OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
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Cone ret« monuments ar« to be u««d
by Laa« county lo marking th« Hu«
of county roads
F H Crosby. Oregon pioneer of !•<»,
a r««ld* ut of Albany, died la that city
a«r«l al moot »3 years
Member« Of the Northwest Water
front Employer»' union will hold their
^biennial tno-tlng In Portland April 10.
Form* r President Taft will ¡cctur«
St Hah m May 30 under th« ausptcos uf
the students of Wlllamett« university
Striking laundry workers al The
Dallrs have returned to ihelr positions,
pending arbitration of ths wage ques
tion.
Th« capacity of tb* state pheasant
farm In Lane county ta to be doubled
this year, according to Gam« Warden
Shoemaker
D. A Oavla. 1» year» old. employed
as a deck band on tb» stsamer DI»
patch, was drowned la the Coquille
river near Randon.
County fair »tuck totaling llh.AMr
has been subscribed at Heud and
enough more haa been guaranteed to
make up an «ven 330.000
Fifty superintendents and principals
of tb« Eastern Oregon School aaaocla
tlon attended th« annual meeting of
the organltatlon at I-a Grand«.
Fruit growers of Marlon county rw-
port orchards to I m * tn a very promising
condition Foreboding» of great dam
age last winter have not been r«alla«*d
Total depoalta In the banka of th*-
atat« on F* bruary 33. l»20. aggr* gated
MT3.433.737 S?, a dservase of S27.«»7.
»66.46 sluce the call ef Novsaibsr 17.
I.
A branch of the state taxpayers'
league 1« iM'Ing organised In Hood HIv
<-r county to combat the Non-Partisan
league and Its alleged Onqcon afftlla
tlon. the land and labor league.
Th*' d*|>artment of the Interior haa
notified water users In the Klamath
Irrigation district that the l»30 rale
for operation and maintenance will be
a minimum of 32 Instead of 31 36 for
each Irrigable acre
Income and aiceaa profits taxes ag
gregatlng approximately Sl.0V0.0ou.lKN>
have been paid Into the federal tr«as
ury aa the first Installment uf the na
lion's tax for 191*
Oreguu s portion
was over 37.000,000
A couf«ren<-w of Morrow county
school principals. dln>ctors and teach
ers at Heppner passeol resolutions rwc-
»mnuudlng the salary of school su
per1ntcu<i*-nt be fixed at S300O per year
and a minimum salary of 11600 fur
teachers.
The <)r«gun public «ervloe nommls
alon will hold a conferetwe with m«m
bera of the Idaho public service coin
ml»«loa. officials of the Idaho P»w«r
compaay and the ill»»« Irrigation
power user«, at Oatarto. Malheur »oun
ty. oa April 8
With the object of «rganlslng th«
sheep sad goal ralaars lit Dowgla«
county. Agriculturist C. J Hurd has
called a meeting wtglch «rill be held
la Itoaeburg April 3 when the breed
era will be urged to Improv« the grad*
of their herds.
Hto* km*-« In th« vicinity of iMxlc
and Durkvw are grvAly worried con
earning th« feeding si tun (Ion oa Ik*
At pros
•srroundlng cattle range«
eat the grass Is «carve on th« low hill«
and there 1« a« graas at all oa th«
higher altitude«
Two awn charged sri’h «villas «r
chard tracts for th« Maxfasa Imnd
compaay w«r« temporarily detained tn
l*ortland by H J Hcisulderman. «tat«
csrporatton com ml«« low er, and com
pelled to return mon<ty advanced by
aevm purchasers of ths lands
_ The minimum scale for common la- I
*bor In the varloua sawmills of (Wo*
per
Bay haa t>- en Increased from 84
day to 3’. .10 per day. as th« result of
a conference between five employers
•ad five representative« of th« M>yal
Izgion of Uiggrrs and lumbermen
Ham 1 Koti-r. assistant «"c re« ary of
state, has mailed out arvwal thousand
pamphlets containing a digest of the
eb-vtmn laws of Orwgwa
Tbs psm
ph let Is a biennial product of the sec
retary of stateW office and In much
sought by voters and of the holders la
all sections of Oregon
Th*- state highway commission has
requ'sied the state board of control
to Issue 12.600 000 of bonds to meet
government aid la the construction of
poet and fofwnt roads In Orv<on under
the provisions of ths «ooprrative fed- ,
•ral aid law enacted at the special «•■«
sion of the legislature last January
The Marton county grand Jury Is «1-
pert rd to resume Its InvrstUsiloa of
the affairs of th« stat« treasurer's de
partmeat thia week after belts .»
gaged with other business fur several
dart
The auditor« employed by the
State to eiamlne the books of the
treasurer will complete their work on
Thureday Tbetr figure« and records
probably will b,- turned over to Attor
ney General Hmwn and later submit
ted to the grand Jury tor constalcraOou
A large number of ca .« f>-.it*r»
from Vmsillla. Wasco. Gilliam. Babur.
Wallowa and l’r.t«*n countl«» tn oi I-a
Graade to attend th« first annual cal
lie feeders' convention
The law enacted at the l*t* • *»lon
of the legislature providing for a tai
of I cent a gallon on gasoltue and 4
a cent a gallon on di* Ulate »«Id in
Oregon han returned to the state up to
March I. l»3u proeveda totaling * i '0.
»12 33. according to a report prepared
by Hain JL K*>a»r.
ant •rcrrtary
of Mat«.
John L Rand, attorney of linker,
will be appointed a m»tnb*-r of th«
board of higher curricula to succeed
A <1 Reals of Tillamook al the erpira
tlon of the lattei'« term Other mem
b«ra of the board are Jonah R W Isa.
Fortland. t'harles A Hrand. Roseburg;
J E Hodge«. Oregon City, and C. J.
Hmltb. Portland.
Forty head of purebred Hereford cat
tle were sold al I-a Grande rialurday
at public auction by Andrew and Gar
rett Rlohland The bidding was very
low. probably due to the bad wratber
which prevailed Ridders from I'nl n
county. Rond and Raker bought th«
stock, the total amount raised by th«
sal« being 310.MS0
Governor Olcott. acting upon a re-
port from Dr. W H. Lytle, state veter
Inarian. that a contagious dlaanae of
•heep known aa «cables exists In prac
tically all stale« outside of Oregon,
issued a proclamation abrogating the
present quarantine and making more
drastic th« regulations attendant to the
shipment of these animals Into tbs
state.
Two new sawnillla will be erect'd
In th« upper Wilianielte country eoutb
east of Eugene at one«. E E Huilth
and aaaa» lat«*a. under the nan» of the
Oakridge Lumber ctmipan; and «ho
recently bought 7,miu.0wi fief of gov
i-rnnient timber un Malmuii creek above
that town, have bought the niaihln ry
for a mill of 35. IKK) feet capacity The
other mill will t>e erected by the Ed
ward« l.umb* r company al lam-luv and
this plant will have a capacity of SlkSfM
fewt.
Purchase of Hwan Island and remov
al of the west half of It from the river,
closing of the pre«* ul crooked, danger-
oaa east channel and the creation of
a «freight west channel ItuO feet wide,
together with th« construction of a gi
gantic mole ou the east «Id*- of «an
Island, providing terminal and dock«*,,
facilities superior to those of any other
city os the Pacific coast, form the sail
nt features of a 8l0.000.60o harbor de
velopwtil plan submitted to th* Port
land city council by a committee of fif
teen
Eighteen thousand acres of Indian
lands in the imstllla Indian r>** rva
Gon will tie learned upon sealed bld»
on May » Announcement of the avail
ability of this land for lease has been
made by E L. richwartslander, super-
Th< r«
iatendent of th« reservation
are about 30» parcels In the off-ring.
Not more than »00 acres can be leased
to one person. The rules under which
the land Is leased also provtd« that two
year lease« only will be expected ex< «pt
when both parties agree io a four tear
lease
According to W 11. Canon of the
Roseburg Vnlted States land offl* --. In
qulrles concerning the Oregon and Cal
Ifornla lands are coming In al the rate
of about 100 a day. Although * onald-
erable Interest io manifested In th*««
lands the rush that was «ipect*-d prob-
THE FORDSON TRACTOR
I lave you ordered your Fordson yet? If not
you should order yours today for immediate
delivery.
$935.00 at Scio
FRED T. BILYEU - - SCIO. OREGON
Authorized Driller
•bl; will not Buirilallx*
Mott of th«
rvqu* ala for Int- rn ation are from u
servlc« mm who dealrv* to exercise
their prvfirrni right* It 1« expae -ta*d
that th*-re will be a large number of
filing« wb*u tin lamia are opened t«
entry
Attorn*;« for th* settlers on the cen
tral Oregon Irrigation wgregat Ion
mad*' th-lr first definite more In a
-ampalgn to ouat the Central Oregon
Irrigation rumpaay from control of the
Irrigation system and th« lamia which
it water«, b, filing a suit In equity to
prevent the company from collecting
any maintenance <-harg>a or from rn
forcing the collection on outstanding
-ontracta until the irrigation system la
put Into condition to supply water for
the acrvag« which ha« already been
purchased
,
The fruit «Ituatlnn throughout the
Wlllam*'ttv valley 1« good «icept In tn
■lance« where the tree« and vine« were
winter Injured, «aid J O liolt, manag
er of the Kugvne Fruit tlruweis' aaao
elation and field director of the Oro
goo Grower«' association. after a trip
through the valley. Mr. liolt any« that
all loganberry vine« that had not l<een
trelllaed before the free»** came are In
fine shgpe. but aa a rule the vine« that
were up nt trellis-» were killed down
to the snow 111 - There 1» a vigorous
growth of new «hoots on thewe vines
Fourteen cents a pound 1« being of
f«r**d by Halem buyers tor tbw straw
berry crop for 1*20. according to ao-
aount■nx'iit Hwerai contracts at this
price have been executed while other
grower« are «aid to be considering th«
offer
It 1« aald that the product la
for shipment to eastern markets for
use of a fruit Juice corporation Th«
loganberry situation remains unchang
ed and quite a number of contract« ar«
being written at 12 cents a pound,
dal- m tanners are meeting with n»s
•tderahle oppoaltlea this season. a num
ber of outside b*IV»V« being OU ’b»
ground al tb< praseul ttau«.
TRACTORS
IRACTORS
LR ACTORS
On«* we con
We have a tractor which we offer for your a|ij>ii>val
yfuarantee to du the work, and do II right.
wwe have < >NE < >N THE I I .< m >K —
Com« ami see it. It is the* latest rtuMiel out. with all th«* latest
improvement*.
BARTU MOTOR CO
Agi-nis for the ('LETRA!
OUR GROCERY
DEPARTMENT
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< oìlipli t<» timi nm
stock fresh and (•lean
h
lino of
Spice«
and in
( ’(> tl <»(* .
('aiinrd (»ooils,
fact, everything needed
for the tallii».
The Oregon lx-agu<* of Women Vot
ers. with headquarters In Portland, filed
article« of Incorporation at Nalem The
officer» and Incorporator« are Maria
Hidden. Portlaud, president; Josephine
fMbua. Portland, recording secretary,
and Thella Hcruggs. Portland, tram-
cuter.
KIBLER 8 GILL GO
Scio Produce Company
Wants Your Business
Will pay Cash for F-g({"* Poultry, Veal. I log«. I lidr*
Will buy ( ream in any quantity and |>ay
the hiwhest cash price foi it.
Let us get acquainted.
If you have a grievance
make it known and we will endeavor to rectify it.
Bring Us Your Cascara Bark
We will xive you a Square Deal
FRED GISELMAN, Proprietor
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