Crook County journal., February 18, 1904, Image 1

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Crook County Journal
VOL VIII.
FMNEVILLE, CfiOOK COUNTY, ORKGON, FEBRUARY 18, 1904.
NO. 10
WUBZWE1LEB 8 THOMSON
PrlnevHe's Greatest Store
ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE
COMMENCING THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904
This sale la a Money Saver.
Every Yard of out Dry (i o o il is licduced
Every pair of lliwe lor Lmlic Mil'! and Children, Knlurnl
Every pair ol Shoes lor Man, Women nml Children ltciluccd
Kvi'ry Hliirt Waist. Toi Skirls unit Dndcr Skirl, Reduced
Every uit of Clothing, either Inr Men or liny Induced
Kvcry pair f Mi-ii'k, Ladies' nml Misses' Clove. Reduced
Kvcry pair ol Blankets, wool or collon Reduced
Kvcry Jacket, Ladies' Mimes' and Children's, Greatly Reduced
, Kvcry Night (iown lor Men, Women or Children Reduced
K.iry Overcoat, Ijitesl lllyns, Latest Weaves Reduced
; Kvnry Hut r Cap, Hut or Cup lor Men or ltnyt Reduced
ICvcry In addition to iiIkiv we will sny that there are Reduced
Kvcry tlrouMind of articles loo numerous In mention Reduced
Kvcry Our aim in to iniikii this the Greatest Sslc Reduced
Kvcry Hint Princvlllc has ever exrienccd lor CASH Reduced
1 FACTS FOR COURT
HOUSE BUILDERS
Comparative Statement s for Seven Years
Showing Tax Levies and Average
County ExpensesPlenty Funds
for
' Structure.
Building Substantial
Below in given in summarized form the value of assesses property
anil the rates and amount or taxes levied in Crook County during the
even years from 1895 to J902, the hitter year being the last available
tax roll which could be. used in making this ntatement.
Hamilton Feed Stable
H AXl) 4 ' "
Red by Feed Barn...
I.. E, ALLLNGIIAM, Piioprictoii
Fins Saddle Horses and Livery Turn Outs
HtiK'k hoarded by day, week or mouth liatca reasonable.
Good iiici'iiiiiiodations. Remember us when in I'rineville,
nml wo guarantee that your patronage will be appreciated
and deserved by ui.
Powell & Cyrus
H IS AHATTER OF HEALTH
nmti
POYDER
Absolutely Par
THERE IS NQSUBSimiK
-Tonsoriul Artists.
& B Gormley
c) Tailor
Owl"
LATEST
STYES and PATTERN'S
OF
Summer and Spring Suitings
Jfenciorson & !Poarcl
The MiLLER MEAT MARKET
E M MILLER, Prop
Dealer in
FRESH MEATS
01 nil kinds
VEGETABLES & FISH
. In Season
The Cheapest and Best Place
in Crook County "
In the Building formerly occupied
by P B Doak
-DJULERSIN'-
W NES, LIQUORS,
WKSTIC nmt fTf A "PC
iomi:
Ml'
COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST POOR SOUTH
SOLICITED. POINDEXTER HOTEL
PRINEVILLE, OREGON.
Wal 1
Paper
AT'
CUT RATE. PRICES
' i .
llki Double Rolls for fie. 15c Double Rolls for 7Jc.
2l)c Double RoIIh fur 10 c. 30c' Double Rolls for 15c.
ii.'ie Double Rolls for 17o. -Kki Double Rolls for 20c.
fiOc Double Rolls for 25c. INCiKAIN UOc.
Prescriptions Cut." ' " Also Patent Medicines.
REMEMBER THE LOW PRICE STORE
D. P. ADA MSOIN'S STORE
Is The Place-
Mir I hiitcr
Homestead
Locations
Timber
Desert Lands
ROBT. SMITH,
Prinoville, - Oretfou,
WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE CO.
OH NEW YORK.
V
OLAY . SIMPSON. M'f'r Inlarlor Dapl.
- J
YKAR
1895
Value of proierty,
l,tilU,121
1S98
Value of properly,
1,713,772
. 1WI7
Value of property,
1,59,15
1898
Value ol property,
I,744,:i3
.M899
Value of proierlv,
1,715,3:jo
1900
Value of propnrtj,
'1,68(1,322
1901
Value of proierty,
. 1,790,388
1902
Value of property,
1,8M,281
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State
County
Co School
All other
State
County
Co School
All other
State .
County
Co School
AH other
tate
County
Co School
All other
State
County
Co Sihool
All others
. State
School
Scalp bounty
All other
Slate
County
Co School
Co Road
State
County
Co School
High School
Co rpad
All other
RAtK
4.8
10.7
4.5
4
10.5
4
18.5
c
3.5
10
4.5
5.7
10.3
4
(intra
6.55
10.75
5
GROSS
C.45
10.5
5
.25
GK03S
7
0.75
5
2.5
6.5
6.75
5
2.5
2.5
AM T
7,970.42
17,767.39
7,472.26
1,170.83
34,380.80
6.951.17
18,246.84
6,951.17
1,501.62
33,650.80
5,665.12
16,186.08
7,283.73
2,354.58
31,489.51
10,059.58
18,177.84
7,059.36
2,113.89
37,410.6
11,894.54
19,421.58
. 9,179.80
2,232.36
42,728.28
10,985.03
17,882.61
8,515 53
425.78
1,910.02
39,719.07
12,188.34
9,028.40
4,614.20
10,265.91
12,599.05
9,382.65
4,666.32
' 4,666.32
1,792.45
43.322.70
EXPENSE FOR CURRENT YEAR
Has tha largest percentage ot
oash ae-sets to each dollr.r of lia
bility : earns the hiuhett uanm
Interest, and issues the most up-
to-date progressive policies for in
vestment or protection.
Salary of Com Baliffs etc $ 909.90
Circuit Court costs ...y ' 242.60
Justice Court"" 72.40
Sheriff's office Balory and expense -. 1,500.00
iierK salary and deputy 1,8'X).00
Treasurer salary 40000
Coroner, Physicians, Jurors etc , 139.40
supt 01 schools 443.99
Assessor, all expense 884.00
Copy of tax rolls collecting etc 102.50
books and stationery 817.75
Repairs, liuht!, fuel etc 855.52
J'l . . 23.00
tare of poor, provisions salary of Physcians etc 636.38
insanity 27.00
Election expense..- 18.g0
r-xpense incurred in smallpox epidemic 2.042.52
total lor year 11,915.86
In line with the agitation for the - building of a substantial court
house in place of the one burned, The Journal has prepared the above
comparative statement, showing the tax levies of the last available
seven years and the average expense of operating the county business,
It is intended that this statement will show the necessary amount of
money needed for current expenses, and also the amount which is avail
able nnucr the valuation for 1904 at which time there will have been
added 164,000 acreB of timber lands. According to the deputy aheriff,
these will be assessed at the rate of $5.25 per acre, or an increase of
861,000 to the taxable value which will be paid principally by non
residents of Crook county. The extra tax levy resulting from this
source, at a tax rate of bj mills, which is the rate ordered by the
county court at its January term, and which is the raie for the past
three years, will amount to 15811.75, and this docs not include the
timber lands proved up on during the past six months, or the lands
sold by the state, or the Morrison tract of 14,000 acres which was scrip
ped last fall. The total valuation for 1903 is 12, 399,000 and 400quart
er sections of timber land are all that is included in this amount. Add
ing the other 100,000 acres or $525,000 to the foregoing, and the total
value ot taxable properly is raised to $2,924,000. At the rate of 6j
mills, $19,737 would be raised for current expenses. This amount is
$7822 more than was actually exended for the same current expenses
in 1903, and $7700 more than the estimate made by the county court
for 1904. The balance could lie applied to permanent improvements,
such as schools and courthouse and bridges, and in ten years there
would lie expended $,i,00 a lasting monument to those generous
hearted lumber barons who wijl cut the timber as fast as possible as
soon as railroad facilities have been established. When through with
their work 165,000 acres of worthless timber and mountain laud will be
lying as a dead weight on the county from which no tax will be de
rived. , , FROM A PROSPECTIVE POINT OF VIEW
Aside from tho timber land the county will have an increased value
of 10 per cent per year on 84,000 acres of land which the Pilot Butte
Development company will irrigate at $10 per acre, 30,000 acres in the
Tumello basin, 20,000 acres in the Walker Basin, and 25,000 aervs in
the upper Crooked river eonntry.
These districts must all eventually
be settled by non-residents. The
total M 159,000 acres at a valne of
$10 per acre will increase the pre'
ent roll $1,590,000 without
considering the additional person
al property which must accomp
any the settlement of 9,937 quart
er sections of irrigated desert
lands.
The above figures are submitted
to the tax payers of Crook county
for consideration. As a sugges
tion, it might be well to add that
the timber lands should donate for
the erection of public buildings
and should contribute their share
to puhlic development while at
the same time enriching the cap
italist who will ultimately be the
sole owner of the limber. The
above figures are correct and will
give some idea of the resources of
Crook county which may be count
ed upon to maintain running ex
penses and the cost of new build
ing. In summarized form it ap
pears that Crook county, with a
running expense of $12,000 each
year can figure in a short time on
a balance of $15,000 per year (6
mills on a total property alua
tion of over four million) with no
increase of the tax already paid by
the county residents.
NO FULL MOON THIS MONTH
Astronomical Phenomenon Which
Occurs Every 19 Years Will Be
Experienced in February.
For the first time in 19 years the
monn will not get full this month.
At least that is wliat the astrono
mers say. It is going to stay sober
forJ29 days. Then it will start
with its first quarter, go through
itB second and third and get full
again. The regularity with which
the moon gets full is well known,
so well known that there are few,
perhaps, outside ot the astrono
mers who know that once in 19
years the terrestrial satelite cele
brates by going through the entire
month of February without follow
ing its custom. From time im
memorial the farmer has watched
for the dark and full of the moon
sb a guide in planting his potatoes
and corn, but as this month is not
a planting month the sobriety of
the satellite will cause no trouble
on this score.
The cause of this lunar phenom
enon is a subject for mathemati
cians and astronomers. As is
well known, the moon goes through
several phases as it travels in its
orbit around the world each phase
being produced by the' relative
positions ol the sun, earth and
moon. When the moon is in that
portion of its orbit, between the
sun and the earth we have the
phase known as the dark of the
moon. But when the satellite is
in that portion of its orbit op
posite the sun an! earth it is in
the phase known as full. Now, it
requires just 29J days for the moon
to travel Iron this position back
to the same place. This time is
known as the lunar month. '
Owing to the difference between
the lunar and calendar months,
every 19 years the moon reaches
its full phase in the last days of
Jan. and begins to wane. As Feb.
never has more than 29 days, the
month passes before the moon
again reaches the position where
it is in the full phase. This is
why we have no full moon in this
mouth.
COMPANIES ARE COMBINED.
Hutchison and Drake Interests on
the Deschutes River Purchas
ed by Eastern Capitalists.
After negotiating tor the sale of
its projierty for a period extending
considerably over a year, the Pilot
Butte Development company has
sold its contract to W. E. Guerin,
J. I. Johnson and W. G. Turney
lor a consideration of $70,000.
The Hutchison riithts on the
Deschutes river were also included
in the purchase and the sum re
ceived was about half that paid for
the Drake interests.
The new Deschutes Irrigation
and Power company, which now
has charge of the work on the
Deschutes river, has applied for
an additional 80,000 acres of land
under tha Carey act making the
total appropriation amount to
210,000 acres. It is the intention
ol the present company to take nut
the main canal aome eight miles
larther up the river than was
contemplated by the Tilot Butte
company thus securing some 100,
000 additional acres of land wbiab
is susceptible of irrigation. The
total length of tha main canals
will be about 120 miles and it is
the present plan to bring 25,000
acres under the canal lines within
three or lour months. The new
company is capitalized for $2,250,
000 and the incorporators are W.
A. Hunly, George H. Hill and E.
B. Holmes.
The sale ol the Pilot Butte
company is the result of negotia
tions which have been carried on
for many months, between that
concern and the Columbia South
ern Irrigation company, a Seattle
firm and lastly the eastern capital
ists who have succeeded in buying
the property. The first offer for
the property came from the
Columbia Southern people as
early as last spring when Mr.
Drake placed his contract on the
market, and the price named at
that time was $35,000. This was
accepted and afterwards refused
and was followed by other proposi
tions which were alto turned
down. The men now named as
the buyers offered the same price
to the Pilot Butte company's
president in Chicago about six
weeks ago. The papers were
signed by the second parties, after
the offer had been "accepted, but
this also was cancelled. The
bargain seems now to have been
signed and sealed aid Crook coun
ty residents are appreciative of the
transfer.
WORK TO COMMENCE SOON.
New Irrigation Company at Dee
chutes Will Begin Work In
side of a Few Weeks.
H. W. Reed, of the Deschutes
Lumber company, was in the city
Wednesday on his way home from "
Portland, where he has been look
ing after townsite business and his
lumber interests during the past
month. Mr. Reed is in close touch
with the new irrigation company
which has purchased the Drake
and Hutchison rights on the river
and stated that active operations
would commence soon on the
project.
Mr. Reed stated that it is the
intention of the company to build
a general merchandise store and a
hotel in the vicinity of their oper
ations at the Lytle townsite.
Work on the new flume, which
will take water from the river just
above the Deschutes Lumber
company's mill, will be started as
soon as a dam has been construct
ed across the river at this point
and work is to be continued on
the flume above Bend which is
already well under way. The
lower flume will carry water to the
additional appropriation ot land
which has just been made lying
between the segregation of the
rilot Butte Development company
and the river some 16 or 20 miles
north of Bend.
Mr. Reed reports a good sale ot
townsite property while in Port
land and says people there are
taking considerable interest in the
levelopment of Eastern Oregon.
In the meantime building is
going on steadily on the Deschutes
and Mr. Reed said that tbe mill of
the Deschutes Lumber company
would be kept busy fur the next
few months sawing out lumber'ior
the new houses and buildings
which are to be erected there this
spring and summer. Tbe new ir
rigation company will in all
probability put up several new
buildings for their own use if work
is started on the scale contemplated.