CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL NOTION FOR PUBLICATION. li'pnrtnii'iit of tlio Interior. U.S Lund Oliice tit The DalUm, Oregon, Miivciniicr H, 11)15, Notice Ih hereby given Unit Joliii E. Murphy, ofjiend, Oregon, who, on Juno 24, 1912, iniutc llottiohtc'iul Entry, No. 4)101112, for South J. Section 20, Twp. 20-Suulli, Range 17-Eimt. W. M him (lied notice of Intention to make final three year Ptoof, to es tablish claim to the lutul above dcn- rilii.il, before II. G. Ellin, U. S, !inniiHKlotier. at Bond, Oregon, on the :toth day of December, iy 15. .Claimant imtneH an witnesaeH: Orleu 0. King. Turpo Klieff , OliK Cllenkle, Hint Henry H, Ford, all of Bend, Oregon, :U5p It. Frank Woodcock. Hcgihter. NOTICE OF FINAL, KETTLE MENT. Notice that the undersigned Iiiim filed his final account m Adminis trator of the entitle of Made Vera eh, deceased, in the County Court of 'rook County. Oregon, ami the wiid Court has duly net the hearing of the objection thereto and nettle, ment thereof fr JiuiiiMry 7. 191(5, at 10 o'clock a. in, in I he Court room if wild Court, at 1'rineville. in aid County itud State. Dated at 1'rineville, Oregon thin fill day of December 191,'). t A. II. Liipiuau, Administrator. '.. L. I'.ernier. Attorney 4tfc NOTICE OF FINAL AC- ' COUNTING N'..itii'i is hereby given by the under.igned, the tidiiiiiiiMiator with the will annexed of the estate of Frank Kider, (teceitted, that he hai made and filed with the clerk of the County Court nf the State of Ore gon for the County of Crook hist fi rial accounting of the administration of tiaid estate, and that the Honor' able County Court hi'tt fixed Mon day, the 7th day of February, 101(5, nt 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said Iay at the county court room in the courthouse at 1'rineville, Oregon, a the time and place for hearing and icttling said final accounting. L. M. Heehtell, Administrator with the Will Annexed of the E tate of Frank Rider, Deceased. Dated this 16th day of December, 1915. 6t5c. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an execution and de rri of foreclosure duly itwucd out of the Circuit Corut of tho StaU of Oregon for Crook County anil to mo directed on the 18th day of De comber, 1915, upon a judgment and decree rendered, entered and docketed in and by said court, on the 10th day of December, 1915, in a certain ttuit in aid court, wherein Mortgage Company of America, h corporation, was plain tiff and Jens ilasselhcrg, Guy E. Dolnon, ait administrator of the-Estate of Hjalmar Olmm, deceased, the unknown heir of lljalmar Olson, deceased, and also all other persons or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien, or interest in the real estate described in the complaint herein, were defendants, in favor of the plaintiff and against usid defendants, by which execution 1 am commanded to sell the real property described in said execution and to be hereinafter described to pay tho sum due the plaintiff of Fifteen hundred forty-one and 43. 100 Dollars, ($1541.34), with inter est thereon from the 27th day of November, 1915, at the rate of 8 per cent per annum until paid, to gether with the sum of One hun dred twent-five Dollars, as a reason able sum adjudged as attorney's fees in said suit and the further sum of Twenty-eight and 50.100 ($28.50) , as costs and disbursements taxed in said suit, and the costs and expenses of execution and sale.l will on the 22nd day of January, 1916, the said day being Saturday of said week, at the hour of 2 o'clock, p. m., of said day. at the north door of the County Court house in 1'rine ville, Crook County, Oroogn, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand on the day of said sale all the right, title, and interest in said real property which tho said defendants or any of the defendants . herein, and all persons claiming under, by or through said defend ants in and to tho. real property hereinafter described in said execu tion as follows, to-wit: Lot 3 and tho East half of the southwest quarter of Section six, (6), and the cast half of the northwest quarter of Section seven, (7), all in Town ship sixteen, (1(5) , South of Range Eleven. (11), East of the Willamette Meridian, in the County of Crook . and State of Oregon, or so much thereof as will satisfy said judg ment and decree, with costs and ac cruing costs. Said property will be sold subject to confirmation and redemption by law provided. Dated at Prinevillo, Oregon, this 21st day of December 1915. E. B. Knox. Sheriff of Crook County, Oregon. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land OHice at The Dalles, Oregon. November 8, ,913. Notice Is hereby given that Dune Dragicivich, of Bend, Oregon, who, on March 2H, 1911, made Homestead Entry, No. 08498, for NJNWI, Section 2. Twp. 20-South, Range 19-East, SW1, NiSEi, Section 35, Twp. 19 South, Range 19E.W. M, hiw filed no tice of intention to make final three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before II, C. Ellis U. S. Commissioner, at Bend, Oregon, on the 20th day of Jan uary, 1916. Claimant names as witnesHCH: Martin Ilallmeyer, Roy Winters, Nelson D. Myers, Steve 1'nviek, anil F. S. Christenson, all of Held, Ore gon. Stop II. Frank Woodcock, Register. NOTICK FOiri'UBlJcAlI()N ISOLATED TRACT. Public I-aiid Sale. Department of the Interior, U.S. Laud Ollice at The Dalles, Oregon. November 23, 1915. Notice is hereby given that, as directed by the Commissioner of the General Lund ollirc, under pro visions of Sec. 2455, R. S., pursuant to the application of Curey W. Foster, Serial No.;ol410H-01 110'.), we will of. feral public sale to the highest bidder but nt not less than $2.00 per acre, id 9. H0 o'clock A. M., on the 11th day of January, next, at this office, the following tract of land: KVVJ NWl.SWlSKi.SlSWi.Seo.14 Tp. 1(5 South, Range 19-Ku.st, W. M., (1(50 acres) . "This tract is ordered into the market on a showing that the greater portion thereof is mountain ous or too rough for cultivation." The sale will not be kept open, but will be declared closed when those present at the hour named have ceased bidding. The person making the highest bid will be re quired to immediately pay to the Receiver the amount thereof. Any persons claiming adversely the above-described land are advis ed lo file their claims, or objections on or before the time designated for sale. 3t5p. L. A. Booth, Receiver. NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNTING Notice is hereby given by the ad ministrator of the estate of John Grant, deceased, to all persons in terested in said estate, that he has made and tiled with the clerk of the county court of Crook County, Ore gon, his final accounting of his ad ministration of said estate, and that the said county court has set Mon day , the 10Uv day of January, 191(5 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the county court room in Prinevillo, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing and setting said fin .1 ac counting. At which time and place any person interested in said estate may appear and object to said final accounting. Dated this 9th day of December, .915. M. R. Elliott, Administrator for the Estate of John Grant Deceased. ' 4t5c CITATION. In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for the County of Crook, In the matter of the estate of Shellic (Shelly) Holland. Deceased. ToLi7.7.ieWatson.lda Lands, Alex Holland, Henry Holland, John Hol land, Ethel St8nfield, Albert Stau field, and all other heirs unknown, of any there be, greeting: In the name of the state of Ore gon, you are hereby cited and re quired to aj pear in the County Court of tho State of Oregon, fjr the County of Crook, at the Court room thereof, at Prinevillo, in the county of Crook on Monday the seventh day of February, 1916, at 10 o'clock, in the forenoon of that day, then and there to show .cause, why an order of sale should not be made authorizing the administrator to sell the whole of the real estate descibed in his petition being more particulaly described as the North east quarter of Section twenty-seven in Townhip eighteen south of range nineteen east of Willamette Meri dian in Oregon. Witness The Hon. G. Springer, Judge of the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Crook with tho seal of said Court affixed this 4th day of December A. U. 1915. Attest: Warren Brown, Clerk. By A. W. Battles, Deputy Clerk. The Oregonian Is handled exclusively in Prineville by H. R. LAKIN Delivered at your door the same day as published for 75c per month NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The annual meeting of tho Cen tral Oregon Livestock & Agricul tural Association will be held on the first Monday in January, 'the 3rd, 1916 for the pruposc of elect ing officers and transacting such other business that may properly corno before it. The meeting will be held at tho Commrcial Club at 2 o'clock. 8t3c. J. B. Shirp, Secretary. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon. December 2, 1915. Notice is herbey given that Elsworth T. Curtis. of Prineville. Oregon, who. on August 12, 1910, made homestead Enlry No. 07169, for Lots-1-2, SJ NEi, Section 4, Twp. 18-South. Range 16-East, W M., has filed no tice of intention to make final five year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before War ren Brown, County Clerk, at Prints ville, Oregon on the 21st day of January, 1910. Claimant names as witnesse: lo liattinger, and George Craw ford of Prineville, Oregon, and Charles It. Erickson, of Alfalfa, Orotron, and Claude C. Dunham of Roberts, Oregon. 4t5p. H. Frank Woodcock, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION " Department of the Interior. U.S Land Ollice at'The Dalles, Oregon December 3, 1915. Notice is hereby given that George E. Knox, of Post, Oregon, who, on December 3, 1909, made Homestead Entry No." 05651, and on March 19, 1913 made additional Homestead Entry, No. Oil I II, for Lot 1, SEiNKi, Sec. 1-Twp. 17-South, Range 18-East bits 2, 3. 4. SJNWi. SWiNEl Sec tion 6, Twp. 17-South, Itange 19- East, W. M., has filed notice of in tention to make final three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before Lake M. Heehtell, U. S. Comissioner, at Prineville. Oregon, on the 15th day of January, 1916. Claimant names a witnesses: Caleb Davis, Marion F. Taylor, and Ulysses G. Allen, all of Post, Oregon, and Herbert C. Cook, of Prineville, Oregon. 4t5c. H. Frank Woodcock, Register. NOTICE OF CONTEST Department of the Interior, U.S. Land OHice, at The Dalles, Oregon, December 14. 1915. To Webster A. Riant, of Post, Oreogn, Contestee: You are hereby notified that William S. Gittings who gives Post, Oregon as his post oftice address, did on November 22, 1915, file in this ofiice his duly cor roborated application to contest and secure the cancellation of yourj homestead, Serial No. 06356. made March 30, 1910, for SWJSEJ, SEJ SWi, NJSWi, Section 18. Twp. I 17-South, Range 20-East, W M.J and as grounds for his contest he al- j leges that said tract of land has been wholly abandoned by the said Web ster A. Riant for over two years last past: that he has sold his home stead house upon said land and the same was removed therefrom ; that he has wholly failed to reside upon, improve or cultivate the said tract of land as required by law for over one year last past. You are, tnerefore, f uther notified that tho said allegations will be taken as confessed, and your said entry will be canceled without fur ther right to be heard, either before this ofiice or on appeal, if you fail to file in this office within twenty days after tho fourth publication of this notice, as shown below, your answer, under oath, specifically re sponding to the allegations of con test, together with due proof that you have served a copy of your answer on the said contestant either in person or by registered mail. You should state in your answer the name of the post-office to which you desire future notices to be sent to you. H. Frank Woodcock, Register. Date of first publication, Decem ber 23, 1915. Date of second publication De cember 30, 1915. N Date of third publication Janu ary 6, 1916. Date of fourth publication Janu ary 13, 1916. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Mill Creek Livestock Association will be held at the Commercial Club Hall in Prineville on the 8th day of Janu ary, 1916. 6t3c. Raymond Calav.an, Sec.-Treas, NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Squaw Creek Irrigation Company will be held Saturday, January 8, 1916, at 10:00 a. m., at the courthouse in Prineville, Ore. gon. E. T. Slayton, Secretary. 5lf SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER EXECUTION Notice is hereby V ivi-n that Ku virture of an execution and decree foreclosure tlulv issued nut t,t the Circuit Court of the Ktnf ,.f Oregon, for Crook County,' and to me uireetou on the 2nd day of De- moer, 1915 upon a judgment and cree duly rendered, entered and corded and docketed in ami hv said court on the 30th dav of No. mber. 1915 in a certain unit in said court pending, wherein Mrs. U h. McDowell, was plaintiff and E. A. Davenj ort and Pearl M. Davenport, his wife, and all other persons or oarties unknown claim. ing any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real nronertv do- ribed in plaintiff's complaint ere defendants, in favor oi plain ff and atrainst defendant.' hv which execution I am commanded o sell the real property in said exe cution and to be hereinafter de scribed , to pay the sum due the plaintiff of twenty-six hundred, (2,600.00) dollars with intreKt thereon at the rate of seven percent r annum from the 14th dav of Ictobor 1912, until paid together ith the costs and disbursement f said suit taxed at sixcten 50.100 ($16.50) dollars, and together with the sum of three hundred and fifteen ($.ilo.00) dollars as a reasomiblp sum adjudged as attorneys fee in saiu suit, ami cost and expenses of 'Xccution and sale, I will on the 5th day of January, 1916, the said lay b eing on Saturday of asid week at the hour of one o'clock, p. m., of said day, at the north door of the -ounty. Lourt tiouse, in Prineville, .'rook ("ounty, Oregon, sell at pub ic auction to the highest bidder 'or cash in hand on the dav of said sale all the rights, title and inter ests in said real uroDcrtv which the, defendants, E. A. Davenport, Pearl M. Davenoort. his wife, and all other person or parties unknown claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest, and all Dersons claiming under them subsequent to me i8tn day or October, 1912, in of and to said mortgaged real pro perty hereinafter mentioned in said execution and described in said exe cution, as follows to-wit: Commenc ing at the southeast corner nf RlrvW seven (7) of Monroe Hodges plat of rnneviiie, Oregon, according to the record thereof as it armesrs in thf office of the County Clerk of Crook L-ouniy.uregon, and running thence north eisrhtv (80) feet, thence wtmt one hundred and seventy (170), feet, thence south eighty feet (80) thence east one hundred and seventy (170) feet to the place of beginning, all' of said described land being situate in Lrook County, Oregon. Said sale beinor made subiect to redemption in the manner Drovided by law. Dated this 10th day of December, 1915. E. B. Knox. Sheriff of Crook County, Oregon. By Floyd A. Rowell, Deputy. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE MENT. Notice is hereby given bv the undersigned, the administratrix of the estate of George Walter Snod- erly, deceased, to all persons inter ested in said estate, that she has made and filed with the clerk of the county court of the State of Ore gon for Crook County, her final accounting of her administration of said estate and the county court has set February, 7, 1916, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the county court room in Prineville, Oregon as the time and place for hearing and settling said final accounting. At which said time and place any per son interested in said estate may appear and object to said final ac counting. Dated this 16th day of December, 1915. Sarah Snoderly, Administratrix of the Estate of George Snoderly, De ceased. ' 5t5c. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION . Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon. December 20, 1915. Notice is hereby given that Horace R. Martin, of Bend, Oregon, who on April 12, 1911, made Homestead Entry, No. 08663 and on February 1, 1913, made additional Homestead Entry, No. 011243, for Lots 1 and 2, SJ NEi, SE1 Section 5. Twp. 20-South, Range 19-East, W. M., has filed notice of intention t" make final three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described before H. C. Ellis, U. S. Commissioner, at Bend, Oregon, on the 28th day of January, 1916. Claimant names as witnesses: Walter Hoffland, and Clyde Bos ley both of bend, Oregon, and Mar tin Hallmeyer and Harry Evans both of Rivers, Oregon. 7t5p. H. Frank Woodcock, Register. Now turn to the Classi fied ads on page 3 RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN NATIONAL FOREST. Notice is hereby given that the lands described below, embracing 90 acres, within the Ochoco National Forest, Oregon, will be subject to settlement and entry under the pro visions of the homestead laws of the United States and the act of June 11,1906 (34 Stat. 233 ), at the United States land office at The Dalles, Oregon, on February 18, 1916. A..y settler who was actually and in good faith claiming any of saul land for agricultural purposes prior to January 1, 1906, and has not abandoned same, has a prefer ence right to make a homestead entry for the land actually occupied. Said lands were listed upon the appli cations of the persons mentioned below," who have a preference right subject to the nrior riiht of anv settler, provided such settler or ap plicant is qualified to make home stead entry and the preference right is exercised prior to February 18, 1916. in which date the land will he subject to settlement and entry by any qualified person. The lands are as follows: The NWi. SE1, NFi SWl.NiNi.SElSWl, Sec. 19, Twp. 17-South. Kantre 19-East. W. M.. 90 acres, application of Raymond Blood, Post Oregon; List 6-1783. December , 1915. C. M. Bruce. Assistant Commis sioner of the General Land Office. NOTICE OF CONTEST. Department, of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon. December 6, 1915. To Homer R. Moore of 15C0, Vin cent Avenue, Portland, Oregon, Contestee: You are hereby notified that Alice Day Pratt, who gives Post, Oregon, as his post office address, did on October 30, 1915, file in this office his duly cor roborated application to contest and secure the cancellation of your homestead Serial No. 011402 made March 13, 1913, for NEi, NiSEi, SW1SE1, Section 4, Twp. 17-South R. 19-East, W. -M., and as grounds for his contest he alleges that said Horv.er R. Moore has wholly aband oned said tract of land for over two years last pastr that he has wholly failed to reside upon, improve or culitvate the said tract of land for over one year last past or at all since making said entry. You are, therefore, further noti fied that the said allegations will be taken as confessed, and your said entry will be canceled without fur ther right to be.heard, either before this office or on appeal, if you fail to rile in this office within twenty days after the fourth publication of this notice, as shown below, your answer, under oath, specifically re sponding to the allegations of con test, together with due proof that you have served a copy of your answer on the said contestant either in person or by registered mail. You should state in your answer the name of the post-office to which you desire future notices to be sent to you. H. Frank Woodcock, Register. Date of first publication Decem ber 16. Date of second publication De cember 23. . Date of third publication Decem ber 30. Date of fourth publcation January 6. 1916. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for the County of Crook. In he Matter of the Estate of Robert Simpson, Deceased. The undersigned, having been appointed by the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Crook County, as administrator of the Es tate of Robert Simpson, deceased, and having duly qualified as such; Notice is hereby given to the creditors of, and to all pertons hav ing claims against said deceased, or said estate, to present the same, verified, as required by law, within six (6) months after the first publi cation of this notice, to the said ad ministrator, at the ofiice of Warren Brown, county Clerk of said Crook County, at Prineville, Oregon. Dated this 21st day of December, 1915. H. E. McKinney, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Simpson, deceased. 7t5c. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon December 7, 1915. Notice is hereby given that George D. Baker, of Bend, Oregon, who, on March 8, 1911, made Homestead Entry, No, 08284, for East 1, Section 8, Twp, 20-South, Range 18-East, W. M., has filed notice of intention to make final three year Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before H. C. Ellis, U. S. Commis sioner, at Bend, Oregon, on the 15th day of January, 1915. Claimant names as witnesses: Osrus King, Samuel W. Merrill, Ernest Edmunds, and J. J. Bailey, all of Brothers, Oregon. 5t5p. H. Frank Woodcock, Register. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day of February, 1916, at the polling place, to-wit;: Lower McKay School house of District No. 7, within the following described boundaries: Beginnng at a point at the S. E. Corner of Section 6, in Twp. 15-South, Range 17-East. W. M., and running thence N. a dis tance of two miles to the N. E. corner of Section 31 in Twd. 14- South. Range 17-East, W. M thence W. one mile to the N. W. Corner of said Section 31 ; thence N. cno mile to the N. E. Corner of Sec tion 25 in Twp. 14-South, Range lb-hast, W. M,; thence W. 3 miles to the S. E. Corner of Section 21 in Twp. i4-South, Range 16-East, W. M,; thence N. 4 miles to the N. E. Corner of Section 4 in Twp. 14-South R. 16-East, W. M, ; thence westjalong said Twp. line 8 miles to the N. W. Corner of Section 5 in Twp. 14-South, Kange 15-hast, W. M. : thence South along the west line of Sec tion 5. 8, 17 and 20 all in Twp. 14-South, Range 15-East, W. M, ; to a point where said line intersects Crooked River at the center of the channel thereof; thence upstream and in a generally southeasterly direction along the center of the channel of said Crooked River to a point at which the center of the channel of said Crooked River inter sects the range line between Ranges lo-tast and 16-Last. in Twd. 14- South; thence S. to the N. W. Cor ner of Section 6 in Twp. 15-South, Range 16-East W. M, ; thence S. 2 miles to theS. '.V. Corner of Section 7 in Twp. 15-South, Range 16-East, W. M, ; thence East four miles to the S. E. Corner of Section 10 in Twp. 15-South, Range 16-East, W. M, ; thence North one mile to the N. E. Corner of said section 10; thence East three miles to the place of beginning, excepting however from said district all and any land embraced within the City Boundary Limits of the City of Prineville, all' in Crook County, Oregon, an elec tion will be held to determine whether the territory embraced within the foregoing described boundaries shall be organized into an irrigation District under the provisions of Cnapter VII, of Title XLI of Lord's Oregon Laws as amended and the name of said pro posed Irrigation District is hereby designated to be the Ochoco Irriga tion District, and the electors are hereby required to cast ballots upon the following question: "Shall the Ochoco Irrigation District be organized. 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