Crook C
VOL. V.
PMNKVILLK, CKOOK COUNTY, OliEGON, AUGUST 15, 1901.
NO. 37
STATE FISH LAW.
Haw ami When to Fish
an l Nat Oct Bit.
A Brief Synopsis Given.
Qa-aifl and Fifth Aesoolatlon Oora
p:io Them Par the Publla
Good.
Ai few sportsmen have a copy of
the Oregon flume lawn, and as these
laws covet mi many pages that few
rare to March them thoroughly,
the Oregon Kith and Game Associ
ation his h id a hricf Kynnpsiit of
the laws in regard to trout-fishing
printed on clotn to lie placarded in
every motion ot this stale for the
information of the public. These
read:
It is unlawful, under cnalty hy
fine of not Iohs than $20 nor more
than $100, or lv irn pririonuient in
the county jail, or hy both fine
and imprisonment
To fL-di for any trout hy any
means whatever, except with hook
and line.
To take, catch or kill, hy any
incani whatever, any Eastern brook
trout, Loch Levcn trout, or gray
ling before April 1, 1H04.
To take, catch, kill or have in
possession any trout, char or sal
mon, less than five inches in length,
or to take, kill or capture more,
than 125 trout in one day.
To take, catch, kill or have in
jiowciwion any trout, except sal
mon trout, during the months of
November, Dueemher, January,
February or March, or to fish for
valmon trout in any other th in
lido waters during said months.
To fish for arty trout between
ono hour after sunset and one hour
before sunrise.
To sell, offer for sale, or have in
possession for pale or exchange,
any species of trout at any time.
It it also unlawful, under pen
alty of fine of not less than $200,
and imprwonnient in the county
jail, and for a pecond offence, hy
fine not less than $1000 and im
prisonment in penitentiary, to ex
plodo or cause to bj exploded any
jdant powder, dynamite or other
explosive suhtancc whatever for
the purpose of catching, killing or
destroying any trout, salmon or
nny food fish, or for causing or
permitting any sawdust, lime,
medicated bait or other substance
deleterious to fish, in any of the
-waters of this state in which food
fishes are wont to be.
Warning was given that any
person violating any of the fore
going provisions will be prosecuted
according to law.
The petition of Hugh Fields, C.
J. Howe and Abe Bennett that the
Eagle Wool Mill Company, of this
ji ity be decla red a bankrupt, was
. granted yesterday in the federal
court of Portland. Hob Bryant,
referee in bankruptcy, has placed
F. M. Powell in charge of the pro
perty in this city, and W. R. Bish
op in charge of tho property in
Poitland. There are several can
didates for tho appointment of
trustee of the property, but a
meeting of the crecitors cannot be
held for some time yet, and they
.determine who such trustee shall
l. Brownsville, Time.
The lli'NilrTK.
The Eastern press is all agog
once again over the reported dis
covery of the notorious Bender
family. Officers have hunted
throughout tho United Btates for
these people, and many arrests
have been made, but in each case,
it proved to be the wrong parties
apd tho mystery of their disap
pearance is yet debatable. Albany
has a resident, B. F. Thayer, who
in conversing with a Herald re
porter yesterday says that he knows
the Bender family is dead. That
he has conversed with a man who
was one of a party of twelve and
helped kill them and lay them
under the sod. Very little was said
about the matter, but he knows
whereof ho speaks and tells the
story of their ending in detail. Mr.
Thayer's word is above question
and he is positive that the Benders j )ear to bc a barren waste, only put
wcte safely taken care of by an or- lhere to he)p hold the world to.
gani.ed committee of twelve sever- golhW) tho ailyinggoes. There
al years ago.-Albany Herald. are ,onf? Btretcheg of 4lkaU piaill9i
This Bender story has been going where t,,e grf)Und j, (0 &ite wUh
the rounds until it has become thi encmy of vegetation that' in
stale, but for the sake of people ; distance it looks as if it was cov
who really believe them we will ereU wilh fnoW( mici amj mile, of
state that there is also a man i roek8 and sand, where nothing hut
Eastern Oregon who was present !,a),cl,ruijh and grcei!ewood can live
at the time tho Benders "d'sap- without water, and these are inter-
pcarcu. ue lives in urani eoun-
ts' or did until recently, and he
told the Joi'kkai. man several years
ago the story. The Benders are
dead and turned to dust many
years ago. The stories floating
around aro simply the work of
rensational writers who expect. to
gain notoriety for their papers by
reason of them.
A youthful graduate of the agri
cultural college at Corvallis and
his bride were touring the cast.
When visiting a town in Michigan
they passed an engine house which
had a tower making it look like a
church. "I wonder what church
that is," she inquired. He replied (
after reading the sign, Deluge No. j
3," "I guess it must be flu
Baptist." Courier-Herald.
4," -l guess it must oe u.e iniru ;
Kci)lutlon of Condolence.
Juniper Circle No. 37, Women of
Woodcraft at its Inst meeting adopted
the following resolutions:
Wlicrens, Our Neighbor Anna Slinrp,
on AugUHt C, met with a severe 'afflic
tion in the Ikm of her beloved son
Sylvciter, after a lingering illness,
and we clusire to express to Xeighbor
Sharp the sentiments of sympathetic
feeling" entertained by tho Members
of this Circle,; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Members of this
Circle, individually nd as a body, ex
tend to her and her family, in this,
her sad bereavement, our heartfelt
sympathies, and further that these
resolutions be spread upon the min
utes of this Circle and that a copy of
the same be forwarded to the bereaved
neighbor; also a copy scut to the city
papers for publication.
ISABKI.I.A POINDRXTK,
Emily M. Ci.i.vk,
Epfa Bell.
Committee
Tho Steel Hlrlko,'
The strike of the Amalgamated
association of steel workers will
end liko the majority of such
strikes, in failure. The executive
branch of the union has been call
ing out the different auxiliary asso
ciations until there aro but few
workmen in that line left. It will
not be long until some kind of set
tlement is made or aou-union wort
put to work.
0UH DESERT LAND
Its Transformation and
Outlook.
Prom Barren to Fertile.
As Soon by a Disinterested Observ
er Who Tolls of I ts Bright
Future.''
Paul Drlanojr I" Portland Ttleifram.
There is a large scope of country
in Eastern and Southern Oregon
culli'd "iliHwrt conntrv." Thin
,anJ Ym princ,pall in jc.iftmalhf
j Lak(!) IIarncyi MaIhour ftnJ Crook
j,, Thi8 country' for years
j i.a been regarded as worthless, ex
ceptas a stock-raijing country.
lo the stranger it does indeed ap
MH.ried w,th mounta ns and hills
covered with rocks and boulders,
at many points guarded by rim
rocks, that stand up like a wall at
the approach of the summit.
For more than 30 years this sec
l tion has bceri a stoek and wool
producer of great magnitude. The
resources from these industries
have brought in million of dollars
annually to the stato, and the total
since the discovery of the country
would sound fabulous. In early
days the range in this section was
the stockman's ideal. Along the
water courses thj grass grow as
high as tho averugj horsa's back,
and among the sagebrush and
rockg o the pain, and niountaing
Uer craHfl erevv that wa3 un.
as tock oo(L Year bv
i j
year the settler has taken up the
lands along the water courses, un
til they are now all under fence.
The vast herds were driven to the
plains and mountains for suste
nance. For a number of years
these have not been sufficient to
sustain the stock of the country,
and where stockmen had not taken
advantage of the lands along the
water courses and secured tbem
themselves they have been com
pelled to buy hay during the mid
winter months from tho settlers,
and during hard winters havo had
to p'ay very high prices. But with
the good prices paid for wool and
stock the stockmen have continued
to grow richer, and the settler has
prospered here, as in no other sec
tion of tho state.
But a gradual change has been
coming over the manner of con
ducting the stock and farming in
dustry from the beginning. The
ultimatum is as plain to the
thoughtful as day. At first the
settler only cut the hay in summer
from the range and 6aved it for
emergencies in hard winters. Then
he began to fence the hay-producing
portions of his land and cut
from it every year to feed his own
increasing herd during the winter,
and sell all that he could spare to
the stockmen. At first the native
hay cut frwn the naturaJ meadows
v&s. tfio. only kiad luxavsa ia the
country. But the demand became
so great that a heavier crop was
needed, and the process of farming
was begun on a small scale against
skepticism and adverse criticism.
Timothy, redtop, blue joint and
alfalfa were introduced, and step
by step the native meadows have
been giving way to these, until in
many localities the domesticated
grasses have become pre-eminent.
In many places the settler began
experimenting with grain and
fruits and vegetables also. But he
met the same skepticism on this
point as he did in the introduction'
of new grasses. In many places
today the settler who plants fruit
trees, sows grain or attempts to
raise potatoes or other vegetables
for the first time is laughed at by
his neighbors, and often neglects
them and lets them go to waste.
The industry has been kept back
in many places on this account.
Then 'there are other conditions
that have retarded the. industry.
Western Oregon produced these
necessaries very cheap, and the
well-to-do rancher of Eastern Ore
gon thought he could buy them
cheaper than he could raise them.
He was busy himself with the
affairs of his stock ajid ranch, and
hired help came high in that
sparsely settled section, any way,
It looked too small, in fact, to the
prosperous rancher and stockman
of that section to work in a garden.
The man who handled only dollars
could not stoop to raising vegeta
bles that only cost cents. But in
spite of the prejudice the love of
some for gardens and orchards of
their own induced then to experi
ment on a small scale, and in
nearly every instance it proved
successful. Fins "spuds," cabbage,
corn, grain, fruits of many kinds
and berries grow there and produce
abundantly. Thus the rancher of
the' all-round producing kind is
steadily getting a foothold and in
creasing in numbers, and this sec
tion is changing from tho two main
industries of stockraising and
hayraising to a diversified country
of stockraising and farming. But
farming is yet in its infancy. At
tlie best it is only beginning, and
in many places a start has not even
been made. Along the running
streams and where the streams
have been diverted through ditches
tho lands are yet mostly devoted
to hayraising. Wherever there is
farming it is a success both in
manner of production and in ready
market for products. There are
no railroads here to cause compe
tition from the outside world, and
when wheat is selling at 40 and 50
cents per bushel in the wheat blt
it brings $1 per bushel here readily:
when potatoes are selling for 40
and 60 centB per 100 poirnds in
Western Oregon, the Eastern Ore
gon "spud" brings its $1 per W0
pounds, with ready salofoi all that
is produced. It costs thia amount
to got the products from the out
side after paying transportation by
means of railroads add freight
teams, aid the quality in Eastern
Oregon is just as good. It will he
years, however, before a sufficient
amount of the necessities of life
outside of beef and mutton will be
raised in Eastera Oregon to-stipply
the home demand, and the prices
must neeessatfily remain bidi.
Continued next week.
l! 5UBSCKi3E FOR. TOU JOURNAL
GENERAL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There.
Somo Stolen, Others Not
Oullings From Our Exohinires
News IJotea of the Week.
Timely Topics.
Cresceus the sorrel trotting staT
lion, who recently broke the world'?
record, making a mile in two min
utes and 2 seconds, is cominj
west on exhibition. .
The past week has been a bad
one for great men and women of
the world. First comes the death
of the Empress Dowager of Ger
many, and then that of Ex -Premier
Crispi, of Italy,
On Sunday, July 23, two boy
were shot while climbing over a.
fence into a? neighbor's peach or
chard near Oaksville, Linn countv.
One of the lads caught a do.eu
shots in his back and the other
caught one.
The district fair will be held at j
The Dalles this fall, probably dur
ing the first week in October. The
committee has received pledges for
$4500, and expects to get enough
more money subscribed to insure
the financial success of the fair.
Dowagc-r Empress Frederick,
mother of Emperor William, oE
Germany, died at Friederchshof,
Aug. 5. The emperor and family,
who were recalled from' Norway by
her illness, arrived a short, time
before the end came-. The ofticial
welcome of Gen. von Waldersee on
his return from China and all other
state ceremonies have been aban
doned. The report of the Secretary of
State for the six months , ending;
June 30th shows that during that
time 21419 scalps were presented .
under the scalp bounty law, a ma
jority of these scalps coming in
under the operation of the new
bounty law. Eight counties, Crook,
Gilliam, Harney, Lake, Malheur,
Morrow, Umatilla and Wasco,
each presented over 1000 scalps,
while Multnomah presented only
six.
One of the most notable contests
that has ever been, be'ore thei
United States Land OSice t Ore
gon City is that againct entrymem
of some 16,000 acres of timber land
in Tillamook eouaty. Two. rail
road companies and 100 applicant
have figured in tins matter. Frauil
is the' ground, el the contest, it
being alleged that the entries werei
procured! to be wade ii. the-interest
of, a combination or syndicate)
headed by Claudb Thayer, a Tilla
mook banker.
The Selhy Smelting & lead
Company ef Sua Fmncisca wa
robbed o Tuesday night, August
6th, of $280,000. worth, of gold bul
lion.. The thiTs ttaineWd iron
outside- the building under tho
vault atthftSelby Works which
ore located on the bay shore, some
30 railes from, the city, 'they got.
aay with nearly 1200s powuls- of
fin gold worth $2ft ait ouare,
without knviog, ik txaat d tiiaLr
ideality.