Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, December 24, 1914, Image 2

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    OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERALIHTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
the State During the Past
Week.
Hunter Slay Gams Warden.
Medford. Game Warden A. S. Hub
bard of Ashland, 30 -years old, was
shot and killed by Loris Martin, a pro
fessional deer hunter, near Trail,
when attempting to make a search of
Martin's cabin for evidence of poach
ed Sheriff Single and Deputy Sheriff
Wilson walked to the cabin of Loris
Martin, arrested him and brought him
to the jail at Jacksonville, where he
Is held without bail. Much to the sur
prise of his friends, Martin made no
attempt to get away and did not re
Bist arrest He met Sheriff Singler on
the trail in front of his cabin, and with
the remark, "Guess I am the man you
a;-e looking for" handed over his rifle,
kissed his mother good-by and was
brought at once to Medford, Accord
ing to Martin's story he shot Hubbard
in self-defense, t
Eastern Oregon Fears Mad Coyote.
John Day. The spread of rabies
among the coyotes of eastern Oregon
is becoming a menace that is demand
ing serious attention. This problem is
assuming such serious proportions
that steps for the extermination of
the coyote may be taken by the state
or federal government at once
In the interior counties of the state
the mad brutes are causing much dam
age to etock. In the past six weeks
it has been reported that a sheep
herder In Malheur county was bitten
cud died before be could be taken to
Vale for treatment, and another herd
er in northern Grant county, it is re
ported, was recently bitten and died
before he could be given Pasteur
treatment
Part Distribution of Forest Fund.
Salem. The distribution of 25 per
cent of the United States forest re
serve fund for the fiscal year ending
June 30 has been announced here and
shows that a total of $61,606.50 is to
Me apportioned to Oregon. Figures
given out at the office of the secre
tary of state show that there are 15,
580,934 acres In the- forest reserve
area in Oregon, out of a total area of
1,188,480 acres, and the apportion
ment is .003953967.
ACCOUNTANTS MAKE REPORT
Claim That Some Officer of Counties
Are Short and Other Careless
Salem. Great extravagance and
negligence is shown by the majority
of the counties of Oregon, according
to a statement by John Y. Richardson,
chief accountant of the state insur
ance department. Richardson told of
shortages totaling $13,872.62 which he
says have been unearthed recently.
The shortages ranged, at the time
of the audit, from $98.16 to $7358.20.
The former represented the shortage
In the accounts of the treasurer of
Josephine county, and the latter that
in the accounts of the treasurer of
Wheeler county. The .Wheeler county
treasurer hag recognized his shortage
by paying on it the sum of $7000. The
shortage claimed in the account of the
treasurer of Baker county is $1223.09,
and that in the accounts of the treas
urer of Marion county, $116.66. The
report shows a shortage of $251.42 in
the accounts of the sheriff of Douglas
county, and that the county Judge of
Wallowa county is apparently short
$2867.25. Further, the reports show
that the business affairs of Columbia,
Crook and Gilliam counties have been
conducted by a number of their offi
cials n a careless and unsystematic
manner, and negligence and extrava
gance are manifest In the majority of
the counties of the state.
George Solomon Freed at Albany.
Albany. George Solomon, indicted
jointly with Vada Grier for murder in
the second degree for the killing of
the Woman's husband, Frank Grier,
was discharged following the acquittal
of Mrs. Grier.
The case against Solomon was dis
missed because of Insufficiency of evi
dence to convict, Inasmuch as Solo
mon had had no part in the actual
killing
Miser Found Dead in Squalor.
Marshfield. Dead beneath his bed
of rough planks in the back room of
a dirty basement and in the midst of
squalor, John Golden, a Coos Bay pio
neer, known to be worth more than
$20,000, was found by the police. The
man was 75 years of age and lived
alone.
O. A. C. Announces Short Course.
Corvallis. The Oregon Agricultural
cortege has just issued its annual an
nouncement of . the winter short
course, January 4 to 30. The circular
of 24 pages is filled with pictures
showing the work to be offered to the
tour-week students and each course is
fully outlined,
VICE ADMIRAL STURDEE
1 s i Vfc
Vice Admiral Sturdee, the British
:ommander who destroyed the Ger
man fleet In the South Atlantic.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
Servia's successful counter offen
live against the Austrtaas, resulting
u the practical expulsion of the Aus
trian troops from Servian soil, was
Jie most important war development
luring the past week.
The success of the Servian army
sam as a result of the withdrawal
f several Austrian army corps to
block the invasion of Hungary by the
Russians. The Austrlans remaining
in Servia were too weak to withstand
the attack of the Serbs and were rout
id with great losses.
The Russians were driven out of
Hungary at the cost of disaster in
3ervta. Though the Russians were
iriven to the north of the Carpathi
tns they accomplished the purpose of
the Hungarian demonstration by 11b
trating Servia.
The Russian troops which bad been
lent into Hungary weakened th Slav
armies In central Poland at the same
time. The events of the week reveal
this as one of the reasons why the
Germans have progressed so near to
Warsaw. The bear sacrificed her own
defense to rescue her cub and Mar
shal von Hlndenberg seized the op
portunity to drlv his wedge Into th
bear's PolUh cava.
Although not accomplishing any re
mit of military importance, the Ger
mans were able to humiliate the Brit
ish navy by making a successful jour
ney of nearly 700 miles through wa
ters guarded by the Union Jack. The
escape of the raiders is all the more
exasperating to Great Britain because
three battle cruiser were in the at
tacking squadron. These capital ships
are a part of Germany's first line sea
strength and had they been destroyed
the victory would hav been of prime
Importance. Fog favored the Ger
mans, but splendid seamanship also
contributed to make this the most dar
ing exploit of the war.
In France and Belgium the allies
have made substantial progress dur
ing the week. Along a front of 70
miles, from Dixmude to Albert the
battle line has been moved forward by
distances varying from several bun-,
ired yards to nearly five miles. There
have been no such consistent gains
since the allies gained the battle of
the Aisne. .
Loss of Ship I Denied.
London. The Admiralty has Issued
a statement denying that any British
warships were lost during the recent
raid by a German squadron on the
east coast of England.
African Revolt Wanes.
Cape Town, via London. General
Louis Botha, Premier of the Union of
South Africa, considers the rebellion,
apart from the rounding up of a few
stray bands, is at an end.
More Than Million German Lost
Geneva, Switzerland. Statistics
showing that Germany has lost 1,200,
BOO men, killed, wounded and captur
ed, appeared in Swiss and German
newspapers.
Durum Wheat Brings $1.37.
Duluth. Durum wheat sold at $1.37
Dn the Duluth board of trade, the high
est price ever recorded for that grain.
Taft Raps Referendum.
Detroit "The initiative, the refer
endum and the recall are a complete
oegation of the representative system'
established by the Pilgrims and Puri
tans," declared ex-President Taft In
in address at the annual dinner of
the New England Society of Detroit.
Eugene Zimmerman Dies.
Cincinnati. Eugene Zimmerman,
x-presi(lent of the Cincinnati, Hamil
ton & Dayton railroad and wealthy
financier of this city, died suddenly at
i club here from hemorrhage of the
uings. Mr. Zimmerman was the father
A' the Duchess of Manchester.
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BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
K, Henry Wemme, a prominent eltl
sen of Portland, died of diabetes in a
Los Angeles hospital at the. age of 54,
The sum of $300,000 bus been lopped
off the appropriation for the north
jetty at the mouth of the Columbia
river.
By a unanimous vote the state board
of control voted to retain Will 9. Hale
as superintendent of the state school
for boys.
Joe Gould, arrested at Oregon City
on a charge of counterfeit iim, was re
leased by the federal authorities In
Portland.
Officials of the Willamette Valley
Southern Electric, have announced
that the line will have regular service
before February 1.
The convention of the Western Di
vision of the OrcKOH State Teachers'
association was held at the state uni
versity in Eugene this week.
Governor West has appointed Miss
Henrietta K. Failing of Portland chair
man of the woman's section of the
Oregon Belgiau relief committee.
Added appropriation for the protec
tion of Oregon's timber resources are
recommended lu the annual report of
the Oregon conservation commission.
A "Buy At Home" campaign is to be
launched by the promotion depart
ment of the Salem commercial club
Immediately after the first of the
year.
Spanish American war veterans at
Albany formed a rifle club which will
be affiliated with the National Rifle
association. Frank C. Stellmaeher Is
president
According to figures compiled by
the Salem commercial club, the aver
age monthly payroll of the combined
industries of the city amounts to a
total of $151,181.85.
Mrs. Anna Layton, a pioneer of 1847,
died at her home in Philomath of
heart trouble, aged 75 years. Mrs.
Layton crossed the plains with her
parents when i years of age.
The Douglas county grand jury re
turned an indictment charging Roy
Farnum, suspected murderer of Edna
Morgan, of Glendaie, with a statutory
offense. Bail was fixed at $5000.
An appropriation of $75,000 has been
made by the federal government to
purchase farm machinery, livestock
and grain for the Indians on the Warm
Springs reservation In central Oregon.
Portland's children between 4 and
20 year of age number 44,700, accord
ing to the annual school census. This
is a decrease of 216 from the census
of last year, when the number was 44,
916. A half million dollars has been
spent on the construction and main
tenance of roads In Clatsop county the
past year and approximately $75,000
remains to be paid contractors for
work that is yet uncompleted.
It appears from the report of the
Oregon Conservation commission,
which has just been made public, that
Portland, more than any other city In
the country, is entitled to be called
the "Power City." The commission
reports a grand total of 3,139,170
horsepower In its vicinity.
The fish and game commission has
decided that Fish Warden Clanton
shall hereafter have full charge of all
matters pertaining to fishing for com
mercial and sport purposes and State
Game Warden Finley shall be allowed
to handle matters in connection with
game, game propagation and protec
tion. , With the gradual completion of the
grading on the new Willamette-Pacific
line between Eugene and Coos
Bay, forces are being materially de
creased. With the exception of a few
places, which will not be finished un
til April, the completion of virtually
the entire grade Is now a matter of a
few weeks.
No fatal accidents were reported to
Labor Commissioner Hoff during the
week from the several lines of Indus
trial activity throughout Oregon. Forty-nine
were Injured, the railroad, lum
bering and paper Industries reporting
the greatest share. Twelve were hnrt
la tailroad work, 10 in lumbering, and
11 lr paper mills.
Secretary Lane, . after a long con
ference with Representative Sinnott
and Senator Chamberlain, expressed
his willingness that congress should
appropriate, without condition, $450,
000 for the construction of a govern
ment irrigation project in eastern Or
egon, and said he possibly might fa
vor the appropriation of a larger
amount, if It should develop that $450,
000 would be Inadequate. He gave as
surance to both members of the Ore
gon delegation that he would not in
sist on a new appropriation by the Or
egon legislature to match the amount
appropriated by congress.
One of the most gigantic private de
velopment projects ever put forward
in Oregon was initiated last week
when Jason C. Moore, head of a New
York syndicate, was granted by the
state land board a 4lj-year lease on
Lakes Summer and Abert, In the Des
chutes country, for the construction
of plants that will manufacture ni
trate, potassium, sodium carbonate, bi
carbonate, and other materials obtain
able from the rich salt deposits in the
lakes.
HOUSE TO CONSIDER
FOSTALJEFORMS
Postmasters' Salaries Safe
Contract System of Rural
Delivery Blocked.
Washington. After tjvo days ot hot
words, which culminated In an ex
channo Mf Invitations to personal com
bat between Representatives lleflln,
ot Alabama and Moun, ot Tennessee,
tho house adopted a special rule to
consider legislation for reforms de
manded by the poatofflce department
In connection with the annual postal
appropriation bill.
A detection of democrats from the
leaders defeated a rule, which provid
ed for con -'deration ot amendments
decreasing postmasters' salaries, the
elimination of assistant postmasters,
experimental substitution ot contract
service for the rural delivery service,
increased salaries tor rural carriers,
changes lu the compensation paid rail
roads for carrying the malls and other
reorganization plan for the depart
ment
The rule was passed wit tho pro
visions for cutting postmasters' salar
ies, abolishing assistant postmaster
and the rural service substitution
scheme eliminated.
Harbor Bill Pared Deeply,
The annual river and harbor appro
priation bill, carrying $34,138,580 for
waterway Improvement throughout
the country, was completed by the
bouse river and harbor committee.
Estimates of the army engineers wore
reduced by nearly $20,000,000 and th
bill appropriates only tor work on
projects which have already been be
gun, and making no provision tor new
undertaking.
Columbia River. Calllo Falls to the
mouth ot the Suak River, $45,000;
Th Dalles to Celllo Fall. $80,000; at
Cascades. $10,000; Columbia and low
er Willamette, below Portland, $600,-
000; mouth of th Columbia, $1,250,
000.
Oregon, Coo Bay, $80,000; Nohalein
Bay. $116,175; Coqullle River. $76,000;
Sluelaw River, $117,600; Snake River,
$20,000; Willamette River, abov Port
land and Yamhill River, $42,500.
Washington, Gray Harbor and Che
halls River, $15,000; Waterway Puget
Sound to Lakes Union and Washing
ton, $6000; Cowliu and Lewis Rivers,
$22,000; Puget Sound, $25,000; Skagit
River, $7000.
The bill also carries an appropria
tion of $250,000 tor examinations, sur
vey and contingencies.
Army BUI Follow Garrison Estimate.
The Army appropriation bill for
$101,000,000, agreed upon by the mili
tary committee of the bouse, follows
the war department' estimates close
if. "We gave them practically all they
asked for," said Chairman Hay, re
ferrlng to appropriations for ammunl
tion and other materials for defense
An increase ot 25 regiments In the
regular army was proposed In a bill
by Representative Anthony. Five ad
dltional regiments ot artillery, five of
cavalry and 16 of Infantry would be
provided, and th present taw limiting
the army to 100,000 men would be re
pealed. Appropriations of $400,000 for avla
tlon and $50,000 for armored automo
biles, in view of the use of auto in
the European war, are Included in the
bill.
KINGS AGREE TO CO-OPERATE
Official Statement Say Monarch Are
In . Ccord on 8peclal Questions.
Stockholm, via London.--King Chris
tian, of Denmark; King Gustavo, ol
Sweden, and King Haakon, of Norway,
who, with their foreign ministers, met
in conference at Malmoe to rormulate
a plan to combine their respective In
terests during the war, reached an
agreement on the special questions
raised. The statement Is made In an
official communication, In substance
as follows:
"The meeting of the three monarch
was Inaugurated with a speech by
King Gustavo, who alluded to the un
animous desire of the kingdoms of
the north to preserve their neutrality
and pointed to the desirability of lim
ited co-operation between the king
doms as a safeguard to their common
Interest. ' ' : .
"Th deliberation consolidated the
good, relations among the three king
doms and resulted in an agreement to
pursue the co-operation so happily be
gun and to arrange, when circum
stances should occur, for fresh meet
ings between representatives of the
three governments." J , !
Maytorena Will Withdraw.
Washington. Consular Agent Caro
thors telegraphed the state depart
ment that Governor Maytorena, com
manding the Villa forces besieging
General Hill's garrison at Nana, So
nora, was preparing to withdraw his
troops to a point 10 or 12 miles from
tho border to eliminate the possibility
of firing into Americun territory.
A BANK BOOK
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It means freedom from worry, freedom from dispute about
payment, better; atanJiite; with those with' whom you do
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will bo glad to lmve one here after you luartt its advantages.
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon. .
The Oldett Bank In Central Oregon '
Capital, Surplus and I'ndivided Profits, $150,000.00
LTXHVEIBIEIR, f
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City Meat Market
HOR1GAN & REINKE, Prop..
Choice Home-Made Hams, Bacon
and Lard
Fresh Fish
Fruit and Vegetables in Season
The Journal is Cheap at $1.50 a year
Hotlce for Publication
Department ot the Interior,
V. H. Lmid Ofllee lit The Dull,.., Ore.
November J9th, 19U
Notice I hereby (riven ttmt
Arnold Keeter,
iihhIkih of AlU-rt It. Chapman, of
1'rtiievllle, oreicon, who, on ri bru
arjr 3d. lltlO, made fvxert Lnnd entry
No. 05'J-il, lor V, mi wet Ion l'.,
township 14 south, rnnge 15 ,
Willamette Meridian, turn tiled notice
of Intention to nmke ilem-rt Iniicl
proof, to establish claim to the land
above descrllxHl, Ufore Timothy U.
J. Duffy, U. 8. Commissioner, at
Prineville, Oregon, on the 4tli daj
ot Jitnunry, 191.r.
tmltnnnt name as witnesses:
Floyd S. iTownHcnd, Thomn M.
Raid win, T William R. McKarland,
Frank 8. Towner, all of Prineville,
Oregon. H. Frank Wooiioih k,
11 26 IleiilsbT.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice I hereby given by the under
sinned, the administrator with the will
annexed o( the estste of John Schmeer.
deceased, to all creditor oftaid deceased
snd sll persons having claims against
said estate to present the same, with tho
proper vouchers, to the undersigndd at
the ollice of M. K. FJliott, in Prineville,
Oregon, within six months from the
first publication of this notice.
Dated and published first time this
12th day ot November. 1914.
Paul IIi.i,
Administrator with the will annexed of
the estate of John Schmeer, deceased.
Notice tor Publication Isolated Tract.
Public Land Me.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Of fie at The Dalles, Oregon.
November 9, 11)14.
Notice i hereby given that, as direct
ed by the commissioner of the general
land office,' nnder provisions of act of
congren approved March 2H, HIIU, (37
Stat, 77), purgiiantto the application ol
Timothy E. J. Dully, serial No 0W217,
we will offer at public sale, to the hih
est bidder, but at not less than fl.25
per acre, at 9:45 o'clock a. m.,on the
8th day of January, 1915, at this office,
the following tract ol land ; Set se$,
ection 22, township 14 south, range 16
east, Willamette meridan.
Any persons claiming adversely the
above described land sre advised to fil
their claims or objection on or. before
the time designated lor sale,
11-19 H.Fkank Woodcock, Register.
For Sale or Trade.
One two section harrow; one 16
inch sulkey plow; one 12-Inch walk
Init plow; one slip scraper; one 2
Inch wagon; one Durham cow ; one
heifer calf, one Raddle, etc, 11-6
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Wines and Cigars.
Famous Ranier Beer in
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Finest Brands of Wines,
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