OREGON NEWS NOTES .
OF GENERALINTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During thi Past
Week. "
Rouen U Indicted for Wife Murder.
Eugene. Andrew Bossen, charged
irtth deliberately murdering his wife,
the mother of a 9-months-old baby,
must stand trial In the cureult court
In Eugene. The motive is said to have
een for the Insurance money or be
cause of love of his pretty stster-m
law.
He was Indicted after the grand Jury
lad heard the testimony of the chem
fet who examined the stomach of the
dead wife, whom the coroner's Jury
stated had died from poison, and the
testimony of Dollle Levins, the mur
dered woman's sister.
The grand Jury, before being dis
missed, held Thomas Russell, of Glen-
ada, for trial, charged with attacking
M. W.i England, a neighbor, with a
knife with Intent to kill. At the time
ef the arrest England was not expect
ed to live.
Klamath Interest Will Work for Bill
Klamath Falls. Fearful lest the re
clamation bill extending the time for
payment of the costs of a project from
10 to 20 years will not be acted upon
at this session of congress unless
pressure is brought to bear upon the
members, the water users of the coun
try are making preparations to send
jepresentatlves to Washington to
ake personal appeals. Projects In
ether states are wiring the Klamath
Water Users association to send Pres
ident Abel Ady to Washington as
representative, on account of his suc
cessful experiences in the past.
Vault to Be Opened 2914.
Eugene. If a little building of solid
concrete lasts through ten centuries,
future generations will have permis
sion 1000 years hence to open a vault
in the new Hope Abbey mausoleum
which stands virtually completed in
the Masonic Cemetery in Eugene, and
obtain documents of the present-day
hermetically sealed within.
"To be opened in 2914," is to be
deeply engraved upon the marble face
of one of the columbarium niches
which honeycomb the structure, com-
feted at a cost of $40,000. The urn
containing the records was sealed
Thursday.
WILL AID IMMIGRANTS
Schools Will Be Started to Teach
American Language, Government
Eugene, To make the German
better American citizen when he ap
jlies for his naturalization papers Is
the aim of a movement launched at
the eighth annual convention of the
Staatsverbund von Oregon, the con
federation of 45 German-speaking so
cieties in Oregon, with 170 members
and delegates fn session here. The
Germans committed themselves to
raise funds to establish schools for
this purpose throughout Oregon. The
first will be located in Portland, with
thers following raoidly in the Ger-
aian-speaking centers.
The sole aim is to educate the new
arrival from Germany into the way
ef American citizenship, and to make
Sim a better American than he would
le otherwise. This includes the teach
ing of the American language, govern
ment and ideals.
At this time Important resolutions
will be voted upon. One of these is
protest against state-wide prohibition
in Oregon and another is the nation
wide anti-liquor movement.
Alleged Slayer is III.
Roseburg. Acting upon affidavits
furnished by four local physicians, th
trial of Morrison Campbell, charged
with the murder of John Becker
Cleveland, Or., on April 16, has been
continued indefinitely. The physicians
testified under oath that Campbell'
fresent physical condition was serious
and that a trial at this time might
result fatally.
CHARLES S. MELLEN
0f J
0 121 by American Pre AMoeUtVnv
Charles S. Mellen, Ex-President of
the New Haven road, who lays blame
for wrecking the railroad on the late
P. Morgan.
TART AMENITIES EXCHANGED
AntisTake Exception to Being Likened
to Polecats.
Washington. The headquarters of
the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage issued a statement
which charges that the suffragists
called the antls "polecats" In a reso
lution adopted by the 47th annual
meeting of the New England Suffrage
Association. In their retort the antis
call the suffragists "social revolution
ists" and declare there is nothing In
common between the suffragist and
true feminist.
The antis say the New England suf
fragists passed a resolution at their
annual meeting saying:
We denounce as a gross slander
the charge of the anti-suffragist that
equal suffrage means loose morals
and we protest especially against
their attributing to prominent women
statements which these women have
emphatically disclaimed.
'These are the antics of the pole
cats when badly frightened."
New Bishop to be Chosen.
Portland. To select a successor to
Bishop Scadding a diocesan conven
tion has been called for September 16.
The convention will be attended by
members of the clergy and laity. The
clerey. by majority vote, select their
candidate for bishop, who must then
be approved by majority vote of the
laity.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
of oil have been
MEDIATORS TO IGNORE
REBELS OF MEXICO
Niagara Falls, Ont. The South
American envoys, it became known,
virtually have resolved to go ahead
with their plans for a two-party agree
ment between the United States and
the Huerta government and for the
time being ignore the question of rebel
representation.
The Huerta delegates expect to re
ceive General Huerta's approval of the
essentials of the peace plan, together
with his opinion on some of the names
suggested for the new government.
Consideration of an agreement be
tween the Huerta government and the
United States was temporarily inter
rupted when Juan F. Urquidi, a rep
resentative of General Carranza. laid
before the South American envoys a
note expressing surprise that the me
diation negotiations were continuing
with the constitutionalists unrepre
sented. After a long debate the mediators
decided not to permit Urquidi to pre
sent the communication from his chief.
Then after a conference with the
American delegates, the mediators de
cided to admit the note carried by the
Carranza emissary.
Consider Oregon's Problems.
' Eugene. Oregon development, mu
licipal reform, the Oregon system, and
the relation of women to politics, were
the four general problems which were
considered, resprtively, In the four
sessions of the commonwealth confer
ence here.
Postal Election Uurged.
Pendleton. An election in which
acme but democrats would be candi
dates has been proposed here and is
Being considered by leading citizens
as a meanB of breaking the deadlock
ever the appointment of a postmaster.
Leavenworth Has Fire.
Leavenworth, Wn. Fire destroyed
the west end of Front street at 2:30
Sunday morning from the Overland
Hotel building to the bridge.
This was the largest fire ever oc
curring here and only by hard work
was the Great Northern depot and wa
ter tank saved.
THE MARKETS
Sheepmen Plan to Quit.
Pendleton. Unwilling further to
cope with the settling of the range
under the 220-acre homestead act and
short pasturage, many of the largest
sheepmen of eastern Oregon are sell
iag off their flocks with the view of
giving up the wool raising industry.
Portland.
Wheat Club, 8Cc; bluestem,
red Russian, 86c.
Hay Timothy, $16; alfalfa,' $13
Butter Creamery, 27c.
Eggs Kanch, 21c.
89c;
Seattle.
WheatBluostem, 83c; club, 86c;
red Russian, 85c.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa,
$14 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 26c.
Eggs 24c.
Good prospects
true! at Lorane,
More than $4000 worth of volunteer
road work waa done on' the roads of
Linn County on Good Roada day.
Plana have been completed for the
establishment of a military academy
In Jacksonville to be opened in Sep
tember.
Snow, sufficiently heavy to cause
suspension of work for several hours
Is reported as having fallen at the
Simpson lagging company's camp,
about 20 miles from Dallas. Inst week.
Masons from all Oregon will meet In
Portland June 10-12, inclusive, at the
sixty-fourth annual communication of
the Grand Lodge A. F. aud A. M. of
Oregon.
On the grounds of fraudulent mis
representation at the time of entry
the United States supreme court In
validated title to four tracts of coal
lands held by the Washington Securi
ties Co. of Oregon.
The Aurora postofflce was burglar
Ued last week. The safe was carried
down the railroad track, and nitro
glycerine was used to blow It open.
Stamps amounting to more than $1000
and money order blanks were taken,
as well as private papers belonging
to the postmaster.
Vergil Chenoweth, a 19-year-old
farmer living 10 miles east of Oakland,
Is the largest turkey grower In Doug
las county. This year he bas a herd
of 500. Mr. Chenoweth has also start
ed a skunk farm, and now has 24. To
these he plans to feed the turkeys
that might die.
Arrangements are being made to
again commence operations In what is
known as the Dallas oil field. Two
wells drilled near Dallas more than
a year ago showed unmistakable signs
of oil and one of these Is to be re
opened and drilled deeper and then
shot, with a hope of developing a pro
ducer.
The Canby postofflce was robbed
last week, the robbers leaving no clew
except the tools with which they had
forced the doors. The office has no
safe, as the postmaster keeps his, sup
plies in the bank vault, and as near as
can be ascertained the loot taken con
sists of $10 In money and part of a
book of money orders containing 14
black orders.
Through the successful and vigor
ous work of Claude C. Cate, county
agriculturalist, blight ravages to apple
and pear trees in the Grande Ronde
valley have been greatly arrested If
not wholly overcome. Some orchards
were so badly Infected with the dis
ease that they had to be destroyed en
tirely and other orchards have under
gone a scientific process of pruning
under his direction.
Members of the Japanese colony in
The Dalles will help celebrate Inde
pendence Day in that city, July 3 and
4. The Japanese have raised $150 and
through M. Shimomura, have secured
a like amount from the executive com
mittee, which is arranging for the cel
ebration. The entire amount has been
turned back to the Japanese, and they
will have full charge of the fireworks,
for which the money is to be used.
Preparations are under way by the
farmers and livestock breeders of
south Polk county to make a big ex
hibit of products at the Panama-Paci
fic exposition in 1915. The breeders
of goats, sheep, horses, cattle and hogs
expect to have their stock will repre
sented. Growers of hops, prunes and
grain say they will collect samples
and send them to San Francisco In a
gigantic lot from Polk county.
Three quarters of a million dollars
is saved annually to the shippers of
the state through the work being done
by the state railroad commission, ac
cording to a statement made by the
commission In response to an inquiry
from the commercial club traffic bu
reau of Salt Lake City. This saving
is made by reductions on Intrastate
shipments of freight and is declared
to be easily proved by court records
and the files of the commission,
Instead of entering a Rogue River
Valley general display at the Panama
exposition, Jackson county will have
a specific exhibit embracing agricul
ture and horticulture, lumbering and
mining. Work has begun in a horti
cultural way, especially in the line of
processed fruits. This specialty is un
der the supervision of H. O. Frohbach,
of Ashland, the county court having
appropriated a sum for the purpose.
Strawberries and cherries are being
handled In this manner, and other
fruits will be handled In season.
The Southern Pacific company must
tear up its tracks and abandon its
Natron extension towards Klamath
Falls for a distance of 15 miles, or it
must build Lane County a wagon road
as good as the one it appropriated In
the narrow Middle Fork of the Wil
lamette valley between Natron and
Oakrldge. The railroad has built a
substitute wagon road over the hills
above the river, but this Is not as good
a road as It agreed to build, according
to Judge L. T. Harris, who has filed a
decrne In the $100,000 damage case
and Injunction suit nguinut the Oregon
& Eastern and the Southern Pacific
railroads.
BUICK
The Car that
V)
Sells by the
Train' Load
Jljj
The
Buick Car Sets Mark in a Run
Twenty and One-Tenth Miles Made on One Gallon of "Gai"
Twenty and onVtentta mile on one gallon of gasoline by a six-cylnder Huick carl That's
the mark that the Buick Motor Company may advertise to the world a an oflioial performance.
Not only did the Kick "Six" set 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 17.07
miles. The later two models are fours.
With F. K. Edward, former American Automobile Association technical upert and one ol
the most conscientious official in the Industry, in charge of the technical committee and with
Darwin Hatch. St. Clair Couiens,,, Reed Parker and E. (J. Wesllake to furnish the affidavit a
passengers In the Buick car, the machine were taken to Thirty-third treet and South Park
avenue, Chicago, where the atteted Warner speedometers were et and officially recorded by
Messrs. Edwards and Hatch, engine were run until they had sucked the gasoline lead dry and
the technical committee carefully supplied each car with one gallon of gasoline that rated 02 In a
temperature 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
Soon after the machines reached Jackson Park, where a two-mile circuit at and near the lake
shore was utilized for a tenting ground, the wind set in off the lake, the roadways became sheeted
in ice and the temperature fell to 32 degrees. The southwest wind, that blew 23 mtle an hour at
the start, shifted off the lake and became raw and cold, offering great resistance to the machine.
The Buic "six" weinhed 4550 pounds, with four passenger and equipment, the "2o weighed
3300 pounds and the "37" 3780 pounds, inclu ling tour passengers ana equipment, i ne si
an engine 3 3 4x5, the "25" has a bore and stroke ol 3 3 4 eacn. wnue me -m is o oiu.
gear ratio of the "six" is 3 3 4 to 1, while the others have a 4-to-l gear ratio
The
HUFF-NOBLE AUTO CO.
a l Hff PRINEV1LLE, OREGON
AGENTS FOR CHALMERS AND BUICKS
Fred W. Noble
The Business of Farming
.Up-to-date farming is a business. A farm can not
be run successfully in a slipshod manner.
When business methods are applied, it is possible to
secure the greatest success.
A checking account at this strong bank will help
you in systematizing your business.
We shall gladly assist you if we may.
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon.
The Oldest Bank in Central Oregon
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $150,000.00
"My kingdom for a horse," proffered
a defeated monarch.' But the modern
man gets an infinitely better means of
transportation at lowest cost---when
he buys a sturdy Ford. The econom
ical Ford has made the horse an ex
travagance at any price.
Five hundred dollars is the price of a Ford run
about; the touring car is five fifty; the town car
seven fifty f. o. b. Detroit, complete with equip
ment. Get a catalog and particulars from agent.
C. W. WILSON
115 Crook County Agent, Prineville, Ore. '
Garage Opposite Post Office
SUIIIIIICIIIM.
Ill the circuit cnurt of the state of
On-yon, lor Crook county.
Charles A. Whltsctt mid MlutileM.
WhltMctt, plaintiffs,
vs.
K. I). Parker, Minnie I.. Parker, J. I).
Morris, administrator of the en
tutu of (ieorge Herren, di-ccnsed,
nml I.uhi (1. HcrriMi, dt'fcndiints.
To F. D. Parker. Minute I.. I'nrker,
J. 1). MorrlM, administrator of the
entitle of (icorgo Hcrreti, deceased,
niitl Lulu ). Herren:
In the miine of the state of Ore.
gmi, you ore hereby required to ap
pear nml answer me coiupiniur.
tiled In the nliove eutltli'il court mid
cause on or nciore me 1.11111111701
June, l'.ill, ami If you fall mo to np-
near ninl iiiiMwer. the plaintiff win
apply to the court fortho relief dc
nimiilcil In tlieir complaint, to-wu:
for 11 Judgment UKitliiHt ili'fi'iiilmit.
I-. I). I'nrker. lor tlie hiiiii 01 1 nreu
Thousand Hullnm with Interest
thereon at the rnte of seven per cent
per annum from August .'10, l'J12, for
:tO0.00 attorney's fim and for the
coHte ami disbursements of thin milt.
For a decree iiiruttiHt all of t he de
fendant!! that the land described In
plaintiff complaint and mortgage
lie Hold hy the Hherlff of this county
according to law aud that the pro-
ceeiis 01 hiiiii sale ne uppucti 10 me
payment of plaintiffs Judgment mid
the costs of making sui-li mile mid
that they have 11 deficiency Judg
ment against defendant, F. 1.
I'nrker, for any hiiiii remaining un
paid after applying all of the pro
ceeds of said sale properly applicable
to said Judgment. That the lie
feiidunts and each and all of them
and all perHons claiming under them
or any of them bo forever barred
and foreclosed of all right, title, In
tcrcHt and right of redemption In
Maid premise mid every part thereof.
This Numinous Is published by
order of the Honorable tl. Springer,
Judge of the county court of the
etnte of Oregon for Crook county,
made on the 27th day of April, 11)14,
which said order prescribes that this
HiiiiiinoiiH be published In the Crook
County Journal, a weekly news
paper printed and published In
Prineville, Crook county. Oregon,
for a period of six consecutive weeks.
The date of the first publication of
this summons Is April 30, 11)14.
M. It. Ki.i.iott,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
;re3sfeE!E!sfiEia
rJf5istTigiitgt
LUMBER
Shingles, Mouldings, Windows,
Doors, Glauses, Etc. Etc., Etc.
SHIPP& PERRY
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
rJ
Notice ol Final Settlement.
Notice Is hereby given that the un
dersigned executors of the estate of
Charles 11. Foster, deceased, have
filed their final account as such exec
utors, In the olllce of the county
clerk of Crook county, Oregon, and
Monday, the 6th day of July, 11)14, at
the hour of 10 o'clock In the forenoon,
has been set for the tlnin for hearing
said final account and any objec
tions Uni t may be made thereto, and
for making an order of final settle
ment of said estate, and for such
oilier ninl further order ns my bo
Just ninl proper In the premises.
Dated and published first tlmo May
21st, 1914.
Mici.vin M. Fohtkii,
Oka C. Fohtuu,
Executors of t he estate of Charles II.
Foster, (leceused.