The Monmouth herald., April 13, 1917, Image 5

OREGON O NOTES
OF GENERAMNTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readeri.
Baker' flnt automobile show u
eld last week.
The Marlon County Potato Growers'
association held IU annual meetlni at
Balem.
The 44th convention of Oregon state
range Is to be held May I to 12, 1917,
at Astoria.
There will be no Immediate call
for a special session of the legisla
ture to consider war measures.
The steam schooner Johanna Smith,
the largest vessel constructed on Coos
bay. was launched at North Bend.
The coldest March In 37 years, was
this iiiuuiu just closed, according to the
report from the weather bureau.
The Bend Water, Light t Power
company will begin at once on the
S erection of -an addition to Ita plant
i Leonard Saxby. 23 years old, was
electrocuted In the new generating
plant of the Hawley Pulp & Paper
company at Oregon City.
The Oregon state Federation of
Women's Clubs will start a fund Imme
diately that shall be known as "the
Oregon Federation Hospital fund."
The Eugene chamber of commerce
has taken up the plan of cultivation
of all city lots to aid the nation in
time of war by keeping down the cost
of living.
Preliminary steps are being taken
In Douglas county to vote on a county
bond IsBue for road Improvement The
total amount of the issue has been
fixed at $550,000.
Several of the farmers of the Gold
Hill district have been shipping In
carloads of beet pulp from the Utah
Oregon Sugar factory at Grants Pass
to feed their stock.
The Coos county court, has arrang
ed for an appropriation of $20,000 as
part of the fund for constructing an
armory in Marshfield for the coast
artillery company.
. Subjects of Interest to livestock
, growers will be considered at the
fourth annual meeting of the Cattle
and Horse Raisers' association to be
held at La Grande on April 24 and
25.
The United States department of
labor, with headquarters at Washing
ton, D. C, will hold its second annual
citizenship convention at Portland for
three or four days this coming Sum
mer. The next annual conference for
Oregon of the United Evangelical
church will be held In Portland, be
ginning March 29, 1918, according to
action taken by the conference while
In session at Salem.
A new "honor lodge" at the state
penitentiary haa perfected organisa
tion. The lodge has 300 members
and is organized to promote better
feeling between the prisoners and the
prison administration.
The number of employers subject
to the workmen's compensation law
during the second year's operation
of the law was 6594, according to the
annual report of the state industrial
accident commission.
Assisting the farmers of the state
iwt , V. n nnAili,nHnn ef la r (Til r n A hat.
IU UJG (IlUUUVLiUll w ' v uu Mvir
ter crops of fiber flax, will be a branch
of the work taken up by the exten
sion service of the Oregon Agricul
tural college this month.
The Industrial accident commission
received reports of 277 accidents dur
ing the week between March 3 and
April 5 inclusive. One of the accidents
reported was fatal, the victim being
Joseph Francis, of Baker, a railroad
employe.
With war clouds threatening the
continuance of athletics in the coast
colleges later in the spring, the O. A.
C. relay carnival of April 21 stands
as the only major tract event of the
season which is sure to be held on
the coast this year.
In co-operation with similar depart
ments all over the country, the exten
sion services of the O. A. Cbas
announced that a vigorous campaign
will be started Immediately for the
purpose of increasing the food pre
paredness of the country.
There were 50 tires in 31 towns
during the month of March, according
to figures Issued by Insurance Com
missioner Harvey Wells. The total
losses amounted to $75,145. The
largest loss for the month was a $10,
000 building in Portland.
The people of Oregon are to be ask
ed to subject to the referendum two
of the school measures enacted by
the las legislature the teachers'
tenure uni sou m uu nortening the
terms of sihool directors from 5 to
1 years. Referendum petitions have
been prepared.
, A statement Issued by the Industrial
' accident commission says thst there
wss a decrease of (4 per cent in the
number of personal Injury cases where
! the relation of employer and employe
existed, beard ' before the Oregoa
j supreme court In 1914, from the num
i ber In 1911. The total number of
; rases, however, decreased but 10.4
per cent
; Reports from the upper JtfcKsnsie
river territory state that there la
from 10 to 15 feet of snow In the
mountains and that serious high water
In the Willamette and McKenile
rivers Is probable In the event , of
long continued spring rains.
Convinced that gold, platinum and
other valuable minerals are to be
found In the Deschutes basin deposits
near Terrebonne, Deschutes county,
:entral Oregon, a number of Portland
men hare Incorporated the Deschutes
Mining and Milling company.
The financial statement of the In
dustrial accident commission. Issued
for the close of business on March
tl, this year, shows a total balance
with the State Treasurer of $992,131.
19. Receipts from November t, 1914,
to March 31. 1917, totaled $2,002,195.
76, and disbursements $262,477.61.
Determined to gain access to Marlon
county's free ferry, the read to which
has been blocked on the Polk county
, side by a fence along the right-of-way
going to the old private ferry landing,
about 150 Polk county farmers, living
In the vicinity of Wtbt Salem, sawed
down the fence and did away with
the barrier.
Should a special session of the leg
islature be called by Governor Withy
combe to make provisions for depend
ent families of soldiers called Into ser
vice, the 6 per cent limitation amend
ment will have no binding effect on
any bond Issue that might be provided,
according to lawyer who have studied
the situation.
j Information coming from several
directions leads to the belief the
Southern Pacific Railway company
contemplates railroad extensions In
the Marshfield vicinity, probably from
Beaver Hill junction, 12 miles from
Coos bay, to Bandon, by way of
Beaver slough and down the Coqullle
river to the coast
W. P. Wilson and his son, J. L,
Wilson, of Olalla claimed the largest
Varmint bounty ever paid In Douglas
county tor the capture of varmints
from one family, when they presented
eight coyote puppies abouywo weeks
old to the. county clerk at Roseburg
for bounty. The total amount paid
was $160, being $20 each.
Attorney General Brown received
notice that be had won another of the
F. A. Hyde land fraud casts: Deci
sion In favor of the state has been
rendered by Circuit Judge G. F. Skip
worth of Lane. This Is the fifth out
of seven Hyde land fraud cases,
which have been won by the state.
. The other two are undecided.
Seventeen bricks of gold, weigh
ing 1221 ounces and valued at $23.-
'199, said by milling men to be the
largest clean-up ever yielded by a
southern Oregon gold mine, were
brought to Grants Pass by James
Logsn, owner of the Simmonds-Logan
placer mine at Waldo, about 40 miles
1 southwest of Grants Pass. The mass
of gold was the result of a 10-day
run.
I The legislative road bond commit
. tee has decided to hold a statewide
rally In Portland, April 28. This will
not be In the nature of a convention,
but will be a rally to which are In
; vlted delegates from all organisa
tions in Oregon interested In the road
movement Governor Wlthycombe
i will be invited and the three state
highway commissioners will be In at
1 tendance.
Insurance business In the state la
Increasing by leaps and bounds, ac
cording to figures compiled by In
surance Commissioner Harvey Wells.
During the first three months of this
year the fees of his office amounted
to $121,910.98, as compared to $97,
624.43 for a similar period last year.
When the new insurance code goes
Into effect the amount of the fees of
that office also will be greatly aug
mented. The first two weeks the rural
credits amendment has been actually
In operation show that 67 applica
tions have been made tor loans from
that fund, and out of this number
44 have been approved. The loans
asked for average about $2000, al
though some run as high as $5000
and others as low as $300. Approxi
mately $90,0 worth of loans have
been approved out of the $140,000
worth applied for.
Central Oregon communities are re
sponding with liberality to the requeit
of Robert E. Strshorn for aid In the
financing of the Oregon. California k
Eastern railroad which, when built,
la to serve Crook, Klamath, Harney
and Lake countlea. Klamath Falls
haa voted $100,000 In municipal bonds;
Burns, $125,000; Lakevlew, $20,000.
Bend has contributed 235.000, and Is
preparing to vote $100,000 In bonds
In aid of construction. Surprise valley
citizens are taking steps to vote $100,
000 In bonds.
Treasurer Ksy haa directed letters
to the Oregon delegation In congress,
asking that ateps be taken to regulate
food prices. He asserted in his com
munication that speculator have
taken advantage of the war to run up
prlcee, even on American-made goods,
the manufacture of which are not af
fected in any manner by the war, and
that as a result the wage-working
classes throughout the United States
would soon be reduced to the condi
tion of the people In European coun
tries It some remedial legislation is
' not enacted. ' '
open competition
positiveltTassured
All Contractors to Have Chance
to Bid on Proposed
Highways.
In reply to an Inquiry from the
Legislative Good Roads Committee as
to what Its policy would be In the
matter of awarding contracts for road
construction if the pending road bond
bill should be approved by the voters
In the June election, the State High
way Commission Issued the following
statement:
"We recognize the propriety of your
Inquiry and therefore hereby author
ize you on our behalf to say that this
Commission, at a public meeting held
at Portland on this date, adopted the
following resolution: ,
"'Whereas there exist In the pub
lic mind an Impression that undue
profits have heretofore been made by
paving contractors In Oregon,
" 'Be It resolved that It will be the
policy of the Highway Commission to
call for bids on all standard types of
pavement In open and fair competi
tion and to award contracts to the
lowest responsible bidder who will be
required to give a good and sufficient
guarantee for the permanency of his
work. .
" 'Be It further resolved that In the
vent no satisfactory bid can be ob
tained the Highway Commission will
I proceed to do the work Itself by force
account arter the purchase and in
stallation of it own paving plant'
"The above resolution Is Intended
s a frank statement to the public
of what our policy will be. If there
Is anything which Is not fully covered
It is due to an oversight on our part
and not due to any desire to evade
any issue or question.
"We may summarize our plans a
follows: We shall demand and en
deavor to acquire for the state full
value for every dollar of public money
expended. If the bond issue Is adopt
ed we shall so far as possible, com
mence work in every county In which
work Is to be done at the earliest
j possible moment. We shall not favor
one county or locality over another,
but will, to the best of our ability, be
fair to the various sections of the
tate"
OREGON FARMERS HAVE
EVERYTHING TO GAIN
Under the plan submitted In the
road bonding bill, the farmer has
everything to gain and nothing to
lose. According to a compilation by
the State Tax Commission, agricul
ture In Oregon pays on approximately
26 per cent of the total taxable prop
erty, timber and lumbering on 19 per
cent, City and town on 41 per cent
and public utilities on 14 per cent
Designated as they are to meet the
requirements of the state as a whole,
these main through arteries will be
built from city limits to city limit,
the cities alone having authority ovet
city streets. The Highway Commls
ilon has announced that, where any
of the main roads to be Improved
pass through the smaller towns and
villages and the street is nof already
improved, the Commission will hard
surface that portion of the road In
cluded within the limit of such towns
and villages without additional cost
to such communities, when Improved
these main lines will serve not only
the agricultural districts through
which they pass, but will also serve
centers of population the principal
market places. They will be market
roads as well as through state road
not luxuries.
The State Highway Commissioner,
who will have charge of the disburse
ment of the proposed $6,000,000 road
bonds, have given the assurance that
all roads built under their supervision
will be constructed honestly. Con
tracts for the work will be. subject to
Bargains in S. C. White
Leghorn hatching eggs
and day old chicks from pedigreed
stock of 225 and 229 egg hens
I have reduced the price for the balance of the sea
son as follows: Eggs $1 per setting of IS. $6.50 per
hundred; Chick 12c piece.
Here is an oppotunity for you to get a start of the
world's renown O. A. C. laying strain of Leghorns at
an exceptionally low price.
If you have Leghorns, you can build laying ability of
your flock by adding males hatched from these eggs to
head your breeding pens next season.
If you want birds to lay, you can secure them from
these eggs or by rearing these day old chicks.
I can still furnish you with Barred Rock egg
A. H. CRAVEN
For any thing you want or don't
want try our bargain column. It will buy or sell for you.
WOOD SAWED to Order
H. B. MORSS,
Successor to E. E. Rake
Country orders solicited
Train 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 4:65, Monmouth 5:05
" " 6:15, " 1 " 7:00, " 7:20, " , 7:30
". Portland 3:20, Connects with
' Torvallis 6:45, a m Independence 7:35
" 1:15, p m "
" 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
Train 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 5:65
" Monmouth 4:35, " 4:55, " 6:10, Salem 6:00
" " 9:05, am 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,pm, " 7:15, " 8:15
" " 7;25 m and 3;20 p m. Arrives Airlie 8 a m and 8;50 pm
Leave Monmouth 7.15, a m, 8.15 9.05, 11.15, 1.50, 2.35, 3.20, 4.35, 5.10, 7.35
Read your own
Monmouth Grange 476
Meet the Second Saturday In Each
Month at 10:30 A. M.
Pu blic Program at 2:30 p. m. to which
visitors are welcome.
P. O. Powell, Master.
Miss Maggie Butler, Sec.
fcX-B suu open competition, men
will be no gouging of the public.
No, Mr. Taxpayer, your taxes will
not be Increased one ten cent piece
on account of the proposed (6,000,000
good roads bonds. Both the Interest
and the principal of the entire bond
issue are provided Ly the Increased
automobile license i nd the standing
quarter mill state road tax.
GOOD ROADS RALLY
The Legislative Good Road
Committee has decided to hold
a state-wide good roads rally
In Portland, Saturday, April 28,
Every organisation In the state
favorable to the road bond bill
Is Invited to send representa
tives to this gathering. The
committee has taken up with
the various transportation
companies the matter of secur
ing a special reduced rate for
those attending the rally. Re
ports from Astorta and several
points In Eastern Oregon are
to the effect that the good
roads enthusiast of those sec
tions are planning to charter a
boat or special train and come
to Portland In large numbers,
accompanied by bands. Simi
lar large excursions are In
prospect from other points.
There Is every Indication that
the rally will prove the most
notable gathering of good
roads boosters that was ever
held In the Pacific Northwest
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BAPTIST CHURCH
G. A. Pollard, Pastor
Sunday School, 10.00 a. m.
Preaching Service, - 11.00 a, m.
C. U. E. Meeting, 6.30 p. m.
Preaching Service, 7.30 p. m.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday, 8.00 p. m.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
In Odd Fellows Hall
Services, . . 11.00 a. m.
Subject:
"Are Sin, Disease and Death Real?"
Sunday School, 10.00 a. m.
Wednesday evening meeting, 8.00 p. m.
WALTER G. BROWN
Notary Public
Blank Deeds, Mortgages, Etc.
A. N. Halleck buys junk of all
kinds and pays highest cash
prices. 26tf
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