Oregon H storical Society
City H,>1l
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VOL. VII.
JACKSONVLLE. JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON.
FLIGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC
In Monster Aeroplai e Planned
by Son-in-law of John D.
Rockefeller.
liseed in 1898 and therefore the oldest'
FIND JAP WCM\N
forest school in America, has been dis- ,
continued. Dr. C. A. Schenck, its di !
rector, has returned to his home in Ger Center of Quarrels That Erought
many.
Death Io Three to Testify
The forest service is compiling a new
volume table for calculating the board
Befote Coronei’s In-
contents of standing western yellow
pine trees in the southwest. It is bas
quest.
ed on actual measurements of 6,000
trees.
In trying to find uses for blignt-kill-
South Bend, Wash., Feb. 16 With
■d chestnut it has been found that it the expected arrival here tonight of
can not be utilized for crating stone; Secretary Shibrgski of Tacoma Japa
quarry owners say that chestnut wood nese association, with Miss Okano,
leaves an indelible stain on the marble also known as Mrs, Mitsui, sought
or granite.
i three days as an important witness,
Railroads caused nearly half the for developments in the triple murder that
est fires in Colorado and Wyoming last is absorbing the Pacific and Lewis
year, and almost one-sixth were set by ; county offic'als is expected at the in-
lightning. In California lightning start i quest tomorrow.
The woman was found in Seattle.
ed more than half, with railroads a
The killing successfully of Koyma, Na-
comparatively insignificant cause.
kishima and Degulhi, three Japanese
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whose bodies were unearthed Saturday
Rich Gold Claim is Found
is said to have followed quarrels last .
October an I November of which she I
'
Canyonville, Or., Feb. 17—Dan De n- was the center.
Chicago, Feb. 13—Harold F. McCor
mick, aeroplane enthusiast and son-in-
law of John D. Rockefeller who already
y has installed hydro-aeroplane trans
portion from his home in a northern
suburb to down town Chicago, has
planned to Hy across the Atlantic O-
cean in the largest aeroplane yet built,
according to information which was
brought to this city today.
McCormick, with Charles Dickinson,
president of the Chicago Aeroplane
Club, is on his way to Miami, Fla., ac
cording to the dispatch, where the
plans for building and launching the
transatlantic aeroplane are to be per
fected.
According to information given to
airmen here, C. F. Witmer, Lincoln
Beachey and Tony Steadman are to be ohue, a local prospector,
who a month
the pilots in the flight with Jay J. Me- 1
ago struck a gold prospect a mile .rjm
Carthy as navigator. Gasoline tanks
this place, aid who at that time was
which can be dropped when their con
ready to sell his claim for $100, has
tents are exhausted were said to be
since tr.ken in a partner in Bert Ross,
an integral part of thecquipment pro I
of this place, and the two are working
posed for the giant aeroplane, whose
the claim. Yesterday the two men put
wings will spread 48 feet from tip to
in all day, doing the hard work, while
tip.
a girl did the panning and the gold ran
A wireless outfit with a 100-mile ra
from $10 to $100 to the pan. When
dius of efficiency also will be part of
they quit for the night last evening,
the equipment.
the proceeds of the day’s work were
found to be over $1000 in gold. Last
Friday the men washed out $1000 on
Wants Seat in Congress
the same claim and as a result excite
ment runs high and many of the local
Salem. Or., Feb. 18—B. F. Jones, of people are looking for claims.
Roseburg, today filed with the Secre
tary of State his declaration of inten
An Easy Prescription
tion to become a candidate on the Re-
publican ticket for Congress in the
First Congressional district. He de-
Everybody should once in a while
dares himself In favor of harbor im- get up and preach a little lesson of tol
provements, the deepening of the Wil erance, It is one of the things the
lamette, and an amendment to the land world stands most in need of. We are
laws to conform to present conditions. apt to think the worst and say the
A. A. Anderson, of Astoria, has filed worst, following an impulse and with
his declaration of intention to become out thought.
a canidate ort the Republican ticket to
Very frequently We don’t know, but
succeed himself as State Representa we say it just the same. If there was
tive. •
a little more tolerance in the world it
would be a pleasanter place to live in
Forest Notes
than it is now. It is a very easy job
[
to make it so if every body learns just
a little tolerance.—Exchange
Receipts from the use of national
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forest r“sources were greatest in Ari-
' Zona last year.
Bill Carries $171,290
I a Dr. C. D. Marsh of the federal bu
reau of plant industry is delivering a
Washington, Feb. 18—The agricul
Series of illustrated lectures to stock
tural appropriation bill reported in the
men In the west on theoubject of plants
House today carries $171,290 for Nation
poisonous to stock,
al forests in Oregon and $51,000 for for
The Biltmore forest school, estab- ests partly in the state.
J
ought not toput so much of his whisk
BOY SHIPPED AS HOG
ers in his speeches.
From the almanac it is learned that
Chief Executive Thinks Olher this is the skating season.
Inspector Finds Human “Live
Philadelphia has a woman official to
Means Should be Provid-
stock” Curled Up in Cor
; nip domestic difficulties in the bud. ;
|
She'll
have
to
be
some
nipper.
ed to Prevent Foreign
ner of Car.
The meat famine inav come and the '
E itrance.
meat famine may go, but the Legisla
ture pork barrel goes on forever.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 17 —A boy crat
ed and shipped as livestock was thedis-
Are
Tom
Taggart
of
Ind.,
and
Roger
Washington, Feb 16—President Wil
[ co very made by the veterinary surgeon
son will veto the Burnett immigration Sullivan of III., running for lhe Senate ; here yesterday when he was called up
us
"original
Wilson
men?
bill if it comes to him with the litera
Cleveland Ohio is trying to raise e- j on to inspect a earload of goods billed
cy test included. This became known
nough
money to buv three elephants from Bertrand, N -b., to Burke, S. D.
from authoritative source tonight af
Most
cities
already have one or more | The way bill on the shipment included
ter Chairman Smith announced the
household goods and “one hog valued
on
their
hands.
bill would be favorably reported to the
at $10.” Being an interstate ship
Every roan is his own master or else ; ment, inspection was required. The
senate soon.
Prospects are that the bill will pass a slave to others. Be sure the fire is veterinary found the household goods,
the Senate but will never become a out before jumping from the frying but no sign of a hog. A careful «earch
law, according to the president’s close pan.
however, revealed a boy curled i^p in a
friends.
Few young men rise in the world un corner of the car. none the worse ft r
lhe president does not consider the til after they settle down.
his trip. By billing the car as part
literacy test of character, and believes
Queen things are being done by the livestock, the shipper is allowed the
some other means should be devised to tango to the old fashioned corset mo- j low rate on the household goods, and
prevent the undesirable aliens fromen- I dels.
in absence of a hog the boy was sent
tering the United States.
by the shipper as a substitu’e.
President
Wilson
does
not
wear
that
It also became known tonight that
Commissioner General Caminetti’s formidable chin merely for the sake of
Medical Education
looks.
views and suggestions concerning the 1
Sun Supplies Hot Waler
Chinese and Japanese immigration I
In an interesting report on this sub-1 are not in accord with the president’s '
The sun will keep your hot water
ject by Dr. Graham Lusk, published in views.
boiler full with thr aid of an inexpen-
Science, it is stated that in spite of the
I give device, a solar heater on the roof,
campaigner higher standards waged
that nut only supplies water at a high
MASS MEETINj
by the Council on Medical Education of
Irrigation Work to be Finances temperature on warm days, but als. ,
the American Medical Association and
by means of a cleverly devised tank,
other agencies, there are still four
by Bond Issues.
Hogs
will conserve the heat over a couple of
the
states in which it is not necessary that Nominates
Ticket
for
dark days. This is made possible by a
an applicant for medical license be a
More Profitable than
packing around the tank similar to that
Municif al Election
graduate of a reputable medical col
in a tireless cooker. Not only hundreds
lege, while in the year 1912 the author
Fruit in Hood
of homes in the West are thus equip
ities of Tennessee presented the spec
The mass meeting called by the city
ped, but a number of public buildings,
tacle of licensing 175 persons who were
River.
recorder for the nomination of city of
notably playgroun 1 and school build
not graduates of any medical school
ficers was held in the council ro m
ings. in California make use of this
whatever. As to the medical schools
Monday evening. Rev. P. S. Bandy
themselves, however, it is gratifying
I Portland, Ore. Feb. 17 (Special) — system to supply hot water for shower
was elected chairman and appointed L.
If plans formulated at the meeting baths without cost. After the plant is
to learn that quality has improved at
W. Stansell, secretary and C. D. Ab
the expense of quantity. The number
¡of the Oregon Irrigation Congress in paid for. there are no further charges.
bott and Chauncey Florey as tellers.
of schools in this country has diminished
I Portland last week are carried out, all The photogiaph shows one of the larg
A motion to nominate two canditates
from 166 to 110 since 1904.—Scientific
j future irrigation work in Oregon will est of these public installations, a 500-
for each office was turned down, after 1 be financed by bond issues and perform gallon lank heated hy three night-and
American
which the following named persons
ed with the co-operation of the Federal day solar heaters on the roof of the
were nominated, viz:
Government. M bile there was consid playground building in Exposition Park
Mayor—E. Britt,
Found Dead in Room
erable diversity of opinion as to the L ob Angeles. The “chimney” on this
Councilmen— Wm. Barnum, C. Prim, [ character of the security to back the structure is in reality a screen for the
Recorder—Leslie W. Stansell,
bonds, the manner of their redemption tank, which is set upright in the attic,
Carl Harrill, a vaudeville actor age
Treasurer—James Cronemiller
and the methods for using the money projecting through the roof. The heat
65 years, who appeared at the Isis
Messrs Britt, Barnum, Stansell and
ing cods of galvanized iron pipe are in
theater Saturday was found dead in Cronemiller are the present incumbents | when secured, the delegates were fully the the three glass-covered l oxes, ex
|
agreed
that
the
ciedit
of
the
state
his room on North Bartlett street of the offices for which they have been
must be used and .hat full advantage posed on the southern face of the roof
Monday afternoon by the landlady. nominated.
must be taken of the Government’s of These are connected with ti e tank,
De-tfh was presumably caused by heart
fer of assistance. It was freely predict which in turn com eets with the show
failure. Deputy Coroner Perl is mak
ed that the Tumalo project, in Central ers. No artificial heat is needed. For
ing an effort to locate relatives. An EXPRESS RATES REDUCED
Oregon,
now in course of construction, I use in the Eastern States, the system
inquest will be held Thursday.—Sun
will
be
the
last irrigation work to be is available the grea'erpart of the year
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done
by
direct
taxation in this state. while in winter the hi ater coils aie
Subscribe for the Post. $1.50 0) a. _ r By Schedule Effective March
Methods by which speculators may be drained to prevent fret zing, mid an
year.
eliminated
from irrigated sections and auxiliary piping system that joins the
1st. Greatest Cut on Small
FOR RENT—The Norling house on
lands and water rights sold only to men furnace ur other house heating device
Oregon street. $6.00 per month. Ap
who will improve and live on their is installed. Half a dozen playgrounds
Packages.
and four or five schools in California
ply to D. W. Ilagshaw.
farms were discussed at length.
have been thus equipped recently, while
The rivers and harbors appropriation the domestic installât ions have been in
As the result of the recent confer
bill, action upon which was made pub; successful use for years. Even a,m -
ence between the State Railway Com
lie within the last few days, include« inent houses • live made use of this eco
mission and the express companies do
amounts to be used for improvement nomical method of obtaining plenty < f
ing business in the state, a new sche
of Oregon streams and harbors aggre hot water at any hour of the day or
dule making sweeping reductions in
gating $2,081,175, divided as follows: night.- .Scientific American.
the present rates w ill go into effect
Coos Bay, $50,000; Nehalem Bay, $116,
March 1st. The following table shows
175; Coquille, $90,000r Celilo Falls and
the old and new rates on packages of
Upper Columbia, $525,010; Willamette
Banks Will Consolidate
different weights between Portland
and Columbia Rivers, $300,000; M’>uth
and Medford.
of the Columbia, $1,000,000.'
Old rate New rate
Ashland, Or., Feb 17-The First
That hogs are more profitable in
$ 29
$.60
5 lb. package
National Bank and lhe United Stulea
Hood
River
Valley
than
fruit
is
the
as
.75
.38
10,,
sertion of a rancher in that section National Back of this city will consoli
.56
1.00
i 20 „
who last year marketed 130 animals date about Apni 1. under the name of
.74
1 30 „
1 13
for which he receivid $2,755. Among the First National, with a cupifl slock
1.13
.92
40 „
the porkers dis|oscd of was one we pil of $100,000 and a lai ge surplus. Ihedi-
1.10
50.,
„
1 13
ing 720 pounds dressed, said to be the posiis ul the combined banks will eg-
2 20
2.10
100 ,,
,,
gn grte over $500,COO. lhe officers of
largest
ever raised in that county.
It will be notic ed that thi greatest
tile new bank-u-di be. E. V. Cartel,
reduction is m d e on smal er packages
president; C. ti Vaupel, vice-pres.;. .
AGAINST CIRCULATORS
nd this is due to the parcel post at
W. McCoy , caal hier;
— . I,lark Bush and A.
Last in part.
J. McCalk-n, u.-siataiit casi.ieis; Miss
Muyme Granger stenographer and
Bill Initiated Providing Thai
bookkeeper.
Electric Spaiks
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Men
Cariying
Petitions
Radium is now encountering the cur-
Heating Churches
Must Get No Pay.
rent of skepticism which always sets
in after the discovery of a new cure is
Electric power companies are con
announced.
I Salem, Or., Feb. Id-Secretary of
The new Haven Road is now attract State Olcott today approved lhe form stantly searching tor outlets fr their
ing favorable attention as the country's of the petition for a will to be initiated , power during the off peak load period,
leading advocate of safe and sane rail by ex-Senator Jonathan Bourne to pro-| 'lhe electrical Review and Western
hibit said ciiculators for initiative, r. - } Electrician suggests that lhe healing
roading.
of churches c.lines under this class. In
As an example of *he man sought by ferendum, recall and nominating peti some parts of Switzerland and Germa
the offue Col. Go.-th. s stands out se tions. Under the provisions of the ny, ehnrehes are electrically hi.-alid,
measure, a circulator cannot be remun
renely unique.
erated in any manner, and a fine uf not and recently a church in Christiania,
Lawmakers continue to introduce
Norway, ha* been fitted with an elec
bills for the imprisoning of harmful less than $10" and not more than $1000, tric healing system, current beingsup-
monopolist«, just as if some harmful and imprisonment for not less than piiid ul the exceedingly low ial«- u, v.
monopolists were nut leading citizens. one month and not more ll.an one year 8 cent | er hii ... alt hour. In lids coin-
is piovidcd for violating the mea
A sentimental poet says trees are
I try it wou.d pi >m.bly be impoasibh ,
sure.
and certainly unnecessary, to furnisli
So
most beautiful when they leave,
the power ul so lew a rate. Nevertiie-
are you, Percy, goodnight!
Craler Lake Bill heporied ' less, current could be supplied to tie
Gazing upon Kaiser's thrilling record
1 cl.uri lies with profit at tar below the
I of 43 wild bear* and 17 stags in a few
l aic ill Ul lit r tu iuiaU lie
hours, it must be confessed that Mr.
Washington, Feb. 18 The Senate
Armour’s most skilliul assistant could public land» committee today reported I output of electricity during the of.-
peak hours. — belt nt ifie American.
hardly du better.
favorably Senator Chamberland's bill
Mr. Morgan’s reference to the “so- directing that all revenues derived from
called” interlocking trust directorates leases and permits in Crater Lake Na FOR SALE at a Bargain House ar d
is to be taken with a so-called snick tional Park be expended for the con
lot on Oregon street, near City Ha’ .
er.
struction and maintenance of roads and
Murt b> so.d s< < n Call on Rogue
Realty River Co.
Adv.
Senator "Jim Hom” Lewis of 111., bridges in the park.