FEB. 25 » 2 5 Newt Note (Continued from page 2) WM. E. HUMPHREY Two carload« of Irish Cobbler and Early Ohio seed potatoes have been purchased by the Umatilla county taraa bureau and will be distributed to grower« In the county, according to Frsd. Bennlon, county agent. The seed was certified by the state of Minnesota. So many «beep and goats have been killed by dogs In Folk county that the dog fund, from which stock owners ars Indemnified, is exhausted, and the court has Instructed Sheriff Hooker to round up unlicensed dogs pnd de­ mand that their owuers pay the re­ quired fee at once. Fifteen years In the state peniten­ tiary and a tine of $1000 was the sen­ tence imposed by Circuit Judge Lea­ vitt on John Taylor, confessed leader of the robbers who on the morning of January 4 shot and killed Oscar Erickson during the robbery of a gambling house at Klamath Falls. One hundred and seventeen mills reporting to West Coast Lumbermen’s association for the week ending Feb­ ruary 14, manufactured 95,608,1)17 feet of lumber, sold 92,786,333, and shipped 88,646,111 feet. New business was 3 per cent below production. Shipments were 4 per cent below new business. The Pendleton office of the forest service has received formal notice from the government that an appro priatlop of $1200 has been allowed for construction of five sheep corrals on the southern part of the Umatilla na­ tional forest. The corrals will be used In counting sheep when they are brought onto the forest for grazing. The appropriation of market road money among various market roads of Clackamas county has been made by an order of the county court. The amount to be expended totals $102,- 576 apd will provide hard surface and road improvement for 18 market roads In the county In connection with the road development program for the year. Oorden Noaker, charged with reck­ less driving, has lost his drivers license for life and must pay a fine of $250 and spent one month In jail at Bend as the result of a wreck sev­ eral days ago when his machine left The Dalles-Californla highway and turned over. Ed Burdett and M. S. Magee were seriously Injured In the wreck. Labor conditions In Portland and throughout Oregon are brightening and unemployment In some lines Is already reduced. This fact Is pointed out by the report of the United States department of labor, which has made a survey of the entire Pacific divi­ sion. In practically every part of the state extensive building programs are noted. Eugene was again chosen as the next place of meeting by the Ore­ gon Retail Merchants association at its closing session In that city. L. L. Thomas of Marshfield was re-elected president and O. F. Tate of Portland secretary; W. F. Kennedy, Corvallts, was elected first vice-president; J. C. Mann. Medford, second vice-president and M, L. Grant. Portland, treasurer. A fine pelnt of law Is Involved in the request of the Southern Pacific railroad, which proposes to adver­ tise Oregon In Its dining car service for several months this season and wsnts 100 pounds of clams from Coos bay In March to serve, its passengers The l^w forbids exportation of clams from Coos bay. but whether this means commercially or as gifts was not plain, and, so the chamber of com­ merce, to whom the request came, has asked the fish commission for advice The rivers and harbors bill as re ported to the senate carries prelim insry provision for practically every Oregon project urged before congress during the last year. The two most important relate to the deepening and widening of the channel of the Colum bis and Wlllamstte rivers from Port­ land to the sea and the improvement of Umpqua river and harbor. Both proposals are for preliminary exam­ inations and surveys by the board of ftngiPPE» „ • - • • They’re Generous to Themselves COL C. R. FORBES RURAL ENTERPRISE So Big (Continued from page 3) Salaries of Senators and Con­ gressmen Increased fro« $7500 to $10,000 William E. Humphrey, former con pressman from the state of Washing ton, who was recently named a mem ber of the federal trade commission. LaFollctte Party Is Launched Chicago.—The La Follette plan foi the organization of a new nations political party was adhered to at i meeting here of men and women whe decided on the formation of the part) after the sine die adjournment of th» conference for progressive politics: action convention, which they atrend ed as delegates. A name (or the party will be decided upon later. Representatives of the 16 labor or gnnlzntions affiliated with the con ference for progressive political ac tlon did, not participate In the meat tng. A ccmmlttee to whom the mattei of the basis of representation In tht new party was referred recommend ed that the party consist of state or gantzations constituted on geographi cal lines in conformity with election laws of the different states. B R IE F G E N ER A L N E W S Choice hogs sold at $11.75 at tht Chicago stockyards Saturday, a new peace-time rocord. Much resentment has been caused In the South because of the proposed legislation In western states thal would tax cotton oil products. The Lausanne treaty, restoring diplomatic and trade relations be» tween the United States and Turkey wai reported favorably by the senate foreign relations cpminlttee. A. E. Sartaln, deposed warden ol Atlanta federal penitentiary, and Law renoe Riehl, Columbus, Ohio, wer« found guilty by a federal Jury at At la nt a of the charge of accepting bribes from wealthy prisoners in re turn for special privileges. Chairman Borah of the senate for­ eign relations committee was directed by the senate foreign relations com­ mittee to ask Secretary Hughes for the facts regarding charges that the state department had "muzzled’’ Count Michael Karolyl, ex president of Hun gsry. during his recent visit to this country. Washington, D. C.—Salary Increases for members of congress and the pres­ ident's cabinet were provided for, with adoption by the house of a senate amendment to ths legislative appro prlatlon bill. The bouse, like tbs senate, avoided a roll call which would have put tbs members on record. It passed by a rising vote of 237 to 93. It will in­ crease the salaries of senators and rep­ resentatives from $7500 to $10,000 a year, effective March 4, and of ths speaker, vice-president and cabinet of­ ficers from $12,000 to $15,000. An hour of parliamentary maneuver­ ing preceded the house discussion. In­ stead of sending the measure to con­ ference. as is customary. Representa­ tive Dickinson, republican, Iowa. In charge of It, proposed that all senate amendments. Including the salary rid­ er, be accepted. The largest attendance of any day during this session had been marshal­ ed for the occasion to guard against ths forcing of a roll call through lack of a quorum. Nevertheless. Represen­ tative Blanton, democrat, Texas, de­ manded a roll call but failed to receive a second from one-fifth of the mem­ bers present. ut- filers bill passed Senate Votes Favorably on Retirement Measure. Washington, D. C.—The emergency officers retirement bill was passed by the senate. The measure, which now goes to the house, would provide for retire­ ment of disabled emergency world war army and navy officers under the same conditions as regular service officers. Introduced last session by Seeator Burs urn, republican, New Mexlo«, the blit was approved by a vote of $3 to 14. A proposal to inolude non-commis­ sioned officers was defeated 42 to 35 and another to Include non-commis­ sioned officers and privates lost 47 to 32. Ten U. 8 . Land Offices Abolished Washington. D. C.—Secretary of the Interior Work abolished ten local land offices located in various sections of the country effective April 3. Among them were: Eureka, Cal., consolidated with Sacramento, Cal., Le*tston, Ida., oonsolldated with Coeur. fltAlene. ^/^lbany^/^irectory This is good advice: "If you live in Albany, trade iu Albany ; if ybu live in some other town, trade in that town." But in these automobile days many re­ siding elsewhere find it advisable to do at least part of their buying in the larger town. Those who go to Albany to transact business will find the firms named below ready to 811 their require­ ments with courtesy aS l fairness. T cc ESSO r T es A N D T I R E S ■a*. Auto Supplies J. H. A llison 442jWest First St. Albany Floral Co. Cut flowers a »- and plants. Floral art for every and all occasions. Flower phone 45I-I- B H U N 8W IC K Senate Gets First Farm Aid Bill. PHONOG RAPHS at Washington, D. C. — The Capper W O O D W O R T H ’S Haugen bill, the first measure in the president's farm relief program, ao- rbavenport Music company offers »ompaned by a score of amendments, ” Pisso-case organ, good as new was reported out favorably by the Kstey organ, good as new senate agriculture comiolttss Satur­ Used Pianos. day. 'astburn Bros.—Two big grocery 1 stores, 212 W. First and 225 South i 51 Thought Killed In Mine Explosion. in. Good merchandise at the right | Sullivan. Ind—In an explosion of gas that wrought tbs greatest mine tile Cafeteria and confectionery disaster In the history of the Indiana I Home cooking. Pleasant surround- [S, , Courteous, elficlent serviee. coal fields, 51 men were believed to e make our own candies. have been killed almost instantly In W s. D vncan . the City Coal comjany mine on ths irns developed and, printed. outskirts of this city. We mail them right back'to you. Good packing Increases sales and Woodworth Drug Company, Albany, Or­ Ex-Governor Davit Held to Anowor. reduces losses. egon -______ ________ e s s Topeka, Kan — Former Governor On tbs farm as elsewhere, co-opera­ Jonathan M Davie and former Bsnk CV )RD S A L E 8 A N D 8 E R V 1CE Tires and aocessone« tion ts safer than competition. ing Commissioner Carl J. Peterson Repairs were bound over to district coart la Klkk-POLLAX Motoa Co. $1000 bond at the conclusion of their portmiller Furniture Co., furni­ preliminary hearing here on charges ture. rugs, linoléum, stoves ranges, of conspiracy and soliciting a bribe. uneral directors. 427-433 west First reet, Albany, Oregon. Senators Approve World Filers’ Bill. •Lattndrv sent Tuesdays D uller grocery , 2« ó Lyon Washington, D» C.—The senate ap­ Agency Hub Clesniug Works (Successor lo Sten berg Bros.) proved without debate the house Mil Groceries Fruits Produce A B E S PLA C E swarding the distinguished service hone 2t>3R medal to thq army world filers and olman a jackson advancing them la army promotion Grocery—Bakery list Everything in the line of eats Opposite Postoffice Und« Ab sujs ths »orat reso lotions ub Candy C o., first street, next are'the ones that «rs ant kept door to Blain C lotbing Co. S O S All work done promptly ami reason­ Noon lu n ch es Large beets furnish excellent green Home-made candy and ice Cream. ably. Phone 269 • P r Modern Barber Shop H F. M. GRAY, DRAYM AN H food for poultry djjrlng the winter Col. C. R. Forbes, former director of the veterans’ bureau, who was convicted In the federal court In Chi- eego of having consiplrod to defraud ths government on contracts for sol­ diers' hospitals. Relics of Incas Found in Peru. Buenos Aires. — A dispatch from Lima, Peru, says that aneient cities, one of the Inca and the other pre-Inca origin, have been discovered In the mountains near Cuzco. . The discover­ er saye that he found remains of stone buildings, a temple and a foun tain In the Inca city and that there were traces of a wide road descend ed from the city down the mountains into the vallev. Commons Refuses Increased Suffrage. London.—The bill to put women on a political equality with men by grant­ ing them the vote at the age of 21. Instead of tbs present age of 30, was killed In the house of commons when the house refused It second reading by a vote of 220 against 153. Lumbermen to Meet In Portland. Seattle, Wash.—H. A. Templeton of Portland was elected president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's assocla tlon at the close of the organization's twenty-second annuhl institute here. Portland was awarded the 1926 meet­ ing of the organization. She looked at Selina. She saw a misleadingly delicate face, the skull small and exquisitely formed. The cheek bones rather high —or perhaps they looked so beesuse of the fact that the eyes, dark, soft and luminous, were unusually deep- set in their sockets. The fuce. Instead of narrowing to a soft curve at the chin, developed unexpected strength In the Jaw line. That line, fine, steel- strong, sharp and clear, was of the stuff of which pioneer women are made. Julie, Inexperienced In the art of reading the human physiognomy, did not decipher the meaning of It Selina's hair was thick, long and tine so that she plied It easily In the loops colls and knots that fashion demand ed. Her nose, slightly pinched at the nostrils, was exquisite. When she laughed It had the trick of wrinkling Just a little acrosa the narrow bridge; very engaging, and mischievous. Slit was thought a rather plain little thing which she wasn’t. But the eyes wen what you marked and remembered PtAhaps It wag thia velvety softness of the eyes that caused one to over look the firmness of the lower face When the next ten year« had don» their worst to her, and Julie had sud denly come upon her stepping agllel) out of a truck gurdener's wagon on Prairie avenue, a tanned, weather beaten, toll-worn woman, her abun dant hair skewered Into a knob and held by a long gray balrpln, ber full calico skirt grimed with the mud of the wagon wheel, a pair of men's old side-boots on her slim feet, n gro tesquely buttered old felt hat (her husband's) on her head, bar arms full of eurs of sweet corn, and carrots, and radishes, und bunches of beets, a wom­ an with bad teeth, llat breasts, a sag glng pocket In his -capacious skirt— even then Julie, staring, had known her by her eyes. And she hud run to her in her silk suit and her tine silk shirtwaist and her bat with the pluim anil had cried, "Oh, Selina I My dear: My dear!"—with a sob of horroi und pity—"My dear I” And hai taken Selina, carrots, beets, corn and radishes, In her asms. Tlu vegetables lay scattered all aboui them on the sidewalk in front of .lull» llempel Arnold's great stone house or Prairie avenue. But strangely enough it had been Selina who had done th» comforting, pnttlng Julie's sllker shoulder and saying, over and over "There, there I It’s all right, Julie It's all right. Don’t cry. What's there to cry fori S h i . . . It’s all right,” Klamath Indians to Get $26,000 Washington, D. C.—Distribution of C hapter II approximately $22,600 to 1226 Indians nf the Klamath tribe in the state of Selina had thought herself lucky to Oregon was ordered by Secretary of get the Dutch school at High Prairie, Interior Work. The money was de ten miles outside Chicago. Thirty dol rived from sales of timber on the hire a month 1 She was to hoard at the house of Kluas Pool, the truck Klamath reservation. funner. It was August Heuipel win had brought It all about; or Julie urging him. Thia was In September High Prairie school did not open Until I he first week in November. In that A/An/rg i/ìirrcto n /—Continued region of truck farms every boy and girl over six yva» busy In the Helds ub Cleaning Works, Inc. throughout the early autumn. Two Cor. 8ecoond and Ferry years of this und Selina would be Master Dyers and Cleaners qualified for a city grade. August Made-To-Measure Clothes llempel Indicated that he could ar­ M P E R IA L C A K E , 209 ’V . F irst range that, too, when the time came Selina thought this shrewd red-faced Harold G, Murphy Prop, jutclier h wonderful man. Indeed Phone 665 Which he was. W k never close At forty-seven, single-handed, he agneto electric co . was -to establish the famous llempel Official Strorabcrg carburetor serv­ Packing company. At fifty he was the ice station. Conservative prices. All power in the yards, and there were work guaranteed. lrt-121 W. Second Hempel branches In Kansas City, Omaha. Denver. At alxty you saw the ARlNELLO PARLOK (A beauty aid for every need) name