THE MOENXNG OREGONIA2, THURSDAY, FEBRTJAKY 1, 1900.
FRAUD IS ALLEGED
Ex- Aixtftorof Nez Perces.Counly,
Idaho, Arrested.
10NB5MBN SUED FOR .$20,000
BKpert Bxamlnation of CoantrBooks
Reveals Bad Condition of Affairs
'Warrant ot Genuine.
LJCWISTOK. laahe. Jan. 3L-S. O. Tan
nahill, ex-auditor of Nez Perces county,
was unrated late this afternoon on the
charge of illegally iesutag county war
rants during nte term of oJflce. Tannahill
was auditor of Kez Ferces eounty xrom
1SK to lew Seen after hte arrest he save
& bond of $M00 and was released. The
proceeding is the result of an expert ex
amination of the books of the auditor's
office Tannahill is a democrat. The
warrant for iris arrest was signed by S.
G Isaman, chairman of the present coun
ts board, who is a republican. An action
has also been begun against Tannahill
and his bondsmen for $96,099. In his own
defense, Mr. Tannahill said:
'I challenge any man to prove that I
ever defrauded Nee Perees county out of
a penny. I am pcepered to defend myself
against any and all charges. I asked my
bondsmen If they wanted me to secure
them and they refused to accept security.
The do not georn to have lost confidence
In my Integrity I do not even admit that
the accounts were losely kept during my
administration. I can prove that I had
authority foe everything I did and that my
accounts are absolutely correct Knowing
that I am right. I stand in defiance -of
a prosecution. The warrant for my arrest
Us based on -the issuance tf a county war
rant for $7 for the care of a county
Indigent I am but a paltry thief. Judg
ing from the complaint against me. But
X will have my day in court, and then X
wi.l make jay defense
A A Cunningham, the expert, who has
been at work on the county books for
several months, reported on ex-Auditor
Tannahill as follows:
I find there have been many meetings
of the boards of county commissioners,
the records of which are unsigned and
unattested, and during the years of 1897
and 1898 none of their minutes are signed
bv the chairman of the board. It is to be
regretted that officers should be so Incom
petent as to allow their records to ba kept
tn such a manner, as the effect of such
carelessness Is far-reaching and is almost
criminal During all my experience I have
neier found such conditions to exist. It
sot only raleee the question of the va
lidity of warrants which are based on
such unsigned minutes, paving the way
for illegitimate transaction, should any
officer see lit to avail himself of the op
portunity, but all county business brought
before the commissioners' court, and all
their actions, are made subject to the at
tacks of any person who may wish to take
adxantage of the conditions."
According to Expert Cunningham's re
port which describes the Irregularly
drawn warrants, they amount to $10,856 58
during Mr. Tannahllt's administration. In
specifying the Irregularity of the war
rants, the expart says:
' I And warrants having the appearance
of being drawn for various purposes, but
for which I And no authority and no cer
tified list to the treasurer, and which do
not appear to be genuine.
I further And, according to the records
of the county warrants drawn, and as
shown by the treasurer's register, war
rants to have been registered, but for
vhlch there Is no authority whatever foi
their Issuance, nor certified lists to the
treasurer coveting the same; and the cir
cumstances, as shown by the records of
the county, I regret to inform you, are
such as to ptaoe them in the category of
warrants not genuine."
SAID TO BE BOUND KORTH.
Murderer of Georgre Boland Was In
quiring Road to British. Columbia.
OOJL.KAX, Wash., Jan. XL Word was re
ce"ved from Sprague this morning that
Samuel R. Clemens, the murderer of
Samaol JL. Clemens.
George Boland, near Parapa, last Friday
nig-ht, waa aeea paseiag through Sprague
at an early now Tdy -morning. He
-as mounted on a small pony, and in
quired the road north toward British Co
lumbia. TRYING TO SAVE MAGERS.
Governor's Answer to Those Who
Plea for Cewmntatlon of Sentence.
SALEM. Or., Jan. $1. Repeated appeals
to Governor Geer for & commutation of
the scntetice of " H Magers, sentenced
to death tor the murder of Ray Sink, to
d elicited the following answer:
"The Magens case is different from any
other one that has been presented to me
for interference, in that the condemned
man hae had two careful and elaborate
1 rials in the circuit court of Polk county,
ach time with a verdict of murder in the
lirt degree. The principal oxcoptien
taken in the first trial was remedied in
the second, and tfae verdict was the same.
F or plea entered thw far for executive
tlemencj. including that of his chief at
irrnc is for commutation of sentence to
H.'c imprisonment, on the ground that be Is
v holly innocent, or on the other plea that
The petitioner is opposed to capital pun
i hment. Bat K appears to me that
neither plea is tenable as a basts for in
t rference. If he is innocent, there is no
justification whatever for sending bkn to
l-ton for life In that case he should
l" made free abootuteiy. bttt I do not fel
justified In sariag. even impliedly, that
r- knowledge of the case is superior to
that of the WMttt a$d jurors and witnesses
two separate trials.
This case dtffere from that of Oiber
tran for r stance. In that he had had
teml aJtrrrattoas with bis victim, who
tad threatened Me Hie, and was of a. very
quarrelsome nature, and he had reason.
or taourtet ) few.
t brieve nig life
ill
was In danger. There was eeemlng justification-,
not for declaring him Innocent,
trutfor TOmmuting-his punishment to life
Imprisonment. Also, In the case of young
Smith, of Jacksonville, It was never shown
that he committed the-murder, but that he
was In the company of those who prob
ably did, and who were bright enough to
escape, while he was left behind as a
scapegoat for their crime. He had not
an acquaintance In the state nor a dollar
with which to defend himself, while af
fidavits came to me after his trial, show
ing that he had been In an Institution in
an Eastern state for the feeble-minded.
"In the case of Magers, however, no one
has ever contended that he ever had any
-difficulty-with Sink, and everybody ad
mits that if ho killed him at all he did
it deliberately and .without am justifica
tion whatever. This leaves me no ground
upon which to base a commutation of
sentence, and yet no one has asked me
to do more than this. I cannot declare
him innocent. I would not feel Justified
In doing this, even after one trial, much
less after two. He has bad the benefit
of a large circle of influential friends and
of counsel equal to the best In the state.
The people of Polk county have borne
the expense of two trials, that his rights
might be vindicated, and there is no rea
son to suppose lhat both were not fair
and Impartial.
"To deny the appeal of the sorrowing
mother has been the maddest trial of my
official life, and has furnished an occa
sion when one could wish the duties of
office were resting- on the shoulders of
another; but the courts have been the
instruments for deciding these questions,
and, for the reasons given, there is no
grounds upon which executive interference
could be justified.
"I have thought it best to make this
public statement, in .answer to several
appeals for commutation to a term of
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life imprisonment, with the added one
that, unless some fact vital to the case,
and which the court did not have, comes
to my knowledge, the decree of the cpurt
will be carried out."
Magers will be hanged in the rear of the
county jail, at Dallas, Polk county, Fri
day morning, at 10 o'clock. Invitations
to witness the execution have already
been, issued by the sheriff, and ever since
they were -sent out the mother of- the
condemned man has been imploring the
governor for a commutation to life Im
prisonment His attorney, W. H. H.
Holmes, and others, have also made sim
ilar appeals, which they renewed -so fre
quently that Governor Geer deemed It
best to make the foregoing statement of
the case.
HADE HIS MOTHER GOOD-BYE.
Magers Still Declared Thnt He Was
Innocent of the Death of Sink.
DALLAS, Jan. 3L Magers mother and
brother visited bim yesterday at the jail.
His mother was very much affected at
the meeting, showing the proverbial
mother's affection for a wayward child.
He demanded that his cell be opened that
he might bid good-bye to his mother,
which was gentjy but firmly refused by
Sheriff Van Orsdale. .He then upbraided
the sheriff for his "tyranny and want of
feeling." The mother told him he must
forgive everybody and tell the truth. In
this connection he said to her that he did
not kill Sink, and avowed his innocence
warmly. She was taken from the jail In
a state of prostration, and returned to her
home in Gerval3.
The Thurston brothers have adfied new
machinery to their lumber mills here that
will increase the capacity 10,000 feet per
day. These mills will now make a daily
output of 50,000 feet. The new addition to
the machinery is a gang of six saws.
The cants are made on a principal saw
and sent to the gang to, be made Into
boards.
"Wild flowers are blooming on the com
mons, buttercups among them.
The Indian war veterans of Polk county,
volunteers of 1855 and 1S56. now living In
the county, are: T. J. Hayter, Samuel
Coad, J. M. Campbell and David Cosper,
o Dallas; Samuel Tetherow, of Falls
City; John Vernon, of Rickreal; Absalom
Byerly, of Salt Creek; John Hastings, of
Lewisvllle; Benjamin F. Hayden, of
Eola. John Townsend and Eli Branson,
volunteers from Polk county, now live
near Sheridan, Yamhill county.
Willis Jordon, now in jail here, is an
old offender, having been before the courtg
of this county on six 'different occasions
before, and he has been qonvlcted on
every occasion, receiving sentence to the
county jail or penitentiary each time.
SOLDIER'S -BAD RECORD.
Novr in Jail Under Charge of Larceny
Tlie Clmmpoesr Robbery.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. Thomas Mon
aghan, who was arrested yesterday for
the larceny of $7 50 from the saloon of
J. P. Rogers, was arraigned before Re
corder Judah this afternoon, waived ex
amination and was held to the circuit court
In tho sum of $250. In default of bail he
was committed to the county jail. Mon
aghan was a member of the Second Ore
gon, and saw service 1n the Philippines.
Returning home with the regiment, he
worked at different places until Septem
ber, when he enlisted in the Forty-fifth.
He deserted, was captured, tried by a
general court-martial and dishonorably
discharged.
Weston and Lmvrence Dlchnrsed.
Louis Weston, who was arrested in
Portland for the robbery of John Hoefer
and Caspar Zorn at Champoeg on the 2Sd
insL, had a hearing before Justice John
son this afternoon, and succeeded in es
tablishing an alibi, and was discharged.
Woston proved that he was In Portland
on the night of the robbery. Hoefer and
Zorn, however, were positive, from hit
voice and carriage, that he was one of
the men who held them up. The infor
mation against Abe Lawrence, accused of
tho same crime, was dismissed.
INJUNCTION AGAINST GRANT'S PATsS.
No Sen-ers Because It Is Alleged the
City Exceeded Legal Debt Limit.
GRANTS PASS. Or., Jan. 3L The city
of Grant's Pass and the contractors who
are engaged in the construction of a
sewer were today restrained by a tem
porary injunction, Issued by Judge Hanna,
from proceeding further under the con
tract. The suit is instituted by Levi W.
Ferry, upon the theory that the city has
exceeded the limit of indebtedness, tho
amount of which is S20.0C0.
The provision of the city charter is that
the total Indebtedness shall not exceed
$109,000, and that the city cannot issue
'bonds to exceed SJSiOOO There has never
been any question locally as to the valid
lty of tho warrants issued. This question
was submitted to George H. Williams
some years ago, who gave as his opinion
that the city could issue warrants upon
the treasurer to the fuM limit. The city
has moved for a dissolution of the in
junction, which will probably be heard
this week at chambers at Jacksonville.
Charged With. Exubexxllng; 4100.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 31. R. V. Wil
son has been arrested here on the charge
of having embezzled a package contain
ing $603 where he was agent for the Great
Northern Express Company at Franklin,
King county. Wash. .He-frill be held unltf
extradition papers are received.
Zafinn if-nrttAK arA ma?p fev lUTnnnnnlA
J Tobacco Company white lbor.
Oil) rUCvVHIAW PafifUTDV 7
rim itiL luiwn luun-ini
SEARCH FOR COPPER. -ROW
GAGES JKUGH ATXDXTIOjr.
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Railroad Project Over- Dalton Trail
Another From Port "Vnldcs Port
land People on the Trail.
SKAGWAT. -Jan. ZL CSpecial Corre-J
sponaence.) Colonel F. R Miles, formerly
of Montana, is here outfitting for an ex
pedition to the country in which the
Tanana, "White and Copper rivers rise, to
look for copper. He is backed by Union i
Pacific railroad capital, and says there Is
a likelihood the. same people will build an
all-American railroad from some point on
tne coast, probably valdes, to the inte
rior. Colonel Miles will take sunnlles to ..
the proposed field of prospecting. He will
come out this winter again, and then go I
JOHN A. CRAWFORD.
A WYt SI 1
PROMINENT OREGON PIONEER, WHO
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 31. John A. Crawford, one of -Western-Oregon's most prominent plo-J
neer citizens, died la this city at 9 o'clock this forenoon, after a lingering illness of several
years. Mr. Crawford was born In Ireland, February 11, 1814, He came to the coart in 1850,
remaining in California two sears, coming to Oregon in 1852. He took a prominent part in
the upbuilding of Albany, accumulating a largo fortune. .He -wag one of the early owners of
the Magnolia, mills, for many years owned the canal furnishing the city's water power, and In
18S0 established the present water system and works of the city. He; has been identified with
many of the leading movements for the advancement of the city. He, was ne,en married. Hls
surviving relatives here are a brother, Robert, and two sisters, Mrs. E, C. Protzman, of Port
land, is a niece.
In next summer to prospect. The difHcuI-
ty of getting supplies in in the summer, I
he says, would be much greater than. now.
Mrs. E. J. Tarbor, of Portland, Or.
Miss Ryan and Miss Daneke, of Los An
geles, and Miss Amy Howe, of Rapid City,
S. D., are here en route to Dawson over
the ice alone, and Miss Howe will pro
ceed in the spring to Nome. They will
make the journey from this point to Ben
nett by train, and thence to the Klondike
with a sled drawn by & horse and a dog.
They will travel from roadhouse to road
house each day and stop at the houses at
night, but do their own cooking.
"Word .has been received that O'Brien,
held at Tagish on suspicion of having
murdered Fred Clayson, formerly of Port
land or Forest Grove, Or.; Lynn Relf, of
Seattle, and Lineman Olson, of the Daw
son telegraph line, had on his person when
captured a draft drawn in favor or jkcjc
The report has also been received that a
camp in which goods stolen from a cache
were found has been located by the police
two miles back from where the missing
men were last seen, and that a. new trail
leads overland and out of the beaten
course toward Hootallnqua, the direction
In which the two men arrested, one at
White Horse and one at Tagish, are sup
posed to have traveled. It Is generally
believed the missing men were murdered.
Thomas Marquam, formerly a Portland
attorney, arrived here today from Haines,
and reports Henrys Bratnober, former ex
pert for the Rothschilds in copper ex
plorations in Alaska, and Jack Dalton
have secureda franchise to build a rail
road from Haines up the Dalton trail to
ward the new copper fields of Rainy Hol
low, 20 miles back from Lynn canal. He
also says Ames, a Boston man, has a fran
chise to build into the same country from
Haines or Pyramid, and a third party
has a franchise from one of the ports to
the same fields, and he thinks one of the
roads will be built. He understands the
mounted police in that district have bond
ed a number of copper claims for $30,000
each.
Dalton & Henley are putting on 30 four
horse double bob sled teams to take
freight up the Chilkat river this winter
to Porcupine City. Porcupine creekmlners
have just now, for the first time, pros
pected the bed of Porcupine creelr, with
the aid of steam pumps, and found the
bed to be exceedingly rich In gold.
The White Pass railroad has been closed
a week by a severe storm, but is ex
pected to be open again in a day or two
Several hundred people are at the two
ends of the road waiting to go in or out
of-the Yukon country. The snow on Lake
Bennett Is several feet deep, and has
weighed the ice down so travel is dan
gerous. TROUBLE IN M'MINNVILLE COUNCIL.
Caused by a. Member Resigning
Rural-Mail Petition Yamhill News.
M'MINNVILLE, Or Jan. 31. The city
council met last evening, Daniels and
Jones, tho "hold-outs," being absent. The
majority. Including Nelson, think they
have won The council is composed of
six members. One resigned, and in the
election of his successor, three votes were
declared sufficient to elect; the "hold
outs" -claimed four were necessary, and
left the council, and have not been'there
since.
Judge William M. .Ramsey was elected
city attorney last evening. The council
also accepted the bid of the Portland Gen
oral Electric Company to furnish a dy
namo, with complete arc light equipment,
torSQ-5, delivered here.
Whether the company will enter Into a
contract with the council as at present or
ganized, and whether the city will be able
to get the cash- from local capitalists or
banks, are matters of discussion today.
One capitalist, who was expected to fur
nish the money, and ono bank arc re
ported as saying they will not furnish
money under 'present circumstances.
Sanford E. Goodrich, of Dayton prairie,
has out -a petition to-the postoffice depart
ment at Washington, to establish a rural
matt delivery from the postoffice at Daytou
to Dayton prairie and vicinity. Hfe.peti-
tion Is numerously signed by residents wfco
- would. - have iho-beneflt of .suclu delivery,
j and there Is no objection by -others, Mr.
t Goodrich has prepared a map of the route
1 to be covered, and has general statistics
i searing on the-matter,
i The delinquent-tax list of Yamhill coun
ty, for 1S98, has been made out for pub
lication, and will be published next week.
It amounts to aboutS4000. and as citizens
are paying up every day. It is expected
that it will be much smaller iy the date of
J sale, March 10.
The bicycle paths in Yamhill county are
continually ridden on by horsemen, atndtln
l many places by carriages. Many com
plaints are coming In, and it is likely
that some arrests will be made.
RAILROAD TO NEHALEM.
rovoKltloit. Mcde to Columbia
County Iandovrners.
ST. HELENS, Or., Jan. 3L Iho Colum
bia&.JIehalem Yalley Hallroad Company,
by their, agent,-gave out, this morning; the
follawlne slcmpd nmnncitinn tnr nnhii
tion:
"We, the Columbia & Nehalem "Valley
DIED YESTERDAY AT ALBANY
Railroad Company, make the following
proposition to the citizens and landowners
of Columbia county, Oregon, along a route
to qe' nereinaner located, irom at. neiens
to Pittsburg, in Columbia county, Oregon,
towlt:
"That 100,000,000 feet of merchantable tim
ber tributary to the road, a right of way
100 feet in wi'dth from St. Helens to Pitts
burg, good terminals and boomage be do
nated by said citizens and landowners, for
which consideration we will build, equip
and operate a first-class logging and pas
senger railway of standard guage, be
tween St. Helens and Pittsburg. Deeds to
right of way and timber to be placed in
escrow, and to be turned over to said
company upon the completion of the road
in a line west of the land donated and
east of Pittsburg, any timber donated be
yond Pittsburg, deeds to be turned over
to the company when the railway shall
reach Pittsburg; work to be commenced
within elx months, and completed within
2V6 years from -date of commencement of
laying the rails of said road."
The shortest and most practicable route
for the road will be selected and will
probably be tlown the east fork of the
Nehalem to Pittsburg. The company of
fering to build the road has ample means,
and the people are very enthusiastic over
the prospect of getting a railroad.
TWOMEN OUT OF THE ARMY.
Captain Waring; Retired From Ser
viceYoung Soldier Dismissed.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.,
Jan. 31. By direction ot the secretary cf
war. Private Earnest A. Gilbert, company
I, Fourteenth Infantry, having enlisted
under false pretenses, has been discharged
without honor from the eervico of the
United States. Under regulations, this sol
dier Is not entitled to travel pay or al
lowances', and final statements will not
be furnished him.
Orders have been issued announcing thai
Captain John K. Waring, Second infantry,
hasbeen examined by a board of officers
and found physically disqualified for the
duties of major by reason of disability in
cident to the service. His retirement by
the president from active service as a ma
jor has been announced,, to date from No
vember 15, 1899.
After a disappearance of two months.
Captain Waring surrendered himself to
the authorities -at Governor's island to
save himself from being dropped from the
rolls as a deserter, and his retirement is
a simple solutlon'-of the matter. Captain
Waring Is well known in the Northwest,
having served with the Second Infantry at
different posts in the department of the
Columbia.
Hoqnarton Slongu Levies a. Tax.
TILLAMOOK, Jan..30The-Port of Til
lamook commission met on Monday and
decided to levy a tax of 1 mill. After
discussing tho work to be done for tho
Improvement of Hoquarton slough, the
commission came to the conclusion that
the slough should be made straight, and
instructed the secretary to forward to Cap
tain W. W. Harts, the government engi
neer, the resolution passed to that effect.
The building committee of the new Pres
byterian, church has received. $S0O from the
church extension board, and $100 contrib
uted by Mr. W. Ladd, of Portland, toward
the new church building, which will be
used for the first time next Sunday.
Another Draws the Salary.
TACOMA, Jan. 29.-(To the Editor.)
This morning's Oregonian contains an ar
ticle entitled "Youngest Oregon Volun
teer," In which there are two errors; but
your correspondent is not to be blamed
for them. The article stated that Willis
D. Sloan was a blacksmith, and his father
agent at the Puyallup Indian tschool. Jos
eph C Hast draws the salary as agent,
and thej father of the youn? soldier is the
blacksmith. D. M. SLOAN.
Two Children Cared For.
HILLSBORO. Or., Jan. 31. W. T. Gard
ner, superintendent of the Boys' and
Girls Aid Society, ot Portland, .was in the
city today, jand returned with two small
hllcijen by ihe name' of Borroughs,"iffhose
mbtuer & a destitute widow
INTEREST ON STATE TAX
COUATIES THAT HAVE PAID
GET -MONEX-BAOK.
MAY
State Treasury Has -Received Blore
Than $25,000 as Interest on Coun
ties' Deferred Payments:
SAX03M, Or., Jan. 3L The decision of
the supreme "court, that "Marion county
cannot be held liable for Interest on ac
count of unavoidable delinquencies la Its
payment of state taxes, throws open the
question as to whether the state may not
be cornpel.ca to return to the several coun
ties the amouats which -thoy have paid
as Interest during the pa3t five years In
the aggregate the .sums reach 423.606 77.
The heaviest contributor to this fund was
Multnomah,, which Is credited with near.y
510,000, an amount which is not so large
when it Is considered that the sparsely
settled county of Tillamook gave i:33.
Marlon, the. second largest county in the
state, and the county which won the in
terest suft against the state, failed only
twlcfr In its. payments,' and Is down on the
Ust to the extent ot only 5841 8L
Of the 33 counties In the state before
the creation of Wheeler, 19 paid Interest
on delinquent state -taxes, ranging from
Jackson, which made a single payment,
to Malheur, which made seven. Tilla
mook was the heaviest delinquent, having
been in arrears five years once and four
years a,t another time, ilauheur and Mor
row each fell behind four years; Marion,
.Multnomah, Polk, .Wasco, Washington,
Lake, Lincoln, Lane and Crook three yeaxs
at times, ana the other counties, except
Clatsop, Douglas and Jackson, one and
two years each. o delinquencies were
charged against the counties excepted.
Wasco, Umatilla, Baker, Union. Grant?
Jackson, Coos, Curry and Josephine were
allowed by law until April l.to pay their
taxes, while the other counties , were al
lowed until Js'abruary 1 only.
The exact amounts paid by each county
are shown in astatement prepared by
StateL Treasurer Moore and Deputy Treas
urer Perkins which is as follows:
Interest
-paid
ontstato
Baker county tax.
April 20, 1825,.forl8S3....i;$J274l,87
April 9lS36.Xor-1834 25iri0
Nov. 18, 1S86, forJ95 20731
May 24, 1897, lor 1836 -if-GS $ 755,71
tBenton county
April 9.1S95. for.1893 757495
May 13,-l95..forM894 '119124
April 25, 1S9V1 or 1897 53ff'49 S13 68
Clackamas- county
Oct 12, 1SS5 for 1SS3 241 3
Oct. 12, lS9a, f or 1834 6 ,74
Oct. 14, 1893, forlSP5 188J31
April 11. 189S. for 18S6 273'm
Feb. 11. 1S99, for 1897 103 40 946 83
Columbia county
Mar. 26, 1895, for 1893 89 49
.April 7, 189S, for IS91 -19172
May 9, 1898, for 4897 30 64 1S9i5
Coos county-
Sept- 19, 1898, for 1898
Crook county
July 20, 1895, foe 1893 323c26
July 20, 1895,'for 1894 7728
Sept. 23, 1896, for 19S...... 21736
Feb. U. 1898. for 1896 SS349?66
SI 4S
-Feb. 14, 1SS9, fOrlS97 "246,08 " 1,213 54
Curry county
Aug. 3, 1896, for 18S5 11&0
Aug. .13,1897, for 1896 14,184
Gilliam county
25 91
April 13, 1E95, for 1893
124.29
Grant county
Nov. 8, 1894, for 1853 129 65
Aug. 6, 1895,.for I8S4 4388
AUg. 25,. 1825, lor 0S31 -4T45
June
2b, 18B6, lor 1SU5 40 21
18, 1897, forliSo 70i87
24, 1828, for 1897 31 20
320 27
Harney county
May 10, 1895, for 1893 314 T7
May 2, 1836, f or 1S94 a364 J5
Dec 4, 1896, for 1895 233sl4
Dec 14, 1S97, for 1896 -192 75 '
Dec. 19, 1898, for 1E97 15018 1,254 89
Josephine county
April 27, 1898, for 1897
Klamath county
6-65
Oct. 29, 1894, for 1893 132,33
May
Sept.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
3, 1835, for 1894 32 55
22, 1896. for 1895 37" 82
1, IS9Vfdr 1S95 123T09
IS, 1&9&!' for 1E97, tm
18, 1898, for 1897 10517
513 87
Lake county
June 15, 1896, for 1893 103 61
June 15, 1896, for 1894 3003
Lane county
Mar. 28, 1896, for 1893 230 95
Mar. 28, 1896, for 1894 93 53
Lincoln county
April 10, 1S95, for 18S3 125 69
April 6, 1897, for 1895 2036
April 22, 197, for 1895 13t33
July 1, 1897, for 1896 59rS5
Linn county
April 26, 1895, for 1S93 448 25
July 23, 1895, for 1894 ..331 95
Malheur county
June 15. 1896. for 1893 40 20
136-64
324-4S
3C6 73
780 20
June
15, 1896, for 1894...... -36 72
11, 1898, for 18S6 234 00
28, 1899, for 1895 1C6 56
28, 1899. for 1896 31 69
23, 1899. forlS97 138 68
19, 1899, for 1895 12 78
April
Feb,
Feb.
Feb.
IMay
600(63
Marion county
Mar. SO, 1896, for 1893 513 59
Mar. 30. 1896, for 1834 328?22
Morrow county
Nov. 13, 1894, for 1893 148 36
May 15, 1S99, for 1S35 128 00
May 13, 18S9, for 196 35 23
May 15, 1899, for 1897 27 60-
84181
.333 24
Multnomah county
July 2, 1896, for 1833 .-6179 46
July 2, 1895, for 1S94 2539 59- 5,71
Polk county
June 10, 1896, forl93 233-25
June 10. 1896. for 1894 102 70
June 10, 1S96, f or 1S95 316 44
652 39
Sherman county
Nov. 13, 1894, for 1893 49,82
June 4, 1895. f or 1E94 21 62
7144
Tillamook. county-
July 8, 1895, for 1893 243 03
April
7, 1S5JH, tor iaab zt ti
16, 1899, for 1894 382 74
18, 1899, for 1S94 270 71
18, 1S99, for 1895 "571 0
18, 1893, f or 1S97 18 131,733 03
Feb.
July
July
July
Umatilla county
Feb. 15, 1895, for 1893 623 S9
July 2, 1S95, for 1894 96 81
Aug. 10, 1896, for 1835 ,li659
Oct. 7, 1897, for 1886 5S8 63
June 24, 1893, for 1897 6 30- 1,578 32
Union county
Mar.v 9, 1897, for 1895 329 00
April 23. 1893. for 1835 -38129
April 10, 1899, f or 1S87 205 37
May 1, E99, for 1897 '19 33 1,034 99
Wallowa county
April 3, 1E95, for 1893 14942
July 12, 195, for 1891 50,37
July 23, 1895, for 1S95 5o,34
April 17. 1897. for 1895 -19 70
April 18, 1838, for 1897 17 59
Wasco county-
302.42
May 12, 1896, for 1883 30 27
May 12, 18S6, for 1814 6 2
Aug. L 1896, forl895 9r69
12818
Washington county
May 25, 1S06. for 1893..
May 25, 1E96, for ISO!..
Yamhill county-
ieg-57
:l4iI5-
313 32
Mar 29, 1895, for 1893
,264'SS
Mar. 26, 18S6, f or 1884 124393 330 79
Total Int. paid delinquent taxes $23,606 77
WILL MEET AT ELLEKSBtlRG.
Washington's Republican State Con
vention, April 4.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 3L The republi
can state convention for the election ot
delegates from Washington to the next
republican national convention will be
held at Ellensburg, April 4. This -wasde-dded
today at a meeting of the republi
can state central committee.
Thirty-five counties were represented,
the number , of committeemen actuaMy
present being 20. Ellensburg was ehosen
unanimously as the place for holding the
convention. The representation was fixed
on the basis of one delegate for every 19
votes-sand major fraction thereof cast' for
Congressman W. L. Jones at the last
ioleetion, .and two delegates-at-iarge.
C2.
cm
'Aibrmof-foou
already digesta
Ferry and Chelan counties, created fey the
last legislature, are given live delegates
each. This will make a convention ot 475
members.
JS. G. Ames-was. elected-v4oe-chalrman
In the absence of Chairman Schievly from
the- state.
GO-OEBRATION IS DESHIED.
Fishermen -Wnnt Commissioners of
Tiro States to Get Together.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 3L The fisheries
committee of tho Astoria Commercial As
sociation is making an effort to have
the flsh laws of Washington and Oregon
more strictly enforced for the coming
season than during the past year. Their
efforts will be particularly directed to pre
vent nonresident and alien fishermen from
procuring licenses. Last year th Sacra
mento river .fishermen, all nonresidents,
and a large majority not citizens of the
country, had little difficulty in securing li
censes. To acconipllsh thl object the com
mittee realizes that It .is necessary for
Vlsh Commissioners Beed and Llttte to
act together to enforce this provision of
the law. To thia .end an effort is being
made to bring the two commlsstoHers to
gether and. come to an agreement as to
'what shall.be done. Last year, when a
mam was refused a. license, he wenfc across
the river at the other state and secured
one, which had the effect pf nullifying the
intent of the law.
A short time ago the attention oFteh
Commissioner Heed was called to the fact
that large quantities of sawdust were
being washed onto Clatsop-beach, and the
general belief was that it was proving a
great detriment to the propagation of the
clams. Helatlve to it, Commissioner Reed
says:
rDurIng the past month I have been on
the beach at "two different times and in
vestigated the matter to some extent, but
am not prepared to make a full report
until I have made further examinations.
, On the. parts of the beach which I vis
ited I found but little of the substance
spoken of, and am inclined to think it
is not sawdust, but Is merely driftwood
"that has been ground to pieces on the
-beach at high tide, and, as the tide re
cedes, the fine material Is carried back by
the undertow, and the greater-portion of
it is left near low-water mark. Neither
am I prepared at thin time to give da
opinion as to whether this substance ie
Injurious to the life and grefwth of Uw
clams, but from what I observed I do not
believe it has any bad effect on them.
When the tide is coming in or going out,
or at any time when the claims are cov
ered with water, at which time thoy do
their feeding, if they should accidentally
take in some of the dirt, they would sim
ply throw It out. again, the same as any
other flsh. When the tide is out and this
substance lays on the sands, the clams are
not feeding, and are entirely independent
of what may be taking place on the
sand above them.
I am under the fan-
pression that the razor clam is In about
the .same condition as our salmon. That
is, they are hunted too pensistentiy, and
If they are to be perpetuated, they must
have some protection in the way of a
close season."
A letter has been received by the eounty
Court from President A. L. Mohler, of the
O. R. & N. Co., stating to the court that
his company Is in full accord with th
proposed tax, levy of 5 mills for the pur
pose of improving the roads of Clatsop
county. Thte letter will undoubtedly have
a very good effect in persuading the court
to make the levy.
Deputy Collector Parker today paid off
the officers and crews of the revenue and
marine hospital services. The amount dis
bursed was about 52509.
SEXDS TIMBER TO FLORIDA.
Shipments Mnde FromXeTris Count yr
Washington The Smallpox.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 3L Timbers
aro being sent from Lewis county to the
southeast corner of the United States. Two
fiat cars, loaded with long timbers for
Jacksonvlle, Fla., were brought In front
one of the Rock-creek mills yesterday.
Among the pieces, which were alt 75 feet
long, were two that were 24x26 laches.
They are to be used in dredgers.
The supposed case of smallpox hae
proved to be only a mild case of varioloid,
and the patient Is already out of bed.
There have been no other cases developed.
schools has been cut down about half, aad
tne revival meanng3 commenced, auaeay
night were discontinued, but business hi
general is progressing- as usual, and unless
there shall be new cases. It is thought the
scare will be over, and the schools will nil
up again next week.
The hardware firm of Maynard, Everett
&. Co., has been dissolved. Frank. Ever
ett 'will continue the business, and C. W.
Maynard retires and will dweto his Urns
to his farming and other Interests.
KORTHWEST DEAD.
Henry Beavert, of Shcrrvood, Oregon
Pioneer of 1SS3.
SHERWOOD, Or., Jan. 3L Henry Bea
vert, an old and respected resident of
Sherwood, died at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. W. A. Snyder, on Sunday morn
ing. He was born in Polk county, Kansas,
December 16. 1887, crossed the plains, driv
ing an ex team, in 1853, and reached Port
land the same year, where he stayed a
short time, living on the east side of the
river From Portland he eaxne ap tne
was the first maker f
sticks of soap forshav
ing. Pears ASoap es
tablished over ioo
years.
3 '
wiTlSKE
totsrwts 3terfeo
Som peop'e have as IRtle regard for
their health a the aaa wSio goeateto a
porvekr mill mokinr a pipe. Heank Ja
the most preeraus giftof aatwe. To pre
serve t at alt tu-ef and prmrittadre.
disease of the lungs, use wmya rw
Malt Whhtay.lt is a strwtMSs
scstahJiag, lifc-Kivins
tonic, mode from Pnrs AtoK. It wfl".
strengthen and buildup (he aMt denote
invalid. Itwuloreco&Muipnea.
RooreSTXK. N Y.Hooaef tahatry.tpS.
rt 4bi teuton urn iMiiiUftinTft te-ie-
commend Du3y rwa Malt W7. vWdP I
dread dlie&fte. AsMs ftdsi ttsmetfktoilwi mmiwj
ttiaTerrmUrf. The pMieat caarctaia Kw&eaaB
of-er stii&oiaats tut I reeosamead K to ill
MOTHBX HptSONYUO."
"CjUTLSMSKt I tatet TN
hemantara of n hue m aa
SBMUK&roMe aa wney mmynmr.
iMBjr 5 ijra.;K-Jt WMtMrBMBMpcs
enuratMsewjrsifS. wwwk
Km BHWi i mm nwar
Se. I bcttcre. vrv repo
lyjovu JOSWK COtlJM,
SMthW3le.IM."
TteetsSteXiij tmt 7,600 toateru
A3 diumliimd umm-faaa
ftbettie. VaiaahksbookolJWbr-
auttea frre. Get tfea genntna
bewaiaot mlHrt met.
KfftT IWfJWgSKY C8.
river as far as Champoeg, and, landtag:
thore came to Shorwood, whore 1m ttvoct
till his death He was married- to Mary
C. Battle in M. who 4 about W yoars
ago. To them wcro born tow dawghtwrs.
two of whom. Mrs. W. A. Saydor and
Mrs. Alox Bally, ar still living, their ae
ofid enHd having died in infancy and t
fourth when about M. Mr Beavert was
engaged m wining in different parts of
the state, and was very exteaetveiy
known. He suffered a stroke ei paralysis
several years ago, wWeh was follow!
by several alight ones, the teet eae, which,
oeenrred In Aagaet, IMS. teavtas him help
Ieee. He bore nte affliction very pattently.
and was gJad when the aammeao came.
The faaeral Irom the- heeee wfeece ho
died was conteetfrd by Rev. J. M. Bar
ber, of the Sherwood Ccngaeaaaonal
church, aad his rename laid to reet in the
Pleasant Hill cemetery..
Funeral of Chaplain Thompson.
OLTMPIA, Waeh , Jan. SL It hae been
suggested to Governor Rogers that Rev
G. T Whitworth, of Seattle, the veteran
Presbyterian minister, should be invited
to deliver the funeral soehiob over the
remains of Chaplain Joan R. Thompson.
Governor Rogers states that tkevwiaaes of
the immediate famfly win mwent all the
funeral arrangements, ami settee f the
date ef the ftmecal will be sen time
to allow friends fsoas WaohmgrnmaJKi Or
egon to attend.
Death of Lester Xu. Bayley.
NEWPORT. Or.. Jan. 3L tester L.
Bayley. of Orchard Tailey. -Wash., died
very suddenly at WUbitr, "Wash., yester
day, aged. 7 years. He was the eldest son
of Dr. J. R. Bayley. of Newport, and waa
well known throughout Oregon amTWash-
He left -a wife ami 8ve emracen.
Oregon. Ketes.
The GeM. Standard mine has ptwehased
a Bve-seamp mill for Ks ncaeeety. Mar
The. sale of several Norman grade draft
horses Is reported at Loetme, WaAowa
eoanty, at )M per head.
The Loetme Leader says that a local
ventrfleowmt and comedian has gone into
winter amsrters on the Imaaha.
The Booth-KeBy Company has expend
ed in the netebborheod of mm on the
mill dam at their Wemtttegr mHte.
The Jfectmsn comity hooaltar hae 1? in-
f raster eMtjr Ort serimrwefetswrie af-
filetien. The others are mestcy eta ana
decrepit.
The Lten Cewnty FraMbWoa Ctab, It is
annoanced, will hold its annual banquet
at Albany on Febraary 23. Its mesa card
embraces no wine Ust.
While at work at a legging camp at
Leahurg. Henry Filler received a gash in
the faee from an ax ftuug back toward
him by a springy vme maple.
The grass in the pastoral raeaatain por
tirma at .Tueteaon emtntv is reverted as
gl)ewi1,s finely. Mountain stock will need
no zeea at an wis winter, ana a. gouu
percentage of it will come out in the
spring fit for beef.
The La Grande Chronicle says It has as
surances from sources that cannot be
doubted that the railroad up the Grand
Rondo river win be built. But. with ail
this assurance that the railroad will be
biK. It thinks a wagon road to Granite
Is a necessity, both antecedent to the rail
road construction and for all time.
Who for want of strength and vigor find
their physical powers prematurely dectts-
j teg. and who have tried drags and dee-
tors and taMed to find a cure, I recom
mend a eareftil examination of the great-
t alsewrory of the age, known as ay
Dr.
ElectrS
It has never failed yet to cure the worst
case of Varicocele. Weak Back, Lumbago,
Rheumatism or Sciatica, and has often
eared after all else had felled.
" WELL SATISFIED "
"SPOKAJfB, Wash.. Jan. 8 IWOtDr. A.
T. Saaden. Portland Or. Dear Sir: Tours
of Jamtary 9 received; w gay m reply
that the Belt is all right, working fine.
I will send yen the name of a party that
is thmkJng of getting one of your Belts.
He has- talked with me In regard to it, and
i x west Mtmm jmt m aiuu hub um w jrwur
books. I am was satnmaa wit tne sett
an know it has etaced me. Very reeoeet
fUy, V. K. TXJGH.
"Deputy gharlCC, Spokane County."
Ste thouonrt gaverwiUmg teettmony dur-
Imgr a BhtaWtofial tt yams. Write for
ftea book ceptalMmg; all. or arop m at my
eme ami consult, without charge.
I Rus&el BWg., Cor Fourth and Morot 5b.
F8KTLAXD, eat.
Office hours. 9 to 9; Sundays, 9 to J
Sao
c Belt