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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
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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.
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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.