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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
A rrangem ents are being m ade to
estab lish a tile factory In Albany.
Dr. N orris, city h ealth officer of
Oregon City, say s th e re a re probably
70 cases of typhoid fever In the city
at the p resen t time.
the
T he Indhtu ap p ro p riation bill c ar
ries a to tal of $233,763 for the Indians
of Oregou. F or the C hem aw a school
$111,000 Is appropriated.
II. H. Mack of H untington, drug
I gist and p o stm aster, has pleaded gull-
| ty to th e ch arg e of furnishing cocaine
j to p riso n ers In a convict camp.
The good w eath er th a t continued
through O ctober and N ovem ber has
enabled th e farm ers to get th e ir fall
grain in and a large acreag e has been
sown.
Corporal U odfrey, of the 160th com
pan.v, co ast artillery , Is dead at Fort
II as authorized a I w round trip fan' from all points on'ita line* in Oregon;
S tev en s us th e resu lt of an accident
from points on the Corvallis A E astern ; Salem. Falls City and Western and
su stain ed w hile w orking on u ten-inch
rifle.
the 1‘aejfie Railway A Navigation Co. of
Box m an u factu rers of th e Pacific
n o rth w est assem bled In P ortland this
week for th e ann u al m eeting of the
N orthw est Box M anufacturers' Asso
SALK PATES:
ciation.
F ru it sh ip m en ts from Medford for
December 21st to 25th inclusive amt from December 23th to Jan u ary 1st.
1912 will reach 775 cafs. ag ain st 634
1913. with final return limit January 2nd, 1913.
for 1910, th e previous high year. T here
w ere 344 c a rs of pears, 436 of apples,
and
10 mixed.
For specific fare* from any station, train rerviee, sale dak's, limits, etc.,
More th an 200 m em bers of th e Unit
call on nearest Agent, or write to
ed A rtisan s from th e cen tral p art of
th e W illam ette valley atten d ed a big
d istrict convention of th at o rd er held
John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore.
In Albany Tuesday.
R obert M organ, w ho m urdered Vir
gie H art, his sw eeth eart, a t Condon
on O ctober 16. has been sentenced by
Judge P a rk e r to be banged a t Salem
on Ja n u a ry 16,.1913.
W hen th e next leg islatu re convenes
it will be ask ed to ap p ro p riate in the
PU BLISH ED EVERY -ATI RDAY IT HOLD H ILL, JACKSON COUNTY. neighborhood of $135,000 for the coni
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OREGON, BY
pletlon of th e new additional capitol
Jacob Kamin, pioneer a ten m boat
building and for rem odeling the main
m an, died a t his home In P ortland at
B en H. L am pm an
building.
H enry Monroe Brown, prom inent I d th e age of 89.
A m eeting of the people of Polk
th e com m ercial and political life ol
Polk county, Is dead a t his residence county and school officers wus held In
Entered at the Gold Hill pustotfiee for transmission through the mail* as
In Dallas. Mr. Brown died In th e same D allas S aturday.
seeond-class m atter
T he first woman in Oregon to serve
house in w hich he w as born m ore than
on an election board was Miss C assie
53 y ears ago.
T he lectu res and d em o n stratio n s ol H. Thom pson of A lbany, who acted as
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1912
fa rm ers’ week a t O regon A gricultural clerk of th e board In th e first w ard at
college closed S atu rd ay a t noon with the city election.
Crook county secured th e N orthern
a d em o n stratto a of "farm b u tte r m.tk
SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER ANNUM IN ADVANCE lug'' gtveu by O. <3. Sim pson, of the Pacific railw ay’s silv er cup for the
best display of forage plants exhibited
d ep artm en t of dairy husbandry.
T ne body of a m an believed to be at the recen t N orthw estern l^and Pro
CONCERNING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
C hrist B ethleffen was found on the ducts show a t M inneapolis.
Mrs. C lara B. Colby of P ortland Is
riv er bank n ear Salem w ith a bullet
hole through th e h eart. A 32-callbei In W ashington In the in te re sts of a
HERE is a brotherly significance to Christmas that is totally revolver clutched In th e right hand bill before congress g ran tin g women
In every s ta te In the union perm ission
lacking on any other holiday occasion. There is a warmth show ed It to be a case of suicide.
to
vote In congressional elections.
The com plete re su lts of the agricul
Following a cu t In w ages from $2.50
in the Christmas hand clasp and a heartiness in the Christmas tu ral cen su s for O regon w ith refer
greeting that stays by a fellow. Something that sends his shoul ence to crops a re p resented in a bul for a lO hour day to $2 for a nine hour
day, th e men em ployed In the con
ders back and his head up, and makes him glad to be merely letin soon to be Issued by Dlrectoi stru ctio n dep artm en t of the P ortland,
D urand, of th e B ureau of the C ensus
alive and a principal in the expression of good will.
Eugene & E astern railw ay, struck
d ep artm en t of com m erce and labor.
A lbany’s fourth annual ebniilauqua
F avorable action on a petition for s
Though few trouble themselves to define it, it remains an
perm it to build a bridge for the WII assem bly will continue two full week»
absolutely new, novel and altogether happy sensation. It has lam ette P acific railw ay across Coot Instead of ten days, which was the
been called the Christmas Spirit. It might, without any signal Bay is being urged by th e P ort of Coot length of th e first th ree assem blies.
7 to 21. inclusive, have been fixed
detriment to human happiness, remain with us the year 'round Bay, and also th e com erclal bodies ol July
as the dates.
M
arshfield,
Eiffcene
and
N
orth
Bend
—which it does not.
Solomon R ader. 85 years old, who
A lthough women have been granted
It irons out the creases of a frown, it adds new wrinkles to th e rig h t of su ffrag e In Oregon, th< crossed the plains to Oregon In 1860,
In Medford. »31 R ader was In
the corners of a merry eye, it graces a flat voice with unguessed a tto rn ey gen eral's office a t Salem hat died
the
governm
ent service in th e Rogue
th a t th ey a re not o m p eten t tc
timbre, it lends melody to the plainest speech. It sends the ruled
serv e on ju ries, th e s ta tu te providing R iver Indian w ar of 1853 and the Mo
miser to his strong-box and the widow to her pennies. Certain th a t only "m ale in h a b ita n ts" a re eiigl doc w ar of 1856.
A 3800-acre gam e refuge has been
widows may do better than that, but as a general average it ble to ju ry duties.
created on th e W ade and F itzpatrick
R.
E.
F
itzw
ater,
who
paid
$180
an
sends them to the fag ends of the weekly wash income.
acre for 31 acres of land n ear Leban ranches n ear L ostine, W allowa county.
It is the necromancer of pink carpet slippers, hand worked on. In th e foothills, h as g athered 6600 N otices Inform ing all of the provisions
bushels of po tato es from 21 acres ol of th e law have been posted by W. E.
bureau scarfs, striped candy, and all-pervading happiness.
th e land. A t 60 cen ts a bushel, the Leffel. deputy gam e w arden.
R ep resen tativ e L afferty w as the on
There is but one lone struggling fly in the rare ointment of po tato es will re tu rn alm ost the pur
ly
Oregon m em ber p resent at the open
Christmas content—it is too good to last. That the fellowship ch ase p rice of th e land.
Ing of congress. Bourne Is ill at Del
T
he
1913
O
regon
leg
islature
will
be
of Christmas week should endure throughout the calendar of
ask ed to ap p ro p riate $100,000 for pur Monte, Cal.; C ham berlain Is on an in
the year is asking too much of the brotherhood. Each one who poses of pro tectio n for O regon forests v estigating com m ittee nt Saw telle, and
lays down the burden of envy, malice and greed for the nonce, for the ensuing tw o years. A like Hawley arrived la te r in the week.
G overnor W est granted conditional
must take it up again—until another Yuletide. It is a sorry am o u n t was ask ed of th e 1911 legisla pardons to A lbert Green, Ben H inton,
tu re. T he am ount ap p ro p riated at
old world or a glad, as you choose to take it, but in any case it is th a t tim e was only $60,000, or $30,000 E m m et and Earl Shields, sentenced to
life from O rant county for th e m urder
the better for Christmas.
p er year.
E stim ates prepared by the govern of O liver S nider In 1909. T he men
Theist and athiest, sinner and saint, humanity all, are debt
ing board of th e M onm outh norm al had served but little over tw o years.
The sta te equalization board, which
ors to its institution; to the lesson it teaches and to the sm atter school ind icate th a t an additional ap
Is
now in session, probably will have
ing that remains with us. We will make the most of it.
prop riatlo n of $15,000 will be neees
sary to equip and co m plete th e new a num ber of hearings com ing up d u r
4ilerrv Christmas!
dorm itory. T he la st leg islatu re ap ing the next few weeks. The sta te
pro p rlated $50,000 for this building levy will be determ ined by the sta te
and all has been sp en t on construe board of tax com m issioners Jan u ary 2.
Mrs. K ate Newton, the first woman
T H E MARKETS.
tlon work.
candidate to run fo r m ayor In Oregon,
UNKINDNESS.
As th e re su lt of req u ests arran g e
As * ‘unkindness lias 110 remedy
Portland.
m erits will be m ade for lectu res upon was sw am ped by th e Oregon City vo
ters, only receiving 173 votes to 1009
a t law ." let its avoidance be
W h eat—Club. 7 c ; bluestem , 82c; ath letics, with p a rtic u la r reference to
c
w ith you a point of honor.—Ho
red R ussian, 76c.
th e in tern atio n al co n test at. S tock a st for Linn L. Jones. T he women
sea Ballon.
O ats—$26 per ton.
holm last sum m er, by Bill H ayward, who voted num bered 406 c u t of a reg
istratio n of GOO.
Hay -Tim othy, $18; alfalfa, $12.
tra in e r of a th le tic s a t the university
U nkind language is sure to
T racklaying has begun In e a rn est
B u tter —C ream ery, 37c.
of Oregon, before th e stu d en ts In sev
produce the fru its of unklnd-
beyond m ilepost 22 on the Oregon
E
ggs—Candled,
37c.
eral
high
schools
of
th
e
state.
T
hese
nesti—th a t is. suffering In the
E astern out of Vale, and will be vigor
H ops—-1912 crop, 20c.
will occur early In the spring.
b" <otn of o thers.—Bentlmm.
Wool—E astern Oregon, 18c; WII > T he tw elfth ann u al m eeting of the ously prosecuted w ith a crew of 550
lam ette valley, 2216c.
O regon sta te te a c h e rs’ association, men until the m outh of the 2600 I ot
U nkindness may do much.
tunnel Is rcacluil at milepost 33 wli oil
M ohair—32c.
And hl unkindness may defeat
w estern division, Including th o se of
should be about C hrlsltnas.
my life,
th e rural school su p erv isors and coun
Mrs. George P. P utnam , of Bend,
B ut n ever ta in t ray love.
Seattle.
ty su p erin ten d e n ts' d ep artm en t, the
Shakespeare.
W heat—flluestem , 82c; club, 78c: colb i’e and norm al school departm ent, whose husband was running for m ayor
red R ussian, 77c.
dep artm en t of secondary education, of th a t city, m ade a record trip ft
In n a tu re th ere's no blem ish hut
E g g s—38c.
d'
■ r e n t of in d u strial education, Sound Beach, Conn., w here »lie v .
th e mind.
B u tter—C ream ery, 36c.
dep 'm e ir of city su p erin ten d en ts visiting, to Bend, in o rd er th at ...
Non
in he
H'd deform ’d hot
H uy—Tim othy. $19 per to n ; alfalfa, and the dep -rtm en t of music, will be might exercise her newly acquit- I
th e unkinn
!
$12
per ton.
beld in I’o iilan d D ecem ber 26, 27 and political right. Mr. Putifhin was cl
—Shakespeare.
ed.
28.
to
Christmas and New Year holidays
ONE AND ONE-THIRD FARES
Merry Christmas!
^ ^ E DFSIRE to thank our friends and
customers ior the many favors ex
tended us during th e Year o f 1912, and
earnestly hope that our business relations
for the coming Year o f 1913 will be equal
ly as pleasant.
'' o assure you o f our appreciation we
wish you all a Merry Christmas and a
happy and Prosperous New Year.
Sincerely Yours,
Lance & Company
EZ» g G o l d H i l l N e w s
T
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G(? rled G onl
Our Big Annual Sale will be
Early in January
W e W a n t Y ou
To take notice that w e have
a new shipment o f Imported
China Dishes for the Holiday
Trade.
O u r p r i c e s a r e f r o m IO t o 2 0
p e r - c e n t l o w e r t h r .n l a s t
y e a r , a n d w e e x p e c t y o u to
c a ll.
C o m e a n d {>e'; a 1 0 1 3
c a le n d a r .
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Headqiuri? rs for
Hardware
H
OT TAMALAS
OT CHILI CONCARNE
OT VIENNA SANDWICHES
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
ALL H O T D R IN K S 5 CENTS
Turner’s Lunch Room
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M IN E R S
I f you want your
tools put in good
shape be sure to see
CHARLES KELL
B I a c K « u n ith
just a word!
Miners, I can sharp
en, repair or make
tool«, and guarantee
nay work to stand
t.T' racket; try me
and he shown
C .F . C A R T E P
B I-A C H S M IT H
A New and Complete
Line o f Fishing Tackle
at the ZZZZZZZ
BON
TON
We have spoon books espec
ially constructed for Rogue Riv
er.
The I« m | lIHSortnielit of
cane polos in tin town. Some-
tiling new in flies.
Give us a tria l
Wc it I mo îh ne hunting und flail
ing lici’nwH