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straight grain, the absence o f
large knots, the thorough seas
oning all show the experienced
the economy o f using our stuff.
Follow their exam ple and profit
as they do
being customers
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FORECASTS THAT FAILED.
| Alexander
Ham ilton predict®
' that the house o f i
. «o u id hare “no «mi
ad vantai
orer the senate in
ein ceit would be the]
of the governm ent i
' would lu r e the pow<
in g a ll m oney b ill»— i
on in its hand. But the senate soon
became the dom inant partner, and
the house found that the power to
amend money bills exercised by the
senate nullified the advantage o f
by
M . H. PIN N E Y
•®e N. M ale St.
Newbevt, O n .
Carpentering and
Cement Work
W . J. S A U N D E R S
P lio n e B lo c k 1 8 6
N e w b e rg
General Contractors
D o a ll k in d s o f C a r p e n te r in g ,
Painting and Cernant W o rk
ax 586
N ew berg, Oregon
J. H. GIBSON, Mgr.
C H A S E & L IN T O N
G R AVEL COM PANY
A ll kinds o f gravel for con
crete work, cement blocks,
or wood work furnished on
short notice.
Telephone W hite 86
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Party to, Reek Abandoned Rifles.
Klam ath Falls.— W ith n view to lo
cating the rifles abandoned by the
routed troops In the defeat o f M ajor
Thom as' command In the Modoc w ar
o f 1872-3, Captain J. C. Rutentc, John
G. BchaUock and A. C. Yaden are
making preparations to Journey tq the
Modoc lava beds, and make a thor
ough search. The defeat and massa
cre o f the Thomas troops by the crafty
Modocs was one o f the Inst Indian
very few exceptions, agree
settlement o f this country
highly injurions and dangi
be “ productive of innum erable ills.“
In 1811, in n speech on n b ill to
perm it the organization o f a state
from a section o f the Louisiana pur
chase, Representative John Quincy
j Adam s o f Massachusetts asserted
that if the measure should pass “ the
L ife Sentence fo r Ferrari.
bonds o f the Union w ill be virtually
M arshfield.— Pointing out that the
dissolved.“
crim e for which the prisoner must pay
In the thirties a Scotchman, Pat-
the penalty was doe to drink. Judge
, rick
Shirreff, made a journey
J. S. Coke in the circuit court sent
through the U nited States and pub
enced to the penitentiary fo r life
lished the results o f his observa-
James Ferrari, who was found gu ilty
1 tions. A t that time Chicago was a
o f second degree m urder fo r th e 'k ill
t tpwn o f 150 houses.
O f its future
ing o f John K e lly la a .drunken riot o f
s _____ 1________ a .- « m . : _________ 211 2—
the traveler wrote, “ Chicago w ill in
coal miners at H enrjrvllie a few
all probability attain considerable
months ego. A w idow ’s pension is
aim,
but its situation is not so fa
to be provided for Mrs. Ferrari.
vorable to growth as many other
places in the U nion .“
Socialists Seek Chengs.
In 1862 Lincoln in a message to
Salem.— F or the purpoeq o f ^»duo-
congress predicted «
tag the tim e requirem ent fo r a c itiz e n !
139,000,000 fo r the
nited States
to have resided In the state before be
in the year 1910 And o f 187,000,-
ing entitld to vote, from six months,
000 in 1920. T h e estimate fo r 1910
to 30 days, and making other changes
was 47,000,000 too g re a t T h e diffi
iu re g a rd to freedom o f electors, the
culty was that the country did not
socialist party o f Oregon is preparing
continue to increase in population
to Initiate an amendment to the state ¡‘
after 1860 in the same proportion
constitution. A copy of the In itiative
petition was filed with the secretary j that it had priqr to that year.— E x
change.
f
o f state.
$90,000,000 INVOLVED
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B lo c k 14
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State Railroad Cemmleelon Inveetigat- served i
Ing Ratea o f 3 Pow er Companies.
j Swithin
Portland.— Pending before the state ®*t®d b
railroad commission At this tim e are
*“ e
N e w b e r g M a n u fa c t u r 88 form al complainte, o f which $8 re- j M any y
tc
in g & C o n stru c tio n Go. late to railroads and 39 to public util-
lUea,
and
145
Inform
al
complaints,
33
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F or W in d ow s, D oors ft G oncral M ill
o f which are In connection with rail- } '* * * ■
W irk .
483 N. M a la S treet
road queetiona and 83 ln connection to sup]
w ith public utilities.
4 j church.
Twenty-Ove o f the u tility casee in- ^ave ° *
v o lv f the physical valuation o f plants, o n *®«ti
cither o f electric light, power, w ater, * ear ne
telephone or street railw ay système, donor
Some idea o f the grat im portance o f down t
this phase o f the commission’s work dental
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may be gained from the feet that these Standar
U n t il this yea r ! valuations reach into 44 towns pad
CsSkr'* has bate
cities o f the state. Including all the
sold at <8.te. N ew
principal m unicipalities except Pen-
O f tl
; « « o n . AatorU, R o w b o r, .bO A l l » . , . U o b j.
a concession whars- * More than that, a total o f 390,000.000 ob ject «
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is Involved In the investigation which is to th
Call on
reduction I n e a T
n f tfre with this
publication.
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oomm,“ ,*,n *• conducting into the
light, power and bearing ratas o f the
Portland Ralfw ay, Ligh t ft Pow er com-
pany. the Eastern Oregon L igh t ft
Pow er company and the California-
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custom is su]
to tu rn
F or ins!
is “ whi
kinds oi
su rface,
0 r *«U n Pow er com p an y,''
low “ be
The commission also haa before it the vio!
13 railroad valuation m atters, Invdlv- raya a i
tag appraisal! o f physical properties su d y el
o f that number o f Unas. P racticaliy T he ref
every railroad in the state is included1 eye, pro
In this appraisement, the purpoee o f ! T h is is
which is to find a basts fo r fixin g a il the <
rates.
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Tw e Shot In Street Fight.
Rainier.— O. Danlgan and 8am- L a
vers are wounded, W . C. Lee, a saloon
keeper, is under arrest on a warrant
■worn out by city officia ls and the
city la In a furore o f axettem eot as
the result o f a street figh t here, which
was precipitated when Lee, supported
by Danlgan, attem pted by forcible re
sistance to avoid going to ja il.
. A ll the tillable land available (or
settlement la the area recently elim
inated from the forest reserves la cen
tral Oregon w ill not accommodate
more than 200 fam ilies com fortably.
The president haa restored to entry
fo r 20 days from May I. 200 acres In
the Oregon national forest la section
20, township 2 north, withdrawn from
entry October 11, 1012.
The judgment o f the low er court ln
Portland, where Attorney Max Cohen
waa found guilty o f subornation o f
perjury In n w hite slave cess, waa
affirm ed by the United 8tates court
Of appeals at San Francisco.
In shipping 1200 pounds o f seed rye
from Burns to Port Rock, Lake coun
ty, a distance o f 120 miles, L . Wold-
enberg routed It by parcel post, the
shipment going by way o f C alifornia
and Reno, a distance o f 20d0 miles.
Massive logs cut from the forests
o f Oregon, some o f which weigh 20
tons each, have been received a t San
Francisco for use ln building the great
colonnade at the Oregon fa ir struc
ture. They w ere shipped by rail.
Dr. Clarence True W ilson, general
secretary o f the temperance society
o f the Methodist church, w ill heed an
auto tonr fo r the prohibition party.
Headquarters w ill be opened in Port
land.
Mines placed by the war department
on the edge o f Peacock sptt a t the
mouth o f the Columbia river, w ill be
taken up on account o f protests o f
fishermen. The mines are unloaded,
but are a menace to the g ill net men.
Plans have been consummated tor
Salem's biggest cherry fair, June X ,
2d and 27. A tem porary pavilion w ill
he erected on the courthouse square
fo r the exhibits, and many novel en
tertainment features w ill be provided.
The Dubois Lum ber company has
filed suit against Clatsop county, at
Astoria, to restrain the collection of
more than $5000 taxes under n special
levy made by road district No. IS, on
the ground o f Illegality o f proceed
tags.
Through the efforts o f Luther J.
Chapin, Marion county farm expert,
a potato growers’ association was or
ganized at Salem fo r the purpose of
Improving the grade o f spuds being
¿reduced in that section. The plan
is to ship in good potato seed.
Judge W illiam Galloway o f the Ma
rlon county circuit court has ordered
that a peremptory w rit o f mandamus
he issued directing State Treasurer
K ey to deliver the 8000 or m ore school
tend notes, representing loans of
school money aggregating over 18.000,-
000. to the state land board.
,',U . S. Senator Lane o f Oregon. In the
debate on the amendment to the agri
cultural bill, said that the governm ent
did not want any o f John D. Rockefel
ler’s money In extension work. He
said the money waa "tain ted " with
the blood and tears o f the women and
children shot down ln Colorado.
The prune crop in several sections
of Polk county is Injured and p ro »
pecta fo r the average crop are unfav
orable, according to the growers.
Th ere are tom e orchards, however,
that ara w ell protected by near-by
hills and are expected to yield the
usual crop.
Vivian Gray, secretary o f the Har
ney County Cooperative association,
haa appealed to Governor W est and
Secretary o f State O lcott fo r state as
sistance In protecting the crops of
Harney county against the Jackrab-
blta. She says that the Jackrabblts
have taken the crops tor several years
until the tanners are discouraged and
financially Impoverished.
A completed railrOhd grade between
Eugene end Coon Buy la practically
finished end rails w ill be laid to
A t Three Hundred and Thirteen, F irst Street, N ew berg, Oregon
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THIRTEEN REASONS
why you want Terne P la te Roofing. One reason w ill be published each
w eek in this advertisem ent to show that Terns Plate Roofing is the beat.
■ L IG H T N E S S — Heavy roofings frequently
cause buildings to settle, crack the plaster and
ruin the interior finish and decorations. W ith a
tin roof, lighter and less expensive structural
‘work may be used and you w ill still have a bet
ter roof.
SHEET METAL WORKS
Phone W hite 192
Shop: 502 Second Street
LEY PLUMBING
COMPANY
Sanitary Plumbing, Steam Fitting,
Galvanized Pipe, Etc.
312 First Street, Opposite Spaulding Loggin g Co’ s. O ffice, N ew berg. Or.
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Friendly Advise.
A very m atter o f fact Scotch w e
an called to see a neighbor, an
A ll dip same as city folks, the fam ily who livee on a
rural mail route may have a daily paper to read the sam e
day it comes from the prena. Read our clubbing offer:
Daily and Sunday Oregonian and The
Graphic, one year.................................. $8.00
Daily, witfiout Sunday, and Graphic 1 year $6.00
W eekly Oregonian and Graphic 1 year..... $2 2 5
JO H N G O W E R
The East Side Greenhouses
Fine Ferns, Beautiful Flow ering Plants, Cyclamen, Prim ulas,
Cinerarias, C alls Lilies, Heleotrope and many others. Hardy
Perennial Plants in great variety. Don’t forget that we are
headquarter* fo r ROSES.
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