OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughou
the State During the Past
Week.
Little One Hat Miraculous Escape,
Fortlnnd. When a seven -passenger
automobile driven by Mrs. William E,
Frazier became stalled while crossing
the railroad before an approaching
train at Clackamas, near here, Mrs,
Fraier, who was driving, and four
passengers leaped out, leaving three-
year-old Lois Frazier aloue In the ton-
neau.
The locomotkf struck the automo
bile and smashed It to kindling wood
parts being hurled 50 feet. When the
train was halted a quarter of a mile
farther on, little Lois was found on
the engine pilot clinging to the rods.
Her right leg was broken, but this
was her only Injury.
Official's Removal Asked.
Salem. Charging that 0. C. Gibbs,
district attorney, Is not enforcing the
laws regulating the Bale of intoxicat
ing liquor, D. w. Thomas, a saloon
owner of New Pine Creek has asked
Governor West to remove the official
and appoint another man. Governor
West has asked the officials of the
county and the state pharmacy board
to make an investigation of the charge
made by Thomas that a druggist of
New Pine Creek has been selling li
quor without a license.
Red Ochre Bed Found.
Sherwood Discovery of a red ochre
bed is reported on the farm of P. C.
Knecht, three and a half miles south
and west of Sherwood. Mr. Knecht
has 220 acres, and about 20 acres are
believed to be heavily underlaid with
the valuable paint component
Preliminary investigation shows
that the bed starts about 16 Inches
from the surface and gets better as it
goes down, eight feet already having
been emlored. Tests have been made.
with the result that chemists say it is
of extra fine quality.
Hood RiveV Cherries Sold.
Hood River. A. V. Stone, manager
of the Apple Growers' association, an
nounces that the entire crop of Royal
Anne cherries of the valley had been
old for 5 cents a pound f. o. b. Hood
Elver. The fruit will be preserved
and canned at The Dalles. The cher
ries will be hauled by the growers to
the association warehouses in apple
boxes.
Hopmen Join War on Dry.
Aurora. At a meeting at Aurora
the growers of that district Joined
bands with the Hopgrowers' and Deal'
era' association of Oregon in its fight
against prohibition. About 250 per
sons attended the meeting, and it was
the consensus of opinion that state
wide prohibition would put an end to
the hop industry of Oregon.
WOULD ABOLISH OFFICES
W. P. George of Salem Submits Copy
, of Initiative Bill.
' Salem. A copy of an initiative bill
for the abolishment of the desert land
board and of the office of one of the
state water commissioners, for the
leduction of the salary of the state
engineer, his office to be filled by
appointment by the state land board,
besides a number of other changes,
was submitted to the secretary of
state by W. P. George of Salem for
approval as to form. The measure,
which covers the recommendations
made by Governor West, is being Ini
tiated by Mr. George.
Governor West declares that the
measure, if enacted into law, will cut
the expenses of the desert land board,
state water board, and the state en
gineer's office in half. Appropriations
for these departments by the last leg
islature amounted to $10,000 for the
desert land board, $40,000 for the state
water board and $143,800 for the state
engineer's office. The appropriations
for the state engineer include the $50,
00 for the water power surveys, $15,.
400 for Celilo investigation and $45,
00 for topographic and hydro-graphic
work.
Laborer Shoots Two.
Carlton. Joe Quinn, 25 years old,
shot Phil Bilka through both arms
and inflicted a slight wound in the
Beck at the Anderson hopyard, seven
miles northwest of this place. He al
to shot and slightly wounded another
laborer named Joe.
McNary Wins by 13 Votes.
Salem. Secretary of State Olcott
states that the official count shows
that Charles L. McNary had won the
republican nomination for Justice of
'the supreme court over Henry L. Ben
son by 13 votes.
GIFF0RD PINCH0T
Gifford Pinchot, who received the
Progressive nomination for United
States Senator from Pennsylvania at
the primaries.
WILL SELECT SUFFRAGE BILL
Meeting Called to Concentrate Sup
port for Measure Before Congress.
Washington. In an effort to con
centrate support for a suffrage meas
ure in congress, suffrage leaders Is
sued a call for a meeting of all lead
ers In the movement in the United
States at O. H. P. Belmont's Newport
home. Marble House, July 3.
Two bills, one by Senator Shafroth
and the other by Senator Bristow, are
before congress. The suffrage lead
ers are divided as to which measure
is better, but they hope to settle all
difficulties at the meeting. Suffrage
workers from nearly all states, and
representatives of the congressional
union and the national American wo
man suffrage association will partici
pate.
Metcalfe to Make Race.
Omaha. Richard L. Matcalfe, vice-
chairman of the committee to arrange
the formal opening of the Panama
canal, has decided to accept the peti
tion filed in bis behalf for the demo
cratic nomination foi governor of the
state of Nebraska.
MILITANTS INVADE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
London. Suffragettes, for the first
time, Sunday invaded Catholic
churches and created scenes by at
tempting to harangue the congrega
tions. Worship was disturbed In both
Westminster cathedral - and the
Church of the Oratory, Brompton.
Father Bernard Vaughan had Just
taken his place in the pulpit in West
minster cathedral at the evening serv
ice when a woman, well-dressd and
apparently of refinement, rushed up
the steps into another pulpit, and,
waving her arms, shouted: "In the
presence of the blessed sacrament I
protest against the forcible feeding
of women."
A band of militants interrupted the
midday mass in the Church of the
Oratory by chanting: "God save Era
maline Pankhurst and all our noble
prisoners; open the eyes of this
church and of the priests to put an
end to the torture; in the name of
the blessed Joan of Arc, hear them
In their hour of need."
The growing hostility on the part
of the public was shown by assaults
Sunday on several open-air meetings.
Speakers were mobbed, stands were
torn down and two men were saved
by the police from duckings or beat
ings.
Committee Wants T. R.
New York. Theodore Roosevelt as
the progressive party candidate for
governor of New York is the desire
of the state progressive campaign ad
visory committee, which met here to
consider'tampalgn questions.
Church Music Denounced.
Bloomlngton, Ind. Pipe organs,
pianos and kindred musical instru
ments have no place in a church, ac
cording to a report adopted by the
synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
church of the United States and Can
ada, at its meeting here.
THE MARKETS
Portland.
WheatClub, 86c; bluestem, 89c;
red Russian, 86c.
Hay Timothy, $16; alfalfa, $13.
Butter Creamery, 27o.
Eggs JUnch, 21c.
June Coldest Since 1870.
Pendleton. With the temperature
falling to 39 degrees here and snow
falling in the mountains 30 miles dis
tant, Pendleton has experienced the
most wintry June weather since 1870.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 89c; club, E6c;
red Russian, 85c.
Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa,
$14 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 28c.
Eggs 24c,
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Governor West Issued a proclama
tion declaring next Friday, "Hose Fes
tival" day, a legal holiday.
Moving pictures of bears !n their
native haunts were taken In ths vicin
ity of Roseburg, Traps were set in
some instances.
The senate has passed the Cham
borlaln bill appropriating $(10,000 for
erecting aids to navigation along the
Alaska coast.
The case of Frank Stetler of Port
land, to determine the validity of the
new minimum wane law, has been
put on the docket of the supreme
court of the United States.
Timber men and mill owners of La
Grande are planning to wage an ex
tensive fipht on forest fires this sum
mer, and It Is expected 30,000 acre
of timber will be' patrolled.
Three Portland boys entered a plea
of guilty in the circuit court at Ore
gon City to a charge of burglary, and
each was sentenced to a term of from
two to five years in the state peniten
tiary. All were paroled.
For violations of sectfcms of the in
terstate commerce law relating to the
working of employes overtime, the O
W. R. & N. company was fined a total
of $3350 by Judge Bean in United
States district court at Portland,
The department of commerce has
notified Senator Chamberlain that it
has requested the treasury department
to detail a revenue cutter to patrol
the course of the regatta at Astoria
July 2 and 3.
State Forester Elliott announces
that be will appoint at once about 350
road supervisors and about 100 other
persons fire wardens to work in dis
tricts which are not patroled by regu
lar wardens.
The Grants Pass commercial club
has asked for advice on how to pro
ceed In case the lands In the Oregon
& California grant suits revert to the
government. The persons interested
are appealed to.
Despite threatening weather condi
tions the crowds at the Lebanon
strawberry festival were greater on
the closing day than on the first day,
Auto parades were, better than ever
before.
Two Oregon Items Included in the
sundry civil bill which will be report
ed to the senate are $100,000 for Cra
ter Lake and $15,000 for the improve
ment of the Clackamas salmon hatch
ery.
Professor V. I. Safro, assistant in
the entomological department of the
Oregon agricultural college has ten
tatively accepted a position as ento
mologist at the college extension sta
tion in Montevideo, South America.
The secretary of the interior has
awarded to W. E. Mason, of Klamath
Falls, the contract for the construc
tion of the Lost River diversion chan
nel of the Klamath irrigation project,
at a cost of $19,922.
Revival of the old wars between
cattlemen and sheepmen is Indicated
by information received of depreda
tions, supposedly by owners of cattle.
among sheep on the government range
.on Dixie creek, west of Durkee.
During the first' year's operation of
the corporation department, since the
enactment of the blue sky law, the
receipts of the department amounted
to $225,252.47, according to figures
given out by Corporation Commission
er R. A. Watson.
A Chinook salmon weighing 87
pounds was caught in the lower Co
lumbia by H, P. Nelson, a glllnetter.
the fish may capture the $30 prize
offered by Schmidt Co., of Brookfield,
for the largest salmon which will be
sent to the fair at San Francisco next
year.
Efforts will be made through the
Oregon delegation in congress by the
Portland chamber of commerce to se
cure an amendment to the homestead
act which will reduce the amount of
clearing necessary on the part of the
settler on a homestead in the coast
counties of Oregon.
Determined to win for Portland the
1915 national convention of the Amer
ican Osteopathic association, members
of the Oregon association will con
vene Friday and Saturday. Osteo
paths from all over the state will be
in attendance and the Portland con
tingent has arranged its affairs to be
present at all the sessions.
On representations of Senator Cham
berlain, Major Boggs of the Isthmian
canal commission has ordered new
bids called for for canal supplies. Ob
jection was made that the term su
crene limited tenders to a proprietary
cattle food. Portland millers said su
crene was the name of a proprietary
cattle food, which only one firm could
furnish.
Secretary of State Olcott announces
that the bounty appropriation of $40,
000 made at the last session of the
legislature for 'the capture of wild
animals had been exhausted. A law
passed In 1909 provides that the boun
ties on predatory animals shall be
paid by the state and counties, each
paying half. Mr. Olcott has notified
the county clerks that the appropria
tion has been exhausted and has skIi
ed them to discontinue forwarding
claims until another arrropriatlon Is
made.
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 miles on one gallon ol gasoline by six-cylruler Huick carl That's
the murk that the Huick Motor Company may advertise to the world ax an ollicial performance.
Not only did the lUick "Six" set this remarkable economy mark on January I I, but the
Model B-25, under similar running conditions, made 22 7 miles per gallon, while a third
chine, a Model H 37, with no gravity feed tank for the measured gallon of giuoline, made 17.97
miles. The later two models are fours.
With F. K. Edwards, former American Automobile Association technical txpert and one of
the most conscientious official in the industry, in charge of the technical committee and with
Darwin Hatch, St. Clair Couzens,,, Reed Parker and K. (. W'estlake to furnish the alliduvita as
passengers in the Huiek care, the machines were taken to Thirty-third street and South 1'ark
avenue, Chicago, where the ttented 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 committea carefully supplied each car with one gallon of gasoline that rated (52 in a
temperature 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Soon after the machines reached Jackson 1'ark, where a two-mile circuit at and near the lake
shore was utilid. for a tilting 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 S3 miles an hour at
the start, shifted off the lake and became raw and cold, offering great reeisUnce to the machines.
The Iiuic "six" weighed 4550 pounds, with four passengers and equipment, the "2.V weighed
3300 pounds and the "37" 3780 pounds, inclu ling four passengers and equipment. The "six" has
an engine 3 3 4x5, tbs "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 0.
O. L. Huff
PRINEV1LLE, OREGON
AGENTS FOR CHALMERS AND BUICKS
Fred W. Noble
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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 Prinevllle, Oregon.
The Oldett Bank in Central Orgon
Capital, Surplus and I'ndividad Profits, $150,000.00
There's nothing small about the Ford except
the purchase price and cost to keep.
In number of cars, in world-wide use, in
quality of service to owners and in its daily
performance, it is the biggest car in the world.
530,000 users will testify to these facts.
$500 for the runabout; $550 for the touring
car and $750 for the town car f. o. b.
Delioit, cmoplete with equipment. Get
catalog and particulars from
C. W. WILSON
1-15 Crook County Agent, Prineville, Ore.
Garage Opposite Post Office
Shingles, Mouldings, Windows,
Doors, Glasses, Etc. Etc., Etc.
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SHIPP& PERRY
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Ntmiiiicnm.
In tlu circuit cntirt of the state of
Oregon, fur Crook county.
Cliarlin A. Whltett ami Minnie M.
WliltHett, pluliitlffs,
vs.
F. I). Pnrker, Minnie I.. Parker, J. ).
Morrlii, nilniltilHtniior of the en.
tnte of (it-urge Herrrn, tlit-eascd,
and I.iiIii (J. llerren, defendants.
To K. I. Parker, Minnie I.. I'nrker,
J. D. MorrlH, administrator of the
eittiito of tlcorgo llerren, deceased,
mid Lulu (1. llerren:
lu the inline of the tit ate of Ore
gon, yon are hereby required to ap
pear and aimwer the complaint
tiled In Mill nhove ti f 1 1
cause on or More the lMhdtiyof
June, juri, anil it you fall mo to ap
pear and answer, the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief de.
nianded In their complaint, to-wlt:
for a Judgment ngnlnst defendant,
K. I), l'arker. for the sum of Three
Thoimniifl Dnlliira with Int.....!
thereon tit the rate of seven per cent
Jier annum from August .', l'J12, for
CI00.00 attorney's fees and for the
costs and disbursements of till suit.
Kor a decree ngnlnst all of the de
fendant that the laud deecrllted In
plaintiff complaint and mortgage
be sold by the sheriff of this county
according to law and that the pro
cecds of mild sale he applied to the
payment of plaintiff's Judgment and
the costs of making such sale and
that they havo a deficiency Jinlg
ment against defendant, F. 1.
l'arker, for any sum remaining un
paid after applying all of the pro
ceeds of said sale properly applicable
to said Judgment. That the de.
fendants and each and all of them
and nil persons claiming under them
Or (inv Of them lin furi.vi.r hnrr,l
and foreclosed of all right, title, In-
it-rent unu ngnt oi redemption In
snld premises and every part thereof.
This suminoiiH In tniMiui..i lo
onier of the Honorable (1. Springer,
Judge of tlio county court of the
state of Oregon for Crook county,
inane on me zim (iny or April, lull,
which said order iirenerlhiiu tii.it- ti,tu
summons be published In the Crook
County Journal, a weekly news
pnper printed and published In
Prinevllle. Crook eonntv iirm,
for a period of six consecutive weeks'.
j ne oaie or mo nrst publication of
this summons Is April 30, 11)14.
M. It. Elliott,
Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Notice ot I'liul Settlement. "
Notice Is lierebv irlven timt i... ....
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(lerxlirned eveentupy of i... .
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Charles H. Foster, deceased, have
mm nieir until account as such exec
utors. In thn oHIcm of ti... ,.,......
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clerk of Crook county, Oregon, and
"Wi ui" oui oay or July, 1914, at
the hour of 10 o'clock In the forenoon,
has been Set for the time for hearing
said final, account unit nnv ,.i,i,.
tlons that may be made thereto, and
im niiiiuiiK mi orner or nntu nettle
ment of said estate, and for such
other Mild further oi-ilnv nu , i...
just and proper in the premise.
imieii tmu puiuiHlieU llrst tlmo May
2lHt, 1014.
MlOLVIN M. KOHTIOIt,
dm i' i,',u.,.,..,.
Executors of the estate of Charles H.
osier, uuceiiHuUi