The Santiam news., August 25, 1911, Image 3

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INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AN!)
PROCRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
Food Suppl>st Runn.rg Short
Hunger Threaten* M Ilion*.
ard
London
Score* of thousands
railway employ«*
throughout
United Kingdom are on strike and
Forest* Suffer Millio«* of Dollar* by A-t.cla* Ara FJsd for Lin* From traffic everywhere is badly dieorgan*
Insect Onslaught.
Dallas to Toledo.
lied.
Salem — Article« of incorporation I Th* leaders of the Amalgamated So­
Medford Presenting the fact that
insects do more damage in the forest filed with the office of the aecretary of I ciety of Railway servants declare that
than do forest fires, B. I. Shannon, state indicate that there ia a move on ;
320,000 men. or nearly half the total
secretary of the Jackson county fir* foot to construct a railroad Im« from '
patrol ««aociatiAn. secured the assist­ Toleiio. in Lincoln county, to Dallas, ' employee of the railway* of England.
ance of the Medford Commercial club in Polk county. In event thia railroad ' Ireland. Scotland and Wales, have an
In working for the establishment of a should be constructed it would give1 «wared their call to atop work.
local field station lw by the bureau a new railroa<i line from Portland to i
Manager* of the railway* say these
of entomology.
Newport by making connection*. Thi* ! figure arc greatly exaggerated.
"There is more than four and one- would be ao at least when the Salem. :
Never before have the minister* of
half billion feet of good commercial Fall* City & Western, which operates | the British government made such
timber tributary to this little valley from Blackrock to Salem, through earnest efforts to ward off a great la­
of 30,000 acre*, to say nothing of the Dallas, complete* its bridge across bor war. yet they have been unable to
immense acreage of yellow pine on the Willamette river at Salem.
stay the goverment that threatens mis­
the east slope* of the Cascades," said
The new company ia capitalized at
ery to million*.
Mr. Shannon. "Besides that amount (1,0001000. The incorporator* are C. I
I«indon has the api-carance of an
there is nearly 2.000,01X1,000 feet R. Vroeno, Ed J. Avery and Jchn'
srmnl camp. On all aide* are seen
readily acceiwible in West Josephine Kent*. The road ia to be called the soldiers armed with rilles and ball
county and on the West Siskiyou».
Toledo A Siletz Railroad A Naviga tridges. while from the dome of
"The damage done by the insect* tion company, and its principal place Paul’* cathedral th« engineers
alone, now, in the National forest is of business will be at Toledo. The keeping in communication with
equal to the loss by forest fires, and in company also desire* to operate a sys- general staff by heliographic signals
private holding* thi* ia alao true, tern of boat lines on the Yaquina in the day time and (by electric flashes
There are variations of from 4<H) to river. according to the article*.
at night.
1,4<M) feet in elevation in this district
Should the new line become a real-
The whole of Saturday was spent by
and there is the wet. warm climate of ity. tourist* from Portland could come Premier Asquith. David Lloyd George,
the west slope contrasting with the to Salem either on the Oregon Electric chancellor of the exchequer, and Sid­
cold, arid condition* of the east slope, or Southern Pacific, transfer to the ney Buxton, president of the board of
making the investigation* cover a Salem. Fall* City A Western to Dal­ trade, in fruitless conferences with
large field. An entomological station ia*. transfer to th« new road at Toledo the leader* on both side*.
here would mean a saving of thousand* and from there take the Corvallis A
An official statement isiued at the
and perhaps millions of dollar* in tim­ Eastern to Yaqtiina.
railway office* »ays the strike haa de­
ber destroyed in jthe Crater National ;
veloped all over the country, and pro­
forest and private holdings."
PHONE WAR ENO IS LIKELY.
duced a widespread, though only par­
tial. dislocation of the railway ser­
NATION TESTING APPLES.
Subscriber*' Committee to Examine vice*. It add* that as far as present
information go«* over two-third* of
Company’* Book*.
the railway men remain at their (sista
Government Expert* Try
Keeping
Enterprise The committee having
and the companies are receiving n
Qualities of Fruit.
i charge of the fight against the recent
m< rous application* for employment.
I advance in rate* by the Home Tele­
Hood River—After having »pent
Broadly speaking, the
»trike
phone company ha* secured permission
Thursday afternoon and Friday morn-
most effective in the North of Eng­
OREGONS SIAIE IA H.
Northern railway company, ha* prori-
from
the
director*
of
the
Home
com
­
ii,/ obtaining d««’;i ■ .n b.ciil
-rug.-
land. where many towns are complete­
iaed to come all the way from St. Caul
pany to have a committee appointed by
condition*. B. B. Ram.sey and H. J.
ly isolated. and in the South of \\ ales.
to deliver an addreaa on the gì» d
the subscriber* examine the book* of
Now
Fifty
Year*
Old.
and
Known
Pratt, expert» from the pomological
road* question. Hi* father, the lio
i the company and from their finding re- It i* partly effective East, in the
Throughout Entire Northwest.
office» of the United States depart­
island*, but ha* not cause*! trouble in
Janie* J. Hill, the nation bu I ler, ray*
j commend a reasonable and juat rate
ment of agriculture, left for White
the South of England. Only a few of
Salem, Or
John Minto, th« first he will alao deliver an address if hi*
j to be charged for the u»e of the phone
Salmon, where they will conduct the
the Irish railway» have hud trouble.
line*.
secretary of the Oregon State Fair, is health fiermita.
same work.
The situation In Scotland ia uncer
The plana for thi* fair are compre­
Committee* from Wallowa county
The experts, who have been in Cali-
tain. In Edinburgh report* say that going to be present at the*opening of hensive and much care i* being taken
and Umon county met at Wallowa and
foma for the last few year* working
a general «trike has been declared the semi-centennial of thi* project to nnik.'it a hug'' MMCWa
AH the
agreed to co-operate in the examina­
on systems of refrigeration for citrus;
there, but at Glasgow the men have S.-plember II next, and he protni-u-* railroad* have granted reduced fare*
tion of the books, and to work to­
|
I ■■■ a • to be in the grand stand every day for
fruit.*, say that the government is
on account of the project and extra
gether afterward.
The committee
planning to make extensive experi­
answer the call.
the week the fair i* to be in effect equipment i* to be in Oregon and
wa* authorized to obtain estimate* on
ments in fruit storage ami transport«-'
Thia despite hi* years and the fact Washington to take care of the thou­
tion in the Northwest.
They will I the cost of construction of a new line
ENVOYS ON PEACE M'SSION
that he ha* not missed an Oregon sand* who are expected to join
' , under the co-operative system, which
visit, all of the principal apple sec-;
State Fair since the organization fifty |iermancnt fair camper*. There
information will tie used both as a
tion* of the Northwest between now
studv'of I’**1* 1,1 Arriving nt a settlement with Japanese Emperor Sends Diplomats years ago. This is the news Frank lie special music, firework* and
and picking time and make a I . ,
Meredith, secretary of the Salem pro­ meroua free attraction* during
to Conference ot Power*.
-
the Home company and for the con-
the different soil conditions of every |
ject received recently from Mr .Minto. week, in addition to tl.c big Parker
' ' atruction of a new line if finally de-
Seattle Bound for Rome on an \
locality.
According to this veteran, the first outfit of carnival show*.
I cided on.
errand which exude* peace and smacks Oregon Stat« Fair start*I auspicious
Apple* will be obtained from every
little of the tone of the jingo press in ly, wound up in debt, redeemed itself
district by the experts and will be
Diplomacy.
MEDFORD TO SHOW PEARS.
Japan, thro.- pr-it.i-.n' rve-i.li r* ■
subjected to tests to ascertain their
A North Dakota German farmer as­
an«! after fifteen years of prosperity
keeping qualities.
Thia season's i
1 the lower house of the Japanese par I and an evidence of good will acquired piring to Illi an a| pointive office wanted
work, it ia said, will merely be pre- Annual Exhibit I* Proposed by South- ; liament arrived in Seattle a* pas- ; the ground« comprising eighty acres to keep on good term* with both par­
segera on the Tamba Maru.
liminary. The experiments next year
ern Oregon City,
at Salem from the rounty court a* a tie*. At ten on election night the re­
The lawmaker* are Nitaro Oahidi,
will be on a larger scale.
Medford This city will g>ve a dis-
sult wa* still uncertain when he waa
gift.
The government experts inspected tr|ct fajr (><,tober 3 u, 7 whlrh W1U Yoshira Kuboto and Jensuki Fujii, all
" We told the County court at the called upon for a speech.
the Union warehouses and were pre t(< the t
of a
,h.)W lhat j members of the national party, and time we were broke." recited Mr. !
“Ve meet«,” he «aid, “to zelebrate
sented with Yellow NewU.wns grown ,t jg h
, wjl| ,.venrual|y r(val
im. their journey to Rome is to partici- Minto, "that if fifty of our farmer* di* glorious vigtory.
Ve know* not
I
pate
in
the
peace
conference
to
be
last year. The fruit was in a perfect
lanc< the Spokane apple show
Hur­
went away from Salem every year to yet vich vay it goes. Hurrah!
state of preservation and of excellent
Thp „talp appr,,|,riat.xl fI 45O in held there beginning October 3, at attend the state fair and each one rah' Hurrah! Sucre»* Magazine.
flavor.
[ B|| for
enterprise, and in the last which various plans for the mainte­ spent but (10 each, (500 was taken
nance of harmony between the power* out of the county and if, on the other
few day* about (3,000 has been raised
will be discussed.
DEER LAWS STRICT.
hand, 500 farmer* were attract««! here
among Medford busine«* men. It i*
Japan will be represented by »even and they only spent the same amount,
intended that in all (6.000 «hall be
of her national lawmakers, the other it brought (5,000 into the city and
Shipment of Game From State For- > subscribed.
four having sailed from Tokio recent­ county.
There is great locai interest in the
bidden by Ru'ing,
ly for Europe by way of the Suez can­
"At ths time of which I sjieak we ,
enterprise, and it i» already planned
Salem Deer hunters from Califor­ to have automobile race* and aviation al. Yoshiro Kuboto, the spokesman only nee«!ed (3,000 from the County
of
the
party,
«ays
that
Japan
is
deep
­
nia will lie disappointed to learn that I
court to save our property. The court
exhibitions.
Mayor Canon, of Med­
hereafter no de«r carca»se«, horns or ford, has been elected president; A ly interested in the conference and listened, gave us the money and Sa­
any part of the animal killed in thia K. Ware secretary, and George Davis will watch with special vigilance the lem today has the great state fair
proposed agreement to prohibit the which I would not like to miss."
state can lie taken into California ! treasurer.
use of the aeroplane in warfare.
•
The law in thia regard was recently i
From such a beginning ha* grown
An international arbitration board the Oregon State Fair to which 78,000 ,
construed by Attorney-General Craw
BIG DITCH SURVEY BEGINS.
is another subject which Kuboto con­ perwin* paid admission* last year.
ford, and every precaution will be
sider* most important to his country, To such an extent has thia fair grown
taken by officer« of the Fish and Game
Engineer* to Lay Permanent Line for though he declined to tell what atti­
commission to see that it 1* enforced.
that thi* year there are (21,000 in’
•'Shoestring" at Ontario.
tude he and his colleagues would take cash purse* for the harness race*
Attorney-General Crawford's decision
at
Rome
on
any
of
the
peace
plan*.
Ontario - Active work ha* tiegun on
is that the commission haa no author­
alone.
There are two event« with '
Another prominent passenger on the (5,(MX) purse* each and In another
ity to issue permits to take deer the permanent survey of the Ontario-
killed in this state across the line into Nyssa irrigation project, sometime* Tamba wa* Morita Ida, who is on hi* event the purse to fl'000. In live’
California. The only condition under called "the Shoestring“ ditch.
A way from Tokio to Portland, Or., event« the pur*«*« are (l,0<M) each;’
which game can be taken out of the corps of engineers left here with camp where he will become consul for hi* there is one (1,500 purse and numer
atate is for propagation or exhibition, supplies and will run the permanent government.
ou* «mailer event*. All grown from a
Already a numlwr of applications have lines of the canal, which will irrigate
fair which might have fallenjfor but
Road* Prepare for Huth.
lieen receive«I for permission to take 10,000 acres of fine orchard land,
(3,000.
game out of the state, and these have
The preliminary lines were run last
Chicago — Preparation* are being
Waahington has 15 entries. Oregon
all been denied.
; winter, and the permanent survey will made by Western railroad* to handle ha* 17 hor»e* entered and from away
; cover more land than at first intended. an unprecedented movement of land­ down in California there have come
The officers of the company, headed by seeker* to the Pacific Coaat atate* 3fi entries for the harness event« to
FUNDS RAISED FOR FAIR.
Mayor Trow, have already receive«! thia fall. Special colonist rates are be deecide«! at this fair.
There is to
Klamath Falls Plan, B.g Exposition Md* on the pump* an«! electric motors in effect from September 16 to Octo­ be a steeple chase event that is to go
Thia Fail
wl'* •war’’ • contract for the ma­ ber 16. These rates are usually made four time« around the in«ide of th«
chinery late thi* fall. No one thing twice a year, in the spring and in the trotting track. From all indication*
Klamath Falla That Klamath will will be of more benefit to the Ontario fall, and range from (3.3 from Chicago the list will fill the full sixteen entries
have the greatest county fair thia fall »nd Ny««a territory than the building to (25 from the Missouri river, for expected by the fair officials.
in its history is believed by those who of thi, ditch,
one-way trips. During the colonists
Aside from the racing events there
are promoting tbe project. Several
movement in the spring nearly 90,000 will be exhibit* from nearly every
Peart Bring *40 a Ton.
prominent men have taken hold of the
person* traveled to the Coaat, accord­ county in Oregon. Ben Worsley will
affair and promise to build grand-1_____
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___ ing to estimates.
Salem ___ Shipping
a carload of peart
take his “canned flower»” from As­
stands, exhibit booths, stall* for stock »t 141) » ton for cannery purposes,
toria Centennial to the Oregon State
and other necessary structure«.
William H. Egan topp«>1 all price* for
Togo Leave* for Coast.
Fair intact. The Clatsop county court
Busine** men have been asked tn the past 16 year* by (22, »aying that
Roeton Another day of reat was has authorized him to make this ex
raise (1.500 for purse*, and already for the 15 year* before he ha* never given Admiral Count Togo, who auf- hibit and Woraley, almut whom Sunset
volunteer donations of (‘J00 have been „,|d pears to a cannery at a better fered Saturday from acute indigestion. ; Magazine wrote in the August issue,
made. It ia planned to hold a four- ’prjce than (Di a ten.
E. W. Powers Though much refrethed by a good
' will have a complete line of fruits,
day fair, with racing and other aptirts. »)„ «hipped a car of loganberries night'* sleep, the admiral remained in grain* and gra*se* from the county
which he «aid was more valuable than hi* auita at a hotel.
He will leave | at the mouth of the Columbia river.
36-Cent Hop Offer Refused.
» train load %f wheat.
A definite Boston Sunday afternoon for Niagara
Those who are interested in raising
Salem -Geroge L. Rose states that price on the berries was not given,
Falla, whence he will go to the Pacific prune* in the Willamette valley have
he received and refused bona fide
Coaat via Toronto.
arranged a special exhibit to boom
Copic* of Stat* Blue Book Out.
offer* to sell 260 bales of 1911 hop*
their industry and the hop raiser« of
30 Poiaoned In Revenge.
for 35 cents. T He
‘ would not «ay who
Salem -Copies of the Oregon blue
the state who at this time are offered
matte tbe offer, The same kind of an ’ book and official directory are out.
Littwin Thirty army officer* were 40 cents for their crop are going to
Tliia rharmingty «imple dancing fn« k
offer waa made to Mcl.aughlin A The new blue book la something poiaoned at their meat dinner at Tor­ show the thousands of visitor* what
f.-r a yuung girli* <4 plain and rtnbniid-
Hirschberg. of Independence, by the hitherto not attempted in thia atate. re* Nova* Saturday night, apparently they have to «iffer In this line.
eied ailk mtaiin. Half tb« aalet and th«
same parties. Cables received here It include* not only a comprehensive from artenic. Prompt use of stomach
Governor Oswald West ia keeping «oerakirt arv of thc rtnlinwlrry . and tbe
indicate that crop conditions both in survey of Oregon's resource*, but the pump* saved the live* of all.
It ia closely in touch with the development «thcr half of th« plain material.
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Germany and England continue to be constitution and directory of tbe atate presued that the poisoning waa an act of the plans for holding the fair and :
*IT>« rmpire
miw
worse.
¡officials, assessed valuations, etc.
L. W. Hill, president of the Great | givca a ■'•narwtcr tow h “
of revenge.
PEST WORSE THAN FIRE.
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EKGLibH STRIKE SPREADS.
NEW HAIL LINK SEEN.
FASHION HINTS