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.