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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1918)
effon ¿Latorical Society City H»r NO J kCKSONVII.LE VOL XL 15 U. S. CANNON PLANTS COUNTRY CALLS TO TOWN 1OR HELP TO ARE FINISHED CROPS SOW Three Hundred Millions Retired Farmers and Busi- To Be Spent For ness Men With Farm Guns Big Experience Asked Washington, March 25 Virtual com to Help for 30 pletion of 16 plants for the manufac ture of mobile artillery cannon for the Days. American Army was announced by the i IS INDUSTRIAL RtVI .V Some Recent Happenings Manufactures, Enterprises and Improvements, Providing Various Parts Payrolls and Promot of Oregon ing Development II <>me Totally Destroyed. of Oregon. KI imath Falls, Or.. March 23 Eire at 3 o’clock this morning destroye 9d the North B< nd Kruse Banks put home of Ered K IcManus, at 221 Michi- gan avenue, and strenuous efforts of third shi|> on ways. Gardner New light plant going in io the firemen alone saved the lx use ad- gun division of the bureau of ordnance. joininr it. The cause of the fire was serve lowe- U npqua towns. In a memorandum to Acting Secretary unknown, and the house was ablaze be Corvallis. Ore , March 23 —Farmers f.t-mts Pass —Alamed'i mine instal of War Crowell outlining its work the are looking to the citv for help to sow fore the alarm was turned in. ling new machinery. division summed up its other accomp their sprinti crops. Many of th nn have Marshfield—Saubert mill, for sever I lishments as follows: the land, the teams and the seed for in | yea ’ s idle, to operate. Pioneer Oregonian Dead. Construction of smokeless powder creasing the acreage us called for by Growing castor beans may soon be plants in face of the necessity of doub the food administration program, but 15 -Mrs. Oliva come an important industry in Ore Dufur, Or., March 25 ling the present output. These are lack men. Bolton, an Oregon pioneer of 1852, died gon. now under way. at her home in Boyd, Or., February Retired farmers arid young men with Detroit 47J acres burned over bind 19, in her 86th year, Expenditure of approximately $40,- farm experience now working in busi - near here to be reclaimed this spring. Mrs. Bolton was born in Virginia, 000.000 for plant facilities to manufac r.ess establishments ar- asked to give Salem—6,0(81 tons of potatoes tube and early in life moved with her par- ture artillery cannon, with an estimate up four weeks to helping the farmer dried at Kings Product Co. for U. S. ents to Iowa, where she was married that $300,OilO,000 will be spent for can put in his spring «reps. Men capable to Absalom D. Bolton, who died at Boyd army. non alone within two years from the of handling nig teams and running ma Contract let to metal eleven miles in 1903. chinery are the kind most needed. outbreak of the war. Bandon-Curry road at $19,416. Negotiations for the erection of ma Merchants |and manufacturers who Marshfield Coos Bay Shipbuildii g ny plants for the extraction of toluol have men that can be spared are urgad Sawmill To Run Nights. Co. to increase to 650 men. Minimum from illuminating gas. to consider it a patriotic duty to send Astoria. Or., March 23—Arrange wage paid is $4 40 for eight hours woik those men out. C mservation of the supply of am ments are being made to operate the scale running up to $6.60 per dav. The only way this help can be reach monium nitrate and acids and construc Hammond mill nights commencing this North Powder—Farmers of vicini y ed is by voluntary enlistment. tion at Government exDense of a plant week. In order to advance the cutting co-operate in construction of $15,0)0 el Concerning the need for help J. W. for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen of ship timbers the Government has evator. ail its final conversion into ammonium Brewer, Federal farm help specialist picked 100 soldiers with sawmill exper who has just completed summarizing Between 125 and -50 bulk elevntots nitrate. ience to work in the mill. The Ham will be constructed in Oregon, Wash the crop and labor survey, finds that Construction now undertaken of a an honest attempt is being made by mond Lumber Company is now supply ington and Idaho. gas filling plant to cost approximately the farmer to grow the big crops on ing ship timbers for most of the ves Salem —Building of starch factory by $1,500,030 and ths construction of five which the success of the war largely ! sels under construction on the Colum Pacific Potato Starch Co. of Portland large shell filling plants to cost in the depends. The fall sowing was increas bia River. aggregate $25,000. practically assured. ed more than one half, and the spring i Brownsville cannery enlarged by pur- • ■■■ »«>»- — — program calls for a substantial gain in i chase of Corvallis plant. Cove Woman Dies at fit acreage. But to carry out this pro Concrete Has Many Uses. gram, help from the town is needed. Portland—Willamette Iron and Steel Cove, Or., March 25—Another of The going wage is $60 a month with Cove's early settlers. Mrs. Josephine Works has contract for marine boilers board. Cochran Doney, died from pneumonia fiom Seattle. Concrete, because of its great resist March 16, 1918, on her 64th birthday, I Toledo—Miller logging road to be ex ance to fire an 1 to the shock of explo while a guest of one of her early-day tended north. sions, is adaptable to a wide variety of Lumber Cui Of identical Mills friends, Julliette Dougherty, in Cove. Milton —Contract let lor new Meth - uses, according to the United States In Oregon and Washington Or. She had just returned from (a diat church. Geological Survey, Department of the visit to her daughter, Mrs. R. N. Milton—Car of locust timber shipped Interior. It is cheap, easily and quick Wright, at Gooding, Idaho. The daugh to Portland shipyards. ly handled, sanitary, and duraole, and Lumber census reports received up ter and a brother, Charles Cochran, its characteristics render it of great to March 15, by District Forester Geo. The Dalles—Diamond Milling Co. sold were summoned in time to be with her military importance. Among the mili H. Cecil, show that 205 large mills in to Kerr, Gifford Co., wheat exporters LAND GRANT OFENS at the last. Grays Harbor Railway tary uses to which concrete pct are Oregon and Washington cut five and i of Portland. New owners will improve the construction of armories, barracks, one-half billion board feet during 1917. i and enlarge mills; will run day mid MONDAY APRIL 29 Treasury Is Robbed. roads, bridges, coast and interior for This is 150 million board feet more than i night. Ship Knees Cut at Brownsville. tifications, gun emplacements, trench the cut of the same mills for 1916. Reedsport-Sawmills in lower Ump- Brownsville, Or., March 25—A crew I qua district busy: new road to cost $8,- linings, bombproof shelters, magazines The returns available are as yet in Aberdeen. Wash., March 2-5—Thieves 300,000 Acres In Jackson of men in the employ of Loeb Brothers ¡(88). for explosives, tunnels, retaining walls complete, although about three-fourths stole about $1000 of the Grays Harbor of Portland has gone into the woods sea walls, wharves, dry docks, water of the mills of the two states have sent Railway & Light company funds from Portland —Purchase of Ladd interest And Josephine Coun | near here to get out ship knees. Loeb in Portland Flouring Mills Co by Theo. reservoirs, aqueducts, sewers, sewage in reports. Because of the need for a safe at Electric Park early this morn- Brothers will move their mill and B. Wilcox and I’uget Sound capitalists treatment works, incinerators, stables, an accurate census, due to the coun j ing. Tl.ey attracted the attention of ties. equipment from Corvall.s to Browns- floors roofs, munition-factory buildings try's war-time demand for lumber, offi the watchman by a hurry call and [ consummated, price paid $$,750,009. villr, as they have secured suitable Portland Flouring mills Co. owns 14 w .rehouses, fuel-oil tanks, barges, cials in charge of the work are urging . when he was responding they commit- Washington, March 25—Secretary of timber near here. The timber in the and even in the interior of battle I mill which have not yet report« 1 tod; I ted the robbery. Electric Park is the I mills and ahout 200 elevators. the Interior Lane has approved regula- i foothills is said to be ideal for this pur- ships. so as soon as possible. •shingin place of the conductors. Portland—Contract for erection of tions opening tn entry under the home- j pose. 1,046,160 bu. municipal grain elevator stead law about 300,000 acres of agri- j _________________ to be awarded. cultural land situated principally in Jackson and Josephine counties. These | Bend Man charged With Milton —Warehouse being moved to lands are a por’ion of the Oregon & make room for large bulk grain eleva- Intent To commit Burglary. California railroad grant lands. Addi , tor. tional lands will be opened as classifi Berd, Or., March 26—Upon acorn Astoria follows Portland with a liber cations are completed. plaint made by Mrs. May Houston, Applications to entry may be filed by Charles Eakman was arrested and ty hall to boost war bond sales. any duly qualified person for 160 acres brought into the justice court yester Soecial tax proposed in excess of six or less at th.- land office at Roseburg, day morning on a charge of attempted i per cent limitation to meet war expen- beginning April 29 and ending May 25. burglary. Mrs. Houston says she dis ' sen. All applications filed during this period covered the man in her house about 5 i Government faces shipworkers strike are considered filed simultaneously, and o’clock Sunday morning anil that when ! for $10.68 a day at Baltimore. in the case of conflicting applications a she turned on the light he attempted i Oregon Portland cement company to drawing will be held May 28 to deter to choke her. She recognized him as a I ' furnish 37,(88) barrels cement for new mine the successful applicants. Appli neighbor and called her father, but the ' elevators. cations must be sworn to before the man escaped. The woman is the wife Salem Contract awarded for Colise register and receiver in Roseburg, ac of Earl Houston, formerly deputy sher um at State Fair grounds, cost $75,(88). companied by the required office fees, iff, who is now in Erance with the 20th North Bend -$111,8'8) a month is pay and an amount equal to 50 cents an Engineers. roll of Coos Bay industries. acre. The total purchase price is $2.50 Adams (Umatilla County)—320 acres per acre. The balance is to be paid on final proof. Applicants must personal- i Deeds Filed for Pacific Highway wheal lan 1 west of .here sold for $2 >') an acre. ly examine the land. Roseburg, Or., March 25 Deeds for The rsatoration of 300,(88) acres of Pine Valley Herald "Put the politi- rights of way have been filed from Vic ' grant lands to entry will be an import- 1 cians to work” —at hard labor. tor Phipps. S. E. Moore, Rodney ,R. i ant factor in the development of the Portland Eastern capitalists propos- Knott and N. Brucker for the new ' counties effected and the announce- route oj the Pacific Highway between ed to establish twelve-way wood ship- ment was very acceptable news. In ' here and Myrtle Creek. Settlement yard here. the near future lands in the nori hern ' has also been arranged with S. C. Mil Beaverton has part of the grant w >1 also be open ' ier and the one or two owners of re s’areh factory. ed, ' maining ranches which will be crossed, Toledo—Work commenced fitting The Rice bjys fought their case out, Chesley L imber Co’s, mil re ttly to The Overworked Initiative. def .-ting the county and securing big cut. 1 damages Halfway This community will build modern $10.(88) church this summer. In addition t> three initiative b .1-. Corvallis - Willametre St ick & Land tour referendum measures, there will Ontario Bonds Sell Above Par oe two more initiative bills. C. s Ontario, Or., March 26 -Municipal Co. gets government spruce contract Jackson of Portlan 1 thinks the news water bonds for $100,000 were sold here to cut 3,1X81,000 ft. Electrically equip papers are getting rich to > fast an I last night to Keeler Bros., of Denver, ped plant to be put in on Siletz Bay. has framed up a bill limiting the price at par plus a premium of $607.50. The Pioneer Merchant to be ¡paid for legal advertisements. ■ale was made at auction. A Toledo, G old To tie Held At Htme. I Another bill is to abol'ah th- Public l) , firm's sealed bid was for a discount I Service Commission. Tnat will make of $1875. I ten bills on the ballot to vote Anoth- Mexico City, March 2.5-A decree is I er bill ext ■nds the state insurance to sued today prohibits the exportation of , all classes of w irkers and to inclu ie New Home Guard Companies. Auto Delivery. Phone 71 gold in bars and of Mexican and foreign i .vhat are cslle'l occupational diseases Roseburg, Or, March 26 Myrtle gold coins. It provides for the expor | in the list of injuries for which the Creek has formed a home guard com tation of gold and silver bullion by spe pany, with 50 members. Oakland, Or., cial permit in each case. As Io the ex North Bend—Construction of jetty at has also formed a home guard co n- portation of ore and concentrates con north entrance of Umpqua liver to cost panv with 100 signers on their peci- taining gold and silver, thedecree issu tion. I ed in September is still in effect. $353,lJ00. i This is the year we should plant all the uacant space at our command to vegetables We have a fine assoi tment of fresh seeds of all kinds and can sell them to you just as cheap as the mail order houses and deliver then a great deal sooner We guarantee our seeds to grow. Lewis Ulrich Jacksonville Oregon