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PRINEVII-Ui, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DKCKMItKR 22, 1!K4.
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Mechanical Toys, Automobiles and many otherg, too
numerous for mention. In fact anything you could
wish for the littlo folks Christmas Present ,
We havo just rocolvod 3000 pounds of Candies and
Nuts for the Holiday Trado and our prices aro RIGHT
For tho older onos wo have a varioty of beautiful and
useful articles suitable for your friend, sweetheart or
relatives a presmit.
To fully appreciate tho many different articles we
havo in our storo for Christmas you should call and
see tor yourself and we will take pleasure in showing
them to you
The Bee Hive
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The Opera Saloon
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In The (Haze Ilalll
A First (Mass House
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CHOICEST BkXNDS OF LIQOURS,
WINES, and CIGARS
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COUNTY DIVISION
AGITATED AGAIN
The Dalles to Aid Antelope
in the Latter's Effort to
Get Slice from Crook.
As the time draw near for the
convening ot the state legislature,
tlic county divii-ion question, con
cerning t lain county and aho the
division of Wnwo county t zins
to take form. The agitate for a
lice of Crook and Wasco into a
separate county to le known at
Stockman county arc already
niuking their irons ff It And it U
apparent that The Dalles will lend
its aid in purport of Antelope in
the lalter'e effort to sccuie a coun
ty neat of the new county provided
it is allowed !y the Mate legisla
ture. Efforts are also being made
to divide aco from north to
Houth giving the count v Beat of the
western division to Hood Hiver.
The division talked of in the latter
instance has hearing on the agita
tion to (dice off a portion of this
county as will be Been in the fol
lowing which is taken 'from the
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THE WINNER CO.,
DRUGS,
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Incorporated 003.
STATIONl-RY AND UP-TO-HOUSE
FURNISHINGS.
I don't want to sell you
tho Earth but I do want
-to sell you a . . .
Fall Si! ?! Overcoat
Call and
good and
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prices
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GORMLEY! TAILOR
CITY
51 eat Market
ELLIOT & LISTER, Prop's.
FRESH EATS and
LARD VEGETA
BLES, FISH and
GAME IN SEASON
None but Healthy Animals
Killed, Which Insures Good
Wholesonio Meats.
ONE
DOOR NORTH
TEMPLETON'S
OF
A MATTER OF HEALTH
Hood Hiver (Jlat it r:
A. A. Jayne, of this city, repre
sentative elect from this county,
is jiersonally very much in favor
of county division, but as little
or no mention lms been made of
the matter, Representative Jayne
feels that he would rather hear
an expression of his constituents
on the i.sue before talcing the
initiative in advocating a measure'
for subdividing Wasco county,
Mr. Jayne believes that a new
county, with Hood Hiver as the
county seat, would mean more
business for t his city and would per
mit of a much more satisfactory
and economical administration of
local affairs. ,
. The Dalles is known to oppose
the movement to a man. South
eastern Wasco county, with Ante
lope as the center, will make
another effort for county division
at the coming session of the legisla
ture, and the petition for the new-
county of Mockman is meeting
with ready signatures in The Dal
les. The people there realize that
with Stockman cut off at this
term, it would conteract on Hood
River's move for county division
and perhaps hinder this city from
obtaining her wish for i several
years to come.
On the other hand the people of
The Dalles, who have heretofore
opposed the creation of Stockman
county, are beginning to realize
says Commissioner Hibbard, that
the Antelope country is a constant
source of expense to Wasco coun
ty, with comparatively little com
ing back. For this reason The
Dalles is entirely willing that
Antelope should have her long
cherished wish of a separate coun
ty. This will lie the third attempt
Antelope will have made for coun
ty division.
The people of The Dalles are
very much averse to losing Hood
River. Malcolm Moody stated to
a Glacier representative last week
that he is a land owner in Hood
River valley, and that were he a
resident here, he would work
asainst countv division for Hood
River, believing that county
division would be a detriment to
property interests here.
Every other Dalles citizen ap
proached on tho subject signified
his intention o doing all he could
to thwart an attempt of Hood
River to have tho legislature create
a new countv.
The Dalles has for some time
been pledged to aid Stockman
county whenever tho time arrived
when she could feel that a division
of the county was for the best
That time seems now at hand
over the report that the Suinpter
Valley Railway Company will not
extend its line into that locality
next year. It is said that Harri
man rop1e are stopping the ad
vance of the Sumpter Valley road
by refucing to deliver rails for
building purjtosei? except at the
maximum charge. This, it is
claimed, is almost prohibitive, as
the cot would Iks 12.25 per hun
dred. Rails could he shipped
around the Iloru, but the high
rate from Portland would still he
staring the little road in the face.
A right of way has been cleared
from Tipton to Wright Station, a
point almost half way, .between
Sumpter and Prairie City. It was
announced at the time this work
wag done that the road would he
built to this station in the Spring,
ultimately reach the vicinity of
I'rairie City by Fall. That this
programme has been abandoned
is the expressed idea of John Day
Valley residents, and the continu
ation of the road is put off to an
indefinite date.
Still another theory is advanced,
accounting for the action of the
Harriman people. This is that
Sumpter Valley is in splendid
position to head off advancement
of the Columbia Southern through
Central Eastern Oregon. As the
latter road is fostered by the
stronger combination, every as
sistancc possible h to be given it.
That this road must extend its
line eventually in order to control
the business of its territory, is a
well-known fact, and therefore it
would hot be to its advantage to
have another road reach the Har
ney Valley ahead of it.
STOCK RUSTLING
IN GRANT COUNTY
1995 WOOL CLIPS
ARE PURCHASED
San Francisco Buyers Con
tract for Million Founds
of -Wallowa Product.
Wool in this county has began
to move in earnest, says a dispatch
from Enterprise. K. C. Mays,
who is buying for S. Kobhland, of
San Francisco, last night closed
contracts with the sheepmen of
this place for 1,000,000 pounds of
wool. As a result the sheepmen
as well as other business men of
this place are in a happy mood
today, rejoicing in the fact that
they have a "cinch" on 1(J cents
a pound for their 1905 wool clip.
Regardless of the fact that there
are two other buyers in the field.
Mays is getting all the wool,
neither of the other buyers having
been able ts secure a pound of wool
so far. - '
On the sales made last night,
Mays turned over to the sheepmen
of this city, $53,000, this ling
one third of the contract price of
the wool. This amount will re
lieve the sheepmen to a great ex
tent as money is always very
scarce at this time of the year, and-
they are often compelled to borrow
at a high rate ot interest. -
By tomorrow Mays expects to
hae the entire clip of the county
contracted for, which will amount
to about 2,000,000 pounds.
Uwing to the tact that he ap
parently has the confidence of
every sheepman oi this section
there eeercs. to ba small chance
oi any other company securing
much wool in this county at this
time of the year.
the arid lands of Klamath county
within the shortest time and upon
the most satisfactory terms.
The local government officials
announce that they succeeded
Monday in renting ample quarters
for the office work of the engineers
and draughtsmen and will im
mediately open headquarters here
for the winter. They also state
that three separate parties will l e
kept in the field all winter, pound
ing the lakes, going over the
ground, etc.
It is expected to have the data
compiled in a few weeks upon
which to base an application to
the proper authorities for an ap
propriation of a earn from the
main irrigation fund to be applied
to tho Klamath county project.
STAMP MILL AND
TUNNEL AT THE FAIR
POUOEB
Absolutely Pure
HAS 110 SUBSTITUTE
NO RIVAL FOR y
COLUMBIA SOUTHERN
The strange and "unique con
dition of thinps that really exists
in the Long Creek district regard
ing stock rustling is told by a man
who has just returned from that
section, who looked closely into
the actual situation while there
and who for obivious reasons does
not wish his identity disclosed.
This man explains tho general
ignorance concerning the situation
by the reticence of residents and
the fact that so many are involved
that it is almost impossible to
bring a culprit to justice, says a
dispatch from Sumpter.
According to his story, stock
stealing has been put on a species
of "legitimate" basis in'portions of
Northern Grant. Mavericks are
almost considered the lawful prey
of any who run across them, at
least no great effort is made to
prove them otherwise when once
I the new owner has put his brand
ing iron on them. Men know in
some cases that most of their
neighbors are engaged in this wild
form of stock rustling, and think
they are entitled to recoup their
losses by the same means by which
these losses occurred. Seldom is
the law invoked, and the situation
has about narrowed down to self-
nrotection and taking from the
others all you can get.
the greatest danger of loss is
when droves of cattle or horses are
being driven through the country.
Any stray animal is quite apt to
be mustered into the ranks of the
herds and driven with the rest to
some point, where it is disposed of.
The owner or owners of these ani
mals may not miss them for some
time, and by then he has no means
of proving who look his stock.
This condition has existed for
years.
The genuine, old-fashioned cattle
rustler, who 'rounded up droves of
considerable size and drove them
by stages to remote shipping
points, and who had accomplices
all along the way, is now consider
ed pretty much of.a myth in Grant
County. When he is hunted up
at any rate, he is nowhere to be
found, and the real culprits are
rarely brought to justice. A case
UNCLE SAM WILL .
IRRIGATE KLAMATH
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From a resident of tho John Day
Valley The Telegram correspond
ent learns that the people of that
section are much dissapointed
in point is the recent raid by
posse headed by a Grant county
Deputy Sheriff, which started out
to round up the rustlers of North
em Grant county, but soon dis
banded.
Alter the past week's storm of
enthusiasm over the irrigation
question" in Klamath county it is
possible that a calm of sevelac
weeks will follow, sajs the Klamath
Republican.
In the matter of the government
project the work has been tempor
arily turned over to the people.
It is now all in the hands of a
committee which will organize as
rapidly as possible to meet the
requirements of the government
The organization for work will be
easily perfected but the duties are
vast and various and it will
probably require many weeks to
get the matter in proper shape to
place it before the federal authori
ties in an intelligent and satis
factory form.
Until then the local representa
tives of the government will
probably spend a major portion
of their time getting their work
together and completing reports
on what has been done.
In the meantime the Klamath
Canal Company . will pursue its
labors on its tunnel. The officers
announce that they will close
down work on the main canal
owing to the approaching winter
freeze and devote the season's work
to the tunneL They expect to
enlarge it to its proper capacity
during the coming winter months,
and also complete the approaches
to it.
They state that early in the
spring they will put on a larger
force of men than ever and push
the entire project through to com
pletion:
Upon the other hand the govern
ment authorities declare un
equivocally that the government
project is a go, and if this is true
deals in the way of compromises
with interested property owners
and acquired and vested rights
along with. the passing of laws in
aid of the project, and condem
nation proceedings - will he the
work of the committee represent
ing the federal project for the
next-six or eight months.
The people will welcome, with
open arms, the good work that
will bring plenty of water upon
Negotiations were practically
completed with a bia Colorado
mining company yesterday for the
installation at the Lewis and
Clark Exposition of a stamp mil'.
concentration plant and other min
ing machinery, showing the treat
ment accorded raw ores in convert
ing it into bullion, says the Ore
gonian. This will form a valuable
addition to the mining exhibit,
which promises to be the most
Dotable ever made.
The company in question is the
Colorado Fuel & Iron company,
one of the largest of its kind in ex
istence. The proposition was made
to the exposition management in
the form of an offer to install the
machinery providing Oregon min
ing men would furnish sufficient -ore
to keep the machinery busy
during exposition hours. After a
canvas of Oregon producers the
exposition management was able ,
to assure the company yesterday
that no difficulty , will be experi
enced in supplying all the ore that
will be required.
It is possible that an annex to
the mining building will be re
quired for the new working exhibit
as the space in the main building
is now well taken and no great
allotments can be made to one
enterprise since the interests of in
dividuals and districts which wish
to participate must be protected.
The feature of the mining de
partment which is exciting mott
interest is the shaft and tunnel
which are to be dug under the
raining building. This will be the
most realistic reproduction of a
mine ever shown at an exposition.
There will be levels, drifts, timbers,
hoists, a dump, tunnei-cars, auto
matic drills, blasting and ail other
things known to the realm of under
ground mining. The visitor who
goes into the mine will emerge with
a full idea of the meaning df under
ground mining. The shaft will be
forty feet deep, while the tunnel
will extend under the upper por
tion of the grounds for a distance
of several hundred feet, beginning
at the bottom of the shaft under
the mining building and emerging
on St. Helen's boulevard.
ROAD COMPANY DIGS
UP MORE TAXES
Linn county's sheriff scored a
decisive victory yesterday when he
received a check for $8,829.29,
the amount of taxes and penalty
due from Charles Altscul' holder
of the Willamette Valley & Cas
cade Range Wagon Road com
pany, in this county, says the
Albany Herald. This property
consists of over 110,000 acres of
land, valued at $3 per acre. The
present assessor, C. B. McKnight,
in making the assessment of the
lands, took the ownership maps
made up from the federal land
office records and searching out
the lands belonging to the grant,
. 1 T i
assessed incm. in past, years
much of this land escaped tax
ation, and it was formerly rated
at $1 25 per acre, the total tax
paid in the former years by the
same people being a trifle in excess
of $1,000. k
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