' EIGHT PAVES.
PAf.t six.
DAILT EAST ORBooNUIf, PEVDIJCTON, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, IMS.
STATE TAX LIGHT
A TICS VOll THE TEAR
I0 ARE 25,000.
Hoary Appropriations Cut Out
Referendum Petitions on School
Appropriation Reduced the Amount
to IVn RnJ.-Hxt by $3 1,000 Torpor
aUon Tax Will Amount to $112,000,
Inheritance Tax to $51,000 and Fee
$8,00.
loe. N. Teal of tho Portland Tax
payers league, recently addressed a
letter to Secretary of State Dunbar
asking what the state levy will be
for the comnlft year and yesterday the
following reply was made by Mr.
Dunbar:
"Replying to your Inquiry of the
14 th Intl.. asking mo to give you
erne idea of what the levy will be
for the coming year, will say, as near
ly as we are able to figure at this
time, the total amount of revenue to
be raised by taxation for the fiscal
year ending December 31, 1906, for
state purposes, will be approximate
ly KIS.OUO, including J25.00O neces
sary to be raised for the state agri
cultural college. Multnomah coun
ty's proportion will be .3123 per cent.
The marked decrease In the
amount necessary to be raised for
next year compared with preceding
years. Is due to tho fact that we do
Dot Include In the Item of expenses
lor the coming year appropriations
amounting to $371,094.40, Included In
Chapter 129, Laws of 1905, for which
there Is no provision of law for Incur
ring, other than the act Itself. Ow
ing to the referendum having been
demanded, it Is not an existing law.
If the act had taken effect, the
amount to be raised would have been
Increased by that sum.
"In computing the amount neces
sary to be raised, we only Include sich
Items of expense as the state will be
subject to under existing laws, less
receipts not applied by law to some
special purpose. We estimate 'such
receipts for the coming current year
will be over 1222.000, which is nearly
ne-foorth of the gross expenses, the
principal Items consisting of $112.
000 from corporation fees and licens
es, $28,000 from Inheritance tax, and
$54,(00 from tax on Insurance premi
ums." Compared wit"i the amount raised
for 1904, the coming levy will be
about one-half,, and will be about 35
per cent less than the 1905 levy. Of
the amount, held up by the referen
dum movement $371.000 the prin
cipal Items consist of appropriations
for betterments at state institutions.
additional Duiia.ngs at tne state uni
versity and the Corvallls Agricultural
college, and those for the support of
Normal schoo'
A welcome statement Is that which
discloses that about one-fourth of the
trflM ernennpn of the state la now
raised by Indirect taxation, says the
Salem tSa teaman. The counties with
fairly large -assessed valuations will
raise their Btate taxes next year with
a levy of one to two mills.
RECLAIMING SOILS.
Experiments in Alkali Conducted by
the Government.
After successfully completing a gov
ernment experiment In clearing alkali
from soli, A. T. Sweet, of the bureau
of soils, department of agriculture,
has left for Washington for the win
ter, says a Billings, Mont., report He
will return again In the spring for a
further continuation of the work that
has been so auspiciously started and
which means much for the future of
Montana.
The work Is in keeping with the
prediction recently made by Secre
tary Wilson of the department of ag.
riculture, that In a few years there
will be no arid snll In any part of the
United 8tates. The theory has long
been entertained by soil experts that
a soil containing so great a percentage
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of alkali as to be nonproductive could
be so cleansed that It would become
fertile. In order to conduct these ex
periments five stations were establish
ed In various portions of the so-called
arid west. They are at Yakima,
Wash., Fresno, C.il., Salt Lake. Utah;
Tempe, Aria., and the fifth at Hillings,
of which Mr. Sweet has had charge.
The first step In the experiment, as
it was explained by Mr. Sweet, was
to undordraln the entire tract wlih
tiling. Then an embankment was
placed about the land bo as to hold the
water with which the ground was
flooded. Water was kept on it all the
time and allowed to drain off through
the tiling, the seeping of the water
carrying the alkali with It Experi
ments from time to time with electri
cal Instruments furnished for tho pur
pose by the department showed a
gradual falling off In the percentage
of alkali In the water that flowed
through the tiling.
A 20-acre tract near Hillings, con
taining over 1 per cent of alkali, was
selected for the experiment. The re
sult has been so successful that from
1 per cent of alkali, the soli now
shows only one-fifth of 1 per cent, and
this is contained In the third and
fourth foot of ground. The first and
second foot from the surface show
absolutely no trace of alkali.
The cost of the work was approxi
mately $36 an acre, but Mr. Sweet
says one reason of the high cost was
due to the fact that drainage tiling
costs so much In this country.
"We regard the experiment as en
tirely successful," said Mr. Sweet, "so
far as cleansing the ground Is con
cerned. Of course, experiments of the
character must be carried over a
number of years to determine its fi
nal success. Beginning In the spring
we will plant crops on the ground to
determine the productivity of the soil
that has been cleansed. At the end of
a few years we will be in position to
say whether or not the ground can be
leached successfully so as to divorce
It from its alkali properties and leave
Its productivity unimpaired."
Weather Forecast by Telephone.
Springfield, Mass., Dec. 1. The
farmers In this district, which com
prises western Massachusetts and
southern New Hampshire and Ver
mont will be supplied with a weather
forecast free of charge every day,
provided they have telephones in
their houses. The first service was
sent out at iO o'clock this forenoon.
Promptly at that hour a general sig
nal was given to all telephones of the
circuit and 80 seconds later the oper
ator In the central office read the
forecast In the receiver at headquar
ters. ' The forecasts will bo sent out
every day at the same time and It Is
Uexpected that all farmers, halng tele
phones, will avail themselves of that
opportunity to receive the official
forecast
Japanese Minister Takes Vacation.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 1. Mr.
Takahlra, the Japanese minister, has
temporarily turned ovor the duties of
his office to Mr. Ekl Hickl, the first
secretary of the legation; who will be
charge d'affaires during the absence
of the minister. Mr. Takahlra, who
has been on duty steadily for several
years, has obtained six months' leave
and will go to Japan on ' a visit
There Is a strong belief that Mr. Ta
kahlra will oon be transferred to St
Petersburg or - some other import
ant European post, in recognition of
his successful work . in Washington.
It Is also believed probable that he
may become the first ambassador of
Japan to the United States.
Alcoholic Medicines Most Pay Tax.
Washington. D. C, Dec. 1. Begin
ning with today alcoholic beverages
masquerading as patent medicines are
placed under tho ban of taxation.
Every manufacturer of "remedies"
containing a lariro percentage of nlco-
hoi must pay a special tax as rwii- i
flers and every person who sells such
remedies must pay a liquor dealers'
tax. The next order, which Is based
upon a ruling of John W. Yerkes.
commissioner of Internal revenue,
will be carried out with strictness and
the trade has been fully warned.
The Cuban Elections.
Havana. Dec. 1. The general elec
tions are held today in all parts of
Cuba and excitement runs high every
where. From all parts of the Island
disturbances In connection with the
election are reported and In many in
stances there have been bloody con
flicts between the opposing factions.
Troops and rural guards were used in
many towns to preserve the order. A
large number of disturbances occur
red in this city, and it Is feared that
the worst is not yet over..
Will Ask Modification of the I .aw.
Tacoma, Wash.. Dec. 1. With tho
Pacific steamer Dakota, which arriv
ed here today a delegation of 32 Chi
nese statesmen and importers came to
the. United Htates to urge concessions
to Chinese merchants and students in
the new treaty to be negotiated be
tween the United States and China.
The delegation. Includes a number of
highly prominent and representatives
of the guilds and it is expected that
they will be able to bring considera
ble pressure to hear upon congress.
Transfcrr of tho Tennec Central.
N'ashville, Tenm, Dec. 1. The trans-i
fer of the eastern section of the Ten
nessee Central to the Southern rail
road and of the Western section to the
Illinois Central took place today, and
It is understood, the work of Improv
ing the two sections will be begun at
once.
"I Thank the Lord."
Cried Hannah Plant of Little Rock,
Ark., "for the relief I got from Buck
len's Arnica Salve. It cured my feav
ful running sores, which nothing else
would heal, and froi.i which I had suf
fered for five years." It Is a marvel
eus healer for cuts, burns and wounds.
Guaranteed at Tal.man & Co., and
Brock & McComas drug stores; 25c.
Headstrom Ic Qreenawald, shoe
makers at Teutseh's Department store.
TO DUE RANGE
WENAHA RESERVE WILL- BE
PARCELLED DECEMBER 1.
Magnificent Range District Lies In
Vintitlllii, Vnlon and Wallowa Coun
ties In Oregon and In Walla Walla,
Gttrflcld and Columbia Counties In
Washington, Rut Is. largely Patron
ized by Vinalilltt County People.
J. M. Schmltz, of Walla Walla, for
ester in charge of the Wenaha forest
reserve In the northwest corner of
Umatilla county, has culled a mass
meeting of stockmen to be held at
Walla Walla on December 16, for the
purpose of parcelling the reserve for
grazing purposes during the coming
year.
This reserve Is one of the grazing
regions in the inland empire and is
well watered throughout. It has al
ways been a paradise for stock during
the summer months on account of
the luxuriant pasturage and abund
ance of water and there promises to
be a sharp contest over the division of
the reserve.
The Wenaha forest reserve lies In
the counties of Umatilla, Wallowa and
Union in Oregon, and Walla Walla,
Columbia and Garfield In Washington,
and the district Is patronized largely
by sheep and cattlemen from all these
counties in both states.
Numerous streams Including the
Wenaha river. Little Salmon, Walla
Walla rivers, George and Asotin creeks
and many . small tributaries of the
Grand Ronda river all head in the
high mountains In the reserve and It Is
one of the most delightful summer
ninges and camping regions In the
northwest.
Hency In Central Idaho.
Papers were served on Montle B.
Gwlnn Tuesday In a case In which
the government , attacks the patents
Issued to him for some 500 acres of
land now owned by the Malheur Live
stock & Land company. In which he
Is principal owner. This Is one of a
series of cases brought by Mr. Heney
the special representative of the at
torney general, to test the validity of
certain scrip known as the Benson &
Hyde scrip, much of which has been
sold and laid on lands In Oregon. It
Is claimed those to whom the scrip
was Issued by the government were
guilty of fraud, managing to have a
forest reserve created covering land
claims for which alleged claims they
secured the scrip in lieu.
Mr. Gwlnn was among those who
purchased this scrip. In this case Mr.
Gwlnn got It from a bank and laid It
on land needed for ranch purposes.
The scrip was accepted and patents
issued In 1902 by the government
Persons who bought the scrip had no
knowledge of the conditions under
which It was Issued, but Mr. Heney
proposes, nevertheless, to seek to can
eel the scrip so purchased and thus
cancel the patents. Boise States,
man.
Has a 15-Milo Contract.
Mr. McFee, one of. the sub-contractors
on the north bank railroad, stat
ed In an Interview that he and Mr.
Henry had a 15-mile contract begin
ning a short distance west of Arling
ton. He Is Jiow having camps built
for his men and will soon have four
camps prepared, when they expect to
put at least 800 men to work, 200 to
each camp, within a month If they
can secure the men. They expect to
be able to make dirt fly in a week or
10 days. Arlington Record.
Coyotes Raid a Flock.
One night last week the coyotes
made a raid on R. D. White's sheep.
He had them In a corral some dis
tance from his house. There were a
few sheep killed in the corral when
they broke out of it and scattered in
every direction. Dead and crippled
sheep were found the next day all
over the range, but how many were
lost could not be ascertained. There
were something over 1000 In the cor
ral and several hundred were still
missing when Mr. White was seen.
Arlington Record.
KcKlster Hlnman Very III.
H. V. Hlnman, register of the land
office, is now very low. At 2 o'clock
this afternoon his friends had given
up hope of his recovery and he Is not
expected to pass through the night.
Mr. Hlnman has been sick for months
with liver trouble. He has been In
bed for the pust two months, his con
dition growing continually worse. He
has not been expected to recover for
some time, but hopes were entertain
ed by the family that medical sci
ence would be able to prolong his life.
Yakima Dally Republic.
Aged and Able Homesteader.
One of the pleasant Incidents which
marked the hum-drum life of the
court house occurred yesterday when
Mrs. Sarah Busby, 86 years old,, after
riding 42 miles from the country, en
tered Clerk Comb's office and spent
an hour or two there and made a suc
cessful proof on her homestead on
which she has lived five years. The
old lady was as spry as anyone and
smoked her pipe with the best of
them. Baker City Democrat.
Sanitarium for Hood River. ,
Articles of Incorporation of the
Hood River sanitarium were filed In
the clerk's office this morning, In
corporators being Mary Powell Jor;
dan, N. B. Jordan and H. 8. Wilson.
The capital stock Is $2500, divided
Into 2500 shares, and the place of
business Hood River. The Dalles
Chronicle.
James J. Hill denies emphatically
that President Eliot of the Northern
Pacific Is to resign and be succeeded
by his son, J. N. Hill. He says the
story was started to Influence the
stock market for one day's operation.
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GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION HAS DONE THIS
The St. Paul Pioneer Press publishes
the following graphic editorial, teem
ing with living facts and statistics on
the subject of Irrigation. It Is so
pertinent that the East Oregonlan
publishes it In full. It Is as follows:
When the advocates of Irrigation
first began their educational propa
ganda their estimates of the new pop
ulation that could be put on the enor
mous irrigable acreage of the arid
belt was received with some credulity,
not as being theoretically Impossible,
hut as being practically Improbable.
The capacity of a small acreage
under irrigation to sustain a family,
and the value of the crops that could
be taken off irrigated lands year after
year without those uncertainties due
to wide variation In rainfall and sun
shine which have to be reckoned with
In the humid belt were not thoroughly
comprehended.
The extent of the area susceptible to
Irrigation and the population which It
could support in comfort, and even
in luxury, under a system of small
farms, rose In the preliminary calcu
lations to a figure that was so diffi
cult to grasp that many set the esti
mate down as more or less imaginary.
It seems only a few months since
the irrigation act was passed; but
already enough has been accomplish
ed to Indicate that the estimates are
not likely to prove excessive.
The reclamation, service has been
splendidly organized. The chief en
gineer, F. H. Newell, Is a man in whose
capacity. Integrity, Impartiality and
freedom from political maneuvering
every one has confidence. This con
fidence has been Justified by results.
He has surrounded himself with a
thoroughly efficient corps of energetic
men, selected solely on the score of
their qualifications for their particu
lar tasks. ,
Already there are under way 11 Im
portant Irrigation projects In various
states and territories, one of which,
In Nevada, la so far completed that
water la being delivered to some 60,
000 acres of what was formerly a bar
ren desert Others are nearlng com
pletion. This progress has been made
In spite of obstacles encountered In
all government work, the series of an
noying and, at times, costly delays In
the dispatch of business due to the
red tape of departmental methods.
The secondary result, the peopling
of the irrigable tracts with an ener
getic population, has been Instantan
eous. It has not even awaited the
delivery of water. The land has no
sooner been opened to settlement than
It has swarmed with home-builders
and their families. A concrete Illus
tration will afford some Idea of what
Irrigation means to the west
A year ago a member of the recla
mation service camped one night In
the sage brush. In the midst of an
Idaho desert 30 miles from the near
est house.. This was on a tract com'
prising about 100,000 acres which was
Included in one of the irrigation pro
Jects,
Two weeks ago, though the project
Is not yet completed and though not
a drop of water has yet been deliver
ed, there had sprung up about the
spot where he had slept 1400 well
built homes housing as many families
LIVES DEARER THAN OUR VERY OWN
How -nany lives dearer to us than our very own have been placed in needless
Jeopardy by failure to provide against and forestall the great suffering which too
frequently accompanies and follows the bearing of children ? That we would do
anything within our power to obviate the pon.iliity of such an happening it
too patent to admit of question; therefore mark well this fact a liniment,
MOTHER'S FRiEMD
by name, has been devised, whose function It is to prepare in advance the
muscles and tissues. Intimately associated with parturition.
This liniment it for external application, liv lis uie the parts are relaxed
and enabled to withstand not only the acluil strain brought to bear on them
during accouchement, but also to rally from this ord.al and speedily regain their
normal proportions and tonicity. It is not irritating to the most sensitive sur
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which were supporting three thriving
towns. . What had been a desert given
over to Jack rabbits and sage brush
was selling as high-priced farm land.
In the light of such transformations
and In view of the number of projects
lying along the Northern Pacific and
other roads running Into St Paul the
forecast that within few years Irri
gation will add 600,000 Inhabitants
to the population tributary to St. Paul
Is not over-sanguine.
And the value of this population as
a market will be far above the aver
age. Their per capita wealth, the
margin tbey will have to spend on
other than the necessities of life, their
average producing and consuming
capacity, will be far higher than that
to be expected of an equal population
located on ordinary lands or In cities,
towns and villages.
The creation of such a population
and such a market Is what Irrigation
has already begun to do for St Paul,
and It will not be many years before
the benefits are fully realized If the
present efficient. Impartial and far
sighted organization and lan of oper
ation in the reclamation service Is
Jealously maintained.
Alabaman Arrested at La Grande.
J. F. Hill was arrested last night by
Chief of Police Rayburn as he stopped
off from train No. 6, on the charge
of grand larceny, In response to a tel
egram from Mobile, Ala., asking for
his arrest. The man was accompan
ied by his wife and eight children. He
was taken to the city council room
and searched, the officers getting
about 111 from him and 12330 from
his wife.
The officers In Alabama have been
communicated with and the case will
rest until they are heard from. Hill
has employed an attorney and Is pre
paring to prove his Innocence. La
Grande Observer.
Son Lost Mother.
"Consumption runs In our family,
and through t I lost my mother,'
writes E. B. Reld of Harmony, Me
"For the past five years, however, ot
the slightest sign of a Cough or Cold
have taken Dr. King's New Dlscov
ery for Consumption, which has save
me from serious lung trouble." HI
mother's death was a sad loss for Mr
1 eld, but he learneJ that lung troubl
must not be neglected, and how to
cure It Quickest relief and cure for
coughs and colds. Price 60c and tl.
Guaranteed at Tallman & Co., and
Brock A McComas' drug stores. Trial
bottle free.
Aged Chinaman Dice.
Ah Yin, the oldest Chinaman In
Chinatown, was burled yesterday
morning from the Chinese quarter on
Resort street with rites befitting his
position. Ah Tin was reckoned at
being over 90 years of age, and has
lived here for many years. Baker
City Herald.
Madrid, Nov. 30. The cabinet has
again resigned, but the king refuses
to accept, declaring that under present
conditions it Is Impossible to consti
tute a new ministry. Today's attempt
ed withdrawal is due to disagreements
over the army administration.
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Are well built and they afford the
imnliwL safest and most luxurious
means of conveyanse for town er
country use. Prices all In your favor.
When you buy a wagon It's Just
common business sense to look Jof
the vehicle that will give you the
most for your money.
WINONA WAGONS,
will prove an investment and not an
expense. They are reasonable In
price, they cost little to maintain, are
honestly built, and will stand the
strain of a heavy load.
We look after the Interests of oar
customers and they are protectee1 by
a shop well equipped with up-to-date
machinery.
Neagle Bros.
Blacksmiths
Wood & Coal
RosIynCoal $6.50 deliv
ered, $6.00at the shed
Reelya Ooal. after thorough
exhaustive tests, baa beaa se
lected by the U. 8. government
for the sue of Its war t ess eta,
as It stood the highest test.
Cascade Red Fir, sawed In
stove-wood lengths, 18. SO ptsr
cord, delivered. Discount on
large quantities.
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Everything served first-clans.
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SHORT ORDERS
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THE PORTLAND
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American plan, IS per day and npwara
Headquarters for tourists and commercial
travelers. Special rates made to famlllta
sod eingls gentlemeo. Tbs managMent
will be pleased at all tint to show rooms
and (Its prices. A modern Turkish batk
establlshmut In the botel.
H. C. BOWHR8. Uaiatsr
Walters' Flouring Mills
Capacity, ISO barrels a day.
Flour exchanged for wheat
Flour, Mill Teed, Chopped Feed,
etc.. always on band.
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