Crook County Journal
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VOL.. VI I.
PttlNEVlME, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 1!),
NO. 411
Central Oregon, Crook County And Prineville.
WURZWEILER 8 THOMSON
TH!E
Interest iinmiig tin- Iruding HMiplc in centered on our Inot
. of business l'niiiw o( lliu LAItliE STOCK OK FALL AND
WIXTFIt (i(l())S just ncceivcd, If there is mi article pur
' chasuble in (Vhtrnl Oregon, we, can duplicate it. Ol'U
PRICKS AND QUALITY ARE ALSO RIGHT.
We Have Ladies' Waists, Skirts and Dress Goods.
In The Latest Styles.
Just now wiMire very bu-y and arc enjoying nil ever incrcns
Iiik Mtrni. ARK YOU AMONG Ol'lt CUSTOM KRS?
IK NOT. WHY NOT?
WURZWEILER 8 THOMSON
Hamilton Feed Stable
AXI
Redby Feed Barn . . .
IIOOl II rt-- COIIN K IT. I'wh V
I'lnc Saddle Hursss and Livery Turn Outs
Stock boarihd by ilny, mr.fk ! mouih linlc- rt-:i koiisi I
Good iieiuiiiiiiodntions. IIi-iiii'IiiIm-i ii-v. hen ill Pi inivillc,
mid we guniaiiiee I hit i ymir n t n n.t will ! n -n- !:
allll JiMTVnl l"V III".
Powell &
Tonsoriul
A ('oiniilete. ami Choice Line f
'Beef,. Veal, 'Mutton, I'ork, Racon,
Lard, and Country Produce.
Main st. princ,ille'
jfConderson
-UEU.KItSIN-
WINES, LIQUORS,
howi.sth .iihI fTfl A
imported.... VjIJ1.I0.
co'JNtitY orders first poor south
SOLICITED. P01NDKXTKR HOTEL
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
Wall
AT
CUT RATE PRICES
Kir Double Rolls fur Sc.
20c Double Rolls for 10 c.
35c Dnnlilo K.iIIh for ITje.
.lite Double KhIIh ft.r 25c.
Prescriptions Cut.
REMEMBER THE
D. P. ADAMSOfVS STORE
la The Place
J
Cyrus - -
Artists-
roster & Lehman
Proprietors.
"p 'Phone 31.
& Pollard
Paper
1.1c Double Hulls for 7jc.
.'lllc Double Hulls nr 15c.
40c D.iulil- Hulls fur 20c.
INGRAIN 30e.
Aso Patent Medicines
LOW PRICE STORE
THEOLD RELIABLE
fil
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
The MILLER MEAT MARKET
E M MILLER, Prop
IVtilrr in
FRESH MEATS
Of nil kinds
VEGETABLES & FISH
In Si'iison
The Cheapest ard Best Flace
in Crook County
In tlio Building fniuurly occupied
l.y I' II Dunk
'' Choir
Homestead
Locations
Timber
Desert Lands
ROBT. SMITH,
Prima ille, - Oregon, j
WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
OP NEW YORK.
OlAY . SIMPSON, . M'i'r Interior D.pl.
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Hns the lareeet percentage ol
en th Resets to each dollar of lia
bility ; earns the hiurhest averam
Intorest, and iBeuea the most up-to-date
profrreBHive policlos for in
vestment or protection.
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(H'K'KSILVEH AT LOOKOUT
Ore fifini .Mines in Eastern Crook
Cuunly Assay 6.(12 I'.t Cent of
Mercury Value erTun "!!
Present indications point to
ward considerable, activity in the
Lmkoiit niiiiiiitnin quicksilver
t rit-t bi'lorc another year ha elnts
eil. Practically nil of the avail
nhle mining claims have lieen
located, Taeonm cnpitiil has intcr
esteil itself in Mine (if the liest
inisK'it, And individuals ore
working out their assessments with
j the intention of making their pro
iertie piiying prujiositions.
The expectations of the latter
are nut without foundation. An
assay of the ore taken from one of
the claims was made hy F. L.
Davey oi linker City and shows
(1.112 ier cent mercury villi a valu
ation ot I7U.4- pT ton. TJie ore
was sent hy J. K. -Morris of this
city who holds the assay as quoted
above.
When it is taken into considera
tion th.il some t( the largest quick
silver producing mines in the
I'niled Suite are (ftting lew than
1 kt ci'iil mercury from their pro
pcrlics mid are making fortunes
out of ore which runs from 14 lo
d per toji, pome idea of ihe value
of the Lookout mountain district
may he gleaned. The party of
bisii ess men of this city com
posed of I', B. I'fiinilexler, J. K.
Spinning, Ed Crahtree nnd Dr.
Taggnrt who returned this week
from a trip t: tbijr claims in Ibis
district are of one voice in pro
nouncing the prospects the most
promising that Could lie desired.
The Tncoma linn which is carry
ing on development work on pro
perty adjoining the claims of these
men, has constructed two tunnels,
one of them 300 feet long; the
other has just been started, but is
following the vein of cinnabar
which first attracted the atten
tion of miners to that section of
the county. The ore which they
are producing ban assayed ns high
us that sent by Mr. Morris to
linker City, nnd it is probable that
they will keep a large force of men
at work on their property during
the entire winter. At any rate
Ihe firm is not taking hold of the
mutter in a half hearted manner
and the prospects which they ore
woiking nre certainly rich enough
to justify active operations.
Sonic of the business men in Ihe
city have held claims in that vi
cinity for two years, but it has
been only recently that any con
siderable interest was manifested in
this quicksilver field, and that
principally in the face of the as
says which show the properties to
be (Ulterior in many respects to
those in actual operation in other
lirts of the country, nnd which
have not the (kTcentage of nier-
curv in their ore ns is shown to
xist in the claims at Lookout
mauntain. Another year is more
than likely to seo some promising
levelopments. take place in this
listrict.
WILL SOON BE ON MARKET
Bond Company's New Addition to
Prineville Will Be Ready for
Sale by. January 1.
The plat for the new fourth .id
lition to the town of Prineville
lias been completed and it is ex
pected that the Wagon Road com
pany will have its city lots on the
market by the middle of nexi
inon lb.
Surveying work was completed
some time ago nnd County Survey
or li raves since then has heen en
gaged in getting the work platted
The plats were completed lliit
week and have been sent to tin
company's attorneys in Portlanj
for approval. From there the)
will be sent to the president of the j
compnny who in turn will sendl
them to rrineville for dedication i
alter which they will be in the
bandi of attorney Elliott for sale.
The addition includes twenty
blocks and will make a very de
sirable addition to the city. From
the demand in the past for build
ing lots it is not probable that
much delay will be encountered in
disposing of them.
It is the intention of the com
pany to lay off nnother addition
on the north side of the Ochoco
and surveying work will probably
liegin on this property shortly af
ter the first of the venr.
FREIGHT RATES ARE RAISED
Freighter's Union Holds Meeting
nnd Agrees to Higher Rates
for Hnnling Merchandise.
The Freighter's Union, jihich
now includes practically all of
the teamsters plying between
Shanikn and Interior Oregon
points, Iiiib raised on the traffic
rates for transportating merchan
dise from ll.e railroad. The in
crease in rati s between the latter
point and Prineville, amounts to
25 cents per lnindnd, and the
diffi'renee to other inland points
has been raised in proportion to
dinlnnces.
The meeting was held last Sun
nay afternoon. The officers elect
ed for the ensuing yenr are: John
Chambers, president; Green Beard,
secretary; Julia Pickett, treasurer.
The freighters rates ag'reeJ upon
per hundred pounds are ns follows:
Shaniko to Prineville, $1.2o; Shan
iko to Bend, $1.50; Shaniko to
Paulina; $2 00; Shaniko to Burns,
3.00: Shaniko to Silver Lake,
2.50; Shaniko to Haystack and
Culver, 1.25; Shaniko to Hay
Creek, 85; Shaniko to Squaw
Creek 1.50.
The raise in rntes is the result of
the heavy roads and the increased
price of hay and grain, the latter
being the principal expenses in
transportating goods from the
railroad to their destinations. The
new schedule will not go into effect
until the 1st of December. It wns
thought advisable to make the
change on that date as many con
tracts for hauling between Shaniko
nnd Prineville have been made
this month for one cent per pound.
It is extected that all of these con
tracts will have been filled by the
first of next month.
railroad men auk busy
Suit? Aro Being Started to (let
Right of Way for Extension of
Line from Arlington.
Railroad matters in tiilliam
county aro rapidly inking shape.
Tiie Eastern Oregon Railway com
pany has heen granted a franchise
through Arlington, paying 2000
for same and putting up a bond of
5000 as a guarantee that they will
have fifteen miles of the road com"
pleted inside of the first year. This
company has commenced condem
nation proceedings fur right of way
igainst Henry Horst, W. W.
Wenlherford, J. E. Stephens, A. A
Oarotliers, George Marvel, J. A
Mill-r nnd T. C. Moldy. The
pnpers in these suits were placed
on tile in the county cierk s olbei
Tuesday, says the Condon Times
J. N. Davis, a Portland attorney,
representing the Columbia R'vei
and Central Oregon Railroad
company, was in the city yesler
day. This company is trying to
purchase right of way and has
paid T. C. Mobly 2000 for a per
mit to cross his ranch'. Another
farmer waB offered 1000 for rigln
of way across his land but refused
the offer.
BLUE BUCKET IS IiEVIVEDjsent time. She is out of debt with
" money on band ,in, quantity al-
j ,, ....
rwme i.urreni History iieiative
to the Early Discovery of the
Famous Mine.
History records the fact that
gold was first discovered on the Pa
eilic coast in what is now El Dora
do county, California, in 1S4S. As
a matter of fact, gold was found by
an old emigrant train on the old
Steve Meek cut-off, in Crook or
Harney county, in eastern Oregon,
lietween the Milliliter and Deschutes
rivers in 1H55. This fact can yet
be sufficiently attested by living
witnesses.
My grandfather ami his family
were in the wagon train that broke
the trail afterward known as Meek
cut-off. My father was at that
time a boy 14 years old. He told
me the full particulars in a differ
ent country, having removed from
Oregon in lSOfl, It was not the
train he was in that found the gold
but the one following thern, and he
repeated to me Irom memory the
story as told at the tinn- unmixed
with the version of modern yenrs.
The train encamped on n small
stream somewhere along the rim of
Harney basin, there being hills to
the northward nnd the level stretch
of desert to the south. A freshet
had sluiced out Ihe gulch leaving
the bedrock hare. A lady passing
over this bare spot picked up some
yellow pieces of metal and came to
camp, carrying it in her apron and
calling attention to it. ..No one
seemed to know what it was and
when asked how much of the met
al she could have picked up had
she wished, she pointed to a wood
en water bucket painted blue and
replied she thought she could have
picked up the bucket full in a lit
tle while; hence the name given
this lost mine, "The Blue Bucket
Diggings."
The suggestion made by some
one that it might he gold brought
the wise men to the fore. He is
ever with us, and it is upon these
special occasions that he is wont
to exhibit his marvelous wisdom.
He explained that gold and silver
were the only metals that had a
natural ring to them (he had evi
dently forgotten that it was the
alloy in the coin that gave it the
"ring"). He forthwith hammered
a piece-out flat on the wagon tire
:ind tested it tor- the ring. As it
would not ring, be promply pio
nounced it brass, (he bad also for
gotten that brass was not a sieci-
fic metal, but composition) hence
sometimes calkS the Wagon Tire
Diggens.
Some of this gold found its way
into the Willamette valley, being
preserved as curios, but it w9 not
until after the discovery of gold in
California that Ihose people knew
what thev had found and lost on
the old immigrant trail.
The old Blue Bucket has never
been rediscovered. A much credit
ed version that Canyon City was
the place is uiuloutedly erroneous.
After a personal examination 1
am confident upon this point.
Another error made by those old
pioneers, and is still extant, is the
onfounding of Crooked river with
the John Day river. They struck
the Crooked river near Prineville.
and mistook it for the John Day,
leaving it to the north and east
ward of their route. John L.
lliggs, of Marvin, Oregon, in Ore-
gonian.
COUNTY IS NOT WORRYING
Crook's Indebtedness Will Be Only
2500 if no Taxes Are Col-
lected Next Year.
The question of the special ses
sion of the legislature and the en
actment of a remedial tax law is
one of the few things which Is not
bothering Crook county at the pn
most sufficient to meet .the run-
ning expenses for itnotliet1 "year if
the present tax law remains in-"
tact and no money is culleoted
for expenditures.
County Treasurer Bell says the
financial condition of the county
is way ahead of many others, and
that a failure to collect taxes simp
ly means n slight derangement ot
business and nothing more. Debts
will be paid and practically all
expenses met and the deficiency
at the close of next year is not
likely to exceed 12500.
At present the county has a sur
plus in rush of 17,ISfi-S.24. The
The expcndiluie for the year 1902
an ounled to something over 14,-
000 exclusive of the building of
bridges nnd highways, and Ihe ex
penses fur next year, it is estimat
ed, will reach a figure approxi
mating 1!,500 which is inclusive
ol ihe new $4j00 county . bridge
west ol town nnd the bridge nt the
Warm Springs agency now under
consideration by the county court.
This will leave- a deficiency in
round numbers of .VM) which is
n joke compared with the amount
that some counties will be facing
at the close of next year if no col
lection of taxes is made.
County Clerk Smith in comment
ing upon the situation the first of
the week said: "Crook county com
pares very favorably with other
counties in the state and 1 believe
tliere are but one or two others
that could come out at the close of
the year in as good financial con
dition. There is no indebtedness to
pay off and no interest on harrow
ed money accumulating, so the
running expenses are all that will
have to be met. The county can
shoulder these and not be in the
hole very deep at the close of the
year's work. I think tUXM
would fully cover any deficiency."
COAL FOUND NEAR DAYVILLE
Report Is Current That a Vein 140
Feet Deep Has Been Found on
the John Day River,
The news has been spread that
an unusually large bed of coal
has been Mnearthed near Dayville
on the John Day river, but The
Journal ns yet has has been unable
to verify the report. The Prairie
City Miner, however, gives spnee
to the story nnd comments as fol
lows: "Word has reached this place,
that the crew of miners prospect
ing for coal on the river near ti e.
home of James Sma II have drilled
through a solid bed of coul to a ;,
depth of 14 feei. Nor is the bot
tom of this wonderful stratum yet
reached. Should these reports be
confirmed, and they are made on
good authority, this will prove to be
one of the largest deposits of coal
ever discovered: " "
The oiterations are being con
ducted by P. A. Downs, a Boise
coal expert, and the question of
quality has most likely heen set- '
tied, as these investigations have :
heen going on quietly lor some
time. Had not the quality proved ;
satisfactory it is not piobahle that
he would have placed heavy
machinery on the ground and em
ployed a number of workmen to
investigate the extent of the de- ;
posit.
It is rumored that Mr. Downs
represents the O. R. A X. company,
hut whether this lie true or nut
matters little, for as soon as such
vast deiswits of coal of a commer
cial quality are proven to exist in
this valley, transjiortalion will be
provided. A number of different
railway companies would hustle to
lie the first to et their lines into'
the field."