Crook . County
Jour
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VOL. V.
ritlXKVlLLK, CKOOK COUNTY, OREGON. MAY 2, 1901.
NO. 24.
M!HINCM0TES.
Trout Creeli Mines Are
. Showing Up Well.
A Shaft Down 440 Feet.
iJevelopmnit Work Progn-HM-
Lis Kapldly on the Klug
uud Other MnluiH.
Last Sunday a arty composed
of J. N. Burgess, K. C. Htiight, C.
B. Durl'in, Fred ('lurk mid Mux
Lui'ddcmunn nvnt a most pleas
ii lit day at Ashwood and the King
mini;. After visiting the town, the
par;y returned to the King, where
through the courtesy of Mr. J. (1.
1 dsurls and Supt. W.tf. Thomas
t! ey l.ad an opportunity o( seeing
thu immune a nount of dcvelop
iiiint work t'mt liait lieen done!
In the ''skip," they made a trip to
thu hdttim shaft, a distance of
s mo 4 K) fret. On the way up out
t f the shaft, they were put off at
inch level and to exploru the drifts
i nd cro'scuts, some of the party
w aking their exit from the mine
thr:)ii(h the 5-10-foot tunnel. The
pr-nt amoin- of development
work that has Ik; n done was a rev
clati ;n to every member of the
party, and fpcaks volumea for the
j.rit and enterprise of the gentle
men who compose the . Oregon
King Mining Company.. This is
tin kind of development that
rim kei a mining camp, and gives
t a nam '.
Hunday night was ajent at the
King quartern, an the guest of Mr.
I'd ward. .the party leturning t)
utvlie early in Monday.
licrald.
The but lUiy of l-tlml.
On hint Friday morning the
scholars assembled at the school
house fur the purpose of taking
part in the final ceremonies at
tending tho cloning of the spring
term. A numl er of parents and
invited guests were also present.
After a selection by the Prineville
Juvenile L'and, 1'iof. Mitchell de
livered a ("hurt uddrcss on the
progress made hy the school dur
ing Ids administration and was
followed hy Supt. Itoegli with a
tdiort talk, Several songs were
then sting hy the school, and an
other selection rendered hy the
hand, after which an adjournment
was had to the court house grounds
where an ample spread had been
prepared by the children and their
friends.
Tho pupils were formed in the
rooms an 1 marched out in the or
der of their grades, the primary
grade first; which consisted of
: nlKHit 35 bright eyed little boy
ami girls, who will no doubt yet
make a mark in tho world, they
U'ing followed by their teacher
Miss Lulu Luckey. Next came
the second grade of about the fame
numlur of children under the
supervision of Miss Grace Belknap,
the regular teacher of ' this grade
Miss Ida Omvg being unable to
attend on account of, sickness
Next came supt. Boegli's grade
nd they were followed by the 8tli
grade and the professor and the
parents and visitors. The whole
procession Iwing led by the Juve
lule band which discoursed, sweat
music on the road to the.grbund
grounds the crowd arranged tlx lu
rches around the bountifully
HI Maid tallica which wcri' fjiirk'i
groaning under the load of good
things to which every one, im hid
ing ye editor, did ample justice.
No doubt cvDrviuib there will lomr
remember it as a red letter day of
their lives.
Squaw Creek Item.
Ed. Joi'HNAL: Bince the JntmxAi.
tins grown lurge, and all iu mutter is
printed st home, I will venture to
..no . lew o. me local nnP1n.,.Ki ol
our quiet little .community trusting
mill space win i e lounu in its column.
for the printing ol the same, ,lld
thereby e,,, . the waste basket.
Monday we hnd the first ign ol flP-i
prweliinggiHsUesthervw: a iniuia -
tine thunder storm.
liorn, to the wifoof J. W. Taylor on i vsuort in this line will be wtro
Hut unlay, April 27, a ion. The luik-jduccd which should work to the
band and father it doing . well a.
could lie expected.
Tjie noine of the steam whistle now
reverlicrKUai tltroiielitjut our co,n-
.
"'?,nit' . lis :',lto the' several states on these
Oro. Ktevn. 1im tnirclinsfHl an in- .
terostinP.B Pari.' , Mr.( ,ms. T'-'emual biddings, offered to
Denniann n-iiriii Tl.epL-ut owi . 7 ic niBils at extremely low
crs are turning out a lot of MWPnl; fiKUres, and naturally secured the
diinglef. Tliey alw have a pinner ,
aituclMit which thry have in deration. J
Mr. Clin. Denninoii, of this place, I they entered the bidding, hut in
i. working at hi trade, carpentering j tended to sublet the .contracts to
at the lkml. j local men.
Mr Addle Foster, who for some time! i onier t, clear themselves,
lm. bee., working in Prineville, return-theH0 Uddm would force poor
ed to hi. home in this iieii;hbothood' .,.., n ... , , ,
, , 6 laimers' bovs and others who could
a few diirs nvo. . . , ,
Mis. Belle ,..ith of Gnu,. Vslley 1 afiord to wryU.e in.il. on
U visiting with her relntivos of this ! t,,r8e routo' Ht "W which
place, Mr snd Mrs Hubert 8mith. oftentimes would not pay tho liv-
Hev. Grant of Haystack, held divine inf? expenses of the subcontractor
services lt Sundsy in the forenoon ! or maintenance of his horses. 6l
at ttquHW Ottk school houhc, mid in j course where ' stagedrivers took
tho evening at lhe Desert .chool house, these contracts as a side issue,
lie Inn! a good undieliee both oc-
Ciisiuns.
K J 8 1 hi rk ii the friend of tliA widow
and orplisn, attended churcb laat Sun
day. i Mr. '.editor, did you ever attempt-to
write an article when your olliee was
full of nieii and worse .till, women all
talking to or at you? If o you can
fully underalnnd your corirtpondeiit'.
position and attribute the niUtake. to
the baliul of voices throughout the
rooir.
W K Clnypool informs us that he
met with universal aucces while cir
culating tho petition to extend the
Sisters-Emery stage route.
J it CUypool is, and has been for
severul days past, eonline.il to his lied.
If he doc. not at once improve his
family will take him to IHnevihe fori
medical aid.
Our school, under the tutelage of
Mr Dayton Klliott, is progressing
finely and the attendance is all that
could be required.
The Squaw Creek Irrigation Co.,
havn Unbilled enlarging their ditch,
and they now have a property valu
able to themselves and thecommiinity
adjacent to it. N'kmo.
Slate Fair Premium Lint,
Secretary M. V. Wishom lis. hist
received from the printer the HtateJ entering the competition, and Ore
Fair Premium List for 1901. Over g0n men will carry tho mails in
110.000 U ottered for premiums o.i j Oregon as far as p wsible, while
livestock and farm product., and is j Washington men will carry the
uy mr ... uupm .nu i premium
list ever ottered in this state, l lie
list line been thoroughly revised, and
brought up to dute in eveiy depart
ment. New premiums have been
added, and others Inoreased on articles
most worthy of merit. Oregon 0im
boait now of at complete and literal
premiums m any state in the union,
and if bard work and earnest effort. 1
on the part , of the mansReiiient'
counts tot anything, the fair itself 1
will compare fawably with those of
older atte, .ad will be the beat evet
LOCAL BIDDERS.
No Others
Can Carry
Oregon Mails.
Better Service
Given
I'mlcr the Aew lUgalatloriH
As Contractor Will Re
ceive .Better Pay.
Al)0ut t)e mi(,jIo o geptenher
;the DepBrtmcrit wi flfl.
. , , .
i vert'H or . proposals for carrying
I lhe mal1 0n the n,m ,ou,e 1,1
0r,Wn and Washington for the
;,our ycaM frrm' July 1, 1C03 to
I June 30, 1!K)6. This year an inno-
material benefit of local bidders
or to men who are known to the
department as suMnlaliv 1,1,1,1,.
ti. ...,i. i
I I UV nilVH nlll,lo fl r.rilMl,'ii it immrr
i 1 , !
"n tracts, lliey liat no idea of
carrying the mails themselves when
i thev rierhniw m-AiU a liftln
thing. But stages as a rule are
not used on those star routes.
Futhermoro, the department has
been overrun with complaints
from sulicontractors because the
contracter failed to pay them for
the service they performed,- and
as a consequence the1 odice of the
auditor is today flooded with this
class of claims, which are adjusted
as speedily as possible. As a rule
however, the contractersare profes
sional sharpers and manage in one
way or another to prevent the
subcontracters filing claims until
they have received full pay for the
year or term for which the contract
wa8 leti nd then turn the subeon-
I tractor out into the cold.
I Second Assistant Postmaster
J Shallenbcrg has issued an order
, wluVh provides that hereafter all
contracts should he let to local
men. Consequently, whon propos
als are received next fall, one of
the stipulation to be enforced
stringently is that every biddw
live tributary to the route on
which he bids. In this way East-
ein bidere "will be restricted from
mails ;n
The department expects that
the prices naked by local bidders
will be slightly In advance .of the
prices asked by speculative bidders
but this will te no ol)HtacIek , and
; tho lowest responsible local bidder
will in each case receive the'
award. One feature which will
make prices higher, this year than
ever before is that all contractors
on tant(.t wilI u,, ..ii
deliver mail in boxes which pat-
for its reception, under what is
known as the star route box de
livery. This is the system which
was inaugurated in Oregon and
Washington about a year ago. It
has been found to give universal
satisfaction, and to a large extent
precludes the necessity of rural
free delivery. The difference te-
tween the two is simply this: The
star route box delivery requires
the carrier to leave the mail where
so requested, in boxes which re
sidents along the lino of his route
may erect on the roadside. The
farmers are responsible for mail so
left. The carrier never leaves his
route and never goes to the house
to deliver mail. The rural free de
livery carrier docs leave his route
to deliver the mail at the houses,
and, moreover, sells stamps, postal
cards, money orders, and, is in fact,
a I""" 0I,,ce on wnetlH- M laleu
UCIore. au new "ar route contracts
will call for box delivery.
Between now and the middle of
f cptember local men who contem
plate bidding on the several mail
routes have ample time to look
the field over, ascertain almut
what it will cost them to under
take the different contracts, and
when bids are called for they
should be readv to submit a reason
able and comprehensive bid, which
will receive favorable consideration.
With outside competition cut off,
they have a great advantage over
previous years, and when they
have secured their contracts, they
may well thank the Second Assist
ant Postmaster-General, for he is
the man who, while caring for the
interests of the government, is yet
the friend of the local mail con
tractor, and is doing all he can to
assist him.
Albany Team Won .
A team from Albany Tent, No. 5,
K. O. T. M., went to Portland Mon
day to comjiete at the state con
vention of the Maccabees for the
prizo offered by the Supreme Tent
to the team doing the degree work
best. The Albany team carried off
first honors and got the first prixe,
Portland Tent, No. 1, second place,
and Mt. Hood Tent, No. 17, of
Portland, third. Albany Tent
has been doing some hard drilling
for several weeks and went down
confident that they could make at
least a good showing and get some
of the money. The judges declared
! the contest close and the work done
well, and were two hours in mak-j
ing their decision. Albany Herald
Court Hnnm Note.
The following real eatnte transfers
have been recorded daring the week:
H. P. Tiiylor to Mayflower Mine Co.
The Bunco quart! mining claim in
the Dotithit mining district.
O. C. Hale to Maggie Corwin; tract
of land in ec. 13-twp 12.
0. P. Mmipin to D. H. Leech, the
P.ed Jacket quarts claim in Trout
creek mining distrait. Consideration
$500. .
Columbus Friend and wife to Jweph
Merchant and wife, tract of luud ou
Trout creek.
Pan Evan, and James Wood to Atv
diew Anderson. The ft-namo mid;
; Mm;k bird quarw claiifis, Trot truek
mining dintriict,
Dick lAA'c, wlio inn heeik stopping.
at Sliahiko for some tisww tv:
think 1 will toon pull wj fa'eight out
otSbaniko (oi the.-tHert cowvtry
nr PtiMviU." tUt VVUcy 4ou
GENERAL tiEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There.
Some Stolen, Others Not
- i
Callings From Our Exchanges,
Jievrtt Note of the Week.
Timely Topics.
The Cramps will launch the new
battleship Main on memorial day.
A new wagow road is in course
of construction soutfc of Shanikc
through the Cettonwood eayon
that, it is said, will shorten the dis
tance between that town and Prine
ville eight miles.
Oregon postmasters hav leeni
appointed as follows: J. D. Cool-
ey at Agnes, vice E. Amaziah AidW
rev, resigned; B. F. Ahalt, a How
ard, vice L. Y. Keady, resigned; W,
F. Olin, at West Portland, vice F.
E. Osfield, resigned.
The Kuykcndall lew for regula
tion of clerkships still remains.
valuable law in spito of its viola
tion at the last session of the legis
lature. The time will come when
its provisions will be carried out
to the letter and the state will be a
winner to the tune of thousands of
dollars. Eugene Register.
At La Grande the new Sratogr
chip factory wiTl go into operation
this week, tlins affording farmer
of the Grand Ronde ValFey anew
market for their potatoes. The
plant is of limited capacity, but it
has been built with a view of en
largement in the future.
. The Grand Encampment (A In
dian War veterans will hold iU
annual reunion at G. A T. Hall.
Portland June 13. A report will
be made regarding legislation, aivi
a decision will be made in regard;
to future action of , Indian War
Veterans, touching their interests
in this state ami . the Congress o
the United States.
Max A. Whittlesey, who- reccnN
lv passed the civil service exami
nation, haa received an appoint
ment as register' and Receiver's,
Clerk, in the United States LandL
Office at Lakeview. He fill report
for duty May I. Mr. Wliittleseg
is a thoroughly competent youny
man and his many fricnd will l
pleased to' know of lu smcces?.,
W. W. Tripp, an old resident off
Baker City, died snAlenly at the
home of his nieee, Mta AnnetU
Wensink, last Tlesday morning, of
neuralgia of tho heart. Mr. Tfif p
had resided in Bakes City for 20
years. In the early days, h : '
a noted Indian $cout. H- was in
the Little Big Horn section when
Custer and! his troops were ftnin it..
1S76, and took an active part iu
that memorably cawipii-ign..
Dr. tfHM eirk,t Prwtlini, a
turn. "Pie. d(til pwrKUW to uH
titilb nf itWiiU uork umhuvm ii li'i'
kMitnble pbxt lr uSice twHiu
wrnw f enMrtKiiMMUta m. fSJ.'K ifcill,
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