OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERU INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
tha State During the Past
Week.
t Baktf Will Vots On Watsr Bond
luker. A tpectal aloctloa for th
purs at voting on bond tor th
sua. ot $164,000 to complete the Bker
wtr system wlU be held In the near
future, the city attorney hrln team
instructed bf the hoard of commlsslon
rs to prepare an ordinance to that ef
fect Two question! will he submitted.
One wlU tuthorlie the Uaue ot I94.70J
to repair eiz and three-quarters mtl
of line between the tattling tank and
reservoir, and the other the Issuance
of the whole amount ot 1165.000 to do
the work and construct new feeder
to several other streams to which the
city has title.
Medfard Plan la Unique
Medford. Medford's newly-elected
mayor, W. W. Eifert, launched what Is
believed to be an Innovation In Ameri
can municipal government when at his
formal Installation he announced that
in addition to the office of major and
council he would appoint an advisory
cabinet of prominent cltiiens from dif
ferent walks of life who would be ask
ed to attend every meeting of the city
council and confer with the city offi
cers regarding all matters ot munici
pal administration.
MERCHANTS END SESSION
Le Grande Chosen for Next Meeting
at Oregon Retailers Convention
Albany. After recommending Im
portant legislation affecting mercan
tile conditions, electing officers for the
ensuing year and choosing Le Grande
as the meeting place of next year'
convention, the Oregon Ttetail Mer
chants' Association adjourned Its sev
enth annual convention here.
J. L. Stockton, of Salem, was unani
mously re-elected president of the as
sociation and Leo R. Merrick, of Port
land, was unanimously re-elected sec
retary for the ensuing year. Other of
ficers were chosen as follows: W. A.
Bell of Eugene, first vice-president;
F. J. Fletcher, of Albany, second vice
president; J. G. Snod grass, of La
Grande, third vice-president; Thomas
C Watts, of Reuben (re-elected) treas
urer; W. F. Isaacs, of Medford, C.
Tilbury, of McMInnville, C. H. Burk
holder, of Cottage Grove, Kmil Gun
ther, of Portland, J. C. Mann, of Port
land, John E. Malley, of Portland, R.
Alexander, of Pendleton, E. Polack, of
La Grande,' and T. A. Leohey, of As
toria, directors.
"Movies" to Depict Poultry
- Corvallis. Professor James Dryden,
head of the department ot poultry hus
bandry, will spend the next three
weeks in touting the state, giving lec
tures on poultry-raising and Illustrat
ing the subject by means of the mov
ing picture film which was made at
Oregon Agricultural college and which
has proved an Innovation in teaching
the lessons of proper methods in poul
try husbandry.
LABOR DIVIDED ON BILL
Oregon Federation Repudiates Meas
ure as Ambiguous
Salem. The State Federation of La
bor concluded its anual session Sat
urday after a four days' discussion of
the problems before organized labor.
The matter which brought out the
liveliest discussion and produced the
widest divergence of opinion was the
employes' compensation act, now be
fore the legislature. By a vote of 64
to 23 the convention repudiated the
bill, and by a vote ot 43 to 28 passed a
resolution severely condemning Rep
resentative A. W. .Lawrence, of Mult
nomah county, for Introducing the
measure before having consulted the
labor forces. This Is the bill which
was drawn by a composite committee
.representing both employers and the
lawr people.
The principal arguments used by the
opponents of the bill, aside from Its
doubtful constitutionality, are the
claims that some parts, particularly
section 15, are ambiguous, and that
room is left for doubtful constructions
by the courts.
In lieu of the rejected bill, the fed
eratlon decided to frame Its own meas
ure, and have it ready for Introduction
at the next legislative session or lnl
tiate It at the general election In 1914.
Farmer of Wasco Meet
The Dalles. The second annual
meeting of farmers of this district was
held here under the auspices of the
Fruit Growers' association, 200 farm
ers and merchants attending.
Tralnload of Insane Reaches Pendleton
Pendleton. After an all day trip, un
eventful insofar as the behavior of the
300 patients were concerned, the spe
cial train carrying the Insane from the
Salem Institution to their new home
in this city arrived here Saturday.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Yamhill county now ha a realty
board.
Eugene Is going to have a new high
school building In the near future.
H. N. Foster, a well known cltisen or
Corvallis, committed suicide Saturday.
The third annual show ot the Ore
gon Cat club was held In Portland last
week.
February It ha been designated a
"Earth Education Day" for the school
ot Oregon.
The state railroad oommlsslon ha
ordered a new railroad station tor
Monmouth.
Charged with killing an aged trap
per In hi cabin, it milt from Burn.
Robert Shies was arrested.
Movement I under way In the treas
ury department to abolish the office
ot tea inspector at Portland, transfer
ring this work to Tacoma.
The best quality show yet held by
the Umatilla Morrow county poultry
association wa brought to a close Sat
urday after running a week.
Representative Hawley ha secured!
an appropriation ot $6000 In the river
and harbor bill tor making a correct
survey of the Coquille river.
Monroe celebrated Saturday because
of the actual laying of steel rails
through the city by the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern railway company.
William D. Haywood, former presi
dent ot the Western Federation, of
Miners, and at present on ot the big
organiiers of the L W. W, wa in
Portland Sunday.
The chamber ot commerc of the
United State ha elected as director
for Washington, Oregon and Califor
nia, A. H. Avertll ot the chamber of
commerce. Portland.
The senate public lands committee
has reported favorably the house bill
to adjust conflicting claims to lands
within the Corvallis and Yamilna Bay
Military Wagon Road grant
The new year is only a few week
along, but Klamath Falls already has
two elections In sight The first will
be to adopt a new charter and the next
to vote on the wet and dry Issue.
Daniel Bruhn, superintendent of the
Porter Brothers' railroad construction
gang at Mapleton, was beheaded by a
flying rope. The body was hurled Into
the Siuslaw river and carried away.
Hop-growing will be a course of
study to appear in the 1913-14 catalog
of Oregon Agricultural college for the
first time. " The subject will be hand
led in the department of agronomy.
T. E. York, an Inmate ot the Oregon
penitentiary, has absolutely refused to
accept a pardon at the hands ot Gover
nor West The refusal baffled federal
officers who were waiting to arrest
him on a. government charge.
All road supervisors of Lane county
have been InvHed by the county court
to attend a convention In Eugene Feb
ruary 8, when problems of road con
struction and repair will be discussed
by men expert in road building.
One hundred and thirty business
men of the state, who were attending
the seventh annual convention of the
Oregon Retail Merchants association
at Albany, came to Corvallis Friday
morning on a special train to visit the
college.
The German Consolidated societies
of Oregon held their sixth annual con
vention in Portland Sunday. These
societies are composed of 17 different
organizations located In various sec
tions of the state, with a membership
of nearly 7000.
The F. P. Mining company of Oak
land, Cal., holders of an electric Inter
urban franchise at Medford, ha clos
ed a deal for the purchase of the F. W.
Waite tract, 1V6 miles from Ashland,
The tract consists of 2000 acres and
the price paid was $400,000.
With authority given by Attorney
General Wickersham, District Attor
ney McCourt at Portland dismissed
the indictments agalnnt A. R. Downs
and Ed R. Downs. These were among
the indictments returned under the
direction of Francis J. Heney during
1905 in the famous land fraud cases.
C. G. Modes, a well known business
man of Oregon City, who has been
missing since January 19, was found a
hundred yards oft the public highway
leading to Willamette, about a half
mile from the Willamette Falls rail
way depot, as West Oregon City. He
was lying face downward In a crevice
between two large boulders on a rocky
cliff, which overhangs the public high
way. During the year 1912, according to
official figures made public by the de
partment of commerce and labor, Port
land exported 6,810,206 bushel ot
wheat, valued at $6,273,825, a com
pared with 7,703,061 bushel in 1911,
representing a total valuation of 86,
570,095. These statistic show that
Portland ranks fourth among the
wheat exporting districts for the past
year.
The secretary of state has been fur
nished by the national government
with figures showing the exact distri
bution of the timbered area , of the
state by counties. The data are ob
tained by the national forest service,
and are used in figuring the apportion
ment of funds accruing to the various
sections from the administration of
the forest lands. This un total
$42,559.52. ... . N
WAUO MULLER DOWN TO DATK.
"Maud Muller on a aumnivr day
IV mb In Ilia meadow rskfetf hay
I'll ahl!-r this ana an Ilia ala
fvhar country plays ara all the ra,
a city rtii.ttlrt from his
HhM Mauri Mulk-r act ao wt
And aahl; "Tha country slrl's baat rat
I'll off and marry one, you batt"
Ami an without much mora ado
Ha to tha country quickly flaw
And sn.pad nla buaa car quickly wher
A maldan, plump and wondrous fair,
Waa raklna hay Into a pile
And alncln with tha birds the while,
Har chtaka and llpa ware rnaae' hue,
Har daaailnf eyas sweat vtolau 64 ua.
Tha dud bowed low batora the irt
Of roaabud Up and (vtdan curt
And, raltlnf quickly to on ktwa.
Ha triad, "Sweat maid, will you hava snT"
"Why. sir.' said aha, "What Would I do
with such a tunny thin Ilk your
So far aa manltnM. I think
tou mull ba Darwin' mlaalng link.
Vnu amuM Ml ImI In th havmav
Or b scarad ait Iff by yondar cow.
Or If you'd lift a tork ot hay
l oa o aumpiy nasi ail away.
"It's manhood that w want out har.
Not clamrattaa, kid tovea and baar.
srul now ao kmt It'a almost noon.
My country baau will ba har suon."
C. M. UAHNITm.
KURIOS FROM (-CORRESPONDENTS,
Q. (low many suiuliini varieties of
U't horns arc then, at lirvat-ut and
wlik h U most popular! A. Eight The
Sliujle Comb Whits.
Q. Advls me a lo which breed I
best for the farm, A. We dm! from
ceusus taken while lecturing at many
farmers' Institute that I'lymoutb
Itocks. Wbll Wyandotte and Rhode
Island Red are the farmers' favorite,
the Rucks In tha lend. You'll not mis
It on either. W prefer Wbll Rocks
or I Kit tea.
Q. What 1 the standard color ot
Buff turkey' beak. eye, shnnki and
wings? A. Eyes, durk hairl; beak and
shanks, bluish white; wuiv. light buff.
Q. In mlxlug mash In winter do you
use bot wster? A. No. It Is not neces
sary to feed mash warm. W scald
the bran, however, so that all Ua ele
ment art made dlcettlble and the
sharp eli;es of particle ant removed,
as they Irritate digestive tract
Q. How does a worm get inside an
egg? A. It wiggles down tbe Intestine
to the outlet of the oviduct and then
wiggles up the oviduct, and, reaching
the part where the shell I made. It la
Incased In tbe egg.
Q. Is that little red speck we occn
slunnlly see In an egg tbe germ? A.
It Is a drop ot blood caused by the
rupture of small blood vessel In
the fS duct while tbe egg is In proc
ess of mnnnfacture.
Q. Wben may the heartbeat of a
developing chick be first observed, and
wbnt is the natural position of the
head and lees of a chick right before
It breaks from the shell? A. Renting
of the benrt may be observed fifty
hours after the Incubntlon begins.
Tbe bend Is tucked under one wing,
and the legs are doubled up against
tbe body.
Q. I recently rend n newspaper ar
ticle which stated that n iuiiu hud
hatched a letting of egg with heat
from bis own body. ' Whnt do you
think of that? A. It's n bot air story.
Tbe temperature of the body I Just 5
per cent too low to batch chirks.
Q. Which batches the larger per
centage of chicks, the lucubatur or the
hen? A. A good ben will give you 20
per rent more chicks than tbe best ta
ction tor.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
A Bay State fuucler declares be
found a dime lu each of four eggs.
That's nothing. Tliey And diamond
rattlers In New York eggnog. It Is
wise to analyze that chick feed you
buy before feeding. Much of It Is
adulterated will) weed seeds and con
tains old musty grulu and dust. Mix
and grind your own nnd be sure of a
good tiling.
A poultry editor says, "You can tell
a Inyliii: hen as far n you can see
her." Yes. "so near (liiylugi nnd yet
o far." Now, If It's n human heuyou
are going to tell Hiiytlilug a secret or
her true age we udvlxe you not to tell
her until she Is fur out of sight.
So Interested In the North American
International eg laying competition
is the poultry class at the Connecticut
Agricultural college that it has can
celed a game of football. The hens
entered In tills contest represent twenty-six
states nnd six foreign countries
So far as the total poultry popula
tion and product ore concerned, the
thirteenth census is a Bzsile. The cen
sus only Included poultry on farms of
Ave acres and more, fowls In towns
and cities being omitted. Tills Is a
great miss, as there are millions of
these.
It Is always wise to examine Incu
bators or bone cutters before removing
them from the freight station. Have
the agent witness any breakage and
make note of same on Invoice so you
can secure proper return.
, Duck yards should be well drained
and should have some high spots
where the ducks may rest when there
Is mud. If a duck Is compelled to
wade In mud all day it will get cold
feet and soon go lame. If there Is a
high snot the ducks will repair to It
and sit there on their feet nnd warm
them.
A common comment on Christmas
Airkey was. "While the stock la large.
In most cases the birds are lean."
This Is ascribed to the high price of
rraln, but as most turkey rnlse-s grow
their own grain that Is not the reason.
They are not fattened at nil or the
method is taaphnziird Instead of the
dandy milk and meal method.
$ . aT-WTVVa ,
DES MOINES IS TRYING
MUNICIPAL MARKET PLAN.
Mayer Make Interesting Fight n
High Ct f Living.
Da Molnea, la tb champion ot the
city government by rouiinlaalou, hn
also scored triumph with tb mu
nicipal market. Mayor Usuiut gsr
permission to farmer to line up with
wsgou load ot produce around the
City 1111 park sud thru for several
day suffered tb Jeer ot friends,
who said: "What woman I going to
tak market, basket ou her arm, go
dowutown and lug bom ber purchase
wben U ah ba to do 1 plion her
grocer and bav good delivered?
What little saving h may mak
wou't countvrlmlsuc tb trouble, "
But Mayor lUnn stuck and wa re
warded by tb fact I bat woiueu from
th luauslon as well a from the ten
emeuU docked to tb opening sale.
And they got tb freshest and nicest
ot vegetable at about tb price pre
vailing lu the groceries.
Aud now there will be flu big
market built for a permanent dully
fact to fact trad between producer
aud cousmuer.
And, best of all, everybody la bappy,
except perhaps th disturbed middle
num. MAKING A CITY.
What On University I Doing t Bat
tor Civic Improvement.
Town plannlug la a comparatively
new branch ot learning. There are lu-
dlcallons that lu America It will be re
ceived with special enthusiasm, due In
part pcrnup to our native predilection
for tearing tblug to pieces and doing
them over ngnlu. To regard tbe beau
tlful art of niaktug elite In anything
but a serious spirit would be. however,
childish to an Inconceivable degree, aud
now Hint the interest of tbo public Is
aroused It behooves u to rousider care
fully the paths In which It I to be di
rected. That It I aroused umy bo taken for
gntuted. About a hundred cities re
ceutly bav employed xert on dia
grams for civic Improvement. It I in
appropriate moment for rnlllng atten
tion to the thorough methods of the
School of Civic iHnlgti established
yeur or moro ago lu connection with
the University of Uverisiol iinii de
scribed In a recent number of Land
scape Architecture, the official orgr.a
of tho American Society of Landscape
'Architects.
The director of the school reallied
from tbo start that properly to under
stand the architectural aspect of town
planning It Is necessary first to under
stand the underlying principle of city
organization. . lie placed social civics.
therefore, at the bcglntkitig of the sub
ject treated In the aerie of lecture
courses, and the twenty lectures de
voted to this asect of tbe general
problem deal with the Intellectual, ad
ministrative, residents! and recrea
tive needs of the town. The other
subject are lundacne design In refer
ence to park and gardens, tbe public
health acts, engineering and aesthetics.
New York Time.
COMMENDABLE WORK.
Long laland Neighborhood Ouild Has
Erect d Poets to Guide Travelers.
Tbe work of the Neighborhood guild
at Locust Valley. N. Y., coin mends It
self to other communities, esiwlnlly
In Its signposts, wbkh, at the head
of several old lanes, not only guide the
way to tho new estates on the sites of
old farms, but give tho Interesting In
formation of the date ot their opening.
Recently an investigating auto party
nought for a rond leading from Locust
Valley village to the I'mlcrhlll monu
ment. Neither slgtiot nor intelligible
direction guided tho pnrty, which went
miles out of the way, at lust only, after
dogged iMTslsteuce. to discover the
rond was lunik torn up and useless for
ordlnnry travel.
What a comfort It would bavo been
to have had needed Information on a
signpost on the main mad.
Town nnd village authorities would
make good use of their official author
ity If they would see to It that tlin
traveling public was kept Informed of
changes in tho roads which put them
tenisrnrlly out of commission.
PIGS A BAD INVESTMENT.
Nsw Haven's Living Garbage Diipoial
Works Coat Too Much.
The system of municipal collection
of gnrbage ai tried out In New Haven,
Conn., for the past six months has
proved a rather costly venture. The
total expense has been at the rate of
$M,000 a year, the greater portion of
which represents investments In pigs.
Tbe pigs were purchased at the sug
gestion of tbe city fathers, wltb the
thought that tbey could be fed on tbe
garbage collected and after being fat
tened disposed of at a profit. But tbe
pig idea has been 8 decided fullure,
and there seems little indication of the
expected proflts, .
Courtssy of Clark.
A salesman must study human na
ture. Us should watch to anticipate
the customer's wants as much as pos
sible, and if be tries he can become
quite e-;ierr In doing this.
lie should be affuble at all times.
Fie should be tactful and should be
keen to tuke advantage of every op
portunity to please. If he cannot be
come proficient In these respects we
should advise him to got Into some
other business.
nemember that as long as 'you are
In the retail merchant' business or
employ you are serving tb people.
Just Caught!
1
Our Fish ha th flavor of th bf Iny It Is right fresh from th wa
ter. W reraiv larg nmalguuianta dally, ami can tinnlv all our natron
with th very bast quality at reasonable orlcaa.
Itab around th slur. 1( it I not
to a customer.
City Meat Market
Express and Passenger
Stage Line
Thre hour between Itedmuuil and I'rlnevllle, fnrw $1.60,
Agent for Noru-hrii, tit. Northern nnd AtiierU-nn KvpivaaCo.
Office open from 7 , lit to 6 p. m.; rlun.liiy B to I :;IU,
Office, nt I'loiieer Crenm i o. 12-19
Jourdan & Son
Just Opened :
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
In Cornctt Stage Barn
Prineville, , , . , , Oregon
Special attention given to the traveling Public.
Hay 25c a day per head.
Give ua a call.
White
The stronger and rougher whiskey tastes the more
harm it will do.
Why take chances with your nerves, your stomach,
your general health.
Cyrus Noble Is pure, old and palatable
bottled at drinking strength.
Sold all over the world.
W. J. Van Schuyver & Company, Agents.Portland .
EVERY DAY in the YEAR
THROUGH TRAIN TO PORTLAND
Leaves Redmond 7:15 A M. Arrives Portland: 5:80 PM.
Direct Connection for
Limited Trains to
SEATTLE, TACOMA, SPOKANE,
MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, CHICAGO,
DENVER, OMAHA, ST. LOUIS,
KANSAS CITY,
And A 1 Points East and South
via the North Bank Road. Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Railways.
, Fares, Schedules and Details Will be Supplied on Request .
W. D SKINNER,
Traffic Manager,
' Application fur Grazing Permits
NOTICE is hereby given that all ap
plicant for permits to graue cattle,
horses or sheep within the BK8CII UTKS
NATIONAL K0RK8T during the sea
son of 1913, must be filed In my otlice
at ltend, Oregon, on or before February
20, 191X Fall information in regard to
the grazing fees to be charged and blank
forms to be nsed in making applications
will be furnished upon request. M. I.
MERK1TT, oupervinor. 1-10 25-12Ut
W do not kwp ny
Iraah aud sweet we would not offer It
& Mackey, Props.
ninBr.
CENTRAL OREGON LINE
II. BAUKOL, Agt.
Hedmond,.Ore
Application In Crulns PtrtnlU.
NOTICE is herebv given that all ap
plications for permits to grase cattle,
horses and sheep within the OCllOCO
NATIONAL FOHEST during the sea
son of 1913, must be filed in my offce
at Prineville, Oregon, on or before Feb
ruary 2H, 11)13. Full information in re
gard to the grazing fees to be charged
and blank forms to be used in makini
applications will be furnished upon re
quoat. IiOMEK ROSS, Supervisor.
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