"OBSERVER" NARRATES : ; ; i
:- CHARACTER STORIES
Searching Bays of Flashlight Develop Personalities of Oregon's Legislators
in1 Closing Honrs of Twenty-laird Assembly Speaker . Mills, at Dis-
' tance, Looks Like Teddy 'Von
Colwell a Only Motion ," To Adjourn,", f ,
Oregon for a long time has been
awaiting ''the ' opportunity of 'accusing
someone . o resemoiing leaay j.oose
velt. Someone at' the State Ilonse last
mofV claimed - to have noticed a re
iieniblanee of the invincible Teddy in
sneaker Main not in ngure. .Mr.
Mills is fat and chubbv, wobbles when
h walks, while the Resident has a
neat, trim and athletie form.
Mr. Mills when he sits in the Speak
er ' chair m-.the House of -Represents
tives with only his head and shoulders
' appearing, oes look like xtooseveit.
This is particularly noticeable when he
is viewed from the entrance to the
House. The nearer one approaches, the
more the resemblance lades away.
When be arises n0 one without extra
ordinary powers of imagination could
find in the redoutable "Teddy": a
triking resemblance of. the corpulent
Speaker. One night last week during
the evening sessions the Speaker wore
tives immediately noticed the resem
blance and dubbed, Mr. Mills "Teddy
the Second." '
'
Representative Von der Ilellen holds
the record of being the most reticent
and unassuming member of the Oregon
Legislative Assembly. One day last
week , he made his first speech of the
cuiihn. He said onlv a. few words
and seemed embarrassed. One of the
Representatives requested that. he ex
plain more fully his bill, but he refused
to take the floor again. Colwell, of
reluctant to take the floor. He in
troduced a number of bills, and gener
ally when they came up for final pas-
sage Mr. Colwell had disappeared. One
of the other members of the Multno
mah delegation would have to offer the
explanation of the bills. Mr. Colwell
never hesitated alwut making motions
to adjourn or suspend the rules. , Such
a motion consists of about five words.
.".
Before the end of the sesinn of the
legislature, Pat .McArthur, the read
ing i-lerk, became so familiar with thf
names of the Representatives that he
could call them otf without looking at
'the. roll 'call. McArthur, as a rule.
luil to" call the roll about twenty times
a Jav.
" .
One of the Senators called the cle
vator nt the State House a "lift."' He
rt-fused to refer to it as an elevator.
He said that Webster's designated an
elevator as a conveyance that traveled
at least ten miles per hour. The word
"lift" applies to a conveyance that
handles freight and is made more for
capacity than speed.
- " .
That the unexpected will sometimes
happen was plainly demonstrated in the
Hro?e of Representatives when Speaker
3iJls relinquished bis chair to Smith,
of Josephine, the Democratic Repre
sentative; who has caused more trouble
and anxiety to Speaker -Hills than. any
ether member of the House. A Salem
man. brought the unexpected about by
suggesting to Mr. Mills that he, a Be
publican, should show this courtesy to
the Democratic minority in such a ma fi
ner, lie acted acordingly. Represent
ative Kay, of Marion county, also oc
cupied the chair for a few minutes pne
day last week. Three or four times
a day Mr. Mills has been in the habit
of relinquishing his chair for a few
seconds. Republican after Republican
was called to the chair, but never Mr.
Kay, who so hotly contested Mr. Mills
in the race for speakership. It was
alleged that the Speaker fostered some
animosity against theiIarion county
man. This rumor was dispelled when
Mr. Kay was at last allowed to sit in
the chair, for which honof he had
fought so vigorously.
' .-
Last week, when a bill relating to
the taking of est rays "came op before
the House, Representative Burns .hap
pened to be absent. He returned just in
time to hear his name called when tho
roll was being taken on the measrtre
Mr. Hums got the, bill. mixed with one
which would" materially benefit corpo
rations at the expense of the people
He asked for the privilege of explain
ing his vote, ne delivered the follow
ing ppeech.
"This is a question that requires the
greatest and the most careful attention
of every Representative in the nouse.
We ' are now voting upon a measure
which, if passed, will allow the people
of this state to be throttled, strangled
and crushed 'bv these inhuman, atro-
ms brutes who are dung fostered
and fed by the federal government, as
well as by nearly every state in the
Union.- They must be restricted in
stead of. being given full rem. I ap
peal to you Representatives To rise as
a man and vote against this measure.
which will aid . these monsters who are
fighting so Sard to grasp and control
this great Oregon, the slate we all love
so v well. " ' What ' are yon talking
about, anywayf " whispered Smith, of
Josephine. This is that -norse-bill.'".
"Oh," said Burns, who fell
back in his seat in tec midst-of a long
sentence about "the avaricious corpora
tions .
A Senate bill came up before the
House of Representatives ' last week
that no one seemed to know anything
about. Representative Bailey asked
ihe speaker for an explanation of, its
contents. - " The speaker ' is ; no ency
clopedia," thundered Mr. Mills; "he
doesn't, know." ' The N Representatives
were too busy -reading the newspapers
to look into the measure, printed copies
f which were on their desks, so it was
indefinitely postponed. Fortunately
the bill was of "no importance. .
Senator Coe has ' been nick-named
"Grandma," by his colleagues. How
ever, they never called him that to his
face. " Th fininr n neeia.clea
and does sometimes resemble some old
grandma of 60 years of age. r; :
! A reporter, on , one -of the .Portland
papers was' hurrying down the hall in
the State .House one day last week,
Vben-he accidentally ran into a' man,
nearly' knowing him down. ; la a sec
ond, the reporter' was almost", on ,5iis
knees begging the pardon of the -gentleman,
who wore a stovepipe hat, long1
der Hellen Made Single Speech -L
tail coat and patent leather shoes and
bad a flower pinned to the lapel of
bis coat. .He had a,. pair of glasses
hanging; on the tip" of his nose and
looked no. wise . and dignified that
the reporter thought he could possibly
be , no one less than . a United States
Senator -or Justice .of the Supreme
"Court.- The Unffel Spates "Senator V
was very indignant and refused to ac
cept the apology. - The reporter, was
dnnfbf ocrnaed. He drew. s picture 'of
the city editor firing aim for so grossly
and- negligently - insulting a United
State Senator. When he had fully
recovered his wits and had determined
to send in his resignation to save him
self tBe;humiUation of ' being "fired,
he ventured to inquire the name of the
United States Senator" and for waat
purpose he was in Oregon. He found,
much to; his surprise, -that the worthy
gentleman had been at the tate
House for five weeks frvTngT"to get a
job as a clerk to post bills in the cal
endar books. i
l' . . . -.
.je pages call fbe Representatives
thV'gummers."- At times during the
session fully ialf of the members of
tbo House could foe seen industriously
working .their molars on a big mouth
ful of-gijm. Here is a secret a, few
of the Representatives cn"ew tobacco.
r K. A. H.
GIVE UP, JCLAIMS
SOUTIffiEN OBXOONIAKS HASTEN
BHUNQUISH HOLDINGS TO I
. " THE GOVERNMENT.
Some Torn, Over Land and rile . for
. Purchase General Skirmish Along
the Line Since the Beginning of Re
; cent Investigations.
f! RANTS PASS, Or.. Feb.- 17. Since
the recent investigations and indict-
nents following the probing of Oregon
and frauds, there has been a general
skirmish on the part of many holders of
timber claims in Southern Oregon -to
relinquish their rights and sell improve
nents to the government. A number
who located as homesteaders, and who
feel they are riot living up to the re
quirements of the law, desire to secure
relinquishments on homesteads, and file
on the fclaims in the regular way for
purchase.
; The relinquishments are far more
general in the matter of homestead en
tries than any other. In years past
claims werWnken up as homesteads by
.1 1 5 - A. M 1 -II! J
me 'mmpie -act oi oniituntr a peu auu
roof for a house and camping a;few
months on the property, in the summer,
more as an outing than for any other
purpose. " These people now realize that
slack methods will not be tolerated in
the future, and' that the claims are
liable to be lost altogether unless they
are cither "homesteaded" in the'real
sense of the" word, or filed on and
bought as claims.
There are a number of cruisers in
this section, with headquarters in
Grants Pass, and these report that the
land fraud rases hive not put a quietus
on the locating business, as might be
supposed, though the class of men now
locating are different entirely from
that of formerly, as the present locat
rs are men who desire the claims for
themselves and not tor speculative pur
poses. Homesteaders findno trouble in
relinquishing and selling their rights
to thesel
BUT FEW FAIL
FORTY-FIVE OUT OF FORTY-NINE
APPLICANTS PASS SUCCESS
FUL. EXAMINATION.
Superintendent E. T. Moores Completes
i Tedious Work of Grading Papers
Complete ' List of Successful Appli-
I cants and Their Addresses.
' Superintendent E. T. Moores yester
day completed the work of grading the
papers of the applicants who on Feb
ruary 8, 9 and 10 took the examination
for conntv teachers' examinations. In
correcting the papers the superinten
derit was assisted by Mrs. Moores and
Prof.. A. W. Mize.
Out of fortv-nine applicants forty
five passed, the names and addresses
of the successful ones being as follows:
K -TFirst Grade. '.
' William A. Schmidt, Salem; William
M. Sanders, Gervais; Pearl Irene Pratt,
Salem; (Mrs. Edna Onflin, aiem; Pat
rick Rowan, Gervais; Dorothy Geer,
Sublimity; Fred O. Seaton, Salem; Mae
Hull, .Salem; lrace BeUinger, Salem;
C. Margaret s Mumm,: Salem. p :
'j-'I rXd 'J Second Grade. :.-;':,'
I Ethef Louise Smith, Silverton Au
drey. HickS, Silverton; Psarl Mishler,
Woodburn; Belle Hemphill, SQverton;
Lillian Ntfwton, Woodburn; Mary Delle
Davenport, Silverton; Ida B. Colby,
Salem; Hazel . Brinkman, Aumsville;
Mae Buddick, .Jefferson. Fred McClard,
Brooks: Acnes C. Lansing. Salem; T.
J. Gill, Salem; Grace L. Shaw, Salem;
Maud Simons, Biekreall; Eeenie E.
JVillard, Salem; Nina J. Bowers, Tur
ner; Angela Smith, woodbnrn; Elisa
beth W. Adams, Aurora, - Wat e Miller,
Stayton. - "
- , Third Grade. , v
! Henrietta Amanda Holverson, Silver-
ton; Edith Hazard, Jefferson; John Jts.
Ross. Silverton; Ella A. llynes, ier-
ais ; Etta Robertson," Turner; Frances
Lambert, Sublimity; A. Adele Aliuer,
Sublimitv: Marv L. Hetrick, Salem;
Birdie. Lonella Blair. Hubbard ; Mattie
E. Cavitt, Salemj May Vercler, balem;
Rett a - Joseph; Woodburn : Jessie - Ellen
Blakely, Silrrrton Bess Gallogly, Ore
gon CSty. "- , . - ' "M -
STATE NEWS ; -
, Lots of Hops This Year.
The hop nerea.e in Polk county will
be Jarge this year and thspring work
in the yards will furnish, employment
for 'many persons.
Rural Tree Delivery.
.V rural free delivery has been estab
lished at Baker t1ty and the lirst trip
of the carrier was made on February
15. v The route covered is 26 ' miles.
" Carriers Will Meet.
i The rural mail carriers of Washing
ton county will have a meeting in
Ilillsboro on the 22d - inst.T- and have
extended an invitation to all who -are
interested in the B- F. D. to be present
What Genrais Offers. :
- Gervais offers inducements along sev
eral lines, and especially that of a den
tist a lawyer and a small bank. . Who
knows of available materil along these
is m f
lineal vterrais,oar., ,
f?. - Bailroad Extension.
On Wednesday a lot 'of plows, scra
pers and other implements were sent
by train to Falls City to begin the
work of extension of the railroad be
yond that point. Dallas temizer.
Quite a Difference.
; A man with a fish pole and line was
seen going in the direction of the river
Wednesday afternoon. If they fish
tack East at this season of the year
they must -i first cut a hole through a
foot or more of ice. Eugene JRegister.
Lecture at State University.
Lieutenant, Car den, who has been in
Europe studying the great industrial
establishments of the Old 'World will
leeture before the Students' Engineer
ing Society of the University of Ore
gon February 7. "The American In
vasion of Europe; or, The Race for
Commercial Supremacy," will be th
subject of the illustrated lecture. '
. Lucky Man.
A. K. Sims, formerly of this -city
and now a resident of Orleans, Indi
ana, tell heir a week or two sago to szs,
000 from an estate of an aunt in Ire
land. Mr. Sims i a nephew of D. L.
Olen of this eity and with Thos. Simp-:
son and the late 11. W. Hicks founded
the Ashland Manuacturing Company.
Ashland lnbune.
Third Attempt.
Thursday at midnight fire was discov
ered in the Strong sawmill, in the
northern part of Corvallis. It had been
set with coal oil in three places, in
the lumber, yards, in the shingle pile
and in tho engine room. The loss is
$11)00, This is the third fire in recent
weeks set with oil. There is no clue
to the incendiary.
Eleven Flunk.
Eleven out of the twenty-four Union
county teachers who have just taken
the examination for state and county
papers failed to pass. There is no
show for any of them to secure schools
until after next August, when they win
be examined. ' The thirteen passing
will bo given schools at almost any
time, as there seems to be a constant
demand for teachers in Union county.
. They Will Not. -
"While riding to his farm near liar-
risburg, D. H. Pierce discovered a small
deer running toward him and it stop
ped within a few feet of bis horse, evi
dently for protection. 3fr. x-ierce Boon
discovered that it was being followed
by a hungry lynx, which the dog soon
treed and it was brought down with a
shot, but gave the dog a hard- battle
before beiniy killed. The deer' was al
lowed to escape. Will Burroughs stu
dents insist that that deer was not rea
soning when it stopped in the presence
L of Mr. Pierce f Moro Observer.
A North Yakima Comment.
If there is anything in those Ore
gon indictments the ground hog is like
ly .to find himself where the Inn does
not shine and where such shadow as
there is will hang over him. ... There
was one good effect in the last cold
spell. By demanding space for reports
of record-breaking temperatures it
shunted off the much-frazzled question
of whether . Teff Davis was really man
acled and the side issure of whether
Gen. Miles behaved as a gentleman
some forty years ago. North Yakima
Republic. :
A Sixty-Eight-Year-Old Smoke.
Benjamin M. Brown celebrated his
GSth birthday Sunday at his home in
Kent. Mr. Brown wa-, surprised about
9 a. m. to hear the clatter of footsteps
made by the approach- o his friends,
who came to remind him that he was
68 years old. An elegant dinner was
served which received ample attention.
The evening before, Mr. Brown re
ceived from his best girl a ekgar about
twelve inches' long made out of Oregon-
grown tobacco. ' Mr. Brown smoked on
this cigar all day. Sunday and has also
been smoking on it througn the week.
Moro Observer.
'i Nearly Twenty Thousand Bales. '
S. H. Friendly, one of Lane county 's
well known hop buyers, furnishes the
Eugene Register with a carefully pre
pared tabulated estimate of the num
ber of bales of unsold hops in the state
which foot np to practically 20,000
bales, or nearly one fourth of the crop.
The market is sluggish, 25 cents being
about the top price. From the follow
ing table the amount of unsold hops in
growers' and ' speculators ' hands in
this state on February 1, 1905, .was: ' ..
; ' :- : : , .-, - , : vBales.
Marion county r ........... . . 6,882
Polk eonnty ; 1,422
Linn county . '. 489
Douglas county .. . ... . ..... , 125
Josephine county; ............-- 466
Lane county A,oao
Yamhill county ........... ..... 11
Washington county . . . . ....... 1,6-6
Clackamas county 324
Held by dealers for speculation. 5,712
' Total unsold in Oregon Feb 1. 19,966
' i Agonizing Bonis. , .
Are instantly relieved, and perfectly
healed, by Bucklen's Arnica Salve." C
Riven bark, Jr., of.Norf slk Va-, writes:
I burnt. ray Jcnes dreadfuuy; that it
blistered : all j over. Bnekletf's Arnica
Salve slipped the pain and healed it
without a- sear."- Also heals an
wounds' rsT sores. - 25 -cents .t Dan.
J. Fry's dreg store. ; .
LEGISLATIVE
LEGERDEMAIN
ADVOCATES ; OF SQUARE-MILE
BILL ARE HUSTLING.
APATHETIC EASTERN SENTIMENT
Proposed Law . Is - the Veiled Steal in
Interest ofv Railroads and.
Cattlemenl
Opposition Declares Socn an Innovation
. Win Injure Agriculturea! Develop
ment of th WestWilL Wltndraw
Great Acreage From Farming.
." Squaxe-mile homestead ' legislation is
being pushed in Congress by." every
means known to legislative legerde
main and whether or not it can be
gotten past tae . conservative though
perhaps apathetic- eastern - sentiment
whijeh views it as a public raid, it must
be (admitted that jits advocates have
made good progress thus far. v -
The billapplyinfi the 640 acre scheme
to South Dakota, was 'favorably report
ed by the House public lands committee
as . jwas alo a' similar bill . applying
square mile entries on the agricultural
lands of Colorado, embracing probably
swiiiie iwWjUuv avrcs. la lilt? ocoiu
public lands . committee, the fight was
closer and the - bill would have been
defeated had not Senator Nelson' with
drawn .his opposition. In this commit
tee the vote was as follows:
Favoring thn square mile bill Hans-
Brotigh, N D.j Clark, Wyo.; . Kearns,
Utaii; Gamble. , S. D.; Dietrich, Xeto.;
Fulton, Ore.; lhtbois, I.lalio.
AjgainKt Banl, Calif.;. Brry Ark.;
Mclhnerj', LiV;'McIyahrin, Miss.; Gib
sonjMont.; Newlan Js, 'Jt'ev. ,
Njot voting Nelson, Minn. .
Itj is not known why Senator Nelson,
whot had announced hLs opposition to
the J -bill, should have- 'withdrawn his
votf and .thus allowed its. favorable re
port!, but it is" understood he may not
fav.r the bill when it cymes up in the
Senate.
1 is claimed by those familiar with
legislation! that with strong minority
reports from both the House and Sen
ate i committees, and' with strong ad
verse reports from the secretary of the
interior and thO commissioner of the
land office, it will be extremely diffi
cult! if not impassible to pass the bdl
so near the end of a short session. How
ever, Congress Oftentimes docs the un
expected. -' - ' '
Opponents of" th? . bill say that 'the
Nebraska Kinkaid act, after which this!
legislation . is - modelled, . has failed to
warranr any faytirable conclusion it
has not been in "operation long enough
to demonstrate 'anrthmg. Others op
pose the bill because they say that
under 'the liinXaid law big eattlemen
in Nebraska have caused their cow.
boVr to make en fries tofa. section each,
and' that after uslng-it for a time the
land itself will eventually fall into the
haads of, the cattlemen.
The National Irrigation association
is also, opposing the bill on the ground
that it will hurt the 'extension of small
private immigration works,- and of irri
gation under the- aatumal irrigation act,
and will effectually . withdraw, great
acreage from agricultural - operations
which would otherwise be'devcloped by
improved farming processes and - the
introduction of arid. land crops br the
department or agriculture.
It is further claimed to be, as far as
Colorado is concerned, a railroad
seaeme, allowing for the combination
and control of very large tracts of gov
ernment railroad grant lands with but
a bare pretense of settlement. , !
By applying snch a law to the pub
lic lands located within railroad grmts,
where the alternate sections are owned
by the railroads," said Georgo H. Max-
welli executive chairman of the N'a
tional Irrigation association." ono man
and j three of his cowboys ?ould ertcr
each a Rquare mile of government land.
and (with the railroad lands on all Sides
secure a compact body of thirteen sec-
lions, or 8,30T acres. By including
within their tract a, leased school sec
tion they could control ' 10,830 hcres.
Stok concerns consisting of but four
cattlemen, each employing throe cow-
boysi to, make entries, would be able to
thusfenee a single tract of from 33,000
to 40,000 acres. -
Such a Land Raid Not Warranted. -
rThe enactment of the (Kinkaid 640-
acre law for western, Nebraska was
probably a tremendous mistake r.n the
part j of the government. Thirty year
ago doubtless everybody would have fa
vored such a law for wesern Kansas.
Today the splendidly, increasing farm
development of that secfn shows
whaffa mislake it would have been. To
apply this ilan to other sections of the
. i - i i 1 1 . i Y
westiwnen we are just on tne tnresnoia
of the successful exploitation of the
great semi-arid belt, and thus condemn
that j region to perpetual stockgrazing,
would be, in my opinion, little short of
a crime The 'haste with which this
legislation is being sought is ground
for: the most careful 'consideration by
Congress. Congress , could v make , no
mistake in applying some' of its ' eld
time conservatism in any proposed leg
islation for the benefit of western- arid
lands, especially when, there is a strong
suspicion that the movement is favoted
by the great land and stock ' interests
of the west." ' ; ' ; '
DriTing out the Enemy. ' "
These are the days of colds, sharp
and r sudden, - attacking ' throat sail
lungs, and leading; to consequences one
does not like .to - think about. Avoid
further exposure and fight the enemy
of health and comfort with Perry Da
vis', painkiller the. family stand-by; for
sixty years... : It conquers a cold in a
day! See that, you get the right article-
There is out ne Painkiller, Per
ry. Davis. .'Uv ; . 'v-u...
: oettlng:,Wealthy.',;: J''
" C,. n. Waymire, a former Perrydale
blacksmith, has invented a carpenters'
tool similar to a square that is bringing
him in a fortune, he having already
sold. several state' rkzhts 'at -a -cood fig-
i ores. Itemizer. , , ''"f-'.T,
(Q)Hr ! Mj Ste fes
Are nourjug m 'daily'- Tlie latest creations inJSnits and Cloats the latent prolacfof the most clevrr
designers in the. "Fashion Centers" of the world. The daintiest neckwear in the greatest profusion,
and everything new," original and most desirable in ladies furnishings, will soon bo on exhibition.
Below wo quote a few items of more than ordinary interest. "
Spring ";;
Underwear
Maco Cotton, Extra Lisle, Silk and
Cotton, Silk and Lisle, Plaited Silk,
Pure Silk, sleeveless short sleeves
and long sleeves, knee ' and ankle
lengths. Tights open and closed.
-k . . . . . ' - Ml .
regular ana : oaa .sizes. i ne biobi
complete line of Ladies', Misses and
Children's Underwear.
Ask for No.c547
The greatest value shown. JUC
Men's
Furnishings
Spring's most approved advance
styles are shown'here in great-profusion.
The largest stock in the
city to select from and at prices
that are the lowest to be found. V
GOLF SHUtTS All the new cloths
in all desirable colors, with or with
out cuffs attached ........91 to 2
Neglige SKirts
All kinds and colors, 0e and up.
' FANCY HOSE For men.- It may
be a little early to announce spring
Hosiery, but we have 'cm, including
the new fancy tans.1 See them.
YouH buv. ; V
Boys' Sweaters
Our line of boys' sweaters was
never so complete as now. All the
newest effects weaves, and color
combinations are here iu all sizes,
both plain and fancv.
75c to $2.25
Hosiery
New Spring lloisery foT women and
Misses. All the latest styles in
plain and fancy effects. The justly
celebrated Stainless Onyx Black.
from Lord & Taylor of New York.
New Gauze,' Traces' and' Tine Idstf
and Silk Hosiery just opened. New
Leather Colors, Old Blue. Navy,
White, Champagne and the largest
line of Blacks in all wanted styles.
BILL IS MISSING
HEEMANN8 ANTI-BUCKET SHOP
MEASURE IS LOST IN
THE SHUFFLE.
During the Bush of Last Hours of Ses
sion Was Laid Aside With Many
Others by President Kuykendall
East Seen of It. ,
Whether stolen with malice afore
thought or whether it just "became
lost" during tho busy moments attend
ing the last hours of tho session is not
known to a certainty. But Hermann's
bill to abolish bucket shops has disap
peared and the most thorough- search
on fhe part of the legislative officials,
who are responsible for its safe, keep
ing, has failed to unearth it. The meas
ure, found its way safely through the
House and came. up for third reading
before the Senate during the last two
hours of session, was set aside because
it was thought unimportant and would
cnosume too ranch valuable .time in de
bate, and that is the last that has been
heard of it. It is said, however,. that
those who had the last to do with the
bill have a pretty good idea of what
became of it. . " ' j i
The Senate had adopted a resolution
to adjourn.at 8 o'clock in the evening
and had taken a recess from 5 until 7
o'clock. There was more than a score
of bills on the clerk's desk up for third
reading and final action and it was
deemed necessary that this great bunch
be "weeded out' if the resolution to
adjourn was-to be Jived up to the let
ter.. Accordingly,, during the brief in
terim .between the arival of the mem
bers of the Senate afer luncheon and
the , hour set for the evening session,
President , Kuykendall, Chief Clerk
Moorhead '.and several of the members
of the Senate, went through the list
very carefully, and selected therefrom
those which were of the most impor
tance iand would likely take up . the
least time in the way of resistance upon
the .floor, and the others were laid
aside. Hermann's anti-bucket shop
bill happened to be among this latter
class and that was the last sseew of it,
so far as the author, and those who are
directly intereted in it are concerned, j
Its disappearance 'was not discovered,
until," desiring "to know what had.be-1
eome of his pes measure in the upper
house, Beoresentative Harmann went
into the Senate chamber Saturday af
ternoon to make inquiries as to its
disposition. The - list of rejected bills
was carefully cheeked up but the miss
ing bill wa no to be found. ' The
seareh was not' givenup, however, as
Mr. Hermann was very anxious to learn
of Jts real fate, until Late in the after
noon whtn the. story of its loss gradually-leaked
out. No particular . sig
nificance is, attached to the disappear
ance of th. bill by President'Knyken
dall," or those who had to do with the
I Ladies
ASANCE SPEINO STYLES
All that's new and good can be -found
here in a variety from which you can
select one to your liking. ' The new;
garments 'are remarkable examples of
the designer's art, made up in the most
fashionable materials - ?"
SECOND FLOOB.
Newest In.
Veilings
Any eoldr you can wear" sums up
the style situation in veiling matters
this season. Colored veilings on dis
play in veiling department in vast pro
fusion All marked at the fairest
of prices. . '-
One and one half yard lengths in white.
black, blue, mode, brown, for 50c, 60c,f
75c, 85c to $1.25. Two and one half
yard lengths in white, black, navy and
brown, np to 92.00.
. VEILINGS BY THE YABD.
in colors Black, .White, Navy Brown,
lireen and Tan. '...- ,
25c7 50c and' 65c
New Spring
See the extra values, equal to some 10c
goods shown elsewhere.- Twenty-five
pieces of the newest effects in all styl
ish and . wanted colors.
EXTRA SPECIAL
6 l-4c yd
assortment : of the bills. They scout
the idea of its having been stolen. , It
was pretty well understood that there
was strong, opposition "to the passage of
the measure and that it would have met
H5 a.- v.j - c-
final consideration before the Senate,!
after lengthy and useless debate.
Be it said Jo the credit of the Twen
ty-third Legislative Assembly that this
is the first and only one of about 600
bills to have been introduced during
the session, that has been lost, and this
loss is not considered a eriou one under
the circumstances. Senator Wright's
bill to regulate the practice of den
tistry in this state, however, was lost
track of for a few. days during the
a-.ASi.
GOLD CEOSS LOST.
Emblem of Orthodoxy, Worn by Ser
gius. Cannot Be Found.
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. IS. The
several orders and ' decorations with
which Grand Duke lergius' -breast was
covered at the time of his assassination
fell at the feet of a sentry one hundred
yards away. Sergius' sword wss shat
tered but the jewelled rings he wore
were recovered from spectators of the
outrage, who picked them up. .The gold
cross which the Grand iiuke, like all
orthodox, wore around his neek, next
to his body, was not recovered.' The
Grand Duchess Elizabeth has issued a
piteous appeal, to the public to sesrch
for and return the re-ltfe53"": ..': ,
BIG PENSION BILL.
House Makes - Ample . Provisions
Country's Pensioners. .
for
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18-The House
passed the pension appropriation bnl
carrying ia, 285,200. The minority
led by Underwood, made an ineffectual
effort . to reduce the aggregate appro
priation so as to exclude pensions al
lowed under"order a. 78," which,
it was stated, involves bout f40u,000.
It was. contended that the order was
witout the authority of the law. The
minority - insisted" J that a- majority
shiuld bring in service pension bilLThe
bill passed in the xonn in which it
came from the committee. Under a
special rule, the House today pissed
about fifty-five private bills. Acljourn'
men t. was taken lo noon tomorrow, t
eariy part ot xne last weea or tne ses-i rtaiera, aiier several weics or ie
sion. j For a time it was thought that strained anxiety, can nt List covigratu
an oponent had secured possession of late herself ujon the good ln.-k of lic
it through some manner of means, and quiring a $70,000 e impropriation for tho
had raado away with it. There was an erection of new buildings H.r tho State
nnnsually strong lobby against the pass- School for Mutes. While it ir.ay Ix
age of thi bill, and, as Senator Wright gaij that Salem is not given that
had staked all of his hopes on securing amount, it is almost the same thin?, a
the adoption of it he hunted high and tho mone will t lhi)l city for
lowforJt, only to find, after much the purchase of the budding materials
ZKFilZttXirl& ffi and labor hire. The s.nate' j.r.lay
one of the private stenographers had . . J, J
inlvertently cached .t awayjn the jf,V" .tl fi. ' Y "T"
drawer of her desk and had come across iV - tth.,K '-T to.,tha
it when looking through- her papers. 1 f1" ' the whool, w.th directions
The Hermann bill had for its purpose' ?. cr the buildings which are rcces
th abolishment of aU places, commonly wtated ty theprent con!il itu. 1ov.
called bucket shops, wherein all stdeks, er,lo,r Chamberlain hn not starec posi
Injnds, etc., were sold for speculative tively that-he will not veto the bill,
purposes only and prohibited the rieal-; but ucl action is very nulikely.
ing in all such stocks or bonds without? ' Fifty-one acre of state land, lying
the property so bought or sold being south of Beservoir hill, Viavs Leen de-ctaally-
delivered to the purchasers, eided upon as a site for the nc-v tiilld
There wasa strong fight against! it in Dif" which bo erected either tlis
the Senate, after its passage in the spring or summer. This will bring tbn
House, and lf " said to have been " institution nearer Salem. As is well
doomed to defeat in the upper body. I known,, mutes learn moro :i;iy viien
Spring
Dress Goods
Arriving daily. Our stock now is al
niosteomplete. The showing is the
grandest ever displayed in this' city.
Below' we mention a few items of in
terest to those planning spring garments-
--
Priestley's Blacks
An extensive variety of this celebrated
manufacturer's product to select from
75c to S2.60
NEW CBAVENETTES
NEW FIQTJBED CHXTTON '
NEW WALSTINa PLAIDS
NEW BETTiT.T ANTTNE3
ETC, ETC, ETC.
Fijured. Foulards
A very popular fabric for spring wear.
-B flgt assortment of foulards with
ww uois.
Foulards
colors .
with" polka
dots In wanted
70c to Sl.f0
Wash Goods
The season 's best offerings are now on
display in our domestic section. Values
best ever shown.
OALETEA CLOTH The popular clol'h
for children's wear 8af?u lininh, plain
striped and figured effects. .... 1 10 2-3c
FLAEX SUITINGS 27 inches wiJe in
Blue, Ureen, Navy, Gray ..ISc
CHECKED VOILE with cmbroi dered
dot iu Blue and Wuite, Black and
While, Oreeti ard -WlfTIe, Brown and
White.' "An elegant valu ........25c
JACQUABD PONGEE is a most at
tractive and successful imitation of
Oriental Pongree silk is shown in lloyal.
Navy, . and trown - with wtilte figured
effects .. ...... .... .... .. ..20c
O " Jl f TJlf Tsf AF.TTO
A I f flf 1 T IV I i Pi 1
lVVX
1 1
. --rr . r.T,.TrTT
LEGISLATIVE ACTION PEOVXDINa
FOB DEAF-MUTE SCHOOL WILL
MEAN BIG EXTEND ITU HE.
" ' . . . i. .
DB,tt wu 8 BPcni ia Jaicn
Its Cltuens, Merchants and Manu
facturers Being Benefited Thereby
School on Beservoir Hill Beservation.
a
iney are given every cpoortuuity for
observation , and exp'ri.;n?e. The -w
location near Salem will pnvidu this
opportunity. .By toe i.rraui-ni n t
which now obtains for bringing pupils
info the city for cxperi-n-e nnd tb
servation a student is enabled to -qaire
these essentials nly ohce in rix
weeks. v
The, committee appointed by the
Legislature to investigate the iefditn
tion stated in its report "thkt t:.e sum
of $70,000 would provide fof a i-iodem
and up-to-date plant , in a uitbl lo-
canon. Of this, fi3,000 coifld be ued
for the construction' of a buil ling and
us equipment and f5,000 ior the ii.r-
enase of a. site. These figures vert- -derived
from, the conclusions tiered af
ter long discussion before ihe. eirfor-
enee of superintendents sn principals
or scnoois for the deaf in tho United
Mtatcs ad Canada at severjul of their
joint sessions within the past tn vci-"
and haying been modified everaj
times."
woodhnrnites Object to a. "Hunch.".
. A little snow and cold wciither ntnu-k
nim nrruoii iat r ruiay. jl lie lormcr
soon'disappeared, buf the eold, or what
we call cold, about sixteen dearer--
aJove, clung oa for a fetv days? It,
was unusual and raado some! of our den
izens walk faster to keeo the bh,c,J in
circulatioc. It is a weir known fact
that a few Woodburn itcN feriou-. -Object
to getting a " hunch?' ou tl.t-r s-Selves.-
-They have len spoiled I t
good weather, and a little cold of.ii'.M i i
handy to show them that tkr ar- i, r
yet -in paradise. or .out, of ilhe vl!:
woods. V.'oo.l! urd In !
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