Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-06
STATE NEWS



Medford Sum The required 5000
acres for the establishment of beet
sugar factory has been secured, accord
ing to an announcement made by the
campaign committee last night and the
next move is up to the Oregon Utah
Sugar company. Alex Nibley, secretary
of this concern, who has been in charge
of the Medford end of the campaign
left Tuesday morning for Grants Pass
expecting to return on the afternoon
train, but failed Tne beet sugar COM
mittee has enough acreage signed and
promised to make up the full quota. 1t
is expected that conference will be
held with Mr.. Nibley this afternoon
and definite decision reached. c.. W.
| Nibley is expected to arrive in the city
/ the last of the week, when another
conference will be held
The old battleship Oregon, famous
for its fast trip around Cape Horn dur
ing the Spanish American war in 1898
has been given to the naval militia of
California for use. At least 100 regu-
larly enlisted sailors and several off
GERS will be stationed aboard the yes
sci to aid in the instruction of the mil
itiamen. This is the largest fighting
shin that, in the United States, has ev.
er been given over to a militia. Not
many years ago the vessel was over
hauled thoroughly and armed with big
and modern guns. She has several 49,
inch guns in her turrets. The Oregon
will be taken to sea during the sum
mer cruises of the militiamen.
Pendleton Tribune: One of the big
gest jackrabbit drives of the season
took place yesterday down in the sage
brush country, where about Is Indians
from the Tutuilla mission killed 4S2
rabbits for the New Years dinner there
today. The remarkable thing about the
drive is that every one of these rab-
bits was killed with a rifle. The In
dians do not take kindly to the shot
gun for hunting purposes, but they are
remarkable shots with a rifle. They
ierked them as fast as killed, and
brought them into the Mission yester-
day afternoon about 'clock.
Hood River: Never in any previous
winter have local orchardists displayed |
such an interest in proper methods of
spraying trees. Spray manufacturing
concerns and makers of power sprayers
declare that the use of both will be |
unprecedented In instances where the
tracts of growers do not make the pur-
chase of power sprayer practical,
neighboring orchardists are planning
on buying machine.
Eugene Guard: Lane county hog
raisers nave netted approximately so, II
600 by the sale of 800 hogs through the
cooperative system of marketing by I
the market committee of the Pomona
grange since the first of November, ac-
cording to c. j. Hurd who has had \
charge of the shipments. A carload of
100 hogs shipped from Eugene to tle
stock yards in Portland, Friday, sold
for $l,l65.23. With the exception of |
two aged sows the price received was
S6.25. Another carload will be ship !
ped from Junction City Wednesday. /
Since the first shipment by the coop
erative method on November IL, the
prices received ON hogs have varied
from $500 to as low as So. The mar
ket price in Portland at the present
time is $625. 1t is predicted in tle
stock yards in Portland that the prices
on hogs will advance, according to Mr..
Hurd.
Marshfield Times: Bogus half dollar |
pieces have been finding their way into
the cash registers and tills of the city
with an increasing regularity. Where
they come from is mystery. Long
has the rumor been current that their
manufacture is new Coos county in
dustry The coins are poor limitations
of the real thing. In the first place
they fail to ring tue. They are so
poorly moulded that the figures are
raised and the coins cannot be stacked. |
Not only is this true, but they are also
badly milled on the edges. On the
faces appear the date 1915, showing
when they are made. One merchant !
has succeeded in "corraling" half
dozen Of these coins and they have also /
appeared at other places.
East Oregonian: More than 1900
coyotes have been killed in Umatilla
county during the year 1915, according
to the records kept by the county clerk
who has paid the bounty on the scalps.
The total paid out in this county as
bounty during the year is $703S of
which expense Umatilla county has
borne half and the state half. Yester-
day was the last day upon which the
coyote slayer could secure three dollars
for the scalp, the state law automati-
eally reducing the coyote bounty to
$l.5O with the beginning of the year
1916. Thus during the final days of
December, many pelts were brought in
to the office Of the clerk.
The state public service commission
has made an order requiring the Coos
Bay Water company to construct an ad.
ditional reservoir, with a capacity of
25O,000 gallons, at North Bend on or
before April l, 1916. 1t is further re.
quired that all the high pressure
storage capacity at North Bend be
made available for the protection Of
Marshfield against fire by the installa.
tion of the necessary equipment.
The Harbor says that when the new
reservoir is built on Union street hill
North Bend will have the best fire
pressure on Coos bay, and should then
be in a position to demand reratinp
from the insurance underwriters.