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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1915)
I11«1 1 . ...................... ... "I .. ............................... ... ................. ............................... ... II ,, GERMAN DRAGOONS PHOTOGRAPHED BY BELGIAN SPY OREGON NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Development Is Near. Newport 8. G. Irwin, of Newport, ha* just been Informed by the United State* Engineering department that an appropriation of 93000 haa been made for the survey of th* Yequina Bay bar, with an objoct of obtaining a 25-foot channel, and Wiaconain capital Ills are ruatly to develop vast timber holding* a* aoon a* large carrier* can enter the bay. J. S. Polhemu*. aaslatant United State* engineer, who had charge of the Yaqulna Bay jetty construction, will again be in charge of the government work. J. C. Maupin, of the United State* Geodetic Engineer», made a survey of the bar and channel in 1013, but an Engineer*' department eurvey is nec essary before an appropriation could be made for Improvement*, It is »aid. Wiaconain capital iata, backed by Senator Stephenson and othera, who bought the Smith intereata around Coo* Bay, have money ready to inveat. A party headed by George A. Ste phenaon, manager of the North Bend Lumber company, and Edward A. Young, nephew* of Senator Stephen son, and Garl Burnham, all of Madison, Wla., John Belknap and Steve McAI- Hater, of Vancouver, B. C., timber ex- [«orter*. and N. C. Ingram and Charles <'organ, of Cooe Bay, timber cruisers, have been making various trips of in vestigation. Mr. Stephenson has obtained sound ing* of the Yaquina Bay bar ami sur vey* of road* in view of a logging rail road to extend from Yaquina Bay to Y achats. It is »aid to be the aim of the Wis consin lumbermen to commence work without delay. Oregon Crop Report. July 1 crop estimate» by the United State* de|>artment of Agriculture are as follows: Winter wheat—Forecast, 16,000,000 bushel*; Anal 1914, 13,684,000. Spring wheat—Forecast, 3,730,000 bushels; Anal 1914, 2,920,000. Oats —- Forecast, 13,900,000; final 1914, 12,740,000. Barley Forecast, 4^120,000 bushels; final 1914, 3.660,000. Potatoes Forecast, 6,800,000 bush els; final 1914, 4.763,000. Apples Forecast, 3,320,000 bushels; final 1914, 3,600,000. Hay Condition, 92; 7-year aver age. 91. Clover—Condition, 92; 10-year aver age, 94. Alfalfa Condition 92; 9-year aver age, 92. Pasture - Condition, 97; 10-year av erage, 96. Hops—Condition, 92; 9-year aver- •K®.L89. ________ School Talks Are Heard. Salem—"Standardization of the Ru ral School,” was discussed at a meet ing of the county superintendents who are here grading the examination pa- |>er* of applicants for state certificates to teach. Fred Peterson, Klamath county; E. J. Moore, Lane county; Roy Cannon, Benton eounty, and W. W. Austin, Grant epunty, led the dis cussion. “Club Work" will be discussed also. Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill announced that those who will participate are: F. L. Griffin, field agent of Oregon Agricultural Col lege; N. C. Maris, field worker of the State Board of Education; L. P. Har rington, field worker, State Board of Education.; H. C. Seymour, superin tendent of Polk county, ami Jdiss Fay Clark, superintendent of Malheur county. ________ Roseburg Railroad Sure. Roseburg—A conference which both partie» admitted had its connection with the railroad which Kendall Bros. pro|H>se to construct here during the present summer was held here Satur day. F. L. Burkhalter, superintendent of the Portland division of the Southern Pacific railroad, and H. A. Hinshaw, general freight agent, were closeted with S. A. Kendall and his associates for more than an hour. Mr. Kendall and the Southern Pacific officials spent an hour at Winchester, where they inspected Kendall Bros.' holdings in that vicinity. At the con clusion of the conference it was given out that a complete understanding had been reached between the parties con cerned. Born Dissenter Finds Himself With Few Friends. Mining Activity Gains. Cottage Grove—-Report* of renewed activity in th* Bohemia district in clude a rumor that th* large Champion property will again become active. This closed down last season after a short, but successful run, because of some difficulty over the ownership. It Is ex|>ected that a* soon aa Manager Hartl return» from his extended East ern trip he will announce an active season at hie properties. More small pro|>ertiea are active than there have been for a number of seasons. Sever al ton* of supplie* are being hauled into the Long placer claim. The advance in th* price of copper and lead give* encouragement to the development of copper and lead prop erties. The Bohemia district is the only one in the state having shown lead in paying quantities and one of two camps In the state having a copper production last year. With quicksilver steadily advancing in price there is a hope that the big quicksilver mine at Black Butte, which Thia photograph, which was made Inside the German line* by a daring Belgian officer armed with a camera, ha* been active for »«veral year*, will resume. Quicksilver haa more than •bows a detachment of German dragoons en route to replace some of the worn-out men in on* of the trenches In doubled in price since the mine closed. th* Immediate viclaity. Thefr mount* have been left behind them. Land Board Must Decide. ALLIES LANDING TURKISH PRISONERS Salem — The Desert Land Board at it* next meeting will be called upon to take definite action on the excess acre age on the Central Oregon Irrigation company's project, John Thyen, of Bend, having applied for a deed to I lands involving that question. Mr. Thyen haa a contract for 80 acres, for seven of which the company refused to deliver water. The Federal government recently warned the state against issuing deeds under the Carey land act until there was a water right and a sufficient water supply for every irrigable acre in the tract. It was indicated that if I these conditions were not complied I with the title to the land would be de- I feasible and it might be necessary to revoke the state's patents. The lx>ard ; must now either pass defeasible title i to the settlers on the project or else adjust the excess acreage question be fore issuing deeds to these land*. $10,000,000 Bonds for Roads Urged Roseburg — Escorted along the Pa- , cific Highway by county judge* and commissioner* of the counties through which they passed, S. Benson, J. H. Turkish soldiers taken prisoner by th* allies on Gallipoli peninsula being landed near on* of the camps for Albert and Leslie Butler, membebrs of the advisory board of the State High captive*. way commiaaion, accompanied by E. I. Cantine, assistant state highway en “LADY BIRD” GUARDED PARIS % gineer, are meeting with a demand for state aid for road* through Western Oregon. Mr. Benson at h meeting of Rose burg business men struck the keynote to the situation by voicing the need for a state bond issue of 910,000,000 to. build main trunk lines through Ore- gon, the interest and principal of the bonds to be paid from the current tax revenues of the state. It is considered im;>oMible, in view of the low tax levy for road purposes, to meet the demnds of the various sec tions of the state, and the only way is predicted in the lx»nd issue. HOPES TO GAIN ANCIENT KINGDOM Warrants Good for Taxes. Salem — The Supreme court, in an opinion by Justice Harris, held that Klamath county must accept county warrants totaling 910,40® as part of the Southern Pacific company’s taxes for 1914. The warrants were issued in 1912 by the county because, in error, the assessor had collected sev eral thousand dollars too much in taxes on personality. According to the complaint the com pany owed 9179.95 taxes on personal property in 1912, but through error 917,454.99 was collected. When the mistake was discovered, Klamath county had expended the money, and the authorities directed the issuance of warrants for all over 9179.95. When the warrants were tendered as part payment for taxes for 1914 the county treasurer would not accept them. Mr. Olcott Explain* Duty. Salem — Having received numerous letters from all parts of the state re garding alleged violations of the motor vehicle law. Secretary of State Olcott has had postcards printed announcing that hi* office has nothing to do with enforcing the law. Its duties consist in registering motor vehicles and chauffeurs as applications are filed. The postal says: “Under this law it e Flax Crop Outlook Good. is made the specific duty of ail police Salem—That the outlook for the suc officers, sheriffs and constables, within cess of the state's venture with flax the limits of their respective jurisdic growing is most promising is th* opin tions, to enforce it* proviaions.” ion of Governor Withy combe, who has Road Survey Begun at Umatilla. just looked over the flax fields in this Pendleton — County Surveyor Wil vicinity. "There is every assurance of a good crop,” said the governor. lard Bradley haa begun at Umatilla to “Also, the quality of the flax appears make a survey for one of five proposed excellent. I believe it will run from new county roads. Some work on the one and a half to three tons to the survey for the Pendleton-Umatilla road acre. ” J. C. Cady, the flax man em was done at this end last week, but ployed by the Board of Control, haa operations have been shifted to com just returned from the East, where he plete the work between Umatilla and Echo sooner. The survey* were au purchased retting machinery. thorized by the County Court recently on petition of the Umatilla County Sting* of Bees Kill Cow. Monmouth—Stung by thousand* of Good Roads association. Italian bees, a valuable Jersey cow, Burned Cannery to Be Replaced. owned by O. A. Wolverton, ex-post Astoria—While in this city recently, master of Monmouth, died Tuesday. The animal had been turned Into the P. M. Larmon, superintendent for grass on the Normal campus. On a Libby, McNeil & Libby, of Chicago, small lot adjoining the campus were stated that his company will erect a 85 hives. When Bossie began to fight new cannery at Koggiung, Alska, to several of the Italians, hundreds, then replace the on* recently destroyed by thousands, “mobilised,” and aid for fire. Th* new plant will be double th* capacity of th* old one. th* distressed cow was Impossible. MAN JO BE PITIED Abdurraarak, ths subject of thia photograph, is a descendant of an ancient king of Dotan lu Kurdistan, who in 1161 was defeated and captured by the Turks. He haa been secretary of th* Turkish embassy at Petrograd and master of ceremoela* at Constantinople and la now tn the military servloe of the osar, hoping to regain the kingdom of Botan. BIG GERMAN MILITARY TRACTOR Mlle. Helene Dutrleu. twenty-five, pretty and petite, world's champion airwoman who helped guard Parle from air raids in the early part of the war, haa come to the United 8t*ta* to lecture on the use of th* aeroplane In war She was decorated by the French government w4th the ribboa of the Legion of Honor. Petriotlem Mak** Her Wealthy. The other day an old woman came into a bank in Prague and handed to the clerk an antique savings book, which showed a credit of 948. She asked whether this would serve for the war loan, since she had no other money. She explained that this book vfaa left by will to her mother, who, dying, gave it to her. ''Anyhow,** she added timidly, “1 would like *o much to help a little bit" The clerk took th* book aad disap peared. After a while he came back and with him his superiors. Including even the president of th* bank. And then they broke it gsmtly to her that tho book dated stao* 1136 aad that therefore the 949 amounted aow, with oompound Interest, to about 33.30* Without her patriotism she wouM ••esc harm* knew* bow rtefc sto* wo*. Th* World Hesitates to Bellev* In th* Honesty of Such an individual, Though He May Consider Himself Independent. The born alssenter generally merit* * share of the world’s frown* which he somehow manages to evade. Per haps it 1* because the world pities him, and what it pities it hesitates to frown upon. But a lively soul abhors pity as much as it does condemnation. Not the born dissenter, however. If he abhors anything it 1* the thought that some day he will mis* an oppor tunity to exhibit bis talent for dis senting in a situation where his ex ample would influence others bf see his conception of right. He denies himself tobacco not because he does not like it, but because he likes to bar* his friends believe that he thinks it injurious, and has the strength to do without it In th* midst of a social gathering he pleads a business en gagement as an excuse for leaving. He has no businees engagement, but it pleases him to think that h* haa im pressed a certain group of persons with his attention to business, even tn th* face of a pleasant alternative. In matters of politics and religion and , other things that do not Immediately ' touch hi* pocketbook, bi* opinion is generally contrary to that of the ma- . jority, not because that is the way he thinks, but because to be with the ma jority la to be merely one of the mob, and to admit tb* possession of intel lectual attributes hardly above the or dinary. He calls this independence, and as often as not be is admired for IL He la also Commended for bls vir tues. They are stern virtues, and he clings to them successfully. As a mat ter of fact, they are negative virtues, and all of them involve his penchant for dissension. He is good because, to his way of thinking, the vast ma jority of persons are not good. He is, therefore, different and better, and this la distinction enough for him. The only trouble with him is that he has frozen the soul out of himself. His kindness consists in avoiding opportu nities to be unkind, and since kind ness is the greatest of human virtues he is forced to live a frigid existence in the alleyways of life, and men pity him.—Exchange. DOOR CANNOT BE FORCED Inventor Claims He Has Produced Lock That Can Defy Most Mod em of Burglar*. A lock that cannot be jimmied has long been the goal toward which lock smiths have been striving. Many have been invented, but all have proved failures, because any bolt that shoots horixontally from door to jamb can be forced by a skillful burglar. A patent has recently been issued, however, for a lock in which the bolts drop perpen dicularly into sockets and thus fasten the door just as it is hung upon its hinges. No burglar can jimmy a binge. In the first place, the hinge is so situ ated that it is out of sight and reach; in the second place, prying with a jim my makes the hinge hold tighter. This is precisely what is claimed for this new lock. The illustration shows it open. When It is closed by turning the key the bolts go right through the Sockets and penetrate nearly a quar ter of an Inch Into sockets on the body of the lock, as shown by the dotted lines. Outside the room nothing shows but a metal circle, and this is concave and countersunk, so that no jimmy can get purchase. It is claimed that the more a burglar tries to pry at this lock the more firmly does It close the door. Millions In Pigs. The total value of the pig Industry in Ireland Increased from £6,887,000 in 1905 to £8,146,000 in 1914. Bacon curing Is carried on by about fifty firms, employing approximately 3,006 hands, and Ireland exports about one- fifth of the total Import of bacon to the United Kingdom. The Irish la borer and his family grow more and more rellictajjt, a departi ten tai com mute states, to feed and look after pigs, the increased value of the re turns from poultry and eggs Inclining them rather to that source of Incom* Small holders do the pig-raising. His Guess. ''There's only one seat left for to night, and that's behind a post,” said the man in the theater ticket office ''How much is it?" "Why, two dollar* ’ "What’* th* mattarY I*at th* *how worth ***lngF