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p iVMLLLn LH VUG Romantic Chapter in History l Of West to Be Closed, Is Announcment OREGON HOLDINGS BIG Pioneer at One Time Owned ';! JSeven Million Acres In This State I SAN FRANCISCO, Cal . April 25. The remain of the vast cin pilre of the late Henry Millet, cit tle baron, who rone from a butch er 'boy to the largest individual . )and owner In the United States, are for Bale, according to an nouncement here tonight by David Drown, secretary of Wilier & Lux, a! holding corporation. 'The lands are valued at $40, 000,000. They include one tract of. 500,000 acres In the San Joa quin valley, Calif., with a front age of 70 miles along- the San Joaquin river and approximately -500,000 acres elsewhere in Cali fornia, Oregon and Nevada. I J ligation Prolonged i Decision to sell was reached. Drown saidbecause of prolonged Iltllgltlps over, Inheritance taxes computed in millions of dollars, .aid because 'of - te company's de termination to pay its debts of several million dollars. Dlfflcul Tell Your Friends Start Today Miiirn nnin I I I tit it tS'iit 'wit . . ., ..,. ..t-.. .. H . WIN A REAL LIVE PONY ALL FOR. YOUR VERY OWN BOYS AND GIRLS ATTENTION! TIIK CJRKATKST OPIOnTUXTTY OP YOUR CHILDHOOD IJ.VYS r The Oregon Statesman has decided to announce a contest that far exceeds In "value ot prizes offered anything yet dreamed of for boys and girls by any newspa per In this state. 1 Think of it! Four handsome and valuable ponies with their outfits to be award ' el to four proud end happy iwm or girls, jut at the dawn of summer, just when ' I he fields are turning green, 'when boys or girls and ponies love to roam around and enjoy one another's company. Just at a time when yon can turn your pony loose on a nearby piece of land to enjoy himself when you are away to school-. Those who are fortunate enough to be boys or girls eighteen years of age or under will no doubt hall with delight the announcement of such sensational prizes as four handsome ana valuable ponies and complete driving outfits, particularly when It is understood that If for any reason a pony is not won a cash commission will be paid on all subscriptions received from active candidates. Snch elaborate priies and cash commissions are conditions heretofore unheard or and with such an opportunity available it behooves every boy and girl to take ad- - Tk01.8 f plan t0 in a real ,,ve ponjr 811 for hla or her ver' own- A Klanre' at Jhe prizes and the immense value of these rewards assures the Statesman of the active co-operation of every boy and girl. It cost nothing to be a candidate and a little effort for the few weeks this contest is in vogue may win for you one of these famous Ponies of the Great West. .kliib,,1)e,t opportunity of your childhood to get one of these greatest of all childhood companions is at hand today. rontest'Vdi1! hxA ?A vlrl haVe awarded ponies and outfits by the own . . the8 h already done you can do if vou trv. own a jony and outfit to keep and enjoy as long as you like Nominations are free. NEXT DISTRIBUTION OF 'PONIES JUNE 25 f'i -lit THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON flex "encountered In managing the vust estate, realization that none of the Miller heir will be able to I control the property, and pubM'" opinion mat tn tanus snouit ne divided alo played a part in the df-idon. Shortly l'forc Miller' death in October. 1 H 1 experts .-aid that hia land holdings wen o t ns -ive that even tbu -uwniT hlmsell had no exact knowledge of them. Holding Tubulated Figures compiled and an nominee! during Miller's lifetime gave the following as his hold ings: Santa Clara county, eight s.ii;irt- niil-g. Alt-reed county, 3G miles north and .outh by 22 miles east and west. Fresno county, 1,000,000 acres. Hreson. approximately 7,-uOO,-000 acres The pausing of the Miller lands to other hand will close one -of the romantic chapters in the his tory of the went. LENDING HAND, TOT DROWNS IN STREAM (Continued from page I ) the creek on a Toot logy when the larger girl clipped and fell in. Helen rami' to her rescue, but in her efforts to assist became caught in the swift current. Her body was found three hours Inter about one mile from the place where she fell in. The other girl was unharmed except for a drenching. SIKH'S WILL CliOSE. ALHANY. X. Y.. April 2T.. The Delaware Hudson shops at Colonic, Green Island and Oneon ta will be closed next Wednesday, it was announced by company of ficials h(re today. About 150 men will be a fleeted. FIRST PRIZE "Grandee," Harness and A pretty prancing pony, The greatest of chums for a A real sweetheart for a girlie, To win one, oh ! think of the joy. NOMINATION BLANK Tony Contest Editor, Statesman Publishing Co., Salem, Oregon Please register my name as a contestant in The ionv Contest and credit me with 5000 votes. I have read the rule? of the content and agree to same. Contestant's Name Address... Signature of Parent or Guardian This blank properly filled out brings you further Information and supplies by return mail. BE ILL IS VALID rstaMishment of $700,000 Education Fund Upheld in Federal Court PORTLAND. Ore.. Aprii 2.". Tli.. nit. unit ,if tin- II relatives of Dr. I'.ern:iid Duly, deceased capi talist f Lakev .ew. Ore , to declare invalid bis will in so tar. as it per tained to tli,- . ..taM'-hmeiit of n ITiiii.eiin tru-t lund for tin.' educa tion of worthy joiiup men and wo men of Lake county, was frus trated fod:iy by Federal .ludi:e H. rf. Ilean. who le Id that, the will and its terms were legal and altd. Dr. Daly left a large fortune and a will providing that with n live years after hi.-? death all his propei t v save a lew exception should be sold ainl the money con verted into an educational fund that wo'ilJ aid no les than 1 " young men and women of his "be loved Lake county'' annually to complete the road to knowledge nnhamnered by financial difficul ties. Hui'li Daly and 13 other rela tives scattered in nil parts of the t-iol.e attempted ' to have the will declared invalid. APPLAUSE DIRECTED j TO COUNTY COURTi (Continued from page 1) j the action of the county court In j securing: officers not known by every blind pig operator in the county, and naturally the court Buggy Nominate Yourself Receive 5,000 Free Votes boy, 1 would not f-M to the housetop and shout the tidings to thein o they could evade the officers. TV' door w:i pen t lieu- and I open now 'or local officers to do their full (iut in arresting and bring ing to jti.stice nioousliiners and l i.otlesKers and the public is t -p4-( taut.'' BEER CENTER OF DRY ARGUMENTS (Continued from page 1 its pa.aLe was certain. Tumltuik Doubtful. Aft"t (uiiiitmt: noses on the .-oiuniittee. Mr Volsiead is Very t run tly of the opinion, he said, that there will be no turn-back ' II the question of prohibition, even in .the face of a cry. from many sections that congress give tie- propo -ed leer regulations for the sick a tryont. After turning thumbs down on beer and putting extra safeguards around the medical use of wine, home made or imported, (lie new Volstead bili would close the irat-'s to importation of lienor and .--hut down distilleries until the present stock of about forty uiU ! ton gallons now in bonded ware houses had been exhausted. The bill also would impose cer tain additional restrictions on the manufacture of alcoholic prepar ations, '"masquerading as np'di eine and tonics, which prohibition baders assert are drinkable. Won hi Widen Jtti iilii (ion. Still anotlier tightening up sec tion would meet the demand from .some quarters that the attorney M ti' ral should have a more di ret share in the enforcement of the law. As explained by Mr. Volstead, it requires that the at torney general shall have notice of all applications for permits lo pr-ll or manufacture liquor or al coholic medicinal preparations, and that public notice of the ap plication shall be posted so that the attorney general or any per son who may have knowledge of any violations on the part of the applicant may object to the per mit being granted. Permits at present, the judici ary committee chairman said, are granted without any notice to the attorney general and he has no opportunity to object to their is suance. The bill would give th attorney general power to cancel permits for the same reason that the commissioner of internal rev enue is authorized to cancel. L HEADS TO MEET Coleman and Gill to Preside In East and West Districts PORTLAND. Anril 25. ,Pri. ltmiBary to tho meeting of thej board of dirertnra rf tho Tivall Lesrlon Of LorfcPt-s and LnmherJ)! men which convenes on the third?! Monday In May in Portland,, meetings of the district boards will take place In the 12 districts or( the organization during this and th" two following weeks. Norman F. Coleman, president of th legion, will preside at the lueetings in the west division oft the organization's territory, and Robert S. Gill, executive secre tary, w ill do th same in the east ern division. Loyal Legion headquarters re ceived reports today that the Ulaekwell mill at Couer d'Aleoe started oneshift the end of last week. Authentic word coms from tho organization representative at Raymond. Wash., that the big Willapa mill at that place con templates shutting down May 1 for several weeks. The camp. of this and associated companies, however, will continue their re sumption of production, now in process. CIVKRI.tM: ITEMMS. CLOVERDALK, Or.. vpril 2.1. (Special to The Statesman.) Elmer Mennies and wife and Mrs. Joseph Morris were among the Salem visitors Saturday. Mrs. Walter Placo and mother, ! ' - "I'f-ltl, VIMICU Oil- lem Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George Mason were trading in Sale-n Thursday. Miss Violet Craig of Salom sjient the past week here with her parents. F. A. Wood and family spent Sunday in Salem with his son. Carl Wood. Miss Ethel Crai? spent the week-end here. Miss Pearl Weatherill of Falls City visited friend" here Sundav. The youncr folks of the neigh borhood met for an enjoyable eve ning at the Coppack home Fri day evening. Games were played throughout the evening and lunch wa? served at a suitable hour by the young ladies. Federal Court Reinstates Virgin Islands Governor PHILADELPHIA." April 25 Lucius J. Malmin of Chicago was reinstated as judge of the district court of the Virgin islands bv a majority decision of the United States circuit court of appeals here today. An opinion, written by Judge Wooley, and concurred in by Judge Davis, holds that the ousting of Judge Malmin by Mil itary Governor Onion of he Vir ;in island and the appointment if Frederick T. McKean . a Phila lelphiu lawyer. In his place were invalid. A mandamus was isswed re Miiring Judge Malmin to rtura o the foimer Danish West Indies md take up his duties in the ourt. Judge Buffington filed a dis--nt!ng opinion, holding tho court had no Jurisdiction. BASEBALL DATES ARE ANNOUNCED Twilivht League Completes Schedule for Coming Season The schedule or the Cherry City Twilight Ita.ebaP league or ganized .between the employes of tiie Spa ilding Logging company. Valley Packing company, the slate house and the Y. M. C A. wuS announced last niht as fol lows: .Mav 2 Valley Packing Co. vs Y. M. t". A. May 5 Spaulding' vs Statu House. May 9Y, M. C. A. vs State House. May 1H Spauldinirs' vs Valley Packing Co. May 10 Spauldings' vs Y. M. C. A. May 20 Valley Packing Cm. vs State Mouse. May -;;--Spatildings vs Ftale House. May 27 Valley Tacking Co. vs. V. M. C. A. May :50 State House vs. Y. M. C. A. June ?, Valley Packjng Co. vs Spa ul dings'. June ft Spatildings vs Y.M.C.A. June 10 Valley Packing Co. vs State House. All contests wyi be played on Sweetland field at 6 p. m. Teams entering the Twilight league must be other than the Sa lem Senators or any teams repre senting colleges. No more than two persons outside a firm or or ganization represented in the league may play on any one league team and they may play on but one team in the league. , Catholic Council Wants Council on Disarmament WASHINGTON, April 25. A congress of nations called at Washington by the American government to initiate practical, effective measures "for the pro motion of enduring world peace" was suggested in a statement made public here'tonight by the administrative committee of the National Catholic Welfare council. The question of disarmament, it was said, can be considered "only in the light of international re lations," and should be promotod "only on condition of an inter national agreement, effective and binding- on the great powers of the world." The administrative committee includes Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco. Railroad Rates Favor Eastern State Farmers WASHINGTON, April a. Present railroad rates have given eastern farmers an advantage ever those of the west. Secretary Wallace said today, putting fhem in a better position to develop the industry in the east than at any time since the flood of cheap products from the west right after the Civil war browe down the market. Kastern business men, he said, are displaying willingness to co operate with the farmer in taking advantage of the opportunity. There have been several inquiries from business men as to the aid the department of agriculture is lending in co-operative market ing associations of farmers, the secretary asserted, adding that reveral of them have been willing to assist in co-operative market ing and buying. Consumers in cities should help the movement, he said, as it would be shortsighted for them to bring in foreign foodstuffs and discourage their own farmers. Damaging Rain Storm Sweeps Over Wisconsin 'MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 25. A heavy rainstorm, accompan ied by eleetric disturbances, swept central Wisconsin this afternoon, demoralizing wire communication. Large stretches of railroad track near Janesville were report ed under water and Oskosh re ported waters rising rapidly in the rivers that flow into Lake Winnebago. Meager reports early tonight did not indicate that the wide spread storm had caused any great damage. Serious Fire Destroys Warehouse at Grandview YAKIMA. Wash.. April 25. Fire of undetermined origin to night destroyed the warehouse of Gamble. Inc., of Grandview, and its contents with a loss estimated at $2 5. "00 and for a time threat ened the entire town because of the high wind. Two other build ings caught fire but were saved. Six Jurors Selected To Try Villa Raiders DEMINC. N. M., April 25. Six men were tentatively accept ed in the district court this af ternoon on the jury that will de cide the fate of 16 alleged Villa raiders charged with murder in connection with the Mexican ban dit raid on Columbus, N. M., In March, 1916. Tourists in Forests is Cause of New Problem PORTLAND. Ore.. April 25. L. F. Kneipp, assistant forester in charge of lands of the United States forest service, is in Port land today studying the conditions on the national forests of this dis trict. Mr. Kneipp is on a tour of the district forest wrrico nffiraa of the country, familiarizing him- TUESDAY MORNING, telf with problems and conditions in the national forest land3 divi sion. "Sanitary conditions are offer ing a great prohh'in to the forest service ttt the present time," he declared. "Hue to the increasing number of tourists and campers who visit the national lorests, the problem of satisfactory sanitation is growing greater." Aviation Neglected Says New Secretary of Navy WASHINGTON. April 2T.. Avl .H.o'i has been f;ivun insufficient attention "by the peopb', lh con gress and the navy," Secretary Deiiby declared today before the bouse naval committee. He advo cated enactment of Representative Hick's bill to create a separate navy bureau of aeronautics as a first step towards remedying the deficiency. "A modern fleet Is blind unless it has air auxiliaries," he said, "and we hope that by working out present plans we can always be assured that an American fleet will never meet a hostile, force which overmatches it in the air." Federal Loan May Take Care of Drouth-Stricken FARGO. N. 1).. April 2.".. Con fidence that all applications could be taken care of out of the $2. miO.OOO federal loan to drouth stricken farmers of the north west was expressed today by C. W. Warburtoii in charge of tho seed loan olfice here.. Some of the applicants, however, were not given tb: full $200 they desired. It was at first believed that tho f2.0oo.uo0 would be insufficient. Totals to Saturday night show ed $ 1 ,?.X7,,4(i?. had been disbursed. Montana had received $0?!Mfil; North Dakota. $663.2."G; Idaho, $.'5K,'ja;, and Washington $3704). Pool Tables Only Hit By Action of Council Members of the city council yes terday explained that the license or James inglis, pool room opera tor, which was revoked Friday night, affected the poof tables only, and the action does not in terfere with Inglis' right to oper ate a soft drink establishment. Jesse Streator, relative to whom the council refused to issue an other license, has sold his place on South Commercial street to L. A. Williams. The latter has pro cured a license to operate a pool room. Editors of Nation Will Give Chair to Harding NEW YORK, April 25 A chair made from the rib of one of the first American warships Is to be presented to President Harding by fellow publishers throughout the United States, It Is announced by Ernest F. Birmingham, editor ot The Fourth Estate, who has been collecting subscriptions of $1 each. ' . The donors desire President Harding to have a cabinet chair of his own which he can take to Marion, Ohio, when he retires to private life. They regard it as a glorifica tion of the "editorial chair" which he occupied for a quarter of a century. Fastest Mile Ever Seen In Kentucky is Recorded LEXINGTON, Ky., April 25. Leonardo II. E. F. Sims' unbeaten son of Sweep and Ethel Pace, and a. Kentucky Derby candidate, to day ran the fastest mile and one sixteenth ever seen on a Kentucky race track. This time was 1:42 4-5, a fraction of a second slower than the world's record of 1:42 3-4 set by Celesta in 1914 at Syra cuse. The mile was run In 1:35 3-5. equalling Man O'War's American race record. I Baby Clinics May Be Discontinued The April clinic of the Marlon County Children's bureau will be held Thursday afternoon in th Commercial club. Unless - the county health nurse Is retained this will be the final rlinic of the bureau,, for the follow-up work done by the community nurse is considered the most im portant phase of the bureau's chilf welfare work, and unless a ntire Is available for this It seems wisT, in the minds of officials of the organization, to discontinue the eugenics clinics. Fast California Sprinter Expects to Quit in July LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 25. Charles W. Paddock, Olympf" sprint champion, will retire In July, he announced here today. He will run his laht race In the na- i tional championship meet at Pad- dock field, Pasadena, opening July 1. He will enter the 100 yards and 220 yards events. He fore then, however. If the east in sists, he said, he may runMn the east, but "not unless." riUXCK VISITS HARDIXG WASHINGTON, April 25. The Prince of Monaco, ruler of the smallest kingdom in the world, formally exchanged official visits today with President Harding. Crater Lake National Park Company Formed To operate hotels, resorts and camps, "especially for the purpose of leasing, buying or operating what is known as Crater Lake lodge and Anna Spring camp In the Crater Lake National park company which yesterday filed ar ticles of incorporation here. The capitalization is $40,000 and the Incorporators are R. W. Chllds. R. V. Price and Eric V. Hauser. Olficea will be in Portland. APRIL 26, 1821 The Well Dresiea'Womon. R, jtOHMA TALpADCE. Btar t ft nrr' JtarWkal 1Vf araa. A ml M T TRAININB CAMPS TO OPEN JULY 6 Presidio and Camp Lewis Serve Western ; District WASHINGTON, April 23. The locations and opening dates of the citizens' military training canijis to he held this summer, the atats.t from which each will draw fts j candidates and tbe corps are i headquarters to which applica tions should be sent were an nounced today by the war depart ment. They include: Camp Iewis. Wash., and Presid io, San Francisco, July 6. Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana. Wyoming. Utah, Nevada and Cali fornia, ninth corps area, San Francisco. The camps will be of the so called Plattsburg type, offering free military training for 30 daS to physically fit itizens betweea the ages of 16 and 35. Derby Will Negotiate For Irish Settlement LONDON, April 24. Premie Lloyd-George, says the Sunday Times, haa commissioned Lord Derby to approach the Sinn Feljrt to discover, if possible commoirt ground for negotiations lookinf to a settlement of the Irish ques tion, in view of th eforthcoming elections. The newspaper says that LorB; Derby all his lite has been in close touch with all the vicissitudes of the Irish c4uestlon and thorough ly understands the situation. Beaverton tspee Shops p On Six Day Schedule TTEAVEIVrbN ,Ore., April 23.-4 Orders received" here today at the Southern Tacific shops, ' effective at once, place the Beaverton plant orr a six-day working schedule. U. S. Foreign Bom 2.6 Percent More Than 1910 "WASHINGTON, April 23. The foreign-born population of the United States in 1920 was 13,703, 987, an increase of 358,442 or 2.6 percent over 1910. The census bureau, in making this announcement tonight, cited the 30.7 percent increase in the nation's foreign born population between 1900 and 1910 and as cribed the marked decrease to utmost complete cessation of im migration during the war period and to considerable emigration during the war. MIXKHS AIIK CT GLOBE, Ariz., April 2T.. Op eration early yesterday morning were entirely suspended at the In ternational Smelting company near Miami. About 230 men were thrown out of employment- XICHOIjS hk.vts gilmork SIOUX CITY, Ta., April 25 Johnny Nichols of St. Paul knock ed out Eddie Gilmore of Sioux City, in the second round of tholr scheduled 10 round bout here to night. The men are welter weights. FUSION FAVORED. VIENNA, April 23. Nearly complete returns from the "sen timental plebiscite" held Sunday in thft Austrian Tyrol indicate that 98 per cent of the inhabi tants of the province voted in favorof fusion with Germany. MONTEREY HAS RAID MONTEREY, Cal., April 2r. Thirteen persons were arrested here tonight when federal officers confiscated several hundred gal lons of liquor and several stills. Two women were among those arrested.' Moat amphatlcally eonaplcuGua""th!a rr la the renalaaanca of paaui colora for sport waax. Pink, manva nd tnaiae ara developed lo aolta and threa pleca tffacta, or complement ary freck and wrap combination. Cbryaophaaa green, which la aa light aa jade, but not ao .brilliant. Is tha color of a tight weight flannel 'Pert ault which I recently pur chased. Tha aklrt la checked In green and -black, and tbe coat, which ta mplra walatad and knea length, la of aoJId color. Thla aoft ahada la vary becoming to the brunette typ. tha ahlrtwalsta which 1 wUl wear with thla ault .are of aliantDDK. t toe kings and aandala are of itia same neutral tint Tha hat to ef ahantung, a drapoJ model wtm louche of green. flannel ault of thta type la tn dlapeneabla for tbe woman who la pending tbe aumnter in tha country and requires .a auit tor luXorm.! wear. Another attractive mdel which I purchased for like ccaaic haa a quitted catln Jacket of -atp length with a white OaflDcs aktrt which bad an alaowrUoa f baaelt ratln Introduord abort the Ucaa fcev fore It waa box ideated. , The atcetch ahowa on of thts wrap and drcfta oombtnaikMia, whlc W" fair to be one of the mort fopaia features thla ytar. Thta aan III ta ' achieved In a. heavy bket of rasberry red wooL The dreaa rt Is carried cut along tbe fimtHair ' llhei of a bungalow fcpron. carf ta many of tht mde-la. a Miaial Ci watat im won of whhe or exAor allk Thar are very eoul. Bad lb wrap be Idea betog ptctureaiae la CQinfortable for motoring. Novelty tweed auiLa with iuretjrt lnect pocketa and the aamo tebria on the collar, are aJao being afcoarai in the- mott chic model. Sport ahoea art being- lmred, hlch cratrnoct sandals. Tbejr ara usual'' of white ar black with aalte strapa and elaborate cat work over tha instap. ' Newsy Notes of State Industrial Growth Wasco, Hood .River, Lincoln and. Curry couuties will vote on $1, G40.000 road bond issues at the June. 7 election; Sajem. carpenters lower .scale of wages from 17.50 to $7.20. ' Portland has $2,234,000 sewers and JS34.000 street work con tracted.,. Cpire $20,000 to be spent on road work at Union. Albany to have two-story brick building 25 hy 100. Grants Pass Bos well mine tO Install cyanide process. New Era Clackamas' county Pomona- grange advocates $a poll tax. Tigard reports a building boom in town and suburban homes. -Portland 1,000 new homes ara beiliRj planned nd under con struction. ' Albany launching a suburban paving program. Astoria nas eignt conventions Looked frr 1921. Marion county sold 6,000,001 strawberry and loganberry plants. Parts of Douglas and Lanl counties to form new county. Mt. Ancel to have new weekVj paper May 1. O. A. C. to have student unlot building as a war memorial. Eugene to have $100,000 whoie. eral dry' law rulings. Location of the north end of The Dalles-California highway be tween The Dalles and Madras has been made by the state highway commission. It will cost $1,500, 000, of which about 100 miles will be new construction. Salem to put down $56,000 pav ing in 1921. Malln has organized and will build $16,745 union high school. Orecon to get same air forer.t patrol as given last year. Salem Local company makes large shipment of prunes to Ger many. Eugene Lane county roads un dergoing improvements for sum mer travel. Pendleton Local cleaning com pany to have new $12,000 plant. Pendleton Millions of gallons of water daily to be added to city gravity : water system when work, of building pipe line from Chap lish springs 500 feet to an addi tional epring which is being de veloped is completed. Hoscburg Highway paving work in this vicinity started. Portland Hlk tal.es another drop and Is reduced to 10 cents per quart. Albany New building for Sec ond Btrqet io be built soon. Marshfield Construction " or new hospital here to be started early in May. Gresham has fine new parage. St. Helens New Kelly building dedicated by school children. Gold Hill to have new bakery, work to begin about May 1. Silvefton Construction work on new postofflce to begin at once. Other new improvements lor Silverton being planned. Keedsport Local factory gts bis order for 3000 panel doors. Dallas Logging camps of Wil lamette Valley Lumber oinpany at lllack Hock resumes operations. Haker Lumbering in this vi cinity reopens. Many large mills now in operation. Haker Dredge mining profita ble in Baker county. Grants Pass Wageale ot county labor reduced. Salem rThe forest service wi" plant 4 30,00 0 trees Jn Oregon and Washington forest' lands th's tpring, according to J. F. Kuni mel. in charge of reforestration for this district. The trees will cover 740 acres in the Rainier, Santiani and Crater national for ests. Corvallis City to vote on $12 000 bonds for purchasing btreet cleaning apparatus and tire de partment equipment. Warreuton Council to consider psw factory location for proposed Nitrogen Products company. : Contract let for Aurora-Can-ry route and work already under Vay. ALIENS HARKED. LINCOLN, Neb., April 25. Governor McKelvle this evening signed the, alien land bill. It pro-j hlbits all aliens from acquiring title to land la Nebraska. 1 . -.