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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1902)
9 k CoHrty Journal VOL. VI. FREIGHT STATISTICS Amount Sliipjiwl in Here Last Year. Over 2,901,000 Pounds Tlio Importance of Prlnovlllo as a Bli;i)p)nf Point- Othor BtatlHtics. Frequent inquiries ro madu as whether tliii) in ii point of uny im inrluii'io in tliv commercial world mid whether there in business enough doiii! hero towurriint a rail road in co.ning to thin town, In order to answer thee interrogations with nny degree of correctness the JotniSAt, has ininli! a partial can vass of tin' amoiiiit of freight ban tiled here during th past year. This, of oniric, in not a thorough nor complete statement of tho bus iness done in tlm county, but. only includes that which coulil begot tit in u tslicirt space of time. Tlio Irc'.ght coming to this place during the past year, approximates Ujtil, 000 pounds. This it must hi; un derstood in only the amount of iitcivli.i iitl i?f purchased by our local Increnaiit ami Hupped in by them. Of do wool we can only lake the iniinb.rr of sheep appearing on the assessor loll unci multiply by seven for an estimate, but wo be lieve this to ho considerably Bliort o! the rt'u 1 amount shipped during tin; pabt year. 'Iho roll given us lliii.'i.Hl heid of sheep which will yield l,li;'.,!;(;7 pounds u' wool,. 'J ho urea of f irm land, now under cultivation and fenced will yi over 2,0011,001) bushels of grain for export if wi! had cheap trimsporta tion to outside, markets. It addi lion to this we havo a largo una of land Mutable for cultivation lhatiH not now cultivated for thu reason that them in no demand for the surplus product it would throw upon the market. Tako in thin connection Iho immense bodies of land that will ere long be brought under cultivation on the Deschutes under thu irrigation canal now projected and wo may safely pre dict that this county will in live yearn from today bo jn a portion to furnigh mure freight for railway, or other, transportation than many of the Western Oregon counties that boast of their bountiful pro duct. ' When the thousand of acres of government land nuw lying open shall have been enclosed and put into cultivation, the immense inin oral wealth of our mountains shall bo uncovered and sawmills shall bo turning out articles of commerce from our immense forests of pino, then Crook county will bo ready to take her placo with the foremost in the slate for wealth and prosperity. Nor havo wo a yet begun to enumerate all the good things that now lio dormant in thitt great em pire. The oil prospects along the belt known to pass through this t county will in time be brought into it state of perfection to such an ex tent that we will produce many thousands of barrels of oil daily. Coal indications exist to such an extent that wo are sanguine that in the future coal in paying quanti ties will be found. Indicationsof va rious minerals and precious stones will in time be developed into div idend pa; ing mines adding to the) PJt INK VILLUS, CROOK COUNT V, OREGON, wealth of the county. Mineral springs that arc now lying open to tlio .inroads of entile and other mi ,,iw .n l" lf,fl,!'Tu Meet in Portal on extent that thev will become fumed; for their curative properties, Jly experimentation the ranges that are now almost d undid of the native grasses will he restock." with forage plants and grasses adapted to our noil and climate. The water that now run lo waste in tho spring will bo conserved by storage reservoir for the use of the farmer during summer and in there and other ways will hundred of square miles of our county that are now considered waste, ho made to bring forth sustenance for man and hcasi anil to furnish home for hundreds of honest toilers'. Taken altogether Crook enmity is not so bad a place to cast ones lot. Oil I i. mid In 1'njhiK giiumliicK. Charles Fcifer, president of the ParaHiuti Oil coirpany, writes to Willi Dodge, under date of Janu ary .".D, relative to the company's well in the Malheur ha -in, on Snake river, as follows: Flattering report are being eon- tu.uahy received from the well of i.ie iiinoo i araiune wa company, limited, on the Snake river, Wl are now at a dep'li of o.V) fe;t, large quantity of oil has'liccn in thu well for some time. The well is full of water and the oil is forc ing itn way up through this f,50 feel of water, and both are over flowing the well. Tho oil is of a high gi'..ile, and evidently in lar-e, paying , quant. tie. M ,-. Wheeler, the oil expert from Chicago, states tlmf. lee li.ien n i..i.ii,.r ..,....'.... .... .. i 'v"6 F-hiiimuj, proposition at present. The oil in the well is und-r pres sure from beneath, clearly showing that there is, without doubt, u large basin of oil beneath, which makes us expect a gusher most any day. It is no doubt, this oil from this basin beneath that is crowding the water and oil out of the well, and when the casing is put down and the water pumped out, tho quanti ty and quality of the oil will be definitely determined. It is im possible to procure samples of oil at present, for the reason that only tho fine oil will seep up through the water and the heavy and most valuable remain at tho bottom; this will evidoutly show the oil there, in large quantities. The company, however, will sink the well deeper, even if there is a pay ing flow at tho present depth. The formation is of a fine and coarse sand, and at times hard and soft decomposed shale. Sumpter Miner. A (imid Appointment, Edwin Stono, manager of -the Corvallis & Eastern railroad, has been appointed as oneof the direct ors of the Oregon Fish and Came Association. Mr. Stone hag always taken an active interest in the preservation and protection of game and lisli in Oregon, and his serv ices will be valuable1 to the associa tion, Albany Herald. According to the almanacs, there! will be five eclipses this year, three! weoks- He expects to return and of the sun and two of the moon.; wm"e bero as soon as the Only one will he visible in the '"ow lms disappeared. ' United States and that will be a' The White Butte Mining Co. is total eclinse of the moon, on Octo- W 1G-17. Subscribe for the Joi'K.vu.. STATE CONVENTION April 2.v Congressional April lot Primaries Rocotnmunded on March 22 and County Gonvvi'.iona on March 20. ' The republican statec-ntral com mittce and second district republi can congressional committee met Saturday in the Chamber of com merce buildinc in Portland and i xed the dale for the two conven tion. Jiotli committee declared in favor of a reapportionment of representation in tho conventions based on the average vole for pres-J idential electors at the last national election. Considerable discussion preceded the adoption tf tho mo tion in the state central commit tee, two amendments being otVcrnl. One was to tix the baits on the Vote cast for supreme judge at the list stale elccticii, and the other for a com in nance of the present : apportionment, which is eased on tlm vule ei f,,r T T ( leer four years a;'o. in the curijjrcss.onal ciimnitteb there was no (lucnss'on whatever, and the vote in favor of the reapportionment was unani mous. Contrary to expectation there was no opposition to the plan of setting the date for the congressional convention previous to thai named (t the s. conven tion. both conventions will be held in Portland, no other cities asking to be designated. The state central committee recommended that the I primaries he held March 22, and the county convention on March 2'.). Some of the country member urged that the date was too near the time set for tho state conven tion, and theywould not have time to reach Portland after attending the county convention. It was pointed out that the naming of the dates will not bo binding, and they were made because it was custom tomary for the committee to make such a recommendation. By mem bers in attendance and proxies' nearly the entire strength of both committees were developed, but with the exception of differences of opinion as to tho basis for reappor tionment there was no clashing and the two meeting were harmo-1 moils. The sessions of the com mittees attracted a number of prominent politicians to the city, and several were in attendance, eithor as holders of proxies or as spectator. The state convention will consist of 343 delegates and the congres sional convention 1G8. Crook coun ty will bo entitled to four delegates iu each convention. Ashwood Qhanings. From tho Pnmiwctor, John Knight left on last Thurs day's' stage for Pendleton, where he W1U vlHlt hls family for several niaking ariangements to have a prominent Portland mining oxpert come and see their property some Jtime during the month. This prop- FEKRUAKY ,131902. ert, which is well located and should be valuable, has been lying idle owing to luck of funds for de velopment. Should the report be favorable on the property, money in plenty will be forthcoming for development purposes. Dunham iirothers, of Hay creek, have disposed of their entire inter ests in that section of the country, to the Baldwin Hheep and Land Company, the purchase price being reported to be ?28,000. The prop erly conveyed consists of all their lands, estimated at about 8000 acres, and all of their stock, the principal item in the latter being about 4000 head of sheep. Over at AnW lope mining stock is legal tender, just as the "coon skin" was in old Kentucky. Mr. Rooper of that place recently sold to Wal lace & Kaight 200 head of horse and accepted in payment therefor, the mining stock which they held in several companies of- this place. The par value of the stock trans ferred aggregated pomething like $1-100, hut in tome instances the stock has more than quadrupled in value. T. 0. Ward tu l Kill Powne, who l ave been working in tho. Morning Star proeny, went to Antelope last haiurday with a lot of fine .-airiple.from '.his promising pros pect. The tunnel is now in about DO feet, and they have cross-cut a' ;cdge which is in the neighborhood of 20 feet wide. The ledge is strii cd with stringers of quartz and i-alcite, and the entire vein is high ly mincalized. Returns from i number of assays on samples from this property are anxiously await ed bv the owners. Death uf Mr. L. Y. Lano. Mrs. Amanda Mann Lane, widow of the late Hon. Lafayette Lane, of Uoehurg, died at St. Vincent's hos p.tal last Wednesday afternoon iroiii bone tumor. Mrs. Lane has been in the hospital since January 18, when she camo to Portland from Astoria, where the made her heme of late with her son,' Rev. Father Arthur Lane. Two other children survive, Lafayette and Ko.-c Lane. Tho remains were taken to Hoseburg and the funeral held there. Mm. Lane was 52 years of age at tho time of her death, and since the death of her husband has made her homo with Piev. Father Lane. Hon. Lafavette Lane was a prominent tigi.ro in Oregon Polltic8 until hia death. In 1875 he was elected to congress on the democratic ticket, defeating Henry Warreu, the republican candidate. Congressman Lane's father was General Joseph Lane, who was a candidate for vice-president of the United States with Lreckenridge against Lincoln. Until the death of Lafayette Lane the family re-j sided in Hoseburg. Oregouian. ; Simple Hnntllpox Preventative. A sure preventative of smailpox vein llml le w , , out kM has been delivered- It is simply Ln - ,,,,000,000 of a tablespoon of vinegar in half ooo was clear profit, glass of water. Dr. C. F. Howe,,A ,Hiil ,he lii)n( health olhcer at Atchison, Kan.,!5lmk 0 a 4.tlt.,, ()f m ft.t,t- Tlll, declare that by drinking this four! li(,minzll j,;. j(KK) mo!Uh. tunes daily a person can work over! lv, the Ked Lov 25,000, tho O a smallpox patient as nurse. Pure tum!.ia t c-ruk(.r m.t.k $H0(0H cider vinegar is the best. Ihis is no;Th-, ,vlinw(c th(1 ,.. , . . funny item but a fact given prom inence by the American Medical Journal. J. F. Mollis jjive enlarged picture for cuih irsdc, made by lending artuU. NO. 9 NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Items of Interest Oath' ered Here and There Sonje Stolen, Others Nofc Outlines From Our Exchanged Hews Notes of the Week Timely Topics I. L. Campbell, editor of the Eu gene Guard, is seriously affectedi with paralysis, having in a meas ure lost his power of speech. The' doctors think it was caused by rup ture of a blood vessel. JVoodburri Independent: It is ai shame that one man has to labor harder and longer than another,, and that the man who growls so much about the inequality of con--ditions never stops long enough to' commiserate the poor wife working; 18 hours daily at home! The Mack Butte, three miles; from Fossil, is showing volcauic tendenciej. Attention was drawn' to it by the snow melting on the surface and several Foasilites who dug down sis feel just for curios ity had to quit owing to the in tense heat. Condon Times. The Second Oregon regiment will receive about $22,000 additional for their services in the Snanislii war. The additional pay is for the period of their service between the; date of assembly at the state ren dezvous and the date of their mus ter into the United States service, and will be at the rate of $1.50 per day. The average amount will be about $15 for 1500 officers and men. The third annual convention of horticultural interests will be held! at the Agricultural College, Cor vallis, on the 13th and 14th of Feb ruary. A two days' program of pithy, pointed talks, papers and discussions will be rendered. The great success that has attended the former meetings promises to b 1 over-reached in the cwuiugconveu tion. . . A private letter received in Lake view last week conveys the new that the contract Let ween the Ore gon Potash Company and the Ne vada, California and Oregon Hail way Company is binding, that tho road will he built to their Luke county properties as ei'dilv as possible, and thit everything h assured for the development of tho potash claims at Summer lake and Abert lake. Lakeview Examiner. Eastern Oregon has many iiiine of a r.chness that truthfully staled appiar fabulous. Anotiier ncu ptK-ket has been found on Connor cncK, lioknv Huntington. A tew' years nun a shot in the Connor creek ciine broku a pocktt of oro ;hat was so nc!i that it wasshipi e.l crude to Denver, and yielded ?C0, 000. A t'.innel - rim i.n t). comparative value is liable to bo doubled. Only meaner details oj this latest strike havo been secured. Some sam ales assayed us high us $130,000 i r tou.