At a recent meetine of the Board of
Eegent of the State Agricultural Col
lege, salaries -were increased as follows
Thos. H. Crawford, to $1,500; F K
Edwards, to $900: E. C. Haywnrd, to
$10S0; M. C. Philips, to $900; F. D. Mo
Louth, to $900: Miss Holgate, to $540;
W. T. Shaw, to $10S0. The salary of
the secretarv of the board was reduced,
at his request, from $600 to $400 per
All the members of the Board
were present except Hon. J. D. Olwell,
whose absence was due to illness.
Thp Manilla Electric Railroad and
Lighting Corporation of Hartford, Conn
with an authorized capitalisation-of $0,
030,000, has filed a certificate of incorp
oration with the Secretary of State.
According to the terms of the charter,
the purpose of the company is to require
construct, equip, own, lease one operate
in the city of Manila, Luzon, P. I., and
elsewhere, street railroads, lighting,
power, and ice plants, ferryboats and
vessels. The company is authorized to
conduct its operations in any of the
possessions of the United States, and
to have itt offices outside of the State
of Connecticut.
Speaking in regard to the adoption of
amendments by the Oregon legislature,
the San Francisco Star, a progressive
and fearless defender oi the people's
rights, says: "The first thing for Ore
gon to do is to strike out of its constitut
ion the cumbersome requirements, re
garding amendments which were evi
dently written by men who considered
their work too good to require any
change. California has an excellent
system in this respect, which might well
be copied by our northern neighbor.
Then let Oregon repeat its vote of last
Tear for direct legislation, and thus place
itself again among the more truly dem
ocratic states."
A young opera singer named Irma
Golz, aged 29, who was suffering from an
incurable complaint, recently died at
Vienna in the most pathetic circum
stances. At midnight she demanded to
be placed in an armchair and to be
dressed in the costume of La Traviata.
She then took leave of her husband and
relations, the room was brilliantly illu
minated, and by her wish her brother
played on the piano, Mendelssohn's
Fuehligslied. With her last remaining ;
Btrength the dying woman then sang
a song of indescribable pathos and sud
denly collapsed crying "Earth-ieJEarth."
The physician lifted her up, but she was
dead.
"W. H. Gore has commenced cutting
his second crop of alfalfa and finds the
etand good better than he had reason
to expect. Mr. Gore has 200 acres of
land seeded to alfalfa, and from the
time the first crop is ready to cut until
well into the fall it is a continual round
Nearly half a milliou people visited
the National Gallery of London in 1902
and 37,534 on the thirty Sunday after
noons on which it was open.
The Grand Lodge of the Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks is in ses
sion in Baltimore. It is estimated that
between 1S.O00 and 20,000 Elks are in
attendance.
Indiana has taken up forestry culture
and has established a state forestry re
serve of 2,000 acres, upon which trees
will be;grovn, for distribution while
young, under the observation of a Echool
of forestry.
A party of El P.iso citizens who have
just returned from Casas Grande, in the
heart of the Sierra Madre Mountains,
report the discovery of a smouldering
volcano, hitherto unknown except to a
few of the natives. The volcano ehowed
signs of a recent eruption.
It is understood at Peking that the
United States, acting in concert with
Japan, will make a formal demand for
the opening of the Moukdea and Tat-
ungkou in Manchuria, as soon as Mr.
Conger can arrange an interview with
Prince Ching, Jiead of the board of
foreign affairs, and that when this point
is settled the commercial treaty with
the United States can be signed.
Reports from Peking indicate that
China is in financial straits. She still
wishes to liquidate in silver her indem
nity arising from the Boxer trouble.
The United States and Great Britian
have accepted such payment provision
ally. The other Power refuse to do eo.
They allege.that no attempt at economic
reform has been made at the Chinese
Court, and that the amount of money
squandered there would go a long way
toward meeting the indemnity.
The Willamette valley was first stocked
with cattle in 1837. In that year a pool
of $4,600 was subscribed by eleven mem
bers of the French settlement between
Oregon City and Salem, and several of
their number went South to the Sacra
mento valley, where they purchased S30
head at about five dollars and a half a
head, Mexican cattle, of course. They
got home with about six hundred head,
pretty good considering the drive of
something like five hundred miles
through the wilderness, over mountains
and across streams. That was nine
years before Elijah Bristow made the
first settlement in Lane county.
A railroad across Canada from ocean
to ocean, built and owned by the Do
minion government, is announced by
the Canadian government. The new
road will begin at Moncton, X. B., with
the present government road, the Inter
colonial, from. Cape Brenton. It will
then make a straight cut to Quebec, and
will then cross northern Ontario to Win-
and if our SPRING and SUMMER f
Lino is not better than any other, don't buy
from us. We are showing this
Latest Styles in
ladie:
TAKE
A
LOOK
season
the
Silk Cause Novelties, Sole Jouree, Silk
Zephyr, Corded Cbambray, Lawn Caladine
Novelties, Taney Madrass Organdies,
Lawn Sinaloa Novelties, Minerva Dimities,
Leno Applique Lawn, Afton Dimity, Blouse
Linens, Organdies, Linen Batiste, Chal
lies, Sursucker Ginghams, Percale
AND ALL THE LATEST IN DRESS GOODS
C15cWo carry the Finest Lino of Made-up Skirts in town, and our lino of Underskirts cannot
vJil.il equaled for quality and price
Oar Spring and Summer Line of Clothing TSt?..- S,
Highest to the Lowest grade is in every ease finely tailored and thoroughly dependable. We recommend it
with confidence even though our prices are lower than any other store sell for the same quality. Also a new
and up-to-date line of Ladies' and Gent's Neckwear. OUR SHOES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
Sole Agents for the W. L. Douglas Shoo
I. ABRAHAH
Proprietor.
The People's Store
One Door South of P. O
nioei?. From Winnirjec thp fimnrl
of haying on the farm. So sooner is the Trank Une conatrnct the road to
Port Simpson, B. C-, the government
per cent of
last of the first crop secured than is the
second crop ready to start in on, on the
land first cut. He estimates that from
the 200 acres he will have 1000 tonsofljjj
guaranteeing seventy-five
cost.
hay. Much of this quality ana kind oi
hay is being sold on the local markets
at $10 per ton. It is figured that it costs i
one dollar a ton to harvest it. This
would leave a nice, clean magrin of
$9000 to Mr. Gore for his this year's crop
Medford Mail.
The Corvallis Times says that Mod.
day morning, many a binder inBenton
was early a-field. The oats crop is all
ready for cutting, and that is what the
binders began on. The crop is Eaid
to be the best in years, as is also the
case with wheat. Vetch, of which much
will be cut for seed, is likewise very
fine. Thrashing of the latter crop is
expected to begin within a week or ten
days. It is cut mostly with the mower,
and then put into shocks.from which it
is thrashed. Many of the farmers in
the southern portions of the county are
growing it. On the John Whitaker
farm there is a hundred acres, on the
J. X. McFadden farm, more than that,
and smaller fields on many other places.
If the yield turns out to be as good as
conditions seem to promise. Benton
will harvest this season the best crop it
has gathered in years.
The State Land Board has made an
order that all purchasers oi state land
who have $50 dr les3 due on their certifi
cates of sale shall pay the balance and
take deeds to the land. This will have
the effect of making a large number of
tracts of land subject to tax for state and
county purposes. State land held under
certificates of sale is not subject to taxa
tion and for this reason many purchasers
pay all but a small balance of the
amount due, then pay interest on this
balance finding it cheaper to do this
than to pay taxes on the land. We
think that when any party buys state
land, makes a payment thereon, and
obtains a certificate of sale, that the land
should at once become subject to taxa
tion. This would put an end to that
plan for dodging taxes, without working
an injustice to anybody.
The rates
be under
and all other details
government control.
The road will be a national highway
from end to end. During the first five
years all roads will have a free use of j
the tracks; after that they will pay five
per cent of the gross earnings.
A double-headed snake that can back
up as readily as it can move forward,
has been added to the natural history
department of the Memorial Museum,
in San Francisco. It is about 32 inches
long, about as broad as the handle of a
table knife, with the tail blunt at the
end as the index finger. It belongs to a
wholly tropical species called Amphis
baena, defined as "a Epecies of tropical
lizard distinguished by the obtuseness of
oi the head and tail." The reptile has
hitherto been only found in South
America and the West Indies, is slug
gish and mostly nocturnal. The speci
men just presented to the museum was
found at Half Moon Bay, in California,
and how it came to be living in the
temperate rone 4000 miles from its only
known habitation, is what is now puz
zling local scientists.
Ihe Iron and Machinery World in last
week's issue says: "The heavy steel
rail buying for 1094 deliverj'i which
about a week ago began on a large scale
in the East, has became epidemic, and
the Chicago market has been remark
ably lively for the past few days. The
.track requirements for 1904 can now be
fairly well estimated by most of the
roads. The needs will be large, for an
unprecedentedly heavy traffic, carried in
heavier trains by heavier locomotives,
has tons of steel rails now in use, mak
ing replacements more extensive than
UEual, while second track and extens
ions will also call for a heavy tonnage.
There seems little doubt that consider
ably more than three million tons of
rails will be needed in 1904, and of that
amount nearly five hundred thousand
tons have been purchased in this pres
ent spurt. Almost every western sys
tem has opened negotiations and many
have already purchased." '
British prisoners cost the nation, on j (p
an average, $165 a year each. i
v n
.trance has about 4,000 duels a year
and Italy 2,SO0 on an average.
The deepest colliery in the world is at
Lambert, in Belgium 3,500 feet.
The United States government hao 40
warships now under course of construct
ion ia thirteen different yards.
Japanese are always buried with their
heads to the north. Consequently no
Japanese will sleep in a bed lying north
or south.
Every Kaffir in Cape Colony must
pay a labor tax of ten shillings a year,
unless he can prove that he has worked
for three months of the year.
Colonel Bryan has gone to Europe to
study sociology. We are sorry for the
people across the ocean, bat really it
wasn't our fault. Medford Mail.
Among the richer classes 343 in 1,000
live to Eixty years of age, in the middle
classes 175 do so, and 12G only of the
laboring class survive to reach sixty
years.
During the past fiscal year 413 immi
grants landed and were admitted at
Portland, none being turned back ; 2797
were admitted at Port Townsend, 29
were excluded and six returned within
one year after landing.
Trade has followed the flag to the
island possession of this country. Our
country now almost monopolizes the
commercial business of Potto itico, the
Philippines and the Hawaiian Islands.
Onr trade with these places is eight
times as large as it was tiro years ago.
The total American casualties in the
Spanish war and in the Philippines
were less than two percent of the rail
road casualties in the United States dur
ing the same time; and the total casual
ties, includnig Spanish and Philippinos
were but eight percent of the railroad
casualties.
The Thousands of acres of desert land
in Egypt are being reclaimed and devoted
to the cultivation of cotton with a view
to relieving the Birmingham, (Enz.,)
manufacturers from their present de
pendency on the American producers
and more especially of the American
speculators.
A special from Buffalo, N. Y., save
that a defalcation already aggregating
$300,000 and likely to be increased, has
been uncovered. Tne alleged defaulter
is a trusted employee of a wealthy law
firm. Shrewd business men unknow
ingly aided his schemes, one of which
involved the purchase of a large tract of
land. It is said the man is willing to
make restitution and was not arrested.
None of the firm's money was squan
dered. It was invested in legitimate
business enterprises.
The year's consumption of tobacco in
the United States alone includes seven
billions of cigars, ten billions of ciga
rettes, and two hundred and eighty
millions of pounds of manufactured
toDacco. The one item of smoking and
chewing tobacco exclusive of cigars,
cigarettes and snuff registers an annual
over-all value of more than $500,000,000.
In addition, England smokes six billions,
Japan three billions and China one and
a half billions of cigarette every twelve
month. This outside cigarette puffing
burns up forty-five millions of pounds of
tobacco and puts about $4,000,000 into
the bank account of the American
grower, giving the giant balance to tho
truBt.
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BUTTER,
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The Superiority of our Bargains is acknowledged by
Shoppers who are on the alert for merchandise of meiit-
Fine Summer Dress Goods
clipped in price to sharpen
your interest. At this
time we are selling off all
things summery and yet
matiy women want a fresh
new dress or two for this
month and next. Today
you can choose from a va
riety of choice stuffs at
much less than the goods
have been bringing until
now. 6c, ioc, i2c, and
on up to 50c per yard.
Summer Hats for Men.
Little to pay for a new sum
mer hat, we're doing rad
ical clean up work among
the summer stocks these
days, that is our only apol
ogy for making today's
little price on a lot of sum
mer hats for men, desirable
and seasonable styles.
Former prices were 20c,
65cj 75c and $1.00. Today
they are marked 20c, 60c
and 75c.
Price Reductions on
Shirt Waists. An offering
of Percale waists at reduc
tions that run up to half
original prices.
Bargains extraordinary
in Ladies' Oxfords as com
parison will quickly show.
$1.50 and $2.00.
Paying high prices becomes monotonous, trv
Hildebrand's for a change.
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