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HURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1020
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JTHURSDAY, JANUARY 8, .1020
CALIFORNIA NEWS
WARYSVILLE, Jan. 8. The thjrd
honor convict to escape from the
highway camp at San Juan, Nevada
county, within a period of. two weeks
took French leave some time be
tween 1 and 5 p. m. Sunday. HIe
name is FJgaro Alaya, Mexican, who
"WRB serving a term on conviction of
burglary committed in Los Angeles
IONE, Jan. 8. Two lads, whose
"names have not been announced, es
caped from the Preston reform school
Saturday and no clues have so far
been found. The boys were without
"shoes when they made their escape.
CORNING", Van. 8. A coroner's
Jury returned a verdict of accidental
'death in, the case of Melvin Fulk,
.who was killed when the automobile
driven by' Jesse LeFebre, of Redding,
overturned
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. Harry
W. Elliott, arreste'd at Antioch on
September 17 -and charged with the
murder of Joseph Mlnetti at Pitts
burg on September 10. filed suit in
the "superior court here for $35,000
damages against Sheriff R.- R. Veale
ot Contra Costa county, Constable, Wi
J. McDermott'and Justice of the
Peace E. P. Fitzgerald, of Pittsburg.
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Representative Tohuson,of Washington state, the chairman of
the House oj imnierttton, is conducting a searching investigation of
Ellis Island, whica has revealed the fact that a large percentage 'of
dangerous aliens, ho have been ordered deported, are still in the
United States and enjoying absolute freedom under a nominal bond.'
His committee will push legislation to make more effective both the
deportation and immigration regulations affecting alien anarchists"
jar. Johnson was one of the members of Congress who entered tho
military service during the recent war. He is a newspaper w"mW
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yield was 14 bushels an acre less brought by District AttorneyNjlobort3
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the of Jackson county to compel 'Secre
was tary of State Olcott to makV provl-
the Nnrimary
than 1918's. Consequently
state's total crop of potatoes
1,518,000 bushels less than in 1918., sion on the ballot at the Nprimary
But the average price to. the grower election for the nominations o'f go
in this state was $1.71 a bushel forlernor will be handed down on
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the 1919 crop, in comparison with
,$1.20 to the grower of the 1018 crop.
Thus the grower, though producing
less, received $4,000,000 more, and
the public footed the bill, as usual.
GENERAL NEWS rCm
LONDON, Jan. '8. Every fifth
doctor who "has Just completed tech
nical training in Englandvis a wo
man. It is expected the proportion
next year will be evenlarjger, for
the number of women students has
steadily increased throughout the
country. " --
Tuebday, January 13.
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,NAPA, Jan.. 8. The ' Napa city,
board of health issued an order re
opening -the public, schoolst'ere1 to
day. The bam upon smallpox is not
yet lifted, but' the epidemic has sub-
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Bided sufficiently to 'permit the ac
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AUBURN, Jan.. '8. A Chinese
giving the name' of Jimmy Gardner
ls under arrest here for attempting
to kill Deputy Sheriff P." H. De
pendener. , ""
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. ,8,. Wil
liam A. Kelly, supervising , federal
prohibition officer r five ! Pacific
Blope states, has left for,. Portland to
appoint a prohibition enforcement
officer arid outline the work of en
forcing .the law in Oregon.-1
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. Call
Jornia's potato, acreage fast year was I
RENO, Nev.,,Jan. 8. Actions for
Ivorce filed in , the', local district
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court in 1919 totaled 784. This is a
filing of over two suits daily,' Exclud
ing Sundays and holidays. ij '
YUMA." Ariz., Jan. . 8. For the
first tlme7.in 45 years the' sun failed
to
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shine on Yuma Saturday accord
; to statement's ., today by .'persons
who have uvea nere tnawong. xne
rain,,, fell Friday for 2, hours
straight.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. Japan
has 'not "bought as heavily from Pa
cifies Coast ports during 1919 as
during; 1918. The foreign trade
bureau of tjSan Francisco's Chamber
of''Corfimece states that this condi
tion 'iB'diVpftly traceable to resump
tion & Traffic through the Panama
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CHICAGO.
Jan. 8.-
2,000 less
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Representa-
tives.pt &s ?ocal painters' union ari
noutiSeirlfieyplanned to oust mem
beriSyhaf'nold membership 1n the
Ameian Xeglon. They were ap
plauded 4byotier delegates to tne
ChicSgoi Federation of Labor. They
declared uthe'Legion men were "tools
of the .capitalists."
-SACEMiJan.1 8. Gossip about the
state"'hoi 'indicates that an opinion
than ll 1918; also the,of thfcuprerae court in the case
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OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Jan. 8. Tlftamook
county has more purebred cattle
than any other county fof its size in
the 'United States, according- to sta
tistics gathered by, JW C, Jones,
county agriculturistjof hat'.c'ount?.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 8.
A new irrigation project has been
put .forward with every prospect, of
success, according o the backers,
who say that if the applicationfor
waterfights is approved), thej'sal6,of
certain. . ,. . , ,,y . a.75 ?
The plan is to tap'vtfhe.ATouchet
river att Belles' and, carry the water
through V.a 12-topt eattal-;d6Vri 'the
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Eureka
land are to be irrigated., .The cost
of the improvement Jsstimated at
$2,'000,000. Attorney wy E' Crow6,
of walla'' Walli, Has already,-" -Hied
appUcatfbn forwatr'rlfebts'witn' tne
statej hydraulic engineer'"' ,(-T '
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t;valjeyan(j rW 4 th'e 'jjwr
flat. About 72,000 acres of
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Since Cjii'istmas we have
been restocking and now"
present many new Musical
Instruments';, for your ap
proval. You need i music these
cold winter njgh'ts, so why
not ' purchase immedi
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New Store, 507 Main St.
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POTtTLAND, JaHr '8
HOoiJe'r Isnbt a 'candidate
nomination for President
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J WRTC'AND," Ja&S'-U-Mrs, .Mary
Fran'ceskertson, 51, years pf age,
commlttVd" Buicide ai h4 hoxriter 72
East n Twenty-sixth Street. Sunday
affernoon, at 2 o'clock',"by consum
ing iy'eShe is said t$ have) beeif
despondent; from 'Illness. . -V, '
SALEM. Jan'-8. Ted" Ward, 15
year?, of age, who disappeared from
his home last Tuesday, (was located
lastj night at The Dalles, according
to word' reaching the Salem police.
ASHLAND, Jan. 8.4-E. S. Smith
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has been appointed superintendent
of city parks, to take, the place or
the )ate James Galbraih. Smith has
been so successful with strawberries
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Com. Husker Reaps from 25 Acres Per Day
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n PORTLAND, Jan. 8. That, the
peace treaty and the League of Na
tions "are as dead as Julius Caesar,"
was the, opinion ' expressed forcibly
by United States. Senator. "James A.
Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, who
arrived Tiere with his wife to visit
relatives, He -said y'
J"TheJPresident as well as, any
man k'ndws that the treaty unamend
ed nas'no earthly' chance of ratifica
tion. Hence when be takes the posi
tion that the; treaty roust be passed
without .amendments, he fully under
stands that he1 is killing the treaty
In" modified form. I think that' is
hifr fixed purpose." -' '
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One Year Ago Today
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1828t The Duke of VelHngton be-'
came premier of Great Brit-t
ain.
1845 Steamboat Belle Zarie cbdsIz.I
ed in the Mississippi River,' Ebert Gvernment appeared (d)be
. with a loss of 40 lives. i holding in check the Spar,tacans' re-
1848 Walter Scott Gordon, who' "" ,n B1""' ' fc
' founded the city ot Sheffield. , Ltal Blshf 'k reP""d de
Ala., born"inWalkor county, tf by loyal Rus?Ian from
Ga. Died ln New york city- &10er
Oct. 16' 1886. j
1.58 Anson Jones, who had much O-
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to do with promoting the inde-, todays Birthdays' j
pendence tdf Texas, died at O ' o
Houston, 'Texas. Born at Great William A. Clark, millionaire mine
Harrington .Mass., Jan. 20, owner and one-time U. S., f senator
1798- c from Montana, born at Conn'ellsyille,
176 Sixty-eighty persons were killed t'a., 81 years ago today.
in a rallroa'd.acc'lijent at Odes- Sir Frank W? Dyson, 'Astronomer
sa, Russiai ' J Royal of Great Britain, born at Ash-
1880 Duke of 1?or,k' (King George by England, 52 years ago today.
, ( jSCLY.) pAmotfiil to be a midship-. Augustus Thomas, author of num-
uVjpan in, the' royal navy, lerous successful plays, born In St.
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Ada Rehan, one of the fore
most actresses of the Ameri
can stage, died in New York
City. Born in Limerick, Ire
land, April 22, ?860
States upheld the constitution-
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. inat-uecessiiy is me motnor or invention haS'long boon an-establishd fact, but it is beinir proved
anew 'In regard I to the agriculturist and the "hired man." Here Is the newest, a coxn-husklng machine
which will husk from 24 to '-Je'-acres per .day ;, Farmer find it almost impossible to get efficient help.Wut
'tae farmer with a grown son or daught6f Vho can operate a gas engine can clean up a big Job In lust
a tewlaya. Or even with limited help, this machine makes possible larger fields 4n the future.
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SALEM, Jan. 8. A "two-mM" tax
on all the taxable property of the
state to raise funds with which to,'
C0nduct-the schools of Oregon prob- 1917 Supreme court of the United
.. . i j. i Ctntno ImVinM Ithn Annniltiiilnn
amy win De proposeu at tne special,
session ot the legislature here this
month, according to the members of
the Oregon County School Superin
tendents' Association, which ia holding-Its
annual conventidn In Salem.
As it wouid.be a mlllage tax, voted
by the people, should it fie referred;
by 4he legislature and .passed at the
primary election next May, such an
annronrlation would, not he subject.
to the six per cent tax limitation
amendment to the state constitution.
It is also proposed, according to i
some of the superintendents in at
tendance at the convention, t6 Ve
move all school levies from applica
tion of the six per cent limitation,
tluough a bill to be intioduced in the
legislature at thq special session.
Louis, 61 years ago today.
Major General Sir Sam Hugiics,
former minister of militia and de
fence of Canada, born at Darlington,
Ont., 67 years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Sheldon M. Griswold, suf
fragan bishop of the Episcopal dio-
ality of the "Webb-Kenyon lawcese of Chicago, born at Delhi, N. Y.,
prohibiting .the shipment of. 59 years ago today.
LIBERTY THEATRE
RKVIV.Yi. DRAWS CROWDS. '
Dr S, A'. Dnnford is attracting nt-i
tonfion at the Methodist 'Church ev
ory evening by his forceful putting of
the. old faBhlonod Gospel. A splendid
fcatuio of the meeting is the lively
slnglng-Jod by the spntr lender, Arthur
Johnston of Akron, Ohio. Mr. John
ston lias led' the singing In sopieof
tho largest religious gatherings in
the country. S-9
.Theatres .Today
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