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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.
Poultry Hens, heavy dressed 40
12c, light 3337c, live 3239c; broil
ers, dressed 40o; roosters, dressed,
!7o.
At tent ion!
LIGHT YOUR FARM
The Fairbanks-Morse way,
two types pf plants, one
with built-in engine, the
other you can use with the
engine you already have.
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