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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Event* of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor*
nation of Our Readers.
Nina feet of ano« la reported at th«
head of California gulch tn Vmatllla
county.
Tha federal road building on the
Prineville Mitchell highway has been
finished for tha season.
only 36 to 40 per cent of required
rolling stock Is being supplied to lum
her mills of luker county.
Twelve of the 15 applicants taking
««aminations at Salem for admission
to the bar recently ware successful
Thirty «aven applicants took the «x-
amination In Albany tor positions as
census enumerators in Linn county.
More than thirty acres will be set
out In loganberries and straw berries
this coming spring In Clatsop county
Methodists of Amity are building a
*10.000 church edifice on a new site
near lhe business center of the city.
Pendleton eltUens will be asked to
donate S1S00 for ths building <>f a
church for the colored people of the
city.
Bevan thousand farm record books
published by Oregon Agricultural cal
lege have been ordered by 35 banks
of the state.
Five persons ware hilled and 131 In
jured In the Mil automobile accidents
within the city of Portland during the
past month.
Many states will enter exhibits In
th« annual horticultural show to be
held at Oregon Agricultural College.
November S 7.
Astoria held a cranberry day on Hat-
urday, November 1. Every bakery and
restaurant In the city served cranberry
pie as lhe leading dish on that date
After having been for 30 years a
landmark of Glendale and the Cow
Creek country, the old Clarke hotel at
Glendale was completely destroyed by
fire.
No fatality was reported to the state
Industrial accident commission during
the week ending October 30.
The
total number of accidents reported
was 483.
Total expenditures of the state high
way department from March I. 1318.
to October 20. 191». were *«.723.016 1»,
according to a report prepared by the
commission.
Rainier business men have purchss
ed 2700 feel of water front on deep
water which they expect to donate to
any Industry which will locate there
with a payroll.
The new open air pavilion recently
completed at the state tuberculosis
hospital at a coat of approximately
314.400, was accepted by tha state
board of control.
While th« cargo lumber shipments
from the Columbia river during the
month of October were lighter than
for the preceding month, they totaled
well over 30 000.000 feet.
In response to an advertisement for
blds for 13.000 cords of wood to be de
livered to the state Institutions, lhe
state board of control received pro
posals for lees than 1600 cords.
Pavement of that section of th« Co
lumbia river highway extending from
the Multnomah county line to Hhell
Rock mountain. baa been completad
The distance Is fifty »even mile«.
A «Ohl famine I« threatened In Tha
dalles as the result of the order ii KM>d
by Director of Railroads Hines, which
gives the railroad administration con
trol of all soft coal now In transit
A carload of choice Polk county ap
ple« grown by members of the fruit
growers association Is being made up
at th« packing plant of the association
In Dallas for shipment to New Zealand
W A Dslxlel. deputy state sealer of
weights and measure«, visited more
than 3oo towns and cities in th«
three months ending Heptember 30.
1818. according to the quarterly report.
At a meeting of officials and prom
Inent residents of Yamhill county held
■ t McMinnville, the county court d«
elded that all bridges built In the fu
ture will be of permanent construe
ties.
Beautiful fall weather has helped
farmer« of the Condon section to fin
Ish their harvest, and those who have
be«n forehanded with their work have
sown several hundred acres of fall
grain
The Mount Hood Railroad company
has removed 43 carloads of sheep
from Dee. where the animals were
assembled from logged off tracts and
national forests during the last two
weeks
H J Hhulderman. stat« corporetiim
ovum lav loner, left Sunday for Chic«
go. where he will appear as a witness
la the trial of official» of ths Pan
Motor r- mpany tn connection with
stock selling.
Th« sisht of about 160 deer at close
rang» was th« experlewcw of a party
if hunt«*» who returned recently from
• trip tn*.’ Three Link lab«. ala mile»
from Roaring river on the upper Clack
amas The animals, mostly does and
fawns, ca-ne within a atones throw
of th« hun’t-rs. In a band.
Colonel W F. Tucker. Unltod (Matas
army, retired, aged «3. and <*m> of th«
last survivor« of high military rank
of the army regime of a quarter can
tury ago. died In llood River at th«
I Cottage hospital.
Actual work cf boring a well to teat
' out the oil pbu«ports In the vicinity
( of Lacomb will be begun in a short
, time by the Oregon Petroleum com
; imny. a corpor<tion comi>oaed entirely
»f Linn county men.
A wild cow. just arrived fr* -n i-ast
nrn Oregon, broke loose from the l?ts-
I ton stockyard« tn Portland and terror
ix«d th*- whole district between K«n
ton and Ixiwer Albina before police
! with rifle« finally killed her.
The big plant of the California Pack-
i Ing corporation in Dallas has been
busy the past several days preparing
a big shipment of prunes for the Lag
i llsb ma.keta This consignment will
I consist <>f 4000 botes of 36 pounds
each.
The neecMity of a workhouse or
some other Intermediate institution
where ‘■first termer«" and other» bo
tween the aaea of IB and 11 yearn.
may lie sent, was pointed >ut hy Judge
j G. G Bingham tn th« circuit eoar* at
Halem
Activities of the Oregon peni ten
. tlary In harvesting the flax crop* of
Marlon county farmers during the
past seas< n will net the growers more
than *7<»00, according to figures com
piled by Dr. Il l .«-*** Steiner, warden of
th« prison.
Ralph Augustus Rowley, who had
led an eventful career as soldier, mln
later, missionary, miner and farmer,
and who was well known twer a large
; part of Or* .on, died at a hospital in
Medford from injuries of au accident
a week ago. He was 73
Two of the foreuibst aviator« In th«
t'nlted States have arrived In Portland
to take charge of fly ug opwratioM of
the Oregon, Washington «nd Idaho
Airplane company, recently organised
by prominent Portland m«n to place
air transportation on a commercial
basis.
Actual construction of homes by the
Ha I cm homebuilders- association will
begin not later than January, accord
Ing to announcement. The association
will bar« a capitalisation of 1100,00«.
Based on the capital stock. It is expect
ed that at least 4» hum«*« will be con
structed. each costing approximately
(2600.
That difficulty will b« encountered
by officials In keeping lhe population
of the state hospital fur the insane bw
low the 1760 mark, a» estimated al
the lime the legislature mad*- its ap
propria lion for th« conduct of the In
stitutlon during th« current term. Is
the opinion of Dr Griffith, who Is In
charge
In a letter received by Governor til-
crvtt Mrs A C Newlll of Portland
urges the executive to use his salary
as secretary of state, which he has re
turned to the treasury, tn defraying
th« expense of a special session of the
legislature to ratify the • oman suf
frag« amendment to the I federal coo-
stitutlon.
With apples stored tn < •very svalb
■hie war'-hovrse in The lUlle«. Ih«
canning plant of Libby, McNeil a
Idbby is besinning Ha canning of ap
ples which It Is estimated will keep
the plant operating at full blast until
February 1
The plant will put up
7S.OOO cum of canned tpplrv thi» ««a
son and 26.000 ease» of apple butter
The <|e»«rt land board ha« voted to
Increase liens on the Carey act lands
tn the Jordan valley Irrigation project
from (71 to »loo an acre, with the
proviso, however. that should there t*e
any profit to the holder. It shall I*«
divided equally between the stat« ■nd
contractor Only unsold land« Ih the
project are «aid to be affected by the
order.
John F Robinson. proprietor of th«
IVonieatlc laundry «I l’end 1«ton. •nd
Dr G H Hoisington. Pendleton phy
alatan. were killed almost instantly,
add Frank Sailing, former couiRy
clerk, was badly injured when the au
tomoMIe In which Mr Railing was tak
Ing them to a meeting of the Knights
Templsr in Walls Walla was struck
by an Incoming Walla Walla train al
the grade crossing at Saxe station,
four miles east of Pendleton
Isik« and Harney county stockmen.
learning by the experience of last
year, have accumulated large stores
of hsy for th« wintering of stock in
case heavy snows cover th« gross on
th« open range Th« general selling
of caltl«. which at one ttm« during
the yeas seemed to d* m the big live-
stock busin««« In the sou th«'re coun-
Ilea, now has virtually stopped, and
there Is a big demand among th« cat
U«m«n for «me at».I twoy«mr«»ld b«if
ere. It Is said.
A giant blast of sts toas of T N. T
set off under Windv I’otnt by contract
ore on the McKcusle I’aaa highway,
accomplished little exropt to cauao a
tremendous amount of work for tho
contractors
When the charge was
set off. a mass of stone too feet long.
30 feet wide and :!'* fret high r.*««
Into the air. then settled back into th«
rocky walls from which It was torn.
Instead of being llown off to on« aid«,
as had been expected The hundreds
of tone ot rock »Uli remain to b« re
moved. ■ nd another lilanl is held Im
prartK »M*
Blds for the construction
Cairo Nyssa section of the John Day
highway. Including nine mrl>*a of grav
•I surfacing, and th« B«nd Jeffereou
county line aection of The Dalles Call
furnla highway, covering 33 3 miles of
grading, are ssk«d in an advertisement
mad« public by the stale highway com
mission
Prohibition Act I« Held Constitutional.
Ran Francisco. -t’nlt«d Hiato» Judge
Van Fleet has rendered a decision up
holding the coo tltutloiiallty of th«
war tim« prohibition act Ho declared
wine grapes are Included under the
law.
MINERS SILENCED BY
SCIO GARAGE
Agent fur
Hartford Tires, Overland Cars and
Panhard I rucks
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All Repair Work <iiiarautc<*<l
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Short anti long tlirtance hauling joint
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OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT
uniiphte mid our
stock fresh and clean.
íoMaSq.
We enrry a full
Ton, Co floe, Spicca,
Canned Goods, and in
fact, everything needed
for the table.
H1BLER 8 GILL CO.
ALL KINDS OF HAULING DONE
Short and Long Dtéìance at
Reasonable Prices
SAM STOLLER. Expressman
Indianapolis. Ind The strike of bi
tuminous miner« went into effect with
the national headquarters h- re of th«
t’nlted Mine Workers of America si
lenced by a restraining order Issued
by Judge A. B Anderwot» of the federal
district court
The petition by the government,
upon which the order was based,
charged that the union men were con
spiring to limit the facilities for the
production uf coal and to restrict the
supply and distribution of the fuel
Th« writ accordingly commanded them
to refrain trout continuing the alleged
conspiracy.
Th« petition emphasised that the
■ult was based upon a wartime act
under which th« government took over
control of the fuel and food supplies
and also pointed out that the «trike
would cause cessation of transporta
tion and thus throw back upon the
public treasury the burden of paying
the guaranteed Incomes which the gov
ernment contracted to pay the rail-
roads when it took control of them
It was also brought out that the act
In question specifically provided that
It was to continue in force until the
end of the stale of war had been pro
claim-d by the president
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develop your plates, films, film packs,
do your printing, enlarging and framing
Oscmany Must M»ks G od For heaps
Flow Sinking.
We charge nothing For developing films or plates when
twelve prir ts are ordered.
Paris—ftemsnd will be made uf Ger
many that all violations ot the armia
lice shall be made g-»od.
This has been decided upon by the
supreme council wb'cb ha» completed
lhe protocol to the Gentian treaty.
The protocol provides that Germany
shall surrender cruisers and destroy
er« to replace tho»« sunk at Heaps
Flow, and also surrender floating dry
docks, lighters, crones, tugs and other
equipment equal In value to that of
the first class battleships destroyed,
which Germany cannot replace
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Wyoming Is Unrter Military Cen’roi
t"hey«nn«, Wyo.~fings*B«r-G«nersl
Benjamin A Poor«, commander of
Fort D A Russell, near here. Issued
a proclamation assuming ''military
control" of th*- stale of Wyoming He
said he was acting at th» request of
Governor Carey In the coal strike. Flv«
hundred cavalrymen are available On«
troop has l>e«n dispatched to If wk
Springs.
Merchant Tonnag« Will Rival British.
Washington. — I Ted let Ions that ships
flying the American flag will ainioat
equal the tonnage of Great Britain
by th« end of 1B20. were made in the
senate by Senator J**n««. republican,
of Washington, chairman of the senate
commerce committee. In Introducing
hl« bill« proposing alternative (flan«
for a permanent federal shipping poi
1er-
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Will buy Cream in any quantity and pay
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