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VOL. V.
PJtlNEVlLLE, CliOOK COUNT If,. OREGON, SEITKMBKB.5 1901.
NO. 38
Crook
County
Journal
bis water mm
vftto water systems that supply
cities, The cotiiininy would not
m it mi" a a nn have any sprcial lien on the land
1U JU JiUU'Il VUb Ul 1 11(3 ; ftri
Deschutes.
Oregon Development Co
Walker EitBlii To Bo Uroufht Un
dt r Irritation In A Ehort
Tlinu.
Field work on another tig irri-
nt'wn enterprise in Crook coiinty
gwill le begun this week. It con
templates bringing umbir Irrign
tion a little valley on tbo upper
course of the Deschutes River,
known as Walker Ha 'in. That
basin includes about 100,000 aurcs
of excellent sagebrush land, and it
is ''estimated that about 110,000
ncres of that irc can be brought
under tin; propose 1 irrigation sys
tem. The soil is to very porous,
however, tint it will bi an ex
pensive job to carry tho w.itoc It
will be tirv-'Kary to ccmont the
canals in order to prevent seepage
that would soon exhaust tho water
supply. 1 he noil in said to be ex
ceptionally rich and it it free ol
stone, water only being needed to
make it ideal farming land. But
the altitude in about 4300 feet
above the oca, and the tompjra
ture in so low that only the hardy
rops flourish there. It it adapt
ed particularly to fattening cattle
or the market.
The Oregon Development Com
pany, which filed incorporation
articles at Salem last week and
ban an authorized capital of II,
000,000, will conduct this irriga
tion enterprise. Eastern capi
talists will supply tbo money for
it, but a small amount of the stock
being held in Oregon. J. E. Mur-
rison, who recently camo to Or
pon from Minneapolis, is president
of the new corporation. His at
kntion was first drawn to the
Walker Basin last April, and he
then made a cursory examination
of the place which convinced him
that it would be a good field for an
investment in irrigation works.
Then he made a trip to tho East
and liegan arrangements which
have matured into an organization
prepared to go ahead with tho pro
ject. A surveying crew will be
put in the field this week to locate
routes for ditches and make esti
' mate of the cost of the improve
ment. President Morrison says he
doesn't know whether bis company
will proceed under the terms of the
Carey arid land act or take an in
dependent course. Under the
Carey law thercare certain guaran
ties that cannot otherwise be ob
tained, such as the lion on the
land for interest on the capital in
vested in the irrigation plant. On
the other band, however,, that law
requires a considerable amount of
oflicial supervision, which might
subject the company to annoyance
through red tape, delays, etc. As
this comnanv docs not look to
i
ownership of the land for its com
pensation, it is inclined to ignore
tbo Carey law entirely and to
tart out on an independent busi
ness basis. By doing this it would
pet its returns from the "sale of the
i.ater.
There would be a certain charge
per acre for the water delivered in
the fields. The irrigation plant
would lo ou the same basis as pri
In invrtttment, but would de
pend on the demand for water for
irrigating crops, and tho charge
would bo such as would permit de
velopment of the country and at
the fame time yield profit to the
company. It would lie to the in
terest of the company to offer in
ducements for settler, for it could
do nothing without purchasers for
its water.
The water supply will be taken
from the Deschutes. Tho proposed
irrigating system will bo on the
east side of that stream, the west
sido uKci-nding to the Cascades.
With irrigation that section could! wni be null and void.
hardly be surpassed, it is said, for! Tho decision is given in the
farming and stoekraising. The! cases in which the homestead
3T LIVE Oil IT.
Continuously Says Home
stead Law
Decision By Secretary,
Staying Over Niht Onoo In Six
Months Not Sufficient
Residence,
The secretary of the interior has
handed down & decision of great
importance relative to the tenure
of homestead claims. He holds
that the homesteader must actually
live upon tho land filed or his en try
land has long been surveyed by
tho government, but also none of
entry of Bernard McGarahan and
William Ludton on land in Hum-
he split, and that fixed thorn
They never came up again. I
moved to Wisconsin in 1850, and
went five miles a few years later
to see some Canada thistles. This
was in tVinncbago county. There
were only three stalks. I fixed
them as aforesaid. I lived there
19 years and never heard anything
more about Canada thistles."
GENERAL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Ilere and There.
Some Stolen, 0ther3 Not
ithfs been taken by tattler. A'boldt county were contested by
strip of timber lies between Walkerj enry j, Wiliam rA,cmoie
Basin and the forest reserve, but The jiulgment , genml lanJ
that was stripped a few months , ffi iU,tained the deeMnn
a by Eastern timhermcn. Wu!k-j
tr Bifin is about 30 miles souther
ly from Prineville. Oregonian.
At-lsoim'ft Itiilne l Cltjr.
Some four miles cast of Photnix,
Arizona, lie the ruins of what is
uppote I to have been the grcatet j e decision, was that they did not
and finally s second appeal
to the secretary of the interior has
been met with affirmation of the
decision of the lower tribunals.
The reason for the lofs of thei
claims by these entrymen." says
of tiie prehistoric cities of the
southwest. The area of the ruins
it nearly a mile in width. Above
ground may bo seen fragmenti of
walls and buildings the largest
apparently having Jecn a tem
ple or amphitheater, covering
a space 200 feet wide by .'i00 feet
long. Tie Ariiona Antiquarian
Society u about to b gin the first
systematic excavation in tiii
intorro-stinj tra :t with tho hop? of
adding nr.ich to our knowlelge
of the early history of the continent;
It is thought that only a portion
of the ruins are now visible and
that excavation will show that
the ancient city extended for some
distance down the valley of the
Salt River, says the Great Bound
World" A few years ago a party
of men, who represented themwl ves
at agents ol uie smunuonian
Institution, made a search of the
of tho most pron ising part .of the
ruins, 'lhey secured a quanity
of lottery and stono implements,
which they pretended to send to
Washington, but wo understand
that the conugnmcnt never reached
the Smitsonion Institution. There
is a legend at Phoenix that the
searchers were hunti ig for a treas
ure of gold, and that they found
... ... 4
it and to )k it awav with them.
live upon the land in question, as
provided by the homestead laws.
The fiction that it is only nec
essary to go upon the land once in
six moptht and Uy over night, a
cabin baa deceived many a home
stead entrymen. . It requires resi
dence, improvements and culti
vation to hold the land, and it
must be continuous or as nearly
so as circumstaces will permit.
'A person who has a homestead
entry can go some place and work
to earn a living for a time, if
necessary, but his home must be on
the land as nothing else will take
the place of residence and improve
ment. "Those who tell homestead entry
men that they need only go to the
land occasionally and stay over a
night or two in tho cabin erected
as an excuse tor a dwelling, is
injustice to the entrymen, who
must loose theirclaims by accepting
it. Because some entries are made
and the land patented under such
circumstances, when no contest
is entered it must not be interred
that the law requires nothong
more than a cabin, a little fence
or clearing and an occasionl visit
to land embraced in a homestead
entry."
A. B. Cady, of Beavcrton, Ore
writing to the Orcgonion says:
"I have noticed of late articles in
your paper of the depredations the
Canada thistle is making in Ore
gon the greatest pest that was
ever allowed to grow in any land
; or Btate. I worked in Canada
thistles from 1840 to 1850 in the
State of New York, Cayuga county.
I have bound oats and wheat, and
' received 23 cents a day more wages
ladies, will be carried free during than I would if the grain had been
thnir livM. Ko nimmtnrea or marki free from Canada thistles, but
are necessary to free carrriage of that is not to the point. To get
mail mnttr ti either of t hesei ml nf them m the ouestion. ;nim-
ladies, the address being sufficient. mer fallowing will not do it, altho
wrs. uurnciu n8 J" it wiu decrease their growth. My
rlYlll0 rillic xuui, (tun Mir,
Urant since 1S86'. tx.
Maude Mulle onr a summer's day
jumped on the timeworn bike for an
evening hit on the dusty pike. An
old drop fame and away down gear
with a rattle the sleeping dead could
hear. The judge came bounding
along behind, out airing his judicial
mind. He noted the figure neat
and trim and graceful move of the
hidden limb, and he said to him
self in grav delight, what's the mat
tcr with Maude? fche.s alright.
He drew beside her and asked her
flat why she rode such an ice-cart
as that. And she said salesladies
could ill support such a wheel as
the district court. lie told her a
chainless she could ride,with a dia
mond frame, if the would be bis
bride. Or if she would burst her
solo Hie they would tandem to
gether as man and wife. Maude
bit at the bait like a hungry trout
the old man smiled as he yanked
her out. They ride on a tandem
now, of course, but Maude has to
work like a tread mill horse. For
the judgo has learned to sit and
shirk and let his darling do all the
work. He weighs two hundred
and forty-one, but the poor girl
thinks it an even ton. Ex
Culllngrs Prom Our Exohangrss
News Motes of the Week.
Timely Topics.
Only two women in tho
United States may l n the mails
without paying for the privilege.
Thess women are wi lows of former
presidents. They are Mrs. Jnlia
D.Grant and Mrs. Lucrctia A. Gar
field. All mail matters sent by
Mrs. Garfield nd Mrs. Grant
under their respective ' written
autograph signatures, and all
mail matters sent to these two
On the 30th day of this month
there will be thrown open to settlers
two townships of the Cascade forest
reserve, situated west of Silver Luke.
Tho opening of this land for the
entrance of settlers has been accom
plished largely through the efforts
of the little Deschutes Irrigation
company, which owns a large
irrigating ditch in that country and
some 13 section's of land along the
course of the ditch. The company
will extend their ditch into the area
of land that is to be opened for
settlement. It is expected that
there will be a general rush for
these lands, as they are very produc
tive, and when irrigated will be
doubly so. The result is watched
with keenest interest throughout
southern Oregon. Ex
Wheeler county sheepmen have
organized a wool growers associa
tion which is to include the coun
ties of Crook, Wasco and Sherman.
The business men of Prairie
City have signed an agreement to
close their places of business on
Sunday. And if any of them
break this con track they will pay
to the city treasury the sum of $50.
Officials of tho Oregon Sugar
company estimate that there wilt
be available for the beet sugar fac
tory at La Grande a crop of 15,000
tons of beets this season. Last,
fall the factory handled only 9,00a
tons.
Corvallis, Oregon, is almost the
headquarters of the world for cap
cara bark. No less than six, and .
possibly eight, carloads, of 20,000
pounds each, will be shipped. from
Corvallis, and several from Mon
roe, this season.
C. E. Lvtle and A.. M. KeUay,
have purchased the. townsituof
Asbwood and eighty acres adjoin
ing for themselves and other3
which shows confidence in the'
mines cf that region. Ashwood
will be to The Dalles Southern an
important point.
The small boys an now wrest
ling with the green apple problem
with more or less disastrous re
it. .
loei;. .:n r..n'it
father had a small patch on our
farm and they were all cut down,
taken off and burned. Then we
went on the patch, crawled around
Tho citizens of The Dallei are
going to make the street carnival
and tho Second East. Or. District
fair a success in every particular.
It will continue six days and dur-
ing tho entire lime visiors win
have something to interest-them.
Not a dull day in the six. Every
person in the neighboring counties
that aro expecting to take a few
days off to attend the fair, should
make it a point togotothis one
Help tho committee with your
presence and you will never regre I an j
For the first time in its Iiistor7
tl;e Snako river is dry below
Blackfoot, Idaho. The unusual
dry weather and the large amount
of water taken out above town for
irrigating purposes is given as the
reason. Nothing in the history of
that locality has caused so much
comment, as it wa3 supposed the
mighty Snake was inexhaustible.
It has been definitely decided to -have
a warship proceed to the Pa
cific coast side of the Isthmus of
Panama for the protection of
American interests that may be
jeopardized by the re volutin miry
movement in progress there. Thus
far orders for the Wisconsin do
loot take her bcrond San Francis
co, but either that ship or the
Ranger will be sent soon.
This is the dryest season the
Blue Mountains have experienced
for many years. The samo thing
was said by old-timers last sum
mer. An unusually heavy snow
fell during the past winter, and it
was hoped the water supply would
be ample, but the intense heat of
early July melted it all very rap-
now the mountain
11 suits. Apples have caused trouble on our hnu a Knees anu tpm
I ever since the days of Eve. open every stalk and put salt ia
il i r.-.ti i -r ha 1
Dalles between September 30 and are M ""8
October 5. , The women who have been en-
' , 1 gaged in spreading flax have put
The Oregon., says: The . faithfully, and as a
United States Geological Survey. '
party is at work in the Cascade result there are a good many acres
mountains in the vicinity of Odell covered with straw waiting for a
and Crescent Lakes at the summit Lhower of rain. In this manner
of the Cascades, in bike county. ;the raw is rotted, and with one
The hfav .,"Vn?.r 2inl ' in a u5'le of hwM
Lake to be 41)60 feet and Crescent r '
Lake 5025 feet above the level of . tons may be rotted at once, and
the ocean. The summit of theaftei it is again dried it will ba-
mountains where they crossed is taken up ami stored in the ware
6850 feet above the' level." The house, where it will be worked in
places referred to are not in Lake, to fibre during tie y.in;Lr.7-cxo.
but close to the line in Crook. News.
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