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THE WEST coMrAsr or eastekn kewspaper MEN TO VISIT OBESoX Chamber of Commerce VTIU Probably Ar range Tor the Reception ad Knter Ulnnwnt of Vlaitora At Salem : (From Daily Statesman," May 10.) The Pacific coastj will be visited this sammer by a delegation oi Eastern newspaper men anq it isj very probable at&at Oregon s capijtal City will be in- . eluded in the itinerary. - ' The tartv wilt niK;i('n;'k. - - .' .-- ' 1 juini s'.aff representative of fhei Great East ern Newspaper League, Comprising the ------ "-; uucinnia Times, the Boston .Journal Land the Baltimore Herald. C F,. King, of the Boston Journal, will conduct and man- age the tour of the West ' The party will undoubtedly oass through Salem in) making fts Pacific Coait itinerary and residents of the Capital City shotild not fail to give these gentlemen , as reception; and pro vide entertainment! for themj commen surate with thc'valpe to the community of the contemplated trip. I Geo. B nu atnry u. mielsenj president aim secretary, respectively, t the Sa lem Chamber ot Comnierce, (were scea yesterday afternoon and both gentle men were deciaedlnn faror of Salem people extending , an invitation to the gentlemen to -visit this city, and to pro vide for their pleasurable entertainment while-thcy may be in the city. The entertainment o this party of distinguished newspaper men will by no means be, as great an undertaking a that of entertaining tbfc National i-ii.HHWi nssucianon: wmcii was so iiiccts sillily accomplished last summer; The party will probably not consist of over twenty persons and could be very ej-ily and satisfactorily handled. The importance fto the iValley of this visit; -by representatives of four of the great Eastern newspapers can scarcely he - exaggerated. The itinerary of the party, as it has jbecn arranged, will bring the tourists' to Salem late in the summer in the midst of lac fruit and "harvest s. ason a ; Unost 'opportune time to''isit Oregon and the impartial ac counts of the tj-ip that are to be pub Tdted siniuHanekms'iy in! the four dailies would prove a very .effective and vala abe cdvetsing agency for presenting t the people of the Atlantic coast the natural beauty of; the scenery and the wonderful productiveness of the soil of this region. ' j . - The article -froth the Boston Journal, itid also the Philadelphia JTime, is as follows : i " ' ' ' . ! i - On or about May 15th a party of experienced new paper men. will leave .cw 1 ork lor an extensive tour oi tnc West. ' "The party will be made up -or joint staff representatives of the Gri-at East f 11 Nrwpapcr League, an organiza; tioti effected for j the purposes ot the to'iraud consisting ot the New York SltnJ the Philadclnhia Times. th Bos ton Jo'rixJ ami : the Baltimore Her ald, and will include descriptive writ-, -fr. kctch artists, a photographer and business! representatives of these four representative Eastern 11c wspaucrs. "For six months or s more this party v ill travel over that great expanse of r''intrv wMrli '!'f; nern PittsKiin asi'l the Pacific : coast:, and they will end forward from day to day and Mtik tn week, carefully written and accurately-illustrated letters descriptive t- the industrial condition, the exhaut U rt-otirces ami the material jrogre?s of the various section visited. "The plain mraning of this most ex traordinary movement is to acquaint the Fast with the. actual conditions of th--Wc't from .an .industrial point ' v'r. and the series of letters which v A tic printed during the progress oi the toilr. will present t the readers of the four newspapers mentioned graph ic pen pictures of that interesting ec ! 11 o; the country as it exists today. In a wrd.- it is to be a work of educa-tif-H. The letters w ill tell of the preat-t'f--. the natural wijaSth and the possi bilitics i f the -Wt-s- ! There will be r i i satrgeratcd ; coloring no fancy tbj.hts of irn.iglnati'im. The wiser wr'l t'faj with fact-! and figures as they fin ! thftur The -story of the. progress and the" I'pbnihlinp of the West th: V3--t mineral j resources- the fertile fifhls -atv! thf scctioiis 'possessing spr rtnl and jectdiar advantages and hold ing ffi rt h i nv it in g in ! cem en i s for the investment of capital or the hom seek-w-ri he faithi'itily described by men trained in careJfd writing j "In order to f afTofd every facility! no ii Uf for cw.fl Work a -magnificent 1 nri'v a'e car has Uti purchased of tb? P-'Umnn companv- for the cxrhive u of this nifty. Il'is splendidly equi-ed with .-ill 'the nurlern conveniences tn a firsr-f-'.ats -hotel, nrtd: it will make , a comfortable and fit5h:T home for the it- v-papcr menjwhiki visiting the- var o points f tnwrcst in half the stat-s or 'the union. IfThe Car s now bent made reidv M.r.its long journev in the P-dman shops; at Pullman. III . and dl be ready for delivery the lastof th.s weik. .- " - ; ! ;. ; -: ! Without "q'"S"-n tour' of , the Wa represent! lhe !nnst gigantic-; unr: dertaking in the history of newspaper enterprise, and Sn o'er to givf sort of t'n.'ers!an;n as to the magmtnde-an l .-i-pc of the w.irk. it. can be stated that the f rivnte car of the party i expected to cover a total of mt less than JO,oon m-les iind that duruig: the progress 01 the tour about 'jSo 'column's of descript ive mr.t:er wi'l be s.nt forward and printed simulKvncously in the four ncvv;p-pcrs represented. " 1;. "This work; hti behalf of the devel opment and upbuilding of the West is the result oi the energy and progress ive! kJcas f C :F. King, al well-known newspaperman of B6stnn. It was through bis cTortahat the combini t'on of newspaper! heref represented formed and ii-iiil personally con duct and manage the tour from be ginning to cud. No '.cfiiiite itinerary v.-.- x...t hrm arransed for the move ments cf the Varty-- 't can c stated, however, that it is ilr. King's inten tion to visit all the points of real inter est in the stales of Missonri. Michigan Minnesota Nebraska.- Oregon. 3Ion tana U'isroTisiii. Wroming. -Wnshmg ton. Kansas. Iowa, the Dakota. Ntw r.v'u-.i Indiana, iinnois. mhuiiv Lt,i. '-r-jiifornia and Arizona. I'cr mannt headquarters ot" the League TO' nave been iaMt,.j .1 -,.. Building New York !d ?'VaS street. -Boston, and all letter and ut rgrams sent to lr Kin It -rhfi. a 'l!n? at tuner 01 ce" careful and prompt attention. THt BOPS I OREGO Market Is Quiet and Few Transacticns are Reported Tlic New Crop Promises WelL : The condition of the hop market is net very encouraging to those who are still holdmg stocks, as ther;i little demand for the stocks in growers' hands. Buyers for ; Eastern j and San rrancisco dealers occasionally purchas: a few good lots at fair prices, but trans actions are few. The new crop promises wed, as the vine are healthy and shoot ing up rapidly, especially m the higber yards. ' r ' t Vaientine I-6ewi, the picineer New ork hop merchant, in bis. 'Produce's' Price Current, tinder date of .May 5th. gives the following report ot the hop market: : ' " : i . ' : ' ' ' ' i' ' '' Bales. Receipts for week. ........ . ui? Receipts from Sept. 1. 98816 Receipts same time last year. .142.331 Exports to Europe for week.... 691 Exports from -Sept 1..... :....'. 32.781 Exports same time last year. -.. .160.863 Imports -for week.............. : f 66 Imports from Sept 1. ...... .... 5,792 Imports same time last year. ... 3,748 The very small amount .of business that has been passing of late has turn ed the attention of the trade to the con dition oi the hop yards of the country, the prospects for this season's crop, and a closer calculation of the quantity of stock still remaining in growers' hands unsold. The best! information that - has comp tn "h.-ind fnon Ortomn leads to the belief that only 13,000 to 14.000 bales are left in that taii mid the holdings in Washington and Cali- iornia wiii not oring nie total lor the Pacific coast above 20.00O bales. The stock of 1899 hops back in this state may not exceed 3000 bales they are scattered over several counties, but some sections, n s for in.tm- th W-i terville district, are practically cleaned. Work in tne yardi has been going on rapidly this week; and it is generally conceded that the roots have wintered well. While there secrrts to be very little demand this spring; for roots, we do not hear -of much plowing up of yards. For a week or two our local brewers have been busy attending to lieenes, and they have shown no dis position to trade, hence a continuation of the dull features noted for sonic time nast. There is a feelintr that hnsiiir4 may revive somewhat with warmer . 1 . ..I ' . . 1. . - weatner. nni ine locat siocks, particu larly of Pacific coast hops, arc ample State. i8, choice, per lb. .. .z 'ira 18 St; te. i8x), good to prime. ... 10 Oiu State. iH. poor to fair...... 6 Oi ) Slate. 181.. .. .. .. 5 Or 9 Pacific coast. '"i8o. "choice '3 f' Pac. coast, 1899. good to prime 10 Ot ij Pac. coast, 1809. coni. to fair.. 7 07 n iPaeific coait. i8iS. . . . l . . . . '. . . 6 u 10 State and Pac. coast, old olds. 2 OT; 5 "The Better; fart Of valor is discretiortf and the better part' of the treatment of disease is pre vention. Disease originates in impuri ties in the blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood. People who take it at this season say they are kept healthy the year round. It is because this med icine expels impurities and makes the blood rich and health-giving. All liver ills are cured by Hood's rills. 23c. THE JOSEPH riSnCLRK ESTATE One ot the Son-; of Deceased Appoint ed Administrator Other Mat ters in Proliate. (From Daily Statesman. May 10.) G. A. Fishburn. oine of the heirs of ihc late Joseph l-'ishburn. whose- demNe occurred at V'avapai. Arizona, on April tjtli. "yestenlay filel a jxtition in the probate court, aking for the appoint ment of the petitioner as administrator of the estate. Tlie petition states t!iat deceased . left "3n estate, consisting of real and' personal property - in Mi. i n county, valued at $500, and the heirs named are: G. A. Fishburn. a son. aged 23 years, residing in Sa'em. R. W. Fishburn. son, 18 years. Sa lem. County Judge G. p. rTerreil made the appointment :as jirayed for. fixing the administrator's bonil at $5000. which was pronijjtlv filed. J Frank A.'Titr-ler. M. W. Hunt ami A. Huekestein were appointed appraisers of the estate. The petition of LcRoy Briggs -r .1:1 order cliangtng , ins name i" ".' Van Patten, has been filed with the countv judge. The- petitioner says that his father died many years ago. and that his mother later married one C. v.., I'ttrn' that ! the petitioner has been known as EcKoy Van Patten all his life, and he now wishes to nave tne t ,,1 ;,lo in aiiimc that 'name. The matter was . set tor hearing ff Ma 22d, at JO a, m. I C. II. MCManan -.is attorney for the petitioner. . ' W. M. Kaiser. ! executor 01 tnc mm :ti t 1 , ; t.Triin, deceased, rcs- terday filed his semi-annual report. 5iowimr receipts of $34760, and dis bursements of Si ioo. s . Edward Goolcy. administrator. 01 me t taie OI anus imivu " t ' ; ordered to pay ail, the prcierred claims against, the estate, apnuf"" f-. 'Mrs. Ida At. liatKocK was d(i)w r,crtnn and estate -oi Kiiaruiiii "- t'' . . , Mary Ti. P.abcock, a minor, and her bond was tixed, at . T W Morton, executor 01 tne es ,,te of C R.7 Morton, deceased, has filed his eleventh stmi-nmnial account. showing rcceq ' money was disbursed. ne-igbWs welfare, tell him to trade at the New York Racket. Salem s cbcap St one price, cash store. ,d2t-wit. Rank note and general lithographing work has reached a high degree of .per fection in intricacy ol design in Tate years and while connterteUitig has not been stopped, the difhcu.tics have been urcatly mcreascu. . , at cheapo cash prices. The New 1 ork Racket. Fine printing. Statesman Job Office. AVBEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, PROGEESS IS MADE Pt-AXS FOK THE SAUEH FOSTOmCE HAVE ItEEX PttErA'KEU Coafrevmii Thouit II. Tongue Iteport CZIU Work WeU VadrrVkmy-Marm 1. FubU Are -Appropriate! " (From Daily Statesman. May-10.) The Supervising Arcmtcct of the Treasury Department, in Washington, D. C Is making rapid progress with the plans for the new Sa'em pjit .lice building, and the indications are that before many weeks have expired, bid for the construction of the new build ing wal be advertised for. He is beinj urged to hasten, in this work, by Hon. Thomas . H. Tongue, Congressman from thclirst district oi Oregon. That gentleman, in writing to atriend in this city, in answer to a request for in formation on the subject, says un4er date of May 4th: "I had a talk with the Supervising Architect yesterday-. The plans and specifications. I think, are all ready or were to be in about two hours after I saw him. These have5 to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, Sec retary of the Interior and Postmaster Oencral. which it was expectied would be done in a "couple of days! Tbtn they begin to jn-epare, I bciieve, what they call their working plans,! or some thing of the kind, and provide for the advertisement in a short time. Have promised me a drawing of the building within a week or tenday. Will for ward it just as soon as C can get it. Eftimates will be stibmitjted for the construction of the building out of dif itrent material, including Oregon stone. The sundry civil bill carries $25,000 extra and that ought to pajy for a good building-, and I hope this wfill be done.'" In a letter to,, the same friend, writ ten a few days prior to tic one given above, 'Mr. Tongue says: ! "'When I went down one day to the Supervising Architects ofiice, pre pared to do a lot of complaining, the Supervisor took me in band, called in some . men, snowed me the imsmess they hand on hand, and I confess stopped complaining. I am inclined to think they are doing; the best they can. The Supervising j'Architect has promised to make this special, and have it one of the very first ; for which fhe contracts will be advertised. Thus it will be seen that rapid pro gress is being made, and that Salerti s public building is a certainty. The fact hat an additional $25,000 appropri ation was being pushed through Com liress for the building was not genert ally known here. This will increaa the amount of money to be expended here for building purposes materially, and. together with tlie original appro priation of $110.000,, will be ample for the construction of a postoffice build ing for the Capital City of Oregon.; NATION U GUARD ENCAMPMENT Will Cr.mt- to Salem if the Chair.bsyr of "Commerce Can Supply the j -Needed Items. ; (From Dail Statesman. May to. t Adjutant General C. U. Gantcnbfjii fit the Oregon National Guard, was-in Salem yesterday to see about arranging for the encampment 0! tjjc Nati mal Guard in -this- city, July 7th to i?tii. lie met the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and made known the wants of the military authorities, which include the following: Free water, fuel, ejectric light, a fag pole, lumber for Hoofs of hospital ten s. headquarters tents ajid for sinks, straw for the soldiers' beds, scavenger service and a few kindred items. He also called on the management of the street rar'lincs. and requested ;!icm to rivc special rates for the troops, hnd this matter will be submitted to ;t!ic officers of the company in Portland.,1 General Ganicnbtin aid there (was no 'doubt but all thci- requirement would- be met by the Salem Cha:ii'cr oi Commerce and the people in gen eral, and that the encamniTivttt wou'd be' held here. This means that 1 too inen wiil be brought here ior the wick. and as all of the men will be paid onj-thc ground it means the 'distribution 0! considerable money among the busi ness men of the city. The Adiutant General stated al-o that the" two modern guns for the light battery, which Ine- had secured fronji the' War Dcpartrhent while m asli:ngun recently, would bej here in ample jjme for the encampment, and would, be manned and used at that time. He alo" stated that he had recently received for the Naval Militia, a 28-i t cutter, fitted with twelve oars, such a boat as is used on all naval vespers. This cutter was originally a part -f the complement of the cruiser Philadel phia. GOV ER NOR ALLEN'S FA II I LY. Carles H. 'Allen. Porto Rico" nw American Governor, has two chiidrer.. both daugbters, and they also are very musiearf. His daughter Louisie was married two years ago to Alexander F. Hobbs, of- Lowell, while hi second daughter. Bertha, who had jut made her debu tin society., accompanied 'her father and mother to Porto Rico, Aliss 'Allen plays the piano, and Mrs- Hobbs is a gifted violinist., and with their fa ther make a musical trio hard to beat. Governor Allen married in 1870 If attic, the daughter of Rev. James Dean, of Manchester. N. : H.. and his home life nince his marriage, has been ideal. There were no sports or .pastsmcs-that were not common to his Wife: and daughters. . .; ' - - '' j . . ; A riTWGr The rhane irt the complexion of the 4oard of eurector in the Salem school district, if is ru.nor ed, is about to bear irult. The election of teachers fbr the next year is d-aw-; in near, amd. anticipating . this, the board is said to bavc held a caucus re specting the matter of selecting teach ers. At this caucus, it now deve Seps is was decided by three members f tb? board a majority to drop two of ths most prominent, teachers, new in the schools, for the reason that both were held in their positions by the minority members who were beretofore in ' the majority.- Tins i but a Mep. and rt i reiKrrted that other heads will drop, that the two democratic member? of tlie board, joined by one of the republicans. IFRIDAY,: MAY 11, 1900. will; make a clean sweep of the teachers in sme of the schools. . : r : M" t -r " v .-..": .;, ., MARRIAGES PERFORMED FREE In- a fashionable church' on Fifth avehre. New York, marriages are per- :orae tree it desired; and an an- n.t'ncincnt is made to that effect: "If a Cirk comes be re to be married." says the ipastor. and insists ; on havirM an fgin wedding march i it means $25; if he wtnts the choir it means more; if he wants rlowtrs. ribbons and' special stfi i:t mcins a grelt deal more.-But if he comes here Vand says. I want to get married. and dispenses with all these things it costs hint nothing. .- -',. - ' Will MEET TK ffililT CEOWEBS. Kcftsce is hereby given that I will be at j the following named ; places, on the dates given, to receive ; signers to the agreements of the "Cured Fruit Asso ciation of the Pacific Northwest": I.rLnirty. May 14th. 7:30 p. m. Rosfdale, May 15th. 7:30 p. m. JefTerion. May 16th, 1:30 p. m. w Afarion. May 16th, 7:30 p. ' m. ; Saiem. May i7tli. 10 a. m. ' , I earnestly urge cyety fruit grower toi ,:be prcsetnt at these : mtctings, if Ife be for or againsKthe association. If there is any clause in! the agreement, which is not understood, it will be made plain to yon. . ' , ' J ClIARLES LONG. Di reef or cf Alarion County for the C F. A., of the P. N. W. . Siherton. Or, May 7, 1000. ' i SOME'DECLIXATIONS Editor Sun: I was; this dayaked the question, "Has any one ever der clined a nomination i for President or Vice-president?" I answered !"Yes." and to refute this assertion cf mine the fallowing statement in a New York newspaper of recent date was, read to me: "Never in the history oi tly ccuhtry has any man refused a party noriiiiiaionvfor President or .Vice-president,! after it had actually beenj made by a national convention." ; Npw, if my memory serves me; right ly, at an adjourned Democratic conven tion held some time irr June, i860, in Haltimofe, Stephen A. DoUfflasof Illi nois iwas notnirinlcd for Presidcfnt 'and Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama was jlnoiYiinatcd for 'Vice-president.'. Mr l uzpatri;k declined wittun a tew days, and Hcrschel -V. Johnson of Georgia was substituted by the national com mittee, AHo. if my memory 's not faulty, tin. re was held in the early part of. the surririicr of 1864 a convention of those who "were favorable to a more vigar- tous prosecutign ol the war," at CI eve- land,, vjnio. 1 nat convention piaceu in rwimination for President and Vice President respectively Gen. John C. FrCndont and Gen. John Cochrane, both pf whom accepted the nomination but afterward withdrew in a letter in which ft wis stated substantially that the !"unbn of the Republican party had be roiiie a pafamoum necessity.' and ifurtlter that ,the "Democratic1, party was standing for the re-establishment of slavery, while the Republican party was pledged for the re-establishment of the union w.jthout sJavery." J am also inclined to tldrk that Sila?. Wright wa-s nominated for Vi:c-iresi-dt-nt in 184.4. but declined, and George M. Dallas was placed upti the ticket. Ami right? E. C. HI EL. New -Haven,' April 27th. At the,. Democratic National Gm ventim at 'llaltimore in 'May; 1844. af ter it he defeat ti Van Bureit by Po'k for the nomination for President, Silas Wright of New York was nominated for Vice President upon the proposi tion of Robert J. Walker, who had been a mainspring of the movenu against Van Bnreni Wyght was nom inated by an almost unanimous vote -7-256 in a total of 265. He .was notir ficd by telegaph and dclined instantly, in loyalty to Van Ibiren. George M. Dallas of Pcnnsj-lvania was taken in his place. .-' ' ' Benjamin Fitzpatrick of Alabama was nominated for; Vice President by the Democratic National Cnvcnt:on i p86o. at its Baltimore session, after the! withdrawal at Charleston of the Southern delegates. lie declined promptly and Herschcl Vi Johnson of Georgia w as put on , the ticket with Stephen A. Douglas by the National Committee. " The case of Fremont and Coehrme in 1864 was that of the withdrawal of a bolting ticket set up in anticipation of the regular Rentblican nominations, rather thsn oi declination of a nomin ation tendered by one oi the grrat par ties. Both Fremont and Cochrane ac cepted in June arid did not withdraw ntil September. JSfcw York Sun CASTOR I A For Infants sxd Children. The Kind Yea KawAteajs Bou$! : pears tho Signator of THE FIRE ENGINE DRIVER. Greate-t and Lat. Mr. Nobbleton Thinks of the Line of Heroic , . .. Rcinsnven. ' :"'"' ' "No dmibt the time will come,' Mid 'Mr. Nbblcton, '"when fire, apparatus of all sorts, as. well as other ycbklc. Will be jower-propclled, instead of drawn by horses. So we want to. look now, while we may. if we want 10 sec the slickest thing in driving that the wbrld has afforded, before such, driv ing goes quite out of fashion. V "The chariot race man was all right. :he could driye sure; and so could the man that put a fourhorse team, witb a swaying Concord coach behind it, a'lionir a narrow road on a shelf on the face of a mrfri7!aitt: tun tto snppfHej this last of the, line is the greatest, the; trfan who sits strapped in his seat and, holds the reins over a team of . three li'-rses driven abreast, hauling a five-. ton engine on the dead gallop through crowded -city street- The chariot man J yt3s good, and sof was trie man tat drove stage in t$ci mountains; but this man that sit strapjed in his cat to go over with thei engine if it goes, and yet keeps the big eam b'ilin all the time, why, say! he's the bpss of 'em aii.-.-: .rUJ f ';? .f "- : ' ; Lcl i look af him now. whjk we may, and cherish bis memory." Twice-a-week Statesman, $1 a year,. A BOARD OF AUDIT M1BIOX COrSTT. COMMISSIONERS IK MONTHLY SESSIONS. Or. S. B. Jruop Kneaded a Cotaty rhy sicbtB AttorBy"rr la IKJtBqatut . Tmx Utlcratioa. . (From Daily Statcsinan. May 10) At 1 odock yesterday afternoon Mar ion county commissioners' court met for the regular May term of the coit-t. The afternoon was devoted to consider ing petitions on file, and a considerable amount of business was disposed of, when tbe court adjourned, at 4:jo p, m.. to 9 o'clock this jnorning: . Tlie court considered the matter of employing a county physician, and se lected Dr. S. R. Jessup for this place, to serve for one year, from May-1st. The application of J. V- Irvine, sup ervisor of road district No. 3.V-Mehama. for county aid . in repairing the county road in that district leading from Salem to Mchama. was considered, and the clerk Was ordered to draw a warrant for $25, .to be used" in the repair of "the road in question. In the matter cf the judgment, held by iMarion county against the state of Oregon in the delinquent tax interest case, an order was entered, i requiring ttie cltrk to pay to G. G. . Btngtiani $27 of the funds in his hands, the remain der to be paid to the treasurer, and iv. him to be placed in the grneral fund. Tlie following persons had claims for scalp bounties, and they were approved by the court: t. C. Murray; 5 wildcats, one coyote, $12; 'M. Mulkcy, 4 wildcats, $8; Mike Aledling 1 wildcat, $2; G. V, Morley, 4 coyotes, $8; A. Berry, 10 wildcats. 2 bears, $4. Tlie matter of the application of B. V. Otto, for a peddler's license, was discussed and it was. ordered that the license issue for fjhree months, upon his paving $4.50 to the clerk, for the same. The petition of II. L. Bellarts and others for a liquor license for six, months, the saloon to be located in Buttcville precinct, was Tca'J and con sidered, ami 'the court decided to order the issuance of the license, the license ice of $00, required by the state law having been paid to the county treas urer. - The petition of Susan Jones and Geo. loncs. for the renewal of tihei license for rhc Willamette river ferry njt Indepen dence, formerly owned bv J. C. dtauer anl H. Hirschberg. was favorable acted upon and the clcrkiiistrncted to issnc the license upon tlire receipt of the fee prescribed by law. lhe licenseiwill lie issued for a term of tsrrve years, ending March 7. ioo.l- This' ferry -was former ly controlled by the late J. C. Batur; and is an important one. as it 5s used quite extensively by residents of buth Polk and Marion counties. ' The report of County Clerk V. W. Hall, of the warrants drawn on the salary account .May, 1st. was bpproved, as was the report of the clerk, s'liowing the warants drawn uii the insane ac count. ' ' JEFFREY'S REC0K1) ALMOST AX rXKROKKN I.fNK OF KAILCKF.S. i EfTorta at Jarkoon County Tmparrn In KdacMltnc OUtrict Attorney A Cotdr AITalr. "JefTrey's record. Jackson county official "Almost an unbroken line ed fail "res. . "Effort of Jackson county taxpayers in vducating a district attorney up to the present time a costly affair with no progress in sight." ; ' , The abve arc the deadlines uhich appeared in the Valley Record, pub lished at Ashland. Jackson county, car the close of Mr. Jeffrey's term of ofli:c as district attorney in the First dis trict. Tlica the Valley Record pub'iii ed in detail the enwre list of the crim inal cacs and what disposition 'was made of them while Mr.i.leftrey was trying to fi'i the ofiiee in Jackson' county. It ays"that. of the thir.v jnc criminal cases brought, seven of them.. were so defective that the court had to send - them back to the grand jury so that Mr. Jeffrey could, have another op portunity to get them niglit. One of them, ricrr the close of Mr. Jeffrey's term oi office, for this purpose had to be sen: back three times. ; As :t was a very plain and simple indictment . to prejiare. the Statesman.; by --equc t, gives its history as published in the Valley Record, so that the' public may see if Mr. Jeffrey po?cscs the. grcit ability which he claims for hinv.cif as a p'lic prosecutor. i On April 5. 1808. the cac of the Slate of Oregon', vs. Frank Lv-cnce. accused of murder, was placed the court docket, and the indictment there upon read to the defendant, and he was given one day to plead, and the trial was set for 10 a. m pril 7. .898. The story of the Valley Record foll-vs: The indictment reads as- follows: - "Frank Lawrence is accused by the, grand jury of Jackson county. O'rsgoj by this indictment; of the crime of mur der, committed as follows: . That in Jackson county. Oregon, on the 15th day of February, , the sa4 Frank Lawrence then and there being, did then and there purposely and of .Tcbb erale and premeditated rmiice. kiil tnc Peter Nelson by striking him with a bludgeon, and by other 'means ,f the grand jury unknorwn. contrary to the statute in sttch cases made and pro vided." " - ' : i - ',-' At 10 a- m.r4pr:A 7th. District At torney Jeffrey appeared in court and stated "thatan error had been made in the indictment and moved it re submission to the grand jury. Court rc-submitted indictment to grand jury. At it o'clock a. m., April 7th. grand jury returned second indictment (here with printed) which wras read" to de iendant and he was given one day to plead. Indictment reads: . "Frank Iiwrence is accuscby the grand jury-rf Jackson county,; stati of Oregon, by this indictment, .of 'the rrime of murder, committetl a follows: That in Jackson tounty, Oregon, on the 15th day of February. A- D., tJV5!. he said Frank Lawrence then ; and there b"ing. was then and there engaged in the attempt to commit ; the crime - of robbery from the person, of one Peter Nelson, and the said Frank Lawrence, while engaged- in the attempt to com mit such robbery, by his act kilted the said' Peter NcUon. by striking him with bludgeon and other means to the grand jury unknown, contrary to the statute in such cases made and jro vided." i rrf.ltUJD At 2 o'clock p. m. same day District Attornev Jeffrey appears and moves that former (second indictment n .v .-mi file) charging same crime tc uism'',i, the. same being erroneously The third indictment brought m read as-follows:' '- j "Frank Lawrence i accused by the grand jury (A Jackson county, Oregon; by this indictment. 01 tne crvpie i dcr. committed as follows: That ini Jackson county, Oregon, on the 15th day of February, the said Frank Lawrence then and there being. ! was tivii icv iiiv . - - oulv C11M8M in tn. cnnmusw.i rr,if rt -rMhfrt irom tne pcrsoi 01 one 'i etcr .nvisv.u, uj there lorvibly and against his will telo niotisly taking and carrying away f rt in the person 'of said Peter NeUon 1 the sum of $100, lawful money of the U. S. of the value of $100, the pcrsoml rtop crty of the said 5Vter Nelson; and the said Frank Lawrence while . then J anvl there engaged in the commifsjjii of such robbery, unlawluily ana ioni ouslv then and there killed the said Pe ter Nelson, by striking him with a bludgeon and by other means to the grand jury unknown, contrary tti the statute in siicit cases made and J pro vided. Filed April 7th."' ' April 8th District Attorney JclTvy appeared and stated to the court that there was an indictment (No. 3,Y .10W pending in this court charging this de fendant with the same crime set. forth in the present (No. 4) indictment; but that said indictment so pending was er roneously worded, and that in the in terest oi justice, 'should be dismissed and the present indictment filed in its stead. Indictment No. 3 dismissed by court. Indictment No. 4 read as led lows: . .-!.-!- "Frank Lawrence i accusccP by the Itrand jury of Jarkson county, Oregon, by this indictment, of the crime of .imp der, committed a-follows: Thar in Jackson county," Oregon, the 'i5tU, day oi -February... .. IX; '-IJ, the Isaid Frank Lawrence then and tlierc being, was then and there unlawfully, and felo niously . engaged in the commission ll the crime oi robbery from tlie person of one Peter Nelson by then andpherc feloniously taking $100, lawful ninncy of the U. S...of the valite4:i ?nx. from the person of.- said- Peter Ncl-nJ and against his will and by violence. So hi person, the said sum of money jbiing the personal property of the said; Peter Nelson, and, the said Frank Lawrc ic-. while engaged in the commission of such robbery, by his act killed "I'lc's.iM Peter Nelson, hy striking him with 'a bludgeon and by other m?ans to the grand jury unknown, contrary 10 the statute in .such cacs inade and, pro vided." - ' ' .."'-'! . Tliis indictment (No. 4 was! held good by the court, but" the v in ler is that an--attorney pose-sing any legal .-rliility Would have- to -make four efforts before getting it properly prepared. ' ' . - j . , .. i. . ,,. . j WOOD BIDS OPENED Secretary of State F. , I." DunlMr jrt s- ttrda otR-ned the -bids -tor wood, re ceived in response-, to his advrf titvmeut for 4W cords of big fir wood to be !. livrrnt at or tirar 1 r.iniiol for lli- ill th:.t building. -In re-pon-e to the ad vertisement, twenty-four bids w -re rc ccivet!, aggregating 2tp cord", of whirlt "2jio wcrtj big fir wood, in aicr.l.inee With the advc-rlbcmritt. and o-ic oid for furnishing 30 cords wa- for j second growth fr. The contracts y.-ere !.'iwaid ed 10 the following, being the lowest bidders-, i f'" . ' :- ' .j ; - r ! Cords. " Price.. Wm. Wolimeyer ......... 25 bo N. P. ; Hansen 75 , 2 (a V. E. Brown 23 i 264 Mrs. E. M. White. . . . 15 , ', 2 05 Salem Fuel Co. ..,..... ..lo 2 65 It will lie noted by the above, figures that the wood purchased for the; capitol i somewhat cheaper than was that con tracted for the aiylutn.; This is ex plained by the .tact that a niiiit'icr of the bidders. propoing-.tti furnisi wood for the asylum had combined to li td up prices, which landablc(?) effort .i.tt with failure, for the reason thatia small number of bidders declined to enter the combine and thereby secured the con tracts. Tliis failure on the jart of some of the bidders for the j asylum wood contract .'to .-enter the comhitie, resulted in a saving to tnc state.1 on that one contract alone, of ab'utt $x?, and in the case of the bid for the! capitol wood. rpcticd yesterday, another siv ing of - $i$o wa effected. . The bid opened yekter.day were as follows, the numiier .of rord offered by tacli- bidder and the price per cord bc-ng given: Price. James Neil ... ... . A. C, Godrich...- D. G. Busby Lute Savake. .. F. O. yh nkon F. M.r Howe. Carpenter Bros . J.E. Ross.i....,j. U77 2 7.VA lios. Reibach ... S. J. Yate . II. ). Whifc.L; J. II Vagoman, Wm. Wolfmeycr F. M. .Munkers. J. ...... K6 Mrs. K. M. White....... 15 Henry jSlbtigh John ; Slough . . I.' L. . Wag'jman. N. P. Williamson. Salem Fuel Cov F. E. RarncsZ N. P. Han en. A. Eashor .... Second Growth Fir. - A. C. JLoncks. V U 2 In tne alxne .it will be noted the Sa- leny ruel Co. bid on 450 cord.; but only .?to were accepted "by -the Secretary of Slate, this being all that wai required after all lower bids had been accepted, "STAR S STAR." Shoes wear. That's why the Newark Racket sells so many of them. - d.zt-wit. At I - Hnttnant will euro MlinyL 1 11 H r s,,L''dl"g aai ttctilnK J I bPiles. It ftlntorbft the tumors, R lla)r tho ltchlnKton-,wt UMiuta. pfrtiltice. irli instant re lief. Mr. WHOnw' Jnrtian i'ilcCJ.nt- Diont U ymf.tfi for Iileanrt llth- warranted. , Hy lrririt. Iy nm-'l on rr efnt of nrtrr. h c:nV aii-1 fl.K. WILlHWt MANUf CTURIfi C.. if"l. ClevrlanU. Otiit. For sale by all druggists. Cordsj 75 . j -450 ' j 50 2 70 . . 100 ' . j N ..150 '-2 7.1 . . V 2 71 ..25 . OO ... 65 ..' j. 2 TO. , 100 . ! 2?7. . . 2 , 2 73 . .. 25 1 2 tut : 2 u.7'a V 2 65 .100 -v- 2 70 . 125 " 2 70 .'aS -i 2 7o ,150 -. 2 70 .450- j 2 (s , . 25 J 2 . 75 1 2 63 -. So 2 K :L I