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fk,, MAIL THIS COPY OF THE SATURADT BOOsf ft EMTIOr1'T3 SOE:FRi0lflifHE EAIt. I f 0uraal & VOL. XIX. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 0, 1000.. NO. O. elfeif ibttr8K-3 . 2llm.ii OLU C W sWywmJF ' 'ill lilliTlhr iiii W WIBhTI uMrBi m m IT IS TILLMAN 7s"MRf fmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmimmmHmmmamtmmmmtmmmmmmmmmfmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmmmrmmmmtmmKamtmmmmmm MARION COUNTY AND SALEM HAVE A LOW TAXATION LEVY Tax Levy In The Capital Cuy More than Fifty-Eight Per Cent Lower than At Eugene, uiit Valuations Are About One third Higher Here. So far ns hoard from tlio Marlon county court hns made tho banner economical tax lovy for tho year ij09 tun and nlno-tonths inlllH, and total for Salem City, school and county and stnto tax of 20 and 9-10 mills. Liiiiu County's llllt Levy. In Lane county tho lovy for coun ty and state purposes Is 15 mills. The total city and Hch'ool and coun ty and stato tax at Kugouo Ih .11! mills, or C8 per cent higher than at Salnm. It Ih probably a fact that valuatlouH nro not as high as horo In Marlon county. This county has a valuation of about ?32, 000, 000, and the city of Salem nonrly $10,000,000 COST CUT Durng Our It is a matter of disposing of the goods, as we don't want them to be destroyed by lime, sand, mortar and dust later on. Follow the crowds. You will find them all at the Chicago Store This Is How We Sell the Goods Now C and 7c pretty, light colored PorcAlos, yard 'MSc 9c Bleached Muslin, 36 in. wide, jard. now .5c 85c latest Silks, In the nowest shades, yard -10c 50c Wool Dross Goods, yard S15c 89c Wool Dress Goods, yard 40o 50c full slzo Bleached Sheets for double beds -De Woman's $8.00 Long Coats $2.75 Ladles' Suits, now from $1.05 up; worth 512 and $15. Furs Half Prlao d y- LA y&mte-rr7?rFzrrrAL'r.'iJ,v ifaooy & 1 1 MVjj-, ft tjt'ti' ' , ,,,, -,riil I II llWflVTTB 'tffr PATTON OR CAMPBELL, whllo Lane county Is valued at $19, 000,000, and tho city of Kugono only $3,500,000. .Justice to Mr. (ituli't. In justice to Mr. Gotilet It iiniHt bo said that ho stood with Mr. Hock wlth for a in 11 and a half road tax, and llnnlly when Judgo Dushey showed them Unit tho debt must bu paid off, they both went to tho ono nilll lovy for roads, Instead of a mill and a half, and Hushoy and Ileckwith went togothor for tho low er levy. Tho Journal Is clad It went that way and Ih Kind Mr. Goulot wont with the rest of tho court, as tho people nro very much plouspd to have It that way. NO FIGURE Alteration Sale . . . .' I Come and See : And whon you do oomo you will hoo this sale altogether dlf foront from any salo you havo loon before In Salem. It Is not a matter of cost with us now, it is a question of getting rid of tho o'oods, as later on tho walls havo to be torn out, and the goods will bo in our way. Wo prefer dis posing of them at & loss now rnth or than oartlng them to somo warehouse and run a great risk. AND WILL PITCHFORK BOLDLY Washington, D. C, Jan. 9. ntion It deserves. I will .ihow that United States Sonator Don Tillman nono of my acts wore unlawful. I announced today that ho Is fully ohall provo to tho country that Pros prepared to mnko a detailed reply toltdont ltoo3ovelt has mndo n serious President Roosovolt, nccusntloii that, through the efforts of tho socrot sor vlco agents It was learned thnt In his capacity as Benntor ho was con nected with nil alleged "land grab" In Oregon. Tlllmnn was apparently greatly perturbod today whllo discussing tho statement mndo public by tho chief oxecutlvo. In his most .lory wny he doclared he would on Monday tnko tho floor of tho sonnto and oxplnln bin covry action In connection with tho lnnd doal roforred to by tho President, "It I a Bortous mnttor for a Pres ident of tho United States to attack tho honor of a senator," said Ill man, In dtecusslng tho Intcst politic- nl uftniwlnl "In explaining my position In this' Instance 1 shall proceod slowly and I give tho subjoct tho enroful consider ! JEFFRIES TRAINING ; MAY MEET JOHNSON l ( United Press Lonsod Wlro ) work has been shadow boxing, skip I Los AngolM, Cnl., Jan. 9. James ,,B tlt, ro)0 nn,j working on tho I J. Joffrlos, rotlrod honvy weight chnm rowing mnchlnoe, and Is fast ridding plon of tho world, today signed a contract to nppoar at tho Wigwam theatro, In San Frnnclsco, for a week, boglnnlng with tho mntlnoo perform ance, Janunry 17. Jeffries has boon tra'iilng publicly for tho past fow dnj - In tho gymnnBlum of tho Loa Angola Athletic olub, and his con dition has iiirprlsed his friends. Ho Is In exrollont Bhnpe, and, with n lit tle trnln'ng, would bo In condition to fight Jackson. Joffrlos' principal VALLEY ISIUNDER SNOW BUT COLD NOT EXTREME Reports from over the Pai-lflc ' Northwest last night show that the i i snow area Is spreading south with i' ' corresponding fall In temperature , west of the Cascade mountains. Zero w wither cont mi oh oast of the Cas cades, with a slight Inoreaae In snow fall. In the Willamette Valley, clear i skies were reported last night. Throe inches of snow foil nt Ash ' laud yostorday, and In tho Siskiyou i Mountains tho snow is 1G Indies I deep. Snow fell at Roseburg and Grants Pass. Train servlqo Is Im ! poded to the south and telegraph wires oro down. News service from j San Franalsoo oame Into Portland I last n'ght by way of Salt Luke nnd j Chleago. j La Grande reports a storm yestor I day. which at Uii)tt amimed propgr j tlons or a real Ullzmard. The stem was the worst. old-Uint.-s my. In Union eounty in SO year Light ( lHe thtr-10IBlRr Un alMIV, aro ,n now Ml over the whole of the lAutor& rJKteter- 8 .uova. land Umpire yesterday. Ikes and JrwiU 0(y.B gaowfH 1)f (fln rivers, which are usually navigable ln(h,a .,.,, ,-,.-,., ,- ah,iva. the year rouad. are frown over for .he ftrst time in year.. Traffic on i the St. Joe rUer Is suapende.1. aad ho MounUi'ti Gem. plying ou the: Snake river and Middle Columbia. plying ou the; Ib tied up at Pasco A sovore storm ,is rrprj.tfd In Western Montana, be- TAKE A FALL OUT mtmmm ATTACKS BI6 STICK mistake. I do not fear tho out come." Sonator Tillman does not attempt to deny tho authenticity of tho let tors that Presldont Roosovolt Bnya imssod botweon tho senator and cer tain land agents In Oregon. Ho says ho will bo nblo to oxplnln thorn to tho In the mnttor. Tho Southorn senator nddod o now Houintlou to the controversy today by announcing thnt certain lottors thnt would aid him in explaining his position had mysteriously disap peared from hls-dosk. Ho does not charge anybody with tnklng thoin, simply stating that they had disap peared. "My socrotary Is a rollnblo man," ho 'Ml. "Ho aspire mo thnt -ho plwotl thorn In a plgoon holo In th? tlek last spring, and nevor took them out " hlniHolf of suporfloiM flesh, and his wolght Is being reduced rapidly. On ncconi.it of Joffrlos going nt his work, with such onrnoHtnoas, tho rportlng men horo bollovo thnt ho Is training for something more Import ant than n vaudeville ongngoniont, and thnt whon ho appoars la San Francisco at th Wigwam thontro ho will havo nn Interesting nnnnuuco meut to mnko regnrdlng his futuro plans. lag very severe nt Missoula. At The Dulles the nieuury dripped to i degree nbovo zero, and tho Columh'a river Is Impaasahlu from lioatlng Ice. Itecauae of Interruption of communication with the north bank of tho Columbia there la a aeri ouh milk famine in The Dalles. Dairymen nro denying milk oxoopt to famlllOH with smul1 children nnd sick people. In Portland yostorday tho tontp urnturo drop pod to 10 above zero. At midnight the thermometer ut The Oregonlnn olllco registered 9. At Granta Vtum It had btfn rain 'ng he-ivily u to noon ynaturday. whet. !t Mi mod colder, 9'td by night there was a llvo-lnch snowfill. At Ashland thre waa only three I nolle it snow up to dar Dty hUw wh railing. At Siskiyou station there wia 1C Inhc and Mourlng Hillkboro renorUi L InnliAn ami Ku,.ne H ., , lnehm and Jg ubcve Ml .,,. tb. Mm9 tempemture .ind , ,H,1AB nf ,,,,. ,1M11fi tin, fa.u,iu i ,xnva ti,n nnUr. fnll in from one to five feet deep and i Continued on Page C ) AND TOM KAY i imi im immaitmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmHmmmmmtmwmmmtmmmmtmmmnwmmmm MACHINE WANTS CONTROL OF BOTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY Caucuses for Both Bodies Being Manipulated for McArthur and Bowcrman. Independe nt Sentiment Favors Patton or Campbell for Speaker and Kay for President of the Senate. "No honest, honorablo member of tho genoral nsacjinbly liould coh sent to a mnchluo organization of either branch of tho legislature. The people know what tho old political machine is, nnd what it will do for thorn, if they put it In tho middle Taxes will bo still hlghor. Reform meusuros adopted by tho pooplo will bo lmporlllod, and extravagance tnko tho place of common, ordinary de cent buslncaj inothods." TJjodo woro tho wordB this morning rom a vet eran llepubllcnn and taxpayer, whon ho read In tho Orogonlnn Its Jubila tion that' caucus mothodu would pro vail, and McArthur would bo spoakor and Uowqrninu prosldont of tho son- ato. No Suro Tlilnjc. Tho fact Is, aftor tho deliberation, at Portland Friday, there wao no aB urnnco or a en turns In elthor house. Tho MoArthu'r-Uowormnii icomblna tlou wore offering pot to even men tion United States eomitor If thoy could get a oauous. Ah (he matter stands thoy nro tho blind pig candi dates, promising' nothing but division or spoils, handing out onormouo ap propriations nnd end I una olorkshlps and junkets, .In fact, gem nil looting of tho taxpayer. Statement Men Shy. "It is natural that under tlioa clruuiii8taucoH tho Statement mom hers who held thomsolvos III somo son o of responsibility to tho people should bo shy about onterlng hugu a mom and Jolnng In tho mimo of tho Republican party," said anothor Re publican business innn today. "They have nothing to gain, but a bad roc ord, by giving u single voto to the MoArthur-Iloworman program. Mi Arthur nnd Hou'orinnn do not ropro sent a slnglo roform principle udvn cntfxl by tho rank and file of tho Re publican party. Thoy are solely ac ceptable to flio Portland maahlue mnnagorK, boonuio thoy are onsy nnd 'nexperlonood MoArthur has dour nothing In connection with past leg Mat ut e )nit .work the olerkahlp grafts to n finish. He oharged a Re publican stato oontrnl commlttoe J 100 a woek for his eervlres In hand ling the campaign He l not a tax COUNTY SCHOOLS SHALL RUN AT LEAST 6 MONTHS Great Step of Progress for th e Small Rural Districts that Have Had Only Four Month's School The new education bill has been MiapleteU. and will provide nt least tx months sghuol for ovory school d strict In the state. The preeent law providing seven dollar for each ch'ld of wihool age Ih the dlttr'ct will be left standing as it !c now. but two new factors ar provided. First. If tlio dietrJet doeft not get a school apportlonmoiit of ut laest J300. then it shall be reulrel to lev not to exceed five m lis or enough to make up tho thruo hun dred dollars. IWond, if the sc-vtn dollars ptr OF TEDM sra. HOUSES OF payer, nor u producer, nnd has no record but of extravagantly usUi up public money when ho gets a chance." Thin la a hard Htntomont about McArlhTir, and lot us hope It ho Is spoakor ho will disprove tta truthfuluosu, but tho bout thing to do Is novor to mnko hltn uieakor Mr. Campbell has Juut tho opposite record In tho legislature. Mr. Pat- Urn In tho Iluslueiis meu'H Ioaguo ot this city ban stood lor economy. Down tho Machine. Momborfl or tho leglsInturo will make no mistake In downing tho ma chine tandMoi'ei and electing Kay president or the ttennto and Pulton or Campbell speaker or tho Iioiiho. Tho camciiH Is a Bte backward, and muiiiiH textrnvngnnce, a mad riialt for lilundcr, and tlio doniornllziition''Of the logislnturo right from the start, by strengthening tho luuids of tho maolilne, which Is nothing but nil orgnnlzat on for protlatory purptxee. Iit ovory iitDmbor of this guuurnl nH sembly take li Ih honor nnd coil solouco In his own handii, and bo pro pnrod'to have his name published ns atnudlng for tho people or Htamring for tho old rotten political mnuhluo that has not a redeeming featuro, promlftoi nothing nnd la on record ngnlust ovory reform meastiro. (linngeM f'4- I'nttim. Hon. Cyrus Walker writes Tho Capital Journul ns follews: If I am not mlHtnkon I Ion. Hal D Patton, of Salem, Is u Btatomont man, and, in I am not personally ac quainted with him, I have no pergon al bias In hh favor, but tho I in profu sion hns suddenly enpto so strong upon my mind that I am Impelled to way that he Is tho man for tho State mout forces to unite upon nt tho con foronoo to bo held In Portland noxt Kridny night. Along general l'ne Salem's "push" la the heaviest power that nan over come Portland's "inill" or any other place In tb'a state. Of courM, you have the "advantage of me" In n nearer point of vluw, but HoinotlliHX! "Intent ton" Is more fur-rouuulug than "looking on" would bo, Wo must boat McArthur. "Think on thoso things." oapltn Mid tho fho mill levy do nut produce tho thro rundred dQllam for th" dlatrtot then enough sJtaU be added from tho county school fluid j to rulso that naioimt. J it Is estimated that thrue huudrwl I dollars will run a sehool for ut least six mouths in every dlatrlct lu the stale. Hut two districts In Mar a: county oukl huvo to kavo any help from 'he oouuty to run six moutlia. Noe IN f.nd 111. This bill has been agred uvay Ly the educnt'ouul cominlttuos w.,kliig out tho (totalis of tho problem how to get six months schools for all. I