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Crook
Journal
FJtlXEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 21, 1904.
vol. vii r.
NO. 6
County
WURZtVEILER 8 THOMSON
Prlnevllls's Greatest Store
ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE
COMMENCING THURSDAY, JANUARY 14," 1904
This sale la a Money Saver.
Kvury Y a r d f our l)t.v Goods in Reduced
Kmry mir of for l.udics Miwcaimd Children, Reduced
Kvury pair of Shoe for Men, Women nnil Children Reduced
Kvwv Shirt Witint, Top Skirls mid Ciidcr Kkirtn, Reduced
Every suit ' ('bulling, fithiT for Men nr BoyM Induced
Every pair of Men's, Ladlea' nnil Misses' Glove Reduced
Every pa i r ol It I a n k e. t , w n o 1 o r cot ton lied ueed
Kvit.V JiK-kct, Ladies' Misses' mid Children's, Greatly Reduced
I'vnrv NIl-IiI Gown fur Men. Women or Children Reduced
K.M'ry Over it,
Every
Every
Every
tint or
r.very
Every
Hamilton Feed
, A.M)
Redby Feed Barn...
L. K. AI.LISGHAM, riioiiiiirroii
Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turnouts
Stock boarded liy day, week or mould Rules reasonable.
Good acei'iniuodalions. Remember us when in I'rincville,
mul wo guarantee Unit your patronage will lie appreciated
ami deserved liy us.
Powell &
Toiisorial
A Complete and Choice Line of
Iioef, Veal, 'Mutton,. Pork, Bacon,
Lard, a:d Country, Produce.
Main st. PriBcwik,
Jfenderson
-DEAUSItSIN-
wines, liquors,
cigars.
COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST DOOIt SOUTH
. SOLICITED. l'OINDEXTER HOTEL
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
Wal 1
AT
CUT RATE PRICES
10c Double Rolls for 5 c.
2()c Double Rolls for 10 c.
80c Double Rolls for 17e.
50c Double Rolls for 2Ik
Prescriptions Cut.
rMFMnrR THE
D. P. ADAMSON'S STORE
The
Latest Styes, Latent Weaves
l ull. I ill or i n i lor .nen or
In addition to ii'mivo w will my tlmt there arc
lliiiumiiid-i of articles tKi numerous to mention
Our aim i to Itxtkn this the Greatest Sulc
tlmt I'rincville lion ever eM'rii'iiii'(l for CASH
Stable
J
Artists-
Fostcr & Lehman
Proprietors.
oregoB. 'Phone 31.
& Pollard
Paper
15c Double Rolls for 7je.
)c Double Rolls for 16V.
IIV Double. Rolls for -20'.
INURAIX 30c.
Also Patent
LOW PRICE STORE
Placo-
Reduced
Reduced
'.vi
Reduced
Reduced
Reduced
Reduced
THEOLD RELIABLE
Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
The MILLER MEAT MARKET
E M MILLER, Prop
Dialer in
FRESH MEATS
Of nil kinds
VEGETABLES & PISH
In St'iifon
The Cheapest and Best Place
in Crook County
In tlie lliiilding formerly occupied
hy I' li Donk
Homestead
Locations
Timber
Desert Lands
ROBT. SI
rrinevillo,
IITH,
Orok'ou,
WASHINGTON LIFE
. INSURANCE CO.
OF NEW YORK.
OLAY A. SIMPSON
Has the largest peroentaee ot
oash assets to each dollar of lia
biltty ; earns the highest averaae
Interest, and Issues the most up-
to-date, progressive policies for in
-"I
, . M'g'r inwnor mp
TAXES RRE
HIGHER
Half a Mill Difference
Over That of Pre
ceding Year,
Crook county will py a half
of a mill more of an assessment
Hi "h year on i tx property tlian was
paid on fie preceding year's roll.
XI in i ncrcaso in dim to the appropria
tion for state exieiise which is 24
per wnt higher all ow the slate
than last year. The levy in an
follow:
l'.KI3 i
1002
5
5
CJ
2j
State
School
County
Rond
High School
J i
2j
Tota u 22 22j
It will lie Bhown hy the above
tlmt there in a reduction thin year
on the school levy of f mill, and J
mill on the roads, which would
bring the levy down to 22 milU for
his year if it were not for the in
creased excuse of the stale. Re-
luced to dollars and cents, Crook
c.unty is called uion to (urnixh
15,!I2!) thin year for state expendi
ture, while the amount supplied
hint year amounted to aomething
in excess of $1)300, a 'difference of
ooo(i. :
The county this year axks for
the silling 1 vy ag last which will
tiring ill, owing (o the increase in
ussessalile iiroiierty, nlKiut .iUlH)
more than was secured last year.
The county is free of deht and in
as good financial condition as
could he asked for, but the expens
es during the present year will be
This will he due in part to the ex
penses attached to registration and
the state and national elections.
IX OUEdON' FOR BEET LANDS
Representative! of Eastern Sugar
Company Will Lease Acreage
for Raising Product.
Three representatives of the Am
algamated Sugar company visited
Echo last week to inspect the land
in the neighborhood of that place,
and determine whether it was suit
able for the production of sugar
beets. The inspection trip more
than satisfied the representatives,
and More leaving town arrange
ments were made for a meeting of
farmers to be held next Saturday.
The sugar men will endeavor to
get the farmers each to put in a
small crop, and where satisfactory
terms can lie made the company
will leaso the land to plant the
beets. They offer to furnish an
expert free to instruct the farmers
in beet culture if enough of them
engage in the business to justify
the expense.
It is stated that this move on
the part of the sugar company to
secure a greater acreage for the
production of sugar beets, is the
outgrowth of the success which
has attended the sugar industry in
the vicinity of La Grande. As
new fields arc inspected it is found
that vaiious poriiona of Eastern
Oregon will raise the product, and
the profit which can be made from
them is always an inducement for
the farmer to engage in their cul
ture. PROFIT BY CONVENTIONS
State Gains in Population During
the Recent Meeting Held in
Portland.
The whole state of Oregon is
reaping tlie nenelit ot tlie live
stock conventions held in Portland
hist week. Many persons not con
nected will) the meetings took ad
vantage of the reduced rates from
the East and are looking for homes
or places to settle.
So far, 223 persons have present
ed tickets for stopovers at various
points, says the Portland Journal
They came in with the livestock
men over various transcontinental
lines and almost every one will re
turn home via California, stopping
in Oregon at points where their at
tenion has been attracted hy ad
vertising mediums.
These 223 men came in with the
stockmen and stayed hut a day or
so in Portland, leaving immediate
ly for interior points. They are
all after homes in the great North
west.
"The livestock convention is
help to Oregon in more ways than
one," said a railroad cffisial. "It
gives these people a chance to
come to Oregon during the worst
season and they will decide lie-
tween the conditions left at home
and conditions found here very
quickly. The total number of
this class of visitors is expected to
reach 300 before the end of the
week. They all intend to make a
midwinter visit to California. Ore
gon may expect to win 90 er cent
of the number that decides to es
tablish themselves on the Pacific
coast.
CLOSK A PROSPEROUS YEAR
Flour Mill.- in This City Have
Turned 21, SK) bubels of
Wheat into Flour.
The district surrounding this
city has not as yet reached the
stage when it can produce a suf
ficient quantity of wheat to meet
the demand for flour, according to
the management of the Prineville
Flouring Mills. Of the 4300 bar
rels of flour which have Iieen man
ufactured in this citr since last
August, only 250 barrels have
been shipped to outside points, the
balance being consumed in Prine-
enough to meet the local consump
tion, and merchants find it neces
sary to ship in large quantities be
sides that furnished by the Flour
Mills.
Mr. Stewart stated the other day
that the mill had received 21,390
hnshels of wheat since last August
besides 1000 bushels of barley and
oats. There are still about 10,000
or 12,000 bushels of wheat in the
Haystack country, according to the
figures furnished by the threshers
at the close of last harvest season,
and it is probrble- that these will
lw received inside of the next few
weeks. The market price at pres
ent is 90 cents, which is from 10
to 12 cents higher than the quota
tions at railroad points.
CONTRACT IS APPROVED
President- Places Signature to
Columbia Southern's Appro
priation of Arid Land.
President Roosevelt last week
approved the contract entered in
to between the Columbia Southern
Irrigation company and the State
of Oregon for the reclamation of
27.000 acres of arid land in the
Tumello basin.
The news oftheapprval will be
welcomed by scores of persons in
terested in the development of this
county, as it means a rapid com
pletion of the work commenced
last year and a quick settlement
of the tract already under irriga
tion. The delay experienced by
the comnanv in havme its con
tracts held up by the Department
of Interior has greatly retarded
the work in the Tumello basin, al
though over 40 miles of ditch have
been constructed. It is stated that
third more would have been
done last year had the depart
ment placed its seal of approval
upon the contracts.
Twenty thousand acres out ot the
ntire segregation have Iieen told;
but the deeds have been held u
and the use of the money paid in
on the land withheld until action
was taken at Washington on the
company's project. It is exjiected
now that the entire work fo re
claiming the tract will be complet
ed this year and that the land will
meet with a ready settlement and
cultivation.
PROSPECT
BRIGHTER
Stock Interests Tire
Rapidly Gaining
in Strength,
As the winter wears away, re
ports begiu coming in from all
sections of Eastern Oregon regard
ing stock conditions, and the feel
ing of intense satisfaction express
ed by those who Lave been ap
prehensive of a cold and severe
winter. The latter would have
put many a stock raiser in a tight
place, hut the winter season now,
it is said, is too far advanced to
cause any hardships even if the
weather from now on brings its
heavy snows. The following re
ports are taken from various pa
pers throughout the stock district
of Eastern Oregon and give a gen
eral idea of conditions being ex
perienced. A Malheur county
paper says:
"The chances for stock in this
part of the country are looking
brighter every day.
"The winter, so far, has been
pretty good. Ranchmen generally
hare not had to feed heavily, and
the stock are nearly all looking
well. A great majority of stock
men have hay enough to feed well
for at least 60 days, and with any
thing near an average spring very
few cattle will die, The ground is
now covered with four or five
inches of snow, and it is reason
able to expect solid winter during
the present month at least, but a
white February is not common in
this part of the world, and stock
men are feeling more hopeful."
That the stockmen will hare a
nroSDerous winter is the
ol lliiaui iiuges, WHO lis
las raiicn-
es in Morrow and Grant counties.
"Conditions were never better,"
savs Mr. Huges. fto teea nas
been given out so far and there is
no need of it. While the winter
is not yet over, the stockmen hare
enough feed to last them through
it, so that they may be considered
in a position of safety. They feed
far better than they did last fall
and they do not apprehend any
anger."
This from Grant conuty:
"All fright over the feed question
has subsided. At one time in the
beginning of the winter it was
feared that there would be a short
age and that the cattle would Buf
fer, but tli in has passed and cattle
are in good condition and there
will be no shortage. The winter
has been such as to insure a good
hay crop the coming season and
the stockmen have no reason to
complain except at the low prices
o' cuttle. The prices are not what
they ought to be they think, but
they have hopes of the early
spring righting things again.
"Harney county is alright,"
said William Hanley, the Harney
Vallcv hay and cattle king. "The
fright over a shortage in feed is
all over and prospects for cattle
and another good hay crop were
never better."
WATER RIGHT TROUBLE
Difficulties in Squaw Creek District
Cause Formation of Two New
Irrigation Companies.
A misunderstanding regarding
wates rights and prices to be paid
during the irrigating season seems
to have bred a little trouble in
Squaw Creek district. Apparent
ly there is an undercurrent of feel
ing against the Squaw Creek Ir
rigating company over the water
service and a new company was or
ganized recently as a result of the
dissatisfaction.
A rumor of a raise in water rateB
is said to have caused the first
move toward the organization of a
new company. The price hereto
fore charged for water was 15 centB
per inch, and a meeting was set in
March at which the price was to
be determined for the present year
Twenty-five cents per inch is the
highest rates ever charged, and the
Squaw Creek company had con
cluded to raise on current rates,
The old settlers, it la claimed,
bold that 15 or 25 cents per inch
is too low a rate, as people buy
more than they can use which robs
the oU appropriators of their
amount. With an increased rate
only what is used will be purchas
ed and a more equal distribution
of the water will result. '
A general misunderstanding,
however, led to the organization ot
the Clover Dale Irrigating com
pany with H. W. Carlin, presid
ent, and B. F. Ford, secretary.
This company purchased an in
terest in the old Cobb-Carey'ditch,
but before' they could file their
water rights, the Crook County Ir
rigating company had already
been formed and their rights filed.
The filings made by the latter
company control all of the wattr
in Squaw creek with the exception
of a small amount held by prior
appropriations. The officers of
this company are: P. B. Davis,
president; E. T. Slayton, accretary;
A. Thomson, treasurer.
It is probable that the difficult
ies being experienced in this dis
trict will be amicably adjusted be
fore the matter goes as far as the
courts. The officers of the Squaw
Creek company and those of the
new Crook County Irrigation com
pany state that it has never been
the intention to crowd any proper
ty owners under the ditches with
exhorbitant water rates. It has
been felt, however, that the low
rates prevailing have given rise to
the purchase of more water than
was used and a useless waste in
consequence It is stated that
practically all of those who went
into the Clover Dale company
would be satisfied with 50 cent
water and that was about the price
at which the Crook County com-
CALIFORNIA GAINING HOLD
Central and Southern Oregon's
Trade Is Gradually Turning to
That State.
It is for the outside points now
to make mention of the fact that
Portland is rapidly losing the
trade of Central and Southern Ore
gon. The editor of the Sacre
mento Union, who is thoroughly
familiar with the wealth of Kla
math county and its adjoining
territory, shows in the following
editorial how the traffic of that
great basin is becoming permanent
ly fixed with California points:
Among the developments of the
past year tending to the enlarge
ment of what we may call the
general sphere of California trade
and influence, but which has at
tracted little public notice, is the
building of a railroad from the
point where the Southern Pacific
line crosses Klamath Kiver, into
the basin of Southeastern Oregon.
This little road, now something
like thirty miles long, follows the
general line of the Klamath River
in a northeasterly direction, pierc
ing the mountain barrier which
separates California from Oregon,
crossing the State boundary a
short distance above Klamath Hot
Springs, and entering the fine
timber belt which lies between
Klamath Lake on the east and the
Cascade mountains on the west.
The nominal purpose of this enter
prise is to reach the Klamath tim
ber belt, but that behind this pur
pose there is a larger one related
to the )iermanent commerce of the
country, is made manifest by the
fact that the work of construction
has been done in the most thor
ough manner and that arrange
ments have been made at a point
on Klamath Lake, looking to the
establishment of terminal facilities.
Some twelve or fifteen miles more
of construction from Pokegama,
the present northern terminus of
the line, will carry it forward to a
connection with navigation on up
per Klamath Lake.
The great basin of Southeastern
Oregon thus approached, for the
first time by an effective syste.n of
transportation is the largest re
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vestment or protection.