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J Journal VOL. VI!?. PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 31, 1904. NO. 1(5 Crook County L The The Place Michel JJka; cwy ' k Hi o wit.!. a Grand Opening On April 1st and 2nd. Zht Xnloi) Dnitni in Jasnianailt TtfiHntrf - jfse a Sfitcinl Xint of Mi Xuhit in Xaiiiat 7eeA-Nter ?rs. d Bradford 3BBEEEBB3E8BES Q T! Hamilton Stables b. E. dulolfKSfHiM, pfOP. Stock lioiiril. d by tho iluy, week nr month nt Reasonable rates'. Iti-nifitibir us when in l'riin' ville. II A T K Si REASONABLE. We huvo Fine Livery Turnouts fWRwn i Connection with the Bend Stable. Henderson Wines, and i, JLPCmI 'In Stock. Liquors Qountry Orders Solicited Frs Door Somi of Polndexter Hotel. THE WINNER CO., IiH'orponitiid lOO.'l. DRUGS, STATIONERY AND LT-TO-DATE HOUSE FURNISHINGS. B.Oormley fp ' Tailor 1 r;'a , i rt.v v i- - .1 fimi'i a 1 1 Jpiiog .5 Bee I. Michel & Co., Props. That Saves You Money N All Kinds of dise, including for Ladies, Gentlemen anu uuiuren, i i .. .i ... (jroccrics, i.rotKcry, anu ii.uuvtmv, i.yj slinks. Hats, Confectionery and Ciiiars. i ne fuiniiy auypiy wuaw Gompany, Proprietors 1 yijillinery ?urSiAtrs, eKSSESSmCI j 0 J M Si. & Pollard.. ' LATEST i.Hi ...1 n i fnnenv.i illltl J AliCllAO and Summer Suiting! n Hive 3 General Merchan FurnishiiiK Goods mJ wi 0J M Professional Cards. (JJJ SI. Cl.hii, JfiiorncytahXaw P1U NEVILLE, OREGON. W. Barnct, Jfttormy at jCam, PKIXEVII.I.i:,' OIIKliOJi Jf. tttll. 1'KINEYII.LK, liltKtiON. Jflln-ntg.ml.Xam ' I'ltlNEVri.LK, OltKUON 55, S3 rink Jforwfy ami Ctunnln ml Xam rHIXKVILI.E, OHEtlON. . . UtiWAlM II. r. HXI.KXA1' ZBclknap it Cdiuarttt iPiysiciant mntl Suryms. OHii'f ' First Door Knst of W'innek'n l)ni! Slin. riilXEVIlXE, OIIEdOX, yt Jf. $onna,r3 V? 0 fAy mmti Surg Cullri amtwtftvil rii)'U day or nivht Of fi with I)r, V. (iMiior. HfsilL'oe corner Ul and Main ntuwta. PKINKVILU;. OKKit Osteopathic fPhysician Viuevillc, Oi'eyon W. H. SNOOK, M. D i'ii)ii'ian mid sri:;i:o CULVEft, : : OliEtiOJ Am prepared to answer profes sional calls prompt! I Vinevillo-Silvor Lnke Stage Line DICK VANDIC1IVERT, Prop. Leaven rrineville Monday, Wed- nesdnyi ami Fiiiliiys, Freight and pnssengerij ivnyt'illiil fur Silver Lake und way points. L. A. lioorii, Agent. lrineville-liurns stnso Line C. G. CORNET, Proprietor Ix-avefi Prineville for Rums Mon days, Wednesdays and Fridays. L A. fionrii, Agent. PRIMARIES TIRE OVER County Is Ready lor the Fl$lit In the Conventions. The firtt ncut of the coming pnlitirnl ciiiiipai(in i ovir with. Thi' I'liiunriw Imve met ami elw-t-i'd tlii'ir ib b iiiiti'S lo" the wimity con vi 'iiliniif, ami n v.H'k of button Imlin ! now on. , Tlie Dniiocrals got into Mion nt H o'clock Kiitunliiy mnrniiiK, mhiic two hours bi'fore the H -pult-liriiiin. Pome wire witfe rciuarkcil that tl.cy U-iit in the priuiarics, but thil'if ;ih fur us their party Woulil gel thin yelll. llllt the JJc niurram think differently. The ten ileli'fmteK who will iilU-nd the uouutv convention mid ..tnki! a hand in the iiomimit.oni next nioiilh are: W. K. M. Karhtnd, S.J. NewMim, I'. It. Dnak, C. V. Klkinx.R. S. Trice, J. H. Wigle, L. X. I.i!gt-I, I.. K. Allingham and 4. II. I'miks. Tlio ili leaten were elected by aeebiniiition. They all wear a umile, eem to lie mlai-fied nil the outcome anil witli every body in general. It wan jut a plain election and the delegation in unpiegded so far an any open expression in t lie prunarien js oncer ned. The Republicans met in the Council roniiiB at 1:30 o'clock. A motion wax inude and carried that every Kepiililiean piwenl would lie eligible an a delegate to the county convention. The following legates were elected: Will Wiim- weiler, U. F. Jobnfion,. J. H. mpleton, Fred Wilson, M. R. Clliott, Fred Lehman, D. F. Stew- irt, Bruce firay, W. A. Hell . and (.'arey Fofter. The Republicans likewise have an unpledged dele gation, hut tlieir colors will be hown in the right place at the iunl v convention. SWAVPU.'1WAT! AN ACRE Associates of State Senator Marst- ers Purchase 3.V20 Acres in -Klamath Co. at That Price. The associates of State Senator A. C. Marsters were the only bid- rs for the 3.W0 acres of swamp land sold last week lv the State Land Board. The other appli cants for the land, supposed to be associated with Jessie Carr-Snale, made no further effort to-secure the land. The board ordered that the hind be sold to the Marstcrs people at the price offered, II per :icre. Tho land sold is a tract lying on the west nide of Upiier Klamat h Lake. It is directly jiorth of a tract of 4500 acres recently Bold to Marsters and associates and south of the tract sold to the Jessie Carr- Soale people. Tho failure of the Scale people to make a hut was due to their not 'securing the other land which is necessary to the re clamation of the whole tract. The sale of this laud finishes the trans fer of a great tule marsh, which if reclainiml, will add much to the area of good hay or pasture land in this countv. Several months ago a number of persons, most of whom were evidently acting together, applied for the purchase of 11,000 acres of surveyed swamp hind west of Up per Klamath lake. Tho laud, ly ing in a compact area, was sold at the usual price of $1, the buyers being Jessie Carr-Searleand others. Soon after application was filed for the purchase of 8000 acres of un- surveyed swamp land lying south of that purchased by the Scale people, the applicants being Mar sters and others. The Scale people subsequently filed application for part of the same land and a con test was commenced. As the land was unsurveyed.and there was some question as to the legality of one of the tilings, the board ordered that so much of the land as was under contest should I be sold to the highest bidder, while that for which there wan no con test was Hold to the Marslers, The greatest interest of the pur chase of the 11, (XX) acre tract seemed to be in the control of the land through which they must build ennuis if they should drain the in irsh. The WKX) acrei lie along the channels through which water could lie niont easily convey ed from the larger tract. The Scale ieople were therefore very anxious to acquire the lower tract hut having failed decided not to purchase any. Men who have investigated the matter are, in doubt whether a con siderable jiortinn of the marsh can lie drained. The plan of the Scale people, is lo put a large steim dredge at work excavating canali and building dykes of the material taken from the canals. The point in doubt is whether canals and dyked thus constructed will keep the water off the land to such an extent as to make it Valuable either for pasturage or the production of hay. The Marstcrs M-ople own the WXXJ acre, which is said to lie not quite so aood as the Scale tract lieeause lower arid more under wa ter. The Marstcrs tract is favora bly situated for drainage, provided canals and dykes can be successful ly constructed through the marsh. TOWNSHIP TO BE SURVEYED Government Will Soon Advertise for Bids for Laying Out Land in Lake Countv. Two townships in Lake County are to he surveyed by the Govern ment, and the section and quarter section stakes set. Bids are to be advertised for next week and the work will probably begin as soon as the weather settles this spring. The surveying of three townships indicates that the authorities in Washington have relented at last in favor of the Oregon settler, and that more surveys will follow. For nearly two years all Government surveying has liern susendcd in this stale on account of the reports of land frauds that have reached the Department of the Interior, and many bona tide settlers have been sorely inconvenienced there by. The office of the United States Surveyor-General in Portland has lieen besieged constantly by squat ters who have been "holding down" homesteads in the distant mount ains or on out-of-the-way prairies. These people were willing to put up money for surveys in many in stances, but owing to the action of the Interior Department Surveyor- General Daly could give them no satisfaction. Practically all the land in these two townships has been filed on by squatters so that little, that is desirable will be open to appli cants when the tract is surveyed. DIES ON DAY SHE PROMISED Washington Woman Passes Away at the Time Presented to Her in a Dream. With a presentiment that she would die on Saturday, Mrs. Anna C. Payne, aged 80 years, donned burial rolies at her home in Ocosta Wash., and, a lew hours later, passed peacefully away. ' Mrs. Payne had told her child ren last Tuesday that she would die on Saturday. On that morn ing she arose at an early hour and told her sons that it would be her last day on earth. She proceeded to array herself in a new black dress which she bad made the day before, and in which she requested to be buried. After kissing the members of her family farewell she laid on a bed, and, folding her arms, soon fell into a peaceful sleep. Her sons allowed her Vo slumber for an hour, but when they approach ed the bedside were astounded to find that she had expired. FIRST 71 UTO IS BOUGHT Machine to Run Be tween the Railroad and Bend. The first automobile to run be tween Shaniko and Bend has teen purchased and it is to be ready for service as soon as the roads be come passable. Ibis machine, however, is not to enter the gener al carrying business but is owned by and for the ui-e of the Des chutes Irrigation A Power Comp any. The officers of that company i .included that present methods of conveyance between Bend and the railroad consumi too much time for busy men, therefore they have taken this means of overcoming the difficulty, says the Bend Bullet in.. This new auto is of Michigan manufacture and is known as the Cadillac. It will seat four people and be driven by a steam engine of eight horse power. It is said that the machine will run "wbere- ever a wheel will turn." While it is something of an experiment in this country, there is no doubt it ill prove successful and upon the service of this first machine will depend somewhat the development of- automobile transportation in interior.Oregon. The scheme of operating an automobile line between the rail road and Bend is now well in hand by Mr. ' Hammond. The money for building and equipping the first live miles of the road is now ready. Upon the completion of that section the manner ol pro ceeding with the remainder will be determined. It is expected that the line will 1 in operation to Bend by July. Later it is extend ed to Lakeview and Burns. A new corporation will lie organized for this new venture. OUTLOOK GOOD FOR WOOL Year's Product All Bought and Encouraging Prosiects for the Present Season's Yield. The Hon. T. C. Powers, of More tana, one of the liest known wool factors in the country, who was in Boston last week calling upon the wool trade, says: "All jobbing houses are buying in a hand-to-mouth way, but the dealers throughout the country have sold out more of their woolen goods this year titan in many other winters in long time, which leaves the manufactured product pretty well used up. In fact, the output is more closely sold im than it has he at any other season in four or five years at least. As to prices, the jobliers of woolen goods seem to dictate. They claim that they can not get any more for the manu factured product. "I do not look for lower prices, baeause the wool is not in the country, and from a statistical stand point the world's product never looked better. Being cam paign year, all jobbers and dealers are working from hand to mouth. "Farmers in the Middle West and in all the West, are itoing well and getting good prices for their grain, with fine prospects for the future. On this account fiere is bound to lie a good market for wool. This applies from Ohio west to the coast. Meat products are also looking up some. They have been depressed. The ranch man has suffered from the depre ciation. "The coming wool clip in the West will be from 10 to 1 per cent less in the number of pounds than it was last year. This is conservative estimate and wool men here in Boston whom I have talked with who choose to express themselves, believe this to be true so far aa Montana, Wyoming, Ida ho and Utah are concerned, and these are some of the largest wool producing states, The falling off in olip is caused by the extravagance in years gone by. There seems to 1st general disposition everywhere to work along more conservative lines." MUST PAY THE WARRANTS Decision of Circuit Court in Mal heur County Makes Good 114, 000 Worth of Paper. Malheur county will now ,have to dig up, according to the find ings of the circuit court at Vale last Saturday. The county court cancelled 114,- 000 worth of county warrants last year as being illegal and the war rant holders took the matter into the circuit court and won out Sat urday. Everett Hicks of the firm of Hicks A Davis, lawyers, at Canyon City returned from Vale last even ing where he had been in attend ance uHn the circuit court jn he half of the warrent holders, and in which case he won out for his cli ents. The case will probably be taken to the supreme court, but Mr. Hicks says he is confident he will win in the end. This increase of indebtedness will fall heavily upon the taxpay ers of the Calamity county which has made so much trouble over her county seat affairs in the past two years. DIRT WILL SOON BE FLYIHG J. O. Johnson Leaves Portland to Take Active Management of Deschutes Irrigation. J. O. Johnson, recently of Co lumbus, Ohio, left yesterday for Bend, where he will assume the active management of the Des chutes Irrigation and Power com pany. From The Dalles he will make the journey in an automobile and it will probably be the first time that a horseless vehicle has ever iienetrateil that part of the country, savs the Portland Jour nal. There is great activity at Bend the little town which has sprung up in the arid region of the state within the past three years. The Deschutes company has completed a flume one and one-fourth miles in length, and settlers will begin locating on the irrigated lands be fore the summer is over. There are over 20,000 acres of land which are under the irrigation of the flume, and 40,000 fore will be ad ded this year, it is stated. "Bend is growing astonishingly," said A. King Wilson yesterday. "There are several hundred people at that place, which is growing in population more rapid ly than it is able to accommodate its citizens. Nearly every night there are 75 or more people who are compelled to camp out, sleep in the o)ien with nothing but the stars overhead, simply because the population has increased so rapid ly that very available place is tilled. "The Deschutes company, which recently acquired the projierty of the Pilot Butte Development com pany and Oregon Irrigation com pany, has finished its flume a mile and a quarter in length and settlers will be irrigating their lands before the summer is past. Thirty men are employed on the ditch and many more are engaged at the two saw mills. "The flume will irrigate a tract of 20XX) acres of land. The land is as fertile as any found in part of the world." A report reached Prineville this week that Mr. Johnson had left The Dalles with his automobile, but traveled only fourteen miles in this direction before he was com pelled to turn back. The heavy rains have put the roads in such sluijie that even the most powerful horseless vehicle would lie unable to get through. It is said that he will make another attempt as oon aa the mud has dried.