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DAYTON, OREGON,
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NEWLETS GATHER
ED ABOUT COUNTY
COURT HOUSE
Minor Matter of More than Passing
Interest
POPULAR POET
AT CHAUTAUQUA
Richard Posey Campbell, Called "The
Western Riley.**
The name of Richard Poaey Csmp
bell, or "Dick Posey," is fast becom
ing familiar In the West. His delight
ful verse reminds one of the great
Hoosier poet and explains why he Is
often called “The Western James
OREGON PRODUCTS
BANQUET A SUCCESS
Urge
the Ladies of the
Netke* Arc Mailed
Probate
Whitcomb Riley.” Ills two volumes
of verve, “Just Common Folks" and
“A Daughter of the Rogues,” have
drawn favorable comment from read
ers of verse throughout the West. At
Minor Msttrri
Chautauqua he will present an hour of
reading from Ids own works. He Is
Marriage license was issued on May a splendid characteriet and makes the
17 to Cleola Isabelle Harris and Dalton l>eople of Ills own creation live before
William Cook, both of Newberg.
you.
Dayton Chautauqua, May 30.
Earl Thomas Frame and Edna Irene
Plsnak were united in marriage on
April 20 by County Judge Daniels.
The change in rates is slight.
At
present only two rales are in use.
A
rale of $1 tor residence phones and a
rate of $2 for buaineas phones. The
order makee a rate of $2 for individual
line service and $1.25 for party line
aervice not to exceed ten parties on a
line.
The order requires the elimin^ion of
a awitch connecting the Grand Ronde
lines and requirea the Grand Ronde
company to give the patrons of the
Rose Lcxige company a farmers line
aervice through its switch bosrd at a
rate of $6 a year.
THE PRESIDENTIAL HANDSHRKE
A very
have been heerd from those attending
for the magnificent manner in which
the ladies of this club served the
dinner
All eatablea were furnished
by the different manufacturers of tbe
state with the exception of the potatoes
and the roast meal which wae furnished
by the club.
Estate Joeiah C. Nelson, dcceaseJ;
first annual report filed and approved.
Estate Fannie J. Spencer, deceased;
final report tiled; June 16 eel for fine!
bearing.
Estate Hannah A. Wright; final
hearing June 16.
Estate Milton A. Davie, deceased;
petition to sell personal property al
private sele filed, order made as prayed
for.
Estate M B. Gray, deceased; final
account Aled and set for hearing June
18.
The public aervice rommiaaion in an
order on application of the Grand Ronde
Telephone company,
for increased
rates, issued an order readjusting the
rates, and msking certain changes in
the service.
Oregon Products
this banquet and only words of praise
Estate Emma O. Pope, deceased;*
final account Mt for June 13.
CssMuiMioa Penes ee Rates
Civic Club of this
presented the
large number of our people ettended
Ceart
Eight marriage licenses have been
issued by the county clerk during May.
June ie the month popular fur wed
dings, however.
lest week
Banquet in the Opera House.
County Clark Wilson has mailed the
notices of election to the judges of
election in the different procincta of
the county with instructions to post
them conepicouely.
The notices for
the special bond issue of $50,000 have
also been mailed.
The money is to be
spent in hard-surfacing the Sheridan
Willamina portion of the highway.
NEWSLETS Of
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Pleasantdale school No. 64, won the
banner offered by the Oregon Tubercu-
lousis Association for doing the best
work in the recent Health Crusade
carried on in this county under the
auspices of the association. The pupils
of this school as well at the teachers,
Mrs. Myona Grey, and Miss Audrey
Lemasters, are very proud of their
success.
The Health Crusade is a
splendid movement, and many of the
schools of the county took part in thia
work. Miss Elizabeth Ropper of Port
land represented the association in put
ting on the work throughout the State.
Prof. Powell, who teaches music in
the Dundee and Newberg schools, will
give a recital in Dundee on Saturday
evening, May 28tb.
fhe
Parents Teachers circle of
Willamina, held a "Use Oregon Made
Products” meeting Saturday May 21st.
A banquet was served, addresses were
made and a musical program was given.
With apologies to the Superintendent
for omitting some of the items, for the
It la understood in official circles in copy was so dim we only could read a
Wsehington that President Harding little of what we have and had to guess
baa declined to act upon the uigent a “heap big lot.”
auggeetion of a number of his frienda
thathe discontinue meeting and shaking
bands with large numbers of people.
It was argued by his friends that the
On May 18th an invitation to Shilob
liberal policy he has adopted in per
mitting large numbers of people to call Post and Corpe of Newberg was accept
upon him not only takes a lot of his ed by about 70 members. A bounteous
time but is a severe strain upon his
dinner was served at noon to about 140.
vitality.
It is understood thst the
A short program consisting of an ad
President does not agree that it is a
waste of time and although the muscles dress of welcome by Comrad Sigler
of hia strong right arm sometimes get Commander of Upton Post, Instru
^ired, he never gets weary of meeting mental music by Dwight and Lucile
people.
In fact, there 1s a strong Fisher and Miss Hibbert, Readings by
suspicion that the President gets a lot
Miss Sheldon and Lucile Fisher, Vocal
of personal pleasure out of greeting
people who just wsnt to shake hie hand solos by Mrs. Williams, Resident of
and offer a single remerk or two about Gordon Granger Corps of Portland, and
his policies. Recently Mr. Harding met Miss Simler of Dayton, Instrumental
some 3600 members of the Daughters solos by Mias Howard and Mrs. Burk
of tbe American Revolution and it io
hart
Al) of the above programe waa
aaid that ho found aometbing different
well rendered and fully appreciated. A
to say to pretty nearly every one of
them, as ba shook hands.
For the short business meeting waa then held.
pirsonsl safety of the President, the This meeting waa honored by tbe
officials in charge of affairs st tho preaence of Dept. Pres. Mra. McBride,
White House require thst a visitcf ■nd Dept Impactor Mra. Conway of
must bo vouched for by a Senator or Portland, who with Pre«, o( Nhiloh Corp
Congressman or sone other person of and Commando» of Shiloh Poat and
known responsibility, blit other then other vial ting members gave IntafclD
Two applications for
this Ihara la no restriction upon the Ing speeches.
huthdlr cf visitor* to Washington who ma nbvtahlp received.
a^Pru* Correspondent
blag yet sb,is I ly rbwbt MF, Hatdingi
DAYTON TAKES
SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR
¡YAMHILL WOOL
FIRST GAME GROWERS TO MEET
Number Partake of Good Defeats Lafayette in a Score of 11 Big Country-wide Meeting Called for
Things to Eat
McMinnville, May 27
to 5
On Thursday evening of
city
1921.
Along with the good things to eat
were the following program numbere
Instrumental music was furnished by
the Bresleu bothers of Portland,
consisting of vocal solos, cornet solos,
violin solos, and cornet and violin duets.
Prof. Wheeler of Portland favored the
company with a couple of his excellent
piano numbers, Miss Harriet Coburn
alao played on the piano, and the
Hadley visterà rendered a beautiful
duet, vocal. The main speaker of tbe
evening was to have been F. C. Free
men of Portland, but owing to sicknesa
was unable to attend and in his place
he sent Mr. Timms of tbe Timmt-Crees
& Co., paint manufacturers, who gavj
a splendid address on the possibilitiet
of Oregon Manufacturing industries
and bow the people could assist tho
manufacturer in using bis products.
H. S. Hudson, Supreme Master Artisan,
of Portland then gave a most excellent
address on what is the matter with
Oreogn. Mr. D. A. Snyder, one of our
local manufacturers was then called up
on for ■ few remarks.
At tbe request of ■ number of the
leading wool growers of Yambili Coun
ty, officials of the newly-organized
Oregon Wool and Mobair Association
will present the Association’s plan for
wool marketing at a country-wide
meeting of wool growers in McMinn
ville on" Friday afternoon May 27.
Among those who will address tbe
meeting are F. W. Herrin, president of
tho organization committee of tbe
Acsociation, and prominent sheep man
of Ashland; R. A. Ward, Organization
Manager; C J. Hurd of the O. A. C.
and Wm. Riddle, Jr., veteran sheep
breeder of Monmoutb. Tbe new organ-
ization now has some 100.000 fleeces
signed up, and many of the counties
Last Sunday caw the opening game are endeavoring to secure 90 per cent
ef the eeriee. Dayton meeting tbe La of their growers as members by July 1.
Fayette club on tbeir diamond and
Tbe Association’s plan of marketing
defeating them in a score of 11 to 6. wool and mobair is generally recognized
The game waa one that showed a good as being the only sound and business
deal of peps among the players of both like manner of marketing farm-flock
team«. Dayton boys were hard hitters fleeces.
It has tbe endoaement of all
and succeeded in hitting out some nice leading sheep breeders, prominent
long- drives.
Bertram of the Dayton bankers, and tbe Bureau of Marketa.
team laid out a couple into right field
Tbe plan is briefly to concentrate the
that in turn brought him once to tbe wools in Portland, where they are
third bag and the other time to the graded and then sold on grade. At tbs
home base. Edwards of the locals wat present time valley wools are not sold
■Iso a alar on the end of a stick, being on grade, but are bought on the basis
five limes at bat and securing three of the poorest wool in tbe sack.
As a
bits and tbe other Iwo times flying out result growers of good wool
are
in the field.
penalized unjustly.
Managers of tbe County baaeball
elube have effected an organization to
be known as the County Baseball
League and have taken into this league
the following elubs. Sheridan, forty-
dal^ Yambill, Gaston, McMinnville,
Laruyette and Day ton.
The officers
of tbe county organization will superin
tend the booking of all games and the
different clubs have placed up a deposit
of $25 to insure good faith and the
completing of the seasona schedule.
Many items have been added to the
regulations of the league that will tend
to make baseball in the county a real
■port for baseball fane. The ide« ie to
keep tbe game clean and to ineure a
As a whole tbe game wav a goal from
the Hart to tbe finish and waa fought
for by both cluba in a sportsman like
manner. Dayton will meet the Yambill
team on tbe local diamond on Sunday
next, and fana predict that thia will be
avwetdne and well worth tbe money.
Aa a whole the evening was most Come and see.
pleasantly spent and the dinner was one
The result of tbe games played by
that reflects a great deal of credit up the league in tbe county Sundey is as
on the ladies of the club and one to be follows:
long remembered by those present.
Sheridan vs Perrydale, at Sheridan
The dinner netted the ladies some Sheridan 7, Perrydaie 6, 12 innings.
$68.00, which money will be used by
Yamhill va Gaston, at Yamhill
the ladies in beautifying our city.
Yamhill 7, Gaston 3.
Livestock Loan Bill Introduced.
Washington.—War finance corpor
ation loans would be available to live
stock growers under an ajnendment to
the war finance corporation introduced
by Senator Stanfield, Republican, Ore
gon.
Tacoma Light Plant Profitable.
Tacoma, Wash.—The Tacoma muni
cipal light department cleared more
than $260,000 during the first four
months of 192L
Under tbe old system, wool prices
are actually kept down in tbe country
by the growers themselves,—all want
ing to sell at one time not knowing
grades, values or sErinKages, and thus
glutting the markets.
NEWS ABOUT ORE-
GON INDUSTRIES
Bend Moose lodge to erect $20,000
lodge building.
Springbrook,
Claekamas county.
votes $10,000 for new school.
Oregon City expects order for new
Southern Pacific Station.
Portland starting work on new Bull
Run dam to cost $250,000.
Shipping striks and dull market dos
ing down lumber industry in Astoria
district.
No lumber sbipe loading or
sailing.
Failure of attempt to recall Fred A.
Williams, chairman of the Oregon
Publie Service Commission, for grant
ing telephone rate increases, indicates
very clearly that while the people may
be dissatisfied with the new rates, they
are in favor of leaving the settlement
of the rate question to the proper
officials in due course of orderly busi
ness and not attempt to decide the
metter by intimidation and bulldozing
of said officials.
Salem dehydration plant will handle
2000 tons pumpkins thia season.
Portland municipal golf links to have
$15,000 club bouse.
•
Corvallis—O. C. A. students con
struct $500 phonographs costing $100.
West Linn—Group of physicians to
erect $35,000 hospital here.
Portland studio to create four photo
play films.
North Bend has broken ground for
erection of $200.000 hospital.
A constantly larger number of persons
are learning bow to dodge tbe tax
burden by investing in tax-exempt
securities of which there are tens of
billions outstanding at the present
time.
Lakeview Methodists to erect 435,000
church this summer.
By a joker in Senate bill 209 passed
tbe last minute of ths seas'on and after
the clock had been stopped the state is
tarred from investing its funds in
bonds issued in all but twelve of the
196 cities of tbe state, and all but eigh
counties, and all but 45 of the 2543
school districts.
Eugene—County road work progress
By selling in large, graded lots direct
ing
rapidly after suspension due to
to mill buyers, and assembling tbe
weather.
fleeces directly from growers, these
McMinnville vs Carlton, at McMinn
useless handlings are eliminated, and
Salem—$1,045,000 to be spent for
ville McMinnville 3, Carlton 2.
the expense is saved to the grower.
Oregon bridges in 1921.
Dayton vs LaFayette, at LaFayette
Eighteen states have similar organ
Astoria Flouring Mills company to
Dayton 11, LaFayette 5.
izations, and letters from growers who ship 15,000 barrels flour.
A more detailed report will be forth have marketed tbeir farm-flock wools
Bend—Preliminary work starts on
coming in the near future on all games in this manner for a number of years,
modern office building.
played as well as the percentage and stated that their associations had netted
Astoria—Columbia
river
salmon
standing of the different teams.
them from 7 to 16 cents per pound
fishing season opens.
more for their wool than was received
Good oil indications around Echo.
from local buyers.
Messrs Hatris and Park arrived home
Teat well to be sunk immediately.
During the present yeat the Ohio
safely from the I. O. O. F. convention
Baker—Eastern Oregon gold mines
in Albany, and repoit an excellent time. Association is the only warehouse,
to
resume operations at once on tn-
either private or cooperative, that has
creased
scale.
sold all its 1920 wools. Tbe Ohio bunch
Newberg
—Over twenty-eight acres
did this and at prices ranging around
signed
up
for
broccoli growing in com
30 centa per pound.
munity.
Success
assured for getting
The Oregon Wool and Mohair Associa
industry
started.
tions stores its wool in tbe only U. S.
Tbe Association would eliminate this
practice as well as tbe present country-
buyer system.
Farm wools now go
through from three to five middlemen
before they reach the primary market,
and each one of these handlers takes off
a cent to three cents per pound.
SINGERS WHO ENTERTAIN
Valda Four Quartet Prominent in Chautauqua World
aa Both Versatile Entertainers and Splendid Singers
UPIOVW. R. C. AGAIN ENTERTAINS
The Valda Four la an organisation of singers who entertain and of enter*
lalners who sing. It is a male quartet that enters joyously into their work
■nd there is never a dull moment In the two concerts they present from begin
ning to end, This quartet was organised by August H> Dietze, vocal teacher
and composer, and for many sesvohs it has won wide popularity over Chautau
qua circuits In the Middle West. They sing all manner of songs and sing them
well) front the Hassles tn the popular ballads Of the day,
Day ton Chautauqua, May Bl.
Indications of oil around Dallas.
licensed, wool warehouse in Oregon
where it is graded by U. S. certified Company may be formed for prospect
graders and weighed by U. S. certified ing.
weighers.
’ Tbe week beginning Sundey, May 22,
Through the medium of tbe U. S. is “Forest Fire Prevention Week.”
warehouse receipts, the Association Teachers, clergymen, boy scouts and
can make advances to growers, which other organizations and all who have
in some instances will approach what opportunity of making public addresses
the grower could sell for, out in the ■re urged that week to take every
opportunity to impress upon all the
country in an ungraded condition.
supreme necessity of protecting^ the
Every wool grower in Yamhill Coun
forests and preventing fire.
F**'
ty is urged to ba at the meeting Fri
Three Pacific coast states have re
day. Those local men who are assist
duced purchases from eastern whole
ing in the work ara Stockton Broa., of
salers and merchants have reduced
Sheridan; Harry Starr, of Amity; B.
indebtedness
below
corresponding
A. French of Carlton, and J. B. Shirley
period
of
1920.
of McMinnville.
Grant/* Pass—Boswell Mining Co.
installing cyanide plant on property at
Radium Given To Diacoverer.
Sucker Creek.
Washington.—A gram of radium pur-
Baker—Superior
Dredging
Co.
chased by the contributions of thous
ands of American women was present purchases $125,000 dredge to operate
ed by President Harding to Madame on Burnt rHer below Bridgeport.
Curie, the eminent Polish scientist, as Gresham -Oregon Pickle and Canning
a token of the nation's appreciation of Co., capital $35,000 to locate factory
her accomplishments. Formal present
here.
ation of the gift to Mme. Curie, who
Milton—Construction of first unit of
came to this country expressly to re-
oeive It, wu mad* at the White House sash and door factory by Milton Box
at a ceremony attended by high of- Qo. atarted.
Mala of the government and by a oom-
Halfway- Improvement work done
imttee of thole fe.ponible for railing |of) rotdg oVei Val)ey by tf0|unleeri.
the purchase fund of HW.OOO. Th*
Freewater to get $200,000 Union
radium Will ba used to continue re-
aeareh werk fer prevention of disease, high ichool.