OREGON NEWS NOTES 'j
OF GENERAL INTEREST;
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Events Occurring Throughout,
the State During the Past
Week.
Slnnott Demand Frc Clothing.
Waahiniiton. Representative Sln
nott has pored over the statistics vt
the wool Industry and has anulvifd
the tariff testimony on the same sub
ject until he has become pretty veil
aroused on the subject of the injustice
which, he believes Is being done to
the wool n rowers. On May 6 he In
troduced an amendment to the bill
putting woolen manufactures on the
free list, and In support of it he spoke
In part as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, this hill aims to put
the Iniquities of schedule K almost
wholly upon the wool raiser. Gentle
men said, the other day. that there was
Invested In woolen manufactures $415,
POO.OOfl. In sheep raising of this na
tion the census shows an Investment
of J51S.000.P00. One is as much de
serving as the other. Inquiry as to
the cost of sheep raising in Oregon,
based on IJ9.000 sheep, and with wool
selling at 14 cents a pound, shows the
profit on those sheep would be about
$50,000. If the price drops 4 cents a
pound, the loss on those sheep will be
$15,000. nut there are 2,000,000 sheep
In my district alone."
GRANGE BACKS PLAN
State Organization Indorses Bill
for
System of Choice Voting.
Albany. Initial steps toward sub
mitting a bill through the initiative
to establish the preferential Toting
system, including first, second and
third choices, for I'nited States sena
tors and state officers, were taken la
the 4th annual session of the Oregon
slate Grange.
The legislature was condemned also
in a resolution that was passed. This
resolution upbraids the legislature for
passing measures that have been re
jected by the people through the Ini
tiative or referendum.
The resolution recommending that
the state furnish uniforms for public
school children and that the school j
districts furnish free lunches at noon j
was defeated. The committee to
which It was referred recommended ;
that It do not pass and the committee
report was adopted without extended i A"'1" Beef Cuts Living Coat
discussion. j San Francisco. A nation-wide fight
That mortgages on farm property be ou ,he trust through the impor
exempted from taxation provided the j tat!on ot Australian beef, which has
rate of Interest Is 6 per cent or less
was the gist of a resolution which
was Adopted. -If the terms of this
resolution are enacted into law it will
have the effect of making 6 per cent
the maximum rate of interest in this
state on loans on farm mortgages.
Cornering Wheat on Pacific Coast ' ln &reat demand by San Francisco
Portland Not more than 500,000 l"se'v
bushels of wheat remain unsold in
farmers' hands in territory tributary
to Portland. Some dealers estimate
from their warehouse figures, that the
supply does not exceed 260,000 bush
els. This is, for all practical purposes.
a clean-up of northwest stocks. Nevei '
before in the history of the trade, haa San Francisco Details have Just
the supply been reduced to such small been ade public here of the plan of
proportions at this time of year. : the secretary of war to hold two ex
This condition is the result of ex-' Perimental military camps of instruc
tenslve but quiet buying that has been tion for students of educational insti
going on in eastern Oregon and east tutions during the summer vacation
ern Washington in the last few days. Period, coupled with the announce
Estimates ot the amount purchased ment tDat " prove a success
In this period range from 750.000 'a
1,000,000 bushels. Almost all the buy
ing was done by Portland speculators
LANE PLEADS FOR OREGON
Senator Makes Impression on Secre
tary of Interior,
Washington. Senator Lane, of Ore
gon, appeared before Secretary of the
Interior Lane and put in a bid for the
allotment of money from the reclama
tion fund sufficient for the construe
tion of the West Umatilla and Dei
chutes Irrigation projects. He not
only demonstrated the equity of Ore
gon's claim against the reclamation
fund, but pointed out the feasibility
and desirability of both projects, and
then showed Secretary Lane where
funds could be found ample to build
these two projects.
As Senator Lnne concluded his state
ment he wa-; congratulated by Secre
tary Lane, who told him his was the
"most encouraging talk" he had heard
In the course of the hearings covering
the past two weeks.
Land to Be Recovered by State.
Salem. Suit to recover about 30,000
acres of lieu land, alleged to have been
fraudulently selected during the no
torious Hyde and Benson operations
In this state, will be started just as
soon as Attorney General Crawford
receives from Washington, D. C, the
cherked over list he left at the general
land office upon his recent visit to
the capital. The attorney general ex
pects to receive these lists wilhjn tho
next few days, as he was assured the
work there could bo accomplished
within ten days.
fEED SttCOT
Reed Smoot, United States Senator
from Utah, who will play a prominent
part in the tariff fight In the Senate,
TIMBERMAN UNMOVED
Lumber Tariff Removal No Cause for
Worry, Says Weyerhaeuser.
Spokane, Wash. la an Interview at
Sand Point. Idaho, Charles A. Weyer
haeuser, member of the worldl great
est family of lumbermen, declared that
the removal of tariff on lumber would
have little or no effect on the Industry
in the United States.
"I can see no reason why the lum
bermen of the I'nlted States cannot
easily adjust themselves to the remov
al of tariff without any apparent ef
fort," stated Mr. Weyerhaeuser. "The
tariff, as It stands. Is bo low that the
removal will not seriously affect the
in,iustry. we are not worrying.
Borah May Be President
New York. Harper's Weekly makes
the following editorial forecast:
"We predict that the next republican
candidate for president of the United
States will be William E. Borah ot
Idaho."
More than a year before Woodrow
Wilson's nomination Harper's made a
similar prediction, which fact Is re
ferred to editorially by the New York
Sun.
lowered the price ot meats here from
20 to 25 per cent. Is believed a cer
tainty. The first big shipment from
the south seas, 200 tons, which arrived
here, Immediately found Its way Into
nearly 200 butchershops. The foreign
j beef has met the requirements of the
United State inspection laws and Is
STUDENT ARMY
GAMPS PLANNED
they will be held annually, one In each
of the four sections of the country.
The announced object of these
; camps is, primarily, to increase the
present Inadequate personnel of the
trained military reserve of the United
States by a class of men from whom,
i in time of national emergency, a large
. proportion of the commissioned offi
cers will be drawn, and on whose mili
tary judgment at such a time the lives
of many other men will in a measure
depend.
The oliject sought is not in any way
one of military aggrandizement
Cuban Makes Flight Across Strait
Havana. Domingo Rosillo, the Cu
ban aviator, made the first flight ever
accomplished by a Cuban airman
across the Florida Straits from shore
to shore. He started from Key West,
making the passage to Havana of 90
miles in 2 hours and 25 minutes.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 90c; lluesiem, 98c;
re-1 Russian, 87c.
Hay Timothy, $16; alfalfa, $12.
Butter Creamery, 2&c.
Kggs Candled. 21c.
Hops--1912 crop, 14c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16c; Wil
lamette valley, 18c.
Seattl;.
Wheal niuesti-m, uSc; club, 8Dc;
red Russian, isSr.
Kggs 20c.
Butter Creamery, 29c.
Hay Tii.wthy, $i6 per Ion; alfalfa,
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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
The Pan-Hellenic association at the
University of Oregon has ruled that
freshman girls living In sororities
must wear simple gowns, devoid ot all
fluery, at dance and parties.
Thirty-two students will be graduat
ed from the Albany high school this
commencement. Of this number 21
are young women. June ( wMl be
graduation day.
Labor Commissioner lloff haa re
ported that accidents In Oregon for
April totaled 411, ot which 14 were
fatal. There) were 14( accidents In
connection with railroad work and 7S
In connection with sawmill work.
Judge Hamilton, in the circuit court
at Roseburg, dismissed the petition
for a contest ot the Drain mayoralty
election filed by N. D. Cool, who waa
beaten by Charles & Hasard by on
vote In an election recently held there.
The Anvil haa worked herself oft
the beach and was towed up and
beached opposite Florence for repairs
before going to Portland, The vessel
Is In excellent shape after a month on
the beach. She Is not leaking badly.
An advance proof of the ballot on
which the people of Portland will
choose a mayor, an auditor and four
commissioners from a male of 90
names June !, shows that It will be
two feet ten Inches In length.
X. F. Thome of Ashland has been
taking Dr. Frledmann'e turtle serum
treatment as a precautionary measure
against tuberculosis. He Is said to be
the first person in southern Oregon, If
not ln the entire state, to try the new
cure.
The Polk County Fire Patrol asso
ciation haa been organised at Dallas,
and Is one of a chain that are being
organised In timbered regions through
out the state. Of the 200,000 acres
of timbered lands In Polk county, 140.
000 were represented at the meeting.
According to an ordinance Introduc
ed at the council meeting at Albany, It
Is proposed to light the streets ot
the residence district of Albany with
100 watt lamps at each corner and
three cluster lights at each corner In
the business district Several blocks
of new pavement have been ordered.
L. 8. Kelsey, 60, a prominent resi
dent of North Powder, was killed when
an automobile skidded and turned tur
tle four miles south of Haines. Miss
Nellie Slater, IS. suffered a fractured
skull and internal Injuries, and may
die. Three other occupants of the
car were slightly Injured.
United States Senator Chamberlain
will introduce a bill providing that all
proceeds from lenses and other rev
enues of Crater Lake Park shall he
available for the construction of roads
and bridges within the park. Thee
proceeds now go Into the general
treasury fund.
A Japanese mail carrier was attack
ed at Ij Grande by two unknown men
who held him up In a dark alley. One
threatened him with a dirk, while the
other rifled the pouch of registered
mail. They seemed to have been in
terrupted, and made a hasty flight
without taking much of value.
Commercial fishermen near Oregon
City drew from the Willamette six
Japanese who had been trolling for
Chinook salmon. The orientals be
came entangled In the eddies below
the falls and their boats were capsized.
A number of Russian families are
expected to arrive soon to locate on
lands of the Klamath country. The
leaders of the colony took options on
several hundred acres. The first fam
ilies to locate have arrived and are
making an exhaustive Investigation
of the lands before making permanent
selections.
W. L. Snider and son of Stella,
Wash., have purchased the old Palm
mill property at Clatskanie, recently
burned, of the Rose City Lumber and
Shingle company, of Portland, and
will at once begin the work of clearing
away the debris preparatory to erec
tion of a shingle mill, which It is
planned to have ln operation ln the
early fall.
Captain James Keating, one of the
beet known pilotB on the Columbia
river, accidentally fell overboard from
a launch at Astoria and was drowned.
He was 40 years old, and had resided
In Astoria practically all of his life.
Attorney General Crawford has giv
en out an opinion at Salem to the
effect that the signature of any signer
to a referendum petition may be with
drawn nt any time prior to the taking
of official action thereon.
Officials of the O.-W. R. ft N. have
announced the surveys of two propos
ed extensions Condon to Fossil in
Gilliam county and Pilot Rock to
Uklah in Umatilla county. The for
mer extension would Involve 20 miles
of track, and the latter 45 miles. The
officials say that If the expense Is not
too great, both lines will be built
Under direction of government offi
cers, the Indians of the Umatilla res
ervation will, sometime during this
summer, assemble to hold memorial
ceremonies similar to these recently
held at Fort Wadsworth, New York
harbor. Garbed in their historic trap
pings the Indians will gather around
their tom-toms and with weird chant
raise the stars and stripes, dedicating
themselves to the American Govern
ment and a nobler clvllkcd lu
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A big and up-to-date selection
of records on hand from 65c
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Notice Ih licn-liv irlven by the iin-
il , .ml I .1... .I,.lul.trlv l.f tllll
cxtate ol JohouIi 11. li'lor, ilweum-d.
to tlie rmlltom ol mini eetute iinu
till persona IiiivIiik vlmnia iiK'tlnat
the Hiime to pri'BiMit audi cliiltna to
the umli nl(.'ni-(l tit the olllce of T. K.
,1. Duflv. In I'rlnevllle, urook eouuly,
Oregon, within six months (mm the
tlrst publication of thla notice.
Dated nnd pulillHheil the Drat ttmu
thla 13th day of March, 1913.
V IIKilNIA DKI.OKK,
AdinlnlHtriilrlx of the rotate of
Joseph H. Delore, doceiuted. 3-l:t-7t
Notice to Creditors.
Notice la hereby Klven by the tin
deralfrned, the iiilmlnlHtriitor of 11m
estate of Samuel S. .lonea, deceased.
to tin creditors ot hum iiitchmimI anil
to all persona having clalina iiunlnHt
said estate to present them with the
proper vouchers to the underHlifiied
at the olllce of M. K. Klllott In l'rlne
vllle, OreKon, within six moutha from
the first publication of thla notice.
Dated thla 3d. day of April, 111 13.
I'll A l 1 . I'M K. J I IN KN,
Administrator of the KatiUu of Sam
iicl s. Jones, DecetiBod.