OREGON ROBBERS
MAKEJONFESSION
Two of Three Men Who Held Up
O.-W. R. 6 N. Train Cap-
turcd Near La Grande.
l'omlloton, Or, Albert Mcailora mid
Chirmine Htuiior, two of the three
trnln robbers who held up O.W, It. &
N. Uiiln No, 5 mmr Mciicluim the
nuirnliiK of July 2, were arrested Rut--unliiy
nluhl 11 bout 0 o'clock by Deputy
Sheriff lliili liclor, of l.n Urunda,
Tho lender of tho kiiiik. who wiin
Shot niul killed by lmnuly Sheriff
Gonriia MeDuffy at the time of Hit"
holdup Ik ( liinU-M Mumilim, a profes
sional aiunblor niul not HiikIi Whit
ucy, the notorious outlaw. All three
of tho robbers were front Colievlllo,
Wyo. MiiiiiiIiik him a wifa mid four
' children In Cokevllle, lie whn a close
personal friend of both IhiKb and
Charles Whitney, wbllo Blonor In a
couhIii of the Whitney boys.
When arrested the two train rob
bers were walking along tho railroad
truck In thii direction of I .a Grande
and less thnii 20 mile from thn scene
of thn holdup. Neither man wan arm
ed mid they offered no resistance
when placed under arrest. They hud
C185 In ruKb and tha $700 diamond
rlim taken from 11. 1). Itoyce, the
Valla Walla brewer, who wan a pas
senger on the trnln, and a anmller dia
mond, but the diamond! were thrown
wny when they were arreted to pre
vent thnlr being uaed to connect them
with the holdup.
The capture of the entire gang of
robbera within three daya after the
holdup auta a record for the apprehen
alon of train rubbers In the west, it
la aold.
GRAIN YIELD WILL BE LARGE
Wheat Crop of Paclfio Northwest Ea-
tlmated at 65,000,000 Butheli.
Portland, Or. The season la now
far enough advanced to make It al
moin certain that the cereal cropa of
the Pacific nor lb went will be safely
gathered, The progress also la auf
flclnnt to enable grain men to anti
mute with a decree of closeness the
yields of the leading gralna.
That the wheat crop of the three
Intel will break all previous records
la conceded by nearly every grain au
thority In the northwest. The general
estimate now la 05,000,000 bushels for
Oregon, Washington nod Idaho.
The crop In these states last year
nas almost 56,000,000 bushel. Karller
In tho season grain dealers believed
the northwest would produce 70,000,
000 bushels of wheat, but It Is thought
they overestimated the crop, as Is fre
quently done In seasons of great prom
ise. DEATH DEALING BOMB
WRECKS TENEMENT
Now York. In the rulna of the tene
ment wrecked by the explosion of a
bomb, which It la believed wns Intend
ed for use agninst John D. Rockefel
ler or hla son, thn authorities found
evidence that Arthur Caron, who was
killed with three others, hud uhciI hla
apartment as a center for the diatrl
button of Inflammatory literature, and
that It was filled with death-dealing
explosives.
A small printing press, revolution
ary pamphlets and circulars, an elec
tric, dynamo, two electric batterlea,
cartridges and blta of steel were
among the articles uncovered, which
tend, In tho opinion of the pullco, to
allow an anarchist plot, That the
demonstration, bnltod by the bungling
of aomo one who wus preparing an
Infernal machine for Its mission, was
planned against the Rockefeller fam
ily In Tarrytown, la tho theory on
which the authorities are working.
Two of those killed In the wrecked
apartment were promlnont agitators
who were to be placed on trial at
Tarrytown on the chnrgos of disorder
ly conduct In connection with th
mourning Inaugurated against John
Rockefeller, Jr., aa a protest again
Ills attitude In tho Colorado mln(
trlke. .
Foreign Market Wanted.
New York. Discrimination In favol
of American shipping In custom and
canal tolls, rather thnn In direct sub
'aldloB, waa advocated by Representa
tive Oscar W. Underwood, of Ah
bnma, In an address In Brooklyn.
' The- problem confronting the coun
try, he said, la over production In most
Industries, and foreign markets must
bo found for tho excess of production
$15,000 la Loss In Flra at Stevenson,
Stevenson, Wash. The biggest firs
In the history of Stevonson occurred
at 3 o'clock Sunday morning, when a
block of buildings on Cascades avenue
was burned to tho ground. The build
ings wore ocoupled by a hotel, barber
bop, two pool rooms, two saloons and
one restaurant The loBsoa aggregate
$15,000.
W. J. BURNS.
Fameus Deteeflve Dropptd
by Sleuths' Assoolation.
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t'hnlo by Amcrlran Prma AaaocUtlua
Brief News of the Week
The supreme court of Nevada up
held the law requiring nonresidents
to reside In the state one year before
being eligible for a divorce.
Karmers of Kansas will receive
more than $100,000,000 for their wheat
alone this year, says Darius Miller,
president of the Burlington railroad,
at Chicago,
Four thousand cases of ammunition
and 8000 cases of rifles were landed
at Dublin, Ireland, for the Irish nation
al voters, who succeeded In catching
the police off their guard.
Blx hundred and ninety six marriage
license were Issued In Ban Francisco
during the month of June just ended,
breaking all records for a single
month, It Is sold. '
Five men attempted to rob the nank
of British North America at Kaslo,
B. C. They arrived In a spoed launch
on KootornT lake, but the police were
too quick for tbetn. The men escaped
In their boat.
The proposals of the lead of the
affiliated unions to end the strike of
the 7000 men employes of the West
Inghouse concerns In Pittsburg, were
rejected by the workers In mass meet
ing, The strike will be continued.
Tho flying bout America, built by
Rodman Wannmaker for flight acros
the Atlantic ocean, made an ascent
with seven passenger, the totaj
weight carried being 6000 pounds. The
craft was piloted by Glen Turtles, the
veteran aviator.
The health authorities at New Or
leans believed that they bad the bu
bonic plague situation well In hand.
The Infected district waa being care
fully wntched but It was believed
there would be no spread of the, dis
ease. Relentless war was being waged
on rats.
Fire, the cause of which Is a mys
tery, completely destroyed the Ocenn
lo dock, a quarter of a mile northwest
of the O.-W, R. & N. ahops at Port
land, Or., entailing a property loss
estimated at $150,000.
People in the News
Joseph Chamberlain, former leader
of the British parliament died at Lon
don at the age of 78 years.
General Villa, the rebel commander,
has bought a bathtub In Chicago at a
price said to be $400, The freight
charges ou the tub will amount to
$125.
Dr. Byron Miller of Portland was
nominated for president of the Ameri
can Institute of Homeopathy at the
twentieth annual session held at At
lantic City.
Rear Admiral Chnrles P, Bond has
boon named chairman of the board of
survey which will put the battleship
Oregon lit shape to lead the naval pro
cession through the Panama canal.
Colonel Roosevelt ha resigned from
the Outlook to fight for progressive
Ism and Incidentally to oppose Presi
dent Wilson's policies, which he has
criticized aeverely.
Marconi, the Inventor of the wire
less telegraph, hopes to be able to
have wlreleBB telephones In use be
tween Now York and Wales soon. He
expects that the system will accommo
date 300 words a minute.
At the end of 20 rounds, Leach
Cross, the New York dentist, was giv
en the decision over "Rod" Watson,
of San Diego, In a fnst fight.
Mrs. Louise Bailey, wife of a Brook
lyn manufacturer, was shot and klllod
by an assassin In the office of Dr.
Kdward Carman, at Freeport, N. Y.
Police are working on the theory that
tho bullet was meant for the physi
cian.
George Chip, of Now Castle, Pa.,
aspirant for the middleweight cham
pionship, knocked out "Fighting" Billy
Murray, of Petaluma, Cal., at Sun
Francisco, In the 15th round of their
20-routid fight
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iNEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
New York, Pennsylvania and
Illinois Lead in Income and
Corporation Excise.
Washington. Ne York, Pennsyl
am la and Illinois paid more than half
of the $71,3fl,H8 turned Into the na
tional treasury In Income and corpora
tion taxes during tho fiscal year Just
clotted. A detailed statement of col
lections made public showed that
these three males contributed $37,
031,717. New York alone paid $12,528,247.03
In Individual Income tux, while the
entire amount paid 'by Individual
throughout the country wu $28,306,
33I.C. The empire state paid $9,700,
248.57 of the $43,079,810.44 paid a
corporation tax by all states.
Pennsylvania ranked second In both
Individual and corporation taxes. Its
corporations paid $0,096,306.28 and Its
Individual Income tax collection
amounted to $3,176,095.28. Illinois
was third In the list, with corporation
taxes amounting to $4,293,649.68 and
Individual Income aggregating $2,
076.171.11. Will Prosecute Income Tax Dodger.
Nation wide Investigation of the re
turns in the Income tax filed by cor
poration and Individual has been be
gun by agents and Inspectors working
at -the direction of Commissioner Os
borne of the Internal revenue, to as
certain the correctness of each pay
ment Into the treasury.
Fraudulent statements in attempt
to evade or defeat the aasessment re
quired by the law are held to be a
misdemeanor and the person or of
ficer of any corporation rendering a
false return Is liable to a fine not ex
ceeding $2000 or imprisonment not ex
ceeding one year, or both, at the dis
cretion of the court
Officials of the treasury declare the
pursuit will be relentless and those
caught In the dragnet which Is being
thrown out will be required to pay the
additional amount of their tax or face
suits of prosecution.
Borah Continue to Fight Harbor Bill.
' There I little likelihood that the
fight being made against the river
and harbor bill In the senate will ac
complish It defeat, though It I be
lieved that the bill cannot go Into ef
fect much before August and may not
become operative until a later date.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, who la
holding up the bill. Intends to bold
up tho conference report later, unless
congress grants some of the legisla
tion asked by the west As a mean
of accomplishing his purpose, he haa
offered an amendment to the bill au
thorizing a loan of $50,000,000 to the
reclamation fund, and Is demanding
that that amendment be accepted by
the sonnle. Ills contention Is that the
river and harbor bill, with few excep
tions, carries no direct benefit to the
states, where the government Is build
ing Irrigation work.
Colombian Treaty I Likely to Fall,
The administration by a party vote
will be able to secure a favorable re
port from the foreign relation com
mittee of the senate on the Bryan
treaty with Colombia, but senators op
posed to that document assert posi
tively that the administration will not
be able to force ratification by the
senate. It requires a two-thirds vote
to ratify and more than a third of the
senate are said to be opposed to the
treaty.
National Capital Brevities.
Major General Wood, former chief
of staff of the United 8tates army,
has been ordered In command of the
eastern department of the army.
In a wordy altercation over the Nic
aragua treaty before the foreign rela
tions committee, Senators Root of
New York and Smith of Michlgnn
nearly came to blows.
It la said that leaders are hoping
that a vote on the Hobson prohibition
amendment to the constitution will be
had In the house about August 1.
The United States haB been anked
by Consul General Cheshire of Can
ton, China, to send aid for the 2,000,
000 people who are said to have been
rendered destitute by the recent floods
In two southern provinces of China,
The house passed the bill repealing
the provision that anyone who was
in any way active on the side of the
rebels during the civil war should not
be eligible for the collection of claims
from the government Clnlms total
ing $165,000,000 will thus be revived,
It is said.
President Wilson will fill all va
cancies where negroes are now em
ployed by other negroes, In accord
ance wttb a promise which he made
about the time of his Inauguration.
White men will not take the places of
the blacks.
. The San Dominican situation con
tinue to be a puzzler for President
Wilson. He admits having received a
report that the American gunboat
Mnehlns had fired on one of the war
ring factions because they had vio
lated an agreement not to bombard
the rebel city.
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Farm
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oans
For a short time we have sub
ject to our disposal
$25,000
(or loans on highly improved
irrigated ranches iu the vicin
ity of Prineville. Loans to
be for $5,000 or more and run
from 3 to 5 years, with inter
est at 8 per cent, payable an
nually. We charge a email commission
to be paid by the borrower.
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Ordinance Number 213.
An ordinance providing for the
supply of the City of Prineville, Ore
gon, anil Its Inhabitant with water
for public and private nee, and
granting to H. 8. Cram a franchlee
and llceuae to construct and operate
a ayaUin of water workaln the City
of frinevllle, Oregon, and providing
for an option to purchase aald water
work yetein by the City of i'rlne
vllln. The people of the City of Prine
ville, Oregon, do ordain aa follows:
S'-etlou 1. The privilege la hi-reby
granted to H. H. Cram, of Prlne-
vine, uregon, hla successor and
awdgn, for and during the
term of fifteen yeura ftiil)ect to the
right of piirchaee and forfeiture here-
Inaltpr provided, to erect, construct,
maintain and oM-rnte a "vstem of
water works In the City of Prineville,
Oregon, for the purpow of supply
ing pure, living water for municipal
anu uoini'Kcic purpown.
Section 2. Tne water to be sop
plleil under tbla llcenm shall be pure
living winer ami shall oe procured
I from HprlngM without the city limit.
and conveyed from such springs In
closed duc.U or plpea to an open
reeervoir outnltie ol the city, trora
which reaervolr the same ahall be
transmitted through a distributing
nysieiii or pipea twelve Inchea In
diameter to the center of dlairibu
tlon. Section 3. Such reservoir to be
provided by grantee, ahall have a
capacity of three hundred thousand
(300,000) gallons and aald reservoir
shall be kept at leaat eight-tenths
(8-10) full at all times. Reservoir
miiHt be not leaa than two hundred
feet above atreet surface at Third
and ' A" atreet In aald city.
Section 4. The grantee ahall
furnleb and lay at a depth at not
lens than three feet below the grade
of the street aa much six, three and
two Inch pipe aa may be required to
supply the consumer and all such
pipe Installed shall be capable of
withstanding a bydroatatlc preeaure
of one hundred twenty-five pounds
per square Inch. In the event
grades of street have been estab
lished the city agrees to make good
any expenae to which the grantee
may be put If the city shall hereafter
lower the grade of any street or
streets, where the grade Is now es
tabllabed, provided that prior to the
lowering of auch grade the city shall
have given due notice to the grantee
of lta Intent to change the grade,
and the grantee ehall have filed ob
jections to aald contemplated
change. In caaea not falling within
tble proviso the city shall not be
held liable for any expense to which
grantee may be put by the lowering
or changing of tbe grade.
Section 6. The grantee Is hereby
granted the privilege and right of
laying pipe and fittings and to main
tain and repair tbe same nnder and
along the atreet. alleys and public
ways of the city for the purpose of
supplying the city and lta Inhabi
tant who water, ana tne grantee
shall keep the city harmless from all
liability for damage on account of
negligence of the grantee In using
streeta, alleys and public ways of
said city for the above purposes,
and after using said streets, alleys
and public ways shall restore then
with due diligence to aa near as
practical their former condition.
Section 7. The grantee may
charge and collect during tbe con
tinuance of the privllego herein
granted the following tariff of max
imum rates to consumers of water
or other rates that may be estab
lished by the grantee and approved
by the city and Its council.
Monthly water rates:
Bakery. 2 50.
Barber shop, lt chair $1.50.' each
additional chair 25c.
ltathtuba In hotels or for public
use fl; bathtub In private family 60c.
Breweries special rate?.
Building construction
Wetting 1000 bricks 15c, wetting
one barrel of lime 15c, wetting one
barrel ol cement loc; lor stone work
per cubic yard 20c.
Butchershops, $1.
Family rates
One family $1.50; one family closet
50c, one family bathtub 50c.
Hotel or lodging houses unless
governed by special rates, having
live bedrooms $4 each, additional
room 10c.
Laundries, public, $6.
Meter rates:
1000 to 50,000 gallons 25c per
thousand, 50,0110 gallons and over
20c per thousand
Otlices, atnrea, public halls, print
ing otllcea f 1-
Photograph galleries, saloons and
private balls fl.50.
Sidewalk sprlukllng,ench 25 ft.. In
cluding washing windows 50c, each
50 ft ltli washing windows 75c, and
each 25 additional feet 25c.
Stables, each cow and horse, In
cluding washing carriages $1.
Livery and feed stables special
rates.
Steam engine, five horsepower or
less $2, each additional horsepower
50c.
Boiler and steam heat f 1 60.
Soda water manufacturing $3.
Urinals in stores 25c, In hotels and
saloons 60e.
Water closets In hotels, boarding
houses or saloons $2, each addi
tional 1.
Water motors special rates.
Irrigation For each one thousand
feet or less 70c; each 2000 square feet
fl.25; each 3000 square feet fl.50;
each 5000 square feet f 2.
Sections. The City hereby re
serves the option and right to con
struct and Install In connection with
the water a.vsteiu herein authorized
and granted to the grantee as sys
tem of tire protection piping and
hvilmnts sutllcient In capacity and
number to meet any emergency or
danger from fire or deemed neces
sary by the city and the grantee
shall after such option and right;
has been exercised and such piping
and hydrants erected, Installed and
connected, furnlnh to the city free of
rent, toll or charge all water neces
sary for fire protection or for fire
drills luvolvlng use of expenditure of
water or Incident to testing such
fire protection system, and the city
shall also have the option of right
to UHe for Irrigation purposes only
on and In the city park of Prineville,
water not to exceed 50,000 gallons
per month for five months of each
year, and In the event of the city
using more than 50.000 gallons dar
ing any month aforesaid, then all
such excess cf water over and abovs
50,000 per month shall be paid for by
the city to the grantee at the rata of
not exceeding 20c per 1000 gallons
used In excels thereof.
Section 9. Tbe city reserve th
right to at any time purchase tbe
entire property Installed or acquired,
nnder this license, the appraisement
of the valAe thereof to lie made by a
board of three, two to be chosen,
one by each party hereto, and the
two so chosen to select the third
member of the board, and a decision
rendered by such board shall lie
final and binding upon the parties
hereto,
Section 10. The grnntee Is granted
the privilege of cutting ofT consumers
water supply to enforce payment of
rentals.
Section 11. The grnntee shall
commence active operations of In
stalling said waterworks on or be
fore the lxt of Oetober, 1!U4, and
shall have completed said Installa
tion not later than the lnt of Oc
tober, l'Jlo.
Section 12. Should the granted
fall to begin or complete tbe con
struction of the said waterworks
within the time limits herein set
forth, then and In that case this
franchise shall be forfeited and this
ordinance shall he null and void.
Section 13. Whenever the ords
grantee and city are used herein,
they are understood to mean H. S.
Cram and tbe City of Prineville,
respectively.
Section 14. Passed by the city
council of the City of Prineville, Ore
gon, on the 20tb day of April A. D.,
1914. after the third reading thereof.
Approved by the Mayor of said
City the 20th day of April, 1914.
O. N. Clifton, Mayor.
Attest: E. O. Hyde, Recorder.
I, the undersigned, H. S Cram, of
Crook county, Oregon, hereby ac
cept each and all and every of tbe
terms and conditions of that certain
ordinance passed by the City Coun
cil of Prineville, on the 20th day of
April, 1014, granting to H. S. Cram
certain lights and privileges to con
struct, maintain and operate a sys
tem of water supply to Prineville
and Its Inhabitants, over and alone,
In and upon, certain streets, alleys
and public ways, and public grounds
In said city of Prineville, Oregon.
Dated and accepted this 20th day
of April, 1914.
H. S. Cram, grantee.
State of Oregon, t
County of Crook. (
I, fc. o. Hyde, do hereby certify
that I am tbe duly elected, qualified
and acting city recorder of the City
of Prineville, Oregon, that I have
carefully compared tbe above and
foregoing copy of ordinance with
the original thereof, that the same
Is a true and correct transcript
from such original and of tbe whole
thereof as the same is filed In my
omce.
Dated this 20th day of April, 1914.
7-9-3t. E. O. Hyde. Recorder.
aummons
In the Circuit court of the state ot
Oregon, for Crook county.
W. A. Booth, plalp1,
vs.
James A. Boyd, defendant.
To James A. Boyd, tbe above
named defendant:
In tbe name of the state of Oregon,
Tou are hereby notified that W. A.
Booth, the holder of Certificates of
Delinquency numbered 34, 35, 36, 37
and 38 ixsued on tbe 16th day ot
Oct,, 1913, by the tax collector of
the county of Crook, state of Ore
gon, for the amount of Three Hun
dred fifty eight and twenty hundred
ths dollars, the same being the
amount then due and delinquent for
taxes for the year 1910. together
with penalty, Interest and costa
thereon upon the real property as
sessed to you, of which you are tbe
owner as appears ol record, situated
In said county and state, and par
ticularly bounded aud deecrttied as
follows, to-wlt: The nwj of nwi of
section 13, n4 of nwj of section 14,
and nej of nej of section 15 In town
ship 17 south, range 14 east, W. M.,
and lots 2 and 3 and tbe nc of swj
and sei of nwi of section 30 in town
ship 13 south, range 11 east, W. M.
You are further notified that said
W. A. Booth has paid taxes on said
premises for prior or subsequent
years with the rate ot interest on
said amounts a follows:
Tax for year 1910, date paid, Oct.
10, 1913. tax receipt No. 4S98,
amouot, (25.07, rate of Interest, 15.
Tax for year 1911, paid Oct. 16,
1913, tax receipt Nos. 4709, 4710,
amount (112.31, rate of Interest, 15.
Tax for year 1912, paid Oct. 6 and
Oct 16, 1913, tax receipt Nos. 4280
and 4279, amouut, $67.91, rate ot
Interest 15.
Tax for year 1913, paid March 26,
1914, tax receipt Nos. 2558, 2559,
amount (71 40, rate of Interest 15.
Said James A. Boyd, as the owner
of the legal title of the above de
scribed property as the same ap
pears of record, and each of the
other persons above named are here
by further notified that W. A. Booth
will apply to the circuit court ot the
county and state aforesaid for a de
cree foreclosing the lien against the
property above described and men
tioned In said certificate. And you
are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty days after the first pub
lication of the summons exclusive ot
the day of said first publication,
and defend this action or pay tbe
amount due as above shown to
gether with costs and accrued in
terest and lu case of your failure tu
do so, a decree will be rendered fore
closing the lien of said taxes and
costs against the land and premises
above named.
This summons Is published by
order of the Honorable G. Springer,
Judge of the county court of the
state of Oregon, for the county of
Crook, and said order wus made
and dated thls lst day of June, 1914.
and the date of tbe first publication
of this summons Is the 4th' day of
June, 1914.
All process and papers In this pro
ceeding may be served upon the
uuilersigned residing within the
state of Oregon, at the address here
after mentioned. M. R. Elliott,
Attorney for the Plaintiff.
Address Prineville, Oregon.
Crook County Journal, fl.50 per yr.