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A Complete ntiil
Jatt and Winter
And you will find in this Lino of good the very
thing you have been wanting this long while, and,
tho time to purchase your Fall and Winter Hat i
NOW. Our store in hvuted in tho huilding for
merly occupied by Mrs. Wicgand and here you will
aiwnyii timl tho It(t designs in MiUinrry
AWfrs. d Bradford
T! Hamilton Stables
. StH-k hoardi d hy the day, week or month at
Kminonahle ratt-M. Itcmrinlier w when in Prinr.
vilk H A T K S HKASONAHUK. . Wo havo
Fine Livery Turnouts
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Uun in Connection
..Henderson
Wines, and
Liquors,
Ear
Gountry Orders Solicited
First Door South of Poindexter Hotel.
THE WiNNEK CO.,
Incorporated 1903. ,
DRUGS, STATIONERY- AND UP-TO-DAT
I HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
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SPECIAL SALES
IN ALL LINES
AT
THE BEE HIVE
The Place That Saves You Money
' Midsummer Stock taking over
and vc must have room for fall
good which will soon arrive.
Come quickly or you will lose
the chance of your lifetime
Michel Co.
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I'p-To-Date Line of
?tf Winery and Jtats
Fmrm'iAtrt.
with tho Bond St aide.
& Pollard..
Finest eidars
In Stock,
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I don't want to sell you
, tho Earth but I do want
to sell you a . . .
Call
good
and examine my
and get prices
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CITY
Neat Market
ELLIOT & LISTER, Prop's.
FRESH MEATS and
LARD VEGETA
BLES, FISH and
GAME IN SEASON
None but Healthy Animals.
Killed, Which Insures Good
Wholesome Meats.
ONE DOOR NORTH
TEMPLETON'S
OF
C. K McDowell, Prop.
Thoroughly Renovated and
furnished Throughout.
American Plan. Rates $1,
$1,30 and $3 per day.
Accommodations are Unsurpassed
in the ciiy. Sample Rooms for
Commercial Travelers,
Long Distance Telephone Station
in the house, .
f Hotel PriReville" i
Semi-Annual Statement
Of the Treasurer of Cronlr
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end.ng Sepfeml 30U,, 1904
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STATE OF OREGON,
County of Crook,
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correct statement of the amounta received, paid out and remaining on
hand in the county treasury of said county for th six months ending
on the 30th day of September, A. D., 1904. "
W itness my hand this 30th
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Semi.Annual Statement
Of the amount of Moneys and Warrants revived tnr o,i
Money paid to the County Treasurer
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vcSun, ,ur w.e B,x monins ending
Cash on hand April 1st, , 1904.
Amount collected on 1902 tax roll
Amount " " " 1903 " "
" - Sheriff's fees.
Total.
By Amount paid County Treasurer
with County Clerk..
Balance in Sheriff's hands.
STATE OF OREGON )
County of Crook, - j ss-
, . I, C. Sam Smith, Sheriff
certify that the foregoing statement
... Witnes8. mi' this, the 28th
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By L.fs, Liggett, Deputy.
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wit-gun, ior tue six month
of Jfor,8 received and paid out, from
source, and on what account paid out.
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the aoth dav of September, 1904
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of Crook County Oregon, do hereby
is true and correct.
day of October, 1904,
. '.C.Sam Smith," Sheriff.
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STOCK LANDS WILL
BE THROWN OPEN
A Ilarney countv stockmnn
who 19 in the city to look
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markef prices of heef, jayg thnt
radical change are taking place in
that region, aavg the John T)v
News.
"The biz Htock comnanipa
losing," said he. "The time has
passed when they are able in
iroi tnousands of acres of good
grazing and meadow land and
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proni on tne cattw? n.
dustry. Thf result is that the bi
rancnes are splitting up.
l beheye next year the entire
Olenn-French holdings of Ham
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nu Maifieur wijl be divided into
160 and 320-acre tracts for sal tn
the settler. It is common, infor
mation also that the Pacific Live
stock comoac v. vdioti .i...
interests once manaeed bv Lux
and Miller, will begin the parti
tioning process within another
yea: or two. Harden and RiW.
owning extensive land on Harney
iae, sola to an eastern crowd at a
fancy price, but the newcomers are
losing on the game and I think
would be glad to unload. ;
Ihere are other cattle barons
of the old time who are disappear
ing. John . Devine has immense
(sessions of land, but tte settler
is destined to cultivate most of it.
In Lake and Klamath counties the
same tendency i noted.
Raising beef by syndicates has
become unprofitable because land
is too valuable and thev are pet
ting ready to turn their princely
possessions over to the multitude
of settlers who await the time
whet) tier amy gecuro a tract i;ai
I sWf of bing cultivated, .and man
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influx of settlers. . Take, . for', in
stance, the; Glenn-French holdi
in Harney county.' The, pia ijiond
an Pea ranch sections on Duutler
and Blitzen river will accommo
date several hundred families when
thrown open to purchase. I have
ridden over these tracts and found
mile upon mile of beautiful mea
dow and arable ' land. It will
grow the best of grain and hav
and also fruits of the more hardy
nature are quite sure.
"The river is fed by Steins'
mountain, a high snow capped
range. Pete French got hold of
many thousand acres here in eaely
days, while working for old Doc
Glenn of California and in the
days when there was no sheep and
few settlers to encroach upon the
range, they made immense for
tunes. . Both of the original men
have been killed and the present
company is unable to realize the
necessary profit to continue.
"When Harney county has her
cattle barons dethroned and the
settler is given an opportunity,
. ... ,
mm community will advance as
never betore. I believe such a
period of development is at hand
and the purpose of the Glenn
French management will be the
forerunner of many more."
UMATILLA PROJECT
IS ABANDONED
The government irrigation
project for Umatilla countv has
been abandoned. The attempt to
f a, -
rovive it, : which was made in
Pendleton failed. W.J. Furnish.
president oi the Pendleton Savings
bank, says the meeting of the
delegates from different parts of
the county was addressed bv John
T. Whistler, government engineer
in charge of the reclamation work
in Oregon, who stated that the
government had passed upon the
project and rejected it.
"The people of Umatilla county-
are, of course, greatly disappoint
ed," said Mr. Furnish, "but it had
been understood for some time
that the scheme was unfavorable.
A great many people lost monev
on it as they rushed in to take up
homesteads with the idea that the
irrigation was assured and the
land is now worthless. . There is
some talk of interesting private
capital to prosecute the plan
completion but I do not think
will amount to anything." '
The Umatilla scheme was one of
the first in Oregon to receive at.
t
tention from the national govern
ment. At the time of the time of
the meeting f the irrication
congress in Portland two vears aim
the plan was proposed and throitoh
the influence of the Oregon delega
tion in congress engineers were
sent to make survevx. Tl
iminary surveys were very favor.
able and it was thought the scheme
would le practicable. At this
juncture land agents began flock
ing to the Echo country and
settling homeseekers on land to
come under this ditch at $50 each.
The business waxed miehtlv and
hundreds of credulous people were
induced to part with their hard
earned money in return for a
quarter section of sand dunes and
sage brush inhabited bv iack-
rabbits. . The operations of these
land agents finally became bo
detrimental to the interests of the
community that the government
sent a special agent to Pendleton
who informed the irrigation asso
ciation that unless this traffic was
stopped, the government would
slop work. The business men of
Pendleton took the matter ud and
finally succeeded in nnttinv a. at
to the business' but not until after
the agents had reaped a handsome
profit.
The reasons given for-abandon
ing the project is that' the soil is
unsuited to the convevine of water
through the ditches to the reser- -
voir. Then the expense attached
to the undertaking would be so
mucn greater than was expected
that it would hardly be profitable,
COAL LANDS ARE
''BM DEVELOPED
"People interested lit 'tun "euiil
deposit of the John Day valley,'.,
caetern Oregon, Wped to eee" this
year bring to light definite infor
mation of the extent of the beds
there, and samples of coal taken
from such depth as would be
positive evidence of what the fuel
is worth, says the Portland Journal.
Save for the work done at Hep
pner, on the property of the Hep
pner, Coa & Railway company,
little has been accomplished in
this direction. A score of pros
pects, covering an area from the
lower John Day, about . Black
Diamond, up to near Canyon and
Prairie City, have been worked in
a very desultory manner. ,
In some of these the seams were
proved at the very surface to have
commercial width, and conditions
generally favorable, but no com
pany of sufficient capital has taken
hold of any other than the Hep-.''
pner mine.
The property of AvMohr and L.
Walker, about 60 miles from Arl
ington, has been prospected with
the result that a seam more than
eight feet in width has been open
ed. It is "said to carry a good
grade of coking coal.
The property near Mt. Vernon,
managed by Robert , Hines, has
been explored ; by three inclines .
55,64 and 74 feet, respectively,
and a crosscut of 64 feet. Here
five or six seams were . found in
close contiguity, a sandstone layer
but a few inches . wide seperating
them. The coal has been" given
light tests as to its utility, and
seems to meet all requirements'
' Other properties have been open
ed by ehallow tunnels. The coal
area is thus established to be
about 60 miles in length. Many
farmers in that section use the
coal for their smith shops, and
some of the domestic fuel. These
experiments cease to excite local
interest, and are not enetinT
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enough to furnish valuable infor
mation to tne outside world.
Most all of the pronertv nwn
of that region "follow the work at
Heppner closely, where several
thousand feet of exnlorati on hnn
been prosecuted. Should this
mine prove a good producer, and
its coal find ready market," there
is no oouDt tnat a number ot other
properties within the range of
transportation or near where new ;
rail lines are probable would bj
actively developed.
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