County ouraa 0 VOL VIII. PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 14, 1904. NO. 18 Grook l ii m The The Place 1 i a Special Sale Heads. JM the Xatasi Jfiiidl. SUirtS, Sirinj oxd Summer Itraid, t Fiubroidcry, Fancy Neckwear, Ftc: 071... Sj t7) tr - lifrs, u uracil 2) T!i Hamilton Stables lo. E. ibb.lJ'JGlHM, f'fOP. Stock Inmnli'il li.v the day. week or month ut Ki-iiMMMlilr r:il s. li.-iiii iiilicr n. when ill I'rim ville. II A TICS KKASOSAUI.IC. We Imw Pine Livery Turnouts 10" Hun in Ciiiiiirclion with tin Bend Stable. ..Henderson Wines, and Liquors, Qountry Orders Solicited First Door South of Poindexter Hotel. THE WINNER CO., Incor)innili'J l'.HW. DRUGS, STATIONFKY AND" UF-TO-DATF. HOUSF V URNtI S1IINGS. f I B. Gormley &V Tailor y b - "to" . p r i n 0 I Bee I. Michel k Co., Props. That Saves ,N All Kinds of disc, including for Ladies, Ucnticmcn anu uuiurcn, . I. ...... .....I If ijioeenes, liuckciy, uu u.uunaib, ij Il:ils. Confectionery and fc) Cigars. The Family J'or JO ftts ..J c"" Vj"V' vi a ?ri,h.r,. I Sim p $?,. 0 & Pollard.. Finest Cigars In Stock. LATEST STYLES and PATTERNS OF g and Summer Suitings m Hive 1 You Money General Mcrchan- k'd furnishing Goods $J I -'I m M Supply House 1 m in I Professional Cards. ft. Ctliott, PRINEYILLK, OREGON W. SSarn.s, jftUrmtjf at Xam, I'KINKVII.I.K, OHEHON 1tft ft. Sitll. PHINKVILLK, OUEUUN 7q. Jfttry md Com! mt m FKINKVILLH, OKErtUN. II. P. URI.KNAI SStlknap & Sdwards Office: Firnf Door Ktist of Winnek's Drug Stun'. PRINEVILLE, OltEUON, yt JT. Siofnirg ?.? CiilU iitHwcred tiromptly day m utK'ht 01 fio with lr, V. (leaiior. Hewidenc corner 1st ami Main atrocta. i PltlNEVILLK. OliR(J0 fa S. Parktr, 2. 0. Osteopathic Physician Prinevillo, Oregon, W. H. SNOOK, M. D.. I'hysltlaiii and Mlt(;i:o CULVER, : : OREGCtt Am prepareil to answer Pratt's sionnl ciiIIk prompt Prineville-Silvor Lake Stage Line DICK VANDERVERT, Prop. Leaves Prinevillc Mondays, Wed newliiys and Fridays. Freight and piuuiengcrs ffayhilled for Hitver Luke and way points. L. A. Booth, Agent. Prineville-Burns Stage Line C. G, CORNET, Proprietor Leaves Prinevillc for Bums Mon days, Wednesdays and Kriduys. . L. A. Booth, Agent. 1 DEMOCRATS Convention Nominates Its Docs Not Stand as W. R. Hearst for ' The Democrats are opposed to any division of Crook county at the present time, or the crea uon or any new county embraced within its limits, therefore be it "Resolved; that the delegates elected to the stat a canvention from this county be, and they are hereby instructed to vote for nominees for state senator and state representative from this senatorial and representative district who are unalterably opposed to any division of Crook county at the present time. "Resolved; that the to the National convention should be iastructed to support W. Randolph the United SUtes." The Democratic Ticket. For .Sheriiff, C. Ham Smith. For County Clerk, J. J. Smith. For Judge, M. R. Hiww. For AsMowor, Joh.n I). Lafou.ktt. For School Siiiorintendent, J C. B. DiNwitiniK. For Coroner, J. If. Cbiviks. For Commissioner, E. T. Slayto.v. For Treasurer, M. H. Bki.l. For Purvevor, W. R. Mi Faiii.axd. 1 don't know whether I am a Hearst mall or not." C. V. Hi king. I won't no down to the con vention pledged to the support of Hearst. 1 uiiiiht support him und 1 might not."- I.. N. LiKKett. I ill not be a deleitute to the stale couventioit with a W. Ktiu- dph lleaiKt tax on my coat tail." George W. Hui'neR. Judging from the expressions which were uinde at tho Demo cratic count v confention last Sat- un'ay, Crook county followers of the Democracy are not a unit when it comes to supporting Wil liam Randolph Hearst for Presi dent of the United StaU'S. On about every other subject they were as harmonious an two kittens. But the Hearst resolutions were thorns that scratched a little skin. Ab soon as the resolutions, present ed, by Mr. Springer.were read, Mr. Barnes took exception and said he objected to making national poli tics a part of the county fight. Ho stood very much in favor, he said, of sending good staunch Demo crats to the convention, but he lidn't think they should be pledg ed, offering as his chief objection that Governor Chamberlain would stand but little chance of getting the nomination -of vice-president with the presidential candidate al so a Pacific coast man. He added later, when nominated as a state delegate, and after the Resolutions had passed, "I will not be a dele gate, to the state convention with a William Randolph Hearst tag on my coat tail." And then some other views were expressed, too. Air. Springer, in defense of his Haystack resolu tions, said he believed the Demo crats of Crook county should make known to everyone whether they were in favor of supporting Hearst for the presidency. Mr. Barnes' motion to lay the resolutions on tho table was de feated as was also the motion for an indefinite postponement. The resolutions passed by a rising vote of 13 to 9, tliirty-one delegates re fusing to express themselves. It is said that a vote by ballot would have defeated the adoption of the resolutions. The delegates 6nall) elected to the state convention were: W. F. Hammer, W. C. Congleton, George Springer and T. W. Triplett. NAME TICKET County CandidatesBody a Unit in Supporting the Presidency. out or the territory now delegation from Oregon Hearst for President of The nominations for the county offices came in regular order. Five nmes were up for the Judge's chair, M. R. Jiiggs receiving 2!( votes out of a total of 52 delegates entitled to vote at the convention. The vote on County Clerk stood as follows: J. J. Smith, 30; War ren Brown, 23. C. Sam Smith received the nomi nation for sheriff by acclamation, as did also M. H. Bell for treasur er, J. H. Crooks coroner, C. B. Dinwiddie for school superintend ent and W. R. McFarland for surveyor. John 1). Lafoilett was nominated for assessor with 28 votes against 23 cast for P. B. Doak. Five candidates were in the fiefrl for the couimissionership, four withdrawing after the first two bal lots leaving J. H. Montgomery and E. T. Slayton to te voted up on at the third ballot. The vote stood as follows: Slavton, 33; Montgomery, 19. The many new faces at the con vention showed plainly the in creased population of Crook coun ty during the past two years. This fact wis more noticeable among the Democrats than in the Repub lican ranks. Many of the strange faces belonged to those who are comparatively recent arrivals to this section of Eastern Oregon. One man who has been in the county for years said after the Democratic convention was over, "This is the first time this county has ever held a convention that I was unacquainted with more than four of the delegates. The rapid growth of the county is shown plainly in the number of strangers who are in to represent their var ious precincts." GOLD ORE OX CLINE BUTTE Over Thirty Quartz Locations Made on Deschutes River Mountain Last Week. Considerable excitement was caused around the Bend last week when it became known that gold ore had been discovered on Cline Butto, a low mountain lying just west of the Deschutes about 15 miles below Bend. The ore was first found by one of the foremen on the Columbia Southern Irrigation company s construction crews and sent to Portland where an assay showed the value of it to be about 14 per ton. Shortly after the word reach ed Bend that valuable quartz had been discovered on the mountain, several parties of locaters went down and staked claims. A total of 30 was made during the week so that the Butte and all of the adja cent land surrounding was cover ed. The ore found was taken from the surface, and development of the claims may unearth some rich deposits. It has been known for some time that there was mineral in that vicinity, but 'no one had taken enough interest in the mat ter to do anything more than a little prospecting. CLAIMANTS GET PATENTS Department of Interior Sends Out Deeds to 21 Timber Applicants in This County. The Department of Interior, re lenting somewhat in its suspicious actions towards everyone who has made a timber land entry during the past two years, is beginning to issue a few patents. The past week the land oflice at The Dalles has received 21 patents for resid ents of Crook county as follows: Michael Connor, John D. Newsom, Sarah J. Newsom, Issac L. Ketch- Thomas U. Lafollette, James F. Cooke, Sherman B. Hartshorn, Annie Mating, Samuel J. Newsom, Harry L, Richardson, Orson Brown, Sylenda J. Brown, Martha A. Siwar, Willis E. Taylor, Nellie Burgason; Alford Burgason, Mary Winans, John 0. Rose, Tillie Rose and Matilda Allen. This is the first lot of patents to he sent out and it is stated that more will follow in a short time as soon as the reports made by siecial agents are received. Dur ing the month of March the government issued over fiOOO pat ents and on April there were still 91,000 public land cases pending before the Interior department, a reduction of nearly 9000 during the month. SURVEYING ON A'JTO ROUTE Engineering Crew Begins Laying Out Six Mile Road for the New Transportation Line. A crew of surveyors, under John Hammond of Cline Falls, began work this week in the vicinity of Cross Keys in laying out a six mile track which will be used as an experimental road for the auto mobile line, the arrangements for which are now well under way. The engineers will finish the sur vey of this line sometime next week when the grading will be done and the road completed for use. It is the intention of A. E. Ham mond, who is at the head of the enterprise, to pack the road with petroleum if the latter does not prove too expensive s product after it has been brought into the coun try. As soon as the six mile course is finished, a Cadillac machine will be put on and trial runs will be made. If the venture proves that an automobile is a feasible means of transportation, then the road-will be extended to the Bend and Prineville and a regular run ning schedule adopted. MAYFLOWER GROUP IS SOLD Oregon Mayflower Company Buys Over the Interest Held by Lewis McCallister. Deeds were placed on record last Thursday conveying to the Oregon Mayflower company all the inter ests in the Mayflower mine held by Lewis McCallister. This final ly closes the deal for the group begun over a year ago. It is the intention of the comp any now in control of the mine to install a hoist early this year u-hirli mill he followed bv a small mill The Mayflower mine is show-1 ing up some good ore as a result of thp ilevelonment work beine car ried on there and will probably be the best paving property in that vicinity before the summer is over AMOUNT OF LIEN IS FIXED State Land Board Names Price of Land Under Columbia South em's Canals. The State Land Board last week fixed the amount of the lien which may be charged by the Columbia Southern company in disposing of its tracts to settlers. The prioes range from $2.50, where the land is nearly all waste, to $14.75 on land which is all tillable. The apportionment was based upon the report of State Engineer, Hammond, who recently made an examination of the company't seg regation and placed an estimate on each 40 acres. Under this re port and its contract with the state, the company has a total lien of 127,000. The report shows that in the entire scgration there are 18, "50 acres which can be tilled and 7850 acres of waste territory. Settlers desiring to secure any of the tracts under the company will know the exact amount now neces sary to be paid. This is the first apportionment of a lien made un der the provisions of the Carey act. EMIGRATION GETS HEAVIER Three Thousand Colonists Pass Through St. Paul Last Week Bound for the West. More than 3000 settlers, en route to their new homes in the north west, have passed through Minne apolis and St. Paul in the past two days. It was the biggest move ment of homeseekere to the west so far this year. All the transcon tinental trains were taxed to their utmost capacity, and extra equip ment was called into service by the three coast lines. Max Bass, migrant agent of he Great Northern, said that never in the history of the department was as good a class of emigrants secured as this year. "We are not encouraging thrift less people to take up lands adja cent to our lines," said Mr. Bass. We want only the American set tlers to be had. The men going west today are eastern farmers of means. They are not going out into a new country without money Many of the settlers are men who have sold their lands in the east and are going west to a country where the soil is more productive than their farms in the eastern states. The settlers will take up lands all along the line. There is no big movement to any certain local ity. Many go into the country to the west of the Cascade moun tains." In the party there were 38 rela tives, who are going to western Washington. Assistant General Passenger Agent A. M. Cleland of the Northern Pacific said that the movement was entirely satisfact ory, if not as large as a year ago. The floods and cold weather have hurt immigration to the northwest this year," said Mr. Cleland. "However, today's move ment was large, and it has been necessary for us to add much ex tra equipment to all our west bound trains." Two hundred immigrants from the south were among the settlers who went to western Washington. WORK TO BEGIN ON DITCHES Columbia Southern Company Will Irrigate Remainder of Its Tract This Summer, Colonel C. F. Smith was in the city the first of the week making arrangements to begin work again on the canal lines of the Columbia Southern Irrigation company- in the Tumello basin. It is expected that a crew of men will be ready to begin operations the first of the week when work will be carried on steadily. Last year water was conveyed to about 10,000 acres out of the total appropriation of 27,000 acres and the canal lines during the coming summer will be completed so a to cover the remainder of the selec tion. Work will begin in the vi cinity of the Swalley bridge, some eight miles below the Bend, and continued around to the west of Cline Butte. The work this year will be completed much faster than last owing to the fact that the company's dituhes are now in the center of the selection, where as last year considerable time was consumed in completing the canal lines down to tlie tracts of land appropriated.