Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-17
STATE news
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Claims growing out of the North Pa
eific Steamship company s Santa Clara
wreck last November are mounting high
and the company filing a petition for
limitation of liability in the United
States district court sitting in admiral
ty. The idea in filing the petition is
not stated, but is presumed to be for
the purpose of securing a ruling that
the company will not be bankrupted i'll
paying the claims The law, in some in
stances, says the liability Of steam
ship company dates from the moment
of the wreck, when it is stranded. 1t
is said that the law also eontemplates
that the payments to losers shall in
clude the value of freight at the time
of the wreck, and shall be paid pro
rata, after the admiralty court has
established the values. There are
many claims for freight and three or
four for loss of life. 1t is impossible
to obtain even an estimate on these
amounts, for the company cannot say,
owing to the claims having been filed
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cisco, Portland and Marshfield.
East Oregonian: According to G. A..
Galloway, of Elgin, one OF the Union
county commissioners, the road from
Elgin to Weston through Toll Gate will
probably be built during the coming
year, Mr. Galloway states that Union
county win build her end of the road,
spending $4,000 or $4,000 to secure a
good grade. At present the road in
use in Union county is toll road and
not under the jurisdiction of the county
court. The road coming out at Weston
will connect with the macadam high
way there. Mr. Galloway does not
think the proposed bond issue in Union
county win carry this year.
Oregon City Enterprise: f. R. Jones
one of the engineers in the Southern
Pacific division engineers s office, was
in Oregon City Saturday looking over
the site for the construction of the live
stock pens which will be erected at
Greenpoint. The cost Of the improve
ment will be about $780, and the pur.
pose is to encourage by these facilities
/ Oregon City as livestock shipping
point II. d. Olson, general agent here
for the road, accompanied Mr.. Jones to
the location.
Upper klamath lake is again open
to navigation, after being closed all
winter by ice. The opening of the
lake means speedy opening of saw
milling and logging operations, the
klamath Falls Herald says.
Extraordinary promise of genuine
development appears from this state
ment in the Sumpter American; Gas
is usual at this time Of the year, we
have the promise Of much to be done
in the mines, with the addition that
this time there is evidence that the
work to be done is under way"
The postoffice at Basin, in Grant
county has been discontinued The
compensation was $40 per year and as
the postmaster resigned and no further
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ance was recommended.
The Grants Pass Courier recon-
mends as follows "The highways in
the districts that are making exten-
sive paintings of sugar beets should
receive especial attention, for they will
! be the most used Of any"
There is no stronger back-to-the
farm propagandist anywhere than the
Woodburn Independent In its latest
issue it says, "When farmer whines
he simply does nov know when he is
well off. /"
The fame Of Pendleton's natatorium
is made evident by inquiries regarding
its structure, coming from cities where
such institutions are contemplated.
Walla Walla is one such; Newark, N. Jy
is another.
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