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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1917)
LM H:in hOTES IF iim INTEREST Principal Eve.ns of the Week Eriefly Sketched for Infor mation of Cur Readers. Work on all new buildings at Uie Oregon slate hospital has started. Faker is planuing to have a genuine old fashioned Fourth of July celebra tion. livery county in the state has paid the first half of the state tales for th:a year. '.'he Condon Racing association Is ho'ding its annual meeting this week, Ju:ie 6, 7, 8 and 9. A floral Hhow will be held In Pen dleton this year. The date has not yet been determined. Contracts on the new women's dor mitory for the University of Oregon wiil be let probably this week. While May was an exceptionally cold and cloudy month In northwest ern Oregon, the rainfall was far be low the average. Charles L. McNary, United States senator designate, has left for Wash ington Immediately to assume his duties in his new position. The mouth Just closed was the wet test May in Umatilla county In re cent years. Records show almost twice tlid normal rainfall. Joe Wallace, who shot and killed bis wife sonic weeks ago on a ranch near May vlll", and who confused, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The final report on the. farm sur vey in Clackamas county, based on reports from almost 300 farms, shows an increase In acreage of 9 per cent, A. B. McCully purchased of Colonel J. II. Haley, at l'eudletcn, a tract of faim land on Juniper canyon consist ing of 1074 acres, the consideration bei .g $72,000. S ;cretury of State Olcott has appor tloi ed 77,t'29.23, received from the government from ft rest reserve rent als and sale of timber, among 11 coun ties of the state. ( :'deia for 175,000,000 to 200,000,000 feet of lumber for government ship coi lracts probably will he placed with mil s In Oregon and Washington with in the next f"w days. Li Kockwell, 28, and V. H. 11am bo. 62, were killed at Mill City when a logging train got away from the en w, as tney were coming out of the woods with a load of logs, The active season for mohair is over in this state. Over two-thirds of the clip has been Bold and the holders of the remainder are making no par ticular effort to market it. The Independence Creamery com pany of Independence will erect a eteamery fully euntuped for making butter and also a cheese factory In Harrislmrg within six weeks. ith men und women prominent In the affairs of the I'aciflc northwest In attendance, the first reunion of tl.e pioneer teachers and students of the old Unipqua academy was held at Wilbur. All mills on Coos bay have announc ed the minimum wage for ablebodied men, commencing June 1, would be $:!.1S, which Is declared to be the high est, wages paid on the 1'adfic coast for millworkers. Munuger Kmmett Galligan of the lromlyke Copper mine at Homestead reports the opening of a 125 foot wide ere body, carrying gold values of $12 to the ton, 5 per cent copper and two ounces In silver. J. W. Shoemaker, a str'klng sheep shearer, was shot and killed at River side by James Johnson, a gang boss, during a quarrel over a strike of union sheep shearers, which resulted from a demand for Increased pay. P. F, Chllders and associates, who own the C;eeiiback mine, the largest producer of copper ere In southern Oregon, have closed a deal for the Webb mine of nine claims, seven miles southwest from Waldo. With a view to helping In the food preparedness compaign at Roseburg, the Douglas County Water & Light company has announced a material re Iiiction in the cost of water to be uted for irrigation purposes in Rose burg. lleeause their request for a raise of 60 cents a day for all men receiving less than $4 a day was not granted, about 50 of the unskilkil laborers at the St. Helens Shipbuilding company's plant at St. Helens went out on a strike. In order to determine as nearly as possible the labor conditions of the stale, the district agents of Marion, Polk, Douglas, Linn, Clackamas and Washington counties met in confer- . ,. .i .die ijI .utr Orcgiii Agr.cuitural college et Cor vallis. The Miami Quarry company bas completed work on a t.IS.W'O con tract for jetty construction at the mouth of the Siu law river, near Florence. Th's contract completes Jetty construction programme cover ing a period of eight years. North and south Jetties have been construct ed during that time, and the water on the bar In reared from nine to 12 feet to 18 to 20 feet at low tide. At a meeting of the Salem Fruit Union In Sale: announcement was made that 1700 acres have been sign ed up In tills year's prune pool, as against 1400 last year. Growers es timate that the prune crop will be average this year. Earnings of paroled men from the state penitentiary continue to show a steady Increase, according to the re port of Parole Officer Keller. The earnings for the mouth of May of 272 men totaled $12,103.43, or an average of $44.50 per mouth. Fifty-three thousand dollars have been raised of the $00,000 which is Oregon's and Idaho's share of the na tional $3,000,000 fund for work of the Y. M. C. A. In the army and navy training camps. Portland has thus far contributed $18,000 of her $25,000 share. An Oregon girl won the Interstate prohibition contest for the Pacific coast at Los Angeles. Miss Margaret Garrison of Willamette University was the successful candidate. She will represent the Pacific coast at Washington, D. C, In the national contest In a few weeks. As one of the first state-wide moves under the new state fire marshal law, liiBiiiance Commissioner Harvey Wells, who also is stale fire marshal, will send out the latter part of this week a letter of Instruction to all fire chiefs of the state and to others who have charge of flreflghting. The University of Oregon Is con sidering a pian of sending professors alpng with mili'ary organizations, if the war department will permit such an arrangement, according to an an nounci ment by President P. L. Camp bell. The purpose of the plan is to permit students to continue studies while In the service. Ki'hrulm Karnes, supervisor of the Mlnam forest, has received a telegram from headquarters to the effect that all stockmen holding permits to graze stock In the reserve- will not be com pelled to relinquish their permits up on enlisting In the army. Each will be required only to noti'y the office of his enlistment and other herds will be substituted untill his return. In the Willamette and Columbia river district and along the Oregon coast a total of 13 shipyards are building vessels, eight others are lay ing out plants and five more have taken initial steps and are arranging for active operations, a total of 26 plants. Actually under construction now are 23 steel Rteamers and 39 wooden craft. The eight plants now being laid out already have 14 ships contracted. Grant Smith & Co., of Portland, will execute a contract for the construc tion of a $(10,000 highway In Coos county between Glasgow and llauser, 10 miles, and will commence work this month. The county court adver tised the Job as a unit of the $:i62,000 bond Issue system, but received no offers, The court then decided to build the highway on force account, borrowing the equipment of Grant Smith & Co. On the ground that the problem of feeding the ration ns a result of war Is not the work of months, but of years. E. J. McCUinahan, president of the Oregon State Poultry Breeders' as sociation, has announced plans for a statewide meeting of Oregon poul trynien, to be held In connection with the Oregon state fair at f.alcin this fall. At that time it is proposed to outline a campaign for the spring and summer of 1918. A remarkable showing of the speed ing up of industrial activities through out the state is Indicated in the week ly report of the industrial accident commission for the week of May 25 to 31, Inclusive. Of the 454 accidents eported four were fatal, the fatalities being Frank Hablet, lone, railroad op erator; Ulysses S. Hanson, Heppner, railroad operator; Abijah Uicl.ford, l.a Grande, trespasser, and Harold Hanson, Colton, mlneworker. A letter received by Secretary Ol cott from L. A. Liljeqvist shows that the game laws of the last legislature, as they refer to Chinese pheasants, are slightly tangled. Three different acts were passed, and Attorney Lilje qvist expressed a desire to know the time of passage to ascertain, If pos sible; which is controlling. The three Help Win the Fight, Economize, Conserve, But fir& of all Buy Liberty Loan Bonds are the safest investment in the world J today. They are issued by the United States government, the richest government in the world. The bonds pay three and a half f. per cent interest. Issued in denominations of . $50, $100, $500, ...... I etc. I hey are not I Inquire at i t i 1 i i i chapters of the session laws involved are 297, 340 and 413. .Secretary Ol cott has advised Attorney Liljeqvist that Chapter 297 was received in his office February 17; Chapter 340 on February 16, and Chapter 13 on Feb ruary 19. Since a few days ago when the state land board failed to receive more than one small bid on $500,000 worth of rural credits bonds which were ad vertised for sale, and It was detlded to ask the banks of the state holding state funds to take over these bonds, only approximately $150,000 worth of the issue has been sold, all told among nine banks. On the other hand a number of leading banks have flatly refused to Invest In the bonds. As a result the state land board is facing a peculiar situation, and it seems pos sible, even probable, that the board will be compelled to shut down on loans In the near future and close up ihe rural credits account for a time, save as to those leans already made, or to be made, out of the small amount of money on hand. Monmouth Heights Mrs. A, J. Shipley and child ren Kenneth and Naomia visited relatives in Falls city Tuesday and Wednesday. V. A. Fishback was a business visitor in Dallas, Tuesday. George Cheseboro was trans acting business with pleasure in Monmouth Wednesday, H. H. Lowe, Mrs. Jessie May er and Miss Hetta Newman of Falls City were callers at the Fishback home, Thursday. P. F. Friesen of Dallas travel ing salesman for the A. B. See lye Medical Co. was in this vicin ity Saturday. Dave Dove had business which Liberty a Loan Bond subject to taxation. any Bank for application blank. 4i 4i ' ' called him to Dallas, Friday. A large delegation from here was in attendance at the Shady Lane picnic Saturday. Miss Hetta Newman of Falls City has been engaged to teach the Sunny Slope school the com ing winter. Miss Grace Williams of Mon mouth was on the Heights Sat ji day. Mr. Hanson, south of Mon mouth and J. W. Skeen of Mon mouth were here the first of the week. Our B Col argam umn Good new driving harness for sale. Monmouth Transfer. Good Holstein Bull for service. 0. Nelson on Portwood place, Monmouth. 10 Good Milk Cows for Sale. Jerseys. Mostly fresh. G. B. Jones, Route 1, Monmouth. Concrete work of all kinds. A. L. Tollman. 28-6t To Exchange Modern Twelve Room House, good corner, close to College and business district for semething in Monmouth. Describe fully. Address 4o3 Madison St., Corvallis, Ore. Surveying and Subdividing Prompt service, work guaran teed. -Himes Engineering Com pany, Dallas, Ore.. Phone 502. 4i War Produce 41 Found . A Watch IT looks as if it belongs to a substantial ckizen. It feels that warf too; it's smooth and solKi and thin. It slips into your Hpcket like a silver dollar and lies there snug aiftl ft A. It keeps good time. It's the kind of watch your friends check their time by that always gets you to your train while it k still in the station. I've been looking for thi watch for years. I know my customers want a small, thin, accurate, 4-jewel wa t c h j but until now the price of sue ha watch has been more than many of them cared to pay. That's why this new one is such a find. It is the "Waterbury Watch", a, new hgmoll, and the price is just about a third what you think it would be. It's thru ddlari. Walker & Sons B. F. SWOPE, Attorney at Law and Notary Public. Independence, Oregon -
