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PRLN'KVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 3, 1003.
NO. 51
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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
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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.
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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. '
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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
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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.
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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.