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OCECOII DOTES
News la Grief, Gathered Pros
Varieu Parts sf The State.
Eugene win soon have a commercial
airplane of. its own. .
. . E. F. Slade, examiner In the atatt
tanking department baa resigned.
The peach crop ot Clackamas coun
ty Is the largest known for many
years. '
A campaign will be made to enroll
600 new members In the Salem Com
mercial club. . . v
Fifteen hundred students are count
ed on to enroll at the University of
Oregon this fall. ? ,
A total of $2,082,000 was paid to resi
dents of Oregon last year by life in
surance companies. .
Duerst brothers of Sheridan received
a check of $22,000 for their crop of
wheat and oats from a local miller.
A large vein of coal three feet in
'thickness has been discovered In the
. Warm Springs reservation country.
Frank Campbell, a prominent Insur
ance man of Eugene, died In San
Francisco, following a minor opera
tion, v ' " ; ' - .'
Returned service men of Redmond,
have effected an organization and ap
plied for a charter in the American
.Legion.
A rich ledge of gold assaying $10,000
a ton has been uncovered on Rose
creek In the southern part of Coos
county.
' Because of a change in the' schedule
ot the presidential train, President
Wilson will not be able to make a
stop at Salem.
The United States government has
awarded a contract for 20,000 barrels
,r- "
Pendleton roller mills. '
Mrs. Mary Jane Heater, who came
to Oregon with the overland Immigra
tion of 1860, died at her home near
Springbrook, aged 80 years. '
Ross Hickernell, the new Instructor
on the cornet in the school of music
at the University of Oregon, arrived
in Eugene from Warren, O.
Heppner lodge of Elks awarded
their contract to L. N. Traver of Port
land for the construction. of the new
lodge building to cost $39,900.
Army goods at army prices will be
offered to the people of Portland at a
retail store to be Opened by the Uni
ted States army September 25.
The second annual convention of
the International Association of Fire
Fighters convened in Portland Mon
day and-continued until Saturday.
- The monthly financial statement
just issued by the state Industrial ac
cident commission shows a balance
in the accident fund of $1,114,014.69.
There was a total of 623 accidents
In Oregon during the week ending Sep
tember 4, according to a report issued
y the industrial accident commission.
- The electric light plant at Florence
at the mouth of the Siuslaw -river was
destroyed by fire and the town will
be In darkness for some time to come.
General celebration and observance
of "constitution day" on Wednesday,
September 17, throughout the state- Is
urged In a letter issued by Governor
Olcott
: Workers , in the steel shipbuilding
plants of Portland will receive an in
crease of 8 cents an hour in all the
crafts and a 44-hour week will be
granted them. T s '.-"" .
Miss Belle Grover, dean of women
at McMinnvllle college, died in Seattle
last week. She had gone to Seattle
to take a special course at the Wash
ington university. - : - j
Permanent organisation at aa as-i
sedation to bold annual fairs in Al
bany was effected at the meeting of
Unn representatives from various
part of the county.
Amos Nichols, resident ot Linn
county tor 45 years, died at the home
of his ton, James Nichols, near Plain
view, aged 93 years. He was a veter
an of the Civil war. -
The flagship Birmingham, a veteran
cruiser of 21 months' service in for
eign waters, and a squadron of six
torpedo boat destroyers, paid a five
day visit to Portland. .
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels arrived in Portland Tuesday
after spending Monday afternoon vis
iting the proposed naval base site at
Tongue Point, near Astoria,
Hood River Knights of .' Pythias
lodge has employed C. H. SchulU, for
merly a member of a San Francisco
orchestra, to instruct a band just or
ganised by the fraternal body.
Dr. B. R. Wallace of Albany has been
appointed examiner for Linn county
for the bureau of war risk insurance
and is examining Linn county dis
charged soldiers with disability rec
ords. ;'"'.-. " '
As the result of a vote taken at a
session of the Portland fair price com
mittee, letters will be sent the Oregon
delegation in Washington, D. C, urg
ing that steps be taken to reinstate
war-time food regulations requiring
licensing of dealers and limiting pro
fits'.. f ; '-"
An average of 703 names are called
for daily a the general delivery win
dow of the Bend postoffice, according
to the count kept last week. In ad
dition, there are 745 rented mall boxes.
" Jerome S. Workman, formerly sec
retary of the Eugene chamber of Com
merce and leader in patriotic work
during the war, has gone to Wood
burn, where he has purchased a farm.
At a meeting held at Coquille, at
tended by a large number of repre
sentative citizens from, various parts
ot the county, the Coos County Li
brary ' association was permanently
organized.
The use of the Portland municipal
auditorium for a debate on ihe Irish
republic, to have been held under the
auspices of the Central Labor council,
was denied by the unanimous vote of
the city council.
' The dreadnought Vermont, carrying
Vice-Admiral Clarence S. Williams,
second in command of . the Pacific
fleet, and the armored cruiser North
Carolina entered the Columbia river
and visited Astoria. .
Systematic placarding of the detour
roads, made necessary because of the
improvement of the main trunk lines
now in progress throughout Oregon,
has been undertaken by the itate
highway department.
plans for a no-accident week cam
paign to be conducted in the state of
Oregon are being formulated by the
newly organized Oregon safety coun
cil, and it is expected the drive will
take place next month. .
With sugar stocks practically clean
ed out and Portland jobbers expecting
no shipments tor another month or
more, if consumers' supplies are not
used sparingly there will be a real
ugar famine in Portland soon.
Hearings will be held at TmaIo
September 12 and 13 by George Coch
rane, state water superintendent, for
the adjudication of the water rights
on Snow creek. Approximately 1000
acres of irrigable land are affected.
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VERBOORT WOMAN IN
LAST RESTING PLACE
Mrs. F. F. Lahaie, who has been
ill since April of last year, but only
bed fast for two days, passed away
at her home in Verboort Saturday of
last week. She was the mother of
eight living children, and besides
these children she leaves a devoted
husband. Seven of her children weYe
at her bedside at the time of her
death, the other son being in the Na
vy in New London, Conn.
She was born in Province Quebec,
February 10, 1852, and was married
in Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 26, 1873. They
left Canada in 1880, going to Wis
consin. In 1882 they Te't there and
went to South Dakota and remained
there for ten years, going next to
Saskatchewan, Canada, leav- there
in 1894 overlanu for Oregon, where
they have since resided, living in
Washington County J 4 years. Fath
er VanClarenbock, of Verboort, con
ducted the funeral service and the re
matfis were laid to rest Tuesday,
Sept., 9th in the Verboort serr.etory.
"What's the matter with the Amer
ican dollar?" inquires an anxious
critic. Nothing, nothing at all. A
dollar is a dollar, and is worth a hun
dred cents no more, and no less.
Bu)t inflated prices have made its
purchasing power or ly about one
half what it has a few years ago.
Swat the price booster, and the dol
lar will perk up again.
Judging from his published photo
graphs, if Lieut. Col. Theodore Roose
velt, Jr., is as smart aa he is homely
he will be a fitting successor to his
brainy dad of the Big Stick.
Our. returned soldiers are naively
remarking that when the next war
breaks out the proper thing will be
to aend the fellows who remained at
home this time.
Before buying a tractor
investigate the
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Two Cylinder, Kerosene Burner,,
making 500. revolutions per minute.
Four wheels on the land and no side
draft. Weight 5,700 lbs.
Price $1,130
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Beaverton, Oregon