THURSDAY SETTEMIIKR »,
FAOB S U
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Brief
Resume
VIIW! of
VI nwww
• of Happenings
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the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
The fire« summer session of the
Southern Orepon state normal school
etosed loot Friday
The Or**on State Bar aeooctallon
will bold Ito annual convention nt
Bond late tn September
The Cooe County Natal Day aaeocla
Uon celebrated Ita »liver anniversary
last Tuesday la Myrtle Point.
Dates for the Falls City community
fair have been set for Thursday and
Friday, September 16 and 17.
Harrisburg will fam ish the qugen
ef the Linn county fair this year la s t
year Brownsville had the honor.
Emeat Brannon of La Grande has
been fined »»00 In Justice court on
the charge of killing an elk on Bearer
ereek
Army engineers hare approved ap
plications by the Oregon state game
aommisslon for a dam across Gilbert
river near Scappoose.
Eugene's new »1M.OOO Masonic tem
pis wns dedicated last week
Hun
drwds of lodge men from all ever the
•sate were tn attendance.
The eighth grade of the Mill City
schools opened last Monday with »1
pupils enrolled, the largest enrollment
tn the history of the school.
Reolllng of the Old Oregon Trail
oast of The Dalles to Blalock will
•tart soon. It was announced by the
•tate highway department.
Bucking horae tryouts at the Pen
dleton Round up arena are under way
tn Pendleton In preparation for the
Mg cowboy show opening September
IS.
William C. Harris. 4», Seaside bar
ber. was killed accidentally at the
resort city when he and his son Ken
neth 14. were target »hooting on the
beach.
The Deschutes county fair will be
«Id September JO and October 1 and
this year, and all arrangements are
eing made to make It the best In Its
ilstory.
Conditions have become so dry over
nost of the Ochoco national forest
bat several prominent ___________
sheepmen have
»cured pasturage in the vicinity of
frlnevtUo.
Two Inches of snow fell daring the
■scent gtorm on Fugi mountain, a high
>eak tn the Cascade mountains above
Oakridge
The peak la 7100 feet
tbove sea level.
Placing of gravel on the hill road In
Jreenvllla near Sweet Home has been
■esumed. Improvement of this thor-
jughfare was completed as far as
Alexander comer last fall.
A N TI-S TR E A M POLLUTION
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Headquarters for
School Supplies
Flanery’s Drug Store
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
A The Ford Motor Company worropU
ports of n o r fo r d cors, chassis
trucks or tradors as shall, under nornuil.
use and service, op
b een d e fe c tiv e in
m a te ria l.
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Reports Indicate that because of re
lent rains and the low prices being
paid to growers, more than 40 per
» n t of the prune crop In Marion coun-
:y this year will not be harvested.
The first prune drier Are of the
harvest season was reported when the
leven-tunr.el drier belonging to O. W.
Ruiter, about a mile northwest of
Roseburg, was completely destroyed.
Picking of late hope will be started
BM P
in Lane county the first of next week.
BOBBEBa
Growers state that there has been no
damage to the crop on account of the
ralna. but rather the moisture has
aided it.
Postal receipts In Portland during
August. 192«. were »243.875 62. larger
by »13.321.61 than the receipts In Aug
ust, 1925, It was announced by Post
master Jonee. The percentage gain
was 5.7.
Pendleton’s national guard company
Is to have an outdoor rifle range. A
site two miles west of Pendleton, se
lected recently by Captain Allen, hag
been given the approval of the adju
tant-general.
The Amity unit of the Oregon Wal
nut Growers’ exchange was organized
No bank can boast a more valuable asset
last week with the election of presi
than the genuine good-will of its customers.
dent, W. R. Osborn; vice-president,
It is the basis of that confidential and inti
T. C. Richter; secretary treasurer, R.
mate business relationship on which the
H. Campbell.
prosperity of both bank and customer must
Klamath Palls building permits for
depend.
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1926 passed the »2,000.000 mark re
cently with the filing of a permit for |
This bank has won the good-will of its
the construction of a »*00,000 theater
customers through courteous and prompt
building this fall by the Pelican The ■
attention to their requirements and by con
ater corporation.
stant co-operation with them in the hand
Assessor Boyers figures the taxes
ling of their business problems.
coming to Cooa county In the tax fund
bill about »509,182. There la talk of
$1.00 Opens a Savings Account
retiring bonds with this part of the
and
obtains a Liberty Bell Bank
payment The Coos rlrer consolidated
school district will get »30.000.
Lumber mills of the W est Coast
Lumbermen's association last week
<Blpped more lumber than was pro
c e e d . tt being necessary to use up
Protected by Electric Burglarly Alarm System
■Brplnt stock to supply the demand,
uoeordlng to ’he weekly and comparu
A GOOD BANK IN A GOOD COUNTRY
t»vt report of the association. The
rwport showed that 109 mills shipped
11<48M»7 fe e t while production to-
hat U1.1H.1M fs a t
Orders
Springfield, Oregon
Booked lor future »blpmeate totaled
GOOD WILL
Commercial State Bank
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Tko eootraei for irwnap«'rtlnp (ho ble car transportation from Cloud Cap 1
CONFERENCE IS CALLED
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•hlldrvn from Coyote to tho school at Ian. on Mount Hood, to the (op of the
BoeiMmau ha* boon awarded by tho mountain, the proposition of (he near
, an . urttv and 1
bacterial content, of the stream tied which ran 1» d on . safely prorld-
Itrvotora to Mra Lowall Sragle.
ly organised Cascade Development
The p re.erv.tlon of Hie purity • »« ,
ng o |
the pollution I. no! Io great A.
The ftrat steam »hovel at work on company, hae now progressed to the beauty of O regon .
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pollull.m tncreasss. the problem
the cooetnictloa of the »ltt.OM road point where a petition for right to receive eerlou. considers!Ion
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wa, „ , -fp t o r r o o ..,
construct (he tram and cable system
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The
problem
that
fa ce. Oregon today
#i (hi {Uar
dam hM reached has been made to the United «teles '
moat valuable M eets. The detriment
#| u
, prob,^ u
,,M fashioned
the dam alto. Hubert Goode. assistant ,'oreet service through T H Sherrard, to life and he.lt»I of the p«,p e • « ’ ' ¡ X
1. «he Intestinal «fact O, warm I sew
s e w . , . , „ 1. also a problem of In-
age; It la also a problem of In
commissioner of public utilities, an supervisor at the Mount Hood nation to the food strptdv .hat I. In our
dustrial waste
The extent of this
al forest.
nounced.
stream s Is considerable and means
type of pollution Is Just beginning to
organisms
are
harmless,
but
when
The
second
move
of
the
Oregon
pro
Bidding oo tbs contract for the oon-
should be taken to stop II or. at least,
be understood.
The movement to
structiou of Hood River’s new high hlbltlon referendum corporation pur reduce It before It becomes a real they are associated with Infectious purify the streams of thia slate Is a
germs,
such
as
those
of
typhoid
fever,
the
quashing
of
existing
prohibition
school wee the keenest ever experi-
menace. The question of pollution of
conservative
m o v e m e n t.
which
eucod. The Anderson ConetruoUcm laws, this time applying directly to streams In Dragon Is a big problem harm results. Every stream that re
touches the health and happlneaa of
company of Portland, with a hid cd Oregon. was made la Salam when a and He solution la dependent on Intel ceives human sewage la potentially
every cltlsen
1111.78». wse the lowest oa general prv'poeed Initiative measure was filed llgent. far-sighted and considerate dis dangerous and a menace to the com
with the secretary of state last week
munity
Dne case of typhoid fever
coaetructlou.
cussion of what can be «»One. This
tor the repeal of the prohibition
may endanger a whole community
Three and a half Inches of rain tn
Is the purpose of C vcnference to
Visits l i e t r y » — Mr and Mra. Herb
amendment of the state constitution
uml In thses days of wide travel, start
the Santlam forest has so nearly elim
be held at the Chamber of Commerce
ert Potnii of I’ortlanil was a visitor at
and all the Oregon prohibition stat
s
new
focus
of
Infection
m
iles
foroi
inated fire danger for the remainder
utes
If the Initiative petitions are tn Salem. September If. 192«
ths original «marre. Water courses] the home of Dr. and Mrs. N. W.
of the year that all but three of the
Primitive society moved on when
successfully circulated ths measure Is
traversing or draining Inhabited re Emery this week
Mrs Mtucry s
lookouts have been discharged for the
to be voted on in the general elect loo the common became too foul for en glons are always heavily rontarnln ¡sister accompanied them
season, according to C. C. Hall, for
durance. There were alweys plenty
of 1918
J -
eat supervisor
of place to move to. Modern civilisa
All hatching egga. baby chicks,
Nine hundred and twenty-five dol
growing and breeding stock, transport tion builds more or less permanently
lars a foot Is the price a unit of the ed or otherwise moved into the state and d4spoaes of Its w aste Into con
north Coos river highway will cost.
In this way.
of Oregon after August 1. 1917, mutt venient water courses
The county court let this unit to Pat be accompanied by an official health the stream s of the eastern part of the
rick Hennessy of Marshfield, a strip
certificate showing that they oame United States hare been eonveted In
of 2800 feet at a contract price of |»5.- from parent stock which waa found to nothing more than large, open
900 in round figures.
to be free of bacetllary white diar sewers. Almost all of the cities of
The rails have been Joined, the go,3- rhoea by the application of the agglu this state are dumping untreated
an spike has been driven and (he rail tlnatlon test within II months Imme sewage and Industrial w aste Into
road celebration la puat. but last Fri diately prior to the time of their trans nearby streams. Under this stytem.
day marked tbe most important event portation. according to the terms of the magnificent Willamette River,
We have a complete line of 8chtx>l Hook», tableta, coni-
of all. the inauguration of through a proclamation issued by Oovernor once a source of health, pleasure, and
freight service on the line between Pierce.
profit. will soon lose Its right to be
poRltlon book«, anti auppllea.
Klamath Falls and Portland.
Formal declaration of the qaaran called a river and may earn the more
Of interest to the deer hunters of tine prohibiting interstate movement unpleasant totle of the Willamette
Start the boy anti girl to achool with a new fountain
Jackson and Klamath counties ansnt of white or five-leafed pine from sev Siywer. A small amount of sewage Is
pen. CONKLINS and PARKERS at *2.76 and *3 60.
the opening of the deer hunting tea en Oregon counties and (he entire not always apparent, but an examina
1NUBRSOLL fountain pen« at *1.00.
son September 10 is the edict Just state of Washington to prevent the tion of the bottom of the stream re
veals
foul
and
decaying
m
asses
which
made public, of Superintendent C. O spread of blister rust has been signed
Come here for the beat value In School Supplies.
Thomson of Crater national park, that by the acting secretary of agriculture. are detrimental to fish life. Decaying
during that seaeoD no killed deer can It was announced. The restrictions matter uses up large quantities of
be transported through the park or will become effective on October 1. oxygen and oxygen Is essential to flsh
The seven Oregon counties affected life and’ more so to the game varie
any part of it.
After the placing of nominations are Clatsop. Ctlutnbla, Lincoln. Polk. ties. The first Indication of gross
and offering of resolutions voicing Tillamook. Washington and Yamhill pollution Is the disappearance of the
gratitude to Klamath Falls for Its hos The new orders will net only bar any game fl»h There are. however, finer
pitality. the 24th annual convention ahlpment of white pine from that area and more accurate tests .hat are used
of the Oregon State Federation of La but will require a federal permit from to measure stream pollution.
The
he federal horticultural board at
bor came to a close last Thursday
Corvallis, by unanimous acclamation, Washington for interstate movement
waa selected as the convention city i t currant and gooseberry plant.
for the 1927 convention, which will
POSTAL RECEIPTS
me*t on Labor day.
C O N TIN U E TO CAIN
Portland's export shipments and
bank clearings in the month of Au
The postal receipts for the month
gust attested a good measure of pros
perity and remarkable commercial of August were »685.02 according to
growth of the city In plain, cold fig an announcement by F. B Hamblin,
urea. Both set new high records lor local postmaster. Thia sum repres
the month. The value of the city’s ex ents a gain of 25 per cent over the
o il su ch
ports in August Jumped to »6.116.656. corresponding month of 1P25. The
as compared with »1.455,082 iu August gain in receipts for the last three
of last year. This was an increase of months over the corresponding period
330 per cent.
last year was 13 per cent, »2043 be
Oregon monthly pensions have been ing received during June. July and
granted as follows: Mary E Clark, August this year and »1808 38 last
Portland. »30; Peter Madsen, Port year. That that gain Is a consistent
land. 140; Donald L. .McPherson. Port one la shown when the receipts for
land. »14; Otto Heckel, Portland, »20; the first eight months of 1926 Is com
Clarence Arbuckle. Portland. »40; pared with those for 1925. A 10 per
William A. Kuhlman. Portland. »20; cent Increase Is reported for tbla per
Jacob W Peters. Portland. »20; 3am iod.
uel Poole. Portland. »40; Benjamin F
Here From California— Mr. and
Ulruch. The Dalles. »40; Michael C.
Mra. Earl Leply of Oakland« Califor
Smelser, Roseburg. »50.
* -omblnatlon of tramwijr and ca nia spent Monday at tile home of
Leanard Leply.
NEW PRICES EFFECTIVE NOW
COUPE
TUDOR
FORDOR RUNABOUT TOURING
Reduced $40
to
SEDAN
SEDAN
Reduced $50
Rrdnccd$45
$3054)1
Reduced $ 4 0
to
CAR
Reduced $ 4 0
$595.25 $646.45 $450.65 $4712*1
D elivered at Springfield
Self Starter and Balloon Tires Standard Equipment
T h e W a r ra n ty »et fo rth a b o v e is in d ica
tiv e o f th e h ig h s ta n d a r d in m a te r ia ls
and w o rk m a n sh ip w h ic h h a s e v e r b e e n
m a in ta in e d b y th e F ord M o to r C o.
We will gladly show you tlhe new arrivals from the factory
and explain the liberal payment plan:
E. R. DANNER MOTOR GO.
Fifth and A Streets
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