vy't Coun journa VOL VII PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903. NO. 40 Crook ty WUBZWE1LER- 8 THOMSON j THE Ihli'M'Ml niii'iiip the LAUGH STOCK OK FALL AND H'INTI I! GOODS jiift in-dived. II there is nn article iiir flinaiililc in Central Oregon, we cum duplicate il. Ot'K I'ltlCI'W AND QUALITY Allli ALSO IlIi.HT. We Have Ladies' Waists, Skirts and Dress Goods In The Latest Styles. Jilnt noiv we inn very busy ti ti cl niv 1'iijiij ir.g mi ever i n- r-:f f h.g p-ittonni'. AKK Vol' AMoN'ii OIK CUSTOM Kits? IK NOT. WHY NOT? WURZWEILER O THOMSON Hamilton Feed Stable a.i Redby Feed Barn . . . lioolll A COIISKTT, 1'ni.i'V ' Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turnouts HtiH-k Imnnlnl liy iliiy. wi-ck w month H:ite rcusonul le. Good lUv.Mimii'liilii'iin. Ili'im ml if ii- win ii in Prineville, llllll we ;;ll:irnllliv tll.ll Vii'll p.. I l'"!l-l .'f d ! I'l II pprcciill I'll iilnl ill wrvi'il Itv im. , . I'iftccnth Animal Second Eastern Oregon liist. Acricultural Society Ar..l The Dalles Carnival Association Tho Dalles, Oregon, Scpti'inbvr J) to OcloVr J, ioiij Fuiir TIioimihI Di.r.n-'i tiin ii Amiy in I'm a-s mnl I'n in in mih. I.iln'ial Auiinl, rr l.iv, slock u n.t A:.ririilliir.il lsxliil'il. No riilr.inrr I'Vc rlii.rfi.'il on Article ('"iitist link' r'or rri'iliiiiiiii. races nvnY day Oil KHUN I'.VI I I'lC AMI OIIIUNTAI. SiliKKI' ('All NIVAL Tin' iiii'iilit nli.iw nl i In1 nn' Will give '" j rniiil IVrfuriiiiini'i'M ilnily, afternoon mnl cvenim-. Miinic In llit1 Vancouver Militwy tlunil. Hi-dm-eil rutes Write Tor Premium Lists II. J. M AlKIt, IV. dir. M AX A VtMiT, rw. Powell & Tonsorial ' 4 44444444444444 GU. TOUR 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 I D guard his Interests I by pur chasing Q djp the McCormick a machine that 3 Elkins fO j & King tfff ffftf.tftfflf A BIG- STORE tin1 tniMinj; prnil, ih rentered J Exhibition... 1!: I! during x it n and Speed Programme .1- H. KISII, Pres. Fair C. K. HAY A HI), Sir. Cyrus Artists Serests has a record of seventy -two years of continuous suc cess in the harvest fields of the world. ofl Write for a "Model Machine," which tells how to guard your In- r tereslsin i buying harvest N intf machines. .KaeeKiuraHnaBBasBHB j - UD on nur pliu-c ...at... A DAMSON'S (The Ilriik Drug Sturc) Woodbury's FACIAL PREPARATION Spur nil skin troubles it is TUK BEST. 1). 1. ADAMSON'S (The lliirk Drug Store) .1 f,c ri u lomestead Locations Timber WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. OLAV . SIMPSON, M'i'r Int.rlor Dept. Has the largest percentage ot cash assets to each dollar of lia bility ; earns the blithest average Interest, and Issues the most up-to-date progressive policies for In vestment or protection. E I). 1' J a B Homestead 1 Locations l-AIR M l .. . ( i umber Desert Lands j WRITS : ROBT. SMITH, j ! rrinovilli), OroKonj in 'TifrtipL"n l-vivuei E I a ID. P. ADAMSON'S 1 fl (Tho Ilrii'k Drue Store 1 I 1 J I IMVi" JJ.X J.J.J, J. lilJJ.J, ... A J A A A TTTTTtttTTtt TTTTTtt I Central Oregon, Crook INDIAN CAMl'H A Jvl'IHANCE City Council Should Iiiioki' Re Htrirtion ukui Irnliain in' tho City. The ulli'iilion of the city council kIhiiiIiI lie brought to hear lit tliif , time uiMii the uncleanly ondi timm ol (he vnrioun Indian cumiw yciittired nrnund tlie outukirtu of itlieeily. So coiiiinun have thcuf c:imih leennie in the full of the year that little thought been given to the insnnitary elate into whii h moHt of them link during the period the rcilniou atop here while on their way to anil from the rcMTvation. The coiiper-nkinned., alioriginef have never lieen known to practice liny original or even ' cultivated; l ideas of either modefty or decency, and (he several camM at present around the city are revolting ex ainplen of the innate dippoitionp of the Indian to remove oil polish from his existence. Proof of this run Ik' found readily by a visit to any of the campi! on the north side of the city. Some of these dining the past week have been within a stone' throw of different residences, where the latter have been couiH'lKd to bear patiently with the filth and unseemly con ditions existing. ' " The Indian makes no pretense of cleanliness around his camp. It iloes not stand next to Godliness with him and is left for' some one else to look after. He pitches his canvas, unrestrictedly, as near as possible (o the center of the town and lives on in his slovenly man ner. .... It is time the matter was given some little attention. Inasmuch as the laws of common decency pass by him unheeded, it would be well to keep him and his camp equipments outside the city limits. The hitler, to say the least, are anything but ornamental, and the encroachments he has already made upon the forliearance of the city's residents are sullicicnt to justify restriction. Protests have lecn made, but to no avail, and argument w.th the Indian is use less. Force alone will have its weight and the council is the body to use it, and unstintedly, too, un til this blight is removed from civic conditions. AUC'U McKAY IS ACQUITTED Judge Bradshaw Makes Peculiar Ruling Which Liberates Al legei Cattle Thief. At the trial of Arch McKay for cattle thieving, which was held at Fossil last week, Judge Iind shaw made a ruling which is likely to affect dozens of stockmen in this vicinity. The position which the Judge held in making his de cision was the cause of McKay and hie associates Icing set free. McKay was under two indict ments. He was alleged to have stolen cattle from Lyle & Brown of Cross Keys and Joseph Lister of Paulina. The evidence brought to bear against the defendant was Clear and convicting, but he slipped away on a technicality. It seems that the Lyle A Brown cattle bore the brand of Lyle alone, the part nership brand having never been recorded, and Lister's cattle were branded with the brand of bis father. The Judge held that stock must be branded with the brand of the person owning them and that brand must be recorded otherwise the owner has no retaliation. . It was the latter ruling which gave McKay and his associates their freedom although the evidence was such as to secure a ready con viction. Judge Barnes of this city who was prosecuting the case says tho decision of Judge Brad shaw is directly op)osite to a de cision in a similar case which his Honor made several years ago. GOOD SHOWING AT MINKS Cross Cut at the Dixie Meadows Shows up Vein Forty-five Feet in Width. A large number of Crook county "tock-holders In the Dixie 'Meadows mine near Pruire City will be inter ested in a strike which was made there a short lime ago. The ledge which is 45 feet in width, was struck while running a cross-cut from the main shaft some 300 feet below the surface. Dr. II. P. Bel knap of this city is one of the heaviest stock-holders in the mine. and a large number of other men n the vicinity of Prineville own ihares to the numlier of 200,000. The vein struck showed up about half high grade ore and half low grade. Active development work is be ing carried on in the mine, and it is ex)ieeted that the new mill with a 100 ton capacity will be completed and in oieration inside of the next month. Railroad communication to the mine is likely to be realized before another summer has passed. The Sumpter Valley road is building an extension and expect to have it completed to a point within eleven miles of the Dixie Meadows next year. Besides this an electric rail road, now under construction k tween Prairie City and Baker City, will run within a stone's throw of the main shaft. The road is under the supervision of Major Bonta, an eastern capitalist, and the contracts for grading sixty miles of the road-lied were advertised to be let last Tuesday. It is expected that this road will be completed much sooner than the extension of the Sumpter Valley line. At present the mine is one of the best paying propositions in that district in pioportion to its size and the extent to which the de velopment work has lieen carried. The last stock which was sold brought 50 cents per share. To day there is none on the market to be purchased and that held is valued at figures ranging from $2 to 15. CATTLEMEN ARE CONFIDENT Feeling Is Prevalent That Stock Should Be Held Until Spring. Reports which have come in from the various cattle sections throughout the interior part of the state indicate a combined move on the part of the stock owners to hold their cattle during the com ing full and winter. The recent rnins have assured good pasturage for the remaining months and judging from the talk of hay raisers who have been in town the past week, the price of hay is not likely to reach the high figures propesied for it. Abundant crops with- few exceptions have been cut in all districts and the demand is not likely to exceed the supply for some time to come. During the past ten days several cattle buyers have been in Prine ville, but they have left empty bunded. Evidently there were no ready sales awaiting them. It has been stated, however, that the prices offered were refused in a number of instances. Altogether it looks as if the cat tlemen had sized up the situation as follows: that to take a short price for their stock now means an overabundance- of hay next year with no cattle to feed it to, and the j fact besides that to repleni sh their herdB they would be compelled ! next season to buy in outside mar- kets at increased prices. By hold ing over this fall and refusing to meet the present slight demand l.i..,.. ..:n i,A .,..;.,,. ii,. from an overstock, and next year at the sales will realize enough more from their cattle to fully counterbalance the increased price of hay this fall it there should be such increase. County And MORE RAILROAD RUMORS This Time It Is Given Out as Certain That Columbia South ern Will Be Extended. A rumor faint, mysterious, and withal, abounding in the mott sanguine colors has broken loose again to the effect that the Colum bia Southern is to be extended in to Central Oregon. The word is from San Francisco from "high official sources" and is said lo have "leaked out," whether through a gas meter or a funnel nobody knows or cares. It all came about through the recent visit of Mr. Mohler, of the O. R. & J!., with Mr Harriman in New York City, and the interior portion of the state i? agairf to be inveigled into visions of the iron horse and singing wires by the subtle arts and flattery of these two officials who apparently have nothing else to do. The results of the conference in the eastern city are to the effect: that the advant ages of the O. R. & N. extension would be to permit the Harriman lines to invade the lumber dis tricts and by a direct eastern route avoid the present roundabout way of backhauling to northern points; that the Columbia South ern extension will eventually be built: and that the conference will result in something definite. The reader is to take the above as he ias taken all kinds of rail road talk in the past cum grano salis. It is not expected that the suit will entirely digest the food matter, but if the latter has been given to Interior Oregon to be for the twentieth time assimilated in to the system, the salt may help some. This portion of the state has been humbugged too many times in the past decade to regard railroad rumors otherwise but cau tiously. Just at present the residents here are all from Missouri, and a wise railroad official with ordinary business acumen knows what that means the letting of contracts for ties, rails, etc . In the meantime we must be content to wait. DUNHAM'S BARN BURNED Destructive Fire Last Friday Night Causes Heavy Loss of Property. Fire, starting from an unknown cause, completely destroyed the barn belonging to H. D. Dunham, last Friday night together with three valuable horses, 30 tons of hay, two saddles, saveral sets of harness, a mower and other farm implements. The entire loss will amount to 1200. Dr. Harold Clark lost new carriage and set of harness which he valued at $180 Owing to the distance from the fire company's houses to the barn which was burned, the fire gained considerable headway before water could be turned on. The rain which had fallen early in the even ing and the lack of any wind saved the ctlier buildings in the vicinity from probable destruction. The three horses which were burned he longed to Mr. Dunham who valued them at t-iOO. It was impossible to save the animals owing to the rapidity with which the darurs spread. Mr. Dunham stated that just after finishing supper he went to the ham, fed the horses, then re turned to the house. After sitting on tlx porch a few minutes he again went to the barn and upon openhig the door was confronted with a sheet of flame. He says so far as he knows no one was in the barn but himself, and that he had not been smoking during the tin' he was around the building. The barn was erected two years ago at a cost of $450 and was one of the largest in the city. Then' was no insurance either on the building or contents. Prineville. MURDERED: THEN BURIED S. P. Donkel Is Found Dead and ' Under Three Feet of Soil at His Ranch. , The body of Simon P. , Donkel, a well known cattleman who has been running stock on the Pelton ranch some sixteen miles above Deschutes, was found buried under three feet of soil last Tuesday fore noon. The man had evidently been murdered and his body dis posed of in this way to conceal the crime, the discovery was made by a party of ranchers who had been searching for the missing man for several days. The body bad been buried only a few feet from the camp and a fire built over t either Friday night or Saturday morning. Mr, Donkel disappeared bver a ' week ago and a party of neighbors was organized to search for him. The river was draneed. and a thorough search made in the vicin ity, but it was not until Tuesday when the party visited the camp that any trace of the missing man could be found. The Saturday before Will Brock had lieen to the camp and put out a fire which threatened the tent. On Tuesday the entire party visit ed the camp again and it was while kicking awy the ashes of ' the old fire that a. projecting boot disclosed the dead man's burial place. ' Cleveland Donkel, the youngest ' son of the cattleman who has been in partnership with his father in the stock business, came into town Tuesday afternoon and notified the sheriff. He disclaims all know ledge of the manner in which his father came to his death and was buried, and says that he had been absent from the camp for ten days riding for cattle. He says he did not know of the discovery until told about it when he reached camp Tuesday. Suspicion so far has been directed toward no one. Sheriff Smith, District Attorney Bell, and Coroner Crooks left Wed nesday for the scene of the crime where they in all probability will gather sufficient evidence to cause the arrest of the guilty one. ' MAKE IT THREE STRAIGHT Antelope Team Carries off All Honors in Last Week's Bull Tournament. Prineville's aggregation of ball tossers which played with Ante lope three days last week came home Monday somewhat wiser Ihan when they left. It is the general opinion among the boys that the Buckskins can play all the minor points of tho game. Antelope made it three straight. 9 to 7; 11 to 2; and 12 to 7. The first contest bid fair to have a small and close ending only one score being made for five' inings but the Antelope players decipher ed Lewelling's curves in the last half and pounded out nine runs. The other two games were rather heavy on one side as is shown by the score. The boys are not discouraged by the three defeats, and arc confident that with the team which was at first picked out to play with the Buckskins a majority of the gnnies could have been won. Anieo spread herself in the line of hospi tality and gave the Prineville team the best of treatment both in and out of the game. It is probable that Antelojie will day here dur ing the races in October. Lumber $lO Per M. After January L,VJ03, we will sell lumVr at our mill on the Ochoco for $10 per M. Haw kins Bum.