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...... i) f e Crook County Joufna vol vir. PKINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OEEGON, JULY 2, 1903. NO. 3 -7 r New Spring Every Department in our Big Store is full to Overflowing with Brand New Spring Bagrains. The Ladies will find many New Things. They are too numerous, to mention but if you want anything go to the Big Store They'll have it. WURZfVEIlER ft THOMSON Princvlllc's Leading Merchants Hamilton Feed Stable AXI) Redby Feed Barn . . . IIOO'III A CO KS KIT, I'lmr'H. Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turn Outs Slock hoarded by day, week or moiilli. Rates reasonable. Good accommodations. Remember im when In Prinevillo, and wo guarantee thnt your patronage will lo appreciated mil deserved liv uh. C.J. STUBLING The Dalles, Oregon A FEW Concprninir GREEN 1. (iltKKN IUVKIt Is pure, 2. (iltKKN IlIVKIl U perfectly matured. 3. (iltKKN RIVER lino nn exquisite flavor. 4. (iltKKN It I V K II in I tic whiskey without headache 8. (iltKKN It IV Kit is the U. H. Nuviil Hospital Whiskey 0. 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' ' ' - , , r - f 1 ' A Trip to pe Deschutes A Washington Man '"A Of Our To Tiik Kiiitob: It may lie noma of your readers aro interested In an unknown liut very interesting section of our vcrv wonderful country. In company with Campbell Roiiinaon, we left Walla Walla on the evening of May 18th, for the Dalle?, Oregon, where we arrived at four a, m. lio ing too early for breakfast we con cluded to take in the city and spent a couple of hours in looking over tliis queer place. The Dalles, is built along the banks of the Columbia; seems at first sight to lie Dimply one Btroct ol fine business houses and you wonder where the people live. We wondered down this street looking at the splendid business bouses, apparently filled ; with large and elegant lineB f goods, then taking at random a side street we found homes, flower gardens and orchirds mixed up in curious disorder, terraced abovo each other and somo up more stairs than we eared to limb. After brcaklast we called upon our old menus tv. t. anu Mrs. Nixon. We found them nice ly domiciled over the depot In large apartments & f W. E. 'seems to be at home in his new position and well appreci ated by the business men of The Dalles. These of us who in the past have known him do not won der that he has so soon won their confidence and esteem, as a more courtious efficient gentleman neWr stamped a ticket or signed a freight receipt thon Mr. Nixon. His po sition at Tho Dalles seems to be more of an Asst. Supt. or traffic manager than simply an R. R. agent. The morning we were there he ruBtled two cars of fish for the eastern market besides large general freight and passenger busi ness, and this while showing his friends around most of the time. Mrs. Nixon gave us an elegant din ner with strawiierry snort cane 10 remind us of other days. . . . 7 On tho arrival of tho Portlaud flyer wo back tracked to Biggs where we took standing room in the little bohtailed car from Shani ko, terminal of the Columbia & Southern R. R. seventy miles dis tance. En route wo fell in with a party bound for the same destination as ourselves. The party consisted of John Fitch, Fred Hessley, H. H. Thomas and Frank Fox, all young men from North Dakota, In charge of O. W. Morrow, town site agent for the new towns to be built along the line of C. & S. R. R. We glad ly accepted their invitation to join their party and during their ac quaintance wo found them to lie all one desired in genial traveling companions. Mr. Morrow has- had large ex perience in promoting town sites in North Dakota and I understand ho was sent for to tako charge of that branch of the business here. To our surpriso at hhaniko, we found a fino brick hotel with all modern improvements, run by a prince of landlords J. M. Keeney. A clean, quiet orderly bouse and as fine a tablo and as well served Hotel Spokano or DvenKirts. Should any of our readers journey to tho promised land stop at the Columbia Southern Hotel and you will bo fully satisfied. Wednesday morning seven rest ed and well fed fellows took a three seated stage for the south eountry. Old dray Jim and ',Ahsahin en gineered by Mr Morrow landed us at Hyslers, distance of twenty seven miles, a stage stalion kept by Fnmk and Mrs. Brown, where wo had a splendid dinner. For the first but not the last timj we learned why the C. it S. R. R. Co. sent to Dakota for G. N. Morrow. After a wait of fifteen or twenty minutes wo were greatly relieved to see a fresh team trot from the Writes His Impression Section. stable and hitched to an elegant vehicle. Out through a fine farm of several hundred acres we took to the sage brush plains. With Mt Jefferson to our right, Mt. Hood to our backs, Iilack Butte and the Three Sisters before us, snow cap ped and beautiful. I would weary your readers should I attempt to describe or even touch upon the marvelous scenes we passed from hour to hour. Rocks, gorges, can yons too varied (do grand for your imagination t? describe, but cer tainly , worth the expense of time and money to gee and enjoy a trip of this kind. That evening, in a gentle summer shower, we Btopped at the ranch of Col. Smith, Here again the persuasive tongue of Mr. Morrow conquered and permission was given to stay over night. We were invited to the house. A cheerful fire in a parlor with brus bcI carpeU, fine piano, lounges, rocking chairs, books, magazines and a line library made us happy Mrs. Smith, a cultured refined woman made us at home, and gave us a supper sometimes read about, but seldom seen and thoroughly onjoyed by all the party except Fred who on the trip seemed to be off his feed, especially hen trout was oji the table. Mrs. Smith runs the large farm pf 1400 acres while her husband Col. Smith, superintends the construc tion of the great ditch. Colonel cut two hundred tons of alfalfa hay last year, besides large quan tities of wheat, rye, oats and bar lev. . Sliortly after starting tho next morning we drove through a newly settled country, with roads fenced on each side, crops up nicely, good improvements etc. A cry off there Is a jack and over in what seemed to be a fenced field. Our little 22 rifles began the battle. Rabbits to the right, rabbits to the left, rab bits to the front. For six or eight miles the 22s volleyed and thunder ed. It seemed as if a jock was under every sage. The honors were decided between Thomas and Mr. Robinson, while Fred would get one occasionly with his pistol. They are a great pest in some places taking the entire crops. Fencing with three foot poultry wire seems to be the only effective remedy. That evening we reached tho cities of Lytic, Bend and Deschutes, all to be the capitals of Eastern Oregon. These cities are in a line along the Deschutes river. Wo stopped at the Deschutes House keiit bv W. H. Staats, who also keens the post office and store. Although new and of modest pro portions, he does a business that most pretenteous houses would be glad to have. The Deschutes river i well up in the Cascade range and sends down a body of clear, cold water that would be the glory and envy of Spokane. Seatle or larger cities if they could possess so great and valuable possessions. The banks are low, apparently but a foot or two above the surface of the w.ater, and from 125 to 250 feet wide with nn average depth of 3 or 4 feet deep, winter, spring or sum mer, it is said not to vary a foot tho year round. There wo aca'tered.some to look for timber, some for the irrigating lands of tho Columbia Southern Irrigation Co. situated to the west of Deschutes eight or ten miles. Hern is a sage brush plain running to the north twenty miles. Twenty seven thousand acres ol the best of these lam's have lec n taken by the state of Oregon under the arid laud sets of Congre ss. A ditch 24 feet at the bottom carrying an aver age t f 4 Uetof water taken from tho Tumelo river, will furnish water for twice the amount of land now taken by this Company. CdNTINl'KD ON PaE TWO. NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD Items of Interest Gath ered Here and There Some Stolen, Others Not Oulllngs From Our Exchanges- News Notes of the Week Timely Topics. J he uerman agriculturists say that they admire the American people. So do we. Some Filipino girls pretended to think marriages to soldier b ought to be binding after the boys have come home. North Carolina has discovered that she has immense resources in the shape of s great tin deposit in her mountains. Mr. Roosevelt says that those who do not favor his administra tion will oppose him, but no great number of persons appear to be numbered with the opposition. The name of the Postal Service will have to be changed to the Fire Department very soon if the Post master-General keeps up the pres ent rate of discharging employee. Crater Cake in Klamath county will soon boast of first class ac commodations for travelers and will also have a gasoline launch carrying passengers to the differ ent points of interest on its banks. It is probable that the several thousand troops which France has sent into Kwang-Si are merely go ing to participate in the festivities which will characterize the evacu ation of Manchuria by the Rus sians. President Hill, of the Great Northern, is advertised to address the farmers of Eastern Washington in August. If he talks 10 per cent off the wheat rates, as he did the last time he spoke, he is likely to be invited often. At Kiel 350 tars of the American squadron went ashore as guests of German sailors. Man for man.it is doubtful whether our sailors were equal to Emperor William's unless the beverage was of Ken tucky make, which it, probably wasn't. The Postoffice Department has been called upon to dislodge sever al colonies of skunks that have taken possession of rural free de livery mail boxes. After probing the scandals in the home office, the task should prove a pleasant change to the inspectors. This is certainly a year of dis asters. Now an Oregon town has been washed away by a flood, and several hundred lives are believed to have been loot. Persons who have any leaning towards super stitions may be excused for wonder- ine what it all means. Phila delphia Record. A town in Sweden has introduc ed a municipal tax on stoutness. Anv one weii;hine less than 135 pounds is exempt, but all persons weighing anywhere between 135 d 200 pounds aro taxed the equivalent of $3.10 per annum, d those weighing from 200 to 270 pounds $4.75. while an extra tax of $4.75 is charged against every additional twenty pounds in weight in excess of 270. Miss Marie Ware and Horace G McKinloy must each answer to the grand jury on the charge of fraud and conspiracy in connection with land locations. They were held in $2000 bonds each by United States Commissioner Sladen yesterday, and their cases will come up at the October session of the grand jury. Tho Government's case was strengthened by the testimony of a handwriting expert, that the inter lineations in some of the incrimi nating papers were made by Mr. McKinley, and that soma of the disputed signatures were written by Miss Waie. In April 97G3 immigrants of British origin entered the Do minion, while 15,911 entered the United States. In the four months ended April 30 the Immigration of native Britishers was: To Canada, 21,897; to the United States ,29,897. In April, moreover, the United States got more British-born Im migrants than tho whole British empire outside the United Kingdom. Hersaer (UllllH. Already preparations are under way by a large number of Heppner people who lost their houses to re construct homes and business blocks. Although they deeply grieve the awful destruction of life they have the satisfaction of know ing a higher hand than theirs wrought it and that they are in no way to blame; that it is one of those catastrophes that cannot be diverted, and that our town may never have another such visitation. With this view of the situation re building will be" Inaugurated at as early a date as it is possible. Banker C- A. Rhea and Geo. Conser, T. W. Ayers, W. 0. Minor and others have signified their intention of rebuilding residences, while J. B.- Xatter and Chris Borches will build a business block each on East Main street, work to begin on same as early as eomwiient-Heppner Times. Thm Ctwtan Risk Hl. A correspondent who signs him self "D. W. H." writes entertain ingly as follows: "In one of the articles in the Nosegay column reference is made to the high heels on the boots of Texas cowpunchers, and vanity is given aB the reason for the high--heel. This is some what of a mistake. No doubt van ity figures in it, for the writer has been witness to tho fact seeing heels so high that they were braced with small iron rods on the inside. But to return to the real use of the high heelfor it has a use. .We all know the broncho, soma of us by reputation and others by ex perience, and know he is, to say the the least, trifle unreliable. On the saddles used in the West the small, light etirrup of iron is not useJ. In its place is the large wooden stirrup similar to the one used in the cavalry, but mostly without the leather guard over the front, and it is here where the high heel has its part. The wooden stir rup is so large that an ordinary shoe as worn would slip through, and it does not take much imagina tion to picture what would happen if at this time the rider Bhould be thrown from the saddle and one foot becaught in the stirrup.- With the high heel this is impossible, for the foot cannot go all the way through. So vanity is not the whole reason of the oowpuncher'B high heel.',' Divorce lr Lepcri. As a result of recommendations by the United States Senate Com mittee, which visited Honolulu last Fall, and local ' agitation, the Board of Health is trying to ar range for about 60 divorces at the leper settlement at Molokai, and the assistance of the Attorney General has been invoked. The Legislature had before it a law to provide for divorces free of cost for lepers, but it failed to pass, and the board will ' undertake to act and ask the courts to remit costs., The reason for securing divorces is to permit the parties in the set tlement to marry again. In all the cases under Consideration the husband or wife is at the settle ment, while the other party is away. The separations have re sulted in conditions at the settle ment which tho Senate Commis sion strongly condemned, and it is the opinion of many that the mor al situation would be greatly im proved if the lepers were free to in termarry at Molokai. Tho plan has aroused tome local opiiositiun, chiefly of a religious nature. About ;000 in silver coins of the Hawaiian monarchy have been taken up at the leier settle ment and exchanged for American money." The coin was all fumi gated before leaving the settlement, and goes with the rest to San Francisco to be reeoiued as Ameri- I can money.
