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Crook County
ournal
PRINKVILT.E, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SKITKMBKR 8, 1901.
vol. vi i r.
NO. 39
m
. SPECIAL SALES
IN ALL LINES
AT
THE BEE HIVE
fieTlacc That Saves You Money
Midsummer Stock taking over
and we must have room for fall
rooiIh which will soon arrive.
Come quickly or you will lose
the chance of your lifetime
Michel & Qo.
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WILL BEGIN WORK
ON AUTO ROAD
t
Grade from Shaniko to
Bend Will Cost About
$3000 a
Retiring
3rom
ustness
On July 1st I liull begin wiling my entire Mock
ut MILLINERY, DRESS (IOODS and LADIES'
Kl'KMSIIINdM ut
50 Cents on the Dollar L?.
I am com'lli il to go nut nl ImsliMna on account n
nick new ami this wile will afford mr patrons an
niMirtuiiity to secure the liest bargains ever offered
in I'rineville.
TJfrs, Cd Bradford
Professional Cards.
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T!i Hamilton Stables
U. E, tUUJaM, fR,OP.
StcM-k hoarded by llie day, week or month lit
Reasonable rales. Ki-nieinWr u wlii'n in I'rine
ville. RATES REASONABLE. Wo have
Fine Livery Turnouts
MFltun in Connection with tlio Hew) Stable.
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Archie Mnfon, a well-known
railroad contractor, left Portland
thin morning for Hbaniko with an
extensive outfit of nu n and teain
tn gn tn work on the Mm! for the
promised automobile line diet ween
Slmniko and Bend.
"The roml will be KU miles long."
Mr. Mason mid, "mid its cost will
average a mile, making
J (i,(XK) the Biiiinmt riiuired fur
its construction. We hope to com
plete the contract within the next
seven months,
"The Deschutes Irrigation &
Power Company in nt the hack id
enterprise. It has large holdings
id hind in Crook county, ami al
ready has 150 miles of ditches in
position, and will finally bring
500,000 acres 'of hind under a
system of irrigation. In order to
ffl I thi- laud, it heeuine necessary
to huild a good road into it. This
will now lie done, and travelers by
ailtoinoliile will Jw Mv Jo make
the 80-mile trip in five hour when
we get the road done. ,
"The average grade ofi road is
not more (hail it -r cent, although
there are a few short stretches
where it ruin as high as 12 per
cent. 1 he width uf the mail will
he Hi feet, which will permit of
automobiles pa-Ting each ether in
perfect safet ;. No teams will he
permitted to ue the grade. as the
coinpuny has a deed to the right of
way for the entire distant e." Tele
gram. i. .
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..Henderson & Pollard..
Wines, and ff9 Finest Giars
Liquors, JLPCii In Stock.
Gountry Orders Solicited
First Door South ot Poindexter Hotel.
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THE WINNER GO.,
I ncorpnra tetl1 flOS.
DRUGS, STATIONERY AND UP-TO-DATE
HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
New Line ' Of
FURNISH. NG
GOODS
CROOKS
Neat Market
J. H. Crooks, Prop.
Shirts i . Specialty j
GORMLEY1TAIL0R
FRESH MEATS and
LARD VEGETA
. BLES, FISH and
vGAME IN SEASON
None hut Healthy Aniniala
Killed, Which Insures Hood
Wholesome Meats.
WILL FIGHT
lic and tooli. will he on hand in
ide of a iew days and a force of
12 men will then start huilding
the first reservoir.
Reservoir No. 1 will lie huilt on
the south-west slope of the moun
tain and it will cover ahout 200
acres uf land. The depth of water
in it when it is full and ready to
he used for irrigation purKises will
lie eight feet. This reservoir will
lie fed by Bulger and Swamp
creeks during the 'spring while the
waters are high and it is expected
that a siilitient iiiaiility of water
can lie stored in this reservoir to
irrigate the entire tiact lying he
low. A second .reservoir, however,
aliout a mile and a quarter to the
southeast will lie constructed in
the spring, mi there will he no
danger of a shortage of water for
use during irrigation season.
Through the base of one cf the
walls of the reservoir a sixty foot
pipe, eighteen inches in diameter
will be laid, and through this the
water will lie conveyed to. the
canals. The conU-iita of the sec
ond reservoir which lies higher up
on the mountain will he brought
into play whenever necessary.
The Interior department has
not, as yet, sinned the contracts
for reel. liming the selection, and it
is hardly expected that this action
will be taken hefore spiing. owing
to the slownss of proceedings of
this kind. liis'etor tireenv visit
ed the ai id tract some"" week ago
and there is no doubt entertained
but that he made a favorable re
port. Congressman Williamson
has written to Washington in re
igard to the matter Und the con
I tents of. Mr. (jreene's resirt will
lie khown in a few davs.
SUES DRAKE
C. t Lytle for Remunera
tion for the Services
Rendered Last Year.
LOCAL OPTION
STOCK THIEVES
ARE CAPTURED
Wood River valley stockmen
have been missing cattle for seve-
On the gronnd Jihat the Oregon
local option law is invalid, for the
reason that it is in c inflict with
the state constitution, the op
ponents of the enactment have
instituted ioiWiedini74 lKrainat it in
the courts and there way to ci,, j ral yeam hut ull efforts have been
the wing of thse who would unavailable to locate the niarau-
liielch the liquor trallic, before 1 ders until last week. The stock-
the November election. I , ,i,i,ii ... ,,.,.,,, strict watch
The nature of the suit is ' ulon tlie C!ltUe So', to I ready if
i .ii.nl n T ,a aaii. . .-Ka.xi-I
, , '. , , 'anv attempt was made Xo drive
titioned to issue an order restrain-; 1
. I.. i...i, i I...1.H.,.. ! them off. Last Monday they be-
HirWUIIlt Drift I11NII lllUIU I -
an election on the liipior question, j came suspicious of a party of men
as provided for in the act, and the fr0ui the Umpqua, who had been
court will, without doubt, make !.nrui,, i the hav fields and were
an order requiring the friends of,, . ., . . t ,:,,
, , , 1 8 , , leaving on the pretext of going
the law to apiear and show . cause - .
why a permanent order of injunc- j u"""'- 1"7 "l u""
tioii should not issue. This thev , Sheriff Ohenchain, who went to
('. 1C. I.ytle, general passenger
agent of the Columbia Siuthern
railroad, has tiled papers in the
circuit court demanding judge
ment against A. M. Drake, former
president of the I'jlot Butte De
velopment company, in the sum of
f.'l.'iOO and interest since January
1, WW, as the amount of. a com
mission agreed uiion provided
Drake through the plaintiff's ef
forts succeeded in selling out at
the time mentioned, which was
subsequent to tiie time4us had
made an effort to dissjse of his
proierty to other parties. The al
legations contained in the com
plaint are in substance as follows:
That in December, 1H03, the
defendant was principal owner of
the capital stock of the Pilot Butte
Development company. Tiiat on
the 0th of December one W. A.
Laidlaw entered into a contract
with defendant for the benefit of
himself and this plaintiff where
by it was agreed that the plaintiff
w as to procure a purchaser for said
property and in case sale should
result the said W. A. Laidlaw or
this plaintiff was to be paid by
A. M. Drake a sum equal to 5 per
cent of the purchase price.
That pursuant to staid agreement
the plaintiff procured certain per
suns in I'ortlcnd and took them to
Chicago to confer with said A. M
Drake, ane that satisfactory terms
were agreed upon and the proper
ty ontie l-ttnt BtnTe-T'Plupnici.n
company purchased lur $".i,000.
That the coniniissisn agreed U'hid
and earned by the plaintiff was
and is 1:550a,
That after said contract was en
tered into the said contract was
assigned to said plaintiff, C. E.
Lytle. That there is now due and
owing from the defendant on ac
count of said services the sum of
f'i'iOO. Plaintiff demands judg
ment against defendant and inter
est on said amount from January
1, 11104, at the rate of 6 per cent
and for costs and disbursements
in tnis action.
"M. R. Elliot', appears as attor
ney for the plaintiff.
the accidentr.l prospecting which
brought the old masonry up to
light.
''1 have only a general theory to
offer," continued Mr. Vernelson.
"The water ptfwer furnished must
have linen of enormous force, and"
the only Conjecture I can frame is
that it must have been used for the
operation of some ancient mills or
other works used in prehistoric
times by some ancient inhabitants
of the John Day valley. No trace
of any machines, however; could
tie found, though we searched dili
gently" Sumpter Miner.
FOREST FIRE
STILL RACES
will do, and thSU the battle will
he on.
the fort during the night in com
pany with Sam Walker. The cat-
I he specitic grounds uik.u winch : tle W1,r 3,.irWll tie fonowing night
the law will lie attacked have not
FIND MARKS OF
' ANCIENT WORK
Between midnight and this
morning Monday 7000 cords of
wood, valued at more than $10,000
whirled skyward in a vast sheet
of flame, smoke and ashes two
miles from Halbrook, Or., where a
fire that has Bpread through more
than 100 acres of fine timber is
now raging, says the Telegram.
The wood belonged to the Davis
Fuel Company, of Portland. News
received by C. R. Davis, of this
company, this morning indicated
that the lire was beyond control,
and that nothing could stop it ex
cept a heavy rain. Two Jiiles of
fiiiiue is believed to have been
burned early this morning, and
the little town of Holbrook itself
is in danger.
A large force of men is working
to prevent the spread of the flames,
but human efforts avail little
against the wall of tire which is
drifting rapidly liefore a northwest
wind. The smoke which so obs
cured the air yesterday and late
Saturday night came from fires to
the northwest of Portland, fires
lliaiuift -oulc- a om..AiffttiV4-ly-
short distance from this city, and
which, unless rain falls, may easily
approach the outskirts.
Much green timber is burning
now, the fires at Holbrook' being
almost wholly in green' tiinher,
with the exception of the under
brush and the cordwood.
Tne holdings of the Alger Log-.
ging Company, near the burning
district, had not been touched this
morning, and it was expected they
would eacape the general con
flagration which now seems to be
raging.
Word from Sylvan by long dis
tance telephone was to the effect
that the nearest fire was within
two miles of that place, but that
it was doing practically no dam
age.
As far as are known, these are
the only flres in the vicinity of
Portland. '
ONE DOOR NORTH
TEMPLETON'S
OF
t fas. tS. Jfelley
4
5 tPholographerX
yet been determined, although it
is known that it will be on the al
legiil contention of its unconstitu
tionality. It may contend that
the law was improperly passed,
and hence is not in point of fact
law at all. The whole fight will
lie on technical grounds. -
Ex-United State Senator Joseph
Simon and Judge Martin Luther
Pipes have been em ployed to rep
resent the liquor interests in the
light, hut neither of these lawyers
is yet ready to talk about their
plans. They say that the specific
grounds on which the battle will
be waged have not been agreed
upon and another conference or
two will be necessary before this
will be known.
WORK TO BEGIN
AT BUCK MOUNTAIN
POTRAITS, VIEWS,
ENLARGING AND A
STTPF.RIOTt
GRADE OF WORK
Work on the construction of the
reservoirs, which will irrigate the
:1000 acies of arid land lving 1 under $5000 Imnd
around the base of Buck moun- gave their names as J
tain in the south-eastern part of
the county, will begin this month.
Sheriff Smith staled yesterdav
that as soon as some of the con
struction material which had licen
ordered arrived the work would
commence. All the necessary
and a posse of IS men was organi
zed mid divided into two hands.
The sheriff's party contained six
men and Deputy Ceo. Denton Jim
Wheeler and Jack Pelton were
with the second party. They
started ill ' pursuit and overtook
the rustler before they had gone
over 15 miles. Evidently think
ing they were saie they had stop
ped for a rest in secluded pl ice
in Cherry Creek canyon, but were
surprised by the sheriff and hand
cuffed u fid brought hack to the
Fort. All were armed. They had
stalled with 75 head of cuttle but
ow ing to their haste and the rough
ness of the country only had 2"
head left wheu caught, IS ol
these belonged to Melhase Bros,
and 7 to tleorge Loosley.'
They waived examination before
Justice ol the Peace James Emery
of Fort Klamath and were placed
The inen
O. Stevens.
Walter Lerwell and Walter Simp
son. The latter furnished bail
and the oilier two were brought to
Klamath Falls and placed in the
county jail to await trial at the
A traveler returning from the
John Day and passing through to
Baker City on his way east tells a
remarkable story of a discovery
made in the Strawberry Butte re
gion. His name is Christopher T.
Vernelson, and he hails originally
from Albany, New York. He has
been looking after mining interests
in the Quartzburg district. Rela
tive to his discovery lie says:
''In company with several min
ing men, fiiends,and acquaintances
of mine, I joumied through the var
ious ranges of mountains known by
the general though somewhat indef
inite name of Strawberry Butte.
ii one of theranyons cutting into
the main oiiening, we discovered
hat we believed after mature
observation to be a prehistoric dam
dating back for probably hundreds
of thousands of years. While dig
ging on the mountain side looking
f ir mineral bearing lodes, we came
across some' ancient masonry.
which had evidently been used for
the purpose of damming the smal
water course which Amis its way
through the canyon, and furnish
ing power for some prehistoric
machine. The antiquity of the
work is ev, deuced in the fact that
by natural wear water had cut
through the solid masonary, and
worn it down uutil only the ab
utments projecting from the moun
tain side were left, and these were
so deeply covered by talus from
the neighboring slopes as to render
CATTLE MARKET
REMAINS DULL
November term of cmrt. Klamath them invisible and unsuspected to
Republican. , loisual observation. It was only
0. J. Millis, live stock agent for
the O. R. & N., tells the Pendleton
Tribune that the cattle situation is
rather quiet. The effects of the
strike in Chicago are being keenly
felt by the stock interest of Oregon
and the results are uncertain.
Stockmen are not anxious to ship
to this uncertain market. Con
dition might look very favorable
at the time the cattle were loaded,
hut -perhaps by the time thev
reached Chicago the tables would
lie turned and there would he
absolutely no market for the stack.
For this reason cattle shipments
to the Chicaeo market are very
light. The home market is ex
ceptionally good, hut it is not suf
ficient to take care of the cattle of
the state. " Mr. Millis expects- the
Chicago situation to alter in.: a
hort time and then hopes to se
better prices for the Oregon stockmen.
Mr. Millis says that the situation
in Crook county, the seat of the
present range wars, is very serious
and the ultimate outcome is un
certain. The slaughtering of
thousands of head ol sheep will
mean a great loss to the indi
vidual owners in addition to
the industry as other ownem will
not go into the business as exten
sively as in other years when the
situation was less alarming.