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ETOHT THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALElf OREGON. FRIDAY, DEC. 8, 19916. IF TAX IS LEVIED SB H a A REAL Auction Sale Having decided ' to return to Michigan I will sell my fruit ranch, also my household goods nt public auction, to the highest bidder, without reserve. Prop erty located 4 houses north of the Garden road, 1-8 ruile north east of 17th street carline, or 1-4 mile south of pavement on Hi 1 -vertoii road. Thursday, Decem ber 1, JSI10, nt 1 o'clock. Terms cash. The following described property: l'ony, htirneKS and basket cart, gentle for children; I high gradn rubber-tired buggy; 1 road cart; rubber trimmed single harness; telephone instrument and line; library table, sofa, 4 rockers, 0 li n in room chairs, round dining room table, desk, beds and springs, rugs, Inmps, dressers, curtains, bookcase, drop-head sewing iiiachine, birdseye maple plate nu ll, axminisler vehiet rug, drop leaf table, kitchen cabinet, steel range, new heater, dishes, kitchen utensils, good assortment of canned fruit, 5 dozen empty jars,-, barrel chum, washing ma chine, wringer, boiler, tubs, 3 lurgo porch boxes nipl plants, IS.' xl4 tent and fly, one cook stove, lawn mower, 2 long handled shovels, 3 stable blankets, wool strict blanket, collars nad odd harnesses, 30 laying hens, several buff bantams, largo iron 3-scc-tion flour urn, good wagon deck, roll of woven 19 wire fence, 10 gross 4 and H on. screw-top bot tles, work bench, cultivator, 10 foot ladder, quantity . of dry wcod. - - At 2:30 o'clock I will sell this beautiful suburban home and 12 acres of the best ground in the valley; - LH!i npplo trees, 200 prune, 125 cherry, 8 pear, pencil, plum ' trees, etc. Well feoced. large barn, hen house 8-room bungalow, plastered and tinted, floors varnished, etc., with fire place, w-ell on the porch, large wood-shed, property in the city school district.. Tills place is worth 7,riOO, but be at the auc tion and buy it at your own price, even if it be 500; it will be gold. - H. E. VOORHEIS Proprietor STATE OF OREuvtf PROPOSALS FOB SUPPLIES Tho Oregon state uourd of control will receive sealed bid on December 1", IWHl, lit ":0U p. ni., for f urniidiiiig Hiiiilies to . the various stute iustllu , lions: consisting ol" dry goods, clothing, i uriiishiuHs, groceries, shoes, hardware, biooms. drugs, paints, oils, stationery, crockery, plumbing, etc., lor the semi-1 i ....-!...! 1 4lll. IU1? UllllltUl ll-l lull itiiiiiii (riniv i'viii, ri-ecificat:ous nnd schedules will bo furnished upon application to the sec retary n! fiilem, Oregon, also from Hie Industrie-, and muuufuctures bureau, 'l,amber of t'oninierce, I'uiluuil, Ore gnu. Kiich bid to be nccomiianied by n certified chuck ill the sum of 10 per cent of Ihe whole amount of bid, pay uble to the Oregon Statu Hoard of t'ou trnl, to be held ns a guaranty of Hie faithful performance of the contract. The bnnrd reserves the right to reject nnv or all bids or to uceept miy part of a iid, It. It. (KNimX, fjeretary, Oregon .State I' -tf Control. Nov. 2S, Dec. 1-1 S Cuts Out tho West IMiibidclpliia, I'll., Dec. 8. The I'enn sylvanin ritilnuiil this afternoon nn iiouiii'imI an embargo oi) nil freight ex cept that which is perishable and under "overunieiit shipment, on the lines west of rittsbuig. This, it was said, will not affect custom lines except shipments originating west of l'ittibnrg. A seri ous shortage of cars is said to have broiigtitaboiil the embaigo at u time when western shippers have iniii'li ma terial to be moved cast. BAD STOMACH ONE DOSE OF MAYR'S Wonderful Remedy Should Convince You That Your Suf fering Is Unnecessary. A million people, many right In your own locality, have tnken Mayr's Won derful Remedy for Stoiunch, Liver and -Intestinal Ailments, Dyspepsia, Press ure of (ias Around the Heart, Sour tStutiiuch, Distress After Keating, Nerv ousness, Dizziness, I'uinling Spells, Sick Headaches, Constitution, Torpid J.'ver, etc., and lire praising it highly to oth er sutlers, (jet bottlo of your drug gist todny. This highly successful Rem edy hus been taken by people in all walks of life, among them Members of 'Congress, Justice of the Supreme Court, Lil uca tors, Lawyers, Merchants, Bnuk ers, Doctors, Druggists, Nurses, Maim licturerR, 1 'lie.l s, Ministers, Farmers, with lasting benefit and it should be eipially successfully in your ease. Send for free valuable booklet on Stomach Ailment to Oeo. II. Mayr, Mfg. Chem ist. I".4-I.-,G Whiting Street, Chicago, 111. J. C, Berry, 115 South-Commercial. Famous Old Sporting Place To Be Auctioned Tex Rick- ard After It $ BROUGHT $2,000,000 . New York, Dec. 8. Madison Square Garden, scene of many big fights, horse shows uud great political gatherings, was sold at miction today to the New York Life Insurance com pany for 2,000,000. The garden was bought by Edward I. Devlin, of the realty and mortgage department of the insurance company, which holds n mortgage of $1,750,000 against it. There was only one bid. As. thu big enclosure is now in the hands of n icoiver, transfer will be made only on release of the leceivcrsbip, a 30 day notice for which is necessary. Devlin said utter the bid had been mude t but he did not know whi.t would be done about leas iug the building. ! 2! V . Hy II. O. Hamilton. ftr.iited Tress stuff correspondent.) New York, Dec. 8 Famous old Madi- son Square Gulden will go on the nuc- tion block today at noon. Shortly there - utter there will be projected on the gnqiiug public the sounds of wild bid ding from the throats of Tex Rickard Hum- Pollock unit Jimmy Johnston, Homebody evidently is going to run box- ing shows in the Garden this winter und each of Ihe persons named is sincerely confident that it will be him. Rickard says he is going to bid right up to the last notch for the lease and, as he is favored by the Morgan interests .. i." i."i.i . t ,io mm .i - the property, he probublv leads the field. Jimmy Johnston, however, who has beon putting on shows at the Oar- den for the defunct show corporation, says he is going as far as he can and still Keep witnin tne limit ot mo inw. Harry Bollock is associated With John! the tax hus beon levied, although not i of 12,iuO tons and carried 7J0 men, nc Whit'es and Dau McKetrick hi his de-1 therefrom would not be considered ns cording to best nvailable information, uiuns on n Innse. He wnnts tn stnee a ' ;.,.i..v.f...l..,..,., ,...:ii ;r ii,... w , Slic hud a water line leimih of 410 feet bout between Freddie Welsh' aud John - ny Dundee, in New York I The New V'ork Life company Is ex I pec ted to buy the building nnd im I mediately form a holding company j which will proceed with the lease. Kicknrd declares it he doesn't get the Garden he will go right ahead with arrangements for n bout between (leorges ('nrpentier and Les Dnrcy or .Tesa Willard. He savs he has been of fered a site for u building in tho vicin ity of l.'IOth tieet and continues that the building could be erected withiu n mouth's time. . . In the mciiiitiline. Kickard is keeping one eye on a tians-Atluulic cable and the other eve glued to the cable from C....I. a Li-.. -l. i... - i... South America. Vioin the former lit hopes to hnve word regarding I'arpea lier's proposed trip to these shores and 'from the other he trusts he will receive word soon regarding the h hereabouts of I.im Darcw, ihe famous Australian wilt u tho wisp. ' Rickard Hits a Stump. Chicago, Dec. 8. Tex liickaid has struck another snag in planning his big : fight for (leorges ('nrpentier, it upeai ed here today, with the iiniiiiuiiccmenl of Tom Jones, Willard 's innnnger, that he also controls Les Dnrcy. Australian champion. When ho lennied that liickaid wl,s considering sidetracking W'illurd and matching the 1-reach herd with Dnrcy,'. j Jones f lured up. 'Mr. Rickard, or anyone else who is"""-' """ " "'. r"" promoting this scrap will have to see me before thev arrange cither a Wil lard Curpeiitier or a Daicy-Carpentier inatcli. Jones ilecliueil. " Dniev can not fight in this country for the next three veins except under my control. ".lack Keains, Ihe Californian, and I have an equal share in n contract with Darcy. Our contract calls for 2fi per cent of the Australian's winnings in Amer ica. Kcarus nnd 1 split 50 00 on the percent age. ' ' Jones said it would lake )ti.r),000 to get Willard into the ring with Cm pen tier. He hud been offered that by oth er promoters angling for the match, Jones suid, declining to reveal their iiaiues. ! How Season Will Open. I Salt Luke City, I'tah. Dec. 8.- Details I of Ihe playing schedule for the season I I'.ll" weie discussed today by the mag I nates u'l the Coast league ill their clos ling session here today. Bare nullities ; ol the schedule had been discussed in-1 foimnllv before the session began nnd ; when the incciing opened it was not an ' licipate.l (hat ii...... ....,!.! I... ...... .Hi', j ficulty in completing it. , All that is ceitiiin now is that , tM,' 'season will open April :i with I'uitland nt Salt Lake. Vernon nt Sun I'lnucisco and Oakland i Los Angeles, tni.l that ""-M 'tough the newspapers.- , it will last .SO weeks, closing October I'odie con,ine,.l,ng on the dispatch "Ro-t.peu.ng ot land co.ninunnn .is " jsii.il lie I. ad heard nothing Iron. Mack, lions ' can only mean that (.erinany and ""lice is what the magnates have done '"'J didn 't jnlen.i to go to the Athletics ; Aust , ia hav e 'plgcd a clturing away , 'unless he received more monev than the of all allied hind forces I ruin Bu'giinn Limited the number of players in e;i ih club to IS. four of whom shall be "bushevs" ;tho sultiry limit was not chnngcth. ! Threw down the bars limiting the Irainiug season. j Permitted major league clubs to lraini tn California and use Cont league j parks. ! Korbade Coast league plavers to p'av t with outride clubs, especially semi-pro ' clubs- Red Sox Sold. Huston. Mns.. Dec. S. The Boston Red Sox officially changed owners to day when Ward and Kra.ee, theatrical men of Chicano aud New York, signed the papers nnd separated ex President Joe 1. 11 nn in from his world's champions. Boston is now bubbling over with anxiety ns to whether the new owners can persuade Bill Ciurigan to pilot the flub for oue year more. "We're after Oiirrignn." Ward said today. "We have offered him a good , Attorney General's Opinion Concerning Indebtedness Clause In reply to the inquiry of .7. M. Dcvers, district attorney of I.ann coun ty, with reference to the authority of the cuunly court to incur indebtedness under the recent constitutional indebt edness and tax limitation amendment and whether the constitutional limita tion would apply to a present indebted ness where that- indebtedness is pro sided for In the tux levy now being made, tno attorney general uas reu dered the following opinion. Mr. Dcvers asks whether the county reach - .s its limit of indebtedness simply be- cause the taxes for a certain fund have not been collected, or if n certain fund is created by a special levy and I yet uncollected, can the county issue warrants against this fund. The opin ion follows: "The principle i well stated ii. the case of Dux V. Clatsop county, 40 Or., ..t page 230, as follows: "There are decisions of able and respectable courts holding that when, nt the. time contract presentlv to be- come due, is made by a county or a municipality, a tund is on hand niiil,"""' - . , ' .,,,, appropriated to its payment, or fund j 'J; 1 ' 'fr(.- such us current taxes has been pro- reported from the vest tiout. vided, but is uncollected, or uu appro-1 priation is made of the future income I 0f revenue producing property be-. , lonyiiiL' to the municipality, such ns waterworks and the like, and the con tract is cxuressly made payable only out of such funds or revenue, with no ir.uunu, nun not a dlM or ,bU,ty Iis.jin3t rn,.iiitun nil til, I lllll I1IC I It'll 1 IV. It UOCS the corporation, within the meaning of constitutional or charter limitations similar to those contained in our con stitution. ........ Tno court cites numerous nuiiioriiic- ml B'v examples ol the application! ' rule, to which your attention is rcspectlully called. The other cases cited recognize the rule which we have -quoted above. j -'it is, incrtuorc, iip.ni iii iu.h ,, Hlc.c;ni fund in course of collection ! from which any particulnr obligation j . . 1 ' is to he na d. "fteferring to your Inst question, it is apparent that involuntary indebted ! nog.4, thnt is, inUolitediiPHs incurrod or. . . i i... : . of nnv dutien or ol.Iiy.it on posed uioii them by the constitution or laws of the stute, hereafter, created are to be Included with debts voluntarily crenicu oy lue couuiv in arriMiii; in : J " t the total amount to which the lniiit.v tion uiueiidiuenl applies, but that such involuntary indebtedness, ns defined in the decisions of our supreme court, created or incurred by counties prior to the adoption of Ihe constitutional amendment are not to be included in computing the total amount to which the limitation is applicable." An opinion was given J. Stewart, district attorney of Lincoln county, re garding tho question whether the county court could audit and authori.e the payment of claims in the sum of ifiiii.lKMI at the December session, which savs "the prohibition against creation 0f indebtedness by counties in the per- f,,,.,,,,,,,,,,, nf duties or obligation iiu-1 M)scd by law only applies to indebted- j , m,S!1 i.lxifter created'' nnd not to I debts outstanding nt the lime of its! i ni i,(iun. " I i, - L '-, --' , ... , . ' I ..',!.' .. t I To Rank Tennis Players. New York, Dec. 8. The adoption of i tin ranking list of tennis players fur. HUd will go before the executive com-1 niiltcc of the I'liited Slates National j Lawn Tennis unsocial ion when it con venes for its annual session here today.' ili. Norris WiHiunis 11.. who defouted . I William M. Johnston und won the nn-; lionul 1 linnipion-diip last summer, prob- , ably will head the list. Johnston is ex- 1 peeled to take second place. 1 li, l.iiidley Murray, (leorgc M. 'Church. Claieine J. (Irittin, Wiitsun M. i Washburn, Kail II. Hehr. Willis K. Dav is and Theodoie Roosevelt I'rll are fn- ; vnrcd to get places below the two lead- ers, unless tcliiya Ixuningae, 'aiiese, is granted ranking. the Jap B.xllo and Cack May Meet. San rrancisco, Dec. 8. I'ing Bodie and Connie Mack in a v, vet go to the mat before I he Cow Hollow nlngLCr signs a , '. 1 "v... 1 1 11,,, i'!,;i.i.,l.,i,;.. .1,1. lor me coining season. Dispatches from the east today mint-' en .ones, as criticising 1 ing anil saving inline was nor- iny personal euoice. , He'll play with us or not nt nil trad he should be clad to get back in the Amcr "" - 1 l"' ors "" '""" "ecu paying nun. 2 Arrow n COLLARS ai( am cut IV fit thcskikis partly. htrtot-iiti,b.'iK' Why the Journal li popular It prints the world's news to day while it's new. (Continued from page one.) of nil ycitiaens remaining in the Cfreek capital. (J recce has sufficient supplies to last for possibly So days against the sort of a blockade which Admiral Du Four net probably will institute agnrust the kingdom. Delayed dispatches front Athens to day suid that on Monday adherents of Veuizclos taken prisoners by the gov ernment forces wero transferred from the parliament house to the Averoff prison. Crowds in the streets jeered the procession and the captives us they were marched by, tied in groups of four. Sending Troops to Monastir. London, Dec. 8. German troops along the whole Monastir front are being strongly reinforced, according to ad vices from (Salonika today, presumab ly theso forces arc being diverted from i the Kumuninn theatre of war. i Jt was believed here that the Ucrmnivs '"" preparing for Inauguration of a powerful offensive against the rrnnco - Serbian-Italian and British forces in Macedonia, strengthening the Bulgarian nui1 uonnaii re in .unceuo..i, mini troops there with big forces now no longer needed in Rumania. yerdun . '" l--'- .-German troops were driven from the positions east of the s pc of Hill 304 on the lelt bank ot the Mouse which the,- occupied Wed- , "-"' ,' trmms 8,000 Surrendered. Berlin, via Savville wireless. Dee. S. capitulation of a i!uiunuia army di-j vision forced to buttle on the Alt, W illi a ioss of 8,000 men and 20 ennnou, was announced today. Besides Bucharest, ,, ,, ;,,.. .,.,. . . . . . . , tuBUS "uw 'n wnuaa Bauus- I Battleship Missing. j Paris, Dec. 8. The French battleship j I Suil'reu is officially classified ns lost I 'in a statement issued by the minister of A cnt,v nU bnnjK were ost. Tha ,rft oibrnltttr (or tho Lorient on November 24 aud has not been heard of ;,.. . inerunren was an n kiioi oui m-.iuijj , nd carried the following armament: Four 12-Inch guns; 10 G l-inch guns; 8- A 1....I. . OO ii, Li, fnnlil fii'Aiil I i-mi;.. ., , aui, 4 torpedo tubes. . a Ktl ren wbs authoriaod m July i 1S9H iinU i'ost A0.000.000 I.oriflll 1H u- uni4iru ntiiijuti u.mn im-h1,!,ot nt tu0 moutl1 of B Kl"r '"' Brittany. Attacks Are Lighter. Berlin, via Savville wireless, Dec. 8.- - . - : D..nli4in.. lllllirA nf thAII' fill IIHui VA ,. designed to relieve pressure on the Ru muniiin front, the Russian forces in the t'arputhittns undertook only partial at tacks yesterday, according to today 'a otiicial statement. Several attacks ngaiftst Oorniau lines around Ludovn and in the Trutosul val ley were suppressed with heavy losses. Thinks Liner Sunk. London, Dec. 8. The Anchor liner Caledonia is believed sunk, Lloyd an nounced today. ' The Caledonia is n steel steamer ff 9.22:! tons with British registry nnd (ilusgow her home port. She was built j 1 04 and is oUM-feet in length. Russian Attacks Failed Berlin, via Savville wireless, Dec. 8. -Itussiaii attacks 011 the Ihienn front failed, todav's official statement re- ported South of Viesv Russian detachments that had penetrated one of the Herman outpost positions were expelled. Exchange Civilities London. Dec. S.--Mutunl intermit tent shelling was icported by tleiieial' Sir Dnuiilns 1 1 11 iu from the British front totlnv. Bulgars H,,ld Ground Sofia, Dec s. liepeated repulse of enemy attacks, on the .Macedonian front was iinuoiinccd in today's official statement. In Doliin.ljn on the Bulgarian left trout, the enemy is slowly entrenching. Used as Transport. N New York, Dec. S The Caledonia has been in the service of the British gov ernment since the beginning of the war uud' has been used as 11 transport, lo cal Anchor line officials said today. The American representative of the Anchor line did not know her status ut rrcaent Runic Bait for Greece. , Dec s. lieiiunuv and Austria nave oliercil to rc-opell inuu counuiuu cui ions lu t. recce, 11 tireece win or- j clare war on the allies according to 11 wireless ilipntcn reccivetl acre iroiu Sw iueiiaud today . t south to tiiocee, possibly nisi 1 roiu 1 ue I Macedonia- front. ' j Serbians Hold Ground. Salonika. Dec. s. Repented counter ' attacks against positions they lost to jtlic Serbians recently by heavily re- inforeetl Teutonic columns in the region 1 of tirunislite. were in vain, the Serbian ol'i'iciul statement declared today. A Leader-Resulb are our Want Aeb They lead the way to Beikr posilms 5eiLer WorKew -w- OUR- BIG .Reduction' Sale IS STILL ON Special for today Our shipment of Felt Slippers delayed for several weeksis now on the shelves. We are offering them at prices that will startle vou. A complete One of Rubber Goods and High Top Shoes at the VERY LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. REMEMBER We offer goods at these nrices because-WE NEED THE MONEY. m M in g : mm H II n n a A. C. OeVOl n D o a n a H Dealer in High gggQgQQQQQEQODEESSDEQDBB I3ESIDSIDSQSBSBQSDDBDDQQSB SENATORNOW EXTANT Senator LaFollette Blossoms, James Overflows. Lewis Not In It By George Martin. (United Biess st-orf correspondent.) Washington, Dec. 7 Among the staid nBj 80ieInn tosn today sat, Kobort M.i LttFol(te, of Wisconsin, the only gen-j ; uiuc murron pinn sennror now piuiai r.hrt ,,, nvnlntivn mirnnPr trom around Milwaukee blared forth today in: n color scheme that would have put I'a- quin of Buris on easy street for life if he had thought of it. He has shoved Senator James Ham ilton Lewis ' pink whiskers into the dis card; und their owner, torn between the barber shop nnd tho haberdashery doesn't know what to do. Sir Robert was full bloom amid th purple und mahogany of the senate to- day. From the top hair of his two story boinvadour to the lowest thread of his reddish brown suit he was striking, not t-say vivid. His hair, his hands nnd "face, his cars, all pink. Not a glnring, nawst, sicken ing pink, you understand; but a deli cato iusinunling pink, a pink that grows on you. And of course ,it is well known that the senator has some very piuk thoughts. As a color scheme he is the hit of the season. Il is notable that the war has clipped 1111 inch from I'ncle Joe Cannon's stogie. He says his clothes cost more. And his food. In fact, about the only thing it hasn't uffe'ted is his lurid converse tion. Chewing gum was a favorite pastime among house members during President Wilson's address to the joint session. Hut it was confined to house members. Senator Sauslbiiry 's was the nearest np proneh to joining them. The gentleman from Delaware chewed his mustache. Republican House Leader Mann laid his chin down on his necktie nnLslept calmly though not audibly from para graph to paragraph. ; Senator Ollie James, Kentucky, sat , in one scat and overflowed into two oth j ers. He just could not get his navy blue polkudot tie arranged to suit him. ' Senator Kern, of ludinnn, inn the scale on his bald spot a couple of times. KIDNEYS ACT BADLY Take Tablespoonful of Salts v If Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers Drink Lots ' of Water Weire n nation of meat eaters and i our blood is filled with uric acid, says ! a well known authority, who warns us, to be constantly on guard ngaiast kid , uey trouble. The kidueys do their utmost to free I the blood of this irritating acid, but become weak from the overwork; they j get sluggish; the eliunnntive tissue! 1 clog nnd thus the waste is retained in ! the blood to poison the entire system, j When your kidneys ache and feel like 1 lumps of lead, and you have stinginj pains in the buck or the urine is cloudy full of sediment, or tho bladder is irri table, obliging you to seek relief during the night; when vou Jiavc severe head aches, nervous and ifcwy spells, sleep lessness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bud weather, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jnd Salts; take a tnblespoouful in a glass of water be fore breakfast each morning and in a Class ShoesNo trashy goods 279 North Commercial Street fti 'A few days your kidneys will act fine. 1 injure; makes n delightful effervescent This famous salts is made from the j lithin water drink, and nobody c m acid of grapes and lemon juice, com- ninlic mitltuhe ,)V .M ,,, bined with lulua, uud has been used toi 1 . ., ' , . , generations to flush uud stimulate"""."1 ,0 '"'"'P "ie k"''fys clean anil clocked kidneys, to neutralize the acids active, in urine so it is no longer a source ot 1 irritation, thus ending urinary nnd sjt NEW TODAY ADS WILL BE sfc. bladder disorders. , $ read in the Journal in all livo Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot Marion county homes Try 'em. GET HIM A PRESENT HE WILL LIKE It's EasyBuy Where He Buys For the Fisherman Auto Accessories Rod Reel Kly Book Line Basket For the Hunter dm (inn Cases Hunting Knife Compass Coat For the Boy Ba-eball Football Rifle . Velocipede Agate tskates Flashlight CT- IZ INS AND AM Ml 126 South Commercial Street n u a D a a a a a a a u a ti a m a a a a M a a a a a a u a a a a g El at any price. Beautiful Christmas Gift EXTRA SPECIAL 40-inch Crepe de Chine $1.39 for Gowns and Waists 415 State Street Spot Liuht Lined 0 loves Robe ley Hot Bottle' Lunch Outfits Golfer Golf Ha Balls -liibs Score Hook Sundries ' Sw eater Mackiuaw Tonuis Hnquot Rubber Hoots Cutlery Watch Bicycle Leggings IM ir.ifT PhoneS63 Kafoiy Bros. 1 ; t