THE SUNDAY OREGONIAK,, - PORTLAND, MAY 10, 1903. x
LAW AN EQUALIZER
Eddy
! U
a uicaoui o iiciicvoo l aA
on Real- Estate.
F18HT BY WILD-CAT COHCERNS
Legitimate Corporations Willing to
Pax the Required Fee Secretary
Sanbar Has Returned Money
Already Paid In.
BALEM, Or., May 8. (Special.) The
Oregon corporation tax law, which the
Wild-cat mining companies are spending
money to defeat, does not Impose upon
corporations as heavy a tax as is Im
posed in many other states. The framers
of the Eddy bill not only took care that
the rate of taxation should not be -so
burdensome as to be prohibitive, but they
"went further and make particular conces
sions to the mining interests. Notwith
standing this, the mining companies pro
pose to defeat the will of the people and
avoid the payment of a reasonable charge
tor the special privilege which they en
Joy by virtue of grants of .corporate power
from the state.
The Eddy corporation tax bill had the
express indorsement of the Taxpayers'
League, of Portland. That organization
took an active interest in legislation on
this subject, as Is Indicated by the fol
lowing expression In ono of its reports
prior to the session of 1903.
Taxpayers' Lcagnc Indorses.
"A committee on assessment and taxa
tion was appointed last year to revise
the assessment laws of the state, to sug
gest amendments, and to recommend ways
of raising revenue more in harmony with
modern business methods than those now
In force. This committee Is now at ""work
considering not only the laws in a general
way, but also the question of taxing fran
chises, the policy of an inheritance tax
and the collection of licenses or taxes
from corporations on filing their articles
of incorporation and being granted au
thority to do business within the state.
Many of these methods are in operation
In other states and have been found to
be very effective in raising revenue, be
sides, to some extent, relieving property
which now bears the heaviest burden of
taxation from some-of that burden. The
committee has be?en instructed to co-operate
with Secretary of State Dunbar,
who has given this matter much care
ful attention. There Is no state in the
union that has such simple and Inex
pensive methods for creating corporations
and which in return derives so little bene
fit from them and receives so little In re
turn for the protection that it affords
and for the privileges that it grants, as
does the State of Oregon."-
The last report of th.e Taxpayers'
league, issued since the passage of the
Eddy bill, says that "this act Is a step
toward a more equitable plan of taxation
and of relieving real estate of a part of
the burden of state taxes."
In this statement is shown the purpose
of the Eddy corporation tax Jaw. Real
property has borne nearly the "whole bur
den of taxation. Other states have adopt
ed other methods of taxation, and In some
of the states nearly the whole revenue
maintaining the state government Is de
rived from these indirect sources. There
was a demand that these modern meth
ods of taxation be adopted In Oregon, and
the law was passed In response to that de
mand. Notwithstanding the- commendable
purposes with which the law was enacted,
a small band of "knockers" propose to
keep Oregon In the list of states which
throw the great burden of taxation upon
real property.
Oregon Tax Is Low.
A comparison of rates charged for li
censes to corporations will shed some
light on this subject, The popular amount
of capital stock for mining corporations
Is 51,000.000. In order to form a corpora
tion with this amount of capital stock a
fee of 575 Is charged in Oregon. In Illi
nois the fee would be 51045, or more than
a dozen times as great as in Oregon. Tji
Itanas and Kentucky the fee would be
51000. In Massachusetts and New York It
would be 5500. In comparison with these
, large license fees the amount proposed to
!be charged in Oregon is too small to be
worthy of mention. After several years
of trial these license fees have been re
tained In the states above mentioned, and
any attempt to go back to the old method
would prove fruitless.
No Burden -to Smnll Concern.
The average corporation engaged In or
dinary business enterprises has a capital
stock of not to exceed 550,000. Under the
Eddy bill such a corporation would be
charged a fee of 525. which any corpora
tion with 550,000 capital can pay without
missing the money. In Kansas and Ken
tucky the fee would be 550 and In Massa
chusetts and New York It would be 525,
or the same as In Oregon. It will there
fore be seen that the Eddy bill charges
the 51.000,000 corporation a lower rate per
cent tax than it does the smaller corpor
ations. It was the original intention to
make the rate the same throughout, but
as a concession to the .mining Interests
the rate of per cent was made smaller as
the capital Increased. Although favored
In this regard, the mining companies are
determined to "knock" the Eddy bill and
defeat legislation -along modern business
lines.
Xesltlmnte Concerns Do Sot Object.
As everybody knows,' the opposition to
the Eddy bill does not come from cor
porations organized upon a legitimate
business basis. Already three comnanles
have sent in their corporation fees under
the new law, upon a proposed capital
etock of 51,000.000. They are ready and
willing to pay the fee required by the
Eddy law, but Secretary of State Dun
bar is compelled to return them their
rfoney and advise them that it is yet un
certain whether the Eddy law wnl ever
8:0 into effect About CO companies have
applied for blanks for the nuroose of
making their annual reports and paying
neir annual license zees, but Secretary of
State Dunbar has been able to do noth
ing but reply that nothing can bo done
until it is determined whether the ref
erendum will be ordered on the Eddv law.
Comparatively few are those who oblect
to bearing their sbare of the burdens of
government, but those few are sufficient
to render it doubtful whether the new cor
poration tax law will so into effect on
May 2L Already the people can see the
evil results that will follow and the loss
that will bo sustained If the Eddy law
Bhould be held up a year by the filing of
& referendum petition. Such a proceeding
would cost the state not less than 5100,
000, for it would lose revenue to that
amount.
That corporations organized upon a
pound business basis are not fighting the
Eddy bill is shown by the fact that State
Senator R. A. Booth was one of the most
ardent supporters of the- corporation tax
Idea. He contended; for a still larger rate
of taxation for the corporations with a
large capital stock yet the companies in
which he is interested would be among
the heaviest taxpayers under such a li
cense tax law. It was only after, a. per
sistent flght that hd and nearly all the
other members of the joint committee on
assessment and taxation 'yielded to the
mining companies and gave them a lower
rate of taxation.
, "Wllacat Qeajwie Xot Interested.
The concerns' which are most desirous
e seeing the Eddy bill defeated are those
wild-cat" corporations which have a
large capital stock and but little valu
able property. Under the laws of this
tate three men can Incorporate with &
capital of 52,000,000 and yet not have no
worth of property. Such a.cdncern is or-
gamzea tor tne:purpose.oL maiung money
out of other people and has every reason
for fighting a law which proposes to re
quire them to pay a reasonable tax for
the privilege of doing business as a cor
poration. In these days a mining com
pany, that has a property of real value has
no trouble in getting money with which
to pay so small a license tax1 as that im
posed by the State of Oregon under the
terms of the Eddy law.
lf"the "knockers" succeed in holding up
the Eddy law the loss will fall upon all
the property-owners In the state. They
are. the ones who are to be relieved by
the collection of corporation taxes. It is
therefore manifestly to the interest of all
property-owners to oppose the referendum
on the Eddy bill and to insist that the
corporation license tax be collected. .It
is therefore not probable that any one
who pays a property-tax will sign a peti
tion for the referendum upon the Eddy
bill.
"Why Baker City Objects.
That there should be a strong opposi
tion to the Eddy bill In Bator City Is
not surprising. In the last two years there
have been organized in Baker County cor
poration with an aggregate capital stock
of 5100,000,000. Yet the total taxable prop
erty in that county Is only 53,700.000. It Is
thus clear that there must be some 596,
300,000 of "water" in the stock of these
BUYING FROM PALOUSE
rORTLAXTJ IS BECOMING A GOOD
MARKET FOR PRODUCTS.
nay In That Section Is IIlRfe Petjt
toen Left la' the Ground All "Win
ter Tarn Oat Well.
COLFAX. "Wash.. May 9. (Special.)
Pprlland, . which has always been the
market for the grain of the Palouse
country. Is rapidly becoming the market
for other farm products, especially live
stock. Heavy shipments of fat stock are
being made each week from the Palouse
country in Washington, and the Potlatch
and Camas prairie districts in Idaho, to
J Portland, and the shipments are increas
ing. Two years ago scarecly a carload
a year went from this country to the
metropolis of Oregon Now trainloads of
cattle, sheep and hogs are sent from this
country to Portland and several firms are
engaged in shipping to that city.
Holbrook & Bishop, of Garfield, will
ship eight carloads of fat hogs to Port-
PREFERS MEETING PRESIDENT TO SEEING CRUISER
LAUNCHED .
MAYOR OASIPBELIi, OP TACOMA.
TACOMA, "Wash.. May 9. Mayor Campbell will not attend the launch
ing of the cruiser Tacoma at San Francisco on May 21, as to do so would
necessitate his being out of the city when 'President jRoosevelt is here.
concerns. Even this estimate of the
amount of "watered stock" is based upon
the assumption "that the corporations own
all the property In Baker County. The
capital stock referred to Is only that of
companies organized in the last two years
and does not include that of those or
ganized in all the years that have gone
before. - '
XOOKIXG FOR CA3IPKVG SITE.
Major Evans Ernniines Yakima Res
ervation Tract.
NORTH YAKIMA. "Wash.. May 9. (Spe
cial.) Major Robert K. Evans, of the De
partment of the .Columbia, arrived hero
today from Vancouver to look "up a camp
ing site for-themlIIt!a of the States of
"Washington. Idaho and Oregon, in con
junction with the regular Army. He said
he wanted at least 20,000 acres, and "Is
now conferring- with Superintendent Jay
Lynch, of the Yakima Indian reservation,
relative to a site on Satas Creek.
This is near the river and along the rail
way, and Is an Immense body of undevel
oped prairie land. He will Inspect the site
on Monday and then go to Spokane to In
spect a site there. Ho said the Anierican
Lake site, near Tacoma, is too small for
maneuvers.
"Washington School Fnndi,
OLYMFIA. Wash.. May 9. (Special.)
The May apportionment of current school
funds will exceed any other quarterly
apportionment ever made In this state by
over 5200.000. The State Auditor certified
the amount available for distribution
among the school districts, placing it at
5S0G.6S5. The largest previous apportion
ment was in May last year and aggregat
ed 5S92.47S. . ,
The large apportionment this quarter is
caused by the payment of interest on the
general fund bonds held by the perman
ent school fund, and also by increased
receipts in the State Land Office and
heavy payment of taxes.
Arrested tor Montana Murder.
ANACONDA. Mont, May 9. George
Bramblee is under arrest charged with
murdering Bullas Parrott at Nine Mile,
near here, September 5, 1900. The author
ities are looking for his alleged accom
plice, who is in Utah. The motive for the
murder was robbery. Parrott was a
storekeeper, and always had money.
Pacific Coast Xotes.
Whlstplayers of the Northwest Coast
cities are playing for trophies at Seattle.
Grant's Pass City Council has been pe
titioned for a gas plant franchise by
Judge J. O. Booth.
The wife of Jockey"Wllllam Coburn has
disappeared with her 5-months-old child
from her Oakland home.
Los Angeles will not get S-cent fares.
The Huntington and Harflman interests
have reached an agreement.
McClure & Dore. of Minneapolis, have
bought a tract of 12.000 acres of timber
near Eureka, CaL, for 5400,000.
Chaplain G. W. Prlollan. Ninth Cavalry,
colored, is ranking Captain at Fort "Walla
"Walla, "Washington. He was commis
sioned April 25, 1S95, and has seen service
in the Philippines.
Judge SnelL in the Supreme Court at
Tacoma, has taken under advisement a
general demurrer in the damage suit for
52d,00 brought by Lewis Levy against the
Gwin Hicks and others.
D. Cavln brought Into Baker City 51530
in gold dust yesterday from placer dig
gings on Cow Creek. One nugget welched
5200. The cl&m-up was the result of six
weeks "work bf two men with, one giant.
University of Biiget Sound Is the- name
of 'the ' educational nstltuflon launched
by the Tvhirigttra conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church to succeed
the work of the Puget Sound University.
land next week. These hogs come from
Camas Prairie, in Idaho, to Moscow, over
the Northern Pacific. There they are
transferred to the O. R. & N. and sent
to Portland. Two weeks ago this firm
shipped ten carloads of hogs over the
same route. The firm is feeding 125
head of steers on Penewawa Creek, which
,wlll soon be eent to the Portland market.
Hogs are now selling for from 56.85 to
$7.15 per 100 pounds, and cattle from 54
to 54.50. At these prices farmers are
making big profits and hundreds of miles
of hog-tight fence Is being built on the
farms so that hogs may be raised more
cheaply than by feeding grain the entire
year.
Hay Is higher In the Palouse country
than It has been in many years. Grain
"hay sells for from 512 to 515 per ton.
While timothy hay readily brings 51S.
There, is a large amount of timothy "raised
In this country and the amount Is in
creasing each year. This Is true of all the
leading tame grasses, including alfalfa,
bromo grass and clovers. Farmers are
Vlevotlng more time and attention to
stockraising and find It necessary to raise
feed for the stock. As a result they are
rapidly getting Into diversified farming
ana livestock, fruit and dalrv nroduets
are becoming greater each year, the Im
portance of the three industries being
in the order named. Of course, wheat
ana other grains, still rank as tho most
Important product of the country.
jrounoes nave Deen a prontaoie crop
ior a numDer or years and a large acre
age was grown last year, but earlv Fall
rains prevented many acres of potatoes
Deing dug last Fall and many farmers
thought their work was wasted. But ex
amination disclosed the fact that a large
per cent of the potatoes Dassed throueh
the "Winter without Injury and these have
recently been dug and are being shipped
out of the country. One firm in Colfax
nas snipped 20 carloads, or 700,000 pounds,
curing tno past two . weeks, and It is
thought 60 carloads will be shipped from
wniunan county tbls Spring. The farm
era are paid but 25 cents per 100 pounds,
tne lowest, pneo on record.
Not how cheap, but how good.
"Metlt wins. Opia 5c cigars are winners.
CROP PROSPECTS GOOD.
eastern Oregon Gralnsrrovrers and
Frnltraisera Are Jubilant.
BAKER CITY, Or.. May 9. (Special.)
too tar tneiruit and gram prospects for
tnis season's crop are exceedingly good
in this part of the state. The backward
season has kept fruit back, so that the
late frosts have not dono any serious
damage. Grain, especially wheat, is
looking fine, save for the need of rain,
which would be greatly appreciated by
me ary-iana tarmers just now.
Fruitgrowers have late frosts to fear
always, in the immediate vicinity of
Baker City, but in Pine and Eagle Val
leys the season la from two to four weeks
ahead of this neighborhood, and lata
.frosts, owing to the" lower altitude, are
not so mucn to ne reared.
Farmers and fruitgrowers, who are pre
pared -to irrigate, are in clover this sea-
sonj because there never was such ah
abundance of snow in the mountains as"
there is this year.
DISCOVERER OF CRATER LAKE.
low ,tbcm with a .glistening, surface two 1
miles by five In area. The lake was
named Lake Majesty, as an expression
of the feelings which- wera insplrea In tha
discoverers by the unsurpassed grandeur
of the scene. Mr. Clark thinks that al
though the new name may be more de
scriptive of tho geological origin of the
lake, the former name was more fitting
03 an indication of the scenic beauty
which a visitor to that regjon enjoys.
Mr. Clark was well acquainted with
tho Applegates and other pioneer resi
dents of Southern Oregon, and if pos
sible he will visit that portion of the
state before he returns East. He left
Southern Oregon in the days when the
stage was the only means of transpor
tation. He is in Oregon for the purpose"
of settling up the estate of the late R.
H. Finch, who was a wealthy resident of
Missouri, and died. leaving considerable
property In Marion County.
R. J.
:m After a
Clark Goes to Sale
Leag Abaeace.
SALEM. May 9. (Special.) R, j,
Clark, president of the First National
Bank or xawson, Aio., is in Salem to
day for the first time in 40 years. Mr.
Clark was a resident of Southern Ore
gon in tho early GO'S and was. a member of
IhB party which discovered -Crater Lake.
T"he party was led by Captain F. B.
Sprague and consisted of about 23 men.
The purpose of the expedition was to
discover a pass for a wagon road through
be Cascades,
Captain Sprague and Lieutenant O. E.
Steams were one day walking a little
apart from the rest of the company,
-when they suddenly cam Into full view
j of a lata which. sprsa out JW fet b-
HERMAJrif GETS UXLUCKT XUMBER.
According to Alphabetical Order He
N Gets Hoodoo 13.
SALEM, May 9. (Special.) Sccretary:
of State F. J. Dunbar today sent out to
the County Clerks tho certified copies of
the information for their guidance in
preparing the official ballots to be' used
in the Congressional election on June X.
Tho County CleTks are required to pre5
pare the form of ballots and have the
ballots printed not more than 15 nor less
than 12 days before the election. The
form of billot will be as follows:
For Congress First Congressional Dis
trictVote for one.
12. TV. P. Elmore, of Linn County, Prohibi
tion. .13. Blnjer Hermann, of Douglas County,
Republican. "
14. J. "W. Ingle, of Benton County, Socialist.
15. A. E. Keames, of Jackson County", Dem
ocratic. The law requires that the name of the
first candidate shall be numbered 12. The
alphabetical arrangement gives the Re
publican candidate the alleged unlucky
number 13. This need not discourage the
Republicans, however, for the" candidate
whose namo had this number has some
times won "in the past. In the last elec
tion the names on the ticket in the most
of the counties were arranged In the
following order: Chamberlain, Furnish,
Hunsaker, Ryan, so that Mr. Furnish had
the unlucky number.
DREDGES FOR OREGON' RIVERS.
Contract for Building: of Two Plaafs
Let to Chicago Firm.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, May 3. The War Department to
day awarded to the Featherstone Foun
dry & Machine Company, of Chicago, a
contract for building two dredges for use
In Oregon rivers. They will build one
dredge for the Upper Willamette and
Yamhill Rivers for 525,000, "and another for
the Upper Columbia and Shake to cost
522,250. Both dredges are to be" ready for
use within six months.
Saem Gets Pure Milk.
SALEM. Or., May 9. (Special.) Food
and Dairy Commissioner J. W. Bailey was
In Salem today to Investigate the reports
made, recently that dairy barns In this
vicinity are not kept clean ard healthful
and do not have the air space required by
law. He says -that the reports of condi
tions have been very greatly exaggerated,
and that, with the exception of one barn
all dairymen kfep their buildings ckan.
He says that in all the barns the cows
have plenty of air and that conditions do
not warrant the Inference that Salem peo-
plo are being sold Impure milk.
Reames Quoted Congressman Tongrne
CORVALLIS, Or., May 9, (Special.)
Candidate Reames addressed a political
meeting here this afternoon There was
a good attendance, and' the address was
well received. The only National topic
he discussed at any length was the tariff,
for which he argued for a reduction, espe
cially on trust goods, quoting from the
late Congressman Tongue In defense of
his position from a Republican stand
point. Mr. Reames delivered a nonpartl
san address before the faculty and stu
dents of Philomath College last night.
Hnrrlman to Meet the President.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 9. The. Bulletin
says mat president Harriman, of the
Southern Pacific, wIU leave for the East
on Tuesday evening, having delayed his
departure in order" to meet President
Roosevelt at Burllngame. The paper adds
that, while peace has been declared be
tween Harriman and Huntington regard
ing the electric railway war in Southern
California, concessions have been made on
both sides, and neither party Is a distinct
victor.
McBrlde Rules on Gladstone Case.
OREGON CITY, Or., May 9.(Speclal.)
Judge McBrlde today ruled that the plain
tiff In an action to quiet title to property
sold for delinquent taxes docs not have
to tender in court the amount of the
taxes paid thereon before he can litigate
further as to the title. 'The case Involved
was that of tho Gladstone Real Estate
Association against T. F. Ryari, being a
suit to quiet title to the Grandstone
Chautauqua Association property near this
city.
Election of Salem Woman's Club
SALEM, Or., May 9.-(Special.) The Sa
lem Woman's Club held Its annual 'elec
tion of officers today with the following
result: President, Mrs. W. A. Custcly
vice-president, Mrs. Russell Catlln; secre
tary, Mrs. A. W. Prescott; assistant sec
retary, Mrs. Carrie M. Ogle; treasurer,
Mrs. Blanche M. Jones; directors, Mrs.
L. Bristol Kelllher, Mra R. J. Hendricks
and Mrs. C. S. Hamilton.
Boilermakers Serve Notice.
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., May S.The boll
ermakers employed at the Southern Pa
cific shops this afternoon served notice
upon Master Mechanic French and Super
intendent Burkhalter that the strike will
go into effect Sunday night at midnight
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SAM
1 ROSENBLATT & CO..
Cor, Third arid Morrison Sts
Anotlier of Our $4.45 Suit
Offers for Six Days
Six lines of 'beautiful
Norfolk Suits, ages. 3 to
16 years; cut witn and
without yoke;, come in light arid dark
patterns. Suits bought to sell at $5.45
and $6.00. Special sale price
$4.45
Nine lines of Blouse
Suits in serges, tweeds,
homespuns and flannels:
all trimmed jn the very latest style.
Some with emblems on both sleeve and
shield, worth $5.45 and $6, special sale
$4.45
alts and
Bats with .
Every Suit
$4 45
Bails and
Bats with
Every Suit
Four lines of three-piece Suits, ages
9-"ta"16 years. This lot contains the
new Scotch mixtures arid neat gray
checks cut in the very latest upfo-date
styles. lnese are an
$6.00 arid $6.85 Values
to be sold ill our special
sale at 1
Six lines of the very newest things
ifi double-breasted Suits, from 9 to 16
years. Beautiful dark and light pat
ternsjin homespuns, mixtures, tweeds arid
fancy cheviots; come in
new 2-button coat, regu
lar $5.45 and $6.00
values, special sale price
$4M f
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IS NOT AVAILABLE NOW
tRESS cdXTEVnON REGARDING
THE REFERENDUM LAW.
Parsonage at Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Or., May 9. (Special.)
Tho officers of tho First Presbyterian
Church,- of this city, today awarded to
Shelter Sc. Frost, of this city, the contract
for building a parsonage on the property
adjoining the church. The contract price
is nm.
Salllvan's Indictment Stands.
SEATTLE. May 9. Judge Bell today de
nied the motion of counsel to quash the
indictment against Chief of Police Sul
livan. This Is 'the first indictment of tha
late grand Jury which has held water;
Judft McBrlde Adjoarna Court.
OREGON CITY, Or., May 9. (Speclal)
Jifd&e McBrlde "has adjourned the 'present
term of the Circuit Court until June 2.
A decree br'dIV6rcer waSTtoday rendered
in the case of Lyda MlHer against William
77. Miller.
Smallpox t&e Second Time.
ETJGENE, Or.; May., 9. Special.) John
Simpson is having a miid case of small
pox for the second time. His physicians'
call it smallpox and he declares he had
-the Berne affliction a year ago'.
Creamery la Operation.
MYRTLE POINT. Or.. May 9. Special.!
The Myrtle Point Creamery has begun.
operations for tne season 'ana is turning
out a good product of butter and cheese.
Operative Ninety Days After Legl-la-live
Adjournment, Too Late for
Use on Paat Session's Acta.
OREGON CITY. Or., May 9. (Special.)
W S U'Ren, of this city, who has taken
such interest in the initiative and refer
endum plan of legislation, remains Arm
in the belief that the referendum cannot
bo Invoked at this time on any act of the
last State- Legislature. He Insists that
the provisions of the referendum act do
not become operative until the expiration
of the statutory 90 days following adjourn
ment of legislation on May 2L The refer
endum amendment proviues umi
for the reference of any Legislative act
must be filed within 90 days after the ad
journment of the Legislature, and for
these reasons Mr. U'Ren contends that
the referendum Is not available for any
act of the last Legislature.
Even if the referendum was available at
this time, it is the belief of the author of
v. lour hnt it cannot be Invoked on the
face of tho petitions with reference to the
1S05 Fair that are being circulated, for the
reason that the petitions are alternative
in their construction. The substance of
the petition Is that the question of the
Fair appropriation shall be submitted to
tha electors of the state at the general
election in 1904 or at a special election
4n v. .nnmnpii nrfnr to that time. The
law enacting the referendum amendment
expressly provides that all petitions for
the reference of any legislative act must
state definitely the election at which the
subject shall be submitted.
Mr. U'Ren is satisfied as to the validity
of the referendum law, and thinks it will
stand the tests of the courts, but he con
siders that an attempt Is being made to
employ the measure before it is legally
available.
BUYING VALLEY BUTTER.
Arsaoar Packing Company "Want
Half a Million Pound.
SALEil. Or., May 9. (Special.) A. C.
Hummer, representative of the Armour
Packing Company, has been through the
Willamette Valley in the last few days
making arrangements to buy as much as
possible of the butter products of the
Valley during the next two monlhd.
Creamery men report that he la trying to
get 500,000 pounds during the months of
May and June, and that he is at present
offering lc per pound more than Port
land dealers will paji
As ho Is also in the market to buy
country butter, as well as creamery but
ter, his company will do much to prevent
any glut In the local market The Armour
Company bqught in the "Valley last year,
but is apparently doing much mora ac
tive business this year.
on behalf of . state, by" Governor Cham-
berlaln; address on behalf of Legislative 1
Assembly, by George Cy Browneli, presi
dent of the Senate and chairman of the
legislative reception committee; vocal
solo, Halllo Parrlsh Hinges; address by f
rresiaeni xiuuscvcil, buu&, uy caicui
Choral Union.
At Marlon Square the Philippine war
veterans will serve as a guard of honor
while the G. A. R. wilt act In a similar
capacity at the Capitol.
EASTERN OREGON LUMBER COMBINE
Meets, Banqacta and In-rlteii Idaho
Miilmen to Enter.
BAKER CITY, Or., May 9. The East
ern Oregon White Pino Shippers' Asso
ciation" an organization composed of all
the bigTnlll and lumber firms of this part
of the state, met here this afternoon.
Tliere was a large attendance of promi
nent lumbermen. The several committees
appointed at the meeting held three weeks
ago reported this afternoon.
A constitution and by-laws were adopted
and a grading scale agreed upon. Prices
will hereafter be regulated by this, scale.
It is the purpose, if possible, to secure
tho services of an Eastern expert who will
devote his entire time to grading and
prices. It was decided to invite the South
ern Idaho lumber firms to enter the com
bine. The session closed wjth a banquet at tho
Gelser Grand this evening, a unique" fea
ture of which was the menu printed on
shingle in which technical lumbering
terms were used.
tvisconftia Ready tor Sea.
SEATTLE. May 9. The battleship Wis
consin, Which has been at the Puget
Sound navy-yard for several months un
dergoing repairs, leaves for heY station
in the far East Wednesday. The Wiscon
sin, after leaving Seattle with Admiral
Stirling, ex-commandant of the navy-yard,
commandlngj will proceed direct to Hono
lulu, and from that port to Yokohama,
where she will become the flagship at the
northern station of the far Eastern squad-
No Sports on Decoratioa Day.
EUGENE, Or., May 9. (Special.) A sug
gestion has been made by the Grand Army
men that it is Improper to desecrate
Memorial day with games and the field
meet to have been held between the Eu
gene and Seattle High Schools on that
date will probably be held at some other
time in deferenee to this sentiment.
McCalloch Will Be President's Yacht.
SAN FRANCISCO,- May ?, The United
States revenue- COtter McGuiloch sailed to
day for Puget Sound, where she will be
used as a yacht by President Roosevelt
during his visit to that part of the coun
try. .
Ikdaramaterx Raeaxaaifua burei.
"William Shaffer,- a bfakeman. of "Den
nls,0., wa confined tohis bed for sev
eral" -weeks' with Inflammatory rheuma
tism. "I used many remedies, he says.
"Finally I sent to McC&w's drug Star for
a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, at
which time I was" unable to use hand or
foot, and in one week's time was able to
go to work as happy as a clam." If trou
bled with rheumatism give Pain Balm, a
trial. One application relieves' the pain.
For eale by all druggist.
PROGRAMME AT SALEM.
Presidential Party Will Be Glvea a
Ride and Entertainment.
SALEM, Or., May 9. (Special.) Th
programme committee of the Roosevelt
reception today formulated a complete
plan for the proceedings when the Presi
dent visits Salem dn May 2L The Presi
dential party will be- tnet at the train by
the reception committees, the local com
pany of the' National Guard serving as an
Attdrt. The party will be taken ia 15
carriages -iM rough the principal streets- to
Marioii Square, where the school children
will be massed In -a solid square all oth
ers being excluded; and the President will
addrfeas the children. The- party will fads
proceed by another route to the east step
of the Capitol, where the President will
aidress the people.
Judga Gorge & Burnett, chrxn of
the committee on prograaiiBe, will pre
side. The exercises will be as follows:
Song, by Salem Choral Union; address wt
behalf of city, by Mayor Riahep; address
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