Journal VOL VI. l'HINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 6, 1902. NO. 8 Crook County AN ELECTRIC LINE From The Dalles to the City of Dufur. Why Not to Prineville? It Would Bo a- Paying Investment Hid of Orout Benefit to the Country. Were there un electric road from The Dulled to Dufur there would he no intjrniition of the farmer trade because of bad roads or revere weather. It is one of the improve ment that would build up trade in The Dalles and also develop the re sources of the country. Dulles Times-Mountaineer, Why not extend it up the river to this tilaceV If a road to Dufur will benefit The Dalles one to Prinu ville will be as much greater bene fit an the distance is greater. The initial power plant can bo locates at the plant on While river where The Dalle! now get its light am; power, and relay can be put in anywhere aloiik' the line, as the. Deschutes will furnish an unlimit ed amount of energy. An electric road from here to The Dalle would mean more to this place than all railroads, contemplated and other wine, in existence. WewoulJ then have a cheap system to water transportation and freight rate would come down to nominal fig ures. Again, the benefits to be derived by The Dalles from such a system ure incalculable. From town of n special importance it would be come one of the greatest distribut ing poinU in Eastern Oregon, in tact it would assume the station held by it prior to the advent of the railroad, when it was the dis tributing point for the whole of in terior Oregon and Idaho. This matter is well worthy the consideration of the citizens of The Pa lien, as without such a system they will he relegated to the row of bni'k numbers and with the advent of many railways, throughout the interior they will gradually fade away and their town become one of the memories of a dim and dis tant past. Such a road is feasible, practice ble and would be a paying invest ment from the beginning. The proposition merits more than pass ing notice, and we hope that the matter will he taken up by those moRt interested and something done looking toward the construc tion of one at an early date. This is not the first time that the Journal has contended for this road and it will not be the last. With the advent of the Columbia Southern in this county there will be great changes take place, and as the road is now planned to leave this place on the side it will be on ly a short time until the business will be taken to come point on the railroad. Such being the case it stands us in hand to consider ways lid means to offset the damage to our business interests, and this road to The Dalles will be the easiest way out of the difficulty as it will not cost any more than a bonus to the railroad would amount to and beside would give us much cheap er rates to Portland. Portland business men and in vestors would do well to consider thin matter or it would mean hold ing the trade of thin part of the Mtato for all tium, whereas if wo do not get it we will have to look to; the Corvallis & Eastern or some of the many projected road that will give u connection with rm Fran cisco. From Lamonta. William Bands and Lawn Palor- sou have about finished plowing. We acknowledge a very pleasant visit from J. C. 'Banks last Sunday evening. Mr, and Mrs. C. Ireland are re covering from a severe attack of lagr ppe. Juke Hlrmid is trn-atlv imnrovinc ' his residence by having a nice fence placed around it. A chinook yesterday and today has taken most of the snow off and the remaimlur is disat.nearimr ran- I I CJ I idly. George llendrix 1ms 120 acres of ground broken. His real eslatel holdings are 210 acres and he ex recta to get every acre of it seeded j this season. j Much eredit is due Mr. Keady, the editor of the JoUKNAuand other public spirited and prominent citi zens for the great interest they have taken the pai,t few months in all mutters tending to the upbuild ing of the country. Crops place more money in cir culation than any other factor in trade, because they are more gen eral. The old faying that when the farmers are prosperous every body prospers cannot lie gainsaid. With good crops the farmer buys more, and that necessarily must, increase trade both for the mer- chant and the manufacturer, thus; giving profit and employment to i thousands that make up our city population. The main features .of interest in the country around Lamonta, in- eluding Willow creek, lying east and the country west to Haystack mountain is tho splendid stretch of wheat land, divided into ranches rarely of less than 100 acres. Much of it is made up of ranches ranging from 300 to GOO acres, making some of the finest wheat farms in Crook county. Conservative estimates of the amount of new ground that was broken last year and will pro duce its first crop this season, place the amount at almost double what it was last year. There are many interesting things in every issue of the Jovrxal that will be of benefit to its many readers. It gives many readers a singular pleasure to find a writer telling them something they have long known and felt, but which they have never found any one to put in words for them. The thoughts and ideas conceived in noble brains and given a more solid form, put in words. A sort of Iwdy A si nglo noble idea from one noble are BCt ,Hrtn '' each side, and it mind so fitted out and started oiJ wiI1 lleV(1 tlll) decision of the repre its career in the world, can go on wntative himself to settle the dif and onward, illuminating and fir-i erem' of opinion. The import ing other minds in its course, leav-!ant'0 (,f Senator Williamson's ing its luminous track behind it. campaign for the congressional The traces of its passing will be I nomination is regarded as serious very evident, it would be impossi-' or frivolous, according to the source ble to overestimnte its influence of tha information. The adherents when it becomes translated into"' -ur- iuuuui mJ ' ooom ib . . works and lives. Jennie B , Lamonta, Or., Jan. 31, 1902. Subscribe for the Joiknal. CENTRAL COMMITTEE ()f RapnnA Concessional District i To Meet February 8 Same Date a ftate Orfcanlzatlon ' Great Contest Beinif Waged for Representative. The republican congressional committee of the Second Oregon District will meet at the headquar ters of the republican state central committee in the Chamber of Corn- fierce lillildinir at 2M) p. m., Feb- j ' ury 8, in pursuance to the call of .Chairman J. ff. Hchcnck, of The Dallw wl,k:h " PuMiahed in The i 0r,'B'il1" of yesterday. Probably l,,u ""portum .ui.jnf umi i will come up for consideration of the committee will he the qnostion of 'reapportionment. The date set for the meeting is the same time fixed for the meeting of the repub lican state central committee, rtnd the congressional committee will probuMy be largely auided in its deliberations by the action of the larger body. Local politicians do not attach any special significance to the cull being issued at this time. As a mutter of fact it has been ex pected daily since Chairman George A. Steel sent out the call for the state organizations. The members of I he congressional cou'iinitlec are as follows, says the Oregonian: Baker, David Wilcox; Clatsop John C. McCutt; Columbia, G. W. Barnes; Crook, C. M. Cartwright; (iillimit, F. T. Hurllnirt; Grant, William Farre; Harnev, Chauncey Cummings; Malheur, W.A.SUson; Morrow, U. F. Vaoglun; Multno mah, Robert T. Piatt; Sherman, A. J.Ginn; Umatilla, William Thomp- ; son; Union, Henry Proctor; Wal Iowa, F. A. Clarke; Wasco, J. S. I Schcnck; Wheeler, Charles Hilton; The oflicers of the committee are: Chairnmn, J. 8. Sehenck, The Dalles; secretary, Robert T. Piatt, Portland. A member of the committee stafed recently that the body wasi reg:'idid as being a Moody machine! by a majority of one vole. Chair-j man Schcnck is a partisan arid ac-l tive supporter of Congressman j Moody, and is recognized as a prominent lieutenant of the Wasco county statesman. On the suppo-l sition that Mr. Moody's friends are! in control of the committee, it is to be supposed that congressman's wishes in regard to the date for the congressional convention will be considered. From gossip current in political circh-s it is rather prob able that a division of opinion has already taken place in- the Moody iorccR ns in ttm n,!vwh;iit f hn,. ing the convention before' or after! the state convention. Arguments I ,f Hf. If 1 a! . i ( dead of inanition; that those who; j started it neglected to furnish nour- j ! ishment to develop it into a heal-1 !fk.ii;i.!.iM P.-.I.-..: 1 j naj nitmvui viiliU. A IVUiVUUIlS Itrtfl made by the Moody factiu that it' will be a walk-over in the conven-j lion, and that there will be noth ing to it at any stage of the game but Malcolm A. Moody. Repre sentative Moody is expected to re turn to Oregon subsequent to the meeting of the committee and pre vious to the convention. The ex act date of his arrival is not known, and whatever information has been received by his closest friends has not been generally disseminated. However, the foregoing is not to be taken as indication that Mr. Williamson's friends have given up the fight. To the contrary they confident!) assert that he will not only have a majority of the Wasco delegation, but that he will come down to the convention with three votes to Moody's one. The cam paign is being waged along the line of what Moody has not done, rath er than offensive acts of commis sion. In The Dalles the burning issue pertains to the opening of the Upper Columbia, and the William son faction is charging Moody with incompetence in that he has accom plished nothing along this line dur ing the four years he has been in congress. The nucleus of the Wil liamson supporters is in a crowd of business men at The Dalles, who believe Mr. Mocdy's opponent of sufficient strong personality to ob tain a hearing in Washington on issues of vital interest to Wasco county. They say that Mr. Moody is not a happy speaker, and cannot urge bills that should be introduced for the benefit of the district before the committees, much less before the house. On the other hand Mr. Williamson is pointed out as a young man who has made an en viable record as a state legislator and that his past augurs well for his future. There is no doubt but that the fight is being made in Wasco coun ty. Neither candidate seems to have given consideration to coun ties in the district except those in the immediate vicinity of The Dalles. The fkht is apparently being made along the lines that whoever wins out in Wasco will be able to secure the nomination. The old story is being revived that Sen ator Fulton will use his influonae with the Clatsop county delegation in' return for Mr. Williamson's withdrawal from the race for secre tary of state, leaving the field free to F. I. Dunbar, the present incum bent. But since Senator Fulton's insistent demands on behalf of Mr. Dunbar he has launched a boom of his own, and may find it necessary I to reidjust his political obligations' tinu uov, nil- vi ioui tuning ueiiii- tion elsewhere. The new apportionment, if one is .....I .1... I'l.U,,. .. .1 .1 made, will probably be on the same basis as will lie used by the state central committee, in which event mc representation in the eoi.gres- sional convention, under the exist- jnj and ncw l!me,,t, is asj follows: County- Present. New Baker 9 Clatsop 12 Columbia 6 11 10 !(Crook 5 Gilliam 4 Grant. 7 Harney 3 Malheur 4 Morrow 5 Multnomah TO 1 Shernian 4 -""" 4 14 11 5 12 4 Umatilla 1IJ Union . 12 Wallowa 5 w'ftsco 1 Wheeler 4 I Total 1GI 1G3 NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Items of Interest- Gath ered Here and There Some Stolen, Others Not Cuttings From Our Exchange Mews Notes of the Week Timely Topics The case of Fannie E. Hindman, respondent, vs 8. M. W. Hindman, appellant, was argued in the su preme court at Salem Tuesday. J. X. Duncan and W. R. Bilyeu ap peared for the respondent and J. K. Weatherford for the appellant. Hon. M. A. Miller, of Lebanon, has again been appointed state lec turer for the Modern Wood ;nen of America His first term expired last July, and his reappointment follows as a result of a speech which Head Consul Northcutt beard him deliver at Eugene last summer. Wade and Dalton were hanged in the jail yard of the' Multnomah jail last Friday for the murder of James Morrow. They both pro fessed religion before shuffling off and both ate a hearty breakfast of chicken before going. No work, plenty of good grub, good clothes and great notoriety are induce ments for the hobo element to com mit any crime. ; The Indian on thel'maiilla res ervation are very much exercised over a recent order from the Indian commissioner which requires them to cut off their flowing locks and to cease wearing their brilliant blan kets, in fact to become attired in the garb of civilization. It is no ticeable that tho Indians have made some headway, as instead of going on the warpath on account of these indignities, they are deter mined to fight it out in the courts. A great political campaign has tiecn com uieTeil una tne e-iioice, which may reasonably be supposed to have lxn a compromise, has been announced. " There- were no republicans, no democrats, no pop ulists and those who know the traits and desires of those involved will tell you without hesitation that there were no prohibitionists on either side of this battle. Ifr was a fight for the honor of iehvs chief of the tribe of Umatilla and the power of ruling over thera on their reservation home. To-Wath-Tui was the winner, and Chief Jo seph of the Nez Perces acted as the board of arbitrators. Walla Walla Union. Itcsoluilonx or Condiilrtii'o. Wlien-Hs, The All-Wise Father Iim w:ii fit in his wisdom to call from his - idy home our beloved h,h,r. At to rt K. Hiiiuh, therefore lie it Kcm lived, TliHt Oclinoo Loi1b ,Nt. 10V, A. O. U W, tixirnd its hertfuls sviujmtliy to tin Uieatvl family in thin (hir liDlir nf nftfift.ii.n. 4' 1 KcshIvhI, That the dinner of this j j lixlgn lu di-Kediii mourning: forth 4 I (leriml of !tl iayi, as a token- of n 4 "K'et to tho 'memory of our Inuthi-r; U. tin t Uive resolutions l fpn-ml iiimiu f' the minutes nf the lodgit; that nop I iiii to the family of the iU'i:eu. d Urnt!i r nnd a copy -mi t to each of our city pniers fur puMicatiim. , lie'inutlully submitted, , ' W; A.- ftn-H, M. tt. Ki-uorrr, L. X Lwuktt.