OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAUNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Capsized Miml Drop From View i
Hay City. "Ships that pass In the j
Blithf wa an expression which every j
shoreman hereabout recalled when j
they awoke to find that the Herman I
bark Miml, which turned turtle, had ;
dropped out of slpM completely. j
Whether or not the high seas have ;
carried the Ill-fated craft further o j
ea is not known, as all hands have ;
given up the Idea of recovering Cap- ,
tain Westphal s papers, or ivcovertni?
any bodies of the several sailors who
passed to watery graves.
SQUAW DEFIES CITY
Pendleton Water Source Held by We
nix and Red Elk
Pendleton. Another chapter In the
famous cae of City of Tendleton vs. j A j, authorising an Investigation
Wenix and her son. Red Elk Oayuse ; o , minimum wage for working wo
allottees on the Vmatllla reservation j nlf,nj ,mtlar to the vice campaign of
was added when the city of Pendle-1 tne Illinois legislature, was passed by
ton filed suit against the aged squaw , the 0nto legislature,
and her son, praying for Immediate j A gnul(j jury investigation of the
ejectment of the Indians from the J purehase of $1,000,000 worth of voting
property on which their tepees are i maciitnea by the city of Chicago was
now pitched and where they are llv- ort)erej by State's Attorney Maclay
lng. and for J250 damages. Hoyne. A legislative committee also
Through condemnation proceedings
two years ago the city acquired title
to a small portion of the Wenix al
lotment, on which there is a spring.
and $2500 was given her for same by ',
the court. She has never drawn out ;
a dollar of the money awarded her, j
nor has she made any attempt to move ;
from the spot where she has lived for j mentSi which the New England Tele
a great number of years. Her son, phone & Telegraph company offered
Red Elk. also has refused to move.
The same spirit of resistance ex
hibited from the time the first over
ture was made tor the purchasing of
the land until the matter had been
settled In court Is still in evidence.
Gasoline Schooner Sticks on Spit
Florence. The gasoline schooner
Anvil from Bandon, which ran aground
here inside the mouth of Siuslaw river,
lost her rudder and Is lying on the
north spit about 600 yards below the ,
end of the jetty. The boat Is high ;
and dry at low water and is close to ;
the place where the Berwick wa nenCe, lost their lives. The annlver
wrecked some years ago. j 8arT vas observed with memorial ex-
The Umpqua lifesaving crew put tn . erei8es In London, New York and oth
anchor out from the boat toward the er ctties.
river channel The cargo Is being tax-.
en off and efforts to float the vessel
made. j
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RAILROAD TO BUILD TO BEND
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With Organiztion Fixed, Contracts
May Be Let Within Three Weeks
Salem. Announcement was made
by John H. McNary, attorney for the
company, that organization of the Ore-
gon Railroad Company was about per-
fected and that within three weeks
contracts for constructing a portion
of the road bed would be awarded.
The company proposes to construct
a road from Salem to Bend by way
of Stayton and through the Minto
Tass. one of the few available railroad
passes through the Cascade Moun
tains. Just who is backing the road is not
certain. It will have direct connections
here with Hill and Harriman proper
ties and will have the same at Bend.
It will tap the Rosedale district, go
through the West Stayton irrigated
districts and will tup one of the rich
est timbered sections In the state
along the Santiam and the Breitea
bush. Criticism of Garibaldi Crew in Wreck
Bay City. Investigation of the effi
ciency of the Garibaldi life-saving
crew, Captain Farley, in connection
with the disaster when the German
bark Mimi capsized, drowning IS men,
was Waun at CartbaMi. Captain Quo
ner. of the United States navy is In
char;?.
Criticism of the lifesavers w?s se
vere amcsg the spectators during the
lot.? w:dt between the turning over
of the Miml. about 3 o'clock April 7,
and the rescue of the four survivors
hctirs later. It was said that Can
tain Farley refused to go out to as
certain whether the men were still
aboard and 'hr.t he did not re.ch the
wreck until Motel. iv morning, short
ly before the arrival of the Toiat
Adams life-saving crew.
V
Big Filing System Needed.
Salem. What will probably be the
most elaborate ft'.ing system in the
state Is being arranged ty S. A. Kozer,
assistant secretary of state, to be used
tn connection with registration under
the Gill law.
Under that law, which goes Into ef-
foot June 3, the secretary of state
must keep an accurate list of all the
registrations in the state. Mr. Koier
says that lor me registration nuns
system alone much larger space will
be required than the entire filing space
now given to the secretary of state's
office.
WALTER H. PAGE
Walter H. Page, the Magazine Editor,
who wit named American Ambassa
dor to Great Britain,
Brief News of the Week
wm maKe Ba investigation.
Cities In Iowa will be authorised to
build theatres if a bill, which passed
the house of the Iowa legislature
meets wtth similar reception In the
ionalei The measure provides for a
2 - mill tax for municipal theatres,
The bonus system of annual pay-
Its operators. Instead of granting their
demands for increased wages, was re
jected by the girls.
That the crisis between Austria and
Russia Is still tense, and that the re
ported simultaneous demobllixatlon by
these two nations Is a mere bluff. Is
the contention of Impartial diplomats
at London. They lfer the more Is a
mutUal attempt to put the other off
jU ,uard.
Tuesday the first anniversary of the
sinking of the steamship Titanic, by
which 1500 persons. Including many
men and women of world wide promt-
Two saiiors 0f the United States
cru8,r California were killed and
three others wounded In a street fight
at Maiallan, Mexico. Two or three
Mexican policemen were wounded In
attempting to arrest the American
sailors. Admiral Cowles Is Investlgat-
lng the Incident
Vegetables at cost, direct from the
farmer to the consumer, will be avail-
able in Chicago after April 25, ac-
cording to a plan by Texas fanners to
demonstrate the possibility of econo
my In distribution of farm products.
Thirty Texas farmers have formed an
association to begin the attack on the
cost of living.
People in the News
W. J. Harris, formerly Democratic
chairman of Georgia, has been named
by President Wilson to be director of
the census, to succeed E. Dana Dur
and. Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, Is con
fined in a hospital at Washington,
threatened with mastoiditis of the left
ear. He has been 111 for several
weeks.
The strike at Taterson, N. J., devel
opel a new phase with the arrest of
Joseph Fisher, a silk manufacturer,
on the charge by Grace Fasolino, a
striker, that he threatened her with
a revolver while she was picketing.
Because it practically removed the
pardoning power of the chief execu
tive. Governor Hunt of Arizona has
vetoed the revised penal code of that
state as embodied in a bill passed by
the legislature after several weeks'
work.
As a result of appointment of Miss
Florence R. Corbett of New York city,
as manager of the Princeton univer
sity dining halis, women will have
charge of the feeding of f0 members
of the freshmen and sophomore
eiasx-s next year for the first time in
the history of the Institution.
Miss Oiga Tenohovich, of St Peters
burg, Russia, committed suicide in her
room in a fashionable hotel in San
Francisco by shooting herself in the
mouth with a revolver. Miss Tepoho
vich. who is said to be the daughter
of a Russian countess, was the fiancee
of Isaac Vpham, a wealthy printer.
Dr. Edward S. Higley of Chicago,
who had no particular Idea that he
was casting bread upon the waters,
,n eaHy ,so.g ,ent charle8 Froe.
: lich $700 to assist him through a
course at the University of Nebraska.
Dr. Higley has Just received word
that Froelich had died in Australia,
leaving his benefactor a fortune of
$1,000,000. .
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
C. L. Reamea, of Medford. has been
chosen for United State Attorney for
the district of Oregon.
The Mount Hood Railroad company
has begun the construction of an ex
tension of Its line from lVe, Into the
Lost l.ake country.
According to advices received by
Senator Ijne from Secretary Tumul
ty. President Wilson will not be able
to accept various Invitations to visit
Oregon this summer.
Will R. King, national committee
man from Oregon, has beeu nam-il
a member or the noaru oi appraisers
for New York, and will draw a salary
of $3000 a year.
Paisley authorities have secured
from the state water rights tn Hear
Creek and the Chewuucan river, and
will proceed with a distribution sys
tem as soon as the time Is ripe.
The Pendleton round up wIM be held
September 11. 1J and 13. This Js the
final decision made by the directors
after considering the request of the
Spokane Fair association officials not
to have a conflict with their dates.
Senator Lane la being deluged with
telegrams from Oregon sheep and goat
raisers In protest against the proposed
tariff changes In these commodities.
They demand at least 50 per cent ad
valorem on wool and 40 on mohair.
The mall transfer clerk at the Union
depot at Albany found a gold nugget
In the craw of a chicken killed for hts
Sunday dinner, from among his flock,
lie thinks the chicks picked up the
nugget In a creek bed In the rear cf
his home.
In reply to a query from the secre
tary of the Oregon State Threshers'
association. Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Van Winkle gave an opinion that
the workmen's compensation law does
not Include threshing machine In its
provisions.
After using four charges of dyna
mite, which shattered the safe, win
dows and fixtures of the Rogue River
Mercantile company at Rogue River,
a cracksman escaped with $150, using j
a Southern Pacific speeder to make
his getaway.
The Washington board of engineers
agreed to reduce from $100,000 to $10,-1
000 the bond required for maintaining
the nine-foot channel fcpm Bay City
to Tillamook and an order to this ef- j
feet will be sent to the Portland office
Immediately.
Company A. Oregon National Guard, I
will be disbanded about May 10. While j
no official notice ha been sent out by j
the department all Indication are that
Baker will lose lu mtlltla. The cause
la due to lack of efficiency and non
attendance of member.
Entailing a loss of $8000, with In
surance of $4000, only on the build
ing, the Elk Creek hotel, at Cannon
Beach, the oldest summer resort ho
tel an that portion of the Oregon coast
was destroyed by fire, owing to a de
fective flue. Nothing was saved from
the burning building.
A movement that will be fostered by
the Portland Press Club and newapi-'
permen throughout Oregon has been ;
started for the purpose of raising by
public subscription funds for the ereo-1
tion of a monument over the grave ol
the late Homer Davenport, one of "
America's greatest cartoonists. j
The prnprletor of the Stayton saw
mill, has a crew putting In a 500 foot
boom three miles above town for the
purpose of turning logs from the main
channel of the S.intlam river Into the
millrace of the Stayton Water Power
company and the Salem Flouring Mills
company, which will carry them to
Stayton. 1
Secretary of the Interior Lane Inti
mated to Senator Chamberlain that he
has been getting reports from Oregon
to the effect that the Hermiston re-
ciamation project Is a failure, and he
practically said that if such were the
case it would hardly be wise to lay
out more money In that vicinity In a
similar manner.
The president of the Dschutes Land
company, ho has returned to Salem,
from Washington, has anounced that
his tpp'ictition for a right of way to
Crescent I.ake has been granted by
the Interior d-partment, and that work
on the pro.'t-t will be resumed. The'
apMit-auof) lias been neio up Decant? j
of charges preferred with the depart-
ne'it at::i!r.rt the company by Gover
nor Wc.-t.
Women must t.-ll their exact ages
when registering as voters, says Dep
uty District Attorney Maguire at Port
land. To say that they are over 21
is not sufficient, he declares, and he
says that it is incumbent upon the
registration ch rk to nsk each voter
his or her age in years and that ft is
duty of ihe voter to respond in
kind, not with the phrase "over 21 '
or the word "legal."
Mrs. S. L. Kodgers ovserved that a
certain barn in Turner, , where sh
lived, had a peculiar attraction for
men. She hud a suspicious curiosity
about the matter. Waiting for a fa
vorable opportunity, she investigated
and found three kegs of beer neatly
cached. She tumbled the beer and
kegs into a nearby millrace. In the
course of time the kegs reached the
mill and gave notice to the mill men
that something had happened to their
"blind pig."
Newly Furnished Throughout Rooms 50c, 75c, $1
European and American
HOTEL OREGON
Loui E. Dutlrey, Mgr.
PRINEVILLE,
Best Meals in Central Oregon, 35 Cents. 1 lome
Cooking. Family Style,
Statement ol Resource and Liabilities of
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon
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loans and DtMoanU.. gt.Saa 0 capital mock, paid In I aftW 00
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Bank timlam.tr 1J.MO U 1'ndlvl.lwl pmllla. Mtnml S7.T.t4 M
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B. r. AlUa. FWfaUat T. M. BaUoia. CaUt
Will WarawaUaf. Viea flwMnl M. BaUwIa. A-'l Cata
YOU NAME
Any reasonable Offer for anything in our Racket
Goods will be accepted. We are receiving every day
Sporting Goods, Bicycle Supplies, Baseball Goods,
Victor Phonographs, Records, Etc, and must make
room for these goods.
We Will Discontinue Racket Goods
Buy at your own prices. Come and investigate this. We
mean business. At the
Big Stock of Fishing Tackle Now on Hand
Crook Co. Jewelry & Sporting Goods Store
r .."....r tfitrmFiaiTT.ttn
Paint Your Home!
While White Lead and Oil is Cheap
We tell Pioneer White Lead at 1 Oc per pound in
50 pound lot and up. Best on the Pacific Coast
Boiled Linseed Oil at 85c per gallon. Guaranteed pure.
We have a lot of Cedar doors, different sizes, in
5-Panel and regular 4-Panel, 1 1! in. and 1 i in.
thick. A11A1 goods which sell for $1 50 and $1.75.
All Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.
A. H. Lippman & Co.
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I am a power for great good if you do
not abuse my use.
In cases of needI do my work well.
I am a builder up of health and strength
in the hospital or in the home.
For the invalid or the convalescent for
the tired or overworked I offer a great
help.
A little of me goes a long way.
I have been among you for three gen
erations. I'm known as Cyrus Noble throughout the world.
W. J. Van Schuyver & Company, Agents, Portland
Plan. Nrw Mnjmnt
OREGON
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Print-vine, Ore.
Kami t.iiHiia. Honda.
Law Office of
W. P. MYERS
Kamilra BU'g, Prineville, Or
Dr. Charles Macl addcu
Osteopathic Physician
tlrieitle. Klrlrtla and Natural Tlinl-nt'llllel
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Office In Kamslr lilork
Telaphonai Plonear, No. 126.
Prof. A. W. Grater,
Divine Healer
( i lllee In Morris Huilding thro doors
south ol Journal ollloe.
Prineville, Oration
D. H. PEOPLES
Civil and Irrigation Engineer
Konm 11 Adameon llld'n
Prineville, Ore.
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Denti t.
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lawyer
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Oft!,- and rcldon,1 Third ilm'l m-ar f'ourt
Him.'. 'IVI,: IMmiwr. full, aii.wrrt-,!
promptly, night or tiny. ChiiiiccN tnmlt-ruu
HAVE YOU
Filed your Deed? Of Course.
HAVE YOU
An Abstract?
(Vrtnlnly cvrryone liiisuu nlmlrart now.
Do, vim know where your corners lire.
Well, No, Not exactly.
Brewster Engineering Company,
I'rini'villi', Oregon, will looiito them lor
you and Kiiurinitee the work Survey-
ini!, rliittinK, irrigation hiiginetTiiiij;.
I'lione l'ioiit'ir 1M4.
If f P I,odK moots vvcryTues.
day niitht.
StrunniT nolrome.
(ii:o. Noiii.k, N. (!.; IIiiit Hahnks,
V. ti.j T. I j. Coon , Sec. ; C. 11. Di.nnvui
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Notice to Creditors.
Notice Ih liereliy Rlvi-n liy the nil
iliTHlirueil the iiiliiilnlHlriitrlx of the
entnte ol JoNcpli II. Delore, iliTeiiHeil,
to the ereilltorH ol Hiiiil extuto ami
nil perHiiiiH IimvIiik i-Iiiiiiih iiKiiliiHt
I he Hinne to preHent eueh clnliiiH to
the umlerHlfriieil nt the oHIee ol T. K.
.1. Diio'.v, In l'rlnevllle, Crook enmity,
OreKoiii wlihln hIx tuoiilliH from tlio
II r t. IHlllllCHtloll of thin not lit'.
Hilled mill pulillNlieil the HrHt tlinu
thlH llltli luy of Miireli, l'.llll.
ViidiiMA 1H:i.oiii:,
AilinliilHtrntrlx of tliu extine of
.lweili H, Delore, tleoeiweil. H-i:i "t
Call for Warrants.
Notice is hereby given that M gen
oral fund warrants from Nos. 148 to 1175
inclusive, will !o paid upon presenta
tion at my olllce. Interest stops March
2-2, VJ13.
Ti. L, JORDAH,
County treasurer, Crook county, Ore.