Oregon Historical Society
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JACKSONVILLE.
( CIMY. OR GON,
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VOL. X.
Al'RIL 11. 1S17
NO. 51)
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FARMERS OF ALASKA
OUR OWN STATE
YOUNG ARTIST IS DEAD BOND ISSUE FOR WAR
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PRPDUCE IMG CROPS
PURPOSES.
Manufactures, Enterprises a d
Some Recent Happenings
Accomplished Daughter of
Great Quantities of Pota- Improvements, Prsvidiag
Suggests That Portland
Three Billions to be Loaned
Various Parts of
Jacksonville Physician
Payrolls and Promot­
toes and Other Vegeta­
Chamber of Commerce
Allies and Two Billions
Oregon
Dies By Own Hand
ing Develop vent
bles Are Grown
Organize All State
for Conducting
Crane State Bank Gets Per-
of Oregon.
North.
In
Saturday afternoon the report arriv­
Bodies.
War in This
ed that Dorland Robinson, daughter of
mit to do Business.
Country
Dr. and Mrs. J W. Robinson of this
Salem, Or., April 9—Superintendent
Oregon City—Willamette locks and
GOVERNOR URGES
FOOD PRODUCTION
Washington, April 10 Production of
Salem, Or., April 9—Governor Wilh- city had committed suicide at San Ma­
of Banks Sargent toiay issued a char­ big crops of potatoes and other vegeta­ canal drained to start $100,900improve­
yco.nbe announced toduy that he had teo, Cal. where she had been for some
Washington, April 9—A decision to ter to the Crjne State bank, of H irney bles in Alaska was reported by Secre- ments and as much more by the P. It
suggested to the Portland Chamber of time.
of Commerce that it organize the com­ The report, which was later confirm­ introduce the $5,0ou,000 bond issue county. The bank is cap t ilized for tary Lane today. One farmer is cred- 1 L. & P. Co.
mercial bodies of the state into an ed, came as a great shock to the many measure on Thursday in the house was | $15,000. Carlton B. Swift is presiient ited with having grown 17 tons of po- i Marshfield -Coos Bay will
' tatoes to the acre, a high record. An­ oil base for fuel supplies by
“Oregon League of Agricultural pre­ friends of the unfortunate lady in this reached today by Secretary McAdoo I and J. R. Weaver cashier.
other is reported to have produced be- j Huntington Large n.v gat age being
paredness” for the purpose of mobiliz­ place who had known her from child­ and Representative R liney, of Illinois,
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. tween 575 and 75) bushels to the acre. erected here.
ing all resources of the state during hood and who at first refused to credit ranking democratic member of the
Valuable liens at Monmouth
ways and means committee.
With a yield of other vegetable crops
the war.
the sad tidings.
St. John’s Review tells of $219,000
The
measure
will
carry
a
$
’
,000,0)),.
“At this time, when mobilization of
Monmouth, Or., April 9—Mrs. Joel in like proportion. Similar encourag­ , for new shipbuilding plant going in.
Miss Robinson was an artist of mark­
ing
reports
come
from
various
parts
of
all resources of our country is the par­ ed talent and her work was attracting 000 issue for a loan to the allies and a Shaw, of this county, h.is 70 b irred
j Vale Fruit land farmers subscribed
amount national problem, it is the pa­ the attention of artists everywhere. $2,000,000,000 issue for conducting the Plymouth rock hans, fro n which she Alaska
$15,090 stock in cannery.
The
farmers
are
being
assisted
by
triotic duty of of all of us to cooperate She was married last fall to C. H. Pier­ war for this country. The $2,000,00“,- received 1655 eggs during 'he month of
The new town of Crane to have a
in every possible wav,” said the gov­ son of New York, the marriage ending 000 issue is expected to meet approxi­ March. This is an average of 23 eggs the government’s agricultural experi­
■ bank.
ernor. “It seems to me, Oregon’s unhappily in a divorce suit a few mately one half of this country's war to the hen. Tiiis is a record yet unp ir- ment stations.
| Cons county dairies are to be rcplen-
great opportunity lies in organized en­ months later followed, by her serious expenses up to June 30, 1918. Consid­ allele 1 in the county.
| ished with $50,000 worth of cows.
couragement and development of agri­ illness and from which she had nev^r eration of plans for rising additional |
Oil Used By Railroads
cultural production.
funds by taxation for conducting the
fully recovered.
Springfield has a new industry—re­
The body was found by her mother war for this country will come liter. O. A. C. Cadet Band to Enlist
building sewing machines.
“With this in view, I now suggest
that the Portland Chamber of Com­ who was staying with her, a revolver The m .st essential thing to be accomp­ Corvallis, Or., April 9 —Without a 1 A decided increase in the use of pe­
With the flag and honor of the na­
troleum as locomotive fuel by the ra l-
lished now, it is agreed, is to paepare
merce take the lead in organizing the was lying by her side.
tion nt stake capital and labor adopt
dissenting
yrte
ths
1)
m
‘
Ubers
of
the
I
roads
of
the
United
State
in
1916
is
the allies’ loan in order that they may |
commercial bodies of the state in an
policies of neutrality an I avoid all
obtain much needed food and muni- j O. A. C c.nlet b ml de.'ilei to eater shown by statistics compiled under the strife.
Oregon league for agricultural prepar­
the federal service in a ba.ly whenever supervision of John D. Northrop and
REWARDS PAID U-
tion*.
edness, the objects of which shall be a
Roseburg jitney owners have advanc­
volunteers are called for. Captain II. just published by the United States
maximum production of staple crops,
BOAT
CREWS.
L. B ard, director of the ban I an I an 1 1 Geological Survey, Department of the ed prices to ten and fifteen cents.
chiefly useful in feeding the nation and
Up Info Ths Light
instructor in the college, stated that Interior.
Canyon City —Asbestos mines at Mt.
protecting our citizenship from hard­
when the band goes he will go with
Reports
substituted
by
53
railroad
Vernon
resume operations.
ships by the increased living cost. Ev­ Bonuses Offered for Vessels
companies, comprising all that operate
Eugene —Stall- University plans com­
The Jews the world aroun 1 are exul- it.
ery community should be organized so
1 oil-burning locomotives in the United pleted an! bids being taken.
tant over the news from Russia, The 1
that its vacant lots and unused fields,
Sunk and Captured and
States, show that the quantity of oil
song that Miriam sang is ringing in
Railroads are asking a raise of fif­
so far as possible, shall be placed un­
Sixes River Will be Flumed
fuel so consumed last year way 42,126,- teen to twenty-five per cent in freight
their ears: “The Lord has triumphed
der cultivation. An especially import­
for Special Ex­
417 barrels, a gain of 5,477.961 barrels, rates to make up what operation under
gloriously.” The Romanoff rule has
ant work can be done with school chil­
to Placer Mines.
or 15 percent, over the consumption in the Adamson law costs.
ploits.
passed away; the spirit of liberty is in
dren. Each one should become a vol­
Ban Ion, Or., April 9 —A crew of 10 1915.
the air of Russia; after long waiting,
unteer patriotic farmer this summer.
Lakeside will vote on $5,000 school
men has gone to the Pelikea mine, or.
This increase shows the steady ex­
the clouds have broken from over the
Organized purchases of seed would cut
Amsterdam, via London, April 9— greatest despotism on earth, and the Sixes river, in northern Curry county, pansion in the United States of the bond it sue.
the cost and would make possible the
State Public Utility Commission fixes
The frontier correspondent of the Tele­ poor there stand up “redeemed and re- to b gin operations for the summer. market for low-grade petroleum from
t ee distribution to those who cannot
graph suggests that the recklessness generated,” if not yet quiet “disen- The men will cut 200,0.0 feet of lum­ Mexico rather than any appreciable in­ value of physical properties of Pacific
afford this initial investment.
« ber with which to construct a 30-inch crease in the use as fuel of low gravi- Telephone Co. at $10,963,802 as basis
shown by German submarines is due thralle I.”
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wooden pipe line for a distance of two tv crude oils from domestic resources, for rate making.
to the big financial rewards offered the
That revolution in Russia is one of
Typhoid Fever Afflicts Family crews by the German government, The the great events of the century and and one half inijes. During the sum­ whose value for refining is just begin­ Independence has put. one over in se­
mer months the How of the river is to ning to be recognized.
men who man the submarines get 10
curing the erection of a beet sugar fac­
¡ per cent higher pay than those of any the swiftness of it, and the little cost be diverted through this pipe and the The total distance covered by oil-bur­ tory at that place by the Utah-Idaho
of life that accompanied it, is a world,
Forest Grove, Or.. April 10—Four other branch of the national service
power developed will be utilized in min­ ning engines in 1916 was 140,434,566 I Sugar Co. Over 1600 acres of sugar
wonder. It is not yet finished, but it
ing the bed of the river for gold and miles, and the average distance cover­ beets will be planted this year.
members cf the T. M. Reynolds fami­ si receive in addition substantial bon-
cm never again be as it was in Rus-
pl,>f wm. /C sawmill is on the ground ed per barrel of fuel consumed was 3 - I Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.
ly, of the Cedar Canyon section, have uses,
••a. The winter has passed; there may­
been victims of typhoid fever, with one
Fifty per cent of the value of a cap­ still be some spring storms, but they and a planer is being shipped there g3 miles. Oil-burning locomotives were will train a signal corps for help to the
from Bandon.
death, that of Clarence Reynolds, aged tured ship is distributed among her will swiftly pass.
operated in 1916 over .31,989 miles of United States army in the event of
15 years.
track in 21 states.
captors, 5 per cent to the commander
war.
Eternal justice often moves slowly
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of the submarine, 5 to the chief engi­ but, wlien it does move, it is irresisti­
The Dalles to have a new fire proof
Harrisburg Offices on Rob­
neer, 15 to the remaining officers and ble and its decrees are inexorable.—
Seed Oafs by Parcel Post
hospital.
Fores! Notes
25 to the ere v. Perceptages for tor­ Goodwin’s Weekly.
bers’ Visiting List.
Grants Pass Simmons-Logan mine
pedoed ships are based on the insurance
made cleanup of $23,190.
Harrisburg, Or., April 9—Tiireo bus-
Nez Perce, Idaho, April 9—A ship­ value of the vessel. In these cases
As part of its fire protective svstem
It is to be hoped that the two Amer­
The Industrial Welfare Commission
ment of 4000 pounds of seed oats by the submarine commander gets 1 per ican correspondents who sagely inform­ iness houses in Harrisburg were en- the Forest Service maintains 94 look-
canner­
and
tere
I
a
a
lat
•
hour
Friday
night
parcel post was made by C W. Felt, a cent, chief engineer 1, the remaining ed the Germon Foreign Office that the
out stations on high points in the moun­ will consider allowing Oregon
as
Cali-
ies
to
operate
on
same
basis
robbed
The
Mohawk
Lumber
compa
­
merchant of Nez Perce, to ranchers in officers 4 and the crew 10. There are United States was bluffing will be able
tains of Oregon and Washington. These
ny and the Oregon Electric railroad are manned only during the fire sea­ fornia canneries of fruits and vegeta-
the central Idaho district on Satur- also extra rewards for special
to secure permanent positions in some
office safes were bl >wn open. The to­ son.
bles.
day. The postage amounted to $43.80. ! ploits.
Berlin newspaper.
tal loss is $35, besides damage to fur­
Condon voted 115 to one in favor if
The Forest Service planted trees on
niture. R. A. Leisy’s drug store wa3
the state highway bond issue.
1500
acres
of
denuded
National
Forest
entered but nothing is missing. The
Utah Power decision by Supreme
land in Oregon and Washington in 1916.
burglars a'e believed to be yeggs.
Nearly half of this area was in the Court affects right of way over publ.c
Mount Hebo region on the Siuslaw Na­ lands rather than use ot water. It
will not permit needed development.
tional Forest.
Resident of Klamath to Plant
Eugene has raised $50,“00 for a 11 ix
Douglas fir is the chief tree species
used by the Forest Service in its tree scutching null. The company expects
Potatoes for the Army.
to puv farmers $29 a ton for straw,
Klamath Falls, Or., April 9—Gus planting operations in Oregon and and the soil will grow a ton and a half
Washington.
Noble
fir,
western
yel
­
Melhase, of this city, has offered to
to three tons to the acre.
plant a large acreage of potatoes for low pine, and western white pine were
Bend to raise $300,090 for Central
also
used
in
the
1916
operations.
the U. S. army, or as the government
Oregon railroad.
Prairie
dogs
and
other
range
destroy
•
may see fit to use them. Mr. Melhase
Marshfield Beaver Hill co d mines
will give the government half pro­ ing rodents have been exterminated on
vided the government will furnish the more than two million acres of west j operate to April 20 under armistice
seed potatoes, and he has a large tract ern grazing range, including several when the men expjet advance in wag­
of land which he will devote to this hundrel thousand acres of National1 es.
Forest range.
Coos county will get $362.000 expen­
purpose.
The National Forest Reservation ded on highways under state direc­
Commission has approved the purchase tion.
Dies After Operation
of 23,709 acres in the White Mountains ! East Portland gets a brick factory
e Dalles, Or., April 9 —Vincent an 1 southern Appalachians for inclu- and planing mill.
Oregon City Woolen mills will be op­
Kelly, sqii of V. J. Kelly, of this city, sion in the National Forests of the
died a few days ago at San Diego fol­ East. This Ian I lies in New Hamp- erated by electric power in the fu­
lowing an operation for an injury re­ .-hire, Virginia, N irth Carolina, Geor- ture.
ceived while playing football at Coium gia, and Tennessee. The total area
Three pronose I initiative bills at
bia university of Portland some years which the government has purchased Portland conflict and all may be defeat­
or is acquiring under the Weeks Law
ed.
is now 1,373,121 acres.
Legislature having cut down appro­
priations of Industrial We'faro Com­
To Protect Homesteaders
Heppner Wil! Build Elevator
mission, Labar Commissioner Hoff will
Heppn- r, Or., April 9—The Heppner
net as Secretary with nt pay. That is
Farmers’ Union at a meeting held last
All Homestead entrymen who have about the way twentv other boards an I
Saturday decided to erect an elevator not made proof on their entries, and commissions should be disposed of.
of 100,000 bushels capacity, to be built who enlist in any branch of the Army
Wilsonville 3-mile flume completed
,.f wood. The funds are already sub- or Navy of the United States, while a
ribed and the estimated cost is $1H,- state of war exists, should notify the to bring 30,90 9,000 feet lumber to river
local land office of that fact, designat­ here.
Salem-Oregon hop 'industry helped
ing the branch of the service they have
entered. This will enable the land of­ by shipments to South Africa.
fice to protect the entrymen against
Portland building code suspended to
Militia To Be Used Where
contest or cancellation of his entry for allow carehips to be elected by Twuhy
failure to mike proof, if Congress Brothers.
Wor/f Is Needed.
shall grant relief from residence whil^
in the service, it is customary for!
Huwley Asks Funds For h
7 he Pioneer Store
Washington, April 10 Senator Cham Congress to protect homestead entry­
Jacksonville, Ore
berlain has been informed by General men who absent themselves from their
Public Buildings.
Mann, chief of the militia bureau of entries to serve their country in time
the war department, that he expects of war.
Washington, April 19 Congressman
the national guard organizations to
W. H. C anon , Register.
Hawley hns intrudin' <| bills to appro­
■ •rve wh re their sevices will be of th.
R. R. TtiRNt.R, Receiver.
priate $190.9“9 ea h fi r buildings at
greatest value. Recruiting is held in
Oregon City, Grants Pass, Corvallis
abeyance until congress decides upon
Fiance at present is less in need of H and Ashland. and .? .9,000 for a fish sta­
forces required.
tion on the Columbia river.
'Joan of Arc than of a Najaileon.
F ancy
Early Rose
Seed Potatoes
Earliest and best
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