OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENEFUUNTEFEST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State Puri.is the Past
Week.
JEWISH COLONY STARTED
Many More Will Follow to Control
Oregon at Onco.
Portland. Th "advance guard" of
some 10 Jewish families left for cen
tral Oregon, where already land clalma
have been filed upon and where they
will begin farming. Thia party will
be the first of probably SO famtllea
which will move Into central Oregon
within the next few years.
The clalma upon which these people
will settle are between Bend and
Burns, Or. They will Immediately
begin building homes and soon work
will be started in getting the soil in
readiness tor planting.
The Hebrew Agricultural society of
Oregon la backing the movement,
which already Is extending over the
entire country. This organitatiop has
the united support of all the Jewish
societies in the state. Its purpose Is
to find homes tor the Jew Immigrants
where the people may become farmers
and be educated so as to become use
ful citizens.
Groat Oxbow Tunnel Nearly Ready.
Huntington. Considerable activity
Is being shown at the Oxbow project
of the Idaho-Oregon Light & Power
company. Between 20 and 30 carloads
of material have been sent to the site
through this point during the past two
weeks. Great turbine wheels. Im
mense steel tubing, and other material
Indicate that work Is finally under
way to finish this immense and costly
work, which means that Snake river
Is to be lifted clear from its bed and
turned Into a tunnel cut clear through
the mountain side. The river runs la
Its natural channel some seven or
eight miles around the base of the
mountain; the engineers, however,
have cut a tunnel clear through the
mountain, a distance of three-quarters
of a mile only, from side to side, and
through this narrow, short tunael the
whole of the water of the Snake Is to
flow, creating a power that will be
almost immeasurable when the river
is at flood.
TIMBER CASES DROPPED
Last of the Government Timber Caaes
Dismissed on Advice.
Portland. The government wound
op the last of the famous Oregon tim
ber cases, In which Senator Mitchell.
John H. Hall and others were indicted
for alleged land fraud. United States
Attorney John McCourt moved, on
advice from the United States attor
ney general, that the cases against
Winlock W. Streiwer, Hamilton H
Hendricka, Clarence H. Zachary, AdeV
bert C Zachary, Charles A. Watson,
Clyde E. Glass, Binger Hermann, John
H. Hall, Edwin Mays. Franklin P.
Mays, Clark E. Loom Is and Edward
D. Stratford be dismissed.
In advices from Washington, that
t caused Mr. McCourt to take the ac:
tlon, mentioned, it was stated that this
was one of the eases formerly in
charge of Special District Attorney
Francis J. Heney, who conducted the
Mitchell trial. John H. Hall was
granted a full pardon by President
Taft December 1 t t ,j
Will Operate Co-operative Cannery.
Grants Pass. The Grants Pass can
nery, which has not been operated for
the past four years, is to be opened
again this season through the efforts
of members of the grange. The can
nery was first built and operated one
season by a stock company, but later
the establishment passed into the
hands of the First National bank,
since which time its doors have been
closed.
A cooperative company Is now being
organized, however, stock to be taken
by grange members, and a competent
cannery man will be put In charge.
The plant is one of the most complete
in western Oregon, being equipped for
both canning and preserving all kinds
of fruits and vegetables, as well as
having a vinegar factory and spray
factory in connection.
Artisans Form Community,
Marehfleld. The Progressive Co
operative Producers Is the name of a
new organization which has been or
ganized for the purpose of establish
ing a settlement which will be differ
ent from most anything else in the
state. There are now 20 members In
the organization but 100 members are
desired. The purpose Is to start a
settlement which will be operated
along a mutual benefit line.
The society members will take up
land in the Loon lake district between
Coos bay and Scotsburg and they will
not only till the soil, but will also
carry on manufacturing pursuits. The
men who have joined are most all
killed mechanics or carpenters.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
A band of yesRincn blew open the
safe tn the general store of 1-ang.lo'.
ft Cataforth. at Riddlo. and robbed I
of 175, and escnped.
Alvln Croaby, who a few weeks
during a quarrel over the question of
opening an alley shot J. II. Stamm In
the leg, waa fined $100 in the circuit
court at Eugene.
Attorneys for Joseph Mlcelll, mayor
jf Koseburg, charged with selling
standard beer to Robert t'onuer in
August, 1911. presented In the circuit
court a motion for a new trial.
Representative Hawley has Brought
to the attention of the forest service
the desire of people In Lincoln county
that a road be constructed across Slus
law torest and Cape Perpetua,
While working In the rigging of a
logging camp near Gates Clifford
Wolf was almost iustantly killed when
he waa struck on the head by a limb
six Inches in diameter which broke
from a tree upon which the fallen
were at work.
Curtis Gardner, who graduated from
the University of Oregon a few years
ago, and lately opened an architect's
office In Kugend, was struck In the
eye by a nail he was trying a drive.
and grave fears tor the sight are felt
by his physician.
The first train over the Salem. Falls
City ft Dallas railroad bridge, con
necting the east and west sides of the
Willamette, crossed lust week. None
but railroad men were allowed to ride
as the trip waa to test the stability
of the new structure.
The jury In the case of Mrs. Bertha
Dygert against the city of Eugene
(electrical department) and the Ore
gon Power company to recover dam'
ages for Injuries received In an elec
tric shock, returned a verdict for the
plaii.tlff la the sum of $4000.
One of the Important land deala of
the past week was the sale of the
3000-acre wheat farm lying on Rock
creek. In Gilliam county, the consid
eration being approximately $60,000.
The farm was purchased from S. K.
Beggs. of Rathdrum, Idaho, by a Paul
sen of Llnnton.
To pay an unique election bet, B. H.
Anderson, former genera secretary
of the Butler, Pennsylvania, chamber
of commerce, who backed Roosevelt
againrt the Held, left Portland, Maine,
leading a donkey, which he will con
tinue to lead across the country to
Portland, Oregon.
The Hood River Gas A Electric
company has withdraws Its former
rates for the furnishing of light to
the city, and beginning March L is
supplying the city with light at the
rate granted to the Hydro-Electric
company, w hich Is an Increase of 100
per cent over the old rate.
Several trappers in the vicinity of
Monmouth report great success this
winter In catching skunks, inuskrats
and coons. W. L. Phillips and Ed
mund Terryl caughu 12 skunks la
one day, which netted them more than
$2S. Others report equal success and
they find trapping profitable.
The Ocean Beach company of Min
neapolis has completed its camp near
Randolph, north of Whiskey Run, 12
miles from Bandon. The company Is
now freighting its 40-ton traction
dredge to the beach from the Bullard
wharf on Coquille river. Steamer Til
lamook nnloaded the monster ma
chine. A Mexican who was being taken to
the penitentiary at Salem from Coos
county by Sheriff Gage, and who es
caped from that officer at Drain by
climbing out of a window of the Per
kins hotel, was recaptured. He was
without his outer clothing, the sheriff
having kept those garments In his
own room.
J. F. Goeller Son, of Kiamath
Falls, have taken a contract to cut,
mill and ship about 3,000,000 feet of
timber, near the Meadow Lake mill.
They will ship to Hugh McGuyer and
associates and will put a large force
of men to felling the timber at once.
They expect to finish the work Inside
of four months.
The city of Grants Pass Is consider
ing the erection of a library to cost
$12,500. The proposition comes from
the Carnegie Library corporation of
New York. It is probable that an
amendment will be made to the char
ter and the people given an opportuni
ty to express themselves on the sub
ject at the polls.
The office of the Elmlra Lumber
company In Eugene was broken Into
and the safe blown up. The men se
cured $30 In cash and left several
hundred dollars in checks strewn over
the floor. The outer door of the safe
had been left unlocked and the bur
glars blew out the Inner door with
nitroglycerine, making a pocket of
chewing gum.
That an incendiary attempted to
Dun the $4000 schoolhouse recently
completed In school district 21, across
the North Santiam river from the
town of Gates, was the report receiv
ed by Linn county officers. Fires
were set In both the new schoolhouse
and the old one, which stood beside
it. The old building was seriously
damaged, but the Tire was extinguish
ed In the new structure without great
loss.
MRS. W000R0W WILSON
h y
Mrs. Wood row Wilson, who will be
first lady of the land and preside ever
the White .House four years.
WILSON HONORED AT HOME
People of Princeton Wish President
Elect God Speed.
Princeton, N. J. Thousands of the
home folk of Princeton and with them
the students of Princeton University,
gave Wood row Wilson a farewell de
monstration as they bade him god
speed to the white house.
It waa a unique tribute to the man
who, after 2? years of residence tn the
historic town, had been elevated to
the presidency of the United States,
In that both students and townsfolk
joined In cheering him.
A brass band, a glare of fireworks.
and continuous cheering brought the
president-elect to the door of his bun
galow. The streets were muddy, but
the marchers trudged merrily along.
When they reached the Wilson home
a great cheer went up. C. S. Robin
ton, Republican, and A. S. Leigh, a
Democrat, bore a silver loving cup.
Colonel David M. Fllnn presented It In
a brief speech.
British Mobs Turbulent
London. The public temper Is ris
ing against the suffragettes. Wild
scenes were witnessed In Hyde park
when a mob of several thousand broke
up a suffragette meeting held under
the leadership of "General" Mrs. Flora
Drummond.
AMERICAN TROOPS
KILL 4 MEXICANS
Donglos, Arit, For nearly half an
hour Sunday morning a force of $0
Mexican soldiers engaged 16 L'nlted
States troopers of the Ninth Cavalry,
under Lieatenant Mlchaelson, on the
international boundary line here until
probably six of the Mtxlcans had been
killed, several wounded and troops E
and F, of the Ninth Cavalry, arrived
to reinforce the handful of Americans.
Four American army officers, walk
ing on the American line three miles
from Douglas were fired on by 60
regular Mexican soldiers patrolling the
border oat of Agua Prieta, oposlte
Douglas. Sixteen of the negro troop
ers ot the Ninth rushed to the place
of the firing, and a spirited skirmish
ensued.
The Mexicans were routed, leaving
four killed on the field and others
straggling through the brush nursing
their wounds. It Is said that the
American troops became so excited
that they overstepped the boundary
and pursued the Mexicans for some
distance.
Crooks Must Leave Service.
Albany, N. Y. Commenting on the
Thaw scandal at Matteawan asylum
for the criminal Insane, which already
has resulted In the resignation of Dr.
John W. Russell, the superintendent
of the asylum, Governor Sulzer made
It plain that all crooked state officials
must go.
Friedmann Treats Rich and Poor
New York. The widespread atten
tion which, has been drawn to the tu
berculosis treatment of Dr. Frlederlch
Friedmann, the German bacteriologist,
will be brought to a climax this week.
The announcement Is made that Dr.
Friedmann will open offices and for
two weeks conduct a public clinic
where the poor as well as the rich
will be treated.
THE MARKET8.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 86c; bluestem, 96c;
red Russian, 84c.
Hay Timothy, $15; alfalfa, $1160.
Butter Creamery, 37c.
Eggs Candled, 19c.
Hops 1912 crop, 17c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16c; Wil
lamette valley, 20c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 98c; club, 95c;
red Russian, 85c.
Eggs 19c.
Butter Creamery, 35c.
Hay Timothy, $13 per ton; alfalfa,
$13 per ton.
"VOODLARK
T
Peatroy Oophers. Bag Rata. Squirrels and Prairie TVig. Requires no prep.
SI!! . '"fit,". " t"J " AIV Helloblo. When you buy demand the
best get the Woodlark" Hrand. Hqulrreia like It and a alngl a.rn.l fcl'ie.
Moat economical poison ma.L. Hundreds have boon killed with the con
i"?l?tw '"' cn; l not wait until too late to kill tha posts. Vee
KAKLt when nntural food la scarce and before the young are bm fiw
best results. Money back If your not satlaned. At your Dealer
CLA-RC, sVOOOwAP.0 ONUO CO., POMTUNQ. Out.
DeLAVAL
Cream Separators
Sold on Easy Terms
Pioneer
Prineville, Oregon
LUMBER
I. i' I
Hudson
REO AND HUDSON
AUTOMOBILES
The New Hudion 3V
Hudson "54" A, Six
Reo the Fifth
J. C. Robinson, Agent,
Madras, Ore.
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It Pleases
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to know that our meat is entrusted to tiie care, for he knows that tfood
2," r.'.th? b8ttle "W? "? Can tle l.t "Zlti w tl?rur
meats it is to tender and delicious. Onr Jieef. Mutton Veal Pnrlt are
City Meat Market
5i
Cream Co.
Shingles, Moulding, Windows,
Doors, Glaiwea, Etc. Etc., Eto.
SHIPP & PERRY
PRINEVII.I.K nRirr.nw
the Chef
fill Million
hi I lie rlmilt court i-f the stnte if
Or. tf.in fur the ri.uiity of Crook.
Aunlc Muling, plaintiff,
vs.
Alfred ti, Kllcfaon. defendant.
To Allrcd U. I.IIcImoii, ilctsdiint
above niiinrtl :
I" the imine of the state n Orrgosi
yi.tl Hie lii'tvtiy required to appear
ami ntiewer the coliiilulUl tiled
ntiiliiit you In the above en title J
court nml entire mi or U lure the TtU
ilny of Mulch, llMil, Mini If you fall to
nnewer the enlil eoini'iiliit or other
wlw pica. I thereto, on or In-for SMliI
ilny. Hie I'liiliililt will n..lv to the
court for l tin rellel .rnil lor lu brr
eotiiiiilut : To-M lt, lor the lore
cloeiire of I hut ccrinln ui.irtgiigtrie
clltinl liy Altrv.l ti. IjI.-Ihihi ou thw
jxib ilny ol th tolier, IIMU. lu Uvor ol
Annie Milling pliilnim, stud luort
gnglUK Hie i m ) m-eiloii 31 ami
aw) vJ seellou 112, ti U south,
rm. te '.'I cum, VY. M , In Crook coun
ty. Orcir.in, nml for decree ol the.
tn l of mhiiI irciulce to iy snl.l
mottling.-cools nml nttoruvy free,
nml nccriilng roots nml thai you ami
nil pernou claiming umkr you, be
forever Imrrril nml fmertoiwd ol Mil
tiiiity ol rvileiiiitloii lu k prctu-lM-e
Mild every purl tlierei.l.
This mi in mini la pul.lli.twd by tbw
order ol the Union. Lie O Springer.
Judge ol l lie county court hI ths
coiiiily of Crook, atMlt'of Oregon,
untile on Ilie2.'ii.l iliiv ol Jiivnry,
MIS, nml iivcrllil tlmt tills a link
III. ilia lie (iiilillaheil loralsfoiiaeruilv
seek III aevcll suereoalve IsalH-o In
the Crook Comity Jouttml, a weekly
iu-WK.H-r, pnlilUlieil In I'rliievllle.
Crook e.iiiiiiv, alnte ol Oregon. The)
dnte ol the Drat nil.UcutU.u of tbha
ailllilliolia la the 2tr.l ilny of Jilll'lnrv,
lui:i, mill I he tint ol the Inat uliil
cut Ion will I Mnrrh tUh. lKl.'l.
Iitttcd nml .iiI.IUIm'U the drat II law
Jnininry SEInl. IMS
Timothy K. J. lfKrv,
Attorney lor plaintiff.
Hoiks of Micnlt's .Snlu.
In the circuit court nl the stale ol
Oreaxin ..r Crunk entity
William HAIaln, plaintiff,
v.
J II. Bean, I'efrml.nt.'
Nonce is lieioliy given that nnJar
and by viitur ol sn elocution snd order
nl ale ol real estate, laaue.1 out of tha
a aive entitled ruun In the ahovs en
titled suit, on the 11th day ol February.
11113, upon s Ju.lsinenl made, renderetl
and entered iu said cause on the Wilt
lay ol Aiiku-I, IlllJ, In favor ol the.
above named plaintiff, Wl'lis n liald
win, snd anaUiat ilie above named Ue
fen.lati', J. II. (Wan, lor the inm of
Two Thousand dollars, with Interest
i hereon at the rale id eight per cent per
annum Imin the Uth day ol May, 1911),
until l.l, and for the lurther sum ol
Two Hundred dollats at ailorney's fees,
and lor the lurther turn ol Ten dollar,
as roots, and alilch said elocution ami
order ol aale wss directed lo me, ami
commands me to sell the hereinafter
drsciltied real etate to snllaly aaij
Indgmrnl, attorney's lee, costs ami se
eming coats.
Now, I here lore, notice la farther
given that 1 have It-vied upoa. nnder
aid elocution and Older, and will, on
Sataroav, lk 12U say of March. ItlX
at the hour ol lu o'clock In the lure
noun of that day, al the Irnnt door of
the Ooorlliuuae, In I'rlnvvllle, Crook
county, state ol Oregon, sell, at public
auction to the hlgheat bidder lor rsah.
all the right. titl and Interest tha unl
delendsni, J. II llean, had on Hit I (it hi
day of May, lull), or any time lubae-
uiienl thrrrtn, lu snd to the Mluwhig;
iWrltw.l prrm lo.wit : The north
east ttisner nl section thirty-Are, in
township lllteen eniith, ol rsuge lour
leen eaal ol the Willamette Meridian in
Crook county, male ol Oregon, toaatla.
Iv Mid Judgment, attorney ' lees, roila
and accruing coata.
lated ami nuhllaheil Brat time tlilsa
2uth day of I'ebruarv. I'.H.'f.
Kkank Ki.kiw.
Hlierlff of Cronk rnnnry. state ol Orefoir.
ny i'. ii. i eopirt, ueputy.
Nlirin'Triaie
Ily virtue of nn execution. (Iina
nod order ol sale leaned out ol tli
circuit court ol thestnte of Onron
for the county ol Crook iiuil la-urlnn
the ai-nl ol an lit court, to me illrecteil
nml dntiil the lrtth ilny of Jiuiunrr
lill.l, upou a decree ol lon'lieure ut
a certiiln niortuiige nml )iiil(ineii t
reudereil nml entered In snlil rotirt
on the llth ilny ol lietvinU'r, 1H12, lu
n ense where Ailolph Gnllnnil una
lilnlntlR nml W. H. I'nrrla, (irnce r.
Kurrla, hi wile, nml Koltcrt 1 llitr
Idaon ami l.m-y K, llurblaon, lila
wife, were .defemlnnla, anlil iliree
nml JmlKiiietit ladmc In fnvor of tin
said plnlntirt nml ngiiliiat nil the ilc-
leinliiiita herein iintned, tut JiulKinciit
del i torn In the Hum ol twelve hiiiMlreiB
ami thlrtv-tiltie- l$l,2:m) ilollura with
Intereaf. thereon Irom the an 1.1 lltlk
day ol Dwemlier, 1UI2, at the rate of
ten per rent, per milium, ami uue.
hundred 1100) (lollur nttornev'si
leeH, nml the lurther sum of nineteen
dollars ami aevcnty-fiverentaltlB 76
coats, anil the coats Incident to nml
iii.'crulnit upnii the service ol the writ
of execution, and coiiiinandlntc me
to make ante of the real nronorkv
emliruced In anlil decn of foredo.
tire ami bundnafter desert bed, 1 will
on
Satarday, Ika Fiftnatk D.r of Marca. 1913.
at the hour ol 2 o'clock In the after
noon ol mild day. Irom the north
"tops of the county courthouse ut.
rrineville, crook cotintv. Orecon.
"l I at public auction to the hlfrhcet
bidder for cusli lu liiiml, all the rlnht.
title and Interest which the defend
ant, W. S. Kurrls, (Irnce P. Karris,
hi wife, ami Kolwrt E. Harbtsou
and Lucy K. Harbison, his wile, nr
either of them tmd ou the llth Unw
ot uccetniier, una, or any Interest
that all or either of said defendantu
may have ncqiilred since that date,
or now have, to tin. i,.n,,i,,',i..
scribed real property, to-wlt I
The eiist hull ( J) nl the north-west
quarter (t) and we.it half ut th
J"'"',"' timrinr f4) ol section. !)(,
townshlii seventeen (I7ia,,,,n, ........
fifteen (15) east of tha Wlirm.,e?.
nierldiau, lylnir nml sltnuto lo ri-,,L-
county, state of Orenon.
r so lmicii of Buid pmperty n
w II HatlNfysiilil decree amt fiwliriiieut
With tllH VOHtH nml n,..,.l.w. . .......
mild mile to he niailu MiilnVvft to con
lirniiitlon and re(luiiii)Ui,ubjt law
provided.
Dated at PrlnnvlllB, Oreirori. tnr
27th day of January, 19ia S " 1 f
2. ... . I''HANK Fl.KtN
Sheriff of Cnu.li ..,,,,...