TO CHANGE
SCHOOL LAWS
Supt. Ackennan Makes Report
and Recommendations to
the Legislature .
SUGGESTS .LEVY , : OP( SIX MILL.
TAX FOR; SCHOOL. PURPOSES.
1 LAW PROVIDING FOR ., PUR.
C1IASE OF'; SCHOOL, " BOOKS
WITH SCHOOL FUNDS.
Several days ago the Statesman
contained a! summary of the" statistical
report of Superintendent of Public In-struc-tiort
J. H. Ackerman to the Legis
lature covering a period of two years
and yesterday the professor completed
his written' report, which Is Quite
lengthy, and is now In. the hands of
the printer,; - u
The report embodies" several recom-
modulations j to the Legislature for
changes in the school taws which he
regards as necessary to suit the con
alt ion .which, he states, are rapidly
undergoing J changes with , which It Is
impossible for the law to keep pace.
Mr. Ackerman calls the attention of
the, Legislature to the separate reports
of - the several . county , superintendents
whose hearty co-operation with each
other and with his department has
made it possible for, the work to bte
carried forward with such a degree o'f
success. He states r. that the revised
rchool laws, in the Wain, have given
general satisfaction, but that they can
not be expected to keep pace with the
times and require frequent changes to
meet the conditions, which, he 'adds,
is due to no fault of those who enacted
them. With the steady growth of the
state and the schools In mind and "be
lieving that , legislative enactment
often stimulates educational interest
and zeal," Professor Ackerman offers
the following suggestions:
The. best educational thought of the
common school teachers, of today," J is
efven 'to the-question of how to lm
j rove the rural schools. - Educational
methods .iij practices have made great
advancement during the past twenty
five years: but there Is no disguising
the fact that the-1 advancement In the.
rural actijobla has not kept pace with
that of the i village and city schools.
City schools are In the hands of the
l4t educational talent that can be
tseeured. This is effected bjtlie pay
ment of liberal salaries to Rtecbers,
by supplying the best 'buildings that
brains and ; money can produce; and
by; holding out the Inducement of at
tractive surroundlngslo the teacher.
"These conditions can be, materially
improved by more effectual supervls-U
ion : by securing better teachers; " by
ft?rnlahing school "boards with ample
funds with- j whichto pay, better sala
ries, and by. closing one or more small
schools and uniting the revenues of
the districts in which they are located
into-one centra! school J to which the
children would: be , traapo tad-at the
expense of the consolidated districts. -
.;, To ' Increase Salaries.
"More effective supervision . can . be
secured in many counties by placing
the county superintendent on -al'salary
that wi!l Justify him In devoting the
whole of his time to the duties of his
office. lie should- receive a salary
somewhat larger than that of the best
paying public school position in , his
county. This will tend to bring to the
c ounty superintendent's .office the best
teaching ability, In the county; and
sureljv he who js -to supervise all the
schools of his county, should be no
less than the peer of, any) teacher, in
the county; ;and such a one, as a rule,
cannot be secured at a reduced salary.
''Better teachers can be secured If
school boards would Insist that the
teachers' they employ shall be espec
ially trained for their work; and; one
of the moU ' hopeful signs, for the bet
terment of the rural schools, is that
school boards are more and more com -Infir
to realise the Importance of such
training and are employing only train
ed teachers.! ' This as it .should be,
and th time will soon be when no
board v. ill think of employing an un
trained teacher; neither will a teacher
pivyum; to teach) who ihaW riot been
trained for her work.
"There Is a tcarclty of rural school
teachers. This has been brught about
largely; byline small salaries paid for
teaching in rural" schools. ; Many of
our beat teachers i cannot afford to
t cue h for the 'compensation .offered ;
,tnc, aeek ;nd find employment In
more lucrative vocations. Of course,
teachers should place teaching on a
higher riana than a mere pecuniary
one, but, after alt say what we will,
we are all rnore orlesw influenced by
monetary considerations. Many school
boards would ; willingly pay more, If
tlKy had the means; but With the tax
levy and other sources of school funds
as they are and it being quite impos
sible to secure' a special tax ': levy,
school oificers jmust, perforce, conduct
the school affairs of tjheir districts
with the funds received from the five
mill county tax atd the Interest from
the 'irreducible school fund. In view
or these conditions, I would respect
fully .suggest that your honorable d1
pass such enactments as will provide
iura! schools with ample funds.
"In this connection. I would recom
mend the following: '
U) ' Amend Section 22, JZ1
School Laws to read as follows: "The
coilfctjr courts of the several counties
or this state are hereby required, v.to
levv at the same time they levy other
taxes, a tax uponH 'the taxable prop
erty in their counties, for school pur
poses, of at, least six mills . on the
dollar, which shall te collected at the
same time, and Irt the same manner
and by the same officers that other
tuAvc QIC VVUCVtwi y
"(2- A taw providing that the State
Jband Board shall have tne preicu.
rirkt .-v,.r,T.9ea oil Hfnool books Ana
r - 4 . - I H-- . -
pay for the same out of the permanent
school funds. 1
f:t A ' 1.. w nlarinr a ftmAlI annual
-tax- on corporations. . The proceeds to
be used for public school purposes ray.
The sum realised to be turned over to
.is i iranui . -
portioned by him among the several
countUs of the state, in proportioa to
number of persons In each be-
tw
veen
n ages of four and twenty
years
-Some- of the benefits to be derived
from consolidation! of small schools
and the transportation of pupils at
public expense are as follows: a '
. "(a) 1 The schools . being larger and
more closely graded, better teachers
can be secured.
"(b- Experiences In other taa
have proved that the per capita cost Is
i euueea. .. - i
(c) The larger school employs more
itacners; nence, a better classlnca
""f an oe secured than In a email
scnooi. 1 .- r ' r' ; i- ' -:X
, d) The ; larger school ? produces
larger ciassesn therefore, a greater t
thuslasm Is obtained than can be se
cured where there are but three or
xour ins av elass the number in the
average class in a small school -
(e) Supervision is more s thorough
ana more easily accomplished. ' .
"(f) A better and more regular a t-
tenaance can be secured.
"(g) Tardiness is reduced ' to . a
minimum.
"(h) Better buildings rfnd" more ap
paratus and appliances can be secured
at less cost.
"(I) Longer and more regular terms
or school would .result.
"(j As the pupils are conveyed to
and from school, their' health is uni
formly better. ;,
"k' Older children 'are Enabled to
attend their home school much long?
,. . "(1 The farm surroundings of the
community will be greatly; Improved.
- "(m) In- a consolidated - school op
portunity can be afforded for studying
special branches. : f i 5 ; ;
"(n) Eighteen states have laws upon
their staute books authorizing the
consolidation of districts, and the
transportation of pupils, and It Is the
consensus of opinion of superintend
ents, school i officers and teachers,
where consolidation and transporta
tion have been tried, that the plan is
far superior to the old plan of having
a small school at every cross-roads.
"In . thus impeaching the work now
being done in our rural schools, h e
are not unmindful of the: fact that the
rural school has been a potent factor
in our American civilization: but this
Is an age of organization and central
ization. The conditions under which
they did 'their best work have been
radically changed, and with the change
must come a cor r res ponding chan i
the: methods of conducting these
schools. The boys and glria In the ru
ral schools are Just as bright, 'just a's
Intelligent and as capable of doing
good, thorough? work, as any foupil in
the city schools. The. benefits to be
secured In the 'scheme of consolidation
are that the child may still be sur
rounded by country conditions the
very best the advantages of classifi
cation and organization found in th
city school. The child' in the country
is infinitely: better oft than the child
In the city, from the fact that he has"
some! definite .work to perform, such
as ority can be found on a farm.- hence,
we believe the very best -conditions for
the making of strong men' and':'omir..
both physically and mentally, are best
secured by keeping them , In close
touch- with rural surroundings, : a 3d, at
the same time furnishing, them with
the very best schooj, conditions K)ssi
ple. 1 ; : .
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Some More Amsndmants.-
ySecondi i Amend; the law. so that
each clerk shall enroll, annually on the
first Monday in March, for school pur
poses, all persons ,In his district over
4 and under 20 years of; age. i
r "Third.. Amend the law so that a
county superintendent may use a part
of the institute fund for holding tocal
teachers' meetings. "s.
"Fourth. Amend the. "law so th-tt
when a vacancy shall occur in the of
fice of ' a: school director or a school
clerk, the Vacancy.shall be filled by the
district boundary board until the next
annual .meeting, when such vacancy
shall be filled for the remainder of the
term by the qualified voters of the dis
trict. 4 J ' 3," . ? o ' -'
"Fifth, fA i law it making it .the duty
of the county superlntendent'to attend
annually a . county superintendents"
convention at such time and place as
may be Indicated by the . state superin
tendent, m.iking it the duty of the
county courts to audit the traveling
expenses of the county superintend
ents to such meetings, and the same to
be. paid out of the general fund of the
county. ' " J- ...
"Sixth. ' Amend section ' 32, Oregon
School Laws, so that shall read as
follows : TMstricts shall not be entitled
to their proportion of the school fund,
at the disposal of the county superin
tendent, unless they shall have report
ed to him by the first Monday of July
of each year, and shall have had a
school taught in; their respective dis
tricts at least four months in each
year . ' , ':- f- altS
"Seventh; U Authorize the -State
Printer to print at least 2,000 sextra
onies of the Oregon School .Law, to
be sold at cost to any one who maj '
Wish to purchase the same. 1 The law
requires teachers to be etamin! In
Oregon School Law. ,
'" , . t
P?' State Course of Study.
"The State Course of Study, has
been thoroughly revised and I am
pleased to say that.' as a rule, it Is giv
ing excellent satisfaction, i' In its re
vision, due attention was given to the
elimination of as much subject matter
as possible, r A one-book ' course in
geography, for rural schools.: was rec
ommended and also that the pupil be
held for the coarse print, only, in
both books, which will , reduce the
amount of required work at least one
half, and wliL In my opinion, still leave
too much geography for all practical
purposes. A two-book course, la lan
guage is strongly recommended.. The
Course of Study has come to be con
sidered as an Important part of the
school system of Oregon, and we firm
ly believe that It h:tll Increasingly
continue to be one of the Important
adjuncts of our school work. , ;
County Superintendents Convention.
The several county superintendents
have been more than willing to carry
out In the very best manner possible
any suggestions offered by this , department-
They have been v conscien.
tlous in the discharge of their duties
and have been ever alert to the ad
vancement of , the educational tnt-r-ests
of their respective counties. How
ever, much more could be accomplish
ed 1 the state superintendent were
authorized to call a convention of
county superintendents annually Jor
consultation. E.ch county could well
Xrd to defray the traveUng expens
es of Us county superintendent to such
a. convention. : .i.i- ...Mm
the
Stats Teachers' Associations.
-""During the past two years, there
have been held four sessions 0 the
State 'Teachers Association two - of
j the Eastern and two of the Western
division. The programs for these ses
sions have been strong, both In the
topics discussed and the personnel of
those who discus the subjects. . These
Association meetings - have been the
means of awakening renewed Interest
In eduedtlorial matters in each part of
the state where they have been heU.
The amount appropriated for the hold'
ing of Association meetings during the
last two years, by the Legislative Assembly,-
aided us greatly in securing
the best available talent, and I sincere
ly trust that the same amount may be
appropriated for the same purpose
during the ensuing two years.
, Teachers'' Institutes. '
County teachers Institutes have,
been held annually in each county and
it gives me great pleasure to say that,
owing to the courtesy of the county
superintendents, I have been invited
to attend each one held. It has been
my privilege and pleasure to be In at
tendance at the institutes held lh ev
ery county In the state, but one, and.
in most cases. I have been able to visit
the several counties annually In insti
tute work. I consider the county in
stitute one of the strongest features
of our school work,' and It would. In
deed, be a catastrophe If your honor
able body should pass any law. that
would seriously cripple the efflcl?nt
work now being done by them.
Issuance of State Paper. :
, "The State Board has endeavored to
administer the law that Its spirit shall
be otmerved in the Issuance of ; state
papers.- The present law, relative to
state papers, is working" admirably,
and, hence, no change Is recommend
ed. -
RUSSIAN BOY A RANGER
ALLEGED AMERICAN BRED
HORSE CARRIES AWAY RICH
STAKES IN. RUSSIA.
NEW YORK, Dec IS. A. M. Kerby,
a lawyer of Windsor. Canada, end J.
Cunningham, a trainer employed by
him. (have sailed oi the steamship
Deutchland, on theirf way to Russia,
where they will" be expected to identify
a trotting horse which the authorities
suspect, has peen raced as "Russian
Boy, but It fa charged that he Is
really William C. K. an" animal for
merly, owned by -Mr.. Kerby. and sold
at one of the Madison Square Garden
sales in 1899 to a party of foreigners,
who said they intended racing , him in
Austria. -':":'
William O. K. was an iron gray
horse standing nearly 16 hands, and
resembling In many points Russian
bred trotters. He Is by Pilot Medlum
tora. Russtll, and was bred In Michi
gan, and In Mr. Kerby's hands made
a mark1 of 2:12. TheRussian Govern
ment has sent for Mt. Kerby and his
trainer, 'paying all their, expenses : to
Russia' and back for!, the purpose of
completing or disproving the identifi
cation of Russian IVy!as William C. K
As Russian Boy the horse has' won
a number of stakes of importance," In
eluding the Czar's prize of $23,000 for
Russian -bred horses. " ,
in -Trouble again
NOTORIOUS' JOHN ' DOE'BtOCKS
STREET TRAFFIC WITH . X
, , A BIO,? JAG.
. iohti Doe,' a wood-hauler who live?
on the road between this city n3
Silverton, drove Into town yesterday
with a load of wood, but ' before he
succeeded In disposing of his load he
took on a "jag," climbed onto his
wagon and started up State street. ,
Although that thoroughfare is wide
enough for all, ordinary purposes, it
was too narrow-for John, and he haJ
bard work kef ping out fof the way of
street Cars, carriages and even pedes
trians upon the sidewalks, and for a
few minutes It looked as If traffic
would have to stop or John Doe would
have to get off the street. It was the
latter that happened, for Chief Gibson
took him In tow, and after i housing
the team In Simpson's livery barn,
John was escorted to Jail for the re
mainder of the day and night. ; 1
He was too drunk to 'give any ac
count of himself, and will probably be
given an opportunity to do so before
the police" Judge this morning; if ha
sobers up . sufficiently.
CORN CORNER FAILED
SO-CALLED "BLIND POOL ON
DECEMBER CORN SUFFER-'
' ED SETBACK.
CHICAGO, Dec. ItThe bnlls and
bears of the Chicago Board of Trado
had a sharp and decisive struggle over
December corn today. W; W. Mc
Cleary A Co failed to respond to the
margin, calls and the so-called "blind
pool," headed bythem and A t'leag. ot
St. Louis, suffered a severe setback.
December corn receded almost cents
during the day and st.owed a break of
11 cents sirtce early In the month. Mc
Cleary declared lhat he would pay
dollar for dollar and he probably woalfl
be ready for business tomorrow. Cleag
is said to have had 11.000,00 bush?I
of corn. December corn close! at
.Fifty Yccrs IhoSfandard
mm
.L'uvyLiiLi
llJshaj! Hsncrs Ucrld's Ft!r
nhtit tsjft U.S. Cst'I Chsslilt
. ratoK bakimo s-owokh 00. '
CHICAGO I 1
WOODCUTTER
STILL ABSENT
He Disappeared Several Days
v Ago and the People Are
V . Guessing
LEFT HPS WOUK IS THE WOODS
J WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE
.OWED NO MAN NOR HAD A
KNOWN ENEMY PLEASANT
POINT NEWS.
Mystery as profound as ever still
hangs about the disappearance of Wm.
Morrison. No tidings -nor clue as yet
have appeared to help solve the strange
affair. He was last seen ; here two
weeks ago this morning. He was then
on his way. dinner pall in hand, to his
work. Since then he has dropped com
pletely from;' sight and knowledge.
Where is he?! Is he yet alive? Is he aJ
victim of foul play, of accident, or of
alf -destruction?. Who. can say? Sa
lem has been searched, as has also the
vicinity of his. place of work.. Inquiry
has beeh made., but all of noT avail.
Opinion here is divided as to his
wereabouts. .Some think he got tired
of his Job and "Jumped It, although
he always said be-believed the con
tract was a good one for him. Some
believe in going to Turner while cross
ing. Mill Creek on the railroad bridge
be made a false step or was attacked
by a sudden fit of dizziness and fell
Into the creek land was drowned, the
high waters Of the last two weeks
might prevent the body being dlscov
ered. . He had broken bis ax, and had
expressed his desire to . get another,
and' It Is possible that morning on ar
riving at his work, he concluded to go
on"Up to Turner on the track which
was a few rods from where be worked)
and get another ax,' although be had
got hla former ax (or two I believe) In
Salem. In crossing the creek on the
bridge as stated he may have fallen
aff, being attacked by vertigo. Every
thing looks as If he had no intention
of "going for good." He had no money
so he said the day before. He left even
his tobacco, of which he was a great
user. He took his gloves only, and
left his pailwf dinner, saw, ax and Jug
of water. - I stated Jn my former re
port that he left his gloves. In this I
was mistaken as they were rmissing
and have not beetv found. What more
natural than If he. did not Intend to be
tone long, - he sbould's-take his gloves
and leave his toole and dinner, expect
ing to return soon. - Also he had just
paid $21 in cash for the timber and
loaned $20 to his partner sin the timber;
Mr. V'andetbllt; "He, had some twenfy
ftve cord .already splltJ and sawed. All
tills he lefC'whlch is hard to explain
jn the theory that he. Just got sick of
ais job and "skipped out." f
Mr. Helm Harlan, of Northern Call
urnia, t who is. vlsilinr friends here, la
kn extensive breeder of fine goats, he
having a flock of 2,500." Last . week he
went to Monmouth to look ; over the
flock of J. B. Stump. Mr. Harlan has
h the past purchased several of these
tock of Mr. Stump.
.T. EL Herren has returned from Port
laua. whsre he visited relatives.
-1' have about got awaywlth a patch
of Canada Thistles growing On my
grass ground. Sometime I will ' tell
your readers how I did ltJ
I notice our : State Game Warden, 1
think it is recommends putting a boun
ty, on Oregon's favorite black bird, the
row. Now, -hi or she (according to
sex) is a gentleman beside that Azurius
rascalus (blue rascal) the blue jay." He
is the scalawag flying the air of Ore
gon. He is voracious in the highest de
gree". He will eat almost anything but
grindstone or al broad ax. These
SIrds will pull flower sulbs out of the
ground and fly off with them; pick
buds from fruit trees; crack hazel
nuts equal to a boy with a hammer
and about as loud, suck eggs, which
inywhere and by whomsoever, is a
low down trick; kill little chicks some-
times, and so on
to. the end of the
Out on the blue
riminal chapter.
nuisances with a good charge of shot
rightly applied. I do not knov what
they do with the vast pile of stuff
they eat, as they have no crop or maw
which I verified on dissection,, but they
tisplay a vast ; amount, of gall. If
hese birds belong in the list of Mr.
Ernest Seton-Thompson's feathered
friends, it could 'be wished he would
take them away. I hope the Salm
Bird Study Club will not think hard of
me for these few scattering remarks."
They- will not hurt the science of or
nithology. j '
The Bingham place, of 144 acres, has
been old to a Mr. Jones. for $i,0W.
Geo. KendolL who with his family,
iive on the place, will soon vacate, re
novlng perhaps into the Pringle dls
;rlct. " v,::. ,:; '.
In a few days the dar people will
have another Legislature on their
bands. It Is to be honed that Marion
c-ovnty's members, and all others, will
not forget those fine promises made
mie time about last May.
Mifs Emma Girardln has returned
'rcm the metropolis, where she 'vlstt
sd is the family of Mrs. Flora-Da ily,
nee Hentn. - ' ' v.'
Pleasint Point, Dec. 16.
WORK OF WESTERN PHIL.VN
; V THROPIST.
IXLISVILLE. Ky Dec 16. The
Courier Journal says this morning. A
deed was recorded yesterday in .the
ounty clerk's office, whereby South
Park. form-rly a summer resort, situ
ated 11 miles from Louisville, on the
Louisville & Nashville Road, passed
into the hands of William It. Beach, a
Ixw Angeles. Oal.j capitalist. It Is
stated that he will convert part of the
property into a summer rort and an
other part Into a children's home where
abandoned waifa will be given every
care ani attention. The place contains
bout 390 acres of land and a 2 acre
lake. - . l:':
ESTATE OF DAVID Wl IITKAK E R.
MONMOUTH. Or, Dec- 1. The ap-pr-aiirers
of the estate of Davil J.
Wkiteaker finished their work May!
The property was appraised at $1,-405.20.
New Today
The Statesman rub. Co. has on hand
several hundred copies of th9 OREGON
CONSTITUTION. The price is 10 cent
each as long as they last.
ANY ONE WANTING STOCK SHEEP
to buy or take on the shares wili
please call at. this office.. . -. .. " j
KKEBS BROS, HOP DEALERS Of
fice In Eckerlen building. Commercial
street. Salem. Or. Phone Main 1261.
LILIENTHAL BROS, HOP MERCH7
ants, IL J. Ottenhelmer, manager,
office N. E. corner Commercial and
State streets (upstairs); phone Main
- 4C1. -. - - ' - '
SPAN OPf MULES FOR SALE I offer
for sale a span- of well matched
mules; weight, 1.100 each; ege 10 and
11 years. Address O. Schindler, Ger
vaJs, Oregon.
WANTED HOUSEKEEPER, or some
one who - will occupy house already
. furnished and ' board proprietor for
rent. Address, at once, WJ care
' Statesman, v ; v i ' '
WANT TO BUY LIVE HOGS AND
pigs, also ducks, spring chickens, and
bens. I will pay the highest cash
price for same. Quong Hlng, 2S Lib
erty street. Salem, Or. 5
REPORT CARDS Our school report
: cards are printed to fit th school
register.' The prices are; Twelve
cards for 10 cents; twenty-five for i0
scents; one hundred for 75 cents.
Statesman Publishing Oo-, Salem.
Ore.' - :- ; v; V
UOHEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED
farms and city roperty at per cent
. per annum; no commission. Please
- call on or address Kugne Breyman.
. Remember thev,place, 270 Commer-
clal street, one floor north of Statcs-
man offloe.
NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BRING
In your machinery - and. have your
repairing all done. Castings. Iron and
' brass, furnished on short notice. One
boiler and -4-borse engine complete
'for sale cheap. E. M. Klghtlinger.
! Phone 2333. 208 Liberty S t
LOST AND FOUND.
FOUND SHAWL ON STREET.
Owner call at this office and prove
property and pay for this notice.
FOUND A NEW SUIT OF Clothes,
Found hbout the middle of Septem
ber. Owner can .have by calling at
this offlce. proving property and pay
ing for, this notice.
FOUND-DECEMnER,17 ON ItOAJ)
; be4Wein Salem and the Wallace farm
;asmall package containing holiday
, article!!. Call at this otlice, pay for
"'notice and take lckage. J
- OSTEOPATHY, ' ' ?.'".
OSTEOPATHY DRS. WYCKOFF &
, ALBRIGHT Twenty months gradu
ates of the American Scholl of Osteon
pathy and A T. Still Infirmary. Dr.
; Wyckoff Is the only gentleman gra4
., uate of osteopathy in .Salem. .'Prac
tice established In Salem since 1S99
Hours 9 to 4. Phone Main 272L Odd
Fellows Temple. .
LEGAL NOTICES.
ADMINIS-'TRATP.IX'S . NOTICD OF
M t FINAL SETTLEMENT. '
". Notice Is hereby given to all whom it
may concern that the undersigned, as
the administratrix of the estate of
Thomas H. ,; Hubbard, deceased, has
filed her final account of said estate
In the County Court for Marion county.
Oregon; and that the said court has
ret the same for hearing on the 17th
day of January. 1903, at the hour of 10
o'clock a. m. of said da atl; the county
court room of said court, -in the county
court hou-e,j at the city of jSalehi, In
Marion county', Oregon; and that th
sajd final, account and anv ob lections
thereto will beTieard and passed upon
by the court at said time and place.
Done at Sales, Oregon, this 16th day
of December, 1002.
FANNIE E. HUBBARD.
Administratrix of the Estate of Thomas
II. Hubbard, deceased. .
COLORADO MAY LOSE LAND.
DENVER, Dec. IS. A; dispatch . to
the Post from Washington today says
that not only do the revised statutes
give New Mexico's northern boundary
line at, the 23th parallel, but that the
original statute passed In IS j defining
the boundaries of the territory give the
northern limits, as that degree.
While the southern boundary of
Colorado" !s given as the 37th degne in
the statute p.-jefi in 1S61, there la "no
reference there to any chantre la the
New Mexican Taw of JS50. The Utter
Mag a priori law. mak's the trtitfer
one of sriou consideration for f'rlor
do. . Congrc-ssman Shafroth will m
mnte an Investigation Into thf stTh-j-t
at the present session of Congresx.
If the immense area of Colorado south
of the 38th parallet grmji to New Mex
ico, the state will lose a" tract of,iiity
mil-H from north to south and nearly
400 miles wide.
A TEXAS WONDER
HALL'S tJRKAT DISCOVERY.
One small btlle or Hall's Great Dis
covery cure, all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures dia
betes, seminal emissions, weak and
lame backs, rheumatism, and all Ir
regularities of the kidneys and bl-vdder
In both men and women, ' regulates
bladder troubl-s In children. If nt
sold by your drysist, will I sent by
mall on receipt of $1. One small bot
tle is two months treatment, and will
cure anycase, above mentioned Ir.
E. W. iiall. sole tnanufaclurer, I. O.
Box 629. St. Louis, Mo. Send for testl
nonIals. ' Sold by all drusrulHts. and at
IjR. S. C STONE'S drug store, St
lern, Oregon.
READ THI&
Rnndon. Ore.. Dec. . 101. -Dr.
H. W. Hall. St. Iu1a. Mo. I-ar
Plrr -I have ,us-t your Texas Wonder
for kidney and rheumatic: trouble. Its
efTets are wonderful, ft has no e4Ual
and I can cheerfully recommend It.
Yours truly. HARVEY HOWE.
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Vor.Jerful 11-
Tratn-,ert.
This won U rf.il
nee doctor ! ci.
cures p-'i'i w'tli-.'
operation that '
Sv-o up to Oie.
-ita tf..w
-A
V--! cure wlttt
V-WrV'-1 wonderful Om..-
:''v.V r. herbs, roots. t is,
:Cf'i2e'r4'.-)4'-iii - bark snd vtrUU-
known to medical science In this c.untry.
dies, this fimoni doctor knows tUe
of over 500 different remiie. which h
succUsfully us-, in
II a-uaraiitees to cr cmtarrh. antnnsa.
ung7 throat, rhinuuiam
tomach. liver, kidney, bladder, ft ma!
?roWeriost manWl. all private aV2
has hundreds of tefctunoniaU. Charr
CaliVnd see blm.Consultatton free. P
Ucnti out of the city writ fr blal'fri
ciretiUr. Enclose utamp. Aldre-"- Tj C.
Gee Wo Citing Medicine Co . I 1 rd
Street, Portland. Onion. . Mentha tl!i
PP- .;. ' , ' -'
. ; ;
Direct from factory nt JBPIXT A I
prices. ar will arrivealwut OcL 201 Ii.
Place your order soon to secure low
price.
WALTER nORLEY
Salem Fence Work. e state St re
rT-jTfTs,n Try r "Ro f DeooKr"
inllAlJX tli.y. are giving em1 Kit
UJiVla isfiu-Uon. They take up
the dust the same as a brush. Cleans
tbe Ciotklng. They are easily kcj.t in
order and out-wear three comninij
brooms.
variety Store
ANNOttA M. VitlCII, Prop
Salem Iron Works
- K.M. tUOAS, Man. -
All Kinds of MacliiiieWork, c;o.st-T
mes, Jbtc. House castings a fjM tt
ialty.r Wc hnvo 'a largo lt of
window weights of all Mamlard .
sizes, also cast washers, tiivo un
a call., V
nLLiNons
ffc an inijorlaiit Mate ami
er cent of Its npul:it ii
is located tut ,
ChicnKo. : the grenteM oom-t ,
rtierclnl cntr of the We-. 't,
fHHr reacjuil from I ho Nitlif
west 'ly' this fanifw railrruVl
The NortftWesteirn
.; Umlltd ..-jf
a
Iaily lx-lwi-cti MintieapoltH, -Mt.'P.ttil
and t'lifi-i the
" er of all line trairiH
Kir lwpt m'tf, time o ltralrs snd
full iuioruiaU'iU writ.) lo
C. J. .RAV. , H. U Ptsi.Ert.
TrvilinjjAKt.. - Oca Agent
2H Alder St., luTtland,Or.
i
I
Our rltl vert iuin cuts
are
A l w a ys I xri;i: e.sti xcj
I't'iitl Tlif'm.
Barr's Jevvf iry store.
Throun fiersoiially rondii'tl tour- .
1st sloping earn between ,1'ortljmd jmd
Chicago, once a week, and bt-tw-en K
deu .and t'Ji-iK three' limb's, a wt
vl. the Scenic line.
Thrugli " Standard slf-plng cits
dally between' t)gden and Chicago, via'
She S enic liie..
Thrcnjgh Kfnd-trd; ."sleeping cir
daily between Colorado Springs and
Hu iuis. . '
- Through ftaiidard aMJ 'tourist K-lep-Ing
cars dally between 'fan Frh.-lt.
and t'hlcajto, via Ia fl'tiselcs a'l HI
Pr-J. - , ' .. " -' ; ' -
Through fcil.indard tleeping .cars and
hsir cars daily )etwecit St. Paul and
.'M ago. 1 ,
T-.e s.jfe ti(t your l-ket real via
the tife.-it Htxk Isfuiid Iloute. '
TWU.wl and Ino.nt reasonable din
ing car BTvif:
L. B. UOItilAM, tlpnerat Acent.;
. T. J. CiailK.
Traveling V.iftffvsr Afrnt,
- . - 2i0 Alder St.. Portland. r.
BRITISH STKAMEU Foi.rNDCP.S.
LtnDON. Ic. 16. A di?pntch to
tl Central News Kays cixtpfti iu"n,
(.fl'.eern arid crew of the MrUi- ii j :U
sV-wmer Marlay aie believed to have
htu driwned sim the result of the
f'Hindering of their vessel.' The Mjr
ly left Livefpoi for Dublin yes-ter.J.jy.
Khe exiwrien-d lievy weithT in mld
channfl. the life bat w;s lowered, but
It. waa washec-nway with one m.in la
It. Ttjis sailor was rescued. lie de
clarer he saw tbe ilarlay founder.
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