OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Everts Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Killing Fellow Saloon Quarrel.
Portland. Hemmed alxnit by
strong chain o( circumstantial evi
te, Eme$t U Oetinger. Baloonist.
confessed to tS killius of Edward W.
Mutch,, The crime as committed In
Oetir.gor'a saloon after a quarrvt Tlie
6lacr thca dragged the body of his
victim through the saloon mid out
the back door, and left It In the rain
in an onen area ay, where U a
later found.
Escaped Honor N'en Recaptured.
Medford. Frank Antra. J. W. Riley
and Albert Saloni. honor men who
broke their pledsreg to Governor West
and deserted the convict camp at
Vestville In an effort to escape, were
captured by Superintendent Bolts of
the Pacific & Eastern railroad near
Eagle Point. They were completely
exhausted and save themselves up
readily.
LAND TITLES HELD VALID
Judge Galloway Ruling Legalizes Own
ership of 303,003 Acres.
Albany. That the title to all that
part of the big Oregon & California
land grant not actually attacked In
the preseut government suits for for
feiture is good, was the ruling of
Judge Galloway in deciding the case
of William George vs. the Curtiss
Lumber company, in the state circuit
court here.
This decision la of far-reaching ef
fect, as it validates the title to about
300,000 acres of land, worth at least
$15,000,000 and held by about 5000 dif
ferent purchasers. The case will be
appealed to the state supreme court
Included In the land title to which
Is indirectly involved in this case is
most of the town of Mill City, part of
the city of Brownsville, thousands of
acres of improved farming land, and
large areas of valuable timber land,
all lying in western Oregon.
Plant Diseases at Close Range.
Corvallis. Some 40 plant diseases
are being grown in cultures in the
plant pathology department at the
Oregon agricultural college. Although
several hundred cultures are being
prepared for a close study of their
characteristics that adequate means
of protection may be found, some 40
of them have not yet been wholly
identified.
Launch Wrecked; Five Lost.
MarshEeld. Five men were drown
ed when the little gasoline launch
North Star No. 1, control of which
had, in some unknown manner, be
come lost, capsized on the Coos Bay
bar. Those who perished were: Joe
Tongers. the skipper; Frank Tanner,
Ira Albee, Con Ferri, William Brain-
erd.
BANKERS ARE ACCUSED
Stockholder in Bank Alleges Assets
Were Juggled.
Portland. General mismanagement
of the German-American bank, includ
ing the misappropriation of about
$100,000, alleged to belong to the
stockholders of the bank, is one of the
sensational charges In a suit aeainst
Hark A. M. Ashley, Charles E. Rume-
lin, Thomas C. Devlin, Samuel G. Reed
and P. L. Willis Bled in the state cir
cuit court by Arthur L. Finley, a stock
holder in the German-American bank.
In his complaint Mr. Finley charges
that the defendants, through the or-
ganization of a conspiracy, acquired
at a big discount the obligations of
the suspended bank, disposed of its
assets at a heavy discount and so
manipulated its affairs that the stock
of the German-American institution,
in which plaintiff owned stock to the
amount of $10,000, was rendered val
ueless. Oregon Potatoes to Middle States.
Elgin. Twenty-four carloads of po
tatoes were shipped from Elgin Mon
day to Kansas City markets and to
cities south of that center. The ship
ment was made as a special train
over the Harriman lines directly to
the Missouri river.
Gold in Deschutes River Sand.
Redmond. Gold was found in the
' Deschutes river at Lower Bridge, 12
miles northwest of this city. One man
rook out a large nugget and the black
sand in the river is yielding returns.
Quite an amount of gold has been
washed out of this sand.
Short Weights Detected at Astoria. I
Astoria. detail merchants and lo
cal creamery men are stirred by the
finding of Deputy State Food and
Dairy Commissioner Duncan, who dis
covered that not one pound of butter
issued by three creameries was up,
to Standard weight, " L
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
The new Seaside Lumber company
has acquired 1,000.000 feet of logs and
Rill resume operations at u early
date.
Though Redmond will Bot be two
rears eld u.ttil next June the city has
witnessed remarkable progress in ev
ery line of industry,
Milton A. Miller of Lebanon, state
;'tiator from Linn county, will be a
randidate for United States senator
In the Democratic primaries next
April.
After having been closed since early
In the month on account of the bad
weather conditions, the work of dig-
I gins The IVillea-Celllo canal w as re
sumed Monday.
"liisser, brighter and better" Is the
slogan of the engineering students of
the Oregon Agricultural college In
their plans for the annual engineering
show, to be held March 15 16.
Portland has jumped to third place
in the list of cities with postal savings
banks in the United States and her
record for the first four months sur
passes that of New York City.
A large attendance was seen at
the sixth annual convention of the
Oregon Retail Hardware and Imple
ment Dealers, which was held In
Portland January S3. :4, 2a and 26.
Judge C. U. Gantenbeln of Multno
mah county has announced his inten
tion to become a Republican candi
date for representative in congress
from the Third congressional district.
Henry S. Graves, United States for
ester, urges that taxes on land bear
ing young timber be made low enough
so the owners will be encouraged to
reforest their logged-off lauds and pro
tect them against fire.
Portland exported more wheat dur
ing 1911 than any other city In the
United States, the aggregate amount
ing to 7.703,061 bushels valued at
$6,570,0'.'$. .New York's export for the
year was 7,343,573 bushels.
Oregon's Bilver output for the year
1911 exceeded that of 1910, according
to a report Issued by Charles G. Yale,
of the United States Geological Sur
vey, while gold production was less
than that of the preceding year.
Four men are out for the congres
sional nomination from eastern Ore
gon. They are N. J. Sinnott of The
Dalles, John P. Rusk of La Grande,
George T. Cochran of the same city,
and S. Fred Wilson of Athena. Ex
Congressman Ellis may be the fifth
man in the race.
State Engineer Lewis opposes an
extension of time on the 75,000-acre
Benham Falls contract, a portion of
the 240,000-acre Central Oregon Irri
gation company' project He thinks
if the Benham Falls contract is ap
proved It may defeat the construction
of the larger project.
After being alone In the mountains
east of Albany for more than two
weeks, cut off from civilization by
deep snow, Thoma3 White, a miner,
bas come out alive and well. Search
ing parties had been looking for blm
for more than a week, and ho had
been given up for dead.
Senator Bourne has filed his declar
ation to become a candidate for re
election. He gives as his slogan, "The
substitution of the general welfare
for selfish Interests in all govern
mental operations," and advocates the
Oregon system of popular government
together with 12 other important mat
ters of legislation.
After going once again through that
period known in history as the win
ter of the "deep snows," Wheeler
county can justly lay claim to its
former title, "Stockmen's Paradise,"
Seventeen to 30 inches of snow- cover
ed the range from January 7 to15
lnclusfve, and yet no losses, other
than normal, were reported.
Outlining many defects in the con
struction of the new armory at Wood-
burn, being erected at an expense of
$40,000, of which the Ftate pays half,
State Architect Knighton submitted
a report to the governor, to be for
warded to Adjutant General Finzer,
in which he announces that the Adjutant-General
would he justified In re
fusing to accept the building.
The Oregon State Federation of La
bor, in session at The Dalles, passed
resolutions favoring woman suffrage,
indorsed Governor West's policy re
garding administration of the Btate
penitentiary, condemned the practice
of loggers and others in carrying their
bedding from place to place as being
conducive to the spread of disease,
favored sustaining the home rule pow
pr of the state over taxation, opposed
t'.ie proposed road bills, and selected
Salem as the next meeting place.
Representative Hawley appeared be
fore the rivers and harbors committee
this week and presented arguments
in support of appropriations recom
mended for waterways improvements
In western Oregon. lie presented to
the committee a statement showing
that the people of western Oregon
hav.i pledged themselves to contri
bute $1,700,000 toward the improve
ment of their various rivers and har
bors, and this will be raised by local
communities if congress authorizes
the appropriation of the government s
share. 1
COL. GEORGE HARVEY
1
at
George Hirvty, editor of Harper's
Weekly, who was told by Woodrow
Wilson t:-.at his support was detri
ment In his campaign for th Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
RAILROAD CHIEFS KILLED
Illinois Central Passenger Train Col
lide. Ontntlla. III. Five persons are
known to be dead and more than a
score Injured as a result of a rear
end collision at Klnmuiidy, 111., be
tween Seminole Limited No. 3 and No.
2."). also a fast passenger train on the
Illinois Central tailroad. The private
car of F. O. Melcher, second vice
president of the Rock Island railroad,
attached to train No. 25. was teles
coped and the four occupants were
killed, also the engineer of No. S.
The dead are F. O. Itelehrr. second
vice-president of the Rock Island rail
road. Winnetka, III.; J. T. Harahan,
Sr., former president of the Illinois
Central railroad, Chicago; E. E.
Wright, an attorney of Memphis,
Tenn.; Albert H. Pierce, general soli
citor, Chicago.
Innocent Slayer Commits Suicide.
Tacoma, Wash. "Dear SlBter: I
have killed Belle by accident. For
give me, forgive me. I have taken
polsou to end my life.
"T. B. NEFF."
The above note crudely written on
a piece of writing paper explaining
his deed was found In the bat band
of T. B. Neff, aged 23 years, a ranch
er near Puyallup, who after accident
ally killing his 12-year-old niece, -An-nabelle
Bond, committed suicide.
Aviator Carries Three Passengers.
New York. Four persons flew sim
ultaneously in one aeroplane at Nas
sau boulevard at a height of 500 feet
for over 10 minutes. It was the first
time the feat bud been accomplished
In America.
FRANCE DEMANDS
RELEASE OF TURKS
Paris. The gravity of the situation
arising through the seizure of the
French steamer Manouba January 19
by Italian destroyers while on a voy
age from Marseilles to Tunis, seems
likely to lead to serious International
complications, and unless Italy gives
France satisfactory explanation for
the seizure of French steamers,
France will send a naval demonstra
tion ai-'alnat I'aly.
It. now appears that the captain of
the Mur.oubi, which included among
its passengers 29 Turkish nurses of
the Red Crescent society, surrender
ed the Turks only on orders from the
French embassy at Rome.
The action of the French govern
ment in demanding the release of the
Turks is approved throughout France
as the only means of removing what
otherwise would be an Indelible stain
on the French flag.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 81c;
bluestem, 84c; red Russian, 80c.
Barley Feed, $10 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white. $31 per ton.
Hay Timothy, valley, $16; alfalfa,
i
Butter Creamery, 3Sc.
Eggs Ranch, 30c.
Hops 1911 .crop, 44c; 1910, nomi
nal; contracts, 2ac.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 916c;
Willamette Valley, loft 17c.
Mohair 37c, .
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 84c; club, 81c;
red Russian, 80c.
Barley $40 per ton.
Gats $30 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 38c.
Eggs 21c.
Hay Timothy, $16 per Jon.
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'v,1'
The Oregon Bar
At the Old Stand
G. VV. Wiley & Co., Prps
All kiruls of Choice Liquors
W ines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
Bottles and on Draft.
Many a Man
Owes His Success
to an Investment
on the lllHtlllmieiil iliitt, lie
rntim It lm wrveil an nil llllelltir
nnd kept hi in lu h mriilulii line
nml nutty Iroiu the many "tiet
lilrh tjulck" iK-heme which trt
so plentiful today ami lilrli no
often menu rU'hen only for the
Mliootll totiirueil roiiuter
thereof. Itv liiYvntliiulNYOUR
HOME TOWN you are ileuiliiK
with values anil (iciple with
whom you are ne.iiiiilitteil
people who an IntereMted In
your welfare Invnumr your nc
ct'M tneaiiH the mioeeiw of other
about you, and the more mic
einsfill i-itlzeiiH A town en II
boast of the teller place It will
be. Lots In NOBLES ADDITION
cm lie liml by making n very
small payment down nml the
balance on ternm to suit the
purchaser, monthly, Id-monthly
quarterly, half-yearly or annual
luiymeiitM. '1'ln'Wf lota are the
iK-xt Invent mem ill city property
today. The only illstrlet with
t tit 11 1 1 if restrictions ami w ith
street Improvement nml side
walks already 111. Make your
selection now. A lew tliilllim
w ill hold the lots for you until
you can make further pay
incuts. You nre entitled to the
best. Why not tfvl If.' I'ome
In nml let me show you NOBLES
ADDITION, the colter of build
lug activity lu I'rliievlUe.
A. R. BOWMAN
Give ua your order for
CORDWOOD
Juniper or Pine, large or
small quantities.
DILLON'S YARD
Opposite Post Office.
Notice of I inal Settlement.
tli n.Imtniiiratuf ot ih 'tte of Mvurgc M.
I'stnl, flw-wl, that h h flint It iit.l fllYO
lit i oiiiitlliN oi IiIm liiiltutrt(nii of ttll fuliiltf,
itimty, OrtKi'Ti, lin mh Mom!), I he .th iy
il h'vU . V.U, at t uVlov in tin; fnmnon U
hp tii'iinv i-mirt riwuii tti I'rinvvHlf. ort'itnti,
k lht lime an.) tiltuf for h-rilltf nl HftUUiU
tut. I rlirni t-t(uiitliif(. At winrti Mm? nj
4tr-iijr tM-r'n lntrr-(i-.i in prnld eutt may
appear ftii'l nt.ji'i t to mIiI ttnal Hn-mimlntf.
Mliil iiiU.it nay oi i w , ivu.
M. K. EI.MiiTT.
Alminltmtor of iht ottaipof
(jrortt' M. I'aul, (iVci-aited.
Notice of Final settlement.
N'littre I hrr.-ltv Hlvcn by Ih unlTilifn''t(
tbe .liniuit,iriur i,t Ihv emit' ol ai,1kH
IlnrilK,II, 'lt- , -'!. thnt ll llita Infill- SI11 Fill''!
Willi the i-lf-i ol tilt i:eiinlv riHir! Ill, Hunt t--
oiiititur ,,l him Rilinlul-trnllon ol xal'l rlMt
TIikI Hie Hon,.rl,le II. c. Mll. Jioltte ol llif
nuiio t-ouri of t riaik roomy. on-K!i, iimiwi
MoiiiUv th,' ,lh flHV III l-Vtl.. l'JU. Hi 111 oYIO'-k
iii the fori iieoti m Ihe i-onnly ouiri room In
I'r Im-vlllf. Or,-ffOll. hj, lie- llln tout eliiee lor
heHriiiK !'! fteltllHU -nil final Mn-oiiitiliiK. Al
hh h Mini-kikI niiy it"-j hii-ri-nie'l
II Blil ealale liltt)' oi,;tei lu bhki iiiimi ai toiuu-
llie.
Hand thll Jlt ilsjr ol IH. r.Ml.
JOHN HARMON,
Ailinl!lllrtor o( lie-i-.'nt of
Abigail Harmon. tU-c-awil.
Notice for Publication.
lifinrtnti'nl of llie Inli-rfor.
V. S. Lauil ottitf al l h'- Hallen. ori-non
lle-eiiilH-r -''til. lull.
Xettee Is herehy SJlvuu that
Jo--l.li H. Fox,
of I'rllievilte, Ori-Koh, ho, on .llllli, lth. 1011),
n tails lioin!l,'a, No. 0701'.. i.ir s, NWi-4, NK'
NWi4. ami HV'4 mj,'4. at'cium in, iowu-nii
1A hoiith, rallKe 111 eaal. Wlllanifl le
Merhlian, ha" lll'fl nollre at , Inlunlloo
t main, ntial eiiiutiiiitalion lria,(. lo
,;naMili i-lalm 10 the lain! ahove ilen-rlheil,
Irtffore Tlmolliy K.J. Unity, L'.H.t;olmiili-lun-r.
at hl offlec. al I'rlli'-vllle, Dredoii, on llie Mil
uay of Kehrnary, V.tU.
I lallnalll names as w uneven: vnarirs n.
rilnwl.nlle, Vta'ln llnnon. Mi-il Vamleruool,
Ollle Kllefsou, all of I'rinevllle, nreann.
-t c U . MOOKK, K-nlMer.
Notice of Appointment of Adminis
trator ana 10 ireuitors.
Notlre In hereby liven thnt thunilerlned
hax ljen, liy tlie ooniity court of the Htiileof
Oregon for Crook eounly, tluly al'Polnlet nd
nmilalratorof the eaialo of Mri i;. Hey.
nolfl, den-aaed. and Bit peron IihvIiik
clninia HiritliiHt said ealHlenre herehy n-ouln-d
lo present the aione, (inly verlfli-d, to aald Bl
nilnlslrHtor at the lawotlh-e of M. K. Brink,
In i'rlnevllle, On-icon. willifn six nionlha
from tlie.luli-of lh Oral pulillcullii of thia
notice-
Uaied and published fliat time December
7lh. 111,
(IFJlKfiK W. NOHI.B,
Admltilslrulor of the eslale of
Mallli I-- Iliiyiiolils, deeetiaed,
Notice to the Public.
Notice is hereby given that Prineville
sehool diatriet No. 1 will nut be reioti
sible foi ilehte contrueted by any indi
vidual unless said person has an older
signed by some member of the Heliool
buard. Mua. R. K. Okav,
Oh airman.
FURNITURE
You kill liuik Willi admiration over Hi
drndld Minidra nl iimdern I llMilliire
Dial lisve on ruliilnlioii in our
Miou riMiina, III moat attistie and best
voiiiitriietrd Kurnitiite e(r turned out
I y uod craltera. Tl ilaaik'iia, llie
iirkllilitliii, the I'ealilllnl linltb, will
cliarm vim at night, and nrraut
tliedufulnlity ol every lei- ul Furni
ture bought (mm tia. l'oitland priiea.
A. H. UPPMAN & COMPANY
(
ARE YOU SURE
Tlie nrorda show n clenr title to your rorrty? Tint
rerorda fulled to allow correct title III n on l nuide tlila
vnfk liy h ti'HilliiK nwil etnte eoiiipmiv. RESULT- I. oim
ileliiy mid poaallile Iowa. Iletter let the riouevr Abatrill't
Cotninliy look lifter our lltlereata.
PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY
(Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
PIONEER SADDLER
Mniiiiliu'ttirer of and denier In
Harness, Saddles, Chaps, Bridles, Silver-Mounted Bits
and Spurs. Reatas, Quirts, Ladies' Stride Saddles.
E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or.
Alfalfa
TO $20
That' s what a good cow will make it
pay you, and the market is right here
in Prineville. We will buy all the
cream you can produce.
Pioneer Cream Co.
Agents DeLaval Separator.
OLD
"1. W. HARPER"
SaSBSiaMBaaaatsSBBBaiaaBlatt
is the whiskey with the delicious "farewell."
Its wonderful taste is a fair criterion of the
all-round excellence of this most famous
brand.
Sold By
Silvertooth & Browder
Shaniko and Bend, Oregon
W. A. Booth. Pres.
1), F. HTKWAnr, Vlce-I'res.
Crook County Bank
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Statement of the Crook County Bank
Superintendent of
AtaaU
toxins uiifl Discounts
Ovi-rilrnfla
JViirnllnre iinii flxtureg
...SI20.870.2n
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S.at.4
Ki-Hl eslii
ii.dsi.im
Cms u bind tail Jut from bulu 47,809.85
tlSH.IMJ.'JS
Neighborly Advice
ouvbl b nt you on I he rial. I lurk for
II,h d Hliae lea. 'MiPV ileal lieia! ami
for Hint lea. en aie iinlilily gettnif
I eller loixrues limn yon V" lliiiaa
It a lolnt to kaep on I. i t ' b si and
moat ! iIiiih ii'a.li slut Inr ilial !.
mil air lie Imni eiilii'lilil. ti VI
ua a ainale trial and im llils to ; o ir
im n sat isdiet loll, And dj II ibjoIi (or
your e u sake.
The Cash Grocery
GEO.WHITEIS, Prop.
IP
$15.
PER TON.
C, M, Ei.kims, Cashier
of Prineville, Oregon, at rendered to the
Banks, June 7th, 1911
LiabilitlM
fiipllnl pnlll In full
Kuipiuk
Undivided proHta
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