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PAGE i THE BOARDMAN MIRROR FRIDAY JANUARY 16, IMS if a und (1 o: 124 OREGON NEWS ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. The Brownsville woolen mill is now employing several shift:! of men and the machines are runnin;; d;iy and nlKht. George M. Geisendorfer has been recommended by Representative Haw ley for appointment as postmaster at Caseadia. About 211) men are employed on the government dam under construction on McKay creek, seven miles south ot 'Pendleton. Purchase of a hook-and iaddr truck for the McMinnville lire department has been put in I he bauds mlttee for action. with the warrants all paid ey left in practical! y 'every fu county, Linn county closed 1824 with a balance of f 14:t,7iil.l8. A total of 4S1.127 tons were bandied in the port terminals of Astoria dur ing the lust year, according to data prepared by port authorities. Steps have been taken lor the rn :i tlon of a new school district with Westfir, the new su a mill town two miles east of Oakridge, at the ct The Northwestern Soclotj of High Way Bufinears held lis arVpual mi in Portland Saturday, with more than 200 members of the organization in attendance, A special meeting of Oregon dairy men and representatives ot allied In dustries called td consider pro) legislation was postponed to Mond January Hi. Nearly 1000 more homes v. re l it eel c-d in Portland in 1(124 Hum in ' and the value wits 14,004,125 groal I than the year before, Homes en c 1 numbered :i!l7. The compilation of gross postal i" celptB of the Medfonl poStQffioi ftOlJKI for the your, shows ;;u ncr of more than 11 per cent OVtr ,"i receipts In 11)21!. The condition or V. ,T. Kerr, presl dent of Oregon Agrieull oral oellege, who hus been seriously 111 for sour time, Is reported by attending physi elans to bu l::iproved. Richard II. Thornton, ft, one ot til' state's ablest lawyers and found! ah ! first denn of the University ot Ore 1 gon law scftool, died at Qood Bemarl tan hospital In Port land. Dr. W. J. Spillimin, ebtot of 1 1 . l i reau of fiirm inaaagement, feci in i ,: partment of agriculture, l.i on a iri through the Pacific Qofthwes! risl In the agricultural cell. . All travel over the Columbia high wuy between Hood Hiver and Tin Dalles was block, d by a 160-foi slide which occurred at the tu about a mile west of I C. 8. Fletcher, who for five years has been county tgrli uio"..l . ., Moscow, Idaho, has be u . i,, a similar iiosltlon In Lane counij and will assume his duties Pebruar I J. M. Devers, ufunny I'm- the Statt highway department, h, ; l . '-. ouested to prayarc a bin for tlon to the legislature providing (of u tax on cigarettes sold In this ItS e Rolo Drain died at the i:.i n. ho pital as a result of burns suffered when a davi-nport upon whi. h he w sleeping several weeks at;o i a-h fire. He was badly burned on his arm and body. George lllnkle and t'llnton IJrambt i of Butherlln are in the Ites. a lies pital suffering from btjurisi sustained when a trie fell across their . i ,vl they were driving on the Calapoois road east of Suthcrlin. Ooasoiidatloa ol -' Individual rend I districts In Wasco county Into five large districts for the purpose of ruak-i In; more money available fer a nil road purposes, was announced by County Judge Adklsson. J. K. Culllson and K. P Pi rtland have received u from the Klamath county cruise 75.000 acres of white ple.e tlm ber land In Klamath county. They will receive 10 BSBtS I Utt i Miss Kathleen Milts, defeated can didate for the office of county treas urer of Tillamook eountj at 'the tail election, succeeded herself as the re suit of refusal of County Tr usurer elect Bryan to leeept the office.' Lake county Is clenrlnu the tax rolls of delinquent taxpayers by a foreclos ure suit Involving more than 4000 do fendants. representing property own era of the county whose lairs Io n. boon unpaid for the last two rears. The residence of W, A. lUnlmnho'wer on Grand Island, about ten miles of Dayton, upset and caused damage estimated at between- $. The bouse was buiH oq piles about alx fee't In the afr tn put lt above high water danger. The was thought to have been caused by I set tlement of the underpinning on on side followlug the rt, nt tnavy frcexo Kdanr of e0. tract court to Herbert Chandler of Baker won first pi ize on a carload of registered Here ford ran:-. I alls at the Ogden livestock show at Ogden, Utah. In addition to i he carload prize Chandler's Herefords won all other prizes In the Hereford class. Two hundred and fifty employes of the- city water bureau of Portland will have to pay $50,000 in back taxes to the government because of a decision that employes of a public utility, city owned, must pay taxes as employes of every other utility. Although light snows continue to fall throughout the Haines valley and fool hill district adjoining, there is not sufficient snow to assure crops in the irrigated sections, where snows are depended upon for water through out the growing season. The state fair board, at its annual ting in Salem Monday, consider . (be advisability of holding a mid winter poultry show at the state fair grounds. In event the show is author Izi d it probably would be held in January, starting in 1926. Murdered In his cabin home behind a church in liend, the charred body of Aleck Rbucheki a citizen of Poland, was found by firemen. After killing Rouchek; who was struck on the head; with an ax as he entered his home,, the slayer fired the house. It Is believed that the board of en-j i rs wlH i r on make a favorable re "a the project to Improve Tilla j bay. The report has been ap d by i lie board of engineers and: Is now In the hars of the chief of engineers for his judgment. Homer C. Parrett of Newberg, son Of Sam L, Parrett, president of the United States National bank of New was appointed county treasurer by the Yamhill county court. C. E.I Dukenfleldi elected In November over Mrs. Nellie Dodson, resigned. ilie rivers und harbors bill as re porti d to the house carries provision lirveys Of both Coos bay and the Dmpqua river with a view to their ti;t!ir Improvement. The Coos bay project calls for a 25-foot channel and the l'mpiua for a 22-foot channel. The curve" in the Eugene-Cob'urg highway where Charles Adler, Port land l raveling salesman, was drowned a short lime ago when he drove his automobile into overflow waters of the Willamette river. Is being straight ened to eliminate danger of similar accidents In the future. Approximately 40,000 sheep, mostly ewes and feeder lambs, are being fat teaed and wintered on hay grown in the Deschutes country. In former DO) more than a few thousand lo ad were wintered In this section. A considerable number of the sheep were brought (rOU Lake county. I he Hood River county court having i l e ,, tb expenditure of approxi mately $.15,000 In the purchase of a a ii.ilde trad of land for n permnnent Experimental tract, the Oregon legis bit ure will be asked to make appropri ation for maintenance of the Hood River branch experiment station. Because at unsatisfactory conditions o axial tn the wheat-Growing dls i s of eastern Oregon, Governor Pierce may go before the legislature' and urge an appropriation with which to purchase seed for those farmers sboa crops have been destroyed as a ie ait of the late Intense cold weather. A new railroad story comes from I Curry county to the effect that the Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul rail road proposes to build down the Ore e n coast from Seaside to California ami theme on to San Francisco, prob ally to attach to the Northwestern Pa mi, ,,t i,s northern terminus at Ku reka. One hundred and nineteen mills re porting to the West Coast Lumber nu n's association for the week ending January 3, manufactured M.MMU feet of lumber; sold 60,150.684 feet; and snipped 77.449.192 feet. New busl was u per cent above production Shtpmi nis were 2!i per cent above new business. W Ham P. Downing, a prominent I - in in the development of Bend for the just 23 years, and the owner ol l there, was shot through the head in the room of Mrs. Kthel Nor ton, an sx-employa. Death was the result of a bullet fired by Downing' own hand, according to the story told by Mrs. Norton. At a meeting of the raw products! committee of the Koseburg chamber ot commerce, steps were taken to deter- j mlna the amount of damage done te i he broccoli crop by the recent extreme cold weather. The crop was badly hurt, according to all Indications, and be chamber of commerce Is taking up sritfe agricultural experts the matter ol t acting crorV that will take the plac of broccoli. Neither the secretary of state noi any Other official has any right tc ; set aside or extend the time tor en lorcement of the laws In this state 1'b.i was announced by Sam A. Kozer ,-rvt ry of state, following receipt o reports that In some parts ot Oregot vio'or vehicle owners apparently wen of the opinion that they were exemp from placing 1925 license phues Ol their ours until February 1. i4ii"r'P-Pd"i-d-d'i"i"riR--iPTlTi'i"R Bible Thoughts (or the Week Sunday. He That Loveth Silver Shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with Increase: this Is also vanity. When goods increase, they are Increased that eat them : and what good is there to the own ers thereof, saving the behold ing of them with their eyes? Kocles. 0:10, 11. Monday. A New Commandment I give unto yon. That ye love one an other: as I have loved you, that ye ulso love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34, 35. Tuesday. Peace I Leave Unto You, My peace I give unto you: not as the fVorld glveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be doubled, neither let It be afraid. John 14:27. Wednesday. Fear Thou Not; for 1 am with thee; be not dismayed,; for I am thy Cod: 1 will strengthen thee; yea, 1 will help thee, yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isa. 41:10. Thursday. Love Not the World, neither the things that arc In the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. I John 2:15. Friday. A Man That Hath Friends must show himself friendly: and there Is a friend that stieketh closer than a brother.. Prov. 18J24. Saturday. They That Wait ujwn the Lord shall renew their Strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they 'shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isa. 40:31. 4-H..l..H--l"l"l"l"M-l-fr-l"M"l"l"I- GOVErQDAVIS iniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnr You Are Invited To Visit Our Pant SPECIAL SUBSIDY Washington, d. c. opposition tr artificial stimulation of co-operative marketing associations by government aid was. voiced in resolutions adopted by National Council of Farmers' Co operative Marketing associations. The council went on record ns op posing any special favoritism or sub sidy, and declared it had nothing to ask from the government "except a sympathetic, understanding adtninis tration of the laws and regulations al ready In force for supervision of co operative organizations." Deep appreciation was expressed of the "sympathetic and intelligent sup port of President Coolidge, Secretarie: j (or. and Hoover and of friends In congress and the thirty-five state leg Islatures that have enacted the stand ard co-operative marketing law." Jonathan M. Davis, governor of Kansas, who retired Monday under a cloud, his son having been accused of selling paroles. AINST j ELEVATION QF GUNS Washington, D. C. President Cool j'idge is opposed to the proposal to elevate the guns on 13 American battleships, Secretary of the Navy Wil bur informed the house naval affairs committee. Wilbur said the proposed alteration, costing $6,500,000, would restore the navy to the 5-5-3 rptio of the Washing ton arms treaty. He informed the committee, however, - that the presi dent, after due deliberation, had de cided the expenditure was in "conflict with hi3 financial program." Great Britain is the only world pow er that has made an official protest against the elevation of guns, it was revealed by the state department in response to congressional demands for Information on the subject. The pro test was made In 1923, when the sub ject was first brought forward. Japan did not consider that gun ele vation was a violation of the treaty, the letter said. President Coolidge's position against elevation of the big guns of the Amer ican battleships was supported by Chairman Borah of the senate foreign 1 relations committee, who said in a statement it was better to waive ad vantage technically given by the arms treaty than to give justification for; violation of the treaty by others. 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Burdick of Deschutes coun ty as speaker of the house. Neither had opposition. Senator Jay K, Upton of Bend, win was president of the senate at the thiriy second session, was named at a caucus Sunday night to call tin senate to order. Ordinarily this duty falls to the oldest member in point ol: service, but this was Senator Moser, who Is to be president, so Upton was named. W. V. Drager, veteran clerk of tht! house, called that body to order. The executive in his message em phaslzed taxation, irrigation and roads as the most Important legislation tc' come before the session. The arbitration treaty between the United States and Sweden, signed June 4, 1924, was ratified by the sen ate. The California legislature adopted the resolution ratifying the child labor amendment to the federal con stitution. The Chicago attorneys who saved Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb from the gallows for the murder ol 14-year-old Robert Franks will re ceive $130,000 for their work. A resolution opposing ratification by the state legislature of the child labor amendment to the federal constl tution was adopted by the Association of County Commissioners of Idaho. Industries engaged in the produc tion of logs and other timber pro ducts had an output in 1923 valued at 1, 494, 259,321, according to a biennial census report by the commerce depart ment. The figure is an increase ol 65.6 per cent over 1921. The design of the ox team and covered wagon symbolizes the spirit of the old west. It typifies vision, endurance, hope, suffering and final ac complishment. Over the Old Oregon Trail from the Missouri river the cov ered wagons came and won an empire for the United States. I The design is the work of Avard Fairbanks of the University of Oregon. Klan Ousted by Kansas High Court Topeka, Kas. -The Ku Klux Klan was ousted from the state of Kansas by the state supreme court. The court issued the ouster order In its ruling on the state suit to drive the klan out ot Kansas brought three years age by Attorney-General R. J. Hopkins The decision was based on the point that purchase of lodge paraphernalia and supplies without a charter is il legal in Kansas. The ruling means that scores of lodges which have been doing business in the state without a charter will be compelled to cease until they obtain state sanction. MAKE IIFE SUCCESSFUL BY PRACTICING THRIFT Pv "-'-g tht. the average per-; son oi. ..i- il.i .r l.fe more sue fttt A good time to start is dur lug tlirlft week. January 17-2S, when campaign of education featuring 1 thrift fundamentals will be put on by the Oregon Hankers' association and the Y M. C. A., co-operating with 4S Other national and local organizations. , The plan is based on ! I II Frank lin's ideas. Making a family or personal budget ' is perhaps the most Important thing ' to do; then record your expend it Urea, The value of owning home, m ining a will, investing In safe secure h paying bills promptly, sharing with others, working and earj'ns. having a hank account and of carrying life Insurance will be stressed taring the week. I Gov. Pierce Removes Ross Formally Salem. Or. - Dr. Thomas W. Ross ol Portland Saturday was ousted formal ly as a member of the state fish com mission by Governor Pierce. John C eatch. Portland attorney, was ap pointed to succeed Dr. Ross. Formal removal of Dr. Ross was the culmina tlon of a hearing held here three wnks rtfco when Governor Pierc charged the retiring official with ex travagnnco. Idaho Picks Electoral Vote Messenger Boise. Idaho. At a meeting of th republican presidential electort ol Idaho in the office of Governor Moore A. J. Kent of Bonners Ferry wai selected to convey the vote ot th state to Washington. D. C. to thi electoral college. I'm Starting Now! Resolve right now at the begining of the New Year to save each week at least some small part of your income. It will prove the most prof i cable resolution you could make. That Sense Of Security Which comes with the realization that you have succeeded in saving something spurs you on to redouble your efforts tow ard mak ing financial progress. ARLINGTON NATIONAL BANK Oldest Bank in Gilliam County