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PAGE 8 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL DECEMBER 27, 1917 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERALINTEREST Principal Events of the Wtek Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Reader. or The Crook and Pesehute county agricultural council held a meeting la Redmond. There are 53.S54 children between the ages of 4 and 20 year In Multno mah county. Mr. Rosalie MrMahan, 7 years old, died at Salrm. She crossed the plain to Oregon in 1S46. The Douglas county court has ap propriated $50,000 to buy liberty bond to be held as a court house fund. Every one of the 71 residents the town of Ii.ee, In Grant county, has Joined the Red Cross, it is reported, Frank Wlenert, young man, real' dent of Airlie, waa drowned In the Luekiamute while helping on drive of logs. 4 As soon a the right of way between Bend and Fort Rock can be secured the Strahorn railroad will begin eon truction. Jason Machado. a pioneer merchant of Coos county, is dead. He waa resident of Myrtle Point, where he had accumulated a large fortune. Petitiona are being circulated In out lying parts of Lincoln county demand tng recall of County Judge Miller and Commissioners Hurt and Wakefield. A barreling plant will be established U Albany in time to handle next year'i erop of strawberries, loganberries, pb nomenal berries and other small fruits. By a vote of 194 in favor to 81 gainst, the Central Oregon Irrigation district was formed In Deschutes coun ty at the election held on the project Coos county dairymen claim that more thoroughbred dairy stock has been purchased there In the last three years than In any other section of the state. The second and third companies o the Oregon coast artillery were each Dresented with a Christmas rift of phonograph by the girls' honor guard, of Eugene. i ne ieaerai government naa sen Miss Anna Barrows as its representa tive in food conservation work to Ore gon Agricultural college from Decem ber 21 to January 6. Members of the Loyal Order f . Moose In Oregon will organise a state field day association at the time of dedicating the new Moose temple In Portland, January 2. State Game Warden Shoemaker has issued an order to close commercial fishing on Tsiltcoos lake, on the South ern Pacific railway, between the U nip- qua and SluSlaw rivers. The state highway department has prepared for submission to the gov eminent for approval a project for hard surfacing 21 miles of the Pacific highway in Marion county from post road funds? ins neavy rainstorm of the past week did considerable damage in Lincoln county. Two bridges were damaged on the line of the Corvallis & Eastern railroad near Harris on Mary's jlver. After a long and remarkably brll liant career ps a minister of the gos pel, ten of which he spent as pastor of the First Congregational church, of Portland, Dr. Luther R. Dyott died ni his home in that city. Attorney General Brown has inform ed the state industrial accident com mission that pension awards made to citizens of Austria Hungary are sus pended during the war on the ground that they are alien enemies. E. D. Cueick, of Albany, state sena ior irom ane ana umm counties, nas announced his candidacy for the re publican nomination for state treasur er. Mr. Cusick is the first aspirant for this office formally to declare hU candidacy. Approximately 15.000 men are build ing ships in Oregon, according to a report which has been compiled by R. P. Bonham, United States immi gration inspector in charge at Port land, for forwarding to the depart ment of labor. Discovering that the Southern Tacific has cars in the firewood serv ice with racks that will only hold from eight to nine cords of wood, Public Service Commissioner Buchtel wrote the company asking that it immediate ly remedy the situation. Farmers living near Harrisburg have formed a co-operative association and propose to build 25-barrel mill at that city. Plans for the structure have been ordered drawn up and the mill will he financed by a stock company of farmers living in that section. Bank aid to boys and girls on farms who wish to join "pig clubs" is belDg arranged for throughout the stat by L. G. Allen, leader of pig club work. Under the conditions arranged by Mr. Allea the banks agree to lend the ehil elren moaey for purchasing pigs or brood sows at per cent Interest. Only pmre-bred stock may be raised by the clnb members. The children have meeting Md demonstrations and are rganfzed through the aid of school officials. ANITA W. RATION Miss Anita W. Patton, of Los An gelas, who it reported to be engaged to General Pershing. BUILDING OF SHIPS DELAYED BY GAPPS Washington. Testimony of ship ping board officials in the senate's In vestigation of delays to the building program, disclosed that the atart on construction of fabricated steel ship waa delayed two months by ' the re fusal of Rear-Admiral Capps, formerly general manager of the emergency fleet corporation, to close contracts negotiated by his predecessor, Major- General Goethala, until many altera tions in them wefe made. Some of the causes for the general delay in both steel and wooden eon structlon were given by the witnesses as changes in specifications, differ ences between Admiral Cap pa and builders, and slow delivery of mater ials. The wooden building program waa held back largely try the inability of southern pine producer to deliver timber. The building of standard wood ship for the shipping board Is to be con tinued, but hereafter contrasts for wood ships will be awarded only to yards on the Pacific Coast which alone have an abundant and available aupply of material. Wood ship construction on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts has proved a dismal failure, primarily be cause of inability of eastern yards to get the necessary large timbers. BOLSHEVIKI SHIP ARRIVES Committee of Crew and One Offlcsr in Charge. A Pacific Port The Russian freight er Shilka, Captain Boris Dogal, has arrived in the port The Shilka Is direct from Vladivostok and is under Bolsheviki control, as the result of a revolution on the high seas, the ves sel having started from Vladivostok as a Kerensky ship on November 24. When the crew seized the ship, the wireless operator attempted to send out an alarm, but desisted under threat of immediate death. Before the real identity of the ship was learned, members of the crew attended I. W. W. meetings, it is said Following out the Bolsheviki princi pies, the Shilka is really under the command of a committee of five four sailors and one officer. This commit tee has the power to overrule any order of the captain. Hunt Is Legally Arizona's Governor. Phoenix, Ariz. Knding a bitter po litical fight of more than a year, the supreme court of Arizona handed down a decision holding George W. P. Hunt is legally governor of Arizona. The decision displaces Thomas E. Campbell, who has been acting gover nor since January 23, 1917. Halifax Dead are Estimated at 1500. Halifax The latest estimate of dead in the Halifax disaster is 1500. THE MARKETS Portland. Oats No. 2 white feed, $57 per ton. Barley Standard feed, $55.50 ton. Corn Whole, $75; cracked, $76. Hay Timothy, $27 per ton; alfalfa, $24. . Butter Creamery, 49c per lb. Eggs Ranch, 45c per doz. Potatoes $1.251.50 per hundred. Poultry Hens, large, 20c; small, 18c; geese, HTplSc; ducks, 20c; tur keys, live, 2325c. Seattle. Butter Creamery, 52c per lb. Eggs Ranch, 54c per doz. Potatoes $3235 per ton. Poultry Hens, 2225c; dressed, 2428c; broilers, 30c; turkeys, live, 2(i28c; dressed, 3335c. William Albert. C. C. Chapman And W. B. Dodson, of Portland, were nsrarj by Governor Wlthyconib as member j of commission to Investigate cream ery and dairying conditions In the state. These nit-n will act with Dairy and Food Commission! r Mickle and W. K. Newell. W. K. Newell, of Portland, assistant federal food administrator for Oregou. will go to Washington, I). C, to im present at a conference of state ad ministrators to be held there January I and 9. He will represent W. B. Ayer, state administrator, who but recently returned from a similar session. Monmouth high school has the honor of having raised more money per ca pita for the Y. M. C. A. fund than any other high school In the state, accord Ing to flgurea Just made public by the state organisation. With an apportion ment of $80 the school raised $283. or 354 per cent of the quota asked for. During the past week 508 Industrial accidents were reported to the slate Industrial accident commission. Of thit number four were fatal, as follows: Adolph Asplund, Srappoose, logging; Alfred Leteel, Power, log ging; Carl Everest. Portland, steel work, and M. Hansen. West port, saw mill. Oregon will promise Chairman Hurley, of the United State (hipping board, that 150 wooden hull can be completed In 1918 for government pur poses In yards along the Willamette and Columbia rivers and those at Ore gon coast ports. On a basis of 3500 tons, deadweight for each ship, that will mean 25,0O0 tons. Captain W. A. Arnold, ho l as been organizing the logger and lumber workers of Coos county, hss visited 'l but one lodging csmp In the county and haa signed approximately 1150 1 member In the Loyal Legion of Log gers and Lumber Workers. All camps returned practically 100 per cent ot the employes as members. The state board of eugenics, which comprises members of the state board of health and superintendents of both Insane asylums, warden of the peni tentiary and superintendent of the In stitution for feeble minded, has ap proved for aterilization several cases I at the Oregon n'ate hospital for the i insane and at the state penitentiary. I Stat Highway Engineer Nunn has started assembling a force of men to j resume work on the Svensen and Clat- sksnl Jobs on the lower Columbia ! river highway. Mr. Nuns has served i notice on the Warren Construction oompany of the termination of their j contracts en the? Jobs because of al ! leged discrepancies In handling the work. i The Valley A SileU railway com-1 pany, which has Just completed its line a far as Vsleti, In the Slleti basin, will begin the operation of reg ular passenger and freight trains on January 1. The road will operate Be tween Independence and Valetz. and will tap some of the richest agricul tural and timber lands In westorn Oregon. Hood River vslley produced only about two-thirds of its 1816 apple crop, according to a special apple report, just Issued by the bureau of crop es timates. A better showing in the rsi of the state tends to make up for this decrease, although the statu as a wholo will fall a little short of last y.-ar, producing 650,000 barrels, or 1,950,000 boxes, In 1917. Governor Wlthycombe has an nounced that at the request of Mayor Hackett, of Oregon City, and Sheriff Wilson, of Clackamas county, about half of the force of special agents that have been stationed in that county to watch for troubles which might arise because of differences between paper mill employers and employes will oe retained for a time at least. Oregon students will visit and speak at nearly every high school in the state during the university Chrlstmaa holidays and encourage the pupils to ' continue their education rather than give it up at the end of their high i school course. All boys under the draft age will be urged to enter col lege and prepare themselves for more efficient service when they are called or needed. The Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph company has filed with the public service commission a proposal for the establishment of a new system of long distance rates In Oregon, the proposed system to be established on the zone or block basis, similar to the systems used by the telegraph and express com panies. It Is stated that, under the proposal, If It is accepted by the com mission, a reduction will bs shown In 53 per cent of the rates, while about 22 per cent will remain the same and the balance will show Increases. Reclamation directors of the federal government have approved the reclam ation of the lower Klamath lake marsh lands by use of a gate installed at the Southern Pacific company's crossing over Klamath strait. This marks the end of five years' effort devoted to providing reclamation for a tract of 84,000 acres of the most fertile land In this locality. It Is probable that 40,000 acres will be available for past urage next year. The gate already Is installed. An effort will be made at Washington to have the national bird reserve now on this land removed to ground unsuitable for agriculture, PETERS SHOES for Men PETERS SHOES for Women PETERS SHOES for Boys and Girls We Wish to All Our Friends Patrons and Everybody Everywhere A Happy Mew Year! This Store is still filled to the brim with up-to-date merchandise of merit only! We are proud to show it! MEN'S FINE ARMY SWEATERS Priced at $5.50 and $6.50 MEN'S SHIRTS Very pretty stripes, of pure Silk, priced at $5.00 and $6.00 MEN'S DRESS CLOVES Large assortment to se lect from, $2.50, $2.75 and $3.00 a pair WOOLEN DRESS GOODS Buy now while the quality is good and the prices lowest FANCY COMFORTERS Of Silk filled with wool, extra quality. Priced $5 to $9 WHITE GRANITE WARE The famous American quality ware. Complete line of this ware here to select from. Ask to see the assort- ment any time while here. ALUMINUM WARE The kind that lasts. We have a large assortment of this ware and the prices are correct See display in North window Golden West Coffee Folgers Coffee Caravan Coffee 5 I -lb. Z 1 -2-lb, 5-lb tins 1 -lb, 2 1 -2-lb, 5-lb tins 1 -lb, 2 1 -2-lb, 5-lb tins Mail and Phone Orders Filled Promptly! Resolution for 1918: "I shall trade with Cornett & Co. and by so doing better serve my family, my country and save a little money for a rainy day!" PHONE 351 PRINCVILLC. 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