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In order i bat there stay be no ralma demanding, we will keep this notice sUtdlcg at tbia piAcm In the paper. CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000 The fair attendance at tbe fair is the fairest thing to le seen there. No doubt tbe Czar regard (be-south ern part -of Manchuria as a waste eoun try, anyway. Jt is really harl lines when the great army of all the Russia's is obliged to fall back on Tiepass. That i about the last resort in this eountry. The consolation to be had from the faet that the City of Topeka sank at Seattle is that there ih n.i dner of tbe eity of Seattle ever sinking at Topeka. We trust that our members of Con (rrena who may visit the Fair 'will not be so attracted b what is t be sen on the gronndt tbat they overlook the necessity of the government work vin the Willamette river on both banks in the vicinity of Halem. This very necessary improvement should not neglected for even one other seaaon. While the leading Democrats of the country profess to be "alarmed" at Boosevclt's ' big stick," they are per sistently declaring tbat unless Judge Parker can show some, evidences of one of his own in his letter of acceptance, all is lost. No doubt the Judge finds exceeding difficult locomotion just now between the 'devil and the deep sea Dr. Andrew C. Smith has been elect ed a director ki tbe national board of the United Irish League of America. This i a goo.l selection. The Doctor in a versatile gentleman who can perform equally well with the surgeon" knife, the legislator's weapon or,dcf'4ise or attack, the blarney stone, or in the flu. ent use of ('hirtiwik jargin when una voidably detained at. a salmon hatchery in the up(M-r reaches of the Clackamas river. . , . - Oregon is so accnstomeii to raising bumper crops of all kinds that when, after sixty years of favorable seasons, we have one that is, well, say, unre sionsive, tbe momentum is so great tbat crops mature to comparative erfection lefore the ugly natureof the sason has been discovered. There is nothing like momentum if it is in the right direc tion. For a convincing illustration of tbia short homily on custom and its results,' take a stroll through the pavil ion at the Fair Grounds aud take notice of what you see. A prominent Democrat asks "What lias Roosevelt ever done that signalized Jhis administration half as much as the purchase of Louisiana did tbat of Mr. Jetfersonf". Well, if he will read the history of that transfiction he will dis rover that tbe purchase of Louisiana was thrust upon Mr. Jefferson ngainxt his will. ? After it had Ken purchase 1 .without his authority, or knowle.lge, Jefferson bad to le persuaded by his friends to accept it and to withdraw his objections llistorjr is plain on this point. And Roosevelt, by an ex ercis of xisitive statesmanship, has avcured the 1'anama canal for us, a measure that ha been the dream of all tbe lreidents for a hun Ired years Itoosevelt lovt things, dtnni tho right .things at the right time and in the right "way. .' er My mother wis troubled with consumption for many years. At last she was given up to die. Then she tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and was speedily cured U. P. Jolly, Avoca, N Y. No matter how hard your cough or how long you have had it, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the best thing you can take. But it's risky to wait until you have consump tion. Get a bottle of Cherry Pectoral at once. Tkretalus tSc.jtctlH. .2.!aU 7??T &acr- h says take tt. l . ' says. If hm tell roa not tS take tt than ooa ttaaa it. ilaVnowa. . Aid recovery by keeping the bowels in good condition with Ayer Pills, ill ve'etable, gently laxative. , J.C.AYER CO., Lowell, Mass. Moth oETnNa exd or ms unuoKs John Jacob Ant or ha recently om fdeted a hotel ia Naw York whlb has eot hint the nam of $4,000,000, It wai formally opened the other day with patronae of forty-five families. It U an 18-story -building and i conn ted the Cncst "bote! in the worl 1. v Here i where the boo ton of the United .State and of that portion of travelling Europe that comes this, way, fan separate itself from it hard cash with a ,'degree. of celerity that will make it bead swim from the moment I 4 - , - the portals of the palatial" inanition are j pi. ..,- a. --. ar from $8 to $125 per d .... , . ' , . ' : ' he higheat priced . lay, without meals. suite of rooms is $125 pr day, the bed itaelf, costing, so it is Jid, J0,(00. Of course, v tbe man wb. would pay $125 for the priv ilege of sleeping ia aay Le1, no matter bow gorgeous, when one gool enough for a king could be had for thret, has gAie t eternal smash in bis npper htory, Imt, since ther are such men with money, it is perhaps fortunate that there are "other' men like John Ja cob Ast or willing ti provide the means for putting his money into circulation. All thee exploitations involving the ex: ndtur. of vast sums of money urc io Ie encouraged. When Vanderhilt a few yeurs ago gave a dinner that cost $10,001, many good eoplt thought it was an indication that the country was sorrcndering itself iuto the clctches of "plutwraey," but it was, in fact, fi means of putting that much money into circulating, and after the linner war given, the $10,(KM), instead of belonginit to Vanlerbilt, was in the bands of jerhajs a hutidred people. KrnfH there i no way of preventinj; the amassing of gr;at wealth in the hands of mai who are aide to grasp favorable' opportunities, it is a sourer of gratification that some of their spend immense Mims of money in ways that ordinarily . would seem extrava gant and foolish. Whatever they spend goes into the hati Is of laboring men and the power of " plutocracy 'v is correspondingly lessened. Let the good work go fxil A CATTLE BUYEK'S TEUST. The "Baker City Democrat is certain there in a trust formed by the cattle buyers of Eastern Oregon for tbe pur pose of keeping tbe price of be-f eattl down and raises a loud protest against tbe injustice. A proniinmt stockman is reported as saying tbat "there is undoubtedly a combine among the cattle buyers .and that the effort is to hold up stockmai to the prices they choose to pay. In this territory there in . only one com pany: buying, and cattle growers are at its' mercy. The buyers are as inde leiident as a hog on ice, raid if you make a protest, they will tell you to keep your stock, as they don't want it tatyhow. They have got the .grower by the throat with a lead pie sinch. There is no relief in sight at present and Grfl kuows when there will be." This is to be regretted, especially, since it is added that "the same outfit is turning off meat from the block at the same price as when the paid $40 for a steer." This is a trust, pure and simple, organized for the purpose of controlling prices. It is without fjites tion a "bad 'trust," nnd should be sup presse t. Tbat it is , the direct out growth of the Dingley law, no ie who has studied the subject of trusts can deny. A. high tariff breeds trusts, ergo, there could be no trust without a high tariff. Down with the Dingley law! THE STATE FAIR. In view of the unprecelentelly un favorable season m the Willamette val leyj which has just passed, the exhibi tion in the pavilhai at tbe State Fair is tbe. best tribute to the product ive cap acity of the combined Mwer of our climate and soil that has ever been wit nessed. Under the cirenmstances it has been gmerally conceded that the ex hibits in the agrieultural and horticul tural lines would be of an inferior or der j in comparison with former displays, but; barring the size only of a few pro duction tbe aggregate collection equals any of its predecessors. It is doubtful if any other secti n of the' United States could have withstood such a prolonged period without rain as was the case in the Willamette valley this season without experienceing an approach toward a total failure, for, as one exhibitor remarked. yesterday, such a test in any of tb Eastern states would have. Literally .killed the growth anl maturity, of all vegetatfcu. -. This ia accounted for, largely, if not wholly by ' our cool nights during the summer months.: 'While the days are drying, as well as trying, on all grow ing crops, the nights give an opportun ity! ?or recuperation and grain and veg etables that looked like they were prac tically killed at night, were refreshed in the morning, whereas, a continuation of, tbe beat of the day through .the night, whlohwcmM hate4 followed in the Mississippi valley, would have but added to the trials of the struggling crops.":.!"-; i""1.'.--- This has been tbe one Jest of our climate duriug a settlement o'f sixty years ana speaas volumes in its favor, OUl Oregon ians, as well as newer ones, j ever was eo unfortunate arto suppose are free in the experssion of their sur- jit was. v . . U . ... :':. ;- . .. prise at the very excellent display iu Suppose the Republican sbonM as the pavilion, and while exhibits from serV their right to hold no primaries? other sections of the state are of . the Vvrtalnly evea the Astorian "will admit Ill nniinnp Complete External and Internal Treatment Consisting of warm baths with liMjall f to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuti cle; ;CUTICURA Oint ment to instantly allay itching, irritation, and inflammation and soothe and heal ; and CUTI CURA Pills to cool and cleanse the blood A Single Set, costing but On Dollar, is often sufficient- to cure tbe most tort ur ine;, disfiguring skin, scaJp, and blood humors, eczemas,, rashes, itchings, and irritations, with loss of hair, from infancy to age, when all else fails. Sold throughout the world. Cutlrnia Soap, tSc., Otat awtrt, 50e Keaohrcnt, Me. ( Id funa ol Cboctlat CvMad Fill, HSc per rial of an. nrpotc London. S7 CWtcr kouM Sq. i rarU, i Hur d la i'six ; Boaton, 137 Coiumbu . Potter Urvg a Chrm. Corp.. So t Props. a Knl tor "How to Cur Tortiuiug, DitBgoiinf buiAort from Infancy to aga," first quality, climatic conditions else where were more favorable than in the Iff f 1B . IS niuamcue vaney. uur cool summer nights and helpful sea breezes will al ways be contributing factors in the per manency of that excellence which char acterizes tbe Northwest Coast. And we have room for millions more, UNSAFE AND INSANE. The Statesman desires to call tbe es pecial attention of ; its Democratic readers to the following Democratic expressions concerning Republican pol icies, catididates, and prophetie conse quences as to their acceptance by the American people. It does so without comment. .,.'.;.. : The Fort Worth (Texas) Record in a recent issue, had this to say of I'resi- d-nt Roosevelt: 5 ' . "He is the most dangerous man ; who has come to the surface in the hintory of American rnditics, and if by any chance or freak of fancy ; on the part of the people he should . bo elected President, uo on of the present generation will livedo see the end ef the woes he will inflict upon the nation." f Tbe day after the election of William McKinley, in 18!6, the leading- Demo cratic paper of; Seattle made this pre diction, which was a common, one by Democratic papers all over the United States:.' ; ;, "McKinley 's election meaiis the complete overthrow of the Ameri . can fwople; the alsdute impover ishment of f0,MM),000 of ours popu lation; the destruction of the rc public and the establishment of a monarchy. If McKinley le elect-, ed the United States is drifting to its, doom. If McKinley le elected this is the last vote that will ever trt permitted the masses in this country." j And in its iution.il platform ha 1&63, the Democracy, .speaking of the Bepub lican party and its candidate for Presi dent, General Grant, declared Itself as follows: ' ' - . "Older its repeated assaults tbe pillars of the Government are rock ing on their base; and shonbl it succi'enl in November and inaugur ate its !reident, , we will meet as a wibjected and co.iquered people, amid the ruins of liberty and the scattered fragments of the Consti tution!" ; 'Nuff ced. Iet us proceed to shudder, VAPOBINOS FEOM DOWN BY THE SOUNDING SEA. r a . ... 01 lue amusing ieaiures or the campaign is the belief which the As torian hugs t.j its bosom, that it has raised an objection to the direct pri mary law. Through a two-column art icle, one day it labored in the most tfatiguing manner both to itself and to its readers If they read It to show that a law which orohibita Demoerata from goiug into Republican primaries to assist in nominating Republican candidates is not only unjust, but un constitutional! In -apparent serious ness it inquires "if a bill which 'de prives a very considerable number of our; very, best' citizens of the right of suffrage ih constitutional t" ; But there is no such bill. 1 The right to vote ia & party primary Is not mentioned in the constitution. Nobolr bnt .the ehost seeins editor of the Aatorian tbat tbey; would have; tbia. right nn ler the' v eonstitutioj." Wouldn't that deprive the Democrat of j their "right of suffrage" tbe same ag tbe direct primary'Iaw loesf f Or Joes the'ried and he is out of a jib. ( The very astnte editor down fthe river struggle under the weight ; of the opinion tbat the constitution ' requires the Repub licans to hold primaries In order that tbe Democrats may "exercise, tbe right of suffrage f" v Bright editor--if, be. does. . ' -; - i :.; , " - '; '..' On the right of 'suffrage on ler the constitution" tb -lispenser-of inform stion from the Astoriaa editorial room should counsel some gool lawyer say its resi.lent United States Senator.; .'t. COUNTY EXHIBITS, AND OTIIXES. Tbe protests made against awards on ! employer should discharge a carjnter the county exhibits at the Fair illus-1 who may be a union man, but wnsatis trate the diffienltie that -always arise factory for any reason, if require,! to in such matters. ; Few exhibitors see any defects in their own displays or any particular excellence in those of others. ' .- . "' . 'i. :- .nd tbe worst feature about this" sort of a situation is that it is a prominent ingredient ia the make-up of human nature. One man's aqnasb may be larger than that of bia competitor it cannot be denied but he will claim the award on quality and symmetry of outline. He ean easily and honestly see the superiority of his specimen and tbe judge who cannot is plainly biased. Any woman on earth can easily per ceive tbat her own baby is tbe one, and the only one, that is entitled to tbe prize in the beauty show. Jf she were so deficients in tbat womanly ' virtue that she couldn't, she would have re mained a sour, pessimistic, and uninter esting obi maid all her days though, come to think of it, there are myriads of old maiilH who are conspicuously sweet, perfectly optimistic and always interesting.; But the man who will voluntarily ae. cept an invitation to act as a judge in a baby show forfeits his reputation as ciie of sagacity -or of prudence. In the case, however, of the county exhibits the judge had an exceptionally hard task. With unusual tact in ar rangement and a great variety of ex hibits, be was up against the real thing. Some fault is found with the fact that be ia a citizen of Canada. In this respect, we have no sympathy for him, for the man who will go away from home, and into a foreign eountry, besides, to "get into sneb ' a thankless task as this, deserves all the bnmiliat ing annoyances that are attendant up on such imprudent recklessness. We shall be glad to see a peaceful escape from the situation and a healing of the sores if 'any remain, but the writer recalls a fair many years ago when be was associated with tbe late John Daly, of Dallas, and Col. R. A. Miller of Jacksonville, on a committee whose dutv was to determine the rela tive points of excellence between a dis play of geese, and neither of the judges ever recovered from . the ill feeling which it was freely said cropped out from the alleged unjust deeisioni When exhibitors enter a ecaitest they must remember that there ean be but one wiener and a stiff npper lip should b surely provided in advauee against the possibility of an award going to tbe other fellowwho was not in apiy sense entitled to it. It is a part ot jibe game. STRIKES AS A REMEDY. After an almost total suspension of business in the buying and selling of meats in Chicago for two months, re sulting from the butchers' strike, work is resumed, and the-strikers are in pre cisely the same ppoetion as to Jheir re lations with the packers as f before, and have lost, it is estimated, the sum of $5,000,000 in wages. In addi tion to this, thousands of them will not Und employment again at all, many of thorn with families on their hands, with no money and. winter at hand. 1 More than n nv mtriha nt rwonl nin I this one serves to illustrate tbe lack of reason, br justice, or, perhaps, prudence, judged from a business standpoint, that lies behind the method of resorting to striking as a means of securing a bet ter understanding between employers snd employees. There is no exercise of intelligence in deciding to quit work in irder to force an employer to terms. It is no appeal to his judgment. That ap peal ma have been made before the decision to strike was made, "bnt when i body of workmen agree to punish their employer by refusing to do his work, it is a decision to injure his busi ness in such a way that, while bis heart hail refined to be m.rved by appeals for redresa Jie will perhaps yield to an ittack on bis pocketbook. r , And success ia this direction must rest exclusively npon his inability to secure - workmen to fill the vacant place, for if when ten men quit work ten more can be secnrel immediately to take their plaeee, the strikers have not gained anything whatever. This they understand when they conclude to strike, and, therefore, they are alert to see that tbeir places remain vacant. Heuce the resort to almost any 4 means to prevent men who are willing to take their 'place from doing mo. This has beea the worst featore of every promi nent vtrike the almost i tlespeTate mean employed' by tadividnal strikers to prevent ihe object of the strike be ing frustrated by the acceptance of non-union men. I And while the leaders of the unions have usually endeavored to prevent law-1 lessnesa they' , have -seldom , aoeeeeled J altogether, for the individual inch eas ily see that when a non-union man is permitted to take the place of a striker ! the object of tbat striker has miear- principle upon whib a strike i basel is conducive t violence, on th' one hand, as ia seen, r, it. undertake to step In tetweeB a : man who wants work and another who wants a worker, and as serts th? right to prevent a contract between tbe two. , Tba injustiee and alsurdity of the proposition are apparent , upon a mere statement of it, as it is repugnant ta the principles on which all business is conducted.: ,r ... '.;, i Ant what is termed the synip.nth.t ic strike is tbe most absurd of all. If an do so by some leader clothed with au thority to decide these matters for them, every barber and tdiocniskerj in tbe city will lay down bit t.iols and "walk out," though his employers may be faultless and his wages M-r-fectly satisfactory. The success of a strike must depend npon not the exercise of intelligence; on tbe part of th striker or of tbeir em ployers, but upon the xwers of endur ance a mere brute fore, a question of who can tbe longer endure a financial loss, for that i all it means. J It is a decision to enter a contest to determine whether the vrklngmen can live longer without work, and, in many cases, without fool, than their employers can without profits. It in a question of endurance without any; ap peal to reason. Jeffries and Mnnro recently bad tb same sort of a seance. In tbe meantime, the great public suffers while the contest proceeds.! In tbe cast of the meat strike the packers have lost' - $7,HK),000, tbe butchers $5,000,000, and the loss to the. general public is not to be estimated. Nobody has gained anything, and the strikers by tbe thousands will suffer for months yet to come. r The workingmen are frequently im posed upon, no doubt, by overbearing employers, men who care little for the Welfare of others so long as they them selves prosper, and the sympathy for the laboring man ia practically univer sal in such eases, but strikes, as a means of redress, have been tried'sufli eiently often to prove their general in efficiency in securing the object to be attained. , A Boy 'a Wild Bide For Life. With family arouo.I expecting him to die, and a son riding for life 18 miles to get Dr. Kang'e New Discovery for Consumption,' Coughs and Colds, W. H. Brown, of Leesville, Ind., suffered death's agonies from Asthma; bnt this wonderful medicine gave instant re lief and soon cured him. He write f now sleep) soundly every nigbt."i Like marvellous cures of Consumption, Pneu monia, Bronchitis, Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its matchless merit for all Throat and Liing troubles. Guaranteed bottles 50c. aud $1.00 Trial bottles free at D- J. Frv'e Drug Store. COBBESPONDENCE. . S B A Few Words About the Assessment Law. (From Wedneiulay'a Daily.) rvlitor Statesman: Under out present tax law something like 80 per rent of the taxes are paid during the' time in which a rebate of three per cent ie 'allowed. The state law also provides for the payment oft the state taxes by the county out of the first money collected. Does the state allow the county to retain thrH three per cent which the date law says shall be allowed, or don the comity have to stand tbat and then tarn. tbe money over tj the state ki full and at nucef I am 'told that tbe rebate thi year on 1903 taxes amounts to over $6,000 and that about 80 per cent of that is borne by the county. It seems to me the premium upon paying honest ucDts Is too high. -. CITIZKN. (This correspondent appears to have a total misunderstanding of 'the scope and bearing of the present assessment law. This is shown by his qiu'dion "does the state allow the county to retain the three per cent which the state law says shall be allowed or does the county have to sttud that nnd turn the money over to the statet" But turn what money over to the statet The county, not getting the rebate at all, has ho part of it to turn over t. the state or to use in its own transactions If "Citizen" has ever paid ; any taxes under the rebate privilege, he .should recall that the threo per ent remained in his pocket and that the county nev er had it. ,-','. ; .'-.- ;; If a man were assessci at! $I0O,W and snouM avail ntmseli of the reb;ite privilege, it would have tbe same effect as though he had been .assessed at only $97,000 in the first place. In other words, the counter is ', willing to con tribute three per cent of it4axe for the advantage accruing from getting its money into the treasury mix months socner, and, if it is in debt, as most counties are, the three per cent for six. months woul 1 pay the interest on its warants at six per ctnt per annum. And, all this makes no difference to the state under the present law. The counties do aot pay to tbe state a cer tain levy npon all their taxable prop erty. ,': This nsed to be the law 'and gave rise, to tbe endless amount of com plaint attending its application . to tbe relations existing between ' the' state and the 'different counties. Instead of levying, say, five mills upon the taxable property of a county , PARK AND WASHINGTON STREETS a f ' - PORTLAND, OREGON . Kstablishexl in x866. Open all the year. Private or class instruction. Thousands of graduates in posi tions; opportunities constantly occurring;. It pays to attend our school. Catalogue,, specimens, etc., free. - A. P. ARMSTRONG, LLD,, PRINCIPAL CITY TBEASUREB'S ACCOUNTS The Cnstodian if City Fun 4s Prepares a Statement of Finances. City Treasurer John Molr has arrang ed the following report to be presented at the next meeting of the city council. It1 is interesting matter: Salem, Sept. 6 lf04 lion. Mayor and Council, City of Salem: Accompanying "my report a treas urer Ibeg to submit for your accept ance a' new set of books consisting of journal and ledger, containing a com plete atatermnt of every item that has passed through my hands as such treas urer from the beginiing- of my term of tifiice January J, 189t, up to and in- Deo. ai. Dee. 31 Dee. 31, l c 3, :i July .U, ' 1W9 l1 l ;1WK' i'.Oi General fund 55 1!t.l$:! j i S.I. 92 :!52.HM iM.".! ;'..-.ir tiHiili.fP State street fnnd,. . 4!4.!4 .rl2... 70i.:w 77.',.-j: i -j:i.U y-:n'H Sewer fund 50.14 50.14 5o.l4 ...V1.14 - 511.14' i r.u.H - Oak street fnnd ... 25.14 25.14 25.14 2Ti.l4 ! 25,'H '.'J5.14- Street irnpvt. . ....j .'68.00 73.04 3iX.72 :5i.T2 ! 21.4t; ' - -J t.4i Road & St. fund .. ...... ...... '; . . -. J i 77:!. 1.", , 'MiVJ.' Ferry St. fund ... ...... ...... j .01: .01 r Sewer fd. blk 88.. ...... ...... 1 til.'lM " 11 ;.!'.' ! HO.m Sewer fd. blk 4.1.. ...... ...V.. ' 1.-44 ! 1.44 Total . . . . . $0157.84 ($2578.82 -5o:t;.:!! jiToMVCss ";-".iTj::" r i 1 jti vouchers now in hanis of the eity re corder. The ledger account of the general fund will show that the bal ance reported by your committee on examinatbsa of the books and accounts, s at December 31; 1903, was incorrect. Report for Seven Months. To the Hon. Mayor and Council of the City of Salem: " Herewith"! leg to hand my report as treasurer for the term December 31, 1103, to July 31, 1904: Receipts December 31, 1903 Cash bal&nee on hand r33.81 Road and apportioned general fund . . ...... Road and street fund Total .. to 53,567.43 3,761.29 ............... .$60,062.53 ' Disbursements. General fund by warrants ; anil coupons . . ......... .$14,657.68 Road and street fund by. war rants and coupons . v. 2,488.19 Total . . ....$41,145.87 Bal.-u&'e on hand July 30, 1904112,916.60 for state purposes, the law provides that the state board shall notify each connty that so much money is wanted in a lump sum. Levying by mills has been practically aboliahed. Instead of levying fiive mills, for instance, on its SRsessmttit to the state, Multnomah now pays 31 per cent of the entire amount of money tbe Mate board esti mates will be needol for the tnsuing year.) . - - A CORRECTION. Editor Statesman: I desire to correct a statement of your reporter in yesterday's edition of the Statesman, resectaig the ser vices at the Christ in 1 church Sunday evening. The statement that Jkliss ('lark "goes as the first missbnary of the "hitreh of DsM-iples of Christ, com monly I nown as the Christian Church, t. lie sent to any of the Oriental coun tries" is clearly an error. Miss tlark goes as the first missionary among. our jieople from Oregon. We have initiy mbsionaric in the Orient. Min Clark goc t.i Nan Kin, Chsia, with a number of others to join thone already there and who have Iei tuefe for many vears. We have mi.rionaries in China, Japan, India, Africa, a ml were thA first to en ter Tliibet. I !eg you to make thit correctii, for the reaaon that many would think we wre very late ' in beginning so great a work as Foreign,; Missions, when the fact is, for our age and number, there is not a Uxly of people more distinctly mtpsionarr than the tK"rde. Inown us Diwiples of Christ. IX KURETT, " Pastor Christian Church. aavBaMaaBSBaBejSBB aWBMS- LEWIS AND CLABK FATB, Good Progress Being Made in the Con structlon Work at the Fair . . . Site. ' "Rapid, progress is, leing made along . 1 I ' . L : . general unn ia ine ronmruriion , 01 buildings and preparation of the Lewis and Clark Fair grounds," said John II. Stevenson of Portland, to the States man last evening. "Hundreds of skill ed workmen, are steadily engaged in rushing work on the state buildings and fitting 11 n tbe aatnral park and picturesque terraces. Alremly the mag nificent bnihli es in course of construe tion bv the state have Wgun to assume definite form and within a short, time will take on a finished appearance. Tbe. State Commimioa has ordered the construction of three, additional buildings, machinery, transportation and machinery, mining ' and Festival Hall, and work will tie commenced with in a few weeks.. "Assurance is given that the gov eminent buildings will le commenced and completed in goo.1 season for the schedule opening, and these will set off tbe, magnificent scope of architecture in grand style. The department in ebarce of works is attending' closely to detail nnd even! II!. . . .1 . I now this is concrete in tbe form of fin- isbed fountains, walks, stairways, wat - . Some of the old balances standing to erpdit of some i of the sewer fuiiils should l'4 examined by tbe city rffr. er and transferred to the fund .to which . they proerly Im-1i. War rants shouhl also le drawn to l-:l.t ne ovenirafts in sewer funds block No. SH aud block No. 4.1. Resfieft fully submitted. 1 '. JOHN MOIR, ' '. C'ty Treii(iir'r. Bcport for Six Yean. ) To the Hoi .'Mayor and '.i.nil of ihe City of Salem: As under t lwg to Sllblilit. t.'ibijlutcd reort showing condition if r i-li fuii.l . at . close of each vejr siu- Ism laid iueltiding July 31, l!o4: Balance at Credit of General fund .;'. . .'. . . : .f '.,' 14.3 1 Koal and street fi.nd ..'...: '2,o4.5 State street fund '. . . . . . .-.'3.!i8 Oak street fund" 25.lt Sewer fund . . .......... .". .'.0,14 Street Impvtw fund ........ -J4.4? Ferry street fund . . ........ .01 Total ...... . .. f - .' '."-.' I;' V f Funds Overdrawn. Sewer fund block 88 Sewer fund block 43 . Total . . . . . , , no.i 1.44 .' 1 1 r.na - : , ' .. $I2,'.1C.M JOHN MOIK. ' " t'ily Trcatir-r. Certifiei to lKfore Carey P. Martin, Notary Public, , September 6, l'.wif. . erworks, fire depart no-nf and a hundred other features .that will combine to make the-Fair a -sued-us. "Statesman, Wednesday. ' Among the 'display at the Slate Fair that attract the Mt-ntun of jmoj.Ik generally is that of the AKrii-uIturul i'ollege "at Vrvallis, whi h illuMrates. well the work of that intitut io'n. The exhibits of all rfu.rts of VfuHabb' i first class nnd wi'li arrangfl, while the samples of handiwork by the pupil in wood and irn is ii-rir to any of it former exhibits nnd illustrates the pro grea made in thwe lines. The l.'cKcnts, the Faculty sid Ibe pupil are to be, congratulated upon' : the - character ' of tbeir woik. and to examine tto-te spec imens is to appreciate -the advantage this sehid confern on a 'large iiuinlM-r of; yemg men each year that will Lb advantageously felt iu many directimis in the years to come. Manual training is etie of the great- ritljnncts-to the fu ture curriculum in the schools that will "ay sis it goes." PIS . Columbus, Ohio, May 19, 1 903. - Some four years ago I was suffering from impure blood and a general run down condition of tbe system. I had no appetite, was losing flesh, and bad an all gone tired feeling that made me misera ble. I began tbe use of S . S. S., and after taking seven or eight bottles toy skin was cleared of all eruption and took on a ruddy, healthy glow (bat assured me that my blood had been restored to its nor mal, healthy condition. My appetite wai ; restored, as I could eat anything put be fore me, and as I regained my appetiK I increased in weight, and that "tired feci brg" which worried me so much disap peared, and I was once again my old self. I heartily recommend S. S. S. as the best blood purifier and tonic made, and strongly advise it use to all those in need, of such medicine. ! Victor Stub biks. Cor. Barthman and Washington Ayes. . ' Wheeling, W. V., May a3. 190.V Mr system was rundown and my joiotf ached and pained me considerably. I had nied S. S. S. before and knew what it was, so I purchased a bottle of it aud have taken several buttles and the aches and pains are gone, my blood has been-cleas ed and mv general health built up. I can testify to It as a blood purifier and tonic. '533 Market St. John C. STKiN. If you have any . symptoms of dis ordered blood write u s and our physicians will advise yo u free. Onr book on tlood and. skin disease sent free. JT. ,7Te Tmt. ,1118 Swift SpeeWo CamptJiy, Atltnla, To) H