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.
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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.
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O. L Huff
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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.