Crook
CouHty
JourinaL
VOL. V.
ITtl NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGrON, DECEM15KR 5, 1001.
NO. 51
HOME ENTERPRISE
DesclmtCH Reclamation
Irrigation Co.
Work la Progressing
It Is thi Firot to Out Wa'-or on tho
Do Culled Donort of tba
Do8ohuta Country
IJ. C. Lv came in from Des
chutes tho Hr4 of the week slid
informed a Journal representative
that wurk was progressing vory
nUinLirtorily n tho ditch ' the
Deschutes lleclamalioti A Irriga
tion Company. T!7 'i;lV0 'l "''
most completed, (r.iro remaining
about one milu yet to build, and u
it in nil clown hill mid no rin k it
will lid comparatively 'ay mat
ter from now on. This ditch i" an
all-homo concern and in the first
on a series of canals tlnit are con
templated, to get water on the div
ert. There ur eight stockholders
nnd each one has a quarter section
of lit ml that he intern! reclaiming,
liesides they havu filed an applica
tion to Ui; an additional quarter
H'l'tiuii each tinder thu Carey act.
Mr. Low noted that while they
woio ut work iJiftt tho water was
turned into una of tho numerous
little dry lakes that arc to be
foninl in that part of thu county,
jiiul while they were making an
oullot to continue thu ditch the
water suddenly began to disappear
lie went to thu hide of thu hike,
which covered ubout itn Hero of
ground, to wliero the water was
ninkingund while watching it to
diwover tlu) outlet there wut an
cxplonion near him and a "chc
mcets" bush and feveral yards of
earth were thot into the air ccveral
feet obovo the water, which at that
place was suvcral feet deep. Thii
diversion caused Mi. Low to get
out of the way for fear that a
greater amount of soil should blow
up and make in disagreeable for
thosu in the near proximity. These
explosions may be looked for with'
a great deal of regularity when the
water is first turned onto the desert
an the whole country in full of un
derground caves which will fill up
with water and as tho water rushes
in, tho air that is confined in the
caves will be compressed until it
v. ill be forced up through the in
tirvcning soil with more or less
force, but when the coil is once
saturated there will be no more of
these upheavals. The soil in very
pioductivo where It has been irri
gated and in a few more years we
will nee some of tho fluent farms en
the desert of any part of the state.
Kinilntf Unit VMiiprnmUod.
Jessie M. tHilson has Fettled with
Jack Keating and the long-expeol-id
if20,000' damage suit was quiet
ly dismissed titis morning in the
rotate Circuit Cout, instead of com
ing to trial, much to tho disgust of
tho lovers of sensationalism who.
were gathered in lan$e numbeis,
While the attorneys refused to
peak in regard to the terms of tlte
settlement, authentic information
has lxxn secured to the effect that
Keating paid Miss Stilson I50OQ on,
conditions thftt the suit be dis-luissed,
Minn Ftilson, slated that he felt
satisfied ho could have secured a
larger award from the jury than
. aii, ii "";'"'"" ;h"
was satirhed to nettle the matter
out of court, lfo also said thut
Mr, Keaiing has paid over ',he sum
of money agreed upon, and that
all dealings between the two are
settled. The love letters have
been exchanged, and the papers
in the ciu;e have been withdrawn
from court.
Keating, who a Lynn L'dall,
has written many popular songs,
from which ho has received con
siderable money, was sued several
months ago by Miwt Ktilon for
breach of promise, the damages be
ing fixed at 120,000. Sensational
charges were made bv both parties! ' "wuiquantrs 01 me inuies
but until yesterday there was no j in tlw northern part of Klam
plan of "compromise. Keating,' "th ''",mt. a in the city, says the
through his attovnovs, had -tear!-! I'wtUml Oregonian. He has been
fastly refund to make any offer to! five weeks in this state, making in-
Miss Klilson, Lut an agreement
was reached yesterday.
Gcorgv Joseph and Chamberlain
and Thomas, who appeared as at
torneys for Keating, had a con
ference at which the details were
arranged. As has been stated, it
can be stated on good authority
that Miss Ktilson rsceives .r000.
This is considered a good settle
ment on the j.art of her attorney,
for a trial by jury is always un
certain and the expenses of the
trial are heavy.
When the motion to dismiss (he
papers was made this morning, the
court was askod to give permission
to have the paeiB withdrawn.
Juilgo Kiawr at first said he could
not grant the request, but when
both attorneys urged that it bo al
lowed, he finally consented, and
the papers were withdrawn. Tele
gram of Nov. 20.
Whut tlio H)ifi'iiii ii Warn.
Tho woolfrowers of Umatilh
county met at Pendleton a few
days ago to elect a delegate to the
National H'oulgrowcrs' convention
that nnwU In Chicago the first
week in December, and the delegate
whom they authumed to represent
them stated that the instructions
which lie received as to 'the de
mands of tha sheepmen were:
"First, we sheepmen areopjxved
to tho leasing of the public range
lands of tho government, and we
will oppose for the reason that it
will not be in favor of tho small
owner and will tend to petard the
development of tle country, and
hold it back for long periods.
"Second, wo sheepman iiro in
favor of tho enactment by congress
of a law requiring that all goods
in which is any shoddy shall be
branded by the manufacturer, that
people may see what they ane pur
chasing, and not thinji it is wool
when it is shoddv.'
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I liirfl vii ulmnn nin , nninml
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hat congress, n framing rccproei-,
l vnM IOTWb l.nlmncs';
8""" 'e 11 au u,e 1"ur,""s i
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ill Lull will I I'ri.wi.rM rf. rii-miii'inn
Ai llnuiis (!elel)rnlo.
Tho United Artisans will give a
granu Jiinstrel Miow at Culver n
tndiiy December 20 VJ01. There;
will.be a dance after the enter-
Uinment. Aunnssion to show loj makes the construction of a canal tmne worth $200,000, but he invest- f.ithdr- by witebvraft aud W wirt'
cents, children over ten and under ' difficult and renders a great deal of j ed heavily in the Brtw nsvUle surprised t'wt audi a tli.ng coull
fifteen W cents, wider ten free. 'lining and llin necessary. Mr. j woolen mills and los wsidvWe' utt be- sl n iullu defense uf his.'
Ten cent lunches will be served j Windlo figures that the canal will 1 of Ins large property. He- didicrirue,- Tho jury fixed their putti-
at tlie dance. Everybody wivited to
see the greatest event of tlie season, j
Uy,Ojdcr(ithCwiAiuiUeo,.
SOME
: S vnl icate Will Operate
1
On Upper Deschutes.
An Irrigation Company
Will Build 65-Mile Canal to Re
claim 165.0CO Acres ot
Crook Co. Land
J. J. Windle, of Minneapolis,
representing a syndicate of capital
ists of that city, who are contem
plating the construction of an irri
gation canal in Walker's Basin; on
proposed irrigation scheme, and
also looking itijo some timber land
propositions. Major Alfred Hears,
of thi& city, Is now engaged in
making a rccMaiance along the
route of the proposed' canal, and B.
J. l'ongra, for mony years a resi
dent of the southern part of the
state, has afforded Mr. Windle all
the incrmalion and assistance in
his power in making his investiga
tions. Mr. Windle is very favorably
impressed with the sections of Ore
gon be has been over, an J says he
thinks the country is ging to be
settled up very ram'dlv. The
backwardnes-ia this respect, he
says, is to lie attributed to the feet
that Eatern peojde do not kuow
what there is out here. The peo
ple of Oregon have apparently
been a.lej and have failed to ad
vertise their state, while the Wash
ington , people have been wide
iwake and hustling and bustling
all tho time. Mr. Windle has had
a great deal to do with lutndling
lands, as the firm with which he is
connected has sold 1,500,000 acres
of land east of the Missouri river.
Heretofore it has not operated in
the West, and is now just starting
in. He finds it a long way out
here, and imagines it will be ex
pensive operating, llo says ten
men come into hu office in Minne
apolis inquiring for Washington
lands to eno inquiring fur Oregon
lands.
As to irrigation schemes, the
great trouble with them, Mt. iVin
dle fays, is that, whil they open
up tho country they do not as a
general thing prove -profitable to I
the investors, and irrigation secu
ritie'j are the hardest kind to sell.
Walker's Jiastn contains loO.OOOj
acres susceptible to benefit by irri-j
I1"1""- ao ungate i.im vast tract
l succession v will iviiuirn ti mum i
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iVMml n!,0llt l,a n'11 m longth,'
from wht. l0 WKtt,r h uh.a fl,,m j
the Deschutes river to where lheik,;
eanul discharges into the
rive-r
lauain. 1 hi re is o entv at v;i!it
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7'ho soil is very good, consisting
of deoomp!ed lava. The trouUel
is that in places there is too much
lava that has not decnniyivud.;
The loose lava formation in places j
cost about 15,000 a uiilo. Thelruuchfor Brownsvillcf. and his
lands alon the Dechutus river
tut. Uv tMily. e!-i.tU Wtt -
which are taken up and are owned
by stockmen and haygrowers.
Transportation facilities are ai
factor which miist be taken into!
consideration in connection with
tho irrigation scheme, said Mr.
Windle, and the nearest railroad
connection is at Shaniko, 130 miles
distant. There is, however, every
likelihood that the railroad will lie
extended and this distance much
lessened in the near future.
Mr. Windle is inclined to think
favorably of the scheme for irrigat
ing Walker's Basin, but he cannot
say what effect his report will have
on the syndicate he represents,
llo leaves for Minneapolis in a day
or two, by the way of Arizona and
New Orleans, in'order to look into
some irrigation propositions in Ar
izona. The syndicate represented
by Mr. Windle is composed of some
of the bct business men of Minne
apolis, and the capital is all sub
scriled. "If we take up this proposition,"
said Mr. Windle, "we intend to set
tle the land with twople from Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Iowa prin
cipally. Many farmers in these
states, who have only 169 acres,
have boys growing up who must
strike out, and these, with some of
the better class of renters,- will be
located in Walker's Basin."
Caltlj Oving.
The Eagle is informed that a
largo number of cattle have Wen
found dead on tho range in what
is known as the Rattlesnake coun
try below Day ville, and the stock
men of that locality arc considera
bly alarmed over the matter. Re
cently seventeen head were found
dead in close proximity to tho sec
tion mentioned, and when the
stockmen endeavored to drive the
stock from that section, several
more head died during the drive.
The stockmen who have suffered
loss of stock in that locality differ
ed as to the cause of the death of
their stock. On examination ef
the stomach of several of the dead
animals it was found to cont.dn a
large quantity of a) kali, but wheth
er death was due from this, is not
known. Some claim that the an
imals uicu lrotu a poisonous grass i
which they eat as a result uf the
present condition of the range,
while others are inclined to tl be
lief that the range has he-cu pois
oned which theory is hardly
IsBsible.
Cattle and Ftock of ail kinds
Imve been driven from tlw liattle
snake neighborhood, i hovs vf
preventing further hws. Canyot
City Eagle.
Huii Field Heart
FWds, of Brownsville, j
,ied at Portland Tuesday while
,m njs -fty home from trip t
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-i.aLuin vinm, rn ;tj ue imui
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been to look after his stock inter-1
e?s (f (
known eitii'etis, a liioneer of Iblx
i;t. w,in hrn in iirevson -count v. '
v; n..,i,. ivou n. ,
iii.ii, j-i wiiu'i,i i-, ' .i i hi i ia mi V viui hi. I ih ;u u-
was one of the first pioneeis uftholian squaw namel AuuitKdmL-
sUte, coming herein 1845. He;
was married in 1S55 to M'u-s Md-!
I
uey Younger. Two children burn)
hoUi died. Mr. Fields was at one
death will be generally regretted
iwbiwiioa'Ejirc.
GENERAL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There
Sdei9 Stolen, Others Not
Cullings From Our Exchanges'
News Notes of the Week
Timely Topics
At the last term of circuit court '
held in Grant county, Alex Delore,
who was held in bonds to appear '
and answeJ a charge U assault to '
commit rape, was found guilty of
simple assault and fined $1,50.
Superintendent Berriam ofth;'
Rogue River Hatchery report ;
that, about 1,000,000 ezgs have'
hatched there during the past sea
son. The hatchery ig working
wonders for the salmon industry'
of Southern Oregon.
Oregoa has good cause to be'
proud of its record at the Pan
American exposition, since thy
state received total of 232 prize.
These consist of 123 medals- and
103 honorable mentions. Many''
older states than Oregon weser
much less fortanate.
A statement has been prepared'
in the internal revenue hurt an '
which shows total receipts front'
war revenue act only from Juno'
13, 18D8, to June 30, 1901; also tho '
four mimths of the act of March 2,
1901, from July 1 to October 31
1301. The total receipt for thesa '
acts alone amounted to $:i43,83,V '
633.
The diseo-erar, owner or opera
tor of a mining cLim to which h"
has a U. S, patent has a right to
follow the dip of the vein under '
the agricultural timber land, if his'
is the senior title that is, if his1
pateot antedates the title of tho '
agricultural or timber land, but it :
not, then tho former has not- such'
rights.
The Corvallis Times says thtt
portable sawmill near that oity is1
sawing immense quantities of ash1
and other liurdwnod for the factor-'
ies f Portland. The Portland; '
people have bought all the ash ami 1
maple timber on Kiger island in
the Willamette above Corvallis.
That lumber is worth $70 per'
thousand.
Sodavjlle already has two tickets '
in the field for their town election'
whkh will be lield next Mndar.
ne ticket will be known on th-' '
official ballot f'S tho Citizen's-
Ticket and i composed- of con
servatives. The other its called the '
Au'J-Chicken Ticket, aud is said tik
be opposed to chickens running in
their neighbors dtwrwav.-
Columbia George and Tev Tov..
Indian re.-ervatwn, were' twnui -
euiltv i-a tho United States couri ''
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Thev U-lievvl she lvad been sruil, ,'
of wilcheaft and gave lwr tworlut i
worth of cyote prison. Toy Toy'
claimed tbivt she- had killed his1
ishiftent at liie imprisojiment.-
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