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IT i O I-cne Or Crook County Journal r The CvcOFFiaAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN. 2, 1913. KntrA t th potUriTIa at PtfnvlU OfKou, fti woorKl-ctitM mur VOL. XVII NO. 6 RFrflR UL.UUIV In TWO illiUll 1 UV.11 UIIUL and Killed A Mum ! "7 7 Herman Poch. it woll known )Jrancber and fur dealer of this city, with lib home milee up . Ochoco, wis shot and almost In ttaolly killed Tuesday morning V bit stepson, Us j lord McDan ft who immediately phoned the sYirilf and gave hinmelf into custody. Hie shooting occurrod at 8:25, and at 8:80 the victim was dead. The shooting was done with a IL'gaugo Winchester shotgun, and several wounds were Inlllctod, one shot piercing the heart. Hie others Injured the chest and other organs of the thoracclo cavity. Coroner Hyde and County Physician Edwards were early n the scene, the former with hastily Impanelled jury, and the mother and her son were subject ed to a rigid cross-examination, von though the boy admitted tlrlr.g the fatal shot, j The tragedy seems to have s beon the outcome of a long and serious tale of domestic Infelicity. Married lust Muy, Mr. sod Mrs. I'och appear to have run Into trouble almost from the start, as the testimony adduced si the coroner's Inquest shows con clusively. The fur dealer and bis wife did not get along, and either a separation or a tragedy was bound to be. The evidence there given was in some particul ars unfit for publication, being of such a revolting nature. The twdy was brought to town Tues tiny sfternoon and prepared for burial. Herman Pooh was a man well liked all over the county. ij secured a piece nf laud which wus bis home several years ago and has made it Into a splendid little ranch, starting without one Boost for the National Highway from New York to Portland The secretary of the Prineville Commercial Club has received the following letter from ('has. W. Thatcher on good roads, which should receive the 'special attention of the jieople of this county. Such a highway would he a great thing for any country, hut more eecial ly for a sparsely settled region like Central Oregon. I?y all means let us boost for the road. The let ter reads: Kngineer's camp en route, Sacra mento, Culif., December 27, 1912. My dear sir I regretted beyond my capacity to give expression that I was un able te reach your city last August. I have good news for you. Your city is oh the nationul routo of a great national highway from New York to Portland called the Lewis and Clark Boulevard. I shall start from San P rancisco in the spring and go to Salt Lake City and Oma ha and back through Oregon to Portland in August. I shall come from Boise via Weiser, Vale, Har ney, Burns, Prineville and Sisters Pass to Portland. I shall also put up markers, monuments and paint directions' for tourists along the route as well as hold booster meet ings for good roads. La Pine will have a monster barbeque at this time. I feel confident that Prine ville will not want a sister town to excel them in boosting. You may rest assured if Prineville advertises the Good Roads' convention as she . should and makes preparation in by Step-Son dollar and building It entirely by his own effort, and his murder wrought the settlers in his neighborhood up to a white heat The bearing of his slayer will probably take place January 2. although the time has not yet been set. Following Is the cor oner's verdict: We, the jury empanelled by the coroner of the state snd county aforesaid,' to Inquire into the death of Herman Poch. find thst thodoceased, Herman Poch, came to bis deatn in Crook County, State of Oregon, at the ranch ofU deceased about 8 miles east of) the City of Prlnevllle, from wounds caused by a shot fired by and In the hands of Gsylord McDsnlul, death occurring about HMO o'clock in the morning of December 8!, 1912, said shot being fired with Intent to kill. J. P lllanchard L. M. Dechtell Jesse Yancey Henry A. Cram Edgar J. Hundy L. B. Lafollett. (i ay lord Mc Daniel, the slayer, is in the county jail pending the preliminary examination. He is 23 years old, and a son of Mrs. Poch by her first husband. She has a son by her second husband, Hobort J. Brown, aged six, who is with his mother st tne ranch McDanlr.l was vry cool at the coroner's inquest, telling a straight story and was seemingly not a particle sorry for having committed thecrime, and even the widow testified that she would have killed ber husband if the boy had failed to do so. I'och was 53 years of age, and has two sisters, whom the authorities are now trying to locate. proportion to the calibre of the en terprise that I will give you a date. And besides I will look forward to ; making it the greatest good roads rally ever held in Central Oregon. We can not boost too strenuously at that time as we want an appro priation for a state highway East and West through Prineville from Portland to the Idaho line. I shall go from Prineville next August to hold booster meetings in Portland and Salem, We want a booster Good Roads' convention in Prine ville that will reach from hill to hill, over mountain peuka and plain to the very walls of the capitol, the people's voice should be heard. Let all Prineville and country com mence now to plan and boost for this meeting. I feel sure that some big-hearted rancher will be too glad to offer a young beef for a barbe que at that time, and the hunters will fall over one another to furnish several venison. Around the ban quet board while partaking of this cheering repast we will also partake of a more radiant feast which will represent a great highway from ocean to ocean through Prineville which will mean a city of thirty thousand in twenty years. Los Angeles has sprung from a city of fifty thousand to almost four hun dred thousand in twenty years with only a fraction of the resources of Prineville. Dreams materialize in proportion to the strength of the desire, and the desire is gauged by the amount of effort to bring about a realization of these dreams. Good roads and national high way. have advanced by lea,,, and fQf Summcr PastUre bound since I pasted through Cen tral OreRon. It marks the eve of an epoch-making period in good Chance 4 Kimbl r rr.l.' hUrnrv. I hv. t raveled i men that bought the Lone Pine since August hundreds of miles , searching for engineering reasons constructed up the Sacramento riv-j,lac wl" 10 Provlde mmer er through California should not Pture- join Central Oregon at Klamath! 1 want 10 keeP itock" Mid Mr P.ll. ln.i..i f .rln. th Ki.klJ Chance, 'and I cannot do it with- vnu mountain, tn Aahlanri .'out Pture. ..Hnnmi ! I hsve succeeded far beyond my . fondest hopes. The stack ofengi-i neering evidence in my possession ! Now-1 8m oin to mak P"" most eloquently declares that theture that wi" keeP 100 head of Central Oregon route is the ony ! k on the new place. This I can logical route for this great inter-' national highway from Mexico to Panaris I TVMtaj.ua tnuiila tnfnrmft. - ,. that telta m, we tan . ... . .,. .... , j..n.v. r.. r.n.,i nrn.. ir ,.!". Then I will go over the ground bring a strong pressure to bear up- u'ii a wa w v hi viLft"" a .. r on the section or California that controls the political situation, be - fore the convening of the e(riata. ture in January. If thousands of , letters in the next ten days pour In-1 to the address below, Central Ore."''"1 UWBa" J0Ke oul Jusl gon has won this great treasure ' what h ha8 done for that 8tate- trove n the form of a ereatnat on - a) highway, l am sure you will recognize this as an opHirtunity to perform service for your country. And 1 1 anticipate in advance that you will enter into this campaign with fiery enthusiasm. Kindly write to the ..i.i,.. ii. , j ,.,L . " ; sufficient number of carhon ennies in your city and vicinity can sign a full set and mail one to each 'ad dress. Call at your school and by personal address ap)eal to each student to write a full set of postal cards and mail one to each address. It is a superb writing lesson and the teacher will take pleasure in writino- the form nnd sil.ireases on the hoard. Thin is the form p,t by the schools: j we" that me P8- swiftly and IVar sir ' that everv da' '8 a hew beginning j Please aid Chas. W. Thatcher in! else many, might become too dis boosting the Yellowstone Boulevard j couraged to press forward in the throuirh Central Oregon unon his arrival in your city. Yours truly. Name Hundreds of letters from Prine ville will place your city more con spicuously on the map and impifWs unon the minds of the powers that rule in California that Central Ore- m.n U th hoar mot for thi dtpbi national highway. Remember my services are yours at any time. My heart is with vmir .tmn in it ffm-t fr ,Wol. nnment and no task will he ton ! 1 10 a?sist you jf m r to do so. Yours truly, Chas. W. Thatcher. Important addresses President Moore, Panama Expo sition, San Francisco, Calif. Bec'y Chamber Commerce, Stock ton, Calif. Sec'y Chamber of Commerce, Sacramento, Calif. Sec'y Chamber of Commerce, Maryville, Calif. Sec'y Chamber of Commerce, Oroville, Calif. Sec'y Chamber of Commerce, Chico, Calif. Horses for Sale Addresa K. V, Otegou. Constable rrineville, 12 Notice Parties having horses in my pasture are requested to remove them at once. 1-2 2tp Mkd Vaxui tool. Keys Lost Home Security Savings Bank, Bell ingham, Wash., key ring. Kinder re turn to olllce and receive reward. 12 For Sale or Trade. Oue Holmes Business College Scholarship, value 75. Student nniHt enter More January 1, 1913. Inquire, ol Mrs. J.C.Breeding. 12-12 2t I Will Grow Rye ranch trom the O'Neil Bros. Mr. that Chance inform the Journal the first thin ne will do on the new That is what is the matter with so many farms in this countrv They nave no pasture for d0 by owln two hundred acres to rye. "No, I'll not clean it but just sow the seed up at all, broadcast over the rough land, sagebrush and w',th ';ttht cultivator and the thinir rtcna If ( tw. ffiuwawnvV " ..-.. ... :either' witn me- 1 have tried il ! years and I know just what I'm k... tl..'. i .i BU"ul- ,,uw "K came to have wild oata in California. ! 1"" - ' v"um "Ul KCl ",U,,B : D U 1 1 1 a 1 iv. vvc, bucii as i nave jusii unparalleWidriM'wiIlworkwo"derginthiHcHo L l 1 ti a lasting tounlry- And furthermore, it will ; otinson, say that they are more than y necessary w reseea tne lanu i once in four years. "Yes sir. Til be very glad to K""5 ",e "urn' " ! experiments in Crook county. There L 1 I at li m vruiieuia in vruon county . mere j 11 t a doubt in my mind about thejbody came through The Glad New Year. "0 Rlsd New Year! O lsd New Tear! Du n brightly on as ill, And bring us hopes, our hem te to cheer, Whatever may bfall." The year 1912 (with all its joys I and sorrows, its successes and fail ! ures has passed into history. It is : rae Ior Posmon, weaJUl ana honors. The beginning of a new year is an incentive for new hopes, new as pirations and a greater determina tion to accomplish ones ambition. We start the new year on a new level and under different conlitions. An added year gives us another viewpoint and enables us to see our ! defects more plainly. The increased j knowedse and riper experience : Qualify us for better living and working, thus making us of greater service to our fellow man. What- ever the past held of sorrow or failure, has passed with the old year and deserves no part of our present strength and thought. The past is gone and we cannot change its record but we may mold the coming months of the new year and make of them what we will. The future has its contingencies but it has its certainties as well as its pos sibilities and probabilities. With renewed determination and with careful preparation and thought we can achieve greater success than ever before. This success may not be the accumulation of wealth nor the gaining of honors but if we have msde lighter the burdens of another; if we have made smooth the rugged path of the weary and discouraged then we may feel we have won success in the higher sense of the word. Eighth Grade Examinations. Notice Is hereby given that the 8th grude exumiuatlous tor January will be held Thursday and Friday, January 16 aud 17. The program will be as follows : Thursday Physiology, writing, history and civil government. KrWay Grammar, a r 1 1 huiettc, gecgraphy and spelliug. Railroad to Prineville Practically Assured The third time is the charm. This seems to be true regarding a railroad to Prineville. It is practically assured that the terms of the Scheel proposition can be met and that this city will be connected by rail with one or both of the trunk lines entering Crook county. This much the financial committee concedes. There are a number of large contributors who live in the country or out of town that have not subscribed but will do so at the first op- . pOlftUnity. The soliciting committee, composed f a Elkins, fT VlAOOvn ui iflOolOi pleased at the unanimity with which peo ple met the call for subscriptions. . Every- gested. , So certain is the committee that the full amount to be subscribed can be raised that they have telegraphed Mr. Scheel that it is up to him to do his part of the contract. So it is practically settled that Prineville will get the roadr Hoopla. A Spokane Capitalist Buys the . Two Electrical Companies The electric light controversy has been settled. Mr. Syvier of Spokane is now the owner of the Prineville Light A Water Co. and Mr. Jacobs' interests at Cline Falls, and all rights, title and interest of the Cove Power Co. The deal was put through the first of the week. This is undoubtedly the best way to settle the matter. ; For a time Prineville would have profited from the rivalry of the two companies but in the long run nothing would have been gained.. Fierce competi tion is always followed by consoli dation. This is the history of suA struggles. We might have had free electricity or "juice at a nominal sum" for a few years as suggested by a member of one of the com- Flow of Oil Struck Summer Lake Valley Silver Lake, Or., It became known today that Orval Polly struck a flow of oil while drilling for artesian water on his desert claim, which is located in the end of Summer Lake Valley, where an artesian belt is located. Thir teen flows of artesian water have been obtained by different resi dents of the section during the past year at depths ranging from 130 to 600 feet. . Mr. Pollv was sinking a well on his claim and at the depth 400 feet a flow of illuminating oil flowel out. The well now is I Baldwin. Smith and li with the amount sug panie. but after that. Well, its all settled. Of one thing we are assured and that is Prineville will have a 24 hour service just as soon as it is pos-ible to furnish it. Cheap power will do as much for this city as the coming of the railroad. The Cove power plant will be completed at once. Mr. Simpson, a-i expert in his line, is expected to morrow night to take charge of con struction work. Redmond will have current tomorrow night and Prine ville about the first of the month. The terms ,pf sale have not been mado public as yet, but it is said that the Cove Power Co. git tlfiO -000 or better.' This money wiil now be turned into other channels for the development of this country. emitting a howling noise, which causes some apprehens.ion among the natives. Gas wa9 found near the center of this basin last Spring at a depth of 200 feet. This well was sunk to a depth of 625 feet and the gal increased in volume. Several times meals were pre pared over the flowing gas, which forced its way through huudreds of feet of water. It has bean thought for soma time that an oil basin lay beneath the section, but the people were not looking for oil. their object being to secure natural flows of water to improve the surround- of;iug fertile land. Wri 625-foot well is located Continued ou page 4