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TEEKL,T OREGON STATESSIAK. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 1903.
I.IADE
FINAL
REMITTANCE
Sheriff Colbath Turned Last EIGHT-HODR
Tax Collections Into the
County Treasury .
TOTAL. AMOUNT WAS 2597.tl AND
COLLECTIONS OF THE 1901 TAX
ES ARB NOW COMPLETE WILL
OPEN ROLLS FOR 1902 ON NEXT
MONDAY, .' I
(From Saturday's Daily.)
The last turnover of collections made
on the ltOl tax roll was made by Sher
iff Colbath yesterday. The full amount
deposited with Treasurer Richardson
was $2S7.1, and there Is not a dollar
of real estate: taxes now left uncollect
ed on the rolls for ltOL This is prob
ably thei first time in the history of the
county that the tax rolls are cleared up
to date and the collectors start In with
a clean set of books so far ac real prop
erty taxes are concerned, though there
are a few delinquencies on personal
property and also sotne of the poll tax
noi yet paid in.. The? state, county and
state school tax in the turnover made
yesterday is 11170.42., and school dis
trict No. 24 comes in with $201.35 and
the poll tax collection as shoyn in the
report foots up but llt.50, while the
costs, or penalties paid by delinquents,
amount to $282,80. Following is the re
port 1$ full as segreg-ated among the
aurerent accounts to which the amount
is credited: : ; j ;
State, jcounty and state school
tax. I, ... .. .. .. .. .. ...$1670 42
city or Salem and : city road
tax
i
83 39
61 95
Woodurn.
Jefferson..
Road tax ,
Poll tax ..
Costs;. ..
24
111 77
IS 50
282 80
8 07
14 97
School district No.
School district No.
School district No.
School district No.
School district No.
Schoil district No.
School district No,
School district No.
School district No.
School district No.
School district No.
School district No.
5.......
II.......
14...
23
24.......
33..,..'..
'4Z..
4:......
6 99
5
201 35
66
14 01
1 10
. 4 59
7.,
79..
97.,
103..
- 7 28
2 77
65 89
School district No. 118.
School district No. 123.
Tofal.. ..!.. ..".J ..
42
15 09
....$2597 91
CAUbES OF FAILURE
itSApo.NS WHY MEN ARE NOT
-SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS.
AN EXPERT OPINION.
An analysis of Bradstreet's record of
t'Uxinjeas failures fast year is interest
ing as an attempt to estimate .the
caustt of failure and the percentage of
ine wnoie aue to each particular cause.
ine estimates can hardly be accepted
as su-lctly accurate, but they none the
less (present fan approximation of the
iruifij, and therefore will be instructive
to persons who devote any study to
senerai ousiness problems.
. Presented j in tabular form the
lysis stands thus for the year:
an
I Per cent
Due
No.
..2.032
.. 721
. .3,048
.. 278
.. 273
.. 87
. . 305
. . 354
..1.766
.. 102
..1.007
of total
IncoinpetencTe . . ,
Inexperience ... ..
of capital.. .
Unwise credits
Failures of others.
Extravagance . .
NeKect .. ..
Competition. . . ..
SpeiiHc condit'ons
Speculation J. .. . . -.
I'raiid. .. . .. ...
2M
7.2
30.6
2.8
2.8
.9
3.0
3-5
17.7
1.0
19.1
TtU!
.9.973
It is not aulte clear what h .k-
or tne analysis means by "specific con
ditions'" as a cause of failure, but the
tern is probably used to signify all
causes other than ; those specifically
givn in his table. The notable point
in the estimates are that lack of capi
tal Is assigned as the cause of more
than 30 percent of the failures of the
yeaf. while ; Incompetence is assigned I
as the cause of more than 20 n9r conti
The1 two together, then, cause iftnr
thsti one-half of the year's record of !
bus'ness failures. In comparison withuch M raisin, currant, citron, pound,
those of any other two of the causes! bride and so on. may be baked. , It
glvn amount to but very little. Fori
Instance, Inexperience, extravagance,!
Mc-Kiecc. competition, speculation and I
fraud combined are assigned as. causes
for only a little more than 25 jper cent
or the total, or les than those assign
ea to lacic or capital alone.
, . .11 . ,
i iu w jwrceivea tnat if. the es
iimaies are approximately correct m-e
. shall have to revise some of our popu
lar judgments of American life. We
nave been accustomed to look upon
ourseives as extravagant and specula
tive, fond of living beyond our means
and much given to seeking fortunes at
tne stock exchange. The estimates
show that such failings are by no
means characteristic of the lives of our
men of business. Neither are we, as
nas oeen assumed, a race hurried into
rum oy excessive competition., nor vt
a race of men who neglect business for
pouues, pleasure or dissipation. Com
iwiion appears to have caused the
iauure or very, few people, when the
nvmoer or those engaged In It la taken
Into const deration, and the prevailing
tendency to denounce the eomnetitlvel
oyvtem is not justified by the facts.
uur weakness lies In nnoWtakin
more than we have the ability or the
capital to perform.- In the language of
tne lime, -we bite off more than we can
cnaw. "i ne man who Is competent
to run a small store starts a big one.
The man who has capital enough to
buy a, gangplank insists on buying an
ocean steamer. The result Is disaster,
Of course a good deal of objection
might be made to the classification of
tne causes, for It might well be that
much of what was attributed to in
competence was due to the kind of in
competence that attends inexperience.
and many failures attributed to a lack!
-a imgni nave oeen ngnuy set J
tiown as specuiauve vetittirM. Th.t 1
nowever. is a minor crlUdsm. The
sential point is that a careful review of
" recoM or the past year has led an
expert student of business failures to
th conclusion stated. It will be well,
therefore, for young; men just starting
in business for themselves to give heed
to them." The estimate is not scien
tifically accurate, but it serves to show
where the danger Ilea.
HAS CAUSED UHEASfflESS
LAW IJJ ; IDAHO
MINERS.
II-
WALLACE. Idaho. Feb. ; 20. The
eight-hour law agitation In the Idaho
Legislature has caused extreme 'un
easiness in the Coeur a Alene silver
mines districts. The mine owners say
today In view of the unsatisfactory
market conditions and the difficulty of
working the properties at the great
depth which has been obtained in the
mines within the past two years, it
will result In great hardship to all
classes of citizens, with most of the
mines it will result in either a com
plete close down of plants or else a cut
In the wages of the miners In propor
tion to the reduction of hours of work.
The average cut in the' wages will be
20 ner cent and the Increase of mining
one ton of pre over the present cost
will be 20 per cent.
SUICIDE IN SALT LAKE
YOUNG MAN DRANK CARBOLIC
ACID FROM BEER GLASS
i AND DIED. ; I
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Feb. 20.
Jack Glens, a laborer who a me here
year ago from Portland, Oregon, to
day poured a quantity of carbolic
acid Into a beer glass, and then, laugh
ing, drank It. He died in agony soon
after. Glenz suicide: followed a Quar
rel with his wife. Glenz is said to have
a brother living- at Salem. Oreeon.
(The parents of the above unfortu
nate young man. Mr. and Mrs. Glenz.
live in North Salem, havinx- removed
to this city from Minnesota last AprlL
The parents and family have received
the news and are sorely grieved over
the affair.)
ARRESTED FOR j ROBBERY
- .' "i i -i .-.-.' I "- -
CHARGED WITH HAVING HELD
UP AN ELECTRIC CAR NEAR
LOS ANGELES.
LOS ANGELES, Cat j Feb. 20. Two
men are under arrest on the charge-of
holding up. and robbing ; an electric
car between this city and Pasadena
last Wednesday night. They give
their names as Frank ; Metzger and
James Burke. Nothing ts known of
their antecedents. . but t it is thought
they recently came from! Colorado.
The conductor and motorman have
positively identified the suspects.
HEAT IN THE OVEN.
"Bakers have a curious way of tell
ing Just what the temperature of the
oven is, said a down-town baker, who
has been in the business for more than
a quarter of a century, "and they can
tell, too. with almost marvelous accur
acy. You take a man who is an. ex
pert in the business and he can tell
what the temperature of the oven is
by simply touching the oven door. In
nine cases out of ten lie will not miss
it to the fraction of a degree, f Bakers
have other wrfys. of course, of testing
the heat of the oven. For instance, in
k.kl.- i ...
""""s urau iney somen men in row a
piece of white paper into the oven, and
if It turns brown the oven-is at the
proper temperature: or, when baking
other things, they will throw In a little
commeal flour In' order to test the
heat. But the baker's dingers are the
best gauge, and when you come to
think of the different temperatures re
quired in baking different things it is
no small achievement to even approxi-
mate the heat of the oven bv tounhlnIr" " na anK counties.
the handle of the oven door.
- .
Bakers figure that during the risinx
time of a loaf of bread before it h-
been placed in the oven It oht tk i.
In a temperature of 75 dee. I
heit. During the bakln, nmo, ,
crDonic acid gas. air and steam, and i
-
drive off the alcohol th. . .w- I
alcohol, the inside nf th
loaf must register at least ias nmo
In baking rolls, buns, scones, tea bis
cuits, drop cakes and: things of that
sort, the oven must show a heat of 450
aegrees or higher. When the oven i
at 400 degrees it is fit for cream nufr.
augar chJces. queen cakes, rock irM
Jun?D,w' djr angers, rough-and-ready
an1 JHT rolls. At 350 degrees win.
akes, cup cakes, ginger nuts and m
Jld P' Ringer bread, spice cakes.
1l!r a "till lower temperature to bake
weddinff cakes, kisses, anise drops and
mis class. ; But vht.P..
t m r-i n .i 1 1 t , . . .
has It by simr.lv tni-i.in. .k. w ... I
of the oven door" New Orleans Times-1
"".nii. I
j OIL IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN. Fb. 20Thk
oil near Mount Joy Square, this city
bMcreated rrrt Interest and has
raised , hopes that th i,r- 1 .1 .
tarly productive. A sample of the
Dublin oil. which ha. !
oy experts, was pronounced in
ear quality. was discovered
in the basement of an nHin! .
built on reclaimed bogland. and It was
said that a cooioua flow h .
ince the find was made five weeir.
so. Experts attach much interest to
the matter. : t
VICTIM WAS HIS MOTHER.
PASSAIC. N. J Feb. 2a Dr. Aiio-
- Knrdlck, 60 years of aga who prac-
uri roeoicine in New Tork City, but
lived here, was struck by a train and
Instantly killed at the Prospect street
crossing of the Erie, Railroad last
night. Opposite the station at : th
time was Dr. Edwin De Baun. He
was called and hurried over, only to
find that the .victim was 4 bis own
mother, he being her son by her first
marriage. The son Was so shocked
had to be led away. i
OTHER ELECTIONS
During last evening's semi. r .-
Legislature James Putnam was elected
a State Librarian to succeed
and ",amea Keating was elected as boat.
omce at Astoria to
uMn JrranciKmirit,
rhose
term expired..
1 IM Ta Haw k?n fc-a
2fc 1
EDITORIALS
OF PEOPLE
A Neighbor of IL B. Valentine
Draws Interesting Con
trast Picture
LIVES ALONGSIDE OF THE MAN
1 WHO SAYS ALL KINDS t OF
NAUGHTY THINGS ABOUT ORE
GON AND IS THRIVING AND
PROSPEROUS.
(Fron Satu-day's Dal.y.)
Editor Statesman; .
In the Daily Statesman of February
13th is part of a letter published in a
Norton county, Kansas, newspaper
written by M. B. Valentine..
Mr. Valentine is a neighbor of mine
and I was surprised to read what he
had to say about Oregon. I have un
derstood he was dissatisfied with this
country, although I have had no con
versation with him about it. He came
here about a year ago from, I believe,
Oklahoma, and rented a farm located
in our. school district. He is a very
respectable,' pleasant neighbor, this
Mr. Valentine, and I, can not see why
he has such a grievance against "old
wesrooL" He Is probably disappoint
ea Decs use this country is not an his
fancy pictured it. If so . he is to
blame. In going to a new or to ,'an-
omer country one must not be too
sanguine. He must not expect to
pick gold dollars off every , gooseberry
bush (although we have ' in Oregon
picked some fine berries from our
bushes). Mr. Valentine-may be suf
renng from indigestion, but when
fresh fruit and green peas and new
potatoes are ready to use he . will
aououess reel better. A great deal of
this world's dissatisfaction cornea from
a sour stomach and not from deprav
ity in ourselves and in the, things
around us.
This writer lived In Kansas from the
fall of 1881 until the spring of 18S8 and
had quite an i experience among the
cninch bugs, sandburs. cvclones. hot
winds and. blizzards of the - "Sun
Bower state.;
e rememDers distinctly the great
blizzard of January. 1888, that furious
two days tempest of high wind, snow
and stinging cold, with thei thermome
ier down among the twenties below
zero. I Ugh! it makes me shiver now.
io minx aoout it. In this tornado -of
a riving snow - and bitter cold scores
perished, being caught in the storm.
confused and lost No more of that
for me. Mr.- V. says corn in, Oregon is
worth? about $5 per bushel. Weil, why
does he not go to raising it? There Is
big money right there. He has some
excellent corn land on the farm he is
now on.
KMjim. neignoor ' Valentine ouit
grumpnng and go to raising com.
There's a whole lot more money in It.
as our Oregon land will yield from 10
io 4i Dpushels per acre. I, have seen
In Kansas hundreds of acres of corn
nelds in which there would Hot b-
ousnei or scrawnv "nuhhin " ti..
hot winds? .cooked the crop In a few
hours: and, it was a. total loss. There
pernaps no better soil than that of
Kansas, but what Is soil without . the
otner , conditions to make a, crop? In
Norton county. Kansas, (where the
paper published that: Prints Mr. Vs
letter in the summer of 1887. I trav
eled some two or three weeks as can
""'"is ageni. ana one afternoon I
had my face nearly blistered by the
not blasts that came from the South.
Corn that year was almost a total
xaiiure
ao noc want to rn Unr a,.
roaos: uon t talk; I must declare I
1 T . P" m Oregon (and they
""J-" elMW.?n " ,s lrue Winter) as
" -siern Kansas. I may mention
ff N!mana an Atchison coun
ic vicrs were aouDtiess as
sua as k. a n aa m w
T i ' e wqrst
n; is one worse; but It is
noi as cold. Oregon Is not rM-fwlr,
. i wiunm expect mat this side of
neaven. still, we do not have "Sock
less Jerry" and his fantastic views of
TlZ.t hicl, Hr
In justice to Kansas let me say that
ii peopie are Industrious, intelligent
-m progressive. The months of April.
May and June are usually ni.n
also the fall months up till sometime.
as late as December, but
the great
oem or summer and the
of winter far offset this.
Intense cold
Scarcity of
. mnoer urawDacic Once in
uirce or rour years there is
good
crop, and when It is
good It is
deed, and bountiful. ,.,.
so In-
elemnt ot uncertainty to haunt the
mind with an
" an anxietv. it tm
aere in Oregon as we alL know. i
About those twenty-five or thlrtv
I cow hunting something to eat In the
streets of Salem. That Is a gross ex
aggeration. I have lived for nearly
thirteen years within six miles of the
Capital City and have probably been
In Salem during those years 500 times
and have seen no loose stock on . the
town save In the estimation of those
ft Mr. -Valentine's sort, .and may they
a.u soon go to unada and become the
dutiful and contented V subjects of
lung Edward. - u.
v Pleasant Point, Feb. 17.
BURIED RECORDS m SNOW
PAPERS IN uwsirre Ttpt
BY
CARRD3R TO SAVE HIS -LIFE.
SAN
' LMcDo"SM against the
fJ!:-. Company
The JZ. - 7 of raffring.
The case was brought by McDougalL
n,.;: J ln the Second
t-w- " . -DPeai was
a, km a laesra -. r. .
" J.1" PoeuAte Court. Air the
, "' in a box and given
fron, 1$" ":n- w. who stfrte3
fhTLtT' Vertnd Seattle. I
the party were Low. Dr. Miller and a
man named Griswold. When Illiamna
i-
ZZL .tT nea- Miller perished
f J other, decided
that their only hope to reach Seattle
HIT. le.V aU thlr incumbrances
behind, so they pushed on. after bury
ing the box containing the records of
la.
the case. An effort was made to per
feet the records from memory, but It
was Ineffectual, and the ? court was
forced to dismiss the appeal, because
of the Incompleteness of the record.
: MORE APPROPRIATION
BILL PASSES LEGISLATURE CAR
RYING TOTAL OF $4,574 FOR
. EXTRA" CLAIMS.
(From Satnrdaya Dally.) , , ,
The ways and means committee yes
terday introduced a bill making an
additional appropriation of $4,574.80
for the oavment of certain specified
claims not. included" In the other , ap
propriation bills, as follows: . i
For thei pa men t of the claim of
Douglas county, State of Oregon, for
the support of non-resident poor dur
ing the years 1897, 1858 and 1899. $250. SO.
"For the payment of the claim of the
Salem Hospital for hospital attendance
to John Campbell, a prisoner at the
Oregon State. Penitentiary, from No
vember 27 th to December 10th, 1902,
Inclusive, $24.00. .- ' .
"For the , payment of the claim ; of
Chester V. Dolph. for the legal ... ser
vices before the Supreme Court of
the State of: Oregon In' the case of
Amos T. Young, et al. vs. the State of
Oregon, and the case of Amos T. Young
et at, vs. the State of Oregon, $300.
"For the payment of the expenses of
the State Biologist of the State of
Oregon incurred In the? work of plant
lng and propagating Eastern oysters.
Eastern lobsters, and other food fishes
and animals introduced In the state
of Oregon by the United States Gov
ernment, and in the study of the
spawning habit of crabs, crawfish and
other food fishes and animals, with a
view to protective legislation; and In
the listing and describing the birds of
the state, and in the biological exam
ination of water: supplies. $1,000.
; There is hereby appropriated out of
the -general fund in the state treasury
not otherwise appropriated, the, sum
of $3,000 or so much thereof as may be
necessary, for the ' purposes of carry'
ing out the; provisions of the act of
1901, excepting the "Carey Desert
Land Grant,, also for the 'purpose of
enabling the State Land Board, to em
ploy an engineer to- see that the con
tracts entered into : and the laws are
complied with, and to pay for his ser
vices and contingent expenses other
than are provided for' In the act of
1901. the sum to be expended under
the direction of the State Land Board.
DEEDS RECORDED
(From Saturday's Daily.)
Realty transfers were filed yester
day in thej Marion ' county recorder's
office aggregating a consideration of
$12,980; as follows; '
A. Raunhild. et ux.. to D. Wiet-
ing 88 acres of land In - section
1. t 6. s r 1 w; wd , ; $ 3.200
James Farley to Alvin A. Bur
ton. 4 acres In the d. L c of
Samuel Parker in t 7. s r 2
and 3 w; wd. ; . . 2.400
Wm. F. Dagan. et aL to Josenh
Bernard! and Geo. H. Duns
ford; 26 feet of lot 5 block 48,
of Salem: bond for deed 2.000
11- Stapleton to Robert KfcOil-
chrtsti .the west half 1 of the
southeast quarter and the east
halt of tns southwest quarter
of section 29, t 8. s r 3 w; bond
for deed .... ....... ..j. .. ....
L80Q
Gilbert Granum. et nx, to Jeff
Hansen, et cx. S acres of . the
land in section. 33. t 6. s r 1 w;
wd. ........ .i
v
1,400
Fannie Neckerman. et aL to
Elizabeth A. Downing. 127 ft.
bv 41 and 8-12 feet of block
Salem;, wd. ....
1,000
Wm. F. Grlmnu et ux to H. c.
Andrews, about 6 .acres of
claim No. 1076. t 4. s r 1 w;
wd. U
615
Charles W. Hellenbrand. bank.
rupt. by Gideon Stolzj trustee,
to J. L.. Coon, lots 1 fend 2 In
block 3. Southwest addition to
Salem; wd.' 'I......
490
George W. Palmer, et ux, to
Willis English. Z- acres of land
in t 6. s r.l w; wd... j. .........
T5
Total ....
..$12,980
NEVER COMES
SINGLY
assu MKS. GLEVZ PiWTTV
RAPIDLY DEPLETED BY
GRIM REAPER.
: ! .
(From SatMrdays Daily.)
r. ana sars. f : i:i.n, kmih.
iSorth Salem are having more than
their share "of " sorrows and misfor
tunes. :'' I " - : i , r
ney came t to Salem last, sorlria
crora Aimnesota and moon after arrir
ing nere purchased the Thomas Bur
row residence in North Salem. " There
were seven " children irt "the family.
most of whom were approaching man-
neoa ana . womanhood, i About three
weeks ago one of the sons, Frank, 19
years of age. died of typhoid fever
alter an , illness of six weeks. A
iew aavs later two of the other boys.
Edie and Robert, , aged 13 and 16
years, respectively, were stricken with
and - taken ' to (h.
Salem Hospital for treatment where
iney are now lying m a critical con-
anion.' - .
- --- vrrow wouia seem great
me iwuieti nearts ' to
bear, but the greatest of all came
J nen mege from Salt
vu7 was received conveying the
:w. laat. me eldest son, John
" uia in tnat city. The di-
paicn was meagre and nv
tlrulars. but the father said he underi
tnat aeatn was due to a ..r,ii
THE COURT CALENDAR
THREE CASES SET FOR HEAItlNG fl
"B WEEK AFTER
NEXT.
Clerk
m ...
ine eunreme rmirl t t
Murphy, has set the foltowtn 1
wk arter next, as follows:
Tuesday. March 3 G. R UrTvi
spondent, vs. Clyde D. Uoyd. annplian.
appeal from Lene countyi. 12 m. j
-" euneaaay, , March, 4 B. E. Kuttrtw P.l.- ...j p ,
respondent, vs. W. B. Clarke and J. il
appellants: mdm rmn. t-
county; 1 m.
Wednesday. March 5 Albert Rnhrn.
en, appellant, vs. Taku Flshin Com
pany, respondent; appeal from Mult
nomah county; 13 m.
Big Trustee
GAT.1 ADOLPInl Trustee
SPEER BROS.
win pay you
This week in trade
M :-;t'-;;V7- .; ; .r:- ( .:"..'.( -'
20c per dozen ifbr eggs - ! ! ?
I I 50c per square for butter
11c per pound for chickens
l Above prices less 10 per cent for cash. .1
Salem Aumsville Mehama
Waittei
r -
We have now 4,000 subscribers for the i Twice-a-Week
Statesman. This field ought to
f J
We want 1,000 more this year
In erder to induce our present subscribers to help us get
the nsxt 1,000 names Ion our lists,
fsrs, good for !
If you will bring or send us
the $2 to pay for them, we will
one full year. : i i
1 i For every new subscriber,
same, we will credit yor own subscription six months, whether
in advance or in arrears.
For every time subscription
- .
months at the f 1
rate, we 'will
months.
There are new people coming
them about the TwiceaWek
subscriptions, and thus paylyour
in advance or in, arrears.
Time Ssbscribers may sloa this order or
To STATESMAN PUR CO. Salem, Oregon. j
Please send the Twice-a-Week Statesman to my address as given
below, for 12 months, for which I agree to pay f 1 within six months
from this date. J
j (If not pId within C aaontaj the sabseription pries U fl.25 per year.) J
I
P. O
Address Orders to
Staitesimiaini . Pub- Go.
Salem, Oregon.
lH fP'aS 1 1 tlf
V VMI HI
NOW IS 111 A Tl'mo Irt caLia
-- , , r,ltv" ' ""vuoaior, ana mere is
hatonett and that w the Automatic, Self-Repjlat?ng
n?re,Hh' f,'000 m Jt must bo For fine
illustrated catalogue and prices address
ttUa oeeasmen
' -
BLANKS
LEGAL
Sale
Getting so now, no matter
men or toys, m e can fit them
and fit them rigbL There are
men and Loja' euits in Ug
varieties so that we cannot1
begin to tell of them. Just a
-hint .of the prices and then
you can come and look at
them. Men's suita that we
were selling at f 10, $12 .10 .
130 Mow 98.00. BoJh nui.
i .
still 33 1-3 per oent diseounU
We also have a large line of
extra pants in $well patterns
that we are selling at a " t
discoant.
Remember the place
295 Com. St.
Opposite P. 0.
maintain at least 1,000 more.
t f V i .
we make the following of
two new subscribers, with
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