THE OREGON DAILY .JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY , EVENINX3. FEBRUARY 3. 1SCT.
TAX C0OOIS8I00
BILL KILLED
On Plu of Economy Senate
Knifea Measure Designed to
' Fix Valuations.
INCREASE IN RECEIPTS ,
JOF HALF MILLION LOST
v f
d-
Jleanure Kcssai7 to Obtain Full
i ; AMMimeat of Property Owned by
Railroads WM Cost Elhtr
' ' "' (Br Staff OemnsoadeBLi
J Balem, Or, Feb. fA Under tb gulaa
of condtny. th enat yterday,after
noon defeated th 's tax commission
m It ii honed to
IMII, IIIIVMftM ......... - m
CDiain a iuu mwmiuwm -- - ,
of railroads and otbr publto ervlc oor-
.noratloni. Th bill WM On Of thOS rec
ommended by th Mat ta commlsalon.
.appointed two years ago. The commla
, aion estimated that If a permanent tax
tommlsalon were created an mcreas In
the revenue of the etata of at least $500,
.000 a year front franchise: aad railroad
taxes would be effected. . ".. '.
' j Corta Too acaoa.
. Because the tax commission would cost
- the atata about 118,000 a year, it was vig.
orously opposed by a number of the sen
ators. Senator Bingham of Lane county
was bitter in bis denunciation of the op
nositlon ta the blLL declaring that a
with the Influence of corporations bold
In valnahla f reach laaa. . had brouant
about the defeat of the only bill of the
cession that was framed for the parpoae
of putting money Into the state treas
ury. '
The small property owners of the
etata bear tb burden of the taxes." de
clared Senator Bingham In debate.
"They are assessed at 100 cents on the
dollar of the value of their property,,
while tb railroads and other public
service corporations pay taxes only on
about half the value of tbelr property.
This commission would have power to
oomnel an efiultehl aemaaamctit of vati-
road property, which is Impossible for
tbe different county assessors to obtain."
: Bay Otiyoesd Blil. '
Senator Kay was anions; tb most vig
orous opponent of the bill. He argued
that the commission would be merely an.
advisory board, and would entail an ex
pense of 1,00 year on the state, which
he did not favor. The "bill was lost by
tb vote of 11 to U, which follow: .
' Ayes Blna-bam, - Booth, Bowermsn. '
Caldwell, Hart, Hedge, laycock, Not
tingham, Bcholfleld. Smith ef UmatiUa.,
Noes BaUey, Beach, Cok. Col. Co-,
how, Hodaon, Johnson, Ksy, Loughary, ,
Malarkey. McDonald, Miller of Marion, j
Mullt Blchel. Smith of Marlon. Wheal-,
don, Wright, Haines. ..', .
All the other bill composing the tax
coda as rrammniia h. it,. ... . - ..
commission war passed without' oppo-'
: aittenc ..... . ; , .
GAS FRANCHISE BILL . '
With Only One . Dissenting" Vote,
measure aa Amended la Passed.
(Br a Staff bmmlal l ' I
Salem, Or, rob. it. With only on
dissenting vote, tb bill repealing th
xrancnia or tbe gas company w
bill as pass contained th amendment
which provided that . th revocation
shall be affective not later than De
cember II. 1M7, en condition that th
city has th value of th franchise de-
nnninra wnnm tnat time oy a court or
competent Jurisdiction, and pay to the
company th value of th franchise a
so determined.
Hedges alone -voted ae-alnat th Mil
R tated that h believed it lmpoaslbl
tJ bav th value of th franchls fixed
wlthla tb time specified, and that h
considered the bill aa amended entlrelr
inoperative. Senator Hadges said that
h was- firmly opposed to perpetual
franchise of all kinds, and voted
against tnj repeal or th ca franchise
only because he believed th bill would
not .aecompltah tb desired oblecL
Senator Malarkey and Nottlna-ham
both voted for th bllt They said they
bellsved a betUr bill would hav rv
suited had their minority reoort. which
made the revocation of th franchls
contingent on tho granting by th city
i a new xrancnis or it to ao - years
duration been adopted. Both said ther
believed th bill would not hav th
errect or abrogating th gas franchls,
but that the pasaag of th bill aa
amended by th majority report of th
oeiexation was a step in th right di
rection, and would bav a beneficial .
BALLOTS UNCHANGED
Jjt Effort to Draw - Party Lines
More Clooely on Ticket Defeated.
'. (Wt ea a,
aajr - a-. si i a y nsinowN1.
Salem.. Orfcb. ij. The last .effort
to draw party lines more closely and
make the votlna nt a atralht m
ticket easier, was made In th seaat
yesieraay arternoon, but rslled through
th watchfulness of Senator M. A. Mll-
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r do yon hav "that Vdon't
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BITTERS
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Lfvcr Troubles,
Headache, Costlvenew,
lnJ!seJtlon, Cold. Crtppe
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Th genuine has Frlvat Stamp
ever neck of bottle and w guar
antee It absolutely pure. All .
druggists. , '
5100,000 DISPLAY
AT SEATTLE FAIR
Only Three Votes Against Meas
ure in Senate Pure Food .
Law fs Passed.
-i
STATE PRINTER PLACED
; UPON A FLAT SALARY
Conductors and Engineers of Trains
Made Sheriffs to Make Life Hard
for th Hobo Cost of Divorce
Suits Is Reduced. '.
' (By a Staff Cerreepeedeat.)
Salem, Or., Feb, 21. -Amended to meet
the objections of th Jobbers by making
it conform to the national pur food
law, th Burns pur food bill passed the
aanats lnal night , The CltUS . maHlDsli
It compulsory that tb correct net
weight b stamped on every, package of
food was eliminated, and th clause of
tbe national law, which provides that
when th weight is placed on a pack
age the correct net weight must b
stated, waa Inserted in Its stead.
This amendment waa th on Request
ed by th Jobbers, -and vigorously op
posed by Burns, tb father -of the bill.
Th bill as paaaed by th senat con
forms throughout with th national
pur food Jaw. j ' ,
' Tes Seattl Fai."" ' -r'-
The appropriation of 1100.009 for the
Seattle exposition was passed by. the
senate, trttt but three negative votes.
Th bill waa amended to make $23,000
of the appropriation available at once,
170,000 available Jsnury- U-190, and
the remaining 12M0O available January
1, 10. Th senators voting s gainst
th appropriation were Beach. Miller Of
Linn and MiUer.of Linn and Marlon.
Th house bill - placing th . atat
printer on a flat salary, of $4,000 a year
waa passed by th senat last night.
th flat salary plan will become effective
in the atat printer s olne n January, j
ltll, after th next printer ha been
elected, Printer Dunlway will continue
bis term of office under th fee systsm.
A matron for th Multnomah oounty
Jail Is assured, unless th governor ve
toes th bill, which has passed botn
houses of the legislature. It was passed
by th senat last night. . . '
y Co ad oo tor as Sheriffs.
Engineers and conduotora sr "given
authority as sheriffs on trains by a
house bill that was passed by tb seaat
last night This bill will make life
still more strenuous for tb hobo than
it has In th past
Divorce suits will cost less than they
hav . heretofore. If th governor ap
proval one of Freeman's bills that has
paaaed both houses. This bill provides
that th district attorney's fe of 110,
which is now exacted, need not be paid
by applicants for divorce. '
ler.-ths. minority msmber of the sen
ate commute on elections. Thla bin
proposed to change th Australian bal
lot so as to permit trie voter to vote
a straight ticket by simply making a
cross In a circle under the nam ox th
party h affiliate with, .
Senator Whealdon declared ther waa
a crying need for "rock-ribbed Demo
crats" and "rock-ribbed (Republicans,
and that th proposed change would
mak it possible to determine whether
any exist Senator Miller, who a th
minority member of th commltte re
ported adversely on tb bill, stated that
he was a "rock-ribbed Democrat" but
that h was an American olttxen first
and that any such change in the ballot
as wa proposed by tb bill would be
a step backward In Republican govern
ment ' ' 1 " " ; :
. Th bill was defeated by a large. vot.
I- V., SHORTAGE OF BILLS .
"Dogs Are .Hereby. Declared Per
sonal Property" Reads Measure.
(Br tff CrrnMit.
Salem. Or., Teb. J Th shortest bill
thst ever passed th Oregon legisla
ture was one of Freeman's house bill,
thst passd tbe senate last night This
bill also has the unlqu distinction of
being th only bill that ever got through
both houses la Its original form, with
out having been amended.: Th text of
th bill follows:
"Dogs are hereby declared to be per
sonal property." . .... .,
That Is aU ther 1 to it It has
passed both houses and no one was sbl
to pick a flaw In It Th bill waa da
sired because of a peculiarity in th
law which do not permit of domes
tic animal being classed as personal
property, and therefore -a person who
stole a dog could not be prosecuted for
larceny This bill will change the law
in that respect and furnish better pro
tection against having valuable dogs
stolen. .
BUSY DAY IN SENATE
Cpper House Disposes of Eighty-Six
7-Measures Afto It Wakes Vp. '
Br s Staff CerreannaAMit.l
Salem, Or.. Keb. 21. After loitering
for two day and spending their, tlm
In long winded debates ovr a few meas
urea, th senate yesterday afternoon
awok to th fact that th end of the
session was near,' and demonstrated that
they could work rapidly when th occa
sion demand. In six hours yesterday
afternoon the senate disposed of 16
hous bills, beside a number of res
olutions and petition, and reduced th
mount Of work to ucb an extent that
what remain was handled easily this
morning.
Pridsy th sonata disposed of twenty
bill. Th entire session yesterday fore
noon wa taken up In th killing of two
houee bills, and-thtenator began to
think that tb only wy they-eorrtd dis
pose of th onumulated business be
fore time for adjournment at noon to
day, would be to us the ax n th ma
jority of tbe bills. . i
A night session was held last night,
extending up to Jl o'clock. During th
afternoon and night session yesterday
th flv minute, limit on debet was
strictly observed, which aided mater
ially In despatching- th bills. Heading
Clerk Frank Motter help considerably
In hurrying the bills along. His best
effort In this line wa when Senator
Bailey and Johnson handed In a long
report on the condition of th Agri
cultural college, to be read. Motter
glanced at It. and summarised It thus:
"Th special commltte make a very
complimentary report en th agricultur
al college." , . .
Th enaf-"fesptd """th ' report as
reed without saklng to hear gny more
shoot It. and th reading of trills we
proceeded with. 'During th day yes
terdsy, house bills war passed by
the senate, and IT were' killed, leaving
lee tbsn II Mils on th desk for dis
position t th Woralng session.
SHORTER DAY FOR
RAILROAD LIEN
Ten Hours' Continuous Work for
' Traffic Lines All That Is Per
mitted Under New Law. x
MILL EMPLOYERS HELD
LIABLE FOR ACCIDENTS
Hill Providing Garnishment of Wage
Iefeated OMteopatha Given Mem
ber of Examining Board and Per
mitted Special Examinations.
fn a Staff OarMsnaaatat.)
t
Salem. Or., tfeb. II. The nous
cam near tb and of its labors last
nlgbt after. on of th moat driving
and strenuous days of the entire ses
sion. From 1:30 In the morning unui
th pll of bill on th desk and when
adjournment came only 10 bills wer
remaining on th desk for action in the
morning session.
The last struggle of th portage
road extension appropriation bill and
the final battle over th normal chool
took up a great deal of tlm during th
evening aeaalon er th desk would hav
been cleared and th last half day of
th seaalon could have been a holiday
instead of a rush.
. Oompll All &aws .
During th day th houa work
steadily on senat bill and many Im
portant measures were considered and
final action Uk.n. 8andwitchd hr and
ther were patchea of hous business,
but for th. most part the enUr tlm
was taken up with senat bills..'
. It ws decided by nous resolution
thst the secretary of state should h
empowered to print In pamphlet fornt
all the Important , laws peea ourina
th present session, should ther be call
far them, the namohlet to be sold at
such price a should be determined by
the secretary of atat. -
Malarkcy'a bill providing that all
peraona working on railroads should not
be worked for more than 19 hours con
tinuously and that when they had
worked that length of time they should
he given a rest of ten hours waa paaaed.
Th bill was- requested . by th
trainman of th state a a protection
for them and mak It a misdemeanor
for any company, or th Officer thereof
to allow employe to vlolat th tlm
provision of th get fixing a penalty
of $10 to 1500 fin and Imprisonment
from six month to on year. -
Troteowi JBmployes. . .. '
Th Bailey bill providing that em
ploye In mill, factories and other
manufacturing Institutions should be
protected from accident by modern
aafety guards and prescribing for dam
age in case of accident waa passed by
th house.
Th old question of garnishment of
wages held in public depositories or In
the hands of public officials cam np
before th houa In a. bin-try Malarkey
and wa defeated. At th night - ses
sion It was recalled by Davey who ex
plained that he had misunderstood th
Intent of th bill and waa therefor con
fident that he had don It an Injustice
by his opposition. Th bill on second
trial was passed. This. Is th sam
measure which was passed by Kay at
th last session providing that salaries
of public official or employes could
be garnlsheed and which was declared
to be unconstitutional by the supreme
court ''.. - -
label Stook rood.'
Th hous directed that S40 copies
of tbe hous Journals and calender be
printed by the atat printer and mailed
to th members of th bouse.
Th Johnson bill providing that all
stock food b put in labeled packages
showing th Ingredient and th tru
weight wa passed by the hous.
Kay's bill remedying th defect In
th law relating t th fee charged by
th cretary of stat' waa passed after
som Juggling with th senate Th
bill provided that all fee s prescribed
by law . for work don be turned Into
the atat treaaury. Th bill carried an
emergency clause. It wa mad neces
sary by the law placing th secretary
of stat upon a flat salary which pro
vided no plac for all th fee to b
plaoed. . Th new law as smended turns
all fee' Into th treasury.
vt-- Sard oa Saf Oraeker.
The Cok bill providing that th
present statute relating to th con
struction of railroad acroa , stat
land be amended so that it - allow
bridge to be built across' streams on
tat land wa paaaed by the houae.
The bill was intended to provide for
a deficiency in th statute a It related
to condition In Coo county particu
larly. .
Senator Haines bill making It a fel
ony to break Into a building with x
ploslve and fixing th penalty at from
to to 40 years' imprisonment waa paaaed
by the bouae.
The osteopathy bill passed th bouse
amended in th senate Th bill
give th otopth on member on th
tat board of medical examiner and
allow them to pa a pcll examln-
MISTAKE HERB
Sisoevsry of a Jrraof Seed.
' Rven 'a nroof reader may mak ml
take unless careful reading is main
tained all th tlm.
It makes a lot of difference some
times. Just how a thing Is read.
This I tb tale:
"'No tea and not on drop of coffee,'
ordered th .doctor nd I rebelled. But
else, with nerve that aw, felt and
heard thing that wer not rebellion
waa useleaa.
"With th greatest reluctance I gave
uo tha lifelong companions, and drank
milk, milk until th very step of th
milkman grew baterui. .
"Mr - nerve wer som better, but
breakfaet without, some wsrm beverage
grew, wearisome, and bid fair to be en
tirely alighted. And with a brain that
for. nln hour daily must work hard,
ever demanding nourlahment th falling
appetite was a serious proposition.
"Then In despslr, Postum was tried.
I had tasted it once and heartily disliked
th pal watery compound, but now.
literally starving for a hot drink. I read
and reread th direction on th package
with th critical eye of tb proof reader,
following them out to th letter and lot
th rich brown liquid of th advertise
ments. . "Not one but three cups disappeared
and sine the Postum has been my sol
wsrm beverage, unfailingly refreshing
and helpful; both body and nerve testi
fying to Its helpfulness by new strength
and vigor." Nsme given by Postum Co,
Battle . Creek. Mich. - Hand . th little
book. "Th Road to Wellvllle," In pkg.
'There's a Re son."
3
tmml 'ill
tlon In all branches of medicln pecul
iar to thalr profession, but In tboee
branches where . th two factions of
medical men cam together they wer
to stand th earn test aa war re
quired of th standard and orthodox
physicians. ...
Brag-gists Ignst B agister.
. Senator Mullt' bill aivirur th dlffsr-
ent counties of th stat an amount of
th 1 per cent derived from th govern
ment for forest reserve rental propor
tions! to th number of aorea of re
serve In the boundaries of th county
was paaaed by th house
Th Caldwell blU eampelllng all drug
gists of "th atat In chare of atorea
to be registered pharmacists and pre
scribing rule and regulation for th
selection of pharmacist was, passed
by th house
Tree can now. b planted along th
roads of th irrigated section without
any violation of tha.law according to
Senator Cole s bill which jaased th
houae Tb bill provide that in au
cases where a county road was more
thsa 50 feet in width it would b law
ful for tbe owner of contiguous prop
erty to us a portion of It for planting
tree, provided that after th trees
hav been p United th road shall still
be t least SO feet in width.. . ..
yrotooi Jguttnomea rails.
- Multnomah, falls - and Multnomah
creek were mad safs for future eight
seers by the passage of the Blchel bill
by tb houa last night Tb bill pro
vides that Multnomah fall and' th
creek feeding It hall be exempted by
w from all statutes TeTaTIH to ins ni-
verslon of water for any purpo what
ever. Th bill waa Induced by th fact
that an effort has been mad to ap
proprlat th water of th Multnomah
creek for power and lumbering purpose
thus destroying th beauty of th falls.
Th mark of-th house disapproval
was sot on Senator Booth's bill making
such an amendment to th present law
that all streams should be considered
aa being put to a beneficial use wnen
used for floatlne loss or lumber or
used for flume for transporting logs
from th wood t th mill or th rtv
era Tbe bllt was Indefinitely . poet
poned on th ground that It would giv
th logging Interest of th atat
right ever other user of water which
was not. Jest
- FOR DESERT SETTLERS -
Bill Paaaed Enables Land Companies
" to Slake Good Promises.
' (B Staff OnReeeeas'eBt.t ' '
Salem. Or.. Feb. II. Desert land set
tlers who hav no water, and Carey act
companies and propositions which either
have too much water or hav sold land
which Is not under their project, are
given balm by senat bill No. IT, by
Hodaon, which paaaed' th house last
night This bill. If it passes in gov
ernor and become a law, will enabl
those eomnante which hav formed ir
rigation project and hold land - under
th promise or sufficient watsr to max
th land productlv to mak good their
promises, to a certain xtnt at least
and wUl therefor put in good standing
som vary shaky propositions which ar
now waiting for som such legislation
to com to thalr aaitanoe
Th bill providea. In briar, that en
Irrigation - eompany . formed ' under- th
Carey act tf It ha a aurplua of water
in it ditch, may sail this surplus to
peopl not under th 'project but who
own contiguous lands, at th earn fig
ure as th water Is sold to tbos who
ar under th project
This bill will aid a number or proj
ects which hav aold water and land
to etUers when In reality they were not
allowed by the law to do so. Opinion
I divide upon th merits or tb bill,
it being considered In on particular
that those oompanlea which have sold
water er land te settler when it waa
impossible to carry out th terms t th
ale had violated th law and are there
for not entitled to any remedial legis
lation. On th other hand. It 1 ar
gued that th law will be th Instru
ment of bringing relief to many peopl
who hav put -their capital into land
under false renresentatlona from . th
companies and who sTre, therefor. In
common Justice entitled to om relief.
NEW BANKING LAW
Haines Bill Passes . House With
Several Votes to spare.
(By a Staff CecieaueBt
Salem, Or., Feb. zl.-rTb Halnas
banking law Mil pained th house yes
terday afternoon with several votes to
spare - It met with opposition from sev
eral members of the house.. Speaker
Davey among th number, because of
tb fact that It waa a loosely construct
ed Instrument and not as perfect In all
Its detail a could b desired. Free
man of Multnomah also - mad objec
tion to th bill on th ground that It
discriminated against th lesser bank
In th larger citlee-bv compelling them
to alway keep on hand 21 per cent of
their demand liabilities and ten per
cent of their tlm deposit In cities of
more than 60.000 as against II per cent
of demand liabilities and ten per cent
of time deposits in the smaller banks
of small oltiee and town.
Th friend of th bill did not argu
that the Instrument" wa perfect .but
that It was th best that could b put
together st th first trial. Th oppo
nent argued that It wa an Instrument
mad br banker to ragulat the bank-
Ina buaineaa and wa therefore of neces
sity something to be watched in order
to be sure that tbs beat interest, of tn
common peopl he saisguaraea. -
PAYING THE CLERKS '
Clerks Only Allowed Exact Time for
. Their Work Overtime for Some.
tBy a Staff' Cerreeitnedest)
Salem, Or., Feb. II. Hous commlt
te on stUariea mad Its report ysstsr
day afternoon. . Chairman . Beveiidg
stated that th committee had been
reasonable tn calculating the aalarte
of th clerks hut had also been gov
erned by absolute Justio and had allow
ed nothing more than wss du clerk
for their work. Their tlm had been
computed from th dat they took their
oath of offlc to tb end of th session.
This aotlon out many clerks out of sev
eral days and much indignation was ex
pressed at th ruling of th committee
by thoe who thought they should hav
been paid for 41 days though they had
aerved shorter tlm. t
An exception was made In th ess
of th deak clerk snd th chief clerks
who war given over tlm for th long
work don at night after the session
of th day wer ever. Th desk clerk
war allowed it day over tlm' and th
chlf clerk ten vdys. AH other clerk
will be paid for -th actual tlm ssrved.
Tet us hav your good wllL Schil
lings Bast t k
LOW WATER CAUSES
N SHUTDOWN OF MILLS
(Sperlal Dtspatrb e Tke Jovreal.)
Kelso. Wash.. Feb. . Tb 'Washing
ton Red Cedar company's sblngl mill
had to shut down today because of low,
water. In th Coweeman. In spit of th
general flood condition th water In
th Coweman has fallen very rapidly
tb last two days, and there la. not
enough now to float tee log and boats
for th sblngl mill. .,
STRONG FLEEIFOR
PACIFIC COAST
Battle.hlps Iowa and Indiana to
Form Nucleus of Great
' Armored Squadron.
NEBRASKA, WISCONSIN
- AND OREGON TO JOIN
Policy of Navy Department to Unite
Asiatic Fleet and Pacific Squadron
Into One Great Fleet 'With Three
:' Admirals in Commend. -
(Joersel Seeelsl Barries.)
' San Francisco, Fob. . It is authori
tatively, although unofficially, reported
in local naval circle that the forma
tion of a strong armored fleet on the
Paciflo coast will be Inaugurated by
dispatching td'thlTcIlyaraa arly dat
th battleship Indiana and Jows, Th
two batUeahlp will form" th nuclau
of a Paciflo battleship squadron, which
will he further strengthened by th ad
dition of th nsw battleship Nebraska,
now nearly completed at Seattle, and
the battleship "Wisconsin and Oregon,
whioh ar now being xtnalvly over
hauled - at th Puget sound naval sta
tion. These flv battleehlpe may be
reinforced during th next few months
by two more from the Atlantic. '.
- -It la noted, however, that of th ves
sels named only the Nebraska fa a mod
ern, up-to-date warship. Th Indiana
was one of three battleship first built
for th United Stat navy, and is a
sister hlp of th Oregon. The Iowa Is
only a year younger than th Indiana.
Th Wisconsin waa built In 1S. .
It t said to be th policy of th navy
department at thl tlm to unit th
Aalatlo fleet and th Paciflo squadron
Into .one great float its component ves
sels to be interchangeable and all under
th command of one of three vice
admiral which, it 1 thought congress
will authoris at an early date
CORPORATIONS PAY TAX ON
STATE BUSINESS OXtY
Attorney-General, In Opinion,
- Draws Familiar Interstate
Commerca Una.
; (Spatial Dianatcb The loans!.)
. Salem, Or., Feb. II. Attorney-General
Crawford, In an opinion given yester
day in answer to aa Inquiry from Stat
Treasurer Steele, hold that tax state
ment of om pan lea er corporation
mad in compliance with th two ini
tiative aete voted upon by the people in
June, It0, requiring xpra, telegraph,
telephone, aleeplng car, refrigerator and
oil companies to pay en annual license
on gross earnings te the state, ahould
b only for such sums as are actually
received for business transacted wholly
within th state and should not be mad
out for sums tn ease, of Interstate com
merce. Th attorney-general 1 of tb
opinion that th first statement should
Includ from June It, 1906, to Deoem
ber, 1101. A to Interstate commerce,
be says It is "any business commencing
in oh stat and terminating la - an
other." . '
BAPTIST PREACHERS
GRILL ROCKEFELLER
Mevraal Spial gervtra.t
" Atlanta, Oa., Feb. IS One' of " th
moat scathing attacks yet mad la a
conference session In Atlanta upon any
man, layman or minister, was that en
John D. Rockefeller, oil king, when a
prominent minister In Atlanta, who
nam ranks high In th city, at the
meeting of the Baptist minister of thl
elty and vicinity proposed that th min
uter preeent indorse a letter he had
written to Mr. Rockefeller commending
hint for the gift of 131.000.000 to edu
cation. No sooner had he taken his sast than
A dosen minister wer on their feet
clamoring to be heard, and, aa - one
preecher after another had hi aay, th
oil king was held up In a most unenvi
able light" He waa termed a robber of
th poor, who took money from thoee
who needed it moat and illegitimately
held a larg part of his wealth through
th method h had used la securing It
and on of th ministers stated that the
man who Introduced tb resolution had
no right In th oonferenee. Mr. Rocke
feller waa called a hypocrite and said
to be unchristian. . i c
SENATE TURNS DOWN '
FOREST RESERVE SUPPORT
(Jevsal Special gerrlee.)
Wsshlngton, Feb. tl.-Th senate at
last night's session passed th bill
making appropriation of tl.lt7.l8t for
th support of tb military academy.
The bill wa passed Just at It cam
from th "committee - '"
A discussion lasting throughout ' th
entlr day, to which wa addad a fu
tile night esslon, failed to secure final
aotlon on th amendment to th agri
cultural appropriation hill proposing to
make an lncreas of . 1 1.000.000 in th
Item for th support of th forest re
serve. Forceful peche wer mad by
Burdett Depew and Bevetidge In de
fense of th work of Chief Forester
plnchot and opposed to the extenelon
of th fort service by Heyburn. who
went into th ntlr aubjeot f
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' Weey High School Principal, '
' . (peHl Ptapetrti te The Joe real.)
'" Pendleton. Or- Feb. f Ji.--Prof eoT A.
R Harrison, princlpsl of th High
school at Grant Pas. Is to b th
principal of th Pendleton High school
In place of Professor Huff, who re
cently resigned.
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Largest and Best Selections la Portland of -." rr
Furniture, Carpets9 Ranges. CrocRcry, Draperies
- . PRICKS ALWAYS THE LOWEST , v
CORJNER. STCOND . AND j MpkltI$ON STRXETS
acobs ahirt Cio,
Now located in tho Hamflton building, WILL REMOVE
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: 29VA Stark Street -
"1 Between 4th and 3th- - -
MADE TO r.IEASURE GOODS 0MY
We carry in 'stock all the' latest weares and patterns. We
don't ecll you from a small sample, but show you the foods.
Jacobs
HAMILTON BLDG, 181 THIRD ST.
ACTIVITY ATCHEMAVA FARM
AND THEREABOUT
Indians at School Cultivate Four
Hundred and Seventy Acres
Thla Year.
(Bpeetal Dlapatrh te' Tke JearasU
Chwnawa, Or., Feb. It Th farmr
9f thl community, both larg and small,
hav taken advantag of th unprece
dented good weather which haa pre
vailed the past. two week and hav bean
slowing and seeding. Larg acreagea
of hay, eat and spring wheat hav been
seeded and th ground prepared - ror
arning aardene. Karly potatoes hav
bean nlanud and tb small fruit, straw-
berries, loganberries, blackberries, rasp
berries and th ilk, hav cen ciana
and cultivated.
Th hopmea hav el caned ent their
yards, and burned th old vines and
weeds. Th fruit tree hav been thor
oughly trimmed, a th erchardlsta f
this vicinity ssy tbey would rather hav
less quantity and better quality, and con
tend that heavy pruning will assist to
this and. " - a - ,
At th Indian school here the pupils
hav been very busy onder th farmer,
gardnar, orchardlat, dairyman end Indee
trlal teacher, clearing up th school
farm, garden and orchard and In plowing
and seeding th school farm and garden.
On hundred and twenty-flv acre hav
been added to th school farm- making a
total of 479 aors to be cultivated by the
Indian pupils thla yean . - i
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FIREPROOF BUILDINGS
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wees; advanced another step tn her city
career. Th village council has passed
a building ordinance requiring that all
building to be erected hereafter on th
six blocks In th buslnes center shall be
fireproof, with Interior walls ef brick.
ton, adobe or concrete, and having a
metal, ' slate, tile, brick or composition
roof. Kelso is rapidly taking first plao
among tb. towns between Portalnd and
Tacoma. . ' ,
, Admiral Craig's Retirement. ;---
Washington.- Feb. tl.efiear Admiral
Joseph B. Craig, Commandant of. th
League Island navy yard, will be placd
en th retired Hat tomorrow on account
of age. Admiral Or Or is a native of
New York end has served his country
on land nd ea for over 4 year.
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Dentists giv "ft i the best fiend.
tifice and antiseptic in the wor)4
lor- ine- reetn ana gums leaves
the enamel white an'J cleaminot
also leaves a delicious after taste.'
la haedr metal ease am Bottle, las. 1
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