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! , r (3 I ; Crook ou final VOL. VIII. PRINEVJLLE, CEOOK COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 25, 11)04. NO. 37 County" fi Retiring Jrom business On July 1st I shall begin wiling my mliro stock ill MILLINERY, PRESS GOODS and LADIES' Kt'ltNISIItMiS lit 50 Cents on tho dollar I mn rniiiH'lli il In go out of lnintni'KK on account of sickness nml thin unit' will afford my mlrnim mi iiiHirluiiity In secure the licst bargains ever offered in Princville. ?rs, d Bradford JBBEBBEBSBSEEBn T!i Hamilton Stables I. E. jM.WJYaH'M, ffOP. Htix-k hoarded by Hie day, week or munlli nl Reasonable rates. Reiwndier us when in Princ villi'. HA TICS REASONABLE. We have Fine Livery Turnouts fVRun In Cnniieellnn with the Bend Stable. Henderson Bar Wines, and Liquors, Qountry Orders Solicited First Door South THE WINNER CO., Incorporated li)0;i. DRUGS, STATIONERY AND UP-T() DATE HOUSE FURNISHINGS. I SPECIAL SALES IN ALL LINES AT THE BEE HIVE The 1 lice That Saves You Money Midsummer Stock taking over and we must have room for fall goods which will soon arrive. dome quickly or you will lose' the chance of your lifetime Michel & Go. "1 B & Pollard Finest 6l$ars In Stock. of Polndexter Hotel. Now Line Of FURNISHING GOODS. A Specialty GORMLEY! 1 n Professional Cards, SI. Ciiioii, tirm,y-ml-mCmm $t 10. $,,.,, iPriniw'Ifo, 0rfm. 10. 2, X. Q,S9, jfttrmt-mt- jCm !Prin9rilt; Ortjtn. & SSrtmk jfttmrttty mmd CmnUr mt Xam SPrintm'lh, 0rfm, Belknap cf a wards tPAftitiant mmm Jury. 00 Aw W Smrt '.' Prim with, Ortffom, it mtt 91ft,, m JVtm. PrimwiU, Ortyn. CROOKS Heat Market J. H. Crooks, Prop. FRESH MEATS and LARD VEGETA BLES, FISH and GAME IN SEASON . None hut Hnilthy Animals Killed, Which Insures (lood Wholesome Meats. ONE DOOR NORTH TEMPLETON'S OF g $as. J. JCellcy otographer POTRAITS, VIEWS, ENLARGING AND A SUPERIOR GRADE OF WORK i w - 1000 HEAD OF SHEEP KILLED Masked Men Butcher Band Last Week-Belonged to Morrow & Keenan. A lnuiil of llioriili(;lil.h:il rheep owned by Morrow A Kxemin, ( Willow Crwk nml grazed in the Utile. Sunimitt I'riiirie region wore milijecled to a ritle fir at the hands of a ninsked mob hist Kri ilny evening which either killed or seatlered in every direction llio entire hand of sheep entailing a lor to the owners that will run up into the thousands of dollars. From the accounts reaching this oily by telephone message from young Kccnun, a son of one of the proprietors, it seems that while the herder was alone with his Hock near the roud land known as the Pollard ranch on Horseheaven ' (Jreek, and leased and pastured bv Williamson & (iesner, sheepmen, he was approached by a baud of mIkiuI 20 masked horsemen who hadnpproached unobserved through the timlier. A command to throw up his hands was the first intima tion the herder bud of the affair and after complying with this re quest his hands were securly bjfiund behind him and he was blind folded by having a sack lrawn over his head and tied around his neck. . , After dealing with the herder in this manner the mob turned their attention to the sheep opening up with a fusilado from their 30-30 Winchesters and continuing the filing for nearly two hours. In all the herder estimates that near ly two thousand shots were fired, and the grewsoine work resulting i ample evidence that they were fired with telling effect. No effort was made to harm the herder, and very little talk was indulged in, the mob conducting the affair as though it was purely a nutter of busiiHs. Absolutely no clues to the guilty parties ore to bo had, us the (lis . guises worn by the mob made indeiitification imossih!c. The herder states that it was his belief that he was on the range pastured by sheep and avers that he could not ha vo been mistaken in regard to the location of the dead line. He states that before commencing their work of destruct ion the mob moved the sheep over the line to a fenced pasture owned by a private individual, but what their purpose was in doing so ho did not know. l-p to the present time the owners of the slaughtered sheep have always conducted their busi ness in a manner satisfactory to all parties, and have operated in the sheep business on a large scale. At the time of the shooting four bands belonging to them were graziug in the Little Summit I'riiirie region, and it is thought that it is moro likely that the shooting was the, result of feeling engendered over the appearanoe of so many of the" firms sheep in in one section than that it was the result of a supposed case of tres pass on the part of the band meet ing with the disaster. The Journal has no comment to make further than it baa always supposed that the feeling against sheep was directed entirely against outside owners. It has always realized that cuttle and sheep in terests were different and ineom- paiiine, nut lias thought it pos sible that satisfactory arrange ments could be made between all home stockmen, that would insure the peaceful conduct of everyone's business, who cull Crook county their borne. CATTLE ARE TURNED DOWN J. N. Burgess returned last Fri day evening from southern Oregon, where he went to receive a number of cattle recently contracted for B. F. Saunders of Salt Lake. Out of UOO head of cattle contracted, only about 100 bead were accept ed by the government im-pector. the balance being turned, down heeanse one or two cows in the hand showed symptoms of scab. says the Antelope Herald. Mr. liurgess reached Shaniko on Thurs day evening, and on Friday morn ing the insiector turned down 100 head of cattle which had lieen brought in for delivery at that (sunt. These cattle belonged to, Clay (1 rater and the McOreers, and only one or two in the entire band showed any symptoms of dis ease. These had a few sits on them which Mr. Grater claimed were made by the flies, but the in spector refused them a health hill and the entire lot was rejected. - The cattle were contracted for H. F. Saunders,' who has a large contract for (implying cattle to the government. The fact that cattle, in a number of places in the west are breaking out with scab has made them extraordinarily careful in the selection of cattle for this government contract. SHEEPMEN MUST DIP THEIR STOCK State Deputy Stock Inspector M. H. I.aanU yesterday morning received instructions from the govirnmenl authorities at Salt bake to the effect that every head of sheep leaving Pendleton or Umatilla county must not be allow ed to leave the state until this order hud been compiled with. This order comes as a distinct surprise to the sheepmen and the buyers anil will greatly effect the future market. It means a loss of thousands of dollars to the sheep men of Umatilla county alone. Notwithstanding the fact that the owners must bear the expenses of lipping the sheep it will lower the market price as the buyers claim that the heaviest loss is caused, by shrinkage after the sheep has been dipind. There are now ready for shipment in this county '2S,000 head of sheep, all of which must be dipped before being loaded on the curs. Heretofore a certificate from the stock inspector saying that the sheep were free from scab was sufficient, but now the order comes carte blanche that all sheep must be dipped regardless of whether or not they are infected with any disease, the authorities presuming that all Oregon sheep are affected with the scab. Of the 23,000 sheep already pur chased Stevens & Hunter have 10,000 bead. The owners must stand the expense of dipping these sheep, but the purchase price will reuwin the same. The buyers ngure mul on tins oasis tliev are the heaviest loosen, although it will cost the owners a large amount of money to dip the sheep. The sheep must be dipped and shipped within ten duvs from the date of dipping. This precludes the pos sibility of feeding the sheep and making up for the shrinkage insures .loss on the market. and Tiie estimated cost of dipping the sheep is alone placed at 2 cents per head, while there is the ad ditional expense of building the vats and feeding the sheep while they lire held ill the city for the dipping. Then there is a great loss on account of the death of sheep during the dipping process. The shrinkage is placed at about 25 per cent. The ruling while it will eventu ally work great benefits to tho sheep interest of the county, works a great hardship just at present. Many big deals have been called off as the buyers cannot now pay the prices which have been pre vailing. . But usTthe order is effect ive all over the country it will prevent the shipment into thif county or state of infected sheep hereafter and eventually eliminate the disease. Pendleton Tribune BUSINESS LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED Association of Business Men Will Aid the Coun ty's Development. Pnneville is wide awake to the advancement Wing made in Crook county. She is goingto keep abreast of the times, help along the progress of the city itself and do all that is possible to mab this section of the state an euter prising and active portion of a greater Oregon. To this end be tween 30 and 40 business men at Athletic hall Tuesday evening effected an organization to lie known a the Citizen's Business League of Princville. The officers elected are as follows: T. M. Baldwin, president; CM. Elkins, vice-president; M. R. Klliott, secre tary; and A. H. Lippman, treasur er. The hoard-of directors con sists of Fred Wilson, C. Sam Smith and T. H. Lafollett. The meeting Tuesday evening was called at the instigation of a number of the business men in the city who have felt for some time past the necessity of having a commercial organization or pro motion association of acme kind which will run hand in hand with the rapid development of the county. Mr. Baldwin stated after the election that the League bad for its foundation, progress, the betterment of civic conditions and the taking of an active part in the building up of Crook county which is just now entering into a jieriod of expansion and development. The league, through its board of directors and committees ap pointed by the president will see to it .that Crook county and the nusiness centers ol tlie county re ceive a bountiful share of adver tising. Its resources, will be made known to the outside world through the use of circular letters which will lie sent in reply to the numerous inquiries regarding the county which are lieing received constantly. Statistics and data concerning the agricultural, tim ber, mining and irrigation interests will be gathered and kept on file where publicity can be given them at any time. Prospective settlers will be given all the information desired and no effort will be saved in making other sections familiar with the advantages of this portion of Oregon. New industries and business interests will be encourag ed to seek a foothold in this vicin ity, and it is believed that with the advent of a new population, which will in all probability reach its high water mark next year during the Lewis and Clark Cen tennial, Crook county will re ceive its full share of settlers. Part of these will go into every section of the county acd so far as the League has it in its power, new residents will come into the county well informed regarding the new home into which they are coining. meeting It was decided at the Tuesday night that the League should become a member of the Oregon Development League, with heauiiuarters in Portland, and in this way gain assistance from the larger and more extensive organi zation. The regular meetings of the local association will be held the second Tuesday of each month when a general discussion of tran spiring events will be held. It will also be an evening when general suggestions and ideas will receive an airing and in this way keep up tho work which has been undertaken. The subscription paiers were signed by about 3o business men and it is ex;iected that tins num ber will be greatly increased as the work to be done by the League will be highly beneficial to every resident of the county. The inem- bership.fee was fixed at $". FUGITIVES ARE SOON CAPTURED Two of the boys who escaped from the State Reform School last Sunday have been captured in Albany. Their name are Guy Rogers and Fred Jerett, Rogers is aged 15 years, and hails from Toledo. He was captured in Al bany this morning by two boys who were in the Marshal's office when a message from the lower end of town stated that the boy had lieen seen there. Failing to find the Marshal, the boys arrested P.ogers. They then learned that Jerrctt, whose age is 17 years, and who lives at Hay stack in Eastern Oregon, had gone toward Tangent. Securing a rig, the self-appointed officers drove out, found the youth hidden in the brush waiting for the noon train, and against his protest and threats, brought him to town. Both of the youngsters hail discarded the uni- ' forms which they wore at the Re form School, and were donned in civilian's clothes. Oregonlan. GOOD OUTLOOK FOR COOS BAY ROAD The prospect of Coos county get ting that much-needed and prayed for railroad which will enable it to take its proper and natural place among the state's counties seems to be growing brighter. C. A. Smith of Minneapolis is largely interested in the county and had recently lieen in consultation with Santa Fe and Southern Pacific officials in an endeavor, it is understood, to interest them in the region and obtain a promise that they will extend their lines to. the isolated timlier holdings. Mr. Smith ad mits that one object of his visit to I he coast has lieen to arouse the railroad interests to the Coos op portunity but refuses to state what success has attended his efforts. Should the companies offer no encouragement and refuse to make any promises concerning future construction Mr. Smith may con struct a connecting line himself. When asked why with his large timber holdings isolated from transportation facilities and with the capital he could interest in the project, he did not build a line himself, he replied: 'Well, I may be compelled to do something of the kind." Mr. Smith is stopping at the Hotel Portland and is registered from Minneapolis, where as the leading lumber dealer of the region he employs 1,200 men. But he is interested in many timber tracts over the country and has forestB of virgin fir, spruce, hemlock and cedar scattered over the northwest. He has just come from Coos county, where he has ltXI.O'X) acres of fir, cedar and sugar pine. In Linn county, close to the heavy forest fires, he also has an exten sive tract, and while he is not. losing any sleep about it he watch es the progress of the flames with a good deal of interest. He says the tires in southern Oregon have thus far done but little damage. "This coast is the place for - the young man," he said. "The states of Oregon, Washington and Cali-' I fomia have a great future. I have brought my son on this trip, for I want him to learn the conditions in the lumber trade here. I have sent a number of young men to this coast. There is a good future here for the timber business. Of course, lumber will be manufactur ed for many years in the upper Mississippi valley, but the output is decreasing steadily. Last year the product was 100,000,000 feet less than it was the preceding year, and this year it will lie near ly that much less. The output of white pine has decreased from S00,000,000 to 300,000,000 feet, which is an enormous fulling off. This means that the timber of the Pacific coast is soon to come into the market. What you must have is railway facilities, and the people should keep everlastingly at agita tion for railway building. I am certain that both the Vanderbilt and Gould lines will soon reach I the coast. Just where they will i s'rike it we do not know." .'our- nal v