County Journal.
VOL VIII.
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 24, 1903.
NO. 2
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WURZWEILER 8 THOMSON
THE BIGr STORE
Interest among thu trading i ! in ci'iiU ri i on our place
of IiiihIik-hh Imvuubk l the LARGE STOCK OK KALI, AND
WINTKR GOODS just acccivcd, If there Is im article pur
chasable In Central Uri'Kn, we can duplicnto it. OUR
PRICKS AM) (iUAMTY AltIC Ai,S() KKiHT.
Wc Have Ladies' Waists, Skirts and Dress Goods
In The Latest Styles.
Just Mow we arc very busy and are enjoying an ever Increas
ing patronnge. AUK Vol! AMONG OUH CUSTOM 1C US?
IK NOT, WHY NOT?
We Wish You A Merry Xmas and A Happy New Year
i' ' i i"i"n i' i' i' in' iniii.iii ,Mi
SOCIALISM - ON THE BOOM
WURZWEILER G THOMSON
Hamilton Feed Stable
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Redby Feed Barn...
IH KH II I'oitSICTT, Piim-V
Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turn Outs
Stuck hoarded by day, ivcvk or month Rates reasonable.
Good inroiiiiiiiiiluliiiiiK. Remember u? wlicn in Princvilbv
and we jtium iinliH" 1 1 in t yniir p:i t ruiiii ire will lie appreciated
ami deserved hv us,
THE OLD RELIABLE
Powell & Cyrus
-Tonsorial Artists.
Foster & Lehman
Proprietors.
A Complete and Choice Line of
Reef, Veal, 'Mutton, Pork, Jtocon,
Lard, anil Country Produce. ,
Main st. prinevHic orcgoa. 'Phone 31.
Ill
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Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
The MILLER MEAT MARKET
E M MILLER, Prop
IVnler in
FRESH MEATS '
01 all kinds
VEGETABLES & FISH
In Season
The Cheapest and Best Place
in Crook County
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In the Building formerly occupied
by P 11 Doak
Jfdnderson & tPollard
-DKALKKSIN-
WINES, LIQUORS,
. i0Mf:sii( mid flf A T)Q
,iiiroKiK ... V-.lVJillYO.
COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST POOR SOUTH
SOLICITED. POINDEXTER HOTEL
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
Wal 1 Paper
AT
CUT RATE PRICES
Hki Double Rolls for So. Vie Double Rolls for 7c.
21k! Double Rolls for 10 c. .'iite Double Rolls for 15c,
iioc Double Rolls for lTje. 41k! Double Rolls for HIV.
61k! Double Rolls for 25e. INliUAIN :M
Prescriptions Cut. Also Patent Medicines.
REMEMBER THE LOW PRICE STORE
D. P. ADAMSON'S STORE
It The Place
Fur Chalet
Homestead
Locations
Timber
Desert Lands
ROBT. SMITH,
rrinoville, Oregon.
Crook County Organization Crow
ing and Several Now Clubs
Are Being Formed.
The Socialists in the city and
surrounding points are preparing
lor a winter's campaign in the in
terests of their party.
The Prineville organization has
a ineudiership of 47, and the offic
ers at the head of the society state
that its numbers are, constantly
increasing. A club is being organ
ized in the Haystack country, Bnd
another at Ashwood which will in
clude all that district lying along
the upper Ochoeo. It is expected
inai me mcnnicrsnip,' wlilch is
fast gaining in power, will include
2(10 members in this county in
side of the next few months.
The first of the year C. D. Migel
son, a young attorney who form
erly practiced in the state of Wash
ington, will start out on a lectur
ing tour. He will visit all points
in this county and will lecture in
the most of the towns
in the interior part of the state.
The members ol the local organi
aation are very enthusiastic over
the future prosiieets of the party
and state that it will not be long
before it will become a factor in
county politics. Meetings are be'
ing held regularly in the city, and
with the advent of a lecturer in the
field it is believed by the officers
of the organization that the mem-
liership will be increased consider
ably over the numbers anticipated.
was made from an impartial stand
xint, and should le the cause of
the educational movement in the
Deschutes precinct moving along
in the future in an even and quiet
tenor.
TO USE POWER FOR PUMPING
WILL ASK FOR A BRIDGE
County Court Next Month Will
' Be Petitioned for Crossing on
Crooked River.
other old thing that would keep
the spark ol life a 'goin for a few
weeks longer.
SCHOOL TROUBLE SETTLED
WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
OF NEW YORK.
OLAY A. SIMPSON. M'fr Int.rlor Dipt.
I - . 'V.i '
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Baa the largest percentage of
oash assets to each dollar of lia
bility; earns the highest average
interest, and Issues the most up-to-date
progressive policies for in
vestment or protection.
Judge Bradshaw Places a Quietus
on the Educational Difficulties
in the Deschutes District.
The results of the last annual
school election, held at Deschutes
lust June, which have been in a
state of turmoil ever since the
event, have finally been settled by
a decision of Judge Bradshaw. The
decision was rendered the last of
the week and declares Millard
Tripled duly elected as director
on the board, and J. M. Lawrence
as clerk.
In the decision it is held that
there were 31 votes cast, eight of
which were illegal, and the Judge
recites the names of the 13
ones who voted for the above nam
ed officers as follows: Florence
W. Drake, A. M. Drake, Flora E.
Wiest, L. D. Wiest, S. H. Dorrance,
Millard Triplett, W.. F. Stewart,
Dan Heising, T. W. Triplett, Mrs.
E. R. Riley, J. I, West, J. L. Kever
and J. M. Lawrence. .Out of the
IS who voted for the other candi
dates it is held that eight of them
were not legally cast.
The Judge states in the owning
paragraph of his decision that he
has perused the affidavits furnish
ed by the contestants and all other
pa iters submitted, and renders his
decision accordingly. While there
is no doubt the Judge acted honest
ly in the matter, and based a de
cision from the testimony sub
mitted' in the affidavits he, of
course, had no means of knowing
that some of those affidavits were
rather shady in character. For in
stance, two of those who swore in
their votes at the annual meeting
on the grounds that they held as
sessable shares in the Pilot Butte
Development company, and after
wards made sworn alhdavits to
that effect, which the Judge says
he has read, have failed to sub
stantiate flieir oaths by a record
in the assessor's books for Crook
county. The above named com
pany has never been assessed for a
single dollar's worth of shares
since it came into existence, so far
as the assessor's books show, al
though at the annual meeting the
two voters referred to above se
cured their votes by taking oath
that they owned over $1)000 worth.
The Judge's decision, however,
Carey Foster Preparing to Install
Gaaoiine Pumping Plant For
Irrigating I'urjioses. ,
Next year Crook county ia likely
to witness a new era in the matter
of providing water for the irriga
tion ol and tracts, and unless pre
parations now being made by sever
al ranch owners in the city mis
carry the chug and puff of gaso
line engines will he heard in all
sections.
The latest addition to the gaso
line advocates is Carey Foster who
is making extensive preparations
to place on his ranch, a short dis
tance above the city, a 35 horse
power engine with which he in
tends to irrigate 300 acres of alfal
fa. Mr. Foster had the necessary
survey made last week to deter
mine the feasibility of the scheme
and believes the plan will woik to
entire satisfaction. The engine
and pump which he is making ar
rangements to install will furnish
from 2500 to 4000 gallons, of water
per minute. The supply will be
obtained from a well and will ne
cessitate a lift of from 20 to 25 feet
air. roster states that he can
run the plant at an expenditure
not exceeding $8 a day which will
be confined entirely to the cost of
gasoline. He estimates that from
15 to 20 days during the season
will be sufficient to raise abund
ant crops, so the expense attached
will be nominal, besideB affording
the satisfaction of getting water
at any time it is needed and m
any quantities desired.
This is the third plant which is
being contemplated for use in this
vicinity next season. P. B. Poin-
dexter and Arthur Hodges intend
to install a plant to irrigate their
land just west of town, and the
Agricultural association expects to
put an engine and pump on ti.
fair grounds for irrigation pur
poses early next' year. .
OLD SETTLER PASSES AWAY
W. H. Quinn Died of Heart Trou
rjje Last Thursday Afternoon
at His Lone Pine Ranch.
W. H. Quinn, one of the oldest
stock raisers in Crook county, died
at his Lone Pine ranch last Thurs
day from an attack of heart failure.
Mr. Quinn had been In the best of
health for months past, scarcely
knowing what sickness meant. He
was in Prineville only a few days
proceeding his death and his sud
den demise came as a heavy and
unexpected blow to his family and
many friends and acquaintances.
The deceased was at work on
his ranch when death claimed him.
While one of his sons was harrow
ing in a neighboring held Mr.
Quinn busied himself stacking
some hay, apparently as well as
ever. A few moments after he
had begun work he dropped for
ward to he ground where his
family found him. Death had
come instantly.
Mr. Quinn had been a resident
of Crook county since 18TB, and
was 02 J'cars old. Most of the
time he spent on his ranch at Wil
low Creek and the one below the
city on Crooked river. He was a
frequent visitor to Prineville where
he was known and well l.ked by
an unusually large circle of
friends and business associates.
A widow and seven children
survive him. They are:
Joe, Porter, Clare, Hattie and
Annie and Mrs. Ray Smith of
Trout Creek and Mrs. Sam Lytle.
Funeral services were held at
Willow Creek last Monday.
A delegation of citizens from
the neighboring town of Deschutes-Bend-Lytle
will wait upon the
County Court at its term next
month and ask that a bridge be
constructed near the Forest place
on Crooked river. '
The mutter of building a bridge
at this point has been discursed
in the past, and last year some
active steps were taken by the cit
lzens in the above nimed place
secure a crossing there but a peti
tion was never presented, for the
reason that it was thought private
capital would build the bridge.
is stated now that the rssidents of
that section are willing to stand
part of the expense provided the
County will stand good for the
balance. Tbe Court in consequence
will be asked to grant the petition
For the past two years travel to
the Deschutes by the way of Trail
crossing has been steadily increas
ing, until now the route is used al
most as much as that between
Prineville and Beud. The cut-off
makes the distance from the rail
road to Bend some 20 miles less
than by the way of Prineville and
it is felt that a crossing at thii
ioint on Crooked rivet is needed
to facilitate the travel and freight-
ng traffic which is gaining con
stantly.
DUFUR IS GETTING FAMOUS
Well Known Court Stenographer
Patents a Wealth Producing
Typewriter Device.
WORKS WILL SHUT DOWN
Difficulties Are Being Exjierienced
in the Pilot Butte Develop
ment Company's Camp.
Four men, out of a possible
eight or ten, who have been work
ing with a plow on the Pilot Butte
Development company's canal line
in an endeaver to hold that com
pany's right to its contracts with
the state, quit work last week ow-
ng to a cut in wages which is said
to have been sprung on them with
out warning. The Deschutes Echo
has this to say about the matter:
A Mr. Brady, one of the men
who quit, informed the Echo that
Mr. Wiest had told him that he
was exjiecting every day to re
ceive orders to close down the
works. This is rather surprising,
if true, as it will be likely to en
danger the company's grant under
the Carey Act. It is said that an
extension of time can be granted
under that act tipon showing that
diligent endeavor had been made
to comply with with the terms of
the grant. That the Pilot Butte
Development Co. could make such
showing is very doubtful, as' it
id not begin work until absolute
ly required by law and the num
ber of men employed easily shows
that no work adequate to the re
quirements of the undertaking was
being done. At the rate the work
has progressed it would take about
thirty years to complete the irriga
tion of the laud granted. Judging
from past events there will be
uite a number of ieople in this
county who would be pleased to
see this tract in the hands of per
sons who would take up the work
in real earnest. Under the present
company there has been no time
hen it seemed probable that the
required work would be done on
time.
The. Journal some time ago pub
lished an article concerning the
company's efforts to sell out its
property. These efforts are still
being made, anil from the above
Hirt it is not at all unlikely that
the present company will do little
more in furthering its project. The
proposition evidently is altogether
to large fur its present manage
ment which may account for the
latter' attempts during the past few
months to raise money, sell out
get an extension of time, or any
D. S, Dufur, the well known cir
cuit court stenographer, has recent
ly patented an automatic type
writer device for operating the car
riage on a machine which gives
evidence of making the genial court
reKrter world famous.
The attachment consists first of
an appliance worked by compress
ed air that shifts tbe carriage of
the typewriter hack and forth.
After writing a line the operator,
by pressing a lever with his foot,
throws the carriage hack into po
sition for beginning a new line,
thus never having to remove his
hsnds from the key! board. He is
thus enabled to continue writing
uninterrupted.
Then there is an attachment for
feeding both pajier and carbons in
to the typewriter and writing off a
continuous roll. Another attach
ment is an automatic envelope
feed. A metal envelope box is at
tached over the typewriter, and by
pressing a lever with his knee the
operator is able to shut off the
pajier and drop envelopes into the
machine.
All the appliances are worked
with the foot and knee and are
under perfect control, so that the
operator rjas free use of his hands
to operate the key hoard.
By the use of these attachments,
the operator's capacity for turning
out work is increased from 33 i to
50 per cent which in large estab
lishments is an item of saving that
will be favorably considered.
Mr, Dufur is now prepared to be
gin manufacturing his attach
ments, all the parts' of which
an be made on this coast, and he
will be ready to put them on the
market at an early date. The ap
pliance can be attached to any
typewriter, no matter of what
manufacture, hence it is distined
to becoma an article of general
use.
CITIZENS' TICKET ELECTED
Will Wurzweiler Gets the Mayor
ship and Two New Council
men Will (io Into Office.
Two new alderman, Walter
O'Neil and John Wigle will step
into the council the first Monday
in Jannrry. D. F. Stewart was re
elected oh the Citizens' ticket
which also put Will Wurzweiler
into the mayor's chair. Wells Bell
received the majority of votes for
the recorder's office and J. L.
McCulloch will continue to handle
the city's finances. R. P. Harring
ton was elected to the marshal's
office.
The vote cast was unusually
ght, less than hall the legal vot
ers in the city handing in a ballot.
The total number of votes cast
as 120.
The new ollicers am required to
iialify and be sworn into office
ten days from the date of election
which will coml a call of the
council on a date not later than
Deccmler .'it.
The new council is representa
tive of some of the best business
men in the ctyy and the residents
lookfoiward to a conservative ad
ministration of the city's affairs.
The annual meeting of the council
will be held in the first Monday in
nonary. At that time all the
new officers take their seats.