VOL. VI.
PEINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OflEGON, JUNE 26, 1902.
NO. 28
OUR EDITOR ABROAD! j 7f(ul d7' M;ny f
the farms that were flourishing in
J those days have sunk into decay
lie Visits 01(1 HaillltS in'mxl nre fast,b;omiiig . prey to
Willamette Valley.
And Tells of His Travels.
Advantage of Bnatern Oregon
Over tba Valley-ftaUroad
Extension.
At tltii season uf the year one is
inipruaaiid with gruat amount of
green in nature if he lakea a trip
up the Willamette Valley on any
of the 'many lines of transfer-
tatiou with which the valley
ia threaded. Leaving Portland
we wend our way through
succession of meadow and fields of
grain interspersed with patches of
clover with here and there a goodly
pi inkling of French pinks, which
add to the beauty of the landscape,
hut detract from the value of
the crop of either hay or grain. At
short distances we crow the ever
present Ash "swale" which ia at
this time a mass ef verdure and
iuiida cool noun to the summer air.
At the various little stations on
the road more or lea changes are
observed, some fur the better others
for the worce. 1 Tim same old moes
adorns the fruit trees that did six
years ago when we were aluug this
route and in many places there
eema to have been added a little
to the growth ot moss on the!
houses. These signs of thrift or
loss of energy are found in streaks!
as it were and may be attributable
in port to the Atmosphere or water
of the different immunities in
which they occur. At rialem we
saw a street car full of men and
like Hukleberry Finn "every man
had a gun," They were reluming
from a hunt afkr the excaped con
victs but unless two men carrying
buckets had them concealed there
was no sign of the prey.
At this season of tha year every
body and his wife have been to
some kind of state, district or na
tional convention of lodges and are
returning home, consequently the
trains are all full at well as some
of the travelers. Arriving at Al
bany we went direct to the old Re
vere house and found everthing
much the some as in former years
except that the proprietor has ad
ded a few improvements which
make the house, if anything, better
than formely. Many friends creel
ed us anu extended the glad hand
among whom v. us Jim Finch, the
bewhiskcred city editor of the Her
ald. To see Jim devour limburger
cheese one would think him an old
country "dutchmun," but it is an
acquired habit and he may get over
it in time. Joe Whitney, state
printer elect, looks the same as ever
and his honors sit lightly on his
brow. Albany presents much the
same appearance it did six years
ago except that the new courthouse
is one of the finest in the state.
Our old friend James Klkins took
us in hand and showed us over the
edilice and explained the workingi
lis
of the town clock, which is located j expense of the general tax paying
in the tower of the court house and j public. No doubt that the locali
is olie of tho best of the kind and ties where these institutions are lo
can be heard all over the town jcated will fight the proposition to
when it strikes. "top the state aid they have been
After some vicissitudes we w"cre receiving for so long, but we do not
able to rent a wheel for a few days! mean to discriminate butwm nnv
and proceeded to visit some of the
historic snots we wrfl il..,,,,,,.,1
'
moss. In some cases this ha been
caused by the death of the former
owners and in others from neglect.
Many of the farmers of former days
have become sufficiently wealthy
to have a town house and conse
quently they , pass most of their
time in town to the neglect of their
country property. In other casus
the low price of farm product pre
cludes the possibility of the farmer
hiring help enough to keep up his
farm to the former standard.
Any one contemplating traveling
around through this county, (Linn)
would do well to get a good steady
Cow or horse with extra long tegs
as it is the only safe way to get
over the ground and not get hurt.
We rode awheel over tome of it
and of all the roads we have ever
yet tried to ride On these are the
worst. This spring was an exceed
ingly wet one and very little work
ha as yet been done on the roads
and besides they have been sadly
neglected of late years from all ap
pearances. The little town of Sodaville .that
has gained a slate wide reputation
wu one of the spot visited and we
found it about what it was a few
years ago except if anything hai
gone down with the general decline
of the country. The hist state ap
propriation has been used to good
effect, aud a new building hits been
erected over the spring adding
eomfurl to the visitor. '1 ho water
however is not up to its former
standard, or a( leant we did not hud
it so. it does not leave dark
brown lustc, uut mure of, a pea
gieeu oik. Our lied rock sods on
iicaver creek is lar superior iu qual
ity and wilh a tew dollar of slate
aid ttould have a much better 11a
vo.v Crook, county i certainly
neglecting some of her opportuni
ty When there are numerous health
resorts within her burners superior
to ilium in the western part of the
stale that are widely advertised and
largely patronized. We should
make more cf our natural wealth
aud get people on the outside to
come in and spend some of their
good money with us. This can be
accompliaed as soon as we get ra
pid and cheap transportation from
the outside world.
Commencement exercises at the
Agricultural college are over and
while on the train we met a large
number of students going home to
"the green tields of Virginia far
away," or some such places as their
hearts yeai tied for. While talking
with soin! of patrons of this school
and other state institutions we tiiid
that there ia a growing sentiment
m favor of doing away wilh so
many state supported institutions
and doing more for the common
schools of the various counties that
are so far removed from the centers
of learning' This is a question
that will bear investigation and we
hope that the next legislature will
start the ball rolling that will dis
lodge Borne of these grafts at the
two, or more, points in this matter
... s ; , i
u ia a uuiiuir oi general concern
for the whole state and not for any
particular part of it Our public
educational institutions nm-t lie
fostered, but we have too many
normal schools and there will be
a change made in that line before
many year that will add to the
common school system and not be
detrimental to the efficiency of the
teachers of the slate.
Albany people are Interested in
the extension of the Corvallis
Kastern railroad to our county, but
from present indications there is
nothing to warrant a hope for its
early completion. A wagon road
from the Crook county tide to the
end of the line as it is now comple
ted would be a great benefit w our
people and a big business benefit
to the people of Albany and other
valley towns. It would uotunish
some of our people to turn them
loose in the strawberry patches
around Lebanon where berries have
been selling for some time for from
five to ten cent per gidlon on the
vinos and they are line berries too.
Just think what a lot strawberry
short cake we could have at the
hotels in Prineville if we had a
railroad to that place from the val
ley wilh berries at present prices,
liut cheap berriee are lot the only
thing we lind cheap here. Money
ia not so plentiful or prices would
be better. It is rare to iiud the
country lad with a twenty vr two in
hi pockets as we have in our coun
try, a great neat oi luntnry is
being made regarding eat- uf the
mountains aud we may safely say
that there will be a larye number
of people from hero in that part of
the state looking over the oppor
lunltios for stock raising and other
pursuits m the nearfutun- -There
ha been quite a number uf the
people from this part of the state
that have been in Canada this
spring looking ovor the ground
with a view of locating, but most
of them think it too cold.
The directors of the Willamette
Valley Chautauqua At-i-ueiation
have just completed tha program
me in detail for this year's session,
which will open at Glud.atone Park
en July 8 and close July la. The
Chautauqua this year promises to
be better than any held in former
years. Among the star attractions
will be lectures by Henry Watter
son, editor of the Louisville Cour
ier-Journal; Robert Mclotyre, cal
led the "The Great Word-Painter
of the West;" Professor S. S. Ha
mill, of Chicago, on elocution
John Ivey, of Monterey, Cal., on
art; Rev. Thomas MeClary and
others. The Portland Min'isteral
Association will hold a section at
11 A. M. each day during the en
tire Chautauqua, and will be made
one of the special features. A base
"!
ball game will be played every af
ternoon between five teams who
have entered for the tropy. Field
meets will probably be done away
with this year, as they have never
been a financial success
Tha dead body of Louis Bargus,
a middle-aged man, employed as a
a driller by the 0. R. & N. Co., was
found jammed between some old
boxes back of the Willamette Iron
Works at the corner of Third and
Glisan streets Friday morning,
The man had been murdered and!
robbed or at least theeireumtitanees - Giltner, of this city, who. still lias
would seem to bear out this theory. ' the feN in his possession. Mr.
Tho police think, he was wither j
sanu - Duggea or oruKgcu, ana ,i.eu
11 1 . I 1 . 1 11 1
relieved ot waleu ami money.
TRACY AND MERRILL
How the Outlaws Got
Their Weapons. '
Wright Procured Guns.
Reward of 1500 offered for Hie
Capture - Letter Written "
With Sympathetic Ink.
Btrong evidence has been obtain
ed pointing to Harry Wright,n
ex-convict, as the man who smug
gled into the penitentiary the guns
with which Tracy and Merrill
killed three guards, wounded con
vict Ingram, and kept other guards
at bay while they effected their
escape. Wright was discharged
from the penitentiary May 20 last.
Ho thoroughly convinced are the
officers that Wright was concerned
in the plot to liberate Tracy and
Merrill that a reward of $500 for
his arrest has been offered, and
telegrams to hold any one answer
ing Wright's decription have been
sent to the police departments in
all the principal cities on the Pacific
Coast.
The police are also looking for
Charles Monte, another ex-convict
whom they say was in 8alam a
few days before the breaking in
quiring of one of the prison attend
ants if Tracy nd Merrill were still
working in the foundry.
Tbat tha escape was carefully
and dexterously planned is appar
ent from some sensational disclos
ures that have just been made.
More than a year before the es
cape Merrill wrote a letter, to his
half sister. , There was noth
ing Unusual in the wording of the
epiatlc so far as the prision officials
could see, and they allowed it to go
to its destination.
However, it turns out that what
was to the naked eye a blank half
page of paper was in reality a sheet
fully written with sympathetic ink.
Merrill had used, an invisible che
mical which only required a little
beating to bring out the words
sharp and clear. The letter De-
quested Miss Mary Robinson, Mer-f
ril's half sister,, to be prepared to
receive on Harry Wright, then, an
inmate of the prison,, who was- t
lie discharged on or about May 20,
1902.
The young woman was directed
tofurnish Wright with sdffioient
money to enable him to purchase
rifles and ammunition,, which.
Wright would sec were delivered
where they would be most useful to
the writer (Merrill )and hie pal,.
Tracey. In case she did not have
the funds she was asked to get
Wright a gun somewhere..
At the time of Merrill's conviction-
his half brother appeared
against him, and his evidence is
said to have carried considerable
weight in bringing about Merrill's-
incarceration. At any rate the
prisoner is said to have made the
threat tbat if he ever got free, tho
first thing he would do. would beta
find the brother and kill hiro.
Fearful lest he should carry out
this threat, Miss Robinsoa turned
the letter over to the brother, who.
u tuui gave it to Attorney
R
Giltuer made a copy of the epistle
All, ii.vt 1 in tl... c-IILnm....,!..
ot tnu sUto priuoi bui wUuUie th
letter was received before or after'
the escape of the prisoners la not
known here.
Wright is the man who stole a'
team of horses near Salem about a
wek before the escape. The team
wag brought to Portland and soldi
to a livery man, and it is thought
that with the money thus obtaliwd
the guns and ammunition were '
bought, and that Wright then car-'
ried them to Salem and deposited' "
them in the penitentary ' foundry.
Wright is known to have been on'
good term with Tracey and Merrill, .
and the fact that be was seen in'
this city with Monte, who later'
acted-auspiciously in Salem, is1
looked upon as extremely incrimi-'
nating point against the two ex-'
convict. .. ., ..
Harry Wright was sentend to'
two years in the penitentiary in'
this City June 11, 1900, on convi--
cton of burglary. He is a native of
Michigan. His height, ia given at
5 feet 8 inches; weight, 170 pounds; ;
complexion, light; hair, , brown.
He has a dim cut scar and a trit
scar on the left side of the forehead;;
two small brown moles on the right
neck, and three pit scar on1 the'
back of the right hand. He is a
painter by trade;
The fact that Merril's brother is'
said to be living at Silver Lake,,
Wash., toward which place the con-'
victs are now rapidly approaching,,
is taken by some to indicate that :
Merrill intends to make-good' his'
threat to kill him. The brother is '
said to be living with relatives.
Merril also has a halt' brother;.
James Robinson,, brother of Mis1
Mary Robinson and it wae first He
ported that it wae-young Rbhinsont
twhoro Merrill's letter wae given:. '",
The youth, however, denied1 this1
yesterday afternoon when- seu by
a Telegram representative;": He'
says Merrill has no grudge- agiiiht
hira, so far as he knows.. The ra ther'
said he hud not heard of the letter
but ae he bad not seen his-daughtcr'
for more than a year, he, of counwv
could not stata-whether or not she'
had received the docunint.r Tele-
gram , -.
Columbia Bouthera Rsilwasu.
. 4th of Jnlj Kjcursion
LoeaiExeursioniTickeU wiJl.be' on)
on sale from: all station to ail' locali
points-on July 3rrt,.iuiiI-ithH good tv
return until July 6th,. inclusive,, at
ONKand'OXE-THIRD FARE, for'
the douikI: trip. "
fJl'HciAi, EScrastoN Tickets will he
on aula from all etatuin to WASCOy
oo July 4th and; dtli, good to- return1
nntil July dtli inuUisiw,. at ratt ui
follows for the round tript
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C. Lyw.k; CI. P. A.
Notice.
On andater July 1, 1902V th
following rrntes will! be-charge'!:.
Single meals, $5 centi
Tbree meaLs 100k
Horn. Vuuuxii,