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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 22, 1903.
NO. G
G
OREGON'S NEW CHIEF.
Chamberlain Now Wears
The Toga.
Oath Administered,
Wat Sworn In At Bttlom Lost
Wednesday By Chief Ju
tloe Moore.
The morning of tlio most event
lul duy l the Oregon Legislature
tho inauguration of Hon, Geo. K.
Chamberlain as Chief Executive of
the state, dawned bright, crisp and
fair over the Capital City W educe-
dav'andher many natural will
architectural beauties woro dis
played U) llio fullest extent. Long
Muni the bum made its apicar
Bix-e above llio horizon many pco
pie were astir upon the streets,
and tliu feature of the duy'it pro
cocdings ( tlio Legislature wus tliu
general topic fur ili Ht tisH it .
Governor Goer mid Governor
elect Chamberlain were both
, abroad early, lic one preparing to
relinquish the high office which he
lutd administered faithfully and
well for four years past, the other
preparing to take up the ruin of
government where hit predecessor
was to lay them down. Governor
oloct Chamberlain arrived at the
capital at alxiut ,10 o'clock and
went to .Governor Goer's oflice,
where the executive and the exor
cutivc-to-lie, the repuldican gov
ernor and the democratic governor
elect, chatted together and to a
few friends while they waited the
summon of the joint assembly.
Promptly at tho houf of 11 the
approach of the members of the
sonato wan announced. Upon
their arrival President lirownell
wan invited to take llio choir,
which ho did, Speaker Harris tak
ing a seat upon hi left. Presi
dent lirownell read the provision
of the constitution, which provide
the manner of tho canvoss of the
vote for governor and the inaugur
ation, and in accordance with
(hone provisions appointed a com
mittee tocunviiHit tho vote, com
posed of Speaker Harris, Wheal
don and Galloway from the house,
and Hweek and Carter from the"
senate.
At 11:45 .President lirownell an
nounced that it would he iniios
sible to completo the count before
the noon hour, and the inaugural
ceremony would be postponed un
til 2 p. m.
Doth bouses convened separately
at 2 p. m. and at 2:15 the joint
. ucssion rooened, President Hrow
noll as before occupying the chair
and Speaker Harris a place at his
left. The justices of tho supremo
court occupied places on the shak
er's rostrum The committee
which had been appointed to can
vass the vote for governor report
ed that it bad completed its work
and that the vote had liecn found
correct. President lirownell then
appointed a committee to notify
tho governor and the governor
elect that tho legislature was ready
to proceed with the inauguration.
The committee retired nnd with
in a few minutes returned, and
escorting Governor Geer and Governor-elect
Chamberlain, who
walked arm in arm down the
broad center aisle, tO( the ac
companiment of a storm of ap
plause from the assemblage. Ar
riving at the speaker's rostrum,
tlw governor and governor-elect
were seated, and President Brow
nell announced that Governor
Geer would deliver his final mess
age. The outgoing governor then
advanced and read bis message.
The reading concluded, Chief F.
A. Moore, of the Oregon supreme
court, administered the oath of of
flee to the new governor. The si
lenco throughout the room as the
ceremony was carried out was In
tense, The chief justice spoke In
clear, distinct voice, and Mr.
Chamberlain made his replies in a
voice equally firm and distinct.
Tho ceremony concluded, Gover-
nor Chamberlain read his initial
message which was quite lengthy,
and, although he was given the
undivided attention of the vast as
semblage during its delivery, be
ing frequently interrupted by gen
erous and spontaneous applause,
ho abbreviated .the delivery by a
brief extemporaneous explanation
of the more lengthy clauses. It
required just one hour and ten
minutes from tho time of Mr.
Chamberlain's introduction until
he had pronounced the final words
of his message and took his seat
mi'l If luff Melanin.
Surveyor-General Meldrum, to
all appearciicos, is rather amused
at the tenor of tho dispatches from
Washington regarding the mis
management of his ofiico and the
foreshadowing of bis dismissal.
He mys ho thinks Special Agent
Green has lieen stirring up chargi-s
against him, though what these
charges may ho General Meldrum
has no idea, -"There have been no
siiecitlc charge made yet," he
said, "and there will be time
enough to meet them when they
appear. This special agent is paid
to stir things up. He has been in
and out of this office for the past
four months, and wants to earn
his salary. If 1 were paid $(! a
day and my expenses I'd prefer
charges against every officer in the
country."
"Do you expect anyone here
within a few days to relieve you?"
"I do not know what to expect,
further than what I, see in the
newspaper. If this man comes
from Washington to relieve me,
lie'll find the building here all
right. There is no danger of my
walking off with that. The gentle
man will no doubt ho glad of the
agreeable change from the bliz
zards of the Atlantic Coast to the
green fields and pleasant weather
of Portland. It is a good time of
year to make such a trip."
"What do you think of tho talk
about dismissing Chief Clerk Wag
goner, who resigned a few weeks
ago?"
"I don't see what chames thev
can bring against Waggoner. He
was the best chief clerk the office
ever had, but there were move
ments on foot to forc him out of
the position, so he resigned. The
whole matter is stirred up Dy
Secial Agent Green, who is in the
employ of Hitchcock."
The General then turned to one
of liis clorks and liegan giving di
rections in regard to the tiling ol
some applications for mineral sur
veys in hastem Oregon.
tiratnful Acknowledgment.
To the many kind friends who
aided us in tho Experience Social
on Friday evening, we desire to
say "thank you," and desire earn
estly for vou Heaven's richest
blessing, which is not to he esti
mated by silver and gold.
Total receipts $100.50.
Mas. Elu Clahk.
Prince Cupid the new delegato-
alect to Congress from Hawaii, is
in Washington. He will he the
first Prince to have a seat in our
national legislature, but not the
first Cupid evjur seen there. It is
thought that ho will have a bill
introduced to change his name.
Prince Cupid is t native of Ha
waii, of mixed blood, his mother
being a native princess, while his
father was rctind English sea
captain and adventurer, who set
tled in Hawaii. '
STOCKMAN COUNTY.
A Clipping From The
Dalles Chronicle.;
Our Opinion About It
Strenoua Effort Are Being Made
Br Representative BurgeM
Of Waaoo.
Salem, Jan. 10. Representative
Hurg(s, of Wasco, is fathering a
bill to create the new county of
Stockman from the south-eastern
corner of Wasco and a section of
territory from the northern part
of Crook. The measure has been
referred to the house delegations
from the Twenty-first and Twenty-
eighth districts, comprising six
representatives. All of them, it is
said, are favorably disposed toward
the enterprise. Wasco county is
reported to contemplate secession
with indifference and even with
approval, but objections comes
from Crook on the ground that it
is thus to lie deprived of a valuable
portion of its taxable -property and
much of its population, and that it
can ill afford the loss.
The new county would lie be
tween John Day and Deschutes
river and Sherman, Crook . and
Wheeler counties. Its dimensions
would be about thirty to forty
miles, or a little over a total of
1200 or more square miles. Its
area would be about forty-one
township. Of this area nineteen
townships would come from Warco
and about twenty-two from Crook.
The part in Crook has an assessed
valuation of $3I5,000 and that in
Wasco about $335,000, a total -pfJ
$!0),000. In the proposed county
are about 200,000 sheep, 8000 cat
tle and 4000 horses. The popu
lation is approximately 1500, most
of whom are represented as desiring
to have the county organized.
Representative Burgess says that
the petition for tho county will
havo 400 signers voters and tax
payers. They have been trying to
get county organization for ten
years.
The proposed temporary county
seat is Antelope. This town is in
the center of the district concerned.
The question of the jiermanent seat
of tho government however, will be
submitted to the voters at the next
general election, and Antelope,
Shaniko, Ashwood and Cross Keys,
will contest for the honor.
The principal argument for sep
aration from Wasco by the advo
cates of the new county is in their
remoteness from the county seat.
The DeschuteB river forms a natu
ral barrier and a proper boundary.
To reach The Dalles people have
to go to Sbaniko, take the railroad,
pass through the ent're length of
Sherman county, transfer to the
O. R. & N. at Uiggs, and go down
the river to their destination a
distance of 111 miles from the
southern boundary of tho present
county. The greatest distance any
taxpayer would have to travel to
reach Antelope, the county seat,
from the remotest confines of the
proposed county, would be 22
miles. The mileage alone of a wit
ness in a lawsuit going from Shani
ko to The Dalles is $13, making a
burden on litigants in Wasco coun
ty. The city council of Antelope
has taken an active interest in the
project, and has offered to furnish
court room and free accomodations
to all ollicers until tho county seat
is permanently established.
The opposition from Crook couit
ty is based on the ground that it
is proposed to take away f 3l5.),000
of its $1,000,000 taxable property
and a considerable portion of Us
already sparse population.
The above was taken from The
Dalles Chronicle of January 17th
and was evidently written by Mr.
Hurgess himself. As printed it
makes a very plausible showing for
county division, but we trust that
the legislators who have the mat
ter in hand, will consider all
sides of the question before mak
itig any recommendations. The
advantages to be Jerived by the
people of the proposed county of
Stockman, are microscopic in com
parison to the disadvantages, which
would naturally follow upon the
creation of such a county. The
scheme has been fostered by a
bunch of ''grafters," with one sole
object in view, and is no new pro
ject. We do not believe the time
riie yet, if ever, by several years,
for such a division and trust that
the honorable legislature will see
fit to refuse it. '
I'pper Hre Gran
School is over half out and over
half the pupils have been neither
tardy nor absent.
Mr. Rasmussen and Mr. Evans
intend to start for Shaniko the
first of next week.
There is to be a dance at Mr.
Ed. Jones' tonight. We hope
they will have a good time.
Chester Evans will kill all tin
rabbits on the flat if he is given
time enough.
lie has been very industrious of
late and as a result of his indus
try he has a 22 cal. rifle.
We believe that gun wad story
from Haystack as they send a lit
tle of their surplus fog over here
once in a while.
Dave Grimes thinks the next
time he. shoots rabbits he'll take
two or three extra arms along in
stead of one.
Mr. Dinwiddie's mail sack came
back Wednesday after a two week's
absence. There was every indica
tion that it had been on a spree,
as it was found in the middle of
the road and contained only half
the regular mail. Mr. Dinwiddie
says its the third or fourth time
his mail sack has gone on a spree
and twice it never came back.
Other parties have lost in some
way a letter containing a money
order. Wonder who is to blame.
Rkporter.
January 16.
A Paeaeaaena mt the Deecaates.
While tbe Prineville Board of
Trade was in session discussing ir
rigation matters matters, and na
tural phenomena peculiar to the
Deschutes valley, the venerable
patriarch told of a peculiar rain
fall. His wife wasailingand while he
was waiting upon her, he noticed a
peculiar black funnel shaped cloud
and presently a bombardment of
the roof. The concussions were
muffled, still the weight seemed
so great, he ventured to open the
door, and lo it was raining frogs
in torrents. The patriarch ceased
amid a hush more eloquent than
applause. Then the judge (who
never was a judge) verified the
story by relating a similar fact
which happened while be and his
wife were on a fishing excursion.
Immediately after pitching tent
a funnel shaped black cloud ap
peared that was just like the pat
riarch's, which was followed by a
similar downpour yf frogs.
The judge told how disagreeable
it was during the night when the
nasty slimy things worked their
way around and under the covers
and nestled against their bare feet
and legs, but be had bis revenge
in the morning when he used the
frogs for bait, and be eaugbt
enough large trout to last the fam
ily a vear. The critic inquired
the species of frog, the judge did
not know, but the patriarch un
hesitatingly said green heads,
black heads, yellow heads, and oil
kinds of frogs.
NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There
Some Stolen, Others Not
Oullings From Our Exchanges
News Note of the Week
Timely Topics.
Yankee honesty has again pre
vailed against the wiles of Euro
pean diplomacy. Our arbitration
projiosal is virtually accepted by
alf tho principals, and the Vene
zuelan difficulty will no doubt be
settled by The Hague tribunal.
According to a news dispatch
the Pope has ordeied all persons
living in the Philippines, who en
deavor to create a National church
in the islands, thereby cutting
loose from the mother church, to
be excommunicated. .
The Prussian government now
owns all the railroads of import
ance within its limits except two.
It has just arranged to buy six
that are now in private hands,
with a total length of 550 miles.
It will pay the market price.
Certain Europeans hailed with
delight what they were pleased to
term Uncle Sam's opportunity to
either guarantee Venezuelan good
behavior or clip the wings of the
Monroe doctrine. What they real
ly do see is the United States gov
ernment successfully engineering
fair play.
The first county school of agri
culture and domestic enconomy to
be established in the U. S. is in
Dunn Co., Wis. A lively interest
is taken in the institution bv tbe
people of the county generally. A
fine course of study is presented to
lioys who will return to the farm,
and to girls who may be chosen as
farmers' wives.
Governor Geer granted a full
pardon to W. R. Smith, of Silver
ton, serving a two year sentence
for assault with a deadly weapon
on Charles Hinkle last February.
Pardons were also granted to Mrs.
Etta Horton, serving a one-year
sentence for adultry, from Harney
county, and J. F. Preston, serving
five years foi assault and robbery
from Jackson countv.
On Jan. 1, a second installment
of the Chinese indemnity was due
and was as before paid on a silver
basis, the European powers j
claim that it should be paid on a
gold basis, and the price of silver
has fallen so low that it almost
doubles . the size of the amount
China must pay. The probabili
ties are that this matter will have
to be arbitrated before it is settled.
Marconi has at last made a
practical trial of wireless tele
graphy and has been able to send
messages from Newfoundland to
the signal tower on Cornwall hill,
England. This is the first time
that regular messages have been j
so transmitted. The most hereto-1
fore done was to get certain sig-j
nals from shore to shore. Mess-:
ages have been received from
steamships on the ocean, however.!
President Roosevelt has done a !
thing that Jew Presidents would
care to undertake and that is the
suggesting to a state that a promi
nent candidate for the United
States Senate would be distasteful!
to him. This, he is said to have
been in the matter of Smoot, of
Utah, who is a prominent Mor
mon and for that reason his elec
tion is said would he resented by a
number of semtors. Tbe Senate
would prefer to have the matter
settled in Uth than have it
thrown into the Senate For it he
in elected some of the Senators will
probable raise objection on the
floor of the Senate when he seeks
to qualify.
6raa4ma Peek's Dllemema Solved.
We are asked what is the differ
ence between a dance and other
gatherings where whiskey is allow
ed and drunkness is rife.
Well now Grandma, we must
aonfess that it is six to one and a
half dozen to the other. But to
distinguish between those who at
tend, knowing that such things are
to be expected and allowed, and
those who go to a gathering with
no such intention is easy. How
ever since Grandma Bcemcd able to
discern the minister's meaning
when he did not name the "certain
thing" of which he spoke, she is
wise above her years and should
be able to discern these knotty
questions herself and not "hop
onto" the preacher and other peo
ple so generally without an intro
duction or further acquaintance.
The preacher was at the school
house some time after his remarks,
and remained in the neighborhood
over night, so that Grandma Peck
did not need to come clear down to
Prineville and get her self into
print to be heard or seen on the
subject! Now we were informed
by the preacher before he left Hay.
stack, that he had reference more
to the drunkness than any thing
else, in fact it was tbe Christmas
festivities in general which he re
ferred to, for certain of the young
people had confessed that they
could not accept the Christ he
preached, and do the things which
they intended to do during that
season. Whether it was dancing
drinking or other profane customs,
it was confessedly that which kept
them from confessing Christ, as he
said, and there' was no occassion to
take exceptions to his remarks,
since tbey were said in tbe utmost
kindness and without any reproach
or spirst of scolding. His whole
attitude toward such things was
beyond reproach, as all testify,
during his meetings, and he de
serves better attention from old
and young at the meetings held in
the Haystack schoolhouse, than he
is accorded. Let us turn out and
hear what he has to say for his
self on Sunday night, and let us
see to it that our children behave
themselves in a manner that is be
coming to the worship of God.
A Neighbor.
Cemmnnleatlaa Tram Olreciar.
Mr. Editor:
There has been a good deal said
about putting a baptistry in the
Union church. Any one assum
ing to do so will please show up
their rights through the local
paper; until they show good
authority the directors forbid any
one doing so.
Heretofore the directors have
left it to the preachers of the sever
al denominations, Sunday schools
and others to arrange for
the use of the house . as it best
suited their purpose, but the time
may come, if it has not already,
when the directors may feel them
selves called upon to exercise the
duties of their respective offices of
trust.
All are entitled to share the
time equal for religious service;
any one refusing to share the time
equal or assuming undue authority
will be liable to penalty of having
the doors closed against them.
The Ladie's Aid Society which
re-arranged and carpeted the pul
pit and the- place the choir occu
pies shows benevolence, good taste
and is commendable.
Heretofore we have all got along
well in the use of the house. I hope
we will so continue and that we
will have due respect for each
other, that we will build up to
gether that we may be better quali
fied for purposes of usefulness in
the society in which we live and
look forward with bright anticipa
tions of days to come.
I expect in the near future to
arrange for a meeting to elect of
ficers and tend such other busi
ness as may come before the meet
ing. Mr. Allen a director is ab
sent at present, but I feel confident
he will concur in what I may do
in the matter. There are some
papers belonging to the company
they were in the hands of the sec
retary Mr. Belknap, ho is absent.
If any one can tell us where to
find them we will take it as a fav
or. A. Zhl, Director.
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