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Mechanical Toys, Automobiles and many others, too
numerous for mention. In fact anything you could
wish for tho little folks Christmas Present
Wohavojust received 3000 pounds of Candies and
Nuts for tho Holiday Trade and our prices are RIGHT
For tho older ones we have a variety of beautiful and
usoful articlos suitable for your friend, sweetheart or
relatives a present.
To fully appreciate the many different articles wo
have in our store for Christmas you should call and
soe for yourself and wo will take pleasure in showing
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ELLIOT 4 LISTER, Prop's.
FRESH MEATS and
LARD V EG ETA-.
BLES, FISH and
GAME IN SEASON
None but Healthy Animals
Killed, Which Insures Good
Wholesome Meats.
ONE DOOR NORTH OF
TEMPLETON'S
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PUMPING PLANT
IS A SUCCESS
Foster Scheme Is in Read
iness for Irrigation Pur
poses Next Spring;
Fifteen hundred and thirty gal
Ioiik of water wan the amount rain
ed into the flume tier minute on
the Foster ranch hict week in the
initial teat eicn the mw eaeolinc
engine and pump. Tliiri amount
could hare U'en inereawrd to. the
rnaximutii of KMX) gallons, hut, as
it was, the flow from the (liaehirge
pije was eudicient to carr' the
volume through the sides of the
ditch ami the eupply waa kooii ehut
off.
The test wan made Thursday
afternoon coon after the arrival
of Home of the piping for which
the engineer, A. T. Walker, had
been waiting. The engine , was
started and the first ' results were
more than satisfactory. The water
was drawn from the well below
the engine house and forced upward
into the flume through the seven
inch discharge pipe in a manner
that showed plainly that irrigation
can he carried on there nextsummer
without any difficulty so far as
the supply of water is concerned.
Mr. Foster is highly pleased with
the plan which has now passed the
exerimental stage and become a
reality.
Mr. Foster intends next year to
put about 25 or 30 acres of his
ranch into alfalfa and during the
succeeding years as many more
acres until the ent.re tract of DOO
acres is rait-ing nothing but alfalfa.
A ditch line will be built from the
end of the flume along the base of
the ridge and this will be extended
each yearns the" wrk et ttig
the actes progresses. The drain
age will be carried back into Crook
ed river.
It is not expected that the sup
ply of water next year, which will
he needed to irrigate the 25 acres,
will exceed G(X) or 700 galUms, and
after the soil is once wet down this
amount will lie greatly decreased.
The maximum amount which the
pump will throw will bo sufficient
to "irrigate the entire tract of 300
acres, and it is not believed that
all of this will be needed after the
work of irrigating is well in hand.
CHECK OF $45,000
FOR WHEAT CROP
What is believed lobe the largest
check ever issued to a farmer for
a single crop of grain in eastern
Washington has been given Lillis
F. Smith of Endicott for his crop
of 1904, says the Spokesman Re
view. The check is for $45,364.30,
and is drawn on the First National
bank of Colfax, by Seymour Man
ning, general agent for the North
western Warehouse company.
This represents the value of nearly
02,000 bushels of wheat grown on
Mr. Smith's land this year. The
larger of this was grown by Mr
smitn on louu acres, tne remain
der being his share of the crop
grown by his son, Leslie, on Mr
Smith's land, which tho son had
rented. Lillw Smith and son had
a total of 3400 acres in wheat this
yeai.
"Wo j have crowned Lillis F.
Smith tho 'wheat king' 'of the
Palouse country, with a. golden
crown worth more than $45,000,"
said Seymour Manning, the agent
who bought therop. Continuing
Mr. Manning said: ,lMr. Smith
has been called the 'wheat king
of the Palouse for several years
but this year claims were made
that he had lost the title because
of the immense crops of other
farmers. Henry Hickman ot Al
mota received a check for $25,931.75
for his 1904 crop, but Mr. Smith's
check is the largest ever issued to
a farmer for a single crop in this
county."
Hundreds of checks for from
$5000 to $10,000 have been issued
to farmers thif year, but these at
tract littlo attention.
Mr. Smith's success a" a farmer
is a shining example of what can
le done in this country by pluck,
perseverance and hard work.
Beginning with a homestead of
100 acres, taken near Endicott in
l.SM.'J, Mr. Smith has acquired land
and wealth until he now owns
4!KX) acres of hind, all of which is
in cultivation, in this county; 800
acres in California, in addition to
many other investments. His
Whitman county land is estimated
to be worth t'55 per acre, a total
of 1171,500.
In addition to his wheat crop,
Mr. Smith sold fC150 worth of.
horses this year, making a total
gross income of more than $51,000.
His fortune is estimated at $250,-
000.
HENRY WlilTWORTH
RETURNS HOME
Henry C. Whitworth, of Lake-
view for more than a year suppos
ed by his family and friends to be
d.-ad spent Monday night in Kla-1
math Falls while on his return to
his home in Lakeview. Mr. Whit
worth is hale and hearty and has
enjoyed fine health since his de
parture from home last SeptemWr,
a year ago.
It will lie remembered that Mr.
Whitworth was the leading mem
Ikt of the firm of Ayers t Whit
worth, dealers in general merchan
dise in Lakeview at the time. But
a few days lefore leaving Lake
view he purchased the interest of
his partners and left for San Fran
cisco presumably to purchase ad
ditional stock. A few daya after
his arrival in San Franaisco Mrs.
Whitworth received a letter stat
ing that lie would leave 'or home
in a few days. This was the last
heard from Whitworth until his
arrival at Klamath Falls Monday
night
His wife, children and friends
gave him up for dead. All kindn
of theories were advanced for the
cause of the absence of the missing
man. It w.is thought by many
that he had been shanghaied and
taken to foreign lands by one of
the various sailing vessels which
ply lietween the bay city and other
portions of the world. But it was
nsisted by his wife that he had
been murdered and his body
thrown into San Francisco bay.
Mr. Whitworth does not account
for the reason of his act but says
that since he left Lakeview has
worked in British Columbia and
Montana alternately, tending bar
and herding sheep. He states that
he will go into business in Lake-
view or some other place in the
Oregon country. Ho has return
eu lo maKe this state his home in
tkeluture. Klamath Republican.
RUSHED BETWEEN
TRAIL WAGONS
Will Neil, a former stage driver
on the Prineville-Bend stage line.
was painfully injured Wednesday
morning in an accident which
occurred on the grade west of the
city while Neil was attemptingvto
couple together two freight wagons.
Two of his ribs and his collar bone
were broken and he sustained
other ilesh wounds from which he
will be several weeks in recovering.
For a time it was thought he had
sustained internal injuries of fatal
nature, but this fear was dispelled
by the examination made by4Dr
Rosenberg.
The accident happened about 10
oclock. Mr. Neil had taken the
two wagons to tho top of the grade.
separately and left his team stand
ing while he went back to couple
the heavily loaded wagons4o
gether. While standing between
the two, pulling at the chains and
pins, the horses backed suddenly.
The unfortunate man was caught
on either side by the irons and
crushed by the full weight of the
load. He was brought into town
by Wm. Arnold who, happened to
be at the top of the grade with a
team and buggy, and taken to the
Prineville hotel where DrRosen
berg set the broken and dislocated
bones.
CHILD MEETS HIS
DEATH IN FLAMES
Step Son.of John Hanley
Earned to a Crisp in a
Fire Near Laraonta.
The five-year-old stepson of
John Hanley, who lives on a ranch
near Lamonta, was burned to
death Friday morninjt in a fire
which totally destroyed the dwel
ling. Othfr members of the
family, who were asleep jt the
time the fire started, had a narrow
escape from death in the flames,
and only the cries of the unfortan
ate boy who lost his life were the
means of awakining them in time.
The fire started in the second
story of the residence in the bed
room which the dead boy occupied
with the other children. They
had retired at an early hour, but
had le.ft the candIe burning on the
table in the room. It is believed
that the candle burned down to
the wood and finally set the table
on fire, then the fiames crept to
the walls of the building where
they spread rapidly until the
entire building was wrapped in
flames. '
wakened by the smoke and
crackling of the flames, the young
boy cried out for help and brought
the older memlers of the family,
who were asleep on the first floor,
to the other's assistance. Young
Cain, however, failed to make his
escape from the burning building
as did the other childrecLwho had
been sleeping with him in the
same room. - hether Irom tright
or some other cause will never be
known." "
Mr. Hanley quickly noticed the
the other little ones were safely
out of. doors and he went back
into the - burning building and
mounted the stair3 which were
already bursting into flame3. He
reached the entrance of the upper
bedroom just as a portion of the
walls and roof fetl in enveloping
the prostrate form of his step-son
in a sheet of flame. The boy had
evidently made effort to teach
the door way before the heavy
smoke and heat suffocated him.
Mr. Hanley found him lying face
downward on the floor and believes
that life was extinct befoae the fire
reached the body. The boy's body
was burned beyond recognition.
The funeral was held from a
neighboring ranch house Satur
day afternoon.
The fire had gained such head
way when discovered that no effort
was made to extinguish it, in fact
the small amount of water avail
able could have aided but little
had the fire been a small one.
The building and its contents,
valued at $1000, were totally des
troyed. RAILROAD LANDS
TO BE
SOLD
Unless the Northern Pacific Rail
way Company pays I62GG.07 taxes
to the Sheriff of Linn County with
in one week from today, all its
lands in this county, which include
several thonsand acres of the very
best timber land in the state, will
be sold for taxes. The amount of
taxes on the lands in Linn County
the Northern Pacific yet holds in
its own name is $5355.62, which
together with the 17 per cent
penalty for not paying within the
specified time makes $6266.07
1 lie time in which the amount
may be paid before the lands may
be sold for the taxes due expires
next Saturday, December 17, says
the Albany Herohl.
The county officers here have
consulted the best legal authorities
of the state and are satisfied that
the Northern Pacific lands in this
county, while they have not been
patented, are subject to taxation.
County Judge Stewart has secured
correct certified lists of the approv
ed holdings of the Northern Pacific
Company in this county, and it
proposed to make the company
pay taxes on its lands or sell ih
same for the taxes due.
There is great interest attached
to the very course the Northern
Pacific will take in the matter, for
the effect of its action will lie felt
throughout the state. In different
parts of Oregon the company has
always followed the custom of
holding its lands without a patent
until a sale was certain, when the
tract which was to be sold wa9
patented and immediately trans
ferred to the buyer. In this way
they have sought to avoid paying
taxes and in the past Lave succeed
ed in evading county officials. In
case the railroad company is forc
ed to make the payment the effect
will be widespread, as a precedent
will be established, and Linn coun
ty's example will probably be fol
lowed throughout the state.
An examination of the list of
Northern Pacific holdings in Linn
County shows that the company
owns the very best timber land in
the county. Its cruisers evidently
covered the county thoroughly
and carefully, and selected only
choice tracts of timber, taking no
land on which there was not heavy
timber, as is shown by the fact
that in certain sections they took
only 40 or 80 acres, and in others
they took up the "whole section,
except about 40 acres. They se
cured this land with scrip . ex
changed for land on the rocky
slopes of Mount Rainier and bar
ren, rocky wastes in other parts of
the Cascade Mountains, in the
State of Washington.
REMEDY FOR
RANGE TROUBLE
Governor Chamberlain believes
that a fund to be used for the
, pnrpoiia al Ciw?yipying Btate tWUsct- ,
ives is the only method by which
a settlement can be brought to the -range
difficulties in Eastern Ore
gon. From the tone of hi3 re
marks he evidently still believes
that Creed Conn was murdered as
a result of the range troubles, al
though that assumption was put
in the back ground many months
ago. His conversation reeardintr
the matter which appeared in the
Oregonian isasfollowe:
The only way can see to
remedy t he situation," said Govern
or Chamberlain today, "is for the
Legislature to place money at my
disposal so that I can employ
Secret Service men to go to the.
neighborhood of the trouble and
stay there until fhe guilty persons
can be located, and evidence
enough secured to convict them.
To send out militia would do no
good. The men who tlo the shoot
ing may be in Crook County today
and in Lake or Harney or Wasco
tomorrow or next . day. They
would commit no offense while
officers of the law were around.
They travel long distances in a
wild, thinly-settled country, and
commit their crimes when there
is no one near except a defenseless
sheepherder. They are masked
and cannot be identified. The
only way that I can see to bring
them to justice is to is to send
Secret Service men to live .among
them, learn their way3 and follow
their movements until they have
evidence that wilt convict them.
There is not now a single dollar
which the Governor is authorized
to expend for the purpose I men
tion." According to the le'tters received
by the Governor, the cattlemen
have recently established new
"dead lines" to be observed this
Winter, and have announced the
intention to shoot all sheep found
on the public domain in the terri
tory which they have selected for
their cattle. In some instances
the territory they have selected
includes land upon which sheep
men have grazed flocks for years
unmolested.
The informant says that cattle
men have fenced whole townships
of the public domain and hold ft
for rent to men who need it for
the grazing. This man implores
the Governor to come to the aid
of tiie lawabiding sheepmen, for
worse than any previous time for
is outlawry of the kind mentioned.
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