Crook County Journal.
Timber Lona By Fire.
County Offloial Paper.
THUUBDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1902.
The Timber Land Iw.
Commissioner Hermann urges
in his annual report that the tim
ber lands 1)0 turned over to his
office, in which lie thinks business
"relating to them should be attended
to, rather than directly by the
Secretary of the Interior and his
assistants, as it seems is now the
practice. If any frauds are being
perpetrated, Mr. Hermann wants
the job of looking: into them, and
Ins suggestion sccma reasonable1.
However that may he, the Com
missioner's recommendation as to
the price of timber lands is timely,
and ought to he acted upon by
Congress at the earliest opportuni
ty. Under the law, passed 30 years
ago, timber lands, regardless of
real value, are sold at $2.50 per
acre. One 100-aciv tract may be
.,,r.li nnlv $10 or $20 an acre,
I Such a belief is in many if not most
iki8 a constant corrector of life
The Timberman: It is with neh a hone is to the average wo
pleasure that I comply with your man j8 ft consolation in sorrow and
request of 25th inst. The damage a "very present help in time of
done in Clackamas county by the j trouble." Mrs. Stanton was an ex-
fire of September 11-13 is rather ptiaUy "strong minded" wo-
hard to estimate. The committee man; 8n9 wa8 the victim of few if
here, of which your correspondent ftnv delusions; in spite of her lack
is secretary, are gathering data as 0 faith in a future life, she lived a
fast as possible. The information happy, and useful life here, lived
I am giving you in this letter only ;n amj for the present and with re
covers ft territory of about forty gr,l for this world and its people
square tulles, tht is, ft strip about oniy Very likely she, like the
ten miles long mul four miles wme. iute Robert 0. Ingersoll, did not
The strip includes tho settlements J0hy the possiblity of a future ex-
of Kickapoo, Rocky Point and fetence. nor dispute about it; only
Springwater, I am unable at this j;j not f0rtr whatever might come
time to give the losses sustained at t0 iu.r if she should "wake up in
Beaver creek, Highlands, Viola am.,la,r W01.1J) having done her
and other points in the County; duty, and being always ready for
but I may in the near future be tu gre.u ci,angt. if it should turn
able to supply the deficiency. In out t0 j. reality. If she believed
the neighborhood of which 1 speak, j j a j,Hi or s,,mo omnipotent and
l'l farmers have lost in the nrf,! intelligent creative and ruling
and their losses range from $1.W , pOWor, she knew that his plans am
to $2700. We have et. mated the alui W;IVS aiui
tip
am
Prineville
C. K. McDowell, Prop.
Thoroughly Renovated and
fumiihed Throughout.
American l'lan. Kates $1,
$1.50 aitcl $2 per day.
Accommodation! are I'lisurjuieiod
in the city. Sitmplo Roonu for
ConiiDorciut Tmvelers, ..
Long Distuiico Teleplmne Station
in the houfO,
The Journal
Real Estate Agency
yond
loss so far at t5"i,515, but these
ll.nirnj will he revised some, ami 0,inlvi
while others are worth two or three U lo)aJ .Mvmn WM he increased
a four tliniisnnd do ars. we nave
l!..,..s n.-. much. 1 uf Commissioner
mentions $100 an acre as the value
of some of these lands, yet they are
sold indiscriminately at the same
pricej $2.50 per acre.
If these lands were actually taken
in good faith, secured and held, as
contemplated by the law, by actual
individual sottlers, it would not be
so important to raise the price; the
Government would then be simply
giving a great many citjzens a good
bargain. But since the lands im
mediately or soon pass, after entry
into the hands of speculating capi
talists, the Government ought to
get nearer a fair price for them.
As it is, a comparatively few capi
talists are simply making millions
of dollars out of the people. Mr.
Hermann says that during the 30
years that the law has been in force,
the Government has received only
113.000.000 for its timber lands,
and that such lands sold in that
time are worth at least 1130,000,
000; that is, the Government has
made a gift of $117,000,000. less
Som e"Vses. Mul interest, to the
purchasers of the lands, j most of
which are owned by a compara
tively few persons or syndicates.
This is wrong, even shameful;
yet is to be observed that these
lands, if held in single tracts of 160
acres each, by as many individuals,
as contemplated by the law, would
have a far less value than they
now have. The timber on a single
tract might be worth but little to
the individual settler if he kept
it, because he would not be able
to utilize and market it; the value
of the timber lies somewhat in the
very fact that a large contiguous
area can be secured by the same
person or company, able to log it,
build and operate mills and pos
sibly a railroad, and so get the
timber manufactured and taken to
a market. So that tendency to
large holdings is not only natural
but almost necessary, and it is
probably irresistabla, Too strin
gent a law will somehow be evaded,
as the present law has been, to
such an extent that the Secretary
of the Interior is loudly crying
"fraud". There has been ''fraud,"
of course, but it has been scarcely
disguised, and was invited by the!
strictness of tho law's requirements
and by the nature of the situation.
But whatever if anything the
Federal Government may do, Ore
gon assessors can at least get in
Eome useful work for their respect
ive counties in valuing these tim
ber lands. It is absurd to assess
$2 or $3 an acre land on which the
timber is worth $40 or $50 an acre.
Since these speculators have gotten
rich or much richer out of the rise
in the value of .these lands, they
should he comi-elled to pay taxes
on them somewhat in proportion
to their actual value.
nt tributes were be
mortal comprehension and
and doubtless coulu say
not estimated the loss lb orchards,
fruits or timlor. The losses to
fruit will be about $1200, at pres
ent prices of dried prunes and ap
ples. The total amount as above
does not mean what it will cost to
rebuild, but about the cash value
of the old buildings and fences,
iioither have we estimated the de
creased value of stock, caused by
the forced selling of the same made
necessary by the total destruction
of bay and gram in many instan-
. 'it. lin
ces. to be iair wim iiiubc "
have lost, I will say that $100,000
will barely put them in as good a
condition as before the fire.
Now a word to the timber. This
part of Clackamas county is not
noted for its first class timber, lor
as a rule, the trees are short and
limbv. I find by close in-
nuirv that about 10 sections have
Wn hnmed over, and with the
excentions of about two sections
the timber stumpage would amount
to no more than for cordwood. A
ootid, fair estimate of the loss to
tihiber would be about $7,500,
probably 30,000,000 feet, and this
would make fair lumber if sawn in
the next three or four years.
While the people of Springwater
and vicinity have received consid
erable aid fiom Oregon City and
elsewhere in the way of clothing,
money, etc., for their immediate
wants, vet much suffering will be
experienced before spring. While
losses have been very heavy, insur
ance has been very light as only a
very few were insured, and then for
only a nominal sum. :
I admire the position you are
takine in regard to setting out
forest fires, and could you see the
devastation to the farmers here
from the carelessness of hunters
and campers with their fires, you
would say that a law making it a
misdemeanor to hunt or put out a
camp fire during the dry season
would be about the proper thin.-i.
Give us more stringent fire Jlaws
then call out the army and navy ti
enforce them.
Respectfully yours,
L.w". VAX DYKE,
Sec'y Sj.ringwater Fire Relief Com
mittee.
with Whittier: , . , .
1 know not where thy ishiKls Im
Their from'eil palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond lii love and care,
And so beside the silent sen
Twuit the nuttlled oar,
Knowing no harm run come to nie
On ocean or on shore.
Telegram. "
11)1 Wm h
.Urn arV V
! (iff)
Jumped on a Ten Penny Nail.
The little daughter of Mr. J. N.
Powell jumped on an inverted rake
made of ten penny nails, and thrust
one nail entirely through her foot and
a aecond one half way through. Cham
berlain'a Fain Balm wa. promptly
nnlied and 6ve minute after the pain
had disappeared and no more suffering
was experienced. In three days the
child waa wearing her shoe aa uiual
and with absolutely no discomfort,
Mr. Powell u a well known merchant
i EVirkland Vs. Pain Balm is an
antiseolic and heah such injuries with
out maturation and in one-third the
time required by th usual treatment
For sale by all druggists.
OREGON
Shot line
and union Pacific
' Is now ready to handle
your property.
We have UXEXCEI.J.EI)
FACIUTJKS for placing
Real Estate before those
who want to purchase and
aio able to givo GOOD
SATISFACTION.
0
We want Funning and firnxhiK
Also ThnhiT LiiikI
Oregon Lawyer Debarred.
In the case of State of Oregon ex
rel grievance committee oft he Slate
Bar Association vs. Henry St.
Rayner, disbarment proceedings,
the Supreme Court ordered ,St.
Rayner's disbarment tho opinion
Jjeing handed down by Chief Jus
tice Moore.
The charge against St. Rayner is
the wilful withdrawal of two pages
of testimony jrom the records in
the case against Frank McDaniel,
afterwards convicted of the killing
of Adelaide Claire Fitch, and the
substitution of two other sheets
reading differently, in lieu thereof.
The evidence is so convincing of
the guilt of St. Rayner that the
Supreme Court is forced to its un
pleasant conclusion.
" Last winter on infant child of mine
had croup in a violent form." say
Elder John V. Rogera, a Christian
Evangelist, of Filley, Mo. " I gave tier
t few doses of Chamberlain s Cough
Remedy and in a short time all danger
was past and the child recovered.''
This remedy not only cures croup, hut
when given as soon as the first symp
toms appear, will prevent the attack.
It contains no opium nr other harm
ful substance ami may be given as con
fidently I" a hniiy as to an adult. tr
nilc by all druggixt.
" , TIME ICHIDUUI kmn
Chlcaro ialt Uka Dtimr, liNf-B. I
rorllmd ft. WoTtn.Omihi,
Bpll Iium Cily, St.
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lutoa.
Atlantis Salt Ukt, Dtnvtr,
Sipraa Ft. Worth, Omh,
IDLE KBIU Cltr, s
via Bual- Uolt,CMCMma
taatta Cut.
Si'Md WUa Walla Uwla- Mia
fMI MUl ton.BpokuiOila
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trla puiuth. Ml!
tpkuM a,CklfoM
OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE
wom NSTUKS,
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tall hwt t ra
SaOy Crta-Ha IH 4M.aL
x.Suaday SUtawa. Bi.luB4ar
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Sturar T Aitorl tat Way
HM p. Landlnit.
1:00 a.m. WiHaawtte aim. l:Na.m.
Ei. Bandar ad
Ortfon City, Maw
brf, Salem, Indo-
Knlne0 War
.ndinp.
VOOam. MUlaaitftt n Yam- :p. ra.
Tuta., Thur. kill lliwt. Men., wl.
and Sat. and Sri.
Orecon Cltr, Dr
ton. ftaj Land,
(nta. m
:00 a.m. Wlllimftti tint. 4:p.m.
Tan., TtlilT . Hon., Wed.
and Sal Portland to Corral- and Fri.
Ill War Laud
lata, Lt. Rlparla nkf SMr. Lt.UwIiiol
:96 a.m. Dallr
Uallr aiparla to Lawliton I a. in.
I.llihl
l-T-Ry placing your property with w you gi'l-lhf
benefit of FRKK ADVKRTISINd.
Call uu or Aillrsn
The Journal Real Estate Agency
.'riiM'tlllc, Oh'roh
Big Deal in Typewriters.
ipa
Aimlrlan Oovei'iiment Onlrrn I'JOO
Hmlih I'rrmlera.
"Viknna,' Feb, ".The greatest
single purchase of typewriters 'ever
made has been ordered by the Min
istry of Justice, which, after threo
months of exhaustive competitive
test, has contracted to etiuip the
entire ministry with not less than J200 Smith Premier typewriters,
supplying every court."
l'ress Dispatch to Portland Oregonian, renruary I.
Portland office Smith Premier Typewriter Co., 122 Third St., I. A M.
ALEXANDER & CO., Agents.
W. T. FOCiLK, Agent,
Prineville, Oregon
W. I. Lawrence, Agent,
Biggs, Oregon.
OolMzaTsla .loutHerrt
IBectlfe 12:01 i. S ptnuLm 1IM).
South
bound
! South
i Bonn I
The statement made since Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's death
that she had no beliet in immor
tality or a future life will jar harsh
ly upon many a sensitive sou', who
cannot understand how any per-
tiovernmcnl IVurk In ll"' Mountains
of Iriuhi'.
Great Luck of an Editor.
" For two yeiir all efforts to cure
Ecienia in the palms of my hands
lailtd," arite Editor H. S. Letter, of
Syracuse, Kju., ".then I was wholly
cured by Ilin kUn's Arnica Salve." It's
the world's best fur Eruptions, Sores
dan all fkin u.?eaes. Only '2m at all
mug iiu.
IOOD
The United States Geological
Suivey has just i.-sued reprints of
the Bear Valley and Idaho Basin
..l.iWa tfhich privrr ttortion of
. - . , in i j, e.n.vt?-, ...... . - , -
son, especially a noble-minded and tjle mountainous country of West
exceptionally gifted woman like Lrn - Idaho. Portions of Idaho,
Mrs. Stanton, could lie devoid of j Custer, Boise, Elmore, and Alturas
sucti a neiiei, common 10 most po-1 counties are included on the maps,
pie. and almost universal among al are ais0 IJah ) City region
women. Yet Miss Anthony i .nml the rugged crest of the Saw
crediled with saying that in a talk too,j, Range for much of its length,
with Mrs. Stanton last June the gy tne Ul,c 0f contour lines the
latter talked about "the other side," mom,tainous district is admirably
hut she had no faith that there was reprcfCnted. The maps are drawn
any other world. She always said on a ( .ut lu;f ltU inoii to
that this was a beautiful world, Li.. Inne and are uniform with
and she wanted to stay in it others already
long as possible. She believed n 1 0f tlie ttate.
immutable law for everything, and ;
did not believe in any special provi
dence for herself or anything else.
sued of other parts
Stops the Cough and Works offthe
Cold.
Perhans it is well that few women rnxatirn Br-um Q-iinitif Tb:ta care a
are thus faithless and hopeless re-! nM in une dy. N Cuir, S., Pay
Nsrth
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Smith SSros.,
DEALEKS IX '
Soneral TtferchandisG'.
SISTEItS, OKECOX.
Keep on Hand, .Sheepmen's Supplies of all kimk
Riingers anil Caniera Supplies.
Camp outfitting. We Carry a Complete line of Groceries,
Dry Good?, liardware Etc. We Uespeetfully soliet your
trade.
glacksmithing That Pleases
The (treat nciMsity of (MMIII work in evident to everyone who
patrortiieit a liluikmnitli. Work that will "taisil the rouirh
uynire of the liinn anil roml. The l; t liciM-liwInx, the Ih-kI
wiiKon w.irk, ninl the Ix'st kimhtiiI reitirinK eun ! huil nt
COKXETT & ELKIXS'S
A Stock of Farm Machinery always on hand
7:S .m 1:34 p.ro Flftm ll-si.m :''
l a.ln 1M p.m Wn.cii l .:4.'. .m If : I'.m
145 a.ui T.1 u.m Kli.'rtkW:aP r m ::('.
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City ffiarber Shop.
(Powell S Cyrus, (Proprietors. v
Jfot and Cold fiaths. (Printville, Or,
I). 3.
h Annie,
Hucerlntndvnt.
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1 i&mmf 1
I (til J
CdlKn, Bell,
Moire, II ncer.
KeCormiek. and
other mllltonati
IHTeuton bvaan Ilia
poor.
Partaaaa await
Mhtr lavtatar.
Can vaa davUa an
pravOKntl aa artlcl
a comatea eP
WhIK vm dtlar. othcra
may patent your lotaa.
nA -i.-r.nti4 amlnt Vwm
nt tu IMtMl Ul lor MTTllxn.
Kwaiwi't-rateaml ablel.r
:i-i.i!m'i t. "lnacnter
Kni ir.eu rt (ue.i.
li
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J, W. BOONE,
Saddles and Jfarness
Maker of the celebrated l'HIXE
VILI.E STOCK SADllI.E
STOtKSIES'S Sl'ITUKS
Latist imiiroved Ladies' Side
.vpms,
IFneka-
and. Stride Saddles, Hit
Angora Chaps, Quirts am
! more". me lor I rice;.
Oh I .(.ON.
Q. pringer,
nnniKH ur
'Draft,
Coach and
Carriage Jforce
Hall.ons and mares,
few young teams for
Young
also a
Sale. .
Havslsck Blood Stock Canch.
lla'ittack, Oregon.
t,o 1 Iw.Ho- lifH I Price. 2-"i cm .
7uLlactaa. n. C.
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