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Proposed Oregon Tax Law
(1'umiiniml (rum lut a-mb)
(t'nlivliiil iitute til decvusird n..rniia
How acrd.
hU.rlii.il 10. Tlmt section ,11)45 of the
C'ihIui) and Nliitutc u( Oregon, emu.
piled and itmiiilitli'il by Hon. Charles II.
Bellinger and William W. Cotton, U
and tlm in' hereby la aiumnlcd to
read a follow:
; The undivided estate of any deceased
ponton ntny Imj nccd to Urn heir of
devisee hi nii'li vriioii, without 1fl(c
Mull in them by 11 Kiiti, until they have
glVell Millet) 10 tint IMM-Mor u( I 111) 1 1 v i -
Ion of tlm estate, and tlin nm ii the
several heir or devisee; and each heir
and devlae shall li liable for tlie
Wlllilw of Klll'll ut, nnil ahull huve
right to recover of the other IiiIiii and
dcvlaet lli.nl' ri'ilva Kirliuiii tliira
of wlirii '-il by him,
tomli tmvtilin tnmul In an-tlnn itniJ l.r aa-
ar.tit'M to n't-u,alil elan tiinllvlilt aalaltt of
a Im tM Hf.ii id itm lltii fur
llu'lil IU tlflr iir lift tare a. audi, ttllliutil lira.
tirimflii Itirm l.v nani, la i.rii) enmiirlt iul
t-iirr rlnttftt in itritm Ho ia 10 liitlr hU'
llr lllu an namuHifiiii in Mima iMru.iil )
(IVnuinnl .ruH fly WIm th c-d.)
taction II. Tlmt nu..ii ami) of
III 'ic mill Hutult of Oregon, com
piled mill annotated liy Hon. ( Imrlc II
I'-ellingcr mitt Willinni V, Cotton, lo
ii'l tlm same iM'ryttjr l, amended Ui
lead aa follow;
Kvery ierm, except aa ulliirwiMt
irov I.I.-.I l.y w, nlmll m MiMr in
tlii county in wIik Ii tm rit-lilc wlicn
I liit ni'iiii'lit in iiintlit for nil Imnliln
oroprrlv owiii.I y loin, liii'hpling sll
HtiiMnl ilttic in lim ixi)imuui, or
umli-r lii Control m lriittt, Rtmrilmn,
itmulor, or H'liiiiiuntiuior; mil wlirr
llirri r Iwtt or inorit pcrtM'toi jointly
In hiim!ioii, or liitviiia oiiitml of any
unfit tro rty in truM, tin Minn limy
Iw HMMMtl to ritlirr or alt of mn'li r
oim, tint it lmll Iw iuitM in Hi
County wlirfit tlic naiuc nlmll tin if nlh-
rr of HucJi t rjti rtnln in micli Cuud
(HulMlltiilm ''rcl IU iHtirnvUn (trtivUltHi
ti lm" .r .o tnl In lh ui-.
rtmtluc MINrtt.' Mi lit'lf la hftrmiihll III
VN-tloo wlttt ti olbrr irliiliiKiti tuggwtpu.)
(1'nrtnf n How wuiuu' )
HTti.tn 1. Tlmt wtioii 3048 of t)
f'ttli ami Ktalutc of Ori'ifon, rniil
nl mul muiolntitl liv Hon. t'lmrli II.
l!tiiiitr ml Wiliimn W. Colton,
mul the Kunii lii ri l.y ia mnrniK-0 to
nml u lol..:
rarlni'in in mcrcantilu or other hui
n cm limy If Jointly tm! In thrlr irt
iii'inlilii iiAiun, or 'V?ralIy lrtc lor
tliclr ii.ihvulual uliiirr, for nil riin
ly iriM rty rmptoynl in mich hnni
inn: ami in (- they at Jointly tax
rl, rilliiT or any of nin li .urtm r aliall
Iw Italtle for II ic wholn tax.
(Tin tilit wrilna 0"l Hi "Hfh" alivra
v-h" - .ilnrr - i-i-rlilly Inlrn.lml.
tilt rattit'rii ak uiinf ttr aiiy f ih
rliier J.ttiiity laiml lnr lltv 4iruhl trttir
ftttll)l liaMfi lor (lot Mhiii Ul, ttlllt't)
M in ililrl nitviil ui idvwi1! wcu on i
(IVrwiiial "iiroH'rty of cwrjKiratioii!
V here awuiuiit. )
fWtii.il ta.That arvtlon 304Hof the
CYhn ami WmIiiIih of Ur-isn, roiu(iilMl
ml amiolHtiil hy lion. I harlin II. Itch
I ifiBor ami William V. C'tilton, t and
tliu auiiiv livruhy la amcntltxl to ritatt a
IoIIohm:
The M'roiiiil jiroicriy of itvcry pri
viild it.rK.r,itiuii ta liulilo to tiuution in
lhi uiii liuimu'r m Ihp ihthoiibI ro
rvty of a uuluml niwm, ami nlmll Iw
aaxawMtl in the iiiinio of mull forpiirii
lion in tho county where the triuciinl
jiIhh of htiainwia t audi nrMirthin ia
.Hiit.-.l, uiiIcm othcrwiito ajHtcially jiro
viilid ly In I tut if audi cnriiomilon
la ciiiikvi-il in the huninifa of navitta
llon, thou tint atcntnlxmtH or other
olr craft of ain b jor'oralion ahull bw
ajwiumtl in the comity in thin atulo
where the limn port or Iwrth of audi
atcutiiWt or other water craft may I.
The erMoiittl property of a private cor
poration mny he Kclicu1 ami fluid tor any
tax levh-d upon tin) pnerly of Hucli
corporation aa In the nuio of a natural
pereoii.
(The eflliin nueiidwt eonilii rerlln frn-
vMoll lll.'h n-.tilitl lt)r llllillrllull hy
(imittnil l.t. NMirll hct.iihi, la. ' , ami
lino inivllnin hav Ikhii niuillnl In IUe
aitinliitliielll OTOIlllintliitril. All "llllll'w UNI
orwlMt velally .r..v.l.il liy lt" to III" rill
tl.nl iwtxiiml i.rt.iwriy u prlvaie curiMiretlmi
l io ! ....! In Hi enmity lint lli rt"
el.l iiUi ul bualnew l il itiriiriluii l I
riwt : lion Hifii.liiiuiit l iieitry lo bariiinie
) wlili oilier rovlluii ul lb rucuui
UiiMlilntl.) (I.iindn Wlusro taxed.)
Hectlon 14. All lniidH ahall be tuxet!
tn the county in which the aiuiio ahull
(New; but ei.mi.r II. A 0. 'omp eetlpn
m',7, A illnllni'lloii la nia.lt In Hi unit ol I'm
aunt "ieil" ami "m.k.I" a tliaael ol tax
at ion tn li.trlorineil In iheeoiiniy. alitioniili
Ike M.rHtiMi niiHhl inrly l miul I'J
a eeniml Iwnnl-ln anulliar eouiiir; lur lie
lane, al Hi i lll.) ,
(Mert hamlmo, Capital and inaoliiuory
Wheio taxable.) ., " ...
Pcction 15. All kikkim, wares anu
nierchiuidiHu kept for aale in thia aliito,
all HtiH-k employed in any of the ino
chanical urla, and all capitid and ma
chinery employed in any branch of
manufacturer) or other buHiticwt w ithin
thia atnto, owned hy a corporation in or
out of thin Mule, or by any pernon,
whether rwiidlng In or out of thia mute,
Ihnll tm tnxnhlu in tho county or city
or other municipal corporation where
the Ritma may be, uither to the owners
thereof or to the person or : corporution
who ahull have vhargo of or be In po
enHion of the mime. f . ... y '
(When company la taxed owner of tock
Not mora than 2,500 rou In Pari
hnv a cnpllal of aa much (X),0tK),
and nearly ona-thlrd of tboa art foralgn-
Xatlarautorr.
I'leklng up a book from the counter,
the lady turned to the lust pugo and
read :
"And bo they were divorced and llvod
happily over after."
'"Thia book," (he anld to the clerk,
"la evidently all right Wrap It up,
plvaxe."
... ,
not to U taxed. )
Section 10
Th owner or lioliUir of
i .
l,k In any
wl'ldi In taxed on It capital atork ahull
not In taxed ua au Individual for and.
iiicorporaica company
at'H'k.
(I'lnltd-d H-niiinal property taxed to
piwainHur.)
Hi ttlioii 17. When pentonal properly
Ih mortu(jed or pledged u ahall, for
Iho Mirpin, of taxation, Ui deemed the
property of l perayn wlo j)lu( t19
piiMHaioll.
(K...i,i n in Mj 7 tn rprlllT n-
(Of the Untie of AaeMora.)
(Aeineutii, How Mule).
Hw llon IH. That "oethm 3087 of the
Cndea ami Ktaliitt of Urexou, coiupilwl
ami annolated hy Hon. Charloa U. M
Hnifer a nt William W. Cotton, a the
aiuo au riHtnaeteU hy Ms-tiou 1 of an
act apiirovnt m-cinler 24, 1903, ami
fnutiil on imk 4 H aeipiitur of the lien
eraltawaof (Ingon, Hpoclal rjeion,
1W03, lie and the mine beruhy ia aiuend
ed to read a folio a:
The aM".r after rpialifyiiin ahnlt,
on the llrt Monday in Man.li In each
year, procurn from the county clerk a
hlauk aciiiiient roll, and forthwith
procMtt ami annee all taxable proiierty
Hithiii hi county, except mii h an hy
law la to I other Iim aiwemimt, and
hall return to auch eouuty clerk, on or
iielor the llmt Monday In October next
tolliivt lnK, inch anwMinoiit roll with
full and completo awuwaiueiit of tuch
taxahln proimrly entered thenwm, in
clu.liiiK a full and prwiae dcacription of
tlie lamia ami Iota o ne-1 hy farh permm
therein nauKsl, on March 1 of Mid
ynir, at the hour of 1 o'clock a, in.,
which ileni ription ahall correnpoml with
the plan or plat of any town hi id out
or recorded ; and aaid land or town
Iota bull Iw valued at their true cadi
value, tukiliK into rnnaidcnitlon the im
provement on the laud and in the mir
rounding country, the quality of the
il, Ita convenience to transportation
IIihk, public roatU, and other local ad
vanlaiitta of a similar or different kind.
True caxh value of all projicity nhall be
held ami taken to mean the amount
uch property would well for at a volun
tary ale made In the ordinary cotiroe
of bunine, taking into conaidoration
it parniiiK power. No deiluction of in
ihihuiliieaa from aMMinenta or taxa
tion ahall lie allowed in any cao. All
laud ahall Ut taxed in the county in
which the Biue hall lie; and, except
a other le provided by law, every
person hall Iw jwenel in the county
where he nvi.Ie at the hour ol 1
o'clock a. ui. un Maruh 1 of the year
when the ajuwMimcnt ahall be made for
alt real and wronal profHrty ownetl
hy him within uch county, but if the
owner of any land tie unknown, nidi
laud may 1 acmd to "unknown
owner," or "unknown owner," witn-
mt iniHtrtina the namo of any owner;
but no attmeut ahall be invalidated
hy a miatake In the name of the owner
of the real pmwrty awHt, or by the
ouiirmion of the name of the owner, or
the entry of a name other than that of
the true owner, it the property bo cor
rectly described; and provided further,
that where tho name of the true owner, j
or the owner of record, of any parcel of
real proiwrty hall Iw Kiven, audi aa-
emelit ahull not he held invalid on
account of any error or irregularity in
tho diwriptioii, provided audi descrip
tion would be uflicicnt in a deed of
uvcvnuco from the owner; or on ac
count of any iliwription npoii which,
u a contract to convey, court ol
equity would decreo a conveyance to be
matin.
rTlm atnfni1tnnt Tpwimmf nilttt ntakea It t)i
Mm'iKr'a ililly lo annum iroiry lor whtrll
ftiilll iilltcr Irtmlo ill aaMiMtnelil ta nol by law
iinivlilttl: makm ilir llmll ol Hit nniirn ol tliu
atx-uiuont mil Hip rim Motulay In Ortotwr In-ali-ail
ol Hi llrnl Mouilay In annlmitwr. Tint
ilil law provlile ror Ihr alvlnic ui none inl
li boanl al iiiualKallon will mritl Ih lul
Momlav In Aiiaual. Tliorff la no olhpr itntvl-
alon lor tin) tiin ol lb niiHtllna ol 111 iKtant.
III. t I'. Count., mcion Ittam, ri'iMiaoti'il anerial
atlon IW19 I Hivtlon M, atxtv aim iiiliHt,
riiil(lil au eaitoiaion 01 limp mt iohir mc
roll II iii'i'iiuary lllilll III Oral Monday In lli'lu
lM.r. Ill pracili' Ih rtll l ai-lilom or nevnr
rra.lv (or tniullllnn by Ih II ml Moiutay In
Ho. ii-nitittr, ami ili lime la uaiilly eiteiiilctl,
mil III iwMtrtl nut'l" wnr-ii 1110 run m iur.i. nui
lir ol.l law nrovlileil lor Hi nonl nii't-llna Iw-
loriMli a-im'-aor wan reniilrim 10 tilit lint roll,
nii al no oilii-r lim. Tti JiirUilU-ilon ol the
heart! U I hua tliroiui Into nuKiiou.
Tim nroviiiiitu lorxiyiua none in in nifiti
li Hid I1 Momlay In Aiiiiiim la mill' ol Ilia
Ural rial In tliln it
, iiii
al Hi a
aa oriirlunlty In-
tctlill'il in
rovlil thai t)i aaaeaaor ami ftuilltor
ahollltl meat l III l'onrtllllllal lo Oerrci-I
ly elorli-al urront, me., nuo weuk U(or (lie
county eoiirl ittiiallaiMl lit mil, tho board or
eqiilialtou not llicn IkiIiiu known. Hlnr
tlii the acliriu haa Uen euuiilitiily cliaiiKfil,
and 111 priivlaloiia are now, tmluir to ootvUina
i-illilii in auunnliuuiiM, euntratllulory and Im-
IIONNlbT.
Tli gmmidmiint recommended omlla thp pro
yUlon lor Hi aliiiliin ol ihthiito( nlln Hi
acnnit'iil roll, but givca Hi aaaoaaor the name
limit a uiuliir III preasut law he could Im' ly
n by Ih eoiiuty eiiiirt. innlla ileHiilllooa ol
rel jiropurty and land, which have been de
llmil In aticllou 'i ol thia act; omlla provlalon
that all laud iiiuat lie amfmn'il lilUtlnitiiUlilu
mhuciinihI Irom taxed: aeti aecllun II ol thia act
III 111 eotitily tvhiint Iih-aumI ; nnilla lirovtalona
aa lo aain'aaiueul ol uitoeciinled laud aa aiii'h,
Iiornlltlln tho ftjuuiMMiit'til ul laud aa to un
iiown owner, whim Hie owner la unknown, ru
KArillnaM of ouctipauey. I'rovldoa lor eutiMldr
atlon ul varuln puwnr In dalarinliilni value.)
(tVraonul proiMtrty How valued,)
HtHitlon 10. That aeetlon 3068 of the
Code and Statute of Oregon, compiled
and annotated by Hon. Charles U. Bel
linger and William W, Cotton, lie and
tho namo hereby i amended to road a
follow :
All personal property not exempt
from taxation aliull be valued at It
true value in cash, aa defined in auction
Too Finical.
Trlaonrr," anld the Judge, woe wn
about to pronounce. nlenc upon th
culprit, "If, liuteail of being a chronic
offender; you had choaen th career of a
law-abiding olliaen "
"I am a law-abiding cltlxen," your hon
or," Interrupted tli hardened crook.
"Whenever I brenk a law I am ready to
abide th confquDcei."
Thereupon hi honor added all montha
to th term of Imprisonment h had In
tended to Impoie, a a punlahmsnt for
picking Saw la th court' Eugllah.
18 hereof, and It ahall be the dnlv of
each ftHemiir to value all Improvement
on claimed United Hlalea luuda within
hlHvounty on imi-Honul proiwrty.
(Oiiilu t,rovlln lur a mrll ratio ol aaimu
liivlil aiwl minilLii for ' goln ywarli, wlilr-h
ylolaim the i tMiitloiial uruvltlou a lo unl-
luniilijf and uiiillty.)
(l'luta or aurveya and tjwna Preaent
nwiierahlp book or lint Taxpayera'
Index.) ' 7
( Heetiim 20. That acction 8001 of the
Code and Htatutna of Oregon compihtd
ami unmituted by Hon. Churlo 11. Itol
liiiRer and William W. Cotton, be and
the niiiio hereby ia umonded to read a
follow;
Tho aHHcHnr of each county ahall
make a plat of the government aurveyn,
and of al) town pluta within hi coun
ty, and ahull note therein, or In a prev
ent ownership Imok or lit, the owner
of each tract of Innil, and of each town
lot; and in count in where the axutunor
ahall ilem-rilx! the hind in the roll in
the order of Ita locution upon the
ground lie ahall keep a taxpayera' in
dex for each year, which ahall lie a
public record mihject to general incpec
tion ; and in audi index ahall Iw en
tentt the name of every tuxjiayer
aguiuat w huin any tux ahull Iw charged
in the county, in alphalwtical order
with reference to the tlmt three letter
of the aurnumo of audi taxpayera aa
nave Burnumiia, ami of the Unit nuuiea
of any others, and ahull refer to the
page and tinea of the roll where the
aHMfttincnt of audi tuxpuyer may be
ioiiiki.
(HrnyMea lor jirent ounrnhln book or llt,
or ! UH'iuir'i lim lua; onrnl.li on ulai
at errw-lit. lavnaivra' IikIi-x lo-ot wlntu Ilia
i. .11 l r,,r, hi, ally arrariKot aiiall rt-lur lo
I'aov ami linn ol roll. lh ulil law MHimlliir to
lOO
but
ruriil Murrljr lor a Un ol lainamn. wtilc
L b I
uo u 1I1UVI .
(Stock or other personally of nonreai-
denla.)
Section 21 . That auction 3062 of the
Code and Statute of Oregon, compiled
and annoluttxt by Hon. Churlo II. Bel
linger and William W. Cotton, be and
the ame hereby ia amended to read
follow:
Whenever any live atock or other
pcmouul proierty of non-residenta in
thi ttate hall be pointed out to the
acor by any renident householder of
hi county it ahull bo the duty of the
Mwiwir to afe the lame at ita caith
value; and uch atm-k or other personal
prowrty ahall Iw held liable for the
payment of the luxe thereon in the
aiiie manner aa the pcmonal property
of resident citizen ia held liable
(No rhaner rti'pt lo um word "liy took"
inairau u "aitH'K" io near up in prvaent ra
l.iminy lo wlial kind ul nuck It mi'anl lit
ur rornflitj
(.Wecmncnt roll and appralnement of
property.)
Section 22. That rwction 30G9 of the
Code and Statutes of Oregon, complletl
and annotated by Hon. Charlea B. Bel
linger and Willium W. Cotton, be and
the name hereby ia amended to read aa
follow
At the time preacrbleil by law the
aiw.aor in each county hall uncertain
by diligent inquiry the name of all
perwim liable to taxation in hi county
w ho by law are amtesNuule to bun, and
alxo all the taxable personal property,
and all taxable real estate therein
which by law ia a?iiablo by him, and
make out an ouMviHinent roll of all uch
proicrty, and appruine the aume ac
cording to the provinioniof the gtututoa
relating thereto.
(Only ehaii l to eroylil that th aiuemor
an-ewti-a iro-rty l
llllil, tlllia riiiitllni( tint IrKtalature to plac
w oil n ay law it smit'iuiaui uy
ly io BMitwa cvriaiu viaaaea ui uruoariy
i
Uitwlirv,
(Owner or nuinnging ngent to furnidi
lii-t of pni)erty IViuilty for Mid
priKveding nfter refusul.)
Hei-tion 2.'1. Tlmt awtion 3070 of the
Code uml rtliitutes of Oregon, compiled
and unnotiitcd by Hon. Charlea B. Bel
linger Mid Willium W. Cotton, bo and
the ajiiiie hereby ia amended to read aa
fill lows:
Kvery nuaennor shnll require any per
son liable tn lie taxed in his county and
to be afHCKtcd by him, and the nuinng
ing agent or olheer of any corporation
or uwocititinn liable to be taxed in his
county mid to bit uHcesnetl by him, to
fumiah tich rWeHor a lit of all tlie
n'til ei'lHte of audi jxT-ion, corporution,
or tiffooiiition situnto in his county lia
ble to In xnt ion, und a lint of all the
per.oiiul pmiierly of such person, cor
iwrntion, or iinxoeintion liable to luxa
tion in this shite, and shut) require
such person, managing ngent, or ollicer
to make oath that, to tho best of his
knowledge and belief, such list' contains
a full mid true account of all its or his
property liable to be taxed in such
county; and if nny person shall refuse
to furnish such list, or to Bwetir to the
same when required so to do by the as
sessor, such person shall forfeit and pay
to the assessor, for the use of tho coun
ty, the sum of f50, which sum may be
recovered by motion in any court hav
ing jurisdiet ion of matters of debt or
contract to tho amount of $50. Should
any such erson, iiinniigmg. ngem, or
ollicer, when o required, rciuse to turn-
ish and to swear to such list the assess
or shall ascertain the taxable property
of such jwrson, corporation, or associa
tion, and shall appraise (lie same icoin ,
the best information to be derived from,
other sources.
( llmlitiva aini'iiitlin acrtlon aJ70, Incorporated
alMi Hie eaaenlUI "I H. C. Coinii., aci'tlon
3.iftn. Kxti'iiila the irttviaiiina or auction wi70 10
liuluili' inauaulna agflila or nnutira 01 corpor
ation or SNMoi'lniloti iHMblc to anncaanient by the
Increase the penally (nun fJU lo Mi,
-11 boliiii common xiwrlBii thl many por-
aoiiN pi'clcr lo nut llieir cnaucca m unviuK io
pay a au penally lavuvi 11111 innav iiiv aiatv-
nicnl i'ctiiliuii.)
(To be enntiniieil next week)
Local Color.
Mr. Goodsole What odd coutiaat on
find In society 1
Mr. Krdprp 0, yea; In th blubook
you And the name of vr ao many peo
ple that are bouelcaaly groen.
Jnat a Hint.
An Irish provincial paper recently
printed the following notice: "Whereas,
Patrick O'Connor lately left his luds-
lugs, thia I to give notice that If h
floe not return hi once mm imj iut
the same he will b advertised."
NEWS OF THE WEEK i
In a Condensed Form lor Oar
Easy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Reauma of the Lea Important but
Not Let Intaratlng Evanf
cf tho Pat Weak.
The Spanish cabinet bun realgneil.
London pairs say it ia a mistuke to
ludleve Jiiam wants b fight the United
Httttiu. ;
Indiana hua starttil suit again! the
Big Koiir railroad for fuilure to supply
necetmary freight oira.
The British government la looking
for a suitable man to send to the
United Suites as ambassador.
It ia estimutcd that in vat r ions .part
of the Itiitttian empire :'0,MK 1,000 peo
ple are in neetl of food, owing to the
failure of crops.
A new treaty will lie sent to the en
uto defining the title of the Isle of
I'iticn, and which would accord Ameri
can ncttlcr more protection.
Tlie dreaded Bun Joae scale ha leen
dlsivivereil in several orchards in tie
Kast. It ai thought tile insects have
been carried on nursery stock from the
West.
Secretary Shaw CKtimatea that fl08,
028, 453 will lie required for the gov
ernment service for the year ending
June .HI, l'.HIH. This, ia 1mh than waa
appropriated for tlie fiseal year of 1 907 .
All insurance policies covering huiltl
ings owned or cont rolled by the tobacco
trust in Western Kentucky have been
cancelled. The Coinpanie fear more
warehouses will be burned by angry
molts.
A universal suffrage bill hua been
jaMseit In Auatria. ;
Senator Fulton lias a remedy for the
Jiiauiee problem.
The UniUil State lea.U all eountr lea
in the production of precioau metata.
The
drug combine lws been declared ;Ln infr,,,. At the outset the pree
'gal trust by a I'hiladelphia court . ?fdnt tXlk the 8lan1 that treatie8 m.
an ille
Allegeil revolutionliit continue their perseded all state and otlier laws. Now
reign of bloodshed across the Mexican ' he l oonvinoeil that, in giving the Jap
bonier. . I anese students 'equal educational righto
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iving .neneiia, 01 aujbbuiui, is nwr
death and a war for his succeasor w ill
m""
A mob of masked men plundered and
burned a plant of tlie toboccco trust in
Kentueky. I
The St, Paul mil! hw lncrear.ed
it f, H, m nf i.ifl-
const extensions
Texas bandits threw the express mes
senger from the train and looted the
car at their leisure.
Thirty states will be represented at'
Him fvinfiiMiiiiu at. 1lrtt MuniM fo pointer .
senatorial elections.
It Is estimated that elections for
members of the English parliament
-yist 08 cents per vote.
One governor of a Cuban province
has resigned rather Hum reinstate vari
ous olticers in his province, who he de
clured were assassins.
The Illinois Central will spend t?,-
000,000 elevating its tracks in Chisago.
One day recently 4,050 steerage pas
sengers arrived m ew lork from Eu
rope.
There is a coal shortage in San Fran
cisco and tlie price hus been boosted 'i
per ton.
At its next session congress will be
asked to pay for entertainments by our
foreign ambassadors and ministers.
It is alleged that an attempt has been !
ado to poison one of the TwiUiesses
iiuule to poison
in the land fraud trials now on at Salt
Lake.
Tenement house residents of New
York's East Side have begun a war on
butcher shops for raising tho price of
meat.
Realty in Victoria, B. C, has in
creased 25 per cent in value on tlie an
nouncement of improvements by tlie
Canadian Pacific.
A new all-Canadian mail service re
cord has been established by the trip
from London to Vancouver, B. C, be
ing made in 11 days.
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The use of tobacco in any form is be-1
ing driven from the university at Lin-i
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COIn, IUD.
nriiisn loiummtin muiiius are in uie ,
huhit 01 selling their girls as soon as
they are ol denough to find ft buyer.
An effort is to be nuuletostop tlie prac
tieo. With the. thermometer stnndimi near
the xero mark a large number of prom- veinber the total receipts were $55,
inent cit ixena of Payette, Inaho, held 002,408 and the expenditures $48,322,
up a coal train and took two cars for. 607, thus showing a surplus for the
their own use. Thya were prevented month o( $7,280,000 and for the seven
from taking moreb y a promis eof relief . months of the f!sil year of $14,776,
by tlie railroad company. IHH. For the last month the receipts
I from customs nmounted to 125.921.327:
The Canadian govcrnoment has agreed
to place a lifeboat service on tlie south
ern portion of Vancouver island coast,
tlie nuirine graveyard.
Investigation has shown tlmt large
amounts of money intended to relieve
Russian famine sufferers has been pock
eted by those intrusted with tlie funds.
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road hap given an increase of 5 per cent
1 lift nmiauiii. uiitiv I.7.IOI.II- urn-
in wages to all its employes receiving ened to move away if coal Is not fur
less than $200 per month. nlshed soon. '
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Main Tak B for It Will B th Ap
v proprlalion Bills.
Washington, Dec. 3. The passage of
the appropriation bills and as little
other general legislation as possible
such In brlvf Is the forecast for the
short Session of the 5!)th congress, which
will begin at high noon today.
There lius not yet been time for as
general an exchange of views among
members as is ordinarily desired by
haulers before expressing their views,
but all seem to regard the present situ
ation as so simple as to need compara
tively little intercourse to arrive at an
understanding. It is evident, for vari
ous reasons, that it will not be possible
to do niucch on the appropriation bills
Ix'fore the holidays, and the circum
stance will have the effect of condensing
the consideration of the 14 regular sup
ply measures into two months.'
Considering that the aggregate of the
appropriation to be considered will
approximate l,tXj,(XX),0U0, some sen
ators and members express the opinion
Unit congress cannot do better than
give all of its time to these measures.
The report on the ship subsidy bill
prolwbly will be an exception to the
rule for no general legislation. The
friends of that measure have never been
more insistent tluin now. They are
extremely hopeful, and yet very appre
hensive. The bill has passed the senate and is
in committee in tlie house. The com
mittee has heretofore been quite evenly
divided, but the advocates of the bill
believe tlmt they will be able to get it
out in due season and they hope for its
consideration when once reported to the
house. " '
RELATIONS ACUTE. - '
Japan Government Ask Too Much
J for Her Subject.
j Washington, Dec. 3. Tlie relations
.between the United States and Japan
as a result of tlie attitude of the Japan
ese government toward the California
, authorities in school matters have be-
come acute. "An erroneous impression
M the prcsldentVpoeitian has been
widely eircu'ated. : ,
j The prwident absolutely concur
opinion of SwK-tary Metcalf
ftht the Japanese hav no cause for
wtrr iavnitm und fruit ntt trf t iirrf. Vina
while separating them from other
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Outside of racial differences, there is
another reason for segregation, and
that is that many of the Japanese stti-
dents are adults, ihe president will
tntyreemen
but he thinks too much is being asked
by the Japanese government. It is
known that the president feels that the
Japanese, with an enormous personal
conceit and tremendous personal ego
tism, are trying to impose upon the
Plle of San Francisco and the Pacific
vxuai
RIGGER NAVY YARD FOR COAST.
Government May Enlarge Facilities at
Bremerton to Meet Needs.
Washington, Dec. 3. The Navy de
partment has received a report of the
special board detailed to look into the
situation at the Puget Sound navy yard
with a view to determining the line of
its projier development, year by year,
in order that there may be eventually,
at that establishment, such a complete
plant for repair, and possibly for con
struction, as will be needed on tlie. Pa
cific coast.
It is minted out in the retxirt that
it would be of advantaire to naval inter-
( osts and of value to naval efficiency to
Llepvclop the Puget Sound plant into a
batt leship yard with facilities for doing
the ''"f1 k ,ul of work, nd all with a
view to uie cnanceinai 11 may oe neces
sary to have, convenient on the Pacific
mist, a means of repairing ships of the
Pad lie and Asiatic stations.
Wrestle With Spelling.
Washington, Dee. 3. The subcom
mittee of the house committee on ap
propriations, which bus been consider
ing the lelgslutive, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill, has completed
its hearings. Tlie subcommittee fol
lowed the old method of spelling in pre
paring the bill. The full committee
will take up the bill today ami It will
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Uncle Sam Makes Money.
Washington, Dec. 8. The monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures shows that for No,
mm internal revenues $24,860,342 and
from miscellaneous sources, $4,620,828.
Coal Famine Close School.
Minneapolis, Dec. 3. The coal situ
ation In the country district has bo
eome worse since the cold snap. One
dealer said that Garretson, 8. D., Is
about to close Its schools because of
lack, of coal. In some of the towns
near Garretson residents have threat-
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OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
BUSINESS PARALYZED.
Car Shortage Causing . Heavy Loe
to Shipper.
McMinnville To say nothing of the
car shortage for the immense lumber
trade in this county, shippers are at
least 3(10 curs short. A McMinnville
hopbuyer said that tlie growers in this
pert of tho county are already losers
by $20,000 on account of not being
able to get cars when they hud a chance
to sell, and little relief is in sight.
Wool shipments have been delayed,
and the farmers put to great inconven
ience and loss.
The potato crop is waiting shipment
with no cars. A great part of it is on
the sidetracks and a freeze would re
sult in great loss. A prominent ship
per said:
"The coinpuny docs not build enough
cars to keep up with the wonderful in
crease of business, and what they hare
are poorly handled. For Instance, cars
come tn here every day from the East,
are unloaded here and are sent empty
to Portland, after staying here for two
or three flays. They could just as well
be loaded here for Portland. The car
shortage is the greatest handicap in
business this section - of country lias
ever suffered from."
Lane Could Use 3,000 Care.
Eugene The Willamette valley car
shortage is seriously affecting the busi
ness of Lane county lumber concerns.
Tlie Booth-Kelly company's big mill it
Wendling has closed down on that ac
count, forcing between 250 and 400
men into idleness. The company's
Springfield mill is running only in the
1 lay time, the night shift having been
laid off several months ago, forcing 100
men to seek employment elsewhere.
The company at the present time is
short 1,700 ears, and it is estimated
that the total shortuge in the county is
3,000 cars. The Mohawk Lumber com
pany's mill has closed down.
Brownsville Feels Gloomy.
Brownsville Inability to obtain cars
for transportation of lumber Is paralyz
ing the business of the lumbermen of
this section. The shortage has existed
for seven weeks, during which period
not a single car lias been loaded at this
station, the railroad company absolute
ly refusing to supply cars at all. That
no relief is in sight is potent from ' the
fact that a conference, held in Portland
a few days ago, between Mayor W. P.
Elmore, of this city, and J. P. O'Brien,
of the Southern Pacific, in reference
to tlie car shortage, failed utterly, no
encouragement wlmtever being offered.
Linn Needs 60 for Grain.
Albany There is great suffering
from the car shortage In towns on the
branch lines in this part of the state.
Being a railroad junction and a distri
buting point, Albany Is more favored
than any other valley city, but condi
tions even here are very bad. Shippers
can get cars for Portland, but absolute
ly nothing for the south. The greatest
need is for cars for grain and farm pro
duce on branch lines. Shippers are un
able to fill orders, and the demand for
cars is growing greater every day.
least 50 cars are needed now for gram
alone.
Inconvenience at Grant Pass.
Grants Pass The Southern Pacific
will not furnish cars for California
points, except for fruit. The California
Pine Box Lumber company is also
handicapped by not being able to get
lumber shipped from outside points, 2-5: Snpe $l-6,.2 25 per crater
but the company is running i's usual ' $KM 50; cranberries, $12(13
fort, and is putting in full time. The?" barrel; persimmons, $1.50per box.
Fruit Growers' union has been able to
get all the curs needed to ship apples
both to California and the East. Merch
ants have been inconvenienced.
Woodburn Want 58-
Woodburn If relief does not come
Soon there will be Considerable loss
from the car shortage here, if a freeze
comes and the contents of warehouses
are affected. Among the cars needed
are 16 for potatoes, 20 for hay and 22
for hops. Of these 58 cars, some were
ordered before November 1 Farmers
are anxious to sell, but the commission
houses cannot buy so long as they can
not get cars.
Clackamas Want Better Roads.
. Oregon City Commendable interest
in bringing about an Improved condi
tion in many of the highways of the
county is being exhibited by the taxpay
ers residing in several of the important
road districts. Several meetings have
been held In different sections of the
county, wlpn a special tax has been or
ilered levied, the proceeds from which
will be utilized, together with what
nmy lie appropriated by the county, in
placing in suhstnnitnl repair the thor
oughfares in sucji districts. At a meet
ing of tlie taxpayers of the Highland
road district a special tax of 6 mills was
ordered levied for this purpose.
Irrigation at Freewater.
Freewater Winter irrigation of the
Hudson Buy district, 10 miles below
thia city, is now in full prorgess, irri
gation from the big Burlingume ditch
and its laterals covering an area of
about 20,000 acres of fruit and rich al
falfa lands. At this season of the year
all the Waters of the Walla Walla and
the Tuin-a-lum rivers below the Pea
cock and Eagle mills in this city are
available for irrigation, which has
proved to be a successful plan in this J
iuvttonlar iliul.rlef. I
LSI blVUllli tlUH 4VVI V- ' I
EVERY COUNTY PAID IN FULL.
Oregon Is Out of Debt, and Will Be
. Until Early Next Year. '
Salem For the first time In the his
tory of the state every county has paid
its state taxes In full. In the last
three or four years the payment) have
been prompt and only two or three
counties were delinquent and only for
comparatively small sums. Now, how
ever, that the last hall of the state tax
from the several counties is delinquent,
a balance of accounts has been struck
and not a dollar Is found to be due the
state. Until a fw day ago one county
had not paid, but the county treasurer
remitted before delinquency started the
accumulation of Interest.
Though the finances of the state are
in excellent condition and the state has
not a dollar of debt, it is apparent that
the treasury will be depleted early In
1907, and that for some time warrants
must be indorsed for want of funds and
the state must pay interest thereon.
No more state taxes will be due . until
April.
Corn in Benton County.
Corvallis On old wheat land in thia
county, John Whitaker, living 12 miles
south of Corvallis, grew this season 1,
000 bushels of corn on 14 acres of
ground. The yield is more than 70
bushels per acre, which is understood
to be a satisfactory yield in the com
belt of the Middle West. The soil la
sandy loam, but has been cropped for
many years to wheat. The success Mr.
Whitaker has had this and other years
will lead him to plant t larger acreage
cf corn next season. .
Will Colonize Big Tract.
1 Oregon City Judge T. F. Ryan has
made the sale for II . Grim, of Texas,
of 800 acres of land, four miles north
east of Molal la, to W. H. Balr, of Can
by. This farm will be subdivided into
small tracts and disposed of through a
plan of colonization. Only 80 acres of
the large tract are under cultivatior,
but the rest can easily be cleared by
the individual purchaseas of the tracts.
The land is rich and productive and ia
one of the most fertile sections in the
county.
Can Factory for Astoria.
Astoria Articles of incorporation of
the Kendall Can company have been
filed in the county clerk's office. The
incorporators, are George W. Sanborn,
F. P. Kendall and G. C. Fulton, and
the capital stock is $100,000, divided
into 1,000 shares of $100 each. The
company is making arrangements for
the erection of a plant that will be
equipped with the most modern machin
ery for the manufacture of all classes of
cans.
Favor Phonetic Readers.
Pendleton The sixth annual conven
tion of the eastern division of the
State Teachers' associat ion, adopted a
resolution requesting the State Text
book commission to adopt some series
of readers based on a system of pho
netics. Cold Weather' in John Day.
Canyon City John Day valley real-
t I dents have experienced a sharp taste of
nuitari, Bitot tuning ill uitt juuuiiuiiiis
until some of the roads were almost im-
passible. No stock was lost, and there
is no fuel famine here.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Fruits Apples, qommon to choice,
50(5 76c per box: choice to fancy. $1(31
v eireuiuiee v.uuuage, t, r t xc;
Cauliflower, $1.20 per dozen; celery, 75
90c per dozen; lettuce, head, 30c per
dozen; onions, 10a12c per dozen;
bell peppers, 8c; pumpkins, l)c per
pound; spinach, 4(Hi5c per pound;
squash, l.lc; turnips, 90e(5$l per
sack; carrots, 90c(S.$l per sack; beets,
$1.25(3-1.50 per sack; horseradish, 9eV
10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2i9
2 ljC per pound.
Onions Oregon, 75c$l per cwt.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, fancy,
$l(Sil.l0; common, 70,90c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 275)32a
per pound.
Eggs Oregon ranch, 35(3;37)e per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hen, 1213e
per pound; mixed chickens, 1212e;
spring, 12136c; old roosters, 8
10c; dressed chickens, 1 4(3,1 5e; tur
keys, live, 17l7)c; turkeys, dressed,
choice, 21(a,22c; geese, live, 10c;
ducks, 1516c;.
Wheat: Club, 6364c; blueetein,
67,68c; valley, 6667c; red, 6162c.
Oats No. 1 white, $2525.50; gray,
$24.5025 per ton.
Barley Feed, $2121.50 per ton;
brewing, $22.50; rolled, $22.5024.
Rye $1 .401.45 per cwt.
Corn Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per
ton. -
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1,'$11(M2
per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $14
16; clover, $7(S)8; cheat, $7.608.50;
grain hay, $7.508.50; alfalfa, $11.50;
vetch hay, $77.60.
Veal l)re8ed, 6 K8o per pound.
Beef Dressedbulls, l2eper pound; '
cows, 45c; country steers, 6(&6G.
Mutton Dressed, fancy, !9ic per
pound; ordinary, 67c.
Pork Dressed, 6(3;8c per pound.
Hops 11(3 He per pound, according
to quality.
Wool Eastern Oregon svewggkest,
10107401; (-r pouiiti, arci-imjiilglntv jany
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