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OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GEUERAUNTEKEST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Bones of Ancients Found. Silver Lake. What Is believed to be an ancient burial ground of In dians was unearthed on Duncan Creek by Elmer I.uti and F. R, Bass, who are building a reservoir to Impound water for the desert claim of Mr. Luti. Perfect skulls and parts of several skeletons were uncovered by plows avid scrapers before the workers knew they were in a burial ground. In ad dition to the bones several mortars, pestles and other utensils of an an cient face were found. The bones are those of men of gi gantic stature, and were Imbedded in hardpan. None of the teeth was miss ing from the skulls, and all of them are perfect Apple Supply it Tested. Hood River. During the past month one of the large cider mills of Hood River, co-operating with chem ists detailed by the United States de partment of agriculture, has been test ing a newly devised process for mak ing table syrup from apple juice. The process waa evolved by specialists of the department who have applied for a public service patent covering their formula and method. The Hood River experiments are the first to be at tempted on a large scale, and will de termine the commercial value and cest of the process. Brother Shot for Deer. Grants Pass. Harry Lewis, well-to-do stockman living at Gallce, Or., was shot In mistake for a deer by his brother Ernest. The brothers who were hunting together, had wounded a deer and separated to trail It, each going up opposite sides of a ridge. Harry was stooping forward, half crawling through brusk, when Ernest mistook him for the wounded deer and fired. The shot passed through his chest and shattered one arm. The wounded man is believed to be fatally injured. LEABOS RECEIPTS WRONG Secretary of State Barber Board Re ported Short. Salem. Experts working under di rection of the state Insurance depart ment have reported a shortage of $1458.44 against T. M. Leabo, secre tary of the state board of barber ex aminers. The apparent shortage cov ers a period dating from June 1, 1911, to January 1, 1914, and affects the re ceipts for renewals of licenses. According to the report the total receipts of the commission, paid to the secretary during the period named were $9332. The report says he turn ed over to the treasurer only $7873.56. The Investigation of Secretary Lea bo's books was instituted by the board of barber examiners, who, however, by direction of Governor West, turned the matter over to the insurance depart ment. J. Y. Richardson and J. D. War ren, deputies of that department, con ducted the investigation and made the report, which was submitted Septem ber 24. Governor West has laid the case be fore District Attorney Evans, of Mult nomah county. Hermiiton Plans Stock Show. Hermiston. The committee ap pointed to gather stock for the second annual Dairy and Stock show, which 1b to be held here November 14 and 15, has been busy recently going to various parts of the district rounding up the very be6t of stock. The com mittee promises to have a much bet ter show than last year. The prizes will be of a higher order. t Cavalry Horses Wanted. Silver Lake. Cavalry horses are at .-a premium in central Oregon as gov ernment agents have been searching the three chief range horse counties, Lake, Harney and Malheur in an ef fort to find desirable mounts for the military service. It is estimated that not more than 200 cavalry horses will be taken out of Lake and Harney counties this fall. Jnsane Mother Kills Baby With Ax. St Helens. In a fit of temporary SnBanlty, Mrs. William Gabrlelson, "wife of a farmer at Warren, struck her eight-weeks' old baby in the back of -the neok with the sharp edge of an ax, Wlfing the child instantly. The feiother wa carrying the body of the little victim through a field when she was taken into custody. l' Larre Hopgrowers Unite. Springfield. Hopgrowers represent ing about one-half the acreage of Lane County met here and effected organ ization of a hopgrowers' association, non-political in character, wiich will liave for its purpose the furtherance of the hop industry. E. E. Morrison was made chairman and James L. Clark, secretary. WINSTON CHURCHILL V i v -" -A ; I Winston Churchill, who, as First Lord of the Admiralty, Is at the head of England's navy. SUBMARINE SINKS CRUISER British Vessel Caught Alone and De stroyed by German. London. The enterprise of German submarines, which have been lurking along the French coast on the Straits of Dover, seeking to get a shot at Brit ish ships engaged in bombarding the German positions in Belgium waa re warded when one of them attacked and sank the light cruiser Hermes as she was returning from Dunkirk. The greater part of the crew was rescued. The Hermes was a comparatively old vessel and from a naval viewpoint was of no great value, but the fact that she was attacked so near home indicates that the German submarines must have a base somewhere on the part of the Belgian coast w hich is oc cupied by the German troops, from which they menace ships of the allies passing between England and France. German Cruiser's Ruse Succeeds. Toklo. The Russian cruiser Jem- tchug and a French destroyer have been sunk in the harbor of Penang by the German cruiser Emden, which entered the harbor flying the Japan ese flag and carrying a dummy funnel as a disguise, according to information received by the British embassy here. Penang is a British possession 1b the Straits Settlements. Villa to Rule all Army, Says Report Mexico City. A dispatch received here from Aguas Calientes says the delegates to the conference have voted to accept the resignations of both Gen erals Villa and Carranza, that of Car- ranza unconditionally and that of Vil la so as to mean his retirement from the command of the division of the north alone. It was agreed to abolish all military divisions and to place all the troops of the nation under command of a sec retary of war to be named by the con vention. The dispatch says this posi tion is to be given Villa. RUSSIANS CLAIM GAINS Advance on East Prussia Front and Rout of Rear Guard Reported. Petrograd. The Russian general staff makes the following announce ment: "On the East Prussian front our troops are progressing in the region of Wladislawow (government of Suwal kl) and the forest of Romentln. "The German attacks in the region of Bakalarazevo on October 31, have ceased, following terrible losses suf fered by the enemy. "Beyond the Vistula we have, ad vanced victoriously along the whole front. We have occupied Patrikau, Optczne and OJaroff. Battles took place in roads leading to Opatoff, where we routed the rear-guard of the enemy. We took 400 prisoners and captured six rapid-fire guns, convoys and provisions. Khedive Wants Explanation. London. The Sultan has notified all the powers that the British attitude toward Egypt prevented the execution of bis sovereign rights and that the Khedivfe will demand of Great Britain explanation of her actions. General Chaffee it Dead. Los Angeles. Lieutenant-General Adna R. Chaffee, former chief of staff of the United States army, died at his home here. THE MARKETS. i Portland. Wheat Club $1.08; bluestem $1.12; red Russian, $1.01. Hay Timothy, $15.50; alfalfa, $13.50. Butter Creamery, 35c. Eggs Ranch, 34c. Seattle. Wheat Bluestem $1.11; club $1.05; red Russian, $1.00. Hay Timothy, $15 per ton; alfalfa, $13 per ton. Butter Creamery, 30c. Eggs 33c. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON Coyotes have been committing many depredations In Crook county. Frank A. Hoffman, a pioneer of lS.r.2, died at New Era, aged 90 years. The Columbia county teachers' In stitute will be held at St. Iloleuu No vember 4, S and 6. An automobile containing four per sons was cut squarely In two by an O W. U. & N. train at, Telocnset and the occupiinta sustained only minor injuries. By a vote of 245 to 40 teachers at tending the Marlon county institute at Salem rejected a proposition to sub stitute summer school work for the aunual institute. Playing with a shotgun, believed to have been not loaded, Ernest Brandt), 6-year-old son of John C. Brandt I, dis charged the weapon and killed his ba by brother, Edward, 15 months old, at Oregon City. Damage to the American steamer Santa Catallna through the fire which attacked her October 18 on the Colum bia river, will amount to $300,000, while hex cargo has been damaged to the extent of $76,000. A. D. Baker, Portland manager for the National Mercantile company of Vancouver, B. C, was arrested at Port land on a warrant from Seattle charg ing conspiracy to break a federal law by using the malls to promote a lot tery. The registration of the state, not In cluding the figures of five counties which have not been reported, is 289, 729. The counties yet to hear from are Coos! Polk, Malheur and Wheeler. These probably will Increase the to tal registration by 20.000. There are 95,756 million board feet of Douglas fir in the 28 national for ests In Alaskn, Oregon and Washing ton, according to an estimate Just com pleted by the forest service at Port land. Western hemlock ranks second, the report shows, with yellow pine third. According to Information obtained by Labor Commissioner Hoff for his biennial report, the onion industry of Oregon Is becoming greater yearly. He gives the number of growers culti vating more than one acre as 197 and the number of those growing about one-quarter of an acre as 535. That the humane prison policy in vogue in the Oregon penitentiary has been a great success in reforming wrongdoers and that the inmates' health has been safeguarded by the sanitary system adopted, Is Indicated In the report of Superintendent Law son, filed with the board of control. In his biennial report, filed with the state board of control, Dr. R. E. Lee Stelner, superintendent, shows the per capita cost of conducting the state in sane asylum has been $14.64 a month, or 48 cents a day. This included clothing, food, medical treatment, heat, light, water, repairs to building, etc. The annual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural Society will be held at Medford, December 2, 3 and 4. A good attendance Is exported. Speak era will be present from California and Washington and a nuuher of the members of the Washington State Horticultural Society are expected to attend. Receipts during 1914 for registration of motor vehicles, motorcycles, deal ers and chauffeurs totaled $77,258 dur ing the 10 months ending October 31, according to Secretary of State 01 cott, a gain over 1913, when the re ceipts for the entire 12 months totaled $15,873. Fees received in October to taled $898.50. The state desert land board has de cided to advertise the sale of the Tu malo Irrigation project lands some time during December, and will sell the lands at $40 per acre, which, It is expected, will pay the state about $5 profit an acre in addition to repaying the appropriation of $450,000 employed In reclaiming the land. The Initial report on the Joint gov ernment and state survey of the Des chutes river reclamation projects has been issued by the department of the interior and the state engineer. The report recommends consideration of a west side Irrigation unit of a little over 15,000 acres, which may be con structed Independently of others that may be approved later. No fatal 1 ties were reported to Labor Commissioner Hoff during the week from the various lines of activity un der his jurisdiction. Seventy-one ac cidents were reported and 21 of the accidents occurred In sawmills or oth er wood working plants or In logging, while railroad work came next In the list of accidents with 18 cm the list of injured. Ten employes of paper mill firms were hurt Governor West said he had learned that an effort was being made by per sons whose names he did not divulge to obtain possession of the mineral deposits of Summer and Abert lakes, reported to be worth from $2,000,000 to $30,000,000, under the old mineral law. The slate land board, at a meet ing several weeks ago, decided to lease the lakes and has advertised for bids. An offer of $2,000,000 for the property made by a New York syndi cate was rejected by the board. WASHINGTON GOES ANTI-PROHIBITION Republican Senatorial and Rep resentative Tickets Win on Early Count. Seattle, Wash. Scattering leUinta from all parts of (he state of Wash ington tmltento Hie hihtoks of the re publican senatorial and representative tickets, that prohibition Itns. been bent en decisively, Seattle fwuluhlng the greater, part of tint adverse majority and that the proposed elj.;li(-hour law alno has been defeated. The vote wan exceedingly heavy and the count slow owing to the Initiative, referendum and constitutional meas ures. WESLEY L. JONES Probably Re-elected United 8tatet Senator From Washington. Returns from 40 city precincts show for prohibition, 3896; agnlnHt. 6837. Senatorial, 54 city and five county precincts Incomplete: Jones, 1163; Black, 630; Hanson, 933; first con gressional district, 64 city and five county precincts Incomplete: Hum phrey, 966;. Moore, 639; Griffith, 6C3. Senator Wesley L. Jones, republl can, probably Is re-elected, defeating Ole Hanson, progressive, and William W. Black, democrat In the first, or Seattle district, Wil liam E. Humphrey, republican. It ahead of William H. Moore, democrat, and Austin E. Griffiths, progressive. probably Is elected. In the second, or Bellingham dis trlct, Llndley 11. Hadley, republican, Is ahead of Earl W. Husted, democrat and John E. Campbell, progressive, but the returns are meager. In the third, or Tacotna district. Albert Johnson, republican, appears to have been re-elected, defeating Chaa. Drury, democrat, and Staton Warbur ton, progressive. In the fourth, or Walla Walla dls trlct, only a fow precincts have been reported. In these R. M. Drumheller, democrat. Is leading William L. Lafol lette, republican, the present member, and M. A. Peacock, progressive. In the fifth, or Spokane district, C. C. Dill, democrat, is leading Thomas Corkery, progressive, and Harry Ros enhaupt, republican. Supreme Justices Stephen J. Chad wick and Herman D. Crow appear to have been re-elected, the third Judge ship probably going to O. S. Hotcomb. Connecticut is Republican. New Haven, Conn. Returns indi cate a republican sweep. Drandege republican, has a substantial lead ovei Baldwin, democrat, for United States senator. Indications point to a solid repub lican congressional delegation. DRYS CLAIM OREGON They 8ay Victory Is Theirs By a Majority of 12,000. Portland, Or. The prohibition for ces are claiming 12,000 majority. Scattering returns seemed to Indicate that the country precincts would de liver a large vote for-the drys, while many towns and county seats were reporting strongly against the wets. One of the surprising features was the apparently close vote In Multno mah, Clatsop and Wasco counties, where it had been expected the wets would show their heaviest strength. According to returns received at the headquarters of the Committee of One Hundred, which hud charge of the dry campaign, gr.ins were being made where least expected and It was de clared that If the proportion of gains continued a big majority for the drys was certain. The towns of Coquille, Newport, To ledo, Bend, Tillamook and Troutdule were giving a majority for prohibition, while the returns showed a cloBe vote In St. Helens, Oregon City and The Dalles. Nearly all the Willamette val ley towns were expected to Rive a prs ponderance of dry votes. There was strong Indication that eastern Oregon would deliver a substantial majority for the drys. a "SJ v, ' ..r,A' A BANK BOOK overtop almost everything lit Importance In bunlne Ufa. It meant fiomJom from worry, frvsdom from ilicputet about payments, letter Mantling with tlione with whom you do Imcinw. V shall glud to have your nmnint and you will be glad to luiva one here nfier you learn It advantaijeu. The First National Bank Of Prineville, Oregon. The Oldt Bank in Central Oregon Capital, Surplu and I'ndivided ProtiU, $150,000.00 $500.00" and other prizes will be awarded tha winner at the 1914 CORN SHOW to be held under auspice of Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company -at- Walla Walla, Washington November 25-28, 1914 AAAA Emof Ann ''oin ft w r-vi-r 1 UUUU " In MlMuurlur NHiri.k will be on oumiwOUve vxlilliltloli. PROF. C L SMITH O W. R. A N. AfriculturUt will It-clur dally. lutrrrailtK, Instructive and enter lathing. Do Not Mi this Treat LOW ROUND TRIP FARES Tloketi and full Information upon application to Any Agent of the O-W. R. & N. Ask (or Premium List. 022N5 REFOSLIGAiiS FAR AHEADJN NEW YORK New York. District Attorney Whit man, republican, was clioti'd governor of New York liy an eHtlmnlfri plurality of 110,000 over Martin II. Glynn, dem ocrat, the Incumbent. William 8uUw, who wn Impeached and removed from office In the fall of 1913, running on the prohibition and American tk-ketH, flnlahed third, poll ing, it appears on the face of Incom plete returns, allghtly more than 100, 000 vote. Frederick M. Davenport, progressive, ran fourth; with approx imately 60,000 votes. James W, Wadsworth, republican, appears to have defeated James W. Gerard, democrat, for the United States senatorshlp by about 45,000. nalnbrldge Colby, progressive, was third with a vote thut probably will not exceed 50,000. At republican headquarters It was said that their entire state ticket and a majority of their candidates for both houses of the legislature had been elected. The result became known arly. Supporter of Governor Glynn had hoped that be would carry greater New York by 105,000 and that Mr. Whitman would come down to Harlem with no more than a plurality of 75,000. These hopes were soon dissipated. Virtually complete returns from the olty Indicated that Glynn probably would have a plurality of between 50, 000 and 60,000 bore and that Whit man's up-state lead would be well up. word of 176,000. Wadsworth polled a good vote In greater New York, approximately two fifths of the total number of districts giving Gerard a lead of only about 30,000 over his opponent. At the same time Wadsworth had a 50,000 lead In a little less than one-third of the up state districts. Wisconsin Elects Republican. Milwaukee. Emmanuel Fhlllpp, Rep., of Milwaukee, defeated Judge John C. Karel, Dem of Milwaukee, in the race for governor. Republicans Lead In Vermont Montpeller, Vt Eighty-two election districts give Dillingham, nop., for senator 12,957; Prouty, Dem.-Prog., 8568. The republican nominee for governor, Gates, has a big lend. i Shingles, Mouldings, Window, Door, GlttBMee, Kto. Etc., Kto. SHIPP & PERRY PRINEVILLE, OREGON Fruit Trees! Central C. econ Grown Tlit only kind you rnn afford t.l pliiiit. 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