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PIlINKYILTiK, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBKit 27, 1001.
VOL VIII.
NO. 4G
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SPECIAL SALES
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THE BEE HIVE
ThtTriace That Saves You Money
Midsummer Stock taking over
and wo must have room for fall
j-oods which will soon arrive.
Come quickly or you w ill lose
the chance of your lifetime
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A Comidctc nnd IVTo-Duto Line 't
and Winter 9J?tWnory and JCats
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Ami you will iiml in iUU Line of goods tU very
thing you have been wanting this long while, and,
tli time to purchase your Fall ami Winter Hat in
NOW. Our store is located in tho building for
merly occupied by Mr. Wiegand ami here you will
nlways Iiml 1 latent ibjM;;ns in Millinery
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SProcssona Cards,
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Th Hamilton tables
Stw'k lioanli-il ly tint ilny, wn k or month at yj
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g Fine Livery Turnouts $
t(3 fffItun in Connection with tin I'k-iuI StuMe. fcW
Henderson & Pollard..
(hZt Finest Qiars
MJii In Stock.
Wines, and
Liquors,
Gountry Orders Solicited
First Door South of Poindexter Hotel.
titittt, Ortoom.
jfttormtjf and Connftor mt jCam
Fri'ntviJI: , Orem.
32 c I knap dc a 'wards
!Piyiict'ans and Srgm.
tPrintuHt, Ortyo
SPAftietaii and Suryton
Cat antiiir.il promptly tlay mr ntjAt
SDrjr Sl.tr. SVm,t.m.
THE WINNER CO.,
Incornorated 1903.
DRUGS, STATIONERY AND UP-TO-DATE
HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
tilt"
lVcw Lino Of
FURNISHING
GOODS
CITY
Neat Market
C ELLIOT S LISTLR, Prop's.
FRESH MEATS and
LARD VEGETA
BLES, FISH and
GAME IN SEASON
Nono hut Jlcnlthy Ani'maln
Killed, Which InnuroH (iood
Whoh'Honio Mcuts.
NEW COMPANY
BEGINS WORK
Irrigation Project on the
Deschutes Will Soon
Have Land Reclaimed.
Survey work on thy Pimal line
o tin White Hock Irrlgntinn k
Power compnny, corporfttlon
which wan ornanized hint Murch to
carry on rerlainntioii in tho
vicinity of Clinn lluttw, will hegin
next MomUv, nml it U xH'ctid
that actual conxtructiou of the
Hume line and ditchen will U'gin
HiHin atterwnrdH and hruughl to it
completion ly tho first of next
Ma.y.
Krl McLaughlin, who hhto
tary of the new company, wni in
tho city the (irtl of the week nml
lie h tntcd that an , tiiKiiiecrinii
crew in charge of J. X. llummoml
wax retting up camp nd would
begin running th Iwntinn next
week. The preliminary work linn
tlready In-en done nml vmiHtrurt
ion work c an immediutely follow
tho wttinij; of the pernmncnt lo
cation Htftkcu.
Mr. McLAiighlin ftated that the
flume and canal would curry S(KK)
inches of water. The length of
the two will lo in the neighbor
hood of 10 inilex when both arc
linixhml. The water in taken out
on tho Went Hide of tho Ihnchuttw
river about nix milcH couth of
(Mine Fall nml in then caried
down to tho platenii lying to the
eautwnrd of the Unite where the
company' laud in nil located.
The corjMiratiou U coni-jd of
1G clock lioldern nil of whom hold
land to 1m covered by cnunl linen.
The total acreage aggregates in the
niighliorhood of fl;!(X) ihtch nnd it
U the cxMftatiou of the promotcrK
to water thin tract nml Hlxonupply
water to other m-ttler holding
IiiihIh in thin vicinity.
The Whiio Kin:k compuny in one
out of Hcvcral mtnaller private
companies doing reclamHlion work
in the county and the outlook for
the former in very promising. The
land to ! irrigated lies in u com
pact body nnd has n great depth
of noil nml its productivenenn has
nlrendy lxen demonstrated by the
crops of various grains, fruits and
garden produce which have liecn
raited on territory mljiMiing by
the Clinu Fulls Tower company.
Tho ollicers of tho White Hock
company are: J. X. Hammond,
president; Karl McLaughlin, secre
tary; J. T. Tetherow, treasurer.
INDEPENDENT PLANT
IS ORGANIZING
The preliminary work of organ
ising the Columbia Kasin Htock
yards & racking Compuny him
been finished and J. J. 'it hill,
mnnnger of the compuny, will
leave in n few days for Kitstern
nnd Houthern Oregon to enlist the
stockmen of the country and its
supKirt, says theOregonian,
The new company In to be co
operative, organized and conduct
ed for the mutiit benefit of the
mniingrn.eut and the stockmen of
the state. It will make an effort
to provide a steady nml pint mar
ket for the cattle of the state umi
in return will ank the moral sup
Mirt nnd aclivo aid of the stock
men, for n time at least. Mr,
Cahill on his trip will show to the
intercnted men in the slate that
the s.nall stockholder is protected
in the by-laws of the company and
that his holding, however small,
ciinnot be taken sway from him or
rendered useless by the larger
stockholders. He will also show
to those he visits that since the
plant will be of direct ami great
iH'iielit to the raiser of stock, it in
up to the latter to help the plan
through itn earlier stages to suc
cess. On the return of Mr. Cahill it in
expected that active construction
work will be commenced at once
nnd that the packing pluit will
he in operation in a cumpurntivcly
short time.
DOLLAR WHEAT
WILL RULE
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
GET THEIR FUNDS
Money Is Being Distributed
to the Clerks for the
Year's Expenses.
The Rule funds for the various
school districts throughout the
county were received by tho County
superintendent during the past
week nnd he has nearly completed
the work of making tho apportion
ment and sending the monies to
the different district. The state
und averages $1.01 for each pupil
in the county, .while the county
unds amount to $2,143 for each
istricl. The total amount which
each district receives is . given
below:
WILL FEED
ONE DOOR NORTH OF
TEMPLETON'S
ON DESERT
Shirts A Specialtyl
GORMLEY HI TAILOR!
C. E. McDowell, Prop.
Thoroughly Renovated nnd Re
furnished Throughout.
American riai:. ICate $1,
$i.r0 and $2 per day.
Accommodations are Unsurpassed
in the city. - Sample Rooms for
Commercial Travelers,
Long Distance Telephone Station
in the liouso,
Lake County cattlemen face n
serioun situation this Fall, for
owing to tho shortage of hay nnd
the outlook as regards the price of
beef many contemplate turning
their cattle upon tho desert to
hustle for themselves, an extreme
lo hazardous experiment, says n
dispatch from Silver Lake. Feed,
plontiful years ago, is scarce now,
nnd onco driven onto the desert to
winter they would be impossible)
in tho vent of n severe snowfall,
to gather tho cattle nnd drive to
hny. A severe Winter would be
serious.
Bunches of beef cattle, number
ing from 150 to 500, and aggregat
ing nearly 2000 head, have gone
on their long journey to the rail
road. The cattje of this section
will be driven to Sprngue River,
where they will bo inspected by
the Government ngent for scabies.
H free from any contagious disease,
the owner is given a certificate to
that effect, which holds good for
10 days.
Iiy making regular drives of
from 10 to 20 miles each day he
can land his cattle in Montague,
Cal., tho shipping point for San
FranciscOj and load in the cars in
eight days, leaving him a margin
of two days in which to rest and
cla isify his stock.
Says Theodore It. Wilcox, presi
dent of the Portland Flouring
Mills company:
"You need not worry about my
predictions, made some time ngo,
that dollar wheat would rule in
this market by April, UK).r. I
have not vet hacked down from
that statement.
"Dollar wheat is yet very
probable in this city. There is no
doubt in my mind that wheat will
reach the dollar mark much before
that time if the railroads do not
hold it back. If they will furnish
us with tho cars we need for the
transportation of our wheat to the
cant, prices would ln up near that
mark at the present time. The
railroads are holding back the
price of wheat in thin market now
"Uluestem wheat is now so
scarce in this section that millers
cannot afford to allow another
single bushel to go to tho outside
We are not bidding up prices, but
will pay what we have to in oidcr
ro get supplies."
All over the northwest prices on
wheat are ruling very strong am
some of the millers nre paying i
premium of us much as 4 cents a
bushel over the export quotations
in order to secure supplies. Some
sales of bluestem have" been report
ed in the northwest dining the
past few days as high as 91 cents n
bushel and this price is not con
sidered very excessive.
There is also a very great scare
it v of Willamette valley or soft
wheat rind mill men of this section
are also forced to pay a premium
in order to secure supplies.
Tho demand lor lied Russia
wheat from tho east continues very
heavy, but few sales are now e-
portod on account of the Jack of
transportation.
The report published that the
Ureal Northern would not furnish
any more cars to the northwest
until tho yards at Minneapolis
and St. Paul are cleaned up," says
Mr. Wi.cox, "is slightly misunder
stood, as I believe that it simply
meflns to refer to tho Red River
valley and not to Hub section.
District No. Amount.
I fS2.71
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4 411.111
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7 , 70.12
K K'.KI
U4.27
10 HUM
II MM
12 R1.7H
l:t Kki.iki
11 N7.s::
15 .Vl.."
If) ."..(ill
17 57.21
is 7.:hi
111 121USI)
21 M.02
22 7.t!i
2H 54.112
24 .V..IKI
25 5.2U
211 74.115
27 711.5(1
2 lfc.51
211 17.71
!12 74.U5
X IUI.07
:tl 27.24
:t5 :mi.:ii
:w 5o.s;)
:i7 v.is!
:w 47.5s
40 5S.S5
41 . WL.Vl
42 ."1.0:1
4:i 5S.S5
44 107.15
45 117.74
4(1 :t!).5S
47 :I7X'
4 41.14
4ii 5n.Hu
.VI 47.5s
51 4H.2II
while Grant, Malheur and Harney
counties have sold in about the
samo proKrtion. The market
ojiened the first of August at $1.35
for ewes, and at present they are
being told at $2.35 and $2.50
"The cattle market has not been
o radical, although the prices
have uiaiutained an upward
tendency," said Mr. Blanfield.
"Many cattlemen have gone out
of the business owing to the de
crease in the ranges. This is
especially true throughout the
interior counties where the dis
tance to the railroads is great.
The cattle from Harney, Malheur,
Grant and Lake counties have
been sold to Nevada and Califor
nia buyers. Where the stock ia
within shipping distance the prices
have been U tter at the feeders
have sold to the eastern and I'ort-
and markets. Interior stock have
advanced from $12 per head for
yearlings to $18 for the same class.
This is for feeders. lieef cattle are
a little higher, although the mar
ket is demanding a better grade
than it is possible to obtain from
the ranges."
Mr. Stanfield will feed about
,0(X) head on his Butter cretik
ranch this winter. He has sold
all his sheep to a Portland firm at
an advance of 75 cents per head
on what he paid for the 20,000
lead the first of August.
"An immense amount of money
is being left in eastern Oregon
this year," said he. "Never were
limes so generally good as at
resent.. We have sold stock all
over the United States almost and
the time is coming when there
will be corn-fed cattle going out of
Oregon. At present good grass
fed cattle are bringing the top
market prices in Chicago, but the
ligh-grade of grass feeders is so
dillicult to obtain that there is no
money in them." '
WORK BEGINS ON
CELILO CANAL
'upprinteudent Dinwiddie in
making the apportionment state?
that the districts which have trans
ferrod pupils to other districts
should turn over to the directors
or clerks of the hitter $1.01 for
each pupil transferred. The
superintendent himself is com
piled lo send the money to the
original district.
CONDITIONS FINE
SAYS STANFIELD
The stock condition in eastern
Oregon and the interior was never
better than at present, according
to tho statement of R. N. Stanfield,
the Butter creek stockman, who
arrived in Portland this morning
with a train load of beef cattle.
There is plenty of feed throughout
the interior and there will he no
forced selling on this account as
there was last year.
The market prices for Oregon
cattlo are a little better than they
have ever been before and there is
a better demand for the stock in
the market centers. The entire
cattle and sheep country has been
practically cleaned of marketable
stuff, Mr. Stanfield says. The
immense profit in sheep during
the Inst two months has been the
causo of the heavy selling, says the
Portland Journal.
Sheep have advanced from 75
cents to $1 por head within the
past two months and the result
has been a general selling through
out the range counties. Eastern
and California buyers have liter
ally swept the country and have
bought up every available sheep,
Mr, Stanfield estimates that over
200,000 head of sheep have been
sold from Umatilla county, fully
ns many from Morrow county
The rapids in the Columbia
River almve The Dalles present an
unusually busy appearance at
irrBent. Roliert Wakefield, who
has the contract for clearing Threc
Milc Rapids of obstructions so
that bouts may enter the Big Ed-
ly, is at work with a large crew
of men, putting tho machinery in
position for the drilling, say9 a
dispatch from Tho Dalles. He
lias brought two enormous con
struction scows from the lower
river to be used as a base. The
machinery is placed on them and
they are allowed to work in the
swiftest part of the river. The
scows are kept in place with cables
and are moved from place to place
by windlassess.
The river is now at extreme low-
water mark, and as much work as
possible must be done during this
season, in me spring ana eariy
Summer, owing to the large
volume of water in the river, very
little can he done.
Wakefield's contract is the first
let by the Government prelimi
nary to the real work of the canal,
and it will he necessary for all of
the obstructions leading up to the
mouth of the proposed canal to
be removed before acturl work of
excavation can begin. The origin
al contract called for $204,000, and
;!e work was to have been com
pleted by January 1, but an ex
tension of time has been granted.
Surveying work is also being
done by the state on the proposed
portage, and it is believed here
that within a few months actual.
construction will begin.
It is believed that all of the
preliminary work at the mouth
of the canal will have been com
pleted early in the spring, so that
nothing can hinder the govern
ment from letting contracts to
hegin at once on the excavation.
With the latter completed and
things placed in readiness for
placing the stone work, the ulti
mate completion of the entire
project will not seem so far ahead.