OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Farmtri Dtmand Shar.
Mutton!. lVnmnif'n th;it the
rounty ln divMe,! Into district and
that each diatrlct be nleiUod o
much 'fmil mk, outlying loenlltles
are now voicing their oppo-ll'on to
the I .r.rto.ooo hond Issue to Iv voted
on nt a aiveial election called tor
September 30.
Ki'slitrnti of the JirotcstlnK reetlona
wlli to Know, before tlny uite tor
tli Inane, whither their 10 will be
fijod and Just how much of ilf iiioucy
tlll-y Will get.
OREGON NEWS IN BRIEF
Th annual Cooa County Teacher.'
timiltiite I In aeaalon In Maralitleld
and lll con'lnu for two weeka.
In th 11 niontlit attic fir d
troycd much of th ton. Uiu-lo t
h made woudorful immona lu r
bulld'na;. Kiiiht hundred and alxty acrea of
K'gln mump ;1nd la at present beimt
n.irvcved Into to acre tracts. which
ar,. t, he aoM for fruit land. i
A porimtttrnt good roa.U anao-lnllon '
lor the urpose of advancing the In- '
ti'ivMa of tlii couniv Im the iMn-tu..a !
I a movement which im i. ...... i.i, i 1
RAILROAD CHIEFS
DECRUGITATION
Elliott and Hill Kept East by
Rate Cases and League
Program Loses.
Oil Will Replica Wood.
Springfield. Th Oregon Tower
Company will line oil for their boiler
In trip bis utoam electric plant In thta
city which auppllra the entire upper
Willamette Valley with electric power.
The change will be made to avoid the
hlpnient of fuel from CVbura; and
Wendling, made neoeasary na a result
of the destruction by fire of the
Hivth-Kelley aawmlll a few weeka
k. from which the power plant r
cehed Ita fuel.
MERLIN TO BE TERMINUS
Change of Route la Due to Better
Facilitita for Ttrmlnua.
Merlin. Conaiderable Interest la
manifested here over the reported In
tention of the Southern Pacific Rail
road to run Its branch line from thia
Ilao Into the Illtnola Valley, and
thence to Creacent City, Cal.
Thia change of routes la supposed
to have been caused by the lack of
land for terminal facilities at Grants
Tasa, a condition which would not
prevail at Merlin, as the company al
ready owns ample grounds, and
Cbarloa E. Short, of the townalte com
pany, y that bla company will add
as much more land aa niay be
reeded.
Knglneer Roberta, of the Southern
Pacific, has announced that he will
begin the survey at once, and that
the work of construction will follow
In a short time.
Will Spend t2.00O.0OO In Project.
Rrogan The Willow Creek Land
Irrigation Company has eipended on
lie project comprising SO 000 acres of
land at Brogan and Jamienon. $1.900,.
00. This project was started In 1S09
and a wonderful development since
that time has taken place.
League Asks Rat Cut.
Salem. To arouse Interest In the
towns of the Willamette Valley In a
reduction of freight rates on the
Southern Pacific, a plan is being for
mulated by the Salem Business
Men's League which will result in the
league sending delegates to all of the
valley towns that are Interested.
CASH PAID FOR TIMBER
San Francisco Capital to Develop
Western Lane County.
Kueene Peeds transferring SOfl,.
009,000 feet of Siuslaw timber from
individual owners to the Wendling
Johnson Lumber Company, of San
Francisco, were filed here, and cash
payments made of f t"5.i,oro.
Options have been secured by the
(same company on conditional 500,000,
000 feet or timber, and when complet
ed the deal will total $l,300,ooo. This
la the largest timber transaction made
In ljne county.
The timber lies aiong the route of
the proposed EugeneCoos Bay evten
Ion of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
where the timber piirchfsers have ac
quired the mill of the Siuslaw Lumber
Company, and have taken options on
the Saubert mill and Its holding at
Acme. This give the company three
nd one half miles of water frontage
cn the Siuslaw River for booming and
milling purposes.
Trial of Superintendent Is Set.
Portland. A. S. Briggs, superin
tendent or the Linnton rorkplle, who
Is charged with accepting a bribe of
$100 to release O. A. Richards before
fcia term had expired, was arraigned
before Justice of the Teace Bell. His
trial was set for the afternoon of
apist 2S.
Big Meeting at Astoria.
Astoria With the arrival Monday
loon of all the officers and distin
guished visitors began the annual
convent ion of the Oregon IVvelopment
Iajrue as a part of the Astoria Cen
tennial celebration program.
Will Build Packing Plant at Dallas.
Dallas. J. K. Armsliy & Co. have
Tmounoed plan for the construction
oi a iinme-pack-ing plant here. Work
will be started soon on a brildtng
r.0x?0f) feet, on the land donated by
tie late William Brown aa a site for
such a plant
! the North Bend I onimet-,-1 il I'lnl,
I'mmo-s have mote children for
every thousand of pi pulntlon than
city fo'ks, according to the report l
Hr. Calvin S. White, state health olll
i r, In which S3 out of 34 counties
uf the state are tabulated.
Application for a restraining order
riinli. the secretary of state from
placing the I'niverslty of Oregon ref
erendum blls on the ballot at the next
gonoral election was tiled with the
county clerk at Salem Monday.
Superintendent Alderman Is won-
derlng what are coni.l..r..l . il,..
live leading characteristic crops of
the Mate of Oregon. He has received j
un Inquiry from tleorgla asking for a 1
list of the crops characteristic of thia
state.
A copper deposit hag recently been
located In the Green Mountain mining
district, 17 miles east of nvmlnln i
Hr. J. K. Reddy, of Medford, one of
the best-known mining authorities In I
the West, declares that the property 1
it very rich.
Death certificate as factors In the !
settling of insurance claims, property
nghts and pensions w ill be a feature !
of the coming; year' work of the j
siate health board, and the more care- j
ful registration of all deatha will be !
sought by State Health Officer White.
With promise of new capital to be
nvested for the purpose of carrying '
on unfinished development work, the j
people of Lakoport, the new town In 1
Curry county, feel encouraged and be
lieve that there are good prospects of
the place going ahead as was at first
hoped for.
That a car of apple takes no more
refrigeration than a car of vegetables
snd that the same rates should be
charged for Icing It as In California,
Is the contention of the Rogue Rver
Fruitgrowers" Association, which will
make an effort to have the railroads
make the change.
Presenting the fact that Insects do
more damage In the forest than 4o
forest Area. B. I. Shannon, secretary
of the Jackeon County Fire Patrol
Association, secured the assistance of
the Medford Commercial Club In
working for the establishment of a
local field station at Medford by the
Bureau of Entomology. j
A few adrance copies of the Oregon !
Bine Book were received from the ;
bindery by Secretary of State Ben W. ;
Oicott. Ten thousand will be printed '
and be ready for distribution In a i
few days. The book Is compiled by !
Frank W. Benson and Ben W. Oi
cott, secretaries of state, and contains
an official directory of the state, dis
trict and county officers, and the con
stituticn. If present signs do not fall Gov
ernor West In the near future will
start devoting dime of hia energies,
now being directed toward prison re
form, toward the work of the Mate I
tax commission. It Is understood that '
the governor ha been devising a
number of schemes, which he plans to
put into practice In the near future ;
through the medium of the state board
of tax commissioners. ;
Graft charges at Portland, originat
ing with the suspension of Police Ser
geant Cole two weeks ago, have as
sumed the nature of an epidemic in
which accusations have been made
not only against the police department
and its detective branch, but the ad
ministration of the county rockpile,
the municipal cent the district at
torneys office, the county detective
and a newspaperman.
The Medford Traffic Bureau, which
is conducting the agitation for a re
':sion of frright rates for southern
Oregon, and whibh has three cases
pending before the Interstate Com
rerce Commission, and an equal num-
i.eioie me r:aie Ki;rosd Com
rr.ission, has inaugurated a campaign
tr submit to the people of Orrgvn at
the tint gmeral election, an initia
tlve bill to establish equitable raies
for all points one schedule of dia
tanre class for the entire state.
The Amalgamated Sugar Company,
hiih has been seeking to obtain all
the water of Catherine Crei k for use
in irrigating its beet supar rotation
In fn'on c-.ur.ty, m a r,ar ial vic
tory in the federal court at Portland
'" r-edi ral Judge Wolver:,n is
sued an injunction restraining Prank
Ilenipe and between 15 and 20 other
liirmera of Cnion county from using I
more than ISO cubic miners' Inches ;
oi water under six-inch pressure from
the creek during Align It, September I
;:nd October. The suit Is not yet ad- i
indicated, however, the Injunction be- j
tr.g only temporary. i
Portland, Ore Aroused by ng Ita
Un against the rallroud and demund
tor more and more regulation, one
president of a great t'Htiscuiitimntal
, isiem, Howard Ulllott. heiut ol the
! Northern i'uetile, baa intend a cry
. of protest.
, l imblo to stand patiently any long
' er the mill rallioiid sentiment, he es
priss. s Miii8. lt loicllily In a tebgram
' to C. C. Chapman, public ly manager
of the Portland Cotniiu ri :al Club, In
an exiuaniitli ti us to w h he cannot
attend t.ie coming convention ul the
Oregon Development League ul As
torla.
President Elliott dec'area for "clos
ed season" In railroad legislation,
suiting It as his belief that the coun
try will advance more rapidly If the
Inces.fint outcry agttlnat the transpor
tation companies Is stilled.
The IVvelopment League conven
tion suffered another loss to tta pro
gram from the same cause, when
Louis W. I lit. president of the Great
Northern Railway, telegraphed Man
ager Chapman that the Spokane rate
case discussion would keep him In
St. Paul too late to attetid the lath
ering at Astoria.
Valuation On N. P. Up $17,000,000.
Olympla. Ths valuation of the
Northern Pacific operating depart
ment has been Increased $17,000,000
by the public service commission. Its
true value will be reported to the
state tax commission at $12T.2.'.0,000
this year aa against $1I0.MS,4;.0 In
past years.
TAFT SOUNDING OPINION
Secretary Hillea Is Said to Have Sent
Out Confidential Letters.
Chira-o. According to Information
published here, there has been
brought to light an extensive cam-
palgn, conducted In aecrecy from
i the White House In Washington, In
; behalf of President Taft's candidacy
lor re-election In 191$.
j Charles D. Hillea, secretary to
President Taft, is said to have sent
i out a targe number of confidential
; letters In the. nature of Inquiries con
cerning popular sentiment upon the
president and Ms administration.
New York Charles D. Hilles, sec
retary of President Taft, Interviewed
here, declined to admit the authorship
of letters said to have been written
by him In behalf of President Taft
to persons in Illinois, asking for an
estimate of the work of the present
administration.
Three Die From Pellagra In Colorado.
Denver. Three deaths from pella
gra were reported to the state board
ot health. They are the first In the
history of Colorado, and the medlca.1
men on the board believe they were
contracted outside the state.
CHARLES GATES TO WED
Minneapolis Society Maid to Become
Second Wife of Speculator.
Minneapolis, Minn. With an
nouncement here that Mlsa Florence
Ilopwood, one of Minneapolis' most
beautiful society girls, is to beco.ne
the wife of Charles O. Gates, son of
the late John W. Gates, who died last
w eek In Paris, no small sensation was
caused, as it became known that Miss
Hcpwood eight months ago Is alleged
to have Jilted Harold Sims Carter,
son of the millionaire New York
manufacturer of Carter's ink, Just two
weeks before the wedding. Mr. Gates
was recently divorced by his wife.
Women Junors Called.
Taeoma Thirty-four women are
included in the venire of 12 Jurors
for the September term of the supe
rior court. This Is the first time
since Washington was admitted to
the Cnion that the names of women
have keen drawn on the regular venire.
REBATE CONVICTION UPHELD
Standard Oil Company May Be Sub
jected to Fine of $4,000X100.
Buffalo, X. Y. The Standard Oil
frmpany faces the prospect of a
I.0O000P fine for rebating under a
decision handed down by Judge Ha
sel, of the United States circuit court
here. The company was recently con
victed of receiving rebates on ship
ments of oil from Olean, New York,
to Rutland snd Bellows Falls, Vt, and
fined $20,000, the conviction being af
firmed on appeal.
The government took the position
that each shipment constituted a sep
irate offense, and Judge Hazel 4ed
ion upholds this contention. Fines
mposed on that ratio would aggre
gate the $4,000,000.
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anon ami Spelling lllanks, etc.
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thanks
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ir. We hope that our methods ol doing business have been satisfactory to one ant
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sell you an J1U.UU suit lor SD.UU; our J18.UU suits are marked $1800 that's
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oesi uotnes to be tound in Inneviiic, Modern Clothes designed and l.ud
past year.
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out by
Brandegee, Kincaid & Company, Utica, New York
rlooke.1 hy ieol of ilinTiininHtion. reclamation, ol .
.y ol College Cliap" t lothe,, lH-,,ao MrtLiU
that tliev cannot lint b ell worn iwmctuarty
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did parmentn. Knowing how to design and how
are, "ttie clothe you want."
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lwi..nmrm of thf Inu-nor,
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July JKth.
Notifv -J brHtT riven thnl B-tiTt W.
Bland of nzyiv. or(ron. irbn, on Nnvfintwr
Mill. 1. vii HonictfHd v IHH-h. s-tik!
Sri. (WTh. f..r St', St-citon Twn-
Mfrldlun, hH fllwl nfrttot of Iniftitton In
irmtef ftnnl nv-yt:r pr"tof to pUII1.Ii rlwlm
to i tif tind Hinivf dfwiiU'A, rwfor' Wrrcn
Hrf'n. wmnty elfrk t hits otTirw, at l'rlno-villi-,
Oregon on lte th dy of AuguM
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Jowph V. Monicouifirv, ul' of itir.el v. Omerin-
Furnished Rooms for Rent
Furnished, Kindle or douhi. Also
bods for the Fourth. Inquire at Shipp
house. Mrs. Ida Profte, propr. t-15
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