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Tf1fqt?y?9-igp- -r- T.3VV',i ""? "i?$ T-iR.s 'fMM? ff !? " TTmm'9- ' r i r?wi' fj 1 j1?? 8v" 10 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1900. Tjthtf JwgrrwaerT. 'TJT " OBJECT TO $4 FEE Sheriffs Present Compensa tion Believed Unjust. DOES NOT SUIT ALL THE CASES Attorneys nnd Litigants TUtnlc That They Should Pay lor What They Receive. The Sheriff's fee of $4 required to be paid for the service of papers in a civil suit "Is not satisfactory to attorneys and liti gants, and Is not profitable for the county. The total amount of fees collected during the month of October was $190. and the salary list of the office per month for the Sheriff and deputies Is J102S. This is exclusive of the tax department and county Jail, -which are run as separate affairs. The Sheriff pays the salary of the jailer and the expense of the jail from the money he receives for boarding pris oners, and the county pays the clerks In the tax department, and all of the other expenses of the same. For the year ending June 30, 1900. tho ttotal amount of fees collected by the Sheriff was S387S. The salary list for the year aggregates $12,000, and other ex penses were $285. The creeps of expenses for the year over and above receipts fig ure up $S5S7. If the Sheriff was conduct ing the office under tho feo system, as In former years, that Is, If he was permitted to retain all of the fee taken In and re quired to pay all of hie deputies, he would throw up the Job In a hurry, as, according to this showing, he would be out Just pxactly this $SSS7 difference between re ceipts and disbursements, instead of mak ing a good fat thing of It, as was done in the old fee days. In other words, if the Sheriff's office was a fee office, under the present law, the Sheriff would be without compensation, and if he served Ids term through would retire from office in a bankrupt condition, and his deputies would not receive -any more salary than the present police force is getting. But when the office was a fee office, the stat ute then In force was based upon busi ness principles. The law was an equitable one. Litigants paid for what they got, no more, no less. If the Sheriff served 20 different summnnsos in a case, he charged for 30, and If only one was served, only one was charged for, and for every kind of yervlee that it is possible for a Sheriff to perform, a fee was provided. If a litigant required his services only a little, he ild but little, and where a deputy was kept chasing around for a week doing all sorts of work in a case, iees were tuxed up accordingly. The objection to the present law Is that if a small suit Is brought where all a deputy has to do is to go a distance of several blocks from the office, the fee which the plaintiff is compelled. to pay 13 $4 and If there are 20 defendants to an action scattered all over the county, who have to be served, the fee is the same $4. Then In some cases the Sheriff may have to perform a great deal of work inci dental to the original proceeding, all for the $4 fee, and in other suits none at all. Attorneys argue that If the Sheriff serves only ono paper, where $1 would be a rea sonable fee, that should be the charge, and when the work performed Is worth $5, $18 or even $20, such amount of fees ought to be exscted. Under this plan one per son will not have to help pay for his neigh bor's lltigatfon, and the aggregate amount of fees collected would be very largely In creased. That was the way It was done when the Sheriff ran the Sheriff's office on his own hook, and the scale of fees then in force was as follows: For wring any writ for the enforcement of a judgment or decree, CO cents. For serving any summons, subpena or or der, en each pardon served. 25 cents. For executing anr provisional remedy, J&) cents. For taking an Inquest by a Jury, for the trial of the rights of property, $2. For taklHg or approving any undertaking or bond, 60 oents. For making arid delivering a copy of any process, order or notice necesrary to complete the eervle thereof, for each folio. 10 cents. For all money actually made on any process, and returned to the clerk, 1 per cent on tho first $600. and one-fourth of 1 per cent on all Bums over J600. For making a conveyance of property sold on any process, to be paid by the quarter, $2. For making a certificate of sale of real prop erty, 26 cents. For tatikliig a certificate of sale of personal propertj when required or demanded, to b .paid bv the purchaser. 25 cents. Fr serving a writ with the power of the countv. $ 2. For any service that may be rendered by a Constable, the Sheriff was allowed the fees allowed a Constable, and In Multno mah County, these were as follows: For 'serving a sub-'ena. 23 cents. For advertising and selling property, $2. For keeping property. In cases where a keep er l repaired. $2 per day of 24 hours or less. For advertising property without selling, $1. For rrturn of execution or summons where no levy for perviee Is made, 50 cents. fader the scale of fees, the service of a jmmmons and complaint " was figured out at $1 20. THE OLDEST HEWSPAPER. Ccntenninl of the Scioto Gazette, of Chllllcothe Interesting: History. On April 25. 1900. there appeared the flirt number ot a little newspaper, called the Scioto Gazette, published In Chllll cothe. O., thn a town of some 130 peo ple, aid the seat of government of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the Ohio River. The office of the pa per wasa- one-story log addition to a two-stoxy )osbouse. the latter being the repld.encj!. pf ".he editor. The paper itself was a for-)ige affair, each page being 12xli Inches All the material for Us publication had been brought from Win chester, Va. by pack train and keel boat. Vpder the date line of the quaintly or namented heading was the line "North wesern Territory; printed at the seat of Government. Chllllcothe. by N. Willis, printer to the Honorable Legislature." Since that first Issue the paper has been published continuously for 1C0 years, without a brentc, under one name. In Us flri number it announced its political faith, "Republican Whig." of the old Jeffersonlan school: and has never changed its po!ltlcl principles, having advocated the doctrines of the Whigs so long as that party had an existence, ana then becoming a Republican paper In 1K& to which faith it still adheres. The Gazette claims that Its record of 109 years' of continuous publication, under one name, and with the same political faith, constitutes it the oldest newspaper now in existence in the United States. Nathaniel WiHls, the founder of the pa per, was the father of Nathaniel Willis. Jr.. luundcr of the Youth's Companion, in 1S27. and grandfather of N. P. Willis, the poet Nathaniel Willis, the first, was born in 1755, and was one of the "Boston tea party"' of 1773. He was an apprentice in Franklin's office. In 1774 he founded the Independent Chronicle. In Boston. He afterward founded a paper In Winches ter. va.. and he Potomac Guardian, in Marllnsburg, Va., after which he came to Chllllcothe. It Is a ratf remarkable fcolrKldence that Nathan'. Willis, Sr.. published four newspapers; th$t Nathan iel Willis Jr. founded three papers the Baslern Argvs. of Portland. Me.: thw Boston" Recorder, the first distinctively religious newspaper, and the Youth's Companion: hts grandson. N. P, Willis, published and was editor of three papers the New York Mirror the Corsair and the Heme Journal, and another gratia jog, .Richard tprx WJilJjs, npw pf Je- troi.t, Mich., has likewise edited three pa persthe Musical Times, the Muslcai World and Once a Month. In the first four decades of this century the Scioto Gazette was one of the most influential papers published west of the Allegbanles; in the first two decades it was by far the most influential. It was largely Instrumental in shaping the pub lic ser-timent of the Northwest Territory, and was one of the chief factors In the fight against slavery which resulted In the exclusion of that Institution from the new State of Ohio. Until 1816 Chllllcothe, with the exception of two years, was the capital of Ohio, as it had been the cap ital of the Northwest Territory, and dur ing this formative period in the history of the new state the Gazette exercised a powerful influence. The Gazete was tha first newspaper to name "William Henry. Harrison as a candidate for the Presiden cy, the suggestion having been made to the editor by the father of William Dean Howells, W. C. Howell, who was then foreman of the paper. The first log cab ins in the famous Western campaign were built at the Gazette's suggestion, and Chllllcothe was 'the first place In the West where women attended political meetings, also at the suggestion of the same paper. It was also the first paper In the West, and one of the first in the ccuntry, to name General Zachary Taylo for the Presidency, a fact recognized by him in the offer of a diplomatic appoint ment to the editor. Seneca W. Ely, who, however, declined It. The Scioto Gazette now issues an eight page daily and a 16-page weekly. On April 28 the paper issued Its centennial edition, volume 101. No. 1, containing a complete history of its existence, a his tory of the town In which it has been published, and much Important and some little known history of the. Northwest Territory and the states formed there from. WHERE RAIN IS WELCOME. Sontbern California Rejoice Over Recent Downpour. "California, for the first time in four years is smiling after a genuine down pour of rain." said C. L. Palmer, a resi dent of Redlands, who was in Portland on his way to Boise, Idaho, yesterday. "It began raining In Southern California a week ago last Friday," he continued, "and within the next six days we had six inches of rain. Creeks that had been dry for years became rivers, and consid erable damage was done In -carrying off fences: but people think nothing of a lit tle damage done by such a splendid rain. "We were particularly well pleased In Redlands over the showers, as water had gone to a premium, and well owners were selling It at $2 per miner's inch every 24 hours. Many wells had been sunk at a cost of $2000 to $2500, but when the bed rock was struck, at n depth of 300 or 403 feet, no water was to be found. This Fall's wetness will go a long way toward saving orchards which were on the point of dying from the long drought. "Even as far as San Diego bountiful rains have fallen and the oldest Inhabi tants are sanguine of copious rains dur ing December and January, as these No vember rains are always harbingers of a good wet season." All through the San Joaquin Valley Mr. Palmer noticed evidences of a goodly sup ply of moisture, though only two Inches of rain has fallen In the vicinity of Fresno. Two Inches of rain, however, so early in the season in that arid portion ox California, Is considered a good deal, and the Fall-sown grain, as well as the young grass, already ;hows green on the plains. As he came northward Into the Sacra mento Valley more rain had fallen, though not so much as in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties. He, therefore, considers California safe In 10n for one of the biggest crops of wheat In its history. IRRIGATION IN CROOK. Country to Be Made Fertile by Canal. L. H. Moore, of Pipestone, Minn., who Is interested In constructing a large ir rigating ditch in Crook County, south of Prlnevlllo, has Just returned from a trip out over the right of way, and Is delighted with the country thereabouts. The pro posed ditch, he says, will water a valley 30 miles long by six wide, where the gent ly sloping surface of the country will make Irrigation very easy. He saw the results of artificial watering on several of the stock ranches near by, and so considers the project no experiment. He was much Impressed with the mag nificent distances In Eastern Oregon, and considers the region the largest territory without a railroad in the United States, an assertion which he says can be proven by a glance at the map, Texas not even being "In It" when It comes to distance from the sound of the locomotive whistle. He was obliged to ride fully 150 miles by wagon, southward from the present ter minus of the Columbia Southern, at Shan lko, before he reached the site of the pro posed town of Pcngra, which has been laid off near the headworks of the canal. He expects the work of excavation to begin on the right of way shortly, as the first of two large excavating machines is already on the- ground. One of these machines Is capable of moving from 1500 to 3000 yards per day, with the aid of a number of horses, and, as the soil to be moved is of a light, sandy nature, these excavators will do most of the work, and thu render th cost of digging the big ditch! Mcall Item, compared to the old methods. A force of men Is now engaged in clearing the right of way of what timber is found growing within Us lines, and by Spring the work of excavating and culvert-constructing will probably be In full blast. A largo amount of good land, which has not yet been taken up, lies along the proposed canal. EASTERN LIVESTOCK. Cattle, Hob nnd Sheep Were All Firm nnd Higher. OMAHA, Nov. 29. Cattle Receipts. 2.W head: markot steady; native beef steers. $4 20S 50; Western steers. J4 004 60; Tex as steers. $3 (XHJ3 73; cows and heifers, $3 004 25: canners. SI 75fi2 75: stockers and feeders, $3 00ir4 40: calves, $4 005 50; bulls and stags. $2 004 23. Hogs Receipts. 5700 head; market shade higher; heavy, $4 70g4 77; mixed, $4 72 4 73; light. $4 724 SO; bulu of sales, $4 72 4 75. Sheen Receipts, 4200; market steady; fair to choice natives, $3 90g4 10; fair to choice Westerns, $S 19g 4 00; common and choice sheep, S3 6S4J4 0-3: lambs, $4 S36 20. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 29. Cattle-Receipts, 2300: market, steady: Texas steers, $2 685 25: Texas cow?, $1 75453 26; native steers, S3 755 SS; native cows and heifers. $1 50g4 50; stockers and feeders, 52 504 15; bulls, $2 254 25. Hogs Receipts. S000: market, steady; bujk of sales. Si 3364 77; heavy, $4 234 72; packers. 54 7504 SO; mixed. S4 324 77j lights, S4 704 SO; Yorkers, ?4 75ff4 SO; pigs, $4 40S4 72. Sheep Receipts, 1000; market, steady; lambs, $4 25gS 25; muttons, J2 504 20. Stocks in London. LONDON, Nov. 29. Atchison. 40; Can adian Pacific, SS; Union Pacific proferred, 84; Northern Pacific preferred, 54; Grand Trunk. CU; Anaconda, 10. Bar sUver, steady, 24) ll-16d per ounce. Money, 44& per cent. Took Oath of Office in Bed. OPELIKA, All., Nov. 29. The oath of office as Governor of Alabama was ad ministered to Colonel W. J. Sanford in his sickroom today by his son, who is a Notary Public. Colonel Sanford was able to sit up this morning, and. surrounded only by the members of his family and physicians, he took the oath. . Paln-Ktller a Houchtd Remedy. Cures cramps, also burns and bruises. CENTER OF POPULATION STAB. OP EMPIRE STILL WEITDS ITS WAY WESTWARD. Recent Census Will Put tho Wew Location in the Vicinity of Columbus, Indiana. Westward the star of empire wenda its way. The census of 1900 will show that the center of population of the United States has moved some distance nearer the Pacific Coast, writes Walter Well man, in the Chicago Times-Herald. Eastern newspapers have published the statement that the center of population has ceased Its Western march and will now either remain stationary or retrace its steps toward the Atlantic. But this Is not true. Officials of the Census Office tell me the pivotal point of the great American population Is still following the sun In Its course and keep ing pace with Bishop Berkeley's star of prophecy. The Westward movement of this most interesting mathematlc spot has not ben as great during the decade just ended as In past decades, but it is highly im portant to know that the trend of the past 100 years has not come to a full stop with the close of the 19th century. From data already In hand It is rough ly estimated that the center of population during the last decade has been about 20 miles to the west and eight miles to the north of the center in 1890. Ten years ago the center was near the town of Greensburg. Ind. It Is now in the vicin ity of Columbus, Ind.. probably no more than six or seven miles from that city In a northerly direction. Only the offi cial calculations upon the completion of the census can accurately locate It, but this Is near enough for all practical pur poses. The westward march of the center of population since the foundation of the republic Is shown in the following table: 179023 miles easl of Baltimore, Md 1800 IS miles west of Baltimore. Md 41 181040 miles northwest by west of Washington, D. C 36 1S20 16 miles north of Woodstock. Va..50 183019 miles west southwest of Moore field, W. Va S9 184016 miles south of Clarksburg, W. Va 55 1S50 23 miles southeast of Parkersburg, W. Va 55 1860-20 miles south of Chllllcothe, 0 81 187048 miles east by north of Cincin nati. 42 1890 8 miles west by south of Clnclnnatl.58 189020 miles east of Columbus, InI 48 19007 miles north of Columbus, Ind 20 It Is a curious fact that the growth of population east of the old center might in any given decade be greater than the growth of poulatlon west of the old cen ter, and yet the new center be found still farther West. This Is true because the center of popu lation depends wholly upon the distribu tion of the 76,000,000 units of which the mass is composed. An increase of 1000 in the population 500 miles west of the. old center exactly counterbalances an In crease ot 5009 in the population 100 miles east of the old center. The center of population of the United States is ascertained by an assumption that the whole area of the country Is a plane, like a board, and that every unit counts the same as every other unit, ex cept for Us distance from the assumed center Where Is the pivotal point at which the plane could be supported with all the people of the United States ex actly counterbalancing one another and keeping the plane at a perfect horizontal? Changes of Population. In calculating the effect of changes of population of this pivotal point It Is ne cessary to take distances Into account. In the following table, "therefore, 13 given not only the increase of population In each state and territory during the last 10 years, but the estimated average dis tance of that Increased number of in habitants from the old center: West Increase. Dlst. Illinois 995.199 140 650 425 360 160 370 50 60 100 75 1,950 360 160 100 400 1.900 800 1,050 1,400 1,900 1.650 800 1,400 603 700 1,750 Texas 813,350 Minnesota 449,569 Missouri 427,933 Wisconsin 382.0S3 Iowa '. 339,933 Michigan (estimated) 75.803 Indiana (estimated) -270,059 Alabama . 315,680 Kentucky (estimated) 98,539 California 276,923 Louisiana 263,040 Mississippi 261,772 Tennessee (estimated) 100,000 Arkansas 183,385 Washington 168,282 North Dakota 136,321 Colorado 127,502 Montana 11,130 Oregon 99.765 Idaho 77.386 South Dakota 72,751 Utah ..' 68,660 Kansas 42,300 Nebraska 9,991 Nevada" 3,427 Florida (estimated) 7,220 Wyoming 31,826 Arizona : 62,592 Indian Territory 211,778 New Mexico 40.184 Oklahoma 336,411 1,200 1,400 550 1.103 750 Total 6,861.749 Decrease. v East Increase. Dlst. New York Pennsylvania . Massachusetts Ohio .1.271.156 550 400 675 140 520 75 60 20 70 ...1,043.351 ... 566.403 .. 4S5.229 New Jersey 388,736 Georgia 378,976 Michigan 250,000 Indiana (estimated) 54,000 Kentucky (estimated) 190.000 North Carolina 274,045 Tennessee (estimated) 155,205 Virginia 198.204 West Virginia 193,106 South Carolina 189,163 Connecticut 162,097 Maryland 147,556 Florida (estimated) 130,220 Rhode Island 83.050 New Hampshtre 35.05S Maine 33,280 Delaware 16,242 Vermont 11,219 District of Columbia 48,326 325- 50 300 ISO 200 625 400 125 700 700 760 450 625 403 Total 6,306,622 Obviously rn Increase of 274.000 In the population of North Carolina could not have as much effect upon the movement of the nlvotal point as an increase of a like number, 277,000. in California, for the, average distance of the North Carolina growth from the old center Is only 325 miles, while the growth In California is six times as far to the westward. By multiplying the increased population of the various states and terlrtories by the distance of that increase from the old center, the true value of the growth as affecting the movement of the pivotal point Is ascertained. These values in thousands are as follows: Values West. Illinois 139,300 Texas 52S.450 Minnesota 190.S25 Missouri , 153.720 Wisconsin .' 61.120 iDwa 125.800 Michigan i 6,000 Indiana 16,200 Alabama 31,500 Kentucky 7,350 California ." 640,150 Louisiana 94,680 Mississippi 41.760 10.000 73.200 Tennessee Arkansas Washington North Dakota .... Colorado Montana .,.. Oregon .v 319.200 . 108,800 . 193,350 155.400 1S8.100 Idaho .. 127.050 South Dakota .......;......-. 57.600 Utah S5.200 Kansas 25,209 Nebraska .". 7,000 Florida ...; ." , Wyoming..., i 37,200 Arizona S6.SO0 Indian Territory 116,650 New Mexico 44,000 Oklahoma 242,000 Total 3,763.005 Values Eas.t. New York .. 696,500 Pennsylvania 417,200 Massachusetts 382,050 Ohio 67.900 New Jersey 201,700 Georgia 23,350 Michigan 15,000 Indiana 1.081 Kentucky : 13,300 North Carolina .; 89.050 Tennessee ......... 7,750 Virginia :.. 59,400 West Virginia .'. 35,250 South Carolina 37,8)0 Connecticut 101,250 Maryland 58.800 Florida , 16,250 Rhode Island 58,100 New Hamrjshlro .'. 24.500 ,Malne 25,080 Delaware ?. Vermont 6,875 District of Columbia 19.200 Nevada 12.250 Total 2,383,925 Decrease. Race Is Exceedingly Close. The race between the section of the country lying east of the old center and that lying to the west is exceedingly close, as the first of the foregoing tables shows. But the West still leads by a ma jority of 550.000 in the total increase of 13,168,371. If Hawaii and Alaska were Included, the West would Bhow a some what greater majority, but it is desirable to confine this calculation to the United States proper. In the total values, as affecting the cen ter of population, the advantage in fa vor of the West is much greater. This Is due to the fact that the old center la not anywhere near the geographical cen ter, and an Increase of 277.000 in Califor nia counts for almost as much as an In crease of 1,270,000 In New York, due to the much greater distance -of California from the old pivotal point. The value majority in favor of the West is 1,379,000 in thousands, and census experts esti mate that this Is equal to a westward movement of the population center of about 20 miles. Tho center is moving northward, too. Draw a line from the Atlantic to the Pacific throughaGreensburg, Ind., and It will be found that about 7.600,000 of the 13,000,000 total Increase is north of tho line. This would seem to Indicate that the northward movement of the center Is larger than the westward movement; but it must be remembered that the bulk of the increase has been in the great indus trial belt, running from New York and Philadelphia west through the Lake re gion to tho Pacific Coast, and that this belt lies but a short distance north of the east-and-west line, which passes through the old center. The net effect of the pre ponderance of growth in the north Is, therefore, not as great as it would seem at first glance, and census experts esti mate that the northward movement of the pivotal point will only be seven or eight miles. It Is a significant fact that the center of population In the United States Is now marching In a pretty straight line toward the City of Chicago. Whether or not It will ever get there is another question. SHE CAPTURES TRUANTS. An Officer Who's Not Afraid to Search for Them Among Tramps. New York World. Mrs. Mary E. R. Alger, a pretty, brown haired, brown-eyed little woman, led 20 big policemen In a raid against tramps yesterday. Mrs. Alger Is an attendance officer employed by the Board of Educa tion to round up truant pupils. Seven youthful tramps were captured, but no boy of school age "hap pened to ba among them. Raids against tramps are made every week along the line of the New York Cen tral Railroad. Mrs. Alger knows that fi many boys from " school, and asked airs. Mary E. R. police captain Alcer. Klrchner to per- B mlt her to ac company his men on their raid to identify any boys captured, if she could. The Captain readily assented. Side Ty side with a six-foot Sergeant the woman school official tramped to One Hundred and Seventy-Sixth street and the Hudson River, where there Is a deep cut between the rocks, through which the railroad extends. Two of Cap tain Klrchner's mep patrolled the top of the cliffs while the remainder sought the tracks below. Nine, policemen on either side squeezed themselves against the cliffs and waited for the 9:30 freight for Buffalo, a favorite train with tramps. The freight train, numbering 47 cars, was brought to a stop in the cut. Mrs. Alger leaped upon a coupling and then climbed rapidly to the top of a car filled with barrels. She was a picturesque fig ure. Her drees was a tailor-made suit of navy blue and on her head was a Fedora hat. Without hesitation she ran along the top of the car and seized a youth by the collar. Her captive, who was about 18 years old, protesting angrily, was led by her to the ladder and told to descend. He saw the policemen and meekly obeyed. Then Mrs. Alger ran along the top of the cars until she reached another youth who was stealing a ride. She colllared him as she had the preceding boy, and led him to the policemen, some of whom were now also running along the top of the cars. Not a tramp escaped. Several of the "hoboes" leaped from the cars and es sayed to clamber up the steep cliffs, but were dragged down by the policemen. Agent McLean and one of the policemen fired pistols In the air to frighten the fugitives. The train then resumed Its Journey, and Mrs. Alger and the big Sergeant led the 20 policemen. Special Agent McLean and the seven prisoners to the police sta tion. In the afternoon the prisoners were arraigned before Magistrate Cornell, in the Harlem Police Court. Mrs. Alger was an important witness. Special Agent Mc Lean and Captain Klrchner told the mag istrate of Mrs. Alger's prowesss. Mrs. Alger led a raid against tramps October 31, and captured nine truant school boys at the trestle leading across Spuyten Duyvll Creek. Nearly a hundred men and boys were captured In that raid. The truant school boys had fixed up quarters under the trestle and beneath protecting rocks. They had beds of leaves and blankets and In the caves were novels, newspapers and cooking utensils. The men and boys had robbed surrounding- houses of milk, pies and bread. . British to Utilise aiarsh Gas.- Science has routed many "ghosts" dur ing its short life as an authorized develop ment of human knowledge, though In the minds of the thoughtful It has prob ably raised far more than It Is supposed to have dispelled, says a London news paper. It will, at all events, be newa to most readers to learn that the "will o' the wisp." "grave-lights," and other similar nocturnal manifestations of once supposedly supernatural phenomena are now not unlikely to be captured and Utilized for the purpose of relieving the rates. At Chorley it has been ascertained that 4000 feet of 20-candle power gas can be obtained from the organic matter con tained in one ton of sewage The pres ent price of coals undoubtedly acts as a fostering power to such experiments as the-je which are by no means contempt ible even although their end may appear of a hopeless aspect commercially. The Trl-State Medical Association of Tennes see, Alabama and Georgia, at its recent ses sion in Chattanooea took steps to secure med ical legislation In these states for the pur pose of regulating or prohibiting the marriage of habitual crtmlnalsv persons afflicted with In curable disease, drunkards and victims of harmful drugs. ft RICHES IN EXPANSION O. F. PAXTOtf TELLS HOW THE PA CIFIC 'COAST WILL PROSPER. Business In Portland Dally Inoreaa- lnfir Sound Money Victory Pro- xaottnsr Better Trade. "The entire Pacific Coast is now known to be emphatically for sound money, as Oregon always has been," sold O. F. Pax ton, of Portland, Or., in speaking at the Great Northern yesterday of elec tion results, oays the Chicago Times-Herald of November 25. "The Coast is also for expansion. We won many votes on that issue. We expanded to get out there." Mr. Paxton is one of tho leading law yers and Republican politicians of his state and a McKlnley elector. "A good illustration of what expansion means for. us," Mr. Paxton continued, "Is that Portland la gplng into the shipbuild ing business. In fact, one purpose of my coming East Is to confer with men inter ested in erecting a shipbuilding plant and drydoeks there. Although 100 miles from the ocean, Portland has 24 feet of water right up to its docks, and, with the cut ting of a few sand bars, which the city will do soon, it will have a 30-foot chan nel. "The anti-expansion appeal did not touch Oregon, people. Neither did 'con sent of the governed. Inasmuch as wo have had some experience with Indian troubles. On the expansion Issue alone we could have carried the state four to one. "Our new possessions mean much to tho Pacific Coast We feel the effects al ready. Our hay, oats, horses, mules, lum ber and flour are going across the Pa cific. There is a wonderful increase In Portland's trade, not only on account of the government transport business, but in trade with China, Japan and Russia. Few people realize that Portland has be come one of the four or five heaviest wheat shipping ports In, the country. "Shotild we have a slice of China, if it is to be dismembered? Well, our peo ple do not advocate that more territory should be taken outright until what we have has been digested, but If China is to be dismembered we should hold some territory open for trade purposes, with at least one good seaport. It would be harmful to the Pacific Coast to have China parceled out among European pow ers and the 'open door1 closed in our faces. We think it only Just for the United States to Uemand, in the event of China being dismembered, that this na tion should have a guaranty of an open door for our trade. "We have a wonderful state, where the climate is mild the year round, where drought la unknown and where almost every grain, vegetable or fruit that can be raised in the temperate zone Is pro duced in abundance. We are making big strides In population. The City of Port land alone has Increased about 90 per cent in 10 years. Our people are highly prosperous. In the states of Oregon and Washington, with a. total population of about 1,000 000, the value of products for 1900 will be between' $63,000,000 and $75,000. 000. We want to continue the conditions which are making this prosperity, "The Chinese exclusion question? No, that did not cut much figure In our cam paign. An attempt was made during the last few day3 to bring It forward as a sort of roorback, but the attempt fell flat We do not think the United States will undo what It has done, even though the Chinese exclusion law Is about to ex pire by limitation. Unrestricted Immigra tion of coolies an pauper labor would bo an evil. To prevent It Is a part of the Republican party's policy of protection for home Industries and people, and we do not fear a departure from that policy. "Sound money and expansion were, of course, the big Issues with us. Our ma jority Is about 14,000, where It was 2000 In 1896. You will notice that Washington and California went the same way In about the same proportion. Even Idaho, which gave Bryan 17,000 in 1896, went for him this time by only 1900. , "It has been stated that President Mc Klnley Is not strong on the Pacific Coast, although the principles of the Republican pajrty are. That Is not true. The people of Oregon are believers in President Mc Klnley. They think he is an able, wise and patriotlo President, one of the best we ever jiave had. They think his course previous to the Spanish war, through that war and afterward was admirable. I per sonally have always been a McKlnley man, and had the honor of Introducing In the state convention the resolution which Instructed Oregon's delegation for Mc Klnley in 1896. "Yes, we elect a United States Senator this year. The Legislature Is Republican in both branches, so there la no doubt that we will elect a Republican who will be in toich with his party on the issues which have been foremost in the recent campaign, and one who will be pre-eminently a sound money man.." METHODISTS AND INSPIRATION Recent Incident Availed ot by Our Vigilant Critic of Orthodoxy. PORTLAND, Nov. 28. (To the Editor.) The Methodist Episcopal Ministerial As sociation Is to be congratulated upon hav ing so far escaped from the effect of the old and no longer tenable dogma of a divinely Inspired and Infallible Bible that the members of the association are able to hear, "in a liberal spirit" the scholar ly discussion by Dr. T. L. Eliot, of the First Unitarian Church, upon the topic, "What Is Inspiration?" the substance of which Is given in your Issue of the 27th Inst. To those of us who have become em bittered against orthodox theology on ac count of Us persistent rejection of almost all the truths of modern science until they were fairly forced down its throat, the action of this ministerial body Is, to say the least, a pleasant surprise. Not that It will result In any Immediate and startling upheaval of fixed creeds, as the expressions that followed the address of Dr. Eliot by some of the ministers present clearly Indicate, but any sign of orthodoxy viewing from a more reasona ble standpoint an old tradition which has been such a bugbear to the Increase of natural knowledge as the tradition of an inspired and infallible Bible must meet with the approval of all thoughtful men. It was Huxley who said that when he set out on the Journey of exploring a certain province of natural knowledge, viz., biology, he found that, whatever route he took, he came across a tall and formidable-looking fence, with a notice board, "No thoroughfare. By order. Moses. ' Upon looking up the title-deeds, however, "the ecclesiastical Moses proved to be a traditional mask." and the fence turned out to be "a mere heap of dry sticks and brushwood, and one might walk through it with impunity." This was in 1860, and in 1893 this great scientist said: "Not yet has the cosmogony of the semi-barbarous Hebrew ceased to be the Incubus of the philosopher, and the opprobrium of the orthodox." And Tyn dail, speaking of the Book of Genesis, says: "It is a poem, not a scientific trea tise. In the former aspect it is forever beautiful; In the latter aspect it has been, and it will continue, to be, purely obstruc tive and hurtful. To knowledge its value has been negative." Thoughtful people have begun to con ceive of a power acting uniformly and incessantly throughout the length and breadth of the universe. This conception may be called by the poet, "Jehovah. Jove or Lord," But Jn common parlance It is a con ception of a government of law, and not of caprice; and the primitive dogma that this "eternal energy" has given to any "chosen people" a book which is not only superior in degree, but immeasurably differently in kind from the sacred book of any other people, savors so much ot an THE HEALTH OF YOUMQWOHEM SNr mC Than Helped by Xn. PSskXssa Sead their letters. ." Dear Mbo. Pesxham : I am tdxteem yts? old and am troubled -with. Taj monthly atokneas. It is Tery irregular, ocearriny only once In two or three teoatba, aad also very palniqL I also rafter With cramps aad ono in a -while pain sterikca me in the heart and 1 have droTrBjhesdftches. If them is anything1 you eaa do for me, I mil gladly follow your advice." Mim Hast Gomes, Aptos, CaL, July 81, 1893. "DeabMbs. Fxitxham: After recelv inf? vour letter I Tffffan tho use of your reme dies, takintr both Lydia E. Pink- iff ham's Vegetable Com pound and Blood Purifier. I am now regular every month and suffer no pain. Your medicine is the best that any suf fering girl can take." Miss Mabt Gomes, Aptos, Col., July 6, 1899. Nervous and Dizzy Dear Mbs. Petkham : I wish to express my thanks to you for the great benefit I have received from the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound I suffered constantly from ter rible sideache, had chills, was nervous and dizzy. I had tried different kinds of medicine but they all failed entirely. After taking three bottles of Vegetable Compound.and three of Blood Purifier I am all right. I cannot thankyou enough for what your remedies have done for me." Miss Matilda Jensen, Box IS, Ogdensburg, Wis., June 10, 1899. ancient superstition that we are apt to distrust and reject, not only the dogma and the book, but the many excellent teachings with which the latter abounds. In the words of John Fiske, "To make a fetish of the best of books does not, after all, seem the most reverent way of treating It." H. K. SARGENT. SCALP BOUNTY TAX. Purely a Money-Mnltingr Question, Says Crook County' Official. PORTLAND. Nov. 23. (To the Editor.) In your editorial in this morning's Orego nlan thera Is a misstatement of facts concerning the action of the County Court In relation to the scalp county tax in Crook County. Crook County has not openly or otherwise repudiated the scalp bounty tax law, nor haa It refused to nlace tho same upon the tax- roll for collection; but, on the other hand, it has collected the assessment and now has the money on hand ready to pay the same over' to the State Treasurer wnenever there is an assurance that the other counties of this state will do likewise. The County Court of Crook County is fully convinced that the warrants known as scalp-bounty warrants will be paid, and if it should be proven that it will bo necessary to pay them through a general appropriation. Crook County will, of necessity, pay its portion. Crook County has had some experience in being hasty to pay, remembering that a few years ago the State Board of Equal ization deemed it necessary in order to equalize personal property between tha counties to add a per cent to the valuation of some classes of property In some of the counties. The smaller counties were prompt In paying, while others, for ex ample Multnomah, delayed until a cer tain firm In that county contested the ac tion of the board, and got a Judgment to set aside the action of the board in the matter, and never paid. "We further remember that we came before the Legis lature and asked to have the money we nald in on the advance made by tho board returned to us, and we found the main opposition came from the county which failed to pay. If you think that the Val ley counties of this state should be ex empt, will you please- advocate a bill that will exempt Eastern Oregon from taxes to support the State University, the Ag ricultural College, the Normal Schools, the State Fair, the Fish Commission, the Orphans' Asylum, and Baby Home in Portland,' the Horticultural Commission, and all the various institutions common to Western Oregon supported or getting support from the state. I am afraid The Oregonian based Its editorial upon mis taken grounds, and is laboring under the delusion that a majority of the people of this utate do not approve of nor want the present scalp-bounty law, or one sim ilar, with more forcible provisions. For evidence that they do want It. I will call your attention to the vote taken yester day In the County Judges' convention, which stood after nine men, who aro all friends to the measure, were absent, two for to one against the repeal of the law. The Oregonlan may always know what it wants and what the people of Portland want, and what a part of the people of Oregon want, but In this case I am in clined to think it has overlooked the ma jority. In - fact, the question resolves Itself only into a question or maxing money. Now, really, I think the people In Portland want us to make money, and wo ourselves want to make money in or der that we can come down here and spend what we make. Let us reason to gether. -WILLIAM C. WILLS, County Judge of Crook County. The kernel of Mr. Wills' argument, as he feels It himself, Is that the scalp bqunty tax is a money-making- question. It may be a source of profit to Crook County and a few other counties, but to Multnomah and a number of the other divisions of the state. It is almost a dead loss. The Oregonlan did not characterize the law as without merit. It contended and still contends, that the measure is not equal In its benefits. Mr. Wills would have us believe that Crook County would be free from taxation for the State Uni versity, etc It seems to us that almost every section of Oregon has been liberally remembered in location of state institu tions. Granted that the appropriations mentioned are unjust to Eastern Oregon, Is it necessary to saddle some burden upon Western Oregon as a means of get ting even? Has it come to that point when the 'best interests of the state are nothing more than a game of tit for tat? It was given out by the state depart ment that Crook had not levied the tax. This aiterwards proved to be a mistake. The Oregonlan, taking the original report as correct, was made to include Crook in the list of counties which did not levy the tax, when It should have said Clack amas. Ths gross earnings of 143 representative rail roads for the first nine months of thU year amount to the sum of $883,001,000. This Is $80,000,000 more than the same roads earned for the correspondlag time in 1899. What He Did. Kentuckiaa Be called me a Uar. sir! New Yorker And what did yoa do? Kentuefclan I went to the fttpersX Detroit TwPrws. Sm w r2Hii w 3L ' THE PALATIAL 0N Ul Not a darlc office In the building) absolutely fireproof; electric lights and artesian vrater; perfect anlta tlon and thorough ventilation. Kle vatora run day and nlsht. . . Room. ATNSXTE, Dr. GEOHaE.Fny3tc!an. ...603-60!) ANDERSON. QUSTAV, Attorney-at-Uiw...Ci3 ASSOCIATED PRESS: E. L. Powell. Mit..300 AUSTEN. P. 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