OREGON NEWS H9TES
CF GEKFM INTEREST
Occurring Throughout
Ihs Stata During the Past
We:::.
Merchant Shoctj Friend.
,Tutf:u -MUtuken for a burglar,
J!i;m l":ii!t. nii'il carrier between l.o
;i a::.! Haiet IXM1. daiiKerouly
s-V-t by Kjward Smith, kroper of the
ttort lit Lowell. Cain enrriej a key
to the f.'otv, so he coulJ enter to get
the mail sacks in the enrly morning.
He h.ul seci reit the sack and was
leaving the building when Smith, who
lives oer the store, throw up a win
dow und fired ut Cain w ith shotgun.
Sr.ti;h hastily ran downstairs aud
for.:;J he had shot his friend instead
cf a burglar.
Lake County Folk Active.
View Point Uelievmg that they
have cpnortunitiea in their locality
that equal aud even exceed most oth
rs in t'entral Oregon, also that the
public is not aware of such existing
cjiportunitiea. the homesteaders in the
vicinity of View Point, Lake county,
have organized themselves into what
Is now known as the View Point
Homesteaders' Association.
The object of this association Is to
promote the settlement of many of the
homesteads yet open in that locality.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
JUDGE MAHLON FITNEY
RESERVE FUNDS ALLOTTED
Grant With $3627 Get Most of Any
Oregon County.
Salera. Each year the federal gov
ernment turns over to each state 25
per cent of the total revenue received
by the government from the forest
reserves within the state, this fund
to be apportioned among the counties
according to the forest reserve area
within the county. Each county must
eliride Us portion equally between the
school and road funds. The distribu
tion of the fund received for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1911, has been
completed In the office of the secre !
tarj of Btate.
In Oregon there are 1,148.900 acres
of forest reserves, and 25 per cent of
the revenue from them for the last fis
cal year was J35.612.30, or $0.00220524
1 per acre. Of this amount Crook,
Grant and Lane counties will receive
over $3000, while Douglas, Klamath,
Lake and Wallowa will receive over
12000.
JaiAson county has spent JMS.OOO ;
for good reads during the year mil.
The Mc.Minnville High School has I
perhaps the only das of high school
bojs in cooking tit the state.
The spring closed season for catch
ing salmon In nets began at noon
Saturday, and will continue until May
first.
Real estate transfers to the total
amount of $440,445.37 have been re
corded In Lane county for the first
two months of ISIS.
Dr. Harry ljuie of Portland will not
be a candidate for United States Sen
ator, or for any other office at the
coming primary election.
Ileitis the terminus of the railway ;
lines into Central Oregon. Uend ex-
pects to be the headquarters for a
large tourist travel this summer.
According to Heputy Came Warden
George W. Kvans, it is bears that have
been peeling the bark from flr trees
In the vicinity of Cottage drove.
Several cases of eggs have been
hipped from Klamath Kails to Port
land lately. These are the first egs
to be exported from the Klamath
country.
L. Haney was awarded $2000 dam
ages from the Oregon & South
eastern, a logging road out of Cottage
drove, for injuries received in an ac
cident on the railroad. He had sued
for $ 10,001).
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Judge Mahlon Pitney, named by
President Taft to fill the United
States Supreme Court vacanoy.
Brief News of the Week
Will Enforce Dog Ordinance.
Roseburg. Determination of Mayor
Joseph Micelll and Ctief of Police
Fenton to allow no dog owner In the
city to escape payment of the annual
license fee for canines brought five
prominent citizens Into the police
court. Each was fined $5.00, but col
lection was suspended upon consider
ation of Immediate payment of the
dog license fee of $1.50.
Avaunt the corset New York suf
fragists have declared against corsets
in their camimlirn for minor ... i.,r
Through the efforts of J. K. Mount.! 'omen.
of Silverton, a deal was closed where-; Vaccine for scarlet fever, originally
by SStiv) acres of luud belonging to St.,j discovered " a St. Petersburg phy
Benedict's Abbey of Mount Angel, was j liclun- was put to Its first practical
turned over to the state game warden I ll'5t Homou and proved thoroughl)
to be used as a state game preserve. ' successful.
That A. Kamle agreed to buy a farm j Employers in the Lawrence, Mass..
from them if they got him a wife and textile strike offered concessions to
that after they had secured a wife for! ,ne strikers, agreeing to an advance
him he refused to take the farm. Is! of flv P'r cent In wages. The offer
was not accepted.
Los Angeles is agitating the com-
uu.-iuii ioriu oi government, a com
mittee of 15, two of whom are women,
having been appointed by the council
to draft a charter.
The new Chinese government has
taken a strong stand against tha use
of opium. General Huang, minister
of wnr, has ordered shot all soldiers
found smoking the drug.
There Is no improvement In the
Mexican situation the past week. De
sultory fighting occurred In different
portions of the republic. An ultima
tum has been given to Mailero by the
permanent committee of the Mexican
congress that be must restore peace
In Mexico within 60 days or resign.
Many a Man
Owes His Success
to an Investment
mi the liint nil mi-lit IiKiii. lie
cniiNe It ha M-rveil iianii niiehur
itml kept liliu In n i might line
nml nsiiy tiniii the tunny "(let
lilell tjulek" eclieiiica which nre
mi plentiful ti'ilii.v nml which so
olteii tueotl rlehea only fur tin
NiniKith tonuiieil prnuintera
tli.-iv.it. Itv Inventing IN YOUR
HOME TOWN .Vim are ileiilluu
wltle YHlue Htnl people with
whom j-iui nre eiimlnteil-
Hiiple win nre luten-Hteil In
your weltan' Uvniiae your one
cih Illi HllK the suivesK nl ot hem
iiliuiit you, nml the more sue
ceioful cltlxeim n town rim
lioiiKt of the lietler iliieelt will
be. Lots III NOBLES ADDITION
e.ni le liiul by milking; n very
Kllillll iu v lin-nt loll nml the
I ui In iui on term to suit the
I'Urelmner, monthly, lil-iiioiithl.v
iimrterl,v, liiill-yearly ornumiiil
iniviuetitH. Tliew lots lire tile
iM-ot luvcHtiiicti! In city prii rt.
toilnv;. The only illstrlet with
Imllillnit nwirletloiiii nml with
street liiiprovi'iiieiitu nml slile
vnlkn iilrcnily In. Mnke your
m'lcctlon now. A feiv ilulliin
lll holil the lots for you until
you can mnke further pn.V
in. 'lit , You nre eiitltli-il to the
tHit. Why tmt net If.' Come
In mul let me hIiii villi NODl.tS
ADDITION, the ii'iiter i.l tiulUI
tug netlvlty In rrlttevllle.
A. R. BOWMAN
Woodlark Squirrel Poison
For Sale at
The Cash Grocery
Geo. VVhiteis, Proprietor
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FURNITURE
You hill look llh admiration over lb
pletuli.l .iiii.i nl nimlerii 1 iinilture
that Imve nil riliilntioti III our
Show tiKMin, the iiot artistic ami lwt
coliKtrmteil Kiirniliiie e'er turned out
ly iki.I craller. The lrign, the
wrkniiiliip, the beautiful lluUli,
cliatui vun t sight, and warrant
(he iliirahility il every piece of Furni
ture boiithl (tutu in. I'urt'ainl prin'.
A. U. UPPMAN & COMPANY
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Gypsum Gets Big Plant.
Baker. The Acme Cement & Plas
ter Company, of St. Louis, will erect
at Gypsum, this county, next spring,
probably the largest building in this
vicinity for the manufacture of ce
ment plaster. It will cost about $200,
O00. A large force of men will be em
ployed when it is running at full capacity.
ORCHARD MEN INDICTED
True Bills Returned By Grand Jury
Against Real Estate Promotors.
Portland. Wildcat real estate oper
ators received a shock here when the
federal grand jury returned indict
ments against the Washington Or
chard Irrigation & Fruit Company, the
Oregon Inland Development Company
and P. C. Lavey, individually. Each
indictment is based on alleyi-d fraud
ulent use of the mails by which, it is
declared, money was secured through
the exploitation of fake land proposi
tions. W. E. DeLarm, A. J. Eiehl, George
C. Hodfres, H. H. Humphrey and 3. H.
JlcWhorter are indk-ted in connection
vith the operations of the Columbia
River Orchard Company, all being un
der arrest except Hodges and De
Larm, who are supposed to have left
the country in fear of the eonieiiuen
ces of their acts, this company also
doing business under the name of the
Washington Orchard Irrigation and
Fruit Company.
Construction is Rushed.
Junction City. The Oregon Electric
railway Is rushing work on the moat
difficult section of construction be
tween Albany and Eugene the sec
tion between Harrisburg and Junction
City where the electric line will
cross the Willamette river and also
will have to cross long stretches of
Jood land.
Albany Proscribes Dances.
Albany. Public dances are a tiling
of the past In Albany. The city conn
cil has passed an ordinance makiuy
St a misdemeanor . to give a public
!a;ice in the city, defining a public
dance &g or.e which is advertised
the gist of a complaint filed against
Kamle in the circuit court at Albany,
by 4. W. Uoth aud George Edelman,
real estate men.
T:"ar.'Tc': dairy and creamery in
lerests have just closed one of t!le
cucvcssfcl years In the history
of t'ie Industry in the section. With
more than 3,300,000 pounds of cheese
manufactured and sold for $150,000.
the record is one which is deemed ex
tremely satisfactory.
Those interested In the various oil
projects in t oos county are encour
aged with the prospects at the oil well
at Bear creek near Bandon. The well
has been drilled over 20o0 feet and it
is stated now by members of the com
pany that sand which is heavy with
oil has been taken out.
Homer C. Campbell of Portland and
Fred S. Byum of Salem have filed
their declarations of intention to be
come delebates to the national Repub
lican convention. Both express pre
ference for Taft James W. Maloney
f Pendleton Is a condidate for de!e
gate to the Baltimore convention.
Coos Bay is to have a form of relig
ious work which will be- peculiar to
the locality. There is to be main
tained a gospel boat, or "colportage
boat," as it will be called. It will be
conducted similar to the gccpel cars
on the railroads and the gospel wag
or.s in ether part3 of the country.
President Taft and officials of the
land office and interior department
had a conference with Representative
Hawley and Ralph Williams, as a re
sult of which it is believed patents
will soon issue to all bona fide entry
men of Siietz lands Intended to be
benefited by the provisions of the
Hawley bill.
Announcement wes made from the
offices of the Portland Gas & Coke
company at Portland, that plana con
templating the establishment of a new
annufocturing plant to cost $2,000,
'0 have just been completed, and
that the first unit will be finished be
fore the end of the coming summer
at a cost of $750,000.
Discouraged in its efforts to secure
a meeting with President David Ec
cii of the Sumpter Valley railroad,
the Baker commercial club has given
up the liir;a of au amicable settlement
of the log rale question, and has or
dered Prank McCune, a Portland at
torney, to bring the matter btifore the
state railroad commission.
The Oregon raiirond commission
has instructed Attorney General
Crawford to commence a suit having
for its object the penalizing of the
Central Oregon Railroad company for
its failure to comply with an order
of the commission directing that it
maintain the lines between L'nion
Junction and the town of Union.
Claiming to have iron deposits of
much value, F. E. Litzenburg, owner
of gold mining properties in the Blue
River district. Lane county, and the
Tale brothers, on whose land the Iron
ore was discovered, have filed notices
of eight mineral claims on govern
ment land adjoining the Tate farm,
four miles from Vida, on the McKen
zie river.
The interstate commerce commls
ion, In the case of the California Pole
tr piling company vs. the Southern
Pacific, holds that present rates for
Hie transportation of poles and piling
in carloads from Portland and other
Oregon points to San FranciBco and
intermediate C'alfornia points are ex
cessive in so far as they exceed the
rate on lumber between the same
points. I
... mi ..ij.iiirm-Mif THinritnir !
People in the News
J. Pierpont Morgan, according to a
dispatch from Cairo, has been cleverly
swindled out of $40,000 on a purchase
of Coptic manuscripts.
There is more than a possibility
that King George of England, with a
brilliant military and naval staff, will
visit the Panama-Pacific exposition in
1515.
President Taft visited New York
Saturday to attend the banquet given
by Colonel George Harvey to William
Dean Howells. the novelist. In honor
of his seventy-fifth birthday.
President Taft, Cardinal Gibbons
and other men of national prominence
took part In the twelfth annual meet
ing of the National Civic federation,
which met In Washington Tuesday.
Mrs. Kmmallne Pankhurst, Mrs,
Tukes and Mrs. Marshall, the three
leaders of the window-smashing cam
paign, by which the suffragettes suc
ceeded In terrorizing the London
tradesmen, were sentenced to two
months imprisonment.
The long delayed trial of Eugene E.
Schmltz for bribery while mayor of
San Francisco came to na'ight, Dis
trict Attorney Flckert admitting his
Inability to convict because hla main
witness, Abe Ruef, refused to testify
unless 69 Indictments against him
were dismissed, and this the Judge re
fused to do.
Give us your order for
CORDWOOD
Juniper or Pine, large or
)
small quantities.
DILLON'S YARD
Opposite Post Office.
ARE YOU SURE
The records show it clenr title (o your ri rty'? The
reeonls (nlleil to show correct title In n nle uwnle tliU
week by h lending renl etnte eoiiipnnv. RESULT -l.oii(
ileliiy mul uwllit lows. Better let the Pioneer AUtriut
t'lmnuuiy look nfter your Inlen t.
PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY
(.Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
The Oregon Bar
At the Old Stand
G. W. Wiley & Co, Prpa
All kinds of Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranter Beer in
Bottles and on Draft
PIONEER SADDLER
Miiiuilncturrr of nml denier lu
Harness, Saddles, Chaps, Bridles, Silver-Mounted Bits
and Spurs. Reatas, Quirts, Ladies' Stride Saddles.
E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or.
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Nitict ot Final StiUait.
Nolle 1 liT'ly f Ivctl bv Hi ttrntrriltf tint
th tlmtitutfittifr ! i lie eui of wtilrl J
Cmill, (Itrt-MKftwl, His! lie ba mtlu Mtll Hlfti
with the cIitx f Hit count) court hia Html e.
(imnttliK of iti avImtiiNtmUnn uf ait csfKlt'
ftlKl ttiM tip rou tit J- court ti ht MuiitUy'
MtTli 4th. l'.MJ. at V) nVhh'k tn I lie for. uouii
t tin county court room in I'rlitvvlllf , orcRott
rh the time ami pirn e for n'nriio ami m-uUntf
Mtil final otoutitiug. At wliicb ait Unifsm.i
f.lftUf. U) pvron ltltiTt- tn si rattj
limy p( -r n I oi.J-:! tna!t Utial fctTomitlng.
Hau-4 tbli tlt la uf Ko.. I'M.'.
At.HIHT I ( tut,
A Imlnlatmtor of tbo citato of Wllfoni J.
Political News Bits
On March 17 President Taft will be
gin a vigorous beeoh making cam
paign, Btartlng at Boston.
Reportu from 90 Tennessee counties
show that Republican conventions In
72 Indorsed Taft and three UooHevelt.
Representative Oncar Underwood of
Alabama, majority leader of the houae,
has entered in the race for the Dem
ocratic nomination for the preHldeney.
Of the 48 states of the union, 22
have republican governors, 9 of whom
have declared for Taft, 7 for Roose
velt, 1 for LaFollette and 6 not yet
having expregaed a choice.
It is now certain that the Baltimore
lonventlon will not be pOHtponed,
fcpeaker Clark, Governor Harmon and
other Democratic leaders opponlng
any change of program,
After selecting Aberdeen as the
place and May 15 as the time for hold
ing the next state Republican conven
tion, the Wauhlngton sta'te central
committee by a vote of 19 to 7 adopted
I rejsolution endorsing Taft.
A letter from Theodore Roosevelt
and speeches by ex-Governor Fort, of
New Jersey, Governor Stubbs, of Kan
sas, and Senator Clupp, of Minnesota,
signalized the opening of the Itoose
velt "progressive" New England cam
paign in Boston.
Nitict of Contttt.
iFfpHrimpnl of the Intirlor,
Unite! Hii' Lntiil om (j,
The lrtll-a.(irttfon, K.'hrury ft una
To ll.-lra of Willi,,, F. HhciUrg, of Vtiu.
vllle.( irfgnn, f 'omenta':
You itr hfivhy iioiirii-i thnt Margaret Kim
mell. Khnirlvfi lrhip HU (irrcoti, n hr t.ot.
oitu tuMn-a, dlt on lifv l, t). tn thta
uim'e hit niiij forroooraiti piilt'nion to con.
teat aii-l avcorit tin- cam litttloii of vour Home-
It-Hi I Entry No. , f?f-rlnl So. UTwiJ, niitde
Ht'tit. 1. t'jltt, f'T K't HK4, Hi-f .'(, N'a N K1 .
NE',4 NW4 h-c H), Trt Hi. h, KaiiKt- ;ty ,V
limiotlt Mi-rhltaii, hii1 an (frtMimU for iivr ctin
tritahn allfg.-n that mmIiI Willmm y. H(ifllcr
illt'ii li'c. II, l'jlu, icnvtiiir liti utli.-r. Krmtlc
SilcllMTtf , hla no if heir, Bltif that unlit Wllllfl'ii
K. HltrUrtTK, (or over "ix month prior to auk
ID, ll'll, Itml w holly ahiunloiM'tl aai.J trnrt mul
had wholly fnlh-o to r-Hiic upon, l 1 1 1 1 v st i ir
Un prove tfifl aniiM- ditnu mitkniK anlij i-ntrv
lhtanit Hriiiik slii-lln-rif lirit wiiollv fnllvil to 1
TPHiili' upon. iilllvnli or lmproo m tl trurt o(
Imiil for uvT am iiiohilit prior to Auk, 1H, J'.iil
nur ha miyoiu- (or hun tmprovt-d or rutt 1 Mt-i ;
th- anini! (loriiitc Maid tltor or nt Mil, ;
Yon nri thcr'-lor- (itnlurr imtlilf.! that the'
taut uili'dEHliottN w ill or (Hkt'ti h thin nititf as !
havlnvt h'fli cotiffUM-! hy jou, aiu vour nni
uijiry will in.- rnmrl..fi tlii-n iMiifiT wulioutyour i
lurtli.tr ri1it to t; hcanl tin nln. fiihtr li'hn
iliimif. tli'i-nriiii in ) tf i. .11 ru n i.. '
thia ottUe within twenty 'ilaya after the Kurimi '
piinin'iuioii oi hum jmiH-t!, h MiOh helow,
ynir Hliawi-r. ntnli r oath, ap )'lfinlly mrt-ttiiK
itti't renponiliriK to cheat- allt-Knf I'Mih of coutKHt,
or If you (Ml w ithin thnt tlm.' to iiiv In thla if
tr.K lint- priMif that yon have 'm-rvt'il a copy of
your an-wtT on tht! :tl conifarunt i-tttmr In
m thoii or by rt'iflaierrtl mail. If thtii Hervlre
la nia'li? hy the delivery of a ropy of vour an
hWer to the foritcatant in jn'raon, proof of aui h
Mtrvlce innat he ylihiT thu niild -onttajit'ii
written ark tmw let lg mull t of hla receipt of the
cony, ahowinic the, dati of 1m receipt, or the
ailidavit of the peraon hy u liont lliu delivery
whu iiiad, MtatltiK when and wh;rn the copy
whs di'llwred; If made, hy rcnlatcrcd mail,
proof of mien acrvke innat conaiat of the affi
davit of the person hy whom tho cojiy was
mailed, matin when and the pot otJice to
which It wax mailed, and thlaamdavlt rnuxt le
nrcoinpatiled by the. iulinatuf receipt for
the letter.
Yon ahouM atHte In your amwor the tiameof
the jiot oltlre towhii h you dealm (uiureno
tlcta to be aunt to you.
f:. W. Moork, KcKlRter.
Iate of flrat piibllcatldn February I ft, 1'J12.
Iate of acrond .ulilication February w, HH'i.
Dale of third publii atlon February 'i'. VM2,
fiateof fourth publication March 7,
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Pioneer-:-Butter
None Better
Money Back if You Are Not Satisfied.
Made at Home.
Pioneer Cream Co.
Agents DeLaval Separator.
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice in hereby given, by th iindtrhlir tied
the. administrator of the extnte of John ('
Tucker, dcri'iined, that he baa made timl filed
with thy elerk of the fJoiini.y Court, li la II mil
K'couttiiiiK f hiM admiulsira'iou of imbl ea
Utteand 1 hat the t'oiinly Court luia net Mou
dav. the day of March, at the County
Court room in rriui'viile, Oregon as the lime
and place for luariiiK 'Uid m-tiliiiK naid Dual
imcoiini In. At which mil Id timotuid placeany
perwon iutrrrMit'd In m entttte may appear
ii pd ohjert to at Id II mil iircoiintiiig.
jMted thin iKtday of Feb,. 111',!.
J A. I'KCK,
Administrator of the of Ksiate ,lonn C Tucker,
Ifeceawd. 't-
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OLD
"I. W. HARPER"
is the whiskey wkh 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. HnOTH, Fre,
D. f, H'ritWA bt, VIofrPniH.
O. M, Ki,KiHH,Caliler
Crook County J3ank
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Statement of the Crook County Bank of Prineville, Oregon, as rendered to
Superintendent of Bank., June 7th, 1911
the
Ataat.
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Cub od bud ud dut from bank. 1)47,809.95
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Capital pull! In full,,,
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