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april; 20, - ;-i:t .v nu,.W):: s AT .h:,iA. nuu.u, ' o ' OREGON SCHOOL, LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF OREGON NEATLY BOUND IN BOOK FORM... We have printed an edition of the Constitution. . ; . . ' J ; j, .- ' So far as the School Laws are ; concerned, it is an exact copy of the pamphlet issued by the State, which is now exhausted and of which no more will be printed until after the meeting of the next legislature. School districts are authorized to expend public funds to supply each member of the board with a copy of the School Laws, because this is es sential" to the proper discharge of the duties of any school officer. Every teacher should have a copy of the School Laws and Constitu tion, because each one is required to j pass on these for every grade of cer tificate, both county and state. We will mail single copies at ascents each. Orders of 10 for $2; 50 for $7.50; 100 for $12.50. Ill Addresg: STATESMAN PUB. CO., 1 ' SALEM, OREGON, S. C. STONE, M. D. Proprietor of SALEM. OREGON. j The stores,, (two in number) re lo cated at No. 235 and 333 Commercial street, and are well stocked with a complete line of drugs and medicines, toilet articles, perfumery, brushes, etc, etc, etc DR. STONE 1 Has had some 25 years experience in the' practice of : medicine and now makes no charge for consultation, ex amination or prescription. ; - I 57 Barrels "Of irofxl clear tr!as"A'3re arrived dir ect from the factory. A factory that Is not combined in the glass trust. Tlie assortment is rat-Re. and prices iliat will suit you. Few items will mention:, j Large Berry, bowls 15 and 20 cents. Large Water Pitchers. 23 cents. Set of six Fruit Saucers. 20 cents, j Everything else in -proportion. Come in when in the city and see our entire line of CROCKERY and GLASS WAR F., and we will treat you with a hot cup of "Coffee or Tea to sample our good Coffees and Tea. -j j Remember Eggs taken in tradej if ou have net the cash. . i YOKOHAMA TEA STORE 24Q Commercial Street I I HOP MARttl IS QUEL .A Few Sales Reported by the Oregon ' Hop Growers Association Thej i '".'. New Crop. ' . ! ' ' The imp market is exceedingly quiet, though -the OrcRon Hop Growers' As sociation, through its Salem agcnU jNlr. James Winstanley, has so!d several Jots this week, at good prices. l The hew crp is being looked after with great care. id many of the grow ers are trimming their new vines, so as to have but one or two shoots to a ill LI 1 . -instead of three or four as in the past. ihtlicvini? that thus a better quality of hop wiU lc protluccd, at less expertise to the grower. NERVOUS II E.DACHE. ;AU-lKufh we carmot Rive a cure for ncrjqus headache, the following treat ment will ease fire distressing pajn. Lie -down, in a cool, dark room, have your head very high, put a light cold water "bandage tightly round the forc hcad, and 1iave a hot little to the feet. Before gointo bed have a hot mus tard foot-batli and. take a doe of ; sa line mixture every morning. The best of CHAM'S. all Tills are DEE- If YOU ARE a prospective purchaser of piano or, or- nan we can do you frood. We carry the Krtabc, Lud ig. Fjsher, CabH : and Kingsberry pianos m stovk in various style, cases. - ' AVe have the Esteyjand Chicago Cottage organs. We als have three second-hand organs a Clough & Warren, an- Estey ; and, 7 a Canadian .make, from $30 to j $60. tlrat are bargains. -Whether you want to buy or not, we want to see you. Your orders taken for anything ijit tlie music line, that we have not already in stock, orders promptly filled. SUPS DIG STORES f. A. VIGOINS, 307. Commercial St . . Piaiws, Organs, Sewing Machines and Bicycles. T f - up w.-.tjtt u.v-int rurv vnti have t j a talk with the watchmaker. if you are in physical dsi stress, you call a physician. . If your bouse is outwardly rusty, a painter 'will brighten it. ' It's a case of every man to his own tradej and then your -work will be well done.! - 'A watchmaker cannot mend J - a ..a m impaired "health ; nor can a pnysioan cr ik a4iols -f 9 hnrken wa.tr-H in TV k tlft. v. - - ----- - - motion. No . more can every man fit glasses or remeuy eye aimictus iui.clss iully. ; ;. ' ; . It is only that" man -who has studied Anatomy of the yc, vho can adjust asses a ccruuiiijv HERMAN W. BARR, 118 State St. Scientific Optlciaa School Laws of Oregon and the AN OUTLAW KILLED Cattle Thieves Defeated in a Pitched Battle WITH A SHERIFF'S POSSE IN UTAH The Bnstler Were Mntilatlnjr (fhe Brands on Cattle When Dis eoTered and Parsaed. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 19. A special to the Tribune, from 'Thompsons, Utah, says: "Mr. Fullerton, manager of the We? stcr ; City Cattle Company, yesterday discovered two men mutilating brands on his cattle. They threatened '5 to shoot, and he retreated. With the as sistance of the sheriff and a posse, the tlricics were overtaken seventy miles north of here, and ordered to surren der.' The thieves showed fight and a 'battle ensued, one of the outlaws being instantly killed. The "dead man an swers the description of "Flat iosc' George, who is one of the men that robbed the Union Pacific train about a year ago." . . STATE TAXES. Lane county's treasurer yesterday paid to State Treas ured Chas. S. Moore, $16,880.66, being the ;first installment on account of the state tax for 1899, due from that coun ty. O Beant&a Blgistnrs 1h8 Kind Yob Hate Alwavs BougK A gcmleinan who had taken rather too; nr.tch wine at a party the other evening, and who had to cross the park ic-.Vre he could reach his abode," came suddenly in contact with a -tree. "Schuze me, shir," said he, stammer ing out an apology; "I 'shure you, shir, 'tirely tentional .on my part. Sho dark, fhit, I; didn't shee you. 'Schuze me. shir, "schuze me, shir, m you please." After tlvis obseijuious explanation, and an abortive attempt to put on his hat he essayed to continue on his way. but again, came in contact with the same trep. I really beg your pardon, shir, sa.d he: I m fratd you II spect Im 'tojisicated; but I 'shure you, shir, I shposed. shir, you'd gone home," vt this instant a policeman, who had been enjoying the scene volunteered to show 'the gentleman through the park,, as suring him that it was indeed very datk. and that the gentleman whom lie had run against belonged to the sta tionary department, and that it was not in! his power to order hira to "move on." : - Im HAVE SOME elegant wheels in ladies at $26, $30,' $35 ami $40. ' Some snaps at $30 especiilly. The Tribunes at $40 and Iver Johnison at! $35. will pay to investigate. iMen s wheels all grades coaster brakes fiked to an models, j-, '; V ;., t "AVe have snaps in glen's and Wo men s second-hand wheels. Men s Monarch at $4. Crawford at $6, both ready to ride. 1 . Others at $xo. 12 and $1x50. Ladies wheels, one at $1x50 and aiK)thcr at $16.50, bo'lh ready to ride. . - , 1 Sundries for the, whole town. Clean, fresh stock. (Majestic Gas lamps, $3.00. Carbide 2 lbs for 5c. 1 7 A BIG ATTRACTION OREGON STATE BAND ASSOCIATION 'secured FOB TBE FAIR. Twenty Bands Will Be la Attendance and drg-anization Will Hold Its Annual Tournament. It Can te stated with perfect confiJ de nee that the State Fair to be held this fall will have not only better out much more band music than any ot rts pre decessors in the history of the state. ; -Thel Oregon State Band'Association has closed a contract with the manage ment to iurnish the band music. Not- only thisj but the annual meeting and tournament of this association will' be held here during the progress of the fair. This will bring here at t least twenty bands from all sections of the state. I and it goes without saying that it will' draw the greatest crowd that ever thronged the grounds. Chas. E. York, president of the Ore gon State Band Association and ptrb lisher, of the .Musical Times of Port land, and A. JC. Shute, the Hillsboro banker, secretary and treasurer of the association , were in. Salem' yesterday looking over the gound with a view to spying out quarters for the band boys who will be here to attend the meeting. As there will be an immense crowd here and the hotels and boarding houses will tile full to overflowing, the idea has been advanced of providing s tents and making a camp on the fair grounds for the members of the bands. If this suc? ceeds, the people of Salem , "will probr ably be asked to provide them with eatables for the week. Messrs. York and Shute interviewed some of the of-i ficerS and memlbers of the .Chamber of Commerce yesterday and a meeting of this body will probably be called for, next Monday to consider the preliminaries-! and set jn motion a i movement H'or.thc organization of the pifblic spir ited people of Salem who would be will ing to undertake to provide for the band boys! as suggested, The annual tourna ment! of this association at Albany last ear I brought the biggest crowd that city ever had. There is nothing like noise and music to attract a' crowd.' and there is i no question but this meeting will be by far the biggest drawing card of the coming fais, the appreciation of whicjh fact will no doubt be generously shown by the people of Salem -who will be the principal beneficiaries. An Open Letter To fruit Growers. Eduor Statesman: Will you kindly pernfit a word to ray fellow fruit grow ers if this section? -We held; as you know, a meeting on the 14th inst. in the Cty Hall, Salem, to consider tfie pro-posed organization of the , Cured Frui)t Association of the Northwest. Notj many of you were present at that meeting, which (proves that you did not Realize the great importance of the matiier, or nothing of an ordinary na ture j would have prevented your attend ance!. On.' the 28th inst. another meet ing (will be hdd, to perfect, if it is thought necessary, an organization subordinate to tlie general association. AVhiMe such a subordinate organization is irt no particular essential to the work of .marketing our fruit through the Cured Fruit 'Association of the North west, it is thought that it may ."pro mote the work of the association rn districts remote from headquarters and afford a means through which protests or complaints or recosn mendations from such -sections may be presented to the association." But there is another object which tbe- meet-, ing on tlie 28th has in view much more important than a subordinate organ ization. ' Seventy-five per cent; of the acreage included in the principal fruit districts of Oregcn and Washington must be under contract with the asso ciation or the organization fails. The principal object of the meeting on the .28th is the procuring of signatures to this corrBract, It will be difficult to get the requisite number.. Only by united, earnest effort 'will it be accom plished. No small number of growers have become discouraged and ceased to care for their orchards, turning their attention to other branches of agricul ture; again, marry have no evaporators, and will suppose this a reason for hold ing off, though the contract expressly perrrsts any grower to sell his fruit green if he chooses, entirely independ ent of the association; again.' some are not informed, or are misinformed, or are indifferent to their own interests; and yet again, there wiH be a few who, .because of the failure of what they, re gard as similar efforts in the past, will positively oppose organization. Th.; majority, and Jet us hope the requisite majority, will gradly avail themselves of; the opportunity. But your prescribe wiill be needed, for in numbers there is strength and encouragement. Let us all anake up our minds that only the providences of God shall prevent us from attending. What are , the objections to an or ganization? "It is -a trust, and we are opposed to trusts." say some. But the best informed men deny that it is a trust. ( The trusts we object to limit production in order that prices may be advanced. Nothing of the kind is contemplated. "You propose to try to put an exhorbitant price on dried .fruit. Not so. What is aimed at is to revent markets from becoming de moralized through the cutthroat meth ods now i fol towed. Let us .suppose thrirty men produced an average of too tons of hay "per year, and supplied entire ' the Salem demand. Either of the.two methods of marketing it might be followed: : 'First, the; cutthroat ntethod. (formerly spoken of . a the competitive system). Each man would run all over the city seeking buyers, and every buyer would naturally bear the market. Sellers would stampede, and fall- over; one - another" in " their insane anxiety to jret ahead of the rest. At times the market would be glutted and at times bare. Buyer would fear to ay in stocks for fear prices might not be f maintained. Unscrupulous dealers would publish fake 'reports about Unheard of quantities of hay in the next: county. No reliable source of information would be had ,T3ie better method would ' fe fpt these thirty men to put their hay in the hands of one management, with instructions to sell at a price fairly rermmerative. yet low enough to keep out importations from other counties, prevent the use of straw for hay. and leave no surplus . on hand at end cf TOT Corner State and Commercial Streets I have purchased half of Mitchell Co. toclc Tli a rronHs consist of mackintoshes, linse. hats, white lawns, lace I am; therefore enabled to offer Lace curtains 3 yds long 40 inkwjde regular $1.25 3 " 54 " " - 2.25 Bed. spreads regular 75c now - 51.25 1.50 M. - 12Jc a yard 18 it it it White lawns 25 season. ; Lower than .this would be folly, j The managemept, controlling the entire supply, cojuld guarantee each dealer thai the price seat beginning of season -would vbe maintained, and the dealer: would then be able to lav an early Wis annual! stock. The man ager would be well 'informed as to the quantity of hay in Ljirm and Folk cpun- ties pertectfy so u a nice organization of hay men existed! in those counties. wilhnar as they would firradly oe, to ex change statistics, j Each producer's hav beimr' eraded land minerled warn others of same grade, .monthly reports of sales and pro rata payments would be made. I , ' It is quite -evident, however, that only by securing at least 75 per cent of the 3.090 tons, culd success be as sured. Some of vou hesitate because several years ago aprivate individual wnth more brains man conscience, and mdre gall than bonesty, advertised himself as: a Fruit Lfnion, and you were gulled into consigning, your fruit to hint. iYpu had itot elected ljitn as your manager. He was seit-appointea. At the annual meeting in June, unan- acers of the association are to be se lected by .ourselvesj Have we wot in telligence enough 1jo select 'competent and ) trustworthy men, who. have our interests at heart, or shall we continue to pay exhorbitant rates to men to man age .our sales, whpse interests are op posed to our own?! Is this everlasting suspicion , of each I other to forever damn us, and maki s a by-wcrd and k reproach among (men? (Are we. the cxhicers of the necessaries of life, to continue ,'ro the end of. time to fallow the ' other fellow to, set the. price both on What; we buy :and what we, sell? We carry our vaunted independence dangerously near the point' of idiocy When we-imagine jthat we can remain independent of one another, and yet copei with the cofrnbinations of men and money arrayed1 .against us. Prob ahly few will objecjt to the organization because the management must be paid Per their work. Yet some of us are4 so stapwl that we would prefer to have ten times .more stolen from us than we are willing to pay for the same work. -The -iron clad features" of the con tract are an essential feature. Without them ' success would be rmioossible. More economical neth'ods of handling,-? storing and shipping are certain to result. 5 If you are located at "a point like Sal em." Shaw or Dallas, where you have ssmcient niit to warrant a ware-, house without an orgamzation, you would have -the same reasons for hav ing a warehouse with an organization. Some, at the meeting1 on the 14th, ex pressed the fear that although they had a prospect for twenty-cars of fruit at their station they! would he compelled to ship it to Portljand at extra expense for local freight. This would indeed be poor tbusiness. j While the object is to do better business than at present, such a blunder would never be toler ated for a momerjt. ; ! , A saWng-of ofie-half per cent per pound on prunes means $120 per car. It is -probable that at least this amount wiH be saved, it the organization re ceives the- hearty 1 support it fhould., Let us come to the meeting on Che 28th prepared to act w'rt hintclligence and decision. ' I : i : T. R. SHEPARD 2ena. Or.. April 18, 1900. BENTON COUNTY WBCCLMIN.! In Payment of Bicycle Tax They Offer an Example Deserving-of Emula- " : tion in jThis County., f Says a recent jissue of the Corvallis Times: , ' ; . ' -: "The jwhcclmjens committee, to which the county court , has delegated the authority to manage the, construc tion of hicycle paths, has determined to so arrange matters that the wheelmen ir. each' vicinity clan spend.' in their own neighborhood such bicycle tax as they pay in" to the sheriff. 'At Kihgsi Valley, tor instance, a bitycle club has been or ganized, and .thej club has elected one of its rptirnher to supermtend paths to be constructed in, that locality. jTo this cluh will-be turned over the aniount of taxes paid ty itsj member to the sher iff. The , money they can' spend in the construction, of s ucb paths as the local club or Its eupejrintendent rHay- deter mine npon. The amc. privilege will be extended! other localities a fast 4s they organize clubs. rect superintend ents and supply to the committee a list of their members who have aid the bicycle tax. The .list, of members is necessary; in - oraer 10 rarnve at the amount to which each club will be en titled. 'rr j '. . ;"".." . "It r is probable that work on paths in the vicinity jf Corvallis will begin today. The paft few days have done much -in the way! of drying the1 ground, and it proposed .to push the work as fast OjRBI By all the Jour conventions. The Prohibitionists, the Democrats, the Populists, the Republicans fused and are unanimous on FRIED MAN'S NEW RACKET, and they will so declare in their platforms. FJrst, they all aflSrm that Friedman keeps the best assortment of clothing for men, boys, youths and children, at prices that cannot be undersold: also that FRIEDMAN'S NEW RACKET keeps a good line of shirts, isocks, hats, staple dry goods, laces, embroideries, no tions, cutlery, stationery, etc, It is to. your advantage to call at FRIEDMAN'S NEW RACKET per cent discount great inducements. a pair now 75c " J .$1.60 - J - 50c - - 5oc j - 1.15 now - - 8 u. i- 12 First as weather conditions will permit. This is the only . way for the work to be economicallyMone. The tax i3 coming in at a lively rate now the total number of tags taken out up. to noon yester day being 315." LIVE STOCK CENSUS Improvement in This Branch of the . . Work. ' tl fVVLashington,: April o. The live stock interests, of the United States are to be given special attention1 in the twelfth census. In previous enumerations the hve stock on (arms and ranges have been enumerated on the. farm schedule, out aQ other live stock have been dis regarded. This limitation interfered with the correctness of the census fig ures and resulted in misrepresentation of an important element in national wealth. To remove the difficulty. Congress has passed a law which al lows the director of the census to col lect "information concerning the num ber and kind of live .stock not on farms." ' iFor this purpose a special schedule has been prepared, by the cens-us omce, on which alt live stock not on farms or ranges are to bj reached by the barns or inclosures in which they are kept. -.. By combining the results of this scheduae with thosre 00 the fasn schedule, the office should obtain a full and accurate picture of the live stock conditions of the United' States Jujie 1, 'igoo. This improvement will be valuable not merely for itself but because the department of agriculture each year make an enumeration or eftimate of the number of live stock in the coun try by correspondence wkh' its thou sands oft special agents scattered over the United States. Ih January there are few young animals and prices of live-stock are high., r or .both reasons the "average valuation per head ob tained 4y the department of agriculture enumeration tends to exceed the truth. bOn the other hand, that department confines its attenbion to farms ami ranges, emitting live Ptock in banis and inclosures. The latter class are fwortb rather more on the average per head than the former. These two sources of error-thus tend to counter balance. Republic. MATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, i A human glimpse of 'Hawthorne is that eiven in Mrs. Ora Gannett Sedg wick's article, "A Girl of ,Sixteen at Brook Farm, in the Atlantic: I "I do not recollect -Hawthorne's .talking much at the table. Indeed, he was a very taciturn man. tJine day. tired of, seeing mm -sitting immovable On the sofa -in the hall, as I was learn ing some verses to recite at the eve nine class for recitation formed by Charles A. Dana., I daringly took my book, pushed it into his hands, and said.. Will you hear my poetry. Mr. Hawthorne? lie gave me a sidelong glance front his very shy eyes, took the hooki and mos kindly heard me After that he was on the scfa eyery week to hear me recite. "One evening he was alone in the hall, sitting on a chair at the iarthcr end, when, my roommate, Ellen Slade, and myself were going up stairs. She whimpered to mc. "Let's throw the sofa pillows at 'Mr. 'Hawthorne. Reaching over the balusters, we each took a cushion and threw it, Quick as a flash he put out his hand, seized a f J - V, . t . -1 . , ' proom max was nantrimr near umi. warded off our cushions, and threw them back with "sure aim. Ls fast as we could throw them at hrm. he re turned tShem with 'efTeot, hi Sling ' us every time. While we could hit only the broom.. iHe must have been very quick in nis movements, 'lnrouarh it all not a. word was spoken, .We laughed and laughed, and his eyes shone' and twinkled like ar. Won derful "eyes they were. and when any thing witty was said I always looked quickly at Mr. Hawthorne; lor his dark eyes; lighted up as if flames were suddenly kindled behind them, and then the smile came down to his lips and over his grave face. . "My memories of ; iMr. Hawthorne are among the pleasant est of my Brook Farm recollections. "His manners to children were charming and' kind., I saw him one day walking, as was his custom, with his hands behind his back, head bent forward, the two lit tle Bancrofts and other children fol lows ng him with pleased faces, and stooping every now and then? with broad smiles, after which1 they would rise and run. on again ehind htm. Puzzled at these maneuveij. I watched closely, afcd found that, although he hardly moved a nnuscle, except to walk, vet from time to time ! he dropped a penny, for which the -children scram- J bled." . j.Tir v Salemt,Oregoa the i from the wholesale cost. curtains and bed spreads. Allother goads in proportion. T am also clos ing out the Dry Goods and Shoe stock, formerly Willis Bros. & Co. Choice dry goods and ehoes for less than wholesale cost Isadora Greenbaum door south of Postoffice. AN ANNUAL EEP0RT LnIcB ANCE BUSINESS DOS E 15 ' TEE STATE OF OREGON DoriDjr Year 1899-:State Tsr i'ald on Net Preminms Beceived -; by the Companies. The .annual report of Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar, the State Insurance Commissioner, was issued yesterday. It shows a list of the insurance and surety companies authorized to trails act business within the state of Oregon. April 1, 1900. and a-statement of the total risks written, total gross premiums received, premiums returned and losses paid for theyear ending December 31, .0 , - - ' t ... ICTyy, As lfinir vy wic annual jih. tti nts' of .fire fire and marine, marine. life 4ife and accident, accidem. plate glass and steam-boiler insurance com panies, filed in the office of the Secre tary of State pursuant to law; also a statement of the business transacted by mutual: fire insurance companies, and a statement showing the aggregate in surance business transacted within the u v, f--. "c . i .u.. " clsive. Tlie total amount of fire insurance risks written during the $-ear 1801) was $64,155,205.49; the gross premiums re ceived W3s $1,285,051,90? the losses paid aggregated $364,628:39: the reniinms returned amounted to $220,809.52. The net oremiums on which the 2 per cent tax was computed and paid, were $684.- 891.92. and the: state tax was $13,697.79. In life insurance business, 2303 poli cies were issued in the state in 1899 aearretratinor $5,3061638.29; and the totaf number of policies in force on Decem ber 31, 1839. was 9382; the insurance fn force aggregating $22,456.54467. Tlie net premiums received on the 1099 Dust iest was $9756.10; the losses paid during the year reached the sum ot $200,l27-74-In addition to, the life companies there are four assessment life associations do-- ins business in the state; with 1198 poli cies in force on Decemier 31. 1899. ag gregating $2,624,024.50' of insurance. The new business written bv these as sociations during the year brought the net premiums of $21,158.68, and they ptaid a state tax of $423.17. The accident companies engaged in an insurance business in Oregon had 1770 policies in force on December 31. i8J. aeereeAimr $iiJ567.53io4. al paid a state tax of $834,331 their losses aggregated $21,954-31. The statement shows' comparative tables of the business transacted during the past three years, and an excellent showing is made thereby. Nearly all of the lines of insurance business have prospered during the past year as com pered, with the preceding years. . 7 The following tahle shows the amount of state taxes paid by each branch of insurance, being the 2; per. cent on the net premiums collected, this tax to be paid into the general state school fund-: . -. Fire.. . . .. .. .. ; $ 8.557 4" Marine. . Lite. . . . Assessment Life Accident. . . .. . Industrial.. Plate Glass Steam Boiler ..." 1,184 76 9 7Sf 426 17 8.t4 33 408 ?6 30 m 35 Total.. .. .. . .$21,234 "9 Each branch of the insurance, oper ated in this state,, is shown in the state ment appended hereto, together with the number of companies . of each branch engaged in business, under state licenses: Fire :. ........ .. ..- 49 Fire and Marine.... 7 Life..-.v., ' . .. .. .- Life - and Accident........ If Plate Glass 3 Steam Boiler . .... ...... . .;... 1 pMcandering Mike heaved a' deep sigh. - . "What's de matter?" asked his com panion. , ' ,. I "I were jes. tlnkin' about bad roaa an de wonders o' ' science," was the answer. "Dis earth is spinnin roijn faster'n a railway train 1ehiml time. 'Well.' we ain't fell off yit." '; "No. But t'lnWo' what a convenience it ud be if we could have some plaee to, grab onto while de territory slid under our, feet until de place we wanted to go to - come ; along Washington Star.' ' ' . -: 1 J ! Twice-a-week Sutesman, $1 a year.