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VOL. VI.
PRINEVIME, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER, 13, 1002
Count
' -jsts. V i
A RABID
All About
LETTER.
Irrigation
Matters.
It Scores Wiliiamson.
Mujor 8oars Airs His Views
The Situation in Orook
County.
of
I ask the attention of my follow
citizens to crjrtni ii facts concerning
the treasonable attack of Congress-man-elect
Williamson anil hi
etockraising partner on the public
interests o' the state of Oregon, I
refer to hia Jesuitical machinations
to defraud the slate by preventing
the settlement of tho arid region,
spccinlly in Crook county, where
the sheep and cuttlo of these men
roam on free pastures, for which
they are not paying the slate or
Nation one single dollar in return,
and hi robbery of the eople
through tho public treasury by
taking therefrom a bounty for coy
ote Kcal to save himself and pain
llii' cost of properly protecting their
Murk and herds.
When a writer to tho Oregonian
returned from his trip to l'rinuville,
lunde in the train of tide man Will
iamson, somo months ago, hi' told
ti -1 "the people here are opporud to
irrigation." Although I had lately
passed four month in the region
referred to, between l'rineville and
he Upper Dcschvtcs ami knew the
Statement to be incorrect, I hai
thought to let it pahs, recognizing
that the writer hud been kept under
the influence- of and received bin
information from Williamson and
his coterie of Mock 'raisers ; men
who-are iiereonally interested in
preventing the irrigation of all that
vast territory, fertile beyond csti
male, and cloddy tributary to the
waters of the I( i-chutcs river, and
now occupied entirely an free cat
tle and cheep range by -the men
opposed to irrigation. Hut the
continued assault of those men on
the interest of the state, from the
oicniiiK of Williamson's campaign
to his shrewd organization of the
"Irrigation Association," which he
hope to handle in the interest of
himself and i-tock raisin;.' partners,
for stealing Hutur:igg from (he
state, has led me io lay before the
people a fair statement of all the
facts as I know them to exist and
V-ave them to determine whether it
is safe to intrust the jrrigation
work of a man who lias .personal
profit to serve in robbing tho state
of a grand element of wealth, so
long as he can keep us blind to his
ulterior object.
.
These poachers on the public
domain are wealthy men, living at
anil about l'rineville, on tho edge
vast plains, where their sheep and
catlW range in free pasture, tbe
property of the Nation. They are
naturally opposed to leasing tbe
land to men who are willing to pay
for the feed of their stock,' since it
would force them to cease their
practical system of quartering on
the Nation's treasurehoiise for the
increase of their fortunes. They
would be therubv forced to return
tojthe people some part of tbe price! w,ii(,h u,ht
ohnents Which they are !' worLs llnd r whi,h h, is Wllltiig
toUing- from hungry men, without 1 1() j j(1 v -v ;j
coit to themselves. Williamson Is I Thoilolk.rate in!itlllm,llts (hi
opposed to tho acquisition of this 1.,, om a ()f ye.w wi
trvi h,n it' i'KMl'PM W 1 1 HIC Will I L'
to pay the state un income, be
cause, as the thing now stands,
quoted in the last sentence of the
reported speech, "While these vast
arid regions had better remain so
indefinitely, the undeveloped her
itage of all tho people, than fall '
into the hands of large corpora
tions." he can onlv cniov the use
of these hundreds of thousands of
acred for the free pasturag-j of his
flocks and herd, ,
Hut, leaving for a moment the
grotesque personality of this bloom
ing patriot, let us look at irrigation
under and by tho Carey law as a
husiucM for the state, which has
received at) offer from the National
Government of 100,000 acres of
lublic lands lying within our bor
lers, on condition of providing it
with irrigation. This is the one
condition of Oregon's ownership
under the Carey act. Tho state of
Oregon is not in condition to under
take so gigantic a work. It has,
therefore, through Legislative en
actment, provided a way by which
it may contract with skilled men,
who have th capital to build these
works, and has agreed to protect
them against loan by allowing them
lien on the income from the
lands coming to the state, to be
collected in small unnnal install
ments, with a fair margin for inter
est on the investment and profit.
Now, after the state has selected
its 1 ,000,000 acres, there are, accord
ing to Mr. Newell, the Chief of tho
Hydrographic Bureau, 2,000100
acres left of arid, irrigable lands,
on which tho National Government
may expend its money, leaving to
the state just that additional
amount of lands given to the state,
which, it is nupposcd. will profit
by about $1.25 an acre, tobecbarg
ed in addition to the amount paid
cbe contractors for its irrigation,
lint of all the lands irrigated by
.National Government, not one
acre, nor one cent of profit, comes
into the coffers of the state. The
state will profit solely by the set
tlement of those land, for the col
onization of which it must go into
a grand system of advertising.
This advertising, in the case of
lands settled tinder the Carey act
must bo done by tbe men who con
tract with the state to do the ir
rigation work. For only by the
success of the state in selling tho
land can the contractor secure his
pay. He is the pa;ty subject to
risk, while under that dreadful act
the statu of Oregon can only gain
having been placed in position to
1 safe from any danger of loss.
The state has made contracts
with men of reasonable character,
who stand ready to execute their
part of the bargain for the purpose
and with th Jmotivcs that lead all
men into business transactions,
runiely, to make mohey. But they
cannot own onu aero of that vast
domain; the Carey act protectd the
state and the people who settle on
these lands. In the first place,
not even the state can become the
owner of the land until it has been
irrigated and so approved by the
National Government. After that
it cannot sell more than 1(10 acres
to any single purchaser, who must
be a bona fide hoinebuilder. I' rider
no circumstances do the contract
or become owners of any part of
the territory. The state concedes
them a lien on the land for the eid
lection of what the state has agreed
to pay them for their work, with a
niarcin for interest and profit on
their outlay.
The contractor thus becomes un
interested agent of the state, by
oui.rv nnssililc exertion to sottle the
I DO assured oy wiecerinnuy oi crops
, , .l...-...-:.. ...... ..i ....
under the -influence of irrigation.
This land will be redeemed from
the piratical grasp of such men as
Williamson and his pals, and be
come a source of wealth to the en
tire state,
Census bulletin No. 19b' issued
Continued on page five.
THE COUNTY NEWS.
Our Correspondents are
Industrious.
News From, all Quarters
Rain Haa Been of Great Heneflt
to the Farmers all Over
The County. ,
AnllWIHXl ItClllH.
lion. C. M. Cartwright was'in
town a couple days this week.
U. S. Commissioner Max Lued-
deman, wag in town Thursday at
tending to land business.
We have, had a fine rain this
week and it still rains. Every
one says "let it rain."'
Kcv. Hornibrooke will preach
here ut the school house, Saturday
night and Sunday.
Hud Cram and Leslie Friday,
prominent cattlemen from Cross
Keys, were in town last night.
They are gathering their cattle.
Alex Ixdinian, book-keeper at
the sawmill, Jim Mice and Lyn
Nichols, of Hay creek, were visit;
ors in town this week.
Ed Egglcston' and Hilly Ktlsfty
arrived from Shaniko yesterday
loaded with freight for Irvine fc
Co. and others. ,
W. S. Thomas, superintendent
of the Oregon King mine, who has
been sojourning in Utah this sum
mer is expected back in a few
days. His numerous friends will
be glad to see him.
Milo Wood and Frank Ander
son are going to 'do the assessment
work on tbe Dixie. This claim is
an extension of the Dexter and is
owned by J. W. Robinson -and
Milo Wood.
Frank Shambcuu, tho veteran
logger and freighter, arrived in
town last night from the sawmill
with two four-horse teams loaded
with mining timbers. He dis-;
charged his cargoes at tbe lumber j
yard of J. W. & M. A. Robinson.;
J. W. Robinson and Wade Hus-1
ton returned from a prospecting
tour on Thursday. During their
trip' they- went as far as Shoofly.
When asked what they found they '
looked wise and smiled. I
Swanson and Finnell who had a i
contract to sink 100 ft on the Dex-
ter group finished their work on
Tuesday. The ledge has improved ;
steadily from the surface down!
and everyone predicts mat it will
make a great mine.
Pick iV Duii.l.
Nov. 8th 1902.
Culver Oullings.
Plenty of wind and rain.
Mrs, Emily tline, of Prineville,'
was trading in one of our storrs
Monday.
Sieer:i eimies from nenr ln-re
have gone to Agency plains to do:
some plowing for a newcomer. j
Ed Cox and wife have gone to'
tbe Mountains where Ed inttincs
trapping this winter.
' Mr. Moore traded for and pur -
chased a 'nice lot of burses and:
started for his home one day last j
week. . ' I
The rain Thursday found several
tnmlw.r liiinlnrs rm flic ' roflil witli 1
lumlitT which caused many to un
load and come home eipptyt ;.t
Mr. Collver commenced to enlarge
his store Monday. He -will make
it four feet wider and some lunger
ana put a nail over His store tor
lodge purposes. 1
The Thanksgiving ball in Halm's
hall will be on "Wednesday night !
Nov. 2t, this will allow parties
who so desire to attend the ball at
l'rineville also. Good music and
plenty of turkey. Come everybody
i - - - -
and have a good time.
Mr. Killingbeck arrived from
Shaniko with a load of fruit trees
for this vicinity. Several parties
are intending putting out extensive
orchards.
News came one day last wwk
that Ward Lamson, who taught
school here last winter, died of
typhoid fever in the Willamette
valley where he had been clerking
in a store. Father and Mother
Lamson, who are getting old, have
the sympathy of this community.
There is considerable sickness in
thin part of the country several
cases of typhoid fever, two deaths
on Monday one man by the name
of Gillmore, who came to this
part or the country about two
months ago, and a girl who came
here with her parents about two
weeks ago, and were camped in a
tent near Mr. Osborn's house. We
have not learned their name.
Haystackkk.
JOHNSON CREEK SCHOOL.
Mr. Cox has rented the Birdsong
place and is busy getting ready for
the winter.
We have two now pupils in
school, making 20 now in attend
ance. : ' (
Mr. Henry Stroud has deen very
sick during the week, but we under
stand be is getting better.
Mr. Watkins and son are camped
out cutting wood. We do not envy
them their fresh air these cold and
frosty mornings.
Mr. Henry Beard, who has been
' tending camp for Mr. Wakefield, is
'wing a lay off witli tbe intention
of building a house. We didn't
learn whether that was his only
intention or not.
Mr. Ray will occupy Henry
Beard's house for the coming win-
ter, formerly occupied by Mr. Jones,
while Mr. Jones will occupy the
vacant house on Mr. Mark Powell's
place north of Prineville.
Hurrah for Lanionta and the
ncw school house! Others should
follow the example. There are
several districts in the county that
m,C(j nt.w school houses and more
need to get rid of the old home-
made back-breaking instruments of
torture called seats, putting iin-
proved seats in their places,
THE COMMITTEE,
TnaiirtsgiviiiK Programme.
To be given at Union church
Nov. 27, 1902. '
Programme will begin at 6:30 p m
National Hymn,. . . .''Nearer My
God to Thee"
Invocation,. .
Song, America
...Rev. Childs.
Reading of Proclamation,.
Kctchuhi.
. Lizzie
ra""'
.Saminie Newsom.
. Roy Foster, Gertie
Smith and Birdie
...... Leola Estes.
...'.Guy Lafollett.
. ..Haxel Howard.
Quartette
Hodges, Ceoh
I
r.r;w
' Xliankjilvinjj.
j jay,
1 Recitation ... .
Chorus, "Carve That Possum."
Recitation! .'.Celia Nelms.
Primary Song.......:.'
Recitation, "The Girls Thanksgiv-
Birdie Morris.
Violin- Duet .... .Georgia Hodges
and Winnie Cliiie.
Recitation,. . ..... . . Van Brink.
Duet; Fay and Gertie Hodges.
Recitation, "Thanksgiving" Ruth
' Kinj,,
,, t;ou Be With You
Till We Meet Again."
Everybody invited.
IOOO
NEW J DKIuLl WW,
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There
Some Stolen, Others Not
Culling From Our Exchansres
News Notes of the Week
Timely Topics.
I)echtue Project Mum Walt.
Washington, Nov. 7. A. M.
Drake, president of the Pilot Butte
Development company, which has
made a contract with the state of
Oregon to reclaim a large traet of
land on the Upper Deschutes river,
under the Carey act, had a confer
ence with interioJ department offi-
cials today, and urged them to
take early action on the state's
selection of the lands desired by 1
him.
He was told that this selection, I Morrison who was elected governer.
with others, is now under investi- J Twice he accepted tbe nomination
gation to determine whether the , for Congress when there was iiot a
land listed is arid and subject to i glimmering hope of election and
reclamation under the Carey act.' canvassed his state for the "gold"
No reiort has yet been received,: republicans. He was state chair
and until this is at hand, the sec-! man for another campaign which
, ! must fail but which succeeded in
retary will not act. ( kng republicanism aim in the
i state- He deserves the honors he
Hiate UeiTigaio. .Named. has won and will make a very
. 1 nlilc imvprnnr Pendleton Tribune.
Governor Geer has appointed; -
the following delegates to the Ore-j
gon Irrigation Association meeting
to be held at Portland, November
18 and 19: , . :
William Hall, Grant; E. E. Young
Multnomah; C. M. Idleman, Mult- the parlors of the Poindexter Ho
nomah; Alired F. Sears, Sr., Mult- tel, Judge Booth performing the
nomah; J, A. Burleigh, Wallowa; (ceremony. ;
W. T. Wright, Union; George The wedding was a very quiet
Chandler , Baker; Henry Ankenyjone, only the immediate relatives
Jackson) W.J. Furnish, Umatilla;
D. C. Ireland, Sherman; A. C.
Palmer, Crook; J. Robins, Baker;
W. R. King, Malheur; J. W. Virtue
Josephine; J. F. Adams, Klamath;
Virgil Bonn, Lake; H. C. Levins,
Harney; Ed Test Malheur; Chas.
Hilton, Wheeler; C.A. Minor, Mor
row; George L. Dillman, State En
gineer; C. A. Dinneraan, Gilliam;
J. D. Lee, Polk; J. X. Burgess,
Wasco.
Irrigationl-sis Organize.
Last Saturday evening according
to advertisement the people of this
county met in mass convention for
the purpose of organizing an as
sociation for the preservation of
the arid lands of this county from
wholesale grabbing and to aid the
state organization to gain for this
state the inauguration of govern
ment irrigation works at an early
date. Permanent organization
was affected by tbe election of the
following officers: M. E. Brink,
pres. ; G. W. Barnes, vice pres. ;
Wm. Holder, secy. T. M. Baldwin,
treas. An executive board consist
ins: of the following was elected:
T. H. Lafollett; C. Sam Smith, C.
M. Elkins, D. F. Stewart and J. H.
Gray. The delegates to the state
convention in Portland were in
structed to support all measures
tending to secure for Crook county
the irrigation of her arid lands by
tbe government. A letter from C.
E. Lytic was read making an all
round rate from Shaniko to Port
land and return of 17.10 for Un
delegates. A committee of three,
consisting of W. A. Booth, W. A.
Bell and John Combs, was ap
pointed on transportation and the
meeting adjourned.' The constitu;
tion and bylaws of the association
, 1 ... . 1 .
every man in this-city ami vuii.. j Uistoricill anJ
tty has signed them. ! of interest. . .
Idaho'. Great Kin it. ; An Inspection of tho Armory
One of the most agreeable results and Gun Drill by Battery A is to
of the election was the victory for be one of the features of entertaip
the republicans in the fair young 'merit of visitors. A cordi.il, invita
state of Idaho. Ever since the tion is extended to all to visit Port
silver craze started, it has been the laud in Irrigation Week,
the elections of 1890 and 1893 the
republicans were overwhelmingly
defeated. They scarcely possesscu
sufficient numbers for an organiza
tion. In 1900 they gained impor
tant grounds but failed to electa
state officer. During the period of
populism, silverism, Couer d'Alene
riots, Duboisism, and democracy
the republicans lost both senators
and the one congressman. The
state's finances were, corruptly
managed, taxes became high, capi
talists were afraid to invest money
in mines or farms and the growth
of the Gem of the Mountains was
set back 10 or 15 years. The fight
of the few faithful republican has
been long and hard and many
sacrifices have been made, but the
state was finally brought back to
th olil republican majority. No
man ha3 been more faithful, more
earnest nor has accomplished
more in the struggle than John T.
.: -
H E LER IC H W RIG II T.- Wed
nesday , afternoon, Xov..r 6,;. 1902, -Mr.
Benjamin B. Helfrich and
Miss Ruth Wright were married in
of the two families and a few rela
tives of the two families and a few
intimate friends being invited.
The bride is the pretty and pop
ular daughter of J. W. Wright, of
Howard, at which place she has
grown to womanhood known and
admired throughout Crook county
for her pure, true character and
charming disposition. The groom,
the youngest son of John Helfrich,
Sr., of Lamonta, is a Californian
who has lived in this county but a
few years but who has made many
friends here who congratulate him
on winning one of Crook county's
fairest daughters. '
The young couple Were the re
cipients of many elegant wedding
gifts from friends , and relatives
who wish to be remembered in the
pretty home of the groom, "Lady
smith," near Lamonta, to which he
took his bride the last of the week.
Those present at the ceremony
were: Mr. Claude Wright, Miss
Ruth Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Helfrich," Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Mill
er, Miss Katherine Helfrich, Miss
Ada Taylor, Mr. Frank Taylor,
Dorothy and Ralph Miller.
Irrigation Week.
The Oregon Irrigation-,. Associ
ation and the Oregon Bar Associ
ation meet in Portland, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Novenilnr 18 ami
19. Reduced Rates on All Rail
roads. ' y
Special Entertainment (for All
Visitors Free . theatre tickets,; a
bailor concert; a steamboat ride
on the Willamette anil Columbia .
rivers; an observation car ride over
the street railways; a visit , to the
Portland Crematorium q the
000,000 Custoui H911.se, to tlie pub
lic Library, to the 500,000 City
Hall, the wheat ships in the bar-
i '