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ing to announcement by Clyde N.
Johnston, Lane county prosecutor,
who is secretary and treasurer of the
state association.
Speeders and other violators of traf-
fic laws totalling 6791 fell into the
hands of the motorcycle speed squad
of the Portland police force during the
past 12-month period, according to the
annual report filed with Chief of Po-
lice Jenkins. Fines aggregating $685.
355.95 were collected from drivers.
AS a result of the tremendous num-
bers of motor tourists visiting the
Oregon caves of the Siskiyou national
forest, which followed the opening
last season of automobile roads there,
Fred Cleator of the Oregon office OF
lands will, see about utilization OF
state land in that region for recrea-
tional purposes.
Cargo lumber shipments from the
Columbia river for the month of No
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the previous month, according to sta
tistics compiled by Deputy Collector
of Customs Lamb at Astoria. Sixty
nine vessels loaded at the mills on the
river in November and their combined
cargoes totaled 48,354,41S foot Of lum-
Der.
With but three or four days work
remaining on the Crescent lake dam
for the Deschutes county municipal
improvement district, all possibility
that snow will prevent its completion
is removed. With favorable weather,
all of the work contracted by the
United Contracting company for the
! Tumalo project will be completed by
February /.
Notice of appeal to the supreme
court has been filed in the circuit
court at Salem by the city of Port
land, in its suit brought against Sam
A. Kozer, secretary of state, and the
Associated Oil company to restrain
the state from collecting gasoline tax
on cars operated by the municipality.
In the circuit court an order was is
sued adverse to the city of Portland.
There were three fatalities in Ore
gon due to industrial accidents dur
| ing the week ending November 30,
according to report prepared by the
state industrial accident commission.
| The victims were: Earl Perkins, state
traffic officer Oak Grove; Erick
Erickson, logger, st. Helens, and Jack
McIver, carpenter and millwright, Win
chester. A total of 453 accidents were
reported.
The salmon pack of the Columbia
river district, which is considered one
of Oregon's greatest industries, did
not equal in value this year the pack
of the five fruit cannepies located in
Salem. The canned fruit pack in the
five Salem canneries aggregated 677,-
600 cases, which were sold at an aver
age OF $4 each. This would fix the
value Of the fruit pack of these con-
Germs at $3,O46,5O0.
]. E. Wheeler of Portland, member
of the Soper-Wheeler Timber COM
pany and part owner of the Portland
Telegram, has purchased the defunct
klamath Pine Manufacturing COM
pany's plant at Pelican City, accord
ing to announcement made at Klam-
ath Falls. The plant adjoins that of
the Pelican Bay Lumber company,
and comprises a 63-acre SITE and
small sawmill. The mill will be en-
larged and box factory added
With the coming Of winter Union
county market and county road work
is being wound up for the season.
Several projects are now completed,
among them being the market road
work on the Union-Medical Springs
road, and graveling on the market
road between Cove and Union. Con-
struction work on the Cove-Island City
road is being completed. Grading on
the Island City-Elgin road and the
graveling on the La Grande-Kamela
project are both completed and open
to travel.
Oregon's outstanding debt on Sep
tember 30, the close of the fiscal year,
was $50. 1885, ,722.5s. according to the BIZ
ennial report completed by O. P. Hoff.
state treasurer. The Indebtedness in
cludes state highway bonds in the
amount of sS45OO,OO0, district interest
bonds aggregating S7S4,OO0, farm cred
1t bonds totaling s45O,OOO and world
war veterans state aid bonds of $751;
100000, less $4,000 redeemed high.
way bonds and less a sinking fund Of
the world war veterans state aid com.
mission of 0,2s7.42.
Award of sale of 7,157.00o feet OF
timber on the Breitenbush river to
the Hammond Lumber company by
the Santiam national forest was an
nounoed by c. c. Hall. supervisor OF