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VOL V.
PIUNEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEITEMMR 19,1901.
NO. 40
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PRESIDENT WILLIAM
End Came at 2:15 a. m., September 14. His Clos
ing Hours Were Without Tain.
FRIENDS AT BEDSIDE
His Parting Word3 Were: "Good-bye, All; Good
bye. It is God's Way; His Will Be lone "
Roosevelt Is Now President.
MlI.DUftN IIotJHE, Buffalo, Sept. i
14. PrcHiilent McKinley died at
2:15 a. m. lie had been uncon
iscious most of the time since 7:50
p. di. Ilia last conscious hour
on earth was spent with his wife.
Though unattended by a minister
of tho gospel, his last words were
a humble submission to the will of
(!od in whom ho believed, and was
reconciled to the cruel fate to which
an naxassin's bullet had condemned
him and faced death in a spirit of
calmness.
His last conscious words were:
"Good-bye all, good-bye; it ia
God's way; His will be done."
Then his mind began to wander
and life wus prolonged for some
hours bv the administration tf
oxygen, and tho President finally
expressed a desire to be allowed to
die, though be suffered but little
pain.
About 2 o'clock Dr. Rixey noted
the unmistakable signs of dissolu
tion, and the immediate members
of the family ,wore summoned to
the bedside. Mrs. McKinlcy was
asleep and it was desirable not to
awaken her for the last momenU
of anguish.
Silently and sadly the mcmbeis
of tho family stole into the room.
They stood about the foot and sides
of the be I where the fat man's
life was ebbing away. Those in
the circle were:
Abner McKinley, tho President's
brother; Mrs. Abner McKinley;
Miss Helen, the President's sister;
Mrs. Sarah Duncan and sister; Miss
Mary Barber, a niece; Miss Sarah
Duncan; Lieutenant J. F. McKin
ley nephew; William M. Duncan,
a nephew; Charles Dawes, the Con
troller of the Currency: F. M. Os
borne, a cousin; Colonel Webb C.
Hayes; John A. Barber, a nephew;
Secretary George B. Cortelyou;
Colonel W. C. Brown, the business
partner of Abner McKinley; Dr. P.
M. Rixey, tho family physician,
and six nurses and attendants.
The announcement of the death
of the President was made by Webb
Hays, who said;
"It is all over."
The actual dwth probably occur
je J about 2 o'clock, it being under
Bkol that Er. Rixey delayed the
McKINLEY DEAD
IN MILBURN HOUSE
announcement to assure himself.
'1 lie announcement of the news to
those waiting below was postponed
until the members of the family
had withdrawn.
Vice-President Roosevelt was
beard from shortly after 10 o'clock,
He had received news of the Presi
dent's conditions, and sent word
from the Tahawas Club, where he
was staying, that ho would come
at once.
President Roosevelt reached Buff
alo at 1:40 accompanied only by
his private secretary, William Leob
Jr. An imme sise crowd, which had
been awaiting his arrival for hours,
was gathered about the station
eager to catch a first sight of the
President. The train, however, did
not enter the station proper, but
the President landed at the Terrace.
When he left the train an escort of
the Fourth Signal Corps formed
about him and conducted him to
an automobile which his friend
Ansley Wilcox had in waiting.
He took the oUh at 3:30 o'clock
in the libraay of the residence of
Ansley Wilcox, a personal friend
with whom he stayed earlier in the
week when the physicians thought
President McKinley would recover
from the wound inflicted by the
assassin.
The new President was visibly
shaken, but he controlled himself,
and when he lifted his hand to
swear it was as steady as though
carved in marble. With the deep
solemnity of iho occasion ho an
nounced to those present that his
aim would be to be William Mc
Kinlcy's successor in deed as well
as in name. Deliberately he pro
claimed it in these words: "In
this hour of deep and terrible Na
tionil bereavement I wish to state
that it shall be my aim to continue
absolutely without variance the
policy of President McKinley for
the peace and prosperity and honor
of our beloved country."
The far-reaching significance of
this pledge to continue the policy
of the dead President, announced
at the threshold of a new govern
mental regime, profoundly impress
ed his hearers, and President Roos
evelt's first step after taking the
oath was in line with its redemp
tion. His first act was to ask tho
members of the Cabinet to retain
their portfolios in order to aid him
i to conduct the Government to lines'
'laid down by him whose policy he
declared he would uphold. Such
an appeal was not to be resisted,
and every member of the Cabinet,
including Secretary Hay and Sec -
retary of the Treasday Gage, who
were commu licated with in Wash-
ington, have agreed, for the present,
at least, to retain their several port
folios. I
The President has made no plans
as yet. He said he was so shocked
by the National Kalamity that had
thrust new responsibilities upon
him that he had no time yet to
think of his f utnre career at Wash
ington. '
The following report ot the au
topsy upon the remains of Pres
ident McKinley was issued at 5 o'
clock, Sep 14.
"The bullet which struck over
the breastbone did not pass through
the skin and did little harm. The
other bullet passed through both
walls of the stomach near its lower
border.' Both holes were found to
be perfectly closed by the stitches,
but the tissue around each hole had
become gangrenous. After passing
through the stomach the bullet
passed into the back walls of the
abdomen, hitting and tearing the
upper endof the kidney. This
portion of the bullet's track was
gangrenous the gangrene involving
the pancreas. The bullet has not
yet been found. 1 here was no
sign of peritonitis or disease of
other oreans. The heart walls
were very fliin. There was no
evidence of any attempt at repair
on the part of nature, ane death
resulted from the gangrene which
affected the stomach around the
bullet wounds, as well as the tis
sues around the further course of
thebullett. Death was unavoida
ble by any. surgical or medical
treatment, and was the direct re
sult of ttie bullet wound.
This autopsy was signed by
fotrteen physicians and surgeons,
among them being Dr. Rixey,
President McKinley's family
physician.,
The purchase by A. B. Hammond
of 50,000 acres of timber land on
the Tualatin may mean the build
ing of railroad connections from
the West side of the valley through
Salem to the C. & E. at Stayto n,
as well as possible extension of
the C. & E. across the Cascades.
Last year Mr. Hammond sent a
paity of engineers through the Cas
cades hunting, it is said, for a better
pass than that mapped out for the
present route. . The wonder is that
the C. & E. should be, and continue
to be, so near the vast traffic the
great Inland Empire would bring
it, and yet be so far.
Last Sunday evening the sheep"
purchased in France by the Bald
win Sheep & Land Co, arrived in
Shaniko. From the time the sheep
were unloaded until they left on
Monday, our citizens, as well as
sheep raisers from the surrounding
country, were examining them, and
one and all pronounced them the
finest specimens of Rambquillets
ever imported to Oregon. These
sheep, consisting of 10 bucks and
130 ewes, were purchased at the
national stud farm of France, a
breeding establishment run exclus
ively by the government. It is on
ly in rare instancees any of their
stock is ever' allowed exported to
any foreicn country. The Baldwin
i Sheep &. Land Company are to be
I congratulated upon their enterprise
as just such things as this are what
tend to build up1 better breeds and
1 place our country in the front rank
in the
sheep industry Shaniko
Leader.
SCHOOL LAND
Large Areas in
County
Crook
Have Not Baen Taken
Railroads Are Projected for This
Section, and Much of It la '
Capable of Irrigation.
The following article was taken
from the Oregonian of September 4
and it was accompanied by a map
showing the school sections referred
to. Those wishing to learn about
these lands can do so by corres
ponding with the State School
Board, Salem, Oregon. That all
the cheap land of Oregon has not
been disposed of is indicated by the
accompanying map showing the
number of acres of school land for
sale in Crook county. In the large
map each square represents a town
ship containing 36 sections, In
each town-ship two sections, 16 and
36, are known as school sections,
and were given to the slate by the
general Government. I he map
shows only the amount and location
of school land by the state, and it
may be said as a general rule that
whenever there are vacant school
sections, plenty of Government
land subject to homestead entry
may also be found. The plant of
township in the corner will show
the location of the school sections
in the township. The figures in
the center of each township show
the number of acres for sale in sec
tion 16, while the figures in the
lower right-hand corner of each
town-shiD show the amount for
sale in section 36. Thus in town
ship 13 south, range 16 east, the
state has 360 acres for salo in sec
tion 16 and 520acre.s in section 36.
There are 640 acres in a section, so
it will be seen that many of the
sections remain intact. Townships
21 and 22 south, ranges 15 and 16
east, remain unsurveyed. In the
townships where no figures appear,
the school sections have been sold
The school sections are sold to indi
viduals at f 1 25 per acre, the limit
to each purchaser being 320 acres.
No term of residence is required.
Not much can be said of the
vacant school land, except in a
general way. The land is now
being used for grazing purposes,
being used mostly unoccupied by
settlers. Within a few years rail
roads will be built through this
region, both north and south, and
and east and west. After rail
roads have been built tho country
will be settled rapidly, and the
open range will be succeeded by
cultivated farms, made prolific in
production by means of irrigation.
Already a movement is on foot for
the irrigation of large areas along
the headwaters of the Deschutes.
To the casual reader the thought
will be suggested that not in many
years will there be.use for this broad
txranst. of vacant land. The same
j was said of the vast prairies of the .
Dakotas, which now pour into the'
j grain markets of Duluth and
Chicago their annuai tr.bute of
golden grain, the wild bufralo
gave up his pasturage on 'the desert'
to the industry of the scadinavian,
the German and the American '
settlers. Eastern ' Oregon will
undergo a similar charge, and in
the course of a few years a map of
Crook County will show but few
vacant school sections.
Crook County is in the center of
the state, and because of its dis
tance from railroads has been
among the last to be settled. In
the counties nearer the great high
ways of trade there is a smaller pro
portion of vacant land, but there is
scarcely a county in tne state with
in which the State Land Board has
not land to sell. It should be said
that in a very few instances the
land shown as vacant is held at $2
per acre, under the old law, but
the greater part of the school land
is for sale at $1 25 per acre, only
one-fifth "of which need be paid
down. The iniormation upon
which this map was prepared was
very kindly furnihed by clerk3 in
the State Land Oflici.
Lava Lore.
From our regular cmreiondent.
The recent rains have cooled the
atmospfiere and started the graBS
anew. Looks like a second crop of
hay could be cut.
The parties that went huckle
berrying on Crane prairie were
much chagrined to find the berries
leetroyd by sheep- v i.
The little child of some immi
grants that were going through the
country from Lakeview, died at the
residence of George Sly and wa8
buried in the Allen graveyard.
T. J. Bowen, of Donglas- county,
is here gathering some of his horses
to take back with him.
S. S. Stearns is gathering his beef
cattle and gettng them into past
ures.
Some of Us are looking towards
the fruit sections with covetous eyes
Let us hope that from every
American home the -daily prayer
arises: God save our President:
Bunch Grass.
Howard Happenings.
From our rejruUr correspondent.
M r. and Mrs. Ike Blevins intend
to start to Burns next week, where
they will spend a few weeks visiting
friends and relatives.
II. P. Thompson, of your city,
made a short visit in our neighbor
hood last week.
Clyde Hon started for the John
Day a short time ago where he. ex
pects to spend a few days looking
at the country.
Rev. J. T.Moore, the "Mexico
Missionary" passed throug i bird
last week.
Mr. Jim Fuller is visiting friends
at this place. -His many friends
are glad to sec him, but sorry t
learn of the loss o'f his hand.
A Jolly little crowd spent a v ry
enjoyable time at Joe Hawkins' a
few evenings ago.
George Jennings, from the c -nabcr
mines, made a trip to yo ir
city last week.
Ed Vanallen departed f.-om this
j neiiihborhood a few days ago, on
' his way to Idaho.
Arta Parker, who recently let .
the "fascinating" Haystack girls,
has returned to make glad the
heart of the girl he left behind him
SukAoweii.