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About The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1915)
62 MILLION WHEAT YIELD New State Laws Will PREDICTED IN NORTHWEST Reduce Cost of Elections Salem — lm|K>rt»nt changes in the yeara. It alao la pointed out that •lection lawa simplifying the registra many voter« may be disfranchised aa a tion and election machinery and mak- reault of thia proviaion through ig norance of changca in precinct bound- In« material reductlona in the expense arlea. Election experta aay the law were enacted at the recent aeaaion of «hould have been provided for the the legislature. The new law provid- county clerka to make the change« Inic for the election of delo|(atea to ! nuceaaay for recording the electora In party national conventlona and Presi the proper preclncta when boundariee dential elector« will aave the elate are changed without the neceaaity for alxiut 910,000 a year, for, under It, re-regiatratlona. each pereon ao honored muat pay bia When an elector move« from one own expenses. liouae bill 227, which county to another the county clerk la provide« for two judges of election In- authoriced to Bend hla regiatration atead of three. It la eatlmated, will blank to the clerk of the county where aave the atate 920,000 earh election the elector locate«. year. liouae bill 22M la deeigned to facil Juat what saving the |>ermanent itate voting. It diapenaea with the reglatration law will effect ip difficult l>oll book and aubatitutea precinct reg to uatimate, but it ahould be a material iater liata. It will not be neceaaary one. Thia law, while not conaidered a for the clerk to write the nainea of the perfect one, la regarded aa a "atep In electora aa they vote, but inatead he the right direction." It provide« that will check the namea off on hla liata. In reglatering the elector« the county One of the moat Important lawa clerke ahall uae the card index ayatem. punned by the legialature ia that pro The clerka ahall reglater any unquali viding for the election of delegatee to fied elector who may requeat to be i party convention« and Preaidential regiatered at any time after the flrat 1 electora. Under the law which it re- Monday In January, 1016, to within 80 peala, the votera could vote for only daya preceding any general or primary one delegate and one elector. Under election. ! the new law, with the prevent appor Aa a reault elector« deairing to vote tionment, each party will be entitled in the primary May, 1016, will have to two delegatee from each congres only about three and one-half montha sional diatrict and four from the atate to regiater. at large. Under it every elector of a Klectora abaent from their county liolitical party will have the right to may regiater before any notary public vote fur two delegatee from hla con- or county clerk in the county where greaaional diatrict and four from the they may be. In auch caaca the notary »tate at large. Nomination of Preai public or county clerk ahall mail the dential electora ia from the atate at affidavit of the elector to the county large, and each voter will be entitled clerk of the elector'« county and may i to caat hia ballot for the number of collect a fee nut to exceed 26 cent« ' electora allotted hia party. The pro- from the elector. vlaiona under the prevent law which It la declared that in citiea and other authorise« the «tate to pay the ex- growing communitlea precinct bound l>ena«a of the delicate* ia repealed and aries are changing conatantly and aa a henceforth they will have to pay their reault thouaand« of elector« to vote own expenaea, aa they do in other will have to regiater at leaat every two atatea. Hood River Apple Growers’ Association Votes to Secede Hood Itiver—The board of director« ' year. After the meeting, when asked of the Hood Kiver Apple Growers’ aa- hia motive in refusing the nomination, aociation haa recommended that the he explained that he preferred to be a free lance to being tied up with the Hood Kiver aaaociation withdraw from Distributors. The board held a meet- the North Pacific Fruit Diatributora. ; ing Saturday night, with the result Final action, however, reata with that the above announcement was the member« of the local aaaociation, made. who will vote on the question at the With relations with the North Pa annual meeting in April. The vote of cific Fruit Distributors severed, the the directors waa unanimous. A aer Hood River Valley will undoubtedly be ies of meeting* will be held through the moat strongly organised section in out the valley to diacuaa the action of the Northwest, because many growers the directors. who now ship independently will join Prominent growers who are ac the aaaociation. It is estimated that quainted with the sentiment through 06 per cent of the Hood River apples out the community declare that the will be shipped thia year through the action of the board of directors will local association. receive practically the unanimous sup Many growers during the past two port of the organization’s membership. years have shipped independently on "I know of a tonnage of at least account of the affiliation. These will 100,000 boxes of apples that will be now join the local association, which immediately signed up with the asso will market its fruit direct. ciation," says Oscar Vanderbilt, a While the local growers do not And member of the recently elected Grow fault with the basic principles of the ers' Council, "aa soon aa it la learned ' Spokane agency, complaint has been that the Apple Growers' association ia heard because of the overhead expense, no longer an affiliation of the Distrib which, it is declared, ia exorbitant. utor«." The financial management also has While it waa expected that the lieen criticized. While returns are re growers at the April meeting would in ceived at the main office soon after all probability take action to withdraw sales are made, because of the com from the Distributors, this action on plexity of pools the grower has to the part of the board of directors came await too long before receiving his aa a great surpriae. The haste with money. H. F. Davidson, president of the which the board acted probably comes as a direct result of the failure of Mr. Distributors, ia a member of the board Vanderbilt Saturday to accept a nomi of directors of the Apple Grower«’ as nation to the board for the coming sociation. Oregon A iked tor Militia. Brother Get s Insurance. Salem — Governor Withycombe has made application to the Navy depart ment for the assignment of the old battleship Oregon to Portland for use by the Naval Militia of the state. It would replace the cruiser Boston now in the Portland harbor. The governor acted upon the suggestion of Adjutant General White, who believes the as signment of the historic vessel to Ore gon waters would give great impetus to the upbuilding of the militia. In writing the Navy department the governor strongly urged the that the loan of the Oregon be granted this state. He pointed out that the assign ment of the battleship would aid ma terially In Increasing the scope and efficiency of the Naval Militia and would have a great deal to do in popu larizing and perpetuating the organiz ation. He further dwelt upon the fit ness, from a sentimental standpoint, of having the battleship transferred to its namesake state. La Grande — Like a letter from the grave came word to Edward Bussey, a cabdriver of this city, from his brother, the late Major General Cyrus Bussey, who died in Washington and was buried in Arlington Cemetery re cently. The La Grande man knew nothing of his brother's death until a letter came that had been written in 1018, to be held until death visited the old general. With the letter came notice that considerable life insurance had been left in the La Grande man's name. The epistle was a brotherly farewell. Hood River Growers M eet Hood River—Kenneth McKay, man ager of the Fruit Growers’ Exchange, the local affiliation of the Northwest ern Fruit Exchange, distributed $2000 among its growers Thursday. To date the exchange haa returned to the grow ers 912,000, between 60 and 60 cents a box, owing to different varieties. With prominent officials of the Northwest ern Fruit Exchange, J. F. Sugrue, of Duel Lacking tor Cloths. Pendleton—The shortage of dyestuffs Cashmere, and Dr. C. A. Macrum, of caused by the war is being felt seri Moaier, here for addresses, the ex change is holding a aeries of meetings ously by the textile industry of the with growers this week. nation, according to Manager C. M. Bishop, of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. Two Claim County Bonds. According to adveiea received from the Ontario—The Malheur county bonds, East, many Eastern mills did not suc issued at the fall election for the con ceed in laying in a big supply at the struction of a bridge across the Snake outset of the war. Practcially all the river at Big Bend, and sold at public dyes used in textile mills are made in sale on March 1 to Hall & Lewis, a Germany. While dyes have not been bonding firm, of Portland, at a pre listed as contraband, the German gov mium of $1010, are now being held by ernment evidently has taken a stand Keeler Bros., of Denver, who claim against allowing export to America. the bonds by virtue of a sale on March 1, signed by the County court and cer City’s Threats Cut Rates. tified by the county clerk, at a pre Raker—That the proposed municipal mium of $750. electric light plant would put his com Board Job Bars Sales. pany out of business and that the com Salem—Attorney General Brown, in pany had been forced by threats of the municipal plant to lower its rates was response to a query by Frank Steiwer, the testimony of F. A. Harmon, gen diatrict attorney of Umatilla county, eral manager of the Eastern Oregon held that it is unlawful for a school Light A Power company, before the director, who is a merchant or a stock State Railroad commission In ita final holder and manager of a corporation, to aell supplies to a school district. hearing of the company’s rates here. THE BLUECHER’S DEATH AGONY Portland — The Pacific Northwest this year will turn out one of the larg est wheat crops It has ever produced, If the weather conditions between now ami harvest time are favorable. Should the weather not be as good aa the farmers wish, the crop« will still be equal to last year’s in size, according to well-informed grainmen, aa there is enough new acreage planted in wheat to offset any probable deficiency in the old acreage. In all parta of the Pacific Northwest * farmers are putting spare land to Thia most dramatic and wouderful picture of the great war waa made during the last moments Of the doomed wheat, and in aome sections summer German cruiser Illuecber, Just a few moments before she sank, following the first battle between dreadnaughts. fallowing will be abandoned to la The photograph waa made by an officer from tbe deck of the British cruiser Arethusla, After floating for a brief time on ber aide tbe Illuecber turned deliberately over. For about ten mtrutes before taking her Anal plunge crease thia year'a grain production. floated keel up while several of ber crew ran along tbe bottom of tbs vessel and then disappeared from- The increased acreage runs aa high «he sight aa 20 per oent in a few localities, but in the Pacific Northwest as a whole it ia probable that 10 per cent will be the ADVANCE SCOUTS OF THE FRENCH maximum gain. Thia would produce a wheat crop of about 62,000,000 bushels in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Last year’s crop was about 66,000,000 bushels. To have a full yield, however, the weather 1 from now on muat be satisfactory in ! every respect. Taking the Pacific Northwest as a whole, grainmen aay that wheat crop' conditions are not quite aa good as at this time last year. Some wheatgrow ing sections are suffering from a defi ciency of moisture. This is particu larly true of part of Eastern Oregon, but there ia ample time for this defect! to be remedied. One year ago growing j conditions were pronounced ideal in ! the Northwest. At that time It was I predicted the crcp would be close to 70 , 000,000 bushels, but this result was not realized. This year growers are equally hope ful and even with adverse conditions' the yield of last year will be repeated, I while the chances for a still larger! crop are good. Whether or not the crop is a bumper one, it is almost certain to bring the farmers more money than any crop j they have raised before. According to wheat authorise« all over the world, ' wheat prices are bound to be high this year whether the war continues or not. ! Wheat growing in Europe is being car ried on this year under the greatest About three member« of each regiment usually compose the advance scouts, whose duty it Is to go about a difficulties, and even though the neutral juarter of a mile ahead of the main body of troops and to make sure that the territory is not in the hands of the exporting countries have bumper jnemy. yields, it is not likely they can make up for the deficiencies in belligerent countries, where wheat will be most TESTING THE AMERICAN COINAGE OF 1914 needed. t German Cruiser Is Sunk In South Seas by British I.ondon — "The Dresden has been1 sunk.” The announcement of the sinking of the German cruiser Dresden came after nightfall Monday, but the news spread quickly through the theaters and restaurants and there was much rejoicing that this commerce raider, whose whereabouts have been a mys tery since "her escape after the Falk land Islands engagement in December, had at last been sent to the bottom. The fact that all the crew of the Dres den were saved sets a new record for rescue after an action at sea, and a naval battle of five minutes' duration probably is another record. The de tails furnished by the admiralty are scant, but apparently the British ships were not even hit, for no damage whatever is recorded. The assay commission, appointed to examine the 1914 coinage of all the United States mints, Is here seen The sinking of the Dresden leaves at large on the high seas, so far as is leginning its work in the Philadelphia mint. The chins are subjected to chemteal analysis and filing. known, only two German war vessels —the cruiser Karlsruhe, last reported as operating in the West Indies, and CLAUDE GRAHAM-WHITE NOT SUBDUED EVEN BY CAPTURE the auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wil helm, which is «till raiding commerce in the South Atlantic The Dresden was a member of i the German squadron which was de feated by the British off the Falkland Islands in December. She was the only one of five German warships to escape. The Dresden was said to have fled to the westward but there had been no definite reports as to her whereabouts since that time. She was reported unofficially to have been seen in the Straits of Magellan and later to be in hiding in one of the bays on the Chilean coast. *-• ! Rich fo lk Leave Germany. Copenhagen, via London—The hotels and the better-class boarding houses here are crowded with well-to-do Ger mans, who are ineligible for military service It is said that those people, responding to an appeal from their government, are leaving Germany in large numbers, in order that there will be fewer people to feed while the war lasts. It is reported from Sweden and Norway that many other Germans of Claude Graham-White, one of the similar class have arrived in those foremost of English airmen, has been countries. very active as a member of Great Britain's aviation corps. Court Used tor Services. Berlin—In the main hall of the Criminal court building in Alt-Moabit NEW FLAG OF EGYPT the first divine services for refugees from the regions of East Prussia dev astated by the Russians was held. Several young persons were confirmed and a number of children were bap tized. J L ® « V V g * 1 A \v- f *■ K m 'v :'; Ifv-J r *i Monument tor Aviator Beachey. San Francisco—The board of super visors favored a plan to create a fund for the erection of a monument in Golden Gate Park to the memory of Lincoln Beachey. He is said to have The new flag of Egypt, three stars left an estats of several hundred thous German officer captured by the French near Arras and manacled because and dollars, much of which is govern and crescents on a plain deep red background. of his violence toward his captors. . * . - < ^ ment bonds.