Xocal Albert Canning came in from the desert the fere part of the week to ' tend the Workman installation. Alex Smith, the Sisters merchant, was a business visitor in the city the fore part of the week. W. F. Edmonson, of Spuaw creek, was a business visitor in the city the fore part of the week. Ben Allen came up from Portland last week for a brief visit with friends and relatives in the city. G. Springer, the Culver horse raiser, was a visitor in the city Tuesday and staid over for the installation. J. H. Windon and wife wen in fioin Culver the fore part of the week visiting and attending the installa tion ceremonies. Henry Gmv was down from his ranch on Crooked river the foie part of the week looking after busiuesa af fairs. M. C. Awbrcy was a business isitor from his home on the Deschutes the fore part of the week. County Commissioner Healy was in the city last week attending the regu lar tenn of county court. M. Wheeler was over from his home on Willow creek last week at tending to various business details. P. Chitwood, the Willow creek rancher and stockman, was a business visitor in the city one day last week'. H. B. Reed and wife are in the city fro i: Sisters this week visiting aud looking after business matters. . A. M. Drake and ife were in fr m Bend the fore part of the week at tending to business matters. A red ilag at tile stores means a call for Strand Price, but at a residence it means scarlet fever. W. C. Jacobs, of Hardin, returned . Sunday from a business trip to Port- land and reports that place as being very quiet at present. F. H. Watts aud wife, of The Dalies, are in the city this week. Mr. Watts will erect a number of monuments be fore returning to his home city. E. C. Faug t was down from his home on Camp creek the fore part of the week attending to business mat ters and visititg with relatives. "Billy" Staats was over from the new town of Deschutes the fore part of the week interviewing our citizens and lookin after business matters. X. A. Dibble and A. B. Miller, of Kiley, passed through here the first of the week on their way borne from an extended business visit in Portland. 0. M. Pringle returned the fore part of the week from an extended trip in the W illamette valley and reports I having bad a fine time, while away. Perry Puindexter is up on the Des chutes raising havoe with things gen erally. He sent in a couple of swans that were beauties. One of them weighed 28 pounds. i The second quarterly conference of the JI. E. Church will be held Jan., 17 and 18. Presiding Elder Booth will be present. Business meeting on Saturday at 2 p. m. H. C. Clark, Pastor. Jno. Hammond, who has been spending the holidays in Portland, arrived in Shaniko Wednesday even ing on his re urn to Cline Falls, where he is managing the Cline Falls Power Co.'s farm. Sba iko Leader. Wilt Wurzweiller, the rustling Prineville merchant, and Geo. A Young, our extensive sheep grower, were in town Wednesday. Geo. was trying to teach Will how to play 'squaw' hearts" last night. Shaniko Leader. J. T. Houston was a business v si tor in t e city from his ranch in the vicinity of the head of Camp ere k the fore part of the wi ck and reports stuck 1 oking ell up that way. V ry little fieding has been done so far tlrs winter. Andrew Anderson was a business visitor to the city from his home near Crook the first of the week and paid this office a pleasant call. He re ports the winter as having been very mild up there so far and there is lit tle danger o! a long cold s?ll now. The Journal has been informed that th Baptist congregation of this city has cal'ed the Rev. O. W. Trip let"., o! Ninth Carolina, to be pastor and that services will IC l1(.J regular ly on the s.'c iiid and fourth Sundays in each :iiouth. , 7entton 0, G. Collvor and wife wore in frim the growing village of Culver Tuesday to take in the installation oeremoniea of the Workman and D. of II. lodges. Mr; Collvor informed the Journal that there had been nearly five thou sand rabbits killed in that country dur'ng the recent drives. Owing to the prevailing tendency of Scarlet fever the protracted meet ings at the Union church have been postponed. Regular preaching serv ices will be held on next Lord's day the 18th at the Union church house. All are cordially invited. Baptism and a baptistry will then be consider ed. E. A. Child, Fastor. One of the Crook county timber claims is said to have been sold in' this city to an Albany man for about $900, the owner of the property mak ing the sale now because of the need of the money. Holders are confident of being able to obtain at least f 2,000 for the claims in time. Albaiiy Dem ocrat. It is announced that there will be a Grand Masquerade Ball at Glaze's Hall, on St. Valentine's night, Feb. 14, given by Sharp's orchestra. This musical organization has a reputa tion for unexcelled dance music, and. the costumed dancers who attend this event certainly hue the assurance of a good time. Ed Harbin returned Saturday from Portland where he went recently to purchase machinery for the new Ochnco Milling Co. The company has the frame work of its building up and will soon bo under cover and when the machinery begins to arrive it will be put in place and the wheels will soon be spinning around and j making music o the air. Hon. J. X. Burgess, one f our rep resentatives in ths legislature came down last night from Antelojic and left this morning for Salem. On ac count of his brief stay in this city, The Times-Mountaineer was uuablo to meet Mr. Burgess, though it learn ed from other sources that Mr. Bur gess, would likely father the Strck man county move in the legislature. Dalles Mountaineer. Saturday and Sunday nights were peculiar in that a fog hung over the vrlley and it was cold enough to freeze on the brush and fences mak ing them look like Webfoot weather "When the frost is on the pumpkin and the goose is hanging high." T e telephone wires looked us large as the wires from White river to The Dalles flouring mill. Monday morning the sun came out and Jack Frosts' whisk ers soon disappeared. C. M. Cartright arrived in the city Wednesday evening from the B. 8. & L. Co.'s ranch. He was also in Ash- wood on business conne ted with the Oregon King mine. Mr. Cartright will depart from Portland next Satur day to attend the National Live Stock Ass'n which meets at Kansas City Jan. 13-lfi, aud in common with other Pacific Coast delegates will work for the association to meet in Port land in 1904. Shaniko Leader. The Modern Woodmen held a very enthusiastic meeting Monday night. It was decided to send for parapher nalia and badges at once and also to have a dance in the near future. C. W. Carey was initiated into the mys teries of Woodcraft and two more candidates are ready to go in next meeting night. This order is rapidly foiging to the front and it will i.ot be long until it has as large if not the largest membership of any order in the city. Last week we omitted a very im portant item from our news columns, but it was from no fault of the re porters. Prof. E. E. Orton was pre sented with a fine eon by his wife and he was too busy looking at the little fellow to see how much he resembled his father, to say anything about it to the Journal man. However he ha ! squared himself with the force and .we will forgive him this time anil Hope that young Mr. Orton may lit. long aud that his parents may alway he us proud of him us his fond papn III the M. E. church Friday even, ing will lie held an exerienoe social and reception for I'retiding Elder Booth, to which all re invited There will bca a ort program rend' ra' after whicli those who have earner any money for the furnishing of tli. I parsonage will tell their experience ii. j doing an.- The remainder of the even- i ing will be spent in a social time at I the new parsonage Ice orcam, cake and oofToe will bo served for small sum. The Modern Woodmen of Amorioa will give a danoe in honor of Wash ington'i birthday, but at that come on Sunday the dance will prooably come off on the Monday following. Full particulars will appear in this paper at a later date. Glaze's hall has been secured for the occasion and a good tim is promised all who at tend. A largo attendance of Neigh bors from outside camps has been promised. Last Sunday the second of the series of big rabbit hunts came of!'. The scores made were not so good as usual with the exception ol that made by Ray, who it seems was blessed with his usual good luck making as large a score as the average at the last big hunt. Some of the boys 'hiuk that Ray runs down somo of the rabbits as he is on the jump all the time after he strikes the rabbit country. No matter how it was done he has again carrie I off the gold medal and he now has but, one more time to win it until it is his individual proper)'. The score stood as follows: W. W. Ray 140; J, II. Templeton, 104; Dr. C. A Cline, 103; J. 0. Rasniussen, 80; I. W Spear, 66; John Elliott, 05; David Grimes, 48; Total, 619. The public installation given Tiles day evening by the D. ol H., and Workman lodges of this city was oue of the most enjoyable affairs of the season. A large delegation of mem bers from outside lodges was prcsxnt and took part in the ceremonies The ceremonies were very impressive and wero woll rendered, csiiecially wns this so of the Degree. The ladies of the Degree have a well drilled team and under the captaincy of Brother Draper the evolutions wcro nicely performed. A short program was ren- derel in connection with the installa tion ceremonies and after the busi ness part of the meeting was over re freshments were served and to say that ample justice was done them would be putting it mildly, especially so when it is known that the Journal man was there and went away fully satisfied with the spread. After re freshments games were indulged in until the milling' t hour. Every one went home feeling that it was one of the most enjoyablo evenings of their lives. Horses Wanted. The old reliable firm, the Seattle Auction and Sales Stables. Incorporated, which holds special sales every day and regular weekly auctions every Friday, receive hones. 1 to 100 on oonMgnnient and advanee all shipping charges and sell oa Commission, or will buy your hones outright. If you have any number of horses you wish to dispone of at the Seattle Market price, no matter how far you are from the city write ut full de scriptions and we will let you know want the prices are and how they are eelling. All corresondence promptly answered. N. T. Jouirrg, Mgr. M, J. Walkrs, Auct. 1212 Western Ave.,Jwattle, Washington. Tenetaera Examination No ice i ne eby g;ven that the county superintende t of Creole coun ty w II hold the r gu. r examination of applic nts for state a d c unty papers at Prineville as follows: For State Papers. Commencing Wed es lay, Fobmary 11, at n ne o'clock A. if., and con inuing until Saturday February 14, at four o'clock. Wednesday Penmanship, history, spelling, slebrn, reading, school law, Thursday Wri ten ari limetic, theory of teaching, grammar, book keepiu , ph sics, civil government. Friday Phyiiology, geogiaphy, nientn. arithme ic, composition, phys cal geography. Saturday Botany, plane geometry, general history, English literature, pnychololy. For County Papers. Commencing Wednesday, February 11, at nine o'clock A. M. and continuing until Friday February 13, a four o'clock. First,, Second and Third Grade Cer tilicntcs. Wednesday Penmanship, history, orthography, reading. Thursday V itten arithmetic, theory of teaching, gra iniar, school l.l'V. Frid y Geography, n ental arith metic, physiology, civil government. Primary Certificates. Wed esd.iy Penmanship, Orthog raphy, rending, arithmetic. f'liir day Art of Questioning, y of leaching, methods, physi- William Boeoli. County Stieiintendeiit T' r Oregon Weekly Journal, a Demo irv newnr-aper, 16 pages, full of news ill of It! 11 a year to any addreas. The iou.nal, P. O. Box 1:1, Portland, Or. WURZWEILER 8 THOMSON Prlncvillc's Leading Merchants Wc desire to express our thanks to the, people for the liberal pat ronage bestowed upon us during the year just past. Upon Completing our inventory wo find that tuoro wpueo will bo needed for our Spring Stock of Goods now on tho way from the iiiaiuifiu:tit"or8, and to make room for the stiiiio we will oiler for the .NEXT THIRTY DAYS our Dry Goods at unheard of prices. On Ladies' and Misses') Jackets, Ladies' and Misses' Wool Hosiery, Ladies' and Misses' Dress Skirts,' Ladies' and Children's Fascinators, Misses' and Children's Hoods, Ladies' and Misses' Wool Gloves and mittens, Ladies' wrappers. Ladies', misses' and Chil dren's wool underwear. All of our Wool Dress Goods as well as Our Stock of men and boys' clothing. No Reserve in this sale. Every dollar's worth of goods will be sold for (0c. "WTJKZTTT'EII-iEK ; THOlvIPSOlT SfaSiJ lir. C. A. I'erria, tlrleua, M.mt. Dear Sir: 1 have nearly tilikru'tl the for. mer tiottle ami am practically well. It Mv citue wan oiu ui'Mt htwk'liunt Would 1 have protiiiiinnid incuruMo. My ap- te In good, have gamtil 10 xmniU in weight and feci like a new Irate ot lift, wiu givin lni. Our of the 'mUU' 1 neiul for thi lino1 in for a friend ao.t the other for myt.f an 1 do not in. tend to be without it, I Wry trulv voilrt, I '1'.' It. Iluuiin. Not lie To Wood Con'r-' lore. lroHinjilH are invittil . i i.rnisliing at U. H. iostollice, I'r'ii' v , Oregon, thirty, (30) cords ei i .;niier wood and ten, (10) cei l il.y .uiiwr wood, bids to be mniiiil vw'.-M n;it later than 1 p. in. Janniaiy ..'iJ. 'JOU. Gkobok .Sum:.: hits, Postmaster. Por' lam! C.ubU niskey,a pure bour bon, well mat. nod. Recommended by leading physicians. For sale every where, sp-lmd WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. OLAY A. SIMPSON. M'f'r Interior Oept. to i . - i1 1 . ?v 1 tS " Has the largest percentage ot cash assets to each dollar of lia bility ; earns the highest averatre interest, and Issues the most up-to-date protrresslve policies for in vestment or protection. If You Waul a l'hoto lou Hunt lie Have The Best Studio and Tlie Best Equipment Aifl He Give Jo The Best Work It Kelbs MMKYavf r M ASAnAMAaaniuv 40 Per Cent Discount The Important Point In Inlying Drills in QUALITY. Quantity really nmki'H ' NO iliffrri'lKi'. IF YOU IV A XT TO (SET WELL OH ' IF VOUU'AXT TO STAY WELL I'Kf I'riitfs Hint have Iteul Worth, ami wv lli. in with Qualities Hint make 'em eff, tive. UV mv,. l)ni. Knowlnljto iis well na (lo.ul New Drnx Stork. WE HAVE LATELY MOVED into Our New Quart, r, whirl, we believe will , , mpii favorably with any in Interior Oregon, All e.Mo.ner, mil oiiil iti.u. v.. I . i . " u" """"I nnil Stuck. D. P. A A UIG REDUCTION ON ALL LINES AT M US. SLA YTON'S 'H' H 'I H' i III I' H' H' a iin i I Elkins PRINEVILLE'S Our 1902 stock of Oliver Gang, Sulky and Walking Plows is far the most complote we have ever carried. These plows have no equal as a breaking plow and williilow ordinary sae brush without grubbing." The new Oliver Sulky's have years in the shape of a hand lever giving tho operator full control to regulate the width of cut on turns and curves. The Oliver is one made to do the work and will do the work they arc made for, Call and inspect them. Our stock of repairs is exceptionally complete, not onlv trm iron posts but wood as well, We can save you time and to ciinic ttiiii insiHCt our Store DA MS ON ini In). M"4 & King BUSY STORE. a great improvement over last - V m. 4f Zatjsr'" " Vi 4l I J'i money and patience.