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DAILY OREGON STATESMAN. , TUESDAY, -JANUARY 27, ! 1W3. 5 EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE SufcurJbajkIIakes$ciiie Com ment en Proposed Salem . Charter . 1 1 4 . LAWS OF OREGON PROVIDE THAT PROPOSITION TO EXTEND BOUN IKIES OF CITY SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO VOTE OF THE PEOPLE UNION'S VIEWS. i (From Sunday Daily.).. (Tbe Statesman is pleased to print communications upon topics of central Interest, at any time. There to scarcely and limit to the topic of general .ai terest. It la asked only that corre spondents refrain from personalities and use care that nothin? be written of a libelous or unworthy or untruth ful nature.) Editor Statesman: A member of the Legislature is, je purfed to have sa.id the other day to a. party who was advocating a new charter for this city, the princippal feature of which was the enlargement of the c-ity boundaries. "Why do not the people of your town settle this mat ter without bothering; the Legislature with it? Under section 2690 of the IJeUrtger and Cotton Code, is a provis ion, which. In short, is that when one fifth of the qualified electors of ny city request by petition that the boun- Ia lies to be enlarged a vote is taken both in the city, and in the territory proposed to be annexed to the city, and if a majority of the electors residing in -the territory proposed to be taken in, vote In favor of having- the city : limits extended over them, and if a majority in the city vote " in favor of : such extension, then an abstract of '. the. vote, and a description of the ter- ritory to be annexed is to be filed with . the Secretary of State. From and af ter the date of filing; of such abstract such annexation shall be deemed com Ilte, and thereafter such territory ; shall be and remain a part of such cor- i iKration. 'This law," continued the legislator. "tgives to those directly interested au thority to settle for themselves all questions of city extension- without application to the Legislature, or the imermeauiing or . tnose wno Have no interest in the matter, and is certainly - . s t . . .... . a. bwu iaw.- a sMiiem man wno was present during this talk said, "Yes in thef charter of our city Is another fair way of submitting; this to taxpayers wno. are ntreirtedvwhich-,i that rBe ity shall have the power to extend its corporate limits when any section contiguous to U shaBT byf 4Tpetition s&f a majority of the voters in. said section who.represent to exceed SO per cent of the assessed -iiii--fi tKiMu rriH0t by petition to be admitted Into said corpration limits.' This gives those whose pockets are tight a. chance according to the sixe of taxes they are expected to put up, but none of hese laws suit the boomer. in tins connection, would it not be well to ask If any legislator wUI take upoaHiffiself the respsn.4fciM.ts- of forc ing into this city 57 people who re monstrate agajnst - coming." In. whUe only Si have signified jthelr .desire to come In. This Is "what the record shows after a very careful canvass by good, substantial men. ; - j -.; j r suburb. ' Editor Statesman: .-;. - Nst fat Favor. - t- 1 notice in the Journal of last Friday evening the .statement, that the mem bers "of Salem's labor unions , were all in ravor of the proposed hew city hirrter. Well, they are certainly tn favor of some of its ; provisions, but judging from the numberot. names of members of unions that I noticed on the remonstrance against extension, that I signed, I should infer that many are opposed to having their country homes forced Into the city limits. ." -" I - ; - - L jt UNION. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY BOLD KNAVE TRIES TO FORCE AN j ENTRANCE TO. THE MES i --. i SICK HOME. Miller of LlBn. .DlmIek. Myers, Pierce. Six out of thirty members of , that body. ' ' - t Fix the principle of the election of Senators by direct vote of the people, and there will be no more dead-locks. It is hereby- predicted that this prl dple will be ; fixed ; at the . next elec tion, if it Is not' settled by rh action of the Legislature, at the. present 'ses sion. The candidate for the Legisla ture in the next campaign who. will not pledge himself to stand by the choice of the people will be snowed under, so deep that he will think he was struck by the white top of Mt. Hood. When the rat-catchers of Hongkong went on a strike many a, family found itself deprived of its only delicacy. Because the committee of arrange ments, for the inaugural ball decided that dress suits were necessary to se cure the admission of gentlemen to the ballroom .Governor Lanham of Texas, may have to call out the militia to protect "the committee. The mob Is made up almost wholly of members of the Legislature, t ; ; . i i HIS NEED SUPPLIED. Judge Why didn't you steer out for the pedestrian? Wheelman I hadn't time. : 'Judge Well, III give you ten days. ' - DEFEATED IN BOTH GAMES Ladles of Corvallis and Wil lamette Play a Star Game TO REPLACE (MNATOtfft Owners cf Condemned Prop erty are Planning Extent sive Improvements WHAT. IS NOW FROWNED UPON AS AN EYESORE AND AN' OB- STRUCTION ; "TO J .THE PROGRESS OF THE " CITY MAY BE ITS CROWNING GLORY. WAS FAST AND FURIOUS THROUGHOUT BOYS OF UNI VERSITY PULLED OUT OF GAME IN SECOND HALF OVER DECIS ION OF REFEREE. Considerable excitement was created bout 3 o'clock Sunday morning out In East Salem by some unknow n party at - tempting to break into the residence ot R. M. Messick, No. 32 Summer street. No one was in the house at the time ex cepthig Mrs. Messick and one of her daughters; - and the ladies were badly frightened.' ' The ': would-be ' Intruder, hover, he. was, attempted to break in the front. door and the' ladies went to one of the windows ' in an upper room and gave the alarm, and several ot the neighbors, among whom 'Were Albert llopf and Attorney Richardson, donned their clothing and hurried to the res- cue. ',.---;-,..-.,:-.. - . JUpon arriving at the Messick resi 1t"t ' tb -Party who bad caused ibe wmmoUon had Uken his departure and though a thorough search of the prem ises was made, no clue to him could be found and the supposition is that he was either drunk or crazy, a s man bent on burglary would have doubtless been snore careful about making noise. j ( : 2 ' . -. . I COAL TRUST ENJOINED DETROIT COAL EXCHAXRE Tf r j STRAINED FROM REliuLAT ; ING PRICE OF Ft" EI DETROIT. Mich, Jan. 26. The Cir cuit Court today issued a preliminary injunction asked for by ; Prosecutor Hunt against the Detroit Coal Ex change, an organization of thirty local coal dealers. The Injunction restrains the Exchange from acting as an organ ization to fix the minimum price at which coal should be sold.' PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Hhere are the names of the Senators ho haw not employed individual Jlerks, under the resolution allowing such prlvtlw Booth. Kuykendall. (From Saturday's Dairy.) O. A. C. 5. (Ladies.) W. In one of the hardest fought basket ball games ever played in the Willam ette University gymnasium last right, the plucky Willamette girls went down to an honorable defeat before the Cor vallis belles The score was & to L but even this score, although close, does not ' sive a correct idea of the game between the two teams 1 which were so evenly matched, both, being trained to a high state of perfection. The first half, which was fifteen minutes : in length, l was fiercely ' con tested from start to finish, and result ed In the score of 2 to , In favor of the O. A. C, Miss Edith Linville having succeeded in tossing one basket. The second half of twenty minutes, was played even ' harder than the first. Ethet Linville and Una Stewart for Corvallis and Nellie Parsons and Mln nie Koschmeider for Willamette, each playing like demons. During this half Miss Lottie Randall received a pprain ed ankle, and time was called while she was removed and her place filled by Gussie Randall. Una Stewart threw one basket for Corvallis, ' and each team scored one point on foul. makinf? the final score 5 to 1 in favor of Corvallis. The individual work of each player was strenuous, but Corvaius snowea superior team work, aivt i wa this slight superiority which won the game fOr Corvallis. The playing was en tirely clean on both sides nothing oe curring to mar the sportsmanlike qua! ties of the game. The line, up of the two- teams was as follows: W. U. Minnie Koschmeider, capt. cetner. ; ' Jennie Coyle, Nellie Parsons, for wards. Lotta Randall. LUa Swafford. guards. O. A. C. Edna. Smith, center. Myra Yeager.Rea Smith, forwards. Ethel Linville. Una Stewart, guards. Subs. Willamette Mary Warfleld. Gusste RandalL. Corvallis Minnie Logan, Florence .Wicks, Mary Danne man. : " Referee E. Kinney Miller. Umpires Bert Geer, McAllister. At Corvallis. - -' ' ' - O. A. 13. ; (Man.) W. U. 10. The men's basket ball teams from Willamette and j Cn-alUs played a close game last night. In the Oregon Agricultural College gymnasium, re sulting In the score of 13 to 10 in favor of Corvallis. ) lj ; . . The game was closely contested from the start and; excellent playing was done by both teams. Towards the close of the game an event occurred which marred the pleasure of the occasion. With 1 minutes, to play and the score standing 11 to 10 In favor ot Cor vallis. - Referee - Dickey m of Corvallis. gave Parsons, of Willamette, a toss at goal i on fouL . Parsons missed and claimed another .throw on account of being; bothered by .rooters in the gal lery as provided : by - rules. This the referee refused to grant and Captain Pollard, off Willamette, called his team from : the field. The referee, however, said "play balL and Cor vallis threw 1 another baskeL making the final score 13 to 10 In favor of Corvallis. ; ' .- : '- . FOUGHT STREET DUEL TWO MEN EMPTIED THEIR RE VOLVERS. INJURING BOY AND GIRL. . - NEW -YORK.- - Jan. 23. Two un known men fought a duel in sight oi Oak Street Police Station In this city last night, but, both being bad snot, escaped unhurt. There were two vic tims of their bullets, however, m boy and a girl. The boy, line Mclaugn lin. was shot tn the body and perhaps fatally wounded." The girl. It years of age, received a wound in the leg. Af ter emptying,, their revolvers the' men escaped. ' (From Saturday Daily.) The sale made by E. M. LaFore. of M by ICS feet of lot 7. block 4, to W. Chris tensen. and the tatter's declara tion that it is his inteaUoa to erec a modern brick block on the property In the near future, has caused all of the property owners to commence specu lating on what they will do In the matter of Improvements, The city council has condemned the entire half block known as Chinatown. and It will be necessary, before sum mer. to tear out the filthy shacks, dis infect the atmosphere of the place and transform the Chinese slums : into habitable place for white men, proba bly into a thriving brick block, such as would be expected. In such a de sirably located piece of property.. air. iu. J. jutfore. wno Mill owns 33 1-3 feet front adjoining the prop erty sold Thursday, will build at the same time as Mr. Christensen. pro vided he does not sell before then. having since received a nattering offer tor the remaining portion of his prop erty. The simple fact that lmprov ments are to be made In the block has caused the value- to increase and ouyers to appear; all recognizing the value of the location as a business point. - J. J. Murphy :who owns the -north half of lot 5. on State street, made some plans for building last rimmer, but did not carry them out. and. so far has not decided what he will do in the matter. However it Is thought that he will follow ajiit when his neighbors are ready to build. V Mrs. A. J. Monroe owns - the north half of lot w on Liberty street. Includ ing the shacks which burned a short time ago. She Just returned from Port land and has made no plans, but is willing to do. Whatever Is desired by the council. . The half lot on the corner of State and Liberty streets is owned by the Verani heirs, and controlled by Lewis Verani. who lives in Vancouver, Wash., and., consequently could not be seen.ln waters that has been experlened here in more than ten years. , Traffic on the Southern Pacific rairoad Is temporarily paralysed through the Rogue River valley, and across the Siskiyou moun tains by slides . and washouts. Two miles of track . near Central Point are rendered unsafe by the raging waters and slides, and washouts which the workmen are working hard to clear out, have occurred today at Wall Creek. near the summit of Siskiyou. ; Flood at Baker. ...- Baker City, Jan. 24. Powder river threatens to overflow a portion of Ba kerCity tonight.- The gas works are In "danger and the men are out trying' to save several bridges on - some of the principal streets. - The sudden rise In the river Is due to the warm rain melt ing the snow In the mountains. regard to the matter, but last summer he bad plans, for constructing an - ltd1 proved brick, building, which would be an ornament-to the corner and to that portion of the city, and his friends un derstand that he intends to carry out his plans jiext summer as soon as the tease of his present tenants expires. j P. H. D'Arx-y, when seen yesterday in regard to his portion of lot S. said that he had for some time been thins Ing of improving the lot, and that, as the others were ready to carry , out their plans, he also would build, and that the result would be such a build ing as could be pointed out with pride a mark of the Improvement of the city. Gray Brothers have been 'making some Improvements in the building occupied by -F." A. Wiggins, implement dealer, raising the building to the standard level of , the sidewalk and putting in new foundations, and will In the Immediate future Install a mod ern freight elevator in the building. DEMOCRATS ELECT TELLER - - BUT REPUBLICANS DISPUTE THE LEGALITY AND REMAIN IN , DUAL SESSION. DENVER, Cokx, Jan. 24 Aa 5 o'clock this afternoon the Democratic mem bers, of the Senate and House cast bal lots, 61 In number, for Henry M. Teller,' to succeed himself as United States Senator, and he was declared . elected by President W. H. Adams. Since Monday the Democratic branch of the Senate has been in continuous session. and. since Wednesday at noon the Joint sesselon of the Democratic mem bers of bofh houses has been In "con tinuous. From yesterday . morning all the Democrats were ready to cast bal lots for Teller except Representative M. J. Madden, of Denver. The absence of Madden, was unaccounted for until this afternoon when it was - learned that he was at home 111 and had been forbidden to leave the house by his physician. In spite of his condition. however, he decided to attend this evening and at the hour named was in his seat and cast his vote for Teller. There was no Republican members of either house present, and the legality of the election Is not. admitted "by the Republican leaders. : While the election of Senator Teller by the Democratic portion of the Gen eral Assembly has removed one ele ment o the uncertainty from the situa tion, it has not cleared the atmos phere. The election 'is declared illegal by the Republican leaders and the dual Senates are still maintained. - BRIDGE MAY COLLAPSE. Mill creek has become a raging tor rent as a result of the' recent rains, and the wagon and foot bridge on 12th and Oak streets was In a precarious con dition last night. ' The east end of the I bridge had sunk to the water's edge. and the temporary supports of the west end had washed away, with the result that the bridge will probably be carried away by this" morning. IMPRESSION JS FAVORABLE West Virginia Attorney Ex presses Himself on Pros pects of Oregon. C5, k Certainty. It's Just the thing foe tired serves, sleep j - t ' sad fatigue of mind or body. -wCfVW ' wbtaky siakes the Ideal -sight cap.- It smoothes cat the wriaktes of care, aad bring a refreshing, peaceful -E I I alamber that lasts the might throagh. If yu value ' -;L l-- C 1 -aieep. y will valne the Koiu whiskies for their fZis W. i. TAX SCBCTTOt CO, lac, PHi Blu i. rOgTLAft, ORE Samfs SIMM, DOUBLE AND TRIPLE MADE BY The Newall Sander's Plow Co. - - -"..' - f. w Tbe cs!y Exclusive Macafactcrers of Disc Plows Chattacssga Tcnacsssec- Sander's Disc Plows are Better than any other Disc Plows THIXKS IT GREATEST STATE OX COAST WITH WOXDERFCL POS SIBILITIESLEWIS AXD CLARK FAIR APPROPRIATIONS ARE THE BEST THIXG THAT HAPPENED. Fto n Satu -day's Dl:y. 1 C C. Clark,, an -attorney ' of Hinton, -West Virginia, is in the City for a few days.. Mr. Clark has been traveling through Washington and Oregon since October tn search of a location for the practice of his profession. He has been in Coos county recently and thinks he hiajr Liter decide to locate there. When asked last night as to what he thought of Oregon,; Mr. Clark said: "Oregon is certainly a line country. and the resources of the state are some thing wonderful. I am indeed favorably Impresed with Oregon, and the next ten years win see. great changes here. The climate, so far as I have seen, is de- nightful. and there is plenty of room for 5.000.000 people within the borders of the state. In all sections where I have been there is quite an immigration from the East and. the influx is expected to increase as spring approaches. The appropriation of. $500,000 for the Lewis and Clark Fair is the best move Oregon could possibly have made and the people will not only get their money back In a direct, manner, but the thou sands who will be attracted here by. the great fair; will be worth far more than the sum expended. Oregon is a long way from the thickly settled districts of the East, and there will probably bo low rates on. all railroads leading this way during tbe Exposition. Thousands of desirable oitizeiis will take advan tage of the opportunity to visit the great Northwest and. of course, many rill remain . permanently when they once see and realize the possibilities of th ecountry- They weigh less. They do better work. J They run lighter. They are sim pler in construction. I hey liave fewer Joints and parts. 1 hey have no unnec essary adjustment.-. There Is nothing put ou them for thet purpoo of tMIevth; g tatent royalty. Ttey are strong and rijfid with no limber joints aim no Iik motion. Their frames are low down so that they can run steady. They dra ejerythlng down so that it can be turned under. Their "levers an in reach of tbe driver. The seat is in line with the disc and is at the rear end to hoUl the plow in the earth. They have the best adjustment for setting the acrafter, wliu-li is very important. They have an easy adjustment for width of furrow. The 1 weight of the plow and the resistance of the disc is so evenly balanced that there fcl very little friction on the wheels. A square corner can be turned w ith out taking the disc out of the ground. The discs are set at an inclination 83 that they are drawn into the ground without extra weigh on the plow. The discs have a countersunk h"le in the center with a sleeve extending further hack so that the head of the disc bolt i even with the surface of the disc and so tbe disc will not break out at the eeuteif. The tongues are corrugated so as to be light and strong. They have broail ends and can be shifted where they are attached to the frame sons to give a wide range of hitvt. and insure center draft. 1 he disc boxes are made of chilit-d iron. .1 be gangs have solid cast iron frames with steel beams, lhey are not weak and will not get loose. Any farm hand can operate them. Ve Guarantee Our Plows To do good work in any kind of fallow land, and not to break in one year J rf- . T . . : t . J - irom uciecb iu maieriai. i MITCHELL, LEWIS & STAVER CO., Agents SALEM, OREGON. NO CHANGE YET OREGOX SENATORIAL SITUATION REMAINS THE SAME ALSO ' JN WASHINGTON. PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. 24- The Ore gon Senatorial situation remains un changed although interesting develop ments are looked for early next week. Most of the legislators are spending the usual Sunday- recess In this city. Pulton's friends say that he will: gain several votes early next week. Otympia, Wash.. Jan. 24. The Legis lature took one ballot on United States Senator today, the eighth in number. and It resulted as follows; sAnkeny. 64; Preston, 42; Wilson. 9; Turner (Dem.) 22; Allen. C. - Absent and paired. 2, so the result shows no change over yesterday. There Is no likelihood' for an election without the aid of a caucus and while the King 'county delegation have blocked such a move by their action yesterday In signing the anti-caucus call in con junction : with the anti-railroad mem bers. the Ankeny men insist that the deadlock .will not last longer than week. . 5 'T ' .. , " VETERAN JOURNALIST JAMES OMEARA. ONE OF LEADING NEWSPAPER MEN. DKADIN . CALIFORNIA. SANTA ROSA. Cat, Jan. 24. James Omeara. who man years ago ranked among th foremost Journalists of the Pacific Coast, died here tonight aged 7S years. In. editorial capacities he was connected with the San Francesco Ex aminer. San : Francisco Chronicle-and Portland Oregon ian and the Portland News. . : SfcVfcRh STORBI WEATHER f Only Matter of Form., . ' Dover, ; DeL, Jan; 24. The ballot for United States Senator today, was merely perfunctory, only a half dozen members being present. . To Implore His Aid. , Washington. Jan. 24. J. fid ward Ad dicks, one of the candidates for United States Senator In Deloware, called upon the resident today. For the Fourth Term. Chicago Jan. 24. Carter H. Harrl son today announced bis candidacy for the fourth term as mayor of Chicago. HAD SEVERE FALL HARRY WENDROTH SUFFERS A -.V SERIOUS WOUND ON THE KNEE. Harry 1 Wenderoth. . son of Henry Wenderoth, residing at 4S4 Cottage street, a lad about fourteen years of age. met with a serious accident re cently, which will probably necessitate his remaining quiet for several days. The accident occurred : j while the lad was on his way down town. Being In a hurry to rdeacn ms aesttnation ne started to run when he slipped and fell, striking his knee upon a spike which had- worked up out : of the sidewalk. The spike caught him 'Just below the knee-cap, ..cutting a, gash two inches EASTERN ORE-! tonS and tearing Iooae the tendons i netow.tne Knee, a pnysician um- No fewer than per cent of German students are short sighted. states Pro fessor Conn, of Breslau. , .1 SOUTHERN AND TIwm una u urnrf of iandidatea for! r-rw int" Brnrrnivn rtJOU the vacant post of city clerk in Jjon- THE FLOODS. - i moned and sewed up the wound which don. which pays $10,000 a year. 1; r I . - -r- v'' ' . required several stitches to close, and Orders have been Issued In India forf ASHLAND. Or, Jan.' C 4. Southern the boy Is now getting along nicely, the return to store of all ammunition Oregon is in the grip of , the heaviest though it will be several days before containing dum-dum bullets. I rain storm' and a onsequent bood of he can walk about. j KtiM See Oil Reduced Price on Every jlrf Ide Krcept SjhhA Gsftoit. Shawl fascinators were 150c, reduced to-. .-J.-l3'Jc- Laundry bags were 50cj, reduced to L! I!c Laundry -.bas were 35c, reduced tooi-- lt)c Ice wool was 15c a ball, reduced to --.2-.lw, lOc Spool silk was 10c a spool, reduceil to . . , Spool silk, 50 yards, reduced to spool Misses' wool hose were 40c a pair, reduced to--.-.. 25c Ladies' wool bose were 35c a pair, reduced to . --tI3c Ladies' wool bose were 23c a jair, reduced to - 15c 20 icr cent reduction on all whitegoods. Muslin nibTT gowns, cheuiese, ski rtsvl drawers and infants' wear. One third reduction ou all millinjbry.r i - I Orccnbflum's Dry floods Store f - . j 302 .Commercial St. Next Doer to Postofflce Our 'Pillow Sales Will end this week. If you have not already taken advantage of the very low prices we are quoting you should avail yoursclf.of the opportunity, at once. j I A Big Pair of $5.50 Pillows for White .'feathers, best quality. A Standard Size pair rf (Xt ID1U7C fnr lI kiT.J MMJVT kJ MUM , f Gray feathers, good quality. A PAIR OF OUn 2J50 PILLOWS F0I2 UM. BUREN HAMILTON '$4.44 3.33 J. A! NORWOOD If You' Want Fresh Groceries -t Tryl the New Store. I 129 COURT SH, PHONE MAIN 1981. Our price ier I(XJ rHiud, I.5. We have only a limited auanlitv and would Advice you to order early; CANADA PEA8-We have the finest peas on the market and our prices are rich L ONION HEED Only the very tet seed handled. Samples ou reciucst. - D. A. Vhitc S Con Feed men and e&edsnien, v. , 91 Court St., t?alem, Oregoii