Cottage Grove leader., May 14, 1912, Image 2

O RA8TIC BILL IS AD O PTE D .
Would Abolish Commerce C o u r t-
Create Bureau o f Commerce.
Current Events oí Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
General Resume o f Important Event«
Presented In Condensed Form
fo r Our Busy Readers.
America it making great inroads
upon Russian trade in the Far Fast.
Two towns on the west coast o f
Mexico were severely shaken by an
earthquake.
Wireless message reports huge ice­
bergs 130 miles south o f where the T i­
tanic was wrecked.
More levees in Louisiana are break­
ing and people have been warned to
abandon the town o f Irvinville.
A strike o f Kansas C ity brewery
workers was settled just in time to
prevent a beer famine in that city.
The transport Sherman sailed from
Portland with the historic First regi­
ment o f infantry, for Guam and
Manila.
•Upon second reading the home rule
bill was found to have considerably in­
creased its m ajority in the house o f
commons.
Washington, D. C.— Revolutionary
proposals such as have not been
grouped in any bill passed by the pres­
ent session o f congress were adopted
by the house in the legislative, execu­
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
The measure will probably be passed.
The bill now proposes:
Abolition o f the United States Com­
merce court and the restoration to the
Interstate Commerce commission o f
all railroad regulatory power, subject
to appeal only to United States dis­
trict courts.
Creation o f a bureau o f foreign do­
mestic commerce with all the present
powers o f the co-called Tariff board,
to be under the jurisdiction o f the sec­
retary o f commerce and labor.
The
new bureau would absorb the bureau
o f trade relations o f the State depart­
ment and the bureau o f manufactures
and statistics o f the department o f
commerce and labor.
Concentration o f the distribution o f
public documents, o f which millions
annually are sent from the govern­
ment printing office in Washington.
The house overruled the committee
in charge o f the bill in a number of
instances.
A fte r a bitter fight the house re­
fused to abolish the position o f deputy
commissioner o f lighthouse service
and on this point Speaker Clark joined
with the opposition to the committee.
The defection in the Democratic
ranks caused an outbreak in the clos­
ing hours o f the session, which lasted
from 11 o’clock in the morning until 9
at nighL
A New York messenger boy was
given a reward o f 25 cents for return­
HOME RULE GAINS FORCE.
ing a package o f stocks and bonds
worth 1610,000 which he had found.
Second Reading In House o f Com ­
mons Gives Majority o f 101.
The international president o f the
Stereotypers’ union revoked the char­
London — The government carried
ter o f the Chicago union for striking the home rule bill on its second read­
in sympathy with the pressmen with­ ing in the house o f commons by a ma­
out authority.
jority o f 101, as against 94 for the
first reading. The vote was 372 to 271.
The American Steel & W ire com­
It was the most largely attended
pany admits that when suit was start­
house o f the present parliament. Both
ed against the Steel trust, nearly all
sides had done their utmost to secure
the tangible evidence against the
every available vote.
Mr. Balfour,
W ire company was destroyed.
former opposition leader, and Mr.
Skirmishing between the rebel van- Churchill, first lord o f the admiralty,
gard and the federal outposts at Ber- returned from Weymouth to be presenL
The announcement o f the figures
mejillo and Mapimi, Mexico, contin­
ues, but the garrisons refuse to leave showing an increased majority occa­
their fortifications and the rebels keep sioned enthusiastic demonstrations on
the government side and the Prime
under cover.
minister received a great ovation on
A fte r being without pay for three leaving the house with his w ife and
months, owing to entanglements o f daughter, from the crowd that assem­
red tape, the attendants at the Dunn­ bled outside. The committee stage o f
ing hospital for the ir.sane at Chicago the home rule bill is not expected to
went on strike, leaving the superin­ be reached until Whitsuntide, and
tendent and hiB physicians to care for probably will occupy a couple o f
3,000 patients. The strike was soon months, even with liberal application
settled.
o f the closure rules, as the opposition
is preparing an endless list o f amend­
Ten veterans and six trainmen were ments and will adopt every possible
killed in a wreck o f a Confederate vet­ means to obscure the measure.
erans’ reunion special.
KING GOES IN T O SUBM ARINE.
The butter war in Portland is'ended,
and the former regular price o f 26
cents has been restored.
British Ruler Stays Under Water 10
Minutes— He May Fly.
Chicago publishers claim to have a
Weymouth, England— King George,
throttle hold on the pressmen’s strike
situation, and that it w ill soon be who is here seeing for himself the
progress toward the reorganization o f
over.
the home fleet as outlined by Winston
Roosevelt seems to have a majority
Churchill, First Lord o f the Adm iral­
in the Maryland primaries, and Speak­
ty, in introducing the navy estimates
er Clark leads for the Democratic
in parliament, has again taken up the
nomination.
life o f a naval officer with remarkable
gusto.
P O R TL A N D M AR K E TS.
His majesty already has added one
Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem, item to his experience in naval work
|1.06(d}1.07; club, $1.01; red Rus­ going down in a submarine. He sperv,
sian, $1; valley, $1.01; forty-fold, 10 minutes below the surface o f the
$ 1 . 02 .
water in one o f the latest " D ” type
Millstuffs — Bran, $24 per ton; o f boats, which carries a disappearing
shorts, $26; middlings, $31.
gun, and expressed himself as delight­
Com — Whole, $39; cracked, $40 ed with the venture.
per ton.
The aerial corps, which is contin­
Hay — Timothy, $16.60(417.60; al­ ually maneuvering, is hoping to carry
falfa, $12(412.60; clover, $8(49; oats the K ing as a passenger.
and vetch, $11(411.50; grain hay $9.
Oats— No. 1 white, $39(440 per ton.
Postal Deposits In Millions.
Fresh Fruits— Strawberries, $1.26(4
Washington, D. C.-—Funds on de­
1.60; per crate; cranberries, $ 8(410
per barrel; appleB, $1.25(43 per box. posit in 7163 postal savings banks on
Potatoes — Jobbing prices;: Bur­ March 31 last, aggregated $16,200,-
banks, old, $1.60 per hundred; new 000, according to Postmaster-General
Hitchcock. O f this amount $6,437,-
California, 4}@ 6c per pound.
Onions— Bermuda, $2.26(42.60 per 641 was on deposit in 32 cities, each
having
a population o f more than
CTate.
N ew York and Chicago,
Vegetables— Artichokes, 76@90c per 160,000.
doien; asparagus. California, $1.25(4 which rank first and second, respec­
2 per crate; beans, 2 < 42 |c per pound; tively, occupy the same relative rank
cabbage, 3(48|c; cauliflower, $2.75 in amount o f deposits, including
per crate; celery. $6(46; cucumbers, Brooklyn as a part o f N ew York. De­
$1(41-60 dozen; egg plant, 25c per posits in New York, $860,386; Brook­
pound; head lettuce, $1.75 per crate; lyn, $301,683, Chicago, $902,841.
hot house lettuce, 76c(4$l per b ox;
peas. 8(49c per pound; peppers, 25c; House Committee Defends Stlmson
radishes, 16<420c per dozen; rhubarb.
Washington, D. C.— A strong de­
2 ) 43c per pound; spinach, 4(46c; to­ fense o f Secretary Stimson and an at­
matoes. $4.60 per box; garlic, 86t)10c tack on the m ajority of the house m ili­
per pound; turnips, $1(41.10 per sack; tary affairs committee on its report of
beets. $1.50; rutabagas, $ 1 ( 41 . 10 ; circumstances which led to the retire­
carrots, $1.
ment o f Adjutant-General Ainsworth
Butter — Oregon creamery, solid after a threatened court-martial, were
pack, 26c per pound.
contained in a report submitted to the
Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, house by the minority members o f the
21c per dozen; case count, 20 Jc.
committee.
The report declared that
Pork— Fancy, 10$(411c per pound.
the majority exceeded its authority
Veal— Fancy, 10$(41 lc per pound.
in framing the report.
Poultry— Hens, 14(415c;
springs.
Killed In Three Months, 242.
14(415c; broilers, 25@30c; ducks,
young, 20fa'25e; geese. H e ; turkeys,
Washington, D. C.— Two hundered
live. 20c; dressed, 25c.
and forty persons were killed and 4706
Hope— 1911 crop, 39(4 394c; olds, were injured in train accidents in the
nominal; 1912 contracts, 2t#i26c.
United States during the quarter end­
Wool— Eastern Oregon. 10(417$«; ed December 31, 1911, according to
valley, 8(49c; mohair, choice, 34(4 accident bulletin No. 42, issued by the
S6c.
Interstate
Commerce
commission.
Cattle— Choice steers. $6.60(47.26; This is a decrease o f six in the num­
good. $6.25(46.40; medium, $4(46.25; ber killed and an increase o f 977 in
choice cows, $5.50(46.26; good, $6(4 the number injured, as compared with
6.60; medium. $4.60(46; choice cal­ the eorrepsonding quarter o f 1910.
ves, $8.60(48.86; good heavy calves.
House Saves Three Mints.
*648.60; bulls. *3.60(46.60; stags.
$4.76(46.35.
Washington, D. C.— An attempt to
Hogs— Light. $8(48.60; heavy, $7@ abolish the mints at San Francisco,
7.76.
New Orleans and Canon, Nev., and
Sheep — Yearlings.
$5.26(46.26; the assay offices at Boise, Idaho,
wethers. $5(45.76;
ewes, $4(45.26 Deadwood. S. D.. Helena, Mont., Se­
lambs, $4.60(46; spring lambs, $6(4 attle, Wash., and Salt Lake C ity was
7.60.
defeated in the house 92 to 61.
» T R IA L DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE
O N IO N C R O P BIG.
T O FIG H T FO RE ST FIRES.
200 Acres Near Hubbard, Or., Are Government Appropriation o f 810,-
Planted This Year.
OOO Will Be Great Help.
Hubbard— Within a radius o f two
miles o f Hubbard enough onions will
be raised this year “ to make the
whole world w eep.’ ’ From year to
year, since it was discovered that the
soil was well adapted to onion-raising,
the acreage has been increased until
now more than 200 acres are planted
each spring. And the onion habit is
growing. Newcomers, on making in­
quiry, are told that most o f the gar­
deners and farmers raise onion sets
at a profit, and so it is but natural
that the m ajority o f the landowners
socner or later engage in the business.
This year the weather man has been
exceedingly kind to Hubbard onion-
growers.
The early spring, bright
sunshine and occasional showers, have
combined with the rich soil in givin g
early promise o f a record crop.
Just
now the growers are looking for
“ weeders, ” as the
small,
tender
plants must be kept free from other
growths, and this work must be done
on one’s hands and knees— a tedious
job, to be sure, but well worth while
when one acre produces from $200 to
$400 worth of onion sets each year.
When the sets are ready for the
market the grower simply takes them
to the local warehouses and disposes
o f them at from 3 to 5 cents a pound,
the price varying according to supply
and demand, just as it does with other
products.
The warehouse men, in
turn, ship the sets all over the coun­
try to gardeners and others, who
“ set” them out and raise “ young on­
ions,” so highly esteemed by city
folks.
W hile
comparatively
a
small
amount o f young onions and dry on­
ions are grown here, the claim has
been made, and goes undisputed, that
the Hubbard gardens produce more
"s e ts ” than all the rest o f the Pacific
Northwest states combined.
To be a successful onion-grower in
the community means that the owner
o f the ground is making money, and
unless he already has reached that
state he soon w ill own his home and
have a comfortable bank account
F ifty men, and a number o f women,
too, will tell you it is the most suc­
cessful, the moat certain and the most
profitable crop in this part o f Oregon.
BERRY FAR M S INCREASE.
Heavy Acreage Brings Plant Famine
at Corvallis.
Corvallis— Plantings o f loganberry
farms continued in Benton county this
spring until no more plants could be
obtained from the nurseries.
Also
there was a large planting o f Cuthbert
red
raspberries,
gooseberres and
blackberries. The Corvallis commer­
cial club, with the active assistance o f
the commercial clubs o f Philomath,
Monroe
and Alpine,
fostered the
berry-farm movement.
A number o f
the members o f the Corvallis club pur­
chased a 14-acre tract near the city and
planted it to small fruits as a demon­
stration farm, experts from the agri­
cultural college directing the prepara­
tion o f the ground and the method o f
planting; but this farm w ill not enter
into the competition for the cash
prizes offered by the several commer­
cial clubs for the best acre o f logan­
berries set out in the county.
The Benton County Growers’ asso­
ciation is now thoroughly organized,
with a capable directorate, and it w ill
this year operate the Corvallis can­
nery. This is a marketing concern,
and virtually every small fruit and
tree-fruit grower in the county is a
member.
L ittle attention has been paid to
truck gardening in this county, al­
though Corvallis is a good markeL
Inch Less Rain This Year.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
vallis— An inch less rain than is nor­
mal has fallen thus far this year, the
April precipitation o f 1.99 inches be­
ing .86 below the normal for that
month. I t was also a chilly month,
being below the average temperature
for April the past ten years. The
highest, April 8, was 67 degrees,
while the normal highest has hitherto
been 80.2 degrees.
There was less
frost, however, since the thermometer
registered at freezing but twice, on
April 11 and 12.
Experiment Tress Planted.
More— Professor Peavy, o f the for­
estry department o f the Oregon A g r i­
cultural college, is a visitor in Moro.
He came to superintend the planting
o f 1200 trees on the state experiment
farm. The trees were furnished the
station by the state forestry depart­
ment and the forest service o f the
United States department o f agricul­
ture, and include ten varietes to be
tested to find out which are suited to
Eastern Oregon conditions.
Gama Rassrva Sanctioned.
Salem— Assistant Attorney General
Crawford has advised the state fish
and game commission that it w ill be
legal for that commission to co-oper­
ate with the Federal government in
establishing a game reserve in the
Bull Run forest reserve.
Salem — Announcement is made by
the state board o f forestry that there
will be 65 men appointed in Oregon
under the $10,000 appropriation re­
ceived from the government through
the Weeks law, these men to work in
Oregon in patrolling the headwaters of
the navigable streams o f the state.
The state board o f forestry also
made announcement o f completion o f
its manual and handbook for fire war­
dens in which the general policy o f
the board for this year ¡ b largely an­
nounced.
In the appointment o f the men un­
der the Weeks law there w ill be about
57 o f the men stationed west o f the
Cascade mountains and the other eight
will be placed east o f the mountains.
It was the intent o f the iaw^ to protect
the headwaters o f navigable streams,
and the main navigable streams are
west o f the Cascades. The men west
of the mountains w ill be apportioned
from one to seven in various counties,
according to the size o f the counties,
the quantity o f the timber involved
and the nature o f the streams arising
in the respective counties.
In the most comprehensive handbook
and manual ever issued by the state
board o f forestry, the policy o f that
board for 1912 is outlined and instruc­
tions are given to the wardens work­
ing under the department. It is shown
that Oregon has more standing timber
than any other state in the Union—
approximately 500,000,000,000 feet;
that when it is manufactured into
lumber it w ill bring at least $6,000,-
000,000 o f outside money, 80 per
cent o f which w ill be expended for
labor and supplies; that Oregon is re­
ceiving $6,000,000 annually from lum­
ber and other timber products, and
that the timber and lumber industry is
paying approximately one-third o f the
taxes o f the state
“ In 1911, 842 fires were reported,
o f which 613, or about 73 per cent,
were caused through carelessness,”
states the handbook.
“ That a major­
ity o f these fires were the result o f
violations o f the law by campers,
hunters, railroad companies, loggers
and ranchers, is beyond question.”
Numerous instructions to the fire
wardens in the manual indicate that a
stricter policy will be pursued this
year in enforcement o f the law than
last year, when the board was largely
taken up with the time o f organizing
and with a plan o f education.
Especial attention is called to the
question o f burning permits. During
the period between June 1 and Octo­
ber 1 it is unlawful for any person to
bum slashings, chopping, wood or
brush land without obtaining a permit
from the state fire warden. The chief
object o f this restriction is to prevent
the careless use o f fire during the dry
season.
“ Persons engaged in clearing land
and putting it under cultivation find
the use o f fire absolutely necessary,
and the warden's decisions as to the
advisability o f issuing
a
permit
should, in every case, be based on a
thorough investigation o f the area to
be burned over,” says the manual.
“ In general, a permit should be issued
unless it is clear that the burning con­
templated is unsafe. To summarize,
it is the warden’s duty to accommo­
date applicants by issuing permits
where there is no danger o f the fire
spreading, but to decline and give
reasons, when the burning would be
unsafe.”
The manual shows an agreement
has been reached between the United
States department o f agriculture and
the state board o f forestry, so that the
Federal government has allotted funds
for the service o f one or more patrol­
men in each heavily-timbered county
in the state.
C O N T R O L L E D HORSESHOES
8teel Corporation Designated Lowest
Bidder in Advance.
New York— The American Steel &
W ire company, one o f the biggest of
the subsidiaries o f the United States
Steel corporation, was a partner to
pool agreements with other manufac­
turers,
whereby prices in United
States government bids were fixed and
the business divided among the pool
members, according to the testimony
in the government suit to dissolve the
corporation.
The testimony was given by Samuel
J. Bailey, o f the office o f E. E. Jack-
son, "supervisor” o f the wire pools,
whose members were indicted and
fined a year ago. Bailey acted as sec­
retary o f the Horseshoe Manufac­
turers’ association, one o f the seven
pools.
The evidence was introduced by the
government in support o f its conten­
tion that the American Steel & Wire
company was itself an illegal combin­
ation.
Bailey identified a copy o f the rules
and regulations o f the Horseshoe as­
sociation. The rules fixed the prices
at which the members o f the associa­
tion should sell the horseshoes, prices
being changed when necessary, the
witness explained, at monthly meet­
ings. A certain percentage o f the
business was alloted to each member
and in case his monthly sales exceeded
his allotment he was to pay cash into
the association
equivalent
to the
amount o f the excess.
I f they were less the association
was to make up the deficiency.
In the case o f government bids,
Bailey said, Jackson selected the
member who was to make the lowest
bid and instructed other members to
bid higher.
Bailey identified letters written by
Jackson, “ per Samuel J. B ailey,” to
the Bryden Horseshoe company, fixing
the price on government contracts.
It was brought out as a point for
the corporation that the association
named to the government prices 10 to
16 cents a keg lower than the regular
market prices.
Bailey remembered being present at
a meeting when it was agreed that the
Standard Horseshoe company should
receive $360,000 a month to keep idle
its patent machinery for manufactur­
ing horseshoes.
Cross-examined, Bailey said that
the pool was broken up in March,
1909, by the withdrawal o f the Amer­
ican Steel & W ire company.
To his
knowledge none o f the members o f the
executive committee ever had knowl­
edge o f the pool, he said.
Complete Skeleton oí Prehistoric
Man Unearthed.
Height About 6 Feet 8 Inchea—Tw o
Rows o f Teeth In Upper Jaw—
Fossil Ages Old.
Ellensburg, Wash.— A skeleton o f
a prim itive man, with forehead slop­
ing directly back from the eyes and
with two rows o f teeth in the front o f
his upper jaw, was uncovered here
when contractors were excavating for
an apartment house on Craigs’ Hill.
The hill is o f the hogback formation
and the excavation was made on the
side hill about 20 feet below the sur­
face and about 20 feet back from the
face o f the slope.
The skeleton was found in the cem­
ent rock formation, over which was a
layer o f shale rock.
The rock was
perfectly dry and doctors say that the
skeleton could have remained in that
formation hundreds o f years without
rotting. The jaw bone, which broke
apart when removed, is bo large that
it will go around the face o f the man
o f today. The other bones are also
much larger than those o f ordinary
men. The femur bone is 20 inches
long, which, according to scientific
men, would indicate that the man was
80 inches tall, or approximately six
feet eight inches.
Dr. J. P. Munson, Ph. D., M. S.,
professor o f biological sciences in the
State Normal school, and who lectured
before the International Biological
congress in Austria last summer, vis­
ited the spot and, after examining the
bones, pronounced them to be those o f
a prim itive man. The teeth in front
are rounded and all are worn flat al­
most down to the jaw bone, which.
Dr. Munson states, is due to eating o f
uncooked foods and the crushing o f
hard substances.
The sloping skull, he says, shows an
extremely low order o f intelligence,
far earlier than that o f the Indians
known to the white settler.
The skeleton, perfectly preserved,
was exposed when a blast o f dynamite
loosened the cement rock so that when
M. E. Root, who is employed by Mr.
Belch, again approached the hillside
he saw, gleaming from the rock, a
skull.
No effort was made to molest the
remainder o f the skeleton till later in
the afternoon, when the small son o f
Contractor Belch was told by his fath­
er o f the discovery. With the aid o f
a pick the boy uncovered a perfect
skeleton.
C raig’s Hill, which runs along the
eastern edge o f the city, is supposed
to be o f glacial formation, although
some believe that the hill is a delta o f
a river which once flowed from the
Nanum canyon across the valley into
Yakima canyon countless ages ago.
House Will Hear Charges.
Washington, D. C.— Public hearings
on charges against Robert W. Archi­
bald, judge o f the Commerce court,
upon which may be based impeach­
ment proceedings, were decided upon
by the house judiciary committee.
Testimony in open session will be be­
gun immediately after the committee
has examined all the papers forwarded
by Attorney General Wickersham.
Edward J. Williams, o f Scranton,
Pa., w ill be the first witness.
He is
a coal dealer, who, it is alleged, ne­
gotiated with the Erie railroad for the
purchase o f culm bank property to be
sold at a large profit, a transaction in
which Judge Archbald is alleged to
have been interested, would not dis­
Escalón, Mexico, May 11.— Sharp
cuss the charges, but denied that he
fighting continued throughout the day
attempted to flee to Europe.
between the main bodies o f the feder­
Regatta Dates Changed.
áis 'and insurrectos near Tishualilo,
Astoria— The board o f directors o f with no decided advantage to either
the Astoria Motor Boat club, have side.
changed the dates for the coming an­
Couriers to General Orozco’s head­
nual regatta to August 27, 28 and 29. quarters here said that the clash o f
The dates originally selected were the vanguards o f both armies was
August 22, 23, and 24.
The change turning rapidly from a skirmish to a
was made in order to have the big wa­ desperate battle. The fight has been
ter carnival after the fishing season in progress for 36 hours, and indica­
tions are that it will be several days
closes August 25.
Manager Trenchard will take up before it is decided.
the matter o f securing a revenue
Rebels Reported Repulsed.
cutter to patrol the course during the
races, having the course formally ap­
El Paso, Texas, May 11.— The Mex­
proved by the Treasury department ican federal army has repulsed the
and o f having the department issue rebel advance guard o f General Oroz­
rules governing the course so as to co, a preliminary to what is expected
prevent interference with the races to be the most decisive battle o f the
by steamers. He w ill apply to the present revolution.
Navy department asking that one or
The objective point o f the rebels is
more warships be detailed to come Torreon, the railroad gateway o f
Voters Will Have Big Task.
Northern Mexico.
Oregon voters in November election here fo r the regatta.
this year w ill be called upon to pass
Plea for Innocent Purchasers.
Pulp Case Is Appealed.
on at least 40 measures, submitted
Washington, D. C.— B. D. Town­
Washington, D. C. — The interna­
under the initiative or the referen­
dum, in addition to electing president, send concluded his argument before tional commercial question, involving
vice president. United States senator, the house public lands committee in the right o f entry o f wood pulp and
representives in congress and various support o f the Lafferty bill for relief paper into the United States from all
state and county officers.
The num­ o f innocent purchasers o f Oregon and countries with which Am erica is con­
ber w ill surpass those in the general California railroad land. A. C. D ix­ nected by treaties o f commerce, was
election two years ago, when the total on, o f the Booth-Kelly Lumber com­ appealed to the United States Court
was only 32. O f the 40 measures al­ pany, on behalf o f his company and of Customs Appeals. The appeal was
ready in sight, six have been referred other innocent purchasers, w ill be from a decision o f the general board
to the people by the 1911 session o f heard in support o f the measure. o f appraisers at New York, which
the legislature.
Townsend told the committee the gov­ held that the “ favored nation” clause
ernment had not sued and would not could not be invoked as Canada was a
Salem Backs Road Bills.
sue those purchasers who acquired less colony, • “ not a nation, state or coun­
Salem — The six compromise road than a thousand acres from the road. try ” in the meaning o f the treaties.
bills which w ill go before the people
Scientist's Will Held Valid.
Swift Leap Saves Babe.
next November received the unani­
mous indorsement o f the Salem board
Concord, N. H .— The clause o f the
Jefferson, G a .— “ Soap” Lockett,
o f trade and steps w ill be taken im­ will o f Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, fireman on the Georgia railroad,
mediately to circulate them through­ founder o f the Christian
Science plunged head first from the pilot beam
out Marion county where it is expect­ church, bequeathing the residue o f her o f a moving train near here and saved
ed thousands o f signatures will be at­ estate, valued at about $2,000,000, to the life o f a baby girl. The child, 2 }
tached. In addition resolutions were the First Church o f Christ. Scientist, years old, was seen on the railroad
adopted urging the Marion County o f Boston, creates a “ valid trust,” in track by Engineer Adair.
Lockett,
court to purchase auto trucks to use in the opinion o f the Supreme coart. The comprehending that the engine could
hauling rock for road work.
court holds that the “ residuary clause not be stopped in time, dashed along
is not a g ift to a church, but a g ift the running-board, dived from the
Great Drama for R ote Festival.
for religious purposes, sustainable as beam and rolled off the track with the
Portland— Preparations are now be­ a charitable trust. ”
child in his arms.
ing made for the production on a g i­
Agreed to Pension Bill.
Arizona Has New Plan.
gantic scale o f “ The Bridge of the
Gods,” the spectacular story o f the
Washington, D. C.— The report by
Phoenix, A riz.— A bill proposing an
early history o f Oregon, which created the conferees o f the two houses o f con­ advisory vote for Federal judges as
country-wide comment at the Astoria gress on the general pension bill was well as for United States senators was
Centennial. June 8 and 10, the Satur­ agreed to by the senate. The bill w ill recommended to pass by the state sen­
day prior to and the Monday o f Rote necessitate an average increase o f ap­ ate by a unanimous vote.
The bill is
Festival week, are the dates that have propriations o f $22,000,000 a year for believed to be the first attempt ever
been chosen for the performance in the next five years. The greatest In­ made by a state to influence the ap­
Multnomah Field, and the cast is now crease will occur next year, when it pointment o f Federal judges by pop­
being gathered together.
w ill reach $36,000,000.
ular election.
MEXICAN FORCES LOCKED
IN DESPERATE CONFLICT