Crook
County
VOL VI.
riUNEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER, 0, 1902. dl7
SO.
ACCIDENT
Wugon Overturns
Causes Death
and
Other Ashwood Items
O. Oumpboll'a Wifo and Child are
.IiiMtantly Killed.
. MlnliiK Notus.
On Tuesday, October 2Slli, ('has.
Campbell, who liven iilmiit 10 milt
from here, near the head of Muddy,
went up to the timber near tlio
head of South A.nity, where tlio saw
mill used to Ktimil, to gct"a load of
lumber that lit' had there. J I h wife
and huh)' accompanied him. On
his rut urn night overtook liim be
fore ho reached home. In the dark
ness ho ran over a pile of rock
near tho road and upnut the wagon,
t'ainphell was thrown off tho wagon
and was not much hurt; hut bit
wifo and child fell underneath as
tho wagon turned over, and tho
whole weight of wagon and lumher
rented on top of them. They mutt
have died almost instantly, from
what wo can learn. Campbell un
hitched tho horses and turned tbcm
loose and then tried to get the load
off hit loved onoH.
An he strained frantically to re
lease them bit wife gsted, " Good
bye ; I'm gone". After this ho
seem to have liecomc crazed, as he
arrived some time later at Dan
Crowley's rnnch minim his haA, coat,
vent and shoes.
Mm. Crowley wan alone with her
children, and wait badly icarcd, and
as CanipUll was incapable of fur
ther work, nothing was done until
morning. The next day neighbors
wort warned, and a party of men
'.rent to the tcrne ol tht ciJnt.
They found tho mother .and child
buried under tho lumber with noth
ing in tight but one of the womtn't
hands and part of tho arm. Dr.
Coffeen wat tent for and mado an
examination and raid death must
have retulted almost immediately
tfttr the Uetting of the wagon.
Tht mother tnd child wert
plated in one coffin and buritd in
tht Ashwood cemetery on Friday,
October 31st. The rtmtint were
followtd to the grtvt by neaily
every retident of Ashwood, includ
ing tho school children, who, headtd
by their teacher, Mint Smith, join
ed the procession as it passed the
school house.
Tho machinery is in place on the
Morning Star, and everything is
ready to resume operation.
John Knight has been taking
Home fine looking ore out of the
'Triangle, a fractional claim belong
ing to tho 1'ell'lleluii Co., mi which
he is doing the nsi-essmoiit work.
The .-halt on the Uexier primp i--iihw
ilnwn feet, and the oiv is
im; I'l' ing right ti tonjr. 'I I:" 1 ' i .x -ler
I. ids fair to hu u great mine i.i
the near future.
The While lilitte Co., Imvo us
liendcd opeiatiniiH for a i-liort time
in order to jKit up a whim, as' the
shaft lni reached such a depth that
hoisting by hand is too slow and 1
A SAD
expensive. . . j act in conjunction wlh the Xntion-i ture, tho department feds , that 1
Wc aro informed that the I!ed al organization and to arrange for! thorough investigation must be
Jacket Co. will commence to place; sending delegate to tho convention ! held to establish tho status of the
their hoisting works next week, and j w hich meets in Portland November land offices in question,
after the hoist is in placo they, will IB and lit. A teniporary'orgiiiiiza"- One of the land offices under in
go to sinking and continue opera- tion was effected witJt -W. A. Booth 1 vestigation reported cash receipts
lions all winter. as ohairnmn, ami it was agreed to1 for timber and stone entries for the
.Pick and Diiii.i,. moot in tho Circuit Court room on .quarter ended September 'SO ex-
Saturday evening at 7.30, to perfect ceeding those of the proceeding
Down in Silverton, this state,
there stands a largo two-story frame
building, poorly built of cheap
lumber, and characteristic of . the
doctrines taught within its walls
for it waB called a university. The
teachings, which originated with its
faculty, were called the Liberal
Doctrines, and were a strange con-
glomcrulioi) of Spencer, Huxley,
Tom l'uyiiii and Darwin, and
llaeckitl imd tio the. Tho faculty
wan compoHcd of tho tnoHt rabid ;
thinkers and believers of tlii mil,
ject, ami were headed by T. Ji.
Wakonian, a man who oiico studied
for tlio Presbyterian ministry in
Princeton and afterwards renounced
the faith which had been inculcated
in thin great school. After making
a poor showing in New York City
as a lawyer, he finally drifted into
what ho termed "liberal" views,
and became one of its leading writ
ers and lecturers, and filially es
poused the cause of free love.
Ho and three others formed the
faculty of thin school, which had
as its sole object tho tearing down
of tho beliefs of others. Tho school
was established several yean ago,
but, needless to say, was never a
success ; und now tho news corneal
that they are to abandon Hilvortoh
and their "university" and move
to Kansas City, where they will re
tard tht development of their im
mediate sphere, sb there can come
no good thing out of their worka.
Silverton, situated in one of Or
gon's prettiest valee.and with every
natural advantage, bat been done
uncalculuble harm through the
works of those people.
Now that they are to leave, the
people are breathing more easily,
and they will have just cause to be
ever thankful. The building which
has sheltered the school called the
Liberal University of Oregon will
doubtless stand and rot, a fitting
testimonial, in its cheap construc
tion, to the empty religion and
works" of its builders verily, a
second lower of Babel !
No Mclat Hetalon.
"Tht legislature of each ttate
which is chosen next proceeding
the expiration of the time (or which
any senator was elected to repre
sent such state in congress shall,
on the second Tuesday after the
meeting and organization thereof,
proceed ( elect a senator in con
gress" Section 14, Revised Sta
tutet of tht United Statet.
The Sentinel several weeks ago
intimated that in the tvtnt of a
special session of the legislature
being called 'tr other purpose than
the eltrlion of an U. 8. senator
would obtrude itself upon that its
sion. This fear, coupled with tht
reading of the law, as printed
above, has caused the special ses
sion ttock to suffer a collapse and
nobody now lielievos there will be
a call. ,
Since Attorney-General Black
biirn has given it as his opinion
that tho referendum amendment is
automatic and sets itself in oper
ation, then,
fur tin sn
h no longer any font j and many vital questions and un
cial to stand upon sivcrs which were intended to show
Salem hi "it ilia
To Oi.'flmlzo an Iniifiition
Congress.
An informal tnvctinu of citizens;
;,18 jij tho County. Court room ;
.Tuesday evening for -the purpose of
organizing an irrigation congress to
a permanent organization. It was
ordered that the mayor appoint
two delegates. to the state conven
tion and that two be appointed by
the County Court. If the citizens
of this county desire to avail them-
selves of their rights in this matter
( they should all turn out and make
this meeting a success.
IS THERE FRAUD ?
(urn nfjeS Haiti to
Exist
Investigation Ordered
Secretary Hltohoook Holds up
Final Proof on Timber
Lands
The Secretary of tho Interior has
just received postivc evidence of ex
tensive frauds being perpetrated in
Oregon under the timber and stone
act, whereby certain persons are
seeking to acquire absolute control
of the richest timber lands in the
public domain in that state. .The
most flagrant violations of the law
have occured in the Koscburg,
Lakeview and Dalits districts. Ac
cording to the Secretary's advices
people are being shipped into these
districts by the carloads and are
immediately entering the forested
lands undo the ti niter and stone
act. In other instances large tract
are being denuded of their timber
by parties who are doing assesment
work on what they assert to be
mineral developments. There is
strong proof that a large number
of these alleged mineral locations
are on non-mineral land and have
been made purely for the purpose
of acquiring tho timber. When
this is accomplished theyxire aban
doned. So positive and conviucinl is the
evidence now in tht Secretary's
hands that immediate steps are to
be "taken to prosecute every ono of
the fraudelcnt cntrymen. As- a
first step in this direction, Secretary
Hitchcock last Tuesday, the 28th,
ordered that air entries in Oregon
under the timber and stone act be
tuspended (lending investigation,
and directed that oach limber en
try man be served with a notice to
show cause why his entry should
not be cancelled. If, during this
suspension, any entryman attempts
to cut or remove timber from the
tract sought by him, he will I t
prosecuted to the full extent of tht
law.
Tht ordered investigation will
include the land offices at Rose
burg, Tht Dalles and Lakevitw to
determine whether or ni they heve
been in collusion with tht perpe
trators ef tht tx tensive fraudt.
The department tome lima ago
preptrtd blanks upon which was
to be taken testimony of witnesses
in all entries made under the tim
ber act, and these blanks were sent
in largo numbers to every land off
ire in the United States. It was
noticed that in tho returns from
these Oregon offices testimony was
not submitted on regulation blanks,
the good faith or the illegal .pur
pose of tlieentrynian were ununited
each lime. The land officers assert
that they never received the blanks,
but all other oliiees cxpoii. need no
such inconvenience. In cause of
the confidence of the failure of the
blanks to show un and the imnied-
liately ensuing Hood of timber
tries, mostly of a questionable mi
quarter by over 100,000, and an-
, other office reported an excess of
more than $00,000 for the same
quarter. For the whole of the last
fiscal yea the Lakcvicw district
returned only $1 1,197 'rom sales of
timber and stone lands; Roscburg
returned $71,457 and the The
Prtlles 15752.
While it will bo easy to reach
the fraudulent cntrymen under the
timber and stone act, it is more
diUi'iiilt to jiroxeeule fraudulent
mineral cntrymen, but adequate
steps have been providid to inves
tigate each alleged mineral entry,
And in canes where timber is being
cut from alleged mineral .claims
upon which no mineral exists
prosecutions will follow.
. Tho opinion seems to prevail in
the department lhat if the local
land offices are innocent of all col
lusion, tbey have bean decidedly
negligent in not detecting evidences
of fraud long before, they be
came apparent at Washington and
were confirmed by investigation.
While the precautionary steps being
taken will gave to the Government
hundreds of thousands of dollars
in timber lands, it will yet tem
porarily retard the timber devel
opment of the state, as bona fide
entries will be suspended along
with all others.
Halloween Party.
Friday morning a noticeable
feature at tlio post office was the
receiving by a number of gentle
men of quaint missives bearing the
figure of a cat in the upper loft
hand corner and bearing this
legend:
"Halloween com bat one a year.
Over at McDowell's barroom you
draw near,
We ahull certainly epct you at
half-past right,
Later than that ghot will have
fastened the Rate.
When T Friday, Oi-t. 31 '02.
Whi-reT you find out."
At first it , was thought to be a
regular hallowecn trick, but on
lurther consideration there ap
peared to be merit in the case and
an investigation vras ordered. The
investigation resulted in finding a
number of gentlemen assembled at
theolfice of tho Hotel Prineville
about 8:15 who wero speculating
on what was in store for them. At
the appointed hour Brother Liggett
led the way to Belknap's hall where
we were greeted by the pale light
of ghost lanterns made alter tht
old fashioned- pumpkin lights that
the hoys used to set up Drsiue we
roaa to irignien superstitions jieo-
pie. Moans and groans of the
most hair raising sort rent the air
and besides at the head of U
lira wer seen a number of tvD-
in1.h.i.iik.nrrhi1lhniMld.vt
; j it j 1 j 1 1
nii4nriH 4ha Hnrlr Hark WfVuU neo-l
pled with and among them were
tl.n wit,l that would have been
the delight of old Cotton Mather.
T). viot ..Mil. imn the
hall by the witches and then the
fttn heiTiir! First the witches filed
in and went through their wierd
incantations- and then out and
were followed by the ghosts who!
gave an exhibition of ghost danc
ing that discounted anvtliing wit-
llc.-sed tictoui tl.e bank-ot ouiulcd
Knee. All this time t lie witches'
broth was blcttiie,' in the kettle
I over the lire in olio corner of the
hull and the pumpkin lights were
(dancing nd llickering' ".round the
1 room. After the various evolutions
had been lierforincd the el chic
lights wero turned on ; and the
; ghosts and witches filed in their
i , ... . ... .
im 11 'niwi'i timjiis aiiLi tv hiic
greeted by well know n members of
Juniper Circle W. O. W. who had
prepared this little surprise for
their friends. Games were then
indulged in intil a late hour when
refreshments wore brought in and
the company partook of a regular
Halloween supper of pumpkin pie,
cake and coffee, interspersed with
nuts and other delicacies. The
tables were garnished with autumn
leaves, while the nuts and relishes
were served in cabbage leaves and
pumpkin shells. Altogether it was
one of the most unique and enjoy
able events of the year and will
long be remembered by those pros
e'nt. 4 ,
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There
Some Stolen, Others Not
Cullings From Our Exchansfea
Newu Notes of the Week
Timely Topics.
Alex. Kirchhciner, formerly of
Antelojic, has been admitted to the
bur and has opened a law office in
Prairie City.
The eastern movement of sheep
on the Oregon ranges this fall is
heavier than ever before,. Already
200,000 head have been exported.
According to the Journal, Salem
is liable to have a trust in the
saloon business, one man owning
five and trying" to buy the rest.
Capt. Jason Wheeler, of Albany,
has been granted a pension of $8
per month under the Indian war
veteran law. This is one of the
first pensions granted in the state.
Governor Geer has appointed E.
A. Bailey, of Gold Beach, county
judge of Curry county, to fill the
vacancy created by the death of
Judge M. Riley.
Inspector McMillan 0 the Gen
eral Land Office, is in Oregon City,
making an inspection of the local
office, and finds that that there are
no less than 236 contest cases pend
ing before that office,
Secretary Reed, of the Lewis and
Clark Fair, has recieved a postal
card from Colonel H. E. Dosch,
stating that he left Tokyo on Oc
tober 2, and was on his way to
Osaka.
With the increase in fruit pro
duction of Idaho, the horticultural
board finds itself unable to coupe
with the increase of jests and fung
ous diseases which are attacking
the fruit trees of that Btate.
lhe Cour dAene & Spokane
Raiway Company has been organ-
at with a capitai
gtock of 1500,000. The directors
annotinqe that is the intention to
build an electric road between
Spokane and Couer d'Alene City
A mort8age " Congrega-
tional church was burned at a so-
b, CVJ
ciable ""r ith n,uth '
mon Mre- P1"" Channan, who
h been a member of the church
8,noe 1853 Shte(l match and
hclJ U to the Pnlr'
Miss Gertrude Butler, aped 29
years, died in Salem last Friday
of blood poisoning caused from a
bite of 11 snider. The injury was
sustained about two weeks ago and
grew gradually worse until she
died in great agony.
1 Igno
I ' .
auce of the age of
ing liquor is no tl
1 pu-Solli
fcliso toi
purcna
j a prosecution ...r selling liquor to ' Wlll.'K wouia m,t be done.
I a niinr, even tho the latter de-1 "As to the efficiency 01 convict
. eiaiv.l lie was of age. This is the j labor on the public roads, the ou
i decision of the state snnren.e.-onrt I cral testimony is highly in its
ecision ot tne state suiireme court I .
1 in a decision haiideddown in the!
case of the state vs. Gully, appealci
from Linn county.
At the session of the circuit court
just closed 111 Inion county, the
grand jury found true bills against
five gambcrs from La Grande, who
were cadi Fined $100. This is the
result of the anti-gambling crusade
begun in the city election in that
place last December.
The dam across "Mary's river for
sumilving water to the Corvallis
Flouring Mills has been completed.
. . , .
Its construction has been 111 prog -
ress now nearly four month:
s. it
is, without doubt, the finest struc
ture of the kind in the Northwest.
Fish and Game Warden Quimby
has had jircseuted to him a "by-
bird." which is a cross between a
chicken and a Chinese pheasant,
The head of the bird is of a chicken
and the tail of a pheasant. Tho
eggs of the bird are not fertile.
James W. Abbott, commissioner
of highways, for the Itocky Moun
tain and Pacific Coast Division of
the Department of agriculture,
has launched an idea which, while
new in Oregon, has' already been
adopted by many other states. Mr.
Abbott is .on his way to confer
with Judge Scott of Salem ts to the
methods to be followed by the Good
Roads Association of Oregon -in
obtaining modern highway fur
this state. And he advocates tho
use of convict labor as an inexpen- -.-jive,
continuous and unassailable
means to this end. At the Im
perial this morning Mr. Abbott
said: ,
"The employment of convict
labor in buildiirg .good roads has
passed the experimental stage.
The states which have adopted it
on an extensive scale are Georgia,
Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Kentucky.
Other states use the system to a
limited extent, employing only
short term convicts at this work.
"Experience has shown that all
able bodied prisoners whose sen
tence does not eiceed ten years
may successfully lie employed at
the work of highway improvement
and the result is of incalculable
benefit in helping industrial and
agricultural development.
"California's experience has
shown that even the long term con
victs may be employed to great ad
vantage at central points in quar
rying and crushing the necessary
stone. The quarries are surrounded
by a strong stockade and the per
centage of escapes is no greater
than the percentage from within
prison walls. This system is en
tirely feasible in Oregon.
"Morning and evening the con
victs are marched to and from the
camps to the place at which they
are working. The camp varies in
character according to tht amount
of work to be done in that particu
lar section, the number of prisoners
tmployed and the gtneral topog
raphy tf tht country. In many
caset the convict quartert are in '
portable houses on wheelee, 01 in
corrugated iron structures which,,
can he readily taken' down and
moved. Tht work of road build
ing is usually cxtchded to a dis
tance of one to one and a hall miles
in each direction from the camp.
The cost varies greatly with the
efficiency of the management and
the number of prisoners employed
in any squad. The cost per con
vict per day including his board,
tobacco, clothing and care, aver
ages less than ,0 cents or a small
'fraction of what free labor would
I cost, It does not compete with
the free labor for were Joe convicts
.!..., I ,.l tl-tu 41,
1 favor. 1 lie worn wnii entirely
manual as far as the prisoners 'are
j concerned, is healthy and calcu
lated to inculcate lutbits of indus
try which are lamentably lacking
111 the criminal class, lbe in.-tieo
of it is obvious. The fonwet is in
debted to the state and it is emi
nently proper that be should bo
employed at labor which creates
no personal profit for sonic indi
vidual but which results in a per
manent and incalculable benefit to
the entire people against whom he
has offended. lf the agricultural
and mining communities of Ore
gon, upon whom the prosperity of
,Ht u.re m ue "e l m,f-co"1 ml7
(see tho hundreds of miles of beaut 1-
. . , . ,!U, . i,..;,, t!,nT,, .,.,, .
. 1 - ....1.. 1 - . . 1 - . .1,
j districts of the Southern ut:il,- hv
the convict", they would start an
agitation for a similar system in
this region, that would not cpuka
, til its end was attained." -Port
land Journal.