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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events ot the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor*
mation of Our Readers.
The K'u»-«ne lodge of Elka la organ
Islng a bra*» band
After two yrara of sorvics. Captain
R K Knot baa returned to Albany.
The cevi'nt elec tries I storm is said
to bate started seven fires tn the (as
cade national forest.
Loyal Mgton of Loggers and Lum
bertuen of diatrtet Na 1 will m«ut al
Kugene on August I»
A list of It. 8. C. awards announced
by the war department included John
II Womack. Wallowa.
A fruit and berry cannery company,
with a pn>d up capital of 325.000. has
teen orKsnlued at Marshfield
Oa< ir Newton Hass. a pioneer of
I t .»non, ap.-d *4 years, died at the
home of hl» son In that city.
There are 12.160 children of school
an« In Marton county, according to
th» annual census, just completed
There are «417 persona of school
age in Clatsop county. The enroll
Until in th« county schools la Udo
Medford st'h<K>la will open He pt cm
her IS. doing away with the necessity
of extending the school year into next
June.
Captain Walter L Toone, after a
two years' service In the United Slates
army, lias returned to Ida homo at
tiallas.
The Iinvia A Webber sawmill, two
miles south of Alrlle. was burned
down, Tb« origin of the fire la un
known.
Building and other construction
work Is at Its height In Marahflsld
and ¡dient » la not found In any city
In the county,
With only two dissenting votea. th«
citisens of Helix at a special «lection
adopted lhe new charter submitted by
the city council.
Ac.. rdlng to word received In Al
baay, most of the buildings in the old
ljuartxviilc mining district have been
destroyed by flro.
Sparks carried from a threshing ma
cbine by the wind started the big tire
that burned Vonderttae brothers' wheat
'ranch near Milton.
Over SO returned soldiers, sailors
and marines of the late war tuet In
Corvallis and organized a branch of
th« American Legion.
M m < hltiery and equipment for tab
Ing care of milk ar« being Installed In
the dairy department at the agricul­
tural college at Corvallis.
Of SIR industrial casualties reported
to th« state Industrial accident com
mlrslon for the week ending July 24.
there were four fatal cases
Kxcavatlon work is now uud«r way
for the erection of the main building
of the Oregon Pulp * Paper company's
RSOo.OOO paper mill In Halem
Ooveruor Olcott has reappointed
Robert K. Hunt of Roseburg as a
member of the Oregon state vetarin
ary medical examining board
Jetty work at the mouth of the Ump
qua river has l>eeu ordered suspended
by the Port of Umpqua commission
era. owing to a shortage of funda.
While crossing the Walla Walla ris­
er near Milton on a footlog, Claude
Wallace, age.1 37 years, slipped, fell
Into the strram and waa drowned
Th« county court of Coos county has
raised the wages of men and teams
employed on couuty work to a mini
mum of 24.SO for men and I* for teams
Winter wheat In Llnu county is
largely In the shock, and the largest
yield of winter wheat raised In the
couuty for many years la practically
safe.
Th« M.-dford Red ('roes chapter and
War Community service have taken
up the work of the Medford federal
employment service office, which has
closed.
The isipayers of school district No.
31. Bay City, with but one dissenting
voice, voted to authorise the directors
to er«< I a four mom concrete school
building
A I. oard of directors for a permanent
county fair to be held in Albany an
nually was elected at a meeting of
stockmen. farmers and business meu
in Altxny..
After wandering aimlessly about In
the mountains of eastern Marlon conn
ly. A C. Barber, soon to become state
Insurance commissioner, was found by
searchers.
Italph J. Kveleth of Stanford. Mont.,
has close.! a deal whereby h« pur
Phased the Chenowlth ranch of l*!M>
acres near Oakland for th« sum ot
147.400 cash
W. A Weils, known in Corvailis and
throughout Oregon aa 'Red' Wells, is
lead
He was It yvars old and bad
been a familiar figure tn Curvhllls
Macs pioneer days.
Umatilla county's wh«at crop, from
»11 ai 'srances. will total at least 4
6#o.</>•«> bush<• la In average yield p»-r
acre and weight It Is belter than lest
year
The farmees have on» com
plaint, »mut this year Is eoree than
for man, y«*rs rtm'ioM formerly M
•mpt are now atfevted.
One of th« la. ««st •aen»l!! bitrusra
tn the tfntted Htsira will b« erected
by th« Hh--»|!n Itlxon <- mpxny al lleml
The burner will be 136 feet high and
46 feet in diameter
With bans totaling m -re than 4MM.
Ooo and with a membership of 3li>. the
First Nalicual Farm lx>an »»»oclatlon
of Kngrns 1s said to b«» the largest
unit of the Twelfth federal land bank
district.
"Jay walking" on Astoria » hu«ineaa
•treat» ha» b«-«n mad« a tnlsd> mean
or. and yellow lines have been painted
to make pedestrians observe th« law,
which provid«« a fine ot II to lio for
vtutatlons
Negotiations ha»«- be«n opened by
the city of Peudlelon with Btiportn-
tendenl Hwartxlandcr ot !h>- Vmalllls
Indian reservation for th»’ pur» ha»«* of
a 4» acre airplane landing fhdd east
of Pendleton.
Th« cuniinittee named to Inv«-»ligate
th»- affairs of th«* lnitu-«:rtal accident
commission orgaulx««! at a inwUti, In
Halem by electing A C Hixon of Ku
gene, chairman, and Robert 8. Gilt, of
Portland, secretary
Paving of th«* Columbia river high
way between Hood River and Caaoade
Locka. ac< urding to Information gsth
«red from II ihh I River offk-«-« of the
state highway «le|>artni«nt and con
tractor», will begin »«««ii.
Taxpayers of the school district of
Wttbur voted to »«II 33«f,»<H> worth of
bonds to mat« h 33O.61 3 promised by
th« Alumni ai ■>-» lation of the »« hI
for rebuilding of the old Wilbur a« a«l
emy. th« old«st Institution of Its kind
In southern Oregon.
Of 3* aspirants for admission to the
practice of law In Oregon who took
Ihe examination conducted by th«- stale
board of examiners in Haletn th<> last
week In May. 17 were suc»‘«sful and
nine failed. Four of th« successful
applicants are women.
Lieutenant l.loyil l>. Brown« of Htl
verton. wh«iue airplane was damagaid
In a fall an»l who *»M the ma« bine,
has gone to Han Fraud»«-«» with I.leu
tenant Frunaeen of Portlan«! to pur
chae«- a new plan for commercial us*-,
which be will fly home.
That airplane patcola for the pro
teclion of Oregon forests from fir» Is
virtually assured is indi<si«<i by an
exchange of telegram» between G«»v-
ernor Olcott ami Culonel II H Arnold,
of Han Francisco, commander of Ihe
str service for th«- western division.
Governor Olcott. Warden H F I.««
Btelner am! Former Btat«« Trmsurer
Kay were among the many pa»»eng**r»
carried by Lieutenant K C Kiel and
Bergeant McKee in th« two army air
plan- » during thglr stop n Port!« td
sn route fr»>m Mother field to Health-
Llrutenant C«»l»»tml Thcodovv H o < h » c
veil Jr. will address the Pacific c««aet
Fire Chiefs' association at th« l .nb«
cue at Bonneville during their con««n
tlon from OeptemiH-r 15 to 1»
W«»rd
to the effect that Colonel R«on v«|t
would »peak was received by th«-
American legion In Portland
Heymour Jones, speaker of th« house
of r«pr'»<ntatlv«» at the last a»-e»i<»n
of the state legislature. Issued a pub
He statement In which he said he was
strongly tn favor of a special session
of th« l«gt»lature to rstify th« eotuan's
suffrage amendment to th« constitu
tl»»n. and would us« hl» best efforts
to thst end
Children made orphans by the sed
dental d<*ath of tb«lr faiht-te »h > «li-cl-
ed to take advantage of th«- workin«u's
compensation act are eat'tled U» com
pensatlon until they reach th«* a«« of
II years, according to a legal opinion
rendered by Attorney G -n«ral Brown
at th« r«qu«-st of the elate Indual rial
accident commission
Colonel John L. May of Port land.
Lieutenant Paul It. Wallace tit Salem
and Captain Ben H Fisher of Marsh
field will be appointed members of an
arinory boar«l to have full charge un
d«r th« general staff of th« national
guard of Ihe maintenance of all ar
morl«e throughout the state, according
Io an announcement ma«le by Governor
Olcott
Adjutant General Conrad Mtefrin
states U»t authorisation had been re
reived from the war department (or
ttie organisation of th« following units
of national guard
On« regiment of
Infantry, one battalion (four compan
ini coast artillery, on« battery heavy
field artillery, ooe squadron cavalry.
one company of englu m aud otx im
bulance company
The official record • «-»<-ry Oregon
soldier serving in th« world war la bw
tag compiled In th« ■tat« library at
Halem under th» dirwtlon of Blate
Llbrartaa Cornelia Marvin, who waa
authorised to make lb« compilation
by the recent legislature From these
record» will be made th« distribution
of service metals scheduled for No
vrmber 11 next
Bine« the straw balloting started at
th« general army recruiting offices In
Portland. 1200 •«service m«n ba««
voted The total vote to date »lands
as follows National prohibition, tor
432. against 610. universal military
service, for 760. against 263. league of
nations, for 77S. against 344; woman
suffrage, for 44«. against 347. dlspo
sttloa of th« kaiser and his able«, death
penalty 46*. Mlle '*>■- freedom 66; the
American French girl, the American
girl b««t 63» th« French girl beet *1.
no choice 101. not voting 324
An Increase in prt< • « for raw »atm
on in the Columbia river district dur­
ing tbd*aea*"ii wli . h pens on May I
la asked by the fteh<*rm«n
Th« Co
lumbla River Fishermen's l*rot«etlvs
union has set th« price for eblnooka
at I2H cents per pound, an advance
of I1-, rents over last season
Th«
rat« for blucbm ks. white sturgeon and
■teclhisd» was act
al 10 cents a
æt at
pound, while the price for graylings
and green sturge->n was fl »ml al 7
cents a pound
The railroad administration was
vllad on by Representative Alsnott'i
fftce to consider a request Of th»
-««port Oregon Commercial club for
is •itsrsiun of the Taqulua branch
f the Bout hors Pacific railroad from
squina to Newport.
PACIFIC FLEET
PASSES CANAL
Aboard Ihe Ftac-hlp U, H H New
Mexico The Pacific f1««t. under the
command of Admiral Rodman. Is float
Ing In Pacific waters
Mil dreadnoughts, led by the flag
ship New Meilco. Hun.lay su< ■ -ssfully
nmo!Islet! the Panama canal, the larg
rut ships that ever bav< passed through
this waterway Th« average time for
• ach warship fr- ni l ! n to lultsm
ess ten hours
"Thia Is the htggret event In the
history of th« canal.** said Governor
Chester Harding of th« Canal sone.
"It ess no mor»- trouble than put
ting through th«- canal a fleet of Great
lu>k>e tugboais," said Admiral Hod
man.
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U e charge nothing for developing films or plat«- when
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Would Bring toldisrs' Bodlss Homa.
Wash, ng ton—To brina home the
bolles of American soldiers. »allora
and marines who died in th« war with
Uermany. and to bury them in national
cemeteries Itssled In the states from
which the men were enlisted. |65.#(M>.
Oon would be appropriated in bills In
troduced In the hou«« by Representa
Uva Caraway of Arkansas
Mmtsna Legislature to Combat Growth
Helena. Mont -To meet the enter
gency
caused
by
drouth
eondl
Ilona In the state and to provide
am>'idmenta to the read and highway
laws governing the »tat* highway com
mission and ihe county commissioners
In the building ami Improvement of
mads, the 14th Montana assembly will
(jive u« a trial
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OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
I n completo ami our
stock s fresh and clem.
lino of
O lit? <•, SpiceN,
Canned Goods, and in
fact, everything needed
for the table.
Lapsed
Special Military Commltt»» Authorised
Washington —Appointment of a spe­
cial subcommittee to recommend leg
Islatlon embodying a permanent mili­
tary policy for the nation waa author-
lied by the senate military committee
Th« senators tunned were: Chairman
Wadsworth. Hutherland of West Vir­
ginia. New of Indiana and Freyling
buy sen of New Jersey, republicans;
Chamberlain of Oregon. Thomas ot
Colorado, and Fletcher of Florida, d«m
ch fat»
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Proprietor
FUNERAL DIRECTOR«
FULL LINE OF
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A11 funeral« attended to promptly ami at rt i*«iii»l>l<-
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