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7 Crook County J Tl urn Silo VOL V. WUEELHJG ACROSS The Cascades From Cor villi is to I'rineville. College Boys Abroad. A Journoy Full of Incidents. Grand Boonory Along tho Routo. It w;u now dark and tho nearest house was at Lint creek, three miles up ((rado tlirough dense forest. The ilue wan reached and the second duy hud nded with 57 in i leu and a nuinhcr of novel experiences t') its credit. Mountain climbing was to he tho principal feature for the next day And we started in good spirits, nfier securing n lunch, n it was !!0 miles of rough road to tlie next hoiiM'.ut Sislers. Thi! scenery was becoming more stately at we caught our first glimpse of the snowy peaks and high cliffs on cither Hide. After several hours of lending our wheels up nandy slopes the ground became more level and large snow Lanka were frequent naar the road. Tho level prairies that wo passed were almost transformed into lakes by tho melting snow. A email prairie was crowed and a mountain stream' jumped and we chose a grassy hillside on which to eat our lunch. The meal was somewhat less than wo had been acciiHtomcd to and our principal diet was melting snowball and mountain scenery. It was only a few miles to the drc.ided lava and an we passed onto it, on? last look at tho glistening water nud frosty snow hanks, with a helt of stately trees in the background and the Three Sisters with their chilling, hut beautiful attire hovering near was fiu ITkient to energize us for the work. The road on th? lava rep resents a vat amount of work and although rough we were thankful that it was so differcut from tho jagged waste about vis. In several places the road was covered by deep snow drifts, making early traveling across thumountains dan g;ro'i. It was only a few miles to Windy point, which truly justifies its name name ami as. tho wind shucks past a hat in the hand is worth two in the dir. Down grade and plenty of sand wore indent gratifying, for the grade insured easy locomotion and the deep sand prevented a run away, the thoughts of which were sufficient to cause a quiver of ex citement. The sand, useful on the mountain, became troublesome as we neared Sisters and but for pre vious experience, when nearly all of the air was allowed to escape from the tires, our ride would have resulted in a weary walk. Unmistakable signs of un earl cm Oregon desert were now seen, for the country was exceedingly level and covered with small sage brush and tho pine timber ex tended as far as the post office, where we slopped for the night. The next morning a number of largo irrigation ditches, carrying manvinches of water, were crossed. As witnessed at the ranches along the road, this water is capable of trausforming tho wastes of desert PKLNKVILLK, into good yielding clover und rye fields and affording water for pas tured stock, Several largo hands' of sheep, on their way to the mountains for for summer range, were punned. A few miles out from water the typical bunch grass was seen in Abundance. After riding seventeen miles of;ExDrt MaJw3 Examination and sandy road wo camo in sight of the Deschutes river at Telherow bridge. This stream is as beautiful as the McKenzie, but apparently not as useful to mankind. Tho time seems j not far distant however when the! greater part of it will be traiudorm- ing desert plains into fertile farms, This is a good trout stream and ; we succeeded in catching 52 in a j short time with some borrowed fishing tacklo. More desert after dinner until we came to tho Crooked river val ley when changed. our whole view was HiKh rim-roeks, green alfalfa fields, healthy grain and a numlxjr ot companies are acquir sleepy river formed a pleasing pic-j ing Govermcnt lands and leasing tnre. Thence up a, widening val-j considerable tracts, upon which ley and a twelve mile irrigation j rmtnt have bec-n obtained by the ditch to I'rineville which we reach-' , ., ... ... ,. 1 dustv and tired and well satis fied with the change and with our ndo across the Cascades. Howard Happenings. Fmtn our rairular cirrmiwiuilpnt. The pleasant and much needed rain, which visited our comunity last week did a vast amount of good to tho growing crops. Mr. Wm. Cusick, tho noted botanist of Union county 4 accom panied by his son Oscar, passed through our vicinity last week. lien I'ettijohn passed through here recently with a band of fine looking horses, on his way to Long Creek where ho expects to dispose of them. Henry Bruner has taken up a place at the mouth of Coylo creek near tho Oc hoco mines, where he expects to locale, in the near future. Claude Wright and Orlie Leach went to Summit Prairie the first of last week where they expect to commence work in the hay field soon. Joe Hawkins and family intend moving to Maury in a short time. Jack Brogan recently returned from Antelope, where be has been attending business matters. There are whisperings of a wed ding to take place here in the near future! How about it Art? Sf.N FLOW Kit. Colors Presented. . In response to the letter recently roeeived v (leer from the crmi1 nf the battldship Oregon regarding P'if'i" wa s determined by.chemi- the arrangements for the "Home- cal analysis, wardbound colors" of that vessel, "Asphaltum and othfr forms of the governor sent a telegram sug- l,jtunu.n arti ,,rfsely distributed gesting that if convenient to them, ! . , Ti i i . i i ,'Over the entire sur ace. The as- they come here about Julv 18. . The official delegation wish to I Plmlu,m Ilt"' 1,1 detached particles couie us soon ns soon as possible,1, and in small nodules in the float as they may be transferred to some I rock. In some cases the croppings other ship and then be unallei0f applialtum are quite extensive, rpi j . . , . and the indications are that de- 1 he program Is not vet eomplet- , ... , , , ed but among other arrangements VflopmeiU would prove these beds it is planned that the ceremonies! to be of considerable commercial be held in the afternoon, ut which value. It might be well to ex an address and sune patriotic! ,,iun t,.lt j,otraleuni passes by music, precede the Hag raii-ing, i . i ,1 which shall be as follows: From ! I"se,w,b1,e Z int0 asPh:lU the north flag staff at the state! um a,,d hat tu0 IiroseIR'e of 8 house the ensign shall be unfurled,! class of bitumen on the surface and from the south staff the Union throughout the underlaying shale Jack and from the dome the 420 Mmlstoiie is probably due to feet pennant, all to lie unfurled, . , . . , , i miiltan.!.MK'.wilJ,tl,.rminni. Itro,cum LaV1g ,,een frCeJ UP ment of band music and the na- tional salute of twenty-one guns, Salem SeutiuaL CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. JULY IP,, I'M. O'JH OILHELDS. JrcXamara Reports Indi cations Very Good. Asphaltum Is Abundant EoportH Outlook Best la tho State. George Gordon McNamara, the Portland mining engineer, thinks the recently discovered oil fields in Crook County aro far ahead of any other find in Oregon and that wells can be sunk upon them with assurance of profitable working, says the Oregonian. He has just returned from an examination of the district. To a reporter he said: "Pursuant to instructions, Ivisit- 'cu me mucn-iaiKca-oi on uistrict of Crook County, and I find that farmers and stockmen in this dis trict. After spending nearly two weuks investigating the country, my deductions arc that the indi cations will amply warrant the expense of sinking wells for petro leum. The oil indications I found distributed over reveral miles in extent. The country is mainly arid. However, there is occasion ally found a fairly good growth of pine and fir timber. v , , : "The geological conditions are most interesting, the country being almost entirely covered with diato maceous formation, proving con clusively that it has, at some per iod, been an extensive ocean bed. There has been some slight erosion, probably the result of local glaciers. The altitude above the sea level is about 3500 feet, and the country is rolling, and in somo places hilly. Tho surface is intersected by num erous narrow gulches that have eroded their way through the diatoous fomation into beds or argillaceous shale and sandstone, affording an excellent opportunity to study the general character of the formation. These beds, as a rule,1 show no signs of displace ment by internal disturbances, and the shale found in the ravines and gulches seem to belong to the Miocene and Pliocene periods of the Tertiary era, and are, there fore, fossiliferous in their character In many instances they are highly charged with different classes of hydro-carbon. The presence of i through the formation by hydro- static pressure. "From my examination, I un- hesitatingly pronounce the indica tions the most favorable that I have seen in this state for petro leum, and, in my judgment, they compare favorably with Southern California districts, with which I am very familiar. In my opinion, thie body of government land ly ing within the borders of our state, the character of its geological structure being entirely unexplored except by fofsil hunters, shows ev ery indication that it can be de veloped into a great oil-producing region, Although considerable of this land has been appropriated by oil companies, there still remains a number of tracti, which, in my judgment, are even more desirable than the lands already filed on." Accident at Camp Beebe. While the Governor's salute was taig fired in the afternoon a small mortar was discharged pre maturely, probably by a defective fuse, and four members of the firing party were burned. Sergeant W. II. Barrett, of Company D, Wood burn, was badly burned on bis right hand and about face and neck, and it is little less than a miracle that his eyes were not put out. Privates John Oliver and Albert Abel of Co C and Arthur Purdom of Co G were painfully burned. The latter's injuries were confined to his hands. Register. Post Items. From mir retailor enrrenpondent. Miss ihroop, ot uiwornia, is visiting her brother Lewis Throop at this place. She has come to Crook Co. to engage in teaching. A number of our young people went up to Maury to calebrate "the glorious Fourth. I). Koopmann sold all his sheep about a month ago, but he soon got lonesome without them and went above and bought a band which he brought in this week. F. J. Kinchelve, after a ten days visit with his cousin W. H. Lyons, returned Wednesday to his work with the B. S. & L. Co. at Hay Creek. Henry Beck and family, and Miss Lilly Knox, are taking an outing on the Deschutes. Doctor Osborne and wife of Cal ifornia have been visiting the fam ily of George Gibson. Sl'XNY South. Paulina Pointers. From nr regular crrtsmJi'iit. Hot weather still continues, much to our discomfort. Link Stivers had the misfortune to cripple one of his horses while gone to The Dalles. Mrs Geo. Morgan has gone to Portland to uttend the grand lodge D. of II. Hugh Lister has gone up to his Ryegrass ranch to put up hoy. Hay crops are short, k the farmers ( say. j The fishing paity that spent the Fourth on Crooked river report having bad a fine time. Mr. Craig and family, formerly of Prineville, have gone to Izee He did a good business here in the photo line. Charlie Morgan is back on Beav er creek once more. There was a funeral on the 'Fourth at tho Beaver creek, cehie - J tery. It was that of a stranger ' i l.:., t l i .u . i. Him ins unit-mi tnuweu iiiui no had no friends here. Rose Leaf NO. 33 GENERAL MEWS." Items of Interest Gath ered Here and There. Somo Stolen, Others Not Outlines From Our Exchanges News Notes of the Week. Timely Topics. The second annual Harney county fair will be held September 16-21. Several miners were shot and two killed during a riot in Colo rado last week. The riot was tho result of a strike. The Columbia Southern is con sidering the matter of building a branch road this season to tap the count'y between Condon and Fos sil, in Gillium and Wheeler coun ties. ' The jury in the case of Manny Howard at Baker, charged with horse cteeling, on Tuesday night of last week, brought in a verdict of guilty. This trial has been of great interest to stockmen, since Howard has been suspected of horse and cattle stealing for the past 15 years, but a conviction could never belore be secured. The entire block, bounded by Morrison, Yamhill, Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets,- in Portland, which was the home of the lato Frank Dekum and subsequently occupied by the Oregon Road Club, has been bought for 155,000 by the Scottish Rite Masons, who will erect thereon a magnificent Cathe dral. President Lusk, of the American Cattle Growers' Association, has appointed the following committee to draft a bill to provide for tho leasing of the public range: John "P. Irish, of California: M. K Parsons, of Utah; Bartlett Richards of Nebraska; Henry M. Porter, of Colorado, and A. B. Robertson, of Texas. The cojimittee will meet in Denver next September, The Bridgeport stage, in charge of David Holden and scheduled to arrive in Baker alout 5 o'clock in the evening, was held up at 2 o'clock on the afternoon of July 4th by a lone masked highwayman at a point 12 miles from Baker. Tho highwayman got 145 and a silver watch for his trouble, but he ex pected a larger haul. New soundings are now beinc; taken of Crater Lake by Prof. J. r. Oilier, of the U. S. Geological de partment, who will also make a re port on some new features of this nature s wonder for the scientific department of the government. It is understood that Prof. Diller will be occupied one month With the work. 'Economic Aspects of Recipro city," comprising two lectures de livered by John P. Young, before the College of Commerce of tho University of California, has jv.st been issued in document form bv i The American Protective Tariff ! Le"Sl'e" Two TOPie8 Sl'nt cn:' address for three cents. Ask for j Document No. 49. I ican Protective Address Amer Tariff League, I I 135 West 2Cd S.re.t, New Yor