County VOL. VI. PEINEVILLE, CEOOK COUNTY, OEKGON, OCTOBER 16, 1902. NO. 44 Crook Journal CROOK COUNTY FAIR Opens Wednesday With Brilliant Prospects. The Agricultural Display and Live Stock and Indian Exhibit are Unsurpassed. Crook county1! flrnt agricultural and livestock eihlliltloil opened Wedueeday morning with Yerjr good reproaentatlon of farm and orchard product a well1 an many line cattle and not a few liortea It la truly an aatonlhlng light for any one who ha alwaya looked Uioii tlila county a beln- outahle the fruit belt to look over thecihlblt. With tomatoes aa large aa dinner platen and apple and plum with out nuinlier, Walnut and almoiida are In evldrnc a well at peaches that would do credit to the lieat peach dlatrlct of Cali fornia. Fine hoga and aheop and poultry make a good allowing. Time and apace forbid ui giving but a meager (ketch to day, hut we will endeavor to make up for the ouiUilon by putting out an extra the latter part of the week. The Jovava ha been too buay getting In new preea and aettlng It up to devote any time to a dis play at the ground, but any one who de alrna to do eo can call at the office and ee a dUolay eeeond to none la Interior Ore gon. The Strike la Pennsylvania The Portland Daily Journal bat the following to say regarding the strike situation : The itrike in the anthracite coal fields has latcd now for more than five month, and neither side shows any sign of weakening. The mine operators can, of course, take the situation easily. They have plenty of money, and their bill of fare is iiot changed, nor its quantity or quality altered because the mines are shut down. , On the other hand there has been less actual suffering during this strike than ever heretofore in a strike of like magnitude. Yet the time is coming when actual want will strengthen the hands of the inineowners and make the situa tion of the strikers desperate. This is the condition of the actual parties to the strugglo, but they aro only a handful compared to those having no part in the fight, but a personal interest in its settle ment. The dispute falls heavily on millions of customors, who are deprived of one of the greatest necessities of life, and who are made to suffer inconvenience now, and if the strike is not soon settled it will be actual distress when the cold weather sets in. Yet the mine operators stand mute. They have nothing to arbitrate. By their ac tions they tacitly endorse Vander bilt's epigram, "The people be damned 1 " They seem to forget that they have acquired all their rights, their lands, their lailroad franchises from the people of tlie United States the people at whom they now snap their fingers. They forget that the power that gave can also take away, and that the heat stored in tho bosom of old mother earth for man's use will be used by man. Thirty millions of people will not shiver through tho winter to gratify the stubbornness and greed of a few swell-headed plutocrats, who blasphemously claim they have been selected by God to take charge of the coal fields and industries of the country, and deny any mun- dane authority has power to right or control them. Air, water and warmth are the natural right of every animate thing on earth. Without all of them life would cease, and It there fore becomes self-evident that the people will not submit to be de prived of any of them. Self-preservation compels them to procure things necessary to their existance and when a certain limit is reached they will tske by force, if they cannot get otherwise. This is not anarchy. It is the first, the greatest of all laws that of race preservation. The trusts are giving the people some highly illustrated object les sons in socialism, and they need not be surprised if they discover ere long that they have a very large class of apt pupils. Violating Gimi Law. Reports have reached the city of thekillingof elks on Camas creek. This is in violation of the law and is also a crime, says the Pendleton Tribune. That the elks bave been killed thsre is no doubt, but just as to whom the guilty parties are there is some question, although it is believed that those who did the killing are known and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the :. ... , i : For many years past there has been a band of seven elks roaming and making their home in the vicinity of Bear Wallow, Meadow creek and Parson creek. Those streams form the head waters of Camas creek and Birch creek. The country is fairly adapted to tho habit of elks and the remnants of a once great herd have ranged unmolested in that territory for many years. Many peoplo know that these elks ranged in that vicinity but they also knew that it would be dangerous to kill them. The last time the band was seen was last fall. This summer there are but three animals in the herd, a cow, bull and calf. The others have been killed by unprincipled men. The residents of 'that vicinity are aware of this fact and have the names of those who are suspected of the crime. The fine as fixed by statute is $1000 or five years im prisonment in the penitontiary. Elks are not valuable except for their hides and teeth. The meat when placed on the market will bring but a few cents per pound more than ordinary beef. There is no reason why hunters should kill these animals other than for the glory of killing elk. The gonus of elk is fast disappearing and the law recognizing this has placed a heavy penally upon the killing of any of them, but some unprincipled sportsmen take advantage of the game law and kill the animals just for the sport alone. Sometimes the elks are killed for their teeth. These are made into charms for the members of the lodge of Elks to wear. But there are but two teeth which are suit able for this purpose. I hey are the tUBks, long and tapering. These tusks when polished and shaped, command all the way from 15 to $10 each when placed on the market. When mounted they vary in price all the way from $10 to $1000. The head waters of Camas creek and Birch creek have been famous for their elks for these many years, but since the advent of the white man and the long-range rifle these noble animals have been killed off until at present there are but few remnants. The animals are sacred according to thr law and there is no season in which they can be killed. While the people realize that it is almost impossible to propagate the race so that the plains will again become stocked with the fleet-footed animals yet they hope to retain the few species which are now living as long as it is possible. The same case is to be observed in that of the Amen can buffalo, now a thing of history. Surely the cheap specimens of hu manity that killed off these elks on Camas creek should be given the full penalty of the law and a little more just for the sake of the thing. Portland Journal. Wants Scalp Law Repealed. That the coyote tax law should be repealed is the general consen sus of opinion in Western Oregon. That the Willamette Valley should be made to pay for scalps of East era Oregon coyotes is as absurd as to expect Eastern Oregon to pay for the spraying of the Western Oregon hops to kill lice. Let the law be repealed, and if our bunch grass friends want to pay for scalps let each county pay for its own. The counties in that legion are more than "protected" by tariff on wool, while the Willamette valley rancher must raise bis wheat and oats with no aid from the government unless, of course, you can find some brilliant ass who can figure that a tariff on wheat is a help to afl Oregon further. By all means the scalp bounty law should be repealed. No senatorial election should obstruct its recall. Trading which perpetuates this law should trade out of power the party which placed the law on the books. Uillsboro Argus. Timber Land Locator Combine l he rortland newspapers say there is talk of a combine among Portland and Sound timber ope rators to raise the price of timber claims. Heretofore the price that j operators have charged as the fee for finding the land and locating the applicant has ranged from $75 to $150. Earlier in the season when there were hundreds more claims to be had than now, it was easy to get locations almost any where, for the . lower figure. In July and August the low price was genorally $100. Operations were almost entirely suspended when the fires occured, and re-commencing now, the paice has been over $100 except in large numbers. parties of eight or ten have been able to hold prices down to $100. The larger operators claim that all timber which can now be found anywhere is worth $150 a claim. These want the smaller operators to join in fixing tlje higher price, They claim that there will be more profit even with a smaller number of locations, than at the lowet price. A meeting of the Portland oporators has been under consider ation for several days. The ont look is that timber seekers may expect to pay more for their claims in the near future. the apple crop last season pro duced 850,000 boxes of fresh and 150XX) pounds of dried fruit. The crop this year will be consider ably larger, though the price re alized will be less. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Items of Interest Gath ered Here and There Some Stolen, Others Not Culling From Our Exchanges- News Notes of the Week Timely Topic The value of goods arriving at Dawson for the past three months was 11,311,348. Customs col lected in September were $72,167. After paying all expenses of the recent Harvest Festival and Vet eran's Keunion at McMinnville. the treasurer's books show a cash balance on band of $78.74. J. W. Howard, of Silver Lake, has his vaqueros on the trail now driving out the last bunch of 1000 bead of fine beef cattle to Klamath Folia. A special train will be used by the Crown Prince of Siam in his tour of the United States. He will visit Portland and other cities of the Northwest. The Indian War Veterans of Or egon hsve asked the state for back pay in the sum of $300,000 for the purpose of paying the veterans the balance of $ 1 .'45 per day each for their service in the Indian wars. The corner stone of the new Academy building in Pendleton was lam Monday in the presence of a large of crowd enthusiastic witnesses The building will cost $30,000. .The Red Boy Mining Company, at Sumpter, is putting in an ex tensive water system, the estimated expenditure on which will be $150, 000, with assurance of 1000 horse power. ' Salem hop dealers report the hop market as firm, with only a few sales taking place. The Blosser crop on Howell Prairie has been purchased by Faber & Neis at 22 cents. For the month of September the wheat exports from the state's me tropolis amounted to 688,567 bush els; barley, 253,000 bushels; flour. 10,854 barj-els; and oats 122,000 bushels. The people of Lost Valley, Ore gon, are badly worked up over the disappearance of Hammond Ban croft, a bachelor aeed about 30 years who recently ' desappeared from his ranch near that place. W. R. Hearst, in accepting the Democratic nomination for con gress from the 11th district, yester day, said that he was in favor of Government ownership of certain things, such as railroads and tele graph. The vessels operated by the Pacific Mail Company are to be equipped with oil burners. The company proposes to establish oil supply stations at various ports which are visited by its steamers. An important land transaction is reported from Eugene. The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company has purchased the holdings ot A. D. Highland. The transfer in volves between 15,000 and 20,000 acres, and the- purchrs price is to be $250,000. Oil cannot compete with coal for naval use. At least that is the conclusion reached by the board of naval engineers which for many weeks has been making a series of practical tests with various oil burners under a 2000-horsepower boiler in Washington. Articles of incorporation of the Black Butte Railroad and Coal ' Company have been filed with the Secretary of State. The company controls about 2500 acres of land. The location of their holdings is about 18 miles southwest of Hepp ner. The controllor of the currency has approved the application of R. H. Miliar, R. R. McIIaley, J. W. Ashford, Z. J. Martin, Orin L. Patterson and others to organize a First National Bank, of Grant county, at Canyon City, with a capital of $40,000. The gasoline launch N. & S., the little yessel brought into prom inence by Harry Tracy, exploded at Seattle Wednesday. Captain Frank Daniel's left hand and arm were badly burned, the deck was blown off the boat and the machin ery partly wrecked. The cause of the explosion was a lighted lantern. The La Grande mines have closed down for the season. J. E. Foley, manager is placing two Evans placer mining elevators on the ground for use in early spring. A large force will be put to work and extensive improvements made, soon as the weather will permit next year. After one of the most sensational debates ever held in the city of Colorado Springs, the motion to merger the JJational Irrigation Congress and the Trans-Mississippi Congress lost out and the two or ganizations will remain separate for another rear at least. John Moore, of Oregon, read the minor ity report. The Supreme Court of Kansas has formally approved the $10,000 bond of Jessie Morrison, who is serving a 15-year sentence in the . penitentiary for killing Clara Wiley Castle. Miss Morrison will now be released pending the re hearing of her case by the Supreme Court. A new way to put out. a prairie fire was employed near Choteau, Mont. The grass about the town was burning fiercely, and threat ened the entire outskirts. A large steer was killed and quickly skin ned, and his, wet and bloody hide dragged over the fire, which it smothered like a wet blanket. Judge A. S. Bennett, the promi nent Democratic attorney from The Dalles, who never accepts a case for a railroad, but always against them, and who has ob tained more large judgments against the railroads than any other man in Oregon, has gone to Roseburg where he has gone to try a railroad case in Court. M ill Defend His Son. A. J. Heaton, father of Bert Heaton.whois now in the Lane county jail awaiting his trial for the murder of Benton Tracy, at Junction City last May, arrived in Eugene Oct. 8, from Wyoming. He will remain until after the trial which occurs in November, and says he will employ the best at torneys to defend his son. Hea ton's wife is also here having come from Wells, Nev., shortly after hec husband's arrest at that place.