T. WAGE
DROWNED AT SEA
Master of Liner Nicomedia
Went Overboard at Early
Hour December 26.
EVIDENTLY Afo ACCIDENT
Captain Left Ilrldgc nt 3 o'Clock In
Morning Hoar Later His Ab
wnce Was Discovered by
Officer on Watch.
ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 21. (Special.)
The (irnnin steamship Nicomedia, of
the Portland-Asiatic steamship line, ar
rived today. IS days from Yokohama,
bringing further details of the death of
Captain Wigematn. master of the ves
sel, who was lost overboard at sea on
the morning of December 26. -while the
steamship was en route from Hong
kong to MoJl. Japan.
The Niromedia sailed from Hong
kong on December 22 and Immediately
struck a heavy northeast monsoon with
a high tea running that caused the
steamship to roll terribly. About 3
oVlovk on the nvrnii.g of December 2.
Captain Wazeuiann went onto the
bridge to give orders concerning the
course, and In coming down ho stum
bled, but said ho was not injured in
sny wav. However, he sat down on the
steps for a few moments and then
started towar.t the side of the vessel.
An hour later, desiring to alter the
course of the steamship, the officer on
watch went to the cabin to see the
captain, but could find no trace of him
and a search of the vessel brought the
same result. This was the first inti
mation that an accident had occurred.
First Officer Wesper immediately
turned the steamship around and ran
back over the course, continuing the
search until 8 o'clock in the hope that
the captain might still be afloat, but
without av!il. and the steamship then
proceeded to Moil and thence to Kobe.
That Captain Wagemann's death was
accidental Is evident, but Just how It
occurred will never be known. He was
in the best of health and spirits, being
especially elated because his wife, who
had been visiting in Germany, was to
meet him in Portland. It is supposed
that aa ho reached the rail of the
steamer the vessel gave a sudden
lurch and Captain Wagemann. being
partially cripnled on account of a
former accident to his knee, was
pitched overboard.
On the arrival of the Nleomedla at
Kobe. Captain Knttschky. chief officer
of tho Hamburg-American mail steam
er Barcelona, v.hich was at that port,
assumed command and brought her into
port today. He will take the vessel
tack to the Orient, and. as he Is the
senior first officer in the line, will
probably be given permanent command.
Captain Knitschky reports a very rough
trip from Yokohama, a strong north
east wind and heavy seas being en
countered all the way across.
GRANGE ENTERS PROTEST
At Installation of Grand Prairie? Ap
ple Box I Topic.
t ALBANY, Or.. Jan. 14. (Special.)
Mrs. A. T. Buxton, of Forest Grove,
wife of the stale master of the Grange.
Installed the following-new officers of
Grand Frairlo Grange, near this city,
yesterday; Master. C. L- Shaw, over
seer, F. M. Mitchell: lecturer. Ellen
Morgan: steward, Fred Parsons; assist
ant steward. Everett Payne; chaplain.
L. M. Markham: treasurer. Thomas
Froman; secretary. S. S. Bodlne: gate
keeper, William Kidder; Ceres. Grace
Shaw; Pomona. Harriet Mitchell:
Flora. Bertha Kitchen: lady assistant
secretary. Emma Kidder. Following
the installation there was a banquet
and programme, the leading feature of
which was cn address by Mrs. Buxton
on "Alcoholic Appliances," demonstrat
ing the use of denatured alcohol for
light and heat.
Grand Prairie Grange Indorsed the
resolution pasned by the Linn County
Horticultural Society Friday, protest
ing against the bill now before the
National Congress to make a bushel
box the standard size of an apple box.
PROMINENT FARMER DIES
Rufus Skipton, of Benton County,
Dies Aged 4 6 Years.
CORVALLIS. Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.)
Hufus Sklpton died of kidney com
plications at his residence in this city
Thursday night, at the age of 46 years.
About 4." years ago he came with his
parents from Iowa to Benton County.
The deceased was a successful farmer,
owning one of the best farm properties
in this county. In recent years Mr.
Skipton had been of great service to
this section by developing a market
abroad for fine draft horses raised
nere. He was a brother of Frank
Skipton. of Albany, Mrs. Isabel Horner,
of Corvallls. and Otis Skipton. of Port
land. A widow and two small sons sur
vive him.
HIGH SCHOOL TO DEBATE
Astoria and Tillamook Students to
Discuss Municipal Ownership.
A9TOKIA, Or.. Jan. 51. (Special.) The
first of the Interscholastie debating con
tests in the Columbia River district will
be held in this city on next Wednesday
evening. The debating teams will be
Misses Elixa Dawson, Helen Blhy and
Nellie Hammenkratt. of the Tillamook
High School, and MLss Mary Kelly. Axel
Sigurdson and Lawrence Dineen of the
Astoria Hlsh School.
The question for debate will be that of
"Municipal Ownership," and the local
team will sustain the affirmative of the
subject.
MADISON - STREET BRIDGE
Awakens Sentimental Interest in
Venerable Structure.
PORTLAND. Jn. 13 (To tha Editor )
The "old tumbledown" Msdlson brtdya.
M-h has been condemned by nearly every
man. woman and child In the city and by
the nmpper rra In general as belni and
hnvlr.it born for a number of years unlit for
ue. ts entltlid to a llttla argument In Its
Tha bril referred to. when built, was
.,,(r supposed to carrv tho traffic and
baay trains which bat bean passing over
CP
It In recent years, and being the furthest
bridge up stream haa received all of tha
hardest knocks durlnc its many yeara of
service. It will bo admitted by all that tho
old bridge should have been replaced be
fore now. and that two years ago if the
bridge was then declared unsafe, it ahould
have been closed until a new bridge was
bulit. or until that bridge was properly re
paired. If the engineers In charge had
consulted somo practical river man before
attempting to "sew up" the river by driving
pilea between the piers, wa would by t.iis
time have had a new bridge, or tha present
one would have been permanently repaired.
A year ago last Fall piling was driven
between the piers to support the spans
which wero supposed to be and likely wera
weakened from age. It was generally sup
posed that the piling was temporary until
tha bridge could bo strengthened from
above, but evidently that remedy was meant
for a permanent Improvement until such
time aa a new bridge could be built. Last
Winter we had no water in the river to
speak of. and the same condition might
have been true for flvo consecutive years,
but any landsman with ordinary common
sense should know that it would bo Im
possible for any bridge of the typo of the
ones here In the harbor to withhold tho
terrific force of a Jam which practically
blocks the river. Most of the drift runs
toward the east bank, and naturally the
result of a freshet Is that the first largo
trees which come down broadside against
tho piers and piling, completely block tho
flow of smaller drift between tho piers.
There have been several tugs employed for
a week trying to keep tha bridge clear,
which would be possible during a alight
raise of tho river, but If a freshet Ilka 100.
another one of which might come this year
r next, there are not enough boats on the
Willamette and Columbia Rivera to save
that bridge and when it went out would
likely take several others with It. Tho
writer will not attempt to make any sug
gestions, as that la the business of tho
authorities In charge, but tho people who
have crossed tho "old bridge" two or three
times dally for years and who will ba mora
or less Inconvenienced Indefinitely, should
FLOOD WATERS
ft.
I
Li-
VIEW
OREGON CITY Or. Jan. 24. ( Special.) Willamette Falls presents an unusual and wild appearance dur
ing the high water, and scores of people come from Portland daily to see the cataract. When the water Is
at an ordinary stage the falls are a lot of bare rocks, as the water Is drawn off for power for the many
mills and factories located at Oregon City. In tho above picture the lower river has backed up until It is
nearly at a level with the falls and the scene Is Inspiring.
bear in mind that the old bridge has not
had a fair deal, and that It has given ex
cellent service for a great many years.
LEW 1-3 V. WOODWARD.
BILL AFFEGTS FARMER FOLK
AVTI-TRCST MKASVTtE IS BAD
- FOU FUUITMEX.
Ilopgrowers Also Likely to Be Hit
and Labor I'nions Come Within
Scoje of Bill's Provisions. '
SALE.M, Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.)
Fruitgrowers and hopgrowers, as well
as union laborers generally, are In
terested In . the anti-trust bill intro
duced in the House by Representative
Purdin and known as House Bill 37.
While the bill is evidently aimed at
large combinations, such as cracker
trusts, manufacturing enterprises of
various kinds, and laiiroad agreements;
yet it in general in its application and
affects combinations of skill and acts
as well as of capital. Fruitgrowers
in various parts of the state have
formed "pools" for the purpose of se
curing a better price, and hopgrowers
have done the same thing.' with the
expressed purpose of causing a scarcity
that would raise prices. Apparently
these acts would be prohibited If
rurdin"s bill should become a law,
pools" being expressly forbidden. The
first section of the Turdln bill, defin
ing the combinations prohibited, is as
follows:
Section 1. A trust Is a combination
of capital, fkill or acts by two or more
persons, finis. partnerships, corpora
tions, or associations of persons, or or
any two or more of them for either,
any or all of thu following purposes:
1. To create or carry out restrictions
In trade or commerce.
" To limit or reduce the production,
or increase or reduce the price of mer
chandise or of any commodity.
3 To prevent competition in manu
facturing, making, transportation, sale
or purchase of merchandise, produce or
any commodity. . ,
4. To fix at any standard or figure,
whereby its price to the public or con
sumer shall be In any manner con
trolled or cstabllnhed, any article or
commodity of merchandise, produce or
commerce intended for sale, barter, use
or consumption In this state.
5. To make or enter into or execute
or carrv out anv- contracts, obligations
or agreements of any kind or descrip
tion by which they shall bind or have
bound themselves not to sell, dispose of
or transport any article or any com
modity or any article of trade, use.
merchandise or consumption below a
certain standard figure, or fixed value,
or by which they agree In any manner
to keep the price of such article. com
modity or transportation at a fwted or
graduated llgure. or by which they
shall in anv manner establish or settle
the price of any article, commodity or
transportation between them or them
selves and others, ao as to directly or
indirectly preclude a free and unre
stricted competition among themselves,
or any purchasers or consumers in the
sale or transportation of any such arti
cle or commodity, or by which they
shall agree to pool, combine or directly
or Indirectly unite aiy interests that
they mav have connected with the sale
or transportation of any such article
or commodity, that its price, might in
anv manner be affected. Every such
trust as is defined herein is hereby
declared to be unlawful, against pub
lic policy and void.
Change In Spokane Service.
Commencing Sunday. January 2. O. R.
& N. train 4. known as the "Spokane
Flyer" will leave Portland at 7:30 P. M.
analvlng at Spokane 9:30 A. M. Train 3.
known as the "Portland Flyer" will leave
Spokane at 7:30 P. M.. as at present, ar
riving Portland 9:30 A. M.
Shoes at factory cost. Rosenthal's.
THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1909
: ' i
SOLONS TAKE UP
MPflRTft TR K
111 UN mm UILLU
Real Work of Lawmaking
Will Begin at Salem
Today.
OLD ISSUES ARE REVIVED
Normal School Fight Will Be Re
sumed and Spirited Contests Will
Take Place Over Big Appro
priation Measures.
Both Houses of the Oregon Legislature
will convene this afternoon in Salem at
2 o'clock. In one-third part of the -40
days session the lawmakers have intro
duced 110 bills in the Senate and 157
MAKE WILLAMETTE FALLS
:w4 .
OSWKw...
OF WILLAMETTE FALLS AT FLOOD
In the House. -' The most important
measures that have won in the lower
body are those of Representative Beals
to tax timber on actual crulslngs and
of Jones, of Polk-Lincoln, to extend,
for two years, the period in which the
$300,000 appropriation of the 1907 session
shall be available for purchase of the
Oregon City locks by the National Gov
ernment In the Senate the most Im
portant bills passed are two of the T.
p. A. one to require bed sheets in hotels
and lodglng-housee to be not less than
nine feet long; another compelling hotels
of more than one story. to be equipped
with fire escapes.
The real work of lawmaking will . be
gin this week. The first week's session
was devoted to organization, introduction
of bills and preparation for election of
United Slates Senator. The second week
was taken up with the Senatorial elec
tion, appointment of committees, re
ferring of bills and introduction of many
new measures. Committees have hardly
begun work: yet, but will now get down
to business. In the Senate, the most
active has been the committee on Ju
diciary. The ways and means commit
tees, on which will devolve the most im
portant work of the session, will get
Into trim this week.
Today the House will begin its session
by considering at 3 P, M.. on special
order, the 3100,000 appropriation for pay
ment of Indian War fighters of 1836-56.
This bill will have strong opposition on
account of the big appropriations already
made for these fighters. Tonight the
House Judiciary committee will hear
Portland's protest against passage of
Representative Bean's bill, enabling ports
to incorporate for shipping purposes.
Portland opposes the bill in Its present
RECORD OF THE OREGON LEGISLATURE
PASSED THB SENATE.
S. B. 4, Bailey Permitting Jury trial after default in damage cases.
R B. 1. Oliver Giving 30 days In whiph to appeal from Justice Court.
s! B. 10. Scholfleld Seaside Justice to have salary of 3400. Con
stable $200.
S. B. 11. Hedges Judgment against convicted person to be a lien
upon property from date thereof.
S. B. 12. Hedges Judgment may be renewed every ten years.
S. B. 13. Nottingham Permitting voters temporarily absent from the
state to register.
S. B. 16. Kellaher Hotels and lodging-houses over one story to have
fire escapes.
S. B. 18.
bed sheets.
S. B. 19.
S. B. 20,
S. B. 27.
Kellaher Hotels and
Chase Fixing salary Clerk, Curry County, at 11200.
Chase Salary of Treasurer of Curry County to be 3600.
Parrlsh Fixing salary of Sheriff of Grant County at 32400.
deputy 1200.
, S. B. 28. Parrlsh Salary of Treasurer of Grand County to be 1000.
8. B. 31. Oliver Salary of Deputy Recorder in Union County to be
900. '
S. B. 32. Hart Circuit Judge In Baker County to have additional
salary of $1000.
S. B. 33. Oliver Fixing salary Sheriff Union County at $2500, first
eputy $1200, second deputy $900, and $600 for expenses.
S. B. 43, Miller of Linn Appropriating $1150 for aid of Linn County
Fair.
S. B. 62. Hart Permitting school districts of first and second class
to refund indebtedness.
S. B. 60. Bailey Fixing salaries In Columbia County.
S. J. R. 2. Hedges Amendment to constitution permitting five
sixths of Jury to find verdict.
8. J. R. . Coffey Memorializing Congress to call Constitutional
convention for purpose of amending Constitution regarding erection of
Senators.
PASSED THE HOUSE.
H. B. 15, Bean Employment of real estate agent to be In writing.
H. B. 40. Jones of Polk Extending time for purchase of Willam
ette Locks.
H. B. 42, Jones and Hawley of Polk To fix salary of School Super
intendent in Polk County at $1200.
H. B. 43. Beals For assessment of timber lands.
h! b! 2S0, session of 1907 Appropriation for Central Oregon Agri
tultural Fair, over Governor's veto. '
H. B. 424, session of 1907 For protection of elk. over Governor's veto.
H J. R. 4. McArthur For amendment providing that when ques
tion once submitted it shall not be submitted again for eight years.
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shape because it would give control oH
Columbia River snipping, pnuLaso
towage to Astoria.
Another big fight Is to be waged over
normal schools, and the warring factions
are sure to take up a large part of the
time of the session. The matter which
most concerns the state in the Capitol
Is regulation of water for irrigation and
power. This subject is the biggest that
the Legislature will handle and It will
receive much attention. A bill aimed
at public service corporations, intro
duced by Representative Bean, and
drafted by the Tax Commission of 1906.
will fetch a big corporation lobby to
Salem. The bill would tax such cor
porations on their capitalized net earn
ings. It passed the house in 1907 and.
was defeated In the Senate.
Still another subject of importance is
scalp bounty, for which Eastern Oregon
has united, in order to destroy coyotes.
Legislation for Columbia River salmon
will come In to make the usual sharp
fight. Next Saturday a joint committee
of the Oregon Legislature Senators Bing
ham, Scholfleld. Norton and Sinnott, and.
Representatives Smith of Josephine. Far
rell McCue and Dodds, will confer with
a similar committee of the Washington
Legislature in Seattle over concurrent
legislation.
WANT CHEESE INSPECTOR
Tillamook County Dairymen Desire
Uniform Grade Sent Out.
TILLAMOOK. Or., Jan. 24. (Special.)
A meeting of dairymen, representing all
the large cheeee associations in the
INTO CATARACT
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TIME.
county, was held yesterday afternoon to
discuss employing an inspector of cheese
factories to grade and stamp all first
grade cheese. The meeting was unan
imous in favor of the plan, with the un
derstanding that the inspector be elected
by the dairy interests of the county. A
committee was appointed to draw up
the necessary bylaws and, communicate
with Food and Dairy Commissioner
Bailey. Chairman George Williams ap
pointed J. C. Blanchard, W. Maxwell,
John ETlckeon, C. A. Elliott and A.
Benscheidt.
The object is to, send out a uniform
grade of cheese from Tillamook County,
inspected and marked first grade. It was
the sense of the meeting that the in
spector should be a practical cheesemaker
and thoroughly acquainted with the con
ditions in this county, and that he should
be elected by the patrons of the cheese
factories of the county.
Contract Firm Incorporates.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) Ar
ticles of incorporation of the West Coast
Construction Company were filed in the
County Clerk's office yesterday. The .in
corporators are Christian M. Larsen, John
A. Gamble and Ole Boren, and the capital
stock is 315.000. The object of the com
pany is to engage in a general contract
ing and construction business.
Tides Takes Out Bridge.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) A
portion of the county road near the upper
Lewis and Clark bridge was flooded by
the high tides of the past few days and
two small bridges in that section were,
carried away.
lodging - houses to provide nine-foot
.
OREGON MAY HEED
REVISED TAX LI
If Present Fixed Ratio Found
Unconstitutional, Legisla
ture Must Act. '
ADVANCE IN MULTNOMAH
Revision Would Greatly Increase
Levy In This County Governor
Says Ho May Prepare
Special Message.
SALE.M. Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) If
the decision of the Oregon Supreme
Court In the Yamhill County case, in
volving the fixed-ratio-tax-apportionment
law shall bo construed, as hold
ing that law unconstitutional. It will
become necessary for the Legislature to
enact a new state tax levy law imme
diately with an emergency clause at
tached. It will be necessary for this
law, if it be enacted, to direct the im
mediate levy of a new state tax at a
rate uniform upon all the counties,
so that taxes may be collected from
the counties this year. It may also
be necessary to enact a law providing
for the equalization of assessments
among the counties in future years.
The Legislature, it Is expected, may
pass a bill for a levy for 1909 within
the next day or two, requiring the
State Board of Apportionment to make
the levy within a feSr days after the
law goes Into effect. By this means
all difficulty in conecting taxes for
1909 can be avoided.
While the Supreme Court did not ex
pressly hold the fixed-ratio law uncon
stitutional, tfio opinion, written by
Judge Bean, Indicates that the court
would so hold it If the question were
directly presented. Fortunately for the
state the decision came at a time when
the Legislature can remedy the diffi
culty without the state suffering in
any way in Its financial affairs. The
counties have already made their levies
and will have funds with which to pay
state taxes. The state tax, being a
debt from the county to the state, and
nor from the individual to the state,
will be collectable. All that remains
to be done is to determine the amount
each county shall pay. The appor
tionment already made was upon the
fixed ratio, but if this is unconsti
tutional, a new apportionment can be
made upon a valuation basis, thus
changing tho amount each county must
pay. but making no difference in the
total.
Tax Collected Must Be Paid.
Ever since 1901 these counties have been
paying state taxes according to a ratio
fixed by the Legislature in that year.
There has always been doubt as to the
constitutionality of such a system of ap
portionment, but no test case was brought
until the past year, when Yamhill County
brought suit to enjoin collection of the
tax from that county. The lower court
granted ths injunction, but the Supreme
Court reversed the case, holding that
since Yamhill County had levied for and
collected the money, it could not refuse
to pay it to the state.
But while the decision was against
Yamhill County, so far as the payment
of the money was concerned, Judge Bean
took occasion to remark in his opinion
that "the constitution requires the Legis
lature to provide for an equal and uni
form valuation of property for taxation
by public ofticers at regular intervals and
an equal and uniform rate of taxation
upon the basis of such valuation, until
the period arises for making it anew.
Perfect uniformity and equality in the
valuation of property is unattainable. Ap
proximation Is all that can be had, and
unless the method adopted by law for
that purpose Is clearly inadequate to se
cure the result, the courts cannot inter
fere. But the rate of taxation must be
equal and uniform throughout the taxing
district, whether state or local."
Mean Same to Taxpayers.
Under the opinion of the court It ap
pears necessary for the Legislature to
provide for a levy at a uniform rate and
upon assessed valuation. If tills is done
it will make a difference td the several
counties, but not to individual taxpayers
this year, for the reason that the state
tax is in any event apportioned among
the counties, and the taxpayer must pay
to the county unless relieved by law.
The change will make a great difference
to Borne counties. Multnomah's increase
of state taxes under the uniform rate
will be over 3100,000.
It cannot yet be determined exactly
what the rate would be under a new
levy, but It can be figured approximately.
The total value of taxable property in
the state ts a little over 3.m00C,XK). The
total revenue to be raised from the
counties Is $1,275,000. This will require
a levy of about 2.13 mills, but for the
sake of round figures the Wnard would
likely fix the rate at 2.15 mills. Taking
this as the rate and computing the
amount each county would be required
to pay upon its assessed valuation, as
shown by the roll of 1908. the increaj or
decrease in each county's tax can be
determined approximately. As compared
with the amount each county would have
paid in 1909 under the fixed ratio appor
tionment, a uniform levy apportionment
would result in changes approximately
as follows:
Counties Increase. Decrease.
Baker $ 'li,S
Benton 1000
flaekamas 6,000
Clatsop ' 8.000
Columbia
Coos
Crook
6.000
1.000
2.0(H)
T.OIM)
3,700
4.000
v l.'i.OOO
3.0UU
.... .17.000
6,000
0OO
4.000
17.000
2,000
22.000
3.O00
. 10.OU0
4.000
108.000
18.000
2.5'Wl
13.000 ' .... .
tf-.; . ,ooo
13.000
6.000 "
" 8,000
12,000
3,000
23,000
curry
Douglas
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River...
Jackson
Josephine ....
Klamath ....
l.aka
Lane
Lincoln
I.lnn
Malheur
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah
Polk
Sherman ....
Tillamook ...
Umatilla
Union
Wallowa . . . .
Wacco
Washington .
Wheeler
Vcnhlll
Of course a levy now at a uniform rate,
after some of the counties have advanced
their valuations much more rapidly than
others, would not be equitable, but there
appears to be no time for an equalization
of assessments and the Supreme Court
has held that the levy must be at a
uniform rate.
Governor 3Iay Prepare 3Iessage.
Governor Chamberlain said this eve
ning that he has not read the Supreme
Court's decision, but that IX It holds the
. . .
fixed ratio law unconstitutional It is his
opinion at first thought that it will be
necessary for the Legislature to pass sn
emergency act at once and have a valid
levy and apportionment made.
There Is no likelihood of difficulty In
collecting a tax when levied, for the
Supreme Court has held, and reaffirmed
the rule in the Yamhill County case, that
a tax apportionment la a debt upon the
county and can be collected by the state
whether the county collects the tax or
not, and it has also been held that one
appealing to the courts for relief from
an invalid tax must offer to pay what
is valid.
The subject will probably be brought
to the attention of the Legislature to
morrow morning in a special message
from the Governor.
BEACH WIL-Ii FRAME BILL
Xolta Gets Support for Columbia
Riyer Bridge Project.
J. H. Nolta, committeeman from the
North Albina Improvement Association,
who Is urging the erection of a bridge
across the Columbia River, says that S.
C. Beach, member of the State Senate,
will prepare the bill to introduce the
project. His proposition is to have Ore
gon and Washington erect the bridge by
joint action. Mr. Nolta has ascertained
that the Portland Railway, Light &
Power Company is not in favor of the
erection of this bridge, at least for the
present.
"It will take several years to bring
it about." said Mr. Nolta, "but It will
come. The railroad bridge ought to have
carried a deck for the general public,
but as it does not, we shall have a
bridge. I think It ought to be built so
that the Oregon approach will land on
Patton avenue."
WILL BILL IS PUZZLER
MEN" COXCERXED TRY TO FIG
URE ITS APPLIdATIOX.
Measure Apparently So Drawn That
Difficulty W ill Be Created in Ar
ranging Working Shifts.
fc-ALEM, Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.)
Proprietors of sawmills, flouf mills,
woolen mills and similar establish
ments are trying to figure out the
practical application of House Bill 4,
introduced by the Clackamas County
delegation,' which bill Is commonly
known as the eight-hour bill.
The measure expressly applies only
to such manufacturing, mechanical,
mercantile or other institutions as
"actively continue the business in
which" they are engaged for 24 hours
during any calendar day." One ques
tion that has arisen is whether the bill.
If passed, would apply , to a factory
that closed down one hour at noon, as
nearly all factories do. If it does so
apply, then the proprietors do not
understand how they are to arrange
their business so as to run their es
tablishments on eight-hour shifts. A
crew working eight hours, stopping
one hour at noon, covers nine hours
of the calendar day. Three shifts cov
ering nine hours each will not work
into a 24-hour day. Some of the
manufacturers say that if this bill be
comes a law they will be compelled
to discontinue their night shifts and,
because of this, reduce their day shifts,
for the night shifts work principally
In preparation of material for day
shifts. Supporters of the bill will be
asked to explain how it will work In
practice. The sections of the bill pre
scribing the hours of labor are as fol
lows: Section 1. Eight hours shall consti
ture a day's work for all workmen,
laborers, mechanics and other persons
now employed, or who may hereafter be
employed. In or about any manufactur
ing, mechanical, mercantile or other in
stitution cniDloving labor except In cases
of extraordinary emergency where It may
be necessary to work more man eigne
hours per calendar day for the protec
tion of property or human life, provid
ed that in all such cases the laborers,
workmen, mechanics or other persons
so employed and working to exceed
eight hours per calendar day, shall for
such overtime be paid at the rate of
one and one-half times the rate per
day allowed for the same amount of
time during the eight hours service.
Section 2. Any employer who shall
require any person employed in any
manufacturing, mechanical, mercantile
or other establishment where laborers
are employed to work In any such place
mentioned In this act, work more than
tight hours in any day of 24 hours or
who shall neglect or refuse to so ar
range the work of the employees in his
c-mplov so that they shall not work
more than eight hours during said day,
except as In this act provided, or who
shall permit or suffer any overseer,
superintendent, foreman or other agent
of any such employer to violate any
of the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof shall be fined for each
offense in a sum not less than $20 or
more than $100. or by imprisonment in
tne County Jail not less than ten days
or more than 50 days or by both such
tine and Imprisonment.
Northwestern People In New York.
NEW YORK. Jan. 24. (Special.)--People
from tlie Pacific Northwest registered at
New York hotels today as follows:
From Portland Miss 1 Gould, at the
ABOUT TRUSSES
TRUSSES
A man should exercise as
much care in selecting a
Truss as in buying a pair of
shoes, but many do not and
yet an ill-fitting truss is a
constant menace to life and
health.
We've fitted and sold
trusses for 43 years. Never
a- dissatisfied customer yet.
Expert men and women fit
ters, an immense stock (the
largest on this Coast), com
fortable fitting-rooms, rea
sonable charges, an absolute
guaranty, money back it
you're not pleased. These
are some reasons why our
business grows reasons
why we ask yours. Cata
logue free.
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
... Portland, Oregon.
r-TWS WOODLARK
p-- m
MORE
PIMfflAM
CORES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.
Camden, X.J. "It is with pleasnrl
that I add my testimonial to yonr
already long list hoping that it may
induce others to ayail themselves of
this vaiuaDie meai
cine.LydiaE. Pink
ham's vegetable
Compound. I suf
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, vras tired and
noronni Ami no
' weaklcouldhardly
M stand. Lydia E.
Pinkham s V egeta
ble Compound re.
Ktnrprl me to health
and made me teel like a new person,
and it shall always hare my praise.'
Mrs. W. P. Valentine, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, 2s. J.
Gardiner, Me. " I was a great suf
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said I would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound com
pletely cured me in three months."
Mrs. S. A. Williams, R. F. D. Xo. 14,
Box 39, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is a difficult one,
doctors having done you no good,
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia E. Pinkhtm's Vegetable
Compound a trial It surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in
flammation, ulceration, displacements,
tibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner
vous prostration. It costs but a trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil.
lions to many suffering women.
Manhattan; G. R. SrcWIIHams, .t tho
Gilsey; V. F. Groh, Mrs. W. F. Groh, at
the Herald Square: A. U Pease, at tha
Imperial: E. B. Morsraji, at tho Park
Avenue; H. E. Beardsley, at the Marl
borough. From Seattle C. H. Keen, Manhattan;
L. C. Gilman, at tho Wolcott: C. Damey
er, at the Broadway Central: D. N. Genss.
at the Churc.iill.
From Spokane E. L. Paterson, I. E.
Vandom, at the Woodstock; L. H. Wells,
at tho New Amsterdam;. A. M. Murphy,
Mrs. M. Murphy, at the Wolcott.
No Lilght at Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 14. (Special.)
This city has been without light or power
all day. Further than that there ts
some trouble at the power station above
Milton. The telephone line to the power
station la not working, however.
Michigan !Flrm Buys Timber.
ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) Deeda
were filed for record yesterday whereby
the Edmund Hall Land Company, of De
troit, Mich., purchases 153 acres of tim
ber land in the Nehalem Valley. The
consideration named is nominal.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our appreciation
and heartfelt thanks to our friends
and neighbors for kindness and sym
pathy in our great bereavement.
MRS. P. F. M'MORROW
AND FAMILY.
I A MOTHER'S PLEA.
I Trained Nurse Offers Cure
for Costiveness.
"What in the world can I do
for my three children, who, it
seems, have inherited costiveness
and all its evils, such as vomlt-
ins. stomachache, headaches,
dullness, languor, fever and thin-
ness of flesh? I have tried diet-
ing and breakfast foods, fruits
and patent medicines; but the
trouble grows worse and I am
nearly distracted."
This mother voices the experl-
enco of thousands.
A trained nurse and well-
known matron of one of ourlarg-
eRt Eastern hospitals offers the
following as tha best and most
reliable harmless remedy that is
J known:
r Just go to any well-stocked
T drug store and get "one ounce
aromatic fluid cascara." "one
? ounce compound essence cardial,'
Z and "two ounces aromatic syrup
Z rhubarb." Mix all in a bottle,
Z shake, and adults take from Vt to
Z 2 teaspoonfuln after each meal,
m while children gleefully take
s from five drops to a teaspoonful,
according to age. Use this free-
ly whenever occasion demands.
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New Cuban
Tobaccos
WE are pleased to announce
that we are using the new
crop of Havana tobaccos
in our Jose Vila Cigars. These
Tobacco9 are fully cured and In
prime condition and equal to the
celebrated 1905 crop. You may
have had cause to complain of
your favorite brands. Jose Vila
will please you.
This is the Cirfar that
received FIRST AWARD
for General Excellence
BERRIMAN BROS.
Makmrm
Tampa. Fla.
CAMPBELL-
LAK1N
SEGAB CO.
DistribuUir.
"CLEANLINESS"
Is tha watchword for health and vigor.
i lng not only the necessity but t'a lux
i ury of cleanliness. SAPOLIO, whlo
! fca wrought suoh change in the homo.
mnnvBaQM nor ubivt wuujv
HAND
SAPOLIO
TOB TOILET AND BATH
A special soap whioh energise the
whole body, start the circulation ana
leaves an exhilarating- glow. All gajs
mm aroMKtatJL.
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