Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-08

sembled to build five S,S0O-ton stee
freight steamers.
Roseburg-40 men to work on tele
pnone line to Myrtle Point.
Oregon direct primary cost candid
ates $56,942; state and counties about
$l50,000.
Shelburn-New road to Satan rlvel
and ferry being built.
Some towns take more interest il
Sunday baseball than in cheese fact
Ories.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on ground ant
material ordered for new Federal build
ing.
Myrtle creek-New bridge acros,
Umpqua opened to tarffic.
Suttles Lake irrigation project of JET
ferson county bonds being sold to irri
gate 10000 acres. Water to be stored
in Blue and Suttles lakes, 25 miles uIs
tant from center of project.
Income taxes collected in Oregon foI
year just closed $llS,437 as against
$l23,306 for previous year.
arshfield-State will supervise ex.
penditure Of good roads bond issue of
Coos county Of $362,00O.
Cottage Grove-O. 2. & +. railway
erecting gasoline storage warehouse.
The mails are flooded with appeals
for publicity at public expense, writ
ten by officials drawing salaries, print
ed at public expense, stamped with
postage paid for by the taxpayers, sent
out from offices paid for by the pub
lic-to increase public burdens.
ngwater-Klaetsch sawmill now
in operation employing 10 men.
Albany Herald-"At the present
time the railroads, as public service in.
stitutions, are largely controlled by COM
missions appointed by the government.
Another long and important step will
be to give the same commissions power
to regulate relations between public ser.
vice institutions and employees.
Farmers of Polk and Benton counties
cooperating With state for water grade
highway from Salem to Eugene.
Coos Bay bar survey shows depth of
channel 81 feet, low tide 600 feet wide.
Willamina to have new NJ. T.. church.
American soda Products company Of
,an Francisco installing new plant
northeast of Paisley to refine alkali.
Echo-0. w. R. & N. company will
build ZOO feet passing track here.
Hood River-Apple confection pro-
duets factory to be built.
Coquille-Burned creamery to be re.
built.
Newport to build concrete seawall
no feet long.
Baker--Rich strikes reported in Con
ner creek mines.
Cottage Grove-Standard Oil com.
pany permitted to install station here.
Grants Pass will have suger beet silo
to feed $50 head of cattle.
Stayton-Black Eagle mines develop
5000 per ton ore.
arshfeld-Contract let for radio
station.
Burns-Crane is new terminus of rail.
road into Harney county.
Springfield is to have new skating
rink built.
Estacada to hard surface main bust.
ness section.
Iron ore deposit located IA miles from
Cottage Grove.
Portland woolen mills have bought
and is moving Ellensburg woolen mill
here.
A bill to do away with political par
ties in Washington will in all probo
bility meet the same fate as did q
similar bill in California.
Railroad men say strike sentiment is
dead. An industrial plant can stoT
work at the end Of eight hours, but
trains bearing livestock, fruit, merchan
disc and other products of ranch, or
chard and farm must be kept moving tC
final destination. To stop them at tht,
end of eight hours would spell ruin tC
the railroad and public alike,
Congressman Sinnot of eastern Ore
gon promoting jack rabbit hat industry
Monmouth plans civic improvements
to build model school city.
Railroads, telephone and telegraph
companies are giving married men full
pay and single men half pay while alb
sent ON service in Mexican war.
The Dalles--libby canning plant
let's contract for subway track under
railroad.
The Shields bill would develop ,
cheap power for irrigation and make
the Snake river navigable.
Portland-Strikers on o. w. r. & N
tunnel return to work,
Available for n naval base, mouth OF
Columbia river channel will be 40 foot