: 



OREGON, 



ion 

 m.. 



transportation of $n\n and its prod 



tons over 1894. 



< n* to earnings in 1894 was 84 per cenu, 

 while in 1895 it was 75| 1 he gross 



earning* were $&8I9.406. 



The expense of maintaining the Northern 

 Pacific in Oregon wa 



vJ^tagton^Wuml.. i showed a per- 

 crntage of expenses to earning* of only 89 per 

 nt. The business of the c< > 



>.^.^.i^ of cmiiti Mini livn f/u>lr 



ing expenses ft i 

 OoaHtbe roads there is * decided falling off 



raffle, 



Industrial Ex position. The Oregon Indus- 

 tniil i Portland, ' 



\ ,. )' sj .i Hoe \inoit "f the 

 products and resources of th.- Stnt<>, and was 

 thronged I" \ guarantee fund was 



abarrihed.au it was nt , \p. .-:..[ that tl 

 pric* of admission wouil >i.-:d income enough 

 to defmv expenses; but the secret at 

 how* that this fund was not drawn upon. 

 Single admission tickets were sold a 



n were admitted for 5 and 10 

 The receipts were $20.460.33. The estimated 

 toUl attendance was 97,355. The balance re- 

 maining was $2.226.66. 



Public Land*. -The total sales of lands 

 through the office of th. clerk ..f the Oregon 

 State Board of School Lain! Commissioners dur- 

 ing 1886 a. 23-96 acres, and the 



amount paid was $92.956.93. 



The Suet* Indian reservation was open 

 settlement July 25. It has an average width 

 approximately of 12 miles. and runs up and 

 down the coast about 24 miles. 



Assessment of Deposits. A law passed m 

 ISTt). providing for the assessment of bank de- 

 posits, which nas been largely inoperative be- 

 cause banks have refused to obey its provisions. 

 was brought up in a case of indictment of a 

 bank officer for refusing to furni-h an assessor 

 with a lUt of depositors. The law was declared 

 for the reasons, among others. 

 th*t it "attempts to require of a particular class 

 of eitisen* the performance of a special duty not 

 required of any other citizen i. .. that o'f as- 

 sfstiag the asnssor of tin- oonntytodiso 

 esftaln class of personal property nf the tax- 

 . - nabh the asnssor to 

 asstss the same,** and that it > m dir.-.-t .,,nfli. t 

 with the act of Congress establishing the na- 

 tlosjal linking srt . 



L*^llatlTp Session. The eighteenth Mn- 

 nial session of the Legislature began Jan. 14, 

 and ended Feb. . On joint ballot the 1 ; 

 ttsMs had 72 votes, tho Populists 10, and th- 

 ~ . I'-. 



B Senate, at, !',. M.ores Speaker of 



t *.7 n< ^ > 

 Jt*. ItX Mr. 



f* 

 afUrward r* 



a 



Senator was to be el. 



I: "i ^ '' 



, the pn-rnt S 



c ininnritv 



be bound ,r the action o'f 

 f 



W - n - ^ Dominated 



by the PbpiUut*, and A. S. Bennrtt by the 



Mr. I>olph did not reeei\. 

 f votes necessary \<> In- !., n 



...M-k ni-ii.'.l, which'lastetl alm.-i nl! t| u 

 close of the atsxion. ^ . M-lin.. 



then nained as a <atulidati- upon \\h..iii ll 

 piilili< i In- was eli 



!i l-all..!. 



lall"t law \\a> amendrd >> a- 

 that a candilali-'s nainr may |.|..-ar in on 



place on the ballot 



aurts are authorised to form ; 



ti.-n ili-iri.-tx upon the \oir ol 

 proposed to ! indudt.l. 



are also empowered to 

 rictS, Himlar to mad di>!r 

 sop IS the only county lial-lr t<. need thi- 



ing licenstv-o to] .- m-aird. It . 



tiled l'\ th. ' :. and 1-. 



. and ihn - 

 |ihy>ii-iaii-. A phari:. 



A law \va- made \ti-inlinu' 1" <>1 

 time within w)i ; MM nt il. I 



derm property after il 

 rution. and the sale confirmed. Tin- <j> 

 came In-fore the eonrt.s du: 

 this change would apply to mortpi^res 

 while th.- old law was in oprraiii 

 being made thai thi> would I.. 

 I'niird States C'onstitution, which "plains that 

 no State shall pa>s any law impairing ti 

 Cation of contracts. The court held tl 

 law was valid, the pnreha 

 the contract made by the mortpt^e ; if! 



pens to le the -am.- ).er-"H a^- the nioi" 



that is merely accidental, his relation a^ 

 gagee ceasing when he as-um.- ihat of pur- 

 chaser; and that the sale i- the n-ni- 

 provided Ity law f<>r the enfureement of ti 

 tract, and not a part of the contract. 



The only hill for revenue pa- -I at t 

 sion was one for taxing in-m 

 wliich, it was estimated, would briii^ ^-l<M)()()a 

 year to the State. 



An act was passed providing f<>r the "ssj^E 



m.-nt and satisfaction of nioi- 



s<-rihinu r the method ..f di~ 



and one providing' that attachment- i 



sworn out where mortgages or other p ]..!.'- 



have been pven. hut )iav. 



tory by act of defendant. 



An appropriation <-f $0.000 was n 



; of Horticulture for use in exterm 

 fruit pests. 



The law for the protection of (i- 5 

 was ehanL'ed in son 



man'- mea-ure only, and makes no men' 

 the salmon indi. 



AMIOTJK other a<-ts ( ,f the session we: 

 lowing: 



Auth'Tizmir tl.. 



ippossi 



cac < t' tu 



;.* with tlie S. 

 companies and to make statement* of 



Limiting liabi lers in corp^H 



r unpui'l M 



birds or molesting their 



