OREGON NEWS NOTES
CF GENERAL INTEREST
Ever.ts Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
sTay Prepare foe Sprinj Infiux.
PM-'touil. W'th the tvxr.iins of the
ttiamst scison less than two weks
tistnnt, the railroads are preparing to
tamlle the annual spring Influx ot
uonicseekers and settlers.
The o!ume of travel Into Oregon
and Warhington will not be as heavy
this spring as It was a year aso, but
tt will oons'st of a much greater pro
portion cf persons who actually aro
prepared to tnkc up thair homea In
the northwest.
Officers Kill Klamath Man
Klamath Falls. While resisting r
rest for murderous assault upon an
other settler, C. E. Shaffer was shot
through the heart and through the
abdomen and died Instantly. Two
deputy sheriffs did the shooting. The
officers assert they shot when Mrs.
W'Uson, who was Shaffer's companion
and who fired on them first, was in
the act of handing a rifle to Shaffer,
who is a crack shot
RATE BALLOT IS PROPOSED
Medford Shippers will Circulate Ini
tiative Petition.
Medford. The Medford Traffic bu
reau, composed of local jobbers and
shippers, has printed and soon will
circulate for signatures an Initiative
petition for submission to the people
f Oregon at the November election
tor an act to provide for a uniform
percentage In the relationship of the
classification ratings and providing
tor the establishment of minimum
carload rates. The petition also alms
to fix the maximum rate on a basis
of the less than carload rate and the
minimum carload weight that may Be
charged on carload shipments.
The bill Is designed to aid small
town jobbers and make possible the
uilding up of distributing centers.
It is Indorsed by the Oregon Equal
Rate Association, comprising the
commercial organizations of the vari
ous small towns from Baker on the
east to Medford on the south.
j Old Duelists Recover.
Albany. Isaac B. Smith and George
Tolkhardt, both nearly 70 years old,
who engaged In a fight in .this city
with a hatchet and a large wood
chisel as weapons, are both recovering
from the Injuries they received. Volk
hardt, who wielded the chisel in the
fight. Is still In the hospital, but Is
improving rapidly, although his skull
was fractured.
Pendleton to Spend $5030 Annually
Pendleton. The sum of $5000 is to
be expended annually by the Roundup
association and the city of Pendleton
In beautifying Roundup Park in this
city. The greater part of the expense
Till be borne by the association.
though the city also will help, aa the
park has been deeded to the munici
pality. ELECTION COST $125,000
Primary and Ensuing Vote to Engage
16,764 Clerks.
Salem. With an army of Judges
and clerks employed and with all the
expensive machinery in operation, the
two elections for 1912 the genera
and primary elections will cost the
taxpayers of the state more than $125,-
400 at a conservative estimate with
all the figures shaved to the lowest
possible margin.
According to figures od file in the
office of the secretary of state there
will be 1397 election boards. Each
of these boards will have three judges
and three clerks, or a total of 8382
persons who will be einp'oyed at each
election, or 10,704 persons at both
the primary and general elections.
There are 1032 precinct.', the 1357
election boards including boards in
those precincl3 for which two sets of
boards aro provided.
Cornelius Plans Bonds for Water
Cornelias. This town will vote on
the proposition to bond the town for
$27,000, ttrs money to be used for In
stalling a v.-ater system. It is proba
ble, should the prcpodticn carry, that.
gravity system will be installed and
tie water be taken from Roderick
reek, west of this city.
BuilC'ig Reads Near Stayton.
West Stayton A lerge force of men
is at wcrlc opening up new rendr;
through the timber on the irrigation
project hore. The roadu which were
completed last spring east of the rail
road will be graded and fenced by
the irrigation company.
W'imrr Merchant Plows Out Brains
Gold Hill. V.'ith hia trains blown
out and a revolver at his sid! Ilnrry
Triple tt was found in his i.t.ne at
Winter, 16 miles from here. Insanity
believed to have been the cuius.
0. B. COLQUITT
t " 1 St,
O. B. Colquitt, governor of Texas,
who protested against the transfer of
Mexican federal troops through his
state, fearing a battle while crossing
the international bridge at El Paso.
TOTS GO TO NEW YORK
Children of Striking Lawrence Mill
Workers to be Cared For.
New York Amid scenes of wildest
enthusiasm In which 150 bewildered
children were literally mobbed by the
friendliest crowd that probably ever
was formed In America, the little tots
whose mothers and fathers are brav
ing hardships of the textile workers'
strike in Lawtence, Mass., were greet
ed at the Grand Central station here.
The children were sent here to be
boused and fed while parents and old
er brothers and sisters are fighting
out their differences with the Law
rence mill owners. The visiting child
ren had each been checked, with their
names and New York addresses, be
fore they were put on the train at
Lawrence.
Fair Suffragette as Cavalrymen.
New York. The antlsuffrage argu
ment against women's adaptability to
make a cavalry charge In time of war
tare will be exploded when 50 beau
tiful young women ot social distinc
tion will proclaim themselves willing
and able to go to war, will demon
strate their peculiar fitness by riding
on high spirited mounts at the head
of the big suffrage parade on May 4.
Suffragists Ask Place On Bench
Seattle, Wash. Suffragist leaders
of Washington are preparing to cir
culate a petition to be signed only by
women asking President Taft to ap
point a woman to the Federal bench
for the district of western Washing
ton, to succeed Judge George Don
worth, who will retire soon.
ROOSEVELT CAMPAIGN
FORMALLY LAUNCHED
Chicago. A campaign for the nom
ination of Theodore Roosevelt by the
national Republican convention was
formally launched, an organization to
carry forward this campaign was
formed and an address to the Repub
lican voters of the country was draft
ed by the national conference of
Roosevelt boomers here.
The meeting, called by the national
Roosevelt committee, was composed
of eight governors and delegates from
28 states, and in an Informal confer
ence organized a permanent commit
tee to push the candidacy of Roose
velt. The governors present were: Wal
ter R. Stubbs, of Kansas; Charles S.
Osborn, of Michigan; 11. S. Hadley,
of Missouri; Chester H. Aldrich, of
Nebraska; Robert P. Bass, of New
Hampshire; W. E. Glasscock, of West
Virginia; R. E. Vessey, of South Dako
ta, and J. M. Carey, of Wyoming.
Cold Cars Lead to Fines.
Chicago. Street railway companies
in Chicago were fined $1500 by Muni
cipal Judge Blake for insufficient heat
ing of streetcars. Witnesses testified
that the temperature of the carB rang
ed between 41 and 44 degrees.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Trick prices: Club, 87c;
bluestem, 90c; red Russian, 8Gc.
Barley Feed, $40 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $32 per ton.
Hay Timothy, valley, $15; alfalfa,
$13.
Butter Creamery, 36c.
Eggs Ranch, 30c.
Hops 1S1 1 crop, 36c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 8 & 1 6c ;
Willamette Valley, 15&17c.
Mohair 35c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, fJDc; club, 86c;
red Russian, 84c.
Barley $45 per ton.
Oats $30 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 37c.
Eggs 31c.
Hay Timothy, ?16 per Un.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
The Irrigation congress to be held
la Portland February 14, SO and II
will be largely attended by central
Orvfton peop'e.
An epidemic of smallpox and scarlet
fever has had the effevt of closing
tho public school at Cleono and quar
antlniig several families.
Tlitve hundred and fifty people at
tended the bauquet tendered cltlirna
of .Moro by the farmers of the sur
rounding section on Friday evenlug.
N. J. Slnnott ot The Hullo has an
nounced his Intention to seek the Re
publican nomination tor ronKresa In
the second district. Mr. Slnnott la
the third candidate In the field.
General order giving fall Instruc
tions as to the details of mobilizing
the Oregon national guard for active
service have been received at head
quarters from the war department.
According to a report of the county
clerk the total amount of tnses to be
collected In Douglas county during the
year l'.'U la $676.05750, or about $60,
000 in excess ot that collected In the
yir 1911.
Fish Commissioner Power has pro
mised Senator Bourne that he will
send 2'Hi.OOO black spotted trout esgj
and 50,000 rainbow trout eggs to the
Gonneville hatchery as soon as he can
make them ready for shipment.
The Baker coir.ty commissioners
refused to grant an extension of kjjie
franchise of the Eagle River Electric
company because the company asked
the elimination of the clause prohibit
ing the selling, assigning, mortgaging,
pledging or encumbering the franchise
without the consent of the court
A Joint committee representing the
Oregon Dairy and Cheesemaker' As
sociation and the Oregon Dairy anfl
Quttermaken' association held
meeting In Portland Saturday to for
mulate plans for a fair to be known
as the Pacific Const Dairy Show,
which will be held 10 days after the
Spokane Livestock Fair next fall.
J. Rny Harvey, supervisor of the
Deschutes national forest, has receiv
ed an application from C. D. Schell
for a permit to graie 1200 head of
turkeys in the national reserve around
Davis lake and Crane prairie. Find
ing nothing In his schedule of grnxing
fees applying to turkeys, Mr. Harvey
will forward the application to Wash
ington. Stockholders representing over
three-fourths ot the 1000 share out
standing In the Gresharo Grange Fair
association, met and by unanimous
vote changed the name to Multnomah
sounty fair. The change was popular
with everyone, a tt was explained
that under the old name there could
be no aid given the association by
the county court.
Lincoln county has added one more
Industry to Its small but growing list,
and Newport will have one more point
of interest for next summer's visitors.
A gold mine Is In full blast on the
ocean beach near Newport. In opera
tion the mine would probably be class
ed as a placer, the object ot its oper
ators being the extraction of gold and
platinum from the black sand.
A scientific system of road building
fcr 1912 has been announced by the
Umatilla county court. In place of
the general road uperintendent, a
civil engineer and road expert of
many years' experience has been em
ployed, and Instead of expending
$100,000 annually in haphazard road
improvement and road construction
the same amount will be expended
systematically In making the roads
permanent
Settlers on tho Umatilla project will
be given an opportunity on March 4
to decide whether or not they want
graduated payments In refunding to
the United States government the cost
of building this project. Word has
been received from Washington that
the interior department Is ready to
grant praduation. It will be optional
with the settlers whether they accept
the graduation or continue under the
present plan.
State Capital Gleanings
The Oregon Christian Endeavor
Union closed Its meeting here by
choosing Klamath Falls aa its next
meeting-place.
The firt:t Teachers' Retirement
Fund association under the new law
of the last legislature has been creat
ed for Multnomah county, and article
of incorporation have been received at
the secretary of state's office.
Tho Willamette Navigation com
pany of Portland has filed articles of
incorporation with the secretary of
state to operate steamboats on the
Willamette and Columbia rivers and
the Pacific ocean. The capital stock
In placed at $25,000.
A contract was entered into be
tween the state land board and C. M.
Halne In which Saine is allowed to
develop the phosphates and salts In
Summer and Albert lakes In Lake
county. Under the lease the company
is to start construction of buildings
June 1, 11)12, and to commence eva
porating in 1913. By 1915 they are to
make at least 100,000 tons of salt an
nually at a niyalty of 10 per cent for
the state, or a minimum of $50,000
a year.
Many a Man
Owes His Success
to an Investment
n the Inxtnllim-nt plnn, lie
raue It Iih nerved nam. nm-lmr
iiml kept liliu In n irnllil 1 1 tie
mid nwnjr Irmn the iimn.v "Uet
liirli Quick" wheimn which nr
so plentiful today Mint which no
nlleit iiu-iiii rlehee only tur the
smooth tonirued promoter
thereof ltv Itmwtlnu IN YOUR
HOME TOWN ou mv il.-iillnir
with Ynlum nml people with
whom you nre Hniuittitteil
people who niv Interveteil In
your welfare Ixx-ntiite your nut
cvk iiieniia the sum's ot other
about you, niul the more m-.
mtrtul cltlxens a town mil
boiiHt of the Ix-Hor plm-e It will
Ih. Lot In NOBLES ADDITION
r.ni le timl by milking n very
mm.ll payment il-mu nml the
ImlHiu-e iu term to suit the
purvlmnvr, mom lily, lil-moiitlily
Himrterly, Imlf-veiirly or tiniiuiil
pnyiiieiitN, Thine -liit re the
lt Investment In city pronrt .
tolty. The only ilUtrlet with
IiuIIiIIiik restriction nml with
street Improvement nml Hlile.
witlk nlrvmly In. Mil lie your
eleettoii now. A few ilollnr
wilt liolil the lot lor you until
you emi mnk further pity
uielit. You nrv entitled to the
tet. Why not ret It? Come
In nml let me mIiiiw vou NOBLES
ADDITION, the center of build
ing mtlvlty lu 1'rlnevllle,
A. R. BOWMAN
Give u your order for
CORDWOOD
Juniper or Pine, large or
small quantities.
DILLON'S YARD
Opposite Post Office.
The Oregon Bar
At th Old Sund
aW.Wilcy&Co.,Prpt
All kinds of Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
Bottles and on Draft
Nottct f Fimal SKltMal.
Nollr U hprtjr glvm b tho iiniVrlf uerf,
th miininliirtr ni lh enUttt of Wiltunl J,
Cram. tfucvtuMMt ihi lie ha m1u mni fllvtl
wi(h the cliTk of l lie county eouri bit flu I c
cotiutiiiK ot tn liiiiiiitrtiun of (! VHitUtt,
anil that the county t-ourt hu tt Momtiy.
March 4th, IlHJ, at IdoVlot k tn the fort-noon,
t discount) court ronin tn rnnevtlle, Oregon,
aa th time and plati for iti-artiiic n! n-tiling
Mid final mounting. At wbii h mUi 1 1 in ami
pi -we. any ?roii intTititil In tl etat,
utav appear m( ot)it t innattl final aouuiuiug-
Datet thii HUt day uf Feb.,
alhkht I. Chain,
A tinlnlitrator of tho eiui uf Wiiford J.
Craln, di ct'i'i. 2 6
Notict el Coat til.
Department of the Interior,
United Htau-a Lnd miite,
Thtr Dalle. Oregon, Pt-'hrtiarjr A, 1912.
To Hein of WiilUm F. Bholhvrg, uf frlue
vtlle.Oregnn, 'onifu't' :
Youaru hetrhf notified that Margaret Klm
mell, whnglve Prtncvllle, Oregon, a her pout
oiIhv a.ltlr.-M, did on ln. 21, Wl, flu- lit Hub
office bnr duly corrotKratid application to con
tf)t and ntrrure tho vmu't'llatloii of your Home.
mead Kntry No. , hertal No. vn.Wi, made
-pt. 1, ItUK lor MK'4 HhU, 3, N', N K'
NK'-i NW4 fsvc ), Twu Iti.H, Kanga IS. K, W 11-Unit-tie
Meridian, and a ground for hefon
tent flint ailg;it that ald William K. 8hf llwrg
lied Due. II, 1'JlO, leaving hit lather, Frank
Vhelltetg, lilt Hole hir, and that mu William
K. HltelierK, iorover n!i monthit prior to Aug
H, J 'U, had wholly abandoned iait! lra t and
had wholly failed to rlde upon, culilvaie or
Improve tho uttn" itnce making xatd entry:
lhtld Frank Hh-Urg h wuolly failed to
rfnUte uKMi, eiiltivute or Improve Raid tra;t of
Innd (or over ix month prior lo Aug. IM, nil,
rtor haa anyone for him Improved or cultivated
li) Maine during wnid time or at all.
You art .'therefore, further not i !! that tho
aid all'-gHtioiis w 111 lx tMken by tMa ofti f h
having Iw- n cotifi'UHed by you. and your Maid
emrv will htt canndeil thereunder without your
hirtti.ir right U be heard therein, either before
this of-flee or on Bppeal, If you fall io file In
th Ih ifliee within twenty days alter the Foiiktii
publication of till uoliee, an nhown below,
your nnawer. under oath, apecl Neatly meeting
and reMpoudlng to thene AllegHtoiiH of eoutem,
or If you fall within that time to file In thla of
flee flue proof that you have aervel a ropy of
your anawer on ihe anld eonteitant either in
pcrwin or by regiotered mail. If ttila M-rviee
is made by the delivery of a eopy of your an
swer to the eotiteetittit In neraon, profd of ain-h
rvice lunat be either the Hiibl eontentaut'a
written i knowh'dginent of hia receipt of the
copy, Nhowtng the date of lt reenlpt, or the
athdavlt of the peraon by whom the delivery
was made, atatlnu when and where the copy
whi delivered; if made by reulmered mail,
proof ol auch aervlce inual cotiatat of theaftl
davit of the peraon by whom the copy wit
mailed, itating when ami tht pout otnee to
whk h It wan mailed, and thin affidavit must be
accompanied by the pout runnier' a receipt for
the letter.
You hnu Id at ate In your annwer the name of
the po t otllee to which you deaire future no
ticca to be aent to you.
(',. W, Moohr, Kegfater.
Pate of flrat publication Kebrtmry 1ft, liH2.
Date ofaecond publication February 'Hi, 1012.
Jate of third publication February '211, mi.
Date of fourth publication Mnrch 7, l'Jli.
. AppKtilkrfsi (or Grazing Permiti.
NOTK.'R Ih ht-reby rIvhd that all
appllcatloiiH for ptiriHltH to rn.
cattlO, liornen nd Hhwp wHJiln the
CAHCADK NATIONAL FOIUCST
(InrliiK tho hc n,H on of 10J2, miiHt he
filed In my ofllco at Kumui. On-Koii.
on or before Kobniary !i0, l!)12. Full
Information In reuard to tin; grass. njr,
fcfH to be charged and blank foruiH
to be iiKcd in niakiug application)
will beftirnlwhcd uprin rfqucHt.
2 I 2t DLYUtt H. SEITZ, SuperviBor
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FURNITURE
You will Uxk with tlinlrsiion ow Id
aplrnilUI hiiiiIm ut niulrn Kiiriiinira
llml Imv on vtlilbitliin lu our
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(Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
PIONEER SADDLER
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Shaniko
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Statement of the Crook County Bank of Prineville, Oregon, as rendered to th
Superintendent of Banks, June 7lli, 1911
Ai.it
trfinnn nnil DlncomitH J12fi.K70.2fl
(Ivurtlriirm n.iill.iW
KurnHunwtnd flxturoM IVi'M
lii-nl eniuiiv n.mi.m
Cash oa baud and due from baolii 147,809.95
The Cash Grocery
Is irmil to stiiily you lh
clu grtx-orini, fruits iikI vrgltl:i
In wiM)rt lli Iwst In iiiHljr ( III
liiw-mt nmrkst pili'M, l'tuuiit Slid
csrvlul Orllwrjr.
The Cash Grocery
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fit. I
- : - Butter
Better
Are Not Satisfied.
Home.
Cream Co.
OLD
HARPER
and Bend, Oregon
0. M. Kl.mxs, L'RMhlor
Liahilitlal
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