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ENTERPRISE OREGON
NEWS OFTHE WEEK
In a Condensed Form for Our
Easy Readers.
A Resume of the Let Important but
Not Less interesting Events
of the Past Week.
Carroll D. Wright, the noted econ
omist, is dead.
Mrs. Yerkes accuses her executor
of paying her income with talk.
Harriman announces that he will
spend millions on railroad extensions
in the West.
English surffagettes are still busy in
an effort to secure recognition before
parliament.
J. M. Dickinson, of Tennessee, is
said to have been selected as Taft's
secretary of war.
The Utah senate has turned down a
. drastic anti-saloon bill for a more con
servative measure.
A new branch railroad is to be built
from Spokane to connect with the
Crow's Nest Pass line of the Canadian
Pacific.
Report says Ethel Roosevelt is on
the verge of becoming engaged to
Willim Phillips, third assistant secre
tary of state.
King Alfonso witnessed a flight by
Wright in hia aeroplane, but the ruler
was forbidden to accompany the fam
ous aeronaut.
. Fire at Lvoelock, Nev., destroyed
property valued at $40,000 and for a
time threatened destruction of the en
tire town. The lives of 30 people were
endangered.
The courts have decide!) that the
Snell fortune shall go to a niece.
Castro has left Berlin on account of
the large number of beggars bothering
him.
The United States sent $1,000,626
in cash to the Italian earthquake suf
ferers. Prince Ferdinand has asked the pow
ers to recognize the independence of
Bulgaria. .
Guardians have been appointed for a
German prince of the royal family be
cause of his extravagances.'
A number of the Danish royal fam
ily were on the cruiser which was
rammed by a freight steamer.
Fifty villages and 50,000 acres of
land are under water in Prussia as a
result of the Elbe river being out of its
banks.
Trains cannot get across the Rocky
mountains in Colorado on account of
the heavy snow. All roads have large
gangs of men at work.
Grand Duke Vladimir is said to have
been involved in a conspiracy to ap
' point a regency for the czar and an in
vestigation had just started when he
died.
An immense irrigation scheme is
planned in New Mexico which will
water 500,000 acres. The largest dam
in the world will be built to store the
necessary water.
Hill has incorporated a company to
build railroad in Canada.
Governor Gillett will sign the bill
closing all California racetracks.
A permanent tariff reform organiza
tion has been formed at Indianapolis,
Three San Francisco firemen were
injured while rescuing Chinese from a
burning building.
English and Soctch suffragettes
started a riot in an attempt to inter
view Premier Asquith.
The Kansas legislature has passed a
.bill prohibiting the sale of liquor by
druggists except as used in prescrip
tions.
The California senate has gone on
record as favoring election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people.
The International opium conference
is in session at Shanghai, China, in an
endeavor to devise plans to stop the
use oi the drug.
Frequent quarrels betwen opposing
attorneys mark the progress of the
Calhoun trial in San Francisco. The
jury is not yet complete and 12 Bpecial
venires have been exhausted.
The opening of .the Portland gate
way, so that passenger traffic from the
bast could go to the Sound over Harri
man lines to Portland and from there
over Hill roads, would affect railroads
throughout the United States.
King Edward has opened the British
parliament.
The BenaU is likely to recommend
that half the navy be kept in the Pa
cific
Explosion of gas in an English coal
mine cost 180 lives.
Soldiers at Fort Worden, Wash., boat
up the Port Townsend police.
King A lfonso is determined to make
a flight in Wright a aeroplane.
, An attempt to revive the anti-Jap
schoolb ill in the California legislature
failed.
At the present rate a month will be
required to secure a jury in the Cal
boun bribery case.
MANY WIRES DOWN IN EAST.
Telegraph Companies Expect Weeks
of Repair Work.
Chicago, Feb. 19. In point of dam
age done, it was learned today that the
storms of last Saturday, Sunday and
Monday were the worst ever experi
enced by the telegraph companies and
railroads. Thousands upon thousands
of poles are still dawn, and hundreds
of miles of wires are prostrate.
Throughout the states of Indiana,
Ohio, New York, West Virginia, Penn
sylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Dela
ware and all of New England, tele
graphic service is curtailed, and in sec
tions discontinued. One Eastern rail
road alone is said to have lost 80 miles
of cable. Every repair man in the
afflicted territory is still working to
the limit, but resetting poles in frozen
ground is slow work and it will be
weeks, it is said, before normal condi
tions are restored.
ENGULF PERSIAN HAMLETS.
Quakes Swallow Whole Villages With
Inhabitants.
Teheran, Feb. 19. The government
of Burujurd, a town in Southwestern
Persia, has sent out agents to investi
gate the damage wrought by the earth
quake of January 23. The center of
disturbance apparently was two days'
journey from Burujurd. Up to the
present time only meager reports have
reached here. The devastation was
particularly severe in the mountainous
region between Burujurd and Luristan
province. It has been already estab
lished that 15 villages were wholly or
partially destroyed and it is estimated
that the total number will undoubtedly
be more than 50. '
Only a small proportion of the inhab
itants of the area where shocks were
most severe escaped. Some villages
disappeared completely, and no trace
can be found of the hamlets of Bahrem
and Leben. It appears that not a sin
gle soul belonging to these communi
ties was left alive. A severe quake
was felt at Ispahan, 100 miles away,
the morning of January 23.
VON BUELOW IN CONTROL.
German Chancellor Again in Kaiser's
Favor as Advisor.
Berlin, Feb. 19. "Upon the solu
tion of the finance problem depends the
power and safety of the nation."
These words, spoken by Chancellor
von Buelow, in an address delivered
before the German Agricultural asso
ciation, signalize the government's
purpose to push the fight for the
finance bill with increased vigor, taken
with the chancellor s declaration that
he "is likely to remain in office longer
than his adversaries hope."
Ihey are thought to mean that
Prince von Buelow is again restored to
favor, since it is improbable that he
would make such a remark without the
authorization of the kaiser.
The forthcoming fight in the rcichs
tag promises to assume an acutely
criticaf character, as every ' important
leature of Prince von Buelow's plan
for increasing the nation's revenue is
violently opposed by one faction or an
other. On the other hand, the steady
increase in the annual deficit in time
of peace is creating a situation which
the government feels to be impossible.
Object to Panama Line.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 19. By a
vote of 43 to 30, the amendment by
Assemblyman Grove L. Johnson, of
Sacramento, striking out all references
to the report of United States Senator
Joseph L. Bristow, of Kansas, special
i'anama Kailroad commissioner, in the
resolution by Senator J. B. Sanford,
caning upon congress to establish a
government owned line of steamships
between California ports and Panama
was made this afternoon by the lower
house of the legisliature. This places
the assembly on record as being op
posed to the proposed b plan to estab
lish a steamship line to compete with
the Harriman interests.
High Honor to Dr. Angell.
Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 19. Dr,
James B. Angell submitted his resig
nation as president of the University
of Michigan -toduy and was offered bv
the regents the position of chancellor
at a salary of $4,000 a year, with the
continued free use of the president's
mansion. 1 he duties of the chancel
lorship are to be such as suggested by
tne new president, and as Dr. Angell
may be willing and able to perform.
Dr. Angell recently celebrated his 80th
birthday, and has been president of the
university since 1871.
Forty Winks Wrecks Train.
Billings, Mont., Feb. 19. Alleging
that Engineer Belsinger, of the pas
senger train which was wrecked at
Young s Point on the Northern Pacific
railway, on the morning of September
so last, sending zu persons to death,
was asleep, while the tlagmen were
trying to give him the signal of dan
ger, James T. Hiekey and Willard F.
bmith, conductor of the freight train.
were acquitted of the manslaughter
cnarge lonignc
. Porto Rico Given Tremble.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. 19.
Heavv earthcuakta wvm flt thmnirk
out the island of Porto Rico at 3 o'clock
this morn in P. The inhabitant war
awakened by the oscillations and their
aiarm was great. No damage was
done, however. The vibrations lasted
for at least 20 seconds, and the move
ment was from east to west The
weather today is very stormy.
PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE
Saturday, February 20.
Salem, Feb. 20. Both houses of the
legislature cleared away all accumu
lated business before adjourning, but
it was nearly 11 o'clock before all were
finished. Appropriation bills amounted
to $1,100,000 more than the session of
two years ago. A number of laws
needed by the state were - passed and
several of the new measures will in
crease the revenues.
The house bill appropriating $210.-
000 for new buildings and improve
ments at the Agricultural college pass
ed the senate by a unanimous vote this
morning.
The Weston, Ashland and Monmouth
normal schools were all left in exist
ence, but both houses refused to pass
appropriations for their maintenance.
The house passed the game code
practically as it came from the senate.
Both houses passed a tuberculosis
sanatoria bill carrying an appropriation
of $45,000.
The dairy inspector bill, which had
been killed Wednesday, was reconsid
ered by the house and passed.
Only 12 members of the house voted
for the bill creating a state highway
commission.
Whether or not Oregon shall have a
constitutional convention will be de
cided by the voters of the state at the
election of 1910.
By a vote of 16 to 9 the senate re
fused to sanction the bill providing for
an additional bank examiner.
Repeal of the grant to railroads of
valuable tide lands in Lincoln county
was voted by the senate this afternoon.
Only four members oppoBed the meas
ure.
Friday, February 19.
Salem, Feb. 19. The senate this af
ternoon, on recommendation of the
ways and means committee, killed in
succession house bills appropriating
$106,000 each for Weston, Ashland
and Monmouth, by indefinite postpone
ment, rejecteJ minority amendments
to the Monmouth bill appropriating
$10,000 each for the normals for the
rest of the school year, and $70,000 for
permanently continuing Monmouth.
Both houses have adopted the joint
resolution proposing a constitutional
amendment for the division of the state
into 30 senatorial and 60 representa
tive districts, with one member from
each district.
The armory bill, practically the
same as the people voted down last
June, has passed both houses.
During the evening session the mem
bers of the house presented Speaker
McArthur with-a fine gold watch and
guard.
County division fights will not
bother the legislature hereafter, a bill
having been passed leaving the matter
to the voters of the district affected.
The house passed the bill raising ap
propriations for state fair premiums
from $20,000 to $30,000 for two years
The bill had already passed the senate.
lhecenate bill for an experimental
farm in Eastern Oregon has passed the
house, carrying an appropriation of
$7,500 per year.
The water code bill was passed by
the house with only one vote against it.
the insurance bill, creating an insur
ance commissioner, has passed the
house. The measure will bring a net
income of $20,U00 a year to the state,
it ib estimated.
The senate passed the house bill for
extension of the portage road with only
nve votes against it.
At the 1910 election the people will
have a chance to vote on the Eastern
Oregon asylum, both houses having
passed the bill.
Ihe game and fish laws of the state
are. to be published and 10,000 copies
distributed free, according to a senate
bill passed today. -
The bill abolishing secret societies
in high schools has been passed by the
senate and received the approval of
the house today.
Thursday, February 18.
Salem, Feb. 18. The senate killed
appropriation bills today which will
mean a net saving of $101,091.69 to
the state.
The senate bill exempting mnnieinnl
bonds from taxation was passed by the
house. ,
Reform taxation amendments allow
ing segregation of state and county
taxation, as favored bv th utnto
grange, will be submitted to the peo
ple in iiu.
By a senate bill passed by the house
today, minors will not be allowed to
engage in any game of cards, pool or
otner public amusement in a public
place.
The house passed the senate bill re
quiring that all male persons before
securing a marriage license must pre
sent a certificate or health not more
than 12 hours old.
Owners of bank stock are not to be
made liable for the mismanagement of
the bank or its debts, the house having
refused to pass such a measure.
The senate bill requiring operators
of warehouses to have storage rates
plainly stated on receipts passed the
house.
At the night session the senate pass-
Buying Gilliam Sheep.
Condon Gilliam county and Condon
have been visited this last week or 10
days by four or five sheepmen from
Montana and Wyoming. One Montana
man from Fort Benton bought 10,000
hed of mixed yearlings for April de
livery to Condon for $4 a head with
the wool on. The prevailing price for
sheep is $4 a head with the wooljm
and $3 after being sheared. From all
indications wool will be a good price
this year.
ed the house bill appropriating $7,000
for claims against the Drain normal
school.
At the night-session the house ap
propriated $362,000 for improvements
of state insitutions at Salem and in
creased the agricultural college main
tenance appropriation from $50,000 to
$80,000 a year.
By the terms of the new military
code bill Adjutant General Finzer will
hold his place during good service,
which practically means life.
Wednesday, February 17.
Salem, Feb. 17. The governor sent
a special message to the legislature to
day urging the passage of a consittu-
tional amendment providing for state
construction and operation of railroads.
Central Oregon is the territory the
governor aims to help and such a bill
is pending, but its passage is doubtful.
The house refused to consider the
bill providing that county assessors
should assess at actual value and fix
the levy on a basis of 50 per cent of
that amount.
The senate passed the house bill fix
ing a bounty on scalps of coyotes, cou
gars, wildcats and wolves.
1 he charity appropriation bill as
passed by the house carries a total of
$41,618.35.
Two examiners of state banks and
two deputies are provided for in a bill
passed by the house.
The house passed a bill abandoning
the Dram normal and authorizing the
regents to turn the property over to
the common school district of Dram.
The senate passed a bill providing
for a free ferry over the Willamette at
Independence and another measure re
quiring all doors of public buildings
and halls shall open outward.
The house passed a senate bill mak
ing 10 hours a day's work for females
in telephone and telegrah offices.
The senate ways and means commit
tee is not' in favor of three normals
and further changes may be made be
fore the session is ended.
Tuesday, February 16.
Salem, Feb. 16. Appropriations for
$418,000 passed in the house today,
and for $10,000 in the senate. Yes
terday the total in the house was $1,
739,000 and in the senate $726,000.
The house tonight reconsidered the
vote by which the $25,000 appropria
tion for the Alaska-Yukon exposition
was defeated and passed the appro
priation. At a late hour the house
also considered and passed the $200,
000 appropriation for an Eastern Ore
gon asylum.
Appropriations for about $1,000,000
more pave passed one or both houses.
and continuing appropriations of past
sessions amount to $500,000 additional.
with allowances made for items in this
session's budget These figures .show
that the state expenditures for the next
two years may exceed $4,000,000, and
will probably not fall short of that
figure.
The senate today voted $20,000 for
buildings and grounds for a tubercular
sanitarium; provided for a third judge
in the Second judicial circuit: passed
the Columbia river pilotage bill ; put
to a vote of the people the question of
number and location of normal schools,
and provided $10,000 for a bridge
across the bnake river at Ontario.
ine nouse Killed Urton s bank guar
antee bill; authorized counties to levy
not to exceed a Js'-mill tax for adver
tising purposes; appropriated $50,000
for Indian war survivors, and voted
$210,000 to the agricultural college.
Both houses will adjourn sine die
Saturday and night sessions are being
held in an effort to get all pending
Dins disposed oi before that time.
Monday, February 15. -
Salem, Feb. 15. The house today
passed the treneral aopronriatinn hill
for 1909-10. , The deficiency appropria
tion oui was also passed and $75,000
for extension of the state portacre rail
way, A great many other measures
got tnrougn, Dut lor the most part they
were of local character.
The senate was in a slaying mood
and killed 13 bills. Some of them
were important and on less strenuous
days would have provoked hours of de-
Date.-
The senate also passed the bill
creasing the state fair appropriation
from siu.uuu to $15,000 per year.
In the afternoon both houses and
many pioneers of the state united
commemorating the 50th anniversary
oi tne admission oi tnia state to 1
Union. The exercises were held
the hall of representatives and many
prominent men spoKe.
At a session tonight the senate
passed a bill appropriating $100,000
lor one normal school at Portland,
onnosed to the bills nnssuH hv I
house for $318,000 for three normals;
cut down the agricultural poIIpco main
tenance appropriation and voted down
a dim ior a new $tu,uou agricltural
college at Union.
The appropriation bills passed bj
the house amounted to $1,727,000, cut
ting the bills only $2,440.
Revival of Hop Industry.
Salem Hop contracts far in excess
of the contracts for a similar period
for lust year, and advices received by
growers and dealers here from every
hop center in Oregon, indicate a won
dcrf ul revival of the hop industry. The
prevailing price in contracts . is 10
cents, and thousands of pounds are be
ing contracted for by all the dealers
here. Reports from Oregon City indi
cate a condition even more favorable to
hopgrowers than that found her. .
DEATHS MAY TOTAL 350.
Acapulco Dazed by Theater Horn r,
Due to Incompetence.
Mexico City, Feb. 17. Late dis
patches from Acapulco, wher the
Flores theater was burned while the
structure was crowded at a perform
ance given in honor of Governor Dami
an Flores, of the state of Guerrero,
bring varying estimates of the loss oi
life. They agrep in declaring, how-
. .. . ' ... j rrt
ever, that the dead win exceed
while some place the figure as nign as
350. Most of the dead were burned
beyond recognition.
Acapulco is dazed by the catastropne.
All business at the port has ceased,
the shops have closed and the people
are crowding the churches where mass
es are being celebrated for the dead.
The fire, which spread with incredi
ble rapidity through the immense wood
en and adobe structure, was due, it is
charged, to the carelessness and inex
perience of the operator of the moving
picture machine. There was an explo
sion, a burst of name, which ignited
the bunting used for decoration, and in
a few minutes the entire structure was
in flames.
The exits were all in the front part
of the building, which was almost im
mediately turned into a wall of fire and
the people were entrapped. The wo
men and children suffered most and
comprise a majority of the dead.
A search of the rums has thus far re
vealed no recognizable human form.
Charred bodies, from which legs and
arms have been burned, have been
taken from the ruins, and as there was
no chance of identifying them, all have
been buried in a common trench.
DECLARES WAR THREATENED
Calitornia Legislator Says He
Saw
Letters to Prove It.
San Francisco, Feb. 17. That this
country was on the verge of war with
a naval power of the Orient recently
was the assertion of State Senator
Richard J. Welch, who is here with a
legislative committee which is insti
gating the Islais creek project. Welch
said :
"If you had seen the correspondence
that passed between President Roose
velt, Governor Gillett and Speaker
Stanton that I have seen, you would
know that there was only a short ime
ago the danger of a conflict between
two great naval powers of the Pacific."
This statement was made in answer
to the argument of an opponent of the
Islais creek project that supporters of
the plan had attempted to gain, sup
port for it by maintaining that a gov
ernment navy yard would be estab
lished at Hunters point. Welch insist
ed that such a navy yard would be
built within the next ten years.
MONTANA STILL AFTER JAPS
Exclusion Memorial Expected to Pass
Segregation Fight Ahead.
Helena, Feb. 17. After having can
vassed the house thoroughly, Repre
sentative Norton, of Silver Bow, an
nounces that the memorial of which he
is the author, asking that congress
continue in force the Chinese exclusion
act and enlarge its scope to include all
Mongolians, will pass the house by a
large majority. There are many mem
bers of labor unions in the house, and
many other members whose constita
ents are largely union men and they
win, tney declare, support the measure.
At the present time the bill is in the
committee on labor, but a report will
De made th'S week.
Speaker McDowell referred the bill
which would exclude Mongolians from
the public schools to the committee on
military affairs and Norton declares
he will have it re-referred to the com
mittee on education. That this bill
will not pass seems certain.
Argue Land Grant Case.
Los Angeles, Feb. 17. Arguments
in the Oregon & California railroad
and grant case will be made on a de
murrer in the United States Circuit
court.at Portland on March 1. Tracy
j. cecKer, special assistant to Attor
ney General Bonaparte in the prosecu
tion of the Oregon cases, has just re
turned from the East and will leave to
morrow for Portland. The case in
volves about 2,300,000 acres of rich
Oregon land, said to be valued at about
$4U,000,000 at a low estimate. Mr.
Harriman's California lawyers. W. F
TT ! J r. v. i . . .
nernnanor. t. uunne, will appear
against Mr. Becker and B. D. Town-
send, who is associated with him.
Build Schools in Russia.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. The min
ister of education today introduced a
bill before the douma providing for a
building fund for the erection of 148,
179 new primary schools throughout
tne empire within ten years. These
schools are to be built and maintained
by the provincial authorities on gov
ernment subsidy. A substitute pro
viding for general compulsory educa
tion is to be discussed as soon as the
agrarian debate is terminated.
Ho Boys to Be "Sporty."
Sacramento, Feb. 17. The assembly
passed a bill today by Grove L. John
son making it a misdemeanor for a
minor to attend a cockfight, prizefight
or horserace, and fixing a penalty of
$50 fine or 25 days in jail for lessees or
owners of places where such contests
are held to allow minors to enter.
Four Caught in Mine.
Benton. I1L. Feb. 17. Shaft No. lfi
of the Deering Coal company, south of
Benton, blew up tonight The explo-
sum wrecnea ana cnotcea ine main air
shafts. It will be hours before aid
can reach the four entombed men there.
There is little hope for their lives.
CASH F0RC0LUMBIA
Total Appropriations of $950,000
Reported to House.
COAST STATES WELL CARED FOR
Beside Columbia, Bills Provide for
Federal Buildings and Surveys
of Yakima and Willamette.
Washington, Feb. 20. Two bills re
ported to the house of representatives
today carry an aggregate appropriation
of $950,000 for the mouth -of the Co
lumbia river. The sundry civil bill
contains $250,000 to complete outstand
ing contracts, and the river and harbor
bill carries $500,000 for new contracts,
and $200,000 for repairing and operat
ing the dredge. The sundry civil bill
also carries $164,700 for completing
the existing contract on the Celilo
canal. : ,
The sundry civil bill also carries ap
propriations of $114,400 for two double
barracks and $42,000 for a field artil
lery barracks at Vancouver, and $2,000
for new barracks at Fort Stevens ; and
also items to complete public buildings
at Eugene, $20,000; La Grande, $45,-
000; Spokane, $75,000, and Walla
Walla, $40,000. Crater Lake park
gets but $3,000.
In the rivers and harbors bill no sin
gle channel or improvement is to be al
lotted more than $50,000 out of the ap
propriation for emergencies.
Six hundred thousand dollars is ap
propriated for investigations, surveys,
contingencies and incidental repairs
for river and harbors for which . there
is no special appropriation. The most
important waterways for which pre
liminary surveys and examinations
are provided aside from the Interacos
tal Waterway across the Atlantic and
Goulf coasts are:
Oakland harbor, Monterey bay, Wil
mington harbor, Humboldt bay and
the Sacramento and Feather rfrers,
California; Kahului harbor, on the' is
land of Maui, and Kanappe bay, on
Kani island, Hawa.i; the Chicago and
Rock rivers, Illinois; the harbors and
rivers at or near Chicago, including
Chicago harbor.
Preliminary surveys of the Colum
bia, Yakima and lower Willamette riv
ers, in Oregon and Washington; Are
cebo harbor, Porto Rico; Aransas Pass
harbor and Sabin- Pass and the Port
Arthur ship canal are also provided for.
Others are the Grand river, Utah; Ta
coma harbor and the Columbia river,
Washington.
MAKE VIOLENT THREATS.
Heney
Warns Defense He Will Not
Take Insults in Future.
San Francisco, Feb. 20. Recalling
the attempted assassination of last
November, Francis 'J. Heney 'today
charged that Henry Ach, attorney for
Abraham Ruef, knew of the intention
of Morris Haas to shoot the prosecutor.
The accusation was flung at the attor
neys for the defense during one of the
most heated exchanges that have oc
curred during the trial of Patrick Cal
houn, and before the session assumed
its usual calm complexion Judge Wil
liam P. Lawlor had threatened two of
the belligerent atorneys with imprison
ment in the county jail. There were
references to armed gun men, to the
use of dynamite and to the prospects of
imprisonment before the court succeed
ed in inducing both sides to lay aside
the immediate basis of disagreement
and cease their objectionable references
WAR THREATENS TURKEY.
Hostile Races Ready to Fly at Each
Other's Throats.
Constantinople, Feb. 20. The old
troubles in Macedonia threaten to
break out again as badly as ever and
strong measures are needed to restore
tranquility in Asia minor, especially in
Diarbtkir, Kaisariyeh and Bassoora,
where the Mussulmans and Armenians
are about to fly at each other's throats.
One of the strange symptoms devel
oping here is the fact that naval offi
cers are holding meetings on all war
ships "to consider the attitiude of thel
new minister of marine." Army offi
cers are also holding meetings.
Turkey before long may be convulsed
with massacres and civil war, although
the pressure exerted by the menacing
external situation tends to prevent an
outbreak fpf internal strife. .
Nevada Dooms Gambling.
Carson, Nev., Feb. 20. By a vote
of 26 to 19 the members of the Nevada
assembly today ordered that the bill to
prohibit licensed gambling .within the
state be made a special order of busi
ness next Wednesday afternoon. The
committee on public morals reported
the bill today, recommending that it be
amended to make the bill effective '
from January 10, 1910, instead of
from September 1, 1909. The bill in
this form will undoubtedly pass.
Grove Made National Park.
Washington. Feb. 20. The presi
dent today signed the bill making the
Calaveras big tree grove a national
park. The pen which the president
used was handed to Representative
Smith, of California, to be presented
to Mrs. Lovell White, president of the
California Outdoor Art league.