OREGON NEWS NOTES
CF GENERAUNTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor-
a.ation of Our Readers.
plsnnrd by Kinv end Improvements
«III b* mad* generally thi* summer,
scenrdlug to K J Moore, county super
intendent.
Willis ('aidwell. a farmer living
about t*o mile* from Brownsville,
'talked and killed a bus«' bald eaxle,
which be says be baa been trying to
ret tor aevrtal yearn The bird was a
mate and m> aaurrd * font 4 Inc be*
from tip to tip.
H'-hool superintendents and other
educator* of th* stats «III meet In a
series uf four cd mat lonal conferences
st the I’nlverslty of Oregon. Jun« IS.
and 77. according to announeem'dit
by Dr H D Hh< ld»n. dean of the
school of education
A h«avy frost wiped out the entlrs
crop of tomato«*, potato««, beans and
oru in 1.*» ' county last week
Re
planting will be necessary in every
i-ctlon of th« cou t. .-yr pt a few pro-
-.«led patch«« along the Willamette
and M*rk«n«l« rlnrs
After holding up three employe« *nd
robbing th« Bank of tlaiaca of *311*
' In currency, a Ion« robber gave bls
i Victims their ch-’lcc of being lock'd
In th« vault, which might have m«ant
depth by smothering, or of taking an
! >ath on a Bible that they would not
! leave the hank or give an alarm for
, tn minutes The three took the oath
1 »nd kept It. The holdup occurred after
banking hours The bandit ««caped In
* taxi. b
The tenth annual strawberry fair
and roe- festival «III be held lo Lob-
anon this work.
Carl W hillock. 13 year* of are. of
M’dford. was drowned In the Rogue
river near Gold Ray.
Preparation* for the erection of a
ne« IIO o h . > Frosbyterlan church
building at Pendleton bar* ben cum
pitted
The extension dlvlalon of the Vnl
y< ralty of Oregon «ill hold It* rummer
school in Portland from Jun« 13 to
August 1.
I-ano county goat owner* will real
tie about 330.000 on mohair thi* a**
*«>n. according to N. 8 Robb, county
agrlcultnral agent.
The rrelrnatlon of Colonel John I.
May a* adjutant general for the atatr
of <»recon was received by Governor
Olcott, effective Juno 1.
Th. boys' and girls' club» of Coo*
hay h eld a big meeting Wednesday tn
Marshfield. Exhibitions of soaring by
A two week** *hort course for boys
the girls and cooking demons'raftons
and girls In practical sericulture and
were given.
home economic* correlated
t'h club
Following an attempt at reconcllla
1 work Is expected to bring many young
K tlon wtrh hl* divorced wife, !>■<■ Pat
people to the Oregon Agricultural col-
ter*in. afed 3# year*, a resident of
leg’ for th« suniiix-r oe»*i«n
link .-. allot himself through the head
Articles of Incorporation of ’Th«
with a revolver.
American l-eglon" have t» -n fil'd with
Rost burg will celebrate the national
the secretary of state and transmitted
holiday pith a three day program? July
to Corporation CommUaioner tlcbuidrr
2 4 The It I’. O. E. will sponsor the i man for approval. The American I«-
bigg) st celebration of tta kind In the
: glon la the new nation wi<!« organ la-
history of Dougins county.
! lion of world war veterans
Oregon’s lumlrer production has In
With the prospect« for the larrvl
creased 60 per cent since 1315. accord
fruit crop In the hls’ory of the I’mp
Ing to figure* compiled by T J Stark
qua valley, th« Vmpqua Valley Fruit
er. forest exaiutpcr. office of product*.
union has just clotud ■ deal for a lot
Vnlt.d State* forest service.
50x130 feet at Rowburg, upon which
Through a system of savings ar i a modern «tructure of reinforced con
count* the Pmatllla public school chll
crete fuqr r orie« high will be erected
drt n have earned and Invested In war
M G N
uf Portland, president
savings stamps and liberty bond* the
of the Central Oregon Oil A Gas com
sunt of I72t» during dhe school term
pany, M K ti lumiester, G. E and G.
Because of the belief that western
M !<awr< nee were In Burns last «. «■<
buyers are too cautious and that there
getting leases frAm land owners In
I* greater competition tn the eastern
the region of Dog mountain ft I* th tr
market, a considerable amount of Vma-
purpose to start a<tlv* dcvclophe ut at
till* county wool Is going to ll iston
1 once.
Governor Olcott baa announc’ d the
Building ope«at! - 'is throughout th«
appointment uf V. II Vawter of Med
Willamette valley are Improving and
ford as a nt tuber of the board of
regent* of the University of Oregon work* th*' haw tic 11 u- lay«d for the
: last two years I nx - sum of the war are
He Sucre, d* W. II. Gore, whose term
, uud< r way or I m lug planned In the
hue expired.
; valley cities, according to John M
.The wool pool of Yamhill county was
I Scott, general pawn*, r ag. ut of th«
•old to Nissen Brothers of Bellevue
i Southern Fat Ifle.
Competition In the *»!<•* «u strong
Protest* have been made to Hood
The entire clip la rat I mated at about
6ti tuM) pounds, and the accepted bld River county afflclals against drlv-ia
I of motor trucks who. It I* alleged over
was .’»0 ernt*.
Stock rue n of Ijine county are plan load their vehicle«, and with boxes,
nlng a trip by automobile this week ¡lumber and other article* pro>i-tlng
from Eugen« to the lower Willamette over th« sides of racks, make It I tn
valley points to Inspect herds of pure , possible for passenger cars to pass on
bred cattle, and study methods of most highway*.
The Improvement of l#4 13 mile* of
handling herds
Pmatllla county now has 37S7.OOO. state highway la Involv'd In th« call
received from the sale of road bonds, for blds Issued by the alate highway
for road work being done In the coun commission These blds, which cover
ty. A* fast as contracts can be let paving, grading and excavating, will
the road construction planned Is being btt op-n«d by the com mission al tli'lr
meeting in Portland. Jun« 10. «hen
put under way.
J M Thomas, deputy gam« ward'-n lb« contract* will tw awarded
Hteelb'ads planted a few year* ago
of Poos county, has been Informed that
wild pigeons ar« *o numerous on *«v In East lake. 40 miles from Bend, have
era! Inlets of Poos bay that ranchers grown to a si*« making It virtually
ar« destined to suffer heavy lows«« Impossible to land them. N G Jacob
•mt. supervisor of the Dcschui«* na
front th«lr depredation*
W'lth the el.etlon of delegates to the tlonal for*-st. reported on his return
supr. me chapter which convene« at from a trip to th« Isk*. Son»« of the
Ik over. Colo., from September 31 to fish, he estimate«, will weigh over 4U
October 3. the fifth annual convention pounds
Assistance for a large numis-r of
of the P E O. Sisterhood of Oregon
lumber ennr< ms In Portland and that
rain« to a close at Eug- ne.
Prosperity *.-«018 to have struck a section of Oregon was sought from the
number of school district* of Ism« war finance corporation by R. -pr«*cn-
rounty. New school houses ar* being tat I ve Hawley and Whitney I« Boise
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I of Portland Th« aid ask«d Involves
approximately lt.kM.0M needed to B
nancs a contract for lumber atyl lum
ber products for export to Australia.
Fruf««a<>r M t. Grannlng of Cor
vallis, bead of the auto mechanic« de
partment at th« Oregon Agricultural
rollege. II R Fane to r of The Dalle«
•nd E E |l<>*g<«s of Portland will be
the three n>« others constituting the
board of automobile mechanic* examin
er* provid'd for by an act of the last
l«gl*l*tur« according to announcement
made by Governor Olcott
Captain Jacob Kanxler of IMrtland
was selected by Governor IW n A*. Olcott
for appointment to be Judge of the
court of domes'^ r> la' ns uf Mult
nomah county, a i>«iltlcn created by
act of the last legislature, which also
created the cour'.
The appointment
will be held In *tw yance. pending de
termination of th I--salify of the act
under which the office cxlata.
Pendleton I* to have • 1barrel
flour mill. In addition tn Its present
three mills Anmiun -m»nt was mad«
by II W. «'olllns that he and hi* as»<>
elate* had determined on the ent«r-
prl*e. let a contract for th« building
and purchased the n- • > saary ma
chlnery. The company will be capital
lx> d at a quarter of a million dollar*
lta plant I* expected to be In operation
shortly after th« first of the y-ar
Idolph l*-wla arrest’d at The Dall««
• Ith Edward Ft Intros«-, who afterward
I'h-U'f-d gutlty to .» < ' ar.--- "t murder
tn having «lain Chief of pnllc« Ralph
Gibbons In an alt« tn pt to r*-«pc ar
rest on a char*« of having robbed the
Hank of Washougal Wash . »as con
victed by a Jury It: the circuit eourt of
manslaughter, as an ac<’c»ory to th«
Gibbon* murder
11« had previously
confessed complicity In the robbery.
Contracts for »M 13 mil«* of road
work, aggregating 11..*>&'.443. were
• warded by th« state highway comml*-
•Ion at a m- «ting In Fortland. Flfly-
four miles ar« to be t. rdsurfsexi At
th« Jun« 10 and th« July meetings the
commission will up>-n bld* on further
work
Th« desire I* to clean up the
Columbia river and Pacific highway
next year, so that attention can b*
turned next tn th> dev«lopm«nt of the
secondary roads of Oregon.
Robert I. StcV'-ns. warden, and
Joseph F Keller parol« offlcsr of the
•tats penitentiary. Friday submitted
their resignations to Governor Olcott.
Warden Hteveus' resignation becam« ef
fective at once, while Mr K«ll«r, at
the rcqu«wt of th« governor, will ro-
main In the state s.-rvl«.- until June 1
Immediately following the resigna
tions the governor announced th« ap
pointment of Dr It E 1. Htetner,
superintendent of the state hospital,
as temporary warden of the peniten
tiary until such time as the governor
shall determine up>»n a perma.ient sue
cv*a<>r to Mr Str vena,
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BLICKS
iRilce Hour* :
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duur north of Fueioiftce
Si lo. OREGON
for sale Sex me for prices stai
u-rms. l'itone '«>. ecto.
LISTON A .l»AHBV
Archangel
The
American cruiser
D m Molne* arrived her« slinultan<x>u*
ly with transports bringing new Brit
ish volunteer army units to relieve th«
American and other troops who have
b> • n fighting since last August.
The ships on which the new force*
arrived will transport the first unit
of American Infantry, which It Is ex
pected will I m - hon < ward bound In one
week.
Th« last Am«rl«»n Infantry on th«
Vologda railway front has Just been
relieved after nearly eight months’
service
The Americans received a
rousing farewell from the British and
Russian command at oistrcrskaya.
Scio Produce Company
Wants Your Business
Will pity Caah For E rr *. Poultry, Veal, I Log*, I I k I c .4
Will buy Cream in any quantity and | ay
the lug heat cash price foi it.
Let u* get acquainted.
If you have a grievance
make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
PROCLAIM RHINE REPUBLIC
N*w Government I* Installed Provl-
•lona'ly at Weisbaden.
Mayence.—The Itlun« republic was
proclaimed Bunday lu various Rhine
Cities. The population welcomed th«
event with satisfaction and expressed
th« hope that it would put an end to
th« painful uncertainty prevailing In
th« Rhine provinces regarding the al-
ll«d nation* and Germany
The new government Is headed by
Dr Itorden It ha* b«x-a installed pro
visionally at Weisbaden. Dr. le-rden
addressed a message to the different
governments and to the p«ac* confer
ence
330.000 Americans Returns* In Month
M either dMsrtiun. the sscrwtnry aad&
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DENTIST
CHEVROLETS
AMERICAN TRC3FS
IN RUSSIA RELIEVED
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Washington -During May 330,000
And that w pur|MHW* to condii *1 the hhiiw in it Hr-t-
American soldier* returned
from
rla-s up to’diite iniinni-r
Me will fumigli :fx good ¡[ France. Hecretary of War Baker In
moil'
tin* market will afford itnd our ruoli a mid
formed Secretary Daniel* in a Iettar,
Inda <«ill l> niiiintaincti ih a cicalili ar.d wholranine
praising the work of th« navy depart
condPion
We cordially in vit»« i «ni I«» giv< u- i trial. J J ment. Thi* movement created a rec
Price* reason Ide
E. J. SMITH
Î ord for'tbe transportation uf troop«
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DR. C. F1CQ
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Bring Us Your Cascara Bark
We will give you a Square l)ral
FRED G1SELMAN, Proprietor
AS SCL
ty I1BMW.1I»
FUNERAL DIRECTORS |
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-FULL LINE OF
CASKETS AND FUNERAL SUPPLIES I
All funeral* attended to promptly anti nt reaMinahle ■
f>nC4M.
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WKSETsY ICSTATP:
H< IO, OREGON
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