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McBratney-McNulty Hardware Co. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Put Week. Agriculture to be Given State Aid Salem. Agriculturist of the state, as well ns th. Ir children, nre hereafter to he Instructed In scientific agricul tural methods, for two hills with this and In view were enacted by the re cent legislature, and both nre compre hensive In their scope In addition, two other Importnnt nfrrlcultural meas ures were passed the one to prevent the Introduction Into the state of In sects or diseases Injurious to growing products and the other fixing the standard of purity for agricultural seeds. Over the veto of the governor there was also passed a hill creating a state livestock and sanitary hoard, which is to exercise sanitary supervision over livestock and poultry, and It Is be lieved that It will be extremely bene ficial to livestock men. BILL UNCONSTITUTIONAL Filing of Dentistry Act Referendum Petition Not Ordered by Judge Salem. Circuit Judge Galloway de cided that the liny bill, providing for a special election for referendum meas ures next November, Is unconstitu tional The decision Is far from clear Ing n situation that has caused state officials, and, particularly Secretary of State Olcott, much thought. The de cision was in connection with one de clining to compel the secretary of atate to file petitions for reference of the hill ri'k'ulnlliiK the pr:u ! of dentist ry. Judge Calloway held that the pe titions were Irregular In that they did not contain n copy of the hill, but only the caption. Secretary "f State olcott said that ho did not consider the decision, that the Day hill Is unconstitutional i.nal and It wns his present Intention to cnll tin' election for the other mens ures referred, However, he believes that John A .1 tiny, who filed the suit to compel him to file the petitions In the dentistry proposition, will np peal the case, or that he or tome other person will file suit to have him en joined from calling the election. New Law Jolts Cupid Astoria. The new law that requires a man to produce a certlflcalu of health before he can obtain a marriage license, which went Into effect In this state la going to prova Impracticable, according to local physlctana, a few of whom have refused to Issue the certi ficate requested because they could not couscissitlously do ao. The fee provided by law la $2.50 and local physlctana declare they can not make a competent teat under three weeks and furthermore say few of them have the necessary equipment for milking a thorough blood test. SUSPECT TRAIN WRECKERS Derailment of Southern Pacific Cars Ntar Salem Injures Five Portland. A board of Inquiry In veatlgated the near wreck of the Wli latnette Limited out of Salem and came to the conclusion that the de ralliuent. In which five passengers Injured and the lives of every one en d.iugi-red. was due to a deliberate at tempt at wholesale murder on the part of unknown train wreckers. Fol lowing tbe auuouucemeut of the find lngs of the board, D. VY. Caniilell bead of the Southern 1'aclflc In Ore gon, offered a reward of $5000 for the arrest and conviction of tbe guilty partlea. Detectives of the company have been assigned to tbe task of hunting down the persons responsible for tliu reckless deed and. attracted by the reward, which la said to be tbe large of its kind ever offered In this state, a number of private detectives burn to tbe scene of the wreck. Rabbits Destroy Crop Plcksburg. The flue outlook In Christines Lake valley for crops this year, will depend upon tbe state gov eminent of Oregon. Kttbblts aa done much damage, and at the rata of Increase noticeable, before harvest time comes there will be little to gar ner unless strenuous methods are adopted to Inoculate the rodents. Tbe Ftcksburg development club hopes la be able to aecure the assistance of the atate veterinarian or some competent official from tbe atate agricultural ool lege to start the good work. Adams la To Hang Astoria. Judge Kakin overruled the motion for a new trial In the case of Jack Adams who was convicted os the charge of killing Barney Chamberlain ll this city on February 17. Thlr means that unleea tbe governor in ervenea Adams will hang.. The case U1 net be appeaJad. aa the defendant 'iu. bo funds to carry it to the higher -ourts BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON With a cloudless summer day and shout toon persons present. Weston's prenty-rlrat annual reunion of Umatil la county pioneers was held. During the wool sales at Heppner, L60SJJM pounds was disposed of at prices ranging about three cents less than last year. Dallas Is planning the flneat cele bration of Independence Day ever held In that city. The Dalits Chautauqua will open July 4, to continue for one Week. A number of widows have applied for the mothers' pensions at the office of the county clerk at Albany, during the past few days, and their requests will be considered by the county court. F. H. Snodgrass, es-deputy warden of the penitentiary and now chief of the guards there, was arrested on s Starts of having attacked and se verely beaten n prisoner May 16. If the efforts of the 22 widows with, children who have made application for pensions under the law recontly t I by the legislature are success ful the state will expend 1510 a month In Douglas county alone. L.orge L. Hlodgett, sentenced for life In the Salem penitentiary for the murder of Alice Mlnthorn at Portland In ' '. has been released under a conditional pardon given by Governor Wert. A grand jury at The Dalles has re turned an Indictment against George F Itoss charging him with the em bezzlement of public funds to the amount of $884 63. while record r of that city. He was given BflBKJ Jackson county will Issue I pam phlet along the lines SStsbUshai by California counties. The edition rill be at least 50,000 and It will contain approximately 100 pages, Including Statistics and maps. The county court BBS authorised this work. The hlg V shaped harrow now being built at iSfflffJ 'or the port commis sion v. ill BBSS BS tca-l for use In Im proving ths - li.in h i cross the shoal nt the BMMtl f 'In- CoJUBabUV It will have a spread of L'O feet, with eight tlii i. t involving discs. Taking a dare to cllnih a tree while out with a party of Joy riders near Mcliord. Ml s llatuomi I, add. 18 years Did, climbed to a height of 30 feet. A branch broke and -If- t- II She vv;:s I tO ' ho-pital. and It Is said r back Is broken. Th.- Trl -County fair will be held In ' Ion this fall on October 1. 2 and ",, according to tbe decision of the ex eeutiv.- committee In a special meet Ing. The TrM'minty fair Is to be a permanent yearly event In Condon henceforth. Advices were received by State Kn glueer Lewis that 6000 acrea of land belonging to the Columbia Southern project, has been withdrawn from en try by the Interior department. The original project consisted of J:t. acres and the Mioo acres were Includ ed within the last few years. The forestry service has ordered a telephone line to be Installed connect Ing 1'ralrle City with the summit of Strawberry I'eak, 12 miles distant A ststion will be erected on the ex treme summit of the peak at a height of over 10,000 feet, which overlooks the entire forestry district of eastern Oregon. Stone houses may replace the regu latlon two roomed shanties which now form the abodes of homesteaders on virtually every quarter section In Christmas Lake and Sliver l-ake val IsysJ This is made possible by the discovery of a half dozen stone quar ries on the aide of Table Mountain Mandamus proceedings have been begun by the Oregon A California rail road company against Sheriff Keetes of Washington county, to require him lo show cause why he will not accept a tender of $19,756.06 in payment of the company's tax In that county. Thla amount doea not Include a special road tux of l.mji After waiting since 1910 to be relni hursed to the extent of $72 for over charges on some household goods ship ped from Mobile, Ala. to Koseburg. I Lynn Tunn.-ll has been notified by the atate railroad commissioner that the Interstate commerce commission has decided In his favor. The cum mission took his case up several BSSfB ago, and the delay was due to tbe fact that many railroad Hues were In volved The McMinnville council awarded a contract for street grading to a firm of Portland contractors, and Mayor W. T. Vinton refused to affix his sig nature. Contempt of court proceed ings followed and the mayor was fined $300 and sentenced to su mouths confinement in the county Jail wltb out ball, or until auch time as he sees fit to obey tbe orders of the circuit court that he sign tbe contract The Smith I'owera Logging com l-any, one of th largest concerns of its kind on the coaH, is making pre paratione to open tu cam;; three miles above Coqullle. where It has about 50.000,000 feet of timber The right of way for a logging railroad to extend two miles into the timber from tbe main line is now being i : ..red and tbe road will BS constructed forth wltb. The logs will go to the C. A. Smith sawmill at Msr ..,' )av -WSBBsW4 'Ve nsl n ' r mm JsjaVsWSsjV. Or ONTARIO ORE ! GROWTH OF DEPOSITS April 4, 1909 $226,078.7 1 April 4, 1910 830,686.16 April 4, 1911 320.505.M April 4, 1912 341,620.91) April 4, 1913 374,293.54 A stronjr. progressive, arrowing in-! 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