ORZGHH NEWS NOTES
OF CENERAL INTEREST
A
Principal Events of the Wook
Briefly Sketched for Infor*
mation of Our Readers.
Wasco county haa be for« it the
greatest program of rood construction
In it* history
All bld* for Sherman county's *300.-
non lour of road bund* war* rejected
by th«- county court.
Ilut 19 teacher* in a a»c«ssary force
of
have been «ecu red for tfc»
Marshfield city *choola
Th«- Harrisburg Chamber of Com
m«-rc«> will hold a community fair dur
Ing the Week of Sepleruber *
William H Kellendonk. an old tlm*
r- id’-ut of Kstscada. was found dead
In tod He wa* 78 year* old.
I> \t Halley, pioneer Pandeton at
tornoy. died suddenly In hl* office Mr.
Rallev was »bout «4 y«»r» old.
Governor »nd Mrs Olcott, begin
ning about August 1. will leave Salem
on a rip to Yellowstone National park
That furui property I* in demand In
CTackama» county I* evident from the
nuinio-r uf *al«<» that have been made
recently.
Th«* awmill belonging to Georg»
Kilian, a few miles from Silverton,
wa* destroyed by fire causing a loss
of I '.tioO
Vtid«*r the direction of the Dallas
Woman's club a swimming pool for
»mall children 1» being built in the tied
of !<a Creole river
lil-1- will be received by the state
highway <, rami salon, August 5. for
Ov-ry mile of highway between The
Italics and Pendleton.
J. A Churchill, alate superintendent
of public instruction, has just Issued
the 191» editing of the Oregon school
laws aud copies are uow being sent
out.
Four steel steamship« of S.ooo tons
will l>e built by lhe Alblha Knglne and
Machine work», a Portland »hipyard,
for a group uf Scandinavian buaiuesa
men.
Th« public service commission will
hold a hearing in Amity. July 78, on
the application of the Amity Mutual
Telrphoue company for an Increase In
rate».
Salem firemen and policemen have
petitioned the city council to grant an
Increase in their wages to I loo a
month They are now receiving only
*90 to *95.
Th»- P ndleton city council ba* or
dered lb* purchase of a new automo
bile street flusher and sprinkler, to re
place th* present bursedrlven equip
ment In u»e.
Ry the first of August at th« latent
Pendleton will be entirely Independ
etit from th« river for Its water »up
ply. as a new pip«* line la being laid
to Chapllsh springs.
There are now more men than jobs
In Umatilla county Tfi* free employ
m.-nt bureau at Pendleton find» that
Ui«r* ar* about three bauds available
for every harvest Job.
With lhe employment of a tnauAKrr
to attend to Its business for thf com
inc year, the Deschutes Vallvy Potato
Growers’ »*»««• latIon will be mor« ac
the thia year In the potato market.
Patient» tn Portland hospitals also
have met the high cost of living Both
St. Vincent'» hospital and th* G«»id
Samaritan hospital have Increased
their rate» since ante bell urn day*.
Virgil D. Karl, for the past 11 years
head of the department of matbema
tl-.i and athletic coach at the Washing
ton high school in Portland, ha* be*Ti
elected principal of the Astoria high
school.
I^vne county's spirit ot cooperation
waa lllu*t»»t««d when more than 1000
farmers met with members of the Ku
gent Chamber of Commerce In an all
day picnic on the University of Ore
gon < sanpu*.
The voting of *&.o<>v.000 bonds by
the North Unit irrigation district of
Jefferson county has tx’en validated
and in all respects confirmed tn a de
cree by Circuit Judge Duffy la the
county dork’s office
A regular freight servlcs from Port
land tn Australia and New Zealand,
with monthly salllnga. will ba estab
llah>-d »oon provided Portland can fur
nlsh from 2000 to 3000 tons of cargo
each way fo«- each sailing.
Th«- June contribution of the Stand
a rd oil company to the good roads fund
of Oregon under the fuel oil tai law
amounted to *!«.7*9 12. a gain ot more
than five thoua««nd dollars over th«
tai for the previous month.
The Silverton Food Produsts com
puny has storied a cannery ta the
Umghintller mill building Th» com
pany will
ze un Kv •rgrwen ber
rles hut will Handl«- son I» logauber product, togeth’-r with th" distillate
ua»d beiuecu February 58 and Jun» 10.
He« and posfhly » te prune*
Ranchers of Ikec... Ilea c*»ut. ty w«r« I»!», amounting to 13 IS IM gallon»,
advised to pe rfect | is us for going be «as placed In on>- o utalner II would
for« the l*gl*«a<ur tt the 1911 Or»- require a tank *00 f «-t la diameter and
alcn to a»k for th« <«tabl «liment of an STf*"«< high Th« tank would cover
•tper m- nt station near li>-nd. when an ordinary city block la Portland If
Dr M J Krrr. p«1 wident of I be Or placed la regular I9,« k ‘0 gallon capacity
ailette, »twvke al a railroad tank car», it would make a
gon Agricultural
baz*«iu*t given by the D> hut« » ci ownly , train of th«-»* car» 11 mile» long
Warning to boio-ewlvea of Oregon to
farm burrau In honor of the visiting
refrain from using canning compounds
r*g< nta of th« collcj
harmful to health hw» I«-« n rwrtved by
T.» at.n- tin* > »- r u to «, i«»m« ; tic
th« stale seal’-r of weight» and m*-»»
•cir.’«- h-.r* .
ud live*t*<’k pro
urea from th«' d-partm- nt of agrieul-
duct loti, the D*-»< hi m county court
ture at Washington
In th* circular
*ppr- iirt*t. I *|p.-l for community
received by the •«»<» »eahsr It la
fairs to be b*ld in Rend. R«tltn«>bd. Tu
charg'd that many «f lh< canning
ms Io and in th* Grange dilrtct.
compounds contain salicj lie or boric
Portland physician» by concerted ac arid and are unn«- ary for th« r*o-
U»n have increased their rates in pro
son that fruit» and vegetabl«-« will
portion to other lt*m» tn lb" high ev*l
km-p for a long pa-rfed without the
of living, and p >>
t* iuu*t now pat
uae of rh< miral»
Th* warning was
all th* way from M cent* to *lh’>d
Issued. It 1» said. lh< au»> the laws of
more thau they u««d to in prewar
th* governt»’ nt and alate do not spply
daya
to fiwvds pr*pared lu the hoturs for
A gift of 180 «. >-»•• of land un whh it local consu topi l<»a.
there »tamlt *.<’«‘U.I»OU fe-t of timber,
Th* Improvement of the old mili
haa be«-n given to Willamette uulv.’r
tary wagon r«ut I over th* summit of
any by a donor whose mun«- ta with
th* (*a»cad* mountain* by way of the
held The same donor ha« given
for the equipment of »n nfirtnary lu upper Wlllamett«' river Into Klamath
county, thereby providing a good
Itousaune hall
between
Ku-
During the Week *t> ling July IT automobile highway
gene and Klamath Fall» and Incl-
there were reported t<> the state in
dentally to Crater lake, wa* practical
dualrial accident commission 337 a<
|y aneured when th« lane county
cident» of which ihr« >■ w«rw fata*
court
promised a committee from the
The talalitlr* Include t'harle* Adams
Eugene chamber of commerce that it
uf Brighton. Thoma* D»w of St. Ilei
would furnish th« money to improv»
•nc and H L. Ureteri of Coquille
l'nd’-r an agreement reach«-«! by that portion of the road between the
Itlgnon ranch and the summit of the
both tb* I'ortlatid grainhaudler»' un
mountain*,
having only a f«w mile*
Ion and th» cntpli-yera Involved, th««
atatv board of conciliation la tu b«l-l In Klamath county to be improved
If Governor Ob t «h ild r*«i*n a*
hearing* on the l»aue* at slake ai>>!
th«* suggestion* of the board Will be *e<-r«tary of state be would relinquish
hl* right to a«>rvr a» governor and
token a* a tuliug by both parties.
Hah-m * first overs«» war bride ar would hold neither office, according
rived lu the p«-r*«in uf Mr* U K. to the legal contention of Frank H
Tuleja. a native of Franc«- and formerly Grant, former city attorney of Port
Instructor of kingliah in the French land, who filed an am leu a curiae brief
schools at l,e Havre Mr Tuleja until tn the supreme court relative to the
recently was In the United Htati » nav v mandatnu* proceeding» recently Inetl
and It was whlb traveling frum I’art» luted by Governor Olcott Co determine
hl» rtgbta au-l dutle» a» governor.
to Br«-st that h<- met hi« younc brld<
Practically every lumber and 11«
concern west of th.- t aacad" moun
tain* and b«’tw«-n Portland and the
Caltfurnla boundary haa >>ln-«| In an
appeal to the railroad aduiltliatrailori
to aecure for »hlpj«-r« ai d « ii»un>.-ra
the aanie rat’-* on lumber between
local point» In Oregon a» now « list
between local poluts lu Washington.
With a total of *H4 18* 99 collected
In th* all month |«-rlod -ixling Jun«
30. receipt» from late* on gtfta, h-ga-
cl«-» and Inheritance had alniuet
doubled over the «am- period lu 1918,
when the »late's revenues from this
source totail”! but *30,3'..'1.8?, »«-cord
Ing to th« arinlaniHml rrport of Htat*
Trsasnrsr Hoff. »ubioHtnl to Governor
Olcott
Because of th* apparent tarditi«*» of
many electrical contractors in Or-gou
In filing bonds In the sum of *.'•■"> an<l
paying their annual license fee of *!.’>
Riat* t.abor t'orainis»' *ner Gram an
Bounced that be would Iwgln checking
up th«- delinquents on Auau»< 1
I’en
alty for falling to comply with th*
term* of the law i-arrb« a maximum
fine of *luo.
Rmsll r|th«a and towns throughout
Oregon are advised In a «aining ls»u»«l
by the state fir* m «rshal to l<m- at
their fire fight lu« equipment. I«»t they
suffer disaster similar to that which
ha» come to »evcral Oregon town» In
th* rec.-nt past
From lnv<-»tigatlon*
mad* by th« deputies It ha* been
found that many of th«- smaller cltle*
*r* without adequate fir* fighting ap
pa rat us.
Because of Inability of the attorney
general to lay do<«n a hard and fast
rule defining an Institution of learn
Ing und«-r the soldiers', eailors' and
marines' financial educational ahi bill
and becanse It will be necessary for
aono* of the Institution» to »how that
they -have the farlllti--» for furnishing
a course of study that will he bene
flrial to applicants. Iieputy Secretary
of State Kotler today ealbvl a «infer
ence at th* state capltol
The service no-dals for Oregon'»
fighting »on*, aqjhorlsed by an ari ot
the last legislature, will he distributed
November II. th* first anniversary of
the signing of the armlsilee. with ap
proprlate ceremonltw In every county
In the »tale, according to plans fnrtnu
lated at a meeting of th*- tn«dal com
mission tn Sal* m This rommlsslon 1»
eompu*’ d of tiovrrnor Olcott, Stale
Tressurer iiotf. Adjutant General
Htafrta and Htole l.lbrarlaa Cornelia
Marvin
Some !<••» of the enormous amount
of ga-
/
-aumed IB lb» operation
of motor v< hides and other activities
In Oregon may he obtalm-d from the
report of Ham Kos*r, deputy secretary
of stole, which sl-owa that 11 all thia
PRESIDENT WILSON IS
REPORTED ILL
Washington—PreMdeut Wilson re
turnral to Washington •■»•!> Monday
from a week «ml cru'se to Hampton
Road* and was Immediately ordered
to lied by hl» »• r»««n«l pb>»'< Ian. Rear
Admiral Cary T Gray von. who an-
pounced that the pr* »ident wa» suf
fering from dyeentry
Admiral Grayaon »aid the preal-
d«-nt'» condition was not aerloua. but
that he probably would be unable to
receive caller» before th«* end of th«
week. Engagements w Meh Wilson had
with a number of r»pub ran senators
to dlacuaa th* pea«-« treaty and the
league ot nation* wore canceled,
The president had b*-«n complain
Ing of feel In* badly for »ever al day»
and It waa supposed he *aa »uttering
with a alight attack of lndlge*tlou.
CHEVROLETS
DENTIST
otfle« Hour*
» to It A
M.
door north of Pustoftc«
One
BUCKS
1 to • P. M
S«*«* ni
term*. Ph<
>r prices and
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MONTANA JAROUTH UNUSUAL
Missouri at Great Falls Never So Low,
Citi«» Fear Water Scarcity.
Helens. Moot Th« year of drouth
which has precipitated a grail»* cri
»1» under which tens of thousand of
cattle, horses and sheep are to be sent
to Minnesota. Wi >< on*in and Nebrae
ka to graie Is said to be the most re
markable In th" annals ot the state.
The dry weather has rau*e«l serious
forest fires sn«l worse are feared, aa
August la a mor« rrltiral m> nth than
July, while Hept etn ter and October are
often the worst of all
The rivers are low
The Mlasourt
at Great Falls never has been known
to be so low
The drouth la wider
spread than at has been heretofore,
Not only the so called dry farming
counties, which ranked as »«ml srid
In the past and were used chiefly for
grazing, but the fertile valley» of the
south and w«-at have fell the heat.
Kven Irrigation has not alway» assured
good crops, for water for that purpoae
haa begun to run low
Philippine* to Be Mad» Ory
Manila - Th« Philippine legislature
purposes lb* ena«-tra«-nt nt a proh I bl
lion m«a«nre for th«* (»land* In th»
•v*at II la held thaï lhe national pro
hlbttlon amrndment re« «ally ratified
In th* Vailed Stain» doe* not apply
to the Philippine*
Agricultural Bill Passed by Hou»».
WaKhlugton The agricultural ap
propriatIon bill, without th« daylight
repeal rider, paaaed lhe boua* by a
vote al Nd to 177.
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