OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Event« of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor*
motion of Our Readers.
Cougars are reported killing desr
on th« north fork of Smith fiver, Ut
Southern Curry county
Smuggling liquor from Canada by
airplane Into Oregon Is said to ba tha
laical achem«" to a rad« th* law.
The Klamath county wool growers’
association has elected officer». Includ
Ing E. M Hammond, president
A total of t»3 accidents w«ra raport-
•d to tha state Industrial accident
commission fur the weak ending Feb
ruary i
Fossil Is having Its ahar* of InHu
enra. but the casho ar« generally mild.
It la practically Impossible to get
nurses.
Agreeing to accept a standard breed
of dairy cattls. farmers of Alsea valley
have gone on record for a community
Improvement program.
Shut in from motor travel. Cova.
Union county, has only developed
three cases of contagious diseases In
sli months. These cases were typhoid
A Halvatlon Army advisory board
has been created at Eugene to investl
gate and report on local oondlt'one tn
which the organisation can be of aarv
tew.
An anti-vacclnatloo league has been
formed at Marshfield, with more than
100 members, for the purpose of pre
venting the vaccination of school chll
dren.
After acquiring a fortuue of 110.000
Shining shoes at Eugene, Louis Polalls.
a young Urnak. haa returned to hla aa
five land, after selling out to hts
brother.
Preference rights will be granted sol
dlers by the government In filing on
the Oregon A California and other
forfeited land grants to be opeued to
settlement.
Medford haa been named the head
quarters of the Episcopal Church In
southern Oregon with Pastor William
B Hamilton of 8t. Marks church as
dean of the district.
C. Ray lleckley of Portland has filed
application with Percy Cupper, slat«
engineer, for the use of water from
th« John Day river for power devel
opment and irrigation purposes.
ITellmtnary steps have been taken
at Heppner for the organisation of a
Morrow county fair association, with
a capital stock of Ift.ood. A tract of
>J acrea near Heppner will bo pur
chased
The penayor Lumber company of
ttagtnaw. Mirh. hs* duscl a contract
j for the Ravage tract of timber, on the
border of Jackson and Josephine couu-
tlea Removal of the limber will begin
at ones
Nel sales of hogs. Sheep and cattle
«•«I to the Portland stockyards by the
I Ans county cooperative »hipping as
•oelatlow during the year amounted to
SICA.o?*. Sixty four carloads of slock
were shipped
Postmaster» are to be appointed In
Oregon aa follows: Wayne K Elliott.
Veneto. I-an« county; <’Karies W
Rharpe. Camas Valley. Douglas county
Percy E Alisa. Elsie. Clatsop county,
and Mrs Marie W Havlll. Hoff. Clack
amas county
lly agreement with the state, tbs Pa
clflc Livestock company will put on
th« market IS.OtW acres of Harney val
ley land, and first choke wilt be given
soldiers and sailors They will have
•0 days in which to take up the option
of settlement.
Grasshoppers cannot be classed M
squirrels, noxious rodents or predatory
animals under the Oregon laws, and
consequently county courts are not
authorised to appropriate money fur
their ettermlnation. according to an
opinion by Attorney General Brown.
Poultry schools ars to be established
In Wasco county by the Wasco County
Poultry association according to plans
formulated by th« cieeutive committee.
It Is planned to have sis schools In
various parts of tbs county which will
be Instructed by prominent poultry sx
peris
A record price for standing timber
was offered at the government sale of
Th« public err»Ira r«.i.;hi1ssl»i> «111
10.000.000 fest of white pine on ths
Klamath Indian reservation, the high bs peUtkrncil by cttlasna of Hal«m to
bidder, 1. II. lATkay. bidding t< JS per tuatall warning signals at th mo rail
1000 fest, and 11 •> per >000 feel rental way ar««saltigs In th« slty.
Moisa borsd by crawfish In th« earth
for the Kirk sawmill, wbrre the timber
•a
wtag dam diverting th« «atara of
I
will be manufactured
Predatory animals numtwiring Hit th« Deaehutea rtvar through the plan*
were hilled by the M men and woman of the Hand Water, Light á Power Co
employed by the Untici Hlalos bio- are considerad rvapunalbl« tor a «ash
logical survey In Idaho, Waablnctoa out which will cost th« company s«v-
and Oregon during the ala month« and- •ral thotaaand dollar«.
The operation of boat linca on the
mg December 31, Stanley Jawati. In
Colombia
and Willamette rivers. with
•pector tn charge with beadquarters at
Irueh linee aa feeders, la proposed by
Pendleton, announced
In case all the millage tax measures the Inland Empire Host A Truck
to be submitted Io ths voters of Or* lina which haa filed article« of Incor
gon at the special election to be held poration with the corporation depart
on May 11 are approved, tbs state ment Th« company, which la capital-
tag levy nest December will exceed la<-d at laoy.oOO. will maintain head-
the levy made In I »«comber. 19 Ik. by quarter« Io Portland and opérala bosta
more than 100 per cent, according to «a the (Columbia river from l*ortland
•tats officials who have given ths pro lo Paseo and Kennewick. Wash, and
posed laws careful study aud consider >n the Wlllamatte river from Portland
10 Eugene.
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OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT|
Is < o'.Hpli t<‘
and mi!
stock fresh mid dean
line of
Spiel's
mid in
needed
HIBLER 8 GILL CO
SCIO GARAGE
Agent for
Hartford Tires, Overland Cars and
Panhard 1 rucks
All Repair Work Guaranteed
Short ami long tin-tn net hauling joba solicitad
I*uan>»MT, W. F. Gill
Hwurrvav, L>. C, Tbotrs
J. J.Barnss, W. F.GIII
J A liilyeu, J.K.Iiarn<M>
Mrs. J«nnie Warne*.
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SCIO ROLLER MILLS
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crease the good
wholesome flavor
cf the Kentucky
Burley tobacco
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Our Flour is as gutai as any made in
the Wlllamrtle Valley
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GU.1R.1XTEED
W« <lo • Oenerel
Milling hull«»««.
Flau« enti
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We eve In *t»e Field far Bwetneee end Will
Treat You RlgKl
Scio Produce Company
Wants Your Business
Will pay Cash for f-ggs. Poultry, Veal, Hogs. Hides
Will buy Cream in any quantity and pay
the highest rash price fol it.
Let us get acquainted.
If you have a grievance
make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
Bring Us Your Cascsra Bark
We will give you a Square Deal
FRED GISELMAN, Proprietor