CnEGON NEWS NOTES
GF GENERAL INTEREST
chad Gaffney for 14583 11 a* a result
of th. valuation fixed in a verdict re
turned by a Jury tn federal court at
Port land
George A. Hall. Portland attorney,
and John N Sievere. es Justice of the
Prlncloal Events of the Week peace at Oregon City, were found to
have r nspirrd to defraud Mrs Parme
Briefly Sketched ter Infor-
lia I. ’ ' '• . ac--I *4 of l.’lll’ 47 by
the iiiisiiiiiMiu* verdict of a Jury In the
matlon of Our Reeder*.
circuit court in l-ortland. which award
ed that sum to the elderly plaintiff
Fdwgrd Bu-k*. for ov*r SO
om a* damage*
of I hr leading m«rrbaat* uf I lahar, la
A K Orvnedsld hs* been »pp ■inte l
drxd.
county *« hool »upertntmdrllt of Wsa
A r<«|ivr II of lb* K night* and I-ad'*« co county for tbe anelplrvd Icua
of Security ba* orgsatsM at le-banon made vacant by th* rv» >.nation of
fit Ur T Boon, y
ha» organltad al L* be wow.
Tbe Klamath Packing company at
The Prndl*t<>n county council baa
KUmath Fall* has hewn reorganised taken def lull* action toward obtain'
with a capital stock of 4<".000
a landing place for airplane*
Th«
• to the anvunt of 11» 0"° was place awlected will be at th« Ham Bit
last «hen the C#oa lia» creamery near ner place, three mil«« east of 'hr city.
Miv.-«hf'i-M «a* dvatroynd by fire
The Moro hotel. owned by W <*.
ftutjvd*.«. «a» completely deatroyed
by fire a ih« afternoon of July 4
I he Methodist congregation of l>al
He la coni« mplallng the erection of a
n<>w |.’S i" <1 church In the near future
The »tale lime board al a recent
mooting al Hold Hill ordered the crew
at the quarry reduced from Id to ala
nw-n
Mi'mK n of the Oregon S’ate Pental
aariK litilon gathered In i’urtland thia
w™-k for their twenty atath annual
convention
II H U I’helpa. well known through
out riavlama* comity, died al the
family h«m* In Portland
lie wa* bl
year* of apo
The MeKmale pass at the summit
of the <’asead« mountain* I* now o|>en
for aet m bile trafile, according to
la te»t report*.
Th« first of the I9J9 crop of wheat
wa* br<-tight, to Pendleton last week
fr> in the Orval Well* ranch, north-
east of ¥<akutu
The Winchenter Hay Lumber com
pany nt Florence ha* purchased from
the Dav Logging company about 8.
non non feet of log*.
II C Moore, for the past SO year*
a residKit of Wasco county, died at
Gwendolen. east of The Dall«*
lie
wa* KO year* of age.
Business failure* decreased 48 per
cent In Oregon during the first three
month* of 1919 compared with the
an me period last year.
The i;rnngc of lain* county will hold
a Joint meeting In Mug<-ne on July Id,
when John 0. Kletchum, national
granee lecturer, will «peak.
Portland * postal receipts In the fl*
cal year just ended were SI.7O4.uM IS.
or 4?18 6!« 58 greater than tbe re
ceipt* for the previous fiscal year.
Nick C‘Cap") llrown. a well known
character of l<*hevl«w, wa* Instantly
killed when the auto tn which he was
riding «truck a sharp curve and turned
over.
Grain handler* of local No 4 of
Portland struck fur an Increase In the
*< ale from 75 to 8u ceut* an hour.
Loadinc of three steamship* wa* *u*
pended.
William T Booth, aged 84 and a
civil war veteran, died In Salem at tbe
home of hl* daughter. Mr* Charle* V.
(’allow ay. wife of the alate tai com
Uilssioner
Il II Bartlett, chief engineer of the
port of Astoria, has boon appointed a I
member of the new en^lnewrlng exam
tnera* board authorised by tbe last
legislature.
Zane Grey, famous author and na
tura list Is In Klamath county, making
hl* headquarter* at Rocky Point, nrar
th> famou* Harriman lodge on Upper
Klamath lake.
The first labor union In Dalia* was
organised when 10 employe* of the
Southern Pacific shop* organised a
local of the Interuatlonal Association
■
of Machinist*
The wool clip of tbe J. K. Smith com
I-any of Pendleton, amounting to AS ,t°iS
l-nund*. ha* been «old to Boston par
tie* for 58 cent* a pound Part of the
Johnson S Pearson clip brought 42
cent*.
Governor Qlrott has appointed Mias
Jan* V. Doyle of Portland as a mega
ber of th* *tat* board of examinan >n
and registration of gradual* nurse* to
■ure<-<*d Mias Hasel Butler, alao of
Portland, who ba* resigned
II S Bond, formerly of Monroe a
veteran employ* of the Southern Pa
rifle, asaum-4 the duties of agent for
that company at Dalia*, »»erredlag
• he late I N Wood*, who held the po
«Ilion for more than 30 years
A dally wage of about 4U la ordl
n«ry pay for sheep «hearer*. accord
mg to Htate Veterinarian W H. Lytle
In t^ake oonnfy the sheep owner* are
pay mg 22 cent* a head, and any tyro,
it I* said, ran «hear io# »beep in a day
Tbe United Stales government can
buy <• acre* of land adjoining Its rifle
range at I'larkama* statloa frum Ml
' Marwm land c. mpany's
■ Walker Basin Irrigai on
approved, thus c!«arlug
I immedlat* d*v*lopm«ut
project to th*
company wa*
tbe way for
work on th*
DR. C. F1CQ
DENTIST
‘ 27,000 acre* In l'> ' 'hules and Klam
alb counties Included in this project
Th* Walker Basin compaay I* headed
by Frank M Tome*, a banker of 1.«
Bine, and Include* some of the m<>*t
influential men of La l-lne and th*
Walker Basin am<>iiN ila atm-kholdera
Clyde tR«d) Rupert •■•< * jwm ! convict
trom th* Oregon siale p«*nltentlary. a
former well known athlete and ex po
.-, « officer . f I - ' ' .
• » ar:, •l.-d
at Brawley, Cal
Rupert na* recog-
niaad on the ntroeU of Brawley by
Robert late Ringer of i'orlland. It I*
said. Rupert wa* sent to prison ter
ih* theft of 4I9.&°<) in Liberty bond*
from a I’urtland bank
lie wan watch
man al the bank at th»< lime uf the
theft. He made hi* «»cape four month*
Two hundred horosw have toeeu re ago while working in the stale convict
placed by tracl->rs In I.""-- c«unly iimp It» th* Um« quarry at Gold Hill.
within th« last year Hine- the p’anl Ora.
Failure of rwiign-e* to appropriate
Ing arasuu of 1918 began
m »chine*
have been purchased iti the county, sufficient fund* to carry on the work
and the larger number of th. to were of the federal employ m«nt bureau,
coupled with the Impending shutdown
bought this year
Farmer* of tjin« county will sun tn all Oregon shipyard* tht* fall, may
have borrowed ITlW.lm« ureter the pro necessitate the calling of a special rea
sten of th* legislature within the nett
vision* of th« federal farm lean art
few month* to provtd* money fur a
Appraisements ar* partially complet
employment
system
ed for i.-an» of 414°' "• and >«»•>■■<■ O st atenían aged
already has been borrowed through which will meet a < rit liai situation
th« federal bank at Spokane
The t'orvalll* fire department sue
eeeded in preventll'K further Spread "f
the flam«* which threatened to -1«
atroy the town of Peoria
Th« saw
mill w«a a complete l<wa
It wa*
valued at fl'i.uoo
Half a doten pri
vale dwelling* were also t|-str>>y«d
Although It hue been a <• ntinu u*ly
dry season ao far around Baker, the
range* are In ftp* shape
About 35.
ooo sheep are grating on privately
owned land In Bumpier and Austin,
and Including those In the Wht'mvn
forest district, th« total will run to
70.000
Oregon rank* among the ffr»t of
state* of the country engaged In club
work, report* L. J Allen, In charge of
pig club work al the Oregon Agricul
tural coll» go. who h*a returned from
Washington. D C.. wh.-re he attended
a conference of pig club agent* and
■wine specialist*.
Ru*«< II Brooks, *on of Mrs. Mildred
Robinson Brook*. county recorder of
Marton county, wh *» appointment a*
American vice consul to Rotterdam.
Holland, ha* been announced. I* per
hap* one of th* younaesl members of
the Anierlchn diplomatie service, br
ing but 28 years old
Government action in an effort tn re
cover to the state the remaining J3.t»«»0
or 13.000 acre« of land still In IltUa
lion in the notorious Hyde Benson land
fraud case* were initiated upon the
arrival tn H*l«m of <’. It Arundell.
representative of the federal land de
partment and an eipert in land fraud
lltlra'ion
Becan'« of the numerous complaint*
of property, overgrown with brush,
gras* and weed*, of banks that have
caved down on sidewalk* and covered
the paths. Mayor Baker of Portland
ha* Instructed Chief of I Iler Johnson
that Ihr polie« must b.->t.ri a d«t«r
mined campaign to force property own
er* to dean up liielr prem'—s
The high price now Iwttig paid for
loganberries is the hasls of nunicrotrv
lawsuit* now pending in the Halem
court*
I’errics have risen in pit»
from I Cent* two year* »go to 9 reel
this year and «row-re. who were un
der long term contract*, are S’ kin
to rescind tb«m In order to take ad
vantage of the present high prive*
Motor vehicle regUtratlor.s tn Ore
gon lotal'-d 72,84«. aec«>rding Io fly
ure* mad* public by Ham A Korer.
deputy secretary of stat*
The total
rrglatration for all of I»I8 was *3.324
Motor vehicle fee* for the first six
months of th« present year amount to
15*2 84°
Thia la nearly ItokiMH» in
•gees* of the total lees received all
last year
The oil produced by th« mint grow
ere of the Willamette valley will b«
pivolcd thia year, according to d«d*i<m
of the WIBamette Valley Mint Grow
•re' aasociation at a m«< ting held In
F.ttgen«
By pooling It I* expect I a
price of from 4« to 41° a pound will be
obtained for the oil Hit* year
It sold
for 44 a pound last year and 4« a
pound during 1917
Nine hundred and thirty thousand
dollar* in bond* of th* T««l Irri •allot»
district are l»«lng l»«u«-d by th« »»«ere
tary of state’s office, following final
approval al a meeting »f the irrigation
securiite* commission Thursday It is
especied that definite d«vclr>p<n»«l
work on the project, which covets I*.-
non acres of land In Umatilla county,
will now be undertaken at once
Al a meeting of the desert land
board In Halem tbe transfer of the
t 'dice Hour*
» to IS A
dour
On*
I to ft P. M
M.
north of Puatoltlc*
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Canned (woods,
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Will |>ay Cash for F- rh *. Poultry, Vetil, H ork . I lickd
Will*buy"Cream in any quantity and j-.iy
the highest cash price for it.
Let us get acquainted.
If you have a grievancr-
make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
Gunman fthoct* McMinnville Cop.
McMinnville. Or
Night l‘oll<«man
J K Clark, with kta left hand «hot
off and three bulh-ts passing through
hts hat. saved hta life by fieetneaa of
fnot at 3:14 orltick Hunday morning.
While making his regular rounds of
the v-ity Officer Clark aaw a light
rol<-red automobile standing near th*
city ball. Up<m approaching the ve
hicle he wa* halted by one of th*
occupant* who a»k«d the direction to
Tillamook
Before he could reply the
officer wa* told to throw up hi* hands.
An instant later th* man opened fire
with th* result that th* offlcer'a band
was shattered.
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PICTURE PRINTING
Ixrndon. Nothin« ha» ftred British
Imagination a* niu-’h In year* a* the
aiinounceui'-nt
by
Premier
Lloyd
Georg* that the
kal*<r will *o»n b*
tried In Isvndon. It t* th« «ole topic
of dim uaalon everywhere and th* wl*h
•eem* wholehearted and uuanlmou*
ihrvnighout Britain that the ex mon
arch be brought to justice without de
lay The subject ha* wiped everything
exo pt new* of th« It 34 from the Hout
pivt.'« <if liondon newspaprra, which
print column* of conjecture and com
ment.
Opinion I* divided a* to whether Hol
land will re Iras, th« cx-kalser. but J.
<’. Vandcveer, a p eminent Dutch «di
tor. think* there will b>- no trouble In
bringing about the defendant'* extra
dilIon
Dlspatrhe* from Holland tend
tn strengthen th* view that while there
may be a show of resistance on legal
ai d International grounds, the Nether-
land* government will eventually de
liver Ita uiivrliemi gin st lulu hl*
Judge*' hande.
Major General Allen Cemnvand* Rhine
Pari* —Major (leurrai Henry T Al
len. It »a* announced at American mil
Itarv headquarters, will succeed Lieu
tenant General Hunter l.iggctt in com
mand of lb* "forcea on th* Rhine."
the new Utlc of tbe army of nefups
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A TA/i’ r X./r/v
EX-KAISER'S TRIAL
IS ABSORBING TOPIC
Th* Unitad Mat** Ha* th* Crsstsat
Mock Known to History.
i Washington. Already i> •» - *»«d of
the grentMt »Inj-le »'. h k of gold In
history, the t'nll«d Htat<* could lay
claim to most <>f th« remaining fre*
gold of lite world In payment of it*
favorable mefr hair' i
balance, the
federal reserve bulletin slates In II*
July laaue
The balance approximated 19.000,
Ooo.ixMi in th« laat three years and bids
fair to continue at th« «ame rat* thl*
year, affording a problem to arrange
payment* without bankrupting debtor
nation* and still further enhancing tbe
cost of living her« through the Impor
tation of more metal.
Under the gold embargo, which re
cently wa* lifted, miking the United
Htate* practically the ouly free gold
market in th* world, the federal re
•erve b<*rd taaiied 1142 licemvea for
the export of 415?.328.974 of gold and
|5o0 licenses for the »hipment of 45°3.-
7M.0O2 in sliver. About 755 applies
lion* of all classes were declined.
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GISELMAN, Proprietor
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FUNERAL DIRECTOR«
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