Jacksonville post., April 10, 1915, Image 1

NO. 49
JACKSONVILLE, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 10. 1915
VOL. VIII.
ÙEATHOF PIONEER
MEDFORD BOYS HELD
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
BEGIN ALASKAN ROAD
PORTLAND LETTER
RAILROAD FCR ÙOSEBURG
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Mrs. Clara Fleming Birdseye, Charged With Stealing Auto In Sixty Days. Colonel Goeth- Manufactures, Enterprises and Libbey, McNeil & Libbey Will City IV/11 Be Required to Give
$300,000 Toward Line to
Improvements
Providing
als Likely to be Plac­
Equipment Paroled to
Resident of Jackson Coun-
Erect Cannery at The Dalles
Rich Timber Belt ir
Payrolls and Promot­
ed in Charge.
Parents.
ty 65 Years, Died
Flax Growing to be
Oregon
ing Development
Monday.
Started.
Jetty
Washington, April 5—Definite plans
Three boyB, Harold Thompson, Rov
of Oregon
Wendt and Clarence Jones, all of this for construction of the Alaskan rail-
at Mouth of
road are expected to be made by Pres-
ident Wilson within the next few
days, The subject probably will be
taken up at tomorrow’s cabinet meet-
ing.
The plans of the president and sec­
retary Lane contemplate beginning ac­
tual building operations in June. The
president has given careful study to
the port of the Alaska engineering
commission, which investigated possi­
ble routes for the railroad and made
surveys There have been suggestions
that an army officer of the engineer­
ing corps be placed in supreme charge
and Major General George W. Goeth-
als, who built the Panama canal has
been mentioned* Lieutenant Colo­
nel J. J. Morrow, who waspresi­
dent of the Alaska Railroad Com­
mission, also is one of those under­
stood to have been suggested for the
work in case the president finally de­
cides to have an engineer officer take
charge of the construction of the
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It was understood today that every-
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hing is ready for work to start as soon
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as the president announces the route
and whether the Alaskan Northern or
Salem, Or., April ?—Fort-live liUKne tí. S. District Attorney Predicts
the Copper River and Northwestern
patienta, 44 from the asylum here and
Sensale
Develop- ■ will be bought by the government as a
one from the Eastern Oregon asylum,
link tn the line.
were deported today. Europe is the
ments
Later
in
the
destination of 15 of them, Mexico gets
four, and the remainder are being
Day” at Havana.
transported to states of which they
To Celebrate Raisin Day
are residents. Dr. Evans, an assist­
ant physician at the asylum here, and
Chicago April 5—U. S. District At-
Dr. McKelway, an assistant in the t?rney Clyne announced today the gov-
Elaborate plans are being worked
Eastern Oregon asylum, with several etnment had secret service men al th#
attendentS) are in charge of the par- ringside of the Johnson-Willard fight out for the annual "Raisin Day" cele­
tyi
in Havana. Clyne declined to go ’fito bration to be held April 30. The head­
quarters of this rtiovenrtertt ere in Fres«
details.
"Sensational developments may be no, and already committees have Been
Election Board All Monten
SnnouhCed later in the day,’’ he said. appointed and are busily at work ar­
Ffbm further official souree, it was ranging details. The observanae will
intimated that should Johnson journey begin in Fresno when the children of
Clatskanie, Or., April 7—At the reg­ outside of the three-mile lirtiit inCubah the public schools will welcome the day
ular city election held Monday the fol­ waters he would be taken irl custody with a concert. Fallowing this there
lowing officers were elected: Mayor; W. tn connection with his conviction under will be a street pageant and a dahsant
in the evening. Th an even greater
A. Hall; couneilmen, Norman Merrill, the Mann aift.
extent
than in former years the fanhe
G. R. Sagar, G. F. Pugey, G. W.
of the rafSirr will be heralded through,
B irnes: treasurer, Dr. M. W. Mark­
out the United States smd a special ef­
ham; recorder, George Conyers. For
Notice to Public
fort will be made to have raisin dishes
the first time in the history of the city
served at all hotels and restaurants on
the election board was composed en­
tirely of women. Mrs. Mary Bryant
Please do not ask for credit at my the last day of the month.
acted a# chairman; Mrs. M. W. Mark­ place of business, as I have started on
barn and iMrs. Julia Geary were the a strictly ca»h basis. All those know­
Some of the railway men are inclin­
judge«, and Mrs. Minnie Hyde and ing themselves indebted to me pieuse ed to favor the idea of Government
Miss Azelie Conyers acted as clerks of settle.
ownership on the theory that Uncle
the board.
W. R. Sparks
Sam should worry.
Mrs. Clara Fleming Birdseye, one of
the oldest woman pioneers of southern
Oregon, prominently identified with
the early history of this section, and
one of the most widely known women
in the Btate, died at her home on Birds­
eye creek, near Rogue River, shortly
after midnight Monday night, aged 80
years. Mrs. Birdseye came to Oregon
from West Virginia in 1850 and lived
all the Intervening flO years on th« do­
nation claim where she and her hus­
band settled. She was a descendant of
the Flettiipgs of Virginia/ prominent in
Cblonial lift!,
Fort Birdsei e stood upon this claim
and in the Indian wars that mark the
early history of this valley she took an
active part. She was acquainted with
al) the terrors of frontier life, and
watched the Rogue River Valley grow
to its present position from a wilder­
ness. She was the best known woman
in southern Oregom.
city were up before the probation and
police authorities yesterday morning
for stealing. The boys were sentenced
to the reform school but were placed
on parole to their parents. Auto equip­
ment amounting to $200 was stolen by
these three boys. They were arrested
Sunday afternoon and admitted the
charges against them, pleading that
they did not realize the enormity of
the offenses The boys attend school
and are well along in their studies.
Two juvenile drunkeness cases were
also tried yesterday morning. Bryant
Scrum and Howard Thomas, both un­
der stge. Police Judge Gay sentenced
them to 30 days in jail Unless they
would give the names of the partieB
who furnished the liquor. No amount
of cross examination has so far brought
any results, It is thought that some
older boy who was able to buy
liquor over the bar obtained it for
them.
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Roseburg. April 6-A bona fide offer
to build a 30-mile standard guage rail­
road, to construct a sawmill of 200,000
feet capacity and open up what is
termed the largest single body of stand­
ing timber in the United States is
made to the city of Roseburg by East­
ern timber operators the Kendall broth­
ers. The offer is made with the idea
that the lumber trade will be stimula­
ted and demand increased in two
years.
The offer will be backed by any bond
the city of Roseburg i may demand,
within reasonable limits. , The city of
Roseburg will be asked to give
$300,000 towards the i construction
of the railroad, on condition
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that
the title vest in the city.
It is
also to provide the right-of-way and
a 40 acre tract of land for a mill
site.
S. A. Kendall said yesterday that he
would build the line to the forest re­
serve boundaries, providing the city
accepted the terms. This is at Claras
Place, eight or ten miles from the end
th«
road at Rock creek, op
the North Umpqua river. The rail­
road is to be used by all shippers alike
although a preferential rate may
be made on logs in order that the
logs may be sawed in or near Rose­
burg.
In addition to opening up a great
timber basin, the road is likely to be­
come a link of a through line to East­
ern Oregon by way of Diamond lake it
filling in 30 miles of the 100 betwee>n
this city and Eastern Oregon. To the
north 15 to 20 miles also lies the Bo­
hemia mining district in which are in­
numerable low-bearing ledges of gold
ore.
The railroad, aside from the steel
rails, will cost, according to engineers'
estimates, $750,0<<0.
Wallowa will vote on building a city
ball.
I. C. Gates, Veneta will erect a busi­
Portland, Ore., April. 6, (Special)
ness building.
A new magazine to be devoted exclu­
Christian church at Marshfield will sively to taxation, good roads, crop
build addition 25x62 ft.
matketing, rural credits and other live
Pacific Telephone Co. added 44,900 topics, is being launched by C. C. Chap-
j man, who has just retired from the
stations during past year.
Portland Gas Co. shows increased secretaryship of the Oregon Develop­
ment League. The new publication is
earnings over 1913 of only $6671.
to be called The Oregon Voter and the
Attorney General Brown holds that first number will go to press late in
jitney busses are common carriers.
April.
Albany-council planning paving 12
After a thorough investigation of the
blocks on three Btreets.
various fruit growing sections of the
Ryan & Allen owning sawmills at Pacific Northwest the big Chicago pack­
Hession, Wash., and Sheridan, Ore., ing firm of Libby has decided to erect
have taken over the plant at Sara, a cannery at The Dalles. The an­
Wash.
nouncement has been officicially made
Clackamas County improvements in by a representative of the company
and construction will be rushed in or"
sight total $771,000.
Wasc# county building large indus- der to be ready for the cherry crop in
June.
trial barn on poor farm.
Within the past few days definite ac­
The "morals court” once voted
down sought to be revived at Port- tion has been taken »t Salem in regaru
to starting the flax industry in this
land.
state.
In order to encourage farmers
Portland—the new Couch school has
to experiment with the new crop, it in
a roof garden and swimming tank.
planned to offer $15 per ton for flax
Medford—fund of $1000 raised to op­ •traw, a considerable advance over
erate cannery,
prices in other sections. Seed will be
Oregon has had boosting enough- it furnished at >3 per bushel payment to
is time to go to work.
be made when the straw is marke •
Springfiled—Budd McPherson builds ed.
Cjncret« business house.
A big plant for the screening and
Roseburg-p0dU’®c‘i
moVe!> int0 washing of sand and gravel will be in­
stalled at Rosebuug in the near future
new $10.000 building.
g^veral thousand dollars will be invei-
Methodists of Bay Park, (CoOi it»v>
««4 in m»ch'nery and building and side-
will build $1000 chapel.
trkdt»» soimacUng th« works with the
Warrenton gets 2.storv frame 60 by S. P. R. Wilt »few be Put'o- Contracts
65 feet, slow-burning building.
have already been ontes'ed into for dis­
Seaborg <5 Cd. Of Portland will erect posing of a large part of the output.
a cannery at Wedderbiirfl.
Efforts are being made by v.ailroad
Crater Lake Junction—Union Oil Co, officials to induce farmers in the V» >1-
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will build $25,000 plant here.
lametie Vallwy to grow cauliflower in
The Dalles get# the big Libby, Mc­ wholesale quaftfkies. It i# said there ' ä AILROAD work IN OREGON
is an unlimited deiriswai tor this vege-
Neil 4 Lloby fruit cannel y.
Baker City = Votes July 14 on $80,000 table in Chicago and other cities of tli«
bond issue to ehlsfgO municipal light Middle West and that regular market
rates are such as to yield a handsome . Repart of Railway Commission
plant.
Clatsop County will macadamize Fla* profit to growers.
Shows Cost of New Lines
Within a f«w days active work will
vel Warrenton road.
be commenced on the north jetty at
and Betterments
Roseburg ¿ttVe » banquet to a Pitts
the mouth of the Coquille River, an
burg man who prupusW So build a rail­
improvement for which $90,000 wa# ap­
To be
Large.
road to his timber on the North Ump-
propriated in October. A stone quar­
vua and start a sawmill.
ry to be opened at Bandon will supply
A movement is on to give each city the stone and it is expected the jetty
Salem, Or., April 6—Twelve million
a Bureau of Municipal Research—an­ will be practically completed this sum­
dollars was spent in Oregon last year
other commission to make soft places mer.
by railroads in making extensions and
and increase taxes.
It cost $4,054,646 to govern the Citv betterments, according to the annual
Albany Union Furniture plant sold of Portland during 1914. Based on a report of the state railroad commis­
to A. C. Girard, Montesano. Wash.
population of 275,0'JO, the above sum sion,
Among the more important
Organized labor threatens to defeat represents an average of $14.75 for items was the building of 58 miles > f
$1,250,000 load bond issue at Portland each individual, which is probably track of the Willamette Pacific rail-
unless county agrees to do all wdrk at more than some of them are worth.
road irom Eugene westward. The
$3.00 per day for eight hours.
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi­
gation company’s construction of bd
Salem -$15 per ton will be paid by
miles of track from Vain to Riverton;
the State Prison board for flax straw. COUNTY WILL
BRING electrification
of the Fort land, Eugene
Grants PasB-R. E. Smith will erect
&
Eastern
railway,
BIO miles, from
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COLVIG
$6500 residence.
Portland to Whiteson; the building of
Linn county will build $20,000 wood
a double track line on the Oregon Elec­
and steel bridge across Santiam.
tric from Portland to Garden Home,
Salem -Theo. Roth will erect three- Friendly Suit is Filed to and the practical reconstrutb n of the
story mercantile building of brick.
Corvallis 4 Eastern railroad, also
Recover Fees Taken
Astoria—35 new homes building on
are notable railway improvements
From Private
The Oregon-Washington
railroad
Young's Bay side.
leads all other lines in the amount ex­
Oswego—Portland banker will erect
Parties.
pended, the figure# submitted showing
$30,000 home near here.
the company to have spent $5,444.-
Salem —hospital association will erect
797. Construction of the 80 mile#
$25,000 addition.
At a meeting of the county court from Vale to Riverton coat >4,3'JOO,-
Lebanon - Edwin Myers will build yesterday Prosecuting Attorney E. E. 000. This rosd ih operateli under thè
Kelly was directed to collect fees tak­ name of thè Oregon Eustern ra>.-
, $3000 bungalow.
J. S. Winters builde • of Pendleton en by County Treasurer Fred L. Col­ road.
i Hotel is low bidder on Pendleton feder- vig durin ' his term of office as record­
er from private parties for copies of
I d building.
county records. This suit is in the na­
Lane county b ard substitutes cow ture of a friendly action to determine
Spend Profitable Vacat an
I show for Eugenics exhibition.
whether or no' the ceunty recorder at
Eugene Geo. Dorris has let con­ that time was entitled to sucn fees
tract to erect brick business build The county court has maintained that
A party of about twenty students,
i ng.
according to a law p issed in 1905 all members of the forestry class at Ore­
Pendleton starting to raise $100,000 fees collected by county official# from gon Agricultural College under Prof.
for hard surfnee road to Cold Spring« private parties should be turned into Peavy, are spending their Easter va­
Much more "hard surface’’ talk than the county treasury while Treasurer cation in the employ of the U S. For­
Colvig has taken the opposite posi­ est Service.
formerly.
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The boys are working under a party
tion.
New Bridge —work started Monday
The exact sum involved is not known of trained men of the Forest Service,
on big ditch from dry Gulch
but is supposed to be in the neighbor­ and will not only gain some practical
The Dalles —electric line planned up hood of »1000. The copies were given experience in cruising timber, but also
to the Jackson County Abstract Co. to help Uncle Sam in some work which
Mill Creek to tap timber belt.
has been undertaken on the Breiten-
show their books.
State Highway commission have de­
Attorney fGus Newbury will repre­ bush River on the Santiam Forest.
cided to build the mile of road st Mitch­ sent Mr. Colvig. The legal point in­ The government is furnishing the in­
ell Point, Hood River, to cost $50.- volved seems to be whether the 1905 struments for the use of the party,
000.
law refers to uncertified copies. The but the student# are paying their own
Crown paper mill Oregon City, shut copies in the case are said not to expenses, snd incidentlv having a very
down since Oct. 1, 1914. starts this nave been certified and the result of good time.
week witht75 to 100 men.
the action will determine this point.
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