t::z unaycnicc;isTATE:Liri
FutUhed rery Tnetduj and Friday by tb
' 8TAT334jr PUB LIS HUTU COVPAKT
srjB3CETPTI01f SU.TX3.
On yes to adYtnvs
Ha most as, in id ranee .......
.. mot
i orse monins, ia ad ranee
M
. AC
"UneTear, en tun.:
The 8tteran b been established frr nearly
Bftr-two yean, nd it haa nni aubacrlbers who
he received It nearly tbt Ion, and many
wbo hT read It for a generation. Home n
these object to hinnf the paper dia-tonUnaed
at tbe time of expiration of their ntwerltUona.
Vot the benefit of these, and for other reaeona
webavecondaded todiseontfnua ascriptions
nlT when tuitltWl tndn an. A II IVmnm
when ratMicribnff4or rylnf; la adrance, will
hretb benefit of tbe dollar rate. Butll inert
donot pay 1 r six
ilx months, the rate will be SUB
a year. Hereafter we will send the pap
per toau.
respouaibie persons who ord'.- It, tboturb tbe'
may not send tbe money, with the nnderat nd-
In s thattbey are to pay 1 1-25 a year, la mm they
tot the abftcrtotlon account -run over alz
months. In order that there may bo no mlxon-Jaraunaing-.
we will keep this notice standing1
at this place In the paper. , .
CIRCULATION (SWORN) OVER 4000.
r The favorite quotation of the assessor
isf found In the 116th Peal m, 11th verse.
Spring is here. The Panama bat is
.on sale. Linen dusters will be next in
order.
I : ' "
1 I
' April showers to moisten the May
flowers already in bloom. That is just
like Oregon.
The beef trust officials seem to like
the elimate of Canada. - Jt is cooler
there than at Chicago, especially for
them. ' '
. ;Talk about JefTersonian simplicity.
Jt is not in it for a brief period with
the Roosevelt kind when the latterl
starts for a wild west trip.
i: Tariff trevision will serve for vacation
talk, but the nearer congressmen come
to their constituents the better satis
fied they are to let it alone.
'Notwithstanding the reputed success J
of the Oregon City fish ladder, we have
n$ reports yet of any one being bitten
by a dog salmon above the falls.
Tt may (be impossible to touch. Castro
with a diplomatic pole, but we may
be able to reach him with the addi
tional six inches recenty orderel put
on our bayonets. f
Why don't the government try to
put Castro under some of his own? wiinout someDoay or somebody's inius
bondsf He might subside if enough of j try paying the money to the govern
the Venezuela non-interest-bcatrine kind nient. "While the government may pay
were piled on top of him. the 'forty or fifty millons of francs
necessary to make up its share of the
The very low rate to be given by all insurance investment, that moiiev must
tranacontincnta! railways to those at-
i l : 4 1. t :.. i i rn 11
tending the I yew is ahd Clark fair rather
makes we Oregonians feel that railroad
corporations may have a soul after all.
While we ar glad to get the Boston
as a visitor at the Lewis and Clark
fair, it . would have been more to our
liking to have seen the good old ship
Oregon Iving in the Columbia during
that period.
Chas. N. Harvey gays "Appomattox
carried with it immeasurably greater
conquests for the south, than it did for
the north." Yes, but it has taken the
south a long time to find it out, and
all these forty years to admit its
And now the New England Metho
dists are resolving against Sunday fish
ing, but that is over three thousand
miles away, and when the resolutions
get'into the hand of Oregon fishermen
they have gotten so cold as to have
lost their Wict. .
Secretary Taft is the modern Pooh
Hah." ; The Atlanta Constitution says:
"In addition to being president and
secretary of state pro tein, secretary of
waf and secretary of the colonies, Sec
retary Taft is also secretary of the Pan
ama canal tone. Here is official expan
sion for you, and of the right sort."
Reports from farmers and agriculture
ists generally, are that both fall and
sprng grain are high in percentage of
condition. The irost is said to have
thinned out sonio of the wheat and oats
on the highest points of the hills, but
taken all in all the amount of damage
is very small. Fruit prospects are ex
cellent, the general feeling being that
the late frosts have doe comparatively
no damage. Hops' aTe beginning to
sprout in good shape.
mtpSick
l first used AVer's Sarsaparilla
in the fall of 184S. Since then I
have taken it every spring as a
blood-purifying and nerve
strengthening medicine. "
v S. T. Joaes, Wichita, Ksns.
: If you feel run down,
are easily tired, if your
nerves are weak and your
blood is thin, then begin
to take the good old stand
ard family medicine,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla..
It's a regular nerve
lifter, a perfect blood
builder. tlM Sains. AS srstfW
! i auk Tonr doctor what ne tMftkt of A Tr't
j ' fftrMwriiU. Ha know all aboat thu aran
ToUew aia aavioe sad
J. C. ATM Co., IowaU. Km S
nrsnsAircz by the state.
A writer from Paris in recent Bom
ber of the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat
discusses the proposal of the French
government to repnire a compulsory re
tention of a certain percentage of the
workingmen's wages for an old age in
demnity fund ; or insurance, ' lie says
the government, whieb has - already
gone a good ways in governmental pa
ternalism, is committed to t'ae prinei-
Pe but M. Millerand, one of the tKw-
- . . .
erIui w
rorkingmen's politicians, abased
h. . .
torpor in me iaee
ot the increased taxation
that the
scheme would demand. ' :-
jit is said the French government
holds baek 5 per eent of the wages of
ita employes for an old -age annuity
which becomes available at the age-of
60, but such employes who do not live
to reaeh that age derive no ; benefit
from tbe annuity fund, nor is any relief
given from tfts fund to the widow or
the orphan children of the deceased
employe. It is a clear ease of having
to live till after 60 to beat the game at
all. . , . ; :. ; ;
Now the proposal, to require work
lagmen to deposit 5 per cent of their
pay; with the government, to be placed
at interest together with a like amount
to be given by the government for in
surance against want in old sge, while
at the first glance sounded all right,
yet after due consideration of the mat
ter does not seem to meet with the
general approval of even the working
men for whose benefit the amount is
retained and tbe investment to be
made. -
j The men easily note that the same
amount invested privately would yield
better returns, for it is always evident
that every time the government goes
into business, it is found , that '"private
money making enterprises do the thing
better. They say that French cigars
and cigarettes made toy the government
are so bad, as to be unusable. The gov-
jernment telephone system of France is
said to give the worst telephonic scrv
ice in the world.
Then wTviJe the government agrees to
pay a part of the fees or amount in
vested, the question naturally arises,
where is the government going to get
the moneyf One of the greatest falla
cies of the socialistic idea is that the
government ean pay for these things
collected by the government a a
tax on something. If it is on the
necessaries of life the workman . will
have to pay his share of this directly;
if real property, the land owner will
simply increase his rates of rent to
cover the additional tax; if on the out
put of factories, the wage of the lab
orer will have to be reduced to meet
the added expense.
The rock, therefore, on which the
whole fleet of socialistic ideas is sure
to com 4 to 'final wreck is in the risk
to the finances of the Btate. The budget-must
be made larger every year to
meet the state's obligations to the
state's ; pensioners, and the result is
taxes must naturally increase to make
up this increased demand.
THE POINT OF VIEW.
To fully understand the differences
existing between the radical or Bryan
winp and the conservative element of
the Democratic party, it is only neces
sary to read Bryan's speech delivered
at Chicago and Judge Parker's speech
delivered , at New York on Thursday
evening. .The occasion was the same,
and the basis for each speech was iden
tical, the birthday of Thomas Jefferson.
But how different a man was Jeffer
son to Parker and to Bryan Each sees
Jefferson in the dead past through, his
individually eolored glasses.
"Thus Bryan sees Jefferson working
for bi-metalism, jwesumabl at the ra
tio of 16 to 1; for governmental con
trol, and later governmental ownership
of railways and other public franchises.
Bryan personally favors national own
ership of the trunk! lines, and as a
sop to the states rights Democrats who
don't want the nation to be spelt with
too big an "n," he wants the states
to control and own' branches and feed
ers, lie 'gets around Jeu'erson 's re
mark that it were wise to "legislate
as little as possible," by saying that
this remark of Jefferson's is being used
by enemies of Jefferson 's principles,
hence should not be counted. lie also
says' Jefferson did not mean it when he
protested against paternalism. He had
something else in mind.
Judge Parker, Jiowever,! reads the les
son of Jefferson's - political career as
teaching doctrines diametrically op
posed to those CoL Bryan finds iait.
He finds grounds, which are really pret
ty sensible, for opposing, (governmental
paternalism ; governmental ownership
and control of everything. In fact he
calls all these things that CoL Bryan
demands as his party's policy "a col
lection of fay.f : . ;
Thus it will be see bow easilythe
two branches of the party of Jefferson
and Jackson may be reconciled, the one
to the' other. ' : J ; "- '
I&i Hici Ya Hari Vxm Bat
sV
Y7IXI. OUH PETAEI HOIST US?
That a small minority will control
tha selection of a candidal fnMMflr!
in Portland is one of the development.
of the registration which has just taken
p'aW there, j Nearly one half of the
legal voters have failed to register their
party affiliations so they may take pari,
in the nominating 'primaries. 5 , v ' -This
while perhaps ten thousand per
sons registered as Republicans may vote
for nominees at the primary election,
the nominee of the party will no doubt
bo named by a number not exceeding
one third of the total. - , ,
. : Another thing that is evident is the
fact that large numbers of Democrats
have registered as Bepublicans with a
view, to adding in the nomination of a
certain Bepubliean candidate whose
nomination they feel sure will cause
a split in the Bepubliean party, bring
ing out two or three independent candi
dates thereby making possible the elec
tion of the Democratic nominee, whom-
lver he may be. ' '"'
This move is indicative of good political-acumen
on the part of the Dem
ocrats, but shows Bepublicans that by
adopting this law they have given a
club to the Democracy which will no
doubt be wielded with telling effect.
The law of evolution is being demon
strated in the development of the Brit
ish press along lines laid down as
"modern' by the American newspa
pers. However, even , in England tho
merchant has not yet come fully to real
ize the value of a newspaper as an ad
vertising medium, In Germany this is
still lurther behind, while in Paris the
newspapers are small folios or. six-page
papers, devoted largely to discussion of
scientific and political questions, with
very little news except of the city of
Paris, and a small quantity of What we
would call "classified" advertising.
The American newspaper is the ne plus
ultra of the world. It has become the
greatest disseminator of news, the
greatest forum for public discussion,
and the greatest advertising medium
ever imagined. 4 " -
" What would Christ do if BockefcJ
ler were to offer him $100,000," is the
question propounded to the New York
Herald by a correspondent. Rockefel
ler's offering was to those whom the
world recognizes as Christ's agents and
the wisest of them accepted the trust,
having no doubt in view Christ 's in
junction to the rich man to sell what
he had and give onto the poor. While
Rockefeller so ' far has failed in the
main injunction of selling "all," he
at least of his riches would make it
possible to aid the poor by. giving
some. To refuso to accept Rockefel
ler's gift or the gift of any man is to
frefuso the added power to do those
things the missionary society was or
ganized to do.
The city health board need not worry
so much about a pest boose as about
such sanitary measure as will prevent
disease. With houses so scattered as
they are in Salem local quarantine in
most cases is all that is required. A
strict compliance with the rule requir
ing immediate report of all contagious
diseases, so that precautionary meas
ures may be taken without delay is
what Salem needs most. Then a clean
ing up of the garbage piles, a dosing
of the disease traps in the character of
open sewers, and a cessation of the pol
lution' of the small streams running
through the city. This is the sanitation
required. f .
According to the Louisville Courier-
Journal all our former ideas and all
other tales reearding Texas have been
wrong. ; The only true impression of
that great state, of which General Phil
Sheridan at ono time made a famous
remark, is the first one received, and
tbe same day expressed by the strenu
ous president. Thus are the scales torn"
ruthlessly from our eyes and we all see I
Ji ,r . , ,. . ' .
Texas aa it really is.-iojloubt the only
truly great state in the Union. Let's
see,4! did not President Boosevelt have
a few first impressions in Oregon when
he was here a few years rot
The Mobile "Register says the result
of the election in Chicago , shows that
democracy is ''going; to the limit."
"Radicalism stops with no queston, for
it means opportunism. Tiat is. what
the party will stand for, accommodat-
ing useu to us opporiuniiies." e
i m a !i . ?. .
all know what the
uemoeratie party I
stands for and what it wants. It wants
office. Policies and schemes of gov
ernment, i promises and platforms may
all go tang if the democratic party
ean only get the offices.
Governor Chamberlain struck the
keynote of child training waen he said
that "parent and child should be close
together ; in . all things." Aloofness
from the .child on the part of the, par
ent, an apparent lack of interest In
what the caild . does, leads to careless
ness at the chfd's acts, and '. later,
through loss of sympathy between par
ent 'and child, inabiity to direct when
direction is so badly needed.
A lSirtlf tlinT .tlrnllto, ia. y ........ 1
"7L U , 7"and, wooner or later, it will reflect or
.uo w turee uv wurer ruies oi ( re-echo in Oregon."" v
addition and multiplieatioa that Texas j The following is the letter to which
will exceed Ohio in population in 1920; lr- Krbs refn-rMt, : 1
IUinois by 1930; Pennsylvania by 1940, j o 'lKeH.B f1"' AlVr ra
- - , ... r ' . J . , 3 ? m 'I Sirs G. F. lavesler and Mr. Wood of
and will become the empire state of the J Portland wer bere r- today, serted
Union by having a greater rtopulation that yon (Krebs Bros.) were forced bv
than New York in 1950. Well, there 's ! the bnk to u 7or 1904 hop crop of
Well, there's
J certainly room for a big growth of pop
ulation in that state. ? -
IS NOTHK DOIN'
w,Vt r
OF BOP SITUATION.
Market Dull Upon Surface, bat Strong
Current of Interest on Part of Brew-
en Said to Be Surging Underneath
Coining Up Rapidly but. Unevenly.
Although the local hop market is dull
and , apparently featureless there ap
pears to be strong undercurrent of in
terest which is approaching the stage
of intensity and is liable to crop out
on the surface any day with gratifying
results from the growers and bulls'
point of view. , Rumors of offers oi
from- 23 to 25 cents are being circulate j
and, in every instance reported, .they
have been refused. Consequently the
situation today is the. same as two
months ago "nothin doinV ThJ
growers are holding oat tenaciously and
assert they have no intention of reced
ing from their assumed attitude of
firmness for at least thirty days yet.
Private advices rrora across the Atlan
tic state that prices have advapeed 4
and 5 cents" per pound in England and
uermany, wnn prospeets or, a suu lur
ther rise. " - V
Growers from all sections of the val
ley report the vines coming up splen
didly but unevenly in all yards, with
prospects of a strong . and healthy
growth and a prolifiecropf Some grow
ers and dealers contend that the un
evenness of the growing vines forete'l
trouble for the future in an uneven
quality of crops, with the accompany
ing difficulty of grading and rating. To
avoid this possibly troublesome condi
tion of the future, which. has prevailed
at ' some seasons ' in the past, many of
the growers are taking the precaution
to cut the sprouts back to tbe ground
in order .to give the weaker ones an
opportunity to gain strength and an
equal show with the earlier and more
rank sprouts. This method of . treat
ment, they contend, brings the vines
out; more evenly and gives them more
strength on account oi - the concentrat
ed vitality of the roots, whieh are giv
en an opportunity to recuperate from
the strain of their forced growth so
onn8ualIy early in the season.
Un tne otner band, those wtio are
not cutting baek contend that it is an
advantage to have the vines rome m
uneven, as' the early' sprouts will, bear
and matnre earlier and eive the srrow
ers a better chance to harvest and take
care of the crop by picking the yards
over several times as the hops ripen
No one, however, ventures to assume
that he is authority for giving advice
as to the better method of procedure,
but it is a significant fact that the
more experienced growers are adopting
XI A A. - 1 1 ' . J 1 ' -
i ue cuiimg -oaca process, ix idis counts
for anything. . .
In discussing the nop situation gen
erally, and in refutation of a report
to the effect that the firm had been
fOreed to unload its holdings of hops
on account of financial straits,' Conrad
Kreba of the firm of Krebs Bros, said
to tbe Statesman last evening:
' -w. . .... .
-- wo nave siareu n several or our
communications to tne nop grjrwers
and holders of hops that we would
not pay farther attention to. the mali
cious statements of. some scoundrels
wbo are going through the country and
are attempting to scare the growers
by representing that ! we arc forced n
sell our hops and actually attempting
to sell them at any price because the
bank refuses to carrv us any loncer,
But since we have received Kevpral let
ters, one of which we will incorporate
in this interview, we have concluded
to deny positively that we are sellings
or expecting to sell, a hale of hops
within the next sixty days. In fact,
we have-no idea of selling any of our
holdings until the latter part of June,
July or August, as we feel that every
bale of hops in existence will . be re
quired .and actually consumed before
the new crop appears.
We arc firmer than ever in our
views, tdue to the information that w
have received from the agricultural
department, showing 82-100 , pound per
barrel was consumed during the fiscal
year ending July 1, 1904. We think
that the market "is in a very fine con
dition, owing to the fact that every
seller can find not only one buyer but
three4 or four buyers any day he ' z
ready to sell, it is true that the price
is between' 21 and 25 cents, regardless
of quality. Tbe very fact that they
want tbe hops at any price shows a
healthy condition arid it is proof con
clusive that if the growers refuse to
sell the dealers or - brewers will ulti-
roately have to pay the price asked.
' Wcr, it. .'notI for h J' .ib
George F. Livesley of Portland is so
well known, both as to his character
and financial standing, we would feel
offended at the statements he is mak
ing to the growers regarding ourselves.
Luckily, tbe growers know the work he
has done in Oregon, as well as among
the brewers in the East, (Consequently
his statement has no weight.! - We ap
preciate the seriousness of attacking
a man's standing and character and
ordinarily we would not' resort to such
a thing, fpr we realize that it is a
lilielous matter and we are- absolutely
responsible and may be prosecuted for
maklntr aurh atatement.a. In fact, we
. '
WOuld delight in having Mr. Xaveslev
bring a suit against us, for it "would
f ,ve T 7 nance n.ow nira P proper-
ly and forever t him out of the hop
business. We no not believe it possible
to libel such a man as Mr. Liveslejr,
even if the statements are couched in
the strongest words that the English
language affords. -'
"We want to fay for the benefit of
the growers, and to stop all such mali
cious statements, tjat we are not only
financially sound and able to carrv our
own hops,, but we invite our 'fellow
growers, who are in . need of monev,
to see ns and we will : help them ; po
carry their hops. We think that ought
to be suflicieat' to satisfy any man that
no pressure is being brought to bear i
on ns. incidentally, we might mention
that the market in 'England and Ger
many has advanced 5 cents per pound,
and that the hon syndicate in "England
controls over, 60 per cent of all the
hops rematniBsr unsold, s That will nave
a -salutary effect all over the wl"l
15 TO bales at the present price, and
demonstrating the market would come
down to 15 cents before the 1905 crop
is picked; but have accomplished noth
ing here..; 'v - ' , i ;
"Hoping to hear an answer, I re
main, . .Yours, respectfully,
' , "John Gahler."
B. F. D. No. 2, Aurora, Or, April 14,
1903.
DHED3 BXOOBJJZ3.
The following real estate transfers,
aggregating t'ae consideration of $20,-
215, have been filed for, record in the
office of the Marion county recorder:
Sarah Early et al to & B. Clark,
100 acres ia t 7 s, r 2 w; w d. $1500
8. and I. Farrar et al to T. B. I
Jones et al, lot 2, block 50, 6a-
lera;" w d. . ., . . . .3500
B. and E. Wiggins . to J. G. Id- i
dings, lols V and 10, block 2, -
Queen Ann addition to Salem;
w d
E J. WeSt, guardian, to Julia J.
" Slaphter, SO acres in t 5 e, r 1
w; g d
Orval Boss to Julia J, Slaughter,
' 80 acres in t 5s, r 1 w; W d. ..
D. J. Walling et ux to A. and M.
tKorb, lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, block
45, North Salem ; w d ...... i .
J. F, and J. I. Wisner to Eliza
beth Hostetler, 13 1-3 acres in
t 7 s, r 2 w; w d
Trustees rWillamette University
to Fred HUrst, land in Depot
addition to Salem; w d......
F. T. aad J Smith to G. W.
Speight; s V block 50, Salem;,
3200
2750
2750
1500
700
600
W d ... i. v 240
M. N.White to N. J. Thomas,
lots 31 and 32, Cottle &
Cook's ! addition to Scott's
JIils; w d. ................. .
B. F. and N. It. Cooley to S. M.
Van Cleave, 3 acres in t 5 s, r
1 w; w d
100
150
F. and 1. Feller to F. E. Yergen,
112 square rods in t 4 s, r 1
w; w d.... ............. X. . .
M. and G. W. Ilollister to W.
70
Richardson, lot 5, block 3,-IIol-
lster's addition to Btayton;
' w d 1
A. K. Zeller to B. and S. Catlin,
and in Salem; d ..............
B. and S. Catlin to A. B. Zeller,
-land in Salem; w d...
II 6. and J. Jordan to Squire
Farrar, lot .2, block 50, Salem;
q e d
A. J. Parkhurat et al to Squire
Farrar,- lot 2 block GO, Salem, .
q e d.
A. E. Strang to Squire Farrar,
lot 2, block 50, Salem; q c d..
jjq
Total
,.$2015
IS A GALA DAY
CHILD HEN AND PATBONS OF NEW
SCHOOL DISTRICT NEAR TUR
NER CELEBRATE.
Important Event Made Doubly Inter
esting by Presentation of Flag by
Patton Bro3. of Salem-Exercises
Close With Surfptuous Repast.
TURNER, ' April 14. (Special.)
The observation of Arbor Day in school
district No. 124, four miles southeast
of this city, was made doubly inter
eating today by the additional exer
cises attendant upon tbe presentation
of a silk flag to the district by Patton
Bros, of Salem.
The exercises of tho day consisted
mainly of the rendition of a short pro
gram composed of appropriate literary
and musical scdections, and closed with
the presentation ceremonies and a din
ner given by the ladies of the district.
The day's festivities and entertainment
were thoroughly enjoyed bya large
gathering of people for miles around,
including quite , a number from Kaleiu.
Another pleasing ceremony in connec
tion with the celeLsation was the plant
ing of fourteen trees, all of which were
named in honor of arties present.
Those receiving honors during" this cer
emony were: Alice 'Little, ;euDty Siir
peritttendont E. T. Moores, Hal P. Pat
ton, E. C. Ball, Mary Uoe, Mrs. Mattic
Morris, Mrs. MrKeniiey, Gladys Salis
bury, B. E. Robertson. Anna Berdeni
Ordell Ball, Harley Robertson, Earl
Mangus and Ada CJuimby. The exer
cises were finally concluded with a box
social in the evening.
This district has but recently been
created and yesterday jnarked the close
of the first term of school. The ground
trpon which the school building was
locate! was donated to the district by
Mrs. Mattie Morris, who occupied an
important part on the program with a
brief address, during which she for
mally presented' the site "to the district
and christened it the Crawford school
house,' in honor of her son-in-law, at
whose home the ilinner was served
after the exercises. The other import
ant features of the exercises were ad
dresses by County Superintendent
XRorcs, Hal i. Patton, Director It. E.
Robertson, E. C. Ball, chairman of tbe
board of directors, and a letter of re
gret and respects from State Superin
tendent J. H. Ackerman. A condensed
outline of the program follows:
Mne. America," by school; read
ing of Superintendent Ackerman 1 let
ter, by Glavys Salisbury; address' of
welcome. Director li. E. v Robertson;
song, rme lag of Our County," Mrs.
McKenney; address. County Superin
tendent E. T. Moores; song, "Arbor
Day.V ; by the school; recitation.
Muriel Salisbury; remarks and naming
of school, Mrs. Mattie Morris;' duet,
Mrs. McKeuncv and Mr. Moore; reci
tation, Lilian' Mangus; recitation,- Or
dell Ball; remarks, by patrons of dis
trict: address ana-presentation. "The
llag," Hal P. Patton; address and ac
ceptance, Chairman E. C. Ball, board of
directors; ao jonrnment;' raising, of
flag; . planting of trees.
New Sngar Factories.
A new, sugar company is to be
formed in Salt Lake City for the pur
pose ?f establishing 'sugar factories at
Payette and Boise, in Western Idaho.
iThe new company will be incorporated
woi wuiyj, ana : it is siaieu tnat
stock amounting to $1,500,000 already
has been subscribed.
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CONTRACTS LET
r. b. so unimcx wtll peetopjj
BULK OF .. IMPBOVXMENT
WOBJS AT TZZJ. GROUNDS.
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Will Bnild Addition on Pavilion, Music
and, Floral Halls, Etc, for Aggregate
of $8528 Contract for Bulldinj
Ninety Horse Stalls Let. '
(From Sunday's Daily.)
President W. II. Downing an.l Sec
retary Durbin of the state board of
agriculture, acting as the board, yes
terday afternoon awarded tbe contracts
for the contemplated. improvements as
outlined for the fair grounds buildings,
up to the present time. The total
amount of money involved ia the eon
tracts so far awarded is $10,41.3, F. B.
Sonthwick of this city secured the con
tract for the building of addition
upon the pavilion, the extension of the
musie hail, construction of the floral
hall and, the building of a system of
septic t sewage, including six septic
tanks and the plumbing connected
therewith, also the painting of all of
the buildings, at an aggregate of $S528,
The contract for the building of ninety
new stalls for the horses, to replace
the old ones which are in an exceed
ingly bad state of repair, was awarded
to Messrs. Anderson, & Dun nison, also
of this city, for $1983.
There were a number of bids sub
mitted, but Mr. South wick was cheaper
in his price by at least $2000, in the
aggregate than all of 'them, with
the exception of the building of the
horse stalls, and he lost this contract
to Anderson & Dunnison, Mr. South
wiek's bid upon this work being $2749.
This will leave tbe board $4587 of the
1 $15,000 appropriation unexpended, but
mere are enouga more minor improve.
ments necessary than this compara
tively small balance will cover.
Among these needed improvements
not yet provided for, but under con
templation if there is enough funds on
hand to allow of making them, is the
construction of granite sidewalks to
all parts of the grounds where exhibits
and attractions arc held, extending
and improving the water system, fene
ing, etc. . President Downing states
fiiat they will not have near enough
money to go around where it is badly
needed and that double the amount
provided could be used to good alvanr
tage and not make a vtry great show
ing either, as the property is so badly
run down.
Among the most important of the
improvements provided for in the con
tracts awarded are the addition to the
pavilion, construction of the music and
floral halls, and the institution of a
septic sewage system. Tne three for
mer Subjects have been thoroughly dis
cussed and described In previous issues
of this paper. The adoption of the
septic sewage system at the fair grounds
is regarded as a step in the. right di
rection and along the , line of progress
mapped out' by practical experience in
the matter of sanitation and successful
disposition of -sewage. No less than
six septic tanks will be established and
they will be constructed in different
itarts of the grounds to the best ad
vantace. All of the buildings will be
provided with lavatories of a modern
type, a convenience which has hereto
fore been almost entirely lacking, and
all waste water and materials will 1?
disposed of scientifically, economically
and satisfactorily in the future. ,
TO FORM A POOL
MEETING OF HOP OROWEK3 OF
OBEGON ( AND WASHINGTON
CALLED TOB APEIL 23.
Isaac Pincus & Sons of Tacoina, Wasb
Issnes aa Interesting Circular Letter
to the Growers of This State Will
. "Discuss the Situation," Etc
A jmeeting of the hop growers of
Oregon and Washington has leen cam-
to tae place at the Portland hotel,
Portland, at ;2 o'clock in the afternoon
of Ahril 25 "for tine purpose of dis
cussing the j situation anil submitting
a proposition," as stated in a letter
which has leen sent 'out to all of tbe
hopjfrowers of the two states, who still
have hops in hand, by jsaac I'incns ic
Sons of Taconia. Wash. Although it
ia not so stated, it is believed that
the real purpose of the meeting is to
either form a pool or to secure sn ex-
presfuon irom tne growers ami ineir
promise to hold on to their bois until
a certain date or until a certain price
is secured, i A copy of the circular
letter, which is self-explanatory, fol
lows: . " f
"Dear Sir: We present for your
consideration extracts from two letters
received from New j York under- date
of A prill 0; J
"J- rom tne New lork.JIoo Reporting
Company: fThe New York Journal of
Commerce says, "We shall have a sur
plus of C.j.OOO Jiales of . bops at tne enl
of the yea.f ' These figures are rcaehod
by assumrng that our consumption will
be 200,000 bales and our net exports
6y,000 bales. Without any intention
of being alarmists, it strikes us that
these totals are not to be dependel
Upon. , Onrt ler output is increasing,
as internal revenue statistics will show.
The country is everywhere prosperous,
and England must import large quan
tities of hops before the summer ends.
Our domestic consumption is likely to
be nearer 250,000 than 200,000 bales J
Internal revenue barrel tax on beer,
September 1, 1903, to March" 1, 1U4,
f20,62',533.41. Jnternai revenue . "bar
rel tax on beer, September 1,. 1904, to
March 1, l0u, $21,00, 87.94. Increase
in six coldest months,, $443,193.53, or
about 450,000 barrels. This gam wjll
be angmente! when eold weather gives
way to Warm weather. Tbe gravest
danger to the market under prevailing
your Healtli and STRE JiGTH wth
JAYNIL'S TONIC V
'J, a pleasant, potcntT pensinent Ir.
conditions is that if eliort-stor ked
brewers in England and hers bcin t
buy in large quantities, a pan rush
may ensue and prices go up lika
rockets. .
"The above letter was sent to tt
brewers, of the Lniled States. ,
. "The following is from one of the
oldest and most reliable brokers in Nr
York city, whose name we are not at
liberty to giro:
; ' 'It there is not a change for a de
cidedly better market, I miss my guess.
I never experienced such conditions in
all ray twenty-fiva years' experience.
Brewers, in my idea, have every ,4
bought on paper that is left unsold in
growers hands. , if Hey (the grow
ers) hold out, you will see 1 am right.
As soon as the weather improves, brew
ers will demand a ll hops on contracts.
What ia 40,000 bales to go around! 1
may be wrong,' but, the above is my
opinion. - Just think, you cannot find
a choice bale of ho here of any kind
unsold. No surplus of olds, not any
thing, ami right months to use I'M) I
hops yet. .
,'Vje lelieve theabove two letters
express the exact situation as it exists
today. As we have written repeatedly,
the situation is entirely in your hand
A meeting has been called to 1h Ik'1.1
at the Hotel Portland, Portland, Or,
Tuesday, April. 25, at 2 p. in., for tV
purpose of discussing conditions and
submitting a proposition, which in ef
fect will be a notice to the brewers of
the world that 'the hop growers of tht
Pacific coast will hold their hops until
they get what the statintic:il Htition
warrants. Your presence is earnestly
requested. Yours truly, ,
"Isaac i'mcus & Sons.
"P. S. Whenever you get ready t
sell do not fail to give us an opportun
ity to make you an offer. "
WANTED AT ONCE
2000 lb. Oregon Grape Root
Add rasa i
F. O. HAAS -:- SALEAtrOR.
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WELL DRILLING
William Swisher, with an experi
rnco of twenty years, is prepared
to drill wells in city or country.
.Also have windmills, pumps, p-pes,
tnnks and comjdete equipment.
Latest up-to-date machinery. Ad-
' dress or call on
Wm. SwisKer
Sixteenth and Nebraska streets,
1 Englcwood addition, K. F. D. No. 7,
Salem, Oregon.
nop STOVES
FRUIT 6TOVE
Order them now. We make tie
best.
N'ew iron work.
Repairwork.
We make the "Salem Irn
Works" elevator.
" We make anything in iron work,
work. '
Salem Iron Works!
S ft AND O MARCUS, fra- I
FnJt acd Mtate. I'btw ZM Black I
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Waiter Morley
Vrh Fence Mev.rt
Sells the jAmerican, El wood and I 'age
woven winft fencing. Constructed for
hardest-, scrVi''?" in different heists
and weaves Hor all purposes. Sold near
ly as cheap! as light, inferior fenrcs.
Oiiality is r'Ymeiiiltercd when lrico is
forgotten. V have largo stock of
shingles, drowlod and split fence p)t,
gates, gnte haildwaro anl 1'. & B. ready
roofing. I
SeLlcm Fence Works
60 CoiVrt St., Salem
Red Steal 2:10
Renlstn ? No. 14113.
Trial Sibccd, 2:06.
Beautiful dark aj hor' tnus
lO.l hands tiVifth and weighs
about IIC DO poands.
Bed Seal 2:10; 3 'ears Eecord 2:Wi'
He is a stout, Juiscular built
hornfl.
No description of I
qualities is needei,
raced on the grand !
to every lover of
bull doc rsciD?
as he has slir ,
ircuit and is knows
the turf. He
, 1899. at aevclann,
Ohio, in 2:06; half 'in 1:0
in 29 seconds, tin Jed by
watches. -His gn' Catcst
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00 nat; q'
a number 01
fnt was in
Terra Haute, India na, August
fin, rill'.-"' ,ont
when be took the i Vn'h'heat, which i
three days to finis? h, is 2-13V4, sa'D"r
twenty-seven start rs.
Sire Ked Heart- dam Alice
Markfield; Bed 1 heart was '
Wilkes, he by Geo f Wilkes, ne "7
blctonian 10.
Red Real is sir
record 2:1114, tri
Also of Bright f
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trial at 3 years c
Terms: $40
privilege. Care
accidents, but
of Joe 6cal,
d st 5 year-,
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ahtb. usual rctun.
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should any oer
, Addi oss all
cmmunicaiion.
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Groands. 0reco
It-orator for JV
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