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OREGON NEWS ITEMS
CF SPECIAL INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
N ative copper of paying qualities
has been found in th e North Santtam
m ining district.
Mrs, Rolle GcM trtp. 40, who glcad-
ad gu ilty to burning th e ISO.tW sum
m er hem s of Mr. IV Vcrney ol Bert-
land and ta k in g valuably» front the
place, waa »outoscad at Marahfleld to
six yours tn th e p en iten tiary for grand
larceny and arson.
Twelve skeletons. believed to have
been th e rem ains of a giant race of
Indian* who form erly roam ed through
th e K lam ath country. w ere discovered
by roadbuildera on the big m arsh, a
portion of the K lam ath Indian reeerva
tion. north of Kirk.
A
county corn show. T he show will be
staged under th e direction of the
Salem cham ber of commerce.
Oregon had 120 autom obile fatali
ties in 1923 as a g a in « 113 In 1922. 103
In 1921 and 87 In 1920. Portland had
39 fatalities in 1923 as com pared with
40 in 1922, 3S in 1921 and 34 in 1920.
Dedication of th e final link of the
Old O regon T rail in Union county
took place im m ediately w est of La
G rande, following an outdoor chagiber
of com m erce luncheon at Gangloff
park.
A per capita paym ent of 3100 to
be paid to th e Indians on th e K lam ath
reserv atio n in O recon » i< authorized
by S ecretary of th e In terio r Work.
T he total am ount to be d istributed Is
*123.600.
Fines am ounting to 31115 w ere col
lected by th e Albany police court and
Justice court in two days as a result
of week-end a rre sts for illegal h u n t
ing. speeding and violations of th e
liquor laws.
T he Porter-C arstens Logging ccm-
p tn y . a corporation, has sold to the
Union L um ber com pany its railroad
line located on th e north fork of the
C lackam as river. T he consideration
w as 3131.000.
ail (be - :iei p clipped and use,| th e
money to keep her h a ir waved.
B i’ RN
-At th e ir he
((«moved
In T h u -
. toher i
••T he re ’» n u n y a lu rc h t w ix t th e pal
e nd th e c h u rc h .’*
S4V
M eat o f T he m A re
W A N T E D : A fla t topped s tu d e n t's
- desk, A ddress, A l l l , c a re o f lt» p u h
j tlra u . F ro m R u th e rfo rd . N J | t i nub
i llc a it.
Baugh Voyepe
Doleful Q er.t: "W ell, m y »hip of mat
rim oay has been wrecked.*
S ym pathetic fine.- "To© bad. ol' man
W het was the enttneF1
I'oleful G ent: “ P erm anent wave."
R ecorded
D am age D u e Io S tate
F or tw o dollars a y ear th e state
fish comm ission has obtained from J.
L. K endall of P ittsb u rg h and th e Cali
fornia-Oregon Pow er com pany a 10-
year lease on a sm all tra c t of land
lying along th e banks of the Umpqua
river, n ear th e R. A. Booth bridge at
W inchester, w here It is planned to
locate th e larg est fish h atchery on
the Pacific coast.
W ith more than 9,009,000 acres of
cutover tim ber land now on th e hands
Dr. George E Dlx of M arshfield has of Pacific coast logging com panies, the
announced th e construction of a in dustry is beginning exhaustive study
m odern hotel in th at city. The build and research of its problem s, both
ing will be full fireproof, six stories, presen t and future, declared E. T.
w ith 150 guest room s and is expect Allen, forest econom ist of th e W estern
F o restry and C onservation associa
ed to cost 3400.000.
tion, before th e m ore th an 400 regis
The purchase of a p a rt of a farm tered m em bers of the Pacific logging
of 670 acres n ear R ieth by th e state congress In session in Portland.
fo r the use of th e eastern Oregon
C onstruction of th e sta te trout
sta te hospital has been completed, ac
cording to Dr. W D. McNary, su p er h a tch e ry n ear Canyon City will be
com pleted th is week, M. L Rvcktnan,
intendent of the hospital.
h atchery superintendent, has announc
The public service com m ission will ed. The hatch ery wil be put in oper
tu rn back to the s ta te a t th e end of ation next sp'-ing. The cost of its
the presen t biennium approxim ately construction was 311,000 and it will
*16,000 of Its appropriation, according serve a country Into which it had
to a le tte r prepared by H. H. Corey, been practically Impossible to take
chairm an of th e comm ission.
troul fry, because th e fish car could
Ole N elson, ex-policeman of P o rt not be run over the narrow gauge rail
land, who recen tly won a suit for way which p en etrates the district.
16000c back pay from th e city, was
The suprem e court dism issed an a p
killed Instan tly when his autom obile j peal in the case of th e e sta te ol
overturned r - th e highw ay six miles j X arifa Fating, deceased, the C hildren's
east of C latskanie, n ear B eaver Falls home and th e S ecurity Savings &
T he ways and m eans com m ittee o f ' T ru st company, ad m in istrato r, appel
fhe Salem city council slashed 319,- iants. ag ain st Thom as N. S trong and
000 from th e proposed budget of mu- others, appealed from Multnomah
niclpnl expenditures for the year 1925. county, w here th e case was before
T his action was necessary, It w as said, Judge Tazwell. The appeal was from
to keep w ithin the « per cent lim ita an order of th e court settlin g a final
tion law.
account of T hom as N. S trong and C
S aturday th e 14th annual Pacific Lewis Mead, as executors under the
Internatio n al Livestock exposition will alleged will of X arifa Fating, exec»
open at Portland, boused in th e new ted in 1916, and allow ing atto rn e)
*35*000 pavilion which was built on fees of *60,000.
th e record-breaking schedule of 66
Camping In the national fo rests wll
w orking days, upon th e ashes of the be restricted to certain areas, accord
original pavilion.
Ing to a plan being worked out b ,
Poisoned bran scattered in the pas the forest service, which to som e ex
tu re s of T ola lake to kill grasshoppers te n t will be carried out In 1925. Camp
w as responsible for killing 22 head
of grown cattle for th e Rock Creek given points and persons d esiring ft 1
R anch com pany, it Is reported. The spend th e ir sum m er outings in th«
Incom e
la x
T im ber pun'ha "•« eMtceUed or tu sp o n lad
6HI.000.d0O
T im ber purchases esut died or i U s i k 'U led
9l9.ooo.00o
U unstrucltcu of lum ber mills. town», Icygirg catnpe end logging
ra ilw a y « , a h u ih m e il o r suspended
O th e r In d u s tria l in v e s tm e n ts cancelled o r >u»t” tub'd
7,976.000
4.67* 000
i n y ear » operating pay roll on (orvgolhs Hun»
6.6lnt.OOO
Di >lui'urporutlons. 94.tio6.uoo capital turning» listed I 10 only
460.000
A n n u l rem ovals from the stale. Including lees of only one year's
T ru e to Form
|uiy roll
3 44«36o
She: "D ocs your husband tak e you
T hreaten ed removal». Including loss of only on» year's pay roll 2.319,600
Into hts confidence In regard to his 31 C asas as tn which deflulte am ount* a re uot available, but which
wnul am ount to m a il' m illio n » , dnm ugn lis te d as
••
business problem sF '
W ife: “Y es, Indeed—every lim e 1 34 Caw e still under Investigation; would am ount to many m illions;
daniags listed ea
*
buy a new hat."
21 Cases In which reported rem oval or Investm ent elsew here was
»luted lu have been caused by the income tax, hut which can
C atty T h in g
not be verified in w riting; dam age Mated as
0
Co c d : "How long w ere you In the
T otal recorded dam age
—-
341.361 160
fa r n o rth ?“
We have exam ined the singed atatem ents «ml «xhlblta upon which the
Fmehle-. “1 w asn't In the far north." foregoing tabulation is bused and find that the total of 341.363.350 Is n con
C oed "E xcuse me— f thought you a e rv n tb e e stlm a t- of dam age properly a ttrib u tab le to the stale Income tax
w ere dancing w ith your snow »ho»» as a determ ining factor In Influencing deetelnn ugnlnst Oregon In v o tm e tit
in the case* listed We also find that many additional am ounts could have
still on."
b em Included Jus t Iflabty in the total, no that, m aking - very allow ance for
posnible o v erstate m en ts In Individual Item« listed, the netual loss of Invest-
ntent a ttrib u tab le to the sta te Incom» tax Is m aterially lu exe «a of 9*0,000.-
A tta O lrl, Ruth
Fond M other: "I'm very much su r 000.
(¡Rimed) FRANK E. ANDREWS IPr»» Portland Cham ber of Cog»).
prised a t Ruth— she's never liked
I Signed I CHARLES 11 H T IW A R T (V P North w- tern Natl ILink)
h u •> work X -w »he m ust have taken
I Signed B E N S E L L IN G iM e rih a 'n t and I'h tla n th r o p ls l 1.
up Dom estic Reiesee-—eeeoedlng to her
(S igned) CIIHISH a . ItE l.l. (A ttorney and Member of Board of Dl-
r cto ra of P ortland C ham ber of Com m erce).
last le tte r front school."
(Signed)
J. K. UIJ.L (P ioneer P ortland Men bant)
F rie n d : "Y en! “
Eon I M otehr; "Yes, she w rites she
made the scru b team .“
R eturned to P o rtla n d - Miss Maude
G orle retu rn ed to h er work In Port
land Sunday a fte r spending three
w eeks' vacation In Springfield and
vicinity w ith h er parents, .Mr. and
Mre. C. I. G orrle.
Repeal the State Income Tax
Vote 312 X Yes
More th an 1,600 contributors to expense of getting (a rts before ro to rs; signora
mid contributors live 1» all p a rts of O regon; this advertisem ent Issued by C.
C. Chapm an. E ditor of Ur gun Voter, Initiator of repeal m easure; residence,
169 L ow nsdtie St.. Portland. Oregon.
A recom m endation th at th e in ter
s ta te com m erce comm ission require
the building of an extension of rail
road from Bend to Lakeview, lnclud- ‘
ing a connection with th e N atron
i cutoff and from H arrim an to a connec
tion with th e N atron cutoff was m ade
In a te n tativ e report to th e com m is
sion by C. I. K ephart, comm ission ex
am iner.
Oregon pensions have been granted
as follows:
C ath erin e D. Johnson, I j
W asco. 3.70; P ercy R. Lyons. Algoma,
312; S arah E. Davis. Eugene. 939;
Willie m U. K eller, Roseburg. *15;
Levi B. Gilman, Echo. 350; C larence
W oodard. P ortland. f l5 ; W illiam 8.
Hyner, Eugene. 324; G ustave A. Ols-
son. N orth P ortland, J12; Fred Reed.
Portland, 315.
he sm all <lsu(h
Dui a Dead man
■ d 8m unlay
ED PDROVTt PHILOS
THE MOST EXCITtk) W l'/^ A N
IN THE. VM-'ULD HAS BtCM AX'NP.
SH6 P e v JlX il. lt HER H O SE
WITH A SALÌ SHAKER. *.
T h e su p p o rters of th e *280,000 bend
Issue election of August 29. in Coos
county, w ere defeated tn th e circuit
court In th e ir suit to learn the legal
O ver SV delegates reg istered at ity of th e Issue, The bond election j
th e O regon S ta te P aren t T eacher con w as held Illegal by Judge John C.
vention at Corvallis.
K endall at M arshfield.
The power lin e of the Pacific Power
Surveys for th e proposed B ear creek
W ireless
& Light com pany betw een Pendleton sto rag e basin for th e P ortland w ater
H ostess: "Oh. Mr. Sm ythe, please
and Pilot Rock has been completed.
system , located aix m iles above the
have an o th er helping of m eat.”
The assessed valuation of all prop Bull Run headw orks, are being made
Mr Suiylhe: "No. th an k s my w ife's
e rty in Marion county for th e y ear by a crew under th e supervision of
heckling me under the table.”
1934 is 333,425,310. against 337.962.330 Ben S. Morrow, a ssistan t chief engi
last year.
n eer of th e w ater bureau.
BLO N D E BESS O P IN E S
P lans a re in progress for an elab
Merle I. Mfnear. who slew his siste r
” 1 like fs llo w t who say I look sweet
o rate reunion of v eterans of th e ISth with an ax and th en attem p ted sui enough to eat— because I know every
Railw ay E ngineers to be held in P ort cide in P o rtlan d hy cutting his own good restaurant in town.
land A rm istice night. N ovem ber 11.
th ro at, is on the way to recovery, A
The potato w as king at th e third charge of first degree m urder was fll- )
They Always Are
fair th at U m atilla couniy has had this cd against th e man as soon as It ap
Two men w ere crossing a street.
year when th e ann u al Umatilla county peared certain th at he would recover. ; F irst o ne: "What Is a 'Jay w alker'?"
P otato show was held Friday at
T he Eugene city council has voted
L a st o ne: “A Jay w alker Is a guy
W eston.
to repeal th e old ordinance which th at tak es a short cut to th e hospital."
Jam es Monroe Phil pot t. pioneer of allow s anyone to operate a m otor bus
F irst o ne: "W rong. A Jay w alker le
1S51 and m em ber of th e Oregon leg line on th e s tre e ts by sim ply m aking a person th a t—“ T hen cattle a taxi.
islature. died a t his home n ear H arris an application and paying a small
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burg a< th e age of 16 years and < license fee, and announced th a t a new
Sw eet of Him
m onths.
ordinance reg u latin g such lines would
The m o « consider»! • person In the
<o, k„ ,ed ,n
Cash in the am ount of approxim ate be passed and th e license fee placed w or| j ha# been foond
t fron, of Bn unt| e rta k e r s establishm ent
ly 94500 h as been turned over by th e as high as possible w ithin reason.
H appy Canyon association as ren tal
U nder th e provisions of a tem porary
- -
made hy th e night show of the Round Injunction g ranted by th e s ta te sn-
P erfeot Com panionship
np in 1924.
p rente court. C. A. Murphy, acting
She cam e home with her hair bob-
R esidents of Scio a t a special elec chief of police of th e city of A storia bed and he Im m ediately went to the
tion voted to sell th e m unicipal elec and th e A storia city council, a re pre b arb ers and had hos head shaved and
tric pow er plant to th e Mountain vented from closing th e soft drink es- also his m ustache
S ta te s Pow er com pany for 943.500 tabilshm ents operated by A. T. Fuller | She w ent him one b e tte r and had
and M artin C ostcila pending determ in
T he vote was 124 to 3.
Novm ber 20. 21 and 32 have been ation of th eir appeal to th e circuit
se t as th e d ates for th e Marion-Polk court.
The fall term of th e Oregon suprem e
court for eastern Oregon opened at
Pendleton Monday.
i CHS PA',, O< T, 30. 15*24
S P R I N G F ri^ L O v n v q
Vote For
industrial Expansion
Approximately 2 000.000 pound« of oleo will be sold in Oregon this yaar
require tbe product of 14,4....cue
n 8........m
t (
:
n
II would
,
per farm ) to replace thia substitute product. Oregon has thousands uf acres of virgin
land awaitina development, and proper development can be brought about only with the
assistance of the dairy cow.
3000 farm s would have a valuation of shout $45,000,000. This would place in ire
than 25 million dollars worth of property at assessed valuation on our tax rolls 8odO
more dairy farm s would m ean 10,600 nn re people to feed, house and dothe.
To build 3000 houses and 3000 b am s m ore than 135 million feet of lumber would be
required. To produce this am ount of lumber In one year would require 450 loggers and
600 mill men. And to build these buildings in one year would require the services of ••S ir )
carpenters, 1000 painters, 375 plasterers and 250 plumbers. 3000 more farma m em 3000
more autos to be sold, BervUrd and kept in repair; 3000 more sets of farm macblnerv with
Its upkeep and repair; 3000 more ouseholds to furnish and maintain. Comcare the
value of all this labor and m aterial with th a t of the one oleo plant in this state In P ort
land employing 25 to 30 men.
Air. Wage Earenr, the basis of the prosperity of any state is in its rural population
A contented and fairly prosperous rural population m eans a m arket that will absorb the
things th a t labor produces. More farm ers m ean Ion» r cities, larger cities menu indus
trial development. Industrial development m eans a •'full dinner pail for the laborer
“Opponents of this law are Swift &- Co.. Wilson & C:\, Armour and Co , The Rest
Foods, Inc. The last n”n - d Is a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Co." 1« it het omlng
of these people to point their fi.
a t the farm ci ■) and cry “monopoly"!
The inexorable law of supply and demand regulates the price of butt« r Jtiet as It
do . i he price of labor. When labor is scarce the dailv v .- j i ■ Is high. Wlien labor gets
t- duly hlKh in any One locality the surplus labor rrotn other sc .tion - f'.on •; Into that
Ity until there are more m en than Jabs and thi! wage is consequently reduced. This, is
I' tic of b utter or any o ther commodity. If t lv price o* b u tter becomes unduly hi di |i
Oregon then b u tter will be shipped In from o th er sfuten and thousands of farm ers not
now engaged in dairying will go into business and the nrice will be reduced to the lei el of
prices prevailing In surrounding states. Il is pure bunk to say that the price o f butter
will ever go to a dollar a pound.
VOTE 306 X YES
Eugene Farmers’ Creamery