Crcok County Journal.
COUN'IY OFFICIAL l'APKK.
THURSDAY. MAY 9, 1901.
Oregon Timber at 1'uJaJo.
A. J. Johnson, forestry export
and commissioner to the Buffalo
Exposition from Oregon, has dis
patched Oregon's exhibit tc the
ig fair. The exhibit is one of
the best that has ever been made of
t lie lumber resources of Oregon and
will command a great deal of at
tention. Among the exhibits is a
four-foot section of the trunk of an
regon sugar pine, from southern
Oregon. The treo was 225 feet
high, 323 years old and seven feet
in diameter. On the rear end of
t lie second car is a section of an
Oregon fir nine feet six inche? in
diameter. Resting on two blocks,
im which it will pivot m going
around curves, is a handsome stick
of clear yellow fir timber 34 by Si
i nehes, and 75 feet long. It weighs
J" tons. On the top of this big
timber rests two planks, cut from
the same tree. They are three
inches thick, 29 inches wide and
7-t feet long. On the cars under
tiie big stick are showed sections of
tree trunks, as follows: Maple,
ihro3 feet in diameter; Cottonwood,
three feet; hemlock, four feet; white
oak, three feet; madrono, two and
lie-half feet. There is also a freak
f.'ction of yellow fir three feet irn
diameter, the heart of which is only
six inches from one side. The
- v.iost wonderful thing about the
tree is that 30 feet up the heart
was in the center. Along s.'do of
the sections of tree trunks is a fir
plank four inches thick, 54 inches
wide, and 24 feet long. On the
tliird car is a fins ppseimjn of tide
Lend spruce, 8. J feet in diameter
n ad ltt feet bng. Mr. Jo'inson
had a similar log cut 10 fe.'t in di
. nmeter to take to Buffalo, but the
Xecanicum did not ' rise h!gh
enough to float it out. The collec
tion embraces a section of larch six
foet in diameter, and Home big
larch planks. Port Orford cedar,
velloty pine, alder and several
rti-her specimens of Oregjn's timber
will comprise the exhibit. AIL tha
larger mills in ths state will have
rreditable exhibits of their manu
factured lumber. Oregon Timber-man.
Mr. Thompson and the Duke of than one ontrv.
Newcastle; it was next the turn of Isolated tracts of lees than
the victors to play against each j quarter section of public land which
other, anil Unmet, who was one oi ( have been subject to homestead en
the most robust girls of the day,! try for three years or mre, after
speedily outbowled the l'rinco and ! t)le surrounding land has been en-
put his muscle to hame."
Coal in John Day.
A Baker City dispatch says: F.
J. Perkins a Wcll-kn,own Portland
and Baker City mining man, has
returned to this place from an ex
tended visit into the John Day
country, and states that some line
coal showings ure had in that val
ley, besides fair oil indications.
Near Canyon City a firm is open
ing up a coal mine. A tunnel has
been driven 20 feet into the hill-
ide and at the end of that a 20-
foot winze sunk. In this distance
!
two coal veins have been penetrat-j
cd, one six feet wide and the other I
, , , ,, , . the register and receiver, corrobor-
along the John Dav vallev at this! . ,, , ,. . . ....
point Mr. Perkins says the coal out
crops, and in several places the
formation gives every encourage
ment to believe valuable deposits
will be found when developed.
tered, filed upon or disposed of by
the government, may on petition
to the Commissioner of the Gener
al Land Office, be offered at pub
lie sale and sold to the highest
j bidder, but for not less than 1.50
I per acre. The petition may cover
(several tracts but not nrore than
1 1G0 acres may be sold to one per
j son at one safe.
Any homestead or pre-emption
claimant who, by reason of a fail
ure of crops, or any unavoidable
cause, is unable to make a living
! for himself and his family on his
! claim, can secure a leave of absence
for not exceeding one year. Appli
cation under oath must be made to
ated by two disinterested witnesse
setting forth grounds upon which
,tha request is made,
SOUTH END
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lllitrliliic Worlcunri rimiiMii?,
Farm Machinery or all Kliuln.
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STILL IIEADliUARTEKS FOR
Tine Horseshoeing and
WasonWorlu-.
Coal, Iron and Steel. Wagon Tops a
Specially at this season of the
year.
Call
Thoao 73.
Work allel for ami Delivered
To Any rm t iii'tlic l ily,
Frank Eilrins & Co.
CHAMP SMITH.
ISOM CLKKK.
Jldwnrd VII and Harriet Lane.
'During the Prince of Wales's
ftay in Washington (upon the
occasion of his visit to America, in
J 360,) he was President Buchanan'
guest, and occupied Apartments of
the Executive Mansion looking
over Lafayette Square," writes
William Perrine, in the May
Ladies' Home Journal. ,:One
evening when an elaborate display
of fireworks was given in his honor
he stood on the balcony of the
White House, together with Mr.
Buchanan and Miss Lane, amidst
great cheers. When dining with
his hosts he would escort Miss Lane
X ) the table, scat himself at her
rght His manner wa3 Bornewhat
tushful, and imst public cere
monies apparently bored him.
Hut while he was with Miss Lane
?nd the coterie of beautiful women
of her set it was noted that for the
first time since he had been in this
Mimtry he seemed to show the
manner of a gallant young gentle
man desirous of pleasing. One of
the- merriest mornings she had
with him was at a gymnasium in
Washington attached U a female
seminary. On the brass rings us-
1 1 r , t i ,
M'uuea UOfli me ceiling lie swung
limselt one by one aorews the roam,
il the- whole- party laughed heart
ily at, bin pranks on the tope lad
fc;r. Tbrerii he fe-U toi playiug ten
fiivk Miss Latvj an i the Prince
Uwc wswkJ, a ci airing
From J. W. Howard, of Prine
ville, who lately arrived hero from
Hie work now under way is by an. Crook county with about 250 head
old time miner of the district, and f Cttttle, we learn that when he
a Canyon City attorney, who seem Ht home there was quite a talk
to have unlimited capital back of among the wool men of Crook
tnera- j county of having their wool hauled
A heavy layer of sandstone is. all the wav from there to The Dal-
found over the coal, which is taken le!l by wagon instead of by rail
as excellent evidence of oil. In from Shaniko. As far as cattle are
several places Mr. Perkins made j concerned. Mr. Howard, who is a
hasty examinations ami believes i 1,-. oMimi.r'.liw-l-irrw oi...a,ntiiM.I.
., -c- ""'n-
that o:l sea pages are to be found. , y that he will never ship a hoof at
At tne time lie was in the district! preS!ent rates of 158 a car from
a California oil man was looking shaniko to Troutdule. He can do
over the field, and while he gave letter. He came here lv way of
no encouragement of oil prospects, the Warm Springs reservation,
the fact that he continued in that; wiiere he had only one light toll,
country much longer than he in-j that, namely, across the Deschutes
tended, and is gathering much in-lnear the agency, lie had good
formation, was regarded as evi-j 0j)en range all the way till he en me
dence that he believes oil is to bC to Wapinita, and the cattle arrived
found there. j ;n f,no condition, losing practically
Lmd Laws Nov in Force I nothing on the way, and certainly
I no more than they would have lost
By act of June 5, 1900, every, th(J caH .0e steer that he
person who has, before that date, I - . , t . mfi nm, .
made a homestead entry and com-) haJ lml noth. Mr IIowan
muted it to a cash entry, (that is I m8 ,md no difficuUv in j
paid for the land) is, if otherwise'. " ,i i 4i "
1 ,., , ., , : ing a pass through the reservation,
qualified, now entitled to make an- i, n .
other homestead entrv, which can-i ah u- . i-
' one. All his pass cost him was
not. however, be commuted. i., , T , .-
' I 1 K Ta v tr nnn Inlion nn I'fnmnn
SHITH'S
BECEPTiei.
Wines, Liquors,
Domestic and
Imported Cigars.
.4.
The Oolebrated
A. B. O. Leer
Always on Hand.
Two Doors South of
First National Hank
Proprietors of the Prineviile Soda Works.
FMEYIIM, 0JIK.
Type Writers
of all makes sold and rent
ed. Mineographs, llckto
giajihs, Ollice and Dupli
cating (ioods, Disks, Let
ter Presses, Etc.
Writo us for price on
Rubber Stumps, Seals, tie.
Coast Agency Company
2litiJ STAKKBT.
I'ortlaud. Oresou,
OUlt LEADF1?..
Jrii. M.( 'Z.
The Very Best. Write fur Booklet
By this act of June, 1900, is bv!
at $1.50 a day, w ho accompanied
far the most important public land ;tll0Cimlewhile . mm
Iotrislation that has hwn onnctod ! ... . .
by Congress for many years. It
will enable a great many persons
in every county where there is pub
lic land to make new homestead
entries.
Every qualified person may
enter 320 acres or less, of desert
land that can be reclaimed by ir
rigation. Desert land is held to be
laud without a growth of natural
timber, on which ordinary crops
will not grow and mature without
irrigation .
A married woman can make a
desert land entry if it is for her
own use and made with her own
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the boundary of the
Dalles Chronicle.
reservation
At 16 a girl enjoys being kissed
for the pleasure of it, but denies
ever beingkissed; at twenty-five she
begins kissing young boys "just for
fun," and at 30 she will kiss any
old thing that offers itself for sacri
fice.
President McKinley and party
started on their Western trip last
Monday morning. Great prepara
tions are being made all along the
route which they travel, tc give
them an ovation. We may expect
money. The settler must pay
cents per acre when the entry is
made. He must not expend less
than one dollar per acre each year Peror
for three years, in procuring water
for irrigation, and in permanent
improvements and must cultivate
on-eighih of the land entered.
Within four ye ira of the date of
h.s entry he must prove its reclam
ation and pay another government
fee of one dollar per acre.
'to see tome terrible things in the
anti-imperialistic papers, about
this "Triumphal Tour of the lini-
Wool Rate.
Tho following wool rates for the
present season, taking effect at once
have been established:
Wool compressed in bales, car
loads, minimum weight 24,(XX),
from Khaniko to New York, Chi-
Anf,!ifir.,l ..,n car'", Uoston, Hartford. Plnladel-
1C0 acres, or less, of land that is P!"a' Bultlmore and lmnU ther-
more valuable for its timber or!wu"' I,er lu"- l,oun,is-
ool in sacks, or bales, any
stone than for any
agricultural i
quanity, from Shaniko to The
purpose, at $2.50 tier nurn. thn nn.
plicant must advertise his intention ' D,ll!C8', S0' ctnts 100 I01'"'1"-
60 dayf
I Wool in sacks, any quanity,
to make the entry far
. 1 1
ZLYinz i Lie mime nt r(. nr tvmpa
witnesses bv whom b u J Southern Railway
prove the character of the land,.
Married woinea caa make timber
', from all stations on the Columbia
to , Shaniko 5
cents per 100 pounds.
C. E. Lytle, G. F. A.
Prineviile Planing Mill.
John B. Shipp, Proprietor.
Manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of rough and
dressed lumber, shingles, brackets, mouldings, turn
ing and bund sawing. Houso Finish made to order.
Agent for Rambler and Ideal Bicycles and Sundries.
Mill oppoiite Priueville Flour Mill. Yurd, 2d St,, oppoiite I. O. O. F. Hull.
Prinsville, Oregon.
Furniture
Jtor cash or on the
installment plan.
Lumber,
s
Siough and dressed, oil,
paint, glass, brushes,
door, window, etc.
Remember, L have never been undersold.
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