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$ 5 0 0 .0 0 0 is Plenty
tor Present Bond Issue
When the petition for a road bond
Money Appropriated and Crew Awaits I election was considered by the county
court Monday it was the opinion of
Working Orders. Says Oliical
Rebekahs
libidll Officers
Tne following officers were installed
by the District Deputy President, Inez
, Ferguson, and Deputy Grand Marshal,
i Edythe Stone:
Betta Pankey, Past Noble Grand;
Ella Stone, Noble Grand; Ada Adams,
Vice Grand; Edith Roberts, Rocorder
and Secretary; Lulu Terry, Treasurer.
The Noble Grand appointed Lillie
Wright, Ward-m; Clara Faria, Conduct
or; Inez Ferguson, Right Support to
Noble Grand; Louisa Newman, Left
Support to Noble Grand; Minnie Moore,
Chaplain; Nellie llicken. Out suit
Guard. The Vice Grand appointed Ells
Hay for her Right Support and Ida
Emerson as her Left Support.
After installation a social time was
spent after which refreshments were
served.
T hursday ,
J uly 17.
14 KILLED: 150
HURT IN COLLISION
Rear-End Crasn of Electric Trains
Caused by Mistaken Signals
THE HERALD
Will co-operate with yuu on any
proposition for the betterment
o f Central Point ami its vicinity
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Believe ihdt live
Weeks Will Settle Idritt Question
Washington Hiacussion of the Un
derwood Simmons tariff revision bill,
with its lengthy free list, greatly re
duced rates oil all commodities and
ils new system of ad valorem instead
of specific rates, actually begau In the
senate this week.
Chairman Simmons, speaking for
the democrats at the finance com
mittee meeting, said he thought de
bate on the hill could be concluded in
file weeks, and Senator Smoot, of the
minority, agreed with him.
Senator Smoot has In preparation a
new wool schedule, which he intends
to submit as an umeudment. Senator
Simmons will have general charge of
the debate for the democrats, and
Senator I’enrose for the republicans.
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We Offer
Canned
Goods
In Various Kinds of Fruits
and Vegetables
25c Per Gallon Can
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CRANFILL
& ROBNETT.
London.—The Balkan Stales appear
to be again In the melting j»ot. There
is no sign of peace at present. Greece
j and Scrvla have declined so far to
agree to an armistice. The Turkish
| army Is advancing by forced marches
! from Tchalalja and Bnlair, apparently
with the consent of Greece and Ser-
! i la, to attempt the recapture of Ad-
rianople and Thrace.
Roumania Is said to be proceeding
to occupy a much larger extent of
Bulgarian territory than she previous
ly claim'd, and Gr - - c <i s hurtling to
avenge the Bulgarian massacres, con
cernlng which horrifying details con
tinually appear In official reports 1s-
1 sued from Athens and Salonlkl. Ac
cording to these reports, ears and fin
gers of Greek women still wearing ear
rings and rings were found In the
pockets of Bulgarian prisoners.
N umber 13
MVSS I ROM NATIONAL C APITA L
! Judge Tou Vplie and Commissioners
Lus Angeles.— Fourteen dead and
Of late there has been considerable Leever and Smith that the petition for
150 Injured is the toll estimated of a
discussion in Central Point as to wheth ; $700,009 w as in excess o f what would
rear-end collision of two Pacific Elec
er or not we are to have a new depot j he needed to improve the road from
tric railway trains filled with Sunday
building this Summer or whether tht the California line to Josephine county
pleasure seekers returning from the
matter has again been placed on the and as no other roads were considered
sea shore at Venice.
table to await action at some indefinite in the plans for road improvement the
The accident occurred at Vineyard
date. With the completion of the pas petition was rejected with the recomen-
station in the westerly city limits of
sing track it was hoped that work on dation that a new one he presented in
Los Angeles. Two three-car trains,
the new building would he started and which the amowit named would he
their seats and aisles packed with the
from time to time indications seemed $500,000. This is the amount estimated
usual Sunday merry-making crowd,
to justify that hope. A car o f building sufficient to put the road in lirst das
had been stalled at Vineyard station
material side tracked here or the ar- shape and considered by the court to
by the breaking of a trolley wire. One
rival of company workmen occasionally ; be all that is advisable to expend at
Weeds Should Be Cut
of the crew of the second train was
would start the rumor that construction the present time.
Noting the improved appearance of sent back to flag the following trains,
work was about to begin hut up to tin
“ We are opposed to the expenditure
the premises where the weeds and l he next train, however, swept by the
present time nothing very definite hi: of road bond money, except for paved
Lobby Inquiry Into Labor War
grass lias been cut or burned lately signal at high speed, and in the dark
materialized and a good many had be highways,” " said Judge Tou Velle, ‘ ‘and
along the streets and on vacant lots th ness crashed into the standing trains.
All
the "wars” that have been
we
favor
looking
to
other
sources
for
gin to think it was the same old story.
suggestion has been offered that more
Responsibility for the wreck lies, fought between labor and capital, all
Recently Agent Cornelius took the the improvement of earth roads. There
of this work would not hurt the general according to the officials of the road, '.ne efforts that both have made to
matter up personally with L. R Fielder, is no need of authorizing an issue of
appearance o f our city to any great between Conductor Albert Bartholo- j secure legislation which would profit
division superintendent, and requested $700,000 when $500,000 may besuffiicent
extent.
mai and Motorman Joseph Forrester. them, and the tangled skein woven
With
the
results
secured
by
this
paved
him to find ont definitely whether or
Besides presenting a decided unsight
The conductor Insists that he waved about their relations in the last ten
no anything would be done this season. highway in increased traffic, revenue
ly appearance the weeds are a menance a red lantern In the path of Forres years are to be investigated by con
Mr. Fielder promised that he would and valuation, other bond expenditures
in the seeds they scatter over the ter's train In ample time for the mo gress
The senate lobby committee
look the matter up and let the local will he easy to authorize in the future,
lawns and gardens and it is to the in torman to stop.
in executive session decided that the
agent know just what w as being done. if needed. Meanwhile the county will
terest o f every citizen to keep them
Forrester, who was found in his
wars" must be inquired Into.
This was several days ago and during not have exhausted its credit.
down.
home only slightly injured, declared
Samuel Gompers, president of the
‘ ‘ We do not want to jeopardize tl e
the week Mr. Cornelius received a
that he did not see the lantern until American Federation of Labor, will
letter from Mr. Fielder in which In success of the good roads movement by Scouling Parly to Invade Central
within 500 feet of the standing train, I appear before the committee on July
stated that the money had been a| scattering the money secured over two
and the distance was too short and 25 and n subpena was issued for John
Oregon
propriated on June 30 and the plans large an area and accomplishing hut
his brakes failed to stop the train. ; Mitchell, vice president of the federa
sent to the general superintendent for little in results. We will concentrate
In order to arouse interest in the Officials of the road Insisted that the tion and former head of the United
his approval and from whom must upon the main thoroughfare, upon meeting of the Oregon Development
distance was not too short.
Mine Workers.
come the working orders. As soon as which resides two-thirds o f the popu League to he held August 19-21 at
At the same time the committee
this is issued, says the letter, actual lation, and which must necessarily be Klamath Falls and to personally carry
Fighting Heavy in China.
subpenaed George l’ope and J. P.
permanently
improved
before
other
work will be commenced.
a cordial and urgent invitation to the
London.—Heavy lighting is reported Bird, general manager of the National
While it is understood that in the roads can he similarly improved.
business men and ranchers to attend all around Kiu Kiang, province of Association of Manufacturers.
“ The petition called for $700,000 five
company work considerable red ta|e
that convention, a party representing Klatig SI on the Yang Tse Kiang, says
must he gone through and a great dial per cent 30 year bonds. We have de the Portland Commercial Club, the rail a Pekin dispatch to the Daily Tele Senate and House Fight for Witness
of delay is encountered in the different cided to have the bonds mature at roads and the newspapers is now mak graph. The fighting is the result of
With Martin M. Mulhall, one time
departments through which a building varying periods instead o f 30 years. ing an automobile tour of General Ore the occupation of the city by northern chief lobbyist for the National Asso
order must pass Central Point citizens Mr. Reames is now drawing up a new gon and will devote all of this week troops.
ciation of Manufacturers as the prize,
will he and next to a series o f meetings for
are hoping that we may soon see a bond election , petition, which
, ,
the senate and house lobby Investiga
crew at work on the new depot build ready for c.rcuiat'on by the latter part lhe purp0Be of 8ecuring delegates to
tors contested for first testimony from
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ing and that the present structure will of the week.’
the O. D. L. gathering.
the star witness. The senate won.
Sicretary
Says
Hu
Is
Compelled
to
not much longer he left blocking Pine
The party left Portland last Sunday
The house investigators will contin
Writing from LaGrande, N. C. Maris
Lecture to Augment Income.
street.
for Bend, the latter being the real
ue
to watch for an opportunity to
Hendersonville, N. C.— While here catch Mullmll when he is not engaged
The n ew passing track is a decided a field worker of the Oregon Agricul starting point o f the tour, being pre
tural
College,
states
that
the
citizens
improvement in the handling o f the
ceded by a letter addressed to every Secretary Bryan declared he was com before the Overman committee.
road traffic at this point and if we can o f the different sections of Union commercial oaganiza-tlon in the terri pelled to deliver Chautauqua ad
Mulhall continued his story before
have a new station house with modern County are co-operating in an effort to tory to be covered giving the itinerary dresses to supplement his government the senate committee, reciting details
make their county fair a record break
conveniences it will prove of consider
in detail. This advance notice will salary, whlc. he declared was not suf of the fight he alleges the manufac
er in every respect this year. They
able benefit to patrons of the road who
enable each community to make prepa ficient to meet his expenses.
turers financed to beat Representa
propose to get together an exhibit at
“ As this is my first Chautauqua lec tive Hughes, of New Jersey, now a
come to the local station.
rations for a large attendance at the
La Grande, October 8-11, that will con
meetings to he held on arrival of the ture since becoming a member of the senator, to re elect Nelson W. Aldrich
In order to protect the seeds of vince their own citizens, as well as all
party. It is hoped that the excursion cabinet," said Secretary Bryan, “ it us senator from Rhode Island and re
Douglas Fir that will be planted dur visitors, that Union is second to no
will result in securing information may not be ont of place to say that elect former Representative Little
ing th:s Summer, a campaign of exter other county in the state in agricultural
which will enable the Oregon Agricul I find it necessary to lecture In order field. of Maine.
mination will he waged against field production. Industrial, agricultural and
tural College and the Portland Com to supplement the salary which I re
Mulhall talked of "inside” and "out
mice and other rodents in the burned horticultural exhibits staged by thi
mercial (Tub to help Central Oregon ceive from the government. As 1 have side” work; of a bookkeeper for the
over sections of Tillamook County, and children of the county will be made a
lectured for U! years this method of American Federation of Labor, whom
in the development o f its resources.
poisoned grain will be liberally scatter prominent feature of the fair.
idding to my Income is the most nat lie charge^ with later becoming a paid
Mr. and Mrs. J E. Boswell and fam ural one to which to turn and I regard
ed over a tract of about 2,000 acres to
On the last page of this issue will he
spy for the manufacturers’ associa
be reforested. As soon as the poison found the statement of the condition of ily motored down to Rock Point Tues
is extremely legitimate.”
tion.
crew finishes its work, a force o f men the Central Point State Bank as shown day afternoon and spent the night w ith
will he sent to do the seeding, a task recently when the directors of that in friends there. They returned Wedne- Youth Shoots Dog; Is Shot by Officer Two More Money Probes Proposed
which will require about three mouth-. stitution made their annual examina day, Joe having contrived to hook a
Oregon City, Or. Earl McAlty,
Currency
difficulties broke out
In addition to the 2,"00 acres to he tion o f the books and affairs o f the few nice fish during his stay at the about IX years old and a resident of along two different lines In the house
seeded, an additional 1,000 acres will bank. Under the management of the river.
Portland, was shot and probably fa with the Introduction of resolutions
be planted with young trees.
efficient officials and employees tht
As we go to press we learn that the tally wounded by Deputy Sheriff Wil directing Invest 1 gut Ions
The first, by Representative Henry,
Mrs. Simpkins and Herman Simpkins local bank enjoyes a very prosperous bind will not go on the Colestin excur liam Mumbower as he was trying to
were afternoon passengers to Medford business and the affairs are always in sion Sunday as stated in an item or. escape from the officer on the Clacka proposed a renewal of the Investiga
mas road a few miles east of this tion of the money trust, as an adjunct
the lest of shape.
Monday for a short visit in that city.
the local page.
place, where lie had been placed under and aid to the banking committee In
arrest for shooting a dog. Mumbower, its consideration of the administration
who is engaged In farming near the currency hill. The second, by Repre
I scene of the shooting, was arrested sentatlve Lindbergh, of Minnesota,
and lodged in the Clackamas comity progressive member of the committee,
proposes an Investigation to determine
whether the Glass bill would not cre
ate a monstrous monopoly controlled
and operated by private Interests.
BALKAN SITUATION
IS NOT IMPROVED
E ight
National Capital Brevities
The democratic majority of the
house committee on banking and cur
rency Is said to be making fair prog
r e s s with the administration currency
M il.
An Investigation of (lie financial op
erations of New York Central lines by
the Interstate commerce commission
w s proposed In u resolution passed
by the senate.
Speaker Champ Clark appeared In
the senate lobby committee to place
on record an emphatic denial of every
statement voiced by David Lamar, a
stock broker, and Edward Lauterhach,
i New York attorney, connecting hlin
with J. I’lerpont Morgan * Co.
Commissioner Osborn, of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau, bus begun an
Investigation to determine whether
there la due to the federal treasury
$900,000 In oleomargarine taxes from
manufacturers in Chicago and else
where, us recently reported by the
Chicago grand Jury.
' ',r' 1 ‘
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iraific manager
Secretary Wilson of the department
f ’ ' o
■ ' 1 • '-ral thou,- of labor arranged for an Interview
lMl'
1
- ' MM d! I” ' rown Monday at'the White House between
In Oregon this umm'-r. The tom the president and the representatives
pany distributed 1< 0,000 pounds of seed of railroad companies and trainmen’s
corn, and this wai » all planted by the firotherhoods, to u r g e his aid In pre
farmers, together with much other venting the threatened strike of 100,-
•M l .
000 employes of eastern railroads.
Regard!' ' of tlie fact that the pure | Without one word of objection, the
f '• I law eni" ‘ ' il by the last l'-gisla -‘ natn passed Senator Borah's bill
turc says In section 10 that the law is amending the three-year homee'ead
to apply only to those dealers and | law by providing that homesteaders.
warehousemen whose principal bust Instead of ( iltlvatlng 2" acres of land,
n". a Is handling seeds, the attorney j hi is now required, may make Im
general has rendered an opinion that provements to value of II 50 for each
the law will apply to all dealers In, ai re entered and thua establish their
agriculture! seed In the state.
good faith an 1 acquire patent. ,
The Association receives every six
months a library offs» volumes from
the State Library Commission to be
used by the general public. A new
library has just arrived and everyone
j interested is invited to look over the
accompanying list. If you see any
thing you would like to read call at the
building. The Secretary will have the
library in charge.
Alberman —Classics old and new
A u sten -P rid e and predice.
Borrows—Principle o f cookery.
Blaisdell— Boy Blue and his friends.
Brady —The true Andrew Jackson.
Chambers —Lorraine.
Chandler—Habits o f California plants.
Church —The Odyssey for boys and tfirls.
Crawford —The revelation o f Inspector Morgan.
Crowley —In treaty with honor.
De La Pasture - Man from America.
Dickens— Great expectations.
Dix—A little captive lad.
Elliott—T w o In Italy.
Elton—Story o f Sir Francis Drake.
French —Susan Clegg and her neighbor's aftiairs.
G rin nell-Jack, the young trapper.
Hawthorne House of seven gables.
Henderson Short history o f Germany.
Kirk—Marcia Houghten.
Lang— Alladin and the wonderful lamp.
L efevie— Sampson Rook, o f Wall Street
Lumnis— King o f the Broncos.
Lyle—Tbo Lone Star.
Mcllvaine—Outdoors, indoors and up thechimuey.
Mason —The broken road.
Moore Deeds o f «luring done by girls.
Morris—Heroes o f the army in America.
Parkman—Pioneers o f France in the new world.
Pen field -East o f Suez.
Pierson—Three little Millers.
Porter—Thaddues o f Warsaw.
Reagan— Locomotives.
Roadnight Old fashioned rhymes and poems.
Roosevelt—Hunting in many lands.
Roulet—Our little Brazilian cousin.
St. Nicholas- Sea stories.
Seawall—Little Jarvis.
S haw -C astle Blair.
Smith - Girls o f Plneridge.
Southworth— Builders o f our country.
Stoddard - Little Smoke.
Strange stories o f the Civil War,
Train - Prisoner at the bar.
Trowbridge—Jack Huzzurd and his fortunes.
Turpin Classic fables.
Warde— Betty Wales.
Watson (Maclaren) Kate Carnegie.
W ells— Her ladyship's elephant.
W right—Four-footed Americans and their kin.
Barbour—Four in camp.
Beach—An Annapolis youngster.
Codd With Evans to the Pacific.
Collins—Boy’ s book o f model aeroplanes.
Gordon (Connor) Glengarry schooldays.
Harris— Daddy Jake, the runaway.
Langford— Vigilante days and ways.
Long—Northern trails.
Roosevelt—Outdoor pastimes.
One afternoon a week from 2 to 5
o’clock will he given the girls o f the
town who care to use the shower baths
and swimming pool. A lady attendant
will be in charge. Girls must bring
their own towels. Until further notice
Tuesday will he the day.
Resolutions
At a special meeting of W. II. Har
rison Wamons' Relief Corps No. 27 the
following resolutions wore adopted:
Whereas, on July 5th, 1913, it pleased
the Supreme Ruler of the Universe in
his divine wisdom to take from our
midat our beloved and faithful sister,
Mrs. Melissa Elliott by the hand of
death; therefore be it resolved, that in
the death of sister Elliott this Corps
hai lost one of its moHt faithful mem
bers, who had been always ready to
lend a helping hand, being a charier
member of this Corps she has been with
us from the time of its institution, the
advocate of right, thoroughly imbued
with all the principles of our Order;
the force o f her noble example as h
member of our fraternity should for
ever he kept green in the memory of
tho living members of our order.
Although she has passed from our
sight, yet the reccollections o f the liv
ing, of her devotion to duty, her love
for the principles will remain bright us
long us memory is spared.
Resolved, that we extend to the sor
row afflicted children, brothers and
sisters, of our deceased sister profound
and tender sympathy, never forgetting
to give thorn our care and protection.
Resolved, that our charter he draped
in mourning for thirty days.
Resolved tliut these resolutions he
spicad in full upon the records of this
Corps, and a copy of the same be for
warded to the family of the deceased
sister.
Mary A. Moe,
Press Correspondent.
United Artisans Install
Central Point Assembly No. 359 mi t
in the A. O. U. W. hall last Friday
evening, July II, 1913, and installed
the following officers for the ensuing
term:
Lloyd March, Past Master Artisan;
James F. Terry, Master Artisan; Chas
Clark, Superintendent; Nellie Hiekcn,
Inspector; Lulu Terry, Secretary; Eflie
Pruett, Treasurer; J. W. Pruett, Senior
Conductor; Mildred Elliott, Master of
Ceremonies; Mary Mee, Junior Con
ductor; George Pankey, Wurden; Lillie
Clark, Instructor.
The cannery of the Fruit Growers’
Association, at Eugene, is running to
full capacity and 24 quarts of logan-
berrries or raspberries are being turned
out for every minute o f the working
day. Due to increased acreage and
unusually favorable weather conditions
the berry crop in the Eugene district is
unusually large this year.