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scientious business men throughout I s a n c t i o n s a n d f o r w h i c h b u s i n e s s w a i t s :
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Old Fight for Baby End«’
Wireless Site is Chosen.
Washington, p . C.—The long legal
fight for possession of the St. Louis
Exposition “ incubator baby” was dis­
missed in the Supreme court because
neither party to the suit had printed
the record. Mrs. Lottie Bleakley. of
Topeka. Kan., and Mrs. James G. Bar­
clay, of Moline. III., were the litigants
in a contest that involves the identity
of the baby, now a grown child.
Courts of Kansas and Illinois have
worked on the case several years and
the child had been awarded first to one
contestant then to another.
Washington, D. C.—A special board
of naval officers has selected as a site
for a high-power radio station on the
California coast a location on LaJolla
Heights, about four miles east of San
Diego and 11 miles from the seacoast.
It is expected that a tract of land
comprising 72 acres with an elevation
of 460 feet above the sea level soon
will be acquired by the government
for about $16,000. As soon as title to
the site has been acquired the depart­
ment will begin the erection of a sta­
tion with funds already authorised.
cou rts or the natural forces o f c o r ­
rection o u ts id e th e co u r ts are Inade­
q u a te to a d ju st th e rem edy to the
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e q u i t i e s a n d c i r c u m s t a n c e s o f t h e ca se.
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w h i c h h a v e p a s s e d t h e p o i n t up to
w h i c h c o m b i n a t i o n m a y be c o n s i s t e n t can federal army which was routed
w i t h t h e p u b li c I n t e r e s t a n d t h e f r e e ­ from Ojinaga, Mex., has been placed
d o m o f tra d e, c a n n o t a l w a y s b e d i s ­ in command of the camp of his in­
s e c t e d In to th e i r c o m p o n e n t u n i t s as terned soldiers and refugees at Fort
r e a d i l y a s r a ilr o a d c o m p a n i e s or s i m i ­
l a r o r g a n i s a t i o n s c a n be.
T h e i r d i s ­ Bliss. As a token of his continued
s o l u t i o n b y o r d i n a r y l e g a l p r o c e s s m a r loyalty to the government at Mexico
o f t e n - t l m e s I n v o l v e f i n a n c i a l c o n s e ­ City, General Mercado at once chris­
q u e n c e s l i k e l y to o v e r w h e l m t h e s e ­
c u r i t y m a r k e t a n d b r i n g o n Its b r e a k ­ tened the main street of the camp
General Huerta.”
Al­
dow n and confusion.
T h e r e o u g h t to “ Avenida
be a n a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c o m m i s s i o n c a p a . though himself one of the interned
b l e o f d i r e c t i n g a n d s h a p i n g s u c h c o r ­ refugees who are not permitted to
r e c t i v e p r o c e s s e s , n o t o n l y In aid o f
t h e c o u r t s , but a l s o by In d e p e n d e n t leave the reservation, General Mercado
was selected by the United States
su g g estio n , if necessary.
" I n a s m u c h a s o u r o b j e c t a n d t h e army officials as best fitted to have
s p i r i t o f o u r a c t i o n in t h e s e m a t t e r s Is person! supervision over his men.
to m e e t b u s i n e s s h a l f w a y In Its p r o ­
Water pipes were laid and all the
c e s s e s o f s e l f - c o r r e c t i o n and d i s t u r b
Its l e g i t i m a t e c o u r s e a s l i t t l e a s p o s s i ­ Mexicans were told that they must
ble, w e o u g h t to s e e t o It, a n d t h e bathe regularly. Outdoor barbershops
J u d g m e n t o f p r a c t i c a l a n d s a g a c i o u s also were provided. ,
m en o f a f f a i r s e v e r y w h e r e w o u l d a p ­
The Mexican consul in El Paso
p la u d us If w e did se e to It, t h a t p e n ­
a l t i e s a n d p u n i s h m e n t s s h o u l d f a ll, no t called at Fort Bliss to arrange to pay
on b u s i n e s s Its elf, t o Its c o n f u s i o n a n d some of the back salaries of the Mexi­
i n t e r r u p t i o n , b u t on t h e I n d i v i d u a l s can soldiers.
He at first refused to
w h o u s e t h e I n s t r u m e n t a l i t i e s o f b u s i ­ meet General Mercado, but later was
n e s s to d o t h i n g s w h i c h p u b llo p o l i c y
The
a n d s o u n d b u s i n e s s p r a c t i c e c o n d e m n . induced to confer with him.
E v e r y a c t o f b u s i n e s s Is d o n e a t t h e American officers said they had no au­
c o m m a n d o r o n t h e I n i t i a t i v e o f s o m e thority to negotiate for the payment
a s c e r t a i n a b l e p e rs o n o r g r o u p o f p e r ­ of salaries to the federals. The mon­
so n s. T h e s e s h o u l d be h e l d In d i v i d u a l l y
r e s p o n s i b l e , a n d t h e p u n i s h m e n t s h o u l d ey said to be available for the in­
f a l l o n t h e m , n o t o n t h e b u s i n e s s o r ­ terned soldiers is $70,000, which was
g a n i z a t i o n o f w h i c h t h e y m a d e Ill e g a l taken from a federal paymaster at
use. I t s h o u l d b e o n e o f th e m a i n o b ­ Marfa, Tex., who attempted to drive
j e c t s o f o u r l e g i s l a t i o n to d i v e s t s u ch
p e r s o n s o f t h e i r c o r p o r a t e c l o a k a n d through to Ojinaga when told by the
d e a l w i t h t h e m a s w i t h t h o s e w h o do American border patrol to halt.
n o t r e p r e s e n t t h e i r c o r p o r a t i o n s , but
Japanese nationals will remain in
m e r e l y b y d e l i b e r a t e I n t e n t io n b r e a k Chihuahua state for the present. S.
t h e l a w . T h e b u s i n e s s m en , t h e c o u n t r y
t h r o u g h , w o u l d , I a m su r e , a p p l a u d us Baba, representing the Japanese gov­
If w e w e r e t o t a k e e f f e c t u a l s t e p s to ernment, returned from a conference
s e e t h a t t h e o f f i c e r s a n d d i r e c t o r s o f with General Villa.
He said every
g r e a t b u s in e s s bodies w e r e prevented
fro m b r i n g i n g t h e m a n d t h e b u s i n e s s guarantee had been given that the
o f t h e c o u n t r y Into d i s r e p u t e a n d d a n ­ Japanese subjects would be unmolest­
g er.
ed. Most of the Japanese in the
"O th er q u e s t i o n s r e m a i n w h i c h w i l l north of Mexico are engaged in agri­
need very
t h o u g h t f u l a n d p r a c t i c a l cultural pursuits.
treatm ent.
General Villa reported from Chi­
" E n t e r p r i s e s In t h e s e m o d e r n d a y s o f huahua that rebel money was being
g rea t in d u stria l fortunes,
a re o f t e n ­
t i m e s I n t e r lo c k e d , n o t b y b e i n g , u n d e r circulated in the interior at only a
t h e c o n t r o l o f t h e s a m e d i r e c t o r s , but small discount from the value of Mex­
by t h e f a c t t h a t t h e g r e a t e r p a r t o f ican silver.
t h e i r c o r p o r a t e s t o c k Is o w n e d b y a s i n ­
One object of General Villa's forth­
g l e p erso n or g r o u p o f p e r s o n s w h o a r e
in s o m e w a y I n t i m a t e l y r e l a t e d In In ­ coming visit to Chihuahua is to confer
t eres t. W e a r e a g r e e d , I t a k e It, t h a t with representatives of mining and
h o l d i n g c o m p a n i e s s h o u l d be p r o h ib ite d ,
He is desirous of
but w h a t
of
t h e c o n t r o l l i n g p r i v a t e smelter interests.
o w n e r s h i p o f I n d i v i d u a l s or a c t u a l l y having work resumed to procure taxes
co-op era tiv e
groups
o f In d i v i d u a l s ? on exports for the support of the rebel
S h a ll t h e p r i v a t e o w n e r s
o f c a p i t a l army.
s t o c k "be s u f f e r e d to b e t h e m s e l v e s In
effect h old ing com panies?
W e d o n 't
w ish , I su p p o s e , to f o r b i d t h e p u r c h a s e
o f s t o c k s b y a n y p e r s o n w h o p l e a s e s to
b u y t h e m In s u c h q u a n t i t i e s a s h e can
a f fo r d , o r in a n y w a y a r b i t r a r i l y to
Trinidad, Col. — Twenty or more
l i m i t t h e s a l e o f s t o c k s to b o n a fide p u r ­
c h a s e r s . S h a l l w e r e q u i r e t h e o w n e r s persons, including eight women, are
o f s t o c k , w h e n t h e i r v o t i n g p o w e r In under arrest and at least five are
s e v e r a l c o m p a n i e s w h i c h o u g h t t o be known to be suffering from slight in­
Independent o f one a n o th e r would c o n ­
s t i t u t e a c t u a l c o n tro l, to m a k e e l e c t i o n juries as the result of a serious street
In w h i c h o f t h e m t h e y w i l l e x e r c i s e riot which took place here when the
t h e i r r i g h t t o v o t e ? T h i s q u e s t i o n 1 militia, under the personal direction
ven ture for you r consideration.
of General John Chase, broke up a
“T h e r e is a n o t h e r m a t t e r In w h i c h Im ­
p e r a t i v e c o n d i t i o n s o f J u s t i c e a n d f a ir mob of strikers and strike sympathiz­
p l a y s u g g e s t t h o u g h t f u l r e m e d i a l a c ­ ers which was attempting to march
tion. N o t o n l y do m a n y o f th e c o m b i ­ to San Rafael hospital, where “ Moth­
n a t i o n s e f f e c t e d or s o u g h t to be e f ­ er” Jones is held under military ar­
f e c t e d In t h e I n d u s tr ia l w o r l d w o r k an
I n j u s t i c e on t h e p u b lic In g e n e r a l ; t h e y rest.
Stones, bottles and bricks were
a l s o d i r e c t l y a n d s e r i o u s l y i n ju r e the
I n d i v i d u a l s w h o a r e p u t o u t o f b u s i n e s s hurled at the militiamen by a crowd
In o n e u n f a i r w a y or a n o t h e r by t h e
m a n y d i s l o d g i n g a n d e x t e r m i n a t i n g of angry women, who precipitated the
f o r c e s o f c o m b i n a t i o n . I h o p e t h a t w e outbreak when they were ordered to
s h a l l a g r e e In g i v i n g p r i v a t e I n d i v i d ­ turn back by the soldiers.
u a l s w h o c l a i m to h a v e b e e n Injured by
Several soldiers, including Major
t h e s e p r o c e s s e s t h e r i g h t t o f o u n d th e ir
s u i t s f o r r e d r e s s on t h e f a c t s and J u d g ­ H. M. Randolph, were assaulted and
m e n t s p r o v e d a n d e n t e r e d In s u i t s by not until the cavalrymen with drawn
the G o v e r n m e n t , w h e r e
t h e G o v e r n ­ swords had charged the crowd several
m e n t h a s on Its o w n I n i t i a t i v e s u e d tho times was the mob dispersed.
c o m b i n a t i o n s c o m p l a in e d o f and won
The riot followed a parade of wives
Its s u i t a n d t h a t t h e s t a t u t e o f l i m i t a ­
t i o n s s h a l l b e s u f f e r e d t o run a g a i n s t and children of striking coal miners
su c h l i t i g a n t s o n l y f r o m t h e d a t e o f the which had been carefully planned by
c o n c l u s i o n o f t h e G o v e r n m e n t ' s a ctio n .
Permission to carry
It Is n o t f a i r t h a t t h e p r i v a t e l i t i g a n t union leaders.
s h o u l d be o b l i g e d to s e t up and e s t a b ­ the plans out had been granted by
lish a g a i n t h e f a c t s w h i c h t h e G o v e r n ­ General Chase, with the understand­
m e n t h a s p ro v ed , l i e c a n n o t a ffo r d , he ing that no effort would be made to
has n o t t h e p o w e r , to m a k e u s e o f s u ch
p r o c e s s e s o f In q u iry a s t h e G o v e r n m e n t march to the hospital.
h a s c o m m a n d of. T h u s s h a l l In d ivid u al
J u st ic e be d o n e w h i l e t h e p r o c e s s e s of
b u s i n e s s a r e r e c t i f ie d a n d s q u a r e d w ith
th e g e n e r a l conscience.
■'I h a v e l a i d t h e c a s e b e f o r e y o u , no
d o u b t a s It l i e s In y o u r o w n m ind, a s It
Cape Haitien, San Domingo—Both
lies In t h e t h o u g h t o f t h e co u n tr y . Haitien and Fort Liberte, on the north
W h a t m u s t e v e r y ca n d id m a n s a y o f the
s u g g e s t i o n s I h a v e laid b e f o r e y o u , o f coast, are in the hands of the revolu­
t h e p l a i n o b l i g a t i o n s o f w h i c h 1 h a v e tionists. The vanguard of the rebels
r e m in d ed y o u ?
T h a t t h e s e a r e n o w under General Paul
entered Cape
t h i n g s fo r w h i c h t h e c o u n t r y Is n o t p r e ­
p a red ?
No;
b u t t h a t t h e y are old Haitien without resistance. Fort Lib­
t h i n g s n o w f a m i l i a r , a n d m u s t o f c o u r s e erte, which lies southeast of Cape
be u n d e r t a k e n , If w e a r e to s q u a r e our Haitien, was garrisoned by the minis­
l a w s w i t h t h e t h o u g h t a n d d e s i r e o f the ter of the interior and a large body of
c o u n t r y . U n t i l t h e s e t h i n g s a r e done,
c o n s c i e n t i o u s b u s i n e s s m e n t h e c o u n tr y troops, which, however, on the ap­
o v e r w i l l be u n s a t i s f i e d . T h e y a r e In proach of the rebels, boarded the dis­
these
things
our
m e n t o r s a n d c o l ­ patch boats Pacifique and Nord Alexis.
l e a g u e s . W e a r e n o w a b o u t to w r i t e
t h e a d d i t i o n a l a r t i c l e s o f o u r c o n s t i t u ­ The two vessels proceeded at once to
tio n o f p ea ce, t h e p e a c e t h a t Is honor sea, steaming in the direction of Port
and freedom and p rosperity.”
au Prince.
Pay for Federal Refugees;
Rebel Money Near Par
Many Hurt in Strike
Riots; Women Arrested
San Domingo Rebels Win
Two Important Points
Game Treaty Is Desired.
Ah, Mates, ’Tis Grim Tale.
Ottawa, Out.—The Canadian con­
servation committee, at its annual
meeting here, was asked to aid the
American Game Protective association
in obtaining an international treaty to
give migratory birds in Canada the
same protection afforded in the United
States by the law passed at the last
session of congress. The request was
presented by W. S. Haskell, of New
York. “ A treaty ," he said, "is much
more effective than a statute. It is a
guarantee of the law.
The U. S. is
ready to sign such a treaty."
San Diego, Cal.—In a terrific storm
off the coast the sloop Pasquinade was
dismasted last Friday. Simultaneous­
ly with the loss of the mast a huge
wave struck the sloop broadside and
caused her to roll over completely,
looping the loop twice. So quick was
the whole action that when she came up
the occupants had not had time to fall
off, the mast breaking off and piercing
the deck in an upright position 2 feet
6 inches behind where it had been.
She came into port apparently un­
damaged.
Submarine la Not Found.
Khartoum Yields Relics.
Industrial Club Work
For Boys and Girls
Salem—The following outline of his
plans for organizing boys’ and girls’
industrial clubs in all school districts
in the state has been prepared by
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Churchill.
Each club is expected to take up one
or more of the projects named below,
and the choice of the project depend­
ing upon the work which is of great­
est interest to the community in which
the club is organized. The following
are the industrial club projects sug­
gested by this department for this
year:
1,
Boys’ corn growing contest;
boys’ potato growing contest; 3, girls’
canning contest; 4, girls’ cooking and
baking contest; 6, boys’ and girls’
poultry contest; 6, girls’ sewing con­
test; 7, boys’ pig feeding contest; 8,
boys’ and girls' gardening contest; 9,
dairy herd management; 10, manual
arts contest.
The Agricultural college has prom­
ised to assist us further in preparing
bulletins giving expert advice to the
children as to how best to produce the
different things named in these pro-
Ten Oregon Counties
to Have Field Agents
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor­
The work of Floyd Rader, the Wal­
vallis.—Ten Oregon counties heve now lowa county agent, has shown the pos­
made appropriations for the support of sibilities of expert agricultural super­
vision. Large savings were made by
county agricultural agents, and a num­ reducing the damage done field crops
ber of other counties have taken steps by smut, and a model pig house, de­
to put the county demonstration policy signed by Mr. Rader, has resulted in a
into effect. Thus approximately one- material saving of young pigs.
third of the counties of Oregon have
In Coos county Field Agent Smith is
now, or soon will have, county demon­ organizing the dairy industry. He is
stration agents.
at present supervising an organization
The counties that have already made of cow-testing associations. This is a
appropriations for this work are Har­ necessary step in scientific dairying,
ney, Wallowa, Union, Grant, Kla­ designed to improve the dairy herds.
math, Coos, Tillamook, Lane and Mar­
County demonstration work is being
ion. Not all of these have been sup­ organized very rapidly in the North­
plied with the field agents, but appli­ west. A conference of the state lead­
cations for the positions ere being ers and county agents for Idaho, Ore­
considered by Professor H. T. French, gon and Washington will be held at
state leader of the county demonstra­ Pullman, Washington, January 26 to
tion work, who announces that the po­ 29. The three state leaders and a
sitions will soon be filled.
number of county men will participate
In all of these counties the sum of in this convention. There will be rep­
money set aside for county demon­ resentatives from the agricultural col­
stration work will be duplicated by leges of the three states. The Oregon
the state. The U. S. department of Agricultural college will be represent-
agriculture |also co-operates in fur­ i ed by Professor R. D. Hetzel, director
nishing resources for the work. of extension, and by Professor French.
Throughout the entire country there
The demonstration policy has re­
are about 200 such agents employed in ceived the hearty endorsement of the
the various states, some states work­ Union County Farmers’ union. After
ing as high as 20 men in the field. hearing the plans explained by Pro­
The work is being extended very rap­ fessor French, the members promised
idly and results in most instances are ; to support and co-operate in carrying
high y gratifying.
I on the work in Union county.
Tumalo Report Soon;
Deputy Turns Trapper;
Power Project Approved
Catches Many Varmints
Salem—State Engineer Lewis, upon
his return recently from Eastern Ore­
gon, where he inspected irrigation
projects, announced that the supervis­
ing board of engineers appointed to
inspect the Tumalo work would make
a report in about ten days. The
board, which is composed of Mr. Lew­
is, D. C. Henny, C. M. Redfield and
Project Engineer Laurgaard, Inspect­
ed the work and decided that further
surveys would be necessary before a
complete report could be made.
Mr. Lewis said that E. G. Hopson,
supervising engineer of the United
States reclamation service, had been
informed that the Interior department
had approved The Dalles power proj­
ect, and Mr. Hopson has been named
to represent the department in the
preliminary work.
Borings will be made for founda­
tions so when the legislative commit­
tee meets all the necessary informa­
tion will be available.
Mr. Lewis and Mr. Hopson conferred
regarding the proposition of the Cen­
tral Oregon Irrigation company to
turn back to the state the Norih Canal
project, for about $300,000, the cost
of the work that has been done.
Rural Mail Carriers
Favor Road Bonds
Salem—Setting forth that its mem­
bers are in the best position to pass
opinion on the condition of the roads
and declaring that the need for im­
provement is imperative to good rural
postal service and the development of
the country, the Marion County Rural
Letter Carriers' association has adopt­
ed a set of resolutions expressing its
hearty approval of the proposed bond
issue of $850,000 for road improve­
ments.
The association pledges the support
of its members, individually and col­
lectively, in behalf of the measure,
declaring that the movement ia both a
practical and efficient plan. The res­
olutions are signed by a committee
composed of W. H. Squier, R. L. Wol­
cott and Percy Ottaway. Jarvis E.
Cutsforth is secretary of the organiza­
tion.
London—A dispatch from Khartoum
to the Times says recent discoveries
made by Professor Garstang, at Merce,
the site of the ancient Ethiopian cap­
ital, include a sacred well and an ob­
servatory in which there was evidence
of instruments for taking observa­
tions, especially in determining lati-
tude. He also discovered two monu­
$50 Stolen; $30,000 is Left.
Man On Hunger Strike.
mental inscriptions with the longest
Berkeley, Cal. — Six old Roman Mercitlc texts extant, which recorded
Corvallis—Leopold Cund smashed a
coins, valued by the University of victories with reference to Rome.
large plate glass window in the Ben­
California at $6000 apiece, were over­
ton
County National bank recently and
looked by thieves who broke into the
Two Democrats Get Sons.
is now in the city jail. He came from
coincases at the university library.
Pendleton, Or.—According to news Eugene, having been last employed on
Other coins having a value of about
received
here by their aunt, Mrs. R. a grading camp on the Willamette-
$60 were stolen.
A. Strahom, two brothers, Harry and Pacifle. He broke the window here
George Strahorn, of Iowa Falls, la., "as a protest against slave conditions
Steers at Record Prices.
became fathers of sons on December resulting from selfishness and greed of
Wilson’s birthday. those who demand more profit.” Cund
Kansas City — Steers sold at the 2&, President
Kansas C'ty stockyards Wednesday at Both fathers are strong Democrats. claims to have had but three meals
$9.26 a hundred pounds, the highest They married sisters on the same and one luncheon in eight days and
price ever paid here in January. day. The births occurred within half refuses to eat. He says he will never
an hours of each other.
Calves sold as high as $11.26.
work again and has no right to eat.
Plymouth, England. — A ddfcen tor­
pedo boat destroyers and mine sweep­
ers cruising up and down Whitesand
bay for the past three days have failed
to locate the submarine “ A 7," which
sank in the course of the recent ma­
neuvers.
jects, such as bulletins on potato grow­
ing, etc. These will be distributed
through the clubs, and will be of value
to parents as well as to the children.
The work of organizing the clubs will
fall largely upon the county school
superintendents, working through the
teachers. The University of Oregon,
the Oregon Agricultural college and
the Oregon Normal school have prom­
ised to send out men in addition to the
field workers from his office to help
the superintendents in this work.
The State Fair board has appropri­
ated to this department $1000 to be
2,
distributed among the boys and girls
as prizes at the State Fair. The
board has also promised us $600 to be
used to entertain two boys from each
county for the whole week of the fair.
The boys will be under the most care­
ful supervision and will make a study
of every department of the fair, in­
cluding especially the poultry and the
stock judging. In addition tc this we
expect to send the ten children who
stand highest in the state contest to
the Panama exposition at San Fran­
cisco.
Gold Hill—New and ncvel employ­
ment for the idle hours of state game
wardens may be found in the example
set by Deputy Warden Hammersley,
stationed at Willow Flat, in a typical
Oregon wilderness and hunters’ para­
dise, 20-odd miles north of this city.
This warden is adding to the efficacy
of game protection by a trapping cam­
paign against predatory animals dur­
ing the dull winter months, and al­
ready has a long list of captured var­
mints to his credit.
Acting under instructions from
State Game Warden Finley, the Wil­
low Flat deputy outfitted with traps
and lures last fall, established a 13-
mile trap line, and began the cam­
paign which he is now so successfully
waging. Each pelt secured is careful­
ly prepared tor taxidermy purposes
and is shipped to Portland, where it is
mounted. These trophies will adorn
the state biological collection.
Cheaper Fuel Forecast
As Aid to Manufactures
J.
C. Turney, of Burns, ia of the
opinion that the development of the
oil prospects in Central Oregon and
Harney county will prove a great fac­
tor in solving the problem of cheap
fuel for factories in Oregon.
“ Cheap fuel ia the basis of the man­
ufacturing industries, and will be the
thing that will give manufacturing
the biggest impulse in Oregon within
the next few years,” he says. “ The
oil prospects in Central Oregon have
not yet neen opened up, and thus far
the work has been chiefly prospecting,
but I am of the opinion that in these
fields lies largely the source of the
fuel supply from which the state must
draw in future.”
New Bridge la Wanted.
Florence—Because the Lane County
court will do nothing to replace the
bridge through Acme, the people of
that town held a mass meeting and
adopted resolutions stating the condi­
tions and applying for help from the
court. The town is built over a slough
and the only means of travel through
it is by this bridge, which was built
along the county survey by local resi­
dents in ¡900, and has been main­
tained by them until the last two
years.
Now the court has for­
bidden travel over the walk.
Harney Adopts Contract Plan.
Burns—The commissioners’ court of
Harney county at its session just
closed decided to abandon the system
of road supervisors and adopt the con­
tract system of caring for the roads,
the work of contractors to be done un­
der the direction and supervision of a
road engineer.
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