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ErtflU of Noted People, Government!
and Pacific Northweat and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
The Chicago Health department1!
diet squad" on ita 40 eenta a day
la gaining weight.
Villa's bandits are thrice repulsed in
their attack on Chihuahua City by
Carransa'a heavy artillery.
A portion of the Caratena Packing
company plant at Taeoma is destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss estimated at
1200,000.
Another raid on Zeebrugge was made
Friday by British aircraft, and it is
reported a German destroyer was hit
by a bomb. The official account of the
attack says all machines returned.
Nation-wide prohibition is urged on
congress by the National Grange in
resolutions adopted which asked spe
cifically that the District of Columbia
be included in a any National prohibi
. tion legislation.
Russia officially announces the loas
of the draadnaught Imperatritsa Ma
ria. The statement reads: "The Rus
sian dreadnaught Imperatritsa Maria
has been sunk by an internal explosion.
Two hundred of the crew are missing. "
According to the Berlin correspond
ent of the Copenhagen Folitiken, aa
quoted in a Copenhagen dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company, Arch
duke Charles Francis, of Austria-Hungary
will assume the title of Emperor
and King Charles 1.
Sir George White, of London, is
dead. Sir George established the first
manufactory of airplanes in England.
He was a pioneer of electric street
traction, being the first to introduce it
in London. He was 62 years old and
received the title of baronet in 1904.
President Wilson Friday sent a tele
gram to Charles IS. Hughes acknowl
edging his message of congratulation.
The President's telegram said: "I
am sincerely obliged to you for your
message of congratulation. Allow
to assure you of my good wishes for
the years to come."
A dispatch from Mexico City to the
Chihuahua City press, states that The
odore Boosevelt has started a revolu
tion against President Wilson. The
message further states that Roosevelt
charges the President with authorizing
"various electoral frauds in order to
triumph in the past election."
The British, French, Russian and
Japanese bankers of the quintuple
group have sent a letter to the Chinese
minister of finance, aaying that the
loan arranged for with the Chicago
banks violated article 17 of the reor
ganisation loan agreement of April 26,
1913. The letter declares the loan is
political and not inoWrial, and asked
for an explanation.
Forty thousand, nine hundred dollars
waa estimated to have been stolen
from a Southern Express company
transfer wagon in the Western & At
lantic railroad yards in Chattanooga,
Tenn., Thursday night by two men
who held up the lone driver, Fred Cor
neilaon, who said the robbers forced
him to unlock a box containing ap
proximately (100,000 in currency. The
robbery took place in the heart of the
business district, less than a block
from the local express office.
The orgniied labor forces of the
country Wednesday avowed extreme
hostility to the writ of injunction as a
means of stopping a strike. First-a
resolution was adopted, unanimously,
at the morning session of the conven
tion of the American Federation of
Labor, urging orgainsed labor every
where to make the .injunction question
"the paramount issue in all of their
future political activities."
tt is predicted in Chicago that but
ter will rise to 60 cents per pound be
fore January first.
Minnesota voters declined on elec
tion day to approve the proposed pro
vision for the initiative and referen
dum, according to results just tabu
lated. Charles A. Murphy, of Pendleton,
haa been chosen warden of the Oregon
penitentiary to succeed J. W. Minto,
who was compelled to resign because
he "hosed" two convicts.
Werner Breyman, an Oregon pioneer
of 1860, dies at his home in Salem.
Target practice In the navy will have
to be limited for the winter to the first
line ships because of the shortage of
man. Steps already are being taken
to increase, the personnel under the
lew.
Speeders and reckless motorists of
all classes, when arrested, will bear
their police -records on the operators'
license, if a bill now being framed by
the California State Automobile asso
ciation becomes law at the next legis
lature. . ... v
South Ameria Now Buying
;.; x MMtftwt in Ptific Northwest
Portland Australian grain dealere
are eetablishlng themselves In the
Wsat Coast trade, a lone reached from
the Northweat in times when tonnage
was plentiful, and two charters were
made laat week for the business from
the Antipodes to Booth America, the
American ship Star of Poland being
fixed at TO shillings, and the barkentine
Hawaii at 76 shillings to load wheat
at Adelaide for Callao. ,.
Exporters here do not look for a ma
terial movement of Australian cereal
to the West Coast, and reason that
with the difference in the market
Northweat firms eaaily could compete
with the Australians. But the ton
nage feature is. a drawback, besides
the big movement from this district at
present ia by railroad to the Atlantic
and thence by water to Europe.
Naval Base Work is Speeded.
Portland To Insure the least nosai-
bla delay in getting at facts relative
to advantages in the Columbia river
for a naval base, the Chamber of Corn-
is engaged in assembling all
data under a system that will facilitate
consideration by Rear Admiral Helm
and his brother officers on the commis
sion, while a complete chart of the
Willamette and Columbia rivers, from
Portland to the sea, is being prepared
oy li. a. Hegardt, chief engineer of
the Commission of Public Docks. The
officers are due about December 16. .
- In addition the chamber of com
merce has decided to request the Com
mission of . . Public Docks to relieve Mr.
Hegardt from duty during the period
the navy officers are in this district.
even for a week if necessary, so that
he may accompany them on their tripe
of inspection. '
i .
. Mills Ship and Run Again.
Baker, Or. A slight lifting in the
shortage of cars on the O.-W. S. & N.
permitted Baker lumber companies to
clear out their shipping sheds, and all
mills were running this week. Al
though the supply was not normal, it
was such an improvement that mill
owners were jubilant.
The Baker White Pine plant, which
shut down one day because of the
shortage, was able to resume with the
full crew of men, and the three other
mills, which had planned to atop unless
there waa relief, were able to continue.
The railroad was unable to promise a
normal supply or a continuation of the
present service.'
Fresh Eggs 60 to 66 Cents.
Spokane Eggs generally soar more
or leas in price after a long spell of
cold weather, but, the dealers say, the
present high prices are almost, if not
quite, unprecedented so early in the
season Eggs, guaranteed to be new
laid, at 60 and 66 cents a dozen, Thurs
day's price, are somewhat of a luxury,
and cold atorage ones, at 60 cents a
dosen, though useful for some pur
poses, are far from cheap. So far
Chinese eggs are not on sale. Butter
has put on its winter price of 60 cents
a pound retail for the best brands.
NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT
Portland Wheat Bluestem. $1. 69:
forty-fold, $1.60; club, (1.48; red fife,
$1.48; red Russian, (1.48.
Oats No. 1 white feed, (86.76.
Barley No. 1 feed, (38.60.
Flour Patents, (3.40: straights, (7
7.tu; exports, (7.20; valley, (7.90;
whole wheat, (8.60; graham, (8.40.
Hillfeed Spot prices: Bran.
(26.00 per ton; shorts, (29.00; rolled
parley, (41.uu4Z.U0.
Lorn Whole, (49 per ton: cracked
(49.
Hay Producers' prices: TimothV.
Eastern Oregon, (17)20 per ton: tim
othy, valley, (1617; alfalfa, (16
17.U0; valley grain hay. (13(315:
clover, (12.60.
Butter Cubes, extras, 36038c.
Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 40c.
butterfat, No. 1, 40c; No. 2, 38c,
Portland.
Eggs Oregon ranch, current re
ceipts, 49c per dozen; Oregon
ranch, candled, 60c; selects, 52c. .
Poultry Hens, 13ai6c; springs. 16
17c per pound; turkeys, live, 20
23c; dressed, 2327c; ducks. 130118c:
geese, ll12c.
Veal fancy llllc per pound.
Pork Fancy, 1212Jc per pound.
Vegetables Artichokes. 75cfi)1.10
per dozen; tomatoes, 75ctl.25 per
crate; cabbage, 76c(2.00 per hun
dred; peppers, 57c per pound; egg
plant, 68c; lettuce, (2.50; cucumbers,
tl1.60 per box; celery, 6676c per
dozen; pumpkins, lc per pound;
squaBh, lljc per pound.
fotatoes Oregon, buying nriee.
(1.40 1.60 per hundred, country
points; sweets, (2.76 per hundred.
Unions Oregon buying prices. (2.50
per sack, country points.
Green Frulta Apples, new, 60H)(2
per box; pears, (11.50; grapes, (1
2; cssabas, lie; cranberries, (10.50
12.60 per barrel.
Hope 1916 crop, 912c per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, fine. 26iBl
27c; coarse, 8834c; valley, 83c
Mohair 8645c per pound.
Cascara bark Old and new. Sic oer
pound.
Cattle Steers, prime. (6.76(37.30:
good, (6.406.76; common to fair, (6
6.00; cows, choice, (5.256; medium
to good, (4.505; ordinary to fair,
(3.604: heifers, (4(3)6: bulls, tm
4.26; calves, (47.60.
Hogs Prime, (9.2609.75; good to
prime Mixed, (8.259; rough heavy,
(88.26; pigs and skips, (88.26.
Sheep .llamas. (8(818.76: vearlinm.
wethenv77.Of old wethers, (6.26
6.(0; jssna, M4J6.60.
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Bandit Chief Escapes Fijsilade
! on Horseback.
CHIHUAHUA CITY PENETRATED
Desperate Street Fighting Follows
, Raidera Are Driven toOpen and ,
Mowed by Machine Guns.
Chihuahua City, Mex., via courier
to Marfa, Tex. Francisco Villa's au
tomobile, which was being used by him
to direct his campaign against Car-
ran as troops, was struck by small shell
fire Sunday and was abandoned near
Fresno, southwest of the city.
- The shell holes and bullet marks
were plainly seen on the aides of the
machine when it was found on the bat
tlefield after Villa abandoned It and
rode away on horseback.
The battle started soon after the tel
egraphic communication with Juarez
was cut. The wire went down at 10
o'clock a. m. and the battle started
shortly before 11 a. m. and was raging
by 11 :30. The bandits' attack covered
the entire southern front from east to
west with flanking operations to the
east and west.
The most desperate fighting occurred
on Zarco avenue, within the city. The
bandits threw their best equipped
forces against the entrenchments
which had been thrown up across this
street, and street fighting followed.
The Villa forces made every possible
effort to take these entrenchments,
which were the key to the defenses of
the city proper.
The de facto infantry met Itheae
charges with counter charges and the
battle raged back and forth in tbiB
narrow adobe-lined street until the
Villa banidts were driven out of the
mouth of the avenue onto the plains,
where they were raked with machnie
gun fire and the artillery fire which
had supported effectively the infantry
forceB.
General Trevino is prepared for an
other general assault, although the in
dications are the enemy would inot at
tack again. 1 At the time;this message
was dispatched by courier there were
no bandits to be seen west of the elty.
General Carlos Ozuna's cavalry char
ges in thia direction completely freed
this sector of the Villa forces, which
have been driven off to the southwest
a distance estimated at five miles. The
Villa troops attacked repeatedly and
with great daring, but were driven off
by the de facto forces, and the force
of their blows was spent against the
first-line entrenchments.
One Dead and Five Injured in
Portland Family Hotel Fire
Portland Wlllard G. Dieting, 24
years old, city salesman for the Na
tional Biscuit company. Was burned to
death Sunday morning after effecting
the resuce of his fiancee. Miss Myar.
Skogmann, and one other person, and
five women were seriously burned and
injured by jumping for life from the
second-story windows in a fire which
practically destroyed the Cudahy Fam
ily hotel, at 209 Tenth, street about 7
o'clock. .
The hotel, which waa formerly the
old Emanuel hospital, is a three-story
frame structure of 27 rooms. Thirty-
five roomers were asleep when the fire
was discovered by the janitor, who ran
through the hallways, crying the
alarm. In a few momenta the flames
coursed up a staircase from the kitch.
en, partly swept the second floor and
raged throughout the entire upper
floor.
Dazed by the smoke and baffled by
the flames, at least a dozen of the
trapped persons sprang from the win
dows of the doomed hotel when the
heat and gases closed in upon them.
Against the charred backgronud of
the ruined hotel looms the gallantry of
the victim, Wlllard G. Dieting, who
rescued at least two persons, warned
many others on the third floor, and
gave up his life on the return from
amusing his roommate, Edward ISbele.
Germany to Spare Press.
Amsterdam The Volks Zietung of
Cblogne, says a suggestion that the
publication of only one newspaper in
cb German town by permitted, has
ime before the main committee of the
rejischstag. . The speaker for the Cen
took the ground that the press
lould be considered as an auxiliary
ir service and that the proposal to
luce the number of papers should be
posed. The aecretray of the interior,
iid there was no reason to be perturb-
since the government waa convinced
the importance of the press.
Gifts for Marines Asked. V
Washington, D. C The American
Cross, which recently began col-
cting Christmsa gifts for soldiers at
the border and in Mexico, issued an
ipeal saying: ' "In itheir Christmas
vine the American people should not
forget the 3000 marines who for nearly
aj year and a half have been scattered
throughout Haiti and San Domingo in
email detachments, which are contin
ually on a war footing and living under
tropical conditions peculiarly trying."
London Emperor Franale Joseph
died Tueeday night at o'clock at
Schoenbrunn Cattle, according to a
Renter dispatch from Vienna by way
of Amsterdam.
The aged monarch received the sac
rament mat Saturday. Hie condition
became worse early Monday, and hie
temperature racreased tn the after.
neon.
'Telegraphing from Amsterdam, the
Central News correspondent says:
"Vienna ramrr that Irjuumh the
death of the emperor had been expect
ed, the -newt, which waa printed in
special editions of to newspapers,
made a deep Impression on the public
A special cabinet meeting was held.
The heir to the throne, Archduke
Char lea Francis, haa been for
time, in Vienna, A meeting of the
Hungarian cabinet haa been called to
Budapest, Premier Tlaaa will after
wards coma to Vienna." I.
What gave some credence to the sua.
piclon that Francia Joeeph's condition
was much graver than the official bul
letins indicated was the report, which
still lacks official confirmation, that it
had been decided to associate the heir
to the throne, Archduke Charles Fran
cis, .in the government of the country
and that the archduke waa to assume
the position December 2, the 68th an
niversary of the emperor's ascension
to the throne.
Archduke Charles Francis, grand-
nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph,
became heir to the throne of Austria-
Hungary by the assassination of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinard, prior to the
outbreak of the war.. He haa been in
command of the Austrian armies on
various fronts in the past two years.
8-HOUR LAW INVALID
Kansas City, Mo. The Adamaon
eight-hour law was held unconstitu
tional here Wednesday by Judge Wil
liam C. Hook in the United States dis
trict court.
An appeal to the Supreme court of
the United States will follow quickly
in an effort to obtain the ultimate de
cision in the case before January 1,
when the law is to go into effect
Action In thetase waa precipitated
Tuesday when Frank Hagerman, spe
cial counsel for the government, filed a
motion before Judge Hook, asking im
mediate decision in injunction proceed
ings brought by Alexander New and
Henry C. Ferries, receivers for the
Missouri, Oklahoma ft Gulf railroad.
Washington, D. C An agreement
between the railroads and the depart
ment of justice to ask the supreme
court to pass on the constitutionality
of the Adamaon act .before January 1,
when it takes effect, appeared to be
near at hand Wednesday.
Trade War Outlook is Viewed
Seriously by Official Wasbiogton
Washington, D. C. The prospective
European commercial war after the
war, viewed with increasing serious
ness here, ia being watched carefully
by American consular officers abroad
whose reports and many from other
sources are being received regularly at
the State department. It became
known Wednesday that all available
facts are being sent on to Washington,
both aa to the progress already made
in planning the economic struggle and
as to expected future developments.
Ofiicials here think the American
people do not fully realize the possible
effects of such post-bellum strife on
their huge foreign trade, which
passed the (8,000,000,000 mark
nually. Uncertain aa to the future
and varying as are all the reports, no
doubt is felt here that the country
faces a grave econmio danger unless
It does all possible first to forestall
such a struggle, and secondly to pre
pare against it in case present indica
tions are borne out
V Wilaon Elector Indicted.
Montgomery, Ala. A possibility
that President Wilson may lose one of
Alabama's 12 electoral votes developed
here when Y. M. .Qulnn, chosen aa a
Democratic elector at the November 7
election, was indicted on a charge of
embezzling (46,000 from a bank at
Russellville. State officials said the
indictment alone would not prevent
him from serving as an elector, but
that he would be disqualified If con
victed before the electors meet Court
officials expressed doubt that the case
would be reached before that date.
American Act Questioned.
London Washington's refusal to
permit the publication of reports of
American officials on prison camps in
Germany was the subject of a question
Wednesday in the house of commons.
lord Robert Cecil, minister of war
trade, replying to the interrogation,
aid be had some reason to believe that
while the United States objected in
principle to the publication of such re-
C, Its consent might be obtained to
ublication of Individual reports.
Wagea of 900,000 Steel Men Up.
New York United States Steel cor
poration Wednesday announced an in
crease of 10 per cent m wages of enW
ployea of Ita steel and iron companies,
effective December 15 next, Wage
and salary advances in other depart
ments of the corporation also will be
equitably adjusted, it waa said. The
Increase effects In all .about 200,000
employes and probably adds nearly
(20,000,000 to the corporation's pay
roll. . v. . . . . J
Prominent Spsakerstn Important
, Pragnm for Stwon to Be .,
i Held in 'Portland. -
The session of the Oregon Teachers'
Annotation which h to be held In
Portland December 17, 18 and , wlu
be the most Important eduoatlonal
meeting ever held In the state, accord
ing to a statement Issued by E. F.
Carleton, president of the association.
The Eastern and Western divisions
have joined In one association, bring
ing the entire state into- one conven
tion. A new constitution haa been
adopted, which eliminates the old plan
of holding county institutes in connec
tion with the association. Equal rep
resentation has been provided, so that
the convention cannot be. controlled by
any one section. Every county In the
is sending deie gates in propor
tion to the number of teachers and
each local teachers' organisation is
entitled to a delegate provided that It
haa more than fifteen members, and
not lees that three meetings each year.
These duly elected representatives
after their qualifications have been
passed upon by the credentials com
mittee, will he entitled to sit in the.
representative council,
The entire opening day, Wednesday,
December 27, will be devoted to the
deliberations of this council. Reports
of three standing committees will be
heard, and It is expected that the
council Will take definite action on at
least, three important problems pre
sented by these committees. The first
is a proposed plan for a retirement
fund for the teachers of Or 30114 The
report will be presented by thel chair
man, W. T. Foster, President of Reed
college. The second is the Retarda
tion problem. C. W. Boettichar, city
superintendent of the Albany schools,
ia chairman of the committee prepar
ing this report. President J. H. Ack-
ermsn, of Monmouth, will present the
report which is predicted will provoke
the liveliest discussion of the day, "A
code 01 Ethics lor Teachers." No one
but delegates will have the right to
vote in the representative council, or
to discuss the questions submitted, but
seats will be provided for all teachers
who wish to visit the first day's
ion. The representative council will
meet in the Portland Hotel which will
be the official headquarters for the
association.
The work of the second and third
days will be open to all teachers of the
state and the indications are that the
attendance will be record breaking.
Two men of national reputation have
Been secured to address the general as
semblies, Carrol G, Pearse of Milwau
kee, Wis., president of the State Nor
mal scchool at that place and formerly
president of the National Education
association; and Dr. Henry Buaaallo,
president of the University of Wash
ington, formerly of Columbia Univer
sity. These two men are known as
tars of the first magnitude in the edu
cational world, and they will discuss
educational problems of nation-wide
interest
Thursday morning. December 28 will
be devoted to a general assembly of all
teachers. Thursday afternoon and
Firday morning, the teachers will
meet in their -various departments:
Secondary, Industrial, Elementary,
Art, Rural, Commercial, Counoll of
English, City Superintendents . and
others. "The executive committee and
the heads of the various departments
nave been working diligenty for the
past month on the program," said
President Carleton, "and we expect to
nave a most profitable session."
The association will close with a
general assembly of all the teachers
Friday afternoon, where the teachers
will again have the opportunity of
hearing the speakers from abroad.
The executive committee at the
opening of the school year, entered
into a contract with the Statesman
Publishing company under the terms
of which the Oregon Teachers' Month-
became the official organ of the
association. An editorial board ap
pointed by the president of the associ
ation, publishes the journal, and every
paid-up memner 01 me association re
ceives one year's subscription to the
teachers' magazine. "If our plan
proves successful, we shall bring be
fore the association each year for care
ful consideration, some three or four
problems affecting the welfare of the
teachers and the public schools, some
definite policies will be established,
and the teachers' journal will be used
to inform all the teachers of the state
of .the work of the state association,
and through the year problems affect
ing, the development of -education
throughout the United States will be
discussed by able writers."
Members 01 the executive commit-
e ire: H. D. Sheldon. Eugene: J.
Percy Wells, Jacksonville; Viola Orta-
child, Portland; Wm. Parker. Portland
E. D. Ressler, Corvallla; H. H. Herd-
man, Portland; Geo. A. Briscoe, Ash
land, and E. F. Carleton, Salem, chair
man of the committee.
Tuition Aaked of County.
Salem Mandamua proceedings in
the Oregon Supreme court have been
instituted by School District No. 24,
comprising the City of Salem, to com
pel W. M. Smith, county superintend
ent of Marion county, to pay (7650.86
of the county funds to the district for
tuition of pupils attending the Salem
High achool from other districts in the
county. The court set December 4 for
the hawing. The board baa decided
that It la entitled to (71.18 for each
pupil attending the Salem High school
from outside districts.
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Oregon State Census Fixa
: Population at &43 i i
Sgalem Orsgon's eefwete pr-tl.
tint for 1916, based 'upon ike) uaol
population, is 884,(16, as eompared
with a population 01 tnafw snown oy
the Federal census of 1910. In the
six-year period this Is.an average gain
in population of 19.4 per cent ,
These fleures were compiled by O.
P. Hoff, Bute labor commissioner, and
indicate that Klamath county, with a
gain of 29.6 par cent, leads al ether
counties in the state.
Multnomah county's Increase in pop
ulation Is 28.1 per cant, or 194,284
population, compared to .116,161 in ,
1910. For the two-year period, 1114
and (1916, Multnomah county gained
4.7 per cent in population; n
Mr. Hod's figures on the estimated
present population In the different
counties follow: Baker, 21,591; Ben
ton, 18,694; Clackamas, 89,817; Clat
sop, 19,469; Columbia, 18,101; Coos,
10,016; Crook, 12,728; Jefferson, '
6884; Curry, 2643; Douglas, 23,336;
Gilliam, 4128; Grant 7885; Harney,
4602 Hood River, 7086; Jackson, 16,
884; Josephine, 9398; Klamath, 12,. '
160; Lake, 5740; Lane, 88,440; Lin
coln, 6846; Linn, 26,281; Malheur,
18,622; Marion, 49,218; Morrow,
4862; Multnomah, 294,214; Polk, 17,
642; Sherman, 4739; Tillamook, 8640;
Umatilla, 22,488; Union, 8387; Wal
lowa, 10,968; Wasco, 21,048; Wash
intgon, 23,128; Wheeler, B048; Yam
hill, 19,492. . . . ..
Older Boys' Annual Conference
To Be Held December 1-3
Nearly three hundred .older boys will
be assembled at Corvallla, Ore., De
cember 1-8, 1016, for the Eleventh An
nual Slate Older Boys' Conference.
by boys from as many western Oregon
cities will be reinforced by the ad
dressee by leaders. Among the lead
en of this conference will be President
W. J. Kerr, of O. A. C. Gale Sea
man, International Pacific Coast Stu
dent secretary, Prof. Norman Coleman
of Reed College and Rev. G. L. Clark
of La Grande, Ore.
Three important exhibits will be
displayed; one prepared by the Oregon
Social Hygiene society for Older Boys;
one on Thrift prepared by the Interna
tional Y. M. C. A., and backed by the
State Bankers' association, and one by
a committee of boys In Corvallls.
Similar gatherings will be held at
Baker, Ore., December 8-10, and Po
catello, Idaho, December 16-17.
These three conferences which are
open to older boys from Sunday
schools. High schools, and Y. H. C.
A s, are directed by the Oregon-Idaho
State Young Men's Christian associa
tion executive committee. Informa
tion may be secured through John H,
Rudd, Interstate boys' secretary, 805
Y. M. C. A., Portland, Ore.
Road Protection Wanted.
Corvallla An agitation was started
this week by Corvallla people to hsve
it made a provision of the automobile
laws of the state of Oregon that no
person who drinks liquor to excess or
who is known to be a reckless driver
shall be permitted to drive an automo
bile on the highways of the state. It
is also argued by some that an exam
ination of the heart should precede
the granting of such privilege.
The demand for such a law followed
an automobile accident in which two
drunken men and a woman came near
losing their lives, and the public high
way was made dangerous for others
because of their reckless driving.
.Wool flen Meet Dec. IB.
Pendleton The annual convention of
the Oregon Wool growers' association,
set for December 8 and 9 at Heppner,
haa been postponed until December 15
and 16, according to J. N. Burgess,
one of the directors. The postpone
ment was made because of a conflict
with the Portland Livestock show.
The important measures to be dis
cussed at the convention Include the
proposed increase in grazing fees for .
sheep on government reserves and the .
matter of keeping trails open through
the reserves.
'Logging Line to Build. '
Eugene 8. A. Buck and A. H. Buck,
of the Monroe Timber company, of '
Monroe,, Wash., and the Buck Box k
Crate company of Eugene,' has filed
with the Lane' county clerk a record of
right of way for a logging railway
across property bordering on the Sins
law river between Mapleton and Flor
ence. v '
A large number of contracts to pur- .
chase cedar lumber also ware filed by
the.Mme partlesv - r -
- Wlllamkis Votes Bonds. "
Wlltamlna A special election of
WIUamiwtiWM held recently to decide
If the voters wished to bond the city
for (11.000 to meet oatatandinr 1w
debtodneaa on Improvements which had
been made on the streets two and three
years ago. The bonds carried by 16
ee. The bonds are to run for 20
yean and bear 6 per cent interest
Lake View Vatea Bonda. '
Like View The bond election held
last week to determine whether (20,
000 should be raised to mirehaaa righto
of way for the Strahorn railroad car
ried by a vote of 249 to ft. Thia u
the heaviest vote ever polled at a mu
nicipal election in Lake Vow.