OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALjNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Will Aak Opining of Unit.
lltirniUtiiii. A iM'llllun Hmn Wi
drawn mill will bn rlmilulfd In
aliort tlniK aakliiK I he opi-nlliK of the
lih unit of Urn Vmiitllla iru't
Thl mill him eome of the moat valua
bin land In the roiintry. lylnK bwlwucn
tin fnod riiiml Hint III "A" Una ditch
Itn art of aliut 3000 aora. The
ilun la In Irrlum from lh fwd ramil
until the WBiiir iupply from tlmt
aotirra la cut off. whim the wntr In
tlila "A" Una will be utillti'd by lb
ua of bydruulln niiiia.
Polk Enhlblt Anurad.
Rlckreall. I'olk county la now
lurrd of an inhibit rvpreaonintlon at
tha Bun Pranrlaco world ! fair In 1915
and, according to report, the eol
will not nciwd 1100. nana will b
mads early by farmer and definite
arrauiEmnta on tha part of all In the
proparatlon of euch aihlblt la urid
Among th product expwted to b
xhlbltod ere srulne, cattle, bona
poultry, hopa. wood aamplea, goata
hrrp, boraee.
Two Shot In Dual.
Bnlctn. John Zoller, manihal ol
Onrvnla. la believed to be dying from
wound In tha neck and, toft ahould
er recelvml In a platol duo) which oc
currod whnn ha approached two u
plcloua character. Kay. McCarrol, ar
ra(d aovural houra after the ahoot
lug In thla city, hua matin a completr
oonfoaalon to Bherlff Karh. but do
clnma It waa hla companion who ihol
the marshal. McCarrol hna two but
lot wound In hi loft ahouldi-r, but
bla condition la not eorlou.
Mlnaa Naar Baker Buty.
Ilnkor. Activity audi a hat not
liM'ii ai'i'n In year In the Mormon
llaaln country I being ehown, and
aevenil mining propertlea allow bright
proKpwcta. Eatlnintea have bn madt
thnt there are at enat 250 men now
working there, and tlmt by next aura
mcr there will be a many more.
TAX LEVY T0JJJEJ.365 MILLS
Eatlmatad Expanse of Stat for MU
I W.185,000.
Biilfin. The tax commlaalon, In
nuiklng public the atnte tax levy fot
the flacal year ending December 31
1814, announced that the total amount
of revenue required for the general
ttate purpoaet for the year, not In
eluding amounts apportioned on a ape
clul milhiRe baala, would be 13.888,
SC.8 10.
Added to thnt aum will be a tux ol
one twenty-fifth of a mill, yielding
$38,171.30, for the Monmouth normiil
chool' and tax of one-fourth of a
mill, yielding 2:i8.B70.C0, for the atate
roud fund, mnklng the total amount
needed S4,1C(,000.
To mine thla money the averngt
rale of taxation on nil property In the
atute will be a little more than font
end one-third mill, or, to be exact,
.004365. The rate In the Varlou
counties will vary widely, depending
on the relation of aaaeaaed to full ensh
value of the property In each county
The lowoKt will be 3.1 mill and th
highest 6.6 mills.
Flnar University I Aim,
Eugene. "What the board of reg
ent Intend to do I to build a uni
versity that the state will be proud
of for year to come," declured Gov
ernor West In explanation of the de
cision of the regent, who met at the
university to dolny tuklng stops foi
the construction of the $100,000 build
Ing, fumlB for which were approved
by the people at the recent referen
dum election.
Grant Pi Plan Annual Shoot.
Grant Pas. The local gun club la
making arrangement to hold an an
nual shoot at thla place on Decembei
tl. The day' work will Include both
ihotirun and rifle practice. For shot
gun practice flying target will bt
used. Cash prize will be offered a
well aa other prize yet to be deter
mined.
Self-Defense la Proved.
McMlnnvllle. "Not Guilty" wa tht
verdict of the Jury that sat on the
trial of Jume Hutchen. who wa In
dicted for murder In the first degree
for the shooting of Walter A. Rodger.
The Jury wa out about two hour and
when the verdict wn road by Judge
Holme the audience handclapped fot
three minutes.
Union I Quarantined.
Union. The city of Union hna been
placed under quarantine and all places
of gathering suppressed, Including
hows, churcheB, dance and lodge
These drnatto measures were deemed
neoessary by the city authorities to
grovent the furthor spread of scarlet
fever, which has gained considerable
headway In the town.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Three carlomla of Chrlatma trees
hive been khl'd from Molulta 'to
I Angi'lra. Trn wre 4 to 10 feet
lilKh and each c ar carried 1200 trees.
The flrat rarload of brooincorn evr
shipped out of Jiwephlne county went
to Anlilunil, where It will be manufnr
lured Into broom.
I'ellllmi ar being clrriilule I at
Mi'dford for the recall of Mayor Pur
din and every member of the, city
council,
Seventy five cllliens of McMlnn
vllle, who have ornnnlr.ed a military
company, are to be mnde a part of the
national KUiird by order of Adjutant-
General Klnzer,
f liltwi of Grant Pa adopted res
oliitlona calling on the county court
to annul the 6 mill roud tax levy a
to the city of Grants Pa, the object
bring to save the city $''.7,000.
Tlioinu It. Hherlilitn, ex president
of thu Klral Nntlonul bank of Hoae
burg, waa Indicted by the Douglas
county grand Jury for obtaining money
by fulae pretense, and for forgery.
J. D. Urown, of Arlington, bua been
choaen to aucceed Arthur V. Bwlft, of
linker, a prealdent of the Oregon Ed
ucational Cooperative Union of
America.
Frank Drown, of Carlton, has been
elected to aid In Judging the short
horn cattle at the International live
lock how at Chicago. The exhibit
I the largest In the show.
In the pat season the government
ha cruised 250,600 acre of timber
land In th reserve of Oregon. The
work wa don In mature bells, with
tho view of selling the timber to log
ging companies.
Jackson county was not visited by
a single aerlou forest fire In the pust
season, the protection costing about
half a cent an acre for the timber
holding outaldo the government re
serves.
A meeting of 400 dairymen wa held
at Forest Orove to discus conditions
In general. Dr. Jame Wllhycombe,
head of the experimental station at
Corvnlll. spoke of breeding of the
dairy herds.
President Wilson has granted a par
don to Harry Bedford, convicted at
Portland Inst spring on a charge of
taking liquor into the Umatilla Indian
reservation and sentenced to 60 days
In Jail and to pay a fine of S100.
The petition of the Klamath sports
men' association against the closing
of Bprague and Williamson rivers to
logging operation baa reached Woeh
Ington and been preaented to Becre
tury Lane by the Oregon delegation
One hundred and ninety-four re
crulta In three months' time Is the
record made by the Oregon national
guard In campaign to fill up all
eomDanle of the guard to war
strength In the face of the present
Mexican situation.
Sample of the flret sheet of pulp
ever made from yellow fir, and this
from mill waste, have been received
bv Governor West from C. A. Smith
of the C. A. Smith Logging company
which ha built a pulp mill In connec
tion with the company' big plant at
Mnrshfleld.
Poultry produce more wealth for
Oregon annually than does fruit, It
produces half a much aa wheat, three
times aa much as wool, one and a half
time a much a hops, 60 per cent as I
much as buy, twice as much as oats,
and 6 per cent of the total agricultural
wealth of the state.
4 J. U. Ackerman, president of the
normal school at Monmouth, who
head the western state teacher' as
sociation, ha prepared the program
for It session at Salem December 22
to 24. The big event of the session
will be the addresa of Dr. M. O. O'Shea
of Wisconsin.
Deputy Sealer of Weight and
Measure Buchtel baa been notified
that In vartou part of the state
cord of wood containing less than
128 cublo feet, the number required
by law, are being sold, and ha In
tructed the county sealer to make
Investigation.
That State Senator McColloch has
no legal right to serve aa attorney for
the corporation department and the
state Industrial commission, wa the
tatement made by Attorney-General
Crawford, who, In an opinion, advised
State Treasurer Kay not to honor war
rant for $250 a month a remunera
tion for Mr. McColloch' services.
Governor West ha announoed that
be will ask the next legislature to
appropriate $3552.35, a deficiency In
the amount expended for the trans
portation of Union and Confederate
veterans to the celobratlon of the 50th
anniversary of the battle of Gettys
burg. Thl amount la owed the O.-W
R. & N. company, and the original
appropriation of $5000 has been ex
hausted. With tha hope of eliminating some
of the 22 saloon of The Dalles and
providing for strict regulation of the
places where .drink Is dispensed, the
city council passed a rigid ordinance
which will become effective January
1, 1914. Open fronts are required In
all saloons, making the bars and all
persona Inside visible from the Bid
walk. The amount of the annual 11'
cense which Bnloonkeepers shall paj
Was raised from $800 to $1000.
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Mr. Hetty Qrean, the richest wo
man In the world, who recently cele
brated her eavanty-nlnth birthday.
Brief News of the Week
The radlcala ruled the New York
republican atute conference and forced
the approval of a direct or statewide
primary Inw.
For the first 10 month since It has
been running, the San Francisco mu
nicipal street railroad ha made each
month $18,300 more than the operat
ing expenses.
There will be no general strike In
Indlnnapotl at thl time and team
sters whose employer have signed
union contract will return to work.
There Is a well-authenticated report
thnt President lluerta ba been as
sured a loan of $750,000 peso by an
American corporation with Mexican
connection.
Ilecaue tbey had ridden Mr. John
Richardson on a rail following the
Unking of her name with that of her
brother-in-law, five gray haired wo
men of Waukegan. III., were convicted
and each msy be fined $200 and cent
enced to nix month In Jail.
It if announced that nearly all the
hotel owner of San Francisco, repre
senting more than 1200 hostelrle.
have agreed with the Panama-Pacific
exposition official that price for
room will not be Increased over those
of the present, on account of the 1915
fair.
Telephone securities were given
Jolt In the stock market when Wall
treet heard the report that Samuel
Hill, head of the Home Telephone
company of Portland, Or., was actively
engaged In merging the Independent j
telephone companies of the United
State with the Postal Telegraph
company.
Declaring that Intimately personal
subjects should be taught to children
at home by their parents, the Parents
Right League of America, organized
In Snn Francisco to combat the Intro
duction of "sex hygiene" instruction
and medical Inspection In the public
schools, will Issue a oull to all mothers.
People In the News
Suit for divorce wa filed by Mr.
John D. Spreckels, Jr., one of the
beauties of Sun Francisco society.
Andrew Carnegie's Becretary figures
that tha Iron master has given away
$365,125,000 out of a fortune originally
Of $380,125,000.
Ex-President Taft explained the
reason he did not go back to Cincin
nati to live was that he didn't want to
practice law before Judge he himself
appointed, when president
The release of ex-President Zelnya,
wbo was arrested In New York, charg
ed with murder In hi own land, was
authorized by order of the depart
ment, on condition that he sail on the
first boat for Spain.
Indictments charging graft In con
nection with building highway In
New York have been returned by the
special grand Jury against Arthur Mc
Lean, treasurer of the democratic
state central committee.
Colonel David Galllard, aged 60, one
of the chief engineers engaged In the
work of building the Panama canal,
died at Baltimore. He Buffered from
hardening of the arteries of the brain,
brought on, physicians said, by his
work in the Culebra cut of the canal.
Boys and girls are advised to stick
to the farm by Champ Clark, speaker
of the house, addressing a meeting of
corn growers. Senator Pomerene
Bays, If he were a girl, he would rather
bake a good loaf of bread than dance
the tango.
Two cowboys, suspected of robbing
the Verde Valley bank at Blythe, of
$5000, and killing Cashier A. W.
Bowles, were arrested at El Centro,
Cal. The suspects had In their pos
session bteween $4500 and $5000 In
gold.
Bryan will not be opposed by the
anti-saloon league forces of Nebraska,
who know of hla grape Juice record,
despite the fight waged on him by
the national league, because he stood
sponsor for a United States senator
from Maryland who wa objected to
by the nationals. .
The finest stockings
the neatest socks
And every pair guar
anteed to wear for
six montba or new
hose free.
EVERY box of Hole
proof contain a defi
nite, printed guaran
tee with a coupon for
each pair.
Six pairs of cotton Hole
proof for men, women
and children are guaran
teed to wear six months
without a hole.
Three pair of silk Hole
proof for men and women
are guaranteed to wear
three month without a
hole.
If any pain fail, tend
them back and the man
ufacturer will gladly and promptly tend you new pair in
exchange. Even the gauzy, tummcr weights are guaranteed.
Yet, most people buy Holeproof for their style, perfect fit
and fine appearance.
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FOR MCM, WOMC.N
Think of the darning they save,
how every week or two. Don t you iriuiK you wigm to euy
Holeproof? Aik ui to show you tha new colors and various
grade, $1.50 to $3.00 a box.
J- E- STEWART & CO. 1
533
New VELIE
Here
The new six is now here, and it is a
beauty. It take frf V t0 the hill like a
duck takee to water Tf 4j1 LIj Tb prk8 " n'y
12,500.00. We also , VaiaVl have a 4-cjlinder
45 horte power machine at $2,150 and a 35-horse power
at 11,600. There are other c .re on the market, but none better.
Come and take a look and be convinced.
Prineville Machine Shop
E. G. HODSON, Proprietor
Central Garage
Phone No. 20 Agents for
Chalmers and Detroiter Autos
All Kinds or Auto Repairing
Tires Vulcanized
Full Line of Auto Supplies
Special Prices on New and Second-Hand Autos
Huff-Maker Auto Co.
A FINE MESS
of Fish can be bought from us for little money. We get large
daily supplies from river, lake and ocean, so that we know the
fish is fresh and sweet. You can feave money by buying here,
get a greater variety of fish to select from, and be sure of the
highest quality. Ask your friends who deal here they will tell
you of the Fish satisfaction they have always had here.
City Meat Market
lif
'asiera
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AND CHILORKN.
snd the expenfc too, ol buying new
a
10-23
Fruit Trees!
Central Oregon Crown
The only kind yon can afford
to plant ILLUSTRATED
.TALOGUE FREE. Write
for uiie. Frk-t- low enough
to surprise you.
Lafollette Nursery Co.
Priiu-villa, 6 6- Oregon
Oh, Those Lovely New
Leather Mounts
Come tee them. A variety of
new fall mount. Buy your
cameras, films and supplies
from os and get free. instruc
tion. Agent for Royal Typewriter,
"the best on earth." Come
try ours and be convinced.
LAFLER'S STUDIO
We Strive to Pleaae
"reception
Champ Smith, Propr
j Imported and Domestic
j Cigars
tj Famous Whiskies
JOld Crow, Hermitage; Red
Top Rye; Yellow Stone;
Canadian Club; Cream
Rye; James E. Pepper;
Moore's Malt
Porter, Ale and Olympia
Draft Beer on Tap.
Imported Wines and
Liquors.
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
Prineville
Laundry
JOHN BECAAS, Prop.
Dry Cleaning and Pressing
First-Class Hand Work
All Work Guaranteed
Second Door North of the
Ochoco Bridge
Will be Ready for Work
December 1st
HAVE YOU
Filed your Deed? Of Course.
HAVE YOU
An Abstract?
Certainly everyone ha an abstract now.
Do you know where your corners are.
Wellt No, Not exactly.
Brewster Engineering Company,
Prineville, Oregon, wiil locate 'them for
you and guarantee the work. Survey
ing, Platting, Irrigation Engineering.
Phone Pioneer 204.