Cottage Grove leader., April 01, 1913, Image 6

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OHIO RIVES RISING
Flood Stage Is Passed and Many
Lives Endangered.
B A C T E R IA
Oregon
M ilitia Called Out—Governor Visits
Scene— 12 Persons Missing
and Damage Immense.
Huntington, W. Va.— This city is
in total darkness, is facing both a food
and water famine, and 15,000 o f the
40,000
inhabitants are
homeless.
T w elve persons are reported missing
and the property damage, according to
close estimates, will amount to nearly
$ 1 , 000 , 000 .
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock the
rive r reached a stage o f 66.2 feet, the
highest in the history o f Huntington,
and now is stationary
The entire business section is in­
undated, water being up to the second
floors in some buildings.
Governor Hatfield arrived here on a
special train from Charleston, bring­
ing supplies, motor boats and skiffs.
The boats now are being taken
through the different sections o f the
city to rescue hundreds who are ma­
rooned. The local m ilitia has taken
charge o f the rescue work.
The electric light plant has been
forced to shut down, and the gas sup­
ply was cut off to prevent fires.
Although supplies have reached here
from Charleston, the city is in great
need o f food and water.
W hile at a late hour no reports had
been receivd from Point Pleasant, W.
V a., Cattlesburg, Ky., and Ironton,
O., it is believed conditions similar to
those here prevail in each o f these
cities.
W illiam Sullivan, whose w ife and
children were rescued Friday, commit­
ted suicide by taking poison when he
learned the rescuers could not reach
him.
It is thought that the rescuers will
soon be able to get into the heart o f
the flooded section.
Just how many
lives have been lost will not be known
until conditions permit a thorough in-
vestigation.
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Farm Houses Struck By Nebraska Tornado.
BALKAN WAR ENDS
Allies Capture TcUatalja and Adri-
nople from Turks.
Unless Powers Interfere, Bulgars
W ill Move on Constantinople—
Sultan Weeps at News.
"It was cold and damp and misty
and the sight of that black water
rushing on pitilessly just seemed to
take the heart out of most of us, espe-
j d ally the women," said Kessler. " I
was piloting one of the rescue boats
j to the court house, and the boat was
pretty well filled. One of our passen­
gers was a woman.
“ We were moving rather shakily
through one of the main streets when
all of a sudden 1 saw this woman rise
from her seat and begin to wall, ‘Oh,
what is the use? W e’ll all be drowned
I anyway.' Then she plunged from her
seat into that boiling, fuming torrent.
“ The next moment I found myself
in the water. I saw a little arm stick
up for a moment. I made a grab for
it. but it went down. There was no
chance to swim in that Niagara. I
struck the stern of our rowboat and
seized it with one hand. Then I grad­
| ually drew myself aboard.
"W e picked up one of our oarsmen a
little later. He was still alive.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
J
The Ohio river, now rising rapidly
is theatening trouble at Louisville.
Revised estimates place the number
o f dead at Dayton at not over 2000.
Looters begun work at the scenes
Paris — Now that Adrianople has
o f the Ohio disaster, four already hav
ing been shot.
fallen there is every indication that
the powers intend to force an immedi­
Smallpox and diphtheria have brok­
en out among the flood refugees at
ate conclusion o f the Balkan war.
Lafayette, Ind.
The plan generally favored is to
Captain Roald Amundsen, has con­
make the Turkish frontier run along
the line from Mtdta, on the Black Sea,
_________
tracted for two areoplanes, to be used
to Enos on the Aegean Sea, to give
in arctic explorations.
the Greeks Saloniki and Janini, re­
RKVISED ESTIMATES OF KNOWN DEAD
Portland, Or., sends her first install­
serving the question o f disposition o f
Ohio.
ment o f reilef money to flood suffer­
the Aegean Islands and to make Al-
Dayton (conservative estimate)
150
Hamilton
(bodies
recovered)
...
9
1
ers, amounting to $3500.
bania an autonomous country.
Columbus (bodies recovered)
K4
The boundaries o f the new state may
Zanesville (known dead)
10
President Wilson contemplates go­
Delaware
(bodies
recovered)
FLOOD CUTS OFF CAIRO., ILL. be settled later at a special conven- ih.llicothe............................... ....... 1 1 5 0 ing to the flooded districts o f the Mid­
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tion, but Scutari w ill probably be
Miamishunr
15
dle West to direct relief work in per­
Piqua
12
Refugees From Other Points Are K>ven to Albania.
Tiffin
15
son.
.
.
„ ____
Scutari is the only city where fight-
Mount Vernon
10
Fremont..................................
14
Agatn In Danger.
¡ng ¡g going on save in the immediate
Governor Cox, o f Ohio, believes the
Franklin ..
4
Springfield, III.— Illinois is fast be- neighborhood o f Constantinople. The
Troy
.....................
property loss in Ohio will exceed the
9
('oshocton
.
r>
coming the center o f flood distress, gallant example o f the Serbs and
losses by the San Francisco earth­
Maid let«»wn
9
Startling messages telling o f danger Bulgars at Adrianople is likely to
Massilon
............. ............. 6
quake and fire.
Valley
Junction........................
.............
6
have been received by Governor Dunne stimulate the Serbs and Montenegrins
Harrison.................................. ............. 12
A church is the only building left
and Adjutant General Dickson, indi- to make a general assault on Scutari,
Cleves..................................... .............*2
Van W e rt................................ ............. 3 j standing in the little town of Sterling,
eating that Shawneetown and Cairo and i f it occurs it w ill probably be
Venice..................................... ............. 3
1
1
1
., after the cyclone passed.
are in immediate danger o f being in­ successful.
Mansfield................................ ............. 1
Globe Center............................ ............. 1
undated. Other towns are in distress.
In the meantime the end o f the long
Director
Bicknell of the Red CroBS,
Wooster..................................
........ 3
A t midnight Governor Dunne re­ siege o f Adrianople enables the allies
Loudonville............................... ............. 1 i has left for Omaha to take personal
New
Bethlehem........................
.............
2
ceived word that telegraphic commu- to run the supply trains direct to
charge of relief measures. He pre­
Ohio tota l............................. ........... 4T2
viously had instructed Red Cross
nication with Cairo had been suddenly Tchatalja without a long detour by ox
Indiana.
cut off.
The governor fears that the carts that was hitherto necessary. It
Peru ........................................ ............. 20 ; agents in Chicago and St. Louis to hur­
ry
on to Omaha ahead of him.
breaking o f communication
also liberates 500 cannon and about i
Fort Wayne
............. 6
that the levee has collapsed.
100,000 men for use in direct attack
lerre Haute............................. ............. 4
Portions of Ohio and West Virginia
The governor personally is directing on Constantinople.
Indiana teta l......................... ............. 46
are threatened by high water. Rivers
the mobilization o f troops to go to the
Grand total............................ .............518 | and other streams are out of their
It was chiefly the lack o f cannon
scene and the rushing o f supplies.
which prevented the Bulgars from
banks. Many places have been par­
tially inundated, necessitating hun­
The governor later received a mes- j charging the famous Tchatalja forts
Dayton—
Dayon’s
loss
o
f
life
prob-
dreds o f families vacating their
aage from Cairo saying that the water and capturing them long ago.
ably
will
not
exceed
200.
homes.
This
esti-
was within one foot o f the top o f the
Failure o f the Turks’ recent cam
levee which protects the city and that paign on the Gallipoli peninsula im mate is based upon a personal canvass
plies that unlesss the powers succeed
almost 100 o f Dayton’s leading citi- |
the river was still rising.
PORTLAND MARKETS
in completing speedy peace the Bulgars zens, men o f unquestioned judgment
Serbs Laud Courage of Turks.
will endeavor to march straight into and relity, who have been engaged in
Wheat—
Track prices: Club, 86c;
the
fall o f which relief and rescue work in every section bluestem, 97@98c; red Russian, 85c;
Belgrade— The first train to bring Constantinople,
o
f
the
city
ever
sin#e
the
rising
waters
wounded Servians arrived here Sunday would involve international complica­
valley, 87c.
from Adrianople. Their story shows tions too dangerous for diplomats to invaded the business section.
Barley—Feed, nominal; brewing,
The
property
loss,
tangible
and
real,
that the fighting which preceded the j contemplate,
nominal; rolled, $25.50@26.50 per ton.
will
probably
exceed
$50,000,000.
capture o f Adrianople was the most
Corn— Whole, $27; cracked, $28 per
terrible o f the war. The Turks fought
London — Railway and telegraph
ton.
w ith the courage o f despair, but the communication with Adrianople is be-
Boat Sinks; Revolt Ends.
Mlllstuffs-*-Bran, $20.50021 per ton;
perseverance o f the Servians and the ing restored rapidly and some idea o f
Mexico City— Lack of familarity with shorts, $23 per ton; middlings, $30 per
«xcellen t leadership o f the commanders the situation within the city is begin-
j ton.
resultcd in their gaining the day. ning to reach the outside world. The steamboats resulted in the swift crip­
Hay — Eastern Oregon timothy,
pling
o
f
Mexico's
latest
rebellion,
in­
Some o f the men were severely wound- condition o f the population is not so
choice, $15017; mixed, $10013.50;
augurated
Saturday
in
the
state
of
ed, but the majority were suffering desperate as has been depicted,
oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa, $11.50;
only from slight bullet wounds.
| While the Turks set fire to the grain Tabasco.
clover, $10; straw, $607.
One
hundred
and
seventy
men
of
the
Oats—No. 1 white, $27.50 per ton.
The press unfavorably
discusses store they overlooked the flour depot,
third
infantry,
commanded
by
Colonel
Vegetables— Artichokes, $1.0001.25
Russia’s action in joining the other the contents o f which are being dis-
Palome
at
San
Juan
Jautlsta,
revolted
_ dozen;
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_ 10c pound;
per
asparagus, 8(3)
powers in presenting a note to Servia tributed among the poor. Only a few
and Montenegro with regard to Scu- buildings were damaged by the bom- with the cry, "Viva Madero." They j beans, 25c per pound; cabbage, 1 i f
looted the houses and robbed the | l%
H4c
$202.25
c per pound; cauliflower, $2@2
tari and Albania.
bardment.
branch of the National Bank, and then per crate; celery, $2.5004.25“ per
The sultan wept bitterly when in­ embarked on a river steamer. The crate; cucumbers, $202.50 per dozen;
formed o f the general situation. I t is boat foundered a short distance from eggplant, 25c pound; head lettuce, $2
Old Pact Now Restored.
Seattle, Wash.— E. L. Fairbanks, reported that the Turkish embassies shore and 105 of the rebels were @2.25 per crate; hothouse lettuce, 90c
have been ordered to appeal to the drowned.
(ff$l per box; peas, 15c per pound;
secretary o f the Pacific Coast Ship­
powers to hasten mediation.
peppers, 30c per pound; radishes, 250
P rice of Potatoes Low.
pers' asssociation, has been officially
30c per dozen; rhubarb, 5@7e per
notified that the transit privileges for
pound;
spinach, 5®6c per pound;
Stockton, Cal.— Potatoes are selling
W O M E N L E A P IN T O W A T E R .
shingles consigned to Texas points ab­
here at the unusually low price of 40 sprouts, 10c; tomatoes, $2 per box;
rogated December 24, 1910, had been
cents a sack and indications are that garlic, 5® 6c per pound.
Green Fruit— Apples, 30c@$1.50 per
restored, effective Monday, with Chey­ Rescuer T e lls of M addening Scenes In a slump will likely occur in the near
In dian a Floods.
future. Produce men say that the low box according to quality.
enne as the common reconsignment
Onions— Oregon, 90c@$l per sack;
point. This will cause a heavy in­
Plymouth, Ind.—Graphic description quotations are due to overproduction, Mexican, $3.50 per crate. _
crease o f shingle shipments from of the horrors of the flood that is be­ thousands of acres having been plant­
Potatoes — Burbanks, 45@50c per
Puget Sound and the Northwest, and lieved to have swept 200 or more resi­ ed last year because of previous top- hundred; new, 10c per lb.; sweet po­
notch prices. In March. 1912, dealers
manufacturers are jubilant, over the dents of Peru, Ind., to watery graves were unable to supply the demand at tatoes, 4c per pound.
news. From 7000 to 8000 carloads of and made thousands homeless, was $2 a sack. While there is still a de­
Sack Vegetables— Turnips. 90c@$l
given by Gilbert Kessler, one of the
(shingles are annually shipped.
per sack; parsnips, 9Oc0$l per sack;
heroes of the calamity. Weary, tired- mand. It Is by tar not proportionate carrots, 90c@$l per sack.
eyed and almost unnerved from the to the supply.
Poultry— Hens, 17c: broilers, 25e ®
Convicts Express Sympathy.
loss of sleep and the sight he had wit­
30c; turkeys, live, 18®20c; dressed,
Servians’ Losses Heavy.
Sacramento— Resolutions expressing nessed, young Kessler staggered from
choice. 23025c; ducks, 17018c; geese,
sympathy with the flood sufferers in the reilef train of the stricken city.
Belgrade— The Servian troops suf­ l$(®13c.
Kessler’s most vivid picture was the fered great losses in their attack on
the East were adopted by the prison­
Eggs— Fresh Oregon ranch, 19% ®
ers 'a t Folsom penitentiary Sunday. suicide of several fear-crazed women Adrianople.
The Third and Fourth 20c per dozen.
E. C. McCarty, convicted o f forgery, who leaped from the rescue boats. The battalions o f the Thirteenth column o f
Butter — Oregon creamery butter
drew up the resolutions at the close o f roaring current and the terrible infantry lost 1000 men killed and from cubes, 39c; per pound; prints, 40%c
a service held |by Captain William I. sights, he declared, had maddened 8000 to 4000 wounded, including 100 per pound.
them.
Pork— Fancy, 11% ® 12c per pound,
Day, o f the prison commission. Oth­
officers.
The first transport, with
e r convicts requested that they be pub-
,
about 1500 wounded, has already ar­ j Veal— Fancy, 14®14%c per pound.
Hops— 1912 crop, 11016c per pound;
lished to show the [outside world that
Income Tax Plan Revised,
rived here. Fears are expressed that
the prisoners are not heartless nor
Washington, D. C. — The effect o f the medical supplies are insufficient 1913 contracts, 15c per pound.
W ool— Eastern Oregon, 10@14c per
heedless o f the suffering o f others.
the revision, including the graduated for the needs o f
the
sick
and pound, according to shrinkage; valley,
„,
7 . . . ,. _ . ’
income tax plan, was completed Fri- wounded.
118020c per pound.
Cattle-—Choice steers, $7.5007.90;
K m g t0
Saloniki.
day afternoon by the Democratic ma-
Ojeda's
Force
Hemmed
In.
good steers, $7.0007.50;
medium
Athena— Immediately after the fun- jority o f the house committee on ways
steers,
$6.5007.00; choice cows, $6.50
eral o f the late King George, which and means, which adjourned sine die.
Naco, Aria. — General Ojeda, with
i
@6.85;
good
cows,
$6.0006.50;
me­
w ill take place Wednesday, 'K in g Con- The plan as finally passed upon is un- 400 federals, is surrounded by 1000
stantine will go to Saloniki and re- derstood to provide for raising the in- state insurgents ten miles below the dium cows. $5.50 06.00; choice calves,
$8.0009.00; good heavy calves, $6.50®
main there until peace has been de- come tax revenue on a graduated scale, border at Naco, Sonora, where he is
j 7.50; bulls. $5.5006.00.
General Obre-
clared.
As in the case o f K ing exempting incomes under $4000, be- making a last stand.
Hogs — Light, $9.0O@9.35; heavy.
George, Constantine's presence may ginning with a 1 per cent tax on in- gon, commanding all the Sonora in­ I $7.7506.35.
he taken as a notification to Bulgaria comes o f $4000 and running as high as surgent troops, is on his way from
Sheep— Yearling wethers. $5.75®
that Greece intends to hold Saloniki 4 per cent on incomes o f $100,000 and Cananea with 600 insurgent reinforce­ 6 50; ewes. $4.00 0 5.25; lambs, $6.000
as part o f her spoils o f war.
i upward.
ments.
I 8.00.
KNOWN DEATHS TOTAL 518
IN C R E A S E S
W EALTH
A g ricu ltu ral College
utes C u ltu re Free.
Thousands of dollars were added to
the wealth of Oregon farmers last
year by the bacteriology department
of the experiment station at the Ore­
gon Agricultural College, which fur­
nished inoculation cultures so that al­
falfa, red clover, alsike, peas, beans,
vetch and other leguminous crops
could be grown where before it had
been impossible.
The cultures were furnished free,
except where large amounts were ask­
ed for, and then the farmer paid the
postage or express charges.
Hun­
dreds of farmers were enabled thus,
by proper seed treatment according
to directions sent from the college, to
grow crops where they had not been
able before.
The experiment station will again
furnish the cultures this season, and
any farmer in the state who wishes
them can get them by writing to the
bacteriological department, O. A. C.,
Corvallis. He should state what crop
the culture is to be used on, and
should write at least ten days or two
weeks before he must plant, so that
the department will have time to pre­
pare the cultures. The probable time
of planting should be stated and if
more than two acres are to be planted,
15 cents should be sent for parcel post
stamp.
Inoculation of the seed before plant­
ing, it was found, made it possible to
grow leguminous crops successfully
and to increase the amount approxi­
mately 75 per cent In the hundreds of
trials given in the season of 1912.
But seed Inoculation will not rectify
poor soil conditions caused by lack of
lime, such as are found in many parts
of Oregon. Moreover, if nodules, or
small bunches, are found on the roots
of a crop.already grown In a field, it
ts not at all certain that seed or soil
inoculation will increase the succeed­
ing planting.
These cultures sent free to farmers
by the bacteriological department at
the college are the same as those sold
by dealers under different trade
names. This is one of the directions
in which the college Is working to In­
crease the profits of the Oregon farms
and the productivity of the soil.
O R E G O N 'S
S H A R E , $15,328.
G overnm ent Land Sale B ring In $2542
O ver Last Y ear.
Salem—According to a statement
made by Secretary of State Olcott, the
state’s percentage from the sale of
Government land this year amounts to
$15,328, an Increase of $2542.33 over
last year, the sum received then being
$12,785.67. This represents 5 per cent
of the money received from the sale
of the lands, and the money is appor­
tioned among the counties and is to be
used by them In building roads. The
statement ts as follows:
T o ta l number o f acres o f
laml In State o f Oregon
61,188,480
T o ta l am ount to be appor­
tioned ................................
$15.328.30
Apportionm ent per a c r e ... .000250509573
Amount
A creage Appor'cd
County—
$ 490.60
110.30
410.320
Renton ............ ___
298.85
Clackam as . . . . ___ 1.192.960
131.63
Clatsop ............
423.680
106 14
Columbia ........ ___
261.01
Coos ................. ___ 1.011.920
1.247.02
Crook .............. ___ 4.977.920
240 17
958.720
C urry .............. ___
789.13
D ouglas .......... ____ 3.150,080
792.55
768,610
G illiam ...........
724.67
G rant ............. . . . 2.892.800
1.592.52
H arnev ...........
347.520
87.06
Hood R iv e r . .
454.68
Jackson .......... . . . . 1.815.010
280.73
Josephine ....... . . . 1.120,640
961.80
Klam ath ........ . . . 3.939.360
1.269.78
Kako ............... . . . 5.068.80ft
730.42
Kano ............... . . . 2.951.680
161.61
6 45.120
Tdncoln ..........
359.61
Kinn ............... . . . 1.435.520
1.584.50
Malheur .......... . . . 6.325.120
191.43
Marlon ...........
324.66
M orrow .......... . . . 1.296.000
___
288.640
72 31
Multnomah
453.760
113.67
Polk ...............
134 03
Sherman ........
720.000
180 37
Tilla m ook ....... ____
508.71
F m a tllla ........ . . . 2.030.720
334 60
Pnlon .............
W a llo w a ......... . . . 2.012.800
504.23
W asco ........... . . . 1.499.520
375.64
467.840
W ashin gton
117.20
W h eeler .......... . . . 1.090.560
273.20
456.960
Y am h ill ..........
114.47
T o t a l .............
. . .61.188.480
S P R A Y IN G IS D IS C U S S E D .
Professor Jackson of O. A. C., Gives
D istrib ­
Illu strated Lecture.
Orenco.— A t a recent meeting o f the
Orenco Horticultural Study Club. Prof.
H. S. Jackson, of the Oregon Agricul­
tural College, gave a stereopticou lec­
ture on fungous diseases. He said:
"F or antbracuose, bordeaux mixture
is considered the best spray out lime-
sulphur has also given good results.
To be effective, spraying must be done
early in the autumn, as spores develop
quickly after the first rains, and us
soon as possible after apples are
picked and might be applied oven be­
fore the fruit Is picked.
"T h e disease is also known as black
spot canker. This parasitic fungous
causes death of tissues of the bark
and infection occurs in fall or early
winter. Use Bordeaux 0-6-50. T w o ap­
plications about two weeks apart after
the fruit is picked, for orchards where
the disease is on the increase. Where
orchards are badly affected and It is
desired to clean up quickly, spray
about the middle of September, before
the fruit is picked with Uordeau, 4-4-50,
and using the 6-6-50 formula as before
prescribed.
“ For apple scab, destroy all leaves
by burning or plowing early. Spray
trees at least three times in the spring,
first when the blossoms commence to
show color, second after petals fall
and about two weeks later. Lime-sul­
phur about 1-30 of the 30 degree stock
solutiou has largely taken the place of
Bordeaux.”
Among the potato diseases discussed
was blight, which he said should be
treated by spraying with Bordeaux,
first with a 4-4-50 and later with a
6-6-50 solution about once every two
weeks if the season is damp and at
least three times or more any season.
L A R G E G R A IN A C R E A G E D U E .
G illiam C ounty Rancher« A re Sowing
Big A rea of W heat.
Condon.— That Gilliam county is to
have a large grain acreage this year is
shown by a single ranch, which is rep­
resentative of the work now being
done on the numerous big wheat
ranches in this section. On the Kii-
bourne ranch, which comprises 7,000
acres, 1800 acres are already in Fall
"h ea t and about 1500 acres are now
being sown to spring grain, both wheat
and barley. Plowing and seeding are
now in progress on this ranch, with
two caterpillar engines and six mule
teams. The caterpillar pulls twelve
14-lnch plows and will turn under thirty
acres per day. A night crew is em­
ployed on the Kilbourne ranch, and
altogether there are between eighteen
and twenty men at work at this time.
Several buildings are now being erect­
ed on the Kilbourne ranch in the way
of machine sheds and a bunkhouse for
men. The farmhouse and barns are
electric-lighted.
The county plowing is under way
full blast, and the prospects for a good
crop are splendid, as there is about
eighteen Inches of moisture in the
ground.
P E P P E R M IN T F A R M
PLAN.
P ortlan d M an and M ichigan B ro th er
to E rect S till N ear A lbany.
Albany.— A farm to grow peppermint
for the market will be established
near here by O. H. Todd, who came
to this city recently from Michigan,
and his brother, Alfred Todd, of Port­
land. They have leased a tract of
land about six miles east of Albany,
near Knox Butte, for the purpose. This
is one of the first industries of the
kind on the Pacific Coast.
The Todd Brothers will not only
grow peppermint in big quantities but
will construct a still at their pepper­
mint farm to prepare the product for
the market. This will reduce the pep­
permint to commercial form. A crew
of men is now at work preparing the
ground for the setting of the first
$15,328.30 plants and work will soon begin on the
erection o f the still.
FO R M P O U L T R Y A S S O C IA T IO N
T re a s u re r S ho rt 5 Cents.
Oregon Branch of N ational O rgan iza­
Albany.— During the four and one-
tion Begins W o rk.
half years he has served as county
The first meeting o f the new exec­
utive board of the Oregon branch of
the American Poultry Association was
held at the Imperial Hotel in Port­
land last week. The new officials
declare they expect at least 100 mem­
bers during their term of service, and
the work o f spreading the American
poultry gospel was begun by mall.
The next meeting of the American
Poultry Association will be held In
Atlantic City, N. J. Mr. E. .1. Mc-
Clanahan, president of the Oregon
branch, will represent coast poultry
interests there.
treasurer, W. W. Francis has handled
$1,839,651.22 and is short 5 cents in his
accounts. That Is the report e f F. M.
Red field, who has Just completed the
work of experting the treasurer's
books and who has filed a report with
the county court certifying to the ac­
curacy o f Francis' accounts and com­
plimenting him on the manner In
which they have been kept. Mr. Red-
field not only checked the booas fully
to see if Francis had accounted to the
county for all moneys received but he
also checked over the special accounts.
C em ent P lan t Proposed.
V ale Plana to “ Sw at th e F ly.”
Vale— The “ swat-the-fly” phrase has
been adopted as the slogan of the
Women’s Civic Improvement club here
and the women are going to wage bit­
ter war on the Gy this summer. A ball
Is to be given In the near future to
raise funds for the undertaking, and
the club Intends to do away with the
fly menace and consequently eliminate
a good part of the typhoid fever which
has been prevalent the past two sum­
mers. The council has reorganized
the street cleaning department and
the streets will be kept In a sanitary
condition.
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Producer Gets the S hort
End.
University of Oregon, Eugene—
Pumpkins, prunes and watermelons
form the subject o f the thesis of An­
drew M. Collier, a senior In the eco­
nomics department at the University
of Oregon. With an array of atattatlci
Collier shows that more than half of
the retail price at which these three
products are sold represents charges
for handling.
Roseburg.—Consideration of a pro­
posal to erect and operate an immense
cement plant near Roseburg was the
occasion o f a well-attended meeting
o f citizens at the Roseburg Commer­
cial Club rooms.
D. W. Riedel, o f Portland, who owns
one of the best cement quarries in the
West, and which ts located eight miles
south o f Roseburg, Is at the head of
the movement to erect a modern plant
and thereby develop his property. Mr.
Riedel offers to erect and maintain a
plant coating $650,000 in the event the
citizens o f Roseburg will subscribe
$ 100 , 000 .
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Railroad Subsidy O. K.
Prinevllle.— At a well attended meet­
ing held here today for the purpose of
having the subscribers to the subsidy
to be given the promoters who will
build a railroad, a full indorsement
was given the committee who will
meet with H. P. Scheel, o f Tacoma, at
Portland In a few days and a final con­
tract is expected to be signed.
This ts good newt for all Central
trego n at this time.
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