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‘-W.V >< K ». PORTLAND NEWS LETTER L tççîî Off Land CMgms «1 Di B.*ne'it Io Wlioli Stilt- Ground Broken . 9 Portland, Or. Jan. 16 (Special) One of tnc important eonfsrsnesz of the new year will tm a logged-off land con grew», to be held in Portland within tn- next two month». This will I h » the most exhaustive study of the subject ever held and will be under the auspices of the Oregon Development League The Portland he«.k|uartcrs is making the arrangements. Statistic» are now being collect d that will tie a logged-off land census, showing the extent of such lands in each county. These figures wdl he used in attracting settlers to these idle areas Another purjiosc of the com ing congress is to teach the Ix-.t meth ud» ut clearing the land of atuin|i» and making it productive. Th. latest in Vestigalion» along this line wil be give for the benefit of M-ttler« and th. b- it method of removing stump, thorcughly explained it is believed this meeting will lie of state wide benefit. LURE OF THE LAW Crai* for L.t |jt.on la Ao «r,.s's Mail Coatly Folly i*u** were i«> linQW the ruft- folly known hi tblw «x>unlrt wouhl n«H |x* fur fr» m lb«» nmrk If ht» wli«iii;<| • » « ¡t « î th»* kno*riraii ■ rare for lltiimtfton In «M»tn«* « 'iiA»ïi’it)itif •» •-*» in 11 jr fhr email h * I > nini! «I tri t* « unit» • |D»l>ortllU« «• ’»«•. im» to In* tur i»iir«^| by Ibe nitiiib«*r *»f I »«ult» hr I mi « on han«!, an*! hr w li » ba»» nonr I-» nftrii rr £nnl***l un a |wr*«>ii of ulltfbt <-»mw quen« r Hut (In* hnlrit of *r »lng to law Iw n«»l ! ». : • to I temolo* of trilling’ affi’m, a« a ^hi *;’«• hiMtaiirv will nh»nr. 'I’tirrv i»*»w Iliff Mate th«* r«ti»tr >>f n man whl b nt the linn* of hl* death " th 1 valuvtl nt .UUO.tMM) ill vai « lahna h t •* i to the pr*»|M*rty enciff««! In lltlffnthm w lib-n Ime i-Vtendcd Weg a |»f| .| of «*■.*• rill. yriim. nnd now, nw tbe etui approach r*. It i«* Mild lite **««latv 11.1« dwindled to iilwHit Manifestly the parthn» to tbl« litiga fh>n have made a heavy lnve«t tin nt tn elicerteli;»* but, unhappily tor them, it I» not what tinnii» 1er rail a ' liquid Mn*4*( Ihx'krt. MOONS OF THE UNIVERSE. B«*nde« Our Own Luna Twenty-five Other-» Are K»*<yA»rs to £«iat Thriv nr«* tn .»¡I (Went) ! . »• in-« tie ¡«li’w utir '¡Ul'* it <>f night. M ’• r* Inn ing two. .Iiipiior « »» Ut, s «turn f«-n I r» min f*>nr und \«ptnu<* «-nr, tiy* th«» l*hlhi<h»!pbln l'nh I i’‘lkc»’r <»f»t»ur-*»» new hinnr u«h!ith»tw pr»* Hkeljr t«> I»*: Medford will wclcomt' mining men of iliw i « r* tl nt nu) link«' ultliongh it !• the Northwest on February .'I and 4. iinpn>l»xkl>i«» tlmt Mm urj mid \ rnite when the Southern <Iregon Mining < on hAVe an) iUitelHteu <>r that Man hu« more than tw<». reu w il f i'll . dining experts will *rhe tw«> known in««on« of Mir* ftrr, I'iv * talks and practical miner» will par iinl«M*«l, t on tidmitr. neither l*di»ir t»i rr ticipatr in the discussion». Dvmonalra Of!) ini!«*’» hi diameter On t be other tlona of goki Having machinery will t liuinl, Jupiter*» tlr*t f>*ur ««atrillte« n male. urli h * t hin* tinaie, nrr »•-«■ h Inrg r than yitivMi I.unn, «himmele iniHng i Klamath County is going in for agri dlMmeter of about 3/».'■»•> inllr-* Tit a cultural education in ita achools A <>f Siiturn a <H:irt>ct* r npprv. trai-t of Wi acres has been bought ai.d hunting ..«*•*» mil«** while tlt.it «»f Nep an experiment station will be establish tun« *» 4«»ir m )«» nl»<»ut 2.‘*■> mile-«« a I where students will practire agri An rv*i|»e«*tM mir on h moon, Q ih -. ii cultural meth<«ls under the dirrclmn of f.turn ha» ouiy • ne forty ninth lite «l.'e an exjiert who will be secured from th. ami <jhe<*ighi) tiret tile weight of our earth l.nnn’«* ill.tai' ■' from u« vari.« Oregon Agricultural ( ollege. n g«»»«! deni. fT’-m .’.’I •*<> mile» to X»J. Hearings before a board appointe I Uht> mile'» I let u>«*nt) «»r awragv dm from the reclamation service on th* lutee It atx>ut Util«*» much-mooted question of the extension of ths Umatilla project, wdl begin At» With Tvars In Hi» «/•». Oli ime i«' i«|oii Geuernl H* ott at January 24. The board will sit in Her mialon. I’endleton and tanfiel l to hear tende*! n bnnqnet wlu-rc all tbe stales of thè In loti neri- repre-M'iiti«! by a objections made by the various s* . tiuns in regard to souress of water sup diali In «ouie n.-iy ■ liar.i terlstl- of <*■* b roiuinouwriiltli I’enusy I» nula ply for carrying oui the proposed work was rr|>re«ent«l by n laiwl of »auer and after getting all possible informs km ut. and lu •peaking of I Ile fa* I I he tion on the subject, the board will nell uiornlng die generai r-uuirk-d "I make recommendations to -ecretary partook of li «llh teir» In uiy eyes '1 Fisher of the interior deparment. Tbi» f* ndii«« i of S-ott fur the gi»*d tiilugs of tlle lutile taken Iti riilijiinc' Railroad mileage in Oregon has in Iloti olili llie f.iinoli« hasty plate of creased at • remarkable rate the past aotip * in* al* ut. g ie |«>iiit Io du* imine few years and the outlook for 1IH2 1« of ' Marslial 1 uremie,'' vitti « hi. li he m >st encouraging According to th* «a« ulne «nlutinl by tlie Iter l»r report of the ~tate Railroad Commis Ktultll P) Ile all luiet. rnte |iuu«ter lt sion. there were 2SX2 miles of railways «»« I >r l'viu* «Ilo once rvelalmeil in Oregon at the end of Juns 1910 H> after hearing <He Bull pia». "If liouor the end of December, 1911 this hai ary iligrr*-« «ere iniifi'ir*i! upon tnu ale lana Ole Bull «ould !••• thtd *■ D l>” grown to 2MK3 miles. Mudali Goiiieiieur In "As I ltcuieiu Forest supervisor», the heads of 2». ber *• national forests of rhe Pacific North Black jacha. west and Alaska, will meet in Portland The earll. t <1 liking ii'iel« for Jan 22 for a week's conference on the administration of lands under their Wille« a.><i ni.-« w.re tlio-c untile from »kin« of animal«, it nd these icmm -I« jurisdiction. Chief Forester <iraves of still ri'tnlii Un ir |»>pulurlly In ihr r»«t Washington, D. C. will give addre««*- and mi H.r «-vintInvut In Englund After five years of preparation, Ihr««- v««««el« »irr made of carefully ground was broken the past week for tanned hide« niil.fi «ere uulm-iikalile r u«tlng pro|wrt|e«a the first building of Reed I ollege. the »11*1 p -• ..«I * anS «'■• new I'l.OUO.OQ». University to be built Th.- I , kja* - f tiled In at Portland The college will open next r» « ere »I. 11 - - I like pit. her« .md were fashi'.tu-d f .i.i lie large pie* e ot September. it 1» expected to rank leather, «hi* li ».»« mrl*d In the n« e«- with the best similar institutions in the •nry tunmier Pilch was smeared over country. the Insidi- Th*-*e old blai-lija* k« gn»e Portland hotels are being iwxmjrj their name to the heavy riding .(««it« with reaervatians for Elks week next worn by cavalier», whl* h cauta io tw owing to the popu July, when the Grand Ixxlge reunum ¡rallevi jacklHMits will tie held. Fvery section of the lartty of the t>la*-k)n. k« the Frvttch de country is represented arid the P»cific elated tlmt tlie l.nx'l'b drank oui of their boot» I xhh I ku Giulie Coast lodges will send very large dele« gationa. San Francisco expects to have A Ursst Storm. 1.U00 delegate» while the Willamette Thirty thousand persons pcrlahed In Valley kxiges will torn out 16iJU Elks. India <>ct IL l*T7. fn»tu tbs effects Puget mund cities have aaked for 600 of • »rest «(orm Cha Writing Msma rooms at local hotel». flic Itch for •* rlbbllng la proverbial ly ucdylng In svery »lavs of ths pen Santiam New» and Semi-Meekly -Hall Cains. ________ Journal 12 per year I *.♦12. THE IOAD UUE3H0H AGAIN HIS MEMORY CLEAR Fntitor Santiam Newa T .• W Provivi to thi Lftwyir That H« Could Rimimbif. • igr.mg himself "Jordanite" stt. in; t* \ • I f • . \ ■ t i o \ «-r to reply to a former communication of n «<»ing a •««•re repritnahtl from n ’’A Taxpayer ” In reply to Mr Jor V Iti • • uh":n b«* was (r)lnit to brow damte'e article A Taxpayer rvphrt farei It wnn an ltu|aortanl i i-i !< r f.» ■<atr l»|* « nu*e from »L feat again. In regard to Di»t. 2S Bthl th«* action Il w IV h. • -,«- » r) t ha t t he la w » er wh mid lU’.J” ■ ’» th«* ’vlfiH’41 H«* «*n«!eaI or*s| of the court and appointm it of super« to «!»• t »*n tlie ffround of «¡¡e In th«* visurs for saal d «triet. we know both* (<db»W'h»ff in inner ing of its affairs. If what he Stati « • llow uh! ir«* you**’ n«L«»t U.» !aw true, it only a-Ids evidence to th*- fart yrr Srwent) two y«-.im.** replied (lie w!t that thu honorable county court do*« uno*. not treat all districts alike. Wn Vmr mm rr, « f «•nur**«’* is n >t ••» not see any particular difference » ! "¡«nt ni «I *h ! :n H *% i«* twenty whether we vote for a supervisor or t« <t-i «ito, i»» It * a ‘«’»I the Iffwver •end In a petition to the court signed I *!•• U t I . bl I It Is." (HlOOTi'il by 7& |wr cent uf the taxi»v< r» mkrng the wit »H S t' ■ ■■ (■> l’."t.or t.-.r , I. ■ ■ . - . ■ ■ ■ x(j|t» im* < !*• hintan e n lil h «>• nn*«| «. k t»» rive team nu*“ said Can you Mr Jordanite? ! » «r I " e «h a II I m * h !»!»* ta Now Mr. Jurdamt*, honestly, with f : - y»ur own kiea of juati-e, could y u **■«» how w«*U n»«i « h i» retiirml*rr’* I • î • « • t ; -r ' * a Id ? hr think it a square deal, if for year» r I 4 f . • - • i years your supervisor wouki take ail ?!i ; manner it |s |n«M>lentr* the lax levy of yuur district ant put it ' V--i h»! ’« ’«i answer the que * ' on the roads in one locality to the neg- lect of the rest of the district. Per ha|»s if the money and work done w na s|>cnt on the mails passing to and from Î your residence, you wouki think frum • I purely selfish motive« that your «up* . tv ' rt!’.4<rrr*1 th«» Inirjrr visor was the embodiment of p. rf* . retkwiul’vr yotir fxth«T lion. But h*>w al«, it yuur n< ighi . r*. V ♦ ?*}•*' nnd •tiTlnif tn whu for yeai« and years went u - in r no'i I«* I«» U* exanilnrd their jeans, dug up their hard earned I Vk 4| V«»|| nrntlld Irlld money and aeen It all go on a r.o.d that him h *»ilt ‘»f • h»th«M* ‘ the most of the people in the <1 -tru t • Ir that from thnt y to du« h * . never (wild me • h ’ seldom travel. III ’I it >r I rviiiriiil«*r «« though We offered no apology, neither do were yecfi-rd n ” we feel any disgrace in not voting a In your iss ie of January 11 « m- ■ ■ tax 111 road district No. 16. hut w. do feel that we are lovers of justice We have tried the donation and d> scnption plan Thu was not a squar*- deal between man and man Some would give 10 days work with team, others only one Gur sU|x-rvi«or would hire the man who only subscriba-d une days work and turn down those who had subscribed five to ten tin*« a« much, hiring some who did not d<> ..itr a thing, Other» in the district di I nothing. Thu was nut fair, junt or right Now I see that yuur district ha» voted a lo mill tax, others from 2 to Now we have no objection to any die- trict levying as much tax as they de atre, but is the system Ju»t llo you want to hrap upon yourselve« an extra tax of H mills over and stiovr the dis- trict that only levies 2 mills, If the county would make a general levy of r. <>r 10 mills so that all would pay the same rale of tax this seems to nie more equitable and just. Now .Mr Jordanite you may have a special stand in with the court through political or peraonal favors extend- I lo you Hut In the district adjoit ■ , 16, two men sent |>er»rinally before tic county court asking them if they would honor by appointment the man wh -m they wouki select by ballot at their road meeting as their aupervixors, and the Court »aui no. said there might lie a •’frame-up.” Where is the chance for u "dark horse" in thia. In conclusion, Bro. Jordanite, you may be supervisor or ¡list 26, 1 do not know. But would you quit the s*-rvi- « of the people who hail selected you as their Supervisor, to handle their mon* , anil work their roads and go into an adjoining district and for 14 • day. go •nd work their roads and neglect your own, and then come back when the roads are muddy and ask your own di» tnct to do road work when it was ai- impossible, anti the expense most doubled Would you after completing a certain amount of donation work hav ing fl’») on hand and never expend it on the remaining portion of the road for which it was donat*d? Wouki you carry over 9240 and not rx|*en*l it at all when that amount would have fiant two or three hundred yards of road that is now well nigh impassible. Yours for justice, \ T axpaykr . For Salt Forty acres 2* mile» N. E. of t'cio. no improvement»; some good timber, on country road, price |3»JO. K. HHKt.TON, Scio. Orc. ■ «* HELPLESS AT SEA Story of Tws Bh pi That M«t Parted In • Wild Storm. and ”1 • ». .'»<■ >r.! (» »f..r..'« n! ' vi. •! ! . • .- "V ■ ‘ »en,” rctiinrkcd the captain of n liner plying out of New York, fot that reason I’m going t<> t* i » «Ml .1 • ■ . I . ’ • » ■ • »tue men not bring n cmil .it «eu It wns one of tiie »»<>rat »pi. cn ••« I ever had since I’ve In. n a !.>r "It was in the middle of a terrible hurricane, and the boat I u on was just barely manageable AU we Could do was to keep atcering way on her and trust to U*ather the storm. "Well, fit the very wont of it. When the wind was howling like mad nnd the wave» were almost burying us, we heard » yell frolli out »■ anew here on the sea. The next moment we caught ■ .lit of a »ailing vi's.i'l not more il.an a few hundred yard» away, evidently in di»tress. “Soon we were so ciotto to her that wo could see she had lost otic of her mast» and was absolutely nt the mercy of the storm, Wc ■ ■ mid plainly re her sailor» din ■ - ' • the rigging <>r hanging on t<> ufiat ever hadn't been washed otT her dicks. What was wor»e, we could plainly hear th* in »limiting to u« for hdp. “But there was nothin:’ whatever wo could do. You arc not a • >r, and perhaps »on can’t understand what I'm telling you when I «.r. that we «impl» b id to stand (her on our boat, listening to th.io- men A PROBLEM IN FIGURES. in their agony, yet we couldn't » much a« throw them a rope It S 3r#d th M.’themitic an, but th» “Why ? Because our boat Witi* Worn»») Solved It. one d.»y • !••«« hrr of insthcrnntlr« barely maiiiigenbli' itself, u« I told you We »»ere fighting th- »torm Hr tag «•»!it «li.>|.plug «rh hl« V. Ife If »»< id ff««l . ''‘D h li*-t!«**»tly ft »Ul « i>un!«*r lu 1 just as hard as «e could < ouiitrt until th* » i nnie to tlu* *|l«*«*H stopped we would have |u«t sli-erint1 nisi thrrr hr way and run the risk of I-ing ■ f«»lll »•1 hluff In III’* line Bald hit • »amped, also »re Mood an -v *d il. - h »»limn Wif. i t i i» lent chance of being m i ti mvd }|>»»* h »!•* Ia* tim! gold »panglr«! again’t that disabled lm.it and «.'nd Ids* k crH|H*?** it.g ourseln-s and it to the bottom rhr< - • 4ghiI ■ of » ynnl,** .lid 111«* A» to throwing them a r .pi', first, girl we couldn't throw it fur i ihhi . I i fur "llow mu. h 1* B a y «ni y them to reach it, and, seiond. Ihi'f “Three dollar«.’’ Mell - Id the prüfe« wir's wife, wn» the prolialillity of tbe rope get tum mu.il of three eighth« wide tun ting tangled in our prop H r md t.-risl will II take t<> pul four six in. b spoiling our chances of <•». ape strip« iround a two anil three quarter “There wa» nothin • nothing ynrd skirt, timt I« neveu In lies nar whatever for us to d*» And, I tell rmier d tin* knees tbiin It Is nt the you, it was a terrible linn/ to « out boltotu. mid In•« mu* Il «III It cost?” At tie hr«t mention of tlio-i- figure« past those poor devils hanging on 1-. tin* pr de ..1 II.' li| leg III to reel, mill that hulk and lb ir their i r . . i It reeled «li1' Ul.'ll IVfii'll III« « If» mill mg fainter and fainter in the di« I‘»o never forgotten Un the »Irl g our |em II« mid pui»er and tance tw _ m to do th.dr «um Presently hl» sound of them." -New irk Timi» nifi- «aid Here dear y<u know all alx>ut Hl» Way o< Spalling It. tu 11 heli, di Help U« «olir t III» proli Sir llolwrt Ander« >ti, K C. B lem. n ou I i tul * wn« discussing the marriage que> Hu* I... pi..f '. or «nid *'Et''u«e me I fe«l fidnt; I must get n little fresb tion. lie quoted the Amer , in phrue .ilr muí Igiiomlnously fie*l III« «If- ' ¡ime li .me «Illi exactly that ’’Court-hip i« bl - an I m ir H . . m int of material required, and riag»1 is bl.-tcr. Amen.mi hum r, tli. pr de- or took her «ord for It Hint he »nid, often rmhodii'« an ri.r /-r- «I .- didn't pny a lent loo mil'll I'lilln ated statcmi-nt <>f truth, nini timi delphin l.vdgvr phrase is apt to come true if a man marries a girl bs*< au»c she lias » A Wity Mack.ng B rd. A naturali«! tei.« of a ilroll rvlilldtlo.i pretty face Ho gave this after honeymoon of fini etili'ed by a mi» klng blrd II li.i.l only risenti, t«-.-n ruptured and dialogue: She Do y«u spell "disillusionize" ««« pim eli in-nr nuotlicr < nge In whlch vere ttto cimarh - l»>th et-ellrut allig with a ”z" or an "s?" et I I h - ne» klng l'Ird nt tini aeetued He 1 do not. 10 lai «ini k diluii* liy Ida volutile She Don’t I* tiresome I How n< glil-.r«; tHit. n« It tiirtii-d «ut after do you »pi'll it ? wnrd, lie «a» only Iddlug hi« lime He liow do I spell “disillusion l’or telerai day« he reinnlnetl «llent. ize?" I »pell it “ra a-r-r i-e d!"— tnkltig linfe«, untll he hall mastered 11 . ir «mig, wben one day. ntth**ut evm Ixmdoti Tit Bits. a pie Imltiary relienrsal. he tnirat otlt Ulto a < nnary «*'iig In n loud. ringtng roe first scientific thinker was tene flint «truck hi« yrllow thmnteil Thales of Miletus born about '¡d»l B <’ neii.-fil.ir» mute wltii antonlaliment He waa the first to attempt a logical After tld« lt « a« n favorite aniu«-*meut solution of mnterlal phenomena, with of bla lo dr'WB thè Voice» of tbc ea out resorting to mythological reprween n.irle« «vitti lila own loud note» when tatlona In other words. Thaler waa ■■i.r tbe, nttetnpted to «Ing Ite troll the first man. ao far na we know, to Erre l'r»-»«. try to find onl the actual truth *• n erm lug the world we live In. Ila origin, A Smsll Ld> •”•••« coiratltutlon and dratltry. Rinka (who n»s given Jink» a clgan nutoy angagso. Ion’ll find. oij «bap. that la some- Falber Well. Julia If I allnw yottng thing like a <lgar Jink» (after a few t hi ff« i - By Jove, there I« a «light re .tnilther» to mnrty you will he Ix» null mx to work «ad «tippirt ymt? Julia semblance Wbat la Iti-Rovai Mara <>h papa. bow ran he wlrrn he ha« zine. proml«rd tu do noltilng trat thlnk of tue all tlre time? Plitsburg Press. MEETING Kill bt1 He J it Sc Saîuriii/. January. 27. al 10 * M b.g Bas ket Dinner *.hnve fi- Ihirc m gong ** thè band wa 'un an i l.e » booiitv-r. I he IVI2 fair w ili l-e a “humdingor. ’’ If yuU don't know w ì.«t that nieun», n ■ to II uni tu ,■ and find out' If you io*- fi.-ni ni - uri thè ladies wiil show you. il. (in.' ! \< ir ENTERTAINED 11, I* ■*.;*) .ft- .......... th»- Ladies Sew ing Club nu t ut the home Mrs. It. G d. Although the weather waa verjf • fi .igr •< ulile tn..«t of the now inoinbers were pr< vi i t A dainty luncheon w as •ervi'd l.y the hc«te-.4 ar-l a short musical program »»as an entertaining feature I Ie , A (th 'll». IhHi M* k• giit Sealed fads healed Ind' will I mi received by the uruler«igiii d for tu cord» of * ou ( h I, live, secund growth fir, I teil long, and 10 curd« of grub ■ > I feet lour’, all wood to be dellirti'd on the public seliisd grom I« at Scio by August I, 1VIZ Bid» must I ■ in the hands of the clerk by I p. m , February I, 1912. The Ixiard of director« res- rvvs the right lu rejei't any or all luda. .1 F W no I V. < l.-rk. BASKET SOCIAL The Inifi. ,,f . « |i> will givi» a I'S-.I.i't social next Wi-ilm-day cvrimg ut W. sely < am Hall fur the lienefit of the I .inn Count» Fair Association. All Indie» are urged to bring wi ll tilled baa k«'t> A »I rt progam wdl be given and nn er able time I» a- hi reti nil who attend I'time one and all, for tlu- fait and help awell the bank ai . <>unt. Chambers & McCune Con linee Clearance Sale One (in a.-. o'int of the tormy weather mi l hitfh water which has pri vcntiii so many |» uple ,'rom visiting tlu-ir Great ( learancr Sale. ( hamlicr» A McCune will continue the »ah- one mon- week commencing Monday, Jail. 22, and ckis- mir Saturday, Jan. 27. 'I hi ha* been one of the greatest «»!< • ever hckl in Albany and fwople declare they never Ixiught new, clean, up to dat< fall and winter suit», coats, <tre»a. ■ , skirt», hat», fur», underwear, hosiery, sw caters, waists, sliors, blan ket«. 1'umfurta, outing flannel, prints gingham, fancy and staple dry goods, so eheap m all their lives. No old or out of »cs • in g.iods, everything for winter wear and every price greatly reduced. Absolutely every ladiea’ and mi MACS suit, black plush, caricul or mixturo coat in the »tore, no reserve, no rx- crplion, every garment at Half Price, Don't n tlie la«t week of this Great Clearance Sale, the »tocks are the newc«t and largest in the Valley and the price» wonderfully reducesl. Cham- I ht * & McCune offer to pay allex|>cn»e» t<> anyo- • mi' g to Albany and lieing di«np|»>inte<l or find anything not us ad* vartiaed. Try th«- St», for Prices r> a onahlr. job printing,