Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-08-18
NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER cITIEs IN OREGON

the purpose OF carrying on the work
Of State Home Missionary Society.
The advocates of statewide test for
tuberculosis among dairy cattle, are
planning to get together and agree
upon method for securing the pas
sage of law that will make the test
compulsory
Eastern Oregon is getting in line
for good roads. The first work is be
ing done on what is to be known as
the Eastern Oregon road, more than
200 miles long, between Lakeview and
Prairie City.
In a quarrel over game of dice in
Lakeyiew saloon where he was act
ing as bartender, John P. Barry was
shot and almost instantly killed by
Louis Paysade, a Freuchman employ
ed as camp tender for Dan P. Malloy,
prominent stockman
One of the most interesting exposi-
tons ever held in the west in point
Of quality as well as in it's educational
aspect will be the Manufacturers
Food & Industrial Exposition, which
opens at Portland September u for a
two weeks run.
State Senator Thomas B. Kay, one
of the best-known republicans of Ma
rion county, has filed his declaration
of intention TO run for the republican
nomination for state treasurer, and
will make the campaign for the nomi-
nation at the primaries.
Returns from the first carload OF
pears shipped from Douglas county
for the season have arrived. The
check was for s1740, representing 500
boxes at $3.50 a box, delivered at
Roseburg The pears were grown in
the famous Bradburn orchards, about
eight miles southwest of Roseburg,
and were of the Bartlett variety.
To develop the water power on
Warner creek, in Lake county, the
Southern Oregon Water Power Com.
pany. capitalized at 100000. largely
Spokane money, has been organized
and soon will start work it is an
nounced, on a $4,000 power plant
to be used in supplying light and
power.
j. B. Eaton and Charles Galloway,
constituting the state tax commission,
and F. w. Mulkey of Portland, have
been appointed as delegates by acting
Governor Bowerman tc the Fourth In
ternational conference in the state
and local taxation which will be held
at Milwaukee from August 80 to Sep
tember 2.
One of the largest and most com
plete Western" celebrations ever wit
messed in the Northwest will be held
az Pendleton, the last week in Sep
tember, If the earnest efforts of many
Of Pendletou's prominent business
men are realized. 1t is planned to
more than equal the frontier celebra.
ton held at Cheyenne, Wyo, last
year, and is to be from this time
forth an annual roundup"
The rate of growth of yellow pine
in Oregon is subject of which the
forest service is making a special
study this summer. This important
tree has already been studied to some
extent in the southwest, in California
and in Montana, but up to the present
time little definite information has
been obtained about its growth in
Oregon
The tax figures for Coos county,
which have Just been completed in the
Office Of the sheriff, show that the to-
tai valuation of the property in Coos
county has increased nearly $1,000
600 over last year The total amount
OF land in the county is 7S6.495 acres.
The total valuation in the county is
sl4,S11,901 and the amount of tax to
be paid is s446,45S.
Plans are under consideration by
the members of the republican state
central committee providing for two
tours of the state by groups of state
candidates. The proposed plan is for
the candidates whose homes are in
Western Oregon to go together to
Eastern Oregon and speak and hold
meetings at various points, ali travel
ing together and appearing and speak
ing at the same meetings. 1t is pro-
posed also that the Eastern Oregon
candidates for state office tour West
ern Oregon in similar manner.
The work on the. south jetty has
been started with funds raised by the
Port OF Siuslaw, and about 1900 feet
of the long pier has been completed
l. Is very solidly. built, being con-
structed of rocks weighing up to ten
tons each. The government has ap-
propristed s25O,eO0 and $4,000 of this
is available for immediate use. 1t is
expected to take three years to COM
plete the work The government