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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 21, 1904.
NO. 32
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Remember The BEE HIVE
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Michel &
Retiring 3rom business
(In July 1st 1 shuil begin
of MII.I.ISKIIY, DUIOSS
KI'lIXISIUNliS nl
50 Cents on ihc 'Dollar
I mil o llnl lii go nut n( business mi iii niunl n(
sickness nml (liis mill' will afford my patrons nil
opportunity In secure llii' best bargains ever offered
in I'rinrvilli',
7rs. d Bradford u
T!i Hamilton Stables
b. E. tL.UIJJSJHiM, flOP.
StiM'k boarded hy the day, week r month ill
Reasonable rales. Ucinei'iiber us when in Print-villi-.
It A T 10 S UEASONAHLE. Wo have
Fine Livery Turnouts
t "Run in Coiinivtiiui willi tin' Id'ml Htiilili'.
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.Henderson
Wines, and
Liquors,
Gountry Orders Solicited
First Door South of Poindexter Hotel.
THE WINNER CO.,
Incorunratoil lflO.'i,
DUlKiS, STATIONERY ANDUP-TO. .
DATE HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
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That Saves
Our New Kprltut (loinl ii n- mrlviiiK dully nml consist
of fv-r.vi lilntc ' 'I''! ''.r lli'iilli'iiii'ii, I.ihIIiw nml I'lilMirit.
I 'tunc III mill examine I Iim, Kiiiulmiuil siitM.v .vuiirwll Unit tills
Ib Mil' illlri' In tit , Ultr ImylllK.
We lii'lii' lii dill Vmir I'uitkiiliir Attention I" lultwr
style In Khli t WnWn Null". Shirt WulntM, Skirts. Indcr.
nkli-lH, lluKury licit, Collum mwl iilsn 11 full line of Muslin
Mini Knit I'lidcnvuiii'. Wc have also wlili'il- In our slock
line line nl. Wen mid llii Siiltn In thi) Latest Styles.. Also
n complete line nl Meim mill liny 1 1 "
Don't Foruct Our Shoe Department
Qompany, Proprietors
selling my entire stnek
COODS nml LADIES'
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X ft Finest Clears
LJCmI In Stock.
B. uormley
Tailor
LATEST
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Professional Cards.
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CROOKS
Neat Market
J. tl. Crooks, Prop.
FRESH MEATS and
LARD VEGETA
BLES, FISH and
GAME IN SEASON
None but Hrullliy Animtils
Killed, Which Insuri'S liooil
Wholi'Donie Meats.
ONE DOOR NORTH
OF
TEMPLETON'S
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!Pholographer
POTRAITS, VIEWS,
ENLARGING AND A
SUPERIOR
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CATTLE AND
Stockmen Meet and Fix the
Range Lines in the
Blue Mountains.
II. C, Koo J. . I). McAmlie
anil Jiie Hhiiii'iii returned yentcr
iluy (nun tliefr trip into the lilue
nioiint:iii.-, when- they went to
meet flic cnttli men ami nettle ilif-
forencM hetrfeen lii'i'iinieii unu
caltlenien over rnnge. They re
port that their conference with Hie
cattlemen won very natipdictory,
and llm Ixnt .( reiuiltif are hoiicd
for from the nii.i.'ting. .More than
thirty ol the prominent cattlemen
from Ochtico and .Mill crick were
present to nui l tliem, and after a
heariiiK of hoUi I'idin of the ques
tion, lines were arranged which
will lie Hilt i-f iK'tory to hoth Hides.
Concctmions were made liy hoth
nhei'piiien and cattlemen, and the
linen as now agreed ukiii run an
followu: IL'ijiiining at a wiut at
the head of Johnion creek, oil the
divide lietwceu Mill and McKay
creeks, thence to the Hash Kock,
theme along the dividing ridge to
Three Hocks, thence across the
Mill creek dividing ridge down Ui
Wildcat mountain, thence down to
the Spier ranch, thence up Little
Hay creek to the pld Miller place,
thence aeriws I ho divide to the
Roger's ranch on t'oyle creek,
thence down Coyle creek and up
Canyon creek to the first creek he-
low the Peatdce ranch, thence up
the divide on the went fide of the
reek to Lookout mountain, thence
around the hend of Duncan creek
and Hoard trci ou a lino to corres
pond with the north prong of Wolf
creeK, down tne umuing ruige 10
the head of Ver.sey creek, thence
iown Versey creek to Ihe mith
ranch on Ochoco. Within these
lilies no tiheep will lie allowed to
range.
The committee appointed hy the
local idieepinen's association are to
lie congratulated upon the success
of their mission, which will end
the range troubles in the Blue
mountains if the lines are strictly
observed as they should be. The
conference between the committees
was conducted in the friendliest
manner, and the spirit of fairness
manifested by both sides made tin
agreement much easier to arrive at
than was anticipated. Antelope
Herald.
SHOOT AT BAK10R SHKEP.
Masked Men Begin War on Wool
llrowers in the Vicinity
Baker City Last Week.
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A party of five or six men made
an attack on Miles Lee's sheep
cauip, on Old Baldy Mountain, 15
miles south of this city, last night
aliout !):o0, says a dispatch from
llakfr City on the 17th. G. W.
Brook's, the herder in charge, had
just arrived in camp and was pre
paring to get supper, when he was
startled by several shots fired close
to camp. He rushed out of the
tent with his rifle, when he observ
ed several men busily engaged in
firing iiion the hand of 2300 sheep
scattered about the camp. The
sheep were all lying down, and the
men were firing as fast as they
could.
Brooks got behind some trees
and ojiencd tire on the men, when
I the entire parly of raiders began
firing at him. Brooks had 11
cartridges, all of which he fired at
the men. lie tried to crawl to
where he had more ammunition
cashed, after ho bad fired all he
had with him, but .the raiders
made it si hot for him that he was
obliged to flee for his life.
He managed to escape, bare
headed and coatless, by dodging
behind rocks and trues until he
got out of range. He started for
Baker City as soon as he gut
clear of camp, followed by his two
dogs. He arrived in Baker City
at an early hour this morning, and
notified Miles Lee of the trouble.
Brooks thinks he shot one of the
men In the raiding parly, .iltliontrh
he is not certain.
Miles Lt-e sent a party of men
out to investigate and find out the
extent of the damage done early
this morning. No further reports
have been received from the seat
of war.
DKFCHVTKS I.A.SI) Flf.KI) OX
Irrigation Companies Hclect Ad
ditional T4,(KI0 Acres During
the Past Week.
During the past week a selection
of 7I,1!W.02 acres of desert land
has been made in the local Land
Ollice by the Deschutes Irrigation
A Power Company, through its
agent, F. C. Howlee, including
tracts in townships l(i 8., R. 15 K.,
I" S., R., I I, 15 and 18 E , says a
dispatch from The Dalles.
This list is filed under the Carey
act, which will expire liy limita
tion August 18, the ten years
during which the Jaw, when pass
ed, was to apply in this state hav
ing run at that time. This is the
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Irrigation A Power Company, its
previous one being for 5(i,OtMi.8it
acres, making a total of l:!rl,204.91
acres. In addition to this acreage
the original selection of the Pilot
Butte Irrigation it Power Com
pany, now merged into the Des
chutes Irrigation it Power Com
pany, .84,471.01 acres, is included,
making the total acreage of this
company s holdings 214,bil.oz
acres.
Besides these lists, about .'!0,(X)0
icres have been selected by other
reclamation companies, all of
whicJi tracts' He within the bound-
iries of Crook County and are to
lie reclaimed bv the waters of the
Deschutes Itiver and its tribu
taries. The main canal of the
original withdrawal of the Pilot !
Butte Company is now construct-j
ed, tlie water is being ilistrihuteil
on portions of the tract.
WILL SEKK SHORTER ROUTE
Effort Will Be Made to Establish
Line of Travel Between Crook
County and the Valley.
Hon. Johu Minto, of Salem, one
of the most experienced pioneers
living in the state, and who for
60 years has been tireless in pro
moting Oregon interests and in
,.i..: i .1 i. ii.
ueiping lo ueveiop me resources oi
the Wiliamette valley, is planning
to go into the Cascade mountains
in a lew uays, wnere ne win in
struct a class of young men in
forestry, and incidentally in the
work of building a trail from the
end of the railroad through Minto
Pass to Crook county, says the
Albany Herald.
This is one of Mr. Minto's hob
bies, and a good one it is. He
believes that the trade of central
astern Oregon could and should
be brought across the mountains to
the Willamette valley, and that
this can host be done through the
pass that hears his name. For
years he has been advocating the
construction of a trail-many years
ago he helped cut one through the
forest of the Cascade range at the
same place-and he will now spy
out the land once more and see if
the trail, which he hopes to nje
grow into well traveled road,
cannot lie cut Ibis year, and
though over 83 years old, tliis
active pioneer will undertake the
lalmr and hardship of a summer's
stay in the mountains to Imng
about his cherished project and
see it become a fact.
Mr. Minto will be accompanied
by quite a party on his trip to the
niountiiins, and he will he supmrt
eil in his work by Manager Edwin
Stone, of the C. it E. railroad, who
is very much impressed with Ihe
old pioneer's plan and thinks it
will result in the opening of a
valuable highway of traffic.
NEWSPAPER AT
CL1NE FALLS
F. T. Uurlburt, the Shaniko
Banker, Back of Pro
ject on Deschutes.
Crook county is to have another
newspaper and it will he known as
the (.'line Falls Press. The date of
its first issue has not as yet been
determined, hut it will probably
make its initial appearance on
August 1. At present the plant
and its equipments are in Shaniko,
but they will be taken to the Falls
as soon as possible.
B. F. .Monger, of Portland, who
was in the city the first of the
week, was on his way to ( line
Falls where he is lo take charge of
the new sheet and its destinies.
The paper will lie an eight page,
four column affair and will lie de
voted exclusively to the interests
of the region immediately sur-l
rounding. That section of the
icouniy is rapmiy jailing
under
irrigation, ami me i ress win
be
an irrigation sheet from beginning
to end, Through its columns an
effort will lie made to interest the
public in the irrigated lands which j gays: The wildest excitement is
are being reclaimed hy the Clinej raging in this camp over a Btrike
Falls company and also the town-1 of the richest ore possibly ever dis
site projieity which is soon to lie j covered in this section. It is real
laid off there. i ly the biggest strike on record here.
F. T. Uurlburt, the Shaniko ' The discovery was made by Galla
hanker, is financing the new paier. gier and Pierce, prospectors, on
He is interested in the property in i what is supposed to be the old Nel
that section and W. R. McFarland son location, made way back in the
left early this week to lay out a i '60s on Pine creek, near the Union
townsile in the vicinity of the land the Cornucopia mines. The
Falls which will soon be platted j newly discovered ledge is six feet
and filed. ' wide and the ore carries 80 ounces
. : in gold and eight ounces in silver.
CONN CASK STILL A MVSTKRY;
Ashland Correspondent of the Ore-
gonian Has Theories of His
. 0W1, p.egarding the Case
An Oregonian correspondent at
Ashland sends in a long statement ,
,.i.,;.;n il,.,i T r p.,, the!
Silver Lake merchant was murder
ed, instead of it being a case
suicide as found and reported by
the coroner's jury. He says:
"At the coroner's inquest these
facts were brought out. The first
bullet was fired through the upper
part of the heart and lodged in the
spinal column. Death in any
event must have resulted from his
wound in a very few minutes.
There was no powder burn on the
...
clothing or Skill"
from this shot.
The second shot passed through
the body three inches above the
first and struck no vital organ.
"If but this shot alone had been
fired the man could have recover
ed. Powder burns were left by
this shot, showing that the gun
must have been held clcse to the
body when it was fired. The body
never moved after tins shot was
fired. If it had been fired first,
not being in a vital part, the body
would have moved when the
second shot was tired. The evi-
lence of the two physicians at the
inquest was positive on these
points. In their opinion the man
was standing when the first shot
was fired."
What evidence, if any, that the
bullet which passed through the
heart was fired first the corre
spondent fails to state. He claims
that cattlemen or their employes
composed the coroner's jury and
that politics was also mixed up in
the affair.
RANGES ARE IS GOOD SHAPE
Grass and Forage Throughout the
S'.ate Is Hi tter Than It Has
Been for Years.
Robert B. Wilson, traveling
freight and passenger agent of the
C. B. it Q., tells the Baker City
Democrat:
"The Block ranges - of Oregon
never were in such fine condition
as at present. I don't care where
you go in eastern Oregon or south
eastern Oregon yon will find the
same conditions. The season has
been esiieciallv propitious. There
has been more than the usual
quantity of rain, grass has been
luxuriant and rich and stock of
all kinds, particularly cattle, ha
done well. This put the stock
here in good condition for ship
ping. In another two or three
weeks they will be in fine condi
tion. Now you know that the
corn crop in the middle west is
what makes the market. The
corn today in Nebraska anil Iowa
is out of danger and the indica
tions are that there will be an im
mense crop. This means a splendid
feeding ground at a minimum cost
for Pacific coast cattle on the way
to market. The owners of cattle
in this county have only to hold
off a little time in order to take
advantage of these circumstances
and pull out with good profits on
the year's business. The sheep
.nen, while they have not made
much on their stock, they have
profited tremendously on their
wool. I look for the price of
beep to advance shortly ."
OLD LKDCE
IS UNCOVERED
I Gold Claim Near Baker City,
I Located in 18ti7, Is Fonnd
I Rich with Metal.
A dispatch from Baker City
People are coming in from all di-
' rections from nearby camps, and
owners of adjoining properties are
jubilant over the strike.
The claim mentioned above was
located by L. W. Nelson of this
city in 1807. Quartz mining was
"ew l"M "me- wa8 ur"
de-red from San Francisco and was
partly transported from Umatilla
( , on pack mules, but was abandoned,
as the vein was not in place where
opened and seemingly has pinched
out. The mill was never erected.
TROUBLE OVER COUNTY SEAT
Removal of County Seat in Union
County Discloses Queer Deed
of Court House Property.
A new phase of the Union coun
ty seat removal question now con
fronts the people of that county.
When the deed was made to
Union county for the present court
i house grounds at Union, by Sam
uel Hannah in 1874, it stipulated
that the title to the property
should remain with the county
only so long as it should be used
as a court house site, but when it
should revert to the heirs of the
Hannah estate.
Now that the county sett will
come to La Grande, and the build
ing on the Hannah property will
cease to lie used as a court house,
the heirs have already begun act
ion to recover the property and
prevent the removal of the vaults
in the offices, and the steel cells in
the county jail, to La Grande,
claiming that by the provisions of
the deed these are "appurtenances"
and belonging to the real estate.
Steel vaults and cells have been
placed in the court house and jail
at a cost of about $25,000 by the
people of theuounty and this new
phase of the question has hhi a
cooling effect on the enthusiasm
over the county seal removal.
The new city hall at La Grande,
which is to be used as a court
house, has not been provided with
vaults by the builders, and this
Iditional exiense to be home by
the county may have fonie effect
on the removal of the county seat,
as the law prohibits a county from
incurring more than f.1,000 in
debtedness. The Hannah heirs redde in
Baker county, where Mrs. Hannah
married Joseph Kennison, alter
Mr. Hannah's death, many years
ago, and has several livingchildren
from her union with Mr. Hannah.