Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-24
NEWS OF OREGON
TFMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
and Financial Happenings of
the Past Week-Brief Review of ths
Growth and Development of Various
Industries Throughout Our Common
wealth-Latest Market Report.

Three free rural mail delivery routes
out OF Junction City will begin service
December 1.
Construction work on the terminal
yards, at Grants Pass, of the Oregon &
Pacific railroad will begin January l..
Arthur scofeld, confined in the csun-
ty Jail at Albany for larceny, made his
escape few days ago. He was cap
tured at Eugene.
The first carload of Oregon's dried
prunes of this years crop left Albany
last Saturday for New York. Four and
one-half cents was received.
Marion county physicians have
formed county medical society. G. S.
White, of Gervais, was elected presi.
dent and G. H. Robertson, of Salem,
secretary.
J. F. Markley, who murdered John
D. Fain at Champoeg last June, has
been sentenced to spend the remainder
of his life in the penitentiary. He is
81 years old.
The first of Crook county's annual
fairs, held at Prineville, was success
in every respect. Large crowds we're
in daily attendance, and some fine ex-
hibits we're on dislpay.
The stage running between North
Yamhlll and Tillamook was held up
about five miles from North Yamhill
Saturday night by three masked men.
The stage was bound for Tillamook.
The robbers secured 5000 from pas
sengers.
The recent rains throughout the Will
lamette valley have enabled sthe farm
ers to push the work of fall seeding.
All fruit is picked and other fall work
over and a few days more of good
weather will enable the farmers to fin
ish seeding.
Superintendent of Public instruction
Ackerman recently asked several county
superintendents to offer suggestions for
the betterment OF the school system.
The ideas he has rlceived are many and
varied, and include higher qualifica-
tions of teachers, consolidation of dis
tricts and an increase of the compulsory
attendance period.
A sale of 800 bales of hops at 25
cents is reported from Dallas.
A franchise has been granted for
another telephone line from Baker City
to Sumpter.
The report of Superintendent Lee OF
the state penitentiary shows that on
October l there were 800 convicts in
the institution, 19 less than at the be-
ginning of the quarter. The earnings
for the quarter were 81, ,246 40 and the
total expenditures were $14,746.09.
With appropriate ceremony, Agri-
cultural hall. designed to facilitate and
advance experiment and instruction in
agricultural lines at the Oregon agri-
cultural college, was dedicated at Cor
Wallis October Is. Addresses were
made by Governor Geer, Congressman
Tongue and a number of others. The
attendance from outside the city num-
bered several hundred.
Four proposed amendments to the
Oregon constitution will be before the
next legislature for it's endorsement.
These amendments were proposed by
resolutions approved by the last legis-
lature, and they must receive the ap-
proval of another legislature before
they can be submitted to a vote of the
people. The proposed amendments re-
late to the state printer, city charters,
elections, state institutions outside of
Salem and repeal of anti-Negro section
of constitution.