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i 1 A . I, V W- ft) -" VOL. VIII. PRIXEVILLE, CROOK COIMT, OREGON, AUGUST 4, 1901. NO. 31 Crook County lie 77ic Pacc .I'M 1 J" A k t TV. ' t i; .a li Remember The BEE HIVE Michel & 'Company, Proprietors Retiring J'rom Business On .Inly . , ball bcin n( Mll.LISKUY, DUliSS KlIINI.-IIINiiS at 50 Cents on I inn i:inM Hid In in u'.it sickness iiml this sale nil nppnrtunity In KTiin1 llii" in I'rinrvilli'. 7rs. d Bradford i rvr-M -v; t -t wervr.T-w TSc Hamilton Stables lo. E. tlulslfiejHM, pfOP. Slm k liiMiiili il i.y the ilny. wn k or uvinlh nl Iti'iiwmulili' nitiw. Ui'iiiriiilxir ns whin in lYini villi-. It ATKS ItKAJ-ONAIU.K. - We Imv,. Fine Livery Turnouts gtiFWww in Comurthm , Henderson Wines, and Liquors, Gountry Orders Solicited First Door South of Poindexter Hotel. THE WINNER CO., Incorporated WO'l. DRUGS, STATIONARY AND Ul-T()-DATE HOUSE F URN IS1II NGS. hi- ' - ' . 1 iiiiN Spring 15 ee TiJf Saves (ittr New Sptlitj; Uuml uri' iiitMiiu dully nnil eonsUt i.I I'Vi'i'.vlliliM! Tiiiit.-'l fur (Icnlli'ini'ii, LnilliK hiiiI I liililrcn. iitiii- In iiml v.1 j i! m I In', cumin iiiiiI wit My yourself Unit this U I lie plaic In it' i .v Mir I mi Iiik'. We lii ilri' I" l nil Vuiir l-.i'-t icilti.l- Attention In nuilltlest Ii- lii Shirt WiiMs SulK Willi Waists, hUils, I'mlcr kills, llnl-itj'.v IIcIIh, CitlluiH nnil iilxn m lull Mm uf Muslin mill hull Indciwcnr. WV linvr iilmi ihMhI to our ilirt n line line nf Men and Hnjs Sttlln In the I.iilt'-it Htylu... AMn n ti l - line Mum mid It" Until. - Don't forget Our i-elling my entire stock GOODS and LADIES' the 'Dollar uf blisiltc (ill account u( I iiffunl my patrons un best bargains ever iiflrri'J ZT- 'Dolt 9 1 m a H with the lirnd Stable. :'S & Pollard. Finest GIgars In Stock. ormley . Tailor LATEST STYLES and PATTERNS op and Summer Suitings itive m You Money m H Shoe Department (Professional Cards, St. Ctiiott, Oregon. jfttorn-atjCam PrinswHs, Orsyon, Til. . Brink Jfttrny mmi Courts for ai Xaw Jf. P. 33tAnj cf Cdwards Physicians nrst 3uryms. 09 it fir- 0mt 6t 0f ft;mmit Print vifo, Orsyom. t Jf, Rosenberg Physician and Jury son Cntt anturtt promptiy tfnp mr miff At Offf tm or-t tmwtJk T7mmpttm 'm I mm 9at JV.mW. Prinsviifo, Orsyon. CROOKS Heat Market J. It. Crooks, Prop. FRESH MEATS and LARD VEGETA BLES, FISH and . GAME IN SEASON None but Healthy Animals Killed, Which Insures tiood Wholesome Meats. ONE DOOR NORTH TEMPLETON'S OF jas. J1. JCelley Photographer 1 I POTRAITS, VIEWS, ENLARGING AND A, SU1 Kit I OR GRADE OF WORK PrimmitU, - - - Ortfn. Suit Will Bs Brought by Man Who Grub-staked the Discoverer. It in rumored Unit ftii' Oregon Kii mine lit Aslnvoo(; in ulmut to liceoine iiivnlviil in ninrr litifnttion over the title lo that famous iru I'lly, IjisI wiek on ntlorney from Walla Wallu va ill An)iwooil in i the iiitrrivt of liis t)iv:it, Vietor Wil'on, w Im is reported to he the plaintiff in the new eae nt'ainst the Oregon Kiiig. Although noth ing ilefinile enn l' lenrivd of the nil, an no mper have yet heen lileil, it i. nuriiiiwil that thin lien litigation arifef out of Victor Wil "oiiV elaini that he "gruh-Htakeil'' II. M. Will-on who located the Silver King claim, jmd through which location the .Oregon King people claim title hy purclniFe. Whatever the nature of the pres ent claim against the famoim mine, one fact Hands out clear anil dis tinct aliovc nil other, and that is, hut for the fact Unit the Oregon King people opem-d up a great mine, after siending thousands of dollars on development work, there would not have been all i!uf troulilesonio litigation. The liti gation instituted ly Tom Itrown would never have heen la-gun had not the information leaked out that a great body of extremely rich ore was lieing uncovered at the Oregon King mine. Hrown got the information in alettei from relatives in the Ashwood camp, and within thirty-six hours he was on Inn way hack to the camp to lay claim to the prorrly. Iirown himself does not helieve that he would ever have returned to the camp had the Oregon King people not oiened up a mine. Victor Wilson stands in much the same light. The King people spent fifty thousand dollars defending their title to the mine, and they have pent fully that much more eon- verting a prospect in an unproved ramp into a great mining proper ty. Docs anyone believe that Wil son would have fought the Iirown luiins for years in the federal courts, and finally have won out, or that the mine would ever have been dcveloiied under his owner- hip? We have no prejudice in this nratter, hut there is surely oc- asion for a protest when the de velopment of a section of country is being retarded by such methods as these. To the men who have spent their capital in ojiening up a mine, and then spent thousands of dollars more in defending the title to that mine, there certainly must accrue some rights. Antelope Herald. (iKT ACTIVE IN CASCADES Corvallis & Eastern Is Showing Signs of Moving Across the Mountains into Crook Co. James A. Boyd and William Davis returned Sunday from a week's trip over to the terminus of the Corvallis & Eastern railroad at Detroit. While they got no de cisive information relative to the expected extensiou of that line into Eastern Oregon, they obtained a numlicr of straws which are believ ed to indicate the direction the rail road wind is blowing. That direc tion is towards Bend, and it is rather a fresh breeze, savs the Bend Bulletin. "Some hundreds of tons of steel rails are buried along the railroad survey in the mountains," said Mr. Boyd. "Many thousands of ties are piled along the right of way. railroad officials are buying land along the route of the railway east 01 me range, new sieel is now er riving on the line and at least three new locomotives and 50 new steel Hat oars have been added to the rolling stink in the pai-t few weeks. The general 'shops of th company have just been moved over from Yaquina to Albany. The operatives arc impressed with the idea that mi advance into Eastern Oregon is imminent. "The present completed track reaches to the mill of the Stuart Lumber Company, a short distance east of Detroit station. But the old grade is still ill good condition I. 1 miles or more this ie of the terminus. Up at the summit is about IKK) feet of completed track with a Hat car upon it. That was put there back in IMS, when the construction was done, in order to hold the pass. "The altitude of Hogg pass is -ISIO feet above the sea level. The maxium grade is said lo be but 2 per cent, coming up the west side o' the range." Mr. Koyd. judges from ill the gns he was able to observe that ' Corvallis it Eastern is contemplat ing an advance into this country. It wolud build entirely in the Cas cade reserve until reaching a point onlv six miles from Sitters. Erom I here the right of way would be mostly over private lands. But : there is room for 25 to 80 miles of building before it is necessary to worry over right of way. And if ! actual construction once gets under ; way there will lie no uimculty about right of way this side the rllnl!,' " I NEWSPAPER AT M ADIi AS Madras Pioneer I the Name of New Sheet Which Will lie Started There This Month. The Madras Pioneer is the namei of a new paper which will be start- cd at Madras sometime this month, young man thee was steadily Timo'.by Brownbiil of the linn of growing weaker from loss of blood. Brownhill & Hudson, of The Dal-j An anaesthetic was administered les, is the one who will launch the 1 so an examination could be made, paper and a new plant has been but from that time he did not re sent from The Dalles lo Madras gain consciousness, dying at eight where it well soon lie put to use. j o'clock. Madras is Ml the lieart of thej The funeral services were held district of the Agency Plains which I at the Union church under the. has been rapidly settled and culti-j auspices of the Prineville Fire vated during the past two years Department, of which he was a and the new sheet will be used to ; memlier, Monday afternoon at 3 advance the interests of that o'clock, the Rev. H. C. Clark section. It is understood that Don P. Ilea will be the editor of the pajier. Mr. Brownhill, who has been engaged in the law, real estate and insurance business in The Dalles during the past six yea, will continue to practice law at Madras, and Mr. Hudson will con duct the business at the former place under the old firm mime. BRIGGS MINE STILL GOOD Latest Production Is a Chunk of Ore Taken to Grants Pass Which Contains 17000 in Gold. j president; S. I. Belknap, secretary; I Dr. V. C. Belknap, treasurer and Another big pile of gold, the R- C Reese general supermtend grcaterpart of which is in the The following were elected monster chunks, have been brought J directors R. B. Reese, Geo. Kigbt, into the Pass from the llriggs i T. M. Baldwin, A. E. Belknap, and mine, on Upper Thompson Creek. There is over $7000 in this pih It arrived in town at .about 4 o'clock Saturday morning, the partii who brought it having hrt'n on the road all Saturday night, says a dispatch from Grants Pass. The gold now reposes in the First National Bank here, and will be held as a portion of the Southern Oregon mineral exhibit at I lie Mining Congress. One of the parties who brought in the gold stated to The Telegram correspondent that David Briggs and his boys are doing nothing more than holding their claim down, working it but a very little each day. There are thousands of dollars in the rich rock of the dump alone, and many thousands more in sight in the hole, but to obiviatc heaping up a great pile of templing treasure in camp, they work only a litt'e while each day mortaring a part of the ore. There seems but little likelihood that the men who talked of buvinj the property for a consideration of $100,000. will do so. At least, they have not yet appeared on the ground, and Briggs and his boys remain in possession of the prop erty. There are about 100 men scatter ed over the district at present. WITH REVOLVER Son of Jesse Yancey Is Killed by Accidental Dis charge of a Pistol. Cecil Yancey, the son of Jt-sse Yancey, was shot and killed last Saturday afternoon by the ac cidental discharge of a revolver which he was twilling in his hand. The bullet entered the right groin and death resulted inside of four hours, the unfortunate young man bleeding to death from internal hcnioirhages, The fatal accident happened about four o'clock in the afteruoon at the Yancey ranch on Combs flat about eight miles east of town. Young Yancey in company with Frank Wright was in the kitchen f the bouse where tW wen. In gK'cting the revolver which had .(.n S(.CUred in a trade a short while before. The chamber of the revolver had been emptied of all ' jt8 bullets save one anil Cecil, twirling the revolver on his finger, accidentia nulled the tritaer while the muzzle was pointing down. wae sitting on a chair at the time ami the bullet entering the groin struck a bone, it is believed and took an upward course, enter ing his vitals. Drs. Belknap and Edwards were li hastily summoned from town, ar- riving at the stricken home some two hours after the accident. The olhciating. DIXIE STOCKHOLDERS MEET T. M. Baldwin Elected One of the Directors at Annual Meeting Held in Prairie City. At the annual stockholdi meeting of the Dixie .Meadows . "old Mining Company held 111 Prairie City on the 20th the follow ing officers were elected to serve ifor the ensuing year. Geo. Kigbt. ! president; E. A. Belknap. vice- V. C. Belknap. It was stated several weeks ago that the com pany would put in a rwenty stump mill rnd Mr. Reese who went east some time ago to purchrse the machinery is expected back in a tew davs. J lie Company also decided to put in a cyanide plant and this will also be placed this season. MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL. I. H. Taffe not Satisfied with $15,000 Awarded Him for Celilo Canal Damage. I. H. Taffe, who was awarded $15,000 damages because the terminus of the canal at Celilo would be on his land, and would occupy ground where now stamb buildings connected with hif salmon cannery, has tiled a motion in Judge Bradshaw's court for a new trial. The matter has been allowed to drop for the snmmer and it is confidently believed that that Mr. Taffe is now prepared to withdraw his motion and settle with the state on the basis mimed It is not likely in any event that Judge Bradshaw will grant a 1 trial, without better cause than has so far been presented. Mr, Taffe felt that he should have J100KX) damages, but engineers who have figured on the matter saw the change in his plant could he made for $3,000. There are also other damages, such as cut ling off his water supply, and cut ting off his communication from the river, to the cannary. Those who have investigated, say the " n,:e uameuj oy me j ury m ample lo cover all damages, and at the same time it is very reasonable to the state. BIG SALE OF STOCK SHEEP Ten Thousand Head Leave Vicinity of Pendleton This Week for the Eastern Markets. , Today there are being loaded at Meacham 0000 head of shee, the larger portion of which were pur chased of the J. E. Smith Livestock Company. All were bought by Redman, the buyer, for Montana dealers, for the Eastern markets. They are a mixed lot of yearlings, dry ewes and one carload of bucks, says the East Oregonian. They will be shipped via Pendle ton and Umatilla over the North ern Pacific, which will take them to the Montana ranges for summer feeding and fattening. These sheep represent in the neighbor hood of 112,000, as the average price paid for them was about 2 per head. Another train load of sheep, 4000 of which were sold by Wm, Slusher, will lie loaded at Meacham as soon as the first shipment mentioned is out of the yards. There are 1000 or more in this lot, which were picked up from other parties in small bunches. This train load is paid tor by the Frye-Brubn Company, and while most of the animals will probably be disposed of eventually in the Sound markets, yet its im mediate destination is not known. The probabilities are that these shee)) will be summer fed in the Cascade ranges. HORSE THIEVES AT WORK Band of 23 Horse3 Stolen Near Pendleton Have Been Traced Through Crook County. Within the past three weeks twenty three head of horses have heen stolen from the vicinity of Pendleton, two of them having been untied from a hitching rack in that city and ridden out of town. "Jack" Sparks and Earl Rockwell, Birch creek farmers, tied their horses to a rack on Main street and went to the court hou?e on business. When they returned their horses, saddles, schapps, spurs and overcoats were gone. Search resulted in finding no trace, and at last they decided that it was a case of theft, and ihree days after notified the authorities of the occurance. Monday evening their horses, re turned home from the direction of Pilot Rock, minus saddles, bridles aud all other accoutrements, and also showing signs of hard riding. The. thieves evidently rode the horses awar to get the saddlis. No clew has been found; Thomas Kerr, a farmer of the Csld Springs country, northwest of Pendleton, has lost twenty-two head, which he trailed by clever detective work through Crook countv, across the Cascade range and into the Willamette valley, where they were sold to farmers near Hubbard. The thieves- left little clew behind them, but officers are now scouring the county for some evidence that will prove their identity. John Thorn, a farmer of the Holdman district, lost two good horses Saturday, and it is be lieved they were stolen.