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rrm rnuvTYfl HT?rnnVT A V TTTTTR STi A V. SEPTEMBER 10, 1908. . tl I NEW FISHING LAWS WILL BE ENFORCED State Fish Commission Tells Master Fish Warden to Proceed Vigorously. CRAWFORD TO PROSECUTE Attorney-General Volunteers to Con- i duct Cass Against Viola- . tors If District Attor. neys Fail. H. C. McAllister. Master Fish Warden, has been Instructed by the State Board 'of Fish Commissioners strictly to en force tre provisions ot the two fish bills adopted by the people last June. Not only are the provisions of the -laws to be enforced, but the Master Fish Warden has been assured that the Board will back him in his efforts to require respect for the law, and. If the resident District Attorneys show a disinclination to conduct prosecutions when the laws have been violated, Attorney-General A. M. Crawford nas vol unteered personally to prosecute all of fenders. . The Instructions of the Board to Mr. McAllister authorize hlm, in the en forcement of the laws, to seize and confiscate all (rear found in the river and employed in unlawful fishing. Attorney-General Crawford has advised the Master Fish Warden that the laws adopted by the people are valid and capable of enforcement. In giving this opinion the Attorney General refers to the fact that when the State of Oregon was admitted to the Union It was given concurrent Jurisdiction over the entire waters of the Columbia River. The same official of the State of Washington recently rendered an adverse opinion on the validity of these statutes, contending: that the Oregon state authorities did not have that Jurisdiction, and could not prevent a Washington fisherman from plying his vocation on the Co lumbia. Backed by Supreme Court. Similar powers as to Jurisdiction of the Columbia were conferred on Wash ington when it became a state. Fur thermore, the contention of the Oregon Attorney-General that the Oregon offi cials have the right to enforce their laws ' on the river, regardless of whether or not similar legislation has been enacted by the neighboring state, has been upheld by a decision of the Orgon Supreme Court, written by Chief Justice Bean. In compliance with these instruc tions. Fish Warden McAllister has sup plied himself with four patrol boats which will be operated on the river in charge of a number of deputies. Three of these boats will be stationed on the lower river and one on the upper river. The law prohibiting fishing on the Columbia above the mouth of the Sandy goes Into effect today and all violators of the law will be arrested promptly and prosecuted. Dealers Under Espionage Also. In connection with the enforcement of the isws on the river regarding salmon fishing, fish dealers will be prohibited from handling any of these fish taken from the Columbia. Thev will be required to keep a record show ing the date of the arrival of each shipment and where it comes from. Dealers found selling salmon from the Columbia will be subject to arrest and prosecution. Fish Warden McAllister returned yesterday from Salem, where he at tended a meeting of the State Board of Fish Commissioners the day before. At this meeting he submitted a report of the operations In the different hatch eries and recommended the abandon ment of the Ontario hatchery, which, he declared, never could be operated successfully. The following reasons were given as showing that a mistake was made In locating the Ontario hatchery in its present location: First The river, successfully to stop the almoo. requires mint 14i0 or 1S0O feet of r-k. In the main channel, the water at low llm le from 8 to 10 Jt deep, and makes the coat of piscine the rack very expensive as well as perilous for the workmen. Second The rise and fall of the river la eudilen. and In order to hold the racks In fwlllon. after belna placed. It requires some 8W sacks filled with (travel and sand to hold them, owlnt; to the river bottom being loose sard. Thinl The water supply Is secured from the nake River by means of water wheels and Is at all tlmee en full of fine sand and sediment that fir hatchery use It Is not at all suitable, as it endanger the eges and oun fry through suffocation. Another means securing water has been provided. On the river bank a large well has been dug and water Is pumped from It Into the hatchery. This) Is little better than the river water: the same sediment and sand being also found, this, too. after passing through three different areens of Canton flannel. fourth The hatchery building Is 62 feet ?"M b 217 fett k"1K' w, a capacity of e.HXV"0rt eggs, and so constructed that from two head troughs In the center of the build ing the water now through Ave lengths) of hatching trough to each end of the build ing. A complete steam heating plant has been Installed. There are a number of rhlnook salmon now Dehlnd the racks, and Superintendent Rerrlsn reports that they are increasing every day The Indication are that our tike of eggs will be large. I havef decided to eys all the eggs we majr secure and ship same to our Wallow a station to batch and feed. Work of Past Month. Mr. McAllister discusses the work of Ms office for the month in part as follows: I have appointed A. B. Holcomb as super intendent of this elation, to succeed M Pprague. whom I have traneferred to the W:io. Mr. Holcomb Is a good man and a worked In the United States' service for rme years. He is thoroughly familiar with the work in alt Its phases. While the Light St Power Company wers rebuilding their dam I secured their co operation and help In repairing the fishway t a cost of about $200. The power company wa put to considerable expense In building extra walks toe make the flshway conform with my Instructions, and I am pleased to rrport that the work, aa It now stands, wl'l rawer every purpose. I submit herewith a proposition and plans from E. V. Jensen for an exhibit at the Fea'tle Fair. Mr. Jensen offers to do the work and look after same, during the fair for the sum of 4no. I have made arrangements for additional deputies to patrol the Columbia River -during the new cjree season period, beginning Octo ber 1. tvill have my new boat In commke Irn by that time: also the patrol boat we ere wow using. Have hired two additional lsunches. which I feel will be sufficient to take care of all violations. As the Washing ton Commissioner has advised all fishermen h-vdlne Washington license that he will pro tect them from prosecution under our laws. T am reliably Informed that nearly all of them have decided to operate their different rar and will defy my deputies to arrest them. I am pleased to report that so far during the present close season there has beea prac tically no violations of the fishing laws, only one arreet having been made by my deputies, the psrtr arrested being Theodore N'asse. who had his trap In operation one hour after the seae-n e!oed. This. In comparison wth former years, is verv graflfylnv The receipts of the office for the month were as follows: District No. 1. flTCt"; District Ko. 2. 951.6. Tbe disbursements for tbe month aggre gated 346.7. Hatchery'to Be Built on Trask. At Its regular meeting at Salem Tuesday the State Board of Fish Com missioners awarded to F. A. Erlzon. of Salem, the contrat for building an ad ditional hatchery for $1892. The new hatcherv will be located on the Trask Hlver 12 miles from Tillamook. The dimensions of the building will be 55x80 feet and It will have a capacity of 6.000.000 eggs. SALMON PACKERS FIX PRICES Will Pay 2 Cents a Pound During Fall Season.. ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) The Fall fishing season on the Colum bia will open at noon tomorrow, and as the price fixed by the packers will be only 2 cents a pound, the indica tions are that few glllnetters aside from those working for the Co-operative Packing Company will go out. The Megler cannery at Brookfleld. the Columbia River Packers- Associa tion plant' at Eureka and the McGowan cannery at Uwaco, are as near as can be learned, all the canneries which will be operated and they are located on the Washington side of the river. The McGowan and packers' plants will get the majority of their fish from their own traps, while the Megler can nery will depend principally upon gill nets. , On this side of the river the Lnlon Co-operative Packing Company will re ceive salmon, but for pickling purposes only, and possibly some of the cold storage plants may take steelheads. None of the seining grounds will be operated on account of the low pries for fish. SHUT OUT BOURNE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT WILL . CONSIDER PROBLEM. Present Plan for Distributing Money Among Districts Held to ' Be Unsatisfactory. SALEM. Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) The problem of devising an equitable plan for distributing the county school funds among the several school districts, will be the chief topic of discussion at a confer ence of all the County Superintendents of the state in this city tomorrow end Fri day. The conference has been called by Su perintendent of Public Instruction J. H Ackerman and practically all the 33 County Superintendents will be In at tendance. Presumably the Superintendents will agree upon plans for improving the school system In various ways and will recommend these plans to the favorable consideration of the next Legislature. The manner in which the school funds are distributed has always been the cause of more or .less dissatisfaction. Under the laws that now exist, JcO is first credited to each district and the remainder Is divided among the dis tricts according to the number of chil dren In the district between 4 and 20 years of age. This plan Is declared to be unrea sonable because the number of children In a district between 4 and 20 years of age may differ very much from the number attending school. ; The number of children in school rather than the number in the district would, it is contended, be the proper basis of distribution if a per capita system is to be used. But there are many who believe that a per capita system is not wise, even though in theory it seems equitable. In some districts there are but three to eight children to attend school. It re quires practically the same expense to maintain a school for these half dozen children as to maintain a school for. 80 children. It is, therefore, argued that the plan of distribution, in order to be equitable toward the children and give all an equal opportunity to receive an education, should give the very small district a larger proportion per capita than la assigned to the more populous district. One of the new plana suggested is that half the school fund shall be dis tributed according to the number of teachers employed, and the other half according to average dally attendance. CATCH JAPANESE ON SHIP Astoria Police Arrest Man Wanted on Charge of Murder. ASTORIA. Or., Sept. 9. Ito, a Japa nese, who Is charged with the murder of Kakaskl, a fellow countryman, at Los Angeles on the evening of Febru ary 4 last, was arrested in this city this evening on the American ship Berlin, which arrived from the Alaska can nery, of the Portland-Alaska Fishing Company. The murder is said to have been a brutal one and without provo cation, and was the result of a tribal war among the Japanese In that city. Ito acknowledges that he was in Los Angeles at the time of the murder, but denied any knowledge of It- He will be held pending the arrival of an offi cer from Los Angules. LOWER LIVESTOCK RATE A. & C. Itoad Heeds Protest of Union Meat Company. SALEM, Sept. 9. (Special.) The Astoria & Columbia River Railroad to day informed the Oregon Railroad Commission that on Septebmer 23 it will publish and put in effect a new rate on livestock, which will be a ma terial reduction. The Union Meat Com pany recently complained that the rate between Portland and Warrenton is excessive. The rate now in force is $44 for a 34-foot car. Under the new rate the charge will be $37.12 for a 36 V4 -foot car. There Is a correspond ing reduction to other points. Opposes Reduced Train Service. SALEM. Sept. 9. (Special.) The Ore gon . Railroad Commission has received from the citizens of Toledo. Lincoln County, a vigorous protest against the proposal of the Corvallls & Eastern Rail road to discontinue Its morning and evening trains after the Summer travel Is over. A letter from County Clerk Ira Wade tells the Commission that the pro posed change . would make It necessary to spend two days on a trip from New port to Toledo and return and three days from Toledo to the State capital. The Commission Is asked to prevent the dis continuance of the trains mentioned. Rushing Work on Oregon Electric. HILLSBORO. Or.. Sept, 9. (Special.) The Oregon Electric's new depot at Beaverton will be completed by the time the poles and wires are ready for op eration into Htllsboro. The holes are dug for the poles ss far as the track is laid, which is within a block of the western city limits of this place. A large construction crew Is engaged In ballasting the line, and this division has now reached Beaverton. Republican Organizations at Salem Have Plan. MOVE TO FORESTALL YOUNG Clnb Leaders Object to Prominence Given Senator Bourne's Private Secretary by His Appoint--' inent aa Organizer. SALEM. Or., Sept, 9. (Special.) At a meeting to be held In the City Hall tomorrow night, tne Toung Men's Re publican Club, and the Salem Repub lican Club will unite in the organiza tion of a Taft Republican Club.. This action will be taken for the purpose of working more effectively during the campaign, and Incidentally for the purpose of forestalling' any ef fort of John C. Young to organize a Taft club in Salem. As soon aa it was announced that Senator Bourne's private secretary had been appointed to organize Taft clubs, the Republican leaders In this city be came active. Senator J. N. Smith, who is president of the Salem Republican Club and who will not have anything political to do -wti Republicans who have not been always loyal, declared that Young should not be permitted to organize a Taft club here. President L. C. Stringer, of the Young Men s Club, took a similar view. Stringer called his club together tonight and a ' resolution was adopted disbanding the club for the express purpose of uniting with the Sslem Republican Club in organizing a Taft club. Presi dent Smith has called his club to meet tomorrow night. Mr. Young had written Representative-elect Hal D. Patton asking him to look after the organization of a Taft club here, but Patton thought this re quest should have been addressed to the state committeeman or the county chairman, so he has done nothing. Patton is a member and former presi dent of the Young Men's Republican Club and will presumably go with the club Into the new organization. - The Republican Club leaders here object to the prominence given Mr. Young by his appointment as club organizer. . Before disbanding the Young Men's Republican Club designated L. C. Stringer. Carle Abrams. L. T. Reynolds, W. C. Smith, A. Gilley, E. N. Gllllng ham and H. D. Patton as delegates to a state convention of Republican clubs. These selections will presumably be ratified by the new Taft Club tomorrow night. SMITH TRANSFERS TIMBER Minneapolis Man Transfers $1, 000,000 Holdings to Corporation. ALBANY, Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) The vast Linn County timber holdings of C. A. Smith, of Minneapolis, were all transferred today to the Linn fc Lane Timber Company, organized in Henne pin County, Minn. The transfers em brace approximately B0.00O acres. The consideration named in one deed is $80,000 and only a nominal considera tion Is mentioned In the others, but the value of the land transferred is about $1,000,000. The land embraces all of the old holdings of Frederick A. Kribs, of Port land, and some additional land later acquired by the Smith interests with scrip. Several hundred acres were held Jointly by Smith, Charles J. Swan son and Nils O. Warner. Other parties had Interests with Smith. The Smith holdings were all choice timber land, and some sections are un excelled In the world. A large portion of this land runs from 10.000,000 to 12.000.000 feet of timber to the quarter section. TRAIN DECAPITATES MAN Special Runs Over A. Nelson on Kalama Branch. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 9. Under circumstances whloh. almost seem to in dicate deliberate suicide, A. 'Nelson, a la borer, was killed by the locomotive of a special train on the Kalama branch of the Northern Pacific Railway Bhortly be fore noon yesterday. The circumstances were almost identical with those of the death of a Greek laborer In about the same location a few days ago. In this case the tragedy occurred near camp No. 3. about two miles north of Knappa Sta tion. Nelson was seen by the engineer while a considerable dlstanoe ahead, walking along the track. The warning whistle was blown, but the man continued on the track, but at the same time giving Indi cation that he was aware of the approach of the train. Only the pilot and front wheels of the locomotive ran over the man before a complete stop was made. The wheels com pletely severed the head. Nelson Is apparently a Scandinavian, probably about 35 years of age. MAN KILLED IN RUNAWAY John Scott, of Canyonville, Thrown From Rig When Horse Bolts. ROSEBURG, Or., Sept 9. (Special.) John Scott, of Canyonville, was killed In a runaway this evening. Although details of th accldtent are somewhat meager at this time, it has been learned that Scott in company with a friend, was driving along the road near Perdue, about 40 miles North east of this city, when the horse sud denly became frightened and started to run, throwing the occupants of the rig to the ground. In falling. Scott came in contact with the horses' hoofs, sustaining injuries which caused his death within a few minutes. A brother, Thomas Scott, who resides In this city, left today to take charge of the remains. Fire Destroys Sawmill. RAINIER. Or., Sept. 9. Years of hard work by C. C. Wilson, principal pro prietor of the C. C. Wilson Lumber Company, were lost early this morning when the sawmill of this company. 250.000 feet of lumber, five cars of himber In the dry kiln, $5000 worth of machinery put in this Summer, and other equipment were destroyed. Mr. Wilson's loss is $47,000. His insurance is $13,900, which will meet his out standing debts, leaving him where he was when he began to build up the big plant years- ago. Six weeks more would have finished work at this plant, when Mr. Wilson proposed to move the mill to Rainier and cut during the .Winter months. J With a hop, skip and jump the Summer's gone, and school opens Monday. Here are all the fix ings to make life pleas ant as far as looks go for the future great men of our city. Children are the most merciless kind of critics here's the right clothing in special values at $3.85 and $5. School supplies or other useful presents given "with boys' Suits or Shoes. CLOTHIERS 166-170 Third Street. Three previous) fires have been discov ered this Summer, but all were put out without any damage. HALF OF CBDP SHIPPED GRAIN MOVEMENT FROM WALLA WALLA COUNTY HEAVY. Supply of Cars Equal to Demand. Farmers in Foothills Start Fall Seeding. WALLA WALLA, Wash., Sept 9. (Special.) Estimates made here tdoay by local warehousemen and grain ship ping firms place the amount of grain shipments to date at from 40 to 60 per cent of the total output for Walla Wal la County. Owing to exeellent transportation fa cilities the bulk of this season's crops, both wheat and fruit. Is moving from two weeks to a month earlier than last year. There has not been a single case of car shortage In moving crops so far during the season, although every car Is In use In this district that can be obtained. The reason given for the good ser vice offered .by railroads is In In creased number of laboring men at Portland and tidewater points, who are secured to unload cars more quickly than before, thus allowing them to be returned to the Interior for another cargo. For the past two or three weeks warehousemen have been overrun with grain received for storage, and unles heavy Incomlnlg lots are lessened within the next few days several houses will be short of room. Although the present crop Is somewhat lower than last year's output, the yield is in al most every Instance greater than was anticipated early in the season. Within the last few days Walla and vicinity has been visited with refresh ing showers, which have been wel comed by the farmers as . tehSum,mer fallow ground was needing moisture to prepare it for Fall seedlnig. Re ports from the foothill districts, where the soil is heavier than on the flat. In dicate that seeding has already com menced in a few instances and prep arations are being made to put in wheat largely this Fall. Fall plowing Is also contemplated In many cases where soil its heavy and It Is said a large quantity will be seed ed on stubble plowing. Start on Station Work Soon. HILLSBORO, Or.. . Sept 9. (Special.) Andrew McCabe, whose firm has 14 miles of construction work from the tunnel, at Buxton, on the Pacific Railway & Navi gation's line to Tillamook, states that he will, sub-contract the work. He already has 100 Swedes at Buxton, and they start on station work at once. Mr. McCabe will open headquarters at Buxton. Will Lay New Water Mains. HILLSBORO. Or., Sept. 9. (Special.) Preparations are being made to lay 1000 feet of new water mains on the principal business streets. The town owns and operates Its own water and lighting sys- Gordon quality as proof against wear and weather. Gordon style is proof against criticism. '$3 Gordon de Luxe: $4 FOB SALE BY A B..STEINBACH & CO. . AIM ? jT 'jl. 0-st A man's carrying a big handicap who has Kent i aying to pay rent for nothing more than a shel ter. Rent at $30 per month amounts to $360 per year. To start a home in volves payment of $10 down and $3 per week, or $166 per year. Money paid for rent is lost when the rental expires; money invested in a home gives you an ownership that cannot be taken away, except by due process of law. j-.0 Ever stop to think Avhat boarding costs? For a OOarCllOg Z man, $40 is a fair price $480 a year. Should there be two to support, at the above rate, $960 per year would be the cost. Compare, this with $166, the first year's payments on a home. $960 abso lutely gone, without a thing to show for it, or $166 invested that can never be lost, and practically $800 saved. This is a proposition that can be figured out to the dollar. X t 4-1 O Take the average hotel, for example. The cost OOlCi J ill 6 is fully $75 for one, while for two the amount expended in three months would pay outright the cost of a homesite. It's getting right down to the mathematical facts that makes the present-day methods of securing a home appeal to those who are spending their money for the privilege of living. BUY IN HYDE PARK BUILD A HOME a T T Dailr Offers to investors all the advantages and im AaV Cl A EOT 1C provements that one could desire or expect. The public improvements will be on a par with those in BELLE CREST, our first famous success. The immense increase in home-building in this section of the city insures a quick settling up. of this community. The original HYDE PARK was completely sold in less than four weeks even before the formal opening of the subdivision. 'he Jacobs-Stine Co, The Largest Subdivision Operators on the Pacific Coast tem and the negotiations for the pur chase of the plant by the Portland Gen ial Electric have been called off for the present. Favor Grant for Seattle Fair. VICTORIA. B. C Sept.' 9. Hon. Wll Ham Templeton, minister of Inland Revenue, met the Board of Trade today to ascertain th. views of the Board regarding a Government appropriation for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacinc Exposi tion at Seattle, and the members were strongly in favor of a substantial grant. Mr. Templeton saiq tie leit strongly favorable to a grant and as--sured the meeting that If anything was done by the Ottawa Government a sub stantial amount would be given. The Dominion of Canada contains nsarly R.74.oOO square miis. 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