The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-02-04
OREGON BRIEFLETS

class at Pacifc College, won the To-
cal oratorical contest there Friday
night. His subject was Modern
Tyranny" There were five contest
ants.
r. r. Butler, conveying the elec-
toral vote of Oregon arrived in
Washington Friday. The $1,000 for
felt for failure to arrive there by
the time prescribed will not be as
sessed against Mr.. Butler, as a copy
had been received by mail.
NJ. J. Meany, the Portland youth,
who was convicted upon his confess
sion OF an attempt to rob Henry
Schilling, a well-known business
man of Butte. Mont, was sentenced
to 20 years In the Montana peniten-
tiary.
Parts of a human skull were
brought up last week from the chan
mel OF Coos Bay by the government
dredger. With it were bits of cloth
Ing and rock with rope attached,
which indicated that It might have
been the remains of a suicide years
ago. ,.a
In the person of Harold Barton, a
14-year-old boy from Nampa, Idaho,
the Portland police think they have
the lookout" for a gang of yeggs.
Barton was picked up along with
Esmond Conger, a young boy from
Baker City, by detectives. Both are
runaways.
Two recruits received at Fort
Stevens from Jefferson Barracks,
Mo-, engaged In fierce fight Friday,
and one of the men, Private White.
| is now In the hospital in a serious
condition. Private Johnson. his as
sailant, is locked up under guard
and will be courtmartialed.
A. s. Hart, of Albany, has IL hens
which have laid 1885 eggs in the
last year, and he claims 1t is the
champion laying brood of the world.
Included In this flock is the hen
which recently established a new
worlds record by producing 256
eggs in year
Jesse H. Bond, president of the
Senior class of Oregon University
and winner of last years interstate
oratorical contest, Friday won first
place in the tryout to select a repre-
sentative for the intercollegiate con-
test between nine Oregon colleges, at
Corvallis next March.
/ By merger completed last week
at Elgin of the Hackett Lumber
Company, the Star Planning Mill and
]. L. Overton, strong company was
incorporated under the name of the
Hackett Lumber Company This
deal puts under one control about
40,000,000 feet of fine grade of tim
ber.
One Of the largest timber deals in
Northeastern Oregon was closed last
week when the Palmer Lumber Com
pany of La Grande, purchased the
Wallowa and Union counties hold
ings of the Crosset Lumber Com
pany, of Iowa. The deal involved
about $4,000 acres and the price
was 100000.
Reports received from different
sections of Wasco county are favor
able to the outcome of the wheat
crop. Prominent farmers say the
grain crop is In better condition now
than at this time last year. The
damage to fruit has been exaggerat-
ed and fruitraisers are now hopeful
of fair yield.
Through the efforts of Oregon rep
resentatives, provision has been in
serted in the emergency river and
harbor bill by the house committee,
authorizing survey of the Colum-
bia and Willamette Rivers from
Portland to the sea, with a view to
ascertaining the cost of 30-foot
channel.
Governor Chamberlain has Issued
a warrant for the extradition of w.
F. Gordon, who is under arrest in
San Francisco and is wanted in
Marshfield to answer to the charge
Of the embezzlement Of $176.77, al
legged to have been collected by him
as agent for a Portland piano con-
Germ upon the payment OF an instru-
ment.
Brooks & Sons, proprietors OF the
Carlton nursery, have received a
shipment Of choice walnut seed d.
rect from France. There were eight
hogsheads in the shipment and they
contained 100000 nuts. This seed
will be planted on tract OF land
one mile east of Carlton, which these
men recently purchased for this pur-
pose. This company now has over
100 acres in nursery and Is constant
ly enlarging its holdings.
According to statements made by
Salem loganberrygrowers, the re-
cent freeze killed all kinds of vines
down TO the snow line, and there
will be no loganberry crop this year,
except what berries will grow on the
few vines which, through neglect
were lying upon the ground and
were protected by the snow. This
will be severe blow to the logan
berry industry, for a beginning was
made the past season in finding a
permanent market for the fruit
There are also many reports that
rose bushes have been killed down
to the snow line.
The pool of .he Willamette Valley
Prune Association. consisting OF the
crop Of 1908, has been settled for in
full. The members receiving their
last fractional payment covering the
pool and the following figures repre-
sent the net prices secured for the
principal sizes of Tallahassee to 40,
5.22c; 40 to so, 4.65c: so to 60,
4.27e. Manager II. s. Giie. OF the
association, has received a telegram
from an Eastern firm declining an
offer of prunes because of the re-