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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, " FRIDAY, MAY . 4t 1900 i m ' H 1 , ! Ti n 11 - ' . v i : ,i .: -I., . . r: ....... .- .',,-' - ,:.::M '-'- : '! i- -': t :S ':""' --''- ' ' ' . , : ;' 1 -''-'.-:' . ;''. 'v; .j ":'-'" ,' '. .' . WOOD FOE ASYLUM BIDS OPENED AXI THE CONTRACTS AWARDED YESTERDAY boMid of Cords Offered1 to tK Ststa la Lots mrjlmg trmm SO to 3.SOO Cords. j (From Daily Statesman. May 2.) -' The Board of Trustees ffor the Ore gon Hospital for the Insane, yesterday- opened bids for wood for that institu tion. The advertisement for bids call ed for 3500 cords of big fir wood , for the main building and 1500 cords for the Cottage farm. The bids for big fir aggregated 12.530 cords, while three bads were received-offering in the ag gregate 295 cords of second crowth fir; one bid nor 800 cords oak, and two bids for vn anil : 1 ot ash wood. The bids of the follow - : ; V'JxV . . ' . ' f . How, - X . ! J n- Fletcher, I ! fonnerly Xvemor .' ! -of South Dakota, but . day to please a friend, I lxught a box of I - Si LL L . 1 1 ; and to our surpriae, before it was used i :-i 1 UP her headaches ceased, the color fit' J Ygan to return to her cheeks and J "P8 and her strength began to assert ? W itself 1 bought five boxes morel ; " V an" y 4116 time she had finished! Bm i them &lle was completely re-j l! H stored, and to-day she is a W W? ! Mi penOent, Salem, Ore. I '. 1 I 4 " drnUt or direct i t tram the Ir. Williama Ml diei Co.. . Schan- ft'' - i J - 1 J. W. Y.. postpaid MM j i I V V n '""P 01 price, ft' i I . SUc pe bo, J f : 1 j ; .: X i.4. 1 ' in ' T : : t- r- - ing were accepted: 7 . WUBK OF CONVICTS ;TATE PHISOS IS AN EXTREMm I Bl'tY PLACE. I nil Force Employed in the; Foundry The Contemplated " ;Chani In (he 11- Inatltntlon. (From Daily Statesman, May 2.) This is a busy tunc of the year at the Oregon penitentiary, and there ar; very few idJe people around the big, prison at the East end -of State street at this season. Of the nf prisoners, in tlie big penal institution, yesterday, 120 were employed in the manufactur ing department of the Northwest Stove Foundry, vchile nearly that many more were employed in the prison, in the fields, etc. ' i ' The foundry, which is the main source rif revenue, is run to its full capacity, and is turning out' a large amount of work; During thie .month of (April the average number oi prisoners employed in its various departments was 120 per .lay. and the state's receipts from this work for the moitl reached the hand-,; some sum of $1006.02.! . the Jargest amount received front this source. dur- ;ng any one month, since Supt. J. D. Lee assumed management of affairs. large force of convicts was yester--' day .engaged, under the direction o ikputy Warden j T. K. Cornelius, Ui gardening- inside (the wall. .' They were M.!tng . out tomatoes, : transplanting onion and doing1 other, work in tin? vtgetable plots within the stockade. Another force of men. under the direc tion ot Fanner J H. Porter was doing the spring Rowing anil other farm work. Nearly 100 convicts are usually engag- id in doing the. routine work ab'uit the pri'on;' these urf the hostlers, bakers,, hntchtrs. swcejuirs, porters, waiters, l.ilindrymen, and) llunkics of all kin Is. 'These men are. (f ciurse not constant ly engaged, thoir duties being light: and they do not perform much more than oi:J third the work that vvoukl be done by an equal number of free laborers aird rt'iuire cooaiant. watchfumess. No decision has yet been arrived at. regarding the proposed improvements rTjid changes in the prison, for vtiich a;t appropriation of $15,000 is available. It is 'probable, however, that the prison k'tohen will be! removed, from its pres ent location under the chapel, to the vacant south wing, a room 40 by ! feet). The plan, at b.is time. d to eu:p the new kiticben with steam cook ers, as usetl in tlie big Califirnic prt .ons. Another improvement confem plated, is' the building of a larger boiler house, adjoining the south wing on the r;il side, of surticient size o give place to two boilers une for reserve and here will also ; be ! located the bathing department. Radiators ; wnil be placed throughout the" ettire ptison. and the building will thus get the full benefit of rhe steam heat. The bakcovens wi!, also be: rebuilt and very much unproved These, changes . wi! f ropriation. and ably remain to be Sta Xraiirv!. Two United Suites prisoner?,' Frank Richardson and V l Crontn. are the latest additions to the crowd under Snpt. J. D. Lee's charge. They are Mrcnr Independence," were convicted of counterfeiting, and will each serve six months, at the expense of the United States government. j i IT IS SOLD. The i dhreshing outfit, received by the E. 'Croisan Imple- ment house yesterday,! is sold to Short ilros.. of Clymer.l Thjsjs the first out fit sold this yiear.' by a Salem firm, and shows that thii house: i.s determined to still maintain its lead in the implement business. The outfit was from the cel ebrated RnsselJ & Co's factory, for ; which 'Mr. Croisau. ihas the Salem . agency. Thi firm, through Mr. Cro . isan, o!d in 1894. nineteen engines and : thirteen separators, which record he in tends breaking this year. A COSTLY l'LACE TO LIVE. The woinicrs of the) Cape Nome gold ! fidds in Alaska; arc jjnst being heard ; in the East, and it .is computed that -.50000 fcrttine-seekersi are prepared to : make the. longr journey of from 2.000 to .ooo.niiles irom feeattle or Vtctoria to thp distant mining region on the , .horts if the. Arctic ocean., The trip is long and arduous.! costing $100 for first-arlass passage, and $40. a ton for -freight. ; The Aioerican consul at Vic toria pom u out that living expenses at Cape Nome arc-extravagantly high, and that "fortune-hunters; should' be :-'- :' -'. " '..'.? t . --. ' V 75 cents, carpenters receive $1.50 Ian fiour. and the hire for a Horse, teajm. J farj. Cresse and wagon, is aio an nour. in tie 1 it mad rush for the new gold simple, practical facts should not torgotttn. Leslie s Weekly A Minister's Mistake. , city minister was; recently nanded a pulln C F Clark-...".... N. P. Williamson. Mike iMark Frank Karlsen. . . . D. E. Johnson. .. . Cords. " -3QOO . . 200 . . 30 , . 200 i" .. 60 Price $i 74 2 74 2 60 2 70 2 74 Total-. -3490- A list of all the bids is given below, the last four given under the head of "Big Fir' and the last one under "Second Growth." stipulating. delivery to the Cottage Farm, but these have not yet been awarded: Cordsr prepared with an abundande of reatdy pasn. ine charge at the restaurants for a dsh of. ham and eggs is $2. ior three eggs the 'same: pork and beajis. js cents; a toat oi oreao. 23 cents; am a . j? Beet and butter are $i a -pound; pota toes, $io a hundred; tomatoes. $3 a can.. A -nave costs $1; a hair .cut. $1.50; a bath, $2; and washing a sh fields these N. P. Hansen P. If. Rasmussen.,, C J. -Bartruff , . . . . J. M. Krrby....... F. R. Anson.," E. M. LaFore...,. C. F. Clark....... D. Schuenger N. P. Williamson. Mike Mark Mark Skiff ... 'Frank 'Karlsen , Joe Gerig W. D. Ingersoll... H. Stege Peter Gerig P. J. Gerig Frank M tinkers F. C. Creey John Clough H. O. White "5 -' 75 "5 125 35oo . 200 300O . IOO . 200 30 .IOOO . 200 . 75 - 50 50 50 , ,V 4J. 5o 125 25 notice, to be read from Accompanying it was a cl a newspaper bearing upor the mat his pping irpm er. 7'he. clergyman started to read (the extract and found that it beghn: 'Take Hemp's Balsam, the Uest Cough Cure." This was hardly wjhat he had expected and, a ter a fio-ment'-s hesitation, he turned it over, 1 r , - .1. I.. anu roiiiui on ine otner snoe ine mat ter intended for the reading. A CHALLENGE. Th last night received three growths from the farm of Minto in South Salem, and the same are on display in the big s of the business office. One of samples is a bunch of Orchard 5 leet 3 inches in heighn an Orchard Grass 3 feet 0 and the third, a bunch inches f Red ligh. Top atttr ndid can in ot the year, in any portion m the torld. Clover, 3 feet 4 inches .hijth, the being 111 oloom. mis J- a sp growth for the 1st ot M(ay, am scarcely be equaled, at this seas State unt in The TWO REMITTANCES. Treasurer Chas. S. Moore kesterday re ceived remittances, an acc taxes, from two counties, urer of Multnomah eoiknty. h Hovt. sent in $4'4.'o. and 'M tenthal. treasurer of Motfrow remitted $700504. the ful that countv s indeitcdne on avV ok the tax levy for ifry). RAILROAD UP MONT BI The cost of the railroad to be from the Arve valley to wilhin feet' of the sunimit oi Mont Blanc wi'd Statesman samples Hon. J of ohn how wirtdow these (brass another is 25 Wagonman. ....... . 140 A. J. 1 ates. , . . 100 Henry Slough 100 state treas- W. Jch- kunty. amoinit of ottnt NC. built 1. 150 orol'ector at least icur- top by July W m . Wro i fm ever D. E. Johnson.. Thos. Reisleck . . J. F. Omara. . . . J. E. Ross John Turner . . . . Wr. M. Jones. . . . J. T. Turner Chris. Htgemann Fred Stettler . . . F. C. Johnson . . . Otto Graham . . . D. G. H. A. Tanner Josh Sutt-r Cornelius & AVentzel. F. E. Barnes F. H. Howell Lctitia Wanless A. A. i.Bashor J. A. Nutts Salem Fuel Co......... Wm. Goodrich - A. M. Drager B. B. Gesner N .W. Drager C. II . Richards 50 60 65 250 40 50 50 25 SO" 50 150 25 Bushby . 75 . JO . IOO . 625 . 50 . - 50 30 . 125 35 . 200 .-300 - 25 . 400 SO , SO Fir. 125 . 120 5 Price. $J 00 3 00 3 00 2 93 2 95 2 75 2 74 a 75 2 74 2 60 3 op 2 70 75 3 OO 3 00 2 75 2 75 3V 3 00 V3 00 -3 00 3 OO 3 QO 3 00 .1 OO 2 75 2 74 2 75 3 00 3 00 2 99 . 2 94! 3 00 2 73. 2 75 . 3 oq 3 00 3 00 2 75 2 71 3 00 . 3 oa 3 00 2 7S IP 6 O : . . : ' I : - ;. ; ' mm i - fly Makes light, flaky, delicious hot biscuits, rolls, muffins and crusts. Makes hot bread whole- These are qualities peculiar to it alone. some. SeiSpnd Growth M. W. Rulilfson J. H. Smith A. G. Smith J. O. Fry.... D. Schuenger Peter Gerig . Oak. Ash. 8oo 200 25 1 2 So 3 oo ' ' 2 75 2 25 1 2 25 3 o" 2 OO 2 5P : 2 25 i 3 25. I have found the Royal Baking Powder superior to all others. C. Gokji late Oief, Dclmomco's. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. A NEW ODD f ELLOHS' IfALL. The Turner Lodge Buys an Excellent Building Otler Deeds Placed Upon the Records. 1 not exhaust the ap ta oaiance win prou- turned back into the be over. $4,000,000. 1 he sav it; wiil be in operation v 1 .- . t. ... .1. j:tns 01 me v?y ii' ji ifmj A tfnnel will be excavated, the lower entrance to which Uill beiin thc vn1v west of Chatiiounix. The . tun nel will follow the upleading rilge on the left side of the Tacdnnaz giacier. Thus tourists will be carried up the northwest side of the nountajn .in stead of the northeast side, thd route followed by climbers from Chankounix. The tunnel will be a little ovtr six miles long, with two,or three openings to the surface on the'rout. whete plat forms will be built at points ; n ost fa vorable i'or viewing the sceneiy. At a height of 12.600 feet, wlhere tlie tun nel will pass under the summit of the Aiguille di Gouter. a snail hotel will be built. Thence the tunnel v ill be dug under the Rochers des Bcjsses to Ithe' height of 14.300 feet, whef-e the terminal ftation jvill te greeted. Sledges drawn by a cable ; will carry th nassencrers over the hard smow to hntei at the Summiti Bull the American Geographijcal - Sofciety etin ot For good years the av of the Smrrna district about 26.000.000 pounds. the yield was only 18.opo.ooo The harvest time in Asij VrtvpmWr. The hgs are shipped three months later.. pounds. atic Turkey is Individuality is everjrwhere t rage fig crop amounts to but list year sparea aim ic1"-"' r" . erything good.' Jean Patil ; chiefly to be the roat of ev- (From Daily Statesman. May 2.) Jrdging from the number of deeds filed for record yesterday, in the office oi the Marion county recorder ot con veyances, the real estate market ap pears to be somewhat livelier than was the case in the past. Among the dteds filed was one by which M. Howe, the Turner merchant, transfers to Fidelity Lodge No. 36, I .O. O. F.. a lot and the store build ing, the upper floor of which has. for the past ten years, been the home of the lodge. The building is one of the most substantial framt structures in Marion county, and could not be con structed for the sum paid for it by the iodge. The lodge room is as good as can be found in a small town in the valley, of ample size, and comfortably and conveniently arranged, and v the Turner Odd Fellows are to be von gratulated .upon their purchase ofso neat and valuable a home for the small amount paid for it. Arrangements are underway for the proper dedica tion of the new possession of the lodge which, it is hoped, will take place with imposing ceremonies at no ..distant day. Among the documents placed on re cord yesterday were ten deeds, with an aggregate consideration of $55501 Three satisfactions of mortgages were also recorded, for $1800. $700 and $200. re spectively, and the' transcript of tht will of the late Jacob A. Hussey. oi Turner, was recorded. The deeds filed were: Luke tMcGinnis and wife- to Her man Hunke, 33 acres, in t 8 s. r -.1 w., also lots No. 3, 4: 5. 6. 7. " . ' : ' and part of 8, in block -No. 2i. Sublimity 5 also a : small- strip f ' land adjoining flic lots. Wj d.$2OO0 A. W. Prescotu trustee estate 6f A. iBlosser. a , bankrupt, to llattie Dayton. 20-100 01 an , acne in ; t 7 s. r 3 w...v. ...... 4 M. Howe and wife f to trustees pi Fidelity Lodge No. 36. I. (. ). F.; lot Nb. 5. in block No. 16, in the Aowti of Turner, w. di.:. Neavton Buff to II, L. Sagsivotd. 80 acres in section 19. t 7 s. r 1 e-: also lots No. 3. 4 and 5.1in section 1 o t 7 s, r I e., 36533 acres, w. d. . j . . Kti'id O. Storaasli and wile jto J. F. Moser. -50.17 acres in tiovjn ships 6 and 7, ranges 1 e in' i w. w: dX. J..J.. James Shepherd and wrte to Iry j E. Van Amain,' 24 acres ii sec- 3 25 1 lion 35. t 6 s.. r I e., w. il 3 00. I. I:. Looney dore Castor No. 4. Brooklyn addititn ti the city of Salein, w. d. Henry Desart to Fred J. Otjen, lot No. 6. in Allen's additibil to Siilverton. w. d. 1. J . . . J. 1 Warnok and wife. -Fred Vfar- ( nock and wife, and F. M. Sltep- ' herd and iie to J. F. Mii 10 acres in t O-i, r 1 e.. j. c. d.l. Jhmes Gordon to J F. Moser. 'acres in t 6 s.. r 1 e., w. L. . . 1 1 e., . i .4. . 9. . . y and wife to 1 'hio r. lot No. 5. in bljck 1000 75Q 275 125 IOO 6i 42 30 Total. $5550 Try Allen" Foot-Eat e A powder to be stiaken i into tht shoes. ? Your feet feel swolllen, nerv ous and hot, and get tired' Easily. It you have smarting feet or tight shoes try Allen's Foot-Eae. It qoo!s th feet and makes talking easy.. Cure. swollen, sweating feet, ingrowing nails blisters and callous spots; ; Relic vc corns and bunions of all paia ana give rest and comfort. Try it today. Sold by ia.ll druggists and shoe stbrf s for 25c. Trial package FREE. Addrtss, Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy. N. Y ; STATE LAND BOAfil) . ' 4 ' COLLECTIONS MA1IK 1)1 KIM! MONTH JIST CLOSED. THE Receipts Paid to the Msle TrPBnrer -p-plicatloDS for IxMni Examined aiil Approved. (From Daily Statesman. May 2.) j Chief Clerk iXL L. Chamherlin. of the State Land Board, yesterday paid to the State Treasurer the sum of 5'9--122.W. the amount of niftriey collected by that department during' the month oi April on the several accounts. This is the largest payment made by Mr. Chamberlin to the State Treasurer, on account oi collections, sinie the '."ormcr tk charge of the Land Department, and 'has only twice or three timesibeen 'exceeded :r former $cars: There was -riot.-a fund -mider .the con trol of the department, but moneys were recti veil" on its account, and in some instances the receifi.s were' large and many. The sum tint's turned over wa received on the following accounts, in amounts as stated: ' j School principal . .i: ... .$15,661: 43 School interest 2.4X0 52 University principal 60 og .University interest 64 20 AgricuHiiral College, principal 746 65 Agricultural College interest. Tide land . i ... . Swamp land .' 22 i6 32 42 40 00 WILL RACE .T THE; FAIR. ''Sheriff Van de Vanter. of. Seattle, and John Fender, of Portland, .have had several arguments lately on Ithe . speed quality of their respective horses. Cap tain . John and 'Erect,", says j the Ore gbnian.. "It was decided yestierday that the best way to settle the question was ior the horses to trot agaimtf each oth er,! so a match was arranged 10 take place in Salem next fall during the state fair. The race will be run tor a side bet of $500. mile heaS three in fivje. "The money part wi3 be but a srria'd factor, in the race, and as both horses arc among the besfi trotters in the Northwest, the race Will probably be worth seeing." ': . H ' What a fool is not so wise j To lose an oath to win a paradise?.. America's Greatest Medicine 1 est tGnat MoiKef C&mi Bray I Total .. .... ..$10.12288 The State Land Board has examined a large number of applications for loans and twenty-six of these" have been ap proved, aggregating $J3-725- The larg est single loan in this list was $5000, and the smallest $250. ; Five applica tions for loans, ranging from $300 to $2000. respectively, wertHrejectcd by the board. e. or people representing themselves to be poor he tooknp his prayer book and r.e&d from it t'ne last question which was! put. to him before hands were laid 011 4iis head at his con secration: Vill you show yourself gcfitle. ,and be merciful - for Christ's sake to the poor and needy people?" "I will so-show "jmyself, by God's help." He had kept his vow. 'Hartford Cour ant. ' i .! .-' ' . THE -RUNAWAYS..' Said -Billy -boy, to iBobby-boy, one wild and windy day!,' "Thercls wood to pile and lots of things- I jsay, let's run away." So hail-in-hajjvd tin y scampered, and the blustejrfng March wind heard. It whittled round the comer, but it nefcr saidi a word. : It chafed abmg behind them and it, caught them by the gate. It raciil tlietii down the .driveway at a great and furious rale. It searchel for Billy's fingers and it foind poor llidby's toes, . It flung a cap high in the "air it . tweaked a little nose. 4 It swept down like a whirlwind, ii twirled ' (IJem ronnl and round. Till Hilly-boy and Bobby-boy fell flat,: up;n the ground. It tossed anl teased, it tore about, it tWrned them o'er and o'er. 1 And tpien it laughed and left them, and - dashed back, to town once more. And I Billyboy and Bobby-boy they sfiood lit)' Tlicirl cheeks HIS FORGOTTEN It Had Lain in a National Several Years. DEPOSIT. Bank for tn trie r leet. 1 were almost frozen and their tears were almost sleet. Said fBilly-bdy to P,obby-boy "What T ever shall we do? We're miles -arid miles away from 1 home!" Sobbed t bpth, "Boo-hoo I Hoo-hoo!" I I" 1 Said aiilly-lKy to Bohby-oy, lusc Oh! Oh!" . . 1 Crie both. , r'Tis home!" Then )onc tjicy ran as fast as: they could go. j A. ill. Allen, in Primary Education. 'I sec a A: fact which illustrates in a remark able manner the character of the late Bishop Williams has not as yet,, we believe, been mentioned in print. It will be remembered th-at, in his will, after providing for personal gifts to a few friends he left to the Berkeley Di vinity school such books from' his library as it should desire and all the remainder of his property, the second choice from his library being given to Trinity college. It was noted at . t the time of the bishop' death that, in spite of the simplicity of "hi way of. living and the sufficiency ofjjtis salary from the j diocese, he had but about $20,000 invested: his unostentatious liberality. w till cttirlrntc iiat lioarlir Yhautiri , St tfte .Side. each year all that he had to spend. '. -Not long after this, however, as is now known, .his. executors found that for many years he had on deposit . in a national -bank without interest a sun The sailor hat to bc seen just now have 'high, straight crowns, the height accentuated by the bands, which arc raised : a little above it. The flowers. or silk, used for trimming U massed heavily .at one side.! One hat, for in stance najs.i great mass of bachelor' buttojns on it and another two enor mou4 roseliVe flowers! of white fcalh ers. fThe most popular receipt for . makirg a trimming for a sailor is o first put your band around,1 carrying it a jlittle h gh6r than the crown and then Staking a yard or two 'of soft silk of one- color, but preferably ol two or three, and! ihasing it together at one side of the hpt and standing high abve it. That i the! popular way of trim ming all kinds of simple outing hat. The Persian! or handkerchief trimming is used in thi way. . One hat trimmed with black and. a deep Persian silk has the band around ; th hat of black, the imver part,) the upper half Persian. and.the blafk and the Persian massed "Carry! Sunshine with You." c' A bnght, fresh; sunny face is always insnirin'2: ' and it always denotes good of enoney amounting to more than halt., health as well as a happy heart. Many as much as had" been invested. r -Tliis ' faces that were once i overcast with sum, with he ordinary increase in an gloom have been -made bright and interest-paying institution, would have' sunny by Hood's Sarsaparilla which doubled the amont which was known cures all dyspeptic symptoms, strength-' to be left to the Divinity school. Pre- ens the nerves and tones up and invig-. sumably some investment had been ! orates, the whole system. paid in deposited and forgotten, in the simple, unselfish way which was so characteristic of the gTeat man. . ".""- .It may be added here that when: by all druggists some one venturea to suggest to tnei Constipation is cured by Hood's Pills, the non-irritating cathartic Sold bishop that he was giving to too jnatiyi Twice-a-week Statesman,. Ji a jtw, .1