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THE MORNING OREOONIAN, PEIDAY, APRIL 5, 1901. THE POLL TAX BILL XO RECORD OF IT IX THE SENATE JOURXAI. But the. Act WiH IroIjallr lie Held Under the 3-ovr to be -' " Valid. SALEM, Or., April 4. An examination of the Senate Journal of the last Legis lature shows that there is no, record of the passage of Mattoon'e bill for a road poll tax of $3. This -was at first thought to be a total defect, and Tvas so con sidered by e. member of the Legislature, but -under the liberal decisions of the Oregon Supreme Court, it is probalble that the act will be held to be valid. That the act did in reality pass, there Is no reason to doubt. The constitution provides that "Each bouse -shall keep a journal of its pro ceedings." The natural and popular con struction to be placed upon this require ment is that each house must enter its proceedings in its journal, and that only matters of record will be considered part of its proceedings. This has not been "the ruling of the courts, however, and the Jatest opinion on the subject is, in brief, that the silence of the Teeord does not affect the validity of an act. It is held that in order to defeat a bill signed by- the presiding officers of the two nouses and filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the record must affirmatively show that the bill did not pass. Aside from the general provision that each house must keep a journal of its proceedings, there are but few require ments as to what shall be entered in the journal. It is provided that "the yeas and mays on .any question shall at the request of any two members, be entered, together -with the names of the members demand ing the same, on the journal; provided, that on a motion io adjourn, it shall re iulre one-tenth of the members present to order the yeas and nay&." It is also provided that any member may protest and have his protest entered in the jour nal. These are the only matters, it would eeem, that must be made a matter of record in the journals. The Mattoon bill, known as House bill 2Co. 205, passed the house February 21, and was read three times In the Senate Fehruary 22. On motion of Senator Mar sters the bill was laid on the table. Later it was taken from the table on motion of the same member. No further record is in evidence until the next day -when It appears the president signed ihe'j JbilL There is nothing to show now many votes were east in favor of the bill, who voted for it, or whether it was ever, voted upon. All this is a matter of pre sumption, and it would seem that the bill would be a law. even though there was no mention of it in the records of "either house. The facts in the case probably present as strong a case against a. bill as any that has ever been passed upon by the Supreme Court where silence of the rec ords was Involved. In the case of Mut chell vs. Campbell, reported in the 19th Oregon, page 211, the court held that an act which had stood upon the statute hooks for 10 years, unquestioned, and acted upon by the courts, should be pre sumed to have been adopted in conform ity with the requirements of the con stitution. In that case the record did not show the reading of the bill on three several days, nor the suspension of the Tules, nor the concurrence in certain amendments. The ease of Currle vs. Southern Paciflcv Company, reported in the 20th Oregon, page 570, Involved the -validity of an act, the failure of which was affirmatively shown by the Senate journal. The court held that where the journal showed the failure of the bill, It would be held in valid, though regularly signed and filed. The opinion was written by Judge Stra liam. Judge Bean concurred, but with hes itation, whl'e Judge Lord reserved his judgment. Judge Bean's hesitation was as to the right of the court to examine the journals In order to Inspect the act In the case of the state vs. Rogers. 22d Oregon, page 364, Judge Bean held that "every reasonable presumption is to he made In favor of legislative proceed ings, and when the constitution does not require- certain proceedings to be entered in the journal, the absence of such a record will not invalidate a law." The same rule was approved by Judge Bean In 1897 in the case of McKInnon vs. Cot ner, reported in the 30th Oregon, page 5SS. While the judicial rulings make the leg islative journals of comparatively slight importance in determining the acts of the Legislature, after the session is over, this view would seem to be a wise one, for the journals, as they have been kept, are often full of inaccuracies which must be corrected after the Legislature has ad journed. There is greater chance of error or trickery in the keeping of the journals than in the signing and filing of acts that are certified as having been passed. It is possible, but not probable that a presiding- officer might secure the legal en actment of a law which had in fact failed t6 secure the necessary vote. Inthe last two days of a session, there is so much haste and confusion that scarcely any member of either house knows what the legislature has done. Even" the Journal clerk is not able to keep track of leg islative proceedings. PORTLAND MAS OX TRIAL. , Charged With Murder of a China man In "Wnshlnston County. HILLSBORO, Or., April 4. The trial of James Aiken, charged with the murder of a Chinaman near Raleigh, December 3, is progressing slowly in the Circuit Court. Aiken is well 'known in Portland, and the police have had more or less trouble with him for some time. The forenoon was consumed In the selection of a jury. When court opened after the noon hour, District Attorney Allen pre sented the case of the state to the jury. He was folio-wed by H. T. Bagley for the defense. The stite alleges that it will identify Aiken, beyond a reasonable doubt, as one of the parties who was present at the time the Chinaman was killed; that it will prove that Aiken, upon his return to Port land, told a man by the name of Wood ard. a saloon keeper for whom Aiken had prevUtisly 'ended bar that "Henry had killed a Chink," meaning Henry Bacon, who Is supposed to have been In. the party, and the identical man who fired the fatal shot; that Aiken knew the China men had money In their possession, and that the night was sufficiently light for Identification. The defense will endeavor to prove an alibi by a Portland woman by the name of Bertha Craig. The deposition of this witness was taken last night in Portland, the defense alleging that she was too 111 to appear In court. It is said this woman swears Aiken was with her that evening until after the hour the murder was com mitted. Aiken's mother Is present at the trial, and a large number of witnesses are here from Portland. One of the incidents of the trial was the arrest of a man hv the name of Bud Malln, who was brought here as a wit ness for the defense. Malin was jointly indicted with Aiken, and as soon as he reached the csur rom was arrested and placed in jail. CREAMERY INDUSTRY THRIVING. New Washington Plant Ready for Work, and Another to he Built. HILLSBORO, Or.. April 4. The cream ery Industry is thriving in Washington County. A new plant will start at Gas ton Monday. It will have the milk from about 200 cows. The citizens of Nelson station, five miles east of this place, met last evening, pledged over 150 cows for a creamery, and voted to establish one at once in that neighborhood. William Nelson, of the plains north of Hlllsboro, is in charge of the primary -work. Washington County boasts that it has the first creamery established In the state the Farmlngton creamery which has heen running for 15 years, and has never missed a day except for repairs. ' CARROLL. B. MINE SOLD. ? Eastern Oregon Property Brings $200,000. BAKER CITY, Or.. April 4. The Car roll B. mine, in the Pleasant Valley dis? irict, 12 miles southeast of this place, was yesterday sold to Letson Balllet by W. L. Vinson. Mr. Vinson states that the property passed on a $200,000 basis, $100, 000 of which he Is to receive In cash by the end of the year. A payment was made yesterday, the ainount of which cannot be learned. This property was se cured by Mr. Vinson less than a year ago from C. A. Johns. The conditions of the writings were that if $1000 was paid by April 18 of this year the terms of pur chase should be considered In effect, and a deed be placed In escrow. April 2 Mr. Vinson made the first payment of $1000, anticipating the date it was due by two weeks, and yesterday Mr. Johns placed the deed in escrow In the F"irst National Bank. The consideration for which It Is understood that the mine will pass to Mr. Vinson is $9000. After securing an option on the property last Fall Mr. Vinson began work, and Immediately struck a good body of ore. He has been exhibiting some, wonderful ly rich specimens which were taken from a pay streak in the big ledge tapped by the new shaft. Work h.as been in progress all Winter, and a depth of some thing over 80 feet has been reached. The newj , double-compartment shaft has been connected with the old workings. It was while running this drift that the rich streak was found. Best Sear on for Years in Josephine. GRANT'S PASS, April 4. The mining season which Is drawing to a close In Josephine Couhty has been one of the best for years. H. A. Corliss, at his mine In the Dry Diggings, three miles from Grant's Pass, has cleaned up $2500 and expeots to raise the amount to twice this figure when the race is reached. Alec Watts, in the Williams district, has brought in 100 ounces of fine dust and will do better than that when the final clean-up comes. Several small mines are engaged in cleaning up, and report an exceptionally good run. The large plac ers wllj. probably be able, to run until June, as there Is a great deal of snow in the mountains. Lnclcy Boy Clean-TJn. F.k C. Sharkey, one of the owners of the Lucky Boy mine in the Blue River district, arrived at Eugene, Wednesday, with a 22-days clean-up of the mine in the shape of a gold brick worth $3000, says the Eugene Guard. The brick was placed on exhibition in the show win dow of ajewclry store, together with some fine specimens of quartz from the mine, and attracted large crowds during the few hours it was displayed. Quotations of Mining Stocks. SPOKANE, April 4. The closing quotations for mining- stocks today were: Bid. Ask.1 Bid. Ask. Amer. Boy 7H SH Mtn. Lion ...21 25 BlacRta.il & Butte & Bos. Vjk Crjstal .4 Conjecture .. 2a Deer Trail ... 1 Dewey 3 Evening Star. ... Gold Ledge... 1 I. X. L 15 Iron Mask U P. Surp... 6 .Miller Creek. ... Morn. Glory.. 4 4 Morrison 4A 4& Prin. Maud ... 1 2 Qullp 27 35 Ramb. Car ...25V4 20Vi Republic 21 20 Reservation .. 3 4 Ross. Giant... 2ft 3VI Sullivan 8 8 Tom Thumb.. .lllA 13 IS 3V? 2!' 3 0 l! 21 40 7 2 I Waterloo 2 2J4 BAN FRANCISCO. April 4. The official clos ing' quotations for mining stocks today werei AHa $0 OSlKentuck Con $0 01 Alpha Con 3 Mexican 32 Occidental Con ... 4 Ophlr 07 Andes Belcher Best &. Belcher. Caledpnla ...... Challenge Con , Chollar ......... 5 8 18 Overman 7A Savarrp . . 18 0 4 80 3 4 15 14 4 15 ir. cA t3ivah i. . "" fiiifi Ji sierra ivevaaa Confidence TOSlher Hill Con. Cal. & Va... 1 DOlStandard' Crown Point ... 12 Union Con ... Gould & curry... i u tan uon .... rellow Jacket Hale & Norcross. 20 Justice NEW TORK, April 4. Mining stocks today closed as follows: Adams Con $0 23IL!tt!e Chief $0 14 Alice 34jOntario 0 50 Breece 1 3QIOphir 62 Brunswick Con .. 24Phoenlx 8 Comstock Tunnel. CSIPotosl 10 Con. Cal. & Va... 1 70'Savage , 7 Deadwood Terra.. 50Slerra Ne-ada .,, 24 Horn Silver 1 lOISmall Hopes 45 Iron Silver 59 Standard 4 00 Lead Me Con .... 5) BOSTON, April 4, Closing quotations: Adventure ...,-$ 15 50Humboldt ....,.? 25jOO BIng. M Co.... 24 50 Osceola 83 00 Amal. Copper.. 108 75;Parrott 53 50 Atlantic 30 OOjQulncy ; 175 00 Boston & Mont. 358 001 Santa Fe Cop... 7 75 Butte & Boston 104 OOiTamarack 330 00 Cal. &. Hecla... 825 OOlUtah Mining ... 34 50 Centennial ... 26 O0 Winona ........ 4 87 Franklin 19 OOi Wolverines ,.,.. 50 50 NORTHWEST DEAD. James Fox. ASTORIA, Or., April 4. James Fox, a rancher living near Olney, died in the hospital last evening of consumption after an illness of many months. He was a native of Ireland, 50 years of age, and came to Fort Canby with the Fifth Ar tillery in 1SSL He Ijad since resided Jn! this vicinity. He had never married. Funeral of Uriah D. Grant. VANCOUVER, Wash., April 4. The funeral of Uriah D. Grant, a Clark County pioneer, took place at the family home near Battle Ground yesterday. Deceased was born In New York In 1828. He served as an artilleryman and in the Navy dur ing the Civil War. He came to Clark County in 1870, and took up land near Battle Ground, where he resided until his reath. Vancouver Brevities. VANCOUVER, April 4. April 12 will be appropriately observed as Arbor Day by the Public Schools here, instead of to morrow, the day named in the proclama tion of Governor Rogers, This is due to the fact that the schools are enjoying a vacation this week. Mrs. Clara Ryan, a teacher In the Pub lic Schools, has received notice of her appointment by Governor Rogers as a member of the State Board of Education. She will accept the appointment. Officials of the Star Brewery say the business of that .institution is being carried on with the usual dispatch, re gardless of the strike of the employes. The daily output has not been dimin ished, and no detrimental effect has been felt up to this time as a result of the boycott declared by the strikers. Albany Can Collect Toll on Bridge. ALBANY, Ore,, April 4,-nJudge Boise of the Circuit Court, in the case of J. B. Tillotson vs. the City of Albany, sus tained a demurrer to the complaint, hold ing that the city has a right under its amended charter to place a toll on the bridge, that It can make necessary re pairs regardless, of the limit of indebted ness provided In the city charter, and that it can make repairs under the super vision of the committee on streets and public property with any contract. The bridge will be repaired at once, and the collection of toll begun April 30. Return of Cut Worms Predicted. SOUTH BEND, Wash., April 4. Ben Rist, Fruit Inspector for Pacific County, predicts a return this summer of the cut worms, which created such havoc with crops last year. Mr, Btst has found them to be quite plentiful in different parts of the County, and counted 60 under a blanket of sod -which he laid on the grass in a sunny spot. He has ordered all fruit trees in the county to be sprayed within the next 30 days. Miner Run Over by Train, TACOMA, Wash., April 4. Mike Den ko, employed at the Carbonado mines, was run down by a Northern Pacific train last night between that city and Wilke son, receiving Injuries which caused hte death two Ijoujs later, DIED BY HIS OWN HAND S. If. FARRIS, JR., PROMINENT EASTERN OREGON MJNING" MAN. Was Despondent Over Losses He Had Hade at the Gampllngr Tables, BAKER CITY, Or., April 4. S. N. Far rls. Jr., one cf the owners of the Oregon and Colorado group of mines, also the Quebec, committed suicide here today be cause of lo'sses at the gambling table. Mr. Farris came to Baker City from the mines In Alamo district Sunday. Monday he yielded to his great weakness, gam bling. By Tuesday morning he was 51700 loser. That day and Wednesday were spent In a despondent mood, and today he shot himself through the heart. He left a pathetic letter to the oflleers Of the First National Bank, asking that every assistance be gven his brother -.In getting the money of which the dead man said he had been robbed. J. W. Carr, president of the Oregon c Colorado Gold Mlning'Company, Is in tlje East. Before going he left blank checks signed, which young Farris was to fill out as needed at tho mine. He drew a large sum, and. had t placed to his own, credit, and when losing at the gaming table drew individual checks in payipent. Mr. Farris' father died only three weeks ago, and his mother has been in a dan gerous condition. With the exception of gambling, young Farris had no bad habits, worked faithfully, and was much liked. His unfortunate end s deeply regretted. His brother, now at the mine, will take charge of the body. REJECTED ALL BIDS. Clatsop County Will Readvertlsc fdr Construction of Nelialem Road. ASTORIA, April 4. The County Court this morning rejected all the bids sub mitted yesterday for constructing a por tion of the highway from this city, to the Upper Nehalem Valley, and wfil re advertlse for bids. The specifications on the first seven miles of the road were for a roadbed 16 feet in width, but the cost of it was too great, and the new speci fications will be for a highway 10 feet wide. The contractors are to be paid upon the completion of each mile, 25 per cent being reserved to guard against a forfeiture of the contract. In the will of the late L. J. E. De Park, who recently died here, is the following paragraph: "I give my geographical map to the Pioneer and Historical Society of Astoria, in order to prove to The Oregonian that Astoria was In existence before the dis covery of Portland." Master Fish Warden H. G. Van Dusen has returned from attending the meeting of the Fish Commission at Salem, and -will remain at his office In this city for several days. He has received his license blanks from the State Printer, and will begin issuing them at once. He today leased a launch and Water Bailiff Wfck man and Deput Fish Commissioner Mc Reavy, of Washington, have started out to patrol the river fdr Illegal fishing. Henry Bultman, of Florence, Lane County, who was appointed Deputy Fish Warden at the meeting of the Fish Com mission at Salem yesterday, was In As toria today, and will enter upon his duties at once. During the firs quarter of the present year -the police department has collected In fines and forfeitures J2175. The expenses of the department .during that period have beep 11293 , , The Curtlss-Whltney. syndicate has not completed the purphaseof the West prop erty at Westport, although the price has been agreed upon. The difficulty is over securing a right of way from the mill to the railroad track. - The purchase of the C. C. Masten log ging property at Svensen by Mr. Spauld Ing, which is being negotiated, Includes the railway and machinery used by Mr. Masten on the contract which he has lor logging on the property of Sorenson & Patton. PUBHC LANDS IN DEMAND. The Dalles Ofllpe Has Just Closed One of Best Quarters in History. THE DALLES, On, April 4,-VThe busi ness, of the local and pffice for the quar ter ending March 31 was the largest in its history, with the possible pxceptipn of those three-months terms when for feited railroad lands were purchased from the Government. While the quarter end ing Wh December showed more home steads by nine than the one jusj passed, fees frofh other sources more than made up the tjlfference.' In the corresponding quarter last year 22S homesteads were filed, which was considered a large quar ter's business. This quarter the home steads number 31L The receipts of thp office amounted to ?14,2S3 31. The total number of acres; filed upon was 56,591 42, which does not include the acreage in commuted homesteads, namely, those en tries on which H 25 per acre has been paid after 14 months' residence from the time of filing. This total Includes about 3000 acres of state lieu land and 45Q0 acres filed upon by the Eastern Oregon Land Company. Proofs have been made on 63 final homesteads. That money is more pjenty in this district is shown by the number of commuted proofs. Thirty-two entries of this character were made during the quarter just closed. About 5000 acres were embraced as against 700 acres for the same period last year. During hard times it was im possible for settlers to take advantage of this law allowing a ,man to obtain title to his homestead after a residence thereon of 14 months and paying the Government price. The recefpts of the office show about double the .amount required to bring it above the maximum. The quarter's homesteads were filed in the following order with regard to the location se lected; Wasco County, 79; Morrow Coun ty, 69; Gilliam County, 68; Crook County, 3S; Wheeler County, 35; Sherman County, 29; and Grant County, 6. The land office is deluged with letters of inquiry from Eastern States. Each mall brlngp requests for Information of all sorts from farmers, stockmen, me chanics, fruitraisers, poultry men, mil lers, etc. The' correspondence denotes" an educated cjass of people, apparently with some capital to investr as he home seekers, WANT M'KINLEY TO STOP, Pendleton Will Try to Securp' Change In His Itinerary, o PENDLETON, April 4. A committee of the Pendleton Commercial Association is at work to secure a change In the Itinerary of President McKInley that will permit him to stop for a short time in Pendleton, C. E. Roosevelt, T. G. Hal ley and F. F. Wanjsley are the commit tee. They will endeavor to arrange the routing of the Presidential party so as to bring It here either en route tq or from Walla Walla, The City Council last night formally transferred to the new water coipmjs slon the waterworks system. The com mission elected James Brown superin tendent and collector. Under an order from the commission, all patrons must at once put in meters. Already, 340 me ters are Jn use, and 100 more have heen ordered. A new pump, whiph throws 100,000 gallons per hour, has been put in at the city pumping station. Mrs. Anna Pono an Indian woman, hag been arrested on a charge of rais--lng cheeks given her by B, F McElFPy-' It Is said she raised a check for $30 to $50; one for $5 to $55, and another for $10 to $70. Mrs. Pond says she is. innocent. It is generally believed that the woman could not perform so dextrous an act, and that she was assisted by sone one else. George Fell has been appointed man ager of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. OPPOSE OGCUPATiptf TAX. Salem Citizens will Hold jHeetlnK to Discuss Ways to Raise Revenue. SALEM, April 4. A large number of prominent citizens have united in a call fop a citizens' mass meeting to be held at the City Hall tojnorrow evening for the purpose of devising ways and means of keeping the city's expenditures within the revenue without levying an occupa tion tax. Those who attended the meet ing held last Monday night were quit6 agreed in favor of the occupation tax, but it now appears that "there are others," and that many of the Jatter class are Strongly opposed to the tax. Both meet ings are held in the interest of the city, and with a View to helping the City Coun cil out of, a difficulty, hence thp council is Jn a fair way to get various "kinds of advjee. 1001. Session Laws Distributed, Copies of the 1901 sessipn laws have just been distributed to the State officials ahd placed on sale. The arrangement of the index to the volume Is receiving spe cial commendation, as It Is the most pomplete, convenient and correct that hag eyor- been placed Jn such a pybllca .turn in this State. Tjhe acts are set forth by titles, by numbers, and by subjects in deiaij, in alphabetical prder, To fin5 apy subject fn any Jaw, requires hut a glance at the index, Granfcd a State Certificate. "' The State Board o Education today granted a State certlficatei good for five years, to Ames 8, Johnston, of Curry County. Salem Volunteers on Way Hpnie, Salem will this month ' experience an other home-coming ot her volunteer sol diery, hut tbe number will be greatly less than that of August, ?93, when the Second Regiment, Oregon Volunteers, re turned. The volunteer troops that have policed the Philippines for the past three years, and' of whom SaJep furnished; her quota, are being replaced by regulars and the volunteer regiments returned to their homes, in numerical order, beginning with the Thirty-fifth, Thjs regiment sailed from Manila March 16, and Its arrival in Son FFanelscoJs expected about the lfith inst. Among the; members of the Thirty fifth who went front Salem are: Jerry P, King, son of Thomas King, engineer at the State penitentiary WiHfam Lan don, a member of the regimental band, and Fred Breyman, a corporal r one of the companies, It is reported that the boys all return Jn good health. FLAG HALF-MAST FOR i, BROWN Late Part OTfr i Oregon City Woolen. Mills, OREGON CITY, Or:, April 4A flag at half-mast today on the Oregon City Woolen Mills indicated the death of one of the pjqneer' merchants of the Columbia River Ylsy. kouis Browp, "Who passed away at Sa.n Francisco a few days ago. He was the senior member of the Brown Bros., known , throughout the worjd as the 'heaviest manufacturers of woolen goods on the Pacific Coast. Away back In the last century, Lous Prown and his brother, Morris, were merehants alt The Dalles, They were afterwards in business at Walla Walla, Jn J865, together with B, SbeidemaPf they bought an In terest In the Ofe.gqn, City Woolen Mills, The "other partners In the enterprise were the Jacobs Bros. The Brown Bros, left Walla Walla in 1860 and went, to, San Fran cisco, where they became clothing manu factureri, . ' "7 Yesterday tlje Oregon City Woolen Mills closed down two hours as a mark of respect to the late Louis Brown."' He was 70 years old at the time q( his .death. WILL NOT AFFECT AMERICANS. $100,000,000 Alaska Trading- Con cern Formed In England. NEW YORK, April 4. The Herald says: "Few New York City corporations are Jikejy to be affected by the ppmbination rqpprteg; from London of all the Alaskan transportation and trading companies with a capital of $100,000,000. The only one likely to he so affected is the Alaska Exploration, Mining & Trading Company. It is a West Virginia corporation with a capital of 15,000,000, and those who are Interested $n it baye refused to glye any information as to its directors. The Alaska-Nome Nugget Company, Ltd., a Delaware corporation, with offices at 29 Broadway, has a capital of $1,250,000. Its business is understood, however, to be purely that of mining. Andrew P. Mor rison is its president, and Assistant Sec retary Charles Burnham, of the New York Stoek Exchange, Is one of its di rectors.'' TWO NEW TEACHERS AT DRAIN. Normal School Regents Also He Elect President Orcutt. DRAIN, Or., April 4.--A meeting of the Board pf Regents of the Central' Oregon State Normal School w&s held here Tuesday evenlngi at which plans of work" for the coming school year were formulated. The sum of $300 was set aside for a catalogue and advertising the school. It was decided to add two mora teachers to the faculty an Instructor in science and music, and one in the train ing department. Professor J. H. Orcutt was re-cted president, and his salary advanced to $1500. The election of the remainder of the faculty was deferred until the annual meeting In June, The members, of the board present at the meeting were State Superintendent J. H. Ackerman, J. T. Bridges, A. M. Craw ford, Wil)ia.m Kuykendall, R. A, Booth, Joseph Lyops and B. D. Boswejl. New Washington Sawmill. SOUTH BEND, Wash., April 4, The frame Is up for a new sawmill at Frances, in which O. A. Custer is the moving splriU The machinery is expected daily, and"(t is thought the mill will be run-, nlng by May 1, It will have a daily ca pacity of 20,000 feet. It wJU take the place of Mr. Custer's shingle mill, which had to be closed down on account of his cedar land being tied up In- a contest. A spur wil be buljt. to the mll from. the Northern, Pacific track. Another Remarkable Ewe, OREGON CITY, Or.k April 5. A. ewe gave birth to two Iambs 15 days apart in March, is the story told by TV. H. Mat toon, a reputable resident of Viola, who owns a small band of sheep. Although Mr. Mattoon has raised sheep for many years, he Is unable to account for this! phenomenon. Heavy Fruit Crop Expected. LA GRANDE, April 4t A heavy fruit crop this season Is confidently expected In the Grand Ronde Valley. The Winter was unusually mild, and Spring opens With oold weather a condition which au gurs well for a good yield in all lines, of fruit New Drain Ofllctals. The annual city election at 'Drain, Monday, resulted a,s follows: Mayor, J. W, Spalding; Councilmen, J. A, Black and G. Wf Sanders; Recorder, Ira Wim berley; Treasurer, W. W. Kent; Mar shal E. F, Rhodes, BIgr Timber Land Deal Is Qlt. ST. HELENS, Ore., April 4. Ernest Dalton, who has been negotiating the sale of several thousand acres of timber land' In the Nethalem valley, is authority for the statement that the cruisers report is unsatisfactory, and the deal Is on, DEAL VIRTUALLY CLOSED WASHINGTON WILL GET THURSTON ' COURTHOUSE FOR $100,000, Agreement Hns Been Slgrned Gover nor Is ,uIioriJua to pqntraet With Architect, OLYMPIA, Wash., April 4. The State Capitol Commission .today formally agreed to 'give 166,000 for "the Thurston County Courthouse, and the 'oitcr was accepted by the Commissioners of Thurston Counr ty. In addition, the county is to be al lowed to retain the furniture in the Court house, that originally cost $10,000. An agreement to this effect, In duplicate, was entered into by the Capitol Commission and the County Commissioners. The formal sale of the property will be made about May 15, when, according to the Statute, it must be sold by the Sheriff to the highest responsible bidder. The proceedings today were necessary, in order that the Capttol Commission might know exactly thea"mount of cash it would have for building-- purposes In awarding the contracts. The' apparent haste In this matter Is due to the de sire of the commission to have the build ing completed by the time the session of 1903 meets. The agreement does .not In clude the purchase of two lots- on 'the Courthouse block owped by Q private par ty, These must be purchased by he com mission. They can be had for ?4000. Governor Rogers was empowered by the commission to enter Jpto a contract with j the plans nnl specifications for te new building, and to supervise ts construc tion. The price to be paid the architect Is to be 6 per cent Of the contract price. Efforts have been ma?e to create the Impression that thftrfi W!s a row in the commission over the sejeetlon of the architect, but this is hardly justified by the facts, State Auditor Atkinson, the Republican member of the commission, was in favor of delaying the employ ment of thp architect; until the full board Was present, hut as to his "welkins' out'' if his Ideas were not agreed to, It s sheer poneense. When Mr, Ritchie was em ployed yesterday, the entire membership of the board was present, including Audi tor Atkinson, who voted for him, and today Atkinson voted to empower the Governor to make the contract with the architect, While the Governor wl prob ably have his way In most "matteVs, th,ere has not been any great amount of fricfion between the members of the Capftoi Com mlssion. Killed by-Trajn. ROSEBURG, Or,, April C-Jolm Hl'lls Of this city, was fltruelr by an outgoing freight jjyst north of the city hmits about g o'clock this morning;; and in stantly kjiied. He was on his way to work and was walking on tjie track. Be ing yery deaf, he dfd not hear the afarm whistles of the Jocomotive. Acting Coro ner Robjpett summoned a jury and wlt nesses and began an Investigation, which was postponed until tomorrowi to get the testimony pf the ejew of the train. Fcnnd Dead fa His Bed. THE DALLES, Ore,, AprI 4r Henry Kaldt, a German, was found dead In his bed at the Columbia hotel, in this city, this afternoon fcy the proprietor of that house, Kaldt has t resided hero since October, He retired' to his room last night In his usual health. Heart disease Was pronounced as the cause of death: He waiJ'a miner, anfl $4 severa hun dred dollars on his person. Search Is be ing made for his relatives. . . , Lower Court .Upheld In Royse Case. OLYMPIA, April 4. The Supreme Court today -affirmed the. Judgment' of the Su perior Court of- Walla 'Walla County In the case of the State vs. Frank Royse. Rqyse was,trJed on an information charg ing him with murder in the first degree. He was found guilty of murder in the sec ond degree. He shot Benjamin F. Royse and burned the house In which the victim iv as murdered, February 8, 1C00, in Walla Walla County, Ges iPwo Years for Robbery, JACKSONVILLE, Or., April 4. Frartk Howard, 23 years old, who has been con fined In the County jail for the past month, pharged with the robbery of a store in Ashland, pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced today by Judge Hanna to two years' imprisonment in the peni tentiary, The Sheriff took him to Salem tonight. Missing GJrl Heard Prom. COLFAX, Wash,, April 4. Tlje mother of Laura Morgan, the schoolgirl who dis appeared mysteriously March 13, this af ternoon received a telegram from Henry H. MqPhauJ, Yuma. Ariz., which said: "Your daughter left here JLprll 3, appar ently in good health, bound for Tucson. Wire me your wishes." If Mr. McPhaul has an official tlto, he failed to give ft. Seattle GolfrPlHyers Won. VICTORIA, B. C, April 4. Messrs. Strout and Collins, of Seattle, won the foursome ehampionship at the golf tour nament today. Rain interfered with the play. Columbia County Finances. ST. HELENS, April 4. Columbia Coun ty's expenses for the six months ending Your Spring is Here ! S Npxt Sunday will be Easter and if' yoj haven't bought your Gordon Hat better attend to it at once. Jffat perfection style and jia!ity will be yoirs. Don't delay attending to your wants. It wpnJt ke the dealers fault if he is out of his best selling Style of hat, if you wait until the last minute. March 31 were $13.64103. The state tax was J5S420 S3, and the school tax $8045 35, making the total paid out of the treasury $30,10S27, Receipts for the same time were .$29,014 31. divided as follows; Tax collection?, $25,742 96; fees, $1594 35; re demptions, $1677; total, $29 014 3L Notes of Arlington. ARLINGTON, Or., April 4. Circuit Court, which convened Monday, adjourned today. There were few Important cases. A great deal of wheat Is being brought to th!3 place, and will prpbably soon be offered for sale. Miss Stella Ward, the young woman who was severely injured here by being thrown from a horse. Is- recovering. Will Advertise Benton County. CORVALLIS, Or.. April 4. The adver tising committee of the Citizens League Is preparing a pamphlet descriptive of Bepton County, It will contain about 60 pages, and JI1 be Illustrated. At yester day's session the County Court contribu ted $50 towards the work. The pamphlet Will cost several hundred dollars. Dogr Tax Must Be Paid. OREGON CITY, Or., April 4. The City Council has directed the Chief of Police to exterminate all dogs on which the own ers refuse to pay the city tax. Call for County Warrant. CORVALLIS, April 4. County Treasurer Buchanan has called for all warrants in dorsed prior to May 12f 1600. Oregon Notes. Baker Gity will purchase 1000 feet of fire hose. It Is reported that the Tygh Ridge coun try has an epidemic of measles. Lebanon will enforce the ordinance against running of cows at large. G. W. Bradley, grain buyer for a Puget Sound warehouse company, purchased SOOO bushels of grain Saturday at Athena. FIrty-five cents was paid. A committee of the Athena Council has been appointed to secure a risht of wiy through the property of D. A. Richards and William Estej for a road leading out of town to join the main traeled road about three-fourths of a mile south. At the Pat Klne Hill, one mile east of Pendleton, an Indian very drunk was found stretched across the track, and not far distant another one in the same con dition was found lying a few feet from the track. Both were awakened and given a start toward their respective homos- Water Bailiff Wickmssn had a thrilling experience last Monday, says the Astoria News, on a trip in search of illegal fish ing. The trip was made in a flshlng boat, as it was found impossible to make any arrests with the launch, and Mr. Wickman and his boatpuller wqrq up as far as Rainier. On the return to Astoria, Mr. Wickman left Rainier at 10 o'clock Sunday night, and when off the Tongue Point beacon hi3 boat was struck by the southwest gale. It was. 4 A. M. when the storm struck the boat and Mr. Wick man was unable to make headway against it. Accordingly the anchor was dropped and for six hours the boat was out in the Storm. Sleet fell, chilling the occupants through, and groat waves repeatedly, swept over the little boat. Finally, at 10 o'clock, It was decided to raise the unchor and make a run for Deep River, but Mr. Wickman and nls boatpuller were so bad ly chilled that they could scarcely move. They eventually succeeded In getting in the anchor, and without sail the boat was driven by the gale toward Deep River, which was reached after a few hours. The men were so cold that they could not walk and wera driven to a farmhquse by a farmer who happened to be at the landing. Rnssln and China. Cornhiil. Russia has undertaken to "pacify" Man churia, and doubtless after her own fashion will succeed In "pacifying" !$. She has got all that she wants. " She will be fully employed for the next few years Jn restoring and enlarging the Manchurian railway system, making good her hold upon the new territory, and preparing for the next step, She can afford to pose as the friend of China, urging lenient meas ures, anxious to pass over past misrule, and to make things easy for the present government to return to Pekin. By so do ing she not only seeures what she hap already gained, she not only takes up an apparently gentle and friendly atti tude toward the Chinese, which will de ceive them Into yielding more and more easily fp her influence, but she avojds the one great danger to her future progress which would he raised Jn the establish ment of a strong, progressive Chinese Government, abje to defend its own ter ritory In the future. The danger to the West, the real yellow peril, is not the Chinese alone, pr even the Chinese allied With the Japanese, but the Chinese led by the Russians Thus the present disturb ances in China have been a gain to Rus sia in every way- The Boxer movement and the siege of the Legations have opened the way for her obtaining all that she at present desires; the present dis union among the allies In China, the dally Increasing tendency to follow the ill-advised philanthropy of America, apd avoid present difficulties rather than over come them, promise the success of her designs in the future, The other powers have thus far gained nthng whatever, and by their mutual jealousies, disunion, and vacillation display to the world their hopeless Incapacity for dealing with the situation, convince the Chinese of the vanity of thejr pretentions and thp empti ness of their threatenlngs, and prepare the way for a renewal of the disturbances and the further success of Russian en- SlfeJiS ta.vj' . J Always I irect Of course you are. Tired when you go to bed, tired when you get up, tired all the time. Your doctor calls it nerve exhaustion, general debility. He recommends a nerve lifter, a general tonic. Ask him what he thinks of Ayer's Sarsaparilla for this. We are willing to leave the question with him. He knows all about our Sarsaparilla and what it will do. For half-sick and half-welt people there isn't a medicine its equal in the whole world. J1.60 a bottle, All drugtfsfcJ. .7. r vfp. ro . T-nwnn. Ma?ft croachment. It would be vain to expect that the European powers should take any strong line and cariy it out to its fulfillment, but it is none the less pain ful to see the inevitable result of woak nes growing daily nearer. If the first result of the siege, the ruin of a great cjty and the desolation of a far prov ince. Is a consideration to make one weep, this second result is a consideratlan to make one alarmed for the future progress and peace of the world. HI "Sneclnl Fltneai." New York Evening Post. Mr. Rosenberg's "special fitness for the place" is trumpoted in a dispatch from Washington to the Court Circular beg pardon, we meant the Tribune. Yes, but he. was also eminently fitted for any other place within the gift of the Presi dent, and uncommonly anxious to fill one, the kind and its duties beiny a matter of Indifference, provided the salary were satisfactory. There was "a great time at the White House today," telegraphed the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record on March 20 He referred to a gathering of the Illinois delegation for the purpose of demanding from the Pres ident the appointment of ex-Representative Itodanberg as a Commissioner of the St. Louis Exposition. Mr McKInley wasi reminded that ho had been appointing "dead ducks" to that desirable slneoure but that four of them had come from the Sennte and only two from the House. Moreover, the Republican dead ducks had been getting tho worst of It. The Illi nois delegation united, therefore, on Mr. Rodepberjr. He was a Rapubliaan, H duck could he deader than he, and ha pught to have the place. The President demurred, and is even snid to have dis played a little temper nt being asked to provide for so many "busted" politicians. Happjly, he bethought himself of the vacant Civil Service Oommisslonershlp. and regarding It frankly as . plaee' flung it as a sop to the spoilshunter. But we know that this is no "backward step" in civil service reformt because president McKinley promised that" none should be taken during his Administration. Yet we remember how some one once flattered Bismarck for his unwavering policy, nulla vestigia retrorsum. "Oh, yes," said hon est Bismarck, "no steps backward, but a great many sig-zags." Mr. Rodenberg Jn the Civil Service Commission represents the President's most characteristic zig zag. The Wlndi. Clinton Scollard In Youth's Companion. "Wpqn sluggish JagH my puHe. I plead The rigorous Nor(h will rouse and blow. Clearing the far horizon's blur. Starting the rune-chant of the flr. And bringing for mine earnest need The bracing tonia of tho snow. TVhen I Incline to dreams, and fain, With half-shut lids, would loupga and es The boughs swing languorously above To Iqw, thruqh-lltanles of love. And ripples goldenly the grain, The South for me! the South for me! "When melancholy sult my mood, I long to list, 'mid lapsing leaves. The misty East discourse of paJn, In Its thin minor, and thp rain, With anclont sorrowlns imbued. Makes plaintive patter round the eavca. And when the pilgrim zest la strong For brackened pathways mounting night' Along tho hilt slopes to tha erost. Then would I have the ardent Wt Fling me his buoyant welcome song. Toss me his old ecstatic cry, So. with the vecrins -winds that sweep The empyrean, I am one Focllng close kinship unto each. Soul-sympathUs of splrlt-speech. Blow they or shrill, or Jew,' or dbfepjo Across the face of Qrffl's' whlrV sun! '4 & SKA v U