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
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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.