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NEWS FROM OUR
KATIONAL CAPITAL
M o ro , S h e rm a n
LISTER KILLS HIGHWAY BILLS
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WORK AS REVIEWED
Washington Governor's Act Shatters
Plans of Good Roads Committees
Olympia, Wash.— The opening gun
In what is expected to be the biggest
fight of the session of the Washington
legislature was fired by Governor U t
ter when he vetoed the bill passed by
the house and senate last week pro
fcUlem.— A t the close of what Is
viding 91.000,000 annual Increase in
nsually the final week of the legislat
the
state
highway
fund,
and
announc
Washtogton.—The war department
ive session complications came up
has ordered the mobilization of the ed that he stands unalterably opposed
which makes It difficult to tell just
to
the
hill
Increasing
the
permanent
f if t h brigade of the artoy at Galvee-
whep final adjournment w ill he taken.
ton for possible embarkation on tran highway fund from 91,000,000 to 92,-
The understanding that virtually
600,000
a
year,
which
has
passed
the
sports. The order la the result of a
had been reached for the legislature
house.
conference between President T a ft
No sooner had the veto message I «> »<Uourn tor five day« after It
and Secretary of W a r Stlmson.
been
In than the
of the cleaned up Ha work and to come
Although It was emphasized that
road measures began to muster t h e ir .for
«»I* Purpose of considering
the government contemplated
no
the vetoed bills Is presumed to be
forces
for
the
return
fire.
A
vigorous
change la its non-intervention policy,
responsible for the action of the gov
It was admitted that nearly 60(H) attempts to be made to overrule the
ernor and his private secretary in
wishes
of
the
governor.
troops would be held In Galveston, In
absenting themselves from the exec
case of untoward developments.
utive offices.
Marshall Refutes 64800
* Despite assurances from various
o
'Indianapolis.
Ind.—
Thomas
R.
M
ar
The governor declared during the
American consuls In Mexico that the
governors of Mexican states are ra shall, Vice-President elect, refused week that Saturday being a holiday,
That amount was carried in the senate and house bad no right to
pidly declaring their loyalty to Pro 94800.
visional President Huerta, Secretary the regular appropriation bill to re remain in session, but lawyers In both
of State Knox believes the present imburse Mr. Marshall for money spent branches of the legislature declare
quiet Is only the c ilm before a storm. for house rent, light, heat and water that it Is a legislative day and that
during his four years as governor of (he legislature could work and be well
Net Weight Bill Passed.
Plain labeling of food packages with Indiana. The ex-governor said he did within the law.
Speaker McArthur Saturday threw
the net weight and contents before not believe the appropriation constitu
the house into a fervor of excitement
they are sold to the public la required tional.
by refusing permission to any member
by a bill passed by the senate, which
Belgar Aeeeplane H it by Turk«’ Shell to leave tor home, ordering the doors
already had passed the house. Slight
Constantinople.— W hile aeroplaning locked and lnstruc^ng the sergeant
chances made by the senate w ill re
quire a conference committee of the over the fortress of Adrianople a Bul at-arms to go out and arrest every
two bouses before the measure is sent garian m ilitary aeroplane, piloted by member who bad left the session with
Lieutenant Nikolas, a Russian officer, out permission.
to President T a ft for signature,
The proposed law would require the was struck by a Turkish shell and fell
The senate Indulged in a novel pro
lines. The officer was made
net weight and measure of the food Inside
cedure when It agreed to allow each
product to be conspicuously displayed a prisoner, but the dispatch did not one of the 30 senators to select from
state whether he suffered injury.
on the outside of each package.
the vast grist of house bills, which is
Webb Bill Net to Affect Individual
before that body, one bill each, to be
Single Term for Governor.
The right of an Individual residing
given preference and receive imme
Lincoln, Neb.— The Nebraska,house, diate action.
In a “dry** state to import liquor for
his own use w ill not be restrained or by a vote of 80 to 12, passed a bill pro
The procedure Itself appeared to be
Interfered with if President T a ft ap viding for a constitutional amendment no more novel than some of the selec
proves the Webb liquor-shipment bill limiting the governor of the state to tions made. Some of the bills, which
which recently passed both 'houses of l single term of four y<
seemed to be of first Import to the
congress. According to the advocates
senators Included such as those gov
Telephone Probe to Be Two-Sided
of the bill, the individual citizen 11 v
ernlng the running of stock at large
Seattle.— Investigation of telephone or providing for expediting the pay
lug in "dry** territory w ill have all
the prvlleges he had prior to the pass- companies on the Pacific coast, begun ment of witness or Juror fees
of this bill, so long as he does not In this city by a federal grand Jury
Agreeing to the report of the con
attempt to Import liquor for sale con under direction of Attorney-GeneraJ
ference committee and concurring io
trary to the law of the state within Wickersham, will be absolutely Impar
amendments made In tbe house, the
which he lives. This being true, as tial and w ill cover the entire coast.
senate passed the Pana ma-Pacific ap
the friends of the bill assert, tMs Employes of the Bell system, known
propriation hill, and Oregon w ill ap
measure has been greatly misunder as the Pacific Telephone A Telegraph
propriate for Its share tn the expoel
company, will be examined by ike In
stood
tlon 9176,000.
quisitors Jnst as freely as officers of
Women W orry Congressmen.
Women in Oregon do not have to do
It is a serious job to be a member the independent lines.
Jury
nluty unless they wish to. The
of congress these days, according to
house refused to pass a bill amending
plaints that are resounding through
Suffragist Leader is Arrested
out the capitol. The burden of the
London.— Mrs. Emraallne Pankhurst tbe law so that women would be com
legislators' trouble Is the suffragist was arrented In connection with the pelled to serve on a Jury wban sum
and the antl-suffraglst. controversy.
desti action of the country residence moned, the same as men.
Date of Final Adjournment is
Still Undecided
Non-Intervention Plan Adhered
To But Precautions
Are Taken
2TL
AU congressmen have been Invited
to march with the votes for women
advocates on March 3. All have like
wise been quietly Informed by the
antis that close watch will be kept
on their suffrage activity. The sltua
tlon does not bother members from
equal suffrage states, hut It is giving
those from other commonwealths a
lot of trouble to decide which camps
they will favor.
The anti-suffragists are conducting
a “lobbying" campaign at the capitol
which adds to the woes of the legis
lators.
Deficiency Is Biggest in Many Years.
Preparation of the biggest general
deficiency appropriation hill In many
yean was begun by the bouse appro
priations committee.
It will carry
about 925,000,000, against 97,000,000
last year.
Deficits in appropriations of pen
■Ion? of 916,000,000 w ill be Included
In the forthcoming bill. This deficit
is caused by the operations of Hie new
Sherwood 91-a-day service pension
law. Another huge deficit is In the
preliminary operation of the parcel
post
National Capital Brevities.
Both houses listened to the reading
Of Washington’s farewell message on
Wasblngton’s birthday.
The death of the commerce court
March 4th was decreed by the con
ference report on the legislative hill.
High officers of the navy depart
ment have recommended to Secretary
Meyer that the battleship Oregon be
“scrapped,“ or sold for Junk.
The senate Interstate commerce
oommittee voted to report favorably
the La Follette-Adamson bill for the
phyaical valuation of railroads and all
Interstate commerce carriers.
Laurence O. Murray, controller of
the currency, has announced that he
Intended to stop the practice by na
tional banka of paying dividends when
their earnings did not warrant It.
Judiciary committee favorably re
ported a bill making It a prison of
fense to destroy irrigation ditches
and another increasing bonds of U. S.
marshals from 940,000 to 9100,000.
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. Daniel J. Keefe’s resignation from
hla poet as commissioner general of
Immigration has been demanded by
Secretary of Commerce aqd Labor
The bill for a state industrial home
of David Lloyd George by a bomb ex
for girls and women went through the
plosion last week.
house and was passed by a vote of
39 to 2. Tbe bill appropriates 960,000
for tbe two-year term, which Is to be
used in establishing and maintaining
the proposed borne. Women and girls
are to be sent there as a corrective
The bill was Introduced in tbe senate
Portland.— “Do I have to get a li and passed that branch without a dis
cense from Pat McArthur every time senting vote.
GOVERNOR WEST
RETURNS TO SALEM
I want to close my office on a legal
holiday and go out for a vacation?”
was Governor West’s reply when in
terviewed while on his way back to
Salem, to the query as to his motive
in leaving Salem Saturday.
“I went down to my place at Cannon
Beach to rest and to grub stumps was
all there wns to it,” he said.
“I haven’t given the legislature a
thought and I don’t intend to let what
ever they may do in the coming week
affect me one way or the .other In my
consideration of the bills that are
brought before me.
“I may be away again if I choose to
—and if I do there will be none of the
roughnecks around there breaking In
my door to present bills at my office
in my absence.“
Salem, - Or.— Working their way
along a ledge of the capitol building,
20 feet above, the ground, President
Malarkey of the senate, and Chief
Clerk Cochran, holding 30 senate bills
in one band and grasping any avallar
ble hold by the other, crept carefully
to the window opening into the recep
tion chamber of the governor. Malar
key pried open the window and deposl
ted on the governor’s desk the bills,
ready for signature or veto.
Thia move followed the adoption of
a resolution by the senate in which
the facta relating to the governor's
absence were set forth and the presi
dent and chief clerk of the senate
were authorized to force entrance to
the executive chambera to file such
senate bills as have been passed.
Without making a single amend
ment, the senate passed the general
appropriation bill for state offices and
boards Just as It went through the
house
Further evpedltlng business, so far
as appropriation bills are concerned,
the senate passed all the University
of Oregon and agricultural college
bills, 11 tn num ber, ag g reg atin g 9317,
833 for tha university and 9305,500 for
the agricultural school, these sums
bejng in addition to the annual con
tinuing appropriations.
The minimum wage bill, which has
viow been signed by the governor,
played an Important part In the defeat
of Lavrrence's bill providing tor an
eight-hour working day for women,
with a lim it of 48 hours a week.
Under the provisions of a constitu
tional amendment which the legisla
ture is asked to put on the ballot for
the next general election In a resolu
tion introduced in the house, tbe Ore
gon legislature, after 1916, would con
sist of 34 senators, one from each
county, and 69 representatives.
Tbe amendment proposes to change
the whole system of legislative repre
sentation. It, would place it on a pro
portional basis, with each county en
titled to one senator and no more, and
to at least one representative.
W ith only slight opposition, the sen
ate passed the big 9460,000 appropria
tion bill for the Columbia Southern
irrigation project In Crook county.
This bill w ill enable the state to take
bold of the work of reclaiming the
lauds under the original Carey pro
T H E M ARKETS.
ject, where private capital has failed.
A ll of those who have tried the pro
Portland.
ject and failed have made quit claims
Wheat—Club, 85c; bluestem, 96c; to the state. Under the bill the state
red Russian, 84c.
will take over the entire burden of
Hay— Timothy, 916; alfalfa, 111.
reclamation, and w ill get its money
Butter— Creamery, 37c.
back from the settlers In 10 years by
Eggs— Candled, 19c.
the Installment plan after It has heon
Hops—1912 crop, 17c.
made ready for productive farming.
Wool— Eastern Oregon, lie ;, W il-
Senate bills which have passed the
lamette valley, 20c.
hpuse and in which senate members
BRIEF
2 8 ,1 9 1 3 .
F iv e C e n ts
Spaddng Chapel Entertains.
OF OREGON
Starting Mmch 1, the curfew In
Junction City Will ring at 9 P. M. dur
ing tlie spring tnh summer.
lia n a a re being considered by the
engineering Staff Bf the O.-W. R. A N.
for tbe riecfttfflia' ion of the line be
tween Portland «b i Spokane»
The dairy .gijfett' ui Smith. River and
the Lower ’Ol#PQ
have formed a
creamery ewMBtat on and have pur
chased the f l B r
of the Townsend
Creamery ooajBBto at Reedsport
The PortlanAMA i bor company has
estabU shM ^^H fer g camp west of
_
F e b ru a ry
_____ » to out 290.000 ft,
is building tour mllee
of JogriftHy.- It
of railroad to connect with the Colom«
hla City road.
More than two miles of hard-eurface
street pavement will he laid In The
Dalles In the sprtaag, which will be
marked by much progress In the way
of substantial and permanent l npreve-
ment in that city.
The people of Canyon City and vi
cinity are fostering an irrigation pro
ject to put water on a tract of 20,000
a~»-es of fertile land lying west of the
ciiy. The water supply is to be taken
from Upper Canyon Creek.
Work has been commenced on a fur
niture factory at Houlton. Concrete
1« being put in tor the engine bed and
tbe building Is being generally put In
shape for the machinery that w ill be
ready for Installation in a few days.
» Robert Walker, tb e v 16 year old
brother of Rev. C, L. Walker, pastor
of the Methodist church of Nyssa, Or.,
was accidentally killed. Alone be bad
gone duck shooting on an island In
Snake river two miles north of town.
Directors of the Lane County Fair
association set September 24 to 27,
Inclusive, as the dates for the annual
fall fair. E. M. Warren waa designa
ted as the “Lane oounty delegate to
tbe meeting of the district fair board
at Roseburg."
TEXAS TROOPS
Quite a number from Moro at
SENT TO BORDER tended
the box social and enter
Washington.— A serious clash may tainment given by the member
result between Federal troops and the ship of the Spaulding C hapel,1
Texas National Guard at Brownsville, commemorative of the anniver
Texas, should the latter attempt to sary of Washington’s birthday, the
cross the Rio Grande to the relief of
evening of February 21st. All join
Americans alleged to be Imperiled in
Matamoras. Mexico.
. in . reporting the event as a „ great
When the W ar Department learned soc,al an d fin a n c ia l success. The
that Governor Colquitt had issued or- Pro c e edft of the evening, air.ount-
ders for four companies of Texas mil- in g to $78.10, will be used to re-
itlamen to proceed to Brownsville,
pair and repaint the building.
orders were telegraphed Brigadier-
1 he program was ehoeen with
Oenem) F. 3! Bteeyer, In charge of
the Federal troops on the border, to regard to recalling to memory
send to Brownsville immediately sueh th e
history of our first president-
a force aa h. '<f„emed n e c ta r y - and ; even the hatchet used to cut from
“under no circumstances to permit the
crossing of the river exoept upon the
speclflq orders of the Secretary of
W ar M
the cherry tree of fate the lunch
basket provided by the ladies, by
that means each gentleman finding
his partner for supper, was em
Brownsville.— Reports that Major
blematic of Washington’s boy
Esteban Ramos, in command of the
hood.
Matamoras garrison, had demanded
Part of the impromptu
money from residents of Matamoras
-
. program
_
on pain of Imprisonment, among which wa8 the dare of A. M. Wright to
are included a large number of Amer- 1 J. R. Huntef, for J. R. to speak
leans, caused Governor Colquitt, who
*
•
I a piece and A .M . to sing a song.
was inform ed of the situation by tel
egraph, to order four com panies of Mr. Hunter accepted and the
Tpxas troops to the border,
____ selection wag well chosen, but Mr.
-------------------
Wright had to admit that he was
Don’t overlook the double disc | caufht this time dead to rights, he
could not sing.
sold by C. N. Crosfield
The Observer has been asked to
School books and supplies are
express
the appreciation of the
at the Observer Book Store.
committee of all those who help-
AbstracU promptly made by the ed lighten their burden and con-
Sherman County Abstract Com tributed towards the success of the
pany, Moro, Oregon
evening.
»9
by OutcMK M v tttla A a f
February 26, 1913.
Dear Friend;•
c
,
311 eggs are not the same
ju s t because they a ll have
s h e lls around them. I t s the
inside not the o utside of an
egg th a t counts. Can’t you
t e l l a fresh egg when you
ta s te i t? I can. My mama wants
freshsagga from the c o u n tr y .-
City hens don’t lay fresh
eggs, Fresh country eggs w ill
cost you 20 cents a dozen.
Your frie n d ,
JACOB.
P. S They w ill cost
you only th is much at
M E L O Y ’S
The most effcctlye slaughter of rab-
bltes ever made in the history of
Lakeview was at the drive west of
town, showing the enormous total of
about 12,000.
The total estimated
number of rabbits killed during the
winter Is 32,000. _
Tho St. Paul Commercial Club ex
presses itself in favor of an electric
line from JUtforqgM 8 l Paul, via Far»
go and Champoeg, They believe such
a line possible and want to interest
President Strahorn of the P., E. A
E., in Its construction.
In a communication from the offices
of the state superintendent of schools,
the information is given that the Port
land Union Stockyards will give a
Shetland pony to the boy or girl hav
ing the beat exhibit of poultry or farm
animals at the 1913 state fair.
James Huffman, who was working
on the A. E. Tulley ranch each of W al
lowa. waa gored.by a bull and Injured
so severely that he died. He had tied
tbe animal Into a stall. As he turned
the bull made a lunge, one horn plero-
Ing Huffman’s lungr and pinning him
to tho partition.
C aptain Edward Anderson, formerly
m aster of the steamer Sue H. El more,
who was wanted at A storia on a
charge of forgery, was brought from
Seattle by S h eriff Burns. Anderson
Is accused of forging the nam e of B. L.
GRASS VALLEY, ORE.,
SALE BEGINS AT TEN O'CLOCK
AT DAVIS LIVERY STABLE
Miller, en g in eer on the steam er El
more, to the latter’s pay check and
then getting it cashed
Senside has a new two-story build
ing being equipped with up to-date
machinery for making cheese.
Ex
perienced workmen will have It in
charge and the cheese manufactured
here, aft well as good milk, will be
supplied to summer guests. M ilk will
be told in bottles only and handled
Hn tbe most sanitary way.
Lying half buried In the soft mud in
tbe basin of Youngs bay, the body of
a logger, thought to be named Stone,
a recent arrival from Portland, was
found at low tide , by Hans Larsen,
keeper of the bridge, who waded in
the mud up to his htbp to the drowned
man and secured the body to the
bridge by passing a rope under the
arms.
Relief for settlers In Wallowa coun
ty
the- vicinity of Enterprise Is
promised in an actio« taken by tbe
general land office, ordering an exam
ination of tbe townships in that locali
ty with a view to their restoration to
entry because of alleged overlapping
in survey lands which were withdrawn
In 1906, and settlers since have been
denied the right to make entry.
At a recent Commercial club meet
ing at West Stayton it was decided to
go in for making that town a logan
berry center. The plan is to sell the
berries dried, as there is a rapidly
growing demand for the same, and the
states where this berry can be raised
are very limited.
W ith Irrigation
available In dry seasons the success
of the loganberry business Is assured.*
The chief of engineers at Washing
ton, D. C., has approved the report of
Major Mclndoe to the effect that the
revetment on the Willamette river
near Independence baa more than ful
filled expectations, but he holds that
damege to tbe river hanks farther
down, where the river has out Into val
uable hop lands, should bo repaired by
are particularly interested w ill he re
8eattle.
called by the house, taken Into that
Wheat—Bluestem, 96c; club, 66c; body And laid upon the table until the
red Russian, 83c.
senate agrees to stop slaughtering
Nagel, in a report submitted to Presi
Eggs—19c.
house bills, according to an agreement
dent Taft, based on complaints of of-
Buttar—Creamery, 35c.
which la being formulated among a local* Interests and not by tho govern*
Jtolal misconduct.
¿W «~TlaiQUy. 616 per t o q j f
coteri* of the house member«.
ft
March
1918
Four mares, coming three
Three set work harness
Two brown geldings
Two bay fillies, coming two
One brown mare
One bay two year old horse
One gray mare coming eight 1 bay mare heavy with foal
One brown Standard bred mare
One span well matched brown mares
One span mare colts, coming yearlings
One black horse, coming four
One black mare, coming four
a good matched tea
One 3 1-2 inch Mitchell Truck Wagon with wheat rack
And other things too numerous to mention
Terms:
All sums under $20 cash; all sums over $20 five per cent
discount for cash or approved note at ten per cent interest
due October the firs t 1 q 13.
C. Q. Huis, Auctioneer.
G. C. Vintin, clerk.
Guy W. Vintin, owner