Oregon statesman., April 21, 1899, Page 7, Image 7

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THE! ; CENSUS
Novel Investigations to Be Made by, the Bureau Just
Estabiished-:What the Next Enume
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,Majiy novelties are to be Introduced
U the coming twelfth j census and late solely to religious bodies, i Special
etanr torestigationa , undertaken hlihV agent iwili count the number of de
erto are to be omitted. When the enu- nomi nations, of organizations, of min
oerator comes to you be wiU carry later, of , communicants or members,
a book very compactly arranged with of churches, Sunday schools, i parson
spaces for fifty names onapage, ages, etc., and the seating capacity of
whereas heretofore so much space has aU edifices used for religious worship,
fceen given to each household r f am- A special Investigation will be made
jlr. He will not ask you such personal into the fast -growing electric light
questions as whether you are a pris- and power, telegraph and telephone
oner, convict, homeless child, pauper, .business; another to transportation
jnental degenerate or .cripple, or by water, street railways and express
n aether you are maimed, deformed, companies. By a special provision of
deaf. dumb, blind, ; defective In sight the new law a special report "upon
or diseased. Such queetfbna win be mines, mining and minerals must be
mitted. because experience has taught completed by the 1st of July, 190S. '
that a large percentage of people will Greater speed in the taking of . the
not answer mem accurately on vruin-
fully. Those a at a coitecrea irora luca
questions ten years ago were so in
accurate that they indicated ' nothing.
Moreover, they excited opposition and
criticism.
jThe colored cook in the" kitchen will
apt be interrogated as to whether he
IS a negro, mulatto, quadroon or octa
rgon. as before. To designate a de
scendant of African stock there will
be bit one word "Black." All ladies
and gentlemen of the dusky race 'Will
present the same aspect (to the new
enumerator, so far as color is con
cerned. The purpose of the innova
tion suggests no disrespect. Experi
ence has demonstrated that very few
colored people have any definite idea
as to the extent of their white blood,
If they have any, and Uncle Sam can
H LUTT J llAIV J . w-..r " .
not afford to hire specialists to ia- j
quire into theLr genealogies.
Another omission will be the ques-
tion whether, you were a soldier, sail-
r or marine during the civil war or
whether you are the widow of such.
This was included ten vyears ago in
the census law through a special
amendment, but brought results so
imperfect that they caused an enor
mous correspondence and expense
which, however, never straightened
the figures out. j
If a householder you will be asked
whether you own or rent your home,
or whether it is free from incum
brance. There will be no repetition of
the special investlgatalon into the
" proprietorship and indebtedness of
farms and homes or into mortgages.
The simple questions retained will be
sufficient to show .whether the ten
dency of people to qwn rather than
rent their homes As increasing or not.
The new law prescribes that ladies
who refuse to tell their aesorwh
InJulge In accurate eta-tenveiits thereof
shall upon conviction be fined $100 as
shall all other persona refusing to 're
ply to questions or making- false state
ments. The" enumerator, besides
questions as to age 'and color, will ask
you whether you are a male or a fe
male, married, single, widowed or di
vorced; whether married during the
census year; L whether a mother, and
if so, of Thaw many children; how
many of these are living; place of your
birth and of the blnth.of your parents;
whether naturalized, and -If ,' .papers,
have been taken out; your profession,
trade or occupation; the number of
months you have . been unemployed
during the census jrear: your attend
ance at school during the census year;
whether you are able to. read or write;
whether you can speak English, an If
not what language; the number ot
families "and of persons In your house
and the number of. persons in your
family. This is the population sched
ule so far as decided upon at present.
Borne further changes may be made.-
Economy of time In the new census
te to reult from a general weeding
out of hundreds of investigations reg
ularly covered by other established
bureaus of the government. , For in
stance, there Is to be no further, in
quiry Into irrigation, since the agri
cultural department is now covering
that problem thoroughly. - Fisheries
are to ,be left entirely to the fish
commission. Indians to the Indian of
fice and bureauof ethnology, railroads
and other means of transportation by
land to the Interstate commerce com
mission. Insurance statistics will not
be collected.
The compilers of past censuses have
rot into troublesome- snarls and tan
gles in attempting to discover in all
of the states and territories . whether
death or disease is more-fond of white
people than those of other . hues,
males' than females, people "of one age
than those of others, and the extent
to which each occupation appears to
be productive of funerals and doctors'
bills. Experience gained, especially
tea years ago, shows that these sta
tistics were at best very, imperfect ex
cept when gathered from records of
tales wise enough to demand by law
complete registration of deaths and
diseases. Outside these registration
Utes there will be no repetition of
tfce investigation.!
Another j purely; novel characteristic
of the new census scheme: s that It
1H tat refer to: the year 1500 alone.
Only the statistics of population,- ag
ricultural products, mechanical and
Manufacturings establishments and
mortality and vital statistics need re--fr
particularly to that year. What
re to be hnown as .-special reports"
re to cover many other interesting
Problems, but will be delayed until af
er the regular ; reports are out. If
the actual field work for these miscel
laneous investigations Is made In 1905,
for instance) the .agents will gather
ata relating to that year and not to
1300. r , :,; .; : V;.,-
The Investigation of the condition, of
W Insane, feeble-minded, deaf, dumb,
blind, paupers, criminals, delinquent
boy and girls, etc.. crossed oft the list
f questions asked In each household.
ttl be left entirety to special agents
ao will visit 1 ail asylums, aim
kses, prisons, reformatories, benev
olent institutions, etc, and gather
ir data directly from the officials,
"ne special Investigation will be de
voted to social statistics of cities
another to public Indebtedness. An especially new Jnteresi wm -uation.
taxaUon and expenditureJnandfested in the twelfth census. In
OF 1900.
An Interesting special resort hh r
twelTLh. census is expected to result.
furthermore, from the fact that there
will be 300 supervisors' districts. In
stead of 175. provided tor ten-years
ago. The smaller the district the
greater the facility of communication
between each supervisor and his
enumerators. The plotting of districts
will result m an average of something
like 165 ub-divtsions to each. An
enumerator iwill cover each sub-division.
The supervisors' districts will
conform to the boundaries of congres
sional districts as far as possible.
iWhether a census will toe made of
the Philippines as well as of Potto
Rico will depend upon the status of
those islands during the census year.
If territories 'of the United States,
they, of course, will ifall within thj
scope of tihe law, which specifically
. " ' - . .
provides, however, ; for the enumera
tion of the! population ad products of
Alaska anJ the Hawaiian islands. If
the Philippines and Porto Rico shall
have become definitely annexed before.
the beginning of the enumeration,
their populations, added to that of
Hawaii and to the prubaible Increase
in our continental population, esti
mated upon past averages, will roo
ably swell our total population to 90,
000,000. or about the same as that last
estimated for the whole of North
America. We .wlil still rank fourth in
the population scale of all countries,
China being first, the British emplse
second and Russia with 130,000,000
third.'
After the papulation figures have
been accurately summed up there
muat be a re-apportionment ; of our
representatives in congress. Congress
Itself will determine the proportion of
its representatives to population. Just
after -the first census the ratio was
fixed at one. In 33,000, and under the
eleventh census at one in 173,9 jI. Ex
pansions will not affect apportionment
until the colonies are admitted as
states, although three or more , dele
gates and six or more senators may
be added to the congressional 'pay
rolls in the eVent" of their foeep.ning
territories. The results of the census
wJilch the war department will' make
in Cuba probably will not be . embod
ied in any of the official census publi
cations, although it IS' to be taken on
lines similar to those laid down for the
United States census. The' war de
partment authorities have conferred
with the census bureau as to this.
Falling Just when it does, the twelfth
census, will alter some of the old
established theories as to the? effects
of war upon birth and marriage rates,
public morals, etc. For instance, it is
estimated that, although conflicts such
as we are still suffering decrease pop
ulation by casualties in the field, they
are immediately followed by great
tiday waves of .births and marriages.
The new census " will also show how
many men . between 18 and 44 Uncle
Sam might draft into his service in
case of a great, war. If anything like
the last rate, of Increase is realised,
they may number over 17,000,000 in
stead Of 13,000,000. not counting the
colonies. The adjutant general's map
showing the percentages of volunteers
to be allowed from each state, in case
of a proclamation calling for addi
tional forces, will also be nhanged.
The problem as to whether as a re
sult of the war there will ,UU remain
a fraction more than one Yankee Jack
for every Yankee Jill will be another
of interest. Every census lor ths past
half-century has shown an excess of
men over .women in the country, al
though the margin Is always very
small. This excess Is supposed to be
due. to Immigration, more men coming
here from abroaSl than women. Un
der natural conditions there should be
a small percentage more of females
in a country than of males. The new
census will also show whether, mar
riage is continuing to be viewed with
Increasing disfavor. " -jj
The new woman movement will have
considerable light tnrown upon it.
Statistics .will be gathered to show
how many more women are engaged
in gainful occupations than ten years
ago, Between 1S80 and 1890 the per
centage of increase in this tendency
among women was almost : twice as
great as among m'. Other new fig
ures mill show, proportionately, bow
many more women have entered the
professions, trades, etc., respectively,
within the past decade. Light will
also be thrown upon the "new negro."
and .figures will Indicate whether his
ilHteacy is continuing to decrease or
whether bis race is continuing to di
minish as an element of our society.
The location of a new center of pop
ulation for our continental domain
will be another result. Xt will be in
located at a point near Greensburg.
teresting to note ho wfar and in what
direction it has moved since 1890. when
Ind. Between 18S0 and 1890 It had
traveled forty-eight miles westward
and nine miles northward, j In other
words, it showed a state of "west
northwestward the course of empire
takes Its way over the northern naif
of the continent. There la a theory
that the capital of the United State
should be established at the center of
population. If so. It would have to be
put upon wheels and moved every ten
ye"8- . ... "
asmuca as it Will fom in inmrUnt
part of the first general census ever
made of the entire world. With few
exceptions, all of the countries of the
world will -next year unite in taking
what will be known as the first world's
census. The plan was put Into tan
gible shape at the recent convention
of the international statistical associ
ation at Berne. Switzerland. A com
mittee of ways and means, consisting
of prominent statisticians, dentists,
travelers, geographers, etc., was ap
pointed. It trill be imposerble to get
the exact data from the polar regions
and many parts of Africa, Asia and
islands never yet visited by explorers,
unless considerable exploration Is
completed within the next year. The
latest estimate places the population
of the globe at 1.700,000,000. It was re
cently made by Profs. Beam 'and
Wagner, of Gottingen. China. Persia.
Siam, Afghanistan. Turkey and several
great divisions of Africa have never
had their populations counted, the fig
ures of these given in tables, of the
world's Population bein? Mtimt
They have been petitioned to assist
in the first World's census. Li Hung
Chang oncej promised that Ohina
would make fan official enumeration of
her subjectalin 1900.
CROSSING THE ROCKIES.
The most delightful ride Across the
continent is through Utah and Colora
do, over what fs knowr as 'The Sce
nic Route .fj the World. It matters
not at wfcatj season of the yea- the
trip is made at no time does the scen
ery grow monotonous. It ts an ever
changing panomura of the beauties of
nature. Ohej moment yen are passing
through gorges walled fn by rock-
thousands of feet high, agd th.- nt
you are above the snow line skirting
peaks that tower shove you unt'l they
seem almost! to reach, the sky. One of
the characteristic of the Colorado cli
mate is that the extremes of temrers
ture are nwr root with. It Is neither
so cold tor' m Inter nor to warm tn sum
mer, as uprn the lines of railway
which crosa the deserts and plains. The,
travel--? ove the I. to Oramie "vf-strn
also has the privil-?te of a fpover. if
he so elects, at Salt Lake ty. or any
where between Ogden and lJny?r, on
all classes of tlcacts. '
For Information ts to rat- s et-., and
for descriptive i ami-Wets, call on the
nearest ticket agent of the ,-. R. & N.
Co, or Southern Pacific Co., or ad
dress J. D. MANSFIKLD. ..
General Atcnt Rio tlrande Wt-stern
Railway. 142 Third Street, Portland,
Oregon.
OUR PER CAPITA.
What the Average American Eats,
Drinks. Wears, Pays fof Pen
sions and Is Taxed.
The "Statistical Abstract of the
United States," with its interesting
and suggestive per capita deductions
for 1898, has appeared.. It gives the
population as 74.389,000. In 1868 the
population was 36,973,000. The amount
?? money In existence in the United
States toy this latest official compila
tion is $35.39 for each inhabitant, an
increase of $1.14 per capita in twelve
months. In 1868 the money of the
country was $19.38 for each person.
There has been tout one year in the
thirty when the country bad more
money in proportion to population.
That was 1892, when the per capita
wsa $36.21. The money now in actual
circulation, $24.71, exceeds the propor
tion of any previous year in the his
tory of the country.r The public debt,
per capita, reached low-water mark in
the last year of the Harrison adminis
tration, being then reduced to $12.86.
The second Cleveland administration
put out bonds to protect the gold re
serve. An issue by the present ad
ministration for war purposes further
swelled the debt, until now the per
capita is $13.81. The Interest on the
public debt is 51c for each person. In
1868 it was $3.48.
(Notwithstanding all that has been
said about extravagance in pensions,
the amount in proportion to the popu
lation is not burdensome. It is now
$1.98, considerably less than it was five
years ago and. about what it has been
for three years past. Pension expen
ditures Increased much more rapidly
than the population up to ten years
ago.' It was 65c In 1868 and $1.33 in
1888. '
Increased consumption follows in
creased ability to consume. It is a
good index of prosperity. The United
States patronage of the postofftces was
greater last year than ever before. It
reached $1.20 for each person. In 1868
It was 44c. Consumption of raw cotton
reached 25.26 pounds; wheat and wheat
flour, 4.21 bushels; corn and corn meal,
22.73 bushels; sugar, 61.1 pounds; cof
fee. U-45 pounds; tea, 91 pounds; whis
ky. L10 gallons; beer, 15.64 gallons;
wine, .28 gallons; iwooi. 5.34 pound. In
1868 the! per capita consumption ran
about one-half of these amounts in
sugar and coffee and cotton goods. The
use of corn and . corn products by
Americans has Increased very nota
bly, while the consumption of wheat
in proportion to population has de
creased. Free trade is a dead issue.
The tariff now amounts to $1.96 per
person. That is lower than at any
time since the war. save only during
the first year of the Gorman-Wilson
law. when it was $1.90. In 1868 the tar
iff amounted to $4.34 per capita. An
interesting fact is that the people paid
a smaller per capita of tariff in the
first year of the Dinaley law than dur
ing the two years preceding of the
Gorman-Wilson law. Taxes on liquors
and tobacco last year amounted to
$2.30 per person. . In 1868 the average
was $5.17. ''.'.
Shake Into Tour Shoes.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the
feet. It cures palnfuL swollen, smart
Ing, nervous feet, and Instantly takes
the sting out of corns and bunions.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Allen's Foot-ease makes
tie-ht or new shoes feel easy. It is a
certain cure for sweating, calljus and
hot. tired, aching feet. Try it to-day
Sold by all druggists and ahoe stores.
By mail for 25c tn stamps. Trial
pacl"ge FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, Le Roy, N. T.
A remarkable feature of India Is the
number of deserted capitals. There are
no fewer than three Id Delhis. all
close to each other, and south of the
present city;"
ffi'io i siiii
APPP02STI05ME5T MADE BY ACT
ING SUPEEIXTEXDE5TJ0XES.
A Total of $17,99.60 Disbnrsed to
the Districts of the County
91.20 per Capita.
j (From Daily, April 18th.)
Mrs. Cook M. Jones, acting superin
tendent of Marion county, yesterday
made the first Quarter! v anrorll(mmnr
of rchool funds for the ear.
Tie total j amount disbursed
$17,549 60. or fl.20 per car its. Hereto
fore the distribution of rchool mmey
as been made seml-annua'ly, but at
ine tast legislative session the law in
that particular was amended and the
d'st urser.ieuts are new made .luarier
U. The law provide: that each district
hall rectlve at leat $50 and a further
allowance of an amount per capita,
wh ch in this instance is 1JJ0.
" The amounts iccclved by each dls
tnct m yesterday's ar.poitSonment was
as- U llowt :
IMst. Clerk.
No. 1 Charles Lembcke
No. 2 W. M. Csse......
Amount
"2.0n
95 5
1J3.IM
4770
124. M
S1.20
l'T 20
117.20
No. 8 J. A. Jefferson........
No.
4--Li. J. Adams., .
No. E t
J. "Thatcher ........
No.
No.
No.
6 C. P. Cormiius. ......
7 J. P. Lu'dfferwtKx!
8 John O. Estes.!.......
No. 9- L W. EnHy
No. 10 R. I. Bower
No. li A. C. Speer..
No. 12 E. G. Siegmund.. ....
No. Jt-J L. Stew iri.. .
137.60
213.20
86.0.)
11120
244.40
2-:0.8
f--. 20
6920
l
! 4
119 60
77 60
126.80
166.40
3.244.4
93.20
81.20
91.40
81.20
1)7.60
13fi.01
14S 40
102 80
82.40
No.
No.
Nc
14 T. M. Wltlen...
15 tno. ling . . .
16 Hfnry Hepner ,.
No. 17 J. W. Hcitck ........
No. 18 X. D. Stollard ... ..
No.
No
19 llemlaM Lang
20 li. J. Kln.haw..
No. 21 Sarah E. Chase
No. 22 A. G Smith -U.
No. 23 Henry Snyder.. ......
No. 24 los. Baumg&rtner...
No. 25 GeO. Simmons
No. 26 F. R. DuRette.......
No. 27 N. H. L oney
No. 28 Frank Baragar......
Nj. 29 TL "E. Powning. ......
No. 30Mrs. Mary Kissllnir.
No. 31 D. S. RuBles,;
No. 32 J. T. Fain .
No. 33 Mnrtln Hansen
No. 34 J. M. W. Bonner 15.20
No.
No.
No.
Noi
No
No.
No
No.
No.
No.
No.
35 Miles Lwi,.
36 A ,S. Collard....:
3f M.igge N. Cade
38 Chris. Krelarer...
39 Oliver Dailing ..
40 F. T. Ott
41 W. I H'cks....
42 R. P. Phillips
42 T-yan IKnny.....
44 Wm. ScoUird...
45 R. E. Kirk
18.00
111.20
95.50
1LV40
7.20
197.60
141.20
99 20
66.80
10S.40
220 4-
92.00
113.C0
l.?4.0
ir.o so
71 6)
10-..20
l?t.43
167.0
No. 4f W. E. McKee.
No.
No.
No.
4 A. P. Ooidon ...
CO Thomas Lauderbitk..
51 W. Kftei
No. f2 E. S. Portir... .
No. 54-W. H. Humphreys
No. 56 T. F. Hayes ......
No. 57 A. H. Cone
No. 58 Mra A. L. Husstyl 1H.40
No. 59 Joseph Reubers 12.80
No. 60 Alox Imlnh Jr.. ....... 1.M.20
No. 61 Leonard Walker. IPS ?0
No. 63 G. D. Eowen 102.8?
No. 5 S. lias 113.60
No. 17 1. G. Thomas 129.2C
v0. 68 J Harding 95.20
No. 69 V. H. Black 7S.S
No. 70 J. R. White.............. i.20
No. 71 T. C. Davidson.......... 18560
No. 72 E. S. Long.icre... ....... 131 CO
No. 73 J. S. Koib ISO. 40
No. 74 W. P. MulKey 12X20
No. 75 Geo. W. Morley 72.80
No. 76 T. A. Marigold 202.40
No. 77- XV 00
No. 78 U. Simmons 1.20
No. 79 M. Howe... . 2140
No. 80 John IHrby 11960
No. SI Chris Giebler S3 60
No. 82 W. B. Brown.. 152.00
No. 83 W. H. Tale. S9.60
No. 84 J. L.Cook.'. 81.20
No. 85 Geo. ' Howe M.6
No. 16 L. P Aid rich 102.80
No. S7 H. W-pper.... T2.80
NO. 88 C. W. Claggett 197 69
No. 9 C. F. Talcott
No. So J. F. Richard
90.80
..... M40
No. 91 J W. Ebner 233.60
No. 92 H. E. Eberhard.........
No. 93 P. .Benson. ....... .......
No. 94 Ed. Goo'ey
No. f5 U H. Davis
No. 9 L. M. Gl'.bett. ..........
No. 97 R. E. MOc'Wan. ........
No. 9 W. H. Sherman
No. 99 F. M. Fletcher
No. 100 J. F. Short
No. R.2 -W. A. Mump-r...
No. 102 A. VI. Austin......
No. 104 H. T.. Hayes...........
No. 105 Jos. Chamnes. .........
No. 106 Mrs. Linria Faberl...
No. 107 J.vieph Winters........
No. 10 C. II. Work.......
No. J0-n. O. WlUon.. .........
No. 110 Jacob Ametutz. .......
No. Ill H. A. Hartley....
No. !12 F. M. Miller ....
No. 113 ?eo. H. Nichols...... .
No. 114 Laban Maulding. ......
No. 115 Mrs Lena Moo rehouse
No. lie W. H. AJairi
No. 117 J. S. Myers.............
No. 118 Jennie M. Dulion......
No. 119 V. A. Manning.........
No. 120 James Monroe...,..,..
No. 121 T. L. Lawron.. ........
No. li'2 J. C. M.-Farl;n'
No. 123 J. f. HoUingsworth .. .
166.41
74-00
?8.'J
6120
1CL20
77.61
77.60
129.20
10.0"!
71.6C
4.-1 80
143 CO
86.0-)
65.6-1
63.M
1J9.60
1)8 80
82.40
70.40
111.20
1S8.W
75.20
$2 00
2.40
61 40
90.80
Jf.00
99.2
rt.80
WW
125 a
l v Th-Ir Business Booming.
Probably no one thing bas canss4
such a general .revival of trade at Dr.
Stone's Drug. SUie as their giving
away to their many customers vf so
many free trial bott'es of lr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption Their
trade is simply enormous in this very
valuable remedy, from the fact that it
o I ways cores and never disappoints.
Coughs. Colds. Asthma. Bronchitis,
Croup, and all throat and lung diseases
are quickly ctm-d. Ton can test it be
fore buying by getting a trial rottle
free, ferge sie 50c. and fl-Mu Every
bottle warranted.
Eegardless of Age.
The kidneys are responsible for more
sickness, suffering and death than any
other organs of the body. : -
A majority of the Ilia afflicting people
today is traceable to kidney t.outle.
It prevades all classes of society. In all
climates, regardless of age, sex or con
dition. . ' , ; .
. The symptoms of kidney trouble are
unmietakatle, t such as rheumatism,
neuralgia, sleeplessness, ratn or dull
ache In the back, a desire to urinate
often day or night, profuse or scanty
supply. j
Uric acid, or brick-dust deposit In
urine are.; signs f clogt d ktdn r
causing poisoned and jrerm filh blood.
Sometime the heart acts badly, and
tube casts (wasting of the kidneys) are
fonnd In the urine, w hlch. If negiectal.
win result In Fright's Disease, the most
dangerous, form of kidney trouble.
Al these symptoms and conditions a
promptly removed under the Influence
of Dr. Kilmer's Swumn.n.vit t ha.
a world vltde reputation for Its von-
oenui -utes or the most distressing
No one need be long without It as It
In so easy to get at any drug s.o-e at
fifty centslor one dollar. You can have
a sample bottle of this Wonde ful d"s-eo-ry,
Pmp-T;,Kit, and a Ix ok tell
injf all about, sent - to yci abso'otely
frc-e by rriail. Send y.ur address to
Dr. Kilmer St Co.. nimthimlon. N.
and kinOlf mention that you read this
liberal offer In the Oregcn.Sft smsn.
ItAME'S PATHWAT.
John Strauss, the composer. Is now
7: years 4Id and crippled with, rheu
matism. 1
Major Marchand. the Frenrh am.
...... cAiuicr, is io of maae a grand
made a gr
on of honor.
rellng
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When Trav
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take on every trln a bottle of 8mm
of Figs, as It acts most pleasantly, and
effectual! on the kljneya. liver, and
bowels, preventing fevers, headaches,
and other forms of sickness. For sale
in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Manufactured by
the Califor-
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FINAL ACCOUNT.
Notice is hereby given, that the un
dersigned did on April 4. 1S93. file in
the office of the county clerk of Mar
ion county. Oregon, his final account
as administrator of the. estate of
George O. Ashby, deceased. Iy an
order of the county court of said
county made ' and entered April 4,
1899. it was ordered that May 1 8, 1899.
at 10 o'clock s Jn In th rallf fn.m
of said county court in Salem. Oregon.
appointea me time and place for
hearing objections to said final ac
count and the settlement thereof.
OUIN SAVAGE,
Administrator.
Salem, Oregon. , April 6. 1899. 4;7-5tw.
NOTVCE OF ,PlOINTM lNT
ADMIN ISTUATOlt.
OF
I
thj
Notice is heieby' given that on
fixteenth dav -of M.inh. isf.t.
the
county court cf Marion Count, Ore
gon, duly appointed J. fforson Myers
administrate!, de lonl not of t hi? es
tate of A. I. llisdon, !ec-.t? d. snd ths
sal'l administiator having o,ua:if;ei asi
required by law, notifies all ierons
havinf.- claims against the Mte of
said A. D. Risdon, deceased, to ire.erit
them duly verified as by law reiul ed,
to the said administrator at his off'ce
In the Tioga block. Salem, Marlon
coanty. Oregon, within six months
from the first publication of this no
tice.
Dated this seventeenth day of
March 1899.
JEFFERSON MYERS, "
Administrator de bonis non, of thi
Estate of A. V. Rlsdon oV ceased.
Brown, Wrightman & Myers. Attor
neys. 3:245 t w. 1 ;
PROTOSALS FOR , WOOD.
EILS FOR CORDWOOD FOR THE
PENITENTIARY Bids will be re
dlved at the cfflce of the Fuperln.
tendent of the Oiegon State Peniten
tiary until Saturday, May 13,, lf-3,
at t o'clock p. m. for furnishing, for
th use of the penitentiary, 8or cords
of good split fir wood, 4 feet long,
and made from large lire timber.
Said wood to be dettvf-red to that
portion of the penitentiary grounds
designated by the Superintendent,
by the first day of October, 1 repay
ment to be made by st ite warrant j
upon completion of, the contract. For
the faithful performance of which
cash deposit: or sufficient bond will
be -required. Right to reject any or
all bids. For furthei particulars
enquire at office. J. D. Lee, Super
tntendent. i
BIDS FOR WOOD WILL PS RK
ceived by the undersigned commits
up to nor.n, of April 22d, "a deposit of
5C-c per cord for oak and ZSc per cod
for fr. will be tequired f the suc
cessful bidder as a guarantee of t ul-
. fillment if contract, wnlch deposit
must be made within K dsya of ac
ceptance of bid. The wcod to be de
livered st ' the folic wing named
places: East school Cak, 20 cords,
fir. 170 cord; Park school )ak. 13
cords, fir, 60 cords; North school Oak
10 cords, fir 70 cords; Lincoln school
Oak, ! cords. Br C5 c-otds; Cen
tral schcol O.ik. 10 cord; fir 15
cord a The oak. to be of good split
body, or grub wocd. Thi- fir, to of
wlat Is known as large body wood,
not record growth. The rljsht to r
Ject any or all bids Is reserved. H.
T. Utnce, II. A. Jchnson, M. L.
Chambcrlln, Saprly "ommitte-,
Sch-l D5U No. 24, Mrlon county.
Oregon. 4:7-14-21w-7d
PROPOSALS FOR WOOD BIDS ARE
hereby Invited for furnishing 4.500
cords of wood at the Oregon State'
Insane Asylum. Required, that 3.S00
cords shall be delivered at the main
building, and tOOOcords at the Cot
tage Farm; wood to be cut while
green from big fir. and seasoned, and
piled without bulkheads. Bids will
be received for the whole or any part,
and opened at the state bouse at 2
p. m. Monday May 1. 1S99. T. T.
Geer, F. X. Dunbar. Charles S. Moore.
Board of Asylum Trustees. Waiter
Lyon, Clerk of Board. 4:14-21-23w.
PREPARE FOR 1 ICIIPSE
Harvard Prpfsor's Views on the
. - ' v i .
Approaching Phenomenon.
E. C Pickering, of the Astronomical
Department,
Suggests New -Form of
Telescope-Instrument
fiteliar Photographa
for Taking'
Astronomers are already preparing
for the solar eclipse of May 28, 1900,
which1 is to be visible in the southern
statea, Plans; are under discussioa for
making the most of the fleeting oppor
tunity). Prof. E. C. Pickering, head of
the Harvard astronomical department.
In a Circular I letter to astrorKnners
urges a variation from existing meth
ods, jermittlng a greater amount of
work, not merely during aa eoUjvae,
but in the general research of an ob
servatoty. H say a according to the
Chicago itecorU. 4ht. nut of the tele
scopes, in ue aiowsdays are very near-
ly the
same Xi rm and adapted for th
kind M -Work, - leaving other
same
equally valuable -fields untouched.
Cl0w.-t nvx:o.n lnstiuaients have been 1
made,! with to or three exception, in
the nrth tenliperate cone and placed
for local or political reasvms with tut
special reference jlo the needs of as-'
tranuthical te&earch. As a rule, thy
are near large cities or tuwiw, whero
th very conditions that made tho
country prospervHia rendered them un
fit for fine work.
Beetles, th whole southern h$Mni-
phore has been neglectei.
In iioirt of cotittrut.-tlon. most nKl-
ern telecopi arf of the .Knie patters.1.
with tfoeai lengths from fifteen t.
eighteen times thje aperture, ami ther. - .
by -con fined to one. t!us of work. Tht,
success of the lirut-e telewope at Arc - "
quiia, I'eru, a photographic Irrstru-
ment. with a f4cU length .only six
times the aperture, prompts the p4...
fessor to suirgtst th't a. devl-r:me! t.
of astrononic!il
tudy en the san
lines would be edrdnently denlrame. An
Illustration of 4We "va.ivt of permaiieit
records of sky. b.cured at Arerut;Ti.
wm strikingly fhj.w in. the case of t..j
planet Eros, discovered' In li'S. t'akn. -lations
show that it must have" be I
nej.r the earth and ln-laia in 1S94. 1c
was not dlscivered then, but 11 prv
to have been taken on the Itruce Ha!"
preserved at Harvard tenty. ficttu-i
of It bavins been found, enabling th
astronotnei s to foil w it through half
a revolution.' 1 T
Pmf. Pk-kerlng'a proposal Is t buit-I
a photographic tWci ojw of greiit
focal length, tajr 13 -r 12 feet, wit't
an ajK-rture of twelve or fourteen Inch
es. It would be mnuntei horlaim-
tally and immovable, the images trth
stars to be reilef t-.-d into It from ?.
mirror. The motiuii of the earth ki: I
be counteracted by niovinr the Jphot.i-
grarhtc plate by clockwork. Such m
Instrumeiit woul l 1e only an eriormoi-
enlargement of 'the. photo-heMoKrapa."
which fiis Ik tn fv,u id to Imj rtie bt t
for the study of 'the sun. The larger
instrument, with favorlnjr atnitwiiher"
Ic ttonJitions, pcvtutiuy couhl outline thn
finer details of the ol;ir tkurfae. an-l
In the coming eclifwe' pmbably rouM
Insure phoioarrophs of Xtu; spectrum of
the reversing layer and show details of
the inner corona.
Other lines of' reearch suggested
would be the securing of better photo
graphs than have tbeen obtained of the
moorrand of Jupiter, Saturn and Mat s.'
The-planet Eros approaches the eartli
so clcteely that its parallax amounts to
a minute of arc. The next approach
in 1900 Will be more favorable than any
other, until 1927, and cireful observa
tions should be taken of the planet,
when east and wet of the meridian,
since the distance of tlie sun fnvm the
earth probably can be determined In
this may better than any other yet
attempted. As this distance, is the. unit
by which all astronomical distance
are measured the Importance of he
work hardly can be overstated.
More than $1,000,000 was spent In ob
servation of the transit f Venus lit
1S74, for this one aim only. 'while the ,
proposed plan is feasible sjt a cost of
15,000 of 10,GOO. Th parallax of the
fixed . stars and the locations of the
major planets are other lines of fruit
ful study possible (with a photo-heliograph.
; ' .
Deafaest Cannot be Cored
ey local appllcatieiM. aa tbereanaot reach th
di d portioa of the ear. Therm im only oo
way to cars Ueafncaa, and that la by oonatita
tional remedies. IeafoeM ia csosnd by aa in
flamed condition of thm tnnooua linlnf of the
Eustachian Tab. Wba thi toh irr4(inRa.mHt
f oa bst a rnmbllag aoaad or Imperfect bear
ng, and when it ia entirely closed Oeafseaa is
tb raaalt. and aniens the laflammatioa can b
taken out and thi tab restored to its Dorm at
condition, bearing will ba daatmyed forever;
Bin cases on of tea are esaaed by catarrh,
which is aotbine bat aa iaflacaod coadiUoa of
the mnenal aurfacaa.
Wawillstra One Ilondrnd Dollar for soy
eaan of IlaafneM (canard by catarrh) that can
not ba eared by II ail 'a Catarrh Car, ttnad tor
eiresJars, free.
-V. J. CTTKXFT aV CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by DruggiaU, 76c
FOR SALE
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Price, SI .30 and $2.00
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