TITE 3IORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1900, SOLONS ARE ASKED FDR S7, 80 But an Estimate of Revenues Shows Only $4,310,000 in Sight. STATE SCHOOLS TO BE CUT University Asks for $700,000 and State College at Pullman De mands $300,000 Subcom mittees Get Busy. OLTMPIA. Wash., Feb. 22. (Specl.il.) With appropriation bills and 'esti mates of needs of institutions and state departments presented to It aggregat ing more than 17.000.000, the sub-appropriations committee has begun the work of pruning to bring the aggre gate down to the estimated revenue of $4,310,000. One of the deepest cuts decided upon affects the State University, -which presented estimates of needs aggregat ing 1700,000. The committee will ap prove an appropriation for this insti tution of about $400,000. Thi, State College is also to feel the effort of the pruning knife havlnc its estimate of $300,000 cut to J200.000. Of the total of 7. 000.000 asked for, JH.2"iO,000 is for state departments and Institutions, the others being miscel Igneous appropriations The miscel laneous appropriations include numer ous relief bills in small amounts, an appropriation of $125,000 for the pur chase of the bridge across the Colum bia River at AVenathee and appropria tious for the protection of game, regu lation of dairfei. inspection of steani' ers. erection of monuments to famous men. survey of logced-off lands and a large variety of other matters. barns and other buildings have inade a demand for lumber that has kept saw mills busy through a season when they have formerly been idle. Several milla are increasing their capacity and new mills are being Installed to meet the de mand for lumber. In this city the work being done or to to be started soon means the employ ment of all the available men in town. While the construction work on the new Hawley Pulp & Paper Company plant has progressed far enough' to al low it to be operated, flie additional im provements now under way or projected will require a large force of men for many mouths. In order to get more room for the mill buildings, it was neces sary for the company to move the pump ing station of the city water works from its present location alongside the paper mill to a point across Main street, making a tunnel under the roadway necessary. This work is nearing comple tion. The Hawley company has been I before the city council with a request that water street, south or Third street, bo vacated, but it is thought that a lease will be considered by the council. The steps leading up to the bluff, from j Fifth street to a. point near Dr. Norris' nome on tne lull, will soon be ready ror traffic. They will prove a relief to the many residents of the hill district who have heretofore had to use a roundabout route, and they will furnish a vantage point for sightseers. Resting places are being put in place by the contractor. SOUTHERN PACIFIC OPPOSES NEW LAW Will Refuse Connection With United Railways to Test Legality of prefer. WEAK NERVES AND STOMACH A CURE IN ROCK ISLAND THAT WILL INTEREST MANY. jSWITCH LAW EFFECTIVE Connections Must Be Made With Private Lines Whenever Carload Business Is Offered Other Xew laws for State. ISSUE BADLY MIDDLED All Sorts of Local Option Bills Pro posed at Olynipia. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 22. (Special.) Prospects for the immediate settlement of the local option issue, which ..as ab sorbed attention of the Legislature to the exclusion of almost all other important legislation, are still vague and the fight may continue until the close of the ses sion. An informal conference tonight held in the Governor's . office by a dozen or fif teen members, mostly Representatives, and ail of whom have favored the anti Saloon League measures, went over the provisions of the Graves bill prepared as a compromise between the Nichols Sen ate bill and the House anti-Saloon Leaeue bill. Sentiment in this conference was that the Graves bill would not do unless amended In Important particulars. Whether so amended, it Will pull over sufficient strength from the liheral side to pa-8 is a matter of doubt. Two other substitute measures' are also In course of preparation and the outlook is for a lareo variety of bills for the mem bers to choose from. Another confer ence will be held tomorrow night, at which it is hoped to Becure the attend ance of others beside ultra-local option lsts and to decide uion a course of pro cedure that will bring forth a bill ac ceptable to a majority in both Houses. The possibility is hanging over the heads of the liberals In the Senate that the XIcMasters or House anti-Saloon League bill, will be brought out of the Senate public morals committee and passed in spite of them. While It has now only 21 votes, or one less than a sufficient number to pass, some of the members from the smaller counties who have heretofore opposed it. are getting restless. They are members who opposed the county unit and they object to the suggested compromise of putting all but fourth-class cities into separate units. The threat is made that if the members representing the big cities eo into a- deal that will leave fourth-class cities alone In the county unit, they will retaliate by flopping to the other side and pass the McMasters bill, which Includes all cities in the county unit. The Graves bill, which Is still con sidered a possibility, puts first, second and third-class cltlee Into separate units, and the country districts, including fourth-class cities. Into a slniele unit. It provides for a preliminary special elec tion, when petitioned for by 30 per cent f the votrs and for resubmission there after of the saloon question at each suc ceeding general election. It contains se vere enforcement provisions. Th Legislature has had introduced for its consideration more than 30 bills deal ing with the sale of Intoxicating liiiuors. These bills deal with the traffic in all its phases from prohibiting treating to the prohibition of saloons within certain distances of military reservations. One bill that will go in tomorrow by Sayre of Pierce County will be adapted from the Iowa Mulct law and the Massachu setts law regulating saloons. It will prohibit Che shades at saloon windows, the use of chairs or tables and provide regulations for entrances and prohibit pool and billiard tables. Another bill by the same author Is to prohibit the ad vertising of spirituous or malt liquors. COWLITZ SAWMILLS OPEN Hum of Industry Is Again Audible at Castle Rock. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. Feb. -(Special.) The sound of the whistle was heard at the Peabody mill this morning, the largest mill here. All the mills have been shut down for many weeks, and with the starting "of the Peabody (Cowlitz Shingle Company) mill this morning all the mills here are now run ning. Parties from Portland are trying to close a dal for the "Gray" shingle mill on the West Side. LoprsiiiK camps in this vicinity are now running full blast, and putting much fine timber into the river. Several coal mines are in operation, notably those owned by the Leaveli Coal Company and the -Huntington Coal & De velopment Company, while the Seattle PortUind Coal Company's mine, one of the largest and best in this region, is h?ing put in condition for active opera tions this Summer. Several other coal properties will probably be developed during the ccming year. Taken alto gether indications are that Cowlitz County is entering upon one of the most prosperous years in iter history. GIRL USHERS FOR CHURCH MUTE PUPILS ENJOY BALL Masquerade and Dance at State School at Vancouver. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. II. (Spe cial. 1 The annual pulplls' masquerade party and dance was held tonight in the gymnasium hall at the State School for the Deaf. This social affair always takes place on the evening of Washington's birthday. Every child In the school was masked and appeared In the grand march. Following the grand march there was an elaborate programme of tableaux. The older children made their own cos tumes. Many of the pupils, though deaf, are able to dance gracefully. After the masquerade and dance by the pupils, a large number of the society peo ple of Vancouver, who witnessed the masquerade, were entertained by Super intendent and Mrs. Thomas P. Clarke, ACTIVITY IN CLACKAMAS Numerous Building Improvements in Town and Country. OREGON CITV. Or.. Feb. 22. Special.) Reports coming from every section of Clackamas County show an unusual ac tivity in building and business. The peo ple who have moved to this county dur ing the last year have stimulated the movement to divide the farms into acre age lots, with results that are highly satisfactory to the owners. New bouses. Georgetown Pastor Will Kstablish an Innovation. SEATTLE; Wash., Feb. 22. (Special.) Four pretty young women will act as ushers hereafter at the Georgetown Presbyterian Church In place of the young men who have been performing that important duty. The change goes into effect next Sunday, and the whole congregation is breathlessly awaiting the outcome. Rev. C. E. McMillin decided upon the Innovation yesterday, when two of his former ushers were unavoidably absent, and one of the girls volunteered to take his place. She suggested that the girls be given an opportunity to do all the usher work in the future and the pastor was so much affected by the arguments she advanced that he decided to give the girls a trial. NORMAL TANGLE UNSOLVED Board of Ttegcnts Kxpected to near v From Local Interests. SALEM. Or., Feb. 2?. (Suecial.) The future of the State Normal Schools re mained undetermined, except that It is certain that the senior classes will be graduated next June. It is expected that a meeting of the Board of Regents will be held in a few days to discuss the matter, and if the local Interests have any propositions to make they will be considered. Monmouth has already arranged to keep th" school there alive. If the peo ple of Ashland and Weston do not take similar action, it is probable that all the students except the seniors will be sent home and all the professors except enough to carry the seniors through the remain der of the year will be dismissed. POSTOFFICE IS ROBBED Hobos at Eiberton Secure $6. for Their Trouble. COLFAX, Wash., Feb. 22. The second postofflce robbery In Whitman County during the past three days occurred at Eiberton Sunday nfght. Postmaster A. R. Metz reportJ that the robbers obtained about tS. Metz in also cashier of the Ei berton State Bank, which Is in the same room as the postoffice. No attempt was made to blow the safe. Zimmerman's general store was also en tered and several dollars was taken from the till. Bloodhounds were taken to Hay nation Saturday, where the robbers se cured $20. The hounds followed the scent to the O. R. & N. tracks. The work Is thought to be that of hobos. A large number of pennies were left at both places. ESTABLISH CAMP AT ELMA Contractors Preparing to Begin W ork on Grays Ilarbor Extension. ELMA. Wash.. Feb. 22. (Special.) Workmen commenced today the building of camps for the contractors of the Grays Harbor & Pugct Sound railroad on the south side of the Chehalls River. Many workmen are gathering here. Some of them are without means and the Town Marshal has been furnishing them with a pluce to sleep in the town Jail. loggers and mlllmen have been looking for available mill sites and tracts of timber within reach of the new road, and as soon as traffic Is opened up, many camps and mills will be ready to ship their product over the new line. The road at its nearest point Is two miles from El ma- PLAYMATE SAVES HER LIFE Four-Year-Old Girl Pulled From Water by Elder Companion. SEATTLE. Wash.. Feb. 22. (Special.) Hisrh water in the ditches at Atlan tic City, a Rainier Valley suburb, has become a source of real danger to the residents. Yesterday afternoon Ethel Ward, the 4-year-old daughter of Ger ald Ward, a sign painter, fell into a ditch containing ten feet of water and might have drowned, had she not been pulled out by Julia Smith, her 12-year-old playmate. The rescuer of the child is the sister of Louisa Smith, a 16-year-old girl who slipped into the same ditch and nearly drowned six weeks ago. SALEM, Or., Feb, 22.-(SpeclaI.)-WhiIe there were no very stringent anti-rail-rond laws passed at the recent legislative session, a few bills were passed over the protest of the railroads and with a view to securing better service for ship pers. The Railroad Commission fathered a number of bills which became laws and which are expected to be of ma terial aid in improving transportation conditions. Perhaps the most Important of these bills was what is known as the switch bill. It provides that any railroad shall construct and maintain switch con nections with any lateral or'branch line or sidetrack. This bill is designed to aff rt such cases as that of the United Railways In Portland, where It is de sired that switch connections be made with the Southern Pacific in South Port land, so that the factories In that part of the city can send their freight down Front street to the terminal grounds. The Southern Pacifio attorneys declare that the law is unconstitutional so far as It relates to connections between competing roads or a road which does not furnish traffic for the main line with which connection Is desired. This question remains for determination by the courts. The bill U effective, how ever, as to switches, and the Railroad Commission now has power to order the installation of a switch at any place where carload business is offered and where tho amount of traffic warrants the connection with a private switch. Commission Gets Privilege. Another bill fathered by the Commis sion, and which passed, was that pro viding that members of the Commission or employes of the Commission may ride on freight care. This will enable the members of the Board to Investigate personally the kind of freight service given, for they can ride on the train, Keep tab on the rate of speed, delays, etc. House bill 112, which was passed, pro vides that when a railroad brings a suit to enjoin the enforcement of an order of the Railroad Commission 'or when an appeal is taken from such an order, the enforcement may be stayed if the com pany gives a bond to repay overcharges in case the order of the Commission should be sustained. This bill Is de signed to avoid a decision such as that rendered in an Eastern court where it was held that the law was unconstitu tional becauso the possible penalties would be so large as to amount to con fiscation and therefore be a practical denial of the right of appeal. A railroad fence bill was passed, re quiring all roads to fence their right of way and to maintain crossings and cattle-guards. The bill also makes it the duty of farmers who have gates opening uppn the right of way to keep them closed. Other bills passed require the use of a uniform contract for shipping livestock and forbid discrimination between locali ties as well as between persons. Xow for More Armories. There will probably be activity in the military companies now to secure funds with which to build armories, for the new armory appropriation bill provides that the money shall be spent In the sev eral counties in the order of their accept tance of the provisions of the act. The bill appropriates JlO.OOO for the two years 1910 and 1911, but no armory is to be built unless the county, city or private citi zens pay one-haif the cost of the ground and buildings. The first thing for the military companies to do, therefore, will be to get an appropriation from the county, city or business men with which to pay half the cost. . The state appro prlatiop will be available not to those mat apply ror it nrst, but to those that first provide for the payment of half the expense. The bill authorizes County Courts to levy taxes for the building of armories. Xew Market for Kope. The Kellaher law, requiring hotels and lodirlng-houscs to provide fire escapes snouia create a good market for half Inch rope in the next 90 days. The law makes it the duty of the owner of every hotel or lodging-house more than two stories high to provido at least one Iron fire escape on each exposed side of the building. Every hotel and lodging-house, over one story high, must provide a half-inch manilla or sisal rope In every outside oearoom. The rope must be knotted every 12 inches and must be securely anonoreo ana exposed In a conspicuous place. There must be posted within six inches of the rope printed directions how to use it- The rope must be long enough to reach the ground. These ropes are in tended exclusively as fire escapes, but the use of them for suicidal purposes or Jumping board bills Is not prohibited. The law. will undoubtedly lessen the loss of life and property In hotel fires, for by means of these ropes patrons and firemen can get out of a building, even though stairways are aflame. Firemen will be able to remain In a burning build ing longer than they could if this means of exit were not provided. The new law becomes effective In 90 days. Fence Law in Eastern Oregon. Ranchers In Klamath, Lake, Harney and Grant counties are interested in the new law defining a legal barb wire fence in those counties. The law provides that the posts must be six and one-half feet In length, at least four inches In diam eter, set two feet in the ground, and not further ' than 32 feet apart. There must be not less than three wires, the bottom wire 24 Inches from the ground, the second 15 inches above that and the third 15 inches above the second. There must be false posts every eight feet and not less than two Inches in diameter or of 1x6 boards. The law is designed to protect stock from injury on barbed wife and to determine what kind of a fence legally protects a farmer against stock intrusion. Presumably a man who does not compjy with the requirements would be liable for injury to stock on his fences and could not collect damages if stock broke into his fields. Breeders Registration Law. Before it was passed Senator Abra ham's bill for the registration of breeding horses was amended so that registration Is made optional and not compulsory. Owners of breeding stallions are per- Nervoua Dyspepsia Which Quickly Yielded to the Proper Tonic Treatment. When the stomach is feeble the food lies in it undigested, decays and tlirows off poisonous gases that distend the walls of the stomach, and cause interi ference with other organs, especially with the action of the heart and lungs. iliese gases nave otner m enects. xney are absorbed by the blood and corrupt it and so cause aches in remote parts of the body and the formation of unhealthy tissue everywhere. General bodily weakness and loss of weight result. The nerves and the brain are disturbed and discomforts such as dizziness, hot flashes, sleeplessness, irritableuess and despondency originate from this source. Experience shows that these troubles vanish just as soon as the stomach is made strong enough to digest the food. In other words, it needs a tonio tiiat will rouse it to do the work of changing the food into nourishment. The tonio used ought to be one that will agree with the most delicate stomaoh. Mrs. O. L. Ritohey, of No. 1401 26th street. Rock Island, 111., says: "I was sick for several montlm with stomach trouble and nervousness. I had no ap I petite and what I ate pained me and formed gas. Later l hau palpitation or the heart. It was almost impossible for wa A naf na v TT alnan T Vtasa wi A Win nwrtt I iiu vu gov uj oi! .a. umjauxo x uu uu tt J-La weak, despondent and discouraged and could not bear to have any noise around me. "At first I thought the doctor waa helping ma but I really became no bet ter. When I heard of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills I made up my mind to give them a trial. It was only a short time before I began to feel better, had a good appetite, could rest well and I was cur ed after taking only a few boxes. I always depend upon Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and recommend them heartily." While so promptly effective, Dr. Wil liams' Pink Pills contain no harmful stimulants or opiates. They are per fectly safe and create no drug habit. Every dyspeptic should read our free book "What to Eat and How to Eat." Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists, or sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 60 cents per box ; six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. mitted to register their horses In the horse-breeding department of the Agri cultural College and receive a certificate of pedigree and soundness. The theory is that this registration will give the possessor of a certificate an advantage in business and that the owning of high class horses subject to registration will be encouraged. Orchardists In Yamhill County will re joice over the enactment of a law against goats running at large in that county. Goats will climb over or crawl under al most any kind of fence and when they get into an orchard, especially of young trees, they do damage rapidly. The new law makes It the duty of the owner of goats to keep them securely. The new law regarding the talcing of fish near fishways provides that no sal mon or other migratory fish shall be taken within 600 feet of any fishway, but such fish may be taken with hook and line within 250 feet of a fishway except at Oregon City, where fish cannot be taken by any means within 600 feet of the fishways. A Few Clerical Errors. In the enrollment of bills and Joint reso lutions some ludicrous errors crept into the records, the errors being due. no doubt, to haste in the work of the last two days of the legislative session. As an Instance, of an amusing error there may be cited the resolution authorizing the state boards to contract with the city of Salem for a water supply. By mis take the word water was left out of the preamble and the resolution declares that It Is necessary to promote the good health of wards of the state and that there is not now any adequate system of supplying this all-important commodity. Health, Instead of water, is therefore referred to as a commodity. In the bill appropriating $40,000 for armories, the amount was written out but the word "thousand" was omitted and the bill reads "forty dollars." But as the bill also contains the figures .$40, 000 and in another place mention is made of $20,000 a year, the appropriation Is effective. REST ROOM IN PENDLETON Place for Women to Go When Tired After Shopping. PENDLETON', Or., Feb. 22. (Special.) A "rest room" for Pendelton is about to become a reality. Through the ef forts of the members of the Women's Current Literature Club it is hoped to have the "rest room" in operation by next Saturday. This Innovation is for the benefit of farmers' wives and other women who are compelled to spend all or a portion of the day in the city and who have no place to go when tired or while waiting for their husbands. It Is to be located in the basement of the new City Hall, and will be supplied with all the modern conveniences. The room will be open every day In the week, with the exception of Sunday, from 10 o'clock In the morning until 6 o'clock at night. During these hours a woman will be in attendance who will have charge and see that everything is in order. Veneer Plant Reopens. BANDON. Or., Feb.' 22. (Special.) The Bandon Veneer plant, which had been shut down for a few weeks, started up again today and Manager Perry announces that it will run stead ily from now on. Mr. Perry was in Portland a short tjme ago, where he r .rTfThmrririM V ' -tm nun --J clothes the nerves, muscles and bones with solid healthy flesh. . It makes children rugged and hardy and fearless of the cold. It fills the whole body with warmth and life and energy. People often gain a pound a day while taking it " ALL DRUGG1BTS Send this aL, four cents for postage, men tioning this paper, and we wfll lend o a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World." 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Sharpen Your Gillette Razor Blades 50c You don't have to throw your safety razor blades away now we have a holder for the blades, with which you can sharpen your blades better than new.. The price is only 50?. Buy a Pocket Knife Now 50c to 75c Knives, now 38c $1.50 to $2 Knives, now $1.17 $1 to $1.25 Knives, now 73c $2.50 to $3 Knives, now $1.49 We Take Canadian Money At Par. Let Us Frame Your Pictures. made arrangements for a large amount Of business. The veneer plant started with about ten people in its employ, but new men are being added constant ly, and new equipments will be neces sary If the business continues to en large as It has in the past. Given Certificates to Teach. OREGON CITT, Or., Feb. 22. (Spe cial.) County School Superintendent T. J. Gary, assisted by Brenton Vedder, of Parkplace. and Howard M. Eccles, of Canby. have finished grading' the ex amination papers of the teachers who recently took the examination. Those who secured certificates are: First Grade Dorothy Parker, of Portland: M. A. Lehman, Milwaukle; A. A. Baldwin, Macksburg; Stella Sumner, Lents. Second Grade Joseph T. Bethure, Sherwood, R. F. D. No. 2; Minnie Mlche ner, Mullno; E. W. Bartholomew, Ore gon City, R. F. P. No. 2; Fred H. Wll- cox. Oregon City. B F. D. No. 2; Hanna t. , ivn,i Tt tt. r. No. 1: Edna Caufield, Oregon City: John Roberts, Oregon City. R. F. D. No. 3; U. S. Ke nagy, Aschoff; Imogene L Givens, Ore gon City, R. F. D. No. 1: Jeanie Gray, Milwaukle, R. F. D. No. 1; Olive Morti mer, Oregon City, R. F. D. No. 2; Es tella Salisbury, Gladstone. Third Grade Sydney Johnson, Glad stone; John N. Sievers, Gladstone: Ra leigh Searle, Gresham, R. F. T. No. 4; Eva Graves, Aurora; Eva Jones, Esta cada; Ellen B. Vlerhus. Clackamas; Gertrude N. Bailey, Sherwood; Harry E. Sherwood, Canby; Sadie E. Blair, Oregon City; David H. Green, Mar quam: Guy C. Larklns, Marquam; The resa M. Dekler, Mount Angel. Nurses Husband; Goes Insane. Sommer. Mrs. Colson's husband has been ill for several months, and the constant care and worry over his condition bavs caused Mrs. Colson to los her mind. DIAMOND 4 1 ASK sfttv OREGON CITY, Or., Feo. a. (Special.) Mrs. Sadie A., wife of Dan Colson, of Willamette, was adjudged Insane by County Judge Dimtck and Dr. E. A. I FRONT AND YAMHILL STB., Portland. Or. Grown for Pacific Kiorthwert Soil nd Olimtta. How on display at all brut dealoro. Auk for Cata logue. If notonaala in your nelcbborhood, writ as, giving nam of your aalr. and wo will mall yon a packet of flower aeedB free for yoor trouble i - r LclVtaw 1 Uli Seen Piker?" He will split your sides with laugh ter, break your faith in dog nature, and generally upset your ideals of clothes-line ethics. 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