OREGON LIGHTS
POINTTIIE WAY
Salem gets a postal savings bank.
A now town named Kalnbow Is start
ed In Malheur County,
Fir at North Bend dcstoved a
shingle mill. Loss tlO.OOO.
U Ion County will have about 12.000
tona of augar uerta thla tear.
Fiva workmen wera killed when a
brliitia across tha Umpqua Itlver, near
Koacburg fell Into tha Kiver, Tha
crew wnra at work making repairs
whan tha span !).'I0 feat long col
li rwnl.
A creamery la needed at Oregon
City ao the papers there utile, but
Lake County needs one too ao there la
nothing doing on the boost til our cows
get a place to have their milk turned
J Into real money.
Tin la believed to be found In paying
quenitita In Joethine County.
Vale la having a building boom In
anticipation of tha Oregon Eastern be
In? built.
Salem It to have a new city charter
and Ilia rity riada are at Vork fixing
It uo In fine thane,
Bend bMil a fine rainfall of about an
Inch the olhrr riav and things are look
ing fine in consequence.
Ontario ia to have a new conn tie
city Jail in the lateot Improved archi
tecture, with sanitary equlomnt.
Mra. John Mav. of Oregon Cltv aa
accidentally shot bv her aon while
cleaning a mm. Kb will recover.
Freewmer held a peach Festival lt
week and there waa a fine time for the
2.000 or more ocoole that attended.
The U. 8. Cruiser tloaton entered
Cooa Hav and harbor recently and
the people there are jubilant over the
matter.
Senator llourne'a lull to relmburae
eettlera in Sherman County for landa
embraced in a grant, haa passed the
Senate.
Klamath Fella la to have a new
hotel at the Hot Springe Addition to
tho cltv aiul the building wlll lm heated
from the utr'ma:
The F.nterprUe Kteam Laundry waa
destroyed bv fire last week. A spark
from the eneino waa the cauae of tha
blaze. Lous $.1,000.
Plowing with a "Cater-nillar" engine
la the stunt that la pulled off In the
Wiiru country ard la very successful
on large tructa of land.
The Mayor of I'ortlamJ la trying to
1 II nd aome meana of retting rid of aome
of the barnacle on the I'ortland police
department He Intends to clean uo
tha "Never-wners" and give the peo
ple tetter offlcera.
George Miloa. aon of Deputy Sheriff
Mile, of Oregon City la euppoaed t
hava been lout I- a large ewamo near
Astoria, and acnrchln? nartlea have
been out for dava trying to find trace
of him. without euceeae.
W. E. Stowell la the new City Alitor
of tho Herald at. Klamath. He la from
Minnesota and will enjoy lifi In thia
healthy part of the world.
Shanifco sustained a large "luae bv
fire last week when a number of build
inga were burned to the ground. Thev
will be rebuilt immediately.
Three Countlea v. ill exhibit at the
Dalle Fair October 3 to 7. Sherman,
Hood Itiver and Wasco will compete
for the prlr.ee that will be given.
Oregon City ft taking the initiative
and going ahead and building a atate
highway through Clackamas County.
That beata talking about it all hollow.
A reservoir to coat 125.000 la tha
first atcu that tho people of Hermiaton
have taken to insure a pure water
aupplv. Bond will -be aold to finance
the (IchI.
Deposits of birde-eve granite have
been reported aa being found in Klam
ath County. The depoalta will le found
very valuable if in conaiderable
uuanitiea.
U. S. Reclamation Knginocra report
favorably on 1'oe Valley extenaion of
the Klamath Irrigation Project. The
addition will water about 7.000 acrca in
that valley.
Governor Went ia inauuerating a
movement to establish atate reforma
tory to handle all delinquents below
the age of IK years. Thia ia a reform
that ia greatly needed.
They are going after artesian witter
in Klamath County on the foot hill
ranchea and aome of theao ulacea will
be the most valuble in the country if
water ia placed on them.
A witness at a wedding at Pendleton
collected hia fee bv Musing the anton
lulled hride. The groom tried to get
the justice to take the came fee but
he had to pay cuah there.
Forcat fires in varioua portiona of
Western Oregon are keening a large
number of men busy fighting them.
The loses bv tire in the forests of the
atate are less tlmn laut year.
General Maun. Commanding the
Department of the Columbia haa rec
commended the Government -holding
the Warm Spring innervation In Crook
Countv for military manuevers.
. The Oregon Conservation Commiss
lon ia advocating the growing of diver
sified cropa in Eastern Oregon. The
only need of thia part of the atate la
tillage and men to do the tilling.
The aulmon pack thia vear is double
that of IbhI aeaaon and reaehea the
total value of over $3,000,000 half of
which goea to the fisherman. The
entire pack haa already been aold.
Honrt'.en that contracted to aell their
croon for 15 centy are now Hiking
their frit ndM to kick them, and thev
re being accomodated. Thouaanda of
pounds of the crop were contracted at
theae figures and now the article of
commerce haa climbed to nearly fifty
cents.
The grandmother of Lebanon met
together recently and had a fine time.
Matty of the dear old ladiea told of
what work they were alill able to per
form, and enjoved the meeting aa
thout h thev were girls again.
Mra. Cora M. Davia. of Union ia'
chosen to h$ad tho National Womana
Belief Coma. branch of the G. A. R.
Thia honor coming to the atate after a
olrited contest In which there were
alx candidates, ia appreciated. ,
Two carload of Texas Long Horn
Steers are to be taken to the County
Fair at Ontario September 26 to 80.
to furnish enort in the corneals that
are a part of the show. Malheur la
going to move aome that week.
The beating of hia wife, bv Charlea
Hardt. a butcher of Springfield, caused
a fine of $.r0. to be placed upon him.
when he signed all hia business to her
and left the town, saving that he would
nut return. He had been drinking.
Governor Wcat wanta the atate to
do the Insuring and believes that it
will keen million of dollars In the
Denotes handa that go outride to the
large comoanlea who handle thia busi
ness. The nlana are not perfected vet
Voters at Springfield have declared
for more bonds for streets and aewera
and a civic betterment campaign ia on.
The vote was five to one' in favor of
the Improvemcnta. Tho "Fossila" have
to take a back aeat even in Springfield.
I'rof. II. V. Tartar, chemist of the
Oreron Experiment Station at Cor
vallia, aavs tnat Oregon hone are the
beat on earth, thev contain a larger per
rent of lunuline. He sava alao that
the oreaent method of tenting hope in
the atate ia wrong.
Portland street car are to be fitted
with new aafetv fender tnat will pick
man up from the street, carry him
safely through the car. nav hia fare,
and set him down to n eouare meal
with a "Cold bottle" on the aide.
Portland ia sure going aome.
Iowa will send many colonists to the
state thia fail when the cut-ratea oome
into effect. Central and Southern
Oregon will get the largest ahare of
these people. Farm lands there are
too valuable and they want cheaper
and better lands, so come here.
light on them and the method appears'
to be a succeHfl. 1
Crushed to death waa the fate that ,
befell Mrs. Minnie Stevenson, of
Rosehurg when she went riding In an
auto with frienda. The accident was.
caused by the machine eliding oil a
new fill on the roadway when It went
to the bottom of the bank a distance
of K) feet, throwing the .unfortunate
woman beneath It
A Salem woman makes the old faah-j
1 loned mother-in-law look like a last
year wood pile wnen it cornea to get 1
Ing In touch wltn her son-in-law. The i
girl waa under age and the clerk
, would not laaue a license, ao the groom
i to be. aent for her and eh, waa on tb
job na aoon aa possible. They were
married and will live happy ever after.
Tho waterways of the t-tste are to
be inspected by Congressman Hawley
during the receaa of the body of which
he la a member so aa to give him a
better Me regarding the needa of hia
portion of the atate. A sub-committee
of the Rivera and Harbors committee
of Congress will visit the atate at this
time and look over ita needs along with
Mr. Hawley. ir t
Pendleton people are going to have
the time of their Uvea at the "Round
up" September 14 to 17. A large list
of prizes and events la carded and
others being filed aa raoidly aa thev
come In. "Buckaroo" rirennan wont
be there this year, though requested to
exhibit aorne of hia riding stunts -on
account of having to earn a living for
his family.
Union Countv ia making a nrogrea
aive move In using the new Lane
Countv method of taxing. The Cobntv
throughout supports the schools and
a pupil can go to any achool in the
county without oevirg tuition. The
High achool at La Grande get $1,000
more money for ita support and the
five other high schools get a propor
tionate amount. ,
Klamath Fella designated Sent. 1.
aa "Post Card Day" and every pat
riotic man or woman In the countv
sent out cards to frienda in the East
and told them of the wonders of that
part of the atate. It would be a good
thing if every cointy in Oregon would
follow suit and tell the wonderful
story of Oregon to everyone. It ia a
good place to live.
Portland haa promised at leaet $500.-
000 and probably more to the Panama-
Pacific Exooaition to be held in 1915 at
San Francisco. Trie Californiana
promise to try to have the battleship
Oregon lead the Navies of the World in
the great parent at the opening.
A Milton man haa found that it ia
about a profitaole to raise bees as
anything else and ia going into the
business quite extensively. Oregon
beca are monev makers tor the man
that understands the raininess, aa the
uuahtv of honey cannot be excelled.
Rabbits are easily exterminated by
a aimnle compound of oat-meal, carrots,
lettuce and other vegetables, eoaked
in a strychnine solution and placed
where the rodents enter the field. A
Harney Countv woman has killed off
nundreda of tha peata in thia manner,
Within a half a mile of Rattlesnake
Springs, near Joanneaburg. Cal., Al
Williams, a well known prospector
waa found dead in a lonely canyon
where he had wandered after water.
He kept a dairy and recorded the atory
of hia aearch for water before he died.
He had become bewildered with the
changes that a storm had made in the
surrounding country.
Wanted Iit Canvon City for horse
stealing. Harry Crcighton. Is giving
the Sheriff of Dunamuir. Cal.. a good
time keening him until the oflicera from
Oregon arrive to return him to face
trial. He haa broken out on them a
couple of timea and mav yet get away.
Charged with aetting fires in the
forest near Butte Falls, la the com
plaint filed against E. C. Boardman
bv C. E. Lewia a special agent In the
employ of the state bureau of forestry.
The charge ia a serious one and the
agent claims that the evidence ia con
clusive. j
Elghtv-nine people were injured or
killed by railroad accidenta in Oregon
during July. Most of them were in
jured in new work. The law reauiring
full reports of all accidents is being
enforced. The total casualties in the
state in all lines of Industry were 306
for the month.
Oregon wheat growers aa well aa
their emuloyes can be thankful regard
ing the weather here, for an attempt
la being made to harvest grain in
Marshall County. Minn, at night. ' thua
avoiding the heat of the dav. The
machines are run with a large head-
Garroted with a handkerchief that he
bad used aa a dust -preventative, and
which came near being fatal, was the
experience of Jsmes Best, operator of
combined harvester near Pendleton.
The anoarcl caught on a niece of the
machinery and tightened until he was
unconscious, but there la hope of hia
recovery, though partial oaralyaia haa
taken place due to Injury to spinal :
cord.
. A Portl.ind blacksmith sent to Ken-
tucky for a wife, advertising in some
of the papers, and a 16 year old girl
responded and waa aent the railroad
fare to come 'and meet her elderly
lover. The train waa delayed and in
consequence Mra. Lola C. Baldwin of'
the Department of Safety got In touch
with the girl and refused to allow ber
to marry a man ao much older than
she ia.
"The Oregon Blue Book" that contains ;
a lot of information of an absolutely '
authentic character. Tbe work con- j
tains some of the facta that go to show I
the progress that the people of thia j
state are making in many linea. Any i
one desiring the work mav obtain a i
copy bv aimtily addressing Mr. Olcott
bv his ofllclal title and asking that!
it be aent to his address. The edition
is limited so that immediate action is!
necessary to obtain one.
Railroad work is commencing at
Vale where a large steam shovel ia '
already on the ground and another at
the yards in Ontario, preparatory to
starting' the Oregon Eastern line :
serosa the state. Thia will mean a lot i
of peoule for Interior Oregon, as it will ,
open to transportation the best part of
the "Inland Empire" that has long
been denied transportation. The Vale
Enterprise is authority for the state
ment that about sixty miles of line
will be built this year, though this
would seem like a large amount at
this late date through aome of the
heavy going that must be encountered.
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