wrook C Journal v ' J ounty VOL VI. PKINEVILLR, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 22, 1002. NO. 23 CLOSING SCENES Eighth flrMlftGnuliiiites' Exercises. At niazo'3 Opera House. Glut of Ten Younir I.illo Flnb:h Thmr Study la Public School. I,ii;'t Friiluy wiu a very eventful day fur tint l'liiiciile public school, (nr in the evening was to lc lii-lil the cxerci es liml marked tin. clem ui till! re-ent Hi liiml year. While tin""' exeiciscs wcrn iml osncily graduating eAercicc the elms of yourij! ladle w ho took pur in them arc expected to pass tin cxiiiniinuinn liml (. rintn.i! p from tiif eighth grade. Tiii-y wll then b uUtjiljlx in i ii ti r the High school whell II i eitb,ishcl ill till COUII- ty. Tlio class consJi'tcd of the lullowing young ladies: Maiitii llaldwin, I vii B. HciiMi, Winifred C. CI. tic Miiu.In Duiil.H. I. Fay Hodges, lintel Howard, Lizzie ii. K"tc!iuiii, Francis A. M.llor, Myrtle M. Sweurctign, Gertie Sharp, The fX"rciiM tnusistcd (if vxal lint iniUUiii' iital music, rrf'huiiuuM aut ,say and al:oi!.her win a very ercdilahlu Y rforniaiice. ICsjufiiill; iminli'in Miniil 1 be made of the ji irt'uin of Hid entertainment furn ished b;.' O'lthi.leil BlllOng OtlllTf wre a vocal i!ii bv M. 1). Kv.ins. of A'hwood. a violin solo M ss ' King, vocal tolo by Miss Miidrcd Johnson, a quiirU'iitt bv Mrs C. M. Klktns, Mr. ttii'J Mrs. Frank Flkint ami D. Kvuim, a piano solo by Warren Glaze, the lt compos ed by tlii player and Wiih k bcauti fil piece and well render"! l'rim'Ville ni:ty well be proud oi ll.T IIIIIMC'ill UtliMlt. The aToi f Were cloved by un address to tin class ly County ffchool Superbi t indent Hoegli which apjiears in uiiothercnlumn. When tbi coun ty gets a high w1irn.il established il v.ill not be long until it will be I'oiiio famous un a scut of learning and for the excellence of ii s edtica tii nail advantage. I'orf. Orton bus labored hard during the prtdl iehool year for the advancement of the school and bad crowded nearly two years work into one. It in to hn hoped that be may be retained for the coming year. Slum Uo Elected. The following is from a republi can paper, called ' lhe liHo-v Jacket," published in North Carolina: "Koys, keep your eyes on the g: o. p. in Oregon. That state holds an election the second of June. The democrats say by their plat form that they deserve theeverlat t ing stuffing knocked out of them selves again, They are trying to run the campaign on the 'skced addle from the l'bili pi ties' question, and a few other old womout hob bies. The republicans have put out a good ticket and adopted a platform in favor of retaining the i'hilipinos, attacks the trusts and declares for protection to infant industries. On these issues they have won glorious victories and will do it again. Wo oxpect to hear good news faom Oregon on the night of June the se ond." Voters! are you going to disap point them? Are you going to vote for f urnish and Williamson itjiuice around on you do, and they are elected, the Uirls have no hesitancy in accept -principles we have fought for in j ing thecompany of such characters, years past will Btill be triumphant.' and too many of them are only too If a democratic Kovornor is elected and one of our U. 8. Hem-tors should die, a democratic free trade! man would be appointed. How ; would you sheep men like that? ill the people dare to take the chances of electing a mun governor who advocates everything they are the girls. Over the head of the i Oregon shall go ahead of tins vi op pored to? It is tine our camli-i young ladies of the land hangs the jcinity in advancement along any date for governor was once a dem- ocrat, but like many of you, he left that party bccaune the principle democracy advocated wero revolt ing to biin, In voting for Furnish and Wil liamson, yon volo for advocate: of protection. Jn voting for Finnish and Williamson, you vote for men who believe in sound curreiiey. In voting for Furnish and Willism hoii, you vote for men who believe in republican principle, The vital principle of republi canism are at stake, in ibis coming election in Oregon, mid if the heuds of our ticket are btvten, the fight.' ho nobly made and win in years gone by, will be but. nuugbt. We must win, mid to win wo have got lo work, Drop your leiliergy and put on tlm work harness, stir up your friends and neighbor", lay the danger of inaction before .tlieni, ami if all will but do their duty, tbo principle we love will come out tniliiipliiint I'uriii.h and Shauiko I.eder. in the e.lei tiiin of Williamson. KuiiU LI .trliiiiie.l. Secretary of tate I.'unbar lum disbursed to the various counties of the ftatii I ho sum of 1 5,1 l.i.fi.'). llnit itniotuit being tlic5ier cent ftlllil derived by t'ne state from the government, iu the s vle, of publir bindH within the state for tlie year ending June ',), 1H01. The money is disbursed to the counties: in pio imrtion to their rc-.pecuvs acreage. The apportionment per acre this year was .WHTJ',M, , Ties law under which tbi dis tribution in made provides that it shall lie expended only for the iiuprovcnieiit, nuiming aim main tenan : 01 county ronianairiigM. The law futhcr provides that the money sbull I dirburscd on the first Monday in March, but tbv fund was not received by the Mate treasury and the distribution could not bo made any woncr. Within a few days the president will issue a proclomution opening toMUtlcmcnt June il, 400,000 acres of the Fort H:ill Indian reservation in Idaho. Lands within live miles of lVatello are to be sold at public miction at not les than $ 10 an acre. The remainder will be classi fied into nr. cultural and grazing lands, and will be opened under the homestead. And mining laws. Agricultural lands will be disposed of at 12.50 nn acre, and grazing lands at $1.25. Improvements belonging to Indians on tbo lands not selected by them for allotment are to be sold at auction at B lack foot, Mny 27. Notlcr. Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of Ciook county, Oregon: It has come to me llwl certain par ties are telling that I had not sou would not accept the nomination, on the democratic ticket, fur County Judge, which is a mistake. lain out tor the cilice and if elected will qualify and conduct the office to the twst of my ability for 'lie hen interests of the taxpayers of Crook county. W. A. IIOOTH. Dated this 21st day of April, 1902. "Girls, did you ever think of it, that hoy have more self respect than the members of your sex? There is not a voung man of any degree of responsibility that would lie seen ws Iking down the street with a drunken girl. You might search the streets with a fine tooth comb and then not find a young man who would lock arms and go promonading with a lady who was puffing a cigar, or squirting tobacco arouna on mo shicwiuks. i anxious to accept the companion - ship," heart and hand of anything! that wears pant', rlociety will become refined when the girls demand of boys who wish to pay them attention the same imritv of character that the boys demand of possibilities of the greatest moral reform that ever swept over this! touptrj- of our," .Ex FROM LAMONTA A Proarrcssivi' Neighbor liood Near Here. Shows Eealthy GrowtL An Intoroistloar Ljtter From Our Iieisular Corr.-.ByondVait, Timely Topic. Lee Moore, the Lnmonta post- muster and all-around nim'ier, lias tin;:-bed seeding and gone to hqunw creek to break 100 acrt-H of land for Walter Ruble. j J. K. Bennett has two young al t raoiid tiei a growim; and strawber ries in - bloom. He nas oriic:en quite a lariif amount of nursery ?toek to be delivered this fall. T'ne report reached here this eve ning that the homo of Orandpn M.lbr was lotnlly destroyed by i. re this morning. We did not learn the particulars nor the origin o' the tire. Tim copio is rains at frequent i iteryalf uuring the p:stfcw weeks, ii. ejiis much to thu farimrs and people of Crook county "eie ally, coming just in timt for thsgeirni naling stage of the spr.i g sown grain. It las h 'd a wow.crftil tf fict, iorcsluidoMing n p;osperous bi i vest. Crook toun y's wheat crop never looked be'.ter. !"'ome of the neignhors near Hay stack are endeavoring to get no a small e: ciisi. n lo visit Cr i ked rivi r, near tnc Trail Crossing bridge. 1 be time will be selected to suit the birgeot possible numler of tbo desiring to go, and due announcement will Iks made. We have an inflation to make one of the number. We certainly esteem ii a privilege to be one of the party. V.'c shall take a camera along and try to secure some good photo graphs of the party and the natural scenery along the river. Wo believe that interest is stead ily growing in toe matter or ques tion of a County High School. Crook county needs an institution of learning where our girl and boys may obtain the best educa tion and culture which can be pro vided. May all who are interested in the higher education of young men and women, by their vote and influence help establish an institu tion that will put sh;rs in their crowns after they "rest from their labors." Plant this tree now and future generations that eat of this fruit will rise up and call you blessed. And we hope the time is rapidly approaching when our higher educational interests will be a source of pride to the people of this county. ' Lamonta promises to do some hustling this year. More improve ments are promised for the summer than have ever been made. It be gins to look as if Lamonta intends to try to keep puce with the farm inc districts tributary to Pendleton and Athena, Oregon. The day is dawning when thu residents ot the country about Lamonta will ne taking steps toward free rural mail delivery. Rural free delivery places the producer in daily touch with the world's markets. The time has now come when the suc cessful farmer must study crop sta tistics, gathered from all parts of the world; the supplies, surplus, and deficiencies and crop prospects of comiiiK harvest, etc. No indif ferent method will serve the pro- ! cressive farmer of today. A sue- cessful man in auv occupation makes his business a study. He thinks, plans and reasons and his mind never loses sight of opportu- I mttes. It seems that Lamonta jkoes not intend that any part cf time. Numerous barn wiro tele phone systems have been installed . J between., Dayton, Washington and Pendleton, Oregon. In nearly everv Cite hev nave Wn found to w-.rk exctdlently, but li'lit tX'-eieej bus i tended installation. . O.i Rush, . It. bennctt and some ol i the other farmers in this commun ity have been talking of joining in e-bihlishing a system between this place and i'rincville. The I'alouse ci.imtv in the stale of Washington is becoming a regular network of barb wire telephones. The farm bouse without telephonic commun ication e.tber with its nearest neighbor or with its outlying barns, is be o. me a rarity. Insulation is unknown to the Palonser. He st rings an ordinary telephone wire from his bouse to the barb wire fence that runs in the direction he wants his telephone to go, splice the two wires and the work is done. An instrument connecting by splic ing r.t each end of the barb wire is that is necessary, and to meet the demand several local dealers in electrical supplies have laid in telephone apparatus. Jennie 15. Lamonta, Oregon, May 20, 1!M)2. Haw Mt. 11 (Mid In Eruption. And now eometh an old pioneer of this coast, W. K. Courtney, who infoims a reporter of the Walla U alia Union that be saw Mt.IIood spit fire in lo!). He fays: "The erupnoii to.ik place during the latter pari of Sepiembcr, ISo'J. A party of u were bringing band of cattle across the Cascades bv wav of tbo old Harlow route. The night the old mountain fl ircd up, we were camped on what is known as Tygh Ridge, about thirty-five miles from M. Hood. The rube s very high and the night in qi e -tion was chill v with a stiff breeze blowing. Fearing that our stock would take it into their heads to bolt into the diirk, guards wero placed over them during the night. I. was about 1 :30 o'clock in the D oming, another man and myself vere watching the animals. I was facing the old mountains when suddenly the heavens lit up and from the dark peak there shot a column of fire. With a flash that illuminaten the whole mountain side with a pinkish glare, the flame danced from the crater. Suddenly it sank from sight. For two hours us we watched the mountain con tinued to blaze at irregular inter vals and when morning came Mt. Hood presented a peculiar sight. "His sides where the day before there was snow, were blackened as if cinders nnd ashes had been thrown out, but aside from that nothing appeared to be wrong and I do not believe any damage resul ted. That was the only time that I ever saw flames issue from the crater but. 1 was a member of a party at one time when we en countered hot cinders on the mountain sides'. , Great In Oregon. With Oregon apples in demand at $2.50 per box, Oregon straw berries at 25 cens a pound, Oregon potatoes f 1.85 per tental, pork ti cents per pound by the hog, eggs 16 cents per do;:en, and so on down the line, there would seem to be a fair margin of profit in small farm ing in this country, lhe straw berry quotation will show a dec line as the season advances, but when the returns are all in it will be found that some ot the "patches." where the work is curried on to the best advantage wjJI show a profit fo: the season of over $100 per acre. As to the other products, it is the exception when they are selling so low as not to afford good remuner ation for the work of getting them on the market. Oregoiiian. gtope the Oough and Works off tha Cold, Laxativn Bmiini Quiniii TahMs euro a odd iu niie day. N Cnru, Ku Pay, Price, 25 cents. , Don't forget that you can Save 50 cents on vour winter reuilinn by sub- jaeribiint for the OntKouiau with the Uczsxi lot $3.50. . NEWS BKiEFLY TOLD - , ItCKlS 01 IlltCl'eSt Uatll ered Here and There S ?m9 Stolen, Others Not Culling Prom Our Exchanges liews Notes of the Week Timely Topics The race for timber land contin- , ues and will only last a short timtf as it is going fast and there is but a limited supply. Reports from the Island of Martinique confirm the news that the American consul at St. I'ierM v.ith his wife and daughters were killed in the volcanic disaster that swept over that place May S. A pay chute has been uncovered in the Golconda mine in the Sump' ter district that assays over $50,000 to the ton. This is exceptionally rich ore and it would only take a tew tons to lit out most an v one for life. The first strawberries to come to the 1'irtland market were from Douglas (O'.nty and sold f r forty Cents the box. 1 he t rst berries in this market came from Portland and fold for thirty cents and were considered high at that figure. The Oregon Woolgrowers' Associ ation has named the following places and dates at which its mem bers will be present an! otier meir wool for sale: Pendleton, May 2!Hh and 30th and June 16th and 17th; Heppncr June 4th and 5th and June 25th and 2bth; The Dalles, June 9th and ltlth and June 20th and 21st; Sb-miko, June 12, 13 and 30th. 1 The kfest report from the earth quake in Mar inioue states that there were four towns de-troyed benides St. Pierre. Other points throughout the southern hemis phere were visited by seismic disturbances. In the city of Gua tamala, Sooth America, over 2000 people were killed, including a number of wealthy German coffee plnnters, It wonid seem that thu is a year of fearful disaster. BANK STATEMENT. i Report nf the Cviuliliun of The Fir4 .Vufiomil B-ink, in l'lihtnlle, in J.:i i'lie vf (hvgtm, at i!u cltut of brntinea, April SUIh, VJi: ' KkSOCKCESI Um Mid Uisonnntji S I0G,S!ll M Overdraft-, iu-ciin.il unci unpaired. 4.W.S1 1. S. llimits t. Bure circuiutimi. liiiGO W Preininmmn I'. S. rmid.. Stuck, SscnriiiM, etc. 9,Gsf.!)l Unnkiiig-liiiiur, furniture and fixtures S.oOO.OO liie from Xatimwl Bunks (n. Ilnwrv Aamts) "WS.1!1 Pile fnun.SUteUtnki ond Bunker SI.0'.W.IV Ihw fi-nni ftpjrved rwer'i auit. St.i'.iO.'rt intemnl ttsvemw uta-ni 1M.74 Chrcks wiH ..iher ensh items . . . 5,7iU.7 Niitt-. nf other Niili.m'.l Bankn . . . . 300.(0 Kriwiti'iUiU papar currenoy, uicktvs aud oenu.... M Lawhi. Moxev Krwitvx is B.st, viz: Surci lMiSc. Jvm.cn.ler i"t 2.UW 17.GJ0 00 ('. h. wr'iiiciitex fnrjMdeiMttHl lte(teiit'ti"n fund with l1. & Treuf'r (.V,' of uirciiUtinn) Vl'.ift T.ilV. ." 2-.,M7.!.t l.HHIUTIKS! C-WiMhI ulnck pr.i,l iu $71 001. '10 Surulns fund 1O.IV0.0O Vudividrd prutits. 1 rvp'll-M and rutin naid ii.-e-.''i Sati -nal Bik mi uutitwiilins'- Iliviileii.ls unpaid Due t "thv Natinn.il Bulk ... Iinliviclu.il delimits ulj0 tl ch-.-k Dulumsi crti!icte nf desiait.... .r.'io.oo ... M21 to . '.W.lS-.fi l.ior.io T.tol .?..., :u STATU OV oaWiON.l Conntv if Crtsik, I I. T. M. BaiIik IK. Tasliier nf tb alsrtf named luvnk, iki mIuiIv awear t)it tue liva ftot.'ineiit is Inw tu "tV lent .if uir ki k'dxt and Is-tiel. T. M. BAM'V. I.N, C't'.ii-r. SuleiilHsl ivid wrn hef.-re me t'uii V'lk day-fa-jr.!!. J..r.SVITH, County Chii-k. . ComiKcT Attvat: Win WiKza saEK. I T. M. llwiws. J. IMreutoti. ' U.V. .LHX, I