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Tbe fttateanao baa bee estaMiatvMS (rr nearly
tllf-twa yar and It baa aocae cubecribera who
raelvd it nearly tbat ionfc, and waay
wbohav read it (or a emieraiton. Mum ot
tbeae obi act to bavins- Ue iir dis-HiaUnned
attDaUmaot etpiaUonot tnetr sorecrtptioii.
forth twturllt (i thM.and tin atk mmmm
r DaTeoneialel tolltHM&tlno abcr!pvi9iM'
wbea subacnbng, or parlor a advaaee. will
Bars lh beat St of the dollar rata. Botitthevt
dBAlf..r .1 H..lh. ih. ftt -,111 11 oil
a yar. ttereaiter w win aeuj
. rtponille persona who orrtr.
the paper to all
it, though taey
Ibe nndOjrJ-
may oot miaA lb money, wtih tbe
tag thattbey ar to pay U.2 a year, in eaaa they
let b tfubeerlptlon accotitit run over ta
Months. 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. .'
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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
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the portals of the palatial" inanition are
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from $8 to $125 per d
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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
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A Single Set, costing but On Dollar,
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irritations, with loss of hair, from infancy
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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.
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COBBESPONDENCE. .
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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,
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