CF1EG0N NEWS NOTES
OF 6ENERALIIITEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
CAM. R. GRAY
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
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The Car that
Sells by the
Train Load
Women Active In Politics.
Baker. "The Woman's Booster"
club, is the latest suffrage organiza
tion in this city, formed primarily to
Interest women In political affairs and
to spur them to desire to take advan
tage of their right to the ballot Pri
maries will be held In May. Commlt
ees will be stationed each day at the
courthouse to Instruct those who de
ire to register how to proceed, and a
series of political meetings has been
planned.
Game Hearing Asked.
Albany. That a public hearing be
Held at which tho sportsmen of west
ern Oregon may submit evidence to
federal authorities looking toward a
change in the open season on migra
tory birds is a suggestion of Albany
sportsmen.
An open season from November 15
to February IS is desired. Local sports
men assert that under the present reg
ulations tho birds do not begin to
come into Jhe Upper Willamette val
ley until the open season is over.
Lawyer Involved in Shooting.
Baker. Charles F. Hyde, formerly
district attorney of Baker county, was
arrested on a charge of assault with
intent to kill for the shooting of Tom
"Williams, a rancher, following a quar
rel over the case in which Williams'
son is involved, Hyde being one of the
attorneys. The latter claims the
(hooting was accidental. He explain
ed having the gun by saying he ex
pected an attack by another person.
Williams' Injuries are not thought serious.
Dunes May Grow Trees.
Ingene. Completion of the five
year task of reforesting Mount Hebo,
in Tillamook county, and the begin
ning of an experiment with the forest
ation of the sand dunes about Gardi
ner, have been announced by H. L.
Rankin, supervisor of the Sluslaw Na
tional forest The Mount Hebo burn,
which was one of the largest tracts
f burned-over land in the west, was
ansed by the great fire of 1861, when
the Indians set fire to the timber of
the coast and destroyed vast areas.
WANT COMPENSATION ACT
Many Who Had Decided Otherwise
Change Minds at Tims Is Near.
Salem. A . number of employers,
who had filed with the state industrial
accident commission notices of their
election not to come under the pro
vision of the workmen's compensation
law, are now sending in requests to
save such notices withdrawn and de
claring their intentions to take advan
tage of the benefits offered by the law
according to F. W. Hinsdale, secretary
of the commission.
Mr. Hinsdale says this change in
pinion among employers is due to the
educational work being done by the
members of the commission and the
inspectors. He said that letters from
employers withdrawing their former
notices were being received in prac
tically every mail. The insurance fea
ture of the law will become effective
July 1.
Drinks Disinfectant.
Pendleton. Crazed by his desire
for drugs, Roy Chambers, recently
sentenced to jail for stealing auto
tires, seized a bottle of disinfectant
which had been put in the cell, and
look a long draught which almost
jroved fatal. A physician administer
ed an emetic which saved Chambers'
life.
Douglas Fair Date Set.
Roseburg. The Douglas fair will be
neld this year September 16 to 19, in
clusive. This is the same date the
iair was held last year, and will come
the week following the fair at Med
lord and the week before the fair at
Eugene. The State fair will be held
tbe week following the Eugene fair.
6enate Abolition Urged.
Salem. C. E. Spence, head of the
grange In Oregon, announced that bills
to abolish the state senate and to pro
Tide for proportional representation In
the bouse will be offered for initiation
at the coming electioj.
Plan New Electric Road,
Brewsy. A movement is on foot
lero to organize a company to build
an electric railway from Riverside, a
town on the new Oregon-Eastern rail
Toad, up the middle fork of the Mal
heur river, past Drewsy to the timber
lelt
Game Warden Re-Employs Deputies.
Salem. State Game Warden C. H.
Evans hag appointed 21 deputy game
wardens, practically all of whom are
men who were in the service before
the reorganization.
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Carl R. Gray, who recently retired ,
from the presidency of the Great'
Northern Railway.
WILL EXPEL IDLE "ARMY"
City Decides to Discontinue Free Food
Supply of Men. j
Sacramento. The two factions of
the so-called "army of the unemploy
ed" reunited with Kelley In command. !
A demand for food was made and
"General" Kelley said if the food were
not supplied he could not control bis
men longer.
Offers of transportation back to San
Francisco were made by a citizens'
committee. A few men accepted and
deserted, but a majority refused to ac
cept the offer. It has been definitely
decided by city and county authorities
no more food will be supplied the men.
It was arranged to ship the reunited
"army of unemployed," now number
ing about 1700, back to San Francisco
in a special train at the expense of
Sacramento citizens. A fund of J2500
was raised for this purpose.
The determination of the citizens
not to help the "army" go east or to
furnish food was made positive by the
announcement of the men that they
did not want jobs, but would only con
tinue on to Washington. i
Terrazas' Life To Be Spared by Villa.
El Paso, Tex. Non-payment of the
ransom demanded as the price of the
life of Luis Terrazas, Jr., will not re
sult In the execution of the prisoner,
according to a telegram received from
General Villa at ChlLuahua.
General Villa, in response to mes
sages, indicated that the ransom had
been largely a pretext to cover his
purpose of preventing if possible any
aid from reaching the federals from
the head of the Terrazas family.
MANY BELIEVED DEAD
IN SLUMS BLAZE
St Louis. One hundred persons
are believed to have perished in a fire
that destroyed the Missouri Athletic
Club, at Fourth and Washington Sts.,
early Sunday morning.
Of 135 roomers at the club not more
than 20 were accounted for three
hours after the fire was discovered.
At 2:30 o'clock every fireman in the
city was on the scene, but the blaze
spread in all directions and was far
beyond the control of the firemen.
At 2:45 A. M. the roof of the mas
sive structure, covering half a city
Bquare, caved in, carrying down with
it several floors, on which it is be
lieved there were more than 100
sleepers.
The Missouri Athletic Club was in
the heart of the retail business dis
trict of St. Louis. It was one block
west of the terminal of the Eads
bridge across the Mississippi River
and a half block from Broadway, one
of the busiest streets of the city.
Grape Growers Fight.
Stockton, Cal. Declaring that if the
proposed constitutional amendment
making California a prohibition state
carries, the vltlcultural industry of
San Joaquin Valley and elsewhere will
be ruined the grapegrowers of this
county have organized to combat ths
movement
T. R. Again Grandfather.
New York. Mrs. Richard Derby,
daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Theo
dore Roosevelt, gave birth to an eight
pound boy here.
THE MARKET8.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 91c; bluestem, $1.00;
red Russian, 90c.
Hay Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $14.
Butter Creamery, 27c.
Eggs Ranch, 19c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 9bc; club, 88c;
red Russian 87.
Hay Timothy, $17 per Un; alfaUh.
$14 per ton.
Eggs 20c.
Butter Creamery, tfifl.
From March 1 to May 1 Is a closed
season for net fishing ou the Colum
bia river.
Stats Hank Superintendent Sargent
has issued a certificate to the First
National Bank of Umatilla to do busi
ness. A now armory is to be built by Mult
nomah couuty for the Oregon national
guard.
Astorlu's rainfall last month amount
ed to 5.95 inches. Tho total was 8.71
inches less than that of the record
of the same month in previous years.
State Treasurer Kay has received
$10,000 from the treasurer of Baker
county, which Is the liist to make a
p?. mout this year ou the first hall of
taxes.
East side linos of tho Southern Pa
cific announce a five hour train serv
ice between Springfield and Portland.
Tho exact date for beginning the im
proved service has not been given out.
The Lake county court has appro
priated $2500 for use in reducing the
grade at Milllcan hill, on the McKeu
tie Pass road. The forestry depart
ment will furnish $2000. .
State Senator J. N. Burgess of Pen
dleton sold 26.000 pounds of wool at
13 cents a pound, au advnnco of 1 cent
over the price received last year. This
is the first sale of the season reported
from that seetlou.
The Tillamook Bay Construction
company has been awarded the con
tract for the construction of the first
uult of Buy City's proposed municipal
dock, for $4500. Work will be com
menced at ouce.
A plan is on foot to divide Lane
county. Glenada, Mapleton and Flor
ence citizens have named delegates to
plan a program. One reason for the
desired change is the impassable con
dition of some of the roads, it is said.
Banks of Medford are offering to
take all warrants issued lu Jackson
county, at par. The work of bolster
ing up the credit of the county has
been going on for some time, and
with excellent results.
Irvine Acheson won the prohibition
oratorical contest of Albany College
and will represent Albany in the In
tercollegiate prohibition oratorical
contest of Oregon next month. Ache
son spoke on "The Lesson From the
Past and the Present"
Attorney-General Crawford, in an
opinion written at the request of T. J.
Thrift assessor of Coos county, holds
that uncultivated land of the same
character and quality of contiguous
cultivated land should be assessed at
the same value for taxation.
Evangelist Bulgln called on Governor-West
to send troops to "clean up"
Pendleton. He asserts that grafters
are active with the saloon and gamb
ling interests, and that the city attor
ney refuses to act on evidence that
has been furnished him.
A new treatment for tuberculosis Is
being tried by Dr. D. M. Brown and
his associates, says a report from
Ashland. Fish, preferably the salmon,
are subject to hypodermic Injections
of iodine, thus iodizing the blood of
the fish, from which the serum Is
formed.
Mrs. Anna Rebecca Stewart, a pio
neer of three different states and a
resident of Albany continuously for al
most half a century, celebrated her
93d birthday at her home in Albany.
She was a resident of Illinois, Iowa
and Oregon in the pioneer days of
each state.
Twenty acres of land on the foot
hills overlooking South Portland and
valued at $100,000, has just been do
nated to the state of Oregon as a cam
pus for the medical department of the
University of Oregon by the Oregon
Washington Railroad & Navigation
company.
T. E. McMeans, for the past two
years agent at Copperfield, the scene
of Governor West's recent clean-up,
following a permit by the state rail
road commission to close the station
has left town. The depot is boarded
up, the equipment Is gone, and Cop
perfield is now only a flag station,
Giving as his slogan, "Government
ownership of public monopolies; Ore
gon resources for Oremon: laws for
the people," Representative Lafferty,
of the Third Congressional District,
has filed his declaration as a candi
date for the republican nomination for
re-election with Secretary of State Ol
cott The state beard of control was noti
fied by Superintendent Stelner, of the
state insane asylum, that Pearl Jones
Holmes, poet and playwright, former
ly of Rlckreall, had filed suit in Port
land for $25,000 damages for Illegal
Incarceration in the asylum against
her former husband, M. A. Holmes; J.
R. Teal, county judge of Polk county,
and Dr. B. H. McCallon and himself.
The Lebanon City Council has pass
ed an ordinance making It a misde
meanor for any minor to smoke a cig
arette, or use tobacco In any form in
Lebanon. The punishment for the
first offense is a reprimand from the
municipal Judge, and the second Is a
j line or from ?2 to flu. The city
health officer has volunteered to treat
any habitual clgarctto user with tho
silver nitrate remedy.
The Buick Car Sets Mark in a Run
Twenty and One-Tenth Miles Made on One Gallon of "Gas"
Twenty and one-tenth miles on one gallon of gasoline by a eix-cylndcr Huick car! That's
the mark that the Huiok Motor Company may advertise to the world an an official performance.
Not only did the lUick "Six" net this remarkable economy mark on January 11, but the
Model B-25, under similar running conditions, made 2'2 7 mil? per gallon, while a third ma
chine, a Model 1! 37, with no gravity feud tank for tho measured gallon of gnnoline, made 17.07
miles. The later two models are fours.
With F. K. Edwards, former American Automobile Association technical t Xpert and one of
the most conscientious officials in tho industry, in charge of the tec hnical committee and with
Darwin Hatch, St. Clair Couaens,,, Reed Parker and K. i. Weetlake to furnish the affidavit a,s
paaxengers in the ltuick car?, the machine were taken to Thirty-third street and South Park
avenue, Chicago, where tho attested Warner speedometers were net and oflUually recorded by
Messrs. Edwards 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 gasoline that rated (52 in a
temperature 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Soon after the machines reached Jackson Park, where a two-mile circuit at and near the lake
shore was utilized for a toting ground, the wind set in off the lake, the roadways became wheeled
in ice and the temperature fell to 32 degrees. The southwest wind, that blew ?3 miles an hour at
the start, shifted off the lake and became raw and cold, offering great resistance to tho machines.
The Huic "six" weighed 4550 pounds, with four passengers and equipment, the "25" weighed
3300 pound and the "37" 3780 pounds, inclu ling four passengers and equipment. The "six" has
an engine 3 3 4x5, the "25" hat 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
PRINEVILLE, OREGON Fred W. Noble
AGENTS FOR CHALMERS AND BUICKS
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Statement of Retotircea and Liabilities of
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon
loan and DlxoounU... fMfea OS
fulled HUttes Bonda 12.600 00
Bun i miulu!te 1J.MO 12
Ciub dt lu from bank! Ol
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Will WnnlUi, Vlc Pr.tia.
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nplUl HUx-k. In M.ono oo
Hurplua fund, ernl t)ixW 00
t'ndlvlitml produ, earned 87.TJ4 M
Circulation .oo 00
Depoalla m,m 13
VM.m 19
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two to five years old, weighing 1800 to a ton. These are a
grand lot with plentv 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 your wants, or, berter still, come and see us.
S. Metz & Sons
PENDLETON, OREGON
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Notice lor Publication
Ii'l''tiiivnt of tli liiturlor,
t S. Laud Ollicn at The lliea. Ore.
February Dili, lull.
Notice la liervhy kKi'ii cthut
i.. i... l- ti
Wi'ltl, I . 1 1 1 J Hl'B
of Priimville. Orrtrnti, who, on March
,'llli, l'.lll, niiicle lloiiicateitil Kntry No.
OMUI. (or Into 1 ami 'i, ( inn fl. town-
hit, Iftaitllltt rufit,A 17 nmut Vl'illn,i-
ette Mrriillan, hit lileil nolle of inten
tion io mane iinai nine yi-ar prooi to
eatiililinh claim to the laml atxv iU
aorilei licfore Timothy K. J. I'ufly, t,T,
8. ('.onimii"iier, at Prineville, Orison,
on the 10th tlay ol April,' I'.ll I.
(Illllliuilt liamea Hi witm-Mea; Jmnea
F. Hlaiii'hanl, lUvnminl CiiUvan, have
Klliolt, Cliarlea if. Crnin. all ol Trine
ville, Oregon. II. Fmank Wooixiktk,
3 6 ItciiiKtf r.
Notice lor I'uMlcatloo
Department ol the Interior,
U. S. Land OlhVe at The DhIIo, Ore.
February Hth, lull.
Notice ia hereby itivrn that
Alpha O. Myers
of Iteilmonil, Oreiton, who, on March
.'Hat, l'.MlH. mailo Homestead Kntry No.
lWlll Serial No. OI.'HIH, for ne section
.'IS, townahip 17 foiith, range ltl eant,
Willamette Meridian, has Died notlrnof
intention to nrnke Final Five Year
Proof, to eatabliali eliilm to the land
above ilei'rilHl, before Timothy K. J.
Ihiffy, U. 8. Coniiiii-nimii'r, at Prine
ville, Oregon, on the 27lli day of March,
11)11.
I'luWiiHiit name as wllienaen ; Abide
Wilaon, ISImidiB Vilon, l.illie Curtia,
Leo Itattinger, all of Prineville, Oregon,
H it H. Frank Wooikock,
Kegister.
Notice of I'iniil Settlement
Notice Is hereby Riven by the un
iliTHlnncil, the iiilinliilHtnitiir, with
the will annexed of tho estatu of Ida
Wrlftht, jiceeioted, to all persons Ink-rented
In said estate that he hoe
made and (lied with the clerk of the
county court his final nccoiiiitlnir of
his administration ol said estateand
that the court has set Monday, the
0th day of April, at 10 oV.lock'ln the
forenoon, at the county court room
In Prineville, Oregon, as the time
and place for hearlnn- and settllnir
said final accounting. At which
said time and place any person Inter
ested In said estate may appear and
object to said Hnal uccountliiK.
Dated this 6th day ol Feb., 1914. p
M. D. I'owkix,
Administrator with the will an
nexed of the estate of Ida Wrlirht,
deceased.
To tho Teachers of Crook Co.
The Rtat( Hoard of Kdtieat Ion on
February Kith chatiKed Utile 27 of
the Utiles and Herniations for the
Kencral Koveriuiient of public schools
In Oregon to read as follows:
'Teachers shall exercise watchful
care and oversight over tho conduct
and habits of the pupils, not. only
during school hours, but also at
recesses and Intermissions, and shall
hiivetbe power to punish the pupil
for any misconduct on tho way to
or from the school."
Teachers please note this change.
Respectfully, J. R Mvicits,
Superintendent Crook Co. Schools.
Prineville Merc Co. gives it away
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