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CROOK CCUNTY.
Its Wealth of Natural
Jtosources.
Tho Mineral Outlook,
Agri-til final i'osKlbllitles Arc
Almost rnllmlicil In thin
Not many months will elapse
lieforo the world will bo made
u ware that there iH Hiicli a place a
Crook county. For many years
the great body of lino agricultural
land lying in tho Hayrack
country wu thought to he unpro
ductivo nnd for that rcunon no one
located on it, hut it has been found
to he otherwise and now one of the
most productive places in the
county in thin name condemned
htrip of territory. Nor Jh this all
the good soil in the county by any
means, for over in the Squaw
creek country settlers are filing
on nearly everything in night and
soon there will lie no more tract
left open for settlement that ore
good fur anything hut grazing
purposes. Out on the "desert"
the numerous ditches will noon he
pouring a flood of water onto noil
that will produce any kind of
hardy vegetable and all kind? of
grain and grasses. Taken - with
the already large acreage along
Crooked river that is covert d with
-water at the present -time ' and we
have an aggregation of ' farming
land that will make this one of
the grain counties of the stato in
the future.
Again let us look at Rome of the
other resources of thin county that
are practically untouched an yet.
First we have a large lxxJy of fine
timber on the mountains north
cattt of ub that will bring in many
dollar of solid wealth when that
part of the country is opened up
by a railroad, then over to the
south of us in the Cascade mount
ains are almost inexhaustible
supplies of the finest timber that
yet remains in these United States,
which is now being filed on by big
milling companies from the east
ern states and soon the hum of the
sawmill will bo heard in the heart
of the forest. Sheep, cattle and
norses on a thousand hills bring in
the golden shekels annually to the
pockets of the husbandman.
To tho northwest we find the
mineral belt in which the now well
known Oregon King mine is
located; this belt will soon have a
dozen well developed mines that
will bo bringing in good returns
for the money invested and follow
up the same range of mountains in
which this mineral deposit is lo
cated we safely predict that it will
not be many years until one may
hear the dull thud of stamps from
one summit . to another. The
Ochoco mines are now well under
way and soon will be numbered
among the producing mines of the
northwest. The late discovery of
oil croppings will no doubt prove
to be valuablo and it now only re
mains to get a railroad ind cheap
transportation for this county to
ho of the best in the state. Rail
roads are heading this way and
somewhere within the boundaries
'of this county will spring up one
of the best towns in the west. Will
(his be Prineville or will there be
IMtlNKVJLLK,
another some where near enough
to kill the present town? If all re
mains for the present owners of
real estate in tho town to decide.
If a spirit of liberality pervades the
owners minds they will have ample
opportunity to build up and make
a snug little sum out of what they
have, but if they are selfish and
giaspinr to a degree then they
would better bid farewell to Ihe
hope of a'tain'mr 1o anything hit
a small backwoods village for the
town will be some where e a and
property .values will run down
until towa lo h will not bring ton
dollars an acre. ''There is a tide
in tl o nf airs of nun which tiken
at the flood leads on to fortune" ;s!
just as applicabl) to towns as in
dividuals. '
Sentenced for Three year.
Thomas and Lewis Dodson,
brothers, arrestel some threj
months ago on a cliarge of making
and passing counterfeit dol ars,
and ht If dollars, and who entend
a plea of not guilty when exam
ined, on beinj arraigned in the
United States Court for trial,
changed their plea to guilty, and
were each sentenced by Judge Bol
linger to thr j cars imprison
ment at hard labor in the United
States penitentiary on McNeil's
island, and fned 1100. George
Duffy, a member of the same gang,
who had pleaded guilty when ex
amined, was sentenced to imprhon
ment fur one year and fined (10.
But little is known of the anteced
ents of these criminals,: but tiiey
have been redden ts of this state
for several years, and are old and
hardened oftnders. Lewis Dod
son and Duffy have served time
for counterfeiting before, and
Thomas Dodson, who was
equally guilty, was saved by his
brother screening him. Orcgonian.
The Dodsons formerly ran a
photograph gallery in Lebanon.
One of them had a pretty wife who
made a mash on a wealthy old
rancher and got a divorce from
her husband, married the old duf
fer and in a few weeks got a t'iorce
and $1500 from him and the re
married her former husband. The
whole outfit were a lot of worthless
charactersjanother brother got fired
from the S. P. section gang and
then went to southern Oregon and
started a populist paper. A tium-
Wr of specimens ot their handi
work have been found in this part
of the state at different times dur
ing the past txo or three years.
Well Deserved Censure.
Fred Wilmarth of the Burns
News, seconds the Dalles Chronicle
in its righteous calling down of tho
Oregonian in this fashion; "The
habit of fussing at the editorial
page of the Oregoniun has become
so chronic with tho Chronicle, of
The Dalles, that one becomes in
clined to "pass it up." But when
Brother Gourlay vented his Gaelic
ire at the big daily's unjust person
al criticism of President McKinley
for bringing his ailing wife on a
tour of "official visitation" this rag,
for one, joins him in the senti
ment." By the way Fred runs the
newsiest little shcot in the greatest!
valley in eastern Oregon.
:
The President has determined
that, under existing circumstances,
he will not call an extra session
of congress this summer.
ciiOOK COUNTY, 0UE00N, JUNE 13, 1001.
M ft nnnn IT llftnxr
ft'UJJUub AT llUtVlt
On the Quapaw' 'Reser
vation, Indian Ter.
Only Twelve Men Left.
Blame Klamath fur
KlsforluiicH in the
of I8T3.
Their
War
E. A. Burhank, in the Chicago
Evening Post writes from Quapaw
Agency, Indian Territory, about
tlie 'aHt oI tne Modoc Indians, as
follows:
The Modocs who took part in the
Modoc war in the lava beds of
Southern Oregon were sent here as
prisoners immediatly after the Mo
doc war, and fifty of them are still
living, including men, women and
children. Theie are only tweive
men, and all took part in the war.
Captain Jack, their chief, and
three other Indians were hanged.
Captain Jack's sister, who u called
Princess Mary, lives here. Her
chin is tatooed with straight lines
running from her mouth to below
her chin, as a sign of mourning
for her brother.
Two of the Modoc chiefs sat for
portraits for me. It is interesting
to hear them relate their experience
during the war. Chief Yellow
Hammer, who is silting, for me in
Modoc costume, says the ,Klamath
Indians was the cause of the trouble.
He declares they deceived the Mo
dors and the whites. The Klamath
Indians would kill cattle belonging
to the whites and then would tell
the whites the Modocs .did it.
Chief Lalow-shcus, or Miller Char
lie,as he is called by the whites,
asserts that the cause of the Modoc
war was that the Modocs were starv
ing, that the agent did not furnish
them food due them and that their
chief, Captain Jack, notified the
agent that if it was not sent at a
certain time they would be com
pelled to leave the reservation and
t'sh and hunt to obtain food, w hich
they finally did, and it resulted in
war."
I asked Chi if Yellow Hammer if
they had good weapons. He re
plied: "Yes; as good as the sold
iers," and that Capt. Jack had
plenty of money made from selling
skins, etc., and had furnished
them with all . the ammunitiou
they needed. He says that before
the fight Capt. Jack called all his
Indians together and explained to
them how matters stood, and then
told them that all who wished to
fight for the Modocs should come
over on his side. Chief Yellow
Hammer says that about 300, in
cluding men and squaws, went to
Capt. Jack's side. Tho Modocs
i here are qviite industrious more
to than any of the other tribes
living on the reservation. Each
man has forty acres of land. The
older people receive rations once a
month.
It Is Now Colonel Manna.
Senator M. A. Hanna has been
appointed a colonel on the official
' staff of General Rassieur command-
'er-in-chief of the Grand Army of
! the Republic. Hanna was recent-
!ly mustered into tho Grand Army
of the Republic as a member of
J Memorial Post of Cleveland, O.
On Wednesday June 6 at 8.30 p. m.
at the home of the bride parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Ketclium, Mr. Otto
Gray and Miai Jennie Ketchum were
uni ed in marriage by the Rev. Win.
Hodkius. About fifty guests were
present; being the immediate relatives
und schoolmates of the contracting
parties. Mix Grace Belknap presided
at the piano and rendered the wedding
march nicely. The bride wu attired
in a beautiful gown of white albatross.
After congratulations a dainty lunch
wm served and afterwards the newly
wedded pair were serenaded by a num
ber of their young friends. The groom
had prepared a snug little home for
his bride before the wedding where
they have taken up their abode.
The Journal unites with their many
friends in - wishing this estimable
young couple all manner of blessings
and may their lives be as sweet as wns
the bountiful share of wedding cake
received by editor.
The wedding presents and the don
ors were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Gray, a flour and kitchen table;
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Kowell, silver tea!
set; Min Grace Belknap, butter
knife and sugar shell; jjdgsr and
Grace Stewart, table linen nnd napkins;
Harvey Cyrus, silver tea spoons;
Mr. and Mrs. Hunsnker, parlor lamp;
A. H. Lipmann, Brussels rug; Bruce
Gray, writing desk; Cary Foster, two
Urge frame pictures; Mr. and Mrs.
Breese, berry set; Miss Mary Sale
man, plates, cups and saucers; Misa
Emma Ketchum, two pairs of lace
curtains; Dr. and Mrs. Belknap, bed
room set; the Belknap boys gave
four poems; Boy Gray, water set;
Goldie Gray, castor; John Summer
two musb eU; L, A. -Booth, silver
knives and forks; Lizzie Ketchum,
butter duhes and cake' plate; B.
Ketchum, lamp; Mr. and Mrs. C. . J.
Johnson, mirror and reading cbair;
Mr. and Mrs. Whitsett, commode set;
Heibert Hideout, silver knives and
forks; Mia Am.a Salomon, silver tea
spoons; Mis Wilda 8alomon, cream
pitcher; ElkJn & king, water set;
Wurtzweiler A Thompson, tea set; C.
L. Saloman, mowing machine; Mrs.
C. L. Salomon, table linen; I. L.
Ketchum purse of one hundred dollars;
Mm. I. L. Ketchum, bed spread and
blanket.
Historical Society Quarterly.
The Quarterly of the Oregon
Historical Society for March, 1901,
has been received. This is the
first number of Vol. 2. Its contents
are as follows: Political History
of Oregon from 1855 to 1865, by
Hon. George H. Williams. Flot
sam and Jetsom of the Pacific.
The Owyhee, the Sultana and the
May Dacre, by Mrs. Frances Fuller
Victor. The vessels referred to en
tered the Columbia river between
1829 and 1844. An Historical
Survey of Public Education in Eu
gene, Oregon, by Joseph Suhafer.
The Aurora Community by II. S.
Lyman. All these articles are of .
vital interest to every one who
cares to know anything about
the beginnings of things in
our
State. The object of this publica-
tion is to create an interest in the
study of Oregon History and there-
by assist in order to stimulate
growth in evervthing pertaning to
the welfare of the State. Address
all inquiries about this publication
to Geo. II. Himes, Assistant Secre
tary, Oregon Historical Society
rooms, City Hall, Portland, Oregon. I
A reward of 1350 is being offered
for the arrest and conviction of M.
D. Landis, the supposed murderer
of Jesse B. Eudaily at Cedar Point,'
Cooa county. Landis was formerly
'to the employ of the Home Com -
fort Steel Range Company. ;
K0. 28.
GENERAL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There.
Somo Stolen, Others Not
Culling From Our Exchanges,
iews Notes of the Meek.
Timely 1 oplca.
John A. Van Gross, a student of
the University of Oregon, has just
received notice that he has been
awarded a scholarship in Yale
university.
Mrs. E. Irwin has commenced
suit against the city of Lebanon
for the sum of 13250 for injuriea
alleged to have lieen sustained by?
falling through a defective side-1
walk.
Dr. J. R. Baylcy,one of the pion
eer doctors of Oregon, died at his!
home in Newport last week.
Since 1858 Dr. Bayley had been a
successful practioner and influen
tial citizen of this state.
T. 8. Lippy, the Klondike mil
lionaire, asserts that the output of
gold front the Klondika this sea
son will bo 130,000,000. He also
thinks the Cape Nome region will
send out a large quantity of gold. -
II. S, Mulit, city., treasurer of ;
Lebanon, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the mouth last
Saturday. He had been in poor
haalth for about six months, and
his rash deed was the result of
despondency.
Lightship No. 50 was success
fully floated at Fort Canby, Wash,
last week. She will be brought to
Astoria and proceed to Portland
where she will be thoroughly over
hauled and outfitted preparatory
to being returned to her station off
the mouth of the Columbia river.
Thursday, May 23, C. A. Burkley
sent out a train load of sheep direct
to ths Chicago market, which
makes the second train load of
sheep sent out of Grass Valley dur
ing the past six days. Govern
ment Inspector, Col. Malone f
Montana, was on hand Grass
Vallev Journal. ;
Some parties were seen on Sun
day last dynamiting fish in a hole
on Deep creek. Happily they had
their trouble for their pains, for be
ing discovered just as the shot was
fired they had to flee in order to
avoid having their identity dis-
closed. Mr. Geo. Young,
whose
men made the discovery, as
well
' as Fred, say they will make it in-
teiesting for the guilty parties if
they are ever caught. And botli
father and soi. are terribly in
earnest. Shaniko Leader,
I . . , , , ,
leading Portland attorneva rela-
lative to the constitutionality of
the new law providing for the sale
of delinquent tax property to
which counties have acquired tiQo.
Though the county holds several
years' taxes against the property
the law provides that in the requir-
cd sale of it but one year's taxes
Ehall be demanded. The opinion
will be . awaited with interest.
G ass Valley Journal. . . ..