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KINS $100,000 ESTATE" AFTCR HALF A CENTURY. MILK III GEMS AT LGUS XV. BALL Express and Passenger Stage Line Ill 18 MID 10) Vlrxcfcstf Vita 0i:c3 V8re Crunkards Ar3 Kcw Thrifty Persons, Tun rwi'iiipii"" f viiiiii. luiltu tilt m In Neliriilii, mil llunl n-i'i'iiliy In In . la imp uf I In' iikmI i'iir,iuriilim lii'lili'tila III the nilliillillriitlnii of In illiill nlTiilr, Tile ri'liiililllliitl'in uf till Krmii uf ri'il nii'ii frnui n nlbe "f il Ki'iieriitedrunUuriU li n I unci uf thrifty, self riwlsTlluil iiml self KiiiK.rtlnn In lll UIllBlS, III til l Itlloll llf HlIKlflltM (if Indian pnililiMiix. Iiiillmtes w lint tuny tie ui,i'iiuilllii'il liy put lent, innsrli'ii tlnus nut lnli'lllk'i'iit rlTurl even In Hit )ntnn'e wliere the iriwiv't aiW're1 iniwl unpruiiiMiig l'or Hid reforms llml tint Is-en ( 'iiniillliwl the liiitlim ollli'r frankly iitlrlliule iniuli rriillt to the un tin ti ding d'lil of Albert Kiit-iile. sms-rlii-tciiiti'lit of th Wluiieluiito agency, who appear tu lie a mutt a dlallm-try dtled fur lila InBk h tunny uf lit preile-ci-snors him! rolli-agues lit the ottlve of Initial! agent or iiM'rliiteiidi'iit have In-kii coimplrunnsly unlit. , In hl minimi reprt in the Indian .fllc recently Itlcil Mr. K inula give Mima lnli'rvlliig ili'tnlla of the progress Hindu by the people who are In lila tlinrge. "The Wlunebngos are ilerlditily re HgluH," lie say,. "111111 prnitlrnlly all r lili-ittllliil wllh mime religion or Kiiuluillun. The 0I1I lime nmlli'ltie lodge roiitliuiM tu enlsl, ntthmigli It ti'i'inlHTnlilii iliM-a tint Incri'uwv Tlia Mesral nrumiljtll'Mi remain wllh us, nltliougli It la dutililftit If It la aa strung 41a It was una jenr 111:0. Church and School Facilities. "In addition to thaa 10 orisiuilta tloiia wo Inn Ilia Christian i-lnin hca, IhiIIj CulliiiUe ami I'rntinlmil. Tha 4 'nllxillca Imva a tH-itiiilful vIikI plan! iiml rba'l al Wliim-lmgo village, tlia furiwr under Ilia liisiiiiueuiriit of tlia Hllera or tlia llltmwl hnrriiiiienl. tlia Inttcr 11111I1T tha tininngi'tiieiit of tlia liar. I nl her It. (irvlxa. At Ihla srhool Indiana, aa wall as wtilla pupil, are tiikan, and tlia work doua la of tti tilghest mnuil.inl. "Tlia l'rebyterlnn rhureh In Winn- iuilio village. 11 inter tha pastorate of tha liar. It. C. Hlnia. although not milking n specialty of I m it tit n work, la doing good work annum Indians. Jhe I la funned t'hiirali of America tnnliitalna m In ran force of workara under tlia ahla leadership of the Itev. O. A. Water milliter. "NollitS flint tlia Indlnn population la Tapldly pronillug out ovar tha entire reservnllnn. till ornnttlr.ntlon I erect Ini! 1 church In lint la practically tha renter of tiia western and of tha raaarvnllon. fifteen inllea want of their liiinia church. Their tnlentlon la to eri'i'l n lioma lliera and iiinlntnlu a ran 11 In rly nrilnlmd piixtor. Ill fuel, this -church h'inio la inietlriilly completed ut tlia prem'tit w rllliitf. Health Condition! Good. "Ileiilth roi.dlilona liolh nt the nean ninniiK tha amployacii mid throiiKh out I In.' ranervntliui nuiiuiu tha Indlnna aontltiuaa to lip gii Beveiily-llve ar vnt of the fniiilllca lire llvhik' In rihhI auhstiiiitlnl frniiia hmiHea. mid for the liiimt part these tiousea nru kept III good OII(lllllll. ' "The Indhtna rnntlnua to allow atronit dexlro to liuprova, occupy and fiinn their tcxt hind, and we tire kap tuiajr durlnit the bulldlnit auuaoti xclact :iik bulldlnu altaa, dlxcuaslnu plana, let 4ihK contract mid aiixrvlalnr conatrue- tlou. "There la only one government achool upon IliU raaerviitlon, the Decora dny nchool, and the attendmioe hna beau Bond. The eenxua ahowa S.'iO children of achool nee ellKlhle to nttnd achool Of Ihla nuuilx-r Kll lire enrolled In the government achool, tblrt y-aeven In the iiilxxlon Bcboola, forty-four In public w.hoola, nnd tlio rcmaliiluB tlilrty titne nro not Mtuntllnu nny aehmil. Miiny of thoxe not In HihiHil are five mul six yeiira old. 'There nre 101 Indlnna who are en HiiKed In fiirmliiK. biuidllnK 11 totnl crop of 1 1.853 ncrea. mi nvernita of tUi.4 acrex eiieli. Tlila noreii bo docs not Include piiHtnrnBe. timber or wnate land. 10 repn-xenta xlinply tlia nereaBO now In cropx. It la pHtlmnted tlmt they will rnlxc tbla yenr 2U3,ixx bushels of corn, 2).(K10 IiiisIioIb of onta, 8,000 liuxhalg of wheat. ttXi tonx of hiiy, SO ton of broom corn and 1.000 bushels of potn toca. Corn Crop Worth $104,950. "KxllnnitluB tlint corn will bo worth 40 ccnta 11 bushel, the totnl vnluntlon of their crop this yenr will be $104,050 Iteeently none of their corn brought them loss thnn 50 cents, nnd much of It broiiKlit tliem n high us 00 cents. "In liixt yenr's report I snld: 'The thing of Brent est Imiiorlnnce that hna occurred on this reservation during the Inxt yenr Is that so ninny Indlnna have taken possession of their own allot ments, have Improved and are farm Inn them. In -fact, this movement baa been so great we bnve bad all we could pos sibly do to tnlte care of It, nnd what with securing relinquishments ft'om the lessees of the land, discussing and adopting plans and apeclflcatlons with Reservation Com Crop Is Worth $104,950 Official Proves His Worth. ho Imll'inx, mccurliiB priinla and let ting eimtriicta and iiM'ivliim I lie con alrucllon. Ilia peraoux having the work In baud bate bad all they ruiild tilteml to, eH'iully when they endeavored In addlttou to aupcrvlxe the turiu work doua by 174 Indian furinvra' Bine Scti of Improvements, lu tbla year rexirt It ran only bt lilted that the Inti-rext oolilltiue. Ut ile Hint waa gullied last year tins been lost, mid addltlnns liava Ihhmi made tlu-reto. At the prexaut ninment thara are ulna full acta of linprovemeiiU un der eollxtructlnll. Kihvnrd llati bet a full blood, began farming luat i-eiiaon. It wn til Drat (Tort. At tha Ix-glnnlng uf the aoaaon ha waa f.'UHi In debt. At Ita clone ha find a fairly complete act of farinlng InipU'iuuutN. a wagon, top buggy, bar-iii-km. ale, and waa free from debt, bad bay and corn aufllelant to last through tha winter and to put In the crop till aprlng. 'I hla year he baa moved to bia own allotment and la farming on a larger aoale. Alal lllllla. a full blood, who began fanning In I'.KKI and who fnrtnad alxmt eighty acres In lull, owns 2o acres of mid several inllea from the eighty that be fnrma. The laaxa expired Umjii tbla Jim acre tract luat llan h, and be da aired to ronew It The tract waa appralaad by tbla of fice at an acre, and when the lea see offered CI an acre lllllla waa urged by the atipcrliitemlf ut lo complete tha Iciixe. lie sponka little Kugllxh. but through Ilia Interpreter be addressed the superintendent praetlcully as fol lows: " 'A few years ago If you had advis ed tne to sign Hist lea-e at f-'l an acre I wiiold have dona so. I have Ix-on funning for myself for a few yenrs. mid I have leu mad the value of this hind. hecitiiHe I know Mint It will pro duce and what this product will bring In the market. I know more tlmu you do slMiut the value of this bind. If 1 am unable to get $4 an acre for It I shall work II myself. In addition to the laud I mil already farming, nud I know I can make more than l an acre from It "It must lie udded that the lessee mixed bis offer lo $4 sn acre and the land was tensed This story Is related not so much to show the business acu men of this nihil- ns to show that sonic of these Indians are 'getting wise.' "A corn show was held In Wlnnelingn village Inxt full In connection with farmers' Institute. At this show Win- nclKigo Indians fixik second and third prlr.es In open couix-tltlon, the Judges ix'lug representative of the Slate tint verdiy. At the Thurston county agri cultural fair Inst fall a full blood Win neliniio Indian captured a prlxe for the corn he exhibited. "Mary Johns untie, n full blood and the wife of Alexander lllttlc. made but ler throughout the Keasoii and sold It III the nnii'l yi ut Wluiiebau'o village, receiving tlnV mln-sl market price for her wares l-'rnnk llnid. another full blood, milked cows throughout the sea win and sent his c renin to Sioux City. "Willie Sun, a roll blood, received a patent In fee to forty acres of Inherited In 1 11I during the season of 1U11. He sold the land for $st) an ncre. $'J,000 cash and the balance payable In two notes of -fiuiu each at 5 per cent, secur ed by umrtgage oil Ibe bind he sold, one line In one year nnd the other In two .veal's. No Reason to Fear High Prices. "I had occasion 1 be In his cellur Inst December nnd found there about forty liuxliels of potatoes, two bushels of onions, two tmxhels of black wal nuts nud mora thnn 100 quarts of can ned fruit, which had been canned by his wife, Clara Payer Sun. Ills bnni was tilled with liny nud corn, lie has set out nil orchard and Is enring for It. He has In forty acres of com this yenr, mill It Is as good as the best lu the counly. "Henry Thomas moved ition and be gun to farm his own allotment Inst sea son. I lu has n very largo family and only forty acres In bis allotment, but It Is exceedingly fertile soli. Thomas Is a very devout Christian. Wheu he planted Ids corn he set aside fifty rows as 'belonging to Jesus.' He harvested this com separately and marketed It, and something like $00 was added to the missionary fund of the Dutch Re formed church ns the result this In addition to supporting his large fam ily." In the final paragraph of his report the superintendent pays his respects to the rapacious white scaluwags aa fol lows: "Only five pntents In fee have been Issued during the Inst year, two on original allotments and three upon In herited lands. Few Indlnna are bo constituted that they enn reap any ben efits aa a result of patents lu foe. It makes no difference how competent they may appear to be, the wolf pack that Is ever upon their heels ultimately overtakes them. There tuny be a strug gle, but It la of short duration, and the outcome ti absolutely , certain," Fortune Fouch fr b)' Hundrsd Claimants at Last Oiipotsd Of. Supreme Court Ju-tl'O i'nge. III New York, sluind u order awarding au canle of nM-r llio.iKK) to Probate .Iii Ilv John Kniueiilly of Idnbo Fulls. Id.i. I Ifly years ugi WPMam A. Klnneal ly illrd In llr s.Uyn, leaving real stale ii-w nliied at more than IHKI.O'I. Mum- limn n hundred claimants bavo Irlcd during tlia last half century to prove tlnlr relationship Hint get the fortune, but nl! failed except John Ku- lienlly. lie Is lio'.v seventy nine years old. More Hum twenty years ago he re solved to prove his right to tlio estate, but In- had to wait two decades to gi-t enough money to fight In the courts, liven now the attorney general, lu be half of New York state, w hich has had charge of the real estate all these years, will appeal from Justice Page's dt Isli-n. William A. Klnnenlly, whose name dltTers slightly from that of tb sue- rexxful claimant, was the Hon of John and Mary Klnnenlly. Th father was a serges nt lu the British army and left his family In Canada to go to Ireland. William bud one brother. Kdward. William was educated by a priest and settled In Krooklyn. Kdward and hi mother went to Michigan, and both died I here. John Klnneslly, father of William. wax alleged to have returned from Ire- hind to Canada. There be married Margaret Kearny, and she became the mother of Probate Judge John Ken nenlly. He was born at Kalis View. Canada. Ill lv'l3. Ills father, who was also father of William, died In 1SX. His mother died In C'levelnnd In 1S40. The testimony shows that Judge KcnniNillv based his claim on the In formation his mother bad given hlra. He said thut many of the relics, pspers sad other things that would have shown bis father's Identity were burn ed In a Ore that swept Cleveland In li WORTH $75,000, SOLD FOR $60 Firm 6Ms Batch of Papsra Foa Pulp. Rare Stamps Ara Found. After almost a year" secrecy It has become known that the bauklng Arm of Tnwnsend. Whelen Ic Co. sold to the Hemingway Paper Stock company a Iralob of old corresxindence and pa pers w hich turned out to bnve a value of approximately I75.OO0. The price paid for the papers by the nemlngwsy company w as 5'50. Towtisend. Whelen & Co. decided to (lists isc of a ni.ixs of old and dusty let ters when preparing last April to move from tlio otllces they had occupied Tor the last forty years it 300 Walnut street. Philadelphia. To avoid what mis considered useless investigation decision was reached to sell the letters In bulk. A representative of the Hem ingway concern bid on the lot for pulp patx-r. nnd the deal was closed. Whan unusual slumps were found on the letters employees reported the mat ter to W. Hemingway. He ordered all the stamps collecied A. !'. Henkels, preslilcnt of the Philadelphia Stamp club, appraised the find ut JT.'.OOa, S00.0C0 FOUND IN SUIT CASE. Grest Store of Wealth Disclosed Whan Mitorly Woman Dies at Ago of 94. A. sum of money exceeding $'.).(.nin. nil lu banknotes, it was reported, has been found In au old suit case among the effects of Mrs Ktiu-iine O. .Mills, widow of Iiimlel II. Mills, at the Mills home. In Wiusted. Conn. Mrs. Mills, who was regarded ns the wealthiest woman In Wiusted and whose estate Is estimated to be worth more than half a million dollars, died Hoc. lit In her ninety-fourth year. Her will wax admitted to prohute Tuesday, and by Its terms the estate is divided Into thirds, one of which her niece. Mrs. Kiln Tiffany of Itlnndford. Mass., has the life use of, nnd the other two thirds goes to Mrs. Tiffany's two chil dren, who. after their mother's death, also get her third. Mrs. Mills lived alone aud kept no servants. Her home was almost In the heurt of the business section. She continually preached poverty when friends culled to see her. WISDOM TOOTH IN HIS LUNGS Abandoned as Hopelnss Consumptive, Patient Coughs Up Hia Illness, William Peck, who has been oierated on for lung trouble, treated by a score of physicians nnd given up as an In curable consumptive, went from a sani tarium to bis home lu Snyre. Pa., be lieving that he could not be cured. He was seized with a violent cough ing spell, and the cause of his illness was coughed up In the form of a wis dom tooth, which for two yenrs had been Imbedded In his lungs, lie began to grow better, nud bis recovery now is certain. . Two years ago Peek was In Now Y'otk nud had a wisdom tooth extracted by a dentist lie took gas nnd while under Its influence swallowed the tooth, but until now he did not know what bad happened to It. Aeroplane Nina Yeara Old. Nino yenrs ago Orville nnd the Into Wilbur Wright conquered the air In a series of four short, successful Bights at SImms Station, N. 0. The first lasted twelve seconds nnd Uie last fifty-nine. Pearls CutcM-na Wealth cf O.i.l.i tmii II li.Ji IS EIGCEST EVEBT GF KIND EluMeonth Century Affair Given by Mrs. W. F. Drepsr at Washington Proves One of Unrivaled Splendor. Cuiiste Ci'l--.tl In Costumes of Years Ago Women - Jewels Daxile. A display of ; -iris Hint probably lit erally "ouisli ilia wealth of Ormiix . and of Ind" rked the eighteenth Century ball il -i by Mr. William Y. Draper In Win-lnngton. I'limoiis ax a hostess because of the splendid coming out ball for tier daugh ter. Miss Margaret, and of many oth er entertainments that cost fortunes. Mrs. Drtixr surpassed herself In this affair. Although the announcements as well ss the Ixiills XV. costumes proelolmed Its name. It will go down In social his tory a the "x-arl boll." Probably ner- ; er In America were so many aud such marvelous pearls assembled In a ball room at one time. Hostess Scintillant Figure. j Tho hostess, who possesses $.100,000 worth of peorls, wore nearly all of them. Her hair, done In the Louis XV. fashion, wos crowned by a tiara of pear shaped pearls, some of which were as large as a small pear. Also she wore earrings and a collar of pearls, a four strand necklace and a long strand which hung from her shoulders nearly to the floor. The same sort of jewels formed her corsage ornament and a stomacher fashioned of them covered her waist and hips. The design of her costume was In representation of the dress of a lady of the court of Uml XV. Her gown was of white satin with broad stripes of black velvet. Miss Margaret Proper, dressed as a young woman of the court, wore the famous necklace whose separate Jewels hsVo come from the four quartern of the globe. The first Jewel la the neck lace was given to her by the dowager Queen Margherita of Italy, who was her godmother, for Miss Draper waa born Id Home while her father was Amert-; can ambassador to Italy. She bi the wealthiest unmarried woman In Wash ington society. Other Magnificent 8trands., Among other women who opened their Jewel caskets to wear their pearl -were Mrs. MacVeagh. wife of the sec- j retary of the treasury, whose pearls. Ilka ber emeralds, have been carefully 1 selected by an expert who travels all 1 over the world for the purpose. Mrs. Joseph Letter wore the gift of ' Mrs. Levi Z. Leiter, a companion strand ' to those of the Duchess of Suffolk, the late Lady Curxon and Mrs. Colin Camp- j bell of England, daughters of Mrs. Lei- ter. ' Mrs. Peter Goelct Gerry, who made a i personal canvass of Europe In search of the pearls for ber strand; time. Hauge, Mrs. llichardson Clover and : Mb liudorn Clover all added to the beauty of the "peurl ball." Most of the costumes were designed from paintings of the eighteenth cen tury. The ballroom was decorated in '. the fashion of the French Yuletide en tertainments of that period, although American Beauty roses were used in the place of the red carnations of ( France. - i The minuet was danced. Miss Helen ' Taft and Mr. Robert Taft beiug among : the dancers. j Miss Margaret Draper and ber house guest. Miss l.avina Fish of New York, were the guests of honor at a dinner given before the ball by Mrs. Richard Kcld Rogers and Miss Elizabeth Rog ers. Out of compliment to her guest of honor Mrs. Rogers transformed her house into an eighteenth century French gnrdeu and eveu costumed her servants tu the fashion of that period. ENSIGN ORDERED TO ARCTIC. Navy Man to Help Survey Island Found by Peary. Ensign Kltxhugh Green. U. S. N has been detailed to accompany the Crocker Land expedltiou to the arctic which sets out next July. He will act as to pographer and physiographer. This latest arctic enterprise purposes to establish the existence and to sur vey a body of land commonly called Crocker island, which Pcnry reorted he had seen in 1900 from Cniie Thomas Hubbard at a distance of slwut UHS miles across the Ice. Adjoining terri tory will be explored nnd mapped. The expedition will be a Joint under hiking under the auspices of the Amer ican Museum of Natural History and the American Geographical society and Y'ale university. It will be under the leadership of Donald McMillan, who was with Peary on the north pole trip in 1909. Wed Again Month After Annulment. Within a month of the annulment of their previous marriage Peter W. Van ttenen and Maria Autlerson, both of Newburg. N. Y., were married again. Vantlenen is nineteen years old. He and Miss Anderson were married se cretly In July. The youth's father had Judge Tompkins annul tho marriage. Meanwhile young Vantlenen won hia father's consent Three hour between P.cdr'iond tn) Prltievllle, fun- fl.30. Agent fur .Niirtahrii, tit. Northern Hud American Eiprexs Co. f'liire open from 7 . in to 6 p. m.; Monday 9 to 1 Office at l'loiiecr Cream i o. 12-19 Just OPenel : Livery Feed and Sale Stable In Cornett Stage Barn Prineville, ..... Oregon Special attention given to the traveling Public Hay 25c a day per head. Give us a call. White This Steal Couch is both Either Couch, Davenport or Full Size Bed. Will Uet a Ufa time, with proper car. Very reasonable in price. Leave orders for Rick Wood. Prineville Furniture Company $100,000.00 TO LOAN On Improved. Producing FARMS Large Loans a Specialty A. R. BOWMAN Prineville, Oregon Are you looking for a stove ? Come to John Morris Fruit Trees! Central Oregon Grown The only kind you can afford to plant. ILLUSTRATED fiJtT VLOGUE FREE. Write lor one. Prices low enough to surprise you. Lafollette Nursery Co. Princvi'le, 6 6. Oregon ey easi ,tSsejhgsaaSaaeafc,esssiSr Are YOU taking the Journal t The Journal : All Jourdan & Son & Mackey, Props. Strong tad Easy to Sleep on The Oregon Bar At tha Old Stand U. W. Wiley & U), frpa All UA(C1 Wines and Cigars. Famous Ranier Beer in Bottles and on Draft " RECEPTION " Champ Smith, Propr Imported and Domestic h Cigars Famous Whiskies Old Crow; Hermitage; Red Top Rye; Yellow Stone; Canadian Club; Cream Rye; James E. Pepper; Moore's Malt Porter, Ale and Olympia Draft Beer on Tap. Imported Wines and Liquors. Application for Grazing Permits. NOTICE is hereby given that all ap plications for permits to graze rattle, horses and sheep within the OCHOCO NATIONAL FOHEST during the sea son of 1913, must be filed in my ott'ee at Prineville, Oregon, on or before Feb ruary 28, 1913. Full information in re gard to the grszing fees to be charged and blank forms to be need in making applications will be furnished upon re quest. HOMER ROSS, Supervisor. l-9-4t the County News. r