OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALINTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Fruitgrower Plan Work.
Roseburg. At a meeting ot the
fruitgrowers of Douglas county, held
here, It was decided to affiliate with
the North Pacific Fruit Distributors'
association In disposing of this year's
crop. This association does not han
dle the products of Individuals, but
of the various fruit organlxations ot
the state.
It Is also planned by the fruitgrow
ers to engage in the extensive culture
of cauliflower during the next year.
An expert may be employed to direct
this work.
Short Weight on Butter Found.
Grants Pass. In the case of the
state of Oregon vs. E. E. Abell, tried
here, the Jury found the defendant
guilty of selling butter one ounce short
In a two-pound roll. Deputies of the
state food commissioner collected the
evidence from a local grocery store.
The deputies have been busy In
Southern Oregon for the past two
weeks co'lectlng evidence for the pur
pose of locating violators ot the law.
Convict Camp Abandoned.
Medford. Owing to the dally In
flux of unemployed and the threatened
approach of the "idle army," resident
Highway Engineer Klttredge has an
nounced the abandonment of the pro
posed convict camp In the Slsklyoua
for work on the Pacific Highway, and
declares that the preliminary excava
tion will be done by local and tran
sient labor. '
Farmers to Get Advice.
Burns. The annual short course In
agriculture and its allied Interests will
be held In Burns February 16 to 21,
Inclusive, with the following Instruct
ors from the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege: Professor H. D. Scudder, in ag
ronomy; Professor Potter, in animal
husbandry; Mrs. Calvin, in domestic
science; E. B. Fitts, in dairying, and
Mrs. Dolman In domestic science.
"ALFALFA WEEK" DATE SET
Mr. Churchill Arranges For Schools
To Celebrate.
Salem. Believing alfalfa-growing of
so much Importance, not only to the
livestock Interests of the country, but
also in Its relation to the mainten
ance and upbuilding of so'! fertility,
the entire second week ot March has
been designated by State Superintend
ent of Public Instruction Churchill as
"alfalfa week." Every school in Ore
gon, including the one-room country
schools, the grades and high schools
of the cities, will be asked to observe
the weeks through placing special em
phasis in the language work on the
subject of alfalfa-growing.
Bulletins of the Oregon Agricultural
College and of the Holden improve
ment committee, which give valuable
information about the growing of al
falfa, will be distributed among the
schools.
Superintendent Churchill announces
that boys' and girls' industrial clubs
are being organized throughout the
state, the work to include poultry
raising, sewing, pig-feeding, garden
ing, dairy records and manual arts.
It is planned to add alfalfa-growing
next year.
Fruit Union Wants Packing Plant.
Roseburg. At the annual meeting
of the Douglas County Fruit Union
held here, steps were taken toward
establishing a fruit packing plant here
for the union, and a resolution favor
ing employment by the county of an
agricultural expert was adopted.
Immorality Charged to Indians.
Pendleton. Major K. L. Swartzland
er, agent on the Umatilla reservation,
and several witnesses are In Portland
to lay before the federal grand Jury
charges of immorality on the part of
reservation Indians. It is said a num
ber of reds with wives are living with
other squaws.
Coquille Coal Is Moving.
Coquille. The output of the three
coal mines on the Coquille river at
Riverton, nice miles below this city,
is 200 per cent greater now than It
was a year ago. Their production Is
now running 300 tons a month, and
100 laborers are at work In them.
Justice Urges Rockpile.
The Dalles. Justice of the Peace J.
W. Allen is urging the establishment
of a rockpile on which to work the
city and county prisoners. Most of
the 60 criminal cases which have come
before the Justice in the last four
months have been for minor offenses.
8llver Cray Is Captured.
Bend. A silver gray fox, the fur
of which Is believed to be worth from
$300 to $1500, was caught bj C. L.
Smith, a rancher, near Bend.
JAMES C. GILM0RE
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James C. Gllmore, president of the
new Federal Baseball League, which
will fight the National and American
Leagues.
GHOST FAILS IN CONFESSION
"Why Did You Murder Me?" Is Aaked,
Without Result.
' Los Angeles. The "third degree,"
with a "ghost," as the central figure,
was applied by arresting officers in
an attempt to obtain from John H.
Grondtn, a young druggist, a confes
sion to the murder of his wife, Zella,
according to a statement made public
by his attorneys.
Grondln'8 attorneys declared that
shortly after he was arrested he was
taken by detectives Into a darkened
room, where a "ghost" soon appeared
and demanded In gloomy tones: "Why
did you murder me?"
His attorneys said they considered
such methods outrageous, but at the
same time positive proof of their cli
ent's innocence, as the shadowy form
and the dismal question alike failed
to move him or to obtain from him the
slightest admission of guilt
Citrus Crop Is Bumper.
Chicago. After three years of dis
appointments. Pacific Coast citrus
fruitgrowers this year have produced
a bumper crop, according to a state
ment made here, by E. O. McCormick.
vice president of the Southern Pacific
railroad. This year's crop of oranges
alone, according to Mr. McCormick,
will be sufficient to provide at least
15 oranges for every person in the
United States.
PROHIBITION WILL BE
CHIEF OREGON ISSUE
Portland. Warm as it gives prom
ise of being, the coming primary elec
tion campaign in Oregon will be only
a mild forerunner of what the voters
may expect in the campaign preceding
the general election, November 3.
Undoubtedly the Issue overshadow
ing all others in importance will be
that of state-wide prohibition. Ore
gon this year will be one of the main
battlefields in the struggle between
"wets" and "drys."
Prohibition campaigns are to he
waged next summer and fall In five
western states, of which four are in
the Pacific coast section. The five
Slates are Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
California and Colorado. The anti
liquor forces are preparing to center
their efforts In the three states which
appear to them to have the best
chances of success. These states are
Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Woman Wins Own Suit.
Olympla, Wash. Mrs. Clarissa Bail
ey, of Seattle, who during the last
term of the supreme court was allow
ed the unusual privilege of arguing
her .own case after she had disagreed
with her attorney, was awarded a re
duction of nearly $17,000 in street as
sessments against ber property, in a
decision handed down Saturday.
Municipal Store Opened in Chicago.
Chicago. Chicago's first municipal
store, which the city council recently
authorized with an appropriation of
$25,000, and at which groceries are
sold at cost to the poor, has been
opened. If the market proves a suc
cess, meats and wearing apparel also
will be sold, and other stores opened
in different sections of the city.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 85c; bluestem, 95c;
red Russian, 84c.
Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $14.
Butter Creamery, 35c.
Eggs Candled, 37c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 94c; club, 85c;
red Russian, 83c.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa,
$14 per ton.
Eggs 38c.
Butter Creamery, 36c.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Portland has a population of about
843,327, ncconliiiK to figures presented
by Commissioner Work.
The Oregon State Hardware Men's
Association met In Portland for a four
days' session beginning Tuesday.
Dust M linos, a Grtk, who killed
Bill Ktynhallos, a fellow countryman,
at Philomath, was arrested near Cor
vallls. The milk and cream tests being con
ducted In various rural schools of
Tolk county have proven to be helpful
to the dairy Industry ot the county.
Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer, has
announced his candidacy for re-election,
subject to the action ot the re
public party.
Five cars of Rogue River Valley po
tatoes were shipped to the United
States army on the Mexican-Texas
border. The price received was 75
cents a sack f. o. b. Medford.
Senator Chamberlain has Introduced
a bill in congress authorizing Multno
mah county and Clarke county, Wash.,
to construct an Interstate bridge
across the Columbia river at Vancou
ver. Senator Chamberlain has referred
to the house committee various pro
tests by Balmon packers against Rep
resentative Lafferty's bill, requiring
the date of the pack to be placed on
the cans.
Farmers are finding good use tor
the oyster shells being dug out ot the
channel by the government dredger j
at work at Coos Boy. A large bed of j
the shells has been struck and the j
Bhells are excellent for a fertiliser. I
In view of the protests by north-1
western apple growers and shippers i
against the McKellar cold storage bill j
Congressman McKellar Informed Rep- ,
resentatlve Sinnott that his bUl was
not Intended to apply to fruit.
A law and order league, having for I
its object "the enforcement ot all laws
of city, county and state, and especial- j
ly those pertaining to gambling and ;
immorality," has been organised In j
Bend. j
Logging operators In Coos county 1
have their landings clear and 11,000,-;
000 feet ot logs have come out on the
high water In the last few days. One
Jam of 3,000,000 feet occurred In the !
South Coos river, but they were re- j
leased. j
James E. Godfrey, of Salem, has !
been appointed Income tax agent in j
the internal revenue service on rec- j
ommendatlon of Collector Miller and
Senators Chamberlain and Lane. His
compensation will be $7 per day and
$4 per day in lieu of subsistence.
With a declaration against It by Attorney-General
Crawford, all members
of the state desert land board, with
the exception of Secretary of 8tate
Olcott, have gone on record against
Governor West's plan of Irrigating
public lands by state and federal co
operation. 1
The good roads convention held at
Independence declared for the Pacific
Highway being built on the west side
of the Willamette river, or for two
highway, if necessary. It also went
on record In favor of constructing per
manent hard surface highways on all
main traveled roads In Polk county to
connect with the Pacific Highway on
the north and south.
In John Lytle, under arrest In
Grand Island, Neb., for criminal as
sault upon a young girl, which he has
confessed, Detective Sergeants Day
and Hyde, of the Portland police, be
lieve that they have at last caught
the murder of five-year-old Barbara
Holzman and cleared up a mystery
which has baffled the police since
March, 1911.
With a capital stock of $641, the Cor
vallls Cannery, operated by the Ben
ton County Growers' Association, did
a $55,000 business in 1913. The can
nery packed 17,840 cases of fruits and
vegetables, this being 38 carloads of
36,000 pounds each. The cannery paid
the growers approximately $16,000,
minus 25 per cent retained as working
capital for 1914. Besides this about
$4000 was spent for additional room
and equipment.
Russell Hawkins presented Jona
than Bourne, Jr., with a solid gold
plate as a Christmas remembrance
from citizens of Nehalem, Wheeler,
Tillamook and Bay City, with an in
scription testifying their "Lasting ap
preciation, respect and esteem and
particularly in recognition of loyal, in
defatigable, Intelligent and effective
effort in upbuilding the wonderful
state of Oregon and welfare of the
people."
Receiving reports that more boys.
In the state are smoking cigarettes
than ever before, Superintendent of
Public Instruction Churchill has an
nounced that a campaign, having as
its slogan "swat the deadly cigarette,"
would be started In the schools at
once. So determined is Mr. Churchill
to put an end to smoking by school
boys he has announced that no smok
ers, no matter how excellent their
handiwork, will be allowed to exhibit
in the children's Industrial fair de
partment at the State Fair, and none
will be eligible for competition for
which the prizes will be free trips to
the exposition at Oan Francisco,
UICK
Electric Startedl Lighted,Delco System
1914 Buick Cars
Prices I. o, b. Portland
Model B 24-2 Pats. Roadster, 28 h. p $1060.00
" B 2S-S " Touring Car, 28 h. p 11 85.00
" B 36-2 44 Roadster, 35 h. p 1375.00
B37-5 " Touring Car, 35 h.p '. 1485.00
" B54-2 " Roadster, 6 cycle, 48 h. p 2135.00
" B55 5 " Touring Car, 6 cycle, 48 h. p 2135.00
HUFF-NOBLE AUTO QO.
O. L Huff
Belgian Convicts.
Three-tenths of the earnings of
Belgian convict are given to him on
the expiration of bis term of Imprison
ment Watch Works.
The wntch hairspring was the Inven
tion of Dr. Robert Ilooke, an English
man, In 1058. and Ilooke was also the
first to nse the lever escapement in
10O6, The nse of Jewels for the bear
ings of the pivots was Introduced about
1700, and the compensation balance
was Invented tn 1707.
Telling the Cattle.
"Cattle Unaccompanied by a Drover
Are Forbidden to Cross This Bridge,"
runs the Inscription on a notice board
near Uuarleui, Holland.
Black Opals.
These are commonly the result of ar
tificial coloring, but true black opals
have been mined In New South Wales
during the past nine years. The out
put was at first very small, but for a
few years amounted to 30,000 or 40,000
per annum. At present they have be
come extremely rare, scarcely any hav
ing been found during the last nine
months.
Notice of Dissolution.
Notice Ih hereby given that the law
firm heretofore existing under tin
tirni name and style of Myers and
Wallace has been by mutual comment
111 Ih day dissolved, each party con
tinuing tn business III Frliievllle, Ore
gou, and all communications for the
present may be addressed to W. 1.
Myers, 812 Ablngton Bldg., Port
land, Oregon, or N. i. Wallace,
I'rliievllle, Oregon. N. G. Wallace Ih
to pay all outstanding Indebtedness
of the fi riu creutod after October IH,
1913, and all pending business of the
firm coming into t he firm nrter Oc
tober 18, 1913, shall be completed by
either partner uh the client Hhall de
termine and fees yet due for un
finished bind news Hhall be paid to the
partner completing Hnld business.
All fees due the firm for business al
ready completed nhnll be Immediate
ly payable to N. . Wallace. All
buHlnens of W. I'. My.TH coming to
him prior to October iS, 1913, will be
completed by him and fees therefor
are payable to hltn.
Dated January 16, 1914.
W. V. Mykiw,
1 29 3p N. v?. Wai.i.acr.
Notice to Creditors
Notice is hereby fjivon by the under
signed, the executor of the untate of
James Lawnon, deceased, to all creditors
of said deceased and to all peraons hav
ing claims against said estate to preeent
the same, with the proper vouchers, to
the underpinned at the olllce of M. R.
Klliott within six months from the first
publication of this notice.
Dated and published first time Dec,
18,1913. W. . I. Johnson,
Executor of Last Will of James Law
son, deceased,
We have at our shop Model B. 25 for demonstrating purposes
which it at your service by calling or dropping a card.
Watch this Space
PRINEV1LLE, OREGON Fr.aw. NoM.
AGENTS FOR CHALMERS AND
Kotlco of LonttKt.
Department ot the Interior.
United finite I,nnd Olllce,
The Dulles, Oregon, Dec. 23, 1013.
To Bruce E. Kvaus, vt I'rliievllle,
Oregon, Con tee:
You are hereby notified that Don
It. I'eoples whoRlves Prlnevlliu, Ore
iron, ns his pimtolllce uddrpHH, did
on November 2, 1913, file 111 this
otllce his duly corroborated appli
cation to conU'Ht and secure the can.
cellntlon ot your homestead, Serial
No. 011523 made April 7. 113, for
sr.itf section 22. township 15 south,
rnnge 15 cant, Willamette Meridian,
mid as ((rounds for his contewt he al
leges that said Bruce K. ICvaim ha
v holly abandoned mild tract of
laud for over six months last past;
that lie tins failed to reside upon,
Improve or cultivate wild tract of
land for said time uh by law re
quired or at nil since mnklnjr said
eutry, that his absence therefrom
has not been through any valid
leave of absence under the net of
ongrcsH of June 6, 1912.
You are, therefore, further notified
that the said allegation will be
taken as confessed, and your said
entry will be canceled without
further right to te heard, either be
fore this olllce or on appeal,. If you
fall to tile In this olllce within
twenty days after the FOl'ltTH pub
lication of this notice, as shown be
low, your answer, under oath
specifically reHpotidlng to these alle
gattoim of contest, together with
due proof that you have served n
copy of your answer on the said con
testant either In person or by reg
istered mall.
You should state In your answer
the name of the post olllce to which
you desire future notices to be sent
to you.
II, Thank Woodcock,
Register.
Dale of flrxt publication, .Inn. 8. 1914
" " second " " 15, 11114
" " third " " 22, 1914
" " fourth " " 29, 1914
Application for Crazing Permits
Notice is hereby given that all ap
plications for permits to graze cat
tle, horses and sheep within the
DKSCIIUTKS NATION A I, FORKS'!'
during the season ot 1914, must be
filed In my office at Bend. Oregon,
on or before February 20, 1914. Full
Information In regard to the grazing
fees to be charged and blank forms
to lie used In making applications
will be furnished upon request. M. L.
MEIlRlTT, Supervisor. l-22-4t
Notice to Creditors
Notice Is hereby itivon by the under
fiinel, the executrix of the estate of
James Henry Windom, deceased, to all
creditors of suid deceased and to all
pemons having claims atcairiHt said es
tate to prenent the same with the
proper vouchers to the undersigned at
the office of M. R. Klliott In J'rineville,
Oregon, within six months from the
first publication of this notice.
Dated and published first time -January
22, 1914. Hkiikcca Windom,
Executrix of the last will and testa
ment of Jmoi Henry Windom, deceased.
The Bulck Over
head Vlve Motor
It guaranteed to de
velop more power
nil to give more
mileage per gallon
of iftioline than
ny other motor of
1 1 1 iisn, either
American or for
eign make.
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Next Week
BUICKS
Notice ef riiial .Settlement.
Notice I hereby given by the
uiidemlgtHMl, the administrator of
the estate, of Sophia J. I.atollette,
diseased, that he bus made and filed
with the clerk of the county court
his final accounting ot IiIh adminis
tration of said estate ami t hut the
court ban net Friday, the 6th day of
Feb., 1914 at 10 o'clock In the fore
noon, nt the county court room In
I'rliievllle, Oregon as the time and
place for hearing ami settling said
final accounting. At which snld
time and place any person Interested
In said pHtate may npiwar and ob
ject to said final accounting,
Dated January Hth, 1914.
T. II. LArot.i.KTT,
Administration of the estate of
Sophia J. I.afollett, Deceawil.
otlcc ter I'uhlicatioil
Department of the Interior,
IT. 8. Laud Olllce at The Dalles, Ore.,
December 17th, 1913.
Notice is hereby given that
Oliver (1. Adams
one of the heirs of Silas K. Adsme, of
1'rlnuville, Oregon, who, on May Kith,
1908, mado Homestead Entry No. 04120
for si nej, wHi sej, sc eJ, suction
14, township 15 south, ranve 17 cast,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to uiske final five-year
proof to establish claim to the land
shove described befure Timothy K. J.
Duffy, U. 8. CoiniiiiKxioiier, at i'rinn
ville, Orrgnn, on the 21th day of Feb
ruary, 1911.
Cinimant namis as witnesses: Wil
liam Marks, Hui (ice, James C. il
crim, John R. Itreenn, all nl Prim-viHe,
Orcein. II. l'HANK Woodcock,
12-25 Register,
Notice lor Publication
Department of the Interior,
U. 8. Land Olllce at The Dalles. Ore.
December 30th, 1913,
Notice is hereby given that
Jean C. Ilollore
of Bend, Oreii'iii, who, on February
21 t, 1912, made homestead entry No,
09IMIG, for s i section 81, township 16
soiiih, range 15 east, Willamette Merid
ian, has f lie! notice of intention to
make final commutation proof to es
tablish claim to the hind above tie
Hctibed, before il. C. Ellis, U.S. Com
miHfllouer, t B ml. Oregon, on the
SUM It day of February, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses: Ern
est C. Kimmell. of l'tineville, Oregon;
Samuel Boyd, Wallis Danbory, (iltmn
Maloney, all of Bend, Oregon.
l-15p II. Fkank woodcock, Register.
Cnv k. Kacpplcr I'-Htitto.
Notice Is hereby given that the
undersigned admlnlHtrator, with the
will annexed, of the estate of Carl A.
KiU'ppler, deceased, Iiiih filed his
final account as such In the county
court of tliu State of Oregon, for
the County of Crook, and that
Saturday, the 21st day of February,
1914, at the hour of tun o'clock In
the forenoon of said day, at the
courtroom of nald court In the city
of I'rliievllle In Crook county, Ore
gon, Iiiih been appointed by said
court uh the time and the place for
the hearing of said final account,
and objections thereto, If any.
Dated and first publication Janu
ary 22, 1914 p
II. A. Kaui'PI.fcii, Administrator.
J. O. Stcurns, Attorney,