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. THE MOENING OREGOlSAtf, MONDAY, DECEMBER "10, 1900. JUDGES NEED HELP Legislature Should Relieve SupFeme Court. TWO YEARS BEHIND WITH CASES Portland Attorneys Favor an In crease of Judges or a Com mission to Help With the "VVorlc A ineas-Jie to assist or relieve the Su preme Court is deemed an Imperative ne cessity by the members of the bar. and as the electors of the state voted down the proposed amendment to the constitu tion Increasing the number of Supreme Court Judges, the appointment of a com mission Is now generally favored. Attor neys assert that the present delay of two years -which necessarily occurs before a decision on appeal is obtained amounts almost to a denial of justice, js. detri mental to the business Interests of the community, and contrary to the provi sions of the constitution that justice shall be administered without delay. At the recent meeting of the Oregon Bar Association, a committee was ap pointed, consisting of "W. "W. Cotton, chairman: C. H. Carey. C. "W. Fulton and S. B. Huston, to prepare a bill for a Su preme Court commission, to be present ed to the Legislature at its next session. I. R. Webster, president of the Bar As sociation, was also included as a member of the committee. Lawyers and Judges of the Circuit Court interviewed by a reporter of The Oregonlan. expressed the following vlewa on the subject: JnilRe Clclnnd's Views. Judge J. B. Cleland An amendment to the constitution increasing the member ship of the Supreme Court was submit ted to the people at the June election and rejected. A bill for an act to accom plish the same result, in the absence of an amendment, failed to pass the last Legislative Assembly, .because the meas ure was by many deemed to be unconsti tutional. The calendar of the Supreme Court Is so far In arrears that. In the ordinary course of business, cases cannot be reached for disposition In less than 18 months or two years 'from the time ap peal Is perfected. This condition persists, notwithstanding the continued patient and faithful application of the Judges or the Supreme Court. Relief cannot be ex pected unless some provision Is made to divide and lessen the labor In the court ot last resort The necessity for some action Is found in the vexation, loss and uncertainty attending protracted legisla tion. It is important that cases should be decided correctly, but it Is also' im portant that they should be disposed of promptly. It often happens that mere delay amounts to great Injustice. Public and private Interests alike suffer from the same cause. There seems to be only one remedy practicable, and presently available, viz., the appointment of a Su preme Court commission to aid In the dispatch of the business before the Su--preme Court Such commissions have been appointed In other states, and con tinued long enough to warrant the con clusion the service rendered has been ben eficial and satisfactory. In Colorado, Ne braska and California, the terms are fixed by law but In the latter state, the commissioners may be removed by the Supreme Court at any time. The term In Colorado is four years: In Nebraska, three years: In California, two years: and in oach state the compensation given is equal to that of Judges of the Supreme Court. Probably in this state the term should be limited to four years, under BectJon 2, article IS, of the constitution. A commission of three, appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and .consent of the Senate, for a term of four years, with a salary equal to that now paid the Judges of the Supreme Court. Is suggested as being likely to accomplish the desired result, and speedily reduce the burdened calendar of the Supremo Court. Should Increase N'nraber of Judges. Judge A. F. Sears, Jr. My own Ideas upon this subject are clearly defined and they could be easily carried out, but will they be? I say they are well de fined and I believe will be agreed to by almost every lawyer in the state, and by nearly all intelligent persons who comprehend the existing situation. It Is a misnomer to speak of "relief" of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Judges need and desire no relief partic ularly. They now work Industriously, in deed they do all that men are capable of performing, and they have long ago abandoned any attempt to keep up with the work; they are behind and expect to remain so. We shall never, with three Judges, have the work well up. The prop er course Is to increase the number of the Judges. The Legislature undoubted ly has the power to do this. If they will not pass such a bill, then the only other course is to create a commission. This Is an Inferior remedy for several reasons, but it would result In disposing of the accumulation of business and If continued would keep the work well In hand. If It were thought to be a tem porary expedient. It is doubtful if men of sufficient caliber could be secured: otherwise, the position would attract men of as much ability, as do now the other judicial offices. Of course a certain element of uncer tainty of tenure must exist, but perhaps not more than In other positions. I recognize the fact that no argument can be urged against increasing the Su preme Bench that would not equally ap ply to a Supreme Court commission; but I have never heard anything worthy the name of argument or reason against fur nishing enough men to perform this very essential work. I have often said these same things before. It Is tiresome to reiterate them; but It seems Impossible to secure an adequate appreciation of this necessity. Not until a man becomes Involved in litigation, is the matter forci bly brought home to him. But I do sin cerely hope that at some time not too far distant, our judicial machinery will be so adjusted that justice may be fur nished with celerity. Advocates Temporary Commission. Judge A. L. Frazer Appeals to the Su preme Court should be limited. There should ,be no appeals in trivial or small cases, except where there Is a question -of law Involved of which the trial court 1s in doubt. In that case the appeal may be granted In the discretion of the trial court. The right of appeal should be limited to cases involving $400 to J503 and over. I am not certain as to the amount. A person Is entitled to a fair nnd impartial trial, but not in several courts. There Is no reason why Justice cannot be meted out In these small cases In the lower courts, yet it frequently hap pens that cases where only $30 or 5100 is at issue arc appealed. An appeal is not an Inherent right. A temporary commis sion, "say for two" years, to relieve the Supreme Court, might be created, the con stitutional amendment to Increase the number of trial judges having failed to pass. Follow California Plan. George H. Williams I am In favor of a commission, such as they have In the State of California. There certainly ought to be some relief given to the Supreme Court at the next session of the Legis lature. As people voted down the amend ment to the constitution, and as there is - jk way to increase the number of Judges Hi Sunrenie bench, tho Legislature ought to provide a commission. The Cal ifornia statute provides for three commis sioners for a four years term, to be ap pointed by the Supreme Court, and to receive a salary equal to that of the Judges; that Is substantially what I rec ommend here. They ought to be persons of learning and high standing in the pro fession. I don't expect, though that any thing of the kind will be done, there is such a great cry about salaries, taxes and so on. I merely give you my opinion about it. It takes two years to get a case through, which Is almost a denial of Jus tice. v Increase of Judges Constitutional. W. D. Fenton I am opposed to the commission system, and I do not believe an Intermediate court can be created un der tlie constitution. I think the only remedy is to increase the number of Justices and limit appeals. Commissioners are mere brief clerks, and responsible to nobody. I think we ought to have taken the bull by the horns, and taken the bill passed by the House tw.o years ago and passed It in the Senate, increasing the number of Judces. There was some doubt expressed as to its constitutionality, but it cannot be demonstrated to be un constitutional. The constitution provides: "When the white population of the state shall amount to 300.000, the Legislative Assembly may provide for the election of Supreme and Circuit Judges in district classes, one of which classes shall con sist of three Justices of the Supreme Court," etc. The number three is the minimum. It does not mean that you cannot Increase the number of Judges beyond three. I wrote an opinion on the subject, which was submitted to the Legislature. That was Judge Shattuck's construction of It, and also the view of every person who Is surviving who was a member of the con stitutional convention. I have their let ters right here. A strict constructionist says, "three, and no more." and a liberal constructionist says "not less than three." Judge Shattuck said where it was sought to limit the words, "and no more," were used. C W. Fulton, as chairman of the Judiciary committee of the State Senate, held that to increase the number of Jus tices from three to five is unconstitu tional. If the number or Justices Is In creased to five, there are five men to write briefs instead of two; that Is the principal part of the work. The present Justices would have to declare the act unconstitutional, and have to say if it was valid or not, and perhaps they would not be prepared to say it was unconstitu tional. Before an act can be declared un constitutional. It must be declared so be yond a reasonable doubt. At a meeting of the Bar Association, two years ago, W. W. Cotton, C. A. Bolph and myself signed a majority report in favor of the increase of the number of Justices, and recommending such a measure. It was adopted by the Bar Association and de feated In the Legislature. Justice Xott Denied. Martin L. Pipes I am In favor of a commission. The Supreme Court Is be hind two years about, and It will never catch up, but get further behind. This Is a denial of Justice. The object of gov ernment Is to protect 'right and redress grievances, and the courts are the Instru ments of government to do this. Such delay causes loss and sometimes ruin. This was a grievance of the people when the Magna Charta was written, and hence that instrument provided for administer ing Justice "completely and without de lay." Our own Oregon constitution re peats the guarantee in the same words. It is not merely rhetoric It means what It says. This delay does not affect only those who chance to be litigants in court. It is a menace to every citizen, and permit extortion every day. It Is also Injurious to business. Every lawsulb ties up prop erty or money and withdraws It from business. Debts are postponed, contracts held up, sales prevented, and the evil In fluence of this delay extended In ever widening circles. Unless relief shall be devised. It will not be exaggerating to say that the evil will reach the propor tions of a public calamity. Other Opinions. Henry E. McGinn I think the court should be relieved by a Supreme Court commission, to be appointed by the Gov ernor, with the approval of the Justices of the Supreme Court. The term should be fixed In the bill, so that lawyers of standing can afford to go on the com mission. However, the suggestions as to the ma Iter of detail should come from the Justices of the Supreme Court. Judge Stott I suppose a commission Is the only thing we can get. R. W. Montague I think we ought to have a commission. That would give the Supreme Court time to do Its work. The Judges now have frequently to work un til 9 o'clock at night, and still don't get ahead any. Ex-Judge L. R. Webster We should have Supreme Court commissions. At the last meeting of the Oregon Bar Associa tion, it was voted as the sense of the meeting that an act be passed by the Leg islature authorizing the appointment or two or three commissioners. A commit tee wa appointed, and It has in prepara tion a bill for that purpose. This, I think, lstthe only feasible plan. R. R. Dunlway The only thing I see Is for the Legislature to authorize a com mission. Everybody seems to be agreed upon the proposition that there ought to be some relief. The only question Is, What relief? The constitutional amend ment to increase the number of Judges in the Supreme Court having been voted down by the people, there Is no hope of getting an Increase of Judges for many years. J. V Beach I think it is very neces sary. I don't know If It is popular or not but I am In favor of creating a commission, to do like the California commission, that Is, hear cases and write the opinions and have the Judges adopt them. I think we have fewer Judges than any other state in proportion to population. It Is just as important that Justice be done as that taxes be kept down. Tou take an ordinary man with a case against a .railroad company; he has to settle, he cannot afford to wait. It practically amounts to a denial of just ice. Mark O'Neill Do you think It wants any relief? If we do. I think a commis sion will be better to expedite the work. The commission will be all right if the commission has the same power the court has. If reviewed "by the court. It wil not be any relief at all, or very little relief. A commission of three would be sufficient, and appoint men of ability, good lawyers, regardless of politics. In Ohio they had a commission once, and It decided cases that were reported right through the courts. That Is the way to have it. Let them constitute a court themselves, which can easily be done if lawyers of ability are named. They would catch up, I think, in two years. The commission should have concurrent jurisdiction with the Su preme Court in all things. Ed Mendenhall While the members of our court have evidently, by a strong effort In that direction, done much to wards disposing of the burden placed upon them, yet the court Is still far be hln.l How to quickly and properly dis pose of the remainder of the cases so that the docket may be restored to its normal condition Is the question. The so lution would be to appoint a commission as in California, and another question is which should appoint the commission, the Governor or the Supreme Court? It would seem to me best that the power be in the Justices. They are held responsible to public opinion for what emanates from the court, and certainly should have the right to select those for whose acts they would be liable. The Popnlnrlty of the name BUDWEISER Is such as to tempt many brewers to attempt its use on inferior brands. The TJ. S. courts have accorded that name exclusively to the Anheuser-Busch BUDWEISER brand. W. J. VAN SCHUTVER & CO.. Portland. J Wholesale dealers. GRASS FOR THE RANGES THAT KATTVE TO CLATSOP SAND HILLS IS BEST. Agxostoloslst Leclcenby Has Discov ered That It Will Endure East ern Oregon Drought. A. B. Leckenby, Government agrostol ogist, who Is at the Imperial, says the grass that will stand the dry periods east of the mountains has been discovered in what is called the "seaside bluegrass." "This is a native of the sands of Clat sop Beach," Mr. Leckenby said, yester day, "and it seems strange that it should be capable of withstanding dry seasons better than any other species, as its na tive climate is a damp one. Experiments, however, have been made with this "grass for the past three years, at Walla Walla, Taklma and in other dry portions of the Columbia Basin, and the results havo been very favorable. Seaside bluegrass not 'only stands 'the dry months wells, but it proves Itself a hardy grass when subjected to the heavy frosts of Winter. "Stockmen in Oregon and Washington cannot always depend upon the wild na tive grasses of those regions, as these are being killed out by overstocking. The bunchgrass, which produced so well in early days, when the prairies were com paratively free of stock, has been well nigh killed out of late years, and if the raisers of cattle, horses and sheep desire to continue In the business they must resort to sowing tame grasses on the loamy hillsides, as well as in the dry and rocky scab lands. In this way the pas tures may be made to produce .much more grass than ever before, and the ex pense of purchasing seed and sowing it on the pastures, though amounting to something, will be more than justified by the results. "The ground should be prepared for the reed, wherever practicable, and a drill should always be used In planting. Of course, the drill method would not be available where the ground Is too rough and Tocky, and In these places a harrow or drag of some kind should be used in covering the seed." Mr. Leckenby spent several years In the arid portion of California before he came to the Northwest, four years ago, and found that "bur clover" and "al falfa" were the grasses that best with stood the dry seasons of the great San Joaquin Valley. "Grass," he said, "cannot be expected to live and thrive through the hot dry season of California, but some species will make very good growths in the Win ter and Spring months, even should there be little or no moisture. When the hot spell comes these grasses become dry, curing themselves, as It were, and re taining a considerable portion of their nutritious qualities. "But this seaside bluegrass has learned to adapt itself to the soil and climate of Eastern Oregon and Washington within the space ef three years from the time the first experiments were made, and each succeeding year improves its pro ductiveness as well as capability of stand ing dry and heated spells. It resembles tho famous bluegrass of Kentucky In ap pearance and fattening qualities, though the Kentucky article will not thrive in the Northwest at all. Grasses, as a rule, are a good deal like Individuals, and each year In a new country finds them better acclimated, as Nature assists them in adapting themselves to the new condi tions. I am of the opinion that the Co lumbia Basin will carry much more stock than ever before when stockraisers have learned to sow their pastures with tame grasses. The Government experiments will be continued In the "Northwest grasses for several years to come." STARTED BY AK OCTOPUS. Discussion Which Involved Whales, Jonah and Mosquitos. A small specimen of the octopus or devll-jflsh, hanging In front of a fish mar ket, was the cause of a rather animated discussion Saturday. A crowd had gath ered around the animal and were talk ing about It and admiring the "suckers" with which It arms attach themselves to Its prey, when a man who had been read ing Button's "Cruise of the Cachelot" began talking of the monstrous fish of this kind on which the .sperm whale feeds. Another man remarked that he had always heard that whales had very small throats and could only swallow such spoon victuals as Jelly-fish. The first man explained that this applied to blubber whales only, that the sperm whale was a different fish, which swal lowed chunks of giant squids as big as box cars. Then a third man suggested that Jonah might have been swallowed by a sperm whale, and so the story about him might be .true after all. A fourth man here chipped In to say that even If a sperm whale had swallowed Jonah, he would have been drowned and dissolved by tho animal's gastric juices, and could not have survived three days or even three minutes. He said there was no vacant room in a whale's stomach, and conse quently no air for Jonah to breathe. A missionary-looking man said he understood that the whale which swal lowed Jonah was a special creation, a sort of seaside resort whale, with rooms to let Inside him, and that barring being In the dark, and the disturbance created when the whale took food on board, Jonah had a very pleasant time while in the belly of the whale. This settled the mat ter, and the crowd dispersed. One who had been listening to the dis cussion said It went to show that al though the general public had but little knowledge of .natural history, they were all more or less Interested In this branch of science, which ought to be more ex tensively taught in the schools. He went on to say that people had to rely prin cipally for information on this subject upon specialists and enthusiasts, such as the man who has spent two years in dissecting the stomachs of mosquitos In search of the malaria germ, which it has been found is Introduced into the human system by the mosquito with his bill. This man patiently dissected the stom achs of thousands of the 40 or 50 species of mosquitos without finding a single germ to repay him, but patience and perseverance triumphed, and at last he found a germ of malaria concealed be tween the inner lung and the muscu lar outside coating of a mosquito of one particular brand which it has been de cided is the only species which carries these germs around to give away. When one starts a dlscuslon npw-a-day, he never knows where it Is going to end. MONEY IN DAIRYING. Minnesota Farmer on Prospects of the Northwest. C L. Smith, a well-known farmer of Minnesota. Is at the Imperial. He has been attending various fanners' Insti tutes along the line of the O. R & N. In Eastern Oregon and Washington this Fall, and finds that diversified farming has more friends In those regions than when he first visited them, a. few years ago. He considers such localities as the Palouse, Walla Walla and Grand Ronde Valley the natural home of the dairy, and feels assured that the producers will finally drift Into butter and cheese mak ing as a permanent vocation. "But many of the farmers will have to go broke at wheat raising first," said he. "as nothing but actual experience will convince them all that there Is noth ing that pays better than grain. "Back In Minnesota we have, you might say, only three pasture months in the entire year, while even In the most ele vated localities east of the mountains they have nine months. Those farmers who are stall-feeding cattle for the Win ter market In the Palouse country are using root crops to a considerable extent, but they do not have to house their fodder by October, as we da In Minne sota. There "we have to provide cellars and roothouses to fortlfr ourselves against the bitter freezes of Winter, while in Eastern. Washington farmers may leave their vegetables in the fields all Winter and pU them just as they are needed. "Oregon farmers who contemplate going into the dairy business need not fear overproduction, as it takes several, years to get a herd of dairy cows together, and the demand for butter Is increasing all the time. The prices will therefore keep up no matter how many dairies are started. "Those who are sending their milk to creameries in the Palouse are obtaining 26 cents a pound for their butter lat. and they retain their skimmed milk for feeding purposes. This pays well for the? trouble and is far ahead of grain raising, viewed from a financial stand polutl" Mr. Smith will attend several Institutes In. Eastern Oregon this Winter and de liver a few lectures on the subject of diversified farming and dairying, before he returns home. ADVERTISED. List of Unclaimed Letters Remaining la the Postofllce at Portland, Or. Freo delivery of letters by carriers at tht residence of owners may bo secured by observ ing the following rules: Direct plainly to tho street and noniber oC the house. Head letters with the writer's full address. Including street and number, and request an swer to be directed accordingly. Letters to stranrers or transient visitors la the city, whose special addreis may be un known, should be marked In the left-hand cor ner, 'Transient." This will prevent their be ing delivered to persons of the same or simi lar names. Persons calling for thes'e letters will pleas state dato on which they were advestlsed, De cember 10. They will be charged for at the rate of 1 cent -each. WOMEN'S LIST. Anderson. Mrs Hilda CMarshall. Mrs O N Anderson, Mrs Mary Means, Mrs Anna Anderson, Mrs Rosa Mctz, Mamie Arnold, Miss Hazel G Merrill. Mrs H E Arnold. Mrs Eugenie Miller. Mrs F A Aplln. Mrs James Miller, Mrs Viola Baxter, Mrs Eugene Mlngus, Mrs C C Bailey, Mrs Susie Moore, Mrs M O Barbee, Mrs Birdie Morgan, Mrs Wm Barnes, Mrs Morgan. Miss Ethel Batten. Mrs S Morgan, Mrs Harry Beckley, Mrs P B Morris, Bertha BlrdsUnger. Miss CarricMurphy, Mrs H Blsslner. Mrs Jack Nelson, Mrs Ausbr Bloomer. Miss Bertha Nelson, Miss Nellie . Boyd. Mrs Cora Nielsen, Miss Gertrude Bryce. Mrs A Ncone. Miss Ely Brown, Mrs T L Oberg, Miss Zelma Bruce. Mrs Martha Olds, Mrs Kate Call. Miss J M O'Connor. Miss M Campbell, Mrs Edith Padmore. Miss Fanny Bingham Parker. Miss Maud Campbell. Miss BoJlnlaPatchen, Mrs Iowa Campbell. Mrs Nellie Patterson. Mrs E Chase, Miss Edna Perkins, Mrs Alonso Clark, Mrs Maggie Phllllbey. Mrs Hattle Clifford. 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J X Woolley; Joe Lang. Harry Word. John ITALIANS. Jaglletto. Martlno Perota. G Salvatare. ZIto Biggs, Giuseppe- PACKAGES, Allen Bros Co Rogers. W Axtell. Rev J S St Denis. Caroline Hynes, J P & Co WardJ'H W A. B. CROASMAN, P. M. NEW HEAD FOR SCHOOLS MISS BRYAN TEMPORARILY ELECT ED AT MOUXT TABOR. Succeeds Professor Sarrette, "Wke Becomes Principal of Olympian Hiffh School Notes. The Mount Tabor school district, No. 5, will open this morning' under supervision of Miss C. M. Bryan, one of the teachers In the higher grades. This is necessitated by the resignation of C. W. rurrette, for mer superintendent, who takes charge of the High School at Olympla this morning as principal. Miss Bryan is a. cousin of William J. Bryan. She Is placed in that position temporarily, ty the Directors, until they can elect a superintendent. She will continue In that capacity until after the holidays, at least, and perhaps for some time afterward, until the Directors can secure the right man for the place. Mr. Durrette closed up the Mount Tabor School Savings Bank accounts and paid depositors In full with what Interest that had accrued. It Is one institution that went Into liquidation and closed up with out loss to the depositors. The bank was carried on for over a year, and proved a success. It taught the juvenile depositors banking methods, and, also promoted hab its of industry and thrift. However, it put a great amount" of outside work on the principal, and Imposed personal re sponsibility. Frank S. Fleld3, Clerk of the district, says the bank was a great success, but he suggests that It should be handled by School Directors, and not by the principal, and that provisions should be made by law enabling them to take hold of the work. He says that If pro visions were made by the school law so that school banks might be established. they would have a better standing with the people of the districts. The work would only partially fall on the shoulders of the principal, and the bank would have a standing It cannot have where It 13 car ried on solely on the responsibility of the principal. Mr. Fields thinks It would be a good thing to have such law passed in this state authorizing Directors of dis tricts to conduct savings banks. He said that the Mount Tabor Savings Bank may be revived after a time. Making: large Fills. Some large fills are being made with the dirt taken from East Taylor street, which Is being Improved, from East Six teenth to East Thirty-fourth street. At Sunnyslde the low ground south of Bel mont and east of East Thirtieth street Is being filled up to grade. Hale & Smyth, who have a contract for part of the im provement of East Taylor street, pur chased nine lots In this low ground, and the dirt Is used in filling them and making them valuable, whereas before they had little value. Also two blocks under Im provement on Bast Morrison, between EastThlrty-second and East Thirty-fourth streets, are furnlshlns much dirt for filling. The whole appearance of that portion of Sunnyslde south of Belmont street is being changed for the better. From East Twenty-sixth, on East Taylor street, the horse tramway is used in fill ing up the ravine at East Eighteenth street, which will take the place of an elevated roadway. This tramway oper ates nine dump cars. The cars are In two sections. While one section is being filled the other Is on the way to the ra vine, where the loads are dumped out. Horses are used to pull the cars back up the hill to the starting place, but they roll down by gravitation. The tramway has been In operation about two weeks, and it will be two weeks more before the ra vine Is filled up and settled so the graveled roadway may be constructed. This is tho. first time a tramway has been used on the streets, but the conditions on this street favor its use. It would be un profitable to transport dirt for so great a distance by horse and scraper. The im provement of East Taylor street Is very Important, as material Is being obtained from It to make other improvements. By the time East Thirty-third and East Thirty-fifth streets have been Improved between Hawthorne avenue and East Stark street, all the low ground in Sun nyslde between East Thirtieth and East Forty-second will be completely filled up. Street Railway Improvements. The City & Suburban Hallway Company has been engaged In improving the Mount Tabor branch, from Sunnyslde, by taking up light iron and putting down 5&-iound rails. That entire brancn will be pro vided with heavy rails eastward from Sunnyslde, which will greatly Improve that part of the system. On the East Ankeny & Montavilla branch a start has been made on the double track be tween the car barn and East Twenty fourth street, The double tracks are fin ished on East Twenty-eighth street to East Ankeny, and on this latter street the grading is completed to East Twenty fourth and the fill in the ravine, former ly crossed by a trestle, finished. This stretch of single -track will be shifted to one side, and the second laid, thus com pleting a double track from the car barn to Grand avenue. The addition to the car barn, which is being finished, nearly doubles the capacity of the barn for housing cars. Several tracks will be ex tended into the new portion. A room for keeping tools, and for repairs Is located In the new portln. At 12 o'clck at night, when the cars are all In from the various branches of the company, the old quar ters were filled and not all could be prop erly housed, but with the addition there will be ample provision until more rolling stock is needed. Bnlldlngr Cheese Factory. A. Carlson, the owner of the Fairview cheese factory, formerly owned by Mr. Thomas, has started construction on a new plant on the new site. The former buildings were not altogether suitable, and new ones have been secured. The buildings' will stand on the main road, and access to the plant will be better than to the former buildings. A porch full length has been built on the front, and a road planked to the main, thoroughfare, so that milk wagons may be driven directly to the front. The machinery has been re moved to the new buildings. Arrange ments have been completed for conduct ing a large business. Thirty-five milk dealers east of the Sandy River will com mence delivering milk about the 1st of February, which are exclusive of those In the immediate vicinity of Fairview, where the output of milk has been stead ily on the Increase. The plant will han dle 6000 pounds of milk dally. During the Summer months it is contemplated to operate a creamery and separator. An Ice plant will then be used. The farmers are pleased with this Industry, and the effect has already been felt. East Side Notes. he postmistress of Woodstock has just received notice from the department at Washington that the office there will be made a money-order office January 2, 1901. Her bond filed some time ago has been accepted. A money-order office at Woodstock will be quite a convenience to the people getting their mail there. The surface of the elevated roadway on East Eighth street, over Stephens ravine, at the south end, is in an unsafe con dition. Half a dozen holes large enough for a horse to get a foot through have been broken through the surface. Some one, to prevent accidents, has placed up right sticks in the holes as dancer sig nals. The heavy travel on this bridge by slabwood wagons and other vehicles is rapidly wearing out the decking. Yoa Mlskt File a. ComslalHt. PASADENA, CaL, Dec 3. T the Ed- itor.) In reading over the many articles recently published In your esteemed paper regarding the common-point rate for the mouth of the Columbia River, I think that Hon. D. K. Warren, In his letter you pub lished November 2S, 1900, has opened up the real gist of the matter. The O. R. & N. Co. is at the bottom of the entire" trouble, and Is mulcting the farmers of the entire Inland Empire, for the extreme rate on grain products necessary to pay the Northern Pacific a remunerative rate for lifting their part of It nearly a mile in the air; while they (the O. R. & N. Co.) pocket double profits by reason of nat ural advantages, which should Inure to the advantage of the producer after a fair rate Is established for transportation. Then besides receiving this unjust rate to Portland, they have also charged the ship ping with other millions for towage upon the river. Mr. Warren shows quite con clusively that the O. R. & N. Co. could deliver grain at Astoria much cheaper than the Northern Pacific at Ta coma, and It looks to me that this matter of determining points entitled to terminal rates should not be left to the railroads to settle, but should be placed before some commis sion or tribunal. Why not let the Inter state Commerce Commissioners decide the question as to whether or not Astoria should have terminal rates? Why should this matter, vital as It is to the seneral welfare of Oregon, be left to the tender mercies of a corporation so narrow and selfish as to be unable to see Its interest in the general welfare of the common wealth? E. T. BARNES. For twenty-five cents, you can get Car ter's Little Liver Pills the best liver reg ulator In the world. Don't forget this. One pill a dose. It is a wonderful soap that takes hold quick and does no harm. No harm ! It leaves the skin soft like a baby's; no alkali in it, .nothing but soap. The harm is done by alkali. Siill more harm is done by not washing-. 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Druggists sell all kinds of hair prep arations), and s a rule they are wisely chary of giving preference to any par ticular one, but many of them have come out plainly for Newbro's Herplcide, the new treatment that absolutely kills the dandruff germ. H. SwannelL & Son, Champaign, 111., sayr "One customer of ours who did not have a hair on top of his bead when he began to use Herplcide now has a fair start toward a good head of hair. We believe Herplcide to be by far the best preparation of Its kind on the market." Hundreds of similar testimo nials from, everywhere. Pears9 The Sultan sent his ermy 1 To subjugate the Oreekf I And In a Jllfy be had dons Q The business (so to speak).. a Toe Greek no more the hero As tokt la Homer's lore, R Contrived no grimThertnopytao I , As he had done of yore. 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