Crook County journal., January 30, 1902, Image 1

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PJUNKVILtK, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 1902,
NO. 7
VOL VI.
Croo
County
FROZE TO DEATH
HuntingtoiiHoyi'crislicd
in Friday's Storm.
Got Lost in the Blizzard
Ww on H1b Way Ovor tha Moun
tains Frum the Town to Hla
Fathor'a Ranch-
A diiiatch from , Huntington to
the Oregmiian dated January 2S,
suy:- Crover F. Locke, aged 13
yearn, son of 8. Locke, stockman
and broker of Huntington, was
frown to death in the blizzard
wliioh struck thin vicinity 14 Fri
day evening. The young man left
Huntington ulioiil 4 o'clock Friday
afternoon, when the weather wan
mild, for bin father' ranch, 12
mile dlt-t iiit, walking four 'mile
to Good urn n'tf rnnch, where he pro
cured a home u ml started to make
the remaining dislniiccover a rani'e
.f mountain. The unfortunate
hnl encountered tho blizzard jiitit
lf-rc reaching the summit, where
his horse refilled Ui ft.ee the storm.
Hero the hoy turned the horse loose
mid consumed en foot. Reaching
the summit, he took hi bearing
and te-Hviuhd only it short t!i
l.iiice, falling face downward in the
snow, iu which po.ition hi body
w found by a marching party
t Ida afternoon,
$iiUr Sittings.
Now, Mr. Editor, don't forget
(hat we are going to have a great
time and a dance here on the 1 l:h
if Fehruary. Come out and enjoy
the fun.
Percy Davis arid Georgo Steven
have decided tliat all town should
have u supply of ice ior the sum
mer months am have fixed Up an
ice house and aro going to put up
a supply.
Clyde Herrin came near having
a serious accident here hint week.
He attempted to catch a runaway
horse when his own collided with a
tree giving the boy quito a large
head, but he Kay that it'a all in a
life time.
Three inched of snow out here
now. Thermometer otood 18 de
grees below zero thin morning, liow
iii that for Oregon. Kvery one
looks happy and nays winter its
here.. Plenty of feed and cattle
fcetl well.
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Powell Butte Items.
Our school of fourteen pupil is
progressing rapidly.
Prof. Orton, of Prinevillo, was
seen in our community this week.
Claude Harvey arrived home
from Condon the first of the month
and is now attending school.
There must be a great demand
for wood from the number of wood
(earns eeen in our forest of juniper.
T. II. Lnfollett, Roy Harvey and
C, O. Bethel are wintering several
hundred head of sheep at the butte
this winter.
Mr. Bain, formerly of Prineville,
has taken a ( ranch near Powell
Buttes. This community i grad
ually building up. We hope in the
near future to b one of the lead
ing section of Crook county.
A iorprise party waa given at the
horn? of Mr. and Mm. J, R. Harvey
lirnt ThurHday evening in honor of
Master Ray Harvey. After a mer
ry time wan had in playing games,
an excelleii lnneli wan eimd to
whiiih all did ample justice.
Pkace.
Ash wood Cleanings,
From tin I'maprntor. .,.
Wo are informed that Dr, Cof
foen hait bought the Henry Huston
house, which will bo moved n to
hi lot in preference to building a
new houwi.
T. 0. Cook, the genial superin
tendent of tho Trout Creek Co.,
went to Antelope fast Friday to
meet hi wife, and little Hon who
were on their way to upend the
.ill, , m In ,i rnmn.!ay me wn'Konian ue is accom
They arrived on Katuiday morn
ing' atage, and are much pleased
with our littlu town.
Mr. V. 8. Thomas, the superin-
to,Liil ,,f llm k'iiwr l.riliirtv lu
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receiving congratulation from all
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sides line morning, over the new
just received from lorotilo, Canada,
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unit iiirr. i milium iinu oienu-u
him with twiu, a boy and a girl.
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Mr. Thomas and the bubi- are do-
in well, and Ml. Thomas i. uU
Hinilc.
Messrs. Frank A. Spi nctr, John
lricoll and Dan J. Malarkey, of
Portland, who aro the president,
treasurer and secetary renptrtively
of the Kinibcrly Mining Company,
spent last Haturday and rninday in
camp looking over the Kimberly
properly ana ouier j.n,,,,, ...
vicinity. During their stay they,
were royally entertained at tl'
King nunc by Messr. Ldward audi
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innrl on Mon.lay mormng, greatty j
enthused over the rich promi-e of;
the camp.
Mr. D. II. Leech, of f-'alem, ar
rived in camp last Wulnesday
morning and spent several days
looking after hi various interest
here. He was very much pleased
with the progress being made on
the development work of tho Ash
wood and Red Jacket properties,
and also expressed himself a
pleased that considerable other
work wa being done in tho camp.
Mr. Leech has always been one of
tho most enthusiastic believers in
the richness of this camp, and his
belief i being verified every day.
. Price Paragraph.
Weather i fine o far.
8. H. Barnes and family have
moved to Swamp creek to feed his
cattle during the winter.
L. V. Tice wa over from Buck
cieek and tell us that almost every
one in that section i sick.
Jim Hawkins was seen in a fly
ing trip to beaver. Ho say all of
hi little one have tho whooping
cough.
Tho dance at the Camp creek hall
on the 10th of January was & very
pleasant affair. I do not know how
"Willie" spent the after part of the
night; hanging over the fence, 1
suppose. One would think so
from his appearance before supper.
Jl'MHO.
Jau. 21), 1902.
Hohoe ore finding Albany rath
er an unpleasant place to loiter
these days. The police keep a close
watch of new arrival and order
them out of town wheu they de
velop tramp proclivities.
BOHEMIANS COMING
Will Settle in the Des
chutes Valley.
300 Families for Oregon
Airent for tho Colony Now on Hia
Way and Othera Will Follow
Within the Year.
8. P. Kashrerct, who is acting as
the agent for a colony of 800 Bohe
mian families now located in Ne
braska, in on hi way to Oregon to
examine tlte Deschutes valley with
reference to it availability a
'1,n' l lie represents,
panied by an irrigating engineer,
and they will personally inspect
the country and gather data that
will determine whether these Bohe
mian will move to Oregon or no'.
Mr. Kashrercl and his engineer have
, b
been looking over several sections
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are
not vet entirely sailed with
what they have found. Their at-
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ctmtc country, ami iney wifn to
examine it before 'recommending a
locality for their people.
Thee people liaxc had feveral
yearn' experience with Nebraska,
which wa represented to them as
a state of inexhaustible' fertility,
needing no artificial watering to
make it fruitful. Now they are de
Birou of Irving land that does
nced irrigation. Thev believe thev
n.Hvhhnm i(
Uv(; t(m,i(k,raW(. niCilnH wi,h
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to dovisa and provide tln'ir own u-
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Titration facilitic. If thev fmd the
t(j s.aMv wm
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cate the whole colony upon it and
begin improvements at once. The
prospect of getting a railroad
through the valley this year en
courages them to immediate action.
This will be no socialist commu
nity. The J eople will hold their
property in severalty, and eacl
manage his holding a he pleases
and take the reward of hi own in
dustry. But they are people of
congenial taste and, moreover,
they ar8 frugal ' and industrious.
By having their own countrymen
a neighbor and co-workers they
expect to find life in the new coun
try pleasanter than it would be
among strangers, however well dis
posed they might be. It i esti
mated ilia; there are aooui iwu
persons in the colony looking for a
home in tho valley of the Des -
chute. They will probably move
West before tho end of this year.
The Author of Qou VaJis."
Not many of tho thousand of
American who- read and marveled
ol vtuu , uu. M.oi, u vue ..mi.
who wrote tin great b.wk was him -
self lor ome time a resident of tins
country. In the February number
r.1 TViO I lI,,n,o l,,.,nn.. I Pill.
ford Howard bring out this inter-
esting fact in describing the beau
tiful home of Madame Modjeska
in Southern California. Sienkie
met came to America about the
middle of September, lSili, with a
party of thirty Polish immigrant,
not such a wo usually picture to
ourselves a landing at New York,
but ladie und gentlemen of cul
ture, many of them of national
reputation ia Poland.
They bad
been imbued with a desire to live
iu the land of liberty by Modjeska
and her husband, Count Bozcnta.
And in due time they found them
selves in the beautiful Smta Ana
Valley. Here they lived in per
fect contentment, but in time their
fund grew low, and one after an
other they drifted hack to Poland,
Bicnkiewicz among them, leaving
behind only the great actress.
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Wwiliti-owcru' Convention,
Sheepmen of this section are
looking toward Helena, where on
February 4th will lie hold the
Woolgrowers' convention of the
Northwest. This organization, de
voted to the nheep and wool inter
ests, met bust year at Pendleton
and has done a great deal of good
since it was organized five years
ago through the effort of Col. R.
.Iiiilson. Among the chief mat
ter to receive attention will be the
question of the Bale and lease of
government grazing land! In this
all sheepmen aro interested 88 a
bill is before congrcs bearing on it.
Teachers' Examinations,
Notice ia bercliy given .that tlie
county Mipi'rintemicnt o( Crouk coun
ty will hold the tegular examination
of applicant (or stale md county pa
pers at l'rineville n tollow:
For fctate Papers.
Commencing Wednesday, February
12, at nine o'clock a. in., and contin
uing until Katuiday, February 15, at
four o'clock p. in.
VVedneMlsy Penmanship, history,
i-pulling, nlfbi", reading, school law.
Thursday Written arithmetic, the
ory of teaching, grammar, book-keeping,
physics, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography,
mental arithmetic, composition, phys
ical geography.
Hatiuday Botany, plane geometry,
general history, English literature,
physiology.
For County Papers,
Commencing Wednesday, February
12, at nine o'clock a. m., and contin
uing until Friday, February H, at tour
o'clock p. in. First, second and third
grade certificates.
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
orthography, reading
Thursday Written arithmetic, the
ory .of teaching, grammar, school law.
Friday Geography, mental arith
metic, physiology, civil government.
Primary Ccrtiflcates.
Wtdnetday Penmanship, orthog
raphy, reading, arithmetic.
Thursday Art of questioning, the
ory ol teaching, methisls, physiology.
William Bololi,
County f?nperintendent.
0ne o the )ro6eix features of
tie St. Louis fair ia a reiiioval of a
jiargn red onk trw from tlle witi,.st
; gl.cJion of Arkansas to Forest Park
St. Louis, without injuring it. The
tree i 100 feet high and 12 feet in
diameter at, the base. A double
tramway will lie built, trim tlii1ne
j , j , . will he floated
Rm, ,0 gj u jg
esti-
milU.d that thig
will occupy six
months. Tht effort, enn li m:u!r
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i the money and time expended can
be put to a far more profitable ise.
The Will Cleaver Mining Com
pany, of Prairie City, ha filed ar
ticle of incorporation in the tute,
department at Salem. The com
pany will engage iu mining opera
tions. Tho capital stock of $ 2,500,
000 i divided into share valued
at II each. Elmer E, Cleaver,
Alonzo Clvaver and W, G, Drowley
are the incorporator of record.
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There
Some Stolen, Others Not
Culllnifs From Our Exchange
Newd Notes of the Week
Timely Topic
From Copenhagen, Denmark, on
January 23, authority to sign th
Dapish West Indies treaty with
the United State, for sale of the
islands was cabled to Washington.
Governor Taft say that by the
end of the present year 15,000 sol
dier will be enough to preserve1
peace in the Philippine Island.
Governor Taft has just returned
from Manila and is now on his
way, to Washington,
Colonel It. C. Judson, industrial
agent of the Ilarriman line, ha
secured the co-operation of William
Wilkinson, mayor of Athena, in a
plan to experiment w ith the raising
of hops in that locality. It i said
that a man from California will
purchase lands thereabout if the
experiment prove successful.
On January 24 at McMinnville
two girls aged about 21 took arse
nic with suicidal intent and died
inside of twenty hours. Their
name were Nannie Ungcrman and
Ollie Gaunt. Mrs. Gimnt had on
ly been separated from her husband
a few months. Despondency is
supposed to have been the can?c
Senator Mitchell i a worker.
The senate committee on commerce
ha reported favorably upou the
following bills of the senator.
tlo.OOO for a launch for the cus
tom service at Astoria; foOOO for
additional quarter for the light
house keeper at Yaquina, and
$4500 for a ne r building at Caie
Blanco light station.
Senator Mason, of Illinois, offer
ed a joint resolution in the senate,
tendering thanks to Admiral Schley,
for "brave and able conduct," a
Santiago, and provided for a sword
to be presented to him, and bronze
medal to all the ollicers and men
of his command. There being no
objection, the resolution went to
its second reading, without being
referred to a committee.
Wood Wind'.-tor Wool.
It is said that the sheepmen have
enjoyed this winter very much for
the reason that the weather has
been uch as to cause a very fine
growth of wool, as to quality and
quantity. Tho evenness . of the
weather hn induced a growth in
the fibre without the breaks that
are produced when the cold snap
occur. Cold snaps caue the wool
to stop growing for tho time, and
that is what causes the weak spots
in the fibre. Early in the winter
the sheepmen were worrying about
the conditions, for the reason that
it wtis s i drv, but the later fall of
, moisturo and the warm weather
have combined to bring almost
ideal conditions to those who own
the t-hecp bauds of this part of tho
coast.
The Portland l)ispatch advocate
the renommation of State Super
intendent Ackerman. We have,
uot got far enough along in rtato
affaire to have auy ciio.ee for the
I office yet.
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