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(TURNER OLIVER
FLATLY REFUSES
10 PAY DUES
GOVERNMENT PROSECUTION'
HILL FOLLOW AT OXCE,
tale Senator Balks at Paying Heavy
Assessment Levied on Him as a
Shareholder In Defunct Bank The
Prosecution Can Only Be Averted
by Iurt Payments Being Made at
Once Oliver's Prosecutor Will Be
ills Partner In Business.
State Senator Turner Oliver balks at
ineetlng the assessment levied on him
iy the comptroller of the currency as
stockholder In the defunct Farmers
Traders' National bank, and gov-
nment proceedings will be instituted
a nearby date. The actual date of,
mmenelng the prosecution, which
n only be averted by Oliver meeting
e assessments'due up to date, will be
termined by the government, but It
tinot be until 15 days after the leg
ature adjourns, as any sol on Is ex-
inpt by statute that many davs after
glslature adjourns.
Oliver's Grounds.
Turner Oliver has presented his
rounds for refusing to meet the as-
ssment levied on his 40 shares,
mounting to $4000, In a lengthy letter
Receiver Niedner. In it he afftrms
lat he repeatedly attempted to have
ie directorate ana omeiai state ot
le now defunct bank reorganised. As
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a. stockholder he fleMred a change,
and affirms that had the change been
made when asked for, the bank would
not have failed. The allegations
made and the exceptions taken, are
now In the hands of the comptroller,
as the receiver forwarded the entire
letter to the government.
Ills Claim' Validity.
It will be a matter forthe courts to
decide whether or not Oliver's allega
Hons and exceptions are valid. To de
termine this, prosecution will be insti
gated, as stated before, presumably
early In March. -
Partner Against Partner.
As legal advisor for the recelver-
(Continued o page 8.)
E
CREATES PANIC
EVEN PORTLAND PELT SHOCK
THAT TREMBLED NORTHWEST
Vancouver, E. C, Jan. 12. The full
force of the earthquake which star
tled Seattle and other Washington
cities, even Portland feeling It, was
felt in Vancouver. People rushed to
the street, signs and store fittings
wpving before their eyes. The shock
was also felt at Victoria.
No serious damage is report beyond
the breaking of crockery in homek
Cornex, Albernia, Fachlna, Bamfleld
and other points felt the shock. Two
were felt at Bamfleld.
At the Empress hotel. In Victoria,
f he' shock was suffiicent to throw to
tem poles to the floor. Guests rushed
out panic-stricken.
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GRANDE, OREGON
FINANCIAL
MORE
fcEXATORIAL MATTER GIVES Till! GOVERNOR
LITTLE WORRY, INDICATES THE LONG MESSAGE.
Governor fhamlierluin Outline Hie Conditions of Various Dcartnieiiu In
the State In His Message to the Assembled legislator Advocator a
New Method of Conveying IrlMonrra to Uie Asylum Present Sheriff
Guardianship While En Route Is too Expensive l,autlN Railroad Com
missionExplains Increased Tax Levy. '
Salem, Jan. 12. Governor George adopted to bring about a uniformity
E. Chamberlain today sent a 15,000-
word message to the senate and house
of representatives. The most import
ant phases of legislation and review
of departments since the last .session
are appended.
The message cites the fact that Ii
the session of 1907 the governor called
the members' attention to the fact
that the people had selected Jonathan
Bourne as their choice for United
States senator and that under the pri
mary law it was their duty to obey
the voice of the people, which they
did, and which he takes as a suffi
cient guarantee that the question will
be as summarily disposed of this ses
sion as it was two years ago.
. Finances.
The financial condition of the state
was never better than it was at the
close of the fiscal year.
Tax Levy.
It must be expected in the very na
ture "of things with the steady in
crease of pot ulatlon and the conse
quent increase in the burdens and ex
nenses of government that the tax levy
v.-)! I be higher, unless subjects which
, .,- i .nape, taxation are brought with
in the taxing power. 1 fear to recom
mend any revision of the assessment'
laii'u data knt If fu 1 1 n furl lin-
Jate that some system bus not been
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STATUS NEVER
SATISFACTORY
of assessment and 'axatlon In the sev
eral counties of tUe state.
' Forest Reserve Roeelpu.
The receipts from the forest reserves
In Oregon for the year, ending June 30
1907, was as follows: Blue mountains,
E. and W., 159,648.55; Cascade, N. and
S.. $25,515.89; Freemount, $4,467.3;
Goose Lake, $11,617.37; Heppner, $8
130.97; Imnaha (Chesnlmnus) and
Wallowa, $22,073.36; Maury 'moun
tains, $771.94; Siskiyou, $489.91; We
naha, $7,093.55. Total, $139,808.91
Ten per cent of this amount, to-wit
$13,980.89, was received.
State Land.
The price of school lands has been
ralsod to $5 per acre, while the price
received for indemnity lands Is $8.75
per acre. At no time In the historji
of the state has so large a price been
received, for It must not be forgotten
that the prices now being obtained
are for lands which are left over after
the best of the princely grant which
was made to the state had been dis
posed of In former years. N .
'. State Educational Fluids. ,
.Irreducible School Fund. The ir
reducible school fund of the state has
In-.'renst-d during the past two years
from the sale of land and either
sources.' $830,720.21, the prlnclpa'
(hereof on the 30th day of September
1 1)08, being $5,429,930.60. Of which
siim $4,206,713.42 is invested In first
mortgage loans drawlntt six per cent
per annum; (5263,645.00 in school '.i,s-
ti 'ct imnus ben ring five and six p-r
cent per ttnnum: $659,410.45 in 'ce-r-linr.ites
of safe of sef;ol luiiils, being
six per rent, seven per cent, mid ela'H
) rent. ,
T! e amount of "Interest .neicjinsj
from loans of tile i.' i' rhicilile S'-!io.t
t.m;l for l'JOS pt)I isiiibi.t. a among
(he counties of the was S-:C6,-
fir;
SO. as
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All of
thee educ-itionul l
fulled are in excellent condition.
, The Soldiers' H-vme,
There were 131 vtt tans of the Mcx
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re;a uic.n slate. ho i. nt.
in- friven li'e I'nited .-'tat:
t'-riil Ii'jrn by a repiibl!'.,;j
iMlati.re. tie todny s-nt. '
snci- to the sen:to ' .
A Jf. , . A .-. . t.
it m, livil. lr.ii.'.:: . panish-Am-r- j
lean wnrs in the hi. me on the 30t!i j
day :.r l, !;j .( ,. 1 ..., My i !' ' -if
a rule wM.-h k al'ij'cd ticfnr- my;
incumbency, those drawing a pension i
In cxccks of $12 per momh were not I
admitted to the home, but on the 27th J
day of February. 1906. this limit masj
r'wm that tner-i.rVe' "mltty ' olii litirl
dlers who could not live on their pen.
lon, and who were yet deprived of
Ihu privileges of a home.
The? I'Mlllentiury.
Acting upon the assumptiorf that
the purposes" io ht Subserved by the
administration of criminal justice are
three-fold, namely: First, the protec-
tnn of society; second, the punlstt
iiient of the wrongdoer, and third, his
reformation, the penitentiary has been
conducted during the last six years
along lines entirely at variance with
those heretofore In vogue. Stripes
have been done away with; cruel and
unusual punishments have been abol-
(Contlnued on pate 4.)'
MEETS A DELAY
MANY GILLS BEING INTROOUCEC
DURING THE SECOND DAY
A Stumbling IUcKk.
Salem, Jan. 12. That an at-
' tempt will be mjide at the pres-
ent session to Increase expenses,
4 thereby laying the foundation for
4 charging stateernnt No. 1 legls-
lators with extravagance, and.
wuste of public funds, is now ap- 4
parent. The resolution suggest-
ins an Inquiry of the state In-
stltutlons Is said to be a part of
the scheme.
'
Salem, Jan. 12. Taxation of stand
ing timber upon correct estimates
."urnlshed by timber owners. Is the
eyn -te of a,blll to be Introduced by
Lepi-eseiUatlve . IJenls, of Tillamook
.lint Vamhlll cm uities. The suimy bill
was killed at tlie last spiislon by the
senate.
Tile bill 'provides thilt nil owners u
stantlins Umbel In the stale have the
(liiiV..;r cruised, and that they then file
(Continued on patro 5.)
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CALHOUN TRIAL
FRANCIS 1(0
IIENEY READY FOR
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REMARKABLE GRAFT CASE.
Second Big Kan Francisco Grafter- i
Arralgmd Before Bar of Jiuak-e
s Today It Will Reqniro Two Week
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to Secure Jury Ha Been Indicted
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fr Over a Year (Supplementary
Indictment Returned No Delay to
Be Experienced. . t
San rFanclsco, Jan. 12. Patrick;
Calhoun, president of the United Rail
roads today, faced Judge Lawler, ac
cused of offering a bribe of $4000 to
Supervisor F. P. Nicholas. F. J. Ho
ney was at the prosecution's desk for
the first time, since he was shot.
Heney began preliminary motions
of what promises to be the most re
nowned trial in the history of the Cali
fornia courts. .' Twenty months have
elapsed since Calhoun was first in
dicted. During that time three sup- .
plementai indictments were returned
ngalnnt him. He is now facing trial
on one of them, ' "; ' .
Ready for Biisinerts-.-
The prosecution announced that no
further continuance will be asked for.
The defense declared it wa ready for
trial several weeks. Calhoun, in hope
of getting a speedy trial, asked his at- '
torneys to briifh aside all technicali
ties. Attorneys predict it will taka
two weeks to secure a Jury,'
Plwtrlct Attorney ' Langdon an
nounced today that all other trials will
bi rushed. ' " "' .
Mrs. Alice. Lndd arrived In the city,
this afternoon from Wnlla Walla. Phe
will remain several days v-itln?
frieni' and looking afier business in--
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