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Important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Gur Readers.
oa Sume
by O t e f Deputy of W eight* and
Measures BuohteL
Resolutions te r a rta f publication by
th * l U U of textbook* for ■ U maa far y
schools, and the establishment ef a
naval base a t th * mouth of th * Ootms-
^ a k e r lumber m ill* are seriously
crippled b y oar shortage.
Organisation of a paid fire depart
ment tn Klamath Falla 1* being dte-
I t 1a estimated te a t over M M bead
of sheep bare died during tee winter
in Curry county.
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J. M. Alkorn, of Brownevllle, ba* the American Express eompany, only
been appointed temporary agricultur
ist tor Lana county.
The Friend* of Oregon held their
state convention on February St, 84,
88 and 88 In Portland.
Lloyd Carrick, of Portland, was
elected president of the Oregon State
Christian Endeavor Union.
▲ total of 846 care of llveetook have
been shipped from Klamath county
within the past seven months.
changlng the present minimum of 88,-
888. Stnoe t h s f Protestants against
nil reduction pteos have become more
outspoken daily. .
Leaders declared that virtually the
Four German seaplanes have raided
the east and southeast ooasts of Eng
land, dropping bomba. Lowestoft and
Walmer ware visited. TWO men and
one boy were killed and a marine was
wounded. The raiders escaped.
The Russian army which captured
Braarum la endeavoring to cut off the
retreat of the Turks. Along the Black
Baa coast Russian battleships are har-
rasslng the enemy, and the northern
wing of the victorious army has cap
tured the town of Wldje and is driv
ing the Turks In the direction of Ga
rnish Khsneh. on the road to Trabl-
Continuing their advance In Albania
the Austro-Hungarians report the cap
ture, near Baser SJak, a short dis
tance northeast of Durasso, of an ad
vanced Italian position. This Is the
first Indication that the Italians were
operating so far north In Albani*, the
belief having prevailed that their ac
tivities had been confined to the local
ity adjacent to Av Iona.
The Germans have been operating
rigorously against the British and
French along the Yser canal in Bel
gium to the north of Ypres. From the
British 86* meters of a position ware
captured and held, despite efforts to
recapture It After a heavy bombard
ment, the Germans attempted to cross
the oanal and occupy French positions
and several groups did succeed in
making their way to a first line trench.
The French, however, immediately
drove them back.
entire preparedness revenue burden
would he mat with Income taxes. Ten
tative bills looking to raising 8188,-
000,000 solely by an increased Income
tax rate am being discussed and w ill
be offered soon to Oommlttes
Although neither the naval nor mili
tary affair* oosHhittee* has Indicated
what amount of money will ha needed
to meet tea expenne» of preparedness.
It generally la nadtrstood that for the
first year K w ill ‘We close to 888,000,-
800. Tentative gfons. It la said, will
proceed therefore on the theory that
about 8108.088,088 will be needed.
Senate Asks Prnh* of Corea Invasion.
The senate adopted a resolution by
Chairman Stone, of the foreign rela-
tlon* committee. Biking President Wll-
son to submit th* correspondence be
tween th* United Bute* and Corea
whan Japan occupied the hermit king
dom during th* BuseoJapanese war.
Administration Waders. It was said,
want to us* th* Information In reply to
Ellhu Root's attack on the president
because no protest was made against
the occupation of Belgium,
i Mr. Root wqp mcretary of state
when Japan took Corea.
Administration *tflelala said they
proposed to show by the eerrsapond-
enoe that the United States was bound
by treaty to aid Corea, whereas ths
treaty with Belgium provides only that
the United States should respect the
neutrality of Belgium.
• Train service has been suspended
General von. Qallwitx, commander Indefinitely on the Shaniko branch of
the O.-W. R. A N. because of wash
of the Turko-Sulgar troops eppo«lnfl
outs.
the alllee around Salonlkl.
Henry Tyson, a rancher living In
the vicinity of Draw, In southern
Douglas oounty, la the father of 11
children. _____
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Petrograd, vis London.-;-The first
story in detail of the capture of Erser
, um by the Russians reached Petrograd
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seml-offlcially.
It show* oomplete oo-
operatlon of Russian troops over a
wide area, which made useless resist
ance on the part of the Turks. Ap
parently the Turks realised the fall
of Erserum was Inevitable and with
drew most of their forces before the
final onslaught, leaving the garrisons
of the widely separated forte to their
fate.
The Russians are pressing the ad
vantage gained at Erserum. Oa the
right along the Black Sea coast, by
the co-operation of the *pa and land
forces, they era driving th* Turks
from one position after another to th*
east of Trebisond, and active opera
tions against that Important seaport
are expected soon.
No Attack on Unresisting Liners.
Confidential advtoes from Berlin In
dlcate that Germany soon will Inform
the United State* that bar previous
assurances that unresisting liners will
not be attacked without warning hold
good for future submarine operations,
provided, however, teat such liners do
not carry armament The German gov
ernment will contend, the advices
state, that what now is characterised
as defensive armament really is of
fensive armament whan submarine*
are concerned and will propose dis
cussion with the United States of what
defensive armament'properly may be.
As none of the British and French
lin e r s now clearlqR from American
ports carry any guns whatever, such
assurance* from Germany will be In
the nature of reassurances for the
safety of the neutrtls thay carry, even
under the terms of the new submarine
oampalgn.
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
ASTORtA GIVEN NEW RATES
Nicaraguan Treaty I* Ratified.
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Mayer Gill G ive* M ajority Over AH.
’ Se*Mle.*4f early oomplete returns
from th * primary dforifon for elty of-
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ftcers, the candidate* chosen to be
balloted on March 7, show that Mayor
Rlram C. Gill haa a majority of all the
ra te * east, and w ill ha oppoa*d la th *
final hatti* by Auattn B. G riffith*, for
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mer ehtof ofpoMoa.
The senate by • vote of 66 to 18.
ratified the long pending and persist
ently opposed Nfoaraguan treaty,
whereby the Unite* State* would ac
quire a 98-year option an the Nlcar-
»|n«n canal route and a naval base
1ft th* Gulf of Fu— cs for 88,***,88*.
Included In ths ratification reoelu
tlon was a provision declaring that the
United States, In obtaining the naval
base, does not intend to violate nay
existing rights In th* government of
Coeta Rica, Hondurg* and Salvador,
whloh had protests* against the pro
posed acquirement ,
Five democratic^ senators voted
against the treaty. They were Cham
berlaln. Martins, Clarke of Arkansas,
Thomas and Vardaman. Republicans
who voted against the ratification
were Borah. Clavp, Cummins, Gronna.
Jones. Kenyon. Ln Frttette, MoCum-
ber, Nelson, Norrtg^Snnith of Mlehl-
gen, Smoot and Warren. Fifteen re
publican senators Joteed the adminis
tration forces In support of th* treaty,
Thay ware Brands***. Colt, DUling-
ham, Dupont Fal^ Gnlllnger, Hard-
lag. Llpplt, Lodg< McLean. Page.
Poindexter, ButhaCUnd, Wadsworth,
, and Weeks.
Millions Given Belgian*.
New York — America haa contribut
The Investigation’ * f chargee that
American flnanciefs hhra attempted
to monopoll»* th* «teal crop of Yuca
tan, Mexico, was braadanod to Include
an Inquiry Into whqthar th * Interne-
ed ITA80.088 to the relief of Belgium,
aooordlng to B. van de Vyraro, Bal-
ThcO btervcr office h « been|
supplied with a stock of flower
seeds by Congremman Sinnott for
free distribution.
Any desiring
these seeds will be supplied b? us
free of charge when notified by
phone or letter. N e a rly ail gone
now.
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Advertise in the Observer.
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EUROPE WANTS LUMBER
Big Government Order* Are Feature
of Market
Chicago.—Th* Belgian government
Is in ths market for 8,800,000 feet of
lumber, according to reports received
In Chicago. Of this amount 8,080,000
feet will be In large, hewn timbera.
Orders are to be plaoed on the market
through the Belgian consul of Naw
Orleans.
Rumors of large order* from Euro
pean governments form one of the
most interesting feature* of the lum
ber market. One order is said to In
volve 41,000,000 feet, while another
still open to competition In Canada
and the northwest calls for 77,080,080
feet for ths construction of portable
bouses.
Single Men, 18 Years of Ago, for Army
London.—A rofal proclamation has
been posted oalllng te th* colors the
recruits of class one under the mili
tary service so t They are to report
before March 81.
The class mentioned comprises th*
youngest of the recruits available.
They are th* bachelors who had at
tained the age of 18 oa August 18 la st
the additional cost.
Excursion form for th * Rom footl-
vnl, based* on a fore and a third for
the round trip, ware agr eed to at the
meeting of the North Ooaat Passenger
Msoclatten at Portland. -
Governor Wlthyeomb* has reap-
pointed W . B. Ayer of Portland m a
member of the board of trustee* of
the Oregon State library for the par-
tod ending June L 1888.
W illiam Branson, ooavtoted ef the
murder of W illiam Booth at WUlarnt-
na. Ootober 8 last, was seatenoad te
Peril and.
Wheat—Club, 94c; bluest*®, >1.07; Ufa Imprisonment by Judge Belt of
rad Russian, 98c; forty-fold, 97c; rad the circuit court at McMinnville.
A series of schools for adult or-
fife, 98c.
H er—Eastern
Oregon • timothy. chardlsta te being eonduoted In var*
lous part* of the W illam ette valley by
119.88; alfalfa. *88.
W . S. Brawn, extenetoa horttoulturtet
Butter—Creamery, 88c.
of the Oregon agricultural ooUeg*.
Egg»—Reach, 88c.
The W illam ette Valley Merchants'
Wool— Eastern Oregon, 88«; valley,
»•attls.
Army W ill Probe Aviation Serate*.
( Washington:— An army lavaatiga-
* tlon of Senator RoMnsoa'a chargee
' that Lieutenant Colonel Reber, head
of the aviation servio*, hod bom oon-
dveting the aero oorpa Ito aa tneffici-
It la reported that th * Polk oounty
oourt has determined to abolish the
affiea of county readmaeter on the
ground that the result* do not Justify
8 Turkish Transport* Destroyed
London.—An entente allies’ subma
rine passed through ths Dardanelles,
reached the Bosporus and torpedoed
one tug and six transports lsdsn with
munitions, according to^an Athens dis
Frank Boutin of B*yfl*ld. WU., has
patch to Reuter's telegram eompany.
The presence of the hostile submarine purchased the mill and timber of the
Sheridan Lumber oompany at Shari-
caused a panic at Constantinople.
dan and th* mill will b* started np a*
soon a* lag* oan ba eeoured.
>3,000,000 Sant to Relieve Jews.
Railroad* operating la Oregon have
Now York.—Nearly 81.808.088 baa
been
notified by the public eervlc
been bent from the United States for
th* relief of Jewish war sufferers In oomjniwtiou to report dally on the
number of care which are available
Europe.
for uee by Oregon shippers.
Hop*—1811 crop, 18018c par lh.
ka Britain fo r Anmravm
« , ri* Secretary Laaolng
rinden foreign offioa for
las to th * American note*
Lgalaot aetenrae of mnfla
appltoatton of the tradlag
ants of th* Hood River valley and
more than 76 per cant of the quail,
wars killed by the reoant oold.
At a meeting of the board of direc
tors of th* Mood River Apple Growers
association a distribution of 871,000,
returns on apples, was ordered.
An initiative petition having for lte
object the enactment of a law “to
protect salmon In the Columbia river
and lte tributaries'' was filed at Salem.
A big pubHc reception for all new
comers to Bend, planned by the Bend
commercial club, was held on the af
ternoon and evening of February 84.
Representativa McArthur will hold
a competitive examination In Portland
the last weak in March, to salaot a
candidate to enter Annapolis on April
18.
Henry M. Hadke, 14 months-old son
of Mrs. Erick Hauka, fell Into a can
of sugar In the pantry at the Hauka
home at Astoria and smothered to
death.
Two hundred and forty-three re
orults have bean added to the various
organisations of th* Oregon National
Guard throughout the state sinoe Jan
uary 1, 1818.
A b slsotioa ha* bean called at Rose
burg for Maroh IL whan the voters
will be asked to authorise bonds In
the sum of 878,000 for a new high
Wheat— Bluaatem, >1*18; olub, 88c j
rad Ruaalan. 87c; forty-fold. 88c;
fife, 88c.
B a rl*r-8 8 9 68 per ton.
Hay— Timothy. 818 par ton; MfoUte
120 par ten.
Butter—Oraemery, 88c.
burn by merchants tram Hubbard. Au
rora, Bartow, Canby, Garrate. Sllrar-
ton. Sootte M ill*. Molalla and Wood
burn.
T h * state publto aarvto* coauatosioa
haa susp*nd*d until Jbft* 1» 1818, th *
proporad rate o f t h * f i . P . f i B *nd<h-
W. 1 d N, C a laoreariag the m ia t
two shipment* of liquor have hem
seat Into the oounty stnoe tee prohibi
tion law went Into effect.
It 1* now believed that the rooeat
•term claimed on* victim in Lane
oounty. AH efforts to locate Lyman
Medaris, a hoy who attempted to Tusks
his way In the deep snow from Saddle
mountain to Mapleton, have felted.
Some >8.000 scree of land In eastern
Oregon have been purchased by O. D.
Hillman, a Pasadena realty operator,
as an Investment The lands Ila In
Crook, Harney and Lake oountiee and
ware bought at an average prtoe of
>18 an sore.
The state meeting of the Grand
Army of the Republic, the Women of
the Relief Corps, the Sons of Voter-
ana, the Ladles of the Grand A m y of
the Republic and the Spanish War
Veterans will ha held la Eugene June
14. 16 and 18.
Registration In Oregon, as reported
to Secretary of State Olcott tram the
various oountlaa, has reached 48,488,
of which 80,888 are republicans. 11,8*6
democrats. 807 progressives, 871 pro
hibitionists, 1170 socialists and 1488
miscellaneous.
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Guarantee of Irrigation and drain-
age bonds and providing a method for
the farmer to obtain oheaper money,
will be the three subjects to oeenpy
the Irrigation, Drainage and Rural
Credits conference to be held tn Sa
lem. March 8.
The Irrigation of 188,000 acres along
the Columbia river west of Umatilla,
by water diverted from the John Day
Shaw, w art shot sad seriously wound
ed on a crowded sidewalk a t Third
and Couch streets In Portland by an*
of their countrymen, m id to be a mem
ber of the Sow Leong Tong.
T h * Roesburg eemmerniel club haa
under consideration th * matter of se
curing an automobile rend from Rose
burg to Crater Lake through TBtar
and T ra il M oonneotten with th * MR*
ad State* forest eervtoa. Oenmaetten
1* te be mod* with th * M ed fo rd O n ter
Lake read a t T ra it - *
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T h * Salam F ru it Union ha* forward
ed a resolution te Washington. enOtag
attention of th * Oregon detonation te
th * fact that th * govarnmoar* eeea-
mlsaary depertmeot ha* »ever taolu*
ed Oregon praam or legeaherrto* la
lte purchase* sad reqneating that an
effort he mad* te change thia » a -
ttona a f baevi
reoover d*m *|
game warden
p|*h and Gam<
te an opinion
Brawn,
Afoto M ira«
ent ef the O. A
ufoctarteg m
hm announce
for the eempai
including min
seamen, effiet
agara. amount
more than 10
me* are affao
After oroeel
in the dead oi
af th* way «
betag delayed
without food f
and Walter 1
Eugene, havte
emmtry from 1
of their Joorn
foot drag and
A larg* Mm
fo *| tram wfo
into th * teanm
Iforala E l i tr
* * < pluagad a
d a rta m *. A *
th * traubM v
m rM d eg fra
te r Medford.
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