Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-27

has been selected by the schoo
board as city superintendent of the
McMinnville schools next year. Al
the present time Prof. Rutherford is
principal of the Tillamook high
school. He is recognized through.
out the state as one of the leading
and progressive educators in the
state. The school board was fortu-
nate in securing his services, as he
had fattering offers from various
other cities,' says News Reporter
M. o. Lownsdale, member of the
Oregon state board of horticulture,
has written Manager Wallace r.
Struble of the Albany Commercial
club that the board is going to have
big meeting of the apple growers
Of the Willamette valley in Albany
some time in May. The Commercial
club is asked to assist in getting a
large attendance, as there are sew
eral very important matters to be
taken up among the apple growers
of the valley. Albany was selected
because of being the most central
point in the valley. Manager Stru-
BILE has assured Commissioner
Lownsdale of the hearty co-opera-
tion of the club in promoting the
success of the meeting" says AL
bany Herald.
At meeting recently held by the
Cottage Grove Commercial club au
invitation was extended by the or
ganization to the Commercial club
of Eugene to attend a rousing meet
ing to be held at Cottage Grove by
the club on May 1. The club also
decided to increase its membership
and looking to that end decided to
permit farmers living tributary to
Cottage Grove to be initiated in the
course of the next 60 days without
a fee. is expected that when the
membership campaigning is con
cluded that the club will show q
of $50.
The twenty-second annual re-un-
ion and three days picnic of the
Linn County Pioneers association
will be held in Brownsville on Wed
lesday, Thursday and Friday, June
20, 23, "a, 1910. The officers OF the
met in this city last
week, and after setting the above
lates for the picnic this year pro-
eeded with the preliminary work of
rranglng for the event by appoint
ng the committees" says Browns
lille Times.
"The musicians of Dalles have or
'anized a brass band" says Polk
'ounty Observer August Risser
; secretary OF the organization; J
'ew Ballantyne, librarian, and Lisls {
lice, treasurer. Besides a number I
Z beginners. the membership Of the {
ew band includes some of Dallas's !
eteran musicians. thus assuring a G
trong organization from the start" +
''The Dallas Telephone Company
as force of iinemen busily en-
aged in rewriting the city" says C
odk County Observer "A large S
ire cable, composed OF large o
umber OF small wires, all leading =
} the central oflce, has been put I
p in Main street. The work is all d
1ing done under the personal dlrec- o
on OF c b. sundberg, the new n
Ianager of the company. Mr.. Sund- \
erg will in the near future install h
lie central system on all lines, such Il
j is used in all of the large cities n
his will be great improvement =,
'er the present system, as by the y
'ntral energy system 1t will no lon
IT be necessary to ring central,
Instructions have been received ~
: Major swartzlander, agent upon D,
10 Umaulla reservation, TO circulate u
stitions among the Indians asking q
n the abolition of the toll charges .
Nv exaoted when white men drive a,
ook across the reservation" says 1
10 East oregonian. 'If majority n
the male adults OF the reservation "
III sign such a petition the Indian d
apartment will approve of opening n
10 roads across the reservation a.
hough the task before him seems ~ a,
diffieult one Major Swartzlander is
lterlng upon the same with energy d
I'd he hopes 20 meet with success. C
@ has already discussed the sub a
ot with some OF the Indians aud
as called council April 81. TO dis Al
lss the proposition d
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