THE OkNINS OREGONIAK, SATUEDiLY, MARCH "1902.
LIEN FIXED FIRST
State Decides on Arid-Land
Reclamation Contract
WILL EMPLOY CIVIL ENGINEER
He "Will Also Determine Charge for
Irrigation Applications to Ira-, '
prove Over 250,000 Acres in
Oregon Xow on Flic.
If
The State Land Board has decided
upon a form of contract tor the recla
mation of arid lands that Is expected to
be acceptable to all concerned. The
state Is to make the estimate of the
cost o. the reclamation 'works, thus
governing the amount of the Hen to be
established under the contract, and for
this purpose will appoint an engineer to
act for the state. The applicants. It is
understood. Interpose no objection to
this course. They have contended that
the estimates of cost must be adopted
in the beginning:, or it -would be Im
possible to finance the enterprises, and
this seems to be provided for now. The
estimate of cost will, be made in ad
vance, so there can be no future quib
ble about the amount of the lien, and
it is to be made by a representative of
the state, and not left to the unques
tioned estimates of the applicants. Ap
plications to reclaim more than 250,000
acres of arid land are now on file in
the State Land Office, most of it being;
in the Deschutes Valley.
SALEM, Or., Feb. 28. The State Land
iBoard today reached a final decision In
regard to the form of contract that will
toe made with Irrigation companies for the
reclamation of arid lands. TJhe form
adopted Is expected to meet the approval
of the several concerns which have been
seeking contracts. In brief, the board
2ias decided that it will give an applicant
a contract for the reclamation of arid
land at a price to be estimated by a civil
engineer appointed by the State Land
Board. This price will be the amount
due the reclamation company, and the
amount for which the company will have
a lien upon the land. The state engineer
will also fix the rate the company may
charge per year for use of water by
Bettlers upon reclaimed land.
The State Land Board has reached this
decision after consulting with a number of
well-known attorneys in this state. A
difference of opinion has existed concern
ing the proper interpretation of the law,
end this difference has caused the delay.
The attornejs for the Irrigation com
panies urged immediate action, upon the
ground that development of the arid
regions In Eastern Oregon is belns de
layed. The board took the position that
while it felt a desire to promote the
development of Eastern Oregon, it must
follow the law strictly, and hence re
fused to yield to the demands of the ap
plicants until the advice of attorneys had
been obtained.
Lavr Is Inconsistent.
The principal difference of opinion was
in regard to the agreement that should
be made governing the amount due the
company for its work of reclamation. The
arid land law passed by the last Legis
lature is inconsistent in Important partic
ulars. Section 2 provides that the State
Land Board is authorized to enter into
contracts for the reclamation of arid
lands, and to create liens, which, when
created, "shall be valid against the land
reclaimed, for the actual and necessary
expense of reclamation, and reasonable in
terest thereon from the date of reclama
tion until said Hen shall have been, satis
fled." In section 4 it is provided that the
State Land Board shall, by the contract,
"fix the amount due the person or cor
poration for the reclamation, of said land,
and the annual charge for the mainte
nance of the irrigation system, and create
a lien which shall be valid on and against
the land reclaimed for the amount due,
as agreed upon, and interest thereon at
the rate of 6 per cent per annum from,
the date of reclamation, until said lien
shall have been satisfied."
Under these two conflicting provisions
the board at first took the view that
the amount duo should be the actual
cost of reclamation, which could be de
termined only after the work has been
completed. The applicants for contracts,
on the other hand, contended that the
board must fix the amount due in the
contract and for this amount the com
pany should have a Hen. though the actual
cost may prove to be greater or less.
Provisions of Contract.
The board has been advised by Its at
torneys that the amount due should be
fixed in the contract, and that in de
termining this amount the board may
adopt such means as it may deem best.
Contracts wjll therefore be drawn accord
lng to this view.' Applicants will be re-
Quired to furnish' the State Land Board
with maps and plans and specifications of
I 1- A. ft. 4-- 1 I
ftorit uia.i win dc . necessary in or
der to reclaim the land. The board will
submit the plans to an engineer appoint
ed by the board, and wiU require him to
furnish an estimate of the cost of con
structing the ditches, flumes, etc., and
also the annual charge per aero which
should be allowed for the maintenance of
the irrigation system. The compensation
of this engineer must be paid by the ap
plicant for a contract. All the expenses
of reclaiming the land and securing title
thereto must be paid by the company re
claiming the land, and the company must
look to settlers who wish to purchase
land for repayment of the cost of reclam
ation. The arid land law has for its object the
acceptance of a donation of 1,009,000 acres
of arid land from the United States. The
Carey act provides that Oregon may se
cure title t6 that amount of land by hav
ing It reclaimed, and that settlers may
then secure title to it from the state by
paying the actual cost of reclamation,
with Interest. The state could not un
dertake to reclaim land, for such an un
dertaking would soon bankrupt It, and
the arid land law was passed In order to
encourage private concerns to undertake
the enterprise.
Seminary of Arid Land Lavr.
The law provides, in brief, that any per
son who desires to reclaim arid land shall
make application therefor to the State
Land Board, submitting at the same time
maps and plans of the proposed Irrigation
system. The application must also con
tain an estimate of the cost of construct
ing the irrigation system, and the annual
cost of mantenance. The Land Board
then makes a contract with the applicant
for the reclamation of the land, and the
State Land Board makes an application
to the Secretary of the Interior for a con
tract binding the United States to convey
the lands when reclaimed. The irrigation
company Is given full and exclusive pos
session of the land from the time the con
tract is made. The company must begin
work on its ditches within six months af
ter the contract shall be made with the
Secretary of the Interior, and by the end
of the first year 10 per cent of the neces
sary expenditures must be made, and
must complete the work within such rea
sonable time as may be fixed In the con
tract After land has been reclaimed, any
citizen of the United States may secure
title to 160 acres thereof by paying the
holder of the Hen the proportionate
amount due on the tract desired, provided
the State Land Board shall designate the
proportion of the amount of the entire
lien which the desired tract bears to the
whole tract subject to the Hen. The deed
to the land is to be executed by the State
Land Board and will be in the form of
a quit claim.
Mnny Applications on File.
Applications have been filed for con
tracts for the reclamation of a total of
more than 250.000 acres of arid land. Many
of these applications are from Individuals
or small associations of individuals who
desire to reclaim land for their own per
sonal use. The form of contract deter
mined upon today will be used in all
cases, with such minor variations as may
be necessary where individuals are seek
ing only ICO acres each.
The most Important application is that
of the Pilot Butte Development Company,
for a contract for. S6.000 acres on the Des
chutes River, In Crook County. The
company estimates the cost of reclamation
in that case at $10 per acre.
Races at Oakland.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28. Favorites
fared badly at Oakland today, only two of
them getting home In front. The weather
was fine, but the track was still heavy.
Ransch carried off the riding honors by
landing three winners. Jackson was first
twice. Sir Dougal was a pronounced fa
vorite for the first race, but after racing
with Edlnborough he stopped, and the
second choice won easily. Prestano, a 1-to-2
shot, was beaten by a neck by Killdoe
in the last event
The California Derby, at a mile and a
quarter, with a value of $3000, will be the
feature of the-programme tomorrow. Som
brero and Homestead, the Morris pair, will
be favorites. Corrlgan, Waterscratch and
Jingler will be the other starters. The
results:
Futurity course Edlnborough won. Sir
Dougal second. Loyal S. third; time, 1:19.
Seven furlongs, selling Phil Archibald
won, Legal Maxim second, Estado third;
time, 1:07.
Six furlongs, selling Foul Play won. El
Rey second, Ural third; time. 1:22.
Six and a half furlongs, selling Quiz II
won, Flamero second, Merops third; time,
1:2S.
Seven furlongs, selling Bragg won, Dun
blane second. Bard Burns third; time, 1:35.
Five and a half furlongs, selling Killdoe
won, Prestano second, Derby Winner
third; time, 1:15.
Races at Xetr Orleans.
NEW" ORLEANS, Feb. 28. The results:
Six furlongs Dr. Stephens won, Diffi
dence second. Ante Up third; time, 1:16.
Mile and an eighth, selling Afra won,
Prince Zcno second, Joe Collins third;
time, 16&
Six furlongs Masterful won. Judge Ma
gee second. Royal Sterling third; time, 1:15.
Six furlongs Lingo won, Amlgarla sec
ond. Balm of Gllead third; time, 1:1414,
Mile and an eighth, selling Deponan
won. Pay the Fiddler second. Little Lois
third; time, 0:554.
Six and a half furlongs Lofter won,
Echodale second, McWilliams third; time,,
1:21.
Association Football.
A practice Association football gam
by the Portlands will be played on the
Bishop Scott Academy field this after
noon at 3 o'clock. All members are asked
to be present. The cardinal Jerseys have
arrived.
FROM WEISER TO REDDING
SCHEME FOR. A XEW TRANSCOXTL
NENTAL RAILROAD.
Enrelca A Eastern to Connect the
Northern Pacific "With the Cali
fornia Seaport.
SALT LAKE, Feb. 23. A special to the
Herald from Chicago says:
Of the several schemes for a transcon
tinental railroad, one representing a cap
italization of 525.000,000. furnished by
Americans and Englishmen, is declared
by its promoters, to be most likely the
first In operation. Senator Clark, of Mon
tana, George H. Proctor, of New York,
and Lord Thurlow, of England, are the
active spirits in the enterprise and they
are being aided by J. J. Hill, E. H. Har
rlman and other capitalists.
The plan contemplates the building of a
connecting railroad from the Northern
Pacific In Idaho to the Pacific Ocean at
Eureka, Cal., a distance of 800 miles. Lord
Thurlow, who represents the English cap
italists interested, and Mr. Proctor are
now on their way to look over the route
that has been selected for the Eureka &
Eastern Railroad, as the connecting line
will be called. The Eureka & Eastern.
The event of the iseetlng will be the Mon
tana Derby, which will carry a purse of
51500, and will be run June 12. There will
be 10 other stake events, with purses rang
ing from $SO0 tp $1500. A list of the events
will bo compiled at once, and the entries
will be closed April 15.
SMALLPOX SCARE IS OVER.
Affairs Resume Normal Sway on Coos
Bay.
COQUILLE, Or., Feb. 25. (To the Edi
tor.) In The Oregonlan, February 23, Is
published a statement said to have been
made by a commercial man who had Just
returned from a visit to th!s counts. In
relation to the smallpox epidemic which
has been prevalent here.
We wish to say that the said commer-'
clal man has the utmost disregard for the
truth; or he did not take the trouble
to inform himself.
The public schools of this place have
been closed since December 21, 1901, with
the exception of one day's school in
January. All public gatherings of every
kind whatsoever have been prohibited
since the first of January, and all possible
precautions have been taken to prevent
the spread of the dread malady. All
houses containing persons having small
pox have been quarantined, and heavy
penalties attached to violations of these
rulea No person having the disease or
knowing themselves to have been exposed
to It have been allowed on the streets.
CALLED BY HIS ALMA MATER TO BE PROFESSOR
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A. A. Atkinson.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. FOREST
GROVE. Feb. 2S.r- Graduated by
Pacific University last year. A. A.
Atkinson today returned to accept
the chair of biology made vacant by
the resignation of Professor Albert
R. Swcetser, who has gone to the
State University to become profes
sor of biology, vice Professor F. L.
Washburn, resigned. Professor At
kinson is well qualified for his new
position. Since hla graduation he
has been pursuing special studies In
biology at the State University. In
appreciation of his scholarly attain
ments, he was granted a scholarship
at that institution. Professor At
kinson was prominent In all stu
dent affairs while at Pacific Uni
versity, and his return Is especially
pleasing to the students.
tmm
will connect at Redding, Cal., with the
Southern Pacific and with the Oregon
Short Line at Weiser, Idaho. James J.
Hill is now building an arm of the North
ern Pacific toward Weiser. A southeast
ern branch will extend to Wadsworth,
Nev., uniting with the Central Pacific, and
this with the Union Pacific
Construction work will be commenced
at once. The promoters expect to make
of Eureka a seaport rivaling Seattle and
San Francisco.
BROTHER OF X.HE VALET.
William L. Jones on the Stand at the
Patrick Trial.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23. Charles F. Jones
was on the witness stand again today
In the trial of Albert T. Patrick. His
redirect testimony was concluded after a
few unimportant questions, and as the
defense had no question to ask in cross
examination he was excused. At today's
session, Jones identified several of Swan
son & Sons' check books. He was not
permitted to tell of a statement he made
to Attorney House concerning the chloro
forming of Rice. William L. Jones, bro
ther of Charles Jones, was recalled. On
hlB first examination he was not permitted
to tell of the purchase of chloroform for
his- brother. Today he said he had bought
a four-ounce bottle of chloroform, a two
ounce bottle of chloroform and a two
ounce bottle of laudanum at bis brother's
request and had forwarded them to New
York.
Wife Mardrcr Hanged.
PEORIA, III.. Feb. 23. Joseph K.
Hlnkle was hanged here today for the
murder of his wife in this city Septem
ber IS, l&OL Hlnkle passed last evening
in religious devotion, slept well through
out the night, and went to the scaffold
calmly. According to evidence introduced
at the trial last November Hinkle killed
his wife because she refused to support
him by an immoral life.
Tvro Killed by Robbers.
RIDGEWAY, Pa,, Feb. 28. Battel
Sweeney, an aged farmer, and his daugh
ter Mary were found last night In their
home at Wilcox with their skulls crushed
and the bodies much decomposed. Sween
ey was quite well to do and the supposi
tion Is that robberj' was the motive.
A Saloon-Keeper's Crime.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Feb. 23.
Frank Burianek, a saloon-keeper, today
killed Daisy Carpenter In his place In this
city and then killed himself. Burianek
came here a year ago from Crete, Neb.,
where ne has a wife and three children.
Rnclnpr Season nt Butte.
BUTTE, Mont. Feb. 28. The Montana
Jockey Club directors last night decided
upon the number of purses and stakes to
be run in the coming meeting. The open
ing day will be Saturday, June 12, and the
meeting will continue at least 40 days
No secret has been made of the matter.
The Bulletin has published from time to
time the ordinances of our City Council
and Health Officer in regard to the dis
ease. The disease seems to have run its
course. There have been no deaths- from
smallpox, and nearly all persons who
have had it are now recovered. Our
public schools opened today, after a two
months' vacation. Churches and Sunday
schools held their regular meetings last
Sunaay for the first time in 1902.
J. J. STANLEY.
Editor Coqullle City Bulletin.
Chess at Monte Carlo.
MONTE CARLO, Feb. 2S. The winners
in the morning's play of the international
chess tournament were: Plllsbury from
Mioses; Poplel from Mortimer; Tschigorin
from Mason, and Marco from Scheve. Mar
shall and Maroczy had byes. In the after
noon Gunsberg won from Elsenberg;
Teichmann and Napier drew; Reggio and
Janowskl adjourned their game for a sec
ond time; Albln and Schlecter divided hon
ors, and Tarrasch disposed of Wolf.
Scores in Billiard Tournament.
The following scores were made In the
M. A. A. C. billiard tournament last
evening:
Score. Average.
C. W. Zeller (75) 75 2.78
O. F. Godfrey (100) 66 2.54
H. A. Wels (60) 60 1.62
O. F. Godfrey (100) S6 2.32
The only game arranged for this even
ing will be between Foster (60) and Zel
ler (75).
Ferns and Xelll Matched.
A boxing contest between "Rube"
Ferns and Al Neill has been arranged to
take place before the National Club at
San Francisco on March 21. Ferns and
Ms trainer. Jack Hanley, left for the Bay
City last evening, and the Kansas man
will resume active training In a few
days. Both men are well known In Port
land, and local sports are of opinion that
the match will be a good card.
Outrode the Field.
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 2S. In tonight's
racing in the contest for the 12-hour bi
cycle championship of America, two teams
Leandcr and Rutz, and Turville and
Lake outrode the field and tied for first
place in the race, with a score of 48 miles
and three laps.
Golf Links Today.
The knockout competition for men will
commence today. Pairs will be found
posted In the clubhouse. The finals In the
Duffer competition will also be played.
The contestants are Messrs Good. Wood,
Kolher, Goodwin, Brooke and Snow.
Britt Knocks Out Hegarty.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 2S. Jimmy Britt
knocked out Tim Hegarty, of Australia,
in the eighth round of an announced 20
round contest.
BETTER CLOSE ROADS UP
SETTLERS' CHAXCE FOR PROTEC
TION AGAINST SEW LAW.
It Admits of Two Constructions, One
of Which Is Unjust to Land-Owners.
CROY, Or., Feb. 23. (Tovthe Editor.)
Your Salem correspondent undoubtedly
takes the reasonable view of the section
of the road law which makes all roads
that have been In use 10 years "county
roads." To hold that all roads built by
private parties, and for the convenience of
their- neighbors are "county roads" would
be as unjust and unconstitutional as a
law passed by a Legislature In another
state, which provided that where hogs
were found running at large, the owners
should be put In the pound and sold at
public auction. There are many places
In this state where to make all roads now
In use county roads would render many a
home valueless. The public has all the
privileges they need, and for the little
trouble of opening and shutting a few
gates enjoy the privileges of fairly good
roads without cost, for these roads are
kept and built by private capital. The
citizens through whose farms these roads
pass prefer no county roads, because the
tax to build fences along these highways
would far exceed the cost of building and
keeping the roads in repair, and the tax
on the traveling public to open and shut
gates Is far less than their share of the
road tax would be in addition to what they
now pay.
When the Legislature passed the "hog
law," to sell the owner In place of the
hogs, the Governor vetoed. It, and it may
be it would have saved a great deal of
anxiety and costly lawsuits ere we have
a Judicial decision if our farmer Governor
had vetoed this law. It Is to be hoped
that all County Courts will hold that this
law only refers to roads that have been
established by law, and where there Is
some technical flaw in their establishment.
We need an amendment to our consti
tution which plainly gives a man the
right for a private roadway across his
neighbor's farm to a county road, and
the right of way to procure water for
Irrigation, byi Justly compensating for
damages done. The Judicial decision "that
no private property can be taken for pri
vate use" Is held to bar these rights. It
is more than probable that the authors
of this road law only intended to make
county roads that are defective In title
legal roads: yet it seems strange that so
many intelligent men who voted for this
law, and a very well-informed Governor,
did not see that this law might be inter
preted to Include other roads, and thus
cause litigation and great expense and in
justice to many.
One of the great lawyers of the United
States, when a member of a Legislature
In another state, wrote a law and had it
passed. Afterward, when as an attorney
defending-a case under this law, the other
attorney interpreted the law to the court,
he was astonished to find that the law of
which he was the author had two mean
ings, and when the Judge asked him what
was understood by the Legislature, he re
marked: "I do not know; I only know
that I thought there was only one mean
ing to this language, and It may be they
all understood the law as my opponent
does, and you will have to decide what the
law means."
This seems to be a similar case, and
the best way out of the difficulty Is for
everybody to believe that the law only
applies to roads with a defective title, and
not to private roads. J. E. DAVID.
This view of the proper Interpretation
of the road law is probably correct. And
yet to arrive at that Interpretation re
quires a departure from the strict word
ing of the statute. The purpose of the
Legislature, as our Salem correspondent
suggested, was evidently to cure any de
fects In the establishment of county roads
which have been used for 10 years. The
law applies to all roads "not legally es
tablished," vhich would Include roads
which have not been the subject of legal
proceedings. The Intention probably was
to apply .the curative statute to those
roads which have been established by
proceedings which were illegal, because
of some defect. Such a curative act Is
within reason; for, If an attempt has been
made to establish a road and the property-owner
has acquiesced In the loca
tion of the road for 10 years, he should
not then be permitted to question the
legal status of the highway. But to de
clare all roads that have been used for 10
years without protest to be county roads
would be unjust, especially where the un
derstanding of the public has been that
tha road was left open as a matter of
convenience, and not as a matter of right.
Still, the legal offect of this act of the
Legislature cannot be declared finally by
any authority except the courts. Until
the courts have passed upon the ques
tion, property-owners will do well to pro
tect themselves by closing up thorough
fares across their premises.
Columbia Engngex Coach Murphy.
NEW YORK. Feb. 2S. Columbia's base
ball team has engaged as coach William
H. Murphy, for the last three years foot
ball, baseball and track coach at Leland
Stanford. Jr., University, California,
t
Overcome by Gas.
TELLURIDE. Colo., Feb. 23. Michael
Lund and Charles Anderson, miners, were
overcome by poisonous gases In the Cin
cinnati mine of the Tomboy group, and
were dead when found by fellow miners.
Lund lo3t his life In trying to rescue Anderson.
FRATERNAL INSURANCE.
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Legislation Needed to Require Socle
ties to Adopt Adequate Rates.
.PORTLAND, Feb. 2S. (To the Editor.)
A recent statement in i fraternal paper
leads me to make the following remarks.
It was to the effect that there were near
ly 3,000.000 members of fraternal Insur
ance societies in the United States, car
rying nearly $5,000,000,000 Insurance on
their lives. There Is hardly a day passes
without the organization of some new
order, founded by some man who wants
a good position with small labor attached
and who knows as little as possible about
the underlying principles of life Insur
ance. Now, lest some one may get the Idea
that I am an old line insurance agent in
disguise, I will say that I am not. and
that I do not carry any old line life in
surance. The thought I wi3h to Impress is this:
With such a large constituency and such
vast sums Involved, ought not these so
cieties to be compelled to place them
selves on a safe basis before they are
permitted to solicit business?
It may be urged that If the people are
gulled it is their own choice, but this Is
not true. The vast majority can have
no opportunity to learn the complicated
details of the problems connected with
the business of life Insurance. For that
reason, most of the states have placed
safeguards around the companies solic
iting such business, by requiring them to
conform to certain rules and regulations
as to rates, investments, publication of
reports, etc.
It Is evident that a society, receiving
only members below the ago of 45, as
most of them do, can have no old age
death losses for at least 20 years from
organization, and very few during the
first 20 years. An order growing steadily
will not reach Its maximum death rate
before It Is 50 years of age, and by con
tinued growth may defer it beyond that
time.
This being the case, and it being so
much easier to secure members by prom
ising cheap rates, the temptation has
been too strong for the organizers of
nearly all these orders, ahd they have
made their present rates too low to pro
vide for Increasing death losses In later
yeors.
This Is not right, for the following
reasons:
Those dying In the earlier years will
have paid Into the funds of the society
too little and there Is no opportunity to
recover any portion of that amount.
If rates are higher than necessary, divi
dends easily dispose of the surplus, but
when a man dies and his family receives
the amount of his policy, that Is the end
of the matter.
With Increasing age of the order, and
the Inevitable Increase In death rate, the
lapsatlon Increases, and It Is more diffi
cult to continue growth. This difficulty
Is further Increased by new orders com
ing Into the field, and, because new, of
fering cheaper rates. This is so uni
versally true that It has already
proved an endless chain. It would not
be so serious If It were not for .the fact
that so many of those who have gone
Into these societies have passed the time
of life when they can enter the new or
ders, consequently they must bear the
burden of the old age of the order, which
Is Intensified by the withdrawal of the
younger blood Itno the younger orders.
There Is and can be only one end to
such societies, meaning those with In
adequate rates. There are very many
men In these orders who recognize these
facts fully and they are set out at length
each year In the reports In the meetings
of the various orders wnlch do not en
force the gag rule and in the proceed
ings of the National Fraternal Congress,
which Is composed of the leading orders
of this class.
So serious has this body considered this
question that at Its last annual meeting
It adopted a resolution that each order
connected with It must adopt adequate
rates or withdraw from the association
by 1S05. It has also recommended state
legislation to this end.
I think It was In 1S96 that this body,
upon the report of a committee, based
upon statistics prepared by expert insur
ance men, adopted sets of rates for re
serve fund societies and for current cost
societies, which they set out as the low
est possible, consistent with safety.
So far as I can learn, only four or five
of the societies represented have adopted
the rates named. In each case this was
followed by a serious loss of members,,
withdrawing to the so-called cheaper so
cieties. I do not mention Instances In this com
munication, for this letter Is not Intend
ed to boom any order, to Injure fraternal
Insurance or any branch of It, but to call
attention to the crying need for suitable
legislation which will protect those who
wish to carry this form of life Insurance.
FRATERNALIST!
Good Work of Corvallls Women.
CORVALLIS. Or.. Feb. 27. (To the Edi
tor.) In Monday's Oregonlan It is said
that a lady ordered 10 gallons of coffee
served to the firemen at last Sunday's
fire In Portland. The writer referred, to
the act "as an old-time custom not so
often remembered in tnese days as It
might be."
It may be of Interest to know that this
city has a Ladles' Coffee Club, numbering
at this date 110 members and composed of
the first ladles In the city. This club has
been In existence 19 years and has never
failed In their duty to the firemen.
Social meetings are held once each
month. They have a library of 250
volumes and have recently taken up city
Improvement, but their main object, how-
THE GRIP AGAIN
THIS DANGEROUS EPIDEMIC HAS
MADE ANOTHER APPEARANCE.
Hundreds of New Victims Added tt
Its List A SugBestlon as to How
to Guard Against It and
Its After-Effccts.
Every year upon the approach of Spring
the grip makes its appearance. Once
eyery few years It spreads and assumes
alarming proportions. From all appear
ances this Is one of tse years In which II
will seize upon a great number of vic
tims, for every day new cases are re
ported. as in scarlet and typhoid fever, tha
after-effects 6t grip are ofton worse than
the disease Itself. The sufferer Is left
with a debilitated system, short of breath
upon the slightest exertion, affected by
every change of the weather and In a
physical condition to Invite the attack oi
the many diseases induced by the Incle
ment weather of early Spring.
A timely suggestion as to how to en
able the system to resist the Inroads ol
grip and its after-effects is given by Mrs.
Mary E. Chase, an operator In a shoe
factory, living at No. 2775 Washington
street, Roxbury District, Boston, Mass.
She says:
"I had an attack of the grip In 1S9!
which left me In such a weak condition
that I became afflicted with a complica
tion of other troubles. I suffered from
nervous dyspeosla and a disease peculiar
to my sex. There was a bad feeling In
my head, yet It was not headache. 1
took cold easily and had periodical spells
of nausea. I would faint frequently, and
was completely run down in every way.
I tried several dpctors. and took various
remedies, but without favorable results.
"Finally a friend, who had taken them
herself, advised me to try Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Pale People. I did so. and
was feeling better when I had taken one
box of the pills. I continued In the use
of the pills until I had taken six boxes,
and they made me well and strong.
"I have recommended Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills to quite a number of people
as a cure for constipation and to help
them to get good blood. I know by per
sonal experience that they will give won
derful results."
It Is of the utmost Importance to your
health, If you have suffered from the grip,
that you should cleanse the system of
the lingering germs and put it In con
dition to resist and ward off disease.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peo
ple are valuable In cases like the above
because of the double action on the
nerves and on the blood, a feature In
which they are unlike any other medi
cine. For tnls reason they cannot bo
successfully imitated, so do not let any
dealer palm off an Inferior article on you.
The genuine pPl3 are never sold In Iooso
bulk, but always In packages, and the
well-known trade-mark on the wrapper Is
your guarantee that the contents aro
genuine.
There are few diseases due to Impov
erished blood or weakened nerves that
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will not benefit.
Some of the cures effected are almost
miraculous. If you are suffering, and
ordinary treatment fails to relieve you.
send your name and address, together
with a brief description of your case, to
the Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady. N. Y.. If the remedy has
not cured cases like yours it will not be
recommended to you. The pills will bo
sent by mall, if desired, postpaid, on
receipt of the price. 0 cents per box. six
boxes for ?2.50.
ever. Is to furnish hot coffee and re
freshments to their volunteer firemen.
RUTH N. CLARK.
Secretary Ladles' Coffee Club.
FIRING HUMAN ENGINE.
Dr. "Woods Hutchinson Addresses
School of Domestic Science.
Last evening Dr. Woods Hutchinson de
livered an interesting lecture, entitled
"Methods of Firing the Human Engine,"
before the School of Domestic Science, at
the Exposition Building. He said In
part:
"Dietetics Is a problem In heat mechan
ics. Our bodies are simply fortuitous con
gregations of eight or nine elements.
Chemically man may be defined at a scut
tle of coal, a shovelful of llrne. a few
handfulls of salts, dissolved in six buck
ets of water.
"A perfect food must contain all these
elements In combustible form. Life Is
combustion, and our bodies living flames.
Human diet Is as wide as the world. The
chief requisite Is to get plenty of nutritive
elements and let nature make her selec
tions. She has a score of ways' of dealing
with a surplus: not one for a deficit.
"Man's teeth, stomach and Instincts all
three point to a mixed diet, and lots of
it. Our Instincts are still our safest
guides, and if intelligently followed, will
secure an adequate diet."
Want JefTrles-Fitziimmons Flsht.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Feb.. 2S. Twenty
five local business men are forming a club
to make a bid for the Jeff rles-Fitzsimmons
fight. A purse of $25,000, of which $.-.00.)
was subscribed within an hour today, win
be offered.
HIh Injuries Fatal.
KALAMAZOO. Mich.. Feb. 2S. F. F.
Russell, a member of "The Runaway Girl"
company, who was Injured In a wreck on.
the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway last
week, and who was brought to a hospital
here, died today from his Injuries.
STATEMENT OF EXPENSES OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE YEAR 1901.
The subjoined statement shows by comparison how much each county is paying for the various items of expense, exclusive of roads. The last six columns show .the double comparisons of expense, valuation, population, etc. These
statistics were compiled by Secretary of State Dunbar, and were made up from reports filed by the clerks of the several counties, in accordance with a law passed by the last legislature. These figures will enter into the computation of the
state tax due from each county under the new act taking the average for five years as the basis after that term has expired.
COUNTY.
Baker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Crook
Curry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Jackson
Josephine
Kjanntth
Lake
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur
Marlon
(Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook
Umatilla
Union
Walhrwa
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler ...
Yamhill
Total
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$ 1.500 101$ 5,491 75 $ 1,356 G0j$
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1.473 40
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2.025 76
1.S62 00
1.558 SS
1.455 40
1.094 20!
9.131 35
1,330
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1.058 50
2.023 50
1.670 46
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2,973 35
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1.740 84
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983 00
2,536 6o
1,101 45;
1.689 85
985 35
312 40
1.659 50
1.551 70
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3.730 48
771 20
14.302 5-i
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259 25
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1,009 55
193 65
491 90
271 14.
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3.524 61
2.53S55I
1.237 95
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2,103 231
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2.433 85
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