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YOUR -t HSi filPTION I XIII f.
on the dab- stamped in th«- »par«' t«e
low
to th<M<- who pay promptly in
advance the sulwcnption price is *1.00
l»er year. The price i» St,'.*?> if paid
during year,
Th,- paper 1« not »rnl
to subscriber» who an- more than on«-
year in urr-ars.
Oregon Development \r»i tn Line ot
Indualrira.
Payroll»,
and
Product»
CRE30N NEWS NOTES
A eta»» of thoee desiring to tak* rl
aminations for the army officer»- r«'
serve corps has b«-.-«» organized at
Salem with 33 members.
It is rl-
pected the membership will Increase
to 80
PrincHal Events of the Week
Biie'ly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
Plans for a greater Oregon t’lty,
through th* consolidation of Oregon
i'ltv S uth Oregon t’lty Mount Plea»
ant. <‘atiemah, Clackamas Heights,
Gladstone and Jennings Midge have
tieen announced
Thlrtv two thousand jackrabbits de
stroyr«! tn a little more than a month
•« the r«« i>rd of which Malheur county
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. ' • ihr r« |«ort recent
ly Issued by W W Howard county
vgrl -ultural a. ent
\» th result of a quarrel over po|.
«<>nlng of a dog belonging to itAlph
Kn'gh’. Al« v Worthington of Canvon
>111" 1» In a »■ riou« condition »» a
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Kt h’
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Civil war times has flour
tieen so high In the Portland market
ih It la no*
An ndvan-«' of 30 cents
t barrel announced by local millers
put tlx- whol« »air quotation of fauillj
pa'enta a: 1« 8<> a barrel.
ot Labor and Enterprise.
Rteps.nro b- tng taken to .«rwilze a
troop of cavalry In Ix<bauon.
Independence Fanners
and
The girls of Corvallis have formed
citizens here working to secure
a branch of the Girls' Honor guard
sugar factory.
The western Lane r .unty play fra
tlval will be held nt Elmira Slay 12
Marshfield 100,000 ton roil
The H nd Auto:i oblle club wan
order bid on by local mine opera-
formed re.. ntly with a larzs member
Tho patrons of school district ship of i nto owner».
Port Orford 40 pounds of 95 will learn with pleasure that
\ chapter ' f the X'atloi <1 H*«l Cross
society
was I rno-d In th«' Rogu« river
ambergris found on beach, part I'" f I) V White. .'.
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valh v with » n • i ibershlp of »5
sold at $14 00 an ounc«*.
t1 ■ cf ■ t t j«> v ¡.a : ' ’ S
The OS. Il A. N company ha« de
Eugene Machinery
shipped public schools for the past two termined tn I- ctllute a ni >tor< ar ser
for shingle mill on North Fork years has been reelected for D
vice between Id in and 1.« Grande.
Th«' Klams’h county lumber mills
of Siuslaw.
coming yea.- at a substantial in-
are preparing for a r cord run this
crease
in
salary.
Sublimity to have cheese fac
s>as«u as soon as the weather p»-rnilts.
The schools under his supervi
tory.
The Eugene rifle club at Its annual
McKenzie pass over t’jscades sion have been second to none meeting d> cl I«-1 upon a campaign to
to be first road improved connec and the b«ard *>f <i-:r ctors is to Increase its membership to loo men
bers
ting eastern and western Oregon. be congratul tied in being able to
Florence M. Dunlop, of Virile was
secure his .service.-, for another
Marshfield SI’Co to pul in
th« first tu mak. applnui n for a
year.
loan under the rural credits amend
steel draw bridge at Coal Bank
merit
Inlet.
With 20 islltora present from aim«.«
Relaying Myrtle point line with
all sections of the valley, th Willam
80 jxyurid steel.
ette Vail« y ICdltorlal a »»<>■ i i» loti m«'
at Albany
Sodaville Eugene
man
to Editor Santiam News:
William
IMoer.
wealthy
farmer
build hotel here.
Now t .at we have farm loins • Koi 9!>. on«- of the oldest pioneers of
$22,600 hospital to be treeled under the rural credits law I find I'matllla county, died al his home
ac Roseburg.
quite an interesting
problem near Helix.
The price of common lubor II Is
$10,000 hospital to be erected which 1 am asking for a solution concluded, will b" force<| !>.. ««r In th«-
through the columns of the Co«.» bay sxctlot». for there Is a s«ar
at Oregon City.
city of n en.
Florence Portland & Eugene News.
This week la "Patriotic week" In
1
have
this
problem
to
men interested in shipyard here
the »tale of Orer in by virtu«- of a
some of
teachers
and
ex-
Portland Federal commission
proclamation
t»su«'d
by
Governor
teachers but have not been al>le Wlthycombe
to investigate power site on Col
More than
umbia river for government nit to get what I think is a correct
solution. Pt rhaps some of the among th«- merchant» of Hoseburg for
rate plant.
H S students may become inter th«- si re« terry festival to tn. held
Pendleton North Mam St to
there In May
ested. As '«veil farmer should be
Very little wheat will be planted
be improved with 18 foot bitu-
able to figure for themselves. this spring in Douglas county, owing
lithic drive at cost of *80,000.
Farm leans under the Rural to the Inclement weather «luring the
St lem- Oregon Packing Co w ill Credits bill rill be computed in early plantin;; season
Silver gray squirrels have suffered
surpass 2(M>-carload output of this way, different from simple
more ihan any other game animal in
1916.
interest payments. Idon’tclaim • xithern Oregon according to Game
Eugene Philadelphia
firm to be able to give the correct sol Warden Thompson of Ho.ieburg.
oilers $840 a ton for long Ore ution now though in my school
A tin «-ting of fruitgrowers at which
gon flax fibre.
days I could. Anyway 1 will cooperative marketing and plan» for
the establishment ot a cannery were
Hood River has a movement wait to hear from some one w ho discussed, was held In Albany Wed
cun: "Give rule for computing nesday
for a public market.
Total d*p<>«H» In the 38 banks and
McMinnville has voted $90,000 the equal am. la payment to dis
water charge u debt, the term ami rate trust companies of Portland *quat«-«l
bonds to improve city
given. Example:
A
buys a fkT.338.3X3 «1 on Mar. h t>. 1917, ac
works.
farm for $45OU .igre« mg to pay cording to Huperlnt« nd«-nt of Banks
Ashland to Klamath
Sargent.
Falls
fur same in four (I) «qua! annual
The Oregon Corn Show association
highway to be built by state.
payments, money being worth 6 has been tirganlted In Eugene and
Sale of Blue l-edge Mme neur
per cent. What was the amount steps have been taken to hold a corn
Medford for $750,000 to Salt of payment to be made?”
exhibitton In that city I December II.
12 an«l 13.
latke capitalists reported.
J H Kelly, Thomas, Ore.
furry county officials have refused
Portland Gambnnus Brewery
to <ontrlbute I'." a month tow ard |..iy
plant to be utilized by large
Ing a man to patrol
milk, cream and butter syndicate.
that liquor could not
th«- border
Ashland gets ice and cold
Owing to diaf urb«-<1 ronditInn« «»»Inn
On
another
pags
will
be
found
storage plant with 10,000,000 lbs
tn
th«' German crisis, all brldg«-» on
the program for the rally to be
capacity.
the O W II A N between Huntington
held at the Scio Sch tol building an«t Portland are under double night
Cascade Contract Co putting
tomorrow.
This is an event and day guard
in big ballast plant for crushed
which should interest every pa
Where two meaaurea on an election
rock at Saddle Butte, 2 1-2 miles
tron of the public schools in this ballot have conflicting provisions, the
from Shedd.
section. All who can do so are measure receiving th«- greatest num
Farmers organize to build $20,- urged to come with well filled tier ot affirmative votes prevails, ac
cording to an opinion
000 grain warehouse at Dufur.
baskets and spend a pleasant and
Mrs H A Hkagga. pioneer ot Oro
State Highway Engineer ha.» profitable day.
gon. died at Medford
Mrs Hkaaa»
crossed the plains with her parent*
plans for three wooden lift brid
In IH4X. and was one of the flrat
ges for Coos county, and a con
set tiers of l.ano County
crete aren bridge at Moody over
Th* f'oos bay country na a «ummrF
Des Chutes.
resort and fishing ground la to tx
given publicity In bulletin» to b** la
Government engineers will re
The Annual mohair pool is now
sume their annua, summer diver- being formed at Scio, Oregon, sued by th* Houthern Pacific company
during the coming summrr
tion of "fixing up the locks and with Riley Shelton as secretary.
Application for a permit to build a
canal" at Oregon City.
Tlios«’ desiring to pool n.av phor.e storage roaervlor on Bully creek ha»
Eugene —Fruit
growers
to or write in the number of fleeces been received by the state engineer
build
addition to association the grower desires to consign to| from the Willow Alder Irrigation dis
trlct of Vale. In Malh« ur county
1 \of
»
hite
Re-elected
School Rally Friday
»
Mohair Pool
building.
the pool
Tin- S’«<thw«wt District ronrentlon
of the Christian church * III be held
I:- k'l.rrst Grove Mnr. li 2!». 30 and 31.
The 11th annual tn. ting of the t'nl
ted M« tai Trad » ansoclatlon of the
Pacific coast will be held In Seaside
April «. t<> ». Incluslv«-
I’.d Daley Dies Sud
denly
List Sunday morning about
9:30 Ed Dale) diet! suddenly at
the home of Georg«’ Morrow,
He rose nt his usual time and
ate u heart) breakfast, and had
gone to Mr Morrow’s on a little
rrrund
Soon lifter
leaching
there he suddenly threw up his
arms and ga-ped, and life was
extinct by the time he was
moved to a sofa. Funeral ser-
v ces were held al the home
\Vednes«la.v morning nt 10o’clock
conducted b) J M Meiklejohn
and interment wus made in the
Franklin Butte cemetery,
Mr an<l Mr > Daley celebrated
their golden w< ldmg anniver
sary last D' cember. Besides his
wife and a twin brother, who
lives in Medford, hi’ is survived
by the following children all of
whom were present at
the
funeral: Georg«« and Fred of
Scio, Lynn oi Medford, Norman
and Mrs Reynolds of Portland,
Miss Dolly of Iwbanon and Mrs
Henry La Bounty of Alterdern,
Wash.
The family have the
sympathy of the entire com
munity m their bereavemenL
I II«- ja.rt» of Knivlaw. Coes. I'mpqua
and Bandon will contribute financially
to the « Ainpalgn. Ill* obje t of which is
to put the Oregon and California grant
latul« on th« ta« rolls In the various
Coiilltles of the slate ot Oregon
Hepres. nlatlvrs ot »«-van northwest
The Scio Milling Company paid
coilrg««s. th«' Multnomah amateur ath
tvtlc club and a largo num ter of high fl 50 per bushel for wheat last
achoola will participate in the first
Monday, being the first mill in
annual IndtMir relay carnival to Ic
I inn county to pay this price.
b'-bl nt Eugen - tost Saturday evening
The Hermiston p«.-i'office safe was Scio still leads.
blown anil about J5o In cash. Iloo in
«tamps and a . - id wati h belonging to
I’ortlnnd killed in •!«>»* manufactur
J II Williams, a former postmaster,
ing operation, J W Strang. Power»,
taken Tills is th«« third mate robbery
killi-d In logging operation», D H
in I'matllla County during lb« past
Mi'KIIlgidt, rmidenc« unknown, and
month
I M l>a i«l»««n. Modi -«to. Cal. both
The stat* t«««ard of control has taken kltl«-v! while treapaaalng on rallr< >s«l
under advisement th«- s«-lr< tlon of a property.
Committee of five to Investigate the
Importance of the g-i-at railroad
statu» of all dependent, delinquent and bridgi» hading to I’oriland In th« mil
minor children tn Itistltutions. either Itary transport»' Ion system of the
publl« or private, of which the alate country led to the calling out of the
has charge
Eighth company, < oust nrllllory. ore
\n argum«-rit against th«- 18.000.i«o«t gon national guard. I» servo an a
read bond bill, which will be submit- guard over tb<- Spokane. Portland *
ted to th* voters at the sp*« lai elec
Seattle bridge over the Columbia river
tlon In Jun*, wo» filed by < E Spence, at Vancouver, Wash. and the <»W II
master of th* state grange The argu- A N bridge over the Willamette river
m*nt will cover three pme a lu th« In Portland
voters' pamphlet.
Citizens In the vicinity of Agn>-»»
Frank powers,
have recently rompletrd a wire aua-
chargml from a
penalon footbridge acroaa Itogue river,
ns completely cured after having un
which In on* of the longent. If not the
d«rgou< tn-atment for rabies In Its long.nt. bridge of the kind In the
niort violent form
Physicians any world
The main »pan of the bridge
few recuveri«» in similar ctreum
1» 378 feet long, with an approach on
stance» ar«- record«-«!
the north »Ide of the river of 22.’. feet.
Th«- <'la<kAina» County Anglers' The whole bridge In built of fence
association haa appealed to Master wire, the bottom led ng three feet Wide
Fl»h Warden Rboemaker, of Portland, and the nl'En flv. f.-.t, capable of nun
for the protection of th«- fish that have talnlng a weight of 3mm pounds
ta .-n planted tn the Molalla and <‘la« k
The »tale highway commission at a
atnas rtvi-rs arnl Milk creek and Clear meeting In Portland laid down the
creek by th* association
following policy In connection with
Another Hyde Ib-naon «as* haa been road work denlred by the various
decided In fator of the alate. Attorney count!«
Whenever any rounty aliali
General llrown receiving word from make application to the commission
Circuit JtKlKr Calkins, of Jackaon netting forth a desire to do construe
County, that he has so disposed of the lion work on p<.nt roads. forest roada
cause In that county. Involving about or any other »tale highway within Ila
23<m acres of school land
limits, the commission will authorise
Three btg areas of government lsn«l a definite lol al . n survey establishing
are to be opened to th* public within grades and allgnmenta The expense
th«- n*xt two months at Klamath Falla of »uch surveys will be paid for from
Two ot the*- tracts ar«« of land In the state funds at the disposal of the torn
Klamath
Indian cservatlon
The mission
other la the land prepared by the gov
Governor Wltbyromb* haa appointed
ernment In th* Tule lake r<-rlaniatlon the seven members who are to Invest I-
project.
gate the question of «hat state aril
The Oregon Electric railway Is pre
•
paring to rebuild the big trestles that of rfflrtrncy and <<onomy.
consoli
form the approaches to the bridge dated '• «llni'cx' d
in <1 dup: • ;i
across the Willamette at Wilsonville
tlon of work
It will report to the
Th* work will require 10.ft00.000 feet legislative a»«.mbly which meets in
of timber
ft la aald tfae estimate 1919 Th- members of th.- mtnmlesl'si
made by ths company's engineer are
A J Johnson. Corvallis. T J.
shows the coat to be around *r..',.ooo Scroggln« lot Grande John H fir
Four of the 2X3 accidents reported kin. M>d!ord Austin T Ruxton, r'or
to th«- state Industrial accident com est Grovi
Frank Patten. Astor-«.
m «»Ion during th* w«-ek ending March (Herman
Van
Ror»t« I.
Portlanu,
were fatal They were Harry Yost. Cbarb-s ltid««-n Portland
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