NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL Literary test May Car Out Foreigners Ineligible to t Naturalization. Wellington. Tht lung truitKla orr currency reform la poet ml to com to an end In th eenal ueit Saturday. Important change In (ho railroad law, a compreheaslv study of I lie trust question anil a reopeulng of tlia fight over a Ittnrnry twt for Immi grant art dividing attention of th houe Willi th new economy program that wat launched by tba "acouomy eonferenc" or houe Iwtdar. Speaker Clark, Democratic leader Underwood and Chairman KUigorald, of tht appropriation! commute. spoa or for tola lattar movement, bav called a tacond cos f crone for nut Saturday to aacartaln what progrwa ba baot mad In reducing tba pro pod appropriation for th year. My Impo LIUraey Tt Th bow wilt ooa b In th thick est of It fight for Immigration re form. Tba iBmlgrallon committee probably will report a bill which would Irapoe a literacy teat, bar out foreigner Inellglbl to naturallaatlon aad not provided for by treaties, (trengthen tba Inhibition agalnat alien who advocate the unlawful de struction of property and Inert Ui btad tag per immigrant to 15. Th proposed literacy teat will re open debate oa th feature which led President Tart to veto lutxtaoUally th earn bill laat winter. NenAeeldent Lw Aeked. Nonresident enlarged bomeetead will be permitted In Oregon, Washing ton, California, Montana and several other western stains, If congres pass oa a bill recently Introduced by Rep resentatlv Taylor, of Colorado. Co der eilstlng law, nonraldoiit bome etead may be made la Utah and Ida ho, but nowhere else. The Taylor bill rovUIa that the aecretary of interior may designate tor nonresident entry, undor lb en larged homestead law, not to exceed 1,000.000 acme In each of the atatea named, when be find that areas set tled on do not hav tufflctent water aupply for domestic purposes, auch a would make oonUnuou residence Iioaslble. Kntrymen who avail themselves of th non residence homestead law, bow ever, In making proof must abow that they hav oulllvated one iliteenth of th area of their entry beginning the second year, and one-elghib of the area for the third and aucceealve year until final proof I made, and they mut also reside within such dis tance of their land as to enable them to farm it personally. Congress Favor Presidential Primary A careful poll Indicate a clear ma jority of the annate and house favora presidential preference primaries. Only a imall minority I outspoken In It oppoeltion to nation-wide pri maries, with the candidate formulat ing the platform upon which they will appeal to th people for election. Prestdsut Wilson haa adoptod the plan. The aol obstacle In the way of prompt action by congree on this matter 1 the doolrlu of states' rights. It Is the excuse which those really op posed to th primary principle will offer. National Capital Brevities. Lack of sufficient artillerymen to handle th coast defenses is confront ing the war department President Wilson, who has been suf fering from a sever cold the past week, wa able to be out of bed Sun day. Secretary of War Garrison told the house committee on military affair that the total authorised strength of the army was 85,000, against a total population of 100,000,000 people under the American flag and that be could not see how the government could get along with less than that number of soldiers In times of peace. Resolutions were adopted by the aenata calling oa the agricultural de partment to investigate complaints of western cattle men that Argentine meat without proper marking a such, 1 being sold in the American mar kets. Secretary Houston conducted a pub lic hearing at the offices of th de partment of agriculture, Thursdny, in order that all persons Interested in the importation of the common, or Irish potato from Canada and Europe - may have a chance to be heard con cerning the establishment of a quar antine, to be effective January 1, 1914. Drastic powers over the physical op eration of railroads would be con ferred on the Interstate Commerce Commission under a bill which Rep resentative Stevens, of New Hamp shire, has prepared for introduction soon, Mr. Stevens is a Democratio members of the Interstate commerce committee. GENERAL VILLA, v-. Oentrsl Villa, rebel leader In North ern Mexico, who I icouted of eenfl eatlon of property and demand for xhorbltant sum of money en ntr Ing Chihuahua. INDIAN HELD JS BURGLAR Serle of Robberies Alleged to Hav Been Committed In Portland. Portland. Richard Mill, a Carllsl Indian school gradual, one-fourth Sioux, 'and th owner of a 640-acr farm In Nebraska, was arrested here for th alleged robbery of five house. These are about one half the boua burglar! In Portland sine Mill cam here, December t. ' Mill, the police charge, la finan cially well fixed, but ateal for the love of th game. H has sorved a year In Deer Lodge, Mont, for bur glary, it la alleged, and. It is also al leged, that he served some time In th Washington state penitentiary In Wal la Walla for the same offense. Outlaw Not Thought Donnelly. Walla M'alla, Wash. Guards return ing to the state prison with the blood hound used to trace the Chehall out law ay they believe the man I not Mike Donnelley, the escaped murderer from th local prison. Canada To Exclude All Japan. London.-A dispatch from th Time from Toklo lay that the Japanese government ha been notified that Canada Intend to prohibit all Immi gration to British Columbia tor three months. WORK PLANNED FOR IDLE OREGON MEN Balem, Or. Governor West called a meeting of the state emergency board for Thursday morning, at which he suggested that a deficiency of $50, 000 be created to give employment on public roads for the next two months to men now out of work. He figures that the money will provide employ ment for 500 men at $2 a day and that the work will be of advantage to the state by hastening Improvement of tboroughfnres. The decision to call the meeting was reached by the governor after C. C. McCoIloch, state senator, Mr. West's representative at the meeting of the unemployed In Portland, had made hi report. Senator McCoIloch said that the meeting waa orderly and he wa convinced thnt the men actually de sired work. The governor sold if the proposed road work is undertaken it would have to be done in the regular way through the state highway com mission. Fruit Man To Meet. Walla Walla, Wash. Frultmon of the state who held their annual con vention in Walla Walla commencing Wednesday, heard one of the most im portant programs ever prepared for the organisation, leading frultmen say. Talks covered every phase of agri cultural and horticultural work. Idaho Wins Debate. Moscow, Idaho. By defeating both Washington State College and Oregon Agricultural College in th first an nual triangular debates between the three institutions, the University of Idaho won the undisputed champion ship of the new trl-state league. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Club, 83c; bluestem, 93c; red Russian, 81c. Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $14. Butter Creamery, 37o. Kggs Candled, 40o, 8eattle. Wheat Bluestem, 93o; club, 82o; red Russian, 81c. Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa, $14 per ton. Eggs 47o. Butter Creamery, 36c. VILLA HOSTILE .TO FOREIGNJRESIDENTS Mexican Rebel Leader Seizes Property and Makes Un reasonable Demands. Kl I'aso, Tex. Americans, Germans sud Hpsnlnrds, who arrived from Chi huuhua, Mel., mport that Francisco Villa, th rebel leader, virtually bad constituted himself dictator there and that he refused to heed the request of representatives of foreign govern ments. They asserted thst the rebel leader had aelied $5,000,000 worth of prop erty belonging to foreigners; bad put to death about twenty Mexican civil ians, and bad commanded the Ameri can, German and British consul to' obey rebel order. Villa seised a larg deparement tor valued at $1,500,000 and owned by French, German, English and Span ish interests. , 11 also (eised a brewery, a cloth ing factory and ail th grocery aad other (tore owned by Spaniards, val ued at $3,600,000. H called meet ing of merchant of all nationalities and told them they mut pay him urn of money, aggregating several million dollars, to support th revo lution. Villa's expulsion of cltlsena of Spain all of whom were progressive mer chant, wa on pain of death. e- RAILROADS MAY FIGHT TAX Washington Will Hsv to Stamp Warrants If Conteet Result. Olympla, , Wash. Th reported de termination of the five great railroad ystems to refuse payment of their 1013 taxes, and contest what they con sider unfair assessment, is causing some worry to state officials. Th total I estimated at between $4,000,000 and $5,250,004. That the (tale may hav to tamp warrants for approximately $1,125,000, If the rail roads refuse to pay, is regarded as likely. Th case of all the railroad are said to have been placed In the hands of P. V. Brown, general counsel for the Great Northern. Homeatesd Land Opened Valueless Walla Walla, Wash. While 2000 acre of land In Whitman and Asotin counties will be made subject to entry under th enlarged homestead atjt, which permit entry of 320 acre In certain designated localities, after De cember 22, local officials of the Unit ed States land office do not expect any rush to til. Tbey say the land la practlcaly valueless. WALLACE FOSTOFFICE ROBBEDOF$17,000 Wallace, Idaho. Without leaving as much as a finger print as a clew, bur glare robbed the local postofflce of a little more than $17,000 and appar ently made good their escape. When the postmaster and clerks ar rived in the morning nothing unusual was noticeable around the office. The safe being locked apparently the same as it had been left the night before. Postmaster Presley quickly noted the disappearance of the three registered packages and a hurried Investigation followed, revealing the fact that they were missing and robbery had been committed. A thorough search of the otfloe and all doors and windows did not reveal a single clew, as apparent ly they had not been molested. The safe had been . opened without a scratch being made and had been as carefully relocked, the only thing no ticeable being that the inner door had not been locked. Reubln D. Nevlus Dies. Tacoma. Reuben D. Nevlus, D. D., who founded more than 30 Episcopal churches in the Pacific Northwest, died in this city at the age of 86. He came to the coast 41 years ago and settled at Portland as rector of Trin ity Church, later becoming general missionary for Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Polncar Talk of Visit to America. Paris. President Polncare has talk ed unofficially with Jean Jules Jusser- and, French ambassador to the United States; Myron T. Herrick, United States ambassador to France, and others of the possibility of his paying visit to the United States while In office. Nsw North Bank Road President, Portland. Changes In th executive offices of the North Bank Road, in volving th resignation of Joseph H. Toung, president, and the election of L. C. Oilman, of Seattle,, to succeed him, probably will be made before the first of the year. Lister Not Candidate for 8snat. Taooma, Wash. That he positively will not b a candidate tor the senate was announoed here by Governor Lis ter. ' Restoration to Fntry of Land in Mutionul t-'oreat Notice is hereby given that th land described betow. embracing 40 arret. althin the lie butea National Forest, Oregon, will l subject to eettlement ' end entry under the provision of the! homestead law of the Unitrd Htate i and the t of June 11, 1UU6 (.'14 Htst,,l at tl.e I' nited (rules land ollire st Ukevirw, Oregon, on February 1M, I 1911. Any settler who was actually and in good fsith claiming any of sai l lands I tr agricultural purpose nrior to January 1 19WI, sud uee not abandoned MDU. lias s nrMlrnra rluttt tsi mme ' homestead entry fur the land actuallv occupied. Hald lands were listed upon the application of the person men tioned below, who hav a preference right subject to the prior right of ny such settler, provided audi settler or applicant i qualified to make iiome-iU-d entry and the preference right i exercised prior to February Is, ltiH, on which date the lands will be subject to tettlement end entry by an qualified person, in latM- are ax lollows: The Kl F. KEH Nil, S-e. 23. T. 22 S.. R. 8 K.,the WK hr.i SVii, th WJ VI HKJNWJ, ec. , T. 22 S., R. 9 E., w. M., 40 acre., application of K. K. Kslon of Lapinc. Oregon; List 6-1000. December 8, 11)1.'). C. M. Bbw:i, Aeelstant Commissioner of th General Land Office. 12 18 Hotic tor I'ubiicaUoa Department of the Interior. Uk8. Land Office at The Dalles, Or, iiuveiuurr um, ipia. Notice I hereby given that H. Karl Cross of Prlnevllle, Oregon, who. on Jane 4th, 1910, made Homestead Entry no. uusuo, ror et nwt, wj "". nw w-J anil nei w section 8. township in outn, range 16 east Willamette Meridian, haa Died nutico of Inten tion to make final three-year proof. to establish claim to the land above described before Timothy E. J. Duffy, U. 8. commtmtoner, at Prlne vllle, Oregon, on the 9th day of Jan uary, 1914. Claimant name aa wltneae: Edgar J. Bundy, Walter C. Hc.Nely, William W. Davi. John Burnett, all of Prlnevllle, Oregon. U. t HANK WOODCOCK, 124 Register. Hotlc for Publication (Isolated tract) Public Land Hale Department ol the Interior, U. a Laud Olilce at The Dallee, Ore. Novemlier 2Uth, 1913. Notice la hereby given that, aa di rected by the Commissioner of the Gvnerul Land Othce, under pro visions of Act of Congress approved June 27, 1906 (34 Stata . 617), pursu ant to tne application ol Lvsaniler S. Logan, Serial No. 010146, we will offer at public sale, to the highest bidder, lint at not lee than $2.00 per acre, at 10 o'clock a. ru., on the 9th day of January, 1914, at this office, the following tract of land : nei Dl' section 2S, township 20 south, range 20 east, Willamette Meridian. Any persons claiming adversely the nbove-deacrlhed land are advised to file their claim, or objections, on or before the time designated tor sale. ' 11. Khanic Wooik ix k, 124 Register. bununous In the circuit court of the state of Oregon for the county of Crook. Central Oregon Irrigation Co , a cor poration, plaintiff, vs. ' W. E. Myers and S. J. Myers, defend ants. To W. E. Myers and 8. i. Myers, de fendants: In the name of the state of Oregon, You are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above entitled suit within six weeks of tba date of the first publica tion of tills summons, vix, before Jan uary 1st, 1914, and if yon fail so to a pear and answer, for want thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed lor in the complaint, to wit, the cancellation ol a certain con tract made by you with the Deschutes Irrigation it Power Company, dated January Slat, 1910, and costs and dis bursements of the suit. ' This summons is published by order of Hon. W. L. Bradsh&w, judge ol the above court, made on the 13th day of November, 191,1. Date of first publication, November 20th. 1913. Date of last publication, December 2dth, 1913. JKSSB bTIARNS, Attorney for plaintiff. Farm Loans For a short time we have sub ject to our disposal $25,000 for loans on highly improved irrigated ranches iu the vicin ity of Prineville. Loans to be for 15,000 or more and run from 3 to 5 years, with inter est at 8 per cent, payable an nually. We nharge a small commission to be paid by the borrower. See A. R. BOWMAN with Central Oregon Title & Trust Co. . 619 Prineville, Oregon Botlce of Sherif ' Sal I5y virtue of an execution In fore closure duly losued by the clerk of the circuit court of the county of Crook, etnte of Oregon, dated the 11th day ol Dec., 191.1, In a certain action iu the circuit court for said county and state, wherein O'Nell Brother Company, a corporation, a plaintiff, recovered Judgment agnliiMt 11. K. Mesen, Corn Mwn n nd Harry N. KJer, for the sura of Plve Hundred Forty-Klght and slxtv hundredth dollars, and costs and dlxbiimeiiH-nt taxed at Nlnty-foiir dollar, on the 6th day of iK-cember 1913. Notice la hereby given that I will on the 17t ay ef Jassary, 1914, j nt the north front door of the court house In Prlnevllle, In said countv nt 10 o'clock In the forenoon of ealil day, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for caah, the follow ing described property, to-wlt: The outh 20 feet of lot 5 In block 19 In the town of Madras (formerly Pal main) and I have taken and levied upon aa the property ol the aald H. K. Msaen, Cora Mssen and Harry KJer, aouth 20 feet of lot 6, block 19, Palmaln, Ore., and I will cell tne ame or aa much thereof a may lie necessary to aatlsfy the laid Judg ment In favor of O'Nell Brother Company, a corporation, agalnet said II. K. Mssen, Cora Mssen and Harry N. KJer, with Interest thereon together with all costs and disburse ments that have or may accrue. Kbank Ei.kins, sheriff. Dated at Prlnevllle, Ore., Dec. 11. 1913. 13-18 By W. E. Van Allen, depnty. Summons In th circuit conrt of the atate of Oregon for the countv of Crook. Central Oregon Irrigation Company, a corporation plaintiff, v. John Freesell, defendant. ToJobn Freesell, defendant: In the name of th state of Oregon, Yon are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against yon in th abov entitled salt within six week from the date of the first publi cation of this summons, vis, before January 1st, 1914, and if you fail so to appear and answer, for wsnt thereof, the plaintiff will apply to the conrt for th relief prayed for in the complaint, to-wit, the cancellation of a certain con tract made bv von with the nlsintiff dated April 3, 1911, and coat and dis- Dureements oi tne suit. This summons is Dublished bv order of Hon. W. L. Bradsbaw, judge of the shove court, made on the 13th day of govern oer, 131J. Date of first publication. November 20th, 1913. Date of last publication, December 25tb, 1913. J sssi Steasns, Attorney for plaintiff. Summons In the countv court of the state of Oregon for Crook county. 8. J. Newsoin, plaintiff, vs. Harry Ellis, defendant. To Harry Ellis, the above named nelentlant: In the name of the state of Oregon You are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint of plain tiff Sled against you In the above entitled court and action within ten days from the date of the service of this sumoiona upon yon If served In Crook county, state of Oregon, or If served within any other county In tne state, men wltnln twenty day from the date of the service of this summons upon you, or If served bv publication aa required by law, then on or before the TkMiavef Jassary, 1914. and you are hereby notified that If you fall to so appear or answer, for want ttiereof t be plaintiff will take Judgment against you lor the sum of Jlgnty Dollars, with Interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum from the 1st day of August, 1912, and for the costs and disbursements of this action, and for an order of si.ld court to sell the attached personal property belong ing to said defendant in Crook coun ty, Oregon, to Batlsfy said Judgment and costs. This summons Is published In the Crook County Journal for elx full weeks In seven consecutive Issues of said paper, beginning with the Issue of November 13th, 1913, and ending witn tne issue ol December 2oth, 1913, by order of the Hon. G Springer, Judge of the above en titled court, made and entered on the 13th day of November, 1913. Dated and published first time November 13th, 1913. M. E. Brink, Attorney for plaintiff. Notice to Creditors Notice is hereby given thst the nnder signed has been, by the county court of Crook county, state of Oregon, duly ap pointed administrator of the estate of Jeanie M. Smead, deceased, and all persons having claims agsinBt said es tate are hereby required to present the same, duly verified, to said administra tor at the law office of C. C. Brix, in Prineville, Oregon, within six months from tbe date of the first publication of this notice. Dated snd published first time No vember 20th, A. D. 1913. William C. Smkad, Administrator of the estate of Jeanie M. Smead, deceased. Notice for Publication Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Or. November 26th, 1913. Notice is hereby given that Pearl O. Kayler widow of Elmer W. Kayler, deceased, of Prlnevllle, Oregon, who, on Feb ruary 12th, 1910, made homestead entry No. 06005, for w. nwj and w), swi section 2, township 15 south, range 15 east Willamette Meridian, haa filed notice ot Inteution to make final three-year proof to establish claim to the land above described before Timothy E. J. Duffy, U. S. commissioner, at Prlnevllle, Oregon, on the 15th day of January, 1914. Claimant names as witnesses: Omer Claypool, Granville Clifton, Warren Crooks, William Harold, all of Prineville, Oregon. H. Frank Woodcock, 124 Register. Summon In the circuit conrt of tbe stata of Oreiron for tba countv of Crook. Central Oregon Irrigation Company, a corporation, plaintiff, vs. Mre. K. J. Christiansen and Mr. H. J. Hclinmann, only eorviving heir st law and next of kin of Waller H. Meviur, deceased, defendants. To Mrs. K. J. Christiansen and Mr. II. J. Schumann, defendants: la the name of the state of Oregon, You are hereby required to appear and anawer the complaint filed against you in th above emuled suit within six weeks of th date of the first publica tion of this summons, viz, before Janu ary 1st, 1914, and if yon fail so to ap pear and anawer. lor wnt ttiereot, tti plaintiff will apply to the conrt for the relief prayed lor In th complaint, to wn, th cancellation of certain con tract made by Walter II. Meviu with th Deschnte Irrigation eV Power Compsny, dated March 13th. 1909, and costs and disbursements of the suit. This summons is published by order of. Hon. W. L. Bradsbaw, judge of th above court, made on the 13th day of November, 1913. Date of first publication, November 20th, 1913. Date of last publication, December 2otb, 1913. Jssss Stxabxs, Attorney for plaintiff. Notic of Contest Department of tbe Interior, United States Lend OBIce, Lsaevlew Or. November 4U. 1V1A To WtlHan g. Brooks, Conteatet: You ere hereby notified that Fred Chriatof feraon, who (Ives Kolyat, Oregon, as bis poat oSJce fclrtreea. did oa September Mth, 1913, file In Uilaolllce his duly corroborated application -to contest and eeenre the cancellation of roar Homeatead, Serial No. outab made May I2th, lm.loraeoraeetlon l.w'i awuof section 2, nsnwof section 11, nr4 be'j aectlon 10, towD.hlj. 22 aouth, range 22 eaat, W. M.. and ss S round, lor hla contest he allegee thst William . Brooke haa wholly snd entirely abandoned aald land, haa no alga of habitation ;on said land and to my personal knowledge has not resided opon aald land within the ail months Immediately proceeding data ol said contest Ton are. therefore, mrther notified thst the ssld sllegaUoas will be taken by this omee sa having been eonressed by yon. and your ssld entry will be canceled thereunder without vour further right to be heard therein, either before thle office or on appeal. If yon rail to Die In thla omee within twenty dsye after tbe FOURTH publication of this notice, ss shown below, your answer, under oath, spe ctncatly meeting snd responding to these sU legationa of cod teat, or 11 you faU wltbln that ttnetonle In thla office doe proof that yoa hare eerred e copy of your answer on the aald contestant either In person or by regis tered mall. If thla aervlce la made by the de livery of a copy of your anawer to tbe con testant In person, proof of auch service must be either tbe said eonteatsnt'a written ack nowledgement of his receipt of the copy ahjwlng the date of its receipt, or the smda vitof tbe person by whom the delivery was msdeatstlng when and where tbe copy waa delivered; If made by registered mail proof or auch aervlce muat eoneiat ef the affidavit of tbe person by whom the copy was mailed elating when snd tbe ooetofoce to which it sea mailed, and thla aflviavit muat be accom panied by the poetinaster'e receipt for the letter. You ahould state la your answer the name of tbe poatoSice to which you desire future. . notices to be sent to yon JA8. r. BCRUE98, Register, bate M Brit publication, December 4, 1V1S. " aecond - 11, loiS. third ' 18.1)113, m fourth . 26 wis. Notice tor Publication Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office, at Lakeview. Or, November 25, 1913. Not coal lands. Notice is hereby given that Loyd Clifton Peck of Hampton, Oregon, who, on Feb ruary 9th, 1910, made Homestead Entry (Act Feb. 19, 1909) No. 03012, for e, section 24. township 21 south, range 19 east, Willamette Meridian, baa filed notice of intention to make final three-year proof to establish claim to the land above described before A. S. Fogg, United States commissioner, at Hampton, Oregon,, on the 10th day of January, 1914. Claimant names as witnesses: Burr Black, John Wblttaker, Isaac Zierolf, Louis Miller, ail of Hampton, Oregon. J as F. Buroksh, 12 4 Register. Notice to Creditors Notice is hereby given by the un dersigned, the administrator of the estate of Andrew J. Turner, deceased, to all persons having claims against aald deceased or his estate to present tbe same with tbe proper vouchers to the undersigned, at the office ot M. R. Elliott, In Prineville, Oregon, within six months from the first publication of thla notice. , Dated this 13th day of Nov., 1913. Henkt Turner, Administrator of the estate ot An drew J. Turner, deceased. The Brosius Bar Finest Brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigars. LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT F. L BROSIUS, Proprietor E Wagoner H. Z. Griffith Central Oregon Well Co. Contractors for Well Drilling and Prospect Holes. Depth Guar anteed Dealersn full line of well aupuliea, Gasoline Engines, Pumps, Etc Culver, Oregon Subscribe for the Journal, f 1.50 yr