1 County ourna. l vol. vi r, PRLN'KVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 3, 1003. NO. 51 I f If nfi'4',4w('lM4'',tTt, Crook WURZWEILER 8 THOMSON THE BIGr STORE Interest niniiiiK tlii! trailing people in ci'iilcrcd on our plain l business Itiiiih of the LARUE STOCK OK FALL AM) WINTER GOODS just nwi'ivril. II there in bi arliilc. pur chasable in .Central Oregon, wc cuti duplicate it. OUR " PRICKS AND QUALITY AltIC ALSO RIGHT. Wc Have Ladies' Waists, Skirts and Drcs? Goods In The Latest Styles. i Just now wc arc very busy mid arc enjoying nit ever increas ing .triMitiKi. AUK Yol! AMONG OUR CUSTOMERS? IK NOT, WHY NOT? Willi ZWEILER O THOMSON Hamilton Feed AM) Redby Feed Barn . . . IIOlVIH & COl! N KIT, l'linr'a. Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turn-Outs Stock boarded liy luy, wi-rk or nionlli 'Rati reasonable. Good aici'iiimoilalioii. Remember u when In Priiietille, nml wo guarantee llmt your t roi:ii- will he apprccialeil mill discm-d by u. Li Powell & .Tnnsoriul A Coinjilote and Choice Line Jloef, Veal, 'Mutton, Pork, Bacon, Lard and (Country Produce-, lllaifl- St. Prineville, Orcjw. 'Phone 31. jKondorson -DKAI.KU8IN WINES, LIQUORS, :z;:rJ cigars. COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST DOOR SOUTH SOLICITED. POIN DEXTER HOTEL PRINEVILLE, OREGON. ' Wall AT l CUT RATE PRICES 10c Double Rolls for 5c. 21V Double Rolls for 10 c. 35e Double Rolls for lTJc. 50c Double Rolls for 25c. Prescriptions' Cut. Aso Patent Medicines. REMEMBER THE LOW PRICE STORE D. P. ADAMSON'S STORE -Is The Stable mmmmmm a m J Artists- Fostcr & Lehman Proprietors. & Pollard A- Paper 1,1c Double Rolls for 7Je. .Ilk: Double Rolls for lfte. 4(tt' Doublo Rolls for 20c. INGRAIN 31V. 1, Placo- THE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE s The MILLER MEAT MARKET E M MILLER, Prop Driller in FRESH MEATS Of all kinds VEGETABLES & FISH III Sl'llSOU The Cheapest and Best Place in Crook County In tlie Building formerly occupied l.v P B I)o.ik 'or Vhulrr homestead Locations Timber Desert Lands "WRXTX ROBT. SMITHf Prinovillo, -. Oregon. WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. OLAY A. SIMPSON, M'l'r InUrlor Dpt. Haa tbe largest percentage ot oash asseta to each dollar of lia- bility ; earns the hiuhoat avorace intoroat, and Isauca the motit up- to-date proffroeaive pollclea for in- p-::; n vestment or protection. Central Oregon, Crook INSTITUTE NKXT WKEK i j Aniiinil Event Will Be Held in Thin City Next Vcek,Weni her 10, 11 and VI. Tlie program for tlie Crook coun ly teachers annual .institute has been prepared anil is given lielow. Slate SiiKriiitenilerit Ackerman j will he here to deliver several In- teVesling lectured and R, F. Robin- son, county sUHTintendcnt of I Multiioinali comity will I in at j lenihincc. The program is well arranged anil is as follows: ' Tlll'llSDAY. j A. M. i 11:30 Opening Exerciss. 9:20 A Program (or Rilr- , al Schools . . J. II. Ackerman 10:00 Arithmetic . .K. F. Rohinson 10:10 Recess. 10:50 Reading. . . J. II. Ackerman 1. M. 1:30 0ening Exercises. ' 1:40 Geography. .J. F. Rohinson 2:30 Lniigungc. ..J. II Ackerman 3:20 Recess. 3:30 School Manage- mcnt J. K. Rohinson Questions and Answers FlIIIIAV. A. M. 9:00 0S'iung Exercise. 9:20 Reading. . . J. II. Ackerman 10:00 Arithmetic. J. F. Rohinson 10:40 Recess. 10:!i0 Importance of Lit- tie ThingSjJ. II. Ackerman P. SI.' 1:30 Opening Exercises 1:40 Urography .t. i. F. Rohinson 2:30 Language. . J. II. Ackernian 8:20 Recess. 3:30 The Recitation A. C. Strange Questions and Answers. SATl'HDAY. A. M. t);00 Opening Exercises 9:20 Arithmetic. .li. F. Robinson 10:00 Written Tests. . E. E. Orton 10:10 R.'cess. 10:50 History.... R.F. Robinson P. At. 1:30 Opening Exercises. 1:40 Civil (iovern- ment R. F. Robinson 2:30 Phonics R.A.Ford 3:20 Recess. ' 3:30 School Manage-... j.... ment. . . .R. F. Rohinson Questions and Answers. Evening sessions will be held during the institute on Friday and Saturday evenings at the M. E church. The program 1 on these evenings will consist of music, lectures and recitations. Mrs. A C. Strange will have charge ol the music during the institute and the special evenings. It ie expected that every teacher in the county as well as those expecting to teach will he present during the three days, and county superintendent Bogeli anticipates an unusually inlerfsling session. NO ELECTION IX CROOK Mass Meeting of Citijens wsl Week at the Court House I cided on Tb.s Course, The ninth senatorial district if Coook, Grant, Lake and Kla malli counties will not elect i senator to represent the' division it tbe special session of the legisla ture. This course was adopted at i mass meeting of citizens which which was held lat Friday after noon when evidence was produced to show that tbe writ of election issued by the governor was simply a move on his part to validate the actions of the legislature. Mayor Brink read a communi cation frofti the county committee of Grant county in which it was i . . " stated that they would hold no election there, and the same word was received from Klamath. The local politicians, both demo crats and republicans, advancd the opinion that even if it were possible for an election to lie held in the time givrn, it would be a useless and unnecessary expense for the county to shoulder. Judge Barnes said he thought the candle was hardly worth the $1500 or 12000 lighting process, and ex county judge Booth ventured to re mark that some of the county roads could stand that much im provement. Dr. Gesner lost the friendship of his prospective clerk in the senate by arguing against an election and his own candidacy. After a very free and liberal dis cussion of the situation, during which it became plainly evident that even if a senator were elected there was a possibility of him not knowing about it until the 26th of January, the matter was put to a vote which showed an unanimous sentiment against the use of the ballot box this month. TIMBER AT A LOW PRICE Fifteen Thousand Acres in Des chutes Valley Bought by Com pany for $1.25 per Acre. A dispatch from Salem states that one of the largest deeds ever executed by the State Land Board was issued last week when 15,853 acres of land were conveyed by a single instrument to the A. J. Dwyer Pine, Land Company, of St. Paul, Minn. The land is in the Deschutes pine belt, southwest of Bepd. The consideration of the transaction is $19,817, or $1.25 per acre. The purchase was made in 1893, when the price of lieu land was $1.25 per acre. As the land was selected before any buying had been done In that region, this is probably the best of the Deschutes pine lands, and was secured at an exceedingly low price, especially in view of the advance in the value of timber .lands in the last five years. In the original purchase 62 cer tificutes of sale were issued to as many different j persons, and all these were later assigned to the Dwyer Company. TAX LIST WILL BE LIGHT Sheriff Records Show but Small Amount to be Collected from Delinquent Tax Payers. As an evidence of th general tone of prosperity which prevades Crook county's atmosphere, Sher iff Smith offers the delinquent tax list as about the best that could be submitted to the public. The amount of taxes still to be collect" ed on last year's assessment is re markably small, and the delin quent list which is soon to be pub lished is not likely to exceed $l!00. The first of October delinquent tax payers were in arrears to the county in the sum of $2000, Dur ing that month amounts footing up to $200 were paid in and dur ing the month of November just closed the list has been cut down $(i00. This leaves practically $1200 still to be collected, if there is to be no delinquent publication, hut it is thought that this figure will be cut in two before a levy and sale notice appears. At leot the sheriff's office gives out tbe state ment after judging from last month's payments which can?9 in steadily. It ie thought, too, that the mere fact of the delinquent tax payers having their property advertised will induce a great many payments to be made during the present month. County And DISTRICT ATTORNEY SUED Menefee and Sheriff of Wasco County Brought into Court to Answer Charges. Otto Eastlund has brought suit in the United States court to recover $11,000 damages from District At torney Frank Menefee and Sheriff Sexton of Wasco county alleged to have been sustained from an un lawful arrest and detention in the Wauco county jail for mistreating and driving beyond their original lestination a pair of livery horses. According to Eastlund's state ment the team which he was ac-j cused of unlawfully retaining was never in his possessson, and he says the officers knew such to be the case when be was arrested, but notwithstanding this he was not released until a considerable sum of money had been paid on his be-1 half to tbe owners of the horses. Eastlund and his brother left Portland last May with two timber locators who had agreed to show the two men timber claims they couid file on within 75 miles of the Dalles. When they reached tbe latter place a livery team was hired but the timber proved to be over 300 miles away and the party found themselves down in Lake county with their horses given out after several dayB of hard driving. The two Eastlunds then started home tlie best way they could. Later they were arrested in The Dalles charged witK larceny as bailees and paid the sheriff $74 for the team and were released. Soon after both were again arrested in Portland and paid $152 more for the rig, each being confined in the jail for several days. Now they have brought suit against the part ies mentioned above. The defendants are not alarmed over the situation and the District Attorney says when he can't file an information upon the sworn statement of witnesses, and a sher iff must investigate before arresting after receiving information, some thing is decidely wrong. DECISION ON HOMESTEADS Judge Cleland Holds That Widow Cannot Maintain Homestead After Husband's Death. A decision made by Judge Cle land of the state circuit court this week in which he held that the widow of a settler on a homestead cannot hold it after the death of her husband, is one which, if sus tained, will have considerable lo cal hearing in the matter of mak ing final proof on homesteads in Crook county. The judge in his decision stateB that even in an in stance in which the husband has secured his entrance papers, and at the time of his death was legally owner of 160 acres un der the home stead laws, the widow would not be entitled to the possession of the land. The diecsion was in the case of Mrs. Jessie Zimmerman against Mrs. Minnie McCall. Attorney G. P. Lent of Portland represented the plaintiff who desired a parti tion of the homestead, this parti tion being apposed by the defend- aot, who, as widow of the man se curing the homestead, alleged that she had full control over the pro perty and that it could not be di vided against her wish. The Port land Journal in commenting upon the case says: "Should Judge Cleland's decision be adhered to as precedent in Ore gon courts, attorneys believe that many holdings will be subject to partition and that numerous home steads in the state that are being held by widows and children of Prineville. the original purchaser from the government will lose the chief part of their heritage. The dower in terest of one-third that liclongs to the wife cannot be taken, but the complete interest, commonly sup posed to desend from husband to wife on his death, will no longer remain valid, and persons interest ed in tho estate from blood ties can more easily secure tbe parti tion of estates that before this time have been controlled entire ly by the wife." C. A. PATTERSON IN TOWN Discoverer of Quicksilver Says Lookout District Has Bril liant Future. C. A. Patterson, who five years ago discovered cinnabar in the Lookout mountain district and lat er sold a third interest in three claims he held in that section to Seattle parties for a consideration of $20,000, came down from the mountain Tuesday and will Re main here several days before go ing to Portland on a business trip. Mr. Patterson anticipates consider able activity in the Crook county cinnabar district in the near future and sa's the mineral there would justify an enormous expen diture in marketing the mercury. In an interview Tuesday evening he said: "Our tunnel in the side of Look out mountain which is now being worked shows indications of a re markable deposit of cinnabar. The first vein we opened was 79 feet in depth, 30 feet wide and we have followed it a distance of 90 feet, and on the surface have traced it a distance ot zow leet. Assays which have been made recently show ore in this vein to run near ly 50 per cent mercury, with a , valuatian per ton of $650. This showing is way in excess of that made by the two largest cinnabar fields in the United States. These are in California and are paying immense profits on ore which is low grade compared with this in the Crook county district." When asked as to the extent of the field in this district, Mr. Pat terson said that from a close in vestigation of 'surface indications he had found the ear marks of cinnabar over an area exceeding three-fourths of a mile square. He stated further that the field might be considerably larger, and prob ably was, but no one had any way of telling now until prospect holes had been dug. The vein which at present iB being worked is near the surface and the surface shows t, but this may sink to greater depth and extend over a much larger district than is supposed. I look for an early develop ment of this district," said Mr. Patterson, "and next spring will probably see more outside capital at work in this field which is des tined to become one of the greatest producers in the west. This of course from own ideas, but I suc ceeded in finding quicksilver there and can Bcrape it up in small quantities with my hand in our tunnel right after a blast has com pressed the ore, so I consider these indications as being worth some thing. There is no doubt as to the richness of the field, and in a short time it will be worked for its wealth." Mr. Patterson left Wednesday morning for Portland and will not return again until about the mid dle of next April. In the mean time work will be continued in the tunnels at Lookout mountain, and by next spring it is expected that all of the cinnabar veins on the claims of the company, which M r Patterson represents, will have been opened and prospect work finished.