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Crook . Commity Jomraal PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 22, 1907. NO. 36 VOL XI n nm a tt a n lid summer n t j .ale I a, KEEP COOL THIS HOT WEATHER needs a railroad u r.i Li r i t j n r i n LJ ft. j m LJ r.i Here is Your Chancel Canvas Shoes AT LESS THAN COST Kvcrv pair of Iiulv', Miews' niul (.'hiMreu's Wliito or (rny Canvas Shoes at less than actual cost Kill or I'ntrnt Oxforil. Hoy's anil Mmi'k Whito Canvas Shoes. I'aUMit leather Oxfords. Child's HarefiHtt Samllcs. Duck Dress Skirts 42 White Duck Dress Skirts, in the best and newent utiles at $l to $1.20 while they lat. r.i in LJ ri LJl.JLJkJlJkJLJl.Jl.Jl. JL. J. JL. JL J) i. JL. JIU Jl. JU 4. JLJkJLULJLJI. JL JL Jk JL Jk JL JL. JLJL, JL JLJL JL. JL J LJ r..i LJ r.i LJ M L J n n L J r.i LJ n LJ C3 R LJ n LJ r i L J zz r.i L J r i LJ LJ r i L j r . L J M LJ ri L J r.i LJ r.i L J r.i LJ n LJ r.i LJ r?i LJ r i LJ r i LJ r.i LJ r.i L J r.i LJ r i LJ r.i L J r.i LJ r i L J ri LJ ri L J ri LJ ri LJ r i L J ri LJ r.i LJ ri LJ r.i LJ ri LJ r i LJ r i LJ r.i LJ ri L J ri LJ r i LJ ri LJ ri LJ r.i LJ LJLJLJk. COUNTRY Seen by an Orego- nian Representative. A Million Bushels of Wkeat wiS be Grown u that Section of Crook Cooatj. be Ltd in Portland and sometimes better. The crops could therefore be sold st a. good profit. But there was ouly a email area of and devoted to grain growing and the number of grain farmer wait small. Now the population in the region tributary to Madras in alut 6000, and, as said bofore, the wheat crop aggregates 1,000,000 bushels. The local market is in considerable in comparixon with tha total product and the farmer oust haul to the railroad or let their crops go to waste. This in- creaked production is what make railroad connection particularly important if the highest success is to be attained. White Act ual UmlcrakirU, Goods Sale cost gtM's" on Muslin Night Dresses, Corset Covers, White Parasols, Fancy White Waist inga, anil Printed and Colored Lawns. "Hope springs eternal in the 3 human breast," else the farmers of thst vast region known as "Agency Plains"and the Haystack country," would abandon the plow and grain drill and harvester and let their fields revert to buncbgrass upon hicb scattering herds of cattle and horses would graze. In this region at a distance of 45 to 65 miles from the nearest railroad point, Shaniko, over 1,000,000 r i uuwucin vi n mvh jisvv rwm m aw-aw and harvested this season. This t grain must be hauled to Shaniko 3 at a cost of 20 cents a bushel and then bear an additional freight charge of 11 cents a bushel to Portland. Even this handicap of 20 cents a bushel will leave the farmers a ' profit on this year's crop because the prices are good Jr With low prices the crop would be marketed at a loss and the farm ers who have produced it would be in serious financial circumstances. ; Lack of transportation facilities is r the great obstacle to a continua LJ I tinn nf th ranid rlnvelnnment that ri 1 r r has been experienced in the last 1 t wn nr thrA var hut th farmer who are here hope and believe that railroad will be built to within reasonable hauling distance and they are hanging on and extend. 2 ins their cultivated areas. Should mLJ I IKav OIVA 11 11 Lnn. nf r0.1lrtfiA.il ,i.ri.ir-,r-irinirFirifinnMr,')r-w'inrirnr!ririr!ir' 'jn -r i 1 jwjkJkjLJkJk jkJkjk jk jkjkjk jkJkJkjLJkjjLjkJk jl jkjLJLiikjLKLiiLjLJLJLJLj lj there would be little encoursge for The above articles are Going at a Fraction of their Actual Cost. LJ n LJ ri L J r.i L J ri L J r.i L J ri LJ r i LJ ri LJ r.a LJ ri LJ LJ ri E'J r.i LJ r.i LJ LJ ri LJ r.i LJ ri c w. km KINS 1 : s 7)illon Jccct 2ard fine 9ouf Xivcry tfys for Jfiro The traveling public guaranteed careful attention and prompt service. Team and Saddle horses for rent. Horses for sale. General team work. done. Country trips . a specialty I August Reduction Sale of Ranges, Stoves and Heaters g 8 Furniture, too, Must Go I ll(K)m we must have in order to set up my wood working machinery. Therefore my stock of Ranges, Stoves and Heaters, besides all fur niture made on the Pacific coast will be sold at greatly reduced rates. Come in and see for yourself. If you need anything in the stove Jino bet ween now and 11M)8 it will pay you to get my prices. ment growing. TRACTION ENGINE HAULS GRAIN continuation of wheat Notii-e (or Publication lWnrtment of the Interior l.ml Ollios at The Italic, Oregon, August 1, im INOltce W Iiereoy H.VB1HI1HL A. . l.m.w,r.r. .nlntinn n( ().. Al illiiim .1 llttu kinki I J of rrinwillu. Ortijon, has iilnl notice of transportation dtmcuiiy, tne farm I.ih iiilentioii to mke final Hveyear erg naye in(Juce(J a number of iroo( in niiHrt of hi claim, vt: , . . Homestead entry No HW15 male May Crook County business men to Iti, liwii, for the s.v, n- ami eSJ Bi Q rganiM a transportaUon com of (action 17, towiiHhip 14 south, ranK 6 r lile. w.m., ami that sant prtnit win neipany ana purcuaee a iracuuu on n.mlo bofore the county clerk, ,ini gine that can hauj 2000 bushels villo. Oreiton, on SepU'inber 12, ltH)(. . . I In names the following witnesses to six tons, ai a loau. join engine urove hirt continuous residt-uce upon, ,;i :u, hw n,i m.V " . , , . , . , t i( I wilt IUU uaui vawj v Bavmv Hon, I. M. ItlevitiF, Imck Klliott, Arthur line irip 10 oiianiKO in at noun, ft ft ft Seurs. all of Vrineville, Oreiton. H-Sp C. W. MOOKK. ReKlster. Timber ljtml. Act of June 1, 17. Noiic for Publication. It is by this means that the mar- ketins of the grain crop of 1907 is made possible. The magnitude of the undertaking is evident when it is known that a six horse team United Hlnl.K Ijind Office, Tli.. IVII.ii.)nwili. July IS. I'JUl. Noll.y In lii-Miv klvtnt tlmt In oomullHnre u-iiIiii.h timvlhlitiiu ,if I hp unl nf (inirnHii of .hMn.8, wh oiititifd ""' ,,;r',,',1','e1"f would haul but 100 bushels, re- son. Ni'vhiIh. and wiwliliiithin UTrllory," c.xli'iiilrd to nil tliu I'uhllo-lttnd BUU by tuli of AUKiiHt 4, m. quiring 10,000 trips if the grain were hauled by horses. But even the cost of 20 cents a bushel, when ft A. H. Lippman & Co PRINEVILLE, OR j Klleu J, IliMlct'n, ( 1'rincvllU', cunnly of Cnxilt, 8tU) of Orenon. nu nt N,.vii, (oriiuM'r imBiiiie8ssv hauled by traction engine, is i.n No. im k., w. M.,iid win oner proof to show excessive toil. . Wheat-growing ilmt the Utul mttt l more valitKblB for lu , . umiH'r or utont Hum (or HttricuiturKi pnrpomi cannot reach the development fore the (Miimy Olork Ht frliirvtlle, Oregon, which natural COndltlOuB Warrant on tlmiHnt dy of 8pUmlMr 1BU7. , , , . .,. KhenHtiiKH 1inf: II. A. FoUr, Kay UUtll Some road DSS been DUllt tO V. Con8lHliU, ol rrineviiie, orcKon. I . ,, , , , ,. Any nmi nil p-nion olnlmhm itdversely th I Within a reasonable hauling 018 iii. ir aininiH in thiH ottiiie on or berore wud tance of the gram Delua. Whether Jilrd day of Seiilemtwr. UW. . ,, . , , . . ?-iiiru d w. mookk, Bouter the railroad shall be an extension Citation of the Columbia Southern or the In the County i ourt ot tne Mate oi (Jorvallis Jiastern, or a new . il .it a t fy l I wrokion. ior int v ouuvy ui vtoub, i , , .n : r Inthon. Uterof the estate of lavid D. "oau duiii. up wie umbhms, is a Feeder, decerned. To Marguerite matter of no particular concern to i Vedor. o race c. iw w'd tiovd the farmers. What they want and li. Feeder, greeting: must have is a road that can carry 1" L? """'.h1:, their product to market at a rea- appear In the county court of the state sonable charge. OI uregon, ior i.ne county oi i. roo, ni the court room thereof, at Prineville in the county of Crook on Tuesday the ?y::..r Tne assertion that the 9 bcr 0. Ttfossio Sisters, Oroyon Cstato, Brokerage and insurance Sfrrfrtntcd 3arms for Sale ALWAYS MONEY IN WHEAT perma there to show cause why an order nent establishment of the wheat should not bo granted to M. U. Elliott, . j,.0.. j .uio n..t l the administrator of the ebtate of David growing industry in this part of 1). Feeder, deceased, to Bell all the real the state deoends upon the con estate noioiigutg lositittotn'i'aHBu.ui-wii. the southwest nuarter of section Beven- toon in township seventeen south of range eleven east of Willamette merid ian. In Crook County, Oregon, at imldtc sale. witness, me lion. vv.a. ecu, juuge of the County Court of the State of (k. x,. t... ,1... rv., ...., nt i..ilr uilh V'll-UII. IUI blin WMlll Ml VJIWW nav.a the seal oi biuU court atnxetl, tins lin day of July, A. D. 1907. Attest! WARRKN BROWN, Seal Clerk Dairy for Sale. Near Prineville. A money-maker. A snap for the amount of money invested For further information address Box 284, Vrineville, Or, struction of a railroad may seem ill-founded when it is known that wheat has been grown in the vicinity of Haystack and Lamonta for many years, but the statement is not inconsistent with the fact that farmers have made money growing wheat without a railroad In the past the quantity of grain grown has been comparatively small and not in excess of the local needs. The local market has afforded a price as good as oould DEVELOPMENT OP MADRAS COUNTRY The change that has taken place in the Madras country in the last three years is marvelous, yet it is probably not to be compared with the growth that will be exper ienced in the first three years suc ceeding the building of a railroad tapping this region. In 1903 and 1904 there was a rush for home steads on Agency Plains and the country to the south of -Madras. The homesteaders put up rude cabins and the first year a few of them cleared off small patches of sage brush, built a few fences and plowed a few acres. The prospect was not encouraging to people who had lived amid the comforts of a well-settled community. Water and fuel had to be hauled and the conditions seemed not very good for producing crops. But in the next two years much plowing and seeding was done, and many of the shacks gave place to better houses, cheap and rough, to be sure, but fairly comfortable for frontier homes. The first crops were not very good, and they seldom are in this section. The soil had been baked so many years by the heat oItbesuntriat.it had little pro ductive power. Plowing, seeding and raising a crop has added life to the soil and the third and fourth crops yield vert satiefac torily. Summer fallowing has been practiced with excellent re sults, and this land, for many years considered worthless, is pro ducing 25 bushels to the acre, and even more, under dry farming. This is not saying that all the farmers in this section get a yield oi 25 bushels per acre. Some of them have tried the plan of sow ing the seed on a stubble field and then disking it in. The result is a crop too light to be worth liar vesting. Scarcely any so.l and climate will produce under such conditions. Least of all will such methods be successful in a region that has been known as a desert for many years. Thorough plow ing, subsoil packing according to the Campbell system of dry farm ing, and summer-fallowing in alter nate years, will practically as sure a crop. Similar results are observed i me production ot garden vege tables. Neglected gardens of which quite a number are to be seen, are very discouraging to the traveler who is seeking land upon which to make a home. But d rectly across the road from a non productive garden may be seen splendid crop of all sorts of vege tables. The difference may be ac counted for solely by the difference in cultivation. Of course there is considerable and in the Madras countrv not suited to cultivation, because of Jj rocky condition of the surface. This is true of the Willamette Valley and of practically every agricultural region. Of the total area of tillable land in the terri tory tributary to Madras, not one- fourth is under cultivation. All the land has been homt steaded and therefore is not subject to entry. Few clajms are changing hands, but where sales are maae me con sideration ranges from $1600 to $2500 for 16C acres, according to location and improvements. One of the great drawbacks to settlement of the farm lands in this region has been the difficulty in securing water. Farmers had been unable to get well water, ex cept in the lowlands at Madras and a few other places, and the ettlers up on Agency Plainer were compelled to haul water for do mestic and livestock ptirtxii-t-s. Ilecentlr a well was drilled on Agency Plains and at a depth of 420 feet water was struck, giving a upply that stand 50 feet deep in the well. The well was not caved p. It is believed that the watT escapes through c strata of 'loose rock and that if cacing had been put in the water would rie to a reater height, and perhaps reach the surface. The well cot aliout 1000. The diguing of thit well as solved the problem of water upply, for settlers will now join in digging Community well. where residences are close enough together for several families to be upplied from one well. The Ma Iras country is laboring under the disadvantage of having considerable portion of its land owned by non-residentf . Of this no complaint can be made, how ever, while transportation -acuities are wanting. As soon as a railroad has been built owners of claims will pretty generally come live upon and improve their lands or sell to home-seekers. The transportation problem is the one that now receives most atten tion and discussion for the lack of transportation is the greatest andicap from which this region suffers. Portland Oregonian. What Alfalfa Has Done for Kansas RAILROAD RUMBLES The Corvallis & Eastern May Get Busy. SURVEYING CREWS Lend Color to this Big Crops to Moved. , Belief-be F. D. Coburn, the well-known secretary of the Kansas state board of agriculture, writing to the Far mer and Stockman of what alfalfa has done for the state, says that it is note worthy, if not significant, that the present era of unprecedent ed prosperity in Kansas dates from about the time alialfa was shown proper appreciation by her farmers Yielding profitably, whether the season be wet or dry, it is ready insurance against the empty mow and manger, and its continuously producing year after year from one seeding is an advantage readily recognized in comparison with th annual crops which must be labor iously prepared for by plowing harrowing and seeding, each sea son, not to mention the cost of the seed, that in some seasons is lost as well as the labor. In Kansas alfalfa has been a potent factor in increasing bank deposits and pros perity. As its value has come to be more and more recognized its area has been constantly extended as shown by the annual statistics. In 1891 there were in the state but 34,284 acres, and in 1906 Jewell county alone had 42,000 acres, and the state 615.000 acres. It has quadrupled the state's output of tame hay. In 1801 the tame ha aggregated 401,640 tons, while in 1905 the total was 1,682,699 tons The value of the 1891 crop was $2 000,000 while that of 1906 was worth over $10,500,000. Its in crease in esteem is indicated anew by the 1907 assessors' reports re cieved thus far by the Kansas state beard of agriculture from 46 to 105 counties, which show gains in al ialfa of nearly 600,000 acres since a year ago, or an increase of 25 per cent. If the net gain in these 46 coun ties is representative of the increase in the other 59 the total acreage has been greatly extended, and perhaps nothing better agricultur ally could happen to the state than such additional areas devoted to a crop that yields its three, four, five or more cuttings annually for so many years, and at the same time enriches the soil for the benefit of other crops that may, and proper ly should follow. The obstacle in the way of its wide use in rbtations is that comparatively few have the courage to plow up good stands of alfalfa, and thus it is permitted to occupy the same land indefinitely. All who know alfalfa best esteem it as one of the richest acquisitions to American agriculture. If you want to buy a good second hand sewing machine, inquire of Will Percv. at Barber shop. 8-8 Saddle Found. In the road between Trineville and Lamonta ; owner can have same by ap plying to O. W. Miller, Lamonta, and paying for this notice. 8-8-3wp Crews are being added to the urvey of the Corvallis & Eastern nto central Oregon, and a belief s growing that the recent visit to that region by Julius Kruttschnitt, head of maintenance and opera tion department; J. P. O'Brien, general manager, and W. W. Cot ton, general attorney of the Harri- man lines, will result in the be- . . . ginning oi consirucuon worn within the next 90 days, says the Portland Journal. Crews of surveyors have been sent into the field from several directions. A crew equipped for two months' field work was started into the hills from De troit toward Hogg Pass several weeks ago. Another crew took a direction southeast from that point and will look for easier grades over the summit. A third crew was sent via Shaniko into the Prineville country and today started from that point toward Sisters, in the foothills of the east slopes of the Cascades. It is now apparent that a thorough reconnois- sance is to be made of the country from Detroit to Prineville and probably further east. CHOICE OF ROITE REPORTED. When the high officials of the system returned from the Madras trip it was reported from an un deniably good authority that they had practically decided to favor the extension of the Corvallis & Eastern to Madras and Prineville. There has been no official state- , ment on the subject, but it fias for some time been known that Mr. Ilarriman was in the- humor to build into central Oregon and probably through the state to On tario should the stringent labor conditions and other difficulties be somewhat modified for the better this fall. At the present time, it is said, there is so great a scarcity of labor, and the difficulties and de lays in getting construction ma terial delivered are so discourag ing, that the railroad builders are going slow in the inauguration of anv new construction project. FAVORS THE CAE. These conditions favor the ex tension of the C. & E. as against the immediate building of the Ore gon Eastern, for it would be - - 1 1:. easier to get men w uenver ma terials and supplies for this work than for any other one of the cen tral Oregon routes under considera tion. Construction camps could be supplied from the Shaniko terminus of the Columbia Southern and the Idanha end of the Cor vallis & Eastern. . Residents of central Oregon say , they must have a railroad by the time the cropping season arrives for grain next year, in order to determine the question of crops to be put in. The C. & E. route would give Crook county a rail road quicker than any other survey made. In the meantime, many in terested persons are watching the progress of the Nelson syndicate that is promoting a railroad up the Deschutes river, admitted to be the best route for a railroad grade into central Oregon. It is said the energy of Ilarriman pro jected extensions from the Willam ette valley into central Oregon will always be governed by the good or poor prospect of competi tors invading that field, via the Deschutes route. Journal. ljo net Call can Omva you tti& mo a