Crook
Ct Jo
urnal.
VOL VIII.
I'Jiixkvjlm:, crook countv, okkgox. IlECEMHEIt 17,
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WURZWEILER S THOMSON
THE BIG- STORE
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Interest among til.' trading ji ,.,t- k centered oil i.nr
of business because of (ho LARGE STOCK OK h all
WINTER GOODS jm-t neecived, If there is ,, r,j,.
chas.ilile in (Vntrnl Oregon, we ran duplicate it.
PRICKS AMI tJIJAUTY AUK AI-0 MIGHT.
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pur.
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Skirts and Dress Goods
NVc Have Ladies' Waists,
In The Latest Styles.
Jut umv we nr.. very limy iiih! an. i-n j. j i i-.t; an ever incrcas
hK li ii-t. ARK YOU AMONli OCR CUSTOMERS?
IK NOT, WHY NOT?
W U K Z WE I L E R 8 THOMSON
Central Oregon, Crook County And Prinevi
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"A,'-H. ACRES; "Geography," which. .aide from
I Miii instructive, filled
Sheriff Smith line Half Interest j W'lh the. recital of laughable inj.
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noma, rroicssors S ri. ami iir.
in Irrigation ,s 'vine in South
ern Part of tiie County.
Hamilton Feed Stable
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Redby Feed Barn...
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Tine Saddle Horses and Livery Tiirn Oiils
Slock t'oar.l.a by day, week r ,,, i..,,,., f,.H(lnim,t,
Good accommodations. Rcinenihci UK when in I'riiifvilla.
and we guarantee that yiir i:i t r-.t!,,...- ill I nnn-cialcil
I drct veil hv II".
Powell & Gyrus-
l THE OLD RELIABLE
-Ton.sorial Artists.
Fosler & Lehman
Proprietors.
"A Complete initl Choice. Line of
Keef, Will, 'ill ul ton, Pork, Karon,
Lartl, and Country ItimIiicp.
Main st. Mmiifcom 'Phone 31.
Absolutely Pure
THERE 15 NO SUBSTITUTE
The KILLER MEAT MARKET
E M MILLER, Prop i
Di-aliT in
FRESH MEATS
Of nil kinds
VEGETABLES & FISII
111 .St'ilHilU
... 4..-,
The Cheapest and Best Place
in Crook County
In llif liuililiiig foimcrly occupied
! 1' I! I Vnk
JConderson & !Pollard
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WINES, LIQUORS,
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mi'oimi, ... vjAVJV10.
OO'JNTHY ORDERS FIRST 1)001! SOUTH
SOLICITED. ' P01NDEXTKR HOTKI.
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
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Homestead
Locations
Tjniber
A.rr:o
Desert Lands
ROBT. SMITH,
Prinevilh', Oivjfon. 4
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Wall Paper
AT
CUT RATE PRICES
lOo Double Kol In for .rie.
2(V Double Rolls for lllc
STic Double Rolls for 17. je.
50c Double Rolls for '.'.V.
1 Double Rolls for Tli-.
.'10c Double Rolls for loc.
Ilk' Double Rolls for 2llc.
J.MIHAIN .'We.
Prescriptions Cut. Aso Patent Medicines.
REMEMBER THE LOW PRICE STORE
D. P. AD ARSON'S STORE
la The Place
WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
01-' NEW YORK.
OLAY . SIMPSON. M'g'r Interior Dopl.
',,..t . . ft 4
All initiation Iiitih; whirl, j
liki'ly I) provi! i.t.c of dm uiml
uiT.isfiil in th,. county, if ihc
Hii'-lt Momitiiin pydcni in Whii-h
Sheriff Smith lion rni-ntly houht
I half intcrMt. Tli district in
iiilion, which cmlirnccs an una
"I over .'l(K);icr', Iiik in thpiioiilh
ustiTii purl of the county just
! of ll,i, i mouniuin, anil in-
(liiilc parti- of H-clioiis -f, .'!, II, ifl.
!', Hi, 1 1,22, 2:1, 27 and 2(1, town- j
hip 22, fonth of riiiic 2:! i-nst anil
"ciion ;;;! in 21-2.'!.
Survey wink va. comiiipni-cd
over n yenr ni;o hy T. I.ilh.rd
mill H". ('. Jacolw, who promoted
llic eiili'iprise, nnd was under the
direct niiiK-rvisii.n of K. II. Jordan
of Uuri.g. Sheriff Smith a short
lime iin houiilit nut the half inter
est mined ,y Mr. . Jueohs, He
slatiK that tR. luml K) M,
under the same coiulilions an that
in oilier Carey net sei:rci!.'itinii.
and if the plain nd bi,rvcv(i ,,f n.
a propriatinn are npi, roved hv the
Inlerior depart nient soon Hie dis
trict will he in shaiw fni teiil...
in.'iit smnelinif next year.
The character of the land which
will tall under the cmnpany's can
al linen is verv similar to the snu,.
Iirush area under the lines of the
Coluiuliia Southern wurogation in
the Tiimillo hasin. Two reservoirs
will he huilt for storn:e purposes,
nnd the natwal Contour of the
country will mid materially in this
work. The two artificial lakw
when finished will cover an area
of 1(10 acre. Hot h of them lie all
the hasc of the mountain in natur
al basins, so hut little construction
work will have to he done to wall
in the water. The reservoirs will
he fed hy two streams, Swamp and
Buliicr creeks, hot h of "which find
I heir sources on Buck mountain
llicsltie of the rountry is just
even enough to jicrniit easy Irria
uon, i ne levels ol the surveyor
uhowinx a fall of twelve feet to the
mile.
At present the ulut.s showine. the
;scircj;ation and surveys are before
the department at Washington
and it is exmrteil that earlv action
j will he taken on them. Hereto
fore, selections, under the Carey
net have liryt lieen annroved hv
: the stale land hoard at Salem, tint
a new ruling has reversed the or
der of things ami now the seal of
approval from the state is not
made until the government simis
! the luiiiers.
Sheriff Smith states that the
segregation while small is one of
of the I icst ill the county nnd that
it is his opinion some interesting
development, will take place in
the vicinity of Ruck mountain in a
year or two. ''These little segrega
tions of :!000 acres," he said, "don't
rank very high with the 100.000
acres appropriation made hy some
of the larger companies, hut the
smaller ones will lie opened quick
er, anil in the'long run it's the lit
tle things that will count in this
county's development."
ton of the I'rinerille schools. al,m
contributed to the iiroiiram with
liscoiirsm on several interesting
subjects.
The attendance this year has
wen large, only four teachers in
the county licintf absent Tl,
names of those who were here n,l
the districts in which they teach
arc as follows: Warren lirown,
Orizzly; Chan. Lewis, Sisters; B. E.
Crowfoot, Madras; W. H. Cook,
oaystack; C. B Dinwiddie, I.a-
monta; Winnie Kidder, llavst.aet-
Alice Clinkinlieard, Culver; Sarah
Marshall, Montgomery; Marjorie
Rrink, I'riiievillc. Lily liead. line
Creek; Maude K. Ki,!,!cr. H.v-
stack; Maud 'Johhs, Culver; Ada
taylor, IJrjrird;
t"l h . iiilntil.ll.l,lli,Ja
OI'iNION.x DIFFKR WIDELY
The Kxlensioii of the Columbia.
Southern Is Looked Upon Lo
(ally as a llig Myth.
."I'.i.,ii,ii)iiiiIh
The report concerning the exten
sion of the Columbia Southern to
liend nri year ha created (juite
a difference of opinion locallv
Nearly everyone treats the matter
as such incidents have been treat
ed in the past with a smile of
skepticism. But there are a few
who seem to be willing to slake
Ion (he truth of the report, and the
result mm neen many bets as to
the future operations of the rail
road in question.
I he first of the week several
wagers were made. Hats, money
cigars and several other articles
figured in the stakes. The t.,.K
Ada Foster.
i'riiievine; Hattie Demsev CI,,,-.
pool; Jessie Andrews, Rye Oruss; r,lllt!,''l 'rom one to three years and
.lohn-on "le condition! were that no rail
- ...
road would enter Crook county in
that time. A number of bets on
the two year limit went hemzine
for acceptance and are probably
till on the market.
In the meantime, however, real
estate over at Lytic, the objective
point of the proposed extension.
apparently is enjoying a period of
pros.rity. J. L. MeCulloch,
Josephine Andrew
Creek; Ora Andrews, Newsome
Creek; Belle Rannells, I'owell
Ruttes; J. K, Hcdingficld, Hay
Creek; Lily Wilson, McKay; I'at
rick Rowan, Deschutes: Pearl
Vandcrool, I'riiievillc, Carrie
Smith, Lower McK ar.
The teachers attending the in
stitute were entertained Friday
.HUB .n n reception given hv
Mrs. II. 1'. Belknan
The eveninc "01" aent tor ll,e townsite com-
was eiijoyably sient and consider- '",n " Cll-V property, sold live lots
able uniuseinent afforded by the10 ''""land parties last Thursday.
guessing contest at the "New Eng
land Dinner." Miss Demsey and
Miss Wilson carried off the prizes
for having the highest and lowest
score.
1 lie purchases were made over tin
the telephone on the strength of
Oregonian'a article stating thai
road would lie built into the inter
ior part of the state next year
DIXIE MILL IS OI'KRATINO'SIIKEI'I.T G)) CONDITION
Machine With Daily Capacity of -Owners In Grant County Have
100 Tons Has Been Takino
o
Ore from Mine Past Week.
Has the lamest oorcentacrn nt
cash tweets to each dollar of tia-
bllitv : eiirna the hiuhnnr. nvnr.n.
Intorest, and tsauea the moat up-to-date
progressive policies for in
vestment or protection.
MANY TEACHERS PRESENT
Institute Has Good Attendance
and Was a Successful Meeting
This Year.
The three day's session of the
t'liuk county teaclur-' institute
aided last Saturday. The itne'-
ing has been a successful one from
all standpoints, was well attended,
anil more than the inual amount
i)f interest displayed in the uro
grams which had been arranged.
Mr. U. K, Robinson, superin
tendent of the Multnomah county
hool, held the attention of the
institute Thursday and Friday
mornings with .his discourse on
The day for which many Crook
County people, who own stock in
the Dixie Meadows mine, have
la-en watching for has fianally
come, anil the hig mill, capable of
taking out 100 tons of ore a day
from the mine, has been working
for over a week. The Sumpter
Miner comments, upon the work as
follows:
C. O. Trowbridge, of Spokane,
who has charge of the construction
of the Dixie Meadows concentrat
or, left for Spokane this afternoon
after having completed the plant.
Ii has n capacity of 100 tons and
.Mr. lroliridge thinks it is one of
the best lo be found in Eastern
Oregon. He has, also, a most ta-
voral le impression of the mine.
Speaking of this he said:
' "I Mieve that the Dixie Mead
ows is one of the coming big pro
ducers of Eastern Oregon. . This
is the first mill I have ever hnill
in this part of the state, and I have
great faith in the section in gen
eral and the Dixie Meadows in
particular. The fact that the prop
perty has a vein of eiiod milline
ore, averaging Mwi-en forty and
tifty feet, is evidence snllicient of
its greatness.
"The management has cut an
upraise of 110 feet between the
middle and lower tunnels anil
every foot of it is in good ore. Tons
and tons of ore are blocked out,
and a lar-'i-force is eonslmiili.
ployed d ling development walk."
The Monday before leaving tin
Dixie Group Kinkead mill, which
was just installed, had been start-
d. .Manager Kay had succeeded in
getting the necessary pin f,,r his
power plant, and had (lie mill
waiting for tnis feature. A full
force was at work, ore being chuted
down from the main adit lo II,..
mill bin, a distance of more than
100 feet. As this pio.. ty has a
vein 02 feet wide, which the man
agement believes all may be mill
ed, the matter of reserve.; is not
troublesome. j
Plenty of Feed and Are Not
Obliges! to Sell.
Crook countv can voice the state
ments made by Stock Inspector J.
. Ambrose who has just complet
ed an inspection of the sheep in
Northern Grant countv. and is
now making a tour of the upper
John Day valley. He states that
never . More has lie seen condi
tions and prospects more favorable.
In the northern part of the county.
where hay is scarcest, there has
been the largest outward move
ment of all stock, and especially of
sheep. Many sales were made,
and numerous herds have been
driven out to vinter feeding
grounds. In the John Dav valley,
so as he has investigated the situa
tion, he finds an abundance of
feed and the best range for years
Besides, the sheep are generally
stronger, better fleeced and in
every way better conditioned to
meet the winter than for several
years past.
When asked icgarding a puhlish-
:ed statement that thousands of
sheep are" dying on the ranee, he
said it was probably made by a man
who wanted to buy sheep. Also,
that the buyers have come into
the sii'tion since the publication
of the statement, expecting to buy
sheep at their own figures. When
such buu-rs were informed that
owners here have plenty of feed
and sheep are in fine condition,
they would make no offer for the
dice p.
''Lastly," said he, "one buyer
who came into the valley with the
avowed purpose of purchasing 10,-
000 to 12.IVX) went away without
having bought a single heart."
Collects entire tax roll
Sheriff of Lake County Makes Re
cord in Collecting Everything
on 1002 Assessment.
One of the best records ever
made in Eastern Oregon in the
matter of collecting taxes, anil one
without a parallel in Lake county,
ha.s been performed by Sheriff
Dunlap of Lakeview. Last Tucs-
'l"l"i'iii
day he returned the assessment
roll for 11)02 to the county clerk of
Lake county, having collected all
amounts legally duo. No nroner.
ty was sold nor any advertising
exiense incurred in establishing
the record feat which is laid in
most part to the untiring effort of
the sheriff in the "nerformsnee n
his duties, the effectiveness of the
old tax law, and partly to th fact
that Lake county residents have
enjoyed a continuous stretch of
prosperity ior some time
The Lakeview Henald says:
"This is the best record ever
made by any other sheriff of the
county. The result is larselv due
to the effectiveness of the old law
relative to the collection of taxes.
It is an excellent law, one that
works like a charm in Lake coun
ty, and we see no good reason why
it should not be re-enacted at the
special session, with the possible
amendment of changing the time
of payment o' taxes Jrom the
spring to the fall season, or at
least allowing one half of the taxes
to fall due in the spring and the
other half in the fall after ranches
have received their returns on
mutton and beef sales. We
hope we shall not be accused of
partisanship when we heartily ap
prove of the untiring efforts of
heriff Dunlap, a staunch republi
can, while we generally advocate
the democratic faith, in collecting
delinquent taxes. We had a con
tract for the publication of the de
linquent tax rail, hut we willingly
forego the small pittance we might
have made from such publication,
when collection can be made with
out it. Sheriff Dunlap has enforc
ed the law tn the Ivttuf ha kn. ..!-
ly performed his official dole U'
are ulad to be ahle tn riu Mtu.t.a
narlvism nn ennimr..! k;D
as an honorable and efficient offic-
OUTLETMAY BE KRO.M SOUTH
Deschutes Timber Miy Move in
That Direction if Klamath
Lake Road Is Extended.
With all the talk and bluster
concerning the extension of the
Columbia Southern and the open
ing up of the Deschutes valley tim
lier belt by that road, there are
at present brighter prospects and
greater activity going on in the
vicinity of Klamath Falls than in
any other direction.
The extension of the Klamath
Lake railroad to Pokegama, which
was completed last summer, brings
that line within S8 mili-B of Kla
math falls, and preparations are
now being made to push the line
to the latter place nnd into the
lake region during the coming
season. The railroad in question
has been built from Lairds station
and is a direct feeder to the South
ern Pacific. The extension which
is proposed would cover an im
mense timber belt in southern
Klamath county besides tapping's
rich stock country. The road has
already shown its enterprise by
pushing up within a few miles of
the Oregon line, and -once within
the borders of the state is likely to
shove northward until the entire
district of yellow pine, lying at
tl e eastern base of the Cascades,
is within its control.
It is a recognized factthat Calif
ornia draws the trade of almost
the entire region lying south of
Silver Lake, and a railroad cuttinir
into the heart ol the district would
seal the trade and lumber trallic
of that region for all time to come.
Ihe extension of the, Klamath
Lake road means an additional
tonn'age tube handled by the Har-
riman system on the south and
greater freight trallic to and from
San Jjrancisco. The road, too,
would he capable ol reaching into
a much larger tunhor district than
would the proposed extension of
the Columbia Southern beside be
ing limit oyer an easier grade and
into a more accessible section of
country.