Crook Coiuety Jotaraa.
VOL. IX.
PIUNKVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 12, 100
NO. 5
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Tlio Holiday nro gone, and in order to make room for our
enormous Spring Stock, wo will make radical reductions on
our lino of Winter Hood.
Ladies9 Ghitdrcns9 and Gents9
Mackintos lies at Your Own Price
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A First Class House
in livery Hcspcct
CHOICEST BUNDS OP LIQOURS,
WINES, and CIGARS
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Your
Patronage Respectfully Solicited
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A VINO purchased the business from N. A.Tyo & Bro's.
known as tho Red Front Bazaar, I wish to amfounco to
tho trading public that I will have, as hood as possible,
ft complete and up-to-date lino of Merchandise, such as this
store linn formerly carried. Our intention in to make this
store the most popular trading place in tho county and to
do thin wo will carry a lino of goods of tho Wst quality
and sell them at prices that will suit you. In order to be
come lietter acquainted and also to dispose of tho present
stock I am going to sell It at tho extraordinary price of
60 Cents on the Dollar. A cordial invalation in extended
you to visit the store and take advantage of thin offer.
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M O iN K Y TO YOU
LUNCH COUNTKR
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Yours Respectful ly.
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to sell you a . . r
Fall Suit and Overcoat
Call and examine mv
good and get prices
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BEND RESTAURANT
R. G. SMITH, Proprietor.
Mi hi ii Jill lours
Are prepare 1 to 'urnish hoard
and lodging b the day, week or
month. Also keep a fresh line
of pastry always on hand.
Lunches for travelers will bo
prepared on short notice.
Newly Furnished Rooms
ISo itl, Oregon.
FOR 3 ALE: A Clover Ranch. Sit
uated 4 miles east of Sisters J mile
from county road, 1J mile from school
1uU8C, 1G0 acres deeded, fenced, divis
ion fences etc. Nearly all can bo
cultivated,' 30 acres in clover and
timothy, good stand and can be ir
rigated with one fourth the labor re
quired to irrigate any like number of
acres in tins viemity. stock m
Squaw Creek Irrigation Co's ditch,
house of C rooms, well of good water,
two bams and baruroom for 100 tons
of hay. Price $1800. Call on or
address II. E. Glazier,
Sisters, Ore,
CROOK COUNTY
WILL EXHIBIT
Arrangements Being Made
for Fine Displayiat the
Portland Fair.
Crook county will nuke an ex
hibit at the Lewi and Clark Cen
tennial, that much having been
definitely decided by the county
court laxt Tuesday when It ex
propped iU willingness to support
such a move after reading the
opinions exprem-d by some of the
heavieht lax payers anJ reviewing
111? signatures to the petitions
asking for an appropriation. The
amount of the appropriation to
he made has not In-en stated, nor
is it likely to be set down at the
extra session to he held next .Sat
urday when "the executive com
mittee will furnish the court with
as definite a' statement of the
funds required as is possible at
that time to determine. This re
port will contain an approximate
figure relative to the cost of col
lecting and maintaining an ex
hibit but of course will be nothing
more than a close estimate. From
the sentiments expressed by the
court last Tuesday it is probable
that when something tangible has
been arranged by the executive
committee the court will set a
limit appropriation and the cost
of the exhibit will then have to
fall beneath that sum. This is
believed to be the most catisfactory
manner to meet the expenses of
gathering together the various
articles, produce and stock and
systematizing the work so that
the greatest work can be-done for
the lowest figure.
In presenting the views of the
executive committee to the county
court, Mr. Lafollett stated that
while nothing definite had betn
fully decided upon, the committee
felt that if the county intended to
make a display of its resources,
that display must be complete in
every detail. It was useless, he
stated, to attempt to make an ex
hibit unless the funds were suili-
cient to cover the cost of making
a showing w hich would be on a
par w ith the other counties which
will be represented. Ho then out
lined hastily the different features
which such a display would era-
ody and the approximate cost
to be encountered in collecting the
livestock, mineral, timber, agricul
tural and fruit exhibits, then in
preparing them and making them
ready for shipment. He held to
the samo opinion as. did Mr.
lilkins and Sheriff Smith that if
the countv undertook to advertise
itself it must do the work thorough
ly and make the exhibit one in
keeping with the boundless re
sources of the county at tho same
timekeeping so far as jossible
within the bounds of economy.
Mr. Elkins stated that the com
mittee had talked some of securing
the assistance of Mr. Iki Fried of
Portland, a man, he said, who was
interested in Crook county and
who could render some- valuable
aid after the tinal arrangements
had heed made. He thought Mr
Fried would be willing to look
after the shipments as soon as they
arrived in Portland nnd would see
to it that they were got into place
and arranged in the best manner
possible.
The court and the members of
the committee present then dis
cussed the matter in a general way
tho former body expressing its
willingness to support a county
exhibit provided the committe
later handed in a detailed state
ment arranged in such a way that
the court could use it for a basis
npon which to make an appropri
ation. This meeting will be held
Saturday when tho court will con
vene in extra session
In the mean time the committee
is at worn 10 determine as near
as possible the expenses to be met
in getting livestock prepared for
exhibition purposes, the cost of
gathering the agiicultural and
c o o
other products of the county and
Ixjxing them ready for shipment.
With therKj figures gathered and
the approximate cost of labor ami
freight charge it will not he diffi
cult for th court at its meeting
the last of thin week to set aside
a reasonable sum to he used for
exhibition purposed.
MALHEUR TO HAVE
PECULIAR DISPLAY
"Malheur county is going to
make a notable exhibit at the Iew
is and Clark Fair," said C. W.
Parrish, a prominent lawyer of
Burns. Mr. Parrish was a visitor
at Exposition headquarters, and
told of the plans of that county to
advertise itself at the big Fair says
the Telegram.
"The intention is to raise $3.r00
for the purpose of an exhibit," paid
he. "The County Court has ap
propriated $1000 already and will
doubtless set aside another $1000,
provided the citizens of the county
will raise $1,500 mere among them
selves. This will probably be
done.
"Our chief exhibit will be a col
lection of the wild animals and
birds found in our county. The
carcasses will be mounted true to
life, and there is no reason why
such an attraction should not
draw considerable attention from
those who will see the Fair. The
collecting of wild animals for the
purpose has already begun, but we
ill wait until the Spiing flight for
the birds. Of feathered creatures
alone we will be able to collect
about 250 species. Owing to the
large lakes in Harney county, we
have gulls, pelicans, six kinds of
geese and 20 varieties of ducks, be
sides innumerable other water
fowl. Of both wild animals and
birds our county can show a great
assortment.
He in tlarney Lounty are
farther from Portland than Alaska
is. . It takes five days to reach the
county seat. Our nearest railroad
is Sumpter Valley line, and that is
110 miles away. It is 250 miles
to the O. R. & N. line, on the
Columbia River, and about the
same distance to the Oregon Short
ine tracks in Idaho. We are lo
cated in an immense territory, 400
y 500 miles, without- a railroad in
it, unquestionably the largest area
of the United States so isolated.
OSTMASTER SIMMERS
SUES T. I GEER
Postmaster George Summers
has filed suit against ex-governor
T. T. Geer and ex-state land agents
B. Geer and W. II. Odell for the
recovery of fblio which was paid
over to the defendants for the pur
pose of securing base lands for the
plaintiff and 25 other residents of
this county, the claims aggregat-
ng the sum mentioned. The action
of the defendants in accepting the
money and then in turn sending
to the applicants base which has
proved invalid is held to be an
unlawful acf inasmuch as the
money for the worthless, base has
not been returned. The other
claimants mentioned in the com
plaint and who have apparently
disposed of their interests or claims
to Mr. Summers are:
E. Clark, who claims $312;
Mabelle Starr, $240; Mary Ban
nard, $420; J. II. Dobbins, $150;
W. W. Chase, $50; Florence M.
Johnson, $100; Thomas Powell,
$258; James F. Davis,- $400, John
M. Swanson, $400 William J.
Adams, $400; W. B. Palmer,
$312.50; C. L. Hartshorn, $100;
George Mack, $350; Albert Harts
horn, $150; Albert E. Battson,
$400; Charles S. Schlenker, $400;
George Wilson, $400; Victor J.
Chapman, $350; P. B. Howard,
$480; Anna Keenan, $480; William
Wurzweiler, $480; Matlie Sum
mers, 480; Mrs. Alameda Fuller,
500; Walter Hammond, 281.75;
John B. Erickson, 60; all with
more or less interest from the 1st
day of November, 1901.
The complaint is one of the long
est which has ever been filed in
Marion county, comprising as it
does 224 typewritten pages. The
case will be tried at the next ses
I
jsion of the state circuit court.
TAX LEVY WILL
BE LOWER
County Assessment Nearly
2 Mills Lower-City Levy
i Mills Higher.
Residents outside the city won't
pay as much taxes this year as
they did last, the county court
having fixed the levy Tuesday.
The levy this year droj to 21
mills or If mills less than it was
for 1903 the last year upon which
taxes were paid. The decrease is
due to the lowering of the state
and county tax both of which had
lj mills sliced off their figure for
1903. This makes a total of 3J
mills reduction, but this was par
tially counterbalanced by a slight
increase in the road, school and
High school tax to be levied upon
the last roll. A comparison of
figures shows the difference in
mills for the two rears:
1904
10
5 '
2-J
3
21
1903
131
4
2 '
2J
22 i
State and county
School
Roads
High school
Total
The figures above make a very
ratisfactory showing when coupled
with the fact that the county is
making extensive improvements
in every direction and at the same
time is maintaining a High school.
It was to be expected in conse
quence that the taxes would in
crease instead., of showing a
material decrease. The surplus of
unappropriated funds in the coun
ty treasury at the time of conven
ing of the last session of the coun
ty court amounted to $7,800.
vt rule everything is running
smoothly in the county and the
tax payers are getting off easily,
a different hue is given matters in
the city which is still paying the
penalty of enduring a small-pox
epidemic a couple of years ago.
The tax levy this year will be 4
mills higher than last making
a total of 34J mills. The figures
for 1903 and 1904 are as follows:
1904
21
1903
County
22 J
School District 7 5
General 6J 2$
Total 341 30i
The marked increase in the levy
on city property for the last asses-
ment roll is due to the material
increase made in the levy for
general purposes. This, however,
is in Keeping with the recom
mendations made by the mayor
in order that the city treasury
be reimbursed for the sums ex
pended in building new bridges
arid in reducing the debt caused
by the small pox epidemic in 1903.
SUMPTER ROAD MAY
YET BE BUILT
llarriman or no llarriman,
freeze-out or thaw-out, boycott or
no boycott, the Sumpter Valley
railroad's extension from Tipton
to John Day may yet be built
according to Chief Engineer
Joseph West, who says that the
company is just now awaiting
future developments, at the same
time gathering figures from tramp
steamers in German waters, with
the intent of buying steel rails
abroad, shipping them by water
to Portland, thence to the Blue
Mountains over the O. R. & N.,
which will be such a short haul
by rail that Harriman's high rates
will cut but little figure.
It will be remembered that a
short time ago llarriman notified
the Sumpter Valley company that
hereafter a regular rate on steel
rail shipments over his lines would
be charged. Prior to that time a
sort of "courtesy rate" had been
in effect. Regular rates made
rail shipments impossible and the
John Day extension, which was to
have been rushed ". to completion
next spring, was perforce abandon
ed. The S. V. company cancelled
all its order for steel rails and
gloom settled over eastern Oregon.
It was the popular lelief that
Harriman's hit-up of rates on
Sumpter Valley rails was the first
move in a definite plan to quelch
the little road and later to b'iy
it in, broaden its guage to stand
ard, extend into the interior and
and make the system of value as
a feeder to the main line of the O.
R. & N. All of which w exactly
what the people of eastern Oregon
greatly desire, but fear was en-,
tertained that llarriman would
take his time in extending further
into the interior, it being the firm
ly established policy of the O. R.
& X. to keep down the develop
ment ot eastern Oregon until the
fertile webfoot transportation field
is worked to a ripe red limit.
In an interview with a paper in
Ogden, Mr. West's home town, the
chief engineer of the Sumpter
Valley said that because there is
ho particular hurry about the
proposition, his company will not
place an order abroad for steel
rails for some time, and in the
meantime will await developments,
which means that the S. V. has
not yet given up its attempts to
prevail upon llarriman to re
establish the old "courtesy rate."
Sumpter Miner.
LIVESTOCK MEN
WILL ORGANIZE
At the annual meeting of the
National Live Stock association to
be held in Denver next week an
important change will be made in
the movement to establish a pack
ing house in Portland, says the
Journal. The interests of the live
stock men will be segregated for
the purpose of securing a more
effective working, basis for growers'
and packers. While their interests
run on parallel lines, they are
distinct and can be better handled
when separated. The organization
as at present formed is cumber
some and unbusiness-like, and has
accomplished far less .-than was
expected by its promoters.
After the re-organization the
packers will be in a position to
work separately and invest money
in pushing development of the
packing industry in new fields.
Whether they will look upon the
Portland packing house project as
a profitable venture is a question
fhe near future will decide. The
plan heretofore regarded as feasible
would receive substantial support
among Portland business men if
the promoters came forward with
financial nucleus sufficient to
make it a business proposition.
When the matter was first pro
posed by the late Charles F. Mar
tin, secretary of the association, it
was understood by the Portland-
ers to whom he made it that the
association's representatives would
come with a portion of the capital
but would expect to receive here
the remaining financial support
needed. This expectation Port
land business men were ready to
meet. The promoters came with
out funds, and the local contingent
was not willing to furnish the
entire amount on the terms pro
posed. Conditions are expected to im
prove when the association is
reorganized next week. The pack
ers will be in a position to take the
field aggressively and will have a
compact working organization,
still retaining the cordial support
and sympathy of the stockraisers.
On the other hand, the stockmen
will be better organized for work,
and they will try to remedy cer
tain conditions that have caused
much trouble and loss on tho
range in the matter of cattle
inspection.
It is their intention to insist
that the government shall reim
burse a cattle grower for loss oc
casioned by faulty inspection of
cattle by any official of the bureau
of animal industry. In the past
there have been instances wherein
government inspectors, on er
roneous diagnoses, have stated that
herds of cattle were infected with
mange and have prevented sales,
to the great loss of the cattle
owners.