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Crook County Jour
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PIUiNKVIIiliE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 1, 1903.
NO. 42
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MJRZIVEILER G THOMSON
THE BIG STORE
Interest It II II 1 1 1 ;( till' trailing l'llll' irl Centered on ulir phlCC
ill business hcc:iue ii Hie I,A K( i K STOCK OF KALI, AM)
WINTER GOODS j ii Hi iiffcivt-il . If there i mi tt it U-l
rlnmahle in Central Oregon, wo 1:111 duplicate il. OUR
I'l'.IOKS AND tlt'AI.ITY A It K ALSO RIGHT.
We Have Ladies' Waists, 5kirts and Dress Goods
In The Latest Styles.
,lul now we arc very busy and lire en jo) ii:g 1111 ever increas
ing p:ilrnmi!c. All K Vol! AMONG L'U CUSTOM Kits?
IK NOT. WHY SOT?
WDIiZWEILEU O THOMSON
Hamilton Feed
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Redby Feed Barn . . ..
HooH I ft CoitSKTT, Pirne's.
Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turn outs
Stink hoarded liy day, week or nioiiili Rule reasonable.
Good ii--i m tti 11 la ( i ii 1 . ltcmchihcr ti when in Prineville,
11111I wc uimniiilw I lull your patronage nil! be 11 j 1 rf ialcil
mill di served I'V Hi".
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Second Eastern Oregon Dist. Agricultural Society
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Write For Premium l ists and Speed I'rourHinme
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A Complete find Choice Line of
liepf, Teal, 'Mutton, Pork, Ititcon,
Lard, and Country Produce.
Main st. pnaoiiie,
Jienderson
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WINES, LIQUORS,
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COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST POOR SOUTH
SOLICITED. l'OIN DEXTER MOTEL.
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
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Artists-
Foster & Lehman
Proprietors.
Oregon. 'Phone 3L
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A SOCIETY EVENT
Tin: Groat Emotional Actress
GEORGIA HARPER
Ami .'in Excellent C .in j .11 1 1 y in
IHlllllls' Masterpiece.
Camilla
Willi All New Scenery ami 1111
InimitiiblcMVnrdriibe. Under
Harper iiml Detrick
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WE OLD RELIADLi:
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
THERE 15 NO SUBSTITUTE
i Homestead
Locations
Timber
Desert Lands
warn
ROBT. SMITH,
WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
01- NEW YORK."
OLAY A. SIMPSON. - M''r Inferior O.pl.
Has the largest percentage of
oash assets to each dollar of lia
bility ; earns the highest average
interest, and issues the most up-to-date
progressive polioles for In
vestment or protection.
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TIM UK I! CLAIMS VALUAIlLEl
Peisons Owning Tracts in Lake
iiml K 1 ii in n t It Counties Should
lint Hurry to Sell.
Tin' nttcntiim of those pcrsonf.
holding tinilicr t'liiiiiiH in Lake iiml
Klamath counties Was called last
week in letter from Dr. Winnard
of Albany, to tlit' tin t that n pool
u Iming (urmi'il anil tlmt cluim
iiiil in the alinv ilUtrict won hi
rcalizi- rikiiI iricpn for tlii'ir clainw
il tliey iliil not Hell at the iinri'imnii.
iilik' lnw pri eH wheh lius I n n nf
d rcil for thi'in in l'rini'villi' during
I he ia Kt two mnntlif.
1,11 tlT lll'VI'llHlli'lltl how tll.lt
over 100 cliiimimtn liovn joincil the
mmiI nnd a figure Iwtwi'cn l.KKJ
and f !HIH) linn ulrcaily Uvn offerrd
for nil the cl,iim in it. A letlt-r
the firct. of the week from Dr. Wiij
uard to a tm-i i n-fx" man in thin vi
I'inilv ili-i'l.vm the tnet that tho
in the pool have given an o.lion
iiii-llicir i liiiniH for a fliort time,
but it in cxpriwly rtipulateil in
that option that there trill he no
ale under 000.
Dr. Winnard expre'il himself
in the letter us confident that a
just price would lie had for the
timlier, nnd that it wan his opinion
that I'i.KX) could lie reaped eaeh
holder of a claim More ChrUtmae.
It is evident, anyway, that the
ridiculous price of $st)0 at which
many have In-en compelled to R-ll
will won he out of husimw. The
talk ahout no other company hcing
aide to buy in, ih district where
Kalph K.l'ilrlirir-t and hiifussocia I
are buying, which was used to
bolster up the S(K) proiosition, is
also out of business, nnd if the )kt
Mins bi'lding claims in that terri
tory will get off the anxious seat
for u short time the truth of the
statement will be realized.
A timber company with either
capital or principle ought to
be ashamed lo offer f StH fur a two
million foot yellow pine claim, but
the operations conducted in the
manipulation of Lake mid Klamath
timber the past summer go a long
way toward convincing a n'rson
that some companies are lacking
in lwth qualities. I'rineville resid
ents who own claims in that vicin
ity will probably liettcr themselves
if they are not t o hasty in 8 ing
their holdings.
CLEVELAND DOS K EL HELD
Son M'ill He Tried During the
October Term of Court for the
Murder of His Father.
Cleveland Donkel will he tried
this month for the murder of his
father. Sheriff Smith and District
Attorney Hell returned Monday
forenoon from Lava, anil while
there secured sullicient evidence tn
formally charge the young inan
with the crime. The boy is now
in the county jail and will be held
there until court sets during the
present month.
Attorney George V. Barnes was
retained for the detense, and says
it is not probable that a prelimin
nrv bearing will be asked for.
ClRCClTCOrilT TO DECIDE
! Recent Rulings of Secretary Hitch.
cues it ill DC vmi. vu lu u
Higher Tribunal.
Messrs Hedges and Galloway,
attorneys of Albany. Oregon, have
carried an appeal case to the Uuit
ed States Circuit Court to test the
validity of recent rulings of the
secretary of Interior in regard to
the timber and stone act. The de
cision of the ease referred to invol
ves the motives of the purchaser
who atates he buys the land for his
own exclusive use and benefit and
not for speculation, the secretary of
the Interior declaring that if the
prospective purchaser anticipates a
sale at a profit it ia sieculation.
KXIIIIHTH KOH 1905 FAIR
CoslinastiT Summers Is Gathering
Crook County Material for the
St. Louis Exposition.
Judging from present indications
Crook county will I well repre
sented at the Louisiana I'urch.ne
Exposition in St. Louis next year.
Jefferson Myers, president of the
Lewis and Clark Fair commission,
win was here last week in the in
terests of both cxsisitious, instilled
considerable enthusiam in the re
sidents of this county, and the liesl
of exhibits at the Eastern Fair will
lie the result.
Postmaster Summers has been
appointed collector of exhibits for
this county, and quite a large
amount of produce has already
lieen prepared for shipment. So
far this list includes only the pro
ducts from the gardens juid or
chards, but Mr. Summers is on the
still hunt for products of any kind
and asks the co-operation of every
one in getting together the best
possible collection.
Wools, wood, grains of all kinds;
grasses, wild and sown; vegetable!,
fruits, minerals, building stone,
Hour from wheat and rye and all
other grains; hair ropes, saddles,
raw-hide ropes, furniture from na
tive wood, school work by the pu
pils in the county; samples of min
eral and medical waters, end every
thing manufactured or produced
are the articles which are wanted
to show up Crook county's various
industries.
Mr. Summers is preparing a cir
cular letter which he will send to
the various newspaiers in the
county, giving a list of the above
mentioned products, and asking
that every producer in the county
lend his aid in getting up a good
representative collection.
WILL IRRIGATE WITH PUMP
Prineville Ranch Owners Will Use
Gasolene Engine to Supply
Their Land with Water.
Crook county will witness for
the first time next spring .an at
tempt to irrigate land by the use
of a gasolene engine and pump. P.
B. Poindextcr and Arthur Hodges,
who own adjoining tracts of land
just west of town and bordering
on Crooked river, will try the ex
periment, and unless the plans
which have alieady been formulat
ed miscarry successful crops will
be grown.
The engine which will furnish
the power is a six h-p. Eli, and
lias been purchased for a sum ap
proximating $450. It will be in
stalled this fall, together with the
pump, and everything placet! in
readiness for the irrigating season
next year. The pump has a capac
ity of 1200 gallons per minute and
will draw its supply of water from
a well which is to he dug.
Seventy-five acres of ground
part of which has already been
broken, will be put into alfalfa
neiet spring and the irrigating car
ried on as needed throughout the
season.
The new method of irrigating
crops which these two gentlemen
will inaugurate in this county has
been tried successfully in the Yaki
ma country in Washington and it
is expected to prove as satisfactory
in results here. The cost of run
ning a gasolene engine during the
time that irrigation will lie needed
will not exceed the present rate
for water from the Crooked river
canal, and during the winter the
engine can be us.'d to good advan
tage to furnish power for a good
wood sawer or grain chopper. The
experiment will be watched with
considerable interest throughout
the county, and if successful will
probably instigate many others to
install the same kind of a plant.
County And
SUGAR BEETS A SUCCESS
A Product of Crook County Which
In Worthy of Considerable
More Than Passing Notice.
A single glance at the size nnd
quality of some of the sugar beet
crops which are 'raised in Crook
county will go a long ways towards
convincing the observer that this
portion of Interior Oregon would
do very well with the beet sugar
industry. Already the production
of this vegetable has gone beyond
the experimental stage, and the
county only awaits the incoming of
the machinery and capital to uti
lize the product to far greater ad
vantage than it is at present.
The two sugar beets which have
been on exhibition at the Journal
otTice are fair examples from which
tha skeptical may judge. They
were brought to the city from the
George Circle ranch aliout eight
miles north of town, and are from
a quarter acre crop which was
raised to feed the cattle this winter.
The two lieets weighed 30 pounds,
the biggest one being 22 inches in
length and 24 inches in circumfer
ence. The soil in which the crop
was produced has been only par
tially irrigated during the past
season. J hese two beets are not of
abnormal development, and a
quarter section of land in that por
tion of Crook county is capable of
producing the same results.
Mr. Circle says he raised ten of
the beets, weighing 150 pounds,
on ground about four feet square,
and that 100 tons, to the acre
would be an easy average. The
crop which he raised this year w ill
be fed to his cattle as they contain
unequaled fat-producing qualities.
- With the many agricultural ex
periments going on in the county
it is not improbable that sugar beet
raising will receive its share of at
tention. The Cline Falls Power
company has met decided success
in growing the product, and reports
from various sections of the county
have established the fact that sug
ar beets can be grown in sullicient
quantitcs to supply almost any
market that could furnish a de
mand. From a financial stand-point
probably no other production. of
the soil, as easly grown and with as
little care, will bring as good re
sults as successful crops of sugar
beets.. Mr. Circle estimates that
an acre of the product on his
ranch, at the present eastern price,
would be worth $400, and the labor
and expenditure in raising are al
most too small to be figured in.
GRIZZLY HOME IS BURNED
Residence Property of J. F. Taylor
Is Destroyed by Fir.' During
His Absence.
The fine residence of J. F. Taylor
of Grizzly was burned to the
ground a week ago Tuesday, and
with the contents was a total loss.
Mr. Taylor had in company with
his wife started for Salem on the
day previous and had left the girls
at home. Little. Theo was up
stairs alone and while playing, in
some way ignited a bun;h of
matches. The fire spread rapidly,
and the only other person present,
Miss Mattie Shannon, succeeded in
saving nothing but a small amount
of bedding. Miss Ruth who was
away at a neighbors returned with
her brother in time to save the
barn and graneries.
The residence burned, was built
ttree years ago in the place of the
former home which was also burn
ed. Mr. Taylor had up to within a
few weeks ago carried an insurance
policy of $1000 on the burned resid
ence but had allowed it to lapse.
Prineville.
lulu. 1. 1 1 illicit tiiiiiiiiiltini,m
TOSS OF HAY DESTROYED
Destructive Fire in Lake County
Consumes Large Quantities of
Valuable Winter Feed.
The fire which last week swept
over the Lower Chewaucan Marsh,
in Lake county, destroying nearly
5000 tons of hay, is likely to have
more far reaching effects than was
at first supposed. The fire is the
most disastrous of its kind which
has ever visited that section
and the loss is one which will be
felt for many months to come.
The fireis supposed tc have
started from one of the bavins
crew's camjis, and owing to the
dryness of the soil and crass.
spread with greatest rapidity. A
strong wind which was blowing at
the time aided the flames in their
destruction of the fresh mown hay.
A report to The Journal the first
of the week stated that the fire was
still burning and that hundreds
of acres of winter pasture had been
destroyed. The Hereford com
pany lost 4000 tons and ZX com
pany and others lost a thousand
more.
It is stated that the intense heat
burned the roots of the hay so
completely that it will be several
years before that district will pro
duce an average crop.
The effects on the stock interest
of that section cannot be estimated
at this time. Owing to the scarci
ty of hay in Lake county and ad
joining counties, it will be almost
impossible to4 secure winter feed
for the cattle, and it is expected
that losses will follow. Hay at
Lake view is quoted at $10, while
at Klamath Falls and other points
in that vicinity it is bringing $b'.50
and $7 with plenty of buyers and
few Bellers.
During the past iwo weeks re
ports have reached the Journal of
fice that several Crook county
stockmen would drive their herds
into the district which has been
fire-swept, but the recent disaster
there will probably be the cause of
them keeping their stock at home.
The recent catastrophe there will
send hay prices skyward, and with
the pasture burned it is not prob
able that stock can be fed much
cheaper than in Crook county even
with hay selling for $10 per ton.
A CtTY PARK AT LAST
Mayor Brink's Efforts Have. Fin
ally Been Crowned
with Success.
It is gratifying to know that
Mayor Brink's efforts to secure a
city park have at last assumed a
tangible shape, and that Prineville
in another year's time will have
some three or four acres of ground
at its own disposal.
The matter was first broached
among the business men of the city
last June, and Mayor Brink im
mediately set about to get the
grant of the land desired from the
Road company. Surveying work
is now being carried on nnd the
deed and dedication of the park to
the city of Prineville will go on re
cord in a short time.
Mayor Brink is firm in his be
lief that the park can be converted
into a beauty spot if the residents
will do their part in maintaining
it. He is of the opinion that s
practical gardner should lie em
ployed to take care of the park and
keep up its interests. He thinks
a thousand trees can be planted
which will afford an abundance of
shade, and a lawn started within a
year's time. The heaviest tax
payers in the city have agreed U
stand their share of the additional
expense in maintaining the park,
and it is not probable that they
will withdraw from this agreement
when a few extra mills are levied.