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Page 8 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Events Occurring Throughout the State During the Past Week. Tax Ruling It Mad. Salem. County courts have no au thority to order alterations made In assessments after the county equall tation boards have finished their work, according to an announcement by the state tax commission. The ruling was made In connection with an answer to a letter of the tax collector of Baker county, who said that the county court had Issued an order for him to make an alteration in a'n assessment, and he declined to do it The com mission held that if a taxpayer were dissatisfied with an assessment he should appear before the board of equalization, and if not satisfied with Its finding, could appeal to the circuit court ruin ia complete. Like Umatilla coun ty, state farm experts are fighting the plague. Fred Zaugg, near Mount Glenn, was one of the first to discover the presence of the pests, and County Farm Expert Cate has located several other small patches. He found one army moving across a plowed field, bound for an adjoining wheat field. At one point he found an alfalfa patch where the pests had worked Into the field several feet from the fence, and the forward line of the army Is shown by the swath of dead alfalfa. On a spot a foot square he picked up some 20 or 30 cutworms. Like grass hoppers the cutworms leave absolute ruin in their wake. Roberg Named Health Board Secretary Portland. Dr. Pavid N, Roberg. em inent pathologist and bacteriologist, was elected secretary of the state board of health to succeed Dr. Calvin S. White, who has resigned. Dr. Ro berg, who is now tn China investigat ing epidemic diseases, will accept the secretaryship, it is known, provided he shall be given assurances that the appointment will be permanent during the tenure of the present administration. I Classified Ads i l - i The Wants of the People. Men and Women Seeking Employment; Help Wanted and Bargains in Everything I from a tin pan to a High Class Crook County Stock Farm Advertisements under thin head are ch.irtl for at a flat rate of five ceiita per hue for each Insertion. No dlHpliiv other than regular heading will tie admitted to the Claiwlnett columns. Copy ohoultl tie In till office not later t hati WYdnemlay noon to Insure Insertion under thin head. Claim Filed for Extra Road Work. Astoria. Peterson & Johnson,, sub contractors under the Boyajohu-Ar-nold company in clearing and grading the Columbia Highway between here and Westport, have filed a claim with the county court demanding $73,221.77 alleged to be due for extra work and as a result of wrong classification of material moved. -AeooniDanvine the claim was anoth er Including $2453.52 for engineers' services In checking over the work and $671.42 as interest on the original sum. Municipal Swimming Pool Planned. Hood River. Cltixens here allying themselves with the different clubs and civic organizations are planning to build a municipal swimming pool. In the western part of the city is an abandoned reservoir, a relic of the early water system which has been outgrown. It is proposed to build a concrete pool just below the reservoir. Man Is Lost 11 Days. Grants Pass. On one biscuit, which he just chanced to slip into his pocket, did "Old Man" Potter, aged 73 years, a well-known character in the Grants Pass country, subsist while lost in the mountains for the last 11 days. After wandering In a circle since leaving Selma, Or., March 16, Mr. Potter was picked up by miners near Waldo. His hands and feet were frozen and for days he had been wandering in a dazed and half-conscious condition. Governor Asks Olive Day Observance. Salem. Complying with a request made by the California Ripe Olive Day association, Governor Withy combe has issued a formal statement urging the people of this state to co operate with the Californians in cele brating California Ripe Olive day, which occurs on March 31. FOR SALE rX)RSALE -A family mare or a colt two anil one-half years old, broke to drive single or double. Call at L. Kamstra's Store. 18-2t SHADELAND SEED OATS, raised on dry land at Bear Creek Buttes for sale. Inquire at Ford Garage. C. W. Wilson. 18tf. INDIAN MOTOR CYLCE-1914 model, twin 8 h. p. good as new. Inquire at this oHiee. 19 A FULL BLOOD JERSEY COW Three years old giving milk now. From some of the best milk stock in the state. Mrs. H. L. Parry Prineville, Oregon. 92p Eggs for Setting While. Fact! lllat'k KiiiiiiImIi clilckeim irreat layers ami non-net tern. Price f j lor xeMinir in is vt rue or phone Pioneer 4111. C. M. Stroud, Prlnevllli., Oroiron. 3 U tf AtAllinn For r,.i . ............ ... t....1lt ... j lin-e-ijuiii ier cixiivroii owuiiou, eight yeam old, welulia l.ViO poundx; Mucky tmllt and heavy bone. Ootid breeder. Price reamiimlile. For iiiriuer iihoi iitriimii wuii 10 i.j, Fkhiii son, Robert, Or. 2 11 4tf Eggs For Hatching S. C. Rhode Inland Red, $1.60 per M'ttlnv of 1" etfn; fs per hundred. Mr. J. K. AdaniHon, 1'rlnevllle, Ore. :iim tf Seed Oats for Sale (loud clean seed Side Oats at the Pifihman ranch on Ochoco. W rite or 'phone U L. Robert, Prineville, Oregon. 1-28 tf WANTED ROSES, ROSES, ROSES - We have them, fine fresh plants of the very choicest kinds. Japanese Ivy and Honeysuckle plants. Now is the time to plant. Price special, 25 cents per plant for all except climbing roses. Lafollette Nursery Co. Prine ville, Oregon. 19 Militia Drill Site Chosen. Klamath Falls. Announcement has been made here that the Klamath In dian reservation has been chosen as the site for the maneuvers of the ar tillery of the organized militia of Ore gon, Washington and Idaho next summer. CUTWORMS ARE . RUINOUS en State Experts Fighting Pest Grande Ronde Ranches. La Grande. An army of variegated cutworms has infested Grande Ronde ranches, and where it has struck the Oregon Highway Engineer Selected. Salem, Or. By a vote of two to one the state highway commission appoint ed E. I. Cantine, of Portland, state highway engineer to succeed 1L I Bowlby, resigned. Seed Rye For bale Good clean dry land eeed rye for sale, price $1.50 per bushel. Lkwis Keokuk bkrgkh, Prineville, Ore. 3 4-tf For Sale Cheap. Good incubator, nearly new. also some (tood geese and tui keys. Inquire or write Jack Scxxiks. .'! 11-tf Seed Wheat Clean Blue Stem Wheat for sale. Price $1 75 per bushel. 'Phone or write Marion's Feed Store, Redmond, Orejion. 3 11-tt Seed Wheat and Oats For Sale. Good clean need, Little Club, for sale at my ranch on the Ochoco. AIho Shudeland Side oat. Inde pendent 'phone. Call or write G. C. Price, Prluevllle. Ore. 3 4 Gtp Maddux & Co. will buy your vkw tables and piodtice. Ask the man. Phone Pioneer Rod 03. We are paying ciiHh for Hide, Pelt and Fur. Prluevllle Feed, Livery 4 Sales Stable. 2 U tf Cream Shipper. We need more cream and are pay. I lit' two cent more for butterfat than any other creamery. Cah with each can. Fair and courteou treatment. Ship Cream or write for whipping tnir. Yamhill Creamery Co., Portland Oregon. 2 11 HELP WANTED WANTKD A man to retail Raw lelght Product, town and country. I .urgent II lid lieBt l.lne. One of the oldeHt and largest Compiuile In the world Six factories and liranche. Product supplied from new Purl lie Count Branch. Quick wrvtee, low freight. We want only tiiiliitrltiu raeti, capable of earning UK) and up per month and cxpeiine. Mut have mean tor martlng exM-ne and furnlxh contract lgned by two ro npotiHlble men. Addre V. T. Raw lelgli Co., Oakland. Calif., giving age, occupation and reference. 3 4 SEAMSTRESSES MRS. CURT MULLF.R-Is doing sewing ugain. Address nostolllec box :182, Prineville, Oregon I will be in Prineville, each Saturday. 19 OPTICIANS DR. IDA BE1IRF.NDT HERE Re member my twenty years experi ence. During this time I have daily been testing and examining every known form of eyestrain and successfully relieving thous ands of cases by correct glasses. Moderate charges. Will be at Hotel Oregon March 110 to April 14. EYE SPECIALIST -Thursday to Sunday, April 22 to 2(1, Dr Freeze a well known eye specialist of Portland will be at Prineville Hotel. Will have instrumnets for examining the internal eye for diseased conditions and you are assured of exiert advice. Eyes refracted by the MeCormic system which is the latest and best known to science. Every pair of glasses guaranteed whether they cost $:5.f)0 or more. Will visit Prineville every six wi-eks. 1 9 FOR RENT FOR RF.NT Houkiiiii rooms to partie without chitdien. Inquire st this olllcn. ls-u For Rent Highly acre Irrigated land tor rent In the Powell Untie wet Ion, See W. M. WIIhoii, Redmond Hotel, Redmond, Ore. .'US-It MISCELLANEOUS HOMESTEADS HOMESTEADS -1 can locate a few choice homesteads of 320 acres euch In a country where there is water fur domestic urns on every claim and not less than 40 acres of plow land, all black rich loam. Neighbors neur by. Limited selections, Come curly for a good choice. Address A. C. fare The Journal, Prineville, Oregon. ltttf ESTRAYED IvSTRAY TAKEN UP Tlieifcnmo to my horses on uppaer Deschutes about June 1 1914, one bay geld ing, unbroke, branded 'C on left jaw and V on left shoulder, ulso H K' on left stifle. Owner can have the same by proving the property and paying the costs. 19tf. M. S. Maylleld. LOST AND FOUND LOST oil MISLAin-One Ruff and llergu Knglnifr' Tratmtt with solar attachmeut, In large mahog any box. Finder pleii return mid receive reward. Fred A. Rice, Prluevllle, Ore. IMf Methodist Church WANTF.I) Men and women to make ime of the Journal' cIuhhIHciI column. Horse Taken Up On white mare, weitiht about 1000 pound", brand miter P, nine or ten years old, broke to work. Owner ran have tame by ptying pant are sml ad vertimnii charges. Animal at my pi me on the Lanmnla road. 2. F. Mctoi, Prineville, Oregon, ,H :itp Call for Warrants. Notice is hereby given that all rrgla. lured general land warrants m to and including registered number 612 will be paid on premutation, and Interest on sine will lnp from this date. March 11, 1915 IEAi.ru L. Johimn, County Treaminr. I fl A U Ochoco No. 4(1. Meets 1 V. J I every Tuesday night. Stranger welcome. Kate Short, N. G.; S. G. Illnkle, V. G.; L. Kanmtra, Secy.; G. 1. Ream, Treasurer. Services Sunday 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School, 10 a. m. F.pworth League, G:;tO p, m. Teachers' training clans, Tuesday 7:30 p. m. Prayer Meeting. Wednesday, 7:30 p. m. Choir practice. Thurmlay 7:30 p. ni. E. C. Nf.wiiam, pastor. The Journal office does modern printing on short notice. Notice! L, M. Bechtel is our only authorized collector and no money due the firm of A. H. Lippman & Co. should be paid to any other person A. H. LIPPMAN & CO. HAND! WE HAVE MADE GREAT PREPARATION FOR TAKING CARE OF YOUR NEEDS! EASTER ME IS AT Elegant Line of Ladies' Spring Suits and Coats! From the best makers. Styles are practical, thick and very becoming. See these at once as they are sure to sell H HENDERSON CORSETS Beautiful Millinery Creations! The best of the season's models are" to be seen in our parlors at prices that are extreme ly reasonable and much less than city prices DOUBLE GREEN STAMPS Men's Dressy Spring Suits! Made of all wool 3 4 sure color fabrics and made especially for this climate with extra heavy linings. Specially low priced and until Easter double green stamps will be given on all sales in our Men's Suit Department. Just Arrived Dozen styles new Cotton Voile Waists Bought especially for the Easter season Ladies are urged to see these new waists before purchas ing materials for making as they contain many new ideas not heretofore shown. Priced at $1.50 to $3.00 Artistic House Dresses for Ladies, Misses and Children! Due to arrive this week. These are not ordinary stock stuff, cut with a butcher knife and sewed with three stitches to the inch, but are individually-made garments, as neat and nice as you would have them made by your dressmaker, finished and attractive in appearance, by one of the leading specialty houses, in clean, sanitary shops and will fit. Watch for our window display. NEW DRESSY FOOTWEAR FOR ALU Nothing more attractive or neater in appearance than our shoe lines for this spring. A dozen or more styles of new pumps. "As sweet as the flowers in May," but none too nice and good for you. Distinctive foot wear 's a very necessary part of one's dress, adding to the appearance as no other one item of dress possibly can. Double Green Trading Stamps given until Easter. Footwear for Men and Boys A dozen new lines of first clans foot wear for hard, practical wear; for people who are exacting in their re quirements, or who by necessity find their work extra severe on their footwear. Take a look at our new lines selected with the idea of wear and satisfactory service, at prices below the level demanded by the ad vance of leather quotations- Double green trading stamps given with all purchases from our shoe deportment until Easter. COLLINS W. ELKINS PRINEVILLE ORE. "'J
