rook ounty on re o vol. vir. PEINEVILLE, CliOOK'COUNTY, OKEGON, FEBRUABY 19, 1903. NO. 10 C C TO TURN ON WATER Deschutes Irrigation Up To The Promoters. Contract Is Approved. Crook Oouuty'i Protest la Ittuoreil And The ReUrlim OonureBB ihan Win a Point. .Washington, Fob'. 14. President Roosevelt this afternoon advised Representative Moody tlmt ho to day !ipirov(!il tlio map unil con tract with tlio Stale of Oregon per manently segregating S-1,707 acres of limJ in the Deschutes Valley, which it is proposed shall bo re claimed under Hid Carey not hy the Pilot liutto Development Com puny, of which A. M. Drake in president. This action end tho long con troversy, iiiul no fur in the General Government is concerned, gives thin compiiiiy tl) right to proeede with tliu Immediate coiiHtriletion of its Irrigation system, according to the approved plans. Govern merit oflieinli hero regard thin as the most important nnil most prominiiig Carey net prpiitioii in the stale, and see no reason why tho project should not bo curried through ill the ten ycurH allowed by law to siiacewful completion, Under the terms of tlio contract with the Hliilo, tho Pilot ISiltto Compiiny will be allowed to charge itn annual water rental on ro clainied lands of II per acre, the lein of thu company amounting to ts-18,557. This case is the first one in Ore gon umlor tho Carey net to he ap proved hy tho President. It lias been hung up in the Lund Ollice Kintw early last summer. Repre sentative Moody, throughout the nession, has been urging immediate action on all Carey act cases in Oregon, hut it was not until Com missioner Richards took hold that be was able to get tho case "jarred loose." When bo came- to investigate, the Commissioner found tho ad vorso report of Sprciul Agent Greene, holding the lands covered by the Pilot liutto contract to he timbered land because of a sparse growth of juniper trees, lie there fore recommended that the selec tion be canceled. President Drake, when in Washington lust full, contemplating such a report, filed with the department overwhelming evidence to show that the lands were desert and that tho presence of juniper did not warrant their classification as timber lands. Among tho nlliduvits wore stato ments from Chief Forester Pinchot and Hydrographcr Newell, who bud personally been over the lands and these showings were backed up by Representative Moody, who lind traversed the disputed area with these Government officials. Being a practical Western man, thoroughly acquainted with the arid regions. Commissioner Rich ards at once recognized the fallucy of the special agent's conclusions and disregarded bis recommenda tion, holding tho lands to be properly subject to irrigation un der the Carey act. During bis visit to Washington lust fall Representative-elect Wil- liameoi, represented to the depart ment that the Pilot Hutte selection was irregularly made for tho pur poso of "cornering" or controlling a large area of Government binds not proposed to he irrigated, but 'with a view to speculation. This charge, as well as nil others made against thoj'ilot Butte Company -was waived aside, for on close ex .animation they proved to be un warranted. There hits been every evidence, of good faith on tho part of this company, and the depart ment is fully convinced that it will live up to tho terms of its contract with tho state. Thero Is, furthermore, a general belief that this Deschutes project offers better opportunities for success than most works under the Curuy act in other states where tho law has proven a success, ' t The fact that the Pilot Butte Company is to bo permitted to re claim the Deschutes Valley means that no Government project will ho undertaken in that locality. Whatever sites arc later recom mended hy the- Oregon committee must he in other localities. Hy drographcr Newell said to Jay ho hud heard nothing from the Ore gon irrigation committee, and in view of the latenefs of the date and the great pressure for confed eration of projects already ex amined in other states, intimated that it was at least very doubtful if one of the original general irri gation works could be undertaken in Oregon. Oregonian, Nt-nn-ti ror I'liiierKroitnd Waierw. A new division, to he known its the division of hydrology, has recently been organized in the hy- Inigraphic branch of the United Stales Geological Survey. The work of this division will include the gathering and filing of well records of all kinds, the study of artesian and other problems relat ing to underground waters, and tho invtwligulioii of tlio titruti- graphy 'of the water-bearing and ussociuted rocks. In addition to the gathering of statistics relating to tho flow, cost, etc., of the wells, it is hoped in the future to give especial attention to the geologic features which govern or which u ro related in any way to the sup ply of water. Tho division will be subdivided into two sections, the eastern anil the western, the first embracing tho Gulf and Mississippi River Slates and tho States to tho east, and tho second embracing the re maining ("reclamation") States and Territories, or those having public lands. The charge pf each section has been assigned to a geologist, the western section to Mr. N. H. Darton, and the eastern to Mr. M. L. Fuller. The ollice Mails arc in charge of Mr. Fuller. The sections will he still further subdivided so that each State or group of adjacent States shall con stitute a district in which tho work of collecting data and of investi gating tho problems relating to underground water will bo in charge of a geologist employed for the purpose. In the western section it is ex pected that tho study of tho geo logic structure will be followed by the sinking of wells by tho survey, the aim being to test such of the arid or somiarid regions as appear to present conditions favorable for artesian water, with a view to their ultimato development for agricultural purposos. Jilaeolutlon Nollee Notice is hereby given that the firm of Cornett & Elkins, doing a general blackamithing business in Prineville is this day dissolved by mutual consent, the business, stock and fixtures having beeh sold to J. H.'Wigle. All accounts "due the late firm will bo collected by Frank Elkins and all accounts owing by said firm will be paid by said Frank Elkins. All accounts now due the late firm have been placed in the hands of- M. R. El liott for immediate collection. G, M. Cornett Frank Elkins. Dated December 9, 1902. THE COUNTY NEWS. Our Correspondents Are Punctual. News Prom All Quarters. The Journal Han the Boat Oorrea- upondonts Of Any Paper In Interior Oregon. Howard Item We have had zero weather for the past week. Roads are in a very bad condition. A. C, Knighton - and Clyde Hon have been gathering horses. They say that horses are in a very poor condition, and that many will die unless they are soon fed. John Hogg came up to his ranch on Upjier Ochocp on last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. James Dyer will move up to tho upper Ochnco neighborhood this week. Phok. Bill Banks. ftrKnr Creek Mole. There wero only two days of school this week. Freddie Grimes was absent from school lust Monday. Mis Jennie and Belva Tomple- ton visited the Prineville school lust Wednesday afternoon. The sad news reached here last Thursday that Marion Powell of Moro, was dead. Mr. Powell was a former resident of this place and leaves many relatives and friends to mourn bis loss. Miss Ora Andrews spent Frid- day evening with R.'M. Temple ton and family. There is to be a Valentino party at the home of R. M. Templeton Saturday evening. Cell McCord returned home from Shaniko last Thursday. T. J. Powell and R. M. Powell started to Moro last Friday morn ing. A Pupil. HoBlutifl Heme. The thermometer registered twenty degrees below zero last night. . The snow is still staying with us to depth of about twelve inches. D. A. Findley and wife went to Prineville last Monday, to make final proof on their timber claims. Mr. Taylor of Upper Deschutes, says there is an abundance of deer of all kinds up where he lives. Frank Bogue is hauling hay from R. H. Caldwell's on Paulina creek. D. Wilhelm and wife made a flying trip to Bend, and back this week. Ora Poindexter returned from Lakeview Wednesday having had a very rough trip. John Atkinson came up Tuesday from the Big meadows, with a crowd in search of timber. R. II. Caldwell and wife paid William Bogue a visit the fore part of the week. Mr. King, the Bend timber lo cator, was doing business in Ros- land this week, i Geo. Townsend left here for the Bend yesterday morning. Range horses are beginning to look like haystacks here. Mac. Subscribe for Journal Crooked Mirer Happening;. The sore throat disease is going its rounds in this valley. Beautiful weather is being en joyed at present, The three cold nights bint week put the ther mometer down four below zero, it being the coldest weather we have had in this locality. Mr. Forest has sold the remain der of his cattle to Mr. Phillip'', of Bend but formerly of Shaniko. lie received 123 hi heifers and dry Uows and $28 for cows with calves. He will feed them here till the first of March. Mr. McCalister and family have moved to their home in this neigh borhood. I The "Red Ribbon Library Society," as it is now called in honor of the prize won at Crook Comity's first fair, has adjourned for the present. I Mr. Merrill's family, who have been sick for the past three weeks, is well again. TheTitlle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Willioit, who. was dan gerously ill last week, is slowly improving. ' 'diss Lottie Montgomery is absent from school, being a victim of the sore throat. IS. F. Wilhoit returned home Friday evening from the city and took up his duties iu the school room Monday morning. Mr. Merrill's freight team ar rived home from Shaniko Mondav. The school children are prepar ing a program for the last day of school. The Hush brothers were visitors in"CJs neighborhood Sunday. ..... Mr. Forest went to the county- seat last Tuesday. XAX. , Asbwood Gleanings. From the Prospector, A. V. Warren, of Hay creek was a visitor in Asbwood last Mondav. Thron Thronson left on today's stage for Antelope, enroute to The Dalles. Charles Hamilton came over from Prineville last night to make final proof on bis timber claim. Mr. and Mrs. Ad Black were down from Blizzard Ridge today, for purpose of making proof upon their timber claims. Miss Frankie Taylor has been quito ill for several days past, but we are glad to report her convales- ence at tliis time. J. W. and J. C. Robinson have their new shaft on the Gold King claim down about thirty feet with flattering prospects. Charlie Swanson has finished the cross-cut in the shaft on Dexter group, and is now sinking the shaft. At 115 feet he is getting some very fine looking rock. , Alex McLennan has moved his bund of sheep from Pine creek over to the John Day river. His hay ran short at the McCollum place, and for this reason he was compel led to move the sheep. Gus and Ike Hixson were in town several days ago, on their way to the Morning Star Camp, tho former with a load of passen gers and the latter having a load of household goods and supplies The dance at Stanton Black's home last Friday evening, is re ported to have been a very enjoy able affair bv those who attended from this place. One of the de cidedly pleasant features of the evening was the splendid supper prepared by Mrs. Black, to which ample justice was done by all present. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Items of Interest Gath ered Here and There Some Stolen, Others Not Oullings From Our Exchangee- Hews Notes of the Week Timely Topics. The first Cecil Rhodes scholar ship at Oxford haB been awarded to an American, Ileitler Lehman, a Yale graduate, son of a whole sale tobacco dealer at Pueblo. The coal strike has resu lfed in a wonderful development of the lig nite fields of North Dakota. The miners will receive 35 cents per ton and earn from $2.50 to $3.00 per day. The United States produces nine-tenths of the world's cotton, one-half its coal and copper and one-fourth its iron. These indus tries have been developed by the protective policy. The school will give an interest ing program in honor of Washing ton's birthday on Friday afternoon at tho Union church, the bell will l)e rung thirty minutes before beginning the program. Senator Frye says that the pass age of the Ship Subsidy bilwould mean that from $50,000,000 to $(50,000,000, which will be expend ed in wages by the new shipping combine, would go to American workingmen. , Grandpa Snyder today cele brates his 90th birthday. lie is well and spry lor a person" of that age. iiis wite is oa years oia ana is in reasonably good health. They have been married nearly 69 years. They probably have been married longer than any other couple in Linn county Lebanon Express. An Antelope woman cured her husband of staying out late at night by going to the door when he came home and whispering through the keyhole "Is that you Willie?" Her husband's name is John, and he stays home with one eye open and a revolver under his pillow. The following going the rounds was composed by a student in Hal yard College: "Dirty days hath September, April, June and Novem her. From January up to May the rain it raineth every day. All the rest have thirty-one without a blessed gleam of sun, and if any of em' had two and thirty they'd be just as wet and twice as diHy." The new cruiser "Baltimore" will be the first warship to be fit ted with steel furniture. Naval Con structor Capps and his assistant Constructor Nutting have found that all the essential furniture of a man-of-war can be made of steel The reason for the use of steel furniture is to be found in the fact that serious damage was done during the war with Spain by the furniture on the ships taking fire. i In the last twelve months AmericSn quarter-bloed wools ad vanced in price a little over 14 per cent, while the average advance abroad on similar wool was 46 per cent, the minimum foreign ad vance being 27 per cent and the maximum over 82 per cent. The world's supply of woo has decreas ed in consequence of the great fall ing off in the product of Australia, where a succession of years of ter rible drouth has destroyed the flocks and obliterated the wool business. Reports of great losses of stock come from Northern Utah and Southern Idaho, where they are experiencing one of the most severe winters ever known in that section. Some cattle men are re ported as having killed their stock and stripped the carcasses of the hides, which will be disposed of in the spring. This shows that tho conditions must be very bad, and makes a slock man glad that he lives in Crook county. The supply of school teachers haa been diminishing every year in the State of Oregon for several years, until at present it is im possible to supply all of the dis tricts. The reason is readily found in the fact that the wages usually paid a teacher in this state are not sufficient to cause him to make it a permanent busi ness. The same might be said of the school ma'ams; the wages are insufficient and the prospects of marriage are much more flattering during such prosperous time. A few years ago it was claimed that there were so many school ma'ams because they would not give up a $40 job for a $20 man; but now the conditions are different. The wages of the teachers bave not in creased perceptibly j and the school ma'am readily gives up a $40 job for a $50 or $75-man. The wages of school teachers have not in creased in proportion with the in crease in other lines of business. Last Saturday being a cold day W. F. Nelson built a fire under his large sheep t-hed for comfort for himself and his children that were with him. When he went home in the evening he put out the fire as he thought he had, but a smouj dering fire remained in the man ure."" WhetTlhs" herder came iu at night he found the fire burning and dug out the fire with a shovel and he thought he had it com pletely Extinguished. A spark still remained in the manure, which was fanned into a flame during the night by a heavy wind, and burned the shed over the sheep burning about 400 to death and about 200 were so badly burned that they were dying and had to be killed. Out of his flock of 1500 sheep his loss in sheep and damage to wool will be over $1500. Mitchell News. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is Poor John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is sup posed to be about the richest young man in America, and owes $400,000 and has only $30,000 worth of personal property, accord ing to the statement filed with the Department of Taxes and Assess ments. Mr. Rockefeller was as sessed at $500,0fK). From what could be learned at the tax office Mr. Rockefeller called there and stated that he had $400,000 in debts and that his personal proper ty above his debts was worth only $30,000, but he was willing to pay taxes on an asseosment of $50,000. The commissioners accepted Mr.' Rockefeller's figures. Notice is hereby given that I have sold the Crook County Journ al toS. M. Bailey and W. C. Black, and that they will collect all bills and pay all indebtedness pertaining to said paper and plant and will perfect all advertising contracts, save and except such accounts as were contracted by Fogle & Parker in the matter of advertising timber land final proofs prior to the first day of Oc tober 1902. Dated at Prineville, Oregon this 15th day of January, 1903. W. T. Fools. Approved by Bailey & Black.