Crook County- Journa
VOL. VI I f.
HtlNKVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 13, 1904.
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Wines, and
Liquors,
Gountry Orders Solicited
First Door South of Poindexter Hotel.
THE WINNER CO.,
Incorporutod 11)03.
DRUGS, STATIONERY AND UP-TO-DATE
HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
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THE BEE HIVE
ThTliace That Saves You Money
Midsummer Stonk taking over
and we must have room for fall
Roods which will soon arrive.
Come quickly or you will lose
the chance of your lifetime
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CROOKS
Heat Market
ELLIOT & LISTER, Prop's.
FRESH MEATS and
LARD VEGETA
BLES, FISH and
GAME IN SEASON
None Imt Hi'iiltliy Animab
Killrtl, Which Insures llooil
Wholi'sonie Mi'utm.
ONE DOOR NORTH OF
TEMPLETON'S
C. E. McDowell, Prop.
Tlioruuslily Itcnorated ami Ri
furnii.hed Throtigliout.
imcrlciiu I'lii it. Kates II,
11.50 unit If'i mt tiny.
Aocommoiliitions are i'naurpoiificd
in the city. Sample Kiin lor
Commercial Travelers,
Long Distance Telephone Station
in the liouso.
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LOCAL OPTIONISTS
FILE PETITION
But the Question of Pro
hibition Will not Be
Voted Upon This Fall.
The local oili(iiiHtn" fllcil their
l tiliiiii jiiht in the nick of time
lant week. Hutiinlay vttt) the I I
l.iy during which the law allowed
them to tiring More the county
the matUT of voting lion prohi
bition, ami it was 4:i'0 o'clock
before the a tition f.itli it 1.12
Hignalurca wn placed in the hands
f the county clerk. Even then
the optioniKta had been too luiety
in sn unng namcn, and a a nnult
of the illegal signature the ques
tion of local option is not likely to
appear upon the oHiciul ballots to
be voted on at the election next
month. Thirty-fix of the signa
ture on the petition it was found
were not iiwin the registration
hook as provided for by the law
and they in consequence were
stricken off the list. The balance.
of 110 was not enough to fulfill
the requirements of the law, that
number falling Hi short of the
total required by the statute as it
applies to this county. The mat
ter, however, has Iwen referred to
listrict attorney Mcnefee and un-
ess his decision is such that it
onstrues the intent of the law
lifferently from the views taken
by County Clerk Smith and the
local lawyers, the apace for the
Yes" and "No" will be left vacant
on the ballots and no vote on the
luestiim will lie cast.
In determining whether the
petition wns a legal one and en
titled to a "dry" place on the
records. County Clerk Smith wae
guided bv Sections 1 and 6 of the
local option law itself. The form-
T reads as follows:
"In determining' whether nn.v audi
H'tltlon contains the niiuislte ier-
'entiim1 ot letfiil voters, said iieivent-
mkchIihII Ik' Imseil on the total i'ote
n such enmity or siiliilivlslun of
'utility, or In such precinct, hb the
'use limy lie, fur the Justice uf the
Supreme Court nt the Inst prccttllnir.
ixenernl election "
The total vote in Crook county
at the last election, which was
held in June, (or the Justice of the
Supreme Court was 1IH7 End 10
per cent of this vote would lie 132,
the numlier of signatures required
on the local option petition to
make it legal. At first glance,
the petition with its 152 names
attached, was under cover, but
Section 6 made the hearts of the
opjiosition glad. The section in
question provides that
"The county clerk shall, upon re-
etpt ot such IH'tltion, linimilintely
tile the same unit shall thereupon
compare the signature ot the elict-
orH alining the same with their
signatures on the registration books
of the election then is'iiillug "
When comparison waB made it
was found that 30 of the names
appearing on the local option
petition were not upon the regis
tration books. There were thrown
out and those remaining were not
sufficient to give the petition the
required legal coloring.
The second provision of the last
named section provides that if
there is no election pending then
the signatures on the petition
shall be compared with both the
registration books and the blanks
on filo for the preceding general
election. This second clause com
bined with the first gave rise to a
question of several minutes dura
tion and legal talent was called in
to figure the matter out. The
local lawyers are of the opinion
that the statute is clear and inas
much as an election is pending
the signatures on the H'tition
must also appear on the registra
tion books, and that the blanks on
file in the clerk's ollice should not
at this time be tnken into con.
sideration. The matter, however
has been referred to the district
attorney and unless hie construct
ion of the law varies radically
from that given it by the local
attorneys, the petition will lie in
the condition that it is at present
dead.
CATTLE RUSTLERS
STILL AT WORK
i'olil cattle rustlers are making
much trouble for cattlemen in the
mouiittin ranges of Josephine
County. Unlike the rustlers that
operate on open prairie range,
these thieves have a d.fferent
method of procedure, as they kill
the beeves in the woods and bring
the meat by wagon to Southern
Oregon market places, either dis
posing of it to the butchers or sell
it in small lots to private families,
One leading Josephine County
cattleman Dtated today that lie has
lost all told, about 21! head of cat
tle, most of them beef steers in
prime condition. Some of his
neighbors have suffered also, and
to prevent further Iosse they have
placed a number of men, well arm
ed, on the range. These men will
make "dry" catnw, build no fires
and follow no beaten path. Thus
their location wil! never be known.
They will get their supplies as
needed from the ranchere for
whom they are working. They
will stalk the woods and lie in
wait day and night, in an untiring
attempt to catch the thieves.
They do not want to make trouble,
and will try to avoid it, but if the
rustlers try to escaic orshow fight,
there will be gun play, as the cat
tlemen ore determined to bring
the lawbreakers to justice.
For over two years this method
of stealing cattle bar K-en in vogue
in Suuthern Oregon. The old
plan of going onto the range and
driving the animals out is inixi
sible now, as this cannot lie done
without following the main travel
ed roads, and as every "critter" is
branded it is unsafe to attempt
their Bale, even though they were
driven into an adjoining state.
The extensive range, deep woods
and many mountain trails give
excellent opportunity for the
thieves to enter by pack animals,
kill one or more lieeves, sack up
the meat and silently withdraw,
finally loading it on wagons when
the valley roads are reached.
THE CIRCUIT
COURT DOCKET
From present indications the
docket for the October term of the
Circuit court, which convenes
next Monday morning, is one
which will consume the attention
of both judge and jury for more
than the usual length of time.
Beside a large docket of civil cases,
the grand jury will be called Uion
to decide upon several criminal
cases. Two cases of assault will
lie acted upon and Oscar Baldwfn
and Melvin Hughes, the two men
now confined in the county jail
for larceny, will appear before the
jury on a charge of horse stea.ing.
l'.HHI Nuiinui Snliiutiin vs Kit Hnr
bln. Recovery ot money.
1WEI-J. I.. (Wiilloch vh S. A. I).
Pntcr. Recovery of money.
lUttt-Mm. K. K. ISrlggs vh I). A.
riinllny. Suit fur ilauingeH.
1070 Otto t'ggla vs A. ('. Palmer.
Recovery of money.
1071 Christina Kricksou vk A. C.
Palmer. Recnvery of money.
lli'.kS Henry S. ('nun vs C. A. I'at-
temon. Right to mining pmiierty.
1101 L. II. W'lest V8 It. W. Reed et
nl. l.llK'l.
1110-AiigtiHta M. Jolly vs John Q.
Jolly. Divorce.
llll' S. II. nominee vs II. W. Reed
etnl. MM.
lUtl-Clnrn U. Caltlwell vs Wintrier
(). Caldwell. Illvorce.
Hit -Peter lieluiv vs It. tM.ire.
Recovery.
lllK-J. II. Smith vs Hick Vniide-
vert et al. Recovery.
1117 houls Stnile vs I. M. Mills.
Recovery on note.
lll'l-ll. A. Kluillay and S. M.
Kliullay vh I,. IC. Alllnghnm. Re
covery.
llii-C. K. Lytic vh A. M. llruke.
Suit for COlllllliHHioll.
1121 Win. llnldwliiaiiil IsniuTroth
vhJ. A. Klllott et nl. Recovery.
1124 J. R. Illxhy vsMaiulK. lllxby.
Divorce.
1125 Hnrvey Cyrus vh Julia Cyrus.
Illvorce.
1120 Mil well Cram vsJ. H. tlar
rvtt. Right to water.
Ills .Mary K. Mowrlng vs Itnlph
11. llowrlng. Divorce.
FLOUR MILL TO BE
BUILT AT MADRAS
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nas co warenouse lining
Company to Erect 109
Bbl. Plant This Fall
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the erection of a big
flour mill in the Willow creek
basin at Madras and it is expect
ed by those interested in the
project that the building will be
finished and the machinery set in
running order hy the middle of
January.
The plant is to be installed and
operated by the Wasco Warehouse
Milling company and groMils
have been secured at Madras fur
the new building. The mill will
have a capacity of 100 barrels of
flour per day and work on the
structure and the setting of the
machinery will lie rushed as rapid
ly as possible 10 that the mill can
lie put in running order at an
early date.
Residents throughout the entire
Agency Plains country are great
ly interested in the new project
us it means a much shorter haul
for the products of their wheat
farms, and prices generally will be
aliout the same as they are at
present. The Madras mill will
derive its entire supply from that
section of the country which is
abundantly able to furnish all the
grain needed. The new mill will
not, however, greatly effect the
production of the local mill which
will continue to draw its supply
also from the Agency plains coun
try and from other districts in the
county which are just now being
oieneil up. Each year seed a
greater number of acres put into
wheat and especially is this true
of the district lying in the vicinity
of Powell Buttes which are directly
tributary to this place. With the
completion of the irrigation canals
a still larger area will be devoted
to the production of the cereal and
the result will be a supply of
wheat capable of keeping two mills
and perhaps two more well filled.
It is not known as yet at what
exiiense the Wasco company will
erect the new mill, although it is
stated that the plans will call for
an extensive building and one or
two large warehouses in which the
grain will be stored. In the
Madras district representatives of
the Wasco Warehouse Milling
company, or those who are in close
touch with these people, have
denied that the company intended
to build a plant in the Willow
creeK basin or were even contem
plating such a move. It, is
probable that they did not wish at
this time that the matter be
come public, but the news of their
plans and arrangements which the
oompany is making has come to
The Journal direct from head
quarters. It is probable that
before another month has elapsed
active work in laying the founda
tion for the new mill will have
commenced.
IRA CONNETT HEADED .
FOR CROOK COUNTY
Ira Connett, the youthful horse
thief, who was arrested recently by
Sheriff Smith and taken ito Linn
county after escaping from the
olliccrs and being captured m the
vicinity of Ashwood, has escaied
for the third time. Ho sawed his
way out of the Linn county jail
last week and a sheriff's posse is
now looking for him in the moun
tains where it is believed he is
lying in wait for tho opportunity
to made his way into Crook coun
ty again. The Albany Herald
gives the following account of the
sheriff's efforts to capture the
fugitive:
Sheriff R. L. White returned
yesterday forenoon from the Sweet
Home neighborhood where he
spent the past two nights and one
day in his search for Ira Connett.
the escaped prisoner. The sheriff
located the prisoner in the neigh
horhood of Oreen Mountain, this
side of the Connett family home,
and distant from that place about
eight or nine miles, lie left four
men to hunt for the fugitive, while
he returned to this city to look
after the affairs in the office for a
few hours, and this morning he
will rejoin the party of deputies
on the trail of the fugitive.
At the Connett home he found
that the jail bteak had been ex
pected, for Mrs. Connett, mother
of the fugitive, stated that on her
last visit here, a week ago yester
day, the prisoner had cut through
two-thirds of the bar in the roof of
his cell and that he expected to
get out in a few days. She claim
ed that she had urged the young
man not to try to make his escape
as that would make the case worse
for him, but he refused to follow
her advice. The sheriff is satisfied
that the family is willing to aid
the young man when he reaches
home, which up to the t.me the
officer left there early yesterday
morning had not.
The escaie was doubtless assist
d from the outside. The saws
found in the jail, the sheriff says,
were not secured in this city.
They are of the finest steel, and
are of a make not kept for Bale
here and he is satisfied that they
brought from Portland by some
friends of the prisoner.
T. W. Hale, the young man
serving a short term in jail from
Lebanon, was yesterday afternoon
released from jail, his fine having
been paid by friends. Hale show
ed Sheriff White where the saws
had been hidden by the fugitive
left the jail. He also informed
the officer that Connett had plan
ned to go home, then to strike out
through the mountains for Eastern
Oregon where he would lose him
self. Sheriff White will today go to
the mountains following the road
far beyond the Connett home, and
if he finds that the fugitive has
not got beyond that point, he will
place men along the road where
the escape will have to pass, and
securejiis capture. He has work
ed hard in his efforts to recapture
the prisoner and has made no
mistake in the pursuit, for within
a few hours after starting on the
trail, he found that he had taken
the right direction and was press
ing the fugitive closely, but Con
nett gained the woods before he
could be overhauled, and there
was nothing left for the sheriS to
lo, except to dispose his men so as
head the escape off from reaching
his home. It is believed that Con
nett is in possession of a rifle, sup
plied him by the man or men who
aided him to escape from the jail,
and he may show fight when the
pursuers some up with him. It is
known that the prisoner was taken
away in a buggy and made a good
portion of the trip from here to
Greene Mountain behind a fast
pair of horses.
If Connett is recaptured, the
sheriff says he will place the
piisoner in the steel cell and keep
him there until the case is tried.
The sheriff is determined to re
capture the escape and will spare
no pains or expense to accomplish
this end.
BASEBALL AGAIN
NEXT SUNDAY
The baseball fever seems to have
struck a soft spot among the city
funs, and as a result the clerks in
the retail stores will line up
against the Athletic club's team
on the diamond next Sundav.
The purse is to be f'l the winning
team can eat, in other words a
good, hot steaming dinner, at tl.e
place and time and in the quanti
ties to be designated later by the
victors.
The line tips have not as yet
been decided upon, but part of the
players who have appeared in the
Athletic team this bu miner will
assist the bean shovelers. Every
body says it's going to be easy
money, but they don't suy which
way. Bets are already being made
that neither side will score less
than Ii4 runs, but anyway there
will be plenty of sport for the
most sporty and the raw material
from the stores will be given an
opportunity to stand on Hlieir
heads, bite the dust, get their faces
dirty, and provide amusement in
general for the occupants of the
bleachers.