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' '.(;"- Crook County Jour ea iio vol. vii r. PRINEVILLE, CKOOK COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 2, 1904. NO. 2.1 The Tie Pace i m "'Ny, rr..t - y i Remember The BEE . HIVE n Michel & Special Sale Heads, Skirts. Druid, J!(ll tht Xattit Jfintlt. Spring and Summtr Embroidery, 7rs, Cd Bradford 'BBBBBBBBSS&b T!l Hamilton Stables Is. E. MoUIJMS)HrM, frOP. Stock boarded by the (lay, week or month at Hritmnnllf rutin. Remrinlicr us when in I'rine vilk K A TIC 8 REASONABLE. Wo have Fine Livery Turnouts f0Fln in Connection with tho Demi Stable. ..Henderson Pollard.. Wines, and fitf Finest Glgars Liquors, - JLJCMi In Stock. Gountry Orders Solicited First Door South of Polndexter Hotel. THE WINNER CO., Incorporated 1903. DRUGS, STATIONERY AND UP-TO. DATE HOUSE FURNISHINGS. .Si w luif Spring Bee 77i3f Sares Our Nrw Hprlwr Omul mw nrrlvliitf dully mill coiwlitt ul cvcrytliltm needed fur (jiMillMiicn, Ladles nnd Children. Conic In nml exninliic llm, H"lx nnd satisfy yourself that llil" In llii' I'Iiut In iln your liiiyliiic. We Desire to Cull Ymir I'lirtictiliir Attention to our lutiwt style In Shirt WiilitlH Hiilln, Slilrt WiiIhU, KLIrtn. I nJcr kli1, llulwry Helta, CoIIkih nml iilso n full line of Muslin nml hull Underwear. We linvonlHfi hiMciI to our Block a Hue lino of Mull mid Hoyn SultH ill the l-utcst Styles.. Also n complete Hue of Menu mui II") Hutu. 'Don't Forget Our Qompany, Proprietors 10 2), ays Fancy Neckwear, Ete: eS833333333SE3SH B.Gorinley Tailor LATEST $ STYLES and PATTERNS and Summer Suitings i i i -1 in Hive Vow Money S I 1 Shoe Department 1 Professional Cards. Si. Ciiioii, ffcrmty-at-Cam PRINEVILLE, OREGON W, flames, J(ttrnj ml jCmm, PRINEVILLE, OUKGON jf twmmf-mt-jCmw riUSKVIIXE, OHEdON. jfttrmf-mt-jCmm PRINKVILLK, OUKOON 'rimk Jfttorwff mmJ Cmmmin me jC.m PRINEVILLE, OKEOON, t'UAt. I. IDWAMm H. r. IIKI.K!A1, SSeAnap Gdwards pAysiei'timt mmd Smrye . OAicr First Door Esst of Winnek's Drug Store. ' PRLNKVILLE.OUEdON Jt JIT. Slofnitrj 7 2 CaIU unawrml nnitty day or night Of fie with l)r, V. (ieam-r. KetJeiiw comer tit nd Mtia itmts. PHINEVILLK. 01tKUO U. ParJtwr, 2. 0. Osteopathic !PAyicia Prlneville, Oregon. JT ISA MATTER OF HEAUH POUDER Absolutely Pare THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FRED H. VAN NORDEN J ' THE DALLES JEWELEi WeteA Stmt in 4y mat' mitt 4 prmmpity mtttnittm H and rtturmtti H rr spontikfo part. pop IS SECOND LEVEE ... GIVES WAY High Water at Silver Lake Again Causes Heavy Property Loss. I.at Friday the big levee around the UK ranch on the east idu of Silver lake broke and total ly covered the meadow of that large hay ranch with about three feet of water, which means a loan of the liny crop thin year. Howdy Ic Egli the owikth of the UK ranch have gone to conimlorable exiense this spring in building lerecu around their place in order to keep the water out, and thought they had it completely under control. As tho water has been running out ol Silver lake into Thorn lake (orsome time and the lake wo thought to be at its highest, but lust week of unusual warm weather has swollen the streams that are tributary to the lake and have ciuibed the great overflow at Is outlet. Mr. (iowdy soys the levee would have held, but the water begun to back up from Thorn lake which made the force of the water too great on the newly made levee. It is not probable that there will in any hay cut off the UR ranch this year, as the water will likely remain on the meadow all season. The UR place wouid have cut 400 tons of hay this year if the water could have been kept off, but if the present condition remains it will be a total loss this year. There are several families mov ing out of the marsh on account of high waler as their homes, are completely. surroupdeLftnd U)e water still raising. We have been informed that the water is higher this year in the valley than has ever been known before, and it U said that the loss will be aB much as 1000 tons of hay this season, which will pkee several of the stockmen in the valley in bad shape for the winter. Silver Lake Oregonian. CORNER STONE TO UK LAID. Ceremonies at the High School Building will be Held Next Saturday Morning- The corner stone of the new .comity High school building will lie laid next Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. Mr. S. M. Yoran, Grand Master of A. F. aud A. M., of Eugene, will be here to conduct the exercises and will deliver a short addles. Work on the new building has been pushed rapidly during the past two weeks, and the corner stone ceremonies consequer tly will be somewhat sooner than was ex pected. The foundation of the structure has been completed to the point where the stone is to be laid and everything is in readiness for further work. The brick and stone masons are busily engaged in getting out mateiial for the main part of tho building and work next week will be carried on as rapidly as possible. Those in charge of construction say now that the new school building will he in readiness for occupancy by early fall and that the first classes called together can recite in gome of the completed rooms. RIGHTS ON FOREST RESERVE Forester l'inchot Gives Informa tion Regarding Privileges of Miners anil Stockmen. The recent dispatches from Washington which state that four reserves will lie permanently creat' ed in Eastern Oregon, including one in the Blue mountains and another in the Maury mountains, has given rise to the question as to what extent ihey will effect tl; mining and stock interests. Chief Forestor l'inchot has replied as follows: ' Prospecting anil mining are not interfered with in any Way The location and entry of claims proceed under the general mining laws of the United Slates and the particular State or Territory, jmt as on any public laud. No per mission or license is required. The existence of a reserve effects the miner only in that he is not entitled to the privileges of the law permitting free use by any resident of the State of the amount, for any purpose, of timber growing on classified mineral lands. Within a reserve, if he has not sufficient timber in his own claims, he must secure it through appli cation and permit. Trospectors and miners on a small scale are allowed what they need free of cnarge; corporations or large op erators must purchase at reason able Btumpage price. As far practicable both are required to cut without waste and take precau tion against fire. The privilege of grajing upon a reserve is allowed only upon ap plication to the supervisor, who is luthorized to issue permits for 100 head or less to any resident of the reserve. Applications from iersons living outside of the re serve or for more than 100 must lie approved by the secretary of the interior, who also Stes the total number allowed uion the reserve. When this total allow ance, which is intended to be the maximum which will not overstock the range, does not provide for all applicants, the latter are given ireference in the following order: (a) Persons residing within the reserve; (b) Persons owning ranches within the reserve but not residing thereon; (c) Persons living in the icinity of the reserve, owning what may be called neighboring stock. ., (d) Persons, living at a dis tance, who have some claim of equity or priority. . j This rule of preference is not iron bound, and may be modified where justice demands it; for in- tance, class (b) is not constructed so as to permit large stock owners to crowd out the cattle of settlers under class (c) by buying small ranches in the reserve, for which they have no other use. The whole intent of the grazing re strictions is to insure the fullest permanent use of the range to those best entitled to it. "Cattle are permitted in practi cally all reserves; sheep in those where no marked damage seems to result therefrom." OREGON KING NOT SOLD Rumors of Sale of Crook County's Famous Gold Mine Have Not Been Confirmed. The Sumpler American speaks quite positively of the sale of the Oregon King mine in this district n spite of the denial by the mana gement of the mine that any sale has been made, says the Ashwood Prospector. We quote the follow- ng from an inter iew with Mr. Hendrix, one of the reputed pur chasers: "The Oregon King mine, which is pronounced by some who have examined it, one of the greatest mines of the state, has been taken by the Geiser-Hendrix Compiny of this city. Albert Geiser, one of the members of the firm, is at the property this week making ar rangements tor opening work on a larger scale, and effecting improve ments that are contemplated with a view of iucrcasing the out put of the shipping product and concen trating the milling ore. "As an index of what the pre ent management proposes to accomplish, Mr. llendiix said that before the year closes he exacted that the company would be send inn from the OreRon King fifty tons of concentrates every day." There have been rumors during the past week of the sale of that property, but nothing definite can be learned regarding the deal. GREAT COUNTRY SAYSjOVERNOR Resources of Crook County Open the Eyes of the State Land Board. Everyone who heard Governor Chamberlain speak last Tuesday night turned Democrat for the time being and welcomed him with applause during his short address and afterwards shook him heartily by the hand. The Governor seemed to enjoy it. Perhas it was because as he said, "I find that the hearts of the Eastern Oregon people are in the right place. They have more blood in their necks than any other people in thestate." Governor Chamberlain's speech before tlm crowd which gathered to hear him in the Athletic club building was, at this time, lacking n one respect there was no poli tics in it. He con fined his remarks to the progress being made in the irrigation enterprises in Central Oregon and the development which is so rapidly converting Crook county into a district of wealth and influence. He said in part: "I have been through Malheur, Harney, Umatilla and other coun ties where irrigation is in progress, but I have seen no place in the stete where the possibilities are as great as those embraced within the limits of Crook county. Our miss ion here was for the purpose of ex amining these various irrigation projects. Heretofore we had seen only maps and we felt it a duty, as servants of the people, to visit thh? ction and see the ground. And we have seen it, we have seen it 11. At the base of the snow mountains we have seen thi water taken from the streams Into the' ditches and carried down into ter ritory which it will soon fructify and make valuable. I venture to predict that within less than 18 months lands which have hereto fore Been considered worthless will be found covered with settlers, and two years from now one will see one of the most magnificent tracts the eye has ever glanced upon. From the Bend to .the Agency Plains is this work going on, and there is no question but that the population of this county will be more than diubled in less than 10 years, from a community ot straggling houses a few years ago, Crook county has grown into one of the strongest sections in the state and on every hillside and in every valley a steady and thrifty yeomanry is struggling to develop the latent resources." Governor Chamberlains aid that the state land board was surprised at the wonderful changes which had taken place here, and he called attention to the fact that a large portion of this land which was to be reclaimed was tributary to Prineville and that its settle ment must necessarily make money for the local business men. It is the duty of every cituen to lend a helping hand," he argu ed, "for every ten added to the population not only adds wealth to Prineville, but to Crook county and the state at large." In closing, Govenor Chamber lain said that the process of re claiming the arid territories in this section, was not a matter of simulation. It was to be ex pected, he stated, that the com panics would make a reasonable profit on their investment, but the people themselves who settled the ountry would be protected by the law itself. The price of the lands will be determined by tli cost of construction, and that price will be fixed by the 4a to land board. Neither can the companies exact an arbitrary price for the ater after the lands re fettled. Secretary of State F. I. Dunbar and State Treasure Ciias. F. Moore followed with a few remarks and Mr. C. C. Hutchison dealt to some length with the irrigation pro gress tvhich hid been made in tin four years he had been working for the development of this part of the state. Besides Mr. Hutchison , the members of the state land board wore accompanied by W. A, Laidlaw, general manager of the Columbia Southern Irrigation company, and A. W. I'rcscott of the Oregonian staff.- They arrived in the city Tuesday aftornoon from" Bend where they had been exami ning the various irrigation enter prises in that section. The ball in the club building was very prttily decorated with flags and bunting, and a short pro gram of songs and instrumental selections was rendered before and after the speskiug. WILL FORM A WHEAT FOOL Farmers in Umatilla County Are Plannins a Pool of the Grain Crop This Season. The wheatgrowcrs in Umatilla county are making arrangements to pool their entire crop of wheat this year and dispose of it to buy ers much the same as wool is dis posed of on various sales days. K. L. Smith, the well known implement dealer of Pendleton, and one of the most extensive wheatgrowers in the county, is the father of the idea and says that he has had it under consideration for some time and is convinced that it can be made a big success. The plan which Mr. Smith propos es, and in which he has the hearty co-opetation of a number of prominent wheatgrowers is to form an association of wheat growers of Umatilla county for the purpose of controlling the sale of the wheat raised by the members of the association. With the association formed the members would pool all their wheat or any part of .their hold ings. Hie association would then . agree upon a certain day which this wheat would be offered for sale to the highest bidder. The sales day wpuld be advertised ulliciently so that all buyers who might wish to bid for the pool could be present. Mr. Smith firmly believes that a far better price could be secured for the wheat through this method than as at present. The success of the pooling of the wool clips of the' county by the sheepmen under the auspices of the Woolgrowers' association is what set the wheatgrowcrs to thinking about the advisability of pooling their harvests. They contend that if the wool can be disposed of to an advantage by the pooling of the clips the result will be the same -with the wheat. And this is made more plausible and possible by the fact that the fluctations of the speculative markets, such as Chicago and New York, do not effect the price of wheat in the Pacific Northwest. BEND IS BUILDING FAST. Little Town on the Deschutes Is Rapidly Taking on Appear ance of a City. What was scarcely more than a rocky sage brush flat on the Des-, hutcs three years ago, is now be- . ing rapidly transformed into a prosjierous and thriving town. The Bend is growing faster than any other place in Eastern Oregon and its building operations now being carried on point toward a prosperous career. At the present time houses and buildings in the course of con struction and lumber scattered in all directions make the place appear as if a boom had struck it, but the growth is steady and "the lack of lumber during the past iewmonths accounts now for the great amount of it stacked up for use. Two or three new store buildings are being erected and several residences will boob be completed. The new addition to the Pilot Butte Inn there makes that h"tel one of the largest In Crook county and its location, within sight of the snow nipped mountains, is an attractive one for tourists.