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DAYTON, OREGO I. APRIL 2Í, 1922.
V olume xi N o . 21
■ ESTIN DEVORE
NMS Mi™
ABOUT COUNTY
COW HOUSE
John Ervin Devore was born in Ot
tawa, Kansas, Jan. 18th, 1869 and died,
April 18th, 1922, being 51 years and 3
months old at the time of his death.
When 14 years of age he moved with
his parents to Dawson, North Dakota,
Minor Matter ol More than Passilo lie was married to Miss Mary Ellen
Interest
Nike, Jan. 18th. 1894. He moved to
Oregon in 1902 and was for a while a
member of the Hart, Devore Hardware
Frobat«? Court
Co., in Dayton.
Harold Wood, u supposed Iman
His wife died in August, 1911.
in
person, Filed Apill 188, 1V-2. f‘<
March, 1913 he was married to Miss
Utiun, Order directing «in
Miko Haborloln, debased. File Marguerite Dupertiu» and from that
April 17, 1022, Order fuing timu am time has lived and engaged in the mer
place for hearing of final accoiini cantile business in Dundee, Oregon.
Final account Vouchors. CcrtlHcut
His death wa* very sudden, being
of publication.
sick only three days.
Surviving him
are his wife and little daughter, Esther
Circuit Court
Mae, three brothers, Charles of Irwin
Complaints—
ton, Idaho, and Samuel and Harry of
Otto W. Helder, plaintiff, v» Charlc Dawton, North Dakota.
Wacheno and W.
Winslow, defend
Funeral services were held in the M.
anta. Filed April 12, H’32. Mmtgagc
foreclosure. Otto W. Helder, plaint E. church, Dundee, Oregon, Friday at
Iffs attorney.
2 p. m., the resident minister ofllciat-
H. L Bush, plaintiff, vs II. A. Ken
defendant. Filed April Ui, 1022. Ac Ing. Interment in the I. O. O. F.
tion for money
Smith a Shield?, Cemetery, at Day ton.
plaintiff» attorney.
Anita Ridgeway, plaintiff, v. Jo;.op
Ridgeway, defendant. I’¡Ind April 1«
1U22. Divorce, Vinton A Toow
plulntilfH attorneys.
Chan. K. Spaulding lagging Co.
plaintiff, vs J. H Hex defenttau
Filed April 14, 1922. Tran crip "
judgment.
McArthur Amendment Provid
State of Oregon, plaintiff, vs O. I
Hall, defendant. Filed January 2
ing For Navy Minimum
1922. Transcript from jtmtleo '» h
Roan M. Smith, plaintiff, vs E«|atl.
Is Carried.
Queen Canning Co., defeudant. File«
April IN, 1923. Action for mono;
Washington, D. C.—With n<‘ariy 50
Smith * Shields. plaintiff attorney.
votes to spare "big navy" men put
Judgment»—
J. E. Rea, debtor, va (K an. !
through th«? hou»c by a vote of 177 to
Spaulding Logging Co., creditor. File
130, an amendment to the 1923 naval
April In, 1922 Fa«" t«5 «»l. Hate o bill Increasing the enlisted force from
judgment April C, 1922.
67,000 to 86,000.
Article-, of Incorporation
Th«? vote came after nearly a week
Cat lion Investment Co: Filed Apr'!
17, 1922. W. A. Howe, J. E. Burdett of dramatic debates, such as have been
Warren E. Kidder, persons interested rarely witnessed In th«? house In recent
Purpose: To buy, sell, exchange, years.
President Harding, It la admitted,
lease or oUidTwise a<!<iufre or dispose
of real, personal or'mixed property. gave th«? big navy men their large ma
To net as broker, real estate agent, in jority of 47 votes by writing a letter
the sale of real property, etc.
in which he came out for the navy of
86,000 men. Thia action was taken in
Marriage License issued
the fact? of the stand of Republican
April IS—Bessie Thelma Waymire house leaders for th«? reduction to 67,-
000 men, as provided in the bill ap
and Hay Elmer Anderson.
proved by the house appropriations
committee.
The refusal of the house to cut to
COXEY WANTS ACTION
67,000 men will mean at least an addi
tional expenditure of »14,500,000, this
OR ANOTHER ARMY
amount being provided in the amend
ment of Representative McArthur, of
Oregon.
At present the naval strength is
slightly in excess of 100,000 mon.
Debat«? centered around what would
be an adequate personnel to maintain
the navy on the 5-5-3 ratio with Great
Britain and Japan, as provided by the
arms conference. The navy depart
ment and Harding insisted 86,000 was
the minimum number to keep Ameri
ca’s ratio from dropping below five.
The little navy forces asst-rted 67,000
was adequate.
HOUSE VOTES FOR
86,000 IN NAVY
EXTEND ALIEN LAW
TWO YEARS MORE
Jacob S. Coxey, who years ago
lead an army of unemployed into
Washington demanding jobs, is
active again. This time he has an
idea of how Uncle Sam should op
erate the merchant marine. Through
Congressmen of his own State,
Ohio, Gen. Coxey has four bills be
fore congress. If they are not acted
upon he says he will lead another
army on the capital.
Washington.—The senate, by a viva
voce vote, adopted a joint congression
al resolution extending for two years
th«? present law restricting immigra
tion into the United States to 3 per
cent ot the number of foreign nation
als in this country when the 1910
census was taken.
The resolution was passed by the
house on February 20 and now goes to
conference because of amendments
adopted by the senate.
An amendment offered by Senator
Harris, democrat, of Georgia, to pro
hibit all Immigration for five years,
was voted down by a viva voce vote.
The resolution as passed by the
house only extended the law for one
year, but It was stated that concur
rence of the house in the two-year ex
tension provide«! by the senate was ex
pected to be agreed to in conference.
Illinois Floods Cause $5,000,300 Loss
Peoria, Ill.—Fiood waters, swooping
down the Illinois river, have made
thousands homeless and caused dam
age estimated at »5.000.000. The heav
iest loss will bo suffered by farmers
through drowning of livestock and
through inability to get Into their
fields to prepare crops, due to the un
seasonable cold, rainy weather. The
damage was most severe along the
Illinois river, where levees have given
way, flooding thousands of acres of
land.
FISH. TALES
It requires from thirty-live to sixty
U. 8. Foreign Trade Showe Large Gain days to hatch n trout egg.
Washington, D. C.—Increase In the
Crabs measuring two feet In length
value of America's foreign trade was
have
been found In India.
reported by the department of com
merce with announcement that ex
The waters of the gulf stream «-on-
ports last month aggregated $332,000,-
hiin about O.OtNI varieties of fish.
000, the highest since October, 1921.
and that Imports totaled »258,000,009,
Scientific obKcnatlon hits revealed
the greatest since Decomber, 1020.
hat fish have a mm ? sense of ■mull.
I
JAMES DUNDAS
Southern Judge Slays to Protect Wife
James Dundas patter! away at bis
home about three miles from Dayton,
on Tuesday, April 18th, 1922.
Death
followed an operation which was per
formed at bis home Sunday.
Mr. Dun«Jas was born in Canada,
October 19th, 1849, being 72 years, 5
months and 27 days <dd at the time of
hia death.
He came with hia parents to Illinois
and after living there a short time
moved to Iowa in 1865.
He came to
Oregon with hia brother Alfred in 1875
and purchased the farm on which he
lived until the time of bis death.
He
was a prominent citizen of this locality
and was highly esteemed.
He was married to Mias Annie Gib
bon, July lat 1879. To thia union six
ebidren were born, one son having pre-
ceeded him to the spirit world. He is
survived by his widow and five ebidren
and three brothers. Tne children are:
Mrs. Jennie Johnson of Newberg, Mrs.
Flossie Johnson, of Dundee, Jessie,
Waren and Roy Dundas at borne, with
their mother on the home place; the
brothers are David Dundas of Iowa,
Alexander Dundas in Colorado and Al
fred Dundas of Willamina, Oregon.
Funeral services were held at bis
home, Friday morning and burial in
the I. O. O. F. Cemetery near Dayton,
Oregon. Rev. M. A. Marcy officiating.
NEWS ABOUT INDUS
TRIES OF I EGON
Steady increase in built g trades
pushing the demaud for >' ribcr be
yond the daily capacity of iwmill»
Steady fight in western sta h fur tax
reduction making itself fel ¿in lower
millages.
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Eugene get» factory to make stock]
and poultry teed.
Pacific Telephone Co. planning ne»
trunk line from Eugene to Roseburg.
Prineville—R. IL Jonas'take» ove.
Central Oregonian.
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Forest service to build 500 mile;
road in 1922, costing »2S1.090, 43
miles trail and three bridges. Tota
»113,000 will be spent.
Reduction in cost of Corvallit
schools this year »10,000.
North Bend—150 men employed here
loading ships.
Cottage Grove reduces school tax
»2600 a year.
Pilot Rock has cut teachers’ salar
ies »10 a month flat.
Reedsport to build ICO new houses
this year.
Pacific states industries at Bunker
Hill to be electrified.
Union Pacific cuts fares to North
Beach points about one-half.
Siletz spruce sawmill to be operated
.by Philomath Lumber Co.
Oregon Electric may be extended
from Eugene to Springfield.
Astoria effects a saving of »11,000
in teachers’ salaries.
American Legion builds swimming
tank at Redmond, dance hall at North
Bend.
Bend—Brooks-Scanlon mill shipped
7,000,000 feet in March, and with
Shevlin-Hixon Co. cut 20,000,000 feet
that month.
North Bend—South Inlet gravel
found rich in gold.
Grande experiencing building
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boom this spring.
Terms of Treaty Call For the Roseburg-Coos Bay highway to be
finished this year.
Closest Cooperation Between
Grants Pass—Building boom pre
Staunch friendship» indicate a highly interesting legal battle at
dicted.
the trial of Judge J. J. Day of Oklahoma City for the killing of Lieut
the Two Countries.
Roseburg—»100,000 apartment
Gol Paul W. Beck, U. S. Aviation Corps, in the former’s home. The
house
to be erected here in near fu
only witness was Mrs. Day, over whom the killing resulted. Friends
for many years. Colonel Beck was a guest in the Day home.
Genoa.—Germany and Russia have ture.
Eugene Contract to be let for ad
Returning from driving other bridge party friends home. Judge
completed an economic treaty, it was
Dav says he found his wife strutting to free herself from the aviator’s
dition to Osborne hotel.
learned on high authority here.
arms. To save his wife. Day strtick Beek over the head with a revolver.
Tillamook—-Wheeler
sawmill
at*
The weapon exploded, killing Beck. Colonel Beck was prominent in
By the terms of the treaty that has Cochran, closed since November*to re
•army circles and in Washington society. Frien«ls insist Beck has been
been concluded, all war claims which open May 1.
misjudged and will aid in the prosecution of Day. Judge Day -is a
each country held against the other
Astoria—»12,804 expended here dur
wealthy oil operator a J former member of the Supreme Court_Cog»^
have been swept off the table. The ing 1921 for building purposes.
mission, whose many friends have_rushed to his defense./^ Q
K lamath Falls—$150,000 * appropria
two countries are resuming friendly
tions made to fight pine beetle pest.
relations with a “clean slate.”
Lloyd George’s plan resembled Presi
The treaty provides for immediate 300 men to be employed.
Eugene—Construction to start on
dent Harding’s idea for an association,
and formal retsognition of the Russian new »60,000 plant of Eugene Farmers’
which it was hoped would bring dis
soviet government by Germany.
creamery.
armament or a big reduction of arma
The treaty terms provide for the
Sherwood votes $12,000 bond issue
ment in its wake.
closest economic cooperation, especial for purchase and improvement of
ly with regard to the construction of water plant.
Genoa.—The Russian delegates were FARMERS ARE ON INCREASE Russia. The treaty contains ironclad
Klamath Falls—Development of 20,-
told to answer definitely yes or no as
safeguards against the colonization of 000 acres land in Fort Klamath sec
tion ot Klamath county planned.
to whether they will put into practice Census Bureau Reports Figures on Russia.
Philomath—With coining of spring,
Washington State.
the conditions of the Cannes resolu
The treaty contains a most favored smaller lumber concerns here resume
tion and the guarantees submitted to
Olympia, Wash.—Just a little more nation clause.
operations.
the London experts’ report, according than half of Washington’s total popu
Premier Facta of Italy as president
Glide votes »25,000 school bond is
to a French communique issued.
lation above the age of 10 years is of the economic conference issued a sue.
Premier Lloyd George of Great Brit engaged in gainful occupation, accord sudden summons Monday afternoon
The Dalles—Transfer of O.-W. R. &
ain has announced that his aim at the ing to figures announced by the bu for a conference of the heads of the N. Co.’s tie-treating plant at Weyth to
Genoa conference is to bring into be reau of statistics and immigration in inviting powers now in Genoa. It is this city means another annual pay
ing a pact among the 34 nations rep the office of Secretary of State Hinkle. ' believed one reason for the calling of roll of from $135,00«) to $150,000.
Astoria—Standard Oil Co. to erect
resented, agreeing not to invade one
The population ot male farmers in the conference was the announcement
$1,000
public comfort station.
another's territories. It would be creased 10.2 per cent over the figures of the signing of the Russo-German
Wallowa—$47,500 school bonds
similar to the four-power pact nego of the 1910 census, with a total in treaty.
sold; construction of new building to
tiated at Washington.
1920 of 50,184. Farm labor, however,
The announced object of the meet start at once.
Britain is against a pact with mili showed a decrease of 24.6 per cent. ing was to adjust by consultation the
Eugene—New 2-story business block
tary sanctions, it was declared, be The total of farmers and farm labor attitude of the allies toward the Rus will be constructed here at cost of
$15,000.
cause sanctions belong to the order of for 1920 was 75,510.
sian question.
Oregon Citw—Odd Fellows to erect
Ideas that an endeavor is being made
The number of female farmers
The Japanese were included in the
$30,000 lodge building.
to get away from, and guarantees showed an increase of 152 over 1910, invitation.
Eugene Fruit Growers’ Assn, do-.es
would mean a new grouping of the the total for 1920 being 1878.
prune pool netting $100,000 to grow-«
powers. The military holiday idea is
ers. To erect new fruit packing house
Traddles—A simple, honest young
not practical.
Montague Tigg—A clever Impostor man in “David Copj»erfield,” who be at Creswell.
In response to questions, the spokes In "Martin Chuzzlewit,” who lives by
Stayton—$50,000 in improvements
lieves in everybody and everythin«. being ma«le in woolen mills here; will
man for the Brit'sh said that Mr. his wits.
triple capacity of concern.
Prairie City to have new tourist
camp ground.
GERMANY ANO RUSSIA
FORM ECONOMIC PACT
ALLIES ASK DEFINITE
REPLY FROM RUSSIA
The Latest News
AGRICULTURAL BILL PASSED
Senate Rever»«» Itself and include»
Free Seed» Item.
Washington, D. C.—Another of the
annual supply bills, the agricultural
appropriation, was passed by the sen
ate after it had reversed itself and
restored the free seeds item for an
other year. The bill carries approxi
mately $37,250,000, or about a million
and a half more than was passed by
the bouse.
The item of $360,000 for the free
distribution of seeds was included in
the measure as it passed the house,
and therefore will not be subject to
discussion when the bill is taken up
for adjustment of difference» between
the two houses. The vote by which
the appropriation was stricken out
। was 29 to 24, but on reconsideration
It was restored by a 31-to-30 vote.
Quip—A hideous dwarf; cunning,
malicious and a perf^t master In toe-
1 mentlng; In "Old Curiosity Shop."