Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-04
LITTLE TALKS With
men IN OREGON WHO
ARE DOING THINGS

The federal grand jury has indicted Wm Haney Of Burns
for Illegal fencing OF public lands,
His trial will come off some time during May at Portland
will be another addition to the judicial reform farCeS en-
acted in Oregon.
Mr. HanIey organized company and his company bought
large tract OF the 6lenn-F renCh lands,
Some OF these lands are fenced and some are not
aney and his company have never fenced an acre OF land
nor even kept up the fences they bought with the land
In the meantime VIM. Haney Is doing things to open up
Central Oregon,
He one Of the principal promoters of the movement for
railroad from Boise TO Coos Bay
hat movement includes the fight for the district built rail-
road an application OF an old principle to new disease
railroad StranguOtIS,
Wm HanIeyS clear business brain conceived the idea Of
the district principle applied to building railroads.
When the bill TO create port districts 10 improve water tran
pohaton being considered by the Development Congress
ne asked the question Why not law to create railroad dis
trctS2"
II constitutional to create district to provide better
waterways, why is i not just as lawful to create the dis
trct to improve land transportation
a district can tax itself for lis own benefit to improve
waterway why not to improve highway
Constitutional lawyers are funny animals that plain man
like Bill Hanley can't understand
is not unconstitutional to tax the people TO build the port
age railroads on the Columbia to relieve the eastern Wash
ngton grain growers
Is not unconstitutional C appropriate money to build
automobile road to Crater Lake
is not unconstitutional to build locks and canal at Ore
gon city, present them to corporation and then help the
general government buy them back
is not unconstitutional to buy ight-oway from rail-
road company for a canal at the falls Of the Columbia
is not unconstitutional to enact the Oregon water code
TO create irrigation districts that will build canals and
Vos by taxing the lands and issuing bonds and exercise
eminent domain.
But before you can create railroad district law you must
amend the Oregon constitution
The constitution provided for only three supreme Judges,
The people voted down an amendment 10 provide five
supreme judges
But the legislature expands the constitution and enaCts
five judges.
To create offices the constitution can be wrenched and
violated
Se-expansye oftlclasm compIacenty fills the positions
forbidden by the constitution,
Great is the constitutional lawyer.
Idaho enaCtS the dStrCt-buI railroad law and the HaneY
idea is spreading over two states,
VIM lianley and his friends may organize a district tor
central Oregon without waiting for the consent OF the con-
sttltOna lawyers. Watch the Hanley idea grow.
he live men on Coos Bay are starting to build a rail
road to RoSeburg without waiting for the constitutional law
yerS
The next Development Congress will be held al BumS the
home Of Wm Haneyi $50 miles from railroad.
The ONgon-ldaho Development Congress will 30 on with
lis campaign OF doing things Tor a greater Oregon,
In the meantime watch the dlStricbuIt railroad idea
grow
like to call attention to the men who are doing things
IN Oregon
So much needs doing and development is such an urgent
necessity Il pity to waste space politics and cOntrO
versy.
Two men are doing things TO transform Baker county.
Jacobs and AmIe came out from the east two years ago,
lhe{ are SAID 10 be interested IN the extension OF the
Eaee Valley railroad,
They are working pro eCt 10 iTrgae 25.000 10 30.-
900 acres OF the Upper PowdT valley.
railroad and irrigation are the parents OF Highest Pros
pedN,
Irrigation nsureS sure crops and sure dividends