OREGON NEWS NOTES
, OF GENERAUNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
j Injured Employs Suet Mill.
Astoria. A suit wat filed In
the
circuit court by Henry Sutineu against
the Clatsop Mill company to recover
15,000 damages for personal Injuries
alleged to have been sustained by tbe
plaintiff, who asserts that on April S,
1912, while running a machine known
a a sash sticker, his right hand was
caught In the knives of the machine
and three fingers were cut off.
Move Started to Unite Colleges.
t Dallas. Calling on Governor West
to appoint a commission to look into
all phases and plans broached for the
consolidation of the University of
Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural
College, a resolution was unanimously
passed here at a mass meeting, pre
elded over by E. B. Piper, president of
the Portland Commercial Club.
Seventh Will Refuted.
! Pendleton. Mabel Toung Warner,
alleged maker of bogut wills and cre
ator of sensations, suffered another re
Terse In her long battle for the estate
of her uncle, when County Judge J. W.
Haloney handed down a decision re
fusing to admit to probate the seventh
-will to the estate, and ordering the pe
tition dismissed.
NEW SUIT MAY RESULT
Fight on University Petitions Will be
Continued.
' Salem. That the end of the effort
to declare fraudulent and void the
referendum petitions directed at more
than $500,000 worth of Cnivereiiy of
Oregon appropriations is not yet in
sight and that the cause will be de
cided upon Its merits if there is any
possible way to reach such a declsijo.
was the statement of Judge Slater.
He announces that a motion for re
hearing will be filed in a short t'me,
and pending decision on that petition,
the law will be gone into thoroughly
to determine Just what course to pur
sue to take the cases to trial on their
merits.
The Bupreme court, In its decision,
stated that a H. Friepdly, as an lndl--vidual
taipayer, did not have capa
city to sue, but said at the same time
that the suit should have been brought
by a law officer of the state.
' Father and Son Named.
Albany. A pecular coincidence de-
Teloped In the recent primary election
In Linn county in that a father and
ion were both nominated for justice
of the peace and that neither was a
candidate on the ballot, but both were
nominated by both the republican and
democratic parties. "B-i
Old Mill Still Runt. -
. Springfield. Among the historic
structures of Oregon there are few
still in use, which date their origin
back as far as does the old grist mill
at Springfield, now used in the manu
facture of flour for export trade. The
mill was built in 1854.
PLAN PRECOOLING STATION
Federal Officials Investigate Hood
River Conditions.
. Hood River. The United States De
partment of Agriculture during the
past winter has made the Hood River
valley the scene of various experi
ments, and A. V. Steubenrauch, of the
pomologies! office of tbe department,
has been here to investigate condi
tions as to the advisability of estab
lishing a storage and precoollng ex
perimant station here this fall. He is
favorable to such a plan, and it is
thought such work will be conducted
here.
I Mr. Steubenrauch, who was accom
panied here by B. B. Pratt, who has
been conducting such experiments in
Portland the past year, says that the
greatest portion of decay in storage is
caused by bruising from rough hand
ling. He also lays strong emphasis
on the precoollng of fruit immediately
after it is picked. The department of
agriculture is giving especial attention
to the methods of preceding.
I Motor Car for Branch Railway.
: La Grande. The commercial club
Is working for the establishment of a
motor car service on tbe branch line
between La Grande and Elgin in ad
dition to the regular service now in
vogue.
Work on Eugene Line Halts.
Eugene. Work on reconstruction of
the Eugene lines of the Portland, Eu
gene & Eastern railway practically
has been suspended because of the
lack of paving rails.
j Town Starts Commercial Club,
r Fallbridge. In keeping with its rap
id civic progress and the spirit of the
state af Oregon, Fallbridge has taken
tens toward the organization of a
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Coventor Oswald West hat a new
itle. He it admiral of the good roads
squadron.
The 19!t spring summer salmon tea-
son opened along the Columbia river
and its tributaries Wednesday.
A lightship for Orford reef on the
Oregon coast it provided for by an
amendment to the omnibus lighthouse
bill, appropriating $150,000 tor Its con
6tructton. A light against skyscrapers has been
started by the Oregon chapter of the
American Institute of Architects. Tht
chapter Is opposed to buildings more
than 160 feet high.
Convictt at the ttate prison have
been selected at subjects for experi
mental dental work at the spring ex
amination of applicants tor state den
tal licenses, June S.
Supplementary articles of incorpor
ation increasing ttt capital stock from
$30,000 to $60,000 have been tiled with
the secretary of ttate at Salem by the
State bank of Albany.
Senator Chamberlain's bill asking
that an additional $10,000 be added to
the appropriation of $65,000 heretofore
granted for the construction of a fed
eral building at Albany, hat passed
the senate.
That Oregon farm lands are attrac
tive to eastern Investors and settlers
Is shown by the activity throughout
the state the past week. Several tracts
ranging la price from $5000 to $20,000
were purchased by newcomers.
William E. Borah, United States sen
ator from Idaho, has been Indorsed at
the republican candidate for vice-president
to be complimented by the vote
of the Oregon delegation at Chicago,
according to tht best figures obtain
able.
Baldwin Falrchlld. a member of the
Sileti Indian tribe, was given a sen
tence of 18 months In the federal pen
itentiary at McNeil's Island by Judge
Wolverton In federal court at Port
land, for introducing liquor onto the
reservation.
While at Washington, D. C, recent
ly. Major Jay J. Morrow, Corps of
Engineers, U. St A., let a contract to
the Seattle Construction & Drydock
company for the building of the dredge
Colonel P. S. Machie, which will be
operated at Coos Bay.
Because they asserted they were re
ceiving bad beefsteak, stale potatoes.
bad bacon and worse gravy for their
food, 250 track layers on the Oregon
Electric extension south of Salem
walked out and refused to return to
work until better food was furnished.
A direct tax on franchise and land
holdings assessed for $10,000 or more,
graduated on an Increasing scale as
the valuation Increases, is proposed
in an Initiative petition soon to be cir
culated with a view Jo its submission
to the people at the November elec
tion? ..'ii.'?l:
The body of James Mitchell, the
young man who fell overboard from
the gasoline schooner Gerald C, while
the vessel was lying at the Elmore
iock at Astoria last November, was
found floating In the river opposite
the TMtent ft Crant cannery by two
Official complete registration re
turns as compiled by the secretary of
state's office were given out showing
a total of 131,800 Oregon voters reg
istered before the primaries. Of these
93,070 were republicans, 28,417 demo
crats, 4928 socialists. 1655 prohibition
ists and 1$ nonpartisan.
Theodore Roosevelt carried Oregon
in the vote for president at the pri
mary election by a plurality of 6605
votes over William H. Taft. These
are the figures at compiled from offi
cial returns from every county In the
state. Tbe vote was, Roosevelt. 28.878,
La Follette, 22,276, and Taft 20,504.
Kalb ft Larkln, who operate a log
ging camp on Nagel river, have ac
quired all the timber holdings In Clat
sop county belonging to the Whitney
company, limited. The deal comprises
11,000 acres of high class yellow fir,
at well' as the company's logging rail
road and camp, among the finest equip
ped in the northwest.
Senator Bourne of Oregon has pre
sented a memorial in tbe senate, sign
ed by C. L. Leavingood and Frank
Terrace praying for the passage of a
bill which provides for the disposition
of any lands In Oregon which may be
declared forfeited by a decree in the
suit of the United States against the
Oregon & California Railroad com
pany.
C. H. Lane of the department of the
Interior at Washington has been dele'
gated to make a trip through Oregon
in the Interest of the industrial move
ment among children, which is being
fostered by the department of public
instruction In Oregon. Mr. Lane will
arrive at Pendleton May 8, and from
there will make 15 visits to different
portions of Oregon.
. Nearly 60 per cent of all wheat ex
ported in March from the United
Mates was shipped from Portland, ac
cording to the monthly statistics of
the department of commerce and la
bor. In the nine months ending with
March Portland exported 6,237,541
bushels of wheat. Portland also
shows a steady gain In the export of
Sour, its total for the past nine months
being 543,382 barrels, as against 416,
J. BRUCE ISMAY
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Photo by Araarkaa Pr Aaaoclatk
J. Bruce Ismay, managing director
a the company owning tht Titanic,
who hat been criticised for taking a
place In one of tht boats.
ROOSEVELT GETS DELEGATES
Primaries In Wathlngton Give ex
Pretldent Strong Ballot
8attle. Complete returns from the
three counties In which preferential
primaries were held give Roosevelt
King county't 121 delegates to the re
publican ttate convention, Taft What
com county't SO delegates and leave
the outcome In Pacific county, where
10 delegates were to be chosen. In
doubt
Owing to the action of the Taft,
Harmon and Clark leaders In urging
their followers to remain away from
the Informal primaries, the vote was
remarkably light
Twenty-four of the S9 counties In
the ttate have chosen their delegations
to the democratic state convention,
which meets at Walla Walla May ,
divided as follows: Wilson 112. Clark
114, Bryan 14, anlnstructed 154, con
tested 158. Only nine counties have
selected their delegntet to the repub
lican convention at Aberdeen May 15,
divided as follows: Taft 81, Roose
velt 15, La Follette 1, unlnstructed 6,
contested 139.
160 of Tltanic't Crew Reach Homt
Plymouth. One hundred and sixty
survivors of the crew of the Titanic
disembarked from the Lapland here.
Crowds witnessed the landing of the
small contingent that remained of the
crew which had manned the great
White Star liner. Relatives greeted
many of the seamen, while others
were there to Inquire regarding those
who were lost
CORPSES OF VICTIMS
OF TITANIC ARRIVE
Halifax, N. S. One hundred and
eighty-nine corpses of victims of tbe
Titanic disaster arrived here aboard
the coffin ship Mackay Bennett Mon
day. Only the relatives of the victims
were allowed on the dock when the
Mackay Bennett berthed.
A revised list of the Identified dead
compiled from wireless messages
places the total number of the Identi
fied on the Mackay Bennett at 184
and those on tbe Mlnla at eight. In
all ten were reported at recovered
by tha Mlnla, but two unidentified
bodies were buried at sea. Among the
eight bodies Identified on tbt Mlnla
none are of prominent persons except
ing that of President Hays, of the
Grand Trunk.
A wireless message received from
the cable ship Mtnia, Indicates that
there Is little hope of adding to the
180-odd bodies now on the Mackay
Bennett
Democrats May Alter Two-thirds Rule
Baltimore. Probably the most im
portant discussion at the democratic
national committee meeting here re
lated to the two-thirds rule of nomin
ating the presidential candidate.
Strong efforts will be made to have the
convention adopt a rule for a majority
vote In tbe nomination Instead of the
two-thirds rule beginning with the
1916 convention!
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, $1.03;
bluestem, $1.08; red Russian, f 1.01.
Oats No. 1 white, $40 per ton.
Hay Timothy, valley, $14; alfalfa,
$13.
Butter Creamery, 26c.
Eggs, ranch, 22c.
Hops 1911 crop, 39c; contracts,
Wool Eastern Oregon, 17c; Wil
lamette valley, 19c.
Mohair 36c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, $1.07;
$1.02; red Russian, $1.01.
Oats $39 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 2Cc.
Eggs iiO. -.' '
Club,
I Hay Tjjnothy, $14 per' ton.
Citation.
In the county court of tht Stale of
Oregon, (or the county ol Crook.
lu (lie, matter oi itie estate I Robert
lYnnliinton Johnson, ileroaiwd.
To KreJ Johnson ami to all heirs and
ilevtmt unknown, II any there be,
(i reruns;:
In the name of the State of Oreiron.
you are hereby cited and retiirei to
appear In the county court of the State
ol Oregon, fur the County nl Crook, at
the courtroom thervul. at I rinevil In
the County of Crook, on Monday, the
third day ol June, Iwl. at 10 o'clix-k in
the lorenoon ol mat uay, than ami
there to show came. If any there he,
why an older should not be made ty
this court granting the administrator nl
taiil estate authority to evil all tht real
estate ol said dereaaed at private sale,
to-wtti The eat hall of the amiilieaat
quarter of section seven and the east
hall ol the northeast quarter ol section
eighteen in township thirteen, south ut
range ourteen, east of Willamette
Meridian la Crook county, State ol
Uren.
Witness, tht Hon. II. C. Ellis. Mire
of the county court of the Stale ol Ore
gon, (or the County ol I rook with the
seal ol said court allixed tins 17th day
ol April, A. D, 1U11
Attest: AKasit llKOWN, clerk.
Summon.
In the Circuit Cotut of the State of
Oreirou lor Crook county.
1). F, Stewart, l'laluttff,
vs.
John T. Moore auJ Delia A. Moore,
Defendant.
To John T. Moore and Delia A.
Moon. Ivh'tuliiiits.
In the nnme ol the ttate of OreKon.
You are hereby required to nwar
and answer the complaint tiled
HtfiiliiMt you In tbentiove entitled
suit on or before the hint iliiy of the
time priKcrllHHl In the order for the
piilillt-Htlon ol thUsuruniims, to-wlt:
on or IM-Iore tho 2nd day of May,
11)12. anil If you (nil ao to nmienr
and answer,- lor want thereof, the
plHlutlff will npiily to the court for
the relief tierunmieu in Hiecomtniiiiir,
to-wlt: for imltfiiifiit Against you
lor 1415, with In tore t thereon at the
rnte ol ten per cent ier nniiuiu from
May l:lth, 1WM. (or M.0O attorney'
teen and for the Costa and iIIhIhi ru
men tH of tills suit. Y or a decree lor
the snle of the land tlincrllietl In
that certain mortimire executed by
von Mint In ffiviir ill lillillltlff. llHted
liny 14. luos, ntid lor the foreclosure
ol snld mortk'HKe.
Thin nmmuoim I published hy
order of the Honorable W. 1. Brad
shaw, Juilire of the above entitled
court, which order wna mmle anil
entered on the 11th day ol Mutvli,
1B12, and the day ol the flrat publi
cation of this summons, la the 21t
day ol March, litis.
M. It. KLLIOTT,
Attorney lor Plaintiff.
Bids for School Bonds.
Nolle- ! hm!r flvrn 1V lh unarlnl.
th wmniy tn-Miin-r of lh enunly uf I'rwk.
HtMte of on-iron, trml pumuunt to ml ord'r of
Oif btmrtl or dlrroloni of M'liool tllMtrlrl Kit.
7H. on-rook eviunty, Orwin. tie will wll lor
the lt prlr olilnlnalile MOtehnnt bonds f
wld dlalrtcl. on May 1". HUH. l lh ofnoa ol
llicounly Irwaioirvr. Prlin-vlllf, Onwon.
Kor further Infurnmllon apply l l!i-tird
of direcluraor aalddWrl'-t or to Dili H
HAU'H I. JoKDAN.
County treaaurrrof )'rouk county. Orvcun.
The Oregon Bar
At the Old Stand
CW.Waey&CoPrps
All kinds of Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
Bottles and on Draft
Bummona.
In th Circuit f'onrt ol the Hut of Oreion
for th County of Crook.
W. L. Meltonatlll, C. Mr?onif III, V. R. Ml".
Oonaiclll and Hurch Miionnitlll, Ihoonly hlra
at law of J W. McUunanlli dccwacil. plalnllfla,
v.
L. N. Jonea, May Joncfl hH wlf. J. R. Jonea,
Annie Jones bla wtlu, Thomaa J. Jnnea,
Hannah Junta bla wlla. A. J. Jonca, viola
Jonea bla wile. W. P. Junta. Inn Jmica bla
wile, Delia Jackann, formerly tie!) Jonca, ami
Kred Jarkaon, ber htnl)aail, anil H, W. Jonea,
the In Ira at law ol Hluphen Jonca iteceaaeil.
atao all other unknown heir o( the aalu
Mtethen Jonea, claiming any light, title, eatate
or lien noon or Inlereal In the real proixtrty
(tearrlbeil in complaint herein, ilelenilanta
To A. J. Jonea anil Viola Jonea till wife, and
Thomaa J. jonea ann naniina jum-v ni wile,
helra at law of Htephen Jonea, (leccaeil: almj
all oilier unknown helra of aali Htephen Jonea,
claiming any right, title, claim, lien upon or
InlereHl In the real property ileacrlheil In thla
uinmona and complaint herein, ilufen'lanta.
In the name of the HUte of Oregon, You are
hereby required to appear and annwer the com
plaint filed agalnat you In thealMive entitled
court and ault, on or before the la-at day of the
time preacrlben in tne oruer inr puoneation oi
ihl. iiimmona. to wit: The 4th day of May,
iyl2, and if you fall to ao anawer lor want
thereof, the plaimlffa will apply to the court
for the relief in thla aummonaand wild com
plaint demanded. Ut wit: Thattha defemlnnla
and each of tbein be reuulrcd and comoelled
to set up and entalili,h their claim or
claima, Interest or intert-ata, In the land herein
.,.Piiu.,l tn wit: The went half of the north-
went ouarter, and the weat half of the aouth
weal uuarter of aectlon twenty-four, In town
uhlp nft'jn south of range twelve eaat ol the
Willninette Meridian, In Crook County, Ore
gon adverae and conflicting with the eatate
ami intereau of plalntlfa therein, that de
Icndanla and each of them, and all peraona
Claiming Or tO Claim oy iiirooji,i ,m-r mrm
or either of them, be declared to have no
eatate or Intercut In the aald premlaei or any
jhpnr itnd that a decree be entered hy
thla court forever barring the aald defendants
and eacb of thi-m and an peraona cuuniiug or
toclaim by through or under them or either ot
Ibcni, Irom Claiming or w ruu, mi r-wi
title Hen or Interest In the saltl Tirenih-f
or any part thereof, and that plaintiffs lie de
creed and declared to lie the owners In fee
airnple of the land aliove described, and that
plaintiffs have their coat and disbursements of
thla suit, and such other and further relief as
to the ciurt may seem equitable in the
premises.
This summons Is ordered to be served upon
you by the publication thereof, In flie Crook
County Journal, a weekly newspaper pub
llshed In I'rlnevl lie, Oregon, by tho order of
v.., w,.n u c. Kills. Imlee of tho county
court for Crook County, Oregon, said order be.
Ing dated thejoth day of Marco, JIM!!, and tho
date of the first publication of this summons
la March 21st, I'M, ami uie uaie 01 mo ituti
pub ication Maysin.mz.
T. K. J. rmvrv,
, Attorney for plaintiffs,
Ilortea for Sale,
On the old C, Sum Smith rninh,
nenr I'rlnevtlln; eolil In any niunlx r
at reamnmlile iirk-eo. For lurther
tiiiormnttott nOilnwa (I. II. Hiinhkm..
I'rliievllle, Orvuon, rJHUf
rsrinrwfiriMMrviriMnirwnriMniririnnnriirir'
Sonera !72laccsmithing
IIomicsiiokino, Wood Wohk, rrc.,
Neatly and Phomptlt Dons
Whm rt w Donb Br i t I
Siobert JTJoore
Satisfaction Will
Phinkvim.e,
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Low Round Trips East
Throughout the summer season, on the dates given below,
round trip tickets will be sold to the points in the east
shown below, and many others, at greatly reduced fares
quoted.
Great Northern and Northern. Pacific
Railways
Atlantic City till 00 itmlt ...
linitlmore iiii.au iniiutn
Huston
Buffalo :
t'hlinifo
Colorado Hirlntfn
lH-nver
J 10.00 Raima
HI w Milwaukee
72.50 Mltiiienpullii .,.
fvYOO Montreal
M.00 .New York
DATES OF SALE
MAY. 2, 8. 4. 0. 10, 11. 17, is, 21. 2!i; 1M2.
JI NK. I. ft. 7, l'i. 14, IS, 17, K 111, m. 21, 24 . 25 , 27, !Pt. 20; IIU2.
JI I.Y. S. 3. 6. 7, II, 12, IS, 10. It), 22, 2.X ill. 29, 91, III ; 1UI2.
Al'iil ST. 1.2, !l, , 7, 12. 15, In. 22, St. ill. 30, III; IU12.
SKITKMHKR, 4. 6. 8, 7, 8, 11, 12. ; 1M2.
Stopover and choice of routea allowed In each direction. I-'Inal return
limit tK tuhrr :il. 11112.
Traini leave Bend Si30 a. m., Redmond 7:21 a. m.
FAST THROUGH TRAINS EAST. Dates ol lied tile. Iare, etc., will be
liirnlHlieil on request.
W. E. COM AN, Gen'l Fi eight & Past. Agent, Portland, Or.
2-ltt H. BAUKOL, Agent, Redmond, Oregon.
J. H. CORBETT, Agent, Bend, Oregon.
KM
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Strawberries
Arriving Daily, also all other
Fruits Available.
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If you are looking
13 in the fresh fruit line, watch the
1
O. K. Market.
r
Visit the Old Home
-via-
0.S.L and Union Pacific
Liat Prelected by Automatic Block Signal
Baltimore lAWM
BoBton 110.00
Chicago 72.50
Denver 65.00
KaiiHii City $ 00.00
MlnnciipollH IK). IK)
Now York 108.50
Oliiiitia 00.00
Going limit fifteen day: Until return limit October 31, 1012. LIUKUAL
STOrOVEK I'lllVILKtlKS. t'liolue ol routeH.
Proportionately Reduced Fare to Many Other Point
DATES OF SALE
APRIL 2.", 20, 27 to St. Paul anil MlnneiiDoll only,
TO ALL I) KSTINATIONS:
MAY 2, !l, 4, I), 10, 11, 17, 1H. 54. 2ft.
JUNK 1, 0, 7, H, 13. 14, 15, 17, IS, 111, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 2, 20.
' JI LY 2. 3. 0, 7, 11, 12, 15, Hi, 20, 22, 23. 2H, 211, 30, ill.
AIKJI ST 1, 2, 3, 0. 7, 12, 15, HI, 22, 23, 211. 30, 31.
SKPTKM B1CU 4, 5, 0, 7, 8, 11, 12, Hit.
ThrotiRli Train Service to tlio KitHt. Strictly Hlgh-CliiM. Call on or write
neareHt O-W. It. & N. Ajjent and let him amilHt you In outlining A DE
LIGHTFUL SUMMER OUTING, or adilrvH
General
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Ht. I.ouls 7o.no
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Ioh.&O Washington.... H7.M)
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for anything nice
LOW FARES
EAST
VIA REDMOND
Round trip tickets to principal
citie8 in MIddle Wc8tern
and Eastern States.
Ht. Iioula $ 70.00
St. l'ftul 00.00
Toronto 01 50
ViiHlilnKton.... 107.50
Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon
A
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oommercial club,
385 barrels in the tame time last year,