CURRENT EVENTS
OF THE WEE S
Doings of the World at Large
Told in Briet
General Resume o f Important Events
Preserved In Condensed Form
fo r Our Busy Readers.
The British coal strike
continues to improve.
situation
Eleanor Sears, a Boston heiress,
w ill play in a men’s polo game.
Senator Lorim er was vindicated by
a special investigating committee o f
eight senators.
Tw o ocean-going vessels w ill be
built at St. Helens, .Or., by the Mc
Cormick interests.
Striking m ill workers and I. W. W
members continue rioting at A ber
deen, and city officials and police are
powerless.
Sir Edward Gray, in the house o f
commons, says England is not acquis
itive and that the Monroe doctrine is
not worrying her in the least.
A fte r a conference in Cleveland, it
appears almost certain that a big
strike o f bituminous coal miners will
take place throughout the East.
Charles A . Prouty, chairman o f the
Interstate Commerce commission, de
clares the public have a right to re
ceive notice in advance o f any contem
plated railroad strike.
By purchasing two trucks to show
its intention and ability to do its own
street oiling, the city o f Portland ob
tained bids o f (35 a mile for that
work, against $66.60 previously bid.
The persistent oppoistion o f Genreal
Aubert is delaying the movement o f
Mexican rebels on the C ity o f Mexico,
He has only a small force, but keeps
the rebels busy by fighting and strat
egy-
F LO O D S LE A P LEVEES.
Many Have N arrow Escapes and Live
stock is Abandoned,
St. Louis— Thousands o f flood spec
tators witnessed the thrilling rescue
o f a fam ily o f seven, from a sinking
houseboat in the sw irling currents o f
the Mississippi R iver here.
A houseboat in which a man, his
w ife and five children lived, was tom
from its moorings by driftwood that
was carried from flood points above.
Soon a fter being swept into the cur
rent the frail craft dragged over sunk
en snags, stove in its bottom and be
gan to sink.
Two motorboats rushed to the rescue
and a fter fighting off the heavy d rift,
reached the side o f the boat just as
the water was sweeping over the deck.
It sank within five minutes a fter the
last occupant had stepped to safety.
The river has reached 29.9 feet,
rise o f 4.10 feet in 24 hours.
This
mark is .9 feet below flood stage and
the water has inundated the railroad
tracks along the levee. H a lf a dozen
expensive power boats have been lost,
but unless an unlooked-for rise occurs,
no great damage is expected at St.
Louis except to small shipping.
Conditions in the flooded district at
Cairo are serious and the situation is
growing graver every day.
Both the
Mississippi and the Ohio are rising at
Cairo and although the city proper can
stand several feet more, anxiety is
fe lt for the levees above and below
the mouth o f the Ohio.
The Drinkwater levee on the Mis
sissippi side has broken, despite the
efforts o f more than 1,000 men, and
the water is sweeping over a three-
mile stretch o f levee and flooding the
southeastern section o f Missouri.
When it became apparent that the
levee could not be saved the workmen
turned their attention toward resi
dents in the district, thereby saving
many lives. Farmers and their fam
ilies fled to safety, leaving livestock
to its fate and hundreds o f cattle and
hogs are floating toward the Gulf.
Boats carried
persons out o f the
Drinkwater district all day Sunday.
The Iron Mountain
trains were
caught between the Bard’s Point and
Charleston floods and the passengers
had to be taken off in boats.
A ll
traffic between Cairo and Charleston,
K y., has been annulled.
An auto containing six persons
C O N T IN U E S Q U E S T O F PO LE,
plunged off. the approach to the Cala-
pooia bridge, near Albany, Or., and
landed bottom-up on a heavy growth British Ship Returns, But Explorer
Remains fo r Winter.
o f underbrush.
None o f the occu
pants o f the car were fatally injured,
Wellington, N. Z.— Captain Robert
and only one received broken bones.
F. Scott’s vessel Terra Nova, which
Flood damage grows in Mississippi carried the British expedition to the
Antarctic, has arrived at Akaros, a
and Ohio river valleys.
harbor in Bank’s peninsula, N. Z. but
Governor Hunt, o f Arizona, spent a has not brought back Captain Scott or
night in prison like an ordinary con the members o f his expedition.
The
vict, to get a better idea o f what pris commander o f the Terra Nova brought
on life means.
instead the follow ing b rief message
from S cott:
San Francisco makes b ig plans to
" I am in the Antarctic for another
welcome Secretary Knox on his return winter in order to continue and com
from his Central American tour.
*
plete my w ork.”
The latest news sent back by Cap
Alleged bribe-takers in the legis
lature o f New Mexico say they were tain Scott to his base at McMurdo
Sound showed that on January 3 he
scared into signing resignations.
had reached a point 150 miles from
Kaiser W ilhelm met with a most the South Pole and was still advanc
enthusiastic welcome on the occasion ing. It was clear that had the ex
o f his visit to the. king o f Italy at plorer delayed sending back notifica
Venice.
tion o f his progress until he actually
reached the Pole, word from him could
An English scientist would turn
not have been received by the Terra
coal into gas without taking it from
Nova before she was compelled to
the mines, using the gas for fuel and
leave, owing to the setting in o f win
power.
ter and the freezing o f Ross Sea.
PO RTLAND
M A R K E TS .
300 C H ILD R E N R E TU R N .
PR O FESSIO N A L DIRECTORY
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
W . M. Langley & Son
Lawyers
O R E G O N G O A L O F M A N Y.
A P P L E D AY P L A N S MADE.
Forest Grove, Ogn.
Hood River Entertains Lavishly the Chicago Man Says Agriculturists Are
Coming Here to Live.
First W eek o f May.
Portland— “ In the 13 cars on the
train by which I came into Oregon,”
said R. E. Kim ball, a Chicago builder
who has come to Portland to establish
him self in business, at the Commer
cial club, “ there were between 300
and 400 persons, all o f whom were
bound fur Portland or other cities o f
the state.”
“ Although the colonist season is
not far advanced, wherever I went it
appeared that the stream o f travel
toward Oregon was on the ¡«crease,
and Portland and Oregon w ere men
tioned oftener by people westward
bound than any other city or state.”
Mr. Kim ball said that while the let
ter issued by the Central Labor coun
cil warning people away from Port
land and this state had been widely
circulated and had attracted a great
amount o f attention, he did not be
lieve that it had had the effect o f de
terring many immigrants from com
BEE E X H IB ITS FOR FAIR.
ing, unless it might have been a few
who are members or sympathizers o f
Cash Prizes Will Be Given fo r Best the unions. The agricultural class of
immigrants apparently ignored the
State Fair Exhibits.
letter.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis— In a letter from Secretary
P A T E N T S HELD U P.
Frank Meredith, o f the State Board o f
Agriculture, in charge o f the state'
fa ir exhibits, to Prof. H. F. Wilson, Land Agent's Suspicions Delay O pera
tion o f Hawley Bill.
o f the entomology department at the
Oregon Agricultural college, a list o f
Washington, D. C.— A new obstacle
twenty-three cash prizes amounting to has arisen which may delay the issu
about $110.00, to be offered at the ance o f patents to Siletz homesteaders
coming State Fair for exhibits in api under the H aw ley bill. C hief o f Spe
culture. I t is through the efforts o f cial Agents Sharp, at Portland has
the State Beekeepers’ association that telegraphed the general land office
space for the exhibits and the funds that he “ thinks” he has found evi
for the prizes have been secured.
dence that options have been given on
The entries w ill close September 1, some Siletz lands and that “ possibly”
and the entry fees have been fixed at some o f these options may be on lands
ten per cent o f the first premium affected by the H aw ley bill.
H e has
The exhibits must be in place by 6 a. suggested the advisability o f delaying
m. September 2, and it has been de issuance o f the patents while he can
creed that all exhibits must have been look into the matter.
produced in the apiary o f the exhibit
Sharp also reports that he does not
or during the year 1912.
know whether those who are fsupposed
Premiums w ill be restricted to ex to have offered options are prepared to
hibits from within the state o f Ore take them up and the understanding
gon.
here is that land agents may have un
No premiums w ill be paid unless dertaken to buy up these lands w ith
there is competition, and none w ill be out having the capital on hand to
awarded where the exhibits are not make the purchase i f their offer is
individually worthy. The judge w ill accepted. I f the Interior department
in no case give first prize to a second acts on Sharp’s suggestions, issuance
grade product, even though there are o f patents under the H aw ley bill may
only two exhibits.
The honey must be delayed indefinitely.
be pure nectar, sugar or syrup honey
being barred, and the judges w ill open
FISH T O BE P L A N T E D .
the packages to satisfy themselves on
this point. Sections less than three-
fourths full w ill also be barred.
Many Mountain Streams T o Be Filled
With Brook Trout.
EU G E N E -C O O S LIN E RUSHED.
Pendleton — State Fish and Game
Commissioner Cranston has received a
Grade W ork Westward Will Be C om letter from George W. Bowers, com
missioner o f fisheries, department o f
menced This Week.
commerce and labor, Washington, D.
Eugene— Upon the arrival o f four C., saying that in his opinion the
carloads o f mules, Fuller & Company, spring-fed mountain streams and lakes
sub-contractors on the Southern Pa o f Oregon are adapted to the cultiva
cific line to Coos Bay, began grading tion o f the brook trout (Salvelinus
operations westward from Eugene. fontinalis), and that the introduction
This company has had perhaps 200 o f this species in such waters may be
men scattered along 13 miles o f right undertaken with reasonable assurance
o f way all winter, clearing the land o f good results.
This is the fourth
ready for the grading work with the year that brook trout have been ex
settling o f weather this spring. Pow perimented with in Oregon streams,
er graders w ill be put to work as soon especially in Eastern Oregon, but
as possible.
State Commissioner Cranston had be
Twohy
Bros., contractors, have come a little doubtful as to the wis'
made a good start on the 2300-foot dom o f further experim enting with
tunnel at N oti Pass, and this week this particular variety o f trout. The
completed the transportation o f ten results thus fa r obtained have not
wagon loads o f compressor machinery,
been up to his expectations. Mr. Cran
so that the tunnel men may use air
ston says, however, that since receiv
drills.|
ing the above reply to his inquiry he
Deeds for sections o f right o f way is making preparations to stock suit
west o f N oti Pass are being filed ev
able streams with this species.
ery few days.
Hood R iver— W ith the Commercial
Club, Automobile Club and business
organizations o f the city exerting e v
ery effort to make the occasion the
biggest o f its kind that the Hood R iv
er Valley has ever witnessed, the lit
tle apple city is planning to entertain
hundreds o f guests which are expected
here during the first week o f May,
when the orchards are in full blossom
From present indications the blossoms
w ill be in full bloom by the first week
o f May and there w ill be more o f them
than ever before.
The board o f directors o f the Com
mercial Club have settled on definite
plans. Letters have been written to
the O.-W . R. & N ., North Bank, and
river boat line officials, asking their
co-operation. It is planned to have
special trains run from
Portland.
Members o f the Automobile Club w ill
meet the visitors at the station and
give them excursions through the
orchards.
W . P. Dyke
A ttorney-at-Law
and
Notary ‘Public
W . H. HOLLIS
O f Washington County.
Hollis & Graham
I wish to announce my candi
dacy for nomination to the office
o f senator for the senatorial dis
trict comprising
Washington
Tillamook, Yamhill and Lincoln
counties, subject to the will o f
the Republican voters, at the
primary election, April 19, 1912.
A ttomeys-at-Law
Forest Grove, Ogn.
J. N. Hoffman
A ttorney-at-Law
E Q U IT Y A N D P R O B A T E O N L Y
Office Hoffman Bldg. Pacific Ave.
Ind. Phone 502
Forest Grove
W . H. H o l l is .
(Paid Advertisement)
H. W . Vollmer, M. D.
SURVEYOR
Physician and Surgeon
I wish to announce that I w i
Office in Abbott Bldg.
be an independent candidate for
Both Phones
Forest Grove, Ogn.
election in November to the
Ind. Phones
office o f county surveyor for
Washington county.
My name
Residence 212
Office 233
will not be before the primary
nominating election, but will file
D R. C. E. W A L K E R
as independent candidate for
election.
Osteopathic Physician
A. A. KIRKW OOD,
Forest Grove, Ore.
Treatment by Special Appoint
(Paid Advertisement)
ment Only
J. W . G O O D IN
North Plains, Oregon. Candi
date for Republican nomnation
For County Judge.
W . Q. Tucker, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Calls answered promptly day or night
Phone: Office 271, Residence 283.
(Paid Advertisement)
UNDERTAKING
For Sheriff
The undersigned, a member o f
the Republican party and resic
EMBALMING-FUNERAL DIRECTING
in f at Hillsboro, announces him
self a candidate for Sheriff be
fore the Republican primaries to
J. S. BUXTON. Manager.
be held in Washington county Phone No. 642. Forest Grove, Oregon
April 9, 1912. I f nominated anc
elected I pledge m yself to con
duct the office as economically as
possible and extend every cour
1st. Good, hon
tesy to citizens having business
est D entistry to the
best o f my ability.
with the office.
Could one do more?
J. C. A p p l " g a t e ,
2nd. I examine
your mouth and tel)
Candidate for Sheriff.
Forest Grove Undertaking Co.
WHY NOT?
you its actual con
dition before I be
gin y o u r actua
work, stating in ad
vance what t h e
cost w i 11 be. I f
ready, w e begin: If
not, the examina
tion costs you noth*
(Paid Advertisement.)
FOR STA TE SEN ATO R
I f I am nominated and electe(
I will, during my term o f office,
vote for the candidate forUnitec
States senator who has receivec
the highest number o f votes at
the preceeding election for that
office.
Will support an economy that
will keep down expenditures anc
apply the acid test to all appro
priations
and see that when
made thty have been judiciously
expended and sufficient
for
which aparopriated, thus avoid
ing deficiences.
N ew boards and commissions
have been unnecessarily createc
and fsome o f these should be
abolished, rather than more cre-
ated.
I believe in a judicial reform
that will insure more speedy jus
tice, prevent delays and save
money for the taxpayers o f
Washington county.
W. D. WOOD.
Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem
92c; club, 88(<}89c; red Russian, 87 Lawrence Textile W orkers Hold C el
ebration to Greet Tots.
(<(88c; valley, 88<f£89c; forty-fold,
89c.
Lawrence, Mass — Coming from
Millstuffs — Bran, $20
per ton; homes in New York, Philadelphia and
shorts, $21.60; middlings, $30.
other cities, 800 children o f textile
Com— New, whole, $34 ; cracked, operatives who participated in the re
$6 per ton.
cent strike have returned to Law
Hay— No. 1 Eastern Oregon timo rence.
Their arrival was made the
thy, $ll(u)16; No. 1 valley, $t3(<014; occasion o f a great demonstration in
alfalfa, $12.50fti)13; clover, $9; oat celebration o f what the mill workers
Nehalem Jetty Favored.
and vetch, $ll(q)11.60; other grain considered a notable industrial vic
Bumper C rop Expected.
hay, $9.
Washington,
D. C.— Based on the
tory.
Hood R iver — Although the Hood
Oats— No. 1 white, $34 per ton.
More
than
20,000
operatives
favorable report o f the army engi
R
iver
valley
w
ill
have
a
much
larger
Cranberries—$ 1 Ooi. 11.60 per barrel. thronged the streets, half o f them
neers, the senate committee on com
Potatoes— Buying prices: Burbanks, participating in a monster parade. crop o f strawberries this year than
merce w ill incorporate into the river
last,
according
to
estimates
o
f
grow
$1.6001.1.76 per hundred.
As the procession passed the jail
and harbor bill an appropriation o f
ers
and
buyers
who
are
already
begin
Vegetables — Artichokes, 76f<t90c where Joseph J. Ettor and Arturo
perdosen; asparagus, $1.60(d)1.76 per Giovennitti, form er leaders o f the ning to contract for the crops, the $100,000 to begin the construction o f
crate; cabbage, lf(<i2Jc per pound; strike, are held awaiting trials on production next year w ill probably be the jetties at the entrance o f Nehalem
Bay, a project to cost in the aggregate
cauliflower, $2.26 per crate; celery, charges o f being accessories to mur the va lley ’s greatest output o f this
Reports from every part o f $632,350. The scheme is that the gov
$6.60<ii.6 per crate; garlic, 8(d) 10c per der, the marchers burst into deafening fruit.
indicate
that a great ernment pay one-half the cost, the
pound; hothouse lettuce, 600li76c per cheers, ceasing only long enough to the valley
The
many plants are being set.
Especial Port o f Nehalem the other half.
box; peppers, 12fc per pound; rhu sing “ The M arseillaise.”
ly w ill a great many new tracts be set report is now before the commerce
barb, California, $1.60o£1.76 per box;
in the Upper valley. The fruit there committee and w ill form the basis o f
spinach, $1.16(q)1.26 per box; sprouts,
Lighted Hats in Demand.
favorable action by that committee.
is later, but is o f excellent quality.
8c; turnips, $1(0)1.10 per sack; beets,
Chicago— An active demand for " i n
$1.60; rutabagas, $l(o)1.10; carrots $1.
Rail Line to Tap Newport.
Building fo r Raising Bugs.
Onions— Association price $2.26 per candescent hats, ” the first o f which
For County Clerk
Salem — Supplementary articles o f
was displayed here several days ago at
sack.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
I hereby announce myself as a
Apples — Yellow Newtowns $2(d) the convention o f dressmakers, has vallis— An insectary
has just been incorporation, which were filed with
2.50; Spitienbergs $1.76(0)3; Baldwin caused a leading electrical company to built in the college orchard at O. A. the secretary o f state by the Valley & candidate for the office o f county
$1.60(02; Ben Davis $1(01.76; Red get out several designs, all operated C., fo r the purpose o f studying the Siletz road, provide for the construc
clerk o f Washington county, Or
Cheek Pippins $2«i2.50; Gano $1(0 from small dry batteries in the crown life history o f a large number o f in tion o f a railroad from Independence
In the original articles egon. subject to the approval o f
1.76; California Newtowns, $1.76(02 o f the hat. One new design is being sect pests infesting the orchards, to Newport.
exposed in the windows.
It contains truck gardens, and flower beds o f Ore the company proposed to build a rail the Republican
per box.
voters at the
Butter — Oregon creamery, solid, tiny orange bulbs about the size and gon, with a view to finding the most road from the upper dam on the
primary
election
to
be held April
Luckiamute
river
to
Simpson.
Under
shape o f small tangerines and con- effective methods o f combating them.
83 Jc; prints, extra.
I f I am nominated
tffi
Frnah Oregon ranch, 21c per hected with green wires looped with A long list o f experiments have been the new plan this w ill give Portland a 19, 1912.
orange and other blossoms in decora planned by the entomology depart direct connection with Yaquina bay on and elected, I will give my un
dosen.
the W est Side.
tive fashion.
Pork— Fancy, 8J(0 9c per pound.
ment for the coming season.
divided attention to the duties
Veal— Fancy, 12(<Cl2|c per pound.
Hawley to Help Commission.
Sites at Fair Selected.
W ork on Big Dam Started.
Poultry— Hens— 17c; springs. 16c;
o f the office and conduct the
ducks. 20c; geese. 12c; turkeys, live,
San Francisco— The Philippine Isl
Salem— In reply to a recent tele same in a courteous, economical
Astoria— The Bidwell-rfayden com
20c; dressed, 23(<(24c.
ands and the state o f South Dakota pany, to whom was given the contract gram from the State Railroad com
Hope— 1911 crop, 39c; olds, nomin were added to the list o f site-holders for building the big dam for the 100,- mission. asking that steps be token to and business-like manner.
al; 1912 contracts, 26c.
on the grounds o f the 1916 exposition. 000,000-gal Ion reservoir at the head- pass through congress a bill prohibit
H. A. B A L L ,
Wool— Eastern Oregon. 14(016c per Governor Vessey, o f South Dakota, works o f A storia's water system, have ing the ownership o f steamship lines
Candidate for County Clerk,
pound; valley,
16(Ol?c;
mohair, with exposition commissioners from taken out a donkey engine and two by railroads. Representative Hawley
East Butte Precinct.
choice, 32c.
his state, took precedence in the cere large boilers to be used in connection w rites that he w ill so vote unless
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Cattle— Choice steers, $6.60(06.60; monies and immediately a fter the with their operations. The firm w ill good and sufficient evidence shall prove
good, $6.26(06.40; medium, $4(06.25; South Dakota flag had been planted on operate a rock crusher.
The actual some modification is advisable.
choice cows, $4.60(06.60; good, $6.26- the reservation selected for their state construction work w ill be commenced
Notice
6C5.60; medium. $6(05.25;
choice building, the Philippine commission as soon as the camp is completed, a
Pendleton C rops Hopes High.
I
am
prepared
to deliver fresh
calves,
$8.60(08.76;
good heavy ers, received a deed to their lo t
Pendleton— Crop prospects continue
calves, $6(06.60;
bulls,
$4.26646;
Bridge O ver the Grand Ronde.
bright throughout this section. Tem milk to all parts of the city for 6
Traaty Signed by Sultan.
stags, $4.76(06.
La Grande — Steel fo r the new peratures have been low for several
cents per quart, delivered night
Hogs— Light, $6.90(07.20; heavy,
Paris— A dispatch to the Matin from bridge spanning the Grand Ronde r iv weeks. Grain has continued to make
I will do my best
$«'((6.76.
its Fes correspondent says that a er at Riverside park is expected any a good growth, while fru it buds have and morning.
Sheep Yearlings, $5.50(06; weth treaty establishing a French protec Jay. The bridge w ill be 16 feet in been kept back until there is no dan to satisfy you.
A . K i n n e y , Dai
ers, $5(06.45;
ewsa,
$4.60(04.76; torate over Morocco was signed by the length and w ill have a walk on either ger o f late frosts. N o fall grain was
ryman,
Third
S
t
, Forest Grove,
lambs, $6.764$6.26.
Sultan.
side six feet wide.
frozen out.
I
O rego n
Forest Grove
Oregon.
tf
ing.
3rd. I guarantee all that I do, as I consider
work not worth guaranteeing, not worth doing.
This has been my policy.
4th. Absolute cleanliness. E very instrument
must be cleansed, and are used as they are taken
from the sterilizers.
6th. M y prices are reasonable, not advertised
cheap prices to lure you in, and then charge you
more—but a price that w ill make more friends;
more patients; one price to all.
Dr. Elof T. Hedlund, Dentist
N . W. Comer 6th and Oak, 2nd floor, take elevatoi
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