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About Ochoco review. (Prineville, Crook County, Or.) 1885-1??? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1890)
; . .4) 4 ocnoco be view: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1800. THE ROCK l'OIST UOATi. The mention in last week's He View regarding the road recently constructed around Rock Point on Crooked river, has caused some somment, and has brought forth a Statement from Judge Sumner that the work haB oecn finished accord ing lo ttfe contract entered into The - Tillamook county is blessed with m. A I worn which has been done very gressional representation. Its ' nearly fills the conditions of the tharges are very direct, the names contract, though the contract is I or" four census clerks being given. . .l I ,1 .i, . Tl .... . lituity, aa snown oy tne following specifications 6et up in the contract; "Co-iinicnclng with an approach &t a neauonable distance from an scaling down the increasing totals comPensate nim for his lossf?) irert stake at the west end of the ock Point on I the county road from the mouth 'of Eagle creek to the mouth of Xewsome creek, in Crook county, Oregon,' thence run ning east to an iron stake at the vast end of said Rock Point, a dis tance of alout four hundred feet, hiore r less. tuid approach to have a grade of one and one-half feet to ten feet running of the grade, the said road to be nine feet wide t the surface, and f.om seven to len feet above low water mark of Orooked river at the point of begin ning the entire length of said road. AH tills on said grade to be at an average otwo inches wide at base for each twelve inches of raise. ?Said grade t be on an average of five inches higher on the outside the entire length. Said grade to be. fit for travel when finished by aid parties of the first part." tl was no doubt the intention of the drafter of this contract that a good road be built, though it would foe difficult lo tell just what it meant from the wording of the pecifications, hence Judge Sum mer and Commissioner Play ton, who received the work, were at a Hi i sad van tage i n determ i n i n g w he th er the stipulations of the contract had been complied with, and should not be too sevcrly- criticised for their action in the matter, fiut that the work is of little praetical Value to the county, we infer from, conversation with gentlemen whom we have interviewed during the "week, ail of whom condemn it. Mr. A. L. Allen, of Mowery, was interviewed and said : "The road is not constructed so s to he safe for travel. The curves lire very acute, grades are steep, and it would be dangerous to try lo go over it with a heavy loaded wagon. I examined the work care fully, and do not think it is nine ii-ei wiue in some places. Mr. E. (. Conant, of Crooked river, said : I rode over it on horse back CEX8CS "HOCTORIS'fL" Y. fTorW makes someia "brilliant" count? court indrr. accusations against the census ng from the following item pub bnrean, which if correct, is indeed jlisued in the Headlight'. a bad showing, and may bring to; "C E. Donaldson received an light some peculiar disclosures. It! r(l9r from the cbuntv court"" for states that for a month the World , j ' fof,mateal ad work furn liaa been inv-estiMHn t nA J156. ?n t!?e road--Mr. Donaldson tr,.n i f C , V ; EOia Uls Drder t0 G- - olan for true Source of the errors which ; seventy cents on the doliar, receiv- have been proven to exist in all ! i"g 110.35. Mr. Nolan, actintr in parts of the country, and has in its i the capacity of attorney for Mr. I'uua.USOn. aDDlied to the mnntr court for reimbursement for what -Mr. Donaldson lost by discounting his order. The court issued another order for the sum of $4.45, the amount of the discount, and' an bis fee for securing it Vw tha, county will pay $19.25 and interest ior worK mat should have been done for $14.80. Should Mr. Nolan sell his orders now at the same dis count, seventy cents on the dollar. possession evidence which impli- TCateSOne Prtnorcssmnn frnrv. T..,..1, letwecn the county court and the 'JD some polkical managers in contractors. We do not pretend to ! 'bat 5ity, and a half dozen clerk deny what Judge Sumner says in the census office, in an atternDt! the amount of the discount, ai never havine sceti the road, and in i to defraud manv nf tho tacf i JIr- Donaldson allowed Mr. Nol Tact it is quite probable that the! Union out of their taritimate n.l kfep ,his sec0?d oralso, The article charges that a secret v.uiB.a t-ru ueiaueu see no reason why he should not u ancr ins irue census returns ty receive additional county orders to to fit the potitical ideas of the man agers of the scheme. The article makes ten specific charges, among them the following : "That an order was irivnn on offieial in the census office (with or without the knowledge and ap proval of high authorities in this government) to reduce the true census of New York state 300,000 SOU18. "That the state of New TTnmn- shire, which has lost population, was scaled up so that its present quota of congressional representa tives wouiu not De changed. "That Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Maine and Minnesota were to be very liberally counted, and that the blunders at Minne.innlis and St. Paul arose from a very stupid misinterpretation or instructions. "That this infamous inh Vina a large extent, been carried out, ana tnat, when the researches of the World friehtened ators, they moved the secret oflice irom io. zu u street, ashington, to Cathedral street. Ral the monument, where, for the past six weeks, the dastardly work has i . ouen in progress. If there is anything in these ac cusations, is it not possible that Eastern Oregon has suffered a scal ing dVvn from this source? It is well known that the eastern pait of this state is democratic, and if it were credited with its actual num ber of inhabitants, would be en titled to be made into a congres sional district, which would result in the election of a democrat to congress. investigation. A little of this geometrical nrores- b - L o - sion in financiering would soon bankrupt the county. Our county court needs a guardian." The experience of the Washing ton state board of equalization ought to induce Oregon's next leg islature to create a like body for this state. Washington's board found an average variance of about 45 per cent, in the values placed on similar property by various county assessors, and have equal ized the assessment so as to make the values similar in all counties. No doubt a like variance would be found in the values of property in the different counties in this state. What we want to make taxation uniform all over the state is a board of equalization composed of one member from each judicial district. "The special senatorial com mittee will attempt to amend the tax laws in a session of ten days. This is a big undertaking'for so short a time ; but the work of the committee will probably receive more consideration at the hands of the legislature if too much is not attempted. That has been the trouble with such committees in the past. Tbey have attempted too much." Salem Statesman. This week we were shown the proposed boundary lines of the new COUntv. Thfv htp nlinnt. fTio er,-v,a The matter is worthy of as published 'in the Review two weeks ago, except that the south The editor of the Ilerald-Dls- lme after PaeslnS aong the south seminator has evidently been sleep-i llne of townshlP eleven to intef- ing for the past two months. In I sectlon Wltn tne Ochoco mountains his issue of the ICth he says : I01Ows the summit of said moun- 'The refusal of the department at'. . Ule urant connty tafe- Washinctoir to order a rcmnnt nf Upper itlie ,C!tate of Oregon, is likely to cognizance of, and that is if tl.n s ' I presentenumeration stands as basis. IS i At. - - - . . ..... ' iiu iiui jnspeet ii careinnv ; it 1si;k t ,.., , ' too narrow, but can be ma.Wa fair ! U,e "M. . apportionment bill for the . vw uwti V Vy Jl.UlteUlllU- lion irom iinn county giving us but oad." Mr. M one senator and two representatives in the legislature, and increasing Portland, it is estimated, so that she will have about one-fourth of the membership." Over half the papers of the state have been complaining of this ever since the recount of Multnomah county was made. But the Linn county editor has waited until it is too late to do any good and now makes a kick. L., Brown, of Mowery, when asked if he hud examined the road said : "Yes ; but it is not a road, not "even a good pack-trail." Mr. J. II. Gray, ex-stock inspect or, said : I have examined the road. It would be impossible to get a teanr with two wagons over it, owing to the sharp curves." Mr. S. M. Courtney, of Paulina, when asked if he had gone nvrr this work, said : j The sentiment of the men from "Yes; I rode onto it on horse- the astern part of the county who hack and was compelled to ride I have been in attendance on circuit into the river and ford it in order court this weA- is rWMnrii,, twjt'kuu we graup. inn grade is irooked '.hat I do not "think a ibur-horse team can get over it with !a heavy lond." " Further comment upon this sub ject is unnecessary, unless it is to ar, that C F. Smith, the con- fcrarfer w.Ua has the work in charge, county division. They are satis fied to remain in Crook county and do not want to be taxed to erect county buildings for a new count', and wiii remonstrate against the move which is now en foot to attach ing in the greater portion of the Mitchell countrv. "The resolution of the Oregon State Horticultural Society yester day indorsing the movement for the appropriation of $250,000 for the proper display of Oregon's pro ducts and resourcesDat the Colum bian fair, is very significant. If the farmers of the state are in favor of this appropriation, it is very likely to be made." Oregonian. The people of tho United States will feel relieved to learned that the president has determined to not call fiVi extra session of congress, and there is nothing to fear from that body until -it meets in regular session next December. We are in receipt of a funeral notice stating that the Lexington Budget died on the lGth. We regret to learn of the Budget's death, as it was a wide awake paper. The World's Fair committee of Washington have decided to ask the legislature to appropriate $250.- 000 to pay for the exhibit of that -., ... . i ioy im iu i-Auiuii oi ma lu'iinr'if nr thnn ..... r . ...v, ; ( olitlLG II tJl.l tll.L.'S III. I 1H HVnnDlttrtn ) , . 1 , . . , .... , .. . , 1 . L " " v.vuvfl.nyi. wuuuw iuijuiiuii;s, an li mere is to r.. a a- i. v . i -w, , ' .1,., . , Oregon cannot afford to be behind oe a new ennnfv PctnMiin.fl . them to the Antelope country. Jiae agreed to blast off some points i ihl9' ,ht'v sn-v'' is the -feeling of a . . : m.nnr-jf nf fOt rock g as o make sonic of the w ua h. seems , ' 1 uregon cannot aflbrd to be b itons that this work should have j e a established the hcr sister state in this inatter ieeu oone wioro ti.e road was ac- i (Oepted and jiaid for by the county j ciurt. Sheriffs all over the country have j boundaries will have tof be changed to conform with the wishes of those : who are to comnose it. The Mississippi .constitutionai , iceu.ven.lion have adopted a clause in .the new constitution forbidding i made futile attempts to find John SADDLER SHOP. Wm. JV1. SjHEbbcSjftfaEf fnor, voc, m race, no has been sought lotteries of ; 0 A"ton'- and Doe, railroad con tractors, is making a search for his (the sale of lottery ticket in .ihat ! after morc than any otherone man, tate.audrfenyinglic right of thejand now Mr. Antonellc, of the firm Jegialature rto charter aipv kind. . : partner, ,Hr. Doe, wnour he claims A recount of certain wards of! has taken advantage of his sickness 3ew York miade by 4he police show and has .got away with considerable gw -of S per ,cen.i over J'orter' ! money belonging to the firm -count, end Mavor !!rar.t has de-;0'"d. If Mr. Antonellc is no .inauded a .reeount of tae .entire ! snceessfal .than lierifTs have li li and j more j been, city. ;.it will be a long time before hc! finds his much sought for partner, i iTLn ?.,.,I.-i,,.;...- i ,..,UxI rug-; s?jj Lig - ! M.ST-FCTrREr OF Igee.ts .that Oregon borrow .a big .red-j A joint stock company has been! FirHfcW STOCK SADDLES and wwid tree from California nd pre-i farmed at. The Dalles for the pur-1 HARNESS of owry-iption. .... -i 4 n:n.:. .1 m 1 e- ... c ur .i ; 1 , ' I.'.W.Ki: 1:: ii u iiAiiis 3IW ivi:;pci .ior,.i-- ui puwismug a uauy and ! Evervthin0, D-rta'n'ni m 1 . r.i if- .k31"". )''E" weckiy p.;per at that place. .Sue-! ths trade of this countrv to Jnst supposing, now. that it was tru3 that weliad put in' the Stock Ever Seen in This City. Jnst supposing, now, ' that we had put our prices way down to the very SO THAT NONE GOULD GO LOWER gWOULD YOU BUY FROMJI LESSER STOCK ANDjg .ffPAY A LARGER' PRICE ?Jg ???????????????????? ? WOULD YOU ? IE Wm A101CE THE t ? ? ? ? " ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? WE j-lrVE DOflE IT The Largest Stock WE POINT TO The Lowest Prices Record Making Stoak ecora breaksna Pnces. r WE ASK K0THING BETTER THAN AN j TO raraf TV U That We Will and wi! iry 10 ranoap 01 n P ronaere. URBW 9- SON Gf cur claims and ar3 willing to Stand or Fall BY YOU CAN SAVE A vv AT OUR STORE. ILL YOU ? & CO. n RJ fii mmu FU L 11 At: HO Tsir Yti ta ti ran 11 11 1 Hi n nnBH uui mmm r Place in Crook County. Pon't listen to what other merchants say our prices, (-all and wo will make prices tli will surprise yon. Ve arc condemned by "som" merchants. WHY? Because we unoer sen tnsm ana tney are IEAL0US of 00B SUCCESS. Wft.Will hkm? k fhm hi am t j k mtii. i w mtri h m i k m 1 m i m J m FULLER ft CO. L- "'