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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1911)
i BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON I'oatal saving* bunk* will be op end January 1!» at Brownsville, and Jefferson The semi annual examination of teacher« in Linn county I* now in progress in Albany J K Kirby, of Sunnyslope, near Baker, i* the father of 22 children All the children are living The senate public building* com mittee ba* reported favorably the bill appropriating $1.000,000 for con qtruction of Portland s new federal building John A. Hunter, of Roseburg, will atart the erection of a fruit spray man u tact tiring plant in Portland. The plant will have a capacity of 75 bar rels a day Central Howell school, eight mile* northeast of Salem, boasts the first glee club to be organiied and con ducted successfully in a rural school in Oregon la a gun fight between Griffin Perry and Jack Taylor at Andrews, 120 miles southeast of Burns. Perry was shot dead and Robert Settlemyre, a bystander, was mortally wounded. Of five men at work in the lx>w- man sawmill at Apiary two were killed, two were blown out of the building and one escaped injury when the boiler in the plant exploded. Consumption is prevalent among children of the Klamath Indian tribe on the reservation, and probably one In five of the girls and boys between 12 and 15 years of age have affected lungs The Borah bill, authorizing an ad ditional loan of $15.000.000 to the reclamation fund, if it become* a law, will open the way for the final adopt ion and construction of the West Umatilla Irrigation project in Oregon A meeting for the purpose of con sidering the question of Irrigation and the benefits that It would bestow upon the farm lands of the Rogue River valley was called at Medford on December 9. and was attended by almost 500 farmers and orchardists Ontario has a unique license sys tem. The Ontario ordinance provides that the number of saloon licenses shall be limited to six. and that these licenses shall be issued monthly at the regular council meetings. By this plan the saloons are kept strict ly on probation. The senate has confirmed the fol lowing postmasters in Oregon: Ed win S. Abbott, Seaside; Clyde K. Brandenberg. Klamath Falls; Harvey M Hoskins. McMinnville; George W. Donnell. Granta Pass; Dewey B. Dav. Idson. Prairie City; Albert N. John son. Estacada; Charles E. Hasard, Independence, and Jay B. Steward, Myrtle Point. A. O'Reilly, principal of the school of Spring Valley. Polk county, has re ported to Superintendent Aiderman on the success of a plan of home credit work" which he has establish ed in that school there and which has opened up a new order of things for the pupils of that school. The plan is to offer so many minutes credit for each little task which is performed about the house. The department of agricultu-e an nounces the discovery along the Paci fic coast line of Oregon of potash sources whose potential production can be valued at $40.000.000 annually The potash source i* in the giant kelp groves, from which the department estimate* 1.000,000 tons of potassium chloride could be taken annually, from which sufficient potash can be obtained to render the United States Independent of the German supply. State Capital Gleanings W M. Wells, assistant engineer of the state railroad commission, has resigned to take a position with the California commission Requisition papers on the governor of California have been granted for Charles Fultz and James Dalton, who are wanted in Portland on a charge of passing forged check*. Recalling the move to secure the services of a committee to draft a compensation law for protection of organized labor. Governor West has requested Will Daly, president of th* Oregon State Federation of Labor, to take the matter, up at the conven tion which will meet next month. The appropriation of $5000 made by the last legislative assembly to assist in the fight against bubonic plague, will not be paid by Secretary Olcott because of the failure of th* act to provide a proper manner for auditing the claim and further be- lause it fails to authorize who shall expend the money. According to a compilation of votes made In the various congressional districts of the state at the election of 1910 the new district including Multnomah county cast 21,041 votes. The second district as ft now stands, sast 26.373 vote* and the first dis trict 55,796 votes. This indicates that the voting strength of the first district, which is all that tsrrltory in western Oregon outside of Mult nomah county, has twice the voting Strength of the second district, which as it stands now, is all that tsrritor seat of the Cascade mountain* OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST HE'.RY C. YOUTSEY Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. That there I* still a good ailed ulg gvr In the wood pile somewhere In th* transit of apples betweeu producer and consumer is shown In the prices paid growers lu ceutral aud eusterti states for apples (he past season In some case* n* low a* 37 cents a bu»liel and the price now being paid by the chap who oats 'em from 3 to & eeuts apiece Any one who will locate this Etlilo plan and chase hliu out of the wood pile will confer n favor on lit* fellow* Macadam Road Bonds Proposed. Astoria. -Citizens of Clatsop coun ty are considering the proposition of bonding the county for the construc tion of a macadam road that will con nect this city with Tillamook and which will join a road now built run ning from thy Columbia county line to Tillamook The construction of the road from Astoria to Seaside will be first on the program in the event the bond issue carries New Experiment Station. Corvallis The site for the new .Medford experiment station ha* been selected by the O. A. C. authorities Twenty-five acre* of Improved land, with $2500 worth of building*, form erly a p;.rt of the Jackson county poor farm, was deeded to the college The location Is eight miles south of Medford and a half mile east of Talent, on the main county road. Henry C. Youtsey. serving a life term for the murder of Governor Goebel of Kentucky, who was refused : a pardon. PROJECT IS APPROVED Channel of 16 Feet on Tillamook Bay I* Contemplated. Tillamook.—The Secretary of War has transmitted to congress with his approval the report of the army en gineers. recommending the construc tion of the north jetty at the entrance to Tillamook Bay and the dredging of a channel 200 feet wide and 16 feet deep from the entrance to Bay City at an estimated cost of $814.000. on condition that local Interests bind themselves to defray half the cost As the Port of Tillamook and the Port of Bay City have pledged them selves to raise half this amount, the engineers recommend that Congress this session appropriate $200,000 cash to start the work and adopt a continu ing contract for the remaining $207.- 000 of the government's share, it be ing understood that local funds will be made available as needed, so that work, once begun, can be carried for ward rapidly to completion. President Taft helped stow away * fifty dollar prlae pie that was present ed to him by n lady friend eighty ftiTiT" year* old Thia I* how II was made Two pint* of apples cut In square.*, tiulf ■ pound of sugar. * pint of water and a teaspoonful of grate« I nutmeg Thu crust of this prize winning ciiliua ry creation was made of two pound* of flour, a pouud of butler and half a pound of lard lk> you notice that shortening? EXCLUDE AMERICAN GOODS Russia and Japan in League Against United State*. St. Petersburg. — Intitnation that the commercial treaty which i* being negotiated between Russia and Japan i* to exclude all good* of American manufacture from Manchuria was made semi officially here. It i* said to be part of the tariff war which Russia 1* preparing to wage against the United States in retaliation tor the abrogation of the Russo-American treaty of 1832. The unwonted speed with which the negotiations are being carried on here and at Tokio in order to have the convention ratified within the next fortnight If possible, indicate* that both nations are acting front a more important impetus than origin ally mutual consideration. While the usual time for using the Kluu road drug I* just following rain» during lhe o|ien weather of the spring so miner or fall, there Is no time when better work can be doue with uno of these drags than during pleasant wiu ter weather whvu there is uu snow on the ground and when the surface of the dirt road* has been softened and mellowed by warm weather Especial ly Is such work with the road drag to be urged when the roads froae up rough and rutty. It will l>e a very uaturnl mistake for the farmer lu the northern part of the corn twit to make thl* year to select larger e:ira of corn for seed than will mature in an average season The | mi » i season was one ot unusual length between frosts, there being I«I3 day» Instead of I'Jl* days, as Is often the case This made possible the rlpeulng of huge, deep kerueled ear*, seed from which It would be decidedly unsafe to use next year for any considerable (>or- tlon of the (eld crop. The call* Illy is a favorite plant with many and reaches It« highest perfec tlon during the winter month* when it hn* had a couple of month*' rest dur I dk the summer and Is put in a well drained pot mid fertilized generously While prepared fertilizer* give good re sults. pulverized cow or sheep manure Is excellent. A liquid made by soak Ing some of the fertilizer In water fur a few hour* should be applied at least once u week The calln being a warm country plant should be given plenty of sunlight and should not be allowed to get a chill Catalpa seed* for spring plantinc may be kept through the winter nicely by mixing with sand, putting In a box Oregon Eastern Work to Begin. and burying Just l>elow the surface in Ontario.—Men and equipment for a dry place until spring In the pre paring of nuts for seed It Is well to construction of the Oregon Eastern reproduce In a general way the condi railroad in Malheur canyon are ar thin* which are to Is- found during the riving almost daily. The construc winter month* In the wood lot where tion company is sending in men as nut tree* grow—a covering to tnko the well as equipment. Equipment and place of leaves and yet sufficient ex Briton* Say Treaty Bar* Rebate* provisions are being taken to the poaure so that they will be subject to Ixindon.—The Hay-Pauncefote tree frost, but not to alternate thawing and canyon as fast as possible and actual construction is planned to begin by ty of 1902 I 'tween Great Britain and freezing, a* would l»e the case wber* Ireland and the United States is quot the nut* are entirely exposed. the first of the year ed as against President Taft's sug gestion in his message to congress on Garrison is Found Guilty. Marshfield.—Frank Garrison was December 21, that preferential treat found guilty of murder in the first ment should be accorded to American ESTASI iSMfO IMS degree in the circuit court at Coquille ships passing through the Panama He was charged with the killing of Canal. Roy Perkins September 1. 1910. and Complete Stock of afterward throwing the body in the bay. Marble and Granite Standard Hash Proposed. Topeka.—With the ultimate object of standardizing all hash served In public places in Kansas, the state board of health has instituted an in vestigation as to the Ingredients com monly used by restaurants and hotel* In the concoction of the dish. PORTLAND MARBLE WORKS COUNTY PATROL NECESSARY State Forester Say* Co-operative Fire Fighting Key to Tree Protection. Salem.—The leading feature of the work for the ensuing year mapped out by the Oregon state board of for estry is the organization of county fire patrol association*. It is the aim of the board to get every timber own°r in each county into his local organization and to have them pay into the association* on the basis of the acreage of timber owned Four leading points in favor of county fire patrol association are mentioned In the annual report of the state forester to the governor The first Is that they prevent duplication* of work and supervision, they Insure a higher grade of patrolmen working under ezpert supervision, they Insure trained crews always available, and they give the small owner who fa Aot able to hire a private patrolman an opportunity to contribute'-to the as sociation, which In turn can protect his timber. P*lic* Captain Charged With Grafting Portland—Charges of corruption against George H. Hailey, captain of police, were laid before the grand jury at an extra session by Acting Chief of Police Slover and Mayor Rushlight. The specific charge against Bailey. Ai an effort to obtain hi* indictment, i* that of accepting graft money from women of the underworld. School Population Increase*. Hillsboro.—County School Huperin tendent Case has announced the re •ult of the recent school census of the county, placing the number of persons of school age at 7640, an increase of 528 over last year. Dalia* to Have Library. Dallas.—The city council has pass ed a resolution providing for the levy ing of a tax each year to raise the sum of $- 00 for the maint'aai * x free oubiic library. TABRIZ ATTACKED BY RUSSIAN SOLDIERS London. — Fifty persons were killed and many wounded in street fighting between Russian troops and Persians at Tabriz, according to dispatches from the Persian government. The Russian* have practically taken pos session of the city, as all government buildings and the telegraph office are in their possession. The dead include a number of Persian official» A massacre ha* bees goiag on in Resbt since Saturday, according to official Persian telegram* received here These assert that on Sunday 5U0 Persian* were killed by Russians Teheran.—The cabinet has notified W Morgan Shuster, the American treasurer general, of hla dismissal from that office. This follow* the de clslon of the national council and the ministry to submit to the demand* contained in the Russian ultimatum The cabinet Intimated to Mr. Shus ter that they would communicate to him later plans for turning over his accounts to a successor. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat.—Track prices Club, 79c, bluestem, 82c, red Russian, 78c. Barley—Feed. $87 per ton Oat*— No. 1 white, $31 per ton Hay—Timothy, valley, S1B; alfalfa, |K- Butter—Creamery, 36c Eggs— Ranch, 37c. Hops—1911 crop, 44c; 1910, nomi nal; contracts, 25c. Wool — Eastern Oregon, 9016c; Willamette Valley, 15017c. Mohair—37c. Seattle. Wheat—Bluevtem, 81c; club, 78c; red Russian, 77c. Barley $35 per ton. Oats $30 per ton. Eggs Ranch, 50r Hui'ur t reemery, <t8c Hay—Timothy, $16 per ton. MONUMENTS HflBlTU 264-286 Feur+h St. — HUSBAND NO. 7 WANES fX Mt LOCKED UP Seven husband* have come and gone in the matrimonial rx|wrience of Ida Hoffman, according to the statement of Martin Kit*, who claim* U> lie the seven th, and who hs* filed an insanity com plaint against the woman. Ritz «ent into Probate Clerk Bob Shaw’s office in great trepidation Saturday. lie stated that the woman had left him in May, lWm, going to California with another man. He ha* not seen her *iuce that time, until lie caught sight of her on the street just liefore coming U> the Court: ouae. •'I think she ia looking for me again," be told Clerk Shaw. "After I married her in .Minnesota, I learned that she had killed one of her husbands and two children. She'* crazy and probably will murder us all in our beds, I want her locked no." Ritz secured a divorce after the ill«- appearance of the woman in IW, and has remarried. He lives at Syracuse station, an<l his household includes two Opposite City Hill The Lents Cafe the benefits and su periority of the Auti- matic System over the Old? We will be glad to ex plain. Phone us and a representative will call. LENTS HOME PHONE COMPANY We Carry in Stock All Kinds of On Carline THE OLD RELIABLE Look for Electric Sign NEW LINE to TILLAMOOK and 40/ SUNSET 1 IOGDEN&SHASTA I ROUTES , O Train* will run daily, except Holiday, on the following schei ule: ........... 7:»> A. M. I.v. Portland Staple and Fancy Oro ! I.v Hillsboro 8:20 A. .M. 1 Ar. Beach Points 1:20 P.M. ceries Ar. Bay City.............. ....... 2:04 P. M. Including such well known g.rsls of Ar. Tillamook 2 25 P. M Merita* ALLEN A LEWIS, PRE FERItED HToCK canned gfssls, ' Lv. Millarnook........... ........... 7:55 A. M. WHITE RIVER FLOUR Etc. Lv. Bay City............. H:15 A. M. When you don’t find what you want Lv. Beach Point* ........... V :<i0 A. M. at other stores go to Lv. Hillsboro............. ...J :2ft P. M. 4:10 P.*M.| Ar. Portland............ ’s ■>' A VP Graphite, the commonest use of which 1* seen in the “lead" pencil, I. almost pure carbon. Thl* mineral is therefor* only a step removed from coal and in fact eoin* of the natural graphite depos it* are found in coal ls-ds where the in trusion of masse« of intensely heated liquefied Igneon* rock hsa metamor phosed the coal, thua forming graphite. An example of thia natural manufacture ot graphite out of coal i* described in one of the r*|s>rte ot the Unit«*! Hlate* Geological Survey on the Raton coal field of Nam Mexico. tin the other hand, large quantities of high-grade graphite are artificially manufactured direct from ordinary coal. In making lead |H>ncils the graphite i* mixed with a clay of tine grain and the greater the pro|>ortion of the cl*y constituent the harder the paacil. Ex ceedingly soft pencils with large lea-la contain but little clay contain* all the delicauiea ot the ■eaaon. Come here for dinner on the holiday and enjoy th* meal of your life. If eating can make it ■ Happy New Year for you, a place at our table* will insure it to you. You’ll enjoy th* dinner so much that you will make a New Year resolution to eat here whenever you can. You'll keep it too. MR. MERCHANT! I GRAMI I MAM I NOM (4)AI 1912 IS UPON US! EAT AND BE MERRY Our New Year Menu SUIMITTEO Do You Realize children ol Mr*. Hoffman by uno ot her former husbands The sheriff ha*been asked to bring the woman in il «lie can •* found Rd* «tate» that abe ia living in tlbina Telegram e and Foster Road Pacific Railway & Navigation Co. Through tickets on sale at city ticket office, Third and Wash- ington streets, or Fourth and Yamhill, to all points on the P. R. & N. Further particu- lars from the city ticket agent or agent, Fourth and Yamhill streets JOHN M. SCOTT, Gen. Pass. Agent Portland , Oregon