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PR1NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1913.
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VOL. XVII-NO. 12
Oregon Lawmakers'
Work as Reviewed
Salem. Tho clou of fourth
week of III It-glslntlve session found
the senate well up wllh Its work, only
few niKMuroi being lft over fur a
third reeding ttnii final psssuge.
The situation was qulta dlffuroitt In
the, house. Tlmt brunch of the -m-lly
la o badly clogged thai the task
of clearing the calendar before the
close of ilia 40 day period will be a
prodigious undertaking.
The trouble In Ilia house la that they
hsve been IndulKlnaj In loo much ora
tory latnly. Unless t lie talk la cut out
the raault will b great confusion dur
ing the cloning houra of the si-lslon,
the dalh of many good measures and
tinaty action on others.
The Job for the houae la especially
distressing, for In that body ul bllla
have been presented, and the annate
haa already arnt over 114 bllla. a total
of nearly 700 for that wing of the
legislature to act upon. Vp to the
present lima the houao hna passed 95
of Ita Cni bllla over to the senate,
and baa killed off or withdrawn nearly
that many more.
(26 Bill PropoMd.
The lit day for Introduction of bllla
brought forth ait avalnnche In both
the eenate and the houae that nearly
wamped the clerka. With adjourn
ment Sil bllla had been Introduced In
the aennt ao fur IhV srsslon and an
even 00 In the houae. or a total of
ICS bllla for the session. Thla la juat
Sod more bllla thun were Introduced
two year ago.
Several Important Meaturea Patted.
Among the Important measures pas
aliiK the house were the workmi-n'a
compensation act and the board of
onlrol bill. Holh brnnchea passed
the wldow'a pension bill and the Mult
nomah echool teacher' meaaure. The
liome rule amendment waa defeated
in the houae. The eenate passed the
minimum wage bill for women and
minora, the meaaure placing all chari
table Institution under (lata super
vision, the bill amending the direct
primary and the rallroud headlight
meaaure. No large appropriation bill
have paaaed either houae. The outlook
for the passage of good roada legisla
tion nejl week la excellent.
Legislature Asked to Give $8,287,819
Approprlatloua nlrendy naked from
the Oregon legislature, and now under
consideration by the Joint waya and
nieiiua commltteea of Ilia houao and
Semite, have reached tho huge total
Of S.S7,tll9.07.
Ily the time all requests for atnte
money are In. tho total may reach
$9,011(1,000, Thla will bo a record
breaker for requests, but there la no
reason lo believe that when the smoke i
hna blown and the final tnlo j
haa been told tM thla will be a much
more expcmtlvt legislature thnn the
one two yenr. o, when tho appro
prlatloua total $5,760,000.
Compensation Bill Passes House
Tho Lawrence employes' compensa
tion bill passed the house, after a bat
tle on tho floor of i!V4 hours, with only
Murnnne and Upton voting against the
measure, and Campbell, Lofgren and
llngood absent.
May Ouat Officials For SO . Day.
Only four votes were mustered
against tho substitute bill by the sen
ate Judiciary committee giving power
to supplant district attorneys, sheriffs
and ' constublea, and the substitute
measure passed the somite.
Tho drastic provisions of the ori
ginal bill, which allowed tho governor
summarily to supplant such officials,
were materially softened In the new
bill. Under the new bill officials may
bo supplanted for periods of 00 dnys,
but only nftor they have been given s
hearing In court and the circuit Judge
decides thnt such officer hus not been
fnlthfully executing the criminal law
of the state.
Widow' Pension Bill Is Signed.
With no member' but fimlck voting
In the negative, the widow' pension
measure, Introduced by the committee
on heulth and public morale by re
quest ot tno Oregon congress oi mo
thers, passed the Bonnie, and on being
enrolled, was sent to the governor,
who signed tho bill
Primary Amendment Passe.
Seven enntors went against the
Smith bill to amend the presidential
preference primary law, but the bill
passed In tho senate.
Under the presidential preference
law, as pnBsed by the people In 1910,
nn elector can vole for but one candi
date for delegate to a national con
vention or candidate for presidential
elector.
The Smith bill contemplates amend
ing this by dividing an eaual number
of drlegutea In each of the congres
aUitial district and the baUnce at
largo. Thus each elector can vote
for tlie number of candidates from hla
district and for the candidate from
tlm stale.
Teacher Win Bill
Over 200 acbool teachers from Port
land Invading Malum on special train
and sUindlng t the back of the mem
ber of the state eenate when they
voted on Applegren's bill providing
what la practically civil service for
the teachers of countlua of more than
20,000 population brought an unani
mous vol In favor of th bill, which
had already paaaed the house.
Refuse to Submit Home Rule.
Nolwlthainndlng the fact that tho
senate had aanctloned the submission
to the people In 1914 of th so-called
borne rule amendment, passed by the
people In 1910, the house, by vote
of 32 to 26, refused eo to submit the
amendment and It will not, therefore,
go to Die people through the medium
of the legislature. It la Intimated here
that It will, however, be voted on by
means of the Initiative.
Electric Headlight Through Senate.
Henator Neuucr'i bill requiring rail
road companies to equip their engines
with electric headlights won the day
In the senate after a hard fight
The bill ha been amended to allow
the railroad one year In which to
equip all engine with the modern
lights, and th paragraph making It
the duty of the railroad commission
to enforce the act waa struck out.
Legislation Division Favored.
The Mitlarkey and Mcl'olloch reso
lution, carrying a proposed constitu
tional amendment, dividing the aoa
alona of the legislature, paaaed the
senate despite some opposition. The
proposed amendment provide that I
bill be introduced for the first 20 1
days only, thorns 20 dnys to be followed !
by an adjournment of not less than 60
days nor more than 90 days, and tho
balance of the session to be devoted
to consideration of legislation.
Reopens a Way For Income Tax.
Two resolutions to place before the
voters Important constitutional amend
ments relating to taxation were paaa
ed by 1be houae.
Oiw resolution I practically an en
abling act to put Into effect the Initia
tive measure passed at the lust elec
tion to exempt household goods. It la
held by many lawyer that such an
enabling act will be necessary to
legiillte the measure.
The other proposed amendment
would open the way for a atnte In
come lax. It la practically a duplicate
of the income tax measure, defeated
nt the Inst election by only 250 votes.
Eastern Asylum Requests Are Pruned
Applying the pruning knife, the
waya and menu committees of both
houaes cut the appropriation asked
for (he Kastern Oregon asylum $131,-
2, reducing It from $404,949 to $267,-
731. The committee nlso reduced the
IGO.noo appropriation nsked for by the
medical department of the University
of Oregon to $45,000. The most Im
portant Item eliminated In the appro
priation nsked for by the eastern Ore
gon Institution was the $05,000 for
a new wing. Tho psylum hero la nlso
asking for nn appropriation of about
$70,000, for the construction of the
north wing lo the new receiving ward,
and thla also may bo refused.
Short Ballot Title Passes Both House
The senate has Bent on to the gov
ernor Representative Hunt's bill pro
viding fur a short ballot title to Initia
tive measures, in addition to the usual
title,. which In not more thnn 10 words
will give a "catch line," as a ready
guide to voters, setting forth the nnme
by which the meusure Is commonly
known.
Celilo Project la Indorsed.
Giving a hearty Indorsement to the
project, the committee authorized by
the legislature and headed by Gover
nor West to Investigate the proposed
Celllo power project, has reported
back with the recommendation that
the lawmakers set aside the sura of
$25,000 with which to co-operate wCo
the Btate of Washington In making
thorough estimates and surveys of tlie
situation.
The report Is the result of the In
vestigation made by the joint commit
tee from the two legislatures, headed
by the governors ot both states.
Legislative Brevities.
Remarriage until six months after
divorce Is prohibited In future by tho
terms of a bill passed by the house.
The bill giving Grand Army posts
the right to hold their meetings la
state armories, was passed by the
house without opposition.
The bill giving the state's consent to
the purchase of the Oregon City canal
and locks passed the house without
opposition,.
Senator Butler has fathered a bill
by request, providing for the abolish
ment of the present board of horti
culture and substituting therefore one
conimlHslon, to be uuuied by the gov
ernor. .
Governor West caused to be Intro
duc.ed In the house by Gill of Clacka
mns a bill to repeal the act paaaed
over (he governor's veto, commonly
known a the
Thompson swamp land
law."
A bill making It compulsory for
county court to publish a budget of
proiKsed expenaea each year and giv
ing the taipijrer the right to be hear
before any ' evy was fixed, was passed
by the house.
Portland Live
stock Market.
North Portland. Feb. 7, 1913.
Receipts for the week have been:" ,
Cattle 824; calves, 11; hogs, 3552; ! for the town of Metolius to raise
sheep, 5fi22; horses, 106, j the amount required, that Madras
During the week the cattle mar- j can do so without much effort. It
ket has been steady to a shade ; is a well known fact that the dis
weaker. The bulk of steer offer-! tances from Madras to Prineville is
ings have been short of prime in j practically the same on a railroad
quality and the few in this week's survey as it would be to 'Metolius,
run were difficult to move at 17.50 owing to the distance saved by go
to 17.75. Demand is slow for all ing up the Willow creek route that
grades, but especially so for poorly j has been surveyed a few days since,
finished stuff, and small lots of cows ' And the construction of a road bed
sold from f7 down to $4.50 accord- is much easier than can possibly be
ing to quality. Light calves steady j obtained from any other point.
to strong at 19. Bulls steady 15.50 , Pioneer,
to t(5. I -t
An improved tone featured the Prineville Girl One
swine market. Prime hogs found
ready buyers at $7.50 to 17.55 and
one car at 17. CO, prices from five to
ten cents higher than recent quota
tions. Receipts totaled over 3500
head and the entire supply was
cleaned up without delay.
The demand for prime wethers,
yearlings and ewes was greater
than receipts, the bulk of which
were contract shipments. Yearlings
$6.25 to $6.35, wethers $6 to $6.15
and ewes $5.15 to $5.25 represent
the bulk prices in the sheep house.
Lamb trade seemed firm as $7.25
bids were easily coaxed if choice
quality offered. The lamb supply
hna been' small as the 1912
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crop 18
ileal ijf cAiinumi-u.
Will Lecture on
the Mormon Church
On February 28, 'a man raised in !
the Mormon church, and therefore j a rabbit drive is announced for
thoroughly posted on its organiza-! Sun(laVi February 15, weather per
tiun, motives and menaces will lec-1 mining. It will start from the
ture to the people of Prineville. j Davenport ranch north of town and
The Mormon church is a unique 'cover the territory to the Lone Pine
institution. As to its efficiency of ! Gap The pestiferous jacks are be-
organization it has no peer in the coming entirely too numerous to
civilized world. The German army,1, jt the farmer
so the students of such matters say,
is the only organized force that
approaches it.
This church is a political body,
in its government a kingdom, a
giant business corporation and a
religious society "all combined in one.j earry the sportsmen home again.
The prophet of the Mormon :The falTners want everybody to
church is no less than a king with a
million subjects. It holds as one of ,
its sinister motives the control of
counties, states and nation.
As a business corporation, it is
now one of the most powerful in
America and because of its well
founded and unique system bids
fair to become shortly a financial
power compared with which the
Rothchilda or Standard Oil Company
will be but pigmies.
As a religious society it claims to
have prophets and be at all times in
direct communion with God. It
has no laymen. All its men are
ministers and its women preachers.
Its members are bound together by
the powerful bonds of secret fra
ternity and superbound to the
church by oaths and bands of super
stition. It has carried on the prac
tice of polygamy and so continues
today.
This organization is becoming
haughty, big and powerful. It has
become'one of the most vital public
questions. It is one that we must
settle and therefore one which we
should understand. W. P. M,
Madras Wants the
Railroad. Why Not?
In a recent visit of H. P. Scheel
of Tenoin, V,ah., to Prineville the
matter of the 'railroad from gome
point on the lines of the present1
railroad systems, was definitely
aeitled as to the line being built.
However the point of connection
with the present lines has not been
definitely settled, owing to some
misunderstanding in regard to the
terminus at Metolios.
Some bonus is required to set the
road to build to the different points
and Prineville has their full amount
ubscribed at the present, and un-
der the present conditions of the
agreement, should it be impossible
of the Luckey Ones
Vera Frances Wilhoit of Prine
ville was one of the eleven children
scattered throughout the state to
rec ive a setting' of choice chicken
eggs at the Salem egg-drawing con
test. They are expected to raise
ehiekpna fnr pyhihit at tha eviminor
'g j,-ajr -
I Out of a great number of chil
, dren applying, the office of public
instruction chose eleven by lot.
To these wilt" be sent the prize eggs
j donated by four progressive poultry
: raisers of the state, who are inter
egfej jn Superintendent Alderman's
I scheme to start the schoolchildren
! to raising products off the land.
Rabbit
Drive .
Next Sunday
Henry Grimes and neighbors will
drive to Prineville early Sunday
morning with sufficient teams to
carry all that want to engage in the
sport. Lunch will be served at
noon. In the evening teams will
! turn out and make a g00$ day of
it. Accommodations for all free of
charge.
Johnson Creek School.
The teacher of the Johnson creek
school reports that Jenaveve Mc
Kinnon and Lillian Wolke are the
honor students of that school for
January. The latter got 94 per
cent in spelling. "We like Supt.
Myers' red ink spelling test," Mr.
Franklin adds.
Baptist Church Services.
The services at the Baptist
church last Sunday were well at
tended. The young people's
choir furnished excellent music.
The pastor's theme was, The
Boy That Stayed At Home.
Next Sunday the theme will be,
The Boy That Went P'rom Home.
Come with us.
Crook County Journal, county
official paper. $ 1.50 a year.
Prineville Postoffice
Heads the List
Prineville heads the list as the
best paying office in Crook county.
Postmaster Led ford, whose term ex
pires January 28, 1914, draws a sal
ary of I im a year.
Bend comes second. Its post
master gets 11700 a year, accord
ing to the 1912 Blue Book. Madras
and Redmond are tied for third
place. Both offices pay 11400 a
year. The salary is based on the
amount of business transacted.
According to a dispatch to the'
Oregonian, President-elect Wilson j
will, it is believed, allow all presi
dential postmasters to serve out
their four ' years' terms except in
cases where it is shown they are in
competent. "
Local Institute
W. C. T.
U.
The W. C. T. U. will hold a Local
Institute at the Baptist church
Thursday evening, February 20, to
which the public are cordially in
vited. Beginning at 7;30 the fol
lowing program will be rendered:
Song, "America." , , , -. -
Prayei Rev. Prater.
Address of Welcome.
"What This Generation Owes to
the Next." Mrs. J. B- Shipp.
Discussion by Rev. Williams.
Selection Apollo Quartet.
''The Boy in the Little Town."
E.L.Coe.
"The Parent's Duty in Regard to
Amusements." Mrs. W. P, Myers.
Solo Mrs. Hodgson.
"How We. Can Best. Cipq ate
'jii, n. i.i . T '
With Our Teachers in Temperance
Work." G. Springer.
"The Saloon From the Mother's
Point of View." Mrs. H. P. Bel
knap. Selection Apollo Quartet
What the Girls Did
to Pastor Bailey
What can girls do? Let us tell
you. Last week the young ladies
of the Baptist Sunday school set!
their heads to make the pastor
and his wife happy. They
told around what they were
going to do, and Friday night
about 100 jolly foiks met in the
basement of the church and
brought a lot of good things with
them besides cheer. The even
ing was spent in getting better
acquainted and a jolly good time
was had. Then came the spread,
prepared by the young ladies,
and it was excellent. After the
guests had retired the pastor
and his wife took an invoice of
what was left, and to Say they
were grateful to the Giver of all
good things and the friends who
brought the gifts only faintly ex
presses it. Mav the Heavenlj
Father bless those dear girls and
guests is the sincere desire of
the pastor and wife.
C. P. Bailey.
No Wages Coming.
The case of Alexander Hamilton
vs. George Thompson, which was
tried in justice court here Mon
day afternoon, . resulted in a
judgment for the defendant to
cover his costs and disburse
ments. The suit was brought to
recover alleged wages due the
plaintiff, and the defense prod
uced evidence to show that no
wages were due. W. P. Myers
conducted the prosecution while
G. L. Bernier managed the de
fense. Special for 10 dnys Ne. lamps 25
cents ; No. 2 at 35 cents complete, nt
Kamstra'9 Racket Store. 2-6
New Law Regarding
Isolated Tracts
Applications to have isolated
tracts ordered into market must
be filed with the register and
receiver of the local land office
in the district wherein the lands
are situated. The applicant must
deposit with the receiver, in the
form of cash or postal money
order, an amount equal to the
value to the land based upon the
minimum price fixed for public
lands which will be ordinarily
$125 per acre, or $2.50 per acre
if within railroad limits, or such
price as may be fixed by special
statute governing the disposition
of tbe land applied for. The re
ceiver will issue receipt therefor
and deposit the money to his
credit as "unearned money."
Should te applicant be the suc
cessful bidder at the sale, he will
be given credit on the amount
bid for tbe sum deposited with
his application, and the receiver
will apply the same as a part of
tbe purchase money. If applicant
is not the successful bidder, tbe
receiver will return tbe sum de
posited by bis official check.
Should the applicant withdraw
his deposit, his action will be
treated as a withdrawal of the
application for sale and will be
promptly so reported by the local
officers. Money so deposited
will not be returned by the re
ceiver after receipt of the letter
from this office ordering a tract
into the market until the case is
finally disposed of either by entry
of the land, its sale to some one
ot'ier than the sipiicant or ao j
i kI - V-, . -'
Applicants must show by their
affidavits, corroborated by at
least two witnesses, that the land
contains no salines, coal, or other
minerals; the amount, kind, and
value of timber or stone thereon,
if any; whether the land is oc
cupied, and if so, the nature of
the occupancy; for what purpose
the land is chiefly valuable; why
it is desired that same be sold;
that applicant desires to pur.
chase the land for his own in
dividual use and actual occupation
and not for speculative purposes
and that he has not heretofore
purchased under section 2435,
Revised Statutes, or the amend
ments thereto, isolated tracts the
area of which, when added to the
area now applied for will exceed
approximately 160 acres; and that
be is a citizen of the United
States. If applicant has hereto-,
fore purchased lands under the
provisions of the acts relating to
isolated tracts, same must be
described in the application by
subdivision, section, township,
and range.
No sale will be authorized upon
the application of a person who
has purchased under section 2455
Revised Statutes, or the amend
ments thereto, any lands the area
of which, when added to the area
applied for, shall exceed approx
imately 100 acres.
Only one tract may be included
in an application for sale, and no
tract exceeding approximately
160 acres in area will be ordered
into the market.
No tract of land will be deemed
isolated and ordered into the
market unles, at the time ap
plication is filed, the said tract
has been subject to homestead
entry for at least two years after
the surrounding lands have been
entered, filed upon, or sold by
the Government, except in cases
where some extraordinary reason
is advanced sufficient, in the
opinion of the General Land
Office to warrant waiving this
restriction.