DREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GEHERMJNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
fclbany Plan Manufacturers' Expo
Albany. To encourage the pur
Ihsse of "Made In Albany" goods, a
Manufacturers' exposition will be held
here soon, when each manufacturer
Hill have an individual display of his
products on exhibition In the auditor
mm of the armory. The exhibits ill
t be confined to Albany alone, but
oianufacturers from all over Linn
eounty will be asked to contribute
iisplays.
Pumpkin Show Buys Home.
Junction City. Encouraged by the
success of the past two years, the di
rectors of the Junction City "Punkin' "
Bhow named a committee to arrange
for the purchase of the Washburn
rink as a permanent home of this
city's novel annual fall festival. The
roomy structure will be remodeled
somewhat to better fit It for the pur
poses of the pumpkin show.
Coos Bay Sand Spit Sown to Grass.
Marshfleld. A force of 15 men Is
employed by the government engin
eers planting grass on the sand spit
at the entrance to Coos Bay. Holland
grass which has been previously tried
Is being planted with a view of keep
ing the sand from drifting.
LAND LAWS PROPOSED
Eugene Socialists Approve Revolu
tionary Measure.
Eugene. Admitting that the. plan
Is revolutionary, and furthermore ad
mitting that chances are against Its
adoption at this time, J. W, S. Scott,
of this city, has secured the Indorse
ment of the Eugene socialist local to
a project to initiate a law giving the
state the power to seize unoccupied
or rented lands and sell the same to
any who may wish to use the lands.
A resolution outlining the plan has
been sent to the socialist headquar
ters in Portland and will be sent to
other locals over the state. If it la ap
proved by these, steps will be taken
to draft a bill and have the question
placed on the ballot for November.
The purpose of the introduction of
the bill at this time, Mr. Scott says,
is to get before the people of the state
in concrete form the socialistic doc
trine of the "elimination of interest,
profit, and rent"
I Man Falls Far to Death.
The Dalles. Falling from the Ore
gon Trunk railroad bridge at Celilo to
the rocks, below, a distance of 60 feet,
Le Roy Wisner met a horrible death.
The fatal accident happened when
W'iBner, who was employed as a paint
er on the structure spanning the Co
lumbia, lost his balance.
Elopers Aged 70 And 60.
Roseburg. Accused of eloping with
Mrs. Annetta Foster, W. E. Campbell
was arrested and was brought here to
await preliminary examination. Camp
bell is a civil war veteran and Is 70
years of age. Mrs. Foster is 60 years
old and a cripple.
' RIVER RIGHTS STUDIED
Deschutes Problems Taken Up By
State Engineers.
Bend. Work to obtain adjudication
of the water rights of- the Deschutes
river has been begun by State Engin
eer Lewis, according to George T.
Cochran, superintendent of water dis
trict No. 2, who was here making ar
rangements for the work, whieh is
acknowledged to be a task that may
require several years' labor.
R. G. Wygant, an assistant state
engineer, is in Prineville collecting
data from the county records, prepar
atory to commencing the work of map
making and surveying the river. This
surveying probably will commence
within a few weeks, and is to include
a thorough mapping of the entire Des
chutes river from Crane Prairie, at its
headwaterB, to the Columbia, a dis
tance of over 200 miles.
, No Weddings in 40 Days.
' Hood River. For 40 days not a mar
riage license has been issued in Hood
River county and all records for con
tinued inactivity in this respect have
been broken here. County Clerk Han
son has not issued a marriage license
since February 6.
Newport Man Drowned.
Newport. K. D. Woodford, of this
('ace, was drowned In the Big Elk
river about six miles above Elk City,
while engaged in rafting logs to Elk
City mill. The body has not yet been
recovered.
Plank Gets $3750.
Eugene. The jury in the case of
W. S. Plank vs. V. P. Morse, wherein
Plank sued Morse for $10,000 for al
leged alienation of his wife's affec
tions, returned a verdict in favor of
BRIEF NEWS OF OSEGCN
Postal saving banks will oKn
April 12 at Pcaverton and Newport.
Senator Chamberlain has intro
duced a bill Increasing by Slfl.Oou the
st limit of the public building at
Albany.
Joseph Peterson Talor. ased S2, an
Oregon pioneer, .who settled In the
Willamette valley In 1S12, is dead at
lis home near Cottase Grove.
The I'matiHa project Is not only be
ing rapidly developed as a fruit pro
ducing section, but vesetables also
are to be planted this year on a large
scale, especially potatoes.
The quality of the 1912 clip of Lake
county will be far superior to that of
ny other crop for a number of years
past. The winter has been mild and
ihe sheep are in good condition.
A meeting of the arple growers ot
Linn and Benton counties was held
at the Albany commercial club rooms,
to discuss matters relative to the fruit
ot the two counties and Its protection.
Contract for the construction of the
Roseburg Coos Bay railroad has been
let a:id It Is said actual work will be
gin within 10 days. The survey trav
erses some of the best farming and
timber land iu the state.
The Eugene school board has Icsncd
a call for a special election on April
8 to vote on a proposition to bond the
district for not to exceed $200,000 for
the purchase of a site and the erection
it a new high school building.
Attorney-General Craw ford an
nounced that he expects to file a pe
tition for rehearing soon in the case
of the Corvallia & Eastern road, which
involves the tidclanJs along Alsea,
Yaquina and Sileti bays in Lincoln
county.
Death has claimed Qmaiquanla, or
Susan Fuller, as she was known
among the whites. She was the last
surviving female among the Slleti
tribe of Indians, and was born where
the Sileti agency is now located,
about one hundred years. ago.
A mortgage to secure fii.000.tWO In
six" per cent gold bonds, to run 15
years, is given to the Merchants Loan
& Trust company of Chicago by the
C. A. Smith Timber company, owning
379,000 acres of land in the Oregon
counties of Coos, Curry, Douglas,
Linn, Lincoln and Malheur.
With from 50 to 75 applications for
registration coming in each day and
52S0 registrations of motor vehicles
already made since the first of the
year, the record of the automobile de
partment at the state capital promises
to far eclipse its record of last year
under the new motor vehicle law.
Again for February, the accidents In
the paper mills in the state top the
list in the report issued by State La
bor Commissioner O. P. Hoff. There
were 32 accidents in this Industry
during February. An equal number
is reported in machine work, but all
other Industries report a lesser num
ber. Tom Brown, better known as ' In
dian Tom," died at his home near the
Oregon statesllne. Tom was formerly
an Indian scout and had played a
prominent part in the Modoc Indian
wars, and as near as can be ascer
tained by those who know him he was
95 years of age at the time of his
death. (
Pendleton's "Clean-L'p Day" will
be April 6. The council has author
ized Mayor Matlock to appoint two
councilmen to act In conjunction with
a committee from the "Round Up" as
sociation to devise means of making
the present Round Up park into the
most beautiful possessed by any city
of 5000 inhabitants.
The back-to-the-farm movement
started in all parts of Oregon, has re
ceived a strong impetus In Klamath
county. The county high school board
and the county court have employed
F. L. Griffin, a graduate of the Oregon
Agricultural College, to teach agri
culture in the high school and to take
charge of the farming of the county
infirmary farm.
Standing back of a project to re
claim arid lands and place them in
the hands cf settlers praetically at the
cost of placing the land under Irriga
tion, the Ontario commercial club has
started an innovation in the coloniza
tion work pi Oregon which is in ad
mirable harmony with the movement
advocated by the Oregon Development
League for "low-priced lands to the
incoming colonist."
The mystery of the murder of Mrs,
Elizabeth Griffith at her lonely home
six miles from Philomath, on June 6,
1911, was cleared up by the arrest of
George Humphrey, a 53 year old neigh
bor of Mrs. Griffith. Humphrey has
made a full confession, stating that he
strangled the aged woman to death
with a piece of rope, threw her body
into a lake, and robbed the house of a
Imall amount of money.
One thousand letters to ministers
of Oregon churches have been sent
out from the office of Superintendent
of Public Instruction, urging each to
preach a sermon on the value of In
dustrial work for the young people of
the state. Superintendent Alderman
asks that Sunu-y, ;,Iarch 31, be des
ignated as the day 1jb all pulpits
of the state will have pastors preach
ing the industrial gwpel to the youth
COUNTESS CF WARWICK.
Sceml t Pesrssa Whs Cimn
to"TW.a Country to Leeluea.
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Brief News of the Week
So serious has the situation In Mex
ico become that an army of 700 for
eigners of all nationalities has been
organlied for mutual protection In
Mexico City.
The cantaloupe crop of Imperial
valley, California, will break all rec
ords this year. It is estimated that
S600 cars will be required to tran
sport the crop to the market centers.
After murdering Warden Delehanty,
Deputy Warden Wagner and Usher
Heilan and seriously wounding Guard
Doody, three convicts escaped from
the front entrance of the Nebraska
state prison and were swallowed up
In a blinard.
Government efforts to settle the
coal strike by effecting an agreement
between mine owners and their em
ployes ot Great Britlan has failed and
legislative action will now be sought
to obtain a minimum wage for aU
underground coal workers.
The first legislature of the state of
Arizona, which will elect two United
States senators, convened In Phoenix
Monday. Both of the senators will be
Democrats, Henry F. Ashurst and
Marcus A. Smith having received the
popular Indorsement at the late elec
tion. Charging that funds contributed for
the relief of Lawrence strikers are
being Illegally used, citizens of that
city have secured a temporary order
restraining William D. Haywood and
his associates from further distribu
tion of the strike funds, and ask the
appointment of a receiver.
People in the News
Colonel Roosevelt earned $37.80 as
a juror as Mlneola, L. I., but he re
fused to accept the money.
Aviator Charles K. Hamilton claims
to have established a new American
bi plane record by his 33-mlnute flight
between Sacramento and Marysvllle,
a distance of 42.7 miles.
After an Illness of a week John P.
Hill, former governor of Maine and
chairman of the Republican national
committee, died of heart failure after
an attack of pneumonia.
George W. Perkins, formerly part
ner in the banking house ot J. P.
Morgan & Co., has acquired a large
Interest in the Mall and Express com
pany, publishers ot the New York
Evening Mall.
Charles Thompson Harvey, who
planned the first elevated railroad
operated In this country, and who
built the Sault Ste. Marie ship canal,
is dead at his home in New York. He
was 83 years old.
Political News Bits
Fares to the national conventions
In Chicago and Baltimore have been
fixed at 2 cents a mile.
Senator La Follette is stumping
North Dakota which will be the first
state to hold a presidential primary.
It Is believed Improbable that any
member of President Taft's cabinet
will resign to aid the Roosevelt cam
paign. The Kansas state Democratic con
vention unanimously Instructed la
Champ Clark, with Governor Wilnoii
as second choice.
Kansas will have no presidential
primary. Delegates to the Chicago
convention will be elected at a state
convention at Independence on May 8.
At the end of an all-night session
the Republican state convention of
Oklahoma voted to Bend ai solid dele
gation of ten men instructed for Theo
dore Roosevelt to the Chicago con
vention. Oscar King Davis, head of the
Washington bureau of the New York
Times, will be general publicity man
ager and assistant to Senator Dixon In
the Roosevelt headquarters at Wash
ington. The Roosevelt headquarters has giv
en out a statement prepared at a con
ference of ne;;ro ministers in Wash
ington, claiming to represent 400,000
negro voters. This statement declares
for Roosevelt as the "Irlend of the
ncroi;3."
Irrigated Land for Sale.
SO acres. 11 miles from Prineville, on
old IhmhI slsue road. All under rtilti-
vntum: ,Miieiii alfalfa and clover:
? mle (nun railroad. Address X Y
7. citrv Journal, No aneut. ---it tl
Many a Man
Owes His Success
to an Investment
on the Installment plan, lx
cause It has nerved its an nm-hor
nuil kept III in In a utrttlulit 1 1 lit
am! Hny (rum the ninny "Het
liloli tjulok" miit'iuc wlilt-li are
so plentiful todii.v and which no
(iltcti menu rUiie mily fur the
smooth tiiiiirueil promoter
thereof Bv Investing IN YOUR
HOME TOWN you nre ileiillnii
with viiIui'm mill people with
whom yu are iniiminti-.l
n'i)ile who are liiteresteil In
your welfare InvHiise your sue
ci'ss men us the m mi-ess of others
nlmut you, mill the more sin-ii's-liil
rlllavii a town run
honst of the lietter I .- I r will
lie. Lots In NOBLES ADDITION
i-iiu Ih liiul liy iimkliiK n'very
siiiiill payment ilowu liml the
Imlmii-e on tcrnm to suit the
imivliHser, monthly, lil-iuuiithly
quarterly, linll-yeiirly ormiiiiuil
)iytmiiM. Tlit-Me lots are the
Iwsl Invest tuptit III city property
today. The only district with
Imllillliit restrk-lloliM mul with
street Improvement ami side
walks iilremly III. Mukn ynur
selection HOW. A lew ilolllir
will hold the lots tor you until
you en n Illlike further pay
mi'iits. You Hre entlileil to the
iM-st. Why not Ki't I IV I'oine
In nml let me show you NOBLES
ADDITION, the center of liuilil.
lug activity In l'rlnevllle.
A. R. BOWMAN
The Oregon Bar
At the Old Stand
G.W. Wiley & Co, Prp,
All kinds of Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
Bottles and on Draft
Nslks ef Fuul Ssttltwet.
Notice U hereby given by the nndirilaned,
IttaBilmlnillrilnriif lh Mttatn nt U'llfur.4 1
Craln. deceased, thst he hss rnsdo and sled
with tue clerk ol the county court bit rinal ac
counting nt hll administration of said estate,
snd that the county court liu set Monday,
My 6th. 1912. si 10 o'clock In the forenoon,
st the county court room In l'rlnevllle. f ireson,
as the ttniviand place for hearing anil seulina
said ftnat accounting. At which aald time and
place, any person intercHtcd In said estate,
may appear snd object to aald final accounting.
pated thai Klh day of March, lata.
AI.SSKT i. I'satK,
Adralnlitrslor nf the estslo of Wllloril 3.
Crsin. decessed. S-U
Summoim.
In the Circuit Court of the Slate of Grogon
for the County nt crook.
W. h. ModonaRitl, V. Mrrtntr-Jll, V. R. Mc
(ionnRtll nd Burch M( (jtmt(Hi, the only hMni
at law of J W. MctsoiiMglll (teceaaetj, plaintiffs,
v.
L.N. Jon, May Jonca hl wife, J. R. Jones,
Annie Joitut his wife. Thorn J. Jme,
Hannah Jotiea hts wife, A. J. Jonm, Viola
Jonea bis wife, W. K. Jones, lnex Jon his
wife, Delia Jackson, formerly hella Jon, ami
Kred Jai knon, hur huahant), ami U. W. Joints,
the heirs at law of Htt-pht'ii Jont'S dwitjast!.
also all other unknown heirs of the saiu
Stephen Jonos, claiming any iltfht, titlf, estate
or lien upon or interest in the real jiroimriy
described In complaint h-rein, (iefiniUnts,
To A, J. Jons and Viola Jones his wife, ami
Thomas J. Jones and Hannah Jo lies hit wife,
.lofotulants atiove natnel:
In the name of the state of Oregon, Yon are
herehy requlrml to appear and answer Die com
plaint AIednKint you in the above entitled
court and suit, on or before the lat day of the
time prencrioeo in me ortH-r tor puoncauon m
this summons, to wit: The 4th day of May,
W12, and if you fail to so answer for want
thereof, the plaintiffs will apply to the court
fur the relief in thU summons and haid com.
plaint demanded, to wit: That the defendants,
and each of them be r eon I red and compelled
to set up and eHtnbllah their claim or
claims, Interest or interests, In the land herein
described to wit: i u wesi nan 01 me norm
west quarter, aim me west nan 01 me aoum
wpHt tjuarter of suction twenty-four. In town-
ihiii fifteen south of r a nice twelve east of the
WnUunette Meridian, in Crook County, Ore-
don, adverse ana eomncnnK wim me estnie
ailO lllieres"- Ol iimiiiiiun mcinii, urni hi-
fondants and each of them, and all persons
piniTtilinr or to claim bv ihroutth under them
or either of them, be dee La red to have no
estate or interest in me sain premises or any
part thereof, and that a decree be entered by
this court forever barring-the said defendants
and each of thern and all persons clslminK or
to claim bythrouitn or unner mem oreimeroi
tiu'in. from claiming or to claim, an estate,
rlKht, title Hen or interest In the said premlt.es
or any part thnreof, and that plaintiffs bo de
creed and declared to be the owners in fee
simple of the land above described, and that
plain tins, nave wieir t:uiu mm uirnmiwiiiBiiinui
this suit, and such other and further relief as
to the court may neem equitable in the
premises.
This summons in ordered to be served upon
you by the publication thereof, in the Crook
County Journal, a weekly newspaper pub
lished in Priimvllle. Oregon, by the order of
the Hon. H- C Kllis, Judge of the county
court for Crook County, Oregon, said order be
ing dated the 2Hh day of March, l12, and the
date of the first publication of this summons
is March 2tst, IM12, and the date of the last
publication May 4th, 1912.
r T. E. J. IH'FFY,
Attorney for plaintiffs,
Notice for Publication. ,
Department ol the Interior.
C. 8. Laml olllce atThe Dalles, Oregon
March 4lb, 1:1 li.
Notice Is hereby given thst
UKDItliB A. LITTI.R,
of l'rlnevllle. Oregon, who, on March lllh, 1010,
maile homestead. No. IKS!, for msA, Section
township 17 south, range Meant, Willamette
MerMlan, has nlwl notice of Intention
to miilte final comminution . proof, to
establish claim to the land above ilcserlls'il,
before Timothy K. J. Huffy, II. H. Uommiw-loncr,
at his ollice, at Prineville, Oregon, on Ihe liuth
day of April, lilVi.
clalmniit names as witnesses: f!corie W.
Crawford, Nathaniel V. Morrlsetto, Scuars l,ee,
of Prineville, oregou, Bud A. O. Myers, of Hod
mond, Oregon.
Woodlark Squirrel Poison
For Sale at
The Cash
Geo. Whiteis,
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fiTT" FURNITURE
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You will h'k with admiration over the
splendid samples ot modern Furniture
that w have on inhibition In our
Phowfooiiis. the most artistic ami Iwst
ciiiistriu-ted Furniture vr turned out
hy wood trailers. The designs, the
workmanship, the lieauiltul lliilsh. iU
t-hsim you at ilxht, and we warrant
the durability ol every piece of Furiil.
ture IhiiikIiI fiuiii us. rort'and prices,
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A. H. L1PPMAN & COMPANY
ARE YOU SURE
The reonls show n clenr title to your property? The
records lulled to show correct title In h mile liiade thla
week by It'titiliiit real intnte company. RESULT-Unit
delay nml iisllde lose. Better let the I'liitieer Abstract
Cimipaii.v look niter your Interest.
PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY
(.Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
PIONEER SADDLER
Mnmifnctiirer ol and denier til
Harness, Saddle, Chap, Bridles, Silver-Mounted Bits
and Spurs. Reatas, Quirts, Ladies' Stride Saddles.
E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or.
Pioneer -
None
Money Back if You
Made at
Pioneer
Agents DeLaval Separator.
Of all the vhiskie9, the one which comes
nearest perfection is the
"L W. HARPER"
It is scientifically distilled from choicest
grain; never sold until thoroughly matured;
always delightful and guaranteed satis
factory. Sold By
Silvertooth & Browder
Shaniko and Bend, Oregon
W. A. Booth, Pres.
D. P. Rtrwart, Vico-l'res,
Crook County Bank
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Statement of tha Crook County Bank
Superintendent of
Asset,
Lonnsand Discounts f2!).ft70.2n
Ovordrufl WUI.HH
Furniture and fixtures '2,'iHSM
ltealesl.nl ll.7isl.illl
Caib en hud anil dot from banks 47,809.98
Grocery
Proprietor
Silt
: - Butter
Better
Are Not Satisfied.
Home.
Cream Co.
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G, M. Kleins, Cashioi
of Prineville, Oregon, at rendered to the
Danks, June 7th, 1911
Llabilltiss
nnpltnl Paid In full
(surplus
Undivided profits '!
Deposits ,
...tiHi.otw.on
, ., 10,11011,110
,.. li.wn.sa
.. M0,lj.7ft
tlM.OUO.DS
the plaintiff for $3750.
of Oregon.
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