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CREGOiN NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor ir.ation of Our Readers. One-fourth of the county superin tendents of Oregon are women. Mount Jefferson, one of the highest peaks In Oregon, may be made a fire lookout station. The new steamer Ernest H. Meyer was launched from the Wilson ship yards at Astoria Saturday. Dallas Is to be made the test station for the Investigation of brown rot and other diseases of prune trees. The population mark at the Oregon state penitentiary has declined to 433, a record for the past two years. The annual convention of the Ore gon Retail Grocers' association was held January 23, 24 and 25 In Salem. The State Editorial association and the Willamette Valley Editorial asso ciation held a Joint session at Salem. The Union opera house, one of the finest buildiags of its kind In Eastern Oregon, was completely destroyed by fire. j David Q. Bruce and Mrs. Johanna 1 Hanson, pioneers who crossed the plains to Lane county In 1853, died at Eugene. Attempts are being made by the ' officials of the Salem commercial club to Interest capital for a fine linen fac-; tory in Salem. ! The House of Representatives has passed a bill providing for an appro priation of $50,000 for a postoffice building at Hood River. , The Roseburg VV. C. T. U. has com piled statistics showing there was shipped into Douglas county $30,600 worth of liquor in 1918. i The Dalles land office is swamped. The office staff i8 five days behind in the work of transferring the applica tions In the record book. The Oregon State Federation of Labor opened sessions of Its annual convention at Salem Monday, to con tinue throughout the week. William Doyle, who last February killed Mrs. Mary A. Wilcox and her .' , daughter, Maggie Jones, was convicted of manslaughter at Klamath Falls. Improvements by the Bend Water, Light & Power company to be com pleted within the next nine months will cost between $50,000 and $75,000. Plans to erect a mill for handling, hardwood lumber in the Willamette valley are being considered by the J. Al Pattison Lumber company, ltd., of j Portland. Three men lost their lives and one was seriously injured in a fire which i swept through the second and third stories of the , New Ross rooming house at Portland. Out of 2000 carloads of apples pro duced by Hood River valley .ast sea son, a yield almost twice the tonnage of any former year, only about 300 carloads remain unshipped. The Portland chamber of commerce will be represented by four delegates at the annual meeting of the national chamber of commerce in Washington, D. C, January 31 to February 2. There will be no public building to house the branch postoffice at St. Johns. The item in the omnibus build ing bill appropriating $25,000 for a postoffice building at St. Johns was eliminated. Coryell pass, on the Pacific high way about four miles south of Eugene, will be marked with an iron plate by Lewis and Clark chapter, Daughters of the American revolution, in the near future. The Eugene chamber of commerce has voted unanimously to approve the referendum of the United States cham ber of commerce favoring single item veto power for the President of the United States. For the championship of the Central Willamette district of the Oregon high achool Debating league, the high Bchools of Albany, Eugene and Philo math will meet in a triangular debate on February 2. The annual conference of the presi dents and faculty members of the non-1 conference colleges of Oreeon was held at Albany college last week with all the sectarian institutions of the ltate represented. A gigantic scheme wbereby all the prominent high schools of Oregon will form an association for the promotion of interscholastic athletics is being fathered by W. D. Fletcher, coach of the Salem high achool basketball squad. A Jarge number of hardware men from all pant or tne state are expect ed to attend the 11th annual conven tion of the Oregon Retail Hardware and Implement Dealers' association, ' which opened iti session at Portland j Wednesday. ! Governor Wlthycombe issued a pro clamation declaring the dissolution of ; 615 domesMc and 3 foreign corpora j lions and forbidding them from at i tempting further to do business in the ; state until they have complied with the ; law. The corporations were dissolved I because of failure to pay their license j fees for more thBn two years, i Resolntloni protesting against the ; proposal to change the Pacific High way to run fr m a point near Canyon Tllle to Trail have been adopted by , the Grants Pass commercial club, i Two prominent eastern university presidents have accepted places on ( the Oregon summer school faculty, ac cording to an xnnouncement made by Dean Joseph Schafer. They are O. Stanley Hall of Clark university and Henry Churchill King of Oberlln. Members of the eight farm loan as sociations of Jackson county met at Medford and perfected a permanent organization which has for its prime 1 object the uniformity of valuations of farm lands in their districts under the classifications of alfalfa, fruit, grain and stock. Governor Wlthycombe has announc ed that all appointments to boards, commissions, etc., that might be made during the present legislative session will be held In abeyance until after the j session, when it will be determined Just what offices are to remain pro vided by statue. I Many problems for the development of Oregon's mineral resources are to be undertaken during the comi.ig year by the stato bureau of mines and geol ogy. These investigations are to be 1 continued as rapidly and as far as the appropriation allotted by the leg islature will permit. Markets In Portland and Willamette 1 valley points are thrown open to east ern Oregon plaster dealers by an or . der of the public service commission, I which allows a rate of 10 cents per J 100 pounds on plaster carloads, mini i mum weight 80,000 pounds, from Gyp j sum to terminals at Portland. I Members of the Hood River county 1 court have announced that they will build a half mile of experimental hard surfaced road on the East Side the coming spring. The road will be con-1 structed in a district In which it is de-! clared the traffic is heavier than at any other place in the valley. The county courts of Polk and Marlon counties 1' joint session ac cepted a report from the State High way commission recommending that the proposed new intercounty bridge over the Willamette river at Salem be of steel and that it U built at the location of the present structure. Continuation of its program of re inforcing Its main line with heavier steel, the straightening of curves and filling trestles is contemplated by the O-W. R, & N. for thp nmlm voo O ! according to the budget prepared by ! President J. D. Farrell. Between $2,- 500,000 and $2,000,000 is Included, Theodore H. Scheffer, of the federal bureau of agriculture, has been de tailed to conduct a publicity and dem onstration campaign in Multnomah county on methods of dealing with the mole and gopher pest, but particularly in regard to the mole, which has a pelt with a value of from 10 cents to 25 cents. The Oregon noVmal school Is con sidering the establishment of an ex tension department to care for numer ous inquiries that have been made during the past two years on school management and methods, and to sat isfy the demands made upon the fac ulty members to give talks in various Oregon towns. By a vote of 17 to 8 the farmers of the Gold Hill and Foots Creek dis tricts sanctioned the creation of the Gold Hill irrigation district. The land coming within the district embraces about 1300 acres lying along the south side of Rogue river, In what is knowD as the Riverside Colony and Foots Creek district. Through the efforts of the Oregon woolgrowers' association an amend ment to the constitution will be Intro duced in the legislature at this session providing for a special tax on livestock SO that Stockmen, whn , - - WO Vijj) sufferers from predatory animals, rather than the whole body of tax payers, will contribute the money for the bounty fjmd. Men and women ranging in age from 45 to 90 staged a free vaudeville and music show at Portland as part of the exploitation program adopted by the Forty-five Efficiency club, a new organization of men past 45 years of age, who are out to discredit the. mid- Siiopp argams Our Regular January Clearance Sale Entire Line of Ladies' and childrens Coats at 50c on the dollar 1.00 All wool 36 in. Mohair, regular 60c, now 45c "Cashmere " " 45C " Batiste, ,42 "Crepe, " French serge " 1.25 " Heavy coating" 1,50 Silk messalines, 36 in. wide, regular $1.50, now $1.13 Georgette crepe, 40 " " 2.00, 1.60 Ginghams, 8 and 15c grades, . io per cent off All fancy wash goods, - . reduced 20 per cent 45c 80c 87c $1.13 . These prices are for cash or produce MONMOUTH MERCANTILE? r.n 1-1 - die age theory and to get the remote of age limits on national and local civil service rules. Twenty-seven head of fine pureblood Durham, Shorthorn and Hereford cattle, consigned to Metz & Son, of Pendleton, were suffocated while en route to Pendleton. The animals were valued at from $250 to $500 a head, the total loss being estimated at be tween $10,000 and $12,000. While the train was in a yard at some point this side of Chicago, it is said, a railroad employe turned on the steam. Representative McArthur has an nounced the following appointments for cadetships In the military and naval academies as the result of com petitive examinations' held at Portland December 16: For West Point Prin cipal, Donald H. Nelson, Portland; first alternate, Kenneth Rowntree, Hillsdale; second alternate, Robert M. Montague, Portland. For Annapolis Principal, Roland E. Krause; first al ternate, Francis J. Clark; second alter nate, Wallace S. Wharton; third al ternate, Howard B. Hutchinson, all of Portland. 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. All orders attended to promptly and work guaranteed. MONMOUTH. . . OREGON I NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed ex ecutor of the estate of Franklin S. Powell, deceased, by the countv court or tne state of Oregon for Polk County and has qualified as such executor. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified to Dre sent the same duly , verified, together with proper vouchers therefor, to the undersigned executor at his residence or at the First National Bank in Mon mouth, in said County and State, with in six months from the date of this no tice. Dated and first published January 19, 19 J 7. Ira C. Powell, Executor of the estate of Franklin S. Powell deceased B. F. Swope, Attorney. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned Paul Tacheron has been duly appointed by the Countv Court of the State of Oregon for. Polk County, ad ministrator of the estate of Laura M. Tacheron, deceased and has Qualified. All persons having claims against the said estate, are hereby required to pre sent them, duly verified, with the prop er vouchers, within six months from the date of this notice, to the said ad ministrator at his residence near Mon mouth, in said County of Polk. Dated and first published January 19, 1917. Paul Tacheron Administrator of the tstata of Laura M.,Tacheron. deceaeed. Oscar Hayter, Attorney. First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Paid Capital, . . . $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $18,000.00 Established .... 1889. Ira c. Powell, President; J. B. V. Butler, Vice Pres. W. E. Smith, Cashier. We offer the best service consistent with sound banking, and solicit your business. Interest paid on time deposits. DIRECTORS: I. M. SIMPSON, F. S. POWELL, Wm. RIDDELL, J. B. V. BUTLER, IRA C. POWELL. mmmm ! Trains into Monmouth L've Portland 7:15, a m, Gerlinger 10:33, Independence 11, Monmouth 11:10 " 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 with above " Corvallis 6:45, a m Independence 7:35..., Arrive Monmouth 7-45 " 1:15, pm 2:20 " 230 " Dallas 7:00, a m, Arrive Monmouth 7:25 Airlie S:30, a m and 3:55, pm. 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 1:50, p m, " 2:14, " 2:27, Salem 3:15 "Same as above Portland 6:55 Monmouth 4:35, 4:55, " 5:10, Salem 6:00 " " 9:05, am Dallas 10;10 " H;io ' . ;' 4;30, p m " 4;55, " 6;00 " 9;05, a m, Independence 10;50, Corvallis 1150 " 5;10, pm, " 7;15, 8;15 " " 7:25 a m and 3:30 m. Arriv iirii . m onj i.r,,i Leave Monmouth 7.15, a m, 1.15 9.05, 11.15, 1.50, 2.35, 3.20, 4.35, 5.10, 7.35 III! m am Read yqur oven Herald rfjrtr