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About Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1903)
ounty vol vi r. I'JUNKVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OJIEOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 11)03. NO. 38 Clearance - - AT- ' WUQZWEILEES 8 THOMSON'S Tlii'ii' Kiii I iM Jiiiin Shirt Witi;t, ('r.ihli ovm'y yiii'il of Sunn (IihiiIh, 'I'llcy llllltil ln In tin' iii'.st ;!() I )A eot9o09s iiitiuif,:atUiUiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiili90 eaeoeoeS Hamilton Feed AXU Red by Feed Barn . . . . IUIO III fi CI MIX ETT, I'iiui-'n. Fine Saddle Horses and Livery TurnOiils Stock boarded by liny, week or tnon t It. ltntin rensomiblo. Good ni'0'iiiiiiiiilnliniis. Remember us when in 1'rim'villii, nml w guarantee Hint your ;tti-mia: will Ins iiirtH-itvO nnil ih served 1 1 v Hi. C. J- STUBLINC The Dalles, Oregon A FEW FACTS Concerning (illEEN IU V E IMYliiskey I. lilMCKN I! IV Kit is pure. 'J. tiltKKX lilVKU is perfectly inntuivd. . !l. GREEN lilVKIt Iuik mi i.iiiiil llnviir. I. GREEN lilVKIt i.i I'll' whiskey without n headache ft. CUEEN IIIVKI! is Hi,' l!. S. Naval llospitul Whiskey II. (iltKKN III V Kli U sold In- C. E. M.-I)..vll. Prineville C. J. Stubling, Distillery Distributor Distillery Distributor Powell & -Tonsorial GU "dp dp djp (Ja -dp f)s f 4l dp dp fjo dp dp fp dp YOUR I The manufacturers of the McCormick guard the interests of agriculturists by building a machine that works success fully in the field, and the farmer should guard his interests by purchasing ITU KB J L I w I the McCormick y- --Li buying harvest a machine that f y ing machines. B G 5 f pa ill l L K I 4 I Z I nl l.uilii-s TIliH iM it Skirln, ami OnliM' to Kill Line. Nl) Olljiirl. i n-r Divhh Suit, Willi- VS. a VdiirCJiiiii. Stable riss-tw- Artists- RD ERESTS has a record of seventy -two years of continuous suc cess in the harvest fields of the world. gs dtp- Write for a "Model Machine," which tells how to guard your in terests in Sale M CrQOk County An(1 (iclllll'ul CU'UIUIll Mulcu Knom fin' (ur 1'riren um nlwohlUly Olll'Slirrilifo is ...at... I). 1 A DAMSON 'S (Tin; Brick Drug Store) For nil skin (roubles it in Til 10 1IEST. I). 1'. ADAMSOX'S (The Brick Drug Store) 5 Days' Tri'iitmi'iit iif Our Sure Cure J for lost manhood, x,.r. j 1 vou.iiu'hii, Kniling Mi'inory, ,J Vuriciicclii, Atropliy, l'aliitn- f t nun oi Jii'iirt. .N-nil name A nml nJilrcss Hi S I'll OF. A. AUHUltX, 4 ffij X. First St., rortlniul, 4 Oregon. 4 nnil i(i..iii Ki i-..int.,. .....II j this (tntnil ronii'ily nlwoluti'ly J five of cot. Send no nioncy 1 Tli i ; ,. I,.. .i .,. P S Write toihiy, ns it costs you f j nouiing lo try it. B www w wr WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. OLAY A. SIMPSON. . M'g'r Interior Dpt. 1 -i . i Vv, ... - i. , '.r li, t ' I Haa the largest perccntaae ot cash asata to each dollar of lia bility ; oanm the highest averafe ! intoreafc, and issues tho most up i to-date proarrosaive policies foriu- veatmout or protootiou. 1 I j! Woodbury's I ! FACIAL PREPARATION II II I 9 Vhii tfgtiKtnrs In on every boi of tbe genolne Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tbieu Vm nuuedy tlikt cure m M ! daf Sonic Current History Gcogriiiliicnlly Crook in tlic mitral county of Oregon. Among itn reMjiirui'H may lie nnmeil all Hint exi.it in the Htnle. Though itn principal iiidimtry at Jircneiit in Htockruising iiiul wool growing. funning, milling, nnil 'lumhcring uro niiinhcrcil among iff industries. In the initial step towards the settling up and development of Central Oregon. Crook county hat heen made the ohjectlve point. With tin building of the Columbia Southern Kitilru.nl to Bhauiko, the tide of immigration began to flow into Crook county and it is proba bly the best advertised interior county of the state. I Its timber ling attracted the K'ople from all over the Fast, and within the past year hundreds j have visited the place- on this count and thousands have been made acquainted with its wonder- ; fl resources. I It claims the finest timber belt I in the stale. Thousands of acre? i ..... . oi us limner lands nave been ac quired by people from the outside world and it is only a question of time until this timber will be manufactured into umber and this will bring a large amount of capital into the county und will result in the early settlement of tbe unsettled portions of the coun ty. It is now the most convenient strictly interior county to a rail road and with the early extention of the Columbia Southern to Bend on the Deschutes River the very heart of its great timber belt wiii be laid bare to the world. The great rush into Crook coun ty is a demonstration of the need I of railroads in interior Oregon and what they will do towards the development of that country. It is said that capital is timid, but it may be said that people are also timid when it conies to entering an unknown field either to seek a home or invest capital. The long dusty roads from the 0. U. & K. railroad long stood in the way of the development of Crook county ns such conditions are now stand ing in tbe way of development of other portions of the state. Men who bad been accustomed to rid ing on palace cars with all the comforts of life at hand would not venture on a rough stage coaidi or in a private rig over rocky and rutty roads through . dust ana winds and a parching sun into what seemed a desert wnsto. A few miles out and many would turn back at the first opportunity. To these you might speak of the wonders of Central and Southern Oregon, but you could only make them believe that they saw-dust, rocks mid sagebrush. There are long stritehes of this sort of country between the rail roads and the interior and but comparatively few who have mon ey to invest or seek permanent homes would venture into such a "desert." Hut the Columbia Southern rail road brought them closer to the interior. When Shaniko was reached they began to venture farther in. They reached Prino ville, tho county seat, and saw around it the beautiful homes along tbe Ochoco and Crooked Rivers. They hud been encourag ed by the scattering homes which loomed up along the way like veritable oases. Then the timber belts were in vestigated and the broad areas of rich lands, such as are not found outside of Central and Southern Oregon, where only water is need ed to produce the greatest crops of grain, hay, vegetables, fruits and berries in any arid district in tbe world. It opened the eyes oi the visitors as any section of the interior will do. With the faith that the Col umbia Southern would be extend ed into tbe interior and that other By Paul DcLancy In roads would I built outsiders were not slow lo act. , An unprecedented ru?h on the yellow pine forests was made. Men from the Fast were quick to realize how valuable the timber of Eastern Oregon is destined to be come as a finishing material to take the place of the white pine of that country which is practically exhausted. Then they saw the thousands of acres of level plain that only need ed water to make them produce. They saw the great volume of wuler going to waste down the Deschutes and other streams in the county. They Baw the reser voir sites in the mountains and foothills of the county where a sullicient amount of water could he stored and utilized to reclaim every inch of the rich soil that lies in the plains below. They remember the East where "elbow room" is scarce, where men are crowded down to narrow areas of ground for homes and where the soil is worn and taxed until a bare existence is only obtainable. There, a horde of intelligent, in dustrious husbandmen suffering for room, for better lands and wider opportunities. Here mother earth only needs the water divert ed from going to waste and turned upon the rich plains and the hand of the husbandman to build homes for the thousands. When once assured men and capital are no longer timid. The opportunities in Crook county are being taken advantage of at a rapid rate. A new era is dawning there. Large companies are being formed, two gigantic irrigation enterprises have been organized under which nearly a half million acres of land will bo reclaimed, and these are being and will be offered to homeseekers at moderate prices. The plans for irrigating this vast area .Tre from the Deschutes River. Flumes are being made and ditches dug so rapidly as the work can be advanced. The full of the Des chutes and the uniformity of the level plain to be irrigated makes it a simple matter, so far as the work of the engineer is concerned. The water will also be abundant to supply the entire area to be re claimed. Experiments have been mide as to what tbe soil will produce and there can be no speculation or doubt on this point. The work of the settlers along with the experi ments of a more scientific order have demonstrated what the soil will do. Among tbe cereals wheat, barley, rye, oats, "spells". will grow. Al falfa and all of the domesticated hays will grow. All tho hardier vegetables will grow. Onions, beets, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, parsnips, turnips and sugar beets are raised succes fully. Sunflowers, clover, timothy, red top and other grasses thrive. Fruits, including apples, prunes, currents, gooseberries and straw berries are successfully grown. So far as experiments show about everything will grow On the territory being reclaimed that the average homeseekcr could desire and as lo quantity and quality the record in this county Is far above tbe average. Bi-sides tbe results expected from tbe manufacture of Crook County timber into lumber and the reclaiming of her thousands of acres of arid lands her resources from present industries are large. She is one of tbe greatest wool pro ducing counties in tire state. She is one of the greatest cattle coun ties in tbe state. She sends out her horses to all the markets of tbe country and in the production of tine bred sheep she leads the state. She lias the largest exclusive ranch for breeding thoroughbred tinevi"e- The Portland Journal. sheep in the world. The Baldwin Sheep & Land Company of this county has sjient thoiiFands of dollars experimenting in finei breeds and has found that the' climate is adapted to all kind: Thoroughbreds from Germany France and other points in Europe have been introduced here and i stead of retrograding they ha been improved upon. . These breeds are being bought over the siaie wnere owners are improving their breeds and the Easbrn states are even coming to Crook County and .to Oregon for their stock sheep Ml.Nl.W. Crook County contains one of the richest mining districts in the state. The Ashwood district turning out quartz that is yielding results that sound fabulous Large profits are made by mining the ore and hauling it by wagon and team many miles and then shipping it by railroad to a suielU er. It is the purpose to put stamping mills at Ashnood as soon as they can be built and this will then become an important mining town. Placer mini's have been worked for a number of veart at tlio head of the Ochoco River with paying results and there are valuable quartz ledges here as at many other points in the country. Scenery. L Crook County is noied for its scenery and points of interest. The Deschutes River, which rises in the heart of the Three Sisters, is a con tinuous fall over ragged rocks and through picturesque caiiyons from its source to its mouth. It passes the famous lava butte, an extent volcanic crater, from which point thousands of acres of lava lie out under the vision, having the appearance of going through the cooling process. ' Eagle pillar far out in the mid stream, where Crooked River lashes through the walls from the plateau above, stands several hundred feet above the roaring torrent of uniform diameter from head to foot though the witers of the Deschutes have worn against it for ages. So isolated and so weird is the place that an eagle makes her home on its summit far away from the approach of the Hunter and be yond the range of his rifle. Steins' pillar, 18 mi'.es from Prineville, up 1i tributary to the Ochoco, is 350 feet tall and stands ike a vast piece of sculpture work of uniform diameter from top to bottom. The famous ice cavern, the father of coves, horse cove, the wind cove, all are objects of interest to tl e tudent of science and those inter ested in nature's greatest freaks. Mountains, peaks and valleys spread out in every direction like a picture and when railroads are completed into this country tour ists and sight-seers from all over the world will visit the place. Cointy Affaihs. Crook County has 27,078 acres of tillable land and over o,5,"i.'!,000 classed as non-tillable. She has bout lft.OOO horses and mules, 35- (XX) cattle 'ind 250,000 bend of sheep. She is entirely out of debt and pays her warrants upon present: -tion. The Crook County officers are: M. R. Biggs, County Judge; J. J. Smith, Clerk; C. Sam Smith, Sheriff; William Boegli, County Schoil Superintendent; C. II. Craves, County Surveyor; M. II Bell, Treasurer; B. F. Johnson, Assessor; J. II. Crooks, Coroner; and II. J. Henley and M. 1). Powell, County Commissioners. Schools. Crook districts, buildings County There in the has 47 are 39 county. school school School CONTINUED ON 1'AIIE TWO. THE COUNTY NEWS. 0ur Correspondents Are 1'uHctual. News From All Quarters. 'The Journal Has the Bo.t Oorrea- spondonts Of Any Paper In Interior Oregon. Bake Knox has commenced cut ting his second crop of alfalfa. John Knox has returned home after an absence of several weeks. .Mr. Goodman, of Mitchell, was making calls on Novvsome creek recently. I. K. Wimer has finished slack ing his large crop of grain, and is ready for the threshers. Geo. Wiley, Tom Lonn and party have recently returned from a hunting and lishing trip to the ueaa ot l-iescliutes. We have bad a deliehtful rain in this section of the country, do ing much good to the gardens and other growing crops.- The threshing machine of Inner Crooked river has commenced work. The crop of Chas. Roberts being the first on the programme. Mrs. Johnson and family, of Creswel, snent Sunday at the Knox farm, continuing their journey on Monday to Canyon frame to visit with relatives. Caleb Davis and I. E. Wimer hifve the nicest potato patches in ibe country, anyone wishing a winter supply oi good big potatoes would do weil to call on tbenv., -w Mr. Henrv Beck has his second crop of alfalfa cut, an! will soon commence stacking, after which he iml family intend returning to Deschutes for an indefinite stay. Jake. IHoiiry Kfltbs. Ernest Leech was a Prineville visitor last week. Charlie Stewart is on Beaver creek visiting with his brother. Mrs. Geo. Noble, of Beaver creek, isitej with her mother, Mrs. J. Stewart last week. Miss Alma Noble was the guest of her cousin, Miss Masisie Cox. iwhile last week. Charley, Henry and Ed Rennets began .threshing Wednesday threshing out Roberts and Nelson's gram. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Luelling and children left Thursday for a few weeks visit with their folks at Portland and Oregon City. Miss Ethel Morris has been en gaged to tench the fall and winter term of school on Buck creek, and will begin teaching September 21." Johnnie Hoffman left a few days ago for Albany to visit bis folks, got as fur as Prineville and came hack. Johnnie couldn't leave Bunchgruss, There was a nice little dance at 0. A. Luelling's a few days ago. There was not a very largo crowd present, but all report' a pleasant time. y Haying is practically over with in this section. Although some what below the average, the crop is reported to be better than was expected earlier in the season. Mrs. H. II. Hawley will close a fom month's term of school next week. Mrs. Hawley is an excellent teacher and the directors will lie very fortunate if they succeed ' in securing her services for a fall term of school. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Carson, who' have been visiting with their sons at Canyon City anil Izee have, lately returned,, and are visiting their sod Walter, They will re main for nn indefinite period. "Vivian." Notice is hereby given that I have sold my interest in the Crook County Journal to W. C. Black,, and that he will collect, all bills and pay all indebtedness pertain ing to said paper and plant and perfect nil advertising contracts. Dated at Prineville, Oregon, this tilth of day August, nf 100:!. S. M. 1I.UI.EY.