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Monmouth Herald Monmouth, Ore. June 18 1920 V&ge 4 . DR. F. R. BOWERSOX PHYSICIAN Ci SURG EOS PHONE NOS. OFKICE 3JU HOUSE Mi I C. PRICE, M.D. Office and residence Kurre Apartments Phone 1903 A Boy Can Run a John Deere Dain Mower . While yoi are getting things in shape for rr-akinj hay, put your boy en the John Deere Mower and let him do the cutting he will do it just as well and just as easily as you con do it. Because cf the powerful lift, he can easily raise tho cutter bar to pass over any field obstruction or to ex- treme height, when neces sary. Afoot lever, we;-kk -j in conjunction with th hand lever, cakes the Li simple and easy. . Com m it'i to yocr edaantag, to knots at? c6oar thit mouwr Wore yoa boy. Whit at oar uore, let want yoa to ut the rut cf our lint of haying . and hxrvettinj machinny. We Aaoe a Cm of mzchinci yoa cci cm tatUaetion end profit MONMOUTH HARDWARE J. E. Winegar, Proprietor rIOUSANDS OF WOMEN suffer miserably from periodic attacks of headache, never dreaming that a permanent cure may be had. Headache nearly always results from some disorder cf the stomach, liver or bowels. Take Tablets. They will correct thcx there will be no more headache. M:.: H r permanently cured by Chamberlain's Tal "You're the Man to be SafMea" says the Good Judge Put Up In RIGHT CUT is a short W-B CUT I'm:,.,.,, WALTER 0. BROWN Representing the "PENNSYLVANIA" Fire Insurance Co. of Philadelphia . Notary Public Blank Deed, Mortgage, Etc. J. 0, MATTHIS Physician and Surgeon Phoni 673 House 696 Office: 409-10 Bank of Commerce Bid?, Salem, Ore. A. N. Halleck buys junk of all kmda and pays highest cash prices. tf Be will never have to back op to get start, even In toe heaviest hay. The knUe nana outing the Instant the mower la thrown in gear no tost morion. Yon wffl it big advantage In the drive on thl machine h's c:trenuty simple th geara are so placed that one tt bcUa the c'.ber act In meih constantly-. The John Deere win cat all of the grta for year to come a t'5c;-l adjoitment talua op all lag In the cutter bar, wilhoot a-feciirg the centering of the kiiifs. If the knife ever need! w-c;-tertog, a special adjustment la V-Jvided. The John Deere b the simplest, not powerful and beat built mover we have ever seen. We knew It vrlU appeal to too. f 1 1 H t bsrlam s H ''vro ttnd I . been I You get a whole lot more satis faction from a little of the Real Tobacco Chew than you ever got from the old kind. The good, rich tobacco taste lasts so much longer. You don't need a fresh chew so often. That's why it costs you less. ' '; .. ' Any man who uses the Real To bacco Chew wiH tell you that. Two Stylet - cut tobacco is a long fine-cut tobacco , ., I OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Robert Florer, SS committed suicide In Baker by shooting off the entire top of his head. The Lane County Holsteln Breeder association was organized at a meet ing In Eugene. The date tire marshal will make an Investigation of the recent fire at Ore gon City, which destroyed property to the value of $75,000. Oregon Duroc-Jcrsey breeder from all sections of Marlon county lathered at Salem Saturday tor the annual pic nic of the organisation. The public service commission nu Increased from 10 to 25 per cent tht ratea of the Idaho Power company to.' electric service In Oregon. A force of 128 men Is at work In the river bottoms of Lane and Linn coun ties, cutting balm, or cottonwood, tor the manufacture of excelsior. The first forest tire of the season In the north end of Jaekson county has started In the timber on the head ot Kane's creek, south of Gold 11111. Seven persons were Injured and prop erty valued at $30,000 destroyed In a fire that swept Halfway, a mining town 37 miles southeast ot Baker. Eight event will be contested In the first of a series ot three firemen's tour naments to be held by the departments of Albany, Corvallls and Lebanon. Sixteen cows registered In the Smith Umpqua cow testing association pro duced more than 40 pounds of butter tat each during the month ot March. Marshfleld's armory, built with local, county and state funds, was dedicated Friday with a grand military ball given by the second company, Coast Artillery. The 10th annual convention of the Oregon Federation of Women' clubs closed at Enterprise, after one of the most delightful gatherings of It his tory. The annual Union livestock show Is pronounced the beat one ever held In Union county. A feature wa a dally golf game between Boise and Spokane team. When the various unit ot the Ore gon National Guard are recruited to their full strength there will be dis tributed annually ,100,000 of federal money. ' On Saturday and Sunday, June 19 and 20, Salem will be host to about 600 motorcycle enthusiasts, representing practically every motorcycle club in the northwest. Lane county has 236? farms, of which 1889 are occupied by the owners and 478 are rented, according to the sum mary of assessment In the office of the county assessor. The date for the annual encamp ment of the Wheeler County Pioneer association haa been set tor July 15-18 at the Julia Henderson grounds, 12 miles south of Fossil. Representative Hawley has nominat ed three cadets to Annapolis naval acad emy as follows: Wallace Walsh, New port; George Winfield Scott1, Yamhill, and Ralph E. Wilson, Salem. A corner's jury at Corvallls has de cided that Ludwig B. Elle, whose body was found hanging to a tree on the Oregon Agricultural college campus, hanged himself while Insane. Audit of the books ot 0. P. Hoff, state treasurer, In the recent grand jury Investigation of his office, cost $3600, according to figure presented to the state emergency board. With the exception of a short stretch of a few yards where a sharp turn was cut off, the pavement on the Pa cific highway between Eugene and Junction City has been completed. After four days and nights chiefly chiefly given over the transaction of business of the organization, the Ore gon State Grange concluded It 47th annual convention at Bend Saturday. George T. Baldwin, state senator and delegate-elect to the democratic na tlonal convention, died at Klamath Falls. He had been 111 ten days. Death was due to uremic poisoning. He was t5 years of age. The taxpayers of seven school dis trict In the western part of Lane county will vote at the annual school meeting in each district June 21 on the question ot establishing a union high school at Florence. George L. Burtt, the California pota to broker, has notified the Bend Com mercial club that no effort will be made to develop lands until an under standing has been reached regarding the employment of Japanese. The halibut hanks off Yaqulna bay, discovered in 1912, are now laden with halibut. The fishing schooner Em pire, in charge of Captain Anderson, arrived at Newport with 14,000 pounds ot fish following two days' fishing, , With a view of exterminating coyotes between the John Day end Deschutes rivers by formation of a trapping dis trict. Professor O. N. Nelson, In charge of the sheep department at Oregon Agricultural college will visit Antelopo June 10, , , , , Will II. Bennett, state superintendent ot banks, waa elected chairman ot the state Irrigation wuiltle romnils slon. Percy fupper, date engineer, was named secretary of the body. At torney General Brown Is the third member of the rommlssle-a. Elimination ot pleasure riding, or any unnecessary use ot cart, tnd at rid conservation of gasoline are urged In a publle statement Issued by Governor Olrotl as t solution whereby the es sentia and producllv Industrie of the state may continue In operation. The department of geology ot the University ot Oregon announce that It will establish a field camp In the vicinity of Gold Hill about June IP and expect to niake detail map ot a region lying east ot Gold Hill, and will Investigate various local geologic problem. Filing on the O. 4 C grant lands continue brisk at the.U. 8. land office In Roseburg. A large part of the land was filed on before May 14, but the roialuder I being -Inspected by a great many exoldlcr eseh week and the majority of them are taking up homestead. The state forestry department decld ed definitely to go before the emeig eney board and ask for approximately (5000 to defray the cost of operating the airplane forest tire patrol until ueh time a Oregon's (hare ot the pending government appropriation I available. The state fish and game commission has ottered a reward of 1200 tor the arrest and conviction ot person plac ing explosives In the river ot Marlon. Polk and Yamhill counties. It Is (aid that explosives have been planted In the North Santlam river, near Stay ton, with the result that many fish have been killed. The Oregon Agricultural experiment station and the United State bureau ot soils worklug co-operatively are msp- Ing the toll of Benton and Clacka mas counties, work on the survey ot the Willamette valley having been re sumed. It I hoped to complete the Benton county survey and Hart the map of Polk before the close ot this season, Person arriving In Salem from vari ous part of Oregon have reported to Governor Olcott that the gasoline sit uation I serious. In the southern part of the Mate the supply haa bees entirely exhausted, according to re port reaching the governor, while In eastern Oregon, tractor have been compelled to cease operation because ot the shortage ot fuel. What I laid to be the largeet single deal In eastern Oregon range land, where the purchase wa made by a single stockman, was consummated last week when R. N. Stantletd purchased for the Malheur Land 4 Livestock com pany 60 sections In Harney county front the Western Colonization com pany. The price wa understood to be In the neighborhood of $1(0,000. Taxes estimated at $5,878,587.38, based on the prospective property valu ations ot the state for the year 1920, will be due and payable In the year 1921, a the result of the passage of the higher educational measure, ele mentary school bill, blind institution act and soldiers', sailors' and marine' educational aid law, at the recent special election In Oregon, according to figures compiled. According to the report submitted by the arbitration committee appointed by the chamber of commerce to fix the value ot the various tract In cluded In the site ot the proposed naval base at Astoria, this property will cost the citizens of Astoria and Clatsop county $98,094.71. The chamber of commerce board of director will call a mass meeting of the people to sanc tion purchase of the property pending an election In November to Issue bonds. Warning was given by the Lane county grand jury before It adjourned that future violations of the corrupt practices act in printing election ad vertisements In newspapers on the morning of the election and of viola tions of the act In other ways, which It Is alfcged took place In Eugene May 21, will be prosecuted, but that be cause of misapprehension of the law In regard to printing advertisements no Indictments for that offense were re turned at this session. The senate confirmed the following Oregon postmasters: Oscar Kendall, Richland; Joseph Lyons, Rccdsport; Frank H. Lalghton, Seaside; James W, Dunn, St, Benedict; Jamc A. Wat- kins, Philomath; Walter L, Hombree, McMlnnvIlle; Homer S. Wood, Inde pendence; William P. Qulnland, Grants Pass; Robert P, Wlrtz, Forest Grove; Chester Nolaud, Creswell; Katherine B. Veatch, Cottage Grove; John W. Leneve, Coqullle; Warren A. Heylman, Estacada; Fltzhugh G. Lee, Junction City. In answer to a protest of the Ameri can Legion post at Klamath .Falls, Secretary John' Barton Payne of the Interior department, denied that the government had contemplated leasing 20,000 acres of land on the, Klamath reservation and 90,000 acres of land in Big Marsh to the California-Oregon Power company. Secretary Payne In his letter, which was sent to Senator Chamberlain, disclosed, however, that a lease on 8620 acres had been made to the power company by former Sec retary Lane, V ItVour Housfl Is 71 YEAR Ct NE thing fc you can't hide the "V. , BMUtm" outside of your house irom critical eye$. You'll be proud of your home and your neighbor hood will be proud of you if your house u kept painted and in good repair. The well-painted house is evidence of community spirit and thrift. FULLER Paint keeps new and old houses from run nine down, adds to their value and makes them aitraSive. Specify FULLER Paint for your home. You an depend on it to do two things and do them well pre serve and beautify. Look Up a FULLER Dealer In Your Town W. P. Fuller (Ill MS Northwest Branch Houses at Portland, Seattle, laeoma, spoaane, On of the future of the entertain ment for the Grand Army of the He public at the state encampment at A tori on June S will be a big salmon dinner for the veterans, their ladle and the member of the ((filiated or ganization. The enratnpmcnt will con tinue three day and la the neighbor hood of 1000 visitor from virlou parts of the state are expected. What I said to be the largest land transaction ever consummated In Uma tilla county, and one of the largest ta take place In eastern Oregon lu years, was completed at Pendleton, when the Cunningham Sheep k Unil company wa purchased by Fred W. Falconer ot Enterprise at a price said to exceed a halt million dollars. Included In the deal are 25,000 acre of land and 14,000 head of sheep. Official or complete unofficial re turns from evory county In the state give Smator Johnson plurality of 2158 In the recent presidential prefer ence primary election. On the face of these figures, Johnson received 45,917 against 43,759 for General Wood. Gov ernor Lowden run third with a total of 15,601, while Herbert C Hoover re ceived 14,930 votes despite the fact that he had withdrawn us a candidate In thl stole. , Arrangement have been completed by J. A, Churchill, state superintend ent of ichools, whereby the Oregon State Normal school at Monmouth will conduct a 12 weeks' course during the summer for the benefit of student who are graduate of a standard four-year high school, and who wish to take the examination for a teacher' certificate but have not finished an elementary teachers' training courso, nor a course at the normal school. Filing foes as provided under the Oregon law are not a part ot tit campaign expenses ot candidate for office, according to a legal opinion given by Attorney-Oeneral Brown, The attorney-general held In his opinion that a person wishing to run for office Is not a candidate until the tiling tee Is paid, therefore thl contribution to the state would not be considered a part of expense of the candidate In making his .campaign, , . It Is expected that the work ot pav ing the Pacific highway northward from Albany to the county line at Jef ferson will be completed by July , The Linn county court will make applica tion to the state highway commission for paving the highway southward from Albany to a point beyond Tan gent this summer. The grade ot this section was prepared last year, The court plans also to prepare during the Bummer tho grade botween Tangent and Shedd. , To inorease the city' water supply the water commissioners of The Dalles have decided to run a tunnel through the Bolld rock near Hansen's milt on the east fork of Mill creek, about 16 miles from The Dalles. Bids for the work will be called about June 6. The tunnel will be rushed to comple tion in order that the city may hav more water during the , summer If Vntr House) I Lold.Maktj it NevJ vim FULLER Paint & Co. mouths. Expert say that when com pleted th tunnel will Insure a six lack stream of water. Heury J, Bchulderman, state corpora tion commissioner and candidal tor secrejary of state on the republican ticket at the primary election, wa re quested to resign from hi office, la a letter prepared by Oovernor Olcott Mr. Brhuldermsn' resignation la to become effective at once, according ta the executive' letter, Concurrent with the request for Mr. Scbuld-r- man' restitution, Oovernor Olcott an nounced the appointment of T. B. Handler of Tillamook, a successor to the office. There are Included in Irrigation d'a- trlcts now organised In Oregon a total ot 1,036,283 aero, of which $71,381 acre tr actually under water at the present time, according to a report prepared by Percy Cooper, date engi neer. Bond voted for the development ot these district ajgrugat $18,222,000, ot which $4,861,000 hav been certi fied by the Irrigation securities ccm mission under a law passed In 1911. 8tate guarantee of Interest ha been authorliod on bonds amounting to $2, 600,000, and $3,290,000 already baa been expended In development of tlia various districts. Oovernor Olcott lias made public th name of 15 men, five to represent the amployera, tlve to I 'present the em ployes, and five the citizens of th itate at large, on a committee to Inves tigate and recommend to the leglila lure In 1921 change In th workmen' compensation act, Member ot the com mlUeo ire: Employer B, T, McBaln, Crown-Willamette Paper company, ot Portland; George T. Gerllnger, Willam ette Valley Lumber company, Dallas; CI. J, Evenson, Benson Timber com jitny, Clatskanle; Thomas B. Kay, Kuy Woolen Mills, Salem; B. C. Ball, Wil lamette Iron and Stool work, Portland. Employe B. W. Sleeman, Portland; W. F. Bralnard, Portland; Frank Han nan, Portland; C. M. Rynerson, Port land; L. E. Stephens, Portland. Stat tt Urge Del A. Dlnamore, merchant, Portland; Sidney J. .Graham, lawyer, Portland; C, L. Hawley, farmer end' iiockman, McCoy; Leslie Butler, t(jzr ir. Hood River; Dr, T. Thoruldsen, f presenting Loynl Legion of Logger uid LumbermenPortland. DOUBLE POPULATION OF OREGON FARMERS STATE CHAMBER PLAN ' Oregon now has 6,000,000 acre ot land under cultivation. 1 In 1919 the agricultural crop was valued at $206,000,000.00. By honest advertising th Ore gon State Chamber of Commerce can double the agricultural acre age In three year. Thl would add another $206,000,000.00 to tho agricultural revenue 6f the Slate, using last year' figure ab a basis of figuring,