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Monmouth Herald Monmouth, Ore. May 21 1920 Page 3 Try The Salem Studio For Photographs J 84 State Street WALTER G. BROWN Representing the "PENNSYLVANIA" Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia Notary Public Blank Deeds, Mortgages. Etc. DR. F. R. BOWERSOX PHYSICIAN Si SURGEOS PHONE NOS. OFFICE - 33W HOl'SE 410J L C. PRICE, M.D. Office and residence Kurre Apartments Phone 1903 ajuwmi rL-wtrir.iu juujuj.n. ' inrrrf i " Monmouth Grange 476 Meets the Second Saturday la Each Month it 10 J A. M. Public Program at 2:30 p. m. to which visitors are welcome. P. 0. Powell, Master. Hiss Maggie Butler, Sec. How'i This? W cBtr On Hundred Dollars Reward tor any caw of Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hall's Catarrk Madldne. Hall's Catarrh Mxllclna has baea takea by catarrh lufltnr tor tha pat thirty Br yaara, and has become knows as ths moat rallable ramady tor Catarrh. Hall s Catarrh Medietas sets thru ths Blood on ths Mucous surfaces, sipalllnf tha Poi son from ths Blood and heating ths dls eaaad portions. After you hav taksn Hall's Catarrh MaJtclne for a short tlma you will se a rat Imorovamant In your imaral hMlth. Start taklnf Hall's Catarrh Mwll clna at on and fat nd ot catarrh, land tor laitlmonlali. fraa F J. CHESKT CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold br all imitfiita, Ite. STEVENS & CO. Dealers in Second Hand Goods CSt. Independence Phone 1421 J. O. MATTHIS Physician and Surgeon Phone 573 House 596 Office: 409-10 Bank of Commerce BWg, Salem, Ore. EDW. J. HIMES Civil Engineer and Surveyor Phora 573 SIS Levena St Dallas I am here to saw wood No raise in' prices at present S.H.Hinkle, Phone 2411 One Fordson Tractor Used ten days. For sale cheap. Graham & Son. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERALJNTEREST Principal Events of the Week ' Briefly Sketched for Infor- mation of Our Readers. ' Elijah C. Jeffers, 80, an Oregon pio neer ot 1847, died at the family home In Astoria. The Umpqua Academy association will hold its fourth annual reunion at Wilbur June 5. . William Howard Taft may apperfr in Hood River on Memorial day in a lecture on the league of nations. The Fossil Telephone exchange has filed application with the Oregon pub lic service commission to increase its rates. A 21,000 bond Issue to finance the purchase of a park site on the banks of the Deschutes will be voted on at Bend. Work on the welcome arch to be placed at the main entrance to Baker on the famous old Oregon trail has been started. Fire destroyed the opera house, two stores and two other buildings at Mer rill, in Lake county. The loss Is esti mated at 120,000. Mrs. Sarah Thompson, believed to hare been the oldest woman in the state of Oregon, dfed in Portland at the age ot 102 years. The seventh annual convention ot the Cattle and Horse Raisers' associa tion of Oregon will be held at Burns In Harney county May 24-25. At the meeting of the Douglas Coun ty Sheep and Breeders' association, which was held in Roseburg, It was decided to form a mohair pool. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Van Winkle, 77, Oregon pioneer of 1852, died in Salem at the home of her son, I. H. Van Win kle, assistant attorney-general of Ore gon. Dorothy Cooper, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper of Wauna, about 25 miles east ot As- Q Muddy , MPLEXI0N YOUR COMPLEXION is muddy. You look hag gard and yellow. Your eyes are losing their lustre. The trouble is with your liver. Take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will correct that. Then avoid meats, hot bread and hot cakes, take frequent baths and a long walk every day, and you will soon be as well and as beautiful as ever. Price 2 J cents per bottle. pHOsimI First National Bank Monmouth, Oregon Capit j $30,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits... $19,000.00 Interest paid on time deposits. Investment securi ties for customers. Traveler's checks. Telegraphic transfers We are prepared to take care of your banking business. Ira C. Powell, President ' ' E. L. Kileri. Cashier DIRFXTORS-J. ' Wm. Riddell," y. Butler,;Chairman, ""Robert "Steele, I. M. Simpson IraC Powell""" riRSTllATlONALBANK Monmouth ;re6on, torla, was falally burucj "at (be family home. "Four years old and registering 41 pounds on the leal Is the record of the first marked salmon of the 4000 turned out In 1911 from the Columbia river that has returned to Its home waters. The fish was cought at The Dalles In one ot the wheels there on May 4. Fees from the motor vehicle depart ment of the secretary ot slate's office for the month ot April totaled $104,193, according to a report prepared by Sam A. Koaer, assistant secretary ot state Total receipts ot the automobile de partment for the first four months ot the year 1920 were $1,753,045. The sale at Salem ot Oertla Poppys Stmawcs, Jersey bull ottered by F. A. Doerfler, owner ot a Urge live stock ranch located 13 miles east ot Salem, to Thomas H. Moran of Dun seams, Wash., for $10,500, established a new record of price received for this class ot animals on the Pacific coast. Oregon produces as fine Jersey cat tle as are found anywhere In the world but the Industry baa suffered from the lark ot publicity, accord ik to state ments made by M. D. Dunn ot Chicago, president of the American Jersey club, In an address at a banquet at Salem lu honor ot the Oregon Jersey jubilee. A favorable report on the so-called Benham Falls reservoir, which is In tended for storage ot water tor the Deschutes Irrigation district, will be forthcoming before June 10, according to a telegram received at the otffce of the state englnceer from the United States reclamation service at f ashing-ton. By the text ot Us report, filed with Judge O. O. Bingham ot the circuit court, the Marion county grand jury severely criticised bond transactions between O. P. Hoft, state treasurer, and John L. Etherldge, of the Portland firm of Morris brothers, and declares that exorbitant profits were exacted from the state by the Portland bond house. Citiiens ot Douglas county are In arms over the recent bill that passed the senate transferring a large part of the Umpqua forest reserve to the Cra ter lake national park. It la declared that It the bouse should concur that thousands ot sheep and cattle belong ing to stockmen, which are annually grazed In this forest, would be forced out ot the county. Manufacture of sorghum In Marlon county as a means of beating the high cost of sugar Is advocated by C. I. Lewis, manager of the Oregon Growers Co-operative association. Mr. Lewis says sorghum has been manufactured in the Lebanon district and some other sections of the state for many years and hat proved profitable to the pro moters of the Industry. There were four deaths due to Indus trial accidents In Oregon during the week ending May 6, according to report prepared by the state Industrial accident commission. The victims were L. A. Freeman, bucker, Eagle Creek; Marion Blgham, sawyer, Bush; Frank Lewis, deck hand, Bandon, and Lee Hollenbeck, deck band, Bandon. A to tal of 493 accidents were reported. A. Phillip Connally, member of wellknown Union county family, ac cording to Mrs. Cella George, his house keeper, committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart at bis farm home, eight miles from La Grande. The reported suicide was committed while Connally was making prepara tions to pay $12,500 damages won by his housekeeper in a breach of promise action. Oregon will not get any captured German field guns or other confiscated war equipment until congress passes an act providing for the distribution ot this class of material, according to a telegram received at the executive offices from P. C. Harris of the adjutant-general's office at Washington. One bill Is now before congress, how ever, which, If passed, will allow Ore gon a number of guns of 77 caliber and above. Between April 1, 1917, when the state highway commission bad its In ception, and April 30, 1920, there was laid in Oregon approximately 430 miles ot paving, 448 miles of macadam and grading, totalling 988 miles, according to a report prepared by the highway department. The total estimated cost of these Improvements was $26,311,- 759.46, of which the state paid $18,01L 058.55. Contributions of counties amounted to $3,634,595.10. while the government's share of the total expenM was S3.667.10S.81. ' . At a meeting at Astoria of repre sentatives of all the' canneries and cold storage plants oa the Columbia river, with two exceptions, the price! per pound to be paid for raw fish loo j lng the season which opened at noot Saturday were set as follows; CW ! nooks weighing over eight pounds, II ; cents; those under eight-pounds to ke refused; steelheads, 9 cents; bla backs, 9 cents; sllversldes, 3 cents; shad, 1 cent; white sturgeon, 10 oenta, green sturgeon, 5 cents. Because the state highway oomalf slon apportioned to some counties of Oregon sums of money In excess of that ralseu through the uniform tax levy of 1 mill for market roads while to other counties were apportioned funds in amounts smaller tband If you plan to buy New Furniture this Spring Come and see our fine slock Carpets, Rugs, Linoleum Every thing for the house ill m m m 83 H 83 Monmouth Hardware J. E. Wlnegar, Proprietor rived through their respective levies, D. Leedy, district attorney of Grant county has filed with the stale high way department a written protest. He urges a re-aistrioution oi uio inuraei road funds together with the granting of such other relief tor Oraut county as ths commission may deem advisable. Sixty-five bankers from lower Wil lamette and Columbia valley counties sttended the annual meeting ot group No. 1 of the State Bankers' association at Salem. DBvId M, Leach, 70 years old, pioneer resident of the Lexington district, near Heppner, committed suicide by shoot ing himself through the head with a .38-callber revolver, Intereat on Irreducible school funds ot the state from August 1, 1919, to May 1, 1920, amounted to $:i60,28.11. according to a statement Issued by the treasury department. George Johnson, known as "Shorty," a bachelor about 40 living at Port Of ' ford, has been taksn to ths Hale asy lum at Balers, a raving maniac Job son, apparently normal, was strolling along the beach at Port Orford whei be discovered a beautiful agate. Thi stone contained almost a perfect fig ure of a monument with a cross oa tot, He declared It was a sign at lb ond coming of Christ and from teat moment on his mind became unbal ancrd. ri ! i - i i THERE HE STANDS! GRAND old "Bull" Durham. He belongs In this country's Hall of Fame. Can you think of a more familiar figure ? For over half a century Bull has been part of the landscape; the tobacco he represents has made millions and millions of friends. 1 You can roll fifty-thrifty cigarettes from one bag. GENUINE, TOBACCO IM 1 Mil With im paper ypu I n "ma ' WrWWV.'lli can roll the best "Bull" 1 ' I ji jr- f
