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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAUNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Fir Frottction It Big Drain.
ftalem. During the year 1112 stock
fire insurant- companies operating In
Oregon collected over twice aa much
tn premiums as they paid out lu fire
Irises. The total premiums collected,
according to a statement issued by
State Insurance Commissioner J. W.
Ferpuson. for the year were $3,252,
I?3. while the total amount paid out
lor fire losses was J 1,647.936.
Schedule Is Arranged.
Corvallls. An official schedule of
Oregon Electric service for Corvallls,
via the branch from Gray, tour miles
cast of this city, announce 10 trains
each way dally. Each main line train
north and south will be met at Gray,
and two through train between Cor
vallis and Portland will be operated,
with a running schedule of three
lours.
INDUSTRIAL BODY NAMED
eckwlth, Marshall and Babcoek Ar
Chosen.
Salem. Harvey Beckwlth and W. A.
Uarshall, of Portland, and C. D. Bab
eock, of Salem, will constitute .the
Industrial accident commission creat
ed under the workmen's compensation
act passed by the last legislature. The
appointment wr mad public by
overnor West and correspond to pre
diction that have been made as to
the personnel of the commission.
1'nder the terms of the act it is con
templated that three member of the
commission shall represent the varied
Interests In the state one the employ
er, one the employe and one member
(he people of the state at large.
Fallowing out the contemplation of
t8e terms of the act. Governor West
BB-nred Mr. Beckwith to represent the
employers, Marshall to represent the
laboring Interests and Babcoek to rep
resent the state at large.
GTendalc Man Murdered in Cabin.
Glendale. A murder was committed
at Wolf Creek, four mile from this
city, and Jim Berry, a section hand,
wcrJl recently employed by the South
ern Pacific here, was the victim. It 1
believed the crime was committed by
a man named Chapman, who resided
at Wolf Creek. The body of the mur
dered man was found In Chapman's
cabin with the skull crushed. Chap
nan la missing. When Berry was last
teen be and Chapman were together
and are thought to have gone to the
miter's cabin for the night. Both men
Bad been drinking heavily and the
crime is probably the result of a
drunken row.
i Henry is Acquitted.
Albany. Ralph Henry, acquitted ol
a charge of murder in the first degree
for the killing of George Dodd near
Corvallls last October, was taken to
the state insane asylum at Salem on a
jonnnitment made by Judge Keily,
Based on the verdict of the jury, which
found Henry not guilty on grounds of
insanity.
Henry will remain in the asylum un
tit experts pronounce him entirely
sane and entitled to liberty. Henry
walked out cheerfully from jail, where
he has passed the last four and ons
lalf months. He expects to be liber
ated within a few days.
TWO DIE ON THE GALLOWS
fumphrey Brothers Do Not Flinch On
Scaffold.
Salem. Expiating their crime ot
she murder of Eliza Griffith, near Phil
cmath, in June, 1911, George and
Charles Humphreys went to their
doom without a murmur. Both of tha
men walked stolidly to the scaffold,
SBcended the steps with firm tread
nd without flinching allowed the pri
son officials to strap their arms and
legs, while Barr G. Lee, Episcopal min
ister, was declaring their innocence tj
tte assembled witnesses.
The two men died as they had HvjJ
stolid and apparently stunned to
their surroundings, and seemingly un
appreciative of the awful fate whico
awaited them.
Veterans Can Attend Celebration.
Salem. According to the provisions
ef a measure passed by the last legis
lature making a $5000 appropriation
lor veterans of the Civil War who par
Wipated In the battle of Gettysburg,
to attend, the celebration of the GOtb
anniversary of the event in I'ennsyl
lanla, the governor is to appoint one
or two commissioners to act with the
BennBylvania commission in arrang
ing for the celebration, and they are
to receive their actual traveling ex
penses. Further, It is provided that
as many of the soldiers as the appro
priation will care for shall be entitled
to attend. Those first applying shall
be given preference, it is provided.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Lou A. Heberlln, pioneer of south
ern Oregon, committed suicide by
hanging at Grant Pa.
Z. A. French ot Atrlt received la
change a aihrer dollar which he had
marked and spent in Earlham. Iowa,
11 years ago.
The Neahcoxie .Hotel, formerly the
old Gearhart Hotel, which for 25 year
has been an historic beach landmark,
burned to the ground.
A Monmouth dairyman received last
month a check for J15S.1S for the
cream produced from hi herd of Jer
sey cows, making an average of $14.37
for each cow.
Public landa will be the principal
topic at the western governor' con
ference in Utah, probably tn June, un
der the plans of Governor West, whj
is president of that conference.
Governor West has appointed C. C.
Glbba ot Lakeview to the office ot
county attorney of Lake county, under
the provisions of tha county attorney
law, which become effective June 4.
James Stephens, city marshal ot Mil
ton, who has arrested several for vio
lation ot the ordinance which prohib
it spitting on the sidewalk, wa him
self fined 12.50 and coat for the same
offense.
W. S. Anderson has been deprived
by law ot marrying Mary Tlbbete, the
last of the Columbia River tribe ot
Indian, with whom he had lived for
10 years, and who la the mother ot hi
two children.
With the death of Wong Gee, the
Baker concert band 1 mourning the
loss of its Chinese soloist. During
the summer concerts the oriental
would ait on the bandstand and sing
with the musician.
Mrs. Roy K. Johnson, wife of the en
gineer at the Fischer-Bally sawmill tn
Springfield, I at a local hospital la a
serious condition a a result ot being
badly burned when ber clothing caught
Are from the kitchen stove.
O. H. Todd, of Eugene, and Alfred
Todd, of Portland, have leased sever
al hundred acre of land eight mile
east of Eugene, where they will ei
gage extensively In the (rowing ot
peppermint for the market
Escaping from the asylum at Che
mawa where he was committed last
fall after terrorising the neighborhood
for several year. Lewis Hah a. self
styled "Emperor Solomon," wa cap
tured after a few hours' liberty. .
Arthur Eugene Davis, to-year-old
son ot Rev. M. C. Davis, of Wolf
Creek, was killed at the Hon Baoe
mine on Coyote Creek by a prematura
explosion. He wa taken to Wolf
Creek, but died without regaining con
sciousness. William Hartman, an employe of the
Oregon Electric was electrocuted
while working In the mouth of a tun
nel near Orvllle. Member of the
railroad commission are making an
Investigation of the accident It has
not been learned whether the man
had relatives.
Thomas Myers, while handling ma
chinery for the Belcher mine at Whit
ney, was killed by a heavy flywheel
falling on him. Hi back wa broken,
and be lived but a short while after
the accident A special engine wa.9
sent to Sumpter for a physician, but
the injured man died before help ar
rived. Sheep shearing is practically all
finished In Polk county for this season.
The farmers say that the yield of wool
is much lighter this year than foi
many years past and attribute the
cause to the few storms during the
winter. Three or four pounds pet
sheep are the average among man)
large flocks.
The city council of Newport adopted
a resolution censuring the United
States engineer corps for reporting a
depth of only 8 or 9 feet of water on
Yaquina bay bar and ordering the city
recorder to write to the Oregon sena
tors and representatives asking them
to take early action in obtaining an
authoritative survey of the Yaquina
bar.
Eugene Hanford of The Dalles hat
been nominated for midshipman In the
Annapolis naval academy by Congress
man Sinnott and Addison Y. Flnkel
burg of Baker is named as alternate.
Examinations will be held in Pendle
ton or Baker on April 15. Any other
young men aged between 16 and 20
years are eligible to take the examin
ation. The contract has been let for the
bridge to be built by Marion county
and Yamhill county jointly at a point
near Newberg over the Willamette
river. The contract for the construc
tion was let to the Pacific Coast
Bridge company, and the steel to the
Northwest Steel company. The en
tire cost of the structure will be $83,
000. The bridge will be of the can
tilever style.
An unknown man was killed near
the fair grounds at Salem while pre
sumably stealing a ride on a Southern
Pacific train. The body was discover
ed shortly after the train bad passed
and Coronor Clough was notified. No
papers or other objects were found
on the body which could lead to the
man's identification. HIb garb Indi
cates that he was a laboring man and
the presumption Is that he fell from
the beams while trying to beat bis way.
KING C0NSTANTINE
P ' ''111
King Constantine, of Greece, who
succeeded his fitter King George, re
cently assassinated.
Brief News of the Week
Governor Major signed a bill making
It unlawful for saloons to- serve tree
lunches In Missouri.
Women ot Alaska have the right to
vote following the signing ot the
Shoup woman suffrage bill by Gover
nor Clark.
By a vote ot five to three, the state
assembly committee on education his
reported a bill to abolish Greek letter
societies at the University of Wiscon
sin. The Interstate commerce commis
sion has called on all railroads of the
country for information which will
form the basis ot a, practical census
of freight car.
Thousands attended the ceremonies
Incident to the turning over of the
birthplace ot Grover Cleveland to the
G rover Cleveland memorial associa
tion at Caldwell, N. J. on the 76th an
niversary of Mr. Cleveland's birth.
A great rush ot fortune hunter ha
started for the Teslin gold strike,
near the Klondike regions In Alaska.
Every boat that ha arrived at Skag
way, the ocean terminus of Alaska
only railroad, has been crowded with
gold hunters and adventurer and
train to the interior have been pack
ed. Demanding a constitutional amend
ment to enfranchise women, the Na
tional American Women Suffrage as
sociation Is planning to vigorously be
siege congress at the next session. A
monster meeting Is to be held at n
Washington theatre the night of April
7, just before the special session of
congress begins.
Two "arson squads" of militant suf
fragettes succeeded In destroying a
hundred thousand dollars' worth of
property In England. One squad burn
ed down the country residence of Lady
Amy White, at Englefield Green, near
the Thames. The other squad fired
the buildings of the golf club at West-on-Super-Mare,
a fashionable summer
watering place in Somersetshire.
People in the News
, Jean Barthou, minister of Justice In
the retiring French cabinet, has ac
cepted the president's invitation to
head the new cabinet.
Winthrop Ames, ex-director of New
theatre, in New York, has announced
a prize offer of $10,000 for the best
play by an American author submitted
before August 15.
John Mitchell, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
agreed to assist Governor Sulzer of
New York In passing upon proposed
labor reform legislation.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt In a let
ter made public, Indorses Frank H.
Qerhart for Progressive candidate for
mayor of St. Louis at the April elec
tion. Gerhart in national politics Is
a Democrat.
Mrs. Jennie May Eaton was locked
up in the Plymouth, Mans., county jail
formally charged with the murder of
her husband, the late Rear Admiral
Joseph Giles Katon, by poisoning. She
pleaded not guilty.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, the youthful
English militant suffragette, freed
from Holloway Jail because of ill
health induced by forcible feeding, was
transferred to a private hospital after
physicians pronounced her condition
most serious.
pe-,rra Sara Madero, widow of the
sl:ii: "sident of Mexico, 1b In New
Yi Ing steps to secure payments
fro -U Insurance companies of
1; r-v :ies on the life of her hus-!.-'!."
e total Insurance amounts
u I
i ; that in the pant smaller
n:-; 1 been afraid to admit a
-;hant of the greater coun
ts attleshlp follow, Secretary
of : 'an In an address at Lln
:o! ' (plained the policy of the
V. llstration with regard to
( i ,i ith America and declared
tt cause a friendly feeling
It ries toward America.
Get this idea of rough, high-proof, strong whiskey
out of your head-or it will get yon play 'the
devil with your nerves ruin your digestion.
Why punish yourself.
Cyrus Noble, pure, old and palatable-
bottled at drinking strength.
Sold everywhere and costs no more than
any other good whiskey,
W."J Van Schuyver & Company, Agent, Portland
Low Fares West
SPRING COLONIST PERIOD
Daily, March 15 to April 15
To All Central Oregon Points
ON
FROM
Chicago
Peoria
St Louis
Milwaukee) ...
Little Rock . .
Memphis
New Orleans. .
$38.00
. 37.00
. 37.00
36.70
. 42.50
. 42.50
. 48.05
Tell your friend in the east ol the opportunity o( moving went at low rate.
Pirect train service via rlurllngton Route, Northern i'acitic, Ureal Northern,
Spokane, Portland A Seattle and Oregon Trunk Hallways.
You can deposit (unda with me and weal bound lickel will be furnished
people in the east. 2-1311
W. D. SKINNER, Traffic Manager, Portland, Ore.
Details Will be Supplied on Request H. Baukol, Agt Redmond
A FINE MESS
of Fish can be bought-from us for little money. We get targe dully
supplies from river, lake and ocean, so that we know the flah Is
fresh and sweet. You can save money by buying here, got a greater
variety of fish to select from, and lie sure of the hlgliettt quality. Ask
your frleniln who deal here they will tell you of the fish satisfaction
they have always had bore.
City Meat Market
A. H. Lippman & Co.
Manufacturers of
Home and Office
Store Fixtures and all Better
Class of House Work
In Pine, Oak, Fir and Mahogany; solid or veneer.
Prices Lower than Portland
Statement of Resources and Liabilities of
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon
REBOUItCKS
Loam and Diaoountc... .t2W,886 08
United Mates Bonds 12.500 00
Hank (remlnea.etc 12,1X0 12
Cub Due from banks 210,924 M
B. P. Allan, Praairfent
Will WuraweUar, Vlca-Pra.ld.nl
The Journal : All
CENTRAL OREGON LINE
St Paul
Minneapolis .
Duluth
Kansas City.
Omaha
St Joseph
Lincoln
$30.00
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Furniture
I.IAIIII.ITIF.S
Capital Block, paid In m,ooo 00
Surplus fund, earwd m,tfi0 00
Undivided profits, earned 87,724 M
Clroulat Ion 8,800 00
Deposits 886,099 88
!ai,424 19 i
T. M. Baldwin. Cukler I
H. Baldwin, Aaa't CaiMer I
the County News.
N.tlc to Crcdliom.
Notice la hen-liy given by the tin.
dominoed, the ailtultiletrntrU ol the
entitle olJowuli II. IMurw, ilerraewi.
tothe creditor ol said enUt and
all peraiiii having claim Mgnlnrtt
thttanm to iirtnont such rliilm to
the unilerelgneil at the oltle ol T. K,
J. Iu..y, In I'rliiKvllle, Crook county,
Oregon, within l month from the
first putillrnlloii of this nut Ire.
hated ami published the Bret time
this lUtb diiy of Mnrrh, 111 1.1,
VlHOINK lKI,ONK,
Administratrix ol the ealnte of
JiHteph II. Ileloro. ilerenrml. . 3-1.1-Tl
Notice to Creditor,
Nut lee la hereby given by Hi under.
Igneil, the aiiinluinlratrli of the estal
ol Charles A. tirsves, riecesMnl, tn all
creditors ol and all persons hiving
claims agaitiet said estate to preeent
tlieni with the pmiwr vouchers t ) the
iintlriinel al the olliee ol M. K.
Klllntt in rriiieville, Oregon, witkln six
months (rum the flrst publication ul
this notle.
latd tills Llthdaynl February, 1013.
MllKa tiSAVM,
Administratrix ol the eatal ol Churl
A. liraves, deceased.
Notice for Publication,
tvpartmant of Hie Interior,
It. a Land Odlaaat ilie IIIm. Orai,
Fahruarr 4JU. Wit.
Notice U beret (Iven llml
Marlon Mavld
of I'rlnevllte. Orra.m, who, on Merrh Win,
men tanerl Unci fciiirv, No. (MUM. ror
iw(, aH HHiiHm , w nf4. en w'i n-
aneOon 7, lown.hlp It eoulfi, reus I" ecu!.
Wlllnmalta Mtrutlan, haa Rle4 noOre of in.
tcnllon Ui make Una! proof lo twlalln
elalHi to the lanrl alov dratrthMl Iwfofw
THuolhrlCJ. Iufl. U. nmlalonr. at
hla often al I'rOtevtlle, Orrua, on lua ana
day of Marh. Iml.
I laintanl nama aa wHnr.te Mlrhaet .
M.vfMd. H-lirr mover, r'rank mlVMter. all
ot tMnavllla, Oregon, and Haujajuln Hinder,
man of Robvrlt. Oregon.
iSlp C, M , MOOMC Regular.
Notice ot Final Accounting.
Notice la hereby given by the under
signed, the assignee lor the benefit ol
creditors ol ten M. Ijimb, that he ha
filed with the clerk ol the circuit court
of til state o Oregon for Crook county,
his said linsl accounting ol his adminis
tration ol said eetaie and that the said
Anal accounting will be heard and
paused upon by the said court on Mon
day, tli Mb day ol May, 1013.
l'ated this l.'llh day ol February, mi).
I, F. BTSW4MT,
Aseignee.
Cllutlon.
In the cnunlv court ol the State ol Or
egon, lor the count' ol Crook.
In the matter ol the eelat of Mary
Wilkin, deceased Citation.
To the heir nnknown ol Mary Wil
kin, deceased, greeting:
In the name ol the state ot Oregon,
i you are hereby cited and required to
( appear in the county court ol the state
ol Oregon, lor the county ol Crook at
the court room thnreol, at I'rlnevllte,
in the county of Crook, on Monday, the
7th day ol April. lUl.t, at 10 o'clock in
tha lorenoon of that day, then and
there to show cause, II any there be,
why an order should not b mad by
this court authorising the administra
tor ol said estate to sell all the real
property ol aaid deceased at private
sale as In the petition prayed lor.
Witnese, the Hon. (t. Springer, judge
ol the county court ol the state ol Or
egon lor the county ol Crook, with the
eal ol said court affixed this 6th day
Fehruary, a. d., 11113.
2.6 Attest: Wshuxh IIrowk, Clerk.
Unless we make good, a we can
and should,
We ought to go back to the woods ;
For the fellow who stays, in these
modern daya,
Is the mail who delivers the
goods.
We are here and are delivering
the goods, and il ou wIhIi to be
shown come in we are ready to
show you that we do good work.
Portraits, Copying and Knlarging.
Also Amatuer Finishing.
Lafler's Studio
We strive to pleiiso
Fruit Trees!
Central Oregon Crown
The only kind you can nfford
. to plant. ILLUSTRATED
-.-.TALOGUE FREE. ,Wrlto
for ono. Price low enough
to Burprlnc you.
Lafollette Nursery Co.
Prineville, 6-0 Oregon
The Oregon Bar
At the Old Stand
G.W. Wiley & Co., Prps
All kinds of Choice Liquors
Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
Bottles and on Draft