OREGON NEWS NOTES
GF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
RailrMd Laborer Quit Work
Varshfield. Kxoosslve charge for
inferior faro and accommodations,
ah.irce tor hospital fees. Inflated
trios for goods sold by the contract
rs. bad working conditions and em
ployment under misrepresentation are
reasons aliened for the strike of a
timber of laborers employed on the
construction work of tho Willamette
Paoific by Cope nhagen Hros., contract
ors, at the Gardiner cud of the Hue.
The men quit work this week. !
Biehl Found Guilty of Fraud
Portland. After brief deliberation, (
Jury in the United States court found J
A. Biehl guilty on three of four counts
cf an Indictment charging him with
fraudulent use of the malls in exploit-
tng the Columbia River Orchards com-,
pany. Biehl is liable to a sentence 01
five years In the federal penitentiary
d each of the three counts.
STATE DEBT IS SMALL
Cost of Running Oregon 2 Years Wai
$5,240,704.
Salem. During the biennial period
from October 1, 1910. to September
SO, 1912, the office of secretary of
state issued warrants aggregating $3.
N0.704.64, according to the biennial
report of Secretary of State Olcott
Outstanding warrants on October 1,
1910, amounted to $37,171.53, while
utstanding warrants at the close of
this biennial period amounted to $30,
19S.90. The only outstanding Indebtedness
is a small amount of "Certificates of
evidence of allowance of claims," and
"Certificates of Indebtedness." Issued
according to law and for which appro
priations will have to be made by the
legislature.
The total amount of revenue requir
ed: for state purposes for 1911 waa es
timated at $2,082,909.09, which Includ
ed $33,795.50 for the normal school at
Monmouth. Of this amount $697,293
was receipts from Indirect sources,
auch as fees, licenses, etc., and $1,
JS3.S15.84 was raised by direct taxa
tion. For 1912 it was estimated that $3.
456.433.66 would be needed, of which
$592,817.91 came from indirect sources
and $3,656,633.66 came from direct
taxation.
Eastern Oregon Without Mail
Burns. Burns has been without
nail communication with outside
points since Tuesday. C. M. Kellogg,
contractor on the Prairie City-Burns
route and four other routes, all of
them centering In this section of Ore
gon, refuse to handle the mail on the
ground that the government violated
the present mail contracts by the en
actment of the parcel post law.
Lumber Shipments Are Big
Astoria. During the year of 1912
there were 381 vessels which loaded
at the mills In the Astoria customs
district and their combined cargoes
totalled 290,509,033 feet of lumber. Of
these vessels, 51 carrying 60,180,000
leet of lumber went to foreign "ports,
while 330 vessels with cargoes amount
ing to 230,329,033 feet of lumber went
to domestic points.
INSTITUTE WORK CLOSES
Final Session is Held at Crowfoot
Grange, Near Lebanon
Corvallis. The farmers' institute
work of the extension division of the j
Oregon agricultural college, in which
a number of faculty members have ;
been engaged under extension super- i
vision during the ChristmaBS recess, ;
tame to a close Saturday the final
Jay of vacation with an all-day instl- 1
tute at the Crowfoot Grange, near Leb
anon. Three members of the college ton county in the case of George and
faculty conducted the Crowfoot meet- j Charles Humphrey, convicted of mur
ings, and gave instruction in dairying, j der in the first degree for killing Mrs.
3eid crops and home economics. j Elizabeth Griffith. The men will pay
Institutes were held Friday at Tul-! the death penalty for their crimes,
atin and at Ashland. These institutes j Herman Pooh, rancher and hide
marked the suspension of the work ui- i
til after the close of the winter short
umtrseB at the college, which opened
when class work was resumed Mon
day, and will continue until February
Woman Mayor in Office
ri'arrenton. Oregon's first woman
nayor, Miss Clara C. Munson, was in
augurated at a meeting of the city
uaoneil, when she and the three new-1
--efected council members took their
aths of office and succeeded the re
tiring officials.
Gun Clubs Organize State League
Sugene. Represented either in per
son, or by proxy, delegates from the
gun clubs of Eugene, Portland, Salem,
Albany, Ontario, Joseph and Coquille
City met in the rooms of the Eugene
commercial club and organized a Btate
league for the promotion of sport.
BRIEF NEWS OF ORISON
Jobu I.cc, n pioneer of 1S(T, is dead
Bt his homo in l-Y.rcft llrove.
The finest poultry show ever licit
in Oregon l ily was opened Saturday
ut the armory.
County Clerk li, P. Allen of Marlon
contsty was toiind dead In the Y. M
C. A. swimming tank at Salem.
Francis II. lr in of Hood Kiior com-1
milted suicide by shooting himself
through the head with a. revolver.
John Francis Smith, one of the ear
liest ami best known pioneers of Au
rora, died at Salem, aged S4 years.
C. 10. Fcrro, city marshal of Flor
ence, is accused of nccepticft a bribe
and is now under $;!i)0 bail to appear
In court.
Charles Meckllnburg. tin insane
plasterer, who kept officers t bay
for two days, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head at
his home in Kugene.
Thomas Harding, a prominent writ
er of the middle west for half a cen-
Ulx snd ,uthor of the pwm, He-
member the Maine," Is dead at Ore
gon City, aged SS year.
More than 80,000 prune trees, repre-
sentmg approximate expenditure.
of $7500 by the people of Dallas and
vicinity, have been received at Dallas
within the past three weeks.
Burglars entered two hardware
stores and newspaper office In
Springfield, securing loot amounting
to about $300 from the stores, but
taking nothing from the newspapet
office.
School children of Oregon will Join
in signing petitions to President Wil
son asking that the battleship Oregon
be designated to lead the first fleet
that officially goes through the Pana
ma Canal.
Judge Galloway In circuit court at
Salem granted a writ of mandamus
ordering State Insurance Commission
er Ferguson to grant a license to tran
sact business to the Union Life In
surance company, of Portland.
Rev. W. F. Reagor, of Portland, la
the first president of the parliament
of Christian churches for the north
west, having been elected the official
head of the new organization at the
business session held In Spokane.
C. F. Howell, of Dallas, was fatally
Injured when an engine on the logging
road of the Portland Lumber company
overturned and pinned him beneath
where he was literally cooked by
steam following an explosion of the
boiler.
Frank S. Fields, clerk of Multno
mah county, waa honorably acquitted
of the charges preferred against him
by William L. Finley, state game war
den, of falling to turn over to the
state treasurer certain game and fish
license funds.
The permanent endowment fund of
$250,000 for Albany college was com
pleted on New Year's day. Of the to
tal sum, $120,000, including James J.
Hill's donation of $50,000, came from
the east The remaining $130,000 was
raised in Oregon.
In the year Just closed the Sluslaw
Creamery company at Florence, a co
operative concern with 82 patrons,
handled 97,718 pounds of butter fat,
which brought something like $34,000,
a sum, if equally divided, of $414
apiece for the patrons.
W. R. Mead and Ed. Hcrmsen have
been arrested at Baker on the charge
of arson. Mead has confessed to set
ting fire to the White studio. His
supposed purpose was to destroy com
petition, as he warf the owner of the
Elite studio, of that city.
Coyote hides to the number of 2725,
wildcat pelts 268, with 137 bobcats
and 7 lynx, comprise the kill of pred
atory animals In Malheur county In
1912. Bounty warrants totaUng $6069
have been Issued to hunters and trap
pers in the 12 months.
Private, but authentic, advices from
Salt Lake City indicate the transfer,
Jan. 1, of all property and construc
tion work vested in the Oregon East
ern railroad company from the owner
ship of the Oregon Short Line to that
of the O.-W. R. & N. company.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision of the circuit court of Ben-
dealer, was slain at his ranch near
I Dplnavilla hv hi 93 VMF old Atpn ROn.
Gaylord McDaniel. Poch had accused
McDaniel of improper relations with
his mother, Poch's wife, which so en
raged the boy that he rushed into the
house, secured a shotgun and fired a
charge through Poch's right breast.
An event unique in Oregon annals
and the most noteworthy In the his
tory of the state was the tribute paid
to ex-governors, their wives and wid
ows, by Governor West at the state
house New Year's night. The barren
corridors were transformed into places
of light and beauty and the rooms
were crowded with men and women
whose lives have been Interwoven
with the history of Oregon for over
half a century. In the receiving line
were the wives and widows of those
who have occupied the executive chair
from 1866 to the present time. Thou
sands attended the reception.
WM. G, ROCKEFELLER
As
-)jJfii-S
William Q. Rockfeller, Standard Oil
magnate, whom subpoena servers for
the "money trust" Investigating com
mltte cannot find.
DYNAMITERS' BAIL FIXED
Court Namee Total of It. 100,000 and
Hasty Incarceration Criticised
Chicago. Bull In the sum of $1,100,
000 for 32 o. the 33 union leaders con
victed of conspiracy to transport dy
namite must be forthcoming In order
that they may take advantage of the
granting of a writ of supersedeas by
the United States circuit court of ap
peals here.
Judges Baker and Seaman heard the
arguments and the decision waa given
orally by Judge Baker. He took oc
casion to intimate that undue haste
was manifested In committing the de
fendants to prison.
Mexico Declares Embargo on Freight
El Paso. Tex. Due to the railway
shop strike and general unsettled con
ditions In Northern and Eastern Mexi
co, the National .Hallways of Mexico
declared an Indefinite embargo on all
freight entered at the Port of El Paso.
Passenger trains, however, will be run.
British Consul Dead
Portland. James Laldlaw, British
Consul at Portland for the district em
bracing Oregon, Washington, Idaho
Montana and Alaska, and for 42 years
a resident of this city, died of periton
itis at St. Vincent's hospital Sunday
night, following an Illness of ten days.
Fourteen Perish in Sea Collision
Baltimore. Fourteen members of
the crew of the freighter Luckenback,
which was rammed and sunk by the
British tramp Indrakuala, lost their
lives In the sinking of the vessel, off
Tangier island, in Chesapeake bay.
Eight men of the crew were rescued
after clinging to the rigging for six
hours, until they were taken off by
the crew of the steamship Pennsyl
vania. The Indrakuala was badly J
damaged and had to be beached. 1
TAFT PRESIDES AT
POLITICAL "WAKE"
New York. President Taft presided
here Saturday night at what he styled
his own political "wake." He made
the funeral oration over his political
corpse; asked modest praiBe for the
deeds that he did while he lived in the
White House, recited at length the
causes that led to his "demise." and
attacked the enemies he held respon
sible for his taking off.
The president was the only speaker
at the republican reorganization din
ner, given at the Waldorf-Astoria to
more than 1000 republicans from all
over the country. He spoke for more
than an hour. His defense of his ad
ministration was the executhe results
it has produced; his reply to personal
criticism was that he had b'-en more
misunderstood than blameworthy.
In the course of his spepch the pres
ident made his first public reference
to Colonel Roosevelt since the close of
the campaign, assorting that probably
1,000,000 voters, normally republican,
cast their ballots for Mr. WilBon, "In
order to avert the danger of Mr.
Roosevelt's election."
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 80c; bluestem, 85o;
red Russian, 78c.
Oats $25 per ton.
Hay Timothy, $18; alfalfa, $12.
Butter Creamery, 37c.
Eggs Candled. 32c.
Hops 1912 crop, 20c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 18c; Wil
lamette valley, 22V&C
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 86c; club, 81c;
red Russian, 79c.
Eggs 33c.
Butter Creamery, 38c.
Hay Timothy, $19 per ton; alfalfa,
$12 ier ton. .
liEiVS FROM QUn
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Congress Must liold Uignt So
sions to Pass Many large
Measures ia Tint.
Washington. With final r.dloiirtv
meat of the OOd vtuii:re two mouths
aivay. the house is eiiniroiitcd bv a
Jammed ;icnd'ir mid the supply bills
which rouiu c.ir days nnd bUep
!us nights tor llie lei:.iltol'.
Only n slnulo appropriation hill, tl.i
'-;i!.;a!lvo, executive nnd Judicial sup
ply measure, has been parsed by tli
lioiise. The I'idlan appropriation bill
is no under consideration and It
should be completed this week. The
tlx appropriation measures which In
volve a vast amount of detail likely
lo cause lengthy discussion, aro still
to come. Tho postotflc aprpoprlailon
bill has been reported from the com
mittee and Is awaiting action by the
house.
.Member of the house are looking
forward to about a month of night and
day grinding Just before the conclu
sion of the session and the leader are
already making plan to hold quor
um of member that work may be
rushed through.
Senator Bailey 8ayt Farewell
The principal feature of the senate
the past week was a speech by Sena
tor Bailey, of Texa. lung one of the
picturesque figure and striking
speaker of the United State senate,
which he called hi farewell address.
The galleries were crowded to hear
the senator score his critic and deliv
er phllllplc against the Initiative,
referendum and other popular Inw.
Much of Senator l):i!ley' speech
was taken up wrib a vitriolic attack
on his enomle and drastic criticism
of popular legislation, which he de
clared would eventually overthrow the
present system of government. He
praised Presldenl-elect Wilson and
characterised William It. Hearst s "a
miserable dog. moral pervert, po
litical degenerate, a physical coward."
Tariff Hearing Begun
The ways and means committee of
the house on Monday begun its series
of hearings on the all Important sub
ject of tariff revision. The hearings
will be by schedule, beginning with
chemicals, oils and paints, with subse
quent dates arranged for the bearings
of the various other schedules and the
free list. In thl way !t Is expected
that most of the preliminary work may
be In hand by the end of February, so
thnt the work may then begin on the
drafting of the measure or measure
for tariff reduction In readiness for
the extra session beginning In March.
During the week another Important
series of hearings will begin before
the hub-committee of the house bank
ing and currency committee, which I
seeking a substitute for the Aldrlch
currency plan. Many noted financier
and economists have been Invited to
appear before the committee and give
their views.
Wood Urges Revival of Army Canteen
The restoration of tho army can
tcon and enactment of legislation for
ihe elimination from the United Slates
army of unfit officers are among the
prllicipnl recommendation of Major
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff,
In his annual report made public.
General Wood recommends tho con
centration of the army on strategic
lines and In areas where It can be
maintained more economically. He
would transfer all the personnel of
the staff corps excepting engineers,
medical officers and chaplains to the
lino, increasing the number of tho
general officers and line officers In
the different grades.
"The great majority of the officers
of the army," says General Wood, dis
cussing the canteen question, "are of
the opinion that the re-estahllshmont
of the canteen under proper supervi
sion would tend to Improve the health,
discipline and efficiency of the service
by dismissing intemperance and Im
morality. I concur In this opinion."
National Capital Brevities.
A democratic caucus of the house
was held Tuesday to fill committee
vacancies. '
The navy department has awurded
contracts for eight new submarines to
cost $560,000 each.
Tho death of Senator Davis, of Ar
kansas, probably means that Senator
Chnmberluln will become chairman of
the public lands committee when the
democrats reorganize tho next senato.
The house committee on merchant
marine began hearings Tuesday to
Investigate the methods and practices
of domestic and foreign steamship
lines, particularly as to any agree
ments, pools or combinations with
railroads.
The lnanguratlon of tho parcel post
on New Year's day was an unqualified
success and so complete had tho ar
rangements been made that not a
hitch was reported from any point.
Among the articles sent and received
were brindle pups, sides of bacon,
eggs, fruit, horse collars and like ar
ticles. One firm In Chicago purchased
$17,000 worth of stamps.
j F. J. SHLTARO
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Finley J. Shepard, the 8t. Louis
railroad man engaged to marry Mis
Helen Gould.
Brief News of the week
Chicago will speud $66,000,000 In
191.1.
Ilradstreel' report S53 haul liens
failures the past week, a compared
with -323 In the previous week.
During the week legislature will
oonvene In numerou slate and many
new governor and other official will
be sworn Into office.
The flntt annual convention of the
Women' National democratic league
assembled Tuesday In Washington for
a three days' session.
Italy ha followed the lead of Egyp
tian railways, and has placrd an order
for 200.000 ton of coal In America,
while she has also Invited tenders for
a large quantity from tho Yorkshire
mine.
New comes from San Francisco
that the California Atlantic Steamship
company ha failed, with liabilities of
$:i00.000, A merciless ralo war, when
freight rate were cut lo $3 a ton, I
given a the cause of the failure.
Postmaster In the second, third and
fourth-class offices throughout the
country are hailing the newly estab
lished parcel post service with expres
sion of delight, for It la sure to In
crease their annual receipt and con
sequently their salaries.
The United States steel corporation
Is to extend the sphere of Its manu
facturing operations Into Canada.
Judge Gary ha Just announced that
construction will soon begin on a plant
at Sandwich, Just opposlto Detroit, to
cost In the neighborhood of $20.OO0,-
000.
A cull has been Issued for a pro
gressive conference of representatives
of Michigan, Wisconsin. North Dakota,
South Dakota and Minnesota at St.
Paul January 24. Tho call was signed
by the stntn chairman and national
committeeman from each state named.
The object Is to decide on desired
state and national legislation,
People in the News
Vnlted States Senator Jeff Dnvls
died at his home In I.lttlo Hock, Ark.
James It. Keen, the noted financier
nnd horseman, died In New York. II
whs li years old.
I.uther McCnrty, of Springfield, Mo.,
shattered the heavyweight champion
ship amhllioiiB of Al Palter, the Iowa
giant, ut tho Vernon arena In Califor
nia. Louis K. (Jlavls has resigned from
the secretaryship of the California
stale conservation commission, fol
lowing charges brought against hlra by
Surveyor-General Kingsbury.
The Itusslan Imperial crown prince,
stabbed n few weeks ago by a nihilist,
and who It was thought wus mnlined
for llfu, has completely recovered his
health and returned to his studies.
(leneral KiKnrd Merwln l.ee, once
acting governor of Wyoming, and a
relative of Hubert IC. Lcc, died at his
home In New York. In Wyoming ho
nlgned tlin first bill giving women the
right to vote.
Following funeral services In New
York, tho body of Whltelnw Held, late
ambassador to Great Uritnln, was laid
at rest In the vault of Ogden Mills hi
Sleepy Hollow cemetery nt Turrytown,
less tl'-m 1o0 feet from that of Wash
in:,Lou 1vlng.
Captain Amundsen, discoverer of
the Houlh pole, is to be the guest of
honor ut the nnnual banquet of the
Nutlonnl Geographic society, which Is
to ho held In Washington Saturday
night. Hear Admiral Poary of North
Pole fame will net as tonst master.
Georgo llardsook, a laborer, un
earthed $37,500 In gold while digging
a trench near tho vllluge of OglOBby,
Oklu. Hardsook's, possession of tho
tvealth, however, probably will be of
short duration, a state law requiring
that such funds be surrendered to the
owner of the land.
yiofiissr.n at Cards.
Law Oifice of
W. P. MYERS
Kilr HM'f. PriiievilU, Ore
Dr. Charles Maci aiUlcn
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Prof. A. W. Grater,
Divine Mmltr
(lilies 111 M.irri Itiiildiin three disus
until ui Join on! tilllee.
Prinvill. Orson
D. H. PEOPLES
Civil and Irrigation Engineer
Itisati II .VUllimm Hld'H
Prinevillc, Ore.
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Dr. Howard (iovc
Dentist.
Crank County Bank Building
M4 am 'mWmm Jn.
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HAVE YOU
Art Abstract?
Certainly everyone hn Ulrct now.
Dovou know inhere your corner are.
Well. No. Not exactly.
Brewiter Engineering Company,
I'rineville, Orwgon, lll lucslo llmm lor
you and iiuiusutee the wik Surtay
ln, putting. Irrigation Knglnverliig.
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Finest Brand of Wines,
Liquors and Cigars.
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F. E. BROSIUS, Proprietor
If ( P Lodge moets every Sat
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