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CaEGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAIINTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Interstate commerce hearlnf wtH be hold at Portland January 23 and 24 by Kxmnliur llrown. The Cot l a ne Orove commercial club will attempt to get fanner to experi ment with broccoli growing. K. J. MeOlanuhan of Kugnno was uiiHiiltiiuiiHly elected prealdunt of the Oregon I'oultry aunocUllon. Throe thousand Oregon ronebuhe havo gone to Pennsylvania from Cot tage Orove during the pant few weekn. , The llawlcy Pulp & Paper company will begin auou the conatructlon of second additional unit to It mill at Oregon City. The farmera of Klamath county have formally petitioned the commie alouura' court to place a bounty of 10 cents a head upon rabblta. A blanket reaolullon allowing the atudent body to bond itself In the ium of 110,000 for au athletic field wa voted at the Uulveralty of Oregon. One of the flrat farmera' organlta tiona to be effected In Oregon under the provlalona of the rural credit law wa formed at Iloaeburg lt week. The I'ortlund poatal recelpU for the flrat 20 day of December of thl year viceed thoie of the ame period of taut year by approximately $12,000. The laat of seven Hyde laud fraud ault Inatltuted by the state of Oregon for the recovery of 37,000 acre of chool land waa tried at Eugene laat week, Including the aalea made for the Thanksgiving trade, the turkey rata era of Dougla county thl year have realized approximately 168,000 from tholr bird. Oliver Lnndgren, 22, of Corvallla, wa drowned In Mary' river when a canoe. In which he and Troy Uogard, or Woodburn, were paddling, upet In a whirlpool. l4ibor Commissioner Hoff will rec ommend to the leglalature the creation of the office of Inspector of mine, and also ask that It enact legislation on the aubject of hospital fee. The latest school cenau of Portland how there are 48,384 boya and gtrla In the city between the age of 4 and 20. Thl 1 a decrease of 1543, as 49,927 were recorded in the cenau of lout year. H. A. George, one of the leading suc cessful poultrymen of Potaluma,. Cal., ha been procured to deliver a aerie of lecture during farmer' week at the Oregon agricultural college, Janu ary 2 to 6. In a comprehensive review of the labor situation prepared for hi forth coming biennial report State Labor Commissioner Hoff says that Indus trie appear to have undergone a change for the better In 1(16. Hot lunches are being served In the public school at Damascus by the teachers and pupils as a means of test ing the advisability of purchasing the necessary apparatus to continue the practice during the winter months. Dr. A. C. Seeley, of Roseburg, was elected president; Dr. M. B. Marcel- lus, of Portland, vice-president, and Dr. David N. Koberg was continued as secretary at the annual meeting of the state board of health held at Salem. Nathan Hankln was hot" at his horns In Portland by a masked man, who rang the door bell and when Han kln answered presented a pistol aimed at him. Hankln slammed the door shut, but the assassin fired through the wood. Insurance for every employe In the service whose salary does not exceed $4000 a year, and extra month's pay for all whose salaries are not, over $1800 per annum,' were Christmas gifts of the O.-W. R. St N. Co. to their many workers. . Secretary of State Olcott has made public the budget of expenditures for the state of Oregon for the biennial period of 1817-18, together with an es timate of total requirements for all purposes of the commonwealth. The entire amount Is $9,317,528.46. A movement has been started in Umatilla county among the school au thorities to obtain from the legislature a law to permit the county school levy to be raUed from 1 mill to 4 mills to the end that the district levies be , greatly lowered or eliminated. In a report of the Oregon Conserva tion commission, Just, filed with the : governor, it is estimated .that .there are 4,n3,Uou acre of improved farm land In Oregon, and that at leant 3, (00,000 acre In the state can be Im proved or reclaimed by drainage. An amendment to the workmen' compensation law, making It compul sory upon the state, counties, cities, ports and school district to operate under the act In all employment now defined by it a hazardous, and elec tive a to all other employment, will be asked from the coming legislature by the state Industrial accident com mission. Limitation of the amount of liquor ft man may Import I an Interference with hi constitutional right and there fore Illegal, Circuit Judge McGinn ruled at Portland. He also upheld the right of a man to manufacture wine for hi own use, without Interference from the authorities. One of the largest lumber mill In eastern Oregon, and the largest In Baker, will be erected at once by the Oregon Lumber company, according to anouncement of D. C. Kccle, presi dent of the company. He ald the mill would cost at least $150,000, and probably more, and will employ 100 men. At a meeting of the Roseburg Sportsmen' association It wa decid ed to make every possible effort to secure a trout hatchery for Dougla county next year, and to have the ca pacity of the North Umpqua' river hatchery Increased aufflclently to lib erate at least 6,000,000 salmon each year. ' One of the biggest quarU strikes In year wa reported by Albert and Frank Ooler, owner of the Connor Creek mine on the Snake river In Ba ker county. They brought in two re tort containing nearly $21,000 In gold. The deposit represented a aeven-day output of the new stamp mill at the mine. A Knew & Hamilton, Importer of Beirast, Ireland, have cabled the Ore gon state board of control offering $14.40 a bag, or $4.11 a bushel, for Oregon flax seed. A bag contains about three and one-half bushels. The board cabled Belfast that It Is willing to sell 4000 bushels of seed for $2.75 a bushel f. o. b, Salem. . Attorney General Brown ha been advised by Mr. Millie R. Trumbull, of Portland, ecrelary of the, child la bor commission, that a proposed amendment to the present ten-hour daw 1 being drafted fur consideration by the next legislature, so that hours of women will be limited to 48 for any one week, lnetead cf 60, a now provided. The reclamation commission has unanimously recommended to Secre tary Lane that he urge on congress the appropriation at this session of $400,000 for the construction of the Warm 8prlngs dam on the Maineur Irrigation project and that he further urge the appropriation of another $400,000 to build the storage dam of the Owyhee project In Oregon. The Eugene chamber of commerce has expressed opposition to the plan to send a representative of the Oregon flax Interests east at thl time to In vestigate linen factory prospects. The members of the Eugene chamber feel that such a step at this time would be too far ahead and that funds which would be required could be expended at home to better advantage, so far a the actual development of the new Industry is concerned. The success of the safety-first doc trine In reducing accidents is shown by figures prepared by B. T. McBaln, of the Crown Willamette Paper com pany, pioneer among tne Dig indus trial plants of the Pacific coast in the safety-first movement. In its mills at Oregon City the company employs more than 900 men, yet Mr. McBaln's figures show that the average number of accidents In a month ,1s only 28, although a slight cut or scratch Is counted. Linemen in the employ of the West ern ' union Teiegrapn company in western Oregon will travel and live In Pullman cars in the future. The old work car have been discarded. The new model work train put into com mission on the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific system consists of a sleeper, a smoker, a car fitted with a bathroom, reading-room and lavatories, a dining car and a car fit ted up for the use of the foreman of the crew. At the first open meeting of the Deschutes county court, Bend " was unanimously designated the tempor ary county seat, and the officers as follows were appointed to serve until the next election: H. Haner, county clerk; Clyde McKay, treasurer; W. T. Mullarkey, of Redmond, assessor; S. K. Roberts, sheriff; Elmer Nlswonger, coroner; Dr. Dwlght F. Miller, county physician; George S. Young, county surveyor; J. Alton Thompson, school superintendent. District Attorney Dale S. Hill has notified the state board of control that no action can be taken to prosecute persons who assisted Winifred Black after her escape from the girls' Indus trial school at Salem several months ago, when a number of girls succeeded In getting away from the Institution. He stated the statute . was broad enough to cover anyone assisting an Inmate of that school to escape, but not anyone who assisted the person after the escape. Judge William Galloway, In the cir cuit court at Salem, decided that title to 600 acres of land In Linn county was obtained by P. A. Hyde and his associates through fraud and collusion and that the title In equity to such lands, because of the fraud and collu sion, still Is vested In the state of Ore gon. While the cause In question in volve only 600 acre of land, the de cision Is of widespread Interest, as this is the first to be decided of the even Hde-Benson cases. C. E. STEWART New and Second Hand Goods, Furniture, Stoves, Etc. We Repair Everything W. F. SCOTT Contractor and Builder All kinds of Carpentering and Repair work neatly done. Let me flffure with you on that new building you are going to have built Monmouth Grange 476 Meet the Second Saturday in Each Month at 10:39 A. M. Public Program at 2:30 p. m. to which visitors are welcome. P. O, Powell, Master. Miss Maggie Butler, Sec. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company A. M. ARANT, Agent r: C. G. GRIFFA, Plumber and Steam Fitter. Carries In Stock Bath Tubs, Toilet Fixtures and all kinds of Plumb ers' Supplies, nickel-plated or otherwise. 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MONMOUTH, OREGON NOTICE OF EXECUTOR'S SALE Notice is hereby eiven that in pursu ance of an order" hi the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Polk,' made on Ihe 4th day of Decern ber, 1916, in the matter of the estate of Phebe Jane Martin, deceased, the undersigned, as executor of the said estate, will sell, at private sale, to the highest bidder, upon the terms and con ditions hereinafter mentioned, and sub ject to confirmation by said County Court, from and after Saturday, the 13th day of January, 1917, all the right, title, interest and estate of the said Phebe Jane Martin, deceased, at the time of her death, and all the right, title and interest that the said estate has by operation of law or otherwise acquired, other than or ia addition to that of said deceased at the time of tier death, of, in and to the following de scribed real estate, to wit: Beginning at a point in the center of the County Road 21,85 chains East and 11.55 chains South from the Northwest corner of the John B. Smith Donation Land Claim, Notification No. 1586, Claim No. 41, in Township 8 South, Range 5 West, in Polk county, State of Oregon, and running thence South 3 degrees and 15 minutes West along the center of said road 11.22 chains; thence West 22.63 chains to the West bounda ry line of said Claim; thence North 11.20 chains; thence East 7.00 chains; thence North 31-3 chains; thence East 15.00 chains to the center of said road; and thence South along the center of said road,' 3 1-3 chains to the place of beginning, containing 30 acres, more or less. Terms and conditions of sale: Cash on confirmation of Bale and delivery of ex ecutor's deed for said property. Bids may be made to the undersigned in person or sent by mail. Dated December 13, 1916. C. LORENCE, Executor of the estate of Phebe Jane Martin, deceased. First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Paid Capital, - - $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $18,000.00 Established V ... 1889. Ira c. Powell, President; J. B. V. 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" Salem 9:45, " " " " " " 1:40, pm Dallas 2:55 " 3:20 " 4:00, " Gerlinger 4:38, Independence 4:55, Monmouth 5:05 " . ... 6:15, " " 7:00, " 7:20, " 7:30 " Portland 3:20, Connects wjth ahove " Corvallis 6:45, am Independence 7:35. .. . Arrive Monmouth 7:45 " " 1:15, p m " 2:20 " 2:30 " Dallas 7:00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25 " Airlie 8:30, a m and 3:55, p m. Arrives Monmouth 9:05 a m and 4:30 p m Leave Independence; 7, am, 7.35, 8.45, 11, p m 1.30, 2.20, 3, 4.15, 4.55, 7.20 Trains out of Monmouth L've Monmouth 7:15 a m, Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30 ' Same as above Portland 11.10 " Monmouth 1:60, p m, ". 2:14, " 2:27, Salem 3:15 ' " Same as above Portland 5:55 " Monmouth 4:35, " 4:55, " 6:10, Salem 6:00 " . 9:05,am.: 1 Dallas 10;10 11;10 " " 4;30, p m " 4;55, " 6;00 ' " 9;05, a m, Independence 10;50, Corvallis 11;50 " - 5;10, p m, . 7;15, " 8;15 " " 7;25 a m and 3;20 p m. 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