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.
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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 :
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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
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