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FOR THÈ NORTHWEST . Liberal Treatment Received In Rivers and Harbors Bill. ! -------- HARD FIGHT FOR CELILO CANAL O regon and Washington IN TH E LE G IS LATU R E . Cowlitz and Lewis rivers, $10,000. Puget sound and tributaries, $30,000. Salem, Jan. 24. —y Of the 24 bills Snohomish slough, $5,000. Okanogan and Pend d’Oreille, $15,- passed by the hosue today only one en- ; countered opposition— that for the cre- 000 ; ation of a state library commission, Stretches riffle, $05,000. i The secretary of this commission is to Bellingham bay, $35,000. receive e ,200 a year and traveling ex Everett harbor, new survey. penses . The b ill creating the Eighth ( Baker county) and Tenth (Union and B U R T O N T O G O UP. W allowa) judicial districts were among those passed. Will Probably Be Head of New Ap The senate held only a very short session today, adjourning at 11:15 until propriations Committee. Washington, Jan. 31.— Never before tomorrow at 10. Besides disposing of in all the time he has been chairman all the senate business on hand, the of the committee on rivers and harbors senate received a few house bills and has Representative Burton held out so referred from that branch to the vari strongly against unworthy projects for ous commit lees* The senators spent waterway improvements as he has done the afternoon on committee work. H alf a dozen bills have been intro this session. Burton has, from the first, fought projects which had no duced at thiB session for the creation of merit,*but he has heretofore been com a mining bureau, hut it is doubtful pelled to consent to the incorporation whether any of them w ill become laws. The creation ot a Lewis and Clark in river and harbor bills of many items county is a new proposal before the which he did not personally approve. This year, however, he has been legislatuie. The new county is to be firmer, and has carried his point. lie the northern half of (¡rant, except a has succeeded in keeping out of the narrow strip along the eastern side, river and harbor bill every item that and make Ismg Creek the county seat. was of a ‘.‘ log rolling” nature. He con The intention is to eventually take in sented to no appropriations except for a strip of Baker also. Improve ments Have a Grand Total o f $1.345,000. Washington, Jan. 25.— In view of the unprecedented paring down of river -and harbor appropriations this year, and in face of the efforts of Republican leaders in congress to enforce the most rigid economy, the Columbia river has been exceptionally well cared for in the river and harbor b ill just com pleted by the house committee. W hile the appropriations are not as large as asked for, they average up well along side those made for other sections of the country; in fact, Chairman Burton ad mitted tcxlay that he thought the Pa cific northwest had received more lib eral treatment than any other part of the country. The appropriation which is most gratifying to friends of the Columbia river is that which insures the build ing of The Dalles-Celilo canal. Mr. Burton, backed by almost the entire committee, stood out against this pro ject more persistently than against any other proposition brought before him, and it was only under intense pressure that he yielded. It was the hope and intent of the friends of this project to have it made a continuing contract. Could this have been done, the canal would have passed beyond the jurisdiction of the river and harbor committee and would have received an annual appropriation in the sundry civil bill, in amounts suffi cient to pay for work as it progressed until completed. But on this point Mr. Burton was unyielding. Never theless the final action of the commit tee is in the nature of a compromise, for while an immediate appropriation of $50,000 is made, the army engineers are authorized to make contracts for 4250,000, which is equivalent to an a|>- propriation of $300,000. The $250,000 not carried by this bill will be incor porated in the sundry civil bill next session, in plenty of time, according to the enginers, to meet payments. There is strong hope that by the time this money is expended congress will be w illing to make the Celilo canal a con tinuing contract, so that it need not again be considered in the river and harbor bill. Three other Columbia river appro priations are split up like for the Celilo canal. Three hundred thousand dol lars is made immediately available for the mouth of the Columbia, and the engineers are authorized to make con tracts for $300,000 additional, this last sum to be carried in the next sundry - m l bill. Likewise, for improving the channel from Portland to the sea, $100.000 is appropriated in the river and harbor hill, and $125,000 addi tional will be carried in the next sun dry civil bill. For dredging a 20-foot channel between Vancouver and the mouth of the Willamette $30,i)00 cash s appropriated, and another $30,000 w ill be provided next year in the sun dry civil bill. The following amounts are all »wed or Washington: Tacoma harbor, dredging Puyallup waterway, $40,000 cash; $20,000 in sundry civil bill. I^akes Union and'Washington canal, $125,000 for dredging at Ballard ami authorization of new survey to deter mine whether a one-lock canal can he sudbetituted for the two-lock project. < irays Harbor, $30,000. Inner Cray* Harbor, $300,00. Salem, Jan. 27.— Nineteen hills were passed by the senate today. Twelve new bills were introduced. The house passed 21 of its measures. A bill has made itB appearance in the senate intended to regulate the frater nal insurance orders in the state. The Coe measure raising the age of consent has lieen unfavorably re|a>rted by the committee ami a Bulwtitute re ported favorably. It is thought the new bill w ill pass. The bill providing for agricultural institutes ami carriyng a $2,500 appro priation passe«! the house with votes to spare. Salem, Jan. 30. — 8ixte»»n new hills were introduced in the senate today. One prohibits the sale of cigarettes to minors and makes the use of them by a person under 16 years a juvenile ile- lin«|uency which may he dealt with under the juvenile law. Another is to approppriate $50,000 annually for nor mal schools. Nine hills were passed by the senate. One of those is the bill raising the sal ary of the assistant warden of the peni tentiary from $000 to $1,200 a year. Another raises the salary of the clerk of the state land lioard from $1,800 to projects that have been indorsed by the $2,400 a year. war department. In the house the b ill creating a state There appears to be method in Mr. Salem, Jan. 25.— A score of hills tax commission looking to a revision of Burton’s course. When the next con dealing with the salaries of state and the tax code was passed. The b ill cre gress organizes, Speaker Cannon will county officers have l>een introduced in ating Cascade county was passed, have to select a chairman for the com the house, and more are to follow. llood River is given as the county mittee on appropriations. This chair The most iin|s»rtant of all is the hill seat. I f the new county is created it man ought to be a man of discrimina for flat salaries for state officers. will lie in the judicial district with tion, a man of force and a man of high Speaker Mills was absent today and Multnomah ami joint legislative dis est integrity. He must be the ‘ ‘ watch Bailey, of Multnomah, was elected trict with Wasco. Strong opposition dog of the treasury.” He must be a speaker for the day. w ill develop in the senate, where the man who can dominate his committee Thirteen hills were passed by th e 1 Wasco people have centered their and hold out against all appropriations house, of which eight related to charter forces. which are not necessary. He must he amendments or incorporation acts. Nine I'ther measures were passed by able to withstand the personal appals Twenty-eight new measures were pro the house. of members. < posed. Th Jayne local option hill w ill la» There is not a single member of that In the senate eighteen hills were amended by eliminating the emergency committee today competent to become passed, a large majority relating to 1 clause ami the reduction of the number its chairman. And from the speaker’ s municipalities. One appropriates of voters require»! on a petition for a viewpoint, there is not a member in ♦ 45,000 for Indian war veterans. prohibition election from 40 to 30 per the house better equipped for that Eight new hills where introduced, cent of the electors of a precinct. place than Mr. Burton. Perhaps the j The house passed a concurrent reso Comparatively few salary hills have chairman of the river and harhoi com lution asking an investigation of the been introduced in the senate thus far, mittee had the future in view when he methods by which the Northern Pacific but it is known that others w ill lie in- took the radical course he did in dic railway secured 400,000 acres of Ore troduced later. As a rule these bills tating the terms of the present river gon timber lands. being local, they pass without question and harbor bill. The house w ill pass a b ill to grant upon the recommendation of the ilele- each county a prosecuting attorney and gation from the counties aff<‘cte»l. do away with district attorneys. A L A S K A HAS A PO O R SHO W . Representative Steiner, of lak e, has a b ill intended to end range wars. It T o Shoot Down Bandits. Senators Pay Little Attention to In forces the county in which the damage Manila, Jan. 31.— llalieas corpus has terests of Big Territory. ' is committed to pay one-half of the t>een suspended in the provinces of Ca Washington, Jan. 31. — The deter value of the stock injured or destroyed. vite and Batangas. Major General Cor mination of the senate to dispose of The senate went on record today bin is heartily »»-operating with Gov the 8wayne impeachment case means, against making trainrobbery punish ernor Wright, ami is giving him every according to senate leaders, that most able by death. A hill fixing imprison I possible aill in suppressing lawlessness. of the time between now and March ment at not less than 10 nor more than Fixleral troops consisting of detachments 4 w ill lie taken up in court duty, to 40 years was favorably reported. of picked sharpshooters work in con the exclusion of legislative matters, junction with the native scouts and the save only the necessary supply hills. j constabulary. Federal troops garrison A ll legislation which encounters objec Salem, Jan. 26.— That the legisla j the towns and martial law has prac tion will have to go over. ture w ill not adjourn short of a 40 days tically been established. The present This means not only the defeat of the session was indicated today when the situation in the two provinces is partly ship subsidy, interstate commerce and house voted down the resolution for j <lue to raids of lailrones. statehood bills, but the defeat of all final adjournment February 10. legislation relating to Alaska. It had A large number of bills were favor been hoped that several Alaskan meas ably reported to the house by the vari Waved the Red Flag. ures might be passed Indore adjourn ous committees to which they had l>een Kansas City, Jan. 31.— Two hundred ment, hut that hope has been disjielleil. assigned. Twelve new hills were intriA Plans had already been laid for bring duced. Three house bills were passed, men and women members of socialistic ing forward the Alaska delegate bill, as follows: To extend time for Cottage societies rose to their feet and cheered passed by the house last session. But Grove to give notice of tax le v y ; to a red flag at a mass meeting held here The meeting was calleil for Alaska will get no delegate by the grace authorize Clatsop county to erect a tonight. of the 58th congress. Neither w ill court house; for deficiency and legis the purpose of raising a fund for the aid of the working classes of Russia. Alaska get much else, save what is pro lative appropriations. The senate con- vided in the regular appropriation bills. cure»! in the adoption of the house oon- The czar and aristocratic class of Rus Alaska is weak in the senate for two current resolution to investigate North sia were condemneil in the strongest One speaker »»orn- reasons: A ll Alaskan legislation en ern Pacific land transactions. Fifteen terms at command. counters opposition from a few men, senate bills were passed by the senate, pansl the czar to ex-Governor Pealxsly, but what is more significant, few sen- among them Iteing: Increasing the of Colorado. Resolution* were passed the op ntors have any real interest in the great penalty for train robbery to imprison expressing smypathy with district, and not more than half a dozen ment for 10 to 40 years; to create juve pressed and denouncing the czar. men make any effort whatever to push nile courts and provide for control of through legislation which Alaska seeks. neglected children; to apppropriate PORTLAND MARKETS. There is more opposition to the dele ♦ 25,000 for the operation of the port gate hill than to any other Alaska bill age road at C elilo; to appropriate $45,- I Wheat — W alla Walla, 83c; blue- now pending, and this opposition w ill 000 for the Indian war veterans. stem, 88c; valley, 87c. he able to put a quietus on the Cush Oats— No. 1 white, $1.32X 32.36, Eleven new bills were introduced in man hill, in the present session. gray, $1.35(91.40 per cental. the senate. Hay— Timothy, $14(916 per ton; At the close of today's session 179 bills hail been introduced in the senate clover, $ 1 1 3 1 2 ; grain, $11 @12; cheat, La d ro n e s W an t M o ney. Manila, Jan. 28.— The leaders nf the and 281 in the boose. Kay's flat salary $12(913. Potatoes — Oregon fancy, 85390c; land of ladrones which recently at bill passe»I the house today with only The yearly sal common, 60(9 75c. tacked the town of San Francisco de two opposing votes. Apples— Balilwins, $1.25; Spitzen- Malalion and captured the wife and two aries proposed by this measure are: children of ex-Govrenor Trias, now de Governor $5,000; secretary of state $4,- j bergs, $1.7532 per box. mand a ransom for the release of their 500; state tr«»asurer $4,500; supreme i Eggs—Oregon ranch, 2732®*. Butter— Fancy creamery, 25330c. juflgc $4,500; attorney general $3,600. captivee.