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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Confirms Two Secretaries

Washington, Jan. Is. - The senate
committee on finance today agreed to
report favorably the nominations of
Postmaster General Cortelyou to be
secretary of the treasury and James R.
Garfield to be secretary of the Interior.
The vote on both Mr.. Cortelyou and
Mr.. Garfield was unanimous, the
members of the committee asserting to
the view that the president should be
allowed to select his own advisers.
The committee also agreed on Arthur s.
Statter, of Washington, to be assistant
secretary Of the treasury.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Hears Arguments for Exclusion

Washington, Jan. l5.-The house
committee on foreign affairs granted a
hearing today to Representatives Kahn,
McKinlay and Hayes, all of California,
the committee named by Pacific coast
representatives to oppose efforts to
modivf the Chinese exclusion act and
to work for Japanese exclusion act.
1t was stated by the Californians that
they will fight vigorously the bill under
consideration by the committee to
amend the Chinese exclusion act.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Plan to Reclaim Swamp Land.

Washington, Jan. 16.-An extensive
plan for reclamation of swamp and
overflow land will be considered at an
early meeting of the senate committee
on public lands. The scheme is ad-
vanced in bill introduced by Senator
Clapp, which provides for the estab-
hshment of draining fund" from
all moneys received from the sale of
public land in Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louis
lana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,
Ohio and Wisconsin, except the 5 per
cent set aside for educational purposes.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Proposed Oregon Tax Law

strued or considered part of the ex-
penses of Baker county under this act
for any Of the years in which said ex-
penditures were made: Provided fur
ther, that the amount paid by any
county in reducing or discharging its
Indebtedness, or paying interest on its
Indebtedness, shall not be considered a
part of the expenses OF county under
this.act. Such computation to be made
by said state officers in 1910, and in
January in each fifth year thereafter.
Until the January, 1910, computation
the proportion Of the state taxes to be
paid by the several counties shall be as
set out in the following table, to wit:
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Tell Troubles to President.

Washington, Jan. 1S.-Nictor H..
Beckman, Of Seattle, secretary Of the
Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers
association, headed committee of Is
from the National Reciprocal Demur-
rage convention that called on the pres
ident today to discuss car shortage.
They went over the subject generally
and urged the president to support a
bill proposing reciprocal demurrage, it
being their belief that this will mater
tally aid in solving the problem.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Continue Cry for More Coal.

Washington, Jan. l6. - Additional
complaints were received today from
North Dakota points of the fuel situa-
tion and OF either a scarcity or an en-
tire exhaustion of the coal supply.
Dispatches also came from President
Elliott, of the Northern Pacific, and
President Hill, of the Great Northern.
The telegrams were all referred to Com
missioner Harlan, who tonight express
ed the opinion that both railroads were
doing every thing possible.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

,i;. " G. Comp. section 5000, reenacted
by Laws of Special Session, 1903, page G.
without change)
(Method of proceeding in making state
apportiOnment.)
Section g. The aforesaid state Off
GERS shall proceed as follows:
|. Prepare a tabular statement, con-
sisting of all the items of expenses,
given separately, to which the state will
be subject under existing laws for the
fscal year next after that year for
which the last preceding state levy of
taxes was computed and declared; also
all items of deficiency, including inter
est on unpaid warrants left over from
the previous year, the payment Of which
has been authorized by law; and also
the sum provided by law for the current
expenses of the Oregon National Guard,
and the sum of $47 800 for the support
of the University Of Oregon, and the
sum of $25, ,00O for the support of the
State Agricultural college; and also,
when such levy is made on the assess
ment of an even year, the estimated
expense of one biennial session of the
legislative assembly; and also, when
such levy is made on the assessment of
an even year, the estimated total cost,
not exceeding 5000, 900, of such addi-
tional public buildings and improve
ments Of public buildings of the state
as the said state officers shall believe it
necessary to make during the fiscal
year for which such levy of taxes is
computed.
.. From the sum total of the afore-
said items shall be deducted any sur
plus in excess Of $1,000 remaining in
the treasury from all funds, however
derived, if not applied by law to some
special purpose.
3. The remainder so obtained shall
be the total amount Of revenue to be
raised the next ensuing year for state
purposes which are not provided Tor by
a special tax duly authorized by law;
and said remainder shall be apportion-
ed among the several counties in the
manner hereinafter provided, and be !
levied and collected in each of said |
counties in the manner other taxes are
levied and collected, and be paid over
to the state treasurer.
4 In order to ascertain the proper
ton Of such taxes to be paid by the sew
eral counties, said state officers shall |
ascertain from the report of expendi-
lures of the several counties on file in |
the office of the secretary of state the
average amount of expenditure in each .
county during the period of five years;
and each county shall pay such proper
tion Of said state taxes as its average
amount Of expenditures for said period
bears to the total amount of expendi-
lures in all of the counties of the state;
Provided, that all Of the indebtedness
and expenses incurred by Baker county
in the acquisition Of that portion of
what was formerly part of Union
county, and known as the Panhandle"
by reason of the assumption by Baker
county of a portion of the then existing
Indebtedness of Union county, and the
expenses incurred by Baker county in
obtaining from Union county the rec
ords relating to that part Of Union
county added to Baker county, known
as the Panhandle shall not be Con-
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Continued from last week.
Statement of county expenses to be
certified to secretary of state)

\Otdleilent OF county expenses 10 Dt
certified to secretary of state.)
Section 6. That section 3O88 Of the
Codes and Statutes of Oregon, compiled
and annotated by Hon. Charles B. Bel
linger and William w. Cotton, be and
the same hereby is amended to read as
follows:
BY the 10th of January of each year
the county clerk of the several counties
in the state shall prepare, upon blank
form prescribed and furnished by the
secretary of state, concise tabulated
statement of all the expenses of his
county for the preceding year, excpet
expenses for roads and highways, and
except the sums paid for the erection of
court houses, or on account OF pesti-
lence of epidemics, which statement
shall be certified to by him as such
county clerk and forwarded to the sec
retary of state, and duplicate thereof
be placed on file in his own office.
(The only change is to require the state
ments to be filed by the 10th instead of the
18th of January, and to except costs. of court
houses, pestcnccs, epdemics from the
expense statement. AS the opportionment
these statements, we'll those previously
made, and remains to be certified to the coun
ties, and the several county courts then, at
the January term, must make a levy sufficient
to cover the apportonment, the necessity for
promptness is apparently
(Secretary of state to keep record of
statement certified.)
Section 7. The secretary of state
shall Immediately record such state
ment in books provided and kept in
his office for that purpose, and shall
supply the several county clerks with
the necessary forms for making such
reports, as provided for in this act.
(B. & c. Comp section 3OS9 without
chanee)
(Apportionment of revenues OF state
among cOunties.)
Section s. 1t shall be the duty of
the governor, secretary Of state and
state treasurer, acting jointly, in Jan
uary of each year, to ascertain by COM
putatiOn, as hereinafter provided, the
total amount of revenue necessary for
state purposes, and to apportion the
aforesaid total revenue among the seve-
raj counties in the manner hereinafter
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

Washington, Jan. Is. - Secretary
Hitchcock ordered that homestead en-
tries on land in the former Crow reser-
vation in Montana should have an ex-
tension OF time within which to estab-
lish residence on the land filed upon
until May Is next. Climatic condi-
tions and the scarcity of coal in the
Northwest are given as the reasons.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Previous Rights Not impaired.

Washington, Jan. IS, - Secretary
Hitchcock today notified the general
land office, by direction of the presi-
dent, that orders heretofore issued,
withdrawing brfom entry lands under
the coal land laws, have been amended
so as not to impair any right acquired
in good faith at the date of withdrawal.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Tuesday, January Is.

Washington, Jan. 15.- The feature
OF the days session of the senate was
a constitutional argument by Spooner:
OF Wisconsin, upholding the presi-
dents right to discharge the negro
troops at Brownsville. The remarks
were questioned by Tillman, and the
two engaged in a heated controversy.
Spooner made bitter attack on the
South Carolina senator. The bitter
feeling provoked makes it impossible to
say when vote can be had on the
Brownsville resolution. 1t is expected
the debate will be extended.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Japanese Spies at Fort Clark

FL Paso, Tex, Jan. lS.-Three Jap
anese who had been employed as Serv-
ant" by the officers At Fort Clark have
mysteriously disappeared. Their ac-
tions in examining the fort and equip
ment, their close attention to the drill
ing and the discovery that they were
frequently making memoranda led to
the belief that they were japanese ofh-
GERS.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Prosecute illegal Fencers.

Washington, Jan, Is. -- Secretary
Hitchcock has been informed by Attor-
ney General Bonaparte that, in accord
ance with his request, Harry J Bone,
United States district attorney at Tope-
ka, Kan, has been directed to prosecute
the cases against the cattle
men who have raised illegal fences on
public lands.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

Washington, Jan. 15.-The house OF
representatives spent almost the entire
day in considering the fortifcations ap-
preparation bill, and completed only
six pages of it, Amendments looking
to the defense of the mouth OF Chesa-
peake bay and for the purchase of addi-
tional ground at Fort Hamilton, n. Y.
were voted down. The house also re-
fused to incorporate an amendment in
creasing to the extent OF 81 100000 the
appropriation for the construction of
seacoast batteries in the Hawaiian and
Philippine islands.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Both Ways.

Fawsil (just before the banquet)-1
believe am to be the third speaker. Nok-
ker comes just before me, doesn't he?
Toastmaster-I think so. | heard him
say, though, that he was gonig right
after you.
Hnw-HRv.
Larry-'Twas tn funniest Joke Oh
iyer hur-rud in all me born days. Faith,
Oi laughed all day long,
Denny-Yez did?
Larry-Yis, livery bone In me body
fit loike a funny bone.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Wants Report ou Black Sands

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator War
ren, of Wyoming, has called on the In
terror department for report Of the
Portland experiments in the electric
smelling of iron ores and asks an Opin-
ion if it should be continued.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Vain Regret.

"I see where | made my mistake" said
the venerable college professor, gathering
his threadbare cloak around his atten-
uated form. IF | had mastered one dia-
lect instead of sixteen languages l might
have gone on the stage and been worth
half million by this time"
Scared Him.
Gritty George What's de matter wild
Dusty? He don't seem so anxious to
sleep like he used to?
Sandy Plkes-No. somebody told him
de mind works while we are asleen
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Ito be continued next week
OF Course She Would.

And then, mind you," exclaimed
Miss Passay. "he asked me IL wouldn't
marry the first man that came along"
The idea" remarked Miss Knox.
Don't these obviously unnecessary
questions make you sick k?"-Philadel-
phia Press
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Hawley Learning the Ropes

Washington, Jan. 17.-Congressman
elect Hawley is here to learn the ropes
and help out with pending Oregon leg
islation. He is especially interested in
the river and harbor bill.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
SINKING INTO SEA.
Ruined City of Kingston in Danger of
Being EnguIfed.

st. Augustine, Fla, Jan. 18.-Wire-
less messages received at the station
on Anastasia bay today by Chief Elec-
trician Elkins say that Kingston is
sinking gradually; that many holes
and cracks 100 feet deep were formed
by the earthquake, and that grave fears
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Society Fayorite,

Edyth-They say that Percy Feath-
erly is losing his mind.
Mayme-Poor fellow! He'll be lucky
IL he doesn't lose any more than that
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Counties. Pc

(No change from section !, Laws 1908 page
3o2 except to omit two lines Immediately pre-
ceding the table, (which is based on the as
sessments of the several counties for the past
now enacted. The original table was found
in Laws of 1901, and the table was based on
the assessments made during the five years
prior to that year)
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

Washington, Jan. IA. - The house
spent most Of today considering legis-
lation pertaining to the District of
Columbia and proposed a number of
bills, after which consideration of the
Notifications appropriation bill was re-
sumed. The message Of the president
regarding the Colorado river was also
rood
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

executive and Judicial appropriation
bill, carrying nearly $31, 900 900, the
senate devoted the rest OF the day to
the Brownsville affray. President
Roosevelts message, accompanied by
many additional affidavits and a cigar
box of bullets and empty cartridge
shells, was received, read and ordered
printed. The speech-making on the
subject continued until $50 o'clock.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

Numerous statutory provisions for specia
and general levies of taxes by counties, cities
towns, school districts road districts, and Por
| Of Portland, and for the inclusion in the stat
apportionment of certain sums, may be found
Many of these provisions to be found i
the special statutes and city charters; other
are intimately connected with statutes directing
the disposition of the funds so levied. To al
! tempt to group them in a chapter dealing o
the subject of the levy and apportionmcnt 0
taxes generally would be all but impossible
and misleading if accomplished, and is not at
tempted.)
(Of the Collection of Taxes and Proceed
ings in Relation Thereto.)
Words "tax collector'-Neaning)
Section II. The words ''tax collect
or" wherever used in this act shall ht
taken to mean the person or officer who
by law is charged with the duty of col
lecting taxes assessed upon real proper
ty, and shall be held to include his
deputy.
(New)
(Treasurer is tax collector.)
Section H. The treasurer of each
county shall be the tax collector thereof.
Substitutes treasurer for sheriff in r. & C.
Comp section 3093. The changes in the sue
cceding sections necessitated by this change
will not be specifically noted)
(Bond as tax collector-Cumulative to
general official bond.)
Section 49, Before entering upon his
duty as tax collector the treasurer shall
give a bond. signed by some responible
en- n a
surety or sureties as approved by the
county court, conditioned for the faith
full performance of his duties as such
tax collector, in such amount as the
county court shall direct, and such
bond if signed by a surety company,
shall be paid for by the county court.
Such bond shall be additional and Gu
mulative to the general bond given Ivy
the treasurer, To which resort may be
had in case of failure or default of his
duties as tax collector if the bond de-
scribed in this section be unenforceable
or insufficient.
(The last nine lines of section 3o94. B. &
c. Comp, without change, except change of
title of ofhcer.)
\LAttIlclOll Vi ~. NouHly 'lClh'/
Section IL The county clerk of each
county in the state shall, Immediately
after receiving from the state board OF
tax commissioners copy of the assess
ments of persons and property within
his county, made and certified by said
state board of tax commissioners, enter
and apportion the same in the assess
ment roll which has been made by the
county assessor, and corrected and
equalized by the county board of equal
ization, and returned to said clerk.
Said clerk shall forthwith after receiv-
ing all the notices provided for in sec
ton 4 of this act, and after the appor-
tionment of taxes, make certicfiate of
the several amounts apportioned to be
assessed upon the taxable property in
his county for state, county, general,
and special school and road, military
town, city, port, or other
purposes for which tax may have been
legally levied. and deliver the said GER
.icfate to the tax collector of the coun- /
y, together with the said assessment |.
oil containing the assessments made
~ the county assessor as corrected and |
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Friday, January 10.

Washington, Jan. 18. - BY Ia rising
vote Of 1873 to 90 the house today..adopt
ed an amendment to the legislative
executive and judicial appropriation
Dill, which was taken from the speak
er's table with senate amendments, in
creasing the salary of the vice presi
dent, the speaker and members of the
cabinet to $12, 200 year and those O
senators and Representatives, delegates
| from territories and the resident com
missioner from Porto Rico to $500 8
year, the increases to take effect March
4, 1907.
An urgent deficiency bill was passed
carrying total of $344 $50. The
house then went into committee of the
whole and passed so bills on the private
calendar reported by the committee on
claims.
Washington, Jan. 18-The senate to-
day deferred further action on the
Brownsville matter until Monday. 1t
passed a bill authorizing relief for
earthquake smitten Jamaica.
The Warren bill, increasing the corps
of the army, was passed. The total in
crease, which is to reach its maximum
in five years, is 6,197 officers and men,
which, with the increase in certain sal
aries of men in separate grades, such as
electricians, machinists, ETC., costs
$243, 324 annually.
The senate agreed to the Kittredge
resolution instructing the secretary Of
Commerce and Labor to investigate the
lumber trust.
The resolution directs that the inves-
tigation shall be conducted to ascertain
whether there exists any combination,
trust, agreement or contract
to operate in restraint of law
full trade in lumber or to increase the
market price of lumber in any part of
the United States.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
(Sceretary of state to report to legsla-
ture account Of collections and appor-
tiOnments

Section 10. The secretary of state
shall embody in his printed report to
the legislative assembly an accurate
transcript or account of the aforesaid
annual collections and periodical appor-
tionments occurring between the bien-
nial sessions of the legislature; and he
shall also transmit Immediately after
said apportionment an accurate trans
cript Of it to the county clerks of the
several counties, and in no case shall
any deduction or abatement be made
from the pportionment to the respect
i've counties on account Of the delin-
1upDt taynoyprS
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

Havana, Jan. IS. - Rear Admiral
Evans, in message to the cruiser CO.
lumbia here, states that a huge tidal
wave has changed the coast line of ia
maica, leaving the entire south side of
Kingston under water.
No bay is reported left, and the
whole coast line is reported sinking.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

Washington, Jan. 17.-An emergen-
cy bill for the relief of the sufferers on
the island of Jamaica was passed by
the house today. The bill is as fol-
lows:
"The president of the United States
is authorized to use and distribute
among the sufferers and destitute peo-
pie of the island such provisions, cloth
ing, medicines and other necessary ar
ticles belonging to the sustenance and
other naval stores as may be necessary
for succoring the people who are in
peril and threatened with starvation in
the said island in consequence OF the
recent earthquake"
Without division the bill was sent to
the senate.
The bill did not reach the senate be-
fore adjournment, but will probably be
taken up by that body tomorrow.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24

Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 1S.-Thous-
ands Of persons were killed in the
earthquake and the dead bodies are be-
ing taken from the debris by hundreds.
The whole town is in ruins and the
greater portion is still smoldering in
ashes. The smell of burnt flesh per-
vades the air
The earthquake came as a sudden os-
cillation, not from any particular direc-
ton, but up and down. Thousands of
persons wer9 on the streets of Kingston
at the time and great numbers of them
were crushed.
Many Americans in Kingston were
killed and have been buried.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Monday, January Ia.

Washington, Jan. IA Taking only
/ brief time to pass the Lewis tiua-
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-01-24
Thursday. January IL.

" L. ltSdl
phase of President Roosevelt's dis
charge of the negro troops was again
injected into the controversy in the
senate today by notice nf an l,,Giai
ment to the Foraker compromise reso
luton, which Blackbu sa d he should
press. The amendment expressly dis
claims any intention to "question ol
deny the legal right of the president
to discharge without honor enlisted
men of the army of the United States.
Consideration of the resolution was
deferred until Monday at the conclusion
of Forakers address.
Eulogies on the life and character OF
the late Senator William B. Bate, OF
Tennessee, were delivered, after which
the senate adjourned as a mark of res
pect to his memory.