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An Evening in the South Seas
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Chautauqua Pretests Native Maori Sisgen
FRIDAY.......December 24, 1920
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Telephone Credit
The price to Th« ObMrver to $1.50 par
year. 75 caato lor tox mouths, 50 coots to<
loor month«—bv* if weld la •dvaaca wr
accept $2.50 la fall tor 2 years.
Shortei
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terms then oov >ear 12K cents per month.
A Woe M ark here w ill answer an in-
query, whoa entered upon oar calendar,
giving ’he date of ’. □* oeoor as he date at
which vo r corr at s it- tpu i »-^P’r : ^
The telephone company w ill be compelled to borrow large amounts of money In 1
next few years, not only to extend its service to new subscribers, hot to take earn
the constantly increasing use of the service by present subscribers.
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF CEKERAIJNTEREST
A lender in business w ill demand of a borrower ample security and w ill insist that
its value be maintained without deterioration. He must" be shown that thia security Z
has an assured earning pewsg. He must be mtisfted that his investment to safe; that JR
it can be disposed of at any time without loss and that it w ill bring him a eontinaoos ■
return,
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Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor­
mation of Our Readers.
A t the present time this company *s operations in Oregon are oondneted at a defleit.
Its expenses are greater than Its revenue. No return to being received by its stock­
holders from their property in Oregon. Not even the Interest on its bonds properly
chargeable to ito Oregon properties is being paid from Oregon receipts.
' Lane county farmers* week w ill be
observed to Eugene December 14 to 18.
The budget for ’ 1881 for Jackson
county calls for an expenditure cf
$880,000.
Ashland’s city budget for the coming
year Is 180,000. necessitating a ksvy of
88.5 mills.
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The American National,, tm rth o f
Klamath Falla' banks, opened tor busi­
ness last week.
For county road and bridge purposes
Lane county has expended.' during the
year $284,246.07.
Exports moving from Portland to
foreign ports during October were val­
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*" With new capital scarce and commanding high rates of return, a business showing
operating results such as these w ill -find it difficult, if not impossible, to secure money
for its necessities.
Ellison W hite pieeent on the closing evening o f the Chautauqua Festival a big program. "An Evening in the
Seas’* an attraction entirely unique on the American platform.
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Five Maori singers hava been brought directly from New Zealand, and they w ill pregint for the first time In
We assume that the people of Oregon wish "to treat the u tilities doing business in
th is -country the bewitching native music of their New Zeal and home. Headed by N. H. Papgkjira, famed throughout
this
state
justly and fairly, and in this belief we have asked the Public Service Com­
N ew teatond as the leading tenor of the Islands, and cbmtog from a race that is essential^ musloal, they present
mission
to
approve a schedule of rates increasing our revenues. The amount asked for
a most Interesting program.
a
duel
with
officers
at
Columbia
Beach
is relatively small to the individual rate payer, but the aggregate w ill place us in a
The Oregon Duroc Breeders' , ss
•re la tio n will hold an auction sqIo of
near Astoria.
position where we can obtain the outside capital necessary in our operations.
The C. K. Spaulding Logging com­
choice hogs at the state fair grounds
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pany. which operates extensively In
a t Salem on February 2. There will.
Under present conditions an adequate telephone servies—efficient and sufficient— to
the W illam ette valley, has olosed the
t>e 20 or more consignors from Oregon,
dependent upon higher ratee.
ued at 89,469.968.
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Salem plant of the corporation. Ap­
Idaho and Washington, while buyers
Division state highway engineers
proximately 400 men were thrown out
’»■IB be in attendance from all sections
from all sections of Oregon held a two-
of employment
■ f the Pacific northwest. _
Nine carloads of packed apples and
Governor Oloott, who has been at
days conference In 8alem.
pears were shipped last week from
Harrisburg, Pa., attending the gov­
During a roundup by the police In
ernors* conference, w ill return to
Salem 18 drunks and alleged bootleg­ Beaton county orchards to New Or­
leans, the growers receiving as high as
Salem Thursday. Enroute home Gov­
gers were taken Into custody.
ernor Olcott spent a few days in
$2.75 a box for their fruit.
Twelve houses* are quarantined to
Salem’s tax levy for 1921 w ill aggre
Florida, where he has relatives.
As Tillamook county does not have gate 49 mills.
La Grande for scarlet fever, IB for
A total of 8067 miles of highways In
common point rates similar to Astoria
smallpox and 7 for diphtheria.
There are more than 30 candidates
The people of Springfield are plaur and other Oregon cities, a movement for the master’s degree a.t the Univer­ Oregon, involving estimated financial
obligations aggregating 888,479,930.94
nlng to hold a community Christmas la on foot to apply to the Interstate sity of Oregon.
and actual expenditures totaling $21.
commerce commission at Washington.
true on a prominent business street
Company C Oregon National Guard,
A t the municipal election to Bend ’ The state fish and game commis­ of Eugene, now has a strength of 70 648,668.88 have been authorised under
the direction or the stole highway com
laqt week the 1881 budget of $70,899.60 sion has closed all fish hatcheries and men and officers.
mission daring the years 1820 and
egg-taking stations to Klamath coun­
was adopted By a vote of 838 to 32.
Eighty-four high schools of the state
1811, according to a report prepared
ty
for
the
winter
and
laid
off
the
six
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The mills of the Eugene Excels
-h
have enrolled In the Oregon High by Roy Klein, secretory of the com
o
r
eight
men
employed
during
the
sum­
company In Eugene w ill resume o
School Debate league.
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mission.
A total of 464 cows, representing
mer.
eratlon after having been ldle ^pr
State legislation which w ill offer the the starrin r r M ld v n In Ik e war-swept
The safe In the Woolworth store
Reports reaching the , capltol at 108 herds to Oregon, were officially alternative of a $2000 farm or hone areas oversees Is to be raised by Janu­
Claims against the city of Klamath
aomber of weeks.
st Eugene was broken open and rob­
Salem Indicate that not leas than five tested for milk production In Novtra
Falla for damages totaling $3735 have
The Pendleton water department
loan or a epah compensation at the ary 1, the European relief council of­
bed of $365 In cash and checks.
persons have applied for the secretary­ ber, according to the report of W. N. rate of $16 per month of service for ficially opened Its
been filed by six survivors of the
present Is laying nearly h alf a mile
A fter being closed down for several
Jay H. Dobbin of
new mains on streets where paving la Houston hotel fire, to which at least months, tfhe Booth-Kelly sawmill at ship of the Oregon state fa ir to sue* Colman, superintendent of official world war veterans w ill be pressed by
testing for the breeders' association the American Legion, department of dent ef the Oregon Wool Growers’ am
nine
persons
lost
their
lives
Septem­
ceed
A.
H.
Lea,
who
resigned
i
to he done shortly.
Wendllng has resumed operations.
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cently to accept a posltloa in Port­ and the Oregon Agricultural college. Oregon, as a result of action by the soclatlon; Mach Hoke of
The Tam hlll Mutual Telephone com­ ber 8.
Enos
Fisher,
well
known
Oregon
The downward trend of prices in state executive committee, to session secretary-treasurer, and C. C.
Sheep
entered
the
Hampton
school
land.
pany has filed application w ith the
pioneer and one of the first settlers of
ley of Hay Creek, vlee-presldeat. were
Lalk of proper spark arresters on the wholesale markets Is reflected to In Portland last week.
Oregon public service commission for house to Deschutes county and devour­ the Grand Ronde valley, la dead at
ed the school register containing the
logging engines Is charged by the gov bids received by R. B. Goodin, secre­
W ith all preparations complete and re-elected by acclamation at the toss­
an Increase In rates.
records of every pupil attending the Summerville, aged 81.
ernment In a suit filed against the tary of the stats board of control, for everything In readiness for the Inten­ ing of the 2Sd annual conveatien at
There were two murders, four sui­
The Medford Chamber of Commerce Oregon Lumber company of Baker, for furnishing supplies and materials to
school since the district was organised
sive, state-wide canvass through which Pendleton. The p|poe for holding next
cides and six deaths from accidental
has adopted a resolution indorsing the $1L84O* damages for the alleged de- the various state Institutions during
in
1811.
Oregon’s $260,000, quota of the $33,- year’s convention w ill be named later
causes In Portland and Multnomah
, The trustees of Albany college have proposed Atlantic-Pacific Highway ex­ ¡atruction of 11,840,090 feet of timber to the period from January 1 to July L 000,000 national fund to be raised for by the executive com m utes.
county during November.
been notified of a bequest left the col­ position at Portland to 1926.
the Oregon forest in eastern Oregon. 1831.
F irst Lieutenant Amoe O. W aller,
lege by the late Ellefi E. Geary of 1 As a result of M ajor Moahberger’s
medical corps, 6th Oregon Infantry,
Portland. Mia Geary was a daughter efforts during the last few weeks, 50
has been advanced to the rank of cap­
of one of the early presidents of the young men are interested In organis­
tain to the national guard.
ing a m ilitia company at Woodburn.
Bari Pearcy of Forest drove has Institution.
A summary of the assessment rolls
Out of a total of $25,903,851.92 that
beon elected president of the Oregon
of Lake county for 1920 shots a prop­
has
been
expended
by
the
highway
de­
BUte Horticultural society to suc­
partment from Its inception In 1918 erty valuajlpn of $12,080,463, a de­
ceed J. O. H olt of Eugene.
crease of nearly $100,000 for 1919.
A tide of 10 feet 7 Inches last week to December 1 of this year, more than
Gertruds W heeler of Mapleton has
half, or 818,844,398.37 has been ex­
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flooded a large portion of the southern
obtained the usual bounty at the office
pended
this
year.
part of Marshfield and put several In­
Robbers early Friday broke Into the of the county clerk on a wildcat which
dustries out of commission.
State
hank of Imbler, made an inef­ she killed near her home not long
Th> Klam ath Logging company, re­
fectual attempt to dynamite the safe, ago. .
cently organised with a capitalisation
Oregon’s national congressmen are
and escaped after breaking Into a bar­
of $860,000, w ill build a saw mill to
ber shop and Jewelry store and steal­ urged by the Oregon Wool Growers’
Klamath Falls next spring.
association to support all Trills provid­
Damage estimated at $210,000 wag ing valuable articles.
Mining men representing practically ing for an embargo on wool and wool
wrought by a fire which sUrted to the
all of the Important mines In eastern products.
basement warehouse of the General
The Beger Veneer company has pur­
Oregon met in Baker last week to con­
Cigar company to Portland.
sider means of meeting the present de­ chased about 20,000,000 feet of yellow
Reports of the Eugene banks show
pressing conditions In the mining in­ fir timber seven miles southwest of
that the deposits of the three institu­
dustry. Increased cost of production Rainier and will commence taking it
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tions increased more than a million
coupled with a permanent low selling out at once.
dollars during the past year.
pries has proved to be a combination « Polk oounty livestock men, at a farm
Next year's convention of the Ore-
that cannot be coped with, and mining bureau meeting held at Monmouth,
gda Btata Hotel aeoclatlon w ill be
adopted a constructive program for
has practically come to a standstill.
held at Astoria, It was decided at the
Leslie Murray, defeated candidate livestock Improvement work within
recent session held at The Dalles.
for representative from Multnomah the county.
The Salem Floral society has chang­
A two-day racing meet on the Linn
county
at the prim ary election last
ed 1U name to the C ity Improvement
county fa ir grounds on or about the
May.
has
filed
In
the
Marion
county
league and has announced a program
circuit court legal protest against the Fourth of July next, has been de­
of city beautification and betUrmedL
termined upon by the Albany Racing
Lake county has 648 farms, a de­ election of Herbert Gordon of Portland
who was a successful candidate for the association.
crease of 188 from the number In 1810.
Everett May, < graduate of Oregon
However the number of scree of Im ­ offioe. It was charged by Mr. Murray
Agricultural college and well known
*
that
Mr.
Gordon's
election
was
Illegal
proved land shows a Urge Increase.
for the reason that he was a candidate to athletic circles, has been given a
A ll street work In Klam ath Falls
for two offices at the same election, i commission as captain In the United
has stopped for the winter. D uring
The habit of yelling fire when there States army. ’
the summer and fall approximately
Rates for service on the lines of the
was
no fire almost cost Fred Worth­
8186,000 was spent by the city on pav­
ington his life when the Eugene city Sheridan and W illam ina Telephone^
ing.
company have been Increased as the
Naval radio men engaged In testing Jail. In which he was a prisoner, was
result of an order Issued by the public
partially
destroyed
by
a
blaxe
of
un­
receiving apparatus at Tongue Point,
determined origin. Worthington shout­ service commission.
near Astoria, last week picked up a
Jerry Hurley, a well known rancher
ed for help and his cries Were heard
radio call from Nauen, In northern
by the firemen In their sleeping quar of Malheur county, has been missing
Germany.
for over a month, and friends fear foul
The Oregon Humane society esti­ ters, which were close to the Jail. The
play. He had $1000 In currency on his
mates. In figures filed with the secre­ men thought the prisoner was trying
person when last seen.
to
spread
a
false
alarm,
and
rolled
ta ry of eta**, that Its seeds from the
Several modern bungalows and cot­
over
to
bed
for
another
nap.
state for the next biennium w ill be
A .c re w of railroad surveyors has tages are being built along the beach
Crankcase Cleaning Service— convenient, quack,
about $8000.
H I S lens shows some o f the d irt th at can be
been working quietly for several at Garibaldi In anticipation of tfhe lum
The i " " " * 1 poultry and pet stock
economical. W e use Calol Flushing O il, the scien­
found fo any crankcase after a fe w weeks of
show of the Oregon Poultry and Pet weeks In the eastern part of Linn baring activity attending the opening
county for what Is said to be a log of the mills next summer.
drivin g-~road dust, carbon and fine particles o f tific, thorough flushing agent w hich does not con­
Stock association r l l be held to the
The big sawmill at Rltner, near In
tam inate the fresh oil. W e assure proper lubri­
municipal auditorium to Portland De­ gtog road into the tim ber belt on the
m etal. Such d irt circulates w ith the lubricating
upper Crabtree river.
The survey dependence, started last September by
cation for your engine by refilling the cleaned
eamber 18 to 18.
oil through the engine, together w ith gasoline that
the
Foster interests of Lincoln, Neb.,
started
near
the
town
of
Crabtree,
a
crankcase w ith Zerolene o f the correct grade.
L . D. Roberts of Turner met with a
escapes past the pistons and dilutee the oil.
v
has shut down for the winter. The mill
when his herd of flVe milch cows station of tbm Woodburn-Springfield
M a k e a regular habit o f M o d em Crankcase
branch of the Southern Pacific, and and camps employed 400 men.
H a v e the dirty, diluted oil in your crankcase
broke away, got on the railroad track
On the Pendleton ranch to Jackson
Cleaning Service. I t gives better engine perform ­
drained out-rtoto-befbre unnecessary w e a r begins.
and were all run down nod killed by extends easterly for a distance of JO
miles Into the fine belt of timber own cdunty a field of corn yielded 83
ance and longer life to your car.
<
a re tre a d train.
W e can do th a t best for you w ith M odem
bordering the banks of ed largely by the Hammond Lumber bushels to the acre, while potatoes
made 860 bushels and three seres ot
Coos river w ill he served goon by a company.
corn filled a 80 ton silo to the top.
Twenty
house
bills
passed
by
th*
'
f skirting the southern bank of
In the cross-cut tsnnel connecting
the river from Beetslde to the fork, s legislature at Its special session last
the Union and Last Chance mines IS3
l
January
sad
later
vetoed
by
Governor
Of
BM11
-A convention w in be held at Dallas Olcott, and one hill enacted Into a law the Cornneopta district a ledge oi
at the regular legislative assembly In high grade ore was struck, one strenk
on December 18 to nominate a eandl
date tor county Judge. a fter which petl * 1818 and vetoed by the late Governor flawy tag values of 8600 or more to the
Wlthycomhe, w ill be submitted for thr Ion.
yeue w ill be circulated for the recall
Success.of the night schools which
consideration of the 1881 legislature
of Judge A. B. Robinson
when It convenes at Salem .January «ha Astoria district has maintained
Thera were four fatalities due to lu
18. Eleven of these house bills which (or the benefit of aliens who desire to
In Oregon during
aset disapproval nt the hands of Gov­ become cttlsens has been demonstrat
led
Devember
8.
Tbs
the
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ernor Oleott had tor their purpose the ed by the fact that 234 students have
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Victor Marlow, trouble
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M U Portland; Floyd Hardy, truck designation and location of state high­ enrolled.
driver. Portland; Joseph E Caldwell, ways and poet rbada. while the remain­ - Prank Wagner. alias Dutch Prank
ing nine hills had to do with various the safe robber who escaped from th<
laborer. Parkeevllle. K y , and Harvey
OSEwH Kt.VS t.uTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor­
mation of Our Readers.
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DESCHUTES MOTOR COMP,'
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Maaw. rtoaer, Powers.
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A total of 46$
subjects of state and county govern penitentiary t t Salem about thru
monfos
s a t killed laitgnQy 1»
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