La Grande evening observer., February 11, 1915, Image 2

SCHOOL TIKES
T0TMW6
COUNTY ASSESSOR'S FIGURES
ISSUED RECENTLY.
Several School Districts Have Pro
vided No Levy This Year.
Figures showing the total valuation
of taxable property In the - various
S 6
CLUBS
HAVE
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(By FRANK J. KAHRS.)
Shooting men generally know that
there 'are a number of regularly or
able, only one point separating the
three in the final 8hcot-off.
The United States Revolver Assi
ciution League Championship for
ganijsed leagues for shooting, repre- 1912 was won by Portland, Oregon,
.. . i u Revolver wnoae team uw nvf
Editing practically every branch o., sing,e of Ug twenty.f our j
sport. The general public, however, '.tches
reads little or nothing on the subject " illter co,iegiate Championship
and - eJl-for 1912 for the western league wa-
paragraph in the daily press seldom , Coll: th. east-
school districts of Union county, the !mei , in contact w h any news con. championghipy tbe Ma
. ....... I'wriiiii v ' hnh m . ai LiiiLicBi xwu ww au" - - t
"" ra ... . Kv phiiflottit Arrirulturnl f .nilAM. In
sianamg.ine ia remains v fcnrf.. t, -ini.
rate of taxation and the total money
to be raised by taxes during the cur
rent year, have been compiled by As
sessor U. G, Couch. It will require
796,690.26 . to properly finance , thd
county's schools this year,' using the
assessed valuation of $20,316,126.00
cf the county as a basis. . The figures
follow;: . i -v, ;(;
Special Taxes Levied In School
Districts.
Valuation Kate
No.
Diet.
1 ...
2 ...
3 ...
4 ...
6 ...
,6 ...
7 ...
8...
9 ...
10 ..
11 .
12 . ..
18 ..
14 . .
15 . .
16 ..
17 ..
18 ..
19 ..
20 ..
21 ..
22 . .
23 '. .
U . .
25 . .
29 ..
27 ..
28 ..
29 ..
30 ..
81 . .
82 . ,
83 ..
34 '..
35 . .
86 ...
87 .
38 .,
3 . .
40 . .
J1 ..
42 ..
43 ..
44 ..
45 ..:
46 ...
48 ...
40
60 ...
62
63 ...
CO .
59
60 ...
61 .
02 ...
64 .. .
67 ...
9 ...
.71 ...
72
76 ...
21
78 ...
No. ..
$ 4,044,485
77,630
295,837
197,400
1,474,136
211,361
. 349,624
762,616
212,554
613,106
. 806,12iV
248,846
... 226,369
. 171,827
630,784
269,8901
. . 160,465
. . 499,587
. 182,628
. . 216,293
67,610
, 619,445
, 085,228
. 107,897
64,673
118,168
. 480,682
60,378
. 196,626
36,484
301,177
. 88.955
151,849
138,613
:. 83,100
i. 175,314
112,625
130,420
5,975
313,194
. 278.913
85,230
370,336
90,204
102,973
; 636,161
64,225
. 40,989
192,931
448.830
109,450
246,024 .
'"' 76,829
886,775
588,058
176,204
133,083
1)8,018
HO,616
65,056
179,622
' 341.380
18,060
39,470
189,686
321,989
.01
.001
.000
.002
.012
.0045
.000
.002
.001
.004 .
.011 '
.002
.003
.000
.Ous)
.000
.0015
.0005
.002
.002
.000
.002
.0115
.000
.000
.005 :
.001
.004
.000
.000
.000
.003 ,
.000
.004 '
.000 .
.002
.014
.008
.004
.001
.000
.007 .
.0015
.0035
.000
.0016
.004
.000
.0015
.002 ,
.002 .
.000
.000 .
.005
.000
.002
.000 1
.0001
;ooi5
.000
.0015
.000
.000 "
.000 ,
.008
.000
Amount
of Tax
140,444.86
77.63
1,526.03
212.55
2,062.43
3,06125
497.29
4,777.06
240.69
249.77
365.20
432.69
1,238.89
7,880.12
690.84
480.68
241.51
266.87
554.45
boys, college men and Just w. , championship of the I
every day civilians go to their dub ntt, Alrri.
ranges each week ana snoot in com- eatml College team ,won out onry
return with others of their class with tw0 jntg aeparlltinK the tro teams,
the rifle, revolver and pistol. . , The 19I3 80me very phe,
Even a Urge majority of shooting fc u fa ( e
man tin tint know that, it was but live ... . . . I
.- . ,;. , nut particularly in me inter- ciuo t
y.rs ago that the first organized lea- f competKion, where the Ha
cue for Bhootino- was brought into . ? . fr I n . . ... i
Existence, and being one of those con- ,UD w Aanae2r f' 2 "?
J i i. ll 1 1- t.u h.. the un-dreamed of record score of
R a e Kout 998 out of the possible 1000. Dis-
1 ioim j.. ' pite tills fine shooting, however, the
bo exaTt -twr prmimembe Warren Rifle Club of Warren, Pa.,
won the cimmpionsmp, not losing 8
: single one of its matches. V
In the United States Revolver As-
394.80 of the National Capital Rifle & Re
17,689.68 volver Club of Washington, D. C,
951.13 I mot nulta hv accident, on tho street.
and in the course of their convers -.. sociation League the championship
tion, mostly on shooting topics, they for the' year was won by the Manhat
discussed tho question of organising " Rl" Revolver Association
the numerous revolver clubs in the ater, a hoot-off of tle the Spokane
country into a league for the pur- Revolver Club of Spokane, Wash.
676.11 J'ose of inter-club competion, .The inter-scholastic league chsm-
These two knights or the trigger fib"ih uy me iw uuy
were unuminous in the opinion that High School, its team not losing , a
such a league organized along the single match of the series,
lines of our baseball leagues, would, The year of 1914 saw the organi-
a rouse great interest in the sport and zution of another inter-club league,
stimulate activity in competion. known as the short range rifle league,
This informul conversation finally cnd conducted by Arms and The Man,
took the form of a communication to with headquarters at Washington V.
the United States Revolver associa- C. Twenty-eight teams,' the largest
tion immediately to put the quetion be- number ever competing in any organ
fore its affilatcd clubs and members, jj,ed ieague( formed the first league,
fend the result was a. unanimous de. Aft, spirited competition ' througfo
mand for a league composed of revol- cut the indoor season the District of
ver clubs. , Columbia Rifle Association won the
Tho first week of December of tho chamoionshin
same year saw fourteen, of the most ipne fj R A
prominent pisioi anu revolver ciuuh
in the country, extending from Maine
to Calfornia, shooting on their twenty
yard indoor rungej in ' competion
against teams of . ten men from each
organization.
350.63
1,676.75
1,043.36
23.90
313.19
246.61
655.50
279.63
952.76
216.90
289.40
897.66
218.90
1,178-87
360.41
418.02
90.77
269.28
1,516.29
league competitions
of 1914 were successful in every way
and the shooting was as good or bel
ter than ever before. - ' -
The inter-club league championship
was again won by the Warren Rifle
Total $20,316,126
$95,690.26
Time to Poison Early in Season.
Time and experience have fully
demonstrated the futility of virus as
u rodent exterminator, particularly
squirrels, gophers and mice pests.
Nearly all forms of poison have giv
en way to strychnine, and for this
purpose there is nothing better than
a strychnine coated wheat. The cu
pidity of manufacturers has in muny
cases led them to diminish the
amount of poison below the safety
point, with the result It has proven
worthless In use. Dlsappoiiment
has also arisen through improper
coating. ' Farmers today are depend
ing more and more on the well-tried
and tested brands' of coated wheat
for the destruction of squirrels and
eouhers. No stock, fruit, grain or
alfalfa grower should jeopardise hit
crop by failure to act promptly this
season.
These' rodents are now asleep;
soon, with the warm sun's rays their
whistle will be heard , and this is
the psychological moment to sprinkle
the poisoned wheat. A few grains in
the early morning dropped down each
burrow will turn the trick. The long
fast makes the creatures ravenous and
the poison is immediately effective.
Fields have been shown where thou
sands of these rodents have been de
stroyed in 24 hours by this method.
At the end of about three months V-IUD or.wwren, a., its team not lose
shooting the Golden Gate Rifle & 8'"K' maft ,
Pistol Club of San Francisco was tied , 1 he peering High School of Port
wth the Smith & Wesson Revolver a"g' M?lne' ,won the "ter-sholastic
Club of Springfield, Mass., for tho leaKue championship for 1914.
championship of the league. Parmly , lh Mlchi;on Agricultural Col
Hanford of the Manhatten Rifle & e8e won the eastern championship of
Revolver association of New York th.e i,nter- c?1IeKte league for 1911
City was the star individual preform- w.lnn,in8' all of its matches. The
re, leading the league for the serie3. wshmgton , State College won tho
Just as Boon as the revolver leagiw championship of the western league,
was organized the National Rifle As- .-Thls vear nIso saw tno organiza
sociation of America, the governing ,on of 8 ,0a8ue of teams represent
body for tho sports, was requested to " N1'0"81 Guard Companies of the
organize a league among its affiliated Btvera' states. Twenty-one teams in
rifle clubs. This was done, and twelve Vinous parts of the country compet
of the leading clubs formed the ed in ten competitions. The fourth
first lntoi-cub ('(flu league, The col- onjpony Coast Artillery Reserve of
leges or the country quickly followed" : h Oregon National Guard won the
suit and ten teams made up the first championship of the league, Th
ir.ter-colleglate league. All Wf the I Out-door Short Range R fle League
clubs shot at 75 feet on the regular I competitions of last summer, in which
N. R. A. gallery tararet. having a 11 20 teams contested, aroused consider-
inch bull's eye; 22 calibre target ri-.,We enthusiasm all over the country
fles were used, and ttl men composed in outdoor shooting. The Peters Ri
each team. 1 fie and Revolver Club of Kings Mills,
The championship of the inter-club oh,. ws we winner,
league for the year 1910 was won by ' The present time sees til of these
the Rocky Mountain Rifle Club of leagues in operation for tho year 1915
Butte, Mont., after a shooting off of v-ith more teams entered than eve
a tie with the Winshester Rod and before and tho spirit of competition
Gun Club of New Haven, Conn. (speedily growing. Since these leagues
All of the inter-collogiate league been organized there has been
shooting was at 50 feet, and each-'" steady increase in the number of
team consisted of ten men, firing ten riflo clubs formed in various ports of
shots each, standing, and ten ahot.3 ; the country. '
prone, with any .22 calibor target The foundation on which the league
rifle. The Washington State College ideo of shooting stands is that of cre
won the championship of the league. ' rtinK i"terest among the people of
Thus we see that the shooting sen-' the United States in the art of shoot
son of 1909 and 1910 was successfully '" It is a pastime which has be
inaugurated and concluded with the 'IK' 't all the principles of clean liv
orgunization of three shooting ing an1 ewi habits. It educates the
league. .mind to co-ordination with the body
A larger number of teams enterel fnd develops the faculties along the
each of these leagues the following I lines most desired. In nil of the fivo
year j in . fact, it was necessary to ' ycars of or&a"zed leaguo shooting
divide the inter-club league Info two t'.ero has not hecn a single Serous ac
parts, composed of an eastern and , cjd0"1- So shooting cannot be con
western division, because twenty- sidcre1 a d"Rerous sport, even wheu
five clubs made application for ai. compared with football or baseball,
r.-it.sion. - jfor instance.'
The Rocky Mountian Rifle Clnh' In conclusion it may be Stated that
won the western championship the ln Poetically every city or town in the
wincneswsr koci & liun Club, the east) umica otaies mere is a regularly or-
rtt it will not come nwV settle.
ment but, once let it become infected
with rabies, and it will make for the
nearest settlement V That is why the
animals are so dangerous just now.
While at Vale last Friday afe din
ner in the Hotel Drexel, Mr. Ander
son said that a man canje rushing in
and asked for a doctor, saying he
had been badly bitten by a mad coy
ote at his home, a short distance from
Vale. --:' ' v.-:;."'-';
"We are asking for a bounty of
$2.60 on coyotes and wildcats," said
Mr, Anderson, ,"in order that there
may be an inducement to hunters to
start at once after these animals and
each hunter" takes his life in , his
hands when he does so, for unless he
is a good shot he is liable -to be bit
ten while in search of )ie animals
"The removal or the bounty on
these animals a few yean ago has
allowed them to increase at a rapid
rate and, now that they are plactiu-
ally all infected with rabies and are
biting the sheep,, the dogs and oilier
wild animals, they are a serious men
ace to this entire country." .
Crystal' Palace.-' . .
The Crystal palace, which is to be
closed in order to provide quarters for
10,000 recruits, is not without other
connections with the war. Had there
been no Krupps there might have been
no war, and the palace helped to make
the great gun firm famous.. -The
Krupp establishment at ' Essen was
quite a small affair until a two-ton
ingot of cast steel shown by the enter
onsinir Alfred KruDD at the arreat ex
hibition of 1861 'attracted shoals of
orders, and led on to almost fabulous
prosperity. London Chronicle.
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gunized rifle and revolver club or a
place where one may enjoy the grow
ing and , ..pulcr sport of rfle shoot.-
ern championship. In the shoot off
for the inter-club gallery champion
ship of the United States for 1911 the
Kwhy Mountain Club again proved. lnS- ,'
the winner. - -
The inter-collcgiate championship Fences Keep Out Mad Coyotes,
foi the year 1911 was won by the Baker, Feb. 10. It has been found
team representing the University ot i necessary to' fence the school houses
Iowa, which team did not lose a sin- 'n Malheur and Harney counties with
gle one of its fifteen matches. rabbit netting in order to protect the
The year 1911 also saw the orornn- school children at play from the en
Tliiiahi of Her, All RikM. """"" .in an inier-scnoiastic league, crunenment oi mau coyoies, accora-
M.ithor iJobbv. have yo eaten alii0''.1-" w. teams ot nign scnool boys re-!'ng to tne report Drougnt py scott
iiiif of j r '"" "1B principal uign scnool rtnuerson, wno Jias Dcen visiting me
oi me country. After seventeen Ureton le?is ature ot Salem.
weeks of indoor competition between Letters received by the members
teams of ten boys, each boy firing ten ; of the Oregon lgislntur state that
snou standing and ten shots prone, many parents are afraid to send
with 22 target rifles at 60 feet, tho j their children to school, even with
Morris High School of New York was these precautions. Sheep men sav
declared the winner. ithat the situation in many parts of
The championship of the United Idaho is equally as serious, and rab
Statcs Revolver Association league ' ies has infected sheep, cattle, horses
in which twenty four teams from nil .and dogs, as wel as a number of men.
sections ct the country completed for Bills providing , for n bounty on
supreme honors, was ntrnin won hv covotes and other nrortntni-v unimolc
the Smith & Wesson Revolver Club have been introduced in'both the Ore-
&l,ri.nK'ield, Mass. I gon- and Idaho legislatures, with
The inter-club league championship view to stamping out this serious
in the year 1912 came to the east fur. menace.
the first time, the Park Club of; Speaking of the prevalence of ra
ni u.gcpon, i.onn., after a trlpls tie lies among the coyotes and wildcats
un iew jiaven and St. Paul. It -n this section, Mr. Anderson said
v.'bs the most exciting finish imagin-, that when, a coyote is in a normal
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