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: Proposed Oregon Tax Law ; (Continued from lu t week) (Undivided estate of deceased persons— How assessed. Section 10. That section 3045 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, com piled and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bellinger and W illiam W. Cotton, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: > The undivided estate of any deceased person may be assessed to the heirs or devisees of such person, without desig nating them by name, until they have given notice to the assessor of the divi sion of the estate, and the names of the several heirs or devisees; and each heir and devisee shall be liable for the whole of such tax, and shall 1 %ve a right to recover of the other hei.s and devisees their respective portions there of when paid by him. (Omits provision found in section 3045 for u- sessment to occupant of an undivided estate of a deceased person—the provision lor assess ment to heirs or devisees as such, without des- Ignatius them by name, is broad enough and better calculated to bring the tax to their no tice than an assessment to a mere occupant.) (Personal property— Where assessed.) Section 11. That section 3046 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, com piled and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bellinger and William W. Cotton, be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as follows: Every person, except as otherwise provided by law, shall be assessed in the county in which he resides when the assessment is made for all taxable property owned by him, including all peisonal estate in his [«»session, or under his control as trustee, guardian, executor, or administrator; and where there are two or more persons jointly in possession, or having control of any such property in trust, the same may be assessed to either or all of such per sons, but it shall be assessed in the county where the same shall lie if eith er of such persons reside in such coun ty- (Substitutes “ except as otherwise provided by l»w ” for “ except * h provided In the suc ceeding »ection," in order to harmonize the •ection with the other changes suggested.) (Partners— How assessed.) Section 12. That section 3048 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compil ed and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bellinger and W illiam W. Cotton, lie and the same hereby ia amended to read as follows: Partners in mercantile or other busi ness may be jointly taxed in their part nership name, or severally taxed for their individual shares, for all preson- aly property employed in such busi ness; and in case they are jointly tax ed, either or any of such partners shall be liable for the whole tax. (The old lection uied the word “ inch” where “ ea ch "- - partner — wxi apparently Intended. The amendment makes either or any of the partners Jointly taxed for the personal proper ty employed liable for the whole tax, which was the evident Intent of the old section.) (Personal property of corporations— Where assessed.) Section 13.— That section 3049 of the Codes and Statutes of Oreogn, compiled and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel linger and W illiam W. Cotton, be and the same hereby is amended to read as foi lows: The personal property of every pri vate corporation is liable to taxation in the same manner as the personal prop- rety of a natural person, and shall be assessed in the name of such corpora tion in the county where the principal place of business of such corporation is located, unless otherwise specially pro vided by law; but if such corporation is enagged in the business of naviga tion, then the steamboats or other water craft of such corporation shall be assessed in the county in this state where the home port or berth of such steamboat or other water craft may be. The personal property of a private cor poration may be seised and sold for any tax levied upon the property of such corporation as in the case of a natural person. (The section amended contains certain pro visions which were repealed by Implication by General Laws, Special Session, 1HKV page H, and these provisions have been omitted in the amendment recommended. Adds "unlessoth- erwise specially provided by law" to the rule that personal property of private corporations is to be assessed in the county where the prin cipal place of business of the corporation Is lo cated: this amendment Is necessary to harmon ise with other provisions of the act recom mended.) (Lands— Where taxed.) Section 14. A ll lands shall be taxed in the county in which the same shall lie. (New; but compare B. A C. Comp., section I0n7. A distinction is made in the use of the words "taxed" and "assessed" as the act of tax ation may be performed In thecounty, although the assessment might properly be made- as by a central board—in another county; for in stance, at the capital.) (Merchandise, capital and machinery— Where taxable.) 8ection 15.— A ll goods, wares and merchandise kept for sale in this state, all stock employed in any of the me chanical arts, and all capital and ma chinery employed in any branch of manufacture« or other business within this state, owned by a corporation in or out of this state, or by any person, whether residing in or out of this state, •hall be taxable in the county or city or other municipal corporation where the same may be, either to the owners thereof or to the person or corporation who shall have charge of or lie in pos session of the same. 18 hereof, and it shall be the duty ot each assessor to value all improvements on claimed United States lands within his county as personal property. (Omits provision for a special ratio of assess- | incut and taxation for .sea going ve»neiit, which violate« the constitutional provision« aa to uni* formity and equality.) not to be taxed.) Section 16. The owner or holder of stock in any incorporated company which is taxed on its capital stock shall not be taxed as an individual for such stock. (Pledged personal property taxed to possessor.) Section 17. When personal property is mortgaged or pledged it shall, for the purpose of taxation, be deemed the property of the person who has the possession. (Plats or surveys and towns — Present ownership book or list — Taxpayers’ index.) Section 20. That section 3061 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 aa follows: The asssesor of each county shall make a plat of the government surveys, and of all town plats within his coun ty, and shall note therein, or in a pres (Sections 14, 1« and 17 are respectively sec ent ownership book or list, the owner tions 3047,3044 and 3046, B. A C. Comp., without of each tract of land, and of each town change.) lot; and in counties where the assessor (O f the Duties of Asessors.) shall describe the land in the roll in (Assessments, How Made). the order of its location upon the Section 18. That section 3057 of the ground he shall keep a taxpayers' in Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled dex for each year, which shall be a and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel public record subject to general inspec- linger a.id W illiam W . Cotton, as the | tion; and in such index shall be en- same was reenacted by section 1 of an | tered the name of every taxpayer act approved December 24, 1903, and against whom any tax shall be charged found on page 4 et sequitur of the Gen in the county, in alphabetical order eral Laws of Oregon, Special Session, with reference to the first three letters 1903, be and the same hereby is amend of the surname of such taxpayers as ed to read as follows: have surnames, and of the first names The assessor after qualifying shall, of any others, and shall refer to the on the first Monday in March in each pages and lines of the roil where the year, procure from the county clerk a assessment of such taxpayer may be blank assessment roll, and forthwith found. proceed and assess all taxable property (Provides for present ownership book or list, within his county, except such as by or else assessor's noting ownership on plats as at present. Taxpayers' index kept when the law is to be otherwise assessed, and roll is geographically arranged shall refer to shall return to such county clerk, on or page and fine of roll, the ola law seeming to provide merely for a list of taxpayers, which is before the first Monday in October next hut half an index.) following, such assessment roll with a full and complete assessment of such (Stock or other personalty of nonresi dents.) taxable property entered thereon, in Section 21. That section 3062 of the cluding a full and precise description of the lands and lots owned by each person Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled therein named, on March 1 of said and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel year, at the hour of 1 o’ clock a. m., linger and W illiam W . Cotton, be and which description shall correspond with the same hereby is amended to read as the plan or plat of any town laid out follows: Whenever any live stock or other or recorded; and said lands or town lots shall be valued at their true cash personal property of non-residents in value, taking into consideration the im this state shall be pointed out to the provements on the land and in the sur assessor by any resident householder of rounding country, the quality of the his county it shall be the duty of the soil, its convenience to transportation assessor to assess the same at its cash lines, public roads, and other local ad value; and such stock or other personal vantages of a similar or different kind. property shall be held liable for the True cash value of all property shall be payment of the taxes thereon in the held and taken to mean the amount same manner as the personal property such property would sell for at a volun of resident citizens is held liable. (No change except to use word "live stock" tary sale made in the ordinary course instead of ’’stock" to clear up the present im- of business, taking into consideration blgnity as to what kind of stock is meant—live its earning power. No deduction of in or corporate.) debtedness from assessments or taxa (Assessment roll and appraisement of tion shall be allowed in any case. A ll property.) land shall be taxed in the county in Section 22. Thpt section 3069 of the which the same shall lie; and, except as otherwise provided .by law, every Codes and Statutes of Oregon, .compiled person shall be assessed in the county and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel where he resides at the hour of 1 linger and W illiam W . Cotton, be and o'clock a. m. on March 1 of the year the same hereby is amended to read as when the assessment shall be made for follows: A t the time preserbied by law the all real and personal property owned by him within such county, but if the assessor in each county shall ascertain owner of any land be unknown, such by diligent inquiry the names of all land may be assessed to “ unknown persons liable to taxation in his county owner,” or “ unknown owners,” with who by law are assessable to him, and out inserting the name of any owner; also all the taxable personal property, but no assessment shall be invalidated and all taxable real estate therein by a mistake in the name of the owner which by law is assessable by him, and of the real property assessed, or by the make out an assessment roll of all such omission of the name of the owner, or property, and appraise the same ac the entry of a name other than that of cording to the provisions of the statutes the true owner, if the property be cor relating thereto. rectly described; and provided further, that where the name of the true owner, or the owner of record, of any parcel of real property shall be given, such as sessment shall not be held invaild on account of any error or irregularity in the description, provided such descrip tion would be sufficient in a deed of conveyance from the owner; or on ac count of any description upon which, in a contract to convey, a court of equity would decree a conveyance to be made. (The amendment recommended makes It the assessor’s duty to assess property for which some other mode of assessment is not by law provided; makes the limit of the return of the assessment roll the first Monday in October In stead of the S rst Monday In September. The old law provides for the giving of notice that the board of equalisation w ill meet the last Monday In August. There Is no other provi sion for the time of the meeting of the board. (H. A 0. Comp., section » 080 , reenacted special session 1903,] Section 3047, above amended, permitted an extension of time for flUng the roll If necessary until the flist Monday In Octo ber. In practice the roll is seldom or never ready for equalisation by the flrst Monday In Septemtior, and the time Is usually extended, and the board meets when the roll Is filed. But the old law provided for the board meeting be fore the assessor was required to Die the roll, and at no other time. The Jurisdiction of the board la thus thrown Into question. The provision for giving notice of the meet ing the last Monday in August is s relic of the drat code in this state, and was originally In tended to provide that the assessor and auditor should meet at the courthouse to correct pure ly clerical errors, etc., one week before the county court equalised the roll, the board of equalisation not then being known. Since then the scheme has been completely changed, and the provisions are now, owing to cureless editing in amendments, contradictory and im possible. The amendment recommended omits the pro vision for the extension of the time of filing the assessment roll, but gives the assessor the same limit as under the present law he could be giv en by the county court. Omits definitions of real property and laud, which have been de fined in section 2 of this act; omits provision that all land must be assessed [distinguishing assessed from taxed; see section 14 of this act] in the county where located; omits provisions as to assessment of unoccupied lana as such, »em itting the assessment of land as to un- inown owner, when the owner is unknown, re gardless of occupancy. Provides for consider ation of earning power in determining value.) 1 (Personal property— How valued.) Section 19. That section 3058 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel linger and W illiam W . Cotton, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: A ll personal property not exempt from taxation shall be valued at its (When company is taxed owner of stork true value in cash, as defined in section K new W hat He W ee D otes. M o re o f It C a a ila g . In I Condensed Form lor Oir Bosy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS A Rasuma o f thu Loss Important but Not Lana Interesting Event" o f the Past Week. The Spanish cabinet has resigned. London papers say it is a mistake to believe Japan wants to fight the United Sttaes. Indiana has started suit against the Big Four railroad for failure to supply necessary freight cars. The British government is looking for a suitable man to send to the United States as ambassador. It is estimated that in vatrious parts of the Russian empire 20,000,000 peo ple are In need of food, owing to the failure of crops. A new treaty w ill be Bent to the sen ate defining the title of the Isle of Pines, and which would accord Am eri can settlers more protection. The dreaded San Jose scale has been discovered in several orchards in the East. It si thought the insects have been carried on nursery stock from the West. (Owner or managing agent to furnish list of property— Penalty for and proceedings after refusal.) Section 23. That section 3070 of the Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled anti annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel linger and W illiam W . Cotton, be and the same hereby is amended to read as follows: Every assessor shall require any per son liable to be taxed in his county and to be assessed by him, and the manag ing agent or officer of any corporation or association liable to be taxed in his county and to be assessed by him, to furnish such assessor a list of all the real estate of auth person, corporation, or association situate in his county lia ble to taxation, and a list of all the personal property of such person, cor poration, or association liable to taxa tion in this state, and shall require such person, managing agent, or officer to make oath that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, such list contains a full and true account of all its or his property liable to be taxed in such county; and if any person shall refuse to furnish such list, or to swear to the same when required so to do by the as sessor, such person shall forfeit and pay to the assessor, for the use of the coun ty, the sum of $50, which sum may be recovered by motion in any court hav ing jurisdiction of matters of debt or contract to the amount of $50. Should any such person, managing agent, or officer, when so required, refuse to furn ish and to swear to such list the assess or shall ascertain the taxable property of such person, corporation, or associa tion, and shall appraise the same from the best information to be derived from other sources. (Bv«U1«a amending «option 3070, Incorporated atao the essential« of B. A C. Comp., section 3049. Kxtemls the provisions of section 3070 to include managing agents or officers of corpor ation or asaodatIon Isable to assessment by the assessor; increases the penalty from »30 to |40, —It being common experience that many per sons prefer to run their chances of having to pay a »30 penalty rather than make the state ment required.) (To be continued next week) Main Task B torn It Will Bo the Ap propriation Bills. Washington, Dec. 3.— The ]xtssage of the appropriation bills and as little other general legislation as possible— such In brief Is the forecast for the short session of the 59th congress, which w ill begin at high noon today. There has not yet been time for as general an exchange of views among members as is ordinarily desired by leaders before expressing their views, but all seem to regard the present situ ation as so simple as to need compara tively little intercourse to arrive at an understanding. It is evident, for vari ous reasons, that it w ill not be possible to do muceh on the appropriation bills before the holidays, and the circum stance will have the effect of condensing the consideration of the 14 regular sup ply measures into two months. , Considering that the aggregate of the appropriations to be considered w ill approximate $1,000,000,000, some sen ators and members express the opinion that congress cannot do better than give all of its time to these measures. The report on the ship subsidy b ill probably will be an exception to the rule for no general legislation. The friends of that measure have never been more insistent than now. They are extremely hopeful, and yet very appre hensive. The b ill lias passed the senate and is in committee in the house. The com mittee has heretofore been quite evenly divided, but the advocates of the bill believe that they w ill be able to get it out in due season anil they hope for its consideration when once reported to the house. Secretary Shaw estimates that $698,- 028,453 w ill be required for the gov RELATIONS ACUTE. ernment service for the year ending June 30, 1908. This is less than was Japanese Government Aska Too Much appropriated for the fiscal year of 1907. for Her Subjects. A ll insurance policies covering build Washington, Dec. 3.— The relations ings owned or controlled by the tobacco between the United States anti Japan trust in Western Kentucky have been cancelled. The companies fear more as a result of the attitude of the Japan warehouses w ill be burned by angry ese government toward the California mobs. authorities in school matters have be A universal suffrage b ill has been come acute. An erroneous impression passed in Austria. as to the president's position has been Senator Fulton has a remedy for the widely circulated. Japanese problem. The president absolutely concurs The United States leads all countries with the opinion of Secretary Metcalf that the Japanese have no cause for in the production of precioeu metals. grievance and that no treaty right has The drug combine has been declared been infringed. At the outset the pres an illegal trust by a Philadelphia court. ident took the stand tliat treaties su Alleged revolutionists continue their perseded all state anti other laws. Now reign of bloodshed across the Mexican he is convinced that, in giving the Jap anese students 'equal educational rights border. while separating them from other King Menelik, of Abyssinia, is near schools, all has been done that is ne death and a war for his successor w ill cessary. follow. Outside of racial differences, there is A mob of masked men plundered and another reason for segregation, and burned a plant of the tobaccco trust in that is that many of the Japanese stu dents are adults. The president will Kentucky. stand strictly upon treaty agreements, The 8t. Paul railroad has increased but he thinks too much is being asked its capital for the purpose of Pacific by the Japanese government. It is coast extensions. known that the president feels that the Texas bandits threw the express mes Japanese, with an enormous personal senger from the train and looted the conceit and tremendous personal ego car at their leisure. tism, are trying to impose upon the Thirty Btates w ill be represented at people of San Francisco and the Pacific the conference at Des Moines to rdirect coast. (Only change lx to provide that the aaaeaaor , aaaeaaea property which by law ia aaseaaable by senatorial elections. him, thua permitting the legislature to plate I t is estimated that elections for the duty to aaaeaa certain claasea of property elaewhere. members of the English parliament L o c a l C o lo r . Not more than 2,500 persons In Paris T m F la lc a l. Mrs. Goodaole— What odd conftaats one have a capital of as much as $200,000, "Prisoner." said the judge, who was and nearly one-third of those are foreign about to pronounce sentence upon the finds in society ! Mrs. Bed pep— O, yes; In the blue book ers. culprit, “If, instead of being a chronic offender, you had chosen the career of a you find the names of ever so many peo S a t ls fs e t s fv . ple that are hopelessly green. Picking up a book from the counter, law-abiding cltlsen----- " “I am a law-abiding cltlsen.” your hon d o s t SI H i n t . the lady turned to the last page and or.” Interrupted the hardened crook. | An Irish provincial paper recently read: "Whenever I break a law I am ready to printed the following notice: “Whereat, "And so they were divorced and lived abide the consequences.” happily ever after.” Thereupon hia honor added alt months Patrick O'Connor lately left his lodg “This book,” she said to the clerk, to the term of Imprisonment he had In ings, this Is to give notice that If be -Is evidently all right Wrap It up, tended to Impose, as a punishment for does not return at once and pay for the tame he will be advertised." picking Saws in the court's English. please.” "Henry, how do you like my new “Mr. Oreengross, you told me you could gown? Isn't It a dream?” guarantee theee eggs.” "It la, dear: and the bill will bs a "Ho I did, ma'am. Ton wanted them cheap, and I sold them to you with the nightmare.”—Chicago Tribune. guarantee that always goes with 12-cent 1-eve e t C e e e i r v . agga." (levers 1 men were chatting together. "What la that, prsyT One of them, a Oreek. was praising his "That you'd bring 'em bach." country. “Greece," said he. "Is the moat beau Gladys—Tea say you can't endure that tiresome Jack Harkalong. yet yon seem tlful land In the world. Tbs blue bear to be encouraging him with all your ena laugh perennially over Greece." "Why. that's nothing." said a Hun might. Irene—f want to have the satisfaction garian, “the whole world laughs over ef refusing him. He hnan't prog seed yet Hungary."—Jiueud. NEWS OF THE WEEK W ORK OF C O NGREbS. Tost 98 cents per vote. BIGGER NAVY YARD FOR COAST. Government May Enlarge Facilities at Bremerton to Meet Needs One governor of a Cuban province Washington, Dec. 3.— The Navy de has resigned rather than reinstate vari ous officers in his province, who he de partment has received a report of the dared were assassins. special board detailed to look into the The Illinois Central w ill spend $2,- situation at the Puget Sound navy yard 000,000 elevating its tracks in Chicago. with a view to determining the line of One day recently 4,650 steerage pas its proper development, year by year, sengers arrived in New York from Eu in order that there may be eventually, at that establishment, such a complete rope. plant for repair, and possibly for con There is a coal shortage in San Fran cisco and the price has been boosted $3 struction, as will be needed on the Pa cific coast. per ton. It is pointed out in the report that A t its next session congress w ill be it would be of advantage to naval inter asked to pay for entertainments by our ests and of value to naval efficiency to foreign ambassadors and ministers. depvelop the Puget Sound plant into a I t is alleged that an attempt has been battleship yard, with facilities for doing made to poison one of the Twitnesses the largest kind of work, and all with a in the land fraud trials now on at Salt view to the chance that it may be neces sary to have, convenient on the Pacific Lake. coast, a means of repairing ships of the Tenement house residents of New Pacific and Asiatic stations. York’s East Side have begun a war on butcher shops for raising the price of Wrestle With Spelling meat. Washington, Dec. 3.— The subcom Realty in Victoria, B. C., has in mittee of the house committee on ap creased 26 per cent in value on the an propriations, which has been consider nouncement of improvements by the ing the leigslative, executive and judi Canadian Pacific. cial appropriation bill, has completed The subcommittee fol A new all-Canadian mail service re its hearings. cord has been established by the trip lowed the old method of spelling in pre The full committee from London to Vancouver, B. C., be paring the bill. w ill take up the bill today and It w ill ing made in 11 days. be for It to decide whether the old or The use of tobacco in any form is be the simplified form of spelling shall be ing driven from the university at Lin used. It is expected that the b ill w ill coln, Neb. be ready to report to the house next British Columbian Indians are in the Thursday. habit of selling their girls as soon as they are ol denough to find a buyer. Debt Reduced *7,000.000. An effort is to be made to stop the prac- Washington, Dec. 3.— The monthly tioe. statement of the public debt shows that W ith the thermometer standing near at the close of business November 30, the zero mark a large number of prom the total debt, less cash in the treas inent citizens of Payette, Inaho, held ury, amounted to $944,329,429, which up a coal train anti took two cars for is a decrease for the month of $7,841,- their own use. Thye were prevented 935. The cash in the treasury is given Gold reserve, $150,000,- from taking moreb y a promts eof relief as follows: 000; In treasury funds, 1,112,089,869; by the railroad company. general fund, $193,717,111 ; in national The Canadian governoment has agreed hank depositaries, $145,559,438; in to place a lifeboat service on the south Philippine treasury, $5,003,377. To ern portion of Vancouver island coast, tal, $1,606,369,796; against which the marine graveyard. there are liabilities of $1,224,899,509. Investigation has shown amounts of money intended Ruseian famine sufferers has eted by those intrusted with B USINESS PARALYZED EVERY C O U N T Y PAID IN FULL Car Shortags Causirg Heavy Losses Oregon Is Out o f Debt, and Will Be Until Early Next Year. to Shippers. Salem— For the first time in the his McMinnville— To say nothing of the car shortage for the immense lumber tory of the state every county has paid In the lust trade in this county, shippers are at its state taxes in full. least 300 cars short. A McMinnville three or four years the payments have hopbuyer said that the growers in this been prompt and only two or three part of the oounty are already losers counties were delinquent and only for comparatively small sums. Now, how by $20,000 on account of not being ever, that the last half of the state tax able to get cars when they liad a chance from tlie several counties is delinquent, a balance of accounts has been struck to sell, and little relief is in sight. W ool shipments have been delayed; and not a dollar is found to be due the state. Until a few tlays ago one county and the farmers put to great inconven lead not paid, but the oounty treasurer ience and loss. remitted before delinquency sturted the The potato crop is waiting shipment accumulation of interest. with no cars. A great part of It is on Though the finances of the state are the sidetracks and a freeze would re in excellent condition and the state has sult in great loss. A prominent ship not a dollar of debt, it is apparent that per saici: the treasury w ill be depleted early in “ The company does not build enough 1907, and that for some time warrants tars to keep up with the wonderful in must be indorsed for want of funtls and crease of business, anti what they have the state must [>ay interest thereon. are poorly handled. For instance, cars No more state taxes w ill be due until come in here every day from the East, April. are unloaded here and are sent empty to Portland, after staying here for two Corn in Benton County. or three tlays. They could just as well Corvallis— On old wheat land in this be loaded here for Portland. The car county, John Whitaker, living 12 miles shortage is the greatest handicap in south of Corvallis, grew this season 1,- business this section of country has 000 bushels of corn on 14 acres of ever suffered from.” ground. The yield is more than 70 bushels per acre, which is understood to be a sat isfactory yield in the corn Lane Could Uze 3,000 Cars. The soil is Eugene — The W illam ette valley car belt of the Middle West. shortage is seriously affecting the busi sandy loam, but has been cropped for ness of lan e county lumiier concerns. many years to wheat. The success Mr. The Booth-Kelly company’s big m ill at Whitaker has hail this and other years Wendling has closed down on that ac w ill lead him to plant a larger acreage count, forcing between 250 anil 400 of com next season. men into idleness. The company’s Will Colonize Big Tract. Springfield m ill is running only in the day time, the night shift having been " Oregon City— Judge T. F. Ryan has laid off several months ajro, forcing 100 made the sale for H . Grim, of Texas, men to seek employment elsewhere. of 800 acres of land, four miles north The company at the present time is east of Molalla, to W . H. Bair, of Can- short 1,700 cars, and it is estimated by. This farm w ill be subdivided into that the total shortage in the county is small tracts and disposed of through a 3,000 cars. The Mohaw k Lumber com plan of colonization. Only 80 acres of pany’s m ill has closed down. the large tract are under cultivation, but the rest can easily be cleared by the individual purchaseas of the tracts. Brownsville Feels Gloomy. Brownsville— Inability to obtain cars The land is rich anti productive and is for transportation of lumber is puralyz- one of the most fertile sections in the ing the business of the lumbermen of county. this section. The shortage has existed for seven weeks, during which period not a single car lias been louded at this station, the railroad company absolute ly refusing to supply cars at all. That no relief is in sight is potent from the fact that a conference, held in Portland a few tlays ago, between Mayor W . P. Elmore, of this city, ami J. P. O’ Brien, of the Southern Pacific, in reference to the car shortage, failed utterly, no encouragement whatever being offered. W. M Ladd Hat Resigned Sialem— W . M. Ladd has resigned from his position as a member of the State Textbook commission, and Gov ernor Chamberlain has appointed M. A. M iller, of Lebanon, to succeed him. M iller is state senator from Linn coun ty and is a member of the board of re gents of the Univeristy of Oregon. He lias given considerable attention to pub lic schools anti to the subject of public school textbooks. It Is thought that for this reason he was appointed. He Linn Needs 50 fo" G-ain. has always asserted that textbooks cost Albany — There is [ reat suffering too much. from the car shortage in towns on the branch lines in this part of the state. Can Factory for Astoria. Being a railroad junction and a distri Astoria— Articles of incorporation of buting point, A litany is more favored the Kendall Can company have been than any other valley city, but condi filed in the county clerk’s office. The tions even here are very bail. Shippers incorporators are George W . Sanborn, can get cars for Portland, but absolute F. P. Kendall and G. C. Fulton, and ly nothing for the south. The greatest the capital stock is $100,000, divided need is for cars for grain and farm pro into 1,000 shares of $100 each. The duce on branch lines. Shippers are un company is making arrangements for able to fill orders, and the demand for the erection of a plant that w ill be cars is jrrowing greater every day. At equipped with the most modern machin least 50 cars are needed now for grain ery for the manufacture of all classes ot alone. cans. Short at Salem Salem— Slowly but surely the short age of cars, which has existed in seri ous form for the past two months or more, is sapping the vitality of all the industries of the W illam ette valley. Hopgrowers’ market has been brought to practically a complete standstill, it being impossible to secure shipment of a single bale out of the city. The O. C. T. and O. R. & N. companies have refused to accept any more shipments of hops to Portland by boat, up to the present time the only means of trans portation available. Inconvenience a* * Grants Past Grants Pass— The Southern Pacific w ill not furnish cars for California points, except for fruit. The California Pine Box A Lumiier company is also handicapped by not being able to get lumber shipped from outside points, but the company is running its usual force, and is putting in full time. The Fruit Growers' union has been able to get all the cars needed to ship apples both to California and the East. Merch ants have been inconvenienced. Woodburn Wants 58- Wood bum— If relief docs not come soon there w ill be considerable loss from the car shortage here, if a freeze comes anil the contents of warehouses are affected. Among the cars needed are 16 for potatoes, 20 for hay and 22 for hope. Of these 58 cars, some were ordered before November 1. Farmers are anxious to sell, but the commission houses cannot buy so long as they can not get cars. Clackamas Wants Batter Roads. Oregon City— Commendable interest in bringing about an improved condi tion in many of the highways of the county is being exhibited hy the taxpay ers residing in several of the important road districts. Several meetings have been held in different sections of the county, when a special tax has been or dered levied, the proreeds from which w ill be ntilized, together with what may be appropriated by the county, in placing in suhstanital repair the thor oughfares in such districts. At a meet ing of the taxpayers of the Highland road district a special tax of 6 mills was ordered levied for this purpose. that large Uncle Sam Maks« Money. to relieve Washington, Dec. 3. — The monthly been pock the funds. statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows that for No The Alabama Great Southern rail- vember the total receipts were $65,- road has given an increase of 5 per cent 602,498 and the expenditures $48,322,- in wages to all its employes receiving 507, thus showing a surplus for the month of $7,280,000 and for the seven lees than $200 per month. months of the fiscal year of $14,776,- In thel ntorstate Comroere hearing at IVo B s t s s s a l l a g C lre w a a s t a a e o s . 000. For the last month the receipts The two boys had pleaded guilty to the Salt lake a witness declared the Unon from customs Amounted to $26,921,327; Irrigation at Freewater. rharge of entering a man's garden ia the Pacifier ailroad prevented opposition Freewater— W inter irrigation of the dead of night and stealing hla peaches and from acquiring coal lands by the use of from Internal revenues $24,860,342 and from miscellaneous sources, $4,620,828. Hudson Bay district, 10 miles below grapes. dynamite. "Under ordinary conditions, my lads,” this city, ia now in full prorgese, irri Dr. D. P. Barrows, director of educa •aid the justice, "I might overlook the Coal Famine Closes School gation from the big Burlingame ditch offense. If yon had helped yourselves te tion in the Philippines, says the is- Minneapolis, Dec. 3.— The real situ and its laterals revering an area of • small portion of the fruit, and been tan.ta are in good condition generally ation in the country district has be about 20,000 acres of fruit and rich al satisfied with that, I should have con •peaking. There is no market for sugar come worse since the cold snap. One falfa Unde. A t this season of the year sidered It merely a slight misdemeanor and tobacco. dealer said that Garretaon, 8. D., is all the waters of the W alla Walla and and let you off with a lecture. But you The Japanese government is said to shout to close its schools because of the Tum-a-lum rivers below the Pea stole nearly his entire crop. This man. In some of the towns cock and Eagle mills in this city are moreover, la a life Insurance agent, and understand the recent school situation tack of real. While she may near Garretsnn residents have threat available for irrigation, which has It Is about all he ran do to make a living in San Franciscn. these days. I shall send you te the re punish the Bay City a bit, nothing ened to move away If real is not fur proved to be a successful plan in this nished soon. particular district. form school." more will come of the affair. Fever Phonetic Readers. Pendleton— The sixth annual conven tion of the eastern division of the State Teachers' association, adopted a resolution requesting the State Text book commission to adopt some series of readers based on a system of pho netics. Cold Weather in John Day Canyon City— John Day valley resi dents have experieneed a sharp taste of winter, snow falling in the mountains unt il some of the roads were almost im passible. No stock was lost, and there is no fuel famine here. PO R TLAN D M ARKETS Fruite— Apples, common to choice, 60(3,75c per box; choice to fancy, $10) 2.50; grapes, $1.65(5,2.25 per crate; peara, $1(5U .50; cranberries, $12(5)13 per barrel; persimmons, $1.50perbox. Vegetables— Cabbage, l ) i @ l ) $ c ; cauliflower, $1.20 per dozen; celery, 75 (5,90c per dozen; lettuce, head, 30c per dozen; onions, 10(5 ,12>$c per dozen; bell peppers, 8c; pumpkins, l>£c per pound; spinach, 4(3 5c per pound; squash, 1(5)1 ^ c ; turnips, 90c(5,$l per sack; carrots, 90cO $1 per sack; beets, $1.25(5)1.50 per sack; horseradish, 9 ® 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2% @ 2)$c per pound. Onions— Oregon, ?5c@$l per ewt. Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, fancy, $1(5)1.10; common, 70@90c. Butter— Fancy creamery, 27%@32%c per pound. Eggs— Oregon ranch, 35(3,37 Wc per dozen. Poultry— Average old hens, 1213,13c per pound; mixed chickens, 12@,12)$c; spring, 12)«3>13l$e; old roosters, 8(5) 10c; dressed chickens, 14(5 15c; tur keys, live, 17(517}$c; turkeys, dressed, choice, 21(S22)4 c ; geese, live, 10c; ducks, 15(5,16c;. Wheat— Club, 63(5,64c; bluestem, 67(568c; valley, 66<8 67c; red, 61@62c. Oats— No. 1 white, $25(5 25.50; gray, $24.50(5 25 per ton. Barley— Feed, $21(321.50 per ton; brewing, $22.50; rolled, $22.60(3)24. Rye— $1.40(3) 1 .45 per cwt. Corn— Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, $11(3.12 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 @16; clover. $7(3 8; cheat, $7.50(3 8.50; grain hay, $7.60(38.50; alfalfa, $11.50; vetch hay, $7(3)7.50. Veal— Dressed, 5)$(8,8c per pound. Beef— Dressed bulls, 1(3 2c per pound; cows, 40 5c; country steers, 50 5 )* e . Mutton— Dressed, fancy, 8@91$cper pound: ordinary, 80 7c. Pork— D res««!, 60 8c per pound. Hops— 1IO 14c per pound, according to quality. Wool— Eastern Oregon average best, 13(3 18c per pound, according to shrink age; valley, 20(3 21c, according to fine ness; Mohair, choice, 260 28c.