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About Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1906)
Heppner Gazette Issued Thursday of Each Week HEPPNER OREGON ith the work of other educational authorities. lircat progress has already been made amnnii nrmer by the creation of farmers' institutes, f dairy associations, of breeders' associations, lortieuitural associations and the like. The lepartnient can and will cooperate with all uch associations, and it must have their help f its own work is to be done in the most rlicient style. Much is now being done for the states of he Kocky mountains and the great plains lirough the development of the national policy if irrigation ami forest preservation; no gov rnnient policy for the betterment of our in emal conditions has been more fruitful of ;ood than this. The forests of the White nountains and Southern Appalachian regions hould also be preserved; and they can not be mless the people of the state in which they ie, through their representatives in the con gress, secure vigorous action by the national government. I am well aware of how difficult it is to ass a constitutional amendment. Neverthe less, in my judgment the whole question of marriage and divorce should be relegated to ihe authority of the natioal congress. At pres- The main points brought out by the presi- I -nt the wide ditTcrenccs in the laws of the dent in his annual message to congress, deliv- liferent states on this subject result in scan- sricu iwiiiuci , .uuu. v ia v essent a to the we fare of the i.at on. I again recommend a law prohibiting all I nothins around which the nation should so corporations from contributing to the campaign I bend itself to throw every safeguard, as the expenses ot any party. Mien a bill has at-I home lite ot the average citizen. 1 lie change ready passed one house ot congress. Let in- I would be good from every standpoint. In par dividuals contribute as they desire; but let us ticular it would be good because it would con prohibit in effective fashion all corporations Fer on the congress the power at once to RESUME OF THE MESSAGE Short Review of President's Recom mendations to Congress. from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly. Another bill which has just passed one house of congress and which it is urgently necessary should be enacted into law is that conferring upon the government the right ot appeal in criminal casts on questions of law. This right exists in many of the states; it exists in the District ot Commbia by act ot the congress. isal radically and efficiently with polygamy and this should be done whether or not mar riage and divorce are dealt with. It is neither safe nr proper to leave the question of polyg- uny to be dealt with by the several states. Power to deal with it should be conferred on the national government. I-et me once again call the attention of the congress to two subjects concur. ing which I It is of course not proposed that in any case have frequently before communicated with verdict lor the defendant on the merits should be set aside. A failure to pass it will them. One is the question of developing American shipping. I trust that a law embody- result in seriously hampering the government ing in substance the views, or a major part in its effort to obtain justice, especially against of .the views, expressed in the report on this wealthy individuals or corporations who do subject laid before the house at its last session toiii- and mnv iUo nrcv.Mit thf t'overnment I will be passed. I am well aware that from obtaining 'justice for wage-workers who former years objectionable measures have been are not themselves able effectively to contest proposed in reference to the encouragement of a case where the judgment of an inferior court American shipping; but it seems to me that the has been against them proposed measure is as nearly unobjectionable In rnnnprtnin uilli this matter 1 would like as any can be to call attention to the verv unsatisfactory I especially call your attention to the sec state of our criminal law. resulting in large ond subject, the condition ot our currency nan from tin. h.-.liit of setrW .-wide the iuda. laws. The national bank act has ably served mediately to send enough ships to Cuba ui fti prevent the situation from becoming hopeless. I In accordance with the so-called ll.itt amendment, which was ...nhodied in the con stitution of tuba. 1 proclaimed a provisional government for the island, the secretary of ...ii acting as provisional governor until lie could be replaced by Mr. Magoon; troops were sent to support them, and to relieve the navy, the expedition being handled with most satisfactory speed and efficiency. The pro visional government has left the personnel of the old government and the old laws, so far as might be, unchanged, and will thus ad minister the island for a few months until tranquility can be restored, a new election properly held, ami a new government inaugu rated. Peace has come in the island; and the harvesting of the sugar-cane crop, the great I crop ot the island, is anout to proceed. The 1'nitcd States wishes nothing of Cuba except that it shall prosper morally and ma terially, and wishes nothing of the Cubans sine that they shall be able to preserve order among themselves and therefore to preserve their independence. If the elections become a farce, an Proposed Oregon Tax Law (''""Untied from last week) I poncnts to designate the township, nillUf, SCCIIOI1, part, Ol SCCUOH, tllSiatlce, course, bearing, tmddirecction, mnltilso tlu number of lots and blocks, or part thereof. tANPfl t? 3 2. t-3. 3 O ri-.5! no 2'A 4 C 3 -0 Sifl S (Assessor to give certificate, of assess ment Penalty for refusing.) Seel ion 4. Any person assessed for any year may demand of the assessor an otlicial cert ideate of that fact, and upon the refusal of the assessor to give the same he shall be lined in the sum of $100, to be collected by the person demanding the same in an action in the I if the insurrectionary habit be- name of the party injured before any (U. & 0. Oomp., ai56, without change.) (Assessment roll What to contain.) Section LT. That section 3071 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled and annotated bv Hon. Charles ii. Hel- ments of inferior courts on technicalities ab solutely unconnected with the merits of the case, and where there is attempt to show that there has been any failure of substantial justice. In mv last message I suggested the enact ment of a law in connection with the issuance a great purpose in aiding the enormous busi ness development of the country, and within ten years there has been an increase in circu lation per capita from $51.41 to $:13.M. I-or several years evidence has been accumulating 'hat additional legislation is neerb- The currence of each crop season emphasizes the comes continued in the island, it is abso- i.f j..., 0f (1, . . ; i ..i r lutclv out of the question that the island i JU!"UU 01 Uu 1M a-L' 111 -Otinl should continue independent; and the United States, which has assumed the sponsorship be fore the civilized world for Cuba's career is a nation, would again have to intervene and to see that the government was managed in such orderly fashion as to secure the safety of life and property. In tn-mv nnrts of South America tlipr tvi been much misunderstanding of the attitude j linger and William W. Cotton, 1)0 Mid other" Xbf ' An ideaad t " w h is "iiu-nded to read as come prevalent that our assertion of the follows: The assessor shall set down in the as sessment roll, in separate columns, and according to the best information lie can obtain 1. The names of all taxable persons in his county assessable by him. '2. A description of each tract or jtar Cel of land to be taxed, specifying under separate heads the township, range, and section in which the land lies, in a nuarter section and snail report to you at length later on according to tile government SlirvcV, Of the whole subject of the I'nnnma canal. I .. . , , . . , y , , , , , ' , The destruction of the JVibilof islands fur H d IVlded into lots and blocks, then the seals by pelagic sealing still continues. The number of t he lot Mid block . regulations n,ic pioen p.anny inadequate to accomplish the object of protection and preser- tion ot the tur seals, and tor a long time Monroe doctrine implied or carried with it an assumption of superiority and of a right to exercise some kind of protectorate over the countries to whose territory that doctrine applies. Nothing could lie farther from the truth. Yet that impression continued to be a serious barrier to good understanding, to friendly intercourse, to the introduction of American capital and the extension of Ameri can trade. The impression was so widespread that apparently it could not be reached by any ordinary means. It was part of Secretary Root's mission to dispel this unfounded impression, and there c inst rills, to ru'Ueve tll.1t lio line cni-,-..it,.l I have just returned from a tnj) to Panama I rates 1101 exeeemng mem 01 a law 111 couiiv.-i.uoii wnu mc isiaiA, , . ( , i. of injunctions, attention having be-n sharply de ec s sf the present laws drawn to the matter by the demand that the l I do. not press any al pV riebt of applying injunctions in labor cases should be wholly abolished. It is at least doubtful whether a law abolishing altogether the use of the injunctions in such cases would stand the test of the courts; in which case of course the legislation would be ineffective, Moreover, I believe it would be wrong alto gether to prohibit the use of injunctions. Hut so far as possible the abuse of the power should be provided against by some such law as I advocated last vear. Lawlessness grows by what it feeds upon: and when mobs hegin to lynch for rape they speedily extend the sphere of their operations and lynch for many other kinds of crimes, so that two-thirds of the lynchings are not for rane at all: while a considerable propor tion of the individuals lynched are innocent of all crime. In my judgment, the crime of rape should always be punished with death, as in the case with murder; assault with intent to commit rape should be made a capital crime, at least in the discretion of the court; and pro vision should be made bv which the punish- (pent may follow immediately upon the heels of the offense; while the trial should be so conducted that the victim need not be wan tonly shamed while giving testimony, and that the least possible publicity shall be given to tne details. I call your attention to the need of passing the bill limiting the number of hours ot em- Various plans have recently been proposed by expert committees of bankers. I most earnestly hope that the bill to pro vide a lower tariff for vr else absolute free trade in Philippine products will become a law. No harm will come to any American 1'ndnstrv: and while there will be some small but real material benefit to the Filipinos, the main benefit will come by the showing made as to our purpose to do all in our power for their welfare. So far our action in the Philippines has been abundantly justified, not mainly and indeed not primarily because ot the aiineu lgnity it has given us as a nation ny proving that we are capable honorably and efficiently to bear the international burdens which a miehtv neonle should bear, but even more because of the immense benefit that has come to the people of the Philippine Islands. American citizenship should ne conierrea on the citizens of I'orto Rico. The harhor ot San luan in Porto Rico should be dredged and improved. The expense of the federal ourt of Porto Rico should be met from the federal treasury. The administration of the affairs of Porto Rico, together with those ot the Philippines, Hawaii and our other insular possessions, should all tie directed tinner one executive department; ny preterence, tne oe partment of state or the department ot war Thr needs ot Hawaii are peculiar every ... ., i. 1 cr....- ,nd should, oe given tne lsianus; aim oui cnuns should be unceasing to develop tnem aiong this government has heen trying in vain to secure from ("ireat Iiritain such revision and modification of the regulations as were con- templated and provided for by the award of the 1 rihunal ot rans. The process of destruction has been accel erated during recent years by the appearance of a number ot Japanese vessels engaged li The number of acres and parts of an acre, as near as the same can be as certained, unless the same be divided into blocks and lots. 4. The full cash value of each parcel of la nl taxed. o. The taxable personal pronertv nclagic sealing. 'As these vessels have not Owned by or to be taxed to such person ployment ot railroad .employe. . 1 ,he jine.of a community of small freeholders ici.tic one anu c -.1 . ...:.l. ,.!;.. .ct-llnc indeed, so .ir as , .1,. :1.,n. f ka q m I rsilUateu as WHS ICIiiO'i in, ui in. .w.-i.i.v ... is a very mot no serious objection to it. it is in our power, it should r power. It snouiu oe uui am ., ... .1, .-.: n tnis r:"u" r:': t; m do . fan iw '' " , rrce or manner unon any other American com t.o- ot an eig.it-no.ir nay. 'unity. This warrants our treating it dif- ine horrors incident to tne emp. ,mc.u . , . . which we treat ter. young cui dren in lactones or at wors any- --- - - ,,-jj n ;a,r i-herJf r, a t,lt on n,,r civilization. It is ntories. contiguous to or surrounded by sister true that each state must ultimately settle the question in its owe way; Du a thorough or-1 mled fur educational and internal im fictal invesigation of the matter, with the re- I "c ", ' ...... . ...I f.wwam an e thAfPirl suits published broadcast, would, greatly help 1 ' . , "L "., .1. ',. Wn narti;,!lv met. but toward aro.sing the public coiiscienee and se- , -'"" -- " , . nf the . . 1 tnere must he a complete reorganization 01 curing unity of state action in the matter. tnere must oe - '"I lJ . hefnre indi- - ' governmental system, as 1 have netore mui Among the excellent laws which the con- cated to you. I ask your especial attention to gTeSs passed at tne last session was an cm- this. Our tellow citizens wno utu plovers' liability law. It was a marked step I si,nrf.a of Turet sound with characteristic in advance to get the recognition of em- -nercv are arranging to hold in Seattle the plovers' liability on the statute books; but iasia Yukon Pacific exposition. Its special the law did not go far enough. In spite of 3jms incude the upbuilding of Alaska and the ill nepeaution exercised bv emDlovers there .i.,..i.nmi nf mpnV.m commerce on the Pa are unavoidable accidents and even deaths cific ocean. This exposition, in its purposes involved in nearly every line of business con- anc scopCi should appeal not only to the peo- nected with the mechanic arts. If the entire ple 0f the pacific slope, but to the people of the trade risk is placed ut.on the employer he will r r.uP States at large. Alaska since it was nrnmntlv and nronerlv add it to the legitimate I 1 u. v.e Irl tn the government $11,000, cost of production and assess it proportion- linn nc revenue, anil has produced nearly ately upon the consumers of his commodity. t3nn nnn.AOO in eold, furs and fish. When It is therefore clear to my mind that the law roperlv developed it will become in large de should nlace this entire "risk of a trade" upon cree a'an,l of homes. The countries border the emnlovpr. Neither the federal law nor. as .u t;fi nen have a nt.nulation more far as I am informed, the state laws dealing tn thnt of all the countries of with the question of employers' liability are ,ur0 pe; their annual foreign commerce sufficiently thoroughgoing. The federal law I to over ?S.onn,non.rtiin, of which the should of course include employes in navy- Knar. rf the United States is some $70(1,000, vards. arsenals and the like. loon If this trade were thorouuhlv under T ; mi u th.-it the nation should stood and rushed bv our manufacturers and alienate its remaining coal lands. I have tern- producers, the industries not only of the Pa :. (rnm cettL.tnent all ihf mfip elone but of all our country, and partic lands 'which the geological survey has indi- ularly of our cotton-erow ing states, would be cate.1 as containing, or in all probability con- ereatlv benefited. Of course, in order to get tainine coal. The question, however, can be these benefits, we must treat fairly the coun- .ter1 nnlv Vn. lecri a t i nn . which in I tries with which WC trade. my judgment should provide for the witV Especially do we need to remember our j i .1,. lnrtQ from alr or fromldutv to the strancer within our gates. It is in eertain eonerial circumstances. I the sure mark of a low civilization, a low tw. u: then remain in the I morality to abuse or discriminate against or United States, which should not. however, in any way humiliate such stranger who has iiipmnt tn wnrlf them, but nermit them to tie come here lawfully and who is conducting vorked by private individuals under a royalty himself properly. To remember this is incum- control hent on every American citizen, and it is ot . ce iho nr, pk;- nriee eoorse neculiar'v incumbent on every govern- a rharired consumers. It would, of course, ment official, whether of the nation or of the , . . J . . 1. . .. . . .-l, . ..,..,,1 states by the corrmon carriers to transport the pro- I am prompted to say this by the attitude duct as the rates charged by those who mine of hostility here and there assumed toward it- anrl the unervision must extend to the the Tapanese in this country. 1 his hostility a . .v, emm carrier. r. that then . snoradic and is limited to 2l very few places. shall in no wav favor one competitor at the Nevertheless, it is most discreditable to us as expense of another. The withdrawal of these a people, and it may be fraught with the coal lands would constitute a policy analoeous gravest consequences to the nation. lo no to that which has been followed in withdraw- other country has there been such an increas ing the forest lands from ordinary settle- ing number of visitors from this land as to mert. The coal, like the forests, should he Japan. In return, Japanese nave come n.jr r-ateH a the rroTTtv of the nuhlic. and its in (Treat numbers. They are -clcnme. socia ly disnosal should be under conditions which and intellectually, in all our colleges and in would inure to the benefit of the public as a stiftions of higher learning, in all our pro- i t I fessional and social bodies. Ihe overwhelm The' pas-aee of the railway rate bill, and ing mass of our people cherish a lively regard only to a less degree the passage of the pure- and respect for the peotde of Japan, and in food bill, an! the provision for increasing and almost every quarter of the union the stranger rendering more effective the national control from Japan is treated as he deserves; that is. over the twef racking industry, mark an im- he is treated as the stranger from any part .ri.-r-e. in the nr.iner direction tn I of civilized hurone is and deserves to he mv judgment it will in the end be advisable treated. Hut here and there a most unworthy in' connection with the packing house insj.ee- feeling has manifested itself toward the Jap rt r,rr.vi.V for nutting a date on the anrse the feeline that has been shown in label and for charging the cost of instection I shutting them out from the common schools ., - i I ;n I-'ranris-rv arl in motterinirs at?ainst -ne question of taxation is difficult in any them in one or two other places, because ot co-tntry. but it is especially difficult in ours, 'heir efficiency as workers, lo hut them out :.u I-e.l.ral sostem of government Some from the public schools is a wiclfd abs-irdl'y. taxes shou'd on every ground be levied in a I when there are no first-class colleges in the mall district for use in that district. Thus land, including the universities and colleges the taxation of real estate is vcuiiany one I ot v.auiornia. wnicn un not giaoiy ncuvinc for the immediate locality in which the real lapanese students and on which Japanese stu -. is t.n.nrt !?, there are mint Win ds nf I Hents do not reflect credit. I ask fair treat . . v,;h ran r.n' he levied bv the eeneral ment for the Japanese as I would ask fair ,n as to' nroduee the U-st results, treatment for Germans or Knc'isbment. I rench Ixcause. amorg other reasons, the attempt to men. Kussjnrs. or Italians. I ask it as due to :,..e them in one r.articu'ar state too often humanity and civilization. I ask it as due to reso'ts nrre'v in drivme the corporation or ourselves because we must act uprightly toward -i.t,,-.,t ar.-rtert to some other l.K-alitv or I all men ,i,er s;.te T-e national government has long I F ast .Viri't an insurrection r.roke out in derived its ebit-f revenue frr.m a tariff on im- p "ts and lr"l an ir.rrnai or rxosr ija. hi addition to these there i every reason why, v ben --xt our system of taxation is revised, the n.--i-na1 g verimert h.tM imoe a grad uated irheritance tax, and, if possible, a grad w'i A ircome tax. The industrial and air-icult-iral claws mut work t'-crther. c.'ipit-ilits and wateworkers most work together, if the best work of which it,, m.r'-t is rapab'e is to He done. It is fsronable that a thorough'y efficient system of 1-iiiiii.n cmrs next to the influence of pat-r;,.t,-r- in t-inetr aV.-it national success of this kind. Our federal f'irm of government. ft"ii:-l "f a Ivintaife to our T"-op m rer ttt. in other ways undoubtedly limiTs fs-ir na...nal r., 1 t rot roiVe. fOT instance. f"r V ra'tpal rrmerf to take the lead in technical industrial education, ,, ser 1 1" .-it the p ;t,.:t s-. .y inn ol tr.ts ctvivt-? .irv1.. on a'l ! t'chniral. in-'s- :-,! seie-;r-r -n e,,mmr rriril sifes. T.lis oitt be left primsriTy to the several states. efT,.t is to f-ve the governmental assistance in the m'rt ra ci:f ttit i. thro-.ph a- -iati"ri ' f fat-mers ra'b'r than to rr throngh in '-vi-Ha' farfe'. I i- a'-o ;v!-g to ce ordinate it '-rk with the ac-ic"ltura1 de-tsrtm-nts cf the srveral states. a-d so far as its own work is educational, to coordinate it I-i t- it sf-e.ti.v "rew evi-'ent --,t the existing Cuban government was powerless to . o-,i. 1 los ,i i im. tit ai r I ateu.y asKe-i If boys and eirls are trained mi -rely in literary iccmpli lin'e-it. to the t'.'al exclusion of in- Jiitria1. manual and technical training, the tendency is to unfit them f r industrial work ir'1 to rr-.ke them re.'irt.ir to po into it. or unfitted to do well if thy do n into it T's is a tendet oy which should be strenuously -orrb-ted. f t'tr industrial deretotment Henen-'s largely upon technical education, including in this term all industrial education, from that which tits a man to tie a good mechanic, a good cart-ertrr. r Mat k-mith. to that which ht a "---- to do the rreatevt enfinet ring feat. The skil'e 1 m.charic. the ski'led workman, on Vst become smh by technical industrial ed'i a''"r. The rlefiarmert of aerir-ilture has broken new pro-'rd in many directi.ns. and year by year it firds how: it can improve its methods - ,1 .'.'v. t, f. sp. nsefu!- s. Its c,nstant . v tre 'l n f "'i.in r ivrrrm'-nt to intervene. A fi--i"'y was r-.t-c-'d by the f.rr-s.dent f '"that f-.-,t le inter-dee to r'i(tn; that none f he t-thrr r'.rst.t--t.,ri--.l c..rers mo-il-l con--rt to c.ttt t n the g -verrrref .f. and 'hat be as p.--vrl, ss to mintaH r.r-'er. I was evi Jert that ehaos was irrrsndinp. Thanks to the preparedness of our navy, I was able im- been bound even by the inadeouate limitations prescribed by the Tribunal of Paris, they h-.ve paid no attention either to the close season or to the sixty-mile limit imposed upon the Cana dians, and have prosecuted their work up to the very islands themselves. We have not relaxed our efforts to secure an asxeement with Great Britain for adequate protection of the seal herd, and negotiations with Japan for the same purpose are in progress. In case we are compelled to abandon the hope of making arrancenients with other gov ernments to put an end to the hideous cruelty now incident to pelagic sealing, it will be a question for your serious consideration how far we shouM' continue to protect and main tain the seal h-rd on land with the result of continuing such a practice, and whether it is rot better to end the practice by extermi nating the herd ourselves in the most humane way possible. the United Ptf.tes navy is the surest guar antor of peace which this country possesses. It is earnestly to be wished that we would profit hy the teachings of history in this mat ter. A strong and wise people will study its own failures no less than its triumphs, tor .i : .... . . i l.....,.l ......i.. of hoth. of the' mistake as well as of the sue- I VI 1 lflL'e, or town in which the snmt 1 1 1 1 1,1 i i as provmeu oy law, ana lite lull casii value thereof, and exemptions allowed. (i. The total valuation of all properly taxed, mil and personal. For oenvenience the assessment roll may be divided so as to show separaU ly assessments of real properly or lands and lots, and assessments of personal property. (Permits tho ussessmcnt roll to be divided in to parts lor convenience, t lie lorin of roll in present common use being n blanket form, in eluding real ami personal property, on one page, and being iinneeessKrily eiimbersonu' and nt) eildy. Assessor may not assess more than Hid acres in a single tract.) (City, village, or town in which lots are situated to be named.) Section 'M. When lots are situated in any city, village, or town, a plat of w hich shall have been recorded, the cit v, a re cess. sit uated shall be specified m the assess- I do not ask that we continue5 to increase I ,, our navy. I ask merely thnt it be maintained meill roll, it its present strength; and this can be done ( No eliango. ) only if we replace the obsolete and outworn , T . , ships by new and good -nes. the equals of (Trut property Kopresentative char my afloat in any navy. To sum building ships after of bidder designated.) for one vear means that for that vwnr the law goes' back instead of forward. The old Sect loll L'7. That section IJO'oOfthe battleship Texas, for instance, would now be Codes and Statutes of ( In'on, compi lp.l of little service in a stand-up fight with ai , , , , rowerful adversary. The old double-turret j and annotated hy Hon. ( haiies K. I'.el nonitors have outworn their usefulness, while ljn,.r ,m,l Willinm V. Cotton, lw nti.l single-turret monitors. All these ships should he replaced by others; and this can be done 'iy a well-settled program of providing for the building each year of at least one first-class battleship equal in size and speed to any that any nation is at the same time building. S.'hool teacher of San Francisco have f. ..rined a union. New York bank reserves are far be low the legal limit. Harriman plan t Chicago's electrical appliances. The St. Paul railroad has made otli cial announce meat of its route to the Paeilie coast. Ptelhiniy Storer has written an anyry letter to President lioosevelt about his lismissal as ambassador to Austria. Many rich men of San Francisco are coming, to the front with money to help Mayor Sehmitz out of his troubles. the same hereby is amended to read as follows: When any person is assessed as trus tee, piardian, executor, or administrat or a desinjrat ion of his representative character shall be added to his name, ami such assessment shall be entered in a peparate line from his individual as sessment, and he shall be asssesed for the real ami pewmal properly held by him in such representative character at the full vulue thereof. secure Control of I (No eliango, except to require that personal. as well as real, property shall be assessed at full value.) (Assessment and taxation of undivided interest in real or persona I property.) Section L'S. An undivide 1 interest in lands or lots, or other real property, may be assessed and taxed as such. Any person desiring to pay the tax on an undivided interest in any real prop erty may do so by paying the tax col lector a sum eiuil to such proportion of the entire taxes charged on the entire tract as the interest paid on bears to the whole. Fix-Senator P.rown, of I'tah, has been shot and seriotislv wounded at Washington by a woman he wronged anl refused to marrv. Conditions are beinir s'o.tlv im proved at Clifton, Ariz., one of the towns recent Iv Hooded. Searchers have just recovered six bodies from the mud. Attorney fieneral Moody's work against the trusts have resulte 1 in lines of over 40o,ooil lieiiiir iiniKised and manv cases ate still tiending. Ilesavs the pas-age of a bill against imiiiunitv is needed. I'r. ItpjMtni, physician to the pope, is dead. The czar recently granted Witte a three-hours' audience. Secretary Mctcalf promises a national license to corporations. eiiing of bids for Panama canal work has U-en positioned. Hughe? may ! supported by II.kisc- velt for senator from .' York. The president and all oiliciaU d-nv that a new treat v with Japan is l ini considered. I,at.r is so scarce in tiermanv that farmers are talking seriously of itnH,rt in;: ( 'hinese coolies. The attorney general of Texas lias pr--hired proof that Senator liailcv was hired by the oil trust. Many of the losers jn an pran. ciseo fire ami .tirtboiiake are receiving their money ami present itidicatiorii are that Sll Jm T it-lit of the Irs-e Mill U paid. Th liouw committee on appropria tion" has j:iv-n CooM-velt's siinpliti.il sj-dling a slap by oph ritig all govern ment print ing to l- sIleil atvoriling to Welrster. (No eliango, exeept to amplify the permissive abbreviations to correspond with tlioso ordi narily used.) ( Description book Contents.) Section 31. There shall be kept in the olliee of the tax collector a book, to be know n as the descript ion book, which shall be arranged by order of sections or land claims, townshijis, and ranges. The assessor may enter therein, under the proper numerical heading, any tract of land by a metes and bounds descrip tion thereof, situated within such land claim or section, and shall give to each tract of land so described and entered a number, to be designated as Tax No. , and the tracts in each such sec tion and land claim shall be numbered consecutively. Such number shall be placed on the assessment and tax rolls to indicate that certain piece of real es tate bearing such number in the de scription book, and described by metes and hounds under such number in the descript ion book; and in all proceed ings for the assessment, levy, or collec tion of taxes, or sale of property, or other proceedings for collect ion of de limiuent taxes, said designation shall be a sullicient descript ion, and it shall not be necessary to enter in such pro ceedings a descript ion of such tract by metes and bounds. ( New ; compare Koveuue Laws Washington, ltW, section 17.) (Division of assessment made upon whole tract Payment of tax on iu't of tract.) Section 32. Any person desiring to pay taxes on any part or parts of any real estate heretofore or hereafter as s ssoil as one parcel or tract nmy do so hy applying to the tax collector, who must carefully invest igate unci ascer tain the relative or proportionate value said part bears to the whole tract as sessed, on which basis the assessment must be divided and the tax collected accordingly: Provided, where the as sessed va hint ion of the tract to be divid ed exceeds if 2,000, a notice stilting the division must be sent to the known several owners interested in the trad, hy registered mail, unless they all ap ply to the tax collector to divide the as sessment; and if no protest against said division be filed w ith the tax collector within lifteen days fronvdate of notice, the tax collector shall duly accept- pay ment and issue erceipt on the appor tionment as ny nun maoe. in eases where protest is liled to said division, the matter shall be heard by the coiin- Name of taxpayi Character of business. Address . City of Value of merchandise and Mock In j trade Value of machinery and equipment 3 Number of miles i "a" Valuo iNuinber of mill's . I Value NuiiiIkt of miles . ; Value Money, notes and accounts. Shares of stock Value of farm machinery, imple ments, wagons, etc Household furniture, etc Number of horses Value Number of cattle, Value Number of sheep. Value Number of swtne. Value. . (iross value of all property IJxemptlollS. : Total value of taxable property (Provides that the roll may be divided for I convenience, Tne form of roll used by nearly , all the counties Is supplied hy the secretary of stale merely because it is called for, and It 1st J called for merely because it has here to foro I been used. It is biiscdoiit licsoliomoofassos.-meiit j w h icb was in affect prior to the act of p.ml . and I is better designed to the old law tliiin the pres. lit. Several count ics Hi the state including (Additional columns in roll Kntries to be made therein.) Section .'!". That section 3078 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled and annotated by Hon. Charles P. llcl lingerand William W. Cotton, be and (New: but compare Revenue Laws Washing ton, l'K'o, section Ul.) (Heal property How described.) Section 21. That section 3074 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled and annotated by Hon. Charles I. Bel linger and William W. Cotton, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: If the land assessed lie less or other than a subdivision according to the United Sttttes survey, unless the same be divided into lots ami blocks so that it tstn be definitely described, it shall lie described by giving the ltoundaries thereof, fr by reference to a description thereof by nnmlier as contained in the description book as hereinafter provided or in such other manner as to make the description certain. (Permits use of a iniiiilior. referring to a do goription bonk maintained us a permanent rec ord in the tax collector's olliee in lieu of metes ami bounds description. This provision is borrowed from Washington.) (What shall lie sullicient description in assessment.) Section 30. That section 3075 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled and annotated hy Hon. Charles 1!. Bol ling'Taii'i William W. Cotton, 1h and t!i. same hereby is amended to read as follows: It shall lie sullicient to descrilte kinds in all proceedings relative to the ussess ing, illft ing, advertising, or selling the same for taxes, by initial letter, ab breviations, figures, fn1 ions, and ex- Multnoniab have found chaiorcs from the ei tv court !lt its next regular session for I mon form necessary, and procure special form transaction of county business, and the " r"lu '.'y''"''1 "' "",ir '"'V1. 'x ' notice. he forms recommended herein are county court shall make a final division based upon the experience of such counties of the" said assessment, and the tax col-; i lector shall collect, accept, and receipt j into parts, dividing ihe roll as to luis, Ihii.I,, for said taxes as determined and or. j ' personal property If desired.) dered by the county court. ( New ; compare a somew hat similar statute in Washington.) (Itttids of unknown owner How des cribed). Section 33. That section 30711 of (he Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled ; the same hereby is amended to read as and annotated hy Hon. Charles B. Del- j follows: linger and William W. Cotton, be and ) In the assessment and tax rolls of the the same hereby is amended to read several count ies, in addit ion to the col as follows: umns elsewhere provided for, thero When the name of the owner of f shall be added columns head respect ive lands or lots liable to taxation is tin- ly "Cities. " " School Districts, " known, such lands or lots shall Ik- de- : "Amount City Tax," "Amount School scribed as that of unknown owner or District Tax," and if there he a port op unknown owners, and the value thereof , other municipal taxing agency in such set down in the assessment roll, in the county, add it ional columns for t he name same manner that lands of known own-' of such port or other municipal taxing ers are required to be described, and agency, and for the amount of such port, the value thereof designated. If the ! or other taxes. It shall la the duty f property on such assessment roll shall j 1 1 it several county assessors in making be arranged in the order of its loea- j t heir assessments to enter opjaisite each tion, and not in alpha bet ieal arrange-' item of porjicrty assessed, in its iippr ment by the owner's name, then the j priate column, the name of the incor lands or lots of such unknown owners ! porated city or town, and the numlicr shall be inserted m their proper place I of the school district, and the name of according to location. (Omits all reference to the occupancy of land to avoid Blackburn v. Lewis" 4o Or. -JLl', 77 i'ac. 7 Hi.) Ilenr He Srnrrd. Oen. French, the Knlisli officer who represented that country at the recent French maneuvers, received the fol lowing letter after his triumphant re turn from the Itoer war: "My Iear French: You are a great British general. I want your autiv- irraph: hut, whatever you do, don't let your fwfTctnry write It." CevI'css to fay. says an cxcii.ni7. t?ie boy Ct the ntitoirrnpii. ami a limned photograph of his hero to XnytL (Form of assessment roll). Sect ion 34 . That sect ion 3077 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel linger and William W. Cotton, be and the same hereby is amended to read as fol lows: The a.'S ssment roll shall be made out in tabular form, in separate col umns, w ith appropriate heads, after the manner siecitied Iielow, with such ad ditional columns n may by law !e pre scrilcd or as may Ik deemed necessary, and for convenience may lo divided in to jmrts so t iiit assessments of lands, lots, or other real and jtcrsonal estates, npiear in separate jiarts thereof, as nearly as convenient in Ihe following form, varying the same as the circum stances may require: LOTS. the jMirt or other municipal taxingagen cy, if any, in which each item of pro -erty assessed is taxable. (No chance, except to provide that ports ami oi her in n ii ici , ul tan ing agencies, if any, shall be given columns in the roll.) V -A 3 I I ....! (To continued next week) I'nt'a Air, On a motor ear tour of the County Mayo, which the Karl of Altaiiiont made with "Main-tin," an Irish gos soon, for general assistant, they pass ed a neat little cottage, with a pretty Lit of garden. "Who lives there?" asked the earl. "Is it there?" Mairrtin said. Indig nantly. "Sure, doesn't ould I'at Mur i phy live there." j "Oh, does he?" said the earl, not ' know ing In the least, as he confesses In Fnglish Country Life, who "ouhl I'at Murphy" was. "'Deed he does," said Mairrtin, "ami him a hundlm-d If he's a day 3o he Is." "One hundred years old!" the earl said, hi astonishment. "ptsril and he is," reiterated Mairr tin. "He's been dead these three years, and he was !Swhcnhedled." Wnrnilntc I p. "I.nnniinr for any office this yp.m?' ssk'tl the man with th bullion nose. "Nut yet." answered tbe man with th cinnamon heard. "IJut I'm legging for it." II nd llrenk. "Hack from de east, eh?" greeted th highwayman. "How did you make out?" "Pretty rough." rejipel the phk-IMM-ket. "I 't suai'iieil up an' de judge was iilst :ilHiut to L'ivo mo sir month when I thought I'd jret off l,y telling .JT, w'",M TZ "hn P'" p liim I w.m an iceman." I . , ,. , C. ., I ..... , , orchestra, would make the people within i Im de came work? ! l.c.rins rise t thoir feet nn one man. I I should say not! When he heard cral, ,Iu.ir wraps anj make 4 dive for th( I I "-as an iceman lie gave me a vear." i . Francis Scott Key harl just written tli "Star Spnncleil Banner." "In days to come," he said, "whrn peo ple hear that snng they will stand on heir feet and listen to ?t with uncovered heads !" Vet eren he had nt premonition that