Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, February 11, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textrn. a 1 If Crook punty voi, vi i r. I'ltlNEVJLLK, CJ100K COUNTV, OliKGOX, FEBRUARY 11, 1001. NO. 9 C Journaio. 4 WLRZWEiLKR S THOMSON Prlncvlle's Greatest Store ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE COMMENCING THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904 Tills sale Is a Money Saver. Every Every Every Every Every Every Every Every Every KAcry Every Every Every Every Hamilton Feed AXI) Redby Feed Barn . . . L. K. ALLINGIIA.M, I'lioiiiiwiiii Fine Saddle Horses and Livery Turnouts Htix-k boarded ly ilny, week nr month Rates reasonable, (iiirnl accommodations. Remember us whi n in Priucvillc, nml we guarantee llml your patronage will ! appreciated .... I .1 i .. ami oisi'Mru oy lt. ) Powell & -Toiisorial Gly liit Mi, A Comiilcte and Clioit-e Lino of Hoef, Veal, 'Mutton, Pork, Karon, Lard, and Country Produce. Main st. prucviik, Jfencierson -DEALERS W- WINES, LIQUORS, IIOMDSTK and flfZ A 1?Q inroiui:i ... VjIVJVIVO. COUNTRY OUDKRS FIRST POOR SOUTH SOLICITED. POIN DEXTER HOTEL PRINEVILLE, OREGON. Wal 1 AT CUT RATE PRICES 10V Double Rolls for Kc. 1"h' Double Rolls for VJe. 2(lc Double Rolls for 10 c. :10e Double Rolls for l.'ie. Xv. Double Rolls for l" le. 4ln Doubl" Rolls for l!0c. . Mte Double Rolls for 2oe. INGRAIN iiOe. Prescriptions tut. .Also Patent Medicines. REMEMBER THE LOW PRICE STORE D. P. ADAMSON'S STO.JE -Is The Y a r il of our Dry Goods is Reduced pair l ("I' Ladies Misses iimll'liildrcii, Reduced mir nl Shoes for Mi'li, Women Mini Children Reduced Shirt Wait, Top Skiriu and I uili r Skirls, Reduced Hit it III 1'lothillg, cither fur Mill Of BlIVH la-dtlCcd piilr "I Mm x, liii t K-H uiul Misses Glove Reduced pair o I Blankets, wool or cotton Reduced Jacket, Ladies' Misses' and Children's, Greatly Reduced Night (inwii fr Men, Women nr Children Reduci d Overcoat, Lull1"! Styes, Lutes! Weaves Reduced Hut or Cap, lint or Cap lur Mm or Hoys Reduced In addition lo above ivn will my Unit tlirri' nif Reduced Ihousiinds "I articles tin' MiiiiH'riiiiH to mention I ; i i 1 1 1 c 1 1 Our iiim in In iimlii' Ibis llm Greatest Sale Reduced llinl I'riucvillchas ever experienced lur CASH ICi-tlui-t-il Stable J Cyrus-5 Artists- Foster & Iiorigan Proprietors. orD. 'Phone 31. & IPollard Paper Place- IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH tall im POWDER Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE The MILLER MEAT MARKET E M MILLER, Prop Dealer iu FRESH MEATS Of nil kinds VEGETABLES & FISH In Season The Cheapest and Best Place in Crook County In liit- Building formerly occupied l.v 1' 11 Dunk f'nr i'hoh'f Homestead Locations Timber Desert Lands writs: ROBT. SMITH, I'rintivillp, Orojron. WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. n Ol- NEW YORK. OLAY A. 8IMP80N, - M'g'r Interior Otpt. lha the largest peroentaffe ot oonh asats to each dollar of lia bility; earns tha highest average interest, ana issues me most up-to-dato protmissive polioles for in vostrnent or protection. m to 3000 SHEEP ARE SLAM Wholesale Killing is r Committed in Vleln Ity ot Silver Lake. Three thousand head of sheep, belonging to Guy MeKune of Sil ver Luke were (hot and heten to ili'ulh by five mnxked men! Hi the vicinity of ClirinmaH Luke a few iliiyn aftn. The Central Oregonian, which reacheil liere Tuesday given the lollowing account of the kill ing: The hephcriler' fur the Mo- Kune nheep came in from the nheep camp near Chriims Lake yivterday bringing the startling Hewn that the camp had been visit 1 by five niaBkcd men the night before and the larger part of the haw! of ahrep were Blaoghtcred. The five masked men were all heavily armed and proceeded to to do their work in a deliberate way. The herder was first taken care of mid tvhflc one man guarded him Ihi) other four proceeded with their part of the work. The pheep had been corralled for the night and were easy lo get at. They took the night for their work, living knive, club and gun! in the wholefale slaughter. With the approaeh of day they took their departure with the parting injunc tion that other sheep using that range rould lie treated M a simi lar manner unless they wore moved soon. . v They had done their work well and only a small remnant of a hand of over 3000 sheep was left. I'pon receipt of the news Guy McKune came to this place and telephoned Sheriff Dmilap who will make a thorough: investiga tion of the affair. While only a meagre account of the killing can he had at this lime enough has been learned that the killing was done by five mask ed men and certain parties are suspected and startling disclosures are expected to take place in the near future. The cause for the killing is at tributed to the fact that the sheep were on range used by rattlemen. While the amount of sheep re irted killed may be over estimat ed it is a hard loss to Mr. McKune and he will leave nothing undone to hunt down the parties who did the killing. FLOATING HOTELS AT FAIR St Paul Company Will Have Boats at the St Louis Exposition lor the Tourists. Crook county residents who will be in attendance at the St. Louis Exposition will have an opportun ity to reduce expenses if they patronize the "floating hotels" which .will lie in vogue at that time. The idea which has been originated by the Exposition Transportation company of St. Paul is unique and is designed to do away with the exorbitant rates being charged by the hotels in the city. These rates are $0 a day, when three or less occupy one room, nnd $5 per day when four or mure are wedged into sleeping apartments intended for one. As a result of these excessive prices a project has been launched by the above mentioned St. Paul com puny which will be attractive to the tourist as well ae serving as a reducer of expenses. A line of steam boats will lie run down the Mississippi river and docked at St. Louia near the Fair grounds where tourists will be given the s ime accomodations as in a hotel besides enjoying the river scenery during the trips which will be made while these floating hotels are occupied by their guests. These aro features which will doubtless appeal strongly to the majority ol the World's Fair visitors, many of whom are already making arrange ments for accomodations in St. Louis. DKVKLOI' VEIN' AT FOSSIL Ciiiixiilcrahlu Work t lieing Done to Open Cunt Field in Wheeler County. For several weeks past a small crew of .men bus Isi n employed in working a coal prosiecl on Dry Hollow, 13 miles south of Fossil and five miles this Hide of the John Day river. As a result of their labors they now have a tun nel IliO feet long and of a sufficient width and height to ullnw i!.,:o working room. The vein of coal which they have been following varies in thickness from four to eight fit-t. Xo lateral tunnels have been run. The work is be ing conducted by a mining com pany ' having headquarters at Sumpter. Several niemliera of. this company have been present at the mine, and they have hud ex- iert examinations minle as to the quality of the coal. The results are said lo lie highly satisfactory, and the coal is declared to lie of a better quality than that found in the Heppner cost 1 fields. Work was'teuisiraiily suspi ndi d a few days ago owing to present funds being exhausted but it is under stood that nern jons v.ill soon he resumed. Considerable interest has been aroused in that section as a result of the rinding of coal hi paving quantities on Dry Hollow, and it IS the belli f of manv that with sufficient development il can be found in aluindauee nt other places in that locality. In support of this idea is the fact that small out croppings of coal have been found at different times iu several places in the vicinity. A shaft is now lieing sunk near one of these find ings in the hoie of striking a bed of coal. Hut so far the work has been unrewardtd. SIGNATURES ARE SECCRED Primary and Local Option Laws Will Be Voted Upon at the - Next Election. At the general election next June the voters of Oregon will have opjiortunity, for the first time, to exercise the power of initiative as provided by amendment to the state constitution. Two measures will come More them for approv- val, the direct primary law and, the local option law. Petitions' asking the , submission of these measures, duly signed by the re quisite number of voters, have been filed with the secretary of state. The friends of the proposed local option law are reported much elated over their success in secur ing 8031 names in less than two weeks, the number necessary being 7018. The female suffrage law will not be voted on this year, the friends of the measure having failed to secure enough verified signatures. BIG STRIKE AT MAYFLOWER Miners Cut Into Rich Vein of Gold Ore Last Week at Mine Near Howard. J. W. Boone, who returned from Howard and Mitchell this, week, states that considerable excite ment is riie in the vicinity of the former on account of a rich strike made therein the Mayflower .nine last week. Miners while at work in the main tunnel cut into a ledge of gold bearing ore which is running a high percentage of the precious metal. It is stated that the new body hear better qualities of gold than anything which has been mined yet in that district and Mayflower stock, as a result, is likely to cxierience a material rise in value. Thron Tlirouson, the mining expert, is the one who staked out the property nnd has superintended its working force ever since indications pointed to ward the mine being a paying projierty. Ho has always enter tained high hopes of the mine pro ducing rich ore and the strike of last week bears him out in his beliefs. RE71DY FOR EMIGRANTS Railroads and Irriga tion Go's Prepare lor Hotneseekers. Within :',) days the vanguard of the Colonist movement of the Spring leason will liegin to arrive in Oregon. Il is expected by rail road trallic men that there will lie a heavy travel start in immediate ly after the rates become effective, March 1, and that several thou sand people will take advantage of the chance to travel at low rates during the first month. The railroads are not making any special arrangements for look ing after arrivals, though immi gration agents of the companies are always ready to do whatever lies' within their power to afsisi intending settlers with informa tion about iocations and resources of the territory. The different railroads have ex pended great sums in the publica tion and circulation of booklets fnldeis and circulars describing the country and presenting the advantages and attractions of the Pacific Coast states. The Harri- man system lines have had a corjis of men engaged for the past two years in organizing the field force by the appointment of capable local agents in different districts. Persons now seeking to take ad vantage of the opportunities of which they have heard through the literature will be sent to the resjiective local immigration de partment representatives, h ho can be of much assistance. Other companies have followed similar practice in lining up ar rangements to secure the most ef fectual returns from the business thus inaugurated.- This method of handling the colonist is the man ner most approved by the cxjier ience of other railroad lines of the country and is not any unusual plan evolved specially for this travel. Real estate dealers and those having irrigition projects and set tlement of large tracts of hind in prospect, will use various methods to attract interest of the travelers both before they have started and after their arrival in the North west. Business chance doalers will anticipate some harvest from the seekers for business locations. Ad vertising of various, kinds and forms will he expected to assist in this, and if opinions of immigra tion officials are to be relied upon the numbers that will be added to the population of Oregon and Washington will reach up into several figures. Crook county irrigation compa nies, esiecialiy those havhig of fices in Portland, are prepuiug to divert a portion of these new settlers to their segregated lands in this county, and they entertain no hesitation in saying that a large part of their irrigation tracts will be taken up by these home seekers from the east. FIRE ALARMS INSTALLED Electric System Has Peen Com pleted and Is Ready for Use at the Next Fire. George Morley completed the installation of the electric system of tire alarms the first of the week, and the boxes are now all in position with printed directions over them fur turning in an alarm. Two indicators are in place; one at the power house where alarms will be received during the night, and the other at the telephone ollice which will ni-eive the alarms during the day The indicators show the box which has been pulled and the fire com panies will receive their directions from these two main stations. The location of the boxes and the rings are as follows: Box No. 1, Bell Tower 1 long No. 2, C iSr First, 2 long ring. No. 3, C 4 Third, 3 long rings. - No. 4, C & Fifth, 4 long rings. No. 5, A k Fourth, 2 short rings. No 6, Second & A, 1 long 1 short ring. No. 7, Second A East C, i long, 1 short. . No, 8, Court House, 2 short, 1 long.' No. 9, A & Seventh, 1 short, 1 1 long ring. No. 10, Wur?.weiler residence corner, 3 short. FIELD FOR DEVELOPMENT Burns and Harney County Offer $50,000 and Other Induce ments for a Railroad. While the proposition to extend the Columbia Southern railroad from Shaniko to Bend, and to es tablish an Automobile freight and passenger line Irom the latter place to Burns, seems almost visionary, it would, if it proved pralical, he a good thing for Burns and also for Portland. There is probably no place in the United States that is so much in need of transportation facilities as is Burns and the great Harney valley in which it is built. Burns has many natural advantages that should make it a thriving citv. for it lies at the head of a large fertile valley that has only partially been- develo'ied. It is not many miles from the timbered crests of a spur of the Biue Moun tains, and hills on all sides for many miles form as productive a cattle and sheep range as there is in Oregon, says the Telegram. At present the nearest railroad point to Burns is Ontario, which is on the Oregon Short Line 147 miles distant. The intervening country is mountainous and traffic is expensive in the extreme. Ag ricultural products are of no value when they ex. eed the demand for home consumption, and thus great areas of rich soil must lay unused till the country can come in easy commercial touch with the out side world. There is a daily stage running between Ontario and Burns, and this brings in the mail a few passengers and small express packages. The fare between the two places is $10, and the trip is a hardship that no one would will ingly undertake unless urged by strong necessity. Harney valley is the second largest valley in Oregon, being but little smaller than the Will amette. Its surface is almost as level as a floor. Government en gineers were in the vicinity of the valley all last summer planning a great reservoir to aid in the irriga tion of the valley. At present only hay is raised in any large quantity, and that is generally of a wild nature that does not require cultivation. There is a flouring mill at Burns which furnishes the breadstuff for the locality. Alfalfa and grain can both be grown without irrigation in many portions of the valley, but irrigation would be an ad vantage in all places. According to the statistics ob tained at the United States Land Ollice, in Burns, last summer there were at that time 161,000 acres of valley land open to settlement in addition to large tracts set aside for Indian allotment. The people of Burns are anxious ly looking forward to the intro duction of a railroad into the val ley, and they state that they have $."0,000 on hand to give as a bonus to a road that will build in there at any time. Portland would realize much commercial gain by proper trans portation facilities being provided for Burns. It is estimated that the valley could easily support a population of 50,000 people and the commerce could be largely centered in Portland. The pro posed automobile line from Bend, if it proved a success, would draw the trade from Ontario and Hunt ington to the route of the Colum bia Southern, thereby making Portland the nearest commercial center to Burns and the Harney . valley.