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jrxic so. mm. cnooK conrrr journal PREMIER ORLANDO r " - W f ' v ' v Si .Flow Mills STANDARD FLOUR "EAT MORE BREAD" WITH THE EXCHANGES The biggest wool sale of the season o far as Huppner li concerned, was hold In thla city on Monday at the Fsrmnrs' and Cohn Warehouses, when bout 236,000 pounds were sold. The prices ranged from 47 cents to 50 1-8 Mayor Kyle has bought the crop of Plug cherries from M. C. Barragor for $200 per ton,. There will bo be tween six and seven tons. This Is ibn lurgest buy that hns ever been made here by a local buyer. Stan flotd Standard. day and swimming contests and other sports In the afternoon. Trucks will be running Saturday afternoon for those who have no other moans of transportation and the trip may be made for the nominal sum of $2 for the round trip for each person and camp equipment, which should In clude bedding. Invitation are extend ed to members of the K. of P. lodges' at Bend. Prlnevllle and Madras, their wives, families 'and best friends. Redmond Spokesman. Several thoustind luad of sheep are bolng sheared In lliu stock yards here In Redmond. After finishing here the shearers will move on to Dvschutes where there are In the neighborhood of 8,000 head to be sheared. Redmond Spokesman. James Austin, our former band master, has moved his headquarters to Prlnevllle, whore he Is leading and Instructing the city's band. He Is here for a day each week and receives pupils at the old band room. Red mond Spokesman. The dam at the Sam Pambrun fish pond south of Athena broke again Wednesday morning, but It Is thought but few of the brook trout In the pond escaped as the break was discovered In time to repair It so that water to the depth of four feet was held In re serve. However, It Is poslble that some of the trout may have gone out with the flow of escaping water. The dam broke a couple of years ago and at that time hundreds of trout were liberated. Athena Press. H. S. Hutchlns was today awarded the contract for the construction of a concrete dam 7 by 44 feot, on 8quaw creek, one mile below the pres ent dam, on a bid of $5,000. The work Ih to begin at once, and on lis completion the Squnw creek Irriga tion district will follow the Improve ment with the construction of canals. Bend Bulletin. The flnnl contract for the new FlrBt National Bank building will be let to morrow. Bidders hnve been here from Portlnnd, Bend, and other outside points during tho week to look over the fiold and obtain estimates on the material entering Into Its construct ion. The building will be rushed to Us completion as rapidly as possible and when finished will bo the flneBt and moBt modern bunking house In Central Oregon. Redmond Spokesman. The directorate of the Applo Grow era' Assoolntlon Monday declared the institution's record dividend; the sum of $100, R0A, an accumulation of the past two years. Ton thousand dollars of the amount Is unused advertising appropriation, raised by a pro rata charge per box. Approximately $35,- 000 has been earned In the purchase of snravlng material and packing sup. plies. The remainder of the big mol on represnnts earnings of the coop erative organization in storing nun handling fruit. Hood Rlvor Glacier. Plans for tho first annual picnic of the K. P. lodge at Stittle Lake, Sun day. June 29, have been completed Rnd they Include a moonlight dance Saturday evening, a flshlbg contest Sunday morning, the btff old-fash loned picnic dinner at high noon Sun To construt a. lookout tower on the top of Walker Mountain In the Crescent section, H. F. Vincent of the Deschutes National Forest Office will leave tomorrow morning and will be gone for several days. The tower to be built will be 40 feet In height, with a small cabin on top. Walker Mountain Is one of the most Important lookout stations within the limits of the national forest, having an elevation of 7,000 feet. Bend Bulletin. stalled which has, a pumping capac ity of 225 gallons per minute, and was operated for a time and showed the well producing 125 gallons per min ute without materially lowering the supply. Mr. J. B. Beebe, who has the contract for drilling the well, is high ly pleased, and considers it one of the best wells so far that has been struck on the project. The water has a tem perature of 50 degrees and Is as clear as crystal. Stanfield Standard. W. B. Russell of the Crook County Journal, accompanied by Mrs. iussnll and their two children, and Ernest Hayes, brother of Mrs. Russe.ll, drove over lfrom Prlnevllle Sunday and were guests of the Pioneer family during the day, returning to Prlne vllle In tho evening. Mrs. Russell and Mr. Hayes are couBins of Mrs. Pearce. Mr. Hayes nas recently re turned from 'over a year's service with the Sunset Division, where he saw six months active service in the trenches. He carries the insignia of Sergeant. Madras Pioneer. Hotel Dalles operating company has sold Its Interests to Pat Foley, according to announcement made re cently. Mr. Foly will take over the hotel at once. He Is an experienced hotel man and until recently operat ed a hotel In La Grande, Oregon. It has not been betlnltely decided whether or not material changes will be made in the building and service. Judd Fish who has made a success of Hotel Dalles under the old manage ment will remain until the first of the monthf giving the new owner the benefit of his experience. The Dalles Chronicle. Because Marlon county voted ad versely to measures of public concern the Prlnevllle Commercial Club, at a lata meeting passed a set or resolu tions declaring in favor of moving the State captiol to Portland. They resolved, however, that the "present foul and filthy penitentiary" and the State Insane asylum and home for the foehle minded are properly located and should be retained by Salem. There are probably more genuine Simon-pure moss backs at Salem than can be found in any like area within the broad domain of Oregon. Redmond Spokesman. Thursday afternoon the drill on the well for the water works for the City of Stanfield reached a depth of 180 feet when it entered a crevice In the rock and water rushed in and rose to within 10 feet of the top of the 10- Inch casing. A rotary pump was in Rains of the past week have thor oughly saturated the forested areas of the Cascades and rangers are hope ful of getting through the summer season without forest fires. The pre cipitation on the higher levels the past week come in the form of snow and deep drifts have been encounter ed by early exploring parties. "While we welcome the cold weath er and rain for its power to keep the mountain atmosphere clear and prevent fires," says Homer A. Rogers of Mt. Hood Lodge, "we are tiring of the long protracted cold spell, which delays the summer tourist travel." Hood River Glacier. The construction of the gravity cents pen pound. Gazette-Tiwos. canal. In the Attalia valley Is attract ing many land buyers to that section. Last week Carl Kupers purchased from Dr. J. Griswold his 225-acre tract a mile northwest of Attalia. Mr. Kupers contemplates putting the en tire tract in alfalfa, This (all he ex pects to install a centrifugal pump with a capacity of 3,000,000 gallons every 24 hours. This is the largest deal in land made In the valley, al though Banker George Kellog of Wal la Walla last week purchased 200 acres adjoining the tract purchased by Mr. Kupers. Helix Advocate. Brad Herberger, Ed. Southworth and Frank Oliver were down from Boar Valley this week conferring with our people and getting point ers on poisoning grasshoppers. It seems the pests have invaded that valley and were devouring the crops before the residents realized it. They are there in numbers and the ranch ers are taking steps to eradicate them. The boys visited the mixing machines at the court house and later went out into the fields and saw the poison distributed. They have gone back to their neighbors with the in. formation secured and will at once begin the destruction of the hoppers Times-Herald. Premier Orlando of Italy, who re signed after an adverse vote against him In the chamber of deputies. WASHINGTON LABOR RESOLUTIONS RADICAL Belllngham, Wash. In the midst of , an uproar, radicals In the closing ; hours of the convention of the Wash- j ington State Federation of Labor here succeeded in passing three resolution! 1 of their own making, recognizing the Russian soviet, declaring in favor of a ! Mooney strike July 4 and a resolution favoring "one big union" and calling ; for a referendum in all unions on Its addition. . ! The entire subject of the League of Nations was tabled by the convention after radicals had launched a fight against the resolutions committee re port on the resolution to Indorse the league and condemn Senator Miles Poindexter and other senators for their attitude. The convention ajso went on record as condemning the attitude of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, on the prohibi tion question, supported the operators of the Pacific Telephone It Telegraph company in their strike, and demand ed recognition of representatives of the "Irish republic" before the peace conference. William Short of Seattle was over whelmingly re-elected president j ATTITUDE OF U. S. CHANGED Preparedness Takes Place of Policy of Watchful Waiting. Washington. Recent developments along the southern border and within Mexico itself, it was- learned officially. has brought a radical change in the attitude of this government toward Mexico. It can be stated on positive authority that "watchful waiting' has been discarded tor "watchful prepared ness." The war department has perfected plans to throw a punitive expecition of adequate strength across the Rio Grande the moment official word is re ceived of reprisals on the part of Villa tor the Juarez Incident, or in case of other contlgencles. . Aliens Ordered Deported Salt Lake City. Dave Gershon, de partment of justice agent here, re ceived specific instructions from Washington to be prepared to accom pany about 266 enemy aliens from the war prison barracks at Fort Doug las, near here, to an Atlantic seaport, from which place they will be deported. THE MARKETS Portland Oats No. I white feed, $52 per ton. Barley Standard feed, $53 per ton. CornWhole, $76; cracked, $77. Hay Timothy, $36 0 37 per ton; al falfa, $26. Butter Creamery, 52c per pound. Eggs Ranch, 43c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 25c; broilers, 25 30c. Cattle Market steady; steers, best, $11011. BO; good to choice, $9.50 10.50; medium to good, $909. 80. Hogs Market steady; prime mixed, $19.25 19.60; medium mixed, $13.75 19; pigs, $17.75 18.25. . Sheep Market steady; prime lambs, $11.50 13.50; fair to medium, $9 10; yearlings, $6 8.75; wethers, $77.50; ewes', $67.60. WILL SHOW YOU A GOOD TIME Foil A of Wy On e Day Crammed Full of Fun! Sports and Entertainment for Everybody BASE BALL! Bend vs. Battery " A " 147 Field Artillery Big Military Exhibition Monster Parade Many Big Cash Prizes WATCH FOR THE ig- Posters! Seattle Hay-Eastern Washington timothy, $35 36 per ton; alfalfa, $29 per ton. Butter Creamery, 64c per pound. Eggs Ranch, 4346c per dozen. Potatoes Yakima, $45 50 per ton; local, $3035. 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