Winter
earance
Will Begin Friday, December 29th, 1911
Annual
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Sale ! !
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Begin your purchases with the beginning of this sale, Friday, Dec. 29th. Remember with every
$11.00 purchase you can get a Highest Grade Triple Plate Silver Teaspoon Absolutely Free.
If you do not already know, ask us about the Silverware we give away.
SALE TERMS:-Cash or 30 days on approved credit.
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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GEHERAUHTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Macadam Road Bonds Proposed.
Astoria. Citizens of Clatsop coun
ty are considering the proposition of
bonding the county for the construc
tion of a macadam road that will con
nect this city with Tiilamook and
which will join a road now built run
ning from the Columbia county lice
to Tillamook. The construction of
the road from Astoria to Seaside will
be first on the program in the event
the bond issue carries.
New Experiment Station.
Corvallis. The site for the new
Xiedford experiment Etation has been
selected by the O. A. C. authorities.
Twenty-five acres of improved land,
with $2500 worth of buildings, form
erly a part of the Jackson county
' poor farm, was deeded to the college.
The location is eight miles south of
Medford and a half mile east of
Talent, on the main county road.
PROJECT IS APPROVED
Channel of 13 Feet on Tillamook Bay
is Contemplated.
Tillamook. The Secretary of War
bas transmitted to congress with his
approval the report of the army en
gineers, recommending the construc
tion of the north jetty at the entrance
to Tillamook Ray and U.e dredging
of a channel 2e0 feet wide and 16
feet deep from the entrance to Bay
City at an estimated cost of $S14,0U0,
on condition that local interests bind
themselves to defray ha if the cost.
.s the Port of Tillamook and the
Port of Bay City fcave pledged them
selves to raise half this amount, the
engineers recommend that Congress
this session appropriate $200,000 cash
to start the work and adopt a continu
ing contract for the remaining $207,
000 of the government's share, it be
ing understood thai local funds will
be made available as needed, so that
work, once begun, can be carried for
ward rapidly to completion.
Oregon Eastern Work to Begin.
Ontario. Men and equipment for
construction of the Oregon Eastern
railroad in Mat'.ietir canyon are ar
rivlas alii:--'. di.'.l; The construc-
f Every article of winter goods thrown out at big reduction in price. This is an
opportunity to secure the best of goods at the lowest prices. This sale is made
with the intention of removing from our shelves as quickly as possible every
vestige of winter stock. The year is about to pass away forever and we
take this last opportunity to offer from our stock, several hundreds of rare
bargains while as yet we are untouched by winter.
All Suits, Coats, Winter Underwear, Lined Gloves,
Blankets, Etc.; Heaters, Ranges, Game Traps, Etc. on Sale
tion company is sending in men as
well as equipment. Equipment and
provisions are being taken to the
canyon as fast as possible and actual
construction is planned to begin by
the first of the year.
Garrison is Found Guilty.
Marshfield. Frank Garrison was
found guilty of murder in the first
degree in the circuit court at Coquille.
He was charged with the killing of
Roy Perkins September 1, 1910, and
afterward throwing the body In the
bay.
COUNTY PATROL NECESSARY
State Forester Says Co-operative Fire
Fighting Key to Tree Protection.
Salem. The leading feature of the
work for the ensuing year mapped
out by the Oregon state board of for
estry is the organization of county
Ere patrol associations. It is the aim
of the board to get every timber
owner in each county into bis local
organization and -to have them pay
into the associations on the basis of
the acreage of timber owned.
Four leading points in favor of
county fire patrol association are
mentioned in the annual report of t:.e
state forester to the governor. The
first is that they prevent dupli'-itior.s
of work and supervision, they insure
a higher grade of patroiwn working j
under expert supervision, they insure
trained crews always available, and j
they give tWi small owner who is not i
able to hire a private patrolman an
opportunity to contribute to the as
sociation, which in turn can protect
his timber.
Police Captain Charged With Grafting
Portland. Charges of corruption
' against George H. Bailey, captain of
; police, were laid before the grand
jury at an extra session by Acting
1 Chief of Police Slover and Mayor
, Rushlight.
! The specific charge against Bailey,
' in an effort to obtain his Indictment,
is that of accepting graft money from
, women of the underworld.
School Population Increases.
Hillsboro. County School Superin
tendent Case has announced the re
suit of the recent school census of
j the county, placing the number of
persons of school age at 7'M0, an
i Increase of 328 over latt year.
i Dalles to Have Library,
Dallas. The city council has pans
j ed a resolution providing for the levy
I ing of a tax each year to raise the
! Ktim of !1"00 for the main'.': nance cf
; 0 free public library.
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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Postal savings hanks will be op
ened January 19 at IlrowusvlMe, and
Jefferson.
The semi-annual examination of
teachers in Linn county Is now in
progress In Albany.
J. K. Kirby, of Sunnyslopn, near
Baker, Is the father of 22 children.
All the children are living.
The senate public buildings com
mittee has reported favorably the
bill appropriating $1,000,000 for con
struction of Portland's new federal
building.
John A. Hunter, of Roseburg, will
start the erection of a fruit spray
manufacturing plant in Portland, The
plant will have a capacity cf "3 bar
rels a day.
Central Howell school, eight miles
northeast of Salem, boasts the first
glee club to be organized and con
ducted successfully in a rural school
In Oregon.
In a gun fight between Criftin Perry
and Jack Taylor at Andrews, 120
miles southeast of Burns, Perry was
shot dead and Robert Settlemyre, a
byf-tmdcr, was mortally wounded.
Of five men at work In the Law
man sawmill at Apiary two were
killed, two were blown out of the
building and one escaped injury
when the boiler in the plant exploded.
Consumption Is prevalent among
children of the Klamath I.iuian tribe
on the reservation, and probably one
in live of the girls and boys between
12 and 13 years of age have affected
lungs.
The Borah bill, authorizing an ad
ditional loan of $13,000,000 to the
reclamation fund, if It becomes a law,
will open the way for the final adopt
ion and construction of the West
Umatilla Irrigation project In Oregon.
A meeting for the purpose of con
sidering the question of Irrigation
and the benefits that It would bestow
upon the farm lands of the Rogue
River valley was called at Medford
on December !), and was attended by
almost 300 farmers and orchardlsU.
Ontario has a unique license sys
tem. The Ontario ordinance provides
that the number of saloon licenses
shall be limited to six, and that these
licenses thai! b issued monthly at
the regular council meetings. Ily
this plan the saloons are kept strict
ly on probation.
The senate has confirmed the fol
lowing postmasters in Oregon: Ed
win S. Abbott, Seaside; Clyde K.
Brandetiberg, Klamath Kails; Harvey
M. llo:-;klns, Me.Minnville; George V.
t.'onnell. Grants Pass; Dewey B. Dav
Prineville,
idson, Prairie City: Albert N. John
son, Kstitcada; Charles K. Ilasard,
Independence, and Jay B. Steward,
Myrtle Point.
A. O'Reilly, principal of the school
of Spring Valley, Polk county, has re
ported to Superintendent Alderman
on the success of u plan of ' home
credit work" which he has establish
ed In that school there and which
lias opened up a new order of things
for the pupils of Hint school. The
plan Is to offer so many minutes
credit for each little task which Is
performed about the house.
The department of agriculture an
nounces the liiM-overy along the Paci
fic coast lino of Oregon of potash
sources whoso potential production
can be valued at $4'MioO.o0 annually.
The potash source Is In the giant kelp
groves, from which the department
estimates 1,000,000 tons of potassium
chloride could be taken annually,
from which sufficient potnsh can be
obtained to render the United States
Independent of the German supply.
State Capital Gleanings
W. M. Wells, assistant engineer of
the Btate railroad commission, has
resigned to take a posltlou with the
California commission.
Requisition papers on the governor
of California have been granted for
Charles Kullz and James Dalton, who
are wanted In Portland on a charge
of passing forged checks.
Recalling the move to secure the
services of a committee to draft a
compensation law for protection of
organized labor. Governor West has
requested Will Daly, president of the
Oregon State Federation of Labor,
to take the matter up at the conven
tion which will meet next month.
The appropriation of $3000 made
by the last legislative assembly to
assist In the fight ugalnst bubonic
plague, will not be paid by Secretary
Olcott because of the failure of the
act to provide a proper manner for
auditing the claim and further be
cause it talis to authorize who shall
expend the mo.iey.
According to a compilation of votes
made In the various congressional
districts of the state at the election
of 1910 the new district Including
Multnomah comity cast 81,041 votes.
The second district as It now stands.
cast 26,373 votes and the first dis
trict 33,700 votes. This indicates
that the voting strength of the first
district, which Is all that territory
In western Oregon outside of Mult
nomah county, has twice the voting
strength of the second district, which,
as it stands now, is all that territory
east of the Cascade mountains.
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Special Meeting
City Council
At a special meeting ol the cily
council Tuesday eveninir five
I saloon licenses were granted (or
the year 1J1'2. Two ordinance
j Were jmsHt-d one raising the pool
j loom license and the other grant-
ing the Lookout Mountain Tele
j phono Co. permission to string
wire and erect poles within the city
limits.
A communication was received
Iron) Forest Supervisor Boss stat
ing that the U. S. government
would co-operate with the city in
regard to the McKay watershed.
This means that if Prineville ever
has need of a storage, system of
water supply Uncle Sara will do
his part iu making it as pure as
possible.
Aged Man
Breaks His Leg
John Perry, 70 years of age, who
lives near the Powell Buttestation,
had the'misfortune to break his
leg the first of the week. He, with
his son-in-law, Tweet, were haul
ing hay when the horses became
frightened and ran away. The
load was turned over on the two
men. Perry's leg was broken and
Tweet suffered a sprained ankle.
Dr. Edwards attended to the in
juries and says the men will get
along all right.
Antler Club
Makes
Merry
TbeJAntltr Club gave a Christ
mas tree and dinner Monday.
Oscar Hyde acted as both Santa
Claus and toastmastcr and ac
quitted himeelf in great shape.
There were present, besides the
Antlers, Mr. and Mrs. Hyde, Mr.
and Mrs. C. K. Smith, T. E. J,
Duffy and Harold Buldwin.
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Eastern Star Has
Installation
The Eastern Star hold their
annual celebration and installation
last evmirg. Mri,, Carrie l. Bice,
worthy matron, was on the sick
list so her induction into olhYe wri
postponed. The oilicer installed
last evening were as follows:
D. P. Adutiifon, worthy patron.
Mrs. Louise Haner, associate
matron.
Mrs. Celia Adams, secretary.
Mrs. Blanche Michel, treasurer.
Mrs. Addie Hoffman, con
ductress. Miss Bertha Baldwin, associate
conductress.
Star points Wilda Belknap,
Adah; Kay Baldwin, Ruth; Lorene
Winnek, Esther; Lillian Foster,
Martha; Martha Wigle, Electa;
Lillian Jordan, chaplain; Mary
Wift, marshal; (lertrudo Fotter,
organist; Lottie Smith, warden; 1).
L. Wyldo, sentinel. After the in
stallation an enjoyable evening
was spent by members and visiting
friends. Luckey'a orchestra fur
nished the music. Elaborate re
freshments were served.
Haycreek Man
Has Leg Broken
J. D. Aldrich of Haycreek broke
his leg the other day just below the
knee. He was riding a horse that
bucked up against unothor. The
other fellow didn't like it so let go
its heel", one of (hem striking Mr.
Aldrich on the leg, creating a
compound fracture. Dr. Belknap
wub summoned and he had the
injured man brought to Prineville
for treotment.
Curtis Bakery.
Sulls bread at 5 cents per loaf or 21
loaves for $1. Whole wheat, (iraliam
and all kinds of bread, cakes ami pies,
made to order. Opposite Crook Comity
ISank. n-2.'i-tf
Wood for Sale.
M'hoiie for Kl-incli rick wood for nu'ck
uelive-y. Cuab. 1 Condakt. 12-aJ