OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF 6ENERALINTEBEST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During tho Past
Weok.
Contractor Art Blmtd.
Wmlforcl. 'Dip corolwr's Jury, on th
lyimmlte xililun which riulil In
(tin doiilh or live mt'tt at lh Jutkson
trill sttms quarry brought In verdict
after 30 in 1 11 u I di'llbnrutloti of crim
inal ni-KllKSiire on the nrt ut the con
tractor, Twuhjr llrothvra, of Hixikmie.
It was found llmt til cause of III ex
plosion InmpliiK powder wllh an
Iron drill.
Lightning Hit 6 t Klmth Fill.
Klntimth KhIIm. HlK persons were
I ruck by lightning bora In storm
whlrh prwmli'il th most stivers down
pour of hull ever rwortlxd In Klamath
county. Nun of tlinae struck will ills,
It I thought, although on, bnby in
arms, I In i critical condition. litre
Inches of hall fall In leas limn bulf n
hour.
i Nsw Tempi I Ddlctd,
Corvsllls. Over 400 visiting mem
bers of th ordr Resisted In tb dedi
cation of th new Mnitonlc Temple
hr.
The new hutldlng w recently com
pleted, at a cost of 50,0oo, and occu
pies 100 fnut square la th business
section. '
GREAT PROJECT PLANNED
Coo County Water Powtr May Cot
11.000,000.
slsrshnold. What It I beloved will
ba on of tb greatest water power In
Oregon to b developed In Coo
counly by Oregon caplltU at th cost
of about ll.ooo.ouo. Th plun I to
build nn enormous electric plant, th
loetrldty to b generated by water
power and to supply all of th town
of th county and rural and logging
districts. Th mutter hit been under
consideration for some tlimi and the
men Interested beforo leaving thl city
announced Ihnt they wore going ahead
with (ho bin project at otic.
M. J. Anderson, of Clrniit I'ui, pro
moti'd tb plan. Th water powur In
question I on th outh fork of the
foqullla river, aouth of Myrtle Point.
Tb water right would develop 30.0O0
horsepower and under certain condi
tion of Improvements possibly a high
a to.OoO horsepower. Th plan I to
develop 20,000 horpowr, firm mak
ing two unit of DODO hornepower each.
Big Contract 8cured.
' Ileod Hlver. U U. Weatfull him se
cured a contract from lb Northweitt
rn Kleclrlc compnuy, which ha be
gun the construction of a hue diuii on
the White Hnlnion river, Just oppolte
thl city, to nn the 3.000,000 feet of
timber to be used in tho building of
the dum.
Crown Mill Burn, Loss I $100,000.
Portland. A a climax to a erle
of fires, In which one ended family, the
three upper floors of the Crown mill,
foot of l'ottlgrove street, and owned
by Ilnlfour, Guthrie & Co., were gutted
by fire. The damage t estimated at
178,000 to $100,000.
CURTIS SUCCEEDS JAMES
Governor Appoint Him Superintend
ent of Stat Prleon.
I Bnlem. Confronted with a refusal
by th member of the state purchas
ing board to approve certnln bills with
relation to the penitentiary unless cer
tified by tho superintendent as requir
ed by law, Oovernor Wont appointed
Warden F. II. Curtis to the suporln
tendency of the state prison, and
scarce had his appointment been made
out before be elevated John J. Dengen,
assistant warden, to the wnrdenshlp.
He announced that there would be no
further changes.
The move of placing Curtis at the
head of the Institution came following
a disagreement on the board as to
whether certnln vouchers should be
paid because they lacked the signa
ture of an actual superintendent, War
den Curtis holding both positions, be
ing superintendent under the title of
acting superintendent. ,
Lightning Strikes Grant Pa.
' Grants Pass. The . transformer
house of the local light and power
company was Btruclt by lightning and
the city is without eloctrlc light or
power, Three of the six main trans
formers were burned out and the build
ing and switchboards wrecked.
1 Fine 8took Is Exhibited at Union.
: Union. The fourth mutual livestock
show closed here with a good attend
ance and a largo entry list. Stockmen
from a radius of mnny mllos had their
best animals entered.
" Pender Jury Dlsmlsse ..
' St. Helens. The Jury In the case of
John Arthur Pendor, charged with the
murdor of Mrs. Daisy Wehrmnn, was
dismissed by Judge Campbell without
jeachlng a verdict. ..........
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
A limit 1,000,000 pound of wool wore
old at the wool sales In lleppnor.
Construction of nn electric railroad
between Klamuth Kali and lioumita
is expected.
Cot luce (irov Orange Is gcttlnR
things under way for th Industrial
fair lo be held thl full.
At a meeting of the cherry fulr com
tiUttio at Bnleui It wn Voted to bold
Hie fair on July 11, 12 and 13.
Th thirty third cluasl of th He
formed Church of th United Btate
wn held at Hulum. . Qulnry, Wash.,
will be th next meeting pise. '
Work I to be begun before th end
of the summer on the I'ihi Valley re
clamation project, known as tbe sec
ond unit of th Klamath project
Governor Went ha appointed 0. H.
Cantner as county Judge for Hood Klv
r county to fill a vacancy created by
th resignation of Judge CulberUon,
The Hunshln mine st New Pine
Creek, ha been old to a company of
loa Angeles capltallt for I'iH.ooo.
Th mine will ship a car of 1800 or
Immediately.
Th following fourth clsss postof
flcea have been designated as postal
saving depositories, effective July 1:
llonanxa. Gold lleucb, John Day, Mer
rill, Pilot Hock.
Letter found In hi clothing deter
mined th Identification of Kred R.
Lstig of Portland, who while floating
a raft on the Columbia river a mil be
low Hood Hlver, wa drowned.
A remarkably heavy rain which fell
In northern Crook county washed out
severul smalt bridges and nearly a
mile of truck ou tb llnrrlman road
between Paxton and Unteway.
Thirty thousand young trout fry
were received at Seaside from th gov
ernment hatcheries at llonnevllle, and
the work of planting them In tbe small
streams tributary to th Necanlcum
has Just been completed.
The sixth annual convention of the
Presidential Postmasters' Association
of Oregon and the first trl slate con
vention of the Presidential Postmas
ters of Oregon. Washington and Idaho,
wns held in Port laud this week.
Klve hundred acres of land in Klam
uth county are planted to potatoes,
according to County Commis
sioner Hummers, and bo predicted that
the largest potato crop in the history
of southern Oregon will be harvested.
Twenty dve contests have so far
been In 1 1 lit t id against water right
claims for which James Chlnnock re
cently took evidence at Medford pre
paratory to the adjudication of water
rights on the Rogue Hlver and tribu
tary streams.
Tho Kuterprlse Klectrlc company
has taken over the electric plants at
Wallowa and limine. The capital
stock of the company, now $50,000,
will bo Increased to $:soo,000, making
the largest homo corporation In Wal
lowa county.
l'allure on the part of the proper au
thorities to pout notices legally a to
sewer assessments has relieved pro
perly owners of Salem of paying sewer
assci'.snicnt aggregating iltiS.OUO, ac
cording to a tlcctslou of the Oregon su
premo court.
Petitions to place on the ballot at
the gonernl election In November an
Initiative bill agnlnst capital punish
ment have been prepared ' by the
Lengue to Abolish Capital Punlshmont,
and the work of securing the required
9000 signatures has begun.
In thn opinion of the officials of the
postofflce department nl Washington,
Portland's postal savings bank is the
most successful and most prosperous
In the United States. The amount on
deposit April '30 wn 1436.165, an av
erage for each depositor of (101.60,
With work closed down on the pro
ject of the Deschutes Land Company,
letters, nre pouring In to the secretary
of the state dcaert land board from
settlers, Inquiring as to th cause and
urging that whatever It is It be elimin
ated so that work may be resumed.
According to Dr. Stelner, superin
tendent of the state hospital for the
Insnne, the state during the month of
May saved 1340 by the substitution of
oil for wood at the nsylum, Accepting
that as an average for each month,
thn state will save by the substitution
In a year $4080.
Counsel for Secretary Olcott In the
University of Oregon referendum cas
es, In consultation at Salem, said they
Intend to expedite the cases In every
way possible by pushing ahead the
new cases which have come before
the circuit court following the recent
supreme court decision,
A meeting was held at Pendleton to
Initiate a movement of all the commer
cial clubs In the state of Oregon to
lave the machinery of the government
from the Punama canal moved to the
northwest in order to opon the Colum
bia river to the Canadian line and the
Snake river to American Falls and to
open their tributaries as far ns pos
sible Governor West announced that he
rofuseB to grant W. Cooper Morris,
convicted of embozzlement of the
funds of the wrecked Oregon Trust &
Savings bank, a parole at this time.
He Biild he took this action solely be
causo the granting of a. parole to Mor
ris would be used by enemies of prison
reform to hammer the IndoterminEte
law nnd parole system.
FLAG DAY JUNE 14
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Jun 14, 1912, I th on hundred
and thirty-fifth anniversary of th
adoption by congress of th Star and
Strlpt th national emblem.
VOLCANO IS ACTIVE
Dlaturbanc I Most Violent Ever Re
corded In Alaska.
Howard, Alaska. Like a phantom
hip. In her white covering of ashes,
the mailshlp Dora steamed slowly Into
the harbor here from the westward,
bringing details of the great eruption
of Mount Katmal.
The appearance of the Dora testifies
to tbe hall of ashes which sh encoun
tered and passenger and crew re
count thrlllingly their narrow escape
from death by asphyxiation as th
(learner fled through the blinding rain
of ashe to safety.
Th volcanic disturbance Is the most
violent ever recorded In Alaska. It Is
stlmated that an area of 300 square
mile, much of It fertile territory, haa
been covered to a depth of several
incbri by th volcanic ah.
Blu Sky Lav In Oregon.
Pslem, Or. Complete and corrected
draft of tbe proposed "blue sky law"
have been completed by Secretary Ol
cult, the bill has gone Into the bands
of the printer and circulation of peti
tions will start soon for the purpose of
placing the measure In the ballot togo
before the people In November.
Wilt Manage Hood River Union.
Milwaukee, Wis. Tbe position of
ninnnger of the Hood Hlver Apple
Growers' Union, Hood River, Or., has
been offered to Wlimer Sleg, of thl
clgr. He will leave Milwaukee In time
to enter upon his new duties on July 1.
Great Taooma Lumber Plant Burned.
Tacoma. Mill "A" of the St Paul
k Tacoma Lumber company on the
tldo flats, built in 1838, and four lum
ber sheds containing several million
feet of lumber, wa destroyed by fire
with an estimated loss of $500,000.
CONVICTS' STRIKE
RESULTS FATALLY
8nn Quentln, Cal. Live steam was
turned Into the kitchen of San Quen
tln penitentiary before a malignant
prisoners' "grub trlke" that was start
ed in the dining-room was quelled.
One rioter was shot dead in a door
way of the dining-room by an outside
guard on the prison wall, and one was
wounded; one Innocent prisoner was
struck by a glancing bullet; one guard
was badly cut In the back of the head
by a flying vinegar cruet and numer
ous other prisoners who had and had
not Joined In the demonstration were
bruised and battered by table tops
torn loose from their trestles, over
turned benches and heavy tin cups.
Active bedlam lasted 20 minutes.
The live steam In the kitchen and the
crack of the guard's rifle from the wall
only two shots were fired -did their
work quickly.
Burn to Tastlfy Against Darrow.
Los Angeles. W. J. Burns, the de
tective, has arrived In Los Angeles
to testify for the prosecution In the
trial of Clarence S. Darrow, charged
with jury bribing.
Chinese President In Dally Peril.
Peking. Hardly a day passes with
out the discovery of some plot to as
sassinate President Yuan Shi Kai, who
is equally hated by the supporters of
the fallen Mauchus and by the repub
licans who believe that he contem
plates establishing a monarchy or dic
tatorship of Ms own.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 94c;
tiluestem, 98c; red Russian, 94c.
Oats No, 1 White, $40 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $12.
Butter Creamery, 27c.
Kggs Ranch, 20c.
Hops 1911 .crop, 38c; contracts,
!Bc.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 18c; Wll
amette valley, 22c.
Mohair 32o.
Seattlo.
Wheat Bluestem, 96c; Club, 92c;
ted Russian, 91c.
Oats $39 per ton.
Butter Croamery, 27c.
Eggs 21o.
liny Timothy, $17 per ton. ' '
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Settle Up.
Aa 1 1.- (,.lll... H.n.. ,,f I....!
ne they wind to close accounts atouce '
O'Seil pros, I
O'.V-II Hroe. Co, I
Isme I'm Trailing Co. '
O'Nril, I.srwm it Co. !
nriiiPinriu inusi oe insoe ny rimer
csh or not with Wsltr O'Neil, Prine-!
voir, i re,, si iu isw uiuce ui ueurirn ,
lleriiier. 4-14
Cancellation of County Warrant 1
Notice I- hereliv given tlist MO dsyi j
lertn tint ol July. .mil!, the follow
ing lint of wsrrsnts insued over seven
years o. will lie rancelled if not pre
sented to the county clerk of Crook
county for syment on or before the ex
piration ot the shove time limit.
The person to whom iesued, the
mount nd date of issne are as follows:
C A Milet, 't, May 11. l'.HM
C A Hsrnes, (I, ' "
I. I-: Allinglisin, $2. Msy 11 lDOt
J W Hice. U. March 7. ia3
Jsmes Mitchell, i V, July , 1U03
( O Itethal, l. Hep 4, llsa
li H Kotmrt. ', Nov. h, V03
Dudley MsytieM, $1, Jan. U, 1904
Harney Uv.is.ll, Jsn. , ltH
Msx LePsge, (I, Jsn. U, liKM
Cliss. Wimer, $1, Jsn. V, lw4
diss. Turner, l.W, Msy 11, 1!K4
T 1. Childer., (1 .25, Msv 11, PJ04
A I'svia, i:, July 1, l'.HM
J A Moline, ?1 M, July 1, V.XH
John Mulvahill. .'!, July ft. 1U04
' ii Cornell, I I, July 8, PH
K XV North, fi, Hept, 10.1WO4
II J Horn. 1 fill Nov. 2, 1U04
Aires Firehill, 2 S) Nov. 2. l'.XM
J P Vsnilouten, $3, Jsn. 7, 1W
W M Moss. :l, Jan. 7.1U06
I. C Cox, I, Jan. 7, Wo
Joeer.h XX'billleld. H, Jan. 7, l'05
C XV Pslinetin, I.', Jsn. 7 P.iUa
XV K Hutter, $1. Jsn. 7, 11)05
C f Delano, $1 Jan. 7, l'
T J Malloy, $1, Jsn. 7. 1U05
Mrs. Kthel Banla, $1.50, March 8 1!H)5
S liarnee, 14.60, March K, VMV,
ltov Jones, 1.50,..Mari-h M, I'MVt
.1 tines hithersoo.1, 1.90, March 8,
ltxrt
T St Michel, 11.40, March 8, VMS
FXV Copland $1.40, March 8, 1005
J M Pstton, 1.40 March P.I05
N P Welder, l.4U, March 8, 100".
W K Ktephens. 11.00, Msrch , 1005
A Usks, 1 50, Msrch K, 1005
E ti Weisner, 1.20, Msy 12,1905
K C Wei tner, 1 !t0, Msy 12, 1005
T J Holan, 11, Mav is, PSI-"
XV Hannan, $1, Msy IS, 1905
11 Hether, II, Msy lx, 1005
A ilixnn. $7.1)5, Msy 18, 1005
Mate of Oregon, i
V is.
County of Crojk. )
I, XVarren Brown, clerk of the above
named county and stste, do hereby
certify that the foregoing list of wsr
rsnts contsin sil th wsrrsnts in my
olllce which have been iesued over seven
years snd sre still nopsid.
XVilncs my hind and the teal of said
court on tins the lt dsy of May, 1012.
XX'sKKKN BUOWN,
County Clerk.
NEST NO. 1588
W -J Subordl
Inate
Onier of Owls, meet the recond and
fourth Thursdays in each month at
Helknap ball. All migratory ow'.scortli
sllv welcome. T. E. J. Huffy, Tresident!
Willard II. XVirU, Secretary. l-4tf
The Brosius Bar
Finest Brands of Wine,
Liquors and Cigars.
LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT
F. E.IBROSIUS, Proprietor
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior.
t S. Land OrtU-e at The Dalit. Oregon.
May 17lMii
Notloe Is herrhv given that
Marlon K. Taylor
of Post, Or. who, on June 2m), 1907, made
htimenteatt, No, nerlat. No. iHISO, for
lot, hw! nw'4. nee & and lot 1. se1 fee1
section 6, township 17 south, raiRe Id
east, Wlllatnette Meridian, haa Hieii noilwof
Intention to to make Anal tlve-year proof, to
estahllith otalm 1o the land above deaorloed,
before Waiien ltrown, oounty clerk, at his
office at Prtnovlllc, Oregon, on tbe Wih day
of June, WW.
Claimant names as witnesses: Caleb Pavls,
Kdward K. Knox. Frank I'on, Keuben
Uoot4n, all ofi'osl, Oregon.
t'Jtp O. W. MOORK, Register.
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior,
t8. Laud Office at The Dalles, Oregon,
May tit h, 1D12,
Notice Is hereby given that
Raphael 8. Dixon
of Barnes, Oregon, who, on June 19th 1907,
made homestead No. l '5&, aerial No. 01140, for
w m i--4. seW nwli. ne' sw, nw-i se, sec
tion 26, township W outh, rang W east, WU
Umette Meritltan, has Hied notice of intention
to make final ttve-vear prmif to establish claim
to the land above described, before Warren
Brown, countv clerk, at hisonite, ai Frlnevllle,
Oregon, on the Wth day of June, WW.
Claimant names as witnesses: William C.
Jacobs, of Paulina, Oregon; Lysauder S, Logan
and Henry V. Pickett, of Barnes, Oregon;
Columbus J. Johnson of I'rineville, Oregon.
6 l(ip C- W. MOO HE, Kegibter,
Notice ol Final Settlencot.
Notice Is hereby given by the undersigned,
the administrator of the estate of John
Wagenblast, deceased, that he has filed with
the county clerk of Crook county, Oregon, his
final accounting of his administration of said
est iite and that the court has set Monday,
tho 1st day or July. 191. at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon at the county court room in Princ
ville, Oregon, as the time and place for hear
ing and settling said ttnal accounting. At
which said time and place any person Inter
ested In said estate mav appearand object to
said final accounting-
Dated this Jth day of May. 1912.
A. ZK1.L,
Administrator of the estate of John Wagon
blast, deceased. &-30
ARE YOU SURE
Tli n-onls show a clear title to your property? The
ni.-onl filled to show correct title In a sale made thl
week by a lending real estate company. RESULT Iong
delay and possible lo. Better let the Pioneer Abstract
Company look alter your Interests.
PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY
(Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
Any time any whiskey tastes so rough and strong
it makes you shake your head and say "bur-r".
let it alone.
Never put anything into your stomach your palate
rejects.
That's why Nature gave you a palate.
Try the New Cyrus Noble
the numbered bottle "the soul of the grain."
W. J. Van Schuyver & Company, Agents. Portland.
PIONEER SADDLER
Manufacturer of and dealer In
Harness, Saddles, Chaps, Bridles, Silver-Mounted Bits
and Spurs. Reata, Quirts, Ladies' Stride Saddles.
E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or.
6
Pioneer
None
Money Back i You Are Not Satisfied.
Made at Home.
Pioneer Cream Co.
Agents DeLaval Separator.
$9.30 Round Trip Redmond to Portland
FOR THE
Rose Festival
All Week June 10-15.
Tickets Sold June 9, 10, 11. Return
Limit, June 17
The Greatest Floral and Civic Carnival of
the Year.
Splendid parades, music, decorations, illuminations, water
and field sports every day.
Oregon Trunk Railway trains run daily without change
between Central Oregon points and Portland. Train leaving
Redmond 7:1 5 a. m., arrives Portland 5:30. p. m.
Details will be furnished on request
W.E.COEMAN, H. BAUKOL,
Gen'l Fit & Pass. Agl, Portland, Oregon, Ag't Redmond, Oregon
Statement of Resources snd Liabilities of
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon
At the close of business June 7, 1911
RESOURCES
toans snd Dlsoounts t.'W.SSS 03
United Suites Bonds 12,500 00
Bank r.remlsen,eto 12.W0 12
Cssb A Due from banks 210,921 Ot
1531,424 19
B. F. Alien. Pr.ttd.nl
Will Wunw.U.r, Vic. Pr.ud.nt
- : - Butter
Better
CENTRAL OREGON LINE
LIABILITIES
capital Stock, paid in..,. 50.000 00
Surplus lund, earned , 50.000 00
Undivided profits, earned 87,721 56
Clroulat Ion 8,600 00
Deposits 885,099 63
(331,421 19
T. M. Baldwin, Cuhi.r
H. Baldwin, Au't Caduar
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