OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENEM1NTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Good Samaritan Is Well Repaid.
Eugene. James Hemenway, of Cot
tage Grove, was surprised upon open
ing his morning mail to find a letter
containing a draft on a Wyoming bank
Tor 300 and the offer of the manage
ment of an oil enterprise tit Castle,
Wyo., the letter being signed "James
Mullen." For some time Hemenway
could not remember anyone by that
name, but finally he called to mind a
man without money who called at his
office 18 months ago and offered to
work for his dinner. Hemenway al
lowed him to repair the sidewalk In
front of his home and gave hiiu a
meal.
Afterward, believing him to be wor
thy, Hemenway gave him $5. The man
promised to return the money "some
day" with Interest
Trap Owner War on Tax.
Astoria. The owners of fish traps
along the north shore of the Columbia
river are excited over the way licenses
and taxes are being imposed upon
them. At the present time these trap
owners pay the customary property
tax, a license fee of from J25 to $50
a year and an additional fee of $1
on each 1000 fish taken. Now comes
Initiative measure No. 11, prepared
by the Washington state grange and
tiled at the statehouse in Olympia a
few days ago. It Is to be voted upon
at the coming November election, and
tf approved will impose another and
still heavier burden on that class of
fishing gear.
Big Celebration Planned.
The Dalles. The Dalles Rodeo, the
wild west show which was Inaugurat
ed here last fall with such great suc
cess, will be staged July 2, 3 and 4
this year, making it include a cele
bration of Independence day.
The Rodeo was held last year com
bined with the county fair. The farm
er objected to the wild west show
In connection with the fair, contend
ing that it detracted from the exhibits
and other features. So it has been
decided to hold the county fair in the
Call and the Rodeo in July.
GOVERNOR ON EASTERN TRIP
Land Matter Will Demand Attention
and Will Speak on Prison Reform.
Salem. For the purpose of advanc
ing the state's interests in various
land matters pending before congress
and the various governmental depart
ments. Governor West left for Wash
ington, D. C, and expects to be gone
from the state three or four weeks.
Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott will
be acting governor in his absence.
In addition to looking after state
land matters at the national capital.
Governor West will be the principal
speaker at a mass meeting and con
vention on prison reform to be held In
New York, under the auspices of the
National Prison Reform association.
One of the principal measures in'
which the governor is interested is
the biU pending In the house of repre
sentatives which authorizes the ex
change of 50,000 acres of timber land
in the Santiam national forest for an
equal number of acres In scattering
sections of school land. This bill has
passed the senate and the governoi
bopes to see it put through the house
at this session of congress. i
Safety Rules Are Issued.
Salem. Labor Commissioner Hofi
has prepared a number of rules foi
persons working in factories. The ob
ject Is to keep them from being in
jured. While simple, they are import
ant, Mr. Hoff says, and if observed
will save many legs, arms, fingers and
lives. His object Is to have the rules
printed and copies framed and placed
In conspicuous places In the factories.
Coo Settlers May Get Land Claims
Marshfield. Twenty or more Cooe
county men will be affected by a re
cent decision of the Interior depart
ment regarding the Hyde-Benson al
leged fraudulent forest lieu selections
The department in one case decided
in favor of actual settlers contesting
such land and holds that such actual
settlers are entitled to preference
rights of entry of the tracts Involved
after the cancellation of the selections
Linn County Will Go Into the Past
Albany. To ascertain the origin ol
the names of towns, streams ant.
mountains, and to look up all the his
torlcal sites throughout the county, It
the plan formulated at a meeting ot
the Linn County Historical society
Announce Strawberry Festival.
Roseburg. This year's annual Rose
burg strawberry carnival will be held
on May 21, 22 and 23. The committee
la charge of the 1914 carnival an
nounce that several navel features art
tinder consideration.
ADMIRAL DEWEY
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
i V I ! 3 fjT " 'V
Admiral Dewey, whose statements
In his autobiography concerning ac
tions of the German admiral at Ma
nila has provoked a rep!y from Ad
miral von Diedrichs.
ITALY MAKES CONDITION
Assurance as to Enforcement of Lit
eracy Test to Be Demanded.
Rome. Italy Intends to make both
the signing of the arbitration treaty
and the exhibit at the San Francisco
exposition conditional on the passage
of the immigration bill now pending
in congress in an unobjectionable
form.
The note to Ambassador Page con
tains the reserve clause that Italy
could not exercise the friendly act of
participating in the exposition if in
the meantime the American immigra
tion bill should be passed with clauses
such as that calling for the carrying
of American health officials on board
Italian steamers. Such a clause would
be considered by Italy as Indicating
an unfriendly attitude, according to
the note.
Italy will Insist before the treaty is
signed on further assurances thai
clause 11 of the Burnett immigration
bill will not apply to Italian steamers
and also that the clause providing foi
the literacy test will be enforced In
such manner as not to prevent Italian
Immigration.
Fireproof Uniform Stands Hard Test
Cincinnati. To prove that he has a
suit and helmet absolutely fire-defy-Ing,
Martin Panian, of Eveleth.
Minn., allowed himself to be cast Intc
the flames at a demonstration here
Panian was obscured by walls of fire
for five minutes and then stepped out
through a blazing curtain of fire
cool and calm.
AVIATOR BEACHEY
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Santa Barbara, Cal. While "looping
the loop" here, Lincoln Beachey, the
aviator, lost control of his biplane and
fell 1600 feet, but managed to right
himself 400 feet from the ground, and
escaped with slight injuries. His ma
chine crashed Into a tree and snapped
its trunk, but is expected to be In
shape for flying again after a few
comparatively minor repairs.
The aviator was at a height of 2000
feet when he made a loop. His bi
plane then pointed its nose toward the
earth and made a spiral dip. All the
spectators thought this was intended,
but it was not, for the machine al
ready was beyond Beachey's control.
For 100 feet more, the biplane fell
sideways, completing a circle, then
floundered, dipped and came down at
an angle, with the engine working
perfectly.
The biplane had Its propeller In
front, with the aviator's seat In the
cockpit, monoplane fashion. It was a
new machine being tried out.
Bags Found; $200,000 Lost.
Paris. A bag stolen from a post
office delivery wagon In the Rue Chau
chat and which contained $200,000 in
cash, was found empty in a lot in
Romainville.
Reno Quakes Four Times.
Reno, Nev. Four distinct earth
quakes were felt Sunday in Reno and
vicinity.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 91c; bluestem, 99c;
red Russian, 90c.
Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $14.
Butter Creamery, 30c.
Eggs Ranch, 21c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 97c; club, 88c;
red Russian, 80c.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfc,
$14 per ton.
Eggs 21c.
Butter Creamery, 31c.
Attorney-General Crawford has ren
dered an opinlou that Luke county
could Initiate a law placing a bounty
ou jiickrabblts,
Representative Slnnott has enlisted
the aid of the department of iiKrtcul
turo in plana to exterminate the Jack
rabbits that infest ceutral and eastern
Oregon, and the department will soon
issue Instructions ou the subject.
A big red fir tree with a heart of
chareonl was cut down on B. U. Wal
lace's farm, eight miles from Albany.
The tree had a diameter ot about six
feet and its use Is estimated us 109
years.
Dr. Kufus llagood, of Peiulleton,
who recently passed an examination
for the United States army medical
corps, has been commissioned first
lieutenant und ordered to Vancouver
barracks.
W. F. Hale, superintendent of the
state training school for boys, says ex
periments show that nitrate of silver
is a sure cure for the cigarette habit
The desire for the weed is said to
vanish after a number of treatments.
In his declaration as a candidate for
the republican nomination for gover
nor, filed with the secretary of state,
T. T. Geer, ex-governor, announces
that he is tor national and state-wide
prohibition.
Under circumstances indicating that
be had been slain, the dead and par
tially buried body of Otto Raen, aged
53, of Portland, was found on an iso
lated mountain ranch near Cape Horn
in Skamania county, Washington.
Ernest and Richard MInty, brothers,
presented themselves for admittance
to the reform school at Salem. One
of the boys hud been released from
the school on parole, but he decided
to return, and bring his brother, after
an absence ot six months.
United States immigration authori
ties have ordered deported Mrs. Sado
McDaniels, wife of an American phy
sician living In the orient. The wo
man arrived In this country and was
stopped while on her way to Independ
ence, Or.
Additional time has been given de
linquents in which to pay for recla
mation work In the Klamath district.
There are 40 delinquents, some of
whom claim exemption because their
lands are not fit for -farming on ac
count of poor drainage.
One of the largest reclamation proj
ects in northern Lake county is under
way with the draining of Summer lake
and utilizing the now ot Ana river,
which maintains the body of water at
a general level by turning the stream
flow into Irrigation canals to supply
the land on the east side ot the valley.
Reports having been made that a
number ot druggists in the state are
"bootlegging," Governor West states
that he has called a meeting of the
state board of pharmacy for April 1
to provide rules for revoking the li
cense of any druggist found guilty o(
violating the liquor laws.
Governor West has appointed Jo
seph N. Teal to intervene for the state
of Oregon in the case of the federal
government to dissolve the Southern
Pacific and Central Pacific railroads.
The appointment carries no salary
and was made upon request of the
transportation committee of the Port
land chamber of commerce.
Representative Lafferty has Intro
duced a bill making it unlawful for
any senator or representative to ac
cept any compensation other than the
salary and allowances be receives
from the government. Each must file
once a year a sworn statement of the
things ot value donated to or received
by him during the year.
There is no legal obstacle to the
county court calling the special elec
tion to vote upon the question of issu
ing $850,000 bonds for building per
manent roads at the time of the gen
eral primary election May 15, accord
ing to an opinion given by Attorney
General Crawford to County Clerk
Max Gehldar of Marion county.
Deer are more plentiful In the moun
tains of Umatilla county this year
than for many years, according to Dis
trict Warden E. F. Averill, who has
Just returned from a trip through the
south end highlands. This may be
ascribed to the game protection sen
timent which has been aroused in this
county. Until the past few years there
was an open season the year round
in the mountains of southern Umatil
la county, so far as actual conditions
were concerned.
More than 800 acres of unproductive
Oregon land will be planted with trees
within the next few weeks by the re
forestation department of the govern
ment forestry bureau. Included Jn
this work will be an experiment ot
covering the sand dunes along the
beach In Lane and Coos counties with
trees. For this purpose a consign
ment of 10,000 maritime pine plants
are now on the way to Portland. These
trees, It has been found, give best
results In a soil of shifting sand. They
are said to be splendid as a sand
binding agency. In addition to this
work a denuded tract near Tillamook
will be reforested with about 600,000
pine plants. Another allotment will
be set out on the dry area near Burns,
In Harnev county.
BUICK
The Car that
Sells by the
Train Load
"""iHiir 'In
The Buick Car Sets Mark in a Run
Twenty and One-Tenth Miles Made on One Gallon of "Gas"
Twenty and one-tenth mile on one gallon of gasoline by a Bix-oylnder Huiek cart That's
the mark that the lluick Motor Company may advertise to the world as on official performance,
Not only did the 15ick "Six" nut this remarkable economy mark on January I I, but the
Model B-25, under similar running conditions, made '22 7 miles per gallon, while a third ma
chine, a Model H 3.7, with no gravity feed tank for the measured gallon of gasoline, made 17.97
miles. The later two model are (ours.
With F. K, Edwards, former American Automobile Association technical txpert and one of
the most conscientious official in the industry, in charge of the technical committee and with
Darwin Hatch, St. Clair Couzens,,, Reed Parker and K. (!. W'estlake to furnish the affidavits as
passengers in the Buick earn, the machines were taken to Thirty-third street and Kouth Park
avenue, Chicago, where the attested Warner speedometers were set and officially recorded by
Messrs. Edward and Hatch, engines were run until they had sucked the gasoline leads dry and
the technical committed carefully supplied each car with one gallon of gasollno that rated t'2 in a
temperature 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Soon after the machines reached Jackson Park, where s two-mile circuit at and near the lake
shore was utilized for a tutting ground, the wind set In off the lake, the roadways became sheeted
in ice and the temperature fell to 32 degrees. The southwest wind, that blew 23 mile an hour at
the start, shifted off the lake and became raw and cold, offering great resistance to the machines.
The luic "six" weighed 4550 pounds, with four passenger and equipment, the "25" weighed
3300 pounds and the "37" 8780 pounds, inclu ling lour passenger 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, The
gear ratio of the "six" is 3 3 4 to 1, while the others have a 4-to-l gear ratio.
HUFF-NOBLE AUTO CO;
O. L Huff
PRINEV1LLE, OREGON fw.NoU.
AGENTS FOR CHALMERS AND BUICKS
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For Sale or Exchange
For Portland Improved Property:
Section 16-16 S. 16 E.
Section 16-16 S. 22 E.
D. Ferrera
250 North 17th St
Portland, Ore.
STALLIONS
We have 25 imported Percherons, Belgians and Shire Stallions,
two to five years old, weighing 1800 to a ton. These are a
grand lot with plenty of bone and action the kind that will
do you lots of good. If you are in the market for a stallion or
if you have an aged stallion or geldings you wish to trade,
write us vour wants, or, berter still, come and see us.
S. Metz & Sons
PENDLETON, OREGON
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Notice lor I'uhllt-atum
Dtartiiiint of tlie Interior,
T. S. Laud Ulli.-e at Tlx Dalle. Ore.
Fnbru.ry llth, Ml.
Notice Is hereby given that
John F. Ilaynut
of I'rinevlllo. Oregon, who, on March
WMh, lllll, mude Homestead F.ntry No.
OM'.il, lor lots 1 and 2, section 6. town
hip 15 smith, range 17 east, Willam
ette Meridian, lis Med notice ot Inten
tion to niska tlrmt tlirte year proa I to
establish claim to the Und alxive de
scribed before Timothy K. J. Duffy, If.
H. ComniiHiiiomtr, at I'rinevllhi, Oregon,
on the Wit, day of April, WW.
Clnlmant names as witneimcs: James
K. lllsuchsrd, lUymnnd Cslsvan, Dsve
Klllott. Charles II. Grain, all of Trine
vIIIk, Oregon. II. Frank Woodcock,
3 6 Keglater.
Notice (or 1'iiblicntloii
Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Olllce at Lskeview, Ore
January 21, 11(14.
Not coal lands.
Notice is hereby givon that
Iitirr Mack
of Hampton' Oregon, who on December
nth, 11110, made homestead entry (Act
February 19, l'JOO) No. 04157, lor south
half, auction 18, townablp 21 s, range 20
e, Willamette Meridian, has Hied notice
of intuntion to make dual three year
proof to establish claim to the land
above deacribed, before A. H. Fogg, U.
8. Commiaiiinuer, at Hampton, Oregon,
on the IRh day of March, 11)14.
Claimant names na wilneases I Loyal
C. l'eck, John O. Whitskur, James L,
Owen, 10. Lee Higgs, all of Hampton,
Oregon, J ah. F. Hi'ikikkh,
2 5 Register.
Notice tor Publication
Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Ollice at The Dulles, Ore.
February llth, 11114.
Notice is hereby given that
Alpha O. Myers
of Redmond, Oregon, who, on March.
Mist, WOK, made Homestead Kntry No,
lfilMl Serial No. 0118, for w section
H3, .township 17 south, range 10 east,
Willamette Meridian, has Hied notice of
intention to make Final Five Year
i'ronf, to establish claim to the land
above described, before Timothy K. J.
Duffy, U, 8. CotnmiMsioner, at Prlne
vHIh, Oregon, on the 27th day of March,
Claimant names ss witnesses: Abbie
Wilson, Blanche Wilson, Lillie Curtis,
Leo Iittttlnger, all of Prineville, Oregon,
2 11) II. Frank Woodcock,
Register.
Notlcs of Final Settlement
Notice Is hereby (riven by the un
dersigned, the administrator of the
eetate of Lizzie M. Delano, dcccnticd,
that he has made and Hied with the
clerk of the comity court his final ac
counting of bis ndinltilHtratlon of
said estate, and that the court has
set Monday, the 6th (lav of April,
1914, at 10 o'clock In the forenoon at
the county court room In 1'rliievllle,
Oregon, as the time and place for
hearing and settling said final ac
counting, At which said time and
place, any person Interested In said
estate may appear and object to
said final accounting.
Dated February 12, 1014.
A. H. Lippman,
Administrator of the estate of
Lizzie M. Delano, deceased.