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DAILY OAriTAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, DKCKMBKR 85, 1008.
Some of Oregon's Popular State Officials
tTWENTS OB STATE
m STRONGLY EQUIPPED
Who Conduct Their Respective Offices In a
First-Class Manner
lAn. K. Chniubcrluln.
I; the best known nnd most
fcen In tho service of the
irr.mi is Governor ueorgo
Brliiln. who has undeniably
tnrk imon this state for nil
Mils administration will go
e history of Oregon as one
nt. Tho governor, uiougu
Kit In a Republican state,
ears been in tno iimeiigni
iftin been elected to im-
snttloiiB of honor nnd trust,
fc'n largo portion of Repub-
e cast oy inoso who rucw
eclato his excellent quall-
trlct Integrity nne unusual
tin latest preferment tno
glory of his llfo was his
v the people 01 mo Binio 10
. noaltlon of United States
iid this at n time when the
in stato as cast for con-
showed clearly n Republl-
rlty of over ao.oou. this
tho United amies senate
jplo la to bo ratified b tho
d of 1909, but there is now
in but what tho ratification
rlumphnntiy ncmoveu nnd
l-nor Chamberlain will sue-
scat In tho United States
held by Sonator Charles
I, of Astoria.
ir Chamberlain, nsiuo irom
ixcellont official nnd a rare
Is nn nttornoy of ability
Is high at the bar of the
Is popular In all walks
luiH tho unbounded con-
tho people of Oregon with-
to political boilers or uu-
leriotiiry r .suite.
ry of Stato Frank A. Dcn-
rot tho ablest officials tho
kri'g"!.! has over had In that
it. and one or tno most
If nun, Is serving tho statu
Hiputlt) for tho first tlin
ring liis county uougius-
for several terms, In wliloh
no demonstrated his great
u thorough office man, Mr.
ir ears practiced law In
developing Into one of tho
tltloncrs nt tho bar of tho
rlicn nomlnnted by tho Ro-
for secretary of state and
190G, ho brought to his
such ability as an offlco
attorney that his term from
i, daj was marked by such
attention to 1ubIiio3k Fil
er before seen In that office
Bvcrnl departments of the
I' of stato's offlco havo been
uglily systematized bv Mr.
Ind his ablo corps of assist-
mako it one of tfio most
business mnchluou In tno
offlco being conducted
nolo vlow to economy tinu
of porfect service. The
klolon has boon brought
the ut stato of perfection and
ranee section is oim of Hit-
llnlnterod in tho Wes. it
corporation dopurtment
no m'entest liiiprovoiiientB
i.i do and tho recordh of
Ion have never been as com-
nn thoroughly kept us the
p while the taxation of cor-
litis been enforced by the
Hit until delluquonclus are
ftknown
Mr Unison has labored for
iuudcr the burden of Ill-
mis jet given uis porsouai
standing of the intricacies of nn of
fice of this kind that has enabled
him to make the state dopartinont
one of the best conductod of nny of
tho departments of tho Oregon state
government.
State Treasurer.
Hon. George A. Steel, treasurer of
the stato of Oregon, who Is serving
his first term, has, from tho day ho
took over the treasury department,
mado every effort to niako tho de
partment a profitable one for tho
stato, and In his offorts, though for
a tltno handlcappod, he has made a
success of which his frlonds and sup
porters are Justly proud. His blon
nlal report to the legislature, Just
Issued, shows some Interesting data
which, when carefully considered by
tho people of tho state, will bring
him the warm admiration of the peo
ple of Orogon without regard to po
llttcal affiliation. Oregon has no
state debt, and during the pnst two
years, since Mr. Steel became treas
urer, every warrant drawn on tho
department has been promptly paid,
and not n warrant Is now outstand
ing, whllo there Is enough nctual
cash on hand to meet every warrant
that may bo drawn under appropria
tions already made. Tho entire prin
cipal of the common school, the Ag
ricultural College, and tho Stnto Uni
versity funds Is dra.vtng Intercut, and
tho common school fund Is crowing
nt a rapid rate, bo that tho Income
from this fund will show much larg
er distribution among tho dchooiu ol
tho stato In coming years. Through
the closing of some of tho stato de
positories a year ago, somo of tho
school funds wcro tied up, but tils
matter has boon satisfactorily ad
justed and the state funds havo mill
er been paid to tho treasurer or are
secured and drawing n good rato of
interest, so that Instead of tho Htuto
being tho loser In this connection It
will bo tho gainer In tho Interest
received on tho funds. Upon roquost
of- the stato treasurer tho nttornoy
gonorul has brought a test nilt for
tho collection of licenses from the
delinquent public service corpora
tions In tho state which have thin,
fur refused to pay these licenses on
their business, and the state treas
urer hopes througn this moans to
mid materially to the Incomo of tho
stato from thoso (sources In accord
ance with tho initiative law of 1000
providing for thoso license payments.
Under an existing law, tho state
treasurer is tho soalor of weights and
measures, nud Is tho custodian of
the standard wolghts and measures
furnished by tho United States gov
oniiiiont, which are tho public stand
ards of this state. Thoro Is, howevor,
no provision in tho law wheroby tho
wolghts nnd measures used through
out tho state may bo Inspected nnd
tested. Mr. Steol thereforo recom
mends such legislation as shall pro
vldo for tho rigid Inspection or all
weights and in on mi res used in tho
stato, and that, so far as possible
such legislation bo mado uniform
.vlth that of other states with which
this stnto holds commercinl inter
course. Action by tho loglslaturo
upon this recommendation of the
stato trousuror will bo of groat bene
fit to the peoplo of this state.
and the stnto Is n largo gainer by
his close attention to business and
his strict compliance with his pledges
made when ho was a candidate for
election two yenrs ago. At that tlmo
Mr. Dunlway pledged himself to
strict economy In tho conduct of tho
state's business in case ho should
bo elected, and It was on thoso
pledges that ho rccolved tho nomina
tion nnd election. The peoplo know
that Mr. Dunlway made no Idlo prom
ises nnd this faith In him has not
beon misplaced, as tho record of tho
office shows.
In the printing of official reports,
brlofs, blanks, for tho various state
departments, nnd in fast all printed
matter, great expenso enn bo ndded
for the state to pay, If tho state
prlntor is willing to "make all there
Is In It." nnd large sums of money
are thus paid out for printing Jobs
by the stnto at times that could bo
saved. In this work Mr. Dunlwny
has at nil tlmos kept In mind his
pledges mado on tho stump, and has
condensed nnd economized for the
stato until In somo Instances ns much
as oO por cent of tho cost of print
ing, tiB it was formerly done, has
been saved.
Mr. Dutuway glvos his porsonnl at
tention to tho office. Ho oversees
every part of tho work dono, and be
ing a practical printer himself and
possessed of more than nverngo exec
utive ability, ho has brought system
Into the office that In itself hns dono
much toward reducing tho cost of
printing to tho state. Ho has equip
ped tho offlco entirely now with tho
latest labor saving machlnory known
to tho crnft, and his equipment will
compnro favorably with that of nny
largo printing ofrico in tho North
west. With tho record mndo during tho
first two years of his management
of tho ofrico and with tho oxporlonco
gained In that department, Mr. Dunl
way bids fnlr to mako n grcator
showing of economy In tno next two
years, nu tho tnx-payors will have
no causo to rogrot tho olectlon of
this excellent gentloman to tno of
fice of stnto prlntor when tho wholo
record Is placed boforo them.
State Printer Dunlwny.
Stnto Prlntor V. S. Dunlway, who
has now sorved ono-hnlf of his first
t-i tim ,,,i,iiu....,,i,w, r,r tim term in that deDurtuient, has made
il It Is duo largely to his nn-, w record for economy and fair doal
fcva and thorough under-' Iiik l his ottlco that is refreshing,
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FRED C. FISH, Proprietor
Itrally located, convenient to business district,
best and most conve lient sample rooms in city,
Bus to and from all trains arriving in the city,
I proof building, elevators and electric lighted.
ist dpine room service and meals in Oregon, .outside
of Porfand,
Attorney fioucnw unwionl.
Attorney General A.'m. Crawford,
who Is sorvlng his second term In
thnt Important offlco, Is tho fourth
gontlomnn to hold thnt most Import
ant position slnco It was created by
tho legislature, and so well haH ho
dono his work bIiico coming to tho
offlco that ho had no difficulty nftor
his first term to securo tho ronoml
nntlon nnd re-election. He is nn In
dustrious and pains-taking official
and tho rnpld growth of tho business
of tho state Iuib mndo tho orflco so
Important nnd tho work so volumi
nous thnt evory hour of IiIb tlmo Is
taken up with tho duties devolving
upon him nnd his offlco force
Among tho Important lltlgallonB
conducted by tho nttornoy gonoral
for tho state slnco ussiimlng his or
flco six yenrs ago, only a fow cases
enn ho mentioned horo owing to lack
or space In n publication or this kind.
Tho caso against tho Portland Gon
oral Electric Compnny for tho state's
sharo or tho receipts or tho Orogon
City locks, was fought by him, op
posed by tho nblost counsol in tho
Btnto, through tho courts nnd recent
ly ho was rowurdod by securing for
tho stnto of Orogon n decision ngalnst
tho company dofondnnt, nnd saving
for tho stnto tronsury n largo sum
of money which fow believed would
ovor bo securod.
The boundary caso botwoon this
stnto nnd AVnshlngton, Involving the
rospoctlvo rights of tho state named
to cortain flshorlos In tho Columbia
rivor, wns rarrlod by him through
tho fedoral courts and, again opposud
by nolo counsol. ho succoedod In thor
oughly ostnbllshlng tho rights of this
stnto and secured a decision In tho
supromo court of tho United Statos.
the hlghost Judicial body In the
world, for his contentions and thoro
by winning n victory thnt will ever
be a bright star In his alroady ex
cellent lecord. and glvos to Oregon
i valuable fisheries.
v n his advice, when he was young
In the office, that the sUt land
bo.ird li.d no right to pay Interest
In the rMi or laud speculators who
had purchased state lauds and hud
nill.il to get till, thereafter asking
fur the return or payments made
with luierect, the board refuwd to
lnv Midi luteratt mid lit this way he
v,,.k rt-Kputittlble for the sarin to the
Htit treasury of thousand of dol
!,i. Hi decision waa found to I
i. - d on good law. and tu lutertwt
,, urn I'm stopped a drain on the
h. ihinv that bad IU Inclptenoy In
In ..irly history of the board.
i la-He are but a few oftna Import-
t i ,, handled by hi in and la
wii 'i In haa made a record that will
I ir,- lui- Hundred of caawi of -..-
.qual Importance have leu
r ;m ifully proeecutwl by him and
i.i invariably he baa secured fur
h M.tte lis legal rights and In near
I .11 of them haa tha state profited
l r.'fl by his untiring efforts
ri.nng the lmKrtan twork of the
Mi.rn-y general Is his appearance
for the state In the supreme court In
an- casea that aro appealed from
he circuit courts of the rarloua
routines He helps the district at
t.jrne8 In brierlng tho caaes. and
In almost evory Instance he awdeta In
the arguments, so thut this part of
his work takes up quite a little of
his tlmo
Hut It Is as the legal advisor of the
dinte officers and the various boards
land commissions that most valuablo
1 work of the attorney general Is dono.
'and little of whleh oomes to the no
tic o ftho public. His advice is al
ways bought by the officers whore
! questions of law are invoiveu. aim
can citizen of tho highest type, n
man who does not look at the cloth
ing of his caller, nnd gives tho snino
kindly reception to tho plowboy nnd
the laborer that Is accorded to tho
high and mighty, and ns tho result
ot his democracy nnd good fellowship
ho Is ono of tho most popular men
In tho stato whore ho Is known, bo
Ing hailed everywhere by tho best
peoplo ot Oregon as a good follow.
Superintendent O. Jnmes.
Hon. C. W. Jnmes, superlnondont
or tho Orogon stato penitentiary, Is
nn official who hnH loft his mark
on the big state's prison, tho affairs
of which ho has administered slnco
April 1, 1903, whon, by appointment
oi Governor Geo. 13. Chnmborlnln, ho
took over the innnngeinotit of tho
great Institution. When Mr. Jnmes
eiime to the prison ho found 318
prisoners thoro. Slnco that time tho
number has Increased fully 100, ns
tho present population of tho Insti
tution Is about 120. Tho highest
point reached during Mr. Jnmes' torm
wns 449, that number being under
his chargo ono day In tho past year.
During Mr. James' term many
changes havo boon effected in tho
conduct of tho prison. A two-story
building has been orected In which
execution of condemned prisoners Is
had, the law having been so chnnged
ns to provido that execution of legnl
ly sentenced prisoners Is only had In
tho penitentiary, and seven have thus
far beon executed In that Institution.
Corporal punishment hns been entire
ly abolished, with n decided Improve
ment of tho morale of tho prisoners;
stripes havo been dono nwny with
except In tho caso of prisoners who
vlolnto tho rules of tho Institution, n
cadet gray being UBod for ordqrly
prisoners' clothing. A dining room
has been provided and ho prisoners,
Instcnd of eating In their colls, now
eat In tho community dining room,
with tho result thnt tho colls nro
much easier kept clean nnd tho,
health of tho prisoners is hotter.
For tho improvement of tho health
of the Inmates nud officials tho
greatest efforts wero necessary. Prior
to Mr. James' coming to tho penlton
tlury n number of cases of typhoid
fovor wore noted thoro. In tho past
rivo years tho santtitry arrangements
havo been so much Improved thnt
not n caso of well developod typhoid
has boon noted In tho prison during
that tlmo. Tho plumbing has beon
thoroughly overhauled and tho walls
have been scaled and painted until
the building Is as sanitary as any
prison In tho country, Cigarette
smoking has beon ontlroly prohibited
nud not a prisoner Is allowed to se
curo materials for tho little "coffin
nails," while the employes havo been
forbidden to smoke them on tho
premises.
Mr. Jnmes bus established a li
brary, tho prisoners havo also a band
anil nn orchestra, and a paper Is
published weekly In tho prison nnd
In this tho prisoners nro taking n
deep Interest. . Itecrontlon Is allowed
tho men, mid us u result of those
many chnngos the men nro observing
far bettor discipline than over in tho
past.
Ono of tho grent additions to tho
work of tho orflco Is the finger-print
system of Identification. This Is tho
latest and most Improved manner of
Identification of prisoners nnd prom
ises to bo very valuable. Warden
K 11. Curtis and Ilookkeepor Tom It.
Wilson have taken up this study und
established tho bureau, which Is con
ducted nn the name lines us that of
tho United States prison at Fort
Ixmvonworth, Kansas,
.Mr. James nnd his able force of
officials havo certainly made nn ex
cellent record In the big prison nnd
their efforts will always bo remem
bered by thoso of tho peoplo of tho
stato who know nud appreciate the
results or these Improvements.
COLUMBIA
Hams, Bacon and Lard
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OREGON'S LEADNG PRODUCT.
F.very tlmo you order this brand you put tho money right back
Into Oregon, whoro It has an opportunity to como ngnlu to your
own pockets; besides, tt's only neighborly to buy whoro you sell
and tho best of Orogon livestock goes Into Union Meat Co. products.
The quality of Columbia Hams and llncon makes them always
on tho "wanted" list of good 1ioiihcuIuv they ditto better are
better go further. An for Columbia I.nrd, less In required, It
leave no "lardy" tnMe, nnd Is perfectly vvIioIcnoiiio ns n frying
fat, or pantry Ingredient.
UNION MEAT COMPANY
Pioneer Packers of the Paolfic.
Portland, Oregon.
from 10 to 18 hushuls por tree. Got tons In 1907; brought $100 por ton.
Tom i;. WHmui.
Tom It. Wilson, tho bookkeeper of
the uregon penitentiary, Is a part of
tho administration or tho big prison,
and in his work there has established
a record for efficiency that Is pleas
ing to his many friends. Ills records
are the acme or iierfectlnn and sim
plicity, nud ho has mndo many addi
tions to tho records or the office val
uablo In tho mniiagomeut of the
prison. With Warden Frank II Cur
tis. Mr. Wilson Isst spring took up
the study of the flimer-prliil sIpiii
or IdsntlflsHtion and established this
lu the prison. Mr Wilson Is an ()i
gott enthusiast and altuomih he has
sewn every part or the United gtains.
he says ha can nowhere find a sec
tion of country that In auy way ap
proaches the Willamette valley In
beauty and wealth, and declares that
never again will he live anvtlicre ex
cept In this favored spot
GREArSTAPLEl)R0PS
OF SALEM SECTION
From Booklet of Salem Board
of Trade 1000 Facts
of Production.
We sold $10 worth of Northern
Spy apples from ono tree last fall
Albert itotvland. Kt. C. Salem
From three acres of tipples we
sold ovor I&00 worth last fall Tho
crop was not quite an nverage.
A. U. Godfrey, Ht. 8. Halom
1 finished picking my Virginia
Greening upples In good condition on
January 13, 1908.- V (5 Mclnch,
Polk county, Ht. i. Salem
I bulluvo thoro Is no bettor section
in the west, all things considered, for
raising upples than the Willamette
valley. C. A. Park. Commissioner
Second District. Htate Board or Hor-tlou'ture.
Our yield or apples In tho Wttllaco
18 boxes merchantable apples from
ono tree 10 years old Clinton J.
Kurtz, Balein.
I havo three ncreti of applo trees
which brought me $451!, besides fam
ily use .Potor lCurru.
Harvested 3300 boxes apples In
1907 from eight ncres. h. T. Hoy
tiolds, Ht. 9, Salem.
My upples brought mo $100 per
aero. M. Luudu, Salem, Ht. G.
The Wlllumutto valley Is destined
to becomo the leading apple produc
ing district on tho Pacific coast.
C. A. Park, Commissioner Socond
District, Btnto Board of Horticulture.
I'runcH.
Cured 40,000 pounds prunes from
12 acres; sold crop for $1040. Cost
o. cultivation, $00; pruning. $20;
picking. 2000 bushels, $120; drying,
$300; hauling to market, $20: total
oxponso. $520; net proMt. $1120.
I.. M. Gilbert, Ht. 4, Balein.
Wo cleared $140 por aero on six
toon acres or prunes. M. N. Bow
man, h. B. Fuller.
From about six acres picked DIG
bushels Italian prunes, and sold thorn
for Cft cents per pound, dried, real
izing $1020. Frank Hriihotz, Ht. 3,
Balein.
I picked 334 bushels Italian prunes
from toss than two acres of land and
sold them undrled for GO cunts per
bushel - S. W Miles.
From 3000 trees In 1907 I sold 40
tons of prunes at $100 pur ton. The
crop was light Bruce Cunningham.
Liberty.
Thlrtv ncres of tinmen vlelded 33
MOIs) I 1 8 1 1 M 941M444HH
F N George, Biiletn
Had 1300 bushels Frouch prunes
In 1907, from which 1 realised 02
conts per bushel. John Pomhorton,
Balein, Ht. 4.
I got 12,805 pounds of prunes from
seven ncres last season which, ut 5
cents, brought $040.25. D. D. Keel
or, Snlem,
On 10 acres I raised 38 tons of
dried prunes In 1907. Shipped 22
tons to Glasgow, Win. McQIlchrlnt,
Balein. '
Have sovoti ncres of prunes thnt
have averaged about $150 pur year
slnco thoy vvoro nltio yoara old. D,
I). Koolor, Salem.
From 10 ncres primes I sold 51,000
poiindB dried prunes In 1907.- U T.
Reynolds, Ht. t. Salem.
From 30 acres of primus realized
over $0000 In 1904 and $4050 In
1900. --Clinton J. Kurtz, Salem.
From 95 acres prunes In 1907, wo
dried 340,902 pounds first grado and
1100 pounds second g ratio. Valuo
$17.000. Chehiilem Orchard Co..
Nowherg (address, Halom).
From 20 acres of prunes, realized
$2300. Hov. F. M. Ocorgu, Balom.
From 24 ncres of prunes I sold
$3300 worth. A. F. Ileardsloy, Sa
lem. Ht. 8.
From lo acres of primus 1907, I
got ovor 1000 bushels primus. O. II.
Cobb.
In 1900 I got 100 hushuls of
prunes from two acres, trees eight
wmih old O II Cobb & Son.
01-r.hnrd In l'JOC was 1&.0U0 boxes on
TBnt.gT.hoofflol.E right i 6 acres, or 333 bos, per acre
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