OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALjNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
HtirmlitoH Work Movs
Hermlston. Government officer
ler will comment' work In fw
Any iIkhIiik up th liuiJa umlnr th
t extension of th Umatilla project.
Contracts fur watur rlKlita will b
Unite, and na soon till work hill
been completed it I expected con
Itrmtlon work will l ortlnred. Th
low months' delny was caused by
Ifliul rpchtilcolltlm, but then hav
been now overcome and (h movement
forward will becom mora acllv.
Concom to Prospsct for OM.
Albany. Tha Linn County Oil com
pany, recently organised with a cspl
Initiation or $1,000,000, baa secured
tb land lease and other asset of
th Vallny Oil company. Tba com
pany now bolda losses on approxi
mately WOO acre of land In what la
known aa tli Lacouib district, and
announcement ta mad that actlva
work of drilling will bo In proxres
within to day.
LABOR HAS WAGE BILL
lata Federation Will Atk Voter to
Help Regulate Salarlea.
t Portland. A nilnlintim was. bill,
which will permit no man over -20
year of to work aa a clerk, mo
cbanlc, railroad uiun, bookkeeper or
factory band for more ihmi 10 hour
day more than lx day a a week for
leea than I? 50 hna been prepared hy
direction of the aline fetlerutlon of
labor and will bo placed on the bullot
In the November election.
Women over 20 year of age are
Dot to be permitted to work over 10
bourn, mora than six dny a week, or
tor leea than 11.05 aa clerk, book
keeper, factory hand, waltressoti or
at hotel or foundry work.- No child
under 16, It la propoaed, ehnll bo per
mitted to work for hire except In bar
veet time or with pnrent or nuarillan
for lee than IS cent an hour or more
than lx hour In ous dny.
Knrin work I not affected by the
bill, except that minimum wax of
$1.66 I established, and where board
and lodging I Included In the pay, It
hall not b charged for at a grouter
urn than $4 per week. Theme receiv
ing ft per dny or more and those en
gaged In occupation governed by
law of congrea are not affected.
Two of Engine Crow Dl
, Columbia City The logging enoino
of the I'enlnaula Lumber company, of
thl place, while at work In the wood
on the logging road owned by the
company, eight mile from thl place,
ran away down a moderately iteep
grade, and wa derailed and wrecked.
Engineer VllTfnra flodsley and Fire
man Urettan, the latter a resident of
Der Ulnnd, wore InsAintly killed.
p Co-Ed Athlete Meet
Eugene. Safely hidden from all
Biascullns eye, the women of the Unl
werally of Oregon held their Unit offi
cial track and field meet here In the
'men' gymnasium. The clan cup wa
won by tb sophomore women with
47I.8B point. The freshmen (cored
10175 Point.. An Individual ytem
of acorlng WM uaed.
MAN SUES ELECTION JUDGES
Aako $1600' Damagaa Bscaust Vot
I , Wa Rofuied,
I Rocoburg. Denied tha privilege of
voting at tba election held In the city
of Olendal on April 1, of thl year,
becauM ho wa not tb owner ot real
atate, P. C. Ladd, a merchant ot that
city, ha filed suit In the circuit court
against the three precinct Judge, de
manding $500 damage from each of
them for the "humiliation" which, he
aye, be suffered. The complaint re
cite that the action of the Judge wa
based on a provision of the city char
tor that no nonfreeholdor shall be eli
gible to vol at a city election. Thl
provision, the complaint declare, di
rectly contravene the atate constitu
tion, which, as Interpreted by th sup-k-m
court In A test case leveral
year ago, give a citlten the right to
Tot at a municipal election, whether
be own real estate or not The court
Also held that th election Judge
would be amenable to actions for dam
age. .
I' Democrat to Hav Weekly
Salem. What Is designed to be a
permanent Democratic weekly mnga
kh. devoted to the state-wide Inter
est ot the Democratic party, was
started at a meeting of the county
central committee. The magazine will
be published at Salem, and the first
issue will be out about June 1.
' Coal la 6tuck In Excavation.
i Ore son City. While workmen were
excavating on. the Farr property, Sev
nth and Moftroe streets, a tow day
ago, a vein of coal was struck. From
indication It appears that it If rich.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Crop condition throughout Oregon
are the boat on record.
Lufsyvlla I to have a fin new
K-hoolliouiio, crating $12,000.
Th K i) worth league of the Eugen
district met In annual convention at
ICiigeiia Friday.
Man nre blng considered to make
Hull Run fureat reserve a wild bird
and game refuge.
The Jury In th caae of W. R. Foote,
jhurged with tnunler In th second
legree, ut Marshtlrld, disagreed,
Henstor Itaurne I urging th estab
lishment of star rout from Hums
to llend and from Cunyoii City to
Prineville.
Th ('residential Post must urn' A a so
clntlon of OreKon, Wuahlngton and
Idnho will convene In f'ortluud June
II, 12, IS and 14.
The thriving little town ot Dayton
I to have th honor of establishing
the flrat automobile street car eurvlce
In tha state of Oregon.
Assessor C. V. Strain of Umatilla
eouiity ha filed itateuient of bl
campaign expense, showing that he
spent Just 60 cents to be reflected.
Another effort 1s being made to have
Ukker desert commission form of gov
ernment, a new petition to that effect
having been filed with city officials.
Turn big Columbia river salmon,
frosen In blocks of Ice, will be dis
played thla week In show windows at
Dallas, Tex., to advertise one of Ore,
gun's ninny resource.
With $1,600,000 on hand In the itute
treasury, Oregon I better off financi
ally today than ever before In It his
tory. The state baa no bonded ludubt
edneis and all debts are paid.
Charles W. Thebaud, former presi
dent of th I titled Ptuti-s National
bank of Vale, has been convicted of
getting uway with trust property and
converting it to his own use.
The strike situation on the Albany
extension of the Or.'Kon Kleclrla con
tinues shout the same, the company
working a number of men, and the
strikers conducting themselves peace
fully. County Judge llushey at Sulcm has
sluni'd a temporary restraining order
c.ijolnliig Bixretnry Olcott iVora call
ing a spi-clitl recall election airnlnst
District Attorney Cameron of Mult
luimab county.
Senator llourne has withdrawn hi
opposition to the confirmation ot Lea
llu M. Boott as United Status niiirnluil
for Oregon, and the nomination whs
ordered favorably reported by the inn
ate Judiciary committee.
George and Charles Humphry, on
trial for the killing of Mrs. Kits Grif
fith at her home near 1'hllomnth on
Juno 1, 1K11, have been found guilty
of murder In the first degree, and
sentenced to hang on Friday, June 14.
Government land must produce gold
In paying quantities, and cannot be
characterised of mineral value by a
showing of merely blend mineral col
ors, according to a decision handed
down In the Hoscburg I'nlted State
fnrd office! VSta ev - -
foetal savings banks wilt be opened
June 1, at the following fourth class
poatofflces:. Banks, Bay City, Brook,
Coburg, Cornelius, Dayton, Dlliey,
Florence, Gaston, Gervals, Halsey,
Lafayette, Llnnton, Monroe, Scap
poose. Sclo, Troutdale, Turner, Wll
souville. An effort Is to be made to change
th date ot tha atate mining congress,
which la scheduled to b held at Bak
er, June 6, 7 and 8. The Baker com
mercial club ha voted to ask that It
be held In August. This change Is
asked because mines ar not yet clear
ed ot now,
Ernest L. Oetlnger, who (hot and
killed Edward Mutch th the Merchants
Exchange saloon in Portland on the
night of January 19, when no wit
neese were present and who was In
dicted for murder -In th second de
gree, wa fouud not guilty by a Jury
In circuit court.
Engineers In charge of the construc
tion of th Coos Bay branch of the
Southern Pacific railway announce
that rail have been ordered for the
first thres mile of the lln and aa
soon as they arrive in Eugene, they
will be laid, as that much of th grade
ha been completed.
The largest warrant drawn by the
secretary of state's office In the his
tory of ths state wa made out when
Secretary Olcott advanced $200,000 In
a single warrant to the First National
Bank of Portland to pay th first two
Installments of the state' share in
the purchase ot the canal and lock at
Oregop City.
A. one man strike at the Eastern
Oregon state hospital at Pendleton
took effect when a man by the name
of Hall, employed by the Pacific Fire
Extinguisher company, of Portland, to
do the electrical wiring on the new
building, walked out. His action is a
result, of the strike of electrical work
era of Portland and the coast
A bill to cremate paupers who die
at the atate asylum for the insane will
be Introduced at the next legislature,
according to plans of Superintendent
Stelner and members of the atate
board. Near the Salem hospital and
on the grounds ot the state la the asy
lum potters' field, where are burled
1439 bodies. In the last year there
w?re 146 burled, . . .. ....,..,';
I ' I I
(HAMILTON -lew!. J
Jam Hamilton Lewis, former
Washington congressman, who won
Stats nator at th Illinois prlmar
th Osmocrstlo nomination for United
Is. .
STEEL HEARING HAS BEGUN
ult I Mod Important Evr Begun
by Government.
New York. Hearing In the trial of
the government' suit to dlssolv the
United States Steel Corporation under
the Sherman anti-trust law hav begun
here before Henry P. Brown, of Phila
delphia, who was appointed special
commissioner to conduct the hearings.
In point of magultude of the proper
ty Involved and the prominence of the
Individual defendants, the suit Is the
most Important of Its kind aver pre
sented by the government Among
th Individual defendants are J. P.
Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew
Carnegie, Jame J. HIU, Ceorge W.
Perkins, E. H. Gary. Charles M.
Schwab, Henry C. Frlok, William II.
Moore, Norman B. Ream, P. A. B.
Wldener. Duniel O. Reed, Charles
Steele, Edmund C. Converse and John
D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Italians Occupy Rhodes.
Rome. The Italian fleet seized the
Turkish Island of Rhodes. Rhodes Is
on of J he largest and most eastern
Islands In the Aegean Sea. It has an
area of about 650 aquare mllea and s
population of 30,000, the majority ot
whom are Greek.
Freight Men on 24 Roads Strike.
Chicago. Six thousand Chicago
freight handlers on 24 railroads struck
fter having rejected an offer by the
roada of part of a wage advance they
asked. The men demanded $5 a
month Increase and the roada offered
SUFFRAGETTES MARCH
IN MONSTER PARADE
New York. With banners flying and
bands playing "The Boy 1 Left Behind
Me," tha great army ot suffragettes,
th biggest public demonstration ot
women aver seen in this country,
marched up Fifth avenue. It la es
timated that there were 20,000 march
era In line. ,
. From Washington Square up' Fifth
avenue to Fifty-seventh street and
thence to Carnegie hall, great enthus
iastic crowds lined th way; window
baloonl, roof and sidewalks filled
with admiring and cheering throng
tor th plucky womwn taking the two
and a half mil walk to demonstrate
ths earnestness of their supplication
for ths ballot
So great wer th crowd at Wash
ington square when th marchers be
gan to gather that the reserve were
oalled out to clear ths street And
square for the delegations of suffrag
ists assembled there.
Women ot wealth and proud social
position marched In suffrage leagues
with the working girl ot shop and fac
tory. Olymplo Games Begin.
Stockholm. In the presence of near
ly every member ot the royal family,
the Olympic games began hers. -
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prlcea: Club, $1.02;
bhieetem, $1.08; red Russian, $1.
Oats No. 1 white. $40 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $13.
Butter Creamery, 26o.
Eggs Ranch, 21c.
Hop 1911 crop, 89c; contracts, 26c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 17c;. Wil
lamette valley, 19c.
Mohair 36c.
Seattle.
Wlieat Bluestem, $1.06;
$1; red Russian, 99c.
Oats $39 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 26o.
Eggs M
Hay Tlmothyj $J6 per ton.
Club,
A Photograph of the
Sinking Titanic
'ould be great, but if
you want good photos
go to ,
Lafler's Studio
Come nl see nur work ninl
aret prlreii, "prices to suit
the 1 1 inea.'' We ilu view
work on the fiiriu.
3rd Kt. Near Courthouse.
Amatsur Finishing Done Neatly
and Promptly. 3 2
Mtitice for Publication.
lJfpartin.nl "f lh Interior.
I'. H. Loml OOl'tulTbe tmon.
April till, 1SU
eollear ta oerahrslvn that
JoLn Hiu-k.ll.
of Imonla.Or , who. ui, Mar tfibism. mad.
iHmmuwfi, jvo. i44u rlHl. It. WMt, tor
HKh.m-ii,,!) U, Uxrn.hlp IS amith, rm"r U
.!, Wlllainatl M.Hdlan, hna n:l Dutk-eof
Iril.nllfwi lit lo tuaka Snal flv.-y.wr pmof, to
etalllili claim 10 lb Und above dacrttd,
bef.ir. ioniuihrjr K. J. I'ulTr. t' M. om
liillfn.r atblaornopat Prlnavllle, Ofguo.
on III. Ill h dav of Mar, 1VU.
laluiatil narim aw wltn-"-: Thomas H.
MK., J,Mi-pa F. W.ltand. or Lament. Or.
K'in. Hlialrld Hoiarib, M. A. Icblnan, or
ivrre-tjouaw, URfuo.
41 lp C. W. MIXIRK. m-iLler.
Notice far Publication.
IMpartm-rot ol tba Interior.
Nat Coal Und.
t'.H. Ind Odlcaat LaSevifir. Or-xon.
11 art b U, l'JU.
Nollca U berel.T trn that
Kil.lla M. Hall,
of HamvUin, Orraon. who, on K.hrnarr t, tsto,
m,. H,nit-irl aillry. No. onus, tor
N'.;. Vt'jIiW' Si-c. Wand HF.' K4. nee. ,
lowti-ihth '1 H.. Kall-r W IA lliam.lte 34'-rl-ll-an,
lia. nl.d ontkeot lut.ntlou lo make final
roiiiniulatlon ,nol. to .labll.b claim to the
lamlaUna di-ia -rllicd, l. li.r. H.O. Kllla. U. S.
rotnnilMlon.r at bti olni-v. at Hund, Ori-on, on
tli. i'lh day ol May. mi.
t:lalinaul namt-a aa witn.aaa: Rtirr Black.
AdnaKi-Kit, Lloyd feck, lxul VUler, allot
Hampton, tm-(R. A. W.UKTON.
a.l ke.iau-r.
Wot lea for Publication.
Vnitrd Ktatod Und Offlc,
The Dalles, Urrgon, April 2.1. 1912.
Notice is hereby given that the North
ern Pacific Kailway Company, whore
postottire si1(lnF is St. Paul. Minne
sota, has this 23nl day of April, 1U12,
hletl in this office its application to se
lect under the provisions of the Act of
Congreas, approved July 1. WH (30
Slat. A7. H'O I aa .Ttvii.lpil hv I tin Act
of t'onxreaa approved May 17,1900. the'
i of Sec. 27. and of SE.',
Sec. 28, T. 20S , R. 20 Kaet, V. M.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the lands deacrihed, or desiring
to object becsuse of tu8 miueral'charac
ter oi the land, or for any other reason,
to the iliaposal to applicant, should Hie
their affidavit of protest in this office,
on or befura the 7th dsv of June, lt!12.
C. V. MOUKE,
t-2f)t Register.
Bids for School Bonds.
Notlretahan-brttven by tho nnderalctied.
tb. coimly tn-aaurerof the eounty of tixiok,
sutUt or Ornfon. that purauunt to an order of
Ibe board of dlreclorm of aebool dlatrlct No.
T, of Crook county. Oif-gcm, be wlli aetl for the
brat price obtainable MKW school bonds of
aald district, on Mar IK. !!, at the oittoe ot
th. county treaaiirer. Prldevllle. Orison.
For further Information apply U the board
of dlreclura of aald diHtrltl or lothtaorllce.
KAI.l'H 1-JOHDAN.
County treasurer of Crcwk eouuty, Oregon.
Citation.
In the county court of the State of
Oregon, for the county of Crook.
In the matter of the estate of Robert
Pennington Johnson, deceased.
To Fred Johnson and to all heirs and
devisee unknown, if any there be,
Greeting:
In the name of the State of Oregon,
you are hereby cited and required to
appear in the county court of the State
ol Oregon, for the County of Crook, at
the courtroom thereof, at Prineville in.
the County of Crook, on Monday, the
third day ot June, 112, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon of that day, then and
there to show cause, ii 'any there be,
why an oider should not be made by
thi court granting the-administrator of
said estate authority to cell all the real
estate of ssid deceased at private sale,
to-wit: The east half of the southeast
quarter of section seven and the east
half of th northeast quarter ot section
eighteen in township thirteen, south of
range ourteen, east of Willamette
Meridian in Crook county, State of
Oregon.
Witness, the Hon. II. C. Ellis, judge
of the county court of the State of Ore
gon, for the County of Crook with the
seal of ssid court affixed this 17th day
of April, A. D. 1012.
Attest: Warrkn Brown, Clerk.
Bid for School Bonds.
Notice Is hereby tlven by he undersigned,
the county treasurer of the county of Crouk.
slate of Oregon, that pursuant to au order of
the board of directors of achool dlatrlct No.
7B, of I'niok oounty, Oreiron. he will aell lor
the beat price obtainable !HI0 school bonds of
aald dlatrlct. on May IS, 1S12, at tbe oHtcs of
the oounty treaatirer. Prineville. Oregon.
For further Information apply to the board
of directors of said dlatrlct or to thla office.
KALI'H U.4OR0AN.
County treasurerof Crook county, Oregon.
The Oregon Bar
At th Old Stand
aW.WiIey&Co.,Prp8
All kinds of Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
Bottles and on Draft
Here -everywhere in the frozen north in the
fever ridden swamps of the tropics they look to
me for aid.
To the invalid, the convalescent, the old, the
infirm, I give real helpful service.
A little of me goes a long way.
Cyrus Xoble, pure and old.
W. J. Van Schuiver & Compang, Agents, Portland.
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
Atlnntlc City
liiiltlmore
Boston
Buftitlu
Ohlcnifo
t'oloradu Sprlnjrs..
Denver
$11100 Detroit
W7.50 Duluth.
110.00 Kansas
IU50 Milwaukee
72.50
55.00 Montreal,
55.00
New York
DATES
MAY, 2. 3. 4. 9, 10, 11. 17, 1, 24; 23; 112.
JI NK. 1, 6, 7, X. 1.1. 14, 15, 17, is, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 2. 29- 1012.
JIXY. 2. 3, 6. 7. 11, 12, 15, 18. 20. 22, 21. 21, 29, 30, 31 ; 1112.
Al til ST. 1, 2, 3. , 7, 12, 15, IB. 22. 23. 29. 30, 31; 1012.
KEPTKMBKR, 4. 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 30; J912.
Stopover and choice of routes allowed In each direction. Final retnrn
limit October 31, 1012.
Trains leave) Bend 6:30 a. m., Redmond 721 a. m.
FAST THROUGH TRAINS EAST. Dntes of schedules, fares, etc., will be
furnished on request.
W. E. COMAN, Gen'i Freight & Pas. Agent, Portland, Or.
2-ltf H. BAUKOL, Agent, Redmond, Oregon.
J. H. CORBETT, Agent, Bend, Oregon.
t,baiMwMaAiiwaiawWaVTw
Strawberries
Arriving Daily, also all other
Fruits Available.
If you are looking for anything nice
in the fresh fruit line, watch the
0. K. Market.
WWsmp&Mt mwjmmtrvm ssaatxiwsxij
Visit the Old Home
-via-
0.S.L and Union Pacific
Lb fret acted by Asteautic Black Sitsal
Baltimore..., $107.50
Boston 110.00
Chicago 72.50
Denver.. 55.00
Kausag City $ 60.00
Minneapolis 60.00
New York 108.50
Omaha 60.00
Going limit fifteen days: final return limit October 31, 1912. LIBERAL
STOPOVER PRIVILEGES. Choice of routes.
Proportionately Reduced Fares to Many Other Points
DATES OF SALE
TO ALL PESTIXATIONS:
MAY 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18,24, 29. '
JUNE 1, 6, 7, 8, 13. 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 2?, 28, 29.
JIXY 2, 8. 6, 7. 11, 12, 15, 16, 20, 22. 23. 2ti, 29, 30, 81.
AUGUST 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 15, 10, 22, 23, 29, 30, 81.
SEPTEMBER 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 30.
Through Train Service to the East. Strictly High-Class. Cull ou or write
nearest O-W. R. & N. A stmt and let htm assist you In outlining A DE
LIGHTFUL SUMMER OUTING, or nrtdri'BS
General
4-1 1-5t
, Shingles, Mooldicgg, Windows, 1
Doors, G lapses, Etc. Etc.- Etc. i
SHIPP & PERRY I
DDIvpifTT T v novr-na
a Sit 1 iLtljEd, OIIDUUlt
raiiDRy.
CENTRAL OREGON LINE
. S2.50 Omaha fiO.OO
.. 60.00 Phllnlelnhia. 10 6!
City 00.00 littburic 1.6t)
72.50 Kt. I.onlH 70.0
Minneapolis 60.00 St. Paul 60.00
105 00 Toronto 111 50
10S.50 Vashintrton 107.50
OF SALE
3
LOW FARES
EAST
VIA REDMOND
Round trip tickets to principal
dties in Middle Weslem
and Eastern States.
St. Louis f 70.00
St. Paul 60.00
Toronto 9150
Washington.... 107.50
Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon