NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL President Wilson to Pass Peace Treaties With Twenty For , elgn JNations. Washington. President Wilson, through Secretary Ilrynn, ha notified the somite foreign relutlum commit tor he wishes to print for ratification before adjournment of thl leaslon of cvtigrs tti new pence'trenlle sign ed with 20 foreign power. Becretury Bryan iitit forth the fol lowing u tutlynlN of the gi-nnrul pur pose of the troutles: "Ttml Investigation ahull Ih resort ed to In all kiimi'H ft lii-re tho ordluury resources of diplomacy fall. , "That the isontiaellug parties re serve the right to wet Independently on the subject nntter after the sub mission of the report, "Tlmt there shall be no appeal to force until tho ItiveMlKutlou la Com pleted. Treaties already have been ehjned wllh 8a) vuitur, liuutemulii, I'uniiinu, Honduras, Nicaragua, the Nether llollvla. Portugal, Persia, Dunmurk, Bwltsurliuid, Costa Klcu, Dominican tttipubllc, 'Venxul, Itnly, Norway and Peru. A treaty with Uruguay will bn Hi mi t'd next week, "The tint of the treaty with France baa boon agreed upon," Mr. Bryan tiUd, "and alio the treaty with Grout llrltnln, which la being aubiultted to bur various coloiiiea." Federal Court Clarke Put On Salary.' The conference commlitoe on the sundry civil bill agreed to the Cham berlain amendment, abolishing double fee In the federal cotirta of Oregon, and fixing the eultiry of the clerk of the federal court at $:i(U0 per annum. A alinllnr amendmuut by Senator Polndexler, affecting the federal oourta of Washington, waa also agreed to. In the deficiency appropriation bill, aa passed by the senate, are the fol lowing approprlatlona for public build ing sites: Pnero. Wash., 10.00; Col fill. Wash., 17(100; Caldwell, Idaho, 10,uu0; Nunipa, liliiho, fUSOO. Fixture Probe la Ended. Investigation by the department of Justice of the United Gua Improve ment company, probubly the lurRoiit furtor In the country In the aulo of gua lighting fix! urea, la complete, but whether the government will bring ault ugnltiHt the company under the Hhnrniun antitrust act hue not been determined. No decision In the cane l expected for several weeka, tie a aupplemuntul report la eipectnd be fore Attorney General Mcllrynolds personally takea up the cane. The Inveatlgulion of the Improve ment companV la aald to have devel oped ttint it doea bualneaa In nearly 300 cltlea and towna In the United States. The company waa chartered In 1882 by the atute of I'ennaylvanla with the broadeat powera. At the cloae of 1912 lia outHtandlng stock amounted to o5.502,850, and It la In terested In varloua couipnnlea In 17 atutea. Prlaonert May Be Sot Free, A aiiRBeetlon thut the 6400 Mexl cana, principally aoldlera, Interned at Forta Hoeecrana, Drown, Mcintosh, 1)11 and Wlngate, be released, pro vided definite aaaurancea are given that they will not take up arms again, waa rocolved by the war department from General Bliss. The developments of the past week and tho collapse of the Huerta regime have materially strengthened the be lief of officlula here that the United Stntea might now dispose of lis ex pensive charges, provided the consti tutionalist authorities will promise them fair treatmont. It Is estimated that, In addition to the large aum already spent, it will coat the United States approximately $500,000 for the maintenance of the Mexican Internes within a short time, General Bliss suggests that the more Important officers, such as General Sulnznr and CuaMllo, be detained, ut least for the present. National Capital Brevities. The annate confirmed tho nomina tion of Nelson MorrlB, of Chicago, to bo United Stutns minister to Sweden. President Wilson has recoverod from his recent attack of Indigestion. The trade commission bill, framed In the first Instance to meet the views of President Wilson, and panned by the house of representatives as an administration measure, soon will pass the sennte under the presidential Influence, It Is believed. . , - Zapata, according to reliable reports to the slate department, has 24,000 men, and though moat of tliom are poorly equipped they would constitute a serious menace to a new , govern ment at Mexico City if they remained In revolution. ' ' " 1 ' A favorable report was made to the senate on the bill adopting the Oregon box aa the standard apple container for the United States. A similar bill It now on the house calendar. '' MME. CAILLAUX V 1 ' ' ..." ( ! - ' M 4 ' " ' I , 1 ", 'v ' 1 JiUt. J Pnnio by Amerirjin i'nu Annocuiiim Mmt. Calllaux, wife of former French minister of finance, placed on trial Monday for killing a noted Paris editor. FIRE SWEEPS 1010 ACRES Wheat on Ennea' Ranch In Walla Walla County Burned. Walla Walla. Waab. The biggest and moat spectacular Icraln fire In the hlatory of the valley destroyed 1010 acres of standing wheat on the Klines estate ranch, defying efforts of hundreds of volunteer fighter for hour. The damage will be between $40,000 and 150.000, well Insured. It waa with difficulty that the build Inga on the Knnls farm were saved. After hours of work the fire waa fl nally put out. It waa confined almost entirely to the Runes tract, which covers nearly two sections of the fl nest wheat land In the valley. The yield tlil year hud been estimated at 60 bushels to the acre. Washington Pamphlets May Be Held. Olympla, Wash. With only a few days remaining In which to complete the cheek of the elf.ht remaining Int tiutlve petitions, Becretury of State I. M. Howell is confident be will have It completed within the legal time. He Is not ao sure of being able to print and mall within the required time the pamphlets which the law re quire he shall mall to every quail fled voter. Iowa Republicans Reject Prohibition, Dca Moines. Prohibition force lost their battle for the Insertion of plank favoring the resubmission of the prohibition question to a vote of the people at the republican state convention here. The convention did adopt a plank Indorsing the present liquor law and commending their en' forcement, KANSAS FARMERS WILL HOLD WHEAT Topeka, Kan. Kaunas farmer will bold 100,000,000 bushel of wheat thla year, or 25,000,000 buahela more than the entire crop of 1913, according to W. H. Mitchell, national vIce-preBl dent of the Farmers' Society of Equl ty. Mr. Mitchell la organising the farm en of Kansas and urging them to hold their Immense crop for higher prices. Sixty-cent wheat In Kansas ba be come the rule and ha turned the thought of the farmer to the possl bility of holding his grain. When the organisers arrive In a community they find little opposition to the Idea of holding the grain, Mr. Mitchell aald. "I do not believe more than one fourth of the wheat grown thla year wlll.be sold," said Mr. Mitchell. Grain bin of frame and cement construction are being rushed all over the atnte, and In many places wheat la being piled on the ground by farm era who rofuse to accept present prices for It, The Farmers' Society of Equity la campaigning for dollar wheat, but the Kunsas members will Bell their grain for Ichs than thnt figure. It 1b gener ' ally believed. Most of them are pre j paring to hold for higher prtcea than the 60-odd centa now tYi'ered, how ' ever. THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Club, 79c; bluestem, 83c; red Russian, 77c. Hay Timothy, $16, alfalfa, $11. Butter Creamery, 27o, Eggs Ranch, 23o. J ; 8eattle. Wheat BlueBtem, 82o; club, 79c; red Russian, 77o. . . Hay Timothy, $17 per ton; alfalfa, $14 per ton. Butter Creamery, 26c Egga 24o. " B3IEF NEWS OF OREGON Mort than 100 cx lowan held a re union at the Albany chautauqua. The annual convention and camp muutlng'of the Christian church clo-' ed at Turner, Murshficld $10,000. school bond election baa been held weak, by Dis trict Attorney Illjequlst and another election I advised, Fletcher Linn of Portland will tak over the Union Furniture Manufactur ing company of Albany. Speclul election will be bold at Rosehurg to pass on proposed Issue of $300,000 bonds to aid In building railroad from Roseburg to Mashfleld. Fishing la good at Tillamook and big run with fulr prices la predicted, j Htute catalogue of the Oregon agrl- i cultural college hue been printed and ' la ready for binding. , J. F, flugrue, manager of the Cash- : mere Fruit Grower' association, ay ; Hood River grower will receive roc- ( ord yield providing more water can be obtained for the growing crops. The liartlett pear crop of the Rogue river valley I of good quality thl season and the oulput promises well. Packing of the new crop will alart within about two weeks. The Eugene Fruit Growers' associa tion I finding a ready market for canned loganberries In the east and carload shipment are being made. A car whs loaded thla week. A favorable report wa made to the aenate on the bill adopting the Ore gon box an the standard apple con tainer for the United Suites. A sim ilar bill Is now on the house calendar. At ABtorla the Luckenbacb liner Pleiades 1 loading 25,000 cases of almon for New York. The shipment la valued at $175,000. It I possible thut the vessel will go through (be Panama canal. Secretary of State Olcott 1 having the affirmative argument of the Init iative measures prepared so that there will be no delay In getting the work of printing started a aoon as the negative argument have been filed. The commlalson Investigating In dian affairs baa refuaed to sit further with Senator Lane or allow expense for him to continue the Inquiry, but be la taking the matter up himself, and says proof of frauds I being proved from the record. Eugene report that a bumper hay crop will be harvested by local farm er thl year, according to reports brought In by Lane county farmers. Large amounts of good quality hay are being offered local produce deal ers, the furniers unking $10 to $12 per ton delivered. . Linn county haa about completed the harvesting of the largest hay crop j In the history of the county. The hay I now cut and In the shock or stack ed for the bulers, with that for farm consumption being rapidly placed In the birna. The farmer are offering good hay at. $5 In the fields. Called to care for a body, W. M. Jones, of the undertaking firm of J. P. Flnley Sons, of Portland, discover ed a spark of life In Mr. Anna Woods, 60 yeara old, who live most of the time alone, and by his prompt restor ative methods probably saved the wo man's life. That the state board of control may at Ita next meeting fix a scale of wages at the state Institute of the feeble minded, whereby experienced employes will be paid higher wages than beginners, wa announced at Salem. The wage scale at present la the same for experienced and in experienced employe. Baker county's first lynching In yeara occurred between Whitney and Audrey, In the upper Burnt river oountry when 12 grim and ailent masked men took from J. B. Hardman an unidentified prisoner who bad con fessed to an attempted criminal at tack on Hardinan'a eight-year-old daughter, Grace, and bung him to a tree In a canyon. Secretary of State Olcott has ad vised W. A. Shaffer, of Medford, that the secretary's office has nothing to do with policing the Pacific hlghwny, or any highways of the state or the enforcement of the laws thereon. Shaffer requested Information as to whether the secretary of state Intend ed to place motorcycle policemen on the Pnclflo highway through Jackson county. Standardization of high schools was vigorously Indorsed by Assistant State Superintendent E. F. Carlton at the Bchool conference In Eugene. Mr. Carlton told of several counties in the state where rural school standardiza tion was successfully Inaugurated and endeavored to give several reasons why the few who oppose It are mis led. Not within the memory of the "old est inhabitant" have grasshopper tteen aa numerous or bo destructive as at present In the west end of Uma tilla county. Report are that they will greatly reduce the yield of the third cutting of alfalfa. In some cases they have attacked orcharda and by eating off the leaves of the troes have stopped the growth for thla year. Shade and ornamental treees are also suffering. FOR SALE! The machinery used by the Oregon Agricultural College on Demonstration Farms at Redmond and Metolius: 1 McCormick "New 4" Moner 1 Two-row Cultivator 2 Dunham Soil Pulverizers and Packers 1 Campbell Packer 1 Disk Harrow 1 Sythe with Cradle 1 Hand Sickle This machinery may be seen at the Redmond Lumber & Produce Company's warehouse. . If interested see or write A. E. LOVETT, County Agriculturist Redmond, Oregon 7-9-mo HOT5IZ3 Just Arrived Double Deck All Steel Bed Springs Ostermoor Mattresses Art Squares and Rugs Imported Vienna Bent Wood Chirs Also a Fine Lot of Sewing Machines A.H.Lippman&Co Tamma,Bmmmmamliam m B' IMJJBJMnJI "PRINORE" AND "STANDARD" Prineville Flour r, De LAVAL Cream Separators Sold on Easy Terms Pioneer Cream Co. Prineville, Oregon" City Meat Market HORIGAN & REINKE, Props. Choice Home-Made Hams, Bacon and Lard Fresh Fish Fruit and Vegetables in Season 2 Eureka Weederi with grapi seeder attachment , 1 Portable Platform Scales 1 Donald Pities Wagon Scale 1 Hand Cultivator 16 Donble Disk for Drill 16 Alfalfa Reducer for Drill 4-fl-14 i 5 and Oysters u Notice for Publication Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Otlice at The Dalles, Ore. June 24th, 1014. Notice Is hereby given that John F, Fincher of Prinevllle, Oregon, who, on July 28(h, 1U11, made liomentead entry No. 09345, for A tract of 23.9!) am within sections 17 and 20, township 13 south, range 18 east, described by mete and bonml as lollows: Beginning at corner No. 1, a basalt boulder marked 111, from which the S. . corner, sec tion 17. tp. 13 south, range 18 east, bears a 23 chains, 10 links, extending thence S. 34 degrees W., 250 chains; thence S. 27 decrees 30 minutes W.. t) chains; thence S. 42 degrees 2.50 chains: thence S. 32 dt'irrer,W 3 chains; thence S. 16 decree W, 2.54 dmim; thence S. 14 di'iiren 30 minutes W., 2 chains; tlience S 1 riegrer W., 3.60 chains; thence S 47 de- urees W , 3 cliaiim; thence S. 57 de grees W., 6 50 chains; thence S. 65 de- ! greee W., 7.60 chains; thence S., 50 de gree W , 7 chains; I hence H 67 de- ' K'ee W., 3.f0 chains; tlience S. 80 de- ' Kree W., 6 IS chains; thenre S. 40 de crees W., 0.10 chains; Itience K., 4 chains; tbeitL-e H. 55 degrees 2 chain; thence N 63 decree E., 1.50 jehuins; thence N. 64 degree E., 2 Irhams;' thence V. 57 deg'ets E., 2 uine; tlience a. 71 degrees t , l..o atns; thence N. 81 degrees E., 1.5 ains; thei.ee N. 71 degree ., 3 Kin; thence N, 67 degree .., 4 ains: them- H. 88 deitree F... 3 'chains; thence N. 24 degrees ., 2.7$ ! chains; thence N. "a degrees, 30 min ! utes ., 3.50 chains; thence N. 51 de : grts E.. 3 chains; liience N. 25 degree I E.. 1 DO chains; thence N. 48 degrees K. 2.50cnains; thence K. 30 degree ., 3 12 chains ; thence N. 39 decrees , 4 chains; thence N. 26 degrees ., 5 58 'chains; thence N. 33 degree, 30 min ' utes ., 2 50 chains; thence N. 17 do grees ., 2.50 chains; thence N. 32 de- j grees E , 1.11 chains; tlience N. 9.73 i chain to the place of beginning. Var- iatioo 21 degrees . List 6 4i6. ha ' filed notice of intention to make final i three year proof, to establish claim to the land above described before Timothy E. J. Duffy, U. S. Commis ! eioner, at Prineville, Oregon, on the 5th day of August, l'J14. Claimant name a witnesses: David J. Evans, Fred T. Jones. Jme . Fuller, Alphas L. Barney, all of Prine ville, Oregon. H. Fka.nc Woodcock. 7-2 Register. Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior, C. S. Land Office at The Dallee, Ore. June 17th, 1914. Notice Is hereby given that Henry A. Clinton, of Prineville, Oregon, who on July 6th, 1911, made Homestead Entry Xo. 09228, for nj nwj. n nel, section 18, towDHhlp 14 sooth, ranpje 15 east Willamette Meridian, baa tiled notice of Intention to make final three-year proof, to eetabllMb claim to the land above described before Warren Brown, county clerk, at Prinevllle, Oregon, on the 24th day of July, 1914. Claimant names as wltneswn: Jeff I). Evans, William Maxon, Nona F. McCoin, John Montgomery, all of Prineville, Oregon. 6-25-D H. Fbask WrooDCOCK, Register, Munitions. In the circuit court of the state of Oregon for Crook county. James Rice, plaintiff, vs. Edward Schrader, defendant. To Edward Schroder, the above named defendant: In the name of the state of Oregon, you are hereby notified and required to appear and answer the comp'aint filed in the above entitled court in the above cause on or before six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons, as hereinafter stated, and if yon fail to so appear and answer said complaint, or otherwise plead thereto, plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in his complaint, namely, for a judgment against you for the sum of f 100 00 with interest there on Irom the 25th day of Kovember, 1907, at the rate ol ten per cent per annum; for the further sum of 50 00 attorney's fees; for the further sura of 120.71 with interest thereon from the loth day of March, 1911. at the rate of 10 per cent per annum; for the further sum of IZl.UU with interest thereon from the 15th day of March, 1912, at the rate of 10 per cent per annum ; for the further sum of 112.72 with interest thereon from the loth day of March, 1913, at the rate of 10 per cent per an num ; lor the further sum of $28 00 with interest thereon from the 1st day of April, 1914, at the rate of 10 per cent per annum, and for plaintiff's cost and disbursements made and expended in said suit ; and further, for a decree of the above entitled court foreclosing that certain mortgage made and executed by you, Edward bchiader, to Mr. I. N. Moore on the 25th day of November, 1907, to secure the payment of one promissory note of $100.00 with interest at 10 per cent per annum from the said 25th day of November, 1907, and for an order of sale of tbe premises described in said mortgage as follows: South half H) of the northeas quarter (nej), the northwest quarter (nwl) of the southeast quarter (HeJ) and the northeast quarter (nej) of the southwest quarter (swi) of section fif teen (15), township eleven (11) south of range eighteen (18) E. W. M. in Crook county, Oregon, containing 168 acres. That the proceeds of said sale be ap plied in pavment of said iudgment, to- gether with attorney fees, costs and dis bursements and accruing coats anm ex penses of sale. This summons is served upon you by publication thereof for six consecutive weeks in the Crook County Journal, newspaper of general circulation pub lished weekly at Prineville in Crook couutv, Oregon, by order of the Honor able W. L. Bradehaw, judge of the above entitled court, made and entered on the first day of June, 1914, and tbe date of the first publication of this sum mon is the 18th day of June, 1914. C. L. Pepper, Attorney for Plaintiff. 6 Per Cent Farm & Gty Loans May be obtained to repay mort gagee, remove encumbrances, pur chase or Improve real estate, from one to ten years' time. Special privilege; correspondence InvlteA A. C. General Agency, 707 Gas & Electric Bldg, Denver, Colo., or 44 Pbelan Bldg., San Frnnclaco, Calif. 0-184t