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&ptap. Courier .X&urifbap Jn(i 20. 1010 I,OCAI IIHIICFS Crown l'lour-Duxtcr & Oslxini II. II. Harry was in town Tuch day recoivlnj? a Mitchell car he had purchased from F A Halo, lUy Fork, Machine Oil, Wutcr Bag!awd ilurveht Supplies, J!. tV, 11 J Carrier of tho Three liar Ranch wan in town Tuesday. Crown l'rour means Good Dread. Try uncle. - . . Haxti-r & Ohhoni. We wera sorry to hear of th; death of V I) L'eLane'a mother which occurred in Portland Tnc day night. MK I)eLa,ne in a new comer to tliesu parts, has taken a homestead and, with his uncle Ernest Finney, has the Stafford ranch rented for a period of five years. A J Smith and wife of Dufur were in town recently. A letter from J II Dyer says (hat Mrs Dyer is much better. C L Jamison and Prof Potter of 0 A C were in town Monday. Dr II S McKenzie, Mr and Mrs Fred G Clarke and a youn lady from Condon wore in ton Wed nesday. MrsL II Donivan was shopping If) town Tjcscay. A E Cress was in town Mr n day and purchased a new Det r injr mower, from the F ... Co. Mrs G W II aw es was trading In town Tuesday. Mr and Mrs F MTempIeton were in tew, n last Saturda y Mrs R E Wilson returned from Mayville Tuesday, where she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs EarJ Smith. The Stork also made a brief call at Mrs Smith's home and left an 11 pound girl v In her care. . F M Templeton, Edith Ritzart and the two Misses Bennett were fn Spray Tuesday. The Richmond and Spray ball jJJHTCO MING! teams will cross bats on the Spray diamond Sunday. A man who would see the ' world prosper who believes in advancement would never for a moment stand in the Way of a good State Highway. Uncle Billey Gates, who went to Portland some time ago to at tend the annual meeting of the State Pioneer Association and on a visit to friends in Tillamook . rniintv ' returned on Friday's stage. After seeing what good roads hive done and arc doing for the Willamette, he is enthu siastic over the prospect of a State highway thru Wheeler Co. While coming from C F Wa ters' place Tuesday afternoon in his Ford car, Claude Norris had what might have been a very serious accident. When making a shortturn where the road is nar row just below liamp McUinnw place, he met R J Carsner, who was going to Monument in his new Dodge, and in passing Claude's car got off the grade. Jdr Carsner helped him get back on the road and when he started, from some cause he lost control of the steanng gear oi nis ma chine and it headed off the bluff at the lower side of the road. Just before the car " went over Claude jumped and in the fall broke his knee cap very badly and sustained several other cuts and bruises. He was unconscious when Mr. Carsner reached him and his head was pinned uder the car. Mr, Carsner. succeedeed In extracting him from the wreck. After he had regained consciousness, Mr Carsner got him into the Dodge' and brought him to town. Dr Mckenzie was immediately, summoned from Fossil, and when he had made a thorough investigation found his wounds painful but not serious, however, he will be invalided for 8ome time. . 19 s Fetrileiral TrDH Tl TV m O T? Faced by demand from the conductor engineers; firemen and brakemert that would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of $100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by reference to an impartial Federal tribunal. With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such a public body. Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of the controversy is as follows: "Our confer trier hare demonstriled lint wt cinnot harmonire our didrrrnrn of opinion and lhaf csentiislif tha matter in ronlrovmr mutt be passed upon by oilier and ci;nkrrted 'ic:. Therefore, we propose that your propositi and the proportion ol tl railway! br disputed of lis one or ilie other of llic.fulluwtrig method t: 1. Preferably by submission to tli Interstate Commerre (.'omniissiun, the only tribunal which, by re ton of it accumulated intormahon bearing on railway rond.tiona and it control of the revenue of the railways, ie in a posi tion to consider and protect the rights and equities of all the interests a'.ected, and to provide additional revenue necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are lound by the Commission to be just and reasonable; nr, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission cannot, under existing laws, act in the premises, that ste jointly request Congress to lake audi action at may be uecessary to enable the Commission la consider aud promptly dispose of the questions involved ; or I. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of tha Federal law" (The Kewlaoda Act). i Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in New York, June 115, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitration or Federal review, and the employes arc now voting on the question whether authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike. ; The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons: . No other body with such an intimate know'.'da of railroad conditions hat tuch an unquestioned posi tion in the public confidence. The rates the railroads may chars; the public for transportation are now largely fixed by this Govern ment board. Out of every dollar received by the railroada from Its public nearly one-ha If it paid directly to lite em- ployea as wages; and the money to pay increased wage ran come I ruin no other source than the ratct pud by the public. TLe Interstate Commerre Commission, with its con trol over ratct. is in a position to make a complete investigation and render stu b decision at would pro l.cl the interests of the railroad employes, the owners of the railroads, and ih public. A Quezon For the Public to Decide , The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of $100,000,000 a year to thc6e employes, now highly paid and constituting only one-fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate, from a public tribunal that shall determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts. The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled by an impartial Government inquiry or by industrial warfare. . National Conference Committee of the Railways EUSHA LEE, Chairman P. R AI.BKIGHT, Cx'Mrae AllaMic Cossl Lias Railroad. W. BALDWIN, Cm' Msaasw. Central el Georgia Railway. C. L. BAROO, G'f .Vnafir. " N York, Nsw H. ll.rtt.re R till 04. B, H. COALMAN. VkPmUmti towkmi stsUway. B. B. C'OTTRit. tVn'i sYosstw. Wafcaak Hailwsr. . B. CROWtHr. 4 iff. Vin-trmUm. New Task CaaUml Railoar. C. H. FMI! R,ON, r.n 7 Itlmaav. (jrstl NufttiffM llsimn. C. II. MVING. 6m7 Mnnmtt. PkilsUf Inhit H..e.o4 K.it. B. W (J n l ; I!. ,, i c.(. TVa.is.. Cnstsseaha at Osio Railway. A.S.UKimi.Aui. fKutirm, bl. Iamis A 8a Ftanaisco KailtoaA. C. W.(l)UNS,(.n7njor, Atekisva, Toscka 6 aaais ft ftsllwas. H. W MeM ASTER. Cm lMmmtfr, Wkasline Lak bria HailruML n. n. MAr. rtn-rmn. Norfolk & Wssiara HailitaT. JAMES KUSSf.LL. f7.. 7 o.r Ucavar A Kiv Craid Kstlroad. A. M. SCItOYtiX. KnH.ml Viet-frm, Pcnasylvaaia Liaca VSL W. L. SEDDON, VicFm., Seaboard Air Lisa Kaitarse. a. J. s ro.s r, yut-rmui. Erie Kailraae: O. 8. WAiO. VUFm. a G'lUm oaiisal Casual Lisas. COM1XCJ!! l)r. J- O. Turucr, formerly of Low & Turner the wtll known eye and nerve specialist of Portland, will be in Spray again Tuesday, July tSth, que day only. Dr, Tin tier litis had yeara of hard practical experience its ait eye and ntrveshvciulist coup Kd with his bfcirg educpted in the beiit schools inakos him a safe per son for you to consult. If you have eye troubles, headaches or cross eyes, don't fail to consult him. consultation and examination free. Satisfaction guaranteed. Regular trips to Spray every 60 days. If you do not need glasses, Dr. Turner most positively will not recommend them. Don't forget the date. At Hotel i'arlor. Notice For I'liblicatiou-Isolated Tract Public Land Sale Department Of The Interior. U. 8. Land Office, The DalL'S, Oregon. , June 14, 191G. Notice is hereby given that, as di ifcted by the Commissioner ot the General Land Office, under the pro visions of Sec. 2455, K, S,., pursuant to the application of Fred V. Straube Serial No. 015128, we will offer nt public sale, to the highest bidder, but at not less than .2,50 per acre, at 10.15 o.clock A. M. on .the 17th day of August, "next, at this office, the fol lowing tract of land: skJ sw, Sw- SICJ Sec. :10, n neJ Sec. 3 1, Tp, 10 S, R. 25 East, W. M. (KiO acres). This 'tract is ordered into the market on a fum ing that the greater pot lion thereof is mountainous br 'too rough for cultivation. The sale will not be kept open, but will be declared closed when those present at the hour named have ceas, ed bidding. The person making the highest bid will be required tr im mediately pay to the Receivtr the amount thereof. . Any person claim ing adversely the above-described laud are advised to file their claims or objections, on or before the time designated for sale, L. A. Booth, Receiver. Notice For Publication. Department of the Interior. U. S. Land Office, The Dalles, Ore. ' Apr. 29, 101(5. Motieeis hereby given that Henry C. JJreerling whose post office address is Sprny, Oregon; did on the 15th day of July, J 'J 15, file in this office sworn statement and application No. 015219 to purchase the NEJSEJ,SJSEJ Section 8, NKJNEJ. Sec.l7,Township 10 South, Range t5 East, Willamette Meridian, , and the timber thereon, under the provisions of the act of June 3, 1878, and acts amendatory, known as the "Timber and Stone Law," at such value as might le fixed by ap praisement, and that pursuant to such application,1 the. land and : timber thereon .have been appraised at $-130 the timber estimated 355,000 board ft. at If0.75 per M. and the land $103.73, that t-aid applicant will offer final proof iu support of hisapplicati'm and sworn statement on the 10th day of July, 1910, before David E. Baxter, U. S. Commissioner at Spray, Oregon. Any peson is at liberty to protest this purehnse before entry, or initi ate a contest at any time before pat ent issues, by filing a corroborated affidavit in this office, alleging facts which would defeat the entry. II. FRANK WOODCOCK, Register , : . ' ; 5117-10 3nlanl5.mptrc Uveal, Kstatc Hacnc Will Sell Your Real Eatate GIVE.es A TRIAL H . WB CAN HELP TOD SPRAY. - - OREGON' rKHoracHcKi i- ' Notice for Publication. Department of the Interior. U. S Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon May 18, 1916. Notice is hereby given that Jacob H. Wilcox of Monument, Oregon. who on March 11, 1909, made Homestead Entry No.02237 for J I?4 N W, W J N E NW4.SEJ, Sec.20 Township 9 S.Range 25 East. Willamette Meridian, has fil ed notice of intention to make final five Year proof, to establish claim to the land above described before David E. Baxter, U. S, Commissioner afSpray Oregon, on thel day of August, 1910 Claimant names as witnesses: Robert E. Wright, John B. Nolan, Melvin Richie and Thomas II. Smith all of Spray, Oregon, H. Frank Woodcock, Register fi 157-27 5,' i.SnP- 1iisJsS4iiii'itta3c' I obtnini'il throuith tho ckl established EM I "O. 4WIFT A. CO." are bcuig quickly Ei SboiiKht ty M3nutuntui.ira. Send a, mortal or sketches nrid d"cnption nf .nnr invuiiL.on ii.r FREE SCANCH and n-port on patpntability. We rrt pat ent or no foe. Yriti for our fieo book; of 3ou nested invent icn' D. SWIFT & CO. n' a . cHk.K. inea W307 Seventh St.. Washington, D. C.J NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Inleiiot,; U. f . Land Offiice at The Dalles, Oregon, June 17, 1910. Notice is hereby given that Charles E. Nash, of Winlock, Oregon, who on Oct. 5 1911, made Homestead Entry N o. 095 10, for S El S E J.See. I , N EJ N Ei , See.l2,Tp.8 S.R.23.E.. Lot 7,(5ec.6,Lot 1, Sec. 7, Tp. 8 S. 11 24 E. Willamette Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make Final three year proofcto es tablish claim to the land above des cribed' before David E. Baxter, U. S. Commissioner, at Spray, Oregon on the 22nd day of July, 1910. Claimant names as witnesses: : William Donley, Wesley Rowley, Fred E. Ropeel, ' Amos Wilkes, all of Winlock, Oregon. II. Frank Woodcock, Register 0-227-22 '. SPRAY STUDIO Post Carbs! an& ittcunttb . jpijotcjsrapijs cf alt .; tanbarb &its ignlarotnfl neatly ano properly eyecut We Guarantee Satisfaction BURNER BUILDING SPRAY OREGON SUMMER IS HERE 0nlnis&i Summer Hats. UhM Panto Cheaper than Broadcloth or l(idtl rdlHS Blue Denim Overals. Gloves, Hats Gaps Underwear & Sox. mour Diamond W. and Schillings Best Teas and Coffees. Delicious in flavor. We have Groceries that will tickle your palate as well as your purse. Packing House Meat, Lard, Dried and Canned Fruits, Tillamook Full Cream Cheese and other good eatables. BAXTER & OSBORN. WHY MOT become acquainted with a bank whose service is just what you require in your business. 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