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T h e re w ere 319 b irth s and 267
d e a th s in E ugene a n d L ane county d u r­
ing 1920.
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T he sta tis tic a l re p o rt showB th a t the
c ity of P o rtla n d now has 1948 em ­
ployes on Its payroll.
T h e C rook C ounty bank of Prine-
ville, re c e n tly closed w ill be opened
w ith in th e n e x t th irty days.
F ro m 155 9-year-old G rim es Golden
apple tre e s D ugald C am pbell c f E u ­
gene n e tte d $1920 th is season.
T h e s ta te hig h w ay com m ission, a t
a m ee tin g in P o rtla n d F e b ru a ry 1,
w ill open bids on $1,000,01)0 of s ta te
hig h w ay b o n d s..
A ppro x im ately 1250 stu d e n ts of th e
e le m e n ta ry schools a n d 350 stu d e n ts
of th e high schools w ill g ra d u a te in
P o rtla n d J a n u a ry 28.
F ire of unknow n o rig in d e stro y ed
th e O regon T ru n k ra ilro a d pum ping
s ta tio n a t M etolius, c a u sin g a loss of
a p p ro x im ate ly $12,000.
H eavy snow s a re d riv in g deer from
th e m o u n ta in s to th e d e se rt a ltitu d e
in e a s te rn O regon, a n d as a re su lt il­
legal k illin g h a s begun.
T h e a n n u a l re p o rt of th e L ane C oun­
ty F a rm L oan a sso ciatio n for 1920
show s th a t th e o rg a n iz atio n h a s m ade
loans to ta lin g $601,200.
W ork of com pletion of a new hotel
a t U nion is going p’* 'n g nicely and will
be fin ish ed in ab o u t th re e m onths. Its
cost w ill be n e arly $50,000.
T o tal cost o f b u ild in g c o n stru ctio n
in K la m a th F a lls la st y e ar am ounted
to $756,150, of w hich $166,900 w as
sp e n t on 127 new dw ellings.
’ T he re a l p ro p e rty of Jo h n T. A lbert,
Salem b an k er, who died recen tly , w as
valued a t $92,660, a n d th e p ersonal
p ro p e rty a t $85,000, a to ta l of $177,
660.
B ecause of d e p le ted re serv e , th e
F irs t S ta te & S a v in g s B ank of K la­
m ath F a lls w as closed by F ra n k C.
B ram w ell, s ta te su p e rin te n d e n t of
banks.
A p e rfe c t »tastodon tooth, to g eth e r
w ith th e end of a m astodon rib, was
found by E. A. R ead of T he D alles as
he w as w a n d erin g dow n a gully on h i 3
ranch.
D istric t a tto rn e y s of O regon in con­
v ention in P o rtla n d voted to a d o p t a
uniform policy w h ic h , w ill m ean th e
su p p re ssio n of punch-board o p e ratio n
in th e sta te .
T h e p e a r in d u s try ra n k s th ird in
fru its in O regbn, w ith a p p les firs t and
p ru n e s second. T h e apple a cre a g e is
a bout 50,000, th a t of p ru n e s 40,000 and
p e ars 13,500.
T he S ta n d a rd Oil com pany paid to
the s ta te a to ta l of $21,743.95 as ta x on
Its sa les of gaso lin e and d istilla te in
Oregon d u rin g th e y e a r ended D ecem ­
b e r 31, 1920.
T h e Lone C ounty S p o rtsm e n ’s asso ­
c ia tio n is a rra n g in g a big tra p shoot
for L in c o ln ’s b irth d a y , F e b ru a ry 12,
to ta k e place on th e new s ta te gam e
farm n e a r E ugene.
S e n a to r M cN ary a p p ea red re ce n tly
be fo re the se n a te fin an c e c o m m itte e
and o ffered a rg u m e n t in fav o r of a
ta riff of 5 c e n ts a pound on c h e rrie s
In b rin e, filb e rts a n d w alnuts.
C. C. F u lto n , a tto rn e y for th e p o rt
of A sto ria , has sta te d th a t he w ill file
a p e titio n w ith th e in te rs ta te com ­
m erce com m ission for a re h e a rin g of
th e P o rtla n d -A sto ria ra te case.
M any new b u ild in g s a t A sto ria a re
being field up on acco u n t of th e high
c o sts, iin d an e ffo rt is bein g m ade to
e n fo rc e a g ra d u al re d u ctio n in th e
w ages u f c a rp e n te rs a n d p a in te rs.
Zero w e a th e r has forced the union
h ig h school a t M alin to m ove Us class
room s lYom th e city h all to a recently
com pleted b u ild in g , designed to be
used a s a b a rb e r shop b u t n o t y et
opened.
T h e In d ia n school a t Salem , w hich
is e d u c a tin g 600 In d ia n pupils, som e
of w hom w ere b ro u g h t from A laska,
w ill receive $147,000 acco rd in g to the
In d ia n a p p ro p ria tio n bill re p o rte d to
congress.
S e n a to r C h a m b e rlain a p p ea rs to be
feeling m ore co m fo rtab le and hopeful
a fte r se v e ra l se tb ack s. At th e best,
it is said, he c an n o t hope to leave the
h o sp ita l in W ash in g to n , D. C., for
m an y weeks.
T he H a rn ey V alley Im provem ent
com pany of P o rtla n d has filed w ith
th e sta te e n g in e e r a p p lic atio n to ap
p ro p ria te w a te r from Rock creek for
th e Irrig a tio n of 315 a cre s of land In
H a rn ey county.
T he Shell Oil com pany of C alifornia
haa re m itte d to th e se c re ta ry of state
a check In th e sum of $1,522.51. cover­
ing th e tax on sales of gasoline and
d is tilla te In Oregon for th e m onth end
ed D ecem ber 31, 1920.
Not less th a n 1500 v e te ra n s of the
w orld w ar, a t an open session in the
P o rtla n d a rm o ry last week, called by
P o rtla n d post of th e A m erican Legion
ro a re d a ffirm a tio n to a reso lu tio n call­
ing upon th e Oregon leg isla tu re to el
low ex-service m en th e o ption of $7,
for each m onth of serv ice or a $8000
fa rm or hom e loan.
W ashington.— The urb an p opulation
W ashington.— T h e F o rd n e y em e r­
gency ta r if f bill, broadened to include o f th e U nited S tates, or people liv in g
p ra ctic a lly a ll fa rm pro d u cts In stead in places of 2500 or more, is 54,318,032
of th e lim ite d n u m b er as the m easu re J o r 61.4 p e r cen t of th e c o u n try ’s total
passed th e house, was approved by th e population, and th e n um ber of people
sen ate finance com m ittee, w hich voted liv in g in ru ra l te rrito ry is 51,390,739,
th e census b u reau announced. In 1920
to re p o rt it out.
Seven am e n d m en ts w ere added, m ak ­ u rb a n p opulation re p re se n ted 45.8 per
ing ten in all
No p rev isio n s of th e cent.
O regon’s u rb a n population is 391,-
o rig in a l bill, how ever, w ere rem oved
and ra te s on th e m ajo r p ro d u c ts w ere 019 and ru ra l 392,370; W ash in g to n ’s
left in ta c t. O pponents of the bill jo in ­ 748,735 a n d 607,886; Id a h o ’s 119,037
ed w ith th e a u th o rs of am en d m en ts a n d 312,829.
and forced the acceptance of m ost of
In to ta l u rb a n population, New Y ork
them desp ite opposition from th e b ill’s leads the c o u n try , w hile P e n n sy lv a n ia
defenders.
I sta n d s second and Illin o is th ird . R hode
T he am e n d m en ts m ade a p a rt of th e Isla n d h a s th e h ig h est percentage of
m easu re by com m ittee action in clude: u rb a n po p u latio n com pared w ith its
S ugar, $2.13 th e h u n d re d pounds u n ­ to ta l population, w ith 97.5 p e r cent.
til th e re ta il p rice reach es 10 c en ts a C a lifo rn ia was fifth w ith 68 p e r cent.
In to ta l ru ra l population, T exas leads,
pound.
F rozen m eats of all kinds, 2 c en ts w hile P e n n sy lv a n ia Is second, G eorgia
a pou n d ; all o th er m eats 25 per cen t th ird , Ohio fo u rth a n d Illin o is fifth ,
each hav in g m ore th a n tw o m illion
ad valorem .
Apples, 20 c en ts a box; c h e rrie s 4 people living outside c ities and tow ns.
M ississippi h a s th e h ig h e st percen tag e
c en ts a pound.
Tobacco, S u m a tra w rap p ers and fill­ of ru ra l population as com pare ’ w ith
ers, $2.85 a pou n d ; stem m ed S u m a tra , its to ta l population, It being 86.6 per
$3.50 a pound.
cent.
B u tte r a n d c h eese and th e ir su b s ti­
tu te s, 8 c en ts a pound in stea d of 6
cents, provided in am en d m en t w hich
had been accepted.
C attle a n d sheep to be used for
b re ed in g purposes w ere exem pted from
th e d uty on im p o rted anim als.
U. S. WILL HOLD
JAPAN TO ACCOUNT
GEODES GOES HOME
FOR CONSULTATION
W ash in g to n .— R ecalled to L ondon
for th e a nnounced p u rp o se of c o n su lt­
ing w ith P re m ie r Lloyd G eorge and
E arl C urzon, se c re ta ry of s ta te fo r
foreign a ffa irs, S ir A uckland G eddes,
B ritish a m b a ssa d o r, quietly slipped
aw ay and sa ile d from New Y ork for
E ngland.
It is u n d e rsto o d th e re a re se v e ra l
su b je c ts to re ce iv e e a rn e s t d iscu ssio n
in L ondon and it is said to be re ­
gard ed a s e sse n tia l th a t S ir A uckland
h a v e th e b e n e fit of th e fu lle st dis­
c lo su re of th e view s of hom e officials
before he u n d e rta k e s to e sta b lish fo rm ­
al co m m u n icatio n s w ith th e incom ing
a d m in istra tio n here.
A m ong th e su b je c ts th o u g h t lik ely
to be d isc u sse d is th e p ro je c t to free
A m erican sh ip s in th e P a n a m a can al
from tolls.
T he e m e rg en c y ta r if f bill, e sp ecially
In its pro b ab le e ffe c t on C anada, It Is
un d ersto o d , also w ill be am ong sub­
je c ts ta k e n up.
A n o th e r su b je c t for c o n v e rsa tio n is
th e re fu n d in g o r C onversion of the
B ritish w a r d e b t to A m erica.
F in ally , it is believ ed to be p robable
th a t th e B ritish p re m ie r w ish e s to
a cq u a in t h im self w ith th e exact s ta te
of public opinion in A m erica re g a rd ­
ing th e n a v al progrivm e a n d th e Irish
question.
W ashington.— D espite Jaijp n ese as­
su ra n ce s of re g re t a n d p re ca u tio n s to
p re v en t a recu rren ce, a th o ro u g h In­
v e stig a tio n w ill be m ade by th e U nited
S ta te s g o v e rn m e n t of th e k illin g of
L ie u te n a n t W. H. Langdon, A m erican
n av al o fficer a t V ladivostok by a J a p ­
an ese sen try .
A dm iral C leaves, c o m m a n d e r-In -
chief of th e A sia tic fleet, rep o rte d to
the navy d e p a rtm e n t from M anila th a t
he had a p p o in ted a c o u rt of Inquiry
to "In v e stig a te th e c ircu m stan ces s u r­
ro u n d in g th e d e ath ef L ie u te n a n t
L angdon.” H e added th a t he, w ith
m em bers of th e co u rt, w ould go to
V ladivostok.
O fficials h e re in th e m ean tim e w ill
a w a it th e fin d in g s of th e n av al co u rt
and an a n sw e r to th e note d ispatched
by th e sta te d e p a rtm e n t to th e Ja p a n ­
ese governm ent. T he note requested
a n official e x p la n atio n of th e a ffa ir,
and suggested th a t the Ja p a n e se gov­
e rn m e n t m ake a dequate re p a ra tio n for
th e k illing of L ie u te n a n t L angdon.
Renew ed a ssu ra n ce s of re g re t over
th e a ffa ir cam e from th * Ja p a n e se
go v ern m en t in a note tra n s m itte d to
th e s ta te d e p a rtm e n t th ro u g h B aron
S h id e h ara , Ja p a n ese am bassador.
LEGION
HOTEL
FOR
IDLE
S e a ttle P o st O pens H o stelry fo r J o b ­
less Men.
S e a ttle , W ash .—A m erican L eg icn
m en of S e a ttle began w h at is believed
to be th e firs t e n te rp ris e of its k ind
in th e c o u n try w hen th e re lie f com ­
m itte e of S e a ttle post No. 18 took over
the F irs t A venue hotel, 1003 F irs t
MONEY SITUATION EA SIER av en u e S outh, to o p e ra te It solely for
unem ployed ex-service m en. T h e com ­
G o v ern m en t
C e rtific a te s
O ver-Sub­
m ittee, sa n c tio n ed by th e p o ît, re n a m ­
sc rib ed 100 P e r C ent.
ed th e h o tel “ T h e V e te ra n s’ h o tel,”
W ash in g to n .— S u b sc rip tio n s a g g re ­ a n d opened doors u n d e r th e m an a g e ­
g a tin g m ore th a n $500,000,000 w e re re ­ m ent of G eorge D upea, m em b e r of th e
ceived by Jhe tre a s u ry , S e c re ta ry post.
H ou sto n a n n o u n ce d for th e com bined
T he V e te ra n s’ h o tel is a th re e -sto ry *
Issue of c e rtific a te s of in d eb te d n e ss for fram e b uilding of 70 room s and capa-
$250,000,000 o ffered for m a tu rity on ab le of acco m m o d atin g 250 m en. N e a r­
A pril 15 a n d O ctober 15.
ly $1000 h a s been ra ised by th e re lief
O v e rsu b scrip tio n by 100 p e r c e n t c o m m itte e fo r th e p o st th ro u g h vol­
o f th e se issu es, w hich c a ll for a lo w er u n ta ry public su b sc rip tio n fo r m ain­
r a te of in te re s t th a n h a s been a sk e d ten a n c e of th e hotel.
by th e g o v e rn m e n t for six m o n th s, w as
re g a rd e d by tre a s u ry o fficials a s in ­
Cork M ayor's P aro le R eversed.
d ic a tin g som e e asin g in th e m oney
W ash in g to n .—T h e p a ro le of L ord
situ atio n .
M ayor O ’C allag h an of C ork w as c a n ­
celed by S e c re ta ry of L ab o r W ilson,
H arding P la n s E x tra S ession.
who announced th a t he now had per­
W ash in g to n .— P re sid e n t-e le c t H a rd ­
m ission to land fo r th e p u rp o se of re-
in g p ra c tic a lly h a s decided to c all a
shlp p in g on boa'gd a n y ve sse l bound
sp e c ia l se ssio n of th e new c o n g n -ss on
for a fo reig n p o rt, u n less th e secre­
A pril 4, m em b ers of th e h o u se w ays
ta ry of s ta te d irec t th a t he be k e p t
and m eans co m m ittee w ere Info rm ed
on th e vessel on w hich he cam e to th e
by C h a irm a n F o rd n e y , who h a s ju s t
U n ited S ta te s.
re tu rn e d from a c o n fere n ce w ith Mr.
H a rd in g a t M arlon. Mr. F o rd n ey d is ­
cu sse d w ith th e p re sid e n t-e le c t g e n ­ A u d ito r M u tt T u rn in W edding F e e t.
V ancouver, W ash.— F e e s c o llected
e ra l ta x a tio n and ta riff q u e stio n s,
w hich will be a m o n g th e m ore Im­ b y J. L. G a rre tt, county a u d ito r, for
p o rta n t su b je c ts to com e before the p e rfo rm in g m arriag e cere m o n ie s will
be tu rn ed Into th e co u n ty fund. T hle
sp ecial session.
o rd e r w as Issued w hen th e county
N eedy H ead W ash in g to n Bonus L ist. co m m issio n e rs a dopted a re so lu tio n to
O lym pia, W ash .— In o rd e r th a t ex- t h a t e ffe c t
se rv ice m an e n title d to c o m p en satio n
u n d e r th e bon u s a c t, w ho a re in im m e­ Idaho L abor W an ts D irect P rim ary .
B oise, Idaho.—O rganized la b o r In
d ia te need of fu n d s, m ay g e t p re fe n
ence in p a y m e n ts, an ap p eal w a s is­ th e s ta le of Idaho as re p re se n te d by
sued by C. W. C lau sen , s ta te au d ito r, th e Id a h o s ta te fe d era tio n of labor
u rg in g th o se n o t in a b so lu te need of fa v o rs th « re tu rn of th e d ire c t p rtm a ry
th e m oney a t th is tim e to d e te r seqd law a n d so d e clare d a t th e closing
ing in a p p lic a tio n s fo r a few m onths.
m e e tin g o f th e fe d era tio n h ere.
2500 In B onus P arad e.
P o rtla n d , O r.— T w e n ty -liv e hu n d red
ex-service m en m arc h ed S a tu rd ay
n ig h t th ro u g h th e dow ntow n stre e ts
In a s tir r in g b u t o rd e rly p a ra d e I d
a g ita tio n for, a s ta te bonus.
12 M avy S e a p la n es Fly to P a n cm a.
P a n a m a —N aval officers a re e n th u s­
ia s tic o v e r th e successful com pletion
o f th e flig h t fro m San Diego, Cal., to
th e oana! zone by 12 of to e n a v y F 5-L
se a p la n es.