OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAUNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
FRANKLIN K. LANE
$4,000,000 TIMBER DEAL
Porter Irethsr Buy 102.000 Acrt of
Land In Linn County.
l'orlliuid. Porter llrothera, railroad
Contrnitnra. ar.reed to pay 14.000,000
to Hi Oroiiun ft Wattirn C'olotilsatlun
outt'Hiiy tor 10,uuO acrea of land In
rnsttrii 1 .1 n u county, t-oii ( h I nl ii k 4.000,
Oon.ooo feel of (ho best yellow fir tim
ber ever grown, and will begin Imm
dlalo development of th property by
building a railroad to It from Albany,
Zt ntllce away, mid by erecting two
sawmill on the soulh fork of th
Bnniltim river, which tuna through It
They propos to cut the timber on
their ut'wly acquired In lid a fat a
II con bo hauled !)',
The property la located entirely be
tween the Wlllameli meridian, which
forma the wealern border and the
crest of the Cascade ratine, whlrh
form the eastern border. It la 11
mllra wide, but Include! only every
aliiTimie eectlon.
Cood Roada Aaaoclatlon Organised.
Itosoburg Ilellevlng that paaaabl
highway are Important In the devel
opment of a community and that they
can only be brought about through
the cooperation of the common peo
ple, di Vsutlon from various locali
ties of liouiiliu county met and or
ganised what will ba known aa Ihe
Ikmrlaa County Good Koads Aaaocla
tlon. The object of the local aaao
olmlun la to net aa many auxiliary
orKiuiUoiloiia launched In arloui
part of tut rounly aa possible. In
Intrreatlng the people living In the
nirnl dlatrlcla. It la believed that the
membership of the aaaoclatlon can
loon be Increaaed to HOO or 2000.
While working on a farm at Tlgard
l.loyd I'nlnraon, a deaf mute, loat hla
li'ft hand when dynamite exploded pre
maturely. Much Intereat la being manifested In
the loganberry liiduatry around Jef
ferson. About 100 acrea, adjoining
town, are being cleared preparatory
to pin nt Inn.
Almoat without an exception farm
em In Vmatllla county ara compelled,
by reaaon of a recent heavy breeta, to
rcaecd their barley crop, which
amounta to more than (0,000 buahela
each year.
The Charles K, Rpauldlng lagging
company haa b-aaed lha plant and
property of the Newberg Brick k Til
oompany from the receiver In whoaa
hnnda they were placed aeveral
moniha ago.
When the county court recently at
Pendleton made a call for blda for
burying paupera, John 8. Itaker, of
that city, offered to enter Into a eon
tract to bury the county'! dead at 1
cent per head.
Governor Went, flam Warden Fin
ley and Game Commlaaloner Kelly
will bunt cougara and wlldcata east
of Kugene, to tears the extent of dam
age don by the animal. They will
ba gone three week.
Dr. U Victoria Hampton la th first
woman to file a declaration of Intea
tlon to become a candidate for city
office In I'ortland. Bh will make th
rac for th Republican nomination
for councilman at large.
The city trwaaury of The Da Ilea waa
awelled 11000 by the failure of th
Hydroelectric company to comply
with II agreement with that munlcl
pnllty, and th concern likewise loaea
Ita francbla to furnish electric light
and power there.
Announcement to th effort that a
railroad wilt be built from Albany Into
the timber on the weat alop of th
Cascade mountain la conatrued to
mean conatructlon of th first link
of an eaat nnd weat line acroa th
ttuta by the Hill ayatem.
The Hood River Apple Grower un
Ion baa taken It In band to aupply It
mumbera with all klnda of material
used on the farm at a wholeaale price,
May Solve Myattry of S Year.
Hood River. Th body of a man
found throe mile eaat of Hood River
thought to solve mystery of flv ' B(irny m(ltcriBl tprnyn. machlnea,
hay, grain, and Ilk thing will be fur
years bko. Oold cull Button uraring
the Initial "If point to Identification
if Mr, Hammon. of the Bwannllam
non i.utnlMT company of White Salm
on, who auddenly dlaappenrod from
Hood River, leaving bla wife In th
parlor of th Hotel Oregon her. H
left juat before the luncheon hour, giv
ing her hi purs upon leaving.
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Franklin K. Lan, of California, who
la Secretary of the Interior In Prel
dent Wilson' Cabinet
RECALL MOVEMENT BEGUN
Frederick Oppostd for Atklng Sec
ond Trial of Da r row
I.O Angelca. Plana of labor union
to alart a movement for th recall of
District Attorney John D. Fredericks
because of hi attitude toward labor
and toward Clarence 8. Darrow, the
attorney whoa aecond trial on a Jury
bribery charge ended Saturday In
disagreement, were announced by A
J. Mooney, aecretary of th Lo An
gelea County Ilulldlng Trade Council
Mooney tald the movement wa
backed not only by the organltatlon
of which he la aecretary, but alao by
the Lo Angeles County Central Labor
Council. He declared that Frederick,
before bla last election, had promised
a "square deal to the worklngman,'
but that since election he had "double-
crossed" them.
NEW FARMS MADE POSSIBLE
Reclamation of Hundred of Thou
ard of Acrea May Follow Survey
Salem. With $100,000 available, th
work of making s detailed aurvey of
the resources of th Deachutea river
can be commenced Juat aa aoon aa
John 11. Lewis, atate engineer, and the
chief of the reclamation service agree
on the provisions of the contract be
tween' the atnte and the government
for the expenditure of thla fund. At
present, the contract la being held up
because the atnte engineer wanta to
have Ita provlxlnna broad enough to
cover other atrenms besides the Des
chutes, and the chief of the reclama
tion aervlce haa drawn the contract
so a.i to confine the work to that one
river.
This fund of $100,000 la made up by
an appropriation of $50,000 from the
state nnd $50,000 from the govern
ment. This la suld to bo the first time
the government has agreed to co-operate
with a slate on such a large
acalj In a matter of this kind. Its Im
portance la much greater than la gen
erally understood.
Success of Appl Sal Astounding.
Portland. Portland's first general
annln aaln. the hlirirest In the history
of the United State for the same the Nehalora country, la making tenta-
nlshrd the grower and th retailer's
profit will be aaved to the consumer.
The coroner' Jury, Investigating th
death of John Van Slyke, who waa
killed at Weston In a saloon fight
brought In a verdict elating that 8. B.
Couch, with whom Van Slyke had the
fight, wa responsible for the killing,
but did not charge him with murder,
and he haa been held to toe circuit
court In $2000 ball.
Forty thouannd dollar In gold,
greenbacks, stiver and checks leer
tlflvd), were turned over to County
Treasurer Dlmmlck at Coqullle by
Sheriff Gage. Thla amount rv resent
ed taxes collected In the last week,
and It waa by far the largest amount
received since the recent ruah to pay
taxej haa begun.
With the coming of the railroad
Myrtle Ponlt haa developed an unus
ual thirst and now desire to possess
saloons of Its own so that the dry
ones can be accommodated right at
homo. At least ao a petition filed with
the county court states and the court
has set apart April 7 as the day on
which to vote on the question.
The greatest fruit crop the Rogue
river vulley has yet experienced I
predicted by all orchard men In that
locality. There remains but one ele
ment to durkon the prospect, frost,
but probably by continuous smudging
th growers will vanquish even that
foe. 8ome fruit men say they would
like to have a few buds nipped as that
would do away with part of the enor
mous summer thinning.
The Dullots Lumber company, which
owns large bodies of fine timber in
paoo of time, ended with a record of
between 20,000 and 26,000 boxes of
appcla Bold, an average of about eight
npplea for each man, woman and child
In the city.
Compared with the. famous apple
sale nt Chicago, last month, whon 84,
000 boxes of apples were moved,nnd
considering the difference In popula
tion, Portlaad families purchased near
ly three, times the quantity of fruit.
Oldtlme Malheur Camp la Revived.
Malheur. Following the example of
Its slater town of Brogan, 18 miles
south, thU old mining camp, in the
extreme northern end of Malheur
eounty, hold a mass meeting and rais
ed a large cash bonus for the estab
lishment here of the Malheur Mining
News, a new weekly newspaper. The
publisher receiving the bonus will put
In a plant here, as well as at Brogan,
and the Malheur Mining Now and
the Brogan Herald will make their
Initial appearance about April 1, one
on Tuesday and one on Friday. "
Salem Center of Big Gam Prerv.
Salem. When senate bill 20S goes
Into effeot th city of 8alm will b
the center of a new gam preserve,
to be called the Capital Qam retuse.
South Dakota Sets Saloon Limit
Pierre, 8. D. The South Dakota
legtbluture. Just before adjournment of
the session, passed a bill providing
that only one saloon license may be
Issued to each 600 Inhabitants with
the exception that two saloons are
permitted In each town regardless of
slxe.
ARMED REBELS
NEAR BORDER
Douglas, Aril. Encamped within
striking distance of eeveraJ border
town, gre 8500 constitutional troops
while Insurrectos smong federal gar
rlsons have strengthened materially
the rebel force.
The last word received from the
besieged city of Nacoiari waa from
the telegraph operator, who flashed
"too hot for me here," and left his key
before all wires between Douglas and
Nacoiari were cut
Open revolt and scenes of disorder
have occurred among the 250 federal
defenders of A sua Prieta, and the mil
Itary officials there gave warning to
all Americans to leave the town.
The beat cltlxens of Agua Prlcta
generally fled to Douglas, while the
drunken and rebel lous soldiers pa
raded the streets crying "Viva Made
ro!" "Viva Maytorena!" and "Viva
Dlax!" Brawls between politically es
tranged companions In arms added to
the confusion and terror which held
the town In Its grip.
tlve plans for an outlet for the timber
by Ihe construction of a railroad Ao
the Columbia river. The road will be
built from the heart of the Nehalem
oounlry to a point In the vicinity of
St, Helens. It Is understood that It
will be a standard road and thus made
avallnble for general traffic .
As the result of a fight In which a
lnrgt; and ugly knife and an ax were
freely used, Frank Day occupies a cell
In the county Jail nt Salem, and Fred
Corbln lies at his home. The fight
occurred In a rooming-house, and the
men toll different stories. Day re
ceived a bad scalp wound from th
ax wielded by Corbln, and Corbln a
deep, ,ugly gash from a knife used
by Day, as well as other, wounds.
First through-train Bervice over the
Salem, Falls City & Western since It
was taken over by the Southern Paci
fic was Inaugurated out of the state
capital. The service is made possible
through the completion of the bridge
across the Willamette between Saltm
and West Salem, which has Just been
turned over to the operating depart
ment The through trains will be op
erated from Salem to Dallas, Falls
City and Black Rock, and also be
tween Salem and Independence, Mosy
mouth and Alrlle, ...
Opium Will Be Burned
Pckln. The National Antt-Oplum
congress, with a view to assisting
China to suppress the opium trade,
will appeal to the Young Men's Christ
Ian association and missionary socie
ties throughout the world to open
funds for the purchase of as large a
portion as possible of the opium stock
at the treaty ports. The stocks will
be burned.
Annexation of Isle of Pines Desired
Pittsburg. Announcement has been
tnado by Thomas J. Keenan, president
of the American association of the
Isle of Pines, that a petition directed
to President Wilson and the senate,
requesting annexation of the Island
will be put In circulation In this coun
try and the Isle of Pines.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 86c; bluestem, 99c;
red Russian, 85c.
Hny Timothy, $15; alfalfa, $1150.
Butter Creamery, 37c.
Eggs Candled, 17c.
Hops 1912 crop, 17c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 16c; Wil-
I lamette valley, 20c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 99c; club, 86c;
red Russian, 86c. ,
Eggs 17c.
Butter Creamery, 35o.
Hay Timothy, $16 per ton; alfalfa,
$14 per ton.
Public Sale.
1 will sell at rnv ranch, two mile eart
oi poet, on main road, on Saturday,
March 1 ), Ii:i, 10 bead ol llorsx, 4
Milch Cows, 1 Oliver Bulky Plow, 1
I leering Mower, 1 Champion Mower
and kake, 1 Hay Buck, 1 Walking Plow,
1 Hteel Harrow, etc. Alio a lot of
Household turnitur and onmeroas
other articles. Term of sale: Allium
under $20, rash ; on turns of (2f and
over a credit of nil month will be
given, purchaser giving note with ap
proved security. lltxsr UacMr.a.
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Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by th onder.
rig-ned, th administratrix of the estate
ol Charles A. Oraves, deceased, to ail
creditors of and all person having
claim against raid estate to present
them with tbe proper voucher tj the
undersigned at the office of M. K.
Kll;ott in Prineville, Oregon, within six
months from tbe first publication of
tins notice.
Haled this 13th day of February, 1013.
Moxa tiasvsH,
Administratrix of the estate of Charles
A. Oraves. deceased.
Hoticc for Publication.
r-psrtmnt of the Interior,
U.K. LandOfflocallhe Ualli. Ornon,
Fehrnarj 4nb. UK.
Notice la beivt.y siren Ibal
Marlon Mavttetd
of Prineville, On-gon. wbo, on Marrh 10th,
1US. made uesert utna entry, no. ovum, ror
swt.aeH section , 4 n-?4. and se4 nw1-
wctlon 7, lowDfhlP 17 south, ranee 17 east.
Willamette Meridian, haa Bled nolle of In
tention to make final proof, to establish
claim to tbe land shore deaerlbed before
Tliuolhr R. J. Iuflr. V. . Commissioner, st
hlaomee at rnnerllle. Oregon, oo toe win
day of March. Il.
Muvflelri. Henrr Hlnrer. Frank Pllvester. all
of Prtnerllle, Orecon, and Benjamin Hinder-
man of Koberta, Oregon.
2-Xip C. W. MOORE, Beclsler.
Notice of Final Accounting.
Nolle is hereby given by the under
igced, the assignee for tbe benefit of
creditor of Lena M. Lamb, that be ha
filed with the clerk of tbe circuit court
of the state o' Oregon far Crook county,
his said final accounting of hi adminis
tration of ssid estate and that tbe said
final accounting will be heard and
passed upon by the said court on Mon
day, tbe 5th day of May, 1913.
Dated thi 13th dy of February, 1913.
D. F. Stewart,
, Assignee.
Here everywhere in the frozen north in the
fever ridden swamps of the tropics they look to
me for aid.
To the invalid, the convalescent, the old, the
infirm, I give real helpful service.
A little of me goes a long way.
Cyrus Noble, pure and old.
W."J. Van Schuyver & Company, Agents, Portland
Citation.
In the county court of the Slate of Or
egon, for the count' of Crook.
In the matter of the estate of Mary
Wilkins, deceased Citation.
To the heirs unknown of Mary Wil
kins, deceased, greeting:
In tbe name of the state of Oregon,
you are hereby cited and required to
appear in the county court of the state
01 Oregon, for the county of Crook at
the court room thereof, at Prineville,
in the county of C'ook, on Monday, the
7th day of April, 1913. at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon of that day, then and
there to show cause, if any there be,
why an order should not be made by
this court authorising tbe administra
tor of said estate to sell all the real
property of said deceased at private
taie as in the petition prayed for.
Witness, the Hon. It. Springer, judge
of tbe connty court of tbe state of Or
egon for the county of Crook, with the
etal of said court affixed this 5th day
February, a. D., 1!)13.
2 6 Attest: Wsebkn Bbows, Clerk.
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United States Bonds 12.500 00
Bank Fremises,ete 13.M 12
Cub A Due from banks 2W,ftM 04
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Surplus fund, earned... 50,000 00
Undivided profits, earned 56
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