-J CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL APRIL 11, 1918 PAGE 8 t i i OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Cur Reader. The smelt run, unusually heavy, con tinues In the Sandy river. The little fish are of ttna quality and many 1 people are dipping them, while ct in jmerclal fishermen are catching them I In large quantities w ith the result Principal Events of the Week I J they .r .oia at extremely t, President Wilson has Issued anoth er Induction call for 150.000 men of I class 1, telegraphic Instruction hav- T jtng been received by Captain I. H. Ellis Beggs, SO, a pioneer of Baker :Cullion. In charge of the selective serv and Graut counties, died at Canyon . Ice In Oregon to entrain 823 men dur City. I Ing the five-day period commencing A home guard company mas organ- . April 26. lied In lleppner with about 60 mem-1 Deposits In all of the banks In the kerg, state aggregated I1S1.591.30S.68 on Time In which candldatea for state ; March 1, according to figures romplet and district offices may file their de-j ed by Superintendent of Banks Hen elarations with Secretary of State 01- j nett This was a decrease of $14,367. ott ends Friday. 1666 from December of last year. A contract for the construction of but an Increase of 120.417.034.29 over 60.000-bushel concrete elevator at March of 1917. I The Dalles at the approxiate coat of 125,000 was awarded. Reporta received from various coun try communities In Marlon county In- FOR SALICA KILLS WILL Mill tlt M.l EACH DAY KKOM TKKKKHOXNK S. S. IS REORGANIZED AT FIFE Fifty cltlsens of Wendllng forward-1 dicate that the early peach crop was ed a petition to Adjutant-General John , heavily hit by recent frosts and In M. Williame asking for authorisation j many Instances orchards will show a f a home guard at Wendllng. small percentage of a crop. Logan- . The annual convention of the Ore-1 berries also probably will be later on State Sunday School association ; than usual and somewhat reduced, will be held at La Grande April 22 to j So far as can be learned there has 25, and at Salem, April 25 to 27. j been no damage to the Umatilla coun- Out of 1187 physicians In Oregon ty wheat crop from the recent cold 130 have been commissioned or been j snap, despite the fact that much of recommended for commissions in the the grain on the reservation was In medical reserve corps of the army. j a condition where it is highly suscept- That the recent heavy frost has ! lble to the cold. Farmers forecast the radically destroyed the pear and j largest crop In the history of the coun petite prune prospect In many locall- ty. ties of Douglas county, 1 the opinion j District Attorney Goyne. rf Tllla ai" ouuai J.su. I mook county, was advised by Attorney- Senator McNary has Introduced a General Brown that only a majority lill to enlarge Crater Lake park by ; vote la necessary to select the site for adding a tract on the north, Including : a schoolhouse or to do any other act ; Mount Bailey, Diamond Lake and j under the school law requiring a vote, Mount Thirteen. ! with the exception of determining upon Mack Hindman, 93 years old, one of . the removal of a schoolhouse, which ra the oldest if not the oldest pioneer of quires a two-thirds vote. Baker county, died after a short HI- j Linn county will have a county agrl aess at the home of his son, Albert cultural agent within the next two Hindman of Durkee. ! weeks. The committee which was in Rails on the new Klamath Falls mu- charge of raising a fund for the pur alcipal line, being constructed from pose has announced that its efforts Klamath Falls to Dairy, 20 miles east, have been successful and that the by Robert E. Strahorn, have been laid money Is ready. An agent will be for a distance of seven miles. selected upon the recommendation of Robert A. Booth, of Eugene, one of the board of regents of the Oregon the state' leading men, was named Agricultural college, ty Governor Withycombe as state Deploring the fact that Oregon lighway commissioner to succeed E. soldiers when absent from the state, J. Adams, whose term has expired. are without the right to vote, the Members of the Loyal Legion of Marion County Veterans' association Loggers and Lumbermen tarred and has adopted a resolution favoring the leathered two pro-German members , enactment of a law removing this dls sf the L W. W. at Knappa and then ; ability and declaring that members headed them up the road with a warn-1 of the association will refuse to vote big not to return. ! for any candidate for the legislature The Eugene Fruitgrowers' assocla-; not favoring such action, tlon is closing its season's run on broc-, The 61st session of the Central Bap coli with a record of almost 2500 cases tist association will be held at the cf this canned product as compared First Baptist church, Salem, April 10. with 800 cases, the greatest output for 11 and 12. Rev. G. H. Young, of Albany,! any previous season. j will be moderator. The association em- The postoffice in Berlin sold $219.12 braces Linn and Marlon counties, and worth of war savings stamps and the churches having membership are $22.75 worth of thrift stamps during located at Albany. Brownsville. Hayes the month of March This Berlin, is ville. Holly, l,acomb. Lebanon, North tot the capital of Germany, however, Palestine, Providence, Salem, Scio, hut a postoffice in Linn county. Stayton, Tallman and North Santiara. Portland's fire losses for the first What is said to be a record price four months of the municipal fiscal for Jersey dairy stock sold at pub year ending March 31 were $67,729 as lie auction on the Pacific coast against a loss of $108,581 for the cor- i was established at Tillamook, when responding four months of the last H. H. Curtiss, a Pullman, Wash., dairy fiscal year, or a decrease of $12,855. 1 man, received $1700 for bis herd bull, The Gold Hill Lumber company's Saint Mawes. One of Mr. Curtiss' ox factory at Gold Hill and its saw- j Jersey cows brought $850, another $650 IU and logging railway on Sardine and two others $500 each. Mr. Curtiss treek, six miles north of Gold Hill, ! lisposed of his entire herd of blooded which has been Idle the past four j Jersey stock, formerly maintained Just years, will resume operations at once. ' north of Pullman, the sale totaling The Eugene "Committee of 100" has U8.010, considerably more than expect placed in circulation a warning to the ; id. effect that men who are physically fit j P. Tensen, of Ontario, has complain and do not work will be considered in ed to State Veterinarian Lytfe that a the same light as a slacker or traitor , loss is being suffered by stockmen at and will not be tolerated in the com- '. Ontario and Payette by a federal regu anunlty. j lation which prohibits the shipment Fir manufacturers of the northwest j from one state Into another of cattle re pleased with the prospect of ob- reacting to the tuberculin test. While taining big orders for material to be ! iuch 'cattle can be sold for meat, no ased in the construction of 100,000 new i market Is present at Ontario or Pay- IUmI Cnww lleucflt Given lUrne Men IH-liorn Cattle I'l DU of liable TERREBONNE NEWS (By our Regular Correspondent) A number of Terrebonne people attended Patriotic Day aervlcea at Redmond, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. White, of Bend, spent Sunday at the Johnson home. A line son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Mackey, Apr. 2. Mr. Hartranft, county food com missioner, was In town Monday giv ing the stores directions In the new food laws. Several thousand dollars worth of machinery is being unloaded at the station this week for the new silica mills. As soon as the machinery Is installed the company proposes to begin shipping one car load per day of powdered silica. Mr. and .Mrs. H. B. Wlnfleld are enjoying a visit from their nephews, Clarence, Herbert and George Rom mal. of Libertyvllle, III. There Is a probability of their locating here when the rest of the, fumily arrives. Last Thursday afternoon the Jun ior High School enjoyed the long anticipated visit of the Kedmoml High School. They were very courteously shown over the building by Supt. Gooding, served a luncheon by the Puniest le Science class and lastly were entertained with a num ber of lanleru slides in the assembly hall. POST ITEMS (By our Regular Correspondent) they have been dehorning. K. J. Whlttaker waa a pleasant' caller here Wednesday night. A meeting was held at the Maury saw mill for the purpose of fencing the forest reserve In order to keep stock off of It from early spring un til June 1st. J. II. Whittaker received the news that his father was very 111 at Oiuiiha. Nebraska. K. A. Hiickleuian lost a fine pig last week. The auttmtl had been bitten about eighteen days previous by a rabid coyote. The coyote Hum visited the In mum of Ira Cox and bit his pig and probably did other dnin age as there were several cattle and calves on the feed ground at Cox's. When Mr. Cox discovered the coyote he got his ritle and killed the animal only a short distance from the barn. -w. i. a.- (By FIFE ITEMS our Regular Correspondent) Mr. and Mrs. Norton. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Stover and Mrs. Harry Stover spent Sunday at O. B. Gray's. Mrs. W. W. Raymond, of Walla Walla, is visiting at Honnyvlcw. Miss Hansen spent the week-end with Mrs. Golds Newsom. Gale Newsom Is out at the ranch helping build fence. Mrs. C. (). Stover and Mrs. Harry Stover spent Tuesday with Mrs. Norton. J. R. Post was a Prineville visitor the first of the week. J. R. Knox, O. C. Gray, R. G. Raymond and Homer Norton were the Liberty Bond solicitors this week. Will Post spent several days In Prineville the first of the week. Addie Miler, who has been on a visit to the Valley the past winter, is home again on her homestead. R. E. Gray was down to Post Tuesday after supplies. J. M. Hayes was in the Silver Lake country last week looking for pasture but failed to find any. R. A. Kester returned to Prine ville, Tuesday, after spending a week at his ranch. w. g. s. BARNES ITEMS (By our Regular Correspondent) Mrs. Frank P'ausch waa a visitor on Buck Creek one day last week. MIms I lies Short spent Saturday night with Mrs. Carl Pnusch. Mr. and Mrs. B, II. Balfour made a business trip to "Wagon Tire", Saturday stopping for the dance at Silver Creek, Saturday night, on their way home. A large crowd attended the dance at Silver Creek, given by the Honor Guards for the benefit of the Red Cross. Among those going from here were R. S, Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman, Mr. and Mra. Earl Chapman, Mr and Mra. Kd Street, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wilson. George Wilson, Anna Wilson, Mrs. Donald Stunrt and Marjory Tackman. Mr, and Mrs. Sherman furnished the music. Several prominent business men from Burns and other points gave very Interesting talks on the Third Liberty Loan. H. Schwab and family returned to thi'lr homestead recently after spending the winter In Bond. Mrs. Stanley Bulfour spent one day lust week with Mrs. Clnudu Seeds. Gus Lemkle recently purchased the new Ford In which he and his family motored home Saturday. Sunday school was reorganized at the I'ausch school house on Kaster Sunday. New officers were elected ns follows: Superintendent, Mrs. Frank Pausch ;secretnry, Mrs. C. Uimliert; treasurer, Curl I'ausch; teacher of lliblu class. Mr. McKad dyn: teacher of primary class. Mrs. Carl Pnusch: organist, Mrs. Bruce Balfour. The meetings aro to he held at 2 o'clock every Sunday aft ernoon. Come, bring your family and neighbors if possible. Johnnie McKuehern and Tom Fos ter left Sunday for Uend. George Huettl and family called at the homo of Mr. Collins, Sunday. Jim Ivy passed through this part of the country Friday with a bunch of cattle on his way to Hampton Buttes from the Gap. ' Claude Seeds arrived Monday from Prineville with a bunch of cuttle for Jack Romberg. t 2,000,000 De Laval Cream Separators now in use every lay. No other farm machine so important as the cream separator. It it used twice every day in the year. A few of the Important feature of Hie New !n Laval are; Hell Hpeed Indicator, liiterclianKcall Itlwn, Concave IW.tlom Hclf IVnterlnii llowl, and Automatic Hpray Oiling of All Gears ami Hearing. Lakin Hardware "Where it pays to trade" rre rxcluklve agents for till machine. G. REIN Shoemaker First class made-to-measure Shoes and Repair Work Located in Hughes' Harness Shop NOW is the time to use RED DRAGON SQIRREL AND GOPHER POISON for extermination of rats, gophers, mice and other pests. D. P. Adamson & Co. Druggists freight cars which the government is ; to order through a series of contracts tow under consideration. , j A total of 466 accidents was report ad to the state industrial accident com mission for the week ending April 4, f which two were fatal. Sam D. Clarke, of Philomath, was killed while logging, and A. Emerson, a railroad man, was killed at Kerry. Grass Is In fine shape now. Last week was stormy with a cold wind. Jack Romberg passed through with a bunch of cattle on his way to his farm near the head of Crooked River. Miss Marjory Tackman attended the dance at Silver Creek last week. Alvy Boynton is here visiting. He spent several days with his aunt, Mrs. S. L. Boynton at Grandma Bennett's. ' Mrs. Seeds and her mother, ac companied by J. J. Romberg, paid Mrs. F. H. Hackleman a visit the first of the week. Harry Barnes has been at Chas. Stevenson's the last two days where ette because it Is necessary. In order to reach a market, to ship the cattle into Idaho and back into Oregon again. Dr. Lytle states that a bill is now pending in congress which proposes to remedy this condition. , j "My congratulations on the showing of the number of hulls In the water and those you expect to launch in April in district No. 11. Tell the shipyard ' The Lane County grand Jury Indicted , boys their record Is fine." James O. Elmer Paine, Jess Fox and Harry Heyworth, manager of the wooden ship Martin, charging them with burning ', construction division of the emergency the Eugene Mill & Elevator company's warehouse at Coburg and its contents, inaluding 3700 sacks of potatoes, with Sntent to defraud Insurance companies. The state of Oregon, for the year 1918 on the 1917 assessment roll, has levied $23,203,140.66 for all purposes, including state, county, school, road, ities and towns and miscellaneous taxes, according to a statement com pleted by State Tax Commissioner Gal loway. r Lesson Ross, a cattleman of Poe ralley, fn Klamath county, has been arrested In connection with the poison ing of the 27 sheep in the vicinity of Merrill. The sheep were found poison .ed" at the homes of two prominent ranchers and a warning was left to keep the animals away from Bryant Mountain, which heretofore has been used for cattle. Fred Stukel, of Poe valley, and John McFall, of Bonanza, lad previously been apprehended In sounection with this affair. fleet corporation, sent that telegram to Lloyd J. Wentworth, representing the corporation in Oregon. The mes sage dispels a feeling In some quarters tha statements emanating from Wash ington,, that shipbuilders were behind the schedule In the showing for March, was Intended to include Oregon build ers. As Oregon is participating with the national government in the destruction of ground squirrels and other rodents of the fields, the farmers of the state will be able to buy poison at favorable prices. W. C. Henderson, acting chief of the biological survey, has Informed Senator Chamberlain that strychnine will probably be furnished for $1.20 an ounce, Instead of $5 an ounce, If purchases were made in the market. The purchases will have to be made through Dr. O. B. Center, director of extension work of the Oregon Agricul tural college, who is looking after the state cooperative work. 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