The Oklahoma Leader. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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Contains All the
News of Oklahoma
For the Home
and Fireside
OFFICIAL 8TATE PAPER.
THE ONLY SIMON-PURE DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN OKLAHOMA.
I86UE0 EVERY THURSDAY.
NUMBER 13
■ nn1,:.
; T H KIK Ok I. A H < > M A, '111 I'ltNPA V. ,1AM AWV '-'P. 1!H0.
Nl'MBER 15
TAFT IS RATHER VOLUBLE
Wants Government Conservation Stat
utary Law For Sure
PUBLIC LAND AN ASSE
Says Public Concern Is Deep |n Mind
Of Average American Citizen
Just Now
NOT FEARFUL OF RESULTS
Power Sites Basis Of Message Which
Relates Usefulness To Residents
Of Desert And Semi Arid
Regions
Washington Jan. 14.—President
WILL TALKIFY SOME.
ducts. The powei of the secietary
of the Interior to withdraw from tti«* ——
operation of cxiHtin^ siulutOK traits Tail's Pet Measure May Be Jabbed Secretary Goaded
of hind, the disposition of which un- by Long Speeches.
der Bubh sfatutos would he detriment-
al to tlir public intoresi. is not Hen. INVOLVES STATE RIGHTS.
or ■atiafaotory. This power has been
exercised in !l:c Interest of the pub- Administration Measure Needs Plenty Washington
lie, with the hope that congress mlgh; of Aid Before Becoming a Part
affirm lh° sr-tion of the executive h.v of Our National Statutory
lawn ndnpted to the new condition. Laws.
I infertunately, congress has not thus —
far fully acted on the lecommenda- Washington, Jan. IS- Now thai
ticrns of I he executivi' and the ques the main features of the bill lo be
linn as to what the executive is lo recommended by the President pro- _
eo, is. under the circumstances full viding for a federal incorporation act vigorous terms, n
of difficulty. It seems lo me that have become known there It; a dispo
it is the dutv of congress now, by a : 'tlon on the part "f many members
rlatute to validate ihes«> withdrawals of congress to insist not only upon
which have been m de by the secr«- n full discussion of the measuri
BALLINCER DENIES ALL
MEDICINE WAS BITTER.
Into
All Attacks.
Answering InsurgeiKs Were Not Allowed to Be
Prominent.
SAYS HE IS CLEAN.
HARRIS IS TO LEAD
Member of Cabinet Republicans Powwowed in Interest
Chat acterlzes Attacks as Fates
and Some Rea'ly Ridiculous.
Washington, l> C , Jan IS. Score
tary Hnlllnger late last night issued
of Those Holding or Are Appli-
cants for Federal Appoint-
ments.
After listening to several hou
lengthy statement In which, in most by prominent parly worker*
lire | the eharg-
inacb* by Keptesentative Hitchcock
!•« fore the congressional special com
of the state on how to win the next
'lection the Republican State commit-
late Mondiy afternoon adopted
inlttee, and aimed at the interior de- resolutions endorsing the Payne Aid
I ailment and general land office, r.ch tariff bill; the Taft admlnlstra*
Taft's special message on conserve- ()l ' uu, interior an I the 1'iesi upon amendment:, wltlch will in their weri' without foundation in fact. lion and the Republican congressmen
. —« - • His denial was sweeping and em- from Oklahoma, despite the protest
phatic, several of the charges being 0f the Insurgents who kicked hard
characterized as "ridiculous,' while against adopting that part of the reso
Idiculously intlons relating to the endorsement of
tlon of natural resources, sent to con-
gress today. Is as follows:
dent and to authorize the secretary judgment, be necessary to make it el
the interior temporarily to with- fectlve in dealing with great corpora
sheds and the promotion of the
growth of trees in places hat are
now denuded and that once had great
tlouris iinn forests, goe.i with "it sn*
lug. The control to be exerci . .1
over private ownership in their
treatment of the fore-• which the.s
own is a matter tor state and not
national regulation, because there I
no.hlng in the c .n :itutlon that au
thorlzes the Federal government to
exercise any control over forests,
within a state, unless the forests H'v
owned in a proprietary way h\ the
Federal government.
Inland Waterways.
I come iicvw to the ItiKprovement of
the Inland waterways, lie would I"
blind. Indeed, who did not realise
that the people of the entire West,
and (Specially those of the Mississip-
pi valley, have been arom.ed to tie-
need t.heie is for the Improvement of
To the senate and house of represen ,;iaw |an(js pending submission to tions. indeed, it is believed that noth
tatives: (ongress of recommendations as to iug short of tremendous administrn oIIhth wen- said to be it
In my annual message i reserved lfgiHiati0I| to meet conditions or erner- lion influencse will enact it into law r^; aa ? 8lU ,h<1 Oklahoma congressmen
our inland waterways,
sippi Ivor, with the Mi«
the subject of the conservation of gllu.|OR as (frey arise
f°r ?,Xri°n <> " Of the'most pressing nee,Is In
senteTTbe' nec^Uy^'for'Tegiifat'lon pb^Mhe^tolfi^'lncrn'r vokod is declare,1 to be absolutely
ing to their principal value or u:
IS*** &«««««
luting the law can have its charter re
hecessary if corporations are to be ef
The need of a forfeiture clause by Prise, as Mr. Hallinger, during the af- The postmasters were in eoutrol of
which a corporation persistently vio '* noon disclosed a disposition to let tlie meeting, however, and the whole
He matter go unanswered until the nuuscating mess was rammed down
joint investigation committee is or- the throats of the insurgents without
ganized. ilie least show of mercy by those In
Vocabulary Threatened '(barge of the steam roller.
Answering in turn each of the The insurgent sentiment was lead
...... .... .. ti should be done bv the cate compulsory instead of volun J'liarges mule by Mr. Hitchcock In by such men as Senator Urownlee,
•e detailed and ex- jllteijor denartment throug'i the ceo- tnry federal incorporation. They cite ',!S statement, ic. re.ary Hallinger as- Omer Henedlot, Kd. perry and Senator
than can be entere ] s'irvev. Much of the confu afi sounl the general principle that if Kf,,'ls that In so Jar as they allege n |;. p. Stanford, represented a ma
mimunlratlon. For frau,j })'n j contention which has congress has constitutional power to J?1*'*?. ©utalders that attended
of our national resources, and the
subject is one of such importance as
to require a more detailed and ex- 11
tended discussion
upon in this communication. For
in en t whose force Is best adapted to Many congressional lawyers advo
ti.is reason, I shall take an carl
portuuity to seu'l a spe
to congress uu the Bubjm ... . « .... )f . „r ihe public
provenient of our waterways; upon ^7thI ; ron pn"
the reclamation and irrigation of arid. nJ thelr ™n""
semi-arid, and swamp lands; upon the Agricultural And Mineral Lands
•' ! now proposed to
e an early op 't,xis:e(] jn ' tlje |);jSt hns ariso„ from grant voluntary charters to corpora- oritlsm on his part, Chey a:e absolute- the meeting.
icdal message ^ 0i au 0ffjr-ui an(j dcte mln 'ions doinv an interstate business, it - ..oJll10", foundation. Chairman Harris showed
iect of the im ;1jV( < ] ..,riiHeation of the public 1 nd , l as power to require corporations do- Ridiculously false, equally false, in the management of the i
well
„ . . _ committee
itg such business to take a federal equally ridiculous; a peculiarly un- by a])plylng the Frank Hitchcock
incorporation just as it bus power to '^airanted assault upon an efficient methods. When a committeeman
Hspoue of squire them to comply with its laws iwernmenf office!the latter re- sl owed signs of independent thought
the latter re
g to Mr. Schwartz, chief of the j„. was unceremoniously set down on
preservation of our forests and the? n « o\v |,iui.o«t-u «u ,flp„|at|n„ interstate* commerce
irtore terlng of suitable areas; upon aKj^u.^reserve^foi otTier dlsim Among the questions that will come ["'>'! service, are r-,pr, -sions which |„ the steam roller crowd. As a mat
the ^classification of the public do- ^.VAV.^ ,,r J,',' ,.it L up for consideration is that relating >'«<•« I" '>l!; repuiilation of the va tcr of couise the present Democratic
administration was condemned. The
Wright. insurgent element in the committee,
appointing a relative, under the leadership of Senator Stan
as confidential clerk i0 d, of Okmulgee, offered an amend
when he became commissioner of the nient to the stereotyped resolutions
Some members of congress will ''"id office, the secretary says this which elimiuatcd endorsement of the
...«7 w. .... .... o'l.'iro or coal oil -is "I1 tor consideration is mat reiamm
main with a view of separating from h jnsiih [t "fan? ..hosDh- tV 5 the effect of federal incorporation charges.
agricultural settlement mlnera . coal, l11:'1"1' -phiM .nv l.o lV.Ui upon the right of states to control Removal of Wrlg
pnd nhosnhate lands end sites belong, contained then in. I his ma> b t a uronerlv of such en- • regard lo a:
ing to the Government bordering on accomplished by Ke|,aiat.ng the right nd to tax proper.) , BalIlllf;or „
...H.I.I. .ho iiHIWnitnn to mine liom the title to the surfac inu0|„_c atate Rinht* when he becamc
saary use of so mucn Involves State Rights office the si
I may be reoulreil Toi Some members of congress will > no office, tne B
nf -he (lenonlts The wi«h to have the rights of the stales U('s because he was not personally no- Republican congressmen. The debate
>e .lisiiosed of as aerl- clearly defined In respect 10 such mat 'lualnted before coming here with any wbics|J followed was spirited and en
Uriel- he irenernl iai'1 t, rs as regulations for sanitation :ind officers or clerks In the land ofllefc tertalning to those on the outside
.« While the coal or factory Inspection. Thev will also "nd desired to have as confidential looking on, but the matter was final-
mi-arid plains. We nave m aaai ^ dianosed oft., wish to reserve to the slates their someone whom he knew. He |V nettled by a motion to table the
in 308,035.97.-, acres or land In Alas 'He m neral co hi he disposed of b „ay8 that Judge Wright was removed, amendment which curried 24 to U
slons minir a a certain amount oV < < rporation has assumed Its federal ?ot to make way for J H. Hallinger, Insurgents Are Bitter
Iblie Land A National Asset fiL^nnmon en,.h vM .nS ! order character. hut because .ludge Wrights age, he Immediately after the vote was tak-
The nubile lands were, dirlns the itewlopment eai li >eai. and in_ ri some cf them will wish, if possible, heing nearly SO made him "physical- ihe outsiders sent un the crv,
lo separate the state from ihe inter- ' disqualified to perform his duties.'* -postmasters! Pofttmasters!" Bitter
slate business, so that the states may /*r0 Denied feeling exlste l among t lie insurgent
Hill have power to control in respect ^'0 vacancy on the law board, ht members who left town on the flist
ti business conducted by the corpora- Bays, was filled not by Jack B&lllnger train.
lion solely within the state. 1)111 ''V Judge Cray. N f,. Turk, of Checotah, was unanl-
In twenty-one sections, Attorney He says the "certain large hrlck rnotisly chosen as treasurer of the com
fleneral wlckersham has embodied chimney" alluded to. was erected piir- mlttee. A standpatter placed him in
uu. i line.i -Mines i'eas of President Taft and his cabl- :-uant to a specific approiulation for pomlnallon and as quickly another
1, . T. 1^ cvcecdinrlv difflentt tn frame net regarding a system of feileral in- 'he ptvposc by congress: tliat the ad- member moved that nominations be
land sl.ili. es wer-. . " ....-Sn- cwitlon if business cion.rlseH. clerks hi the land office com- Hosed. Hefor.. the motion could be
lian .. <|imi lei of a „ nropertv in be developed The bill Is expected to bo laid before I'laincd of wen- nteossllatcd by the insnrgints were thrown into "
e homestead act. tlu nrivate canital In such manner as congress next week. congressional approjlriatiou of $1.- |:eniy of laughter by Oilier Benedict
timber culture act. p private capital in sucn ma iner „„,„„i„„i .,111 Wn.OOtt. fo,- nrolecthiK public lands i.„,„i,.i„^ „ i,„„i „nie„ -i« this
of'water power!' ^ ^vSg t^t^aVy use oi'so Wn Involves 3tate Right,
Jn 18(W> we had a public domain of the lutte as may be required for
1,035,SI 1,288 acres. We have now 731.- Ihe. extraction
4,081 acres confined la.gely to the am aa m g it ie "JJJ.j ters as regulations for sanitation ;md (
nrounta n ranges and the and and cujiuia land incin tnt geneiai , gn infection Thev -1,1 ' ■ J1
semi-arid plains. We have. In add I- < ural Bt at ut os., whije^ t h< coal or factory inspection. They
Hon
Public _
The public lands were, do ing the ( - -
earliest administrations, treated as a to prevent the nse and cess on of such
national a.-set for Hie liquidation of lr.ndn with oihe s of similar char-ic-
the nubile debt and ns a source ot ter so as to constitute a monopoly for-
rewa'rJ for our soldiers and sailors, bidden by law, he lease should con-
Later on they were donated in large tain suitable publication subjecting a
amounts In aid of the construction of forfeiture the interest or persons par-
wagon roads and railways. In order Hcipating in such monopoly. Such
to open UP legions In the West then law should apply to Alaska as well as
almoBt Inaccessible 10 United States.
Tlx* pilnclpnl
enacted more than
centmy ago. The
pre-emption and timber culture act. ]'> = ^.e^ovnTiLuaT"purpose ' The"prlnci"pai feature of the bill <>00.000. for protecting public lands |at|Ufring in "a loud* voice, "is this
the coal land and the mining act-. - - ^ ^ ^ rriRhten will be the creation of a form ol hold- and that the charge in regard to the rp,.ocabJe t0 Washingron?"
were among these. The rapid dlap • investment of the neces- ing company under the national char purchase ol lnrnitnre is on a par jf seems as though the present li*1
lie nee- ter. which may control business of with that relating to the employment _
henchmen, have gained control of the
Republican machine. There are sore
spots among the friends of the pros
sltion of the public lands under tne canital"* Henee ir nriv he nec- ter, which may control business of v'tb that relating to the employment pnhllcan congressmen, thtough their
of ^litrlbuflon""prevSilng! "2 I ess^ry by laws that ar^ieall^ only subordinate companies organize,, un ad-'lliona. clerks."
think to the belief that these lands experimental, to determine from their der state laws
should rapidly pass into private own- practiral_o| eratton_ whatLimits plicounting
ership. gave
v nana imo uriviiie uwu* i'*~—i — — a tl'Om the clouds. ... • i
rlKf to the imnression u-ethod of securing the result aimed Proper limitations will be provided Congress recognized the importance pecllve candidates for congress in the
thai the nubile domain was lociti- at- against the emba katlon of any such of this method of artificial dlstribu- ^srious districts, especially in the
n.nie n-ev for the tiuscruimlous and The extent of the value of phos- corporations in the business of dis- (ton'of water on the arid laflds by the Flrst district and many Republicans
tnat ti ..I not eontrarv to irooil mor- nhates is hardly realized, and with counting bills, receiving deposits and passage of the reclamation act. The went home swearing vengeance
als lo circumvent the land laws. This the need thai there will be for it as issuing notes. There will be no com- proceeds of the public lands creates against the postmaster crowd,
prodigal manner of disposition result 'he years roll on anil the necessity , nlsory provision in the bill, it is said ,1 fund to build the works needed to -----
ed in the passing of large areas of ot fertilizing the land shall become The corporations will not be required store and firnish the necessary wale,- nidations of the secretary f the
valuable lands nnd many of our na- more acute, this will lie a poduct (n takeout a national charter if tlie> and it was left to the secretary of the |nt,.rj(;r jn his annual report for
t'onal resources Into the hands of which will nrobably attract the gre.Ml see fit to do business under the stale interior lo determine what projects amendments of the reclamation act.
persons who felt little or no respon- of monopolists. lews instead. should be selected among those sug jno,posing other relief for settlers on
Klbllltv for promoting the national Water power And Electricity A), cj,arters will be subject to the gested, and to direct the reclamation the-e projects.
welfare through their development. With respect to the public lanu approvai 0f tho commissioner of co*- strvice. with the funds nt hand and Respecting the comparatively small
The tiuth is that title to millions or which lies along the streams offering pora{jonS- jn case a national cor through the engineers in its employ, timbered areas on the public domain
acrcs of public lands was fraudulent- opportunity to convert water power p0ra;i0n shall desire to acquire the to construct tile works. not. indulged in national forests he
Iv obtained and that th rich! to re- into transmissible electricity, another |ir„p,,rlv o!- st3|(, corporations it will No one can visit the far West and cause of their isolation or special
cover a large part of such lands for important phase of the public land )lo requll.ei] ,hat It shall hold uot the country of arid and seml.nrld ilue for agricultural or mineral pur-
tlie Government long '-ince cased bv estion is presented. There a e val- lcss (han n maj0ritv nf the capital lands without being convinced that nose: ii Is apparent from the evils
re"son of statutes of limitation. "able water nower sites through all
Deep Concern In Public Mind ! " ""''lie land states. The opinion
There has developed in recent years held that the transfer of sovereign-
this i'-. one of the most important resulting by virtue of the imperfec-
vetho'ls of the conse'vatlon of our
deep concern In the imbue miiid re- y from the feder.l government to the one^Kjna
peeling Ibe preservation and proper territorial governments as they I. roctors |)f „„y I0 th() ox,.lus
se of oil'- natural resources. This crme states, included the water pov others
.. ..i .i 1- . i . ...... P.. nn lln rivpra PVi'cnt SO far 3S 11 w-1" l-'
stock of such corporations.
Anv corpo.ation that has more than
one kind of stock will be authorized resources tin the Govern-
he di- lr'ent entered upon. It would ap-
liiHlon pear that over thirty projects hav<
use of uit uwvuiia. .v~~. - --- , m
has been particularly directed toward er on the rivers except so far
the conservation of the resources of that owned by ilparlan proprietors, l - —
tbo public domain The problem. 1s do uoi think it necessary to go into a ,,i al..,| prices kept reasonable.
bow to save anil how lo utilize, how discussion of tills somewhat mooted ! Conservation of Soil . ,
to conserve and still to develop; for ouestion of law. It seems to me snt in considering the conservation ot done and many important engineer tcr.ie of the re-commendations of the
no sane pe son can contend that It is ficieut to say that the man who owns tne natural resources of the country, |ng problems have been met an l aolv fecretary of the interior in respect t<>
for the common good that nature's and controls the land along the t|u. feature that tianscends all others, the future conservation ol the public
ions of existing laws for the dispo-
sition of tlmiber lands that the acts
f June 3, 187X, should be repealed
and a law enacted for the disposition
been undertaken and that a few of i of timber at public sale, the lands
these are likely to be unsuccessful ■ r:fter the removal of the timber to
because of the lack of water or for be subject to appropriation under
oilier reasons, but generally the work the mineral lands law.
which has been done has been well What I have : aid is really an epi-
Mes^inus re only for unborn genera Mream from which the power is to including woods, water, minerals, i
tions converted mnl transmitted, owns the soil of the country, h is incum
Among the most noteworthy .
forma iuitiated by my distinguished conversion and use of that power, i p> all available me?ns the resources
One of the difficulties which has domain In his present annual report,
arisen is that too many projects In He has given close attention to the
which is indispensable to the bent upon the Government to foster Vleiw of the avai'able funds has set problem ef disposition ot' these lands
>n foot Tlu. funds available unde" under such conditions as to invite
he reclamation statute are inadc- fbe private capital necessary to their
development on the one hand, and
tho maintenance of the ••estrlctlon
necessary to prevent monopoly and
abuse from absolute ownership on
i. edecessor were the vigorous prose- cannot conceive how the power In of the country that produce Ihe food
ciillon or land frauds, anil the bring- streams flowing through public lands of the people. To this end the con
Ing lo public attention of the neces;- can be made available at all except servation ef Ihe soil-.; of the country.
qua'e to complete t'lese projects.
- itlvn a reasonahlu time. And yet
ilty fdrVrVservTng the'remninin« pub- by using the land Itself as the site thouhl b9 cared foi with all means at tho |,rojccts have b-en begun; set-
lie domain from further spoliation, for the lonstruc.tlon of the plant by the Governmei.t's disposal. Their pro-! tiers have been invited to takf
• her. The.
rrc')ni ineiiilat Ions
for the maintenance and extension of v hlch Ibe power is generated and nu- iv.i power should have the atlen and in manv Instances have taken
our forest' resources, anil for the en- converted end securing ? right of wax ;ion of our scientists that we may u,n. the pit land within the projects., are Incorporated In bills lie has pre-
aclment of laws
lete statutes so
mental control o
public donmln In
11 .hlA flpnnRftR nf coal, of oil and Ol UWUCI il um, wutiui lut «•«*. LiJIIH, iwittic V IUJJD VII an ouno, ' ■ v - a- A ,
nhosnba e and in addition, thereto, the water power by Imposing power (T methods for cropping dry land soils nation cught to affo d the means lo nnd especla.ly, that the w hd awaH
til nreserve control under coniiitlous conditions on the disposition of t.ie find grasses and legumes for all soils,, lift them out or fie very desperate already made shall be validated so
fnvoiable to the public of the lands tand necessary in the creation and feed grain and mill feeds on the farms condition in which they are now. far as necessary and that doubt as
fatoiable to tee pumic. or me lam - whor* the>. originate, that the soils This condition does not Indicate any - ""
the authority of the secretary of
ninno- the streams In which the full utilization of tho water power. where they originate, - — -- ---- , . , - , , ■ ,
cr water can be made to generate The developmeni in electrical ap- jrom wlticli they come to be enriched, excessive waste, or any corruption on the interior to wlthdraw lands for
newer to be transmitted In the torm pllances for Ihe conversion of water a work of the ulmos
newer tn be transmitted in the rorm pnances ror me co.neisiu.i a,.-, A worn oi me utmost Importance to 'be part nf the reclamation service, ihe nurnose of subniHtlng reennj-
o-Hcctrlcbv inanv miles to tile point power into eieclleity to be transmit, jmorm and inslruct the public on thin only Indicates an over zealous de- inendallciw ns In fn hire ,, snosiI ti n,
iwn as "water power" ted long distances lias progresseil so chief branch of ibe conservation ot Jre to extend the henellt of reclama- ol them win le tin leglslalli n I n e l
far that It Is no longer problematic- our resources Is being carried on sue- 110,1 as man*- acre* and as many ed svi 1 h made complete
of its use, Known
sites.
The
of the
cution
orously continued under my adminis- tent will taKe
I ii 1 1IIUI li IB II" '"'Ih' '| • •• UUI I erMUll v.r-D in uniih «uiint« "n _ . ■
InveaticQtlonS into violations nl, but it is a certain Inference that cessfully in the department of agri- ^t«^tes ns possible « cIII b. of <
uSbtfc land jaws and the prose- in the future the power of Ihe water cui„n.B. But it ought not to escape ' recommend therefore, that an- Forest ""ervea of United I
of land frauds have been vie- Hawing in the streams lo a large ex- public attention that state action In }'10rL^ ' inn-an non in !
, Lin,,,,;? on.ter ,nv admlnis- lent will take the place of natural addition lo that of the depart mem of W! t MM ol l ,dS ( m Ime to «me lftMTO OOn In
States.
the United
the aK '^e secretary of the interior ""der the control of the department
necessary, the proceeds rf a err i culture, with authority ade-
the completion of the nuate to preserve them and to extend
•begun and their their growth «;o far as that mav be
ind the l>onds run- practicable. The Importance of the
i , * . . Un _ •...* , ; ,. ,. ... ■ ning ten years or more, to be taken maintenance of c«r forest -, can not
Slice March 4, 1909, temporary er under private ownership shall be a of Ul0 public domain, the area of 11^. ,t|> by |W; procef>dg of rotu,nrt to U;0 ho plated The "o^PibHIty of a
withdrawals of power sites have been monopoly. If, however, the watei homestead has been enh.ged f'W . .^r-Hni'ation fund, which returns, as 11 enVIftC treatment of forests in or
made on 102 streams and these with- pewer sites now owned bv the Go - -jgo ^20 acres .has resulted mos yeh^s go on, will incre.i- e rapidly de1* ihfVt1 IhfV ffhfcM be p^de'to vield
drawals therefore cover 229 per cent ernment and there are enough ot heneflclalb* In the extension of dry j,, nTTir,,n| i-.rire In timber without
more streams than weie covered by them shall be disposed of to private farming, and tlje demonstration There is no doubt at all that if r^Hv redMc'tir the sit^p'v has been
ihe withdrawals made prior to that persons for the iu\estment of then ;vhlch has been made of the nossibili-. bonds were to be allowed to demonstrated in ot'her countries and
date. capital In such a way as to prevent ty. through a variation in the char- run fen v^r lhe ,)ror Cefls from Ibe n-,. ohou'd work toward ihe standard
The present statutes, except so far their union for purposes of monopoly acter and mode of culture, of raising pubijc 'ands, together wlt i the rent- M bv them as fa - as their methods
a« thev dispose of tlie precious met- with other water power sites, and substantial crops without the presence f0,. ^vqtc ' furnished through the - r^ annl'^^ble lo our renditions,
nls and the purely agricultural lands, under conditions that^ shalj limit the ,.f 8UCh a BUpplv of wate^ as has been r.rTT1nir ( d enterprls would qnicklv
Missis
on the
on* hand and tlx t>hio oil the ot.her,
would seem to offer a great natural
means of interstate transportation
and lraffle. 'How far, if properly Im-
proved. they would relieve ihe rail
roads or supplement them in respect
to the Imlkie and cheaper coiumod
ities Is a matter of conjecture. No
ontoiprise ought to be undertaken
the eest of which is not definitely as-
certained :tnd lhe benefit and advanl
age of which are not know* and as-
sured by competent engineers and
other authority, When, hmvever, a
nroject of a d Unite oharaeter for tin
Improvement of a wate way has been
developed so thai the plans have
been drawn, the cost definitely esti-
mate:!. and the trafllc which will be
accommodated is reasonably proba-
ble, I i'.link it is the duty of congress
to undertake the project and make
provision therefor in the proper a;
propriation bill.
One cf the projects which answer-'
lie desc 1-ption I 'have given Is that
of introducing dams in the O-V.lo riv
er from Pittslnirg to Cairo, so as to
maintain at all seasons of the year,
bv slack iwater.j a depth of nine foet.
Upward of seven t)f these dam?
• nv< already been constructed and
six are under construction, while the
rotal required Is fifty. The remaining
cost Is known to be $63,000t04)0.
It seems to me that In the develop-
ment of our inland wateiiways ii
would be wise to begin with this par
ticu'ar project and carry It through
:.'i rapidly as may be. I assume from
reliable information, that It can be
constructed economically in ten years.
I recommend, therefore, that the
present congress in Mie liver and
harbor bill, make provision for con-
tinuing contracts to complete this
improvement, and 1 shall recommend
In the fuiirre, if it be necessary, that
muds be issued >o carry it through.
S^me Practical Projects.
What has been said of the Ohio
river is true in a Ws complete way
of the Improvement of the upper
Mississippi from St. Pawl to St
Louis, to a constant depth of six
feet, and from St. Louis to Cairo ot
a depth of «'igl t feet. These projects
have been pronounced practical by
competent boards of army engineers,
their cost has been estimated and
till ere is business which will follow
the improvement.
As these improvements are beln.7
made, a&d the I aJBc enconraged b>
them shows itseLf of suflleient impor
lance, the improvement of the Miss
issippl beyond Cairo down to the gulf,
which Is now going on with the main-
tenance of a depth of nine feet every-
where, may be changed to another
and greater depth if the necessity for
it snail appear to arise out of the
trafllc which can be delivered on the
river at Cairo.
I am Informed that the Investiga-
tion by the wate ways convention in
Europe show that the existence of a
waterway by no means assures tral
fic unless there is trafllc adapted lo
water carriage at cheap rates at. one
end- or the other of the stream, it
also appears in Kurope that the
depth of ihe streams Is rarely more
than six feel, and never more than
nine, llut it is certain that enor
mous quantities of merchandise are
transported over the rivers and ca
nals in Germany and France and Eny
land, and it is also certain that tlu
existence of such methods of trafl'u
materially affects the rale which th
railroads charge, and it is the best
regulator of those rates that we have,
not even excepting the governmental
regulation through the Interstate com
merce commission. For this reason
I hope that this congress will lake
such steps thai it may be called the
inaugurator of the new system ef In-
land waterways.
Fo • reasons which It is not nererv
sary here to state, congress has seen
fll to order au investigation Into the
interior department and the forest
service of the agriculture depart-
ment. The results o>f that investiga-
tion are not needed to determine the
value of. and the necessity for. the
new legislation which I have recom-
mended in respect to the public
lands and in respect to reclamation
I earnestly urge that the measures
recommended be taken up and dis-
posed of promptly, without awaiting
the invest Igation which lias been de-
termined upon. (Signed' William II
Taft. The White House, Washington,
.January 14, 1910.
NOW HE IS GREAT.
But Physician Committed Suicide
When Di credited.
REALLY WAS A SCIENTIST
Lived in Franc© and Knew Poverty
and Rcp'.oach Which Caused
Him to Suicide.
Paris, Jan. is The latest chapter
in a story filled with tears and Joy
and sadness and itiaduess and death,
'lie hero being an American, a na-
t.ve of Hartford, Conn., is now Hear-
ing n fitting end here.
v loiiunieiii i. being erected in the
Square des Ktat IJ nis, Avenue d'lena
near ihe famous Champs Klysees, in
memory of Dr. Horace Wells, the dls-
(overer of the practical : e of laugh-
ing gas (nitrous oxide) lHscredltedd
•" home and abroad, deceived by
friends, hooted at and jeered by stu-
uents, the great man lost, his reason
and at New Yo !:, i.i lb-48 committed
suicide.
The monument now building here
will he dedicated in March, but a curl-
Ioub mistake is being made by those
Americans and Frenchmen in charge
ot the work. It is announced that
ihe dedication will be made in honor
<>, the late Horace Wells, "discover*
ej of 'anesthesia."
Tnis is untrue Though without
iiggestlon or aid from any one, Dr.
Wells discovered the anesthetic prop-
el ties of laughing gas and for his dis-
covery deserves the undying gratitude
of mankind, it was Dr. Crawford W.
Long, of Jetfeison, Oa., who Is en-
titled to the credit of making anethe-
sia known to the world, he perform-
ing an operation by the aid of ether
:a 1812. Dr. Wells first used laugh-
lug gas in 1814 in tooth pulling.
First Painless Operation
Dr. Long and his friends in the
country about Jefferson, Ga., used to
inhale the fumes of sulphuric ether
for fun. The physician noticed that
they would fall about and hurt them-
; elves, though at the time no pain
was felt, one of these friends, James
\ enable, had two tumors on his neck
and, half fearfully, consented to al-
hiw in l/ong to administer ether to
him while one of these was removed.
\ enable si id he felt not the slightest
pain. This took place March 30, 1842
and besides the original entry on Dr.
Long's account book (the charged
for the operation), four witnesses
saw the accomplishment of this first
painless sample of surgery. Tho sec-
ond tumor .vas removed later, in the
same way. The ether was poured on
a towel which was held to the pa-
tient's nostrils and mouth.
On December 11, 1844, Dr. Horace
Weils attended a lecture on chemistry.
Nitrous oxide came in for its share
d experiments. A man, under its In-
fluence, fell over a bench and struck
his shin cruelly against. It. After the
lecture Dr. Wells rushed up to him.
"Are you hurtt" he exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" the subject
asked.
"Why." replied Wells, "you struck
your shin with force against a bench."
And sure enough, upon examining tho
member, n was found to be cut and
bleeding.
Gave Doctor An Idea,
This gave Wells, who was a dent-
ist, his idea. T.he very uext day he
had one of his own teeth extracted,
just to see if it hurt! It didn't. Then
e began himself to pull teeth with
the aid of the so-called laughing gas,
or nitrous oxide. In Boston, the gas
•.v.ts tried (1845) in major surgery. It
failed, and Dr. Wells was hooted and
chased from the hall by Lhe students
who we e attending the lecture.
From this time on, Dr. Wells led a
heerless existence. He came to
France and here in Paris, close to
the spot where the monument will
.stand completed, dedicated to his
memory and his work, the Institute
A France refused to give him credit
for his discovery. Dr. W. T. O. Mor-1
ton, another dentist, and Dr. Charles'
T. Jackson, both of Huston, had put
in their claim just before Wells ar-
il ved.
Drove Him insane
Poor Wells at lasi went to New
York. There In* became mentally de-
ranged and killed hiinsolf, a disap-
pointed, discredited, laughed at, much
mistaken man.
Dr. Long himself had a sad, but a
nobler ending. Ho had moved . to
Athens, Ca., and was called one night
to bring a little being Into the world.
The operation just completed, the
/rear man collapsed, unconscious. He
icgained his senses after a moment,
gave directions for the comfort of the
mother and babe, then passed away.
Morton's death was more tragic.
He was unsuccessful 1n pushing his
claims before congress at Washing-
ton and in despair or what is more
probable, prompted, by an unhinged
mind, he jumped Into a lake. He
died soon after, a few minutes subse-
quent to being found unconscious.
Jackson, if I mistake not died in a
madhouse. He at any rate, lost his
reason an l died a raving maniac.
SCHOOL LAND SALE.
are not adapted to carry out ihe mod- rigM of use to not exceeding 00 years ^j-ptofore thought to be necessary
ern view of the beit dlsoosltlnn o' prr -r '«r tlr'«™inlrE n fnr aE.in,ii„-P.
public lands to p ivate ownership un •■asonabV- n-a^uatnd rental, and with irrigation Of Arid ' and'
der condiliouK offering on the one "'trie enultsble provision lor fixing pin there are millions of acres of
sir,Vine- fund Innze enough forr'it lind In
villi. 111.
vide iV-rit tr-Tr!"
>-,|<! nf 1.1(10(10 0(10 aer^o of
conntrv are In
itrtv .i*r"n
CHILD SWALLOWS GLASS
Weatherford. Okla.. .Ian. 20.—While
al work Mrs. Pole Fowler, who liveH
near town, heard her small child
choking am! found th?t the baby while
sitting on the floor had got some
pieces of glass and swallowed them.
Mrs. Fowler was able to extricate
Home of them herself. WIiIIp suffer-
ing considerably at the lasi repori
Ihe child was recovering.
DR COOK
Lawton. Ckla., Jan. 20.—For the
purpose of segregating Ihose state
--hool lands In Comanche county
which contain oil and gas deposits,
and those which may be sold later as
addliimis 10 lownslles and withdraw-
ing from the present market, R. L.
Lundsford, at the hevl of the segre-
gated land department of thff state
land commission, the state auditor
and a member of th© school land
commission, are here looking over
loral conditions preparatory to the
opening of the auction sale of school
lands to bo sold In this county be-
t.wi'en February 7 and 12.
hand sufficient Inducement to private ;,nd renewal it would seem entirely completely arid lam', in the public ,.B t , |lr {rr <if t|)(. recla natlon totr-ince of 11"- feres' Th<. wir*
rn> Itil lo take tlioni over for proper possible to p' event the absorption of domain which, by lhe establtshmonl fund. It wl'l be drawn in aiieh a wnv -lived bv the feres'" In 'be enua'bn-
development, wMb restrictive condt--these most useful lands by a powei „f reservoirs for the sloring of wa- as to secure Interest -.1 the 'owns! linn of (he rnnnl* of wile' on w-'le
tions on the" oilier which shall secure monopoly. As long as the Govern- l(,r n,1(] the 1 'ligation of tlie lan a ,a*e ->t>d fan' ti"' cre'it ef 'he I'ul- ..-ixls !<• a, trailer "f ,Uxc" .«'n>. a-"'
10 ihe nubile that character of eon- rnent retains control nnd can prevent lliay he made much more fruitful and tPd Slates will he pledged for ihei-- .".rn.it,. but >'•« ec-fiil lo noli' lo be
110| which will prevent a monopoly 'heir imp-oper union with other productive than the besi lands in a- rede-nwtlon der'.-™i b- i'-e "ub'le from lb •
or misuse of lhe lands or their pro- plants, competition must be maintain- climate where the moisture comes I urge conslderalnn of lhe recoai- tension of forest lands on water
C" oenhagen. Denmark. Jan. 1 — Will enter Law Firm
The cociMiiittee of the unlveralt.x Sumner .1. I.lpseonih has resigned
licit- completed the examination of as private secretary to Judge T. H.
Or Frede irk \ Cook's original Owen of the criminal court of appeals,
notes I'ldin. confirming Ihe previous effective February 1, to enter the law
conclusions Unit not lhe sllgh'est firm of Owen and Stone at Muskogee,
•ireof or the explorer reaching th M 8. Lipscomb of Eufaula is to fill
North Pole had been submitted. the vacancy.
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