THE MORNING OREGONIAtf, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1901.
WILLENDTHISWEEK
Washington Legislature to
Conclude Its Session.
MANY BILLS ARE ON CALENDARS
Most Important Are General Appro-
- prlatlons. Increase of Supreme
Court and Buffalo Fair Last
Tito Have Passed House.
OLYMPIA, "Wash., March 10. Before
another week goes by the seventh Wash
ington Legislature will have pased into
history, and it will remain for the peo
ple to pass dispassionate judgment upon
its work. The most Important measures
remaining to be disposed of are: First,
the general appropriation bill, which is
now in conference; second, the proposed
Increase of the Supreme Court, which has
already been authorized by the House;
third, the Pan-American Exposition bill,
which has also -passed the House. In ad
dition to these measures of general in
terest the calendars of both houses are
crowded with private bills, and the last
night of the session the official clock will
probably have to be turned back before
either body will be ready to adjourn.
In looking over the session thus far it
will be observed that it has not been a
sensational one. The fact that no United
States Senator has had to be elected rob
bed it of the usual Interest which at
tends a meeting of the Legislature. Nev
ertheless, some good measures have been
passed, as well as some bad ones, while
considerable vicious legislation has been
throttled.
The two most important measures to
pass have been the redlstricting of the
state for legislative purposes, and the bill
to purchase the Thurston County Court
house for capitol purposes. The capital
measure was a step in the direction of
economy that will undoubtedly meet the
approval of the taxpayers for more rea
sons than one. while the redlstricting bill,
as pointed out in detail In The Oregonian
heretofore, was a stupid botch, which the
Republicans, in a moment of aberration
and partisan zeal, made a party measure,
and passed over the Governor's veto. Re
apportionment will yet come up to plague
the members who passed It, for the people
of the state, aside from all other consid
erations, will be slow to accept and for
give a measure which increases the mem
bership in the Legislature 25 per cent.
If any unprejudiced man, who has been
a close observer, were to be asked what
member has wielded the most potent in
fluence In the shaping of legislation, his
reply would be Senator Harold Preston,
of King County, and it would be with
holding from Mr. Preston just due not to
give him credit for his services to the
state.
Senator Preston's attitude on railroad
matters has not met the approval of a
majority of the members of the Legisla
ture; but it Is of other matters that Tne
Oregonian correspondent desires to speak
now. Senator Preston, be it known. Is one
of the leading lawyers of this state; in
fact, is the recognized leader of the Se
attle bar, the strongest in the state. Con
sequently, he is a man of more ability
than the ordinary Individual who finds his
way into a Legislature. He has worked
'night and day in the Judiciary commit
tee, and on the floor of the Senate trim
ming, remodelling, paring and shaping
legislative measures. His views on legal
matters and constitutional questions have
been invariably accepted by his fellows,
and to his untiring industry and faithful
ness to details Is due much of what good
has been done by the Legislature. It
is rarely that a lawyer of Mr. Preston's
attainments "breaks into" the Legisla
ture, but when he does the state Is to be
congratulated on account of IL
To descend from the sublime to the ridic
ulous, it might be remarked that Ulmer,
Clallam County's Representative in the
lower house, is easily the chief of the
freak legislators which the session has
developed. Ulmer came down with his
pockets bulging with bills, many of them
of the most ridiculous character. His in
tention was to reform the entire code of
the state, remodel the state government,
and make for himself a name everlasting.
The end of the session fllnds that not a
solitary bill bearing his name has be
come a law. Following are the four most
"freaky" measures which this remark
ble legislator has Introduced, all of which
have been indefinitely postponed without
compunction er ceremony:
"To place Seattle and Tacoma In a
Congressional district together.
"In defiance of the plain mandate of the
constitution, to take the state patronage
away from the Governor, and reduce that
official to a figure-head.
"To repeal the bill purchasing the
Courthouse, and to appropriate 5500,000 to
build a statehouse on the old founda
tion. "To prohibit the advertising of patent
medicines."
This last measure is most remarkable,
because Ulmer himself used to run a
country newspaper.
Ulmer has a habit of running to the
newspaper correspondents in an excited
manner and cautioning them to watch out
for his next sensation. Finally at a cau
cus of the newspaper correspondents the
other night it was unanimously resolved
that the Clallam member should be put
in a cage and exhibited.
A bill is pending, having already passed
the House, to abolish all sorts and de
grees of nlckel-In-the-slot machines, and
to provide strict penalties for the viola
tion thereof. There Is a rather large lob
by here to defeat the bill, or at least to
modify to some extent the severity of its
provisions.
The bill to repeal the libel law "which
has passed the house, has been reported
-back without recommendation by the Sen
ate Judiciary committee. It is on the cal
endar, and will probably be reached early
in the week. The newspapers of the state
are making a hard fight against repeal and
the outlook for the passage of the bill is
not promising.
" The, funeral of the last railroad, bill of
the session is scheduled for tomorrow af
ternoon in the Senate. The measure in
question is the maximum rate bill by
Cornwell, of "Walla Walla. Identical in its
provisions with the Rosenhaupt bill, which
was killed in the House Friday. There is
no chance of the bill passing the Sen
ate. f 15,000 CANNERY FIRE.
BrooUfleld (Wash.) Plant Partially
Destroyed Wholly Insured.
ASTORIA, March 10. The cannery of
State Senator J. G. Megler, at Brookfield,
Wash., was partially destroyed by fire
during last night, and the damage done
is roughly estimate at, at least, $15,000,
fully covered by insurance. About mid
night the Chinese bunkhouse was discov
ered to be on fire, and it was soon com
pletely ruined. The flames then spread
to the warehouse, which was stored with
nets and boats, and which was also used
as a box factory. This, with Its entire
contents, was burned up, and the Are then
attacked the cannery building itself, but
befpre It had done much damage was ex
tinguished by a hastily formed bucket
brigade. There was no other Are protec
tion, as the regular system Is only In op
eration when the cannery is running. Suf
ficient repairs can be made to operate
the cannery by the opening of the fishing
season, and the principal loss is In nets
and boats, which cannot be replaced for
several months.
Electrical Storm at Astoria.
Early 'last evening electrical disturb
ances appeared off the mouth of the
river, with lightning flashes similar to
those generally called "heat lightning."
Late in the night the storm was close
over the city, with several violent claps
of thunder, preceded by lightning, that
awakened the city. No damage was done
to the vessels in the harbor or property
in the city, with the exception of the fuses
being blown out of the telegraph, tele
phone and fire alarm systems. Today the
bar was very rough, and the surf on the
beach strong.
'Northwest Postal Orders.
WASHINGTON, March 10. The postof
flce at Jett, Baker County. Or., will be
discontinued after March 15, when mall
for that point will be delivered at Lime.
The name of the office at Victor, Mason
County, Wash., has been changed to Al
lyn. Washington Notes.
Hoquiam has raised the city license to
nooo.
The Commissioners of Garfield County
have issued $20,000 in bonds, which will be
used to build a courthouse.
The bootblacks of Tacoma have formed
a union for the purpose of protecting their
business and maintaining prices.
March i a warranty deed from James
Breen to the Northport Mining & Smelt
ing Company was filed at Colvllle. The
sum involved is $300,000, and the docu
ment required $300 worth of revenue
stamps. It is the largest instrument of
its kind ever recorded in that county.
Deputy Insurance Commissioner J. H.
Schively states that the reports of all the
fire insurance companies transacting bust,
ness in the state show that the companies
during the year 1900 assumed risks
amounting to 5103.151.S49. The net pre
miums collected amounted to $1,707,661, and
the loss-is paid policy-holders to $651,497.
This Is an increase over 1899 of $15,694,015
in risks, $269,442 In premiums collected, and
$S3,497 in losses paid.
Joel Woods, a farmer living near Waits
burg, came near being drowned Monday.
He was fording the Touchet River with a
wagon, in which were two plows. When
near the middle of the stream he let the
team stop to drink. Suddenly the wagon
turned upside down, and Mr. Woods was
thrown Into the water and washed down
stream some 15 rods before he was able
to reach the bank and climb out. The
horses swam ashore with the front part
of the wagon.
Some months ago Seattle parties bought
up tide lands at Wlllapa Harbor, which
had no apparent value. The oystermen are
beginning to fear that the purpose is to
hold the natural oyster beds which He in
front of the land, and which constitute
the source of most of the seed oysters for
transplanting on the private oyster beds.
It Is Intended that these natural oyster
beds should always remain the property of
the state for the use of all, but the law
allows of another construction which may
give speculators control of them.
Thomas L. Gamble Is having an arte
sian well sunk on his place, about one
half mile from the Cle Elum depot. At
3S4 feet a strata of gaseous shale was
struck, and a lighted match having been
applied the gas Ignited, the flame shot
up fully 30 feet and it was with difficulty
that the opening of the well was closed
and the flame subdued. A half-Inch pipe
was connected and run out about 20 feet
from the well and the gas coming
through this was Ignited and has been
burning constantly since.
The aged wife of General Spot,, one of
the oldest and best-known of the Puyallup
Indians, met her death one night last
week under peculiar circumstances'. Gen
eral Spot, his wife and son drove to Ta
coma and remained until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon, when Spot and his wife start
ed back to the Puyallup reservation. Spot
left the county road leading through the
reservation and drove down a lane to his
home. When he arrived at his cabin his
wife was not in the wagon, but he un
hitched the horses and went to bed. Next
morning a man named Anderson found
the body of Mrs. Spot lying In a mud hole
in the middle of the lane leading to Spot's
home. It Is thought the woman was jolt
ed out of the wagon as it crossed the
place, and. partially stunned by the fall,
and before recovering consciousness, was
drowned.
Idaho Notes.
A great deal of wheat was raised last
year in the Clearwater region, but the
low price compelled many of the farmers
to hold the grain, and by feeding it to
cattle and hogs they have been enabled to
market the grain at a much better price
than they could otherwise have obtained.
One farmer stated that at the ruling price
for hogs at the present time he can get 60
cents a bushel for his wheat by feeding It.
A fatal accident occurred at Spirit Lake
last .week by which Marcellus Herring,
of State Line, met an untimely death. He
was working In a tie camp in company
with Otis Michael. Michael cut down a
tree about IS Inches In diameter, which
in falling struck a dead tree of smaller
dimensions, knocking it to the ground.
The small tree struck Herring, who was
engaged in hewing 50 feet away.An ex
amination of the body disclosed the fact
that the skull had been fractured, caus
ing almost Instant death.
F. W. Kettenbach, of Lewlston, states
that the farmers on Nez Perces Prairie
will put In a still larger acreage of flax
this year. This will not. It is thought, re
duce the average in wheat over that of
last year, as there are many new farms
In cultivation. Flaxgrowers are making
contracts with the grain dealers to deliver
flax at any of the Clearwater Short Line
shipping points for a minimum price of
SO cents a bushel, the arrangement being
that the farmer shall receive at least 90
cents a bushel, and If the price be higher
than that the dealer will pay within 30
cents a bushel of the Chicago quotation.
The subscriptions to the stock of the
First National Bank of Ashland closed
Tuesday. More than the $25,000 needed
was offered.
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CONTEST OVER OEFICE
FISH COMMISSIONER REED WILL
TRY TO HOLD POSITION.
Grounds of FIg;ht Will-Be That New
Law 'Contained No Repeal
ing Clause.
ASTORIA, March 10. Ex-Fish Commis
sioner Reed has not yet turned the effects
of the office over to Mr. Van Dusen, and
It is reported that there will be a contest
over the position, on the grounds that,
as the new law contains no repealing
clause, the old one Is still in force and
the office of Fish Commissioner has not
been abolished or its Incumbent removed.
Attorneys now have the case In hand,
and the question of commencing contest
THE LATE MRS.
WASHINGTON PIONEER OF 1847.
CHEHALIS, Wash., March 10. Mrs. Matilda Jackson, who died at her home on Jack
son Prairie, 12 miles southeast of Chehalls, February 14, was the widow of John R. Jackson,
who crossed the plains in 1S44, and in 1S45 took a donation claim near Chehalls. Mrs.
Jackson was a native of Maryland, and waa born in 1811. At the age of 2G she married
Nicholas Koontz, in Missouri. In 1S47 Mr. Koontz, with hia wife and four boys, started
across the plains. Intending, to so to the Willamette Valley, In Oregon, but Mr. Koontz
was drowned in the Snake River, while trying to rescue an ex. and Mrs. Koontz, with her
four young boys, was left alone. She proceeded to Walla Walla, where Dr. Whitman
was then located, and later to Oregon City. There she remalnsd until May, 1848, when
she married John R. Jackson, who took her and her four sons to his home on Jackson
Prairie. Two of her sons died and two survive her. Barton and John Koontz.
Jackson Prairie was on the road from Fort Vancouver to Fort Steilacoom. and It was
one of Mrs. Jackson's pleasant recollections that General U. S. Grant, General Sheridan and
General McClcllan had been at her home. The Indians, tearing that Jackson was an Eng
lishman by birth, did not molest the family, as their enmity was toward the Americans.
After Washington Territory was set oft from Orecon, In 1853. Mr. Jackson prepared, at
the direction of the territorial Judges, a building in which to hold, court. In a week he and
the boys cut the logs, got the material together and erected the building. In which the first
term of court in the new State of Washington was held. It is a structure 1Gx2G feet;
holes were cut for windows and doors; but thero were no floors. Some subsequent terms
of court were held in the building, and afterward Mr. Jackson attcr making' some ad
options and alterations, lived in it until his death. In 1873. He was prominent In early
territorial affairs, and was Sheriff, Assessor, and member of the first territorial Legislature.
During the later years of her life, Mrs. Jackson lived in a comfortable, modern house,
but the remains of the first Courthouse in the territory still stand on the prairie, grown
over with briars, a curiosity to those who know its history. , Mrs. Jackson was a woman
ot fair education, but the habit of staying at home became firmly fUed. and It is related
that she never rode on a railroad train, and never but once saw a train of cars, although
a railway Is only six miles distant from the prairie.
proceedings Is expected to be decided next
Tuesday.
Master Fish Warden Van Dusen re
turned this morning from Salem, where
he attended a meeting of the Fish Com
mission. He came down the river by
boat, and says he ascertained that there
was some illegal fishing in progress near
Kalama. A launch has been chartered
and tomorrow morning Water Bailiff
Wlckman will begin patrolling the river
to enforce the closed season. At present
only one bailiff has been appointed for the
Columbia, but at the next meeting of
the Commission Mr. "Van Dusen will ask
that one be appointed for service In Co
lumbia County, as the whole river Is too
large a district for a single officer to pa
trol successfully.
Oregon Notes.
The Baker City postofilce will have a
stamp-cancelling machine.
Athena has elected T. P. Page school
director and J. W. Smith clerk.
The Dalles Treasurer had an avallablo
cash balance March 1 of $1055 64.
Improvements to cost $20,000 will be
made In the Warshouer Hotel at Baker
City.
It Is reported from Eagle Point that
early frosts have not Injured growing
wheat. '
Water meters for the Pendleton water
system have arrived and are being sold
for HO, $15 and $20 each.
The Second Missionary Baptist Church,
of Baker City, has organized. A lot has
been secured for a building.
Several tons of ore from the Dixie
Queen mine. In the Foots Creek District,
are said to have yielded over $100 a ton.
A petition has been presented to The
Dalles Council by an owner of a house
asking that he be paid $200 for damages
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It is reported that a rich three-foot vein
of gold-bearing quartz has been struck
en the old Clock place, near Gold Hill.
The old electric system for lighting the
town of Lakevlew has been discontinued,
and will be replaced by the town's plant.
Al McConnell placed an order for lum
ber at Arlington, to be used In the erec
tion of a etore building In Ferry Canyon.
The temperance people of Haines have
succeeded In having an application from
that city for a liquor license denied by the
County Board.
sustained by the building when it was
quarantined on accbunt of smallpox.
A painful accident occurred at the War
ner sawmill. 12 miles soutn of Pilot Rock.
Tuesday. Will Warner, while riding on a
log carriage, was struck on the head, and
while stunned leaned over In such a man
ner that a large piece ot flesh was cut
out of his thigh by the saw.
Joseph Nichols went to Portland Wed
nesday to purchase 5000 bushels of barley.
sava thi Junction Times. A number of
' farmers were In need of barley, and, by
MATILDA JACKSON.
pooling their wants, they believed they
could buy cheaper. Mr. Nichols will go to
Eastern Oregon if he can secure better
prices.
There is considerable anxiety, writes an
Eagle Point correspondent, over the pro
posed ditch from Fish Lake to the val
ley, fears being entertained that the com
pany will take so much water out of the
streams that there will not be enough
left for Irrigating purposes and to run
the grist mill.
The Paisley Post says that Jim Benefiel
saw a band of SO deer near his place at
Crooked Creek a few days ago, and killed
two of them. While he was watching the
deer he saw a large panther leap from a
cliff to the back of a deer. The "animal
ran a short distance, but was firfally
killed by the panther.
A petition has been forwarded to Wash
ington for the proposed free rural de
livery route south of Ashland. The route
reaches from Ashland eight miles to W.
H. Shepherd's place, and returns via Emi
grant Creek. The number of families
which would be served on this route Is
123. and the number of people 49S, and one
postofilce, Barron, would be discontinued.
It looks as If Hood River will be a dry
town next Summer, says the Glacier. The
Hood River Sprlngwater Company Intend
ed this month to commence laying six-Inch
mains from Its spring to supply the town
with water, but since another company
has organized and asked the privilege of
laying mains, the Sprlngwater Company
feels disposed to wait. It is estimated
that to lay the six-inch mains and make
the Improvements contemplated will re
quire an outlay of about $5001).
The militant spirit Is dominant in Ne
braska. In the fourth district In that
state there were 400 applicants for the
West Point caetshlp.
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INDIANS VIOLATE LAW
TRESPASS UPON RESERVES TO
HUNT AND PASTURE STOCK.
Superintendent Ormsby, of Cascade
Reserve, Recommends Stringent
Prohibitory Measures.
SALEM, Or.. March 10. Captain S. B.
Ormsby, Superintendent of the Cascade
Forest Reserve, has just completed a
special report to the Commissioner of
the General Land Office on the subject
of trespass upon the reserve and viola
tion of the state game laws by Indians.
The report says In part:.
"There are two Indian reservations ly
ing northeast and southeast of the Cas
cade Forest Reserve. The Warm Springs
Indian reservation adjoins the reserve
on the northeast; the Klamath Indian
reservation lies southeast of the forest
reserve and is separated from It by a
narrow strip of territory varying from
two to six miles In width. The In
dians on these reservations are supposed
to be engaged In farming and stock
raising, principally the hitter. The
United States gives them every facility
for pursuing these industries and large
sums are expended annually in teaching
them the ways and methods of civiliza
tion. But a large part of their time is
spent in hunting and fishing and pur
suits of the chase. The forests on the
reservations supply plenty of game and
the streams plenty .of fish and there is
in reality no necessity for these Indians
leaving the reservations for this pur
pose. But they are permitted to leave the
reservations at will and roam where they
please. The Cascade Forest Reserve ly
ing contiguous to their own is annually
Invaded by bands of these Indians, num
bering from 10 to 30 In a band, who have
no regard for law even if they have
knowledge of It, and who set all laws,
both state and National, at open defiance.
It Is true that the agents In charge of
the reservations assert that they Intend
to send a trusted Indian police with
each band, but even if this Is done. It does
not seem to have any restraining Influ
ence on the Indians and It is evident that
the authority of the police Is defied or
there is no attempt to exercise it.
Depredntionn ly Indinns.
"In connection with this subject, atten
tion is called to the following extract
from the report of L. P. W. Qulmby,
State Game and Forestry Warden, to the
Governor of Oregon: 'It Is my duty to
report that the assistance which should
have been rendered this office by Indian
agents In my efforts to secure the obe
dience of the Indians to our laws has,
with the exception of a single agent.
Colonel Applegate, of the Klamath reser
vation, been denied me. When I had the
right to expect the most assistance from
the paid and trusted employes of the
Government. It was not to be had. Not
only have the Indians been permitted to
leave the reservations for the purpose
of hunting game during the close sea
son, but I have been Informed that they
are even encouraged In their depredations
by the Indian agents. The result has
been that the Indians have hunted, shot
and slaughtered elk and deer with Im
punity. Although several arrests were
made by my deputies, only one con
viction has been had. ... In conse
quence of this connivance on the part of
Indian agents at game law violations
by the Indians, it has been next to im
possible to secure convictions. Instead of
being taught respect for the laws of the
state and exhorted to obedience, the In
dians are encouraged In open disrespect
and rebellion. Under such conditions tho
Game Warden is utterly powerless to
compel obedience to the game laws from
the Indians. Only a posse of deputies
could possibly prevent them from killing
game out of season, when once they
are in the mountains on their annual
hunts and huckleberry excursions. I
have pleaded and entreated with Indian
agents through correspondence but all
to no purpose and unless the Legislature
makes financial provision for enforce
ment of the law at any cost, its opera
tion In reference to the Indians must
continue a farce and the law Itself a
dead letter.'
"Strong as this language of tho Game
Warden Is, and forcible this arraignment.
I believe it is fully Justified by the facts
presented and known to exist. He speaks
of the slaughter of deer and elk by In
dians without regard to time or sea
son. The State of Oregon- has a law
prohibiting the hunting of elk for a pe
riod of 10 years, yet It Is a known fact
that when an elk Is once sighted by In
dians, the chase Is never relinquished un
til the animal Is overtaken and killed.
During the close season bands of Indians
roam over the reserve, penetrating to
the most distant and inaccessible locali
ties, and slaughter deer, young and old,
for their hides only. Now if these peo
ple are to be treated as aborigines or
wild Indians and turned loose to roam
through the forests to kill, burn and de
stroy, why should modern fire-arms be
placed In their hands to enhance their
aptitude for destruction? If they are to
be allowed to practice the methods of
savagery during these incursions, why
supply them with the appliances of civil
ization to render their power for harm
more effective and complete? If they are
to be permitted to return to a life of
barbarism for four or five months In tho
year, would It not be more consistent
to give them the accessories of such a
life, and return to them the bow and ar
row, the tomahawk and the scalplng
knlfe? The hunted game, at least, would
welcome such a change. .
Responsibility for Forest Fires.
"During the past season Indians have
been credited with 20 forest fires, a great
er number than any other class Is re
sponsible for, except hunters and tour
ists who are classed together on the re
port blanks, but who should be reported
separately. The guarding of forests
from fires started by Indians is rendered
extremely difficult by reason of the fact
that once having reached the reserve,
they scatter in small bands, leaving the
public roads and trails, and In their pur
suit of game seek the most distant and
inaccessible localities, away from the
districts patrolled by the forest officials
and where they are comparatively safe
from discovery. Our present force of for
est rangers Is entirely Inadequate to
guard the Immense territory traversed
by these Indians and Ores started by
them In these remote and out-of-the-way
localities are almost sure to gain head
way before they can be discovered and
reached by the forest rangers. These
conditions render the presence of Indians
on the forest reserves during the dry sea
son a constant menace to Its safety and
no force at the disposal of the depart
ment will be adequate for Its protec
tion. Indians Pasturing the Reserve.
"During the huckleberry season numer
ous bands of Indians from the
reservations enter the forest re
servo and seek the huckleberry
patches to pick berries. In many
Instances they bring bands of horses
with them and these a?e driven on the
reserve and herded there without per
mits and In infringement upon the rights
of others. The privilege which the In
dian thus assumes is one which is not al
lowed the white man, and it would seem
that one should be restricted by the
same rules and regulations that are im
posed upon the other. Moreover, there Is
no necessity for Indians pasturing the
forest reserves. There Is plenty of pas
turage on their reservations and on the
public domain and their entering the for
est reserves with bands of horses with
out permits to graze Is a violation of
the rules and regulations governing the
same and unless restrained by your or
der, I shall direct the forest efficers to
stop all Indians seeking to enter the re
serve with bands of horses and to turn
them back, and If found within Its lim
its to expel them promptly therefrom.
"The proper enforcement of the rules
and regulations governing the forest re
serve in Oregon, with the present force
of rangers or with any force that the
department may be able to put into the
field. Is. as far as Indians are concerned.
Impossible. It Is an admitted fact that
the annual incursions of these Indians
upon the forest reserve have been the
cause of great and destructive forest
fires In the past. This danger still ex
ists and will as long as their presence on
the reserves during the dry season Is
permitted.
"There exists no actual necessity for
these annual Incursions of Indians on the
forest reserve. The Government has pro
vided them with reservations of sufficient
extent and variety of conditions to ac
commodate their different modes of life
and existence. They are made secure In
the exclusive possession of these reser
vations and all the natural or acquired
advantages they may contain. The white
man cannot pasture his stock on their
ranges nor appropriate their game and
fish. If the Indian has these special ad
vantages secured to khim on the reserva
tions set apart to his use, would it be at
all unfair to place restrictions upon him
inasmuch as he Is a constant vlolater of
the laws when upon these annual excur
sions? "That these Indians may be controlled
during the limited time they -are at the
berry patches, and be confined to these
localities until the picking season is over
and then required to leave the reserve, is
possible, but that hunting parties of In
dians roaming over the reserve at will
can be made amenable to the laws and
rules and regulations is out of tho ques
tion. "It is therefore respectfully recom
mended that no hunting parties of In
dians be permitted to enter the Cascade
Forest Reserve during the months of
June, July, August and September, and
that any such parties found within lt3
limits during the time above specified be
promptly expelled and that the forest
officers be empowered to enforce this
regulation."
MAN SHOT AT HIS WIFE.
She Objected to His Demolishing
Household Goods.
DAYTON, Wash., March 10. William
Tyron, a rancher living three miles from
here, last night undertook to demolish his
household effects. His wife objected, and
he took a Winchester from the wall and
shot at her three times as she beat a
retreat into the darkness. Sheriff Smith
arrested Tyron today. It is thought that
he was suffering from, temporary insan
ity last night.
RICH STRIKE IN REPUBLIC MINE.
Ore Discovered That Assays 1400 to
the Ton.
SPOKANE. March 10. A well-founded
report from Republic Is to the effect that
$1100 ore has been struck In the Morning
Glory raise. A streak of eight Inches as
sayed that amount. Assessments will
cease, according to the directors. The
Butte & Boston mine at Republic has IS
inches of ore worth over $200 per ton, ac
cording to a statement of Superintendent
Nlckerson. The strike Is at a depth of
160 feet.
Man Who Attempted Suicide Dead.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 10. S. E.
Stone, who attempted euiclde at the
Jackson Hotel, here, Friday, died last
night at 12 o'clock. No relatives have so
far been located. He was unmarried,
and fairly well off.
.Injuries Resulted Fatally.
CENTRALIA. Wash., March 10. George
Garrison, the IG-year-old boy, who was
Injured Friday by his horse falling upon
him, died yesterday.
Oregon Industries.
The Grande Ronde Lumber Company
will start up Its mill at Perry this week
-nuuiii. i.vw.vw xeet ot logs are on hand.
The proposed Lake County Telephone
and Telegraph system Is assured, accord
ing to the Lakevlew Examiner. The cap
ital stock of $5000 has been subscribed.
The line will connect Lakevlew and Sil
ver Lake.
The Ashland Manufacturing Company
has purchased the Hicks lumber yard
and also the Hicks saw mill on Neil
Creek. Besides the lumber yard and mill,
with Its appurtenances, the deal Includes
the transfer of about 1600 acres of rail
road timber land, on which is standing
40,000,000 feet of suear nine and fir Mmhr
The new compnny has forwarded an ap
plication for incorporation, giving as Its
authorized capital $10,000.
She and the Boor.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Sho had a face that was beautiful rather
than pretty. The brow was intelligent,
the eyes far apart, the nose vigorous, yet
daintily chiseled, the mouth generous and
sensitive. Her dress was plain, yet be
coming, and she had a poise that was at
once dignified and indicative of unusual
self-esteem,.
She was riding in to the city from ono
of the North Shore suburbs. Beside her
sat a man who looked as if he might
be a professor in some college or possibly
a clergyman.
And they talked or, rathur, she talked
about the new place woman was win
ning for herself In the world.
"I can very well remember," she said,
"how my father used to snoer at the
claim that woman was man's equal. He
simply dismissed the Idea as preposter
ous. Of course, there were not then the
evidences that we have now to prove
woman's worth. What a sorry thing It
Is to see a man today who assumes that
he is woman's superior In any way what-
Men, Young and
This is tho oldest Private Medical
Dispensary in tne City of Portland,
tne nrat Medical Dwpen&ary ever
sturteu 111 tne city. Dr. ivesaler, tne
oid, reliable specialist nus been man
ager or tnis institution tor ZO years,
curing which time thousands ot cased
nave oeen cureu, anu no person was
ever reiused treatment. The St
Louls Dispensary nus tnousands of
uuimrs 111 money and ptoperty, and
auie financially to muite its word
good.
since Dr. Kessler started the St.
Louis Dispensary, over iu yearn ago,
hundreds of traveling doctors huvo
cumu to Portland, advertised meir
suic-cure ability in me papers, got
wiiat money tney could from connd
ing patients, tnen leit town. Dr.
Kessier is tne only advertising spe
cialist who can sive reterence to all
classes, lou may ask bamcers, mer
chants, aim ail Kinds of business
men. Tney will ten you that Dr.
Kessler is O. K. Lots of people com
ing from the country deposit Uieir
money with Mm. Xso otner special
ist on tne Coast can give such refer
ence as tnis ota uocior.
GOOD DOCTORS.
Many doctors In country towns send patients to Dr. IC-ssler. because
they Know he Is prepared to treat an kinds ot private and chronic diseases.
PRlVATr- Diseases. This doctor guarantees to cure any case of Syphlllis.
riuiHiL- oonorrnca. Gleet, Strictures cured, no difference now longstand
ing. Spermatorrnea, Loss of Manhood, or Night Emissions, cured perma
nently. The habit of Self-Abuse enectually cured in a short time.
V1m; MFN Xour e"ors and follies ot youth can be remedied, and this
lULIHU IHLii old doctor will give you wholesome advice and cure you
make you perfectly strong and nealthy. You will be amazed at his success
in curing Spermatorrhea, Seminal Losses, Nightly Emissions, and other ef
lects. KIDNEY AND URINARY COMPLAINTS.
Painful, difficult, too frequent, milky or bloody urine, unnatural discharges,
carefully treated and permanently cured. Piles, Rheumatism and Neuralgia
treated by our new remedies, and cures guaranteed.
Patients treated in any part of the country by his home system. Write
full particulars, enclose ten 2c stamps and we will answer you promptly.
Hundreds treatea at home who are unable to come to the city,
ncin TMC Take a clear bottle at bedtime, and urinate in the bottle, set
tvLHU I III J aside and look at it In the morning. If It Is cloudy or has a
cloudy settling In It-, you have some kidney or bladder disease, and should
be attended to before you get an incurable disease, as hundreds die every
year from Brlght's disease of the kidneys.
Addrei. J. HENRI KESSLER, M. D.. Portland, Oregon.
St. Louis Medical and Surgical Dispensary.
Enclose ten 2c stamps or no answer. 230& Yamhill St.
Qsickly
Cires Colds
Neglected colds always lead
to something serious. They
run into chronic bronchitis
which pulls down your general
health ; or they end in genuine
consumption with all its uncer
tain results.
Don't wait, but take
Ay
ers
Cherry
Pectoral
just as soon as you begin to
cough. A few doses will cure
you then. But it cures old
colds, too, only it takes a little
more time. We refer to such
diseases as bronchitis, asthma,
whooping-cough, consumption,
and hard winter coughs.
Three sizes : 25c, 50c, S1.00. All drug
gists. J. C. Ayer. Co.. Lowell, Mass.
ever, and it Is indeed gratifying- that
such men are becoming harder and harder
to find as the years go by. Why should'
we mako distinctions anyway? Do wa
not talk in the same tongue; have we
not tho same aims and ambitions and
do we not finally reach tho same ends?!
We owe It to ourselves and to posterity)
to wipe out every sex distinction that
oxists. Man must require no more ot
woman than ho Is willing to concede, and
sho must give him to understand that
she is wholly independent and self-reliant,
and that she asks no odds of him."
She was still talking when the train
stopped at the Chicago station. The man
who had sat besido her In the car saidl
good-bye to her as they reached the plat
form. Then she turned to another woman
with whom she apparently was acquaint
ed, and said:
"Well! I wonder where ho left hia mam
ners?"
"Why?" the other asked.
"Dldn t you see? He never tried to help
me down the steps and he didn't even
touch his hat when he left me. What
insufferable boors somo men are!"
How Early Printer Hurt England,
Pall Mall Gazette.
Both In "debt" and "doubt" the "b"
Is the result of 16th century pedantry. In
all our earlier literature these words,
which came to us through the French and
not direct from the Latin, wero correctly
spelt "det" or 'dette," "dout" or "doute."
The truth of the matter Is that in conse
quence of the introduction of printing, the
spelling of our language became crystal
lized toward the end of the 16th century.
Tho classical revival of that period ac
counts for many of the blunders In spell
ing which were then committed, but an
even more serious cause of confusion was
the foreign origin of the new art of print
ing. Most of the early printers were for
eigners, and Instead of cutting special
types to represent the old English letters
they dropped these letters out of the lan
guage altogether and introduced various
foreign devices for representing English
sounds. How little sanctity attaches to
spellings thus established may be further
gathered by observing how constantly our
spelling used to adapt Itself to the de
velopment of the language until printing
sterotyped the combined pedantry and Ig
norance of a particular epoch.
The following words, taken from the Ox
ford Dictionary will sufficiently illustrate
my point:
Earth Older forms: Irthe, urth, yertho.
herthe. yorth. earthe, yarth, orth.
Heaven Older forms: Hefen, Heofen
heyven, hevln, heven, hevyn.
Head Wycllff, 13S2, heyed. Paston, Let
ters, 14)'. hedde. Tlndal, 1526, heede.
Dead. Older forms: Daed,' ded, deeds
deid. deyde, dyde, dedde.
And 1 cannot conclude better than by,
quoting from the Vernon manuscript (1400)
the following Illustration of early spelling
and perennial truth: "Better Is a quila
and hol hounde then a ded lyon."
It took a force of auditors a week to
locate a discrepancy of 12 cents between
the accounts of the City Controller and:
the City Treasurer of Philadelphia, In a
sum total of $60,000,000.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Old, Read This
J. Henri lssler, M. D., Mnnnser.