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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1917)
t OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAMNTEREST Principal Events of the Weik Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Monday marked the opening of the second semester at the University of Oregon. Two elk have been delivered to the atate and will be placed at the iLate fair grounds. The heavy snows In the mountains are causing a fear of high water In Umatilla county. The newly elected woman's admlnls- the niH inw. t, o. ...... tratlon of the city of Umatilla gave an I started In earnest and there Is "every Inaugural ball last week. Indication that the efforU will prov. Thrift day was observed In the Bend successful, schools by talks on thrift and lessons j J. C. Warner, whose place Is 10 In saving and Investment. mes east of HarrlstHirg. last week D. H. Miller was instantly killed at shipped 13,000 pounds of beans to the Gold Hill when he was struck bv a MnrnW sj .mM,. hi.... m.. - frf m v in ijmi i vi niuaii I. mi iron ore is being nanira out ot u. Canyon City district dally to the 8umpter Valley railroad for shipment to St. Paul, It Is reported. Admission day, the anniversary of the admission of Oregon as a state, will be celebrated Wednesday, Febru ary 14. by the Sons and Daughters of Pioneers at a meeting In Portland. A feeling that In case of war with Germany the naval organitatlons will be the first called Into active service has caused great excitement among members of the Oregon naval militia. Grower of broccoli near Riddle have made a thorough examination of their plants since the cold weather and have decided that the damage was much greater than at first supposed. Efforts to raise funds necessary for the construction of a new building for pjaopli! locomotive of a Southern Pacific train. The land office at The Dalles Is still snowed under with applications for land under the 640-acre homestead act. The 11th annual convention of the Oregon Retail Grocers' association will be held In Portland February 19-11. The prune growers of Douglas coun present market price for beans Is about I cents per pound. While apparently a unit In agreeing upon the necessity of constructing a new penitentiary, member of the state board of control have a diverg ence of opinion as to where such a new penitentiary shall be located. Representative Hawley has appoint :jcnoDl In the Merest of Thrift Trade with the "Mercantile" ty are contemplating the erection of ed Adolph Greenbaum. of Salem, as I their own processing and packing plants. C. 8. Prather, who escaped a year ago from the Oregon penitentiary, has been captured and Is held by the police at Kansas City. An endowment fund of $1000 was left to the Eugene Bible University by the will of the late Mrs. Rebecca Cock burn, of Milton. Jackson county's seml-apnual bal ance sheet for January 1 shows the county indebtedness to be $607,829.38 above cash on hand. Although the time Is still six months away, plans are being formulated for the third annual Chautauqua to be held at Bend in July, Eastern Oregon's big snow blockade Is ended on the main line, but several of the principal branches are still blocked with snowdrifts. The Blst anniversary of the organ ization of Battery A, Oregon field ar tillery, was celebrated by the veterans at a banquet In Portland. After six years without a theater suitable for traveling shows, La Grande will have a modern building In the heart of the business district Chief No-Shirt, past 70 years of age, the venerable head of the Walla Walla tribe of Indians, died at Pendleton after an Illness of several days. J Philomath won the lead In the Cen midshipman at the Annapolis naval academy and named Roger Sumpson. of Eugene; Irwin StearnB, of West Lynn, and Benjamin Fairhurst, of Tualatin, as alternates. 1 Fred R. Mellls, a Faker ore and bullion dealer, has received from Pine creek the largest nugget seen there since the famous Armstrong nugget found 15 years ago. It was found by a placer miner and Is worth $300, which price Mr. Mellls paid. February, 1917, has been declared "poison month" by the executive com mittee of the National Wool Growers' association. Sheepmen in all parti of the United States will wage a palgn during the month against coy otes and other predatory animals by poisoning them Discount Checks given with all Cash Purchases As always the Mercantile will continue to be the store that saves you money. Quality, val ue and service are our aims. THE MONMOUTH MERCANTILE CO. which pays highest prices tor farm products and more aennue plans of construc tion by the state and counties. The . ,. cam- "";,,c"1 . are entirety un- suited to present day requirements. There Is a lack of continuity of ef fort, lack of nlan or road nnllrv unit .Inhn Usmmomlou ti,,,m i. lack Of DroDer COStkeenln rprnnla A -'- 4HMIIU.VIBIL;, iiiuubiii iu iiava ; - -.----a - been eatvn hv nui nt iin,w m,i. . practical suggestion is that the state - j w iH. n vi iiiiiuui nvirn In the wilds of Jackson county. Is safe !shoull confine Itself for a number of " 1- 7, 111! The skeleton found near Gold Hill, iyear8 t0 the Improvement of grades and at first thought to be that of j before enterng upon extensive paving Hammersley. has been ldentifinrt .. Projects. that of John Duranda, a prospector of j the Grants Pass country. The senate has passed Spnator Lane's bill repealing sections 2588, 2589 and I ,rol , ,, .. . , ueeu vessels oouna ouiwara rrom Port- hi dpllitlnfiii t Debating leaguo ,and gtop ftt AstoHa to by defeating Albany 3 to 0 at Albany, the,r man,fe8t8 and Eugene 2 to 1 at Philomath. i , , ,, , tlmm n, n, . ... I Manv delegations of represents v rarmers of Waplnltia, Tygh va ey ih.. - nu j i , . , . citizens of Gilliam, Wheeler, Grant and lower Tygh are making prepara- ,A ,w , ' " . t. ' , , f nd other eastern Oregon count es tlons for the construction of a large ,. . , ,. A , , , , , , . .,ui, . oi. . . , 'i have visited the legislature within the warehouse at Shearer next Spring. i , . About 25 members of the Western . ,u Tv. n . ., . , . , , . of the John Day highway, which they Walnut association gathered at Port- , . ' . " V ij , j . . . t propose as an Important link n the and to discuss various phases of the llnclpa, eagt wegt industry Including winter pruning. Vough the state. "UU"B- "luut'l 01 mecnanic : nilHn thB .. . . v. uium ui ai an uai J it Twenty-six convicts of Warden Mur phy's "honor gang," spreading like a tan over the rough country between the state penitentiary and the school 2590, of the revised statutes, so that for feeDle-nindcd, beat up the bushes vessels bound In the Columbia river j for Portland need no longer stop at I Astoria to exhibit their papers, nor Doon- After balf an hour' searcn 0I need vessels bound outward from Port- i the part of the Pursuln convicts the who had escaped from the crew at vessels loaded lumber at the mills In the lower Columbia river district and their combined cargoes amounted to 24,463,678 feet of lumben. In the same period nine vessels carried 7,101,391 - i n, - . . arts at the Oregon Agricultural college has received notice of his appointment as mechanic In a Siberian cannery. Contracts will be signed at once for the building of over 9000 feet of new a- va iuik v vwc ijiuoian is a ... . . t . . i irom up-river mills, maklne Hn, 8 mUtbratr Flrenf t0tal 31,565,069 feeTo lum T H Hill, trapper and miner, on the that ,eft mM north Umpqua river, shot and killed . , .. . . . three erav wnlvea ,i. mi . ,c"rB"eB QunnK lne montn ot January nno ,1,- ,. .. ""I," Tne b0 factory, dry kilns and AnnoZZl 'lr T0 ? Clat7 , , t I Astoria, one of the largest lumbering mil ...wih .m, ....I ... concerns In the lower Columbia river Drincinal nlce h 1" . Z dl8tr,Ct- Wa" fire with a r r ... The highest price ever paid for po tatoes at Albany was received by Har ry E. Mullen. He received $3 a hundred-weight, a figure equal to $1.80 a bushel. After an eight-day session marked by an aggregate attendance of from 12,000 to 15,000, Portland's eighth an nual automobile show came to an end Saturday. The placer miners of the Grants Pass dlgtrlet are having much diffi culty in the operation of their mines this winter because of a shortage of the water supply. That the winter Is waning and that spring will appear early is the pre diction of Long creek stockmen, noted in the Baker vicinity for the accuracy of their predictions. Nearly 30.000 acres of new farm land, near Pendleton, will be available soon If congress passes the law pro viding for allotting the tribal land on the Umatilla reservation. More than 30 tons of fine chrome three cowering fugitives were found near the school for feeble-minded, manhandled roughly by the "honor men" and a tragedy might have been enacted but for the appearance of Guard Walter Thompson on the scene, who rescued the prisoners. loss approximating $150,000. Pere Sllvola, a young Russian Finn, started the fire. Loss Is covered by Insurance. Seven thousand doors were burned In the factory devoted to their manufact ure, and hundreds of thousands of feet of valuable lumber In the kiln was lost. Practically $1,000,000 will be spent during the coming season In building roads In Oregon, under the terms of the federal good roads law, If the state legislature will put up dollar for dol lar to match the allotments that have been made from the federal appropria tion. Four distinct allotments have been made for road building In Ore gon, the total amount allotted being $491,966. Before this federal money becomes available the state must en ter Into a satisfactory agreement with the secretary of agriculture, to meln- tain the roads after they are finished. The annual report of State Engin eer Lewis covering the work of the highway department contains an -t tended argument for better road laws NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been duly appointed ex ecutorof the estate of Franklin S. Powell, deceased, by the county court of the state of Oregon for Polk County and has qualified as such executor. All persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified to ore 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 Dated and first published January 19, iyJ7. Ira C. Powell, Executor of the estate of Franklin S. Powell deceased B. F. Swope, Attorney. j C. G. GRIFFA, I 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 NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned Paul Tacheron has been duly appointed by the County 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 azainst 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 estate of Laura M. Tacheron, deceased. 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, ROBERT STFELE, Wm. RIDDELL, J. B. V. BUTLER, IRA C. POWELL. -L r 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 " 3.2o " " 4:00, " Gerlinger 4:38, Independence 4:55, Monmouth 505 ' , " " m " ' 7:20, 730 Portland 8:20, 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 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 Mnnmnnth L've Monmouth 7:15 a m, Independence 7:35, Gerlinger 7:49, Ar Salem 8:30 u Z Portland 11.10 Monmouth 1:50, pm, 2:14, 2:27, Salem 3:15 Same as above Portland 6:55 Monmouth 4:35, 4:55. .., s. . (in 9:05. m Dallas 10;10 h-jq 4;30, pm 4;55 9;05, a m, Independence 10;50, Corvallis 11 50 6;10, pm, 7;i5( u 815 7:25 a m and 3:20 Leave Monmouth 7.15, a m, 8.15 9.05, 11.15, 1.5o, 2.35. 3.20, 4.35, 5.10, 7 35 Read your own Herald $1 fjrer year