Crook County Journal.. Pibumikii Kvkbt Tm'wimt bi THE JOURNAL I'lUiUSllS.NU CO, W. C. BLACK Kpitor 8. M. BAILEY Man-aoku County Official I'AI'Kll. l'he .lol'HNAt. Ill filtered t th wtoHic the Priimille, Jr., fur tnuwniwKton tlmnmhthe U. 15. ft acc"iiu class matwr. s SfftSCKimON RATES IX AKTANCf Oki Tun. W- u Months jj? THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1903, The newspapers in the proposed Stockman county district are full of post mortems on the dead issue of county division. The approval by the President of the plans of the Pilot Butte De velopment against the protest of many of Crook County's wealthiest and most influential citizens, leaves Crook 'County with only one tiling to do as we view it. We do not wish to place our judgment against those who have fur greater knowledge of the conditions than have we, but it does look that since Mr. Drake and his Com pany have the government's ap proval for their project on the Deschutes a feasible one, they should be given the local co-operation necessary to rapid progress and good feeling. It's time now to bury grudges, and turn a hand toward developing our section. If Mr. Drake and his company are sincere in their plans of develop ment.-and we believe they are, the sooner they perfect these plans, the sooner will we see settlers come flocking to our section, and the sooner will we see the develop ment of our great resources in part at least. Fulton's chances for landing the senatorship are getting smaller every day. It is now extremely probable that the election will be deferred till the last minute of the last day, when some newly named man will go through with a rush. Who it will be is beyond the power cf the political prophet to state, but the logical candidate is R. A. Booth. The state furnishes no better material. Upon such a man the factions now so bitter, could easily agree and should he accept, Oregon's senatorial toga would be worn by a native son, a nian who would do honor to the place, and a man with a record that is a striking contrast with that of Jonathan Bourne, who seeks the honor. Bourne's past record has been any thing but enwabie, and his one redeeming feature is money, and a willing ness to spenu it in securing men, to serve under him as lieu tenants. R. A. Booth's record has been a clean one devoted to an honorable business in the conduct of which he has made many friends and admirers who are scat tered over the entire coast. and oaths, or before such an officer located in the city or town where the final proof notice is published. Very respectfully, (Signed) W. A. Richards, Comiuissioifer. Department of the Interior, Gen eral Land Ollico, Washington D. C, February 5, 1903. Register and Receiver, Lake- view, Oregon. Sir: This office is in receipt of a com uiunication from 11. W. Re United States Commissioner, Rend, Oregon, in which ho sug gests that the provisions of section 2294 as amended by the ct i March 11, 1902, are being ignore by persons offering proof at your office, in that their proofs aro not taken before him, notwithstanding the fact that he has an office nearer their lands than any other officer authorized to take such proofs. Your attention is called to the fact that this section requires that in all cases where proof is taken outside the county in which the land is situated, it shall be taken either before "the nearest or most accessible officer qualified to take such proofs" or before some officer located in the town in which notice of final proof is published. You will please give this matter your attention in the future, and closely observe the requirements of this act, in designating officers be fore whom proofs shall be taken Very respectfully, (Signed) W, A. Richards, Commissioner. The Word Church And lla Origin. Mr. Child, says: "the word church and the present day organizations under that name have no scriptur- il authority, either in the Old or New Testament." In proof of this he goes back to the original Greek word, "Kuria kon" from which our word churcli is derived, and to the word Ek- klesia, translated church in the New Testament 116 times, and in the Old- Testament, "congregation or assembley" quite a number of times and charges their interchangeable use to "the intervention of the clergy during the dark ages who Mr. thud, as-serts "ar to blame for much that is unscrin tural and unwarranted." And further support of his po- The Land Commissioner Law. Department of the Interior, Gen eral Land Office, Washington, D. C. February 5, 1903. Mr. H. W. Reed, U. S. Commis sioner, Bend;, Oregon. Sir: I herewith enclose a copy of a letter this day addressed to the register and receiver of the Lake view land office, relative to the complaint made by your letters of January 26 and 27. Replying further to those letters I desire to call your attention to the fact that when proofs are taken in the county in width the land is situated, they may be taken before any officer authorized to adminis ter oaths, regardless of the prox imity of his office or place of busi ness to the land involved; but when not taken in the county in which the land 'is situated, they should be taken either before the nearest or most accessible officer qualified to take affidavits, proofs, smon , mi. uniius cites the iron rules formulated by King Jam 8 for the seventy translators under which the Bible, as we have it, was translated. In this, Mr. Child is certainly right. ' To get the meaning of an En lish word derived from an Oiiental one, we must get to the original meaning of the word as used by the Orientals, whether Sanskrit, Hebrew, Celtic or Greek. And there is just one way to get the correct meaning of an orienta word, and that is to go back to its oriental use. This Mr Child, has done and he is right in doing so. L My purpose is to call attention to another English word found in our Bible and subject it to Mr. Child's test, and see if he could find an other instance of "intervention of the cle-igy of the dark ages," and something that is "unscriplural and unwarranted." I refer to the word "hell" found so often in the New Testament, and so often made a pulpit theme. In theology hell is a place "prepared for the devil and his angels," an eternal prison house kept by the vigilance of God in which fallen angels and lost souls of men and women are to be imprisoned and tortured forever. Now we have the word Hell in English from the word Hadese in Greek, and this from the won! Sheol in Hebrew. To get at the correct meaning of the word Hell in our English Bible, we must go back to Sheol and fix. its meaning by its use among the Hebrew-'. This Mr. Webster doe) and hi gives us the Oriental meaning of the ward Sheol, and carries thio ls therefore 'unscripturitl and un warranted." Mr, Webster's defin ition of the word Sheol Is, a hollow subterraneous place, a cave. This was the Oriental mennining of the word as derived from its original use. Abraham bought the Held of Mackpelah to get "Sheol" or the cave that was In the field to buriv hit wife in, and since that time th Jews have hurried their dead i caves natural or artificial. Tl word Shoel never had any othe meaning in the Hebrew language or among the Hebrew people, am the word, "Hell" in English has the same meaning neither more nor less. The word "Sheol" was often used by Christ figuratively for destruction. Such destruction as the body undergoes in the ground, Christ never used the word "Sheol" or "Hades," in other sense, We find the word "Sheol" used bv the prophets in the panic sense 1U present theological meaning was a result of "the intervention of the clergy" after Constantino be came the head and patron of the church in the fourth century Creeds were made churches and enforced by the imperial edicts, ol a despotic emperor. It was at this time that "the church" started on its downward course into the dark ages and curried the world with it Itj-einains for the present and the future to reform the christain belief of the world and eliminat -Lthe "unseriptural and unwarrant ed" things which resulted from 'the intervention of the clergy in the dark ages." Mr. Child is lead ing out on the right road. Wt must get back to the meaning of words at the time they wero used by Christ and the four Evangelists and thus know the sense in whicl: they were spoken or written When we do this we will discard the pagonistic belief in the exist ence of demons or our modernj"dev il and his angels," and tho later theological theory of a "hell" and the everlas'ing punishment of the soul after death, and know the truth that in the domain of the spiritual the commensurate witl infinite space filled by the presence and glory of an infinite God there is not room enough for an tiiihap py being to dwell. Roswkll. Valentine Hall. The Masquerade ball given last Friday evening by Sharp's orchcr- tra was a marked success,' 118 dance tickets having been sold About 35 couples were masked among which were some creditable costumes. Miss Lulu Anderson representing the evening star, car ried off the prize for the best us tained-haracter. The prize ' for best waltzers were awarded to Ray Keeney and Mrs. Edith Fergu son; for the best cake walkers to Harry Smith and Gertie Sharp; and for the prettiest costumes to George Wright who represented a fireman and Miss Ethel Philliber who represented cards. The evening passed off enjoy- ably and was marked by good music. The dance supper was served by Frank Bonney, who pre pared a very creditable spread for the occasion. tho Artisan ladies have a reputa tion, was served. When all had been served the tables wore cleared away and the young folks then had their inning during the rest of tho evening which was spent In games and mtwuv Culver lloms. Tun ArtUane Eutorlain. Last Wednesday evening, Princ- ville assembly, United ,Artisiins entertained at Belknap's hall. A good sized crowd of Artisans and their friends were present, and all enjoyed the occasion. An orches tra comprised of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. King, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Elkins, Miss Ethel King and Messrs. C. I. Winnek and A. H. Kennedy rendered two number's, which were both encored. The quartette composed of Fay and Gertie Hodges and Roy and Mag gie Foster sang "Kentucky Babe" and wero also encored. The dia logue by Verona McGowcn, Estella Young and Leola Estes was good, while Wm. Draper and Mrs. Dr. Cline out did all previous occasions meaning into his definition of the i in a side spliting farce to which word ILuJeg and the word Hell. I Mr Draper added a few extras. But he adds to these words the j The recitation by Mrs. Dr. Belk theological meaning, which mean - nap was of her usual good order by reason of the "intervention of ( and was enjoyed by all. After the the clergy in the dark ages," an 1 : program a good supper, for which We have had our coldest weather during tho past week, and feed is getting very scarce. MisBes Alice Rogers and Nell tmnison and Messrs, Fred McDow ell, Arthur Baker and Alf Cook visited your city on the 13th and took in the Masque ba I The Haystack Sunday School is progressing nicely under the ef ficient management of Miss Hom ey. The Club gavo a dance at Coll ver's hall on tho 13th inst. Lula Brown attended a wedding in your city last week. There is a great deal of sickness throughout the neighborhood at preBsnt. The rabbits ate taking a rest )he last few days. An entertainment will be given at the Haystack school house on Friday night, the 27. A good pro gram is being prepared by local talent, Admission free. After the program is rendered hero will be a basket social and ice cream. Proceeds logo to the Rabbit Asso ciation to defray the excuses of the Association. Come every body and bring your best girl and a well filled basket. If you can't get your girl bring some" other fellow's girl. X. Noiuherii Opposition. Senators Foster of Louisiana and Taliaferro of Florida have discover ed that the Cuban reciprocity treaty is aimed directly at the sugar and tobacco interests of the South, therefore they are trying to organize tho Democrats in the Senate to defeat it ratification. Opposition to the treaty from the solid South on the ground that it makes a slight reduction in the Protective Tariff will no doubt come as a surprise to the country. One of, the cardinal principles of the Democracy always has been Free-Trado, but these Senators seem to be enacting the role of tho most ardent high Protectionists This is inconsistent but, then, consistency never was the Democ racy's strong hold. Grand Rapids "Herald." Horses Wed ted. The old rcliuWc Ann, the Seattle Atictinn and Sulci Htuliles, Incorporated, which holtlfl niecinl sales every day- und regular weekly auction every Friday, receive hursee. 1 to 100 on cmui;n!uent and advance all -diippirfy charges and Hell on t'ommlxtiun, or will buy your horse outright. If you have any numljer of horses you wiith to disuse of at the Seattle Market price, no mutter how far you are from the city write us full de scriptions and we will let you know what tl;. prices are and how they are selling- All correspondence promptly answered. X. T. Joli.htk, Mr. M. J. Walkkk, Auct. 12 Western Ave,,'rlcattle, Washington. Real Estate for Sale KOIt SAI.K-A two story dwelling witl. barn and outhouses in the city of I'rineville. This property Is well situated and la covered by irrigation. It oovera one-fourth of a block and is one of the best residence locations in the town. Price reasonable JOl'HNAI, HKAL KSTATE AOKXCV. Partnership Dleaolullon Notice is hereby given that the firm and partnership of Willey and Dee, consisting of Charles M. Willey and Job if IV. Dee, doing a general saw mill business on Wil low Creek, Crook county, Oregon, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent, Charles M. Willey retiring from the firm. All ac counts due said firm will be col lected and receipted by JohnW. Dee, and all accounts owing by said firm will be paid by John W. Dec. John W. Dee. Charles M. Willey. fated December 10th, 1902. READ THE JOURNAL H1IL -JDILU 111 111 The... I 4 ii i 1(111 Honor 11831 IN SHAPE ' Have you Hot 5c Visit the HUH IIIVK anil see the hun dreds of IIHC f u 1 n Hides being sold lit fio und 10c each, Also Ladies' Knit Drawers 2.rc ARE YOU to get your full share, of tho prosperity that Is with us now? It may not stay always. If 11)02 was unsatisfac tory for you, you are due to lind WHY, Better be quick about it, for tho person who couldn't make Money in it good year liko that must bo headed tho wrong way. COME TO THE BEE HIVE and you will havo a prosicrourt year. My first word in this earliest ad of should bo and is an expression of sincere thanks to my customers for the very generous business given me during the year just closed. Respectfully, i. Michel ADAMSON & WINNEK CO. Incorporated DWff, Drugs, Stationery autl House Furnishing Goods I OLD COURT HOUSE STABLE W. H. SMITH, Proprietor Livery, Feed and Sale Stable SiH'cial attention paid to transporting passengers to und from Slmniko, and taking jutrtic to the pine woods or elsewhere. JfWicrms reasonable. Prlnevllle, Oregon N. A. Tye and Pfnffipfc Are Selling their Dry U1UU1? Goods at a 25 per cent 'Ip Discount They have a IJig (Consignment of New Goods coming and must make room for them. (Call around and take ad vantage of this Sacrifice Sale. x i RED FRONT BAZAAR - A. TYE & BROS., Props. Reliable Merchant Prineville Meat Rflarket P. H, DOAK, .HOP, New Shop and is TJo-to-dato and Clean Grinding your teeth on tough beefsteak is certainly annoying but have you tried ours? Our IMeats are Selected by careful judgeH and wo tiso every endeavor to fur nish none hut what is fresh, tender and nutritious. NEXT DOOR TO BONNISY'S The Superior Washing Rflachine The attention of the public is called to the f;ict that the fTI'EU- IOH WASHING MACHINE U, like its na , superior in all all res- K i ts to any other on the market. For practical proof nf which we will come to your house and superintend your washing FREE OF CHARGE The washer can lie found already in many homes in Crook county ind is Hiving entire satisfaction. We have aeents in tl..- vnrinm ut tlcmcnts in this county who will show the merits of the v,;:fher o parties interested may send orders to me at Hay Ci ck, Orej; H. G. Kibbee, General Ag't for Crook Co