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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. I). 1". STKFFA. . M- WAII.KY. rullt.lifJ every Tliurwlay t Thf Journal RuiMitig, Prineville, Oreiron. Term of Siilwrlptioii: Ono your. $!... Six, t Die IViiio- : vi'l Hst oftW at 2tul month, 75 tntf. Single cojilinS ii'litK rjich. c!v mi.-. OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY. Tha senator, accompanied ly Mrs. joprwitUm to Ilia w Mum of notwly l'rtvtor and a jmrty of iotn four- i every voter in Ahwood t rcm-rve tvn jhtsoiis was making a tour of the right to register a vigorous tho west. A xtop was made at j kick, and in this instance wo fail; Salt I.aktf City, ami the lwrtvi' l where the rrejHctor startovl out for a walk ahout tho j "ing its taxi efforts in tho up-j city. Senator Proctor and his ! ouiMing of Ashwood ami Mir- wifo headed iho procession, and , rounding country." Mr. l.uoddo- 9 m m . m m m VV" III! I II 1 ' 1 ' ill I II I I I'll III! W f 1 J-J I,, iijumlx imiiM 1 mil mm .nig W Iffl THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1905. f RAIDS, MASSACRES, FAILt RES, ETC. The Journal is in receipt of a lottor from a gentleman in the East who.in expressing his opinion regarding 'l'4 hahitahle character istics of Central Oregon, writes. "I am rather skeptical about your country. You have range wars,, timber land frauds of gross dimen sions and your irrigation projects are all failures." Shades of Mackeral! What an awful black eye this Foction is getting. We would ask that the cor responding secretary of the sheep shooters association write this man a letter setting forth in detail the intricate workings of the organiza tion. We would ask that Senator Mitchell send him a complete digest of his explanation which he made in the senate of certain things that the public has reason to believe are cock-eyed. We would further ask that the irriga tion company, which has been pouring 6ome 110,000 or f 50.000 a month into the county for nearly a year while reclaiming its arid tracts, let loose of some of its cir culars that this man and his neighbors may know that this project at least is not contaminat ed by the other two flagrant vices. It is evident that some one has been tampering with the switch. Outside people are getting onto a side track and the woes of Mitchell and the notoriety gained by the promoters of anti-sheep vigilance are having a disastrous effect upon the minds of prospective citizens of Crook county. But we hold nevertheless that we are not altogether resting upon the perilous extremity of barbar ism. We hold that the timber land frauds ore no worse than the political corruption and bribery in the East. Besides the fraudu lent practices from all appearances are confined in this section to the sanctified members and represent atives of the higher circles. In the east quite the reverse is true, which is very shameful indeed. Out here an indictment is an honor eagerty sought for and not yet within the reach of the humble, and less aspiring people. However, Oregon is a large state. With the upheavals and internal disturbances over the nasty range difficulties and the complete "fail lures" on the part of the irrigation companies we in Central Oregon have no time to pay much at tention to the timber frauds which are matters confined for the most part to the extreme western part of the state and are personal afflictions of the state's senators and representatives which they themselves must handle. In Crook county, properly desi gnated as Central Oregon, the "failures" of the irrigation com panies are doubling, yes, tripling the population with more to fol low. The range difficulties furnish only a little diversion from the monotony of a busy, industrious and progressive life, and as long as we can keep the senators and representatives before the grand jury, what more could we ask? ment starts a war on tho whole state. Then we give President Uoose velt forty thousand and tire the opening gun in his triumphant Presidential campaign only to have John Hall summarily re moved and the merry war goes on. Are we then so much more cor rupt politically and lacking in general honesty and integrity than the other Pacific Coast states that all the infamy of the land fraud business is to ln heaped on poor old Oregon? What crime have our forefathers committed that all the harsh things should come our way? Say, Mr. President, can't you shy a few bricks at one of the other slates in the Union? We've had about all the bad advertising we can stand up under and keep in the happy family of progress and expansion. Of course, Oregon gets a whole lot of advertising out of it all. The whole world is learning where we are and that there must be rich resources here which everybody is trying to steal. But they will not stop? They are even talking of coming up to Salem and standing up some of our prominent citizens, getting old honored citizens out of bed at midnight and sending the cold shivers down their backs. Oregon has only this consolation. We are not Wing forgotten. It is better to ie lnciicteu and even prosecuted than to'le forgotten in this strenuous age of the world. Salem Journal. THE EVIL GENII'S. If, as provided for by t.he bill now before the Legislature, the direct primary law should become effective this year, registration books for tha primaries will be opened by the County Clerk early in March. Of course, the bill may not be passed by the Legislature, and the city primaries and elect ion will probably be conducted under the old law, in which case registration will not be necessary. There are some serious objections to the bill by the friends of the primary law, and the main one of these is that it sioils the whole principle of the law. That is, at a primary election a man does not have to tell his politics. Under the law, a man must tell the name ot tne party with which tie is affiliated when he registers. This section was framed with the view of protecting all parties from fraudulent voting by their op ponents. The idea was that a voter at the polls might be chal lenged in regard to his party affili ations, and if he had registered as a member of one party and voted the ticket of another, his vote might be rejected. Tins was to prevent the manipulation of any political machine that might nomi nate a weak man on the opposite side and then defeat him at the election by a straight party vote. Telegram. What is the peculiar brand ot evil genius that is pursuing Ore gon anyhow. After breaking up the lethargy of the ages and beginning general state development, now, y;e are to be indicted as a nest of unworthy land stealers. For the first time we get a big appropriation and have a delega tion working in political harmony, when all are to be branded and retired from usefulness. A few years ago we lumbered along with a one-lunged represent ation in the senate and two con gressman who could not agree on anything. Then when we began to build the canal at The Dalles and open the Columbia and prepare to hold a world's fair, the interior depart- A minister's wife a doctor's wife and a traveling man's wife met one day recently and were talkine about the forgetfulness of their husbands. The minister's wife thought her husband was the most forgetful man living, because he would go to chruch and forget his notes and no one could make out what he was trying to preach about The doctor's wife thought her hus band had a poorer memory still for he would often start to see a patient and forget a medicine case and travel nine or ten miles for nothing. "Well" said the travel ing mans wife," my husband beats that. He came home the other day and patted me on the cheek and said: "I believe I have seen you before what's your name?" Ex. The Smoot inquiry has brought out a number of Mormon yarns, this one among others: Senator Proctor, of Vermont, tells with much amusement, oi a time when he was taken for a Mormon elder. procession. tho ladies of the party brought up the rear, going in pairs. That very same day another party of easterners was making the rounds of Salt Lake City, and when they encountered the Proctor party in the main street, thev stood aside to let them pass. 41 Well, well!" exclaimed one of the second party; there's a sight! Look at that old Mormon and his wives. Out for a constitutional, I suppose. I wonder," ho added, "if ho has any more. The w inter palace of the Czar is likely to be turned into a pretty warm place, suitable only for relic seekers, if present indications of the smouldering revolution reach a culmination. The Russian serf has leen a serf so long that he at last has begun to realize his down trodden condition and once . in possession of ball and musket with a few more examples of monarchial insolence, such as has recently leen slapped into his face, as a cause for action, there will bo left but little room to doubt the wis dom of the village punster who said, "Big things fall hard some times and smash all to thunder." Petitions are Wing circulated in Lake county and receiving a great number of signatures, asking Representative Steiner, who is fathering the bill which provides for the various counties to make good the losses sustained in sheep slaughtirs, to introduce a bill to set aside the sum of $50,000 to be used in employing secret service men and in otherwise ferreting out those who are guilty of destroying property and livestock. It is the opinion in Lake county and in this county as well that a bill of this nature would pass both bran ches of the legislature with less oh jection than the one originally proposed by Redresentative Stein er. Another Letter from Ash wood. Editor Journal: In reply to Mr Leuddemann's letter in the Ash- wood Prospectc on the 17th, will say that he seems to be trying to follow David Harem's golden rule "to do unto the other fellow as he thinks the other fellow is going to do unto him and do him fust." He insinuates that the reason we object to the Prospector's articles is because they are publish ed by Max Luddemann of Ante lope. Now we feel no personal animosity towards Mr. Ludde mann and would just as soon he would own and publish the Ash wood Prospector as any man we know of (under other circumstan ces) and we are truly glad that he has an "opinion of his own." But when that opinion is in direct COfVRIOMT HUM. NATHAN A FISCHtft Ok mann survly knows that tho people of Atdiwood have always opposed the division of our county on the proposed tines, and they haw signed rontons! ranees almost to a man as they did two years ago. We defy Mr, Luddemann to name a half doion tax payers who are in favor of tho proposed new county. Further, tho same article says "it is well known to most of tho citizens of Ashwood district that a little over a year ago an effort was made to get a bridge over Tiout crock nt Ashwood," and after ex plaining the geographical situa- of Ashwood he savs that county assistance was not forthcoming. Now everyone knows that coun ty road crosses Trout crook some four or five miles below Ashwood. I believe that if tho Ashwood people had petitioned for a county j have been granted; or on tho other jf hand of they had petitioned for a county road and a county bridge at Ashwood the same would have been granted. I don't believe any county court in the state of Ore gon would make a county bridge where there is no county road. And for this groat crime "Prine- villo is a hog," but we still contend ' bod for several weeks past that the only reason that Ashwood is not blest with good roads and county bridges is Wcause we have not petitioned for them. I, too, regret that this contro versy has arisen. However, I will say that if the Ashwood Prospect or was pub.ished at Ashwood by an Ashwood editor there would have been no cause for controversy. C. S. MiCokki.k, Ashwood, Ore. Jan. '20, VM) 1. A Happy iiikI I'ro-pciotm New tonwi-N and all of Crook Coimtv Year to our dm- CUAiMK SALE 1 PRINEVILLE'S GREATEST STOREFg JK&t Jftrftf m ,m - All Ladies Ready Made Skirts, Jackets, Shirt Waists, Facinators and Fur Collarettes at :: :: :: :: OHE-T HI FF A Rare Opportunity! in the eating." (let " The proof of the Pudding l.t In on this and be convinced Tho on tiro lot must bo sold for Co oh .1 County Clerk J. J. Smith is recovering slowly from the illness which has ontined htm to h.s J. tl. Edwards and J.P. Van Houten were in the city yesterday on business connected with the recent sale of the Baldwin Sheep ami Land companies property al Hav Crock. Additional Locals F. M. Post was in tho city from Post the fir-t of the week. The Arabian Nights. February 3-4. Don't forget tho date. B. B. Helfrich was a business visitor from Lamonta Wednesday. M. C. Awbrey was over from Deschutes during the first of the week. Roe Smead, of Post, left yester day for his home after spending several days in the city. IS. W. Noble is gaining strength rapidly after the serious illness from which he has been suffering for several months past. A. C. Sanford, postmaster at Shaniko and one of the largest merchants there, was in the city during the first of the week. J. C. Wright and wife passed thiough the city yesterday on their way to their home at Silver Lake. They had just finished a term at the Corvallis Agricultural college. Rehearsals for tho comedy drama, the Arabian Nights, which will be given in Athletic hall two nights ln-ginning w ith next Friday night, are being conducted every evening and tho production will he one of tho be-t of the season. The Whole Thing iu an i Shell i How to Get 200 Egjjs a Year per Hen 1 A. If. LIPPMAN V CO. LINCENSED UNDERTAKERS mid Manufacturers of all Kinds of FURN1TIRE T cm The ut'snil riliti.iri A l'r;Kt:i.il IV.tHi) M tnu.il is noi.,' rc.ch. Cdiit.mn jtinrmi; CHlirr l!rli,;s lilt? f.tmmr. N.niv m M-'IIkkI of Firilinj!. i kn n In Iv one of Oie m-un of nuking i profit from oti!try. Sonir of thr rli.tptrr lHMil:ni;s itrr: IStood'T ("hu-ks; Profit. !c Poultry K.imn;:: I'lilK'ipli Ii!l'i. ciniu's ; Kt-inrili- s lor Kwup, 1'nniuj tl.t Moiili; I'AononiV in Fti Iimi;; l'ow!!tv as a Utisim'.-s; 'I't.ip N'.-ls. with pi. ins mid i! ustr.tiioits. lii'-. oL.ipti'r ts uoi i!i (lit prior ot tlic Imok. 'IV IN tin- prul.cn! way to m.iki- pju'uy piy. I'mv y,t Our mt is a X- I'-'s' Apri. i 'tui:il M.iH.iino wil'i 1 1 j i i lioM, l'.i,ihi. lioi'iculmrr ami Kiny Ivpmiii i ;.. Suhsiiipliori price $l.oo. To inlroilmi' our M'lirtl,'. inl'i your ll MlllC i' V. iil svl.ri Iii'P ';kT oia- yc ir iinrl A I 'ram it il I'oulliy Manual .-jr 35 cents. The Arabian Nights f Rlacksmitliing That Pleases l The Kind You Cct at- .1. 11. vk;u:s (SiieeeMiir to) COKIVIflT V- KI.KIXS'S A Stock of Farm Machinery always on hand Meat, Vegetables, Produce A Complete and Choice Line of I'.eef, Veal, i.iuon, Lard and Country I'roduco Kept on Mutton, Pork, hand at the OR The Circus Girl 9 a three ner OMEDY DRAMA OUST OF GH21R71 Q TERS Mr. Arthur HumiriSn-rtop Prof. A. C. Strang Ralph OrmoroU Mr. D. Macleod Joshua Gillibrancl Mr. Joe Larsen Dobson Mr. Aleck Zeverly Mrs. Hummlngtop Miss Winnie Cline Mrs. Gillibrancl Mrs. H. P. Belknap Rosa Colombler Mrs. Julia Lytle Daisy Maitland Miss Maud Kidder Barbara Miss lora Ward City Meal IVlarket FOSTER & HORRIGAN, Prop's. Prinavllle, At TllC Old Stailtl Orcjjon. Ward 5?oarc- JV. C, "Dany 'A ffioarc & !Dany Iino "Wines, liquors, Cijjirs, Draft and Hottlod Hoor. Sood Milliard Uablo in Connection & Jft ttoaric dc Score's old stand on Vai'n Street EI General admission 25 cents. Reserved Seats 50 cents Two Nights Two Nights Mhtetic Hall, February 3rd and Hth, 1905 THE EMPIRE STABLES HUGH GEE, PROPRIETOR. Special Attention Given to Boarding :: :: :: First Clas Tflams to Let at Reasonable Prices, s Upto-Date Outfits Fur nished for transporting Fartles to the wocds or an outnlda point :! s: LIVER Y, HACK AND HOARDING STAIJLH MA I IV STKKET IV HAH THK OCIIOCO IlHIIXii: I'HIlVKVILir,, . . OHIUiON I 1