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I J u DAILY OREGOV STATESMAN. 'TUESDAY, JANUARY 27. 1903. WILLAMETTE IS BOOMING Has Attained Nearly Twenty Nine Feet and Rising j 'Last-mfht' BUT WILL PROBABLY REACH CRISIS TODAY DOtfiG MUCH DAMAGE AT UPPER ; POINTS GRAVEL. APPROACH TO BIG BRIDGE BEING CARRIED A WAT. The Willamette river continued to rise slowly all day yesterday, and last night at dark probably reached its high' est point for th!s season, standing at 21.9 feet. ' AH day Sunday the usual crowds promenading the streets were bent in the direction of the river ar.d lined the bank and bridge, watching the muddy, turbulent waters of f the swollen river tearing at its banks and beating against the piers with a mighty roar, then ris ing at the rate of six Inches per hour. Testerday people continued to watch the waters anxiously and the dwellers on the low land along the river, front kept the edge lined with sticks to mark its slightest rise and speculate whether or ber of his Intimate friends he stated that Jalisco's capital was r in many respects the most charming city within bis memory. ; - .. ': ' In speaking of his " recollections at the attractive cities of t?ie WCTH. Mr. Hearst is reported to have remarked to a group of listening friends: -Paris with Its fast life made me tired ; Florence has - altogether too many Americans to suit ray cosmopoli tan, tastes: the smoke and fog of Lon don made me weary; San Francisco is a congregation of gossips that can not be endured; few can endure Chica go for more than a month at a time, I have lived six long and busy years in New Tor It, and nave had enough of It. My next move will be to Washington, and unless I am detained, by some pow erf ul attraction In the United States, I expect that three years of life In the national capital will exhaust the limit of my powers of endurance. 'If the islands of Chapala are still to b bought when I return to Mexico, I will purchase one at whatever cost, and build myself a secluded home on one of them, and there take a long and restoring rest from all kind , of care, and devote myself to the entertainment of a few choice spirits before the doubtful age of maturity begins palL- . - ,. . : , ' . M ARTISTIC COMPILATION i ' 1 - ----- ' - v. .- ' . Superintendent and Trustees of Deaf lute School : Makes Report EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE IN SANITARY AND GEN ERAL CONDITION - OF BUILDING RECOMMENDS THAT SCHOOL, BE MOVED TO SALEM. IS WITHOUT : FOUNDATION (From Sunday's Daily). " ' Superintendent " Thomas P. Clarke, and the board of trustees of the Ore gon School for Deaf, Mutes, have com pleted their biennial report and It is ready to submit to the Legislature. to I Superinendent and Mrs. Clarke, ma tron, were elected to succeed Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Wentx, In June, 1902. , They came here from Flint, Mlchl- perience In the special work with the nerience in theaoecial work with the deaf prior to coming to Oregon. Mr. Clarke first began to teach the deaf in the Arkansas school In 1886 and. In 1892 went to Michigan, where he taught the was 64. and the present attendance 53, renresentlng 23 counties. , The per capita cost of the school is figured at $211.67 and he gives a table showing the per capita coat In several schools of about the same slse In dif ferent states, as a comparison, as fol lows:. ; ,.. ;. . - . : Name of school .-. No. of Per , Pup'ls capita North Carolina School... 99 $192 : Pennsylvania Oral School 90 255 Northern New Tork 88 277 Oregon School 70 207 ' North Dakota School...... S6 219 Rhode Island School...... 65 323 South i Dakota School EC 219 California' School for Blind I and ?Deaf ....... .. .....178 324.81 Montana School for. Blind and Deaf .............. 29 430 For the amount of appropriation ne cessary for the maintenance and im provement of the school he recommends the following: , General fund for maintenance, salaries and contingent ex " penses.. .. .. ... .. .. .... $30,830 Repairs and Improvements 1,900 I- Total.. .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. ..332.730 For new building on state land and equipping the? same...... 140,000 i ? ' TERVIEWS WITH PEOPLE Golem 'g lOt V Store V ale One-Half Price S Rome cf the new things for Spring are here. To make a final clean up of Wiuter goods, we will oiler, commencing Monday, desirable goods fct one-half price, for each remaining day In January, each succeeding day something will be put on sale at. one-half-price FOR TltAT DAY ONLY, that will INTEREST YOU v ; '. ' ' An announcement that frill ring with Interest to the shoppers, who know bargains - V ........... -j . ''- - - ' with the memory of the many successful eale3 behind, we set out in earnest to surpass alU i Watch Our Ad. Every Day . This Week. not to move to higher ground and aban-INO PflSSiMlitV Of AntdPiiniSiri I i.i-rw e th. rn ,xsaa uviiica w n atii j aici m- Between Davey and Harris PROVISIONS OF BOTH TAXATION OF CORPORATION BILLS CAN BE HARMONIZED IN THE COMMIT TEE WITHOUT INJURY! TO EITHER NO OCCASION. With a few exceptions, however, they remained In their houses and made usel of small .boats Xo reach dry land. The waters are about two feet higher than earlier .in the winter and the highest since the spring of 1901, when it reach ed 2 feet. In the great flood of IStO the water stood at about 3f. feet. ; The waters are all over the nation LFront street at the foot of Court street, and yesterday put out the fires at the sawmill, and have Hooded the basement of the large Salem . Flouring -Mill. Across the river the entire flat Is cover ed with a raging torrent, which la tear ing angrily at a point above Matheny garden and will probably carry away, a portion of the garden Itself. The water also extends quite a distance beyond the bridge on the Lincoln road, afford ing a small harvest for the numerous small boats which ply back and forth carrying passengers from the mainland to the bridge approach ; for j 25 cents each. ;; I The gravel approach to the bridge. which was filled in I last summer for about 100 feet, is sinking and will prob- aoiy De carriea away, ; i was no particular necessity for the The Benton county5 approach to the! new bill presented by Mr. -Harris as Albany road toll bridge was carried tail Its provisions which add to those of away yesterday afternoon, and the CI the bill presented by Mr. Davey could E. railroad Bridge at that point was I nave been inserted in the committee also threatened. . I if deemed advisable. Regarding this me numerous inoutanes aiong ine ana otner measures prepared by the river nave also been very nigh, and I Marion County Bar Association. Mr. have caused a large amount of damage! Davey" said to a Statesman reporter inrougnoui me vaney.; vne new Dnagei yesteraay: "There is no feeling that me oannam nver near jenerwnii Know or Detween Mr. Harris and is oaaiy oamagea ny navmg some or tne myself on the bills.. My bill was In supports and part of one approach car- troduced after waiting several days ried away. ! . for the bill which some member of The Stayton bridge; across the same the Bar Association talked of bringing stream has also been j damaged, ninety to ma. I considered the measure the reel or tne north approach being gone. The oridge across Mill creek on 12tb street, near the depot, is practically de stroyed, although still standing sus pended and being used by foot passen- high branches until elected to the su- CltiZenS Of SlIDlinilty tin? for New Creamery Some of the newspapers are endeav oring to arouse . an antagonism be tween Representative 7 Davey ! and Speaker Harris in relation to the bins introduced by each for the taxation of corporation franchises, but the effort win iirove .auonive, as : there . is no possible clash between' the gentlemen or the bills in question. ; The provis ions of the two bills can be easily har juvuizeu m ue committee on assess ment and taxation, to which both are Tef erred, and .for that matter, there most important that was' likely to come before this session, and I wished to hae It in early so that it could go to the committee for mature consider ation. I thought we ought to berin to gers. ine ."Norm uwny street onagei maKe the corporations, which have no is considerably damaged by the piling and supports haying been undermined, and for a while it was expected to go out. Several other small bridges have been damaged or carried away. No overland train Was able to get I property in sight, but which collect large amount of money from the peo ple, bear a part of the taxation! bur dens, so I Introduced the ; bill, which Includes telegraph, telephone, express and oil companies. I knew that the railroad companies were already taxed through this week uniil4thls morning at j Upon their property, and If not hbw at as high a valuation as they ought to payr there Is every opportunity of In creasing it. I was afraid that by In cluding railroad companies and some other corporations, it might endanger the whole scheme, but I am In hopes it may not, 'because it is a Just and much desired measure. . "So far as taking the 'glory of the matter from and transferring it some where else is concerned, that does not bother me. I am there to assist in 2:3n, when the northbound passed through this city. The delay has been in the Siskiyou mountains. On the road leading to Independence. In Iolk county, the bridge between the Skinner and Wilde places was carried out and C. C. Oarfleld started to drive over and, finding no bridge, went cleat under, but nwinared to reach the shore without injury. 4 An amusing story is told of a party of gay young people, consisting of Claud Byrn. : Ed. Shaw, Opel Peckenbaugh, J enacting any measure, no matter from nd Lena Fltsgerald. in one party, and Lewis Craven and Ed. Fishburn In the other. ; who had h-'red livery rigs and startel for. Independence about 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Returning about ll:2i p. m. they diove into a ditch from which the bridge had floated away, and the water came above the seats giving the merry excursionists a good soak Ing. The driver dropped the lines and leaped for his lifv but his companion bravely took the lines and brought the frantic team to a place of safety, To ornrlete the good work he returned to the opposite of the ditch and drove the other team across the troublesome wa tersj the occupants crossing on an Im provised ferry made from pieces of the floating bridge. The . drenched excur sionists sought shelter In the home of J. H. Wilson, and reached Salem yes terday forenoon. The teams are still whom it emanates, that is calculated to lighten the Burdens of the small property owners, and there is no com mittee and no power 1 that can take that privilege from me. I' do not know why the local com mittee did not come to me w4th the bill. They brought me a large grist of tneir measures, which 1 expressed a willingness to Introduce and assist in .passing. Not wishing to hog, how ever. I turned them over to another member of the delegation, asking him to show them to our colleagues, and.' let each one of us select and introduce a' proportionate' share that such as they did not wish to be sponsor for, I would be. I have seen but one of them since. It was my desire to respect and promote the passage of any bill which received the sanction of , such a dis tinguished body of men as the Marion Mrs. Clark was graduated from the New Tork City Normal School and took special training in speech-teaching at the New Tork State School for the Deaf. She taught four years in Pitts burg. Pennsylvania, and, resigned to accept a more lucrative place In Ar kansas, where she remained until shje and Mr. Clark went to Michigan 1892, From the separate report of the board of trustees the following extracts were taken: Since Mr. Clarke has taken charge of the Institution, pupils, parents, and teachers and officers have been In hearty co-operation with each other, and so far as the board Is advised, there have been no-complaints. . -j . "The last Legislative session appro priated for the maintenance of the in stitution $29,000, and we are pleased to state that we have been able to so ad minister the affairs of the institution that there will be no deficiency. "During the past two years we have done as much in the industrial line as our means would admit, and what little has been done has met with the hearty approval of pupils, parents andteach ers, and we are firmly .of the opinion that more should be done to educate the hand, hence we cheerfully recom mend that the Increased amount, S190i" for industrial purposes, recommended by the superintendent, be allowed, and we also recommend the total amount. $30,830. asked by the superintendent, be allowed. , For a detailed statement of disbursements, and also for data rela tive to attendance, per capita, cost, etc., we would respectfully' -refer you to the THE FARMERS OF WILLAMETTE VALLEY AWAKENING TO IM PORTANCE AND ' PROFIT OF DAIRY INDUSTRY SEVERAL CREAMERIES IN VIEW. being cared for by the accommodating j county Bar, and I am still of the same farmer. mind." REFEREES SUSTAINED JUDGE BOISE RENDERS DECISION IN THE KIRK; VS. KIRK CASE. In a short suasion of court held yes terday morning Judge R. P. Boise of department No, i rendered a decision for the defendant in the case of JC Wr Kirk, a minor, by his guardian. Matil da Kirk, plaintiff, vs. Peter Kirk, de- fendant, the case being brought to partition and set 5 off to the minor plaintiff his interest in a farm inherit ed from his deceased father. The par ties to the suit reside near St. Paul, and the ' farm in question consists of about 200 acres. The court had pre viously appointed three referees, IX B. Herrick. M. L. Jones and Jacob Voor hees," to partition ; and set oft! the plaintiffs Interest which they did. and reported their action to the court. " . ' The plaintiff being ,' dissatisfied with the action of the referees, moved to set aside the report, alleging bias and misconduct. The , defendant contro verted the allegations and by affidavits of ,disinterestedpersoiis. showed that the partition was fairly made, and Judge. Boise so found, overruling the plaintiff's objection and motion, and confirming the report of the referees. 1 -Quite a youthful reporter asked Mark Twain for an Interview on the coal situation. The newspaper, man be gan by saying: "Mr. Clemens, I have been Instructed to Interview you on the humors of the coal famine."; The New York Times says that the veteran humorist gasped feebly for a moment 1 and then replied: "Young man, you go back to your editor and tell him if, he emptied all the short and long dashes m his composing room into the forms he would then only be able to set up a prelude to my : opinion on the coal situation." :-:r ' s wi- f Senator George G. Vest, pf Missouri, corrects the statement recently made that he Js the only surviving member of the Confederate Senate. A. J. Max well, of Florida, who- represented that state at the capital la Richmond. is Still alive at the age of S3 years They are still talking and writing In Wash ington about Senator "Vest's recent speech In the Senate, advocating the repeal of the tariff ort CoaL On no ! other day this session has the cham ber been so crowded as it was when the aged and physically feeble Mlssou- rtan was speaking. The masterly ad dress was evidently In great part ex tempore, and perhaps for that reason was all the more forceful and effective. Jacob Judy, of Bloomington, Illinois, enjoys the distinction of having voted This is from the Mexican Herald of I for twenty Presidents of the UnitMl Guadalajara: William R. Hearst, the j State. His first vote was cast for journaust ot taree ernes, returned yesljeha Qulney Adams 4iHS2i-U-is ; 331 total ttendanorr ti iita TIwl - - s,ss '. t number ireseut at totjr oue lliue superintendent's report herewith at tached. ..- . "The health of themuoils of this in stitution has been remarkably good"J. Superintendent Clarke, who has had charge of the school since August 15, 1902, reports that he has caused exten sive sanitary and Other Improvements to be made about the building and that everything is in first class condition now. The building is now well equip ped with serviceable fire, escapes con nected with the children's - dormitory. and the only meed of the school now js a night watch, to feel safe from loss of life in the event of a Hre. The water supply, he says, s utterly Inadequate for fire purposes and to get everyone out is alt that they could expect and he States that a night watch is necessary as the children must' be called Individu ally, by shaking, and he includes $600 in the amount of appropriation asked. for a night watch. 4 The industrial department has been enlarged by the addition of two trades, woodwork and needlework, and he asks for $500 with ' which to remodel the farm house, which now stands idle, and fit it for classes in sloyd, shoe and harness work and farm blacksmlthing. and he states that the boys in the car penter shop can do this work at slight expense and the returns from the har ness and shoe shops will more than pay iuc inc materials useo. . : i He states that he found the classes in the schools, very much mixed and that the work In this most important department Is not what It should have been, and he attributes It to several causes, chief, among which is that the rotation or department system, which has been abandoned in many schools, and which he promptly abandoned in this. He also attributes the slow pro gress In the mental departments to the too frequent change in teaching force, and he also thinks the environment has much to do with 'this condition, with the school seven miles from town and with the Reform School on the One side and the Asylum Farm on the other and he argues that the two most potent In fluences in forming' character are her edity and environment, and of , these two. the first place Is given to environ ment. He says:, "Now, what - Is the environment to which, our children are subjected here? Criminals on one side. lunatics on the other; In front the land is under cultit vation in summer, an,', under water all winter, a rocky hillside covered with underbrush and pines in the rear. With these surroundings is it any wonder the the school work proper has been forced into a secondary place?" . In support of his argument he quotes the report of former Superintendent, P. S. Knight, and he recommends that the Institution be ' provided more desirable quarters in near the city and that the present building would Suit admir ably for a feeble-minded Institute or a girls , reformatory, of which the state is very much in needV and concludes with- the suggestion that the state is the owner , of. fifty-four acres of land adjoining Salem upon which a suitable. building, for-a school for the deaf, could be erected and equipped for $40,000, He states that . the libra Hr i verr much in need of new hooks and recom mends that $109 could be well spent In this direction and that - $50 could ; be used to great advantage and benefit to the children in equipping a gymnasium for-the. pupils. ,: i ; . ; v--;.- i, ';.'. The rolls of the Institution show that for-the years 1901 and. 1902 there was a (From Sunday's Dally.) . ; The latest town to take steps toward securing a creamery 1 Sublimity, and the people of that pretty little hamlet, so it is stated, will soon have a creamery running ' at full blast. This proposition has been under discussion for some time and a meeting of the citizens of the town and surrounding country will be "held next week to per fect arrangements for the carrying out M M. , - . . t . . 01 ine pians ajreauy laid out. , Mr. J. P. Glover, of Sublimity, was In the city yesterday, and in speaking of the project, said: . . We have been! negotiating for a creamery for several months past, and at last the prospects are bright for the location of one in our town at an early date. The matter has been laid before an experienced creamery man and he has agreed to locate a creamery if the farmers around Sublimity will guaran tee to furnish 150 cows the year round, and I believe we can do it for there is no better dairy country anywhere than around Sublimity." Mr. Glover brought down a load of fat hogs to the Salem market, realizing 7 cents per pound, and says he can make money raising hogs at that price. The farmers in his t vicinity, he says, are all busy ploughing and seeding and getting ready for the spring work. Mr. Theodore Odenthal, an enterpris ing citizen from Nebraska, who pur chased the Wrlghtman farm last spring, has been putting forth extra efforts to induce his old neighbors to come here and locate, and expects fifty families to arrive here from Nebraska about the first of ApriL NE W FIRM NEW GOODS Manning & ferguson. Hardware and Agricultural Implements i n WE HAVE THE MOST CAREFULLY I SELECTED STOCK OF LIGHT AND HEAVY HARDWARE IN THE CITY. WE HAVE JUST ADDED A FINE LINE OF WAGONS, BUGGIES AND JOHN DEERE PLOWS, HARROWS, CULTIVATORS AND DISCS. CALL ON US AND IF YOU WANT GOOD GOODS WE CAN SUPPLY YOU. Store, Cor. State and Comtnercla! Sts. Warchos st, South of W1I j faaiette Hotel. SALEM, OREGON i The Dairy, Boom. f There is probably; more Interest being taken Just now In dairying and dairy products than ever before in the his tory of the state. . People seem to be awakening to the great possibilities of Oregon in this line,, at last, and almost every town m the yauey which has no creamery is preparing to get one. A. IL Coyle, of Polk county, was in the city yesterday, and is so well satisfied with his experience in butter making that he intends to milk fifty cows this spring, though he' will probably dispose of the cream at the creamery. M. L. Jones, the well known farmer of Brooks, is another man who is tak ing an active interest In this Industry, and will Increase ; his . already large herd of dairy cows until it reaches 150. which number be expects to milk this summer, j xnere are now several prosperous creameries In operation in the alley, the one in Salem turning out about 600 pounds of 'butter VTsry day, and the output Is expected to double during the next three months. There Is a pros perous creamery at Lyons, a little town on the Santlam river; one is being hunt at Jefferson; the Scott's Mills people are negotiating for one, and if the present enthusiasm continues for another year, nearly every town in the county will have a creamery In opera ItrtUjr (rout Guadalajara, To, j uuui- years old. No Hurry to SelL A. IL Anderson, a prominent hop grower from Lincoln, was In the city yesterday, watching the local ' hop market.: Mr. .Anderson- has nearly his entire crop of hops still In his possession, having sold his early hops of the Fugle variety, for 22 cents, and Is confident that by holding a little longer he will be able to sell for 20 Cents. He is fill ing an order for 12.000 hop roots of the early variety for Catlin & Linn, who will put out a hop yard near Wells Landing.' '. - Walling Bros, also' are filling an or der for 60,000 roots for the Eldrtdge farm hear-Gervala. O. E. price, the wood dealer, suffered tne loss or a valuable horse recently. ? Mr. Anderson - reports that Alvln Walling, who has . been down with typhoid fever for six weeks, has been out of his right mind for five weeks, but Is some better. the. last few days. Are Duty Bound. W. F. Gilkey. a farmer residing near Dayton, and one of the leading Demo crat is of Yamhill county, was in Salem yesterday greeting, old friends, and discussing politics. He thinks that the Democrats in the Legislature , are In duty bound to vote f or Geer for Sena tor, and that their constituents are expecting It of them. He says that the farmers around Dayton are too busy to talk much politics and realize that the legislators are not particular what the common oter thinks, anyway. Mr- GHkey says the farmers In his -neighborhood raise some fruit,' but tsJII .continue, to .direct most of their energies to raising wheat, , .' lothi. 1 1 1 . . .7 .1 -i t threat vaiuei it; men s overcoats ami ooys c this vce only. AVc are now oflmng at .'C jkt ' .' ' - - . ; ' , - cfnf. discount from the regular price. $6.00 ''suits now $4.00; $5.00 suits now $3.35; $4.00'Kuits ho$2.55; $3.00 Miits now $2.00. : : : aiiFini Adlp TRUSTEE. Portland Is feeling very good over the $500,000 appropriation for the .1903 fair. And she haa a right to be. The whole state ought to feel good and .proud, and to throw bokas at herself for this commencement of the move ment t orange Oregon in her rightful" place among the sisterhood of states. Bough lumber has again advoneed In the Portland markets, owing to the high price of logS. It is time that city was getting connection by rail with the vast forests of the Nehalem and Tillamook regions. '. -. " . . - Some of the best written and most atVactlve matter in the tSatesman of this morning was ; furnished by th brlghf young mn and women v ho write the adertisements for the tAiMl ness house.i of the Capital City. ,Th'j modern nanr;;iper would not seem to amountto 'much, either in a buniners way or otherwise. ' without the adver tisements, j William Tecumseh Scott, president of Frankllin (Ind.) College, and William Henry Harrison McCoy, the Janitor of the institution; were In the same gral-, uatlng class of 181, the present Janitor proudly, carrying the honors of th class, while the president went trail ing in the intellectual dust. CHICAGO . STORE PEOPLED BABG-AIN HOUSE I SENSATIONAL BARGAINS FOR THIS WEEKiOlSTLT. Just see how wo sell dry goods. Here is a chance to Ket bargains if you attenU our sales. , Dont miss them. At 13 c yard School Plaids for cfhil- arens-aresses, pretty patterns, splendid wearers,,;, regular price, 23c,for this sale'only, yard 15c At llic a yard Fancy Outing Flan nels, excellent quality, pretty pat terns, regular price, 8 l-3c, for this sale only, yard 4V4c At 43c yard. Velveteens and Cor- duroys, all shades, new, goods, . , i beautiful for waists, . rular y price. Tic yard, for this "sale only. .43c At yard Mill Ends of Calicoes and Apron Ginghams. , splendid patterns, prices up to 7c, yard. ; sale price, only '..... ..zUgc Ladies' 25c Fleece Lined Under- 15c Ladles 20c Fust Black StK kingn, ..10c Childrensf 20c Double Thread Iron Clad, Stockings, sale price -...10c. $1.50 Black Silk Peau de Sole. s;ile iPrice, yard ...... .... .... ...... ,.85c 15c. Silk garter Elastic, sale prl-e..l0c 25c All Silk Taffeta Ribbon, 4 inches - wide, all shades.. .. .... .... ......lie t5c French Contill Corsets ...... ....40c Big sale on Shirt Waists, irices from ZJcHip. 1 . . . , "" Big sale on Ladies' Drcrss utid Rainy Day Skfrts. price ... ....... .$123 Boys' 45ci Swea tecs ." . 4. 23c Odd lot of Men's Underwear from 25c Up. Big bargains. Odd lot Children's Underwear from 10c up. i 9c Bleached Muslin, yard ...... ......3c . . Low Price Manufacturers. ' ' .. -... - . McEVOY BROS. -' Court St., Salom