The Estacada News
W RECK ON INTE R URBAN.
Imtied (K h Tlwnday
Tacoma-Seattle Passenger and Work
Trains Meet on Curve.
ESTACADA
........ OREGON
NEWS OF THE WEEK
In a Condensed Form (or Oar
Busy Readers.
A Resume o f the Lees Importent but
Not Less Interesting Events
o f the Pest Week.
Great Britain wants Gongo annexed
by Belgium.
Business throughout the
United
States for 1908 broke all former records
Five tramps were killed in a freight
wreck on the 8. P. near Truekee, Cal.
Wholesale fraud has been discovered
fn the management of an Alabama rail
road.
Dowieites denounce Voliva, the gen
eral overseer of Zion City, as being the
devil.
One person was killed and many in
jured by a runaway electric car at Cin
cinnati.
A San Francisco Japanese paper ad
vocates the assassination of President
Roosevelt and the mikado.
The “Russian government has sup
pressed General Kuropatkin’s book on
the recent war with Jtt|ran.
The pope expresses a desire for mar
tyrdom in the cause of the church and
urges French clergy to resist the state.
Kvery blue law remaining on the
statute books of Massachusetts is l>eing
enforced by the Boston police commis
sion.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 27. — Interur-
ban train No. 3, bound from Beattie to
Tacoma, and a work train consisting of
a motor and fixe flatcars, collided head-
on in a cut about a mile east of Milton
Wednesday morning.
Two persons
were killed, one probably fatally hurt,
and 14 more or less badly hurt. The
first coach of the interurban passenger
was telescoped, and two of the Hatcars
piled on top of it.
There were about 20 passengers in
the telescoped smoker, some of whom
strangely escaped with only slight in
juries. The car was entirely demol
ished, and some of the passengers were
hurled 20 feet In the flying wreckage.
Train No. 3 from Beattie was late
and had orders to sidetrack at Edge-
wood to let No. 6, the passenger for
Seattle, pass.
The work train was
given orders at Milton to follow No. 6
to Edgewood. C. R. Foss, a brakeman
on the work train, was sent to Edge,
wood on No. 8 with orders to flag No.
3 and hold it on the sidetrack until the
work train cleared.
He either failed
to place the (lag or there was a misun
derstanding of orders.
Foss disap
peared and cannot be found.
No. 3 pulled out on the main track
as soon as No. 6 pass*-d and being late,
started down the grade at a good speed.
Half a mile this side of Edgewood on a
curve that runs through a deep cut, it
met the work train.
The curve is so
short that it was impossible for the
crews of either train to see the other
until too late to stop.
The trains came together with a crash
that was heard half a mile.
The two
forward cars of the work train went
over the platform of the first car of the
passenger, striking it at an angle on ac
count of the curve. To this fact alone
is due the escape from death of every
passenger in the car.
The Columbia jetty is almost cet-
tain to get $1,000,000 from the present THEY A L L “ C IN C H " UN CLE SAM .
congress and the Celilo canal $200,000
cash and authority for as much more.
Railroads Gzt Three Prices for C ar
The governor of Akmolinsk province,
rying Malls.
Russia, las been assassinated.
Chicago, Dec. 28. — Statistics com
Kastern college professors say they piled by the representatives of the
find the majority of athletes do not United Typothetae of America and the
study enough.
American Weekly Publishers’ associa
Bryan has tacitly admitted hiB candi tion, organizations which are vigor
dacy for president.
ously fighting the movoment to increase
Another murdre by a negro soldier at the postage for second-class mail mat
E l Reno, Okla., has stirred up the citi ter, shew that the government is pay
ing the railways three times as much
zens of that town.
on the average for the transportation of
The Iowa State Teachers’ convention mail matter as the express companies
adopted resolutions favoring simplifica pay the railroads for like service.|
tion of English spelling.
On the basis of the postmaster gen
eral’s statistics, the publishers assert
A ll nations represented at the Alge-
that the government »luring the fiscal
ciras convnetion regarding Morocan re
year ended June 30, 1907, will pay the
forms have ratified the treaty.
roads almost $23,000,000 more than
The administration fears there will the express companies would pay them
be a revolution in Cuba before the Jan for hauling the same tonnage. The
uary elections and men and ships are printers and publishers compile the
being held in readiness to rush to the statistics to show tliat the government,
for the purpose of reducing the annual
scene.
|> 08 toflice deficit, rather should reduce
Commissioner of lab or N eill is try its outlay for the transportation than
ing to settle the strike of railway fire Increase the rate for second-class mat
men, but finds many obstacles.
ter.
“ One of the chief needB of the gov
The grand jury investigating the New
York Life Insurance company has re ernment is an expert traffic manager,”
turned indictments against George W . said W . D. Boyce, a Chicago publisher.
Perkins, formerly vice president of the “ It then would get us good rates as the
company, and Charles 8. Fairchild, a express companies.”
member of the finance committee.
A grand nephew of the Pullman car
IT DENIES JU R IS D IC T IO N .
magnate has been found in the New
York tenement district poor and hun
Standard Raizes New Technical Point
gry. lie is heir to a fortune.
Against Government Suit.
Yaqui Indians luive killed eight
8t. Louis, Dec. 28.— The Standard
Mexicans in 8onora.
Oil company of New Jersey and 80-odil
FEAR INSURRECTION
New Elections In Cubb May Not
Settle Troubles.
WHAT MAY MEAN ANNEXATION
Farther Intervention Would Bring On
Inevitable— Annexation Wanted
by F* w People.
Washington, Dec. 29.— Occasional
rumbling or rumors of little sideshow
insurrections popping up in certain
provinces of Cuba are tending to keep
the Unite»l BtateB from forgetting the
problem it has to deal with down there.
There are some angles in this problem
that have received little attention as far
as the public is concerned, but which
liave occupied and are now occupying
much attention on the part of high gov
ernment officials and ailministration
advisers among the members of con
gress.
It is a fact not generally known that
our government entertains grave fears
regarding wiiut may happen following
the Cuban elections in January. A
great many have believed that inter
vention by the United States w ill have
accomplished its purpose as »poll as a
new government lias been chosen by the
Cuban people; ttiat our forces would
withdraw after inaugurating this new’
government with tranquility estab
lished. That is the rosy view of the
situation, anil everything would be
lovely if onr high officials were sure it
would work out just that way.
But they are not sure. President
Roosevelt, it is undersbxid, has grave
doubts about the effect of the coming
election on the defeated party.
I f we be forced to do any more inter
vening there w ill be an effort by a cer
tain element to force annexation, which
some of our ablest statesmen insist is
something that comparatively few peo
ple in this country want.
The ailimn-
iatration recognizes the embarassing
situation that may confront it and, after
President Roosevelt's warning to Cu
bans to “ lie gixxl” in the future or take
the consequences, the question is just
what course shall be pursued if the
Cubans don’ t stay good.
W ILL C O NFE R ON JAPAN E SE .
Bonaparte to Consult Devlin on San
Francisco Case.
Washington, Dec. 29.— United States
District Attorney Robert F. Devlin, of
San Francisco, w ho was called to Wash
ington by Attorney General Bonaparte
for a conference regarding the exclusion
of Japanese pupils from the public
schools of Sun Francisco, arrived last
night and w ill be at the department of
Justice toilay
Mr. Ileviin refused to
discuss his mission, declaring that the
matter is in the bunds of the attorney
general.
“ Two weeks ago I had a conference
with the Han Francisco trnanl of educa
tion, at the re»|uest of Attorney General
Mixxiy,” ho said, "when a statement of
facts wus agree»! upon and forwarded to
the attorney general. A few days later
I was called to Washington and I do not
know officially that I am here to discuss
the Japanese question.”
S T O C K T O O LO N G ON JO URN EY
E D U C A T IO N IN P H IL IP P IN E S .
Director
Says Schools and
Constantly Increase.
Pupils
Washington, Dec. 26.— The sixth an
nual report of the director of education
in the Philippines concerning the activ
ities of the educational work in the
islands for the year ending June 30,
1906, shows that there are now 3,166
primary schools in the islands, with an
average of 375,564 pupils. Seven hun
dred American and 6,224 Filipino
teachers are employed. A ll of the
school divisions, the report says, con
ducted teachers’ institutes,
varying
from four to six weeks in the different
provinces. The instruction given was
divided between the common brandies
of the intermediate course and special
topics of instruction, such as school
gardening, domestic science, primary
industrial work and methixis of teach
ing-
There are 2,454 primary school build
ings in the islands owned by the mu
nicipalities and, in addition, a number
of buildings belonging to the provinces
but not constructed originally for scliool
purposes are used. Private instruction,
the report says, plays a large part in
the intellectual condition of the islands.
Many of these schools are supported by
the Catholic churcti, with a history
reaching liack several decades.
Some
of these institutions teach English, al
though in practically all of them Span
ish is the irasis of instruction.
The
Filipino teachers, Dr. Barrows says,
continue to gain in reliability, strength
of character and moral purpose.
S E N T T O DUNGEON.
Many Russian Officers Receive
alty o f Surrender.
Pen
St. Petersburg, Dec. 26.— The court
martial which has been trying Rear
Admiral Nebogatoff and 78 officers of
his squadron for surrendering to the
Japanese in the battle of the Sea of
Japan handed in its decisions tonight.
Vice Admiral Nebogatoff, Commander
Lichino, of the coast squadron; General
Aprin, Rear Admiral Gregorieff, of
the coast defense ship Admiral Seni-
vien, and Lieutenant Smirnoff, who
succeded to the command of the battle
ship Nicolai, were sentenced to death,
b»it in view of extenuating circumstan
ces and the long ami otherwise blame
less careers of these officers, the court
w ill petition the emperor to commute
the sentences to 10 years’ imprison
ment in a fortress. Four other officer
are sentenced to short terms of im
prisonment in a fortress, while the
remainder are acquitted.
The trial of Rear Admiral Nebogatoff
and the officers of his squadron began
in St. Petersburg Decembers. The ac
cused were divided into three catogar-
ies — First, Rear Admiral Nebogatoff
and the commanders of tiie battleships;
second, the officers who ailvtxrated the
surrender, and third, the officers who
did not endeavor to prevent the surren
der.
M AY TIE U P HARRIMAN LINES.
Firemen on Sunset Route Threaten
Extreme Measure.
Houston, Tex., Dec. 26.— The new
feature of the strike of the Southern
Pacific firemen was the assertion made
by Second Grand Master Shea, of the
brotherhixxl, that unless an adjustment
of the differences with the men now out
on this division is made, the order is to
be given that the entire llarriman sys
tem of railroads shall lose the services
of the Brotherluxjd of Firemen, includ
ing those engineers who are memlrers,
he asserting t hat 86 per cent of the
switch engineers and a goodly number
of the road engineers w ill end their
services on the r»rad.
Mr. Shea insists that 625 men on the
Texas and Louisiana lines of the sys
tem obeyed the strike order Sunday,
hut General Manager Fay, of the road,
declares that not more than 400 men
quit work, and that practically all of
the places have been filled. There is
no interference with operation
of
trains, according to the statement of
Mr. Fay, but a number of switch en
gines at division points are reported
idle in the yarils. No disorder of any
kind lias been reported.
Proposed Oregon Tax Law
(Continued from last week)
12. A statement of the number of
miles of main, branch, double, and side
tracks owned or letised by said company
in each county in this Gate, stated sep
arately.
13. A statement of the entire gross
receipts and net earnings of the com
pany from operation and otherwise,
stated separately, for the fiscal year
ending in the calendar year closing
March 1, preceding the rejxjrt being
maile.
14. Such other facts or information
of a like or different kind as said board
may require in the form of return pre
scribed by it.
The board is hereby given the power
to prescribe such directions, rules and
regulations to be followed in answering
any of the requirements of this section,
o { as herein authorized, as in its judg
ment shall be best calculated to insuie
accuracy and uniformity in reporting
the facts.
(Blanks furnished by board— Penalty
for refusal or neglect to report.)
Section 9.
Blanks for making the
statements provided for in section eight
(8) of this act shall be provided by the
sa d hoard; Provided, that the reports
herein provided for shall not relieve
the company from making any other
report require»! by law to be made to
any other officer. In »rase any company
fails or refuse« to make any statement
or furnish any information required by
this act, the board shall inform itself
as best it may as to the matters neces
sary to be known in order to discharge
its »lnties with respect to tire property
of such company. Any conqiany which
shall refuse or neglect to make the re
port required by this act within the
time «peci tied shall be subject to a pen
alty of $500 for each day of the contin
uance of such neglect or refusal to file
such report, to be recovered in a proper
action brought in the name of the state
of Oregon in any court of competent
jurisdiction.
(Board to determine value and prepare
assessment roll— Mileage basis of ap
portionment.)
Section 10. Subsequent to the filing
of the reports require»l in the preceding
sections, anil prior to the first Momlay
in October in each year, it siiall be the
duty of the said state board of tax com
missioners to prepare an assessment
roll, as provided in section five (5) of
this act, upon which they shall assess
the true cash value as of the first »lay
of March at the hour of 1 o’clock a. m.,
of the year in which the assessment is
made, of all the property of the com
panies herein enumerated subject to
taxation under this act, which said
rssessment shall not be final until re
viewed as herein provided. For the
purpose of arriving at the amount and
character and true »rash value of the
property belonging to said companies
as appearing upon the assi-ssmcnt roll
for the purpose of assessment for taxa
tion umler this act, the said b»rar»i may
personally inspect the property belong
ing to said companies and may take
into consideration the reports filed un
der this act, the reports anil returns of
said companies tiled in the office of any
prior officer of this state, or any county
thereof, the earning power of said com
panies, the franchises and special fran
chises owned or used by said companies
(said franchises and special franchises
ro t to be directly assessed, but to be
taken into consideration in determin
ing the value of the other property),
tl»e assessed valuation of any property
of said companies, used in the opera
tion of the business of the companies,
and by law required to be assessed by
county assessors, and such other evi
dence of a like or different kind as may
lx» obtainable bearing thereon; provid
ed, that in no event slmll any report or
valuation by a county assessor, or evi
dence as inlhis act provided, be conclu
sive upon such board in arriving at the
amount and character and true cash
value of the property belonging to said
companies, and by this act to be
assessed for purposes of taxation by
said board.
In determining the true
cash value of the property assessable
for taxation by the said state board of
tax commissioners of the companies in
this art enumerated, when said com
panies own, lease, operatte or use rail,
pipe or wire lines, or property partly
within and partly without this state,
if the board shall value the entire prop
erty w ithin and without the state as a
unit, as provide»! in the next section,
the said Ixrard shall be controlled in
ascertaining the property sul»j»»ct to
taxation in Oregon by the proportion
which the number of miles of main
track (meaning thereby main, stem,
ami branch lines), miles of wire, or
miles of main pipe lines controlled or
used by said company, as
owner,
lessee, or otherwise, within the state
of Oregon bears to the entire mileage
of main track as aforesaid miles of wire
or main pipe line controlled or used by
saiii company as owner, lessee, or
otherwise.
Railroads Will Be Prosecuted Under
Spokane favors the Alaska-Yukon- other corporations and individuals al
Thirty-six-Hour Law.
lied
with
it,
as
defendants
in
the
gov
Pacific exposition at .Seattle.
Washington, Dec. 29. — Secretary
ernment’s suit to break up the allege»!
Harriman’ s criticism of Roosevelt is oil monopoly, today filed a motion in Wilson, of the department of Agricul
said to have caused the merger inquiry. the United States Circuit court attack ture, today transmitted to the depart
ing the jurisdiction of that court to ment of Justice the nine additional
Heavy snow storms throughout Aus bring in nonresiilent defendants by pro (rases of alleged violation of what is
tria-Hungary have resulted in several cess, ami petitioning the court to vacate popularly known as the “ 36-hour law,”
deaths.
the order of service issued by Judge which provides that railroad companies
shall not detain stock on cars for a
A blizzard in Great Britain has Hunliorn Novemlier 15.
A ll of the defemlants join in the mo longer periixl than 28 hours without
blockaded trains in many places ami
fix«! and water, except with the consent
rural villages are temporarily cut off tion except the Waters-Pierce Oil com
pany, which is a resident of the eastern of the owner of the stock, and then no
from communication.
division of the Eastern Judicial »lis- longer than 36 hours.
The cases were one each against the
P O R T L A N D M A R K E TS .
trict of Missouri. Henry 8. Priest filed
the motion as counsel for all the par Gr»>a! Northern, the Oregon Short Line,
Domestic Fruits— Apples, common to ties. Accompanying it was the affiila- the Southern Pacific, the Union Pacific,
choice, 60(<i'75c per box; choice to vit of Charles T. White, assistant sec the lake Shore & Michigan Southern,
fancy, $1(«)2.50; |srars, $ 1 <n.T .SO; cran retary of the Stamlaril, who certifies anil the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
berries, $11.50(n l2 per hurrel; per that all the petitioners are non-resi and three against the Santa Fe.
simmons, $1.50 per box.
dents of this district.
Great Increase In Immigration.
Vegetables — Turnips, flOif.c$ 1 per
Greatest Year Since 1888.
New.York, Dec. 26. — Figures ju t
sack; carrots, 90e(« $ 1 per sack; beets,
No News Since September.
Chicago, Dec. 29. — More miles of compiled at ElKs island indicate that
$1.25(«'1.50 per sack; horseradish, 9@
Washington, Dec. 28. — Complaint railroad were constructed in the United at the present rate of increase 1,283,415
10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 2 c^f„.
has been maile to the Postoffice ilepart- States during the last year than have more aliens may be expeced to enter
2$ic per pound; cabbage, 1 T«(jy2c per
ment that no newspaper or magazine been built during any year since 1888, this country through the immigration
pound; cauliflower, $1.28 per dozen;
mail has lieen delivered at Fairbanks, according to the Railway Age. Since station on Ellis island next year. “ The
celery, $3.75®4.25 per crate; lettuce,
Alaska, since September. This is due January 1 last, 6,067 miles of track numtier of aliens who will land at New
head, 30c per dozen; onions, 10(<ol2J«o
to the fact that the mail contractor is have been laid on 388 lines in 44 states York this year,” said Immigration
per dozen; bell peppers, 8c; pump
obliged to carry 800 pounds of mail on ami territories, making the country’s Commissioner Wathorn, “ will approxi
kins, 2c per pound; squash, 2c per
each bi-weekly trip from Valdez, and total railway mileage 223,319. The mate 1,060,000 persons, as against a
pound.
practically this entire amount is now largest amount of railway buiMing dur total of 869,010 who landed here in
Onions— 75e(S*$l per hundred.
made up of first-class, or letter mail. ing the y»rar was »lone in Texas, where 1905. Using these figures as ¡the basis
Potatoes — Oregon llurliunks, fancy,
The government pays $1.45 per pound 701 miles of track were laid. Louisi for an estimate in 1907, we may expect
$lh i!l.25; common, 75<n 85c.
for getting mall to Fairbanks, and ana and South Dakota are almost tied 1,283,415 aliens to arrive in 1907.”
Wheat — Club, 8fi(«»'86c; bluestem,
lower classes have to wait until there is for second place.
68c; valley, 68c; red, 03c.
a shortage of first-class matter.
Stons Approves Roosevelt’s Act.
$|Oata — No. 1 white, $28@26; gray,
(Determination of value as a unit—
Pay Canal Workera on Holidays.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 26.— Senator
$24.50(5)25.
I'eduction of property locally assess
Hanrahan Will Taka Charge.
W
illiam
Stone
believes
that
Roosevelt
Washington,
Dec.
29.
—
Chairman
Barley — Feed, $21.500822 per ton;
ed.)
did
right
in
discharging
the
negro
sol
Shouts,
of
the
Isthmian
commission,
Peoria,
Dec.
28.
—
At
the
offices
of
brewing. $22.50; rolled, $230,24.
Section 11. The said board, for the
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire announced today that the commission diers at Brownsville. “ I am glad to
Rye— $1 400») 1.45 per cwt.
purpose of arriving at the actual crash
Corn— Whole, $28; cracked, $27 per men this morning, it was stated that lunl deciiled to pay the employes on the have an opportunity to say this, but I value of the property assessable by it,
there was nothing to be given out rela isthmus whose compensation is fixed wish to be undersUxxl right,” he de
ton.
Hay— Timothy, No. 1, $13(5 14 per tive to the strike on the Southern Pa on an hourly irasis, for January 1, Feb clared last night. " I have not l»x>ked
Sad R e s u lt .
ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, $140»18; cific other than Grand Master John J. ruary 22, May 30, July 4, Labor Day, into the legal phase of the matter.
Mrs. Highmus— Tour automobile ran
Thanksgiving
Day
and
December
25
,I’
m
not
reaily
to
give
an
opinion
on
clover, $8(«\8.50; cheat, $7.Sofa'S.50; Hanrahan would probably leave before
over a baby wagon ? Horrors! What
grain hay, $7.50C«8.50; alfalfa, $11.50; the latter part of the week to take per- The compensation for these employes that. But as to the sentiment concern happened?
ing
it
so
far
as
the
offense
itself
is
con
w
ill
lx»
on
the
basis
of
an
eight
hour
sonal charge of the strike. Mr. Han
Mrs. Showier—Just what always hap
vetch hay, $80» 8.50.
Butter— Fancy-creamery, 32 Cy 0» 35c. rahan has left for Galesburg to he gone »lay. This will grant pay for the holi- cerned, I am in hearty favor of the «top pens whenever I do that. Broke the
lays
to
all
the
skilled
mechanics
em
taken
by
Presiilent
Rose
volt
and
Secre
bottle and cut the tire.
Butter Fat— First grade cream, 3 3 t{c a few days, and it was state»! that he
per pouml; second grade cream, 2c less had left directions to say that he did ploy»»»! on the canal zone, who number tory T aft.”
T h e ir ln .p lr.tln n .
not think the situation at this time about 3,000.
per pound.
“They say that some authors write
Inheritance Tax Not Retroactive
Eggs — Oregon ranch, 30(5i32c per calle»l for any public statements.
most of their stories In lied.”
W orld's Charity Dries Up.
Washington, Dec. 26.— The Supreme
dozen.
"Well, the hsbit o f lying Is said to
Strike Broken at San Antonio.
London, Dec. 29. — Nicholas Shiss- ciHirt of the United States today de he a great help to a romance.” — Detroit
Poultry— Average -ol«l hens, 13f<»>14e
Ban Antonio, Tex., Dec. 28.— Lixwl koff, who was one of the trustees of the cided the inheritance tax case of Ca Free I'ress.
per pouml; mixed chickens, 12fs 13c;
spring. 14® 15c; old roosters, OfSilOc; 8»»uthern Pacific officials say that the Atneticaii famine fund of February, m ille Cahen and other legatees under
dteesed chlckhtig, TTfSEISc; turkeys, Brothertnxvl of Firemen's strike on this 1901, has sent to Lomlon, accompanied the w ill of the late Mathias Colby, of
P n r t t a n G r it .
live, 17(d 1 He; turkeys, dressed, choice, division of this system ‘ is broken, that by an appeal for fiimis, an account of New Orleans, against the tax author
The early Bostonians were laying out
204g22c; geese, live, ]2f$l.3c; ducks, ail freight and |xu»senger trains are the famine in Russia. “ Fifteen years ities of that city. The state law pro their town in accordance with the orig
moving along with full crews, an»l that ago," said Mr. Shisskoff, “ when the viding for a tax on bequest« was at
1588180.
inal cowpaths that wound in and out in
Veal— Dressed, 5 t%f»»)8t^c per pouml. they have more firemen than they have famine was less serious, we had $4,- tacked as unconstitutional. The opinion derioua and incertain ways.
was
delivered
by
Justice
McKenna,
000,000.
Rut
now,
when
it
is
great
engines.
A
striking
fireman
was
ar
— Dressed bulls, 1 (5) 2c per
■'Externally.' they said, “ it may look
Mr. who affirm»»»! the decision of the Su s bit crook«»»!, bnt we are going to build
pound; cows, 4(5)5c; country steers, rested here t»xiay for entering an en er. we liave only $500,000 ”
gineer's cab at the Bouthern Pacific sta Shisskoff <»st I mates that about 30,000,- preme court of Louisiana.
a city that Tom Johnson won't hare the
nerve to try to straighten out.”
Mutton — TTfessed, fancy, 8f« 9c per tion. The order issue»I Momlay not to 000 peasants w ill need assistance.
receive
freight
has
been
reecimled.
Pausing merely long enough to select s
Adopt
Naw
Piatol
fo
r
Army.
pound; ordinary, 80»»7c.
Eager to Sea Roosevelt.
FViik Ihaui'ii. flb» 8e per pound.
Washington, Dec. 26.— Secretory Taft few eligible suburban iota for the ex
Pioneer o f Alfalfa Growing
Hops— 118».]4c per pound, acn>rding
Manila, Dec. 29.— The Filipino peo has appninteii a bran! of officers to meet clusive cnltir.ition of beans, they pro
to quality.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 28.— Ilarrision ple are elated over pres reports th a t! January 15 at the Springfield armory, | ceeded to arrange for future use a policy
of Municipal tlwnership of Culture that
Wool— Eastern Oregon average liest, Parkman, the man who fliet brought Presi.ient R«xx»evelt contemplate»! visit Springfield, Mass., for the purpoee of.
has snccess.'ully defied all attempts to
138818c per pound, arconling to shrink alfalfa from flouth America and plant ing the islamls next summer. The na asiwrtoining a design of automatic pistol j get on to its curves
age; valley, 20fa.23c, according to fine- ed It in the Unite»! States, died at tive preaa receive»! the announcement or revolver heat a»lapted to fulfill the j
requirements of the military service.
I
I with enthusiasm.
mohair, choice, 26fa'28c.
Emporia, Kan., aged 73 years.
' of such notice may be made by affidavit
as by law provided, filed with the sec
retary of said board, on or before the
first Monday in October in the year
when such notice is printed.
(Board to meet annually as stated in
notice.)
as herein provided, may value the en
Section 16. The said board shall
tire property, both within anil without
meet at the capitol of the state ou the
the state of Oregon, as a unit. In case
first Monday of October in each year,
it shall value the entire property as a
as stated in the notice prescribed in
unit, either within or without the state
the preceding section hereof, and shall
of Oregon, or both, suiil board shall
then have before it the assessment roll
make deductions of the property of
made by it as prescribed in this act.
said company situate outside the state,
and not connected directly with the ( Review and correction of assessment
roll and apportionment — Omitted
business thereof, as may be just, to the
property assessed).
end that the fair proportion of the
property of said company in this state
Section 17. It shall then be the
may be ascertained. I f the said board duty of such hoard to review, examine,
value the entire property within the and correct the assessment roll by it
state of Oregon as a unit, it shall make made, and to increase or reduce the
deductions of the property of said com- valuation of the property therein as
|xiny situate in Oregon, and assesesd by sessed, so that the same shall be the
the county assessors, to an amount that full cash value thereof, and to assess
shall be just; and for that purpose the omitted taxable property by it assess
county assessors shal 1 be and they are able in the manner hereinafter provid
hereby required, if the Baid board re ed, and to correct errors in apportion
quest the same, to certify to the said ments of assessments therein. I f it
board the assessable value of the prop- | siiall appear to such board that there
erty of said companies assessable by is any real or personal property which
them, but such certification of assessed by law it is permitted to assess which
or assessable values is intended to be has been by it assessed twice, or incor
advisory only, and not conclusive upon rectly assessed as to description, quan
the said board.
tity, or quality, or assessed in the
(Sufficiency of description on roll— name of a person or corporation not the
owner, lessee, or occupant thereof, or
Mileage to be stated.)
assessed under or beyond the actual
Section 12. Upon such sassessment
full cash value thereof, or which ia not
roll shall be placed, after the name of
assessable by said hoard, but which has
each of the com)ranies assessed under
been assessed by it, said board may
the provisions of this apt, a general de
scription of the properties of the said make proper corrections of tiie same.
I f it shall appear to said board that
companies, which siiall be deemed to
include all of the properties of the said any real or personal property which is
assessable by it has not been assessed
companies liable to assessment for tax
Upon said assessment roll, said hoard
ation tinder this act, owned, leased, or
occupied by them, whether as owner, shall assess the same at the full cash
value thereof.
lessee, occupant, or otherwise.
The
saiil »lescription may be in the language (Notice of increase or change in appor
of this act as contained in section six
tionment— Petitions to be written
(8) hereof, or otherwise.
But no as
and verified— Time of filing.)
sessment siiall be invalidated by a mis
Section 18. Said board shall not
take in the name of the corporation as change the apportionment of any as
sessed, or by an omission of the name sessment or increase the valuation of
of tiie owner, or the entry of a name any property on such assessment roll as
other than that of the true owner, if provided in the preceding section w ith
the property be generally correctly de out giving to the company or person in
scribed; and provided further, that whose name it is assessed at least six
where the name of the true owner, or days’ written notice to appear and
the name of the owner of record, lessee, show cause, if any there be, why the
or occupant of any property assessable apportionment of such assessment shall
under the provisions of this act siiall not be changed, or the valuation of the
be given, such assessment shall not be assessable property of such company or
held invalid on account of any error or person, or some part thereof, to be
irregularity in the description, provided specified in such notice, shall not be
such description woulil be sufficient in increased; Provided, that such notice
a deed of conveyance from the owner, shall not be necessary if the person or
or on account of which in a contract to company appear voluntarily before said
convey a court of equity would decree a board, and be there notified by a mem
conveyance to be maile, reaiiingthe said ber thereof that the property of such
»lescription in connection with the de person or corporation, or some specified
finition of property assessable under the part thereof, is, in the opinion of the
provisions hereof as in this act contain- board, assessed below its actual value,
ed. Upon such assessment roll shall or that such apportionment is, in the
be placed, opposite the name of the opinion of the board, incorrect.
Peti
company, in a proper column, the ag tions or applications for the reduction
gregate main track mileage as defined or change of apportionment of a partic
in section 10 hereof, miles of wire, or ular assessment shall be made in w rit
main pipe line, as the case may be, ing, verified by the »rath of the appli
within the state of Oregon.
cant, its president, secretary, managing
(Ascertainment of value of main and agent, or attorney in fart, and be filed
with the board during the first week it
branch lines and value per m ile.)
Section 13. Said Btate board of tax is by law required to be in session, and
commissioners shall thereupon ascer any petition or application not so made,
tain the value of the several branch verified, and filed shall not be consider
lines of the said companies situated in ed or acted upon by the board.
this state, and the mileage thereof, and
shall ascertain the value per mile of
the said branch lines respectively by
dividing the value of each of them by
the mileage thereof.
The said board
shall thereupon deduct the total amount
so ascertained as the value of branch
lines from the total value of the prop
erty of the said companies assessable
under the provisions of this act so as
certained as aforesaid; and shall there
upon ascertain the value per mile of
main line of rail, pipe,or wire by divid
ing the remainder, after deducting the
value of saiii branch lines from the to
tal value in this state, by the number
of miles of such main rail, pipe, or wire
line in this state, and the quotient ob
tained as aforesaid shall be deemed and
held to be the value per mile of said
branch and main lines respectively.
(Apportionment of assessment to coun
ties according to mileage.)
Section 14. For the purpose of de
termining what amount of the assess
ment maile under the provisions of this
act shall be app»»rtioned to the several
counties in this state in, through,
across, into, or over which the lines of
said companies extend, the said state
board of tax commissioners shall multi
ply the value per mile as above ascer
tained of the several main and branch
lines by the nubmer of miles of such
main and branch lines in each of the
counties aforesaid, as reported in the
statements maiie by the said companies,
or as otherwise ascertained and determ
ined by the said board.
(Board to complete review in one
month, sitting continuously.)
Section 19. The said board, sitting
for the purpose of reviewing the said
roll as above provided, shall continue
its sessions from day to day, exclusive
of Sundays and legal holidays, until the
examination, review, correction, and
equalization of the said rolls shall be
completed; but it shall complete said
examination, review, correction, and
equalization within one month from
the time it is by law required to meet,
and, unless sooner completed, at the ex
piration of one month from the time
the board iB herein required to meet
the examination, review, correction,
and equalization of the said assessment
roll shall be deemed to be complete.
(Record of action of board).
Section 20. Corrections, addlttions
to, or changes in the said roll shall be
entered in a column therein headed
substantially “ as reviewed,” and the
entries in such column shall be the rec
ord of the action of such board.
The
meetings, sittings, and adjournment of
the said Ixrard, sitting for the purposes
of review, shall be recorded in its
journal.
(R oll kept on file as public record.)
Section 21. Said roll, when so exam
ine»!, reviewed, corrected, and qeualiz-
ed by such board, shall be kept on file
in the office of the said state board of
tax commissioners as a public record.
(To be continued next week)
R e a l A th leticism .
(Notice of sitting of board to review
An English athletic authority saya
assessment and apportionment —
that 35 is the maximum age for a good
Proof.)
Section 15. The said board shall athlete. Perha;is most people have no
give three weeks’ public notice in some ticed that professional athletes wear
newspaper printed at the state capital, themselves out young. Prize fighters,
setting forth that on the first Monday sprinters and circus performers quit In
in Octboer it w ill attend at the Capitol early prime.
But are these the real athletes?
an»l publicly exaimne the assessment
How much more true an athlete Is
roll by it made, and review the same,
and correct all errors in valuation, de the well-preserved farmer, who, at 65,
scription, quantities, or qualities of \ can pitch as much hay as his son or
property by it assessable and in appor grandson!
tionment of assessments made by it;
The best nthleticism is that which
and it shall be the duty of the persons j holds through the ripe years and ena
and corporations interested to appear at bles a man to sit his horse as erectly
the time and place appointed.
Proof | at 80 as at 20.—Cleveland Press.
At
the
R eception .
Maude— Mr. Huggins looks unusual
ly happy this evening.
Elsie— Y es; he proposed to me less
than au hour ago.
Maude— Ah, I see— and you refused
him.
I n f a n t i l e D is s ip a t i o n .
A lw *y «
a
W ay.
"There is always some way to over
come every difficulty,” said the cheery
citizen.
“ Yes,” answered the sardonic per
son. “ I f you doubt it you can ask any
candidate just before election.”— Wash
ington Star.
The
L im it.
Willie— Gee I Do they let you go to
"You say he is well educated?"
swell parties?
“ Yes, he can talk every known lan
Grarie— Lott of 'em. I ’m getting so- guage except golf and baseball.” — Hous
cieter and societer every day.
ton Post.
F e m in i n e
W ar.
“ A woman." remarked the cynical
bachelor, “ seldom says wbat she
thinks."
“That's right” rejoined the man who
had been married no long that he had
to comb his hair with a towel; “ she’s
only says what she thinks she thinks.”
S t i ll,
H e D i d n 't
K ic k .
Jt*< t »
la T h a i.
Miss Backbay— Yon are familiar, in a
general way, with paleontology, are yon
not?
Mr. Carondelet— N o ; I don't remember
that I ever happened across i t Bnt I
once read Pale on ’Evidences of Chris
I tianity." or something like that when I
was a boy. and I found it awful heavy
reading.
“ 5 ou cooked a pudding for your hus
A m é A r p mm T n m e.
band in one of these bay stoves, did you!
"Are prise fights allowed In New
How did be like it?“
"Well, he said It wasn't so bad but York now?
he thought the pndding aeemed to sp o il
“ Y es; but they call them charity
ths tsate of the hay."
euchres.” — Boston Transcript