OREGON NEWS NOTES
GF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor*
motion of Our Readers.
Th- last <*»rl"»d of apple« of the
Hood River crop of 1*11 baa born
skipped
The ctUxens of Woodburn haw» do
naled
with which to celebrate
the Fourth of July In that city.
The twentieth biennial ninventl«» of
th- grand court of Oregon. Forester»
of America, met la 1‘ortland Trnaday.
Tw« nty three law students. Includ
Ing five women, »III take the State
bar examination In Salem on Max 37
The Santiam Flab and Hem« l*ro
hclhr aanoclatlon has made plana to
■••«'k a »tale game farm tor th« Leb
xn-n district
The apple crop of lane county this
year will be ten times as great m last
year, predicts C £. Stewart county
fruit inspector.
Fire at the plant af th- f’nlv-rslty
Park ahlnrle mill In 1‘nrllstid destroy
• <! tour kilns and 5.000,000 shingles,
causing a loss of 330.000.
(’«»Id weather ••xtrndlns Into the lat«
spring has mad«- the grnalng season on
the rang«» n«ar Hend three weeks lat« r
than the average this year
The Marshfield lodg** of F.lks has
dccid«*d th«* erect a building on a I»*
recently purchased and will expend
about fto.ooo <»n the structure
The Lebanon Canning company har
Concluded contracts with Santlam
farmers for th«’ growing of 1100 ton»
of squashes for next fall delivery
The Maitru« Ittxl ami Gun club has
set Sunday. May 25. as the date for
Its annual "fish fry.” which will be
h«’ld at Vanora on th«> Deschutes river
Superintendent Peters of the Kists
kanlne river hatchery reports the plant
has approximately 7 000 000 young sal
mon that will soon I m * turn'd Into th«-
i river
Dr legate» fmm ail over Oregon and
I from many parts of th« I’atted Statsn
m»t In Corvallis to attend a thrre-
i day session of the Oregon Stale Hun-
| day Rchn>>| association.
The Lebanon mohair pool of 3000
I pounds sold at auction to M Senders
i a Co of Albanv at <4 cents This Is
I the highest price paid fur any pool of
mohair sokl this season
Damar-« mtlnisbd at s-veral th««n
«and dollars was caused at Ech<*. when
; a section of the Furnish Irrigation
ditch broke at a point where the flume
eroeaxs the railroad track
Native oystrrs of Ya«|ulna bay.
usually sold as Olympia oyster» rise
where, have lncress> <1 greatly In the
paat two yearn, according to (Porce
lx-win. Wader of th« Newport oyster
men
A new tree ullgh’ which has recently
made Its appear*»«- In p«un« nrvbarxte
of the Milton district Is < auslns grow-
< rs appe«h«-nslon
Ho far no method
bag been discovered to combat Its rav
age»
Mrs txH>la Ixirlng. former p>’»tmls
trvaa at Shaniko, was s«-nt< nr<d In the
f«d«’ral court to pay a fine of 1400 on
b«r previous plea of guilty to a charge
of having rmbvasled fun«is of her of
fice.
The I’ R government dr«*drs Oregon
has completed Ita work In Y»«tulna Hay
and will leave tor Coos Ray
There
la now a HI foot channel Io Toledo af
low tide and about IS fret al high
lid»
Machinery for the crushing and as
phaltum plant Is being a«sembh-«l near
MrM nt’V lllc. preparatory to boginning
I the work of hard surfacing eight mil«-«
of road between McMinnville and ll«l
j levue.
I Satisfactory progr«*«« la being made
In the construction of th« Klein Mlnnm
- post road, with Indications that th«-
( project will be flnlnhed this season
I The r«»ad covers a distance of nine
and one «¡»tarter miles
A iarip’r acreage of rye has been
. planted in Lans county this year than
ev«r before and p* pie who
rals
Ing th«’ cereal am enthusiastic i»«r
tts value, according to N H Rohl-
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purpos»« to eontliirl ilio samt- in tl hi-t
clino«, up-to-dst«» manner. Wi« will l irui«li i- uo<«<l
iiii-a!.» a« tlu> nun k««t will afford and our mom- Hi d JI
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condition. \\ c cordialiv invito von to 'iv«’i>- i trial
Price« roaMonable
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Roosevelt Highway ;
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Quick mobilization of gun» ml ni«'ti fot
national protection.
It . Ut ans
<'oinmt-n ial and agricultural develop
ment «»f »••veil Oregon coast count!«’«:
< ’I at »op. Tillamook. Lincoln. Laue, < '<» »».
I ioti gl a» ami < 'n try
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The opening of a year rotili I pav««d road
from British Columbia to the Mexican
border.
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It Mains
I he o|>enii>g to wp<>rt»iiicii «if the county »
fishing ami hunting paradise.
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It \l< tns
rhe cinplovinent of th«»ii-and« of -k ill« «I ;
mechanic» sml 'aboring men in it» eon- J
struct ion.
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That Uncle Sam will match every »täte
dollar for const« uction ami will maintain
the highway forever.
}'on ntf r i t
to vour country — von owe it to your
state, to g<» to tile poll» at the »peetal
state election Jun«?3 and vote 310 X Yes
For the Roosevelt Highway
Oregon’s Road to Prosperity ;
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county agrlcultur») »«ent.
The Renson l.um’-r company Is to
ship threw rafts of logs to Haa Diego
this tumour Two of tnc rafts have
been completed at the company’s plant
at Wallace slough and the first one
will leave for lb«- »>uth about June
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Orders have ben given by Colonel
Milton I>a«Is of th- military air arrv
lev tor th«- airplane which are tn
exhibit at the H™ festival tn 1‘ortland
to divide Info s«|u<idr<>n» at the cluse
of the fratlval and visit »«-vrral towns
In On-gon
I’roepex-ts for further reductions In
freight rates on sand*, gravel and
crushed rock to l»e used in road build
Ing In Oregon Involving a saving of
large sums of money to the state and
th- several counties encage«! In high
way conatrwti<-n. *r« h-l«l out In a
message recei»e«l by Chairman Ruch
tel of the state public service c»mmls
aion from Max I’belan. director of
traffic with the l'nlt«-d States railroad
administration.
Hpringfl-ld w'll have a three days'
c-lebration. Jun- 12, 13 and 14. to be
known s» an Trrlratlon Jubil«m.” ob
serving the Inaugu Alton of the first
Irrigation project In the upper Wil
lamt-tte valley, that of the Ib-ubam
Irrigation company
Following no •> :.« at I’ortlan«! of
lurnb-r manuta« <ur> is uf the north
weal within the last f-w days, an ad
van«-- of |! a thocand fo-t was an
nonneed In the p«i<ra of fir and h«-m
lot k lumber This mak-a a total ad
vanr-r of |4 a th<iu»a<id within the last
month.
Th«« Puyallup and Humner Fruit
Grower»* aMUM-lat »» of which W II
i‘i«ulhamus of Puyallup, leading fruit
antier and ->) i- r <>' th. n-irthw.-st.
la manager, has «.-cured an option on a
half block In Albany's business dis
trict for the purj»
af Installing a
cannery.
Forest roa l gradl g pn»)«’ctB. In the
construction of which the government
co operates with th«- state, have been
approved by th«’ I'nlted Hist««» depart
m-nt of agricult ire a>-c>>r«llng to In
formation rece|v«’«| at the office of the
stale highway <-«>mn>is*tan. The total
cost la estimate«! nt S7t'< o5O
The government has dscldrd to hold
a public auction salu of approximate
ly 3,000.000 pounds of fine and flue
medium and 75".no«» pounds one-half
blood and lower. Oregon. Washington
and Idaho wools, also approximately
«iOO.OOO pounds of t'allfornla wuols of
all Classes, sales in take place at
Portland Tuesday. June 10.
Hix hundr«*«! and twenty two accl
dents were reportmi to the state In
dustrial accident commission for ths
past wash. Of this number four re
sulted In fatalltien as follows: t'arllk
Martlk. construction work. Riverside;
Tom Whitington, logging Corvallis;
George Prichard, logging, Corvallis;
Mark Mercep. logging, ihtwr Island
The first of a |irop«>»«-d aeries of
farmers' conventions was held at Aw
torla. when acor<-a of farrie rs from the
various sections of th- lower river
district met as the gm-sts of merchants
of the city. Th- special object of ths
gathering was to promote interest In
berry growing with a view of supply
ing a large berry cannery that la
projected.
A total annual II<- " k - tax of (loo.
004» may reasonably be expected from
the sale of gasoline and distillate In
Oregon, according to estimates which
bare b«’«n made by Ham A. K«»aer.
deputy seeretary of state, as based
on the tax pan! by oil concerns since
the gasoline license tax bill became
effective yvbrmvry 2«. The money re
ceived In taxes so far amounta to
152.33k
The Hag section of the Haker t'ornu
ropla highway has twen approved by
the Portland office of the United
Htates bureau of public roads, accord
Ing to notice received by the state
highway commission
Uhls for work
on the project will bo opened at a
meeting of the commission June 10,
at which time the commission will
also open blds on the llubl>ard Crswk-
Brush t’reek highway In t’urry county.
With th« purchase of a 12 acre tract
-in Rogue river, the M«-dford lodge of
Rika asserts It will have th- only out
mg club In th«- state owned by the
order. Th- new site la within a 3«
mlnute motor trip of M-dford. reached
by the Pacific highway and the lodge
plans to erect aa attractive clubhouse
with aceommodailons for member»,
wive» and children While trout fish
ing will be the mala diversion, there
will be provisions for all sorts of out
door sports snd gam-« Including boat
ing. swimming, baseball and tennis.
Tils I s the third large outing club
stabllshed by M-dford people on tbs
banks of the Rogue
DR. C. FICQ
CHEVROLETS
DENTIST
ANO
BUICKS
Office Hours
1» to IS A. M.
I to S P. .M
One dour north of Pu»t<>tfi«e
fur «•!<• S« m * me f<»r prtrm ami
term«.
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81*10. OREGON
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Scio Produce Company
Wants Your Busi ness
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Will j>ay Cash for F. rr ». Poultry, Vriil. H<n. ». I lidrj
W ill buy Cream in any quantity and pay
the highest cash price foi it.
Let us get acquainted.
If you have a grievance
make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
Bring Us Your Csscara Bark
We will give you a Square Deal
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FRED G1SEL.MAN, Propri.i .r
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FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S
FULL LINE OF
CASKETS ANU FUNERAL SUPPLIES !
All funerals alteiidt»! to promptly and at reaHonah)«
»•ncae.
W10SEI.Y KSTATH
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