PREVENTED STEAL
VETO BY GOVERNOR CHAMBER
LAIN SAVES OREGON THOU3
; " ANDS. . , "
And Thwarts Plans of Land Ring
Bill Smuggled Through, In
nocent Looking, but Cost
ly Bills Signed and
Filed Other News,
Salem, Feb. 25. Governor Cbam
berlain today stepped in between
the state and the lieu land ring by
'vetoing senate bill 204. While the
language of the bill was innocent
-looking enough, it appears that a
strict construction of it would re
quire the state to give away thous
ands of acres of lieu land base to
make good the failures of base hun
ters to succeed in proving the min
eral character of school land. This
bill intended to do what The Ore
gonian has been protesting against
for years to "set up" lieu lands
that have fallen down by using for
est reserve bas9 for that purposa.
The provision which would permit
this to be done was placed in the
till by amendment. As a score of
bills are amended in the last two
weeks of a session, no one noticed
tbe elaase that had slipped in.
In returning the bi.l to tbe sen
ate, Governor Chamberlain saye: .
"The bi'las originally introduced
was a v'r'u.il re-enactment of the
law as it in at Dresent, with tbe ad
ditional feature tbat it provided the
state Ian 'i m-ri'it, with a deputy at a
salary of $1200 per annum. That
bill should have been enacted into
a law FLst, because there is a
queetion as to whether or not the
law creating the state , land agent
was repealed in 1901, and, second,
because. in order to properly dis
charge hid duties and provide and
keep a set of records which will en
lighten the public, it is necessary
that he be providtd with a compe
tent deputy. The committee to
whom that bill was referred, how
ever, offered a substitute which
meets with my hearty disapproval,
for the reason that it provides that
when any selection, of indemnity
lands has been or may be rejected,
it eball be the duty of the state land
agent to at oncepropeily select said
lands iod take all necessary steps
to perfect the title of the state to
the same (which means the title of
the purchaser from the state). - In
other words it would require the
etate land agent to use base which
now belongs to the state, or which
the state may acquire hereafter, to
make good title to lands attempted
to be selected during any former
administration, wnen Dasa was
worth much less than now, whenev
er the base for any reason has been
disapproved.
"It is impossible to eay how
much such a course would co3t the
people cf tbe State of Oregon. It
has not yet been ascertained how
many thousand acres of land have
been selected on bass which either
has been or will be disapproved by
the General Land Office Depart
ment of the United States. Tocom
. pel the state at this day, at an en
ormous expense to itself, to furnish
new base to make good selections
when those who furnished it origi
nally were in a position to know
the infirmity of the title they were
procuring from the state, would
work a manifest injury to the best
interests of the whole people. If
the Legislature intends ' to make
good all the selections which have
been made on base which has, been
oris liable to be dissapproved,' it
should be done by an act plain and
unequievocal in its terms, so that
the taxpayers of the state may know
beyond a question of a doubt just
how much it is to cost the state.
Under the proposed law it is impos
for any one to say with any degree
of certainty whether the proposed
enactment if it became a law, would
cost $100,000 or $500,000."
As has been many times experi
enced, the "base'" hunters have used
invalid base for the selection of
lieu lands. They sell their infor
mation regarding the base at from
.75 to $1.50 p9r acre. If the base
is finally disapproved, the title of
the lieu land fails, and the man
who paid good money-to the base
hunters is out. The purchaser of
lieu lands and j the base hunters
want the state to use good forest
n-serve base to set up the fallen
selection. The state is under neither
moral nor legax oDiigauons 10 uu
this, but has done it to the Ios3 , of
thousands of dollars to the school
fund.
Salem, Or, Feb 24 Governor
Chamberlain today vetoed house
bill 78 to raise the salary of the
superintendent of schools in ' Mult
nomah county.
The governor also vetoed senate
bill 186. Pierce,, to create the
Eighth Judicial district of Baker
county. ' . .
The governor today signed the
following bills or filed them with
out his signature,- whereby they
become lawsi
To reaDnortion the state into
legislative districts.
Limiting county expendituies to
revenue. , ;;' . ,
Fixine terms of supreme court
Submitting amendment for el
ection of state printer.
Regulating mutual insurance
companies.
Relating to the duties ot district
attornee,
To extend terms of assessors to
four years.
To regulate practice 01 veterin
ary medicine.
Regulating relocations 01 county
seats.
Relative to incorporating socie
ties.
Amending code relating to ceme
teries.
Permitting theatres on Sunday.
Amending the clerkship law.
To describe the great eeal of
Oregon.
Prohibiting the sale of hard cider
without a liscense.
Amending law relating to ex
emptions from executions.
Relating to articles 01 incorpor
ations,
Putting initiative and referen
dum into effect.
'Ex' ending Australian ballot
law to cieties of 2ooo inhabitants.
To protect birds and their, nests
and eggs. . , . ,
For appropriation for btate
Fair.
Fixing close season for trout.
To create betterment fund for
penitentiary.
For organization of Southern
Oregon Agricultural Society.
Prohibiting deception in secur
ing employes.
Making Jpub'ic officials subject
to garnishment. , , ' -
Authorizing Portland to build
bridge across Willamette.
Raising salary of superintendent
of public instruction.
To provide for taxation of costs
To require polls kept open until
7 o'clock, p m.
Requiring sureties of executors,
etc.
For Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Governing sale of stocks in cor
porations, ;
Requiring surety companies to
make deposits.
Fixing compensation of. county
commissioners.
Prescribing qualifications of ex
ecutors. Relating to school tax.
Defining exemptions from tax
ation. A revision of the road laws.
To regulate warehouses.
To make. the abportionment of
read masters optional, -
To protect material men etc.
Abolishing deficiency judgments,
Authorizing State Board of Hor
ticulture to appoint deputies.
To protect salmon industry.
Requiring clerk of supreme court
to furnish copies of decisions free to
litigants.' ' " '
Relating to punishment for as
sault.
Making taxes payable in the
fall. -
To protect stock growers.
Salem, Feb 24 The rush that
has already, begun for the allow
ance of claims under the Indian
War Veterans' appropriation ; bill
indicates that perhaps Represen
tative Kay was right when he said
that $100,000 would not be enough
to pay all the claims- The bill was
filed today. : ... .
It carries an emergency clause,
but as the emergency clause is not
in the form required by - the new
amendment to the constitution, it
is doubtful whether the law has
gone into effect. Many of the In
dian War Veterans not knowing
the terms of the. bill, have applied
to the secretary cf state for . war
rants. Under the provisions or
the bill claims should be filed with
the adjutant-general. '
Representative K.ay said when
tne bill was under discussion that
he had investigated the matter and
was sure that $100,000 would not
be near enough and that those
who got their claims in last would
have to wait until the next - legis
lature made another appropriation.
He opposed .the appropriation' on
the ground that the United States
had assumed the - territorial debts
and that the v?terans had no valid
claim against the state. ; The bill
appropriated $100,000 or so much
thereof as may be necessary to pay
the veterans of the Indian Wars
of 1855 and 1856, who served un
der direction of the officers of Ore
gon Territory.
T W McGowan, Jr, established 1867
commission merchant,- hops, and general
merchandise, 36 & 38 , Whitehall street.
New York. Liberal advance made on
all consignments, Highest market
prices obtained and quick returns. ; Ref
ferences: ! R G Dunn's - Mercantile
Agency, New York; Bradstreets Mer
cantile Agency, New York; Bank of
America, New York,
ANOTHER VETO.
PURE FOOD BILL GETS A NEGA
TIVE AT THE GOVERNORS
HANDS. " ....
He Obiects to new Emoluments it
Provided for and Says Present
Law is Sufficent Bought
a volcano Paid Five t
Million for it. ,
Salem, Feb. 25. Representative
01 well's bill for the amendment of
the pure food law was sent - to tbe
bone yard today i by Governor
Chamberlain. His disapproval of
the measure is expressed in the fol
lowing message: . '
"There has been verv little com-
nlaint made against the law as it
now stands, but already great com
plaint has been made against the
stringent provisions of the proposed
law. So stringent is it that in the
bands of an unjust or an arbitrary
commissioner, it could be used to
the great detriment of many of the
growing industries of the state. The
present law is unquestionably com
prehensive enough in its terms to
protect the public againfct impcsi
tion, and can be enforced with much
greater economy than is possible
under the proposed revision. The
latter increases the salary of the
present deputy commissioner to
$1200 per annum; authorizing the
appointment of another at $12UU
per annum; the purchase 'and, es
tablishment of a laboratory in
Portland at $750; allows the dairy
and food' commissioner $250 for ex
penses incuwed by him in attend
ing tbe national association of state
dairy aiid pure food depa-tments
held at Buffalo in 1901, and gener
ally. will be instrumental in largely
increasing the expenses oi enforcing
the law.
It is well to protect tbe consum
ers against adulterated foods, but
the law tbat we now have is amply
sufficient for' this purpose, and I
can see no reason at present for tbe
enactment of a law that- meets ev
ery possible condition that may
arise, and at the same time places a
handicap upon industries which
art being rapidly developed
throughout the state.
The establishment of a laborato
ry is wholly unnecessary. The work
has been done by the Agricultural
College, and ought to be done their
in future.
If the dairy and food commission
er attends conventions in" other
states he ought to pay his own ex
penses or stay at home. If such a
precedent be once established, eve
ry officer in the state, no matter
n hat department he may be con
nected with, will seek at some time
during his term to attend some con
vention each year and make tne
state pay his expenses therefor.
Snch a precedent ought not to be
established, and will not be with
mv consent. . ' ;
Chicago, Feb. 25.-General Ga
per Ochia, who owns the Popocata
petl volcano, including the immense
sulphur deposits in its crater, is re
ported to have sold that property to
an American syndicate in which
the Standard Oil interests are large
ly represented, says a dispatch to
the Tribune from Mexico City. The
purchasers intend to build' a cog-;
wheel railway op the, mountain
and operate the sulphur deposits
on an extensive pca'e.. ine pur
chase price is Siid to be $5,ooo,ooo.
Indianapolis, Feb. 25. Albert A..
Knapp, formerly of Hamilton, O.j
was taken by tbe police today from
.A
To Land Buyers.
I can sell you , any kind or size of farm, stock
or dairy ranch, with or
properties, acreage near town, business propositions,-etc.
If you are in search of such, see me before
you buy,
- Keeps a full stock of staple and fancv groceries bought cheap for cash, and
they will be sold on similar terms. We have superior advantages in the
busines s and patrons share the benefit. We pay cash for.chickens. Phone 333
tbe home of his bride on a charge
of ; murder! ' The police , say that
the wife at whose horr e Knapp was
arrested, and whose maidan name
was Anna May. Gamble, is Knapp's
fourth wife, and that the others
have disappeared in a manner
which warrants investigation.
Knapp, it is said married the fol
lowing women in tha order given:
Emma Stubbs, Jennie Connors,
Hannah Goddard and May Gam
ble. Knapp formerly , lived in
Hamilton, where Miss Connors and
later Miss Goddard were married
to him. Miss Goddard, accordirg
to the complaint made to tbe police
at Hamilton by an uncle, disap'
peared Dec. 22 last. About two
weeks ago Khapp was married to
Miss Gamble in Indianapolis. An
investigation at Hamilton showed
that Mtss Goddard, or Mrs Knapp
No. 3, really disappeared Dec. 2lst
and that the following day Knapp
was seen to take lrom a house a
large box and carry it .away in a
wagon rented from a livery stable,
Further investigation showed that
Jennie Connors, wife No. 2, was
found dead a -few years ago in a ca
nal at Hamilton. .
At polio 1 headquarters Knapp
was . questioned concerning tne
whereabouts of bis third wife. He
said tbat she dis appeared from her
home Dec. 2d, and that he did not
know what had become of her.
When asked what, he had in the
box which he carted away from his
home. the day: after his wife was
last seen, Knapp seemed confused,
but finally explained that he dis
posed of a box of old clothes. In
the confusion he said he had thrown
the box away about two miles from
his home.
' The police Eay Knapp has served
.eight years in the penitentiary.
Wilson Creek, Wash., Feb. 21.
After the lead of several Eastern
Btates, the farmers of Eastern Wash
ington bave united and formed an
association called tbe Farmers'
Grain and Supply Company for the
purpose of building farmers' ware
houses and elevators, besides sup
plying grain sacks at the lowest
possible figures. Tbe company is
organized and conducted along the
same lines as the regular line eleva
tor concerns. It was incorporated
a few days ago at Wiieoa Creek,
and its membership is growing fast.
Warehouses are being planned at
several points. Davenport on the
Washington Central line, will have
the fiist elevator and warehouse and
the plans are now being drawn for
a $2,000 structure. The compmy
is also contemplating' the building
of a coast terminal house and ele
vator at Everett, where the . mem-1
bers may store their gram at a
nominal price and for as long a
time as they wish. In this way
the farmers can afford to wait for
satisfactory prices before unloading
their grain.
; The company has chosen Spo
kane as its headquarters. Donald
Urquhart, one of the most promi
nent farmers in the Big Bend coun
try, is president; Charles Peterson,
another well-known farmer, vice
president, and E. W. . Swaneon is
secretary. , -
Nat Butter
" Is a very popular substitute for fats
and olio. At Zlerolf's. .
; E. E. WILSON,
) ATTORNEY AT LAW.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office in Zierolf Building, Corvallis. Or.
J. IV Huffman,
Architect
' Office In
from 8 to 5.
Zierolf Building.
' Corvallis, Oregon.
Hours
without stock; also city
F. P. MORGAN.
, Sacramento, Feb. 21. About the
most interesting feature of the pro
ceedings in the assembly this morn'
mg was the presentation by Camp
of Los Angeles of a petition eigned
by 22,000 electors of this state who
favor the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the peo
ple. If the signatures had been flat
tened out the list would have cov
ered at least a mile, but for its eas
ier handling , it was compactly
wound round a nose reel. Even in
tbat shape its conveyance to the
clerk's desk required the united
strength of two 6tout porters.
The huge roll of manuscript was
an impressive object, as it towered
along side the reading clerk, and
its import was not lost upon any of
tne assembly ocen.
C0RVALUS & EASTERN
RAILROAD.
Time Card Number 21.
'ForYaquina:
Train leaves Albany. '.
" Corvallis.
" arrives Yaquina...,
Returning:
Leaves Yaquina. i....
.12:45 P- m
. 2:00 p. m
. 6:25 p. m
6:45 a. m
Leaves Corvallis .....11:30a.
Arrives Albany ......
.12:15 p.
For Detroit:
Leaves Albany.
Arrives Detroit.
,. 7:00 a. m
.12:05 p. m
.12:45 p. m
4 from Detroit; -
Leaves Detroit
Arrives Albany..
5:35 p. m
Train No. 1 arrives in Albany in time
to connect with S P south, bound train,
as well as giving two or three hours in
Albany betore departure of S P north
bound train. : .
Train No 2 connects with the S P trains
at Corvallis and Albany giving direct serr
vice to .Newport and adjacent beacnes
Train 3 for'Detroit. Breitenbush and
other mountain resorts leaves Albany at
7:00 a. m., reaching Detroit at noon, giv
ing ample time to reach the Springs the
same day. ";
For further information apply to
Edwin Stone,
Manager,
H. H. Cronise, Agent Corvallis.
Thos. Cockrell, Agent Albany.
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon tor
Ben ton County.
Seth H Childs. Plaintiff, vs BE Longbottom,
D D Longbottom, J J LonKbottom A Boy, Sadie
Kov. Amanda M Iionebottom. John Loncbot-
tom, Hullie Lougboltom, Defendants.
10 k a LongDoium, j j ijongDottom, A Kov.
Sadie Roy, Amanda M Longbottom, John
Lonzbottom. Bailie Jxnebottom. Six of the de
fendants above named :
In tne name of the State ofOreson. you are
hereby summoned and required to appaar in the
above Court at the Court room tberuaf. in tbe
City of Corvallis, Benton Countv, State ot Ore
eon on or before Wednesday the 25th dav of
March, 1903 to answer to theFlaintuTs Complaint
now on file In said Court in this suit and if you
fail so to appear and answer for want thereof
tbe Flaintltt will take a decree of said Court for
the relief prayed for in said Complaint to wit;
That the Plaintiff is the owner in fee simple of
the following described premies towlt:
-Beginning at the S Corner of the X E Quar
ter of Section 2 being tbe S W Corner of riobt
Crier's homestead Claim: and running thence
W no rods; thence N 87 and '., rods; tnence E
80 rods . thence S 87 and rods to the place of
beginning: also a narrow strip land being a part
of Lot No 3 in said Section 2 and bounded as
follows: On the E by the S E Quarter of the N E
Quarter of said Section 2 and n the S by the
land of William A Slate and on the W by tbe
laud of saidSlate and on the north by the land
of C C Chandler and being a- part of said Lo t S,
heretofore sold to C O Chandler by F M Helta
save and except one-half acre of tne above des
cribed, given far a cemetery and described as
follows:
Commencing at the S E Corner, of the N E
Quarter of said Section 2, running thence N 22
rods; thence W S rods and 16 links, thence 8
22 rods! thenceJK 3 rod and 16 Unksco the place
of beginning containing half an acre, also ex
cept the following.
Beginning at a point where the E line of the
James Edwards Don L CI Not No 7870 CI No 47.
running thence East 61 degrees South I chain
and 64 links thence S 55 degrees W 2 chains to
Alsea River,: . thence following said river to
where it Intersects said E line of said James
Edwards land claims thence Nto the place of be
ginning containing one-fourth acre more or less
all being In Section 2 T 14 S B 8 W Will ' Her In
Benton County, State of Oiegon, and decreeing
that you have no right, claim title or interest of.
In orto the same anaaebarrlnganden joining you
from asserting any claim or interest therein.
This summons is published by the' order ot
Hon Virgil E Watters, Judge of the County
Court of the State of Oregon for Benton County
made on the loth day 01 February, 1903, To be
published for six consecutive weeks and the '
date ot the first publication thereof to be Feb
ruary 11, 1903.
: W.8. and 3. N. McFADDEN, '
,i: Attorneys for Plaintiff. ,
t-j ' Summons-
In the C lrcuit Court of the State of Oregon for
BenU n county, ,
A Laws, plaintiff versus Sarah ' Stewart
defendant.
To Sarah Stewart the above named defendant.
In the name of the State of Oregon- You
are hereby required to appearand answer the
complaint of the above named plaintiff in the
ahove entitled Court, now on file with the clerk
of said court within six weeks from the 17th of
January, 1903, the date of the first publication
of this summons, and you are hereby notified
that if you fall to appear and answer said com
plaint as hereby required, the plaintiff will ap
ply to the court for the relief prayed fot In said
complaint towlt: The foreclosure of a certain
mortgage made and executed by Mary Maud
Monraan tnrougn ner auiy aa&norizeu attorney
in fact, to plaintiff on the 13th day of April. 1895
to seeure the payment of a certain promissory
note of Marv Mau Hoffman, for $91,48 payable
year after date, with interest thereon at tne rate
or ten per cent per annum, rrom aate ana
which said mortgage conveyed unto - plaintiff
the following described real property situated
In Benton Countv, Oregon: Lot number 4 in
Block 23, original town of Corvallis, ;Oregon.
And a further decree barring and foreclosing
you, said Sarah Stewart of and from all right
title or Interest In or to said real property and
every part there )f.
This summons is published by order of the
Hon. Virgil E. Watters, Judge of the County
Court of the State of Oregon, made at Chambers
In Corvallis, Oregon, January 14th,' 1803. The
date oi the first publication ot this summons is
Januarv 17, 1903, and tbe last publication there
of February 28, 1903.
. WEATHERFORD & WTATT,
YATES & YATES.
' Attorneys tor Plaintiffs.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
lie Kind You Have Always Boagl
Bears tna
Signature of
Restart.
Newly Furnished,
First Class,
Meals at all Hours,
Oysters in Season.
Located in Hemphill Building, Cor
vallis, Oregon.
C W. LEDERLE.
Willamette Valle)
Banking Company.
GOBVAtUS OREGON.
Responsibility, $100,000
A General Banking Business.
Exchaoge issued payable at all flnn
clal centers la United States, Canada
and Europe.
Principal eorreepondents.
FOETAVnT.nn. t. a
NEW lOBK-Mesrs. J. P. Morgan & Co.
CHIC AGO First National Bank
SEATTLE AND TACOMA -London & San
rranoisco Bunk Limited. -.
L. G.IALTMATV. AT TV
Homeopathist
Office cor 3rd and Monroe eta. Resi
dence cor 3rd and Harrison sts.
Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7
to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M,
Phone residence 315.
DR. W. H. HOLT.
DR- MAUD HOLT.
Osteopathic Physicians
Office on South Main St. Consul
tation ani examinations free
Office hours: 8:00 to 11:45 a. m
1 to 5:45 p. m. Phone 235.
G. 11. FARRA,
PHYSICIAN, SUKGEON & OBSTETICIAN
Residence in front of court house facing 3rd
st. Oiflce hours 8to9a.rn.lto2 and 7 to 8;
COBVALLI3
OREaO
DB. C. H. NEWTH,
Pliysician & Surgeon
Philomath, Oregon.
E. Holgate
ATTORNEY AT LAW
lUSTIIJK OK THK PRAliK
Stenography and typewriting done.
Office ia' Burnett brick Corvallis. Ores?
W. T. Rowley, M. D,
(HOMCEPATHIC)
Physician, Surgeon, Occulist
Corvallis, Oregon.
Ojjfice Rooms 1 and 2, Bank Building.
HiTSTTWwrifc On Third dtrpot. hpfwApn '
Monroe and Jackson. Res. telephone
number 611, office 481.
Office Hours 10 to. ia a m,, 3 to 4 p m.
E. R, Bryson,
Attorney AtLaw.
-POSTOFFICE ' BUILDING-
H. S. PERNOT,
Pliysician & Surgeon
Office over postoffice. Residence C6r
Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 to
12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be
left at Graham & Wortham's drug store.
B. A. CATHEY, M. D
Physician and Surgeon,
Office, Kobm 14, First National Bank
Bnilding, Corvallis, Or." Office Honrs,
10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m. .
Notice for Publication.
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878.
United States Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon, .
Jany 12th, 1903.
N otice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the act of cengress of June 8,
1878, entitled "An act for the sale of timber lands.
In the states of California. Oregon, Nevada and
Washington Territory," as extended to all the
Public Land states by act ot August 4, 1892,
Adelbert D. Perkins, f -
of Toledo, county of Benton, state of Oregon,
has this day filed in this office his sworn state
ment No 6009 for the purchase of the N? of
NE of Section No 28 in Township No 12 8
Range No 7 West, and will offer proof to show
that the land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone than for agricultural purposes
and to establish his claim to said land ' before .
Victor P- Hoses, Olerk of Benton County, Ore
Con, Oorvallis. Orecon. On 5 Wednesday, the 8th,
dav of April, 1903: ' ;
He nomes as witnesseai , ,
John W Hyde of PnUoinatJt, Oregon.
Frank H Speaeer . ' ' . ' ;
William Brazelton of Toledo. Oregon,
Charles Kreger "
- Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested . to file
their claims in this office on or betore said 8th
day of April, 1903. ... .1 . ,;. . . 1,
; . CHAS. B. MOORES,
r- '- .-'-....Register,. '
City