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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALjNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Learnt English To Testify.
Salem. As a result of his learning
to speak the English language while
In prison, Matto Maiinovltch, an In
nate of the state prison, was pardon
ed. Marlnovitch was arrested two
years ago as he was boarding a train
at Forest Grove and charged with
stealing a watch which he had tn his
possession. Being unable to speak
English he made virtually no defense
and was given a maximum sentence.
He now speaks the English language
fluently and has convinced prison of
liclals and the governor that he
bought the watch in good faith of the
real thief.
Sandhill Crane Becomes a Pest.
La Grande. Sandhill cranes are be
coming a pest to farmers of Grande
Ronde Valley. Although protected by
the federal game laws, the birds are
devastating acre after acre of wheat
fields in this valley. Thousands of
them are often seen on one farm, and
very spear of wheat they touch is
ruined, for they pull it up by the roots.
So serious has the past become that
farmers are compiling petitions and
memorials to congress to have the law
changed. Unless the birds decide to
migrate much damage will be done.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
A Chnutouqua Association has been
organized In Corvitllis.
A three days' fuir will be held at
La Grande, Or., September 22 to 24 in
clusive, J. A. Russell was elected pres
ident and Herbert Hunter secretary.
Duncan McKlnnon came all the way
from Michigan to troll tor salmon In
the Willamette river at Oregon City.
He had enjoyed the sport before.
i'EWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Panama Canal Tolls Repeal
Bill and Others Consume
Much Time.
Washington. While developments
In the Mexican situation overshadow-
All dancehalls In the state must be ed everything else In Washington, a
closed by 13 o'clock Saturday nights wealth of legislative business COn-
v . i irla away OU IIJOVl IU I ef L,
according to an opinion rendered by
Attorney General Crawford.
The Clackamas county court desig
nated the trunk roads for a "perma
nent" hard surface Improvement If
fronted both branches of congress this
week.
In the senate the hearings before
the committee on tnteroceaiilo canals
on the president's Panama canal tolls
exemption repeal bill will continue.
the $600,000 bond election carries May Commercial opposition to the repeal
IS. I will occupy the greater part of the re-
L A. Taylor of Madras Is trying to malnder of the hearings, which will
find enough acclimated seed corn to ' clos9 APr" 24. Representatives of or
plant 300 acres. His project is so far ganizatlons from cities on the sca
the largest Individual venture tn corn boards will be heard, among them corn-
so far undertaken In the Pacific north
west Representative Hawley Introduced a
bill to amend the act to authorise the
sale of certain lands belonging to In
dians on the Slleti reservation, mak
ing the net proceeds of the land sales
payable to members of the tribe.
Oregon timber, the felling of trees,
and their handling in the logging
camps will be shown In moving pic
tures at the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion. Arrangements for this were
made at a meeting of the Oregon ex
position commission.
The Apple Growers' association of
merclal men from San Francisco, Se
attle and New Orleans.
The anti-trust program will receive
attention on both sides of the capltol
during the week. A sub-committee ot
the senate interstate commerce com
mittee hopes to place the combina
tion trust bill, framed In administra
tion conferences, before the full com
mittee during the week. The house
judiciary committee will continue Us
deliberations on the same measure.
Passenger Fares Are Readjusted.
Readjustment of passenger rates on
all Interstate railroads in the United
States in conformity with the long and
wood Kiver nas wired Representative , ghort haul provision of the law. under
Sinnott that they were Informed that j orjers of the Interstate Commerce
Girl Canners to Test.
Eugene. Plans for an inter-county
fruit and vegetable canning contest
Between 60 Lane and Maricn county
girls at the Oregon State Fair, in Sep
tember, were completed in a confer
ence between F. W. Rader and Luther
J. Chapin, county agriculturists, re
spectively, of these two counties. The
contest is arranged for the purpose of
introducing modern methods of Bteam
pressure canning In the rural homes
f the state.
Shell Explodes, Two Hurt
Seaside. Mrs. Robert Spear and
her daughter, Helen, were severely
injured at their home in this city when
rifle shell exploded in the heating
stove. Mrs. Spear was cut in the
cheek and one hand and her daughter
deceived injuries in the head and face.
Examination of the wood in the
stove seemed to indicate that the shell
lad been placed in the wood before
it was cut for burning and that the
leat of the fire exploded the powder.
GOVERNOR WILL CAMPAIGN
West Announces Plan for Initiating
Constitutional Amendments.
oaiem. uovernor west nas an-
lounced that immediately after the
primary election he is personally go
ing to take charge of a campaign for
Initiating constitutional amendments
and measures intended to bring' relief
to the taxpayers.
These measures will provide for the
abolishment or consolidation of vari
ous offices and boards and commis
sions, which his study of state affairs
leads him to believe are useless or ex
Jravagant under existing conditions.
As there ore no public funds for this
sort of work, he said the campaign
will be carried on through the cooper
ation of citizens interested in accom
plishing the results sought. He said
public meetings will be held through
out the state, where taxation matters
will be discussed and voters will be
given opportunity to sign the initia
tive petitions.
One of the constitutional amend
ajents that will be proposed will fix
a limit for state and county appro
priations. The tax rate will be fixed,
and the governor aaid it would be up
to the legislature and those who con
duct county affairs to cut their budg
ets to fit the cloth.
Feud and Quarrel End in Slaying.
Roseburg. As a climax to a feud
f many years' standing, Morrison
Campbell killed his neighbor, John
Becker in a quarrel over the grazing
f cattle on a piece of pasture land.
Campbell was held without bail to ap
pear before the grand jury In his pre
liminary hearing. The grand Jury will
- meet in May.
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Way Change Date of Annual Synod.
Eugene. To change the date of the
annual synod of the Presbyterian
church of Oregon from October to July
and to hold it in Eugene during the
session of the ministerial conference
at the University of Oregon was the
plan decided upon at the meeting of
the Willamette Presbytery here.
Child Saves Babe's Life.
'. Eugene. GMadys Wooley, aged 7,
dashed in front of a speeding train
here and rescued her sister Dorothy,
aged 3, who eat on the track. As she
leaped away, dragging the baby, a cyl
inder of the locomotive struck Gladys
tearing her apron. Neither child was
turt.
the express companies had Issued new
rates for carloads of western berries,
advancing the estimated weights on
24 pint crates from 17 to 25 pounds,
when the actual weight is 19 pounds.
Amid a storm ot argument and dis
approval on the part ot the men of the
Oregon Agricultural college who are
in favor of retaining the "swallowtail"
coat for use in formal affairs, the stu
dent body voted the adoption of reso
lutions declaring against the wearing
of the full dress.
At the next meeting of the state
land board It is expected that 80 sec
tions, or 51,200 acres of newly survey
ed school lands will be offered for
sale. The board will advertise for the
bids, probably fixing a minimum price
ot $7.50 an acre. Most of the lands
are In Malheur and Harney counties.
Oregon's oldest woman, Mrs. Mary
DeLore, 117 years of age, died at Port
land. She was born and reared near
the old Hudson's Bay company trad
ing post at Vancouver, Wash., her
father being a trapper and her mother
an Indian. She raised a large family,
but outlived them all. " 1
To reassure commercial and fruit
Interests around Medford the agricul
tural department positively assured
Representative Hawley that It would
maintain a permanent weather station
at Medford, giving efficient service
for the especial benefit of fruit grow
ers. All of the members of the desert
land board, except Treasurer Kay,
joined with Governor West in demand
ing that the Des Chutes Land com
pany, of which J. E. Morson is presi
dent furnish the board with a finan
cial statement showing the receipts
and expenditures of the company and
also a description of all the lands in
the company's project which have
been disposed of by selling options.
Before a contract can be made for
the printing of the voters' pamphlet
containing the initiative measures to
be submitted at the next election it
will be necessary for the emergency
board to meet and authorize a defi
ciency in the public printing fund. It
is estimated that the deficiency will
amount to about $15,000 by the end of
the year.
State Labor Commissioner O. P.
Hoff has Investigated the state insti
tutions and says he found that the
eight hour law is being violated at all
of them. He said he would take the
matter up with the state board of con
trol immediately and that if the law,
as interpreted by the supreme court,
was not observed, he would cause the
arrest of those responsible.
The special committee of the Ore
gon Civic League on the department
of schools has announced the recom
mendation of the following two
changes in the school laws intended
to accomplish a greater efficiency in
the public schools: Give the county
school superintendents power to nom
inate all teachers in the county school,
and eliminate the one-room one-teacher
school by consolidating the schools
Into several rooms.
For a second time the people of the
state are to be given an opportunity
of voting on the question of the aboli
tion of capital punishment for a con
stitutional amendment providing for
its abolishment will be submitted to
the secretary of state for approval as
to form in a few days. The amend
ment provides for life imprisonment
Several labor organizations, it is said,
have indorsed the amendment. In the
election of 1912 the people voted down
a measure abolishing capital punishment.
Commission, will become effective on
May 1. The new tariffs filed by the
roads with the commission Indicate a
material reduction in fares, particu
larly from important terminals and
rate-basing points to Intermediate i
points. K
While some rates on long hauls will
be increased, the fares on the shorter
hauls to Intermediate points will be
reduced materially in a great majority
of Instances. It is provided that no
Interstate tares may exceed the sum
of the local rates, and In the making
up of interstate fares the rates fixed
by authorities ot states must be ob
served. "Mileage" Is Cist Out
The house struck the time-honored
"mileage" allowances for congressmen
out of the legislative appropriation bill
and provided for actual expenses of
members to and from Washington.
All the representatives from the
northwest except Bryan of Washing
ton and French of Idaho voted in fa
vor of continuing payment at the rate
of 20 cents a mile, and both Bryan and
French supported 20-cent mileage un
til they were called on to go on rec
ord. If the Benate adopts the new basis
of mileage, members and senators will
receive only the actual cost of trans
portation from their homes to Wash
ington and return, which will materi
ally cut the allowance of the Pacific
Coast members.
Grazing Entries Favored.
A bill to provide for the opening to
homestead entry of "stock-raising
lands" in the public domain was re
ported to the house by the public land
committee. It was agreed on after
conferences between the house and
senate members and offi'clals of the
interior department
The measure would authorize the
secretary to designate as subject to
entry in tracts of not more than 640
acres "lands, the surface of which is,
in his opinion, chiefly valuable for
grazing or raising crops and which,
in his opinion, do not contain mer
chantable timber and are not Busceptl-
ble of Irrigation from any known
source of water supply."
Entrants in order to perfect title
would be required to make permanent
improvements on the land tending to
increase its value for stock raising
purposes amounting to at least $1.25
an acre.
National Capital Brevities.
President Wilson was asked by An
drew Carnegie to use his Influence in
getting a federal charter for the Car
negie endowment fund. He opposes
an investigation of the fund.
Representative Lobeck, democrat, of
Nebraska, has introduced a resolution
asking the department of commerce
to investigate the wages paid in the
steel Industry.
Action on the resolution of Senators
Poindexter and Jones, of Washington,
calling on the president to furnish
reasons for desiring to repeal the free
toll measure, was indefinitely post
poned. Members of the house of representa
tives decided to present a wedding gift
to Miss Eleanor Wilson, who is to be
come the second White House bride
of the present administration when
she weds Secretary McAdoo May 7.
Indications are that the treaty be
tween Colombia and the United States
for adjustment of iss'ies growing out
of the separation of Panama from Co
lombia would encounter opposition
when submitted to the senate for ratification.
BUICK
The Car that
Sells by the
Train Load
TheBuick 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 ot gasoline by a sii-cylndor Jlulck carl That's
the mark that the Buick Motor Company may advertise to the world an an official performance.
Not only did th IUick "Six" set this remarkable economy mark on January 14, hut the
Model B-25, under similar running conditions, made 22 7 mile per gallon, while a third ma
chine, a Model B 37, with no gravity feed tank for the measured gallon of gasoline, made 17.07
miles. The later two models are foure.
With F. K. Edwards, former American Automobile Association technical expert and one of
the most conscientious officials hi the industry, in charge of the technical committee and with
Darwin Hatch, St. Clair Couiens,,, Reed Parker and E. (1. Westlake to furnish the allldavlta as
passengers in the Buick cars, the machines were taken to Thirty-third street and South Park
avenue, Chicago, where the atteted Warner speedometers were net and officially recorded by
Messrs. Edwards and Hatch, engines were run until they had sucked the gasoline leads dry ami
the technical committed carefully supplied each car with one gallon of gasoline that rated C2 in a
temperature 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Soon after the machines reached Jackson l'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 became sheeted
in ice inu ine temperature ran to a.' degrees, The southwest wind, that blew Zi miles an hour at
the start, shifted off the lake and became raw and oold, offering great refistanoe to the machines.
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The Buic "six" weighed 4550 bounds, with four tiasseniiers and enulnnient. th 'W wlli.l
3300 pounds and the "37" 3780 pounds, inclu ling four passengers and equipment. The "six" has
an engine 3 3 4x5, the "25" ha 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 (.
O. L Huff
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Notice ot Micrlrl's Sale.
By virtue of an execution and
order of sale duly Issued by the
clerk of the circuit court of the
county of Crook, state of Oregon,
dated the 7lh day of March, 1U1 1,
in a certain action in the circuit
court for said county and state,
wherein the lieod Comtmnv. a
corporal ion, as plaintiffs and judg
ment creditors, recovered jutlgnie nt
a(ttirit !. and N, A. Cooper,
lartnerH. doina buHinees aa the
Terrebonne Lumber Co., for the
sum .of Heen Hundred Nineteen
and 20-100 dollars together with
interest thereon at the rate of 10
per cent per annum from the 27th
day of April, 1912, until paid, and
for coets and dinbursements.
Notice is hereby given that I will
ON THE 2d DAY OF MAT. 19H.
at the front door of the court houne
in I'nneville, In said countv. at 2
o'clock in the afternoon of Haiti
day, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
Lots eight (8) and nine (9), in
block one hundred and twenty-four
(124), Jlillman, Crook county,
Oregon, Taken and levied upon
as the property of the mid . U.
and N. A. Cooper, partners, doing
buHitieHB under the firm name and
stylo of the Terrebonne Lumber
Co , or SB much thereof as may bo
neceBry to satisfy the said judg
ment in favor of The liend Com
pany, a corporation, againnt said
Terrebonno Lumber Co. with Inter
est thereon, toghther with all coets
and dieburijeinentg that have or
may accrue.
Fhank Ei.ki.ns, Sheriff.
Dated at Prineville, Oregon, April
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Stock Brands Must Be
Renewed by June 3
OwlnUT to llin flll'f tlmf i,f at... 1...,
m-MHlon of the U'RlNluture a cIiiiiiko
wiui iiiutiu in inn ihw ror hranillnir
llVCHtock. I lll'Hl rri tn trlvo iw.tl,... t..
all Htofkineii of Crook county that
iiiiicmh i.iicir iirantlH n,ro renewed ho
fore .lime 3, 1HH, Said liraiiile will he
cancelled. To renew theee IirantlH I
have minuted the plan of recording
the brand In the hiiiiio way that It,
wiih llrst recorded. ISy doing; thin. It
will ho ncfCHHiiry to (lie a leather
wirn tiki orantl burned upon tho
nnine, tcwl her with the application
for ivconllnir the brand. The fee for
recording Is f0 cents. Appllcatlolm
may be received by wrltlnu; to thle
olllee. It will not be necessary to
renew brands that were recorded ut
this ofTlce after June 1, 191:1.
1-20 3t VVaiiiihn Biiown,
Couuty clerk.