Morning Oregonian., June 08, 1901, Page 4, Image 4

THE MORNING OKEdONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1901.
STATE SCHOOL LANDS
WHO ISTO'HAVE TOCE'CONTROI, OF
THE MONEY r
If Chamberlain's Contention la Cor-
.rect, State Land Boards In the
Past Have Violated the Lavr.
fiALESt Or., June 7. If the contention i
or .District Attorney Chamberlain that the
act of the Legislature of 1880 took away
from the State Land Board the direct
management of the state school funds
find conferred upon the clerk the positive
duty of receiving, receipting for and pay
ing over to the State Treasurer, Is cor
rect, the Tehnoyer-Ietschan-McBrlde
board, as well as all its predecessors and
successors, have openly violated that law.
The portion of the act quoted by Mr.
Chamberlain makes it the duty of the
cleric "to receive, receipt for and make
immediate payment to the State Treasurer
of all moneys of the state for the sale of
school lands, or payable to the board on
any loans authorized by this act." etc.
Mr. Chamberlain cslls this a "positive
enactment taking away from the board
the direct management of the funds men
tioned." It is how held that by thus tak
ing away from the "board the power to
manage these funds the Legislature re
lieved the board of liability.
"This construction of the law Is one thai
has sprung tip since the Davis defalca
'tion was discovered. The Pennoyer-2detschan-McBride
board never recog
nlzedTThe binding effect of any law tak
ing away from them the direct manage
ment of those funds. On the other hand,
they exercised such -direct management
by hot permitting the clerk of the board
'to handle any of a certain class of those
'iunds.
Two Classes of funds are mentioned
the money arising from the sale of lands
etfd money payable upon loans. The
money received from the latter sourre
never passes through the" clerk's hands.
Jt js paid out from the treasury depart
ment, the loan notes are kept in the
treasury department, and when the monev
j$s paid back it goes directly into the
treasury department. The clerk of the
3oard does not "receive, receipt, for" nor
3turn over to the Treasurer a dollar of
this money. The board ignored the leg
islative act "conferring upon the clerk the
positive duty" of mentioned, evidently
Tupon the ground that the Legislature
has no authority to take away from the
'board a power and duty imposed by the
constitution. If they recognized the va
lidity of that act, then they openly vio
lated its provisions. The receipts on ac
vcpunt of the loan funds amount to sev
"ral hundred thousand dollars annually
If the board claimed and exercised the
light to handle this portion of the -trust
Stands, how it can deny Its right to handle
U the funds it is difficult to -understand.
The course the board pursued places It
jln Inconsistent positions. The State
Treasurer, who was one member of the
board and acted by authority of the
board, refused to recognize the binding
iorce of the law of 18S0 as it applied to
one fund, but seeks protection under the
provisions jof that act as to another fund,
the act itself making no distinction in
She handling of the, two funds.
The constitution made ' the Governor,
Secretary pf State and State Treasurer a
board for the sale of school lands and for
the investment of the funds arising there,
irom, and provided that their duties
should be such as might be prescribed
by law. It is held that this last clause
authorizes the Legislature to provide for
p.- clerk -who shall handle the funds, thus
relieving the board of the liability there
for. The Legislature provided for such a
clerk who should give a bond In a sum
to be designated by the board. The board
Axed the bond at $5000.
The constitution also provides that a
tatjj Treasurer shall be" elected, -whose
duties shair'be such" as may be prescribed
by; law It wlli now be in order, under
this free construction of the constitution,
lor the Legislature to pass an act author
izing the State Treasurer to appoint a
clerk -tvhose duty It shall be to receive
all money due the state, the clerk's bond
to be fixed by the Treasurer. "The bond
can then be fixed at 55000, the, clerk eiope
with 1100,000, and the Treasurer give the J
taxpayers a jolly laugh as he tells them
that uhder authority of the clause "as
prescribed by law" the Legislature re
lieved him of the responsibility of loss,
while the funds were, in the bands of the
clerk appointed In pursuance of law.
It the real case and the supposed case
are not exact parallels. It Is difficult to
Bee where there is a difference. The con
stitution does not say that the State
Treasurer shall receive any money. It
says his duties shall be such as may be
prescribed by law. The constitution says
the Stale Land Board shall sell the school
lands- and. Invest the funds, and shall
have such duties as may be prescribed
by law. It does not say they shall receive
tmoney, but when It makes It their duty
'to sell the land there would seem to be a
"necessary duty, by Implication, of receiv
ing the money. The Implied duty in their
lease Is stronger than In the case of the
J Treasurer. If, then, the Legislature can
relievo the board from liability, why can
'it not relieve the Treasurer from the re
sponsibility of receiving state funds? The
Iramers of the constitution did not Intend
that in either case the officials should
be relieved from any liability that was
!tne necessary cpnsequence of the duties
'pi-escribed. The framers of the constitu
tion realized the Importance of the school
funds, and, believing that hto people
would be careful in the selection of the
Governor, Secretary of State and State
Treasurer, they assigned to these officials
the sacred duty of caring for the school
'funds. That the Legislature intended to
Irelleve the board of responsibility there is
ittle doubt, but whether it had the power
.to do so Is questionable. If it had the
power, then it can also relieve the State
"Treasurer from responsibility, and thus
open the way for' other steals as big as
.that by "which the school funds were
robbed of $31,000.
EXPERTS "WILL NOT BE EMPLOYED
JDounty Official Will Probably Unite
in Checking: Up Books.
SALEM. Or.. June 7. Two men yester
"day applied to the Marlon County Court
for a job expertlng the books of the va
rious county officials, and wanted only ?25
a day for the work. The County Court
considered the matter, and, upon Investi
gation, concluded' that under the present
methods of conducting county affairs, the
work of examining the county books is
not ed difficult as to require the employ
ment of experts.
It is said thatJMarion County keeps a
more complete set of books than any other
county except Multnomah, and that under
the present system the County Court can
determine by a brief investigation the
exact amount of money" each official
should have 4n his hands. The clerk keeps
an account with both thet Sheriff and
Treasurer He debits the 'Sheriff with
the total amount.of the tax roll and cred
its him with each payment made to the
Treasurer. When the delinquent roll Is
made up th total of this roll will there
fore represent the difference between the
total of the tsCx. roll and the total of the
payments to the- Treasurer. The -Sheriff
keeps carbon copies ol all receipts Issued
by him, showing the page .and line In
the tax roll where the name of the tax
payer's amount of tax, etc., will be found.
When he pays money to the Treasurer he
takes 'duplicate recejpte,. one of which he
flies with the County Clerk. The Clerk
keeps an abstract of all warrants issued
upon the Treasurer, and when, these are
paid by the Treasurer they are returned
by the Clerk, and marked paid on the
abstract , With the exception of a lew
miscellaneous fees, the amount of which
can be readily ascertained, the Clerk's
books show the amount of money the
Treasurerhs reccivejd jnd paidour. The
Clerkrlssues all -receipts ufdupllcateflling
one copy, so that the County Court can
determine what amount of fees the olerk
has collected and paid to the Treasurer.
The proposal has been jmade that Just
before the expiration of the terms of of
fice of the present officials all the officers
unite in checking the books of each of
fice, thus saving: the county the expense
of employing experts. This plan will
probably be adopted.
SUEEPHERDER IS 3IISSIXG.
Foul PXar I" Feared Man Hn Not
Been Heard From lor a 'Week.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 7. A sheep
herder, who was working for Mr. Jacob
son, In the Magpie district, is missing,
and his friends fear foul play. He has
been gone for more than a week, and no
trace can be discovered -of him. A large
searching party was out looking for the
missing man Monday. His friends scout
the Idea of suicide, as he was young and
prosperous, and so lar as known, there
is no reason why he should desire to take
his own life. There Is over "$S00 due him
for wages. Mr. Jacobson found the sheep
near the camp the next day after the
young man disappeared.
Carnival Attraction.
The committee in charge of -ths JRcd
Men's carnival, vhlch is to take place on
the occasion of the meeting of the Bed
.Men's grand lodge here during the week
of July 23, bave decided on several feat
ures, among which are the following: An
Indian village, with -25 .Nez Perces men,
25 Umatilla maidens: Bed Men's parade
in costume, with -prizes for the best cos
tumed lodge and lodge furthest from
home; field day for high schools, baseball,
night parades, with Illuminated streets.
On the Jast day -there -will be a mardl
gras carnival, and at night a parade with
floats illustrative of Eastern Oregon in
dustries. DEATH OF MAJOR L. S. TESSON.
Medical Director oX the Department
of the Columbia.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 7. Major
Lewis fl. Tesson, medical director of the
Department of the Columbia, and Post
Surgeon of Vancouver Barracks, -died
here today from apoplexy. He had been
sick about a month. No arrangements
have been made for the funeral. The
remains may be taken to -St. Louis. 'De
ceased was 49 years old. He was born
in Missouri and joined the medical de
partment of the United States Army 26
years ago .t J3t. .Louis. He had served
at all of the Important army posts 4n the
United States. He had been medical
director of this -department since Juiy,
1900. He was one of the most popular
men in army circles here. A widow sur
vives him.
Old Resident of Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN, "Wash., June 7. Daniel
Morvant, an old and much respected
resident of this city, died today, aged 68
years. He leaves several married daugh
ters, one of whom is Mrs. N, L. Harrison,
of Berlin. Or.
Brother Sues Him for $21 46 50.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 7. Harvey
H. Grldley commenced an action in the
Superior Court yesterday against Frederic
C Grldley to recover J2146 50. Of this
amount SG46 0 Is alleged to be due the
plaintiff as the purchase price of certain
real property, situated in St. -Croix, Wis.,
Which the complainant -alleges the de
fendant sold as agent for the plaintiff n
1S92 and has since neglected and refused
to turn over the proceeds to the plaintiff.
The sum of 31500 is alleged to be due as
reasonable compensation for plaintiff for
the board and lodging of the defendant
and wife for a period of 75 months. The
case is likely to attract considerable in
terest on 'account of the prominence of
the parties, who are brothers, and other
circumstances surrounding the case.
Harry H. Grldley is an old and re
spected resident of this place.
Merj&l Cjrapade Not Improbable
PENDLETON, Or., Jiwve t. Henry
Brauer was .convicted yesterday in the
Circuit Court of- larceny Jfrom ihe perafon.
His attorneys have filed .motice that they
will ask for a new trial. It ,1s not im
probable that this case will stir up con
siderable of a moral crusade against gam
bling. At any rate, it will probably cause
some prosecution against men who are
conducting games in Pendleton.
Brauer was arrested two weeks ago
for going into a gambling place and tak
ing $18 from the roulette bank roll. He
had played and lost. He does not deny
that he took the money, but sets up the
plea that gambling is illegal, and that the
money on the roulette table was not legal
ly the property of the man running the
game, and that, since he had Jost his
money there, he was entitled to take It
back.
Eugene Brevities.
EUGENE, Or., June 7. The house occu
pied by A. M. Simon, just across the
river from Eugene, on the Linton place.
has been placed under quarantine on ac
count of smallpox.
The regular annual inspection of the
regimental band and Companies A and C, l
of the Fourth Regiment, O. N. G., took
place last night. Colonel James Jackson
officiating. Colonel Jackson highly com
plimented the militiamen on their soldier
ly bearing, prompt and accurate response
to commands, and general efficiency.
Corrallls Wants Bandar Train.
CORVALLIS, June 7. Petitions are In
circulation here asking the Southern Pa
cific to establish a Sunday train service
between Portland and Corvallis. over the
West Side. About 250 signatures have
been secured and many additional names
are expected.
Snit Aa-alnst City of Lebanon.
ALBANY, June 7. A complaint was filed
In the Circuit Court today in the case
of Mary A. Irwin va. the City of Lebanon,
In which $3200 damages is asked, on ac
count of injuries received from falling
through a defective sidewalk several
weeks ago.
Orea-on Notes,
Beaverton is planning a Fourth of July
celebration.
The Washington County Court has ac
cepted the Woolly bridge from the con
tractors, and has paid him $344.
The receipts of the Baker City Police
Court last month amounted to $3482 50.
Gambling fines amounted to $2000. The
City Treasurer had on hand June I the
sum Of $8368 68.
Ten clips of wool stored in the Shanlko
warehouse have been sold lately at prices
ranging from H cents to 1V$ cents. Sev
eral other clips not yet in have been con
tracted for at the same prices.
Several men were seen last Sunday dy
namiting fish in a hole on Deep Creek,
says the Shanlko Leader. They had their
trouble for their pains, for, being discov
ered just as the shot was fired, they had
to flee In order to avoid having their
Identity disclosed.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cobb crossed the
Cascade Mountains by the Santiam route
about 10 days ago. They found snow for
W miles, and it averaged about five feet
deep. At times they had 12 horses hitched
to one wagon. It took them four days to
cross the summit. They tried the Mc
Kenzle route! but failed.
Three eight-horse wagons were loridecj
at Sumpter several days ago with 20,000
pounds of ore from the Badger mine, in
Susanvllle district, for shipment to the
Selby smelter at San Francisco. The
three teams, on their return trip to the
Badger, hauled out about 6000 pounds
each of groceries, provisions, blasting
powder, fuse. Iron and general mining
supplies. The Sumpter Transportation
Company has a contract to haul not less
than 100,000 pounds monthly of pre from
the Badger to the railroad for shipment
to the smelter. Hereafter the ore will
be delivered at Whitney, and the mine
people expect to Increase these shipments
to 500 tons per month before Fall, accord
ing to a Sumpter paper.
,000 SALE OF WOOL
MADE
BY BAKER CITY MAN
.EASTERN DEAIiEEtS.
TO
Fiernre Paid "Warn O 1-2 Cents Per
Poand Deal Breaks Proposed .
"WoolKrowera Combine.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 7. S. A. Heil
ner, of this city, sold all of bis wool to
day, which he bought last year and this,,
over 500 sacks, or about 175,000 pounds,
at a figure which averaged VA cents per
pounds. This Is the largest single sale
of wool ever made In Eastern Oregon.
This deal breaks the proposed woolgrow
ers' combine, which It was proposed to
form at a meeting of the growers of
Eastern Oregon to be held here early in
July. Mr. Hellner, being the largest hold
er of wool In this section, his participa
tion was necessary to make the combine
successful. The wool was sold to "Eastern
dealers.
FARMERS' MEETING.
The
Successful Agriculturist
Maui
Have Set Plans.
JUNCTION CITY, June 7. The farmers'
meeting held here Wednesday was ad
dressed by C. L. Smith, who Is In the em
ploy of the Southern Pacific Company.
Mr. Smith is trying to Interest the farmers
of the Willamette Valley In improved
methods of farming. Mr. Smith isald in
part:
"So far as the railroad company is con
cerned, this is purely a matter of busi
ness. It realizes even more forcibly than
the farmers that the pioneer methods of
farming are unsatisfactory and unprofit
able; that the future .prosperity of this
beautiful and fertile valley depends upon
a more intelligent handling of the soil,
more and better stock, better care of the
stock, more use of barnyard .manure, and
rotatjon of crops with clover, corn and
vetches to furnish more and better feed
for hogs and cattle. Tbat diversified
farming will bring prosperity to the far
mers is not a theory with the business
men and the transportation companies it '
is a demonstrated fact."
Mr. Smith briefly told how dairying and
divershlod farming had supplanted wheat
farming in Southern Minnesota, changing
tho condition of the farmers from poverty
to prosperity; from a credit business to a
cash basis, thereby more than doubling
the income of the farmer and making
more profitable the business of the mer
chant, the banker, the professional man,
and the railroad companies. He also cited
numerous successful farmers he had met
in the Valley, who, with good cows, sheep,
hogs and poultry, were making money
-easily and rapidly. They had silos, grew
successful crops of corn, clover and vetch
es; their farms -were highly cultivated,
.fences and outbuildings in good repair;
their cows went to pasture sleek and
thrifty instead of "Spring poor." When
it stormed, the cows were kept in the
barn instead of wandering over the fields,
wasting butter fat and spoiling the land.
If the less prosperous neighbors of these
successful farmers would trust less to
luck, and keep more careful accounts, and
do more thinking, they could soon revolu
tionize conditions on the farm.
Following the address a very interesting '
and profitable hour was spent In asking
and answering questions and discussing
various topics, regarding the farm and
dairy. In reply to the query whether a
farmer with only eight or 10 cows could
afford to buy a cream separator, Mr.
Smith said:
"Any farmer with half a dozen well-cared-for
cows would Jlnd -that the In
creased value of the warm skimmed milk '
for feeding calves and pigs -would, pay
big interest on the cost of a $100 -sepa-rator.'
Another important "eohslaexa,tIon is that
wnen a man bejrlns to, Jged, nlcei warm..
sweeiannit xo ijjacaives a.np pjgs iivgjyes j
development, an( naturally leads to im
provement in care and breeding. Each
step in the line pf improvement leads to
the next, and once started in the right di
rection, continued progress Is easy and
natural. The use of the separator econ
omizes labor, relieves the farmer's wife
of much hard work, saves butter fat and
secures a much better quality of cream.
"But," said one man, "what can a poor
man do who hasn't the money to buy a i
separator?"
Mr. Smith replied: "Any farmer can
buy a separator on tune, and pay for it J
1 In small payments, taking a little out of J
the cream check each month. The in-
ereased quantity and price often make
the cost of the separator clear profit the jj
first year.
"Would you advise us to all quite farm- j
the audience.
"Most positively no," said Mr. 5mlth.
"Never jump into anything; take it up
step by step, gradually increasing your
herd of cows. Weigh and test the milk,
sore out the poorest and send them to
the butcher. Study how to select a good
cow and how to care for her. Grow
more feed to the acre, thus keeping more
stock on less land; rotate your crops; keep
one-fourth to one-fifth of the farm in
wheat, growing wheat on the same field
but once in four or five years, and then
get a profitable crop. Raise oats and bar
ley; keep a few sheep and at least 100
hens; raise three or four pigs for each
cow kept on the farm; feed them well
and sell them when they are six months
old. Have some good brood sows and
breed them twice a year; If they prove
good mothers, keep them till they ar
7 or S years old; have something to sell
all the time. Go strongest In the line
J that suits your fancy. Taste and enthu
siasm are important factors to success, s
The address and discussion stirred Up
those present and set them to thinking,
which will no doubt increae the interest
in dairying and stoekralsing. Some of the
most 'successful and progressive farmers
in this vicinity were present, and took a
lively Interest in each topic brought up.
Tho local creamery, which is conducted
on the gathered-cream system, paid out
$1100 for cream in May, and is steadily in
creasing its output.
LAYING IN WOOD EARLY.
PrnnenroTverp, However, Are Paying;
Fancy Price to-Get Jt Cut.
SALEM, Or., June 7. The prunegrowers
in the Red Hills country are losing no
time In making provision for their fuel
for drying this year's crop of fruit. The
wood speculators had bought up nearly all
the cut wood, so the fruitgrowers found It
necessary to put choppers in tho timber
and get out wood for themselves, so as
not to be forced to buy Just before the
curing season begins.
Charles Baker, of the Liberty neighbor
hood, says that growers are paying as
high as fl 25 per cord.for having wood
cut- This is a high price as choppers
usually receive but 80 cents per cord. A
man can cut two cords a day. There Is
no scarcity pf standing timber in the Red
Hills, but the choppers are few, and at
this season men prefer other work.
NEW WHEAT DISEASE.
College Professor Will Visit Fields
to Study l
CORVALLIS, June 7. Samples of in
fected yheat taken from, fields of grow
ing grain have been received at the ex
periment station of the State Agricul
tural College for Investigation. One
comes from a field near Lebanon, and
another from a field on the Joseph Lane
donation claim a mile northwest of Hal
sey. In each Instance the phenomena are
Identical. The roots are rotting and a sim
ilar decay extends as far up the stem as
the first Joint. The decay is so advanced
that a gentle pull detaches the stalk
from the root. Farmers from the vj-
elnlfy of Peoria report similar condl-
tlon in tkaf vicinity.' One of the sam-.
pies sent in for Investigation came from
wet and the .other from dry land-. Tij
station authorities have not yet ilx6d the
character of the disease, nor determined
how serious It might become. " Professor
Oordley is shortly to visit the infected
fields.
WOOL SALES AT PENDLETON.
Nearly Half a Million Poands .Have
Ckaaarcd'Hand ia -a Week.
PENDLETON, Or., June 7. Nearly half
a million pounds of wool have been sold
here in the past -week. Prices have
ranged from 8 to 10 cents per pound.
Probably 75 per cent of the total was
of the more valuable quality. Every
warehouse in this town is filled, and wool
continues to pour In from various points
in Eastern Oregon, Washington and
Northern Idaho. It is agreed that the
quality of the wool this year Is first
class. The fibre is even, and the staple
long, this being due to the excellent
weather conditions that hive prevailed
during the growing season, as well as
to the tine food available for the sheep.
The Indications are that the amount of
wool handled here this year will exceed
that of any previous year. Already about
4,000,000 pounds have been bought by the
buyers who operate here, and the season
for buying has hardly opened. Immense
quantities of wool are yet to be disposed
of In the region tributary to Pendleton,
a large portion of which will come here.
The scouring mill house and the Furnish
warehouse are putting on extr, "forces
of men to handle the volume that Is pour
ing Jn upon'them.
Report at Damage by Frost Corect.
Later information from the surrounding
country proves that the first reports of
damage by the frost of Tuesday night
were correct. Garden truck in many lo
calities was killed outright, while in
every place it was it least Injured. Small
fruits were kill led. too, the late straw
berry crop- near Weston being ruined.
It Is not believed that wheat was dam
aged to any extent.
FROST KILLED MUCH FRUIT.
Crop In Several Baker County Dis
tricts May Be Complete Failares.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 7. The cold
wave which swept over Eastern Oregon
this rreek did great damage to fruit and
vegetables. From the Burnt River and
Eagle Valley districts, where the best
fruit and vegetables In the state are
grown, the report comes, that the greater
part. If not all, the fruit is destroyed, and
that most of the garden produce Is ruined.
In some places the temperature was as
low as 'SS above .zero Tuesday night. In
Baker City 'the Weatheru Bureau ther
mometer registered 29 degrees, and some
thermometers went down as low as 24
dgrees above aero. The entire fruit crop
In this city andimmedlate vicinity Is said
to have been killed.
Firt Combined Hnrvciiter in County.
THE DALLES, June 7.-3bhnston Bros.,
who own large farms near Dufur,
have shipped the first combined harvester
into Wasco County, to be used on their
ranches. This machine, which arrived
here today, cuts, threshes, and sacks the
grain in the field, and Is propelled by 32
horses. If this venture proves success
ful In the Dufur neighborhood, there will
be a number of others purchased.
Crops Not Aectcd by ColdSpeii.
DALLAS, June 7. No 'damage to fruit
or vegetables has been done by the cold
spell of the last two days. Hop. train
ing had to be suspended several days
on account of the cold snap. Hops are in
good condition. m Prunes and other fruit
promise a full crop. Small fruit of alii
"kinds will be a full croo.
MANY INDICATIONS O.F ORE. ,
Xert ef Six jgxejrt ' LanU in
DeaJrlM Caty. '
BOeEBCGj cf Jfn&37i:JEfe. TJmp-J
squa Valley OtlCoa-patiyhas ariade pufelfc
uui uiwc ui lib r v urn. ul xwi. past tew
days, but the cfScers have been active
nevertheless. They have secured cooirol
of about 30,000 acres of land, almost every
acre of which has been pronounced by six
experts to be rlcn in the promise of big
yields of oil. The opinion of one of these
experts is as follows:
"I ihave been in every oilfield of note
on the Pacific Coast, but have seen no
place where the Indications of oil were so
numerous and promising as In this tract
of land,," referring to one body of about
5000 acres, recently bonded by the com
pany. Overtures have bqgn made several times
by outside Wlrms to get the company to
turn over "the stock, guaranteeing to put
it on the market at an early date, but,
since it Is strictly a home company, insti
tuted and promoted by Douglas County
men, these offers have been declined.
Stock is selling rapidly, nearly enough
having been sold to enable the company
to begin active and extensive operations
at once.
'V
Habit of Social
"Wasps.
L. O Howard, 3ovrnment entomolo
gist, contributes an Interesting article,
illustrated, on the social economy of
the wap family, in THE SUNDAY
ORECJONIAN, TOMORbW.
Quotations aa Mining Stacks.
SPOKAKE, June T. The closing bias
mining' stoeko today were as 'follow:
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Iron Mask .. ...
L P,-Surprle Oft
Mta. Lion ..0ft
Morn. Glory. 3
SAN FRANCISCO. June 7. The official, jtlos
lng quotations t&v mining slocks today Mere
as follows:,
Alpha Con.,.....$0 03Mexlcan 40 14
Belcher USiOccidental Con... 01
Bent & Belcher., lMOphlr :... 00
Caledonia .,..,. 40Overman 25
Challenge Con .. lDiPotosl 11
Chollar OJJSarage 07
Conndence , tSOJSlerra Nevada... ZA
Con. Ca4. & Va. 2 30;6Hyer Hill ' 29
Crown Point .... o8Standard 8.U5
Gould & Currle.x OOlUnlon Con. ...... 17
Hale & NorcrosB v 21 tltab Con 04
Jyttlca P3Yllo Jacket... H
BOSTON, June 7r-ClosIng quotations:
Adams Con 0 15 JLittle Chief ...$0 13
Allee 41 lOntarlo 7 75
Breece 1 60 Oph.lr JDO
Brunswick Con. 17 IPhoeulx in
Com. Tunnel . OOVilFotosi oh
Con. Cal. & Vo. 2 25 I8aage 00
Deadw'd Terra 50"
Horn Silver.. -. 1 15
Iron SlUer.,., 60
Leadllle CAn.. 05
Slrra Nevada.. 00
Small Hopea... t 45
Standard 3 70
NEW YORK, June T. Closlnsr quotations:
Adventurs ....$ 17 75IHuT.boldt f 25 00
Bins. Mlnln.. 23 25jOroeoIa 8a 00
Amalsranurtea . jio 6pj Parrot! -. 54 00
Atlantic 33 OOlQulncy J70 00
B. & M 110 00 Santa Fe Copper' 7 00
B. A- B ....... 110 QOiTADiaxaek ...'.I 330 00
Calumet ....,..v25 OOlUtah Mining-... 30 00
Centennial ....iSO 00 Winona .. 2 50
Franklin '. 10 oOjWolverfnes . . . 50 SO
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Kctv Cyanide Leeching Plant.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 7. The foun
dation for a cyanide leeching plant was
laid yesterday at the'' old custom mill,
near this city. The new plant will treat
a class of ore that cannot be treated in
a Btamp mill. It Is also the intention to
treat some of the tailings that have
passed through the stamp (.mills.
Louls RenJnger, of'Marcla. was ren
dered unconscious Thursday' at .Eugcpe
by a fall from a wagon. He wa&. unload
ing wood, and his horses -becani frlght-
j ened and" ran away,
ADVERSE TO PROPOSITION
REPORT OF .NAVAL BOARD ON
LAICE WASHINGTON CANAL.
Either It or the Fngct Sound, Naval
Station Would Have to Be Aban
doned -in the End.
WASHINGTON, June 7. The Naval
Board appointed under the terms of an
act of Congress, to examine into the ad
vantges of Lakes Union and "VVashington
in the State of Washington, near Seat
tle, as fresh water basins for laying up
naval vessels, has made art adverse ,rc-.
port upon the proposition. The majority,
composed of Captain Thomas Perry, se
nior member; Lieutenant-Commanders G.,
H. Peters and A. B. Willets.and Ensign
Record, find" In substance, after careful J
examinations, that, having in view me
best interest and welfare of the Navy, a
fresh water basin, in -this location separ
ated by some distance from the navaL
station on Puget Sound, would be ex
pensive to maintain, and in the end, one
or the other would have to be aban
doned. The minority of the .board, composed of
Captain W B. BurrlU and Naval Con
structor Frank H. Hlbbs, made a, strong
plea In favor of the proposed naval basin,
and discuss at some length the engineer
ing1 work which would be required to carry
out the project.
SPECIAL MARK OF RESPECT.
Militiamen Will Wear Mourning for
Colonel "Welncrnbnrprcr.
OLYMPIA, June 7. The following gen
eral order was Issued today by Adjutant
General Drain, of the Washington, Na
tional Guard:
"Announcement is made of the death,
June 5, 1901, at bis home in Whatcom, of
Colonel J. J. Weleenburger, commanding"
officer of the First Infantry. Colonel
Welsenburger was mustered Into the
National Guard of the State of Washing
ton, September 17, 1890, as Captain of
Company F, First Infantry. He was
pronioted to be Major October 29. 1S93. He
was mustered into the service of the
United States as Major of the FIret
Washington Volunteer Infantry, May 3,
1S9S. He served with honor and 'distinc
tion until the muster out of 'that regi
ment. He was on detached service com
manding a battalion of picked men in the
Calamba expedition. He Commanded a
battalion of scouts at Santa Cruz; was
brigade commander on the Laguna de
Bay expedition, comprising two battalions
of the Fourteenth United States Infantry,
one battalion of the First Idaho Infantry
Unlte'd States Volunteers, one squadron
of the Fourth United States Cavalry, one
battalion of the North Dakota Infantry,
United States Volunteers, one battalion
of the United States Volunteer Sharp
shooters and Hawthorne's Mountain Bat
tery. Immediately after the muster out
of the FIret Washington Volunteer In
fantry, -he was commissioned Colonel of
the National Guard of Washington and
assigned to the command of the First
Begiment.
"As a soldier he not only commanded
the respect of his equals and superiors,
but he was loved and esteemed by every
man who served under. him. As a man,
all who met him recognized him as jl
noble gentleman. His urbanity and kind
ness toward all with whom he came In
contact and his unselfishness and fear
lessness were marked characteristics. His
careful and conscientious performance of
every duty with which he was charged,
no matter how disagreeable or hazardous,
was an example to all. As a special
mark of respect. to his memory, all olll
cers. will wear the customary badge of
mourning for p. period of SO days. In ail
armories of companies belonging to his
reglmenthfei-last'Order will be dW in
crape for the same, period.- ,
"By ordef of the Commander-in-Chief,
. i' . "JAMES Al' DRATNf '
-' ' 'Adjutant-General:'
CLAIM AGAINST SPAIN.
Brother of One of Victims of Maine
Aslcs for $20,000 Dnmngres.
DAVENPORT, Wash., June 7. E. H.
Paige, the photographer, has filed a claim
of $20,000 against the Government of Spain
for the death of his brother, Frederick
Paige, who was one of the victims of the
J ill-fated battle-ship Maine. Mr. Paige's
brother was 24 years old at the time ox
his death, and was the recipient, of a
number of medals from the United States
for fine marksmanship and bravery.
" DECISION EXPECTED TODAY.
SHpreme Court Has Capital Punish
ment haw Under Consideration.
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 7. Attorneys
Bates, of Tacoma, and Preston, of Seattle,
appeared before the Supreme Court today
in support,of a motion for-a writ of man
date to compel Judge Snell, of Tacoma,
to sentence Murderer Boyce, under the
old capital punishment law, to be hanged
by the Sheriff of- Pierce County upon a
day to be fixed by the lower court. Attorney-General
Stratton, as an attorney,
and not In his official capacity, looked
after the interests of Judge Snell at the
hearing, during which all matters per
taining to the Rand law, as regards Its
constitutionality, wero thoroughly dis
cussed. The court took the matter under
advisement.
It Is the nope of the attorneys for tho
writ that the Supreme Court will hold
that all cf the Rand act is unconstitution
al, and that therefore it does not repeal
the old capital punishment law, now in
force In this state, and that consequently
the old law only will be operative now
or for the future. It is said a precedent
of a similar holding by Jhe California
Supreme Court, which was cited, if fol
lowed, would obviate all difficulties" con
nected with' the' punishment of those now
or hereafter to be convicted of a capital
crime. It is expected that a decision will
be announced tomorrow', as it would seem
jggf
The Hollywood, Asbury Park, N. J., Feb. 3, 1900.
I read your advertisement in regard to Wine of Cardui in the Baltimore American, and
it so favorably Impressed me that on my visit to Baltimore during the holidays I purchased a bottle of it for my
adopted daughter, who was suffering with female troubles. She had been under the doctor's care for some tlm,
and when her periods would come on her suffertat was something terrible. 1 induced her to try it and the first
dose brought on herihtnses. She took it regularly according (o the directions, and was greatly relieed. To ust.
her own words; It saved ray life ". J. WESLEY CROSS.
For advice and literatureaddreaa, giving symptoms, "Tho Ladies' Advisory
Department,1' Tho Chattanooga Medicine Company, Chattanooga, Tonn.
tha.t is the" latest "period at which the
members pf the Legislature could be no
tified by the Governor of a special ses
sion to convene on June 11 or 12, and be
In time to repeal the old law prior to its
taking effect, provided the holding of tne
Supreme Court does not Invalidate the
Rand law. Governor Rogers will, it Is
believed, await the outcome of the pro
ceedings now pending in the Supreme
Court before taking any action looking
toward a call for a reassembling of the
State Legislature.
Ccntralia Will Celebrate.
CENTRALIA. Wash., June 7. Centralla
..... w.Cu.otw ... uu. ... .. "-
Interest Is belntr taken In the celebration.
and the committee which is soliciting
funds is meeting with gdod success.
Appointment for Seattle Man.
WASHINGTON. June 7. Theodore M.
Holland, of Seattle, has been appointed
copyist in the General Land Olfice In this
city at a salary of ?SO0 per car.
Washington Notes.
The faculty of Whitman College have
passed a stringent set of rules to govern
athletics at that college, the object being
to guard against any taint of profession
alism, toward which the athletes of the
college appear to be drifting.
Papers have been signed which Insure
the location of a glass factory In What
com County, presumably at Sumas. L. S.
De Laplaine. acting-for a Pittsburg syn
dicate, composed principally of the imme
diate members of bis family, Wednesday
attached his signature to a contract for
the purchase of the vast glass quartz de
posit near Sumas, which contract binds
him to commence work on the erection of
a glass factory prior to October next.
Mayor Byrne, of Spokane, has refused
to withdraw the nomination of John P.
Judson as corporation counsel, and de
clares that the office will remain vacant
until the Council confirms tfie appoint-
ment. He asserts that the opposition
to Judson is political spite work and
brands the accusations brought against
him as wild and empty assertions. Mr.
juusjii jxuecis uuiieis in a. lew uaja
which will completely sustain his good B" " 'c";t'i' Ui. l,lc,B -reputation
i ence in treating temale ills.
At the 'Shingle Weavers' convention, j , "Iwas swfferinff to such an extent
held at the Everett Wednesday, the fol- ' from ovarian trouble that my pnysi
lowlng scale of wages was decided upon: "an thought an operation would be
Double-block sawyers and filers, $4 per
day, or 4 cents per thousand for the
cut of the mill; 10-block sawyers, H pr
day; 10-block fliers, J4 per day with as
slstant or o without
; slngleblock saw-
5a-nl2L?liler:
yers, 5 cents per thousand
hand machine sawyers, 7 cents per thous.
and; sawyers" on upright machines, -with
springboards, 13 cents per thousand; with
Jointers, 9 cents: knee bolters, $2 per day;
drag sawyers, l 75; Jointers, 6 cents per
thousand.
CONTEST OVER HOT SPRINGS.
Settler Seeks to Hold Land in the
Catcade Forest Reserve.
OREGON CITY, Or., June 7. The testi
mony in the contest of a homestead lo
cated in the forest reserve by Claude
Mansfield was completed In the local
Land Office today. Mansfield claimed a
residence on a quarter section which- In
cludes .the Breltenbush hot mineral
springs in Marion County, near tho line of
the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad. He
claimed to have made this place his home
from a period dating prior to the settlrg
apart of the Cascade forest reserve, and
when the survey of the lands was com
pleted a few weeks ago Mansfield filed his
L location, also notice of final homestead
proof. A contest was brought by a. M.
Ormsby, superintendent of the forest re
serve. A portion of the testimony con
sisted of a mineral claim notice filed on
the springs about three year3 ago by C,
Sullivan.
The contestants allege that
Mansfield did not havea continuous rest
dence on the property In question. The
springs are said fo be valuable property
?n account o being situated near -the
allroad. ' '
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REMOVAL AUTHORIZED.
Indian Agency headquarters at Col
vllle Will Be Changed.
WASHINGTON. June 7. Major A. L.
Anderson, agent at Colville, Wash., left
for home today. Before leaving he se
cured an order authorizing the removal
of agency quarters across the river to
the Fort Spokane School, where they will
occupy a portion of the old fort. This
action was taken because of the immense
business wh,lch Is being transacted be
tween the agency and school, and Is In
tended to" avoid the dangerous crossing of
tho Spokane River.
Will Open Supply Bid for A-cncIct.
The assistant Indian Commissioner left
today for San Francisco, where he will
BEWARE
OP IMITATIONS.
This signature Is on every bottlo
JOHN DUNCAN'S SONS, Aeecte. N. Y.
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IT WAS BEFORE THE DAY OF
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NEVER
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Many beautiful .girls become invalids for
Of puDeny iney pay no auenuun iu uie im ui utuwi. imumiu muum !"
their daughters' health by giving them necessary information and proper treat
ment. When the menses come on a girl unawares in -her. inexperience she is
either frightened into convulsions or scared into trying to check the flow. Many
girls have checked the flow and it has never started again. And as a result they
have grown paiefaced, With "crow tracks" on their cheeks, and dark half-moons
under their eyes. A dose of
. WINECA!iMJI
taken every morning after a jgiri is twelve years old will bring the menses on
properly and keep them regular. wilt help Tier to-develop into an attractive
woman and equip her for the duties of wifehood and motherhood. All
druggists sell $1.00 bottles of Wine of Cardui.
f&
A dull. Ihrobbing- pain, accompanied
by a sense of tenderness and heat low
uown in the side, with an occasional
bhoot'ng pain, indicates inflammation.
On examination it will be found that
. th rpirinn nf nvA-n dirvwc cnmi. ctoaII.
i injr. 'jjhis is the first stage of ovaritis,
I inflammation of the ovary. If the roof
of vour house leaks, my sifter, you have
it fixed at once ; why not pay the same
respeci 10 your own ooay :
. .. .jLi
iou need not, you oucht not to let
yourself go, when one of your own. sex
Mes. Axxa Astox.
holds out the helping hand to you, and
will advise you without monev and
without price. Sirs. Pinkham's labora
tory is at Lynn. Mass. Write a letter
there telling all your symptoms and
. ., , c. . i-u . ,t
necessr.ry.
"Lydin E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound having been recommended to
. Eevernl bottles I found that I was
! cured. Mv entire system was toned
up, and I suffered no more with my
ovaries." Mbs. Axxa AcTOX.Troy. Mo.
open bids and award contracts for fur
nishing supplies to nil Indian schools and
agencies of the Pacific Coast States.
Ordered to Fort Stevens.
WASHINGTON, June ". Lieutenant
Colonel J. S. W. Jacobs, Quartermaster at
Vancouver Barracks, has been ordered to
Fort Stevens, Or., to relieve Captain
j Thomas Downs, of his special duties In
connection wun.ine construction ot pub
lic buildings at Fort Stevens. Upon the
completion of this duty. Colonel Jacobs
will return to Vancouver Barracks. Cap
tain Downs, who is a volunteer ofilcer.
Is to be mustered out shortly.
"War Claim of Orejjon.
WASHINGTON, June 7. A statement
given out by the War Department today
shows that all but 57377 of the claim of
Oregon of 310,25S, for outfitting her volun
teers during the Spanish War, has been
paid. But ?U95 has jet been allowed
Wnchlnftnn nn n nlntm nmmtntlncr in lift-
VfnUe Idaho nas secured aU DUt $1550
of her claim for ?20,1S3.
New Oregon I'oatninsters.
WASHINGTON, June. 7. The following
Oregon Postmasters- T&rere- appolirtsS3"
day: -
A. H. Henson, Galesvllle, vice Grant"
Levens, resigned; Sarah Schloeman, at
Oak Creek, vice August Schloeman, re
signed. '
Epidemic of Diphtheria.
ASTORIA, Or.. June 7. There Is quite
an epidemic of diphtheria at Svensen, in
this county. Several children have died of
the disease, and a number more are se
rlously 111 with It.
PoMtmnsters' Salnrle to Be Changed.
WASHINGTON, June 7. The following
changes will be made In the salaries of
Oregon Postmasters:
Albany. $2000 to $2100; Tillamook, 51000 to
511C0; Prlnevllle. $1200 to $1100.
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Soups and Gravies.
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