OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENIM INTEREST
Events Occurring Throughout
th State During the Past
i Week.
Purchasers Would Withdraw Action
Halcm, A tentative proposition wm
made to the atate land board to hav
tbe state withdrew procendlnKe fur re
oovery of 20,000 of the 60,000 acres In-
vetoed In the Hyde Hensoii dummy
frsuss, upon the payment of $2.50 an
acre by tha Innoceut purchaser. The
consent of the Biivoriiinunt Is hitch.
Dry before tli state can carry out tbe
agreement.
A report of Ilia purchasers asserted
that they luid secured tlio school
tracts In good fnlth, and tliul to piihIi
the sill t to recover title would be to
Inflict a hardship on them. Home of
the tract have passed through lovor
al hands, It la laid.
New Freight Terminal at Pendleton
Pendleton. Vice I'resldant and (leu
eral Manaxar J. J', OllrUin, of the O.
W, It. A N , announces that the pro
poned freight terminal at i'llot Hock
Junction, near the Pendleton city llm
Un. will probably be started early In
the spring, but that an actual begin
nlng depends upon the disposal of an
il railroad legislation at the coming.
session of the legislature. Mr. O'llrl
en any that the European war la not
responsible for ahortaKa of funda with
which to Improve the railroad system,
but that leg lalntlon opposed to the
rallroada. together with blub Uua la
mainly responsible.
Pioneer Quarry Reopens.
Newport, Pioneer atone la once
more being quarried after a lapse o(
IK years and promises to develop an
industry In Lincoln county which has
been neglected. The last stone taken
from the quarry at Pioneer ws used
In the construction of the Call build
Ing In Knn Kranclsco.
Tho product la sandstone, lighter In
color than any othor In the northwest
and,' It la said, will not deteriorate In
fire. Tho government la reported to
b considering buying ttiln atouu for
the postofrice at The I miles.
WASCO FARMER IS SHOT
Clarence Bettlt Kills Ralph Brown at
Ksskela.
Tho Dalles. White entering the
gate of his ranch borne at Kaskela,
Oregon, In aoutbern Wasco county In
company with bli wife. Ralph llrown,
a well known stockman, was shot and
Instantly killed by Clarence llettla.
age 21, an employe of the man bo mur
dered. No reason can be given for
the killing, nttis himself being un
able to tell the sumo story twice, when
be was brought to this city by Sheriff
Cbrlsnian and put In the county jail.
Sheriff Chrlaman aays that llettla
bad evidently been drinking and be
lieved himself a bad man. After be
had shot down bis employer, llettla
shot several times al Mrs. Drown, who
was with ber husband, returning from
a party, but tho bullets went wild.
Ileitis Immediately fled to the hills,
and was uot seen until 8 o'clock In the
evening, when be appeared at the It.
A. Mark home. He told Murks what
. ha had done, and Marks advised blm
to surrender to the sheriff.
Farm Course II Conducted.
C'orvallls. Pursuing the.tr policy of
"taking the collego to the people," the
extension service of the Oregon Agri
cultural College will conduct a series
of Itinerant schools during tho early
days of the now year. They opened
Tuesday, January 6, with a four-day
session at Creswell,. where the ex
perts of the extension aervlce and
some of the regular Instructors of the
college gave demonstrations and Il
lustrated lecture. .
Endowment Campaign a Success.
Newberg. In a fine rally that be
gan In the afternoon and vhb renewed
In tho evening, the friends of 1'ftclflo
College on Thursday completed their
campaign for the $100,000 ondowmont,
and the gifts keep coming In. The to
tal la now over $115,000, and the cam
paign ler funds will be pushed still
further, a a still turgor sum Is great
ly needed.
Seven are Indicted on Recall Fraud.
Portland. Seven secret indictment
In connection with alleged frauds In
circulating petition for the recall of
Mayor Albee and Commissioners
Block and Brewster were returned by
the grand jury here. False names and
addresses, eald to have been written
In the potttlons, woro the basis of the
charges.
S. P, Pump Tender With Record Die.
Eugene. With no demerit in eight
years of service on his record, Jerome
Smith, a pump tender on the Southern
Pacific, died here after a long illiiOBs,
Klght bar medals gavo him the record
for the inopt perfect service on that
line In Oregon. Ito bad been with the
company for 20 years.
GENERAL MAYTORENA
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fcPaaVv '
L ' ' I V 'Vi ' " . s ..TfSrL !
General Maytorena, the Villa com
mander, who ha been bsaelglng Naco,
Mexico, on the American border.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
The past week saw little material
change In the European war situation.
Blight gain have been made by the
allies In Melglum, but nothing has
been accomplished to aubstantlate a
belief that the allies will be able to
make effective use of their offensive
until they have a greater numerical
superiority over tha enemy.
The artillery I playing the biggest
part along the western front, although
at points there ha been close range
fighting In which a few yards have
been gained or lost.
Tho Hermans deny the French re
port that they have been driven out
of part of the village of 8tclnbarh,
Upper Alsace, which baa been the
scene of sanguinary fighting for a
week, tho Infantry finding cover be
hind the houses.
Tho situation In Southern Alsace Is
Obscure. Paris has claimed import
ant gains during the waek In the fight
for possession of the heights dominat
ing the western road to MuelhnuMon,
but Merlin deule the French auccess.
The upper Alsatian fighting, in fact.
I oscillating so constantly that Paris
and Berlin may both be right. French
progress In the last province, at best,
Is scarcely more rapid than the ad
vance of the allies In Flanders.
Iluasla has changed the direction of
her offensive during the week, and
now apparently la aiming at the rap
ture of Budapest Instead of Berlin.
The abandonment of Die siege of Cra
cow haa been followed by a redistri
bution of lb ciax's force in Qallcla,
which lias resulted during the week
In driving the Austrian Into the Car
pathian mountain.
The alteration In Slav strategy has
been caused by the growing difficulty
of developing any momentum for an
Invasion of Prussia, coupled with the
possibility of a Hungarian campaign
which may produco an anil-German
uprising among the Magyars,
Consequently, Russia's early ambi
tion to strike at Berlin now seems to
have beeu replaced by the less diffi
cult project of occupying the Hungar
ian capital.
Klaowhere In the east the week has
been quiet. The Gorman army before
Warsaw ha not succeeded In advanc
ing within striking distance of the
Polish capital, It ha spent the week
In It trenches, while farther north
the Russian have provented the Ger
man Fast Prussian army from moving
toward the Vistula.
There have been engagements on
the Rivers Bzura and Rawka, In Po
land, but seemingly the Germans are
no nearer Warsaw than they were a
week ago. They have begun offen
sive operations In tlio direction of
Klelce, one of the largest towns of
southern Poland, which doubtless has
for Its objoct the holding up of the
Russian advance through Galicia on
Cracow.
Another attempt on the part of the
Gorman to advance from Mlawa to
divert the Russian threat to outflank
tholr center by crossing the lower Vis
tula, northwest of Warsaw, ha been
ohecked by the Russian.
According to Petrograd report, the
Ruaalan oontlnue to sweep the Aus
trian westward along the southern
Galictan railway toward Qrybow and
Neusandoo and out of the northern
foothill of the Carpathians. The
'Muscovite also are credited with hav-
l ig organtted a new campaign against
Hungary, advancing in four columns
along the mountain. This, it is said,
will not be like previous raids, but
will be a regular Invasion.
The destruction of the British bat
tlenlilp Formidable during the week
demonstrated anew the remarkable
ability, from a naval standpoint, of the
Germans, coupled at the Baino time
with emphasis on the comparatively
unimportant result achieved. The
British admiralty's refusal to declare
where the Formidable went down
probably is due to tbe apparent fact
that the disaster occurred off Ports
mouth. V J
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IMMIGRATION BILL
PASSES SENATE
Measure, With Literacy Test,
Wins by Majority of
50 to 7.
Washington. The Immigration bill,
containing the restrictive literacy tost
for admission of alien which ha been
the obstacle in immigration reform
legislation for tha greater part of two
national administrations, passed the
senate by a vote of SO to 7.
The overwhelming majority was re
corded despite the fact that President
Wilson bad Indicated he would veto
the meaaure, as did President Taft,
If It should come to him with the edu
cational tost Included.
The vote In tbe senate Indicated
that tho bill could be repassed by
more than the required two-third ma
jority should the president reject the
measure. Senators who voted against
tho bill were: Brandogee, McCumber,
Marline, O'Oornian, Ransdell, Reed
and Walsh.
Tbe bill passed the house on Feb
ruary 4 last by a vote of 241 to 126.
Although tbe senate amended tbe
house bill In several particulars, the
literacy test wa unaltered, save for
an additional exemption to Belgian
subjects which wa adopted after pro
longed debate.
House loader were confident aen
ate amendment would be accepted.
Feature of Immigration Bill.
In general person over 16 ihall be
required to be able to read English or
some language or dialect, including
Yiddish.
Kxceptlon to literacy teat la made
of Belgian farmers who come to the
United States within one year after
the end of tbe present F.uropean war.
Persons fleeing from religious per
petition also excepted.
Admissible alien may aend for fath
er or grandfather over 65, or for wife,
mother, grandmother or unmarried or
widowed daughter, though such rela
tive may be Illiterate.
Polygaoilst excluded.
Persons of African race or negro
blood excluded.
Kxcludud list extended to take in
vagrant, the tuberculous and persons
who teach or advocate unlawful de
struction of icoperty.
Filipino Unready to Rule, Say Taft.
Ex President Taft told the senate
committee working on tbe administra
tion bill for Philippine Independence
that the people of the Islands, In bis
opinion, would be unfitted for self
government for the next 80 years
probably for the next half century.
Mr. Tart declared that in bla opinion
Japan had no desire to take the Phil
ippine. "I twice visited Japan and conferred
with the authorities on that very
point." ha continued, "and it's my
opinion that their experiences In For
mosa have been quit enough In that
direction.
"I believe Mr. Roosevelt still feel
that way, as I do," he said. "Of course
t am not In Mr. Roosevelt's confi
dence but I Judge that la his position."
War Tax Revenue Grow.
The lo-called war revenue tax be
gan to figure In marked fashion in
government revenues during Decem
ber for Uie first time. Customs re
ceipt fell off during that month near
ly $7,000,000. compared with Decem
ber, 1913, but ordinary Internal reve
nuo Increased for the same period
nearly $5,000,000.
How much of that came from the
emergency tax Is not shown In the
treasury statement, but probably It
was a large part. Total receipts for
December amounted to $51,439,302,
compared with $54,282,266 In 1913. Or
dinary disbursements amounted to
$56,984,982.
AMERICAN VESSELS FREED
Three Ships Held In- English Porta
Are Releaaed.
Washington. The first result of the
"United States" protest to Great Brit
ain against Interference with shipping
was seen when the state department
announced receipt of a dispatch from
Consul General Skinner at London
telling of the release of three Ameri
can ships detained in English ports
to which they had been diverted by
British warships.
While the British government has
only begun consideration of the Unit
ed Statea note, tha release of the ships
was generally regarded as a result of
the protest. It gave officials further
hope that the differences between the
United States and England over ship
plug would be speedily and amicably
adjusted.
May Exohangt Prisoners.
Rome. In addition to the cordial
replies of Emperor William and King
George, promising their assistance in
arranging for an exchange of prison
ers who are Incapable of further fight
ing, Pope Benedict has received other
satisfactory answers from belligerent
powers to bis request for such exchange.
Kiinimoim
In tbe'clroull court of the Mute of Ore-
("n lor the county ol Crook.
W . i. M imtiird, 1'lniiitili,
vn.
Ada Jolnmoi, J, O. Johnmm, Mri. J. O,
Joljiifon slid all pe'aotm unknown, rliiim
InK any rliflit, titie. imccnt. t-M.iae or
lien In the real property described herein '
ueieuiittiiM,
To Ada Johnson, J. O. Johimon, Mrs. J.
U. JoIiiikoii slid all persons unknown,
claiming ny rlKlit, title, intcn-.-t, enisle
or lien in the reul property ilencriljed
hrri'in, the shove named defendants:
In the mime of tbe tut of Orevon, Vou
are hereby notllled tbatW.O. Muttard i
lb bolder of Certificate of l)eliti(ueiicy
numbered Kiidity-foiir -M- isaned on tbe
Tml day ot i'ecemlier, 1914, by tbe Tax
Collector ol the county of Crook, state of
Oregon, fur the amount of Kleven and
IB hundredth -gill.')- dollar, tlie same
iM-ing the amount then due ami delinquent
for taxes for the year 1IH0, together with
penalty, intereot and com thrreon upon
flu rel fin.tiarlv l.kMrf t.. v.. it itt M,t,4..l.
you are the owner as appears of record.
iluatcd in said county and state and
narl.cularlv described as follow,, to-wit:
Lot Kin -IK Uloek Two -2-. original to
nit of I lend, in Crook county, ataleof Ore
gon, according to the legal and official
pint thereof on Hie In the otlice of the
county clerk of ( rook county, aforetaid.
You are further notilied that the laid
W'.li. Mu-mnl has paid tae for subae
iUent year upon wild property with the
nite of interent on (aid amount, the nuin
lieroftax ruceipu and from the dates as
hereinafter set lortb, to-wit:
For the year Hill, paid December 22,
1114, receipt No. 1IM, amount l.7, rate of
interest in perirent per annum ;
For the year liiili, paid December 22,
IIM4, receipt No. TfliM, amount $1.72, rate
of interen U per cent per annum;
For the year 1HI3, paid December 22.
1914. receipt No. 6312, amount $39.02, rale
of iiiW-rent 15 per cent per annum ;
Haul Ada Johnioii, J. O. John"on and
Mra. J. O. Johnson as tbe owners of the
legal title of the ahsre described real prop
erty a the same apeuni of record, and
each and all other persons, unknown
claiming any nth;, title, inU re.-t, entate
or lien in the real property nb ve described
are hereby further notuied that the aid
W. O. M uttard will apply to the circuit
court of the utaUs of Oreiton for Crook
county for a decree foreclosing tbe lien
anaiii"t the property above described and
mentioned in aid certificate. And vou
are hereby numiiioned to appear within
.Sixty -HO- days sfter the first publication of
thiaauiiunons, exclu.-ive of the day of said
ir.tpuoiication,sna Helena the action or
pay tne amount due aa alove i-hown to-
iether with thecoma and accrued intere.t
ana in cane ol your failure to do so. a
decree will be rendered foreclosing the lien
of oaid taxea and conts against tbe land
and premises above described.
- Thi summon ii published by order ot I
th.l.l'iorrV'er.1. hr;nnir judge of the
county court or the slate of Oregon for the
caid Crook county, and .aid order was,
made and dated this Slut day of December,
11)14. and the date of tbe lirst publication j
of tills summon is tbe said 31t day of
December, 1114.
All procets and papers in this proceed-
ing iiiuy be served upon the undersigned, William H. Short, deceased, to all per
rexiuiiiK within the elate of Oregon, at the mna intereataH in mlri uinio Uii ho
address hereinafter mentioned.
Date of the last putilication of this sum-
monsilb4thdav of March, A. D., lala.
WILLARD H. WIHTa
District Attorney and Attorney for
aintiir. Address: Prinevilie, Oregon.
Notice tor Publication
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Lund Olfice at Tlin Dalles. Ore.
December 23rd, 1914.
Notice Is hereby nlven that
Paul Mertschlne
of Prinevilie, Oreiton. who. on
March 1st, 1911. mmle homestead
entry No. 0S'j21 nuil on September
Zoth, 11U4, muUe Hddltloual home
stead entry No. 0138S3, for ewj swj,
section 20, i-i hwJ, nw, nw J sw
and awj si-, section 2(5, nej sei sec 27,
tn Its south, rantreie east. Willamette
Meridian, hns filed notice of inten
tion tu muke nual three year proof
to establish claim to the land above
described before Timothy E. J.
Duffy, U. S. CoinmlHHloner. at Prine
vilie, Oreiton, on tbe 3rd day of
tetiruary, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Curt Miller, H. Earl Cross, Curt Wlb
eon. William Horsell. all of Prine
vilie, Oregon.
12 31 H. Frank Woodcock. Register.
PARTIES
Knowing themselves indebted to
A.H.LiPPman&Co
by contract, lease, note or account,
must settle before January 1, 1915.
We sell for Spot Cash
"PRINORE"
AND
"STANDARD"
Prinevilie Flour
Summon.
In the circuit Court of thn state of
Oregon for the couuty of Crook
Central Oregon Irrigation Cum-
puny, a Corporation, Plaintiff,
VK.
F. I!. Nelson, Defendant.
To P.B.N'sleon, the above named
defendant:
In the name of the gtate of Ore-
goo: You are hereby requir
ed to appear and annwer the
complaint filed against you in the
above entitled suit within tix weeks
from the date of tbe firxt publica
tion of this summons, namely with
in six wteka from the lOlb day of
December, 1914, and if you fail o
to answer, for want thereof, tbe
I plaintiff will take judgment for the
! TtAt.t d mrirl.-rl in the mmnl.in
r,le? ID ine Complaint,
to-wit: I be cancellation of tne
contract for the acquirement cf
title to the land and water right!1
under contract relating to the swj
and nt of eection 15, townebip 17
outh, range 12 E Y M , togetbti
with the coot and disbursements
of thi suit.
This summon is served upon
you by publication pursuant to an
order made on the 7th duv of De
cember, 1914, by Hon, V. L. Brad
shaw, judge of the above entitled
court.
jE.fiF. Stearics and
F. Ewi.no Martin
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
First publication Dec, 10. 1914.
Last publication Jan. 21, 1915.
Motice to Creditors
Notice is berebr given that the un
dersigned has been appointed adminis
trator of tbe estate of Warner Schmidt,
deceased, and all persons having claims
against said estate are herein required
to present tbe same duly verified to
,eaid sdminUtrator at the law oftlce ol
i c u.:i. i n- -.,
. . rnneviiw, Oregon
within six months from the date of tbe
first publication of this notice.
Dated and published first time De
cember 10th, 1914.
J M PakdvuitDi
Adminietrator of tbe estate of Warner
c,,,mi.t j-..,,
t"IDUU' decea8ed-
'
Notice of Final Settlement
.... ,
Iiotiee is hereby given by the nnder-
signed, the executrix of the estate of
I has madn anH filed n-ith l,o mn. o
i...i. i a i . i
. -j "f .L'"I ?""
",,II,wv,Bl,i"u vl eiu ceiaie anu turn toe
co,,rt ,ia8 set Monday, the first day of
February, 1915, at 10 o'clock in tbe
forenoon at tne county court room in
l'rineville, Oregon, as the time and
place for bearing and settling said final
accounting. At which said time and
place any person interested in said es
tate may appear and object to said final
accounting. Samamtha A. Short,
Eiecntnx of tbe estate of William H.
Short, deceased.
Dated December 10, 1914.
W. A. BELL
Lawyer
The Dalles ... Oregon
jftHrmf-mt-jCmm
Origin.
Residence Property for Sale.
Good house and barn, lot 120x140 ft.
Inquire at this otlice. 8-13-tf
and on installments only.
J
Summons.
In the justice court of the state of
Oregon for Crook county, Dis
trict No. 1.
J. M. Tengman, Plaintiff,
, vs.
II. P. Hpeer, Defendant.
To II. P. Speec, defendant:
In the name ol te state of Ore
gon, you are hereby reqired to ap
pear and annwer the complaint
filed herein against you in the
above entitled caue on or before
January 29, 1915, which is the
time prescribed in the order of the
justice of the peace of Crook county,
Oregon, for district No. 1, pursuant
to which thi summons is pub
lished, in which you are required
to appear, answer or plead, and if
you fail to so appear, answer or
plead, tbe plaintiff will take judg
ment against you as preyed in hit
said complaint, to wit: for the sum
of thirty dollars with intercut from
the 14ih day of December, 1914, at
ten per cent per annum, for fifteen
dollars attorney's fee and his costs
and disbursements herein,
Tbe date of tbe first publication,
of this summons ie the the 17th
day of December, 1914. i
This summons is published pur
suant to an order of Hon A. R.
Bowman, justice of the peace for
Crook county, Oregon, for District
No. 1, made on the 16th day of
December, 1914
A. R. Bowma.n.
pd Justice of the Peace.
summons
In the circuit court of the alii
of Oregon for the county of Crook.
Jonathan Johnson, plaintiff,
vs.
Rov Youne. defendant.
To Roy Young, defendant:
In the name of the state of Ore.
fron, You are hereby required to
aooear and answer the rnmnlaint
of tbe plaintiff filed against ycu in
tne a Dove entitled suit within six
weeks from the date of the firat
publication of this summons, on
or betore the 21st day of January,
1915. and if TOO fail an tn answer
for want thereof the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief
prayed for in the complaint here
in, to-wit:
For a decree of this court de
claring the plaintiff to be the own
er in fee simple of the south half
of section 9, and southeast quatter
of the northeast quarter of section
16, in township 14 south, range
12 east, W. M., and forever quiet
ing tbe title of the plaintiff against
you and barring and enjoining
you from at any time hereafter
setting up or asserting any claim
or title to said premises or. any
part thereof.
This summons is served upon
you by the publication thereof in
accordance with an order made at
Prinevilie, Oregon, by the Honor
able VV. L. Bradshaw, judge of the,
circuit court, on December 11,
1914, requiring that this summons
be published at least once a week
for six consecutive weeks in Crook
County Journal, a newspaper pub
lished at Prinevilie, Crook county,
Oregon, and that the first publica
tion thereof shall be on the 17th
day of December, 1914. pd
Foster & Hamilton.
Attorneys for plaintiff.
Notice tor Publication Isolated Tract.
Public Land Sale.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Laud Office at The A'aMsmtaw
December , iyi4.
Notice Is hereby given that, as di
rected by the commleslorer of the
general land office, under provisions
of act of congress approved March
28, 1912, (37 Stat. 77), pursuant to
the application of Clarence W. Dlsh
nmn, serial No. 011982, we will offer
at public sale to the highest bidder,
but at not less tfcan f 1.25 per acre, at
9:15 o'clock a. . on the 27th day ol
January, 1915, at this office, the fol
lowing tract of land: SeJ nej, nel
se, section 4, township 15 south,
range 17 east Willamette meridian.
"This cract Is ordered Into the
market on a showing that the
greater portion thereof is mountain
ous or too rough for cultivation."
Any persons claiming adversely
tbe above described land are advised
to file their claims or objections on
or before the time designated forsale.
12-17p H. Fkank Woodcock, Register.
Notice for Publication Isolated Tract
Public Cand Sale.
Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Ore.
December 11. 1914.
Notice Is hereby given that as di
rected by the commissioner of the
general land office, under provisions
of act of congress approved March
28, 1912, (37 Stat. 77), pursuant to
the application ol Emma Dlshman
serial No. 011931, we will offer at
public sale to the highest bidder, but
at not less than $1.25 per acre, at
9:1 j o clock a. m. on the ZSth day
ol January, iio, at tins omce, tne
following tract of Inud: K swl,
vH sel, section 2, township 15 south,
range l l east uiamette meridian.
'This tract Is ordered Into the
market on a showing that the great
er portion thereof Is mountainous or
too rugh for cultivation."
Any persons claiming adversely
the above described land are advised
to file their claims or objections on
or beforethe time designated forsale.
12.17p H. Funk Woodcock, Register.
For Sale or Trade
Second hand organ in good eondition.
Racket Store, Prinevilie, Ore. 1210