THE MOP.NING OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1903.
The bill will be presented to Congress in
January, if present expectations do not
miscarry. That no stone will be left un
turned to secure Its passage goes without
saying. Howpver, no really serious diffi
culty is expected. Just who will form the
presentation delegation and the manner
in which they will operate are details yet
to be determined upon.
When. the bill is passed the Fair will
have passed from the embryonic stage,
and the activities will be quickly under
way that will turn the world's eyes to
wards Oregon.
The bill was presented to the committee
on legislation by Chairman A. L. Mills
and was read by Director William D. Feri
ton. The other members of the commit
tee who discussed and indorsed the bill
were: Directors Rufus Mallory, A. H.
Devers, Paul Wessinger and Leo Friede.
SAL
CONTINUES
Bill Providing for Lewis
and Clark Fair.
POPULARITY OF OUR Ab
TERATION SALE JUS
TIFIES ITS CON-'
TI NUANCE.
TO BE SENT TO CONGRESS
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It Appropriates $2,125,000
for Exhibits..
AND MEMORIAL TO EXPLORERS
Legislative Committee Approves
Measure Which Creates Xatlonal
Comtniiixion-ForciRn Exhlb
its Free From Duty.
WHAT THE BILI PROVIDES.
GOVERNMENT BUILDING Costing
$250,000, in which the Government
can make suitable exhibit.
MEMORIAL BUILDING To Lewis and
Clark, at a cost of $250,000, with ah
additional cost of $100,000 for interior
decorations and statues.
INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS Ap
propriation of $23,000 to perfect this
important department.
APPROPRIATIONS Amounting In all
to $2,125,000, Including cost of Gov
ernment building. Memorial building,
Indian school exhibit, etc
CUSTOM DUTIES Immunity from
custom charges on exhibits from for
eign countries.
FREE USE OF MAILS To officials of
the Exposition on official communica
tions. ADMINISTRATION Regulations for
the management of the Exposition's
affairs.
Uncle Sam Is asked to go into his
pockets for $2,125,000 in the bill to Con
gress drafted and indorsed yesterday by
the legislation committed of the Lewis
and Clark Corporation. The request for
this vast amount is based on no less
worthy grounds than to aid the coming
Lewis and Clark Centennial and Ameri
can Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair.
By the terms of the bill, as Indorsed
yesterday. Uncle Sam is asked for his
official recognition as well as his finan
cial assistance in the mammoth under
taking. All the bill needs is the Indorse
ment of the State Commission and it will
be ready for presentation at the com
ing session .of Congress. This indorse
ment is regarded as a "mere matter of
form and will undoubtedly be made at a
vcomlng meeting of the commission.
The bill, as drafted by the committee
on legislation, is a voluminous document.
In thirteen typewritten pages it lays
bare the purposes and soul of the Expo
sition as well as its needs and require
ments. It is drawn up in concise legal
form and has all the precision of phras
ing that is usual in written contracts be
tween corporations.
National Commission.
Outside of the appropriations, the most
Important provision of the bill is that
creating a National Commission. By the
terms of this section the National Com
mission is to be appointed by President
Roosevelt. It is to consist of seven mem
bers, who will be paid an annual salary
of $4000 each for their sen-ices. It will
be their duty to provide and arrange for
a full and complete"exhlbit of the arts,
industries, manufactures, products of ,soll,
mines, forest and other resources of the
territory of Alaska, the Hawaiian Isl
ands, the Philippines-and other Oriental
countries, as well as to Illustrate the
commerce of the Pacific ocean,,.
This commission, it is provided, shall
be appointed at any time within 30 days
from the passage of the bill, and the mem
bers will proceed to Portland, where it
will be duly organized at any time not
later than 30 days from the time of its
appointment by the President.
To prevent any delays that might be
caused by any difference of opinion be
tween the National Commission and the
local officers, a board of arbitration is
especially provided for. This board will
be composed of two members of the Na
tional Commission, two members of the
State Commission and two members of the
Lewis and Clark corporation.
Details of Appropriation.
Of the big appropriation asked, $1,500,000
is specified as being for the general ex
penses of the Exposition. This will in
clude the expense of securing, placing
and caring for exhibits, erecting certain
buildings, paying salaries and multifarious
other necessary expenses attached to con
summating the big Exposition. The sum
of $250,000 is asked for the Lewis and Clark
Memorial building, with the provision that
$50,000 will be supplied to this fund by the
Stato of Oregon. While it is stipulated
that the Government Is to have the dis
position of such buildings as It erects, it
is asked that the Memorial building be
dedicated to the state, together with all
Its Interior decorations, records, statues
and -works of art. For decorating the
interior of the building $100,000 additional
is asked.
The bill states that a suitable Govern
ment exhibit is required and provides
an appropriation of $250,000 for the pur
pose of erecting this structure. Provision
is made that, while the Government will
have the ownership of this building, at
the conclusion of the Fair Portland is
to have the preference in the event of sale,
at an appraised value.
An appropriation of $25,000 is asked to
defray the expenses of a suitable exhibi
tion of the Indian Industrial Schools, this
division to be under the control of the
officials of the Chemawa Indian School of
Oregon.
Franking; Privilege Granted.
The bill also grants the franking priv
ilege, which will give the officials of the
Exposition free use of the mails and save
a large expenditure in postage. This priv
ilege is asked to extend from the time of
the passage of. the bill until the end of
December, 1906, for, while the six months
of the Fair will have ended by October or
November, of 1905, much activity will be
required in settling affairs and this activ
ity will undoubtedly continue through at
least a year.
Another important provision of the bill
is that relating to the importations of ex
hibits from foreign countries. It removes
all duty and customs fees from such Im
portations or such exhibits as may already
be in the United States by reason of the
St. Louis Exposition, with, the provision,
however, that none of the exhibits ad
r"ted in this manner can be legally sold.
TEXT OF APPROPRIATION BILL.
Congress Asked to Give $2,125,000
' for Levris and Clark Fair.
An act to provide for the celebration of the
100th anniversary of the exploration of the
Oregon Country by Captains Meriwether
Lewis and "William Clark during their ex
pedition from the Mississippi River to the
Pacific Ocean In the years 1804. 1805 and
1806; and to authorize a commission repre
senting tho United States to hold at the City
of Portland, la the State of Oregon, a Na
tional, International and Oriental exhibition
of arts, industries, manufactures and the
products of the rivers, soil, mine, forest and
sea In said state; and to provide and assist
In the erection of a memorial building in said
City of Portland, to be known as the Lewis
and Clark Memorial Building; and to author
ize an appropriation for all said purposes.
Whereas, The State of Oregon has appropri
ated the sum of five hundred thousand ($500,
000) dollars, and the citizens of the City of
Portland, in said state, have subscribed an ad
ditional four hundred thousand ($400,000) dol
lars, and Is raising an additional sum of $100,
0o0, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
exploration of the Oregon Country by Captains
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during
their expedition from the Mississippi Blver to
the raclflc Ocean In tho years 1804, 1805 and
1S0C; and
Whereas. Said exploration marked an epoch
In the history of the United States and In the
extension of Its terrltoryby prior discovery
and occupation by American citizens; and
whereas, it is fit and proper that the said anni
versary bo commemorated by an exhibition of
the resources of the United States, their de
velopment and the progress of National growth
upon the raclflc Coast; and whereas, such an
exhibition should be of a National, Interna
tional and Oriental character, so that not only
the people of tho Oregon Country, but of the
United States and of all Oriental and other
countries interested in the development of the
commerce of the United States upon the Pacific
Coast and in the Pacific Ocean may partici
pate, and should therefore have the sanction
and approval of the Congress of the United
States.
Now, therefore, be It enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the United
States of America, In Congress assembled:
Section 1. That an exhibition of arts. Indus
tries, manufactures and the products of the riv
ers, soil, mine, forest -and sea. as hereinafter
provided, to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the exploration of the Oregon Country by
Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
during their exoedltion from the Mississippi
River to the Pacific Ocean in the years 1804,
1805 and 1S0G, shall be and the same Is hereby
authorized and required to be held at the City
of Portland, In the State of Oregon, commenc
ing May 1, 1005, and ending November 1, 1005,
or commencing June 1. 1005, and ending Octo
ber 1 1005, if said last-mentioned period shall
be hereafter designated by the Legislative As
sembly of the State or Oregon.
Sec. -. That a nonpartisan commission is
hereby constituted, jto consist of seven commis
sioners, to be known and designated as the
National "Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposi
tion Commission, who shall be appointed within
30 days from the- passage of this act. by the
President of the United States, and who shall
also be subject to removal by him. Vacancies
in said commission to be filled in the same
manner as original appointments.
Sec. 3. That the commissioners so appointed
shall be called together by the Secretary of
State of the United States, In the City of Port
land, State of Oregon, by notice to the commis
sioners as soon as convenient ' after their ap
pointment, and within 30 days thereafter. The
said commissioners -at said first meeting shall
organize by the election of their officers, and
they may then, or thereafter, appoint such
executive or other committees as may be
deemed expedient, and a secretary at a salary
of $3000 per annum; "that In addition to the
salary of such secretary there Is hereby al
lowed, out of any money appropriated to aid
In carrying forward said 4 Exposition, the sum
of $5000 per atanum, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, for the purpose of defraying
the clerical, office and other necessary expenses
of said commission.
Sec 4. That said commission, when fully or
ganized under the provisions of this act, shall
appoint two of their number to act In conjunc
tion with a like number appointed by tho
Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pa
cific Exposition and Orlenta Fair, a corpora
tion organized and existing under the general
laws of the State of Oregon, and having Its
office and principal place of business at Port
land, in said state, said two to be chosen from
the executive committee of said corporation,
and a like number from the Lowis and Clark
Centennial Exposition Commission of the State
of Oregon, to constitute a board of arbitration
to whom all matters of difference arising be
tween said National Commission and said com
.pany concerning the administration, manage
ment or general supervision of said Exposition
shall be referred for determination; and .In case
of the failure of said board of arbitration to
agree upon such matters as may be so re
ferred, said board of arbitration shall appoint a
seventh member thereof, such seventh member
so agreed upon to be then appointed by the
Secretary of the Treasury. And the decision
of said board shall be final In all matters pre
sented to It for consideration and determina
tion. Sec 5. That said commission be empowered
to, and it shall accept, for the purposes of the
Exposition herein authorized, such site as may
be selected and offered at the expense -of and
tendered by the Lewis and Clark Centennial
and American-Pacific Exposition and Oriental
Fair, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Oregon, and
having Its office and principal place of busi
ness in the City of Portland and State of Ore
gon aforesaid.
Sec 0. That the allotment of space for ex
hibitors, classification of exhibits, plan and
scope of the Exposition, the appointment of all
judges and examiners for the Exposition, and
the awarding of premiums, if any, shall all
be done and performed by the said Lewis and
Clark Centennial and American-Pacific Expo
sition and Oriental Fair.
Sec 7. That after the plans for said Expo
sition shall be prepared by said company and
approved by said commission, the rules and
regulations of said corporation governing
rates for entrance and admission fees, or oth
erwise affecting the rights, privileges or inter
ests of the exhibitors, or of the public shall
be fixed or established by said company.
Sec 8. That said commission shall provide
for the opening and dedication of the buildings
and grounds of the Lewis and Clark Centennial
and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental
Fair, in said City of Portland, on the 1st day
of May. 1905, or as soon thereafter as shall
be practicable with proper ceremonies; and
thereafter said Exposition shall be declared
open and continue, open until the 1st day of
November, 1005, or until the first day of Octo
ber, 1005, if ald date shall be designated as
the close of the Exposition by the Legislative
Assembly of the State of Oregon.
Sec 9. That whenever the President of the
United States shall be notified by the National
Commission that provision has been made for
grounds upon which said Exposition is to be
held, he shall 'be authorized to make proclama
tion of same, through the Department of State,
setting forth the time at which said Exposition
will be held, and the purposes thereof; and he
shall communicate to the diplomatic represen
tatives of foreign nations copies thereof, with
such regulations as may be adopted by the
commission, for publication In their respective
countries; and he shall, in behalf of the Gov
ernment and the people. Invite foreign nations
to take part in said Exposition and to appoint
representatives thereto.
Sec 10. That all arMcles which shall be Im
ported from foreign countries, or shall be In
the country by reason of the Exposition to
be held at St. Louis In the year 1904, in cele
bration of the anniversary of the purchase of
the Louisiana Territory, and upon which there
shall be a tariff or customs duty, shall be ad
mitted free of payment of duty, customs fees,
or charges, under such regulations as the Sec
retary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it
shall be lawful at any time during the Ex
position to sell, for delh'ery at the close there
of, or to transfer from St. Louis as aforesaid,
for the purpose of the Exposition at Portland,
Or., any goods or property Imported for and
' 3 THE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION IN SESSION,
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actually on exhibition In the Exposition build
ings at St. Louis or on the grounds thereof, or
at Portland, Or., subject to such regulations
for the security of the revenue and for the
collection of Import duties, as the Secretary
of theTreasury shall prescribe; provided, that
all uch. articles, when sold or withdrawn for
consumption in the United States, shall be
subject to the duty, IX any. Imposed upon such
article by the revenue laws In force at the
date of Importation, and all penalties pre
scribed by law shall be applied and enforced
against such articles and against the person
who may be guilty of any illegal sale or with
drawal. Sec 11. Said commission shall make reports
monthly to the President of the United States,
showing receipts and disbursements and giving
a general summary of the financial condition
of said Exposition, and a final report within
six months after the close of the Exposition,
presenting the results and a full exhibit there
of. And said commission hereby authorized
shall cease to exist on the 31st day of Decem
ber. 100C.
Sec 12. That the United States shall not
In any manner nor under any circumstances
be liable for any of the acts, doings, proceed
ings, or representations of the said Lewis and
Clark Centennial and American Pacific Expo
sition and Oriental Fair. Its officers, agents, or
employes, or any of them, or for the service,
salaries, labor, or wages of said officers,
agents, servants, or employes, or any of them,
or for anj subscriptions to the capital stock,
or for any certificates of stock, bonds, mort
gages, or obligations of any kind issued by
said corporation, or for any debts, liabilities,
or expenses of any kind whatever attending
such corporation or accruing by reason of the
same.
Sec 13. That there shall be exhibited at
said Exposition by the Government of the
United States from Its Executive Departments,
the Smithsonian Institution, the National
Museum, the United States Commission of Fish
and Fisheries, such' articles and, material as
illustrate the function and administrative fac
ulty of the Government In time of peace and
its resources as a war power, tending to dem
onstrate the nature of our institutions and
their adaptation to the wants of the people;
and the Bureau of the American Republics Is
hereby Invited to make an exhibit Illustrating
the resources and International relations of
the American Republics, and space In the
United States Government building shall be
provided for the purpose of said exhibit; and
to secure a complete and- haraonlous arrange
ment of such Government exhibit a board, to
be known as the United States Government
Board, shall be created, independent of the
commission hereinbefore provided," to be
charged with the selection, purchase, prepara
tion, transportation, arrangement, installation,
safekeeping, exhibition and return of such
articles and materials as the heads of the
several Executive Departments, the secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution, the Commis
sioner of Fish and Fisheries, and the Director
of the Bureau of the American Republics may,
respectively, decide shall be embraced In said
Government exhibit. . The President may also
designate additional articles for exhibition.
Such board shall be composed of one person
to be named by the head of each. Executive
Department, one by the secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, one by the Commis
sioner of Fish and Fisheries, and one by the
Director of the Bureau of American Republics.
The President shall name one of said persons
so detailed as chairman, and the board Itself
shall appoint Its secretary, disbursing officer,
and such othVr officers as It may deem neces
sary. The members of said board of manage
ment, with other officers and employes of the
Government who may be detailed to assist
them, including officers of the Army and Navy,
shall receive no compensation In addition to
their regular salaries, but they shall be al
lowed their actual and necessary traveling ex
penses, together with a per diem in lieu of
subsistence, to be fixed by the Secretary of
the Treasury, while necessarily absent from
their homes engaged upon the business of the
board. Officers of the Army and Navy shall
receive this allowance in lieu of the transpor
tation and mileage now al Towed by law. Any
provision of law which may prohibit the detail
of persons in the employ of the United States
to other sen-ice than that which they custo
marily perform shall not apply to persons de
tailed for duty In connection with the said
Lewla and Clark Centennial and American pkA
dflc Exposition and. Oriental Fair. Employes
of the board not otherwise employed by the
Government shall be entitled to such compen
sation as the board may determine.
The disbursing officer shall give bond In
the sum of $30,000 for the faithful perform
ance of his duties, said bond to be approved
by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Sec
retary of the Treasury shall advance to
raid officer from time to time, under such
regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury
may prescribe, a sum. .of money from the ap
proprlatlon hereafter to be made for a Gov
ernment exhibit, not exceeding, at any ono
time the penalty of his bond, to enable him
to pay the expenses of exhibit as author
ized by the board of management- herein
created. i
Section 14 That the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby authorized and' directed
to place on exhibition. In connection with
the exhibit of his department, upon such
grounds as shall be allotted for the pur
pose, one of the life-saving stations author
ized to be constructed on the coast of the
United States by existing law, and to cause
the same to be fully equipped with appar
atus, furniture and appliances now In use
in all life-saving stations in the United
States.
Section 15 That the Secretary of tho
Treasury shall cause a suitable building or
buildings to be erected on the site selected
for the Lewis and Clark Centennial and
American Pacific Exposition and Oriental
Fair for the Government exhibits, as pro
vided Hn this act, and he is hereby author
ized and directed to contract therefor, as
toon as convenient after the passage of this
act. in such manner as he may deem ex
pedient; but the contracts for said building
or buildings shall not exceed the sum of
$ 250,000, which- sum, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, is hereby appropriated,
out of -any money in the -treasury not-otherwise
appropriated, to defray the expense of
erecting said Government building or build
ings; hereby authorized. The Secretary of
the Treasury shall cause the said build
ing or buildings to be constructed from
plans to be approved by said Gov
ernment board; and he Is authorized
and required to dispose of such build
ing or .buildings,' or "the material com
posing the same, at the close of the
Exposition, giving preference to the City of
Portland or to the said Lewis and Clark
Centennial and American Pacific Exposi
tion, and Oriental Fair to purchase the samo
at an- appraised value, to be ascertained in
such manner as he may determine.
Section - 10 That the said commission is
hereby- authorized and required to. accept
and receive from the Lewis and Clark Cen
tennial and American Pacific Exposition and
Oriental Fair 'the site In said City bt Port
land, upon which there shall be erected a
building to be known as tho "Lewis and
Clark Memorial Building." which said build
ing and site shall be conveyed, donated or
dedicated to the State of' Oregon, to be held
In trust for all the people of etild state and
the Nation for the following purposes
(which said deed or other instrument,
whether evidenced by conveyance, ordinance
or other writing, shall bo filed after its rec
ord as by law provided. In the office of
the Secretary of State of the United States) :
(a) To receive and safely keep therein tho
official records, archives, exhibits, litera
ture, collections and property of the Ore
gon Historical Society, and under the con
trol of said society.
(b) To receive and safely keep therein all
statues, works of art, publications, maps,
charts or other property that may be given,
donated, devised or granted to the State of
Oregon In trust as aforesaid, or authorized
by the United States or any territory there
of, or any foreign country.
(c) To receive and safely keep therein any
works of art. library or property that may
be given, donated, granted or bequeathed
to the State of Oregon in trust as aforesaid
by any person whatsoever, and to rccelvo
and safely keep therein valuable paintings,
works of art or other property that may be
loaned, donated, granted or bequeathed to
the State of Oregon In trust for the adorn
ment of said building or the education of
tho people.
(d) As a museum devoted thereafter to
history, literature, arts and sciences, and
particularly as a repository of the history
of the Oregon Country.
(c) As a memorial building In commem
oration of the exploration of the Oregon
Country by Captains Meriwether Lewis and
William Clark during their expedition from
the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'
In the years 1804, 1805 and 1S00, and in or
about which building shall be placed by
the United "States, acting by and through
said commission, suitable and appropriate
statues of bronze, marble or other material
of Thomas Jefferson, Captains Meriwether
Lewis and William Clark, Thomas H. Ben
ton and Lewis F. Linn, Senators from tho
State of Missouri; Robert Gray, the Ameri
can navigator; John Jacob Astor, the Amer
ican fur trader of tho Oregon Country, and
such other great historical figures as have
been connected with the acquisition and
settlement of tho Oregon Country as a part
of the United States, or as may be desig
nated by said commission, and such other
works of art, maps, charts and publica
tions as may from time to time be author
ized or published by the United States.
Plans and specifications for such memorial
building shall be prepared by the Lewis and
Clark Centennial and American Pacific Ex
position and Oriental Fair, and there ' is
hereby appropriated out of any money in
tho treasury, not otherwise appropriated to
assist in the erection of said building, the
sum of $ 250, 000; and to provide for said
statues or other works of art and the con
tents of said building the further sum of
$100,000, or so much thereof as may bo
.necessary. And as a condition to this ap
ASSESSMENT OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY FOR 1903
Assessor C. E. McDonell has completed the assessment for the year
1S03 the total amount of which is $50,450,570 as compared with 543.S23.2S0
for the year 1902. The increase amounts to $1,657,590, and Is principally .
due to new buildings erected in Portland during the year. The valua
tion of town lots shows an increase of $244,040 and street railway road
beds and rolling stocks are assessed higher because of numerous ex
tensions In the street railway systems. A comparative statement of
the assessments for "the years 1902 and 1203 is as follows:
Agriculture lands
Improvements '
Town lots
.Improvements
Railroad bed 1 ..
Rolling stock
Telegraph and telephone lines ...
Street railway bed
Street railway rolling stock
Machinery, etc.
Merchandise ."
Farming machinery
.Money, notes and accounts
Shares of stock
Household furniture .....
Horses :
Cattle .-.
Sheep and goats ,
Swine .'
Totals .'.
Exemption ;
propriation provided by this section that
the Lewis and Clark Centennial and Ameri
can Pacific Exposition and Oriental
Fair shall have set apart to be used
In the construction of said building
the . sum of $50,000; and provided
further, that the State of Oregon, act
ing by and through the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition Commission, shall
have made available the appropriation
towards the construction of such building
the sum of $50,000, as authorized by the act
of the Legislative Assembly of the Stato of
Oregon, approved January 30, 1003, It be
ing the Intention hereby that the appropri
ation authorized by this section shall be
available whenever and as soon as the said
commission shall have been satisfied that
the sum of $100,000. whether appropriated
by tho Lewis and Clark Centennial and
American Pacific Exposition and Oriental
Fair, or by the Lewis and Clark Centennial
Exposition Commission at Portland, Or., or
both, has been used or has been set aside
to be used for the construction of such
building. Said sum so appropriated by this
section shall be available upon the order
of tho commission, and payable as other
sums are authorized to be paid by this act;'
and, provided further, that If said building
herein provided for shall not be completed
on or before December 31, 1000, then the
same shall be carried on to completion un
der the direction and supervision of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Section 17 That the commissioners ap
pointed by the President under this act
shall receive as compensation for their
services and expenses tho sum of $4000 each
per annum, the same to be paid by the
Secretary of the Treasury and deducted
from any money appropriated for said Ex
position. Section IS That no member of said com
mission or of said Government board,
whether an officer or otherwise, shall be
personally liable for any debt or any obli
gation which may be created or Incurred- by
the said commission or by the United States
Government board herein authorized.
Section 10 Whereas, the State of Ore
gon has appropriated $500,000 to assist In
holding said Exposition, and the Lewis and
Clark Centennial and American Pacific Ex
position and Oriental Fair has created a
fund of $400,000. with an additional fund
to be raised of $100,000. to assist in hold
ing said Exposition; aggregating $1,000,000.
raised by the people of the 'State of Ore
gon toward the celebration of this epoch
in American history; and, whereas, the
states and territories of the United States
and several foreign countries have already
officially signified their Intention to partici
pate In said Exposition, and have appro
priated large sums of money to assist In
holding same, therefore, there Is hereby ap
propriated, out of any money In the treas
ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of
$1,300,000 In addition to the sums herein
before appropriated by this act to aid In
carrying forward said Exposition, to pay
the salaries of the members and secrotary
of the commission herein authorized, and
such other necessary expenses as may be,
Incurred by said commission in the dis
charge of Its duties In connection with said
Exposition, and to discharge all such other
obligations Incurred by the Government on
account of said Exposition, except for the
erection of its own buildings and the mak
ing and care, of Its own exhibits at said
Exposition, and except the sum appropri
ated for the erection of the Lewis and Clark
Memorial Building, and to provide the con
sents thereof as hereinbefore authorized.
That the money hereby appropriated shall
be disbursed under the direction of tho said
Lewis and Clark Centennial and American
Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, under
rules and regulations to be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and upon
vouchers to be approved by such Natlonaf
commission, acting by and through Its pres
ident and secretary.
Section 20 It is hereby made the espe
cial duty of said National commission to
provide a. full and complete exhibition at
said Exposition of the arts. Industries, man
ufactures and products of the soli, mine,
forest and other . resources of the Territory
of Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, the Phll-
1902.
., .... $5,412,630
737,900
21.989;150
.. 11,027,620
3S0.S20
47.S45
1SS.720
36S,725
209.675
: 1.403,120
3.3S9.340
6,270
1903.
-$3.0C9.3S3
708.305
22.233,190
12,0-19.900
.416.640
77.1 io
' 172.210
403.393
2S9.775
1.445,290
3.775,30
79.790
'2.041.4CO
1,251,920
535,595
S0.925
81,210
1,617
2,423
$50,732,165
" 251.295
$50.4SO,S70
1,971,535
1.227.475
505.1S0
7S.G65
72.095
1.675
3,145
.... .'.J49.0S2.5SO
.. 259,300
$48.S23.2S0
lpplno Islands and the Oriental countries;
and to Illustrate the commerce of the Pa
clfic Ocean, and to that end the President
of the United States is hereby authorized to
designate any Consul, vice-Consul or of
ficer of the Military and Naval service of
the United States to assist said commission
in the collection of said exhibits.
Section 21 That the Secretary of War be.
and he is hereby authorized at his dlscre
tlon, to detail for special duty in connection
with the Lewis and Clark Centennial and
American Pacific Exposition and Oriental
Fair such officers of the Army as may be re
quired to report to the General command
Ing the Department of the Columbia; and
tho officers thus detailed shall not bo sub
ject to loss of pay or rank on account of
such detail, nor shall any officer or employe
of the United States receive additional pay
or compensation because of services con
nected with the said Exposition from the
United States or from said Exposition.
Section 22 That the sum of $25,000, or
so much thereof as may be necessary. Is
hereby appropriated, out of the money In
the treasury, not otherwise appropriated, to
defray the expenses of an exhibition of the
IndlanIndustrlal Schools of the United
Statcs,to be placed in charge and under the
control of the officials in charge of the
Chemawa Indian School, near Salem. Or;
and to be expended at the Exposition by
said officials, under the direction of said
commission, so as to Illustrate the work of
tho Government of the United States in this
field; and said officials are hereby author
ized and required to make a special effort
to represent therein the Indian tribes of
the United States, and particularly repre
sent the Indian tribes of the "Oregon Coun
try," their relics, memorials, customs, re
ligions, numbers and history.
Section 23 That nothing In this act shall
be so construed as to create any lialblllty
of the United States, direct or Indirect, for
any debt or obligation Incurred, nor for any
claim for aid or pecuniary assistance from
Congress or the Treasury of the United
States in support or liquidation of any debts
or obligations created by said commission.
Section 24 That medals with appropriate
device, emblems and Inscriptions, commem
orative of the Lewis and Clark Exposition,
and of the awards to be made to the ex
hibitors thereat, shall be prepared at some
mint of the United States for the board of
directors of the Lewis and Clark Centen
nial and American Pacific Exposition and
Oriental Fair, a corporation; and in addi
tion thereto such numbers of what Is com
monly called the "Jefferson medals" (In
facsimile of the medals bearing the me
dallion portrait of Thomas Jefferson. Pres
ident of the United States, distributed
among the Indian tribes by Captains Mer
rlwether Lewis and William Clark, in their
expedition from the Mississippi River to
the Pacific Ocean in the years 1804, 1805
and 1S0G), as the board of directors of the
Lewis and Clark Centennial and American
Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair, a cor
poration, may deem advisable, shall be In
like manner prepared at -some mint of the
United States for the board of directors
thereof, the same to be distributed by sale
or otherwise by said board of directors In
commemoration of the 100th anniversary of
the exploration of the Oregon Country by
Captains Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark; and also facsimiles of tho "Beaver
money of Oregon Territory" shall In like
manner bo prepared by some mint" of the
United States for the board of directors of
the Lewis and Clark Centennial and Ameri
can Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair,
for distribution by sale or otherwise by said
board of directors, which said Beaver mony
was authorized to be coined by the Provis
ional Government of Oregon by an act of
the Legislature thereof on February 10,
1840, all subject, nevertheless, to the pro
visions of the 27th section of the coinage
act of 1S93, and upon payment of a sum
not less than the actual cost thereof; and
all provisions, whether penal or otherwise,
of said coinage act against the counterfeit
ing or imitating of coins of the United
States shall apply to the medals struck and
Issued under this act.
Section 25 That the appropriations here
in made of two million one hundred and
twenty-five thousand ($2,125,000) dollars in
all shall take effect and become 'available
Immediately upon the passage of this act.
Section 26 That the Po3tmaster-General
of the United States be and he Is hereby
authorized and directed, under such rules
and regulations as he may prescribe, to
grant to the commission created by this act,
and to the president, secretary and director
general of tho Lewis and Clark Centennial
and American Pacific Exposition and Ori
ental Fair, a corporation, and to such cor
poration, the franking privilege, by means
of which the free use of the United States
mall until December 31, 1906, shall be en
Joyed by said commission, president, secre
tary. dlrector-gen?ral and corporation afore
said. Attempt on Sir Tapper's Life.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 5. A das
tardly attempt to murder Sir Charles
Hibbert Tupper was the culminating event
of the most remarkable political contest
ever held in British Columbia. Sir Charles
was foremost in flghtins for the Conserva
tives. At Kaslo he handled the Socialists
without gloves.. Then he chartered a spe
cial train to take him to Sandon.
An attempt was made to wreck tho
train at a point where the line hangs
over a precipice several hundred feet deep.
"They nearly did for me." said Sir Charles
this morning. "A heavy timber had been
placed across the line and the train
crashed into the obstruction. Fortunately
it had been raining heavily and the ob
struction beneath the wheels, skidded ten
There seems to be no let un to the en
thusiasm created! by this crreat sale. It
has made many a home happy in the pos
session of a piano. Purchasers have made
long journeys to Portland in order to se
cure them, and not one has gone away
disappointed or dissatisfied. As the de
mand continues so persistent, we have de
elded to extend tne sale for a little longer
time.
PRICES
Good pianos at all but sacrifice terms.
$137. $165. $167, $155. $142, $185. $172. $130. $265.
$178, are some of the prices at which
these pianos are going. There are only a
limited number now remaining which we
feel justified in selling at these prices. So
buyers who wish to take advantago of
this sale will have to purchase at once.
THE PIANOS
In addition to a few of our regular lines
there are some odd makes which we have
taken in exchange within the past few
days. A Packard $178; Singer, can hardly
be told from new. $130; Steinway, Imitation
eoony case, action in good oraer, $ias;
Steinway, mahogany case, used four years,
tice, ebony case, Colonial style, good tone.
$lia: Kingsbury, inlaid panels. $142; Wing
& Son. only 90 days from the factory.
$165; C. H. Stone, beautiful oak case $155.
men mere are tne louowing Dranu. new
but lrretrular stock, which we vo priced to
push out. A Singer. large size, mahogany
case, ivory Keys, $iso. Anotner binger,
cabinet grand, quarter-sawed oak case,
$172. A Packard, $265.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
"We have made every concession within
reason to buyers during this sale. As lit
tle as $6.00 down has been accepted on
fine pianos and from that sum to $20.00.
according to the instrument. Monthly
payments are also extremely advantag
eous', and will continue to be as long- as
this sale lasts.
instruments delivered on receipt of first
payment. Full guarantee with each sale
and money back should purchase fall to
prove entirely satisfactory, our invariable
rule. Ellers Piano House, Nos. 351-353-355
"Washington street, corner Park.
feet or more. Otherwise we would have
been hurled down the mountain side."
FEW COMPLAINTS MADE.
Equalisation. Board Finds Assess
ment Fair One Firm Overlooked.
Heavy taxpayers who called at tho
County Courtroom yesterday, where the
Board of Equalization was In session,
after examining the assessment rolls and
seeing the amount of their assessments,
made no complaints, but went away satis
fied with the work of Assessor Charles E.
McDonell. There were a large number
of visitors throughout the day. but only
23 complaints were filed. A number of
persons complained that their property
was assessed too high in comparison with
other property In the same neighborhood.
These cases referred mostly to improve
ments. There were two complaints of
assessment to the wrong owner.
The Benedictine Sisters complained that
they were wrongfully assessed on a build
ing on Milwaukle street used for school
purposes.
The George Lawrence Company objected
to the amount of the assessment on its
stock, etc., as compared with the assess
ment against the A. H. Breyman Com
pany, which is in the same line of busi
ness. The members of the board were greatly
surprlsed when Charles G. Strube. man
ager of the Oregon Cider & Vinegar Com
pany, presented a petition that the prop
erty of his company valued at $4250, which
the Assessor had overlooked, be placed on
the assessment roll. Mr. Strube was as
sured, with thanks, that the assessment
would be made. Omissions of this kind
have been supplied by llrms in the past,
but such things are of very Infrequent
occurrence.
The Equalization Board is composed of
Judge "Webster, Assessor McDonell and
County Clerk Fields. The session will
continue for one week.
NO LICENSE FOR MONTI.
Sellvrood People Successful In Pro
test Against Xew Saloon.
Sellwood made itself very much heard
from yesterday afternoon, when M. Monti
went before the liquor license committee
of the City Council and insisted upon be
ing granted a license to run a saloon on
Umatilla avenue. There was a large
delegation of Sellwood citizens on hand.
Monti made an elaborate and modest
statement to the effect that he wished
merely to start an innocent little bar
room in his hotel for the delectation of a
few thlrtsv xuests who did not like to
brave the elements for a little "nip."
"Whereupon the delegation from Sellwood
made Itself heard.
M. "Willis said people In Sellwood don't
wish any more saloons. He said, further
more, that there is no profitable Held for
a saloon in Sellwood unless North End
celebrities and pickpockets are installed In
the place, as he had no doubt Monti In
tended they should be. He concluded by
calling attention to a petition containing
more than 100 names of Sellwood residents
who were averse to having the license
allowed. Rev. Mr. Thompson, of the Sell
wood Presbyterian Church, also spoke
briefly In the same strain, and the matter
was then passed up to the committee.
Flegel and Bentley voted to have the
application denied, while Slgler declined to
vote against Monti. There was consid
erable discussion as to whether a ma
jority of three -was sufficient to down the
license, but It was Anally declared "down
and Monti's application was denied.
-Whereupon the delegation from Sellwood
was happy.
WILL LECTURE ON FORESTS
Gilford Plnchot Will Draw Large
Audience This Evening.
The lecture on forest reserves and
forestry by Professor GIfford Plnchot.
chief of the Bureau of Forestry of the
United States, will be delivered this even
ing at the A. O. U. Hall. Professor Plnchot
will arrive in Portland this afternoon and
it is expected that he will leave after the
lecture In the evening.
The indications are that there will be
a large attendance at the lecture. Letters
have been received from the majority of
Chambers of Commerce In other cities o
Oregon accepting the invitation of tho
local Chamber to be present. The lecture
promises to be particularly interesting for
the people of this state.
Blsr Bark Missing.
Another vessel Is likely to be added to
the overdue list. Fears are increasing for
the British bark Anuasona, and it Is
probable that the vessel will be posted as
overdue. If she is not heard from In a
few days. The vessel left San Franciso
25 days ago for Eureka In tow of the
steamer Arctic, but was compelled to cut
loose from the steamer off Point Reyes
on account of heavy weather. The vessel
was light and lacked a full crew, and
fears are expressed that she has met with
some mishap in the northwest gale which
was raging when the Arctic abandoned
her.