OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughou
the State During the Past
Week.
Schools to Get Bird.
Eugene. A collection of SOO speci
mens of Oregon' ooramoa birds and
mammals was shipped to Portland by
the University of Oregon for use In
connection with the nature courses In
the Portland schools.
The pupils in the grammar grades
will be given the opportunity to study
the more common of the small bird
and animals that are found In the
fields throughout the state. With these
specimens will go descriptive articles
for the benefit of the teachers, del
scribing the haunts and habits of the
various species.
Man Elected to Two Positions.
Albany. The distinction of being
elected constable In two districts In
two counties In the same election
without opposition belongs to John
Catlln of this city. Catlin was un
animously elected constable of North
Albany district in Benton county, a
half mile across the river from Albany,
by voters who wrote his name In on
the ballot. Besides this, Catlln was
unanimously elected constable of Al
bany district No. 1, Linn county,
position he has held for years.
Oregon Horses for Europe.
Enterprise. The first buying of
horses for use In the European war
was started In Wallowa county during
the week. H. Martin, a representative
of R. J. Spears, a well-known horse
buyer, with headquarters at present
la Walla Walla, arrived in the county
Monday and passed the word along
at the various towns that he wanted
all the stock he could get of certain
specified grades.
OREGON HOPMEN ORGANIZE
Salem Man is Named Head of State
Body, Formed for Mutual Benefit.
Salem. Having as Its purpose the
sareguarding of the Interests of its
members the Oregon Hopgrowers' as
sociation was organized here at a meet
ing of about 125 growers. It Is plan-
ned for delegates from this and sim
ilar associations organized in Wash
ington and California to meet here
the latter part of November and or-
. ganize the Pacific Coast Association,
with which the state associations will
become atfiliated members.
According to a resolution nhich was
adopted, the association contemplates
making an arrangement which will put
an end to the contracting of hops
and give to the grower the best prices
It will arrange to advance sufficient
money to growers who have not the
necessary capital for cultivating and
harvesting of crops. Another resolu
tion which was adopted urges all
growers to hold their hops of the pres
ent year until the organization of the
Coast association Is completed. It is
believed that by doing so better prices
than now prevail will be received.
The following officers were elected
for the Oregon association:
L. H. McMahan, Salem, president;
Fred N. Stump, Polk county, secre
tary; C. A. McLaughlin, of Independ
ence, vice-president, and L. H. McMa
han, Fred N. Stump, C. A. McLaugh
lin, W. R. Kirkwood, of Yamhill
county; Marion Palmer, Marlon coun
ty; J. L. Clark, Lane county; C. A.
Code, Polk county; R. A. Newport,
Linn county; directors.
Astoria Grants 37 Licenses for Bars.
Astoria. The first direct effect on
municipal affairs of the prohibition
amendment, appeared when the city
council passed an ordinance under the
emergency clause, permitting the sa
loonmen to take out licenses for six
months, at the rate of 11000 a year,
making all licenses expire May ,10.
Four Hurt When Wharf Caves.
Marshfield. Four men were Injured,
two seriously, when the wharf at the
Simpson mill collapsed as a million
pounds of cement for the Willamette
Pacific bridge work was being un
loaded from the Bteamer Redondo.
Youth Kills Self In Fear.
Weston. Harlan Fisher, a farm
hand, 16 years old, committed suicide
by shooting himself through the fore
head. The youth feared his employ
er's anger because he killed a horse
trying to break it.
Two Veterans Die at 8oldiers' Home.
Roseburg. Francis Jones, member
of Company A. Washington Territo
rial Infantry, from 1862 to 1865, and
Abrier E. Armstrong, aged 80 years,
died at the Soldiers' Home.
Blind Man Ends Life,
Baker. Thomas Downey, a lifelong
resident of Baker county, blind for
the past 15 years, ended bis own life
by cutting his throat while despond
ent over his physical condition.
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Charles S. Whitman, Republican
Candidate, elected Governor of Nsw
York.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
The Japanese and their Anglo-Su
dan allies scored the most Important
success of the week by forcing the cap
itulation of Tsing Tau, China.
Official reports from Tokio show It
was not without desperate assistance
that the German garrison, vastly out
numbered by British and Japanese,
gave up the fight For days the Ger
man forces have been subjected to a
withering fire from land and sea.
The land fighting during the week
has resulted In a check to the Ger
man offensive In Belgium. Over the
battle line through France there are
no decisive changes, although reports
mentioned a decreased vigor In the
German attacks in West Flanders,
while the French communications said
the battle was as violent as ever. The
allies are reported as driving forward
in the vicinity of Dixmude, and were,
at last accounts, taking the offensive
south and east of Tpres, the point
where since last week the Germans
have been endeavoring to get through.
The Russian armies have won dur
ing the week what ia officially desig
nated the most Important victory of
the war. No reason Is given for mak
ing so sweeping a claim. The Aus
trians are holding their positions in
Poland and until further information
is available. It is not possible to dis
cover what "the most Important vic
tory of the war" means. The capture
of Jaroslav last week seems to be the
basis of the Russian claims. This
fortress, however, was abandoned by
the Austrlans and occupied by the
Russians six weeks ago. Its subse
quent recapture by the reformed Aus-tro-German
army is made known for
the first time by Inference through
Russia's second occupation. The age
long mystery of the east still veils
the military operations In that area of
hostiltles.
ELECTION AFTERMATH
James D. Pbelan, democratic as
pirant to the United States senate,
was elected in California.
Phoenix. Five thousand was the
margin by which Arizona banished
liquor from the state.
Topeka. Charles Curtis, republican,
is
going back to the United States
senate from Kansas, after an absence
of two years, to succeed Senator Bris-
tow.
Mi6s Marian Towne, of Talent,
Jackson county, will be first woman
member of legislature in Oregon. She
is a democrat
The rej4blicans will have two-thirds
majorities in both houses of the 1915
Washington legislature.
Complete Utah returns give Senator
Smoot, republican, a majority of 2727
over James II. Moyle, fusion.
Returns from every county show
that prohibition has carried Oregon
by at least 25,000, with each county
voting Itself Into the dry column.
Seattle, Tacoma and Olympla were
the only cities of Importance In Wash
ington to go wet. Spokane, Belling
ham, Walla Walla, North Yakima and
Everett all went for prohibition.
Lawrence Y. Sherman, republican.
waa re-elected from Illinois to the
United States senate, defeating Roger
C. Sullivan, his democratic opponent,
by 17,030 votes.
The prohibition majority in Wash
ington probably will be about 14,000,
and the plurality of United States
Senator Wesley L. Jones, republican,
over William W. Black, democrat,
probably will reach 45,000. Ole Han
son, progressive, Is a close third to
Black.
Only three of the 29 Initiative meas
ures on the ballot In Oregon carried.
These were the measure providing
that voters must be full-fledged citi
zens, statewide prohibition and the
measure providing a means for the
consolidation of cities and towns,
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
Every county officer of Linn county
who was a candidate In the election
was re-elected.
January 7-S are the dates set for the
annual Oregon Irrigation Congress by
the executive committee.
More than 3000 books have been
added to the public school libraries
of Linn county this week.
The second annual meeting of the
Oregon County Assessors' association
opened Tuesday In Portland.
Newberg celebrated the state-wide
prohibition victory with a torchlight
procession and general Jollification.
The programme for the Linn and
Benton counties Joint annual teachers
Institute, to be held at Corvallts No
vember 13. 24 and 25, has been Issued
Oregon now has 35 counties. The
latest Is Jefferson county, which was
caned out of Crook county by the
voters of that county ia the elec
tion.
Monday a special election was held
In Oregon City to vote on the pro
posed amendment to the city charter,
changing the financial system of the
city.
Practically the entire student body
of the Oregon Agricultural college
turned out In a street demonstration
In honor of Dr. James Witbycombe. re
publican governor-elect, at Corvallis.
Unable to see to one side because
of side curtains, John Steckley, a Linn
county farmer, ran his automobile Into
a movliiij passenger train on the Le
banon branch of the S. P.. but es
caped uninjured.
The yearly payroll of the gypsum
mine In operation in Baker county is
t:50.53i, according to Labor Commis
sioner Iloff. The place gives employ
nu-nl to 42, operated 312 days of nine
hours each and produced 10,920 tons.
Labor Commissioner lloff, who Is
gathering data for his biennial report
announces that the eight plants man
ufacturing woolen goods In the state
were valued at $1,045,000 and that
they produce $1,873,000 worth of goods
annually.
An appropriation for tbe establish
went of an experimental fertilizer
plant will In all probability be asked
from tbe legislature, according to
those Interested In the development
of the Five Mile power project near
The Dalles.
Following a quarrel on the county
road near Champoeg, John Schultz
hacked George Brown so severely with
a hatchet that Brown is more dead
than alive. Schultz is in the Marion
County jail. Brown has small chance
to recover.
Seven candidates are In the field
for the speakership of the House of
Representatives In the next legisla
ture. Tbey are Ben Selling. E. V. Lit
tkfield, S. B. Huston and Conrad P.
Olson, of Portland; Allt-n T. Eaton, of
Eugene; Vernon A. Forbes, of Bend
nd William I. Vawter, of Medford.
As no appropriation for the Sluslaw
jetty was made by Congress in the
rivers and harbors bill, the question of
selling the recent Issue of $100,0 -0
bonds and placing the r-me In tbe
bands of the United Siztrs engineers
to continue work Is unuer considers
ion.
The opening of the Tumalo Irriga
tion project, first In the United States
to be state financed, has been official
ly announced. Seventeen thousand
five hundred acres are thrown open
to entry under the terms of Carey act,
at $40 an acre. Tbe terms are one
tenth cash and the balance In 10
years.
Credit for placing Multnomah coun
ty In the "dry" column belongs to 23
precincts outside the city. The West
Bide went "wet" by a margin which tbe
East Side could not quite overcome,
but 23 precincts in the county rolled
up enough "dry" votes to make the
difference and place Multnomah In
the "dry" column by 386.
Although twice as many measures
pamphlets were issued at this elec
tion as at the previous one, the cost
was approximately $11 less per page
and Secretary of State Olcott has. or
dered refund of $700 of the money,
collected for the cost of publication.
The cost per page at the previous
election was $45, and the cost for the
recent election $34.13.
Sixty-three accidents, one of them
fatal, were reported during the week
to Labor Commissioner Hoff. Tbe
fatal accident occurred near Glover,
where J. W. Hooper was killed by a
train. Railroad accidents were th
most numerous, 19 persons being In
jured In the employment of the lines.
There were several accidents to em
ployes of the lumber concerns, and
13 were hurt while at work In paper
mills.
A report on the quality of the sur
face waters of Oregon has been Issued
by the United 8tates geological sur
vey. It contains much Information
that will be valuable not only to muni
cipalities and to manufacturers al
ready In Oregon, but to those who may
contemplate locating Industrial estab
lishments within the Btate and also
to irrigation engineers, water soften
ing concerns, filler manufacturers,
and others to whom t'ae chemical com
position of water supplies Is a matter
of importance.
STOCK DISEASE
SPREADS RAPIDLY
Secretary of Agriculture Says
Hidden Sources of Infection
Are Main Danger.
Washington. An order quarantin
ing the state of Rhode Island against
Interstate shipments of livestock was
prepared by the department of agricul
ture for issuance.
Rhode Island Is the 11th state to be
piared under federal quarantine In the
campaign to suppress the epidemic of
foot aud mouth disease, Massachu
setts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Iowa, composing the
already wide area affected by tbe dis
ease. Secretary of Agriculture Houston
said this epidemic was "one of the
most contagious and destructive dis
eases of cattle, twine and sheep and
exceeded In area affected any of the
five previous outbreaks In this coun
try." Unless the Infection can be Im
mediately localised and quickly eradi
cated, he said. It threatened untold
losses among livestock.
Veterinary authorities of the United
States are agreed that the only meth
od of combatting the disease is to stop
all movement of stock and material
which have been subjected to any dan
ger of Infection and to kill off without
delay ail herds In which the disease
has gained any foothold.
At present tbe chief danger lies In
the possibility of there being couceal
ed sources of Infection. Every effort
is being made by state aud federal au
thorities, not only to trace suspicious
shipments, but to convince farmers of
the seriousness of the disease and the
extreme ease with which It Is commu
nicated and to urge upon thorn to re
port at once to state or federal au
thorities all suspicious cases of sore
mouths or lameness.
All Cars Must Be Cleaned.
Des Moines. All railroads operating
In Iowa were ordered to clean and dis
infect all empty stock cars now within
the state, in an attempt of the com
mission of animal health to prevent
the further spread of foot and mouth
disease among cuttle.
Regional Banks Will Open.
Washington. On November IS, the
! federal reserve banks located by
the organization In New York, Chica
go, Philadelphia, Boston, St, Louis,
Richmond, San Francisco. Cleveland
Kansas City, Minneapolis, Atlanta and
Dallas will be established.
At the same time the new reserve
requirements for national banks, as
prescribed by the law, will become ef
fective, thus releasing, according to
Secretary McAdoo, more than 4(0,
OvO.000 of reserve money and Increas
ing the credit facilities of the banks
of the United States by that amount.
CALIFORNIA SHAKEN
BY EARTHQUAKE
San Francisco. A week of excep
tionally warm, clear weather was fol
lowed here Sunday by an almost itn
perceptible earthquake. Open doors
In downtown buildings swung slightly,
The disturbance was felt by the
trans-bay region, Including Oakland
Alameda and Ilerkeley, and at Sao
Jose, SO miles down the peninsula.
According to Professor Charles
Burckhaller, In charge of the Chapot
Observatory of the University of Cali
fornia, at Berkeley, the disturbance
was local In character and was what
Is known as a "number four" earth
quake, which Is a minor one.
Los Angeles. A slow, trembling
earthquake shock rattled houses and
windows here at about 3:40 P. M. Sun
day. It caused several persons to tel
ephone the police that their safes had
been blown.
Many persons living In lightly-con
structed bungalows described the vi
bration as rolling and of sufficient
force to cause closed doors to spring
open and nicely balanced objects to
topple over.
Siege of Naco Is Renewed by Villa.
Naco, Ariz. Three bodies of Gover
nor Maytorena's Villa troops appeared
their former positions, seemingly
fulfillment of the promised re
newal of the Naco, Sonora, siege.
Yaqul Indians took' up positions to
the south and west of Naco, Sonora,
and a column of Infantry and cavalry
Joined them on the west,
Secret Wireless Sought.
Washington. Secretary Daniels, of
the navy department, and Acting Sec
retary Lansing, of the stale depart
ment, In conference with AHsiHtunt
Chief Moran, of the secret service, de
cided to begin a search for secret wire
less apparatus alleged to be In use by
European belligerent on American
territory.
A BANK BOOK
overtops almost everything In Importance la business life.
It iihiii freedom Irom worry, freedom from dinputri about
payments, Letter standing with thou with whom you do
liuclnwi. We shall he glad to have your account and you
will be glad to have ona here after you learn lit advaotagea.
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon.
The Oldett Bank In Central Oregon
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $150,000.00
wgruBwmBgr
10,000 Ears of Corn
The cream of 1,000 acres of
OREGON-WASHINGTON-IDAHO'S BLUE RIBBON' CROP
will be on competitive exhibition ait the
CORN SHOW
Held under the auspice of
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co
At Walla Walla, Washington
Novembsr 25 to 28, 1914
INTERESTING INSTRUCTIVE
ENTERTAINING
Lecture by Prof. L C Smith,
Af ricultu? int of the O-W, U. A N. Cotnpauy,
Low Fare For the Round Trip
TkkeU, schedules and full ii formation upon
application to II. HAL'KOL,
L. M. FOSS, T. F. & P. A. Agent,
1112 19 Vend, Ore, Itedmond, Ore.
Rfport of the Condition
Of Tk F.iit N.lioo.l Hank at Friaivitlt, ia tb
Suit of Orrfos, it tat Clou ( Bmumm,
Octobtf, 31, 1914.
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County of Crook, 1
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named Imnk.du auli-mnly aweitt- that tlienlmv
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K. A. Bowman.
Notary Public,
Conimrr Atteat:
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Notice lor Publication Ixolatcd Tract.
Public Land Sale
Department of the Intni-lnr.
U. 8, Laud Ollie at The Dalles, Oregon.
November a, Wit.
Notice is hereby itiven that, as direct.
ed by the commismoner of the general
land olllce, under provisions of act of
congress approved March 28, 1(112, (37
Stat., 77), pursuant to the application of
Timothy E. J. Duffy, Berlal No. 0111217,
we will offer at public sale, to the iilijli
est Milder, but at not less limn ffl 25
per acre, at 9:45 o'clock a.m.. on tlm
8th day of January, 1915, at this ofTlne,
the following tract of land : S set,
section 22, township 11 south, range 10
east, Willamette meriilnn.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above described land are biIvIbwI to Hie
their claims or objections on or before
the time dcslgnatei! for sale.
11-12 11,1'KANK Woodcock. Ilcfflstor.
For Sale or Trade.
OllO two hitIIiim hn.rrriw. imn 1ft
Inch milkey plow; one 12-liich wulk.
UK IMllw; llllt) Mill) - Mcrtipitr; one 11
helftT culf, one Hatlille, tc. 11-5
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Plilngl, Moulding, Window,
Dor, U humeo, Etc. Etc., Kto.
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Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
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The Brosius Bar
Fined Brands of Wines,
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