OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENEWLINTESEST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
DougUt Cities Declared Wet
Roseburg. Overruling the objec
tions of District Attorney George M.
Frown, the county court in special
session here issued n order proclaim
ing Oakland, Sutherlin and Glemiale
"wet" territory. This order goes Into
eftVct Immediately, the local option
law specifying no time for the cotu
wenccment of the liquor traffic.
In lsfulng the order, the county
tourt did not attempt to pass on the
legal questions advanced by the dis
trict attorney, but simply held that a
Itajority of the voters in the towns in
volved voted "wet."
First Land Show Huge Success
Portland. The Pacific Northwest
Land Products show, most significant
exposition of northwest soil wealth
ever shown, and the first showing of
the 1912 crop fortune of three states,
ended Saturday.
With a week's attendance estimated
it nearly 50.000. with an assurance
hat the proceeds will a little more
than meet the cost and with the hear
tiest initial support of the plan tor a
1913 land show, all concerned express
the greatest gratification at what they
consider the entire success of the
how.
2.000 ACRES IN PROJECT
Hermtston Office Gets Orders to Pre
pare For Work.
Hermiston. The local office of the
reclamation service has received tele
graphic instructions to be in readiness
for the construction of what is known
as the fifth nnit of the Umatilla pro
ject Orders by letter to commence
this work ore expected any day. The
Jfth unit comprises about 1100 acres
along the extreme north side of the
froject and It Is possible that the
Srownell holdings of nearly 900 acres
also will be included, bringing the to
tal up to nearly 2000 acres. The cost
of the work is estimated at $30,000.
The reclamation service has, during
the past month and a half, had large
crews cleaning out and repairing the
. large distributing canals. This work
is about finished now and the new
work will provide places for practical
ly every man on the project who Is
looking for work. It is the announced
policy to give every home man work
lefore employing outsiders. The Oc
tober payroll of the local office was
$12,000.
Tracklaylng To Start Dec. 1 from Vale
Vale. Tracklaylng operations on
the new Oregon Eastern railroad out
of Vale will be resumed about Decern
ber 1, between milepost 22 and the
tunnel, which lies between mileposts
38-39, if present plans of the engineer
ing department are carried out. II
the Harrimau system can secure suf
ficient additional motive power fot
the work In Malheur county, local op
erations will be rushed.
LICENSE FEES DELINQUENT
State Will Sue 2000 Corporations and
Enforce Penalties
Salem. Two thousand corporations
who are delinquent in their annual
licenses will be compelled to pay a
penalty, for Corporation Clerk Bab
cock, of the office of the secretary ot
state has announced that he intends
to have the various district attorneys
In the state bring suit against them.
Under the law it devolves upon the
state treasurer to notify the secretary
of state of the number of corporations
delinquent. The list turned over by
State Treasurer Kay shows that 2000
of them have failed to pay their an
nual licenses. The law provides that
any corporation failing to pay its an
nual license within 20 days after it is
due shall be subject to a fine of $100
and Corporation Clerk Babcocl: says
be intends to enforce the law to the
letter. lie will segregate the corpora
tions according to the district attor
ney districts, and then direct these
officers to institute suit.
State Pressrve Is Donated
Medford. M. J. McAllister, - who
awns a 640 acre ranch on N'eil Creek,
has decided to present It to the state
as a game preserve. Under the terms
of the agreement Mr. McAllister binds
himself not to hunt or permit others
to hunt on the property for the next
five years. In return the state will
stock the place with game birds, es
pecially China pheasants.
Famous Indian Dies Suddenly, aged 90
Pendleton. Tam- ut- sia-kootch-lootch,
a famous Indian scout, who
was better known as Red Hawk, died
suddenly at his tepee on the Umatilla
reservation. He was past 90 years of
age, was present at the Whitman
massacre and always declared that
with his own eyes be saw Marcus
Whitman slain-.
E. F. DUNNE
ri
I N f t K
Edward F. Dunne, ex-Mayor of Chi
cago, elected governor of Illinois by
the Democrats.
T. R.S ASSAILANT INSANE
Prisoner la Committed to Asylum Un
til Cured.
Milwaukee, Wis. John Schrank
who shot Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
Is insane and was committed by Muni
cipal Judge Backus to the Northern
Hospital for the Insane, near Osh
kosh, nntll cured.
Commitment was pronounced aftei
the presentation of an exhaustive re
port of the commission appointed tc
investigate the case. In which the de
fendant was unanimously adjudgvd
Insane. It declared that his delusion
was "grandiose in character and .ol
systematic variety," and Included nu
merous communications written b)
Schrank.
An address by Schrank to the com
mlssioners in which he apologized foi
causing unpleasantness in maklna
them decide a matter "which would
have been better tried by a hlghei
court than earthly court," was Includ
ed In the report. In It Schrank re
viewed the "vision," in which he
claimed to have looked into the dying
eyes of President McKlnley, "when a
voice called to me to avenge his
death."
3 Slight Quakes Felt in Seattle
Seattle. Three separate earth
shocks were felt in Seattle. None wat
of sufficient force to do any damage
but all were noticeable, the first twe
In different parts of the city at ?:2C
and 6:35, and the third at 9:05 wat
felt all over the city.
1912 Gridiron Deaths 10
Chicago. Ten dead and 36 Injured
is the record of the 1912 football sea
son. Last year there were 14 d cat lit
and 67 injured, according to statistics
compiled by a Chicago newspaper.
DEBS, WARREN AND
SHEPPARD INDICTED
Girard, Kan. Warrants were issued
here on indictments returned by a
federal grand Jury for the arrest ot
Eugene V. Delis, Socialist candidate
for president in the recent campaign;
Fred D. Warren, editor of the Appeal
to Reason, and J. J. Sheppard, War
ren's attorney, for tampering with a
witness. Warren and Sheppard were
arrested and a warrant was sent to
the United States marshal at Indiana
polis for service upon Debs at Terra
Haute.
The charge Is "attempting to ob
struct the administration of justice,"
and is based upon an indictment al
leging that the three defendants, Debs,
Warren and Sheppard, gave a bribe
of 5200 to J. P. McDonough of Kansas
City, a former prisoner in the federal
penitentiary at Leavenworth, to in
duce him to go to California, so he
cov,'A not be found to testify against
three mer.'.hors of the Appeal to Rea
son staff, who were on trial for send
In.'; alleged obscene matter through
the mail in the shape of an article at
tacking the administration of the fed
eral prison at Leavenworth.
THE MARKETS
Portland
Wheat Club, 77c; bluestem, 81c;
red Russian, 75c.
Oats $26 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $12.
Butter Creamery, 3Sc.
Eggs Candled, 43c.
Hops 1912 crop, 19e.
Wool Eastern Oregoa, 18c; Wil
lamette valley, 22,&c.
, Mohair 32c.
Seattle
Wheat Bluestem, 80c; club, 78c;
red Russian, 76c.
Eggs 43c.
Butter Creamery, 35c.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa,
$12 per ton.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Smelt are entering the Columbia
river earlier this year than ever be
fore, A company la being organised at
Springfield for the purpose ot erect
ing a $40,000 hotel.
After a two days' successful exhibi
tion, Albeny't Chrysanthemum fair
closed Friday night
About 100 business men of Grunts
Tasa have organised a permanent
good roads association.
Peler Hull, the last full blooded Slu
slaw Indian, Is now lying at death's
door in Florence from a stroke of
paralysis.
It cost Representative 1-afferty
$1727, according to his sworn state
ment, to be renominated and reelected
to congress.
John l Moore, an employe of the
Oregon Power company at Springfield,
was killed by being drawn between i
belt and pulley.
The Oregon State Prohibition com
mittee expended $12,476.71 In Ha cam
paign, according to a statement Died
with the secretary of state.
Thus far this year Portland stands
third among the wheat exporting ci
ties ot the United States, being ranked
by New York and Galveston. j
All the employes of the several ,
Southern Pacific trains that center at
Springfield were given a dinner by
the Springfield commercial club Sat
urday night.
The Polk County Educational board
has arranged for a convention ot the
school officers ot the county to be
held at Dallas on the first Saturday
in December.
Mayor Micelll of Roseburg has been
Indicted by a grand jury, charged 1
jointly with the Roseburg Brewing A !
Ice company with unlawful sale ot In
toxlcatlng liquors.
Advantage Is being taken ot the
comparatively good weather for the
prosecution of the grading on the
Portland, Eugene 6 Eastern Una be
tween Eugene and Corvalllls.
Suffering from a nervous ailment,
Whltcomb Fields committed suicide
at Medford by shooting himself. Fleldi
was a graduate of Harvard, an exten
alve traveler and owned considerable
fruit land near Medford.
Less than two weeks after the right
of equal franchise was granted in Ore
gon, between 40 and 50 women cast
their first vote at the city election ic
Dayton, Yamhill county. Edward Ha
thaway was elected mayor.
J. L. Evans was arrested at Ryt
Valley on a charge of shooting Wll
liam Walker. Evans owns a store It
that town and when Walker walked
In and asked for some tobacco, Evani
pulled a gun and shot him.
Expenditure of $36,471.92 in the sin
gle tax campaign la shown In a state
ment of expenses filed with the sec re
tary of state by the representative!
of the Fels Fund Commission. Thi
total receipts' amounted to $37,840.
Governor West has removed Frank
H. Curtis, superintendent of the Ore
gon penitentiary, and appointed Col
onel B. K. Lawson of Cottage Grovt
his successor. The use of liquor U
the penitentiary is said to be tin
cause.
The body of L. F. Parker, who wai
drowned in Rogue river near the 1111
nois, with his 10-year-old son, last
May, while the father was taking tin
boy across the river on a raft tc
school, was found five miles above
Wedderburn, near the Tom Smltt
ranch Saturday.
Votes cast In Union and Wallows
counties for the office ot joint senatoi
at the November 6 election and can
vanned at that time, will be recounted
This demand Is made upon Circuit
Judge Knowles by John S. Hodgln,
Democrat, who was defeated in the
district by Ed E. Kiddle by a margin
of four votes.
After expending about $20,000 fol
repairs and equipment for which II
has been customary to ask the legis
lature to make special appropriations
the state board will have close te
$10,000 surplus In the state Insane
asylum maintenance fund, according
to the statement of State Treasure!
Kay.
That there are 1000 public utllltlei
at least, and probably more in the
state of Oregon, which come undei
the Malarkey public utilities bill re
cently passed by the people, Is being
discovered by the clerks "bt the rail
road commission, who are arranging
to send blanks to such utilities. So
far 430 telephone companies alone
have been located.
Richard J. Haines, a prominent
rancher south of Malheur Lake, was
shot and dangerously wounded by
James E. Hall, a neighboring home
steader. It appears that Haines went
to the Hall home for some grain, and
Hall Invited him to stay all night.
They .had liquor there, and both be
came Intoxicated. A quarrel ensued
and the shooting resulted.
Announcement has been made at
the Oregon Agricultural college that
arrangements are being perfected for
the establishment of a department of
forest entomology, which will devote
Its entire time to co-operative work
with the government bureau of ento
mology and private Interests to carry
on Investigations toward the reduc
tion and control ot Insect pests.
Free
lWlbe afraid of tlio U.S. (iuvernment Carey Act Irrigation Project in
Oregon. Thejilay of irresponsible Irrigation companies in this stain is
past. When the Northaest Townsile Company of I'hilsdelphiit took
over the Paisley project in Lake county it gave the largest bond ever
given in the state fifty thousand dollars guaranteeing completion of
the project. Kvery three months it make an itemised statement of ex-pen-cs
to the Desert Land Hoard. All of its advertising books, maps,
contract, subscription agreement and literature is submitted to the
IVsrrt Land Hoard for inflection before being issneu.
The land is lovel, free Irom rock, and is a rich volcanic soil, The
climate is perfect for fruit, which now grows to perfection at Paisley
apple, peaches, plum, peats, prune.
Construction work upon the dam and reservoir hai now been In
progress lor three month with Thomas Hawthorne, State Ineclor, on
the ground. He wae formerly with the U. S Gov't, iteclamation St
vice, on the Umatilla Project.
Send for 3'2-page illustrated book, (ia to Paisley bv automobile stagn
from Beod and see the land. Ouragentat Paisley, Hugh K. tiiltnour,
will show you the land. It ia free to those who pay the cost ol putting
water on it.
Northwest Townsile Co. is among the lamest taxpayer In Oregon,
owning townsite sub-division at Prineville, Madras, Hedmond, Hend,
Hums, Vale and also the 810-acre Corn Kanch at Paisley, including a
60 barrel-a-ilay capacity Hour mill, and a general store.
Our hank reference are:
First National Hank, Philadelphia, Pa.
Girard National Hank " '
Commercial Trui Co. " "
Inter-state Finance Corporation, Philadelphia, Pa.
Merchant Trust Co., Camden, N. J.
Security Saving t Trut Co., Portland, Oregon.
Address all communication to our Portland office. 1101 Yeon Huilding.
Write now. The average cost ol water will be 4C an acre. We will
give you a square deal.
Northwestern Townsite Co.
308 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Pioneer
None
Money Back if You
Made at
Pioneer
Agents DeLaval Separator.
You Can't
Hut you CAN eat 'em, and enjoy 'em, too, There Is no better
or freehcr or nicer flnvored Huh In the market than we are re
ceiving; consignments of dally. We carry every kind In Its prop
er seanon and guarantee the freshiing of nil we sell.
City Meat Market
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Notice of Adittlntnt ruler's Sale of
Kcul ltnto
Notice Is hereby ulven liy the tin.
di-rMl(tie., the mliiilnlHt rittnr ol the
estate ol tieo. V. Humes, ilirciiwil,
mm in piirHiianee to nn order of the
county court of the state of ()ri-oii,
lor Crook county, made and entrreil
on the 7th liny of (icliihi-r, 1!I12, the
uiidersljrneil. tin. administrator
fiforcMiild, will sell at. private sale,
forc'iiHh, or part cash and balance
on time, subject to conMrinatlon bv
said court, alter Saturday, the It til
day of November, 1112, at his home
In I'rlnevllle, Orenou, all the right,
title mill Interest the said (ieore W.
Hume had at the time of his death
and all the Intereet the estate ha
ni'iitlreil In addition to that of the
said George W. Karnes at the time
of his death, In ami to the follow
,lng iJeHiTllH-d real iro-rty situated
In the county of Crook, state of Ore
gon, to-wlt : hots Nos. two (2) and
tlin-e CI), block eight (H) of Monroe
Hodges original plat of the town of
Prineville, county of Crook, state of
Oregon.
Terms and conditions of sale ten
-10-per cent on day of sale, balance
upon confirmation by the court, or
part upon continuation by the court
and balance on time.
Dated this Hi li day of October,
1U12.
William II. Daiinkh,
Administrator of the estate of
(leorge W, Karnes, dcci'imed, Id 10
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