ITEMS OF INTEREST
THROUGHOUT OREGON
Chronicle of Important Events
of Interest to Our
Readers.
Clock Balk When Wound.
Salem. Secretary cf State Olcott
tirred things up for a few minute
wtien he endeavored to wind the
T'nrn Vnion observatory clock at
Sit offices. Climbing ui a stenladdrr
1j assailed the clock, but it refused
to wind. Upcoming disgusted ho
meat to the telephone and not. tied the
TVestn Vnion Company that he had
teen trying to w ml the c'ock for sev
ral minutes, hut it failed to respond.
"The clock s- ts itself by electric
was wafted back ever the wire,
"and it doesn't need to be wound."
NEWS PARAGRAPHS FROM
OTHER CITIES IN OREGON
The Soldier' Homo at Roneburx
will hava a comtultwary building In
the near future.
Arrangement are being wade for
building a heermher!ng plant and
tock yard) at Lakevlew.
Astoria has been granted the proa
enoe of the I'aciflc fleet of torpedo
boeu of the Vnited States navy.
A carload of machinery for the
dredge being built by the fort ot
Toledo has arrived and will be in
stalled at once.
All the loading lawyers In Salem
have signed an agreement that they
will close their otllcrs each afternoon
at 3 o'clock until September I.
The Cc.whesd Lake Irr 'g.it'on
; scaerfe iu Klamath county, which is
I under gil headway, is attmcttin;
large numbers of seders to the north
em part of Surprise Valley.
Derangement of six years' standing
resulted in commitment to the asy
lum of Henry J. Miller, a wealthy hop
grower of Aurora and candidate for
Plaintiffs to E Chosen. representative in the last Legislature.
Eugene.-Jurtge R. S. TVan. of , j w Stephenson, of linker, has re
Portland, president of the Board ot t.iril from Cnlt,vr Ulie whoro hl,
Resents of the Vnivers ty ot Oregon. I nt ( pagt ,0 dftVS , a yan at.
issued a call for a meet'ns of the ex-1 ,,. u, finJ th(? Vh.,!v ,, ,!a.
cutive committee ot the oeara to De
IF YOU INTEND
TO BUY A
Spring
Wagon
OR A
leld in the administration offices.
It is presumed that the meeting will
le to consider the select cn of plain
tiffs for the university appropriation
referendum case, which is soon to be
instituted in Sa'em for the purpose of
outlawing the referendum petitions.
ASTORIA IS IN TANGLE
Dispute Over Centennial Advertising
Literature Is International.
Astor.a. When a customs official at
Vancouver, B. C, he'd up tlte litera
tare which John Day, a member ot
the Astoria Centennial committee,
was taking into Canada to advertise
the Astoria Centennial, to be cele
brated August 10 to September 97 he
aid not think that international com
plicat oris wqould result. So far Sir
Wilfrid Laurier, the British ambassa-
kowtki, his o'd business partner and
friend, who is believed to have per
ished in Crater Lake.
Mrs. V. H. Litt'epage, probably the
oaly woman irrigation and soil expert
in the world, is a guest of Klamath
K.ills, having been sent there by the
Reclamaf'on Service from Washing
ton, 1). C, to study the soils and Irri
gation conditions in tlte Klamath pro
ject. The Hood River grange will fight
any effort to call a special scss.on ot
the Legislature to pass std roadj
laws on the ground that the Legisla
ture has proven itself incompetent or
unwilling to legislate on good roads
nutters to the best advantage ot the
state.
Lumbermen from I'uget ?uiul.
Grays Harbor and Willamette and Co
lumbia River points nut In Portland
and voted to amalgamate the Pacific
Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau and
HACK
Splendid Line. Best Make
in 1 1-8 and I 1-4
Selling very loth!s
month
Collins W. Elkins
m y!
l: r"1-fS .
II ill I
A Matchless Showing
of American Lady,
Corsets
We have just received a new lot of corsets
and are showing some of the latest styles
and models. Sizes to fit Everyone.
Drop in and let us show you some of
our summer dress goods
Fashionable feature of every description for gown, waist and children wear. The
prettiest things that have come off the loom this season. Sheer, dainty dimities and
lawn, madras, sturdy galateat and innumerable charming pattern in domestic gingham's
to be had at
The Leader
Mr. I. Michel, Prop.
or at Washington, D. C, the British
forego office in London and Senator I the Oregon & Wash ngton Lumber In-
Chamberlain, of Oregon, have become ; ....,.; Bureau under the tit'e of the
ntang'ed in the routine of official
protest.
Mr. Day, when his Pterature was
leld np, wired a protest to Senator
Chaaiheriain at Washington and a
s milar plea to the Canadian premier,
declaring that the literature was edu
cational matter and free from duty.
The customs Inspector said it was
sommon printing.
Tubbs Is Awarded $20,000.
Albany. For the loss of his left
g and other injuries sustained when
le was run over by an Albany street
ear last summer, Elmer W. Tubbs was
awarded J20.000 damages aga'nst the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern Railway
Company by a jury in Judge Kelly's
department of the state c rcuit court
lere. Tubbs sued for $75,000. .
Fire Is Blow to Springfield.
Springfield. Over ","0 men are out
f employment and a payroll of be
tween $20,000 and $23,000 a month
Has ceased as a result of the fire, ac
sording to the official statement
of .Vanager ri'xon, of the Booth
Kelly Company's mill, .which was de
stroyed by fire.
County Urged to Help with Exhibit.
Eugene. The Eugene Commercial
Club has parsed a resolution asking
the Lane county court to appropriate
a sum of money for a suitable ex
Sibit of tie county's resources at the
atate fair in Salem this fall.
TO DEVELOP ALASKA URGED
at
Prominent Men Advocate Action
Mass Meeting.
Portland. An audience of 500 per
sons at the Armory Saturday heard
Covernor West, Mayor Rushlight and
Circuit Judge McGinn advocate the im
mediate development of Alaskan coal
lands by the government. The meet
ing was called by Mr. Rushlight and
a committee of citizens as a demon
stration in support of the movement
initiated by petition in this state urg
ing action by Congress..
Mr. Rushlight explained the pur
Jose of the meeting and indorsed the
demand for government development
of the coal lands of Alaska as a "step
In the interest of humanity."
Experiment Station Wanted.
Hood River, A campaign Is now
being conducted by a number of en
thusiastic, citizens and orchardists of
the valley to secure from the state
government an experimental station
lere.
60 Buy Fishing Licenses.
Medfoj-d. Breaking all records In
the memory of the county clerk,
151.85 in fees was paid In at the Jack
onTille office Wednesday. Sixty fish
ing' and bunting licenses were sold.
; Three Metollu 8aloons Burn.
Metolios. Fire originating In the
Tl'ible & Ness saloon destroyed four
kuildlngs, three of them saloons.
former organ zation.
Josephine county is (,)ing to do
some good road build ng in the near
future If the county authorities' rlans
now laid are worked out, and the fi
nances are on hand to push the pro
ject. The heaviest of the highways
will be macadamized along the cen
ter with a traveling bed 16 feet wide.
After repeated warnings to speed
maniacs who persisted in driving their
machines at high Bpeed through the
grounds of the state university at Eu
gene, the authorities of the institu
tion closed all the straightaway drives,
forcing automobiles to traverse the
grounds by an exceedingly roundabout
course.
When the State Board of Building
Commissioners authorized the pay
ment of warrants to T. M. Barr and
Mrs. J. Bason, the board succeeded
in securing all of the land needed for
the new capitol building, with the ex
ception of one small, tract. The Harr
warrant was for $13,000 and the Ba
son warrant for $S500.
No decision as to whtther a special
session of the Legislature will be
called for the purpose of good roads
leg slat'on will be made until after
the first meeting of the general good
roads committee, to reach a conclu
sion as to leg slation of this nature, j
This committee consists of a member
from every county in the state and
five from Multnomah county.
The last clas which will ever
complete a course in the old Phar
macy building at O. A. C, made its
final drug mixtures and analyses in
June, for the frame structure, a land
mark on the campus for nearly a
quarter of a century, is doomed to
oblivion by the regents. They have
selected that particular spot as the
site of the new $31,000 dairy building.
Pay cash for advertising and re
ceive cash for transportation Is the
advice which has been offered to
President Gerllnger, of the Salem,
Falls City & Western Railroad, by the
State Railway Commission. President
Gerllnger wished to gain Information
as to the basis on which he should
transact business with the newspa
pers of the state.
Much Interest centers in the future
of the Carey act irrigation project
near Paisley since the action of the
state land board in cancelling the
rights of the Portland Irrigation Com
pany in connection with the project.
That tile lands will be restored to
tntry has been virtually decided by
the board. What company will secure
the contract for the project, however,
Is still a problem.
In a communication received by
Governer West from Secretary Wil
son of the Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C, the latter states
that neither Oregon nor any other
state in the West in which govern
ment forest reserves are located, If
entitled to the benefits of co-opera
tion between states for tto prevention
of forest fires as provided In the
Weeks law recently paaood by Congress.
The Brosius Bar
.Finest Brands of Wines,
Liquor and Cigars.
LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT
F. E. BROSIUS, Proprietor
Millinery
July Clearance Sale
Prices on all kind of Millinery
greatly reduced after July lit.
D. P. Adamson & Co.
Druggists
Prineville,
Oregon
ALMOND AND CUCUMBER CREAM.
Protect tlte Complexion. It prevents injury to lite lace and hands il applied
It-lore exposure to the sun, wind and weather. When not so used il promptly
relieves all distressing conditions ol the skin il applied on returning, indoors.
Almond and Cuciiiuher Cream is not a greasy preparation, ajtd does not re
setnlile the paste lornt creams and cosmetics. It is a pure antiseptic lotion, pos
sessing remarkalile cleanipg and healing properties that have been used and
tested lor years by the highest society ladies ol the land. It will give the most
gratilying results in softening rough, dry or irritated skin resulting from any
cause Price 50 cents.
Mrs. Estes
Millinery Parlors.
PRINEVILLE. . . OREGON.
Headquarters for
Thoroughbred Hats
Summer Exhibit
of
Peters Shoes for
Men and Women
r
l " RECEPTION "
Smith & Allingham, Props.
Champ Smith's old stand.
Porter, Ale and Olympia &
Draft Beer on Tap. i
r
Imported and Domestic
Cigars
Famous Whiskies
Old Crow; Hermitage; Red
lop Kye; Yellow Stone;
Canadian Club; Cream
Rye; James E. Pepper;
Moored Malt.
Imported Wines
Liquors.
and
Notice to Creditors.
Notice iff hereby Riven that the undersigned
tin been, by the county court ol crook county,
Hlate ot Oregon, iluly appointed Administrator
of tbe estate of (teorfte W. Barnes, dcccaKel,
and ail persons having claim againit Maid es
tate are hereby required to present the same,
duly verified, to said administrator at the law
office of C. C. Brlx, In rrlnevllle. Oregon, with,
in six months from the date of the nrst publi
cation of thU notice.
Dated and published first time July 13th
A. il. lull.
WIM.IAM H. BAtlNKS,
Administrator of the estate of
George W. Barnes, deceased.
Mod.
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ere uiotnes
"The Kind Gentlemen Wear."
' IT! I the opening ol our Spring and Summer Season, we wish to rxpress our heartiest
thanks to our many customers and friends who have shown us their oatronanc durinci the
past year. We hope that our methods ol doing business have been satisfactory to one and
all and once a customer always a customer. Our methods will be the same lor this coming year
Everything Marked in Plain Figures and One Price to One and All. We dont
sell you an $10.00 suit lor $15.00; our $18.00 suits are marked $18.00, that's our price: no
other. But we are not talking prices, Quality First and Last. We are today carrying the
Lt Clothes to be found in Prineville. Modern Clothes designed and laid out by
Brandegee, Kincaid & Company, Utica, New York
Clothe wull aelocttt'l and worn cannot be overlooked hy wyiplu ot discrimination. Kxelamationi of groat
joy are certain to be called forth by our display of "Collexe Chap" Clothes, because, of tlioir particularly
brink atyle, and because they tit so perfectly that they cannot but be well worn.
The fabrics are totally different from those ordinarily seen. The tnanv graceful Rn( characterlHtlc feature)
which dirtifiKuish the well-dressed man from the multitude ol careleai riressorii will be found in these aplnn
did garments. Knowing how to design and how to develop has made "College Chap" Cloth) what they
are, "the clothe) you want."
Clifton & Cornett
AT THE OLD BRICK STORE.
Notice for Publication
Department ol the Interior,
U. B. Land OUice at The DallcH, Oregon.
July iMh, IWll.
Notion in hereby given that Unhurt W.
Bland of firl,zly, Oregon, who, on November
Hth, IMH, made HomeHteud No. IKOTfi, Herlul
No. U8H78, for NWl4 NWU Heetlon Vfii, Town
Hhtp 12 Bftuth, Kangtf 1& KNt, WllltimeUe
Meridian, ha filed notice of Intention to
make final five-year proof to eHUhllnh claim
to the land nbove defterilfed, lie fore Warren
Brown, county clerk at hi otl'lce, at Prine
ville, Oregon on the UOUi day of AukumL
lull.
Clulmant name an wltnexNefi: Churl cm Mrv
Ken.le, An tone Kogle, Henry Montgomery;
Montgomery, ai: or m 7,i y,p regou-
JoKepb.
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W. MoO UK, Kt:giHter.
Wanted
Sixty Juniper PoBta. See WInm'k.
7-0
PIONEER SADDLER
Manufacturer ol and deuler In
Harness, Saddles, Chaps, Bridles, Silver-Mounted Bits
and Spurs. Reatas, Quirts, Ladies' Stride Saddles.
E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or.