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DAYTON, OREGON. FEBRUARY 3. 1922.
V olume xi N o . 10
NEWSLEÏS GATHERED
I
READY TO WALK
ACROSS NIAGARA
ABOUT COUNTY I
COURT HOUSE
Minor Matter of Mure than Passing
Interest
braat* loaimrttr« lavnticalra
The grange has appointed h com*
miitee to Inveatigate certain county
mattara and specially the apparent di
vergence of opinion between the mem-
bera of the county court and the county
treaaurer over the Issuing of warranta
when the amoQnta on the respective
funds ere exhausted.
Net Yet Rack'd U m M
Commissioner John B. Yeon recently
prepared e table ehowing the bond
atatua of each county. Yamhill county
haa voted bond» up to November 30.
1291, amounting to >780.000.
The
county’a limit on road bonding based on
the 0 per cent .^imitation la $1,809,-
89tiH4.
Caeaty
OB his I'»
A marriage Ifcenae waa granted on
January 18 to Louise Anna Baum and
Lomia of Yamhill and
the mmij 111*«» solemnized by County
Judge C. F. Uema la.
Minor Msiten
J. U. Rugers, justice of the peace,
haa officiated at two weddinga thus far
thia month.
Up to Wednesday, but aevan mar
riage licenses had been iaaued in this
com ty thia month.
ArtalM Arc filed
Judgements
Gustav A. Larson, administrator et
C. F. Johnston of Carlton, Rt. 1, col al vs H. W. Clark.
Judgment taken
lected >6 bounty money for three bob- Ian. 23. 1922. Face $1318.80. Costs
$118.60. Entered Jan. 23. 1922.
cats.
Waals la Naaw farm
INCOME IAX RtlURNS MUST
BE SIGNED AMD VtRIHtO
Other Matters
Fully 25 per cent of the taxpayers
Mra. Oliva Lewie has filed her no who have filed income tax returns for
tarial commission with the county the year 1921 to date have nelegected
clerk.
Io sign and verify the mme, reports
la Circait Court
Clyde G. Huntley, Collector of Internal
H. A. Baniater va Brown Shipley Revenue. Before a return can be con
Co., Inc. Action for money.
Filed sidered legally complete and accepted
as such, it must be signed by the tax
January 18. 1922.
Hamilton company, a corporation, va payer and swnrn to before an office!
In
Chehalem Valley Orchard Co., a corpo autho*ized ta admit iaier oaths.
ration. Action for money. Filed Jan making out their returns, taxpayers
are respectfully urged not to overlook
uary 18, 1922.
Portland and Newberg Stage Co. et signing and verifying the same before
al va City of Newberg, et al. Suit for forwarding returns tn the collector’s
injunction. Filed January 19. 1922.
eftiee.
J. F. Berry va Victor Guyid et al.
The filing of returns haa begun in
Action for damagea.
Filed January earnest at the office of Collector Hunl-
20, 1922.
ley. Taxpayers have until March 15th
Knight Adjustment Co. va J. E. to prepare and file their returns. How
Johnaton.
Transcript of judgment. ever, returns must be liltd net later
Filed January 20, 1922
than that date or the delinquent tax
R. L. Sabin ve F. R. Schaefer. Ac payer will be liable'to severe penalties
provided in the law for failure to du so.
tion for money. Filed Jan. 20, 1922.
Probate Coart Matters
Eatate of S. J. Ecckaton, an incom
petent perron.
Petition authorizing
employment of rurae. Order authoriz
ing employment uf nurae. Filed Jan
uary 18, 1922.
Eatate of Edwin F. Magoon, deceaa
ed. Petition and order appointing a I-
miniatratrix.
Adminiatratora bond.
as
Embezzlement of Isge »urns of money
from Hie Southern Pacific company
while the railroad was under govern
ment control ie charged against Jame»
’ Oliver Dewell, fromer Dayton, atation
agent, who wuh arrested last Saturday
afternoon at McMinnville by Tom
Word, department of justice agent.
Dewell was taken to Portland by
Word and p'aeed in the federal corridor
ot the Multnomah county jail by Deputy
United Staten Marshal Neale Tyson In'
default of >5000 bond.
Trailing auditors for the Southern
Pacific company who investigated the
alleged shortages in Dewell’s accounts
wer« out of the city Saturday night, so
the exact amount of the alleged short
age could not be learned, but federal
< rfi •lais raid they understood the alleg
ed sh< rtage equaled and possibly ex-
eeeded the amount of bail asked.
Ueta ladkbaeat
With the arrest of Dewell waa also
revealed a secret federal grand jury in
dictment which was returned October
7, 1921. 'I he three counts of the in
dictment allege that on December 20,
1919, DeweU converted $142.03 paid
by J. M Crawford to hi» own uae; that
on October 20, 1919. he converted
$¡28.75 paid by Erneat Hirter to a aim-
ii»r use; an I that on July 8, 1919, he
made similar dispuaitiun of $50.47, paid
A »eventeen-year-old girl. Mile.
by tue Cresent Lumber & Supply com
Elcanora of London, is going to try
to emulate Blondin’» act of 50 yearai pany
seo by walking a tight rope across
Acc rumg to United States Attorney
Niagara Fail». She will conic to
Lester W. Huphreya all the aoma which
America in June for the feat.
Dewell is alleged to have embezzled
were monies paid in fur freight bills,
Order confirming sale of real property. in many cases fur carlot shipments. In
' some cates Humphrevt said, the evi
Piled Jan. 20, 1922.
Estate of H. C. Bransnn, deceased dence ahowed that he turned over part
Report of isle of personal property. of the money received to the company
Order approving report of sale of per* and kept part.
leaves With Umily
tonal properly. Final account. Order
Get Beeaty Meaty
Chae. Trunk, of Dundee, haa made
application for a farm name for hie
fine orchard at Dundee. He is an ex-
tanaive grower of walnuta.
'NATION «PRESSED
FOK S. P. AGENT 1925 E® MN
NEWS MUI INDUS
ACCUSED OF THER
TRIES OF OREBON
10 BE DISCUSSED
BÏ FARMERS' BLOC
Federal Detective Arrests J. 0. De Meet ng of federation of Community Agriculture Now Recognized
well on Emkz/lemcnt Charge
Clubs to be Held in McMinnville
backbone of Country
The Woman'a Civic Improvement
club haa filed articles of incorporation
with the county clerk.
the object of the club io the "Da-
velopment of our membera, our neigh
bora, our achoola our city.”
Tne esti-
mated value of the corporation ia 11,000
and its revenue la derived from dues
and benefits. The ineorporatora are
Lydia A. Gilbert. Charlotte R. Hendrie,
Geoevra Ketch, Lucy A. Courtemanche setting time to hear final account.
Filed Jan. 21. 1922.
and Mabel P. Garrison.
Estate of Ssinuel Hanson Osmnn, de
Dweriei Ar« treated
ceas'd.
Oath of executor. Letters
Lenora Toone haa oblaina I a divorce
testamentary. Filed Jan. 23, 19*22,
from George H. Toone. The plaintiff
Estate of Elsie Garlick, deceased.
was re presented by Ramaey, Lange &
Statement
of receipts snd disburse
Nott, attorneya.
Albert J. Beck va Anna Maria B ock , ments. Filed Jan. 24, 1922.
divorce; default and decree.
SUBSCRIPTION 92.00 P BR YEAR
The next meeting of the Yamhill
You can look at the farmera’ bloc
County Federation of Community Clubs from any point you choose. you can ex
will be held in McMinnville, Tueaday, amine its personnel and ita mechanism
February 7. Thia ia the annual meet minutely and critically, you can ap
ing and the election of officer» fur the proach it with the skeptieiem born of
r.ming ye»r will be held. The buaineta recollection of aimiiar movements in
meeting convene» at 2:00 P. M. ana the pest, you can talk with the individ
adjourned in time for lunch.
After uate and the interests who deplore it
the business meeting there will be two and who argue that it should be elimi
»peakers who will give an exellent dis nated; nut the end of any such survey
cussion of the merita and demerita of uf the farm bloc ia that it ia without
tie 1925 Expoaitiun and methods of any doubt the largest cingle interest in
financing same.
American politics, that ia likely to con
Mr. J. E. Gratke, of Portland, the tinue to have the balance of power for
executive aecretary and advertising a considerable period, and that it ia
man for the fair, will present tne mei- more likely to grow than to diminish.
He is a good
its uf the Exposition.
fans Bureau Orgaaizcd feru
speaker and haa been cboaen by Mr.
The organized forcea behind the farm
Julius Meier aa the man to repreaent
the intereata of the Exposition at thia bloc ia the American farm bureau fed-
eretmn. The farm bloc in congraaa ie
meeting.
Mr. L. E. Bean, of Eugene, will really the political agent of the Amer
speak for the negative side of the fair ican farm bureau federation. The re
queation. Mr. uean ia the Speaker of lation between the two ie indisputable
It was the American
the House of Representatives and is a and intimate.
man who is up in affair» of a public farm bureau federation that fir»t sup
nature. He was tue originator of the plied stimulus and leadership to the
State Income Tax bill that he tried to farm bloc in congreaa. The early meet
get enacted without succeas at the ings of the farm bloc group were held,
apecial session of tie Legislature. He not in the capital or the halls of con
will probably point out his tax and the gress, hot in the Washington headquar
salient points in it. The Income Tax ters of the American farm bureau fed
is a measure that is certain to receive eration. I quote from a recently iaaued
the attention uf the legislature at their hiatory ol the farm bureau federation,
next session so what Mr. Bean has to written by one of ita officials, Mr. Or
tell ua in regard to this matter will be ville Merton Kile: "As a result of a
ir.teiesling at this time.
series of helpful conferences at farm
Each speaker will be given 25 min bureau legislative headquarters, aever-
utaa to present hi» side of the matter al senators, including Kenyon of Iowa
after whicn the meeting will be thrown republican; Smith of North Carolina,
open to an expression from the public democrat, and Capper of Kanaaa. re
here at that tme.
Several prominent publican, took the lead and got together
man about the country have expressed a band of 22 senators ¡from the south
themselves as being ready with some snd west pledged to stand for agricul
questions on both sides of the question. tural legislation, regardless of party
The discussion of the fair will be in lines.’’
All the embezzlements charged in the tne eveni.ig at the W. O. W. hall at
In a political sense, therefore, the
indictment ate alleged to have been 7:30. No aamiaeiun and no offering
American farm bureau federation and
committed while the lines were under taken, but free come and bear it.
the farm bloc are one. And in consid
government supervision.
ering the points of difference, between
Humphreys said that additional
this new farm movement and those of
thefts of a much larger nature were
the past, which seem tn give the pres
charged at other limes, but that the
ent farm bloc a promise of greater
railroads ctiose to prosecute in the fed
political longevity, the most important
eral instead of the state courts, because
is the difference in method and mechan-
Dewell bad left the state by the time
iam of oragnization between thia farm
the auditors had completed their check
bureau
movement and the other meth
New Price to go into Effect Feb. 15
on the station.
ods of the past. The theory of those
Early last summer Dewell was re
Here is something that our subscrib who support the present projects of the
licveil of the Dayton agency shortly af
farm bloc is that farming is not merely
ter aulitor-i began working on his ers and friends have been looking for
one
of the country’s industries, but that
books. About two weeks before the for some time and at last it has arriv
it
ie
the basic industry, snd that the
grand jury met he is said to have left ed. On and after the 15th of February
farm
home is the backbone of American
Dayton by automobile, taking hia fam the subscription price of the Dayton
civilization.
ily. He has four children ranging from Tribune will be reduced to $1.75 per
Unified Action Taken
6 ta 14 years of age. Since that time year, payable in advance.
Dewell is said to have heen in Idaho,
We have just received a slight reduc
The American Fann Bureau Federa
Iowa. Nebraska and California.
tion in the price of print paper and we tion ie an impressive institution, com
A week ago last Saturday Dewell is are passing it along to our friends. Al|
pact and durable in organization, and
said to have returned to McMinnville
subscriptions that have been contracted enlightened in its objects.
Its funda
with his wife and two children.
Dewell was favorably known around for up to that time will be charged the mental purpose can be stated in a few
Daytor., and during his eight years in old rate of $2.00 per year, but from the sentences from the volume from which
the station waa a popular agent.
He 15th on all subscriptions both new and I have already quoted freely,the "Farm
is said to have come to Oregon from renewals will be at the $1.75 rate. We
Bureau Movement," by Orville Kile:
Idaho and to have served in the Span earnestly hope thatlthis|willjmaterialiy
ish-American war. He is 40 years old. benefit both ourj’eubscribersjfand^ our "Almost overnight, it seemed, farmers
and farmers’ meetngs everywhere were
—The Oregon Sunday Journal. selves.
talking of marketing the nation’s grain
crop, the cotton crop and the livestock
crop co-operativelv. They were laying
plans for buying fertilizers and farm
machinery and supplies, not merely in
car lots, but in train loads through co
If Champion Jack
Dempsey makes a trip to
operative agencies. They were propos
Europe this spring,, as
ing to take the business of farming in
planned, he very likely will
be snubbed by this little
all its branches into their own h^nds.
lady of France. . She is
end to regulate the intermediate agen
Jacqueline Carpentier, one-
cies.
State and national law-making
year-old daughter of
Georges Carpentier. This
bodies soon reflected the entry of or
photo was taken on her
ganized and unified agricultu'al opin
first birthday.
ion."—Sunday Oregonian.
SUBSCRIPTION^
TOBE REDUCED
MAYBE SHE’LL SNUB DEMPSEY
Stat« game commission appropriates
$3,500 for fish hatchery extenaion work.
Aetoria—Knights of Pythiss to build
new home costing between $30,000 and
$40.000.
Portland Telegram to erect $300,000
building.
Astoria—Contract to bo let for pav
ing Seaside highway between Milea
crossing and Skipanon.
Thirty men working on caves high
way in Josephine ccunty.
Astoria water eommiasion will build
12-mile pipeline to Bear creek.
Redmond—Work
prairie reservoir.
atarted on Crane
American Can Co. haa completed
$2.000.00$ plant at Portland.
Women on the jury cost Marion coun
ty $12,000 for court houae quartera.
North Bend haa big building program.
Toledo barber rate reduced to 15 and
35 for ahave and haircut.
Eugene cigar factory turna out half
a million annually.
Wedderburn—Macleay eatate saw
mill getting ready to operate.
Wending—Booth-Kelly
operate with 150 men.
sawmill to
State bonda iaaued to date $107.390,-
003. Total of bonda authorized to date
$188,930,928 from 1910 to 1920 aaaeaa-
ed valuation iacreaaed 23.2 per cent,
taxes increased 224.3 per eent
In
1910 per capita tax waa $17.78 and in
1920 $52.57, an increaae of 195.7 per
cent.
Brookings—18-mile logging railroad
to be extended south of here.
Mt. Angel granted
national bank.
franchise for
Lathe and broom handlea to be made
from aawmill waste at Eugene.
Nyaaa organizer commercial club.
Springfield and Lane county ereamer-
ies do $150,000 buaineea annually.
Estimated that drainage of Oregon's
2,500,000 acres awamp land will double
state’a agricultural production.
Albany—Oakville
achooi
votea for $7,000 building.
diatriet
Freewater planning city hall.
Albany starts drive for $300,000 for
new buildings at Albany college.
Astoria—Long-Bell Lumber Co. may
erect plant here.
St. Helena—1921 lumber ahipmenta
total 100,000,000 ft.
Pendleton—Campaign on to conatruct
Thimbles were used by the Chinese
nt n very early period in the world's
history.
The sundial was known from the
earliest times to the Egyptians, the
Chaldeans and the Hebrews.
The
Greeks derived it from their eastern
neighbors, and It was introduced into
Rome during the first Punic war.
The art of making spirits was well
known innny centuries before the ad
vent of the Christian era.
Senate to Probe Theater Collapse.
Washington. D. C.—Senator Capper
of Kansas, a member of the senate
Estate of Nila Frederick Larson, de
District of Columbia committee, an
ceased. Petition to authorize releas 1 nounced that he would introduce a
of judgment Hei. Order authorizing resolution calling for an investigation
release of judgment lien. Fl <»1 ac of the Knickerbocker theater disaster,
count. Order rafting time to hoar final and also of all large buildings con
structed here since the beginning* of
account. Filed Jan. 20, 1922.
the war.
Batata of Laona Turnbow, decaired
Hamee ia called the biggeat little
city in Oregon.
Tualetin—Sawmill idle for one year
starts with full crew.
Betzen—New shingle mill starts
March 15 employing 25 men.
Prospect—Project outlined ta ir
rigate 56.000 scree.
Oakville votes ta erect $7,000 school
building.
Newberg Methodists to ereet $25,000
church.
Portland—$100,000 garage
to be
constructed.
Seaside to have $70,000 achooi build
ing.
West Linn to erect $21,000 achooi.
Tigard plans new school.
Lone Pine—Box factory to be built
in spring.
Albany boosting construction of nsw
city ball.
Reedsport--Local
mill purchases
$50,000 worth new equipment, will
double capacity.
Jefferson County Court sets new
wage scale. Laborers $3.00.
Brownsville—New electric pump in
stalled at water works.
Gold Beacb—Local mill being en-
| larged.
Filed Jan. 19, 1922.
AUTOCASTCR
highway to Grant county.
State and federal trap per a on aalary
are a big group of publie employea.
When ia the government going to
recognize the importance ot making
financial settlement to railroads for use
of their property during war time con
trol.
Such jettlement would enable
roada to pay bill« and order needed
equipment with resulting employment
Publishing “Draft Dodger” Lists Risky
New York.—Newspapers which pub
lish the “draft dodger” lists issued by
the war department are not immune
from libel suits by persons erroneous of labor.
ly listed aa deserters, the appellate
Lumber today ia aelllng on lose then
divialon of the New York aupremt a pre-war baaia and la the cheapeat
court held.
building material on the markoL