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PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE equalized by the county hoard of equal ization, and also containing the assess ments made and certified by the state board of tax commissooners entered therein, ruled with proper columns for Jan. 21.—Investigations in the extensions of tax col lections and de ORISON to Tacoma, VACADA. linquent list, and for payments, issu the lumber ear shortage by Interstate GOVtRISOR’S ME88AGE | senate, indicates the apparent differ (Continued from last week) I strued or considered a part of the ex- ance of certificates, redemptions, issu ! Commerce Commissioner Frank K. ence between those two bodies on the penses of Baker County under this act ance of deeds, and other entries therein , Lane developed facta showing the North Recommendations Made by Chamber- question of railroad commission, rats (Statement of county exiienses to 1 , t. I j fur any of the years in which said ex- as contemplated by law, and »with the certified to secretary of state.) regulation and reciprcx'al demurrage. ern Pacifl equipment to be entirely in- lain to Legislature. I i>enditures were made: Provided fur total amount of taxes properly extended ‘‘Apparent difference” means there Section 6. That section 3088 of the I adequate to handle the lumber products Salem, Jan. 16.—Governor Chamber- are plain signs that opposition to the CVxles and Statutes 6» Oregon, compiled ther, that the amount paid by any and entered theieon in one sum against lain delivered his biennial message this | plan of disciplining the railroads will are'- x»«.otated by Hon. Charles B. Bel- county in reducing or discharging its each separate parcel of real property, of Western Washington. Sawmill afternoon to both houses of the legisla h i Condensed Form for Oar owners or paying interest on its as well as against the personal property told how small mill concerns ture in joint in the senaate, and tliat foes of .Liger and William W. Cotton, lie and indebtedness, indebtedness, shall not be considered a assessed to each individual. Such roll are gradually being forced into lank dations follow: session. His recommen > center that plan will not spend energy in the t o y Headers. the same hereby is amended to read as part of the expenses of a county under shall thereafter be a tax roll, and there ruptcy, how the larger concerns have Election of Jonathan Bourne and house, unless they shall perceive grow fallows: this act. Such computation to be made shall be attached thereto a warrant, in losses which will reach into Frederick W. Mulkey to the long and ing sentiment there in their favor. A Raauma of th# Lass Important but sustained By the 10th of January of each year by said state officers in 1910, and in the name of the state of Oregon, under hundreds of thousands of dollars, and It is rather too early yet to measure the county clerk of the several couuties Not Laaa Intaraating Evanta short terms, respectivefy, as United up sentiment on this important ques in the state shall pre;»re, upon a blank January in each fifth year thereafter. the hand of the said clerk and the seal how thousands of mechanics have been of tha Paat Waak. in accordance with the Until the January, 1910, computation of the county clerk authorizing the col thrown out of employment by failure States of senators, obviously the most important be form prescribed and furnished by the the the direct primary election. tion, priqiortion of the state taxes to be lection by said tax collector of said tax of the Northern Pacific railway to fur result fore the lawmakers. Not yet have the secret? _ of state, a concise tabulated Passage of a law creutlng a railroad lawmakers taken sides on the railroad statement of all the exiienses of his paid by the several counties shall be as es; and such clerk shall thereupon take nish cars enough to enable the 760 commission, following generally the matt« r. receipt of said tax collector there The flood of the Ohio river is receding woodworking plants on their line to measure prepared for the preceding year, exepet set out in the following table, to wit: the by the Poitland Both the house and the senate effect county for, and duly charge against the tax col •lightly. market their product. expens«» for mails and highways, and CL of commerce. lector the full amount of tuxes charged The proceedings were extremely chamber ually put an end to the calendar graft, Jamaicans denounce Swettenluun and quiet, exn-'-;t the sums paid for the erection of Enactment of laws to make the tax . .0055 on auch roll; and the tax collector shall in tliat no marked manifesta . .0234 and in doing so the state’s Igeislators houses, or on account of pesti- aak his recall. . .05 26 in settlement be allowed as credits tions of feeing were shown by either burden fall more evenly on personal had the cheerful co-operation of State lerce of epidemics, which statement . . .0335 . .0094 A rate discrimination inquiry is in the lumbermen or the railroad repre property and corporations. . . .0212 . .0613 against such charge such amounts as he Printer Duniway, who reemomended »bill be certified to by him as such . . .01 <$u . .00 95 shall report to the county court of his Amendment of the inheritance tax progress in Denver. sentatives. Sawmill operators calmly law to the graduated system, with addi and materially aided in accomplishing county clerk and forwarded to the sec . .0203 . .31 23 county, as hereinafter in this act pro how, through no fault of their The Colorado legislature has passed detailed reform. retary of state, and a duplicate thereof clauses to make evasion impossi this Clerkship . .00 40 . .00 87 vided, that he hascollertedon said roll, own, they have lost thousands of dol tional graft was re<luced to an anti-cartoon law. be placed on file in his own office. . .03 45 . .00 87 ble. lars during the past 16 months, all be- A giaduated tax on incomes from minimum in both houses today. Each (The only change is to require the state . .04 90 also sue)} as he shall find to have been .00 87 The Nevada legislature is considering cause .02 23 twice assessed thereon, and auch aa he . .0092 they have nut been able to mar $3,000 up. ments to he filed by the 10th instead of the I house adopted the report of its com . .0160 .00 73 shall be unable to colletrt, and shall so a railroad commission bill. 15th of January, and to except costs of court ket their product. In the sume breath Decided increase in cost of commis mittee on resolutions, in which it was houses, pestilences, or epidemics from the . .0314 .0234 . .0301 return to the court as not collectible. . .0090 J. P. Dolliver will be again elected that they narrated their losses, they sions to notaries public. statement. As the opportionment recomended that no clerks be employed expense .00 67 All such tax rolls shall 0 public rec must (after 10 10 ) be made on the basis of complimented the strenuous efforts of Withdrawal from sale for 10 years of on United States senator from Iowa. . .0107 .0391 any of the various joint investigat these statements, as well as those previously ords, and as such preserved in the office . .0 (9 2 local officials of the Northern Pacific to made, and remains to be certified to the coun ing and junketing committees that may Oil in great quantities has been found relieve the situation, and said tliat the remaining state tide lands. and the several county courts then, at be cieated, unless it is shown that the ties, change fcom section 1. Laws 1903, page of the tax (»1 lector. on land owneid by W. H. Hearst in while the Tacoma railroad men had Purchase of the Willamette locks. services the January term, must make a levy sufficient 303, (No except to omit two lines immediately pre (Compare B. & C. Comp., sections 309B and to cover the apportionment, the necessity for ceding the table, of such clerks are essential. Mexico. Appropriation to operate the portage More than “which ia based on the as 3099. Omits the now obsolete provision for done all they could to aid the mills, railway promptness is apparent.) $860,000 will lie asked of sessments of the several counties for the past computing valuations after equalization by atate until'the 1909 session. A new A revised list of the dead and Injured the fault lay in mismanagement of the personnt 1 for the board of portage the legislature by educational institu- (Secretary of state to keep record of five years," as not literally true, in an act to be board of equalization, substituting after equali now enacted. The original table was found zation by the county board ana entry or as of the Terre Haute train wreck shows higher officials in the East. . tions this session—an increase of $300, statement certified.) in Laws of 1901, and the table was based on sessments certified by the state board of tax commissioners. 29 killed and 23 injured. the made during the five years commissioners. Provides also for computa 000 over what they rceoeived at the last Section 7. The secretary of state prior assessments of an expert accountant . session tions of amounts to be made, and aa to valua to that year.) for the biennial period. De- shall immediately record such state The senate subcommittee lias report REFUGEES ARRIVE IN CUBA. to Appointment tion and rate in the several road districts, audit the books of all state officers. (Secretary of elate to report to legisla ports, and other municipal taxing agencies. mands of the four normal schools will ment ill Ixxiks provided and kept in ed again.t Bristol’s confirmation as dis Creation of the office of expert ac ! lie Lawz 1903, page 383. ture account of collections and appor See Provides more than double the total sum al his office for tliut pur|xise, and shall trict attorney for Oregon. the clerk shall extend the tax in countant, with duties to make uniform Tell of Work of American Marines all state and county bookkeeping and lowed by the last legislature. tionments.) one total sum. The separation among funds supply the several county clerks with on the roll and in tax receipts is unnecessary The mayoralty contest will cost the and Need of Supplies. of the several institutions the necessary forms for making such Section 10. The secretary of state when the several rates of levy are specified, aa funds of state and county officials. | are Demands gpeople of New York about $400,000, Santiago, Cui», Jan. 21. — The check the method of accounting and the require as follows: Monmouth normal, shall embody in his printed report to reports, as provided for in this act. Enactment of an anti-pass law, with whether Hearst or McClellan wins out. steamer Oteri, the second refuge ship an appropriation to pay expenses of $110,000; Drain normal, $40,000; Ash- (B. & C. Comp., section 3089, without the legislative assembly an accurate tax ment for distribution of each payment in the collector’s collection register shows the exact aigount of taxes for each municipal I land normal, $60,000; Weston noimal, change.) transcript or account of the aforesaid agency The British government has disavow from Jamuica, arrived here at daylight. public officers on public business. which the collector is charged, ed Swettenham’s action in the Jamaican She brings 132 i«ssengers. Among A reciprocal demurrage law. j $70,000; Argicultural college, $125,000; (Apportionment of revenues of state annual collections and periodical appor and the with amount collected by him. In severat tionments occurring between the bien counties of the State the distribution is carried affair and has called on him for an ex those on board are George II. Hazen of Continuance of the library commis Experiment station at Union, $15,000; among counties.) the receipt stub on the roll, and also in , State university, $250,000; total, $670, Section 8. It nha.ll be the duty of nial sessions of the legislature; and he on planation. the Century magazine and his |»rty, sion. the tax collection book and distribution book. 000. shall also transmit immediately after the governor, secretary of state and This causes much additional and useless labor and 11. M. Flicklinger of the Cuban Investment of compulsory visitorial ! Both houses adjourned until Monday. state treasurer, acting jointly, in Jan said apportionment an accurate trans and confusion Extensive preparations are being at the busy season of the year. railroad. power in some state authority to cover made for the meeting of the American Eastern In the larger counties the former practice was | Ther have now been 59 measures pro cript of it to the county clerks of the uary of each year, to ascertain by com The refugees report that the list of abandoned from the very necessity of the case, asylums for insane. National Livestock association at Den and no loss of accuracy or fulness in ac posed in the house and 69 in the senate. putation, as hereinafter provided, the several counties, and in no case shall counting is over 1,000. Light shocks were private A law providing for supervision of ver. Four thousand stockmen are ex dead resulted. A very large saving in | A bill has lieen introduced in the total amount of revenue necessary for any deduction or abatement be made clerical force was thereby felt up to Thursday. A large propor banks in Oregon. made.) pected to be in attendance. from the apportionment to the respect I senate to abolish the normal schools at state purposes, and to apportion the tion of the killed were women. The A stringent anti-lobbying law. (School, town, city, port, or other tax The flood in the Ohio valley is th collapse of the Macliado cigar factory Deposit of surplus state funds in banks Ashland and Drain. aforesaid total revenue among the seve ive counties on account of the delin ing agency levy—On what valuation.) worst since 1884. is confirmed, but the refugees declare at interest, the deposit to be safeguard- I A bill has also appeared in the sen ral counties in the manner hereinafter quent taxpayers. Section 15. All the taxes hereinafter ate appropriating money for the Third provided. (B. & C. Comp., section 3092, without that only 30 of the employes lost their Chicago hopes for a cold wave to stop lives instead of 120, as previously re ed by bonds or other collateral levied by any incorporated city or town, Eastern Oregon District Agricultural by (B. Laws & C. Comp., section 3090, as reenacted change.) the epidemic of disease. Escheatment to the state of funds in ^ society. statutory provisions for special school district, road district, port, or of S o cial Session, 1903, page 6, and (Numerous ported. The ptoprietor of the factory general levies of taxes by counties, cities, banks where the depositors have not without change.) Senator Fulton will work for a law to was kiled. towns, school districts, road districts, and Port other municipal taxing agency or dis heard fiom for over seven years. of Portland, and for the inclusion in the state trict, shall 0 levied on the property save Columbia river salmon. (Method of proceeding in making state apportionment The supply of food, clothing and been Prompt action to establish an insti- Monday, January 21. of certain sums, may be found. Many of these provisions are to be found in therein respectively assessable upon for the relief was brought in tute for feeble-minded qnd epileptic Salem, Jan. 21.— Standing commit- apportionment.) General Funston recommends better medicines the special statutes and city charters; others the valuation of such property as shown Section 0. The aforesaid state offi by a vessel sent by the International j tees of Hie Oregon legislature were an- pay for army officers and men. are intimately connected with statutes directing by the assessment roll last compiled by cers shall proceed as follows: Brotherhood league. It is reported children. the disposition of the funds so levied. To at Publ¡cation of itemized statements of nounced this afternoon by President tempt to group them in a chapter dealing of the assessor, corrected and equalized by 1. Prepare a tabular statement, con the High water in the streams at Win that hundreds of |iersons in hospituls source of campsign funds and pro- Haines of the senate and Speaker sisting of the levy and apportionment of county 0ard of equalization, and of all the items of expenses, taxes subject field, Kan., have flooded the town and lack antiseptic dressing and medical the generally would he all but impossible, the hibition of cani(»ign contributions by Davey of the house. In each case the and misleading if accomplished, and is not at including entries therein of assessments given separately, to w hich the state will many families have had to move out. supplies. corporations. • best places were secured by the support- as certified by the state 0ard of tax market appears to be sink Compulsory lectures to their classes ers of Haines and Davey for leaiicrship be subject under existing laws for the tempted.) commissioners and apportioned to such Ex-Governor Higgins, of New York, ing Victoria fiscal year next after that year for and is threatened by the sea. (Of the Collection of Taxes and Proceed The hunters’ license law, it is suit by public school teachers on tubercu municipalities by the county clerk. has been fatally stricken with heart The city, when the refugees left it, losis. which the last preceding state levy of ings in Relation Thereto.) to say, will be changed this session And it shall 0 the duty of the county failure. was being well policed, and the Ameri Measures looking toward eradication Two bills relating to the subje<3; liav« taxes was computed and declared; also (Words “ tax Colletfor” —Meaning.) clerk in each of the several counties, all items of deficiency, including inter Sixteen were burned to death in the can marines were praised by the (Ite scabies in sheep. already appeared in the house. the application of the clerk or on un[»id warrants left over from Section 11. The words “ tax colleet- upon fire following the collision of a freight ri’» passengers. The West Indian reg of Punishment The normal school question is already est of wildcat mine promot school directors of any school previous year, the payment of whieh or” wherever used in this act shall be board of and and passenger train on the Big Four at ulars and colored troops were rendering ers. in this session. Last week a the of any road supervisor, or has been authorized by law: and also taken to mean the person or officer who district, excellent service Governor Sweeten- *-V lat salary for the state printer and a bill live to one Fowler, Ind. cut off Drain and Ashland was of any three resident freenolders of any by law is charged with the duty of col the sum provided by law for the current ham feels he has the situation well in introduced. Today a bill was intro erection of a state printing office build Fire destroyed much of the business road district, or of the recorder, auditor, ex [lenses of the Oregon National Guard, lecting taxes assessed upon real proper or duce«! to close the Drain and Monmouth and ing. part of Beaufort, 8. C. The loss is hand. clerk or common council, 0ard of the sum of $47,500 for the support ty, and shall be held to include his schools. Itoard of control for normal schools, placed at $700,000 with only one-third directors, or trustees or other governing of the University of Oregon, and the deputy. The house unanimously passed ovei with the normal school appropriations I TRAIN BLOWN UP. covered by insurance. body of any incorporated city or town, sum of $25,000 for the support of the ( New.) by this the veto of the governor the bill t< in one fund, to be distributed port, or other municipal taxing district Agricultural college; and also, (Treasurer Is tax collector.) Professor William I. Thomas, of the I regulate the manufacture ami sale ot State or agency, to furnish a certificate, under when such levy is made on the assess Chicago university, Buys woman is not About Twenty Killed and Many In board. commercial fertilizers. This was one and New apportionment of senators Section 12. The treasurer of each the seal of the county court, showing jured In Indiana. ment of an even year, the estimated the equal of the white man, but Is of the seven house bills of the 1905 representiatives. shall be the tax collector thereof. the aggregate valuation of the assessa expense of one biennial session of the county about equal to the negro mentally. Terre Haute, Ind., Jan. 21.—Big Four Transportation of convicts to the pen session vetoed by the governor. (Substitutes treasurer for sheriff in B. & C. ble property in the school district, road legislative assembly; and also, when Comp., The Gila river in Arisona has over accommodation train No. 3, which left itentiary by p«»nitentiary officers. Altogether 77 bills were read for th« such section 3093. The changes in the suc district, incorporated city or town, port sections necessitated by this change levy is made on the assessment of ceeding flowed its oanks and is doing much Terre Haute at 8:30 o’clock last night, Conservative legislation for employ first time in the house today. In the an or other taxing district or agency, from will not be specifically noted.) even year, the estimated total cost, was destroyed by the explosion of a car ment of convicts in new fields, without senate 18 new measures appeared. damage. which such application shall have been not exceinling $200,000, of such addi (Bond as tax collector—Cumulative to of powder at the siding east of Sand- abandonment of the present system at Reorganization of the judicial systen tional public buildings and improve general official bond.) The San Francisco school hoard says ford, Ind., at 8:50 o’clock last night. once. made. Oregon is proposed in a senate bill. ments of public buildings of the state President Jordan, of Stanford, was Fifteen persona were killed outright and Appointment of a state engineer to of Among ( Add' provisions as to port or other munici the house bills were: To col as the said state officers shall believe it Section 13. Before entering upon his vision pal taxing agency or district; modifies pro flushed with wine when he denounced the death list will probably reach 20, supervise construction of new r«»ds. i lect inheritance as to valuation of property on which duty as tax collector the treasurer shall estates of $5,000 necsesary to make during the fiscal their attitude in the Japanese school with 30 or 35 injured. The engine, two Appropria'ion for state representation and up, inst«»d tax of on $10,000 levy is made—old law provided it shall be on as at pres year for which such levy of taxes is give a bond, signed by some responible assessment roll last compiled. This adds, as question. and equalized and including assess surety company, or some responsible corrected coaches, and l»ggage car of the train at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition, ent; bounties ranging from $5 to $2t computed. ments made the state board of tax commis The San Francisco school Isiard is were demolished. surety or sureties as approved by the some kind of representation at for seal;» of wild animals, two-thirds 2. From the sum total of the afore county court, conditioned for the faith sioners. Also by consolidates part of Laws of enraged at President Jordan, of Stanford The first intimation people had of the ant! 1903. page 283, as to road districts, but tnakca to be paid by the county and one-third said items shall be deducted any sur Jamestown. university, because he favors the Jap disaster was a shock which was felt in A new irrigation code. Extreme by the state; creating the office of in- plus in excess of $5,000 remaining in ful performance of his duties as such no change.) anese in the controversy now on in San Terre Haute and aa far east as Brazil, caution should bo used in changing the spector of mines, and several covering the treasury from all funds, however tax collector, in such amount as the (All taxes levied to 0 collected by same Francisco. Ind., and aa far aouth aa Sullivan, Ind. tentative rri««sure (rained by the Port the several sections of the report of thp lerived, if not applied by law to some county court shall direct, and such officer and in same manner as county bond, if signed by a surety company, taxes.) The president has signed the bill The wires were blown down and it was land board of trade irrigation bill com slate tax commission, in each case ad special purpose. shall be paid for by the county court. Section 16. All taxes levied by any vocating the adoption of the report. passed by !>oth houses of congress for aome time before the Big Four officials mittee. 3. The remainder so obtained shall bond shall be additional and cu here learned of the explosion. Relief the relief of Kingston. In the »«mate the new measures in be the total amount of revenue to be Such district, road district, incorpor daruary 16. mulative to the general bond given by school tranis were ordered from Terre Haute Salem, Tuesday, eluded: For reciprocal demurrage and raised ated city or town, port or other munici Andrew Carnegie is reported to have and the next ensuing year for state Jan. 15.—The senate was 111., and the dead and in called to order at 10 o'clock a. m. by prohibiting rel»tes and discrimination; purposes which are not provided for by the treasurer, to which resort may be pal corporation or taxing agency or dis mid he would give $200,000,001) to ex jured Paris, were taken to both cities. for transportation of convicts by prison a special tax duly authorized by law; had in case of failure or default of his trict, now or hereafter authorized by tend his lease on life ten years. President Haines. There was but a as tax collector if the bond de law to levy taxes, shall 0 collected by From the moat definite information to purchase land adjoining said remainder shall be apportion duties session in oriler that both houses employes; scribed in this section be unenforceable the The high water in the Ohio river is obtainable, the freight train had just short the capitol grounds on the east side, and same officer and in the same man ed among the several counties in the might attend the inauguration of Gov causing immense damage in Western cleared the main track and had come ernor Chahmerlain and listen to his and to provide for working county pris manner hereinafter provided, and be or insufficient. ner and at the same time as taxes for (The last nine lines of section 3094, B. & county purposes are collected. to a standstill when the passenger message. In the brief time, however, , oners on public highways. Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. levied and collected in each of said C. Comp., without change, except change of started to |«ss it. It is thought tliat (See first two lines of B. & C. Comp., sec counties in the manner other taxes are title of officer.) A Big Four passenger collided with a the eonoussion caused by the passenger a large number of bills and resolutions 1 tion 3100; Laws of 1903, page 284, section 74; Rush for Timber Land. B. & C. Comp., section 4651, to the same ef (Extension of taxes by county clerk.) levied and collected, and be paid over were introduced. Among those present-1 freight at Fowler, Ind. A number of fect.) peipie are reported to have been killed set off the powder in the freight car. ed was one to provide for the lending Corvallis—A new rush for timber to the state treasurer. Section 14. The county clerk of each of surplus funds in the slate treasury la id is on here. It is not so great a 4. In order to ascertain the propor county in the state shall, immediately (Taxes to 0 paid in gold and silver and their bodies cremated in the fire Castro in Shadow of Death the state to reroive the interest was the one a few years ago, but be tion of such taxes to be paid by the sev alter reviving from the state board of ~<»in.) which followed the wreck. Caracas, Jan. 18, via Willemstad, and tween 50 and 60 claims have been lo eral counties, said state officers shall thereon. commissioners a copy of the assess Section 17. All taxes levied in this A pledge to propose a remedy for car Jan. 21.—President (’astro's condition Salem, Jan. 15.—Having perfected cated within the past few weeks. The ascertain from the report of expendi tax ments of persons and property within state by the authority of the state or shortage lias been given by the presi undoubtedly is very grave. The official organization yesterday, the house today tiruler li«>s 40 to 60 mil«’» southwest of tures of the several ««unties on file in his made and certified by said a municipal coiporation therein upon bulletins are optimistic, hut their gave evidence of great capacity for bus Corvallis in what is known as the Five the office of the secretary of state the state county, dent. board of tax rommissioners, enter any person or property in this state statements are generally discredited, Rivers country. I/rcators come to Cor average amount of expenditure in each apportion the same in the assess shall 0 collected and paid in gold and PORTLAND MARKETS. Although the session of the vallis by rail and take private convey county during the period of five years; and last night the death of the president iness. ment roll which has been made by the silver coin of the United States, and house this morning was not convened ances was momentarily expected, but today and each county shall pay such propor for the rest of the journey. A Fruits—Apples, common to choice, he is again reported to have improved. until nearly 11 o’clock about 40 resolu carriage to the foot of Als«« mountain tion of said state taxes as its average county assessor, and corrected and not otherwise. by the county board of equal (B. & C. Comp., section 8157.) 60076c per box; choice to fancy, $10 General were offered, the report of the and a saddle horse from then on is the amount of expenditures for said period equalized Castro lies at his home at Mr.- tions ization, and returned to said clerk. (Grantor or grantee—Which to pay 2.50; pears, $101.60. committee on apportionment of clerks cuto, near the sea, attended by his wife usual means of traveling. Women are bears to the total amount of expendi Said clerk shall forthwith after receiv tax.) Vegetables — Turnips, 9Oc0$l per received and approved, and moie among physicians. He receives hardly was the locators, three from Portland tures in all of the counties of the state; ing all the.notices provided for in sec sack; carrots, 9Oc0$l per suck; liects, and than a dozen bills were received and 18.—As 0tween the grantor any visitors and on January 13 orders having made the trip to the woods a Provided, that all of the indbetedness tion 4 of this act, and after the appor and Section $1.25@1.50 per seek; horseradish, 906 were issued that no music be played in passed to second r«»ding—this in time few grantee of any land, when there is and exiienses incurred by Baker county days ago. tionment of taxes, make a certicfiate of 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 3c per the vicinity of his residence. to admit of an adjournment at 11:50 The timber is not old fir. It is sec in the acquisition of that portion of the several amounts apportioned to be no express agreement as to which shall pound; cahl»ge, 2'.e per pound; cauli o’clock. I ond growth that has sprung up since what was formerly a part of Union assessed upon the taxable property in pay the taxes that may 0 assessed flower, $2.50 per dozen; celery, $3.50 A large number of investgating com the great fire that swept the coast county, and known as the “ Panhandle,” his county for state, county, general, thereon 0fore the conveyance, if such Staamsr Salts With Supplies. per crate; pumpkins, 2c per pound; and junketing trips are already range west and southwest of Corvallis by reason of the assumption by Baker and special school and road, military, land is conveyed at the time or prior to New York, Jan. 21.—The steamer in mittees squash, 2c per pound; sprouts, 8c p r Allegheny, the date of the warrant authorizing the county of a portion of the then existing 50 or 60 years ago. It is known to with supplies of f«xsl, cloth A prospect. university, town, city, port, or other poumi. railroad commission bill, including timber land people as piling timber, indebtedness of Union county, and the purposes for which a tax may have been collection of such taxes then the grantee ing and m«slirine for the earthquake reciprocal Onions—Oregon, $101.25 per hun sufferers demurrage was among the but is larg«’r than some that is now be ex|»‘iises incurred by Baker county in legally levied, and deliver the said cer- sha! I pay the same, but if conveyed in Jamaica, sailed today. The measures introduced. dred. the date the grantor shall pay ing sawed at the mill in this eity. If a obtaining from Union county the rec tiefiate to the tax collector of the coun after should have sailed sooner, Potatoes—Oregon Burlmnks, fancy, Allegheny Wednesday, January 16. large body of it <-ould be placed on the ords relating to that part of Union ty, together with the said assessment them. but was held until assurance that the $101.30; common, 76095c. liarhor of Kingston was o|>eu for navi Salem, Jan. 16.—Five bills curbing market at one time, it is SBid it would county added to Baker county, known roll containing the assessments made (B. & C.t section 3153, no change.) Wheat—Club, 66087c; bluestein, 68 gation as the “ Panhandle,’ shall not be con- by the county assessor as corrected and was received. The contribu railroads in the house, and none in the bring $1,000 a claim now. 069c; valley, 66c; red, 64066c. (To 0 continued next week) tions included foodstuffs and clothing Oats—No. 1 white, $27; gray, $26. of Y n ln n , a r , 1 . B o th W a y « . f C o a rs e Sh e W « « M . all kinds. A still greater quantity Fall Sown Clover Killed. Rob Coal Cars. Barley —Feed, $21.60022 p«>r ton ; see where I made my mistake.” said Fawsil (just before the banquet)—I “And O then, mind you,” exclaimed brewing, $22.50; rolled, $23.60024.50. of supplies will go by the seme line’s Pendleton—Driven to drsperatio by Albany—Willamette valley grain is the T venerable college professor, gathering believe I am to be the third speaker. Nok- Miss Passay, “he asked me if I wouldn’t Btoamer Prina Joachim, which will sail lack of fuel, the cities of Adams, hes«I- yet undamaged by the coM weather. his threadbare cloak around his atten ker Rye—$1.4001.45 per cwt. comes ju»t before me, doesn't he? tomorrow morning. Of the 90 passen e«l by the mayor, held up the north All fall sown clover in this vicinity is uated form. “If I had mastered one dia Toastmaster—l think so. I heard him marry the first man that came along. ” Coro—Whole, $26; cracked, $27 per gers, 47 are for Jamaica. "T 0 Idea!” remarked Miss Knox. ton. bound O. R. & N. train an«l by force ruin«!, but thus far damage is confine«! lect instead of sixteen languages I might sa.v, though, that he was gonig right “Don’t these obviously unnecessary have gone on the stage and been worth after you. compelled the trainmen to set a ear Hay —Vall-v timothy, No. 1, $140 to the young clover alone. Though the Millions for Indian Land. H a w -H a w . quest Iona make you sick?"—Philadel time.” loaded with e-al out on the sidetrack. ground has heen frozen several days half a million . e by a r e this IS per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, d M ia ,. Larry— Twaa th’ funniest Jok* 01 phia Press.______________ $17018; clover, $9; chest, $9; grain Washington, Jan. 21. — By the sale When the engineer was ordered to run farmers do not expect the grain to be Gritty Georgy— \V lint’s de matter wld Iver hnr-rod In all me born days. Faith, of the pasture land of the Kiowa, Co the ear onto the sidetrack he show«sl damaged when it tliaws out. It will S o c ie t y F a r o r lt e . hay, $9(410; alfalfa. $14. Dusty? He don’t seeui so anxious to Oi laughed all day long. Edyth—Tiny aay that Percy Featb- Butter—Fancy creamery, 30035c per manche and A|«che Indian reservation fight and armed himself with a shovel. take alternate fleering and thawing to Bleep like he used to? in Southern Oklahoma a greater sura Several revolvers were quickly drawn kill the grain. No wheat is injured erly ta losing hia mind. Denny—Ye* did? pound. Butter Fat—First grade cream, 33<tc has l*een realized than any sale of pnb- and the enginceh traken from the cab. at all, not is the brown oats damaged. Sandy Pike»—No, somebody told him Ixrry—YIs, Ivery bone In me body May me—Poor fellow! He’ll 0 lucky per pound; second grade cream, 2c less lic lands ever brought before. About After the ear had 0en sidetracked he It may be found that some white oats de mind works while we are asleetx Hit loike a funny bone. If he doesn't lose any more than that 300.000 sealed bids, covering 375,600 was allowed to resume charge of the are injured, when the ground thaws per pound. its n aiia! T h* P i n t Di HlSIai out. Eggs Oregon ranch, 33036c per ser««, were received. The average price engine. People have danced for thousands of The great anti tobacco crusader arose yet? Nell—Isn’t yonr new gown finished receive«] for the land Is $12.19 an acre. dosen. years, and will probably continue to do and attacked the baneful cigarette. To Secure Locks. Linn and Lans Compromise. Poultry—Average old hens, 13014 Thue the Indians will realize from the so for ages to come. This custom ia “Mark my words,” he thundered, “the Belle—Gracious! The dressmaker*! per pound; mixed chickens, 12013c; sale $4,674,000, or an average of about Salem—To obtain free waterway in Salem a- At a conference the legisla of work on It was only completed last ancient origin. The Br«t people to boy who smokes his Drat cigarette will Saturday. spring, 14015c; old rontsers, 10011c; $1,200 each Indian Interested. the Willamette river, at Willamette tors from Linn and Lane counties in dance the Curetea. who adopted always 0 behind the times.” . dressed chickens, 18017c; turkeys. falls. Representative Jones, has intro the state leigslatnre agreed to s satis- (lancing were aa a mark of rejoicing in 1543 Far down the aisle a sol led cheeked Nell—But If the dresHnaker*s Flooded Fields Freezing. lire, 17 8 17*$e; turkey., duced a bill creating a hoard of com- sat «factory adjustment of the boundary what else? choioe, 20(A22c; geese, live, 10012«’; Topeka, Kan., Jan. 21 .—A told wave, niissioners of the Willamette locks. tins between those counties. The dis B. C. In a green sweater araae and through, Belle—Oh. all my friends have to In early times the Greeks combined youngster ducks, 17016c. following 24 hours of warm rains, is Tills hoard, which is to consist of the puted territory is divided shout equally dancing rasionded : Ledger. with the drama, and In 22 B. V«s!— Dressed. #1*09^- per pound. g«’neral in Kansan tonight. In many governor, secretary of state, and state between the two counties. The new are away off. mister. De kid criticise It yet—Philadelphia Beef — Dressed bulls, 203c per pound ; se<8iona wheat fields have been flooded treasurer, ia empowered to build, con boundary line as agreed upon follows pantomimic dances were Introdnced lat “Yon S e lf - K r M e a t . smokes hla first cigarette will al rows, 406c; ««untry steer«, 505 v*c. by overflowing streams and the water is struct, operate and maintain locks on the divide between the McKenzie and on the Roman stage. At the discovery ways 0 0hlnd de woodsbe«L“ Tom m y— Paw , what la a man a f t o tiny? Mutton — Dressed, fancy, 8({09c per freezing. If the cold snap ia of more the vast b.ink of the river at Oregon Calapoois rivers. The division of the of Anterle., the American Indians were pound; ordinary, 607e. than short duration, the wheat crop City. To raise the necessary funds, district decided npoti ia the natural holding their religious, martial and so A sunflower sucks up 143 pounds of Mr. Tucker—Any man that Ursa to Pork—Dressed, 609c per pound. will be seriously damaged. $400,000, two tax levies are provided. distribution of the disputed territory. cial dances. water during its growth. The Estacada News LOSS IS THOUSANDS. Facta Brought Out at Tacoma Inyas- ligation. NEWS O R BE WEEK Counties. B a k e r ......... B en to n . . . . C lac ka mas . C l a ts o p . . . . C olum bia . . C o o s ............ C u r r y .......... Douglas ... (■illiam . . . . ( • r a n t .......... larney . . . . Jack son . . . . Tosephine . . Klam ath . .. L a k e ............ L a n e ............ Per C ou ntie s. L i n c o l n .......... L i n n .............. M alheur . ... M a r i o n .......... M orrow . . . . M ultnom ah . Polk .............. Sherm an . . . . Tillam ook .. U m atilla ... U n i o n ............ W a llow a ... W asco .......... W ash ington . W h e e l e r ____ Yam h ill .... P e r ct.