Principal Events af the Week
Briefly Sketched far Infor
mation of Our Readers.
Astoria and Clataop rounty aro Bn
Ing tip solidly against th« propose«!
creation of th» l*ort of Columbia
llopgrowers of the Sheridan section
are vignlng rontrarts for th« hop crop
for a ihr«« year period al 35 cants
W W Poland ot Mvedd was r-lectxi
pr««ident of the Lian rounty farm
r *u In th«« an«ual n»«Alnx hvld In
Albany.
The cranberry growers of Clatsop
rounty hsv« d«cld««d to Incroaa«’ th»
amount of their acreage 20 p®r cent
this year.
Students <»f Oregon Agricultural col
lege who are entirely or partially self
supporting form 77 per cent of th«
student body.
The Victory Hose Festival will b-
held In Portland Wednesday. Thur»
day and Friday. June 11. 13 and 13. It
has be«n d»«cid««d.
Oregon's quota In the »«.OOO.OOt1
Victory drive, being conducted by the
rational commltt««e
committee ot
of northern liap
list laymen, has been fixed at »32.963
store. At least one has done so al
rwidy. and others ar« apt to follow
within a short time. It Is predicted
March < has been set by the t'ma
Ulla county court aa the date for a
special slectl.m to vole upon the pro
Propesed Constitution Provides
poo>-,l bond Issue for »1.040.00« with
whl« h t > Improve the principal high
For Union of Nations to
ways of all parts < f the county
If
Settle Future Troubles
th» county votes th« bonds the state
highway commlaalon will appropriate
more than half a million dollars to ’
Parts President Wilson was the
match the rounty expenditures on 1 Central figure of the plenary peac«
slat« highways
conference when he r«a«l the coven
During the war Mr». C F Daniels sot establishing a league of nations
wife of a well known Pendleton farm There was added Interest In th« ««•
»r. rarrie<| on a correspondence with slon. as It was the last gathering of
9* different Umatilla county boys Ir tbe delegates prior to th» president's
the nerviest.
In doing this she ha d« parturs. as well as bring the orca
written more than I7 i «0 letters I
sk>n of presenting the document with
them During th« last 13 months ah< which his name Is Identified,
As be closed tbn president laid a»td<
has written an ev n thmivand letter-
and ««»nt **.»* packages, This Is pr«d th«' document and spoke of what had
ably the record for enrrwipondenc been accomplished The deliberations
of the commission b»d been moat In
with soldier and sailor boys
The secretary of th» Interior h» structtvei and throughout th» proceed
Ings there was an undwrtans °f «n
advise! i: «prosentatlve S'nnott a
there will b«« no more graiing permit thuslasm in the great work being a<
leaved for Indian lands In Gllllar cumpllah««d. he said.
PrealdaOl WD kb • •• followed bj
county. Oror >n. for a long time F
U>rd
Hebert ( xil. farad of the British
new rogtilaUr-ns recently com-■let»'
leasts of national Lsoi
commission.
the secretary »njy« allotments 'n G"
Bourgeois
of
tu«« French commission
Ham rot’nty will soon b«« ms«!« tn the
KIIrkHat !n>!laas which makes th' and other leading figur««» of the eon
chance of leasing any of the«« land ferenee.
Th« prop«»««! league of nations, a
for grating purposes quite Indefinite
outlined tn th« covenant read by Pre»
A three «lays' Irrlrntlon school wa-
Ident Wilson, w 'll consist <>f repr«s«n
held In G'ants Pave-under direction of
tatlves of tbe United Blates. Ureal
County Agent C D Thompson, with
Britain. Franc«. Italy and Japan, to
So termors In attendance
Fa-mar«
gather with representatives of four
fr««m the newly organised Gold Hilt
other slates
trrigat'on district anil from other s«»c
| The council will meet as often aa Is
H«’n» of th- countv worn given frstruc
necessary. but at hast one« » y »r. s
tlnn In th ’ «r»ne*-ment «>f their anils
whatever pl»««« may be designated
under trrlgatloa In a scries of tec
Any matter within «he scope of actio;
<ur»a and <! mumarationa by W. 1.
of tbe league or affecting tbe p- scv
Powers. <>t the Oregon Agriculture*
of tbe world would be dealt with.
college
QUOTAS OF LOAN
LEAGUE COVENANT WILL DEPEND ON
WAR STAMPSALES
Work will start nest week on a
seven mile extension of the Shevlin
Hixon company's logging railway near
llend. th« Improvement to coot »100,
000.
To suer.--d w B Ayer, who resigned
from the soldiers' and sailors' relief
commission. Governor Wtthyeombe ap
pointed Frederick W Mulkey of Fort
land.
Astoria wna selected aa the next
By the terms of th«« pnatofflc«» and
meeting place and Charles Brown of post roads appropriation bill, as passe«'
Astoria was elected preaident of the by the senate, Oregon rccwlvea federa’
Oregon K< tellers' association. which aid for highways mor« than troblln
held a successful three days' conven th« amounts already authorlr-d I
Hon In Salem.
previous congress for th fiscal year«
The employment situation In Port
The total allot
191». 1930 and 1931
land Is steadily Improving, according ted to Oro-on road bulldins by tb> | Executive cou: II to consist of rep
to tlw federal emplhynient bureau B<
resentatlves of the United State«. Ilrit
federal government for these thro
fore the middle of March. It Is expect years was »1,191,10». but the new bill l«h empire. Fran««. Italy and Japan,
rd. jobs will be available tn absorb the lust pa««e<| by the senate Increases • nd representatives ot four other
surplus In the labor market.
states
thst amount to »4 330.9«.
To set dates, arrange the Beta of
Council to meet at least one« a year
On« million dollars worth of goo<!
ewnta and standardise rules for th«’
Permanent International secretariat
roads for Marlon county se,-m not only
annual central Oregon Interscholastl
posslhle. hut probable from the Intense to be «atabli-h—I
track and field meet, delegates from
Majority of states represented at
enthusiasm shown at a mass meeting
modings shall dcclJa all problems
De Schutt'S, Crook and Jefferson coun
af representative road bo«»»t.»r« from
I President of Ut;’.le*l Hlutcs I to cal’
ties met In Prineville Saturday
every part of th« county and every
With a total of six points In Its favor
first meeting
roa«l district In the county. h«dd at
Expens.-s born«« by members of the
and but twn against, the Corvallis high
Balem
The m««etlng unanimously
school has won the Interscholastic d<-
league
went on record favoring a »1,000.00«
Envoys »hall enjoy Immunity i durine
bate championship of tb«’ west side
bond Issue for market-town roads and
•
Willamette district, Beaverton la sec- ot getting It before the people at a sess I ona
end with five points In Its favor
New memlior a«lmllte«i by
spacial el«’ctlon aa sewn aa posai bl*
Sheriff John W. Orr. of Polk county,
thirds vote
Two fatalities, as the result of ac
I Munition* mak ng to be curtailed
seised a shipment of about 100 hot
c'dents within the we« k and another
High contract i-> parties to pro».-rv.
tics nf whisky at Ballston, a little
death aa the result ot a previous ac-
against exleri.al a : cression. territ-vrla
hamlet In the northern part of the
eIdent are includ««l In tbe report of
Intt-grlty* and <’it»tltig political Ind«
county. The ll«|uor was packed In a
the stat« Industrial accident commis
steel vault end was shipped from a
pendent » of all states membOfW <»f the
sion for the week. A. O. Dibbt-rn was
point In California.
league
killed in a Portland shipyard accident.
Final hearing on the proposed In
Arbitration made compulsory.
John U-leoua. logger at Strassel, met
Permanent court of international
crea«« In telephone rates In Oregon,
accidental death, and Norman Rams
approved by the postmaster general,
justice provided
dell dlroi aa the result ot Injuries sus
which were to have become effective
All treaties «hall be registered with
tained In a shipyard accident In Port
December «. win be held before the
secretary general
land February 23 A total of 504 ac
Hmall liberal««! nations shall be pro
Ori gin public aervlce commission on
cidents were reporte«».
Monday. February 24.
tseted
Checks aggregating »170.000 will he
r | All obligations Inter ■» Inconsistent
Two hundred delegates, represents
forwarded thia week by th» Hood Riv
lives of H" 000 employes of shipyards
with terms of <u«' ’>ant shall be abro
er Apple Growers’ association In a
and allied Industries. met tn Portland
gated.
distribution of the returns on apples.
Amendments take effect« on three
Monday «ben the Pacific coast metal
The cooperative sales organisation to
trade workers convened for their an
quarters votr
date has distributed a net total of
nual session.
The convention will
»991,000 to growers for th» 1911 apple
probably last about a week.
and i” .«r > ■ ¡-
W I>.-n th«’ final .>•
MR. TAFT FAVORS LEAGUE
Federal money secured on farm
counting la rendered th» total will ex
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loana through the Bandon Carry Coun
reed »1.225.000 for th« apple an«! p-ar Senators Folndotar and Borah Scored
ty National Farm Loan association
for Petty Faultfinding.
crop and th« returns <>n eberrlro and
during the past year totals »111.too.
Portland
Or — William Howard
strawberries will bring tbe 191» act
according to figures presented at the
Taft,
ex
president
■ f the United States
busln«*«s to more than J 1,500.000
annual meeting held la Bandon The
A railroad completed to Dairy, with and president of the League to En
entire amount Is bring used la devel
a spur seven miles southeast to Bon- force Peace, expressed the opinion
oping the dairy industry.
ansa. In tlm« to take car« ot tbe com- while here attending the Northwest-
Completing a contract for supplying
Ing crop movement. Is the aim of Hob ern Cangroas for a L«ague of Nations,
the French government with 22 car
«rt E Strahorn, who Is building the that the covenant for a I ««ague of na
loads of an evaporated material for
municipal lln« to Dairy for the city lions present«-1 to ths peace confer
soup, the Wittenberg King company of
of Klamath Falls as the first link of once la Paris by I’rvsldent Wilson
Th«- Dalles shipped Its last carload
his proj«-ctcd railroad Into central was a "real covenant with a bite In
Saturday. On^half of the big order
Oregon Bonansn rosldents have agreed IL“
was filled by the The Dalles plant and
He scored H<nsora Poindexter and
to furnish tbe grade and the tl«»s If
one half by the plant at Salem
the builder would lay tbe steel and Borah for what he trrmel petty fault
To prevent the district sorting of
operate train service, and Mr. Stra finding with ths plans for arbitration
the ixtyal l-egloa of l-oggers and Lum
horn hopes to get tbe project com- ami peace, r. I c* pressed the hop«
bermrn. s«b«Mul»d to hr held at the
that the peace covenant would b*
pktrd this summer.
B> fid Athletic club gymnasium, mem
Mr. Tat. said
"It la the
Senator Chamberlain has aecurod adopted.
b ■ of the central labor council wait the passage through the senate of Rep duty of our » nat* to ratify the treaty
td on directors of the club. protest In;
resentative Sinnott's bill revesting ti when it arrive« th»’» I feel auro It
ata Inst the use of the gymnasium fo
tle in tbe government to 93.00« acre« will, In spite of the opposition of such
that purpose
The labor represents
la Douglas and Coos counties. Oregon, men as Poindexter. receive the necee
lives contend that the Ix>yal Lsgtos known as tbe Coon Bay wagon road ■ary twothirds vote."
la hostile to unloa Interests
land grant. The bill has pasx-d the
Unless restrictive conditions Im house and will become a law on sig London Papera Praise Nations League
posed by the United Stat»« railroad nature from tbe president. Tbe coun
London—The London newspapers
administration are removed from th« ties of Douglas and Coon will profit generally praise the draft of the league
manufacture of tiea practically all or more than »1.200.000 tn bark tax«« of nations Many hall It as the moat
the small mills of Oregon will be
■nd from the sale of tbe lands by tbs Important and moot memorable docn
forced tn suspend operation, according
meat in history, and congratulate the
of thia bill
•pinion
tramer».
SUMMARY OF LEAGUE
• OF NATIONS COVENANT
Overtub.'crip’ion« of January
and February Saving« Cam
paign Allotment« to Re
duce Loin Teak
Victory Liberty I ssa quotas of ths
Twelfth Federal Heserve IM strict are
to be determined In some measure by
the at . > .nt* l«>aned the government
by each distrb-t tn War Savings
Stamp* during January and February,
if a district oversubscribes Its War
Having« Stamp quotas for tbs first
two m. nth« of the year, its Victory
Liberty l.on quota will be decreased
to the extent of the oversubscription.
Coaverx'b. If a district falls to reach
Ils Jar ary and F«brua>y Stamp quo
ta.. ft» Liberty lu.an quota will be
Increased
Whoa Lewis B »ankiln, director
of th« War tx>an Organisation, was la
Bsn Francis > recently, he revealed
thrft on th» day the armistice was
signed there was In progress la Wash
ington a m> ting to formulate plans
for tbs etuitlauous sale of IJbarty
i' rnt. i <h a plan aa governs the
sale of Thrift and War Savings
Stamp« Moreover, the Liberty Bond
and War Blair» work was to be
closely coordinated.
Tl.e-ve plana acre Immediately die
carded when the Germans signed the
armistice and shun Secretary of the
Treasury Glass took office he an
noun< d that the Victory Uberty Loan
would be the last. In the face of sug-
gcsti. ii« that the Victory Loan be put
on a «old co-umcrv lal basis, be added
that the men making these sugges
tions were disco.Mating ths patriotism
of the American pe,-,’« and he would
depend upon the patriotism of the
American people rather than place ie
curiti«» of the United Blates govern
ment upon a plane with the paper of
private corporations.
The banks used tn buy United Blates
bonds bearing 3 par cent Interrai be
fore the war
Thai t how good the
credit of the t'nlted States la.
The 1100 you pot Into a Victory Ub-
srty Bond will be worth »135 plus In
tarast whan pr
k dol
•iar la worth what you <an buy with It.
Better bate the bond» of the United
Blates In the hands of 30.000 000
ordinary clllrena than concent rated In
the hands of a ftiw rich men Think
of that when I’ncl« Sam otters you
a Victory Mbcrty I it I
tkal think you have «acrlflced be
rouse you may b« iiaylnv for your in
tsrwst bearing Fourth Liberty Umn
Bonds. These fellows buck from Franca
leglsaa armle.sor slrhllesa don’t think
they have aacrifhed They simply
think they did their duty.
The Victor« tXMn > - n.lng In April
la the le t Ulerty U>an
Then tbs
war Is over for vo t. It will lw «till
going on for 1.000.000 American« iti
France
z
A HUNCHED DOLLAR STAMP
A new feat :re of |<>|p War
Bavin«« 8 tamp activtth« 1s th««
stamp of »li.o det» mlnatlon.
which will probably be placed ou
the market thia month
The Jltht atami » will be about
the «lie of a Liberty bond «nd
will sell for »Hl f. I if put on «ale
In February The price will in
crease su <<-nta '.uh »ur-vliiig
month until th«« end of the year
I.INN CO
C'tv
Albany
Bank
Reaourt
.Albany State Bank.............. I
J w Cusick * Co . Banker» 7«‘>. >00
Frat National Hank.............. 1.0s
7« 6
First Having» Bank..............
2« I.OOf
Browesv.lls
.Bank of Brownsville............
»»3.5OV
.Hal ay fiate Hank................
Hs'w.
.Farmers a Merchants Bank
«3.000
Harrisburg
First N ’.lonal Bank............... >0.1.000
<»o uno
Lebanon ............ »rat National Bank .............
235, ’.00
Lebanon National Bank.......
...Belo State Hank........ . .........
174.000
Sele .
.. .Bank of Shedd .............. ..
141,009
Shedd
It.did»
10.500
II. 5r 1
l<J.0<
1 Scio Produce Company
Wants Your Business
Will pay Cash for Egg«, Poultiy. Veal, Hog». Hides
Will L>uy Cream in any quantity and pay
the highest cash price foi it.
1 et us get acquainted.
If you have a grievance
make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
Bring Us Your Cascora Bark
W'e will give you a Square Deal
I RED GISELMAN, Proprietor
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
FULL LINE OF
CASKETS AND FUNERAL SUPPLIES
All funeral» attended to promptly and at reasonable
prices.
WESKI.Y ESTA I L
SCIO, OREGON
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