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VOL VII.
1'IUNKVI LIE, CROOK COUNTY, OBKfiOX, DECEMBER 10, 1903.
NO. 52
Crook
WURZWEILER 8 THOMSON
THE BIG STORE
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tli URGE hTOL'K OK FALL AND
WINTER GOODS just ii Ivfil. K lInTi-in mi article pur-
chasuble ill Central Oregon, we run duplicate it. Ol'lt
l'ltlCKS AND QUALITY AUK ALSO RIGHT.
Wc Have Ladies Waists, Skil ls and Dress (foods
In The Latest Styles.
Jiict now wc iin- very busy and nn eujns ii: an cv.r incrcas
" lug ptitruungc. AUK YOU AMONG Ol!U Ct'M'o.M EllS?
IK NOT. WHY NOT?
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Hamilton Feed Stable
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Redby Feed Barn . . .
Itoinil & COKNETT, I'imi'V
Fine Saddle Horses and - Livery Turn Outs
Slmk boarded hy day. week nr month Hiiti reasonable.
Good iiecoiiiuiodulioiis. KcuicniWr u when in Pritu'ville,
nml Ac ct tiilit Hint your palrunnge will he iippm-inlcd
Hint di'Mlvrll I'V UK.
Powell &
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A Complete mid Choice. Line of
J,eef, Veal, 'Mutton, 1'ork, Bacon,
Lanl, and Country Produce.
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
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Of all khulf
VEGETABLES & PISH
In fM'twon
The Cheapest and Best Place
in Crook County
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In the Building fminerlv occupied
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fur t'huiffl
Homestead
Locations
Timber
Desert Lands
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Prineville,
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INSURANCE CO.
OF NEW YORK.
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Has the largest percentage ot
onsh assets to each dollar of lia
bility: earns the highest average
Interest, and issues the most up-
to-date prosrressi vo polioies for In
vestment or protection.
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ASSOCIATION IS iKOVIN'f;
I the stockmen o! linker county
Ail.l.-lic- Club's Kuil.iuir v(-irinJluldtakpluIIcoKnijnce of the
Coin jIi;tioii Organization to
lie ii Large One.
Prineville' Athletir association
bids lair In he the largest organi
zation ol ilk kiml in Eastern Ore
gon. JVhen the club'ii huililing,
which in rapidly nearing comple
tion, in finished it will stand
i'ind tolliP Multnomah Athietic'H
luiililing in Pentium!. The local
ImililiiiK in two Kloriin in heighth,
HI) by 40 feet in , and already
rciirMMMiti" nil vxMniliture of neur
it' $'!(HN). EunilH fur the nininti n
unci- of die iimtitiitiou have been
readily fulwcrilied by nearly every
IniKineHK and professional man in
the city, and one of the moHt im
mrtiiiit nrt'iiiii.'itifins that linf
been effeeted in the county.
The irosceti of the club from
itn organization have been mwt
fliitterinj; and il Hire a a
sot ui I and athletic anincinuon if
ns-ured. The charter list eontainn
ninety-two names reprexentinn
every hu-ine-a hounr and nearly
the profcvitiiinal men in the city.
The officers are Ir. i. II. Ruwn
berg, president; Harold linlilwin,
secretary; and Dr. II.- P. Belknap,
C. M. Elkin and C. Ham Smith,
triisteen. Ttlt: club bus been in
corMiraled and holds a State Char
ter. The bond ifcue of fjSOO bur
len Mibribed and about 1700
paid in on nicmlvrrhip fecn. Each
meinber of the club was given an
oportunity to take one or more
bond and 42 meinour of the club
are nmmiK the bondholders. The
Kirst National Hank oi Prineville
will act ax trustee1 for the boud
holdeiH and the nemiannual inter
est will lie payable there.
The building and lots, formerly
owned by the Ochoco Milling
Company, were purchuwd for fciOOO
and the club has already expended
H00 linishing and partially eiiuip
ing fie building. While the
amount paid for the Milling Co'.
building is all it was worth in its
unfinished state, it removes' from
the center of the city steam mill
that was a continual menace to the
business portion of the town. The
Women's Annex organized last
week with a charter list of 64
members with Mrs. H. P. Belknap
as president. Applications for
membership are being received
every clay by both the club and the
Annex from out of town as well as
residents of the city. The way the
business men and the ladies have
taken bold of this laudable enter
prise is proof that the Prineville
Amateur Athletic Club is destined
to be the most important social
factor in Central Oregon. Long
may it live.
STOCKMEN ARE INVITED
Annual Meeting of Livestock As
sociatinu Wants Every Cattle
and Sheep Man to Attend.
The National Livestock As
sociation, which holds its seventh
annual meeting in Portland next
month, is making extensive pre
parations for the entertainment of
those who will be in attendance.
Many matters of interest to the
cattle and sheep raisers through
out the state will come up for dis
cussion, and an urgent invitation
will be sent to every stockman
Eastern Oregon. Portland at that
time will put forth an effort to se
cure a packing industry, a mutter
which is of considerable importance
to the stock growers in interior
Oregon. The gist of the business
maneuvers to be transacted are set
forth in the following invitation
which is being sent to the various
counties throughout the state.
"Tbe-seventh annual convention
of the National Livestock Associa
tion will be held in Portland on
January 12, 13, 14, and 15, 1SHH
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T1mh time is drawing near and and
meaning of this meeting, so near
to our thresholds, in Eastern Ore
gon, it means that the nielroK,l-
is of the "tale will lie visited by
several thousand of the leading
pirits in this industry, and that
they will make a special effort to
study the people and the con-
itions in Oregon, while on this
mission. I he executive committee
islies to see every individual
tockman in the state take an ac
tive part in this meeting. The
capital represented by member-
hip of the National LivesUK-k As
sociation amounts to about $500,
000,000 and most of the capital
will be personally represented in
the city of Portland during the
meeting. Investors will be there
looking for places to locate perma
nently, where the conditions and
nd surroundings of the industry
re congenial and inviting. There
illbe students oi the livestock
iiduslry there, practical men seek
ng information through associa
tion, and contact ;rilh those en
gaged in the industry, in different
parts of the country and from con
tact with these experts the stock
men of Oregon can gain much vi
tal and valuable information.
The committee especially urges
that every stockman of the county
ittenil the meeting and listen to
the discussions. Questions con
cerning every individual stock
man will be ably and fully discuss
ed by those at the very lead in the
livestock industry. It will be a
bance to get in touch with the in
ido working of the National Asso
ciation which will probably not
come to Oregon stockmen again in
lifetime."
Judge M. R. Biggs, who is presi-
Ifiit of the Crook County Cattle
men's association, said the first of
the week that this county would
send a delegation'to represent it at
the annual meeting of the Live
stock convention. The delegates
will in all probability be: J. H.
iray, E. T. Slayton and A. L.
Wigle. At present Mr. Gray is
busy gathering particulars and
statistics relative to the stock in
terests of Crook county, and these
will be presented when the com
mittee attends the convention next
month. Judge Biggs feels confi-
nt that Crook county will make
creditable showing and that the
convention will be surprised at the
number of head of stock which
are raised in the interior part of
the state. . .
GAIN IN POSTAL BUSINESS
Postoffice Report for Last Hajf
Makes Favorable Showing for
an Interior Point.
The Prineville postoffice has just
issued its report for the five months
from- June 1 to December 1
The report shows a large amount of
business transacted and more mail
matter handled probably than at
in y other interior point. The
money orders and registered pack
nges are considerably in excess of
the preceding half and by the time
the full half year is up which will
nclude the month of Decenilier
with all of its holiday trade, this
branch of the postal business v. ill
lie greatly increased.
The present re,Kirt shows that
from 4 to 12 sacks were hunill
laily and that the office inspected
70 route sacks 526 limes during
the five months. There are seven
itage routes carrying mail and 52
arrivals and departure's during the!
week. Since the first of June,
1527 money orders have been issued
and 1050 pieces ol registered mail
bandied in transit with 382 origi
nating in this office, and 874 de
livered. The two newspapers add
ed to the gross weight of the mail
during the five months to the
amount of 2940 pounds,
County And
iSHEEPMEX HOLD MEETING
In Session at Antetoie and Dis
cuss and Adopt Rules Regard
ing the Ranging of Stock.
The annual meeting of the Ante
lope Wool Growers association was
held in Antelope last week. A
large number of sheepmen from
the surrounding country was pres
ent to elect officers for the ensuing
year and transact business pertain
ing to the range situation. The
Antelope Herald gives the follow
ing summary of the proceedings:
"The principal business trans
acted by the association was the
discussion of the action upon
resolutions introduced by George
A. Young, one of them endorsing
the policy of H. O. Langille in the
grazing on reserves, and including
a vote of thanks to Mr. Langille,
M. P. Isenberg, S. C. Bartrum and
their assistants, and the other
resolution relating to the trans
ferring of the grazing privileges in
the reserve. The first resolution
was passed without dissent, but up
on the other there was consider
able discussion,'and it was finally
referred to a committee. The
orininal resolution provided, in
effect, that when bands of stock
hecp change bands, the purchaser
should become entitled to what
ever privileges the seller had in
the matter of range in the reserve,
where such purchase was made for
the purpose of continuing the busi
ness as stock-raiser. The resolu
tion was returned by the committee
to the association, with an amend
ment providing that the rule set
forth in the resolution should not
apply when such purchaser had
already been alloted range in the
reserve for three or more bands of
sheep; the committee recommend
ed the adoption of the resolution
as amended, which was done by a
unanimous vote.
The election of officers for the
ensuing year was then held, all of
the officers of the association being
re elected. The officers are, Presi
dent, J. D. McAndie; Vice- Presi
dent, C. P. U'Ren; Secretary, H.
C. Rooper; Treasurer, V. Bolton.
COLONISTS COME TO OREGON
Railroads Have Brought Over 5500
Homeseekers to This State
During Past Year.
From present indications Ore
gon is likely to double its present
population by the time the next
national census is taken. Home
seekers have poured into the state
from all sections of the east during
the past year, and the Southern
Pacific alone states that it has
brought over 5500 permanent resi
dents to Oregon since February 15.
Nearly 1300 of these arrived dur
ing the months of September and
October while the railroads were
granting their reduced colonist's
rates. It is estimated by the rail
road officials that the number ol
colonists will be increased to 10,
000 during the coming year. One
of the officials of the Southern Pa
cific in speaking o! the growth Ore
gon has experienced during the
nast season said: "The climate of
this state may be put close along
side the natural richness and pro
ductiveness of the soil as one of the
attractions wtich induce these
people from the East to settle here.
That is a combination which gener
ally makes a homeseeker a citizen of
Oregon. Before they leave they
all agree that Oregon is the bes
place they have visited and gener
ally promise to make arrangements
to come out here."
"This influx of immigrants, while
not as heavy as expected, has been
partially responsible for the feeling
of prosperity which prevades the
entire state.
Prineville.
"These men have gone to var
ious portions of Oregon and have
become citizens. The increase in
country population has made a
corresponding increase in business
and the number of city inhabit
ants. From every town in the
Willamette Valley comes the re
port ol great growth of population.
Portland reflects the growth of the
whole state. Statistics would show
an enormous increase in the popu
lation in every portion of the state.
Of course business is good as a re
sult, there is no gainsaying that
fact."
WATER POWER ON JOHX DAY
San Francisco Parties Will De
velop 2300 Horse-Power on
River for Electrical Purposes.
Prospective power generators on
the Deschutes river in this county
may gain considerable encourage
ment from the 0erations being
conducted on the John Day river
by San Francisco capitalists who
are using the water in that stream
for generating power to supply
several neighboring cities with
electricity.
W. A. McNaughton, who has
been in the vicinity of the work
overseeing the construction of the
ditches, and who is interested in
the undertaking, states that the
company he represents expects to
develop 2300 horse power. From
the John Day river he gets 7000
inches of water, with a fall of 834
feet in three and a half miles, with
1200 feet of pipe. 'Fiom Straw
berry lake the company gets 3000
inches of water, with a fall of 8'JO
feet in two and one half miles of
ditch. The company will have
three power houses along the river
bout half a mile apart.
The dams have now been com
pleted and a force of men is now
at work digging ditches and get
ting out poles on which to string
the transmission wires. A Small
sawmill has been started on Straw
berry creek, at one of the power
stations, to be used for cutting
lumber for the flumes and build
ings. -"
The company has already secured
all the necessary franchises from
Grant county and when work has
progressed far enough to demon
strate satisfactorily to the most
ikeptical that the scheme is a
feasible one, franchises will be ask
ed from Prairie City, Canyon City
nd John Day. The first named
is only a few miles away, while
the latter two are about twenty
miles distant. The company will
furniBh both light and power and
expects to have, its dynamos in
operation by the first of next July.
ACKERMAN IS NOT COMING
State Superintendent ol Public In
struction Will Not Attend
Institute This Week.
i
The teachers throughout:;; the
county who expected to hear State
Superintendent J. H. Ackerman
deliver his lectures at the teacher's
nstitute which begins its three
lays session to-morrow will be dis
appointed. Mr. Ackerman has
written to Superintendant Boegli
that he will not attend owing to
the fact that practically seven days
time would be consumed in getting
here from Salem.
At the time he wrote the super
ntendeut that he would be present
at the annual meeting, the daily
stage was making the trip from
Shaniko in a days time, but
now two da ys are consumed in. the
run, and Mr. Ackerman gives this
as his reason for not coming as he
had intended. The institute will
feel the loss from Mr. Ackerman'a
absence, but Superintendent Boeg
li promises to make np for it as
much as possible.