Morning Oregonian., February 01, 1907, Page 13, Image 13

THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907.
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STATE MAY PUT- IN
ELECTRIC PLANT
Contract for Lighting Institu
tions at Salem Ex
pires Soon.
DOUBT AS TO RENEWAL
Present legislature Must Make Pro
vision for Matter Installation of
Dynamos at Penitentiary Is
Ijlkely to Result.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. Special. Blazing
all night long, the electric lights of the
capitol suggest an extravagance that not
one taxpayeimin 10,000 in Oregon can afford
for -himself. But as good fortune has it,
the lights are not on meter and the tax
payers pay the same money whether they
burn or not. The contracts tor the elec
tricity will expire March 3. 1908. however,
and It Is up to this Legislature to provide
a new source of light, either by building
a lighting plant for the state or by enter
ing Into a new contract with the electric
company of this city.
The matter was brought before the two
Houses by Governor Chamberlain in a
special message, urging the necessity of
taking Borne action toward supplying the
SO0 light globes In the capitol, beginning
one year from next March. The question
wns referred to a special committee con
sisting of Jewell. Drlscoll, Settlemier,
Washburne and Knowles.
-All night long the lights of the capi
tol dazzle the black night outside with
the glare emitted from the windows, and
the only paths Illuminated by the rays.
while the lawmakers and the Governor
nre in dreamland, are those followed by
the bats and beetles and the janitor, who
keeps an eagle eye on the people's cash
box: in tho State Treasurer's office.
Present Contract Satisfactory.
Btate "officials are entirely satisfied
with the rates charged under the ex
isting contract, and, perhaps, would
not object to a slight advance, but
they do not want the state to be
placed at the mercy of the electric
company, and have asked that provi
sion be made for the state to make
its own light. Without such provision,
the state would be compelled to pay
the price the electric light company
might name.
The present contract requires the
state to pay a flat rate of 30 cents per
light per month for each 16-candle-power
light burned In the Capitol, the
asylum, the penitentiary. Reform
t-chool. Mute School, Blind School and
asylum farm. The total expense is
something like $10,700 a year, exclu
sive of the additional service during
the Legislature, which brings the total
up to about $11,000 a year.
This expense the Board of Capitol
Building Commissioners does not con
sider excessive. It is said that the
state could not operate a plant of Its
own for less money. But the electric
company has Indicated its unwilling,
ncss to renew the contract or to make
a new one on a flat-rate basU. The
company has put nearly all its busi
ness at Salem upon the meter basis,
and wants the state to accept a meter
basis contract when the existing: con
tract expires.
Plant at Prison Planned.
Tins subject will probably be taken
tip by the state officers and the agents
of the company soon, and. If satisfac
tory terms cannot be agreed tipon,
preparations will be commenced Imme
diately for the Installation of a state
electric light plant at the penitentiary.
The new plant could be installed be
fore the contract terminates, so that
the state would be fully protected from
Inconvenience.
The penitentiary Is centrally located,
and would be the most convenient
place for the location of a lighting
plant. It has transportation facilities
In the form of a spur from the South
ern Pacific, so that fuel oil could be
delivered at minimum cost. The state
also owns some water power at the
prison, but probably not enough to op
erate a lighting plant, though it Is
possible that the state could develop
on Its property enough power for this
purpose. However, the local electrlo
company generates much of its elec
tricity with power secured from the
use of fuel oil, and the state could af
ford to do the same.
No amount of appropriation that
would be necessary for the Installation
of a lighting plant has been deter
mined, and, if asked for, the appropria
tion would not be in such form as to
require the establishment of a plant.
What the Stite Board desires is the
itithortty to make the necessary ex
penditures in case satisfactory terms
cannot be reached with the electric
company.
That a flat-rate contract encourages
waste Is very apparent to one who
has been around the Capitol during
the Legislative Assembly. As the cost
to the state is the same whether the
lights are burned or not, the current
la left turned on In many places where
It would be turned off if the state
were paying- upon a meter basis. The
same Is probably true at the several
Institutions,
Lights Left to Burn.
While there Is an understanding that
lights shall be turned off when not
needed, and there Is an Intention to
carry out the understanding, there Is
not the saving of electricity that there
would be if the expense varied accord
ing to the amount consumed.
The state will require more lights In
the future than it has used in the
past, and may also use electricity for
the operation of the elevator In the
Capitol, thus increasing the expense
considerable. The creation of new of
fices, the enlargement of present state
institutions, and the establishment of
now Institutions will increase the de
mand for light and power. This will
make the ownership of a plant by the
tate all the more desirable. The ele
vator in the Capitol Is now operated
by water power, and the conveyance
runs so slowly that members of the
Legislature, state officers and visitors
walk up the stairs to save time.
It has long been desired that an
electric elevator be Installed, and this
may be done during the present year.
This Improvement is all the more
needed since the crowded condition of
the Capitol makes it necessary to
move a number of the offices re the
third floor.
REVISES THE LAXTJ LAWS
v
Slat Agent West Suggests Bill Fath
ered by Bingham.
BAT.HM. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) For the
turpoe of revising the state land laws
Hid clearing away doubts caused by co
lour wording. Senator Bingham today iu-
troduced a bill prepared by State Land
Agent West. The bill proposes few
changes in the present laws. It elimi
nates from applications for purchase of
state lands the declaration that the ap
plicant does not desire to buy it for spec
ulation. The declaration that the appli
cant desires the land for his own benefit
and has not made any agreement, express
or implied, for the sale of the same, is
retained. The declaration regarding spec
ulation Is eliminated because nearly every
one who buys lands hopes to profit by the
increase in value, and some men who
want to buy do not like this phase of the
declaration. On the face of it the pro
posed law would open the way for spec
ulation. The bill also withdraws all tldelands
from sale for a period of ten years, as
recommended by the Governor in his mes
sage. The bill prohibits the cutting of
timber on state lands under penalty, and
authorizes the State Land Board to lease
lands containing minerals. By clearly
providing for cancellation of certificates
of sale when the payments are one year
delinquent, the bill removes some doubt
that has existed -as to the powers and
duties of the board upon that subject.
Both houses have passed House bill 214,
by Vawter, Kubll and Perkins, to create
the office of Deputy Recorder In Jackson
County.
FACILITATES COUNTY DIVISION
Knowles Introduces Attorney-General's
Enabling Act In House.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) Repre
sentative Knowles yesterday introduced
the county enabling act prepared by Attorney-General
Crawford, by which the
question of county divisions is proposed
to be left to the people of the sections of
the state interested, thus taking out of
the hands of the Legislature this class of
legislation.
The bill provides that any portion of
BRAVED HARDSHIPS IN EASTERN OREGON COUNTRY
4 .v.
Andrew Clarno.
Clark and others, these Indians had
stolen and were ire possession of a large number of Mr. Clarno's cattle, and
his entire band of horses. Mr. Clarno remained in that section to witness its
transformation from a sparsely -settled wilderness to a prosperous, civilized
community, his own thrift and sterling integrity and high moral standard
making him one of the foremost participants in ttg development.
At the time of his wife's death, on December 7, 1S97, he gave over the
active management of his interests, and has since resided among his children,
six of whom survive him. They are: Mrs. Jennie Robb, of Portland; J. W.
Clarno, of "vt'ascei County; Francis Clarno, of Portland; Mrs. William Evans,
of Portland; Charles Wesley Clarno, of Antelope, and Mrs. Kenneth McDos
aid, of Antelope. .
any county In the state containing 3000
Inhabitants and embracing not less than
400 square miles and with an assessed
valuation of property, as shown on the
last assessment of the roll of the county,
of not less than J2,000,0u0. may be organ
ized into a new county, provided 75 per
cent of the lands proposed to be Included
in the new county shall be outside of any
forest reserve, Indian or other reserva
tion. The bill requires that there shall
be presented to the County Court a peti
tion signed by at least 20 per cent of the
legal voters in the district proposed to be
created into the new county, and if the
district to be Included within the new
county extends into other counties, the
same representation is required from
each county from which territory is pro
posed to be., taken. These petitions are
to be presented to the County Court, after
having been duly published in newspa
pers. The court may then order that the
question be submitted to the voters of
the respective counties -at the next gen
'eral election. If at least 75 per cent of
the voters residing within the limits of
the proposed new county vote for the
creation of the new county and if at least
10 per cent of the -oters of each county
from which it is proposed to take terri
tory to be included in the new county
and who live outside of the limits of the
proposed new county vote in favor of the
new county, the Governor shall Issue a
proclamation declaring such county to
have been created.
When the county is created, the Gov
ernor is directed to appoint all of the
necessary officers, who will serve until
their successors are elected and qualified.
The place named in the petition creating
the county for the temporary county seat
shall remain the county Beat until a per
manent county seat is determined at a
general election to be held for that pur
pose. For purposes of representation in the
State Legislature the bill provides that
the new county shall be a part of the
Representative and Senatorial districts of
the county from which the larger part of
the new county is taken. The new county
shall also be attached to the same judi
cial district to which it is attached and
from which the greater part of its terri
tory was appropriated. Until otherwise
provided by law. the salaries of the offi
cers of any counties that may be created,
under the provisions of the bill, will be
as follows: Judge, WOO per annum; Clerk,
S0O; Sheriff. $800; and Treasurer. $250.
Other provision is made for the general
government of the county.
The concluding section of toe bill treats
with the subject of participation by the
new county in the finances of the county
of which It once formed a part, and is
as follows:
The hew county shall sot participate .in
the valu 6f the building, or real property
of the county or counties from which It is
formed, but If such county Or counties Is
or are out of debt and baa or have money
ob band, such money shall be divided in Its
proportion the assessed valuation of the
territory taken tor the new county bears to
the assessed value of the remaining terri
tory of the old county.
The enabling act, it is believed, will
accomplish what has for many years
been desired in this state the elimina
tion from the State Legislature of county
division fights. There is but one provis
ion tn the bill to which some objection
may be offered and that Is the require'
ment that at least 73 per cent of the acre
age to be Included within the proposed
new county shall be not included in any
forest reserve, Indian or other reserva
tion. -
The effect of this provision will be to
prevent for the present,' at least, any di
vision of some of the counties of the
.state, since there are within the state sev
eral counties, a considerable part of the
acreage of which is Included in the dif
ferent forest reserves, but this condition
in the bill Is not considered material as
applying to these counties at this time,
since none Of those so situated are known
to be contemplating any division of their
tercUes.
FLOODS FOLLOW
IV A Fi M
CH NOOKS
Melting Snows Force Eastern
Washington Streams From
Their Banks.
WASH OUT RAILWAY TRACKS
Trains In All Directions Are Delayed.
If Rains Follow, the Worst Del
uge in Many Years, It la
Feared, Will Be Realized.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 81. (Special.) '
From every region in the Inland Empire
come reports of a Chinook wind, that is
melting the deep snow too rapidly for
streams to carry off the water. If the
thaw Is not checked, floods that will equal
anything Eastern Washington and North
ern Idaho have experienced for years are
feared.
Prosser reports a flood In that part of
Central Washington. Water in the busi-
" Tn the death of Andrew Clarno.
which took place at the residence of
his daughter, Mn. Kenneth McDon
ald, at Antelope, Or., on Monday,
January 28. Eastern Oregon lost one
of Its oldest and most hiKhly-res-pected
citizens.
Andrew Clarno was born in Illi
nois In 1820, where he spent hfa
youth, and was married to Miss
Eleanor Jones, daughter of Colonel
John M. Jones, In 1S48. In the Fall
of ISfll he brought his family to
California, by way of ihe Isthmus.
. on board the steamer Aerial, which
was captured on the voyage, near
Cuba, by the privateer Alabama.
In 18rt4 he moved to Eastern Ore
gon, settling In Wasco County, on
the John Day River, at tho place
which now bears his name. He waa
the largest cattle owner in Eastern
Oregon for many years, and was
still in possession of his large stock
ranch at the time of his death. For
several years after his entry into the
Eastern Oregon country he encoun
tered many difficulties, braved great
dangers, and suffered heavy losses
in contact with the" Snake Indians.
. "When Chief Polina, of this tribe, was
killed by Howard Maupln, James
ness portion Is already a foot deep In the
streets and is running over sidewalks
and flooding cellers.
Benefit, however, will result to Winter
wheat In the Horse Heaven and Rattle
snake vegions.
In the Coeur d'Alenes great banks of
snow disappear as if by magic. A high
wind at Wardner made the day one of
uneasiness. '
Residents along the river bottom at
Kellogg are preparing to move to higher
ground, predicting that the flow of water
will be the greatest known in 20 years.
From Spokane to. the boundary line
north the same conditions of thawing
prevail and washouts already are nu
merous. South of Spokane, In the Pa
louse country, the water Is racing madly
in every little gully. Trains are held
back, bridges are weakened and much
worse damage is feared for the morrow.
PEXDUETON SHUT OFF AGAIN
Streets and Fields Are Under Water,
Sudden Change In Weather.
PENDLETON, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.)
Several Inches of snow, a bright sun and
a chlnook wind have combined to place
Umatilla County once more in the- grasp
of the floods. Fields are submerged,
streets are flooded, bridges washed away
and railroad traffic is more completely
tied up than at any former time this
Winter. It is absolutely impossible to
leave the city by train in etny direction.
In addition "to washed-out tracks and
bridges, traffic to or from the West was
further blocked by the derailment of
freight train No. 24 near Barnhart, about
ten miles west of this city. The train
which left for Spokane this morning Is
held at Downing, a small station north
of here, not being able to go forward or
come back.
At Athena the flood is the worst in
the history of the town, the streets be
ing flooded and the water two feet deep
in some of the buildings. At Milton,
Weston, Freewater, Helix and other
towns in the eastern part of the county
the same conditions prevail, while prac
tically no damage was done In this city.
The lack of any snow in the mountains
has saved Pendleton from a record-breaking
flood. Westbound train No. 1, upon
which is Mrs. Ballington Booth, has been
held here since 2 o'clock this afternoon,
but will probably be able to start for
Portland some time during the night.
The weather suddenly became colder
about midnight and a heavy snow is now
falling.
NO TRAINS AT WALLA WALLA
Washouts tin the O. R. & X. Delay
All Passenger Traffic.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 31.
(Special.) With rain, warm weather
and a Chinook wind, the snow in the
mountains and valley has been melting
rapidly during the last 18 hours, and
it is expected that the streams will
overflow their banks and cause con
siderable damage, but thus far the
water has created no havoc In the
Immediate vicinity of Walla Walla.
No trains reached this city from
Spokane or Pendleton today on ac
count of. washouts along 4he lines of
the O. R.'& N. The Pendleton, Walla
Walla train Is hung up near Athena
with the track washed away ahead and
In the rear, and it will probably be
some time before repairs can be made.
Although the Chinook has melted a
vast quantity of snow in the moun
tains, the snow is still lying deep in
the foothills, where) 'the water Is
caught and held before It reaches the
creek beds. ,
Should rain set In there is promise
of one of the greatest floods ever wit
nessed in this ralley.
The streams have not risen over
their banks and the damage reported j
Is from water coming down canyojis '
where the snow has been very deep.
Rain Is TrerHrtei1 tVi 1 no 1 '
weather bureau officials, and as there j
is an unusual amount of snow in the !
mountains and hills with the melting j
or the snow in the valley, which fell
to the depth of nine Inches the fore
part of this week, considerable appre
hension Is felt by citizens in the city
and throughout the county. '
The electric light and power plant
is still unharmed, but a heavy flood
would put it out of business for a
time.
W illamette Rising Rapidly.
OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.)
The chlnooks and the rains of this week
are responsible for a rapid rise in the
Willamette River. The snows are being
melted in tne mountains, and all the trib
utary streams are full. This morning the
gauge ehowed a depth of 13.5 feet, having
raised Sii feet during the night. Tonight
the gauge stands at 17.5 feet. The danger
line is placed at about 20 feet, and unless
the rains cease oldtlmers prophesy
trouble,
Three Washouts on O. R. & N.
WESTON. Or., Jan. 3L (Special.)
Three washouta are reported on the O.
R. & N., one at Adams, another at Blue
Mountain, and a third two miles North
of Weston. At the latter point 100 feet
of track was washed away. No trains
parsed Weston today. A freight train is
blockaded at Blue Mountain, the north
bound passenger at Athena and a spe
cial at Adams. It is expected that the
track will be cleared by Friday night.
Albany Has No Fear of Flood.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.)-The
Willamette River rose more than a foot
at this city last night and is yet rising.
Smaller streams in this part. of the state
are coming up even more rapidly. From
present Indications there is small danger
of a flood, however.
' Snowing at Iloquiam.
HOQUIAM, Wash., Jan. ' 31. (Spe
cial.) Snow is falling- in this city to
night with a light wind blowing from
the east. The weather ia warm and
the flakes melt as fast as they strike
the ground.
Heavy Rains at Salem.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) The
Willamette Valley is witnessing one of
the hardest rain and wind storms of the
year. The Willamette River Is rapidly
rising and much damage to property is
expected.
Thaws Dynamite With Fatal Result.
PRINEVILLH. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.)
H. C. Bauchmann died yesterday evening
at his home near Madras from Injuries
received the day before by the explosion
of a etlck of dynamite he was thawing
over a cookstove. His wife was also fear
fully injured, but may recover.
YAQUPS RECENT RAID.
Interesting Account of Massacre by
Indians Near Sonora.
Thinking that a description of the recent
Indian massacre at Lencho, Sonora, Mexico,
would be of Interest to Oregonlan readers,
I wish to say that, while I was not an
eye-witness of the massacre, I was but a
few miles away. My brother-in-law, R. N.
Baker, was there. That Is, he saw the fire
that consumed the store In which we had a
quantity of goods stored. He also heard
tho shots fired. tf
Lencho Is a small station on tha Bio
Taqul & Pacific Railroad, which skirts the
foothills along the mountains, the home of
the Yaqul Indians. This station Is the land
Ins; point for all the Torln traffic. Near
this a good-sized fort Is maintained, which
Is the Mexican General's headquarters, and
a town of about 3000 to 5000 nouls. It Is
only fair to state the General was away
from home during this Indian raid. If he
had been at home I feel that the results
of tho raid would have been different, and
that a pood portion of the Indians would
have been killed or captured.
The raid and massacre were wholly un
expected by the military, and the diabolical
work of the Indians Mas done in short or
der. The station consists of one store, kept
by a Mexican and his family. There Is one
tent for the station agent and his family
and one tent occupied by American well
drillers In the employ of the railroad com
pany. To show the cunning of these In
dians, they sent one of their women to cook
for the welldlggers. to spy out the situation
definitely. She worked there for them about
two weeks, finding, out where the guns were
located In the camp, numbers, etc. When
fully satisfied with the work of her office,
she made an excuse to quit work, saying
she wanted to go and bring her own bed
on whloh to sleep. She went, but never
came back.
In a few days after this the raid was
made, about 6:S0 o'clock on a Saturday
night. The raiders' consisted of 'about 1!0U
Indians. The first thing they did after
reaching the station was tn fire & volley of
shots Into both tents. The occupants of
the tents soon took in the situation, ex
tinguished the lights and made their es
c ape some to the brush, while others
crawled underneath the tent board floor,
where they remained until the Indians left.
The station agent and his wife and baby
hid under the floor and were there whi le
the Indians ran?acked and stole food and
clothing. The Indians also simultaneously
attacked the store, killing the whole outfit,
1.1 Mexicans tn all, and wounding several
others. They mutilated the bodies of the
storekeeper and his Wife. The latter was
then in a delicate condition. The mur
derers also robbed the store of a-H they
could carry and then fired the place, which
burned to the ground and charred the bod
ies to almost an unrecognizable mass. Not
being satis lied with their fiendish 'work of
death, robbery and arson, as the Indians
retreated to their mountain home, they kid
naped three Mexican girls -one of whom I
personally knew. She Is the sister of the
village merchant's wife and Is a lovely girl
of nearly pure Spanish blood and good look
ing. As the girls were being carried off by
their captors their screams were heartrend
ing and were heard by Americans until dis
tance drowned the sound. One of the
Americans told me that it was the hard
est strain he ever underwent to hear those
cries for help and he powerless to aid.
The military have no cavalry at this fort.
The infantry was on the ground as soon as
it could get there, but not in time to save
either life or property. Not one or the
Americans was hurt, but I regard this as
miraculous.
I think the kidnaping of the three girls
and the slaughter of the 11 Mexicans will
prove a sorry day for the Taquls.
Don Louise Tories, Military Governor of
the etate of Sonora, whose home Is in Her
mosillo, was on the ground as soon as steam
could convey him there, and he and General
Tories are very angry. Unless all signs fall,
there will be something doing In the Yaqul
camp not "poco tempo" (pretty soon), but
"pronto" (very soon).
tft. 2. M. DAVIS.
Give ?ettingiU His Money Back.
OftEGOKtAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Jan. 3L The President has
signed & bill, which recently passed Con
gress, authorizing the payment to Lieu
tenant George T Pettlngill, of the Navy,
of $748. Several years ago, -while serv
ing in Chinese -fcaters. Lieutenant Pet
tlnglll gave to the mail orderly of his
ship, the Trenton, the amount stated to
pay for cable messages to the Navy De
partment The orderly decamped and
was never captured, and the department
required Pettinglll to make good the
shortage. The bill was drawn to reim
burse him, he not having been responsi
ble for the loss. The original bill was
drawn by Senator Heyburn, and passed
the Senate last session. Through the ef
forts of Representative French, it was
agreed to by the House about ten days
ago. lieutenant Pettlngiirs parents live
in Boise.
W m i
Those unhappy persons , who suffer
froro nervousness and dyspepsia should
useCarter's Little Nerve Pills, made ex-
Half the time when a person feels blue
and out of sorts you may take it for
granted that he is a victim of the "lard
habit." Lard cooked food and good
stomachs are never friends for long.
Lard food is not healthful food and no
ordinary stomach can thoroughly digest it.
Cotlolene is the perfect shortening and
frying medium. It is pure and healthful.
It contains not an ounce of hog-fat. Lard
comes from the pig-sty; Cottolene from the
cotton fields of The Sunny South.
Lard is hog-fat; the basis of Cottolene 'is
pure cotton seed oil. Lard is greasy, indi
COTTOLENE was granted a GRAND PRIZE (highest
possible award) over all other cooking fats at the
recent Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and food cooked
with COTTOLENE another GRAND PRIZE.
"Home Helps" a bock of 300 choice recipes, edited
by Mrs. Rorer, is yours for a 2 cent stamp, if yoa
address The N. K. Fairbank Company, Chicago.
A NEW FEATURE The patent air-tight top on thi pail U for
the purpoae of keeping COTTOLENE clean, fresh and wholesome ;
it also prevents it from absorbing all disagreeable odors of the
grocery( such aa fish, oil, etc '
Nature's Gift from the
GETS ANOTHER IP
Perkins Water Code Bill Op
posed in Southern Oregon.
CITIZENS FILE PETITION
Residents of Jackson County Assail
Board of Trade' Measure Order
Delegation to Fight It Small
Irrigators Threatened;
SALEM, Or., Jan. 81. (Special.)
That tlie enactment of the Perkins
bill, providing a now water code, would
cost the people of Oregon from J150,
000 to 1200.000 a year, and would open
the way for many grafts, is declared
In a protest filed In the Senate today
and signed by County Judge Imnn,
of Jackson County; Circuit Judge H.
K. Ilanna, Gils Newberry, S. C. Mln
nlck, AV. R. Coleman, J. C. Pendleton
and others. The protest is addressed
to the Jackson County delegation, and
asks them to vote against the bill. The
petition says among other things:
If thin measure should pasn every owner
of a water right in tho state would be made
a party defendant, who must defend the
rlKht to the use of the water which he lias
employed In watering his stock and irrieat
lng his premises, even though he my have
used the right for a period of 40 years, and
whether he establishes his right or not Jie
would be required to pay the expenses of
the litigation necessary under this measure.
It seems to us that the measure Is calcu
lated to open the way for some corporation
to acquire the rights of the small water
user in the state by ' freezing him out
through the avenue of the expense which
this measure must necessarily entail upon
the water users of the state.
Should this bill pass. In our Judgment,
the small rancher In the mountains of the
state who depends for his livelihood on irri
gation of his premises could not meet the
expense necessary to defend his right to the
use of water on his land, and tho passage
of the measure would mean confiscation of
his property interests.
In short, lurking In the bill there seems
to be s. scheme to get for some corpora
tion, or corporations, the water rights that
now belong to private individuals. We res
pectfully urge you to vote against the
measure.
The Perkins bill Is the) water code
drafted by a committee of the Port
land Board of Trade.
REPORT AVILIj BE 'APPROVED
Committee Completing Examination
of Tax Commission's Work.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.) A
favorable report, Including but minor
amendments, it is understood, will be
made by the joint committee on assess
ment and taxation on the report of the
State Board of Tax Commissioners, rel
ative to a general revision of the laws
. OZOMULSION GUARANTEED
Under the Food and Drugs Act
June 30th, 1906 Serial No, 332 '
Have You Tried It?
A building-up food for invalids and
for those with weak life functions,
which, by its action on the blood, will
help your body to throw off diseaie
and take on flesh.
For nearly a quarter of a century
as ;J2J5pJJ !B'BfllH,l',fli7?,
Thi Cod Livtr Oil Emulsien "Par ErctlUntt."
The food that does good, has been
used and prescribed by physicians in
all parts of the world.
As a result, Ozomulsion has today
a larger sale than any other emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil, and is carried in
stock by every druggist in the United
States.
There are two sizes S-oi. and lS-oz. Bottles;
the Formula is printed in 7 languages on each.
Ozomulsion Laboratories
18 Pearl street. New Tork.,
wiiiiii ittimin
gestible, and sometimes absolutely harm
ful; Cottolene makes food digestible, nutri
tious, delicious and healthful.
Cottolene is today in use by thousands
of housewives who would no more think
of going back to lard than they would of
reverting to tallow dips for lighting their
homes.
Cottolene is endorsed by the most prom
inent cooks and household economists of
the country, as well as by the medical
profession. It is one of the products
wnicn pure food advo
cates always
on assessment and taxation in this
state. The committee ia still consid
ering this report, which Is being ex
plained by Secretary Atchison, of the
commission, but no action has been
taken by the committee on the adop
tion or rejection of any of the sections
of the report.
Among the bills reported unfavorably
In the House by this committee today
were bills by Simmons, Jackson, Rotli
chlld and Ealckleft, for the reason, the
committee explained, that the subjects
treated in them are Included in the re
port of the Tax Commission, nov be
ing considered by the committee.
This committee today reported a
substitute bill for Settlemler's meas
ure (H. B. 93), taxing land grants not
heretofore taxed. The committee found
that the main provisions of Settle
mler's bill were covered In the Tax
Commission report. The substitute bill
consists of an amendment to the recom
mendation of the Tax Commission as to
the length of elapsed time for which
an effort shall be made to assess these
lands and levy taxes on them.
The commission recomemnded that
these taxes be collected for the last
two years, but the substitute bill pro
vides that they shall be collecte'd for
the five years preceeding the presrnt
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year, or virtually for six years, all the
time allowed under the statute of limi
tations. Tho substitute bill also authorizes
County courts of the different counties
in which the lands to be taxed are lo
cated to contract with any competent
persons to undertake and make the
collection of these taxes on a commis
sion basis.
Coke's BUI Fixes Salaries.
SALEM, Or., Jan. 31. Senator Coke's
bill to fix the salaries of County School
Superintendents prpvides for the pay
ment of the following amounts:
Baker S1.2O0 Lincoln $ SOD
Benton
800 Unn 1.000
Clackamas
1.000 Malheur 000
'Cli-tsop HOOiMarlon ........ 1,000
Columbia 900 Morrow soo
Coos 1.200 Multnomah .... 1.500
Crook 440. Polk l.OOfl
Curry 400 Sherman 30
Douglaa 1.20 Tillamook l.Onfl
Ollllam 500 Umatilla 1.RO0
arant TOn.t'nlon .
I Harney SOO Wallowa 'f.'u-"
i Jackson l.OOn'Wasco l,oo
Josephine H00!v'ashlngton ... 700
! Klamath Mio'Wheeler 4fl
I,ake 700YamhiU 00
l.ane 1.200'
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