. TIU RMIMV, fWTOHrin 8. lotto. Page I SHEEP SOLD TO A LOCAL GROWER Carl Wood of Sistcn purchased at the local yard, the band ot sheep which L. W. Gage of Mitchell had brought to Prineville, intending lo chip them to outside markets. Howard Ross and Bill Morgan ot Mitchell assisted Mr. Gage in bring ing the sheep to Pruneville. Mr. Gage aUo had some of his wheat made into flour at the local mill, and took back with him 100 gallons of gasolene and a drum of coal oil. THE REBEKAH STATE IN The President of the Rebekah As sembly of Oregon, Mrs. Ethel Flotch- . " - vt T,oo1reiit KeheVe'i Lodge 'lit in her officiul capac A -i -vial meeting has ben cal ! for that night, and all Rebekahs are urged to attend, if it it at all possible to do so. Mrs. Fletcher is a charter mem ber of Salem Rebekah Lodee No. 1, and has long been Retire in the work of the order. She is a charming ' woman, and as many members ot the ' local lodge should" meet her as pos sible. HAY CREEK OUTFIT MOVES CATTLE About 500 head of catle, belonging to C. C. Berkley of Kay Creek, pas sed through town Sunday, enroute from Summit Prairie to the C. D. Roberts ranch, for temporary feed ing. Tbey will be ted for the mar ket on the home ranch near Madras. WALTER L. TOOZE SPEAKS TO LARGE AVDIEXCE HERE Walter L. Tooze, of Salem, spoke Tuesday evening to an audience ot Prineville people at the Circuit court room in the court house, in the inter ests of the Republican party. He has been making speeches through out Eastern and Central Oregon. Mr. Tooze especially made a plea for the election of Stanfield, using as argument the fact that a republican congress is necessary to get across the plans of the republican party, and every seat will count in the com ing election. Mr. Tooze also spoke on the need of a protective tariff for the produc ers of the United States. In refer ence to the democratic administra tion, he gave many statistics showing the waste during the last tour years. He proved himself a good speaker, and held the attention of his au d ence from the beginning, demo crats as well as republicans. KKDMEX AXI POCAHONTAS ; There will be a social meeting Fri day night, October 29th, in the K. of r. hall. Members may bring fami lies and members without families may bring a friend. piJR HARVEST SALEl 1 Ladies' Muff 1 Scarf 1 Scarf -1 Scarf 1 Scarf - CORNETT & CO. n liLO TO ANNUL TREATIES Congress Held to Have Ex ceeded Authority in Order ' ing Abrogation. . Washington. President Wilson has declined to take steps toward termina tion of certain commercial treaties as directed by congress iu the merchant marine act. holding that "such a course would bs wholly Irreconcilable with the historical respect which the United States has shown for its Inter national engagements." Formal announcement of the presi dent's decision was made at the stats department The merchant marine act as approved by the president on the closing day of the last congress session directed the executive within 90 days to give notice to foreign na tions of the intentions of the United States to terminate any sections ot existing commercial treaties which re strict the right of the American gov ernment to Impose discriminatory charges on shipping in foreign bot toms. The president, the state depart ment's announcement said, also held that congress exceeded its authority In giving such directions. Secretary president, citing as a precedent the Colby is quoted as supporting the action of President Hayes in 1879 in refusing the demand of congress that a treat with China be abrogated. The power of modifying treaties. President Hayes held, is not lodged by the con stitution In congress. Termination of the 33 treaties, af fected by the act, the president was said to have held, "would amount to nothing less than breach or violation of said treaties, which . . . corer every point of contact and arutual de pendence which constitute the modern relations between friendly states." The announcement said that "to have vetoed the act would have sac rificed the great number of sound and enlightened provisions which it un doubtedly contains." TRADE BALANCE GUT SINGE 1919 Washington. The American trade balance for the first eight months at 1920 was 11,483,000,000, compared to more than $3,000,000,000 for the cor responding period of 1919, according to figures made public by the depart ment of commerce. They showed it import trade Is expanding at a more r?;id pace than export trade. Im ports for the eight months of the year exc'rided those ot the 12 months of 1919 by approximately $100,000,000. Imports in 1919 established a new V I h record. On the other hand, ex ports for the' eight months were $2, 47.171,869 less than those In the 12 months of 1919 and were only $211, 000.000 greater than the exports" for the first ei :ht months of last year. The total of exports for the months was $5,4 !,.254.171. The total of imports for the eight months was $4,000,627,445, compared with $2,2(51,550,440 for the correspond ing period in 1919. Age of thj Great fc'ilnx. The aK "f the !n-TifSpIi!nx In Kyypt Is nnl;iioi- ii. I . i t it is considered well eslitlilislieil tlmt it whs In exist ence at the time of Cheops, nnd was repaired by him earlier than the year 300 B. C. P Has been a wonderful success and for the three remaining days we will offer you bar gains that will be worth your time to look over. Here are a few bargains which we have to offer you: 1 Ladies' Muff & Scarf $25.00 to close out $9.75 10.00 - 750 6.50 -10.00 4.50 PRIME-MITCHELL STAGE STICKS IN MUD - The Prlnevllle-Mitohell stage was mired down near the Ochoco mtnos on the last regular trip last week. It required six horses to pull them out Mr. Balfour, owner ot the line, is purchasing additional horses, and will be obliged to use horse powor from now on on the Mitchell road, from the Ochoco mines on. The trucks will be continued to be used from this place to the mines. rvft-rrnt Thc-momitric Scales. "! e -rule emplm ei liy a Ihennome ts in-lleateil by one of the Initial vr. V., ('.. I!., or by the mime. Fall 'fit, (Vnt'-Mnle, Itmittiiiur. The "Tees of "he theritioinetrte seale tw ! iv miivei'ted Into those of an ' er. t'ollouliiii Is their relationship: I decrees F. iMputls 100 decrees C, m-iIm so dearees H. Therefore 1 w F. en, mil a nve-ii!nth of a de '' '.. initials four-ninths of a de i re R. Odd Wedding Arrangements. A yt'iinp pru'rwor of physical nil i" iiiiin.nl ii beautiful and athletic pll of Ins In the suburb of 1'arln. :e eiin-'.e i, :.'tire'l In-fore the may- lii tei'iiLs ..; line, and after the reinony the we!ilinc party sat down 1 hrentfiis m the Imnks of the l ine, llimlly . the lolTee finished mi. mi n-pl-en V'il the whole My retired mid reiipponrwl In luith i list time, l.mer the couple start I on n litcv'e our fr a honeymoon. Wonderful Asphalt Lake. The asphult lake of Trinidad Is sit unted at Brighton. 12 miles west of Sun Fernando, 27 miles south of Port of Spain and about half a mile from the gulf of Parla. The lake Itself Is a fiat area of approximately 120 acren, forming a basin surrounded by a low hill. The rrStrliMl "tevatlnn of the lake surface -von 1S7',4 feet above sea level, but tnlnint; operations hud low ered this elevation to about )30 feet In 1018. Monkeys Numerous as Birds. American Y. V. C. A. secretaries In India looking for a camp ground for their girl guide, have been amused a' the hundreds of monkeys that chase about their week-end bun galow. "Instead of bird hunts we can Indulge In monkey-hunt," wrltea one of them. InrVsir. glrK like the Amer ican school girls, nre fund of week end tramps with swlme-lng. boating and loafing thrown In. Aspirin and Quinine. A Spanish physician has found as the result of a year's experience that the combination of aspirin and quinine Is undesirable hm! may be riangeroiit According to h.- er.t'!ie American' aecoiwi o tti.' iiives'tiirntlnn, the catalytic action of iipiiin In the stom ach chi.m;i's the pi'Mliie to a poison ous derivative riiiie'l iiuiiio-tnxiii. The poisnn is said to -ausv death, though the Spanish Inventlgntor records no fa tal cn-e. Natural Preference. We are more easily persuaded in general by the reasons we ourselves discover than by thine which have been suggested to us by others. Pas cal. No Gratitude It bus Just filiont poften so In this country that If you stop yoer cur to take a man to town on a sloppy morn ing he will kick because you haven't got your rain curtains up. Dallas News. 5.69 4.25 2.98 2.89 .89 GOVERNOR PARKHURST V ; .yV - A Frederick H. Parkhurst, Republican, who was recently sleeted governor of Maine. CHARGE OF KILLING HAITIENS MODIFIED Washington. Dental that he had In tended to convey the Impression there bad been "promiscuous killing" ot na tive Haitians by marines during the American occupation ot the island be tween 1915 and 1920 was made by Ma jor General Oeorge Barnett. ex-commandant of marines. In a statement which he said was Issued at the re quest ot Secretary Daniels, Oeneral Barnett declared that the statement In his letter of October I, 1919, to Col onel John H. Russell, commander ot the marines In Haiti, that "statement of counsel showed me practically In discriminate killing of natives bad taken place" was meant to express "without due process of law" and "not as seems now to be misinterpreted as 'promiscuous."' The letter written to Colonel Rus sell after General Barnett, the com mandant, had received a report of the counsel in the court-martial of two marines charged with the killing of natives, was contained In the report of American activities in the Island, recently made public by the navy de partment and which resulted In a board of Inquiry being named to In vestigate the charges of Illegal execu tions. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS King Alexander of Greece Is criti cally 111 from a monkey bite. General Felix Diaz, Mexican rebel leader has been exiled from Mexico, Mexico is anxious to comply with her International obligations, accord ing the Provisional President de la Huerta. Continued success along the South Russian front by Oeneral Wrangel's forces in reported. Application of the railroads for authority to increase demurrage charges on five days' notice was de nied by the intermate commerce com mission, v, .-. i . V ; Refined chaulmoogra oil, which ex perts of the government public health service say has arrested the progress of leprosy, will soon be used by 'them in the fight against tuberculosis. The experiments with tubercular patients will be conducted In Hawaii. Preservation of America's forests by replanting and more rigid protec tion against devastating fires Is con templated In a bill to be presented to congress In December by industries using; timber resources. Auto Dives into River; 6 Missing, Portland, Or. Five Portland men are believed to have been drowned at 8:30 o'clock Sunday nlgh when an automobile containing seven persons went off the Columbia rlvar highway and plunged down a 40-foot bank Into the Sandy river Just beyond the bridge from the Automobile club. ,wo others escaped with slight Injuries. The five men of the party believed dead are: M. D. McDonald, 62, musician; Walter McDonald, 25, laborer; Alex McDonald, 30, musician; Richard Mcintosh, 26; Edward A, Harty Jr., 27, baker. Wilson Asks About Harding Speech. Washington President Wilson has directed Inquiries to both the French government and Senator Harding as to the Republican candidate's recent statement that he had been "approach ed Informally" by a representative of France and asked to lead In the for mation of an association of nations. v , Irish Hunger Striker Dead. Cork. Th first death among the 11 hunger strikers In Cork Jail was Sunday night. Fitzgerald died at 1:45 o'clock, having tasted M days. The ten other hunger strikers la Cork Ja'l passed the CStb day of thler fast in un extremely weakened condition. . :,,, h-ntien Friends of our have fmnvJ' I of three rhllilivn. Kllwihelh anil tin -..liiiiies and .lo-eph. The twlnn re netiible each .other mt much I' "1 " Itiinl to d'lflntt'ilKli them. One day .hlle the ehlblivn were pliivllig In the vnnl a neighbor a-'ked KI'anMh which of the hy was .lames, and she very promptly received the reply that James was the one standing next to Joseph. Exchange. "And Oiiiuhtsr." Signs with ;V eiMiiloit "nnd itauiih ter" can he !, Ip 1 """n almost as often the rider "i"! son" partner ships. ShlDDIMl TIIKOH.II THK PArUIC NOUTHWKMT Port Angeles, Wash., October 15, 1920 To tho editor The lint lime I wrote you I was at Olympla. and the weather and the price of sugar were both coming down, and have continued to do ev er since. Rain, and lots of II. has fallen everyday. I could give yim some figures on rainfall but no one would believe me If I to'ld the truth so must let It go, l.et me say. how ever, that more rain foil here during September than falls In Prinevlllu in a year. From here I ran look across the Strait of Juan do Fuca and see Vic toria, as It Is only IS miles from here. . A few days ago I took advantage of an opportunity llslt the battle ship Mississippi, and It was time well JtfLw .? jnx t v .w BEAUTY "D EAUTY U of finish, Bructton and a four fold Stradivara. ' But, of all con sidentions, the most important is die Tone. Exquisite Stradivara Tone The Stradivara Sound Board of edge grained wood gives a new character to music's reproduction. With it you hrar only the wm, fluty, n.mir.ilnrii of the original music. Whether in strument or voice, the true chirjeter of tone it perfectly rcproducrd through the magic of this Patented Sound Board, and it is an exclusive and pat ented future of the Stradivara. FOR SALE BY pkinkviixk intra company Prineville, We carry a full Hue of t records, needles, and ev ery thing necessary for the Stradivara. Come and hoar It! No , trouble to demonstrate. r Jxiok for I ST ADi VARA ii Fifth Annual ii HARVEST BALL 1 POWELL BUTTE, Friday, 5 Music by Spr oat's Orchestra CHICKEN EATS This Hpells a Good Tim spent. This ship, Ilk dow ns of oth ers, Is a B.mtini fortress, painted dull tray, carrying eight 14 -Inch modern funs and doiens of snullsr ones. Almost everything la mad o( steel, even to the masts. From where I sit seven lighthouse lights can be seen at night and oeaaa liners are always In sight, coming from or going to distant countries Wbuu there la fog and the light house lights cannot ha seaii (ht fog horns blow and they surely bavs no gentle "bellow." . Snow foil low down on the hills last night and yesterday, stid I sin wondering what the weathur Is Ilk there, and more, how much the roads bet ween here and there are than they were two weeks ago. Part of the road was awtul then and the rain his no doubt not Improved them any. Yesterday I returned from a visit In my old home and lot me say that things have changed completely. I uswd to know everyons I saw but now I du not know one person In Un. And when I left there eight years ago it was a two day trip to corns up here. Yesterday I came up In on of those popular cars called t Ford, and did It In three boars easily, tlood roads save the tlma and they are worth the money and always will be. Mope we hare more ot them In Oregon In the near future. Tomorrow, I leave her and go to Seattle, then boms where I wilt 1 better satisfied than If I had not tak en this trip. J. o. r. a. v.P r A-tv y . ? t1 of design, bctuty beauty of ton beauty of tow iend distinction to the There Is place For Ton : safes M w Mi mm) i OitiiE' IPC fi i Ml