OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAUNTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
i Week.
r Find Father After 25 Year.
Pendleton. For 25 years Floyd S.
Kerslake lived as Floyd Griffith, un
der which nam he married Hattle J.
Taylor, a Pendleton girl. He learned
10 days ago that h! mother took him
when a baby from his father, a
wealthy farmer near Salem, Ore., and
gave him the name of his step-father.
Recent communication between father
and son established the identity of the
latter. The Kerslakes have gone to
Salem to meet the father of the bride
groom at the latter's request
0 Elk Farm Is Proposed.
Hermiston. An elk farm Is about
to be established at Hermiston. J. R
Baley, a young attorney of Pendleton
and first president of the Roundup,
who owns 160 acres in alfalfa adjoin
ing Hermiston, is negotiating with the
government for a band of elk cows
and one bull to be shipped from Wy
oming to Sumner. Mr. Raley proposes
to raise elk meat for the market Un
der the law the original herd cannot
be sold for meat but the increase
lrom a domestic herd may be used.
Craft on Spit, 8 Aboard.
Gold Beach. The gasoline schooner
Randolph, with a crew of four, went
ashore on the north spit of Rogue
river. The lifesaving crew from Ban
ion arrived, but was unable to give
asslstane.
The Randolph has a full cargo of
cannery supplies for the Wedderburn
Trading company, which may be
saved. Captain John Anderson is in
command of the vessel.
Mine Planters Drowned.
Fort Stevens. A launch loaded with
Mine planting equipment and manned
ty five soldiers was swamped at the
mouth of the Columbia river. Corpor
al Klempe and Private Price of the
Thirty-fourth company, coast artillery,
were drowned. The other occupants
were hauled from the water by the
crew of a yawl which rushed to the
rescue. Heavy weather caused the
accident.
SENOR JOSE ROJAS
Road Decision Postponed.
Salem. Just where to spend the
$175,000 remaining of the state high
way fund was a problem discussed by
the state highway commission. The
riginal fund for the year was about
$238,000.
NORMAL TO OPEN JUNE 22
Special Courses are Prepared for
Teachers of State.
Monmouth. The largest attendance
tn its history and an Interest in the
nodern methods for instruction, un
paralleled in years, are the prospects
for the 1914 summer session of the
Oregon Normal school, announced by
President J. H. Ackerman. The sum
mer term will open on June 22 and
close July 31.
Provisions have been made to meet
the requirements of four classes of
students those who have had experi
ence in teaching and who wish to en
large their professional or academic
knowledge, those who are preparing
to teach in the schools that follow the
state course of study, those who wish
special methods in grades from the
first to the eighth, inclusive, and
those who wish to take regular nor
mal work with a view to graduation
from the Oregon Normal school, lead
ing to a state certificate without ex
. amination.
w' Good Crop Outlook.
Portland. Reports from various
sections of the state indicate that the
grain crop of 1914 w'ill be the largest
in the history of the state. Not only
is there a largely Increased area in
agriculture but, because of unusually
tavorable conditions, a larger than nor
mal yield to the acre is looked for
is most districts.
Thought It Was Medicine Poison.
Albany. According to physicians,
Mrs. Lulu Hornback, wife of Ernest
Hornback, a local restaurant man,
took a dose of sulphuric acid and po
tash solution in mistake for medicine.
She died of corrosive poisoning, after
suffering several hours.
Motor Car Returns Grow.
' Salem. Secretary of State Olcott
announces that $7511 was received in
April as fees for motor vehicle regis
trations, dealers and chauffeurs' li
censes, as against $5450 in April last
year.
Woodmen Select Pendleton.
Pendleton. Pendleton has been se
lected as the place for the next East
ern Oregon district convention of the
Woodmen of the World, which will be
held May 22. I. I. Boak, head consul
f the order, is to come from Denver
to attend the sessions.
iff i i
Senor Jose Rojas, Huerta's Minister
of Foreign Affairs, whose resignation
It is believed indicates opposition to
the Dictator's policy.
Brief News of the Week
It was announced that Colonel
Roosevelt would sail from Para, Braiil
on the steamship Alden for New York
May 17.
The Duke of Argyll, son-in-law of
the late Queen Victoria and former
Governor General of Canada, Is dead.
Major General Daniel E. Sickles,
now $9 years old, is seriously ill at
his home in New York.
A hospital for the special treatment
of cancer patients will be established
in New York. An ample supply of
radium will be provided, it is said. A
fund of $1,000,000 is already on hand.
Detective W. J. Burns was attacked
at Marietta, Qa., by a man because of
the sleuth's activity In the murder
case of Leo Frank, sentenced for the
murder of Mary Phagan. The sleuth
was hit in the face, but he escaped in
a hotel.
Great relief was felt at the news
from Manila that the Pacific Mail
steamer Siberia, reported by wireless
to have been in great peril off the
coast of Formosa, arrived safe at Man
ila. Delegations of women from every
part of the country are to engage in
a mammoth demonstration in Wash
ington on Saturday for the purpose of
calling the attention of congress to
the demands of the American women
for the right to vote. The leading fea
ture of the demonstration will be a
great parade from the White House
to the capitol.
THE MEXICAN EMBR0GLI0
Charge d'Affaires O'Shaughnessy
and family arrived in Galveston on the
tender Yankton.
War department has ordered that
Spanish-American war veterans who
wish to go to the front will have to
enlist with the state militia.
The practice of "sniping" in Vera
Cruz has ceased, and the people are
gradually returning to their normal
occupations.
Aeroplanes performed valuable serv
ice in doing scout duty at Vera Cruz.
The American blrdmen ascertained
the location of the Mexican outposts.
One of the flights was made at night
The United States navy, It Is said,
now has its full complement of 51,500
men, as result of the enlistments since
the trouble between the United States
and Mexico started.
Rebel Commanders Carranza and
Villa agreed to remain spectators of
the trouble between the United States
and Huerta, president of the de facto
government in Mexico.
Announcement that Foreign Minis
ter Rojas has resigned from President
Huerta's cabinet was taken as con
firmation of reports that formidable
opposition to the dictator is develop
ing in Mexico City.
In accordance with Secretary of War
Garrison's order, General Funston Is
in absolute charge here. Civil Gover
nor Kerr and the other civil authori
ties have retired. The Mexican city
council suggested the prohibition of
bull fights and the signing of an order
to that effect was Kerr's last official
act.
Fanners surrounding Vera Cruz
have asked Funston to extend his
lines as they have found the Ameri
cans excellent customers for their pro
ducts and want to continue supplying
them but are harassed by "snipers"
except within the zone under Ameri
can control.
Admiral Fletcher made a personal
inspection of the fortress of San Juan
De Ulna at Vera Cruz. The horrors
he found rivaled those of the dark
ages. There were 116 prisoners liv
ing In indlscribable filth and under
conditions of the most awful degrada
tion. Mny were barely alive. Others
were in caverns under the sea. Rats
were everywhere. The admiral or
dered the place thououghly cleaned
and all the prisoners transferred to
light cells.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Carranza Will Not Cease Hostilities.
1 El Paso, Tex. General Carranza
has formally declined the suggestion
of the mediators that he cease hos
tilities against Huerta pending the
outcome of the plan of mediation. His
note, sent to Washington, was made
public here.
Gtis Johnson, of Mnrshfleld, w
sentence ; to an Indefinite term In the
peiiut'iitlfiry for receiving money from
a man when h knew that the coin
had boon stolon.
Stanley Henderson, locomotive en
gineer for Perham & Uldler was pin
ned under the engine and severely
scalded, when the engine turned over
while at work at North Bend.
The registration In Marlon county
totals 13,000. The enrollment at Sa
lem was Bwelled by women from 2630
to 5067. The totals for the county ex
ceed by 800 the original estimates.
Rufus Mallory, who was elected In
lSt6 to the national house of represen
tatives, died at Portland at the age of
82 years. He was twice appointed
United States district attorney for
Oregon.
Charles W. TUldball of the Good
Samaritan hospital, Portland, Ore,,
was among those rewarded with
bronze medals for an act of heroism
by the Carnegie hero fund commis
sion. GUlnetters at the mouth of the Col
umbia river reported a good catch on
the first day of the salmon fishing
season. Some of the boats brought
in 400 pounds of fish. Trappers tn
Bakers bay are getting ready.
Anti-Cigarette Day was observed by
a number of the Sunday schools In
Portlaud and Multnomah county Sun
day. The occasion was the quarterly
temperance lesson taught In the Sun
day schools.
By orders of Colonel C. H. McKIn
stry of the United States engineers,
the dredger Chinook will be set to
dredge a channel 35 feet deep across
the bar at the mouth of the Columbia
river during the present year.
Crops in the vicinity of Monmouth
have been benefited by the recent
showers, It is reported. The pros
pects for wheat, oats, barley and oth
er cereals look bright Clover la grow
ing rapidly and the increased acreage
of barley is doing well.
Portland's bank clearings and pos
tal receipts for the month of April ex
ceed the record of the corresponding
month last year. Building permits
show a total of about( $800,000, and
real estate transfers aggregated $677,
612. Friday, May 8, Is military day In
Corvallis. The date of the annual In
spection of the Oregon Agricultural
College cadets and military depart
ment has come to be one of the big
city events. In appreciation of the
annual military event the city will be
decorated with bunting and flags.
Originality of performance and
unique designing won for the senior
class of the Oregon Normal school the
silver cup offered by President J. H.
Ackerman at the May day exercises
at Monmouth. Miss Edna Phillips,
queen of the day, made the presenta
tion of the cup.
Appointment of a dairy inspector to
enforce the law requiring dealers to
furnish pure milk in Eugene has been
requested by dairymen. They offered
to pay for the cost of the inspection
and suggested that a license be ap
plied to prevent them from charging
higher prices.
The pelt of a seventeen-foot cougar,
which was killed by Paul West who
lives four miles above Seaside, on the
banks of the Necanlcum, was brought
Into Seaside. The pelt will be taken
to Astoria for bounty of $10. The
beast was caught In a trap after It
had killed several of West's young
stock.
In L. G. Martin, under arrest at Dal
lar for the alleged attempt to swindle
two banks by bad drafts for $32,500,
Plnkerton detectives at the Portland
agency have made identification of
James E. Cox, a man who is charged
with swindling St. Paul and Reed City,
Mich., banks out of a total of $7500
last May.
Under public ownership of the state
printing department, the first three
months of 1914 show a saving of $1,
805.85 a month, or a total of $5417.54
for the quarter over prices that would
have been charged under the old sys
tem, according to the quarterly re
port of State Printer U. A. Harris, Just
submitted to the state printing board.
The Corvallis council is considering
the Installation of a municipal paving
plant. Petitions for 54,000 yards of
paving to be laid during the summer
have been presented to the council.
Figures presented to the council by a
paving expert from Seattle were to
the effect that the difference between
the cost of contract paving and muni
cipal paving of the amount of paving
petitioned for In Corvallis will be suf
ficient to build 2'4 paving plants.
Replying to a telegram from Abigail
Scott Dunlway, inspired by a luncheon
party In honor of Emma Smith Devoe,
president of the National Council of
Women voters, Senator Chamberlain
assures Mrs. Dunlway he will vote
and work for the Brlstow bill to give
suffrage to women. There's a humor
ous feature to this for the Brlstow bill
is a copy of a bill Senator Chamber
lain introduced at the beginning of
the sesKlon, so that Mrs. Dunlway Is
earnestly beseeching Senator Cham
berlain to stand by his alvn bill.
BU1CK
The Car that
Sella by the
Train Load
TheBuick Car Sets Mark in a Run
Twenty and One-Tenth Mile Made on One Gallon of "Ga"
Twenty and one-tenth miles on one gallon of gasoline by a ix-vylntlcr Huick curl Thai'
the mark that the Huick Motor Company may advertise to the world as an ollieial performance.
Not only did the IUick "Six" net this remarkable economy mark on January I I, but the
Model B-25, under similar running condition made 22 7 miles per gallon, while t third ma
chine, a Model B 37, with no gravity feed lank for the measured gallon of gasoline, mado 17.07
miles. The later two model are fours,
With F. K. Edwards, former American Automobile Association technical tspert and one of
the most conscientious officials in the industry, in charge of the technical committee and with
Darwin Hatch, St. Clair Couzena,,, Reed Parker and K. O. Westlake to furnish the affidavits a
passengers in the Duick earn, the machines were taken to Thirty-third street and South Park
avenue, Chicago, where the attested Warner speedometers were set and officially recorded by
Messrs. Edwards and Hatch, engines were run until they had sucked the gasoline leads dry and
the technical committer 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 testing greund, the wind set in oft the lake, the roadways became sheeted
in ice and the temperature full to 32 degrees. The southwest wind, that blew S3 miles an hour at
the start, shifted off the' lake and became raw and cold, offering great resistance tn the machines.
The Uuic "six" weiahed 4550 pounds, with four passengers and equipment, the "25" weighed
3300 pounds and the "37" 3780 pounds, inclu ling 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, 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
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Ordinance Number 215.
An ordinance provision for the
InyliiK fun! cuiietriictlnu; of i-eint'iit
Mhlt'WHlkM mill croeewnlks, on both
Hldm of Third ettwt, between the
enet line of "A"' atrtrt, commonly
called Mali) etrcet, enet to the wt'et
line of eiwt. ' I)" street. In rrlnevllle,
Oreifon, mid dcflKnatlng the manner
of pnylnn for sumo.
The people of the city of Prineville,
Oregon, ilo ordnln lis follows:
Section I Thnt within ninety
dnys lifter the pasioiKu of thin ordi
nance, ti rement sldewulk mid curb
hIiiiII be htld and . count rttrted on
both sides of Third street, between
the eaet line of "A" street, common
ly culled Miiln Htreet, east to the
went line of eiiMt "1" street, In
rrlnevllle, Crook county, Oregon,
anil that the coet of laying and con
strtietliitt such eldev iilk and curb,
nluill lie charKed HiritliiNt mid made
a lien upon nil lute, parcels of hind
mid adjoining real etttate, directly
benefited thereby, which mild cosu
for laying mid coimtruutlnK siiine,
shall tie collected In the same man
ner tie cohLh iiud expenses are col
lected In making Htreet Improve
ments; I'KOVlLiED, however, that
the property owners affected by thle
ordinance shall be allowed THIRTY
DAYS after the piiHaagii of this ordi
nance, to elect whether they will
build their respective portions of
said walk and curb or not, and In
all canes where no not Mention of
election to build euch portion or por
tions of mild sidewalk and curb,
hIihII be Hied by such property own
er or owners, In writing with the re
corder of said city, within said thirty
days, the city shall proceed at once
to build Hfild walk and curb, and
charge the coet of same to the prop
erty owners as above provided.
Section 2. That the eald sidewalk
shall be connected with proper ccohh
wulks made of cement or etone, or
Mtone utid cement combined, to be
built by the city, and the costs and
expenses of building mid laying of
Maine, shall be paid out of the gen
eral funds of the said city.
Section 3 That the said sidewalks
and curb, whether built by the cltr
or by tlie property owners whoee
property Is effected, the same shall
be laid and constructed In accord
ance with the clt.v ordinance or ordi
nances now In force or which may
be hereafter In force and In accord
ance with the plans and specifica
tions adopted by the City Council
the 20th day of AugtiHt, 11)1:1, and on
file with the city recorder of said
city.
1'asned by the (,'lty Council of the
city of Prineville, Oregon, after the
third reading, and approved by tho
mayor of said city May 5th, 11)14.
U. N. Cui' TON, Mayor.
AtteHt: E. O. Hyiik, Recorder,
State of Oregon, ) HH
County of Crook. ( '
1, K. O. Hyde, do hereby ecrtlfv
that; 1 em the duly elected iiialllled
tind acting city recorder of the city
of I'lluevdle, Oregon, that I have
carefully compared the above fore
going copy of ordinance with the
original thereof, that the same In a,
true and correct trnnHcrlpt there
from mid of the whole of h.-i id origi
nal ordinance. 10 O. IIydio,'
City Recorder.