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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-27
To Buy Oregon City Locks.

A resolution on the subject of
government ownership of the
Oregon City Locks, as has been
agitated by the Gazette and other
valley papers was introduced by
Senator Avery, OF this county,
and passed by both Houses of the
state legislature now in session.
1t is as follows:
Whereas, an act was passed by
the legislative assembly OF the
state of Oregon in 1870, apPro-
priating money to the Willamette
Falls Canal & Locks company to
aid in the construction of canal
and locks in theWillamette river
at Oregon City, Oregon, and by
the terms of said act the said
corporation was empowered to
charge at the rate of so cents per
ton for freight and 10 cents for
each and every passenger passing
through said locks; and
Whereas, the rate thus per-
mitted to be charged fixes the
amount chargeable against all
freight and passengers whether
carried by river or rail, travel
ing in either direction along the
Willamette river; and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-27
TO D2EDGf THE WILLAMETTE.
Bill introduced in Legislature
Providing for an Appropriation
of S25, 900 to Open tine River
Below Corvallis.

Hon. T. D. Cornett, represen-
tative of Linn county, this week
introduced bill in the legisla-
ture, that has a very fattering
prospect of becoming law, pro-
viding for an appropriation of
$25,o by the state to pay for
opening the Willamette river for
year-round navigation.
The dredging of the shallow
places between Corvallis and Sa
lem is of most urgent necessity,
as it would enable the river boats
to ply between this city and Port
land the year round AS it is
now, on account of a few shall
lows this side of Salem. boats
can ouly reach Corvallis during
the winter when the water is high.
The bill is as follows:
s'The bill tor an act creating
the board of internal commerce
commissioners, defining its duties,
directing and authorizing the
opening, deepening, dredging and
improvement OF the Willamette
river between Portland, Oregon,
and Corvallis, Oregon, and ap
propriating $25, 900 therefor.
''Be it enacted by the people
of the state OF Oregon:
Section I That the governor,
the secretary of state and the
treasurer of the state of Oregon,
shall constitute aud comprise the
board of internal commerce com
missioners, which is hereby ere.
ated.
Section 2 That it is the duty
of the board of internal commerce
commissioners to cause the Viii
lamette river, between Portland
Oregon, and Corvallis, Oregon
to be opened, deepened, dredgee
and otherwise improved to tht
end that said river may be easily
navigable tor the purposes o
commerce at all seasons of th'
year between said points; aad Il
file with the secretary OF stat
full report Of its action under th'
provisions thereof.
Section g. That the member
of said board of internal com
merce commissioners shall serv
without compensation excep. thei
actual expenses incurred in til
performance of their duties a
such members thereof.
Section a. That there is here
by appropriated out of the genere
fund of the state of Oregon, tn
sum of twenty-five thousand do
lars ($25, ooo) or SO much theree
as may be necessary, from an
monies not otherwise apDropf
ated, to be expended by said boar
of internal commerce commi
sioners in carrying out the pul
poses of this act; and the secrt
tary of state is hereby authorize
to draw his warrant upon tt
state treasurer for said sum, {
part thereof, when directed b
said board to do so.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-01-27

On accou mt of the recent establish
ment of the Rural Free Delivery
route from Monroe, the Star route
bt tween Inavale and Corvallis has
been discontinued The postal
department at Washington, D. C
asks tor bida for carrying the mai
six days in the week fron Corvallis
to Inavale. A bond of $1,000 is re-
Tquired by the government and th+
bids for the new route must be re-
ceived at Washington, D. c.. before
Feb. Il. Further particulars can
be secured from Postmaster B. w.
johnson of this city.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
Waiting for a Definite Opinion
From Solicitor.
NO CALLED MEETING YET SET.

Really do not know what will
do in regard TO filling the vacancy. II
one exists, In the lower board" May.
or Yeiser declared this morning. "but
IL have to appoint councilman to
ill vacancy in the Fifth ward,
shall do 30 when II suits me.
Mayor Yeiser is waiting on an
opinion from City Solicitor Puryear,
and stated that when he got this he
would know more about II.
Judging from the law in the case
Councilman McCarty had no right to
participate in the regular council
meeting last Monday. as his term was
over, and there Is now a vacancy. and
was then. II is said that McCarty
loes not want to serve in the board,
md would decline II the solicitor
were to decide that he can.
Solicitor Puryear is now preparing
written opinion in the case. He
first said that Councilman McCarty
held over, and that there was no va
cancy. but his attention has since
been called to the following statute.
which shows that there is a vacancy.
Section 1521.-Vacancy in office
meaning and application of term
The term vacancy in Office" or any
equivalent phrase as used in this ar
ticle, means such as exists where
there is an unexpired part of term
OF Office without a lawful incumbent
therein, or when the person elected
or appointed TO an Office fails % quail
ify according to law. or when there
has been no election to fill the office
at the time appointed by law. 1t ap-
plies whether the vacancy is OCCASION
ed by death, resignation, removal
from the state, county or district,
or otherwise" al
Many good democrats are outspo'-
en- in their opin IN that inasmpen &c
a republican was elected to the place
in the council. the mayor ought 70
appoint a republican to fill the vaean
cy.
Mayor feise- said that no meet
ings of either board had been called
for this week. but that he wTs ready
!. to call one whenever the members re-
quested 1t.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

compel the attendance OF the hun
dreds OF children who now do not go
to school at all or at most only semi.
occasionally. II is probably within
the strictest limits of the facts to say
that there are thousand children
of school age in Lexington and It's
suburbs who do not attend school
two months a year. The law requires
that a truant Officer be elected and
we hope the board will elect one at
its next meeting"
what is said Of Lexington may
well apply to Paducah. Better sala-
rles should be paid our teachers, and
there should be truant oficer.
There are hundreds of children In
Paducah now out of school who
ought TO be in school, and a truant
officer to find them and enforce the
law against their parents would be
OF ineatimable benefit to them and
their future, and to the future of So
ciety and citizenship.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

something was going to happen. Tom
took a bottle of Mumm's for his'n
and broke II on the floor declaring
that the store was ohristened. open
and ready for business.
didn't throw uine on the floor.
That's how | took a drink with
Tom Lawson OF Boston.
hope Tom will win out. would
hope any man would win out who
would buy me as good a drink as
Tom did.
The gentleman that runs that
booze bazaar has that hundred note
yet and keeps It framed over the bar.
maybe with lingering hope 1t VIII
tantalize somebody else into spring
ms.
And the boom town--well. that's
another story
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
Reopens January 18th.

The ladies of the Y. NJ. c. A. COM
mittee, at their meeting Saturday
afternoon decided to open the Y. NJ.
C. A. building the evening of Janu-
AIRY 18th with appropriate exercises.
In the meantime State Secretary
Rosevear will be asked to send one
of the state organizers here for two
or three month to get the association
in good working order. Arrange
ments will at once he made to put
the association building In order and
prepare il for reopening.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
PAYING OUR TEACHERS.

Srhe action of the board of educa-
ton of Lexington, KY, in regard to
paying the teachers more money, will
be of interest in Paducah just now,
owing to the discussion Of school af-
fairs. The board discharged every
teacher in the city, raised the sala-
ries, and then re-employed them, a
rather unusual procedure, but one
showing that the board appreciated
the efforts of the teachers enough to
go to considerable trouble to pay
them what they deserve.
In Paducah the teachers are poorly
paid, and always have been The Lex
ington Herald well says along this
line:
1--WE are glad the board raised the
salaries of the teachers and hope II
will adopt the suggestion of the SUI
perintendent to establish a manual
training department. The salaries
as fixed by the board last night are
none too high for competent teach
ers. No teacher should be employed
who is not competent and no teacher
should be paid less than fair living
salary. We have unfortunately, got
ten in the habit of accepting woman S
work at a less monetary valuation
than tho aipnflar xuorL 90 a ,,,an 49,
we often fail TO see the injustice OF
paying women salary which is less
than living wage. No woman. capa-
Bile OF teaching, trained as she should
be to teach in the public schools,
should be paid less than enough TO
live on with comfort, and save some
thing for the future. Their salaries
should be enough for them to be in
dependent In the present and able to
look forward to the future with the
assurance of safety from either want
or dependence on others.
1--WE are also glad of the indication
given by the board of education of a
purpose to raise the standard for the
teachers. We would like TO see and
hope We shall see the day when every
teacher will be employed because of
her attainments and efficiency and re-
tanned as long as she does her duty,
without regard TO politics, or social OF
business relations. Every step in
that direction is for the improvement
of the schools and thereby the better
ment of the city, for its schools are
after all the most important of all
the elements for the betterment OF
the city.
I'VE hope the board will make pro-
vision for a manual training depart
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
Saloon Men of Gilbertsville Have
Been Arrested.
Result 81 the Case VIII Settle the
validity Of the Local Option
Law In the County.
TRIAL COMES UP At BENTON.

II. II. Marshall and Lee wickers
OF Gilbertsville, Marshall county. who
are running a saloon al that place for
John Counts. OF Paducah, have been
arrested for violating the local OPP
ton law and are out on bond pending
their trial Marshall was in Padu-
cab yesterday and was arrested here,
while wickers was arrested In Gil
bertsville. They are bartenders and
have been selling the liquor over the
bar at the Counts saloon. The result
of the case will settle the question
as to the validity of the local option
law in Marshall county In the Gil
bertsville magisterial district. which
Judge Reed. OF this city. was suppos-
ed to have had under advisement sew
eral weeks ago. but which he did not
pass on, saying Il was not necessary.
Attorney c. Flournoy. of Padu-
cab, acted as special judge In Mar.
shall circuit court last summer and
knocked out the local option law In
one or two districts on technicalities.
and the same principle of law Is al
legged to exist in the Gllbertsville dis
trict as in the others. When the
county clerk at Benton refused to ac-
cept money for the state for the IL
cense of Counts, a mandamus suit
was brought to compel him. and
Judge Reed decided he has to accept
the money but did not pass on the
legality OF the local option law.
The Marshall county authorities
want to know II the law is valid and
caused the arrest of the saloon men
merely to test IT,
The case will come up at the next
term of Marshall circuit court at
Benton.
II is said that the county clerk at
Benton misunderstood the decision
of Judge Reed and issued the license
at the same time he accepted the
money. and that Counts is running
his saloon on state and district IL
cense. Judge Reed stated this morn
ing that he understand some action
towards testing the law was to be
taken. and was not surprised at the
arrest of both bartenders which was
Done merely to bring the matter into
the courts.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
CHANGE OF HEART.

What John Temple Graves, of At
lanta, Ca. said in an Interview at
Cincinnati Saturday has been becom-
ing more and more evident for sew
eral weeks past.
His words are not only tribute
TO President Roosevelt. but to the
south as we'll. he said:
"The south is rapidly changing in
itr attitude toward President Roose-
welt. The people of that section as a
whole are no longer apprehensive
concerning his course toward them
as the chief executive OF the land.
They have learned his true worth
and are beginning to assume that
degree of confidence in him once re-
posed in the late lamented William
Mckinley"
On the question of cutting down
the southern representation in con-
g;ess, Mr.. Graves said:
81 do not believe 1t will ever be
lone. The southern people are for
the most part Indifferent about the
matter. although many would well
come 1t. But 1t will not be done. Mr..
Roosevelt is against II, as are many
Of the northern people"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
LAVSON'S s1Oo BILL
FORMER KENTUCKIAN WRITES
OF HOW 1T WAS SPENT.
Author Of "Frenzied Finance" Paid
for Drinks for the Crowd at
the Palmer.

Mr. Richard McGregor. formerly
Of Paducah one OF the main witness
es in the Mount murder trial here.
and now associate editor on the
Greenwood. Miss. Commonwealth,
has the following of Thomas Law
son, Paducah incident, and Don
Gilberto. the latter being the man
who kept the thirst store" men
toned:
While Mr., Tom Lawson, of Bos-
ton, Is cutting such a figure on the
front part Of the stage | want to rise
up and say | know Tom-leastwise |
once took drink with Toni
drunk drink he paid for, anyway.
which was just as satisfying. II came
about in this way; About twelve
years ago Mr. Tom Lawson wanted
10 open a boom town on the y C..
railroad in Kentucky and call It
Grand Rivers. While he was opening
this town he used Paducah-a Ken
lucky village of about twenty thous-
aud thirsts and two hundred thirst
stores-as a base Of operations and
supplies. While he was promoting
around Paducah a big new thirst
emporium, a iimdandy, opened mp
With a right smart fare Of trumpets,
and on the opening day Tom was
right there to spend the first money
that passed over the bar. II was a
hundred dollar note and Tom asked
everybody in sight TO drink, I was In
sight, for | had a sort of an idea that
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

The insanity dodge does not work
in murder cases as II once did. A ne
gro at Louisville was given a death
sentence. and a preacher in Daviess
county twenty-one years. for homi-
eide. although the defense in both
cases was insanity. Evidently Ken
lucky juries are learning that some
thing has to be done with the cray
people" even If they have to be
hung.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

Mayor Yeiser will have to appoint
a councilman in the Fifth ward. II
will be interesting to see what he
does. The people chose a republi
can for the Office. and through no
fault of the people the republican
declined to qualify or serve. Inc
mayor should appoint a republican
to the place. but will he? Can he
estrange himself from peanut pol.
tics long enough to do the people OF
his city justice? 1t will really make
little difference to the republicans of
Paducah who is appointed. They
have never had any desire to mix
politics in municipal affairs but II
has always been a necessity because
the democrats always drew party
lines. In the board of aldermen there
is at present a deadlock, not because
the republicans desired one, but be-
cause the democrats declined 10 he
fair and divide the honors. The claim
that 1t is customary to elect the pres
ideut from the hold-over mem
Der S is rot. The last pres
ident of the aldermanic board. Mr.
Reed. was never in the board of al
dermen until last year, and the year
he served he was president Of the
board.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

Members Of the Mangum lodge, i.
o. o. F., are requested 10 meet at
the hall tomorrow afternoon az /
O'Clock to attend the funeral of
Brother John Wright. Members OF
the Ingleside lodge and of the Ma
rine Engineers association are in.
vited.
FRED j. GILBERT, n. G.
HARRY JUDD. Sec'y.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

John Champion. the negro arrested
here for murder committed In
Memphis In December, was taken
back yesterday by Detective Chiles,
Champion seemed to be very des-
pendent over his plight and said he
knew he would be hanged. lie ate
practically nothing here after his ar
rest,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
Death of a Child.

The one year old child of Mr., j.
l.. knight died yesterday at coo
North Fourteenth street from pneu'
monia and brain fever. The remains
were taken to Hickory Grove. Graves
county, for burial.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

Tonight a special train will pass
through Paducah en- route from the
east 10 New Orleans carrying mem
bers of the International Association
of Commission Merchants. The trail
is composed of a baggage car, oiner
and four sleepers. and comes of the
b. & o. road at Louisville.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09

Whether or not the Colorado leg
islature did right in declaring Adams,
the democrat, governor. depends on
ones point of view. II he was fairly
elected he should have been declared
governor. II not. he should not
have been, no matter what the re-
turns show ON their face.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
Paducahan WEEDS at Brookpor.

Mr., E. ID, Davis, who resided two
miles from the city on the Cairo road
and Miss Hattie Jackson. Of Brook
port, ILL.,, will be married today at the
home of the bride in Brookport.
They will reside In Paducah.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
Daily Thought.

"You cannot touch men as long as
YOU think of them as masses"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-01-09
The Weather.

For Kentucky. rain or snow to-
night. colder in the western portion.
Tuesday fair and much colder.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-03-02
Eight AGAINST STANDARD OIL

. Rucyrus, o., Feb 27.-Frank
. S, Monnett, ex-Attorney General
of Ohio, who has been employed
by the independent oil people of
Kansas to assist in their fight
against the STANDARD Oil Comps-
ny, is now in Kansas to take up
the battle. lie says he will take
up the power Of the courts to en-
force the laws psssed ny the Leg
islsture, and in addition will as
sist in preparing plssdings In the
various cases. Another part of
his plan will he TO fight against
the lease given by Hitchcock on
over one million acres of territori.
al land Mr.. Monnett says that
the present on..of Kansas Texas
and Wisconsin, backed by the ma
tional Government, is the strong
est blow yet struck against the
Standard Oil Company. The pro
ceedings thus far are almost lden-
teal with those instituted during
his term as Attorney General.
These measures were introduced
three different tines and ga h
time they never got beyond the
committee. If see, said Mr. Mo-
nett, I'm this concerted attack on
the Standard the handwriting on
the wall. II pushed to finish it
will be the death of the WORLDS
greatest combins, and will 30 wea-
ken the lesser evils Of like ma
ture that combine legislation will |
be much simpliaed."
Houston, Tex, Feb IA petit |
ton is being circulated here ask.
ing Congressman Pinckney to re-
quest President Roosevelt to in
cluoe the Texas oil fields ia the
investigation of the Standard oil
operations in Kansas.
Guthrie, Okla, Feb 27.-The
House tonight passed a joint reso
luton memorializing President
Roosevelt to investigate the blan.
ket lease IT the oil beds Of me
Usage nation.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-03-02
FOR SALE.

One Fine Red Poll Bull, Is months
old, fine color and good calf every way;
with good treatment will make a bull
weighing 1000 or 300 pounds. His par.
ents were very large Sire Oberon
weighing 22OO pounds, Dam Ruby 100
pounds. lie is registered and a guaran-
tee goes with him that he is O. X. every
way. Don't forget we have the very
best Bronze Turkeys and Barred Ply
mouth Chickens that money can buy
and we offer them at farmers prices.
". l.. KENNEDY,
Lola, Kentucky.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-03-02
DAzEO, ARE MEN OF MOLE.

New York, Feb IA Wash
ington dispatch to the Herald il
as follows:
1t is beginning to dawn on thil
city that the Federal investiga
ton of the Standard Oil Compa
ny, proposed by the Campbell res
olution will be severe test oI
strength between the United
States Government and the great
st industrial and financial insti.
tuition in the world. Some men
call it an inquest by 1.-The State OF
a corporation popularity supposed
greater than the State and the ere.
ator Of statesmen"
The adoption of the resolution
by the House, the Presidents or
der TO begin at once, go to the
bottom and report early" the
fling Of the charges and the actu.
al beginning of the inquiry fol-
lowed in such swift sequence that
the elder men of public affairs are
astounded. Secretary Metcalfe is
still dazed and does not realize the
purport of this unusual series of
events. Mr.. Garfield, the Com
missioner of Corporations, speci-
ally charged with the inves'iga-
ton, appears unable to appreciate
the scope If his commission.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-03-02
STEAM Err SUNK.

MaysviIle, Ky, Feb 2l.-The
ice gorge that has been holding
fast in the Ohio river at this point
for the past ten days broke this af-
ternoon 2 O'Clock. Although the
river men were prepared for the
break, having all the ropes n d
hawsers that could be gotten 20.
gether, and tied on to their craft.
the steamer Big Kanawa 10 a total
wreck. She was torn loose and
floaied down with tho ice and 40
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-03-02
For James for U. S Senator.

Now from our point of view
and according to our way Of thank
ing, it makes but little difference
to the people OF this part of Ken
lucky who their Senators in Con-
gress are, neither nor both Of them
are of as much actual importance
to the people and taxpayers as
any country magistrate is to the
people that he represents in the
Fiscal court OF his county. A
Senatorship is a soft job usually
sold to politician with the long.
est purse string. And to our way
of thinking the most corrupt leg.
islative body on earth today is the
L. 5. Senate. Investigations, I'm
peachments, Indictments, Frauds,
BriberieS, Jobberies and whole
sale corruption is about all the
Senatorial news we hear at the
present time. But with such fell
lows as Joe B ack burn who
amounts to 30 little that no one
hears Of them except when they
want to be reelected, the case lie
different for no attention is paid
to them, for they never do any
thing for which to be indicted or
to be 'inves igated." Senator
Black burn was in the Lower
House of Congress ten years and
is now serving his third term in
the Senate, and the only thing
that he ever did in either House
OF which we have any knowledge
was to pull Bill Chandeliers ear.
and in our opinion it is now about
time to retire him to the shades
of private life. AS for Governor
Beckham we were for him for gov.
ernor and we are very much in
favor of his remaining governor
for the full term for which he was
elected. In our opinion better
man than Black burn or Bsckham
either for U. 5. Senator can be