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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1907)
DAILY CAPITAL .TOUHNAL, SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1007. STATE SCHOOL LAND OFFICE AT SALEM George G. Drown, present clerk of the state land board, first began work In this department August 1, 1895, and has hold the ofllco of clerk since 1903. The regular meetings of the board nre held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. All applications to the board to purchase state school land3 must be made in application to purchase, together with at least one-flfth tho purchase price and tho required United States land oulce fee. As tho act of 1903 prohibits tho snleof Indemnity Hinds until after they have been clear-listed to tho state, tho money received from applicants for these lands Is uurned Into the common school fund to person, with one-flfth of tho price await tho fate of tho selection. If paid down. Tho land is held at a the selection Is approved and clear minimum price of $2.50 per acre but listed to the state the applicant, if ho tho board may ask as much more ns has paid in full, receives a deed from H' sees fit. If the board is not satis- the state: if ho has made only a nar- A SALEM FIRM OF CONTRACTORS WHICH HAS PUT UP MANY FINE BUILDINGS. Welch & Mouror, tho Salem con tractors, have Justly 'added to 'the fame of this city by erecting many of the best structures in Oregon. Tho past year they put up tho new wing to tho asylum, a $225,000 addition to tho .half mile of fooir story brick U! THE fled with the offer the matter Is re ferred to tho local attorney of tho board in each county. New surveys nro advertised for 90 days and then sold to the highest bidder if at cr above tho minimum. Tho chief cleric in tho ofllcG is John MIchell, with Miss Julia K. Webster stenographer. Oregon School Land?. Following nro tho approximate areas of .vacant school lands: tlnl payment a certlflcato is issued and tho amount paid Is credited thereon ns first payment, and tho de ferred payments draw the usual rate of interest. If, however, tho tract Is not clear-listed to the state, tho applicant b repaid his money. State Lund Agent., This ofllco is filled very acceptably by tho now appointee, Charles V. Galloway. Ho works In perfect har- KgLHOHflggv ' vHflgflgigB Win. M. Welch. Chas. K. Spaulding Lo sh MANUFACTURERS OF buildings owned at that institution by tho trtate, a library building at Eugene, cost $30,000, a high school Douglas Gilliam Grant Harney Jackson , Josephine Acres. mony with Clerk Brown, who has be- 400(como such an authority on mnttorjlt st John" worth $22,000, and tho Htntn inn.l .uuiuuii nuiui iu i-uniitim wuni 200iboard can transact its bilslness with out his services. Mr. Galloway has a special duty to seo that the stato gats all that, Is coming to it in tho wny of indemnity selections, tho Bnlo or renting of stato farms that havo Benton .. Baker 19,000 .of stato landB thnt no umcKamns Clatsop Nono Columbia 240 Coos None Curry Nono Crook '. 31,900 ( t t 320ibeon turnod ovor for lack of flnan- t , t tete t 2,280 1,010 162,000 100 olal ability on tho pnrtof those who mnko loans from tho school funds. Ho line a stonogrnphor In the per son of Miss Grnco Babcork. Fro- FIR LUMBER Klnmnth 7,S00 Lnko lrt,4IO Lane '.- None Linn Nena Lincoln 200 Mnlhour 1 82,800 190 'fluently Mr. Galloway is soivt by tho Marlon . . . Morrow . . Multnomah Polk Shornmn . . Tillamook Umatilla . . state land board to Investigate land In tweets of the state In remote pnrts of tho state and always returns with the information in his possession. Tho State Lund Laws. The onnctmont on this subject Nono niakn nulto n voltnno. Tho linnrd 700 is composed of tho tronuror, secrc None tary and governor. None ' Tho governor is appointed land 320 .commissioner and emnoworml to In- 40 900 Union 2,000 Wallowa 2,280 ho shall bo allowed all necessary ex- Wnco 2c80 ponses incurred by him In tho nor- Washlngton Nono. formnnco of duties, nnd ho Is author 1 i2jgiiflE9Rzra :2TtiXrr iBBEL MUL JtJ&ttt George C. Maurcr. I FLOORING, CEILING, ETC. We have an equipment that insures prompt and satisfactory service, orders promptly filled. 'i -wnccier 5,000 . izcd to appoint such agent or agents 80 as may bo necessary In tho perform ance of his duties. Tho governor shall appoint n "stato land agent" who shall sorvo at Yamhill Last IU-p'wt of tho Clork. Tho report sots forth tho amount of moneya received and receipted for, as woll as tho funds to which they were credited, tho amount of Interest-bearing funds in his department, numbor of acres of land sold, toful number of conveyances, aggregate onto or select tho lands to which itho stato Is entitled under tho lnws of tho United States, or othorwlso, and WMOO. This makes a total of $312 , uuu oi puuuc nnu private uuiidiugs in ono year. Tho snmo firm put up tho $70,000 .high school at Salem. For prompt nnd offlclont execution this firm has a Bplondid roputntlou. o POPULAR FAMILY GROCERY IN THE SUBURBS tho pleasure of tho govornor, during good behavior, and whoso duty It shall bo to ascertain and mnko a record of the losses sustained by tho stato of .Oregon in sections 10 and T7 1 amount of loans approved and re-13c by or through the Unltod States Joctcd, school district bonds pur chased by tho board, aggregate value of mortgages discharged and as signed, number of acres of land em braced in certificates of salo can colled, total amount of moneys re paid on school, Indemnity school, by reason of settlements, mining claims, Indian reservations, forest resorvos, fractional townshlpB, or othorwlso, and to satisfy said losses by tho selection of vacant govern ment land in accordance with tho laws of tho stato and tho Unltod nnd swamp lands to which tho title States; and ho shall perform such of tho Btato has failed, nnd a list of 'other duties as aro required by tho warrants drawn by order of tho board, and for what purpose drawn. Thoro is also Included a list of governor or tho atato land board, The state land agont receives an annual salary of $1800 per annum. . . .... ,. . . i jnrm uougni unuor loroaosuro pro.-6araoto bo pad quarterly as other ceodlngs, which have been sold dur-Sa,arlos ar0 pnId. and ho 8ha be ing the pnst two years and a list of allowed $900 per annum for cloricnl thoso remaining on hand. At the nsslstanco nnd Bhall bo allowed all date of the last report of tho bonrd'ncc088ary oxponsos Incurred by him thortf wero 40 oftheso farm on hand," m tho porformanco of his duties, two havo beon acquired by canceling and Bald expensfts and allowance for tlon of certificates, making a total ciearieR, assistance shall bo paid by of 42, 24 of which have boon sold, ordor of tho stnto mnd board out of iwiiHiB uiu o u uii iiu.iii, Hum- tho school fund Intorest account. prising 27SR.R5 noroe, r&praisntlng n cost to tho stnto of $20,900, prin cipal, and a toltnl, including Interest What Lund May Bo Secured. Any vaonnt, surveyed, non-mineral. govornmont land in Orogon, whother Frank G. Boworsox hae mado a splendid record for himself Jn tho grocery business In this city for tho past ton years. Ho has built up n trado at what Is known as tho Yow Park Grocery that employs four pooplo, and Ills delivery wagou is called on to mako a constantly lar ger circuit. He "was In business for two years at Glendale, whero ho sold out to Jonk Harding, when ho returned to Salem and bought out A. M. Patrick. Mr. Boworsox has great aiatural abilities ns a merchant and aim to please the peoplo at all times, Mills at Salem, Newberg, McMinnvilte and Dallas, Dally Capacity, 500,000 Feet. i to dato of foreclosure and othor -m,w,i rt v,.i ... ... costs, of $29,024.02. Tho value of ourad through tho state In the mnn theso place Is ostlmatod by tho state ;nor horo jndcat0d. Tho maximum land agent, who has personally ln.'nroa tbnt can h9 g0,d to QM m sported a greater part of thorn, at ,a 320 aoros (ln caso of an Irrogular not to exceed $15,000. !8ecUon 330 acros) Tho tracts nool Imlomnlty School Land. !nQt bo flonl,BUOUg nor tho npplca. It is tho opinion of the board that tlon8 b0 1)rMOntod at ono time, most of ho money received on In-1 In fllUng tho blanUs tho n ca. dcmnlty school land selected on ln.'tIon to purohaM ,B to b, 00mplotcd valid base has boon repaid and that ,n full( c0tainlng a correct doscrlp further repayment, on this class of tlou of tho tractg t0 bo selected and Innds will be small. (wth affldavlts 8worn boforo no. On account of tho creation of tnry ,)UbHo of count c,erk wUh,n eeven ioroai rusurve. in ensiorn uro- thla state. On tho Indemnity list gon, tho stato has acquired a large blank oaoU 8mallost legal subdivision acreage of valid base. On June 27, of tho land-desired should be sop 1905, the price of indemnity school aratoly desorlbed undor ho headIng was advanced from $5 to $6 per "Soloctlons." Tho non-mineral nflU flcre, nnd on April 24, 1000, from $0 UavU ,a to b0 mado by 8ome com to $7.50 per aero, and largo numbors t0nt person who is familiar with tho of applicants are being rocelvod at iftnd in question and may bo eithor tho latter price. tho applicant or another. On this It is tho duty of tho governor, binnk nothing else is to bo filled, through tho stato land agent to select j Tho present prlco of Indemnity vacant government lands to eatlsfy", land Is ?875 por aoro M he losses Incurred by the creation of ieast one-flfth of tho total purchase theso reserves, but as there Is no ,)rjco must accomnanv tho annlica- fund availablo for paying tho ex- t,on and 8hould bo ,n tho form of J ponso of dlscovory nnd cruising of check, draft or inonoy order payable' bucu janus, tnp governor, wun ine;to G. G. Brown, clerk of state land approval of tho board, has followed board. the policy of making soletlous only q when parties, who hnviug knowledg'j OAliTOXlIA, of a vacant traot of land to which' i U Kind You Htm Ahrars &3Lh they wish to socuro title, mako a ro-. sjatui 3r yfj 'J quest for Its selection and fllo an f MZT&Wi' Singer Machines i LATH, SHINGLES, FOURF00T SIXTEEMCH SLABWOOD. A Salem Office Front and Ferry tho public Khool ItoJ narem8 8rereu,J,J parents 'I The New "SixtySix Tho Oscillating Hook has tho moot scientifically correct motion for making a perfect lock-stitch, booauao variable speed la avoided; thoro is ltss friction and a shorter, and, consequently, a stronger needle can be used, It will pay you to Investigate this machino baton bmylng. OREGON INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND .appblns their U fortable clotblBf iJT . .- -Jml. nf the bks ,.-iin enK p .. . or iriiuu w - - jrtD! Tlift nriiL'nn Inttltntn fnr thn hllnd Min frnnpmRltv nf lB State Wltll nrOVlde theid " " J Is a school of learning established .boautlful grounds, convenient build-, county courts uy an act or tno legislature for tne mgs and suitaojo apparamsi iu w bonefit of the bllml youth of the Instruction of the blind. The scnooi oonuiw" - 0, stnto. The school Is strlotlv educa-'is only a short distance from 1 ininflciw tlonnl In its character. Tho school churchos, lecture halls, and the uui PMto .?!.. -a gives facilities to the blind of bothinass part qf tho city, yet it Is sep- 3. aWM W soxes residing In the state for ob-'rated from it by a stream, thus f physical and tninlncr nn oclonntlnn ontml in tlinsrt 'forcHncr niinils the advantage an"! 3. WHlBP , vj . .?. ,. .. . . . ..,.. ... - ..-.,. 1,1, .a niliCt' .rr mlH EC .- luruisnoa cnuuren in our oest puouc privileges or a cuy m "- neeoss-w ontu:C schools. It also provides the means of a country homo. 4. Good rl l Wl r of acquiring a knowledge of music and suoh instruction in industrial Literary Hepartniout. .rtA F V eTL BELLE & STIFFLER 217 N. Commercial St. Phono 808. nnard oi tn iPi.-iun. rfonnrtment of the belaln, goreraw- pursuits as will aid the pupils to be-!schooi aff0rds inetruction in all tho,r6tary of .?. ,i piM ff oonift indenendant nnd lispfnl nIH.'i i. ..,, in the nubile superintend -jvit schools, and the work required of. Oflteert i 1 1 h .f,nB. with tests for their pro- superintend .. .. '... ,. ...i in An course matron; " . moiions, may ue iuu"u . ii.rdlBS. " of study prescribed for the schools ofBiylHBj s jaui. jjj. come independent and zons. .Manual Department. A thorough course Is given in sev eral indcistrlal trades, such as cane Oregon aeuiuig uumrs, piano lumub', num mock and net making, basketry and weaving, The girls are Instructed in sewing, both by hand and ma chino, knjtting, crocheting, bead and fancy work. Thoro is a largo well equipped gymnasium in connection with tho school and tho pupils are given a systematic course of physical exer cises throughout tho school term. Tho purpose la to mako the pupils useful, . contented, self-supporting citizens. Location. The institution is located at Sa lem, where it has been provided by 11WI t" - i - I . - .AiircAiMAirnn .v. motions, may be found in xne tuu. ---- , m'. ...iii fnr. thn scnoois " fciu .i.. " tflC iirfsSt .iJJf .Musical Department. Rtont. .,.1 The musical department is ".jjttcrf iraKrea. suppueu wun iubuuiuuh- -- - wflitress. .. 'l on music. Instruction is jff -,-- "p,fn'.jr:: vrth7 Miim'vwi".: oiuer lusu uuu -: hn -hool3 ! ".I.A K aro taught nglng. ana u-;-,,,.. Ilsnlnv psneclal taieni arc b i" ,.uh8f' ..iJ dividual training in vocal music. I fcy &&&. 1 r, 1I,Io ,xt AllmlSSlOU. ""' .t.rtfiC'J(j The school is supported by aPP o- Jrf -.,.. hv tho legislature Moores w - ,ij iiiwuvu. .v , -. raf red essa w -: k J.-. and tho advanttages '" -- ; . --. fflUd w 'v to all blind youths of the state an i & (. whoaa Bleht is so aeie -- , - - ..atfw they cannot obtain an education in na. -