ENTERPRISE I 1 H U hi I BT tl I i H 7 tN B B 11 .3 2 AND WEST SIDE. NINTH YKAIl. ini)i:i'j;n!i:nci:, i'okk county, orison, may -a wyl NUMliKU 2G HIS RECORD IN CONGRESS TIlOH. II. Ttlmlie ' l!'HH WolUeltor III Sl.Ue, SECURES CREGOU APPROPRIATION. Until IiiiHhm( r.iiiinilMio PiiMlmrn Mini nneol tin niiiMt I'on llil" SneuUer. No into in congi-.-.-i from any eti.tc Imw mre earnestly and alomly endeavored In ntvf the peopb of bit district nd his state without regard to politcal faith. T social or commercial position, than Iiiin Tli"f. H. Tongue. Ho i now and bus been ciii- he tlrt-t eutered omgrcs, one of the busiest men i" that body. No man ha ever written him a letter or mad" re Mn..t.t of him of any rt l,it'1' h haw not in some way answered, mill tlininfitiitivu detail of hi If. i I v work, would tax tin- energies ( I ,i molt vigro man. Mi. Tongue has made attempt to distinguish htniseifin congress by tin usual method ciiii.'l-yrl by most of the members, that of making speeches, hut has eon .(itiwl himself almost 'wholly to the practical f.-utun-t and duties of iW portion, na in 1hw 'y only "' can a man d tin I service for his ?ititutti whi.h d.-matid ami to which they are justly cn tith'.l. Vide fro"' the endless di tail of corrcspond.-nee amounting t.i nn average of 75 letter a tiny, attending to questions before de partments, carrying out personal wishes, grantintr personal requests, ttttcntlina to pensions, to mail mute and contracts, to request for government publications, and tin infinitive number of other thing unnecessary to mention, he haw secured tho establishment of innumerable post offices, increase of mail service hi numious loealties and n largo nomVr of free rural delivery routes. During bin first term ho worn red the first free rural delivery to tho Pacific Coast. W'hil" .Mr. Tongue baa not been hearil olten on tho Hour of Congress, ouch speeches aw ho bin made, hnvo been characterized by an ability which haw made him R reputation of being one of the ablest and most forciful speakers in the- lower hov.wn rf Oongroww. Mr. Toiirup'b committee nwsifin-. tnentw aro an index to hiw j mantling both in CongMss and with tho republican organization. When ho received hiw appoint ment on tho Kiver and Harbor omrnittte Iib bad bean in Con groBS but on term. California had nt-vvr had the position nnd neither had WaRhington. IVith f were applicants for it and both wre strongly supported. At the same time Oregon had in the Senate, a member on the committee on commerce, and California had k not, but desired it. In the face of these adversn conditions Mr. Tongue was assigned this very important position. At the same Congress he was appointed chair man of the committee on irrigation of Arid Lands, a committee which i i i t , 4 , 4 4 4 4 4 4 K V f A tA4iA44S "' ' ' ' v j i Irm V. M. Bllr,of Monmottlh, who rcttlr clbrtd 1U OOth birtliday. rfvf-v -v v 0 be ban made one of the moht im portant in Cmigretirt. No memb. r of Cong rows today bavins served wo short a tim- haw tw positions of equal importance, lilVKK AM IIAKIIoll A I'lMOlflil ATli .V On thece inatterw in which Oregon in particular interested, Mr. Tongue hat necured for Oregon a coindderntion, which f;'.r KXCeed anything of thiw kind in the his tory 'f appropriations for this .o'at' ,Tb "irr and Jlcr'vir, .Hi1', us it left the llotis.) Committee, and More additions and amend ments bad been made by the yennte, earned an agsregate ap propriations for tho Rivers and Harbors of nearly 2,lHi(),0(K), an amount of money equal to one fourth the entire appropriations for the state during forty-three years or since her admission to the sisterhood of states. , For all the rivers and harbors of the United States, carrying an annual tonnage of 100,000 tons and less, nn eggre gate tonnage ot 2.2'.)0.:V.).S tons, there was appropriated by the lloiie Committee; 117,000 which is something lees than 20 cents a ton. Out of this 117.000 .thus appropriated Mr. To'-.gue has gotten for tho little state ol Oregon for rivers and harbors ot this class, for Tilliamook $27,000 for Siuslaw river, 20.000. for Coquille river 30,000 and for Coos Hay 10,000-$!):5,0()0 or nearly one fiurth the entire amount allowed f..r rivers and harbors of this class in the entire United States. This is showing which cannot be ap proached by any other state in the union. For the mouth of the Columbia the appropriation granted by the house committee on rivers and hojbors. of which Mr. Tongue is a member, was 1 ,500,000, the largest, amount ever given for the Willamette river above Portland, and its tributaries, there was an appropriation of $08,000, or more than has been before appropriated for the Willamette river in all the history of Oregon. To the above may he added an appropriation of $100,000 for a Federal building at Salem the first and only one in the district and an appropriation for the Chemawa Indian School, two or three times greater than ever obtained for that school. Kugene Register. j Programme Com plot -tt For the ) .lime Kerclscs. I A CLASS OF 25 WILL GRADUATE, j A I.lt SWti Portraitof President J T. V. CnmnlM'H Vill lie j , , Prewe-ifftJ . The arrangements for the annual commencement exercises of the State Normal School are now fully completed. The following pro gramme has been arranged and tho outlook is for one of the most promising in years. Saturday evening, June 14th, Sheridan's comedy, "The Pvivals," will be played by a strong local company. - Sunday, Ju.se loth, at 11 o'clock baccalaureate sermon, llew T, L. Elliott, Jr., of Portland. Monday, June 15th Class day exercises at 2 o'clock P. M. At 8 o'clock P. M., students reunion. Tuesday Field day at 2 o'clock P. M. Society entertainment in the evening. Wednesday, 10 o'clock Com mencement". The following seniors from a class of 25 will take part: Miss Elva Whealdon, salutatorian; Mr. T.' O. Allen, valedictorian; Miss Monti East. Miss Ora Overholtzer and Miss Neva ,1. Whitney will each deliver an oration. A life size portrait of President T. F. Campbell will be presented to the school by the Memorial As sociation, composed of the Alumni of Christian College, the Normal school and members of the senior class. It is expected the presenta tion speech will be made by Hon. W. H. Fenton, who will also ad dress the class The presentation speech will be responded to by Justice Wolverton, The alumni banquet will be held in the afternoon and the re union in the evening. Mrs. Hallie Parrish-Hinees, of Salem, will furnish some special numbers dur ing the exercises. DALLAS IS THE WINNER, Dallas ninl Moiiiinoitli Meet in l iehl I'.ventH. THE FORMER WINS BY ONE POINT XurlhtvpM Keirl In Sevprul ICvents .Nearly HroUcn-Ideal I lay for I'mitwl, At an interesting field meet held in Dallas Saturday the Dallas college tcfttn triumphed over a team horn the Normal school. It was a close contest and, strange to say, several northwest records came nearly being broken, the fioe record made by both teams was a surprise to the earnest sup porters of both Bchools. The most friendly feeling prevailed. The contest was close, Dallas winning out by one point. The weather was fine, and a large crow d was in attendance. The Normal boys took most of the field events, while Dallas, excelled in track work. The score w as: Dallas col lege. (JG; Normal school. (15. The summary of events follows: 50-yard dash Matthews, Nor mal, first; Guy, Dallas, second; Poling, Dallas, third; time, 0:5 4-5. 100-yard dash Poling, Dallas, first; Matthews, Normal, second; Bittner, Dallas, third; time. 0:11. 220-yard dash Matthews. Nor mal, first; Bittner, Dallas Becond; Murphy, Normal, third; time, 0:24 4-5. 440-yard run Vallely, Normal, first; Matthews, Normal, second; Guv, Dallas, third; time, 0:55 2-5. SSO-yard run Poling, Dallas, first; Goodman, Normal, second; Arnold, Dallas, third; time, 2:18. Mile run Poling. Dallas, first; Bittner, Dallas, second; Teats, Dal las, third. 120-yard hurdle B. Teats, Dal las, first; M. Teats, Dallas, second; Gates, Dallas, third; time, 0:10 4 5. 220-yard hurdle B. Teats, Dah la, first; Guy, Dallas, second; Baughman, Dallas, third: time, 0:30 2-5. , Mile relay race Dallas won. Shot put Evenden, Normal, first; Vallely, Normal, second; Gross, Normal, third; 01 feet and 1 inch. Hammer throw Evenden, Nor mal, first; Poling, Dallas, second; Gubser, Dallas, third; 1)5 feet and 3 inches. Discus Gross, Normal, first; Evenden, Normal, second; Ellis, Dallas, third; f8 feet and 1 inch. High jump Evenden, Normal, first; Murphy, Normal, second; Poling, Dallas, third; 5 feet and 2 inches. Broad jump Poling, Dallas, first; Murphy, Normal, second; Goodman, Normal,' third; 19 leet and 0 inches. Pole yault Evenden, Normal, first; Shaw, Dallas, second; Mur phy, Normal, third; 9 feet. Mrs. J. E. Hubbard and son, Claude, were visitors in the capital city Monday. C. L. Fitchard returned last Thursday evening from a several dayB stay in Portland. I. . C). I', at Newport. Friday afternoon the, delegates to the Grund hodg't of Odd Fel lows and U'.-Iiekahs returred home, and at the same time several hun dred other delegates passed through town on t!i-ir way home. The delegates (othe l.O. O. F. lodgs from here weri J. A. Mills, It. E Ferguson and Dr. E. L. Kctchum. To the Uehekahs: Mrs. A. J. Goodman. Mrs. I. Ciaett ar,d Miss Florence Wagoner. Mrs. E. T. Ilenkle also attended. When the delegates arrived here they all jumped off and gave three rousing cheers for our fellow-townsman. J. A. Mills, who was elected by the Grand Lodge as Grand Warden. Mr. Mills is now in di rect line to the highest office in the lodge, there being but two of ficers above him. It is an accepted rule of the order to always pro mote, so John will be the highest Odd Fellow in the state within a few years, a descrying tribute to a stalwart member of the order. MEMORIAL SUSDAV. Memorial Sunday was fittingly observed at the auditorium Sun day morning. All the congrega tions were dismissed in the churches of Independence to at tend. A special motor from Mon mouth brought a large crowd, and lie v. E. C. Wigmore, pastor of the Monmouth Christian church, de livered an eloquent address. The music was also appropriate to tb occasion.'"" ' "" ' '." ' "" '; "' " " " ' SEW TENNIS CLUB. " A lawn tennis club has been or ganized in Independence, with a membership of eight, as follows: Dr. O. D. Butler, C. W. Irvine, Louie WipruC, Dr. VV. R. Aliin, B. E. Gray, W. H. Craven, Rev. G. Howard Osborne and P. M. Kirk land. A fine new court has been com pleted on the vacant lot across from E. E Paddock's residence, and every nice evening can be seen some of the members busily en. gaged in this delightful game. Contests with .teams from near by towns are talked of for the near future. At any rate it will be a splendid .place for the members to while away pleasantly a few hours each week. , H Uains in Montana, Too. Miss Vena G off, a former Inde pendence young lady, who is now teaching at Great Falls, Montana, writes to her parents here that the people of Independence do not know anything about rain, and that if they really wish to see a down pour they should go to Mon tana. Recently one afternoon it commenced to pour in Great Falls, and it kept it up until the streets had small rivulets wending their way to a larger body of water which took on the appearance of a small river and all from a two or three hours' "shower." Thanks, we will take ours in smaller doses. The fine weather this week has been a blessing indeed. Hop cul tivation is being pushed and work is rapidly catching up. Every body is making garden, and the growing crops are looking better.