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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OKEGON, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904.
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FRESH MEATS and
LARD VEGETA
BLES, FISH and
GAME IN SEASON
None but Healthy Animals
Killed, Which Insures Good
Wholesome Meats.
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POTRAITS, VIEWS,
ENLARGING AND A
SUPERIOR
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GREAT INCREASE
IN TAX VALUES
Assessable Property In
creases Nearly $1,000,000
in Two Year's Time.
No belter evidence of the rapid
growth and developmoit ol Crook
county can he lound than the
annenHnr'8 roll for this year which
AaaeHDor Johnann has practically
completed. An increaHe in the
taxable value of proerty in thi
county amounting to nearly
11,000,000 is shown over the roll
of 1W2. Thin remarkable growth
in the county's wealth when the
fact la taken into consideration
that it has been acarcely two years
since the county first moved for
ward on the line of ita recent de
velopment. The valuation for the
three years beginning with VM2
are shown on the assessment
records as follows:
V.m VMl 1!KM
l,K.r,2,2Sl 2,399,020 2,68,783.
Hearing on the rapid settlement
and development of Crook county,
no better evidence is obtainable
than the aliove figures, and going
into detail this immense increase
in proerty valuat.ons Is directly
traceable to the increased holdings
of both tillable and non-tillable
lamU in the county, the valuation
on non-tillable land alone having
doubled during the list two years,
The increase during the years
1W2-4 along lines of permanent
improvement and substantial
growth are best shown by a com
parison of lands and values.
1902
27,678
653,273
118,729
1904
37,4111
752,386
$43,202
Tillable acre
N'on-tillable
Town Iits
Improvements
on lands not deeded
21,892 141,60!
Total Assessment On
Tillable lands 1149,378 1194,626
Non-tillable $663,921 1,165,289
PORTAGE ROAD
IS ASSURED
Right of way for the portage
road has been secured over practi
cally all of the distance to be
traversed. The first great under'
taking of the Open River corumis
sion has been accomplished with a
celerity which has exceeded all
expectations, the next step is
the letting of the contract for the
construction of the road, and ar
rangements for this will probably
lie made tomorrow, when the exe
cutive board of the commission
and the members of the state por
tage board are to hold a joint
meeting at Salem.
Terms of the right of way have
been reached with the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company
with I. H. Taffe, and with Seufert
brothers, so that all that now re
mains is to complete the negotiat
ions with the Dalles Packing com
pany. It is stated authoritatively
that there will be no difficulty in
dealing with the packing com
piny, with which terms will be
made as soon as a meeting can be
arranged with its president.
The O. R. & N. company has
agreed that where absolutely
necessary the portage road may be
built upon the company's right of
way, and when it becomes neces
sary to change the location of the
company's tracks, the expense is
to be home by the Open River
commission. This will involve
an expenditure by the commission
of $12,598.
One of the members of the Open
River commission is authority for
this information. He states that
the negotiations with the O. R. &
N. proved very satisfactory. The
commirsioners found Mr. Calvi
a man of few words, but these
were straight and to the point and
easily understood, and while every
detail could not be closed they feel
that ' in dealing with him
technicality will stand in the way
of carrying out the agreement, nor
will there be any shifting of condi
tion. The ilixcuwinn with him
was confined strictly to right of
way mutters, and the consequence
was the business Whs soon closed.
The agreement of the ojien river
commission with the state required
the Kirtage railway to keep off the
canal right of way, and as the
south line of the canal right of
way U at several points the north
line of the O. R. A N., a consider
able use of the company's right of
yiny must be made. The company
lias agreed that where absolutely
necessary, and where it docs not
interfere with its trackage or oper
ating arrangements, the portage
railway can be built on the O. R.
& N. right of way. Where it does
interfere with the company's track
age or operating arrangements,
the builders of the portage rail
way are to pay the actual differ
ence necessary to make the
changes, which amounts to a total
of $12,598. This includes chang
ing the track at Mess House curve
for quite a distance, putting in a
switch at Celi lo, changing the
track and building new grades for
bout 2,900 feet at Tumwatcr and
putting in a switch at Celilo.
In arriving at the sum to be
paid, the O. R. & N. company gave
the open river association credit
for work which the company had
ntended to do, thus reducing the
amount which would otherwise
have had to lieen paid by about
$40,000. The oien river commis
sion will uIh) get the use of the
grade where the track has to lie
abandoned and the changes made
as above stated.
From this it will he seen that
outside of the actual cost to the
0. R. i N. company cf making
the necessary changes, no charge
for right of way is made against
the open river commission.
I. H. la fie has executed an
agreement covering the right of
way over his property near Celilo,
nd Seufert Bros, have executed a
ght of way over their property.
o charge was made for either of
those rights of way. This leaves
only the right of way over The
Dalles Packing company, to be
obtained as soon as the president
of this company comes to the city
A. J. McMillan, the engineer re
tained by the state board is en
gaged today and checking over the
lines of the right of way arranged
for the portage road, so as to re
port at tomorrows
Salem. Journal.
meeting at
HROWN OPEN
TO ENTRY
The Secretary of the Interior has
ordered restored to entry a portion
of the lands in Skagit and What
com Counties, Washington, that
were temporarily withdrawn m
December, 190'2, with a view to
enlarging the Washington forest
reserve on the west side. These
lands were examined by the
Forestry Bureau and found un
suitable tor forest reserve
pnrK)ses. Some are agricultural
in character, some grazing lands,
hut a considerable area is valuable
for its timber. The reason the
timlier lands are to be turned back
to the public domain is because
they are isolated tracts, located
among lauds now in private
ownership. It ' would not be
practicable to reserve them with ¬
out reserving the adjoining private
lands, and this policy is not favor
ed. In restoring these lands to entry
the Interior department is adopt
ing a new policy. These ami all
other lands hereafter restored to
entry will not become subject to
settlement immediately, but will
be advertised for 90 days. This is
to give every one an equal chance
to take up newly-oiened lands,
and to prevent any one getting
un.'air advantage. This was not
done in the case of the Blue Moun
tain lands restored in Oregon, but
the rule will hereafter apply to all
lands eliminated from withdraw
als, as well as lands which are cut
nut of established reserves.
YOUTHFUL HORSE
THIEF ARRESTED
17-Year-OId Boy Must An
swer Charge for Stealing
Animal at Bend.
Melvin Hughes, a 17 year old
loy who claims his home at Leba
non, was given a hearing before
Justice Luckey Tuesday afternoon
and will stand trial during the
October term of the Circuit court
on the charge of horse stealing.
He waived an examination and
was bound over to the grand jury,
his bonds being fixed at $250.
Young Hughes until a short
time ago was at work on one of
the irrigation crews near Bend.
About a week ago he came into
town from the river riding a horse
which he claimed as his own.
The day after reaching here he
sold the animal to Dr. Belknap
for $18, and left the country.
Soon afterwards it was learned
that the horse was the property
of Arthur Taylor at Bend from
whom it had been stolen, and the
sheriff of Linn county was at once
notified to arrest the boy should
he make his appearance in Leba
non where the boy claimed his
parents resided. He was taken in
charge there the last of the week
by the city marshal and returned
to this city Sunday with Champ
Smith who was sent to Linn coun
ty upon word being received that
the prisoner bad been taken, into
custody.
SHEEPMEN HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING
Sheepmen from all over Eastern
Oregon were in attendance at the
annual meeting of the Oregon
Wool Growers' Association which
held a two days session at Shaniko
last week. Questions pertaining
to the sheep interests were given
a breadth of discussion and many
important measures were acted
upon. The association will hold
its next annual meeting at Port
land. The fact that the Blue Moun
tain forest reserve will probably
be permanently created before the
next meeting of the association
caused the question of range par
tition in that vase area to take
leading place in the discussions,
half the time being occupied in
talking the problem over. While
the method of handling the range
in this reserve will lie with the
Department of the Interior, the
representations of the association
are expected to have considerable
weight in determining it.
Officers and members were loath
to talk of the conclusions reached,
but it is understood the association
will recommend a division system
similar to that in vogue on the
Cascade forest reserve, with a little
broader scope. The Blue Moun -
lain psriuiou, uunever, is uiucu
bigger affair than the Cascade
leases. On the latter reserve only
220,000 sheep are allowed. A
million and a quarter sheep now
range every Summer in the ter
ritory to be included in the Blue
Mountain permanent withdrawal,
while the disKsition of this range
affects a majority of the members
of the association.
A system by which the depleted
grass of the Blue Mouutain with
drawal will get an opportunity to
resume its one-time profusion was
unanimously favored by those
present. It was argued that to
give a big sheepman an annual, or
longer term, lease on a certain
tract would mean that he would
refrain from overstocking his por
tion; and would use every en
deavor to build up the range
Under the present system, with
horde of sheep pouring in from
half a dozen outside counties, ad
ding hundreds of thousands to the
large holdings of Grant county
owners, the Blue Mountain with
drawal range is in wretched con
ditional before Summer is more
than half gone, unless the season
is unusually favorable. This year
it has been favorable.
The Becond most prominent
teature of the meeting was the de-
ire expressed by the big sheep-
owners present to secure trie
enactment of legislation which
would sooth the irritation of home
sheepmen in the Summer range
districts, who feci that the outside
stock, which crowds their smaller
holdings, is usurping their pre
rogatives. This applies particular
ly to Grant county, in which lies
a large jiortion of the Blue Moun
tain withdrawal area, and where
the home stockmen have been In
a ruined state tor years against
alleged trespassing foreigners from
such counties as Morrow, Umatil
la, Gilliam and Wasco.
The method proposed was to
allow the Summer range county a
poition of the taxes on sheep.
Thus if a Gilliam county band of
2000 head were to range in Grant
county from June 1 to October 1,
one-third of the taxes on that band
would be ollowed Grant county.
It was not made quite clear
whether this should apply to both
state and county assessments, or
only to the state tax. The exe
cutive committee is to attend to
the drafting of a measure to bring
this about. The association mem
bers declare their motives are
sincere in talking of this legislation.
ANTELOPE WILL
PLAY BALL HERE
Two games of baseball between
the local team and Antelope will
be played on the diamond in this
city next week. The first game
will be played Saturday, October
8 and another game on the day
following. The Antelope team
will come down determined to win
back the glory which it sacrificed
to the Prineville ball tossers
during the tournament held in the
former city a week ago.
The size of the purses has not
been named as yet, but there will
be enough to stimulate good play
ing and some lively contests will
be witnessed.
These will be the first matched
games between the two cities
which have been pulled off in a
number of years and interest in
the coming struggle is already
being manifested. The close
games played between Antelope
and Prineville during the recent
tournament make certain the fact
that two of the best games ever
played in this city will be seen
on the local diamond next week.
Both teams will be represented by
their best players and Antelope
will in all probability bring down
a good sized crowd to help along
with the rooting.
MITCHELL HAS
SECOND FLOOD
S. P. Conroy and son were in
the city from The Dalles yesterday
on a sight seeing tour. They hail
j driven
from The Dalles to Mit
chell arriving there last Sunday
morning where they encountered
a Hood of proportions nearly as
great as characterized the high
water there in July. Mr. Conroy
stated a waterspout occurred in
the foothills surrounding the city
and that business houses and resi
dences were flooded, the waters
leaving mud a foot and a half
deep in the stores and buildings.
The flood rushed down the canyon
at 3 o'clock in the morning, the
roar of the water awakening the
people who rushed to the foot
hills for safety. Mr. Conroy and
his son arrived at the outskirts of
the village a short time before the
flood occurred, but a heavy black
cloud in the distance gave them
warning. Mr. Conroy stated that
he thought at once ot the accounts
he had read of last summer's flood
there and he and his son camped
on high ground instead of going
into the valley as they had intend
ed. The move was all that saved
lioth of them from drowning for
had they caniped in the canyon a
wall of water 15 feet high would
have swept over them.