OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENEBAUNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Railroad Buy Land In Stailda.
rVasliln. T!i old lli'tt lliillmlajr
tout ln'rf, liiiliiilliwi ani'tUin of lutnl
south of thla elly, Ima lim purrhnuil
by what Mr brlluvwl lo li n'pn-sfnlu-tlvxa
of thu Houtluirn I'm lllc for rail
road iurom'ii. hmi It la Mli'vml from
(h (HK-riilliiiia of surveyor uiul other
rBiirem-nliillvra of rnllroml lntnii-st
Ihut tlio HiiiiiIhtii I'miltc I urniluiilly
Krft'(liiK Ha I'lnua fur h riillromi
IhruuKli tlila ctty tu Hie Columbia rlv
r. Near Bter Only In Nam.
Uiiacbural. Tl chimitat who h
f-n analysing ilia "mmr bwr" situr
eel by Ilia slnrllt iliirliiR hla raid on
10 Ki'ni'hurii near bmr aiuixla ami a
britwory has fouml In anvr-ml casi-
that the liiir contained an luloxltnt
Inn purei'iitan of alcohol. Tha rosult
of nci liaa tinpn iicily madv
known but It la prvsuintxl all tha liquor
eontnlnod tha anma pori-mlnK" of
alcohol.
38 MEASURES ON BALLOT
Cs by Initially Patltlona. C by Ltgla
latlva Raaolutlon, 4 Rafarandum.
Salem. Ther UI ba 38 Inltlatlva
and ri'fiTrniliim monsure to no be
fur tha Hiile of all tha aiata at tha
ariiral flwllon which will b hfld
November 6. In addition to theso
thr ara avn local measure which
hava benn Bll with the awrotary of
atat.
Although tha Inst day for the filing
of petition waa a legal holiday the
office of the awretary of elate re
ninlni'd open to rm-idve pullllona.
The avven local measures which
will go on the ballot In the respective
eliH-torul dUtrlcta which are affected
Include three measure for alnitle tux,
aa irovldil for under the county tux
amendment of 1910.
The 38 measure which wilt no on
tha ballot nil over tha atnte of Oregon
are varied In many delalla. of theae
38 bllla and amendmenta 2H have been
proponed by Initiative petllloiia, alx
have been referred to the people by
revolution of the atnte legliiluture and
four have been referred to the people
through the medium of referendum
petlltona.
80,000 Great New Line Into Albany.
Albany, Mldat the elren shrieks of
hlatlea, the clunnlnli of bulla, the roll
of drum and the booming of fro
crackers. 30,003 realdvnta of Albany
and a Uoien town of the Willamette
valley welcomed the first paauenxer
trnln to be run over the new extenulon
of the Oregon Kleoirlc Hallway fro.n
Hali-m to Albany a palnce trnln benr
ing 800 lively booKtera from I'urtliind.
Phone Combine Made.
Medford. The Home Telephone
company, operating In Medford and
the Hokuo Ulver valley, line taken
over the entire plant and equipment
of tho Pacific Telephone A Telegraph
company and hereafter there will be
but one telephone ayatom In aouthorn
Oregon.
LAND RESTORED TO U. S.
Judgment of 828,250 Agalnat Oregon
Lumbar Company and Othere.
Portland. Five thousand nine hun
dred acrea In Baker and Grant coun
tlea were reatored to the government
and a Judgment of $26,260 waa given
agalnat the Oregon Lumber company,
David Kcclea, Grant Geddea, Joseph
lhr.en, Frank M. ShurtllfT, F. II, At
kinson, J. It. Smurthwatte, W. A.
Green and J. E. Hyde In the United
States district court by Judge Dean.
Thla judgment waa the result of an
agreement reached out of court by
John McRourt. United 8tatea dlatrlct
attorney, and the dvfendanta, who
were aued for fraudulently securing
patents to United Slates lands. The
money damngea reproaont the value
of timber cut.
The defendants were also Indicted
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
the government, growing out of the
same transactions nnd the judgment
will not In any way affeet the govern
ment's position In the criminal casea.
It la believed that the defendants will
plead guilty at the full term ot court,
when their cases are called, and ask
the clemency of tho court. Grant
Oeddea, one ot the defendants, la now
dead.
The transactions took place during
1JV4, 1905, and 1906.
Joseph Ordinance Strict.
Enterprise. The first licensed sa
loons In Wallowa county In alx years
opened Wednesday In Joseph. The
Joseph council voted to grant two li
censes. The Joseph ordinance, drawn
In tho years Blnce the county went
dry, July 1, 1906, la one of the strict
est in the stute.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Senator Chamberlain baa Introduc
ed a bill to reserve certain apeclfled
landa and make them part of tha
Bant lain national forest.
Fir slutting from an overheated
love In barber abop bath room de
stroyed a block of bualneaa buildings
at lletid, causing a Una of 1 .16,000.
At lb apeclal school election held
In lleppuer to bond the dlatrlct for
140,000 to build a new achoolbouae,
the proposition carried, 188 to 65.
The Bcandlnavlan-Amerlcan bank of
Astoria haa lucreused Ita capital stock
from (rn,oou to l?f,ooo and will erect
a new bank building to cost 140,000.
Thirteen mllea ot steel rails have
arrived at Vale, and track laying baa
begun on the Oregon Kastern railroad
from Vale to Itlversldn, 80 miles west.
The first big log ruft of the season
left the Columbia river thla week for
B.iu Diego, Cul. Thla big cigar shaped
ruft waa built by the lleuson Timber
oompiiuy at t'latskaule and coiilulua
4,000.000 feet
Bo that all Oregon could join In
celebrating with the Klka at their
grand lodge meeting In Portland for
at leaat on day. Governor Weat Is
sued a proclamation naming Thurs
day. July 11, as a legal holiday.
Bex hygiene Instruction In the
schools and achool ventilation and the
open-air achool formed tho principal
themes for discussion at tha open ses
sion ot the Oregon Congress of Moth
ers, held at tha University of Oregon.
The Oregon hop crop thla year will
be tho largeat since 1907, unleaa wea
ther conditlona later In the aeason
become extremely unfavorable, which
la not likely. A conservative estimate
of the 1911 crop In Oregon Is 1 10,000
bales.
The election held In Hood River
for the purpose of voting on a 190,000
bond Isaus with which to conduct a
municipal water plant resulted In a
vote of 116 for bonds and 10 agalnat.
The vol cast waa only about one
fourth of the city's vote.
Class freight ratee from the Mis
souri river and point of origin east
to destinations In the Willamette val
ley through Portland have been held
to be unreasonable by the Interstate
com mere commission, and reduction
averaging II per cent were ordered.
The Indian bill, passed by the sen
ate, carries amendment appropriat
ing $06,000 to satisfy the claim ot
Tillamook, Clatsop, Chinook and other
Oregon Indians, and $15,000 to con
struct a bridge across the Deschutes
river near the Warm Springs reserva
tion. Porter Brother, railroad contract
ors, hav th contract for building 80
miles of the Eugene-Coo Day branch
of the Southern Pacific. Much of the
track work will be completed before
tha rainy aeaaon let In and tuunel
work will be carried on during the
wlntor.
The (late purchasing board haa
awarded contracts aggregating $65,
408 for auppllea for the state Institu
tions during th next six month. Of
this total Portland flrnia received con
tracts tor $25,623, Tacoma $21,990, and
Pendleton, Salem and Hosaburg the
remainder.
Henry Hueslng, aged 25, a rancher,
waa shot with a heavy charge from a
shotgun; Jack Smith, "Happy" Bol
ton, a machinist, and Howard Bates,
all La Grande people, were mora or
leas badly cut and bruised a the
direct consequence ot a free for all
fight between Italians and some white
men at La Grande.
Governor Weat baa revoked the pa
role of Calvin Judy ot Dougla county,
who waa paroled by Govornor Cham
berlain after having served 15 year
of a llf sentence. Alleged threat
mad by Judy agalnat hi wife during
a dlaput over property right caused
Governor West to revoke th parole.
Gladstone Park near Portland will
be a Mecca for union labor ot Oregon
July 20, when John Mitchell, ex-presl-dent
of th United Mine Worker and
vice president of the American Feder
ation ot Labor, will apeak. HI sub
ject will be "The Philosophy, Pur
pose and Ideals of the Trade Union
Movement."
After a trial lasting over four week
the Jury in the case ot Jack Roberts,
Indicted for the murder ot Donald
McCloud Stewart, brought in a verdict
of murder In the first degree. Robert
wa accused of having slain Stewart
and George Hasting In an attempted
automobile holdup on tha Whltehouse
road on March 29.
The Hawley Pulp & Paper company
at Oregon City ha let the contract
for a steel and reinforced concrete
building la which will be Installed
presses for printing fruit wrappers,
bag machines, paper towel machines,
and toilet paper rewlndors. The build
ing and equipment will Involve an
expenditure ot $80,000.
In an opinion by Attorney General
Crawford to George O. Brown, clerk
of the state land board, the attorney
general holds that corporations can
not purchase landa which have re
verted to the state from the comprom
ise of tho atate with the Warner Val
ley Stock company, although he holds
that private Individuals may purchase
uuh lauds.
CHAS. F. MURPHY
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Charles f. Murphy, leader of Tam
many Hall, who headed th New York
delegation at th Baltlmor conven
tion. Brief News of the Week
Life Insurance organlsationa of the
United Statea and Canada distributed
$.',92,640,000 In 1911.
American medical officer In Porto
Rico confirm th report that bubonic
plague la prevalent In th Island.
Twenty-on were killed and 30 In
jured, a number faulty, aa a result of
a wreck on the Llgonler valley rail
road at Wllpen, Pa.
The supreme court of the District
of Columbia hold that a retailer may
eell a safety raxor at any price he
choose, notwithstanding any stipula
tion to th contrary by Hie manufac
turer. Twenty death In the two day of
torrldlty Chicago experienced waa the
record when the etatlatica were footed
up. In addition there were half a
hundred serious prostrations and 18
person were bitten by rabid dog.
The Cuban revolution Is practically
at an end. Ita principal leader hav
either been killed or captured. Ad
miral Uaeer has cabled the navy de
partment that no rebels hav been
Been for several day and the Ameri
can naval vessel have been ordered
home.
People in the News
Champion Jack Johneon stated that
be would probably retire after he
meets Al Palter on Labor day. .
Mia Lucy Goodo White, a newspa
per woman, ha been nominated by
the BoclallM party of San Francisco,
tor superior judge.
George Wlngfleld has declined the
appointment aa United Statea aenator
from Nevada, and Governor Oddle has
appointed Judge W. A. Massey, who
has accepted.
For the first time since August,
1909, the German and Russian emper
ors met and held a consultation at
Baltic Port, a seaport ot Russia near
the entrance of the Gulf of Finland.
Sarah Piatt Decker, noted Colorado
suffragist, was stricken with Intestinal
trouble while attending the biennial
convention of the General Federation
ot Women's Cluba at San Francisco
and although an operation was per
formed, she died Sunday.
Political News Bits
That the tariff Issue will overshad
ow all others In the coming campaign
waa the positive declaration made by
Governor Wilson.
Governor Hadley ot Missouri, says
the republican party In his state I
already sufficiently progressive and
that a third party la not needed.
Senator Cummins, of Iowa, refusing
to join the third party movement, says
ho believes problems can be aolved
more quickly through the republican
party.
The republican atate convention ot
South Dakota adopted a platform
which mako no mention ot Taft or
national Issues, and elected five presi
dential electors bearing the Roose
velt label. , .
The conference of California pro
gressive republican leaders with Gov
ernor Johnson ended In decision to
make the fight for Roosevelt In Cali
fornia under the designation ot the
republican party.
Judge Edmund B. Dillon of Colum
bus has been nominated for governor
ly the republican state convention of
Ohio. The Taft forces were In control
of the convention and a Taft platform
was adopted.
Governor Osborne of Michigan an
ardent Roosevelt supporter at the
Chicago convention, declares his be
lief that there Is no necessity for a
third party. He Bays the real republi
can parly has no-candidate this year,
and republicans can vote for Wilson
without loavlus their party or bolting.
JC r f .1 I.Otlflt nwets erery
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Hlrunfr WMlra.iiM. O. P. TUsmt, Iff. O.; O.
I, HL.tlork. V. (i.: Burt Karat. Hse.; sad
O. H. Ilnwl4lle.Tnu.
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MEDAL
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1912
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its wonderful cures of Rheu
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Skin Eruptions, Kidney and
Liver Disorders its popularty
in millions of households, dur
ing a quarter of a century,
secured for it the highest
award at the International
Exposition in Paris, France,
1911
Make it your household
remedy today. 200 Tab
lets $1.00. Ask the
Bliss Agent. .. ..
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PrinevilU, Oregon 6-20 3m p
Ojw d NEST NO. 1588
KJm Subordinate
Order of Owl, meet the second and
fourth Thursdays in each month at
ISelknap ball. All migratory ow'.scordi
allv welcome. T. E. J. UuOv, F resident!
Wlllard H. Wirts, Secretary. Mtf
The Brosius Bar
Finest Brands' of Wines,
Liquors and Cigars.
LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT
F. E.JBROSIUS, Proprietor
Notice for Publication.
IVparttwnt of the Interior.
I1. 8. Land OttHe si The lk.,rfi.
JuneirTlta.lvu
Nottoe Is herehv Ktven that
Thomtui loii.
of Pout, Ori'gon. who. on July 9th, 1907, msde
hnuM-sleail, No. nertul. No. etlan, for
nH nvi, iwL4 ne!-.. iw1- nv'i, section 10,
townnhlp 16 south, range 1 east, Willamette
Mt'rldlMii. hiu fllfil notice of Intention to to
make nvt-yar proof, to etUKbllah cUlm
to the land above described, before Wanen
Hrown.'oounty clerk, al his omoe at irlne
Title, Onton, on the tb day of August, 'WU
Claimant namea as wttueaaeft.- Georte
LuckeyofPrlnevllle, Oregon, Henry B rum
mer, Prank Post. Joeeph Pout, of Foal, Orecun.
7-4 U. W. MOORK. KestuWr.
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice is hereby gtren that the undersigned
administrator ol the estate ol C. W. Clark, de
ceased, has tiled bis final report and the court
hai set Monday, tbe 6th day ot August, 1912,
at the county court room In the county court
bouse, tn Prinevllle, Crook county, Oregon, as
the time and place for hearing any and til ob
jections to said tlnal report, and the discharge
of the administrator from his trust.
Dated this 4th day of July, A. D. mi.
C- O. O Nta,
Administrator de bonis uon of tbe eitats of C.
W. Clark, deceased.
Notice for Publicaiion.
Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office
The Dalles, Orogon, June 14th, 1912.
Notice it hereby given that
Cart John Uuudouiat
ol Prinevllle, Oregon, who on June 9, 1908 and
Novein tier li, 1W7, made homestead No. l.Vjel
serial. No. 0.HW2. for se1 swi. wl, aw!$, and
sw'-4 nw1;. section 32. township IS south, range
1,1 east, W illamette sleridian, has tiled notii-e
of Intention to make five year proof, to estab
lish claim to the land aliove described, before
Warren Brown. County Clerk, at bis omee at
Prinevllle, Oregon, on the 30th day of July,
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Claimant names as witnesses.
Numa P. McCoin, William Clawson, Otto
Borresou, (jeorge J. Brown, all of Priueville,
Oregon.
.J0 C, W. Moors, Register.
Notice of Final Settlement
Notice Is hereby given that tbe undersigned
has Hied Ills tlnal account as administrator of
the estate of Silas K. Adams, deceased, with the
Clerk of the County Court of the state of Ore
gon (or Crook county, and the said court haa
set Monday, the 9th day of August, 1912, at the
hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon as the time
tor hearing said Anal account and any ob
jections that may be made thereto, and for
making such order as may be required In the
premises.
Dated and published first time Jmie20th,19tf
Wm. Adams,
Administrator of tbe estate of Silas E.. Adams,
deeased.
Notice for Publication.
Deportment of the Interior, IT. 8. Land Otnce
at The Dalles. June th. 1912.
Notice Is hereby given that
Hceiira I,ee,
of Prinevllle, Oregon, who. on February 27th
stall, nmde homotcad, No. 08192, for aw'.,,
section H. township 17 south, range 16 eiist
Willamette Meridian, haa filed notice of In
tentlon to make commutation proof, to es
tablish olulm t the land aluive desorllied, be
fore Timothy E. J. Putty. U S. Commissioner
at his omee, at Prinevllle, Oregon, on the loth
dav of August, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Nathaniel W. Morrlsette. Ueoree T- Kltch
Ing, l oo HuttingiT. of Prinevllle, Oregon,
Ralph 15. Uutus. of Bend, Oregon.
Up O. W. MOOltE, Register.
High Grade Dairy Cows
On Sale All the Time
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Dutch Belted Holstiens, Gurnsyes,
Red Durhams, Ayrshires and Big
Jerseys, tresh milkers or close spring
ers, also several Registered and
Graded Jersey, Holstien and Short
Horn Bulls. I also have Yearling
Heifers, one or two year old Steers
for feeders in car lots or less on de
mand. Credit given on feeders. Call
at the old Redmond Ranch, 1 -4 mile
north of Redmond, Ore., at the Rail
road stock yard or write to
C. P. JUDGE
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ARE YOU SURE
The record ahow a clear title to your property? The
record (ailed to show correct title lo a eale made this
week by a leading real estate company. RESULT Long
delay and possible loss. Better let the Pioneer Abstract
Company look after your Interests.
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(Member Oregon Association of Title Men)
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PIONEER SADDLER
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Harness, Saddles, Chaps, Bridles, SUver-Mounted Bits
and Spurs. Reatas, Quirts, Ladies' Stride Saddles.
E. H. Smith, Prop. Prineville, Or.
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