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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1008.
MUCH
LAND IN OREGON
OPEN TO SETTLEMENT
Early Experience in California Duplicated
in Her sister state oy roegiecc
,Br Horace Stevens la Sacramento
' Beo.)
" .....a hV her own light for up-
stot half a century, tho manifost
dtttlnr of Oregon is p u
realized, and the Ume la not far
dlrtant when those seeking cheap
d profltoblo homes will awaken
,. the multitude of goldon oppor
Unities that exist In this state. It
i nractlcally o only remaining
nnblleUad Btoto In the Union whore
tbo old refrain that "Undo Sam is
rfcS enough to give us all a farm,"
mees Ry 6nu,no steniacance,
Mtinio there nro millions of acres
0 unappropriated government land
,et remaining within Its borders, a
large proportion of which Is suscept
ible to tbo highest degreo of agrlcul
tnral and horticultural development
upon any kind of Intelligent basis.
I' no difficulty whatsoever In Bteamlug
Into Portland harbor, In tho Willam
ette river, moro than 100 miles from
.tho mouth of tho Columbia. Thoro
Is no doubt tho depth of wator on tho
Columbia bar Is ample to accommo
date tho largest shlpB of any navy,
ana arrangements aro already In
progress to havo tho battleshln
squadron of Admiral Evans visit this
port when It cornos to tho coast this
year.
Tho Willamette. rfrnlnfmr thn for.
jtllo Willamette valloy. Is nav,lgab!o
as jar as Eugene, a distance of about
150 miles, for light-draft craft. It
pursues a northwesterly course,
honco tho waterways divide tho state
In tho form of nn Immenso T, and
provide an effective chock against
any monopolists tendencies of rail
way transportation compnnles.
BEGIN YOUR MEALS
with n dose. of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters and see how much good !t
will do you. Besides sharpcnlnc tho
appotlto and toning tbo stomach It
will also prevent any nftcc-catlng
distress.
hostihtcr's
stomach bitters
has also glvon comploto satisfaction
for 54 years In cases of Indigestion
Dyspepsia, Costlvcness, Biliousness,
Kidney Troubles, Fctnnlo His, Colds
and MWaria. Try It today, also ask
your druggist for freo copy of our
1&08 Almanac.
According to tho Inst annual r
port of the commissioner of tho gen
eral land oftlce, Issued In N'ovombor,
1107, thero aro 17,730,000 acres of
land still subject to public entry In
Oregon, out of a total area of 6G,-
000.666 acres equivalent iu mum
Statistics show that Portland, tho
motropolls of tho state, is tho most
healthy city In the United Stntes, Its
annual death-rate scarcely exceeding
six out of every 1000 Inhabitants.
Two Immenso sowers, calculated to
drain tho hitherto nocloctod Irvine-
.1- ..iiiriM nf thn wholo. Dl-.ton and Brooklyn districts o"f tho
Tided Into trncts of legal subdivision, 'rnunlclpalltjv no In process of con
(bli would provldo homoetond or tlm Jstructlon, will, when completed, un-
ber claims to 1C0 acres enen lor iui-,uuuuJuiy materially reauco oven tno
ly 110,000 porsons or bonds of fam-present low doath-rato, honco It
woum oo interesting to caiculato tho
oxnet monsraro of huninn oxlstonco
upon tho bnsis of tho combined
Bourcos of puro atmosphoro, Incom
pnrnblo wator and mncnlflcont sani
tary conditions gonornlly prevailing
in this model city. As a matter of
faot, nowhoro olso on earth, por
linps, can such an nggregntldn of
contonnrinns bo found as exists In tho
confines of Oregon and Instances nro
llles, and Insuro holdings for an ad
ditional nctlvo population of at least
600,000 even when computed upon
tho theory that oncli claimant would
take the maximum quantity ho would
be entitled to locato under tho homo
stead or timber land laws.
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In many portions of Oregon, 40,
or oven 20, ncros Is amplo to sup
port a family In reasonable comfort,
because tho climatic conditions nro
such that tho nrons named aro cap
ablo of creator productlvo qualltloa
than four-fold that amount In loss
hvored roglonB, providing earnest
nA tnfulllfftnf nffnrf In illroMml to
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image, u Buinus 10 ruusuu iiuu nun
sufficiently prolific toTTroduc6 tho
rnagnlflcont forests abounding In Or
egon Is assuredly suitable for tho
growth of apple nn dothor fruit trees
that have brought fame to various ling been pnsaad in this stnto.
Mctloni of the state, and whose pro
dud finds a ready sale at attrnotlvo
fgures In every market of tho world.
numerous whore men and women
havo passed tho century mark In full
possession of nil their fncultlos, whilo
goldon weddings nnnlvorsnrlcs hnvo
ceased to oxclto commont. Mrs. Mary
Ramsey Wood, considered ono of thtf
oldest human bolngs on earth, Is a
rosldont of Illllsboro, Or.,' find hs still
reasonable halo and hoanty aftor an
oxlstonco of more thnn 120 yenrs,
tho greater portion of which period
Tho land-fraud trials, whloh were
supposed to have brought so much
unpUnsant notoriety ntpon the coin-
Instances are common where monwoalth, ag a mattor of faot, pro-"logged-ott"
lauds, onl'lchod by the duced qulto the opposite offect, bo
lwl mold of generations, have pro- causo It was consldorod, from tho
duced record-broaklng crops of nil standard of dovolopmont Incldont to
kinds throughout the northwest, and tho various legal procoodlngs, thnt
when It is considered that tho salo,somo extraordinary motlvo must
f timber and fuel from suoh trnots'have Insplrod such a wrongful sys
fualjy defray all oxpensos of clear- torn of acquiring titles, poworful
lag. th luforence Is obvious. The enough In Its incontlvo to move mon
constant moisture throughout the to orlmlnal oxpodlents that tho road
"growing" season in tho western through honest attainment might bo
portion of Oregon"bporates as a per- shortened. It was obvious that mon
petual insurance of bounteous crops, 'aro not Hkoly to risk liberty and rep
and reduces the risk of any kind of jutntlon In pursuit of something urn
failure to a, minimum. Moreovor, It worthy the offont, and not of a suffl
hasatenVnry to counteract tho rav- el"it'y alluring oharactor to exolto
ages of pests to a largo extent, and(to tho last degroe every instlnot of
It Is noteworthy that fruits and human cupidity. It was reasoned,
cereals from this region aro rated in brief, that a robber rarely seek?
highly in all markets, and bring xor- any plunder that Is unsurrounded
responding prices. Frosts aro also 'with posltlvo evidence of value,
of compaiatlvely rare occurrence
here so much humidity exists In he Almost every western state ha3
atmosphere, so that tho dangers from had Us predominating Influences, and
. ovunu are scarcely couaiueruu m tno mad rusil to Baiiaiy suuio in
seriously, n ia a mistaken Idea, too,
tast because of the abnormal rain
fall prevailing during a considerable
Portion of thtee soasons that It Is
products of extraordinary hard
en on the contrary, It Is of uni
form gentleness In charactor as to
ipe slight inconvenience, and it ble
one or the ironies of tho situa
tion that ?vry true Orogonlan yearns
for th invigorating showers that
have come to be regarded as the
harbingers of general benefit.
vailing craving, many of the legiti
mate Industries havo either been
temporarily disregarded or else com
pletely burled m tno prusuu oi nu
nbsorblrigjdea that might, after all,
have possessed less intrinsic merit
than some overlooked In tho scram-
The stone that the builders
rojocted has become the hood of the
cornor," has Its parollol In many
wavs In connection with western his
tory. The great rush for gold In thq
pJonoor days of California obscureu
every other consideration for many
yoars, and It was oniy wuvu u.o
emergencies of tho Istuation airect:
on niiontion to other channels that
the vast agricultural possibilities of
her valleys and plains boeame ap
parent ,and lent emphasis to the Idea
that "man'a noeaasUy, la God's op
portunity." First It was the rieh bottom lands
along her rivers and streams that
Invited, because here the result
were regarded as more certain and
conditions less strenuous. Then the
o,i niatns were resorted to, and
khose possessed of seemingly more
favored holdings scoffed ai we iaoa
that these so-called "deserts" could
plow ana
Another Important factor to be
taken Into consideration In connoc
non ith products of the soil is tha
lutstion of easy and ohoap (transpor
tation anj ia ttaW respeot nature has
txa unusually kind to Oregon. The
ttignincui Columbia river, flowing
t ani west, and navigable for
hundrdi of miles through a rich
rcutliral &nd iumbor-produclng
rejlon, forms the boundary between
0rgon and Washington, and deep
wter shipj come to Portland wlth
f'ut ,ilfulty and take on enormous
rgces fr all parts 0f the globe.
''h great depth has this river. In
Uct- that Itst summer the protected
"isr rharleaton; with a mean
uI' r.f 91! .l , ji I . .. iv.
- - icmi, auu a normal ma-iDe conquered who " i"u"
jl W'-mrr.t cf 0700 tons, experlencedma)je to yield any profitable return.
Irrigation solved that problem In
short order, however, and it Is part
of tho record that tho wasto .lands of
tho Sacramento valley and San Joa
quin valley of California aro today
the backbone of her agricultural and
horticultural resources. v
Next In order camo tho bushy
foothills, and again skepticism play
ed nn Important part In tho proceed
ings. Tho3o taking up government
homestead claims woro looked upon
as mentally unbalanced in tholr ex
pectation or ronlizlng anything from
such seomingly scant inducements;
but with that indomltnblo Anglo
Saxon pluck nnd cnterpriso thnt has
mndo its mark upon cvory human
ondenvor, Immigration flocked In
from tho older eastern stntes, and
upon tho "dumps" and "tailings" of
those mining camps that hnd been
Instrumental In creating history In
tho palmy days of MO, thorp hns boon
produced quality of fruit thnt hna
challenged every section for Its su
perior. It proved to bo in tho
"thermal bolt" tho boundary be
tween tho frosts of the lower lovois
and tho snow-lino of higher nltltudoj
and In consoquonco tho ylold of
citrus and deciduous fruits from this
sourco nlono has thrown a goldon
showor Into tho coffers of tho com
monwealth thnt has rivalled dho
magnificent wealth of hor mines.
It Is easy enough to conurm tins
Idea: Go to nny Unltod States or
Btnto land ofilco of tho west, and
solcot at random any township with
in Its borders whore profttablo agri
cultural pursuits aro carried on at
tho nrosont tlmo. Hnvo an abstract
of tltlo mndo showing nil tho original
entires thoroln, and I vonturo ito stnto
that In a majority of cases, tho first
ontrios In the township rank lowor
on tho nB80smont roll of tho coun-
tv whoro tho land Is'altuatod than
claimB taken up mnny yonrs after
wards.
The recent financial flurry is al
most certain to hnvo Its compensating
ndvnntnKea In the way of directing
nttontion to tho development of
hlthorto dormant resources, and di
verting monoy from Its normal
course of speculation Into tho nnt-
ural channels of safe investment, in
no osBontlal fonturo is this idea
moro cloarly conveyod thnn by tho
prodleltlon that ronl ostnto of nil
kinds is cortlan to foel the offoota of
tho ohangod conditions moro thnn
anything also, ns It is obvious that
those sooklng Investment will ulti
mately como to ronlizo that land is
tho basis or nil security, and will
prefer this stnblo depository rnthor
than risk their Bavlngs to tho mor
clos of unknown quantity In the
shapo of a banking institution. Such
a situation will havo groat wolght In
tho nropor development of the Ore
gon country, and cannot fall to oper-
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over-Work.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood,
It used to be considered that only
uriuary and bladder troubles were to be
iraceu iu wic Kiuucya,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
thnt is their work.
Ti,rrnr Yfiift vinir kuliisvsure weak
or out of order, you can understand ho
quickly your entire body is aiTected and
how every organ s.eeuis to fail to do, its
Vyou are sick or " feel badly," begin
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are Veil they will help
all the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis
take by first doctoring vour kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect of
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. It
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
nf the moat distressinn cases, and is sold
1 . 1AM
on its merits by an
' druggists in utty-ceni
and one-uoiiar sue
Knt1 Von mav
t.af ! camnle bottle irrrB.mn.Tnot.
by niail free, also a pamphlet telling you
kow to find out if you have kidney or
Lbladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to ur. punier cc vo., uuk
bantton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilmer's Swanip-Root. and the ad
dress, Ilinghamton, N. Y. . on every bottle.
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, it
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nto ns n positive benefit, upon tho
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Portland, Or,, Docombor 2-1.
IlOT
iitrr L rrfv TTn i
Sjrli'WUMliWaFg
Wort or AH the Wwckcrw.
Sim Prnnclsco, Jan. 3. That ?1,
OOu.000 wns falsely nddod to tho as-
'sets of tho California Safe Doposit &
: Trust Company to docelvo tlio state
(commissioners Is ono of tho stnto-
ments In tho confosslon mndo by II.
U Storrs, ono of the bookkoepors of
.tho bnnk nnd confidential agent of
J. Dnlzoll Drown,
This confosBlon adds nnothor son
j'sntlonnl chnptor to tho dofunct bnnk
scandnl, Storrs broke down under a
morcuosB cross-examniaiion mm
coufossod thnt tho ontrloa In tho
hooks wero in his handwriting, and
had boon mndo under orders from
Drown and J. D. Robertson, tho fu
gitive assistant secretary.
Tho confession made by Storrs
,wna cornpleto In ovory respeot. Bo
Jsldea this, the fact that 'nearly $1,-
uuu nau neen iaiseiy auuea io inu
assets of tho hank shows that $500,
000,000 wns falsely addod to tho
tho account of Drown, Walter J. Bart
nott and tho San Francisco and Snn
Joaquin Coal Company nlono. In or
der to balanco tho books Storrs snld
that a Ilka sum had beon charged
against the doposltorn in tho bnnk.
Tli oonfosion of Storrs was mado
In tho bank building at California
and Montgomery Btroota, aftor ho had
boon subjootod to a searching exam
ination by AwlBtnnt District Attor
ney Iloffcook and Theodora Kytka,
the handwriting expert.
Storrs at first donled that ho had
anything to do with tho falso ontrios,
but when confronted with tho proof.
'as revealed by Kytka'a mlorosoopo,
his nerve broke down and tho tears
told what his trembling lips would
not. Finally ho gained his compos
ure. "Yoa, It Is true," ho said. "I made
II .!' T mn.lsi Mia Ml II Tl PIU
.IIIUIU UltiriUB. 1 m"UB mv. K......O"'-
'aa. directed by Mr. Drown and Mr.
Ttobortson," and then he told the
onliro story of the glaring fraud.
The confession of Storrs will lead
to the lndlctmont of Drown and Ttob
ortson. but It I bellcvd that Storrs
IIU W' W UVIM.
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That is
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SfSk&
przrtr&
Dr. Stone's
N Drug Store
Tho only cash drug store In Oregon,
owes no one, and no ono owes It;
carries large stock; Its Bhelvos,
counters nnd show casou are loaded
with drugs, modlolnes, notions, toilet
artlclos, wines and liquors of all
kinds for medicinal purposos. Dr.
Stone Is a rogular graduate in medi
cine, and has had many years of
exporienco in tho praotlco. Consul
tations nro free. Proscriptions are
freo, and only regular prices for
medicine. Dr. Stone caq bo found at
his drug store, Silem, Or,, from G
in tho morning until 0 at nlsht.
Call for City Warranto.
Notlco Is heroby given that there
aro funds on hand applicable to tho
payment of all warrants of tho City
of Salem drawn on tho gonoral fund
nnd endorsed "Not paid for want of
funds" on or beforo January 3, 1908.
Jloldora of said warrants will plooso
present thorn for payment at tho of
flco of tho undorslgnod, No. 129
South Commercial ntroot, as Intorost
will coaso from and aftor this date.
FRANK MEREDITH,
City Troasurer.
Salem, Oregan, January 4, 1908.
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