II u 8 : .j WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN. TUESDAY, FEBULURY I 7, 1S03. T.IAfJY VEBEMADE HAPPY At Our Grab Sale Yesterday, but we still have quite a lot ot packages lei t, many containing valuable pi ize3. : ! Above sale will continue llirongli oat this weekmnless the packages are sold before next Sa tirdav. i loir's Jewelry Store State and Liberty Sts. Leaders ia Low Prices. IIIVENT DOWN, , TO DEFEAT Whealdon's Chicken Bill SUf j fers by Reason of politi cal Situation 1 ; .y , WAS A CLOSE FIGHT BUT WAS IR RETRIEVABLY LOST WAR VETERANS AND WIDOWS . BELIEF BILLS, ALSO MADE VIC TIMS OF POLITICAL AXE. i - - .' ; j STEIXER'S MARKET. Chic-kens 10 cents. Eggs IS cents cash. Ducks 10 cents. Turkeys 13 to 13 cents. THE MARKETS. I The locsl market novations yester day were am follow: Wheat 6 cents. - ' Oats--30e per busheL . Barley $2 per ton- Hay Cheat, $10?'I2; clover, $104t l2 timothy. $10612. - I Fituri Mcfi St .no icr c9.-tr.' Mill F-ed Bran. $20: short. $21. Button Country, lv25c; creamery, Eggs 1 cents cash. Chickens 10- cents. Ducks 10 cents. ' Turkeys 12 to 15 cents. Pork Gross to 6c: dressed, 4c 1 See resteers, ZTiv to 4c; cows, 314c; rood hrifers S'4 to 4c. Mutton Sheep, 2'&c to Zc cn foot. Veal fifrc. dressed. Hops Choice 26c, upward, green ta. prime, 25c and upward. potatoes 25c per bushel. A p los 50 (ft 60c per bushel. Onions 4frt0i per bushel. Prunes 2'S? JV4e. BALFOUfi. GUTHRIE & CO, Buyers and Shippers of V GRAIN Dealers in Hop Growers' Supplies FARM LOANS Warehouses at . 1 . TURNER. - MA CLEAT. PUATU1L BROOKS. HAW. 1 SALEM. SWITZERLAND, f IALSEY. i DERRY. . MFCRS. OF "ROYAL" FLOUIL I. G. GRAHAM, i Agent tOT Commercial St.. Salem. A GOOD INVESTMENT INVITES 1 SYSTEMATIC MONTHLY QUARTERLY, SEMI-ANNUAL OR ANNUAL PAYMENTS, i One of the most . conservative In vestments to be found in the state is with, the Equitable Savings & .Loan Association - of Portland, of which. Chas. E- Ladd is president. They are represented In .Salem by Mr. W.' A. Henderson, special agent. Their depository in the city Is : .with the Capital National Bank, where full inforamtion may be obtained. "Their investment Invites systematic monthly; quarterly, semi-annual .; or annual payments, and positively guar antee 5 rer cent, but has 'earned In the past about 9 er cent. It guarantee is backed by a large reserve fund and Its securities are all hld in trust by rtate authorities, and an examination will show the perfect fafety of its plan, t ' It not only offers a savins for the man who desires to have means, but an investment ton the man or means. Their plan of making loans and re paying them by easy monthly install ments meets the wants of many to either pay off a mortgage or build a home. The 'chicken bill, that .known as House-Bill No. 298, Introduced by Mr. Whealdon, for the encouragement and promotion of the -intensified hen" in dustry, and providing for an annufil ap propriation of $500 to be, expended for exhibition purpose, died a-hatchln in the House yesterday afternoon, r The bill was made a special order for 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon and when it came up for consideration the House resolved itself into a committee of the whole with Mr.,Davey Id the chair and considered and adopted the, bill b"y sec tions and as a whole. , The first Oppo sition to -the bill developed when the second section came lip for consldera- j tion and Mr. Orton thought that It did. noti lie in the power of this session to I say1 w hat any succeeding session should j do and moved that j the term of five years appropriation., be amended to two years. ., i . , . No further-antagonistic developments the acDreclatlve audience, ui interest was tie song by Manuel Rob les and the recitation by Cmon Reyes. the two Filipino boys who are oeing educated by our Government among the first of the new children of the Orient to be educated In this country. Captain -Applegate. or jacKsonvme. scoke In aa j Interesting way about arly Indiana times in uregon. anu Frank Mot ter In a lew wen ; cnosen words tendered the regrets of the Senate at its being absolutely impossi ble for them to be present. ; " After the concert a dance was given in the irvmnasium and the visitors INDIAN 1 passed the remaining nours im time, whlriinsf around me room in ia mrsttc mazei of the waits, to sweet music rendered by the Indian boys. Superintendent "Potter should feel very much elated at the expressions of surprise and wondervthat Were made .! the visitors became aware 'of the wonderful advancement inade by those children of the forest under the guia ance of the- capable instructors placed at their disposal by a wise and careful Government. r a WAS GREAT SURPRISE MANAGER - "BILLY" " WESTON , SIJARES THE PLEASURE OF i DELIGHTED AUDIENCE. occurred during . the session of the House committee except for a tew caustic and mirth provoking remarks. which were offered up in a sort of an impromptu manner by several of the members. ' ' T Mr. Chairman. said Mr. Cobb, , of Multnomah,' "I should like to amend the bill so as to include the Hog Associa tion." -.;, . , ,; . i roil VIOL-VTING MINOR LAW j . i M. Spaniol, one of the saloon keepers of ; Ptayton. was arrested Sunday charged with harborlnje and allowing minors In bis establishment. He says It s strictly Hcalnst the rules of his PECULIAR AND PERTINENT. ... ... t-. Rural post delivery is now available to over 4.000,000 ' farmers; ov carriers are engaged. By putting aside their weekly pence the school children of Atlanta, Ga have saved enough to purchase an ele phant for the local soo. - . Two-thirds of the potato farms m the great Sah Joaquin, valley of Cali fornia are controlled by Chinese. They have an association .and a general manager, whose narr.e is Lee. Yuen. ; The steamship Sierra, which ha ar rived at San Francisco from Australia, reports that while steaming at a te of sixteen knots she struck a hu?e whale, . beaking its back and cuitiiig Into it so deeply that the inonsttir8 carcas stuck fast to the stem. : The skin of the diamond back rattle snake is utilized in Florida as a bar ometer. When preserved like 'raw hide and hung up the skin will ue&in to emit beads of moisture at the f.tct indications of a storm, even though several hours before the arrival of the atmospheric disturbance. - The Downs, Kan, school board, fear ful lest any of its schoolma'ijr.s should set a bad example to the pupils, em'KJil les this provision in its contracts with teachers: "No teacher-shall engage In dancing or card playim? during the continuance of this contract, nor at tend any formal parties during the school week." The means by which sea birds ciuench their thirst when far out at sea Is described by an old skipper, who tells how he has seen birds at sea, far from any land that could furnish them wa ter, hovering around and under, a storm cloud, clittering like duckJ on a hot day at a pond, and lrink'n , in the drops of rain as they fell. They smell a rain squall a hundred inHes distant, or even farther off, .ind scud for it with almost Inconceivable swiftness. -Is It situated in Portland?" retorted Chairman Davey, suavely and unhesi tatingly, and te gejitleman from Mult nomah, sat down very quickly with a "wish I hadn't spoke" expression' upon his countenance amid the laughter and applause of the whole House. When the committee "rose and report ed and the bill w;as placed upon its final passage a general discussion arose and it deevloped that the political line was pretty - sharply drawn upon the bill. . I tell you," said Mr.. Edwards, of Lane, "thfe bill is all nonsense and it should be defeated. Why I raise all kinds of stock, including poultry, on my ranch, and to legislate in favor of the hen and discriminate against my sheep, horses, cattle and hogs, is what I call class legislation, and moreover, it is money 'wasted, for it is not needed and I consider It my duty to vote against it. which I shall do." "The price bf eggs right now is 40 cents a dozen," piped tip Mr. Reed, cf Multnomah, the representative of the chicken Industry of his county, - ably prompted by Mr. Bilyeu, during the discussion which followed, "Which is reason enougn ior me io voie against it." And it appeared that this weighty argument settled the nuestion onrp nri for all, for, In spite of the opening talk In its favor by Mr. Whealdon who, by request, was the foster-father and the champion of the "bill, land the eloquent appeal by Mr. Davey, the bill wtent clown to defeat by a vote of 25 ayes, 24 noes; and It absent. The Marion county del egation was, with one. exception. Mr. Kay, voting together on the bill and favored it. The House assumed an economical mein yesterday and cut down appropri ation bills right and left,' among those going down to everlasting defeat Were the Indian War Veterans bill and La Follett'sibill for the relief of the widows of Guards Ferrell, Tiffany and Jor)es, who were kilted during the Tracy and Merrill outbreak. Weston & Herbert's Modern Vaude ville Show, which-elves a two nights' performance In this, city opened up to a large audience ln: the Grand Opera House last tolgit and kept the crowd In one continuous Uproar of mirth and enthusiasm for . a siid two hours and a half.. -.; This company Is composed of some of the, beet artists In the United States; or the world for that matter, in their respective roles, and the play last night was1 a complete and pleasureable surprise to all who were fortunate enough to be present' notwithstanding this excellent troupe has a widely es tablished reputation and much was ex pected. , . i It Is needless to say that the surprise will work the other way tonight when the managers of h his worthy musical and comedy aggregation gaze upon the great sea of faces which will greet them upo.i the rise of the curtain. :s Worthy of especial mention was the ventriloquist Work of . Mr. Hugh J. Emroe'tt, who stands without a peer In this particular line: W eston and Herbert, in their musical act. and also in their rural comedy sketch which preceded it, and the four Braglens, One of; their number is billed as the roundest comedian i on the American stage and he is justly entitled to this distinction. This class of entertainment is set dom seen outside of the Orpheum In San Francisco. and "Keiths" and Proctors' in New- York. Seats are on sale at the theatre box office. - H e: bailey, d. m. d. Graduate cf North Pacific Dental College OUR MOTTO Honest Work at Honest Prices All Work Guaranteed. Examination Free ,.. ...! . i - . . -. , i- . ' "... Rooms 1-2 McCornack Blk. Take elevator, over Jos. Meyers & Sonastonj' mm Wanted HAD A GOOD TIME ONLY CHIMNEY ' FIRE The fire department was called out place to admit minors and that he does f yesterday morning at 10 o'clock and not make practice of it and that . if j made a rurr to the 'residence' of Mrs. any minors were permitted entrance . Dr. C. H.. Hall, at the corner of Sum to thf? faloon it was during his absence j mer and Center streets, only to find and without his knowledge. He wilt be that a burning chimney had occasion given a hearing tomorrow before Jus-jed"the alarm. No damage, whatever. tlcftte Ieace WH. Queener. i resulted from the insignificant blaze. CHIC AG-O STORE i PEOPLE'S BARGAIN HOUSE THWSE WHO AVAILED THEM SELVES OF HOSPITALITY OF SUPEItiNTENDENT IHJTTKU. the iepslative I for This' Week Only Our great sale for this week only will beat all of our previous eflbris. We arc determined to give our patrons still greater values than we have ever offered them before. - I i . - ' ';. Prices Cut to Pieces. At 4 3 4 c yard Fancy Colored Outing Flannel, ir.len d lit value, regular price 7e, for this sale only 43c At 4 1-2C yard I lest Apron (Gingham, fait colors, Tv ular price 7o yard, for this sal; oulj 41c 4 At 29c yard, ; At 29c yard Frx nch Ca!ntK-re. incite wlU r,.,,lsr?,1 TLlo TXtmrk. t.Q in:lif4 M.l-n.li.l .ilori', regular prke 4mc yartl, utirul Iloral putlernH, regular for UiHsaleoulylTJo. 4 for lias sale ouly Kr. ily 2! At 45 c yard .):wleH C- iluroy Vti.titi;r, rr.Tt if values, recrular pri-e f-r yard, for IhU saic omy At 59c yard Black all Silk TafTVta. great values, regular prica i"r yard 75c, for this sale only 5'H'. . . i. - At 85c yard ; Black all 8ilk IVau Ie .Soie, sitlendid value, rejnilar price $1.31 per yard, for thii sale only Soe. ; - At8i-3cyard Wol Fwtil FIfinuellellc.sKuUal.le for wai.U. wrj.irs ani drtsiu nacines, reuUr i.r.te 13 f r .th's 'vale ouly H 1-,C . .' ,: ::: '. . ; The (irtat Hdrgjun House , '',' MoEVOY JJROS: . ,. .' r ... . ; . CourtJBt., Salem "Thte best laid plans, of mice and meri gang aft aglee." Yesterday af ternoon was the time set by the Legis lature to visit the Salem Indian Train ing. School at Chemawa, but owing to the great pressure of work to be done before the close of ft he session. . the pleasure of a visit to that institution kby the House and Senate " as a body had to be; , foregone.. However, the representatives of that body and the few citizens of Salem who did accept the kind Invitation, were more than repaid for the time ; spsnt. Superin tendent Potter and his corps of able assistants at the Indian Training i the entertainment , of 1 (MkfV TJhe train, which, as i usual at this time of year, was late, was met at the ChemAwa depot by the Indian BaTTd. whlcli. under the leadership &t Prof. II. N. Stoudenmcyer. has become one of the first in the state. After an In spection of the- workshop, aundrv. girls' home and other building! of the institution, the visitors were tasked to partake of an elegant supper. j .arrangements had been rmpde - for two hundred- guests at the table, so everyone present felt It to be hfs pr her duty to do the best possible toward re ducing the supply of Government stores. - me evening- enjtertainment in the auditorium was mast excellent. The Indian band discoursed , sweet music and the various nun.bers on the prot gram called forth much applause; from PERSONALS Wm. Meifriman spent Sunday with his family In this city. . , Miss Maud McKay went to Portland Saturday for an over Sunday visit. O. S. Pomeroy, a Wood burn hop grower, is in tne cuy xo auenu circuit. court, today. . Miss Lottie Rennie, of Portland, is in the city visiting her motner, airs. j. W. Armstrong. Mrs. D. A. Dinsmore and Mrs. John H. Scott went to Portland Saturday for a short visit. Mrs. J. D. Sutherland returned last night, from Portland, where she has been visiting friends. H. Hirschberg. of Independence, was In Salem yesterday looking tor new Senatorial developments. Miss Alice ' George, of Los Angeles, arrived last night for a short visit with Mrs, J. A. McKee of this city. Alma Roberts, who has been visiting Mrs. G. W GibsOn of this city, returned to 'her home In Sllverton yesterday. Miss Edna Thompson, of Pendleton, arrived in the city last night, and will visit a few days with Miss Flora Ilal- leck. ' . C. D. MInton, manager of the North west Poultry Journal, started for Vic toria and Nanai'mo, B..C-, to attend the Provincial Poultry Shows. ' Prof. R. F. Robinson, county school superintendent -of Multnoma h county, and Adjutant General C U. Ganten- bein, w-ere in. the city yesterday, and We-have now 4000 subscribers for the Twice-a-Week Statesman. This. field ought to maintain at least 1,000 more, We want 1,000 mors this year. Ji. ' In order to induce our present subscribers to help us aet . the next 1,000 names on c our lists, we make the following of fers, good for 1903: ' '':. . If you will bring or send us two new subscribers, with the $2 to pay for them, we will credit your own subscription .one full year. . ' j ' For every new subscriber, with the $1 to pay for the same, we will credit; yor own subscription six months, whether ii advance or in arrears. 1-or every time suoccription securea, payaDie witnin six months at the $1 rate, we will credit your subscription three months.' , .-. , -V' There are new people coming into the country. Tell them about the Twice-a-Week Statesman, and secure their subscriptions, and in advance or in thus pay your own subscription, whether arrears. Time Subscribers may sign this order or something similar: To 8TATESMAN PUB. CO. Salem, Oregon. - Flense send the TwIce-a-Week Btatesman to my address as given below, for. 12 mouths, for which I agree to pay $1 within six monUj from thU dale. . . , . ' if not p ili withlnC months the ubgcrlptlon price Is 11.25 per year.) , . '' ; I, o. Address Orders to Statesman Pub. Go. : Salem, Oregon. WILLAMETTE NEARLY FREE returned train. Portland on the .afternoon A VALENTINE PARTY AN ENJOYABLE GATHERING THE OSBORNE HOME SAT URDAY EVENING. AT Th Christian church Endeavor Soci ety held one of its monthly socials at the home of W, H. Osborne, on 18th and Chemeketa streets, last Saturday even ing. The evening was very pleasantly spent 'with games, music and recita tions. The occasion falling on "All Saints', Day," the parlors were taste fully and appropriately decorated with hearts, and the principal feature of the evening was the search for them. The hearts had been hidden in different parts of the rooms, Mr. Elmer Down ing received the .first prise tor finding the greatest number1 of hearts. The booby -prize was given to Miss Althea Jones, r who found Jhe fewest hearts. One large: heart had been hidden with the. understanding that the finder would be the- first to get married. " It was found by Miss Bertha Schelbrede. of Roseburg .The ricltation by little Alice Baker was thoroughly enjoyed by alL as was evident by, the numerous encores received I by the little four-year-old miss. Dainty refreshments were serv ed. There were about, forty present, ahd- whew they took their departure at a late hour, all declared they had bad a most enjoyable time. President Coleman Expects to See AllLiabilities Cleared Away Soon DELIVERED, SERMON IN TRINITY HETHODIST CHURCH, OF PORT LAND, SUNDAY EVENING AND SECURED A SUBSTANTIAL CON TRIBUTION TOWARD DEBT. 4 ; " -. - - ; T:;'.'4 rep' M- 'I i .I ........rxE ' It's Always FoJf Voathof, When Good Fe flown Got Together," If the tinklipg glasses are filled with sach excellent . . i erhiskias as f . " . GYRUS CIOBLE SI These roodn forta the royal family of MimoliaU. Thrr warm the heart, wilhoni affecting the head next day. Stick to the Nobis brand and wfll stick to business, let tta Bights be cvct ao merry. Call for then ; . t At ma BARS. CLUBS mnd DEALERS. if"-'-: W.J. VAN SCRLTVri k CO, Ut. BMrflMlcn. POTTUKD. OCC Rev. J. IL Coleman, president of the Willamette University, occupied ; the pulpit of the Trinity Methodist church. East Tenth and Grant streets, yester day morning.? He spoke in behalf of that institution, and delivered a ser mors on the "Life of Abraham." at the close of which subscriptions were re ceived toward the school debt to the amount of $60.50. Dr. Coleman express ed himself as highly' pleased with the contribution. The amount will proba bly be Increased to $100." "Dr. Alfred .Thompson, pastor, assisted in the ser- Vice. . .... . ;. Dr. Coleman, who Is working to pay off the debt of the Willamette Univer sity, in an Interview at the close of the services, gave a' statement of the pro gress made. . He- said that he hoped within' a few Weeks to finish up the .worl of raising money for the debt. The correct amount of the liabilities of the. University." - he said, "at the commencement of this work was $33, W0. We have raised a little over 126. 006 in cash and good subscriptions, which leaves about $9000 yet to secure. This i amount I think, will comei very soon,! and the heavy burden carried by the only Methodist institution in the N'orthwest wilt be lifted. The property of the University Is valued at 1225,600. We have a total endowment of $5 1.000. Of tthls sura $11,000 was recently se cured. 'Ahen the debt disposed of. we shall take, up the matter of endow inenLi We want $100,000 endowment clear.: Frrm assuranci recoivi-d from many sources, I am confident we shall get this from the friends of the institu tion. I have promises of large contri butions. ; It s uphill work with this debt on our hands. People don't like to subscribe to an institution w ith a debt, but everything points to success In this movement. ' I want to public lr thank the Oregoniaii for the great help It has given us In this work. It has treated us in a mdtt liberal spirit ever since we undertook, this work." . ; j Dr. Coleman has a candid way of pre senting the iit"rests of the University to a congregation. He tells the ieoplf that all subscriptions are contingent on raising-the whole amount reiulreL- He has yet to address a congregation tht does not make a liberal response to fcJ appeals, lie said yesterday: "If ya think that this is a pleasant businw going around asking money from strangers, you can have the Job. can do the talkir.g." - ' DIED. ' LEONARD. At the residence of K - Wilklns. near the Fair Groonds. m North Salem, at 3 a. m. SundayNrfb' ruary 15. 1903. Mr. John IriarO. aged 80 years, of consumption. Deceased came here a short tirr.e aj with his wife, rom Portland, hopli that a Change might prove beneficial 9 his failing health. He failed to prove, however, and passed away F" day. morning after an Illness of a"1 two months. He leaves a young !fe to mourn his demise. . The remaW were taken to Portland yesterday morning, where interment was made, r MARRIED. WEST i WORM WORTH. At the United Evangelical parsonage, in tt fclty. at 3:30 pr in. Sunday, February . 15. 190S, Miss Katie Wormworth an Mr. Harry A. West, Rev. C. A Rabins pronouncing the ceremony. , The wedding was a quiet affa"" nj took' place In the presence of only a '' near relatives and friends of the cou trading parties. It Is understood thit Mr. and Mrs. West w ill continue to re side in this city. . 1 - -- 1 1 1 1 1- - j m km laa i;aw . v-- S-gaatsre . ef - Miss Hattie Lltchneld. of FortUn4 spent Sunday with Mrs. C B. Sheao". private stenographer to Governor Chamberlain. Statesman claaslQed adj. bring a."1 results. . r