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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON- DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. .. THURSDAY . EVENING.' JANUARY 21, 1909. LATEST STATE CAPITAL NEWS GOLD WATER FOR If COUDTY Kesmith People Get Their Bill Introduced in5 the Senate Lawyer Members Say Legislature Has Xot Power to Create. (Bf Journal Iswed Salem Wire.) ' Salem. Or., Jan. tl.-A movement to ereats Nesmlth county from portion of tan and Douglas counties, principally from Lane, cams to th front In the i senats tftls rnornlgn , , The bill to create the county waa introduced by Senator Belling" by request of the Cottage Grove boomers, who expect their town to be made the future county seat. - Cold water is likely to be thrown upon the county division movement before It ' progresses far. Sentiment among1 the lawyer members appears to be that the legislature does net possess' power to ereate a new county ami this is likely to be the report of the committee to which the Nesmlth bill will ?o. - . No member of the Lane or Douglas county delegations could be found to favor the new county and the Nesmith ites were compelled to go far away to a-et their bill presented.. If the com mittee goes against them, as expected, they will be forced to use the Intiatlve, ., fc. ' VI mill HIvBH unilfltV Ifl a n ma viui in ... j . w u . . . . v. ..-.- j ... parting front Wasco. The Lane county delegation at a recent meeting decided - to do nothing until the county division bill should come from committee. Cottage Grove is named as the tem : porary county seat in the bill but the f people are to vote on the county seat at the next election. The new county la to be attached to the Lane "county rep resentative and senatorial districts, ' making nractically no change. It la to be a part of tbe second judicial district and of the fourth prosecuting attorney district , . , , - It Is provided that the county Judge -shall gt $609 per yean, clerk $1200, sheriff 11200, treasurer 1100, school su perintendent $400, assessor $900, and tho commissioners $$ per day. The county judges of Lane and Nesmlth and nated as special commissioners to--ad just the iinanojai siatus in nano wivu ; the new county. The judges of Douglas ona are named to perform a similar duty as to those counties. Either coun ty mar appps.1, but if it fails to rain nnr than IKOO nvr the award of the commissioners. It will be taxed with the 'costs. ', . ' i ' JilLL FOR STEAM BOILER IXSPECTOK :v v TamwmmI TamaA StloM WtM.l ' Salem, Or., Jan. 21. A bill creating the office of steam boiler Inspector was Introduced in the house today by Rep resentative Davis of Multnomah coun ty. The inspector Is to be appointed by the governor and will receive a salary of $2600 a year besides 10 a mile mile age so long as this does not exceed $500 a year. He Is to have an assistant who shall receive $4 a day while actually employed, and a cleric at a salary of 900 a year. ... ' It shall be tbe duty of the inspector to inspect every boiler In the state an nually. The owner must pay a $10 fee for Inspection, the fee to go Into the state treasury. The inspector Is to be subject to a fine of. from $10 to $100 If he neglects hla duty. ; HNANCIAL AGENCIES LIABLE FOR DAMAGES (By Journal LeMd Salem Wire.) Salem, Or., Jan. $1. -If a bill Intro duced In the bouse today becomes a law financial agencies are to be liable for damages If they make a raise estimate of a concern's financial standing. AucufuiiiK it hub uiji. isiixuumieu uy : Representative Conyers of Columbia county. If a concern does not submit a " standing upon the call of ah agency , whose name and place of business shall be regularly recorded In the county court of the county In which It Is oper- atlng, the agency Is at liberty after 10 davs to DUblish Its own estimate, lia ble to a suit for damages if a false estimate is puDltsned. ; B i. : . 1 ' 'JiJj u jggg Thnfly Mothers f Are saving: many dollars by purchasing their boys' fur ; nishing - at our 1 January 15 OP 75c Shirts, White and fancy. ..:..2&4 50c Skidoo Caps 25 50c fleece Underwear ....... 25 50c flannel Blouses, Russian ' shape , .25 50c detachable Band Waists 25 35c cashmere Hose,' sizes up to- " 10 i 25 We Advertise Facts Only ' i 1J. V li IflA. m i m m m m K 5-1 7Q TIHRDST, ROCKS AHEAD OF IRRIBATIOn CODE "Czarlike State Engineer" 'Feared No Reclamation Service Is "Wanted. (fit Journsl Leased Salem Wire.) ' Salem, Or Jan. SI. Rocks are ahead of the passage of the Irrigation code, Introduced In the senate yesterday by Senator Miller and destined to make Us appearance in the house the first of the comins week. Around this, the most complete piece of legislation before the present legislature, will wage the bit terest ngnt of the to days. "We went no cxarllke state engineer, says Senator Bingham. "you can say for me that we will draw the teeth of the dragon in the senate. . ... , Merrymas's Opinion.. .;, : Q : "We want no reclamation service in our irrigation business,' is the opinion of Senator Werryman, chairman of the committee. Senator Parrlsh has something-of -th same idea. In the house the committee Is more friendly and It la hoped to send tbe measure through here without much trouble. The Irrigation code, now In the sen ate, Is an exhaustive measure. It puts the power or determining water rignts in toe hands of a commission consist ins of the state engineer and two com missioners, one from thn eastern Oregon district, another from the western dis trict. The Cascade range Is the divid ing line and any complaint or water question may be determined bv the state engineer and one commissioner at a meeting called on three days' notice. Appeal may be made from this decision to the -circuit court and on to the su preme court, which baa final Jurisdic tion. " . . ooae Biu Euecurs, This commission Is to adjudicate rights and apportion wster supply to users. The nresent code bill Is simpler yet more effective than that defeated two years ago. Much of the machinery has been taken out. The state engineer Is still at the bead of the Irrigation and power work of the state. He is the Im mediate head and general manager of the application of tue water laws or me state. In the former bill he was practically supreme In power, as there was but little opportunity to appeal. That is changed In the present bill and its friends feel confident all objections may be met. . Jltarhanrs Bill. Senator Blnorham has no irrigation hill of his own and is more friendly to it than to. the code. Senator Merryman and Senator Parrlsh are against the reclamation service having any hand in irrigation matters in the state. Senator Miller, sponsor for the bill, and Senator Beach are favorable It. . Preparations are Jjelntt made for an exhaustive discussion of the bill when t comet ud for consideration. It will be considered in open session by the senate committee ana at tnese sessions all those interested in the bill will be invited to state their views. The house committee favors the measure and the house sentiment seems to be with It, but It mav be killed or mangled In the senate,: mere is a certainty ot some water legislation, but what kind Is in aouDc CONGRATULATE THE GOVEIOR (By Journal Leased Salem Wlte.) Salom. Or.. Jan. 21. Among the tele grams of congratulation received by Governor Chamberlain were many from well known and prominent men from every part of the union. Following are a few of them, though the total numbered close to 200: Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. ZO. senator George K, Chamberlain- Tour election vindicates the Oregon plan and is a long step toward popular election of senators. Accept congratulations. , W. J, BKIAfl. Lansing. Mich.. Jan. 20. Governor George E. Chamberlain Hearty con gratulations. Oregon bas set noble ex ample. CHAS, A. BLAIR. (supreme justice. San Francisco. Jan. 20. George E. Chamberlain --Your success means much more than a personal nonor. warmest congratulations. FRANKLIN LANE. Olympla, Wash., Jan. IS. Honorable George E. Chamberlain Congratulate Eou upon your- election to the United tates senate. ALBERT E. MEAD, Governor. - Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 20. Governor George E. Chamberlain Congratulate you not only personally, but in the name of the people of Louisiana. The members of the Oregon legislature alsm are to be congratulated for having been faithful to their pledges. J. Y. SANDERS, Governor. Fort Bliss, Texas. Jan. 19. Senator George E. Chamberlain Congratula tions end best wishes for future suc cess from officers nineteenth century. COLONEL J. mJUSXUJM. EMBALMEKS MUST ALL STAND EXAMINATION H. Tnimul lid R.l.m Wlf. Salem, Or., Jan. 2L Establishment of a state embalming board and the licensing of embalmers is proposed in a bill introduced by Senator Wood this nvnrninr. tin nrovides that two mem bers of the board shall be named by tho governor and the third shall be the secretary of the state board of health. They are to receive f per day for time actually at work. Appli cants for license are to pay $5 as an rumination fee. to more when a cer tificate is issued, and $1 per year thereafter for renewal of their rignt to practice. WOULD EXEMPT JiONDS FE03I ANY TAXATION (By Jotn-Bsl Lw-d Salem W!r.1 At .wAlnn as oil nAnnsI flf tllA liUIl KUIIl iCIsVAUVIl . Ute. counties, scnooi aiBiriui.Hr clpalftles and other public corporation i j..iAA f .a Kill Inf rrail(f9 hv fiftn- ator Mullt today. Although such bonds are subject to taxation, they are not A . v.. tin. . n Ulr Mil Lit. this cause buyers of bonds cannot be assured mat at some iuiun iiuis wvi will not collect on them. . BUI In Labor's Interest. fBy Journal teued Salem Wire.) . Ralom. Or.. .Tan. 21. ReDresentatlvo McKlnney of Baker county has intro duced a bill In the interest of labor, compelling a - corporation or company en Ragea in any worn wnere laooring men ot any itina are employed to iue certain data with the-county recorder in the. county in which the operations of the corporation are balng carried on. lie oaia must contain facts regarding the financial renDonslbilitiea of the company, the name of the company,' the conditions under which the compan Is proKwutlng the work and who Is owner. A. light YlenAltv la nrnv1r1i.il 1t vlnlHnn CEBEfJOIIIES AT imUlflETTE EDO Bishop Hughes Urges Sup porters of University to Aim for Larger Fields. . ; (By Joarnal leased Baltm Wire.) Salem, Or., Jan. 21. The elaborate In auguration ceremonies at Willamette university extending - over four rinvs. closed last night. Bishop Edwin Hughes delivered the charge to the president- 'cv J-t. r letcner Moman, wno re sponded in a well Tirenaniil . flrlrKB Bishop Smith of Portland presided over iqa ceremonies. xne tneine of the evenlnars discourse ss presented by Bishop Hughes and also President Homan related to the place of the small college In the eaucatlonal sys tem .of the ITnlterl fttaton Rlnhnn nuKnrs saia: ; i 1lt Is tie haxarA tn ifltf tht o vaii to push the endowment of this college far up Into the millions the fields-beyond would be. so large and so attrac tive as- to lure vou mlahtllv. Keen vonr nrvm um euubq xjvius uui voter mem noc until you see whence, shall coma lha instruments of the tillage and the wages vi inn tuners, aieaniime you may re spect the quality of your present work and be very sure that the small col lege. If It does honest work, wins regard by its closeness of ties and keeps in our system of education." jn response resident Moman nalrf- "We hotia the rlav will nnmn whnn lha collegiate education will be given over to the denominational colleges and when the great Institutions shall devote their energies to industrial and commercial education and nost araduate work in nil linear We believe that statesmanship of uue iiaiiun wiu vnn uay recognize tne need of such action." Mr. Homan abhorred the nrnjwnt ,im. bersome systems of education fostered by the state that brought about duplica tion of regents boards, taxes and fac ulties and said he hoped the day would come soon when the state and the de nominational schools would Join their forces "in one grand educational move ment for the cbristianization and civili sation of the race." SEATTLE LIIIES HOLD DP TRAINS Seattle. Wash.. Jan. 21 No irilm left the union depot here today up to nuun, wnen one tone ureat northern train pulled out tentatively for St Paul, with the chance of getting as far as the east slope of the Cascades tr good luck Is encountered. Another train over the Northern Paeiflo will leave at 9 o'clock this evening, if previous Information does not render such action futile. The flood situation Is grave today, as every road is at last forced to ad mit The last eastern train to, leave the station yesterday was No.) 11, the inrougn ivansas clty train on the North ern Paclfla. Between Seattle and Everett, on the Great Northern, there is a slide two miles in length. The Great Northern Is ualnr thn Northern .Pacific tracks via Snohomish. Between Everett and Bellingham both the Northern Pacific and Great North ern are crippled by washouts. No eastern, northern or southern mails have been received since 10 o'clock last night " Boat Ulss It. Water damae-Mf raIa nf vnim'i r1r,rh ing, shoes and gent's furnishings. See big ad in today's Journal. Ideal Cloth ing Co., 63 North Third st. SB FURNITUREO Our VERY LOW, OF PORTLAND more interested in for future profit at m. w w ssr--Sssas m CLE Wicldni i 25 roeif CeifldDi Which includes the very best goods in almost every department. Moreover, you are absolutely sure of acquiring no old, out-of-date furniture, as we have been in business only one year. Naturally we wish to deeply impress you with the extraordinary bargains given during this sale, but when it comes to matching a 40, 50, or 60 per cent cut,ras advertised by others who" pay rent we are up against-it, because our Furniture is not priced sufficiently high to stand a cut exceeding 25 per cent. If it were we would not have become one of the leading houses in the city in one year. To those familiar with our prices this explanation is unnecessary. : 1 libers Pay During this clearance sale we will also reduce everything ih our full, regular lines 15, thereby guar anteeing to everybodychoice bargains, even though nothing satisfactory is found in the clearance goods. em-es CORMCR t " ... f f Tf""-1 A " r FunniTunEt; -S I SENATE HOLDS TWO SESSIONS " It, HI I. t To Adjourn to . Monday Veto Messages Go Ch er ' .0 Bill Passed. -. (By Journal Letted Salem Win.) . Salem,' Or - Jan. 21. After passing one bill and transacting routine busi ness, including - the introduction of 11 new bills, the senate adjourned until afternoon. The one bill to cuss was by Hart of Baker, facilitating the refund ing of indebtedness of school districts of ' the first and second classes. It per mits the refunding, of a debt at the same or a lower rata of Interest bv a school board without the necessity of calling an election and also authorizes the board to ex the manner or sale o bonds in the first instance, instead o requiring, a general meeting for, that purpose. ; . . Tne vetoes . of the governor were again postponed from this afternoon to next Tuesday afternoon, printed copies of the vetoes not having reached the senators until this morning. To save unnecessary expense in the senate calendar printing Senator F. J. Miller moved that a committee of three be named to revise the calendar daily, it being found that there is much un necessary printing in it. The ' motion was adopted. Senator Beach tried to secure an ad journment from ti morning to Mon day, hut the senate decided to hold an afternoon session. PILOTAGE BILL HEEDS ALTERING (Bj Joarnal tate4 Si 1 era Wir.) , Portland vllotago ibill. as drawn, seems to need radical changes. Unless It is changed and redrafted there will be no legislation for the relief of the Port of Portland commission and the control of the river pilotage by that organisation. The bill waa drafted at tbe reauest of the Port -of Portland and the trans portation commission of the chamber of commerce.- It gives into the control of the Port of Portland the pilotage of the lower river and is-of great necessity for the effective handling of the ship ping by the adequate control of the pilotage -of the river. The. bill as drafted, amends sections 39934002, 4006. 4011. 4015 and 4118 of the code. All of these sections and more were repealed by the .Fort of Portland act of 1S07. Since the bill purports to amend sections that are re pealed and are not laws, it has no ef- rect. - The defect, was noted by the commit tee on commerce and the bill is being held . pending: adequate amendment or redrafting. J. Couch Flanders and oth ers interested will appear before the commerce committee and the Multno mah delegation on Tuesday next and try to straighten out the tangle. The Din preparea oy .District Attor ney Cameron's office asking for " more help and higher salaries was also so badly-drawn tuat It was abortive and was sent back to the committee to be whipped into shape so that it could nave some c nance ot passage. , COUCH WOULD EXEMPT WAGES THAT SUPPORT Salem. Or.. Jan.--- 11.-Representative Couch Introduced a bill In the bouse to day making personal wages exempt from attachment If It can be shown that the wages or salary is necessary for the support of him against whom the Judgment is lodged. Bout Wh Xt. Water damaged sale of men' cloth ing, shoes and gent's furnishings. See big ad in today's Journal. Ideal Cloth ing CO., C3 North Third st NO-RENT PRICES made us one of the LEADING FURNITURE HOUSES within one year. We are now having our" first annual clearance sale and are moving all broken lines, discarded patterns, and, odd pieces than in holding same, regular sales prices and have therefore made a sweeping :Rent - We ColleciKctit-WIio Cai SelHIsc ffleapssJ? Ail Iron Beds, Ladies' Dressing Tables, Side Boards and Davenports Reduced 25 per Cent This Week All Woo! Carpels 1-Ydrd Wide, Sewed, Lined. Laid, -65c a Yard- ITER USERS SHOW BIG INCREASE An increase of 10.0 per cent in the number of t water consumers for '-tfte year 1903 over' the preceding year, is shown in the annual renort of ftunerin. tendent .Frank T. Dodge of the city water department. The report which was iiieu mis mornins a-ives tne num ber of stores, dwellings and other build- in its supplied with dtv water at 83.142 At the close of 1907 the number was only 29,866. More than 3,000 new con nections were- made la 1908, 6,288, or 19 per cent, of the water users were supplied through meters. .:" Finances of the department are on a self-supporting basts. -The total valua tion of the property and equipment of the water department is placed at $7, 874,634.57, and the net earnings at $606, 259. . Operating - expenses were great er , i uer 'Wfli-uvBr m -yuar jlwv by reason of the increased business. Af ter paying all expenses, including inter est on bonds and laying aside $63,000 for the sinking fund, the department had left.- for the extension of mains" and other purposes 3276,619.58. This is in terest at tbe rate of 3 H per cent on the anpraised. valuation or tne resources. The total amount of moner on hand De cember 81. 1908, was 1110.968.72. Tbe amount on hand the same date in 1907 was onsy S3.Z4Z.34. ,The net earnings of the water depart ment for the past 22 years were $5,- 81 l,i s. oo, ana ine expenditures 3,iuo, 968.73. All of the running expenses were obtained from water receipts and there was no pronerty tax for water purposes. HOUSE EEFEES BEAN . BILL TO COMMITTEE -' " ' - " s (By Jonrjul Itemed Salem Wire.) Salem. Or.. Jan. 21. The house re ferred the Bean port bill to the Judiciary committee, pending adequate amendment and investigation by Multnomah dele- fation and Port of Portland officials uesday next - How to Get Rid of Catarrh A Simple, Safe, v Reliable Way; and It Costs Nothing to Try. Those who suffer from catarrh know Its miseries. There Is no need of this suffering. - Tou can get rid of It by a simple, safe. Inexpensive, home treat ment discovered by Dr. Blosser, who, for over 34 years bas been treating ca tarrh successfully: 1 - His treatment Is unlike any other. It Is not a spray, douch, salve, cream, or Inhaler, but Is a more direct and thor ough treatment than any of them. It cieans out tne neaa, nose, turoat ana lungs so that you can again breathe freely and sleep without that stepped-up feeling that all catarrh sufferers have. It beala the . diseased membranes and makes a radical cure, so that you' will not be constantly blowing your pose and niuiiuiK, mm i . mi same time it aoes not poison the system and ruin the eiomacn, a internal medicines aa. If you want rb test this treatment without cost, send your i address to Dr. J. W. Blosser, 681 Walton Street At lanta, Ga., and he will send you by re turn mail enough of : the medicine to satisfy you that it is all he claims for It as a remedy for catarrh, catarrhal headaches, catarrhal deafness, asthma, bronchitis colds and all catarrhal com plications.. He will also send you free an illustrated booklet Writ nlra immediately. H. h SHALUINU tSIAIt WILL NOT BE DIVIDED . Helen T. Spalding, the farmer high school teacher, who died at the borne of her eister, Mrs. L. W, Sitton, on January 14, left an estate valued at 3200,000, ac cording to the. petition of Morton F. Spalding for admission' of the will to prwoaie, xne ouik or tne estate; wnicti conHlntM nrlncfnullv nf Mfrv real e.mtntr.. is left f. Morton F. Spalding, the brother. Mrs. L. W. Sitton. the slater. and Marcus Eddy Spalding, a nephew, of me aeceasea. . . . The will, which was admitted to pro bate bv Judare Wnhster this mormnir. in clear and explicit in its statement of the wisnes or ins testator as to the dispo sition ot her estate. It provides that after , all outstanding obligations - have been oald off and the ' minor bRiiuesta attended tfi, the remainder of the estate enaii be placed In tne hands of a corpo ration to bo formed bv the trustees. i who are the three chief legatees, and that the inoomo therefrom shall be equally ana jointly enjoyed oy tne trustees. , : Gifts to Relatives. The will waa signed December 80 last. and a codicil of the date nf January 6 is appended, in which Miss Spalding 'disposes of - her personal belongings, such as her library, jewelry. keetsakei ana. neinooms, wnicn sne apportions among the members of her. family. The will also makes minor bequests to a numDer or more aiat&ntiy related mem bers of the family, and one or two old employes and several . friends are re membered either with cash beauests or keeprakes. "-: Helen F, Spalding was active during her - life time , in church and nhllan- tnropic worK ana was mucn interestea In art and la. the work of -the Humane society of Portland. It is not surnrls- ing, therefore, that she did not forget these things in making her will. " She makes a small bequest to the First Unitarian church, and sugests to the trustees mat, alter tne estate is set tled up, If its total value exceeds I1S0, 000, they shall glye $5000 to the church. , Holalnfra of Beal S state. . The - estate; as ; enumerated ' by the executor, consists- of .a Quarter block at the southeast corner bf West Park and -Alder streets; a quarter block at tbe southwest corner of - Seventeenth and Aiderboth the . above . Improved and rent bearing; some unimproved property In South' Portland, and 8.6 acres at Qearhart Park, Clatsop coun ty; household goods, library, personal effects, eta. The testator nrovides that all her debt and outstanding obligations be iirst seiyea up ana tnai tne euutn Portland and Clatsop county real es tate do soia tor mis purpose. The executor Is directed to purchase each year for seven years one life memberahlD in the Portland Humane society and one life membership in the Portland Art association, and give them, in the order named, to Marcus Eddv Spalding. Morton- Kay Spalding, Katherine Sitton Alnaworth, May Helen upaiding and trances spaiaing. A two volume autohioaraohv of Her bert Spencer im left to Catherine Mao Connell, "on account r of the close friendship between us and as a sacred remembrance of what the life of this great thinker baa been to us both. - A Fill war club and a snectmen ot quarts are left to the Portland museum. I"?'. ITattajrtMi.jCaiwcelk. Miss Bnalding directs that the sum of 350 a year be raid to the First Unitarian church until the corporation is formed, when the payment is to cease. -, ... .- . - To Mrs. Hepnie Ford Spalding widow of a deceased brother, tne testator leave an annuity of 330 a month,. All the rest of the estate is to be held in trust by Morton M. Spalding ana virm. ju. vv. diiiuh io uv msiu .ia- tact until the mortgaged indebtedness and the' sum due Mrs. Sitton on un secured notes shall be paid off out of the income,7 When this shall have been done, the trustees shall form a cor poration, the capital stock to equal the .in 1.. . .1. aa ln(.J M II.. stock to be subscribed- by Morton M. Spalding, one third by Mrs. Sitton and one third by Marcus Eddy Spalding, to be paid for by them by turning In to the cornoratlon the real estate Of the estate, the Income of the corporation to be used for the benefit of the same. Miss Spalding recommends In her will that Simon A, Trail bo retained as man ager of the estate at a salary of 66 a ill IMsm flies month, plus a bonus at the end of each . year of 3600. i It is directed that, If upon the final settlement of the estate, Its value shall . equal 3150.0OO, the' trustees shall pay to the . Portland Historical . society the sum of 32500; a like sum to the Port land Humane society, and the sum of 35000 to the . First Unitarian church. These amounts may be increased - if it seems wise to the trustees to do so. Miss Spalding also suggests, but does nqt direct that If there ever shall exist In Portland a university founded on lib eral lines and nonsectarlan in charac ter, the trustees pay over to it out-of' the estate such a sum as will not re duce the value of the estate below 150,000.-'- v In the codicil besides directions as to tho distribution of her personal effects. ects. this the testator directs that the sum 310 a month for 25 months be pal Mary Anne Kandall. This will was admitted to probate morning and Morton 8L Spalding was named as exeoutor- . w. r ries. wh llam Warrens and James a O'Shea were appointed appraisers. FIBECKACKEKS SET . EIRE, TO BUILDING Despite the rain last night fire crack ers exploded by Chinese In celebration of the opening of New Year started a small fire at 101 North Fourth street' at 11:65 last night. The damage was blight. . A crossed electric Wire at Bant Tenth and East Clay was the cause of another alana two hours earlier fn the evening. - Another, crossed wire behind the sign of -a hat cleaning shop at. Stark and Park streets brought out the firemen at 8:16 this morning. A bright flash had been visible from the street for a moment, bVit the damp walls did, not Ignite. APPROPRIATION ASKilD FOR M'LOUQHLIN HOME (By Jonrnal Leased Snlem Wire.) ' Salem, Or. Jan.- 21. The Clackamas delegation Introduced a bill in the house appropriating 32500 for the purchase of the Dr.. John McLoughlln home In Ore r on City. The governor Is to appoint hree trustees to serve without pay to keep up the home as a permanentjand mark and sort of public museum. General Demand of the Well-Informed of the World, hu olwayi been for a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value: a laxative which nhmiciana nmiirl sanction forfamily iue because its com ponent parta re known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial In effect. acceptable to tho system and gentle, yet prompt, in action. - In supplying that demand with- its ex cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies on the merits of the laxative for Its remar able success, r, ; - That Is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Hixir of Senna is given the preference by the WeU-Informcd. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by iuT,leading (lruggista. Price fifty cents per bottle. ;! ' , CORNtR (ojmMpQt STARK FURNITUHE ei 3 es CORNCfT f I UftlVlWiYV s4 w. ,wi ru vie ions i ot jne acs.