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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1901)
31 C. SAM SMITH. CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL'S ANNUAL NUMBER. Linn county has furnished Crook many substantial and progressive citizens, among the most prominent of whom is C. Sam Smith, who was born in Brownsville in 1858. He came to Crook county in 1875, and en gaged in cattle raising and, saving four years' residence in Benton county, has been continuously engaged in stock breeding and stock raising to the present time. Mr. Smith has a model farm of 8,000 acres thirteeen miles east of Prineville, 400 acres of the same being under culti vation. This farm is capable of producing 800 tons of hay annually, besides grain and fruit in abundance. He has devoted his principal energies in improving his stock and now has a fine herd of full-blood Here fords, as well as some 500 head of graded Short Horns. Mr. Smith believes also in diversined farming. He produces and . . - - '"1 tic-; C. SAM SMITH'S FARM ON OCHOCO. THE HAMILTON STABLES. The Hamilton livery and sales stables is one of the ",a;.dmaiks" with which every one who ever visited our city is familiar. Chris Cohrs, who recently purchased it, will maintain it. Chris has just completed a fine livery and feed stable which is run in connection with the hotel and known as the Redby stable. C.SAM SMITH'S HRD OF THOROUGHBRED HEREFORDS.I markets large quantities of bacon and farm produce. In 1883 he married Miss Frances Cleek, a daughter of H. A. Cleek, and grand daughter of John Isom, of Albany. -'V a, . ' ( .-, , ,. ; ., I ; "- .. " . ;'' ' " V The present proprietors are W. T. & E. A. Davenport, who, since purchasing the pro perty about a year ago, have strengthened its reputation for the excellency of its ac commodations for stock, the care bestowed upon them and the fine livery rigs always on hand. PRINEVILLE PLANING MILL. CHAS. E. M'DOWELL. This affable gentleman presides over the destiny of Vienna Cafe. He is a native of Linn county, and while he has been a resi dent of Crook county but three years, he has made many friends and acquaintances. It is said that the easiest way to reach a man's heart is through his stomach, and if this be true, certainly Charley has reached the heart of many a man, for he strives to serve the best of food in nicest style. REDBY HOTEL. GEO. SUMMERS, POSTMASTER, PRINEVILLE, OREGON- The Redby Hotel has the reputation among commercial .men of being the quiet est, best furnished and best kept hostlery in Prineville, and under the management of The Prineville Planing Mill is one of the most prominent manufacturing industries of Crook county. This plant has turned out all the planing mill work that has entei c 1 into the construction of every building ia Prineville and vicinity for the past two years. The owner and proprietor, John B. Shipp, as well as being a finished architect and mechanic, is thoroughly familiar with every branch of the business done by this large concern. This mill has a capacity of 15,000 feet of finished lumber and 10,000 cawed shingles per day. The best sawed shingles retail at $3 per thousand at the mill, and finished lumber at from $15 to $25 per thousand. All kinds of mouldings, sash and wood-turning and every thing needed to construct any ordinary building are made here. Mr. Shipp is prepared to furnish drawings and estimates on all classes of construction work, and his workmanship cannot be ex celled. He has constructed more buildings in Prinevile during the past two years than has ever been put up here in the same pe riol before.