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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE
4 7 0 0 ACRES WITHDRAWN.
Land
Under Columbia Southern
Project Acted On.
Salem —W ithdraw al of 4,700 acres
under the defunct Columbia Southern
' p ro ject was agreed to by the D esert
Land board, expiration on this being
due shortly.
The board took th is step to protect
the land against being throw n open
for en try and to give the Oregon
W ashington Finance company, which
is attem p tin g to place the old project
on its feet, a b e tte r chance.
R epresentatives o f the Oregon-
W ashington Finance company report
th a t they are m aking excellent pro
gress tow ard financing the plan, and
w hile they may not complete th eir
efforts successfully before the tim e
lim it expires, they believe they can do
the work w ithin a reasonable tim e and
place the project on its feet.
This segregation embraces 27,000
acres in Crook county on the W est
side o f the D eschutes river near Laid-
law. The segregation was originally
made on behalf ot the Three S isters
Irrig a tio n company, which proposed to
reclaim the lands from the regular
flow o f Tumalo creek.
T his company
subsequently
as
signed its interests to the Columbia
Southern Irrig atio n company, which
in tu rn tran sferred them to the Co
lum bia Southern Irrig a tin g company.
The company sold w ater rights for
17,929 ¡acres inside the segregation
and 1,360 acres outside.
I t was soon
discovered, however, th a t the regular
flow of Tumalo creek was sufficient
for only about 2,000 acres, and as a
resu lt th e board endeavored to have
th e company com plete a storage plan
for th e reclam ation of lands, but the
company refused, a receiver was ap
pointed and a su it was commenced to
4 cancel the com pany’s contract, but in
th is the sta te lost.
OREGON HEN ENROUTE.
Poultry Demonstration Car to Be
Sent Out April I.
Oregon A gricultural College, Cor
vallis— A new activ ity of the exten
sion division of the Oregon A gricul
tu ral college is about to be launched,
when a poultry dem onstration car is
sent out, to travel over the Southern
Pacific lines.
In. consultation w ith A ssistant Gen
eral F re ig h t A gent Lounsberry, and
S tate S uperintendent of Schools Aider-
man, Prof. Hetzel, director of exten
sion a t th e college will m ake out the
itin erary of the car, and arrange to
have the school children in each town
w here the car stops dismissed for th a t
day, th a t they may attend the lectures
and dem onstrations.
The car will arriv e in Corvallis
about March 16, and Prof. Jam es Dry-
den, o f the college, will equip it,
probably using much of the m aterial
shown in the egg production exhibit
a t the close of farm ers’ week.
D ur
ing th e trip , C. C. Lamb, foreman of
th e college poultry plant, w ith an
assistan t, will be in charge, and will
deliver the lectures.
The Southern
Pacific railroad has agreed to carry
th e car w ithout expense to the college
over all its lines, attaching ft to regu
la r train s, and leaving it a t the s ta
tions scheduled.
BREWERS REJECT PLAN.
Doubt
Practicability o f Schem e to
Grow Own Hops.
P o rtland—The brew ers of the U n it
ed S tates have decided not to go into
the hopgrQwing business. *The scheme
fath ered by E. Clemens H orst to unite
th e brew ers and Pacific Coast hopmen
into a g re a t hop-producing monopoly
has fallen by the wayside, like so
m any other schemes designed to put
the hum ble hopgrower out of business.
A t a m eeting of the U nited States
B rew ers’ association, held in New
York City recently, the H orst project
was turned down, as not practical
from a brew er’s standpoint. It is said
th ere w as much unfavorable comment
a t th e m eeting on th e m anner in
which the names of leading brew ers
w ere used w ithout authority in trying
to fu rth e r the movement.
Road Asks Grant From Eugene.
E ugene—A pplication was made by
th e Portland, Eugene & Eastern ra il
w ay fo r perm ission to construct an
electric road along the side of the
county road, which is a continuation
of W est Eleventh stre e t in Eugene.
This follows a like application made
for a francise along the “ riv er road”
to S an ta Clara, six m iles northw est of
Eugene.
The electric company is
planning construction on both sides of
these lin es a t an early date, and in
asking for use of the county roads
agrees to p u t the tracks to one side.
Oil Company Will Search.
A lbany— H aving leased 2,941 acres
in Southern Linn county, the Californ
ia Oil company will m ake extensive
operations in searching for oil.
The
land is situ ated seven miles east of
H arrisburg.
The company in its
leases agrees to pay the owners of the
land a royalty o f one-eighth of all oil
or o th er m ineral products discovered.
The company also agrees to begin
work w ithin three years, and if it
does not do so m ust pay rental.
Single Tax is Big Loser.
New Era—A t one of the most en
thusiastic meetings ever held by the
Warner Grange, over 100 members
present unanimously indicated their
opposition to the single-tax idea.
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HOOD RIVER ROAD TO HUM.
SILETZ ENTRYMEN WIN.
Whits House Conference is Favorable
to Settlers.
W ashington. D. C .—As a resu lt of
a conference a t th e W hite House it is
believed patents will soon issue to all
bona fide entrym en of Siletz lands in
tended to be benefited by the provis
ions of the H aw ley bill.
The conference was arranged by
Hawley, who, in company w ith Ralph
W illiams, national cm m itteem an, m et
w ith T aft and officials of th e land
office and In terio r departm ent and
thoroughly discussed the H aw ley bill.
H aw ley’s contention has been sus
tained, and as a resu lt Siletz entrym en
who have shown good faith w ill re
ceive patents, regardless of
the
am ount actually cultivated.
The only exceptions will be those
ag ain st whom the departm ent has a
bona fide case or failure to comply
w ith other laws affecting entry.
Big Meeting Hold— Plana Made to
Begin Work at Once.
Hood R iver—A t a m eeting of 260
good roads enthusiasts here in the
Commercial club, addressed by Gover
nor W est and A ttorney Coovert, of
Portland, who acted as the personal
representative of S. S. Benson, mil
lionaire lum berm an,
Hood River
county was assured of the imm ediate
beginning and early completion of the
proposed Columbia R iver highway
from this city to Portland.
A lew days ago Mr. Benson offered
to give $10,000 to be used in the con
struction of th is road, provided the
assistance of Multnomah and Hood
R iver counties was assured for the
REPUBLIC GAINS IN FAVOR.
completion of the project.
Work al
ready in progress in
Multnomah
county shows the intention of th a t First Step Towards Recognition of
county to build to the Hood R iver line.
Chinese Rule is Taken.
A plan was outlined to spend the Ben
W
ashington,
D. C. — The United
son fund a t Shellruck M ountain, in
this county, a t which point is the S tates took one of the first steps
g rea test obstacle on the route. Gov Thursday tow ard the recognition of
ernor W est promised to furnish con the new Chinese republic.
R epresentative Sulzer,
of
New
vict labor, which will increase the
work which can be accomplished w ith York, chairm an of the house com m it
tee on foreign affairs, a fte r a confer
the money available.
Special road taxes levied th is year ence w ith P resid en t T a ft and S tate
in the d istricts of this county through departm ent officials, introduced a reso
which the road has been surveyed will lution believed to be the forerunner of
make available about $15,000, which, formal recognition by th is country.
I t expressed the “ confident hope
added to the Benson g ift, is said to be
enough to open the road through this th a t in the adoption and m aintenance
of a republican form of governm ent
county.
the rights, lib erties and happiness of
STATE WANTS CASH.
the Chinese people will be secu red .’’
Mr. Sulzer insisted th a t th e resolu
Will Ask^Government to Repay Canal tion was in diplom atic form and in no
way contravened the statu s quo in the
Contribution.
O rient or interfered w ith the protocol
Salem—T hat an effort will be made ex istin g betw een the allied powers.
by the sta te to collect $200,000 of the
$300,000 appropriated by the legisla
REAL SHIPS TRAIN TARS.
ture for its share in the purchase of
the Oregon City locks is evidenced
from communications which passed Battleships and Cruisers, Ready for
War, to Receive New Men.
between A ttorney General Crawford
and Governor W est, the la tte r w ritin g
W ashington, D. C.—Green jack tars,
as a representative of the S tate Board who used to go to old receiving ships
of Canal commissioners.
when they enlisted, will now go to
U nder an option o f th e S tate Su full-fledged men-of-war and g et th eir
preme court it was in ferred th a t the training.
sta te would have an equity of $200,000
The b attlesh ip Indiana was desig
in the locks a t such tim e as the locks nated to take the place of the old re
were disposed of, b ut w hether this ceiving ship L ancaster at Philadel
construction would hold is disputed in phia; the cruiser Denver was ordered
connection w ith the sale to the United to replace the historic Independence
S tates governm ent, as the act pro a t Mare Island, Cal., and the cruiser
vides for this am ount of money to be Salem will tak e the place of th e W a
turned into the school fund in event bash, of Civil w ar record, a t Boston.
the sta te ever wished to purchase the The old ships may be turned over to
locks.
p atrio tic societies.
The ¡battleships
The argum ent is made th a t this sale assigned to receive recru its finally are
is to the U nited S tates goverm nent on reserve and ready to fight on 24
and not to the state, and consequently hours’ notice.
the sta te would be unable to collect its
RATE IS THREE-FOLD.
equity.
LAND SALES NET S I6 0 .0 0 0 .
Three Deals at Eugene Show Activity
Over Railroad Development.
Eugene—-Three land sales w ere made
here ag gregatin g more than $150,000
in value. T. J. Ryan, of Portland,
who has held considerable property in
this county, purchased the Fox farm
of 112 acres, six m iles north of Eu
gene for $14,000.
The Eugene & G reat W estern Land
company bought from S. H. Friendly,
L. S. Logan and Edw ard Bailey, liv
ing between Eugene and Junction
City, farm s ag gregating 1,000 acres,
the price being over $100,000. The
land is to be subdivided and the own
ers will m aintain a 40-acre dem onstra
tion farm under direction of com pet
ent persons from Oregon A gricultural
College.
The third deal was an agreem ent .of
sale of 1,071 acres south of Eugene,
form erly owned by Mr Ryan, b ut now
sold by Hans T. C hristianson to R. L.
Edwards, a right-of-aw ay man for the
Southern Pacific. A tra c t o f 136 acres
on the Siuslaw is also included a t the
price of $38,500.
uratli
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W ashington, D. C.— R ates of the
American Express company are sub
stan tially three tim es the first-class
ra te of railroads. This was developed
a t the investigation by In te rsta te
Commerce Commissioner Lane into
th e rates and methods of express com
panies.
J . H. Bradley, vice president of the
company, testified th a t his company
never had made a ra te less than two
and one-half tim es the first-class rail
fre ig h t rate.
“ Is th a t a reasonable r a te ? ’’ in
quired Commissioner Lane.
“ I do not think two and a h alf tim es
th e first-class fre ig h t rate is enough
for the service we g iv e ,’’ replied Mr.
Bradley. “ All in all, our rate s the
country over are approxim ately three
tim es the first-class fre ig h t r a te .’’
Mr. Bradley said th a t in his opinion
a flat express ra te would be too high
for short distances and too low for
long distances.
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Alaska Coal it Needed
W ashington,
D. C. — Secretary
Meyer was before the house com m ittee
on naval affairs Thursday and urged
th a t the coal fields of A laska be used
by the governm ent. He advocated the
building of a governm ent railroad or
some arrangem ent w ith a p riv ate rail
road now at Resurrection bay. The
governm ent now pays $1,000,000 a
y ear to g et coal around Cape Horn for
the Pacific fleet, the secretary said.
Secretary Meyer recommended the
building of 15 colliers for use on the
Panam a canal.
which will he sold the same price as other good paints.
Wool Men to Be Aided.
Salem— In order to give assurance
th a t the producer ra th e r than the
broker may be benefited in the ques
tion of wool rates. Chairm an A tchi
son, of the Railroad commission, has
taken up the work of expediting the
inquiry into the wool ra te cases, so
th a t inform ation may come in tim e to
be of value to producers this year.
The Oregon price is based on the
Boston secured price, w ith estim ated
shrinkage, less the fre ig h t rate.
Consequently the fre ig h t rate is an
Train Accidents Fewer.
im portant factor to the grower. Word
W ashington, D. C.—Two hundred
has been received th a t the In tersta te
Commerce commission is w orking d ili and one persons w ere killed and 4,283
injured in train accidents during the
gently on the question.
months of Ju ly , A ugust and Septem
ber, 1911, according to accident bulle
Road to Ashland to Be Built.
tin No. 41, issued by the In te rsta te
K lam ath Falls— It is expected th a t Commerce commission.
This was a
the much talked of and badly needed decrease of 120 killed and of 391 in-1
good mad between Ashland and this jured as compared w ith the s a m e q u a r-!
city will become a reality next sum te r of 1910. A ccidents of oth er kinds !
mer. Work on the K lam ath portion bring the total num ber of casualties
of the road will be commenced as soon up to 2,768 killed and 19,107 injured. I
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as the w eather is favorable. Jackson
Hortieultu-al Quarantine Favored.
county will improve the highw ay from
Sacram ento, C al.— Dr. A. J. Cook,
the Klam ath county line to Ashland.
Much work was done last y ear on the sta te horticultural commissioner, sent
road between Keno and th e county a special appeal to the governors and
line, and a wagon bridge has been horticultural commissioners of all the
built across the Klam ath R iver near W estern sta te s asking them to use
| th e ir influence w ith th eir senators and
the old ford.
rep resen tativ es in W ashington to se
Children to Beautify City.
cure the passage of a national q uaran
Marshfield — A civic im provem ent tin e act, giving the U nited S tates
campaign to be conducted by the power to establish q uarantine against
school children is one o f the la test | foreign nations.
ideas which is to be carried out at
Film Trust is Suspected.
Marshfield. On the suggestion of the
superintendent of schools, the Prog,
W ashington, D. C.—The d e p a rt
ress club, an organization of M arsh m ent of ju stice is in v estig atin g the
field women, has taken up the plan- moving picture business to ascertain
The idea is to beautify the city and to if there is a “ tru st.” The inquiry,
have much of the work done by the like many recent Sherman law cases,
involves primarily the uses of patents.
school children.
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