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A. E. Anderson & Co. Tailors - Chicago Pay close attention to attractive patterns and better values both necessary in garments that are entirely satisfactory. Emery Worthington r LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE r NEWSIOF THE STATE OF OREGON Umatilla's woman mayor has suffer ed a nervous breakdown. Pendleton's rirst annual automobile show was held last week. In annual convention the Grande Rondo Baptist association held a three day session at Baker. Fire destroyed the general merchan dise store of 0. C. Clark at Flora with a loss of about f 14,000. Professor Lamd, of the poultry and pig department of 0. A. C., held a three days' extension course In Free water. The executive committee In charse of the Ituseburg strawberry festival has decided to hold this year's car nival May 17, 18 and 19. The governor appointed U L. Mullt, of Portland, and William H. Gore, of Medford, to the board of regents of the University of Oregon. A banquet was tendered to the of ficers and men of tho returning Ore gon and Washington troops from the Mexican border at Portland. Tbo potato growers of Benton coun ty held a meeting at Irish Bend last week and organized the Benton Coun ty Potato Growers' association. Tho logging campB In the vicinity of Black Bock am busy anil a full force of men Is employed In building new roads and getting ready for the spring work. Miss Harriet Line, second daughter of Senator and MrB. Harry ,ant, of Oregon, was married In Baltimore to Dr. S. D. Hit ks, a practicing physician of Norfolk, Vn. Registration for the Bccnnd semes ter at the University of Oregon is now practicnlly completed, with the books showing 1091 who have Blgned the roll since September. It Is expec led that the valuable pow er site near Salem rooontly purchased by the C. K. Spauldlng Logging coin puny, v.ill be used to develop power for a large ;inpcr mill. With a view of making possible the handling of all small fruits produced In Douglas county, t lie business men of Roseburg arc considering the estab lishment of a cannery. Governor Wlthycomhe appointed Dr. 0. T. Bacon, of I.a Grande; Dr. Robert J. Marsh, of Portland, and Dr. Harry K. Clay, of Salem, ua members of the state hoard of health. Counting only general bonds, Port land In within 14,000,000 or the limit of Its Indebtedness as provided In Iho city charter. Tho outstanding bonds of Por:land aggregate (17,042,000. Dr. Frank Wood, of Portland, was appointed by Governor Wlthycnmbe to succeed Dr. Luther ll. Hamilton, also of Portland, as u member of tho state beard of medical examiners Dr. D. U Steevos, of Salem, was elected president of the board of trus tccs of Willamette University to suc ceed tho late T, 8. McDnniel at a meetln;, of the lsinrd held In Portland. The secretary of the Interior an nounces the opening to entry on March 1, of approximately 1300 acreB In the econd unit of the west exten lion of the Umatilla reclamation pro lect. Dal y products of all kinds will bo dlspl; yed at the Western Dairy Prod ucts show to he hold In Portland March 1 and 2 under the auspice of the Western Dairy instructor!' asso ciation. Oregon's fifty eighth birthday, the anniversary of the stale's admission , to the Union, which occurred In 1859, was celebrated by the Sons and tonughlcrs of Oregon Pioneers with a ba'nrfuit in Portland, Much against Co CflinmiffcieiM r I. Itllter hub set In motion at a ioriV:i:'. of several bun drcd reprcsrntatllc taxpayers of Ua Mr county at Ua Congri i i has received notice that tbi soVotary ol agrteal- turo lom recttaueiilcd the ciimina Ken of i considers wo body ol land along ''row mid CUeSnlUlua creeks, tu for u recall election ty JuilM' McshIc!: end Wallowa national forest. At a meeting of Canyonvllle's wo man council held last week, Mrs. T. C. Shaw, a prominent resident of that city, was elected mayor. The mayoi of Canyonvllle Is elected by the coun Grower! of broccoli near Riddle have made a thorough examination of their plants since the cold weather and have decided that the damage was much greater than at first supposed. Efforts to raise funds necessary for the construction of a new building for the old people's home, of Salem, have . started In earnest and there is evory Indication that the efforts will prove successful. J. C. Warner, whose place Is 10 miles cast of llarrlsburg, last week shipped 13,000 pounds of beanB to the Murphy Seed company of Albany. The present market price for beans is about 8 cents per ound. While apparently a unit In agreeing upon tho necessity of constructing a new penitentiary, members of tho state board of control have a diverg ence of opinion as to where such a new penitentiary shall be located. Representative Hawley has appoint ed Adolph Grecnbaum, of Salem, as midshipman at the Annapolis naval academy and named Roger Sunipson, of Eugene; Irwin Stearns, of West Lynn, and Benjamin Fairhurst, of Tualatin, as alternates. Fred H. MoIIIr, a Baker ore and bullion dealer, has received from Pino creek the largest nugget seen there since tho famous Armstrong nugget found IB years ago. It was found by a placer miner and Is worth (300, which price Mr. Mollis paid. February, 1917, has been declared "poison month" by the executive com mittee of the National Wool Growers' association. Sheepmen In all parts of the United States will wage a cam paign during the month against coy otes and other predatory animals by poisoning them. John Hammersley, thought to have been eaten by a pack of timber wolves In the wilds of Jackson county, Is Bafe. The skeleton found near Gold 11111, and at first thought to be that of Mammersley, has been Identified as that of John Duranda, a prospector of the Grants Pass country. The senate has passed Senator Lane's bill repealing sections 25S8, 2589 and 2690, of tho revised statutes, so that vessels bound in the Columbia" river for Portland need no longer stop at Astoria to exhibit their papers, nor need vessels bound outward from Port land step at Astoria to file copies of their manifests. f'any delegations of representative citizens of Gilliam, Wheeler, Grant and other eastern Oregon counties have visited the legislature within the last few weoks to present the merits of tho John Day highway, which they propose, as an Important link In the pilnclpal east and west highway through the state. During the month of January 27 vessels loaded lumber at the mills In the lower Columbia river district and their combined cargoes amounted to 24,403,678 feet of lumber. In the same period nine vessels carried 7,101,391 feet from up-river mills, making a grand total of 31,505,069 feet of lum ber that left the Columbia river In cargoes during the month of January. The box factory, dry kilns and boiler rooms of the Clatsop mill at Astoria, one of the larxest lumbering concerns in the lower Columbia river district, was dostroyed by fire with a loss approximating (150,000. Pere Sllvola. a young Russian Finn, started the fire. Loss Is enveredsby Insurance. S vi n t housand door were burned In the factory devoted to their manufact ure, and hundreds of thousands of feel of valuable lumber In the kiln was lost. PraatmUf (1,000,000 will be spent during the cumin? reason In building roads in Oregon, under the terms of the federal good reads law, If the state legislature will put up dollar for dol lar to match the allotments that, have 7 been made from the federal appropria tion. Four distinct allotments have been made for road building In Ore gon, the total amount allotted being (491,966. Before this federal money becomes available the state must en- i ter Into a satisfactory agreement with the secretary of agriculture, to main tain the roads after thev are finished. The following fourth-class postmas ters have been appointed In Oregon: Bernlce Bockler, Pleasant Valley, vies A F. Staley, resigned; Evan M. Har ris, Rujada, rice L. S. Blsbey, resign ed; Bertha M. Cleer, Harrlman, vice C. L. Lee, resigned. The Southern Pacific company has placed armed guards at bridges and tunnels both on the main line and the Coos bay and Oak Ridge branches out of Eugene to guard against pos sible Interference with traffic In view of the International situation. Proposed tariffs materially advanc ing Intrastate freight rates on several classes of freight on the Spokane, Portland t Seattle, the Oregon Elec tric and the Southern Pacific com pany's lines In Oregon were suspended In three orders issued by the public service commission. Portland Is the official rose city ot the northwest. Notice has been re ceived that the American Rose society at Its meeting In Philadelphia last week selected Portland, thus ending a three-cornered fight for the honor which has been waged by Portland, Seattle and Tacoma for a year past More than 200 persons Interested la the grain Industry of the northwest, Including growers, shippers and mill ers, attended a hearing conducted In Portland last week by representatives of the department of agriculture. The bearing was called to gather Informa tion and seek suggestions to be used later as a basis for establishing uni form grain standards. Representative Slnnott filled two vacancies in the list of appointees at the West Point military academy, appointing as principals Merrill C. Jasper, of Baker, and Ellis V. Will iamson, of La Grande. As alternates he appointed Clinton Ingle, of La Grande; Brynton B. Finch, Lake view; Asa T. Williams, of Baker, and Virgil R. Brattain, Lakevlew. The few hop sales reported In the past week were at low prices. The outlook for the remainder of the sea son is unsatisfactory as there Is a large surplus on the coast and there Is no chance of the export outlet being opened, from present Indications. Stocks left In Oregon are estimated at 17,000 bales In growers' hands, while dealers hold about 5000 bales. That the Hood River valley apple growerB will receive at least (1,250,000 for their apple crop this season now seems certain. The apple crop of the valley, as estimated by the shipping Interests, will total approximately t 250,000 boxes, and It Is reported that the fruit will net the growers back, after shipping charges have been paid, approximately (1 per box average for all grades. Acting upon Instructions from Sher iff George Qulne, of Roseburg, the of ficers at Tacoma, Wash., arrested Carl Rcboll on a charge of threatening to kill Attorney General George M. Brown of Salem, and District Attorney George Neuner of Roseburg. Attorney-General Brown said he would cither have Schols turned over to the federal of ficials for prosecution or committed to the Oregon hospital for the Insane. A new project for the Coqullle river harbor has been outlined by the Port of Bandon and approved by the United States engineers, which wlH mean the immediate expenditure of (100,000, and (10,000 a year for an Indefinite period. The aim of the port Is to maintain a 15 foot channel from the mouth of the river to Parkersburg and a 12-foot channel from that point to Coqullle, making It possible for ocean going steamers to dock at Coqullle. An Irrigation system is scheduled to be Installed In the Crane section, the water to be derived from Malheur lake, rive miles southwest of Crans. Surveys are now being made Tor the main ditches and a pumping plant on the shore of the lake, electric power to be developed on the Malheur river above Drewsoy. It Is learned that sufficient water will be taken from Lake Malheur to Irrigate 64,400 acres of land, located between Laiwen and Crane, and east and south of the lake. David C. Eccles, wealthy ttmberman and railroad owner, of Ogden, Utah, and head or the Oregon Lumber Com pany, which recently purchased 27,240 acres ot choice Oregon timber land from the DuBois Lumber Company, has announced that the (4,000,000 pur chase was made for the purpose ot operation and not for speculation. As soon as cruisers have finished their work in the timber a crew of survey ors will be sent out with Instructions to rush their work as much as pos sible that definite plans may be launched for the construction of the I log-iing road. Monday marked the opening ot the second semester at the University of Oregon. Patent Office Documents. If nil the documents stored In the) patent otti.-e at Washington could be placed end to end they would form a strip that would reach around the earth three times ' Notice to Creditors. In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Eliza Ann Pinkerton, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been . appointed executor of the last will and testament of Eliza Ann Pinkerton, deceased, by the above entitled court; and that all persons having claims against the above en-,. ; titled estate should present them to me j at my residence in Milton, Oregon, or j to my attorney, Homer I. Watts at his office in Athena, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first pub lication of this notice; said claims to be verified as by law required. Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 16th day of February, 1917. David A. Pinkerton, Executor. I Notice to Creditors. 1 In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Hatter of the Estate of Maurice M. Johns, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed by the above entitled Court administrator with will annexed of the above entitled . estate, and has qualified as the law I directs. All persons having claims 1 against the estate are hereby notified ! to present the same to me with proper I vouchers at the office of my attorney, Stephen A. I owell, in Despain Block, Pendleton, Oregon, within six months I from the date hereof. Dated this 6th day of February, 1917. M. Melville Johns, Administrator with the will annexed. Notice of Final Account, In the County Court for Umatilla County, State of Oregon. In the .Matter of the Estate of Eliza Myrick, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has filed his final account as administrator of the estate of Eliza Myrick, deceased and that the above entitled Court has fixed Saturday, March 8, 1917 at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m. as the time and the County Court room in the Court House at Pendleton, Oregon, as the place, for hearing said final account. Objections to said final account should be filed on or before j said date. F. S. LeGrow, Administrator. 1 Notice of Final Account. In the County Court of the State of . Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Clarence LaBrache, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has filed her final account and report in the above entitled mat ter and that the above entitled Court has fixed Saturday, March 31, 1917, at the hour of 10 o'clock, a. m., of said day, as the time, and the County Court room in the Court house at Pendleton, Oregon, as the place for hearing said account and report. Objections to said final account and report should be filed on or before said date. Frankie LaBrache Russell Dodd, (formerly Frankie LaBrache,) Administratrix. S. A. ROE. M. D. Practice limited to the EYE. EAR, NOSE, THROAT Judd Bld'g. Pendleton, Ore. LET THESE Washington and Oregon Battleships Protect Your Prosperity wSTh Lyi?-and e y-Ur g,raln this year? Bulk 8rain is here I Southern Idaho built approximately 60 Elevators. Eastern Washington tn"r b?"t.fi0 '"t yf: it is authoritatively stated that 150 Eleva tors will be built in the Columbia River Basin this year .A o "8 no j?,"1?"? and building Elevto in Eastern Washington and Oregon. Portland plans new million bushel Elevators I iip k'u If . d0U.We caP?city of elevator. Seattle recently completed million bushel elevators at docks. Spokane farmers' meeting of last year almost unanimously voted for bulk grain. Oregon Agricultural College meeting indorses bulk grain system. Every Saturday brings word of some farmers meeting to adopt bulk grain handling. At Pendleton meeting N. B. Atkinson of Wasco county, Oregon, told of farmers building elevators and paying for them with sack money the first year. BULK GRAIN IS HER E MAKE MONEY IN 1917 Sacks are out of date. Handling in bulk saves 3c to 3c per bushel. And this saving is made 'above the cost of installing granaries (as shown above.) 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