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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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