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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1905)
vmmLY czzzaoit statesman, feiday, aphtl 7. i&cs. -i r- - i fnblisbed every Tuesday anJ Friday by the STATESMAN rtTBLISHXNa COICPAJfT . .BCBaCWFTIQjr KATE& ' LvrJES.?1 ? ...................... Three months, In advanes... Ourer, en lUae.....,,... ......... ........ .24 The Statesman hu been established fbr nearly gttfHwojreM and U hM wiu rabNribcn who b ar receired it nearly that lon. and but ebJe to bavtaf U paper dbrxm tinned tbe Ume of expimUon of their sansertpUoas. or th benefit of these, and for other reason i k 5? WQxxHnu sabcnpuon vnij wnen ntiMa to do so. A" person paring when wubucrHmg . or paylnc ia adTHDoe, will doaot per i"T tix months. Um rat will b 11 9 a Tear. Hereafter wa will MnA th . n responsible a they may not scad the money, with the nndcrai lug tbatthey are to pay (1-25- year, la eaaa they let b nbcrlpUon account ran over six Months. In order that there may be no mlma Jersundin;. we will keep this notice atacdiaf at this place fa the paper. j . TUX- CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000 c0 1 "Portland is afraid it will be cajlled tbe "bill board eity." It hardly pays to call names, ao we refrain. Tbe bop market remains in statu juo, Tt. A L - I W . 1 . auub nuu uare uasea tneir nopesi on a rise in tbe price hare lost no faith as yet, and still prophesy a demand that will not be stayed. - The first exhibits are beinig installed in the Lewis and Clark fair at Portland For get-up-early and getting-tbereton time, Oregon will show the rest of the world jl thing or two. What with wool, mohair and wheat at flood prices, hops , still short injtb worm, ucmana xor iruits increasing, and a good crop of all coming on, Ore . gon farmers may well smile joyfully at the future. The talk of barring Japanese irnmi gration, into the United State islnoi only untimely, but unbecoming. The Jap makes too good a citizen and is too much of a go-ahead neighbor to be .. barred from any place. Republican .should certainly - feel grateful to the Democrats who have now decided to re-elect Roosevelt unan imously in 190S. , However, ther is doubt if even Roosevelt would bo the choice of the Republicans for a thir term, and the democrats would. prob aiiy. una themselves in the minority again. lyow that the referendum on the gen eral appropriation bill seems to bo ide manded, employes of tbe state find the credit of the state at iust 90 tcr ient notwithstanding the treasury is full! of money. If this appropriation billl is turned down by the people in the elec Hon of 1906, what is to hinder doing the same thing with the next appropri ation bill to pay these same accounts! If captured, no punishment should be held too severe for the miscreants who have twice attempted to wreck tbe ov erland flyer near Aloany. He who would put human life in jeopardy for private gain should be hanged the same as the murderer whose act was proven premeditated. Many of the crimps hf our calendars have not aequate punish went on our statute books. Khips of the Oregon das are never quitters. The good old Oregon of the Portland Kan Francisco route, a ship which has done service for any years, weathering many a storm along tie coast, after suffering the' ravages jf lire which damaged her very materially, but which put into Kureka and saved her passengers and crew and much of her cargo, has now been repaired and will resume her run. The new canal commission is made up t)f seven members, it is true, but it .. is evident that three of the seven, to be called the "executive committee,," will do the work. With tbe work divid cd between, these three as outlined in the president 'js instructions, each hav inj a specific pan of the work to per form, there may now bo some hope thai this work will be carried on. "What is everybody's business is nobody's business,' and "Too- many cooks spoil but. they are unquestionable truths just the same. . I Tired Out I -was very poorly and could hardly get about tbe house. I was tired out all the time. Then 1 tried Ayers Sarsaparilla, and it only took two bottles to make me feel perfectly well." j Mrt.N.S. Swinney, Princeton, Mo. Tired when you go to bed, ti red when you get up, tired all the time. Why? Your blood is im pure. You are living on the border line of nerve exhaustion. You need Ayer's Sarsaparilla. , , SMS a too. Atlsrnrb Ask ytmr doctor what ba thiaas of tfchi rrand old famUv medicine, ioltow hia IdTicg and we wfll be aatfrfled. Take Ayer's Pills with tbe Sarsa. parilla. They act on the liver, cure biliousness, headache.constiparion. J. C. AYES CO., Lowen, uwa. MAY OPEN COMPETITIVE UNZ3. ,l porcnaa . by- WUliam , Nelson Cromwell of the remaining 275 shares of toek of t'ne Panama Railroad.Com paijy and . his delivery thereof to . the United States -government was one of those occasional i acta of ! patriotism that keeps n alire to the fact f that all great men of tbe country are not actuated by absolutely sordid motives in their every act. -appreeiaong the necessity , of y the ownership of this railroad by the gor- erament, President Eoosevelt asked the eobgress to authorize 5jim to secure the eoqfrol of this stock through pur chase, but that body failed to act on the measure. Mr. CromwelL who is one of New York City's mot eapable and prominent . attorneys-atdaw, bad auted the government to seeure posses sion of the original 728 shares pur chased, and; after congress adjourned be,; appreciating, as stated, the abso lute necessity of the government's owning the ' remainder, secured , and purchased the outstanding 275 shares, and now holds them to the govern ment's order. The patriotism of this act will be more thoroughly appreciated when it is understood that Mr. Cromwell re f u.ed to accept any compensation for this service,! giving the stock to tie government 'at its actual eost. The thanks of tbe president to Mr. Crom wen, so graciously extended, were therefore well merited. The necessity for the government's owjirng this stock will be apparent when it is appreciated that tbe gov ernment, while exercising control of the road, yet could not operate it ex cept to a profit for the interests of all stockholders alike. Failure to so nave done would have given reason for pri vate stockholders to apply for an in junction and receivership in the conrts of jthe state of New York, by virtue of whjose laws the charter exists. iv'ow, however, that the government has entire ownership and 'control ol that great via of communication, there k is to dope that it may be opened up so general traffic that it will act as a reg ulator of transcontinental freight rate. The government will no longer operate toe road in the interest of one steiiinship corporation, and the result will be that other lines at steamers will Boon ply the waters of the East ern Pacific rn opposition to the Pacific Mail, weich has nad a monopoly ol the coast trade for so many years. In the past this line of steamers has sim ply! acted so as to keep other compa nieS out of the field in the interest of thc transcontinental railroads, oi which it was an integral part, doing the transport of the Mexican and Cen- tral American coast at usurious prices 1 of freights to them, and by owning the. Panama road, or by virtue of its con tract therewith, effectively keeping out all competition. Itj is truly to be hoped the end ot this condition has now omc, and that I the Panama railroad will be the con necting link between many lines of vessels, competing for the carrying trade of the west with the transconti nental roads, a condition that will bf j greatly beneficial to tne agricultural and icommercial interests of the entire P 'arific -coast. STATE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE. Thie next meeting of the Oregon de velopment league which will occur at Portland on April 26 and 27, will be made, up of delegates from fifty-two! local! leagues throughout the state. inps league was formed last year, nd trhile the first meeting apparently accomplished little, yet it put things. into; shape for the excellent work Of organization which has taken place all over Oregon, 'loday tbe local Jeaeues mentioned are each in touch with the needs of its community, ana the dele gate therefrom will go to Portland prepared to recommend joint aetion that i will lead to results. The work of the local commercial or ganizations of the past year is bring ing actual results to each and every district of the state now. Railroad of ficials are pernaps better prepared than any lone else to tell as just what result are being achieved, because they see L . .. .. them in tangible form in the number of immigrants that are arriving over their various lines from all parts of the worn. XSot a transcontinental roaa oui J ... . a a A is handling more immigrant -business int! Oregoa that ever before, and every one I of the roads is contemplating ad ditUnal train service to accommodate the .rapidly increasing westward traffic What has caused this great wave of human movementf . Can any one doubt for a moment! Can any one question that it is the actual result of judieionr advertising of this state and its re sonrjeesf Or will any one question that the commercial organizations, of the state, now; members of the Oregon De velopment League, have been tbe great est factors ia properly . "disseminating the advertising matter which has fallen on receptive soil? . J I If, therefore, the work already done, I and yet w must admit much of it hat I bee f a very, desultory nature, Has I accomplished so much, bow much morel should the work of ihe present year I unng. im icwia ana usra nir nms i unquestionably been the greatest adver-1 tisisg card ever played by the state, but .without tbe full cooperation of all thai commercial organization. f th.lh. " ; ---- BABV TUCKER'S WONDERFUL CURE Covered from Head to Foot with Humours Forty Boils on Head ' tt One Time Doctors and Drug -Bills $100Baby Grew Worse. CURED BY CUTICURA FOR FIVE DOLURS Mrs, George H. Tncker, Jr., 335 Greenfield Arenne, Milwaukee, Wis., is a srateful toother. ' When six months old," she says, my little girl weighed a pound and a half less than at birth. When one month old a scab formed on her face, spreading until it completely covered her from head to foot, followed by boils, having forty on her head at one time, and more on her body. Then her akin started to a -a . a dry up, ana it oecame so oma sne could not shut her eyes to sleep. One month's treatment with Cuticura Soap aud Ointment made a complete cure, and now my child is as large, strong, and healthy as any child of her acre. The doctor's and drug bills were over one hundred dollars, and my baby rrew worse all the time. Then we spent less than fire dollars for Cuti- curs ana curea ner. CimCDRA A BLESSING To Skin-Tortured Babies and Tired, Mothers. The suffering which Cuticura Soap and Ointment have alleviated among the young, and the comfort they have afforded worn -out and worried parents. have led to their adoption in count less homes as priceless curatives for birth humours, milk crust, scalled head, eczemas, rashes, and every form of itchine. scaly, pimply skin, and scalp humours, with loss of hair, of infancy ana cnuanooa. ivuaranteea absolutely pure. Catlrara Soap, Olntmvat, aad PDU, told tfcroagheat tm wor Hi. rvmr umt m um. ff. wmm, bom state, the Lewis and Clark fair could never have prognosticated such a suc cess as now it is evident that fair will be. Tbe thing to do now, therefore, in view of the present outlook, is for the meeting of the league at Portland! to be so generally attended that its ac- tion may prove one of greatest influence gun. Kuch subjects should be discussed and considered there as will farther the worlr vchih 1.. Wn V rwl . ... . , I .cague snouui map om ana plan a cam- paign that will ..nag to Oregon all tbe I fruits of ihe fair. Xo visitor to Ore-1 sron should be allowed to go away, who I will not go as a propagandist of the Oregon movement. No newspaper cor respondent should ever write a uie that would not be commendatory of tbe state. Many safeguards will be neces sary to guarantee 'this. Portland, as the Mecca of a great pilgrimage, will be responsible for much of this, as ber treatment of the visitors will have Tiueh to do with their impressions. One of the most important of the duties of the state development league will be to consider this question of courtesy to Oregon's guests. Many other things of equal importance will come before that body, and its success should have much bearing on the future of Oregon. WHO IS INSANE? The article, in Leslie's magar.ine for April by Dr. Stephen Smith, Jate com missioner in lunacy of : the state of New York, on "Who Is Insane" is one of the most timely and interesting ar tides of recent magazines. Tbe article is timely because really the ra'pidly in creas.ing number of persons being sent to our asylums for the insane is getting to be one of the greatest of all our economic questions. Ibe demands of these institutions are becoming so bur - densome on the taxpayers that the ques tion naturally arises, "What is the remedy" " Its answer is suggested by Dr. Smith in his article which calls for more scientificstudy of the question of mental derangement and of develop ment of curative methods to replace the presen't custom of isolation and confine ment. " The question asked by Dr. Smith, one to answer. As the old Quaker said to bis neighbor, 'Everybody is queer but thee and me, and thee's a little queer." So it is with insanity. Who if one's acquaintances is without his idiosyneracy; f bis peculiarity? How any, under, complaint, could pass an examination before a physician and a eourt, if the attorney for be prosecu tion were but adroit in his questions f That many are sent to the asylum who are not demented, nor insane to tbe point of (" being dangerous to be st large," no one doubts; but do present methods in our institutions Tiring those eura'tive methods into play which would soon lead to the discharge of all who are bat a little queer? Do they not rather "oftentimes ; tend to accentuate the malady f If, therefore, Dr. Smith's artiele will aid to bringr eat the proper stndy of tbe question irom a aamanitanaa stand- point, looking to a scientifie treatment lc oi those suffering from derangement of I the -functions of the neura, Jt will ! ii.i.. -.-1. 'V - x- v- ftwu. ina nctitious signatures to eromea- IS SHROUDED ' IN DARKNESS LITTXS KSTOWK OP FBOOBESS MADE BY GRAND JURY. CZXEBBATZD XAKD CASE IS UP Thorough Investigation Being' Made of Pnter Xnd Transactions ' With Stas. I Many Witnesses Subpoenaed and Be ing Examined But Ko Besults piven Out Bettered That Wright and Monte Murder Case Will Come Next. The state grand jury bas buckled down to work, in earnest now, and every available working boar of tbe day is being utilized to cover as much ground as possible consistent with ac curacy and detail. District Attorney MeXary, ones that' he is started in, s determined to . carry tbe investigation through with regard to every little de tail that bas any significant bearing niton tbe ease. Isotarng can be learned, either from him or anvbodr else, as to whar progress is being made, if any at all. It is known, or practically so, that thff'ease at bar now is that of the state against 8. A. D. Puter and bis cohorts in the latest fraudulent land transaction, in whieb be attempted to procure 3200 acres of school land from tae state by means of applications made by loeaf parflPs, all of whom were obliged to make oath to tbe am davit attached to each application. In this ease not only Puter is '.in rolved, but all of the nine local parties who were used as .cat's pa wsj th rough the aeeney of Basil Wajrner. to furth er his rnleTests in his object in view, including Basil himself, wno has not been seen for several weeks since the trouble occurred, and his whereabouts are not generally known. It is proba ble, however, that pistrict Attorney McNary is aware of his location, and that he will put Tn an appearance be fore the. gTanTT"Jury when the proper time arrives. Putctr the prineifiaj in tbe deal, is la Portland, and can be found whenever his presence is de sired, as he stands convicted of con spiracy to defraud tbe government of lands,' and could not very well 'get away should be so desire, aft he is kept under close surveillance by the- federal authorities, A number of witnesses , have been subpoenaed for this investigation, an much of tbe testimony of a minor char acter has been already secured. All of the nine local parties who were in duced by Wagner to make, application for land for Peter have been in attend anco every day since the jury convened I and have been called upon separately at different times. These are H. A Smith, K. lu 1'enton, 8. Jfostcr, K McFarland, David Steele, It. L. Has- kc D gnjith an1 JL c Kan,lau There was one otner. II. J. Van de'Bo cart, mixed uo in the deal, but he has taken his departure to California and will probably not ajpear, as it is not absolutely essential to the case that he should so far as his testimony would go, which, at best, would be but cor roborative of that given by the others. Besides these subpoenaes have been served upon George Korenson, promi nentlv identified with Puler in bis state and government land dealings; D. W. Tarpley, State Land Agent Os wald West, Justice of the Peace 11. II. Turner, Attorney Charles Lennon, Boy rnillips and A. A. Cunningham The testimony of fjan Agent west is merely of an omciai nature, ror me purpose of verifying the records in his office; that of Mr. Cunningham, who is paying teller of the Iadul tt Hush bank, to the identuieation of the drafts which were issded bv the bank and with which the several applicants made their final payment for the land sought and tbe identification of the signatures and handwriting of Puter , to same while, so far as is known, that of Roy Phillips is merely of an indirect character since he has never been, im plicated in the land matters, even to that extent heretofore. It is als quite probable that Attorney-General Craw ford, Governor Chamberlain, clerk of the stand land board, G. G. Urown, Sec retary Dunbar and Treasurer Moore, and all other officials connected with the land department will be called be fore the jury to- give testimony of an official nature in the light of the in vestigation before the case is disposed of. THis, however, signifies nothing be yond the pursuance of a thorough in vestigation of the -state s system of disposing of lands for the benefit' of the jury. It is presumed, without attempt to gain a confirmation, that the testimony of tk'e nine parties named who made application for the purchase of the land for Pnter will be of the same char acter as the affidavits which were made HefTir tKo altirn.v.frpn.ra1 ' tiv T? u n f II and McFarland when the whole plot was exposide by the state officials. These affidavits were to the effect that each of the applicants had been ap proached by :. Basil Wagner with the proposition to make application for the purchase of the land, 'that they con sented to do so and followed his in structions in filing their applications, even to telling the clerk of the board to deliver their , certificates over to Wagner, and , signing . an assignment blank jn two places, when they were met in the lower corridor of the state house by Puler, who . told them that they bad a one-tenth interest in the land and that if they did not want to keep tbe land he would pay them cash for their interest, which they all' ac cepted and received $20 each. - 1 '. . Although it is probable that the tes timony being taken now pertains ex clusively to that ease, it is quite pror able that the jury's investigation will not be allowed to, stopVat that, bat will review the State land dealings with Puter and other menr for a period of several years back and, in that event, some interesting developments may be' looKea for, as the state land board, at oovernor Miaroberlaia as a mem- be', threatens to take s Jjj faduren"6., if-r, inreaiens 10 iaae steps , to cancel were procured ,uca Ioreed tions. This means that hundreds of thousands ' of acre of valuable timber land would revert to the state, .besides the money which has been paid for it would be declared forfeited and, pos sibly, bring on an endless amount of litisgtion. , . As the sentence of Harry Wright, who is serving three years in Toe Wal la Walla penitentiary for grand lar ceny, will expire on the 17th of this month, it is douEtless the intention of District'Attorney McNary to get to his ease as soon as possible, and it will probably be. taken up the first thing after the conclusion of the Puter land fraud investigation. Harry Wright, with Charlie Monte, -who is serving six years in the Oregon penitentiary for grand larceny also. under the name of W. Bennett, stands open to the charge of murder ia the first degree upon sus picion of having Tarnished Tracy and Merrill with the weapons with which tbey effected "tneir notorious escape from the penitentiary two yarn ago after killing the three guards Frank FerrelL 13T B. T Jones and B, T. Tif fany. - ' ' '- -' , TRACK MEN BUSY ATHLETES PREPARING FOR BIQ INTERCOLLEQIATES AT FAIR GROUNDS IK jlTNE. Four College Teams Will Be in Fine Fettle for Big Contests Lovers of Sports Will Have Chance to Enthuse and See Oood Contests. " It will be a red tter day on June in Tvnr. nf runic and fil,l at h. leticsof Oregon when the miiHcle, brawn and speed or the state gather at the state fair grounus to ao contest xor in- tercollegiate honors. This is the date that will probably be selected by the Intercollegiate Ama teur Athletic Association of Oregon for the big athletic tournament that is already arranged for. The mate ter of date' will bo definitely settled within a couple of weeks, Track athletics flourished in Western Oregon in the good old days when the big annual meet on the state fair grounds . drew visitors from all parts of Oregon. ' Five years ago the league was dissolved, but it was recently re organized, and partial arrangements have already been made- for the June meet. The four colleges which .corn prise tbe new organization are the Uni versity of Oregon, the Oregon Agricul tural college, Pacific university and Willamette university. These Institu tions will all be represented by strong well -oadu'd teams, and competition will be sharp in every event. The association has decided to award a handsome trophy cup to the team win ning the most points, and gold, silver and bronze menals will be awarded to winners of first, second and third -laces in the various events. The old associa tion, which was organized in lH'JZ, hel six intercollegiate meets, live of which were won by the Univermtv of Ore gon and one by the agricultural col lege. The four teams that will participate in tbe June meet are already in train ing. At . Willamette, Coach Keeler has his string of men hard at work, and far advanced in their preparation for the big meet. The coach i satisfied that the men will make a good showing in the intereollegiates and hopes to wn several firsts, although he does not an ticipate winning the first place In the meet. At the state university, Captain Hug has a squad of some thirty men, who are doing light work, preparatory to the arrival of Trainer "Hill" Hay ward, who spends the greater portion of bis tune assisting Trainer V alter Christie at the University of California. Hay ward is due in Kugene within a few days, and indications are that be will liave a much stronger team than last year. Oregon will have several meets besides the championsh event at 8a lem. At Oregon Agricultural college, Phv sical Director Trine has a large squad or . men at work. A number of cross country runs have been held, and some fine material has been developed for the long-distanee runs. In Williams and Smithson, the agricultural college has a fast pair of sprinters, and Trine will no doubt have good men in all the events. , "Dad"j Moulton, of Stanford fame, will train the athletes of Pacific univer sity. Pacific won tbe state champion ship last year, and although Gilbert, the crack pole- vaulter and hurdler, is not n college this spring, the team is strong n a number of the events. Gates and Fletcher, in the long runs; Peterson, the sprinter, and Prideanx, the hurdler, can be counted on to win many toints for Pacific. Willamette's strength is of'nnknown quantity, but rumor has it that Coach Keller is going to turn out some surprises. , . As the Pacific Northwest champion ship games will be held in Portland Turing the month of June, shortly after the close of the intercollegiate season, it has been suggested that some of the best athletes of tbe valley colleges run under the colors of the Multnomah Club. The best athletes tf the Univer sity of Washington will run under the colors of the Seattle Atairtic Club, and it is understood that some of the rraek men , from Idaho and Pullman will be found in the ranks of the team from the Bnokane Athletic Club. If Multnomah wrawa upon Oreiron. or van is ana i-aeme lor the best ath letes in these institutions, Seattle and L- 1- : 1 1 i . i ' WANTS STAT. OF PROCEEDINGS. CINCINNATI, April 4 Judge Wing, counsel ror Airs. Cassie L. Chadwick, appeared before Jndges Lur'ton, fiever ens and Richards in the United Btates eirciut court of appeals ia this city to day and moved that ber sentence be stayed until the United States circuit eourt of appeals shall have heard ber appeal, or antil final judgment be ren dered in the court of -last resort. rrTATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS BRING OUICE RESULTS . To Cure a C6M in Ons Seven VZZlaa boxes sold ia past 12 months. Tt!s llZtUTC, ZZ t J7 A watch to be adapted to the use of tbe ZZ f trsTalermast be bl to maintain its accuracy ZJZ U II odef wkidy varymg conditions of tempera- Vl r'- ZZ ZZ - II tan. Oneressonwby vilni EE ZZ A Vi is pre-eminently the trtyelen watch is found U ill ( . ZZ ZZ. in tbe fact that Elgin Watches are th'or- II j, 1 JZZ Vwvk. ibly tested by oven beat and by re- I ' r rOTton before leaving the factory. 1 ZZ 1 j lea4focUlratlhlslr7of ltwa-h,frr wjr ' ZZ 3 i '-ZZ ZZ i KATI0KAL k?jp' uwitso STTtSlS55w,"T0 ararts BEING BELAYED PETITION rOR IMPROVEMENT OF CTTY STREETS MAY NOT RE PRESENTED MONDAY. As Predicted It Ia Being Opened up So as to Include Many-' Other Principal Thoroughfares Movement to Maca dam Streets May Extend Oyer City. I Some doubt is now expressed as to the probabili y iof the petition for au thority for eafrvinir out the extensive I' , J. n, smrirBin rinir,,! .irMt .-n f 1 I n the business part of tne city wit n J rf "adam pavement being presented to the tit councU 8t the adjourned meet- irT Monday evening. Jt is now thought that some i.ttle delay will be occasioned which will make it . impossible for it to come -up at that time. The petition, as originally drawn covered about eighteen to twenty-four banning blocks Lof street and tbe delay that is being caused is a meritorious one, a the peti tion is being re-opned to Include sev eral more blocks of street which will probably take in a souare of five or six blocks, extend east on State street as far as Twelfth and Court street the same distance and perhaps farther. ' Since the announcement, in Tbe Statesman of Wednesday it bas been learned, rather Vaguely, that tho move ment has been on for several months and that it was; inaugurated by several leading property owners in the business portion of the town, anu the downtown residence part, who organized what is called a taxpayers' league. Scvefa, methods of street paving were taken un der eonsidertion, investigated and dis cussed and crushed rock macadam was finally decided upon as the most eon venienc, economical . and proportionate ly most durable of all, and the most practical method of paving that coul l adopted. One fft the prominenf citizens who among the leaders, in the movement, in discussing the matted to ihe statesman yesterday afternoon, stated that the nuestiori had been under investigation so lne that all who were connected with it had become convinced of it feasibility and wisdom to the extent that they bad grown enthusiastic oyer it. Figures have been obtained irom different authoritative sources and it has been found that the maximum cost of macadam pavement; for the Salem streets could- be -ut down at about 12.50 per lineal; foot. Under Yhe eon tract system which has been adopted whereby all of the strets proposed tc be improved in this manner are menged together into one big job, it is believed this price will be reduced to a eonsia erable degree. "The main streetsof ha lew," n said, "have just as good foundation at the present time as the streets of any city, in fact, I do not think they could be improved upon in that respect. The proposition is, without going into ae tails, that the crown of the streets will be raised six inches above the present grade. This six-inch raise will consist entirely of crushed rock, in several lay crs of different; sized or - graduated cubes, and the thickness of the maca dam will taper off from tbe erown to the gutter where it will be about four inches thick. As each laver of crushed rock, which must be of the besi qual itv of basalt, is put on it wi.l be pack ed down hsrd with a heavy steam road roller until it becomes perfectly solid and impenetrable. After the last layer is put on, which will be in euWs about tho size of a walnut. A dressincr of screenings will be .put on top and this rolled down until ir becomes a smooth as asphalt pavement. "The; quslitv;.of basalt rock wnien abounds in almoit -inexhaustible quan tities in the vicinity of Salem, contains sufficient percentage of cementing nronerties to seal the rock solid ana hold it in plare nnd give the street surface which will lie almost impcr yious to the traffic it will be subjected to here and it will last for years, Pri vatclv speaking this is only a very small starter and is only in the nature ofa forerunner of what is to come m !hcj future and "I wi'J venture to say that it will be, a matter or only a year or two until neatly all of the streets in thei business, and the greater number of those in 'the residence port ion. -of the city -will" be improved up to a standard that will equal that of any city on the oat. nd do ere lit to the capital city of Oregon. I "If the contract Is W, and there Is bo question but tht it will be, who ever secures it will b required o supply a full complement j of road building ma chinery with which to carry on the work, including j a. rock crusher, road roller, graders, screens, etc, and these instruments will) doubtless become the property of the city ia the end to be used in keeping j the streets inperma aent repair. As roon as one contract is completed there will be another In waiting for tbej constructors and it will be the means of giving employment K cars to come. "Whenever tbe petition is opened np to extend the limits of the original plan which does not go farther eautfthan Church. street, on State street, the Cit izens Light ti Traction Company will be requested to move its State street track into the center of the street above Winter street and as far east as the improvement' extends. No formal proposition has yet ben made to tho management of the company, so far ns I know, but there is no question that they will be in favor of co-operating in any movement for the improvement of the city streets and will put nothing in the way, of its successful consummation. I understand that nothing would give the company more pleasure than to move its line intothe center of tho street if it would encourage any move ment toward be permanent improve ment of the streets upon which its lines ran. The matter is being rushed through with, all possible speed in order to get started upon the work at hc carlioxt date practicable." State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lur.is County, as. Frank J.-ilicney makes oath that ho is senior pirtner of the firm of F. .1. Ciiency & Co., doing business im tin city of Toledo, county and-Stte afore said, and that said firm will pav t be sum of ONB HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot lie. cured bv the use of Hall's Catarrh (hire. FRANK J. CIIKNKY. Sworn to lefore me and sn!crilod in my prownce this Cth day of De cember, A. D., 1Sh5. A. W. fiLKASON, (Seal.) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh , Cure Is taken jnler nally, and acts directly on the blood ani mueons surfares or I lie system. Send for test inionials free. F. J. CMBXKY & .. Toledo, (). Wdd bv nil druggists, 7.V. Take Hall's Family Pills iU con stipation. - ' t STORIES FROM SILVERTON. SILVKHTON, April .r. The Silver ton mohair, pool, eonsinling of 4W fleeces, sold Monday to Johnson k )Uh ler of Corvallia, for 32Vi cent p-r Kunl. Tlie parties entering the .m.1 feel much gratified over the price. re ceived and realize Ihe benefit gained by pooling their fleeces. The Marion county assoriation of rural free delh'ery carriers met t SUverton last Sunday and transacted business coming lieiore them. Csrrieri were present from Haletn, Woodburn, Turner and Mount Angel and an enthu siastic meeting is reported. i As the time draws near for city elec tion it becomes evident that the fiiht will be one of the warmest in the his tory of the city, a it apesrs now tlm fight will be on an ojen or closed town. Ex-Henator Adams has a large fon-n of men clearing the ground f"f the large opera bouse on the corner of Wa ter and Oak streets. The building will be 00 feet east and west by 17'l north and south. The main auditorium will lc 65 by75 feet, with a stage in proportion to the size of the building. There will lie office rooms and probably one or more business rooms tinder the same roof. Hilverton feels proud of this mag nificent addition to its growing cntir prises. Farmers are lifting their potatoes and find they have kept well. INBIA SUFFERS SEVERAL EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS DESTROY BUILDINGS AND LIFE. Effect Is Widespread and Damage 13 Heavy Towers on Oolden Mosque in Lahore "Thrown to . Ground Many Lives Are Lost in Ruins. MUKSOttEK, India, April 4. Several earthquake shocks were experienced to- lay. The left wing of the Savoy hotel entirely collapsed, tho pew Catholic church was wrecked and every house in tbe place more or less damaged. One woman was killed and many natives se riously injured. Reports from Debra Dun and tbe Ka- jhur districts show that extensive dam- aye was done. Earthquakes were also felt at Agra, Simla, Delhi and Calent- ta. The damage was heavy at the lat ter place. , Lahore, April 4. Shortly after C o'clock today a succession of severe earthquake shocks was felt hers. The damage was extensive. It is feared that there was much loss of life in the city, where many tall old houses col- apsed and parts of lofty buil'iings rashed on small adjacent dwelling. Tbe towers of tho golden mosque are reported to have fallen and the Wazir Khan's mosoue is badly cracked. Day Cares Grip ia Two Days. 0 czi every to scores of men and teams for