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VOL XX, No 34
AUGUST 25 1922
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OREGON NEWS NOTES
MOUNT SGOTT IMPROVEMENTS APPEAR LOGAL HAPPENINGS PORTLAND PRESS PUSSYFOOTING"
ON KU KLUXISM SAYS SALEM EDITOR OF GENERALIINTEREST
Mr. and Mm. Grover and Mr. Brown
This to an Important wook for Mount sioners. the City of Portland and the
are camping In eastern Oregon.
committee
from
Mount
Scott,
relativt
bcolt district. Fueler Road was <>|>rnod
D. R. Haoimach of Salem was in
to the paving of Powell Valley Road
to traffic from Seventy second street
Ismta Tuesday looking for hoppick
between Fiftieth street and Twenty
to Sixty-fifth (treat.
Blds for the sixth street. The city Is asking the ers for hia 70-acre field.
N. Taylor came in the other day
constiuctlon of the I ante trunk «ewer county to pave 18 feet of the road
from Oklahoma and was employed by
were opened Wednesday and City and then turn the road over to the
C. H. Chambreau to drive his Stutz.
■ Commiaaioner Barbur'» office will rec city for maintenance. If this road is
Dr. W. O. Colburn of Lincoln, Neb.,
paved
the
extra
dirt
will
be
used
to
pm mend the acceptance of the J. F.
Hhca company'« bid of »693,000. Two fill at the site of the Thlrtyeecond- Dr. C- U. Moore's daughter and niece,
were visitor’s at the Baby clinic last
other bid«, one for 9719,000 and the streat bridge.
week.
It will bo about two months before
other for $69’iJX)0 were received.
G. C. Lovelace sold the Pastime
The city eommlaaloner'a office also any more of Footer Road la opened
Poo broom last Friday to Fred Kieaer
to
traffic
and
at
that
time
it
is
thought
will recommend that the partial pay
of Portland who took charge last
ment plan bo used, aa the bid ie »30,- the entire road will be open, from
Saturday.
Eighty-second
street
to
Fiftieth
and
000 less for thia sort uf payment liian
Russel's Sweet Shop of Kern Park
for the lump sum payment. The Powell Valley Road. Th<- Portland
is remodeling a room directly north
•ewer will follow Johnson creea to Railway, Light A Power company is
of the Iwach building, for their new
the proposed tunnel at Harney ave working at the cut-off through the
location.
nue. Eighteen months will be allowed McGowan estate property at Fiftieth
J. H. Goeser, stepfather of Mrs.
and
Powell
Valley
Road.
The
new
the contractors to finish the newer.
Chester Pierce, Lenta’ librarian, died
Negotiations are now being con Foster Road will follow the railway
Munday.
The funeral was held
duct«« I betwren the county commie- tracks through this wooded stretch.
Wednesday.
Mrs. Lottie Gilbert, 4928 Seventy-
TRIO OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTI»
first street, who recently returned
from the hospital, is rapidly recover-
A trio of aenoua accajenta has hap
ing her strength.
pened to the family of H. Habestreit,
Fred Smith, plasterer and cement
proprietor of the H. and H. garage,
worker and chimney builder, of 104th
103d and Foetar Road, within the peat
street and Fifty-seventh avenue, is a
month. First, Erick Johnson broke
his lef. He has been in St. Vincent's
Washington, D. C.—Whether or not busy man these days.
New radio ideas are developing
hospital since the last of July. Sat the oath of allegiance to the invisible
fast. The latest one is seeing a dog
urday afternoon, August 6, Mr. and
empire taken by the knights of the with a can tied to its tail go broad
Mrs. Frnsnt Hoganson and two chil
dren visited him at the hospital and Ku Klux Klan, is more binding than casting up the street.
Mr. and Mrs Alfred Ladd have
then left fur the beach. That night, the oath of allegiance to the United
near Dolph, the rear wheels of the States taken by a member of armed purchased the O. R. Phillipa home at
automobile in which the family of forces of the nation, appears to have '9321 Fifty-first avenue and are now
four aero traveling sunk in soma soft been put up to the government for occupying the premises.
J. A. Bradt is busy remodeling and
earth and whirled the machine around
decision by the klan's recently re repainting the Yeager theater.
A
and over. .Mrs. Hoganeon’s skull was
vealed attempts at proselytising in r.ew box office to being constructed.
fractured. She has been la Portland
the United States army.
A telephone will be installed.
ftanatariuni since and is not yet out
Following attorn pt» to dominate the ’ Mrs. Hany M. Bouvy, Cslla Cham
of danger. Two weeks ago H. Habe-
•treit slipped on his garage floor, civil government by placing its mem breau) to expected in Portland soon
throwing his entire weight upon hia bers or friends in office in Texas, on her way to visit her sister, Mrs.
left leg which broke under him. Mr. Oklahoma, and other southern and C. G. Dougherty, in Fresno, Cal.
The funeral of Victor Nelson, of
Hebestreit is on crutches and will be wealern states, and to abolish private
kept from work for the next five or schools aa part of a plan to dominate Eighty-ninth street, who died Tues
educational institutions in Oregon »nd day, was held yesterday. Interment
Six weeks.
elsewhere, the klan is now recruiting was in Mount Scott park cemetery.
members in the United States army.
Edgar Zehrung, 7105 Forty-eighth
BOHEMIAN CLUB TO OPEN
At a spectacular Initiation ceremony avenue, is busy making landscape im
C. N. Garing has obtained a lease held at Odenton, Md., on the night of provements in the form of planting
.an the building formerly occupied by August 15, several members of the flowers and sowing new grass seed.
Mrs. G. R. Reed’s daughter, lira.
the Grover Sanatorium at Footer ami tank corps stationed at Gamp Meade
Spring roads and will open the place' were taken into the klan, according Dan Rust of Claskanine. returned
to members and fripnds of the Bohe to reports from that place. This was home today after a week's visit. Jo
mian club next week. There are four followed the next day by the declara sephine and Martin Rust also visited.
Mrs. C. H. Chambreau will enter
private (lining rooms, two on the first tion of the leader in the initiation
.fluor aud two on the upper floor. ceremonies that efforts are being tain the Sisterhood of First Christian
There is a dancing hall. Mr. Garing made to spread the klan influence church, Portland, ait her home on
its busy remodeling and repainting ths broadcast throughout the American Buckley avenue, near Gilbert Road,
September 7.
building. A. E. Kern is the owner army.
R. A. Robson reports a flourishing
At the war department, when the
.ofrthe place and has given a lease to
attention of Secretary Weeks had been business in his two store« on Ninety-
.run through 1926.
called to reports of the affair at second street and Forty-eighth ave
BRIDGE PLANS MATURING
Odenton, it was said that no report nue, and on Forty-f fth avenue and
Al a meeting of Portlanders in- had yet been received from the com 100th street.
Dr. L. R. Pugh, Leach building,
itereatod in the location of the pro manding officer at Camp Meade and
posed southeastern bridge over the that pending receipt of official infor hardly can resist the temptation to go
Willamette river in the city hall Tuea- mation no comment could be made. deer hunting. Hto friends would not
.day night the lente delegates, Messrs. The attitude of the war department, be surprised if they discovered his
-TUssey, Kildahl, Ogsbury, Lundberg aa authoritatively stated, however, is office locked.
.Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cole and chil
and Knight agreed to the proposed that of unalterable opposition to the
affiliation of members of the army dren of Port Angeles, Wash., were in
Jocation, at Beacon street.
A bridge coating 91,900,000 is with any organisation claiming an the Mount Scott district this week
planned. The approaches will coat allegiance superior to that which is looking at available sites for a chick
en and rabbit ranch.
4275,000, to be amessed on adjacent given to the military service.
B. C. Heath's residence, which
districts. The plans call for a clear
No Divided Allegiance
recently was moved off the newly,
ance from water level of 198 feet, aa
Senator James W. Wadsworth of
high aa the present top of the Haw New York, chairman of the senate purchased sight for a park at Laurel-
weod on Foster Road, was moved to
thorne bridge is from the river.
committee on military affairs, said
4110 Sixty-fifth street.
regarding reports of klan activities
SOLDIERS' PLOT ATTRACTIVE
Mr. and Mrs. Will Knight returned
in the army: “As a general proposk
In an Earl, piloted by Mr. Fita- tion, I believe that the army authori Sunday from a vacation trip in the
gersld of the force of A. C. Stevens, ties should investigate very carefully Cascades. They enjoyed visits at Me-
distributor of the Winton, Haynes and the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan or Credie's Springs, Kiston Springs, Oak
Earl, The Herald editor and Alex any other similar organization at Ridge and other places.
Martin, secretary-treasurer of the tempting to proselyte among our sol
J. C. Larkins and children, Agnes
Mount Scott park cemetery and cre diers. I have every confidence that and Eddie, enjoyed the comedy at the
matorium, on Wednesday drove to the the secretary of war will see to it Yeager theater Thursday evening.
top of the cemetery grounds, to the that discipline will be preserved and The picture was “shot” in front of
five-acre plot dedicated forever to the that no divided allegiance will be per their Ixx Angeles home.
soldiers sad sailors of the late world mitted In the army.**
Will Knight of the Multnomah State
war.
bank felt rather blue Wednesday, the
Prohibited, Says General Martin
Seventy-nine American warrior lads
After the initiation was concluded first day after his return from vaca
•nd one Canadian now sleep here. the soldiers and others in the au<f- tion, because Tuesday night he had
Their renting place overlooks ths ence were invited to come inside the lost hia purse containing $33.
entire City of Portland. Downtown ring and listen to an address by Rev.
Mr. Clark of Dunford A Clark fill
buildings, all the Willamette river Mr. Jones. He spoke at length upon
ing station, recently returned from
bridges, and the entire eity’s features the policies and aims of the klan and
Klamath Lake country. He was dis
are visible from the open pergola then discoursed on patriotism.
appointed at not being able to see
which marks the plot.
General Martin, commanding offi Crater Lake because of snow sotrms.
Mr. Martin explained that the city cer nt Camp Meade, later declared
Andrew Bloemink is employed now
of the dead now numbeis 3882 in that he had no information that any
with "Skipper” Currey at Grays
habitants. Th!» population has been of his soldiers had joined the klan,
Crossing. Messrs. Bloemink and Cur
gathered since the first interment. In but that he was investigating reports
rey were in the merchant marine
Angust, 1911. There are 300 acres of to that effect. He said he would do
service together. They met on the
ground in the cemetery proper and everything in his power to put down
island of Java.
five in the soldiers’ plot. Seventy- the activities of the klan among the
Wednesday, August 30, the men
five acres are in Multnomah county men in uniform, adding, “This is the
and boys of the Millard-Avenue church
and 255, In Clackamas county,
first time I ever heard of the Ku Klux church will make a final effort to
Klan interfering with the army. Such
drag up and bum the stumps in pre
Opens Hswthome-Avenue Branch
organisations are prohibited in the paration for the contractors to begin
The Electric Service company, 175
army.”
work on the new building to be
Park street, A. E. Kuhnhausen, man
located across the street from the
ager, has opened a branch store at
A new copper process makes it pos present location.
1038 Hawthorne avenue. This store
la in charge of L. A. Hansen, anristed sible to weld together iron and steel
A. Y. Steeves. agent in the Willam
The copper penetrates into ette Valley for Salads tea state« that
by J. R. Dixon. Ths aim of the Elec parts.
tric Service company in opening the the fine pores of the iron and forms sales are increasing rapidly. He says
Store is to make this neighborhood a firm weld.
he is receiving repeat orders from
LOYALTY TO KLAN
OR TO UNCLE SAM
electric store a service station for
the stores that put in the tea during
Nearly 30,000,00 barrels of flour the past, the first year of its sale in
Mount Scott. From here the latest
electrical appliances In clothes wash could be added to our annual output this market, and stores that would
ers, cleaners, ironers, etc., will be from wheat that pests and disease not listen to his advice are now tele
destroy.
phoning asking that he call on them.
distributed.
When in the course of a year or
two Ku Kluxism in Oregon hue be
come merely a horrinc memory, the
work of George I’utnam of the Salem
Capital Journal in showing up the
klan In its Uus light will be appre
ciated. With courage and foresight
seemingly denied the daily press of
the state in general he correctly
diagnosed the Ku Klux disease and
applied the necessary remedy of pub
licity. In his paper last Friday he
dealt with the "pussyfooting” of the
Portland daily press in an editorial
which is quoted hero:
“Characteristic of its logicless logic
is the editorial elucidation of ths
Portland Journal’s pitiful pettifoggy-
ing policy of the present political cam
paign. Discussing the question as to
whether we are to have irresponsible
invisible government by the Ku Klux
Klan or visible and responsible gov
ernment as provided by the constitu
tion, the Journal says in rts first
editorial discovery of the klan:
“ 'Why try to forre a question of
religion aa the dominant issue when
thousands of people in Oregon are
unable to pay their taxes ?
Why
waste time and energy in a religious
debate thst men were warring over
centuries ago ? Why resolve the peo
ple of the state into a pro-Catholic
camp and an anti-Catholic camp?
Hasn't hatred enough already been
stirred up without the insistence that
we make a religious question the only
issue?'
<
"Evidently in the Journal’s mind,
the Ku Klux Klan and religion are
synonymous terms, and an attack
upon invisible gwvernment to an at
tack upon religion. Where does it
get that stuff? Who to endeavoring
to raise a religious issue, except the
Ku Klux Klan? Who is dividing the
state into a pro-Catholic camp and
an anti-Catholic camp and anti-Jew-
ish camp and an anti-negro camp,
except the Ku Klux Klan, aided and
abetted in its nefarious course by the
secret sympathy of the Portland
Journal which misrepresents facts to
shield the klan and enables it to pose
in a false attitude before the public?
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"Continuing the Journal says 'What
could a few thousand Catholics do if
they won the election? What could
a few thousand Ku Klux Klanners and
members of allied secret societies do
if they won? Overthrow the consti
tution? Ditch all the laws?
Pull
down the flag and hang everybody on
the other side? Certainly not.* Yet
we have the Ku Kluxers and allied
secret societies attempting to over
throw the constitution with an initia
tive bill prohibiting private schools
and a long list of communities testify
to a goodly number of victims klans-
men have hanged. Hiey suspend the
constitution wherever they go and
take law-enforcement into their own
hands. No one can say what they
would do once in power.
“The Journal is playing the klans-
man's game. As a result of its shame
ful policy of silence, the Ku Klux
Klan has flourished like a green bay
tree in Portland and now dominates
the political life of the metropolis,
controling its schools, its city hall
and its courthouse. It has nominated
a K. K. K. delegation to the legisla
ture and carried Portland for its can
didate for governor. The Journal has
never once told its readers what the
klan really was and what its sinister
intent and baleful purpose are. Had
the Journal thrown the light of pub
licity upon the machinations of the
klan, it would have made its success
impossible.
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“The Journal echoes the Ku Klux
Klan bunk about a Catholic attempt
•to capture Oregon. The Journal knows
this is pure demagogy. There is no
Catholic running for high office in
Oregon. There is no effort by Catho
lics to capture state or local govern
ment If there was, there would be
the same opposition to Catholic domi
nation that there is to Ku Klux domi
nation. But we have a weli organised,
well fianced effort on the part of the
Ku Klux Klan to dominate the polP
ties of the state by means of appeals
to bigotry.
"There is no religious debate on
the part of those who are seeking
destruction of the Ku Klux Klan and
all it represents in the effort to pre
serve constitutional guarantees of
liberty. The debate is over the ef
forts of unscrupulous grafters to com
mercialize religious and racial ani
mosities for personal or politial
profit. The disuasión is over the
illegal acts of those who take the law
into their own hands and substitute
night riding outrages for orderly
process of law.
Principal Events of the Wt«
"The Ku Klux Klan to the issue In
Briefly Sketched for Infor
Oregon and will remain the iaue until
the question is settled and settled
mation of Our Readers.
right. It becomes the issue wherever
it is allowed to obtain a foothold
Expenditures for educational pur
through the ignorance of the public
and the cowardice of the press in poses to Marion county for 1921 to
failing to expose Its sinister intent. taled $772.29844.
Business was suspended In Bend
It is the issue solely because the
Journal and other Portland papers Wednesday, the dale st the annual
have failed in their duty to the public merchants’ picnic.
September 1$ and 14 has been set as
and in the ensuing darkness the Ku
Klux Klan has had the mushroom the dates for the 12th annual Hood
growth of a poisonous fungus when IIIvsr county school fair.
Lloyd Murray, who escaped from
a little sunlight in the way of pub
the state hospital at Salem six months
licity would have killed it at birth.
ago. was captured near Scio.
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Work has been begun on construc
"Lest, however, the Capital Journal tion of the foundation of Astoria’s
has the wrong slant upon the Port proposed new $300.000 hotel.
land Journal—we aro judging only by
Rev. Joseph Hoberg, well-known
its attitude and by its single utter Methodist minister, died at his home
ance on the subject of the klan—we In McMinnville. He was 94 years old.
are giving it the same opportunity
An organization for the QO-operatlve
afforded the Oregonian to go on marketing of their crops is being form
record by frankly answering the fol ed by grape growers of Josephine
lowing questions:
souaty.
“Does the Journal approve of the
Ten thousand persons are expected
Ku Klux Kian?
to attend the celebration September 9
"Does the Journal approve of the ef the completion of the new railroad
efforts of the Ku Klux Klan to rule to Vernonia.
Oregon?
Bartlett pear shipments started last
“Does the Journal believe in invisi week from the Rogue river valley, the
first few carloads being consigned to
ble government?
Salem canneries.
“Does the Journal sanction the com
With the opening of the annual hop
mercialization of religious fanaticism
picking season a few days away. Lane
and racial hatreds for private profit
county growers are predicting a short
and political power?
age of help in the fields.
“If not, why has the Journal not
Members of the Progressive Busi
opposed the Ku Klux Klan and all
ness Men's club of Portland presented
that it stands for?
20 band Instruments to the state train
"If not, why has the Journsd not ing school boys at Salem.
supported constituted authority in its
Plans are practically completed for
effort to uphold the constitution ?
the second annual northwest hay and
"If not, why does the Journal ooze grain show, which to to be held tn
klux pus about Catholics and anti Pendleton September 13-23
Catholics, echo klan propaganda and
Fire swept through a half block of
play the klan game?
the business section of Stayton. com
"Is it possible thst the Journal, pletely destroying the buildings and
like the Oregonian, once fearless and doing damage estimated* at $45,000.
Damage estimated by fire officials
forceful, has likewise become fear
some and decadent, earing more for at »50.000 was caused by a fire which
pocketbook than for principle, and too swept through the Webster garage
timorous and pusillanimous to voice in Portland and burned 33 motor ve-
its conviction, barters its honor for a hicl-a.
mess of klan pottage, lest it lose a
A small pocket of gold, seven miles
subscriber or an advertiser?”
from Kerby, yielded over $1200 In
free gold. Two prospectors stumbled
on
the vein and took the metal out In
Lents Children Place High
three days.
The Lents delegation to the city
Plans for one of the moat extensive
playground track meet at Peninsula
displays ever made to represent Lane
last Saturday was much smaller than
county at the state fair at Salem to
it should have been, but almost every
being worked out by officials of the
one of them placed in their respective
local board.
events. Point-winners were: Vivian
A measure authorizing the city
Sager, class 2, broad jump; Burnell
council of Eugene to Issue bonds In the
Hinman, class 1, baseball throw; Milda
sum of $15.000 for the purchase of a
Sundquiat, class 3, nurdlee* relay
new firepump truck, will be on the
team, class 2, composed of Helen
November ballot.
Gefre, Genevieve McGinty, Hazel
Approximately $13,000.000 voted for
Houle and Marion Bertram; Leland
the relief ef the ex-service men has
Obray, class 2, hurJl--,; Tommy
been obligated by claims already ap
Obrien, class 4, broad jump.
proved by the world war veterans state
Hiking season is almost over. The
aid' commtoalon.
Oswego hike with its opportunities
A coyote suspected of haring rabies
for hiking, bathing, boaung and camp
was shot on East Main street tn
ing out, has been a steady favorite.
Klamath Falls by Frank Pecholt. after
There are just two hikes planned for
the animal had bitten a dog and
the rest of the season. A party has
frightened residents of the neighbor
already been formed to climb Larch
hood.
mountain. An outing to the fish
Oto Paulson, 50, gave himself up to
hatchery near Clackamas is planned
Sheriff Ed EUlngsen at Marshfield,
for Thursday of next week for the
declaring that he bad burned hia $7000
younger girls.
Story hour each Saturday after dance hall at Coaledo on July 16 after
It had Just been furnished. The hall
noon at 1 o’clock has had a good at
tendance averaging about 40 through waa Insured tor $6000.
The new grade of the La Orande-
out the summer. Next Saturday, Miss
Joseph
highway to now open and ths
Byers, the story lady, has planned ta
take the children to the local branch old Wallowa hill grade, which was one
of the moat treacherous of mountain
library.
roads in eastern Oregon, is no longer
used by automobilists.
Oil tests being made tn the Sweet
Home country are booatlng the value
To Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Torrey, Au
of the land there, and in some cases
gust 20, a 9Si-pound son, at the home
persons owning prdperty adjacent to
of Mrs. Heogoch, nurse, 10003 Foster
the scenes of operation are asking
Road.
prohibitive prices or refusing to sell.
To Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hunt,
Prunes are looking well In Douglas
July 30, an 8-p<x.’nd boy, at the home
county, but continue to drop heavily
of Mrs. Heogoch, 10003 Foster Road.
In Lane and Marion counties, accord
A double birthday party of Jose ing to the summary of crop conditions
phine Rust and Evelyn Esaig was in Oregon Issued by the department of
held at Mrs. G. R. Reed’s home, 6315 agriculture for the week ending Au
Eighty-fifth street. August 21. Those gust 15.
Approximately KOO persona will be
present were: Mrs. Reed. Mrs. Rust,
Mrs. Della Young and daughter. employed in the Salem canneriea dur
Vivian; Mu. Rose Hubler, Mrs. New lag the next six weeks, when more
and daughter. Rose; Mr*. Ackerman than $750 tons of pears and 1800 tons
and two children, Mrs. Minott, Mrs. of blackberries will be processed and
Gruver, Mrs. Nita Barnes and daugh prepared for shipment to the eastern
ter, Kenneth Hubler, Martin Rust, markets
An eastern blacksnake measuring
Mr. Minott, Mrs. Mildred Short and
fiy>
feet two inches in length was
two daughters. The children received
many pretty presents. The cake had ktUed near Vff8 depot at Heppner. This
1s the first specimen of blacksnake
ten candles, five for each girl.
ever found in this part of Oregon and
speculation is rife as to how and when
Mr. Arnest to Be Married
H. P. Arnest, Lento’ attorney, is in his snakeship arrived.
Unless loganberry growers of the
Virginia.
He went alone, but un
doubtedly will come back with a bride Wlltomette valley are assured of not
lees than six cents a pound for ftelr
to occupy the $10.500 Laurelhurst
product next season, many of them
home he purchased recently.
will dig up their vines and engage la
BIRTHS
other business
This was the an-
nouacement made st a meeting of a
large number of growers held at Lib-
srty Last year loganberries sold aa
low as »H cents a pound, while this
season most at the barrtoa were mar
keted st four cents.
According to a report from Deputy
dame Warden Shoemaker of Newport
the state gams department will soon
plant the Yaqufna bay with a goodly
supply of silver-side salmon and trout.
Ths report stated that 300.000 isimoU
would be planted and 175,000 trout.
Admiral Gregory. chief of the bu
reau of yards and docks of ths navy
department, spent a couple of days
at Astoria inspecting the Tongue Point
naval base property and conferring
with Lieutenant-Commantter Church
relative to development of the station.
Oregon to to receive from ths fed
eral government an allotment of 46
Liberty motor trucks, according to
Herbert Nunn, state highway engi
neer. on return from American inks,
Washington, where he completed ar
rangements tor shipping the carriers
Into this state.
Buck herds, when throe or more of
them are running together la Crook,
Deschutes. Klamath. Lake and Jack-
son counties, must be dipped twice
between August 16 and November 15,
according to announcement mads by
Dr. W. H. Lytle, secretary of the state
sanitary livestock board.*
Another of Salem’s oldest landmarks
has given way in the march of prog
ress A crew of men have torn down
a dwelling erected by George Neal In
the year 1850. The house was plas
tered and lathed and in Its day was
one of the moot pretentious structures
in Oregon. It was located in North
8alem.
Appointment of Captain C. D. Rauch
of Portland as referee to take testi
mony in the injunction proceedings
Instituted against appearance of the
so-called Green fish bill, an Initiative
measure designed to close the Colum
bia river to all except gill net fisher
men. was announced by Judge G. G.
Bingham at Salem.
Work on the third unit of the Ore
gon Pulp and Paper company's plant
at Salem has been started. This unit
will provide facilities for ths manufac
ture of bond papers and will give em
ployment to «proximately 76 men. Thu
new unit will cost »300.000 and will
increase the total cost of the plant to
■ore than »1.000,000.
Picking
fuggle bops started In
Marion county Monday, and the pick
ing of clusters should start within the
next two weeks Ths recent rains
proved beneficial to the hope, and
estimates have placed ths yield at
65.000 bales. Earlier In the season
it was predicted that the entire crop
would not exceed 40.000 bales
Ground at Twelfth avenue East and
Hllyard street in Eugene has been
selected for the site of the new $100,-
000 hospital to be erected by the Eu
gene Bible university, according to
announcement In addition to the city
building a 32-acre tract south of Eu
gene has been selected for a sanitar
ium and convalescent building.
The 8bea hill section of the Fos
ter-Cascadia road now has the official
approval of the federal government.
Copy of the agreement signed by Sec
rotary of Agriculture Pall has been
received by the Linn county court,
whereby the government gives »38.000
to aid in the improvement of the road
way. Linn county will match thia
sum.
A new attendance record for nation
al guard drill in a harvest and vaca
tion month waa set tor July. 1922, by
the Oregon national guard, according
to the monthly report of drill attend
ance issued by George A. White, adju
tant-general. A total of 1763 citizen
soldiers attended each one of the four
drills held tn armories during ths
month.
Potato dis esses are lees prevalent
la Deschutes county this season than
last, according to Professor Hyslop,
of the Oregon Agricultural college,
who has completed his field inspec
tion for seed certification. As a re
sult 30 per cent of the registered
fields passed inspection, which to a
high percetflage considering the high
standard required.
Solution of the acute problem fac
ing the pear growers of the Rogue
River valley was reached when the
Umpqua Valley Canning company
leased the cold storage plant of the
Roseburg Ice company. On account
of the railread situation the grow
ers found themselves unable to ship
any excel* their vary best fro IL and
It appeared that heavy loseee would
occur. The cannery has not sufficient
capacity to take care of the surplus
aa It ripens, but by obtaining the cold
storage plant can continue the sea
son, until the latter part of October,
and will, in this manner, take care
of all fruit which cannot be shipped
tn a fresh condition. The cannery
expects to put up about 490 tons at
peers this year.