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M MUDDLE 15 HEM) SOLUTION Proposed to Equalize Taxes to Conform to Old Ap portionment. PLAN IS ONLY TEMPORARY Governor and Secretaries of Treas ury and State to Act as Board of Equalization Scheme Said to Stand Court Test. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Jan. . (Special.) Mendlns; of the tax flaw Is making progress In the committees on assessment and taxation, and a bill will te Introduced In the House for equali zation of county tax shares by a board consisting of the Governor, the Secre tary of State and the State Treasurer. It Is expected that the board will equalize taxes to conform closely with the apportionment that has been de clared unconstitutional, but as the method will be legal, no further trou ble will result. For subsequent years the Legislature will enact a permanent Equalization Board, probably to consist oi the Gov ernor, the Secretary of Stale and the tate Treasurer, a bill of the State Tax Commission of 1905-6. providing an assessment board to determine tax valuations of public-service franchises, based on capitalized net earnings, may he aiiiended so as to expand the board's function to that of a State Equalization Koar.l. This will bring the publlc sorvke corporations to Salem in a body to cut out taxation of. their capitalized ret earnings. Mulkey's Scheme Plausible. Three sessions of the committees on taxation were held today. At first it was thought that there could be no equalization this year. This was the pinion of Governor Chamberlain. But V. Mulkey. of Portland, chairman of the late Tax Commission, and C. 11 Altchlson. Its secretary, now member of the Itailrnad Commission, pointed out a way to equalize state taxes this year, which they said members of the Su premo Court had Indicated would be constitutional. T.iia proposed method confirms the levies mado by the 34 counties this year. It provides that for the purpose of equal ization the board shall raise all county valuations to cash figures and determine eneh county's ratio in the proportion that I s total valuation bears to the total of t'i state. It Is expected that these ratios conform closely with the ratios of the law just declared unconstitutional. Is Gain to Multnomah. They will not do so exactly and most of t'se counties will have to pay the state slightly more or less than they expected to do under the Invalid law. In the case of more, the counties will have either to economize or issue warrants to make frood the deficiency. By this arrangement Multnomah County will be saved much of the extra JIOT.CO which It seemed des tined to put up as a result of the Supreme Court decision. In order to dispense with the equali sation method, which the Legislature discarded some years ago. It will be necessary to amend the constitution so ns to authorize the Legislature to pre scribe a Just rule of taxation. This could be done In November, 1910, at t'.-e general election, and the next Leg islature might then An away perma nently with the equalization system. Tiie State Equalization Board was abol ished In October, 1S35. It had served from Kl. It was abolished by an emergency ect which cited that "there will be a preat saving to the people of the state by th Immediate package of this act." Amendments Are Proposed. The amendments proposed br the late Tax Commission to cure the difficulty are given in the following. The pro posed new clauses are in parentheses; the other clauses now stand in the con stitution: Article 1 svetlon 82. No tax or duty shall bt lnijosd without the consent of the peo-j-;e or their representatives in the leria'.a- rive aseemblr: and nil taxation shall be eotial and uniform (upon the same class of m. ;.'fi, wttMn the territorial limits of the au'.MorltT ievvinif taxes.) Ar-.i le 3. eei-tioo 1. (Taxes shall be !tv;e.1 upon eui'h property as shall le prs Tit.ea by law.) The ler-i;:ftt!ve HMfmMj shs.l provide by law for uniform and equul r.: of assessment and taxation (upon the -veral classes of subjects of taxation witn-1:-. 'he territorial limits of the authorllj tvyir.s the taxes ar.d shall preacrtbe u-r r-sula'.lons as shall secure a just valuatioa ? -r taxation of all property (taxed. exi?p properly specifically taxed). Yamhill Sounds Discord. The Joint committee on taxation to dry showed Itself unanimously In favor of equalization this year. The only note of discord was sounded by Corrigan. of Yamhill. Mulkey made the remark that unless some fair equalization should be made, a number of counties would dodge their Just burden of taxes. To this Cor rlcan replied: "ilultnomah dodged taxes a goel many years and now if the dodg ing should be In favor of. others, they can stand it" That the equalization scheme means dilutes between counties Is the general belief. The best escape from this would le a constitutional amendment placing In the Legislature the consplete power to adjust taxes. Assessor Sigler, of Mult nomah. 1" In the capital tonight, advo cating this method. MULTNOMAH MEN" TO MEET Ielrcatos to Bo Addressed by Cham ber of Commerce. STATR CAPITOL. Salem. Jan. M. (S;e.-i.il.) Members of the Multnomah County delegation will meet at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, when bills affecting various offices and salaries In Portland and the county will be considered and acted upon. Tomorrow night the delega t:on will be addressed by representatives of the Portland Chamber of Commerce In the Interest of pending bills In which trat organization Is Interested. Principal among these bills Is the one repealing t! compulsory feature of the present pi lotage law on Columbia River bar. HARD BLOAV TO IX) AX SHARKS Hill Would Invalidate Assignments of Wages for Less Than $200. STATE HOUSED Salem. Jan. 36. (Special.) Money shark. will be hard hit should a bill of Representative Farrell. Introduced today, become a law. - The bill Invalidates assignments of wages for less than $50. without the written consent of th employer and the assign or. Thla bill would shut out money-lenders who haunt the Courthouse and the City Hall in Portland, and other places where tnen. who work for email wages seed to borrow money ahead of payday, secured by assignment of wages. In Portland are a number of money-lenders of this char acter, who prey upon Ignorant and Im prudent persons that fall Into their clutches, and who charge exorbitant rates of interest. The bill is as follows: Section 1. No assignment of or order for waxes to be earned la the future to secure a loan of less than 00 shall be yalld asalnst an employer of the person making said uilrnment or order until eald asalgn ment or order Is accepted la wrllioe by ta employer. , Section & No such assignment of or or der for wares to be earned In the future shall be valid when made by a married man unless the written consent of his wife to the making of such aaslsnmeEt or order ts attached thereto. TO INCREASE SUPREME COURT Chamberlain Likely to Get Chance to Make Appointments. SALEM, Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.) The Senate Judiciary committee this after noon decided to report favorably Hart's bill Increasing the number of .Supreme Judg-es from three to five, the Governor to appoint the two additional Judges to serve until the next election. As the bill carries an emergency ... i 1 i 1 V. n thei fln- clause, coituiurriiuu " - ' "Volutins; power, and will undoubtedly appoint the present uommissiuner.. It. King and W. T. Slater, if the bill should pass. BLOCK WAY TO SENATE (Continued from First Page.) for the Republican nomination for Governor agalcst Mr. Davidson. Mr. Stephenson's independence and failure to contribute to the La Follette Presi dential campaign are given as some of the causes of the Tjreak. Bought Votes Wholesale. c t'.(... rhirri( that Mr. 8terhen- I son gave to Republican State Chair man Edmunds, or App.eion, a sum w money In excess of 1106.000, and ap proximately $250,000, In relation to the primary election held on September 10 last, and by such acta violated a Wis consin statute: that the money was given to Mr. Edmunds to pay to other electors prior to the. primary in sums ranging from 15 per day to 11000 In bulk as a consideration for some act to be done in return by the primary electors for Mr. Stephenson. Other charges' allege that V. S. Kel ley, one Hambrlghton. of Racine; Roy Morse, of Fond du Lac. and divers oth er persons, paid various sums as a con sideration for acts to be done corrupt ly and unlawfully. The charges against Mr. Stephenson number 16 in all. the concluding charge stating that "the primary nomination or election- was obtained by the use of large sums of money corruptly and il legally used." and the violation of the statutes relating to Illegal voting and corruption. Use Primary to Debancb. Speaking of the resolution to investi gate Senator Hustlng, said: "Can you use the cloak of the pri mary to debauch the electorate?" It was a matter of common knowl edge, he said, that nothing but money entered into the election last Summen, and that money won. Senator Martin opposed the investi gation unless proper specific charges timely filed have been presented. They shall be based upon something besides "wind and newspaper clippings." The motion to Investigation was car ried by both houses, and an attempt In the lower house to recall the charges from the Investigating committee was j rejected by SO to 68. nOPKIXS HAS BUT 0 VOTES Sherman Looms as Compromise Can didate In Illinois. SPRINGFIELD. III.. Jan. 26 After five uistlnct ballots had been taken today for United States Ecnator in the Joint ses sion, completing the 17th ballot, the Joint session of the Legislature arose until noon tomorrow, when balloting will re commence. The cnanges In the vote to day were not regarded as significant. Senator Hopkins was still short a ma jority. On the 13th ballot the total vote in the Joint sesssion was: Hopkins 90. Foss 13. Stringer 74, Shurt leff 13. Mason 4. McKlnley 1, Lowden 1. Calhoun 1; total, llrt. Constitutional ma jority of the Joint session. 103; majority members present and voting, 99. On the 14th ballot Senator Hopkins fell off five votes. On the 17th ballot the vote showed no material change. Before the beginning of the Joint ses sion today ex-Lleutcnant-Governor L. T. Sherman loomed up as a possible candi date oa whom the opposing factions could unite. Instead of an absolute re quirement that a constitutional majority of 13 members of the General Assembly Is necetsary for the election of a Sena tor. It was generally accepted by the Legislators that a majority of those present and voting, provided a majority of each House were present, would be decisive. JOSEPH Jj. BRISTOW CJIOSEX Kansas Picks Sallna Editor for Six Year Term in Senate. TOPBKA. Kan.. Jan. 26. The House and Senate here today in separate ses- j sion voted for United 8tates Senator to suecsed Chcftor 1. J-ong ior me six-year term beginlng Mnrch 4 next. Joseph L. Brlstow. the Sallna editor and ex-Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, was given a decisive majority over Hugh Farrelly, Democrat, of Chanute. the only other candidate. Tomorrow the two notifies In Joint session will formally ratify today's election. The vote for Brlstow in the House was 82 and 34 In the Senate. The Democrats cast their votes for H. P. Farrelly, giving him 40 in the House and six in the Senate. XEWLAXnS IS RE-ELECTED XcvadJi Republicans Follow Direct Primary and Return Senator. CARSON. Nev.. Jan. 2. United States Senator Francis G. Newlands, Democrat, who had been chosen by popular vote to succeed himself, was today re-elected by both houses of the Legislature, voting separately. In the Senate he received 17 votes, two mem bers not casting their ballots. The As sembly gave Its full vote of 48. The Republicans stood by their agree ment to abide by the popular vote and placed no candidate in nomina tion. Robbers Take $1.70; Miss $1.30. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Jan. X (Special.) Jones & Peterson's meat market was broken Into early this morning and 11.70 taken from the cash drawer. There was J1.30 more In the till, but this was over looked. Save-money at Rosenthal's shoo sale. GRANGE JUS LOBBY Together With Federation of Labor, Sends Workers. THREE LAWS ARE WANTED Employers' Inability Act, Bank Guaranty and Eight-Hour Iav Objects) of Interest Board of Regents Comes Up Today. . STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Jan. 26. (Special. Representatives from the State Grange and the State Federation oi i bor are in attendance at the Legislature In the interest of three bills that are pro posed by the legislative committees of those organization Those bills are: Em ployers' liability act, bank guaranty and an eight-hour law In all manufacturing and other Institutions operating continu ously during the 24 hours. Eugene Palmer and C. E. Spence are representing the Grange while J. F. Cassidy and R. A. Harris are here for the federation of Labor. Two of tue three bills already have been Introduced, but the liability act has not been presented. This measure will be first introduced In the Senate, probably by Senator Sinnott. Important amendments to the bill of Rep resentative Campbell, amendatory of the present attachment 1 . were reported by the House committee on Judiciary today. This bill was introduced for the purpose of regulating attachments during a per iod of extraordinary Holidays such as the state experienced. The committee took advantage of the opportunity and amended the bill so that Sheriffs shall not have the right to seize personal prop erty except in case of absconding debtors. The report of the committee and its recommendations were adopted. To Consider Ubby's Bill. Representative Couch's bill, extending from six months to six years the time In which suits may be filed against the earnings of Judgment debtors, was fa vorably reported In the House. At a meeting of the House committee on education at o'clock tomorrow morn ing, advocates of the bill by Representa tive IJbby, creating a board of regents for the control of ail of the state's edu cational institutions, will present their arguments In support of that measure. A majority of the members of the com mittee are reported to be unfavorable to the proposed bill which, undoubtedly, will be adversely reported. Make Treasurer Tax Collector. Representative Hughes, of Marion, to day Introduced in the House a bill making It possible for every county of the state to make Its Treasurer Tax Collector. The bill makes It optional on the different counties as to whether or not they shall change the present system of collect ing taxes. It provides that where a change is desired, the people of that county shall hold an election" on the subject and the Treasurei shall not be so designated as Tax Collector unless a majority of the voters of the county so decide. No other chanse Is mado In the present law on the subject of tax col lection. This change accords with a rec ommendation of the late Tax Commission. Collection of hospital fees from em ployes by corporations is made a mis demeanor by the terms of a bill that' was Introduced in the House today by Repre sentative Bcdilllon. The bill does not apply to corporations that maintain their own hospitals for the treatment of sick and injured employes, but is aimed al together at those corporations that col lect hospital fees and then fall to pro vide their men with the attention for which they have paid. Bill Provides Capitol Jobs'. Two additional offices at he expense of the state are proposed in a bill Intro duced in the House today by Patton of Marion, who would have a Janitor and a messenger provided for the State Supreme Court. The bill fixes the compensation of each at 8S00 a year. Representative Mahone's bill providing for the purchase by the state of a tract of land In Rlverview Cemetery as a bury ing ground for veterans of the Spanish American War, was reported favorably in the House today by the committee on military' affairs, after the appropriation for the purchase bad been reduced from ,4000 to 837SO. The House today adopted H. J. M. 1, by Representative Llbby, providing that all receipts from the forest reserves of the state be deposited in the Irreducible school fund. XEW BILLS IX LOWER HOUSE Various Measures Introduced for Consideration of Legislature. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, .Jan. 26. (Special.) Sills were Introduces! in the House today as follows: H. B. 175 Jones (Douglas), providing for closed season for salmon on Umpqua River and Its tributaries' from April 10 to May 10 and November "Jo to December 10. H. B. 178 Hughes iby request), making County Treasurer tax collector. H. B. 177 Bcdilllon, preventing collection of hospital fees by corporations from their employes. H. B.178 Orton, bank guaranty bill, orig inal draft amended o that expense of extra bank examinations are puld from the guar anty fund and not by the bank direct; also provides banks may borrow, without inter est, three-fourths of amount paid Into guar anty fund by providing- surety bond. H. n. 1711 Brady, givlnR Justice Courts of Multnomah County jurisdiction over cases Involving $:.00. II. B. IS') Brady. Increasing pay of Jur ors in Portland Justice Court from $1 to (2 and witness feps from J1.60 to H. B. 181 Bonebrake. requiring persons procuring liquor unlawfully in dry counties to serve as witnesses and divulge the source of their liquor supply. H. B. 162 Patton (by request), provid ing for Janitor and messenger to Supreme 'Court at salary of 00 per annum each. II B. 33 Carter, providing for deputy County Clerk Hood River County at ti0 per annum; also Deputy SherllT and Ieputy Assessor, salaries to be fixed by County Court. H. B. 184 Davis, requiring street railway companies to equip All cars with air bradca and provide motormen with seats. H. B. 38j McArthur. requiring members of state boards and commissioners to attend the meetlncs of such boards. H. B. IS Buchanan, providing for con stitutional convention for revision of stats constitution. H. B 187 Buchanan, appropriating $4000 to complete payment of Indian War vet erans for their services during wars of lo.Vl-a. H. B. 188 Jones (Lincoln and Polk), providing that proceeds from hunters' li censes shall be divided equally between county In which they are Issued and the state fund for the protection of game. H. B. 189, Farrell Prohibiting assignment of unearned wages to secure a loan of less than tiOO. BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE Xlne Measures Accepted and. Sent to Upper House. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Jan. 19. (Special.) The following bills were passed by the House today: H B 5?, Mnhonev InT-as!ng salnry School -Superintendent of Morrow County from S00 to 11200 per annum. H. B 4.1. Barrett Increasing from 50, ooo to $100,000 the bond of the Treasurer of Umatilla County. mm'.. K. B. 48. Barrett Providing for deposit- O I J I I VI. I X! s m a m it ill s..tv Significant Specials in Corduroy wearables. Our kind of cords the kind that give sat isfaction and will stand the hard knocks. This week we offer the following special prices: $4.00 Cordnroy Trousers, either brown or red, heavy welt seams, with flap pockets, per pair .2. Go $8.50 Corduroy Coats, with or without leather lining.. 5. 00 $3.00 Corduroy Shirts, heavy and well made, cut very full, priced at 2.15 75c Corduroy Caps, all shapes to fit all heads 45 1BB-1TO Third St. Ing of state school funds In bank In same manner as other state funds. H. B. 40, McCue Fixing salary of School Superintendent of Clatsop County at (U00 per annum. H. B. B4. Brooke Providing for three terras of Cirouit Court in Malheur County. H. B. 60. Farrell Limiting to 10 Inches the length of all hatplns- H. B. 119. Lelnenweber Providing for deputies for Clerk and Assessor of Clacka nias County. H. B. lo3, Richardson Fixing salary of Deputy Recorder of Union County at $900 per annum. H. B. 08. Campbell Amending attach ment laws for convenience of emergency holldaya HATPINS LIMITED TO 10 EVCHES Members Introducing Bills "By Re quest" Must Toll Source. STATEHOUSE, Salem, Or, Jan. 26. The House today adopted a resolution providing that In the future when members of that body introduce a bill "by request," they shall be required to Inform the House members at whose request the measure is presented. This will enable the legislators to .have a knowledge of the real Interests behind such bills, many of which are intro duced at every session. It has been decided by the members of the joint committee, named by the Senate and House to confer with a like committee from the State of Washing ton, on the eubjeot of uniform fish leg islation, to hold an open meeting to morrow night In one of the committee rooms at the Capitol building. At this meeting the advocates of various meas ures of legislation will be given a hear ing. This meeting was arranged pur posely that the wishes of those ac quainted with the fishing industry of the state might make known their re quests as to legislation before the com mittee goes to Seattle next Saturday to meet with the members of the commit tee that has been named by the Wash ington Legislature. Hepresentative Farrell's bill, limiting to 10 Inches the length of hatpins, passeu the House this afternoon with S3 votes in its favor. Its passage waa preceded by a short but lively debate In which Mr. Farrell presented the merits of the bill by pointing out the danger to the eyesight of the "innocent by stander" from the wearing if the hat pins now used by women. Representa tive Jaeger attacked the bill, alleging that because of the style of hats now worn by the fair sex it would be im possible for them properly to fasten their headpear with a pin no longer than 10 Inches. In the final vote the following members opposed the bill: Barrett, Bean, Brady, Bryant, Buchan an. Calkins, Conyers, Couch, Eaton. Greer, Hines, Jaeger, Jones (Douglas), Jones (Clackamas), Lenlnenweber. Meek, Orton, Richardson and Speaker McArthur. House Bills Postponed. STATE) CAPITOI Salem, Jan. 26. (Special.) On the recommendation of committees to which they had been re ferred, the further consideration of the following bills waa Indefinitely postponed in the House today: H B 72. Clemens Reducing from two to one year the time In which actions for libel must bo brought. H B 80. Brooke (by request) Providing for the appointment or another guardian or administrator when the original appointee leaves the state. H. B. 125. Greer Permitting any persons over 21 years of age and competent to be a wltnees. to serve summons In Justice Court CauB. Tl. Purdin Enabling County Courts to reopen final settlements of estates of deceased persons within three years. II. B. S3. Farrell Providing capital pun ishment for all persons convicted of high way robbery. H B 131, Matione Prohlbtlrg Chinese men-hants from conducting gambling games In their stores. H. B 11-. Farrell Making stockholders In bank's responsible for double the amount of their capital stock and directors respon sible for triple the amount of their stock for all liabilities of such institutions. Com mittee decided bill was unconstitutional. H. B. 1.10. Mahone Prohibiting China men from practicing medicine without pro curing a license. SPEAKER M'AKTHCH HAS BILL Proposes to Enforce Attendance of Members of State Boards. STATE CAPITOL Salem.. Jan. M. (Special.) Speaker McArthur today Intro duced In the Houee a bill which provides that failure on the part of members of any state board or commission to at tend two consecutive meetings of such board or commission, except on account of the serious illness of himself or his family, shall have forfeited his office. It is provided In the bill that In event of such delinquency the Governor shall ap point other members. The purpose of the bill is to Insure bet tor attendance of the members of the Boards of Regents of the various educa tional Institutions of the state at meet ings when important administrative ques tions are considered. Eight Jurors for Calbonn. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28. Eight Jurors had been temporarily passed to try Patrick Calhoun on an indictment charging bribery when today's session of the trial came to an end. Three citizens were accepted today from among the 16 who faced the attorneys. Leaky Tubes on Cruiser. CHARLESTON. S. C. Jan. 28. The new scout cruiser Salem is making for this port to have several leaking tubes repaired. The damage is not seridus. clotMrs CUT GLASS l j J a s i " h -ts v ; ft w wf. i " ; i- . These Prices Will Surely Nappies, assorted shapes, heart, club, diamond and spade designs; regular $1.50, now 89J 6-inch Nappies, assorted designs, regular $2.00 and $2.25, now $1.43 6-inch Nappies, beautiful assortment, . regular $3.25 to $4.00, now 2.41 6-inch Nappies, large assortment, regular $2.75, now 1.89 8-inch Cut-Glass Bowls, regular $4.00, now $2.87 Buy Wood Panels for Burning Now The greatest sale of its kind ever held in Portland thousands have bought. Still we have plenty ior all. These panels run in size from 4x6 to 16x0, and are all made of first-quality selected basswood, each panel being three-ply veneer Experienced artists always at hand who are willing to start panels without additional expense. Wood Panels, Regular Price 19c, Sale Price 10c Wocd Panels, Regular Price 30c, Sale Price 15c Wood Panels, Regular Wood Panels, Regular Wocd Panels, Regular Wood Panels, Regular Wood Panels, Regular FnhVo l mo nf ' UUl JoliLXA V muv See the new Carving, Tinseling and Gouging Work; carry the only complete stock of Jewels. Trea Phones! Fourth .Floor. GULLS FOR CAESAR Senator Jeff Davis Compares United States to Rome. SAYS NATION IS BANKRUPT ArkansM Solon Makes Stirring Plea for IS8 National Expenditure, by Congress, "Drunk With Spending." WASHINGTON. Jan. 26. A apeech by Senator Davis, of Arkansas, favoring legislation to prevent dealings by ex changes In "futures" In products of the soil and a maiden speech by Senator Cummins, of Iowa, against the passage of the postal savings bank bill as re ported to the Senate by the committee on postomces- and sost-roads, were the features In the Senate today. Mr. Cum mins spoke In favor of the deposit of postal savings In state and territorial "only 26 Senators were In their seats when Davis arose and he had not pro ceeded more than a few minutes when even this small attendance waa reduced to 17 Senators, only six of whom were Republicans. The -galleries were also sparsely filled. Davis advocated the passage of a bill Introduced by him to penalize the use of the malls, the telegraph or the tele phone for the purpose of conveying gambling proportions to buyer or seller. Wants Modern Caesar. Picturing conditions in Rome at the time of Julius Caesar, he described the death of Caesar as the price of Caesar's love and" service for the poor, declaring: "Would to God we had a Caesar In the White HouBe today. "Ah, the money power may be press ing the American people too far. In some evil hour. In some unguarded mo 'ment, a match 'may be touched to the fuse that connects with the hidden mine of discontent and dismay that Is planted beneath this Ra.ublic, and I shudder for the consequences." Davis continued: Face to Face With Deficit. We atand today face to face with a deficit In our publlo treasury of $150. OX,000. Our Government Is bankrupt, yet we are appropriating the money of the people at the rate of perhaps a million dollars an hour. "The majority In Congress seem to be dnink on the wine of success. They fiddle and dance and make merry while Rome burns. I say to you, Mr. Presi dent, that it Is time we were calling a halt, and that the Congress of the United States legislate for a little while in the Interest of 'old man people.' " 1CEEFE FAVORED . BY SENATE Gore) Declares 3Ian Take Place as Reward for Fighting Gompers. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Senate committee on Immigration today author ized a favorable report on the nomination pf Daniel 1. Keefe to be Commissioner General of Immigration. Senator Goto told the committee It waa REDUCED ONE-FOURTH Every piece of exqui site Cut Glass in our -- i colossal stock re duced for this grand Clearance Sale. You will find our cut glass the best. rnce ,ttc, sale rnce isc Price 45c, Sale Price 35c Price 30c, Sale Price 23c1 Price 25c, Sale Price 18c Price 60c, Sale Price 45c Hand-Paintpd Skins One-Half Price. All Skins to Burn 25 Per Cent Off understood that Mr. Keefe has accepted the appointment as a reward for having opposed Samuel Gompers. OAYTSE WAR BIMj PASSES Senate Passes Measure Granting Settlement of Volunteer Claims. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Senate passed the bill previously passed by the House authorizing settlement and pay ment of claims of volunteers serving in the Cayuse Indian war and their heirs. The beneficiaries under the bill are John Mlnto, Charles Bonds, Ellen E. Hackett, Missouri A. Cornelius, Mary J. Keizur, Amanda Reese, Mary E. Cornahar, Polly C. Butler and Sarah E. Schaatz. Northwest Affair at Capital ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Jan. 26. Rural carriers appointed: Carlton, route 2, Elisha J. Weiser, carrier; William W. Baysinser, substitute. Hills boro. route 2, Wlllard Tupper, carrier; Es sie M. Tupper, substitute. The First National Bank of North Bend, Or., has been authorized to begin business with J25.000 capital. Joseph C. Gray, pres ident; J. V. Push, vice-president; J. W. Gardener, cashier. Approve Eastern Forest Reserves. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The House committee on agriculture today agreed to report favorably the Weeks bill providing for a commission for the establishment of a White Mountain and Southern Ap palachian forest reserve. This is regarded as a victory for the advocates of legisla tion for the conservation of the navicable rivers and the preservation of forests. Opium Bill Passes Senate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Senate today passed the Lodge bill to prohibit the Importation and use of smoking opium. It directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations un der which opium for medicinal pur poses may be brought In. Senate to Buy Portrait. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26. The Resear ol portrait of the late Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa, will be purchased for HMO by the Senate in accordance with the terms of a resolution by Teller, adopt ed unanimously today. 'j IS EX-JCDGE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO CHARGE. Gives $2 0,000 Bail and Case Is Set for Trial In March Ex plains Tangle. SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 26. (Special.) M. J. Gordon, ex-Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court, and until recently counsel at Spokane for the Great Northern, was arraigned on a charge of embezzlement before Superior Judge Hinkle late this afternoon and pleaded not guilty. Gordon's counsel, Frank Graves, Frank T. Post. N. E. Nuzum and R- E. Nuzum, of Spokane, and Charles Potter Sullivan, of Tacoma, were with him. New bonds for 120.000 were offered and accepted, the sureties being John Rea, of Tacoma. a brother-in-law; ex-State Treasurer George G.. Mills, of Olympla, a son-in-law; J. H. Wilmot, president of the Spokane Liquor Dealers' Association, and Mrs. Wilmot. The record waa made IVVVbi-B iM- Interest You 8-inch Cut-Glass Bowls, regular $5.50, now $3.79 8-inch Cut-Glass Bowls, regular $6.50, now S4.23 Sugars and Creamers, regular $6.00, now $3.9S Sugars and Creamers, regular $7.90, now S4.97 Three-pint Water Jugs, regular $7.50, now $4.78 XWijj Mr Hooo tffc . . also the Jeweling. AVe Open a Monthly Charge Account. to show that formal arraignment was waived by the defense and it was agreed that the case shall be set fur trial on a day to be ilxed in March. The Information charges Gordon with appropriating to his own use money In trusted to him by the Great Northern in settlement of the case of James Spar row against the railroad company last April. Nuzum & Nuzum, now represent ing Gordon, had stipulated with Gordon that unless the money was paid by a certain date. Judgment might be entered against the railroad for Jl'200. It Is al leged that Gordon received a draft from the Great Northern, but fulled to make a settlement Nuzura & Nuzum filed a stipulation and took Judgment and the Great Northern sent another draft In payment. Gordon explained before the State Bar committee that it was his cus tom to use money sent by the railroad to pay one Judgment In settlement of other Jiidtrmerts. Daughter's Head Encrusted with Dandruff Feared she Would Lose her Hair Many Treatments were ' Futile Baby had Milk-Crust. BOTH CHILDREN CURED BY FAMOUS REMEDIES "For several years my husDand was a missionary in the Southwest, and we were living on the edpa of the desert at an elevation of nearly five thousand feet. Every one in that high and dry atmosphere has more or less trouble with dandruff and my dauRhtor's scalp became so encrusted with it that I waa alarmed for fear she would lose all her hair, which was very heavy. After spending between five and six dollars for various remedies, in desperation I bought a cake of Cuticura boap and a box of Cuticura Ointment. After rub bing the Cuticura Ointment thoroughly into the roots of the hair, I gently combed the crust of dandruff free from the scalp, and then pave her head a thorough shampoo with the Cuticura Soap. This left the scnip beautifully clean and free from dandruff, and after the hair was dry, I again rubbed tha Cuticura Ointment, this time sparingly, into the roots, and 1 ara happy to say that the Cuticura Remedies were a complete success. My troubles with dandruff were over, although for a long time afterward I used the Cuticura Ointment as at first, after shampooing, which kept tho scalp and roots of the hair moist. I have used successfully the Cuticura Kemedies for so-called milk-crust' on baby's head, and have never found anything to equal them. You are at liberty to publish this letter, for I do sincerely believe that the Cuti cura Remedies are a blessing to man kind. Mrs. J. A. Darling, 310 Fifth St., Carthage, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1908." Cuticura Ointment is one of the mos successful curatives for torturing, dis figuring humors of the skin and scalp, including loss of hair, ever compounded, in proof of which a single anointing with it, preceded by a hot bath with Cuticura Soap, and followed, when necessary, bv a mild dose of Cuticura Resolvent (liquid or pills) is often sufficient to afford immediate relief of itching, burning and scaly humors, eczemas, irritations and inflammations, permit rest and sleep, and point to a epeedy cure when all else fails. Bold throughout th world. Potter Druf Cbm. Corp., Pole Props.. Boston. Mass. sts-Mailed Free, CuUcum Book oa tkin Diseases, MISSIONARY'S WIFE PRAISES CUT1CURA