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SATURDAY.
S E P T . 21, 1907,
every month with the enrollment at
school and report at once to the
truant officer all those not attend
ing, when it will be the duty o f the
officer to see that they are sent to
school at once. Marshal Snodgrass
has been appointed truant officer
for this city and will no dou bt rig
idly enforce the law, which is a
good one and should be enforced.
or whether they must submit to
misgoverninent and misrepresenta-
tion by a legislature
T h e initia
tive and referendum amendment
was a lon g, triumphant step for
ward and upward by the people,
and we cannot believe they will be
knocked backward and downward
again on the plea o f a corporation
that having been given great and
valuable privileges by the people,
rewards them by refusing to pay a
vary reasonable and moderate tax.
— Portland Journal.
Success
How the Oregonian Figures the Value Closes Today After a Most
of a Fruit Farm.
GRIFFIN & VEATCHCO.
ful Week.
Tho State Fair which has been
The New York "A p p le K in g ”
in session at Salem this week and
who expresses his willingness to
the most
pay $10,000 for a 10-acre apple or-
touight. has been
successful in the history o f the lair.
chard six miles from Ashland gives
Notwithstanding the rain Inst Sun
strong testim ony as to tho opjior-
day evening and the threatening
The district fair which was closed tunities for developm ent o f this in
weather tho first part o f tho week,
Saturday at Hoseburg was the most dustry in O regon. The land upon
w
hich
this
orchard
was
planned
|
,
*ie attendance on opening a> w.i
successfnl in the history o f the as
wa
pro!
ably
worth
f
B
O
to
(1
0
0
an
l
'" ' ,ar8*sl ’ *>at lias 1 '• 1 •' eu> an
sociation. and the receipts will as
I attendance throughout the entire
sure a handsome profit for the year. acre when used as a grain or hay
week was unprecedented.
Oregon is grow ing so rapidly in field. To plant the trees aud bring
The exhibits of tlio resources of
population that all the larger coun them to maturity may have cost
the various counties were excellent,
ties like Lane are able now to hold $100 an acre in excess o f revenue
while the live stock exhibit was the
successful fairs, and another year that could be had from the land
best ever shown in tho state.
while
the
trees
were
grow
ing.
The
should not pass w ithout a m ove
The races were the best ever
ment of this kind beiog carried out. difference represents the intelligence
held
on an Oregon track and were
A lready we have an organization, care and skill in selecting and car
attended by immense crowds. The |
ing
lor
the
trees.
and next fall there should be a fair
Mr. W hite gives no description crow ning feature o f them being th e ,
held at or near E ugene.
absence o f all pool selling, (hugs
The association
should
buy o f the orchard he considers the
and thieves, none ot them being al- \
best
west
o
f
the
Rooky
Mountains
grounds as near the city as possible
lowed in or about the fair grounds, |
and plan to make the tair a perm a and it is im possible to point out
much to the credit of the Salem po- j
nent institution. Nothing creates just how the grow er lias managed
lice and the fair management.
to
produce
an
orchard
o
f
such
more interest am ong tho farmers,
Every available foot of camping ,
fruit-growers and stockm en than value. But, while it is impossible
ground
was taken up by campers ■
the friendly com petition afforded to point out ju s t -h o w tho grower
from all over the state, showing ]
has
managed
to
tell
how
lie
did
it,
by a fair, and they are productive of
that tho farmers are taking a great-1
splendid and far-rerching results in it is easy to tell som e o f tho ways
er
interest in our State Fair every
improved methods o f agriculture, in which he didn’ t d o it. lie did n ’ t
year working hand in hand with the
take
any
old
tree
an
irresponsible
and furnish an incentive to im
Stale Board o f Agriculture in their
provement in stock breeding.— E u nurseryman wanted to get off his
endeavor
te make it a greater suc
band.-. He did n ’ t set out a dozen
gene Guard.
different varieties o f trees upon the cess.
G ood lawyers will disagree on
the question whether the Pacific
Slates Telephone company has any
good legal ground for resisting the
law requiring it to pay a 2 per cent
tax in O regon, in the propositions
contained in their answer to the
state’s suit for such tax. N or is it
possible for any ono to predict with
any great degree, for this is a new
question and the courts will have
no exact precedents to guide them.
It seems to us, however, that the
At the request o f the Orego.i De
pleas set up in the corporation’ s an
swer are ‘ 'immaterial and irrele- velopment League, Hon. W ilbur
vant” ; that they present a quibble; K. Newell. President o f the Slate
that they assume things to be so Boar<l °* Horticulture, has oondens-
that are not so, and that they have ed iu the follow in g one hundred
clothed a framework ot dead sticks words a statement about O regon
with legal sophistries and given it fruit that should be printed in
known
to the
the semblance of a live, vital figure. every language
It is assumed in all the proposi tongue of man-
“ Oregon exeells in trait. P r o o f;
tions submitted by the defendant
Because
her apples are the acknow
corporation that the Oregon initia
tive and referendum amendment to ledged standard o f the world, b rin g
the constitution is in contravention ing highest prices from the trade ot
o f the United States constitution New Y ork, London, Paris and Ber
because it takes away legislative lin.
“ H er pears, cherries, strawber
powers granted by the federal con
jj
I
ries
and dried prunes have a nation
stitution to the legislature. If it |
does that, it is to that exten t void, al reputation, unequalled by the
no doubt; but, we Rliould suppose, fruit o f any other section o f the
not void to any greater or other e x United States.
“ W h y ?”
Becauso nature has
tent. It will be time enough for
given
her
a
soil
containing the nec
the courts to say that the people of
essary
plant
fo
o
d , a climate w ith
Oregon have run contrary to the
federal constitution, we
should out extrem es, and moisture and
think, when a specific case o f that sunshine ju st right to produce a
kind is presented. But no such fruit o f beautiful color, firm te x
caHe is herein presented. The cor ture, aud unrivalled flavor.
“ And her people have the intelli
poration sets up a number o f cases
gence
to take advantage o f these
in which it is alleged the new part
conditions.”
o f Oregon constitution is or may be
violative of the federal constitution
Arrangements for the apple lair
but so far as we can observe it
to
be held nt A lbany this fall are
brings no such case before the
and everything
cou it, nor does or can it show that being perfected
seems
propitious
for
a fine show ing
any such case is likely ever to come
of Linn cou n ty ’ s resources along
up.
the lines o f horticulture and fruit
W e would
imagine that the
culture.
United Stales supreme court will
say: W e will let the constitution
o f Oregon alone until we are shown
Tell Us About It.
that it has in fact aud reality oper
ated in contravention o f tho fed eral1 A great many social events take
constitution; not upon a mere as place during the week which the
sumption that at some time, in newspapers kn ow nothing about
some very
different manner, it and have n o particular way o f find
ing out unless you tell us.
The
m ight be possible for it to do so.
But this is only n laym an's view.
It will bea n interesting and import
aut ease. A great deal depends
upon its
decision— in a word,
whether the people can govern
tbemselvea in any chosen particular
THE STATE FAIR
APPLES VS. BRAINS.
| Reader will appreciate all ltemB of
' “ tetest. D on ’ t be afraid to bring
or P,lone a" account ot them to the
office any time before Friday noon,
it will be greatly appreciated.
It
i '* impossible for us to fiml out all
| these gatherings which take place
If your friends
j about the city.
come to see you or goes away, tell
us about it.
“ Blind Pigs” at Eugene.
tTieory that if one variety failed he
would get a crop from the others.
He d id n ’ t set the trees so close to
gether that they cou ld n ’ t develop a
top or a root system without inter
lacing. H o d id ’ nt give tlio San
Jose scale full liberty tho first few
years upon tile theory that it would
he time to spray when the trees be
gan to bear. H e did n ’ t turn the
orchard over to a tree-butcher to
trim and prune. He d id n 't let Ids,
trees become unbalanced so that
limbs on one side would break off
while the other side had nothing to
break. H o didn't rely upon Nature
to do anything for him that he
could d o tor himself.
His apple
orchard, worth $1000 an acre in the
open market and worth $1400 an
j
Hardwire, Stoves ami Kano
\\V also handle nil kinds of
Fa-rming
Machinery
C rea.m Sep arators.
Sporting (ioods
G u n s a n d A m m u n itio n . Etc.
Remember We Buy for Quality.
* Griffin
&
-
Call on
Veatch Co.
j EUGENE
HOSPITAL
MEDICAL ANI» S17R(;n: Al-*UFr I
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W . Kuykendall; M |>
W. O. Prosser, M. D.
P. J. Partie, M. 1 ).
II. F. Scalefe. m j)
I>. A. Paine, M. D.
<!eo. O R. Dettar, M. D.
L. E. MnDougal, M. i>.
For the care anti treatment of Medical and Surgical Cases. M
odem«
perating room]and equipment. Appliances for X ray work. Sputn
blood examinations
Ful! corps of trained nurses. Rales on applicit
T R A IN IN G
Cars by November 15th.
SC H O O L FOR N U R S R sT ^
Regular coin--.- of lect ures by the faculty and practical train-
iiih In the Ini pitnl. The medical nnd surgical staff of the hu*.
pitnl constitutes the facility.
For rates or information, m
hospital or training, address
W. KUYKENDALL, M. ft
Superintendent.
Or MISS M. II. IIOI.MSTItni
Superintendent of Nurset
Officials of the Oregon Electric
railway company aro being chosen
and the operating staff organized.
It is expected to have electric trains
running by November 15 between
Portland and Salem. G uy W . Tul-
bot, general manager, announces
the follow ing appointments: Oeo.
F. Nevins, traffic manager nnd aud
itor; James B. Kerr general coun
sel and Dr. E. F. Tucker, chief
surgeon.
All the new officials are well
T E N T H A N D M ORRISON S T R E E T S , P O R T L A N D . OREGOtt
k - own and have hud extended e x
A . P A R M S T R O N G , L L . B .. P R IN C IP A L
perience with other railroads. Mr.
Educates f<,r success in a short time and at smnll expense, and sends cat
Nevins is now general freight and
•lent to a position as soon as competent. Quality is our motto, and i
passenger agent and auditor for the thorough work brings us over 100 calls per month for office help. In
acre to him, represents an invest Corvallis & Eastern railroad. His stmetion insures rapid progress. We teach the loose leaf, the card in,la,
ment o f perhaps $200 an acre in j successor with tho Hardman line voucher and otlu-r modern methods of Ijookkeeping. Chartier is our s
easy, rapid, legible. Ileaulifnl catalogue, business forms and penmanship
money and labor. The rest o f the has not yet been chosen.
write today. References: any merchant, any bunk, any newspaper in '
G
eorge
B
Moffatt,
of
the
bank
value was the product o f brains.
ing firm o f Moffatt & White, New
York, which is building the new
Tried for Selling Liquor
line, nnd \Y. S. Barstow, head of
Harry Barker and G W . W liit- the contracting firm attending to
sett were arrested last week in this the construction, will reach Port-
citv, charged with violating a city biud for a visit on September 25.
ordinance forbidding the sale of Thoy are com ing to look over the
spirituous liquors without first se work so far accomplished.
curing a license. T h e trial o f H.
G ood progress is heing made and ]
Barker took place M onday before when the officials go over the hue '
C a p it a l S t o c k , $ 2 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0
Recorder K in g with a jury inter it will be well along towards com-1
vening. 'A tto rn e y Jerome K nox ap pletion. The last stretches of grad- i
peared for the city ami Johnson & ing are now being finished up. The |
M edley for the defense. Four wit high bridge spanning the W iliam -1
nesses were called and after consid ette river nt W ilsonville is practi
erable discussion the cave was sub cally com plete
and construction
mitted 'o the jury.
1 lie
latter trains are running over it. Every
stoo l 3 to 3. The case was tried thing indicates that trains will lie t
again Tuesday and the ju ry after running on the line not later than
being out about Id minutes re November 15.— Oregonian
It is
turned a verdict of not guilty. i hoped that before another year has
. v i li /
T hero not being sufficient evidence passed the load will be completed
to con vict. The case o f W hitsett to C'ottnge G rove.
w ill be tried later.
Receiver Thom as A . Devlin has
LOST
tiled his report o f the financial con
dition o f tho defunct Oregon Trust
From the farm of P. A. Undstrom
A Savings bank o f Portland. The at Divide 30 goats. Any- one giving
report show s that the ba n k ’s assets information of them will receive re
ward.
am ount to a grand total o f $2,20'.l,-
And get the news of the world T W IC E E A C H WEEK,
53(1. Ol the assets, there is cash
t le local news once a week and an ¡llustrate,i magazine
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
on hand am ounting to $73,551, o f
once a month.
T b i. is the com bination:
which $21.323 has been collected by
' b parties indebted to the firm of
Semi " eekly Urejjon Journal, one year, 104 copies
$1.5*
the receiver since Aui-ust 21 the 1 '
* Lawson will please call ami
settle up tlielr account within the
Cottage Grove Leader, one year, 52 copies................... I A*
day on which the hank closed ils
next thirty days.
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Eugene is having n wrestle with
the ‘ ‘ Blind P ig ” nuisance. A lot
Be<sie Paxton
ami
G ertrude
of liquor is being sold at those Johnson, the girls accused o f steal
places in that city, as in all- other ing $110 and a diamond pin from
dry cities in the stato, bn t it seems Bill Vaughn at E ugene, were taken
impossible to convict anyone for it. to Portland W ednesday by Mrs.
In the ca e tried in E u gene this K elly to be placed tinder the care
week as in the case in this city, the o f the Sisters o f the G ood Shep
As will be seen in this issue Supt. ju ry failed to agree. It is reported herd, w h o will keep them for two
Baughman lias issued n notice to that Deputy Prosecuting attorney | years with the hopes o f reform ing
the parents and guardians of the Skipworth has two spotters m hisI them. The girls have agreed to
city calling attention the c o m p n l-! em ploy in that city, p a y in g them | remain that length o f time. They
sory sch o o l law. m winch he states | $ S per day each for spotting and ! at first refused to g o to any institu-
that all children between the ages testifying against those keepers o f tion o f the kind, but ar they were
o f 8 and It! years must attend
blind p ig s” and still they can ’ t told that they might have to serve
■chool during the entire school year, convict them.
In the mcantimo a torm in the penitentiarv they
H e has a corrected list o f all the t h e -’ blind pigs” still exists, the hanged their mind.
sch ool children in the city and it is selling o f liqnor goes merrily on , j
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bia duty to com pare it carefully | and the county pays the bills.
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