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For th biAaflt of taea.ans fc ether mwii
wanave eoaeLoaea todtacoatinn ascription
nry when a-itttted to do mo. an peraaua parta
when robecribnf, or peylu ia advance? wlfl
ve ta MkIi of the dollar rate. But It taev
Ooaot pay fri wix Dxratha.tbe rmt will be 8L25
yor.aereJter we will tend th paper to all
- reaponaible person who orAr. It, tbocfrfi tbev
nay not send the money, with the understand
if. u! V? 1-2 Tear, la cata they
let u jubeeriptlon account ma over els
toatha. Ia order that there may be no nlnn.
oman41nr- we will keep tale notice ririllnr
thai place la the paper. rT
CIRCULATION. (SWORN) OVER 4000
"See-
session.
your eye on that thirty-day
Por ; thre days the legislative roll
will be called ia Portland. V
It i Mid. that every juror who voted
for the acquittal of Nan Patterson was
bald-headed. . '. . : ".
. Now that the 3crapia over,. let every
Senator assisv Mr. President Kuyken
dall inthis arduous duties.
since the Memphis 'Democrats the
other day "hailed Bryan aa the next
President, ".are we to look for his reign
to begin in 19091
Will surprises never cease? William
J. Bryan is about to be made President,
after all -of 'the Illinois College at
Jacksonville, of which he ia a gradu
ir true Oregon ian is up against
hi a snow storm, for be doesn't know
whether to wear an umbrella or take
it ajtT eomes not referring to the um
brella. Since. freezing weather had been the
order for a few days, the friendly
blanket of ' snow Which nature kindly
eent will be a protection to -gtaaa and
growing grain. "
Mr. Smith's proposed requirement to
force politics,! machines to publish the
amount of money expended by them is
all ( tight, the only difficulty being to
And the responsible head or tail of toe
maehinc. - - ? . . ' .
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-'It is singular how mtre a more th
healthy jeaco and ' rafetr of tae state
atoie'(Jangcred wince the adoption of
taw srfcrendum 'amendment ,thaa be
fore. Thi ia a new condition resulting
from it that it jfriends did not men
lion, when asking for it suport.
The leading i Democrats of Indiana
Viet in Lafayette the other night to
'frame a party policy." All they need
to J do is to re-declare their loyalty to
' Jcffersonian principles. ' and view
the RepubHcnn party with alarm. Dem
oeratie principle are as . 'eternal and
unchangeable as . the everlasting ! hills. "
. In all the discussion of the flat sal
ary' question ' it should be remembered
that the Gorenor geta no, ' fee4 whatr
ever, and that bis salary, is limited to
that, allowed by. law. And tWe same
may be said of some of the other state
officers.' Under . any . bill so far'pro
posed ; the ' Governor 'a salary wilj be
larger than new. - -
" The Statesman ia pleasvd to learn
taat , the public school authorities in
Salem are actively . interesting - them
selves in preparing an exhibit of Mar
ion county schools, at the Lewis and
Clark Fair. No doubt this display will
b one of the best in the eiate, since
no county, has a better school system
than tiiis, or a better corps of teachers.
As an 'all-round county Marion is one
of the best .in, the state and its1 schools
will do their part toward making its
display 'distinctively creditable in
every way. . r - ' ; ' j
I w given . up to die with
quick consumption. I then began
to use Ayer'a Cherry Pectorat 1
improved at once, and am now in
perfect health." Cha. Ev Hart
man, Cibbstown, N. Y. ;' i
; It's! too risky,-playing
with your cough. The
first thing you know it
will be down deep in your
lungs and the play will be
over. Begin, early; with-
Ayer s : Cherry . Pectoral
aaaea efea iLaa a 4ak " T waW rfeTWI
- r5nnn!tTor doctor. If he ra taVe It.
' tn rio xa ha r-. If he tella yon not to
1 U.e It, then don't Uke it. He knows.'
I Constjiitlon . dtlava recovery.
j i Tale laxative doaes or Ayer'a PWa,
' ! tentle, purely vejeuble. ....
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Coughing
The. Governor's message, delivered to
the two aoimes ' of the Legislature yes
terday, shows the condition of tie state
tobe as -stifactoryIin 4ufinancial
standing as' "ai the 'meeting of the last
biennial , session andl the state! institn
ticms have maintained the' hign standing
which has "distinguisned. tbem f or V
number' of years. Some improvements
have been' ade at the- penitentiary,
needed for "many jeans' ! ' for which'
appropriations . were made " two yeara
ago. The romicaair dining room which
was bntlt
tion has
round to work satisfactorily
The National Guard continues i ex
ellent condition
Home is , reported
and' the Soldier'
as maintaining its
high sfanc)ard for- efaciency in earing
for the surviving soldiers of the eivtf
and 'early iadian wars, all of which , is
very gratifying.' V : " ;
The floefnor repeats many sujjm
lions made by : hi ... predecessor and
which "hare jnot - been" acted, upon, b(
which' fehould receive tie attmtiou of
the legislature. Among these is the
passage, of a flat salary law, wliich ,ie
crgi with earnestness and for the fail
ur to do wbich there can be no posni bM
excuse offered to" the people who have
frequently ''declared tbenwelves in favor
of it.. ' ' . r ' ' .
The Governor impliedly admits thai
the working of convicts on the roads in
the ' vicinity of Salem' baa not in any
way solved tie'general problem of con
vict road work. Indeed, he gives many
good reasons why as a state policy it
will not ,bi. safe to undertake it,, and
declares hituself . tacitly in favor of
continuing the state's contract with the
Lowenbefg'eV Going 'Company in' these
words: , : ' 1 My , investigations into the
subject lead toe to believe tnat our con
vict labor comes 'Jess . in ' competition
with free labor, in Oregon, at least,
uder the i presentystem, than in any
other form of employment." And in
this conclusion the Governor is probably
right. . ". . , -
; Some attention is given to a consid
eration of the attempt made during the
last administration to convert a large
number of hitherto unsalable and wtyrthi
less school sections, thought to be min
eral, into money for the school fund
under the jaws of the United States
regulating the adjudication .of mineral
lands, but' which failed tbronga the
changing of the rules by "the. Secretary
bf the Interior whien had alwiy gf-v-rrued
in such matters, after the adjudi
eati.onaf had -been approveJ j "by the
United Htatea land office and Also -be-,
csum of the sudden and t'htlrely t'npx
pocted demand for many . of these
school sections by men whose knowledge
of their fjrdspeetive '.value-ftS reserve
rjftse is generally adraittedato.nave come
from a "tip" from. somebody at Wash-j
ington. The result na teen, an uh
fortunate eondict which , baa deprive 1,
the irreducible school-fund of practical-j
ly 100,00ft, much of" which had acually
been. paid into the treiswry, the loss of
the land to the !purcba4er, while no
tienefit to anybody' ban resulted by he
regrrtiable. failure of, toe 'undertaking.:
The Governor
makes a-plea for an
cmegeney'fund"to.b placed in his
hands, to be used by him for any rur
pose which he i may deem advisable, JFe
f erring specially to its necessity aw a
means of suppressing the range wars
in Eastern Oregon. Only a few days
ago the Statesman tfrged the necessity
for "such I , law and would be plenwd
to the. Governor 's recommendation
favorably acted upon. Nearly every
state in thf Union has aueh a provision.
Anrttber good Tecommeadtion is that
proposing an amendment to the consti
tution t-ermitting a ehango.io our' jury
xst'nt providing for majority verdiais
in both civil and criminal cases, as In
also the suggestion that our delegation
in Congress be urged to secure the pas
sage of, a - law placing the canal and
locks at Oregon City under Ahe owner
ship and, operation of the United States.
Toe; writer '.ejao agrees with the Gov
ernor in; his opposition . to the passage
of a law providing for the sta'ce . as
suming tbe expense of preventing forest
fires. in timber owned, by prjvate ind!
vidoals orby syndicate owner of such
valuable, timber. It "would be a species
of paternalism that should be extended,
if begun, to the poorer people of t'je
state; who, in many ways, could be bene
fitted by similar special legislation, f , ;
Other recommendations made in the
message ' are along, the line of such in
formation i as the people . are familiar
wfta , already; and, ii the main, the Lej
hlatare will do well to fojlow. its .sug
gestions, i Tor inany year Oregon baa
been " ini a better condition than most
r'thV statea W; the I TJnieV and fully
equal tW the best. . The prevailing situa
tion should ; be t iotxeaed lightly by t he
legislative' ha h4. ? ' : t-j;
The Proposition of Judge Webster to
take initUtery ' step toward; building
a'-,gfraM:tst!r-road .reabhlng from
vne's' v.oonjjpi , nrr.,i twe .,BV"uv
boBndarjr of ; the ".state,! would .be .' n:
t irery? unob jtitionabie af t here were 46
ObKctibna to'lCtiorfgn'it ia; a injpra:
tlcaile t,acclomplianmentfa 'Any. ot&jt
-isonary,,wishii t
I. Butsavea-if it' wern possible to' build
ranch a? road,"' there re about" 50,000
mOes of. roads in' the state which 'need
the' fostering care aad attention of he
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awful aufiering of infants and the
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their world-wide sale, due to the per
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have become the greatest curatives of
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ia tJ be found 'another approaching
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met .with the same reception. The
Confine of the. earth are the. only
limits- to their growth. Thty have
Conquered the world-' ; ' i Ai ; ;
Sj4 IkrourHovt th wort. Cuttcora 1Uetni. (Oe.
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er-tteee tor "A oat CutiorV,
state leading from remote settlements
to the line of railroad ' which already
furnishes communication twice a day
froth the Columbia '.river to the Cali
fornia line. It is not a. road of this
kind that the people j want- they want
about a thousand other 'things first and
want tbem badly. p ' " v .
rThe. Willamette valley U linedj with,
people reaehiag from the. rail road; lina
to the foothills ; in every county a all
needing' tooi': roads leading froni tbeir
farma aad settlements to the "railroad
that their produce 'may be gotten to
market with leas cost and annoyance.
These are the roads, that' areteeded,
and-for f-hich the people are clamoring,,
Why build , a state, road paralleling
the railroad iwhich already ' furnishes
traiisportatioU, facilities for reachingj
markets, and leave a network of impas
sable roads between the proposedmain
road and the settlements which must
furnish the produce! , . .
Besides Ixriug untenable, even if pos
sible,' it should be rcmehtbercVi that all
the .available convict labor for road
work, if io applied, cduld not build
such, a road, as the Judge proposes
within' a generation.! But after its com
pMion wc should merely have a road
without particular beheflt, since the
railroad would continue, to move all the
produce of the country to market. But
there seems no objection to such a com
mission if it is to j serve without "ay.
When e employ, convict labor on the
roads, however, let it be done where
it. will be of some benefit to the people.
A ' 'CONTnTTjpfO CONTRACT.
Tile apparent det ision of the jeadcrs
in'Vngrew to make no river and har
bor appropriation jthis' winter, or, at
least, a very small one, is a menace to
the commerce, and all lines of indus
tries in the Northwest. It had been
hoed that something miht be done
promising the inauguration of a regular-system
of, dredging on the Willam
ette that would '; guarantee "an
open river the year around as far south
as .'Corvallb, at least, and , for larger
boats, than those. wbichnow are barely
able to reach Salem during -the low
water season in the summer months,
f But there is little upon which to
base' such expectation ; for the coming
year. Indeed, the? Colombia river, it
self is likely to W a great sufferer from
this outlined poliey,-wbich wiB serious
ly affect the business : f off,': the 6tate.
An4 this will retard the work; on j the
Celilo Canal for whose construction the
(Government has pledged its word, and
to whose completion the ' people of
Kastern Oregon and . Washigtonv are
looking .for .a.' permanent , relief ; from
a. condition that has never been eat is
factory. ? - , ' ( .
Aa' a means of securing regular ap
propriations for. the canal, Representa
tires Williamson; of Oregon, and Jones,
f Washington - uave decided ' to hive
the - jlilo appropriation' taken from,
the river and harbor bill and placed in
the . civil sundry bill - where it will be
made a , cont inning contract receiv-
iug jun. oj ins , ajpropnaiion
each
yearj - 'irrespective .of wbether- a -river
and iafbo bill ia passed or not. ' f
$is ia under the cireamstanees prob
ably a " good moWii the bbiy r. trouble be
ing that a 'toktinaia'ieoutraet ia
tob 'often What its name implies. At
any rate, the people of Eastern Pre-?
gon, as well a -the rest, of - the state,
LXDAY. JA2ITJA21Y 13. 1SC3.
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will hope - for, the beet aad trust that
the' goTernment will begin this work
without further delay and aot let the
contract continue" to te end, of
time. '
IjrjB XSBiaATION CODE.
Apjarently the only objection that
can cor."wJH- be urged against tbe pro
posed irrigation law. which has' been
reported for legislative action is the
oeeotnpanying appropriation of $30,000.
This is the objection to most bills,
though a law " may be very . unjust and
absurd wbieh' "makes ao appropriation
at aiL : ' : ':. ;r: : ;: ';;
But the 30,000 asked f or in tbia bill
will oe the beat investment in dollars
and cents which thia Legisbature-will
probably make in the way ef new leg
islation. In faet there i nothing to
be' done within the near future which
will go further in developing the atte
than- the: enactment of a wise and effee
tive'law governiag and promoting- i
rigating projects in the. arid and semi
arid districts east of the Cascade moun
tains.. . - . ' . . .. . ;
And : it is as difficult a "question to
adjust satisfactorily as it ia important.
When left to "themselves, without any
form .of le?at definition of individual
rights.- the .division, of water fori irri
gation purposes baa led many men to
the commission of outrages resulting
sometimes in murder. :,
A comprehensive law on this question
is needed,, and since it is going to be
an important factor in the reclamation
of . hundreds of thousands of. acres bf
land in Eastern and Southeastern Ore
gon, 'it is a question deserving the ser
ious attention of the Legislature. 1 And
While it is important thatj the aggregate
of , appropriations should be kept with
in the smallest sum commensurate with
the needs of the State, the amount ask
ed for in. the proposed irrigation code
will prove a' good investment if hedged
by provisions looking, to ward 'the ' ' ben
ficial use of all. waters in the state
not used for navigation - purposes. '
The, -commission . which . drafted the
proposed law is composed of practical
men and it is believed their .findings
will be ratified b the Legislature with
out serious opposition.
WASHINGTON AT THE IWIS AND
CLA&K FAIR.
With the inauguration of a friendly
Governor, it is likely that the state of
Washington will provide for an appro
priate exhibit at the ! Lewis and Clark
Fair. The Legislature .'.two years ago
made an appropriation for. this purpose,
butHt Ws. sacrificed to the revengeful
desire of Governor, MeBride to get even
on those who opposed his proposition
for a railwav commission. - and was
turned down by. execntive 'veto.
But the present Legislature mani-
fests a disposition to cover tbe lapse
wita an appropriation of at least $75,-
000, a sum which; will make a good
showing by our sister state. To be
sure, the time is short for-the erection
of a state building. . but since such
structures are built' rapidly and not for
their durable qualities, it can be easily
done.
The state building-of Washington at
St. Louis was one of 'the mest attractive
to be seen, and was commented upon by
all visitors. It consisted of eight sawed
logs, perhaps twenty inches square and
near one hundred feet long, set upon
end describing, an octagon about one
hundred feet across,, and approaenrng
eaeh othctr at the top, where they were
held in place by a frame of perhaps
twenty feet in diameter. .!
It was an uniquely finished building
with these mammoth sawed logs in full
view, to all passers-by and was a most
effective manner of advertising tbe
timber resourevs of the Evergreen state.
The advantage to come fro'm the
Lewii and Clatk air will be nearly as
great to Washington aa to Oregon, and
it is gratifying to learn of its intention
to lend a helping band that will be ful
ly appreciated.' 1
POVESNOB, FOLK.
As might be expected, the inaugural
address of the new Governor of Mis
souri is devoted largely to ' a. considera
tion of the evils of "grafting' or
boodling":in public life. He is to
day Governor of his state solely upon
and. because of the reputation he made
as a - fearless prosecutor of dishonest
officials in the Missouri public service,,
and it was io be - expected - taat : he
would in his first official address to toe
people of his state dwelt Upon the one
evil which has done so much to smirch
the reputation -f many of its poMie
men.; . ; '.' -' .' -
And the earnestness of the Gover
nor's eharacterixatioa of the boodleV
and briber 'ia' well timedJ There is no
greater menace to the; perpetuty of
good government than the falsity of
those trusted fry the people to look
after their public interests. w
.Xo public officer suould ever do an
official act coming, within hrs line of
duty for any " sort" of compensation out
side that provided by, law. , The. salary
thus provided should be his only com-
pensation, and "when be begins to reacb
out 1 for other emelunyel ne becomes
recreant : to ; his -trust and a dangerous
man to the; commonwealth, deserving
Whatever punuhment , the law invoksa
in such casea;" .r-' , ' 7- f 'M,
2o man holding , a publii- position
should jreeeiye a donarfor his services
other-tfian that authorized by law, rnd
the purity of government depends VonV
the-literal ; enforcement . of this prin
ciple. Any departure from it ia a di
rect violatiou bf sacred, trust and
should at ari' time be visited with the
severest 'punishment.
Governor Folk i (following in the
footstep of presidenU Boose velt in this
matter,, both of . whom cannot , be ;too
highly commended by all " lovers of
honest government. ,
S LET XT Bit ,VNESMTTH.,V
In all probability there will be a new
county created at this ' session of the
Legislature outvpf a portion' o! Grook
and Wasco counties, upon which ques
tion the Statesman has no opinion, to
offer, but it does desire to 'suggest that
if the 'proposition matures the proposed
name of Stockman" be abandoned
for another moreTappropriate for such
purpose.- ;v.-.r--- '-:
The Oregonian baa suggested that
the new- county be named ."Nesmith,"
and the Statesman, desires to, aeartil
second the- motion. Senator Xesmith
was one. of" the most active and best
known of ' our early pioneers,- having
como to Oregon in 1843, and from that
date fwr nearly forty years was a prom
inent part of the life of, the territory
.and state; . ' 1 ' :
Especially waa his -service " of value
to the nation during the days of the
Civil War, when, though elected a a
Democrat, no was of striking aid to
the administration of , President Lin
coin and was given' credit for it by
our gTeat war President. 1 .''
In lg60 he was elected to the United
State Senate with Edward I. Baker
as hia colleague, after whom" one of
our counties was nameu more man
foriy year ago. If a new political
subdivision is to 'tie created it would
be .but the just recognition of one of
the most eminent of our early pioneer
statesmen to call it Nesmith county.
THE FEWER BILLS THB BETTER,
'Every member of the Legislature
who. has five bills in his desk which
he intends to introduce should cull oat
four, of them and seriously debate "with
himself whether the state would not
be better off if they should never be
come laws, and having decided in' tae
affirmative, take up the fifth one and
put it through the same course of care
ful inspection.
And the man who intends to intro
duce but one bill should scrutinize it
again to be certain that' the state
would not be. better off , if he finally
permitted it to remain indefinitely- in
his deakT - ' t f-tv'w
For the stftt tub about one thousand
laws now, more or less, that Are of lit
tic use and many of these are rarely,
if ever, enforced. Conditions are fair
ly good in Oregoui relating- to. matters
that can be improved by-; legislation,
knd it is so'easVw drift into an in
defensible jnaxirnuzn , of law-making
when tue machinery is once put in mo
tion for a run of forty days, Nt hat the
member with the best of intentions is
quite likely to surrender to the temp
tation, offered in the . way of flooding
the calendar with bills.
There are some important matters de
manding the attention of the Legijla
ture, but toe great number of the bills
introduced : which, , fortunately, will
never become laws, together with many
others which, unfortunately, will,
only serve to take , up time which
should be devoted the more carefully
to the consideration of the really im
portant legislation. '
A LIE NEVER PASSED HIS LIPS.
A' Scotchman and. an American were
one. day conversing in a railway car
riage, and in the course of the con
versation the subject : turned upon the
relative truthfulness of the two na
tions. "Do you know, sir," said the
American, " that a lie has never passed
my, lips.f " What ' that f " ' said the
astonished Scotchman, his face express
ing the greatest surprise and bewilder
ment, which gave place to a look of re
lief and understanding and he added,
"Oh, I understand . now, sir, you speak
through your nose. " ,.
OPPOSITION TO THE CANAL.
It is not very surprising to find t'je
chairman of the ' house committee on
rivers and harbors use the portage
railway undertaking by the state aj an
excuse for opposing an appropriation
for the Celilo canal. Indeed, there were
many w'jo prophesied this result from
the Urging of the portage road scheme
after the general government had de
cided to proceed with the canal, and
who used their utmost to prevent any
further action concerning ft.
, But you can never tell. So the people
of Eastern Oregon said, and even tbe
appearance 'of halting by the state
board brought down npoa their heads
all sorts of maledictions against trait
or and false public servants. And yet,
if the state had made no move toward
a . portage road, it ia possible the gov.
ernment would have had some other
reason 'for postponing' work on j tae
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WHEN THE LANE TTJBNS.
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There'll be light and joy forever
When the long lane turns "
The winging of the river
When the long lane turns!
The singing of the river as it rip-
pie to the sea
Jn the Jight. that rains in. showers
.over you and over me! -
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We '11 forget our cares, and crosses
When the. long lane' turns,
With gains for ail our losses
When the long lane turns;
The birds will fill with .music all
. the forests and the dells,
To the ringing and the singing of
the -golden-throated bells!
rV.. r ' watch sent free. " ?
i ' i ' ." two years since there lias been a snow.
- - . . . ." 4. . fall anywhere nearly like that of yes
canal, so it is probably better that the terday, and the many "oldest iahab-
state decided to proceed with the vrork itant' Who has been here since,' well
nd to Cvvith its own wings. ,! I perhps not since Mt. Hood whs a hole
Mr. Burton proposes to wait until it the ground, but at least since tae
. - . . . . , memory of man runneth not to the con-
ia ascertained whether the portage road tpa fn.,ujR B.ily .t'laggett, who baa
can take care of the traffie on the Co-'a-sort of common' law residence, 'stood
lumbia, and if it is so-determined, li en by and scratched I his collective pate
the inference is that the proposition to.iu8t bove his collective left ear, and
, . . ,, . tried to remember when the conditions
"canalize the river for 12 miles" will favorablo for a ,argef blft
be abandoned altogether. J deep, heavy white snow fall as at this
This is, indeed, a flattering prospect peculiar time and j date. '
and emphasizes the old Baying that if There were several daya first of most ..
, ... j i, , , beautiful winter frost v weather, which-
you want a thing done well you had TV , . .... ' . , -
"J . ,.t , . , thorouguly dried j the ground out- near
better do it yourself. It is probable the surface, and the first flakes of snw.
that. the youngster of today will cast that fell yesterday found a condition
several presidential votes before be exactly to its liking, and it "proceeded
shins nn-v freight from Celilo to The
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Dalles.
And yet, we want to be patient.
. A THIRTY DAYS' SESSION.4
. The proposition, of Speaker Mil) , to
push the business of the session along
in 'a manner that will result in a ses
sion limited to . thirty days is a good
one, but not a new one. On many for
mer; occasions this baa been the wish
of many members, and others, only to
see it vanish into thin air as the days
and , weeks go by,' including many ad
innnnnnnti o n H e rr-i ra 'a Ia1 Trkrttjind.
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All me leinsiaiion me siie necus
can well be provided in
thirty days,
but' much it does not need, though re-
quiring quite as much time to defeat
.l.. :., :
as to enact that which is wholesome,
must be considered and dispose.! of in
a "manner that smacks of the requisite
deliberation which -wlil give - the ap
pearance of timely consideration.
The Statesman would like -to see the
ambition of Speaker Mills in this mat
ter realized, for it is a reasonable one,
but has little hope that it will be done.
Yet it is worth trying for.
SAFE DYNAMITED.
Bobbers Use Explosive in Forest Grove
Bank But They Secure
No Money.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Jan. 12.
Robbers broke into the bank of State
Senator E. W. Haines suortly before
daylight this morning, dynamited the
safe. and presumably frightened away
by a greater noise than they had antic
ipated, departed without, getting any?
thing. The safe is practically ruined.
There is practically no clew -so far.
Before trying to open the safe the
robbers broke into Fred Watron's jro
rery store, just uth of the bank and
secured bags of Mitatios and other
commodities, and packed them around
the safe to deaden the noiae. The ex
pedient wa of littl avail, however, as
Mi-f. Frank IHm , of tbe Michigan
House liarj the ex-plosion at a distance
of a block. One or two others jhso
heanl it."-No tools were left.
The store- of J. 1. Hibba. six miles
Ronth -if Forest Grove, was also entered
last night sud $1.VU worth of merchan
dise, ineiudiair-uiekel nlated -.revolver
and watches, taken. There ia no clew.
No Reasonable Man -
imainea that a m'gleeted eoM ran 1m
eure-1 in a day. The uncountable air-
cell in tbe lungs are inflamed and the
throat i. as tender a an nre. But
time, and Allen's Lung' Baltam will
ove"hte tl'e cold and stave off : con
sum ption. .The cough will cease and
the lungs will be sound a a new dollar.
ATI drugisis ell Allen 's Lung Balsam.
CHINAMAN VIOLATES LIQUOR
licDEPENEXCE, Or., Jan. I2.r-Chi
namaa Wang Sing was fined $50 and
costs, amounting to about $75, in tbe
recorder' court for selling liquor with
out a license. Sine conducts a restau
rant here.
and it was in his place of
business that he sold the liquor,
Booth. T 'J ClncSCTC,
rtw
SNOW FLURRY
v .
iFTJN ON SALEM'S STREETS YES
TERDAY PLAYING SNOW .
"7- BALL, ETC.
Snow Storm Finds Conditions Last
Night for It to Lie Dry Ground la
a Barity When It Snows Here Will
Be Mor Fall Today.
'Oh, the snow, the beaiir-"
Ziip! Zinp!
4Who f rowed dat auow ball!" :
But there was realty more fun on the
streets than Salenij has seen for some
time, yesterday, and it was the kind of
fun' than Salem .has rarely. It is now
19 ' ,a-?
Usually if thes writer were, to say
that anow "lay," he would deliberate
ly "lie," but this time it is straight
and last evening the few un'rotted
sleighs and bob runners left in the com
munity were brought into play. and the
best sleighing the writer has everj seen
in Salem waa there to le taken advant
age f- '.)-'. I
"But the snow ieame as unexpectedly
as love,'' and brought a great deal more
fun.' - Snowballing' was common on the
street, atd woe to the man known to
be a good fellow who stuck hisliead
outside of his door on .' Cotnniercial '
street last evening. Sure as it -appeared
somebody: would "swat" it if
I possible,' and soon the air would be full
' of flying snowballs,
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i This storm is ireneral throuuuout tne
" . ... . . .
Vallev and in Portland it is said j to be
the forerunner of a hard storni. The
weather 'bureau lo predicts a heavier
fall today. So Took out apd be stfro
and do not forget to take, along a pair
of BKatcg and "Arctics" if K'4nS
out
today.
A CASE OF IT.
Many More Like It in Salem.
The following case is-but. jor.e
raanv similar occurring dailv in Sa!
of
Salem.
It is an easv matter to verify its cor
er .
rectness. Surely ymi cannot 'ask for
better proof than such a conclusive ev
idence. !
Olof Johnson, who is a gardneri by
occupation, living at the corner of l5tn
and B streets. North Salem, - says:
"Kidney complaint is no new thing for
me. ' I have been bothered off and on
from a disordered condition of the kid
neys for, ten or twelve years, j I did
notsuffer" so much from backache as
most . peoplo do who have kidney com
plaint, but the principal annoyance was
a weakening of the kiduey secretions,
which was both distressing and ag
gravating. There was a scalding aen
aation in passing and a . heavy brick
dust like sediment . appeared after
standing in th vesael over night. I
had attacks of dizziness in my bead
and oft times a blurring wonld appear
before my eyes and I could scarcely
see. I fried numerous remedies, but ail
in vain, until I saw Doan's Kidney
Pills highly recommended for just such
troubles, and procured them at Dr.
Stone' drug store. I will say that in
all mv experience with doctors' pre
scriptions and different kidney reme
dies nothing has given me the amount
of relief that I have received from
Doan' Kidney Pills."
WVfca aaL Kv call Jaolav T A flfi t
sva sa-aT7 ay as a m a . a nvv w
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.t aole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no substitute.
EDUCATORS WILL MEET.
' A! meeting of he leading educators
wiiri bCT5 in Tjo Ktevenson building.
at Portland, tomorrow at 2 p. m., to
.decide the mstter of holding an educa
tional congress. Many peakers frf na
tional repute" will be in attendance.
State Superintendent .!. If. Ackerman
will attend tomorrow's meeting.
Bsartthe
Cifsatar
f
i IM li tna Ha :3r? Borril
Mrs. Helen A. Dearborn, of Portland,
iwas1tr'Ating Mrs. Amelia" Miller in
bouth fcKilcm, returning home yestcruay.
Cares CHp
la Two Days.
en every
box. 25c
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