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NEWS OF OREGON
ITEMS or INTEREST FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE STATE.
Polk County MohaIr Pool to Be Sold odd
Fellows Grand Lodge to Meet = Port
land Has Another Fire-New Steamers
for Rogue River New Masonic Temple
TO Be Dedicated.

Seven thousand dollars in cash has
Just been paid as part Of the bond price
OF the 0choco mines, near Prineville.
Friday, April 10, at 1890 P. NJ, at
Independence. is set for the sale Of the
pool Of the Polk county mohair associa.
tion.
An enjoyable two days farmers in
stitnte was held at la Grande last week
under the auspices Of the agricultural
college.
The Grand lodge of Oregon, |. o. O.
f., will meet in Portland May 20. A
large attendance is expected on ac-
count of the presidents visit May FL.
Water balliffs at Astoria and Oregon
City are leading a strenuous life at
present trying to capture men who are
catching salmon during the closed sea-
son.
Fire at Portland Sunday morning
destroyed the Parelius pulley manu-
featuring plant and badly wrecked the
Enterprise planning mill. The loss is
placed at $l5, 900. A number Of other
buildings had close calls.
The Rogue River Packing & Naviga-
tion company, of Grants Pass, is spend
ing a large amount OF money in the de-
velopment of the Lower Rogue country,
from the mouth of the Illinois down.
The company is nowat work building
two steamers to take the place OF the
two lost last year.
A special train will be run on the
evening Of March 81 to accommodate the
Masons and their families that will at
tend the dedication OF the new Grants
Pass Masonic temple, from Ashland,
Medford, Jacksonville and other South
ern Oregon points. Grants Pass will
have come 400 visitors on that evening
The dedication Of the new temple will
be one Of the grandest jubilees the city
has ever known.
Democrats will hold First district
convention at Albany April IL.
Governor Chamberlain aud party
have just paid an unofficial visit to the
portage railway site.
The senate has confirmed the sp-
pointment OF Asa B. Thompson to be
receiver OF public money at La Grande.
Under the new law all state land
will be doubled in price May 2l. This
fact is causing great demand for that
class Of property.
The following postmasters have been
confirmed by the senate: Samuel L.
Train. Albany; John r. Casey, Ash.
land; James L. Page, Eugene; John g.
Eckman, McMinnville; Thomas z.
Randall, Oregon City.
The state military board held spe-
cial meeting in Salem last week and
decided tc make no changes for the
present in the organization of the Ore
gon national guard.
State Printer Whitney will in a day
or two issue the complete calendar oi
the house OF representatives OF the late
legislative session. It will be the most
valuable pamphlet Of the kind ever
printed in this state, as it is finished
history Of every measure coming before
the house.
Steps are being taken by the employ
es Of the Willamette pulp and paper
company and the Grown paper com
pany, Of Oregon City, to demand short
or hours and more pay. The initial
move will be made at the regular meet
ing Of the Federal labor union April 8
This union is composed Of about 6O(
unclassiHed workingmen, about 400 o
whom are employed in the paper mills