OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERMJNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
j Week.
Government Gtti Fish Food.
Aalorla. Ths Vnkxi Flahorinon's
Co-otwratlvs I'acalng Company ti prs
paring Hwti food tor ths ntirla da
parlmvlit, and It packing It In 10
pound' rang, About 10,000 potimla of
tlila food, eunalitlni principally of
lured tiUinon head, haa ben put up,
and the graatef portion of It will bf
uaod at tlia Klnknnln Klver plant.
Mid ford Dlatrlet Firs Leaaaa Light.
Mwlford. Tlia annual ri-port to tlia
National Kort aiTvlte for tho year
Hit. lul tranamltted by th Mdfrd
roreat Iiurmu, tabllhtwl a tow rec
ord for foreat flrg during the aeaaon
aa far a loaaea ara concerned. Tba
data aliow thers wera flrea, 40 In
the rtnorve and ii on private land
threatfiiinn tho property within the
government boundaries.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Lana County Show Opens.
Eugene. The third annual Lane
County aimlo ahow has opened with
ihlblt hum largor than at both of
the previous aonalona put together.
Kot only la the amount of fruit ehlb-
1ld much grvater, but It la drawn
from a much wider territory, practi
cally all eoctlong of tho county being
preK'ntiHfc
TO COLONIZE LAND GRANT
Deal Under Way for Big Land Traot
In Eaatern Oregon.
Ontario A deal la now pending of
alituntle Importance to Kaatern Ore
gon whereby a company of Ontario
canltallata will nurehaae 200,000 aerea
of land from the Or. goo & Wealorn
fntoiiiaiitlon Company.
The land to located along and In
eluded In the old Willamette Valley
and Cascade Mountain wagon road
RranU which waa purchased by Mln-
nenota cnpltnllata a little over a year
ago, and Includes every odd aeellon of
t strip of land two mllea wide and
about 140 mllee In length extending
weat from Ontario to Ilurna.
Colonel K. ft. riace, of Caldwell.
Idaho, and 11. W. Dorman. of Ontario,
and others have taken an option on
tho 200,000 aerea and have gone to
Minneapolis, where they expect to
lose the deal for Its purchase. Their
purpose In acquiring It la colonltatlon.
Coke Recall It Revived.
rtoiteburg After working In the
strident secrecy for three months In
perfecting preliminary plana. Attorn
ney Lea Cannon, bucked by 50 Doug
las County voters, caused a sensation
hero when It wna announced that the
recall of Judga Juhn 8. Coke, of the
second Judicial district, had been revived.
AHakyt Win and Lose.
Oregon City Upon motion of 8. T.
Jeffrie, attorney for the defendant.
Circuit Judge Campbell lued an or
der allowing Mr Cleta Pearl Allnky,
Inter of Mrs, Maybolle Oilman Co
rey, wife of the ateel trust magnate
.",0 a month alimony during the pen
dency of the suit, 1150 wilt money
and 1200 lawyer's foa.
. The Lane County apple show closed
Saturday after a ucceseful exhibition.
The Hume estate of lfi.000 acres at
l mouth of the Cogue Hlver waa told
for 1250,000 to the "Macleay eatate.
A dairymen ' association baa been
orgnnlsed composed of farmert and
rrnchera In the western part of Crook
County.
itedmond'a first annual potato ahow
drew a crowd of people from all parta
of the country and the exhibit of pot
toes was belter than was expected.
t!nlted States Senator (lore of UK-
luhoma, known aa the "blind" orator
eloquent," wa In Eugene Saturday
and pciko at the Urtlveralty of Ore-gun.
The Lebanon City Council hat fin
ally received a favorable opinion from
the eastern attorneya. who passed on
the legality of the $70,000 Issue oi
tower bonds for the city.
The election of Mrs. II. C. Macpher
son of Illinois to the faculty of the
Oregon Agricultural College has Just
been announced. Mr. Macpherson
will occupy a position In the depart
ment of botany.
Oregon ll.irtlcultural Society will
hold a bamiuet at the Portland Com
merclBl Club Thursday night. Novero
ber 16. In honor of Dr. J. II. Cardwell
and K. L. Smith, two of tho oldest
members of tho society.
Part of the femur of a mammoth
waa found while workmon were dig
King a well for the lllllshoro water
system. The bono waa found 11 feet
In the earth, on a beaverdam deposit.
and must have been burled for thou
sands of years.
Eugene for the past five yean has
been known up and down the coaat
for Its good record In the building line
and thla year has been no exception
to the rule. For three consecutive
years tho building record has reached
about 11.000.000 a year.
ltev. Chauncey 0. Ilosford, 91 yeart
old, pioneer Methodist preacher of
1S45, aurvlvor of the First Mertiodlst
Conference of Oregon, who preached
sermon In Portland when It waa a
hamlet of only 14 log cablna. died at
his home Saturday In Mount Tabor
The touil aaacdsed value of Linn
County property, exclusive of that
owned by nubile lervlee corporations
la B2fiJt&&.&C0. When the elate tax
commission reports Its anaeesment of
public service corporation property
the total of the roll will be more than
I2H.000.000.
Profeasor V. It. Gardner, of the hor
ticultural department of the Oregon
Agricultural College, Is gathering one
of the most complete collections of
oomologlcal apeclmena ever asuom
bled anywhere In the country. This
collection will' be used In Professor
Gardner' course of systematic pomol
OKY.
At tho annual mooting of tho Ore
son Anll Suloon League, held at the
Y. M. C. A., Portland, J. Frank Hurko,
who for the last six years has headed
the anti-saloon forces In New Jersey
and for the four prevloua years had
acted' as counsel for tho same league
In Illinois, was elected superintend
ent. Ho succeeds ltev. J. It. Knodeii,
who hus been superintendent for four
year.
CHARLES P. R0DGERS
Copyright by Anwricu Press Aasoelatlos
C. P. Rodaers, the youna aviator
who mads the eoast-to-ooast flight
from Bheapshsad Bay, N. Y., to Pasa
dena, Calif.
Brief News of the Week.
Shortest and Direct Route to Portland
and other Western Oregon Points
FROM
BEND, REDMOND
AND
CENTRAL ORE
GON, via the Des
chutes branch of the
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navi
gation Company.
Crook County jftttraet Cm.
Attracts ot title to all land sad
lowa lot to Crook eooaty.
I. F. Wylit, Secretary, fristrilU, Ortga
Through Car Service Between Bend and Portland.
Train Schedule:
Daily
VOTE CANVASS DELAYED
foot of Harbor Improvement Get In
Junction.
Marshfleld.-An official canvass of
h vnto on the proposition to organlxe
a port district at Port Orford cannot
be made on account or a temporary
tntunctlon which haa been granted by
Judge John S. Coke In the circuit
court on the petition of residents re-
itMna- within the proposed port ais
trlct. Tho proposition to orgnnlr.e the
nnrt at a recent election cameo oy
l.ree malorlty. The opposing Inter
esta asked and secured the temporary
Injunction pending the fighting of the
nnrt Dlan In the courts.
It la held that the port is not In an
cordtince with the laws of the state
and that the purpose la not to !m
prove a bn.y or Inland waters but that
the Improvement propoeea wouiu at
feet tly high seat rather than Inland
waters.
Settlors Win Clalma Against Scrlppers
Mn..l.nld. Decisions are Deing re-
tolved from the Interior Department
in cases which have been contested In
the land courts for a long time past
and W hlch involve valuable land M
h T01IU Creek country, In the north
ern part of Coo County. Several
have already been decided. In favor or
the homcBtcMlors,
The nop market baa cllmded to 43
centa a pound. This la a new high
record for the present movement.
The home secretary has laid down
the law that any boxing match decld
ed by a knockout shall be illegal In
Great Urltaln.
Governora were elected In Ave
states Kentucky. Maryland. Maasa
chusetts, MIsslKslppI and Rhode
iHlandi Tuesday. '
Th 100th anniversary of the battle
of Tippecanoe, fought near Lafayette,
Ind., was celehralel Tuesday with ex
ercises on the battlefield.
The telephone system owned by the
Manitoba government shows a deficit
of 1150,000 tills year, according to
Frank Patterson, chairman of the tele
phone comnilitslon.
That the entire transport service
will be Investigated Is reported as a
reaull of Uie dlamiaaal ot nine officers
and men from the amy transport
Bherldan on charges of graft
The Illinois Manufacturera' Associa
tion haa taken steps to secure legisla
tion from Congress for the guidance
of corporatlone and commercial Inter
ests doing an Interstate bualnesa.
Tho Chinese lead all nations repre
sented In New York In the matter of
sending money to the families rfcrosa
the tea. Statistics ahow that an av
erage of 1 1000 a year each It tent to
China.
A campaign agalnat tipping haa
been ttarted by commercial travelers
of the United States. Fifty million
dollars Is dlntrlbuted by salesmen an
nually among bell-boys, waiters and
BOrtert.
Organlted poker games among wom
en, charges of theft and loud com
plaints from husbands who were
called upon to make good for their
wives' losses led the Chicago police
to threaten to raid the homea of some
of the society leaders.
Lv. Bend A:30. m-
' Redmond 7:21 a. m.
' Opal City 8:00 a.m.
" Matolius 8:22 a.m.
' Madras H:00a. m.
Ar. Deschutes Jet 1 :15 p. m.
" The Dalles 1 -M p. m.
" Portland 5:45 p. m.
Lv. Portland 7:50 and 10:00 a. m
" The Dalles 12:40 p. m
" Deschutes Jet 1 :30 p. m
Ar. Madraa 6:45 p. m
" Matolius 6:00 p.m.
" Opal City 7 :06 p. m
" Kedmond 7:45 p. m
' Bend 8:35 p. m
F. E. Fremont
Arehitact and DesisnST.
Late mtthrwlH In building eoMtrurtion, Interior
Headquarter at Oregon Hotel.
Priasvills, Oregon.
Hotice of Appointmest of Administrator
and to Creditors.
H'HMJB l ttKTHJ II. Ill", ."w
lgnl ha bn. hy tha county oourtrrftho
ttt-t ofOrotl for Crook county, daly al
claim ngainxt MI4 cMata am hry r
aid adinlDlMratnr, at th law ofllwiofM. K.
Brink. In Prlnevlll. Omtm, within lx
IIM.fi 1 1 1 I rum ion uaic vi w -wuiiw
tlon of thin notice.
Imu-4 and publlihed Drat time October
Admlnlatrmtnr of lhclal ul Unit J. Rla.
lug, neeeaaea i'"- 1 -
Kotic to Creditors.
Kotle It hereby given, by the nndenlgned,
the admtnitrator ol tha eaiate of Jons V. .gcn
blaiit. dc-eaaed, to all creditor and other
hating claim agalut aid eatate to prewnt
the ume with the proper vouchers to the
und-riliined at the omceof U.K. Klllott In
Prlnevllle, flregon, within tx month Irom
the flrst publication of tula notice.
Dated October X. 1U.
adnilnl'trator of the estate of John wageo.
Call on and O.-W. R. & X. Agent (or .any information desired, or
.1 11 .91 m
auurena -
Wm. McMorray, General Passenger Ajent, Portland, Oregon.
Glacial Ice Uncovered.
Klamath Fulls While William Mc
Cully was digging gravel In Dullard's
Canyon recently he waa surprised to
encounter a large body of glacial ke
several foot bolow the surface of the
travel bed. .
State Capital Gleanings
James Walton, pioneer of the Wil
lamette Valley, died at hit home In
Salem, aged 89.
According to a statement given to
the state board by Superintendent
Stelner. of the atyhun for the Insane,
that inctltutlon It 15989 ahead of Its
maintenance.
fiovernor West hat ordered that W
Cornier Morris be brought back to the
Denltontlary from Portland, where he
haa been examining the books ot the
Oreaon Trust ft Savings Bank.
Next month will be the time for the
semi-annual opening of bids for sup
plies for the tte institutions for the
ensuing lx months. The date has
not been fixed, but it will be during
the latter part of December.
Professor George L. Schrolber, In
structor In art In the public schools
of this city, has established hlmselt
in the hearts of Salem business men
by achieving success at the Omaha
land show with the wonderful pano
rama which he made for the Oregon
Btate fair.
A cur shortage even of a more seri
ous nature than that of 1907 Is Indi
cated In Westorn Oregon, from the
great number of complaints which
have been pouring Into the state rail
road commission during the past few
weeks. These oomplalnts are regis
tered from points between the Blue
Mountains and Huntington.
Judge KeWy in circuit court over
ruled the motion of State Printer
Dunuiwny'ft attorney In the forcible
entry and detainer case brought by
Secretary Olcott to oust the state
printer from the Btate capttol, the mo
tion being for the plaintiff to distin
guish between Secretary of State Ol
cott and the State of Oregon in the
pleadings, or In other words, to make
the complaint either como from Olcott
or from the State of Oregon. He
gave 10 days In which to answer.
THE
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Hem of Noted Persons.
After a short Illness Kyrle Bellew,
the famous actor, author and explorer.
died at Salt Lake of pneumonia.
President Taft let It be known tnat
some 15 names have been presented
to him In connection with the supreme
court vacancy.
"Old Bill" Miner, a notorious train
robber, who, with Tom Moore, escaped
from a Georgia convict camp, waa cap
tured In a boxcar.
More than 1500,000,000 of other peo
ple's cash la In the hands of J. P.
Morgan, to do with as he sees Ht, Wall
street statisticians declare.
President H. R. Williams and other
officials of the Chicago, Milwaukee and
Puget Sound Railway, were re-elected
at the annual stockholders' meeting.
The appointment of Waldomar Llnd
gren na chief geologist of the United
States Geological Survey, has been an
nounced by the secretary of the Inter
ior. 1
King George and Queen Mary and
the members of their suites were
scheduled to Bail from Portsmouth
Thursday to attend the great Durbar
to be held at Delhi, India, In Decem
ber. Attorney-General Wlckersham's re
port of his Investigation of the Nation
al City Bank case virtually charges
the National City Company with be
ing an embryo "money trust, con
trolled by the National City Bank of
New York, for holding stocks In other
financial Institutions in contravention
of the national bank law.
President Taft left Hot Springs, Va.,
Monday night for Cincinnati, where he
voted at the local elections the follow
ing day. Wednesday was spent In
Louisville and from there he will go
(o Frankfort and Hodgenville to par
ticipate in the dedication of the Lin
coln farm memorial. Saturday he will
pay hurried visits to Nashville, Se
wanee and Chattanooga, before return
ing to Washington.
"One of the very best." says Sherman, Clay & Co "of all
Player Pianos Made."
Special--A nearly ner "Artistano" for
$675.
Write for Catalogue and Term. We deal direct with you.
Sherman, Clay & Company
Morrison Street at Sixth, Portland, Oregon.
A Gross Fraud
Is alleged in the suit filed in Crook County Circuit Court
Aug. 14. A widow sells ber farm as unincumbered Our Ab
stract revealt facts which develop the recording of an alleged
fraudulent Mortgage Suit to cancel follows Result : Sale
delayed and possibly lost. Better have your title looked
after, before you are ready to sell, by the Company that pro
tects your interests.
PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY
(Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
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Ask your traveling friends if that's not true.
HARPER is on sale in practically every town, city
and village where whiskey can be lawfully sold.
You can taste the reason.
Sold By
Silvertooth & Browder
Shaniko and Bend, Oregon
.Notice of Final Settlement.
Kotlre It hereby si Ten by the ondel(rnl,
the administrator ol the eatate ol Mary
MrHeekin. deieaaed, to all peraom Intereited
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thecteraof this court hlafiual accounting of
able Couttty tlourt haa set lon'iay, the 4th day
ol December, 1911, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon,
at the county court room In FrlDevtlie, Ore
eon, aa the time and place for bearing and aeu
tuna; aald final accounting. At which aaid
lime luu .m-."-. .
eatate may appear and object loaaid filial ac
counting.
Dated tola to oay oi wwdh,
Admlniatratorof the estate ol Mary Mcaleekia,
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
C. 8. Land Office at The Dallea, Oregon
October 19th, ml.
Cheater N. Johnaon, of FrineTille, Oregon,
r . 1 . - .. .H..k 1lin wwaAm Ur.ntSH,.. it
wuu. on rcurunj m. .... ..uu.m.. ,
No oaiMi. for MWla gW. Sec. 11 and KS HE.
NeV MW'H. aectlon 21, townnhip M south.
Lina-e ta east, winainetic i"iu,
nonce oi iineuiiuu w uimo u V j-
acrlbed, before Warren Brown, county clerk
t his office, at PrinevlUe, Oregon, on the 2Sth
Qav oi rovemoer, isn.
Claimant names as wltneaaea: I .are M.
Bechtell. Samuel B. Ellis. Glenn Hendrickaon,
Carl M. Larson, allot Prineville, Oregon.
10.i6p C. W. MOORE, Register.
Notice for Publication. (
Department of the Interior,
0. 8. Land Office at The Dallea. Oregon
October l!)th, lvll.
Kotice U hereby given that
of Prineville, Oregon, who. on March 4th, 1910,
made nomeateao, io. wijo, wi n ,
Vt'H 8v;i. section 15 township 16 south, range
15 east, Willamelte Meridian, haa filed not ic
ol intention to make final commutation proof,
toestablish claim to the land abore described,
before Warren Brown, county clerk, at his of
fice, at Prineville, Oregon, on the 28th day ot
November, 1911.
Claimant names as witnesses: Glenn Hen
drickaon, Lake M. Becbtell, Chester K. John
son, Carl M. Larson, all ol Prineville, Oregon.
lU-jep 1. W. MOORE, Register.
Xotice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
U. 8. Land Ottiee at The Dalles, Oregon
October mh, 1911,
Notice is hereby given that
Simeon 8. Negus,
ol Lamonta, Oregon, who. on May 18th, 1906,
made homestead. No. 16156 aerial. No. (MWu,
for SE'i BVH, 8', SKLj, and KE 8Et,
section 14, township 13 south, range 14 east,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of
intention to make final five-year proof, toes
tablish claim to the land above described, be
fore Warren Brown, county clerk, at his office,,
at Prineville, Oregon, on the 29th day oi No
vember, lyil. n
Claimant names as witnesses: Oscar Cos,
Joseph F. W eigand, Charles F. Freeman, Levi
Knurr, all oi Lautonta,
10-26 C. W. MOORE, Register.
Kotice for Publication.
Department ol the Interior.
V. 8. Land Office at the Dalles, Oregon,
October 16th, Wit.
Notice is hereby given that
John W. Houston,
of Roberta, Oregon, who, on February 23rd,
1910 made homestead, No. 06078, lor SKU,
Sec. 24 and SWV, VSii, NKti SWH. section 2o,
township 18 south, range 18 east, Willamette
Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make
final commutation proof, to establish claim to
the land above described, before T. E. J. Duffy,
V. 8. Commissioner at his office, at Prineville,
Oregon, on the 2nd day of December, 1911.
lin, Dick Mulholland, Edmond A. Parker,
Elam C. Fought, all of Roberts, Oregon,
10-26p C. W. MOORE, Register.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the interior.
U. 8. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon,
October 16th, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that
Elbert I. Houston,
ol Roberts, Oregon, who, on December 24th,
1904, made homestead, No. 14094 Serial, No.
06425, for SE' SK'i, section 2 and W'i BVi,
NK'aSWii, section!, township 19 south, range
18 east, Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final live-year proof, to
estautisu cmimi iu mo uu
before T. E. J. Duffy, U. S. Commissioner at hia
office, at Prineville, Oregon, on the 2nd dat o
wcceiuoer.
Claimant names as witnesses: HenryCarlin,
mi. Ui.iwi.n If.t,nnni1 A Parker. Klam O.
Fought, all ol Roberts, Oregon.
10-26p C. W. MOORE, Register.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
U. 8. Land office at The Dalles, Oregon
October 25th, 191L.
Notice is hereby given that
Joseph T. Fox,
ol Prineville, Oregon, who, on June i8th,1910,
made homestead, No. 07048, for Wii SWV sec
tion 28, towuship losouth, range 16 east. Vt'il
lammette Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make final commutation proof, to
esiablish claim to the land above described,
before Tlmothv E. J. Duffv, U. 8. Commissioner,
at his office, at Prineville, Oregon, on the 5th
Claimant names as wmiesscs. i.uuia
Hodges, Charles F. Coudart, Charles Dinwid
dle. Ray V. Constable, all of Prineville, Ore
gon, u .Mui'iir.,
CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
COUNTY OFFICIAL, PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY
Notice of Final Accounting.
Notice Is liereliv given by the undei-slirned,
the Hdmlnlstrator of the estate of David
Lindsay, deceased that he has niadcand tiled
with tlie clerk of the county court bis final
accounting of his Hrtniiulstraiion of satd
estate, and that the Honorable County Court
has set Monday, tho 4th day of December,
lull, at 10 o'clock iu toe forenoon, at the
countv coui t room In Prineville, Oregon, aa
the time and place for hearing and settling
said tlnal accounting. -
Dated this 2nd day of November 1911.
Roy Nkwkt.i
Ailmlnlstrntor of the estate of David LincK
say. Deceased.