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Oregon Historical Society POST, . Hf THE TWIGE-A-WEEK Roseburg, Oregon Roseburg' Plaindealer The mint widely read nminper published In southern Oregon and norjiejiienily the Bamwl Ter tian medlam. Large, mudernly equipped Job printing department In connection. Eatabliahed in ISM. HuUorlptlorj, ti per year for Semi-Weekly. rrltj. Jtsoo IltOwt; fleal ( Doiwrlas CtT. tnccl Sold e: Honi : 0. 8. I.n t IMBoc and 1". 9. Wtt amer huiu arc l eated hen s r milroaj HvaaSeiaaleniM eti I drsatce. UaU way to thf Coos Hay an.) Coqwille country, f Vol. XXXVI 1 ROSKBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, lii05 No. 14 Koseimrg Pmnaealer. OTHERS INDICTED Last Act of Now Famous Federal Grand Jury Was to Indict Three Congressmen. CONSPIRACY CHARGED In the Creation of the Blue Moun tain Forest Reserve in East ern Oregon. trances from George v. McBride and Joseph Simon, who sen that aa injus tice wns being done. In till! letter to Ormaby, Com missioner Hermann asked that -in investigation be Made of the I audit abi ui to be pal in the reserve, and a report want to the office at the earliest time possible shoving tin1 eon! ditinns ami stating whether or not it woul 1 be veil to set aeide the land. F. i. Mays, so i; is said, w. is told that Ormsby waa about to make an iuvesti- i gaxioa of the landa, and according y the Portland attorney .-t aside two sectional I of land in the proposed reserve for the! use of Ormsby. the chums being pat ini escrow for the Forest Superintendent, provided be made a favorable report and me able to secure favorable action in the creation oi the recerve Portland, Feb. 14. .lust before ad journment Mon lay the Federal grand jarv returne.1 the leng-exp vied indict ments dealing with the itiac Monutaiu reserve and the irauds attempted to b perpetrated by its creation In the indict ment? are :mp!icated John H. William son, John il. Hill llfiH. liincer Hermann Frankland 1 ierce Maya, W. Si. .1 nee and George Sorenson. The rharfyn is that the defendant attemptel to de fraud the Government of the United States of the possesion and use of and title to 100,0.'0 acres of land situated in various of the states and territories of total value of more than $ J.OOO.OXL Story of the Conspiracy. The general story of the conspiracy is that the defendants come to the conclu sion that it would ba of profit to gain a large tract of lan 1 which e mM le after' ward relinquished to the Government for certificates in lieu In the pursuit of the sc'ieme, there fore the defendants, or part of them, picked out tracts of school Lan 1 in Cook. Grant, Umatilla, Harm y. Halhner, Ba bar. Union and Wallow i Counties am ounting in ail to more tnan 150,000 acres, upon which it was determined to file. These lands were naoal sections, and worthless, an J could ne purchased for $1 25 per a re from the state tVBr ment in auanitiee nat to exce -1 330 a--es, providing :he purchaser would make affidavit that the lands were be ing bought by him wlf paraonalfy, aui for hi- ow i aaa an 1 beieS:. Having picked anon the land-, a nun was chosen in Malheur County to circu late the petitions asking for the creation of a forrest reserve, under the pica that it was necessary for the conservation of headwaters of various streams Inking their start in the districts affected by the proposed reserve. This agent was paid $4 a day, and worked for some time in making up the list of applicants. These applications were than sent to Washington to Senator Mitchell, who turned them over to Binger Hermann. Commissioner of the General Land Of fice, and the creation of the reserve wa urgei by the Sena'or to Commissioner Hermann, and was at iast ordered by Secretary Hitchcock. Opdbsition is Aroused. After the nptitions had teeti sent to Mitchell and by bun turned over to Hermann and the General Land I IfE it seems thata great deal of opposition was arou-ed to the Mention of the rt serve, and remonstrances were sent into the office protesting against the setting aside of the lands. As a result of these objections. Mr. Hermann wrote to 5. B. Ormtby on March 11, 1902, inclosing him the petitions asking for the creation of the reserve, together with remon- Ormsby made a favorab'e report on the lands which he bad been sent to look at, and the order of withdrawal was made. About this time, however, an ! before the eader una made, the story of a new railtoad to be driven through the part of the state continue us to the proposed reserve caused the timber locators to be gin to nock into the land and huge tracts were taken up be them. In addition to this Ormaby went to Dan Tarpley, so it is said, and told bhn f the reserve plan advising him to get in on the deal. Tar pley went to McKinley and the latter raised the money to take 17.0 M scree of the iand inclosed ia the proposed bound aries of the reserve. The Conspiracy Indii ment John H. Hall, ex-Caited states Attor nev ; Henry Ford, private detective; Harry K. e-. ex-Maj r in United States Army: A. P. Cayler. a Portland grain mercliaut : John Cord in . a Deputy Sheriff; L II Hitching. Portland lawyer; John N orthrop, jnmr in the Sotensna case; Charles 1. rd, a Portland atto.-nev. t is alleged that the defend ante conspired together to iona a plot which would cause the removal of Dis trict Attorney Money from office by blackening his character b-fore the pub lic and peering him to be a man of lax nun rill f tie con-piracy was to bring witues-es who would swear to improper relations butwata Mr. Beney and Marie ; Ware. Each of the men indicted will be re quired to furnish bonds ! $100 J for his ! appearance before ti.e court ia A; rt. nfaea the case wiii come to tri iL This is the same sum asked of all those who have been indicted so Ear in eonnecti n with the lard cases. TERRIBLE LOSSES Russian Losses Estimated at Be tween 100,000 and 200,000 -Short of Supplies. Tokio. Feb. 14 Report - from Lao Vang place the total of Oyama's forces I between Sha river and Marina at i "0, IHH1 of Vfaicb 280.000 are in lighting line. The condition of the Kussinn pioneers and dead indicates that the Russians are short of sh s and under clot iiiil:. ft is believed that the severe cold is in creasing sickness among the Russians, j St. Petersburg. Feb. II Official re turns of the first year of the war not in clnding Port Arthur show that 130,339 officers and men passed into the i."i-p'-tals, of whom 4007 died. Of the total number sent to the hospitals over 27,000 returned to the ranks- The killel in battle are estimate! at 4tK,iiKt to .",-BOB. Sabbath Observance Paper ra-eaented and r-ad by Mrs. Carrie Sneed before the W. C. T. U. county institute .it Drain recently. "Remember the Sab' ath." It is the message of onr lathe: vours and nin- and of the tender, yearning love of Ui-1 great heart for chi ir--:i meateil in Bis likeness and redeemed in His I re. He knows our prooeneas to forget, so in one form or another He givt-s the message repeatedly, "Remember the Sib!ath."' God first gave it in E ten wi en He set the example of resting after six days work, a' d better still, laid His :ieting hand on His eager children to hom the wori 1 :n it- beauty aaa n-w ?nl at tractive, and set ajart that first day of their married life and each weekly re turn of that day for the piiet tommun ion with Him, wluch would keep them nundfal of their barb birth and tlestiny SPRAYS, SULPHUR, LIME, BLUE VITRUL AND CAUSTIC SODA OF THE BEST QUALITIES SOLD AT MAIMERS' DRUG STORE EScaMESRi Tokio. Feb. 14 The Japanese mate the Knssian losses at ai K January 25th at 25,000 to 28,000 and rounded estl-: . ra kille-1 ve for the Father. .iod Sabltath dav and hallowed with e that tre.ts- ! and full of i I i. .--.! the it forever. Iter the message w.is writtt !.ls own band n tablets of st i: might be preserved among t! uri s of the na'ions It was thundered on Mt. inui that it migijt echo around the nor Id with majesty and authority. In !ondage and captivity as well .i- in the land 'i proud-, the prophets con tinnallv reminded the chosen - pU that tiie Sabbath was sacrel to ;!. And we, as childrea of God, should I consider it a holy day. a day si t apart to rett from our lab irs and to come into closer communion with Christ, and let j each rest day find us closer than the last, and more willing to give up our; norldly pleasures, and better able to help our arakir brother. lnti.es- crowding, restless days in which we live, the Sabbath is n re than ever needed, and more than evei I gotten, there comes to each of us the command, the aery w ir! of which to as are full of entreaty "Remember the Sabbath." It is as though the hear' of t A bW ... - v" - " ' n LEGISLATIVE NOTES Railroad Bill is Killed Girls Must Keep Out of Saloons Sonne mann's Tax Bill Passed. LUThflR BURBANK, WIZARD UF THE PLANT WORLD. Luther 1 (10,000 yei is the develi beny and s .. .. rulu horttculturisl who was recently awarded y rs bj t. Carnegie iustttntion for expertmental week, t the stoni ies plum, the spineless cactna, the white black- es of other ni w things In horticulture und pantoiogy. THAT MITCHELL LETTER '.t.Ki was t.1.0! wstti f.'tjipa-ston tor toe a irid becanas it is missing the sweet-ue.-s and grand.'ir :if He by being gr Und down by increasing toil, or i ir r Ie I bycontgant care and friction or crusted by scin-miess. and He -:.js. :ii mber the Sabbath" and what it . an do f ir you. Embrace it and let it lead you t . p ace aa I gladness, to God and Heaven. To do this we must ?ti : the current. Ti e nv.re we break the Sabbath law, the ea-u-r it is broken. As wo get fu-t'o-r away from the simple living of our fathers, tiie v. lice of our conscience 1 stiiied and buried nnder rooventionali- ties, luxuries and gai'ii"'. Prof. Austin Helps says " i be decline of religion in the family usually begins witii the relaxation of the S.ih ath law"' In these days when there is SO much to he keen, the ronngar peop e plead for more freedom and prefer in re iilx-ra. onuions There are picnics, excursion-, tbea t is, ball games, and ao many pteasnres bo caU young people from duties Chris- tains owe to the Sabbath until, all '-r awhile, their conscience is cripple! and they an- llingitig away golden oppor tunities, and to thousands of youths the first iln iaise st- p to the downward eonrae of moral degeneracy and spiritual death is when they forget the command '-Remember the Sabbath." Making the Sabbath a rest day, do not, I leg you, Mmntesataee Sunday vis iting and receptions that make it for saaav a dav of dissipation. Furnish a simple dinner, remembering, if you have help, with wnat jealous care tiod guards hi ir rights, saying that thy manservant an I thy nut dservant may test as well as thou. They may not use the time as you approve, but may you not gain their confidence, and by your own ex ample teach them how to use it Set your face resolutely against all Sunday excursions and make a sweet attractiv I home for husband and chil dren, with music, reading, rest and talk commingled. Whether you are a Christian or not, remember it is a sa cred day and accustom the family to at tend church and Sundav school regular ly, yourself leading but not tending I them. While we should make the Sabbath a day of rest, and a day tc study our Mastei and gain strength Spiritually yet we most be careful we do not go to the extreme and make it a day to lie dread ed by the young members of the family We should make it a joyous day, be cause the closer we come to our Master the mora joy we find in thie life ; so we should let our joy reach every individual of the family, and teach the young how I to live by our own example. A parents our examples have great which was by 11 1-: I t r as very si any direct ai .' Nil ' ter to instrui - npon ! i- arr M H. 1 anner, - ernn :'. eg tin reaching rr.m. Rob t bande 1 t . r to Mr. Henev in: gave it to tb as with Read the Plaindealer for all the News weight our cnuaran. So let us live that we may influence some OSKB elaa to keep the Sabbath aright. And a the Ket says "Our life is some one's Bible," let us make It a helpful one. 'Thy life is some one's Bible, where Each day adds one new page, Win-re chapters rise from little deeds That fill Inith youth and age. " The friend who meets thee now and1. then Will read a line therein. 1 And find some cheer to strive anew Or protest against a sin. "I base speed hi n years when passed Their work of record done May thou how rt-ading thee A soul has lost or won . "A Oodless act mav fix his doom Thy thoughtlessness his heed; lie careful, (riend, for where thou art Some one his liible reads." My De r Judge I am aln i st sfraid to write a word these tcoondn It will misconstrue every thing and distort all 'hat is raid. Your friend with letter did not arrive lo re until today. Your letter only received at 3 i'. in I l av. made Karen for my copy of artii lea i co-j artnerehip of 1901, but am unable to tin ! it. 1 think it inu-t beamong my papers in the office. Hairy, of course prepared these articles. : Von wiil see Harry in 1 is arrival. I found our supplemental agreements of Nov. 1, 1904, which are all right. Harry ha- these with him. Now the facts are; these and yon must deal with them ac-1 cord ugly, l irst, ander our articles 1 was not to have any internal whatever ba any business you might do in any of the departments or in any land matters. ' BeTJtHld, 1 never knew until now that any chargee fol any such services had been credited either to me oi to the! firm or that my account had cer been credited with any part thereof. As I was never iurnished with any state Mntofunj bank account or of any charges whatever and I had nothing to do with the book nor did 1 see the! same and you knou several lime- I cau tioned you not to mix me up in any way with any Land Office matters Third, to this day 1 do not know what hook entries yiiti have made i r w hut you lid with an? cash, or checks, ii ri n ever received any for land service. Nor wasj 1 ever advisul hy you or I0 I nave any knowledge that any part of any such: cash or receipts was placed to the credit id our firm or myself. Now, Judge, you will agree with me. 1 am sure these are the facts. And I am also sure whatever entries you have made TOO never in tended 1 should have any part of such cash or chrcka, if any, and that you in tended ti.at in some way in settling ac counts between us no iai t of anv such moneys or ctiecKS shotiiii rie mine, nut . root imiiviiiiiai property i had sup posed, of course, that yon had kept all such charges and accounts in your own name. There is no offense on your part in doing business for any honest people in these iaml mailers. I hope, there fore, rou will do aaa the justice at the proper lime in giving the (acta just bh an anu as i nave stated them. 1 .- : git rattled or alai mid Harn .. . d qbtiees, identify the co ii rsl ip art: 'lea ! 1901 as having .... r. pared by him. See him at once :. is arrival. !-n': be interviewed until i see yon and now. strictly roi ri- . : n't tell Harry, your son, rr i n '. Can't yon immediately mi re ipt is :r p evervthing and come t makes . tirevtiy here? Bring with yon in trunk ltd n't let your family or anyone the et- know, a., the company 'a k, day . them : alo your hank hook i- I am extremely anxious t see for - I rs raonally what the books show i - - tt is important that we should ts .-r with Full m, who is to help 1 i : r . . . r-gard to the cases. I , ri :i est. c It - i, don't 1st a knoa yon ate coming, not even Harry And if yon do oooclnde to come, w .r- as I -i. ws: "John leaves this g lirect for Washington, Tanner." I do hop., vnii can come and immediate- r, before you are cdltd again liefore the grand jury, sincerely your friend. JOHN H. MITCHELL. P. S- Don't show Harry this letter. r tell him anything in it. Ion't let , ni ka. Tell him nothing. P. S. Keep all important pa(ers in ale. an 1 safe and office carefully locked aa these acoundrels will get in ii posei ble. P B. Born this without fail. - . Taunt r testim my fury-rot m, w .1 in 1905. fupfctid Letter Woold be Published. Washington, I. C, Feb. 14. Askisi if be ba 1 anything to say about his letter ! Jodge Tanner, Senator Mitchell re "1 am not afraid of that letter. 1 here ia nothing in it that will hurt me. I had a suspicion when I wrote it that it would Is- published. I was not surpris ed to read it in the papers this morning. I really expected it would be made pub lic." "Yea, 1 sent the letter as published, and the reason, I think, in part at least, appears on its fare. After I had lieen indicted, Judge Tanner had bean retain id by me as my leading lawyer for my defense, and he had consented to act as such, as his letter in my possession w ill clearly show . 1 was extremely anxious that Tanner should come here for a con sultation in regard to my defense, and the purpose of my letter, as will appear from the letter itself, to induce him to' come and bring with him all of our tirm booka, in order that we might lie fully advised as to precisely what entries were made and hv whom made. 1 supposed I was writing a confidential letter to my retained lawyer urging an early consul tation with me, his client. And for rea oaa satisfactory to me, when I wrote the letter and now, I desired to avoid publicity in regard to his coming, hence my statement in my letter that it should !.e treated as entirely confidential. Any other questions that may be deal red of me in reference to this letter or sm other matter connected with my case, I w ill be ready to promptly answer when my trial is called. "The suggestion in the press dispatches that 1 deaired to talk to Tanner in re gard to his testifying before the grand jury is preposterous, an it has bean poli ticly known foi hi one time that the grand jury would adjourn long before Tanner cmild reach this citv " Salem, Or., Feb. IS. By a vote of Si to 15, with ten absent, the House this afternoon slew the Railroad Commiss ion hill of Smith of Josephine, county. Three Circuit Judges of Multnomah county were named as composing the prospective commission. Malarkey's bill to prohibit females under 21 years of age from K-ing in sa loons or saloon boxes paSBcd the Senate tonight by unanimous vote. Nottingham's hill to prohibit the use of side ihsirs to saloons, except saloons opening directly into the barroom, pass ed the Senate after a hard tight. Senator Coshow'i bill to grant the city d Roaebnrg iiwerto issue t'200, tjO bm is to establish a light and water plant was defeated in the Senate today though the efforts of Senator Both, who is a.-o a member from I'ouglas county. Salaries of I'ouglas county officers are at last fixed by the substitute bill of the delegation which passed the Honae today. The County Clerk is to receive 13,900 for himself and one dep uty ; the heriff's salary- is to be $2201', with f 1000 lor one deputy and 750 for another deputy ; the County Judge shall receive 91200, the Treasurer $1200, the School Superintendent UW, the As-se-s.,r fl-Jim and the county Commis sioners " a day w hile in attendance at the County Court. A tax of 1 j?r cent on the gross earning-within the state of expreee, tele phone and telegraph companies is to be paid to the state as a special tax, accord ing to the bill of Sonnemann of Douglas, which paaaed the house tonight. Com t ames w .e grors earnings are ies than 110,000 yearly are exempt This 'ax is to be paid at the same time as ther taxes. Managers of the taxed companies are to make affidavits of earnings, and are liable to finee for false statements. To suspend the State lair this year, and use the t'.O.iSJO appropriated there- lore by law on improvements at the fa:r grounds, a bill of Representatives SeweU'a passei the House today. The bill cite- that there is no need of hold ing the fair during the Iwis and Clark Fxp-ieition. , A Deputy Fkrh Wnlen for the South ern Oregon district with an annua! sal ary of f 1000 is provided for in the bill of Kepteentative Von der Heiien, of Jack son, which passei the House this morn ing. The Master pish Warden is allow ed for his own office a clerk at an annuai -alary of ff.nX). Companies which partially pay tiieir employee in nu rcnanoise or in cnacaa on i ompanv stores are a target for the hill of Boiler of Multnomah which pass ed the House this morning. The bil. provides that wages al all employes oi mercantile or mechanical establish ments and of many other industries ex cept iarmers and logging men he paid in cash or in checks upon a bank. Any (s'rson or corporation importing into the stat or selling any illuminat ing ml in the state or selling any illum inating oil which will take fire at less than l.V) degrees, other than benzine, gasoline and kindred prinlucts. is to be fined from $250 to $500, according to the House bill of Sonneman of IKmglas. passed by the House this afternoon. The measure aims to prevent the sale of adulterated oils. Capron of Multnom ah declared that quantities of dangerous adulterated oils are sold for kerosene. For employment of convict labor the liovernor is authorized, by a bill passed by the House today, to enter into a new contract for leasing their labor, as under the present contract, at not less than ' cents a day. The bill provides that the proceeds derived from the contract shall be expended for improvements at the oenitentiarv instead of toing into the general fund. The measure comes from the committees on ways and means, which are agreed that no change in the convict labor system is advisable at present. "Josephine" Smith got in a whack at the railroads this morning when the House passed one of his bills to prevent railroad corporations from reserving mineral rights in sales of laud and from engaging in mining except for coal or petroleum for fuel. Smith explaiued that three or four deeds to lands sold by the Southern Pacific in Josephine coun ty contain the reservation which the bill aims to prevent. The hill provides that railroads which have made mineral reservations must liegin mining within live years, else the reserved rights shall lapse. tion for Weston was left at $25,000, as j recommended by the committee on ways and means. Smith, of Josephine, hewed with his axe when the hill reported by tl e ways and means committee came up for con sideration in committee of the whole. Miles of Yamhill acted as chairman and seemed to eujoy announcing Smith's motions carried. The bill carries an emergency clause. No opposition cropped out on passage. The largest items in the hill are: Asylum, $51'.4,750 ; Penitentiary, $125, 000; Reform School, $b4,100; Iteaf Mute School, $41,100; B.ind School, $17,000; State I'niversity, $12,500 ; Agricultural College, $ti5,000; Soldiers' Home, $!J220; state Biologist, $1000 ; Irrigation Com mission, j24.40 ; Normal Schools. $J5.-000. Miss Byrd Scores a Success. ROSEBURG NEXT TIs Said the Federal Grand Jury ' Will Take Up Investigation Earry in March. HENEY IN WASHINGTON Federal Grand Jury Will Convene in That City to Investigate Herman i Charges. Boston, Mass., Feb. 5 Miss Winifred Byrd of Salem, Or., scored a hiit socceaa here tonight at a public recital of ad j vance classes in the New England Con servatory of music. Mis Byrd rendered the following piano forte selections: Ramean's "Rigandon in i Major;'' Chopin's "Nocturne in E-Major ;" Bear- man's "Etude in A-Flat Minor." Her Work was rhararrerijivt hv a norali'A Portland. Fab 14. It is planned by District Attorney F.J. Heney, who in company with Secret Service Agent Burns, Attorney E. O. Pagin and Sten ographer Rittenbouse, left for Washing j ton, D. C., today, that when the Federal I grand jnry reconvenes in Portland the latter part of March, the Roeebarg dis I trict land frauds investigation will be , taken up. Many more indictments are xpected. During Mr. Heney's absence ; the work of secret investigation in Ore- son will continue. characterized by a notable r trii i ; , .v- delicacy of touch and finished technique. I Di.trict o( Cohnnbia ia to be called in The young lady mentioned above is a I 8pecial t o native Oregontan and a neice of Miss trict Attornev for Oregon Francis Jos- lrln,a Bvrd' m l"e -'- omc eph Heney, Congressman Binger Her at Koschurg. Governor Arraigns Legislature. Gray's Gambling Bill. trict Attorney for Oregon Francis eph Heney, Congressman Binger mann will be called to explain what be came of certain records known to be missing from the General Land Office, of which Mr. Hermann was Commia- j sioner General. It will be the effort of Salem, Feb. 14. Severe criticisms of ! Mr. Heney to secure indictment of Mr. Oregon Legislators were maybe by Gov- ; Hermann on a charge of having de ernor Geo. E. Chamberlain in an ad-; stroyed these documents and records, derss delivered before the students of i supposedly to conceal bin own guilt or Willamette University Monday. j the guilt of confederates in connection "The four Normal Schools of this ' with the Oregon land frauds. This in state." declared the Governor, " are to- j veetigation must be carried on in Wash day controlling legislation in the pree- ington, D. C-, because it was there that j ent session of the Legislature, I make the records disappeared, and the alleged the rharge without fear of contradic- crime was commit tea. j tion. that no measure which does not . meet with the approval of the men who are representing the different Normal ' I Schools, norany measure wn ich they I oppose, can possibly be passed." The subject of his address was,"Otfic bal Delinquency." and it was chosen, as he said, by the occurence of recent events which made it peculiarly timely. ' After calling attention to the iact that corruption in public life was not a local but a general evil, that was confined to no one department of public life, but that ii was lo be found in city, county, state and Federal Government, he cited instances to show that it was also not characteristic of any political party. "The thief has no party," he declared. "Where there is Democtatic control, he is a Democrat, as in St. Louis: and where there is Republican control, be is a Republican as in Minneapolis." The speaker next onght for the cau ses of this state of affairs. t;.:s "grafting' and corruption, and stated that in every in-tance it was business and the busi ness man who is responsible "Why. young people," be said, "if you will go over here, just across the street, to our Ia?gislature. and study the conditions there, you wiil find that it is impossible for a single meritorious mea sure to he put tnrougn, un.ess some business man is aided thereby or with out first having assisted some business man or men in the passage of some graft legislation." Salem. Feb., 14. Representative Gray's bill making gambling a felony was favorably reported to the House this afternoon by the House committee on health and public morals, composed of Calvert, Munkers and West. The biB provides that any one operating a gamb ling game, nearly every known game levies being specified, shall, be deemed guilty of committing a felony. The punishment is from one to three years in the Penitentiary. Players are not named in the bill. Anyone knowingly permitting a game to be operated in a building owned by him shall be considered equally guilty with the manager of the ga me. PILL A HXN D ID Imprisonment, fine or both are the punishments prescribed for conducting a gambling game by Gray's bill which passed the House tonight. The orignal bill made gambling a felony, and most of the members thought they were vot ing upon such a measure, so only 33 voted aye. Violations of the act are to be punished by imprisonment not to ex ceed 30 days, or by fine ranging up to $500. Truck garden ground pared. is being pre- K. K. Calvin, general manager of the Oregon Railroad ,v Navigation Companv since April 1, I'.HM, and whose jurisdic tion was extended to Southern Pacific lines in Oregon left Portland Friday to become general manager of the South ern Pacific, effective immediately. He succeeds Mr. Markham. DOUGLAS COUNTY GRAIN ACREAGE INCREASED. Normal School Appropriations. Bashford Son, t he inillmcn, report 1 that the coming season's crop of wheat will be the largest railed in Ihmglas county in several veins. The low price received lor t heir grain some years ago discouraged the farmers in planting wheat, and the production of that grain in this comity almost ceased in til the past two yeera Mesars. Bashford tells us that with the in reused acreage last year, they still had to import about ten ' "thousand bushels to supply their needs in keeping this mill in operation. They grind about forty thousand bushel in a year's run and anticipate that the next crop will be so much larger than usual that they will ba able to buy al home all the grain they need and that there will still ba a considerable quantity abipped out. Farmere find it profitable to raise w heat at SO to !HJ cts a buahel and if them good prices con tinue the future wheat crops of Douglas county will prove a largely increased source ol revenue to farmers. Asked. Given. Monmouth $36,000 $30,000 Ashland 31,000 25,000 Drain 21,000 15,000 Weston 25,000 25,000 Totals $113,000 06,000 Salem, Or., Feb. 13. Normal school appropriations were pruned down in committee of the whole, thereby saving the Btate a total of $18,000. Monmouth was cut from $3(i,000 to $30,000; Ash- laud from $31,000 to $35,000, and Drain from $21,000 to $15,000. The appropria FOR PLUMBING BRIDGES GO TO & MARSTERS They are experts in their line and carry a full line of plumbers hardware, hath tubs, sinks and everything for the kitchen and bath room in the way of plumb ing. Satisfaction Guaran teed. Prices Reasonable. DOUGLAS COUNTY B A N K KUK.s.VJ 1.VU Mai Capital Stock $5o,ooo F. W. BIKSJon, President. cnaaarxas Vie rrealdenl. HOARD OF DIRECTOR. P. W. B KM SUN, K. A. BOOT U J. H. BOOTH, j.t b&id4k- , lost irons. A. C. BtaMOM K. t. MILLKK A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED