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UPLANDS ARE WHITE
Snow Covers Eastern Oregon
. and Part of Washington.
BAKER GOES A-SLEIGHING
Tee Forms at Canyonvllle and Fall
in Hills Ranges From Tiiin Cor-
cring to DcptU of 7 Indies.
No Damage Iteported.
Winter gathered Eastern Oregon and
Southwestern Washington in its em
brace yesterday and set sleighbells
a-tingling at Baker, sent stockmen
to the range to bring their herds to
shelter, and was heavy enough in some
places to break branches from trees.
Ko damage was reported.
Depths of from one and one-haif to
seven inches were recorded at. various
points, while thin ice was also re
ported for the first time this season.
Nothing worse than a threat of rain
was experienced ir Portland, the maxi
mum temperature being 61 degrees.
More snow is predicted in the dis
tricts which are covered now.
BAKER FOLIC GO SLEIGHING
Tree Brandies Broken and Street
Force Is Swamped.
BAKER, Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.)
Baker awoke this morning in the midst
of Winter, after retiring in balmy
weather. Many tree branches were
broken by an eight-inch snow con
taining .49 inch of moisture, and, there
was an insistent demand for snow
shovclers all day. Sleighs appeared
and the sport was good, both in city
snd country. The entire city street
cleaning force was swamped in pre
venting the flooding of sewers. Re
ports from the country say little dam
age was done to late fruit.
There was slight flurry of enow this
afternoon, with predictions of rain or
enow tonight.
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Seven-Inch Snow Recorded in Near
by Valeys.
LA GRANDE. Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.)
This morning Eastern Oregon was
clad in a mantle of snow, ranging in
depth from two inches on the floor
of the Grand Ronde and Wallowa val
leys to six and seven inches in the
mountains.
.stockmen hurried to the hills to bring
their flocks to shelter.
CAN YO WILLE HAS ICE. TOO
Snow Melts in Valley as It Falls,
bul Covers Hills.
CANTONVILLR. Or., Nov. 9. (Spe
cial.) Canyonville had its first snow
of the season jesterday and today. In
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the valley the snow melted as it felt
but further up in the hills it remained.
At the summit, seven miles south of
here, a. two-inch fall was reported.
Thle morning a thin coating of ice
covered the pools of water in the roads.
On November 2 of last year snow
fell here, covering the ground from
one inch in the valley to three inches
in the hills.
BAKER TAX LEVIES FIXED
City Property Will Pay IS. 2 Mills;
County 8 Mills Plus State Tax. 1
BAKER, Or.. Nov. 9 (Special.)
Baker's. tax levy for next year is 13.2
mills, and that of Baker County is 8
mills outside the state tax. These were
the figures given out by the City and
County Commissioners at their separ
ate meetings this afternoon.
The city tax shows an increase of 6
mills over that of last year, while the
county estimate is 2 mills lower than
a, year ago. This is the county's first
budget, so that it may .. vary slightly
from the estimate. The city levy is
to increase only 2 mills because of
the closing of saloons and cutting off
of $15,000 of liquor licenses. The
amount to be raised is $65,931 and the
assessed value of property is $5,272,840.
In the county $199,030.25 is needed, and
the assessed valuation is $24,171,372.
I0NE COUNCILMAN DIES
Edward T. Perkins, Postmaster lor
17 Tears, Passes at 68. ,
IONE, Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.) Ed
ward T. Perkins died . at the home of
John Bryson Monday at 6S years of age.
He came West from Missouri with his
parents at the age of 6 years and settled
near Dallas. Or, 31 years later moving
to Lone.
He was postmaster of lone for 17
years, was Justice of the Peace, was
elected to succeed himself as City Coun
cilman last December and was School
Clerk of District No. 35. He was a
Mason, an Oddfellow and an Elk.
He leaves a son. A. C. Perkins, of
San Francisco, and a daughter. Dallas
Perkins, of Portland, who was with
him at his death.
CAPTAIN CHURCH IS DEAD
Noted Police Official Succumbs to
- . Effects of Blood Poison.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Nov. S. (Spe
cial.)K..Y. Church, one of the best
known police officers of this section,
and for' six years Na member of the
Aberdeen police force.' died this morn
ing from blood poisoning.
Mr. Church always served as a plain
clothesraan or as captain while on the
Aberdeen force and several times fig
ured in the arrest of notorious crimin
als. He is survived by a wife and two
small sons. He made a valiant fight
for life,' but when told ' yesterday, that
his life bung on a' slender thread he
prepared his will and cheerfully aid
good-bye to his family and intimate
friends.
Tn granting concessions for development
of It recently discovered potash deposits,
Spain Is - requiring concessionaires to re
servo for national consumption such parts
of the salts -as the -suvernjnent deems ad-visabl.
TTTV- MORXIXQ OREGOXTAX. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1915.
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ROBERT B. MANTELL and GENEVIEVE HAMPER
Most Eminent Dramatic Star
"The Blindness of Devotion"
Coming Sunday, Nance 0"Neil in
RAIL TAX GUT ASKED
Southern Pacific Declares 33
Per Cent of Earnings Goes.
COMMISSION CENTERS FIRE
Reduction of $8,58 5,2 6 8 in Valua
tion Requested on Plea That Jit
neys, Too, Are Making Inroads
Into Receipts of Company.
SALEM, Or.. Nov. 9. (Special.) De
claring that the taxing districts where
in the Southern Pacific Company and
its subsidaries operate this year re
ceived bigger returns from the rail
road than the bond and stockholders
themselves, and that 33 per cent of the
road's net earnings in 1914 went for
taxes, William M. Colvig, tax and
right-of-way attorney for the South
ern Pacific, today appealed to the State
Tax Commission fro a reduction in val
uation on its Oregon properties amount
ing to $8,585,266. The 1914 assessed
valuation of the Southern Pacific and
subsidaries was $44,409,923.
What action the Commission will
take in the case of the Southern Pa
cific and other railroads and public
utilities which have besieged it for the
last two weeks for reductions in as
sessments is a problem.
Commission Between Fires.
"The Commission finds itself between
two fires." said State Treasurer Kay
today, "and the problem of arriving at
an equitable adjustment of valuation is
difficult. On the one hand, counties
mrougnout tne state are demanding in
creased ratios, while the utilities ask
for a decrease."
In his argument today for a reduced
assessment, Mr. Colvig demonstrated
that 33 per cent of the Southern Pa
cific's net earnings in 1914 went for
taxes, leaving 67 per cent for hire of
equipment and joint facilities, interest
on bonds, dividends on stock, etc.
"Outside of Multnomah County our
tax payments on operating properties
alone were more than 8 per cent of the
total taxes levied in the counties
through which we operate," said Mr.
Colvig. "We paid over 3 per cent of all
taxes collected in the entire state. This
includes Multnomah County, which our
lines touch only on the south end. as
well as all the Central and Eastern
Oregon country, in which, of course, we
have no lines."
Cot In Earnings Laid 4 Jitneys.
That motortrucks and jitney service
are rendering railroad investments
much less desirable,- if not actually
questionable, was the assertion of Mr.
Colvig. He declared that already the
railroads had felt the effects of good
roads in a reduction in. earnings from
local travel.
"In Jackson County," continued Mr.
Colvig. "taxes from our operated rail
road amount to practically one-tenth of
all the taxes collected in the county.
For contributing our one-tenth we are
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already rewarded by the necessity of
lamns on our service between Grants
Pass and Ashland, a falling off in local
freight shipments and the certainty of
further loss of revenue as the road
progresses. The same conditions exist
more or less all along our lines." " "
RAIL CUTOFF COMPLETED
Echo-Coyote Route Is Practically
Ready for Trains.
PENDLETON, Or., Nov. 9. (Special.)
The Echo-Coyote cut-off is now com
pleted and . practically ready for the
running of trains over it, according to
Colonel H. G. Newport, of the Newport
Construction Company, which has had
contracts for the grading of a large
amount of the right of way, and who
are finishing up the concrete work on
the bridge across the Umatilla River
below Stantield.
It is probable that some fast freights
and other trains will be run over the
road at once, but it. is unlikely that
train service will be regularly sched
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GARFIELD LETS CONTRACTS
County Improvements to Be Made
Aggregating $19,402.
POMEROT, Wash., Nov. 9. (Spe
cial.) Three contracts for road im
provements in Garfield County, aggre
gating $19,402.90, were let by the Board
of County Commissioners last week.
The largest contract was obtained by
a bid of $9249.90 on a permanent high
way east of Pomeroy. The other two
contracts were let for the Shelton
grade and Rice bar improvement. '
The three contracts were obtained by
outside firms. The contractors agreed
to employ Garfield County labor,, and
the work will begin at once.
Burglar Begins Second Sentence.
ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 9. (Special.)
John Larrison, yho yesterday was
taken to Salem to serve a term In the
IT IS well to remember
that it is tailoring that
sets off the style of a
suit or overcoat.
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they are the product of Sixty
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charge of burglary, was once previous
ly confined in that institution, accord
ing to fheriff Quine... On the first oc
casion Larrison was committed to the
Penitentiary from Marion County on a
charge of burglary.
MRS. EVANS. HEADS RELIEF
New Chairman of Department Plans
to Help Tubercular.
Mrs. Sarah A. Evan- yesterday was
appointed chairman of public health
of the Oregon Federation of Women's
Clubs and the accounts and bookso of
that department were turned over to
her by Mrs. Sadie-Orr Dunbar. The
appointment was made by Mrs. Charles
Castner. the new state president.
Mrs. Evans said that steps will be
taken immediately , to dispense some-of
the funds for tubercular cases and that
appeals for help made-to her will be
investigated and assistance will be
given. She will submit her plans to
the state federation board. No worthy
cases will be denied.
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LADIES! DARKEN
; YOUR GRAY HAIR
Use Grandma's Sage Tea and
Sulphur Recipe and Nobody
Will Know.
. The use of Sage and Sulphur for re
storing faded, gray hair to its natural
color dates back to grandmother's time.
She used it to keep her hair beauti-
iuny aarK. glossy and abundant. When
ever her hair fell out or took on that
dull, faded or streaked appearance, this
simple mixture was applied with won
derful effect.
But brewing at home Is mussy and
out-of-date. . Nowadays by asking at
any drug "store for a So cent bottle of
"Wyeth s Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem
edy." you will get this famous old
recipe which can be depended upon to
restore natural color and beauty to the
hair and is splendid for dandruff dry,
feverish, itchy scalp and falling ' hair.
A well-known downtown druggist
says-it darkens thehair'so naturally
and evenly that nobody can tell it has
been applied. You simply dampen a
sponge or 'soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
strand at a time. By morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, it becomes beautifully
dark, glossy, soft and abundant. Adv.
Itching Tortun Stops
It is unnecessary for you to suffer
with eczema, ringworm, rashes and
similar skin troubles. A little zemo.
gotten at any drug store for 25c, or
t for extra large bottle, and prompt
ly applied will usually give instant
relief from itching torture. It cleanses
and soothes the skin and heals quick--ly
and effectively most skin diseases.
Zemo is a wonderful disappearing
liquid and does not smart the most del
icate skin. It is not greasy, is easily
applied and costs little. Oet it today
and save all further distress.
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