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OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. ossen Is Indicted for Wife Murder. Eugene Andrew rtossen, chnrs;cd With deliberately murdi i mr hit wife, the molhpr of r 9 months-old bnby, must stand trlnl In the curcult court In Eiw?cne. The motive 1b Bald to have been for the Insurance money or be cause of love of his pretty slstorln law. He was Indicted nfter the grand Jury had heard the testimony of the chem ist who examined the stomach of the dead wife, whom the coroner's Jury tated had dlP(l from poison, and the testimony of Dollle Levins, tho mur dered woman's sister. The grand Jury, before being dis missed, held Thomas Kussell, ofOlen ada, for trial, charged with attacking M. V. Kngland. a neighbor, with a knife with Intent to kill. At the time of the nrrest Kngland was not expect ed to live. Klamath Interests Will Work for Bill. Klamath Kails I'earful lest thr re clamation bill extending the time for jiii j tmiii of the costs of a project from 10 to I'll years will not lie acted upon at this session of congress unless pressure Is brought to hear upon the members, the water users of the coun try are making preparations to send representatives to Washington to make personal appeals. Project In other states are wiring the Klamath Water t'sers' association to send I'res blent Abel Ady to Washington as a representative, on account of his suc cessful experiences In the past. Vault to Ba Opened 2014. Eugene .If a little building of soldi concrete lasts through ten centuries, future gem rations will have permis sion loon years hence to open a vault In the new Hope Abbey mausoleum, which stands virtually completed In the Masonic Cemetery In Kugene, and obtain documents of the present day hermetically sealed within. "To be opened In 2814." Is to be deeply engraved upon the marble face of one of the columbarium niches which honeycomb the structure, com pleted at a cost of $40,000. The urn containing the records was aeuled Thursday. WILL AID IMMIGRANTS i Schools Will Be Started to Teach Amerioan Language, Government. Kugene. To make the Herman a letter American citizen when he ap lles for his naturalization papers Is In- aim of a movement launched at he eighth annual convention of the itantsverhund von Oregon, the con 'ederatlon oi 46 Herman speukltiK so sletles In Oregon, with 170 members nut delegates In session here. The Hermans committed themselves to alse funds to establish schools for his purpose throughout Oregon. The irst will In- located In Portland, with iiluis following rapidly in the Uer nan speaking centers. The sole aim Is to educate the new irrival from tierinany into the ways if American citizenship, and to make inn u better American than he would je otherwise. This include the teach ng of the American language, gowr.'i Dent ami ideals. At this linn- important it-solutions wlli be voted upon One of these Is a irotesl mitltf' state-wide prohibition n Oregon and another Is the nation wide aiiM liquor moMiiieiii Alleged Slayer is III. ltosi l. ii it la upon affidavits urni.shc.l by tour local physicians, the rial of Morri.-oii Cnnipbell, charted villi ill. muuier of John Hci Uer nt Iter eland, or, on April it), has been oiiiinuei. Indefinitely. The phyalclana Mtltied under oatfe thai Campbell'! ireseiii physical oondltloa waa Mftotia mil thai a trial at this time Bight t-Mlll I. tail Consider Oregon's Problems. Kilt-'- i.' i ii' una de elopiie-iit. mu ncipal I'tliirni. the Oregon ITltaiB. lii he relation of women to politics, were he four general problems which were :onsidered. respectivt h . in the four lessions of the commonwealth coufer- 'llce hi ! Poatal Election Uurged. l'endleton An election in which lone but democrats would be candt l.i lis has heon proposed here and Is icing considered by leading citizens ,8 a means of breaking the deadlock hi ihe appointment of a postmaster. Sheepmen Plan to Quit. l'endleton I'nwillins further to ope with the settling of the range inder the 320-acre homestead act and hort pasturage, many of the largest he. mien of eastern Oregou are sell ag off their flocks with the view ot living up the wool falsing industry IDAHO'S MINE PROFITS BIG. Sixteen Concerns In One County Net ted $4776,775 In the Aggregate. Wallace. Ida. - Net profits reorts of sixteen producing mines In Shoshone county filed with the assessor for as aessment purposes for the present year based on the operations of the yenr I9ll show a total net profit of mines of $-l.77i(.7"f as against net profits of tl.MPJOl for the preceding year, or an Increase of 1,187.L'74 In the face of an adverse lend market which, during the year, has grndunlly falleu approximate ly fl.4) per hundred pounds. The gross output of the sixteen big producera for 1911 amounted to 2,030. 030 tons, nn Increase of 150.780 tons over the preceding yenr, while the gross value amounted to $17,070,088. an Incrense of $2,301,020. The cost of ex traction amounted to $0.r80,784 sgnlnst $.1,020,374 for the year 1012: transportation and smelter charges amounted to $5.7i'i7.412 as against $5. OMuSlI for the prcvedlng year, and lin provctnonts and betterments decreased from POMS to NBSJTt The most remarknble showing made by any single producer Is that of a mine which this yenr Jumps Into first place, eclipsing the Hunker Hill by $144,814 In net i lotlts. Still aii'ither rrmarkable showing Is that of n mine which this year dls places the Stewart for third place In the producing list with net profits of $838,140; the Stewart rnnks fourth With $..01,432 ns against $303,341 last year. The Morning Mine at Mtlllau holds Its position Mt tlfth place, with a decrease of tlMM In Its net profits, while the llccla drops from fourth last year to sixth this year. GOOD TO JACK'S GIRL Danlela Allowa S nlon on Shore Leave to Stay Away Later, Washington. Sis-rotary Panlcls dem onsirated again his friendship for 0l pld by letting It be known that he pur (loses to extend the shore leave of sail ors when their slilpsire In port. hid I dentally Sts-rotnry Daniels expect thereby to ilei leave the nuuils-r of technical desertions. Under present regulations, when a snllor gets shore leave, he must return o mm snip oy u ociock. wnen tile ; nisi ismi in i lie snip leaves snore ' There have been many desertions be cause of failures to catch the last boat. I and Secretary Hanlels has Issued an ' order providing that there shall lie a 12 o'( hsk aid a 1 o'clock boat between shore and ship. "It Is quite unfair." said Secretary Daniels, "to expect that a sailor can take his girl to a theater, have a little supper afterwartl ami get back In time for the last iMiat at II o'clock. I have ordered that the last boat between shore and ship leave at 1 o'clock. I understand that navy desertions have been line to sailors lllsslnI the 11 o'clock bout. be iiuse they have feared the lesiills." MONUMENTS MARK U. S. BOUNUARY Surveyors Fin Line Between Alaska and Canada. Sltl. a. Alaska. -Scarring a broad Hue S cross UHI miles or wilderness In tin far north In older that the possession of the lulled State and t'auudn may bine a distinct separation' al etci point will be completed during Hie coming open season. The work ha; been In progress since 1007 under the dlriH'tloii of Tb o in as Klggs. Jr., civil engineer. representing the I'nlttsl siat.s Alaskan boundary commission and T ! Craig, repieseiiting a similar i ommissloti of Camilla Although the Culled Stales and Can mill have been iiclghtM.iH In the far north for almost halt a century, the ex ' act dividing line between their noeaee-1 shins, especially as to the northern pof Hon was. pre Ions to (his biirvey, In tletlidle and contlictlng Many disputes arising, ihe two .. ernmeiits decided tin. illy, through their commissions, that an absolute survey, clearly estalilished ami mail.ed for ail time, should be made Biol tiuiiilretl ami forty tir-t meridian from the Mount It Bllai .ip. i,n the Paeiflc, to taw Arcii. ocean, a distance of approximately. D0 miles The I'liltid States surveying party constated of from stxtj t" eighty men each season sim the work was under taken chief Engineer RUua, biaawali a yniing college man. selected his aids from the hardiest I iames cow i.i.y forest ningera. pronieftora, timis-r cruisers and frontlersuien. with a lib eral sp; inkling of engineers NVw ex pedltluus were organized each spring ItbOUgB many of tin- uien who starttsl at the beginning have remained In the service up to now It was the custom, too. to leave a few men In the north each winter to care for equipment and supplies. The actual visible result of the six or seven years of efforts Is a twenty j foot vista, cut. like a gigantic avenue or lane, through all timber and brush districts, together with monuments aet at mteivlsii.il points from three tc four miles apart Holds to Ledge Twenty Minutes. South Bend. Ind -After banging from the ledge of a cistern twenty mln i otes. with the water to bla neck. Christian Upp. aged seventy, was res cued hv relatives He Is not expected to survive BUTTERFLY FARM OWNED BY GIRL Makes Good Income by Rais ing Hundreds of Insects. FINDS A READY MARKET. Catching, the Butterflies and Moth, Only a Smell Pert of the Work, ae Real Difficulty le Experienced In Raising Them Interesting ae Well aa Profitable Duty. Tnnkee. Cal.-A California girl with the astonishing nnme of Ximena Mc (Jlnshan has the distinction of being the first professional "butterfly farmer" In this country. Sfcv began the work by mere chance, but she has made a suc cess of It by dint of hard work and at tention to scientific detail. It sounds very pretty to be enllod, as Miss .Mitilashun frequently It, "the butterfly princess" Mut this particular : prim ess Is a mighty Industrious one i In the snrlnu anil summer .1... u fi.. busy from daylight until after 10 o'clock at night. This little fact Is worth mentioning, as Miss M.tJIashan has retched him dnsls of letters from WtsMM and girts who apparent h want to fouml n whole dynasty of butterfly princesses. They hac heard that this jonng .'.III. with out capital or previous evpcrlcinc. la making ?.".o a week out of lnittci tiles and moths That sounds pretty good to them, lint their enthusiasm may snfTer a relapse when they read the whole story She started her "farm" ficar here a year and a half ago She was planning then to lie a teacher, and hen one day she saw her father showing his Utile grandchild how t capture a butterlly It oi i u r red to her that the knowledge might come In handy In her own career as an Instructor of school children. Her father readily consented to show ,,w . r,.k ,vnM ,,,, ,, ,., )v hlnlisl that she could make more t ay out of butterflies than In peda gogy He "siigariH.1" some trees for her, lived her up a lantern anil some cyanide In Jars, showed her how to cntch moths at night by placing the mouth of the Jar over the unwary feaster on the sugar, and without more ado she was launched on her career Inside of two weeks she -.hipped I .M moths mid butterflies ami receiv ed $7.1 In return In ten weeks she sold over Pimm specimens at a Mat prb'e of fl cents apiece and had over f.Miu lu return In addition, she had tin hand about "ilium eggs, larvae and pupae, which would hutch out In due season These really constituted her farm and are the Important end of the luilues. Catching the butterflies and moths la only a small part of the work The real Job In raising tht-ln Only fmttwti specimen are saleable, anil It Is s ticklish undertaking to capture these fragile creatures without Injuring them Many of them are already u trine damaged They may have lost an antenna or a phs-e of a whig i he first thing this young entomolo gist docs with her captured Sici metis therefore. Is to sort them over cnrcfnlh She liberates the males that are lo perfect so that they tuny go out and propagate more of their spe c.h The Imperfect female spts-lmens she puts lii paper hags, one to each bag, so that she will have their eggs to add to her stock This Is where the real work begins In each bag she puts f...l for the oc cllpallt Itllltelilit-S will not deposit their eggs unless confined In a gau.e hSU or Its equivalent and supplied with their particular CmmI Iht-ry day Miss McOlnshuii feeds fca butte; tth-s with dltl apples sonl.ed In water contain "-' IKtiB '""' If MfaM. "'lib this treatment she persuades tht-iu to lay their eggs on the fusitlo of the bag. Some of tllelll deposit us lll.'III.V as "Jim or WO eggs When they have finished lliev die The eggs hatch in v. ii vim; pen, ids. smut- in a few others onlj after the lapse of months Miss UcQIaaban haa .iium in i--i lubes w I. ele she .an I., ,.;, ti;;i k of (heir developiuenl During the vvinier shl pills the lubes ill cod StOI -e to pit vent the eggs hatching beloii- the pi. , er i ".ii plants are ready When the . I ' other period o li-nuiig before h, a Bb cal.is to Hi,- tasle.s of thajae little worms as carefully as if she srtwa I mmlk aalaried ehef supplying rulatne for a lot of eplcuraa sin- experiments Willi all kinds of leaves till she tlnds what seems most tempting to the l.i petltea Of her charges. Some of these she keeps In candy jais If sin- lias many buiidrisls of one kind she plaif them In u tight barrel, covering the open head with gauze, lu the bottom of each Jar or barrel she puts several Inches of dirt or leaf mold as the larvae like to hide In It In the daytime I'resh leaves must be put In everv day. the old fotsl taken out and (he receptacle kept clean When the perfect moths and butter files finally emerge from the pupae they are ready for shipment and prlcee are gcsxl Sell Eggs by the Bushel. Columbus. 1ml Eggs are so plenti ful In Jackson county that they are be lug sold there by the bushel When a huckster called at ttie home of John Ma hi on. a farmer In that county, the farmer sold him two bushel baskets full of afflBl at b ea.h ollce of Male of State Land. Notice Is hereby given that the .State Land Hoard of the State of Ore gon will receive sealed bids until 10 'o'clock a. m July 14, 1914, for the following described lands, to-wlt: Soctln 36, T 13 S- R. 42 10 8'4 of NK',. m:v4 of NW4. NM of SE'. SRVi of SWs4 and lots 1, 2 and I 4 of .Section 16, T. 16 S. K. 40 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 32 S. R 43 E 8octlons 16 and 36. T. 32 8- R. 44 E. Sections If. and 36, T. 33 S. R. 44 E. Sections II nnd 36, T. 33 3. R. 45 E. Sectiotie 16 and 36, T. 34 8- R. 45 E. Sections 16 and 36, T- 36 S. R. 44 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 36 S. R. 46 E. Shi of section 16, all of section 36, T. 36 8- R. 46 E. Sections II and 36, T. 36 8. R. 47 B- Sections 16 nnd 36, T. 36 S. R. 48 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 37 8- R. 44 E- Sections 16 and 36, T. 37 S. R. 45 E. Sections 16 and 36, T. 37 8. R. 46 E- Sections 16 and 36, T. 37 S- R. 48 E. All bids must be accotnnonlcd by a regularly executed application to pur chase and check or draft for nt least one-fifth of the amount of the bid. The right to reject any and all bids Is icserved. Application nnd bids should be ad dressed to O. O. Rrnwn, clerk state. land board, S lem, Oregon, nnd mark ed "Application and bid lO purchase state lands," H. O. IIHOWN. Clerk State Land Honr.l. Pat. ,i htaj i. mi, st 01311 NOTICE EOR PUBLICATION Department of tho Interior, V- S Land Office at Vale, Oregon, April 30, 1914. N tice Is hereby given that Row lev Robinson, of Ontario, Oregon, who on May 13, 1910 made homestead cutty No. 01311. for SWSi SW, NW'i H i; He, 21, m: si:',, sic, NE'.i Section 2::, Township 17 8., Range 46 E. Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make final three veur pr.of, 10 establish claim to tho land above described, before the Register and Receiver of the United Stntea Land Office at Vale, Oregon, on the 11th day of June, 1914. Claimant names as witnesses: 8. I). Moore, H. 8 Button, of On tario, Oregon; John T. Taylor, Rolen Hall, of Payette, Idaho. Unite R. Kester, Register. 01537 NOTICE FOU ITHUCATION Depaittnent of tho llit-'iior, I'- 3 Laud Office at Vale, Oregon, April SO. 1914. Notice Is hereby given that Slepl 1). Moore, of Ontario, Oregon, who m August 30, Htio, made Homestead En try No NUT, for SK'4 Mil Sec. H, HWVi HW' tfec. LM. NW' NW, Si 125 and NE'i NE'i Section 26, Town: 'ship 17 S, Itange 46 E. Willametiu Metidlan. has filed notice of Inieutioi to make final three year proof, to e.-.talilish claim to the laud above tle--cilhed, before the Register and Hi celver of the lulled Slates Kind Of fin- it Vale, Olefin, on the illh da..' of June, lit 1 1 Claimant names as witnesses: ltowlev Hohilison, A .lailllsh, II W. ('Ii inciil I d (' Tld'isdab . oi Dalai 1. 1, on. Illtice . KaSti I, UcceiVer. r AdminiHtrator's NOtitT. In the OoUBty Court of the Slate ot Oregon lor Malheur County. In the inatier of Dj ; V. Dowa K.no.vii . Ii w i.s i, deceased. Notice is In i ii iii all v. bom it DM .it the HI has been duly appol Ud by b Couii . i . ,i i oi lii ir Count) , adtnlnl of the said 0, '. Don , v. bowi All pel. sons having claims j again. ' the ustate of the said d "ii, an- l.-i el.y noiified to proMat tin) same to me foi alb wane diiiv ve : fled us retjuired by law, at the Office of 0 Mcllotiiigill. at (:.tal in, Of) rltbla six months fioin the date of this notice. Dated at Ontario, Oregon, this :iOth day of April, 1914. O S. SMIIH, Administrator. Always on the Job If you have s job of hauling you waut done, large or small, you can elwava dpeud on John l-sudiogham being ready for you. (-all him at the Moore Hotel. The biggest hiiigniii we liuve ever offerfil tmr robMribe)N ll the ArguH in. 'I lour mugiiiiieg, all one year, for only l.lo I We Have In Stock the Most Com plete Line of Gasoline and Oil Stoves we have ever shown New Perfection Oil Cook Stove Clark Jewel Oil Cook Stove Clark Jewel Self Generating Gasoline Stoves Detroit Self Generating gasoline stoves Self Generating stoves with oven and oven burner built in the stove OntarioHardwareCompany L mW' '"'"""iiilSi Am W i& mmm9 r E ' ' wBuat sL- jejj DON . mTv 0 1 I'jM IV 7 nSmmMm. " W ItHsUBsf Lm IMPRESS on the youngr man who it burning (he cnndle at both ends and who is npendint,' his big salary as fust u. In- niakcs a tl VALUE OF A BANK ACCOUNT. St.nt him on the PIOHT K0AI) today. If he is not hopeless he at once will sec t!ie error of hi - The open ing of a bank account has put a btn.i to many u youtl.'j wild desire to be a HIGH FLIER. The Ontario SAVING TIME 1 !; v ) , V sisssiea N f Means Not Only Time Hut Money. J)o you fviT coiisitlt-r how lori"; it takes to travel tin- ilistanc' from your house to the Doctor ami Merchant ami what time you save by telephoning? If your time la worth ftnything( you cannot afford to he without a Telephone, Malheur Home Telephone Co. Best Job Work al One Piece Hammer In The New Model Ithaca If you see more than one hole in hummer you know that extra purls an- fin-It m d to the hammer whether shown or not. Our ham inor is all one piooa( only one hole, no toggles or stirrui attached. We have cut out all cocking levers, bars, push roils and ham mer stirrups and cock the gnu di rect from toe of hammer. Catalog Free, Is grades, $l7.7.r net to iMtgUat tur5 lb 20 bore is a hummer he down to date ami shoot one. ITHACA SUM CO.. Ithaca. N. Y. T LET YOUR MONEY BURN A MOLE &&? S&J&e' .nsw a v) wm'A 2. x ID National Bank h TELEPHONE ' IMP I , The Argus Office 'M. Bf