olí» Kill
VOL 15
News From the
National Capital
(JOLO HILL, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY,'MARCH 1, 1913
M R S . H E LE N G ARDENER
Fish Fight is Lost
Rcamcs Deserted
S IR ED W A R D G REY
NO. 43
Brief News of
the State Retold
W ashington—The war il«pur(iuent
The people of Canyon City and vv
has ordered (be mobilization of the
cinlty
are fostering ao irrigation pro
Fifth brigade of the army at Galvea-
i
Ject to put water on a tract of 20,006
ton for possible enibarkiitlou on tran
SALEM, Ore., Feb.27.—At midnight last night I lost my
a^ras of fertile land lying west of the
sports. The order la the reault of a
c ity . The water supply is to be taken
conference between President Taft
forty-five days fight on the Rogue River fish bill, the other
from Upper Canyon Creek.
and Hecretary of W ar Htlmson.
trading it for the armory.
Work has been commenced on a fu r
Althoiuth It was emphasized that
ntture factory at Houlton. Concrete
the Kovermnent routeinplated
no
Curkin refused to come inside the bar and vote, until I
Is being put In for the engine bed and
ehangu In Ita non-intervention policy,
had the sargeant at arms bring him inside and compel him to
the building Is being generally put la
It waa admitted that nearly 6000
shape for the machinery that will be
troopa would be held lu Galveston, lu
vote; then he voted against us. Westerlund voted with me,
ready for installation In a few days.
oaae of untoward devclopmenla.
but all his influence was used against me for which action I
Despite assurances from various
Robert W alker, the 16 year old
American conaula lu Mexico Hint the
brother of Rev. C. L. Walker, pastoi
called him a treacherous traitor on the floor of the house.
governors of Mexican stains are ra
of the Methodist church of Nyssa, Or.
The bill as amended and passed taken thirty days off
pidly declaring their loyulty to Pro
was accidentally killed. Alone he h J
vlaloual I'reeldent Huerta, Secretary
gone duck shooting on an island in
lower Rogue river at the beginning of the season, twenty
of Slate Knox believe« the present
’ Snake river two miles north of town.
days at the end of the season and gives Grants Pass from
quiet la only the calm before a slorin.
Directors of the Lane County Fall
Net Weight Bill Patted.
association set September 24 to 27
June 1st to August 1st. I voted against the bill and worked
Plain labeling of food package» with
Inclusive, as the dates for the annual
hard against it but under circumstances I could not win.
the net weight and contents before
fall fair. E. M. Warren was design»
they are sold to the public la required
j^d as the “Lane 'county delegate to
(Signed) Clarence L Reames.
by a bill paaacd by the annate, which
the meeting of the district fair board
already had paaaed the hottae. Slight
at Roseburg.”
change« made by the aenute w ill re
Sir Edward Grey, England’s Secre
The most effective slaughter of rah
quire a oonference c o m m it lee of the
Mr« Helen H. Gardener, publicity
tary of 8tate, who Is a prominent bites ever made in the history ol
two houaea before the meaaure la aent chairman for the Suffragist Inaugura
figure In the Balkan W ar peace nego Lakeview was at the drive west ol
to Prealdent T aft for algnnture.
tion Parade In Washington.
tiations.
town, showing the enormous total ol
The propoaed law would require the
about 12,000.
The total estimated
net weight and meaaure uf yie food
Washington Governor’s Act Shatters number of rabbits killed during Lh<
product to be conaplcuoualy displayed
winter is 32.000.
Bend May Develop New Industry.
Plana of Good Roads Committees
on the outalde of each package.
Bend.— The first pulp ever manufac
Tho St. Paul Commercial Club ex
Olympia, Wash.— The opening gun
Webb Bill Not to Affect In d iv id u a l. tured from central Oregon timber bus
In what Is expected to be the biggest presses itself In favor of an electric
The right of an Individual residing reached Bend and the glowing reports j
fight of the session of the Washington line from Aurora to SL Paul, via F a r
Salem.— At the clone of what Is the agricultural school, these sums
In a "dry" atate to Import liquor for of Ita excellence and the possibilities
legislature was fired by Governor Lis go and Champoeg. They believe such
hie own uae will not lie restrained or for manufacturing It opena up are usually the final week of the legislat being In addition to the annual cod ter when he vetoed the bill passed by a line possible and want to interest
ive seselou complications came up tinulng appropriations.
Interfered with If Prealdent T aft ap greeted here with enthusiasm.
the house and senate last week pro President Strahorn, of the P^ E. A
proves the Webb liquor shipment bill
On January 6 two rarloada of "lodge which makes It difficult to Ull Just
The minimum wage bill, which has viding »1,006,000 annual increase In E., in Its construction.
which recently paaaed both houaea of pole" pine, a «mull black pine that when final adjournment will be taken.
In a communication from the offices
now been signed by the governor, the stale highway fund, and announc
oongreaa. According to the advocate« grows upon thouannda of acres nt land
The understanding that virtually
played an Important part In the defeat ed that he stands unalterably opposed of the state superintendent of schools,
of the bill, the Individual citizen liv In the upper Deschutes valley, were had been reached for the legislature
of Lawrence's bill providing for an to the bill Increasing the permanent the information Is given that the Port
ing In "dry" territory will have all sent to the pulp mill at Camas. Wash
to adjourn for five days after it had
eight-hour working day for women, highway fund from »1,000,000 to »2.- land Union Stockyards w ill give a
'th e prvllegea he had prior to the pann
Tho sample of pulp la accompanied cleaned up Ita work and to come back with a lim it of 48 hours a week.
600,000 a year, which has passed the Shetland pony to the boy or girl hav
age of thia bill, ao long aa he doea not by a letter which says that the pulp for tba sole purpose of considering
house.
ing the best exhibit of poultry or farm
Under
the
provisions
of
a
«xmstitu-
attempt to Import liquor for aale con- Is of a promising quality and that the vetoed bills la presumed to bo
animals
at the 1913 state fair.
No
sooner
had
the
veto
message
leery to the law of the atate within thorough testa will be made lmme- responsible for the action of the gov tlonal amendment which the legisla
been sent in than the backers of the
James Huffman, who was working
ture
is
asked
to
put
on
the
ballot
for
whleh be llvee. Thia being true, aa dlately'ln manufacturing It Into paper. ernor and his prlvaU secretary la
road measures began to muster their on the A. Sk Tulley ranch each of W al
the friend« of the hill aaaert, thia It is Intended to use the first paper absenting themselves from tho exec the next general election in a resolu
forcesJgr the return fire. A vigorous lowa.' was gored by a bull and Injured
tion
Introduced
In
the
house,
the
Ore-
meaaure haa been greatly mlaunder- made from Deschutes timber la a leaf utive offices.
attempts to be made to overrule the so severely that he died. He had tied
gun
legislature,
after
1916.
would
con
stood
let that will describe this territory.
The governor declared during the sist of 34 senators, one from each wishes of the governor.
the animal into a stall. As he turned
W o m en W o r ry C ongreaam en.
week that Saturday being a holiday, county, and 69 representatives.
the bull made a lunge, one horn pierc
It la a serious Job to be a member
the senau and bonae had no right to
ing Huffman's lungs and pinning him
The amendment proposes to change
of congreaa these days, according to
remain In session, but lawyers In both
to the partition.
the whole system of legislative repre
plaints that are reaoundlng through
branches of the legislature declare
Captain Edward Anderson, formerly
sentation It would place It on a pro
out the capitol. The burden of the
that It Is • legislative day and that
master of the steamer Sue H. Elmore,
portional basis, with each county en
legislators’ trouble le the auffraglat
the legislature could work and be well
who was wanted at Astoria on a
titled to one senator and no more, and
and the antl-auffraglat controversy.
within the law.
charge of forgery, waa brought from
to at least one representative.
All congreaamen have been Invited
8peaker M cArthur Saturday threw
Seattle by Sheriff Burns. Anderson
— 1
'■ ..I
to march with the votea for women
W ith only slight opposition, the sen
the house Into a fervor of excitement
la accused of forging the name of B. L.
advocate« on March 1. All have like
ate passed the big »450.000 appropria
John St. Claire, perpetrator of the aer Miller, engineer on the steamer El
SALEM, Fell. 2».—Afb-r a speech in by refusing permission to any member
wlae been quietly Informed by the
tion bill for the Columbia Southern ies of southern Oregon postal robberies more, to the latter's pay check and
to
leave
for
home,
ordering
the
doors
his own defense, on motion of It«-aincs,
antla that cloae watch will be kept
Irrigation project In Crook county. which h a ffie il sleuths last December, then getting It cashed.
Ils- house has given Representative J. A. locked and Instructing the sergeant-
on their suffrage activity. The situa
This hill will enable the atate to take plead guilty on Tiasday at Red Bluffs.
at-arms
to
go
out
and
arrest
every
Seaside has a new two-story build
Westerlund a vote of conflifetie«', as a re
tion does not bother members from
member who had left the session w ith hold of the work of reclaiming the Calif., to the murder of John Boyd at lng being equipped with up-todate
sult
of
the
publication
by
the
Portland
equal suffrage states, but It la giving
lands under the original Carey pro that plate on December 4. The shooting
machinery for making cheese.
Ex-
Journal of the assi-rtion that the conuuit- out permission.
those from other commonwealths a
Ject, where private capital has failed. followed a quarrel between the two men,
perieneed workmen w ill have It In
The senate Indulged In a novel pro
tee
on
alcohol,
inserted
jokers
in
liquor
lot of trouble to decide which camps
All of those who have tried the pro and St. Claire immediately fled north
charge and the cheese manufactured
hills. Mr, Westerlund sjsike in his own cedure when it agreed to allow each
they will favor.
ject and failed have made quit claims ward, accompanied by the wife of an old
hwe. aa well as good milk, w ill be
«Menas as follows:
one of the 30 senators to-select from
The antl-suffraglata are conducting
to the state. Under the bill the atate friend, anil leaving a trail of rifled post-
supplied to summer guests. M ilk w ill
(he vast grist of bouse bill«, which Is
“
My
attention
Was
called,
last
evening
a "lobbying" campaign at the capitol
will take over the entire burden of offices in his wake.
be sold In bottles only and handled
before that body, one bill each, to be
which adds to the woea of the legla- Io an article with n d la -a d litie s on the
reclamation, and w ill get ita money
Gold Hill, Talent, Roguerive-, and a la the most sanitary way.
llrs l page o f the Portland Journal, wliere- given preference and receive Imme
latora.
back from the settlers in 10 years by half-dozen other small offices in California
in they printed a damnable and vic io u s diate action.
Lying half buried la the soft mud in
Deficiency la Biggest In Many Years.
the installment plan after It haa been afni Oregon yielded up the tribute of pen
the basin of Young's bay, the body of
lie
alsnii
me
and
r>y
fellow
nu
nilwrs
on
The
procedure
Itself
appeared
to
be
Preparation of the biggest general
made ready for productive farming.
nies and small change, which ma<ie St.
a logger, thought to be named Stone,
no more novel than some of the selec
deficiency appropriation bill In many II»- ah-ohollc traffic committee.
Claire
known as the “ penny bandit’’. a recent arrival from Portland, was
Senate
bills
which
have
passed
the
"
I
ilesirc
to
make
it
perfectly
d
ear
that
tions
made.
Some
of
the
bills,
which
years was begun by the house appro
house and In which senate members Eventually lie was arrested at Roseburg
priatlona committee.
It w ill carry 1« rsonully I am a temperate man and ad- seemed to be of first Import to the are particularly Interested w ill be re by Postal Inspector Morse, to whom he found at low tide by Hans Larsen,
Vocate
teinjierance,
hut
1
am
not
a
fanat
keeper of the bridge, who waded in
senators Included such as those gov
about »25.000.000, against »7,000.000
called by the house, taken into that confessed llie Red Bluffs killing.
the
mud up to his hips to the drowned
ical
prohibitionist.
I
believe,
personally
erning
the
running
of
stock
at
large
Inst year.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment, man and secured the body to the
in the strictest kind of legislation in the or providing for expediting the pay- body and laid upon the table until the
Deficits In appropriations of pen
senate agrees to stop slaughtering and so will not be called upon to face the bridge by passing a rope under the
sion»- of »15,000,000 will be Included liquor traffic; I also believe that just ami men: of witness or Juror fees.
house hills, according to an sgrsement various burglary charges preferred against arms.
fair
treatment
should
Is*
given
the
liquor
In the forthcoming bill. This deficit
Agreeing to the report of the con which Is being formulated among a him.
Relief for settlers In Wallowa coun
Is caused by the operations of the new element, so long as they do not violet«'I ference committee and concurring in coterie of the house members.
ty in the vicinity of Enterprise Is
Sherwood ,1-aday service pension III«- la w and violate coiiiuion ileeency.
amendments made In the house, the
“ I most einphalieally deny lliat I have senate passed the Panama Pacific ap
promised in an action taken by the
Nehalem Valley to Have Railway.
law. Another huge deficit is In the
Salem. O r.—Working their way
ever
tried
o r attempted Io "fix " a single
general
land office, ordering an exam
Veronla.—
Work
on
the
Columbia
A
preliminary operation of the parcel
propriation bill, and Oregon will ap
h ill.
Nor’ have I I hvii a parly thereto. propriate for Its share In the exposi along a lediy of the capitol building, Nehalem Valley railroad, to be built ination of the townships in that locali
post.
20 feet above the ground. President
I also ilcsin' Instate that I have "not offer tion »175,000.
by the Kerry Tim ber company of Port ty with a view to their restoration to
Malarkey of the senate, and Chief
ed
a
single
anienduient
to
any
onrjof
the
entry because of alleged overlapping
National Capital Brevities.
Women In Oregon do not have to do Clerk Cochran, holding 30 senate bills land. w ill commence at once. The
Both house« listened to the reading eleven hills that we have had under con Jury duty unless they wish to. The in one tgind and grasping any availa builders expect to have the road In In survey lands which were withdrawn
in 1906, and settlers since have been
of Washington's farewell message on sideration and passed up.
house refused to pass a bill amending , ble hold by the other, crept carefully operation within 10 months.
i denied the right to make entry.
“ Your committee lias aided as a whole
Washington's birthday.
The
road
will
be
built
from
Wood's
the law so that women would be com- 1 to the window opening Into the recep
Duties amounting to »1000 were col
The death of the commerce court and never, to my knowledge, have they pelled to serve on a Jury when sum tion chamber of the governor. Malar- Landing on the Astoria A Columbia
lected on four carloads of nursery
ach'd
on
a
single
bill
without
first
having
March 4th was decreed by the con
River
railroad,
then'
down
Ftahhawk
moned, the same as men.
key pried open the window and deposi
‘ stock, amounting to 160 cases, which
ference report on the legislative bill. had both sides of the question heard
creek, striking Nehalem river at Fish
The bill for a state Industrial home l ted on the governor's desk the bills,
| came on steamers from Europe to
Any
‘lixing’,
or
amendments
that
your
High officers of the navy depart
hawk
From there it w ill keep ap
for girls and women went through the ready for signature or veto.
New York and then by rail to the
Deep creek for several miles, ending
ment have recommended to Secretary committee h a v e accepted, lia s Issoi
This
move
followed
the
adoption
of
house
and
whs
passed
by
a
vote
of
;
Port of Portland. These Importations
agreed
to
l»y
the
temperance
and
liquor
In
Clateop
county.
Meyer that the battleship Oregon be
39 to 2. The bill appropriates »50,000 I a resolution by the senate In which
are examined abroad before being
representatives. Ami, in every ease, we
"scrapped," or sold for Junk.
for the two-year term, which is to be i the facts relating to the governor's
shipped and again on their arrival
The senate interstate commerce have let them thrash out the difference,
Lumber
Camps
to
be
Busy.
used In establishing and maintaining absence were set forth and the presi
to prevent any plant diseases being
committee voted to report favorably so ns to arrive at a common understand
Astoria.— Activity in the logging In
the proposed home. Women and girls dent and chief clerk of the senate
Imported. The examinations here are
ing.
the bn Follette-Adamson bill for the
dustry
promises
to
be
more
pronounc
are to be sent there as a corrective. I were authorized to force entrance to
made by the state horticultural board,
“
We
have
aeccpled
their
compromise
physical valuation of railroads and nil
ed in Clatsop county this year than
and suggestion, as to changes and incorp The bill was Introduced In the senate the executive chambers to file such ever before In the history of the coun which now operates In eonjunotloa
Interstate commerce carriers.
senate
bills
as
have
been
passed.
and
passed
that
branch
without
a
dis
with the national horticultural board.
Laurence O. Murray, controller of orated them into the hills or amendments. senting vote.
ty. Several new camps are to be op
According to the report of the
"Gentlemen.
I
leave
it
to
this
house
to
the currency, has announced that he
ened and camps established, and it Is
Telephone Probe to Be Two-Sided
Without making a single amend
Rogue River Valley Fruit A Produce
Intended to stop the practice by na siy whether any member of our commit
estimated that within the coming few
Seattle.— Investigation of telephone
association just made public, that or
tional hanks of paying dividends when tee lias acted unfair and impaitial. I ment. the senate passed the general
months not I cbs than »3,000.600 w ill
apjx'al to your trim sense of jusiiee and appropriation bill for state offices and companito on the Pacific coast, begun be expended In betterments, exten ganization shipped 1(5 cars of apples
their earnings did not warrant It.
and 99 cars of pears from the valley
manhood if statements such ns prink'd boards Just as It went through the In this elty by a federal grand Jury sions and equipment.
under direction of Attorney-General
Daniel J. Keefe's resignation from in this paper, should go out to ourpeople house
in 1913. This represents about 76 per
his post an commissioner general of in this great state, unanswered.’’
cent of the total production of the
Further expediting business, so far Wlckershnm, will be absolutely Impar
Single Term for Governor.
Immigration has been demanded by
d istrict On pears the average prices
as appropriation hills are concerned, tial and will cover the entire coast.
Lincoln.
Neb.—
The
Nebraska
house.
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
received were:
Howells, »1.75 per
the senate passed all the University Empioyes of the Bell system, known
by a vote of 80 to 12, passed a bill pro
For sale:—Womi-sawing outfit almost
Nagel, In a report submitted to Presl
box; Anjou. »2.26 a box; Bose, »2.02
of Oregon and agricultural college as the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph
dent Taft, based on complaints of of «new with 411. 1’. Stover engine cost 1312. bills, 11 In number, aggregating »317,- ' company, will be examined by the In viding for a constitutional amendment a box; Bartletts, ,1.09 a box. On ap
lim iting the governor of the state to
will lake $175.00. —Geo. F. Dyer,
ficial misconduct
ples the prices were: Spitxcnhergs,
833 for the university and »305,500 for milsltorn Just hr freely as officers of
a single term of four years.
1114-18 North Central Ave., Medford, Or.
1 th o independent lines.
»1; Newtowns, »1.41; Ben Davis, »1.46.
members
Review o f Weeh
at State Capital
Westerlund Denies
Doctoring Anti-
Booze Bills
Postal Thief Must
Spend Life Pent
Up in Pen