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tray GARDEN SEEDS t variety. 'he Best AL W A Y S E CHEAPEST M. Ferry's Garden Seeds Questionably the best. They i and sure to crow. They i most select varieties and ito this soil and climate. hlLET SOAP h line of eithe market. high grade ler Grocery Co. 636 Main Street Phone Main 51 1 ASK FOR chlitz BEER THAT MADE Iwaukee Famous called for Table Use fluids of imported lunches, rWr Wurst. sauerkraut nnrl tat ILER & GO'S 1 Streets near Postoffice lou always get GOOD GOODS at Alexander's. Alexander Dep't Store Showing the newest con ceptions in Fencfjt and American Cosets Look at our dollar Corset in the Window. P I TT l i I T I T i I1 i'TTT 1 1 I I Tl 1 1 1 1 I I 1 I lTTTr Fresh, Reliable Garden Seeds. The kind that are pro- ::tive. Don't take chances wasting your efforts. Onion sets, Sound Apples Good Cabbage Fresh Ranch Eggs Eartm's Family Grocery and Bakery Friday, Feb 27 and Saturday, Feb. 28 SPECIAL SALE For particulars Call at The Fair, The Store That Saves You Money. Bargains in Real Estate I have a larger and better list of Farms, Stock Ranches and City Property to sell than ever before. Also a big lot of land in the coming wheat section of Eastern Washington. N. Berkeley II AS AH ADVANTAGE oyer a poor writer, in an omce pociaon no do now and better work. RoUlstnk thU, we ive much attention to penman ship all our students become good wrtt- era. Kor baatnesa use, wo teach a plain. UCrS CUStOltl Mill ,ty,e 0141 U known- InTMtlrnU our Fred W.i.- n f . ' jehool; It will pay. Open all the rear; stn- L. Uer Proprietor ; itnU M. any ,lme: catalog, free. '"Changtd'for wheat PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGB UUll vZ f M . i . I . . TO BECOME L IS BATCH OF BILLS NOW ON GOVERNOR'S DESK, Legislators Rush Through Many of the Most Important Measures on the Last Day List of Eleventh Hour Laws. Following Bills are now In the hands of Goevrnor Chamberlain for consideration. They were passed during the last day of the session. Their titles are as appended: Eastern Oregon experimental sta tion. To protect salmon Industry, Regulating licensing and storing grain. To prohibit deception in procuring employes. Charter of ha Fayette. liaising salary superintendent pub lie Instruction. Amending section 3342 code, relat inc to garnishment of salaries of state officers. Charter of Albany. Incorporating Independence. Duties of employers to employes Creating eighth judicial district. To re-apportion the state. Fixing boundaries of Washington county. Bridge across Willamette river. Salaries in Coos county. Raising salaries of superintendent in Multnomah county. Organizing Southern Oregon agri' cultural society. Creating betterment fund for pris on. Protection of trout. Appropriation for state board of agriculture. General appropriation bill. Compensation of county commls sioners. Protection of birds. Terms of supreme court. Limiting expenditures of counties. Election of state printer. General enabling act for location of county seats. Apportionment of state taxes. Creating board of veterinary exam iners. For clerk of state land agent. Licensing plumbers. Location of cemeteries. Regulating mutual insurance panles, Creating bureau of mines. Exemption from execution. Seal of state of Oregon. Relief of Union county. Prohibiting sale of liquors. Amending clerkship law. Incorporation of societies. Raising price of school lands, Open theaters on Sunday. com Salary of deputy sheriffs in Clatsop county. Prohibting fish wheels in Necani cum. Making terms of assessors four years. Duties of district attorneys. Manner of organizing corporations. Initiative and referendum. Licensing sailor boarding houses. Issuance of bonds for Port of Port land. Expenses of superintendent of Linn county. Compensation of Indian war veter ans. County commissioner in Multnomah county. Ferry at Sellwood. Sale of stock in corporations. Special appropriation bill. Purchase of paper for state printer. Protecting sub-contractors, etc. Making appointment of county road master optional. District attorney fees in fifth judi cial district. Governing surety companies. New ferry at Portland. Pure food law. Punishment for assault. Reorganizing port of Portland. Protecting growers. Copies of supreme court decisions. Salary of county treasurers. Recording of assignments of certi flcates of sale. Assessment of bank stock. Registration of land titles. Exemptions from taxation. Extending Australian ballot Special appropriation bill. law. Bureau of labor statistics. Sureties for administrators. Deputies for horticultural commis sioner. Redividing first judicial district. Abolishing deficiency judgments. Running at large of stock In Mult nomah county. Taxes payable in fall. Salaries in Yamhill county. Taxes for school purposes. Fish way at Oregon City, Bonds for refunding warrants. Payment of costs In suits. Compensation of county commis sioners. Qualifications of executors. For general denials In pleadings. Fees for fishery licenses. Protection of salmon industry. General road law. Salary of county clerk in Yamhill county. "THE OLD MILL STREAM." Daniel Sully In Fitzgerald Mumhv's New Play Next Friday Night. On next Friday evening, February , theater patrons of the Frazer will witness a presentation in this city of Daniel Sullys' pleasing play "The Old Mill Stream." The characters are novel, natural and eloquent. Some are eloquent in their simplicity, as there is no attempt to awaken ap plause either in the lines or the sit uations. Yet the applause comes, for the strength of the scenes sway the audience. This is a tribute to the play, for rarely does an audience linger after the play is over to de mand another glimpse of the little mimic world across which life's skir mish line has been thrown. Southern Ice Exchange, New Orleans, l.a., Feb. 25. Mem phis. Atlanta, Dallas and other lead ing cities of the South are repre sented at the annual meeting of the Southern Ice Exchange in session here. The meeting is to continue three days during which time many questions of interest to the ice manu facturers wll be discussed. STATE LAND AGENT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE IN VESTIGATES LAND DEALS. L. B. Geer Did Not Comply With the State Laws Land Worth $2.50 Per Acre Disposed of at 75 Cents. Salem, Ore., Feb. 25. Th- joint committee of the senate and house, composed of Senators Myerj and Mul key and Representatives Hermann, LaFollet and Hale, to invehtigate the selection and sale of the school lands, known as lieu and base lands, pur suant to charges of fraud in the state land department as made by William liushey to the legislature as followr: Did Not Comply With Law. "The evidence shows that L, B. Geer. as state land aent, .lid not comply with the law in selecting lieu lands in place of lands lost to the state in sections 1C aua 2d, and neg lected his duty in selecting all such lands, and neglected to prepare and make a public record of the same for public Inspection, as required by law. "The laws of 1899 made the gov ernor land commissioner and required him to ascertain all losses of school lands to the state, and to select from the best timber and other lands to make good all losses and perfect title to them to the state, and make rec ord thereof for public inspection, and that such lands should not be sold for less than $2.50 per acre to the high est bidder; the laws of 1899 provide further that the governor shall be al lowed all necessary expenses in cur red in performing such duties ,and authorized him to appoint agen or agents to fully perform the duties re quired by these laws. L. B. Geer jus tifies hiB failure to comply with these laws on the ground that there was no appropriation therefor, and that no order was made by the governor or the state land board requiring him to comply with the requirements of the law, neither of which justified his neglect of duty. Sold Lieu Lands for 75 Cents an Acre. "It is an admitted fact, iound in the evidence of W. H. Odell that he sold base for lieu land selections to private parties during the term of L. B. Geer in office, 50,000 or CO.000 acres at from 75 cents to $1.75 per acre. That he made such sales while oc cupying the office of L. B. Geer, State Land Agent. "There Is no evidence submitted to the effect that had available timber lands been selected by the state as required by law, such lands could now be sold for $800,000 or more. Declined to Produce His Books. "The evidence shows that Odell was clerk of the state land board from August 1, 1895, until January 1, 1SU9. Te testifies that he was appointed lana agent of the state in 1900 by ex Governor Geer to select swamp lands within the Klamath Indian reserva tlon, and that his appointment con tinued during the term of office of the governor. That during much of this time he occupied the office with the state land agent, L. B. Geer: that while occupying this office he pre pared a book of descriptions of lands lost to the state in sections 16 and 3C, wuicli he offered to produce, but af terwards declined to do so: that he sold base lands while occupying the office with L. B. Geer in the state house to the extent of 50,000 or 60, 000 acres, and promised to furnish a list of same to the committee, with names of purchasers and amount re ceived, with amount of land, but has since declined to do so. "The evidence of Odell at page 80 shows that he was not appointed to select swamp lands, but that he was commissioned an agent of the state to adjudicate mineral school lands lost to the state. 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