NEWS FROM OUR , NATIONAL CAPITAL House Committee Would Turn Militia Into Volunteer Army. - Vashingtou. To nrnk th militia avaliabl for oervue In forergn war, it it now propose! to convert It into a volunteer arm)' by amending the lack law. In conference with several t ffiowrs of the National Guard, several - aienibera of tV house committee oa JniMtary a fairs have formulated a bill hSch they think will overcome th Constitutional 'objection to the pre cnt organtutlon of militia a set forth la the opinion of the attorney -general. When the Dick bill maa enacted It . tra assumed by officer of the Na tional Guard that the state militia was wade available for any sort of service when called out by the president, The fret Intimation that this was not true came In the opinion of the attorney genera. published recently. , This leaves the National .Guard In an em barrassing situation. , Vnder the proposed plan the presi dent will be authorised to call out all or a part of the National Guard when ver the necessities of the service are greater than can be performed by the regular army. It will be urged that it Is highly important that this legist tioa should be passed without delay on account of the probability of the aeed or the state troops tn Mexico. Terminals Must be Reported On. In the future the army engineers, in reporting on new river and harbor pro jects, will inciuaa in ineir reports comprehensive statements regarding terminal facilities on the various land harbors proposed to be improved Similar reports will also' be called for on existing projects which are under Improvements by the federal govern ment j The river and harbor bill now be fore the house of representatives re quires that reports on new projects shall contain all available data in re gard to "the existence and establish ment of both private and public ter minal and transfer facilities contigu ous to the navigable water proposed to be improved, and, if water termin als have been constructed, the general location, aescnpuon ana use muae 01 the same, with an opinion as to their adequacy and efficiency whether pub lic or private. i May Revive Apple Bait Controversy. The agreement reached recently to eliminate from the Sulzer bill all ref erence to the apple box has not defin itely settled the question. The agree ment means merely that this question lias been put, over for future consider ation, and probably will be revived at tve next session of congress. When the bill came up there was considerable difference of opinion as to what should be the standard apple box. The western growers contended for the present box as the standard, claiming it had been developed after years of experiments. The Sulzer bill, which was drafted at the request of eastern commission merchants, undertook to increase the size of the box, but there developed no essential reason why the box they fixed upon was In any way preferable to the box now in use in the west. Fisher Opposes Homestead Bill. The conference committee on the Borah-Jones three-year homestead bill gave a three-houring hearing to Secre tary Fisher, who manifested marked objection to the bill as It passed both bouses, and advocated rigid amend ments similar to those voted down when the bill was considered by the house. Friends of the bill are consid erably alarmed over Fisher's opposi tion, particularly as it is believed that he will recommend a veto of the bill Unless It is amended to meet his View. Western friends of the measure are stoutly opposed to making any mater ial changes in rtie bill, as such changes will impair its usefulness. In the light of the recent veto of the burned timber bill on Fisher's recom mendation, they are apprehensive that the three-year homestead bill may ffiwt the same fate, unless Fisher's t;rms are complied with. National Capital Brevities. A bill to allow lands now withdrawn on account of power sites to be enter ed under the public land laws has been Introduced by Representative Mondell. f-rrjxidtnt Taft is not discouraged on account of the defeat of the arbi tration treaties. He will try them figain In a modified form and under take to put them through the senate. Vigorous Investigation of the so called "money trust" and its ramifi cations was forecasted when the house adopted a resolution empower-1 ing the judiciary committee to employ every means In going into the situa tion. . An adverse report on the house steel revision bill, signed by all the repub lican members of the finance commit tee except Senator La Follette, .was submitted to the senate.- The bill is denounced as ill-advised and unfortun ate. -, ,i "' ' ' BENITO LEGAROA. Resident Commissioner (at Washington) For Philippine. Brief News of the Week The decision of the miners' federa tion to order the men to resume work baa brought Intense relief to Great Britain. - ' , Exports of coilon manufactures from the United States in February this year were SO percent larger than In February, 1911. ' Professional baseball for ISIS will bln In earnest with the opening of the season by the National and Amer ican leagues this week. ' - Director of the Knight ot Colum bus have announced that $385,000 of a $500,000 endowment fund for the Cath olic university at Washington already is at hand. . -, , . " ; , Engineers, Bremen and trainmen la general ar warned to ceas flirtatious with farmers' daughters and direct their attention to the track ahead, Jn ah order issued at Chicago by an offi cial of a western railroad.'' Twenty-one . thpusand settler for the Canadian northwest arrived in Winnipeg from the old country recent ly. Ninety per cent of the newcomers are from Great Britain, the others be ing rom different countries of Europe. Criminal prosecution by the federal government against' the Chicago But ter an,d Eggs board and the Elgin Board of Trade is believed to be the aim ot an investigation through agents of he department of commerce and labor. ; , ; A ' People in the News Scores pf .detectives are guarding the residence of.Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont In New York, following the receipt of a death threat addiessed to her. 'General Salazar and his rebel troops have driven the federals under Gener al Villa from Parral, Mexico, and are now in complete possession ot the town Rear-Admiral Robert E. Peary, who discovered the north pole. Is of the opinion that both Amundsen, the Nor wegian, and Captain Scott, the Eng lishman, attained the south pole. Abraham Ruef, ei political boss of San Francisco, now serving a 14-year sentence in San Quentin penitentiary, will publish a series of articles In which he will make a complete expose of the graft dealings. The jury In the case of Miss Esther Mercy in her slander suit against Miss Marlon Talbot, dean of women at the University of Chicago, for $100,000 damages, returned a verdict giving the plaintiff judgment for. $2500. William J. Bryan, Governor Dix, Governor Woodrow Wilson and Champ Clark are announced as speak ers for the national democratic club banquet to be given In Ne York city Saturday evening in celebration of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson. Political News Bits Richmond P. Hobson has t a re nominated for congressman from Alabama.'- - ' Senator La Follette will arrive In Oregon on April 13th and make sev eral speeches In the state. Maryland will hold a presidential primary election on May 6, Governor Goldsborough having signed the bill. President Taft was Indorsed for re- nomination for president at a meeting of the Utah republican state central committee here. Senator Cummins won the delega tion to the national convention at Chi cago In the third district convention at Waterloo, Iowa, on tl)e sixty-second ballot. . . ' - ' Governor Wilson has written Secre tary of State Walt of Nebraska, re questing that his name be withdrawn from the populist ballot at the Ne braska primaries. ,'" Returns' from republican county mass conventions Indicate that 24 ot Kentucky's delegates to the national republican convention will be Instruct ed for .Taft and two for Roosevelt. Rev. Herbert S. Blgelow, president of the Ohio constitutional convention, and 30 of the delegates, active sup porters of the Initiative and referen dum, have entered an agreement to become candidates for the next gener al assembly. " v I ot . .- X i .1 LEVEES CRUMBLE . ALONG MISSISSIPPI 30,000 Persons Homeless, and Vast Area. Once Rich, is ., , Made Desolate. Memphis, Tenn. Three break on the Mississippi occurred south of Memphis. The first wna at "S4 mil post," IS tulles south ot Helena.' Ark. Late In the afternoon the levee gay way at Laconln. 60 mlfe below Hel ena, and the levee went out at Hen rico, near Laconla. The water la pour ing rapidly over several hundred square wile of rich farm laod. ' , Water from the twoicrevasse will join, doodlng the rutin! southern halt of t'hlllrpa county In which I Helena and all .of Desha county. The over flow will find its way back Into th Mississippi through the Whit river. At Columbus and Hickman. Ky., at Tlptonvlll and RUlstly, Tenn.. at Os ceola and Luxora, Ark., at Memphis and number ot other point on th river, refugees continue, to arrive. In the flood district 30,000 homeless fam Ule ar being cared for. War Department to Act ; Washington. With 40.000 person homeless in the flood -stricken Miss la sippl Valley and 10.000 other requir ing food, th war department will mov rapidly to take car ot those in need. Brigadier-General Potts, ot Chi cago, will have direct charge of th distribution of supplies and tents. . Wilson Paper Stolen. Chicago. Burglars with undoubted political affiliations raided the room of Governor Wilson In th Sherman house while he wa absent and stole all his private letters, vouchers, and other paper. That it wa the work ot political enemies I shown by th fact that valuable silver and other proper ty In th room was untouched. t Allen Kinsman I Caught. Plttsvllle, Va. Reuben Edward. 17 year old, another kinsman of Bldn Allen, the fugitive, wa arrested, charged with aiding the' outlaw to elude capture. He was locked up here with Jordan Edwards, a cousin, who wa taken Into custody on the same charge two days ago. ' Roads Can't Compet With Canal. ' Los Angeles. Henry U.-' Mudge, president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, said here that If the Interstate commerce commission reduced the freight rates on th trans continental roads after-'the opening ot the Panama canal, in all probability the terminals of ar' western roads would be made at Denver. , ' .AUTO PLANT LACKS COIN Receiver ia Named for AIHi-Chalmert Company. Milwaukee, Wis. Fiecelvera were appointed for the MIlH-Chalmcrs com pany by Judge Sanborn, of the United States difitrfct court. The " receiver are D. W. Call, preatdent of the com pany. and General Otto B. Falk, of this city, a manufacturer ami presi dent of tbe Merchants' & Manufactur ers association. Physically the company's plants are said to be a magnificent proposition, but there never has been buainess enough to keep them running full One of the great drawbacks to the company has been its lack of working capital.' . Wife is Arreeted For Editor's Death. New York.'-Walter, J.i Snyder, 37 years old, managing editor of the per iodical, "Sports of the-. Times," was found dead In the bathtub-of his apart meats here with four tub wounds near his heart. His wife was arrested later and charged with homicide. According to the police, Mrs. Sny der said she was holding & pair of seven Inch scissors fn her hand when her husband attempted to embrace her and the scissors accidentally pene trated his body. Aliens to Come to Coast , New York. In steamship' offices here It is an open secret that two of the big German steamuhip lines are planning, as soon as the Panama canal Is open, to begin a special service of ships between Europe and California, In which b tee rage passengers will be carried to the Pacific coast at the same rates as to New York. Mormon Birth Rate High. Salt Lake City. An unusually high birth rate and low death rate were claimed for the Mormon people by Apostle Hyram M. Smith, the princi pal speaker at the second session of the Mormon conference. Wheat Prices Take Jump, Walla Walla, Wanh. It was learned hers that the Jones-Scott company, the most extensive grainbuyers in eastern Washington, wlfh offices In Tacoma and Seattle,' had' purchased approximately 150,000 bushels of blue stem wheat at the heretofore unheard of price this season of 93 cents traek. Jim Hill is Coming 1 That It all right, but Wt Art Hert to Makt Good PHOTOS. So don't forget to look over our work tin J gat our prices, which are right. ' ' s LAFLER'S STUDIO, . Unl St. Kear Courthouse.. Amateur Flnithinf Don Neatly and Promptly. 3 2 O. O. O, soi ".BT NO. i:! borJIntt Onler of Owls, meet Ui revoml and four tli Thursday in each mouth at Belkuap ball. All migratory owlsconli allv welcome. T. K. J, lHiflv, Prvoident! Willard II. Witts, Secretary. ' 14tl Bid for School Bond. . Nntlc It antijr tvn by tbe otioVreltnad. thenmntv Irwoaurerof lite eouoly of ruo. loir urort-gun, that puraiianttu on onter uf lltr hoard iM dhevlora of tehon! tllilrlcl Mo. SI, of'rw eounty, On-con. ho will all air lh bl prtrv ulklnlnottie MiV arhool bnuiU oraal.t dUulel.un Mr I, luli,al th omuxif tlwrtiunty lreBunr. HTInwvlllw, Orrcon. Fur further liiftirttiMtioti apply lu ihr boord ofdirvuiureorMlilaMftinui or lu UiUtimce. KAI.I'M 1-JHKIiAN. (Von lr tmuarrr of Crook manly, Orron, Call for Warrant. All twtrml fund rtwittrrtnt worrwnti will r paid nptio prvarulallou. Inlrrvol oUtlMorior ml. dm. All ni'rrrd Hlli rVhool worranii up la and Inctuillnt N-fcW will be pold wn preiovn Ul n. No Intonml oflor IhU dot. All rtwUlr-rrd colD liounlv warranto MB to end. Including No. T will tMf paid on pmain- laiino. jiaiiiirioiier mi dale. -liolrd April 4, IslJ. RALPH t. jimn. frumtv Treurr. Notko to Cnorfon. Notice I hervbyV jrlven, by 'the uniliTHlgntHl, the ailinliilHtraior if the eotate ot John H. Jnnvtt, lie- ceaaeil, to all creditor ol snhl !. ceawd and to all pernio linvlng clnitii ttgnlnsr anlil eotute to pre- aeut tlietu with the proper voucher to the iiiiiirrMigaetl, nt the nine 01 the J. H. Hiuu-r Almtrnct CotnunnT la Prlnevllle, UreKOD, within six ninntliM ot tin) iliite ol tbe ftrsl publi cation of this notice. Dated this 14th dny of March, lllli. L. M. Ueclitvll, AdiiilnMlnitiir. In lltr ( trrtilt rmr, of (lie Huie nt Oregon, Jar tio ion my. W. 4. Booth, rUlmlft. v. - " Jut. A. Boy -I m1 Ja J, boytl, ! (ettt1tl. Tu A. Boyd mini Jcu J.' Hovd. uM d. It-ntUnu; lu th DkUMmH iht of irriim, vou r hTiby rrtilTr. to ftpr ik! vuwr ilieconi (Ittiit Itlrd hi H10 ttbove tjuthlM fum ttil ourf on or bt(dre4hr ib Uvy ot April, 1VU. iid H you (ml m to t,IMf tl(l utfr, tltv I'lBknttff will Uk jtKtrftutut MU"i you lor tliiMMim o Four MtmdrtHl litiU-tm with luitf. wt iherwm ml the rrntw of n (r r-n pr a- imm trom inein ny or juiv, iwv, hi. torny' lw mud hU oou mh4 dUbunnietitji of 1 hi unimojii1 puMIhrd bf otAvt of the Honorable w. U BrmilatMiw, iulK of iht otrt dll oyri( th Sti.' o( m-nit for f'rik count v, mmrteon the Hth lUy ol Keb.. ltfl'J, nit prt-riUtl thv ilii summon tw iu)ltahi !r is I'OtiKnutWa wni'tm tn the CriNk ( uunty Jniirmv, A wtH'kty nrwpflr ftii l in pTiiu'Ville, Crtntt tnunty, irtron. 1 ho tlt o tiit ftr-t buiUcttiion of thi iiaimou ti the ilwl d ofKvb., 142. . . H, ft. Ku.KTr, Aitorowy for PlintlrT. 1.. 1 .4. v- -, - . Summons.' In th Circuit Court of the State of Otvgun for Crook t-otmty. - ' f Clurlui Mtltou .li. ptitlmiff, Vfc, William imtm nnt thtiuknon hfirsof the wti'l William 1 oun, tfto all ottmr riMm ami partlm ciaittiltiK ny rK"t, tttlr or int.Tt In the real proitM-t dew; riot, berv. In, il-'Oti'Untu, m t To W tHiftm l'nioa anl the unknown hrir of iht Mtd William lmon, alo In all otuor prKua'or 'i'arttn unknown rlaliiiintt uny right, title. Intercut, viu or Urn uKin or in the ruat prpTty dttwrllH-d in votnlalut herein, alio (M'f-Wd in thin thin turn mom. In the name of th State ol Orison, You and each of you are hereby tuiunioued and r l uired to aier in tlte above t-tititkd tour and anawer or plt( to the complaint filed therein, In thi null aitalnit you on or bt'fore the lf(h day of April. lUli, which li the tiiue pmtcribed in the order of the county judite of Crook county, Ortteoii. puratiant lowhb h thin uimiioiii It publtfiUeu. in which you ere re quired lo o appear, and amwer or otherwlwe plead, and If ym fail to o appt-ar, en it or oth(rwlae pU tul the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief tternniulrd in the com plaint, which relli-f ii: That plaintiff be de clared thHownorln fe almple ol the eoiith wet quarter !i of the aouttiwetit iiuartcr f4) of auction thirty -mIx avu- In towiuthlp fourlcMi 14 aoiith of ramie ftfieen -lb- vnni of the W il lamette Meridian In crook county, oretton, 1 and to each end every part thereof, and that you and earn of you he required to at forth the nature of your allt'scd tndlvlilual and a-v-eral elaltn. rfKht, title, eatate, Hen or Intercut In iia Id prcmlneH, advera or (onllietinir with the eatate or Intercut of plaintiff In said land and preiiiiiMat that the aame may be determ ined and terminated by adecrw of thli court. I and that uy hrio decree niHintlrTa title u aald prianlBea be forever (iict'd Klintt you and each of you, and all peritona claim ing by, through or under you or either of ymi, and that you and each of you and all M.rwntii'lalm Ing or U claim by, tlirouh or under you, he forever barred, enjoined and rea trained from clritintnK or aettinit "P Kny riff Ut, title, inter et, lien or eatate in or to aid iiremlset or any part thereof, and that you and either of yon, and peraona Claiming or to claim by. throiiKh or under you or either of you be decreed to hare no lntereat, right, title, eatate or lien In or to Maid premiacH -or any part thereof, and for aueh other and further relief In the pre in- laca aioreHHxi aa io ine court may aeem eqlilt' aire, , aDd lor co.w olid dlMburMvmoitt. uf tliltt uit. This fliifnmonH Iff Tullfiih,1 IMirmmnt to on oritur ol the Honorable II, C. Kl Us, coiiiuy jti'lK of I'rfMflKwunty, orcKon, mttilo tbu 2An niiy Ol jM'iiruitry, i., ii'i. The nftte ol the llr, tie tlwt loililiciitlonof thin torn noun In the 2Utli iloy of Ft'liruar; Uth ilay of Ft'ltriiarv. itfu. ann toe day of the last publication the jlth nay of A.rll, Wi. . .. 3 Ill'fFV. Attorney.for plaintiff. t a Notk to Creditor,. v Notice Iti hereby given by tbe itn jerHlirned tbe executrix, of "the btHt will and teHtaiiientol C. McPliorHon, dcCcawMl, to the creditor and ull other peronn biivlnir'cliiliuii nguliiHt the entnte of nald dcci'fiHcil. to ore. Heut mild cbilniH with the proper vouenuin to tne-nnaeri(rneu at her nluce of residence In Hay Creek, Ore- Kon, or to T. E. J. Duffy, her ottor- ney at frlnevllle, un-Rou, within Hix monthH from t lie flrt publication of this notice. - ' Dated at Prineville, Oregon, the 14th day of March, 1!U2. MAHTIIA S. Mi'PllUllSON, . Executrix of - the eHtntc of C. Mc Pheron,jeceaed.,', , r, The Right Way To f et food troceri U to buy them at th CASH GROCERY. A freih lino of Grocorie, Fruit nd Wftible i conttantly bo inf received. No old itock to ditpote of. if you want the bet value for your money, patronize ( The Gash Grocery Geo. Whiteis, Proprietor r - rt tw w m - iff w FURNITURE You will look ltb ailiiilmiinn nvrr lh irnill.l ooiii ut moilorn furttliiiro lli.t tr hv eo' hlbiliuii ''In yur (iliowroom, III moot rtilic tnl Inwl oonatrutltxl Kitrnltiir vr turnl out bf wood ersftor. Tli ilooiKiio, th orkiuDlili, tli boauillul flnioh, will chomi tou ot I bt Ti t , tnJ w rrnt Hi Jurblllt olov.rjp ploc of Furnl. tiir hoiinht from no. I'ort'aml iiriivo. A. H. UPPMAN A COMPANY ARE YOU SURE TU record liow a rlvar tltl to your irrt.v? 'I'll rwurd InlM to how correct till lu a nhI Hind tlilo week by a leading re ill eotme roiiiiiiir. RESUtT l.onn delay and pooolbl Joe, better let tli I'linu-rh Alwtrmt Coinpnu; luuk nfter your liitereoto. PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY (Member Oregon Association of Title Men) PIONEER SADDLER Miinulnctiirrrol nd denier In Harness, Saddle, Chap, Bridle, Silver-Mounted Bits and Spun. Reatai, Quirt, Ladies' Stride Saddle. E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or. Pioneer - None Money Back if You '. Made at Pioneer Cream Co. Agents DeLaval Separator. Of all the whiskies, the one which comes nearest perfection is the "I. W. HARPER" It is scientifically distilled from choicest v grain; never sold until thoroughly matured: always delightful and guaranteed satis factory. Sold By Silvertooth & Browder . Shaniko and Bend, Oregon W. A. Booth, Pre. D. F, 8TK07AKT, Orook County Bank " PRINEVILLE, Statement of the Crook f ounty Bonk of Prineville, Oregon, ot rendered to thi ' ' ' Suporintondent of Bank,, June 7th, 1911 . Audi ' lonnaii(l DlHoounU.. JI20.S70.5fl Ovordruftii a,3ll.8H KurnllnreHnd flxtunn 2.MU4 Ili'Hl eHtiitu fl.7lHI.(l Ctii oo bud lad loo from bukt (47,809.95 tm.m.w -:. : -iS : - Butter Better Are Not Satisfied. Home. Vloe-froo, O, M. Bi.KiN,Cuablei OREGON . . Llabllitlal Onpltol paid In full., Burplua , Undivided profit. ..,....,, Dupoalt. , ,,.S(l,noo.on ,,, 10,1).( MO,140.7j it a Tl