OREGON NEWS OE GENERAI INEERESE
Highway Paving Tangle Settled.
Salem Informed that the Columbia
County court and the Consolidated Con
struction company has reached an
agreement that the company be paid
(65,000 for work on Columbia High
way, the State Highway commission
Have the county permiaaion to reduce
Ita appropriation for roads this year
from 140,000 to 135,000,
Henry L. How I by, when state high
way engineer, estimated the amount
due tho Company at (54,500, so various
statements that tho |>rue|MK!tive settle
ment would I m ) a vindication of that
official aro proved to have been ground
less by the county allowing the com
pany (10,500 more than he recommend
ed be [mid.
The commission’s reason for permit
ting the county to reduce ita appropri
ation (5000 was that it had reduced
tho state appropriation of (00,000 rec
ommended by Major Bowlby to (50,-
000, tho county appropriation having
boon made on the belief that it would
lie allowed the amount recommended
by the engineer from the state.
While the commission at numerous
hearings declared that it was not with
in Its jurisdiction to settle tho differ
ences between tho county and the com-
pany, sufficient evidence was produced
to show that the company probably
was entitled to more money than the
engineer recommended bo paid. The
company, however, declined to state
tho amount it desired, contending that
it was the duty of the highway depart
ment to have the work rechecked and
correct the figures. This tho commis
sion said it could not authorize, al
though there was a partial rechecking
by a private ongineor, who re|>orted
that the company was entitled to sev
eral thousand more than Major Bowlby
estimated.
Commission Aides Named.
Salem — State Insurance Commis
sioner Wells announces that James I*.
Moffett, of Portland, chairman of the
committee on ffro insurance on the
Code comrniaaion appointed by Gover
nor Withycombe, had named tho fol
lowing to act with him in preparing a
fire insurance bill for submission to
the next legislature.
F. E. Beach, repraenting the Ore
gon domestic fire insurance companies;
John H. Burgard, representing the
general agencies in Oregon; Harvey
O’Bryan,
representing the Salem
salesmen agencies; W. A. Williams,
representing Eastern insurance com
panies; Cheater Dearing, representing
sftecial agents, and J. C. Vcazie, who
will be the attorney for the commit
tee.
A meeting of the committee will be
called in a few days to consider a
standard policy form, rates and the
suggestion for a state Are marshal.
Boat to Coquille Planned.
Marshfield -John R. McGee, owner
of the Riverton coal mine on the Co
quille river, has asked merchants on
the Cequille river to guarantee him
freight shipments coming out of Port
land and promises to charter a 300-ton
vessel to ply between Portland and
the Coquille river. Mr. Met lee recent
ly returned from Portland, where he se
cured contracts with coal dealers to
hataile 200 tons of coal weekly and re
ceived assurances from the Portland
Chamber of Commerce of 200 tons of
freight for each return trip, providing
merchants on the Coquille favored the
new service.
It is Mr. Mi-Gill’s intention to give
weekly service between Riverton and
Portland and if a market can be se
cured for 300 tons of coal each week,
the northbound trips would be capacity
cargoes.
Suit Aimed at Bond Sale.
Roseburg — A suit was filed in the
Circuit court here to teat the validity
of the railroad bonding election held
in Roseburg recently. The plaintiff is
Harry Pearce, president of the Rose
burg Commercial club, and the object
stated is to restrain the mayor and re
corder from issuing or selling the said
bonds. The complaint is lengthy and
covers in detail the legal procedure
leading up to the bond election.
Mr.
Pearce is a liooster for the railroad and
the suit is a friendly one to determine
the validity of the procedure.
Two Counties to Build Road.
Tillamook — Tho County courts of
Yamhill ami Tillamook counties, ata
session in this city, decided to form a
joint road district to build the Sour
Grass route, each county appropriating
(10,000. It is the intention of the
County courts to call for bids at once,
and it is estimated that the road can
be built and planked in 60 days for
(20,000.
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Salmon Outlook Good.
Astoria — General Manager Barker,
of the Columbia River Packers’ asso
ciation, received a wireless message
from Chignik Bay, Alaska, stating
that everyone connected with the asso
ciation’s cannery there is in the beat
of health. The message also stated
that preparations are being made to
begin packing fish and the outlook for
the season is good.
Boston Gets Wool Clip.
Echo — A large sale of wool was
made here recently, 125,000 pounds of
1915 clip going at a private sale. The
price was not made public. The wool
was sold by Antone Vey ami Joseph
Moneee, and was bought by Crimmins
& Pierce, of Boston, Maas. It is now
being baled for shipment.
Growing Filberts in Oregon.
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS;
GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS
REVOLUTION IN REPUBLIC OF PORTUGAL
Portland — Wheat: Bluestem, 95c;
forty-fold, 94c; club, 96c; rod Fife,
90c; red Russian, 85c.
Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, (270/
27.50 ton; shorts, (286/28.50; rolled
barley, (25.506(26.50.
Corn*- Whole, (36 ton; cracked, (37.
Hay — Eastern Oregon timothy, (15
6416; valley timothy, (12 64 12.50;
grain hay, (106412; alfalfa, (12.500/,
13.50.
Vegetables —Cucumbers, Oregon, 40
(rt;7bc dozen; artichokes, 75c; toma
toes, (5 crate; cabbage, 1 J6/.2Jc pound;
celery, (3.50 crate; head lettuce, (16/j
1.15; spinach, 5c pound; rhubarb, 164
2c; [teas, 4646c; beans, 5647c; cauli
flower, (1.25 crate; carrots, (14(1.50
sack; beets, (1.50; turnips, (1.35.
Eggs — Fresli Oregon ranch, case
count, 1844181c dozen; candled, 2044
21c.
Poultry — Hens, 12c; broilers, 1864
24c; turkeys, dressed, 226424c; live,
164418c; ducks, old, 96410c; geese, 8
4(9c.
Butter — Creamery, prints, extras,
27|c pound; cubes, 21i6423<v
Green Fruits—Strawberries, Oregon,
(1.10641.25 crate; apples, (1.506(2.50
Below, a view of the city of Lisbon which was bombarded by the revolutionists from a warship In the Tagus,
box; cranberries, (116(12 barrel; cher
ries, 44410c pound; gooseberries, 24/, whence this picture was taken. Above, a regiment of Portuguese Infantry marching through the streets of the
capital.
4c; cantaloupes, (2.756(4.25 crate.
Potatoes—Old, (1.85642 sack; new,
21443c pound.
Onions — Yellow, (1 44 1.50 sack;
white, (1.75; red, (1.75.
Veal—Fancy, 916410c pound.
Pork—Block, 1044101c pound.
Hops—1914 crop, 104411c; contracts,
104411c pound.
Wool — Eastern Oregon, medium,
25c; Eastern Oregon fine, 186420c;
valley, 254428c; mohair, new clip, 30
4(3 lc.
Cascara bark—Old and new, 46441c
pound.
Grain bags—Nominal, 7i647(c.
Cattle— Best steers, (7.30647.65;
good, (7 64 7.25; medium, (6.75 64 7;
choice cows, (6.354(6.60; good, (664
6.35; heifers, (56(7; bulls, (3.504(5;
stags, (56(6.50.
Hogs — Light, (7.504(8.10; heavy,
(6.754(7.05.
Sheep — Sheared wethers, (6646.75;
sheared ewes, (46(5.25; sheared lambs,
(64(7. Full wools, (1 higher.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis — Although filbert growing in
Oregon is at ill in the experimental
Stage, there have been good results in
several instances. Thia wax to be ex-
pected, since wild hazelnuts grow in
Western Oregon, ami the same condi
tions are required in the main for the
production of the filbert.
Professor
C. I. Lewis calls attention to the fact
that filbert-growing on the ex|>eriment
station farms at Corvallis is quite sat
isfactory up to this time and promising
for the future, although nothing defi
nite regarding the success of the in
dustry umier Oregon conditions can be
published now.
“For the past two years,” says Pro
fessor Lewis, ’’three of the six-year-
old trees on the station grounds have
borne at the rate of 1,000 pounds of
nuts |
the varieties beingwHar
celona, DuChilly ami d’Alger.
Other
varieties which are being tried out are
Daviana, Kentihxm Cob, Cob Filbert,
White Aveline, Red Aveline, Purple
Aveline, Crosse Blanche, Montebello,
Nottingham, and Hall das Geantes.
Some of the varieties bore a few nuts
the second season from planting, and
all of them bore some the third season,
although it was not until the fourth
year that anything like a commercial
crop was harvested from any of the
varieties.
“There are two possible drawbacks
to filbert culture. One is the squirrels.
If one is planting the nuts, he will
have to watch the squirrels closely in
the fall or it will not be necessary to
hire help to harvest the crop.
The
second |>ossible drawback is the blight,
a disease that was said to be serious in
years [>ast. The plant pathologists at
this station are working on this dis
ease at the present time and seem to
feel somewhat encouraged. The filbert
is a nut which will sell readily and
probably will be very profitable. One
will simply have to run the chance of
blight for the time being, and can
probably guard against the squirrels
by taking a few precautions.
“The propagation of filberts by nuts
is not recommended; the seedlings
show too wide a rang of variation to
Oregon Exhibit Wins First Prize.
warrant thia practice. The beat plan
San FranciBco — The Oregon horti
is to obtain one-year old or two-year
old trees from a nursery. Any one of cultural exhibit, C. N. Ravlin, of Hood
the leading nursery firms of the North River, chief, has received the gold
west can probably furnish all the com medal in close competition with Wash
mon varieties of filberts.
ington, Idaho and California and East
“The filbert is usually propagated
ern states and foreign nations.
by means of hard wood cuttings. Cut
The jury on awards was composed of
tings from six to eight inches are
made late in September or early in famous horticulturists from The Neth
October, tied in bunches of twenty- erlands, Japan, California and the
five to fifty, and packed in moist sand East. A tremendous triumph for the
or sawdust, where they remain during
the winter. By spring the lower ends state. Oregon spent on her exhibit
will usually be calloused over, ami . (2500; Washington, (7500, and Cali
when the grouml is still damp they are fornia a much larger sum. Success of
lined out in the nursery row, and the 1 Oregon is due to her exhibit being
top of the cutting coming at about the
purely horticltural in character, every
surface of the ground.
“During the winter the cuttings item being practical for horticultural
should not be in a placed where water purposes.
collects or where it is too wet, but
There is tremendous
enthusiasm
simply kept moist and cool. Of course, among Oregonians here over Oregon’s
the cuttings are made of last season’s first big capture, horticulturally, from
growth, just as the cuttings of grapes, California.
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currants or gooseberries.
In fact,
both the method of making the cut Northwest Hops on Steamer Inkum.
tings ami treatment which the filbert
There were 4306 bales of Pacific
should receive iB practically identical Coast hops on the British steamer In
with that employed for these other
kum, which was struck by a German
fruits.
“Filberts may be planted from ten submarine’s torpedo off the coast of
to fifteen feet apart.”
England Friday morning. Eight hun
dred bales of the cargo consisted of
Newberg Wins $50,000.
Oregon hops, 1000 bales of Washing
Newberg — The members of the
ton hops, and there were 2300 bales
Friends’ denomination here are occu
pied this week with the yearly meet from California. The shippers of Ore
ing of Friends, with a large atten gon hops were James Pincus, of Ta
dance from Oregon, Idaho and Wash coma, who had 404 bales on board the
ington. It was announced early in the ill-fated steamer; H. L. Hart, of Port
session that the fund for Newberg Col
lege, to which James J. Hill promised land, had 206 bales, and Louis Lach-
(50,000, had reached the required mund, of Salem, 190 bales.
amount to make Mr. Hill's gift a cer
The loss of these hops has as yet had
tainty. He promised the donation on no effect on the market at this end.
condition that the remainder of a Cable offers have been made to Eng
(100,000 endowment be raised.
lish dealers to replace the quantities
One of the prominent speakers at that went down, but the offers met
the meeting of Friends is B. Willey with no response. The losses fall on
Beede, of the Kennedy School of Mis the English importers.
sions, of Hartford, Conn., Theological
School, who has made daily addresses
Sara Mill on Full Force.
on the subject of missions maintained
Ridgefield, Wash.—The sawmill be
by the Friends in many parts of the
longing to the Allen & Ryan Lumber
country.
At a special temperance
meeting an address was made by Rev. company at Sara, about six miles
Charles M. Lascault, of Haviland, southeast of Ridgefield, is running full
Kan.
force and has orders that will require
The subjects calling for general dis
until fall to fill.
They may continue
cussion thus far have been "Evange
to
operate
during
the winter. This
listic and Church Extension Work,”
Literature,” "Temperance,” "Edu mill, although not a large one, employs
cation” and "Systematic Giving.” about 20 men and about 16 in the log
The exercises have been interspersed ging camp near by.
with vocal and instrumental music.
The logging railroad, over which
shipments are sent from the mill at
Oregon Beats All at Fair.
San Francisco — Oregon has set a Sara to Knapps Station on the main
line of the Northern Pacific railroad
record in the number of prizes and the
for their destination, employs a num
state and its individual exhibitors have
ber of men. Enough timber is avail
carried off at the Panama-Pacific Ex-
able close by to keep them running for
[•osition. Most of them have been in
about two years. The capacity of this
the departments of horitculture and
mill is about 30,000 feet every 10
agriculture.
hours.
In both of these fields the state has
won a grand prize.
In addition to
Boston Orders Loganberries.
these, individual exhibitors have been
Eugene — An order from Boston for
awarded three medals of honor, 23
gold medals, 69 silver medals and 89 20,000 pounds of dried loganberries is
bronze medals.
Among the awards announced by J. O. Holt, of the Eu
gene Fruit Growers’ association. The
was the grand prize for forage.
one order is nearly as large as the total
Geology Professor to Begin Survey. loganberry output of the Eugene drier
University of Oregon, Eugene—Gra last year.
The price is favorable,
ham J. Mitchell, assistant professor of though not made public. An increased
geology at the university, has gone to demand is expected this year for the
Curry county, where he will pass three loganberry juice, a beverage intro
months surveying and mapping the duced by the Eugene association last
mineral resources of a hitherto unsur year. The plans of the Commercial
veyed tract in the southwest corner of club are to present the passing Shriner
excursionists in July with samples.
the state.
CHINESE COMMERCIAL MEN IN AMERICA
Eighteen leaders in commercial life in China are now touring the United States and are being entertained
lavishly wherever they stop. The photograph shows CoTector of the Port Davis at San Francisco extending greet
ings on behalf of President Wilson to Chang Chen Hsun. chairman of the party.
ALFRED VANDERBILT’S SON
ITALIAN GENERALS GETTING READY
Generals dl Mayo and Peruchette of the Italian army inspecting an avia
tion station on the Austrian frontier.
Little Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt,
Jr., whose father was one of the vic
tims of the Lusitania disaster, will
share in the fortune of between (50,-
000.000 and (70,000,000 left by his par
ent. The lad's mother was Miss Mar
garet Emerson of Baltimore. He is
not yet three years old.
JAPAN AFTER GERMAN TOY TRADE
Cottonseed Meal a Good Food.
Cottonseed meal as a human food is
being urged by Dr. G. 8. FTaps, state
chemist and chemist to the experiment
station at the agricultural and me
chanical oollege. Cottonseed meal is
urged as a substitute, not for flour, but
for meat, providing the same elements
necessary for the proper support and
development of the human system as
does meat.
"Cottonseed meal flour Is now be
ing used extensively in Texas, and in
view of the high price of meat and
the general financial condition of the
people of the state, this flour should
come into a much wider use.” says
Doctor P'raps. "It Is palatable, and if
eaten In the proper ration, makes an
excellent substitute for meat.”
From John Smith’s Diary.
Noteing thatte eache sbyppe brot
toe our shores nothunge butte menne.
we resolved toe brynge over some
suitable wyves from England, thatte
ye new nation mlghte notte be a
itagge nation. Ye expense for these
wyves we decided to lette ye husband
provyde accordinge to hys substance,
Iherobye making Itte a doenation.—
Judge.
Japanese manufacturers are making a determined effort to obtain as
much as possible of the trade formerly held by Germany. Some time ago the
government made a display of German toys that sold well In America, and
the Japanese have turned their attention to duplicating these articles. The
picture shows a Tokyo toymaker manufacturing dolls for the American
market