Show I T EST NOTES Wheat at SI 55 per bushel was real real- realIzed d zed o on the Portland exchange last las Week Week- when bushels of May sold at that price This was wa wat r f t Jump of 4 cents over the record es es- Is bUshed several days previous W Word rd has b been en rec received lv c Crom from Sena Sena tor or Miles lUles Poindexter that the war d de department has bas granted the use of th the Abandoned barracks at Fort Walla W Walla lla for the use of the Sisters of St St. rys hospital hospit l which burned burned- last liv- liv week ek Agitation in in Portland against the ther r cent fi-cent cent fare re auto bus bore fruit in In InI inin I halem alEm last week week when a bill was wasI in I Ir reduced in ip the senate to fo place rn ill ll under control of the st te Railroad commission i in common with W trolley rolley cars cars carsI 1 t tAs I j As s the result of a 8 a conference enc l o- o tween government forestry me men men and d' d state t authorities in Ch ChAnne c j Anne enne it is s probable th that t im immediate dh te will be bl taken to throw open open p part rt M tf rf the Wyoming g elk preserve preserve to the grazing of cattle For Tor the second d time during th the s ses- ses i- i sea ion fion ion the low lower r house of the Oregon legislature last week defeated the bill pf Representative J J. E E. E Anderson to repeal a law on the statute books making a health certificate e for ma males es applying for a marriage license I One million dollars will wil be saved aved to to the state stat of Oregon if the plan advanced ad ad- by Senator BIngam and approved approved ap ap- proved by the s 's senate nate committee e on on consolidation consolidation is carried into effect He would have hav a dozen departments dothe do Io dothe the work York that now Is ls done by over fifty Preston Preston G G. G Thomas of Plain Plain City Utah has just been appointed an agri gri- agricultural cultural ag agent nt in South Dak Dakota t and will have charge of Butte Butte county with his headquarters at Bell r Mr Thomas was graduated from the Utah agricultural college in n the spring of 1914 I In an a address on on William McKinley before the Bonne club club at Salt Lake f former r r V Vice President R t Charles Charles' CharlesW W W. Fairbanks said there is no sub- sub limer limer spectacle in the nations nation's s 's history history his- his tory ory than McKinley's l cI Y efforts to o pr prevent pre prevent pre pre- vent the war with with Spain Spain and contrasted contrast contrast- ed l y with the present rulers of Europe Europe v vIt 1 It required ed two two special trains in addition addition addition ad ad- to three r regular guiar pass passenger passenger Ilger trains to carry the people who who- left Salt Bait Lake on January 30 for Los Angeles An An- Angel Angeles gel geles s. s on on ont t the the Salt La Lake e Route on the annual l midwinter l excursion lon Each of of the special trains trains' carried passengers passengers passengers gers and a total of of 55 persons person's took advantage ge pf of the excursion rates An aggregate saving of ii it h the q f si Six of f th the h i principal state stat state departments in iii the be ne next neat t two years under under un un- der bienn biennium um Just jus ended and a a. saving of nearly in the same I departments under tb the iWen bien are provided d in appropriation 1 H I bills introduced In the Or Oregon go 1 legisla legislature gl laI lature la- la ture by bythe the Joint ways means committee com com- mitt e of the the house house and s senate nate Governor Lister sent bent pardons pardons' to ito convicts in the tM state h honor camp campat campI pt at Stevenson Stevenson ve n Si Skamania aI- aI riia county W Wash ih last w week ek when th the camp was closed One member of the camp wag not r- r n He is a long long ng an arid and l' l will win willbe willbe be pe ret returned rn d to the the penitentiary H ri The Themen rho men w were were paid re paid so 50 50 cents a day for th i fr work 8 and 4 som some some of of Ct the th the men n Ii have e. e na s much as' as lO to th their J credit r t 1 i iLand Land Lani Land in the East Truc Truckle c e Meadows Meadow W ni met t. t at Reno last w week k talked talked alke over over aver plans for for a Drainage district f for r th the purpose pose of r doing the the necessary ta to to d bout about acres s of o ot f land I nd tb that t. t is now now made pra practically useless by y the h bi back backwater k water from fro the he river rock caused a s d by br rock oo re reefs that hat in interfere wi with h the the e. e free ft of th river in that section J. J j jOne On One of tJi unique exhibits from from Neva Nevada a at at Ui the San Sa l' l Francisco F nc exposi lion tion tW will wUl be a metal tree prepared d d. d through t l tl e the genius genius' g of f JohnV John John V W V. V L fr pt of of the the Loder d r m model del sm smelter li ri near near near MY r Loder dug tip Up p a n sage saga brush about two i feet et high high and ru coated ita is b body pr branches r s and l leaves es with ma matte mate te the smelter r the he matte matte lD t e containing contain nt n in in ing copper copper pe sliver silver er lead e d and and nd gold od l' l Ex Expert Exper p er t. t e evidence y fd e that the hair hair found in in the hands halide 1 of Mrs Daisy Wehrman n. n Vh who i wither with It her er little iW child bUd y- y ys was was s mist mys-i mys sl slain i in In her home n near ar Sc Scap-i Scap p Os in is n. n September ep Der 19 1911 1 was was s o not from the head of John rohn r. r c con con convicted n. n v of or th the crime and aud saved raped from the gallows by hy the the passage g p of or t q ej e amendment d e t abolishing capital Pt pun punishment has las b been en presented d' d to S Withycombe t t. t Govern Governor r Alexander Alekander Ae a der In iii s speaking n ire lore fore the Idaho State Stat Horticultural as as- m which 1 yeas was held iJ in Bo Boise se from om Ja i to t to th the l laid laid ld emphasis upon upon the need of adverts advert ing H He said th that t the growers have neglected the most essential thing tin in ailing failing to advertise their wares and and that they sho should ld be b continually cont n api- api a aki i tating to get apples appleg consumed to in place of bananas graph grapa fruit and oranges or r. r I It sages anges iA i j jA A bill to make electrocution the 0 or only ly legal method of of execution has as been been introduced In the legislature e. e Th The Tho bill bili also aso provides that the pubic shall not know the day of execution in advance Condemned persons in m Ut Utah h hat at present have the choice of or death by hanging or shooting Eight dollars per head beld is b being of- of ered for ewes at Carson N Nevada vada a and aid d the sheep men are the happiest m men n Inthe in inthe inthe the state The war war if hi is the cause cause of the high price and it is Js expected the theten ten ten dollar price will be reached before many moons S j I i |