OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY Iff,- 1918.
About the State
Resume of the News of the
Week from All Parts
of Oregon
0. A. C, Corvallis. County agri
cultural . councils, which reflect the
views of progressive farmers of Ore
gon, see a growing menace to the in
creased food production campaign of
the government in the labor situa
tion. While the government is urg
ing farmers to plant more than ever
before they find farm labor more than
ever scarce and are at a loss to know
how to put in and care for the in
creased acreage. -"These councils un
derstand the need for large crops and
are anxious to respond," says Paul
V. Maris, state leader of county agent
work. "But they find that it means
more labor, while they actually have
less. Unless some means is found to
supply the farm help required it is
difficult to ' see how the increased
acreage can be managed."
Hood River. In case the county
court adopts the recommendations of
citizens at a recent public meeting
for the discussion of the 1918 bud
get, road work the coming year will
be centralized. The proposal, made
by Commissioner Hannum, that a
crew of half dozen or more skilled
road workers be employed perma
nently met with general approbation.
According to Mr. Hanmun's plans the
county will buy a light motor truck
to supply quick transportation to
any part of the county.
Pendleton. For Pendleton and the
vicinity the past month was the
warmest and the wettest December
on record. Never before since weath
er records have been kept here, and
they were started in 1880, has the
maximum temperature for the month
reached 68, which was recorded here
on the 18th, and was two degrees
above the previous record maximum.
With a precipitation of 2.88 inches
the past December, broke a record
which has been standing since 1906,
when 2.44 inches was recorded.
Portland. Six cent fare will be
charged on the street car lines of
Portland after January 15. The
state public service commission Sat
urday rendered a decision at Salem
granting a petition of the Portland
Railway, Light and Power company
for permission to advance its fare one
cent. The decision incorporated a
statement of opinion by the commis
sioners to the effect that the advance
was granted as the' only practical
means of saving the company from
bankruptcy.
Condon. Unusual weather has pre
vailed in Gilliam county and eastern
Oregon for the last month. The
weather has been mild with the heav
iest rainfall in the memory of the
oldest inhabitant. Sheep are doing
well on ' grass which is six inches
high on, the ranges. Wheat sown
three weeks ago is up and that plant
ed last fall is covering the ground
with a mantle of green, Rye also is
promising.
Heppner. Heppner and Morrow
county are proud of the record made
in the Red Cross Christmas member
ship campaign, when the county roll
ed up a percentage of 175 of its quo
ta and took its place as the top notch
county in the United States in the
membership campaign. Sam E. Van
Vactor, campaign manage, is be
ing congratulated for the splendid
work done under his arrangement.
He passes the credit along to his co
workers who braved the storm and
mud to make a thorough canvass and
to the patriotic people of the county
who responded so cheerfully and lib
erally for the cause.
Toledo. The county court has
created the office of county agricul
tural agent for Lincoln county. The
amount of $1600 was appropriated
for the current year. 0. M. Plummer
of Portland appeared before the
board and made a plea for the ap
propriation from the standpoint of
food conservation, and as a special
representative of the department of
agriculture at Washington.
Portland. Charges that the Ore
gon Dairymen's league, an organiza
tion of milk producers of Oregon and
southwestern Washington, has violat
ed the federal anti-trust law were
filed with Clarence L, Reames, Unit
ed States attorney for Oregon, by
Portland milk distributors. The dis
tributors alleged that the league had
served notice on them that a charge
of 5 cents a hundred pounds will be
levied on all milk furbished through
the organization.
Salem. Public , Service Commis
sioncr Buchtel has received word
from the state board of health that
colon baccili again has appeared in
the water supply at Oswego. The
commission some time since ordered
improvements, in the water service,
including the use of chlorine in the
water. The chlorine was discontinu
ed on resolution of the city .council
of Oswego, and it is believed such
.discontinuance is responsible for the
reappearance of the colon bacilli.
' Portland. Election of officers and
adoption of resolutions brought to a
close the seventh annual Oregon ir-
rigation congress Saturday night.
These officers were chosen: President,
Jav H. Upton, ' Prineville; first vice-
president, H. W". Gard, Madras; sec
ond vice president, B. D. Joslin, Jor
dan Valley; third vice president,
Porter J. Neff, Medford; secretary,
Fred N. Wallace, Tumalo.
Pendleton. In recapturing his stol
en car last week Si Reetz qualiged as
a motion picture actor. He missed
his machine after church ands with a
friend, started out in a borrowed car
to trace it. He caught sight of the
lost auto on the Wild Horse road.
Its driver, seeing he was pursued,
put on all speed, but the borrowed
car crept alongside. Reetz standing
on the running board of the borrow
ed machine, leaped to the running
board of his own car, threw his arms
around the neck of the driver, who
shut off the power and surrendered.
Eugene. Arrests for permitting
chickens to run at large and throw
ing broken glass in the streets out
numbered arrests for drunkenness in
the city of Eugene, with a population
of 12,000, during the year 1917. The
total number of arrests for drunken
ness was eight. The score for chick
ens at large and broken glass was 10.
Hood River. Hood River county
tax, exclusive of special school or
road levies that may be raised in re
spective districts, will be 17.55 mills
for 1918, divided as follows: Gen
eral fund, 8.2 mills; roads, 5.7 mills;
school fund, 1.9 mills; high school
tuition, .65 mill,. and highway bond
ing fund 1.1 mills. The road tax will
not be levied against property with
in the city limits of Hood River.
Salem. The public service com
mission, in an order issued last week,
requires the Central Oregon Irriga
tion company, prior to the irrigation
season of 1918, to install at the point
designated for delivery of water to
the land of each settler, a device for
measuring all water used. The com
pany is also asked to file with the
commission prior to the opening of
the irrigation season a plan for sys
tematic distribution of water for ir
rigation of lands of the various set
tlers. This plan must be approved
by a representative of the state, as
specified under a contract executed
in 1907. .
PAPER FIRM IS PURCHASER
Crown Willamette Buys Logging
Camp and Will Tap Tract
The McGrecor-Malone company
has sold its logging camp in the up
per Youngs river district near As
toria, to the Crown Willamette Pa
per company.. The property consists
of six miles pi railroad ana a com
plete logging outfit. The purchaser
is extending the road one-half mile
across the Casey ranch from the
Youngs River Falls toward tide
water, so as to dump the logs fur
ther down stream.
It also is constructing another ex
tension about five miles in length to
tap what is known as the Washburn
tract of timber, which it recently pur
chased from M. C. Kinney. The in
tention is to beein loeeine this tract
during the coming summer. Malone
Bros, are still operating the camp lor
the Crown Willamette company.
BOYS GO TO SALEM
Reuben and Calvin Neff, aged 13
and 11 years respectively, were tak
en to the state training school by
Juvenile Officer D. E. Frost on Sat
urday. The two lads had been given
into the care of local families who
last week appeared before Judge An
derson to say that the children were
incorrigible and that they could no
longer be cared for. In the absence
of a home for them the court had to
order the lads to Salem.
Dallas,. The building of 40 miles
of railway, known as the Valley &
Siletz, bewteen Independence and the
Siletz basin, has opened up the larg
est body of yellow fir timber on any
one. watershed in the state. The
camp of the Valley & Siletz Logging
company is the most modern in Ore
gon. All buildings are painted both
outside and in, and all bunks and
springs are made of steel and mod
ern mattresses are supplied. Side
walks are under construction and the
camp is electrically lighted. A free
library, clubroom, shower baths and
an emergency hospital are some of
the conveniences. Eighty men are
employed in the unit now operating.
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Salem. Acting Adjutant General
Williams has submitted the follow
ing figures to Governor Withycombe,
showing the present status of enlist
ments in Oregon: Third Oregon,
2055; Oregon coast artillery, 1700;
fiebl artillery, 400; cavalry, 400; hos
pital units, 600; officers' reserve
corps, 256; medical officers, etc., 200;
navy and marine corps, 5652; selec
tive service, 717; infantry service, un
der draft, 700; enlisted, 7320. Total,
20,000. Enlistments were made' as
follows: Up to June 3300; June 30
to December 1, 3300; December 1 to
December 15, 2400. .
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MILL FEED CONTROL IS
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS
"News of the utmost importance to
the farmers and stock raisers, and to
the whole people of the northwest,1
says Federal Food Administrator W.
B. Aver, "was the recent announce
ment that the manufacture of mil!
feeds had come under' government
control through the federal licens
ing system, and that the price of
bran had been fixed at $30 a ton
with shorts at $32 and middlings at
$39. These prices are substantially
lower than have prevailed, and the
supply will be materially, increased
by the milling of all wheat possible
here in the northwest, instead of
shipping the whole wheat away to be
milled elsewhere. This makes the
outlook much brighter for those who
have been struggling to keep thefr
herds and flocks together in the face
of great difficulties and uncertainty.
"The new prices are already effec
tive, and will even be made on unfill
ed contracts. ' At the recent confer
ence of leading millers of the north
west with the United States milling
commissioner, the millers very gen
erously volunteered to adopt the new
prices for all unfilled contracts, al
though some of these contracts were
for delivery at prices upward of 20
more than the new figure. This
splendid action of the millers made
the new basis operative at once for
all shipments.
"Now that the uncertainty of feed
prices has been eliminated and the
largest possible supply assured, the
farmers and stock raisers can feel se
cure in making their plans, and I
earnestly urge that these plans be
made for the largest possible pro
duction of food animals. The mar
ket for beef, pork, mutton and poul
try, becavfse of thet world shortage,
will inevitably be strong and steady
for a long time to come, and the rais
ing of food animals under the new
conditions,, cannot fail to prove a
sound and profitable business invest
ment, as well as an impoitant patri
otic service."
STATE MADE FORTUNATE
. CONTRACT ON LIME MINE
That the state lime board of Ore
gon acted wisely in leasing the lime
mine at Gold Hill, that, with the
small, amount of money at their com
mand, they made a fortunate con
tract; that there is apparently ai in
exhaustible supply of the best lime
in the mine they have leased, and
that they are progressing in a man
ner that will, in the shortest possible
time, give the farmers of Oregon
who need it good lime to sweeten
their sour soils, and at the lowest
possible price, are the conclusions I
have formed and, which, I believe,
must be formed by every one who
visits this mine.
In company with A. E, Kellogg of
Gold Hill, and J. H. Beeman, from
whom the mine was leased, I made
the trip to the mine, which is a short
mile across Rogue river from Gold
Hill, .The town lies at an elevation
of 1086 feet, and the mine at 1840, so
that after an auto ride of two miles
around by the bridge and up a coun
ty road, there was still an arduous
climb' for a "tenderfoot." But the
View spread out before the eye,
which includes Gold Hill, Rogue
river and the valley of one of its
tributaries, dotted with farms, is
worth the 'effort and, knowing the
foundation principles . of mining and
quarrying, I could see at once the
advantageous position of the mine.
About a mile of fairly easy grade
would make a road connecting with
the county road, and every foot of it
a downhill pull from the mine. But
the board has done far better than
that in the purchase for $3000 of a
tram, with terminals, from an old
gold mine a tram that I am inform
ed on good authority cost over $15,
000 and could not today be duplicat
ed new for $25,000. Tentative plans
are to have the terminals a mile and
three-quarters below Gold Hill. A
shorter route and closer landing
could be found, but this route carries
it over the points of two hills which
make natural supports for low, cheap
bents, reduces the cost of building
and makes the strongest and best
supports.
I know little ' of lime rock,- but I
could see (and so can anyone), that
the rock is "in place," as miners ex
press it. Mr. Beeman is a mining
man of many years' experience and
he showed me the full face of the
ledges, the dip, the way the ledges
run and many things it would take
days to learn if prospecting by my
self. There are two ledges, each
fully 200 feet wide, parallel to each
other and separated by a dyke of
shale 60 feet in width. They dip
away from instead of into the moun
tain, so that the rock will naturally
fall forward when being quarried.
The rock has no "o.ver-burden,"
Shale or earth, if it is of the right
nature, is all right above lime rock,
if cement is wanted, but when lime
alone is to he taken out, as little as
possible besides the' rock i wanted.
Hence, I repeat I never saw so little
over-burden at any kind of a . mine,
while the shale between the ledges
and down the mountain is excellent
for road purposes. There is a spring
on the property which furnishes suf
ficient water for domestic purposes,
As I said, I am no judge of lime
rock, but reports on the quality of
the rock have been made by two
chemists acting for parties who
were considering buying the mine.
One shows 97.54 per cent lime car
bonates and the other 96.43, or only
about three per cent of foreign mat
ter, and that 'not deleterious, which
means that it is practically pure
lime. Understand the state lime
board's chemist made practically the
same report. Gold Hill :s 314 miles
from Portland, or about 300 from
Willamette valley points, and I un
derstand the railroad rate is now
$2.70 a ton. If the rock is ground
up at the quarry, as it certainly
should be, it can be transported in
sacks or bulk direct to the cars for
y ray
ore
For Tone,
Construction,
Adaptability and
Cabinet Work
it is Unequal ed
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Don't criticise this
wonderful
machine before
you hear and
examine it!
Ask your
neighbor.
Priced from $32.50 to S180.Q0
WHAT IS THE USE-
of paying $250.00 for a machine when you can buy the Brunswick for $150.00? Why not put the
extra hundred dollars in records or save it.
to hear a complaint against it.
We have sold a great many Brunswicks and we have yet
MAIN STREET
ONES DRUG CO.
Exclusive Clackamas County Agents
OREGON CITY
about three cents per ton. Mr. Bee
man has leased the mine for a royal
ty of only eight cents per ton for
five vears, with privilege of five
years' renewal. He iB a" public spir
ited man and seems to have a sin
cere desire to see his mine doing
actual good to the state. He declares
he is well satisfied with his contract
and that it will yield him good re
turns. With his knowledge of lime
and of mining generally I am forced
to believe there is enough good lime
in his mine to supply Oregon farm
ers for years to come. The board
has not the money to mine (or rather
to quarry) it as cheaply as is pos
sible, but it has convict labor, and
cheap lime for J918 seems to be in
sight.
The board has been criticised for
not securing its lime from the one
quarry in the Willamette valley,
where a lower rate for transnorta-
tion, on account of shorter haul,
could be secured. I have not visited
that mine, but it is admitted that its
lime is only about 50 per cent pure.
I got none of my information from
members of the board and have not
discussed these matters with any of
them. I feel the lime board has
done remarkably well and made good
progress with its gigantic task and
its little $20,000 appropriation, I
wish every interested citizen could
see the mine, as I saw it, and then
read the expert's report. I believe
they would then go before "the next
legislature with such a strong de
mand that a reasonable appropriation-
would be given and the lime
board provided with fair working
capital. Horace Addis in the Oregon
Farmer.
FEBRUARY, 4 STARTS THE
REGISTRATION OF ALIENS
The -week of February 4 was set
aside by the department of justice
for registration of the half million
unnaturalized Germans in the con
tinental United States by police and
postmasters in pursuance of Tresi-
dent Wilson's alien enemy proclama
tion directing this action as a means
of minimizing the danger from
enemy sympathizers.
Registration will involve the gath
ering of detailed information concern
ing the business, relatives and habits
of every German, together with his
photograph and fingerprints. After
registering he must carry a certifi
cate card, and may not change his
place of residence without approval
of the police or postmaster. Viola
tion of the regulations will' be punish
able by internment for the war.
The orders do not apply to German
women, nor to any persons under 14
years of age, because these are not
classed as alien enemies by law. Sub
jects of Austria-Hungary are not re
quired to register.
In announcing the regulations the
department of justice took care to
avoid creating the impression that
the government looks on each Ger
man with suspicion. "Registrants
are not to be treated as persons of
evil disposition," said instructions to
registrars, "and the registration of
ficers are urged to deal with them in
a courteous and friendly manner."
Every German is required to go to
the registrar and make out tripli
cate affidavit information blanks, and
to furnish four photographs of him
self one for each affidavit and one
for his registration card. The photo
graph must bear his signature writ
ten across the front, and must not be
larger than three inches square. It
must be on thin paper, and have a
light background.
The affidavit provides for record
ing name, address, age, place of
birth, occupations and residences
since January 1, 1914,. date of arriv
al in the United States, whether mar
ried', names and ages of children,
whether the registrant has or has had
any male relative in arms against
the United States, whether register
ed for the draft, military training,
naturalization conditions and similar
information. Full description of the
man and the prints of each finger
must be taken by the registrar. The
registrant must swear to the affidavit
before the registering officer.
Administrators Named
.Herbert Olson, a Bon, Thursday
was given letters of administration
in the estate of his late father, John
Olson, who died on November 30.
The estate comprises real property
valued at $1900 and there are five '
children as heirs. i
Letters of administration were ask
ed by Henry W. Trembath in , the
estate of Martha Trembath, The es
tate is valued at $4000, practically
all in real property. -
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27-inch Swiss and Baby Flouncings 18
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