/ — ----------------------------------------------------------------- • • • . A a trip of th e P a c ific h ig h w a y nine GIANT TREE ON LONG ISLAND faat w ide ha* been com pleted betw een C atiyonvtlle a n d U aleavllle In D ouglas i E x p e rts Say S ycam ore Is N early F our H u n d re d Y ears Old and Good county, a cc o rd in g to In fo rm atio n re- 1 fo r C en tu ry More. cetved a t th e office* o f th e s ta te h ig h ­ way d e p a rtm e n t. “Old S ycam ore," th e glum on th e P rovided th e g o v ernor-elect a n d the p lace of Ja m e s H ill a t W heatley, !.. 1„ le g isla tu re g u a ra n te e th e ir a ctio n will w hich re c e n tly won tb e "biggest tre e he legalised, th e s ta te h ig h w a y com on Long Islan d " conical co nducted by m ission will ta k e up on D ecem ber 2D N orm al T a y lo r of B rooklyn B otanic the b u ild in g of th e C olum bia highw ay g a rd en s, waa born only 57 y e a rs a fte r th ro u g h th e b u rn e d a re a of A storia. C olum bus lauded ut S an S alvador, In It w as eighty y e a rs old w hen This. and th e a p p ro a c h to th e c ity w ill 1492. H en d rick H udson tirst suw L ong Is ¡.m ount to a bout $260,000. T h ere w ere 67 firea In th e C ra te r lan d — In 1C20. T h is Is ih e opinion of Mr. T ay lo r n a tio n a l forest d u rin g the last season re c o rd in g to th e re p o rt of H u g h B and o th e r e x p ert» w ho h a v e e x am in ed th e g ian t sycam ore, th e New York H anktn. s u p e rv iso r of th a t fo rest. T he w orld sta le s. Its a g e Is eKtlmuIed cost to th e fo rest se rv ice of s u p p re ss­ betw een ;>uo and 400 y e ars, m ore likely ing th ese fire s w as $7046.18, a n d th e th e la tte r. It 1» said. T h e tru n k n e a r < am age to tim b e r in sid e of th e n a ­ th e gro u n d Is -4 feel in c irc u m fe re n ce tio n a l forest w as $1067.31. and som e of th e lim bs, h a lf w ay up G eorge W illiam of H a in es w as found even, a re la rg e r th a n th e tru n k s of r u ilty at B a k er of m a n s la u g h te r by a m any tree « w hich claim to be p a tr i­ ju ry In c irc u it c o u rt w hich h e a rd evi­ archs. T b e h eig h t o f “ Old S ycam ore" has dence b e arin g on th e first-d eg re e m u r i e r ch arg e of th e p ris o n e r grow ing out not been a sc e rta in e d , but it to w e rs c f h is confessed sla y in g last su m m er o ver tb e lan d sca p e In lordly fashion. Mr. H ill sa y s th a t HO y e a rs a g o th e c f Tom P aine, a re clu se liv in g In a p lace w as used by tb e county b u tc h e r .m a ll cabin In th e h ills west of H aines. a s his h o m e . H is beef, w hen sla u g h ­ N ecessity of In c re a se d fa c ilitie s for tered , w as bung on c h a in s from “Old h a n d lin g th e ro llin g stock of th e S y c a m o re s ” lim bs. O ne of th e ch ain .« S o u th e rn P a c ific com pany a t Its w as th e re w hen Mr. llili bou g h t th e B rooklyn shops In P o rtla n d has re ­ pi m e. su lted In a c tiv e c o n a tru c tio n w ork be- D u rin g th e p a s t 105 or Y20 y ears, ng s ta rte d on th re e new b u ild in g s, a fte r tb e fo rest w as cut aw ay, soil which w ill cost a p p ro x im a te ly $50,000, from neig h b o rin g h ills w a r w ashed according to o ffic ia ls of th e com pany. dow n and tilled a ro u n d th e tre e to a T h is w as verified R e so lu tio n s re q u e stin g th e s ta te d e p th o f 15 feel. six y e a rs ago, Mr. llili says, w hen a rg is la tu re to do n o th in g to d is tu rb tre e e x p e rt gave “O ld S y cam o re” th e he w orkiug* of th e p re se n t s ta le com first docto rin g of its life. ■ensallon law w ere adopted at a con­ T h e tre e is sa id to he In splen d id te n tio n of th e L oyal L egion of L oggers con d itio n a n d good fo r a c e n tu ry or and L um berm en at S p rin g fie ld . T he no m ore. m eeting took up se v e ra l p ro b lem s of e g ls ls tlo a and also th e m a tte r of am FOLLOWED SEA FIFTY YEARS advance In w ages A w a rn in g was Issued to all dance R e tire d C om m ander H as M any S to ries sa il m a n a g e rs In D ouglas oounty th a t of A d v en tu re A ccum ulated D uring n th e fu tu re th e p re sen c e of an lntox- H alf C en tu ry on O cean. cated person at a n y dan ce held w ith in -he co u n ty w ill m ean th e Im m ed iate C apt. J . W. C h ristie , fo rm erly com ­ fo rfeitin g of th e lic e n se issued to th e m an d e r of th e W h ite S ta r D om inion lance m an a g er u n le ss a w a rra n t Is lin e r C a n ad a , has re tire d a fte r sailin g ««cured for th e n rre a t of th e person th e se a s fo r 51 years. C a p ta in C h ristie first w ent to sea llM u rb in g th e dance. A poison c am p aig n a g a in st th e jack w hen only ten y e a rs old a n d d u rin g '-abblts of th e h igh d e se rt in D eschutes th e next h a lf c en tu ry p a rtic ip a te d In m any in te re s tin g ex p erien ces. -ounty w ill be s ta rte d w ith in th e next In 1877, w hile still an a p p re n tic e , be few d a y s u n d e r th e d ire c tio n of an served on the oi l sa ilo r S eu fo rth , w hen -X p e rt sent o u t by th e U nited S ta te s th a t vessel w as em ployed to c a rry th e biological su rv e y in o rd e r th a t the fam ous H udson’s H orse from India to sto res of bay saved for w in te r feeding th e D a rd a n e lle s a t th e tim e o f th e jf c a ttle m ay not be d e voured by th e K usso-T urkish w ar. T h e fleet o f trHns- p o rts re ac h ed th e ir d e stin a tio n , and voracious ro d e n t hordes. tro o p s to occupy It was re p o rte d a t Salem th a t th e lan d in g n a tiv e E a ste rn * W este rn L u m b e r com pany C yprus, th ey fo u n d th e T u rk s In­ of P o rtla n d h a s p u rc h ase d a p p ro x i­ tre n c h e d close to th e beach and w ere forced to com m ence d e b a rk a tio n u n d e r m ately 1 . 000 . 000.000 fe et of tim b e r In tire. T h e y o u th fu l a p p re n tic e w as the C ascade ra n g e In M arion and given c h a rg e o f a s p irite d horse, and C lackam as c o u n tie s from th e F o s te r m ou n ted on Its h a re hack sw um his T im b e r com pany of M ilw aukee, Wts. ste ed to w a rd th e bench and th e T u rk s. T he tra c t lies n o rth of th e S ilv e r F a lls T h e a n im a l, acco rd in g to th e c a p ta in 's a cco u n t o f th e a ffa ir, re ac h ed sh o re T im b e r com pany hold in g s T b e s ta te lab o r d e p a rtm e n t se n t a well a h e a d of all c o m p e tito rs a n d th en , re p re se n ta tiv e to A sto ria to In v e sti­ d e sp ite th e e a rn e st effo rts of Its rider, g ate th e labor s itu a tio n th ere . R ep o rts d ash e d h eadlong to w a rd th e T u rk ish l*ul| a s he m ight, n o th in g re a c h in g C. H G ram , lab o r com m is­ line«. w ould check th e b e a s t’s a rd o r, until sio n e r, In d icated th a t a larg e n u m b er one o f m any b u lle ts from th e In­ of m en w ore bead ed for th e low er Co­ tre n c h e d enem y stru c k It Hnd tu rn e d lum bia riv e r city, w hile o th e rs who It Hgaln to w a rd Ihe sea. T h e a p p re n ­ w ere em ployed th e re before th e fire tic e reg ain ed his sh ip In sa fety , none a re leaviug for o th e r c ities th e wnr«e fur his unusual e x p erien ce, A ction la th e lo w er h ouse of con­ hut w ith h stro n g a n d lastin g d is ta s te gress for re lie f of A sto ria fire su ffe r­ fo r In te rn a tio n a l co m plications. e rs w ill follow upon a te le g ra p h ic re W ood and F u rn itu re . port of th e coaditlouB re q u este d by T h e re a re th o u sa n d s of d iffere n t S e c re ta ry of W ar W eeks, It w as decid ­ ed a fte r a c o n fere n ce betw een Repre- a p e rie s of wood In th e w orld, b u t no tw o sq u a re Inches a re a lik e T h e aanie e a ta tlv e H aw ley of O regon. M ajority wood m ay be plaln-«aw b u sh e ls, c o m p a red w ith when collected, paid into the common A tto rn ey for e sta te . dfl jfl d o e sn ’t sta n d to becom e w e alth y — school fund of th e county ill which 44,392,01X1 b u sh e ls la st y e a r ; barley , but som ehow we c a n ’t convince th - I such action is bro u g h t, w ith in six ty 89,540,(xxi b u sh e ls, c o m p a red w ith 38,- b a n k e r u f o u r business sa g a city N O TIC E A G A IN S T STOCK R U N N IN G (00) d a y s a fte r such anim al is proved «18,000 b u sh e ls In 1921 ; o a ts. 288.250,- A T LA RG E IN ORCH A RD P R E C IN C T 1 to lie a t large. w hoa we w ant to go in to debt. • * * OOO bushels, c o m p a red w ith 244,455, (XX) D ated Decem ber 8th, 1922, I t a p p e a rin g from tlic a b s tra c t of (115 22 29 A utom obilists a re tra v e lin g the K. H. BRYSON, bushels. In G erm an y th e yield of rye votes c ast at tuo re g u la r N ovem ber 7lh, pace t h a t kill»— p ed estrian s. fo u n t V Clerk o f I n no C ounty. Ore. Is e stim a te d a t 21U.580.lXX) bushels, 1922, election, us mudo by th e o fficial c o m p a red w ith 2fl7,64fi,000 b u sh e ls la s t ciinvasbiug hoard o f L ane C ounty, y e a r ; o ats, 284,800,000 bu sh els, com ­ O regon, i h a t a t »aid e lection tho to ta l num ber o f votes cast in O rchard p a re d w ith 344,812,(XK) bushels. P re c in c t, Lam* C ounty, O regon, on tlio questio n “ F or a n d a g ain st stock run iiing al la r g e ’ ’ is and w as 129 aud of] Im provem ent in R e in d e er Herd*. sa id votes, 12 votes w ere cast fu r stock - L. J. P alm er, In c h a rg e o f th e g>w- ru n n in g a t lurge, and 127 votes were j e rn m e n t’s re in d e e r e x p erim e n t sta tio n ! c a s t a g a in st stock ru n n in g a t large, j a t N om e, A lask a, bus Just se n t in a la n d th a t th ere w as th e re fo re a m ajor-! re p o rt to th e U n ite d S ta te s D e p a rt­ m ent o f A g ric u ltu re t h a t co n d itio n s am ong A laskan re in d e e r h e rd s u re th e The name Sonora is a {guarantee that you have the Highest b est th is y e a r In th e h isto ry of th e In­ D o n ’t w orry nm l c o m p .iiu ab o u t a Class Talking Machine in the World. This is a fine gift for d u stry . T h e fa w n c ro p h a s been u n ­ b a d back. G et rid o f it! 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Gifts D o a n ’» K idney Pill» from experience. con d itio n of a n im a ls, a n d a red u ctio n My kidm ■ys w ere in a b a d condition of this kind make better homes. There is one to fit your In th e losses from th o se e x p erien c e d a n d I su ffe re d w ith a c o n tin u a l dull, purse, Prices range from $5l) up. u n d e r fo rm e r m ethods. R e in d e er in ­ n agging buckaclio a n d had no energy tro d u ced tw o y e a rs ago on N unlvak a n d becam e ru n down. I also h a d spells Island a re doing re m a rk a b ly w ell, w ith of hcailttcho a n d th e a ctio n o f my kid I th e young m uch la rg e r In size th a n neys w as irre g u la r. D o u u ’s K idney a n im a ls of th e sa m e age o n th e m ain ­ P ills were recom m ended to m e so I land. bought some a t tho N ew E ra D rug REPORT SMALL GRAIN CROPS MISSOURI. THAT DULL ACHING Let This Be a Sonora Christmas Give Her a White Rotary S te alin g — and P ro u d o f It. R e p re s e n ta tiv e J o h n W. 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