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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1900. i - 1 IK E lilEKLY OREGO'I STATES "I'l Published every Tuesday and Friday . :.i by the ,,.. vw; , STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. ! 266 Commercial St, Salem, Of- V l R. J. HENDRICKS Manager. , SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ! One year, in advance..... ......$! oo Six months; in advance......... .$ i 5 SUBSCRIBERS DESIRING THE AT dt et-a of their paper changed must sttat the name of their former poatoGice, as well as of the offlce to which they wiah th paper changed. ,''.- f j f- The supply of Oregon hops outside ) the hands of the Oregon Hop Growers' ' Association is growing smaller. Per ' haps more hops are going to be used ! in the United States than has been; estimated- ' ! 1 Salem needs not so much more peo ple as more work lor the people: al ready here. New industries will pro ide this. The'Salemr Chamber of Commerce is laboring to secure more , X. . industries s tion. Stand bv this organiza- Inhabitants of Mafeking gave a baby "show to decide which was the best baby born during the siege. The student of parental influence should find material for interesting conclusions in that show and the subsequent history of those par ticipating. - t I The New York legislators have once more defeated the bill which comeslbe fore them each year providing1, for a state board to examine and license bar bers. The 1 Oregon legislators were more kindly disposed to their good friends, the tonsorial artists. f ' The important thing in the case j of Porto Rico jis for congress to reverse the right to provide for oiir-new pos sessions governmental regulations fitted to the cpecial needs of each. The con ditions are not the same; neither should their laws be all framed after the same dead-level of uniformity. Chicago is smarting under the prob able effects of the German govern ment's meat-inspection bill, which contains a provision that is intended to deal a stunning blow to the American sausage. The Inter Ocean of that city says: "In attempting to injure the character and cripple the prospects of that interesting article of commerce, it may be truthfully said that our enemies in the Reichstag have done their wursL The Salem Chamber of .Commerce is expanding, as it shouldj Every busi- ' l incs-s and professional man, and every 1 1 property holder of the Capital City; 1 should participate Jn the organization. I It can be made a" power for good. This lis an excellent time for Salem to enter . ' . . - ! upoi a pencu oi sirostarmai growtn, oy securing new industrial enterprises, j to work tip the surplus products of our jfarraers and provide employment j for more laborers in city and country. Sa lem is the geographical center of -the great Willamette valley. It should be kept the-commercial center and its po sition as such more securely established from year to year. ( The improvements. to be made in state house are very much needed. The library wilr be placed over the repre sentatives' hall, and the weight will , be . supported by steel pillars independent of the walls. This will be an economy of space, too, and it will likely improve the acoustic properties of the hall of . the ( house , ot . representatives, which , have "been very bad. The weight, of one book, or a case at books, is not large, but, one by one, these have been added and are being added to the state library, until there has arisen a fear that the weight is too much for the support or thai it will be sere long. : It is a re-j lici.to know -that this danger, if danger it is, will not much longer be haz-! arded. . !'- : ', J i The Brooklyn Eagle, a democratic; newspaper, has the following to say 'concerning the Macrum ''case:, "The moral of the SNIacrum case is clear enough. The consul at Pretoria J ? in stantly became of governmental size. He knew it ail and a little more. ! Jle knew his country was all wrong and was unalterably determined to make it all right. Nothing could be more in--congruous jhan to keep such a big mart in such a little place as Pretoria. In a short time he will tell the remainder of the story. It will then become clear that he knew practically nothing about exact South African conditions, j The net result as far as Macrum is con cerned, however, is that he now has nothing, to do, and the moral is that it is not always a good thing to know miore lhan anybody else." ! THE TWO BILLS. Ther are two Nicaragua canal bills before congress, They both contem plate virtually the . same route, -from Greytown by way of the river San Juan and Lake Nicaragua to Brito. Thcien ate bill provides that the president .shall negotiate with - Great Britain for the abrogation or modification of theiClay-ton-Bulwer treaty so as to' enable the ; United States to own, construct, main tain, and operate! the. canal under; its ; exclusive, jurisdiction. When the treaty shall be abrogated and the president shaSl secure control of the territory necessary for the construction of - the canal, he is to direct the secretary ' of war and three commissioners to con struct a waterway along the route, indi-' cated. Vi: j-----! -r This is a straightforward,' practical measure, recognizing the difficulties in the way and providing for their efface menL In accordance with. the'provisions of this bill, the president, . through Sec retary Hay, has negotiated a treaty ror the abrogation of the daytoo-BuIwer convention of 1850. This new treaty has been . referred, for, amendment to the committee on foreign relations, includ ing Senators k Davis, Frye, CuIIom, Lodge, Foraker, Wolcott, Morgan of Alabama, Daniel of Virginia, Bacon of Georgia, and Money of 'Mississippi. It is hardly to be doubted .that this com mittec will recommend such changes in the Hay-Paunceforte treaty as will make it satisfactory to the American people. The next step will be to pass the senate bill, and the way will then be open for the construction of the canal. . The house bill introduced by WJ P. Hepburn of Iowa provides that when the president shall acquire from the states, of' Costo Rica and Nicaragua control oi terrriory necessary for the canal he shall direct the secretary of war to excavate and construct the ca nal, 'No step is to be taken toward the construction of the canal until the president shall acquire the territory. No provision is made by which he tan acquire the territory. Moreover, Mr. Hepburn makej.no secret of his oppo sition to the If ay-Pauncefote or any other treaty to secure the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. This is j. plain bad faith. It is an effort to bury the whole canal enterprise. It is a de mand that the president do a thing which he cannot do. An intelligent observer and friend of the canal project thinks the senate com mittee having the Hay-Pauncetote treaty in charge should amend it so as to eliminate all references to the Suez canal or European concert; so as to limit the signatory powers to the Unit ed States and Great Britain, and so as to provide that Great Britain shall not fortify any point3 in Central America, and then the senate should ratify the treaty and pass its own canal bill. The measure would then go to the house with such a pijrblic sentiment behind it that Mr. Hepburn and his transconti nental allies would not dare to oppose it. "'.' :- It is the sincere hope of the. great majority of the people of the United States that prompt action may be taken in the matter, io the end that there may be no unnecessary delay in enter ing upon the actual work of building the U water ( way connecting the two oceans. This is important, too, for the welfare of the republican party, which is under solemn pledge in its national jpiatiorm to construct the canal. There 5s no good reason at all for delay now. No one is interested in procrastination excepting the selfish transcontinental interests; those men concerned in the management of sdme of the railroads who hold narrow views and cannot see their greatest profits in. the v highest prosperity of all the American people. THE SUN ON PORTO RICO. The conflict that was fought out in 1898 between Spain and the United States in the West Indies was irrepres sible. Cuba and Puerto Rico were as certain to be transferred in some way to the sovereignty or protection of the United States as the day is . to dawn over the Atlantic: In view of the, fact that Puerto Rico was boutid to become American and that she is American, the proposition to keep her in some degree a foreigner, excluded from the circle of United States trade,, is repugnant to this coun try sentiment and belief. This nation must necessarily, from its conception of itself as the dominat ing nation of the continent, object ' to maintaining ' a commercial barrier against an island that; politically as well as geographically is a part of it. No local interest can prevent the rear rangement of our relations with Puerto Rico that justice and common sense to gether prescribes. Americanism is too strotfg to sanction a scheme -so essen tially un-American as not to bestow up-! on the conquered Puerto Rico all -the American rights and I privileges - that she can advantageously receive. Puerto 'Rico- fs as ready for free trade With the United. States as she is for sun ligh.4rNew York Sun. But how about the extension of the internal revenue laws also to Porto Rico? And how about the Philippines? There is a taiLto this kite. , This wood en horse of justice for Porto Rico may contain gifts that will not be appreciat ed by the people of that , new insular possession.' . ; 'It is said in political circles in Rome that King Humbert has decided to visit the Paris exhibition. He will be accompanied by the tPrince of Naples and the Ouke of Genoa. Communica tions on this subject have passed be tween the French and Italian govern ments. Legal blanks. Statesman Job Office. THE REAL CONVERSATIOII Which Admiral Dewey Carried On With the Other Vessels of His Fleet on That j Eventful May Morning in Manila' Bay. "Here is the story of the (Battle of Ma tula Bay, May 1, 1898, fas Told 'by the Signals Sent and Received by Admiral - Dewey's Flagship, the v Olympia, during that Historic En trapment. It Has Never Before Been Related in this Form. J' - ' .; ;j --- ' I ' .: - OPENING THE ENGAGEMENT. 12:25 To 'McCulloch: TTake station j - on port side." " 135 To fleet: Speed four knots." 1 mo -From McCulloch: "Chief engin - ;. ! eer dangerously prostrated; doctor desire consultation. To McCuiloch: "Impossible." $hs1o fleet: "Prepare for general action. 5:15 "Port battery." To' Baltimore: "Take station on . 1 port beam." (Baltimore did ; not do this.) $:yy To fleet: "Close up." 5 5:35 To fleet: "Speed six knots " 6:00 To fleet: "Pass." Not answered on account of smoke.) 6145 To fleet: "Close up." 7x0 To Baltimore: "Don't turn so quick." (At west end,.01ym pia turning; Baltimore start ed to turn out" soon.) 7140 To fleet : ""Withdraw from ac j tion.' 7:45 To 'McCulloch: "Take" r r (Not finished.) 8:35 To fleet: "Let the people go to : . i . -tk-fast." - . 8:35 To Concord: "Go in ami ascer , tain, if possible, which ships : are on fire." 8:40 From McCulloch: "Chief En 1 1 gineer Rand died at two a. m." 8:45 To, fleet: "Stop." 8:50 To fleet: "Commanding officers 1 ; repair on board flagship." 8:5SFrom Boston: "My boats won't float" 9:00 From Baltimore: "Send me Mc Culloch's gig for commanding officers:" . 9:20 From Baltimore: "My last mes sage is annulled." . 105 To fleet: "Get under way;" 10:46 To fleet: "'Follow course and motion of commander in ! v chief." " RENEWING THE BATTLE. 10:55 To fleet: "The vessel designated will lead," (Baltimore designated.) 1 1 .-oo--To Concord : "Go inside and de- ' stroy transport." I 1 1 1 x5 To fleet: "Attack the enemy's " batteries or earthworks." R -(Baltimore began firing 11:15.) 11:30 To Petrel: "Pass inside and de j - stroy" s: (Smoke rendered signal invis : rble.) 11:45 To Concord: "Go inside and de- . stroy ships." . 11:50 To Concord: "Destroy trans port," (Mindanao.) 12:00 To Boston:' "Pass inside; de- i I stroy vessels." 12:05 To Boston: "Pass inside; des- I troy vessels." 12:15 From Baltimore: "Have only twenty more 8-inch common - 1 ' shells left." !2:t8 To Concord: "Proceed on ser- ' vice with dispatch." . i2:25-ir-To Petrel: "Go inside; destroy hi' shipping." : ! 12:40 From Concord: "Shall I send i boat to burn vessel on right?" j i (Transport Mindanao.) 122 To Concord: "Yes.r 1215 Fr0m Boston: "Our rnyine tel- egraph is disabled." 12:55 From Raleigh: "We cannot go inshore any further." i2:57:To McCulloch: "Come within hail. ' 1:10 To Petrel: ?Bring ott boats of i Spanish ships." r:i5 To Raleigh: ('Repeat signals." board Baltimore.) Iizo To McCulloch: "Send boat for t consul." (Consul Williams, 1:20 To fleet: "Prepare to anchor." SURRENDER ANNOUNCED. is-i-From Petrel i or Concord: ''White flag Showing on gov ernment building." 1 135 To Baltimore: i" Anchor ahead of this vessel." 2o To fleet: ''Anchor tt discretion." : 2:18 To Nanshan and : Zafiro: "An i - chor at discretion." 2-ji To Baltimore: "Anchor at dis cretion." '2:40 To Boston and : Raleigh: "An ''i i chor at discretion." 245 To Baltimore:, "Dont anchor I , ,: 'too near', , 3xx .From Petrel: "There are eight j I ships behind breakwater." . 32 From McCulloch: "Send boat . t- for officers.' I Sao From Concord: ; "Has admiral . ; order for me? 3:25 From Concord: "Communicate; will send an officer." 3:30 To i Boston, Raleigh and Balti more; "Bank fires." ' ,3:40 Concord to Olympia: "I report s in obedience to signals 'to i Captain '.Walker.! '. 3:50 To Concord: "Commanding of--t. ; ficcr. repair on board flag : s ship." . : 1 3'52 To Concord: "Anchor at discre- c. tion." : - J-'SSTo 'Boston: "Take the 'aruard. , (D'.!ty.) . r 4-io To Concord: "Come" within - t'- - haH. : . 4:t-To Boston: "Get under way."' 4:12- To ; Boston: "Excused from ' . guard." (Duty.) - 4:13 To Raleigh: "Take guard." 4:30 -To Raleigh: "You had better ' coal from Nanshan tomor row 4:4S From IcCulIoch:1 "Permission r, : to anchor." (Request) ! 1 4:47 To McCulloch: "Yes." 5:24 To McCulloch: 'Be ready to get - underway. .,.-..--II &o From Concord: "We have Span ish officers with important ' -i '..letter .for commander, in chief on board." -, - .' t! i : . -., MADE' A PAYMENT. -One insur ance company filed a statement of , its 1899 business in the state treasury yes terday, together with the amount of its tax. - The . statement shows1 the fol lowing statistics Liverpool ;& London & Globe Insurance Company, of Liver pool, England Gross receipts, $54, 431.38. premiums returned, $7589-70 ; losses paid, $24.36; 92; net receipts, $22,579-62; tax paid $451.60. , '-; N THE MOTHER-COUNTRY. Warwick England keeps getting friendlier than ever to ns since she got into trouble with the Transvaal. Wickwire Yes. She now( claims that she sympathized with ns in our war with the Hessians last century. Judge. THE CASH BALANCE MARION COPJiTS'8 ARE RO- NIKO SQBfEWHAT LOW. ? Treuairr A. I Downlif, in HI Monthly gtmtcment, gbowt th Condition of tne Fooplo's Money. L The cash balance in the! treasury of Marion county is gradually declining, and has reached a lower level, by about $2300, than the amount on hand Feb ruary 1st. County Treasurer A. L. Downing gave out a statement yester day, showing the condition of the vari ous funds in the treasury, the amounts received .and disbursed, and! the bal ances on hand. As the collection of taxes has not commenced yet, and the amount of fees received is insufficient to meet the expenses of ' the county offices, the balance on band will be al most entirely obliterated before the col lection of taxes will again reimburse the treasury. As the collection of taxes will probably begin by the 10th of this month, there is no fear but what sufficient funds will be on hand to meet all demands by March 31st. . The outstanding indebtedness ot Marion county is gradually being re duced, the county being very little over a year behind in its -warrants, and it is expected that one more year of careful management of the financial affairs of the county will result in the taking up of the last of the interest bearing, out standing warrants. The . statement given .out by the county treasurer yesterday gives the following statistics: Special City and School DisL Fund Cash on hand Feb. 1st... 202 27 Disbursements 42 3 ,. Cash on hand March tst....$ 159 88 General Fund Cash on hand Feb. 1st. .. .. .. .$3883 95 Receipts.. . . 492 3$ Total.. .. .. ,...',. ...$4376 33 . .1766 l6 Disirburscmen ts . Cash on hand 'March 1st. .. .$2610 17 General School Fund Cash on hand Feb. 1st........ $1306 80 Receipts. . . . . . ' .'! 2 00 Total.. ..$1308 80 823 45 Disbursements. Cash on hand March ist....$ 485 35 Indigent Soldier Fund- Cash on hand Feb. ist........$ 237 67 Disbursements., .. 6050 ; 1- Cash on hand March 1st. . , 168 17 Institute Fund u Cash on hand Feb. 1st..... ...$ 16 00 Cash on hand March ist......$ 16 00 Tax Sale Fund ! Cash on hand Feb. 1st. 40 00 Cash on hand March 1st. .....$ 40 00 Bicycle Fund v Cash on hand Feb. 1st.. ......$ 210 54 Disbursements.. . . .. .. .. .. 41 20 , Cash on hand March ist....$ 178 34 Summary of Totals- i Cash on hand Feb. 1st. . . . . . . .$5006 3 Receipts.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 494 38 Total.. .. .. ...$6400 61 Disbursements,. . . . . .. .. 2742 70 Cash on hand March 1st. .. .$3657 91 PROPIRIY SAlfS BfCORDCO. Other Documents Filed at the Court House-Yesterday-Several Mort gages Received. In the department of records, at the Marion county court house, yesterday, four mart era ere s were filed, aggregating $2580; one chattel mortgage for $234. and a balance of $771.91, on a $3100 martgacre. xFonr deeds were filed ag eating $i02C as follows: Charles Scott assignee of the Or- ' egon Land Company, to Eber J. . f Pearson, the east half of lots No. I. 2, and 6, SunnysMde Fruit Farm N0.-13. assignee's deed ....$1105 Charles Scott, assignee of the Or egon Land Co.. to l M. Cro ter, the west haK of lots No. I, 2. and 6, Sunnyside Fruit Farm Not 13, assignee's deed .... .... 818 W, P. McMillan and wife to the Salem Building and Loan Asso ciation, part of lot No. t, block No.J3. Salem q. c. d. .... ' t Oregon Land Company to Charles bcott. lots No. I, '2, and o, mb- . nyside Fruit Farm No. 13, cor- i- rection deed .............. . . 1 Total .$192- Grief and pain come alike tor" all, and cannot be scjped by . any; ! broken hearts are to be ound in palaces as welt as in cottages, and the bond of brotherhood seems strongest when love and pity unite ail hearts and reverence for what is good lifts up our souls. 1 That best becomes a man which he is by nature intended to perform- . A SUSPECT JAILED 8TAYTOX MAN ARRESTED CHARGED WITH STBAXJNO A WATCH. Wm lAtor Belonsed for Wnnt of Proof -; Social B1U from Tbnt Intretloc Uttlo City. STAYTON (Or.). Feb, , 28. Ed Lang was taken Into custody Tuesday, by Marshal Smith, for the larceny of a watch from the Farmers hotel. The land lady heard him entering Various rooms after the other guests had arisen in the morning, and later discovered! the absence of a watch!; from Frank Sylhavie's room. ! The arrest was made about io o'clock, and Lang was lodged in jail fill afternoon when be was searched No trace of the missing property was found on his person and he was released, for lack of prool. ' j A farewell party was'; tendered Rev. and Mrs. Davis, at their home in this city, Monday evening, it being the eve of their departure for. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they, expect to take up their , abode. . Mr. and Mrs. Davis have won many friends during their two years residence in Staytdn, and will be greatly missed from social circles. , '. 1 . . I An old lachioned charivari was tend ered Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fisher Sat urday evening at their -cottage on! 24 street, in honor of the return of Mrs. Fisher, from an extended visit in Wash ington. As the charivari party brought the "treats" with them, Jpe opened the doors in bis hospitable manner and bade them eater. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Fratter. Mr. and Mrs. Riggs, Edythe Caspell, Lillian Elder, Earnest Long and Jake Missler. E. F. Bennett, editor of The Stay ton Mail,., has leased the building formerly occupied by the Derbyshire drug stre, and is having it fitted up ready for oc cupancy. Some villainous person has been ad ministering poison to valuable dogs of late; several good dogs have died from the effects . and others have been vio lently ilL . ' Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leffler, of Scio, visited at the home of Henry Follis in this city Sunday. Mrs: Lee Brown is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. Har den, in Corvallis. I. E. Yeoman has purchased the lit tle cottage just J3k-Jof the livery sta ple ana nas jmovca is uoustuuiu n fects th L. A. is papering and other- wise touchi up tne - nome reccnuy First street, preparatory purchased to moving an Misslth W'atters. who has been in CorvallisMbr several months past, re turned to her home here last Friday.! Ora Ctowder returned to tfcis city TuesdyT after an absence of abnost a yearyspeji-t in Idaho and Washington. tOflTABLE BUSINESS TRIP. Rev. G. W. Grannis Returns from Eastern Oregon, Where He Work ed for the Old Willamette D-. n vv nrannie financial and , . V,. . cwdowment agent of Willamette Uni versity, has arrived home from a tnp to Eastern Oregon ana wasningion. He was gone twenty-three days, and : tima Vi mat twrntv-three ad1- dresses, in each of which he told of the merits of our. big institution. Mr. Grannis also distributed many copies pi a new folder which has recently been nrr if the adratitaces and the work of the different departments of the University. He reports a decidedly favorable ln the neoole east of the Cascades in Oregon and; Washington f-oncerning the advantagesi ana me wel fare of Willamette 1 University. He ei.i Mi th miniter cri the Methodist church there are decidedly in favor of Old Willamette, and that they ttiinic this church organization' should throw its strength towards the one big scho6l that has stood the test of time and ?s now entering upon a broader held pt usefulness than ever before. Mr. Grannis thinks there will be nany stu dents from those parts to enter the shades of old Willamette next fall, i STENT SEVERAL DAYS IS SALEM. A Mysterious Woman in Black, Repre senting rierselt to Ke a tlODSon, ; Is Doing the Valley Towns. i -- j The following paragraph, which ap- pcared in the Portland Oregonian yes terday, has reference to a mysterious woman, who recently spent several weeks in this city: j The young woman at the St Charles hotel who says her' name is Miss Louise David has not always gone by that name. A short time ago, when she came down the river by the O. K. & N., stopping at Willa Walla, Wal- lula, Pasco and Arlington, she said her name was Hilda II obson,' and that she was a cousin of Lieutenat Hobson. of the United States navy. Her leg was not broken then, and she required the use of no crutches in walkintr. bhe also stated that she had been in the Philippines .and had received four gun shot wounds in her arm. Her arm was in bandages then. She easily im posed on the peopje of the inland towns, who contributed liberally to Her support. Several railroad 4nen' looked at her yesterday and said that the louise David at the St. Charles hotel and the Hilda Hobson who came down the O. Ri & N. road were, identical She is still at the St. Charles." This , same younjr woman spent ' a number of weeks in the Capital City, going from hcre-fo Albany a few weeks since. , , She ?rst registered at Hotel Salem under the ' name "Miss Mariah Anderson." but after a very short time she went to a private boarding bouse and subsequently took quarters in the Salem Lodging house. She was gen erally considered . a - "grafter" of the worst type, rbut did not1 succeed in landing many victims in Salem. She awavs had plenty 01 money and paid her bills, leaving no debts in the city. From Albany it is presumed she went to Portland. While in -Salem the woman repre- TAonwrtf un sented herself as plaintiff in a suit' for damages . against'' a railroad company for personal injuries. .She walked with the aid of crutches and Was very de sirous of securing the services f t number of prominent -Salem attorneys to aid her in bringing her' suit to a sucessful issue.1, The members of the legal profession surmised her game and refused to become in any way con nected in a business relation with the stranger. She succeeded, however., it is reported, in winning the affections ' of a local Celestial whom she assisted in separating from his money.; While she also had some admirers from among the" local street population, who icon- -tributed to her support. j la Portland, in addition to using her cratches,- the woman carried an' arm in a sling and appeared to be in a very sad plight Chief of Police McLauch- Ian, of the metropolis, communicated with Chief ftlhson . of. Salm. ur!rh u. result that he. yesterday 'ordered the woman to leave the metropolis., j NEW FARM PAPER THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD BKGI58 f PUBLICATION IX SALEM. It Will Be an IllastratPQ Farm Jour nal for the Northwest Field - The Initial Jf amber, i The initial number of the . Pacific" Homestead, a new weekly farm paper published in Salem, was issued yester day. The new paper contains twenty pages of four columns each, the main portion being printed on machine book paper, and the four inside pages on a better grade of book paper, in order to accommodate half-tone pictures. - The paper has a circulation of 5006 copies, which is decidedly the largest issue of any newspaper in Salem, with the exception, of the A. O. U. W. Re porter, published here by Frank Davey, which has about 9500, and which is. printed on the big new press of the Statesman, as is , the main portion of the Homestead. The Homesteads will ocupy a ' field that has, heretofore been vacant in the Northwest that of an illustrated farm paper of general circulation. The first number is full of good things for the progressive farmers of this section. among the articles being the , addresses Detore the rarmers Congress of Gov ernor Gecr, George W. Weeks, Hon. VV. H. Wehrung, George L. Rees and feter J. Shields, wiii) a half-tone pic ture of each. Also ah article on Ked Polled cattle, with illustrations; "The Prune As It Grows in Oregon," by .. .... 1 u ...v.. .u.. J J ' 1 V. t - ty orchard scene from Douglas-county; an address delivered at the recent farm institute at Forest Grove by Mrs. Orla Buxton, on "Home Problems" a very Lane county, an authority on fruit cul ture; to.'say nothing of good things of a miscellaneous nature for the progres sive farmer. It may be truthfully said that the ca per is a success from the starj. It opens up business boldly from the first issue as .the" leading farm paper of the North west, and it is the purpose of its man agers to maintain this place for it. They have talten care to arrange the preliminaries before commencing the publication. The . price is the popular one, a dollar a year for the whole; fifty two issues. A good advertising pat ronage is already assured. For the' present, the business office of the Homestead will be kept in the business office of the Statesman; but its 1 a 1 .1 : - . k books ana -Business are entirely separ ate from this newspaper, and it is the intention to have a separate place -of can be had for the purpose. . FEW WERE LISTED TWENTY ONE VOTERS WERE REG 5 ISTERED YESTERDAY. A Number of Reports Received from Conntry Masrlatrates-Hore "Expected Soon. The registration , of voters at the court . house yesterday was somewhat slow, there being but twenty-one citi zens entered in the clerk's records during the day. Several nolaries and justices of the peace sent in registra tions' yesterday . afternoon, made by them in their respective neighborhood forty-six of these reports being re ceived. These, together with the -day's registrations, will bring the total num ber of voters listed since the first' Mon day in January up to 3327. r County Clerk W. W. Hall says he is confident that a number of justices of the peace arid notaries public, in the country precincts have the registrations of a goodly number of voters in their hands arid are holding them for a time before reporting. He will, therefore, in the next few' days, 'issue a circular letter to all these men, and call their attention to the law, making it their" duty to report any registrations to the clerk's office immediately. Following are those registering yes terday: ': i Englewood--Wm. A. Gleason, Chas. ThacJcer, Charles Beesen. - 'Prospect Richard Hensley, Wm. Butte. " . I . Salem No. 1 Edward Weller, Sal mon Brown. r . Salem No. 2 Allan B. Gardner, Joshua W. Baker. Salem No. 3 P. C Hetzler. Salem' No. 4 ;Will Bennett, S. D. Reed, A. W. Stephens, B." Frank West. North Salem W. P. Ringle, L. B. Denny, George L.; Neal, M. Penterj Vinson C Beaty; - Sidney J. F. - Duncan. . Sublimity Martin Doerfler Jr. Pacific Homestead, Salem, Or. Best farm paper. Issued weekly. $1. a year. Twice-a-week Statesman, $1 a year. ' i-1 J