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Are not alone confined to Rural Free D a iro rj d m»H
and the Telephone.
There ie another convenience which aU
farmer, should have — and many do have — a checkin; ac­
count wife a «cod bankJJ 1 The pdM to** « * • « * •? ttccent
avoid, the risk t f baring hi. money on hie perron or about
hip home where it ie in danger of fire and thieve«.
Hia hills paid by check are not only a valid receipt, but
alec a convenience in h i. home traneaotiooe where very often
the neceeeery change for concluding settlement ia.not at band
J)on*t eiop-to think thia over, but start an acnenet now Wii h j
C le a n in g
T im e is M T tu n d
I t w i l l c o s t y o u n o t h in g to h a i f m b Ä .
f i g u r e for y o u t h e c o a t o f w o r k a n d
m a t e r ia l t h a t y o u w i l l n e e d in t h e lin e o f
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I f y o u d o n o t n e e d m y a s s i s t a n c e in d o -
in g t h e w o r k , l e t m e s e l l y o u m a t e r ia l.
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BEST BARGAIN IN SHERMAN CO
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was la accordance w ith the recom­
mendation that ba. been m ad. many
times by the general land office.
Representatives , from the public
land states foudht <• vMa tB <*>• B®®8*
against the provisions of the hill ro­
u tin g to the land service. The resolu-
hos to abolish thè offices o f receivers
sf public money and Substitute the
appointment of chief clerks for land
o ffic e went through under s sharp
Are. Charges that speci a l land agents
abased their poettfots failed to cut the
appropriation ef »500,000 to prosecute
depredations.
Chairman Fitzgerald,
of the appropriation committee, de­
fended the hill against attacks led by
Representatives Mondali, Hawley, and
Burke.
Disagree Over Rivers And Harbors.
The coafereaee oemmittee oo the
river and haM ot1' hill is deadlocked
and after a spirited row adjourned for
IP days. Threats are being made by
house members that the whole bin w ill
be defeated unless the senate recede,
oo some of Ms larger am endm ent*
One amendment which brought
about a serious disagreement was the
senate's IntwssS. In the appropriation
for the Celilo canal from »«00.000 to
»SOMMO. The liifl— conferees are In­
stating that they win not stand for
720 acre» of land, all tillable, about 350 acre» m
«ummerfallow wheat; balance in «ummertallow
plowed 9-inche» deep; 40 acre» hofi pasture fenced
with woven wire; water piped to hottte and barn
from never failinfi «prinM; firot-daa» building
P R IC E : O nly $35 an acre including all the crop
and no rent to pay. A bo include» implement» now
in use except one buggy.
HUNTER it KESSINGER
Real Estate Agents
tacked by the house. Celilo being the
largeet lnoraaa. made In that section.
Committee W ill Investigate Hanford.
By unanimous vote the house di­
rected V snb-oommlttee ef the Jedlei-
ary committee to go to S eattle, W ash,
and other pianse to Investigate the
chargee against Judge Henford, of the
federal bench, Which halve arisen from
his decision In the Otoeon socialist cit­
izenship - case.
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Chairman Clayton named the follow­
ing sub-oom ml ttee to go to Seattle:
R ep resen ta tiv es
Graham.
Illinois,
chairman; Higgins, of Connecticut,
and M©Coy of New Jersey
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Timber Industry Banks Third.
Lumber and timber manufacturers
v»nk third in value among the p ro
duett* of the industries of the United
States, according to the 1» 13 sta tis tic s
made' public by Director Durand,
i T he oenens figures show th a t there
were 4 M U lumber end tim ber ea-
tebltohmeats end 784,»W persons en­
gaged in the Industry.
The value of products were »145«.-
O U R P a s s e n g e r , F iv e P a s s e n g e r , anefr R o a d -
12«,W7. The value added by maau-
fedture, which to the dlffereace be­
ste r s.
E q u ip m e n t :
S e lf-s ta r te r , D y n a m o
tween
cost of materiale and value of
E le c t r ic L ig h ts, S p e e d o m e te r , D e m o u n t a b le
products, waa »«48JH1488.
tir e r im s , S ilk M o h a ir T o p , D u s t h o o d , tw o
* Louisiana led all other states la
n u g m b e re f wage earners, ««,«72, sad
e x tr a s e a ts fo r fiv e p a s s e n g e r ca r , i n fa c t e v e r y t h in
Washington ranked first for value of
c o m p le te . 1 2 2 -in c h w h e e l b a se , n ic k le trim m in gs*«
products, »8».Uto,82l. and value added
by manulhotnro, »«2475,954.
P r ic e $ 2 ,2 0 0 a t M oro. *
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National Capital Brevities.
W e w ill ta k e se c o n d h a n d c a r s in e x c h a n g e ,,a l­
The president, In a special message
to congress asked fdr aa appropriation
lo w in g a l l t h e y a re w o r th .
of »100,000 to care for volcano victims
W e w ill a ls o h a n d le t h e H e n d e r s o n car, p r ic e s
near Kodiak, A l ask a
The house hue refused to appropri­
$ 1 ,2 0 0 to $ 1 ,6 0 0 .
ate more then »25,000 for preparation
»ro
Oregon
'W .H : M O O R E , G en eral A g e n t E astern Oregon
41 3d S t. P o r tla n d , Oregon.
O tNN & COLEMAN, Local Agents,
M o ro , Oregon.
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Theodora Roosevelt on hto African
hunting trip.
Petitions favoring an amendment to
the constitution enabling women to
vote, signed by 118.582 persons, were
presented In the house by Congress
r mn" Berger of^WtoeOnsln.
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ThO fcffked SUtos bureau of educa­
tion, using the preliminary figures of
> the 1010 ceneue, roperto that the- pro
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-portion of Illiteracy In the United
■ gtatod to 77C gein«,o«4.
Both the senate and house have
; agreed to the conference report of the
1 army appropriation 'hill, carrying
; ambudmegia which w in legislate Ma
' Jor General Wood out of hto office as
T h e w e ll k n a w n w o r k m a n w ill a tte n d
Utief Of b U ff on March 4. 1911
to a l l c a ll s - d ir e c t or b y p h o n e J a h
T he president has vetoed th e army
appropriation bill. He returned the
• j blU to oongrees with a message Indl-
:: eating bio dfaapproval of the legisla
* : tive provision which would oust Ms-
S p a r e d with a complete kit of tO^uXc
« jdrG eneral Wood from the office of
attend all call» for plumbing, e t t
ohlelef-staff next Marsh A
I; By defeat <ff aw amendment In the
Have you seen our Steel W a
< - senate to make provision In the legis
I f not take a look and order one,
lative. executive and Judicial appro­
priation bill for maintaining the oem-
Shop on M ain St.
aeroe court, that trih a a il has been
4-> l J il 1 1 1,11 I H t H .
legislated out e i efflsteace, although
<1 I I H I I I I I I t l l-H-t-
there to a liheltfcood that «’ra d ia n t
T a ft taay veto the btll. Railroad oaeee
A L Ç 'the tim e, «¡ft? irin hereafter hy handled by the dto-
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« W NEWS NOTES
OF GENEWL INTEREST
Never Before Has There Been
Such Intense Feeling Be*
Events Ooourring Throughout
the State During the Fast
Week.
tween the Factions.
Chicago.—There never waa a more
Interesting republican national con­
vention than that which assembled in
Chicago Tuesday. The situation at
the opening of the convention was un­
precedented In American politic». No
national oonveatleu was evgr preoeded
by each a bitter factional ngnt over
oonteeted delegatee. A t the opening
of the convention ne human being
oould foretell the outcome. The hot­
test battles in former contentions of
any party seem almost Insignificant
compared with that which culminated
here.
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Victor Rosewater, of Nebraska,
Colenei W. F, k in s , sergsarbsS-
chairman of the national committee.
srms of the repubW M'' national con-
ventlen, respOn.ibMF for the preserva­ In hie capacity a» chairman called the
convention to order.
tion of order.
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Root and McGovern for Chairman
W illiam Flinn, farmer Pennsylvania
United States 8enator Elthu Root,
of New York, and Governor Francis state senator, one of Roosevelt's chief
McGovern, of Wisconsin, by the Taft lieutenants at Chisago.
A strike o f the union members of and anti-Taft forces respectively were ‘
the building trades has been called In
placed In nomination for temporary
26 KILLED IN CYCLONE
Los Angeles. .
chairman. Senator Root was elected.
Desultory fight In« during the past
The T a ft men flatly refused the de- I Ruin and Death Mark Path of Missouri
wash, with go particular advantage mand of the Roosevelt forces that J
Storm.
to either side, marked the progress of
they agree to a proposition that no
Kansas City, Mo.—Twenty-six per­
the Mexican revolution
vote on the temporary organisation be sons are known to have been killed
The rebels h t ChUrimhua decided to
valid unless it received the affirmative and many Injured by a storm that
oonffshste a ll the cattle of the famous
vote of 640 delegatee— a majority passed over central West Missouri,
Terrazas famfly. T ttb will add 8L000.-
whose right to a seat was unquestion­ demolishing buildings, tearing down
•oe to their depleted treasury,.
ed. This was a hovel program and ar­ wires and leaving the smaller towns
Both houses of the Minnesota legis­
ranged at a session of the Roosevelt and country homes completely wreck-
lature have ratlged th e amendment to
delegates that lasted until nédrty day­
the constitution providing for the di­
Reports indicate that -the storm,
light.
rect election o f United States senators.
One of the surprises of the conven­ after doing many thousands of dollars
Irish suffragettes ran smack in Dub­ tion was the backing by the Roosevelt I worth of damage here, passed to the
lin sad shattered 4» wlndbwe In the
delegates o f ’ Governor McGovern of southwest, wrecking all buildings la
poetefflee. customs bouse agd eommto-
Wisconsin, a staunch LaFollette parti­ Its path. In Bate« county, Missouri,
sAooer*s offloe agit th e police and m ili­
san. showing that the LaFollette and the northwest section was swept for
tary barracks.
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Roosevelt men had apparently got to­ five miles and nearly every building In
Thousands were rendered homeless
gether, at least on the matter of tem­ a track half a mile wide was demol­
In Louisiana, following the breaking
ished. Here 13 deaths hav» been re­
porary organization.
of every protection levee from Labad-
ported.
Rolle* 11 by Individuals.
rtlle to the Gulf Of Mexico, a distance
It was stated as the hour for con­
of 10 miles.
Thaw 8te rt* Third Fight for Liberty.
In Chicago recently cattle sold at vening drew near that the rollcall on
W hite Plains. N. Y.—The third at­
the election of temporary chairman
the highest prioe ever recorded In the
tempt of H arry K. Thaw, slayer of
would,
be
by
Individuals
and
not
by
history <ff tbs stockyards. Predictions
states. This plan Is In accordance Stanford White, to obtain his freedom
among cattle buyers era that If the
opened here with the testimony of Dr.
present high p r iâ t continue tbs <mm with the action of the convention In Wlflfara A. White, on aUenlit. In
1884.
when
Lynch
of
Mississippt
was
■mu a t w ill p a jU w e n more for his
charge of the United States Govern­
meats.
ment hospital at Washington.
Dr.
Senator Stone g f Missouri has de­
W hite testified that he examined Thaw
clared that friemfe of Speaker Clark
on three occasions recently end found
w ill support a ^ m » lu tio n before the
no evidence'of paranoia.
democratic " « » V rrl convention abol­
ishing the two-thirds rule and provid­
Tacoma Wins Rote Fight.
ing that whenswlg.any candidate re-
Olympia, Wash.—Tacoma shippers
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CHICAGO CONVENTION
W ashington.-U nleea
the
senate
amenda the sundry civil bill and re­
stores the old order ef things. reoeiv- v
ere of local land offloes will pass Into
history June 80. Thb tomes commit x
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ou a p p r o p r i a ^ ; lg framing t M &
ef that ©fftoeto the register.
P aint
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PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING.^
Now
For County new»
Dr. L. M. Early to dead at Columbus,
Ohio, from caaoer, after repeated of­
fers of »1,040.00« for a cure.
Governor Oddle,(ef Nevada, has ap­
pointed Georgs T^lngfleld of Reno Uni­
ted 8tates senator io succeed the late
Senator Nixon.
H arry Leon Wltoon. author and play­
wright, and Heftso Macgowad Cooke,
the 18-yeerold daughter of Grace Mac
gowan Cooke, were married at San
Francisco.
The United fftgtes supreme court
has* affirmed tin» conviction of Hyde
and Schneider qf Saa Francisco, in
land fraud caedffln Oregon and Cali-
(o n to In M01. £
W ith a record ipf 58 years la prison,
John W arren to W k ln g a pardon from
the Connecticut ttn ltfn tia ry . H e waa
U.LIII IIM Z . ‘
21 f()r
bi
Kb old man of 74.
murder, and to no
Actress, was mar-
Lillian Rassell, I
Moore. editor of
rlod to Alexander
k
Miss Russell
the Pittsburg L«
at to W eber A
Is under engage
d in a matinee
Fields and appa
shortly after the i
George B. Corl
the treasury und'
velt,
* witn<
Committee Invest
tru s t He test! fie
»42,000,040 of government money In
New York to stem the panic of 1807.
Mrs. Louise b lM I« « . 45 year* old,
was arrested In Chicago Friday pend­
ing investigation ef the deaths of her
two husband* and three children, one
ef whom, s son. die« Friday. The five ,
are said to hava carried Insurance
amounting to 110.040'. Symptoms of
arsealeal poisoning'weFa observed la
all the esses.
Damaging testimony was glven the
past week against Clareaoe 8. Itor-
row, not only by Bert Franklin, but
else by F. A. ntokeknan, a witness
la the McNamara case, who testified
that he was furnished with mosey and
Slipped tq Chicago by Bert’ H aaaer
strome, a brother-in-law of Darrow.
The evidence was Introduced aa tend­
ing to show that Derpflw attotoflted to
Photo by Am«rloan Prom A*aoolatloa
Double ghosting Near Reeeburg.
Roertmrg.— As a result of a shoot­
ing affray at Reston, 18 miles west of
Roseburg, John Adams, who the efft-
oers hold responsible for the trouble.
Is dead at Mercy hospital Iff this etty.
Paul Graf, a hrother-tmtaw, who woo
•hot by Adam», lies In a precarious
condition at his wife's boaae aear Res­
ton, while Bea Hardman, who attempt­
ed to assist Oraf and later shot Adams,
Is facing aa Impending charge of man-
ida tighter.
EDUCATE SETTLERS IS PLAN
Prevention ef Fire Instead of F ighting
Flames Is Idea.
Portland— Protection
of forests
from fire by means of an educational
oampaign w ill be the main feature of
the work of the state forestry depart­
ment during the fire season this year.
A t a meeting of the state forestry
board, held In the forestry headquar­
ters la the Yeon building, plans for
systematic protection work were out­
lined and State Forester Elliott was
Instructed to begin at once the organ-'
lzation of a force of workers for the
state and for the various lumber sad
timber laad owners and Interests.
The state will have 7« paid patrol­
man to guard the forests and carry on
the educational work, the various
eountiea w ill have special guards and
the timber owners and lumber com­
panion w ill knee about «0® ssea In the
fluid.
The plan to be worked out w ill be
along the line of fire prevention In­
stead of Are fighting. To make thia
possible the full foroe of patrolmen
will be deputized and will start as
soon ss possible to visit lumber camps
and homes of settlers, farmers and
oampera and explain to them the need
are to get the same rates over the
of using precaution la the handling of
Northern Pacific railroad to Spokane
fires where there la danger of Its
and eastern Washington points ss are
spreading.
now enjoyed by the shippers of 8eat
tie, as the public service commission
»20,000 Damages Asked.
has entered s formal order directing
Oregon City.— C. Scheubei, of the
that the same rates apply out of Ta-
law firm of U R en A Bcbuebel, has
ooms as out of Seattle.
filed suit for »10,000 damages against
the Morning Enterprise and »10,000
damages against Gustav Bchnoerr,
president ef the Deutsche Vereln In
Clackamas county.
The plaintiff alleges that an adver­
tisement of 8ohnoerr*s In the Morn­
ing Enterprise, pnbllshed Just before
Baltimore, Md.—-Adherents of Speak­
the recent primary, libeled him.
er Clark for the presidential nomina
tiôa made It known they would make
BLUE SKY LAW OPPOSED
no fight on the temporary chairman­
ship and that any man worthy of the
galsm People Against New Comm la-
office would be agreeable to them.
el on and More Power far Governor.
Senator Stone said, that while he be­
lieved that nine of ten democrats were
for the abrogation of the two-thirds
Choice of the T aft Men to Maks the
rule, he did not believe any sotlon
HK*ynot*” Speech.
would be taken toward the abolition
placed in nomination in opposition to at this convention.
Powell Clayton of Arkansa*. who was
A movement for Governor Foss waa
the choice of the national committee. launched by Frank Hendrick, of New
A t the opening session great lines York, who said that Governor Foes’
of uniformed policemen were scatter­ platform was the Immediate reduction
ed about the structure and massed at of the tariff and reciprocity with Can-
every entrance. Grouped with them
Senator Gore, of Oklahoma w ill sec­
were 400 special deputy sheriffs, es­
pecially commissioned by the sheriff ond the nomination at the Baltimore
of Cook county to see that there was convention of Governor Woodrow W il­
ao disorder. Plain clothes men were son. of New Jeney, which w ill bo
distributed through the crowd of curi- made by John Weetcott, of Camden,
eslty seekers that had flocked to the N. J.
scene, hopeful that the Roosevelt forc­
»10,000 Prise Taken by Garroe.
es wopld make good their threat and
Angers.— Roland Garroe, the French
Itorm the entrance, thus making a way
aviator, won the grand prise of svtor
for all without tickets.
tipn. The prize was given by the
, T aft Wine Majority of Contests.
•T a ft adherents controlled the na- French Aero Club and waa worth »1».-
tlonsl committee by a majority large 000. The distance oovered was »88
enough to decide every contest In miles.
SENATOR E L IH U ROOT.
favor of the president. Bitter fights
p a rked almost every step of the pro­
ceedings before the committee, but
Ibe efforts of Borah, Heney and olhsr
Roosevelt men availed little as one
After the other of the contests were
flecided for T a ft delegate*
Roesevelt In Chicago.
An unusual Incident of the conven­
tion to the presence In the city of one
of the legdlag candidates for the head
of the tioket. Colonel Roosevelt, wear­
ing his new fighting hat. a compromise
between a sombrero and a rough ri-
deris headgear, came Into Chicago late
Saturday afternoon, and wa* acclaim
ed by thousands of his supporters and
admirers.
The hat waa In the sir
throughout the automobile ride from
the station to the Congress hotel, wav­
ing salutes of acknowledgement to the
P rehistoric Tooth Found a t
Lebanon.— C. C. Beebe, who Uvea on
the hill about three miles east of Leb­
anon. a few days ago unearthed part
of a skeleton of some monstrous ani­
mal. Mr. Beebe brought to Lebanon
on Strawberry day what Is supposed
to be a tooth of this animal. Several
physician» pronounce It a tooth. I t Is
ln layers and only a part of It waa
brought to Lebanon, but what was
brought In measures 17 Inches around
and Is S Inches long.
Portland.
Wheat— Track prices: Club, 80c;
>!uestem. 95c; red Russian. 90c.
r Oats— No. 1 White, »40 per ton.
Hay—Timothy, »ITT alfalfa, »12.
Butter—Creamery, 27c.
Rggs— Ranch. 10c.
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Hope—1811 croP. »»«; contracU.
280.
Wool— Eastern Oregon; 18c; W il­
lamette valley, 12c.
Seattle.
Wheat— Blueetem. »I
lad Russian. 8»c.
Oats— »89 per ton.
J B atter—Creamery, t
- Eggs 21c.
Salem.— Contondlng that Bluo Sky
law, a measure which It to proposed to
laitiato at the coming electioa. and
which has for its objoot the regulation
of corporations and the creation of a
corporation department for the pur­
pose, means hut the saddling of anoth­
er commission eu the people and their
taxation In an Indirect manner to
maintain it, a number of people prom­
inent In state affaire Here have eignt-
fle4 their Intention of actively oppos­
ing It and predict that when the peo­
ple are made thoroughly acquainted
with the measure, they will vote It
down at the polls.
The main Objection urged against
the hill to that It means the creation
of another commission, and additional
taxation fo r Its support. Incidental
thereto la the minor objection that I t
gives the governor more power tn that
the law provides that the corporation
eommissloner shall be appointed by
him. and hold offloe during hto pleas­
ure.