FOREST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913
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NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
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WILLIAM SULZER
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Administration Officials Disap­
pointed Over Turn of Af­
Week.
fairs in Mexico.
t
U m pqua S u rv e y A sk e d
W ashington.—Adm inistration offi­
G ardiner.—The Umpqua P o rt C o m ­
cials were puzzled when they received
mission is m aking arrangem ents to
the announcem ent that Provisional
President H uerta had delivered an ul­
have a special survey of the Um pqua
bar and harbor here made by the
tim atum dem anding recognition of his
United S tates war departm ent with a
governm ent in Mexico by the United
States.
view to extensive im provem ents. Rep­
resentative Hawley and the Oregon
The president and his advisers were
senators are expected to secur i a fed­
plainly disappointed at the turn of
eral appropriation at the coming ses­
events but announced that the Ameri­
sion of congress. The Umpqua is the
can governm ent’s communication ap­
third largest river in Oregon, the vol­
pealing for a suspension of hostilities
ume of w ater from it being close to
and a constitutional election, together
the flow of the W illam ette.
w ith the em phatic statem ent that un­
der no circum stances would the Unit­
ed States recognize the H uerta regime
D a lla s M a n Se n te n ce d
because it was set up by irregular
Dallas.—M aintaining the sam e self-
force instead of constitutional order,
satisfied air th at m arked his bearing
would place before the world Presi­
'hroughout his trial for his life on a
dent W ilson's ideas as to constitution­
charge of m urder in th e first degree,
Photo by A m erican Press Association.
al governm ent in Latin America.
Louis Davis, convicted of m urder in
In all likelihood this turn of events W illia m Su lze r, g o v e r n o r of N e w the second degree by a jury in the cir­
will m ean the end of any dealings with Y o rk , a g a in st w h o m im p e a ch m e n t pro­ cuit court of Polk county last week,
the H uerta officials. Though there c e e d in g s have been instituted.
stood unmoved while Judge Holmes
was much talk in official circles of
sentenced him to im prisonm ent in the
lifting the em bargo on arm s and per­ RECALL COUNTY OFFICIALS state penitentiary for his natural life.
m itting the C onstitutionalists to get
the m unitions of war with which they C o u n ty J ud ge and C o m m is s io n e r R e ­ NEW LAND PLAN PRESEN T ED
placed by N e w M en.
declare they can soon overthrow the
H uerta adm inistration, it is likely that Oregon City, Or.—Clackamas coun­ M e th o d of D e v e lo p in g L o g g e d O ff
A r e a s T a lk e d .
such u policy will be carefully consid ty voted to recall the old county court
Corvallis.—A business-like m ethod
ered in the senate before any action and seat a new judge and commission
er.
of bringing Oregon’s logged-off lands
Is taken.
T he position taken by adm inistra­ R eturns show that H. S. Anderson j more rapidly into cultivation is being
tion officials was that the United defeated R. D. Caatie, incumbent, for advocated by Dr. Jam es W lthycombe,
S tates had done all th at a friendly county judge by 331 votes, and J. W. director of the O. A. C. Experim ent
neighbor could do without actually Sm ith beat N. Blair, incumbent, by Station, who believes th a t a practical
4G4 votes for county commissioner.
solution of the problem lies in co­
using force.
No sentim ent exists in this country The recall was the result of dissat­ operative work betw een farm ers and
to justify intervention or a war, they isfaction over the way in which the progressive m erchants.
said, and no foreign governm ent could county court let contracts. It was According to Dr. W ithycom be’s
Insist on the sacrifice by the U nited \ charged in the petitions that Judge scheme, interested farm ers would be
S tates of thousands of lives and gi­ Beatie and Commissioner Blair did not given the opportunity of buying on
gantic financial burdens m erely to ad­ advertise for bids on county work and long tim e at reasonable rates of inter­
ju st an internal dispute in which the that their procedure under the old est sufficient quantities of power to
U nited States is not directly a party, ! system was a waste of the taxpayers’ blast all stum ps standing on the land
and over which it can have no juris­ money.
to be cleared. The farm ers could then
diction without infringing on the sov­ G ly n n R e fu se s to D eal W it h Su lzer. combine their available cash resources
ereignty of another republic which it Albany, N. Y.—M artin H. Glynn for the purchase of donkey engines to
is by treaty obliged to m aintain.
used in pulling and piling the
checkm ated a movement of William be
stum
ps after they had been split and
A d jo u rn m e n t of S e s s io n U n c e rta in
Sulzer to invoke the arbitram ent of
This session of congress will re­ the courts on the question which of loosened up by the use of the powder.
m ain in session "until snow flies” and , the two is the lawful present chief According to estim ates received at
the office of the O. A. C. E xperim ent
if necessary prolong the extra session | executive of the state of New York.
until the regular term begins in De­ Replying to a form al proposal by Station there are alm ost 1,000,000
cem ber to dispose of tariff and cur­ the impeached executive to subm it acres of logged-off land in Columbia
rency legislation.
! the issue to adjudication on an agreed county. It is mostly excellent agricul­
This was the decision of the demo­ statem ent of facts Mr. Glynn declared tural land when cleared.
cratic caucus of the senate which j it was beyond his power to “barter
S. P. O v e r p a y s T a x e s
adopted a resolution declaring "that away any of the functions attaching
congress should proceed to consider to the office in which I am placed by K lam ath Falls.—K lam ath county is
Indebted to the Southern Pacific Com­
and determ ine legislation concerning your im peachm ent.”
pany In the sum of $17,000, the am ount
currency and banking im m ediately
in which the railw ay company over­
S h o w e r s R e lie v e K a n sa s .
following the passage of the pending
K ansas City.—Heavy showers over paid its 1912 taxes. The m istake was
tariff bill.”
Determ ination to take up currency most of the eastern half of Kansas made in the assessor’s office and was
legislation did not carry with it ap­ added to the relief that came with the overlooked by the railw ay representa­
proval of any policy or com m it the rains of Sunday and it is believed the tive who inspected the assessm ent and
gave his approval to the valuation as
dem ocratic party to any particular cur­ drought is now effectually broken.
it appeared on the assessor’s books.
rency bill.
HARRY TH AW M I ES
DASH FOR LIBERTY
R a b b its and S a g e R a t s W o r r y F a r m e r s
k
In a dram atic statem ent, I. H. Mc-
Prineville.—The w orst pests the
M ichaels, dism issed chief page of the
farm
ers of this state have had to con­
house of representatives, presented to
tend with during the past year or two
the house lobby investigation com m it­
have been the rabbits and sage rats.
tee a sweeping charge of corruption
M atteawan, N. Y.—H arry K. Thaw,
of acres of grain and pota­
against R epresentative M cDermott, of j the slayer of Stanford W hite, escaped Hundreds
toes
w
ere
ruined
year by the rav­
Illinois, for years his sponsor. Me- ! from the hospital for the crim inal In- [ ages of these anim this
als in Crook county
M ichaels in picturesque language cor­ sane at 7:45 Sunday morning. A dart alone. In some localities
whole fields
roborated the allegations of M. M. Mul- for liberty through an open gate, a
hall against McDermott, and m ade ad­ dash into the open door of a power­ have been destroyed.
ditional charges.
ful autom obile that stood quivering
In addition to the charge already outside, and a flight like a rocket for NEW LAW PROTECTS BIRDS
made, McMichaels swore that the Chi­ for the Connecticut state line, 30 miles
tu te S u p e r se d e s A ll Sta te
cago representative told him th at he ! away, accomplished his escape, and L ate C Sta
o d e s W h ic h M a y C o n flic t
received $7500 out of a fund of $10,000 the hospital authorities are certain
raised by the pawnbrokers of W ash­ he is outside the state. Once beyond Portland.—On and after October 1 a
ington to oppose a bill passed in the | its boundaries, Thaw is free. Only federal law for the protection of mi­
last congress regulating pawnbrokers j long, perhaps years, of litigation can gratory birds, such as wild ducks,
geese, pigeons, brant and snipe, goes
in the D istrict of Columbia.
bring him back, and then only in one into effect, and supersedes all state
N a tio n a l C a p ita l B re v it ie s
event—that he be adjudged insane in regulations governing open and closed
The vote to sustain the proposed ! the state to which he has fled.
hunting seasons w herever state codes
banana tax was close, 31 to 28, Sena­ The shades were drawn in the dor­ conflict with the governm ent’s statute.
tors Thornton and Ransdell, of Louisi­ m itories and the inm ates were getting The federal code likewise extends pro­
( their second sleep when Thaw left his tection to a num ber ftf shore birds, and
ana, voting with the republicans.
The Pacific N orthwest was repre­ I room. The m ilkm an's cart was rum- in some cases declares a five year
sented at the bankers' conference by | bling on the road outside as be walked closed season.
K. A. Wyld, of Portland, Daniel Kel- j through the storeroom and into the The new law will term inate ail
laher, of Seattle, and Charles A. Mc­ outer court or yard of the asylum spring shooting of m igratory birds
grounds. A six-cylinder touring car, throughout the U nited States, and in
Lean. of Spokane.
Efforts by Senator Page of Vermont black, and 60-horsepower, followed by Oregon will m ake the hunting season
to preven' the dem ocrats from cutting a limousine, also black, loafed lazily extend from October 1 to January 16,
th e 6 cent duty on butter to 2H cents »long the road as the milkman drew provided the recom m endations of
tear the gate. Thaw, standing a few State Game W arden Finley are fol­
w ire unavailing.
Petitions from the citizens of Seat­ ,’eet away, apparently unconcerned, lowed. Otherwise the bunting season
tle have been presented to the senate waited until Barnum, attendant a t the for this state will be from Septem ber
by Senator Poindexter of W ashington. iate, unlocked the gate and swung it 16 to Decem ber 16. as tentative regu­
They ask for a congressional inquiry vide to let the milkman enter. As lations just issued by the governm ent
into the "origin, inception and prog­ lam um stepped aside for the milkman provide.
ress” o ' the recent rioting in that city, o drive inside Thaw flashed past him
-when the headquarters of the I. W. W. traight for one of the waiting cars.
F a r m e r s W a n t 70 C e n ts
and the socialists were wrecked.
Pendleton.—Many U m atilla farm ers
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A change was made in the provis­
are holding their w heat, waiting for
P o rtla n d .
ions on citrus fruits at the request of
a raise In price. A little is being sold
the finance com m ittee, so that the bill W heat, New Crop—Club, 78c; blue- at 68 cents, and 69 cents for choice
now provides a straight duty of half item, 79c; red Russian, 76c.
lots. W hen 70 cents is reached hun­
Hay—Timothy, $16; alfalfa, $13.50. dreds of thousands of bushels will be
of one cent a pound on lemons, limes,
B utter—Cream ery, 32c.
oranges, grapefruit and the like. Ail
thrown on the m arket, but local grow­
Eggs—Candled. 28c; ranch, 23c.
references to the size of fruit boxes
Wool—E astern Oregon, 16c; Wil- ers declare they will not take less
was struck out of the bill.
President WilBon publicly reprim ­ am ette valley, 19c.
2487 Voters Ineligible
anded Am bassador Wilson for his re­
Roseburg.—As a result of failure to
Seattle.
ce n t attack on the British foreign of­ W heat, New Crop— Bluestem, S3c; discover certain sections of the regis­
fice. Am bassador Page was instruct­ lub, 77c; red Russian, 77c.
tration laws passed at the last aesalon
ed to express to Sir Edward Grey the
of the legislature, only 1$ out of a total
Hay—Timothy,
$17
per
ton;
alfalfa,
regret of the American government (13 per ton.
of 2600 voters of Roseburg are eligible
th a t a diplomatic official of the United
• jo vote at the prim ary electioa to be
Eggs-»-2$c.
S tates "should have been guilty of
held here on Septem ber
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Butter—Creamery. Sic.
•ueb an im propriety.”
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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
jj FRATERNAL
DIRECTORY I
Fri >g us yo ir kodak work any
size film de/elofed 10 cents.
Forest Grove Studio.
2tf
Kidney truoble is particularly
to be dreaded because its pres­
ence is not usually disovered un­
til it has assumed one of its
worst forms—diehetes, drobsy,
or Bright’s disease. If you
suspect that your kidneys are
affected, by all means use Hollis­
ter’s Rocky. Mountain Tea—the
great systemic cleaner and reg­
ulator.—Vankoughnet & Reder
Bert Ingle, the 17 year old son of A.
N. Ingle, a wealthy sheepm an living
near Baker, met his death from an ac­
cidental revolver shot while evidently •&W«V»WAVVViVV.V.’.V.V..
craw ling in pursuit of some animal. (Open to all organizations holding regular m eet­
W ork on the second unit of the ing:» in this city.)
K lam ath reolamution project is prac­ H olbrook L odge N o . 30, A.
tically completed. W ater will be fur­ F. & A. M.— Stated communica­
nished for next year to about 7000 tions first Saturday evening of
acres.
Advices from Florence say the Port each month. All visiting Masons
of Siuslaw comm issioners voted to is­ welcomed. J. W. Hughes, W.
sue $180,000 of port bonds for the pur­ M. ; H. C. Parker, Secretary.
pose of extending the north jetty at
the mouth of the Siuslaw.
J ames B. M athews , Post No.
R epresentative Slnnott has intro­ >. G. A. R. Meets first and
duced a bill appropriating $60,000 for third Wednesdays at 1:30 p. m.
the Pendleton postoffice, the treasury in K of P. hall. Chas. Knapp,
departm ent having reported this
am ount as necessary to complete the Adjutant; Patrick Cronin, Com­
building according to the original mander.
plans.
W oman ’ s R elief C orps No.
W ith the rem arkable score of 103
ju t of a possible 105 points, Sergeant 11. — Meets second and fourth
S. W. Pearson, Company Four, Coast Thursdays at 2 p. m. in K. of P.
Artillery, who lives at Roseburg, won hall. Louise Butler, President;
the Catrow cup match in the National Sophia Smith, Secretary.
Rifle association shoot at Camp Perry,
Ohio.
D elphos L odge No. 3G, K. of
D. L. Rood, of M arshfield, has been
P.—Meets
every Thursday even­
appointed oi'flcial sealer of Coos coun­
ty to oarry out the provisions of the ing in K. o f > . hall. W. C.
new Oregon law providing for the in­ Shuts, C. C.; J. S. Buxton, K. of
spection of weights and m easures used R. and S.
in selling commodities.
Locked ia a cage and playing with j W ashington L odge N o . 48, I.
a sw arm of bees will be the form ot
entertainm ent for state fair patrons 0. 0. F. — Meets Monday even­
furnished by Jam es Davis, a bee ex ing of each week. J. H. Shear­
pert. Mr. Davis has signed an agree­ er, Noble Grand; R. M. Taylor,
m ent w ith Frank M eredith, secretary Secretary.
of the fair board, to give “dem onstra­
tions” dally.
S ociety stationary of correct
The fisherm en of Tillamook bay style
and neat appearence may Forest Grove - - Oregon
near Bay City have organized to sell be obtained
their own fish, being dissatisfied with department. from the P ress job
the prices offered by local canneries.
They will seek m arkets in the east,
and have decided to build a salting {
and cold storage plant to handle the
season's catch.
The authorities of Pendleton have
HOME BAKING CO.
arranged to purify that city’s w ater
supply w ith hypochlorite of lime.
Finest of Bread and Pastry Baked
There have been but few cases of ty­
Every Day.
phoid fever in Pendleton this summ er,
but it was deemed best to take m eas­
W e sell 6 loaves of Bread for 25 cents
ures of prevention until the gravity
Free delivery to all parts of the city
w aterw orks system is completed.
C harles V. Galloway, tax comm is­
Pacific Avenue,
Forest Grove
sioner, in an opinion, holds th at fish­
ing rights and w ater rights are "rights
and privileges” and "local advantages”
belonging to the land. He Bays they
should be taken into consideration in
determ ining the value of the land for
assessm ent and taxation.
Recall petitions have been circulat­
How About
ed at Salem against three councllm en,
the chief of police and city recorder,
and It is reported th at a recall petition
will soon be put out against Mayor
Stevens. It is alleged that the offi­
that
cials have not been faithful to the
city’s best interests.
The state railroad commission sus­
pended the freight schedule recently
New House
adopted by the Sum pter Valley Rail­
road company on the ground that sev­
eral increases in rateB had been made
The Forest Grove Planing Mill Inc.,
in violation of orders of the commis­
General Contractors, deal in lumber, shingles, lath
sion. The suspension will continue un­
til November 8.
cement, lime, sand and plaster; building and roofing
Steps are being taken to eradicate
papers. All finish lumber kiln dried. W e make a
the fire blight which is threatening
the destruction of the orchards of the
specialty of house building and carry a full line of
Grand Ronde valley. The disease has
progressed to an extent that it will be
sash, door frames, mouldings, glass, paint and every­
necessary to cut down many valuable
thing required in the building line. Call and let us
trees to save the entire orchard from
destruction.
figure with you.
In a fit of ungovernable tem per and
insane jealousy, D. L. C artw right shot
and killed his brother’s wife near Rye
Forest Grove Planing Mill Inc.
Valley, and dangerously wounded his
nephew, David Powell, who may not
General Contractors and Builders
survive. C artw right then killed him ­
Council
St.
Forest Grove, Ore
self. Although him self a m arried man,
C artw right is said to have been jeal­
ous of his sister-in-law, who was a wo­
man of estim able character.
Sixteen per cent of those who took
the spring state teachers' examination
failed. How this com pares with for­
m er exam inations is not known as it
has not been the custom to keep this
record. There were 1562 applicants
who took the exam ination, the largest
num ber yet given the examination at
one time in Oregon.
A large gasoline tracto r of the cater­
pillar type will be put to use in ore
hauling by the m anagem ent of the Ben
H arrison Mines company near Sum p­
ter. It is expected that the cost of
hauling Us ores to the Sum pter Valley
railroad, 21 miles distant, which now
reaches $80 per day, will be largely
reduced.
M. J. Lozeile, the dairy expert from
Corvallis, has opened an office at Her-
miston under joint auspices of the gov­
ernm ent and the Oregon Agricultural
college Cooperative dairy extension
work Is to be carried out under his
direction in a region em bracing 150,-
000 acres already under irrigation or
soon to be.
Oregon youths who aspire to reach
positions In the United States navy by
way of appointm ent to the naval acad­
emy at Annapolis may take competi­
tive exam inations at Oregon Agricul­
tural college on Septem ber 19 and 20
next, to determ ine eligibility for ad­
mission to the entrance exam inations
to he held In February and April, 1914.
Destroy lice and
vermin of all kinds
with
Security Lice Killer
Kill flies with
Buhach Powder
Keep flies away
from stock with
Dr. Roberts Fly Oil
Pacific Drug Cc.