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NEWS OF GENERAL
INTEREST IN IDAHO
Important Occurrences Of The
Past Week From Cities
In Our State
Plan to Build a Railroad.
WHIiiop. Anothor rnllrrmil la to be
constructed In Shonhone county, to be
known ns the BnefnM Cicek railway,
acrohllng to articles of Incorporation
filed In the office of the county re
corder. The new company Is an Idaho
corporation, with Its principal place
of IiiihImchb at St. Mnrlrs, and la In
corpora tod to locate, build, OOjnlB and
Operate a railroad by cteam or elec
tricity, starting; at a connection with
tlio Mllwntikee railroad, In the aouth
wet corner of Shoshone county, and
running In a lOUtbOfly direction fol
lowitiK Kmi-rald crock for about 26
mi I en
New Bovill Fire Ordinance.
Hovlll- -The council, because of the
reielit fire etitalllllK II IllSittf loss.
(I mi orelmaiice prolilblllim the
erection f any bnlldlni netpl it lie
of Hloiie, e. merit or brtel with ajvi-n
apeotflcailono of thlchnoeo ol walls,
u . Britain i oertata prooeftboa' mm,
liicrfdlnn the m.iin bnatna Metlon
and bioo a largo irM arhlck in likely
to become so nim bulldingo wiihlu
lire Mil. 1 1 - cat! mil be n i
ciilurucd nor alien d In any manner
w Ithnnl permit from cltjf ooncU.
'Gooding to Talk at Kellogg.
KJilloKK- Word li.it been
thai Freak it Bonding, Pormi r
nor. win 11 )i ii a political
rail July M, 'i in- local committee
ha mada arrangi i tha
i ln In the ladtUUl I. I union mid!
toriira. Whllt I t andldate
tor Ho- aaaito, thi iii nr
ranaja for public mooting! foi an) can
dlda.li". BO v loll tha i '" hi d v
Ooodlng Ih otaled to apt ib la Wall
Jul) 17,
Freight Rate Ccnttatcd.
I tamlner I'unii. ol lha in
lata com mi rci omtnli i in, opan
oil a I la U II in the oaao
of i in- iioim I. umbei' oonpan) mbIbsi
the I'.,, ii,. iii. jio North) in Railroad
compan) and the Oi ion Bbort Lino,
in wbu h tha lumbar comp
1. 1 a rediiciio'i in rati - tor banting
ii.i-. ovar thai roa la and tha ro
covary of alleged eaoeeelva freight
r.i'ef
IDAHO GRAIN CROP LARGE
Government Report Carrie Good
Cheer to Gem State Farmer:
iiois. i arj Important crop in
idabo win ie in.- - than Banal thu
according to ii Jul) report hi
i.i ii bj the United Stata bureau m
i . i atatlatlca la oonjnnetlon nrttb tha
aroathor bnroan. in winter vheet
si rlB he it and nil- ll lv m -.
-Ii. Idaho i pop iii BO more than 1.-
nun buahala nboi tha at m i I
la prodlotod do- barli i rop will
1,000,000 buahola ovor lha average.
The ioiii i mp liii.' i In -ii pro
portloaato laoraaee ever tha average
than any of tha othera, but it ih not
no largo In buahala baoauaa then- ..
..I- od in Hail lata than
there h of other mine bard)
The OTOP luihh-
li is prOdlotOd il'it the inter
wheal crop will be :.'". ""ii bushels.
prim vhaal is aatlmatod al S.01
Idaho's bulkiest crop, onto, la aatlmat
: hela.
Tii- outlook tor potatooa would op
poor '" he good For Idaho tho crop
I b laholi thu
.u.-i an an I
,. ara ol " - -. buaht
Culdeaac Votes Water Bonds.
PuHtoao- Tin taipejrere ot Cnlda
i g gpoolgl eli-i i.uii, rotOd bonds
to the amount of 110,001 to 00X08000
ihe present water sstem. the vote
Itaadipj 55 for the bonds and 9
n.iiiiM A soon as the necessary
ttopa have boon completed tha muni
Otpal authorities will take over the
plant and make eitpaalva unprove
meiiia. Orcutt Again Sued for Libel.
Orotiuo JOgBOO W, Hlake proaldaBt
of the OrofinO St. ile hank, has tUod
suit for libel BgalBOl P, I- Orcutt. pub
lisher of the Republican, asking $25,
(um damages The complaint practi
(ally covers (he same ground as that
of p. H. Blake, filed on July 8th.
Hlake alleged an article in Or-
fs paper is defamatory. This la
third suit .- ' orcutt based on
article.
Twin Falls Man Out.
in Kail. M J Bweelajr, of this
ha mude formal inuouucament
he will be a candidate for the
jblic.in nomination lor the office
of lieutenant governor LoagefO of the
jblican party in this part of the
ire reported to have pledged
ited support.
rem
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thorn u"
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Prompt a,rtlon I Mrs. A. Austin,
wife of Albino's liiel of police, pre
ventud th'1 escape of n prisoner her
husband had placed in the city Jail.
Young prune orchards In the coun
try about .Monmouth are making a
rapid growth, surpassing apple, pear
and cherry trees in many places.
An order has been placed for 80,000
pounds, or 40 tonn, or two cnrloails. of
paper for use In printing the Initiative
pamphlet. ThlH amount of pnper Is
sufficient to print 300,000 coplea of a
pamphlet with 128 pnges.
Hetall meat, poultry, fish markets
and grocery stores do not come under
tho workmen's compensation act, ac
cording to an announcement of the
state Industrial accident commission.
The commission said the businesses
were not of a hnenrdous nature.
After many months of correspond
ence between the state railroad com
mission and the officials of the South
ern Pacific and Oregon Klectrlc, the
tWO railroad companies have agreed
to a rate of $2.25 on coke shipped from
Fairfax, WhsIi , to Salem.
The immense tlag provided by the
people of OrOfOB f"r "" SfeJBBtlO tree
that is tO SO 001 rlOO 00 I flagpole In
Front of tha Oregon bnlldlni at tho
Hon was raised nt San Krancls
co. tho ceremony betBg U0 principal
f. atura n 'he Pteerth ol Jul) 1 1 lohrav
nun ironado,
I tie i tale printing board has deeld
nl tO brim IhO stale printing depart
ineiit under thO wotkmens OOtap
,,,,,, .,, t -i , ooni traction not k on
ih,. Ti. proJOCl has been
! t i i .I. i- tha
unions ladnatlica under Hie super-
0 I" ell B
dot Ho- iii a I m,
ti ' Idonta
,1 to stt. ta i i'i or '
. . ii i Kofi laal w. in Ing
i number - v
t hroo : tha donti
.,1 I I O. Kolllke was killed
, ,. n i mini rtlon a II
.mill w:.s killed at Uobla
ii
klliad wii i k ' Camp Ci
W. Cornoll,
R idlo, i" i
. tear in his Ufa nntll ha came to
Eugena in bis autotnoMli ft
one bl M he collided wllli. H ra
iM avonut ' . Ith hla
gutomohJI I c"''
ii.. .,, ii obagrlnad and
offort i to i i) foi tho d ' i o to
tin i tr, i hough his autom il org
iiain.o-.oi mora tl n tho cm
Dopat) Si ih of w ei this and
'ii anaonaoaa that oil
oonntloo be ta o III ooon bo oqulp
I , , with -ill' ttnj imi1 " asur
, i a Mr llllctltel has le-
..in for It.. I r II iiuey.
I.,,,, ,, . Union ami Umatilla
eouiniis Immadlatal) aftor taatlni
,i will bO divided and
I I. , to the ti . oa .iitniy
Twenl nine B III ba rated
on at tho geaerol i b ptlon In On
i . M Kovember, arhmb la aim fewi r
than art ! i ohoaltted to tho rot
i lovon of the
to bo ro the v.i
lubmltted b) the laal
intiire. An Important gmondmont t
tod ui pro tewlda
prohibition. II woiih!
i. i
ihiuois in the il U '" ' tmond
in. m would aiioiL.ii thu a ot Bate.
;t ami laltl '' 'i h tho "f tha
a sta:e 0 State
ration of labor. People'! Power
, , iv ,,' I
reoontotlon bnroan. an gmendmonl
for proportional n . '"'
pro-
thai r) rotei ma
anv on -pliant tot r. -pr- I " t tl
glalatlTa aaaembly and no
The SI oaptraatfl ho ' ot h tha
ajeoteal Bumhor or ratoo thronghaal
the slate would lie ieclaie, ci i.-d.
Water permits issued by Siale Kn
nine, -r John II Lewis il 'iuar-
ter ending June M, OOJI fOt ItV
peadltnre of approximate!) $iiu"".
Him to make goa Of UkO wa'ii- Theie
w.ie it: pei in. ta to appropriate pwb
lii waters lssiid dnring tha Quarter.
i i propoaad dttohea and pii" Unae
aggregate HI mile.- in bjBfltkv, and
provtda for the irrigntiou or I1JS1
goreo of land: for the development or
i7i". boroepower gad for the municipal
supply of six towns One of the moat
important of these permits is that
granted to U 0. Seawell of Payette.
Idaho. He propos to irritate 10444
acres with the wa'.is of tin Owyhee
and Crooked creek a Malheur county.
This land lies a short distance from
Ontario. The Kastern Oregon Laud
company of San Krancisco proposes
to irrigate 4M aires in the Willow
crick valley in Mauheur count y with
the .aters of liurnt river. ThO water
is to be conwyod from the KMorado
ditch, which was constructed many
ago tor mining purposes The
six towns Li v hub water was appro
priated lor municipal supply are Tur
ner, Marsh!. eld. North Uend, Heaver
ton. Myrtle Point and Fall a 'ity.
NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Plan for Mere Autonomous Gov
ernment in Philippines Is
Laid Before Congress.
Washington. An administration
approved plan for a more autonomous
government In the Philippines as an
other step toward IndeperPjpnce waa
laid before congress, In a bill Intro
duced by Congressman Jones of Vir
ginia. Mr. Jones Is chairman of the house
Insulnr committee, and his measure
declaring the purpose of the people of
the country as to the future polltlcnl
Btntus of Filipinos, inflows a long ser
ies of conferences with the president,
Secretary Harrison. Manuel Quezon,
the Philippine resident commission to
the Patted States, and democratic
members of the Insular committee, nil
of whom have approved It Informally.
The bill makes no attempt lo fix a
date for Philippine Independence. Its
preamble rectus that It was never the
Intention ol 11 !0 people In the Inclpl
'iu y of war with Spain to make It a
war of OOQjqnoal or territorial aggran
dizement. It asserts that It always
has been their purpose to recognize
the liulep. i; leiice ol the Islands "a
000 iis a stable government could be
ootahMohod thereto." it doolarao it to
pe deolrahri to ptaoo in the hands of
tho Filipinos as large control ol their
domt lie all ill as gaj be OOBfltotOBl
with thO exercise In the niealltlin.' Of
thO rlghl ol iiovcrelgul) ol the I'nlted
St.'lteH.
Wilson Will Stand by Warburg.
The iidtni'iii .trillion met dofOBl In
lit to have tin
Iflrm tho noniiiiaiiotis ot
Thomai il Join - ol Chit i to, and Pnnl
,l, Warhur:. ol .. N in k, as mem
bt i ot tin l' d 0TV0 hoard.
I ha banking and ciitteii" commit
; to i to report tho nomine
lion id Mr. Join in the senate with
mii infaVI oninii tidal ion. and
a i to po tpone Utdeflaltal) tnr
it Ion of tho nomination
lr. Warburg.
. ti, ite must, take the rei poll
I blllt) tor an hit ompl. te I. doral re-
I ...id I lie president Is deter
Id or fall b) Warhur:.
I!. Bill 04 t ninate a substitute lor
him."
This was the declaration given out
uitoliichilly lis the While Houses last
word on the controversy between
Proatdeat VPUoon ami tha senate com
unite.- on banking and currency ot r
the iniiiii mat ton of I'aul W.ithurg and
Tlioina .loin as leseiw board IIH'111
hers.
n ait" nipt area otada in odmlnli
tl 1 1 ion circles In conceal Hie (act ihal
Ihe Issue had caused an almost Com
plete split between tin- pri iileni and
OaaO ol the leading ilclilocl.it le In. la
ban of the uppei bou
Bryan Defend Columbian Treat. y
S. . tat III v an i sued a statement
rigoroual) defendlna the proi
treat) to settle dlftaronooa botwoen
the ' oltad siai.s ami Colombia over
i ' . parol "n "i I'anaina The ti. ,n
met v UjOrOUl opposition In tin-
seliat" lltlil OX I'''" IdOnl Uoos.V, It
. .1 ii as a vehicle for tl"
payment ol blackn
Mi . Br) in ' soar)
to dlacuaa onl) (he fool th
: not thO events
w hioh - ro rlee ta ' bo dlffen i
ami that, raaardleea or whether Co
lombla has a juii griavam
bar more powerful oolghhor, do do
rould the former oouatry
ma ah . - financial h
mot thnn tl do,
which th- Cnlti i id pa)
i.ial. r tin treaty,
t loll Ol I'll
As to the e.i. laloa ot raojfof oa the
pan ot ti..- American government, to
which opponent.- ol 'I'"' leading ron-
raaUoB offer their hlttereel objection,
the secretary -.. i'i this was almost
identical with a similar aaprOOBlon in
the Duboli memorandum on tin- basis
of which the Tail administration ill.
nOOQOOfllllT sought to placate Colom
bia National Capital Brevities.
a dologatloa of Chleaao
me. i oalled 0B the praalaont to protaot
against certain antitrust legislation
which has been prOBO 0d
i in- hens- paaaed the bill vhieh the
senate had approved providing that
home-!, -adeis might dispose of the
surface rights to land.-, which contain
ed minerab
oeretary WHoaa, of the department
of h.hor, is please t at reports he la
roootvlag which i loata thai thoBam
n.i i.' merioa Cltlaeoi emigrating
to ' am 'a is d' leasing.
Prealdent W' to bettavao Ihal DOjoI
BOH in. ii are i oming around to the
admin iratlo ii of ami trust i ig
and willing and ready that
ihe i rai . laid OBl be put through
at Hi prOOf n I -' aalOO Of congress. He
made 'bia i lain to calh is, follow in:
a mlh wi . Hoar) Pard, 'he million
air. gate inainc o rurt-r. and other rep
resentatives ot bii-iness.
Brief News of the Week
The much discussed order Issued by
Secretary Daniels Inst April banishing
all Intoxicating liquors from the
American navy became effective Wed
nesday. Thousands of school teachers from
every section of the country will be
gin to assemble in St. Paul nt the end
of the week in anticipation of the
opening of the annual convention of
the National educational association.
The centennial anniversary of the
but tin of Horseshoe HoM In which
General Andrew Jackson broke the
power of the Creek IndlanH and saved
the great southwest from British dom
ination, will be celebrated Saturday
with exercises on the battlefield In
A la ha inn.
one of the most drastic prohibition
laws ever adopted by any of thestnten
went Into effect Wednesday In West
Virginia. The law not only prohibits
the manufacture, snle and Importation
of Intoxicating liquors, bill forbids the
sale of any newspnpers or periodicals
containing liquor advertisements.
The biggest mercantile failure In
the hlstorv of the Fulled Stntes was
1 precipitated when receivers were ap
pointed for the II. II. Claflln Company,
of New York. The company. It Is es
Unwind, owes genre than tn,oonto,
which at the pre. cut iltn. it Is unable
i to pay. Its assets are said to be
I V44."0". '
Nearly half the "Old Witch City,"
: of Salem, Mass.. rich In historic build
; lugs mid traditions, was devastated
I by a -fire that caused nil estimated
' loss of $'jn. nun. mill; destroyed I I
buildings, including n score of man
ufacturing establishments and made
10,000 of the -t...nnn residents home
less.
The hundreds ot Norwegian Attieil
g ho have returned to attend Ihe
featlVtttOO In coniniei'ioratlon of the
centenary of Norway's Independence
will hold a l.li- celebration In Chris
tian.. i Baturda) In honor of thO Iniie
pondOBOO day Of the I'nlted ItatOO
The raataro or tho celebration m bo
the uiiM'IIIng id a bust or Lincoln, a
gift to the Norwegian nation from
Oovernor Hnnnd of North Dohota
SAVED BY PREHENSILE TRAIT.
Baby Grasp Locomotive Rod When
Auto If Smashed.
Portland. Ore. A baby's Inherited
rharacterietto t" green al a nearby
la much ll I lie aK' seizes a limb
t i nee. pioii.n.u anved tho dfO of
three yi'iil o.l un Ii,i7lcr When nil
intOaobUO III irhk h she was sealed
aiis struck by ii BaNttbern Paclilc train
ui n crossing near i la. kaitui station
Ihe i Inlil's leg was fractured. I he
llllo was demolished
Mr. Iluli.v . I'mxler of Portland,
motlici ol the Injured child, win driv
ing the machine In It J u-t hefore the
crash were Mr and Mm, JBBO00 Linn
of Lenta, their twochlldrvn, PioroaaOi
even years old. and Libel, live years
old. mid Ihe iialiv
The linn hlne .aine to II stop across
dm tracks The older persons leaped
out. and Mr Lino lilted out the older
Children and was r lulling far Ihe
boh) heii ttW impact came
A the moihei screamed frantically
Ihe patty lOOhOd among ttey ruins for
Ihe missing child, but In alii. Finally
s.. in., .me cried OBI (bat Ihe child nail
been found She was hanging tor dear
die iii the brace rada which run from
the holler t" ihe pilot UmI Apparent
i -i.c n.iil in .ii thrown against the
pilot ami had giaspul the rods Inlul
i i rely
The child was brought to Portland
and taken to Qood Siuuarltnu lio-pltaL
MONKEY CATCHES MEASLES.
Romped With Human Chum Who Al
ready Had Diss.
Blrmlni ham Ala.- Pat. one of the
bii; monkeyi al the 4 road ilo noo here,
pats keeper has pri icrined o nV
ciisior oil. and Ho' own key is e.-.t-
e.l tn get Well ill il short llllie
Put ranaht the menalee fraoi hi
li i . ..a nephew of the
g, . .. wlen Pat gad the
boy BIO great Irl.ii.U The hoy caught
the measles and was coullncd lo heil.
Pal got louesome and Insisteil on see-
llg his lllelul lie didli t show Ills tu-
Btateoco iii tho nenai way, bat Mr. ai
aya ho eoaJd not mwlotorprof tha
monkey despondence uml lack of a
petile. lie took the monkey to see the
baj
A soon as Pat got In the door be
broke uway from the gl eper, Jumpel
on tho bed and tiegan to trolic with
Jack. Two days later Pat wa all
broken out with the measles and very
wick.
Mr. Allen didn't couOue the two
friends to the same tied, out he did
take Put home r.r treatment and say
tin monkey i doing well.
Mrs. Margaret Anderson, widow of
Colonel Mward Clifford Anderson,
and a great grand daughter ot Thomas
Jefferson, died ai Savannah She was
I native of Virginia.
donation of 11.110,000 from John
D. Kockefeller to the Rookofellei I"
atitute of Mid.. I Raoaarah a an
nounced by HOBI lames, manager of
Ihe matttU'i This gift brings the
sum total of Ml Hockefeller's coulr'-
buiioti to tbe laetltato up to 1IJV
tnw
MOORE
Grotto - Grotto
ONTARIO, OREGON
Two Week's Engagement
Of the Famous Lady Entertainers
Terry and Pony
Of San Francisco
These are the Highest Priced Artists
in their line. Come and enjoy the
treat.
Grand Opening
SAVING TIME by TELEPHJWEl
Means Not Only Time Hut Money.
Do you t'viT consider how lonj: il t:iki'; to travel the dtsttUlOd
from inir house to (lie Ihu'tnf :iinl Miiiliiiiil ;unl what time
you save bf telephoning? It' your time is worth an tlunv., oti
cannot atVord to he without a Telephone.
Malheur Home Telephone Co.
A Complete Line of
tttdfrttg tatuntrrtf
At the Argils Office
HSiJi?3
A. McWILLIAMS Proprietor.
Anything in the way of
Automobile Supplies
Such as Casings or Tubes, Blow Out
Patches, Chains.
Ford Extras of all kinds.
Best of Service.
Reasonable Prices for Livery.
The Ford Garage,
North of the Moore Hotel.
July 18, 1914
ONTARIO LIVERY
I lest Equipped Livery
the city. Headquarten for
Stockmen.
Hone tout ht mid Sold
t 4