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s : Count VOL. V. PJIINEVJLLE, CROOK COUNTY, OIlBCrOX, OCrOKKR17.1901. m 44 Grool Journal. y C2f 121 GBOOX COUNTY Seventeen Potatoes t!i(i llalfltoalid.' to Grown On Desert Land W V lldmundson Jta!ae a Fine , Oardou Without Irriga tion. W. F. IMuiundson was in from his farm on tliu desert liint week with u load tf tliu product tif tliitt j.art ( t!it ;jtnttry. lie 1 i v on 1 what in known iih tliu peninsula, -between tlr-i Maltiltw ami Deschutes .river ami in one 1000 feet higher than the Seller river. Tin1 produce im-.i-.iH (if twenty pound water melon itiil a hit of lino potatoi s. A half bushel of tli'i larger mi"s i were v.cighed nut and on counting . them thi-i-'. weiv!"venlccn in tin- ni'MSiiri'. lli- stated that I;;! al-o l.ail line com an i other vcei tables ('row in'.' on i!i"f-!tri!i' piece of land. All these things v.tr" rah'-d with-' out irrigation anil on land that in t- iinnii nly caied des.Tt land. If ft i-ui-li things will grow without 1 water what may wu not sjwt umltr f irrigation? There are hundreds of I thou-ands of ucres of jtlet UH good I land oH tt (o sctllcr.ieiit in Crook I lotinty und jiut i-o noon as it be I comes known that there iH such a largo body of virgin noil in this I grand old cmpiro just that soon wilt there be a nit.li for it and we may wake up iiomu morning und iind ourselves famous. What thiit country needs more than anything else is a little judi cious advertising and there will ' he a development ouch as Iiuh I never heen dreamed of hy the most sanguine of its inhabitants. There is room here for a hn.go number of families and wo need a number of manufacturing concerns, chief among which is a scouring mill. The time has gone by when the resources of this wondeiful coun try can be hidden from the world and they should not ho hidden, for we want it to build up and be come populous so that taxes will ho lowered to a minimum and our waste places blossom as tho rose; which a great many of them are fully capable of doing. Laltrv lew, Oregon, Land DUtrlet. There arc approximately 10,000 ,000 acres of ' vacant land left in this district which occupies that ptrt oi Oregon bordering on the State of California. There are many excellent opportunities for irrigation, afforded by the Klamath and Clear lakes, Klamath River, and numberless small streams, as well ns by the reservoir system in tho foot hills of tho Cascade Mountain range. 'Ihero is an abundance if water that could easily bo obtained from those sour ces that would be more than sufficient to irrigate all of Klamath County and supply enough energy to furnish all the light and power that would bo needed hy 200,000 peojde. Largo quanities of this land is good soil, free from stones but to dry to produce largo Crop's every year, and wants only the life giving power which the water right at hand, will supply. The Klamath river is a largo stream, and is fed by the Klamath Lakes; j it flows very rapidly and it lias an I estimate fall of nearly one hundred 1 ftict to the mile. Jim Klamath Jnhiiin Reservation is located in this country and when opened will afford much choice land for the homestead settler. This district can ho reached from either Horn brook, Agor or Snowdon on the Southern Pacific railway. Public Lund. Klondike .'iol'l Tho cleanup of gold in the l.'l PL,. ,.u T f r , i ,,,.,.,. , , , it .ri.ii.-In.il !: IK (I (111) I,nl. Willi- er it was predicted, that the out put would touch $.'S0,0OO,000. Last week the output had grown to an sliluato of if IO,0'-)0,()!)0-and now! even tho representative of one of the largest and most reliable trans- i 'lortatiou lines connected with the i gold fields of the North declares that the output will reach f fXOO, tl'jO. ff 'this should prove to I c true, the stampede to the Klondike ill l'.)02 will be a reeord breaker. .V .Mi.ee Ti't. Secretary for War Lrndcrieks to Hir (,'lms. Howard Vincent's offer to raise fre-h trooi-s: ordoanvthing el-e to assist thei. l''" ,l',;ir ,m'n;8 as (u.vcmuient.deelifieBtlt. proiM.sal ) purvt-yor of news aud literature, and in doing so lengthily reviews I w;t "i'' the offer of premiums, the Ilritish positions in South Afri-1 Thfl privilege of news agents to a, obviou.lv in answer to presis- ''n unsold copies to pubhshers tent and searching criticism ofthe'""l h" " apents at pound MinisferialJournals and members! rates expired absolutely at 12 o' of Parliament, that the liovwnwnt is languidly content to let th s war drag on. lirodcrick says that nothing Lord Kitchener has asked for has not been promptly met. Ilop Men Offered a Loan. A proposition has been made to the officers of Oregon Ilop Growers Association to advance the growers a half million dollars for six months at a low rate of interest, which will be submitted to the board of directors called to meet at Salem October 15th, at 11 o'clock a m. If tho propsition meet the approval of tho directions and if accepted by growers, it will enable the Oregon hop farmer to effectievely combat the short sellers who are making efforts to bear the market in the fueo of a short crop of fine quality.-Salem Stateman. Just now the chief excitement in Baker City is oil. In Malheur County, just to tho south, has been discovered a large basin bear ing unmistakable evidence of a largo reservoir of oil. In fact, there U evidence of both oil and petroleum. Three companies have been formed in Baker City, one in Vale, headed by IIopo Bros., bookers; one in Spokane, and a couplo here in Portland.- A short time ago, just cast ot ale, on thej fixcd October 10, 15 and 20 as the Idaho state lino, parties' boring a dakg thus far. a dale wili be fixed well struck oil. Tho well caved j in eacll inRtance, and the publisher and they will have to do tho work Li10fjgnore3 the order will be all over again, but will reach the atsu'me, to have confessed that he same depth in a short time. Seve- is not entituj t0 the pound rate ral wells will soon be Btarted to pr;viiCge; . the west of Vale, in the Malheur wlmt thia 'cmrge 0f rnie9 will district, and a Baker City Company , accomplish in the way of saving which has oil lands in Crook Coun-, cannot ))0' determined. One post ty, supposed to be on the pnmo ,)llliter in a large city has esiimated vein as the Malheur hinds, "li.tlmfc if all tho excluded porlodicalB also begin boring very shortly, j and BlWpCnd circulation If oil is found in any quanity it j through the mails it will make a will mean a railroad in that difference of more than a quaitcr I country at once. Telegram. a., r! r liLty Sf Ui I ML l1uL Oilier Affecting SfiCOIUl Class. Matter Is Now in Full Effect What the Chance Will Accorn pKah Cannot 'ow be , Determined. . October 1 marked the begining of the enforcement of tho rule promulgated in July by the Post 1 r , j i masler-ueneriii ir me rcsineiH.n iof the second class postage ntes to ! periodiciil.4 lioneslly enlillcd to t i i 1 i i . them. The?.! rubs group thern- ; selves broadly under three heads: First, a prohibition upon the return of unsold copies of periodicals at i pound rate, cither, by news agent.-) I to publishers or by one news agent ! to alio1 her; second, the exclusion of any thihg which LU fmperly .... ' a hook from the privilege;; extended to 1 1 r.Mi.t.al'.'. no matwr w 111!! UODl i. a it-a'i's under the guise of a ter j,u u.-ation or no!; and 1 1"'r'1' l"" "(,"iM"1 4,1 i '-r.oiin.'.u.-. w iiieh d'ip.'tid for their subscription j 30- In. ;Ellc cae of the books masqiieradii.'s periodi cals ami tho premium supported publications, the process of exclus ion will bo rather more complex. For some months postmasters all over tho country, under instruc tions from tho department, have been sending in copies of publica tions which, in their opinion vio lated tho new rules and as fast as the letters could be written the publisher in each case has received from the department an order to show cause why his print should not be charged tho regular rates paid by the public. In any case where a rcsonablo doubt exists as to the application to the new rules the postmaster will be instructed by the department to apply to the publisher for permission for him self or nn inspector to examine the accounts of concern. If this ex amination proves that there is no ground for exclusion the publica tion will be admitted to the mails under the same terms as usual, but if not tho priviligo will bs cut off; and if the publisher refuses to open his accounts to inspection his publication will be excluded, and the fulf burden thrown upon him of proving affirmatively that he had a right to tho pound rate. The orders to show cause have ' million pouuda m a ycaar in Uus- oflice alone. Borne will undoubted- V suspend; others-chief! y f he hooks which are now disguised as periodicals-may pay their eight cents as mail in general. J lie saving to the department in the former case will not appear until the new system has been in operation some time and the mails have had at least one chance for a reweighing; in the latter ease the benefit to the department will take the form of an increasing revenue for doing the same work. Thin, in its turn, will require some time to deveiopc itself fully, as the figures of postolliee income do not reach the depart ment oftener tlian quartety. In an v event, the reform will move rather slowly, owing to the notice which it is proposed to serve in all cases of importance, and the possi bility that a publisher here and there may try to throw obstruc tions in the track of the now arrangement. Howard Happenings. Krurn our n.-u!;r corrirH.iii','!it. W. P. Keady left here one day last week for a buisne.-s trip to Klamath Falls. J.J. Pier.ion made this place a pleasant call last week. It is reported that ''Gns" Colore was H'cn in the mountains near Summit priric a few days ago. Com Carroll went to Bridge creek hist week; where' he will spend a f-iv days attending to buisness mailers. It. tV. Detnairis was seen on our streets yesterday. , B. V. Ahalt has t'irne.1 nurse and is taking care of brother Keady's boy Jack. The pipe at the placer mine blew out to day and gave the boys con siderable trouble. J. W. Schmidt, of Summit prai rie, has moved tho Cram house down to his homestead apd will move into more comfortable quar ters. J. B. Cornett, who bought the interests of L. Connell, arrived to day at Summit praiiio. Ed. Quint and family from the Mitchell country, are visiting rela tives in this vicinity this week. Sunflower. Lava Lore. From our regular corrt-ujioudeiit. We are having some perfect days "After the clouds sunshine; after the storm calm. E. B. Knox, a prominent cattle man from Newsom creek, is visit ing friends in this vicinity. Messers Everingham and Walker and their families have returned from a trip to the Willamette valley. Reuben Young made a trip to Prineville this week for supplies. . Joe Quinn came down from his sheep camp last Wedncvday for his mail and learned of tho President's death. He says life in a sheep camp is akin to prison life. , Ke reports about a foot of snow in the mountains Frank West and w ife have moved on their ranch near hero. I Experiments made in 1843, r.mt As Geoge Knox was bringing his! since, have demonstrated ilint sheep out of tho mountains, some) pound lot pound wheat is e-pud of bis lambs got tangled up in 0r slightly superior to coin when some steel traps that had been setj j.roperlv fed. A bushel of when t for coyotes. 'when fed to thrifty sho'ats niifc The range in this part of the J produce twtlve to fifteen poumis i country is better than usual at' pork. At the Kansas L-q erir.enfc this season of the year and stock Station it was demonstrated that is in fine condition to start into a bushel of wheat would show ; tho winter. ! pain in steers of 10.5 pctUiv.- fiv Bl'ceqjuss. Stock Iudicita-, CENEBAL nm. Items of Interest Gath ered Here and There S3mo Etolsn, Others Not Cullinsrs From Our Exchanges Hews Notes of the Week Tmely Topics A new Greek priest has arrived in New York from Athens. His name will follow on a freight steamer. Benjamin F Bo ml died recently in the insance asylum after being there thirty-seven years. He was sent from Lane county in 18G4. Loienzo Snow, fifth President cf the Church of Jesus Christ of tho Latter Day Saints, died rather un expectedly October 10. The im mediate cause of death was hypos tatic congestion,' superinduced by aggravated bronchitis. News was received here Thurs day that the little three years old child of Jim Robinson at Abhwood had been badly burned.' While playing with some matche;, one of them became ignited and e-irght it clothing burning the child badly en the rijrht side before the flamts, could be extinguished. Antelope- Herald. ' A Salem special gays: George W Davis, ex-clerk of the school land board, has filed an answer in the suit brought against him and hi.-Jbondsmen by Attorney-General Blackburn. The answer was sworn to by Davis, September 14, in Kern county, Cal., before a no tary public. There is nothing to show what part of Kern county Davis is in. Major Cornoyer recently killed two chickens near Weston, in the craws of which he found small gold nuggetts tc the value of JL25. The gold was1 of the small, well worn variety, the nuggets being quite small, but . perfect in every respect. How the chickens secur ed the yellow dust is still a mystery- Colonel W F Helm has on ex hibition at K Whealdon's office some remarkably beautiful fossil of a kind of shell fish that Profes sor Condon, who saw them, say existed some trifle of a mdlion anil a half years ago. The Colonel, found them near Suplee, close tc the boundary line between Grant and Crook couutic-s.-Dalles Chron icle. Kansas farmers are iing wheat for hog food, to some extent, but many are hesitating, and some o them, we are told, have exchanged, wheat for coi n whh the odds in the es,1;an a8,.,inst the wl.ent. 4