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Crook County ourna I'llINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 1G, 1903. NO. 31 yoi, vir. New Spring Goods - Jmmmmmmmmmmm - Every Dopartment in our Big Store is full to Overflowing with Brand New Spring Bagralns. Tho Ladies will find many New , Things. They are too numerous to montion but if you want anything go to the Big Stora They'll have it. WURZWEI1ER 8 THOMSON Prlncvillc's Leading Merchants Hamilton Feed Stable aher & GH Ai'" I'OCKKT KMYKS Redby Feed Barn... AT lie m ci ii jt I'uKN ktt, I'iioi'". j) ADAMSON'S fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turn Outs en... ri.-t limg Stuck boarded by day, week or month. Rales reasonable. MHMHMHMMMM Good accommodations, Itciin'iuln-r lin when ill Prineville, - .- mid we (maniplee llml your patnin:i",i will be nppriviatcd MMMMawM and deserved lv us. ' H J ' - . i h I ii' i (i ncry C. J- STUBLINC I). 1. ADAMSON'S I The Dalles, Oregon- (Tho lirick Drug Store) A FEW FACTS I tWerning fl K K E N" It I V K R Whiskey ; v0dhury, - ' 2. GRKKN RIVKltis,rfctly matured. - 'Hl'IHL iniTrinHI lUli a. GRKKN KIVKIt has an cx.piisilo flavor. For all skin' troubles it i- 4. (iltKKS KIVKIt in tin- whiskey without lu iulm-hc . ' m'p !,. iiRKKN HIVKIt ik tl.v U.S. Naval ll.pilal WhUcy i, iiwmlhhml II, (iltKKN RIVER is sold by C. K. McDowell, I'rili (villi- ' J. ADAMSOA S C. J. Stubllng, Distillery Distributor (The Brick Drug Store) Distillery SMITH'S . RECEPTIOn. Wines, Liquors, Domestic and ImportedOigars. Pruprkjlurs of llic rniwille Soda Works, Two Doom Soulli of First National Hit n k. CHAMP SMITH. 4444444444444444 4 GU. YOUR I 1 The manufacturers of the McCormick guard tht Interests of agriculturists by building a machine that works success fully In the field, and the farmer should guard his Interests by pur chasing the McCormick a machine that 4b Elkins Tru Distributor The Celebrated A. B. 0. Beer Always on Hand. l'HIMYILLK, DKK. 1SOM CI.EKK. RD EUESTS has a record of seventy -two years of continuous suc cess in the harvest fields of the world. Jo Write for a "Model Machine," which tells how to guard your in' terests in harvest Y-ma-l buvintf ing machines. 5 Days' Treatment of Our Sure Cure for LOST MANHOOD, Ner vousness, Fuiling Memory, Varicocele, Atrophy-, Palpitu t ion of Heart. Send name mill uililrisB to P It 0 F. A. A U 1! I' It N, '.'oj X. Firi-t St.", l'ortluna, , Oregon. ii ml receive liy return mail this gnuiil renieily iihsolutely free of cost. Send no money This i u lxiiin fiilo offet. Write loilnv, if it coats you nothing to try it. VW1TVVVVVTTV WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. ' OP NUW VOKK. . OLAY A. UIMPSON. M'g'r Interior D.p, A it 1 ':. i fit Hi!'' I. ' I.: '3 ; ? ri " ft pr I J at ilTiV -1 ai.ki. Has the largest percentage o( caah ossela to each dollar ot'lia bility ; enms the htKhoat average tnt.oi-twt, nnd lBHiies the moat up-to-date piwresmve policies for In vestment or protection. I A Mallroaa MmM CI. Ihrn(k Prin.TIII. The cueliim nskcd hy the rail wny (ireniilents fw diiy ince when looking over the routii of tlie' extiMisiiin of tli Columlti Soutli eni wim, where is t)ie fcusiniiu? In this short article we rtirpoiie to show tin) husiiiLtH for a more ex tensivo railway nn t to west lino. On tiie east Hide of the Cm aide Mountains, tributary to in enst and went line in now Htanding nlKjnt forty two billion feet of llrst cliu" timlier needed in the atntin east of the' Ruckle. At Prineville wliero said road uliould Htrike CriHiked rivef are two sourceii of timber tlio McKay Mouctaiiu and the OchiH'o basin, with more than one billion of feet of tiinlier. Twenty two mil up Crookediwr is lbirso Heaven basin with one fourth billion feet. Forty mil from Prineville is the basin of the North fork of Crooked rivet and Mowry Mountain districts with one half billion feet. Jut at the sum mit of tliedivide lietween theCrook ed river wateni and Malheur, is the I i nek Mountain timlier, amounting to one half billion feet. This ill makes an estinfuted tonnage of 44, J"i(),t)(X),(KK), fret of lumU'r. . More this is not all. In the iro)oed lilue Mntintalu Forest reserve, arc many million feet of ripe pine. Yearly in every ossihle milling center, thousands of these ripe trees fall to the ground snd rot theroon, lieing a total w:ut of tliousundi of ilollors. This will lie corrected by feasible transportation. This is sight business for eiislem board freight. At lfendjs a building stone of best quality .that can lie handled green with greiitwst ease. When cured Its adaptability for heavy work is unsurpassed. Next are the oil fields awaiting machin ery and transportation to begin their development. The coul is in the ground in eastern Crook and western Harney awaiting the miner. On the east in .Malheur and liar- eny counties we have the great I'nited States irrigation scheme now asdireil. im ine wesi me several liesclmtcg irrigation move ments more or less under way, with millions of acres of land capable of producing lucrative crops of small grains situated in Crook, Hiirnev and Malheur. A trip from- Powell liuttcs to Ontario will prove that a crop of rve can lie raised anywhere that the hind is cultivated because pro lific crops are now growing every two to ten miles throughout the whole distance on low ground, side bills and mountains. And wher ever intelligence and labor are com bined, the reward iB abundance. There are no dangerous streams to cross, necessitating exiensive bridges, no mountains to climb nor heavy grades to overcome. A maximum grade of one per cent can lie found, thus allowing for maximum loads. - . On the whole the most feasible project for a new railroad that wi y interest on investment from tlio day the steel is laid is the Cor- vnllis and Eastern extension, that would go through the Sisters coun try, through our city up Crooked- river, tluough Hums and Harney to a terminal pn the Oregon Short Line, in all probability Ontario or Nvssa. 1 his route is the logical route. A Krallr l.lroly Unmt,. In some parts of (lie south they play baseball "as is" baseball. siccial telegram from ijuitnian, Georgia, to the Louisville Courier- Journal, tells about a game that must have lieeti worth going a long way to see. The contestants were rival tennis of negroes from adjoin ing limitations and the haired liclwccn 111. nl was intense. : One team was called the Spains. The name of the other is not given. Says the dispatch in part: "In the sixth inning, with tin- score 4 to ,i in lavor ol ttie Spam aggregation, Johnston, (a Spain player) reached first. He prepared to steal second, anil, to bis seeming good fortune, the catcher missed the hall, the man at bat stepping back and interfering, it is claimed Seeing this, one of the anti-Spain rooters leveled his shotgun and emptied a load of buckshot into Johnson just a few feet before he reached second base. Johnson was carried to one side and the game continued, but liefore it was over he died.. "In the eight the ' score was tied when a decision of Umpire Ed inondson allowed one of the anti Spain runners to score. At this, one of the Spain players, pulling a pistol, emptied three chambers into the indicator handler, killing him instantly." The story adds that the game broke up in 1 row at this juncture. In other words, the trouble began. Perhaps if an other umpire could have been secured the contest might ha ire gone merrily and bhiodly on, but the fate of Edmonson won a warn ing sufficient to deter anyone from offering to succeed him. What became of the audience is not made clear, but it is reasonalrfy safe to infer that some of the people who composed it are still running. l.ak.vleir l.M4CIrlf lftNpeii4e4. Max Whittlesey is well known in Portland. The city was his home for years, and none can be found to utter a word against his uprightness nor firmness of charact er. It iB believed here that if he has. violated the law the offense hie to a misunderstanding, and not to any conscious wrong doing. He went to Lakeview about two years ago, or soon after taking the cnuietitive examination which secured him his present position. According to a report of Inspec tor Linnen, of the General Land Oilice, another Oregon land official lias seen fit to swell his income by abusing his privileges in office, and this reort Clerk Max Whit tlesey, in the Lakeview Land Of fice, has been suspended from duty by telegraph, and notified by letter sent forward today that he will have three days in which to show cause why ha should not be dis- issed. Mr. Whittlesey, who is the only clerk at the Lakeview of fice, rests under a series of charges, and the evidence against him is very strong, so strong in fact', that it is believed there is practically no ground upon which he can build up a defense, and his dismis sal will probably follow in a few days. Among other things Whittlesy is barged with furnishing Beculators and others, copies oi township plats and other records prepared by him during office hours, for which he received compensation, which he diverted to his own use. He made an agreement to prepare papers for men to assist them in locating timber and homestead claims, which agree.nent was car: ried into effect, he again receiving compensation, which was diverted to his own use. He is also said to have prepared entry applications for a number of men during office hours, at sundry times, and took persons to his room, during office hours, for the purpose of preparing entry papers, for which he received 11.50 to $2 per paper, all of which money, it is said, he appropriated to his own use. It is further alleged that he prepared entry papers for timber cruisers, attorneys and scrip locat ors, unlawfully furnishing them in formation, and influenced persons having business with the Land Of fice to employ certain attorneys, for all of which service, he is said to have received a compensation. Each and every one of these acts is in violation of the l.iw. and con viction of any one is held to ne sufficient ground for removal. However, under civil service law Whittlesey is entitled to a hearing and three days grace lias been al lowed him as a matter of form. Oregoniiin. Max Whittlesey is one of the most popular young men in Lake County, and always bore a reputa tion for honesty and faithful per formance of tho duties involved upon him in connection with the. hind office. He was well liked by those who came in contact with him and it is hotied that he will be' aide to explain matters satisfactori ly to the I)epartment and retain his position. riHKtanli r. Kml Slew Tkm. Cloudbursts are no new things in the llcppncr hills, according to C. A. Rhea, .of that place. "As early as 1874 I encountered one on Hinton fork of Willow creek," he said, "and it came near drowning myself and baby ns well as i band of 500 sheep we were driving. Tom Morgan, i well-known citizen of Morrow county, was with me at the time and I just bought my first band of sheep. It was in June and the day had been sultry and we could hear thunder in the distance. All at once a heavy rain began to fall and sheets of water six inches deep came down the hillside, The torrent rose in the creek and the sheep became paralyzed with fear, so that we had a hard time to get them out of the creek liefore the high water reached us. As it was our camp wagon standing on the hank was entirely covered with muddy water. We did not get the sheep out a moment too soon to save the entire band from being swept away and drowned, since men several cloudbursts have taken place in various portions of the Morrow and Grant county hills, but beyond the washing away of a herder's eamp, no serious loss was sustained." Either H.W. Two men disputed over their resiective churches. Finally one them called to a neighbor who was passing by and asked his opinion as to which was the only church in which lobe saved. "Wall, neigh bars," said he, "son and I have been hauling wheat to mill for nigh onto forty years. Now there's two roads that leads to that mill. One's the valley road and tother takes over the hill. An' never yet, friends, hal the miller asked me which road I took. But he always asks 'Is your wheat good?'" Ex change. Km Of Hawaiian salt. The litigation over the John K. Sumner trust, which has been re plete with sensational scandals endingwith disbarment proceedings against the two attorneys, came to 'a close yesterday, when Sumner was handed a check on the First National bank for $-48,025, the re moinder of his fortune of 1110,000. The check was made by the clerk of the First Circuit Court and was given to Sumner in open court by order of Judge J. T. Debolt, in ac cordance with the final opinion handed down by the supreme court. Sumner proposes to go back to Tahiti. He came here on a visit two years ago "fias been tied up financially ever since by suits to put him under guardianship and other litigation instituted by his grand nephews and nieces. C unarm C arrat .r. The children of the station agent of the 0. R. A X., at Heppner, J. M. Kiernan, who together with his wife, were lost in the recent catastrophe which appalled the en tire West, have been taken in el,ruo hv that company, and are now attending school at its ex pense. There are two sons and a daughter, the bovs being in an educational institution at Spokane and their sister in Iowa. Those who followed the details of the dieastcr will recollect the heroic work of Mr. Kiernan, who, at the last moment, opened the telegraph key and "flashed" a bulletin of the occurrence to the next station. He was swept to his death by the torrent which follow ed the cloudburst, and his help male met a similar fate. The of ficials of the O. R. 4 X. were loth to make public their act in pro viding for tiie waifs, hut such a commendable kindness could not nass unnoticed through the com munity at large when the news leaked out. Colonel Crooks, in President- Mohler's office, would make no further statement with reference to the case, other than that the children hud leeu sent to ' finish their education. Cla ( t'raak.4 Rlr.r. Every body is busy baying. Allwrt Yokum has gone to Hay stack to work on bis homestead. Miss Leslie 'Potter haa taken the place of Mrs. Pearlt'ook it Mra. ForeBt's. ' ' "" " ' Miss Grace and Florence Merrill have returned home after several weeks absence. , 11 . i. B. Merrill bought a band ot horses of Mr.' Ilean Huston. Chas. f houiuson is now foreman at the MeCaliister ranch in this vallev. , . , , ; .-.(.. Mrs. . Forest spent the Fourth at Mra. McDowells, while JCarl and Mark went to Haystackv., , 1 Mrs. May Wilson and ' daughter were visitors at their relative J. B. Merrill's, several day ago. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Miller were over from Haystack visiting with relatives. - - Mr. Montgomery and two sons ire down from Fall liver, putting op their crops ol hay. - Mrs. Carmical spent several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill while they were iway. Mr. Dick Butler, of HaysUtck, was a business visitor in the neigh bor hood, the l!Hb and 20th of last month. Davenport brothers delivered about 100 head of horses at Bhani- ko the 3rd of this month. T Mise Clara Montgomery, who has been unable to walk lor the last few weeks past from rhumatism in her foot, is reported some better. Mr. MeCaliister and family hare moved back to their home at The Cove to take care of their large crop of fruit. Their cherries are now ready for market. Walter Helfrieh ft Drominent young "farmer of Haystack haa been seen in this valley every Sunday. tie must be fishing or looking for a cook. i . Mint of the young people gather ed at Mr. Merrill's home to "cele brate the glorious national holiday. A good time was reported, , Keely Messinger was a visitor it his parents home last week bnt now is to be found in the bay field at Mr. Ketchum's place near town. Miss Grace Merrill was quite sick last week for a few days with a slight fever. Dr. .Belknap was called in and Miss Grace is now returning to perfect health. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Merrill return ed home from Shaaiko last Thurs day with a load of freight. Their daughter Miss Leone, accompanied them home from Shaniko, after spending the past year in Portland attending school. - Mr. and Mrs. Merrill were in the -city Saturday last to make proof on their timbdr claims, while there they made a pleasant call at the home of Mr. and Mis. B. F. Wiihoit. Trixv. Every community owes the prime duty of support to its local press. If a man can afford to take only one paper he should take bis home paper. If he can go further and take t daily, let that be but thesupplement to his county paper. The old Greek adage, "know , thy self," should be expanded into "know thy neighbors," and the way to do this is to support your home paper.. There is no better or more helpful asset to any county than a good newspaper, filled with neighborhood news, and deai- ing with all issues of common in terest as the weekly press usually does. Atlanta Constitution. As it might have been: A man once got a dun through the post office and it made him mad. He went to see the editor about it and the editor showed him some sninu duns he had received himself, on for the paper, one for the ink, one for the plates, and several others. "Xow" said the patient editor, I don't get mad when these come; I knew I owed these and relied on you and others who owe me to come in and pay them. You see we all deiiend on mime one." The mad subscriber saw the force of the ar gument and said he wan sorry that he had let the bill run so long and paid thri-e years iu advance. Exchange.