OREGON NEWS NOTES'
OF GENERU INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Steelhead for Yamhill.
Sheridan. Steelhead salmon hare
never been found in the Yamhill river,
though they are found in many
streams of smaller size on the east
side of the Willamette, Representa
tive R. L. Graves is determined to
make the Yamhill one of the best
angling streams in the state, and to
this end has secured three carloads of
young steelhead salmon to stock the
stream. One of these will be liberat
ed at McMinnville, one at Sheridan
and one at Willamina.' A car of trout
will be liberated at Carlton.
Nab Portland Chinese Woman.
Tortland. Mrs. Toy Yoke, who is
alleged to have eloped on November
27 from this city with Won Wah, the
latter having in his possession $1000
In money and jewels, belonging to Lee
Hong, was arrested In Chicago, ac
cording to word received by the local
police.
She will be brought here to answer
to a charge of grand larceny, local of
ficials say. .It is alleged the couple
eloped immediately after the theft
from Hong.
O.-W. R. & N. Buying Land.
Pendleton. Ellsworth Benham, of
Portland, representing the O-W. R. &
N. Co.. arrived at Stanfield and at
once began buying land for the right
of way of the proposed Coyote cut-off.
This action apparently confirms the
report which has been current for the
' past few days that the railroad com
pany expects to commence operations
this spring.
State Hangs Man, Sues.
Astoria. The county court made an
order directing that G. C. Fulton be
employed to prosecute a suit in equity
to foreclose a lien of the state in the
sum of $622.70 against the estate of
Oswald C. Hansel, who was executed
at the state penitentiary recently.
The amount due is the court costs
lor the trial of the case against Han
sel, when he was convicted of murder.
EXPRESS RATES LOWERED
State Railroad Commission Says
Tumble Will Come About March 1.
Salem. Express rates In Oregon
will take a big drop about March 1.
The extent of the tumble was made
known by the state railroad commis
sion upon receipt of word from the
interstate commerce commission that
certain modifications desired to be
made in this state from the Interstate
schedule will be favorably considered.
There are three features about the
new rates that are of particular im
portance. One is that through rates
will hereafter be quoted from any
point in Oregon to any other point
within the state. Another is that the
western states will put in a 55-cent
minimum rate, as compared with the
70-cent rate on interstate shipments,
and the third is a special modification
for the benefit of Oregon, adjusting
rates within the state to commercial
conditions, instead of following in ev
ery case the rate basing points Be
lected for the interstate rates.
Because the rates vary with dis
tance and with the weight of the pack
age, it Is Impossible to state the per
centage of decrease, but in a general
way it may be said that the rates from
Portland to eastern Oregon points will
be lowered from 25 to 60 per cent
The decrease to southern Oregon
towns will not be so great, as tin
distance north and south does not al
low so large a variation, and the
blocks are longer north and south than
east and west.
"Shoot Up" Country Dance.
Pendleton. By "shooting up" fl
country dance Lou Caper and Jack
Murdock, two farm laborers, staged s
frontier day drma at Juniper. Nc
one was injured, but the two succeed
ed in thoroughly terrifying the womet
and completely intimidating the men
finally escaping on horseback undei
cover of their guns.
Mammoth's Tooth Found.
Albany. A fairly well-preservel
tooth of a mammoth was found by J
G. Crawford, a local archaeologist, it
a car of gravel which had been re
ceived here from Canby.
The tooth is seven Inches long, fiv
Inches high and three inches wide. I
shows some decay.
Drain to Have Cannery.
Drain. A co-operative cannery ae
sociation was organized here with t
capital of $2000, practically all sub
scribed.
The association expects to have tin
cannery ready for the coming year'i
crop of vegetables and fruit. Farmen
are enthusiastic over the prospecti
for a market for surplus fruits am
vegetables.
CHARLES R. CRANE
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Charles R. Crane, the Chicago man
ufacturer, who may be sent as ambas
sador to Russia.
BRYAN ALMOST TASTES WINE
Wife Stays Hand Bearing Drink ot
Champagne Upward.
New York. With a glass of chr.m
pagne almost to his lips, William Jen
nlngs Bryan was prevented from drink
ing the wine by the quick action oi
his wife.
The incident took place at the first
annual dinner given by the Authors
League of America, Four hundred at
tended and Winston Churchill presid
ed.
In the course of his speech the guest
of honor reached for a drink of water
Inadvertently he picked up a glass ol
champagne. Mrs. Bryan, seeing net
husband's mistake,- sprang from he!
plaee, two seats away from the Becre
tary, and hurrying to him, put bet
hand over the glass just as it was to
reach bis lips. Mr. Bryan looked stir
prised for an instant, then laughingly
picked up a glass of water.
Postmaster Alleged Defaulter.
Goldfield, Nev. With an estimated
shortage of between $5000 and $10,001.
charged against his accounts, E. R
Collins, for eight years postmaster ol
Goldfield, Is a fugitive from Justice
and a federal warrant charging him
with embezzling the specific sum ol
$1500 has been issued for his arrest.
Coal Taxed to Guard Mines.
Denver. A lax of one cent a ton
on all the coal mined by the principal
operators in Colorado since the strike
began last September has been used
to pay the expenses of guarding the
mines, according to the testimony ol
C. L. Baum before the house sub-corn
mittee investigating the labor war.
OREGON IRRIGATION
MEN END SESSION
Portland, Or. The Oregon Irrlga
tion congress took advanced position
on the question of state and federal
co-operation In reclamation, and hear
tily condemned the speculator who has
handicapped reclamation.
Officers elected were: President.
Asa B. Thompson, Echo; first vice
president, J. W. Brewer, Redmond;
second vice-president, J. R. Blackaby,
Ontario; third vice-president, W. Laii
Thompson, Lakeview; secretary, Fred
M. Wallace, LaTdlaw.
The congress went on record as
supporting state-federal co-operation
in reclamation of arid lands in Oregon
on a dollar for dollar basis; desiring
that the Oregon agricultural college
establish experiment farms or sub
stations on each irrigation project;
urging the secretary of the Interior
to authorize the immediate construc
tion of the Tumalo project extension
for which the state has appropriated
$450,000, and the secretary of the in
terior has set aside $450,000; desiring
the elimination of the irrigated lands
speculator by requiring 50 per cent
cultivation and improvement before
certificate be granted by desert land
board; favoring the removal of the
state engineer as a member of the
desert land board; approving the pro
posed federal $100,000,000 bond issue
desired by Secretary of the Interior
Lane.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 87c; bluestem, 98c;
red Russian, 86c.
Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $14.
Butter Creamery, 35c.
Eggs Candled, 36c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 98c; club, 87c;
red Russian, 86c.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa,
$14 per ton. .
Eggs 37c.
Butter Creamery, 36c
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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Erect lo; at i cannery tit Junction j
City is plum M by the Junction City
grouse,
Oregon has 84 national hunks and
73 applications to Join the federal re- j
serve association have been received.
Saturday will bo the final day for fll-,
tag applications.
Oregon's building at tho San Fran-'
Cisco exposition Is to be enulpped with ;
furniture mado by the manual training
classes In the Oregon public schools,
according to announcement of Assist
ant State Superintendent E. F. Curl
ton. County JiidK Frank L. Tou Velio
has gone to Chicago, whero he will
turn over to the bond buyers the $500,-
000 road bonds voted last fall by Jaek- I
son county for the Improvement of tho '
Pacific highway from the California j
border to the Josephine county line. i
Senator Chatnbrrluln has Introduced ,
a bill to allow the longevity pay claim i
that was duo Lieutenant George J. ;
Cumpbell of Portland. The amount !
of the claim is $3,192.84. Dr. William i
Campbell, of Portland, is a sou ot the s
deceased claimant. '
The pnrenl-teachor forces of Ten- i
dleton are leading a fight for the an-''
nihilatlou of the cigarette in Pendle
ton. The city council is expected to
act on uu ordinance prohibiting use of
tobacco in any form by boys less than
IS years old. , j
The little town ot lioldmnn, I'mattl-1
la county, and the vicinity is in rigid '
quarantine, established by .Dr. E. J.
McFaul, county health officer, In an
endeavor to stop the spread ot small
pox, an epidemic of which bus reached
alarming proportions.
The Linn county grange has adopted
resolutions urging the submission ot
an initiative measure' regulating the
courses and departments ot the mil-!
versity of Oregon and Oregon agricul-,
tural college to prevent conflicts in i
studies. j
Disapproval ot the agricultural ex
tension -bill is expressed by United!
States Senator Lane, because ot the
fact that too many agricultural ex
perts are provided positions and not a 1
single farmer has urged the passage ;
ot the bill.
The matter of getting a good road I
from Wheeler to Nehalem city is be-
ing strongly agitated in Tillamook j
county. Wheeler Is almost entirely
isolated by land, having no direct con
nectlon with either the north or south '
beaches and other parts of the Neha-'
lem valley, since the only outlet is a
poorly constructed road leading to
Mohler.
Declarations of Intention to be can- ,
dldates for justices of the supreme ,
court on the republican ticket have
been filed with Secretary of State Ol
cott by Chief Justice McBrlde and.
Justices McXary and Bean. Justice
Ramsey, the only democrat on the su
preme court bench, has announced
that he will be a candidate.
According to reports received by
eastern Oregon sheepmen,' R. F. Blck
nell, a buyer of cheep and wool, is
now in Morrow county endeavoring to
contract for the 1914 clip at prices ap
proximately 2 cents in advance of
those paid last year. Acordlng to
these reports some sales have been
made, but most of the growers are
refusing to contract.
According to figures recently Issued
by the Southern Pacific railroad, the
Rogue River valley has changed from
a non-supporting to a self-supporting
community in two years. The balance
of trade in favor of the valley now
totals 1175 cars. Ot these, more than
100 cars are ot fruit, but bay, potatoes,
onions and bogs are produced here
and sent out. Two years ago these
products were shipped in.
Governor West states that begin- j
nlng the first ot April he will Issue j
for publication monthly statements of J
the expenditures of the state fish and !
game department and comparisons ot
the figures with those of the corre
sponding month last year. He said
bis Idea was to keep the expenditures
down to a minimum and to show the
public that be Intended to have the
department operated on the most eco
nomical basis.
R. E. Clanton, ex-master fish war
den and now superintendent of hatch
eries, In his report for January, says
that because of the mild weather the
propagation work at the Bonneville
fish hatchery has been more gratify
ing than usual. Superintendent Wil
son has on hand 14,106,790 young
salmon. The fry resulting from the
fall chinook eggs are all hatched.
There are 1,250,000 eastern brook
trout eggs which are under different
periods of incubation at the station.
The women of the Civic club have
Inaugurated a new plan for making
Pendleton a better looking homo town
and have announced prizes In a con
test between pupils of the grade
schools In a contest of home Industry.
Four prizes will be awarded, one to
the boy or girl who makes the most
improvement in his or her yard at
home; one for the best showing ot
sweet peas, one for the best showing
of vegetables anJ one for the besl
showing of vines. The contest will
last until the close of school.
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The Buick Car Sets Mark in a Run
Twenty and One-Tenth Miles Made on One .Gallon of "Cat"
Twenty and one-tenth miles on one gallon of gnoliti by a cix-ey littler liuick carl That's
the mark that the IHtick Motor Company may nilveriine to the world ft un otliciul performance.
Not only did th lUiek ''Six" aet this retnarkahU economy mark on January 11, but the
Model B-25, under simibtr running condition, ntuda 22 7 mi 1m per jrillon, whilw third urn
chine, a Model 1? 37, with no gravity feed tank for the measured gallon of guMiline, mado 17.07
miles. The later two models are foura.
With F. H. Kdwardu, forniar American Automobile Atsot iation technical Xpert and one of
tho. most conscientious officials in th industry, in charge of th inchmeal commit lea and with
Darwin Hatch, St. Clair Couiens,,, Reed 1'nrkrr and H. (i. Wexilnke to furnish the nUidavlt
pascengers in the l'uiick carr, tht machines were taken to Thirty-third street and South Park
avenue, Chicago, where the attested Warner spemlometers were et and ofliciully recorded hy
Messrs. Edwards and Hatch, engines were run until they had sucked the gasoline leads dry and
the technical commute carefully supplied each car with one gailon of gasoline that rated 02 in a
temperature 65 degrees Fahrenheit. ,
Soon after the machines reached Jackson I'ark, where a two-mile circuit at and near the lake
shore was utilized for a testing ground, the wind set in off the lake, the roadways been me sheeted
in ice and the temperature fall to 32 dgrees. The so'ithwest wind, that blew "3 miles an hour at
the start, shifted off the lake and became raw and cold, offering great resistance to the machines,
The I?uic "six" weighed 4550 pounds, with four passengers and equipment, the ''2.V weighed
3300 pounds and the "37" 3780 pounds, inclulina four passengers and equipment. The "six" has
an engine 3 3 4x5, the "25" has a bore and stroke of 3 3 4 each, while the "37" is 3 3 4x5, Tho
gear ratio of the "six" is 3 8-4 to 1, while the others have a 4-to-l gear ratio.
HUFF-NOBLE AUTO CO.
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Section 16-16 S. 22 E.
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250 North 17th St
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if you have an aged stallion or geldings you wish to trade,
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BUICKS
Notice fr I'tibllcutioii
Ipirtnieiit of tlie Interior
U. S. Laud Ullles at l.skf view, Ore
January 21, lfU,
Not coal lamls.
Notice is licri'liy given that
Ihirr illm k
of Hampton' Oreuon, who nn leeemher
Mil, It'll), tnsile homeateml entry (Aet
February 19, l(Jt) N0. 04 1.17, 'or south
lull, seetiim 1H, lownnhlp 21 , rsngn 20
e, WTIatiiHtUi Meriilian, liss tilel notice
of intention to make llnul three year
proof to Oftalihsli claim to the Isml
above described, before A. H. Fork, t'.
8, ('nuituinnioliur, st Hampton, Oregon,
on the lttli day of March, 1U14
Claimant names as wltnesars: I.oval
C. I'eck. John . Whitakur, James 'L.
Owen, K. I Asa Itigv, ah of Hampton,
Orevon. Jab. 1'. IteittiKim,
2 6 Keirlfcter.
Notice tor i'uhllcHtloii
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Ulliee at The Dalle, Ore,
February J Ith, lull.
Notice is hereby given that
Alpha O. Myers
of Redmond, Oregon, who, on March
Hist, 1U0H, made Homestead I'.ntry No,
151141 Serial No. UIIKIH, for we section
:I3, towimliip 17 south, range 16 east,
Willamette Meridian, has II let notice of
intention to muke Final Five Year
l'roof, to establish claim to tlie land
above described, before Timothy K. J.
Duffy, U. H, CommifKioner, at Prine
ville, Oregon, on the 27ili day of March,
11)14.
Claimant names as witnesses: Abide
Wilson, Illanche Wilton, I.illie Curtis,
Leo Hattiuger, all of 1'rHieville, Oregon.
i 10 II. Fiunk Woodcock,
Kegisler.
iNotlcc tor I'tihlication
Department of the Interior,
U. 8, Land Olllce at The Dalles, Ore ,
December 17th, 11)13.
Notice Is hereby given that
Oliver (i. Adams
one of the heirs of Silas K. Adams, of
I'rineville, Oregon, who, on May USth,
11)08, mado Homestead Kntry No. 04420
for swt nej, vt sej, bcJ sw, section
14, township 15 south, range 17 east,
Willamette Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final five-year
proof to establish claim to the land
above described before Timothy K. J.
Duffy, U, 8. CouimiHtioner, at Prine
ville, Orrgon, on the 21th day of Feb
ruary, 11114,
Claimant naints as witnesses: Wil
liam Marks, Hugh Gee, James C. (iil
crist, John It. Hreese, all of Prineville,
Oregon. H. Fiunk Woodcock,
12-25 Register
Curl A. Kacppler itiitc,
Notice Is hereby (riven that tho
underalKned administrator, with tho
will annexed, of the estate of Carl A.
Kaeppler, deceused, has tiled ills
final account as such In the county
court of tlie Htate of Oregon, for
the County of Crook, 11 ml that
Saturday, the 21st day of February,
11)14, at the hour of ten o'clock In
tho forenoon of Bald day, at the
courtroom of said court in the city
of l't'lnevllle in Crook county, Ore
icon, has been appointed by said
court as 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. Kakpi'i.kk, Administrator.
J. O. Stearns, Attorney.