GHEGON NEWS NOTES
OF 6ENERALINTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
Morrow county's prospects for the
wheat crop, are excellent:.
Marion county has 1058 school chil
dren who are member of Industrial
clubs.
The city of Hubbard 1b constructing
a water system and will pave the
main streets.
Oregon is expected to produce at
least 60,000 Individual subscribers to
the liberty loan.
Western Oregon traveling men held
their annual picnic at Cottage Grove
with about ISO present.
Fully 1000 people attended the an
nual Jackson county school picnic
and field meet at Applegate.
Despite war conditions, early tour
ist travel Indicates a heavy Invasion
of Oregon by tourists this year.
Continued rains, whicu are still
keeping up, are making serious cou
ditioi s for the Coos county ranchers.
The ministers of the state are urged
. to observe Sunday, June 3, as "prison
day," in a proclamation issued by the
governor.
Pendleton claims the distinction of
having more automobiles in propor
tion to population than any city in
the state.
Governor Wlthycombe has Issued a
proclamation declaring Tuesday, June
5, which Is war census day, to be a
legal holiday.
Despite unfavorable weather condi
tions, Linn county will have this year
by far the biggest acreage of beans
and potatoes. in its history.
Brown rot is prevalent in the prune
orchards of Lane county, as a result
of the wet, cold spring, and threatens
Eerious damage to the crop.
The University of Oregon Woman's
league has pledged Its 400 members
to return to school next fall with the
same di esses they now have.
Jacob Wisearson, a member of a
Canadian reg.ment and a sou of Mrs.
Mary Wisearson, living near Eugene,
was killed in battle in Fiance May 11.
County Afi.'iculturist Jay L. Smith
has finished compiling the agricultur
al survey uf Coos county. It has 18,000
acres in crops, out of a total of 103,000
acres.
During the past week not a single
fatal accident was reported to the
ttate industrial accident commission.
There were 351 non-fatal accidents re
ported. Curry county sheep raisers In the
region of Flores creek are being
forced to abandon this line of agri
cultural pursuit, owing to the advent
of cojote3.
Plans have been formulated for the
annual strawberry festival at Leban
on and the dates were set for June 14
and 15, by which time an abundances
of strawber'ieB is expected.
Japanese strawberry growers of the
Hood river valley, numbering approx
imately 200, will aid the local Red
Cross chapter with a donation each
of a crate of extra faucy fruit.
A probable plot to dynamite the
mill of the Oregon Lumber company
at Baker failed by the discovery of
a quantity of dynamite, caps aiwl fuse
hidden by a fence 25 feot f-oui the
mill.
That Portland will be represented
In Europe by a complete unit of 20
ambulances In the American ambu
lation fioiit service seems certain. Al
ready 14 ambulances have been eub-
oi:i iieu.
Mrs. C. H. Castner, president of the
Oregon Federation of Women's clubs,
has been unauimously elected chair
man of t".;e Oregon division of the
woman's committee of the Council of
N'atioi;al Defense.
As a resuit of the food prepared
ness campaign in Hood river county,
the first steam power threshing ma
chine will be operated this season to
harvest the largest crop of grain ever
seeded in the alley.
Under an opinion by Atttrney-Gen-eral
Brown it is held that the amount
of the federal inheritance tax is not
to be deducted from the appraised
valuation of estates to arrive at tie
amount of the state tax.
Stockmen from various sections of
Douglas county repoit that many
horses have become affected with
what is known as "pink eye" and
that in some instances the animals
are in a serious condition.
Adam Garren, 37 years old, of Hub
bard, a private in Company I, Third
Oregon ir.tt-tr; is in a serious coi
dition as tiie result of being thrown
hi U.e ;rth,.e at uruves cree , near
Leiaiid. by a stringer whom he had
accosted at! was escorting .'f the
railroad bridge.
The decision of Herbert Hoover,
govcrmuv r.t food administrator, and
Secretary of Agriculture Houston,
placing apples on the list of food
necessities, and assuring the fruit dis
tricts tlT.it cars would be supplied at
soon as the crop is ready for market,
saved to the Hood river valley fully
$1,500,000 this season. Growers ar
Jubilant on accoitut of the decision.
Bids for the construction of a li
brary building on the Oregon Agri
cultural college campus were opened
by a committee of the board of re
gents and the contract was awarded
to Snook & Traver, of Salem, at
183,300.
The Sherman county school field
meet and declamatory contest at Was
co attracted over 1000 persons fron
the different districts of the county.
Tie Moro school won both first and
second place in athletics and In the
declamatory contest.
The public service commission has
ordered a reduction in the light and
power rates of the Portland Hallway,
Light & Power company. On the com
pany's present volume of business the
reductions will amount to approxi
mately $60,000 to $i!5,0U0 a year.
That students may be permitted to
remain In the fields to harvest crops,
and that the faculty may have a long
er time to further the food prepared
ness campaign, the Oregon Agricul
tural college will not open for next
year's work until October 8, three
weeks later than the regularly sched
uled date.
C. K. Coe, superintendent of the
Roseburg Indian agency, has an
nounced that a sale of Indian allot
ments would be held on June 19. The
tracts to be bold are situated in north
ern California, southern Oregon and
In Harney valley. Much of the land
is said to be well adapted to agricul
tural purposes.
At a meeting of Sarah Childress
Polk chapter, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, cf Dallas, a resolu
tion was adopted favoring the erec
tion of a monument on the site of the
first court house in Polk county. It
was located somewhere In North Dal
las and a suitable marker for the spot
will be secured.
Peter Zolluer placed 12 sticks of
dynamite under his brother's motion
picture theatre at Mt. Angel and blew
the side of the building out, besides
breaking many windows in the neigh
borhood. Zollner declares he did it
for revenge on his brother George,
with whom he has had trouble over
family property rights.
Dissatisfaction which has aricen
among some employes of state insti
tutions because they allege, that other
employes doing the Bame work as
themselves In other institutions are
receiving higher wages, is presenting
a problem to institution h?ads, who
probably will ask that the state board
of control standardize all wages at
the various Institutions.
That Kendall Bros., of Pittsburgh,
Pa., have abandoned all hope of con
structing a railroad from Roseburg
to their timber holdings In Douglas
county In the near future was attested
when Judge Hamilton at Roseburg
was asked to dismiss all of the con
demnation guits brought in the name
of the city of Roseburg Psalnst own
ers of land situated along the pro
posed route of the line.
A number of timber cruir.ers have
arrived in Roseburg and have begun
preparations for resuming the cruis
ing of the O. & C. grant lands In
Douglas county. The work had ex
tended as far as a portion of the
county Inst fall, when the winter
weather set jn and the funds for the
cruising were exhausted. All that
portion of the lands in the southern
part of the state are already classi
fied. ,
In telegrams to President Wilson,
members of congress and to the pub
lic service commissions of Washing
ton, Idaho, California and Nevada,
the public service commission of Ore
gon is urging the appointment of
Clyde B. Aitchison as a member of
the interstate commerce commission.
Mr. Aitchison formerly was chairman
of the Oregon commission and now is
solicitor for the National Association
of Railway Commissioners.
While realizing the gravity of the
problem created by the shortage of
farm labor, Secretary of War Baker,
in response to a telegram from Gov
ernor Withycombe asking that enlist
ment In the rural districts be discour
aged or discontinued, has written the
executive that he, as secretary of war,
has no right to discourage enlistment
"in the face of an act of congress
which attempts to create a very large
Dart of our army by this procss."
Help Win the War
Fight, Economize, Conserve, Produce
But fM of all
Buy a Liberty
Loan Bond
Liberty Loan Bonds are the safest investment in the world
today. They are issued by the United States government, the
richest government in the world.' The bonds pay three' and a half
per cent interest. Issued in denominations of $50, $100, $500,
etc. They are not subject to taxation.
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The material is now ueing assem
bled at Astoria by Contractor C. L.
Houston for the construction of 64
reinforced concrete storage bins for
bulk wheat, which are to be erected
In connection with the port of Astor
ia's bulk grain elevator. The entire
plant, which wdl have a storage ca
pacity for 1,000,000 bushels of bulk
grain, will represent an expenditure
of $319,000. In addition to the eleva
tor and bins, the port warehouse has
a capacity for storing 2,000,000 bush-
els of sacked grain.
I Agricultural land Included In the
Oregon & California land grant area
! mav.be made available for settlement
i as soon as the tax Hen can be re
moved by the payment of back taxes
by the government to the various
counties in the state in which the
lands are located, according to a let
! ter received In Eugene from the de
i partmnt of the Interior. The pay
ment of the back taxes is being de
layed pending the disposition of legal
questions which have been referred
to the department of justice.
Monmouth Heights
Irvin Stewart of Monmouth
was in this vicinity one day last
week.
Len Fishback a student of
Eugene Bible University re
turned home Thursday.
Herman Wunder was seen in
Monmouth Thursday.
Mr. and Lafe Johnson were
shoppers in Monmouth Saturday.
J. 0. Mickalson of Falls City
passed through here to Monmouth
Saturday. '
Mrs. Addie Fishback and
daughter Leona of Carlton are
here visiting relatives this week.
Len and Robert Fishback are
doing farm work for Riddell Bros
A. J. Shipley and daughters
Linnie and Naomia were in Mon
mouth one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Matthews
of Clackamas are visiting with
Ed. Rogers and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Marks of
Bowersville spent Sunday with
Mrs. Marks parents Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Towns.
Frank Swearingen and family
of Oakdale spent Sunday with
his brother George and family.
Mr. Allen of McMinnville,
American Union Sunday School
Organizer, organized a Sunday
School at the Antioch School
house last Sunday.
Clyde Wunder of Independence
was a guest of his grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wunder
Saturday and Sunday.
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Our B
argam
Col
umn
Good new driving harness for
sale. Monmouth Transfer.
For Sale: The two Bullis lots
and small house. Inquire of W.
J. Miller. 85
Concrete work of all kinds. A.
L. Tollman. 28-6t
IS5SS
To Exchange
Modern Twelve Room
House good corner, close to
College and business district
for semething in Monmouth.
Describe fully. Address 453
Madison St., Corvallis, Ore.
RELIANCE
A 7-Jtuml, Thin Model Watch
and now Ingersoll is
turning out a 7-jewel,
very, very thin model
watch for $3.
We have them here for you
to look at; and they're inter
est in j enough to look at,
even if you haven't
the least idea you need y$5
a watch. The price is
Walker & Sons
B. F. SWOPE,
Attorney at Law and Notary
Public.
Independence, Oregon