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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1913)
NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT Wl Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. The formation of a glue trust it be lieved to be under way. Manufacturer and importer are begging congress to let the present tariff alone. President Taft greatly lauds the genius, persistence and tenacity of the Jewish people. fcx-President Castro has taken per sonal charge of his legal fight to re main in America. Turks refuse flatly to cede Adrian ople to Bulgaria and peace negotia. tions are broken off. The Supreme court refuses to per mit Union Pacific stockholders to buy Southern Pacific stock. The Supreme court has ruled that cotton brokers must stand trial for at tempting to corner cotton. The newly-elected woman mayor of Warrenton. Or., walked through the snow to attend her first council meet ing. A decision of the Supreme court greatly curtails the power of the states over railways and express com panies. Women of the allied Balkan states show utmost fortitude over their griefs and sufferings resulting from the war with Turkey. Sixteen persons whose ages aggre gated 1070 years were gathered at a holiday dinner at Marshfield, Or, Their ages averaged nealy 70 years. William Rockefeller, whom the house money trust investigating com mittee was unable to serve with a summons, is now in the Bahama isl ands. The woman city recorder of Park City, Utah, is accused of padding the payrolls of that city. Shortages are also alleged in other departments un der her supervision. A move has been started to pay the fines of the Boise, Idaho, newspaper men who were sentenced to jail for criticising the Idaho Supreme court for its decision barring Progressive candidates for presidential elector from the ballot, and Colonel Roosevelt has sent the first $10. Senator Jeff Davis, senior member of the upper house from Arkansas, is dead. Trans-Atlantic steamships have adopted a new route in order to avoid icebergs. Operations in the hop market are completey blocked by refusal of the growers to sell. The Russian crown prince has com pletely recovered from the recent at tempt upon his life. A one-legged boy playing on the street in Portland was hit by an auto mobile and his other leg broken. Over five hundred persons were killed in automobile accidents on the streets of New York City during 1912. The Bates & Chesebrough steamship company, rivals of the Pacific Mail, have failed with liabilities of $300, 000. Vexed by a sharp letter from At torney Genera Wickersham, the Uni ted States attorney for South Dakota has resigned. A New York actor will serve six months in the Ludlow street jail rath er than pay his divorced wife $50 per week alimony. Turks declare they have made every possible concession in the peace con ference and the Balkan allies threaten to resume hostilities. A New Yorker tried to mail a pack age of live lobsters under the parcels post law, but the package was re fused as unmailable. Had the lob sters been dead there would have been no objection. PORTLAND MARKETS Wheat Track prices : Club, 80(7? 80Jc; bluestem, 85?86c; forty-fold, 81c; red Russian, 78c; valley, 81c, barley t eed, Wt.bWn 23. uu pe ton; brewing, nominal; rolled, $25.50 (i 26.50. Corn Whole, $27; cracked, $28 ton, Hay Timothy, choice, $17ft;18pe ton; mixed Eastern Oregon timothy $1215; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa $11.50; clover, $10; straw, $6fa7. MillstufTs Bran, $22 ton; shorts, $24; middlings, $30. Oats No. 1 white, $25(ft 25.50 ton Fresh fruits Apples, 50cC $1.50 pr box; grapes, Emperors, $5 per bar rel; Malagas, $8; cranberries, $12.50, Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur- banks, 60(i(60c per hundred; sweets, ZIw3c per pound. Onions Oregon, $1 per sack. Vegetables Artichokes, $1.25(31.50 per dozen; cabbage, lc per pound cauliflower, $2.50 per crate; celery, I3.506J4; head lettuce, $1.50(32 sprouts, 8c per pound; garlic, 6(fr6c turnips, 75c per sack; carrots, 75c beets, 75c; parsnips, 75c. Eggs Fresh locals, candled, 32(3 85c per dozen. Butter Oregon creamery, cubes, 87c per pound; prints, 38(ffi39c. Poultry Hens, 15c; broilers, 15c turkeys, live, 22to23c; dressed, choice, 2C(T27c; ducks, nominal geese, 13c. Pork Fancy, 10(?i lOJc per pound. Veal Fancy, 14f MJc per pound. Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice. 18(7 20c per pound. Cattle Choice steers, $7(77.75 good $6.60(76.75; medium, 6(76.35 choice cows, $6(76.50; good, $5.50(7 6.76; medium, $4.50(75.25; choice calves, $7.6009; good heavy calves, 9 6(?i7; bulls, 13(7 5.60; stags, $5(7 6. Hogs Light, $7.60(7j8.10; heavy, 7.25. "vari wethers, $4.25(7? ' lambs, $5(7i OIL TANK STEAMER ROSECRANS, WRECKED Nl" i m m "it ' - , QiW V 30 MEET DEATH OFF COLUMBIA Oil Steamer Rosecrans Sinks On Peacock Spit. Lifesaving Crews Battle All Day With Gale Ocean Tugs Res cue Lifeboat and Crew. Ilwaco, Wash. Twenty-nine men perished in the sea, one died after be ing rescued and three are believed to be safe from the wreck of the oil tank steamer Rosecrans, which went on the rocks at Peacock Spit at 5:20 o'clock Tuesday morning. Fred Peters, third quartermaster, who clung to a plank, swam until un conscious and was washed ashore at Tioga Point, seven miles from the scene of the wreck, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Three of the remaining 33 of the ill-fated crew were rescued by the Point Adams life-saving crew. One man, an oiler, died in the stem of the life-saving boat. The heroic rescue by the life-saving crew was effected at 3 :30 o'clock after the three men had clung to the rigging of the vessel for almost five hours af ter the Rosecrans sank, at 10:30 a. m. The Rosecrans went aground in a gale estimated at about 70 miles. It was five hours later when the vessel was sighted for the first time after repeated efforts to locate the wreck and heroic battling against the storm by the life crews and three tugs, the One onta, the Fearless and the Tatoosh. At 3 o'clock the Point Adams life saving crew effected a rescue of the three men who clung to the rigging. The Cape Disappointment life crew had been capsized and several of the members badly injured in the repeated attempts to reach the Rosecrans. From 3 o'clock in the afternoon un til about midnight the Point Adams life-saving crew and its three rescued men were storm-tossed on the outside of the bar in a disabled craft unable to get to shore. At midnight the tug Oneonta located the survivors on the lightship and . sent a wireless that one of the Rosecrans' crew, an oiler, had perished from the long strain. The Rosecrans is a total wreck. Her captain, L. F. Johnson, and three other dead bodies, have been picked up by the life-saving crew. Besides wreckage from the oil-tanker and two of her lifeboats, which were washed ashore, nothing more from the wrecked steamer reached land. It was daylight before an effectual attempt to make to sea was under taken. It was 8 :30 a. m. before the scene of the wreck was sighted, as the wireless "S. O. S." "Striking the bar and breaking to pieces, " from the ill fated steamer had been lost long be Consul-General Is Dead. London Paul Nash, United States consul general at Budapest, died sud denly at a hotel here. Although it, was apparent that death was due to , natural causes, an inquest win De nec essary. Consul General Nash arrived here only the day before. At the hotel he asked for a quiet room, as he was suffering from insomnia. He was found dead there next morning. Nash was 36 years old and had been in the . I 1 a !11 1- ' diplomatic service at Bangkok, Ven- ce, Vladivostok, Rheims and Buda pest. Indians' Skulls Exhumed. White Salmon Wash. Skulls and other bones of Indians are being ex humed by the Lorimer & Gallagher crew, removing a hill of sand on the C. D. Moore farm, to tie used for fill ing in a trestle on the North Bank road a few miles east of this place. Mr. Moore has dug up bones and crude utensils of early Indian life several times, and when the railway was built many evidences of Indian occupation (of were uncovered. Historians maintain lened to burnJhom Monday morn that there was once an Indian popul, - ver 40,000 along the Columbii MOUTH fore, as the water flooded her hull and the apparatus was rendered useless. The tugs r earless, Tatoosh and One onta, with the Cape Disappointment lifesaving crew, were forced to turn back to Fort Canby. At 9 :10 the naval radio station lo cated the wreck and by radio gave the tugs the location. The rescue work was the most peril ous undertaken at Coumbia bar in its history. It was only when a lull in the storm occurred about noon that the lifesaving crews were able to make to the scene of the wreck, and then the gale was so furious that it was im possible to get within 400 yards of the wreckage. In the wild breakers three of the crew of the lifesavers were washed overboard, but were rescued The men who had clung to the mast of the Rosecrans jumped into the water and were saved. As the Rosecrans disappeared, only 40 feet of the mainmast remained above water, lhe men in the rigging kept warm by climbing up and down the ratlines. At 11 a. m. the life saving crews started for the wreck When they hove in sight hundreds of people ashore at North Head cheered them. The lifeboats were passing through solid walls of water and some times they would seem to be swamped by every breaker going over.the boats COLD GRIPS ENTIRE COUNTRY Coldest Reported Is 24 Below; Win ter wheat Menaced. Chicago Winter, as the term is un derstood in the Great Lakes region, already more than three months over due, made another and more successful attempt Sunday and Monday to fasten itself upon the Middle West. The deadly cold, originating in Western Canada, where 16 degrees below zero prevails at many points, is spreading rapidly over the country. It reached Chicago in the form of a snow storm, which later turned to rain and still later to heavy sleet, with continued falling of the temperature. The intense cold has not yet arrived in Chicago, but government forecast ers say it will "be here soon and re main a long time. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and all Northwestern states report below zero weather and growing colder. Suffragists Root Chief. Washington, D. C. Major Sylves ter, superintendent of the Capitol po lice, who announced that the Washing ton suffragists would not be allowed to hold a pageant on March 3, the day before the inauguration, was routed by the suffragists almost as soon as he made the rash announcement. James F. Oyster, president of the chamber of commerce, quickly took up the suffra gists' cause, as did other prominent men, and Sylvester receded from his position. The women will hold their demonstration as planned. Valdez Is Swept By Gale. Valdez, Alaska The most severe storm in the history of this part of Alaska raged here Wednesday. A furious gale blew here and a blizzard swept the mountain passes. A tele gram received here said the Fairbanks stage was stalled on the summit in Thompson Pass. The horses were frozen to death, but the passengers found shelter and telegraphed for as sistance. The steamship Northwest ern, which had just arrived from Se attle, swung aground while attempting to tie up at the wharf. Apple Men Take Heart. Hood River, Or. "It is an ill wind that blows no one good," and the apple men expect the disastrous freeze that swept the Southern California orange district to cause an advance in apple prices. J. S. Crutchfleld, a Pittsburg commission man, said that the happen ing of two things would greatly aid the marketing of the year's fruit. "One," he said "is a destructive cy clone in the banana belt and the other a hard freeze in the orange belt." Fire Put Out With Milk, Santa Cruz, Cal. With the water supply cut off by frozen pipes, the family of A. D. Houghton, in Cliff Drive, near Capitols, resorted to pans milk in fighting a 'flr tnat threat Ing. The war extinguished AT OF COLUMBIA JAN. 7, 1913. COLD MENACES CITRUS CROPS California Orange Trees Hun With Icicles. Lowest Temperatures in 20 Years Smudge Pots Avail Little Water Kept Running. Los Angeles Freezing weather, such as Southern California has not experienced in 20 years, swept down from Tehachapi's top on the great orange belt of San Bernardino, Ven tura, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties Sunday. Damage estimated at many millions of dollars is being wrought (to citrus fruits, in spite of desperate efforts o the growers to check the menace by smudging. At Covina the mercury dropped to 22 degrees. At Santa Ana icicles hung from the orange trees. Snow is reported from north of Ox naru. sugar beets, bean and grain crops are guttering also, but the chie damage is to oranges and lemons, High winds are blowing at Santa Bar bara, Redlands and Colton, which it is hoped will prevent heavy frosting. Reports from the, Lompoc valley say the loss to fruits there will be enor mous. At Santa Barbara the temperature was below the freezing point all day and at 10 p. m. it was 22. At Red lands the'mercury was 30, and the Bky was black with smudges. At Whit tier several hundred thousand young orange trees are exposed to the ele ments, and the owners fear a total loss. For the most part the sudden drop. despite the United States weather bu reau s warning, was totally unexpect ed by the people, and not more than a tenth of the growers, it is reported, were prepared. The temperature stood at 18 degrees at Riverside at 10 o'clock. Prayers were offered in the churches for the saving of the citrus groves. The local weather forecasts say the temperature is lower than it has been in 20 years. From all the orange pro ducing points the most depressing re' ports are received. At Kiverside, which has laid claim to being in the frostless belt, nothing short of a mir acle can save the crop. In ban Gabriel, another highly-fa vored section, the thermometer regis tered 24 degrees at midnight, and growers were turning the irrigation water pipes open in the hope of reduc ing the fast lowering temperature. Not over ten per cent of the ranchers are prepared with smudging pots, and even if all were, little good could be done, as a difference of only six to eight degrees can be made by that method. Sacramento recorded the lowest temperature of 15 years. Sugar Dividend Passed. New York The directors of the American Beet Sugar company decid ed not to declare the usual dividend no the common stock. They is sued this statement: "Resolved, that In view of the large stock of manu factured sugar on had unsold, no ac tion be taken on payment of the divi dend on the common stock at pres ent." The common stock was placed on a 6 per cent basis in 1911. An nouncement of the action of the direc tors was followed by heavy selling of the common stock on the exchange. Dust Sweeps Over Snow. Walla Walla, Wash. The weather nriuMK a ,me un l!, valley Wednesday in a dust storm in January wim nnuw on me ground. The storm developed in the southeast alxnit the mnwie or the afternoon and cut from view the Milton, Freewater and Col lege Mace stations, which usually are """ irtim tne observatory building, Residents who uw it !,.,,. .(, r. .. ......I . . ... " ik nK u.iu injured bv rhn. .u.. . viuri-r trial ..owing out dust particles. The am apparently cmm f, . ' round. ARMY RESERVE IS FAVORKD Wood Has Plan to Make Rt'M-rvM or Regulars. Washington, C, In order nt a reasonably strong res.-rve may be es tablished in the l'niLl State, with the least ihws.Mo delay, all men who have served in the regular army, n.B rine corp. or militia, and are proper age and plnsicully fit. alwuM be authorized to enlist at once in the reserve and receive pay. in the opinion of Major General Leonard Wood, chu t of statr of the army, him endorsed the bill General Wood introduced by Representative Tilsen. of Connecticut, providing for a national military re serve. "The reservist should receive two dollars a month while in reserve,' said General Wood, "and when called UHin in war should receive an amount equivalent to for each month he hnvn served in the reserve. Huh u-..iild irive the reservist something to t..uv.. u'iih liin family and would en- courage men to go into the reserve nun to remain in it. "The necessity for providing a re serve of olticers qualified to serve as company ollicers of reserves or volun teers is also one of gvt imxrtniuv and should receive serious attention. I am of the opinion that it would Im practicable to select from the grad uating classes of those militia schools where we have army ollicers as mili tary instructors, 6l0 men each year, who should be commissioned as second lieutenants in the regular army lor one year and to be discharged at the end of that period with a certification of proficiency, if they merit it." By way of contrast with the I'nited States, which has no reserves. General Wood enumerated the reserves in the following countries : Great Britain. 215.000; Japan, 1.000,000; Italy, 1,500.000; Austria, 2,500.000; Franco, 3.000,000; Ger many, 4,700,000; Russia, 5,100,000. FOUR KILLED IN I TAII .MINKS Second Cave-in Kills Imprisoned Men Like Rats. Bingham, I'tah - Four men were killed and three seriously injured in the copper mines at Bingham Thurs day. Three of the killed were crushed to death beneath a pile of rock ami earth in a cave-in at the Jordan mine of the United States Mining com pany's properties early in the morning and one was killed nt the I'nited States mine when he fell 75 feet down a shaft and broke his neck. The cave-in at the Jordan mine oc curred as Night Foreman Thomas and Shift Boss squires, accompanied by two miners were leaving the deserted stope. Thomas escaped injury, but Squires and the miners were caught behind a wall of rock and earth. For a while Squires communicated with the rescuing party through a wall of rock. A pipe was inserted through the fall to give the men more air. Immediately the crash of a second cave-in was heard and communication with the entombed men was lost, s believed they were killed by the second fall of rock. 1 he rock slide at the Highland Hoy mine occurred at almost the same time as the cave-in at the Jordan mine. Snow Blocks Milwaukee Road. Seattle - Snowsl ides in the Cascade mountains completely blocked the Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul s trans continental line Wednesday, and the Milwaukee's overland trains are being operated over the mountain division of the Northern Pacific, which is also handling the Great Northern's Chicago trains. An avalanche buried a Mil waukee snow plow at Laconia and one entire day was spent ny a large lorce of lalKirers digging the big machine out. The rotary was finally liberated and returned to Cedar Falls. Ice Is Melted for Boilers. Tusla, Ariz. With the Arkansas river frozen solid, Tusla's water sup ply is cut off. The municipal electric ight and power plant was forced to close down, after all the available artificial ice had been melted to supply the boilers with water. The Arkansas river is the city's only water supply. It is frozen over for the first time in 20 years. The lowest temperature was five degrees above zero. Cattle are reported frozen to death in Osage pasture lands, and there it every pros pect for heavy stock losses. Urge Turks to Make Peace. London -Sir Edward Grey, British secretary for Foreign affairs, said in the house of commons that inissibilitv of intervention should the peace plen- potentiaries fail to agree was receiv ng the attention of the powers, but aid he could make no statement of their views or decisions not authorized by common consent. The Balkan dele gates were informed unofficially that the ambassadors at Constantinople continued to exert pressure. Stock Suffers in New Mexico. Albuquerque, N. M. The coldest weather in years continues in New Mexico, with no signs of immediate abatement. From some sections of the state 36 below zero is reported Decause oi me snow on the ran pen losses are occurring amonir eattln ami heep. Unless the weather moderates soon these losses will be heavy. Municipal Railway Shows Profit. San Francisco Total rcceiots on th Geary-street municipal railway at the end oi one week's operation showed a net profit of J1225, which it is esti mated will show improvement as more cars contracted for are brought into rvicc and the road is in better con lion to care for traffic. v Enginemen Offer to Arbitrate. New York -The Brotherhood of I- comotive Firemen and Enginemen de nned to accept the schedules nnm..,.l oy a committee representing 50 East ern railroads, but offered to arbitrate the questions involved under tho Erd man act. Western Texas Continues Cold. El Paso Cold weather continues throughout West Texas. At fl il film Lr 1 . ... ' Wednesday nitrht the inermometer registered 20 !..,.-.,.. above zero. The covemmnnt nh.UP. 055 7ZT , ,h Industrial r?..n..ral News of the inuuMirmi and Progress of Rural t ommun.lu', I . - fl TELLS NEEDS OF STATE FAIR Many Improvements Made During Year-Attendance (Jood. Salem - Making recommendation, for improvements at the Oregon State Fair. Secretary Meredith, in his ri poit to the state board of agriculture, points out the success winch the fir has achieved, regardless of adverse weather conditions which have re sulted for two yearn in a financial loss. a ..,.ii.,n .,f his report follows: i i In view of the fact that the appro- mi. I.. bv the legislature oi Ill Hill,',. ... . I...1 vcar. and the I. ..I la! vcar. and III l l W MS l 1,1 I fund was exhausted on account genera of the inclement atlicr which pie- ... I .linini" the I!ill lair. few per mancnt improvements were mane tmi- Tle water ing the year jnv !'-- uu4 improved b' substituting r.c.u C....I .f new 4 inch pirn- for tl L'J inch pipe leading from "' '"" main to the stock barns, and re-plumh-ing all of the stock barns with the old L'J-inch pipe. This part of the water system was all rebuilt, thus giving a greatly improved service to that part of the grounds. Water pipes were laid in the camp grounds, connecting the wells with the main, and the water i.uirmd direct into the mam by gaso line engines, thus abundantly in., all uarts of these ground supplv- This improvement was much appreciated by the camMrM. "A children's playground was in stalled and partially equipped in the grove immediately hack of the Law restaurant, and enclosed by a woven wire fence which required the use of d:i0 feet of fencing. "The toilets in the women's rest cottage were all connected w ith larger supply pipes, overcoming u serious condition which has existed in the building ever since it was constructed. "The capacity of the poultry build ing was increased by the addition of 200 coops. Additional windows were also placed in the building, which fa cilitated the pror showing of the ex hibit. Sixteen a ns were constructed immediately in front of the mltry house for the exhibit of pheasants by the state fish and game commission. "Notwithstanding the fact that a deficit of $10,ft'j:l.S2 was incurred, there need be no apology offered for the 1912 fair, as it was a decided suc cess as far a-i exhibits ami entertain ment were concerned, and had it not been for the heavy rains which pre vailed during the entire week, the financial part would have been entirely another story. The fact that 4l), 02: persons passed through the gates dur ing the week, when the rain was jiour ing down ami it was so muddy and we underfoot that it was almost impossi hie to reach some parts of the grounds is sufficient evidence that the fair was really worth while." IMPROVED HIGHWAY tlJGEI) AS PAYING INVESTMENT Portland In a rejsirt summarizing the advantages of an improved high way from the California line to Brit ish Columbia. Major H. L. Ilowlby states that Oregon ran bring $ii,(lllo, OUO into the state by completing its share of the work before liM5. The cost, he says, would be $2,000,001) for Oregon Hiid f 5,o:ifi,545 for Washing ton. Mr. Itowlhy calls lis,n the legis latures or ooin states to provide for this work at the coming session. II is a recognized authority on road building, being state highway commis sioner of Washington before assuming his present Hsition of executive offi cer of the Pacific Highway association. The fact is cited in the report that California has appropriated $.'10,000,. 000 to be sw-nt on its roads by l'J15 and that British Columbia is preparing to invest $H,000,000 this year. WOOLMEN HOLD CONVENTION Enterprise Chosen Over La Grande for Next Meeting Place. Vale At the annual meeting of the Oregon Woolgrowers' association the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Jay II. Dob. bins, Joseph; vice president. K. I' uranstun, secretary ami treasurer, John G. Hoke. Medical Snrin CM. Mi,n. glle B. Gwinn, of Boise, was elected Oregon member of the national advis ory board. Ln Grande anil Knti rnrisi, mmi...!,.,! for the next annual convention, and the latter was chosen us place of meet ing. Cabbage Weighs 274 Pounds. Oregon City It is believed that Clackamas county has broken the world's record for growing cabbage, says the Enterprise. A mammoth head of cabbage is now on display in one of the windows of the Commercial club's promotion office. The head of caooage weighs Z7J pounds and was grown by George DeBok, of Willam ette. Mr. DeBok is one of the fore most gardeners of this section and grows many tons of cabl.Hge every year, but says this one la the largest he has ever grown. Eastern Oregon Timber Sold. Portland -Nearly C9, 000,000 feet of timber in the Whitman National forest in Eastern i Oregon have been purchased by the Whitman Lumber company, of Baker, the transaction having just been consummated by the govern- - " "i'l""v"i Him NIC-nature to contracts, which extend until Drrrm. her 31, 1919, with an increasing r..f as the market tiri.M m. I t,.. . ... any nuvance. t igured at tho present rate of f 71 for each 1000 feet, the tol,.l '.. the purchase is tUl nr.n m ..... the timber is Western yellow pitl0. Ice Crop Is Heavy. Canyon City The I inches thick ir " (,:;,, narvesi inr . , - handt 3 1 and Educational Development - .. ... . ... . . CATS WORRY HOOD KIVKK "Woods Are Full of Them" and War U lK-cUred by Citiens. Hood River "Tomcats are a men ace here." says 1. A. Turner, a pio neer ci linen, n East State street. "The woods are full of thvm and doz ens of them may lm found In the tall growth of reeds that rear themselves luxuriantly on the banks of the Hood Kiver gorge and along Indian Creek." M r. Turner has declared war on the felines, which, he says, are destroy ing the chickens of his neighborhood and are even making nightly raids on outside refrigerators and cupboard. Thinking that his chicken wen se cure, the window und door of lhe henhouse having been fastened, be went to feed the fowl one morning and found nine of them killed and a big cat asleep in ono corner of the building. The brute had entered from the naif, where tt shingle had been blown off. However, us exit was im possible, it stomach having grown several sue from the chicken feast. I he many cats are driving away the silver gray squirrel that live in the oak here. iujiix;e near completion Structure at Wrat Salem tiives Dal las. New Railroad Facilities. Pallas The new bridge which Is being built acros tho Willamette riv er at West Salem by the Salem, Fall City & Western railroad company i rapidly nearing completion. Thl road has completed it line from Sa il lit to Silveiton and. with the com pletion of this bridge, the last link in the chain will he formed and Italia will have railroad communication in all directions. When plan for thi bridge were first talked of by' the offi cials of the railroad company, Iinia Gerlinger. Jr., then manager of the Salem, Full City Si Western railroad, with offices In Iaila, promised mak ing a joint county and railroad bridge out of this bridge, and took up the move with the court of Marion ami I'olk counties, but was turned down. It wa thought that the county courts of the two counties would grasp the opxirtunity of getting a new bridge across the river at Salem at a mini mum cost, inasmuch a the present wagon bridge can last but a few years longer. INSURANCE GROWTH IS Hltt Oregon Department Reports Cain of $16,000 Over 1911. Salem Receipt for the Depart ment of Insurance for the year ending November .10, 1912, Were $1 10.4'.1H.94. a compared to $'.t4,4f0. 12 for the like preceding eriod, or an increase of $lfi,o:)H.H2, according to a statement just completed by J. W. Ferguson, state insurance commissioner. The detailed receipt for 1911-12 are a follows : (-.Mnpany llrvnMNl. tffentV llrrnw ... Kln ln.iimnr fsrfrinl.4 . ., t.lrv Iti.tiranr rmiiantr . . , , In.- trt m in WTlMMI i m ,u 71. MS t.t. m 7M.TK 1. 13 ' Stel 00 4:ii ( I.Sl.VS.M 1I0OI a m TIM uity r.nir Trim . ... r llln annual alalrtnnt Minn- rwl illcahra of utnr- Bllaixssia I fipla Roses and Poppies Thrive. Hood River Rose anil poppies, even at Christmas time, is the record of the Hood River valley. W. F. I.araway. a merchant of thl city, sent a number of rose from hi trar- len to friends in Iowa. Mr. I.araway' roses grow on hi lawn and have no protection. Colonel Tucker, who left the finit of the week for San Diego, Cal., also sent roses to friend for Christmas. Mrs. Tucker says her pofiies have been blooming freely. "The other morning." she says, "after the heavy snow hal fallen in the upper valley where our home is located, it was a beautiful sight to see the blossoms of the roses lifting themselves from the white blanket." West Announces Appointments. Salem Governor West has an nounced the" following appointments to he state textbook commission: Miss Margaret Conner. Sulern: K. K. Brairtr. La Grande; T. M. Baldwin, Prlneville; John P. O'llara, Portland, and W. L. Brewster, Portland. The text biok commission was named several months ago, but to keep it from being worried ly text Ixiok rornpanjes, rio announce ment was made until now. The com mission meets in June to decide what change shall be made in the text lsoks in the schools of the state. Extensive Changes Due. Salem Should the appropriation for the completion of the new capitol (milding and remodeling tho old build ing go through, Secretary OMbtt Is Planning on some extensive changes in the location of state offices during the coming year. About $00,000 will be needi-d to remodel the old capitol building. On completion of the ad ditional building the supreme court, attorney general and probably the state printing plant, as well as the state library, will be moved to the new building. Malheur Snowfall Below Average. ValeThe snowfall on the higher mountain of Malheur and other East ern Oregon counties is deficient for this period of the winter, according to persons reaching Vale from the more remote part of the county. Where the first of the year should witness not I'-ss than ono foot of snow on the high er altitudes, there is not to exceed three or four Inches. Without heavy subsequent precipitation during the next three months, there will be marked lack of water next spring. Two Hridges Swept Away. '.""i-Two bridges on the llio of OTV. Southern rallwsy t Wf way r "TVf J 1 MsjH rfr r- heavy. 4
