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A FROM SUNDAY'S DAILY IflNFS' ANSWFR rr- A Ehelman witness; Wal JUllLO rtlsOHLll ter D. Jlagee and Tilda Katrburg. c! MR- --: - ' - f V iw w. Cralx 'and : Josephine Taylor. A. L. Downfng HtHW-t (iROW IP ONE fclliE ness. . AND lOWITHE OTHEK. j T-DecTetIir th J. C. Sieground and . I , 1- Ha. J- H. Roland, witness. ' - tM!1 12th il. T Miliar, and Mk iutoCiT'r"r statistic UJmir- l-uca. A. J. Miller, witness. ; !jts4Ud the Mrkb ness. " nu&nes. u ' I . .December 21st-a. tv. Hunt and . v 'Trances Mason, C. H. Merrj-man. mil In the Portland Oregoidan. of Dec. nesv. , . ' '0th. -a nop communlcaiion appeared. ! December 22d August Luae and under the date off "Bwtteville, Dec. fRe Chavia.Ttoo.VW. hotter, witness -Sth." n1 over the -"signature of "A December 26th Tusa Ogfesfoy and Grower." The main point of the write l'e E. Taylor, J. W. Taylor, witness; aeemed to toe to ridicule the Oregon ! E. Flory and Dennis Boylea. C. I. Hop Growers Association especially pojyles, witness; J. W. Shephard and the principal officers," and after giving Iv Sullivan, JUilu Coffey-, witness, a lot of statistics !as to the ; yield .of Pcnber 27th Ira E. Thomas and bop United States, he makes the Estella Houeer, Win. Thomas, witness; assertion: i I if V i-jv esley Edwards and Iva IrvW IL L if these figures ; are only half trae."-Irvin- witness. .: i . Mr. Jones can load the whole Oregon output on a ship, steam down- the grand old Columbia, cros.r"the bar into- the bosenv of themighty Pacific ceiiC dump the wnoie-cargo inio ntr nnny wate". and the world's market would not be affected jtnore than would, the waters -on her shores j ' 'f- In answer to the rOrowe'r" Mr. Jones requests the-Statensan to pobTifch the following .communication: Eroote Or.) Dec. 30. 1859. ''To A Grovrer and Other , Dealers: Permit me, as you request In , your article, in the tMorning. Oregonian of &ec. feoth, to reply. As to statistics, ourierf timate of the Oregon crop Is 60,000 7Q.000 bales, Washington - crop, j 3o,()X. California crop. 35,000, and the New Tofk. crop -0,p00 bales, and as a conservative estl . mate the eport demand from '40,000 to As -to the European -supply that doeW not cut any fl?ure; as t&e- rniporuduty - Is 12 cents per pound, which la In U- azlt a. very fair market price for our goods here. f We fetill claim that the . Oregon Hop Growers Association has had a good deal to do with, steadying rthe mirket, and were all the .liops poo ' ed on Our outlined I'lan., the" market would ftill be In alvanee of: what it Is at preisnt. But. taking everything into consideration, we think that we have done very! jvell and that the growers are Tea-ping substantial benefits from our efforts. As tcT'the personal slur-s en the members -of oar Asssociatioh, we pass that byV I Will add Mi- Grower, that dealers have' rejeatelly said that r it was their desire to advance prices, end that It could be done to the amount of at least 3 cents per pound, which according to his timat4 of the Ore gon hop crop, .wouli mean $320.KK In round numbers to the Oregon hop , growers; and as a test of your and other -dealers' -sincerity, we asked-them to put their hops in the pool And we beg al?b to assure i them that had they : done so they would have received hon-e-l and fairtreatrntnt.' which we. as "growprs, have not always .received from their hands. ' ,.' "We have .never at anytime oast slur upon the brewers, and we have at sell times said and do now believe that they are willing to pay fair prices for -their hops:- and could the grower; re- -?-eiv what the 'brewers actually .pay with reasonable coromision only to the anUldle-men, thy would not need to (pool thetr. hops and fight their own .tattles. The law- or supply, and de mand would, sufficiently fix the price. Furthermore. ;.we jworild think more of any dealer of the firm that he -represents if when hei Amis It necessary to resortt to newspaper criticisms, he would please insert the ,artk lea over . his own signature. Also that if she would enter the field -openly and ray, as we are informed and leiieve to be true, that his firm Is a ehort-seller and is attempting by every means, by hook or crttok, to get. our goods at the lowest prices, in fact at no price at all. In order to Increase their ronts a short sellers; we would have : more respect for them than we can now have know ing their-, method of indirection In or- - -der to'lnbrease their prwflts as short sellers. . -, : y "JCew dealer or "grower were your figured true as you state, r 4jd you believe them, as you possibly do. Sn the . theory that a. lie oft repeated comes to" be taken for truth by the maker, j you will urely take the first conveyance to China, Japan, or , elsewhere in search of markets for hop, as that's .what yon advteed us. Doctor, take your own medicine. ;:. . The-statistics how 200.000 bale used i last year, not 125.C0O as you state. There "Is quite a percentage of increase In the .ne of hop on account of aug mented denand for eer, and the Ui cre.fe will be further added to on ac count of cheaper hops and thinner : , .goods. . '. ) : " ! ".Vow, confidentially; with California hor nooled. Washlnrton - hops In Hn,ni han,l :w York pretty well sold lout, and' Or tgon how pooled from what -source win these snort-aeuers we r-. , v auppiied Don't you think you had Swarts, Philip J. Makey. Q. A. Lltcn better cultivate us? We were offerel field Edward Fane. Charles C. Savage, orders yesterday Tor 2,000 bales. Wejj. Rex Byars. Arthur Girod. Leon O. mlht yoU knmvj If you were real stood, j Holland; Marlon F. Porter, Frank O. consider an offer from you; ' Jusft' tojcoller, S. A. Mellyain, A.J M. South help you out. at about 15 cents t. o. b. jwick. 1 R. M. Gilbert, John Armstrong, "We are not so particularly anxious 1 jerry Desert. G. W. Jones, H. K. Hall, of getting rid of 'these "dealers a In- j u. a. Johnson Jr.. Henry Zellor. Sam d'viduala, there Is a lot of good Oregon j q j0nes. Silas W. Thornton, AJ soil that needs clearing. -But It Is their Hulden. W. F. Schwarx. W. F. HarrL, infernal methods' of handling the farm" Percy Pugh, Samuel Feldman. W. O. ersH product that we iwieh to have IIayien ciell Hayden. R. G. Church! IL eept off the face of the earth. - ' o. J. Hull. Walter White, John Bern- "Before closing the contract with r. nard c O. Bort. Wlllard Stevens. Ray Rav. whom: thei banks recommended as T A'n.tm neorcre A. Durette, Fred selling afnt the association aatifled Itself that he would act entirely for its Interest exclusively, and It 1 o entered- on" the bond. . "M. J JOKES. JLVTEO N DECEMBER, Seventeen Couples Were Provided With Glory Ticket During the --' IPast Thirty Days Durinar the month of DecemJser eeven teen young couples maip applicatlotu for marriage licenses in' the coumy clerk's office and were provided with tickets entitling them to maity. " lows: " t December 4th E. Palmer and Grace Ruble, Charles Long, wltns: Charles Moore' and Dell Plumb, I. S. -Moors, witness. Pber-6tbW. D. Brower an.-Ai-! i,Mra-r 29th C. F. -Epley and Cal- Me J- Richardson, O. O. E'pleyl witness; December. 30 R. W. Tucker ami f Alice Peart, Arthur Peart, f witness $ . - m ueaa tune .arou, J. '11- Inland, witness; Ralph DeSart and , Mabel Wanles. M. R. DeSartrwltness. 1 .. V "'' I FPn SIXTX DATS. George Lloyd. a morphine fiend. Is in the county Jail for 60 ays. having been giveja such a sentence or the crime of stealing some tools from the ' rear of v the; Musser home,1 at the foot pf Coucl street.! The stolen property was found lnl his pos session while he was la the aiet of re turning them 'to the place trom wnich he purloined them. lie was arrested and taken before CJty Recorder Judan. sitting as'; an ex-offlcio justice' of the peace', who set his trial for 4 p. m.. the t result of which, was the imposing of the penalty aforementioned. A EOP.ECLOSURE SALE Sheriff P. W. Durbln yesterday sold a tract of land, containing s46.51 acres ; near the fair grounds, unSer ah executioh out of the circuit court, it being the prop erty involved In the suit of E. E. Wild, plaintiff, vs. Mattie A. Parrish, defend ant. The euit was brought forthe col lection of $2.399.S0. and the property was bid In by W. S. James, at 200. Sheriff Durbin stated that the; prop erty sold was one of i the best tracts of farming land to Marlon, county. NOW f ILLY ORGANIZED VETERANS ADOPT A CO?fSTITCIOX AXD ELECT OFFICERS. r Worrlck Pmt I the.Nanie Chon in Honor of the Urate Captain of the 8a- lena Company. -. In response to a call, a large number of the former Oregon volunteers- met In the office Of H. A. Johnson last ev ening, for the purpose' of perfecting a permanent organization of ; the : Spanish-American War Veteran I Aaaocla tion. The temporary office raj elected at a preliminary meeting held several weeks ago, had charge of last night's gathering. Chas. A- Murphy presiding. The constitution. : as adopted by the Portland post, was read and adopted as a whole and It : was promptly signed by those present, about thirty-two vetj erans. affixing tnelr names, j Officers were then elected as follows: f' ; Chas. AL Murphy, captain. ' ; Ay M.t South wick, first lieutenant. . T5.. M. "Gilbert, second lieutenant. fi. W. Jones.- quartermaster sergeant. II. K. HalL first sergeant! ' 1 D. X.TJarrett. sergeant of the guard. O, .P. Litchfield, sentinel. J. Rex Byars. S. A. Mcll wain and Edward Fane, trustees. . j- , ; R. M. Gilbert.- C. A. Murphy. D. N. Barrett. J. Rex Byars. Frank Coliers A. M". Southwlck and G. W. Jones, were elected as delegates to attend the state meeting at Portland, on January 4th. The naming of the post was the next matter under consideration. . One vol unteer, who had gone through the hard campaign In the Philippines, following Captain . Elmer Ol Worrick, and had great admiration for that officer's sol dierly qualities and gallant services, suggested that the popt be; named af ter th former captain of Company K. The suggestion metwlth approval, and Worrick Post ; will hereafter be- the name and title of the; volunteers' asso ciation In Salem.: '' Those present who- signed the mus ter roll, and those who, though absent, had 'authorized their names being, add ed, ere: i- : - ' Charles A. Murphy. David f.' Bar- ' rett, C. A. Johnson. Leon Girod. James Peterson, H. W. Ross, Wm. ii.; uatcn ellor, Henry Jansen. . ! ; . The new organization adjourned at a late hour to meet again on Saturday evening January th. at the city hall armory. s IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. Washlngbn. Dec. 30. Representative Tavlor of Ohio, chairman of the epe SaT committee InvesUgating the case of Roberts, ays the case will 1 fJsom up for action In-the house before the middle of. January. J . ' . , - - 1 - 1 1 i , TbfeBrut Prescription for MIrIa Chills and B"our'Qa GROVES3 TASTELFS CHI LL SrTTt ta simply Iron and Ql- ne ln tasteless for-TJ, h'P CT P7. ' Jce 50 cent. WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, THE TIMDE-WAS GOOD SAtEM EJOTE A FAIRLY PBOSPEK OCS TEAK'S Bt SIXESS Xotwltbatndlag th Advert Conditio with Vt hirhTlwy Illd to CoU-od- . (From Daily, Dec. 31H.J The volume of business transacted is a reliable Index of the prosperity of a community. From interviews had yesterday with local mefhanta," whose expressions are herewith presented. It is Quite anotr. nt tha a remarkably prosperous con- aiuon exists in Salem and vicinity, not-aiths-tarilng' the unpropitious weather conditions!, the Tailure of the fruit crop and the1, prevailing low prices for -certain farhoi, products' and other unex pected . and adverse condition with h,ich the business world has been obliged to contend.. Taking these cir cumstances Into consideration, the year of 1899 has been a fairly prosperous one.: In spite of the unfavorable con dition enumerated, the volume of trade has jbeen practically as great as for the preceding ' year, which very clearly evidences an' Improvement: In business relations and Is conclusive testimony 5 of a more prosperous ' con dition, generally - speaking, M 1 The first, serious reverse of the sea son was Uhe complete, failure of .the j fruit crop,j which, under -favorable con jditions, annual'.y -places.- thousands at the Willamette valley. Following the damage to the fruit, came the unsea sonable rajns in August, which did ex tensive damage to the grain," while one of 'the most unfortunate misfortunes kt the season, was the destruction of the Salem Flouring Mills plant In this ciy, together w4th over 200.000 bushel of Aheat, 1 whi-ih was largely the property of Marion cotmty farmers4. Again, the low " prices; for wheat 'and hops made money more scarce arid to cap the cli max, artie the smallpox, which com pletely demoralized business for sever-, al weeks.' iWhen these conditions are considered It is only remarkable that the merehintB enjoyed the trade tfiat they have.; A' repreentatlve ' of . the Statesman yesterday called on the' local banking institutions and,, obtained Interviews from- the officers relative to the amount of business: done during he past twelve months. A. T. Gilbert, of Gilbert Bros' bank, was: out of the city and could not be interviewed, but representatives of the mother banking houses were seen with the- following result: Claud Gatch. of the; Ladd ,&. Bush bank: "Owing to the failure of the fruit crop, jlh.S! low price of wheat . and hops, business during ; the year - just closing has: not been above the average. The uncertainj" conditions that prevail ed prior -to? and during the harvesting season,1" reduced the practice of borrow ing moneyj to a minimum. Current banking is. now on the increase. Our list Of depositors is larger and individ ual deposits are greater1 than at the cgrrespondlng time last year or ever before." ': f -. ' J. H. Albert; of the Capital National Bank: "Business conditions are very satisfactory. The legitimate demand for money has been light and the banks (have been carrying large balances.; It has' been; a problem this year to find Investment for the funds.. Deposits have been . steadily Increasing, which is the case of all of the banks of : the state, notwithstanding the low price of wheat and hops and the failure, of the fruit crop. I attribute the present Improved Condition to the experience derived during, the late panic, when people learned to retrench and live Within .their means, hence a surplus exists." ' Several business men were Inter viewed regarding the-trade of. the year as compared with that of "the year be-, fore, and I the following expressions were offered: . .. Patton Bros.: "Not taking into ac count ourf toy department," we have done the largest business since the or ganization of our present firm. - Our toy department realised far above our expectations. j . f Geo. C. Will, dealer In pianos, etc.: "Business for the past year was better than ever! with us. :Sale were larger and therel,was a demand for a higher grade of goods than ever before." Friedman & Gftenbaum: "All the year round, business was 10 per. cent better than last yeajC ; ' Buren & Hamiltorn; "Our sHes for the year average those of last year. O.ur holiday trade was good." Willis Biros.: "Trade up to the Aug ust rains I was better than last year, but'since ithen has not been so good." Krausse- Bros.i "Considering the ad verse conditions with which we have had to contend, our business has ex ceeded sill expectations." J. J. Dalrymple & Co.: Biginess with us has not been quite as god as last year. f F. A. Wiggins: "My business shows a gain over that of last year" E. T. Barnes: "Our.businesa was not am, 1 a t tar Ithloll Wit in eX- traordinarlBy good year, but trade was very good! co lsldering general conoi tions." .': .. ;' ' ' . ' T.Holvef-son: "Business was not as good w flit! us during the past year as it was during 1S93, but generalcondl tions were! detrimental to trade." POLK COUNTY NEWS awn.. en? JaI t nmion t taT roll for Polk 1 tlx! u-ciii-v" county is printed In the Independence Enterprise., The sale is advertised to take place on January i7th next. -.. Circuit ciourt, for Polk county, de partment To. 2, R- Boise. Judge, nvene next Tuesday at .paDas. The docket contain $4 cases. ' .W. G. Magers, tne lone wt-uyi the Polk county Jail, and who under sentence to be execnted on ff February 2, 1900, spends most of his tlma to reading, anajw, concerned in the deaat as to the fate which awaits him. Suitor U Thurston's big sawmill at Dallas is running on full time, and to turning out lots of lumber. The pond Is well filled with logs from near the summit of tha Coast range. The w itch trom the Southern Pacific company's track to the mill yard Is nearinr com pletion. ' . . . ... Work on the interior of the new court house at ; Dallas Is Droarressina- niceiy. The stone work 1 ail finished, and carpenters are ' now ' putting' the window In the tower. The metal ceil ing of the court room is being put on and presents a handsome appearance. The failure of the heating appearatus to arrive when expected haa delayed the work oX plastering the rooms, causing the contractors considerable annoy ance. ? A soon , a this plant arrives and is pat In operation, the plasterers will hurry their work to a finish. Con tractors Erb & "aa Patton are- rush ing t)e building to completion as rapids ly as thorough work and weather con ditions will permit. ; , . A. Jones has old his farm In the TT .1 kill- . An. The smallpox patients In the Pop Corn district are all recoverylng. Mr. Gryce. whose case was the wprst- ls able to be out following the-plow. , - . , Mrs. Percy Willis Is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. Purvlne, In Spring Valley. She exf-ects jto return to the Philippines to Join ntr husband. Cap tain Willis. " , . .. 1 ..'-t ; .. From ten geese Mrs. 'B, L. Hastings, of the Peedee section, raised four dozen goslings, j and after picking twelve pounds . of feathers sold them at $ a dozen. Their keeping cost not. a cent except the grass they ate. j The. 193 a&sesdsment roll of Polk coun ty, foots up $0,000 more than -for 1898. The summary of the roll shows the fol lowing: s There are In tlje county 117, SS8 acres' of tillable land valued at $2 - C63.3.5; ' 232.234hon tillable, 669.3To; value of impt'ovement-s. $250,990; value of all lots, -.$159,715: value,, of -Jmprove-jments on lots $257,410; improvements ion land not deeded. ' $S,975: sixty-two. miles of telephone, $4,6T; flfty-four'and bne-half miles of telegraph $2,400; (sixty miles of railroad: $190,230; roll ing stock. $25.pOO; stationary engines, steamboats, j etc.. $S7.673; merchandise, stock In trade. $129,314; farming imple ment-!?, $107 115; money. $-l6,00; notes' and accounts, $235,585; 1,412 Ishares of fetock. . $105,909; household goods, $1S9, NO: 4.420 horees. $142,435; 5.516 cattle. $64!50; 25,958 sheep and goats. $51,910; 4.616 swine. $12,355. Total $4.S12,950; exrrpti(3ns. $391,630; total" yixable, 44. 41S.270. There-are 1,612 polls. A PRISONER IS fREED fABiy.(iK.MED hv tiiiS;:kn- OR TO T1IOS. GOLUSWOKTHV: VisS-nt t the Penitentiary from IiUer j County fur ManlaiiKht-rr-ChinK at the Asyluni. Gov, T. T. Geer yesterday granted a full pardon to Thomas Goidsworthy, sentenced . .to the penitentiary from Baker county, having been convicted if manslaughter, on December 11899,' ind sentenced to serve ten years im prisonment. The "pardon was 'petition ed for by a large number of the .citi zens of j Baker county, executive clem ency being .requested on .the ground hat the man was sufficiently punished for the crime he committed, the case having had many extenuating eircum Stances connected with it. The trial judge Hon! Robert Eakjn also recom mended the pardon, urging the justice Of thesame, and the, district attorney interposed no objections. The pardon was issued as prayed for, and the man was given his Jlber ity, and sent to his home. . . i A. Lawson, the cTiored bootblack, whoss.hot and kiHed a ganibler in Ba ker City on Xovember 23d, has been received at the penitentiary. Hi trial, which was had within a month after the shooting, resulted In a verdict of murder, in the second degree, Sand he was sentenced to life Imprisonments There are now 336 prisoners in the pen-M itentlary under the care and custody of Supt. J. D. Lee and -Warden- J. T. Janes. The Inventory, taken at the ' Oregon insane asylum preparatory to; the transfer of that institution to the; new management, has been completed, and it Is expected that Dr. D. A. Paine, the 'retlMng - sujierlntendent. will formally transfer the affairs of the institution to Dr, J. F. Caibreath. the new superin tendent, tomorrow forenoon. The . asy lum, at the- close of business lasf.ev ening, has 1171 inmates. " and atj the close of the year 1S9S there were 1167 patient's under care and treatment -at tHat institution, a njet Increase of four. The hiahest number had on an one day during the last year, was 1192, on April 30th. A. "3 3 'S PILLS Fee BilUras snd Nfrycm Diaordero, such as , Wind aad Pia in IM Stomach, Sick Headache, , Giddiness, Fuiacaa and S.cltinc after mols.Du- , it net sand Drowsiness, Cold Chills. Flohi of . Heat. Los of Appetite. Shortness of Brta'h.Coa- ( tivesea. B tote be en the Skis, Disturbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams, and all Neroos and Trerobl- x lag Sesaiiona, etc These ailments ail arise from disordered or abused eoudittos ol the ( stomach and liver. ' , fiaacAam'a Plim, takes a a directed, will , quKkij' restore females to eoanplete hcaith. They t prompfiy remove any obstruction or irregularity . of the system. For a 7 , Weak Stosaadi, Impaired Digestloa, jack Hcaaactac. Diaordcresl Uver. etc, rhey act likev waeic a few dose wW wwr wm- dera apoa te Vital Oreaas ; Strengthening te Mascalar System, rentwrin f the lonf Wtt Com- ' pleiioa, brin(ic hack the see edte fcf Appef'te, and arrnismf with the Rmmmbma Of HmMlth thm mrholm hyJmi anaarjj) of the hamaa frame. For thnnrint off fevers tticy are apecialiy ' reawwaed. These ara" facts " adrairted by thow- caada, aa all elasaes of society, aad awe of toe beat fnarsntecs to-the Nerrms aad Debilitated is that Bemchmm'm Pltlm harm thm Maim of mnyrmtmt mmu 1 thm WsWd. thim sat aaait 4 f wHthmwt thm mmmlimmtfmm 4 mf tmmtimtmmit9, thm immt hmi-n thmt 4 Bmmchmjm'aPUJmfmammummmdthmma . 4 safi ss ' - Beacaant's PUJa have far assay years beea the aopalar fasaOy raedjcine wberever the: Ea glials ' ianraaac la spotca, aad they aow ataad wkaoof -mriruL ..-,,.. -...,;- 10 casts sad 25 easts, at all drag stores. ' ECHAM 1000. A TESTIVAL Of HLSIp TO BE HELD U( ULEJt DCRINU THE COMISO 3IUXT1I OF MAY. Will lt t'adcr the Aaplr of the W 11 , lsmtt VIlcy Choral I nion . (From Dailj, Dec. 31st.) Yesterday 1 the officers and executive committee of- the WUlamette Valley Choral Union met in Albany for the transaction of bdsfnes connected" with the May fesll-al of music to be held the coming May.'- . - Salem was decided upon as the placj of meeting, and Francesco Seley, deaa J or the college of Music of Willamette University, of this city, was elected, festival director. ' V Tp fill vacancies, H. S. Gite and II. tT. Swafford, both of Salem, w;ere elected president and ice-presld4nt. respectively. . . The commltt4'-oted to produce two master works at This, festival Haydn's "Creation - and Mendelssohn' St. Paul," wkh soloists, "chorus, and or chestra. :; - jThe chorubes, from Eugene. Albany, Corvallls and Salem." will participate, making a grand massed chorus, which will be directed In VBU Paul" by Mr. Seley, and, in the ''Creatlari by Gif fOrd XasSb of Eugene, The orchestra will be a large one, consisting of the) best obtainable players ,ln the valley The sololists will probably be secured In Portland, Eugene and Salem. This festival means much to Salem, il and should! unite. all music-lovers in the! effort to prove that tha Capital City Is large enough and sufficiently musical to prepare 'for a grand May festival and carry it to a successful issue, both musically apd financially. The Salem chorus should number 150 members, at the lowfest ' estimate; and every mem ber should be "filled with enthusiasm for the May festival and the gootl of music in general, . - . ' Eyery singer who reads music wl!J orabahlv be Admitted to tJi ' charus. j and "those who do .not sing will be ad mitted to the cjhoral union as honorary members, and jmay enjoy the feast of music during jthe three: days of .Hhe May festival, t " - ; ." i' ; Besides the pratorlosy- there will be one or two concerts. 'The days- wilj be ocojjpied by 'rehearsals of the massed chorus and . orchestra,' and the e-en-ings .by the oratorios and concerts. Let all of . Salem's mttslc Iovfers awaken to the Importance and the op portunities of this musical festival, and finite- In. iraakjng it the success it must surely j be, provided ' every one helps.' . -m j. -: -. .s . 1 It is expected that the local .chorus vill begin rehearsals Tuesday evening, January 9th. All who vUl sing In the chorus will be expected 'at the first re hearsal. ; provided with a copy ;of " the "Creation." As this oratorio has been given hi Salem, there should be no trouble In securing plenty of copies. RECEIPTS Of A YEAR COtEECTIOS MADE 111 THE COlTY !S OrriCEKS Ifl'RISO iko. Marion County Una lal jt Part nf Its Old IH-bt The rant Year a f . . ' . Proaperoas One. The buslnef.s of the various county offices, for the year Just closed, shows a 'very satisfactory state of affairs, and especially Is the financial condition of the. county In a most excellent condi tion, as compared to former years. Ac cordipg to,a statements made by Coun ty Treasurer A. "L. Downing last even ing, at the close of office hours, the county had, ow' January: 1, 1S9. an In debtedness o $86,396 87 on outstanding saw this amount reduced to $S7,MLi3,3 a net decrease in the county's Indebt edness of '$28. 585.34. The ofTKlals pride themselves upom this record., especial ly since the.outttanding lnde.btedns of the county Is principally on account of the year 1899. there. being only about $2,800 of this debt Incurred -prior to Jan-i uary 1, 1899. : , , ; The receipts on account of fees In the offices of clerk and recorder, during the pat 18 months, slnce the present officials went Into office show up well, as shown in the following statement; the receipts of the clerk were: . . . - . . (1 r ' I. July.... ......... i..,. ..... August...... ...... . Septernher, ... ............ .' . .' , . ...... .... 233 30 -kis 6i . 25 50 . . . . . a ' s . . 35 33 .. .... ...t2.W2 M .....$ 4 15 ....... .4 71 1 ..... ....... . 2CS T5 . 248 0 ........... 225 75 t en UVtober.,, Xovem ber . . . Decern be ti. Total... 1 January. .. . February.... Marchi'...... ...... , April. ..jT.. ......... . Hii'jr ' June. ... , Total...... July...... .. August,.... rpternber. Octcer.....J Xovember.'. . "December.... ., . m 10 ...... .i....... 2T? 90 . ...... ....... 217 ,-. ... Z& 05 ... .. 299 85 ; Total... ..... . .. ...... 11,670 00 The receipts In the county recorder's office for the same time show the fol lowing statistics: : 198. . -.v. " : .;',' -.-."j July..:.,... .... ...... iU 55! August........ ... ...... .... 13 0 September..... .... ......... .. . 1)1 93 October....... ..... ...... .U;., 223 15 November............... ..... 25 30 December..'.....' .. 240 5. Total.. J. January;. February. March... April... .. ..fU2S 60 , .... 239 CS . .... 200 IS ...... 2$a . . ...... . 222 RO . . . . . . 1 .. 21$ tO .. $1,403 25 154 55 ... 15 60 ,. - 191 5 .. 225 IS .. 253 SO .. "25 IS Total. ju ly .:. v. . . . . .... v; ... ...... .UgUSt .. ...1 ...'-..... September..... ...... ...... October.. ....... ... ..... Xovember..... ...... Deceaiber.; . . . ...... , Total.......; .... ...i..',.$1.24 50 The su-mmary of the past year's work; In the.cujjrecordef's office showa a large -tmirit of business, traasaete!. and documents recorded as fouowsf: .Documents No, Deeds to real estate........ Mortgage ton realty. . . . ... Satlf f acttohfS of mortgages, . Assignments of mortgages... Chattel mortgages.. ... , ... United States patents....... wins.. ,;.(.. .i v- ...... Lease... , . Mlellaneeus. . ...... .... ... .Dental certificates............ A fa rgl n a I ia 1 1 sf act Ion s . . v. ,v . Chattel - moirtgages filed . . . May.. . . June....: .1572, ; 4S4 . S2S : . . 521 . 45 ' . .!. .. : :. IS . 1 . 22S - tin s 1 s ' Mining claims filed.. In the sheriff' office the year? ha been an "extremely uy one, mora money havikig been colleotel ftn v ac count .of taxes, then ever before in th history of Marion county. nd the roll for the year 1S99 shows hss dMtn quehcies than has been known In nwiny years, the Officers being very , niuort elated over 1 their great success In .this department.! TREASURE. DEFICITS ABROAn. i "-: - Iick of a parpliia In Their Firiiuveji: 1 Doesn'ft Bdther European Sfatesmetji 1 V i ' -' , .-' . -. . (. : .- . ; ' '. . 't has. been annopnce-ij that thre 4 deficit Of $49,000,000 1n" the KusstaJt government's Inrowe this -year,.. th exjtuivalent in Russian money, of thH sum being 100.000.000 rotbles. Tha Russian system of finances ls'forhe- vwhat. vague n references to acttratT- "" isults, there-being every year a Jorm fit estlhiate""of the - prospective Horertf' ment receipts and expnes. rnd a sub sequent discovery that the receipts hav . fallen p the estimate " made of . them ,or that ihe. exiHnse have, gonj above, the estimate, the 'accounts show ing a deficit, which la earrlV-over to tire year rucceed in g Thus ln"lS94 th . deficit was TOo.dkH) roubles; in is5. ,72; M),000; ln,lS96. 69.O0fl.0O0; In 1597,. 30, 000.000, Irt 1S9S, f.000.0o0. This year tb shortage will W .lort,0(Hi.itO0 ro'u.lles but the rircuimt ancles la not a dliiii!etlnr one to theJtusWlan, financlersr whi ap pear to take It as a matter of course Russia Imipiosesi -direct '-, 'a ton fln hm', Hoiehses-and- capital ln.vrtecf Iti busi ressj ami obtal further revenuo fronn ,4 indirect, taxes! n -Hauors1 (tho ' chl"'" itpm). fonacoi Ungar, matchf and ,naihtha sold at Vt'aii.wi(thln'tWs. Pfrre, :from- customs du'tle-; stajunT du ties and 'frarn the sale . of i spirits by the state what would be colloqu Lilly called In this country a .bar annus. The railroads I are run by the'Rivern tnent, and '.the profits of the postoftlc . and'the telewraph service go infc the government fevenus.; The extendi, jlures . Include" two ltenis which would Jirobably be regarded with dlwfavor toy American financiers; 1 one of these Is i"unpaid arrpars!and;t-hTyi"rt "unforeseen lexpenses,, .' ' .Russia 4s j not the only European country in which 'this indfinite meth od of government financiering prevall(, and In ' whU h an annual' deficit Is re garded as a; suggestion, of , .wiat la euphonoujilj-f called 'a readjustment of . the financfjs.". Portugal, ,a rountry having a jailer (population than th wtate'of r e nnsylvanla, has , an .out'', standing national debt of $600.0oo,ooo. exclusive rn. floating debt of aJiout $loo.ooo,W0 jrnore. v -The , expendK ur'es ' of . the'.Prtugi4se gor.ernmeint excee.i the recHpts. nit Occasionally, but "always, and durind the last ejj!ht .years thor . has not beWn ope In which the dUliurse- menta have not bee-n in excess of the revenues.- v . ' ,-: ':; ' ' " Another country- In 'which" there- I a ; considerable amount of wild . govern ment flnajnclerlng,. Judged froiiV the Amerlcanw Or Kngllsh y standard, j Is Oreece, whoste total pofp'tlatlon .by i.h cepnua of lr was 2.400.000,-or sjlout -tr.e same.Ms th population of'Itvliana. T,he national h-bt of ree"e H R35,- 000,000, -dj-achmas; -'tits eqiitialent : of about $11", 000,000. and the flreek rev enues usually fall short -of. the neces sary exijendltureii; A feiw years ago the totalj receipts!1 figured tip 5,0tw.000 drachms, and the total exrhse. 160, 000.000. X few year berfor that .the . receipts J ere 0,OO0,c,00 and i he ex pen ses 20,000,000. These tt-rps Include, 'of V course, .pnerely. the- ordinary govern tnent ' onera t Ions, and are entirely ex clusive rf "the revenues derived frotnt' loans orl.the sums applied to thHr ay-,v ment. j , ' f! ?. " ' The laStrlcacles of Turkish 4nd Span- , lh fljianirea' have long: be-B " a iftvttt-v ot nnHfr to,- financiers, snd Turkey cxceedKpaln n he "variety. of fi'v! methofls In government J)uMn. - The present! debt of Turkey Is iy.OOO.tKi'J. snd -th' Turklith practice of -m or tK ' Ing th jmwt desirable Items of rev enue e 'plain to sotne exlnt at least, the difficulty exxerlenced In coIIe-Un the rloua Items of. lnooft' on f -hlch is a ta? On shep, another a tax , on fil ermen, and other ltms cgfUV;t-- alI from the profits on the sale of tobacro and , payments, for exemption from mill tar y aert-fc.' Irt many Kurj pean .ountries the danger of a sundoa to confront the government -flnmcler- Is hof a source of any 'recurring em-' tarraiment..They come to b -better . used (to an' annual deficit. The. ordl- nary methofl of proyMlng for the short age, lis to l"ni bonds,, and wb'n tha interest on these cannot.be met th . : rate,, bf Interest is arbitrarily reduced. ' Enrka ffarne.aa.Oi1 la the fwt . presiervativ. 1 n.w i-wU; r and tb iet r-novatr of old leatbrr. It otla, Nodena, biack- . ana frwtects. - L Harness Oil M yeor bat ban), yoar old bar. ar-a, and yoor 'earrta W and thry nil not only look htfi wmr loneav. Hold vvrywhtv en ail akwa frocn, tuar tlnta'to aaUona. mm sy ayas.aa. tL tm. r I '