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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1899)
The Dewey. Best Brand of Brandies, Whiskies, Gins, Heavy and Light Wines, etc. ALBANY BEER ON DRAUGHT. Best Brands of Cigars. AL WAUGH, Prop. LINCOLN COUNTY LEADER W. L. DAVIS, Editor. Official County Paper. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1899. RESULTS. City Restaurant & Bakery. WARM MEALS AT ALL HOURS, CLEAN, WARM BEDS, FRESH BREAD. CAKES & PIES. POPULAR PRICES. We are prepared to furnish all the above quickly and satisfactorily to our patrons. GIVE US A CALL! E. S. FLITCROFT, Toledo, Ore. '& GASH TALKS - 1 . -! TOLEDO COMHISSION HOUSE. Will Sell Yon Goods For Cash CHEAPER Than you can expect to buy of credit houses, where you pay the bills owed by the man who don't pay. Your trade in GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR and FEED in solicited. T. P. FISH, Mncr, Toledo, O. I"" " ' "" 1 "''-L- " MHIIWW.i i IrpPEED -BpraBI W U ALL 1 1 EDPH&oddd 1 woaa((tm i ws'iii ; 1 1 m i u www m fm ram 4 w tu' m w.d i r7 RionuiZADt IH BEAU IN EVER REQU 5 TE 0 r I 'TiT,, h i 1 1 coTRycTioi n we Whits. 5mm mcifim &, OIVLAtJ. OHIO. Cedar Mill and Fixture Company 0. It. ALTREE, Manager. Cedar Lumber, SASH, D0O11S, MOULDINS, SHINGLES At Lowest Prices. A. T. PETERSON, Agent, Toledo, Oregon Dealers in w is I u 00 S3 to tl i 1 1 2 . I S 5 2 4 2 Ssv'i 53 "5 5.:" aeSSt St s B - jr C.-s585 5 "3 H O V U tD a. 03 9 ..; So-S S 6 toSk?3-5 o 02" S0 8 r e. s 2 2 ST o laid 2 K:SflPk..2PZ 5 6 2 5 ,'f5S2S0'5 D s O a - a ft. 4,i3!iKHTsii!i'3i A Short Review of The Results of The Late Legislative Session. To one who keeps close track of the work of our legislators, it is difficult to follow each bill through its devious windings, and oftimes j before passage is lost. Hence we I make a brief review that our readers may have a better under standing of what has taken place, leaving out such acts as are not of interest to our readers. The special session last October, although it reduced the legal rate of interest in the state at 6 per cent., leaving the contract rate undis turbed, did not repeal the require ment that the state school fund must be loaned at 8 per cent. Un- rate there accumulated in the state treasury more than $6,000,000 that could not be loaned out. The regular session reduced the rate to 6 per cent., which is an invariable rate, and this vast sum of money will immediately pass into circula tion and finally fix the customary rate of interest in Oregon at 6 per cent. School funds now drawing 8 per cent, may be refunded at 6 per cent. The law was amended after a severe legislative conflict of parts of three days. The nickel-in-the-slot bill was passed, but through a loss of the original file after it reaches the house, a copy of the bill was sub stituted and some doubt exists as to the validity of the law. The law prohibits the use of the nickel-in-the-slot machine. The clerk of the supreme court was placed on a salary of $3,000. J All fees are to be turned into the judiciary fund of the state treasury. This will be a large saving to the state, as the income of the office is variously estimated at from six to ten thousand dollars per year. The law governing school fund loans was modified so that the lands coming to the state by fore closure, deed or othei wise will be cared for and looked after in a business like manner, and in this connection lieu lands were with drawn from sale for a period of years to prevent their being bought up by syndicates at ridiculously low figures, as has been done in the past. The school laws were , modified in such a manner as to raise the standard of teachers by preventing chartered institutions and normal schools of the state from issuing life and state diplomas and by raising tl'e age and qualifications of teachers in the schools. The Daly school book law makes a change in the methods of select ing text books in Oregon so that two years from this time the peo ple may have the benefit of free competition in the choice of books. ITS. - . inis win enect lavoraoiy every patron of schools in the state. inis Dm passea aiter a severe contest, and to have been the bit terest ever waged over a legislative matter in Oregon. This is prob ably the most important bit of legis lation passed in many years in the state. Ine law enacted fixing the amount of the court fee in equity cases where the amount involved is not known, and regulating the court fees in probate matters to correspond with the amount of the estate, has long been needed. The act codifying the laws governing negotiable instruments simplifies business transactions and will prove a wholesome law. A law was passed creating a state board of equalization to con sist of the governor, the secretary and the treasurer of state. It is unfortunate that the bill in its terms was not such as to meet the approval of the governor, ascertain counties of the state have made their present assessment with refer ence to paying as little state tax as possible. This will work a hard ship on counties who will not avail themselves of this opportunity to beat the state. The result will surely be a reaction that, it is to be feared, will re-enact the expensive and cumberous board repealed a few months ago. Under the old law the state was paying through its counties thousands of dollars annually for needless copies of the assessment rolls for the secretary of state's use in making the state tax levy. This law was amended so as to cut off this expense with out impairing the service. An act making the road super visor elective by the people of the various districts has long been in demand and it goes into effect in 1900. 1 At last a law governing clerk hire in the legislature was passed. Of course it begins to operate with the next session. It is a reasonable, sensible law, providing only the few clerks absolutely necessary and taking their appointment out of the hands of individual members. An act regulatiug the amount of printing to be done by the state printer was passed as a part of the appropriation bill. It limits the amount of printing to the, legal requirements. Custom more than law it seems has long governed the amount of printing done for the various officers and heads of depart ments. A registration law that is said to meet constitutional requirements while it is a very effective act and comparatively inexpensive was passed. Under this law all voters must register in order to be eligible to vote at any general elections. This law met with no opposition upon its final passage, although it was vigorously opposed at the out set. A reapportionment bill ' was passed that changed the representa tion in the legislature of the various counties. This was done to keep pace with the constitutional require ments. The basis for house mem bers is 6000, and for sentators 12000. Polk county with a popu lation of 9,200 in 1895 gets one senator, one representative and a joint representative with Lincoln county. The constitution requires the representation to be based on the census of 1895. It is generally believed that in this reapportion ment Polk county fared better than any other county in Oregon. East ern and Southern Oregon suffered most in the reapportionment. A strenious effort was made to pass in a modified form the mort gage tax law. It passed the house but lacked three votes in the sen ate. As the objectionable features of the old law were eliminated the bill should have passed. Tax legislation difficult near the close of the session, as an effort to amend the assessment law was op posed by those interested in the Multuomah tax collector bill, lest it might be interfered with by any subsequent act having general ap plication. Otherwise the three changes needed in our assessment laws would have been made. 1st: To make a levy by the county court a lien on the property of the tax roll. 2nd: To provide a pen alty for delinquency. 3rd: To cut off copies of the tax roll and pro vide for collection on the original roll. These failed at the last mo ment, for reasons mentioned above. The division of the appropriation bill into three portions to be re ported at different times proved a benefit to the state. The appropri ation bill just passed is the lowest in twelve years, which compariSoJ show. A strong demand for legislate carrying large appropriations Waj pressed at every turn. A scalp! bounty law carrying $6,000 as a! maximum, a sugar beet bounty! law, carrying at the outside $200 I 000, a law appropriating $50,0 for salmon hatcheries, another call.? ing for large sums for artesia wells in Eastern Oregon, a road i" the northeastern part of the state ' and bridges in two different parts 5 All were in turn defeated, exeer the salmon hatchery bill, whicl was passed after being reduced $15,000. f The law abolishing compulsor' pilotage on the lower Columbia i? of interest to every farmer in ttf Willamette valley, as their pro. ducts have been forced heavy pilotage for every incominj and outgoing vessel carrying thet products. I The number of clerks employee in the senate in former years W from 70 to 80 most of whom dm" $5 per day and many drew $4 J A il . . uy. ai idc session jusi closet the number of clerks employed to 46, of whom one drew $7 per day' three $5 and forty-two $3 per day' A grand total of less than one-hat1 the usual amount paid and a m. tion of this sum was wasted. f Chronic Dyspepsia Cured, a ITER suffering for near ly thirty yew from dyspepsia, Mrs. H. E. Dngdik wife of a prominent business man i Warsaw, N. Y., writes: "For 28 years, I w a constant sufferer from dyspepsia and 1 weak stomach. The lljhtest food productd distress, causing severe pain and tho forma tion of gas. No matter how careful of nj diet I suffered agonizing pain after eatln& I was treated by many physicians and tried numerous remedies without permanent help Two years ago I began taking Dr. Mile Nerve and Liver Pills and Nervine. Withli a week I commenced Improving, and per sisting la the treatment I was soon able tl eat what I liked, with no evil effec I keep them at hand and a single dose dispel uy 01a symptoms. Dr. Miles' Bemedies are sold by all drug gists under a positive guarantee, first bottle benefits or money re funded. Book 00 dis eases of the heart and nerves free. Address, DB. MILES MEDICAL CO Elkhart, Ina M.7 Mllul MUm' -iv3rvinsa Z. M. DERRICK, County Surveyor Solicits all work in his line. Co;' rect work and reasonable prices. P. O Address, 'Eddyvile, Oregoi ROSS & RICE BLACKSMITHS. TOLEDO, OREGON. General Shop and Repair work of all kind dot trfMonable prices. HORSESHOEING a cialty. Give u a call. I; JIM.! i i KeeDS Constantly nn tian1 all tt Standard Varieties of Fruit Trees, Vines and Shrubbery. j. e. wilson, ; CHITWOOD, ORBGOJ V