f i Crook Couii Journal; vol vi n. PRINEVJLLE, CROOK COUNTV, OREGON, JANUARY 14, 1904. NO. 5 ty X WURZWEILER 8 THOMSON Prtncvlllc's Greatest Store ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE COMMENCING THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904 This sale Is a Money Saver. Every Yard o I nut Dry Goods in Ui'dumd Every pair "I lime for I Mir Misses ami Children, Reduced Every pair "I Hliiies for Men, Women and Children Reduced Kvi'ry Hhirt Wiilxl. Top Skirls nml I'mler Hkirtu, Reduced Every suit of I'lolhing, cither for Men or lioys Induced Kvi'ry pnir nl Men's, Limles' nml Misses' Glove Reduced Every pair of B I n n k it t , wool or colton Reduced Every Jacket, Ladies' Misses' nml Children's, Greatly Reduced Kvory Night Gown l"r Men, Women r Children Reduced Kanry Overcoat, Lnlwl Styes, Latest Weaves Reduced Kvi'ry 1 1 nt nr Cup, Hut or Cup for Men or Hoys Reduced Every J it addition to above wc will wiy tlmt there nro Reduced Kvrv thousands nt article" too numerous 10 mention iicuuccu Kvi'ry Our niul I" to make Ibis the Greatest Sale Kwry Hint I'rini'villc Imi) ever excriciiced lor CASH Reduced Reduced Ten Million Pounds of Freight i Through This City Last Year. i The Journal's Compilation of Figures . Concerning the Enormous Annual Traf fic of Inland Empire Hamilton Feed Stable A.I Redby Feed Barn . . . I K. ALLING1IAM, I'lioi'uiFroH Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turn-Outs Stock boarded liy tiny, week or month Itnlin reasonable Good accommodations. Remember uh when in Prineville, mid we guarantee tlmt your patronage will be appreciated 11 i i Villi in ikt veil ny nn. . i Powell & Cyrus THE OLD RELIABLE fS3 ! Li, L Absolute! Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE -Tonsorial Artists- ni if Foster & Lehman Proprietors. A Complete and Choice Ime of Beef, Veal, 'Mutton, Pork, Bacon, Lard,, anil Country Produce. Maill St. Prinevi!k, Oregon.' 'fllOlie 31. JCendorson & tPollcird The MILLER MEAT MARKET E M MILLER, Prop Denier in FRESH MEATS Of all kinds VEGETABLES & FISH In Soanon The Cheapest and Best Place in Crook County . In lit Building formerly occupied - by P l)oak -DKAMCIIH IN- WINES, LIQUORS, DOMISIK and PTP A DC wiwm ... VjlVJilJVO. COUNTRY ORDERS SOLICITED. PRINEVILLE, OREGON. FIRST POOR .SOUTH I'OINDEXTKK HOTEL Homestead Locations Timber Desert Lands WSITl ROBT. SMITH,' Prinnvillo, Oregon. Wal 1 Paper AT CUT RATE PRICES l()c Double Rolls for So. '20c Dmilde Rolls lor 10 ('. 35e Double Roll for 17Je. 50c Double Rolls for 25c. . 15c Double Kolln for "Jc. ;ttk! Doiilile Rolls for 15c. 41V' DoiildB Holla for 2l)e. INGRAIN 30c. Prescriptions Cut. Also Patent Medicines. REMEMBER THE LOW PRICE STORE D. P. ADAMSOIN'S. STORE la The Place WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK. OLAY . SIMPSON, M'l'r Interior D.pt. V r Baa the largest percentage ot oash assets to each dollar of lia bility ; earns the highest average Interest, and Issues the most up- to-date progressive polloloa for In vestment or protection. During the year which ban just cloned, over 10,000,000 pounds of freight found its way into Prine ville. The exact figure, so fur as this paper has Iwen able lo deter mine from thorough compila tion of figures, are 10,640,500 lounds. Prnclieally IK) per cent of this mount is merchandise which has been hauled to this point from the terminus of the ruilroud at Sunni ko for local consumption, the bal ance of 10 or 12 per cent being confined to the outgoing wool hipments during the past season. The sum total, as compiled by The Journal, includes the mer chandise received during 11H13 by 24 business linns in this city, be sides the express matter hauled by the atnge company, the shipments of merchandise hythe-tTro prineip- merchants at Silver Lake and a small amount of freight which has passed through Prineville for Ilend. 1 he figures, however, dr. not in ude the many tons of freight which have been hauled through Prineville to Bums, or the freight shipped in from the railroad by idividual stockmen and others in districts lying beyond the city. The amount of these individual shipments was almost impossible to obtain with any degree of ac curacy so they have been omitted, but it is probable that a conserva tive estimate of this additional tonnage would swell the total to a figure in excess of 12,000,000 pounds. ' " The Journal has worked for soma time past in an effort to de termine the amount of freight coming to this city in a year's time, and it is the opinion of this paper that the last quoted figures are practically correct. In other words, this, city alone handled 0000 tons or 500 carloads of freight during the past year. In considering the immense traffic of the territory lying im mediately east of the Cascade mountains, the fact should not be overlooked that the freight coining through Prineville can occupy no other place than simply a position in the turn total of the entire trnflicof this district. There are many other factors to be consider ed. First of all are the hundreds of cattle, horses and sheep which each year arc diiven overland to the railroads, and whose ntimliers and weight cannot be figured into the summary. Other items are the freight shipments into the Haystack district and the territory lying south-west of Shaniko; the traffic through to the Bend country by the way of Trail crossing, and shipments to Howard, Mitchell and way points, besides the Bums tonnage winch comes Hub way. Merchant in this city, as a rule, have had but little idea of the amount of freight they have haul ed during the past year. There are some, of course, who have kept a close nccount from month to month and the off band estimates which - they gave were almost exactly the same as the showing made afterward" by an addition of their freighters receipts. The Journal, however, had an occasion to note the surprised expressions on different business meu's faces when they reduced their year's shipment lo figures, and gave them a moments study, and :il mo-t without exception the off hand esliinnti fell from 25.000 to 100,000 pounds short of the actual tonnage which they had received. As an argument for the nearer approach of a railroad, the above figures go a long ways toward convincing the most skeptical that the Central Oregon traffic is a factor in the busings Jife of any cily which should lie given con sideration. It is the opinion held by most of the business men in the citv that a railroad built 50 miles into Crook county would be the cause of the present freight ship ments doubling themselves. With railroad communication closer at hand on the north, east or west of this point the tonnage would be materially increased along all lines. For instance, it is shown that under present conditions almost all of the immense traffic carried on in the vicinity of Silver Lake goes south. This includes hundreds of head of horses, cattle and sheep which otherwise would find their outlet in this vicinity. The same rule holds true of the Burns traffic and many other out lying districts dependent now up on the eastern branch of the O. B. & N. With, an open stock market in Portland the large drives of beeves, common in this interior portion, would in all probability go to that city. At present they seek a market closest to the ranges which sends them into California and over the branch of the South ern Pacific building into Klamath county. TALK . OF CONSOLIDATION Reort Current That Irrigation Companies on the Deschutes River Will Consolidate. Hi-ports, which come from au thentic sources, have it that there will soon be a combination of the irrigation interests on the Des chutes river. The companies in the reKrted consolidation will in clude the Columbia Southern Ir rigation company, the Pilot Butte Development company and the Hutchinson rights and interests which, it is stated, have been pur chased by the two New York en p- italists, Messers Gurrin and Turn- ey who were in that section recent ly with Mr. Hutchinson to inspect his company's project. The statements given The Journal bear the ear marks of au thenticity, and while they may never materialize hito anything tangible, it is clearly evident that some such arrangement may be counted on in the near future as one of the companies is rapidly air- proaching the time when it must get under cover or lose its bead. It is staled that in the event neither a complete sale or consoli dation with the other companies the Pilot Butte Development comp any will have rather a difficult row to hoe in getting an extension of time on its contracts, a.ui the date is hardly a month away when it must show its colors. The efforts of the latter company to sell out would lead one to believe that there is considerable grounds on which to base the report that a consolidation of the irrigation in terests in this field will soon be affected. A BIG DRIVE OF RABBITS Over 6000 Hares Are Corralled and Killed by the Citizens of Echo Last Week. STOCKMEN MUST PAY FARE Western Railroads Make New Ruling and Cut Out Return Trip Passes. On the first of the year a new ruling went into effect on all roads west of Chieago, whereby, shippers of stock who accompany their shipments to eastern markets are denied the return trip pass, here tofore enjoyed by them. This rul ing cuts into the profits on ship ments of stock from the far west ern points, for it is always neces sary to take along a certain niim bt r of attendants, and these must be returned to their homes at the expense of the shipper. Stock men, who claim that a large (tart of the earnings of the railroads comes from the pioducts of thei industry, are indignant at the rul ing. A Chicago paper of recent date contains a cartoon which very aptly pictures the situation. Political grafters and ward-heelers have their iiockets bulging with passes but the stockman has to plank down the Toady coin, or walk home. This supply of rabbits will last for some time, and there wHI not be another drive for nearly a month. The cannery force it working every day, 13 people be ing employed and orders are com ing in for the finished product, faster than the company can poss ibly fill them. ' WILL RAISE SUGAR BEETS The largest and most successful rabbit drive of the season was pull ed on the sage brush flats near the Rodgers place west of Echo, last week. Over 6,000 American hares were captured and a nest of young coyotes was found and two of the members killed. A territory about three miles squa re was driv en over and as many rabbits es caped as were caught, on account of the small number of pickets on the flanks of the driving party. Only about 300 people attended the drive and the fank was stretch ed out far too thinly to prevent the rabbits from breaking through and escaping, and thousands regained their liberty after the drivers had circulated over the flat and begun the moveaient toward the corral. The rabbits are becoming accus tomed to these drives and it is evi dent to old timers in the sage brush districts that the animals take a bint when the crowds begin to gather and hundreds of them flee to the higher hills More the drive actually begins. The rabbits caught yesterday were exceptionally fat and sleek specimens and were hetieaded and dressed vnd bung in cold storage until the cannery can use them. About 1,000 pounds of meat is being canned per day, and the company now haa $3,000 worth of finished product on hand ready for shipment, which will be sent out immediately, as the labels, so long delayed, arrived today and will be placed on the cans at once. Columbia Southern Irrigation Company Will Experiment With Product Thii Year. (7. F. Smith, who had charge of the Columbia Southern Irrigation, company's forces last year while ditch building was in progress, returned from Portland Saturday where he has been for some time attending to business matter) and making arrangements to start work again in the spring in the Tumello basin. He has leased bis ranch near Lamonta and will stay in this section of the country dur ing the year. He stated while here that the farming district around Lamonta was experiencing a notable increase in the amount of acreage being put under the plow and that extensive develop ments would be made there dur-. ing the coming year. Regarding the Columbia South ern's project in the Deschutes country he said that more progresi had been made by this organiza tion, in its present condition, than by any other irrigation company in the United States which was working under the Carey act. A small force of men iB now at work clearing land for an experimental farm which will be put into crops this spring. It is the intention of the company to "place an exper ienced man in charge of the work, and aside from raising grain, a ' specialty of sugar beets will be tried. It is the opinion advanced by experienced eastern agricultur alist!, who have Been the land, that it is adapted to this kind of produce, and that it will raise beets containing a high percentage of sugar. The Columbia Southern com pany now has 40 miles oi ditches and laterals oompleted, and Mr. Smith advances the opinion that there is sufficient water to irrigate 50,000 acres. Ten thousand acres out of the company's seggregation ot 25,000, will be in shape this year for settlement, and it is fully expected that alt of it will be covered. ACTIVITY IN OIL FIELDS Malheur County Claims Have Bees Re-located and Develop ment Expected in That Field. The Malheur county oil fields, over which there was considerable excitement last year and some prospecting done, are again attract ing attention. The first of the year the Baker City people inter ested in the field relocated their claims and it is expected that early in the spring active work in the development of the property will begin. J. 1). Miles, who represents the capital invested in the oil portion of the county, states that many propositions have been made to him and .turned down. At pres ent there seems to be good grounds for the belief that the fields will be exploited and by Eastern Oregon capital.