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THE MOHNDTG OBEGONIN, SAUBDAT, SEPTEMBER 12, 19C& LEVY lit JANUARY? Questions Presented to At- topney-Generai ' Crawford. PLAIN IliTEUT OF J-EBI-SLATURE A-ssesamenOIadc This Tear at Large JSxjpenae IVai Certainly Intended to Be Uaed Decision Bear . ' - lag on Case. SALEM, ' Or?. Sept 1L (Special,) "Whether a levy of state and counts taxes can be made la, January 1904, 'upon the assesssment rol'of-JS03 is a-question that Las been presented-before Attorney-General Crawford for. bis opinion. The Attorney-General Is out of the city and will not take the matter "up until bis return. The Question -arises out of the fact that the new law changing the time .of levying taxes goes Into effect January L 1904. while the levy of taxes under the present syp-; tem will not be made until later In that month, when the County Courts hold their regular sessions. Under the-present sys tem the assessment is made in one year, the levy. made the followingjanuary and the taxes collected in April. The last Legislature,, in response to quite a general demand, changed the time of payment from Spring to the preceding Fall and provided that the assessment should bo made prior to July 1, the levy bo made In September and the taxes be collected before December 3L Since tho old law provided that the levy should bo made in January and the new law fixing the time in September will go into effect January 1, it Is clear that when the Coun ty Courts meet .next January they will find the law changed. Intent of Legislature. A hasty glance at the technical side of the situation would lead to the belief that the County Courts will be without au- thority to make a levy next January, but a broader view of it gives the subject an entirely different appearance. The ques tion Is one entirely of Legislative intent. Everybody knows that it was' not the in- tentlon of the Legislature to have an as sessment made in 1903. at an expenditure of many thousands of dollars, without any use being made of the roll thus prepared. It has been the universal understanding that under the new law a levy would be made next January and another In Sep tember. This feature of the tax law has been repeatedly discussed in tho news papers and was discussed at the Legisla ture last winter, and no one suggested that any other course might be pursued. This intention, evidenced by common knowl edge, is also supported by legal principles and by the act itself. The last section of tho act provides that the act shall take effect and be In force from and alter January 1, 1904. This shows an Intention to start the new system with the beginning of the year, but does not Indicate an intention to abandon proceed ings then under way. To Keep Finances Separate. Under the new system the assessment begins the first Monday in January, so the new law must go into effect by that time, but there was no occasion for it to go into force sooner. The purpose of the new law is to have the assessment begin with the calendar year and have the taxes collect ed on that assessment by the end of the same year, thus keeping each year's finances separate as much as possible, and the date fixes the starting point of the system. The principles off statutory construction as laid down in the decisions of the Ore gon Supreme Court, seem to bear out this vljiw. Thus in the case of Smith vs, Kel ly, rejorted In 24th Oregon, a suit arising out $. the repeal of the mortgage tax law In 1S93, Justice F, A. Moore said, amonxr other thlncs: Opinion Ity Justice Moore. "It Is a general rule that, unless re 'served, the repeal of a special tax law de stroys the remedy for enforcing the col lection of the tax; but where a tax sys tem is revised and the former law re- pealed, the Legislative intent is assumed to be of prospective force only, andbence prior valid assessments will not be affect ed by such repeal. In the present Instance the tax system was revised and, the rule laid down would seem to apply. Justice Moore cited "Cooley on Taxation" in support of the rule laid down. A decision rendered a few days ago by Circuit Judge R. P. Boise, at Dallas, seems also to be in points Tho facts were these: Hond Superviwor Case. The last Legislature passed an act pro viding that in January. ISM, the County Courts shall appoint Road. Supervisors. The same act expressly repealed the pres ent law on that subject and under the usual rule all Road Supervisors would now be out of office. In other words, according to the plain reading of the law. the office of Road Supervisor has been abolished. Judge Boise refused to take this view of the matter and held that tho Legislature, notwithstanding its express repeal, did not contemplate a lapse in the office-of Road Supervisor. In that case the court went further In ascertaining the intention of the Legislature than It would In hold ing that taxation proceedings already be gun shalL be carried to completion. In advising the Marlon County Court several times on questions arising out of charges in tho law, regarding collection of tares. Deputy District Attornev J. H. Mn- Nary has advised the court. In effect that the policy- of the law Is "not to swap horses while- crossing a stream," and that taxation 'proceedings commenced under., a law should be finished under that law. Secretary of State Dunbar and State Treasurer Moore, members of the State Board of Tax Levy, were asked this af ternoon what they think of this feature of the new tax law. 3Ir. Dunbar's TJnderstandlnK. Mr. Dunbar said that there is no doubt whatever as to the Intention of the Leg islature, but that the failure of the Legis lature to make an express provision for the completion of proceedings already be gun may give lawyers something to dis cuss. His understanding has been that a levy will be made in January. State "Treasurer Moore says that the Legislature's intention is clear and that while words expressly Reserving the pres- ent proceedings should have been added to the last section of the act there Is no good reason in support of a claim that such omission will prevent the levy being made. If a levy is not made In January, 1904, for the expenses of 1904, we will havoi t6 make a double levy in September for both 1904 and 1905, and no one can con tend that the Legislature contemplated a double levy on one assessment. "There is no doubt in my mind that a levy will be made in January, and that It will be upheld by the courts." Contestants "Will Lose Discount. That some one will test the validity of a levy made In January is probable, but that taxpayers generally will refuse to pay Is very improbable, for if the "con testants should lose In the courts they would los.e the discount for prompt pay ment and also suffer tho addition of pen alties. Tax evasion has not had much support from the courts, and even where assessments are known to be defective there are but few who refuse to pay. It is quite certain that after a levy had been made there .would be funds enough available to" pay expenses until the taxes of tho Fall of 1904 began tocome:ia and the amount of Interest-bearing warrants would be comparatively small. While the failure of the Legislature to make express provision for the continu ance of pending tax proceedings furnishes a subject for discussion, the defect 18 not generally considered as at all seri ous, and certainly not to the , extent of making a special session of the Legisla ture necessary. BRIGHT OUTLOOK AT WHITMAN. Larger Attendance Than Lnst Year' .Increase in Faculty. HITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 1L (Special.) Although It is nearly a week yet before, the Fall term opens, everything points to' the most pros perous year in the history of Whitman. The attendance will be greatly Increased, especially In the college department. Fig ures in the hands of the registrar show' a freshman class of 45, more than twice as .great sls that of last" year. Over 200 students are expected in the academy. The most radlcarehange of the year is the separation of the college and academy. This Is another step toward the- complete separation which will talce plffce when an academy building is built. This year the academy will be confined to the upper floor of the Memorial building entirely and in Billings Hall, the boys' dormitory Partitions have been placed to separate the cads and college men from one an other. The latter are given privileges vle nle'd to the younger students of the acad emy, and this In the past has caused dif ficulty In maintaining discipline. Extensive repairs and improvements have been going on about the campus and buildings all Summer, and the aampus looks better now than It ever did before at this time of the year. The water sup ply has been Improved by the installing of a large pump in the basemept of Billings Hall. Water is now brought underground from Isaac's Spring, one of the finest in the state, to a large cistern, and then pumped to tanks In the attic of Billings. These Improvements make the supply pure and ample for drinking and other purposes. The faculty of both the college and the conservatory of music have bee,n strength ened by several fine Instructors, who have Just arrived from the East. The faculty of the" college and academy will consist this year of 15 members, and that of" the conservatory of five. The trustees congratulate themselves on having secured the services of Professor Thomas J. Pennell to take charge of the vocal department of the conservatory. He Is a singer and teacher of highest train ing and wide experience, and In addition to his work as instructor expects to de velop and lead a large choral society at (Whitman this year. Miss Grace Jones, ot Boston, who has Just returned from a year's study in Germany, will be assistant In the piano department this year. Professor Edward M Ruby arrived a few days ago from his home In Illinois to . take charge of the Latin department He Is a graduate ot Illinois College and a fellow In Indiana University. The mathematical department this year will be under the charge of Professor Home, who is expected daily. He is an other Eastern man, having graduated from Bowdoln in 1SSG. Ho has just taken his M. A. degree at Harvard. During the past 10 years he has been teaching In the high school at Braintree, Mass., where he has had remarkable success. Howard S. Brode, Ph. D., professor of biology and zoology, has spent the entire Summer collecting specimens for his de partment along the Callfornla-and Wash ington coasts. He will add hundreds of specimens to the museum of Whitman Col lege this year. At Pomona and Catalina Island, California, ho collected not only many curious types of marine life, but many small land animals, insects especial ly as well. On Puget Sound he gathered a large quantity of star fish, sea Urchins, etc., for laboratory purposes, besides many of the more delicate formsof Ufo for the museum. Almost all of these spec imens have been preserved In formalin. The physics and chemistry departments, which have been united heretofore, have now grown apart, and from now on each department will occupy a suite of threo rooms by itself on the ground floor of the Memorial building. STOCTOIE'sVaVORABLE COMMENT Oregroninn's Ideas- on Reserves Is to Their Lilting:. """ PILOT ROCK, Or., Sept 11. (Special.) Several stockmen, who make this city their headquarters, were heard to 'com ment favorably on an edjtorlal article under the caption, "Danger. In Reserve policy," which appeared In The Oregonlan of September S. What seemed to strike the keynote in the editorial referred to, in the opinion of our stockmen, was this extract: But a review of the. history of forestry proceedings in tho Northwest does not lead to tho conclusion that the preservation of forests or the conservation of water supply has been tho real end to be accomplished. When It Is seen that in the creation of each reserve some corporation has a selflsh inter est to be subserved; when It is softn that some few individuals get a "tip" concerning tho future acts of the Land Department, so that they can supply themselves with "base" in the forthcoming withdrawal of land from entry, and when it is known that reserves are proposed for the conservation of water where such purpose is absurd, the presump tion is unavoidable that the forest reserve policy Is being manipulated, if not actuated, by selflsh. private interests.' This seems to cover the whole subject of the vicious forest reserve policy. HELD A TWO-DAY SESSION. Owyhee Ditch Company Has Lively Discussion With No Results. ONTARIO, Or., Sept 1L (Special.)' What was probably the liveliest and most exciting meeting of the stockholders of the Owyhee Ditch Company closed Wed nesday night at 11 o'clock, after- a meet lng of two days and nights. The meeting was called to order September 7, at o'clock Pt. During the reading of the minutes the Sact came to light that the company had no by-laws by which to be governed. It required the whole of the afternoon ses sion to adopt them. The following directors were chosen for 1904: R. D. Geer, T. J. Johnson. Pratt, W. J. Jenkins, F. Davis, F. W. Metcalf, Jonn Ray. une directors elect one of their own number as president and appoint the sec retary-treasurer and superintendent. A proposal was .made to borrow 565,000 to refund the outstanding Indebtedness and make needed improvements In the ditch. After a hot discussion the meet lng adjourned without action. It Is prob able a special meeting will be called dur lng tho month, when the bonds will be issued. CHARGED WITH ASSAULT. Storekeeper Said, to Have flourished a 'Revolver Too Freely. COLVILLE, Wash.. Sept 1L (Special.) Sheriff Frank Ferguson has returned from Cedarville, where he went to arrest C. F, Diamond, a, well-known storekeeper of that place. Diamond was arrested upon a warrant Issued from the Superior Court. based upon the information filed bv the "Prosecuting Attorney, charging assault with intent to do bodily Injury to George Tavis. it is alleged, among other thlncs. that Diamond threatened Tavis by exhib- The bail was fixed at $1500", which Die. mond Immediately furnished, and was re leased pending the trial, which will prob ably taKe place here in October. Anxious for Free Locks. INDEPENDENCE, Or., Sept 11. (Spe cial.) The Independence Improvement League has been asked by outside valley towns to help In securing free locks at Oregon City. The people here are very enthusiastic in their support of this mat ter. It is stated that a Considerable re duction in freight rates would be the re sult if this could be secured, as there Is a toll -. rhnrcpd on svpnr hnsf thnf.nnnnn. . -o - V . Muw-i tWOCS through the locks-at; Oregon City.- --- CANDY'FOR MRS. BOWERS FLOWERS ALSO HAVE BEEN SENT ALLEGED POISONER. Source a Mystery, hut Attorney Vanghn, of Portland, Is Thought to Be the Donor. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 1L (Special.) Mrs. Martha E. Bowers and her sister. Mrs. Zylphla C. Sutton, accused of the murder of Martin L. Bowers, have been tho recipients ever since their Incarcera tion pf mysterious boxes of candy and baskets of flowers. These have invar iably arrived with neither card nor mes sage and have proved a puzzle to the police. .Each package is closely examined to see if .any message or weapon is con cealed and then passed into the prisoners. Two strange boxes of candy arrived again today. The messenger who brought them was closely questioned, and it was learned that he had received the candy at a local store and had brought them direct to the city prison. The box addressed to Mrs. Bowers con tained assorted chocolates, while the box sent Mrs. Sutton contained glaced fruits. It would seem that the giver of gifts is a stranger In the city, for the superscription on the parcels read "city Jail," instead of "city prison," as would have been written by any one familiar with the designation of San Francisco's lockup. Sergeant Bldwell and other prison offi cers stated yesterday that they were In-" cllned to believe that Attorney Vaughn, of Portland, Or., had 'sent the candy. Vaughn recently camo here to assist In the defense pf the two accused women, and since his arrival he has sent flowers to. his clients. IMPROVED THE APPLE GROWTH. Goats Cut Off the Bark From the Tree ' Trunks. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 10. (Special.) A peculiar fruit story is related by Hub. Bryant Between the Calapoola River and the Willamette River there Is a low, timber-covered Island, made by a slough con necting the two rivers. This island, which Is -annually submerged In water, Is the property of Mr. Bryant, who last Fall turned a band of goats 4nto the timber. Near tho center of tho Island 1 an old apple orchard, a relic of pioneer days. The trees in the orchard are worm-eaten and have borne practically no fruit for years. The goats", with their usual voracity, ate the bark from these old trees as high as POPULAR MAYOR OF FOREST GROVE WHO WAS RECENTLY MARRIED Franlc T. Kane. they could reach, and It was expected that the death of the old orchard had" been completed. Mr. Bryant was greatly surprised when vlslfing the Island recently to "find the old trees, stripped of their bark, loaded with large red-cheeked applea LOGGING IN LANE COUNTY. Millions of Feet of Lumber Will Be Cut This Winter. EUGENE, Or.-, Sept. 10. (Special.) An Idea of the amount of logging done In this county may be gained from the- fact that the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company alone has 50.000,000 feet of logs either in their booms at the mills or ready to be floated down the fiver. They have-4,000,- 1 000 feet of Jogs at their Coburg -mill and. READY TO SQUASH ALL PREVIOUS. RECORDS. lO.OOO.OOO" feet more floating down the Mc Kenzie. They have a. drive of 6,000,000 feet coming down the Willamette to the Springfield mill and 18.000,000 feet more banked ready for a drive. The logs at the Wendllng and Saginaw mills swell the total to 40,000,000 feet Big mills owned byVother parties are located at Eugene, -Cottage Grove and on tho Sluslaw, besides half a dozen small mills scattered over the country, and all are rushed with orders for lumber. GOODSELL GIVEN SECRETARYSHIP. In Charge of Student Y. 31. C. A. "Work of Coast States. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 11. (Special.) Fred F. Goodsell, a; graduate of the Uni versity of California, with the class of 1902, has received the high honor of be ing appointed to the secretaryship of the student department of the International Committee of the Young Men's Chris tian Association. This is the second time that this honor has fallen to a Cali fornia man, Galen Fisher, now stationed at Toklo, Japan, being the other appointee. In his new office Mr. Goodsell will havo charge of student T. M. C. A. work in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona and Idaho. He Is at present tak ing a training course at Princeton, and will return to his work here In October.- Goodsell graduated from California with high honors. He was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, the scholarship honor society, and of the Golden Bear, the stu dents' honor society. W. C. T. U. WOMEN AT WHATCOM. Twentieth Annual Convention of Western Washington Societies. . WHATCOM, Wash., Sept 11. (Special.) The twentieth annual convention of the Western Washington W. C. T. U. opened here this morning, with over 100 delegates In attendance, representing S3 unions, 21 of which have been formed during tho last year. The convention will have serv ices at this session commemorative of the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the National W. C. T. U. The treasurer's report showed a healthy financial condi tion. The legislative committee reported this afternoon and, commenting on the failure of the last Legislature to pass an anti cigarette bill, laid the blame at the door of tho American Tobacco trust, whoso lobby at Olympla1 caused the bill's defeat Freed of Criminal Assault Charge. CHEHALIS. Wash., Sept. 1L (Special.) George D. Carpenter is a free man again after a; long Imprisonment in the Lewis County Jail. Carpenter lived at Dryad and was convicted of criminal assault on hl3 own daughter. His attorney, Frank Burch. of Ccntralla, appealed the case, FOREST GROVE, Or., Sept 10. (Special.) At their. future home at Forest Grovo, at noon. September 2, Miss Florence Con trls. and Mr. Frank T. Kane were united in marriage by the Rev. Daniel Staver. Only immediate relatives were present The wed ding gitts were . numerous and costly.. Frank T. Kane la one of, the best-known young men ol Forest Grove in' fraternal, financial and political circles. In his lour terms as Mayor he has wiped out nearly air the city's old indebtedness, sys tematized its departments and made a most creditable record. As cashier ol the local. bank Ke has won an enviable reputation as a safe business man, and recently by his carefulness and nerve saved the bank several hundred dollars and captured a notorious forger who had victimized many " ro puted shrewd banker.. Mr. Kane is colonel on the staff ot brigade commander of tho Knights of! Pythias, uniform rank, and mas ter of the Forest Grove Masonic Lodge. and Carpenter secured a new trial. At torney Langhorne has had the case dis missed, owing to insufficiency of the evi dence. The girl - has made certain con flicting -affidavits tending to discredit her first story, hence the dismissal.' Board of Trade at St. Helens. ST. HELENS. Or,. Sept ll.-(Spedal.) The town of Rainier has succeeded In organizing a live board of trade on a solid basis. Following are the newly elected officers: President W. D. Plue: vice-president. Dr. A. P. McLaren; second vice-president, M. H. Abbey; secretary, W. C. Fischer; treasurer, Dean Blanchard; executive committee, J. A. Schuneusen, L. Swett, W. C, Lee, Joseph Doberty and G. S. StoddaTd: - 'v . GLICK IS FOUND GUILTY KILLED JAMES JONES, A SHEEP MAN, NEAR FOSSIL. ' Jury Brings, in a. Verdict of Murder in the Second Degree Dad Blood Between Men. FOSSIL, Or., Sept. 11. (SpeclaD-rThe jury In the case of John C. GUck, on trial for the -murder of James Jones, a sheep man, brought In a verdict today of mur der In the second degree. April 8, at 2:30 In the afternoon, John C. Gllck shot and Instantly killed' James Jones, a sheepman, on tho south fork of the John Day River. 15 miles above Spray and 50 miles southeast of Fossil Gllck rode into Mitchell, 35 miles from here, tho following day and gave himself up. He freely admitted the shooting, but refused to tell the reasons that led up to It. The trouble between the two men arose over the use of a sheep range. Last Fall Jones pulled a gun on Gllck. The latter had him arrested In Grant County, and he was bound over to the State Circuit Court under $2o0 bonds. This case was still pending at Ahe time of the shoot ing. The murder appeared to bavo beeri pre meditated. Jones was unarmed, and Gllck shot him through the hand and body with a rifle or shotgun. Jones died Instantly, His body was brought Into Mitchell. HOLE TORN IN HIS BACK. Oregon City 31 tin Caught in Cogs of n. Donkey-Engine. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept 11. (Special.) Earl Davenport, of this city, met with a horrible accident at noon today. He was caught between the boiler and the cogwheel of a donkey engine and a hole torn In the back at the base of the spine large enough to admit a man's head, while the spinal cord was broken and In places was ground to bits. It will be considered miraculous If the young man survives his Injuries. Davenport Is 23 years of age and has for several weeks been employed with a bridge building gang for the Southern Pa cine Company m the construction of a bridge across the Clackamas River near this city. During the noon hour today Davenport was seated on the engine eat lng his lunch when in the absence of both tho engineer ad the fireman some meddle some boys without warning started the machinery with the result that the young man was thrown backwards between the boiler and the cogwheels, so that he was probably fatally Injured before the engine could be stopped. Although so seriously wounded, Daven port remained conscious and directed his fellow workmen, who brought the in Jured man to this city, two miles dis tant The railroad company sent a spe cial train to this city and tho young man, accompanied by his parents, was taken to the company's hospital In Portland. GILMAN TAKES TWO JOBS. Succeeds Judge Burke and W. H. Thompson as Counsel. SEATTLE, Sept. 11. A special dispatch to tho Post-Intelllgencer from St Paul announces that L. C, GUman, of Seattle, will, on October 1, succeed Judge Thomas Burke as general Western counsel of the Great Northern. Mr. Gilman will also assume the. duties asx trial lawyer, here tofore performed by .Will H. Thompson. The resignation of Mr. Thompson, to take effect October 1, has been In' hand some time. Judge Burke's resignation has been mailed from Seattle, and It Is expected that Mr. Gjlman's formal ac ceptance will be received about the same time. M'MINNVILLE WATER SUPPLY. Engineer Chase Gives Sorae Figures on Installation of New Plant. M'MINNVILLE, Or., Sept 11, (Special.) At the last session of the Legislature the city of McMlnnville g6t a new charter with power to Issue J100.000 bonds for water and light improvements. The City Council and Mayor have been out in the foothills of the Coast Range mountains prospecting the streams and water pow ers with Engineer W. B. Chase. Mr. Chase found the best available sup ply to be from Baker Creek, from which an excellent quality of water could be obtained of - over 1,000,000 gallons every 24 hours. The cost of Installing the plant, with reservoir and head works, seven miles from McMlnnville, he estimates at ?46,S64. NEARLY DOUBLED VALUES. Assessor Gives Returns of Over Four Million Dollars. COBVALLIS, Or., Sept. 1L (Special.) The footings on this year's assessment roll, just completed, give Benton a total taxable property of ?4,336,430. The "figures last year' were 52,507,105, The ralsa is about II. ETHELWATKINS GIVEN THREE MONTHS TO LIVE BY A COUNCIL OF DOCTORS. CHred of Anemia by Dr. Williams' Pink; Pills After Ordinary Medicines Had Failed. From a despondent woman, given up to die by the best physicians she could summon, Mrs. Ethel Watklns, of No. 112 Parker street, Scranton, Pa., has be come well and cheerful, a living, enthu siastic indorsement of the remedy to which sne owes" her life and health. Mrs. Watklns was afflicted with anaemia, a disease In which the blood becomes so deficient as to be unable to furnish the tlsshea of the body with necessary nourishment. Every organ is starved and the patient becomes white and waxen in appearance. If this condition Is not quickly remedied, It runs into persistent anaemia, one of the most hopeless of diseases. In Mrs. Watklns case, as usually happens, the character of the disease, was not discovered until it was well advanced. She says: ''If I happened to scratch or cut my self no blood would flow just a watery- looking fluid. I was shockingly thin, as white as a sheet and without a bit of strength. Three doctors attended me,' and all said I could not live three months, """i had no appetite, my heart was weak, sleep did not rest me, and ! became despondent. "The doctors' medicines did not help me, and neither did anything else that I tried 'until, upon the advice of a friend who had been cured of anaemia by Dr. Williams5 Pink Pills for Pale People, I began using them. They helped me almost immediately, and, by the time I had taken seven boxes, cured me. I am always glad to recommend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People to others. The power of Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills in diseases ofthe blood and nerves has been shown in hundreds -of cases which have not yielded to ordinary treatment Dr. Williams' wonderful discovery, as embodied in, these pills, has cured obsti nate cases of locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous head ache, the after-effects of the grip, pal pitation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions and all forms of weakness, either In male or female. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of price, fifty cents a box; six boxes for two dollars and a half, by ad dressing Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady. N. Y. 5700,000 short of doublings Though figures are not yet available, It Is believed that the aggregates In the City of Corvallls and the Corvallis School District are fully doubled. The Increase in valuation Is general, the attempt being made to have the valuation placed at tho true cash value of property. as required by law. The Assessor un earthed $51,520 In money and S111.225 In notes and accounts: The aggregates arc subject to the action of the County Board of Equalization, which meets on tho 2Sth Tnking the Fall Salmon. ASTORIA, Sept 11. (Special.) The Fall fishing season opened yesterday morning, but the only gear In the water Is a few traps. Later, when it is devel oped that there are sufficient flsh In the river to warrant it, some glll-notters Will begin operations. The receipts of steel heads and sllvorsides yesterday and to day were large, but as It Is known that they were ,in operation for several days before the. season opened it cannot" bo taken as an Index of the quantity of flsh in the river. The price paid so far Is 3 cents per pound for steelheads and 1 cent per pound for sllversldes, but these prices may be changed any day. Fined for Abusive Language. OREGON CITY, Or., Sept 1L (Special.) E. W. Rlner, a Portland contractor, who Is completing the contract for the Instal lation of an extensive sewer system in this city, today paid a flno of $5 for using profane and abusive language towards City Recorder Curry In the presence of the latter's wife and family. Rlner had a controversy with Recorder Curry with reference to the sewer con neptlons being made ' by citizens of the city before the sewer Is completed and accepted by the city. A few weeks ago Rlner paid a similar fine In the city Po lice Court for assaulting a workman In his employ. Only $100 Behind on the Carnival. OREGON CITY, Or.. Sept 11. (Special.) With a fund of less than S400, tho man agement of the Oregon City free street fair and carnival has metill obligations and creed a deficit of less than J10O that Will be met by the business men. This satisfactory result Is due largely to the energetic work of J. H. Howard, of this city, who acted as manager of the enter prise. Shortage of Men for Harvest. INDEPENDENCE, Or., Sept. 11. Spe cial.) There Is any quantity of grain yet unthreshed and In the fields. And there Is an extensive shortage of men to handle tho threshing outfits. A number" Qf the threshers have been compelled to close down. Some will not be able to get a threshing crew Into their grain Inside of two weeks. Looking for n. Creamery Site. GRANT'S PASS. Or.. Sept. 11. (Special.) r-Curtls Seely, of Walport, Lincoln Coun ty, one of the firm of Dlven & Seely, creamery men, hs been In this county lately looking up a location for a cream ery, and has been Interviewing the farm ers of this vicinity and of the Applegato Valley in regard to tho feasibility of tho enterprise. Shorthorns From Hillsdale Farm. PULLMAN, Wash., Sept. 11. (Special.) John Metsker, of the Hlllsdalo stock farm, left today with a carload of thor oughbred Shorthorn cattle, which will be exhibited at the Oregon State Fair at Salem. The cattle are an exceptionally fine lot and will do much to advertise the livestock Industry of Whitman County. Notice the next 10 healthy men you meet. They take Ayer's Pills, tsasz 33 AILING MEN WE CAN CURE YOU DR. W. NORTON DAVIS. Stricture Our treatment is absolutely pain less, and perfect results can be de pended upon in every instance. We do no cutting or dilating whatever. Syphilis No dangerous minerals to drive the virus to the Interior, but harm less blood-cleansing remedies that remove tho last taint of the virus. More Men Might Be Well- There are scores and hundreds of afflicted men who believe their cases incurable because treatment in the past has resulted in failure, and who through this belief are being deprived of the full and complete health that might be theirs. We do not claim t that, there are no incur able cases, but that many cases ab solutely Incurable by such treatment as has been given them will yield promptly to correct and scientific methods. We will accept no case for treatment unless we are confi dent of our ability to effect a com plete cure. WE ARE ALWAYS WILL ING TO WAIT FOR OUR FEE UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED. ' Contracted Diseases Improper treatment of contracted diseases can easily bring loss of power. An examination brings this very cause in a very large portion of tho cases of weakness. Linger ing inflammation! centering in the prostate gland is' sure to result In disordered functions, and the con dition will never be corrected until the Inflamed and swollen gland Is restored to Its normal state. We thoroughly cure every contracted disease wo treat. The remedies we employ are known to ourselves alone, and no other physician has yet produced equally prompt and permanent cures. Varicocele, Hydrocele, Specific Blood Poison and Piles, are among the list of" diseases we cure. We send -our Interesting book free, en closed In a plain sealed wrapper. "Weakness" So long as physicians continue along the old lines of treatment of this disorder, men will contlnuo to be disappointed time and again in their efforts to obtain a cure. Wo have found that disorders entirely local are responsible for prematur ity, loss of power, eta, and that there is not even the slightest possi bility of obtaining a cure through use of internal remedies alone. Our treatment Is directed toward the re moval of all abnormal conditions throughout the organs Involved, and we do not fail In a single Instance to restore complete and permanent activity of all the functions. Consultation is freo, either at of fice or by letter. We aro alway glad to render any advice that may be helpful.! All correspondence Is strictly confidential. PILES Quick Cures Certain Cures We cure the worst- cases of piles permanently without the use of ointments, without pain, cutting or detention from business, In from two to three treatments. Our treat ment is entirely new and peculiar to ourselves. Reraemberj no mat ter who has failed before In your cage, we will cure you with mild methods, and without danger, or else" make no charge whatever for our services. Should you live at a distance, we can treat you successfully at home. WE ARE ALWAYS WILL ING TO WAIT FOR OUR FEE UNTIL A CURE IS EFFECTED. ' OFFICE HOURS: 9 A.M. to 12 M., 1:30 to 5 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays, and holidays 10 A. M. to 12 M. DOCTOR W. Norton Davis - & CO. I45K Sixth St., Cor. Alder Portland, Or. St. Lonis Light Concerns Mergred. JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., Sept 11. Tho Secretary of State today issued a certifi cate of consolidation of the electric light companies of St, Louis, with a capital stock of $10,000,000. 4