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VOL VII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903.
NO. 40
Crook
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I'ltlCI'W AND QUALITY Allli ALSO IlIi.HT.
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In The Latest Styles.
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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.