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About Beaverton times. (Beaverton, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1919)
THE BEAVERTON TIMES Page I OREGON IIOTES Ncwi U Brief, Gathered From Yariew Parti of The State. ieM s The Albany post of the American Legion has 100 members. . Contracts have been let for the pav ing of three streets in Freewater. Construction work has begun on the new $50,000 Elks building in Heppner. Hood River cull applies have never been in such demand as this season. tk Harvesting of cranberries in the low er Columbia river bog lands has start ed. Marion county will produce more than 200 carloads of apples this sea son. A new jail for the Umatilla county court house was recommended by the grand jury. The lumber industry of the Coos bay country is suffering as a result of a car shortage. Earl L. Fisher, county assessor of Linn county for the past seven years, "has resigned. Two babies were born in Portland during the month of August for every death that occurred. Truckers, flour packers and wheat handlers employed in flouring mills of Portland went out on strike. The bond issue for the construction of a storm sewer system in Dallas was carried at a special election. The mint growers- of the Willamette valley pooled their mint oil for 30 days and are holding out for $8 a pound. Cottage Grove soon will have one of the most modern and best equipped garages in that section of the state. More than 300 students are now en rolled in the Pendleton high school, the largest enrollment it has ever had. It was with considerable difficulty that rooms were found to house teach ers employed in the Roseburg schools. Aurora wants more water and has decided to put , down experimental wells on both sides of the Pudding river. 1 All contracts for the Elks' four story temple at Pendleton have been signed and work is well under way on the excavation. Excavation for the placing of the foundation for the women's building at the state university" in Eugene has been completed. . William G. McAdoo, former secre tary of the treasury, will be one of the several notables to visit the Pen dleton Round-up. ' The Linn county road bondx issue has been approved and plans are being completed for the sale of the first block of n00,000. McMinnvllle will hold a monster "welcome-home" celebration for the returned soldiers and sailors of Yatn 11 county Friday. '. , A government chemist representing the division of hydration, , United States department of agriculture, is to be-located in Salem. ! The Hood Kiver apple crop from present indications, will approach close to the government's mid-summer estimate of 2,000,000 boxes. : Forty accused bootleggers will be given the special attention of the Unit ed States grand jury, which opened sessions in Portland Monday. : Miss Fthet B. Gibson, graduate of the Northwestern college, Naperville, 111, has been secured as librarian for thp Grants Pass public library. Shipments of .cattle from Pilot Rock of late have been so heavy as to re quire all the stock cars that can pos sibly be sent to the branch line. The home of the late Supreme Jus tice Frank A. Moore at Salem is to De sold to a club of 24 Willamette univer sity men. The property will sell for $6000. .- v An Intensive campaign was opened tn Portland by members of the Ameri can Legion to get former soldiers, sail ors and marines Into the ranks of the local post.'' The housing situation in The Dalles has become acute. Many of the busi ness enterprises have liad to curtail their work, being unable to get help Into the clty. A large number of sheep have been brought Into Lane county this year and the number now in the county is climbing back to what it was four or five years ago. Lieutenant Edward Everett Wilson, 28, vice president of the First National bank of Linnton, was killed at Car ruthers aviation field near Fort Worth, Texas, whjle flying. 1 Hearing of the application of the Portland Railway, Light & Pewer com pany for. an increase of rates on its traction lines has been set for Mon day, September 22. " Miss Florence Engstrom, who has served as stenographer in the offices of Adjutant-General Stafrin for some time, has resigned. She will enter the University of Oregon. George E. Saunders, indicted in the Josephine county courts on a charge of embezzlement of $2281 from the Rogue river public service corporation, was acquitted at Grants Pass. Portland's high school teachers have organized a union and have applied for a charter to the American Federa tion of Teachers, which is allied with the American Federation of Labor, Mrs. Alexander . Thompson, Ore gon's only woman legislator, was elect ed president of the Portland Federa tion of Women's organizations to suc ceed Mrs. G. J. Frankel, resigned. Comparative prices of 60 of the larger cities of the United States, as compiled by a Salem newspaper, Bhow that it costs less to eat here than in almost any section of the country. What is considered the worst main road ,; in Oregon, that meandering through the mountains from Roseburg to Coos Bay, will receive immediate attention from the state highway com mission. Major William G. White of Eugene has been chosen by the state fair man agement to have charge of the detach ment of 'Oregon national guardsmea who will act as guards at the state fair at Salem. At a meeting of the Roseburg Metho dist Episcopal -church in quarterly ses sion, it was voted to ask Bishop Hughes to reappoint C. S. Spencer, the present pastor, to this church for an other year. After, having been conducted as a toll road" for many years, the Old Bar tow road through Clackamas county, from Sandy, and extending to Wapini ta, in Wasco -county, has passed to the state of Oregon. " A new truck, among those sent by the war department for distribution imong the counties of the state, has been drawn by County Judge Stewart f Lane county, andwill be used in road work in that county. . Assembly of all officers of the. 3d Oregon Infantry, national guard, in the Multnomah county armory has been jrdered for three days beginning Oc tober 3, according to a letter sent out iy Adjutant-General Stafrin. The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen of Marshfleld will open a general store to provide necessities of lfe, and some luxuries, at not more ian 10 per cent over wholesale cost, ind perhaps as low as 7 per cent. All airplane flight records between Portland and" Eugene were oroxen, irhen Lieutenant Batten, member of lie government forest patrol crew on luty, flew from Portland t the Bu rene aviation field In exactly 46 mln ltes. ' . Correspondence courses are not reo gnlied as comJgK within the provi dons of the soldiers' educational bill, tccordlng to an opinion by Attorney Jeneral Brown for the guidance of Jam AMCoier, -deputy secretay of itate. '' Bids for furnishing 32,000 bronie nedals for Oregon soldiers, sailors and narines who participated in the world rar are to be opened in Salem on )ctober 10, according to a decision eached by members of the .so-called )regon medal commission, Refusal of Salem retail book sellers i handle school books on a 16 per ent margin has resulted in a decision m the part of the J. K. Gill company if Portland, representative for all pub- lshers furnishing books for Oregon ichools, to Install a store of their own Salem. Delegates to the central labor coun- til of Portland and vicinity voted that f the use of the Portland public audi orlum Is refused by the city commlB- iloners for a general amnesty meeting labor, the council shall call for a eferendum vote on a general strike if protest of 24 hours' duration. The war savings stamp campaign in )regon has been placed in the hands if the Oregon fit'ate Elks' association, iccording to an announcement made ointly by Edward Cooklngham, direct . i u i r for the war loan organization m Dregon, and Harry G. Allen, president f the Oregon State Elks' association. The 88 Oregon banks reporting dor- nant deposits of more tnan seven rears' standing under the recent bien- llal call, have been notified by Attor ley General Brown to remit the same :o the state treasurer, by whom they ft-ill'be credited to the state's public ichool fund. The fund aggregates $12,- ilRSS Bids for the construction oi ine 3alro-Nyssa section of the , John Day ( lighway, including nine miles of grav 1 surfacing, and the Bend-Jefferson jounty line section of The Dalles-Call-1 tornia highway, covering 23.9 miles of jradlng, are asked tn an advertfsement made public by the state highway com mission. Merchants, fruitgrowers and fruit vendors are warned by William A, Dal ilel, deputy state sealer, that the state I ...1.1.,. 11. -.111.... .A.. n W lUrUlUS IHO BtHHUH Ul Fu" vi , jther similar commodities by the iushel. "The law clearly states that I all commodities shall be sold by net weight or numerical count," the warn ing reads. Returns received at the office ot Adjutant-General Stafrin indicate that Colonel Creed C, Hammond of .Port land, formerly of Eugene, was unani mously elected to suftceed Colonel John L. May, who resigned recently mi commanding officer of the 3d Ore gon Infantry. The election was held throughout the stuto, with all field of ficers and captains ot the organization participating. SPRINKLING NOTICE - In order to save water needed by the Highway Contractor, the town council has divided the, sprinkling privilege as follows: All persons East of Watson Street or its extensions may sprinkle on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. All persons West of Watson Street or its extensions may sprinkle on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. All persons are urged to comply, with this request and to conserve water in every way possible In order that all needs may be supplied. GEORGE THYNG - Water Superintendent Reverse the ancient order of things. Save the dollars and the pennies will take care of themselves. Read the ads for bargain news. Before buying a tractor investigate the 10 FTTIo 20 itan Manufactured by International Harvester Company Two Cylinder, Kerosene Burner, making 500 revolutions per minute. Four wheels on the land and no side draft. Weight 5,700 lbs. 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