The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-01-16
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The Girls Collegiate Debating
League of Oregon, the first organiza-
tion ever formed in the state for ex-
elusive contests among the co-eds,
was organized in Albany Saturday af-
ternoon. The following officers were
chosen: Rhoda Stalmaker, of Albany
College, president; Beulah Spauld-
ing, Pacific College, vice-president;
Jennie Tillbury, of McMinnville Col
lege, secretary; Jean Kuykendall, of
Oregon State Normal School, Mon
mouth, treasurer.
Frank Jennings, alleged to have
been working the green goods"
game on a number of people in
Southern Oregon, has been arrested
and locked up at Grants Pass upon
advice Of the United States marshal.
Jennings has been representing him
self as a deputy United States mar
shall. Jennings was at one time a
pal of Bertha Eta Gordon, who was
murdered by a bartender at Marsh
field last Summer. At the time of
the killing it was rumored that she
was mixed up with a counterfeiting
gang to which Jennings also be-
longed
Probably the most important piece
of legislation before the next legisla-
ture, so far as the motorist is con-
cerned, will be the attempt that will
be made to have all vehicles using
the roads at night carry lights. The
fight will be made for this law by
the owner of the automobile, not so
much for his personal safety as for
the safety of the public. In every
state in the Union there is at the
present time law requiring the mo-
torist to carry lights, both in front
and in the rear of his machine, but
in few places is there any restric-
ton on the other users of the public
highways.
The Wasco County Poultry Asso.
citation is making preparations to
hold its second annual poultry show
at The Dalles January 21, 22 and 23.
Representative S. A. Hughes, OF
Marion county. will propose an
amendment to the state constitution
at the next legislative session provid.
ing for tax exemption of $500.
The Albany Socialist Local has
adopted resolutions bitterly con.
demning the decision of Commission.
er Foote, of Chicago, in the Chris.
tian Rudowitz case.
The fruitgrowers Of Salem are go.
Ing to organize fruitgrowers' union
on the plan of the Puyallup organf-
cation. The union will handle fresh
fruits and probably operate a cooler.
Senator G. w. Fulton expects to
include in the omnibus claims bill an
appropriation of 100000 that the
court of claims has decided is due
Oregon for equipping troops during
the Civil War.
Grants Pass will soon have a COM
peting telephone system, new COM
pany having Incorporated with cap
ital of $4,000. 1t will ask for a
franchise from the city and county
for an up-to-date telephone system.
The First Presbyterian Church of
Corvallis have decided to erect new
edifice to cost from $4,000 to $685.
600. The church building now used
by the Presbyterian church was built
In 1856.
Improvements of a public nature,
including new residences, water
works and sidewalks in La Grande
for 1908 came close to the $1,000
600 mark. The coming year will see
an expenditure of 100000 for irri-
cation alone.
One day after they conceived a ca
reer of highway robbery, AL Miller
and Charles Braun, young men un-
der 20 years, were sent to the peni-
tentiary. They held up a Portland
street-car and secured a few dollars
from the conductor.
Roseburg will pay the heaviest
tax in its history for 1909. This will
be from 80 to 35 mills. The alb
sence of the saloons, which have
heretofore contributed several thou
sand dollars to the city, is one of
the reasons for the heavy city tax.
By the arrest of two boys peddling
knives in Portland, a recent robbery
at Scio. Linn county, has been un-
covered and George Brown, a Scio
printer, is in the Linn county iail
awaiting prosecution on a burglary