U , l&M. THVRHOAT DECHMnWR OREGON NEWS ITEMS The U th annual convention of the Oregon Hotel Men's aaaorlatlon waa held In Portland with more than 100 delegatea In attendance. Tha atate highway department haa RANGE STOCK INDUSTRY POUR L B U L L E T IN TELLS granted permlaalen to tha Coast Pew OP 0E O R 0 E DAVENPO RT LOOKS PERMANENT • r company ta reconstruct and satend Ita power line oa the Roosevelt high Western gtatoa Hava H a lf •lllla n Agt article osi Oeorge Davenport, way between Manhattan and Oara Aeraa Suited to No Other local chairman of tha 4L'a, written by baldl Profitable Use _D. W. McKinnon, secretary of that Haturday afternoon at I o'clock a _ organisation, was published In the 4L memorial tablai placed on the old Permanence of the range cattle and „ . . _ . . . Methodist church at Jacksonville, .beep Industry In the eleven western BuJ,eUW ,Or D^ enjb" 1 The Bui which la said to be tha oldest Protes­ states hav bee,, recognised and the *eUn *• ln Portland, from (Ha­ tant church building now standing state oolleg. a, Including O. A. C , are “ ?c‘ h«»d«*th«r with M r Davenport's tha Apple Growers' asaoclatlon has an area of «60 million acres which can Photo« ’»P»>. His capacity for under received a letter from United States standing disputes between employers be used only for graxlng Henatnr McNary to tha effect that More than a third of the area Is and employes, bis work as a ploneei stored apples may be utilised as se­ • * ’’>»' »'«‘«W hob­ public land, not under control and curity for loans with Intermediate Mr. Davenport so badly overgrazed that inter» are not bies are set forth. credit banka. getting full carrying capacity. It left Springfield December 1 to visit Farm acreage In Oregon for 1921, furnishes much of the vprtng and tall hla moher. now 98 years old, who all) resides l n Bowling Green, Ky,, exclusive of 11 counties which have grass and needs wiser handling. he old home. not reported. aggregated 4.944.971 57 Control of animal diseases and pace arrea aa agalnat 1.419,964.88 acres In ..... coordinated production and mar- 1921. This information was contain- k(. „ n< cu„, „h f w ||lcrwMlBg' •d In a slat men t by Carl Fisher, state weight of fleece, and Improving feeds lax commissioner. and feeding are other Items In tht Petitions numerously signed by per ^program. The situation for Oreogt sons residing In 2« counties of Ore ; will be opened up In the agricultural gon urging tha appointment of Wallace conference to be held at the college McCamant of Ponlaad. to tha United I January 21 IB States court of appsala. ninth circuit. I t Growers, Investigators and national Han Francisco, have reached Wash- ■ leaders will assist In working out the Ington and will be submitted to Preal program In these subjerta and also for dent Coolidge. fruits and vegetables, field crops, More satisfactory distribution of dairy products and poultry. harvest labor to the end that both the After the group programs have been employer and employs may ba bene- generally worked out they w ill be sub­ flted will be attempted by the Reason­ mitted to a geneml conference fot able Employment commission. which coordination with all the others for a waa organised at a conference held In comprehensive plan of farming In (he otflree of C. H. Gram, state labor Oregon commissioner, at Salem. Cooperative marketing and banking were dleruaeed at the annual con­ vention at The Dalles of the Oregon State Horticultural aoclety. The Medford achool district census for thia year, Juat taken, ahowa the largeat achool population In the city's hlatory, the number being 2111. Federal prohibition officers have notified operators of cider plants that they must cease manufacturing elder unless the finished product contains bnnxoale of soda. Cider manufactur­ ers allege that the order will ruin their business, as the soda content spoilt the flavor of the apple product. The fourth annual W inter fair and eighth annual Southern Oregon Poul­ try allow, combined, waa held In the Chautauqua building In Aahland. Axel Krlckaon, a logger, waa drown­ ed when he accidentally tell Into the Nehalem river at the lllrkenaeld Lum­ ber company camp al Rlrkenaeld. Oregon pensions have been granted aa follows: Verda A. Orchard. Port- land. 630; Delbert A. Lyons, Central Point, 612; James W. Hackman, Tim her. I l l ; James Morlarlty, Portland. I l l ; Carl Woolman, Baker. I l l ; James Arthur. Portland. 115; Andrew Brats, Portland, 111; W illiam C. Hlclnboth am. Batacada.-|18. OF SPECIAL INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. Tha Eugene MBanna have decided to •roc« a naw lampla no«« year Fire completely deatroyed the Chil­ oquin hotel al Chiloquin, 10 mllea north of Klamath Falla. The total aaaaaamant of public utlll- tlc« of Union county la |t.«82.l«2. Laat year's assessment waa 16.127.41«. Tha Eugene lodge ol Elks haa ap­ pointed a committee to Investigate the feasibility of remodeling Ita temple. Members of the W illamette Valley Grain Growers' aaaorlatlon held a con fereace in Halem to dlacuaa market roodltlona. Herenly-elg earloada. or approxi­ mately ll.ooo. more aneep were shlp- *"d out of Bend thia (all than In the fall of 1111 The Pacific northwest Intercolle­ giate conference meeting, acbeduled Io be held In Hpokane, haa been awltched to Portland. To relieve the shortage of dwelling houaea In Albany a building and loan aaeoclallon la planned by aeveral bual neaa men of that city. Attorneys of the atate, at an In­ formal gathering In Halem. prevented Io the aupreme court an oil paint­ ing of Justice Oeorge H. Burnett. Two additional unite of IS mllea and one of 11 mllea on the Klamath-Ku- gene line will be contracted by the (iouthern Pacific on December I t . Fred C. Hchulte. former constable and deputy ehertff at Reedsport. waa found guilty of accepting a bribe from B O. Roberta, confessed boot­ legger Dr Mabel Alkln and Mra. 8. E. A. Smith, both of Portland, were appoint­ ed by Governor Pierce aa membera of the advlaory board of the atate In­ itial rial achool for glrla. The Oregon Walnut Orowera’ asso- Ration, hi session at Salem, voted to lolfl Its eonventlon next year at New- leqg. L. 8. Otis of Newberg waa and 0 . H. Schauater vlsqtml president [ rf dorrs rallta W*s re-aleeted secretary reqanrer. A^ a result, of tha wind and rain itotan that swept tha atate last week, iirjc ts la Warrenton were flooded; 'ocae Qpll on the Columbia River hlgh- vag and trees blocked other roads; 4eulde spd Warrenton telephone iwltchboarda were burned nut; the turned area of Astoria waa flooded when a high tide backed up over the legwall; Young's hay and John Day Irawbridgoa worn put out of controls- ■lop temporarily; and minor damage F»a dona at Hood Itlver. III at Heme urday evening, and Is still confined H T. Mitchell wee taken 111 Satur- to bla home et (th end B streets. of all kinds — HAY — CRAIN — FLOUR — Buy Hera and Sava "MORE FOR LESS” is a fact that we can and have been demonstrating to our customers. If you are not buying here there IS a reason why you should. M o r r is o n & C lin g a n “The Store of Quality” Corner of Third and Main Phone 44* A Positive Fact Hill’s Economy Store In the study of the effects off hot- water sterilization on teat-cup rub­ bers of milking machines, the Unite. Stales Department of Agriculture found that the life ot these rubber» when regularly sterilised by this meth­ od verted from « to 17 weeks. It wsa also found that hot water gave better results In reducing the nuiu her of bacteria than did the use of either ohlor*,n solution or salt and chlorln solution. The Bureau of Stan dards, cooperating with the T7nlteu States Department of Agriculture found that It Js very Important that these teat-cup rubbers be made of so- called pure gum compound, and that they should be thoroughly cleaned before sterilisation, as a little butter fat remaining t»n them haa a deetruo tlve effect In connectlo with tho beet. Mrs. Robert ilyera of Los Angeles, bride of a weak, waa drowned In tbs W illamette river at Harrisburg, when an automobile driven by W illiam J. Parks of San Francisco plunged down tba steep ferry approach on the Pa­ Hare from Junction City cific highway Into I I feet of water M r and Mrs. Claude B. W athbume while the ferry boat waa on the op­ -