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THE MORXISG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1908. STATE TAX GALLS ,675,000 FOR a;o and settled In Salem. Or., -where lie lived about eight years. He went from there to Portland, and after a short stay In that city came to Van couver two years ago. He was a mem- ber of Joseph Hooker Post. G. A. K., . In Tracy. Mtnn. He Is survived by his ! wife, his daughter, Mrs. Vest of Van couver, and a son. R. H. Wormworth. of Port'and. Or. Revenue Which Oregon Must Furnish for 1909 Expenses.- U. P. BUYS AT CENTRALIA YEARLY INCREASE LARGE Deficit Appropriation for State Uni versity Included Tills Time. SI 00,000 for Oregon City Locks May Be Kefunded. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 21. Special.) The total amount of revenue to be raided for state purposes for l?f!t will be approxi mately $1,675,000. of whlrh about $400,000 will be derived from Indirect sources, leaving $1,275,000 to be apportioned among the several counties. This amount Is $125,000 greater than the levy last year and $250,000 greater than the levy two years ago. The Increase this year Is due in part to the holding np of the Univer sity of Oregon appropriation bill last year, by reason of which the levy for 190 was at the rate of $47,500 per year, ' as provided by laws then In existence. Since the appropriation bill has Rone Into effect, carrying an appropriation dat ing back -to January 1, 1807. it will be necessary. In making the 1S09 levy to In c'ude a rntversity of Oregon deficit of about $155,000. The 1909 levy will In clude $100,000 for the purchase of the Oregon City locks. Should the Legis lature repeal the locks appropriation bill, this $100,000 will be In the treasury sub ject to appropriation for other purposes. One installment of $100,000 has already been levied. The levy will not be made until early in January. 1909. but the toial amount here indicated. $1,273,000. is cl se enough to the actual amount that will be levied so that County Courts may act upon it In computing- their shares of state taxes. Already a number of counties have been anxiously Inquiring what the state levy will be. Under existing laws, the ap portionment among the counties will be made at a fixed ratio which has been tn force a number of years. In making the apportionment for 190!). the State Board will be confronted with the problemof making an apportionment between Hood River and Wasco Counties without any law prescribing how the ap portionment shall be made. The act creating Hood River County contained no provision upon this subject. The State Hoard passed the question up to the Attorney-Oeneral and that ofticial has advised the Board to divide the Wasco County ratio between Wasco and Hood River In proiortidn to assessed valua tions. Thus the law prescribing the ratio of apportionment of state taxes requires that Wasco County pay .0234 of the whole amount. But since then Hood River County has been carved out of Wasco. The assessed valuation of Wasco County Is now $5,927,345 and that of Hood River J'-'.S 70.2S0. Dividing the apportionment accordingly. Wasco's new ratio will be .015S and that of Hood P.lver .007. Thcugh there Is no law expressly author ising such an apportionment, the Attorney-General expresses the opinion that this is equitable and should be adopted. The Hoard will follow his advice. Kach county can ascertain approxi mately the amount of its share of the Mate taxes for 1909 by multiplying Jl.275.0ii0 by Its ratio. The ratios of the several counties are as follows: Cnumy Pet, Hikrr Ii;:t4 T4ntnn iro'. t'larkamafl o:t::." I'lalsop trlVi 'olumlla imm Knilroad Believed to Be Securing Land for Carshops. CENTRAlAA. Wash.. Dec. 21. (Special ALuutt Sewail, or this city, gave an option today on 300 acres of land, half a mile north of town, and it Is believed that Union Pacific agents are the pur I chasers. The sale price is $20.om. arshop talk has been current In Cen tralia for some days past, originating from some remarks made by repreeen tatlves of the road. Because of its Iocs tion. midway between Portland and. Ta coma. and at the Junction with the branch to Aberdeen. CentraMa would be an excellent location for car and repair shops. WIGHT Til SOOH Grays Harbor Service to Be Improved, Says Chariton. SNATCHES PURSE AT DOOR Crook Follows 'Woman and Robs Her on Porch. Mrs. M. Weller. of 255 Sixth street, re ported to the police last night that a man had followed her home, and as she en tered her door he grabbed her purse con taining $0 and hed. According to Mrs. weller. she had ar rived at her home about 7 o'clock, and while she noticed a man following her, she paid no attention to him until she found the fellow beside her as she opened the door. Before she could utter & sound the man quickly snatched her purse and ran nastily down Sixth street. The fellow is described as being about 5 feet 9 inches tall, and wore a long dark overcoat and a large dark slouch hat. The purse secured by the robber con tained $5 in gold, a $1 bill and $3 in silver, as well as a heart-shaped keyring with three keys upon it. CLAIMANT TO MILLIONS Yardmaster Third In Delaware Line to Ini-Kstate. HFJXO. Sew, Dec. 21. J. F. Springer, yardmaster of the Southern Pacific Com pany at Reno, Is a. third claimant for a share of the estate of the late Chris topher Springer, said to be a German baron who died leaving property worth $M).OOO.ono in Wilmington, Dei. Springer says his grandfather and the grand mother of Arizona and William Lyle, of St. Louis, who also claim a share in the estate, were brother and sister, and that lie Is a lineal descendant of Baron Chris topher Springer. He has wired to Wil mington, Del., setting forth his claims. :t:s I'r. olt oi:ii furry OM40 IoUKlan 034. ;il!iam ,cos7 t;rant tuy.- H. irnev H10O Jl"od Kier ooTfl Jarkaon .o;;l4 Johtne niuto Klumsih iili.l I. nke 01"7 J.xne H:-1 Lincoln Do.v'i t.lnn Malheur . . . Marlon Morrow Multnomah Polk Pherman Tillamook . . .cr.L'rt . . .0O'.'4 . . llHl.'t . . .OiKl.l e:tu7 ...... I M I s 7 ..... ............... . .o:i7 Vmatllla 41il Inlon OJl'.'l Wnllowa tio7:t Wasco nl.K WnfOmiRton o:nl Wherlor N)K7 Yamlitil o:ul TERRIBLE BATTLE WITH ICE Danish Hark Reaches Port After Losing Four Men in Blizzard. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21. According to a dispatch received by the Merchants' Exchange today, the Danish bark Ha vlla. grain-laden from Tacoma, has ar rived at Falmouth, England, 50 days overdue, after a terrible passage through ice-fields. On October 1, during a snow blizzard, four men of the crew were washed over board and one of them was drowned, the other three being rescued with great dif BOY KILLED IN CRUSH Christmas Shoppers in Elevator Kill Little Seattle Boy. CHICAGO. T)ec. 21. Pushed by crowds of Christmas shoppers, Klmer A. Birdseye, a 7-year-old son of George Birdseye. a wholesale grocer of Seattle, Wash., was crushed todeath in an ele vator of the Boston Store here tonight. The boy was being taken by his grandmother. Mrs. Emma Birdseye, to sec the toys. The elevator operator was arrested, pending a Coroner's In- Total . l.oouo LOAN COMPANIES ORGANIZE Propose to Secure Favorable l.egls latlon at Olynipia. OLTMPIA. Wash.. Dec. 21. A state league of building., savings and loan associations was organized here today by Washington representatives of. as sociations In Seattle. Tacoma. Spokane. Walla Walla. North Yakima. Belllng ham. Olympia. Aberdeen. Portland and Fait I.ake. Fifteen companies are rep resented. The purpose of the organization is chiefly to secure amendments to the present laws. Temporary officers ere elected as follows: Presldent. A. B. Weed, of North Yakima: vice-president. R. Campbell, of Seattle: secretary. Dudley Eshel mn. of Tacoma. The representatives discussed pro posed amendments and will agree upon a hill satisfactory- to all interests. Probably the most important amend ment will wipe out the section of the law to report stock of the companies for taxation. A delegation from the league this afternoon visited the Tax Commission to discuss this matter, and were as sured by Tax Commissioner ,J. E. Frost that the commission would not oppose a law which exempted building: and loan stock from taxation. UNKNOWN MAN IS SUICIDE Lifeless Body Found in Hophonse, Where It Had Hung for Months. SALEM. Or.. Dec. II. (Special. Coroner Clough. received a telephone message from Aurora today. Informing him that the body of an unknown man had- been found hanging in an abandoned hop-house near that place. Apparently the man committed sui cide last August. There was nothing by which he could be identified. Klizaheth Kunyon, '53, Dies. FOREST GROVE, Or.. Dec. 21.-Mrs. Elizabeth F. Runyon. an Oregon pioneer of 1SS3, aged 70. died at Dillcy today. In 1S63 in this county she was married to Hiram Parsons, who died here in 1894. In 1906 she was married at Dilley to Abra ham Runyon. who with the following children survive her: Mrs. Eliza Tupper and Mrs. Gertrude Hall. Gaston: Mrs. Ellen T. Ennls. Forest Grove: Mrs. Min nie Gerrish. Hillsbnro; W. L. Parsons, Dilley, and Charles Parsons. Australia. THROUGH PORTLAND COACH Traffic at Present Will Xot Warrant Extra Train on Northern Pacific, ' bat Official Says Company Js Preparing for It. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Dec. 21. (Special.) In answer to a request of the business men of Grays Harbor for an owl train between the Harbor cities and Puget Sound. A. D. Chariton, assistant general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific, has written a letter to W. J. Patterson, president of the Chamber of Commerce, in which Mr. Charlton says that the train will be granted as soon as the traf fic will warrant, intimating that such time will probably occur during the Rose Festival in Portland and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Mr. Charlton .goes into details, declar ing that while the traffic is not now large enough to Justify another train, he has no doubt it wilt be within a few months. He reiterates the promise of. a through coach to Portland as soon as the from the fnlted States fl.hery at Mill Creek to the Argentine Republic. Two years aso a slmlllar shipment was made and the ex periment was a complete success. Salt Lake City President Jacob G. Pchur man. or Cornell University, who Is here by the invitation of the State Teachers' Insti tute delivered an address 1n the Mormon tabernacle this afternoon. From bere he will go to San Francisco, Journeying by way of Portland. Washington Secretary Root Monday signed an arbitration treaty with Fan Sal vador. Toklo. Bolh houses of the Japanese Diet wers formally opened at ! o'clock Tuesday morning gumitaka Haseba. a prominent leader of the Constitutional party, was elected Speaker. San Francisco. The petition of Mrs. Cor nelia Botkln. now serving a life ntence for the murder of Mrs. J. P. Dunning, oi Wilmington. Del., by sending poisoned candy through the mails, for a rehearing of pe tition for appeal was denied by the Supreme Court. Washington. E. E. Rittenhouse. . Insur ance Commissioner of Colorado, was elected Slondav president of the Frovldent Savings Life Assurance Company, of New York, suc ceeding Arthur G. Lanham. of Louisville Ky. Washington. The cruiser Buffalo will leave San Francisco early In January with a battalion of marines, officers and men. for Honolulu. HOMESTEAD OUTLOOK DM MOXDEIX'S IRY-FARM BILL MEETS SUSPICIOUS MEMBERS. Believe Measure Contains Joker and Author Has Little Hope for Action In Present Congress. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Dec. IS. The outlook for the EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL DEBATING TEAM Sleighing at The Dalles. THE DALLES, Or., Dec. 21. (Spe cial.! Four indies of snow fell here today, with every prospect of a heav ier fall tonight. The ground Is frozen, forming an excellent foundation for sleighing, which lias already commenced. APPOINTF.D TO IMKSTICtTE WALL STREET METHODS. li If Civil War Veteran Dies. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec 21. (Spe cial.) Joseph W. Wormworth, aged 70 years, died of paralysis this morning at the home of his daughter. Mrs. H. A. West. In this city. Mr. Wormworth was a Civil War veteran, being a member of the 12th Battery. Wisconsin Volunteers. He came West 10 years Horace White. Copyright 10OS by George G. BAIn. NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (Spe- cial.) Horace White, who has been chosen by Governor Hughes to investigate Wall street, is the well-known New York editor and author. It was the threat of this Investigation of speculation in New York which helped make the election of Hughes uncertain. Its result lc awaited with interest. i- r T ky a i I if , Victor Morrta. Itunsell Calkins. Andrew Collier. EUGENE. Or.. Dec. 21. (Special.) The Eugene High School debat ing team defeated the Albany High School In a debate in this city December 18. The question was: "Resolved, That all the state in stitutions for higher education should be under the control of a single state board" The Eugene team upheld the negative. Vancouver bridge of the North Bank Irne is opened for use. MRS. LEITER "BINDS BURNS Millionaire's Beautiful Wife Fire-Fighters at Mine. Aids ZEIGLER. III., Dec. 21. With a stub born fire slowly- fighting, back hun dreds of men who have -been cease lessly at work for days seeking to save the coal supply of the great Zlegler mine, Joe Leiter, the Chicago million aire and his beautiful young wife have oined forces with the workmen, and Early today Leiter and his wife, for merly Miss Juliette Williams, of Wash- ngton, D. C were at the scene of the conflict. Leiter was leading the work men with an Inspiring energy, while on the fightinj? line, tired but deter mined, was his beautiful young wife, serving the exhausted men with coffee a ii J sandwiches, and encouraging them by her presence. Fire started in the coal beds several days ago. Gradually the flames have eaten their way forward and threaten the destruction of an indefinite amount of wealth-producing mineral, and the loss of employment to hundreds. Mrs. Leiter las had bandages, medicines, sasves, tc, brought from the commissary to he mouth of the shaft, and there she has erected a temporary hospital tent. TJie Zeigler mines are the most valuable of the Letter properties. Their supply is practically limitless. GIVE NAMES OF SOLDIERS List or Those Who Died of Native Drink Published. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. The follow ing are the names of the soldiers who died last week in the Philippine Islands of acute alcoholism, resulting from drink ing methyl, said to have been served to them as vino, a native drink: John Duffy. Edward C. Clark. Thomas W. Bing and Charles Delaney, of Company L, Eighteenth Infantry, and Otto Kuppe. John J. Phelan. Frank L. Smith. James E. Curtis. Samuel E." Bramel, John O Corbeil and William Nickolas. of Com pany M, Eighteenth Infantry. CONDENSED NEWS BY WIRE Chicago At the call of Dr. Ottoman Zar-' Adusht Ha Nish. high priest at the Maa tlaznan Temple, the members of the ancient pagan cult of Zoroaster will assemble here this week for their seventh annual gahnbar. Hawesville. Ky. The jury In the case against James II. Parrlsh. an Owensboro. Ky.. banker, charged with receiving a de posit when his bank, the Owensboro Sav ings Bank Trust Company, was insolvent, haa reoorted that tt could not agree and was discharged. Pittsburg John Robb Murdoch. 34 years old, member of a prominent East Side fam ily, committed suicide in a private ward in MWrcy Hospital Monday morning. New York A preliminary meetlug for the organization of a National Association of Commissioners of shell fisheries will b held here on January Many alates. In cluding Oregon and Washington, will send representatives. New York Suppression of the stage-door "Johnny' will lie urged again In the New York Legislature this year by a local As semblyman. All male patrons of a theater, according to the bill, must register If they desire to communicate with an actress, and state whether married or single. Milwaukee. Wis. Brandishing a heavy wooden cross and gesticulating wildly, an unidentified man yesterday threw wor shippers In two Roman CaHholic churches Into a paiiic while he struggled to break through the communion railing to reach the priests who were officiating at early mass. The assailant escaped. TJsbnn King Manuel has charged Dr. W. Desperca de Limn, ex-Mlnlster of Foreign Affairs, to form a Cabinet, the success of which, however, Is doubtful. Lisbon The newly elected muiilcipal court ha unearthed a shortage in the city's accounts of over $7,O0O.0o0. The former monarchist councilors lay the blame upon the government, which they say Illegally took the city's money. Redding. Cal. Two Juindred thousand Chinook salmon eggs were shipped Sunday 320-acre dry farm homestead bill is de cidedly gloomy. When Congress assem bled the friends of this measure enter tained hope that the objectionable fea tures might be eliminated and the bill as amended be agreed to before March 4. Representative Mondell, chairman of the Public Lands Committee, who has charge of the bill in the House, has been canvassing the situation, and as a result of his inquiries believes that it will be Impossible to secure any further action this Congress. Members 'of the House generally are Inclined to view this meas ure with suspicion, for the impression was created during the consideration of the conference report last session that the bill contained a joker and- that it could be so construed as to permit the entry of almost any vacant public lands in tracts of 320 acres, and under terms much more lenient than allowed in the present homestead law. Accordtng to Mr. Mondell. the opposi tion to the bill hinges on the so-called Smoot amendment, which permits entry men, under certain circumstances, to ac quire title without residing upon the land. This amendment was adopted to meet conditions in Utah, but for some unexplained reason the Utah Senator would not consent to confine the amend ment to his state alone, but Insisted that It should be general In Its effect and. applicable to all arid and semi-arid states. Friends of dry farm legislation have appealed to Senator Smoot this session to withdraw his amendment, or at least re-draft it so as to apply only to Utah. Senator Smoot has replied that Secie tary Garfield is responsible for the gen eral character of his amendment and has virtually Insisted that the amendment be made applicable to all parts of the arid West, rather than to the state of Utah alone. Whatever may be the merits of the dis pute, the fact remains that the House of Representatives will not consent to the passage of any kind of a home stead bill which will enable the settler to obtain title to 320 acres of land unless he is required to reside on it. Senator Smoot believes that he can se cure the final passage of a non-resident dry farm bill applicable only to Utah, and If this could be done it might open the way for an agreement upon the gen- eral 320-acre hill. The probabilities are, however, that Senator Smooth will not he able to pass a non-resident I'tah bill, for the objections raised in the Hotis? last session would be raised again, and I'tah having but a single Congressman, the bill would stand little show of get ting through. From present indications It would seem that the dry farm home stead 'bill would have to go over until the next regular session of Congress, one year from now. when an entirely new measure, lacking the objectionable fea tures of tae one now pending, could be introduced with some show of favorable consideration. . Falls From Trestle, May Die. THE DALLES. Or., Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) An Austrian laborer named Bude, in attempting to cross the rail road trestle west of town Saturday night, was overtaken by a train, and losing his hold on the ties, fell 20 feet into the ravine below, breaking sev eral ribs and sustaining internal in juries, which are thought to be fatal. Eight Couples Wmit to Marry. . VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 21. (Spe cial.) The record was broken today when the County Auditor Issued eight marriage licenses. Two of the brides-to-be were under age. the consent of the father in each case being given. Life Sentence for Thomas. BELLING HAM, Wash.. Dec. 21. De nying a motion for a new trial. Judge Neterer in Department One of the Su perior Court today sentenced J. K. Thomas to life imprisonment for the mur der of his divorced wife on July 19 last. Earnings of English Lawyers. London Globe. In the Law List are the names of 10.0W barristers. . How many are practicing STORE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK ,EED CHAIRS AND Such pieces as these make both appropriate and inexpensive prifts. In our line of reed furniture is shown variety of artistic and novel desiprns, and those who have in mind an attractive bedroom or reading chair or rocker will find selection here an easy matter. The Colonial and leather-upholstered designs are very stylish pieces. Some are finished in the darker shades, although the nat ural finish is extensively shown. Wide range here for selection, 34.75 up to $32.00. Sale of Out Glass : ; ; Good-quality pieces in artistically-cut designs priced for holiday buying today in the Crockery Department. , Cut Glass Bonbon Dishes, special, ea-.Jj51.35 Cut Glass Olive Dishes, special, each.. $1.35 Cut Glass Nappies, special, each $1.50 Cut Glass Handled Nappies, special. . .$1.65 Cut Glass Tumblers, special, each. .. .$2.00 Cut Glass Berry Bowls, special, each. . .$2.50 CABUNETS . A suggestion offered here for an ideal Christmas gift. They em body the conveniences that ap peal" to all men. The mirrors can be adjusted to any position and a number of styles are fitted with drawers for collars, cuffs, etc. These Cabinets are shown in the mahogany, golden oak. birdseye maple and the fumed and weathered oak. I h HP CHILD'S DESK Made of hardwood and finished golden ; twenty-seven inches high, with cabinet top and collapsible stand. To day at special .$1.25 HOLIDAY SALE OF iriwP iTfe. tt-a Ji IN THE 11 BASEMENT Decorated Dinner Sets in llavilaud China, Bassett China and high-grade semiporcclaiu. comprised of 50 and pieces, attractively priced for today and tomorrow. Odd llavilaud pieces also priced for holiday selling today only. The Stylish TOILET TABLES and PRINCESS DRESSERS . Are Ideal Gift Pieces. TULL COMPLETE HOUSEFURNISHERS We Assure PROMPT AND SATIS FACTORY DELIVERY of All Christmas Selections. Suitable Xmas Presents k---.-.w-i- -r- WE HAVE IT 1L w NICKEL-PLATED WARE OF ALL KINDS ' I OPEN EVENINGS F0R BROTHER YOU HAVE IT jJ j 1 1 1 " I 1 I l Si- - HE HAS IT FOR BOTH HONEYMAN HARDWARE CO. FOURTH AND ALDER members of the profession? Sir Robert Finlav once put the number as low as "000 and nobod; has ever placed it higher than 3000. It is tolerably safe, then, to say that there are 2500 members of the bar. who. to quote Sir Robert Finley. "either get -work or are putting themselves in the way of getting it." Sir William Robson, in his speech at the meeting of the Barristers' Benevolent' Association, recalled, with apparent ap proval, a calculation made by a maga zine writer that the total income of the bar is 780,000 a year. If this calculation be correct, the average earnings of the 2500 practicing members of the bar amount to 315. The calculation is not very comforting to forensic fledglings. Japanese Porcelain Unpopular. Kansas City Journal. Many of the Japanese porcelain fac tories. It Is said, are not paying ex penses, and production has been re duced by 30 to 40 per cent. In Tsu-maki-mura 28 of the 80 porcelain fac tories have suspended, owing to the de crease in American and Chinese imports. Swedish Utopia Without Taxes. Kansas t-Jty Journal. Orsa. in Sweden, has in the coMrse of a generation sold $3,500,000 worth of trees, and by means of judicious rcplnnting has provided for a similar income every 30 or 0 years. There arc no taxes. Railways and telephones are free and so are the schoolhouses, teaching and many other things. World's Newspaper Statistics. Kansas City Journal. There are 12.500 newspapers published In the United States; about 1000 of them are published daily and IL'0 are managed, edited and published by negroes. In Asia there are 3000 periodical publications, of which the greater part appear in British India and Japan; (lie latter country publisher la-O newspapers. Af rica has only 200 newspapers, of which CO are published in Ktrypt and the rest appear in the various Kiirnpran colonies. Asphalt Find In .Syria. Kansas (Mty Star. What arc declared by experts to 05 practically inexhaustible layers of as phalt have, been discovered in Syria, 2,1 miles from the port of 1-alakia. on the road leading toward Aleppo. , Petrified Cat's Body Unearthed. Haltimore town. Plumbers examining an elbow In a hot air furnace in a house In Tompkinsville. S. I., which has been more or less clogged up for 10 years, found the body of a petrified cat.