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Crook County Journal
VOL VI.
PKINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 3, 1902.
NO. 16
FOR CONGRESS
Williamson Nominated
r Ity Acclamation. ,
Ha Will Be Elected.
Moody DoIotiUtoa Refused to Pu..
tioipato In Convention.
Mt aaor News.
Monday was a do'.iilve day for
th republicans of thin district as
V at wa tlic day for the nomination
of our neat Congressman. While
there ha been mi dotilit in the
minds of our people Ikto n lo tint
result, there has been some doubt
as to how the opposition would
feel whin it wag ocr. '1 he result
of the district convention in highly
satisfactory to thu jcople ol t 1j in
county ii Mr. Williamson wa
iioni i antral by acclamation. We
were unablo up to going to pres
lo get full particulars, but tlm
latest news indicates that the
ma deletion did not go into
. the convention, which shows what
'liunit they are. A'ler turning
every trick known It' tho poliliial
Irada they lost and tlien were nol
iiii'it enough to take their medi
cine bat went off arid pouted like
a little school girl. A feeling of
quiet m.tijfui'tion pwvades the air
i i thin place and ewyorte in weil
satisfied with the result.
HuntcMcad C'ontiM in Lane.
There is a lively timo jnst at
(resent among a Urge number of
Hiople in Lano comity who have
been taking up homestead claims
on government land, which come
from a large number of contractf
that have been tiled in the land
office at Roscbnrg. It in reported
that 137 contests have been filed
against homestead locatinug in
Lane county. ""
There contests, It U asserted,
bave been filed by land speculat
ors, who are hoping to gain pos
session of the land either under the
timber claim act or by meant of
land script, an hag been done in
other part of the country. The
rush of land seekers for the past
two or three years hag been very
great, and hundreds of locitions
have been uiadj on government
land in that vicinity, both under
the timber claim and tho home
' stead acta. The great demand has
been for land valuable for its tim
b;r, which is chiefly nought by
timber men from Wisconsin and
Michigan.
It is claimed that a vast amount
of land hag been taken tip under
the homestead lawn which is not
more valuable for agriculture
than for any other purpose, each
homesteader having to swear that
tho land taken i more valuable
for agriculture at tho time he
makeg his filing. '
Again, it is claimed that many
of these homestead - entries are
made by prrsons without any in
tention of "ever making it a home
or placo f residence, as the law
require, but simply for the specu
lative value. of the laud, with the
intention of selling the land 'as
soon as final 'jiroof .js made. It is
claimed Jutojr boats trad entries
have even been rriado by persons
who have never seen the land trtidl
klnive made no attempt to cultivate
or make it a pbre of residence
within the meaning of the law. j
Somo of tin! contents are nmdoi
on the ground of the scaler having!
made no improvement, as rwjuir
cd. In one instance in particular,
a claim that is contented on thin
ground bait been under cultivation
to sotui) extent for a numlier of
years, Grass seed has been sow n
and a fairly good pasture has been
modi!. On this tho owner is keep
ing stock, with which ho ha an;
attendant nearly the entire tine.)
There is a house, barn, etc., on the!
place of considerable value. There
are oilier claims under contest on'
which tho settler has mude similar!
improvements. The outcome ofj
these cases is looked upon with :
great interest here and will be of i
interest to settlers in ull parts ofj
the country.
Ann wood UIi.uu.iihs.
Mr. Lou Tomnclsoi) has return
od with his wife.
Mr. Durham passed through'
here during the week. j
The Ashwood Mining Co. have;
put a night shift on the new tun-,
nel.
Mr. Irvin, of Antelope, wus in
town Fridsy night and Saturday,
looking after business.
School closes the Hilt of April
with a basket social and free
dance. M'.aiey to be applied to
debt on building. ,-
Pupils rf the rchool earned 121.
Q5 by giving a basket social. With
a part of this they will purchase a
book case and the balance will be
used to build a flue.
The Kimberly treasury stocks
are selling rapidly and it is ex
pected work will commence s
soon as it is possible to get ma
terial and machinery on the
grounds.
Mr. 0. M. Rosondalc, M. E. & E.
M., of Portland, recently visited
this camp. He examined the
White Butte claims and was very
favorably impressed with tbat
property. Persons holding stocks
in this company a:e very fortun
ate. "'
Crook County ltenf.
J. B. Cornott passed through
town last Saturday with 82 bead
of beef cattle for Portland market.
These cattle were fed at Summit
Prarie, which is noted for the supe
rior quality ol native hay grown
there. Although they were fed on
hay alone, they were as fine a lot
of beef cattle as we ever saw. This
may sound strango to those who
are not acquainted with Eastern j
Oregon hay. However .it is a fact
that cattle are fattened on this bay
every winter and that the beef is of j
much better quality than grain fed!
beef, Wheeler County News. I
Hon. Geo. 11. Williams, the most!
distinguished citizen of the state,!
has accepted the nomination tor I
the position of Mayor of Portland j
by the republicans. Mr. Williams!
hag been Judge, U. S. Senator, At-j
torney general, wat nominated by;
Grant as Supreme Justice of the
United States Court, a man whose
whole, life of 80 years has been do-
voted to the public servico without
attain.' What a world this would
be, if "all were ai pure and' noble
and caiablo as Judge Williams.
Arlingtoa Record.
DEMOCRATS MEET-
Nominate a Full Ticket
for County Offices.
0. 8. Smith for Sheriff.
0 invention Paused off Quletly
Squabble Ovor Sheriffs
Other News.
Last Thursday the democrats
assembled in force at the court
house for the purpose of putting up
a county tiekot and electing state
delegates.
In the morning the time .was
mainly consumed in organizing a
temporary organization and preli
minary skirmishing. After dinner
..they got down to work by making
L. X. Llgget permanent chairman,
Jay. F. Stroud secretary and J. 13.
Merrill assistant secretary. After
the usual preliminaries the nomin
ations began with that of clerk,
which resulted in J. J. Stnith being
nominated by acclamation. For
sheriff W. C. Congleton and C. Sam
Fmith were the nominees end the
ballot resulted in 21 votes for
Congleton and 35 for mith. For
county judge W. A. Booth, W. R.
McFarland, M. R. Uiggs and Wm.
Wigle were placed before the con
vention. Booth and McFariand
declining, the ballot resulted in
liooth being elected against bis
protest. For commissioner C. B.
Allen was the ehoiee of the conven
tion. M. II. Bell received "the nom
ination for treasurentnd J. 15. Mcr
ril for assessor. Knox Huston, for
surveyor and Joe Crooks for coroner
were nominated by acclamation.
For delegates to the state conven
tion E. N. White, J. W. Robinson,
J. W. Henderson and P. B. Doak
were nominated by acclamation.
While the ticket is composed of
very good men, even from a dem
ocratic standpoint, it is not the
strongest they could have nomin
ated and it ia expected that when
the polls close on next election day
that tho republicans will have
made a clean sweep of the county
ticket. As to tho ticket in its com
ponent parts the Journal will have
more to say in tho future.
President Corbctt today an
nounced tho names of Portland
men whom lie has selected to com
prise the executive committee of
the Lewis and Clark Centennial,
says the Telegram. The board is
composed of seven members, ex
clusive of the chairman. They
are: H. W. Scott, Rufus Mallory,
Charles E. Ladd, A. II. Devers, A.
L. Mills, W. D. Wheelwright, F.
Drosser. Tho president will serve
as ex-ofiicio chairman of the com
mittee and will preside at all meet
ings. President Corbett's selection is
considered an excellent one. All
the gentlemen named on the com
mittee are well known and promi
nently identified with the business
and commercial interests of Port
land. Mr. Scott is the editor of
Oregonian; Mr. Mallory is of the
law firm ' ol Dolph, Mallory & Si
mon; Mr. Ladd is of Ladd & Til
ton, bankers; Mr. Devers of Cle-s-gett
& Devers, manufacturers; Mr.
Mills is vice-president of the Se
curity Saviujis & Trust Company;
Mr. Wheelwright is pisidet of
the Pajciik Zxpott Lumber (aiw-
pany, and Mr: Dresser is a well
known retail grocer.
The executive board's duties are
most important. It will bave the
general supervision and direction
of the business and affnirs of the
company, but it is not given tho
power to bind the corporation by
any contract or obligation involv
ing a sum in excess of 11000, unless
especially authorized by the board
of directors. All contracts or other
obligations involving less than that
sum may be authorized by the com
mittee and executed in the name
of the company by its direction
without reference to the whole
board.
To tho executive committee is
left the selection of a site for the
exposition and the formulating of
a plan embracing the scope and
general execution of the exposition.
After the adoption of the plan by
the board of directors the committee
is to have general supervision and
control of the work of all commit-"
tees, and shall organize such bur
eaus and departments and appoint
such managers thereof as may be
deemed necessarv.
Lknd Hems.
Frank Zell made a flying trip to
the Bend yesterday.
Our genial clerk. Fred IL Strong,
is visiting in Portland.
'Miss Ivy Wist has been quite
sick with la grippe, but is very
much improved.
Clint Whittcd had old friends
vi-iting with him a cw days siuce
from North Carolina.
The Sunday school at this place
is progressing nicely, with L D,
Wcist, superintendent.
A. M. Drake hag gone to Port
land on a business trip, but will be
buck in the near future.
The first bear of the season was
seen a few mornings since by one
of the residents of the river.
In this, our quiet little hamlet,
the weather is beautiful, and seed
sowing, gardening and planting
flowers is the order of the day.
The future is beginning to look
very cheerful for us Deschutes peo
ple, as we are having so many rail
road men and timber cruisers with
us.
On last Monday L. D. Weist,
civil engineer for A. M. Drake,
with his assiHtants, W. H. Brock,
D. F. Steffa and Frank ILxlson ie
sumed work again after a long va
cation.
There was Euster exercises at
the school house last Sunday, and
the Sunday school children did
honor to themselves with music,
songs and recitations, also a very
interesting talk by Mr. Weist. The
house was beaatifujly decorated,
suited to the ooeasion.
We extend a cordial invitation
to ye editor and all nimrods who
delight in angling with the tinny
tribe, to come out and join in the
sport of landing tlw speckled beaw-
ties on the banks of this, our lieau
tiful and grund old Dcscdiutes,'
where our accommodating host,
Billy Staats, has meals at all hours
and plenty of good horse feed.
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All piirtTwi hnving korses in the E.
; rUvi j)Ht'ir tni Crooked river, jtre
' fioiitirit t ok th away tttoaco,
' m we tiiva midout ko4 will remove
,hy April 10th..i. .
, Lamonta Lines.
' George Ilendrix has greatly im
proved his residence by having a
woven wire fence placed around it-
Lee Moore is planting a few
more fruit trees this spring and
will set quite a lot of small fruit.
The woven wire fence J. C. Rush
has in process of construction
around his bog pasture is nearing
completion.
The railroad engineers moved to
Crooked river Saturday. They
were camped at Rimrock for sever
al days. The work of definite lo
cation is now in progress through
Crook county. From what in
formation we can obtain constiuc
tion will begin at an early date.
Rev. Street and family, olPrinc
ville, our accommodating post
master, Lee Moore and wife, Mrs.
G. Ilendrix and family and J. R.
Bennett and family, were visitors
at Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Rush's
last Sunday and the day and even
ing were pleasantly spent in so- .
cial converse.
Farmers are busy plowing and
seeding throughout this part of
the country. For the past eighteen
months in this part of the county
all has been activity. Many of
our farmers will get all their land
under cultivation this season,
while other? have taken up new
land and are developing it.
Only a few moments ago I read
a letter published in the Eugene
Weekly Guard from John J. Ilun
saker, a Eugene to at Dcs.
Moines, Iowa. He says Oregon is
unknown while Washington. v is
widely advertised in the east. E.
J. Frasier of Eugene, while visit
ing in Portland recently reports
many immigrants in Portland
wbo do not know where to go. If
all the papers published in Oregon
showed as great enterprise in ad
vertising the part of the state iu
which they are published, as dt"s
the Crook County Journal, these
immigrants would scatter out and
in every section great opportunities
would be discovered for thrifty
men of even small means, and a
the country filled up and its rt
sources were more drawn upon tb
volume of traffic would lie added,
to, and this in turn would qviickea
the activity and growth of the
cities. Any one can assist niaieri-"
ally in the good work by sewdiug
papers and clippings to those whom
you know in the cast that would be
desirable settlers. For the past
four or five months I haw secured
small supplies ot literature and in
formulion for. tho bome-ceker,
which I gladly furnish any promi
nent person in the east who might
beciuue interests! in the resources
of tbe southern part oi Crook
county. And I wrote a letter end
sent in the same mail, orguig tluti
special attention be given the op
portunities and advantage pre
sented ti the boraesocker and in
vestor, ia t'ae region that this liter
ature particularly describe or
deals with. Tbe people of Crunk
county but justly be proud f the
JorENAi, it is very ewnptvlksisive
to every local interest arid line of
tovsiasss, rv"ry resource levltipl
or othejwise, every jut vantage J .
opportunity for iJie limiese'kiv
auvl investors. Tho who bun oi
ly labor for tl upbuilding 4
conincimity or oountry,
good Honda from il lh wulr.
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