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I'JUNKVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OJIEOON, SEPTEMBER 3, 11)03.
NO. 38
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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?
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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
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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.