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r!-T- DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBEUARY 11, 1914. AGS TIL. EST TELLS ABOUT CAREY LAND ACT Hundreds of Thousands of Acres With drawn From Entry and Practically All Work at Standstill. CENTRAL OREGON IRRIGATION COMPANY'S PLAN OUTLINED Governor Says It Appeals to Him and He Believes State Should Do Something at an Early Date. BY GOVERNOR WEST. la 1894 Congress passed what is known as the Carey Act which granted one million acres of unappropriated Government lands to each state in the arid region on condition that the state would provide for its reclamation, and sell it in small tracts to actual settlers. The means of reclamation adopted by several states was that of entering into contracts with private corpora tions. When a project is discovered by some promoter a request is usually made by him for the withdrawal of the lands. Later contracts are entered into between the state, the federal govern ment, and the company offering to re claim the lands. In order that the com pany might be reimbursed for the cost of reclaiming the lands, it is permitted to sell water rights at a price fixed by the state. Oregon's Experience. The Carey Act was passed by Con gross in 1S94. It was accepted by an act of our legislature in 1901. The first withdrawal was made iu April, 1902. Since that time, or auring a period of fourteen years, temporary and perma nent withdrawals aggregating 750,000 acres have been made. And while there are $385,000 acres still withdrawn, but two small concerns, (Brownell Desert Reclamation Association, and the Des 'lates Reclamation and Irrigation Com pany) have fully completed their pro jects, the total acreage involved in the two completed projects being but 1,520 acres. While, as has been shown, hundreds of thousands of acres are withdrawn from entry for the purpose of reclama tion under the Caroy Act, practically ' work is at a standstill and little or nothing is being done towards the ulti mate reclamation of the lands. How Shall Lands Be Reclaimed? Three avenues only appear to be open for the reclamation of the Carey Act lands in this state: 1. Through private corporations. 2. Through the state. 3. Through the federal government. Experience has shown that as a rule, reclamation through private corpora tions is a dismal failure, and such method should be abandoned. It has been demonstrated through the experience of tho state in reclaiming the lands taken over from tho refund olunibia Southern irrigation Company, that the state can do far better work in loss time and at less cost to tho set tlors than can the private corporations. If the state can successfully construct these irrigation projects, thero is no reason why they should not be con- nictcd iu a like manner by tho fed eral government, or through state and federal co-nperiition. Settler Must Repay It. Many who oppose reclamation by the state, nn.l insist upen reclamation by the pixrinmont alone, are prompted by the belief that we become the bene- ficiurie-; of a federal donation. They ceem to ln-e sicht ot' the fact that no EAT LESS MEAT Take a Glass of Salts to flush Kidneys if Bladder Bothers Yon Drink Lots of Water. Eating meat regularly eventually produces kidney truble in some form or other, says a well known authority, because the uric acid in meat excites the kidneys, they become overworked; got sluggish; clog up and cause all corts of distress, particularly backache and misery in the kidney region; rheu matic twinges, severe headaches, acid stomach, constipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness, bladder and urinary irri tation. The moment your back hurts or kid eys aren't acting right, or if bladder bothers you, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good pharmacy, take a tablespoonf ul in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is male from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for genera tions to flush clogged kidneys and stim ulate them to normal activity; also to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts cannot injure anyone; imakes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which millions of men and womon take now and then to keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus avoiding serious kidnoy disease. TJC! I J A:iy tima you I feel tired drink m& a cu;j cf dgicqysTea Refreshing, invigorating and delicious matter by what agency the federal government, the state or private cor poration the money is advanced, it must be repaid by the settlers. If the federal government makes the advance, it must be repaid. If the state makes the advance, it must be repaid, and so must the private corporation be repaid for its advances. The argument ad vanced, that if such work is under taken by the state, it will throw undue burdens upon the taxpayers, is not well founded. Should the $450,000 now be ing used for the construction of the Tumalo project, be released when tho project is completed, and together with a like sum allotted by the federal gov ernment placed in a revolving fund, all feasible Carey Act projects in this state could be taken in hand and completed, one after another, without the appro priation of another dollar. Even the said $450,000 would in due time be re turned to the State Treasurer with six per cent interest and added profits. Irrigation Company's Proposal. The Central Oregon Irrigation Com pany s seggregations cover approxi mately 215,000 acros in tho neighbor hood of Bend and Redmond, Oregon, on the west sides of the Deschutes. Something over 150,000 acros of said seggregations are irrigable. One of the units, known as the Benham Falls pro ject, containing about 74,000 acres, has not as yet been touched, and to pro vont confusion will be eliminated from tho present discussion. This deduction will leave approximately 141,000 acres, 90,000 of which are probably irrigable, Of the said 141,000 gross acres, about 80,000 are to bo served by what is known as tho company's Central Ore gon nnd Filot Butto Canals. The other (10,000 acres are to bo served by what is known as tho North Canul system. Perhaps three fourths of the work necessary to complete the project to be served by said Central Oregon and Pilot Butto Canals has been completed, and nbout three-fourths of the lands havo been sold. Whilo practically no lands havo been sold under tho pro posed North Canal I'nit tho company claims it has spent in tho neighbor hood of $300,000 in tho construction of a dam, canal and ditches, the said works being one of the first steps to wards the construction of the snid North Canal system. Willing to Re-Lease Canal. Tho eonimny proposes to release tho snid North Canul Unit upon being re imbursed for tho sums actually ex pended thereon (not exceeding $.10i, 000). Said money to received, or as much thereof as is necessary, to be spent under the direction of tho state for tho comploto reclamation of tho lands, under the Central Oregon and Pilot Butte Canals. Estimates made by reliable engineers show the cost of completing said North Canal Unit to be $450,000, which together with the $300,000 asked by the company, would mean a total cost of $750,000. But as this Unit contains about 34,000 unsold irrigable acres, the cost of reclaiming the lands would be but $22 per acre. There being no engineering difficulties in the way, the project could be com pleted at a very early date.' The proposition has boen presented to the Secretary of the Interior and the Reclamation Service, with a view of securing co-operation, and has found favor in that direction. The govern ment now has men in the field making an investigation of the proposition, and it is quite likely that an offer of co operation upon a dollar for dollar basis will be made to the state. This would call for an allotment of $375,000 by the government and $375,000 by the state. Tumalo Securities. It has been suggested that when the Tumale Project is complete and the j lands sold, all of which will be done this fall, that the securities be takon over by the state school fund or sold undor legislative authority to private investors, thus releasing the Tumale Reclamation fund and making it avail able as a co-operative fund for the com pletion of the said Central Oregon Irri gation Company's North Canal Unit. I have given this matter most care ful attention and the plan appeals to me as a common sense remedy for a deplorable condition of affairs. With out the cost of a single dollar to the taxpayers of the state, thousands of acros of now desert land can be re claimed at an early date,- and thus not only provide desirable homes for a large number of settlors, but add great ly to the wealth of the state. E Petre Insists Other Sections of Country Are Getting Better Figures for Their Product. Impure Hood SUPPLY AND DEMAND RULES IN OTHER PLACES, HE SAYS Suggests That if Ha Is Wronj and It Is Case of Overproduction Acreage Should Be Less. WOMEN DISCUSS VOCATIONS AT WISCONSIN CONFERENCE UNITED PRESS LEASED WIHE.) Madison, Wis., Feb. 11. Social ser vice, civil service and miscellaneous vocational work for women were the subjects scheduled for discussion at the Third Vocational ,Conforence of Women, which convened today at the University of Wisconsin.. The confer ence will continue tomorrow and Fri day. Among the scheduled speakers and their subjects are: Miss Helen Bennett, manager of the Chicago Intercollogiate Bureau of Occu pations, "Tho Work of the Occupa tion Burenu in Its Relation to College Women;" Miss Pope, secretary to Mrs. Medill McCormick, "Secretarial Work for Women;" Mrs. Anette McRao, landscape gardner for the Northwes tern Railroad, who has just planned a recreation park at Waupun, "Land scape Gardening for Women;" Miss Anna Nicholes, the only woman civil service commissioner in Chicago, "Fed eral Inspection;" Mrs. Caroline Bart lott Crae, "Municipal Housekeeping;" Miss Elizabeth Fox, superintendent of Visiting Nurses' Association, of Day ton, O., "NurBing as a Vocation for College Women;" Miss Emily Harris, ' ' Playground Supervision. ' ' Instantly suggests- the remedy, HOOD'S SAR3APAR1LLA. A word to the wise is sufficient. Buy a bottle this very day. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla, the true blood purifier, prepared only by C. I- Hood Co., Lowell, Mast. you going to founder the pig or the hog oh, excuse1 me, I mean tho short seller t" CLAIMS EQUIPMENT GOOD. i:siTi:n rur.ss i.kakkd whir. Washington, Feb. 11. Colonel Sam uel licber, head of tho United States army aviation corps, was considerably stirred and decidedly indignant yester day at the intimation that defectivo aeroplanes were responsible for tho long list of tragedies at the San Diego fly ing station. Post's aeroplane and all the San Diego equipment ho asserted, were new and of the type C, Wright luai-hiues. S. H. Petre, a Dallas hopman, has this to say in regard to the hop situation: "I notice from the press thtre seems to be quite a difference of opinion re garding the future of the hop market. The boars certainly are playing their nana well; they are certainly a shrewd bunch of fellows and can be com mended on their shrewdness. I must say hopgrowers, if we were in their place (i. e., if we had sold short and this shortage was staring us in the face as it is them), we certainly would rustle some too, if statistics are true. If sta tistics are true and the hopgrowers of the Pacific Coast were gotting and had received what they should, according to consumption and production and ac cording to the brewing qualities of Pacific Coast hops and tho hops that are produced in the other hopgrowing sections of the world, it certainly would have put Mr. Short Seller out of com mission, and that would be too bad. For beyond a doubt they sold our hops short and had to hold them down to cover and are still going to hold them if thoy can. Too Much Gambling. "You may ask how I know these things. I have been trying to find out the reason why there was such a dif ference in tho price of Pacific coast hops and tho hops that are grown in the other hopgrowing sections of tho world. This year I have communicated i witn a numoer or dealors and brewers. not only of the United States, but of other countries, and have found so far that the Pacific coast is the only hop growing section of the world that con. tracts hops and that the short selling and gambling is confined principally to the Facific coast hops. That con sumption and production governs the markets of the hop producing sections of the world, except the Pacific coast. and here speculation governs it. For reference, I could give a number of them, but I will give you one from Canada. Post mark December 30: 'You will find duty on hops is 7c per pound and they pay from 20c to 28c per pound paying freight and duty at this ond. I asked them about taking some from you, but thoy all have contracts with hop firms in the old country.' Why They Keep Prices Down. "Now, growers, is it reasonable to think that they will pay from 40c to 48c for hops and then deliver at 2(!e to 28c f Not niilesB they havo it to do. Hop dealers pay New York, England, Germany, Bohemia and all tho other lion producing section of tho world ac cording to consumption and production. and on the Pacific, coast they buy them for a song and sing it themselves. They are very careful to not hit a high chord here. They all seem to natural bom bassos on the Pacific edist this year especially, according to the pitch they are singing in other places. Would Founder Hog, DUMA MEMBER CHALLENGES ANOTHER TO FIGHT DUEL UNITED PRESS LEASED Wilts. St. Petersburg, Feb. 11. A. Saven ko, a prominent duma member, yester day challenged O. Zamistousky, also a member of the duma and counsel for the "black hundred," to a duel. An assistant to the prosecutor in the MVndel Beilis case, Zamistousky told tho jury that M. Shulgren, whoso newspaper, the Kiovlianin, warmly do fended Beilis, took the prisonor's part because he wanted Jewish support for a sugar factory ha was interested in. lie gave Saveuko as authority for this statement. Savenko resented this so much that he determined to fight Zamistousky, Mc 'REYNOLDS TURNS DEAF EAR. UNITED rilEHS LEANED WtltB. Washington, Fob. 11. Hoadod by Robert Newton Lynch of the San Fran cisco chamber of commerce, a group of Los Angeles and San Francisco busi ness men yestorday appealed to Attor ney Goncral McReynolds to delay in definitely the proposed suit divorcing tho Central Pacific from Southern Pa cific. McReynolds Intimated that he had made up his mind that suit would be pushed. PULLMAN COMPANY SUES. UNITED FRESH LEASED WIHE. San Francisco Fob. 11. The Pull man company yesterday sued fltate Treasuror Roberts for the difference botween $83,243.60 and $44,995.11. It paid the largor sum in taxes undor protost, declaring it was over assessed on its 1912 corporate income in Call fornia, A similar suit for 1911, de I against the company by Judge Sturtovant, is pending on appeal. f I Children's . Klothes Infants' and children's wear, caps, bonnets, dresses, slips, sacques, coats, blankets, comforts, pinning blankets, bootees, bibs, aprons and a full line of novelty baby gifts. A good time for the spring outfit. Agents Home Journal Patterns (9UAUTY rr POPULAf MERCMANDISt VBtUTY STRCCT KTwr.CN STATE 6 tOUOT ' PRICES m PROGRESSIVES MEET AT LINCOLN UNITED MESS LEASED WIIIB. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 11. Members of the Progressive party in Nebraska gathered hora today in a state-wide all day meeting at which the work of tho party and tho plans for the coming campaign are to be discussed. Former Senator Albert J. Beveridge is to be the principal speaker. The Progres sive party is here to stay in Nebraska anda there is to be no amalgamation with the Republican party, no absorp tion by it and nothing that savors of union with the forces that used to ac company us down the political paths,'' said Chairman Corrick. "Tho only way the Republicans can proceed in our direction in the future is by voting for our candidates and supporting our prin ciples." OOXEY WOULD BE GOVERNOR. day afternoon. The seismograph show ed that the center of the disturbance was northeast of Ann Arbor. AUTHOR, AGED 74, WEDS. UNITED F11E8S LEASED WIEB.J London, Fob. 11. Thomas Hardy. author of "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and many other books, aged 74 and a widower for two years, yesterday married Miss Florence Dugdale, his typewriter, a middle aged woman. CARNEGIE GIVES MILLIONS. POTASH EXHIBIT. UNITED IMIES8 LEASED WIIIB. Berlin Fob. 11. The roichstag yester day authorized tho Gorman potash syn dicate to spend $125,000 on an exhibit at tho San Francisco exposition. ARROW COLLARS 3 lor 2 cm. Cliigtt. Powhoily A Co., Iwa. "Now then hopgrowers, there is a reason for these things. What is it if you don't thing it is contracting and short selling it surely is we grow ton many hops. 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S, C'oxoy, who lead an army of unemployed men on a inarch from Massillion to Washington in 1804. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK RECORDED. UNITED I'llEHS LEANED WIIIB. Ami Arbor, Mich., Feb. 11. An oartlupiake which utartod at 12:34 o'clock was registered by tho Univer sity of Michigan's seismograph yostor- UNITED PIIESS LEASED WIRI.) . New ork, Fob. 11. Andrew Carnegie yesterday gave $2,000,000 from which, the income of about $100,000 will be spent in the interests of international poace by a board of 26 trustees repre senting the leading churches. Household Worry Is 99 Per Cent Wash Day Good Riddance by the Laundry Remedy. Linen, blankets, curtains ap parele.ll come back beautiful when we do your work. Salem Steam Laundry " 136 South Liberty Street Phone 25 Dry Cleaning. Ask the Driver Do Not Live In a Chilly Room Get a gas heater that will make you comfortable. We have just put in a new line of heaters that are RIGHT and can be operated CHEAPLY.' 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