The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1910-12-14
NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER CITIES IN OREGON

tion, "The Old Maids Convention"
The city council of Forest Grove
has passed a resolution providing
that water from the new gravity sys-
TEN shall be sold at the rate of
cents per 1000 gallons.
Work is progressing satisfactorily
on the south jetty at the mouth OF
the Siuslaw river About 1900 feet OF
the jetty is completed. 1t will take
at least five months to finish the con.
tract. The work will cost 100000.
While swapping matches in a revolv-
er, which, unknown to them, was
loaded, Herbert Endicott, aged 13,
shot and probably fatally injured his
brother, Homer, years old, at theii
home in Roseburg.
Marion w. Roberts, one of the we'll
known farmers in the southern part
Of Marion county, died at Salem after
grieving many weeks over the death
OF his brother, ]. E. Roberts, who was
murdered on the reform school bridge
near that city.
After one Of the shortest murder
trials in Lane county, the jury after
one hour returned a verdict of not
guilty in the case of John e. John.
son, accused of killing E. S. Prindel
in the Siuslaw country several
months ago.
An armory to cost $4,000 is the OBJ.
jective point to be striven for by the
local company of the Oregon national
guard, with the assistance of the com.
mercial bodies of Salem A petition
has been signed by over 500 taxpay.
ers from all over the county petition
ing the county court of Marion county
to appropriate $4,000.
After shooting and perhaps fatally
wounding Edward Naylor, promi-
nent and wealthy Forest Grove far.
mer, Frank Lenoiker, turned the .3S
caliber revolver ON himself and com.
mitted suicide. The wound-be muir
derer blew out his own brains within
80 feet of the barn in which he had
attempted the assassination of Nay
lor.
Last week marked new era in the
history of Baker. Mayor-elect c. l..
Palmer and Commissioners Henry
and Finley have taken their oath OF
office and for the next four years that
city will try out the new plan OF
commission form OF municipal gov
ernment. This plan originated with
the city of Galveston following the de.
struction of that city.
Immense increases are shown in
various branches Of banking, accord.
ing to statement just prepared by
Bank Examiner Wright What is con.
sidered as a splendid showing by the
bank examiner is the total of individ
ual deposits, which reaches to s147,-
51S,52S.O7, or the enormous increase
OF $21,3O2,91S.15. The cash reserve
shown is All per cent of all of the
individual deposits.
Lake county has the largest per
capita wealth of any county in Ore.
gon. There is more than $1,000 900
on deposit in the banks of Lakeyiew
and much more is banked throughout
the country in the smaller towns. The
estimated population is about 1000
This makes total of about $2,5OO for
every man, woman and child in the
county. There is no poorhouse and
not pauper in the county.
According to the nearest estimate
that may now be made with several
OF the smaller public service corpora.
tions missing from the assessment
reports received so far at the offices
OF the State Tax Commission, the TO.
tai assessed taxable valuation of
Oregon for 1910 will be Ss25, ,OOO, 900.
an increase of more than $4,000 900
over the assessed valuation of 1909,
which was s694,7276 1881 80.
Commander John McNulty, of the
Oregon naval reserve, has received
letter from Commander C. C.
Marsh, chief of naval reserve affairs
in the navy department, stating that
/ the department has practically de
cided to lend the cruiser Boston and
the gunboat Concord to the Oregon
and Washington naval reserves. From
the text of the letter it is taken 70
mean that the Boston will be assigned
to the Oregon reserve and that the
Concord will 60 to the Washington
organization.
A compilation of the membership
of the coming legislature shows that
the Republican members are evenly
divided on the question of assembly
and anti-assembly, there being AZ
assembly Republicans and AZ anti.as.
sembly Republicans, including in the
tnti-assembly list those hold-oyer sen.
ators who signed Statement No. l at
ihe time of their election in Jnne.
l9oS' There are four Democrats in