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M A R C H O F M EN OF FLEET.
Largest A rm ed F orce Ever Landed It
Reviewed at San Francisco.
W IL L U N V E IL M O N U M E N T .
T o Mark 8ila o f Firat Public
I i Polk County.
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School
Dallas.--The first school picnic in
Polk County for thn year will be held
itt Kick n ull, Saturday, May 10. J. Jl.
Ackerman, iiiperinteudciit of public in­
struction, and Georg» II. llitnea, o f i'ort
land, will bo the principal apoakora.
The afternoon will bo Riven over to
•porta and ifnmea. The commit tee on
arrangements ia under the direct super-
viaion of Huperintcrident II. C. Seymour,
o f Dallas, county achool auperintendent.
The principal attraction o f the day will
bo the unveiling o f a auitablo monu­
ment to mark the aite o f the flrat achool
opened in fo lk County. Thia hiatoric
• pot ia on the road between llaliaa and
Itirkreall, and uhout half a mile wcat
o f the latter place. The flrat achool waa
opened in the spring of IM45, with J. K.
l.yle, a former Polk Countv pioneer,
now dcroaaed, aa teacher, Mrs. Jose­
phine Hoyle, one of thn flrat atudenta,
will unveil the monument. (Jeorgn II.
IlimoN will deliver an uddrcea at the
unveiling, dealing with early Oregon
hiatory. Itirkreall, known in early
yearn an “ D ixie,” waa tho homo of
Colonel J. W. Neainith, former Indian
lighter and politician. The house in
which he died wtill atanda about half u
mile eaat o f thia old and hiatoric town.
PREPARE
FOR CH ERRY
F A IR .
S a l e m E x p o s i t i o n to S u r p a s s T h a t o f
L a st Year.
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Halem.— Extensive preparations are
being made for tho annual cherry fair
to bo held in Halem about thn flrat of
July, and from information received
it is apparent that thn fair tbia year
will anrpaaa that o f 1907. Cherry-
growers at The Dalle« are planning to
come to the Halem fair and rapture the
In nit o f the prises in competition with
Willamette Valley growers. Last year
JO silver cupa and as many diplomas
were offerod ns premiums. Thia year
the number will be considerably in­
creased, an effort being made to offer
a premium for every class o f fruit ripe
at that season o f the year. Special at­
tention will be given to cherries in com­
mercial pack. The Hnlein Hkiard of
Trade has tnken charge o f tho prelimi­
nary arrangements, and has commit­
tees at work.
N e w S c h o o l for C o rn e liu s.
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Korost G rove— Th e school board
o f Cornelius hns decided to build a
$9000 brick schoolhounc In the near
future. According to the plans which
have b<M«n decided upon the edifice
w ill be a two-story structure with
basement und w ill havo four ruelta-
tlon rooms. It w ill ba fitted with a
modern heating plant and the rooms
will bo supplied with autom atic ven­
tilation.
Th e board hits obtained a
piece o f property near the encamp­
ment grounds fo r the new school-
houso which, when com pleted, w ill
bo the host In the county In the mat­
ter o f modern conveniences.
I m p r o v e m e n t s at P elic a n B a y
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Klamath Falls— Work has already
c .mmenced on tho improvements ut
Pelican Iiay. owned by K. H. llarriinan,
•m Upper Klamath !/ako. A pumping
plant has been installed, and hot nnd
cold water will be available in every
A cold storage plant will also
co tta ge .
I e erected. J. H. llolabird, brother of
Colonel W. If. llolabird, o f ¡.os Angeles,
who entertained the llarrimnn party
last summer, is in charge o f tho im
provements. Colonel llolabird, who is
now in Mexico, is expected to arrive
here the latter part of May to take per
sonal charge of the resort.
D ipping M a n g y C ayuses.
Pendleton. A carload of crude pe­
troleum has been ordered by Indian
Agent McFntriilge, to be used in clip­
ping the ponies on the Cmatilla reser­
vation, in an effort to erndicate mange.
Lumber for the great dipping vats is
now on the ground, nnd the work of
■ minding up the few thousand mangy
eavuses will soon be started. Many
adjoining ranches have afflicted horses,
but the government men cannot compel
these owners to dip. The state officials
could, however, if they would.
A s k for F re ig h t Depot.
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Salem. Citir.rna of Lyons, on the
Corvallis A Kastern Railroad, have pre­
sented to the rnilrond commission n fo r­
mal complaint, nlleging that the Cor­
vallis & Kastern, through lack of enter­
prise, hoe neglected to build a freight
«hed nt that station nnd will not main­
tain an ngent there. Freight is left
exposed to the weather, nnd nil nrtirles
insist be shipped prepaid, which is an­
noying sometimes. The eomplnint is
signed by several persons. Formal an
swer must be filed by the railroad com­
pany within 10 days.
M a n y S a l e s at P e n d le to n .
COLONY
IS A S S U R E D .
S e t t le r s A r r i v i n g to F o u n d N e w C e n ­
ter o f F ru it C u lt u re .
W o lf Creek. W olf Creek colony is
now a settled fact. Development work
goes steadily on. The freighthouse has
shown a congested condition for somo
time, several Kaatern families bringing
considerable of their belongings with
them, and on their great satisfaction
household goods shipped from Pennsyl­
vania less than two weeks before they
started awaited their owners on arrival
hero.
For a week a surveying party has
been at work on thn outside lines, run­
ning through to government section cor­
ners, then making corrections so that
the work may be o f a satisfactory char
acter. Heveral tracts have been staked
off in subdivision No. 1, and tracts Nos.
2 and .'I, comprising 7H acres, were pur­
chased last evening by u young man
from Chicago, who has been on the
ground for three weeks, awaiting tho
survey. Ini|uiries are being received
from all parts o f the country, and the
“ no saloon" feature is commented on
and commended more than any other
single feature.
W olf Creek is the first valley south
o f the I'mpipia divide, introducing tho
traveler southward on the scenic Houth
ern Pacific to the famous Itogue River
Valley. In formation, soil und climate
this southernly sloping valley is much
like the first valley north o f the His
kiyou divide, in which is situated, on
rich red soil which so abounds here also,
the A. D. Helms Newtown apple or­
chard, which, without a single failure,
A D M IT S O T H E R C R IM E S .
has yielded its owner net annual aver­
age profits of $791 per acre for the
M a n W h o B le w U p B u r li n g t o n T r a i n
(insi seven years.
A l s o in H o ld u p .
Recent showers have wonderfully
stimulated growing crops, and a consid­
Butte, Mont., May 8.— Lewis Ferriss,
erable acreage o f corn is now being
who last night confessed to planting 25
planted.
•ticks o f dynnmite under Burlington
S t r a w b e r r y D a y at M ilt o n .
train No. 6. which was wrecked here
Milton. Milton will have another
Friday
night, killing three persons, was
strawberry day this year. The Progres­
sive Club of the city has the matter in this morning taken to Hills by detec­
charge, and committees have been ap­ tives to dig up the rest of the powder
pointed and preparations will soon be which was cached after the wreck. Fer­
under way for the event, which, it in to
riss also admits being concerned in the
be hoped, will excel all past festivities
hold
up of the North Coast Limited two
o f the kind. This event will take place
early in June, and is looked forward to weeks ago.
The engineer was flagged on a steep
with keen anticipation bv all who have
grade. The train was stopped, and
attended them in the past.
when the engineer saw the hold up men
he rau a blockade o f bullets and pulled
Plenty o f T r a f f ic f o r N e w R o a d .
his train safely into town.
Klamath Falls. -The I<ong Lake Luro
Ferriss made his confession in the
her Company, o f this city, will com­ hospital, where he was taken after be
mence shipment of boxes via the Cali­ ing slightly wounded by the officer who
fornia Northwestern Railway, May IS.
arrested him.
It has orders from Han Francisco, Ixis
Ferriss was arrested while trying to
Angeles nnd Han Diego firms that will pawn a rifle of a peculiar old fashioned
consume 2,000,000 feet o f lumber. The
caliber, cartridges to fit which were
filling of these orders w ill constitute
found on the ground after the attempt
the first carload shipments from this
to rob the North Coast train. Sus
eitv via tho California Northwestern
picion was directed to him when be was
Railway.
found loafing about the place where the
Burlington wreck occurred.
IWill C l e a r S t u m p L a n d .
Railroad men here are much aroused
Astoria.— Dr. L. F. Hawley, the ex­
pert o f the forest service of the United and threaten to form a party to lynch
Htates, has arrived here with a plan Ferriss. He is being kept under a heavy
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whereby the stump land of this section guard.
may be profitably cleared for agricul­
C O A L IS W A S T E D .
tural purposes. He will be in this v i­
cinity all summer. Dr. Hawley pro­
poses the calling o f a convention of O f f i c e r s o f F e d e r a l S u r v e y ' D i s c o v e r
owners o f all stump lamfs throughout
V a lu a b le Fu e l I s Left.
the Northwest, which the members of
Washington. May 8.— Coal valued at
legislatures shall be invited to attend.
$200.000.000 is being wasted every year
T h e D a ll e s M a r k e t D a y s .
through improper mining methods. It
The D a l i « . —The first market day at is estimated by officers o f the Federal
The Dalles, held Saturday, was quite a Geological Survey that the loss ropre
success. There were about 1,000 out­
side people in town, and the merchant« sent« 200.000.000 tons, and that this
had good sales. It is intended to hold amount would supply the country for
these market days the first Saturday in six months. The coal is worth at least
every month. A comminittee of busi­ $1 a ton.
,T. A. Holmes, one of the officers of
ness men hns been appointed to make
arrangements for taking care of the the survey, who are trying to solve the
fuel problem, says today that nearly
crowds.
hnlf o f the total coal supply is left
underground, either as pillars to support
PORTLAND M ARKETS.
the roof o f the mine, or because it is
W heat—Club, 87e per bush; red Rus­ o f an inferior quality.
The investigators find that the waste
sian, 84c; bluestem. 89c; valley, 86c.
Barley Feed, $24 per ton; rolled, $27 is also due to the fact that the working
out o f the lower beds o f eonl first in
(3)28; brewing, $26.
Oats— No. 1 white. $27(3)27.50 per some eases breaks ami renders imprac­
ticable the subsequent mining of the
ton; gray. $26.50@27.
MillstnflV- Bran. $26 per ton; mid­ adjacent higher coal beds.
“ W e are skimming the cream of the
dlings. $80.50; shorts, country, $28.50;
city, $27; wheat and barley chop, $27.50. natural resources,” said Mr. Holmes,
Hay— Timothv, Willamette Valley, “ and we are using the best and cheap­
$17 per ton; Willamette Valley, ordi­ est of our supplies. Each o f the suc­
nary, $15; Eastern Oregon, $17.50; ceeding generations will obtain its
mixed, $16; clover, $14; alfalfa, $12; needl'd general supply, but each will
alfalfa meal. $20.
pay higher prices, as mining will con­
Potatoes. -70e per hundred: Willam ­ tinually grow more expensive and more
ette Valiev, 45c per hundred; Kant Mult­ dangerous." _________________
nomah, 55c; Clackamas, 55e per hun­
F i g h t s to E s c a p e Fine.
dred; sweet, fSVii per pound.
Apples- Select. $2.50 per box; fancy,
Chiengo, May 8.— The Standard Oil
$2; choice. $1.50; ordinary, $1.50.
Company of Indiana today commenced a
Onions— Texas Bermudas, $2.75 per
new fight to escape payment of the fine
crate.
o f $29.240,000, levied against it by
Vegetable« Turnips, $1 per sack;
Judge Dandis. in the Federal District
carrots, $1.50(3)1.75; beets, $1.25; par­ Court, when its attorneys appeared to
snips, $1.25; cabbage, $2 per cwt.; head
nrgue an appeal from the lower court.
lettuce, 85c per dozen; celery, 85c(3)$l
John S. M iller argued that a reversal
per dozen; artichokes, 50c per doz.; as­
should be granted, because, he said, the
paragus, 7<(i8r pound; beans, 20e per
oil company did not know that it was
pound; e^g plant. 25(<i'80r per pound;
using illegal rates, nnd that each train
parsley, 25e per dozen; pens, 6(o?7c per
load o f the company’s product should
pound; peppers. 20e per pound; rad­
have been taken as the basis of a ship­
ishes. 15c per dozen; rhubarb. Ifrr'ic per
ment instead o f each car, as charged in
pound; spinach, 85e per crate.
Hotter— Extras, 22t£e per pound; the indictment.
Pendleton. Pendleton is becoming
the liendipiartnrs for a number o f pro­
moters o f big irrigation concerns in
Kastern Oregon, most o f tho lands being
situated in the west end of Umatilla
Counity. Offices are being opened hero
bv parties selling tho land, and it adds
greatly to tho business lifo o f Pendle­ fancy, 21c; choice, 20c; store, 16c.
ton.
E ggs—17’ ^c per dozen.
Poultry— Mixed chickens, 18e per
B r i g h t P r o s p e c t s in J o h n D a y .
pound; fanev hens, 14(3>15e; roosters,
Prairie C ity— Tho weather In this old, 9c; fevers, dozen. $4; broilers,
valley, the Job- Day Valley, could not dozen, $4.50(3)5; dressed poultry, per
bo mnro fnvorable. I t is warm nnd pound, lc higher.
pleasant, with sufficient rains to make
Dressed Meats— Hogs, fanev, 8e per
vegetation grow, and prospects for bum­ ponnd; ordinary, 7(ff)7*4e; large, 6c;
per crops o f hay and grain could not veal, extra, 8e; ordinary, 7«; heavy, 6c;
lie excelled. Stock ia doing well.
niuttei, faacy, 10c.
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Han Francisco, May 8.— Eight thou
«and bluejackets snd marines the larg
•st armed force the American Navy ba«
ever put ashore in time of peace or war
were landed yesterday from the coin
l ined Atlantic and Pacific fleets, now
lyin in the harbor, and marched
through the streets o f Han Francisco in
the most notable parade the city has
ever known. For four miles and a half,
along streets lined and canopied with
colors and in review o f a never ending
crowd, thn fighting men of the fleets
made their way to the martial tunes of
their shipmate bands and to cheers that
began with the first command to march
and ended only when the sailormen bad
again embarked in the small boats that
returned them to their ships. Twenty-
five hundred soldiers of the regular
army, in full dress array, graciously
acted as an escort to the visiting men
of the sea, and were liberally applauded.
The cheers, however, were not all re­
served for the sailors and marines. Rear-
Admiral Evans, commanding the fleet,
and the six other Rear Admirals in com
mand of squadrons and divisions, rode
in carriages. Admiral Evans was quick
|y recognized by the thousands in the
immense reviewing stands, and bowed a
constant recognition o f the cheering
which was caught up by the throngs
ahead and echoed by those in the rear
as his carriage slowly moved at th*
front o f the marching columns. Hecre-
tary o f the N avy Metcalf, Governor
(iillctt, o f i'alifornia, and Mayor T ay­
lor, of Han Francisco, rode in the parade
and afterward reviewed it as it counter-
marched down Van Ness avenue.
M o r e T r o u b l e s f o r B ra zil.
Rio dr Janeiro, May 8— Colonel Plá­
cido Castro, who headed the revolution
o f Acre, declares that i f Acre is in­
corporated with the state o f Amazonas
instead of being proclaimed a separate
state, the inhabitants will proclaim an
other revolution snd fight to make
themselves this time an indspendent nn
ties.
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF
Saturday, May 9.
and wages paid in the United Statea for
Washington, May 9__ The debate on similar work.* The provision was de­
the main features of the agricultural feated, 10 to 101.
appropriation bill was practically con­
cluded by the senate today. Hmooi of
W e d n e s d a y , M a y 6.
Utah spoke at length in advocacy o f the
Washington, May 6.— The Senate
forest
reserve
service. Lodge
and
Newlands supported the policy o f the today passed a bill prohibiting the
employment, within certain hours, of
service.
Clark of Wyoming reviewed at length children under 14 years of age in the
what he said he regarded as the weak­ District of Columbia, in any factory,
workshop, telegraph office, restaurant,
ness o f the forestry service. He de­
hotel, apartment house, saloon, pool
clared that its opponents were not in­
or billiard-room, bowling alley, or in
different to the preservation o f the tim­
transportation
or
distribution or
ber lands, but objected to the methods
transmission of merchandise or mes-
practiced by the Bureau o f Forestry
. sages. No such child is permitted to
under its present administration.
I work at any employment for wages
In addition to the attention given the
during school hours, nor before 6
agricultural bill, the senate voted te A M., nor after 7 P. M.
send to the committee on judiciary the
The Senate also adopted a resolu­
resolution introduced by Burkett of tion offered by Foraker, of Ohio, di­
Nebraska declaring tomorrow to be recting
the Interstate Commerce
“ Mothers’ Day,” and suggesting that
.Commission to inform the Senate
senators and employes of the senate I whether the commodity clause of the
wear a white flower in .honor o f that Interstate Commerce Act had been
day.
complied with since May 1, 1908, and,
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Washington, May ft .— Although on if not, whether the non-compliance
several occasions it had difficulty in by the railroads has been due to any
maintaining a quorum, the house trans­ ¡agreement, arrangement or under­
acted considerable business today. A standing between the railroad com­
u umber o f measures were passed, in­ panies and the authorities.
The conference report on the army
cluding a child labor law for the Dis­
trict o f Columbia, intended as a substi­ appropriation bill, carrying an aggre­
tute for the senate bill, permitting ap­ gate of $95,377,246, was adopted. This
peals in naturalization cas«-* from the amount was $3,463,000 more than the
District to the Circuit Court of Appeals, : bill carried when first passed by the
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and repealing the act o f the legislature Senate.
of New Mexico of 1903 regarding civil
Washington, May 6.— By the over­
procedure in personal injury cases.
whelm ing vote of 167 to 46, and after
The h o u s e adjourned until 2 o ’clock a two hours’ debate, the House today
tomorrow, when eulogies will be de­ again went on record against re-es­
livered upon the lifo and character of tablishment of the canteen in the Na­
the late Representative Adolph M eyef, tional soldiers’ homes.
of Louisiana. In view o f the circum­
With the exception of the adoption
stances o f tho adjournment, Williams of the conference report on the bill
did not insist upon the usual roll-call. reorganizing the Consular service, on
Under a statute passed by the last which the Democrats forced two roll
assembly, I^otiis Ferris, who dynamited calls, the sundry civil appropriation
the train at Butte, will be sentenced to bill was under consideration the en­
death i f convicted.
tire day. Little progress was made
Practically every property owner a f­ towards its completion.
fected by the recent fire in Atlanta,
Gn., has announced that modern struc­
T u e s d a y , M a y 6.
tures will be built.
Washington, May 5.— Suggesting an
amendment excepting Idaho from states
F rid a y , M a y 8.
Washington, May 8.— L ittle progress in which the Secretary o f Agriculture
may give permits fo r the exportation
was made in the senate today on the of timber from forest reserves, IIey-
agricultural appropriation bill, the ses­ burn, during the debate on the agricul­
sion I cing devoted to a discussion upon tural appropriation bill in the Senate
the principle of forest reserves and the today, ridiculed a chart of. the forestry
administration of that service. Teller ‘ division which was swung on the wall '
concluded his remarks in opposition to of the Senate chamber, marked with
a lump sum appropriation of $500,000 statements as to the number o f years
for further development o f the forest the forests in various parts o f the coun­
reserve system. Nelson o f Minnesota try would last. Mr. Heyburn read the
and Dolliver of Iowa spoke in support names o f officers o f the American For-
j estrv Association, declaring that Mr.
of the reserve service.
MrCumber, chairman o f the commit­ j Weyerhauser, the second vice-president,
tee on pensions, called the attention of owned or claimed more timber unlaw-
the senate to a deadlock among the j fully obtained than any other man on
conferee« on the pension appropriation i earth. The Senate adjourned with the
bill on the senate amendment requiring agricultural bill still incomplete and
a continuance o f the present system of the forestry question undisposed of.
having the pension funds disbursed
Washington, May 5.— A lively debate
through eight pension agencies, located • was kept up all day today in the House
throughout the country, instead of on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
through a single agency locaed in this , Repeated efforts were made by Gaines
city. Many senators expressed a de­ of Tennessee and Chaney o f Indiana,
sire that the conferees should insist on supported by many other members, to
the senate amendment.
I procure an appropriation for an investi­
gation looking to increased safety in
Washington. May 8__ The officers and
mining, and they had about got Chair­
enlisted men o f the army today won
man Tawney to the point where he
their fight for increased pay when the
j would consent to an appropriation o f
house, after a debate o f two hours,
$50,000 when Underwood objected, and
agreed to the conference 'report on the
the proposition, for the time at least,
army appropriation bill. An appropri- was dropped.
atiAn of $7.000.600 was made for the
The additions to tl.e bill today were
purpose. $5.000,000 o f which will go to
$100,000 for the military prison at Fort
the enlisted men. Nine hundred officers
Leaves worth. Kan., and $16,500 fo r an
on the retired list also will benefit by
addition to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., or a
the increase. The army appropriation
total increase to date o f $1,241,000.
bill carries an aggregate appropria­
The three remaining hours of the ses­
tion of $95,382.245. The principal item
sion were taken up almost entirely by
of increase is the#$7,000,000 additional
a discussion o f roll-calls, caused by a
pay. With the various changes made
refusal of the House to take a recess at
in conference, the bill represents a total
5 o'clock as a result o f a joke on the
increase <»f $3.263.115 over the amount
part o f some Republicans, who were
authorized bv the house.
trying to hold the Democrats in the -
House until the time the Republican
T h u rsd a y . M s y 7.
caucus was scheduled to be held. In
Washington, May 7.— In reply to Hey- this they were successful, the House
burn’s attack upon the forestry policy finallv at 7:47 P M. recessing until
of the administration. Depew of New 11 :55 A. M. tomorrow.
York today, in the senate, spoke at
M a k e W a r o n R ats.
length in defense o f forestry reserves
Washington. Mav 12.— A ban has
and the reforestation o f denuded land.
Only the other day, he said, New York been placed on rats and mice on the
State received 1,000,00 trees from Ger­ Panama Canal zone, in efforts to pre­
many for use in reforest ration of the
Adirondaeks. lie commended the ac­ vent bubonic plague from gaining a
tion o f Fresidcnt Roo9evelt#in inaugu­ foothold there. It has been demon­
rating the system of forestry reserves strated that the plague is communicated
by setting aside 20,000,000 acres, which by means o f fleas. The fleas get it from
was increased to 40.000,000 acres under the rats and mice and communicate it
Fresident McKinley, nnd is now 150,- to human beings. With the extermina­
000,000 acres. In the last two years, tion o f rats and mice it is stated there
he said, France has spent $50,000.000 will be no danger from the bite o f a flea
for reforestration in view of the enor so far as plague is concerned. Canal
nious damage to property and the homes employes have been instructed to kill
o f the people by floods.
rats and mice.
Extended discussion of the expendi­
tures o f the Forestry Bureau for pub­
A m e n d N a t u ra liz a t io n Act.
licity work of various kinds, called
Washington.
May 12__ A bill amend­
forth a vigorous denial by Mr. Smoot
that a forester had attended a conven­ ing the naturalization act was ordered
tion and charged his expenses to “ the favorably reported today by the house
committee on immigration. The bill
hay and grain account.”
increases the fee which clerks of courts
Washington, May 7.— A fter ten days’ may charge for the issuing of naturali­
discussion, consideration o f the sundry zation papers from $5 to $8. and allows
civil appropriation bill was completed either tho applicant for admission to
by the house today, but before putting citizenship or the United States to take
it on its passage a recess until tomor­ an appeal within 60 days from the date
row was tnken. The bill carries a total o f the entry of the final order, on ques­
appropriation of $106,966.369, or $1,- tions of law only, to the United Statea
241.000 mnro than was reported by the Circuit Court o f Appeals
committee.
O n e B i d f o r E u g e n e B u ild in g.
Tho principal resolution of the dav
related to the salary and wage scnle
Washington, May 12__ The Treasury
to be paid in the construction o f the Department received but one bid for
Panama Canal. The committee had in­ the erection of a public building tft Eu­
serted a provision providing that such gene, that from George C. Maurer, of
salaries and wage* should not exceed Salem, for $45.000. No decision has
by more than 25 per eent the salaries yet been reached.