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1 OREGON NEWS NOTES nr nnjcpsi isitcccct Wl ULllLiihL til I l.KLO I Twenty-seven firms were engaged j!n th junk business and paid a total Events Cccurrina Throughout ot 1,1 wp ',f,t ,Rr- ecord- , jlng to Labor Commissioner lloff's sta- the State During the Past Uistics. VYCCk lh0 Roundup was staged lit a ' cost of $24,000, while the receipt j amounted to 13-4.000, according to the Brewing Plants Valued at $2,000,000. annual report submitted to the stock .Salcm. According to figures com-; ,lo!lers- piled ty Labor Commissioner Hoff, 11 malt brewing ants In Oregon, oper. ating an average of K12 days, em ployed an average of 172 skilled work men who received $4.02 a day or $015, 72?; 76 unskilled men who re ceived J2.S3. a day of eight hours or $113,763, men in office at $4.59 a day of $35,802, and four female clerks receiving 'i a day or JL744; total, 277 people receiving $:!!5!,044. riants are valued at S1.S35.000. A total of 1S7.000 barrels of beer at an average price of ?7.15, or $1,327,050 and 10,634 tons of ice at an average value of $7.S0 a ton or $52,939 com prised the output. Total output, ?1,409.9S9. Three plants used 6SS lectric horsepower, and nine 1695 steam; total, 23S2 horsepower. Governor-Elect Names Secretary. Portland. George Palmer Putnam of Bend has been named by Governor-elect Withycombe to be his private secretary. Announcement of the selection was made by Dr. Withy combe In Portland and at the same time the selection was made public of Miss Either K. Carson of Salem as assistant secretary. Mr. Tutnara Is editor and owner of the Bend Bulletin. Miss Carson is the daughter of John A. Carson of Salem, and a senior In the law school of Wil lamette University. Mr. Putnam's selection as private secretary was made from a field of more than 20 applicants. Dr. Withy combe had the matter under consider ation for several weeks and arrived at his decision after a thorough canvass of the available material. DRY LEADER OPPOSES PLAN J. E. Wheeler, Chairman of Committee of 100, Opposed to Drastic Laws. Portland. J. E. Wheeler, chairman of the Committee of One Hundred, an nounced in a statement that he would vigorously oppose any attempt to enact a law to prohibit the use ot liquor in the home or to put unreasonable obstacles in the way of obtaining it . He said he would do this in order to "keep faith with the people." His statement was given out in the nature of a reply to the announcement tiy the Oregon Anti-Saloon league of tentative provisions for inclusion in the measure to be submitted to the next legislature for enactment so as to make the prohibition amendment thoroughly effective. One of these tentative provisions was that it should be unlawful to pub lish liquor advertisements in news papers or on billboards or otherwise. It is known that members of the Committee of One Hundred strongly .Objected to this provision and others 'On the ground that they were intend . ed to interfere with persons obtaining I . Jiquor for use in their homes. In the announcement made by the Anti-Saloon league, it was stated that George M. Brown, attorney general elect, had been asked to make the final draft of the proposed measure. Trespass Law Favored. Portland. An average of 30 persons . are killed every year in Oregon while trespassing on railroad property, and ;to prevent, in a measure, these ad vents, the Public Safety Commissior ihaa gone on record as favoring the passage of a law by the legislature strictly prohibiting such trespass. Douglas County at War With Small C Pox. 'Rosehurg. An epidemic of small 'pox Is threatening Donglas county, and strenuous watching and quarantining fcy Dr. K. L. Miller, the county health officer, is all that has kept the dis ease within limits thus far. In Rose burg there have been two cases, now - convalescent. "Unemployment Law Topic. '""Corvallis. The discussion of unem ployment legislation that is to he' a conspicuous part of the special ses sion of the Commonwealth Conference at the University of Oregon Decembei 10, 11 and 12 apparently will be of l vision, has received notice that he coast-wide scope. A. II. Grout, laboi ' had been elected chairman of the ex commissioner of the city of Seattle, tension service section of the Amerl has been authorized by the Seattle can Association of Agricultural Col- city council to attend. Mr. Grout will have a paper on "Unemployment Leg islation for Washington." E. W. Ol son, state labor commissioner of Wash ington, also has been invited. V. G. Young, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon, who is a women, according to an official dircc member of the legislative committee tory of the superintendents, supervis on unemployment named by the last orn, principals and high school tench commonwealth conference, says clone ( ere of Oregon, issued by Slate Super relationship should cxir.t between Ore- intendent of Public Instruction Chur gon and Washington in the handling chill. The directory is more complete of unemployment. fur C'.a year than ever before. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON tort) seven accidents, 15 or tnem in the operation cf railroads, were report ! ed to Labor Commissioner ltoff dur i lug the Ker's. Most of the accidents were of minor importance. I Governor West has announced that he intends to make an Investigation ' and determine if the orientals cont'in ; cd In the state penitentiary cannot be deported to their native laud, j The La Grande-Walla Walla Rnil- ro:u! has met seemingly insuimouut ! able obstacles in its efforts to finance tlie project and the promoters have ; given up the attempt, for the time bo nis at least. The third annual show of the Pa cific International Livestock associa tion will be held at the Portland Union Stockyards for six days, beginning Monday, December 9, and continuing until Saturday. December 12. The river Rhine suffers in compnr- , Ison with the natural beauty of the ! Columbia river as viewed from the ! Columbia river highway, according to j S. A. Lancaster, consulting engineer I of the Oregon State Highway eommis i slon. Thirteen bids, ranging from $320, j BC9.54 to $243,994.45, for the construc ' tion of the gravity water system to bring mountain water from the head waters of the Clackamas river to Ore gon City, were opened by the water commission and read. The Oregon Retail Merchants' asso ciation is arranging for the publica tion of its Ninth Annual Year Book. The Great Southern station at Du fur was broken Into and the safe, weighing nearly two tons, wrs blown open and about $10 taken. Unless the snowfall in north Lake county is unusually heavy in the course of the next two months Silver Lake will be dry by the middle of next summer. This is the prediction of old settlers, who once farmed dry land on what is now a lake bed. That the Willamette Valley exhibit for the San Francisco exposition, which is being assembled at Salem, is the finest display of Oregon products ever collected. Is the statement of C. H. Stewart, of Albany, president of the Willamette Valley Exhibit Association. Joseph Caseday, ex-deputy sheriff of Grant county, convicted early in 1910 of participation In the lynching of Oliver Snyder, whom he had arrested, and sentenced to be hanged, ate his Thanksgiving dinner at his new home in Lake county, through the grace of Governor West Reports of rabies have reached Ba ke." from John Day, Ironside aad the Burnt river districts. A coyote was killed at the Smith ranch near John Day after It had bitten two dogs. Its head has been sent to Portland for ex amination. Many dogs belonging to ranchers exhibited signs of rabies. The workmen's compensation law is to be the object of attack at the next session of the legislature. Agents of casualty Insurance companies are going to make an effort to secure amendments which will allow their companies to write compensation In surance in competition with the state. A Grande Ronde camp of the United Spanish-American war veterans will be installed in La Grande December 5, at which time department officers and a number of the members of Scout Young Camp, of Portland, are expect ed to be' In attendance. The local camp now has a membership of 20 veterans. W. D. Scott, general manager of the Hill lines in Oregon, who is to become the new operating head of the Colora do & Southern lines, with headquar ters at Denver, as announced a few dayB ago, Is to be succeeded by C. O. Jenks, assistant general superintend ent of the Superior division of the Great Northern. Joint efforts are now being made by the Oregon Conservation commission, the Oregon Irrigation congress, and the Portland Commercial club In con junction with the commercial organi zations of the Deschutes valley to se cure the $450,000 of government mon ey appropriated for a central Oregon Irrigation project. Ralph D. Hetzel, director of the Or egon Agricultural college extension di- leges and Experiment stations, which has just closed an annual session In Washington, D. C. Exclusive of the schools of Portland, the average Balary paid to teachers Is $80.05 a month for men and $62.98 for JAMES W. WADSWORTH Ftioto by Amai.can frwu Aiaoclutloo. James W. Wadswor-th, Jr., republi can, elected United States Senator from New York. BRYAN PREACHES PEACE Nations Built on Force Have Gone Down, Told Chicago Presbyterians Chicago. "Love, not dreadnoughts and siege guus, Is lo bring peace to warring uatious" is the text of a ser mon preached Sunday by Secretary Bryan to Presbyterians of Chicago, who filled a downtown theater. "Nations which have been built on force have died. Those which have trusted in armies and fleets have gone down. Why do not the nations learn that righteousness Is mightier than dreadnoughts?" said Secretary Bryan. Mr. Bryan also denounced the liquor traffic. "It Is Insanity to try to cure the evils of society without stopping the sources of evil," he asserted. Secretary Bryan experienced an em barrassing moment during a reception following his talk when a young wo man attempted to embrace him, claim ing to be bis cousin. Mr. Bryan eluded her embrace and the young woman was led away. Oregon Ballot Measures In Conflict Salem, Or. While there Is no likeli hood that the mistake will nullify either amendment, Sam Kozcr, assist ant secretary of state, discovered that the constitutional amendments provid ing prohibition and abolishing the death penalty both say In their text that they shall be section 26 of article 1 of the constitution. British Columbia Feels Safe. Seattle. With all five of the Ger man cruisers In the Pacific accounted for in Chilean waters, the British Co lumbia cities of Victoria, Vancouver and Trince Rupert have recovered from the feeling of uneasiness which prevailed when the Scharnhorst, Gnel senau, Liepzlg, Dresden i.nd Nurnberg were rovers. Son Accidentally Kills Father. New berg. Or. James W. Thomas, of this city, vwas killed by Elmer Thomas, his 17-year-old son, while the two were near the river on a duck hunt. The son explains that he slip ped and fell after aiming the gun, and that the shot struck bis father In the back. CANADA FEARS RAID Movement Similar to Fenian Attack Remote Possibility. Buffalo, N, Y. Extraordinary pre cautions have been taken to guard against a possible raid by Germans or Cerman1 sympathizers across the Nia gara river. A permanent guard of 30 militiamen has been stationed at Fort Erie, di rectly opposite Buffalo, and the whole riverfront from there to Niagara Falls and Queenstown is patrolled day and night by between 500 and 600 mem bers of the newly organized home guard regiments. AutomoblleB and motorcycles are used by the mea on patrol duty. These measures, It Is said, were ta ken In response to demands from civic organizations along the Canadian side of the Niagara who insisted in commu nications to the department of militia that a movement similar to the Fenian raid was not a remote possibility. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Club, $1.10, bluestem,($l.lB, red Russian, $1.05.' Hay Timothy, $15. "0; alfalfa, $13.50. Butter Creamery, 35c. Eggs Ranch, 40c. Seattle. Wheat lilur.etem, $1.15; club $1.12; red IliiFsiiin, $.1.06. Hay Timothy, $15 per ton; alfalfa, $13 per ton. Butter Creamery, 35c. Etas 40c. ...... STRIKE COMMISSION -NAMEOJY WILSON President Hopes Differences Eetween Winers and Oper ators May be Settled. Washington. President Wilson an nounced the appoint ment of Seth Low, of Now York; Charles W, Mills, of Philadelphia., and Patrick Gilday, of Clearfield, Pa., us a commission through which future difference be tween operators and miners Involved In the present Colorado strike may bo settled. Tho commission, officials explained, was not appointed to deal with thu ex isting differences which have caused rioting and bloodshed In Colorado, In a statement announcing tho ap pointment of the commission, the president fxprotised "the very eanieHt and sincere hope that the parties may fie it not merely to their own bent In t crest, but also a duty which they owe to the communities they serve nud to the nation Itself to make use of this instrumentality of peace and render sirikes of the kind which has threat ened the order and prosperity of tho groat state of Colorado a thing of the past." Mr. Wilson added that "merely to withdraw tho federal troops and leave ti e situation to settle Itself would j seem to mo to bo doing something less than my duty utter all that has oc curred. " He has been asked by Governor Am nions, of Colorado, to withdraw tho troops from some of tho districts. SWEDEN MAY DEFY KAISER Germany Arouses Neighbor by Mak ing Wood Contraband of War. London. Telegraphing from Copen hagen, the Dally Mall correspondent reports that Germany's declaration making wood contraband of war has caused a tremendous revulsion of feel ing In Swedtm and Norway against Germany and agitation for an under standing with Russia. Sweden's loss by reason of this dm-lurutlon, it is es timated by the correspondent, will amount to $15,000,000 a year. "The temper of the Swedes," says tho correspondent, "Is such that they aro discussing whether or not it would be advisable to' send cargoes of wood to Euglnnd through the Kattegat and Skager Rak under escort of Swedish warships and defy the Germans to at tack them." Zapata Punishes Crime In Capital. Washington. Except for a row Iso lated cases of robbery and violence, which resulted in severe punishment to the offenders as soon as detected, the Zapatista forces have maintained good order In Mexico City, according to advices from the Brazlliun minis ter to the state department. AMERICANS SAFE FBOMMY WAR' Washington. American missionar ies in Turkey will be fully protected from harm In the holy war reported proclaimed by the Shlek-UI-Islnm and 28 other Turkish priests high in Mos lem church councils. Acting Secretary of State Lansing announced that Turkey had voluntar ily assured Ambassador Morgenthau that orders for careful protection of American interests had been Issued to all Turkish officials. American missionaries not only bare not been molested In any of tho disturbances In Turkey but they are free to leave the country whenever they please, Ambassador Morgenthau cabled. Turkish authorities have nev er closed the Christian schools main tained by Americans in the Moslem empire. As further evidence of good faith, the Turkish government In the case of official dispatches from the American embassy In Constantinople to the state department has suspended operation of tho ban on code tele grams. Churches In Europe Appeal. New York. The Federal Council ot Churches of Christ In America receiv ed at headquarters here an appeal from leaders of Protoatant churches by several neutral European countries urging churches throughout the world to strive for peace. The appeal orig inated with the Right Rov. Nathan Soederblom, Archbishop of Upaala, Sweden. War Aiding Business. Wushlngton. Secretary Redfleld told the house appropriations commit tee that the commercial expansion of the United States was evidenced by the fact that tho total exports for No vember showed an Increase of $63,000, 000 over November last year, and un doubtedly would have shown $140,000, 000 incroase If cotton and copper hud been exports. Part of the lncreaae in exports he attributed lo the wur. A BANK BOOK overtops almost everything in tmportnncn in ihimIiumh 1 if. It means freedom from worry, freedom from ili-pules iilutut payments, butter fUndiitif with thorn with whom you do husinoHH. We shall he glud t have your nwount nml you will he glad to lmve one here ft'r you horn its ail van luges. The First National Bank Of Prinevllle?, OfCtfon. Ths Otdt Bunk In Central Ort-gnti Capital, Surplus and Undivided Protils, $150,000.00 r . III 10,000 Ears of Corn The cream of 1,000 acres of OREGON.WASIUNGTON-IDAHO'S CLUE RIBBON CROP will be on competitive exhibition at (he CORN SHOW Held under the Auspices of Oregon- Washington Railroad & Navigation Co At Walla Walla, Washington Novembsr 25 to 28, 1914 INTERESTING INSTRUCTIVE ENTERTAINING Lectures by Prof. L C. Smith, Agriculturist of the O-VV, It. A N. Company. Low Fares For the Round Trip Tickets, schedules and full ii-f irmstUiu upon application to H. HAL'KOI., I.. M. KOSS, T. K. A P. A. Agent, 11-12 19 Bend, Ore, Redmond, Ore. Notice far Publication. Depnrt iiieiit. I'f Ihe Interior, L". M. Lund Utllee, The I illen. the. October Mill, 1!U4. Notice Ik hereby Klven that Alexanders. Cut tltiiflitLtn of Ilehl, Ori'troti, who, on Mureli 11th, 1!10, uiiile tiomcHtriul entry No. OCan'i, for t-i 1, fcctUm 2, n J nml ni ni-J section 11, township 20 south, runirn H' cant, Willamette Merlillnn, linn tiled notice of Inten tion to make tlnal three year proof to cxtiilillHh claim to the land nhove leMcrltM-tl iH'fore A. S. KukK I'. H comnilHHloner nt Hampton, Orciron, on the 21'inl day of DccciiiImt, 1914. Claimant names us wltneHne: Fred Hamlin of Rivers, (Iretfon; Nel son I). Me re and A. It. lavls of Held, Oregon; Bert LooteiiH of Dry Luke, Oregon. II. Faiink Woorx.'ofK. lM2p Register. Notice to Creditor. Notice Is hereby given by the under, silined, the administrator with the will annexed of the estate of John Sciimenr. deceased, to all creditors olnsid deceased and all persons having claims against said estate to prenent the same, with tho proper voncliers, to the undersigndd at the ollice of M. R. Klllott, in l'rineville, Oregon, within six months from the first puhlicsiion of this notice. Dated and published first time this 12th day of November. 1914. Paul Hni.n, Administrator with the will annexed of the estate of John Svhmner, deceased. Notice tor Publication Ixolatcti Trai t. Public Land Rale. Department of the Interior. U. 8. Land Oilie at The Dalles, Oregon. November 9; 1!M4. Notice is hereby given that, as direct ed by the commissioner of the general land otllce, under provisions of act of congrei approved March 28, 1912, (37 Stat., 77), pursuant to the application of Timothy K. J. Duffy, serial No. 013217, we will offor at public sale, to the high est bidder, but at not less than f 1.25 per acre, at 9 :V o'clock a, rn., on the 8th day of January, lill!), at this office, the following tract of land : SeJ sej, section 22, township 14 lotith, range 16 east, Willamette merklan. Any persons claiming adversely the above described land are advised to file their claims or objections on or before the time designated for sale. 11-12 H. Fkank Woodcock, Register. For Sale or Trade. One t wo Hoetlon harrow; one, 16 Inch stilkuy plow; one 12-luch walk liiK plow; one Blip scraper; one 2 Inch wnifon; one Durham cow; one heifer calf, one Haddle, etc. 11-6 PKINKVIIXK FlOKII & LlVKKY STAIII.B. 6 Per Cent Money Loans may be obtained for any pur pose on acceptable Real KHtate security ; liberal privileges; correspondence so licited. A. C. A'if.ncy Company, 7f8 Gas, Kloetrio Mldir. Denver, Colo. 410 I'lielnn HIiIl'., Han Francipco. 0-3-41 Our Liquid Tar Soap Ih different, and better tamp, Excellent for the shampoo. 8 20 I'ninbvim.k Dittio Co, iir Hliin'hs, MimMiiip-, Windows, Jjj Doors, GliiCiW, Ktc. Kto,, Etc. 9 SHIPP & PERRY riUNIiVlI.UC, OUKCON 111 Fruit Trees! U y central uregon urown The only kind yon ran nfford to plant. ILLUSTRATED ..,TALOGUE FREE. .Write for miii. Prices low enough to surprlne you. L&follette Nursery Co. Frincville, 0-0 Oregon S The Oregon Bar At the Old Stand a W. Wiley & Co., Prp. All kinds of Choice Liquors Wines and Cigars. Famous Ranier Beer in Bottles and on Draft The Brosius Bar Finest Brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT F. E. BROSIUS, Proprietor III ,