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Crook County Journal. Peuiaant KvaM Tm what r BAil.KV AXI BLACK. l't.MrW.. V. C. Iil.ACK K""" H H. BAILKV Maxak Ooihtv Omcui. Tai'KB. Ho... ill., Jml: t.ir truism"'" lhilitli.- IS AHVAScr O.I Yua. an Month TluH M.WTKS. TUUB8IUY, ,.l.Mi JINK 4, iws Boom 0(o Fuiirlh of July Cele bration. Hinger Hermann was elected by a very flnttotiup majority last M"n Jay and as a consequent his pood right linn J will tear off the fervent ban If hakes for which le is noted; and he will return to Washington with the Congressional honors. In the meantime Mr. Roames takes an outing np the marshy hanked stream flowinp into of hW' anointment, usually spoken of as talt River. (o far as we can learn there has Jwen no definite arrangements made in our county for a celebra lion of the Nation's birthday Why can't Prineville take hold of this matter in a rouVmR manner and make it iwwihle for the genera! public lo spend July 4th with us? Is there any reason why we ahouldn't celebrate? It is three years since we have had a celebration, and such a period ol dormancy should allow ol a good old fashioned awakening to the fact that the F.mrtn still conies once a year. Prineville would consider a bid on 100 hammers to be given to some of the citizens ol Shaniko for use in knocking against our city. Not withstanding the lad that alwul two months ago Shaniko was send ing up a plaintive howl against Moro and Grass Valley lor what tliev then termed "knocking", we are informed that they are engaged at the present time in an active crusade against our city. Such a move is hardly to be expected from Shaniko, for it has certainly been our city and surrounding country that has made it possible for it to live as long as it has, and in this action it marks itself as a most ungrateful offspring of Central Ore gon trade. The railroad party has come and gone, and their visit disclosed some facta only surmised heretofore. That the extension will be made, seems vary probable but it deiieiidf a great deal upon I be hearty co Oration of the ciiijens. One of the most important questions to be considered from a railroad stand point as outlined by the party is the acreage of binds adapted to grain raising. We have any amount of such lands in our coun try that is still vacant, ami needs only water to make it as product ive as any soil under the sun. Some of the land is now being put under water by the different irrigation projects, ami the day that the first rail is laid for the ex tension will witness an influx ol eettlers into our section anxious foi these lands. A Waaatrfal liTtsllia. It is interesting to not? that for tune are frequently tnfitl? by the in vention of articles of minor hniort anee. Many of the Himt liO.nlnr de vices are those tle-inned to lie it lit the people and meet popular conditions, and one of the mt interesting oi these that has ever lieeu invented is the Dr. White Electric Comb, patent ed Jan. 1, 'tW. These wonderful combs positively cure dioidruir, hoir fulling out, sick and nervous headache., ami when used in connection with i. White's Klectric Hair Brush are posi lively guaranteed to make straight hair curly in 25 days' time. Thou munIi of thtse electric combs Imvc been sold in the various cities oi the Union, and the demand is constantly increasing. Our agents are rapi.llj becoming rich selling those combs. They positively sell on sight. Semi for sample. Men's sue ludic 50c ball price while we are intraduc i,, ihem. Bee Want Column of this paper. The Dr. White Electric Coml, Co., Decatur, III. HIU HII.I.VH BOA.. All eastern Orffwn Talc af Planeer Dnr i Ry l.oat.i ' In the Autumn of IS two men started on! from old Fort Ifartiy to go to rnnuilla banding where they intended laving in their winter supplies and go to a point on Snake river for the winter. After traveling in a northerly direction for two days they thought to shorten the distance by taking a uloff through the hills that border the southern bank of the John lViy river, striking- the latter stream about where the town of Payvillc now stands. Skirting the northern side of Bear valley they took a northwesterly course and entered the then unbroken forest of tower ing pines that flourish in tint country. Crossing several low divides they came upon a small stream where a good camping place was soon found with plenty of water and an abundance of grass for I heir hardy little ponies. Here they divided to remain for a few lavs and do some prospecting and recuperate as they had been work ing hard all summer at the Post, lioing down to the stream the next morning for water one of the nu n espied some shining particles on the rocky bed of the little creek and calling his partner said, "Bob come hen- quick, I have struck it at last". What is it Bill?" asked his part ner from his blankets, for he had not yet arisen from a sound night's rest. "Well if I haven't struck a bonaiua then there is no such thing". Bob hurriedly slipped on his clothes and ran down to where bis partner was working like a heaverelawing the gravel and rocks to one side and throwing the boulders up on the bank out of the way. Here a sight presented itscll that would have excited anyone. Bill had uncovered a small pocket in the bedrock and had already picked iipsome half a dozen nuggets that were worth from one dollar to more than f 100 each. "Well Bill there is no irse in going wild over this find. Let's eat breakfast and then go to work at it in good shape". "Very well then, breakfast gis's" said Bill. Let us leave these lone prospect ors for a short time anil make a few inquiries as to who they are and what brings them to Ibis lone camp in the great pine forest of the golden west. One was n illiarn Armstrong, who Irom his giant stature had gained the solyiquct of ' Big B.ll" and the other was Robert Waymire, loth from the distant state of Indiana. They had come west In seek their fortunes two years prior to the oning of our story ami had followed the stampedes from one mining camp the strip of walled ground was I cleaned up. Alter sluicing out all the larger gravel the finishing up was done wilh the pan and in less than a month from the time they struck the prospect "Bill's bonaiua." was cleaned. They found by prosiect i tiii further that it was a sniiill, hut exceedingly rich pocket, which they had found and although there was gold in every panful of dirt they prospected, it was. not in suf ficient quantities to warrant their staying longer, so they pulled out for I'matiUa Landing which they reached after numerous hardships and struggles. I'pon weighing their gold dust they found that "Bill's bonaiua" bad yielded them a (ml' upwards of '1:1,000, this they divided and then sold (heir prospecting outfit and going to Portland took the tirt steamer for the east and reached the old home in due time where it is needless to say they were received with open arms. Perhaiw it may la' well lo add that they were soon afterwards married lo the "girls they left be hind them" when they started lor the wild west to seek their fortunes and settled down to the prosaic life of steadygoing farmers. That "Big Bill's Bonaiua" is not altogether fiction may bo proven by anyone who cares to make the trip into the southwestern part of (Irani county in Kastern Oregon when1 on the beadwate-s of Mur derers creek may still Ih seen the remains of the work done bv these tain. They had found a pocket pitch as have been found hv many others further to the eastward in the vicinity of Canyon City, the most notable being that lound by Isaac tiooker n few y-.-ars ai:o, in the Ureal Northern, which yielded upwards of $2S,000. If the truth were known many of the "lost mine" stories, thai are told and retold around the pros iectors' camp fires every summer until they lieeoine veritable chest nuts." contain more facts than they are credited with and could the exact locations lie found many of tlieiu would prove sploudid finds and I heir discoverers lieeoine wealthy. There is more in a min ers luck than dreamed of ill many of our philosophy's. HlMg-er llortaann ttlrrlca. liinger Her.nann was elected Monday to fill the vacancy in the First Congressional District caused by Hon. T. H. Tongue's death. His plurality was lStK), ami be carried the following counties Benton, S7; Coos, 100; Currv, SO; Douglas, -lot); Klamath. 10O; Lake, M); Late, 2."i0; Lincoln, 20O; Linn, 100, .Lirion, 110; Tillamook, S.'ili; Washington, 211; Yamhill, !t, while A. E. Realties, the IK iiio cratic candidate carried Clacka mas by Hot); Jackson, 1"0; Jose phine, 200 and Polk bv Id. The vote was light, hut 70 per cent ol the total numls r, voting and little interest was manatosted sheriff's !. lit the Circuit I'.iurt of the Stale of lire Sou. for I'rook r.'iiiilj-. ilco. W. Barnes, eilf. Oehoeo'lold M ininir I'oiiilmnv, IN-ft.l SIIKIlimss.Yl.fv MlTK'E l.s IIKKKHY KIVKN that hr virtue of mi eiM-iitum iinl order for t lie .Hlf...ritt......-.l r..,u.v i i i. to another, Becking, as liill termed;! iraiui lourt ofiheSia f iin-pm, for it "Onr lti Bonanza" but which ! "" " ' " ' aii'I to nif ilirwtnl, in un tiuti UI) t') this time had llWn VtTV )nri in liw. W. liarn.- i I'luinhtt ami 1 - II... Vim...., f... eliiBive. Tliey had l.rosircUii j r,in,;,t lM,.t iiiN.n a iinli:m.-nl in mu.I r- nniil tU ft.n-U Kr(um..t with tlm ! tn in -fav.r ..f tin r.ai.1 lii-n. W. Ilari " "- - "fr"" r.,r flu. .ni.i f illll .1 I . fuel lu, from their far distant hom WfTe I nwl arniinj uml .iirwlinjf I to '"ll the iifrct'ifiiri' ttttiu lieil ftrniMTtv, gone and thn none to work at the i to wit. on hmg n-i rv.ir i.huimI !m n,c "Post" putting up hay during the I k. i. Mi.iK.-t ei,iand oe,,,i,. jiitnmpr until lliev lin.l n rr.lu-t- ! 'lil' ll and tliimr from aUve ile-rilmi 1 reservoir, mod extriltion dijeetiliK lite lo able "grub stake" laid away and . the -aid property to ti.v said execu- had then dccnled to try some of 1 T Tc" j, Tar 7t,i. A.U.IM the niw cam lis in the orthern at l,H,l',,jrolo'l,''''l'K' 'n tniMifu-rti(m part of Idaho the ni-xt Fpring. Thfr mn had Imnti chimin from childhood on theohl Indiana home tead of their fathers and when they liroke away from the ties of home and kindred they were not to he separated. AUer a hurried brenkf.iHt and a look after the jionies to nee that they wen alright iiill and Boh proceeded to the creek with tdiovel, pirjk and pan ready to probe the bon anza to the bottom. After 1lpan- n...i n..i.rv nd ing a few pans of the gravel it wan f .aiii iav at tlit court iiHif! door, in tlit- t'itv "f I'riiicvilU', i'rtujk County, (Iri-L'nii. Ht-lfat pulilii' auct'im to 1 1 j - liiitntt tnd.lcr f'rcufi in Itaii'i, nil Uif riUt title ami inttT-t the wil'i Ochoco io. MiniiiK rotii'suny lia.1 in or to the iroM-rtv n tli-'.Ttli day of My, to Mtiy "tin- waul judgment and ail I'imti ami srcmiiiK com-, fir wi inu.-ti tiiir-oi h may I ih-cck-nary to nii'fv (lie "Hlim, J;itiii ni f'rincvill-', i'ttxk fount, Ore fa Jilnf. 2inl A. I. I!H. r r-XH HM ITH, rilicriffof 'rook to. Ore. IJy r KKDC'I.AVPtMlMVpiity. In tin- Circuit Court of tin Hlale of Oregon lor i rook i ountv. ie. V. itarnw, lff. Hld-KliKH Or found that Hill liad indeed struck ! i,v' vjr,lu. , IU1 ....Vul..,,, Ji (,rdr f..r it. will of a I incited pi'iiju-rty iwotcd out of llu Cin ut Court of the sstaU of OnKoii, for ChmjIi County oti tlif 2tli diiy of Mity. I'M, awl to mo directed, in an nctioii wherein lco. V. ltarifttt in flamtitf Mini Allvu Henry in i).--idttiit nd uon a jmitfmcni in mn wiioii in lavor oi inc it bonanza, for the ground "p;mned out" about the best of any that the boys had ever wen, some of the pans yielding a much as $.VK). AftT a few hours of more or less j ',iw-,w-, ,ir'''" ?' ttii- Mim of :wio , aim inr iiiriht mini ni ri.tW, ciimk linn desultory panning they concluded cniin(r and direr-tin ihcion-iI the ht-ri-, .".I ii , i- t (ofor iittiulicl firoin-rlv, to wit. VM of to go at the mutter in a systematic j N K uf bw.. J ,). H of x w A ft, manner. This they did bv clean- " 't- wiilan.HU- - ! iiHTulian ( rook l.diiiity, On-jfon. NiHi vx- ingout the ln;dof the stream for a w-'ition directimr mv to ncii the wiid . , 1ltt. . A ., it i nroiM-rtv to Hi-t'y Kaiil cm titioii I will distance of 1W feet, throwint; the on f i ksdav, Ji l.V thk 7) H A larger boulders out ol the bed and ! J'- X'JZZH walling up on the sides to keep the : d-ior. in the eiiy of I'lineville, ( r,,k , ,,. , , . , I'ouiily. Ortyoii, m II lit loiolie anetjon to Htoni Irotn rolling hack llltO the, the loirhest l.iildi-r for ea.ll III hand, all cle-ired Bii'ice Thu tunrli lr.1,1 1 ""' "K1"- Interest llio said Allen tieareri sjuce. 11ns worn Kpt i )lPllry ,,. ,,, n H,i,t protK-rty on them busy for nearly a wck ami il" ll" l"i'"y the aTtd day of . ! -"HV, V.lti, to satisfy the said indirlneiit then thev got down to business" 1 and all eo-ta and aienihiK eons, or so inueii tiienii as. may Is- iiM-e-sary to satis IV t lie same. bv hllddilii. a umiill eea..reoip a I Haled al I'rinevill. . Jot . rAM , ln- I'nsik I'ountv . VTrt.l A. II. It.ci. MITII, Sherilt if I'risik Co.Ore. Ily r'KKI) 1 I.AYl'Olll., Ik -pmv. :c Bill termed it. This was done small reservoir a I short distance up the stream where1 they could gather the water over night and thus have a sufficient jAMrziArzttti quantity u. Wic," while i the Ready to Wear I morning. 1 he lsdrock IsMtig i 1 Jj "pockety" basalt caught the gold S Suits at Gormley'S and it was only a lew days until stsinjjj: (1. Springer, Coach and ?arraye JCoraca Young stallions and inures, also a lew young teams lor sale, , HajstKck Blutid Stovk Banch. Haystack, Oregon, J, W. 1500NE, Saddles and Jfarness Maker ol I he celebrated PltlNK V1U.K STOCK SADIH.K i i' i.t. i.i Mi or KTok.ut:.VN sin-ins Latest iicprovcd lajiii' dc and Sirido Kaddlc, llil, Hp II, Angora (' U, a, Qv.ir u lihU' nurm. Writs lor aiicis. Phimvilik, t I OlIiMC Wc want to know How many cluklrcn in Oregon are good miessers, . Wcari' going to give Seventy IVillars in I he lorni ol cash pries to find out what child can give the lusl reasons why KII.KKS I'l.VNO UOl'SK can sell pianos as it dia-s at Irom $MX) lo t.K) less than any oilier dealer on the coast. i The first prize is $25 cash; The 2d prize is $20 cash; The :id prize is $10 cash; The 4th prize is $5 cash; The next ten are each $1 cash. This offer appear in the newsiaHr all over the state, and, ol course, every hoy nnd girl who reads il, wants to show what a good guesser he is. Si read the itieslion we give and onr advertisement in another part ol this pacr. The) will help you, K you do not exactly understand anything, ask some older person about it. Then sit down and write your own conclusions yourself and send them to II". Is there any difference liotiveeii selling in large iiiantities or small iiiantitics? Can a dealer make belter prices in one case than In the other, and il so, in which eaae? Poos it pay to ship pianos and organs in ear load lots, and il so, why? Is it more economical to ship them in boxes? Poos this save in weight, and il so, what difference does it make? Many bright and interesting letters are coining in, and not a single Oregon child wants lo miss the opportunity ol winning a prize. We want to hear from you all. The gentlemen who have kindly consented to as judges ol the contest are Mr. ('. J. Owen, managing editor ol the Keening Telegram, and Mr. Thomas Millnmi ol the adver tising department ol the Oregonian. They will select a third Irotn among the business men of Portland, whose name will be announced next week. Contest closes May PHI.I. Children lfl years old and younger eligible, l.i tiers must not contain over one hundred words. KII.KKS PIANO IIOlSi:, Mihlngloii Kircet, for. Turk. roimiMi, oii:;o. Oilier larae slorcs: Sun t'raiu'isri., Ciil., Spokane, Mash.. Sacra nii'iito, Cul. jirrived Jtrrivci Mrs. John McTaggart's SPRING LINE ; OF MILLINERY Vatnc this wivk. Don't fail to call and Inspect t 3a e ' S t o c 1: You will find many patterns and Up-to-Pate Styles. At Dr. Hyde's Old Office WINNER DRUG CO. Incorporated 190.1. Drugs, Stationery and House Furnishing Goods 1 1 nut i e-Shamko W WW W WW V w Daily Between Prineville and Shaniko HCIIEDI'bE Leaves Hhaniko, 0 p. m. Arrives at Prineville fi a. m. .cavi I'rineville 1 p. in. Arrives at Hhaniko I a. in. First Class Accommodations ? Vienna Cafe, !P. S3.2oa, Prop. First Class rieals at All Hours 35 Cents ulso -uLxnlslieca. ISooras t dV'l ll'H (I out la ' K'H'iiIhIiIhh: LutuHt Sto'liw in j Now Millinery Goods At tht Old Sellabla Uillinory Storo of (His nl tlis UrKSst slid Sum! littm( Hits i list. Mini llrsM Hlisi pm sr liretiKlit to rrilisvllls, wkleli will tw anlil st me hi'Udnl lis nli','K. Wn will rshWk slid Itlm ttl.l liu Its. Ws Imvs MpseUt HkIss lav. .vrrr 'sy.dliiwiliiy iinl HnIiioU) st wlil,li llnni s. nttiir SmUI llinsnhi.. iiitiH nuAin: Mll.l.llMICKV t'HKAl MUMKHMIK (itMIIIM lll l'T I IV HTtH'K N. A. Tye and UraiUat-c FUNSTONK PATIiNT 1 1: M il in snoi; $3.50 They are (tiaraiiteed We hav Just received Comple (cln rtens' rurnlshlngs, liKludlng (lata, Shoes, 5hlrti Neckwear and everything useful In al I (he Latest Things, Call and examine them. RED FRONT BAZAAR N. A. TYB ft ItkOS., Crops. Ucllable Merchant.' 1 piacksmithing That Pleases g la The Kind You (id lit - Q J. II. WKiLIi'S fA (Hitecfwor lo) COMXKTT IILKIXSS A Stisk ol Farm Machinery nlirii on hand You will find lUCVCLIiS of all Kood makes I Ramblers, Imperials, Ideals, and many others. A !il line ol llicyele Hiiiidries AT HIIII'P'H, WATTS MARBLE m GRANITE WORKS Watts & Baker, Props. Marble, and (iranite Monuments All Kinds of Stone Work FIRST CLASS WORK AT L0WKST PIirCES Second Street, The Dalles, Oregon The Bee Hive . r, a ' !r,'i , The Place To Save Money During the Present Lull in Business We are makiHg especial sacrifice in all our departments. Our Gent's and Ladies' 1'urnishinn Depart ment has the newest things and is very complete. All mail orders receive our prompt atten tion. Farm prodece taken in exchange for goods at Market Prices. A continuance of your patronage is solicited. Respectfully, I. MICHEL.