The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-01-09

lHc flTSt M. II. CHuiGH VI AiuahS
celebrated its 5Oth anniversary.
The Marion County Bar Associa-
tion has prepared bill for the COM
ing legislature taxing telephone, tel
egraph, express and oil companies,
and other corporations holding val
liable franchises.
George McKimIfien, the s-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. George McKim-
men, who reside just north of Grants
Pass, died as result of the severe
burns he received by falling into a
tub of boiling water.
Horses continue to disappear from
ranches about Grants Pass, in many
cases saddles and brides being taken
also. So far the officers have been
unable to obtain any clue as to the
identity cf the thieves or their where
abouts.
The Gold King group of quartz
claims, situated on Josephine Creek
in Western Josephine County, has
been bonded by M. Marks, of Seattle,
for $4,000. The claims are not de-
veloped to any great extent, but pre-
sent rich and vast body of ore.
The Brownsyille-Sweet Home stage
met with mishap recently after
leaving Crawfordsville for Browns
vile. It was very dark and the
driver ran into stump which upset
tbo booI~ thrru,f,,o tho oocunoufc oI1t
in the mud. There were several pas
sengers, but all escaped with nothing
more than a few scratches and a
shaking up.
r. w. Hathaway, creamery man
from Corning, Ia, has located at Med
ford and has, as the result of con-
ference with number of dairymen
of this section, decided to put in a
creamery, and expects to have it in
operation by March /. No difficulty
is expected in securing sufficient
cream, as there are now 22 dairymen
shipping cream from this place to the
Roseburg creamery.
A bill has been prepared and will
be submitted to the Marion County
Bar Association, the purpose of which
Is to reorganize the State Land Board
and define the manner in which 1t
shall conduct the work of selecting
lieu lands. The bill proposes to con-
tinue the power of the Governor to
appoint state land agent. 30 that
the democratic governor will not be
deprived of this patronage, but the
state land agent is made subject to
the orders of the whole board. The
two land departments are to work in
harmony, and, in fact, to constitute
but one department, so that hence
forth, if this bill should become a
law, there could not recur any such
conflicts as have recently caused 50
much trouble.
Creamerymen don't like the law
which prohibits them from remolding
"tub butter" into squares and selling
it as creamery butter" Much tub
butter they say is just as good as the
standard creamery, and some of it is
better-in fact, butter stored in tubs
keeps better than in squares. Food
and Dairy Commissioner Bailey
says that he does not care how much
tub butter Is remolded but he insists
that the butter shall be sold for Just
what 1t is and nothing else. IF tub
butter is just as good as creamery
in squares" said Mr.. Bailey yester-
cay, "the people will soon find 1t out
All insist upon Is that things shall
be as they are represented when sold.
The ereamerymen say that the brand
tub butter condemns their product.
But why does 1t? If tub butter is just
as good as the regular product in
squares, I ask why the brand con.
demns it? I do not doubt that some
tub butter is just as good as any
All | contend is that whatever a man
sells, he sells for Just what it is,
whether it be threshing machine, a
steam engine, paper of tacks or
roll of butter"