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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1912)
OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST We Carry in Stock All Kinds of Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Staple and Fancy Gro ceries Including such well known g»ods o( Merita* ALLEN A LEWIS. PRE FKRRED STOCK canned g»!*, WHITE RIVER FLOUR Etc Coos Port Decision Goes Higher When you don’t And what you want at other •tor,'« go to , L. E. Wiley’s ( First Avenue and Foster Road I ! THE BUILDING SEASON IS HERE Call and get our prices on brick, cement, plaster, lime, sand and gravel. We can save you money. Our de livery is prompt and our goods are the best. We carry a full line of hay, grain and feed. Let us show you how to save a dollar by buying right. MCKINLEY & SON Both Phones, Tabor 9SS, Local 3112 1 block east of Postoffice, Lents Marshfield.—Immediate steps will be taken to appeal the case of Hen nessey against the port commission of the port of Coos Bay, in which case Judge Coke in the circuit court decided that the port had a right to take the tideflats for navigation purposes. The case is of such vital Importance to property owners and the public of this locality that the lawyers are anxious to have a decis ion from the supreme court as soon as possible. Board Aids Waterusers. Pendleton.—Thirty-two water users on Mud Creek, in the northern part of the county, are the first in the coun ty to get certificates of their water rights from the state board of control. County Clerk Saling has received these certificates, defining the amount of acre feet to which each tract of land along Mud Crek is entitled and. as soon as they have been recorded on the county books they will be sent to the water users. CANDIDATES RUSH TO FILE Secretary of State Swamped With Declarations of Intentions. Salem.—With a rush that almost swamped t h e office, candidates swooped down on the secretary of state department Saturday with com pleted petitions to such an extent that there promised to be a corrupt prac tices act pamphlet such as has never before been seen in the state. With the close of business there were 65 who had filed completed petitions which entitled them to a place in the pamphlet. Of these there were 15 Democrats and 50 Republicans. This is nearly- being now all told 100 Republicans half the entire number filing, there and 40 Democrats in the field who have filed. There are five presidental candi dates entitled to places in the pam ph let. These are William Howard Taft. Theodore Roosevelt, and Robert M. La Follette, Republicans, and Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark. Democrats. Oil Speculators to Bore Soon. Albany.—The Halley Oil company which was recently organized here to try to locate oil in this county, has \ been securing land leases, and accord ing to a report has secured leases on : 3000 acres. The committee has prom ises on over 10.000 acres, it says. I Where first work will start has not been decided, but boring for oil in Linn cour'v is to start in a short time. Vessels Load for Alaska. JONSRUD BROS. BORING OREGON Phone 53x Mill 1 1-4 miles southeast of Kelso CEDAR POSTS SHINGLES MOULDINGS TURNED WORK LUMBER $6 AND UP Large stock of Dimension Lumber on hand Rough and Dressed lumber for all purposes send order to JCN8RUD BROS. Boring RD J AUTO FOR HIRE If you want the services of an automobile in emergency cases, night or day, call Home Phone 4421, or notify E. B. Woodyard, & Co., Lents, Oregon I. F. COFFMAN Residence, I block south of carline Astoria.—The Alaska Fishermen's Packing company’s vessels, the bark W. B. Flint and the ship St. Francis, will be brought from their winter quarters this week to load cannery supplies for Bristol Bay. The former will load for Koggilung, while the lat-! ter will load for Nushagak. Both will be ready to sail for the north about April 10. INITIATIVE PETITION OUT Two Papers Circulated From Pacific Grange Bulletin Office. Gresham —Initiative petitions for a county highway bonding act, embody ing two bills. the fint creating the of fice of State Highway Engineer and the second providing for the holding of road distrlot meetings for the issu ance of bonds, have just made their appearance. They are being issued from the office of the Pacific Grange Bulletin at Lenta and are authorized by the executive committee of the Oregon State Grange As the grange of Oregon is numeri cally strong enough to initiate any bill authorized by the State Grange there will be no difficulty in securing the requisite number of signatures, thus securing the bills a place on the offi- j dal ballot. Benson Estate is *40,000. Roseburg.—Papers of final account were filed in the probate court in the estate of ex Governor Frank W. Ben son. deceased. According to the re port of the appraisers, the estate Is valued at 140,000, consisting mostly of real estate in Roseburg. Glorious News comes from Dr. T. J. Curtiss, Dwight, Kan. He writes: “I notion ly have cured bad cases of eczema in mytpatients with Electric Bitters, but also cured myself by them of the same disease. I feel sure they will benefit any case ofjleczema." This shows what thousands have proved, that Electric Bitten is a most effective blood purifier. Its an excellent remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcen, boils and running sores It stimulates liver, kidneys, and bowels, expel* poisons, helps digestion, build* up the strength. Price 50 eta. Satisfaction guaranteed by all dealers. Nearly 40 Volunteer Firemen. Cottage Grove—Organization of a volunteer fire department was com Wed here. The city has ordered ration of an ordinance allowing .re laddies pay for attending :i and drills. S3 Men Apply For Pastorate Orc job City.—More than 30 min isters have made application for the pastorate of the First Baptist church of this city, which will soon be vacat ed by the Rav. 8. A. Hayworth. Candidates’ Row EX SENATOR DuBOIS Ceremony at Pekin is Note worthy, But Legations Are Not Represented. Pekin.—Yuan Shi Kai was formally Inaugurated provisional president of the Republic of China In the presence rd a great gathering of delegates, pro vtnclal envoya, military and naval of Acer« and other prominent persouage* In the new foretgu office. Many for elgner* attended the ceremony, but the legation* were not represented. Yuan Shi Kai. who was In military uniform, read u declaration promising faithfully to develop the republic, ob serve the constitutional law* and re tire when the national assembly ap pointed a permanent president. Most of those attending were attired either tn uniform* or European dress The only touch of Orientalism was the presentation of the scarf* to Yuuu by two yellow-robed llama*. The ministers and military com JI Cllnedtn«' manders at Pekin and Tien tsln con Ex-Senator Dubois of Idaho, tinue to take precautions against ager of Champ Clark's Washington eventualities. It is not considered headquarter*. likely that the disorders In these cities will become anti-foreign The mis sionarles, who know the people better TAFT SCORES POLICY than anyone else, »ay there I» no rea Assails New Doctrine* as Beginning* son for alarm Diplomats and mili and Manifestation of a Despotism. tary officers, however, argue that Chicago.—In an address before the recent outbreak came without a tSwedlsh-American Republican league ment's notice and believe that of Illinois. Mr. Taft assailed the new sibly the Chinese artillery ma doctrines advanced by Theodore turned upon the foreign concession* Roosevelt as “the beginnings and man without warnlug. ifestations of a despotism." "Such a government.” said Pre»! Presidental Primaries in Michigan. dent Taft in discussing the recall of Lansing. Mich.—The house of rep judicial decisions as advocated by Col resentalives passed a presidential pri onel Roosevelt in his Columbus tnary bill to take effect immediately. speech, "would lack uniformity of law The bill provides for a primary on the «-hich is essential to justice, and firilt Monday In April, binding the would produce that confusion and national convention delegates to sup those exceptions in the application of port the presidental nominees secur law which are the beginnings and ing the majority at the primary. manifestations of a despotism.” Sugar Trust Trial On. New York.—The trial of five offici als of the American Sugar Refining company charged with conspiracy to violate the Sherman law through the acquisition of the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining company, has begun in the United States District Court. The de- fandants are W. B. Thomas and Johp E. Parsons, of the American Sugar Refining company. WILSON DEMOCRATS WIN Washington State Convention To Be Held in Walla Walla on May 6. Seattle.—Walla Walla as the place and May 6 a* the date, were chosen for the Democratic state convention by the Democratic state central com tnlttee There was bitter opposition to the calling of the convention for May 6, the Harmon and Clark leaders endeavoring to have it called for a later date. The committee decided rountfes of 5000 population or over, regular county conventions be held wi’h delegates chosen at precinct cau cuses In the more sparsely settled r -tntles, the method of holding coun London.—Scientific men here, after ty conventions is left to the county reading Captain Roald Amundsen's committeemen. graphic account of his discovery, is generally acknowledged as the con- Patent Decision Divides Judges. querer of the pole. Washington.—The supreme court The real dash was started October held that the owner of a patent has an 20. 1911, but four men accompanying unrestricted monopoly upon all artl the explorer, They took four sledge* cles used In Its operation, may fix Its aad 52 dogs, with food supplies for price and prohibit its use, and there four months. Snow pillars six feet by laid down a broad principle of high were made to guide them on the doubtful application to many of the return journey. The eighty-fifth par government's anti-trust suits which In allel was reached November 17. Here volve questions of patent rights. a land and ice barrier connected, with The court stood four to three. Chief summits at points 15,000 feet high. Justice White, with whom dissented On the other side of the barriers the Justices Lamar and Hughes, In a spir party encountered terrific gales. De ited opinion voiced his dread of the cember 8. the party had reached 88 • dt» of the court’s work, asking degrees. 16 minutes south, From here who could foretell the extent of mon the party had a down fall haul, reach- opoly and wrongful restrictions which ing 88 degrees, 30 minutes, on Decern would arise ber 9, 89:30 on the twelfth, and 89:45 The chief justice said that congress on the thirteenth. The temperature should act to head off "untold evils" was 41 degrees below zero. which would follow the courA's con When Amundsen calculated that the struction of the law and arraigned the pole had been reached, a flag was majority as having broken all prece- planted, the ezplorer naming the plat dents. eau for King Haakon VII. Captain The case actually before the court Amundsen then took observations for concerned the right of the patentee of three days, and the return was begun a rotary mimeograph to bind the pur December 17. chaser of each machine to use upon it CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN REACHES SOUTH POLE only ink which he manufactured Vote on Woman Suffrage In Ohio. Columbus. O.—The fourth constitu tional convention of Ohio, in session here, adopted a proposal to amend the present state constitution so as to per mit women participation in all elec tions. Lovesick Woman Turns Assassin. Los Angeles.—Miss Viola Carver, of Tacoma. Wash., pretty and 23 years old. is a prisoner, charged with the murder of J Edward Edge, a young musician and real estate dealer, whom she shot In the corrider of the Consol THE MARKETS. idated Realty building Jealousy, the Portland. police said, was the cause for the Wheat—Track prices: Club. 87c; crime. bluestem. 89c; red Russian, 85c. Barley—Feed, *39 per ton. Storm In Central Statee. Oats—No. 1 white. *33 per ton. Chicago and vicinity, which have Hay—Timothy, valley. *14; alfalfa, been floundering in snow drifts for *13. ) Tactically three month*, had Juat sue Butter—Creamery, 33c. ceeded In clearing path* and ntralght- Eggs —Ranch, 21c. Hops—1911 crop. 38c; contracts, ening up to take a long breath, when another storm swooped down Monday, 26c. bringing a fresh consignment of wet Wool—Eastern Oregon, 16c; snow. lamette Valley, 17c. Mohair—31c. 300.00# Employee to Get More Pay. Bos’on.—It I* estimated that 150,- Seattle. Wheat—Bluestem, 90c; club 86c; 000 entton and wool mill operative* In northern New England will »hare tn red Russian. 84c. Barley—*40 per ton. an advance In wages of at least S per Oats—*30 per ton. cent before April 1. An advance In Butter—Creamery. 37c. all New England textile district* would affect directly from 250.000 to 300,000 Eggs—21c. persons. Hay—Timothy, $14 per ton. John Ditchburn Republican Candidate For Circuit Judge Dept No. 4. elected I will obey I will Enforce the the People Have Law. I believe in the Recall, in the Oregon System, and that Sex Alone Should Not Disfranchise. That there are enough Judges if they will change the system and work harder. If I am the I^aw, Law. as Made the I WILL HI; Judge for All the People Not for Lawyers Oaly. Active Practice For 2 5 Years. VM4 AtlverllM-inrnf For County Superintendent . w. HENDERSON Republican A Practical Educator of Twenty Years Experi ence in Oregon and Eastern States. Aggressive, Progressive, Practical Educational Views Promises Closer Supervision and more Efficient School Work. Remember the Name and Vote Right Paid A lv ¡Read the Herald