the? cattle
men are - alleged to have ' entered, ' '
through their employes, their choice of
the lands so t hat as soon as the law
passed they simply had to apply in each
case for the contiguous 480 acres. It
takes but a few such entries they can
be made half a mile wide and two miles
long to control a vast territory of
country.' ' ' p .. v
It was foreseen that similar bills to
the? Kinkaid Nebraska' law would be
immediately introduced at this session,
and it is understood . that a number
more such measures will follow to in
clude other states. , . e-v ., . .
Under the proposed plan every acre
will have been taken up in these 640
aere tracts," and as provided- jin ' the
Brooks bill for Colorado, - commuted,
after .the faree .of a fourteen months'
residence has been gone through with,
and then transferred to syndicates or
corporations in single tracts "as large
and monopolistic as desired. J
This entry on the public domain of
640-acre homesteads with the privilege
of commuting is even ' a ' more bold
faced fraud than was the old desert
land law with its 640-acre provision,
which later was with a great j flourish
of reform trumpets, cut down to 320
aeres. To locally comply with the com
mutation clause, all that is necessary
is for a stock herder, for instance, to
fife on a homestead in the fall! say Oc
tober, lie. need not visit his claimf foi
six months. Then in March, be lean put
up a $15 shack and purport to live in
it. during the xollowing eight jmontas
while he is herding his . stock in the
neighborhood, sleeping - in it once 8
month oi less. At the cud f eiht
moh ths ho 'ca n , prove up and f get h if
title to the land fnmi the government
and immediately transfer it toi his em
ployer, receiving probably as ! lont
$.K) for tn use xof this lasil privilege.
He has. folly complied- with the law,
and n-is position cannot be legally at
tacked. ..: .; ".,: j :
IN OLD MEXICO
A SALEM CITIZEN DOWN AMONG
THE PEOPLE OF OUR SIS
TER REPUBLIC
A. E. Parker Writes' Interestingly From
Ariziba of the Scenes He Encounters
in the Country Where the Cactus Is
the National Flower.
Editor Statesman; ' -
Ariaba, Mexico, January W, litOo.
This town is situated 200 miles south
of the City of Meaicoj-ftt sn elevation
or 4500 feet above sea level j popula
tion 40,000. There are four cotton
mills and two sugar factories. It is
surrounded with coffee, sugar and ban
ana plantations. I find the ear service
very good in the republic, Trams sre
always on time and everything rigut on
the dot; guards- on eTery train! and sol
diers at every station. I notice one
thing -in Mexico that her citizens re
spect and obey her laws; and , well that
they do, for I am fold that if a per
son defies and violates tae laws of the
republic, and. continues to do so for
any length of tune, he io shot, and that
is the end of the law so far as ne is
eonccrned; and 1 think that our be
loved Oregon would profit by 'adopting
some or toe customs or Mexico in to
forcing her laws against her law break-
era. There are only two class? of citi
zens in Mexico the rery ricn and the
very poor; the jdang- 'of the xepnblie
with tneir thousands of acres of land
and millions of money and the native
peons, each with perhaps bis own little
burro -not worth a doby dollar. I in
tend to look this country over pretty
well tef ore retnrning to the States, end
ruaps you may hear from me aain.
Very respectfully yours, i ..
- A. E. ' PARKER.
....... . :
-' Monarch: oyer - pain. Burns, euts,
Trsins,. stings. Instaat relief. Dt,
Thomas Eclectrie OiL At any drng
for Infants
CastorlA Is tt liarmlcss snbsUtuto for Castor Oil. Parc
HBoric, Drops and Soothing 8 jrans. It is lMoaaant. Jt
contains neither Opium. Morphine nor other N art-otic
nubstancc It destroys Worms and allays 1 cvcrisiuies
KrSlblaiThcBa and Wind Colic. It rclieveH Teet h
ias Troubles and cures Constipation. It rcfruUtte; tho
Stomach and llowels, srlvlnff healthy nnl natural sleep.
. Th Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. -
The: Kind Ton Have Always Bought
Bears the
i
In Use For Over 30 Years.
tut erirr.w tww,fT munnm'r mTmwrr, frm'rmm r,TYi mmu
EOR A BUILDING
THE OOtXSOE Y. M.C. A.' AT COR-
VALLIS WILL BE UP TO
I : '"" DATE. 4-
Tney Will Have the rirst Structure in
the Northwest to House an Associa
tion of That Character There Are
Many in the East. '
Tho Yj M. C. A. of the Oregon Agri
cultural ollege at (trvallis has under
taken a ling task. But tney have taken
ijp the bnroen with an enthusiasm that
if adhered to will carry them througu.
rhey are toiiave a bmlding on the cam
pus, to cBt more than 10,OtX. One of
tne main originators and workers in the
proiect ii a svn of J. It. Shenard, whose
home is in the Zen a neighborhood near
this cityi The boys Will ak their
friends all over the state to help them,
and thOs who are able should and "no
tloubt wiill respond. . ' ": .
Enthusiastic Meeting. ' 7
The following dispatch from Corval
lls; appeared in the Oregoniah of Sun
day morning last:
j At an enthusiastic meeting of . the
Agricultural College Y. M. C, A. men
and thei friends, in Armory Hall, l;ift
niglitthb sum of . f3il0 was subscribed
By studetnts toward the creation of a
y.i M. Ct.A. building on the campus'.
tt ia estimated that about 10,tM)0' will
bo necessary to construct a homo for
tihe college members. . .; - . : '
i The guests of the occasion were II.
i. ; McCoy, general secretary of tae San
Francisco A!Wociation; Lester McLcair,
Jr., assoiate Bible study secretary, in
ternatioual eomniittee; . Harry (. Hill,
rtitcrnatiunal student seyretary for th
Pacific ebastanl II. M. Stout-, ofj'ort
iknd. Ai preliminary meeting w?s ,1iqM
the cbilesre ; chapel., at.-, which i.iS.one,
ill, . McLean -and McCoy tengaged in
n open contest for tionors .in ; telling
lalcct ta'es. Tho hiuoor whs infec
tious, and after the spirit off .good fel
lowship had been fully. . aeouscd by
itory anil song, Clay Sbepard the local
eerciarj, announced tuat a baked bean
banquet! was in waiting at the armory,
thereupon the company -.adjourned
tWTthcr iad partook of the display of
uone aind sinew", refreshments. .
Tjo plain luisiaexs-like banquet
cheme was most appropriate to the
cession! which wan one of real serious
iiudent (interest. Oadet Colonel I arby,
f the student body, opened the t ain-
JVaign with a five-minute, spew.i uioii
ollego pride. This was the Mgiiitl for
in outlijurst , of enthnsiiiHin that .'ouly
sloped with "winks" at 10:4.i j. m.,
and a jwries of pledges amounting to
320O. Following Mr. Darby, Prof'-snor
Lake 8jrke briefly of the pirpows of
(lie builjlingf Ralph riheardf en "Col
lege Enieriisfs; " Dr. Withyeomlo, tm
1'State Builders;" loster Mclean,
J'At Other Colleges; " Hsrry Hill,
Value Received;" II. J. McCoy, "The
Pfivilegjs of Having a Part." The
fpeechesj were a series of plains perti
nent, personal talks, without any effort
t emotional effects or en'ational ap
peals, and culminating in one of the
Characteristic messages to young men
Jf Toastmaster II. M. Stone, of Port
land ,Y. M. C. A. fame. ! '
-With Che announcement that over
$3000 had been pledged by students,
none other being accepted at this time,
iftts, handkerchiefs, napkins, parT
flates jdoughnnts and every ther
hing available went into the sir.
(Cheer after cheer filled the big armorv
and Clar Baepard 'a final " thank yon f '
closed one of the most memorable
meeting held in-the history-of this
ins'iitetioa. , V '
f ! j It is Easy to say
li'Pa aiwtil ' Knf wa mnat anil rrr frAMi
heated houses into chill outer sir, sod
the change sets us coughing and
wheezing. Avoiding 'winter colds is
iifiicult; curing them is not bard if you
take Allen's Lung Balsam. Better be
in when thecoldisyounj and not wait
until it! settles deep into the lungs, for
then, even with Allen's Lung Balsam,
complete relief will be slower.-
HAS STOOD THE TEST 25 YEABS
Th olL original ! GEOVE'S Tutulm'
Chill Tonic. iYou know what' you are
taxing, it is ' iron ano, quinino in A
Wasteless form. No eure," no-"pay. 20c
careful farmers .V 4
and aartanerssvery wUsrs yfX I
plaes ooaAdsncs In Ferry's I
fiseda-ths kind that never fa.lL,
bas bn UMstaadard tat 49 yss
fn UMstaadard for 49 yss 4 ,
imt not an x pen menu ,
I bold by all dealers.
lOSI
I X Aunmml frt$ for then ting.
Y N o-M-FEszraca,
Btrs.Mtca.
V. VS Tho
fcX SSOK
r s.
II A VWM..m.iil W i in rlpmilMSW
and Children.
Signature of
WIRE FENCING
Quality in fencing is the first '
consideration, price a close
second. We have the Piige,
. American and Elwood fL't-cs
at lowest prices. Cull or
write how.
WALTER MORLEY CO.,
60 COVRT STREET. SALEM
WE HANDLE THE
O.K. GRUBBER
As a etump puller it can't'
be beat.
One horse has the power
of 00. It Ivill grub an acre
a day. Has obtained three
state premiums.
See us also for
Dras Saws and Brass Castings
Salem Iron Works
8HAND O MARCUS
'i Proprlslors .
Front nod Ki ate. . Phone 2343 Ula
' SALEM, ORrCO"
DR. C. GEE WOO
This wonderf
Chlness doctor is
cailaft freat fc"
"V cau cures po-
pis wunoui erec
tion tfiat are riven
up to die. lie curi
with those ponder-
fal Ciuoeae nerbs. roots, buds, bart
and vegetables, that are entirely Un
known to mescal science In this cmin
try. ThrouirK the use of these harm
less remedies, this famous doctor
knows tho action of over 600 different
remedies whldi h uecessfully uses ln
different diseases. lie guarantees to
curt catarrh, asthma, tunc. - throat
rbeumatifm. nervousness stotnarh.
kidney, bltvdler. female trouble, lost
manhood,' all prUato dtspases; b
hundreds of testimonials. ChTf
moderate. - . j ;
Call acd see himl Consultation frre.
Patleuta out of I tha city write for
blank and circular. Enclose stamp.
Address Tho C Oee W Chinese Medi
cine Co., 2."Jli,i-2."jn Alder Hi., I'ortlapd.
Oreron. Mentlon.thls paper.
Dr. W. XORTOM DAVIS
' m A VJEEli
. We tfeat suecesafull all prlrt.
nerrOua sad ehronJe diseases, also bloei
stomach, heart, liver, kidney and throat
roubles. "We eure SYmiLLIO (wii
30 to0 days. V remove 8TBICTUB2
witboot perstlor or pal a, in io ajm.
WE CUBE GONOEEnOEA LX
WEEK. .
The doctors of ihJL lastltut are J
regular graduates, hsve hsd m
vears" eiperlenee, have been anown
Portland for 15 years, have a rcput
tloa to maintain, and will undertake
esse unless certain cure er.n be effected
Ws saarsnte enrt m erery w0 n"f''T.
laks r rhnre ne Je. Conutujon fr. jf .
tjrsfoncaen.lat. lostructie BOOK lOBMi
Balled free la plain wrapper. " ,u.
U yon vaoDol raU at oflics write for que.tiw
bLaok lor home treatment.
Offlos hours. I tnl. sao 7 tc fmi "
f boliclajs, Xt to li
The leadiai t-f tl!"t tb oratt-
DIL T7 'irORTOII DA7IS & 0.
Cor. Tfalr4 !
KcaUeu tkU paper. sORTlAJD.
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