Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, February 25, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text,4- J ' " run jouttxnL lis n lurger ameuLnnoN TtuiN rtmr op nih run othhh pupurb inqrook bounty eoMBixtw. 0MI VOL. VIII. MUNEVIME, CItOOK COUNTT, OJIEGON, FEBRUARY 25, 1904. NO. 11 Crook County- WURZWEILH2 8 THOMSON Prlncvllc's Greatest Store ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE COMMENCING THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904 This sale is ' a Money Saver. Every V n r il of out Dry Good in Reduced Every ii i r "I H'ii' ("I' Ladies Mii-sc mid Children, Reduced i Every pair cif HIjih-i lir Men, Women n ml Children Reduced Every Kliirt Waist, Top Skirla and I'ndcr r-'kirls, Reduced Every tn il nf Clothing, either for Men !.r Bovs Lcduied Every pair of Men's, Ladies' and Misses' Glove Reduced Every p I r ol Blankets, wool or cotton Reduced Every Jacket, Ladies' Missiw' and Children's, Greatly Reduced Every Night down lor Men, Women or Children Reduced EAory Overcoat, J,n t-t Styes, Liitc-t WeaViw Reduced Every 1 1 it t or Cup, Hal or Cup (or Men or Hoys Reduced Every In addition In above we will say that there are Reduced Every thousand of article too numerous to mention' Reduced Every Our nim in to make tlii" the Greatest Sale Reduced Every llmt I'rineville ha ever ex riciiCcd lor CASH Reduced Hamilton Feed AMI) Redby Feed Barn . . . . L. E. ALLINGIIAM, IWuikioii Fine . Saddle Horses and Livery Turn-Outs Stock boarded liy day, week or niontli Kates reasonable. Good nccominodntions. Iteinemher u when in i'rineville, nnd we guarantee that your patronage will he appncialcd uiul deserved Ly tin. Powell & -Tonsorial jffencierson -DEALKKSIN- wines, liquors, . cigars. COUNTRY ORDERS FIRST DOOR SOUTH SOLICITED. l'OINDEXTUR HOTEL PRINEVILLE, OREGON. W a 1 1 AT CUT RATE PRICES m Douhle Rolls for 5c I'm- Douhle Rolls for 7jc. 2()o Douhle Rutin for 10 c. IlOo Douhle Rolls for 15c. Hoc Douhle Rolls for 17.jc. 41k1 Douhl" Rolls for 20c. 5l)c Double Rolls fur 2fc. INGRAIN 3lfc. Prescriptions Cut. Aso Patent Medicines. REMEMBER THE LOW PRICE STORE D. P. ADA'MSOIN'S STORE -I The niti.'j:i;.- Stable Cyrus- Artist? loroiley Tailor LATEST STYES and PATTERNS OP Summer and Spiff Suitings & Potarc Paper Place- JTJSAMAnER OF HEALTH ft. ri POVDER Absolute! Pure JHC.RC 13 HQ SURSUTU7S The M1LER MEAT MARKET E M MILLER, Prop Dealer in FRESH MEATS Of nil kinds VEGETABLES ft FISH In Si'RBon The Cheapest and Best Place in Crook County - In the Iluilding formerly occupied hv P II Donk s fiif Vhvlrt Homestead Locations I imDer I Desert Lands WRITS ROBT. SMITH, ll'niieviiio, - ureoaj WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE CO. OP NEW YORK. OlAY A. 8IUPION, M'fr IniirlOr D.pl. 1 i- i t" t -t i. ) . I- r 'lit' )! p IS Hna the largest percentage ot caflh as99ts to eaoh duUar uf lia bility; earns the highest average Interest, and issues the most-up-to-dato proKressive policies for In vestment or protection. STPi READY FOR THE FRAY Congressional Qan didates Busy With the Ropes. Iitt rest now lie-ins to center ahout the honors to he bestowed this ycsir in the. first and second ciiiigrisjiuiiiil districts. Ksjxciul ly i (his true in the hitter district represented hv i. N. Williamson Eastern Oreiron residenU in this tuition are not very pariicular I whethi r Ilinger Ileruntn lucceeds j hinwidf or not and all their time nnd nttentiop will he used in see j ing the rigiit man sent to the scut in Wellington which represents this district. J The H iker ('ily Herald in com menting on the situation says: "In the Second District Mr.l Hiiliumson n conspicuous rival is Malcolm A. Moody, of The Dulles, who win representative to Con- Igrem from lXiffl to ln(K. Mr. Moody has not puhliciy declared tniuHcIf a cnndithite, but his ! friend lire known trr ho lavine plan for his return to Washing ton. If Pinion fiircostlull win Mull iionnri.ih, Mr. Moody w.Il prohuh ly il"' die nomination, though closo syniivithy does not exist be tween ni in and Mr. Simon. It Mitchell banners shall win, Mr. Williamson will ilouhtleFs. receive the prim. Hut whatever the for tunes of war in Multnomah, the worker for o.-.ch man will "come down" to the Convention with just as many delegates as they can win in the several counties. "We shall not depend on Mult- iiLiuuih." savs each side - .uJlqu.r.xiw mat county resolves to take the fight into its own hands. One or the other of lis will go into con vention in control of Eastern Ore gon, 1 lien If Multnoniuli desire to turn the spoil over to t lie van quished it Las the power to do so." The fight in this district, how ever, will be sharp. Mr. Moody was at Washington when the last struggle for political honors was on nnd Mr. Williamson was con spicuous on the field of battle This year the relative potitiona of the two logical candidates is re versed and the Moody followers are throwing as much dirt as poss ible while the coast is clear. On the other hand Mr. Williamson holds the support of the Mitchell faction in Portland and its power for bringing about desirule returns will best he evidenced at the pri maries. Cot'NTY . Dki.. Baker 12 Clatsop , . 10 Columbia 7 Crook 4 Gilliam 4 Grant 7 Harnev '. 8 Malheur 4 Morrow '. . 6 Multnomah 117 Sherman 4 Umatilla 14 Union ". 10 Wallowa , 5 Wntico ..: , 11 Wheeler 4 TOTAL 172 If the Central Comiuiteeo of the two districts shall adopt the appor tionment of the next Slate Con vention for the District Conven tions. April Hi, the delegates will be proportioned ns follows: SKCOXU DISTllll'T. Cot'Nrv ' Dki. Baker ,. 12 Clatsop 10 Columbia 7 Crook , 5 GilUum 4 Grant .-. 7 Harney 4 Malheur .r Morrow 5 Multnomah .. ... 71 Sherman 4 Umatilla lb Union 10 Wallowa C Wasco , 121 WVele TOTAL V 1X2 WILL EXTEND TO LA REVIEW Columbia .Southern Still Has That Piaee as Objective Point Says President Lytic. The Columbia Southern still has as its objective point Lakeview and opening up the whole Southern Oregon district east of the Ca cades, was confirmed hv President Lytic today in answer to a ques tion from the Telegram. "I know of no reason for chang ing the original nim." said he "though our energies are now be ing devoted to carrying out plans to build as far as Bend. That wnerc our staice is sei lor the pres ent and to which we must build before setting another stake further beyond. But it was our original intention to huilil to l.akeview, and I know of nothing to change our purine. We feel that the country is naturally trihutarv to Portland, and this city should have access t J the trade." " A. Y. Beach, editor of the Lake County Examiner, who has been for years diligently at work in every possible direction to promote the development of tli.it country, says: ".Nothing short of the ex tension of the Columbia Soutnern will ever make Lakf County a portion of Oregon, nnd .make it build up like it should. Califor nia, has our trade nnd will keep it until this or a similar road is built. "The Union Pacific Company surveyed n line through this coun ty in IStlil and we understood in toiulcd to construct a line through done so. ''The X. C. O, branch surveyed a line from Reno to Lakeview be fore the Columbia Southern was thought of, and gave out informa tion that it would build here, hut has not done so. Now the 'act re mains that no road penetrates Lake Countv." WORK FOR THE ASSESSOR Next One Elected to Office Will Have to Take the Census of the Entire County. The county assessor of this coun ty, whoever that mav be, will have a busy time of it when elected to serve the next term. Aside from the regular work of the office, he will have to take a census of the county, as provided by the state law. Every 10 years the assessors of the different counties in the state are required by law to take "an enumeration of the inhabitants nnd the industrial products" of their respective counticc, -the work commencing on March 1U. The last time this wns done in 1SA5, which will bring the next census in March, 1905. In Multnomah county it is esti mated that the work will require the services of at least 40 deputies, and there the property, products and people nre bunched where they can be easily reached. In Crook county six or eight men will have to do the work, searching for their data among the hills and mountain?, nnd sage brush of the plains. The taking of the census re quires a great deal of work. The assessor must ascertain the num ber of males who are of age, and the number under 10 years of nge, nnd tho number between 10 and 21 ;the number of females who nre of age, the number under 10 years of age, and the number lietwecn 10 and IS; the number of acre un der cultivation; the number of bushels of wheat, barley, oats and rye raised during the preceding year, nnd similar information as to the production of hay, sheep, hogs, rattle, etc. . ' Whtn the assessor has complet ed his census he sends it to the county clerk, who makes a cepy, UIIU ilivii viausiiiits lite uii.jiii.ii the secretary of state. VIEWS ON LEASE LAW More Opinions are Expressed on That Urgent Question. Wasiii.won, I). C., Feb. 12. At the recent stock growrr.v con ventions held in Portland most of the prominent stockmen strongly advocated the establishment of some system for the leasing of the public grazing lands. It was set forth that there nre something over half a billion acres of remain ing public lands in the western grazing states and territories; that only a proportion of this ,an he irrigated by the government; that the remainder must forever remain arid and unimproved, and suitable only for grazing purposes and that therefore, to avoid conflict among stockmen and over grazing ind trampling to death of grasses, the land should he classified and the stockmen allowed to lease them from the government, in cidentally providing a large an nual income, which could be used for irrigation works. This interesting proposition ap- pcarr a highly attractive one to the casual observer. Stockmen would rilhout question gladly pay from one and one-half to in some cases five cents an acre an nually for a five or ten year lease. Very Hissibly the government might nbiain five or ten million oilars year income from this land. It would undoubtedly l,e in excellent revenue provider. Bu! what would be the effect up on the lOiinlry involved of leasing and fencing the public lands? edleps to saw 'stockmen would WTOTe trre-TcmtPsr onnr rami claiming that when wanted, it could be irrigated, but that it should in the meantime yield the government a revenue through leasing. Ifow would this affect the settlement and farming of the country? The stockmen are today doing everything in their power to prevent and discourage settlement on the public domain, which inter fere with their large grazing opera tions. With a leasing title to such lands their power to prevent settlement would be infinitely in creased, no matter what the terms or restrictions of the lease With such a title in the hand of a powerful stock grower, or live stock corporation employing num ber of ranchmen and cowboys, he would indeed be a hardy home steader who would go within the cattleman's fenced domain and say: "Here, this is government land; I am going to settle here." Once the stockmen secured n lease title to the land. And who is going to classify this land, and say what is grazing land nnd what is agricultural land. Grv E. Mitchki.i.. BURNS PEOPLE INTERESTED. Company Incorporated for $4000 to Establish Automobile Line Early in the Spring. A so called automobile meeting, attended by a goodly numlier of Burns citizens, was held at the City Hall on Tuesday evening, last, says the Burns Items. The object cf the meeting was to ascer tain if possible the prevailing sentiment of our townspeople with reference to the effect the actual operation of a first class automo bile freight and passenger line between Ibis town nnd Shaniko, would have upon the business interests of Bums. The consensus of opinion expressed was to the effect that such a line as is propos ed by Uie C. & S. R. R. Co. I tween Shaniko nnd Bums, with Burns ns a terminal point, would be of immense benefit to our town and county. Before the close of the meeting, preliminary steps were taken toward the organiza tion of a town company, to put on and operate nt the earliest date practical, vehicles between this point and Shaniko, and about one fourth of the estimated cost ot equipping the line was eubscrilad there and then. Tho company is to be incorntcd nt once, nnd will organize in the near future. Some of the leading business men oj our town are supporting this enter prise, while a. few, other profess the belief that this Burns' enter prise will be calculated to retard or interfere with the project of the R R. Co. It is confidently believ ed however, that convincing proof to the contrary will shortly lie placed before them and then the general public, with the result that their friendly aid will supercede all present objections to the enter prise. The company was incorporated for 1,000 with shares at $10 each. Among those taking a prominent interest m this movement are Chas. Newell, J. M. Dalton, James Smith, John Gemlierling, M. L. Lewis. J. W. Biggsv G. W. Cleven- ger S. W. Miller and others. ORGEOX CATTLEMEN MEET State Organization Will Hold its First Session in Portland April 16. The first meeting of the Oregon Cattlemen's association will be held in Portland on Saturday, April Kith. Since the organiza tion of the stockmen a thorough canvas of the state has lieen made and the results will be made known nt the first regular meeting. There are H00.000 cattle in Oregon and ,evl,r,.i hundred cattlemen will be present. President Hanley of Burns and Grant Mays of The Dalles, talked of the problems that confront cat tlemen, to a reporter of the Orego- at the present time. The execu tive committee will meet a day or two before the date set for the con vention and will doubtless make the necessary recommendations. The especial purpose for which the convention has been called is to fix a date for the regular an nual convention and to decide on a policy on the burning questions which now agitate the cattlemen. DEMOCRATS MEET APRIL 19 State Convention Will Be Likely to Favor W. R. Hearst as Presidential Candidate. Portland will lie the meeting place of the Democratic State con vention on April 19, with 200 dele gall's in attendance. R. W. Montague, secretary of the state central committee, thinks that the coast states and territor ies should effect such a combina tion as will secure them adequate recognition in the convention. "it is true, he sanl, that some Democrats have expressed the fear that this movement is an attempt to form a combination in the in terest of Hearst but both Mr. Murphy and Mooser say positive ly that such is not the case. They say frankly that they are in favor of Hearst's candidacy, but they disclaim any intention to commit the Paci coast states to his cause by tho proposed combination. There is no reason to impugn their sincerity. The plan of combining the coast delegations seems to me a good one." BUYS INTEREST OF PARTNER R. E. Simpson Is Now the Sole Owner nf Former Dry Goods Firm of Simpson & Wilson. R. E. Simpson purchased tho interests of Fred Wilson in the Simpson it Wilson dry goods lirm Wednesday and will conduct the business alone in the future. Mr. Simpson intends to increase his large line of dry goods and make his bu-iness one of the largest of ts kind ill this portion of tie state. Mr. IVilson as yet has made no finite arrangements as to what he will do, but for the present will continue in Mr. Simpson's employ.