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125881 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor ; matlon of Our Readers. Pfudloton'i tax Isvjr this yr will b (1 mill a against 27.1 lut year. Robert C. Paulu wa rfrclncUd pre' Idcnt of thi Sslcm Commercial club if , the annual nwtlni. Mrs. Martha A. Buillh, ai ed 0 yean, on of the oldxit rMldrnta of Lane tounty, died at Eugene. Tb root of the tymnulum of the Monmouth high achool caved In under tb weight of the heavy inowi. Umatilla county's tax levy tor tb coming year will be IS mill, an In ereaee of mill over lut year, t Many borte In the Butter Creek re gion of Umatilla county ar dead be . caua of cold and Insufficient feed. Interstate bridge receipt for Novem ber totaled f24.00t.6t, according to a report liiued by the coramliiloneri. Following the cancellation of all coal restrictions, P. P, Keck, coal o' :r for Oregon, doted hli office at Su.riu. Tb annual convention of tb Ore gon tat teacher' auoclatlon will be held Id Portland December If, 10 and II. Hundred of peach, apricot and cherry trefi were killed In Waero county by the recent extreme cold weather, Tb recent lero weather and heavy fall of tnow did much damag to con Mrvatorle owned by the florist near Oregon City. With team of three eommunltle yet to bear from, the Hood River Red Croe chapter already ha 1100 mem ber for 1920. Eight cent a pound for the Marlon county yield of loganberrle lor the year 1610 ha bees offered by a can nery at Albany. Aihley II. Jane, 15, rancher of the 1 nit aajaaat ai Mrt Uf nanlai to ba Sum Iba alarmliao a mi kM Mnuvilr dUri m vrama. Iau4. aaS iba mill U taat nrj lam rapnal aiaaadltana aub.1 la ba mUt to o lai ika lalar rasllaw Uarlualf Sua to laa w, aat ta atapara Iba rail raaaa to am MUtiMlll Iba carnal Ir.Bt laraiajaoul UaoaaaU?. WAI.KKR D. HINKH. Dtmm Qiit4l a Xai'aaa1!, Work more Produce more. Save more But we can't continue increasing our' production unless we continue increasing our railroad facilities. The farms, mines and factories cannot increase their output beyond the capacity of the railroads to haul their products. Railroads are now near the peak of their carrying capacity. Without railroad, expansion more en gines, more cars, more tracks, more ter minalsthere, can be little increase in production. But this country of ours is going to V keep right on growing and the railroads must grow with it. " ' :, ,To command in the investment markets - the flow of new capital to expand railroad facilities and so increase production there must be public confidence in the future earning power of railroads. The nation's businessman grow only as fast as the railroads grow. ; . ' ' . . . ' ,' ' Thou ittirini inernah'oa senowiiuis Iki railroad '( alios may obtain littratun by mritin; to tki Amnio lion 0 Aaifimy Ezicvtim, tl Broadway, Ntu York. touthern end of Umatilla county, aa fatally thot by hi hunting companion, Edward Warner A protett dgned by 100 parent of achool children ha been filed at Rot burg objecting; to compulsory examina tion of tb'lr children by a propoaed county ni)rte. Tb Oregon Duroc Jersey Bwtn Breeder auoclatlon bss completed arrangement for a swhis show to be held at the date fair ground In Balcm on Pcbruary'4. Jack Humphry, I year-old on of Nick Humphry of Oregon City, wa probably fatally Injured when h wa hot by a companion whllt playing with a .22 rifle. The 20th annual district convention of the Knight of Pylhla wa held at The Dalle ddrlng th official vlilt of Charles 8. Davl, of Denver, Colo., su preme chancullor. The Christmas vacation tour of tb men' and women' glee club of tb Ualvcrilty of Oregon hav been In definitely postponed on account of weather condition!. The it ate highway commission ba ttarted surveys on th llcppner-Orant county road which wa autborlted by h Morrow county taxpayer at pa cta! election lut summer, The Portland Railway, Light t Pow- pr company filed for record at Oregon City a mortgage covering It entire property. ' Th document cover 20 page of closely printed iheet. Many bird perlihtd lu the Harrlt burg tectlon during the lever cold, due to expoiure. In many Initance now bird frot In barn lot where feed had been thrown out for them. William L. Flnley hu been removed u stats blologlit of the Oregon flib and gem commliilon. Thl action wu taken at a meeting of the com million held In Portland December 11. A fir In tb basement of tb Part land Btov work at Portland cauaed damage to th plant animated at from 176,000 to $100,000. Henry Blank and O. C. l,ueck. of Plymouth Wla., hav announced that they wlnVlnitall a 160,000 hardwood sawmill at Harrliburg. r -v a v Tb Hawley Pulp 4 Paper compter bu placed an order with th Oregon City Foundry company for th menu factur of aeveral new wet machine, which hav alway In tb part been manufactured In th eut Report from varlou section of th tat Indicate that large quantltle f potatoes were frozen during th re cent record breaking tero weather. Bom farmer hav auffered rather heavy lone In thl reaped, Benator McNary I preparing bill to cede Roxl Ana mountain to tb city of Mcdford for public park pur poae, and another bill appropriating 2160,000 for th erection of A public building at Klamath Fall. Tb big meeting of tb Linn County Good Road auoclatlon, originally let for December 12 and then postponed on week on account of th atorm, hu been poitponed again and will be held aome time after the holiday. Fire, which la thought to have start- ed from an explotlon of cbemlcali In lb laboratory or from tov In the toclal rooma on tb floor above, dim aged Waller ball at Willamette Uni versity to th extent of $36,001 , . After liquidating all Indebtedneu, there remained In th aurplu fund of th Oregon stale fair board on Decem ber 1, 1919, a total of $2,i0.71, accord ing to tb annual report prepared by A. II. Lea, secretary of tb board. Contract hav been ilgned by offi cial of tb Caacad national toreit and tbe Northwestern Turpentine com pany of Portland, whereby thl com pany will b allowed to tap Douglu fir tree In th forett for turpentine. J. E. William and family of Eugene, who were believed to hav been lot In tb deep (now at th lummlt of the Caacad mountain! while attempting to croie into eutern Oregon with a four boras team, art reported to be uf at La Pin. Twelv alien have been deported from Oregon during th present month and othen are expected to follow be fore the first of the year, according to Information mad public by R. P. Bon bam, chief of tb Immigration amice of thli district Official! of tbe Southern Pacific Oregon line received tb banner awarded to tb road tor making tb beit record among roada employing more than 2000 men In tb northweit region during tb recent national ac cident prevention drive. An Ice Jam ripped out th false work on th new Colombia highway bridge over th Deschutes river, In course of construction, and tent It down the river. Tb falae work repre sented five months' work and as outlay ot approximately $6000. A meeting ot th North Pacific Fair uaoclatton will be held in Portland January 26 and 27. Representatives of all north went talra belong to the organization. Datea tor tb 1920 fair will be determined, and other builnesi tranucted at th meeting. By executive order a strip of land two mile long and containing 927 acres, situated at the outer edge ot Tillamook Head, la restored to entry. Thl land wu withdrawn In 1886 for quarry purposes in connection witn tbe Improvement ot the Columbia river. Mixing poison to kill jackrabbits In the Tunialo district la progressing and 26 ucki of strychnine-Impregnated itl falfa leaves already have been distrib uted. The first result noted were when several hundred bunnle were found dead after eating the poisoned leaves. ; Prices for commodities In' Oregon have advanced about 10 per cent In tbe last six month, according to a comparison ot bids received at Salem tor furnishing supplies to the various state Institutions during the first six months of the year 1920, with those received on June 12, 1919. Fire that attacked the Palmollve Oil company plant in Portland practically ruined th three-story structure and forced a score of workmeA to flee for their' lives. On employe, Frank Rus sell, wu severely burned about the face when he sought to escape .the flames. The loss ta estimated at $250. 000. Utilization of 10,000 acres of govern ment-owned swamp land near Klamath lake u a soldier's settlement project was urged by tbe Oregon delegation In, the house at a conference with Secre tary Lane. The government now is negotiating a contract with private Interests to reclaim the land and se cure Ha use tor 30 years. ; Malheur county leada tbe counties of Oregon In tbe extent ot Its unappropri ated and unreserved public lands, ac cording to the annual report ot tho commissioner of the general land office lust made to congress, and Harney county Is second, Malheur bu a total area ot 4,468,403 acres ot remaining public lands, and Harney county hu 3,839,660 acres. '" ' The value ot the taxable property In the 36 counties In Oregon, -Including that equalized by the county boards ot equalization and that equalized and apportioned by the state tax commli ilon totals $990,436,472.17, according to a Statement prepared by Frank Lovell, state tax commissioner. Last year tbe valuations were $987,633,896.97, show ing an increase this year of a trifle more than $2,000,000. , Try The Salem Studio For Photographs 384 State Street WALTER O. BROWN Representing the "PENNSYLVANIA" Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgage, Etc. DR. F. R. BOWERSOX PHYSICIAN a SURGEOIS PHONE N03. OFFICE 3303 HOUSE 1602 Arant Represent The larsrest Fire Insurance Com- nanv west of New York, and oth ers; also Automobile, accident insu rance and Surety Bonds. L C. PRICE, M. D. Office and residence Kurre Apartments Phone 1903 A call ha been Issued for tbe sixth annual conference of the Oregon State Drains- association to convene at Corvallla, January 1 and 2. The tint case of amputation report ed at The Dalle a the result of freez ln( wa that of E. Clossen, a sheep herder, who bad his leg taken off. Damage by broken water pipes, brok en tree In tbe orchards and death of stock on the range In Medford and the Rogue river valley Is estimated at $100,000. On It own motion the public service commission haa Instituted an Investi gation of the distance, class and com modity rates of tbe Sumpter Valley railroad. The committee In charge of plans for the Inauguration of A. M. Williams as president of Albany cojlege has fixed January 7 as the date of the ceremony. Nine allotments of land In the Uma tilla Indian reservation, totaling 60u acres and appraised st $80,410, or $124 an acre, are to be offered for sale February 16. We Are Always Ready to serve you with' good printing. No matter what the nature of the job may be we are ready to do it at a price that will be Satisfactory - Monmouth Hardware m & Monmouth Herald Monmouth, Ore. Jan. 2, 1920 Page 3 Monmouth and Independence Auto-Bu Schedule Lava Moan lk Laava. lad.paadaaca North Bound 7.311 a. m. 6.60 a. m. 1.60 p. m. 2. 25 p. m. 6.48 ' 10.34 a. m. 8.51 p. m. 7.12 ,. Proprietor! 6.16 " 10.00 a. m. South Bound 3.15 p.m. 30 " GRAHAM 4 SON mis j$ 4JU 0 YOU KNOW that indigestion can be cured, iJ permanently cured, so that you can eat any krt of food that you craverIt has been done not only once, but in almost every case when Cham berlain's Tablets are used. An instance : Mr. J. Pomin. ; , Stillwater, Minn., who had spent over $2,000 for medicine and treatment was pcrma- at m nently t ted by these tablets. Italian Prune Trees A few rpore thousand in all grades which we are offering at special discounted prices for a limited time. Also grafted Franquette walnuts, and other fruit trees, grapes, ber ries, etc, 1 LAFAYETTE NURSERY COMPANY Lafayette, Oregon , : "I'll Tell says the The man who doesn't chew this class of to bacco is not getting real satisfaction out of his chewing. A small chew. It holds its rich taste. You don't have to take so many fresh chews. Any man who uses the Real To bacco Chew will tell you that. Put Up In Two Styles RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco Thanking one and all for past cour- tesies and trusting for a continuance of the same we wish you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy and : Prosperous New Year. MM s Morn in it t3 KeepyqurEVes Cln - Cla- Maltiw ,llrllaw"ia" Monmouth Grange 476 Meet the Seconal Saturday in Each Month it 11:3 A. M. Public Program at 2:30 p. m. to which visitors are welcome. ' P. O. Powell, Master. Hug Maggie Butlib, 8ec. liSiitetioii " v the World' Good .fudge 1
