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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1010.
NO 3
CONGRESS OPENS
SHORT SESSION
Indications Are Little General
Legislation Will Be
Attempted.
Washington The lxtyflrst con
gress assembled Mondsy (or U final
irsiloii. Almost Immediately after
convening both house followed th
custom of adjourning for ono day out
ul respect to tlio memory of those
diviiiIk'ii who have died during th
summer recess. Five senators and
thrcs represeutaUve have died since
tli beginning of summer. Upon re
assembling Tuosday tuo two housos
listened to tbit reading of the presi
dent's aunual message.
Tbs luesauge was 'unusually Ion,
running from 80,000 to 40,obo words
In a general way the presldunt urged
upon congress the necessity for i-um t
Inn legislation to build up the Auierl
can merchant ninrlua, to conserve the
natural resources of tho country, in
prMlJo new' form of government
for Alaska, to "supplement nd
strengthen" tho Sherman antitrust
law, to enlarge tbs scope of the civil
ssrvlc law, to create a national bu
reau of health, to provide a legislative
bails for worklngmen's compensation,
fur Die limitation of Injunctions Is
sued by federal courta, and to pro
idtv cloitr coinaiarctnl relation with
Canada. Tbo president also gave Ma
views la regard to the further '"gu
Utlon and control of corporation
engaged. In Intnrstnte buslnos and
Uie regulation of tho Issue of alocka
and bonda of Interstate railway
Get Down to Business.
Aftor the reading of president
Taft'a annuul mofsngn tho lawmak
ers were able) to got down to business
aJniuat lruuiadlatcly, a tho dotill
of organisation and committee
Langs required little tlnm.
Tan Mg thing staring the leg h!a
tor In the face le donning up the ap
propriation bill, of whleli there nre
II President Taft ha been ciilllng
on the department head for economy
o4 be 1 expected to continue the
proceea with tho legl Intor. Until
these bill are cleaned up It I pretty
certain that notiilug in tne way oi
general legislation will be ntleinpleil
MARY BAKER EDDY DEAD
Announcement la Mad In Mothsr
Church
8"n. Mrs. Hury Bak-r (Hover
Eddy, discoverer ami founder of f'brU
tlnn Science, I dead, after an II Iii'-hh
of nine days Announcement of tho
passing of the venerable loader,
which occurred lute Saturday night
at hor home at Chestnut Hill, was
TRAINMEN DEMAND INCREASE
mployea of Wdtern Road Asking
for Million.
Chicago. Representatives of p
kroxliitalnly 6M" conductor and
trainmen, employed on the slsty rail
road wet of Chicago, who have, do
niandod an Increase In wage aver
aging about IS per cent, are holdlnrc
dully conference here with the gen
wal manager In presenting their ar
giiuicnt for the advance In pay and
Improvement In working condition.
It I estimated that the new scales
asked by the inrn will exceed In
tmoiirrt tboo asked by Iho engineer
recently, which aggregated nearly
15.000,000.
" Convoy Atked for Chart.
New York. If the United State
will send a convoy of battleship to
escort tho chart from Oermany to thl
country, the flrt map on which the
pM Amr(.-" amienr limy bu
brought across the Atlantic. Tho of
f.r n n.. ni.it ilia document to be
brought here lias been made to Presi
dent Taft by representative of the
owner of the hlatorlc document, which
re la In Caitle Wolfeg, Kingdom of
Wurtemburg, Germany.
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NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER CITIEB IN OREGON
The old butUt'Hlilp Oregon, aftor five
yeiim of alienee, durlug which time
lui bit reitti.-d at naclior out of com
DilMHlon at the llremorton navy yard,
I again ready for active service.
Governor elect Oswald West an
nounce that Ralph Watson, a re
porter on tho Portland Journal, ha
received and accepted 'The appoint
ment of private secretary to the gov
ernor. The iecretary of the Interior has re
jected nil bid which were received
at the office of the reclamation service
ITEMS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT OREGON
Chronicle of Important Events
of Interest to Our
Readers.
Report of State Land Board.
Salem. The biennial report of the
Btate Land Board, Issued by Clerk
Drown, 1 In readiness for the next
i..Rijtatiua o.aomtiiv in the reDOrt
mi. uic ininc ui me f vijiuiumiuii .tri th-b i.(,idibti " d ' - --- - -
at Klamath Kails for the furnishing of the clerk himself It Is shown that
of a ulciii ,ir,i .r ,ir..iiir,ir enniilu a total of 1099.958.75 has been re-
IOWA'S NEW SENATOR.
Lafayette Young, Nwpapr
Editor, Take Dolliver' Place.
SECRETARY BALLINGER
MAY BE IMPEACHED
on the Klamath Irrigation orolect.
To reclnlm l,r,000 acres of land In
the Wood Illver valley, Klamath
county, a levee 24 miles In length Is
being built by Senator Abner Weed of
Hluklyou, C'al, The work Is about
half finished.
Frank J. Miller, of Salem, hits been
appointed state railroad commissioner
to succeed Governor-elect West. Mr.
Miller will immediately take up bis
new duties. This appointment extends
to tho flrBt of the year when he will
continue In office, having been elected
to that position.
As a token of the esteem In which
their fellow oo-laborer has been held
by them during the past four years,
j Oswald West, who retired from the
; railroad commission, was presented
. with a benutlfu! silver cup by Com
( nilssloners Altcheson and Campbell
; snd by Commissioner-elect Frank J.
! Miller. Tho cup la a large affair. Is
' gold lined and 1 engraved with these
I words: ''Oswald West, iroin the mcm-
bers of the railroad commission of
Oregon, Thomas K. Campbell, Clydo
II. Altcheson, Frank J. Millor, Decern
, bor 2, laiO."
I The second semiannual state
i threshers' convention will be held at
Washington. A resolution for the La Grando ! itier 9 and 10. This
MRS. MARY BAKER CLOVER EDDY
mudo at the morning service of Die
mother church In this city Sunday.
Mrs. Kddy was boru In Dow, N. H.,
July I, 1X21, and was therefore In
bor Suth year.
Tho nuuibeT of I'lirUtian Sclenco
adherent In 1010 Is estimated at 1,-
000.000.
eelred and nald over to the state
treasurer.
Interest bearing funds In the de-
pnrtment are regregated as follows: j
School fund principal due on certlfl- j
cat, of sale, 679,0.r.9.26; college fund
principal due on certificates of sale,
$3,078.95; university fund principal
duo on certificate of sale, $2,720;
swamp land fund, due on certrflcates
of sale, $4,904, or a total of $689,
762.21. The amount due on Interest
account from the above funds for ex
cess received on farm lands Is shown
to be $7,559.
Money from lands sold Is segregat
ed In the clerk's report as follows:
School lands, $74,772.3; Agricultural
College lands, $:120.19; swamp lands,
$480; tide lands, $:154.77, or a total of
$75,927 69.
The total applications for farm
loans Is shown to have been' $2,532,
048.07. The loans rejected amounted
to $2,435,528 07. The school district
' bonds purchased an ounted to $95,980.
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lm'peachmont of Secretary Malllnger
baa been proiKisod and may be
Introduced In th house at any time
Its Introduction Is timely. If the min
ority report, censuring llalllnger, la
adopted by the house. Hie Impeach
ment resolution will follow almost
Imiuedlatoly, perhaps at the same
time tho minority report Is adopted.
The probability that the houso will
follow that course by a combination
between Insurgents and Democrats I lng engineers, etc
convention will be the most import
ant ovt ' in tho history of the asso
ciation, as at this meeting the dele
gates will outline new laws to govern
the threshing Industry for " '
tlon at the coming session of the leg
islature, and It Is expected that every
thresherman In Tie stnte will make a
special el fort to bu present. Among
the laws to bo s r.sested arc bridge
DlnnkinK. Insnectli i of boilers, llccns-
Home-Made Still Seized.
Eugoae. Deputy Internal Revenue
Collector Scbulberg, of Salem, and his
assistant, A. F. Tomlinson, made
raid on a moonshiner's still In the
mountains near Lcrano.
The still consisted of a big copper
kettle holding abcut two barrels, the
necessary "worm" and other appara
tus V-cvn to the moonshlper. The
was brought to this city and
shipped to the collector of internal
1 revenue at Portland. The name of
the owner of tho still has not been
learned.
KAY ADD TWO JUDGES
worries the administration very much
If the house should Impeach, the sen
ate must, under the constitution, sit
aa Judge on the houso charges.
Only a change in the present sltua-
ihm can prvvem tho house from
adopting the reKt censuring Hiillln
gr, and It la argu.-d that then the
bous must ox to Impeachment or
b Inconsistent.
Jones Declines Taft's Offer.
Washington. Senator Jo'ies, of
Washington, will not den thu ermine.
Shortly after his arrival In Washing
ton the Senator, by appoinment, call
ed upon president Toft, who tendered
him tho rnlted States District Judg
ship for Eastern Wushlng;oii, left va
cant by the death of Judge Whltson.
Senator Jones promptly declined the
offer, saying ho preferred to remain
In the Senate. Moreover, he Informed
the President he did not cure to rec
ommend anyone for this vacant Judge
ship, but would gladly furnish, upon
request, any Intormatlon ho might
possess regarding various candidates.
He said he preferred that the Presi
dent should make his own selection.
This will be done, but before any np
poltit ment I lunde both Washington
Seuutor will bo iwm.uinlted as to the
qualifications of the man chosen by
the President.
The State Poai ! of Equalization
met Mondny and wl'l continue In ses
sion untl 'to revlow :ind equalization
is ompleted. Tho 1. allows one
month as maximum t'. '.zr the coin
plotlon of this work. Following the
equalization and revl. w, apportion
ment of the state kaa will be made.,
Tho commissioners are not certain
what extent of work there will be this
year In connection with the equaliza
tion. Meetings will be held In the
ofllces of the tax commission, unless
there Is a particularly heavy attend
ance ind nt such times the board will
adjourn to the stflte senate chambers.
The convention of the Oregon-Idaho
Young Men's Christian Associations
at Eugene adopted by unanimous vote
resolutions providing for the initiative
and referendum In the affairs of the
organization. Tho resolutions provide
thai any 10 per cent of the associa
tions In tho two states may file their
roferendum petition any time within
0 day after the close of the session
of the stato convention. Each asso
ciation is entitled to two votes on
ecU measure, ono additional vete for
each 100 active members and one ad
ditional vote for a majority fraction
embers. A const It u
Salem. That the addition, of two
supremo Justices to the five now con
nected with the court will be one ot
the liveliest topics to be considered
by the next legislature. Is the opinion
of several of the members-elect of
both the senate and the house. Un
der the amendment to article VII, no
re? frictions are placed on the number
of Justices and the legislature Is given
full sway to make as many additions
as It pleases.
That a move will be placed on foot
to Increase the number from five to
seven Is certain now, and It Is under
stood plans are already under way for
the framing of a measure to cover
the Increase.
Pnder the amendment voted upon
favorably by the people, the supreme
: court Is Instructed to go completely
Into the record if necessary, and go
beyond the exceptions wtoich counsel
might make to the rulings of the cir
cuit court. It Is stated by those who
are favorable to Increasing the num
ber of the supreme bench that this
will practically necessitate the pro
posed additions.
It is understood that the bill for In
crease of number of Justices will be
one of the first to be lntrodaced at
BRIEF NEWS OF THE WEEK
New York is not to have a world's
fair In 13:: r.;r at my other time
perhaps. Tho committee appointed
some time et-o by the mayor to con
sider the schen a hns decided that
the city does net Bord fair.
Department heads of the Santa Fe
Railroad Comrny have been notified
that beginning December 1 smoking
cigarettes by employes would be con
sidered eufoc'ent c.use for dismissal.
The uro cf rrrr'"n'"s by the war
departmen Is :rc; . .n. rtded by the
board of otdmnce .ind fortifications'
in its annual repert U the secretary
of war. j
President Tart has withdrawn ap- j
proximately 6,670 acres of public land
in Washington and Oregon for water-
power sites. The lands sltivated In 1
Washington are along the Little Pend
d"Orcille River, approximately 4,180
acres; along Jackman Creek, approxl-'
mately 7S0 acres; along Lost Creek, '
approximately 120 acres. Oregon,
along Rcgue River tributaries ap
proximately 960 acre's.
Foremost on the list of the con
ventions of the week 1 the annual
session of the National Rivers and
Harbors congress, whie assembled
In WsskUiftoa Wlly. Other
conventions of more or fess tnten
and Importance are the annual meet
ing of the American Red Cross so
ciety In Washington, the convention
of the American Road Builders' aaso
clatirn in Indianapolis, the meeting of
the Southern 'Homeopathic Medical
association in Jacksonville, and a
meeting in St. Paul of the forestry
officials of Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota to consider plans for tho
prevention of forest fires.
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Be one of the WSS
OWES who do their
ChHsmas Shopping
early.
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tlon was adopted providing for incor- the coming session. As the MttcrM
HARRIMAN ROADS MERGED
Portland, All doubt as to whether
the recently organized Oregon Wash-
hoton Railroad & Navigation torn
.n t. to be an operating as well
as a holding concern was dispelled
fnllnwlna- a stockholder' meeting
here, when It wa announced that aft
or Baturdny, December 24, all buslnos
will be done under the name of the
new romunnr. On that date, tha U
K. t N. Co., tho North Coast road
and all associated ilnos will pns out
of existence, and the new company,
; as an active factor In the raiirona
world will officially come Into being.
Attorney and officer of the company
now are at work preparing the paper
Decenary to the formal transfer.
Deadly Explotlve Ud.
Washington. A new high eiploslve
for submarine mlnea hae beon adopfc
d by the War Department and !
receiving the careful itudy ot officer,
of the Coait Artillery corpe. It will
not supplant all other forma of am
munition for mine now in uae, but
Uio Department will procure a up-
i.u it. tttiriA offnctlvenesi bat
been demonstrated to the satisfaction
of experts.
For natrlotla reason It U impo
tlM for army official to dlTulf tha
Progressive Legislation Endorsed.
Was-hlngton. President (lompers,
upon bis return from the American
Federation meeting at St. Louis, re
ported that the Federation Indorsed
unanimously Oregon' progressive leg
islation, Including statewide primaries,
alrect nomination, th corrupt prac
tice act and the Initiative and referendum.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track price: Club, 82o;
bluestem, 83o; red Russian, 80c.
Darley Feed, $21; brewing, ixd.
OaU No. 1 White, $28 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette Valley,
$20Q22 per ton; fc-astern uregon,
$23(324; alfalfa, $15l.
Dutler Creamery, aio; ritiicu, .
Eggs Kanch, candled, 3e.
Hod 1910 crop, llcfll3c; 1909,
8c; old, nominal.
Wool Eurn Oregon liuo io.,
VeJloy. 17Clo lu'
MotoaJr Choice, 3aaa
80c i
Seattle.
Wheat Dluesteuv, 82o; Club
red RuMlan, 77o.
Barley 121 P ton'
r.: IDA tier tOU.
Ilay-Tluwthy, 26 s ton; aUall.
$1$ per ton.
Butter Washington ormry, 880,
rti.,r, under the laws of Oregoo
which was not possible under the olJ
constitution. The principal place oi ;
business will be In Portland. ;
Aerordlnn to the ofT.cial count oi
the returns of the thirteenth census, ;
tho population of tho state of Oregon ,
it 672.765. a compared with 413,536
i toon nnd S13.767 In 1890. The, In
crease from 1900 to 1910, therefore,
la 259,228, or 62.7 per cent, as com- j
pared with an Increase for the preced
ing decade of 99,769, or 31.8 per cent.
Oregon Is entitled to an additional
congressman. The population oi me
counties In 1910 roiiow:
irtfiflS: Clackamas, 29,931; Clatsop,
16,106; Columbia. 10,580; Coos. 19.959;
Crook, 9.315; Curry. 2,044; Dougias,
19,674; Gilliam, 3,701; orant, o.ou..
Harney. 4.059; Hood River, 8,016;
Jackson, 25,716; Josephine, 9,567;
Klamath. 8,554; Lake, 4,658; Lane,
S3 783; Lincoln, 5,587; Linn, u,m.
lir..,,,r s fiOl: Marlon, 39,780; Mor
row 4 357; Multnomah, 226,261; Polk,
13,469; Sherman, 4.242; Tillamook,
6,266; Umatilla, 20,309; union. imi.
Wallowa, 8.864; Wasoo, "
lngton, 21,522; Wheeler. 2.484; "Urn-
hlU, 18,285.
tnstlces would come under the ap
pointing power of the governor, and
as the legislature will be thoroughly
Republican, a warm tilt Is looked for
ward to.
NEW LAWS MADE EFFECTIVE
Acts and Amendment a Adopted by j
People Now on Statutes.
Salem. The Initiative and referen
dum acts and amendments which
were passed at the last general elec
tion are now written into the statute
book as a portion of the law of Ore
gon, Governor Frank W. Benson hav
ing Issued pnclamatlons which made
these law and amendment effective.
Canvassing of the official vote ha
wn eomuleted. and Immediately fol
lowing the completion of thl canvas
the governor issued hi proclamation.
The laws Include the establishment
of an Eastern Oregon brancn insane
asylum, reinstatement of the Mon-
mouth State Normal School, an
! amendment providing for regulation
! of taxation by counties, the home
rule amendment, employers' liability
' Mil lioene River fishing bill, good
roads amendment, presidential pri
mary bill and the three-fourth Jury
amendment.
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS
Ceneral Merritt, who was the mili
tary commander in charge of the first
detachments of United State troop
landed on the Philippine Islands, Is
dead.
Oscar Hamraerstein, the opera im-
pressar'o, Is going to quit this coun
try for good and will leave In Janu
ary for England, where he expeets
to open his opera house next season.
Carter H. Harrison, former mayor
of Chlcaco. will be a candidate for
that office at the primaries to be held
there February 28. Harrison ha
served four terms In this office.
Fred W. Lehmann, of St. Louis, wa
amiointed by President Taft to be so
licitor-general to eucceed the late
I.lovd Bowers.
Senator Elihu Root, of New York,
has been appointed permanent arbi
trator representing America at The
Hague tribunal, succeeding the late
Chief Justice Fuller.
Buyers from this section have always been iudined
to ro to Portland when the Holidays came around, for
the reason that up to the past year or two they could
not get mu.h of a variety of goods from the local
stores, but that clay is past. No matter what you want
we hare it. Before goiwg elsewkere at least look over
the fine assortment of
Christmas Goods
which we have now on hand a line of seasonable
merchandise such as was never before placed on dis
play in a Columbia County store From the Toys,
etc., for the little ones to appropriate articles for gifts
to the older folks not an item has been left out.
Don't fail to drop in and see what we have.
Groceries,
Furniture,
Shoes,
Dry Goods,
Stoves and
Ranges
Indian Children H.v. New School.
Klamath Fail.Throe new day
..mim ne tho use of the Indian hoy
and girt Wr Open 4 on tho reserva-
ttotl tJOCOtnber I. two are v
aft thfccttu aWOb-nequln Bridge
narfdat- tan tw.wwmoy . lh6 COUDle. Mr
Roebura Man Father of 22.
Hoseburg.-The birth of a daughter
to the wife of Levi White, In thl city,
makes Mr. White a father for the
time. This 1 the
FOREIGN NEWS BITS
Europe first skyscraper after the
American model is to be erected In
Milan. Italv.
The official announcement of the
award of the Nobel prize for 1910
will be made Saturday at a meeting
of the Swedish parliament In Stock
holm.
The Brailllan government will end
a rotton Bueciallst to the United
States to study cotton growing and to
take back with him American expert
to further the Interest ot the Indus
try In Braill.
Owing to a noticeable lncreaso
In the conumptlon of wheat among
the Chinese more and more land In
Manchuria I now. being used to keep
up the supply.
A a result of the extraordinary
agitation in recent month by Chi
nese antioplum ocletlc, the impe
rial enat almost unanimously
passed a resolution looking to th
extermination of th drug.
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Men Women and Children
An up-to-date and serviceable line of
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"imposition of th ijlolv of it
ranch, 25o.
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ilxastrou effeoU.