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NEWS OF OREGON
ITFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Eastern Oregon Wants Law Prohibiting
Sheep Herding Within Two Miles Of
HabitatiOns- Wasco Is Refused Rural
Mail ROutes--Linn County Sportsmen
Favor More Stringent Game Laws.

Commissioner Hermann has recon-
mended the repeal OF the lieu land law.
The Multnomah club of Portland has
commenced arrangements for holding
a street fair.
Three men have been arrested at Ash
land charged with the recent Grants
Pass stage hold-up.
The present session OF congress will
not be asked for government appro-
priation for the 1905 fair.
F. s. Ingram, who is circulating a
petition asking for aid from the state
legislature, is securing many sigma.
lures. He has in the neighborhood OF
400. Very few people refuse to sign.
Linn county sportsmen ara taking
active measures to secure the enact
ment of better game laws. All concur
in the opinion that hunting for the
market should be entirely prohibited.
E. G. Clement, special agent of rural
free delivery, after viewing two rural
free delivery routes out of Wasco, states
that he is not able to approve the petit
tions. The reason given is that there
are not the required number of families
within the so miles of territory covered
by the two petitions.
There is a petition being circulated
in the eastern part of the state asking
the legislature to enact law prohibit.
ing the herding of sheep within a dis
tance of two miles of any habitation
1t is being pressed by cattlemen in the
main although a great many business
men who are not inte ested in stock are
signing. Idaho and California have
such laws.
Senator Mitchell called the attention
OF Commissioner of Pensions Ware to
the number of applications for pensions
under the Indian war veteran act of
the last session which have not as yet
been granted. The commissioner
states that considerable difficulty is
being experienced in getting the mill
tary service OF the claimants but he
hopes to have all Strengthened up shortly.
Free delivery of mail will commence
in Albany March l, 1908.
An Odd Fellows lodge has been in.
stituted at Durkee, Eastern Oregon.
There are about 80 members.
Probably the largest shipment of
wool ever made from independence at
one time occurred last week. H. A.
Douty shipped direct to Boston I2O, 900
pounds of wool. The shipment made
up almost 10 freight cars.
The Linn county Jail walls will be
lined with three sixteenths inch steel
plates. The ceiling will also be cov-
cred with network of steel bars.
These improvements to the Jail have
been made necessary by numerous jail
breaks in the past two years.
The new Oregon code, compiled by
Judge G. B. Bellinger and W. W.
Cotton, has been issued. This code
was authorized by the last legislature
and will hereafter be used in the courts
in place of the codes heretofore in use
One thousand copies will be delivered
to the secretary of state.
There is movement on foot to di.
vide the Eighth judicial district, con.
sisting of Baker, Umatilla and Wallowa
counties, into two districts. Union
and Wallowa will constitute one, and
Baker county will be constituted a
judicial district by itself, if the plan
is carried out. The reason for the
change is that the district is 80 popu-
lous that there is too much for one
Judge to do.