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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-16

state" he said, "the United states
government turned over sections 1G
and 90 OF every township for the sup
port Of the common schools. school
lands lost to the state could be used
as basis for the selection Of other
lands. These land grabbers early
saw an opportunity to pick up some
easy money.
1T was the states duty to furnish
prospective purchasers Of lieu lands
the base land for the selection, but
General Odell had desk in the state
land office and gave out this infor-
nation, charging 81 or $3.50 per acre
The buyer would take a description
Of the base to the state land agent
and would pay the price. TO be turned
over TO the school fund. NOtwith-
standing the state did not have title
at the time. Odell collected nearly
100000 in this way and when Cham
berlaiR came. into the governors Of
flee and the selections, on account OF
irregularity. were turned down at
Washington. the people wanted their
money back from Odell, but could not
get II.
Blue Mountain Story RctOId
Concerning the Blue Mountain land
frauds for which a number Of prom
inent public officials and politicians
were indicted. he said: "Over In
eastern oregon Congressman J. N
Williamson and others picked up
lot Of scab land through Binger Her
man and had a forest reserve crea-
ted. They thus created lot Of lieu
land base or scrip which could be
used to select valuable timber lands
at other points.
Going deeper into the land fraud /
the speaker told Of the
dummy locations and how these op-
orators went down into the north end !
and produced dummy applicants for
81 head to use in securing title to
school land.
In 1898. the governor said. ]. II.
Booth. r. A. Booth, John Kelly and
George Kelly ran "a little sawmiil at
saginaw. They had a little timber
here and while logging ran into the
holdings Of the Oregon & California
The railroad company was suppos-
d to sell these grant lands at $3.50
,er acre to actual settlers. but they
we're not doing il. 1.-THE little fell
ow" said the governor "could not
,uy"
He described the railroad lands as
,eing very valuable. Some Of these
laims cruised as high as 100000
eet The Booth-Kelly company. he
sserted. paid Jordan 500 for a a.
100 900 foot claim, easily worth S10,-
90 today.
Small Holders Squeezed out.
Small holders, he asserted. were
ompelled to sell out for paltry sums
he governor described how Mr..
tooth used his poor relations to ac- q.
ure lands the Booth Kelly Lumber
ompany paying the fees
do you suppose any OF George y. :
poor relations would
e Induced to commit perjury to as
st him I'm amassing a fortune?
iy no." A burst OF applause greet :
4 his statement
why. in the evidence OF the Booth '
ase. a young woman testified that :
he had received 500, but did not !,
now what it was FOR. Booth stated
e was giving il to her to help her ,
IT. Her claim. which went to he =
Doth Kelly company, was worth :,
1000"
Gang Wants tO Get Back.
outlining the various Booth-Kelly u
nber acquisitions throughout the :
story Of the corporation, the gov i
nor said that the company now "
vned 259.0OO acres. This. he re- ;
arkeI, was $4,000 more than Bill "
anley has. i
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-16
GOVERNOR TELLS
BIG AUDIENCE Of
BOOTHS FORTUNE
HOW CANDIDATE FOR u. S. SEN
ATE ACQUIRED WEALTH
SUBJECT OF TALK.

COnnlvancc With Dishonest Railroad
Officials, Use OF Dummy LoCators
and Other Fraudulent Means Al
legged by Governor West TO Have
Started Booth on Way TO Wealth.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
FRIENDS ASK MILLIONS
FOR THE SCHOOLS

Quakers propose a campaign to secure
100000 for their board Of education
and Friends colleges in equal amounts to
the extent or $1.0oo.ooo. and boards of
home and foreign missions in the other
H,ooo,ooo. They propose also an educa-
tion secretary, and a new and broader
policy governing all departments Of what
they call their five-year meeting activi-
ties. Haverford. Barlham and Whittier
colleges are the foremost Quaker ones
that are strictly collegiate, and there arc
six others that have preparatory depart
ments. General Secretary Mills, of the
five-years meeting. is actively committed
to the new campaign.
The particular Quakers involved in
these new plans are the Orthodox, the
large Friend body. having strongest SUP
port In the Middle West
In the same body OF Quakers agitation
is now going on in favor of a Quaker
mems conference. The only opposition
thus far heard comes from women who
desire to attend. Quaker traditions are
against recognition Of sex difference in
religious work. Quaker leaders are say
ing that men have not taken part In
religious work among them as they have
done in other bodies. No date or place
has yet been selected for the conference,
but indications are that the meeting will
be held. The aim Is the same as that
- Methodists, who recently held a con-
ference that was attended by 5000 ON
cials and leaders.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
CHRISTIAN UNITY
N MISSION FIELDS

The foreign mission boards report
church unity to be much farther ad-
vanced in foreign fields than in the
churches in America So pronounced Is
the sentiment that every religious body
is compelled to bow down to it Occa-
sionally some new missionary gives voice
to sectarian sentiments, only to be re-
minded that he must conform or get out
The Philippines have proven a practice
field in cooperation, with Korea a close
second in results In China unity is prac-
ticed in matters of education, both prt-
mary and advanced. and the old duplica-
zion and waste have ended. In all of
these fields the advanced Anglicans-
High Church Episcopalians from America
and England-have fallen in with others,
and il is declared that business methods
to an extent not at all realized at home
OBTAIN in these foreign countries.
Presbyterians, leaders in these unity
plans, have in hand China campaign to
raise 500 900 for betterment and to send
out many new missionaries within the
next three years. During the first year
of the campaign just ended, Presbyterians
in this country pledged $S50,0o0. Teams
are now out to complete the sum, and
forty young men and women are in semi
narles at the moment studying to go TO
China Formerly time to learn Ian
Cuages was taken after arrival in mis-
sion countries Now it is taken in the
preparatory schools, together with other
special equipment for work in particular
fields Presbyterian schools in China are
so crowded that new buildings TO ac-
commodate 5000 additional pupils are to
be provided by the next school year.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
Importance of Evangelism Receiping
Recognition By More Denominations

cases as more likely to drive young men
away than to bring them In. Especially
do they seek young men for the mission
fields, the home ones as well as foreign.
The Episcopal plan, now nearly perfect
ed. is to send over the country such
clergy as possess the largest gifts Of
spirituality and eloquence. to hold what
are termed missions, covering usually a
weeks time.
The General Assembly Of the Presby-
terian Church at Chicago this month re-
ported 5000 confessions of Christ within
the past year which Is said to exceed all
previous Presbyterian records
The United Brethren at their recent
national congress Of men at Dayton,
Ohio. fouad that 800 congregations last
year had not received single accession
by confession Of faith in Jesus Christ.
An evangelistic campaign was inaugu-
rated to increase their membership at
least 10 per cent q year.
The Congregationalists at thei coun-
ell at Kansas City last fall laid
greater emphasis on evangelism with the
result that many of their churches have
been greatly aroused on the subject and
many people have been added to their
congregations.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
MOVIES IN THE CHURCHES.

Rev. William Carter, formerly pastor
of the Madison Avenue Reformed Church,
New York. field secretary of the Inter-
national Peace Forum, q member Of the
National Board Of Censorship for Nov
ing Pictures. has been the prime mover
In establishing the Church and School
Social Service Organization. by which the
churches have definitely entered the
moving picture field to teach the Bible,
missions and great historical events
which have tended TO the betterment of
mankind Pictures will be taken of many
Biblical scenes at the places where the
events were transacted, so far as possible,
and OF the great missionary centers, and
others to show how the other half
lives" DR.. Carter says the organiza-
tion lis not Joined with commercial in
terests, but is one of clergymen, educa-
tors, and social service workers formed
for religious and philanthropic purposes
to uplift humanity through this popular
and widespread amusement" Repre-
sented on the advisory board are the
Baptist, Congregational, Episcopalian,
Methodist Presbyterian. and Reformed
churches. the Y. NJ. C. A, Boy Scouts.
and Big Brother Movement.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
GOOD ROADS SESSION
WILL Be Held JULY 6
Gov. Felker of New Hampshire to Be ,
Chief Speaker at Bethlehem Meet
ing Under A. A. A. Auspices.
WOULD BOOST NEW ENGLAND

Gov. FeIker. OF New Hampshire. viii
head the list Of noted speakers who win
address the good roads session OF the
midsummer meeting OF the American
Automobile Association. to be held at the
Hotel Maplewood. Bethlehem. y. H, on
the afternoon of July 6. The meeting
will be in charge OF Chairman George c.
Diehl Of the A. A. A. national good
roads board.
State Highway Commissioner S. Percy
Hooker. of New Hampshire; Lyman II.
Nelson, OF Maine, and Charles W. Gates,
OF Vermont, will tell Of roads develop
ment in their respective States. An ad-
dress which will have some reference to
Federal aid will be delivered by Paul D.
Sargent. the State highway engineer OF
Maine. who was formerly acting director
OF the United States office of public roads
OF the Department Of Agriculture Col
W. D. Sohier. chairman Of the Massa-
chusetts highway commission. also ex-
poets to be present.
The American Automobile Association is
accentuatinG New England territory for
the reason that a year hence there will
be a decided trend to the Pacific Coast
on account Of the Panama-Pacifc Expo
of wonderful road accomplishment in
Southern California. as well as in Oregon
and Washington. Early inquiries to the
A. A. A touring bureau. at 437 Fifth ave-
nue.. New York City. indicate a suhstan-
tial army Of road travellers who will head
westward in 1915.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

South; Episcopal which IL erecting sew
eral costly cathedrals: Lutheran, who in
most OF its synods Is gathering In foreign
born for the FIRST time into housed con-
Eregations; Methodist, Disciples and
United Brethren. which have building
campaigns on in several States; and edu-
cation which. In Presbyterian and some
other bodies. is raising large sums to send
to Christian training work abroad. The
sum named does not cover vast sums go
ing into structures for colleges once iden-
tified with Christian bodies, but now
wholly cut on from them.
The single district that Is undergoing
most radical changes. and giving Chris
tian churches the hardest propositions, Is
Manhattan Borough. New York City.
Here population changes. and the demand
for land and hotels, theaters and business
Is greater than any part Of any city ever
before went through. Yet In Manhattan
alone, exclusive OF growing suburbs of
New York, not less than Ss. 900 will go
into edifices to be used exclusively for
Christian work during the summer build
ing season now here, while as much Ms
SO. .00c. 900 Is covered In plans that are
already drawn. A very small proportion
Of these sums are for Brooklyn and the
Bronx Manhattan still leads all bor-
oughs. indeed all other cities.
In many cities the form OF churches is
changing. and no year will see so great
change as the present one. Structures
that resemble loft buildings or apart
ments with roof gardens and club fea-
tures like modern hotels are taking the
place OF conventional churches, certainly
of those with steeples and towers. Re
ports from every part of the country in
dicate that nearly $40, 10000 now involved
in plans will bring into existence edifices
that are as up to the minute in church
design as other sums to go into CONNER
cial or residential buildings.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
Religion and Social Serpice

gifts to missions and to charities, do
not prevail against the carrying forward
OF new projects The largest outlays
along these lines are In New York and
New England for the East, In California
because OF new structures going up for
use at the Panama Exposition, and In
the Southwest, The Middle West has
been building churches in considerable
numbers for the last ave years, and this
summer slacks up to some extent
The American people put into Christian
work, Of all forms 500. 10000 year. This
amount grows steadily. having nearly
doubled in the last fifteen years. Some
say people do not 60 to church as they
used to do. However that may be, they
give money In large sums. and seem not
to have been affected in 30 doing by
financial stringency in other lines OF
the total named. t45 900 a year goes
to so-called home missions. a very
broad term; SIS oO0.0 900 into new structures
and enrichments; $4,000 900 into foreign
missions, and the balance into mainte-
nance Apart from these. Christian peo-
pie give large sums to charities, and to
public relief OF all kinds. Indeed. while
Christians number only about a third
of the population, they give 50 Of every
"a that goes to charities, education, earth
quake disaster and other quick-call emer-
gencies
Religious bodies that are contributing
largest sums to these building projects
this summer are the Roman Catholic,
which Is advancing in many large cities.
among foreign born especially, and in the
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

Evangelism is being stressed by an
ever increasing number Of church
bodies. There is a growing conviction
among all evangelical bodies that the
world must be won to Christ as a direct
result of personal work and evangelistic
effort. Definite plans to this end have
recently been presentd by several de-
nominations.
The Methodists recommend local and
personal work. They give what is be-
neved to be the first ofiicial Endorsement
OF the new method of members OF
churches going and telling others what
they le6rned from sermons, instead of
inviting others to come to churches and
themselves hear. A church home week is
urged, corresponding to the church social
week adopted by Episcopalians, both with
the aim of a settlement and reporting
period for all forms of effort. Summer
campaigns are urged to start at once,
leaders in single congregations are to be
searched out and laymen made fa- larger
use Of
The Presbyterian and Reformed Church
campaigns plan better work in churches
located in college towns. They regard
frankly pastors in such towns in some
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
DR.. GULICK HoNoRED BY YALE.

Rev. Sidney L Gulick. the mission
ary OF the American board in Japan.
who has been working while on fur
Tough in this country, for a better un-
derstanding by Americans of the Japa-
nese problems and position, was hon
ored by a doctorate in divinity from
Yale University, at this years COM
mencement. The Federal Council of
Churches OF Christ in America, which
has appointed a commission on rela-
tions with Japan, has asked the Amer
can board to release DR.. Gulick to them
until January l. 1915. in order that
he may represent the commission be-
fore chambers Of commerce, city clubs
churches, universities and other or
ganizations- DR.. Gulick will speak be-
fore the National Education Associa-
ton in st. Paul. Mimi. next month on
the responsibility Of educators for the
solution of the Oriental problem. He
believes that American children should
be taught to look with good will upon
Immigrants and to recognize the good
gifts each race may bring.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
SOCIETY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE.
United Commercial Travellers
of America.

Flagg Council, No. 25s. United CONNER
cial Travellers OF America, at its June
meeting. held a smoker with compli-
mentary buffet lunch, and a large at
tendance was present. Some interesting
talks, with an abundance of witty, up
to-the-minute jokes, were handed out.
fun and frolic reigning supreme, with
Senior Counselor c. H. Strauss leading
the van.
The delegation to the Grand Council,
which met at Wheeling, W. Va, June 10,
II, and II will report at the July meeting
OF the council, July 4. Past Senior Coun-
selor W. w. Mansfield, of the local coun-
ell, was reelected grand treasurer at the
Grand Council session at Wheeling
June Il
Last Thursday night Secretary Albert
Triplett and Grand Treasurer W. W.
Mansfield attended Chesapeake Council,
in Baltimore, Md. where they were en-
tertained, and both made short talks.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

stops every motor coming into the city,
measures the cubic size OF the essence"
tank. measures the depth of the "es-
sence," then asks you how much you
have. disputes you, and, after delaying
and haggling while one might go twenty
miles. hnally assesses a heavy duty. %
centimes a liter. or about 20 cents a gal
Ion on what they think you have aboard.
The above tax at Paris is about the same
one has to pay in town over what he
would pay out of town. on essence"
Consequently on leaving the city one gen.
orally buys Just outside the line. Many
cities, including Lyons. have been mod
ern enough to abolish this tax. but .
great number stop one to ask il there is
any food aboard.
Tourists in France should be warned
not to blow the Klaxon or light the head
lamps in Paris. To do either IS almost
ever arrested for speeding in or out OF
Paris. and the pedestrian who is run over
has actually often been fined for being
in the way. Owing to the great speed OF
so many motor cars II is necessary to
drive very cautiously.
Formerly II was no uncommon thing
for a tourist to be obliged to remain for
a considerable length OF time at one place
in order that repairs might be made upon
his car. but the high development Of the
best in motor cars today has almost
eliminated this Objectionable feature. In
this connection, Mr.. NuttinG writes at
the close OF a recent letter: You will be
interested to know that we have not spent
a cent on our SteveEs-Duryea since leav-
ing America. We have toured Italy and
France, so far making 4.5O0 miles, and
after careful examination of the mechan-
ism can fnd nothing to do, as it is run
ming like silk. and not a nut or a screw
loose"
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

ment. and you will see the amount of
detail attached TO this business. Imagine
that were to say to you. I am going
away and want you to take charge
here You would really know just as
much about the business as l did in the
beginning.
Il now have entire charge here, and l
believe l have the business at my finger
tips. ! am very much interested in my
work and happy in the belief that my
firm trusts mY business capacity i'm
plicity.
Many persons have asked me what
is the best preparation for a woman who
would like to become an exporter, and
have always answered that l do not
know. In large exporting houses. each
detail is entrusted to a separate man.
One looks after the dock sheets. another
the consular papers, another the ship
ping papers and SO on: yet in order to
become an exporter one must know all
the details.
However. a woman entering the busi-
ness never lacks encouragement II she
has made up her mind firmly to sue
coed. she will find plenty OF willing hands
tn help her. l have never found that the
fact of my being a woman has either
helped or hindered me, and I certainly
have found that work keeps the mind
young. In the social world. one naturally
mingles with ones contemporaries and
thinks the thoughts of her years, where
as here in the business world one is sur
rounded by young people and uncon-
sciously thinks young thoughts. I have
never been happier than l am now
Until Mrs. Read mentioned age again
had forgotten I was speaking to
woman well along in years. She talks
with the certainty and fiuency OF an
alert business man, and 1t was with
start that remembered I had been
talking with a woman near the Scrip
tural three-score and ten.
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
OBSTACLES few FOR
AUTO TOURISTS NOW
Difficulties which a Few Years Ago
Seemed Inevitable No Longer
Exist.
ARTIST PRAISES GOOD ROADS

Wallace Nutting. who has a nation
wide reputation as an artist Of consider
able note, and who is especially well
known in the New England States, writes
very interestingly Of motor conditions
relative to a tour on the continent where
he and his party have been touring in
Stevens-Duryea for several months past.
He emphasizes the fact that the tour
ist of the present time does not need to
encounter the difficulties and annoying
experiences that a few years ago seemed
almost inevitable. Arrangements can be
made to place your car in the hands Of
high-class customs broker at Boston or
New York who will attend to all matters
such as procuring membership in the
Touring Club of France, and the Auto
Association Of Great Britain. and will
see your car shipped and through the
customs at each end. doing these addi-
tionaI services very promptly and with
out extra charge.
Many things have been done in the past
few years to aid the tourist in securing
desirable accommodations. Carefully pre-
pared maps with descriptive matter rela-
tive to points OF interest can be secured
by the traveller at his port of debarkaticn.
The distances from point to point are cor
rectIy shown and the points of interest
so marked that IL Is almost impossible 10
make an error by carefully following out
the directions as given.
As commonly known, the roads on the
continent are generally in good repair.
Especially in France, one does not need
to consult a map concerning their grade
and character. because both are always
good. Many points marked steep de-
scent" on the maps are gentle grades
which we should scarcely mention in
America There Is. however. one impor-
tant exception relative to good roads
those running into Paris are notorious
for rough pavements. though the pave
ment IN the city is good.
A serious annoyance to the tourist is
the fact that tie famous city Of Paria
The Washington herald., 1914-06-28
BAPTIST CHURCH BOAT.

Baptist missionary and educational in
terests are contracting for another trav-
cling church-their third-they are in
Producing the automobile colportage car
and church, and they were the first In
this country. to introduce the church
that is a railway car. The newest trav-
cling church is a boat, and ii is to go to
the camps and settlements on the upper
Puget Sound. This colportage and trav-
cling church is 45 feet long by IL feet
wide and besides accommodations for
the missionary and his wife with a
guest chamber, it has space for books
and an auditorium that seats twenty or
more.
A year ago Baptists put into commits
sion their first boat church, and few
months later their second one. One of
these cruises on Coos Bay. in Western
Oregon, among the mining camps, and
the other on Sacramento Bay and river
in California. Thousands Of families are
thus reached for Sunday schools and re-
ngious services that could not be in
any other way" The new boat, which is
TO cost S6, 900 and be a memorial TO the
late Rev. DR.. Robert G. Seymour, an
eminent Baptist in his day, will have
field of fully thirty people in the Puget
Sound region. The people are eager for
the innovation and have subscribed part
Of the money for II. Every possible con-
venience, especially electric convenience
for power and kitchen. are found on these
travelling churches.
The automobile colportage cars and
churches. put into service by Baptists,
are in use in Maine and Connecticut. ana
Baptists have now seven cars that are
fitted up as churches. They are hauled
by railroads of the Rocky Mountain and
Southwest regions. and laid up on side
tracks at small stations, where religious
services are held and Sunday schools or
ganized. The railroads haul the cars
without charge. Baptists say they have
demand for the eighth car. Very large
fields are covered by each.