K
CENTRAL POINT STAR
VO LUM E TW O
Census Taking
Will Soon Start
in This District
F R ID A Y , J ANUARY 17, 1930
NUMBER 2«
DEEP PORT AT CRESCENT
CERTAINTY SAYS BEST
Investigation News Gleaned
Committee Re From all Over
ports to Hoover The Nation
W E E K LY PAPER IS
PO W ER FU L FACTOR
Forester C. M.
Granger Gets
A Promotion
"W e have every reason to believe
W ith o u t its w ee kly newspaper,
that the h a rlio r at Crescent C ity
w ill he b u ilt as fast as is feasibly
Hie ty p ic a l Am erican co m m un ity
possilde
Issue Best of (iru tlla I ’ass,
I w ould be like a school w ith o u t a
vice president o f the .Northern C a ll- 1
i teacher o r a c h u rch w ith o u t a pas
fo rn ia Southern Oregon D evelop
tor, said Charles I). Byrne, head o f
ment association w ho presided at
tlie departm ent o f in d u s tria l jo u rn a l-
Tuesday's d ire c to rs ’ meeting de
I ism at Oregon Slate College, in a
clared fo llo w in g the conference.
|
" I believe that Senator M cNary
recent address Io co u n try corres-
! pondents given over KOAC.
and o th e r members o f the congress-1
I '¡numerators <4 U h * census fo r Ibis tonal delegation are perfectly sin
Fam ine und disease have k ille d
“ In tlie aggregate ¡he c o u n try
President H oover’s la w enforce«
P rom otion o f D is tric t Forester C,
d is tric t w ill soon be selected, it cere and that they are anxious to ' ment comm ission, a fte r surveying over 2,000,000 person» in China in w eekly determ ines the outcome of
I* u p u rl w ill siMin be selected, it help us in development o f the l i a r - 1 the status o f p ro h ib itio n enforce the ¡last few m onths and more are more elections, exerts a greater In M. Granger o f the P a cific N orthw est
hus been announced fro m the offices hor at Crescent C ity .” lie continued.! ment fo r seven m onths, to ld Con doomed in the next three m onths fluence fo r co nstructive com m un ity D is tric t, to the position o f Head
of Hie ilis tlih t supervisor, Joseph II. " I he army eiq h ire rs ask more lim e gress today it tiad found a stagger- according to m in isters w ho have progress, is read lon ge r by more Forest Econom ist in charge of the
Ilo ke of Eugene. A pplicants fo r tbc Io make a physical survey o f the ' tit/ num ber o f local ¡m ints o f “ In just returned from there. The ra v members o f the fa m ily , and w ith
nation- w ide Forest survey now be
positions needed to eOVer tile county < a rb o r, and we b eiicvi Hod th is is ' fection and recommended fo u r men- ages o f fam ine are such us are sel its com bined c irc u la tio n o f 15 m il
should uddress e ith e r Mr, Hoke or the best course Io adopt al the ¡ res suri's Io make Am erica d rie r. T he y dom heard o f even in China w here lions, constitutes on • o f the greatest ing launched by the Forest Service,
the O ireetor o f Census at W usliing- ent tim e.’’
huinuu su ffe ring and death ace com national reading m edium s in the I u ile d States D epartm ent of A g ri
w e re :
ton.
c u ltu re , was announced today by the
I n 'te d Stales” , he said.
Actual content o f the engineers’
'I r a iis fr r o f enforcem ent agencies mon occurrences.
I lie government w ill sta rt the Ink- report was w ith h e ld on the request except fo r Hie in d u s tria l ak-ohot
"T lie c o u n try w eekly is at the P o rtlan d office o f the Forest Service.
In« u i tile census on A p ril 2. It is of (ienera l.y tle B row n.
School ch ild re n o f the W illia m s same tim e one o f the most special
perm it section, from the treasury Io
M r. Granger left P ortland on Jan
bought the w o rk w ill re q u ire u
school in P o rtlan d file d o rd e rly out ised and s till most universal in its
Io h u rry the continue I s i t r v i , Hie Justice departm ent.
uary 9 fo r W ashington I). C. w here
m onth to fin ish . A p plica tion s fo r, w ith Hie hope that it may he con-
C o d ifica tio n o f a ll federal p ro o f th e ir b u rn in g school b u ild in g last appeal. When p ro p e rly conducted,
positions sboubl be in the bunds o f | eluded w ith in the next m onth, the h ib itio n statutes, o f w h ich there arc Monday, most of them not even rea it cultivates so intensely its home he was called to confer w ith C hief
the supervisor before F eb rua ry I. d irectors adopted the fo llo w in g res now 25. in c lu d in g the Volstead act. liz in g that they w ere not being put news fie ld that c ity dailies, farm Forester R. Y. Stuart as to plans fo r
magazines, and general periodicals his new w o rk . M r. Granger w ill
I lie presses in the pub lic p rin tin « o lu tio n w h ich was sent Io Senator
St l engthening o f padlock p ro c through the reg ula r fire d r ill.
" H ie hoard of esses, now evaded by p e rm ittin g
become o nly secondary influences, re tu rn about the m iddle o f F eb ru
otllce in W iisbington are now ru n - Charles M cN ary:
The Chicago school system is at best.’’
nin« o il p e rniiine til form s fo r re-1 d ire cto rs o f tin- N o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia courts to make unlocated p ro p e rty
a ry to P ortland, w here his tem por
“ W here the c ity d a ily is read fo r a ry headquarters w iJ be.
cording the mime uddress und 20 Southern Oregon Development ass o w n e r a p a rty by designating him bankrupt and the schools w ill p ro b
re sp e ctfu lly desires I unkn ow n o w n er o r claim ant o f a bly be closed w ith in the next In » ’ , 15 m inutes to h a lf an h ou r before
interestin g facts about every man, u ciution
H is successor as D is tric t Forester
it is tram p le d under foot in the o f the N o rth P a cific D is tric t has
wom an, and c h ild in the U nited arm y engineers Io make fu rth e r s u r some interest in the p ro p e rty des weeks.
street car o r th ru st aside a fte r sup not yet been decided upon.
lutes. I lie firs t o f the new record vey o f Crescent C ity h arbo r, and c rib e d ."
Among those w ho w ill probably per, the c o u n try w ee kly is perused
B e lie vin g congestion in federal
sheets fo r the fifte e n th deceiinlul wc res|M-< Ifu lly urge that same he
The Forest Survey authorized by
census Io lie taken d u rin g A p ril were made at the earliest possible mo co iris by one o f three m ethods: l o run in tlie next election f«jr gover fo r at least a couple hours d u rin g the M sSw eenty-M cN ary Act o f 1928
ser- I creasing the num ber o f federal ju d n o r o f Oregon are: A. W. N o rb la d ,’ the week fo r its personal items. is one o f the biggest undertakings
made available at the census bureau ment and hereby lender III
vices
o
f
the
association
Io
cooperate
here today.
g e s ; creating in fe rio r "fe d e ra l police Charles H a ll. J. E. B e n n e tt George country correspondence, the hom ey j in the developm ent o f fo re s try y r t
m
m
aking
this
survey
possible.
co
urts’ ’ ;, a u th o rizin g d is tric t a tto rn Neuner, and H enry C orbett. Pre e d ito ria ls and the equally interest- in itia te d . It w ill be a e om py.’ien-
A total of 2.750,000 large blanks
I 'tiiilliin in i' s concurrence w ith Hie eys in eases o f casual o r slight v io la d ictio ns are being made that more
n. news o f the bargain sales at the sive appraisal o f e xisting forest sup
o r "schedules” each o f w h ich w ill
idea o f (he engineers and suggest- tions, to prosecute by c o iu p lu in t o r w ill enter the race soon.
local stores.
i i i - i inm oilale
names and facts con
plies and cond itio ns, g ro w th and
funs t fi t 11 <| the board by Senator in fo rm n tio n ra ttie r than in d ic tm e n t,
Professor Byrne believes that the requirem ents, and o f present and
c e rn in g Hid people, w ill be p rin te d
Mc.Nu ry was expressed at the meel- and in such cases lim it penalties to
C hief Justice W illia m H ow ard so-called "passing” o f the c o u n try fu tu re trends, a ll o f w h ic h p ro p e rly
u rin g the next few weeks. Paper of
ing.
T
a
ft has been forced to te m p o ra ri- w ee kly is instead a mere consoli- coordinated w ill constitute a funda
''0
0
fin
e
or
not
more
than
six-n
ion
t
extra «( ini q u a lity l i a s been selected
A caravan, lo c a rry w o rd o f the ja il sentence w ith labor.
ly leave his w o rk fo r a rest on ac- dation process resu ltin g in fe w e r
to si and (be w ear and tear o f use in
m ental and econom ically sound bas
and better weeklies.
I he comm ission advised against count o f illness.
ta bulation and to preserve fo r an in association's w o rk th ru o u l u o rlh -
is fo r d ete rm inin g Federal, State and
ern C a lifo rn ia and .southern Ore- the firs t tw o a lternatives except us
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I “ There was a tim e d u rin g w h ic h in d u s tria l forest policies and p ro
d e fin ite num ber of years to come the
The recent storm h it P ortland in the sm all tow n newspaper seemed grams. Congress has authorized a
•tis records fo r the benefit o f I gun ami as fa r as Boise, Idaho, w ill a last resort.
I he sponsored by the developm ent
I he comm ission d id not pass on n fe th tlar blizzard. Snow and a ro a r to he sm othering under the inereas-i Federal c o n trib u tio n o f $3 000 000 to
fu tu re genealogists and historians
I group th is summer, it was decided the success o r fa ilu re o f the 18th , in « easl w in d ha,,cd ,ra ffic u n lil
c irc u la tio n o f the large c ity dai- the project. A small in itia l approp-
w ho may lie interested in tra cin g
endmenl. It to ld Congress, h
w -i
.l citizens and street crew s got busy Iv ,” he pointed out. “ But the c ity ria tio n o f *40,000 is available th
lio o w
ancestors o r in studying the social | Secretary A. II. Ban w e ll was a*
th b
is
dailies do not and cannot devote year.
strata o f the U nited States In 1930. I pointed to make plans fo r the trip . ever, '"-o h ih itio n observance m ust! and cleared the streets.
A n othe r m eeting w ill
.Apace to m
h Id in he view ' in the ligh t o f tr a d itio n a l)
n atters n o f ,rnmed,aJe in '
C ertain phases o f the Survey w ill
F our questions w h ich w ere asked (¡rants Pass next Monti
Representative I.a Guardia in tro terest to the sm all to w n and sur-
when it A m erican a’ Hludes to w a rd g overn
•n 19211 have not been included on is hoped that ta le r news
be handled by the regional Forest
duced a resolution in to the house rou nd ing c o u n try. In this fie ld the
ot .he pro- m ental regulation o f conduct.
lie new schedules, w h ile five w hich jecl w ill be available.
E xp erim e n t stations under Grang
W h ile the com m ission d id not stating that the 18th amendment is w eekly has no c o m p e titio n .”
w ere not asked last ti ne have been
e r’s general d ire c tio n . Because o f
m a 'e the sligh s ’ h in t at any m odi- n u ll and void. He says that o n ly
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included.
No questions w ill be
its outstanding, com plex and im p o rt
n o f the law , its discussion o f ten states ra tifie d the amendment
asl eil as to w h e th e r the home is 8 T A T K GAME COMMISSION
ant forest problem s, the P a cific-
D IS T R IC T ATTO R N EY REPORTS
as
an
‘‘amendment”
w
ith
in
the
p
re
i< • '«-in a ttitude to w a rd lawn
DOES NOT OPERATE ON TAX ti e
m ortgaged; naturalized citizens w ill
N orthw est has been selected as the
A
H
EA
VY
BUSINESS
reg ula ting personal conduct, contain scribed seven years.
not be called on to give the year in
in itia l region fo r intensive w o rk .
ing ’itslor’ic-il ' ckground, was Te
w h ich they obtained th e ir c itiz e n
TTiere s till lin g e r in Hu rn
Fines to ta lin g «21.119.85 were c o l The P a cific N orth w e st Forest E x
S m a to r W arren o f N o rth C aro
rn a-d as sufficient in connection
sh ip ; nor w ill foreign horn per on*, o f m ain ttregon tax. ay
perim ent station o f w h ic h T. T.
i
u
li its admission o f the m agnitude lin a stated in the house Saturday lected from 652 cases handled by
he asl ed the native tongue o f th e ir taken idea that they are au iiu .il>>
Munger is D ire c to r has already com
o f the problem .md p r i ent ro n d i- that Secretary o f Navy Adams had the d is tric t a tto rn e y ’s office d u rin g
f Iher o r th e ir m other.
menced p re lim in a ry w o rk .
The
assessed fo r the c a rry in g on o f Hie
1929,
a
survey
o
f
the
docket
shows.
d
e
lib
e
ra
te
ly
insulted
the
Coast
lio n o f enforcem ent.
The new questions to be asked are I w o rk o f the slate game com m ission, I
study
w
ill
be
extended
as
ra
p
id
ly
as
Guard in a speech made in Boston T h irty -fo u r p e n ite n tia ry sentences
according to the state game warden. J q, T lie commission did not re p o rt cn
as fo llo w s :
possible to o the r forest regions, and
e proposal to u n ify border p a'tro l. s h o rtly before he sailed fo r Europe. o f varied length w ere fo llo w e d by
w ill e ven tua lly cover the e n tire U.S.
W ju il is the value o f the home, i f i On several occasions com plaints
com m itm ents w h ile in 27 cases p ris
agencies under the plan being dis-
A n othe r step already taken is a
. ,
„
ow ned; or how much is the rent if have reached the office o f the com- i ..
T w o thieves in P ortland stole a on o r re fo rm school sentences were
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tl„ . ................ .
j
canvass, in cooperation w ith the
the house is rented?
paroled.
num
ber
o
f
pigs
fro
m
a
fa
rm
,
hauled
, an officials. Some members o f the
Census Bureau, o f the w ood re
m oney was being wasted by various I
Is there a radio in the home?
comm ission it is understood are them in to the c ity in a ta x i und us-
Ja il sentences to ta lin g 3,379 days quirem ents o f the w ood-using in
a
ctivitie
s
in
the
propogntion
ami
Is the person enumerated cm-1
hesitant about "the w isdom o f th is ‘ ing the bath tub fo r a scalding vat were noted; and eight m inors were
dustries, as a p a rt o f the present
ployed on the day he is canvassed? p ro tectio n o f fish and game.
move and w ant to give it fu rth e r butchered them and sold them. The sent to tra in in g o r detention homes.
and fu tu re wood requirem ents phase
"N o t one cent o f stale revenue
P o rtla n d police succeeded in cap
study.
Is he a veteran o f the U. S. m ili
Traffic offenses w ere numerous, o f the survey. Advance cooperative
goes in to tlie tre a su ry o f Hie coin- ■
W ith the comm issions re p o rt. tu rin g the m urderers Monday.
ta ry o r naval forces?
w ith 243 listed ; liq u o r eases w ere w o rk is also being in itia te d in the
m ission. Our m ain revenue comes
second w ith 135; 94 disobeyed game Lake states region.
I f the person is m arrie d, how old th ro u g h the sale o f licenses. The President H oover subm itted to Con
U nited States government doc rules; and 135 w ere hooked on m is
was he at (lie lim e o f his firs t m a r sportsm an a nn ua lly pays fo r his l i gress a d ra ft o f b ills prepared by the
T lie A g ric u ltu ra l A p p ro p ria tio n
comm ission to c a rry out its legis tors have begun an investigation of cellaneous charges. T ra ffic fines
riage?
cense and that m oney, in its en
B ill n ow before Congress carries an
the
strange
m
alady
called
P
arrot
lative recomm endations. The meas
netted «3.380 25; liq u o r offenders
The question about the value o f tir e ly goes in to the game p ro tectio n
I increase o f «85,000 fo r the Forest
ures were w orked out in detail fo r Fever w h ic h is supposedly co ntrac paid .«15.395; game fines brought
fund.
Where
arrests
are
made
and
the home w ill make it possible to
Survey fo r the next fiscal year. It
guidance o f congressional c o m m it ted fro m im ported parrots.
in an add itio na l «2.145.10; and m is
group the fa m ilies o f the c o u n try conviction s obtained one h a lf o f the
is planned to use $50,000 o f th is to
tees in a suplem ental report.
cellaneous collections amounted to
according Io th e ir purchasing pow er money from fines goes in to the
expand the w o rk in the P a cific N o r
The com m ission said its report
Harness that is kept clean
«190.50. In several eases la rg e r fines
and economic standing. The poten treasury o f the county in w h ich the
thw est, $25,000 to in itia te intensive
was not fin a l but m erely emjbodied w e ll oiled lasts longer and is
| were assessed hut th e e n tire a-
tia l buying pub lic is Io he classified arrests were made. T lie o ilie r h a lf ••ce r, „ i n
w o rk in the southern hardw ood reg
conclusions” . These con apt to cause sores on horses.
1 mounts have not yet been paid.
fo r the first tim e. The in fo rm a tio n goes to the comm ission. T iiu s it
ion, and $10,000 fo r in d iv id u a l as
clusions resulted from seveq m onths
|
Three 15 year p e n ite n tia ry sen signments.
obtained is expected Io he p a rtic u may lie seen that the comm ission
o f studying governm ent documents PROGRESS MADE IN ART
tences w ere pronounced d u rin g the
la r ly valuable to m anufacturers and takes from ra th e r than adds to the
Granger ic a graduate in fo re s try
and congressional hearings nnd o f
OF C O NCENTRATING ORES yar, each fo r assault and robbery,
fond
o
f
the
taxpayers”
merchants pla nn ing to expand in to
o f the M ichigan A g ric u ltu ra l C ol
consultation w itli federal officials.
•A pra ctical and efficient concen the rem ainder o f the offenses get-1
new te rrito ry .
At th is tim e the employes o f the
The comm ission said it had avoided tra tio n o f the copper ores o f south tin g sh orter term s o f fro m one to lege. He entered the forest service
The radio question w ill he asked state game com m ission’s office are lio l'liiig hearings believing it w iser
ern Oregon has been o f v ita l im p o rt five years. Eight sentences were fo r in 1907, serving successfully as fo r
to fin d out how large Hie rad io aud i “ up to th e ir eyes in w o r k ” . The
to make a careful study o f the en ance to the developm ent o f the cop b u rg u la ry , seven fo r larceny, six fo r est assistant, deputy Supervisor,
annual reports o f license sales from
ence re a lly is in this co tin ’ ry.
tire question.'*
per mines o f Jackson and Josephine o b ta in in g goods under false p re Su|x*rvisor. and Assistant D is tric t
The th ird new question, regarding county clerks and sub-agents are
counties.
D u rin g the w a r period tenses, fo u r fo r forfcery, fo u r fo r as Forester in charge o f the offices
unem ploym ent, has been included coining in by Hie thousands nnd
the state and federal governments sault, three on liq u o r charges and o f S ilv ic u ltu re and o f Operation in
fo r the purpose o f fin d ir.u out w ho they must he cheeked fo r the re A G R K 'U T U R E head F inds
started
co-operative w o rk in devel tw o fo r non-support. T w o in s a n ity the R ocky M ountain D is tric t. D u r
C R E D IT OUTLOOK BRIGHT
should f i l l out one < f the separate cords o f Hie comm ission. It is be
oping a p ra ctica l system o f reducing com m itm ents w ere made in 1929 ing the W ar he served w ith the 10th
uncm plnx nient schedule w h ich have lieved that Hie sale o f licenses w ill
Engineers (F o re s try ), a tta in in g the
these ores, hut fo llo w in g the w a r also.
been prepared. D etailed in fo rm a tio n show a large increase o f non-resi
Secretary o f A g ric u ltu re Hyde
ran
k o f M ajor. In 1924 he became
and tlie to ta l suspension o f the cop
Dismissals on various charges to- D is tric t Forester o f the Pacific N o rth
regarding unem ploym ent is now to dent anglers. At tlie same tim e it finds much that should cause the
per in d u s try w o rld w ide, the w o rk taled37; eight each from tra ffic and
lie gained f<v the firs t tim e, al w ill pro ba bly lie found that there fa rm e r to smile in his survey o f the
He w ill enter his
started by the tw o bureaus o f mines liq u o r cases, and 21 miscellaneous. west D is tric t.
lias
been
a
big
decrease
in
the
sale
though a question on th is general
1930 prospects fo r a gricu ltu re .
new w o rk w ith a w ide experience
was
never
completed.
H
ow
ever,
in
o f h u n tin g licenses. T lie la tte r due
subject was asked in 1910,
or great im portance is his pre-
in the developm ent o f s ilv ic u ltu ra l
fact
that
Hu postponement d ic tio n that farm fin a n c in g w ill he the m eantim e m ine ow ners and m ill
T lie question regarding veterans to , tlie
,
,
,
policies, management plans, fire p ro
F E D E R A L AND STA TE LAW
equipm
ent
builders
have
made
con
was included al the request o f the <»r deer h u n tin g season because o f easier.
BIR D LAW C O N FLIC TS tection plans and w ith a com prehen
"T he farm ers and the Farm Bonrd siderable progress in m astering the
Veteran's Bureau in W ashington the forest fire menace d isrupted the)
sive understanding o f the economic
a rt.
The num ber o f veterans o f each w a r Plans or many w ho intended to hunt are lik e ly to lie helped in th e ir w o rk
aspects o f fo re stry.
D u rin g the w a r d ire c to r S w artley
Geese hunters next fa ll w ill fin d
o r canmaign in w hich U nited States in
ii gon.
, by recent changes in the c re d it situ -
llie records o f the stale game coni a tio n ,” he says. "F a rm c re d it, at o f the Oregon nbureau o f mines and a c o n flic t between state and federal
forces have taken part w ill he tab
and C onsulting m etallurgist laws. I nder the Oregon L aw eight
NEW NAME GIVEN PEAK
mission show’
p in g is it a ’ ’. T ' ' , rn ,?s’ " ,nkcs l,10rc funds nv" il geology,
elated. In 1919 a question was in cosiderahle
Im h that
.strv tra
!.. p ii,-.,,
C ow g ill o f the U nited States bureau
geese
is
the
day
lim
it,
w
h
ile
the
cluded concerning veterans o f the
t i n , 3 12» I
./d ^
,.2
n? ‘S," R‘n‘
H
mines accompanied by several
federal rule scheduled to go in to e f
p in g
Sand m ountain, 5,404 foot pass
C iv il w ar, hut in 1920 no m ention to this tim e 3,120 general tra J p M
> 11 pf ’Kes and fo r a g ric u ltu ra l produc- members o f the state bureau spent
fect next season sets the lim it at 4. on the D a lle s-C a lifo rn ia h ig hw a y be
licenses
have
been
issued
by
the
was made o f veterans o f anv kind
lio n and m arketing cred it.
The i several
several w
eek
s
in
this
region
exam-
weeks in th is ...........
M arried persons w ill he asked to commission and there have been ¡..'¿'"j realf,v • " '" ’ ket should he bene- j in in g the ores of the p roducing cop- As Hie state legislature does not meet tween Bend and Klam ath Falls w ill
u n til 1931 some method must he
give th e ir age at the lim e o f th e ir 350 heaver licenses issued. Each of fitte d . Moreover,
”
“ tlie
“ f,nan<'ln, « c o in e r rn^nes sh ipping ore to the T a c o -, w orked out by the game c o t ü l o n in the fu tu re be know n as Sun
these
cost
the
iqiplieants
tw
o
dol-
firs t m arriage so that statistics mav
tiv itie s o f the Federal Farm Board ma sm elter and observing m illin g , to prevent a c o n flic t in the state M ountain, name o f a creek w h ic h
lose on February 28.
he eom niled concerning the m a rita l
d rains in to Agency Lake fro m the
w ill lie fa c ilita te d , fo r the funds operations. On leaving they exprès- and federal laws.
A case m ight
ng" o f d iffe re n t racial groups and o f
placed at tlie disposal o f the Board sed themselves ns being pleased w ith come up w here a man w ith eight southern slope o f M ount Mazama.
d iffe re n t sections o f the co u n try.
I alw ays get the bum breaks. I can he used to supplem ent those o f
T his announcement w ,s made here
the a c tivitie s in Jackson and Jose- geese w o u ld pass inspection by a
T his w ill make possible a study of just had some ‘d e a r v is io n ’ lenses e xistin g cre d it in s titu tio n s .
Thus phine counties, the large tonnage state game warden and then be*ar- today by h ig h w a y officials.
the effect o f econom ic status, race, put in m y cheater» and n ow long an excellent foundation exists fo r
The new name was suggested by
o f ore In sight and the possibilities rested by a federal officer fo r being
and education upon age at m urriagc. skirts are buck in style.
C
aptain
O. C. Applegate, early day
co nstructive w o rk .”
fo r increased p ro d u ctio n .
j fo u r b irds above the lim it
resident of southern Oregon.