The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-10-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS
OF GENERAL INTEREST

Coos county has 1S,7O1 acres OF
open land, $4,000 acres less than
three years ago.
Marshfeld has voted $4,000
bonds for a gymnasium building.
The Pacific Power & Light Co, OF
Portland has been granted fran
chise to furnish power and light to
the city of Warrenton.
The Hotel Simpson, the new $780,
600 hotel for North Bend, it is ex-
pocted will be finished and ready TO
open by July /. 1915.
The Douglas County Creamery has
installed an ice manufacturing plant
Of its own.
The Warren Construction Co. Is
rushing a big job CT paving at Marsh
field to close it before the rainy sea-
son sets in.
Plans are being prepared for a
group of bridges to be built over the
. Cello canal.
The Moose lodge at The Dalles is
planning the erection of new build
ind.
The heating contract for the new
building at the University of Ore
gon was awarded to Portland firm
at price 5000 higher than con-
tractor from outside the state in or
der to favor Oregon material and
construction.
The Seattle Times says: lit seems
incredible that the people of the
state of Washington should be so
crazy as to adopt the proposed eight
hour bill" The same statement ap-
plies equally we'll to Oregon for ii
the bill passes here it would kill our
industrial development indefinitely
Enterprise is getting sawmill and
logging railroad that will employ
1900 men under good business con-
ditions.
The Otis Elevator Co. of Portland
will install the largest battery OF ell
evators on the coast in the new
Meier G. Frank building in Portland.
The Gresham cannery is being
rushed.
The new railroad from Airlie to
the Siletz timber is completed.
Roseburg will vote on 100000
bond issue for municipal railroad.
Sheridan has opened cannery
to care for product of 25O fruit
farms.
Lane county is laying Macadam
read at $5,77S per mile.
The Eugene Register warns voters
against the special tax law to create
a fund for the unemployed as tend
ing to make Oregon the goat.
A new Presbyterian church has
lust been dedicated at Gold Beach,
Curry county.
Douglas W. Bailey, w. H. Furnett
and Mrs. A. Deloch Rose of Pendle-
ton have organized an industry to
employ dozen people in manufac-
turing OF wonan's toilet articles.
Astoria wants a rock-crushine
plant to utilize unemployed labor.
Dr.. H. E. Morris, Secy. of the Nc
Minnyille Commercial Club, has as
surances that a cannery will be bull
next year.
Bids will be opened October IA fol
two concrete bridges on Wasco coun
ty state highway.
The Oakland Advance says the
$500 tax exemption would not cause
more buildings to be built but woult
make it harder to get ground tt
build on.
The Myrtle Point Methodists ar
preparing TO build a $4,000 church
The Coos Bay Home Telephone Co
has been sold to Portland capitalists
Bandon will have a new stean
laundry.
The Buck box and crate factor
at Eugene is rushing the completion
of their plant.
1t is announced that giant lum
Der corporation with capital o
several millions is planned by holder
Of large timber interest in Clatso
and Tillamook counties 1t VII
build a feet of steamers and main
tain q string of eastern distributln
yards.
Against the mass of wild an
long-haired legislation the voter
have only one defense. They mus
get out to the polls in November an
vote no. If they stay at home /
such large numbers that only a hit
or sixty percent vote is registere
they may regret it most sincerely
Eugene Register
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