I jCocai Mention.
Mrs. Maud Kothroek, of Grass Val
ley, is in the oiv.
1', Datikel whs in from his ranel
near bend Sunday,
Secondhand bicycle for sale cheap
at this unite, l-itlier Meat or iiain
Her.
After this week the candidates will
ibe able to get it little rest, tlmt is some
ot them will.
0. A. Gilchrist and wile were down
from Fife Tuesday laying in supplies
for the summer.
P. L. Hiifl'man whs no from Hav
stuck the lirst of the week attending
10 business affairs.
Je Tayloi was in from Lamonta
Tuesday mid reports his shearing dui (
and a good yield of wool.
George Rodman and wife nnd W. II
Peck were business visitors from Cu!
ver the first of the week.
S3 A 11 Pntei- and wife, were in the
city the first of the week. Mr. l'uttr
is looking alter tinnier luna.
Mr. and Mrs. K. K. Cusp, A. W.
Foshay mid Kasper Kropp, of Albany,
arrived Sunday iu scarcti of timber
land.
The past fen days warm weather
has been a little too warm tor coinion
and is making people "hed thou
linen,"
Miss Dolly Wiley left this morning
hr her home in Sweet lloire, called
here by the serious illness of hei
father.
8. E. Slav ton started for the l)es-
chutes Tuesday for a fishing trip ami
we warrant he will not return enipt)
handed.
C. (X Hon and wife, A. C. Knighten
nnd J. W. Hon were down from How-
jud the first of the week taking tun
ter claims,
Albert and Roy Canning were in
from the desert last week and report
liaviug finished shearing and lone
-ineir wool shipped.
D. W. Bainett was in from Hay
stack Monday looking after bushiest
matters He reports grass and grain
"looking line over that way.
V. H. Birdsong was down from lib
sawmill on Mill creek Tuesday and
informed our reporter that he is gut
ting out some line lumber this season.
The registration of voters this ye; r
i.ai been light all over the state mid
unless a large number are sworn i
the vote will fail short very materially .
Z. M. Brown came in on the stage
Tuesday morning. He has been la)k
jug after business mi tiers throughout
Xasieru Oregouduring ihe past few
weeks
Therj was a republican rally ut the
Culver sdiool house Monday evening.
A goad sized crowd greeted the speak
ers and all see ned weil pleased with
die talks tuaUY.
"Brick" Hardin arrived from Leba
non Sunday and will remain here foi
the summer to assist in, putting up
the brick buildings that will be erected
between now and fall.
Booth & Cornett have been laying a
nety approach to the livery stable that
adds materially to the comfort of peo
ple driving into the barn, besides it
adds to the appearance of the build
ing, Wurzweiler & Thomson purchased
the remaining lot of Hereford bull"
Inst week and Mr. Scott departed foi
his home in Missouri Saturday It is
a good thing for the stock men of th s
aunty that this fine herd of bulls was
left here.
I'licle Jim Faught and Charley
Oiby were over on the Deschutes
fishing the first of l he week and re
port having a goiid time. "L'ncle
Jim" says Charley isn't much of a
partner to travel with, but he preieis
him to Fred Smith.
The building boom continues una
b.itfd. Last week Mrs. (ilenu let the
contract to . I. B Shipp fur the elec
tion i;f a handsome cottage on first
aireut John Luckey's cottage is Hear
ing completion and 1). i'. Adamson's
brick is growing higher daily.
This week nnd next we will iss in a
supplement ami aher tnat the paper
win lie changed to twelve pages while
tne land lilings come in at the rate
tuey have lor the past ten days. We
i itenri that our readers shnl not lose
anything by the laud notices being
published.
Kd Kutcher was up from the Accnnv
Plains the first of the week and rep .rts j
(.pry quarter section in that part oi
I iie county limited on and little call-:
i;is b'lilt. This iand a ypar ago was I
ut on the commons and was thought
to be of but little value, but it h.is :
I' ecu found to be us good s any In the i
cuniitv, very productive and will grow
almiMt anything in the line of grain i
and testable. I
R. L. Htttton and wife of Wagon
tiro, were in the city last Sunday .
A J. and O.W.Noble, the Beaver
creek cattle men, were in the city
Siuiiiday.
W, W. Joslin was in from Hay creek
Saturday making final proof on his
timber culture.
John Palinehn, of Urizily, let the
light of his beaming countenance
shine down on the uity the first of the
week.
B. F. Shepherd and wife were in
Irom their ranch in the vicinity of
Fife las', week looking after business
matters. ,
Herb Smith, I). Derhani. M. Kotx
man and V. K. Cook, of Hay creek,
were doing business iu the county
seat last week.
J. A. Bogga has had a neat sign
painted and hung up in front of the
nfiioo he occupies next door to W. A.
Hell, U. S. Commissioner.
A. D. Gibson, Jas. G. Kid well, of
Walla Wnlla and W. K. Bholburne, of
St. Paul, Minn, arrived Imioliis week,
presumably looking after timber land,
C. F. Tinker and W. A. Deeds, of
Gritinell, Iowa warn in. the city last
week. Timber laud is supposed to be
theit objective.
Allen & l.nfollett told last week
to Kd. Fortr.er, of Emmet, Idaho, six
hundred fine bucks. They were
thoroughbred rambouillcts and tit -aiiics.
Mrs. W. K. MoFarluiid started Inst
Tuesday for Lagrunde and Elgin
Oregon on a visit to relatives. Sin
will be gime for some time mid Mac i
rathcr disconsolate.
Crook County Stock-growers As
sociation will meet on the first Saiui
day in June. All members are re
quested to be present and bring in a
ie'v recruit with you.
Perry Poindexter returned Monday
from a fishing expedition on the Do
jhutes and brought in ninety of tin
speckled beauties. The trout ili" are
out on the river and fishing is tine.
E.B. Graham. K A. Graham and A. If.
Smith, of 8iters, were dooig hiii-in
n the city last week. The Meer
I'iraliaiii were filing on some of the line
timber land iu their neighborhood.
W ool hauling has begun in earnest
an I a mug string of tea us on si s
toward Slit niko i Imost daily. iu
repirts have as yet come in as to tin
probable an o nit thai "ill b' sheared
iu this enuntv It is a III.' I e early ve
to form anything like a correct i-si
mate o' the crop tins year.
Several locations have been milli
on th" MeKav on ore tlmt is said lo
be rich in c pper. Should tins prove
o be true ami the ledge holds " we
may exp.ect Crsk county to ' e no ed
ir its copper fields in the neui 'or ,
A number of our pr iminent citizens
are interested in this new strike.
G. W. Barnes returned last Thurs
day from a trip to Mitchell on lcj.al
business nnd reports more mud over
that way than wns ever kttonu on
this side He went over there to argue
a wate-right case and found .l t
water right in it-in the streets. The
mud was axle deep to ordinary wagons.
Articles of incorporation were filed
in the clerks office last week by the
Dexter Mining Co., Capital stock
$1;)0.I)00 with 600.000 slimes The
incorporators lire V. T. Woixl, Jas.
Wood and J. N. Burgess, with ttit
principal place of business at Ashwood.
The company will deal in mines nnd
real estate and do a general niiuiug
business.
It is understood that A. C. Palmer
is putting in a paper p'ant nt Bend
for the purpose of getting land notices
to publish. Parties filing on bind
should inquire into the fact of such
paper being legally entitled to such i
notices as when they come to make I
final proof they may lose their land '
as well as what money they have paid
out on it.
W. A, Bell was appointed a V. S.
vomniis-ioner May IS and received
bis commission Monday. He has
fitted up his building for the business
iu audi a manner tlmt all persons
who desire to file on land can do so
with comfort and pleasure. He mskes
no charge for examining his plats
whether yon tile before him or not.
He has had a large sign psinted by
Jack Patterson so that all may see it
who go to the court house. If yon
have land business to transact take
the side door.
Thron Thronson left last Saturday
for Idaho, where he goes to examine
and report upon some line copper
prospects. Ashwoal Prospector This
property is bonded in part by Prine
ville people and is said to be one of
the finest prospects on Snake river.
It. is in the vicinity of the famous
SHven Devils mining camp and will
come into prominence a soon a that
camp is thoroughly exploited. Should
the report on this property sustain
the claims made by the owner the
bond will be taken up and Prineville
will be in among the big things of
Idaho, where copper is King,
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J. N. POINDEXTKH,
Independent candidate' for
County Treasurer.
Ben). Shepherd was down from bis
8 a.np creek ranch Tuesday and re
ports the grasn in tine shape out that
way. In fact he says that the grass is
butter than for the past twimiy years
at this time of year.
Tuesday evening at the home of P,
B. Howard the family were having
bottle of soda water and while at
tempting to open it the bottle ex
ploded. A piece of glass struck Miu
Verua Howard on the chin cutt:ng a
gash nearly two inches in length and
clear to the bone. A doctor was sum
moned at once. It required several
stitches to saw up the wound, rlhe is
getting along nicely, but will not lie
able to talk much until after her chin
heals up.
Jacob Siroud wns in from his farm
near Lamiiuta the fiist of the week
and reports that grain is growing
nicely in that section of the county.
11 the winners receive a ruin in .Itinu
the crops w ill be belter than for the
past lour years. Lamonta is a great
gram producing community and when
we gel rail connection with the out
side world will become known (or its
productivenCMt far and wide.
A trip up the Ocboco for a distance
of ten miles reveaU many beautiful
phases of nature. Meadows of wild
hay are waving in (he breeze and the
frog- make music in the irrigation
ditches. Blackbirds are building their
nests and water rails are found along
the rivulets that trickle down the
slopes into thecreeks. Ever nnd anon
a festive sige rat gives his tail a mag
ical twist and bounds away to hi
borne. Here and them n cunning lit
tle cottontail rabbit comes forth from
the fence row and gazes on tho scene
with all the gravity of a priest at n
funeral. In the pasture the cattle
graze the succulent bunchgrass with
avidity, nnd occasionally a little sand
and gravel as a relish. Grain looks
well and some of the farms have a
large acreage of alfalfa.
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WAUKEGAN
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BARBED U
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its
Length tonne pound, 2-iaiiut regular, 18.85 feet; 4-point regular, 18.20 fi
weight, one utile in length, 2-point regular, 2S0 pounds; 4-point regular, 2
pounds. . '
Yon arc not so much interested in the price per pound as the actual c
per rod or mile.
Figure tor yourselves, then consult our nearest agent. This will result
your buying the WAU KEG AN.
WAUKEGAN BARBED WIRE
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DIED.
MORROW) Victor Morford, the son
of A. W. and Lovimi Morfoid, was
born in Douglas county, October 29,
1801, and died Wednesday, May 21,
li)02.
He has been sick for nearly seven
month. Services were held at the
home and the interment occurred at
the 1. 0. 0. F. cemetery lust Friday,
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