ITEMS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT OREGON
Chronicle of Important Events
of Intorest to Our
Roadcrs.
NEWS PARAGRAPHS PROM
OT1ILK CI l Ih-3 IN UKtUOIl
Refers Murphy Include Putjllo.
linker An uiicsmm'ImI development
In III" lnnrliiK of t It dlvorre raait of
H ilnvy C. Uiv, the former million
Ira sorlety niitn and mink broker,
occurred Hsturdny, whrn t the r
ii in i( ion of the liorliiii before lief
er Olmrlcs P. Murjihy, nil nwniti
per mm Slid llm public were ordered
from llm court room liy llm rert!
ml tli testimony tnken In secret.
Forests Art Burvtyid.
Wallnwn. orlU'lnU uf llm loenl tor
rut office ii if In ilk I im surveys uiitlinr
Inn sliit'slles ntul rliimlfylnit In ml
mid timber on llm Wallow mid Mi
lium I menu Tim work hns bm-n
ciiiniilelcd mirth of I In- lmn line, uml
will lii-iiln In I few dnvs on Dm h kIi
liitiuntulns to llm coin Ii of Will limn
n Hid north unit west boundaries ol
Ilia fori-al.
HAY CROP IS BUMPER
Wiilirn Oregon Vlild It 60 Per Cant
Larger Than In 1910.
I'orvnllla. "Thu fnwncrs of Oregon
are harvest lit a winiilrfiil bay a "p."
Kuld Dr. Juiiie Wllliyt'oiiib, director
of I lie experiment stntlon at thu Ore
linn Agricultural Itilli-Hi), discus US
tlm present Imrvrnt.
"Tre total bay crop of Orrunn Inst
yciir ri primi nii'd (Khi.oiui torn, but tbla
year It will niith l.liio.omi ton. Tim
western On-kmi crop la f.U per rent
In i kt thun it s Inni year, und the
nmli ru Oregon crop iilimit 10 per rent
larger.- Th d fferciu-n In porri'iiliilt
la mostly dim to llm fiu't Unit In east
ern Oregon llm crop la grown on IrrU
filled or sublrrlgitled land, while that
In western On mm la grown under nut-
uml cotiillilons, nnil the sciuon tons
been fnvoriihl for bay, as well a for
olbcr farm crops."
Yoder It Not Guilty.
Pnlem HiiiiKlim In a verdict of nut
guilty, a Jury In Juitgo Kelly'a court
acquitted A. It. Voder, formerly su-
jmrlnlendi nt of the Woixlliurn school.
Yuder wna rharged with aasuulland
bnllery, It belnr aliened Ihnt ho bud
caressed M year-old I.ydla Slmrabech,
The Jury wui out two Uoura.
Nino Aorta Bring $10,000.
Modford. A n'neacra orchard of
pear and applai wss told to H. A
1-alta, of Two Rivera, .Mich., for $10,
000. The land Ii loritlod northeast of
Central i'o'nt and la part of a tract of
acre that coat Wllllnm Holmei,
of Modford, $.1000 In 1910.
Two Scora Aore of Wheat Deatroyed
Pendleton. Fir, starting from
park from t locomltlve, cnuaod the
season's moat disastrous grain fire,
when 40 acre of wheat running 45
bushels to the acre wan burned on
the ranch of O. D. Isnmlngor, near
Nyrlck.
BLOODED STOCK ARRIVES
Carlton Breeder. Import Anlmala for
Their Stock Parma In Yamhill,
Carlton. The moat valuable shlp-
ment of Imported draft atallloni ever
brought to thla part of the atnte was
landed at Carlton during the week.
Tbli shipment wna cona gned to Ed
on & Irrown, of thla place, both of
whom have been In Europe for the
pant three monthi selecting and buy
ing tho best they could find from the
most noted home breeding forms In
England. France and Ik-lglum. TUe
shipment consists of nine nelfjluns,
six Percherons, and two English
Shires, i nch, with one- exception, be
lug two yenrs old. These hordes will
tie on exhibition at the coming cir
cuit of fulls this full. These men
ill bo purchased a shipment of regie
tnred Shropshire sheep, now on the
way hero.
Astoria Accepts Plan for Reservoir.
Astoria The city water commls
Ion, at a special mooting, accepted
the plans submitted by the engineer
for a dam to be constructed at the
head works on Hoar Crock, for the
purpose of creating a storage, reser
voir of 100,000,000 gallons capacity.
i , Last of Quadruplets Dies.
1 Merrill. The last of the four ba
bies born to Mrs. Al Bunnell on Julia
28 died hero flaturdny. At birth tho
combined weight of the little ones
wsb only 12Vi pounda. One lived only
a few hours. There were three girls
and a boy.
i 8lsters Plan New Hospital.
I Ontario. A deal has Just been
closed by whloh a fine tract of land
on the sightly tench west of town
was secured for the use of the Sisters
of tfl. Domlnlo, who will erect a M0,
COO hospital. , ,
The Commissioner of Indlnn Affairs
turn urrimg d lo send 12 Nes I'erc
Ind'ans from one of Hie lending Indlnn
schools lo ntieiid the Astoria celebration.
One hundred and seventy five Al n-
nesoluna now residents of Ijiim
comity assembled In Weal Rprlngfleld
to relebrulu the annual Minnesota
plrnlc.
That In addition to a state trout
hatchery, Klumath rminly la to have a
government hatchery, Is the statement
made by Hi ate Oame and Klsh Com
mlsaliinir fltnne.
K gliteen thousand acres of govern
ment lund In the vicinity of Tiller, In
soullieastern Douglas rminly, was
Ibrown open to entry at llm Cnlled
Htnlea Jjind (m- In noaiburg.
There are 770:1 children of achool
K In I. Inn county, aocordlng to the
annual reMirt of County School Buper-
Inlendint Juckson. Of thla number
Isk:i are boys and HSMI are girls.
That $22,000 an acre can be real
ised from ginseng In the Itogue River
Valley Is the statement of K. F. Ora
hum, of l'roieet, who has been exper
imenting w'tb the plant for yenrs.
Heaolullona have been received by
llm governor's office from the Medlord
Commercial Club, sukliig that a alm
oin! seas'on of the U-g'slnlure be
cnl'ed for the purpose of considering
gonil ronds b g slati' n.
(iovernor Wist appointed Ralph C.
Mniaon. of I'ort'nnd, as a delegnln t'
ailend Ibe International conference on
ii,.. ireiiiim-iii of liilierciilosls. The
conference meets In Home from Sep
tember 24 lo September 30.
The first bulletin to be Issued by
the State Hoard of Forestry lias Just
come from the prcus and 2n,000 cop
ies will be printed for distribution
among those who apply for it to the
State Hoard of Forestry at Salem.
The Navy Department advised Sen
ators Chnmberla n and Hourne Hint
no bnttl' "hips could be sent to Auto
r a. but the torpedo fleet would be
sent In time to participate In the
opening exercises and remain through
out the celebration.
Alter checking over the names on
tli.. Cnlveralty of Oregon referendum
petitions with the aid of experts and
copying the entire list on a typewriter.
Judge W. T. Sinter said t li 1st alinoft
per cent of the names would be
culled out because of defects.
A dinner to convicts was given by
the Wabl Club of Sublimity at the
i m-k niinrrv near Sublimity Wednes
day. The dinner was planned by the
women of the Wohl Club as an ex-t,i-...ic,n
of aiuireclntlon of the work
the convicts have done on the roads
In the vicinity.
Working on tTte theory thr.t
takes a thief to catch a thief, oov-
ernor West hns thought of selecting
three men from the penitentiary
honor band" upon the escape oi a
.rimnor. and tending them out to
capture and return the one who vio
lates the trust placed In mm oy me
ch'ef executive.
Organization of the Ontarlo-Nyssa
Irrigation Company was perfected
when a meeting of the stockholders
was held in Ontario. This corpora
tlon will handle the details of Install
i Dm big pumping plant on the
Snake Il'.ver lo water 10,000 acres of
Malheur county's dry lands lymg
around Nyasa and Ontario.
Active steps are now being taken
by the State Hoard of Forestry to pre
vent Hres as the dry season ap
proaches. Just at thla time the most
dangerous part of the year as far as
forests are concerned la commencing
and the forest wardens throughout
the state are helng warned by the
board to exercise great caution.
At a meeting of the commercial club
of Springfield with representatives of
the Kugene club present, plans for
exploiting tho resources of Lane
county at tho Omaha Land Show In
October were discussed, and the
Springfield club offered It nld in or
gan slug a distinctive Lane county ex
hibit In preference to an all Oregon
display.
Samuel Hill, who hns gnlned a na
tional reputation In connection with
hi. mnd work In Washington ,nas ad
vised Governor West that, owing to
the great Intorest that has developed
in m-eiron as to roads, ho stands
ready to co-operato in any manner
possible with tho Oregon authorities
and give Ongon tho benefit of his
experience.
Senator Chamberlain has notified
President Campbell of tho University
'of Oregon that he will make two ap
polntmonts to the Naval Academy at
AnimpollB on or boforo March 12,
1912. Tho preliminary mental and
physical examination of tho volunteer
fnml dales ' for these appointments
will be tic'.d nt the University of Ore
gon early no:;t year.
Hankers, lumber manufacturers and
railroad men believe that the next
six months will show marked -lm-provenent
In business conditions In
the Northwest and that the banner
wheat crop and the excellent condi
tion of other crops throughout the
country insure a revival of the lum
ber Industry that means great pros
perity for the Northwest generally,
Lots in Noble's Ad
dition Now
On Sale!
J We have made very low prices on these lots
to start them off. Buy now before the prices
advance. We, offer special inducements to
homcbuilders.
GRADED STREETS.
SIDEWALKS,
BUILDING RESTRICTIONS,
CITY WATER,
ELECTRIC LIGHTS,
SOIL
J These, together with admiiable location, only
four blocks from the business center, make this
addition the most desirable home site in Prine
ville. For Low Prices and Easy Terms See
A. R. BOWMAN
TO-DAY.
Jthaca
V.1R Oft BORE
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Li? J.
The hunting season will sewn be here and now
is the time to have your guns put in order. We
do work of that kind.
CROOK COUNTY JEWELRY
& SPORTING GOODS HOUSE
L KAMSTRA, Prop.
How About That Deed
You bold? Does it meet all the requirements of law to convey a
good title to yon? And those deeds which have gone before, are
they legal and complete in every respect. If so, yoa bsve a very
exceptional chain of title. Better let us examine it for before it
is TO LATE.
PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY
(Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
J
New Hardware and
Furniture Store
JOHN MORRIS, Prop.
My prices are bedrock. You can
save from 25 to 1 00 per cent on
everything you buy. Come and
see for yourself.
ted
I'-. .
The Supreme Excellence
OLD
"I. W. HARPER"
Among lovers of fine whUkey wss not achievedln a day
nor in a year. It is the mult of nearly half a century's
pertiitent effort and honest service. Daring all these
years there has never been a time when HARPER was
not what it claimed to be
SIMPLY THE BEST,
Sold By
SilYertooth & Browder
Shaniko, Oregon
O. K. MARKET
Free Auto Excursion
to
Prineville Heights
Prinevtlle's latest resilience district, just platted and now on the market.
Buy a lot in Prineville's sanitary residence district on
easy terms. No sloughs, marshes or mosquitoes. Less host than on
the river bottom. Fresh air, pure water and an excellent view ol the
city. City water will be conveyed to the property at our expense. Lots
40x114; prices range from $80 to $200. Hall cash, balance payable
at $10 per month; 6 per cent on delerred payments, Examine the
maps al our odice.
HENDERSON -INVESTMENT CO.
Prineville Hotel Building, Ground Floor
Prineville, Oregon.
Choice Beef, Veal
Mutton and Pork
Stroud & Stroud, Proprietors
Butter and Eggs
Country Produce
A Fine Line of Sausage
Telephone orders receive
prompt attention
Statement of Resources and Liabilities of
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon
At the close of business March 7, 1911
KKHOUKCKB I.IAHIUTIK8
Loans and Discount IS2SHU M capital Stock, Pt4 In I 60.000 00
United States Bonds 12.600 00 Surplus fund, earned 50,000 00
Bank rreinlMH.uto 12.M4 62 Undivided pronts. earned 28,-198 24
t'asn 4 Due from banks 256,729 68 Circulation 8,500 00
RodompUon fund 625 00 Deposits 468,818 60
. StJ06,8U "4
B. F. AlUa. PtsiMsbI
Will Wimwslkr, Vke-PmklsBt
1006,811 74
T. M. Baldwin, CasMsr
H. Baldwin, An't Chi.r
Prineville Green House
CHAS. W. SPRING, Prop.
Prineville, - - - Oregon
All kinds ol vegetable and flower plants ready to transplant lo the
open ground at the proper season. All plants transplanted and well
rooted. Pot-grown tomato and cucumber plants. Vegetables out
ol season. We now have help in the work and some one will al
ways be on hand to wait upon you, A good article at a reasonable
price is our aim. No extra charge lor packing and delivery at the
stage office. White us your needs in the plant line,
Chas. W. Spring.