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LABOR BILLS FAIL MEASURES MAKING 8 HOURS A DAYS WORK ARE KILLED. Orejca City Charter Bill Pastes Both Houses Barlow Charter Goes Through the House All Executions Win Hereafter Take Place Within Penitentiary Walls. SALEM, Feb. 13 (Staff Correspond ence. ) The Senate passed The Dalles Celilo portage railway bill yesterday. Senator Brownell voted against the bill, which carries with it an ap propriation of $166,000. The bill passed the Honse Monday and Re presentatives Huntley, Paulsen and Webster voted against it. The meas ure means much to Portland and East ern Oregon. The unity and harmony that exists between the members of .the Clackamas County delegation is jemarkable. . . Pierce's bill to increase the term of office of county assessors to four years passed the Senate yesterday. President Brpwnell's bill to moke eight hours constitute a day's work throughout the state on publio works and in factories has been indefinitely postponed as was his bill to prescribe the manner in which married persons may become liable aa sureties. Bailey's bill to prohibit the nse of deception in securing employes and to protect employes who belong to laboi -organizations were indefinitely post jtoned in the Senate yesterday. Courtesies of the House were extend ed to Hon. A. S. Dresser, of Clack amas County yesterday. Huntley's bill to incorporate Bar low passed the House yesterday. The substitute bill to create a bureau of labor statistics and to pro vide for a commissioner of labor at a salary of $1800 was defeated in the House yesterday. The vote was very close and a reconsideration will be demanded today. Senator Marsters' bill providing that all executions shall take place within the walls of the penitentiary has passed both Houses and will become .a law. , - ' ' The bill to pay Indian war veterans f 1865-66 ffOO.OOO has been reported unfavorably in the House and will not pass. Senator McGinn's bill authorizing the construction of a suspension bridge across theWillamette River at Oregon City has not yet made its reappear--ance. The bill passed the Senate. It was desired by O. D. Latourtete, pres ident of the Oregon City & Surburban Railway Co., and after its passage was withdrawn and did not go to the House. It is said that the Oregon Water Power & Railway Co. , whose interests are opposed to Mr. Latour- ette's road, influenced the withdrawal of the bill. The bill to roquire school districts to hold school four months school a year to entitle tliem to their propor tion of school funds was defeated in the House last night. The Oregon City charter bill passed the Honse and Senate Tuesday. The bill to repeal the scalp bounty law has passed the House and its passage is expected in the Senate. - The bill for the creation of Stock man County failed to pass the Sonate. The governor has signed the fellow servant law and Phelps' bill to make the term of office of road supervisors "begin January 1. The House has voted an appropria tion of $4000 for a Summer school at Newport. The Drain normal school -will probably pass out of existence as an appropriation for its maintainance will be refused. Valentine Tea. The ladies of St. Paul's Guild, of the EDisconal Church, will give a Valentine Tea in Willamette Hall next Saturday afternoon from two to five o'clock. An invitation has been extended to friends of the church. Twentv-five cents admission will be charged. Who's Who Minstrels will be on Thursday, ebruary 19. Dancing School. Turney starts a school at the Beaver Creek halL Meet every Wednesday -nitrlit. from 8 to 12 o'clock. Admis- sion, gents 50 cents, ladies free. Beatie & Beatie. dentists, Weinhard building, rooms 16, 17 and 18. FLAGS ON THE CAPITOU" What It Hhu Wkn Thar ax Tir ' la at Half Maat, The flying of flaga over the capital at half mast li regulated by the strictest rules. Whenever these flags are seen floating half way down the mast It Is a sure Indication that a vice president, senator or representative Is lying dead or that the action Is taken In response to a presidential proclamation ordering the flags on public buildings at half mast In respect to the memory of some prominent official of the government who has passed away. When the sergeant at arms of the senate or house of representatives learns of the death of a member of either of those bodies, he at" once orders that the flags over the senate chamber or hall of representatives be half masted. This is often done before the houses of congress themselves are officially notified of the death. A good deal of discretion Is exercised In the manner of placing the news of a death of this kind officially before the senate or the house. Upon such an announce ment It Is customary for the houses to adjourn In respect to the deceased sen ator or representative, and in order that the current business may not be stopped early in the day the announce ment Is generally made Just before the houses are ready to conclude their day's work. Officers of the senate and house when they fly the flags at half mast In response to a proclamation by the pres ident regard their action as one of courtesy, as they do not recognize the power of the president to order con gress to do anything except, to assem ble In extraordinary session. They have always responded to the requests of such proclamations. It would be a nice question, If one could imagine that it could ever be raised, to know to what extent the president's authority would allow him to.order flags at half mast on the capltol. While his author ity, would not extend over the em ployees of the senate and house, yet the capltol itself for many years was in fact controlled exclusively by him so far as the care of the building is concerned, and the- superintendent of the building Is today appointed by him without confirmatory action on the part of the senate. As a matter of fact, the capltol has for years been under the direct control of the committees on appropriations of the two houses of congress, but that control has been accorded them by the failure of the president to give any or ders to the architect or more lately to the superintendent of the capltol. If be should order that official to fly flags over the capltol at half mast and the order should be disobeyed, he would have power to dismiss him and appoint some one else in his place without the concurrence of either branch of con gress, except so far as the appropria- tlon for the official's salary would be Involved. These are practically moot questions, but they occasionally form Interesting subjects for fireside talks awhen flags are half masted In response to presidential proclamations. wasn ington Star. Thumb Nail Picture. In collections, centuries old, to be seen In both China and Japan are specimens of the most remarkable drawings in the world, pictures of all kinds drawn with the thumb nail. The nails of the thumbs on the left hands of the artists of these are allowed to grow to an enormous length, some times to a foot or eighteen Inches, and are then pared down to a pen shaped point Dipping this oddly constructed pen in beautiful vermilion oi sky blue ink, the only kinds of Ink usee! in these sacred thumb nail drawings, the artist gracefully outlines his work. Occasionally the bold touches from the studio of a master In this depart ment of "high art" are life size and are sketched by n few sweeps of the artist's arm. Like other pictures and sketches of the orient, these sacred thumb nail pictures tire mounted and rolled up like scrolls. " work! ngTi n " f hVeTd ark7 DlNComfortn of Mining Before the Davy Iamp Wu Lit. The difficulties under which coal mining operations wore carried on be fore the scientist Davy had invented his Bafety lamp must have been very great. In many times the only alternative the mediaeval miner had to pitch darkness was the phosphorescent gleam from dried fish. The miner's implements, originally of stone or hard oak, gradu ally improved, but he was forced to work In almost complete darkness until Sir Humphry Davy by his remarkable Invention enabled him to light his way through the tunnels he had excavated with comparative safety. Agrlcola, an author who wrote about the middle of the sixteenth century, has left an elaborate treatise on coal mining as it was practiced during the middle ages. From this we learn that the horse gin, which survives to the present day In some of the mining dis tricts of Great Britain and northern Europe, was the engine chiefly em ployed both for lifting the coal and for getting rid of the water. This latter object was also sometimes effected by means of pumps turned by windmills or by tunnels driven with great labor to an outlet at a lower level. At Willamette Park, Saturday after noon, the Barclay High School football team defeated the Caneniah team by a score of 17 to 0. It whs a wet day and the field was very muddy, but both teams played the harder to make the game interesting. T!.r thn Canemah team has improved sine- irslast game, is shown by the scor--, :i wt Vcitig so big as it was at th-; tml thi? former game. A s nail uuiiti.t:.; of spectators were in attendanoo. , . WANTS THE EARTH VICTORIA,. B. C, MAN WOULD LIKE SOMETHING CHOICE. Desires to Settle On Aa Oregon Farm, With a Salt Water Front at the Mouth of a Large Creek or Small River Has No Time to Study Government Reports. The absolute nerve of some people is amazing. The writer of the follow ing letter is a shining example of the class. What he does not want is not worth having and in a letter written several weeks after this one he asks for a reply by return mail The let ter was received at the United States Land Office and needless to say it was not met with a very cordial reception. The land office receives daily dozens of letters from people all over the country .f and last Monday over 100 answers were mailed to eastern people in search of information about ' the west. The writer's name is not given but the letter is authentic : Victoria, B. 0., Canada. The Government Land Office : SALE - Ton would oblige the undersign 1 in giving lull particulars about set tling in your state as farmer, i. e. state nature of soil, flora and fauna, climate, prices of land per acre, how many acres to a block or section or whatever you call it. State of com munication and markets. Name conditions under which U. S. nationality is obtainable and hight of taxes. - The ideal place would be : - About 150 acres or thereabouts of well tim bered land with average good soil. ABOUT 20 CHAINS OR SO OF SALT WATER FRONT AT THE MOUTH OF A LARGE CREEK OR SMALL RIVER. First class deer, grouse and duck shooting and in reasonable dis tance from big or fur game. First class trout fishing. Not beyond 25 miles and not under 10 miles from railway or steamer port. When answering this please say if and where such a place might be found and send a map for information. Do not send printed government reports as I got on time to study them. Plainly answer my questions and oblige. TIN WFDINQ. Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Boyer Celebrate Their Tenth Anniversary. The tenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Boyer was cel ebrated at their residence on the cor ner of 14th and 5 ain street Tuesday evening. Many of their friends were resent to wish them happiness and they' received a number of presents of tinware. The evening was passed with games and conservation. In the don key game Mrs. Mosier won the first prize and S. F. Scripture the second prize. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Waldron, Mr. and Mrs. Scripture, Mr. and Mrs. Mosier, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas, Mrs. Brnn ner, Mrs. Luttz, Mrs. Dempster, Goas- on, and Messrs. Mi ley and Waldron. DATE IS CHANGED. 0. A. R. and W. R. C. Encampment Post poned Until Last of June. The annual encampment of the De partment of Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps, which was to have been held in Portland' from May 14 to 17 inclus ive, has been postponed and will take place about the last of June. The exact date has not yet been determined. Weather conditions are more favorable at that time and for several reasons it was deemed adyisablo to change the date. Miss Conyers' Concert. Arrangements have been completed for the concert to be given bv Miss Mary Conyers in Woodmen Hall, Tncs- pay, lebrnnry 14. The program will be rend'Te.l by Mrs. Walter Reed, Mr. Dom J. Zan and Miss Marian Law rence, of Portland, Miss Veda Wil liams and Mrs. Robert A. Miller, of this city. Mrs. Miller will give one of her delightful Shakespearian read ings. Mr. Zan has only recently re turned from San Francisco, where he sang in public and received an enthus iastic reception. . After the close of the program there will be an informal hop. To Address Women. Mrs. B. H. Trumbull, of Portland, will speak in the parlors of the Baptist church, Thursday, Feb. 19, at 2 :30 P. M. This address will be given under the auspices of the Mothers' Club. The subject: "The Responsibility of Mothers to Children Other Then Their Own. " MA. Trumbull is a forceful and interesting speaker and the women of this city are most cordially invited to hear her. ; . . . . l PICTURESQUE BRITTANY. A Market Imu la Tala Frewk Prartaea. Qaalal r 'an j Is a land where the peasants till e earth in souave trousers, torea (or Jackets covered with arabesque embroideries and green waistcoats around which run lines of crimson. The women wear short red skirts, great medlci collars and coifs that flut ter about their heads like the wings of doves. From beneath the points of their black caps the children gaze at yon with wide eyes full of the curiosity Of animals. ' These people live In houses built of sculptured granite and sleep In open work closets carved like the mouchara bleks of Egypt In spite of the "Breton Interiors' and "Returns of the Fishermen" with which painters swamp the market this race is still unknown or misunder stood, for they should be seen not In paintings, but In their homes, in their old. time streets, on market days and when, in fair time, the tents are pitched m the village market places. Fiery little horses draw to market fish, fine vegetables and all the early produce of Roscoff. They are spread out npon the sidewalk. Chickens cackle; goats bleat; pigs, tied by the leg, strain toward the vegetables, sniff ing at the fresh greens. Farmers In sabots, carrying great bine umbrellas under their arms, with the two ribbons of their felt hats float ing down their backs, pick their way among the Dlnan china displayed on the ground capacious soup tureens, cider jugs and plates covered with painted flowers and grotesque figures. The peasants converse with but few gestures; they bargain in gutteral tones. These taciturn people forget them selves in the barrooms on. fair days. The taverns are full of noise. Tou may hear the sound of an accordion and the plaintive note of the binlou (a sort of bagpipe), leading monotonous dances. Into the harbor come boats laden with fish; other boats go out The fishermen are full of business. Next week will occur the departure for the new country. There are women who weep. Above all this agitation the smoke of the village chimneys mingles with the great white clouds. The quiet sea mir rors the sun. Artist Castalgne in Cen tury. LITERARY TREASURES. Some Which Have Been and Some Which May Be Vomt to View. . The world, we have been assured time and again, knows nothing of its greatest men. Perhaps It Is equally lg norant about its greatest books. Are we quite sure that the Idols In our lit erary pantheon are arrayed in their due .order of precedence? The rules of precedence change, and who shall as sert that those prevalent at any given time are the final ones?' But above all, are we quite certain that there may not Jbe a, notable work of genius lying unnoticed ' and unknown amid the wrecks of the river of time, waiting only for some lucky accident that shall reveal it in all its beauty to an aston ished world? Such accidents with such results have been frequent In the history of the past Indeed such accidents have pre served or have revealed to the world no Insignificant proportion of its now acknowledged masterpieces. The books of the Bible themselves have experienced the narrowest es capes from what might have resulted in their total loss. The most notable example Is that of Deuteronomy, which disappeared from the Jewish world for over a century. The story of Its re discovery by the high priest Ilezeklah during the reign of good King Joslah is set forth In the Old Testament. Shakespeare was practically forgot' ten In the days when Addison wrote his "Account of the Greatest English Poets," with never a mention of the name of the very greatest, yet It was shortly afterward that Shakespeare was resuscitated. Fitzgerald's "Omar Khayyam" and Blnckmore's "Lorna Doone" dropped stillborn from the press and later won a sudden popularity by accident Wil liam S. Walsh In Era Magazine. Patience With Eccentricity. Many of the loading people in Eng lish society regarded Thomas Carlyle with a feeling almost akin to reverent delight when he chose to behave like an ignorant boor In their drawing rooms, even taking his seat, It Is said, unbidden in the presence of the queen, This generation, however, has little pa tlence with such eccentricities. It was an English bishop who, when the historian Freeman bad worn out his patience with his rudeness, intro duced him to a waiting audience as "the distinguished scholar that so ad mirably describes and illustrates the savagery of our ancestors." Treating- Burns. Cold water with ice In It Is the thing to use when an accidental burn from acids or alkalis !s encountered. Nitric acid gets spilt at times, or even vitriol may. A limb burned with acids must be plunged in cold water and kept there, so that the water may dilute the traces of the acid In the skin as much as possible. When acid burning causes Injury, the water should be ren dered alkaline by adding soda to coun teract the acid. Botanical Note. A fern in a jardiniere and two little sprouts In tin cans If put In a window are sufficient to give the woman who owns them the right to use the word "fernery." Atchison Globe. Gome men are like telescopes you draw them out, see through Uiem and then shut them up. , TH i M ARVE LGUS- POVftrl tion of electricity to benefit the human' race. Powerful as the eleclric current is in itself it may be controlled by a child. Portland General Electric Co. Golden Rule Bazaar Spring Goods Arriving Dally. Big Reduction in Boots and Shoes and Men's and Boys' Clothing. Special Sale of Stationery and. Toilet Articles. Largest Line of Valentines in the City. Adams Bros.9 Golden Rule Bazaar Oregon Gity's Big Gash Store Clackamas County Record 1.75 a Year Oregon City Planing Mill all kinds of Building Material, Sash, Doors, Mouldings, Turning and Scroll-Sawing. Orders for all kinds of Mill Work solicited. Promptness and quality of work guaranteed. Before placing your orders write and inquire for prices. Shop Jobwork of all kinds. DOC This Is Your Chance To Buy Goods at Prices To Slt Your Purse...... We have just finished stock-taking and must reduce stock to make room for spring and summer goods. 'will Sell Everything At a Big Redtictlonj Shirt Waists and Skirts, Latest Styles; Dry Goods, Underwear, Hosiery, Shoes, Etc., of the best make and quality. . . ' Men's and Boys' Clothing, Hats, Gloves, Mackin toshes, Etc., at prices that no prudent buyer ever overlooks. ' Come and See for Yourself. THE RED FRONT GEO. T. HOWARD, Prop. fl Court House Block, J d(' The wonderful intellecl: of man has many surpris- ing things. But none greater than the subiuga- P. S. B71KRR. Proprietor 30C A) Oregon City, Oregon fl 30 C3C