OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERALINTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Summer Normal Attracts. Monmouth. Teachers in many dis tricts of Oregon, experienced and In experienced, and high school grad uates are among the Inquirers regard ing the summer school session to be gin at the Oregon normal school on June 22. Prospects are becoming more favorable to fill to a greater ex tent the increasing demand for teach ers in the state. Teachers who can not attend school during the regular winter term are given an opportunity to take the usual courses and apply their credits toward graduation at some future date. Party to Seek Abandoned Rifles. Klamath Falls. With a view to lo cating the rifles abandoned by the routed troops in the defeat of Major Thomas' command In the Modoo war of 1872-3, Captain J. C. Rutenlc, John G. Schallock and A. C. Taden art making preparations to journey to the Modoc lava beds, and make a thor ough search. The defeat and massa cre of the Thomas troops by the crafty Modocs was one of the last Indian victories in the west. Life Sentence for Ferrari. Marshfield. Pointing out that the crime for which the prisoner must pay the penalty was due to drink, Judge J. S. Coke in the circuit court Bent noed to the penitentiary for life James Ferrari, who was found guilty of second degree murder for the kill ing of John Kelly in a drunken riot of coal miners at Henryville a few months ago. A widow's pension is to be provided for Mrs. Ferrari. Socialists Seek Change. Salem. For the purpose of reduc ing the time requirement for a citizen to have resided in the state before be ing entitld to vote, from six months to 30 days, and making other changes in regard to freedom of electors, the socialist party of Oregon is preparing to initiate an amendment to the stats constitution. A copy of the initiative petition was filed with the secretary of states r: , $50,000,000 INVOLVED State Railroad Commission Investigat ing Rates of 3 Power Companies. Portland. Pending before the state railroad commission at this time are 95 formal complaints, of which 56 re late to railroads and 39 to public util ities, and 145 informal complaints, 82 of which are in connection with rail road questions and 63 in connection with public utilities. Twenty-five of the utility cases in volve the physical valuation of plants, either of electric light, power, water, telephone or street railway systems. Some idea of the grat importance of this phase of the commission's work may be gained from the fact that these valuations reach into 44 towns and cities of the state, including all the principal municipalities except Pen dleton, Astoria, Roseburg and Albany. More than that, a total of $90,000,000 is involved in the investigation which the commission is conducting into the light, power and heating rates of the Portland Railway, Light & Power com pany, the Eastern Oregon Light & Power company and the California Oregon Power company. The commission also has before it 13 railroad valuation matters, involv ing appraisals of physical properties of that number of lines. Practically every railroad in the state is included in this appraisement, the purpose of which is to find a basis for fixing rates. ; Two Shot in Street Fight. Rainier. O. Danigan and Sam La vere are wounded, W. C. Lee, a saloon keeper, is under arrest on a warrant sworn out by city officials and the city is in a furore of excitement as the result of a street fight here, which was precipitated when Lee, supported by Danigan, attempted by forcible re sistance to avoid going to jail. Eagle Feeding Young Filmed. ' Klamath Falls. Perhaps the first motion picture of a bald eagle nesting and feeding her young has just been secured by a company engaged in filming bird and animal life in Klam ath county. The film was taken from a pine tree 150 feet from the ground looking down into the nest in another three. Roseburg Wants Own Railroad. Roseburg. At a mass meeting held here and attended by 700 voters, a resolution was enthusiastically adopt ed to authorize taking of steps by clti rens of Roseburg themselves to issue bonds for $300,000 with which to start construction of a railroad to Coos Bay. JOHN 0. ROCKEFELLER JR. 4 V- x A John D. Rockefeller, Jr., against whom threats of personal violence were made in connection with the Col orado labor troubles. "CEREAL KING" IS DEAD Charles W. Post, of Battle Creek, Mich., Commits Suicide. Santa Barbara, Cal. C. W. Post, mulU-millionaire cereal king of Battle Creek, Mich., committed suicide at his winter residence here by shooting himself through the head with a rifle. Post was 60 years old. His wealth was estimated at about $40,000,000. Mr. Post had been convalescing. It was thought, from a prolonged illness. He excused himself from the attend ing nurse, against her protest, by say ing he wished to lie down and to be alone and quiet He went to bis apartment and In a moment a Bhot was heard. He had placed the muzzle of a rifle in his mouth and touched the trigger with his toe. The top of his head was blown off. Knox Urges Tolls Exemption Right Washington. Philander C. Knox, secretary of state in President Taft's cabinet, who rejected Great Britain's protest against the right of the United States to exempt American coastwise shipping from the payment of Panama Canal tolls, issued a statement here arguing against the exemption repeal bill. Primarily Mr. Knox asserted that toll exemption for American coastwise ships is not in violation of th HBy-Pifhcefote treaty. MANY VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED BY QUAKE Catania, Italy. An earthquake brought death and destruction to many villages on and near Mount Etna, The number of dead Is officially given as 183, with about 350 Injured. The affected zone extends from Zaf farana, the highest village on Mount Etna, to Blanca Reale, on the south, and Giarre, on the north. It includes Linera, the center of the disturbance, Pisano and Santa Venerina. 0 In Linera alone 110 persons were killed and 300 injured. In the village of Bongiardo, 13 dead and 27 injured have been taken from the ruins. At Cosentini 16 were killed and many injured. At Passopomo 12 persons were kill ed; at Malati 12; at Santa Veneri 6; Santa Tecla 2; Santa Maria Vergine 8; Garbati 4. A majority of the people escaped be cause the shock occurred when the men and some of the women were still working in the fields. From the vineyards they saw their houses fall ing and when they arrived, breath less, at their homes, they found only wreckage with some of their people buried beneath it BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Mme. Nordlca Dies. Batavla, Java. Madame Lillian Nor dlca, the singer, died here. Madame Nordica had been ill since the steamer Tasman, on which she was a passen ger, went ashore on Bramble Cay, in the Gulf of Papua, December 28 last. Nervous prostration was followed by pneumonia. Colorado Appropriates Million. Denver, Colo. The bill appropriat ing $1,000,000 for the payment of state troops while serving in the strike district was passed by the house by an unanimous vote. The passage of the measure in the senate is assured, THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Club, 90c; bluestem, 86c red Russian, 89c. Hay Timothy, $16; alfalfa, $13. Butter Creamery, 25c. Eggs Ranch, 19o. Seattle. Wheat Bluestem, 95c; club, 90c; red Russian, 89c. Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa, $14 per ton. Eggs 20c. Butter Creamery, 26c. All the tlllablo land available for settlement iu the area recently elim inated from the forest reserves in cen tral Oregon will not accommodate more than 200 families comfortably. The president has restored to entry for 20 days from May 8, 200 acres in the Oregon, national forest In section 2S, township 2 north, withdrawn from entry October 11, 1912. Tho judgment of the lower court in Portland, where Attorney Max Cohen was found guilty of subornation of perjury in a white slave case, was affirmed by the United States court of appeals at S.ui Francisco. In shipping 1200 pounds of seed rye from Burns to Port Rock, Lake coun ty, a distance of 120 miles, L. Wold enberg routed It by parcel post, the shipment going by way of California and Reno, a distance of 2000 miles. Massive logs cut from the forests of Oregon, some of which weigh 20 tons each, have been received at San Francisco for use In building the great colonnade at the Oregon fair struc ture. They were shipped by rail. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, senerni secretary of the temperance society of the Methodist church, will head an auto tour for the prohibition party. Headquarters will be opened in Port land. Mines placed by the war department on the edge of Peacock spit at the mouth of the Columbia river, will be taken up on account of protests of fishermen. The mines are unloaded, but are a menace to the gill net men. Flans have been consummated for Salem's biggest cherry fair. June 25, 26 and 27. A temporary pavilion will be erected on the courthouse square for the exhibits, and many novel en tertainment features will be provided. The Dubois Lumber company has filed suit against Clatsop county, at Astoria, to restrain the collection of more than $3000 taxes under a special levy made by road district No. 15, on the ground of illegality of proceed ings. Through the efforts of Luther J. Cbapln, Marion county farm expert. a potato growers' association was or ganized at Salem for the purpose of improving the grade of spuds being produced in that Bection. The plan is to ship in good potato seed. Judge William Galloway of the Ma rion county circuit court has ordered that a pereraptqry writ of mandamus be. fcsued directing State Treasurer Kay to deliver the 8000 or more school fund notes, representing loans of school money aggregating over $6,000, 000, to the state land board. U. S. Senator Lane of Oregon, in the debate on the amendment to the agri cultural bill, said that the government did not want any of John D. Rockefel ler's money in extension work. He said the money was "tainted" with the blood and tears of the women and children shot down in Colorado. The prune crop In several sections of Polk county is injured and pros pects for the average crop are unfav orable, according to the growers. There are some orchards, however, that are well protected by near-by bills and are expected to yield the usual crop. Vivian Gray, secretary of the Har ney County Cooperative association, has appealed to Governor West and Secretary of State Olcott for state as sistance in protecting the crops of Harney county againBt the Jackrab bits. She says that the jack rabbits have taken the crops for several years until the farmers are discouraged and financially impoverished. A completed railroad grade between Eugene and Coos Bay Is practically finished and rails will be laid to Marshfield early in 1915, according to H. P. Hoey, Southern Pacific engineer in charge of the Willamette Pacific. One thousand men are at work and this number is to be Increased as fast as men can be shipped in. Representative Slnnott, by authori ty of the house committee on public lands, has reported favorably to the house a bill, heretofore passed by the senate, authorizing the state of Ore gon to exchange its scattered school and indemnity lands in forest reserves for a compact body of forest lands of equal area and approximately the same value. The bill affects about 50,000 acres and was introduced orig inally at the request of Governor West In order that the state might obtain title to a single tract of land suitable for a state forest. With the women enfranchised the registration in Oregon for the primary May 15, this year, totals 226,924, with tl counties reported unofficially. There will be little change either way In the final statement. For the prl mary, 1912, when only men voted, the registration was 131,880. That the women will substantially figure In the primary and the election in November Is proved by the reglstra lion figures. That the big lead of the prohibition party over other minor parlies is due to the recent victories of the 'dry" element in this state is the belief of tlis men vho oppose the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. BUICK The Car that Sells by the Train Load 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 eix-cylntler Jluick carl That's the mark that the Buick Motor Company may advertise to the world an an oflieial performance. Not only did the Buick "Six" sot this remarkable economy mark on January 14, but the Model B-25, under similar running condition, made 22 7 miles per gallon, while a third ma chine, a Model B-37, with no gravity feed tank for the measured gallon of gasoline, made 17.97 miles. The later two model are fours. With F. K. Edward, former American Automobile Association technical txpert ami one of the most conscientious official in the industry, in charge of the technical committee and with Darwin Hatch, St. Clair Couzen,,, Reed Parker and IS. (i. Wesllake to furnish the sflidaviU passenger in the Buick car, the machine were taken to Thirty-third street and Houth Park avenue, Chicago, where the attested Warner speedometer were Met and officially recorded by Messrs. Edward and Hatch, engine were run until they had sucked the gaeoline lead dry and the technical committea carefully tnipplicd each car with one gallon of gasoline that rated 02 in a temperature 55 degree Fahrenheit. Poon after the machines reached Jackson Park, where a two-mile circuit at and near the laKe shore wa utilized for a tetting ground, the wind set in off the lake, the roadway became sheeted in ice and the temperature foil to 32 degree. The southwest wind, that blew mile an hour at the start, shifted off the lake and lecaiiie raw and cold, offering great resistance to the machine. The Buic "six" weighed 45.10 pounds, with four passenger and equipment, the "25" weighed 3300 pound and the "37" 3780 pounds, inclu ling four passenger and equipment. The "six" ha an engine 3 3-4x5, the "25" ha a bore and stroke of 3 3 4 each, while the "37" i 3 3-4x5, The gear ratio of the "six" is 3 3 4 to 1, while the other have t -1-ta-l gear ratio. HUFF-NOBLE AUTO CO. O. L Huff PRINEV1LLE, OREGON Fred W.Noble AGENTS FOR CHALMERS AND BUICKS MONEY IN THE BANK Gives you a feeling of security enables you to take advantage of opportunities for making more money and lifts you out of the rut makes you a man The First National Bank Of Prlneville, Oregon. The Oldett Bank in Central Oregon Capital, Surplus and Undivided Proliia, $150,000.00 International Harvester Oil Tractors Tie IHC Line CHAIN AND HAT MACHINES Bla&rf, Ht99rt Rk. 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The IHC line also includes various styles of general purpose engines from 1 to 50-H. P., operating on hign and low grade fuel oils. Write us for catalogues and other information about tractors and engiues. International Harvester Company of America (H) Portland Ore. (I ' riiV Champion Ucerial McLormicK iRilwukte Uiborna flu Portland, Oregon, 4 2-8 You Would Enjoy the Journal Ordinance Number 215. An (irilliiniice provlillntf fur the Injintf find coimtruclltui uf ceineiit HtilfvvftlkH nml crnnewitlk, on both hIiIi-h of Third etreet, between the eunt Hue ot "A"' etrit'l, coiiiiuotily eu'led Miiln etreet, emit to tlu'Wmi line of diet "l" Mtreet, In I'rliievMe, Ort-Kn, ami diflKiiiitlug the manner of pnyliiK (r enine. The pi-iipli! ot the city of Prttievllle, Ori'Kiiu, do iirdiiln hn follow: Section 1 That within ninety iliiyM a(l-r the puxKiiKe of tlile ordi nance, it ci'ini'iit Mlilewitlk nml euro ehull lie lulil nml i-onwl rui tcil on both elilen of Third etreet, between the eimt line of "A" etreet, common ly culled Main etreet, eat to the went line ol eaet "I" etreet, lu Prlneville, Crook county, Oretron, and that the cimt of laying mid eon Mtruetlng h in-ti elilee ulk and curb, Hliall be chanted ttKulnet and made a lien upon (ill lote, purvele of land nml adjoining real eetate, directly benefited thereby, which eald cohw for laying and coiiHtructliig eame, ehall be collected In the name man ner ne coete and expeneeH are col lected In making treet Improve meute; PJtOVIDED, however, that the property ownere affected by tide ordinance eliall be allowed THIRTY IfAYS after the paHHiigti of thin ordi nance, to elect whether, they will build their rcHpcctlve portloiiH of, eald walk and curb or not, and In all en nee where no notlliuatlon ot election to build wich portion orpor tloiie of Mitd Midi-walk and curb, ehall be tiled by mieh property own er or ownnrH, In writing with the re corder of Maid city, within eald thirty diye, the city ehall proceed at once to build natil walk and curb, and charge the coet of name to the prop erty ownere riH above provided. Section 2. That the eald eldewalke hIiiiII be connected with proper croee walks made of cement or etone, or atone and cement combined, to be built by the city, and tho coete and expeneeH of building and laying ot Hiime, eliall he pain out ot the gen eral fniide of the eald city, Neetlon 3 That tho eald eldewalke and curb, whether built by the city or Uy the property ownere whoeo operty In effected, the eamo ehull be laid and cotiHtrue.ted In accord ance with the city ordinance or ordl nancee now In force or which may bo hereafter In force and In accord ance with the plana and epeclllca tlotm adopted by tho City Council the 20th day of Auguet, l!)l:l, and on file with the city recorder of said city. PohmmI by the City Council of the city of Prlneville, Oregon, after tho third reading, and approved by the mayor of eald city May 6th, 11)14, (J. N. Cmkton, Mayor. Atteet; K. (). Hvnn, Recorder. Hta to of Oregon, ) m County of Crook, j ' I, K. O. Hyde, do hereby certlfv that I am the duly elected (pialHled and iieilng city recorder of tho city of Prlneville, Oregon, that 1 have carefully compared the above fore going copy of ordinance with the original there if, that the name. Ih a true and correct trnncil)t there from and of the whole of eald origi nal ordinance. 10 O. Hvdk, City Itocorder.