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Crook Cotirity
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PRISEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 26, 11)03.
NO. 51)
vol vi r.
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WURZWE1LER 8 THOMSON
THE BICr STORE
Interest among the trading people is centered on our place
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PRICKS AND QUALITY AitIO ALSO RIGHT.
Central Oregon, Crook County And Prineville.
We Have Ladies' Waists, Skirts and
In The Latest Styles.
Dress Goods
JtiMt now we are very busy and an' enjoying an 'V'r incrcas-.
Hrnn. . ARK YOU AMONG OUK CUSTOM U1W?
IF NOT, WHY NOT?
WURZWEUER 8 THOMSON
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IlIO DEPOSITS OK COAL
Field Along the John Day Kivcr
Kuicl to Be n Enormously
Kidi District.
Hamilton Feed Stable
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Redby Feed Barn...
HOOIll & COItS KIT, I'li'ii''".
Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turn Outs
Slock boar.lfl by iliiy, week or month Rates roaiuinnlila.
Good accommodations. Remember tm when in Prineville,
nml we guarantee that your patronage will be appreciated
mid iltwrvcd ny u.
THE OLD RELIABLE
Powell & Cyrus
-Tonsorial Artists-
foster & Lehman
Proprietors.
A Complete and Choice Line ol
-Beef, Veal, 'Mutton, Pork. Bacon,
Lard, and Country Produce.
fltal'fl St. Prineville, Oregon. 'Phone 31.
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Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
The MILLER MEAT MARKET
E M MILLER, Prop
Dl'tlllT ill
FRESH MEATS
01 nil kinds
VEGETABLES & FISH
In treason
The Cheapest and Best Place
in Crook County
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In the Building lornierly occupied
hv P B Doak
Jfenderson & Pollard
-DKALKItSlK-
WINES, LIQUORS,
rd cigars.
COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST DOOR SOUTH
COUNTRY pp POINDEXT.ER HOTEL.
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
i Prmevillo,
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Wall Paper
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for (Violin
Homestead
Locations
Timber
Desert Lands
WEITX
ROBT. SMITH,
Oregon
Klowlv hut surely Central Oregon
is getting before the outside world
in more wny than "', mid
(KK'ciully is this true ol her miner-
resources. Jut now the coui de
IMifiln in the John Day valley
m to he attracting considerable
iilleiition, and llio reports in the
main muni he true, or the Ppokes-
iimn-Reviewnf recent date gives
nut the following:
It has just talked out that a
discovery of large coal deposits,
intending for many mill through
out th John Day district, has
been made. As yet only a few
know the existence of the coal in
this country, and they ore rushing
to secure the land. Largo tracts
of land are licing leased and ninny
locutions are lieing made. ,
Reports are that the cntiri val
ley of John Day is one mass of
coal heds. It IS Known mat expvru
have been in the country for some
time and it i said that coal lieils
ist for miles wo and down the
John Day river, along hpamsh
.fiileli. in manv places up Hear
gulch and many other places.
That coal exicts in large depos-
its is thought to be the motive for
the forming of a local company
of Frank Foster, P. A
Snvder and the Dexter brothers
The company has obtained a nine
ty-nine year lease on about six
quarter sections of land in the im-
mediata vicinity of John Da-, lhe
main bodv of this land is owned
bv li. 0. Trowbridge and John Sil
vers, hut a few small tracts belong
to other residents. It is the inten
thin of the company to sink on
the ground at the earliest possible
,!uio Machinery has already
Iven purchased, and work will be
gin as quickly as the machinery
can be brought into the country
For many miles up and down
the John Dav river promising
croppings have been found, but it
is said critical tests by eastern as-
savers demonstrate the superiority
of the deposit found near John
Day city. It is all of the species
lignito and the quality is pro-
nnnnced commercial.
The beds lie in sandstone and
are canned with slate. They are
exposed ill a number of different
places, some of the croppings being
on the hiL'h hills. Some of We de
posits have been torn from the
bottom of the river by the big
dredger.
NO TIME FOR CONVENTIONS
of the 'counties in the district to
get word to, but as a matter of
fact it is the easiest, and arrange
ments could be made by wire here
in half the time that it would
take to notify the other counties
of the proceedings. -
RAILROAD RUMORS AGAIN
This Time an Electric Line Is to
lie Built Between The Dalles
and Interior Points.
WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
OF NEW YORK. .
OLAV A. HIMP80N, M'l'r InUrlor Dtp!.
RABBIT FACTORY IS OPENED
Unique Industry at Echo Be
gan Canning and Preserving
"Jacks" Last Thursday.
Crook county, with its sage
brush fields alive with mule cared
jack rabbits, is in a position to ap
preciate a lesson in the value of
utilization to be gleaned from toe
rabbit factory which began its op
erations at Echo last Thursday.
The institution is probably the
only one of its kind in the world.
The people interested are almost en
tirely Echo and Umatilla county
men with a few Portland associates.
The idea of a rabbit factory for
the purpose of utilizing the vast
number of jack rabbits running
Umatilla
is being constructed by the
Ta-
coma Hrm now interested in
the field. About fifteen of these
claims are supposed to be over the
mercury deposit which has been
reached at different points on the
slope where the prospect holes
have been dug deep enough. The
other claims on the mountain have
been taken with the expectation ol
mining tourmaline, already found
in good quantities, and gold.
Tourmaline has been discovered
in quantities large enough to justi
fy the expenditure of considerable
money in working the prospects,
and foreign capital is now at work
prospecting several of these claims
with the expectation of doing a
great deal more work commencing
not later than next April.
This district herein embraced is
on a slide sloping from the summit
In spite of the lack of credence
given to the various railroad pro
jects abroad in the land, when
such a man as J. H. Sherar who
solid to the core and means
something when he speaks, Begins
talking railroad, with The Dalles
as terminus, then is when our
people prick up their ears and be-
;in to take stock in the enterprise,
savs The Dalles Chronicle. And
that's what'he 1b doing now, hav
ing for sometime past been figur
ine on an electric road from this
;ity up Fifteen Mile creek to Du-
fur, on to Kingsley and Tygh.
It would not stop there, hut would
go up the Deechutet to the mouth
if Bakeoven canyon and then to
Antehqie. A branch would reach
out from there to Prineville, and
nother up-the John Day river
through the northern part of
Wheeler county aud the southern
part of Gilliam. Then on to the
mining sections of Grant county.
This seems like a big scheme for
to contemplate, but Mr. Sherar will be put up in every lorm irom Mine in whieh Crook County pcr.
known what he is talking about just me oroina.y cauueu ,
what such a road would require in p lamuy uso w ghowing
vnv nf orill es etc.. and 6a VS " uium
it's entirely practicable.
But it takes money to build such
line and this he knows full well
,nd has been in correspondence
with eastern capital which is ready
to invest in railroads of that de
scription. Besides, there is no
question but that local capital will
be ready to invest in a project
hich gives unmistakable evidence
of lieing in line with the upbuild
ing of our city, making it the dis
tributing point for the. section
through which the road would
iass.
Mr Slmrnr iv there is nothing
definite about the road, but it is
hnneil onr iwonle will E:ve ine
oi'ti.nKH such encouragement and
such a boost that it cannot fail to
be realized.
n,niio. n,l maltino canned hareJof Lookout mountain to Ochoco
nf ih.m .man oriuinateil bv H. C. creek due north, and is covered
Willis, secretary of the American witn Hmtier consisting oi lamarac,
Hare Packing and Cold Storage pine and fir suitable to timbering
nnmnanv. one of the most unique in deep mining. Mining men
institutions of the present genera- state that active operations in
tion . this field will begin next year and
At tt,p nrient time, it is said, machinery installed to make
tl,o mmn.ni is behind two months the district a paving camp.
in its orders which are coming in Several local parties are making
from all quarters, and especially preparations to camp in mis vi
from the East where canned hare cinity during the coming winter
has been exploited as a delicacy and look after the interests of the
f th firat water The nrosoective Prineville claimants. Next spring
customers, which tho company in consequence, in likely to see
counts on to support the trade, are considerablo activity in develop
trans-oceanic stramship lines, ment worn in tne aisinci.
dining car companies, fashionable
cafes and restaurants, epicures and DIXIE MEADOWS
trame lovine families. KabDit
PROSPERS
CLAIMANTS WANT TO GET IN
Fifty Timber Owners in Moscow,
Idaho, and Vicinity Express
Willingness to Join Pool.
CUT RATE PRICES
10c, Double Rolls for lie.
2(lc Double Rolls for 10 e.
(ioc Double Rolls for 17Je.
50c Double Rolls for 25c.
15c Double Rolls for 7jc.
IIOc Double Rolls for 15c.
40c Double Rolls for 20c.
INGRAIN 30c.
Prescriptions Cut. Aso Patent Medicines,
.eurMnrD THE LOW PRICE STORE
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D. P.-ADAMSOiVS STORE
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una ihn inroflnt nercentaee ot
oaah asaets to each dollar of lia
bility ; earns the hiuhest average
interest, and Issues too most up-to-date
progressive policies for in
vestment or protection.
Chairmen ol County Committees
Will Probably Make Nomina-
'"lions for Special Election.
The special election called for
the Ninth senatorial district, Crook,
Lake, Klamath and Grant counties,
to be held on December 16 will not
permit the holding of conventions
for the nominations. Acceptances
will all have to be filed on Decem
ber 0 and this will leave but little
time even for the chairmen of the
county central committees to get
together and make the nomina
tions which is probably the course
to be persued.
It was tboughUlbe first ol the
week thai word would lie received
from Sum While and L. H. Bak
eiminimn of the democratic and
republican state central committee;
revanline the election, but so far
nothing has been heard from them
and it is evident that they' are in
us much of a quandary regarding
the situation as some of the others.
It is probable, however, that i
meeting of the chairmen of th
county committees will be called
before the last of the week with
Prineville as the meeting place
It seems to be the current opin
ion at outside points (bat Crook
county is the most difficult of any
Articles regarding the pool of
timber claims in Lake a,nd Kla
math counties, which have neen
published recently in The Journal
have attracted the atteutipn of
claimants owning tracts in that
district, who reside Mn Moscow,
Idaho, and vicinity and they have
written to J. F. Spinning of this
city to learn the terms of the agree
ment, expressing a willingness to
place their interests in the pool.
The letter in question is from An
drew S. Olson, of Moscow, who
writes in the interests of fifty other
claimants, and is as follows:
"I have seen in the newspapers
that you and some associates are
making up a pool of yellow pine
claims located in southern Crook,
Lake and Klamath counties. I
hold a claim in the section referred
to. and there are about fifty other
claimants in Moscow and vicinity
who would like to join the pool.
Wish you would kindly send me
a copy of your pledge or agree
ment. Very truly,
A. S. Olson."
If the fifty claimants referred to
in the above sign the agreement,
the total number in the pool, in
cluding the Albany lieople, will
approximate 200, and Mr. Spinn
ing expresses himself as satisfied
that the number can be raised to
250 by the first of the coming year.
WILL CALL FOR BIDS AGAIN The many Crook county persons
who own Bhares of stock in the
County High School Board Makes pixie Meadows mine will be inter-
Arrangemente to Receive Bids ested in the following report of
for the New Building. ' the progress being made which is
recorded in the Miner of Prairie
- The county high school board citv.
met Saturday and completed ar- Dr y c Belknap returned on
rangements for advertising again , ' , w t0 the
for bids lor tne construction oi iut .... ,, . . n ,
i i i- i v, ;ii; a nefi- Dixie Meadows Gold Mining Co's.
lien mjjii i .i.
nite time has not been set for re- camp, of which he is one of the
Mivmir tliem hot it is probable main originators. He says that
that from December A to January tb.e machinery is now all installed
6 will be the month when the bids I n(j that thfl ioo.ton concentrator
will be submitted. will commence operations on or
ine new uunuiug io -uc ... ai,. Qfi
the neighborhood of 112,000 and bout DmbCT l8t About 30
. , . . I ...Ill nt uinolr onrl Damn
1 K a ,,n ofrtt-v ctnne ftnrl hrlCK UlCU oic duii o, nui- " "
nm iw m. biuij .
edifice. No bids were submitted number will constitute the wor-ing
in the last call, but it is not force after the concentrator is in
thought this difficulty will be met operation and the outside work has
again as outside contractors " MBpletei
already gignmea a win. T .
' 6 n Tn iha m nn nrmipr there are
I A),. U. r-mct Mr KriokROn. " 1
a,.i ,rnnt,,r n in attend shifts of men at work drifting on
ance at the board meeting last the ore body, crosscutting, open
Saturday aud said that he would ng Up st0pes between upper and
submit a bid as soon as a time was
appointed for receiving it.
MINES WORTH DEVELOPING
lower workings, and stoping out
ore.
It has been ascertained by the
company that the concentrates
Quicksilver District at Lookout can be treated on tne grounu oy
Mountain Gives Promise of the cyanide process, lhey have
t. ... i-.t...i.i t?:m therefore determined to nut m a
Being a viuu-iwic
cyanide plant, on winch the worn
There has been considerable talk will commence in the course of a
during the past week concerning week. The aawmill will be started
theq uicksilver at Lookout moun- up anew an(i buildings will be
tain, a detailed' report of which pu
was published in .lie aou naii . The c&n be treated
Trvet'K. rrum muse i
conditions in that vicinity it is on the ground for about 15 per ton
1 f manmrv nml Per tOIl.
indications point toward- a rapid This mine undoubtedly w 11
development of the field inside of soon become world famous. The
. ' . . ,M ore is high grade averaging, at
The district in question lies a very v, ...
......... .:i ..., f p,innill per ton, and the vein on the lower
just north of the north fork of level measures not less than 50
f.,.nl-n,t ri...r TK first c aims icev hi mi.". "-'i
., i,,ten wilhin a thousand feet out and dumped imo me v......-
,i, ..n,if of the mountain trator. No hoist, no pumps are
, ... . i. ..i 7nnn foot needed. The free gold is there
WHICH lias Itu liuimn. "v., ,.,!(
and extend for a mile and a half taken out, and the remainder of
down the slope where the altitude the values in tne
, . . o0nn.... aie separated and saved by the
drops to oouv .cefc. i . ,
AKn,,( IK -Li, have been tak- cyaniue procesr, m
... ...: nf ll, nr
en bv Prineville residents and cost oi iranf,,.-
others just below the tunnel which nd concentrates.
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