CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
lUBU5HED BY THE JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO.
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Published every Thnnxlajr at Tli Journal BuiltliiiR, rrineville, Oregon.
Term of StiWrlption: One your,
month, 7." cent. Single coplonS
OFFICIAL PAPER OF
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1905.
CHANGE IN FOREST rOUCY.
Forest Supervisor 8. C. Ikrtrum.
who was in conference with the
tockrnen in this city only a short
time ago, has cent the following
letter from the Secretary of Agri
culture to The Journal with a
request that it be given as much
publicity as possible. The letter
is directed to the ''Forester Forest
ry Service" and has to do with the
recent act signed by the President
providing for the transfer of forest
reserves from the department of
the Interior to the department of
Agriculture. As the letter will
directly interest those who are
xising the forest reserve for grazing
purposes, the bulk of its contents
is given below: .
The act mentioned aiwve first
quoted and Secretary Wilson adds:
"By this Act the administration
of the Federal forest reserves is
transferred to this department
(Agricultural). Its provisions
will be "carried out through the
Forest service, under your im
mediate supervision. You have
already tentatively negotiated the
transfer with the Commissioner
of the General Land Office, whose
powers and duties thus transferred
I assign to you. Until otherwise
instructed, you will submit to me
for approval all questions of
organization, sales, permit; and
privileges, except such as are en
trusted by the present regulations
to field officers on the ground. All
officers of the forest reserve service
transferred will be subject to your
instructions and will leport direct
ly to you. You will at once issue
to them the necessary notice to
this effect.
"In order to facilitate the prompt
transaction of business upon the
forest reserves and to give effect to
the general policy outlined below,
you are instructed to recommend
at the earliest practicable date
wnaiever cnanges may be neces
sary in the rules and regulations
governing the reserves, so that I
may, in accordance with the pro
visions of the above Act, delegate
to you and to forest reserve officers
in the field, so much of my author
ity may be as essential to the
prompt transaction of business,
and to the administration of the
reserves in accordance with local
needs. Until such revision is
made, the present rules and regu
lations will remain in force, except
those relating to the receipt and
transmittal of moneys, in which
case Special Fiscal Agents of this
Department will perform the
duties heretofore rendered by the
Receivers of Local Land Offices in
accordance with existing laws
and regulations. The Chief of
Records, Forest Service, is hereby
designated a Special Fiscal AgeDt,
aad you will direct him at once to
execute and submit for my ap
proval a bondfor Twenty Thou
sand Dollars.
"In the administration of the
forest reserves it must be clearly
borne in mind, that all land is to
be devoted to its most productive
ut-e for the permanent good of the
whole people and not for the tem
porary benefit of individuals or
companies. All the resources of
forest reserves are for use, and this
must be brought about in a
thoroughly prompt and, business
like manner, under such restriction
only as will insure the perman
ence of these resources, 'fife vital
importance of forest reserves to
the great industries of the West
ern States will be largely increas
ed in the near future by the con
tinued steady advance in settle
ment and development. The per
manence of the resources of the
reserves is therefore indispensable
to continued prosperity, and the
policy of this Department for their
protection and use wall invariably
be guided by this fact, always
bearing in mind that the conser
vative use of these resources in no
way conflicts with their permanent
value. You will see to it that the
water, wood, and forage of the
reserves are conserved and wisely i
Six
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Kiitrmt t Xhe rrine
ville pt otfic at 2nJ
CROOK COUNTY.
used for the benefit of the home
builder first of all; upon whom
depends the host permanent use
of lands and resources alike. The
continued prosperity of the agri
cultural, lumbering, mining and
live-stock interests is directly de
pendent upon a permanent and
accessible supply of water, wood
and forage, as well as upon the
present and future use of these
resources under businesslike regu
lations, enforced with promptness.
effectivness and common sense
In the management of each reserve
local questions will be decided
upon local grounds; the dominant
industry will be considered first,
but with a little restriction to
minor industries a may be pos
sible; sudden changes in industrial
conditions will be avoided by
gradual adjustment after due
notice; and where conflicting in
terests must be reconciled, the
question will always be decided
from the standpoint of the great
est good of the greatest number in
long run.
These general principles will
govern in the protection and use
of watersupply, in the disposal of
timber and wood, in the use of
the range, and in ail other mat
ten connected with the manage
ment ot the reserves. ihey can
be successfully applied only when
the administration of each reserve
is left very largely in the hands
of the local officers, under the eye
of thoroughly trained and com
petent inspectors.
Very respectfully,
Jamks Wilsos, Secretary.
The restoration to entry of thou
sands of acres withdrawn nearly
two years ago for forest reserve
purposes along the Deschutes val
ley and extending to the southern
boundary of the state, is indicative
of another rush for homesteads
and timber claims in the district
in question. Applications to file
will not be accepted, however,
until after the twenty-third of
next May, but it is safe to assume
that by that time claimants will be
in a position to make their wants
known, and The Dalles land office
in consequence will see some of
the busiest days in its history.
The rule of first come first served
will in all probability be in vogue
when the ninety days' notice by
publication has expired and there
will be the same scenes enacted at
The Dalles office as have been
witnessed at some of the eastern
land offices when a body of reserve
land was thrown open. Already
squatters are making themselves
known in the region of the Des
chutes, choice pieces of homestead
land are being claimed, and with
scores of these applicants and
dozens of timber claimants ready
to jump the moment that land
office doors are thrown open, no
question can arise regarding the
length of the filing colums which
will array themselves at both The
Dalles and Lakeview offices.
The homestead law is now be
fore congress, the question being
whether the number of acres in
the act shall be changed to 640
instead of 100. It is a well known
fact that the law under present
conditions must be violated when
applied to mountain lands or re
main practically useless. No man
can maintain himself on 160 acres
of the average land now unre
claimed in the mountainous
regions of the West. The small
tract will furnish pasture to but
a few cattle or sheep and it is not
yet known to be capable of pro
ducing -egetables, hay or grain.
However, it is in the possibilities
of agriculture on land that now
appears incapable of such use that
congress finds argument for not
changing the law. The members
of congress are chiefly from agri
cultural states and their experience
with bunch grass, peaks and
precipitous inclines is very limit
ed. They know but very little
about the small limit of grazing
on an acre of the average granite
soil of the Rocky mountains or j
f
cent
the vain attempt wheat or barley
must nuke to make the earth frwii,
There was no occasion to rake
up and spread before the public
incidents in the career of Senator
Mitchell that had been buried bv
more than a third of a century of
time. He is to be tried on certain
pecific accusations of wrongdoing
with reference to aiding land
grabbers, and the testimony must
be confined to this issue. If that
work was to be done, it might at
least more gracefully be left to the
political enemies of the senator
to do it. During his recent suc
cesses the Oregonian changed its
former attitude and has been ex
ceedingly friendly with him and
his political associate, but as soon
as he gets into trouble it not only
deserts and ' prejudices him, con
victs him before trial and tries to
kick him out of the senate, but
like a ghoul into his past life and
resurrects long buried skeletons
that form no part of the present
case. It is a congenial occupation
and one in which the Oregonian
has always found delight. Lucki
ly there are none, not even among
the so-called yellow journals, to
dispute its premiership in that
particular field. Portland Jour
nal. The Ontario Argus savs: Bill
Xye's old advertisement for the
sale of his cow is again going the
rounds, and might be referred to
the diary commissioner for official
opinion as to whether it is old
enough to be retired. Here are
Bill Nye's words: "Owing to my
m-healtn, X will sell at my resi
dence, township 19, range 18, ac
cording to the government survey
one plush raspberry cow, aged
years. She is of undoubted cour
age and gives milk frequently
To a man who does not fear death
in any form she would be a great
boom. She is very much attached
to her home with a stay chain,
but she will be sold to any one
who will agree to treat her right.
She is one-fourth shorthorn and
three-fourths hyena. I will also
throw in a deuble-barrel shotgun
that goes with her. In May she
usually goes away for a week or
two and then returns with a red
calf with wobbly legs. Her name
is Rose. I would rather sell her
to a non-resident."
NEW SAW MILL TO
START AT WARM SPRINGS
U. S. Cowles was in the city
yesterday making the final ar
rangements to start a new saw
mil? plant at the Warm Springs
reservation. The mill to be used
is the one which has been at Ash
wood for several years and it will
be removed to its new location at
the Wsrm Springs ferry opposite
the Agency. Charles Derham,
who has been in charge of the
Ashwood mill and who owns the
plant, will be associated with Mr.
Cowles in the establishment of the
mill on the Deschutes river.
It is expected that the plant
will be moved and set up ready
for operation by the first of May
when it will be run to its fullest
capacity of 12,000 feet per day.
While here yesterday Mr. Cowl
es closed a contract with L. E.
Alllngham for 2,000,000 feet of
logs to be delivered at the mill
site. Mr. Allingham will begin
logging about the 25th of this
month and will have finished his
contract by the time the mill has
started operations.
The moving of the mill from its
old location at Ashwood has been
brought about by the-fact that the
supply of timber in that vicinity
owned by the proprietors of the
mill has been exhausted and a
new field became necessary. The
present supply of timber for the
mill will be found along the
Matoles where both Mr. Cowles
and Mr. Derham own private
holdings.
The establishment of the mill
at the point mentioned on the
Deschutes river will be of great
advantage to the community Bur
rounding. The demand to be
supplied will come chiefly from
the Madras country and the
Agency plains, both of which dis
tricts np to the present time have
been compelled to haul building
material for a considerable dis
tance. With these districts build
ing up rapidly and a growing de
mand for lumber the new mill
will in all probability be behind
in filling its orders for some time
to come.
Additional Locals
Stewart & (IimNoh'm pnrv lent IntM 1
Ht Mk'litl&('tiV ;
Ammunition of alt Vlml Ht Michel
& tV. We can make von the rlrlit
price In quant Mb. !
Onier Oynm, of Culver, wn In the
city thl week on a IhiiiIiiomi trip.
l O. Hon and wife were In town
the flint of thin week from Howard.
Mnt, W. i. Pock wm lit the city
from Oliver the flint of the week tor
H few ilaya vWt.
Claude Wright nml wife ot Howard
were In the city n few day the first
ot the week vUHIiik.
John Kyau left Sunday for his
ranch nt the Tulle after upenillutt n
weeek In the city looking nfter land
mat tern,
Kenver Jenklit onine up from
Culver Tuenday to make fliml proof
on Ills hoiiicttteud nenr Culver.
Frank Onborn tentlned n n wltne.
We pay the highest cali price (or
all kludu of Produce, Poultry, and
Frenh Ekk. A hg upily nlwny
kept ou hand when poltiU.
I'rtnevllle Market, lut. Uki nzki. &
Sox, i'rojm.
With the county ottlcltiU niilti tit
their ptmU of duty and condition
agnlu agHuniliiK their normal torn
after the excitement of county divis
ion, laud case, etc.. It I probable
that aoiue Hpeedy action will now
tie taketi toward p'tUng up Crook
county' exhibit for the Ixwl nud
Clrk fair.
A meeting wa held at the Athletic
club lat ultfht by the member of
the noclatlou and the preliminary
arrauKvmcuta made lor giving a
minstrel play Hometlnie next month.
A definite date ha not u yet been
et but will lie a hood n further de
tail are made. A doaen or more
black face, will npiieur In the cast
and the lint ot Joke and funny In
cldent will be without limit.
Beginning on February 1st and
continuing until March 1st, J. F.
Morrl will sell a large assortment of
Men's Suit and Trousers and a fine
line of assorted N'egligee Shirt.
These good nnmt lie hoM to make
room for the spring Htock and to do
this a big reduction of prices will
tie nuule. Call and 1m;'- over the
stock, (iettlng the prices will con
vince you that the good are offered
at bargain figure. J1D
Alliert Kltchlng returned Monday
from au eastern trip covering Bcver
al months. He wn In attendance
at the Livestock convention at
Denver In January and went from
there on a tour through the south
ern state stopping for a time In
Ariioua and coining here by the way
of Cullfornla point. He had the
misfortune while at ISigg on hi
way here to slip on the station plat
form and break his right wrist. The
injured hand has given him con
siderable trouble but I now gaining
strength under the protection of a
plaster parls cast.
Centennial Note.
The manufacture of Rold mmih will
form one of the many InU'rewUng
working dlsplaya at the Ix'wis ami
CHrk Exposition.
It haa been decided that the ma
chinery, as well as the amusements
on the "Trail," at the IwIh and
Clark Expedition will le stopped on
Sunday. The exhibit palaceu will
be open to the public and all other
features of the Exposition will lx
running ns on week days.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition
Buildings will be protected from
danger of fire by a regular automat
ic system of lire alarms. The syn
tern works like ordinary Improved
city systems, automatically harness
ing the horses to the (Ire engines and
wagons, us well as sounding the
alarm.
An excursion that will doubtless
attract great Interest Is one planned
by F. R. Drew of New York City.
Mr. Drew will conduct a train of
praliie schooners from Portland,
(Me.,) to Portland, Oregon, the
latter part of the journey lelng
along the trail followed by I'wls
and Clark a century ago. The
travelers expect to reach Portland
In October. In time to attend the
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
No Trouble to Get Bondsmen.
Three men under Indictment on
various charges put up bonds of
$4000 each with the clerk of the
United States Circuit court this
morning. These men were Former
State Senator W. V7. Stelwer, who
is charged with conspiracy to pre
vent and obstruct the free passage
nernss Government lands In Wheeler
coiiniy; Dr. Van Oesner, who Ik
charged with Congressman WlllITim
son and Marlon It. Biggs, with con
spiracy to secure possession of land
In Crook county through the
medium of about 100 homestead
entrymen, and Marlon It. Biggs,
himself.
Stelwer's bondsmen are J. C.
Ainsworth and Henry Hahn, both
well known and influential Portland
men. Dr. Cleaner's bondsmen are B.
F. Allen and L. S. Logan, both
wealthy Crook County ranchers.
They. also, went on the bond of
Biggs.
In fepeaklug of the iliuictlueut re
turned against him Dr. Oesnor this
morning stated that he had nothing
to say about the matter and then
added that he did not fear the result.
"I am confident that I will be able
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COCVRICHT lS4 BV
SUM. NATHAN rmrMf O.
PRINEVILLE'S GREATEST STORED
to show my cntlrv liuiiH'eiH-e nf tie
charge when the proper tlinei'iuiies,"
he declared. "lam not worrying
over the result nt. nil." Nothing
else would he say. Telegram.
Teacher and Parent to Meet Again.
The second of the teachers' mid
parents' meeting will Ih held at the
public school building a week from
next Saturday February 2.1, nt 2
o'clock p. m. An Interesting pro
gram has Is-en prepared as follows:
Music
Solo ItKV. JlSXKTT
Recitation Miss Kiiiiicti
Objects of Parents' nml Teaehers'
Meeting J. A. Stonk
How to Keep Boys In School
Mas. May Whm.k
Home Work and Home Entertain
ment Mils. II. P. Bki.kn.vp
Corporal Punishment
lirnenil Discussion
The Social Calendar.
Fireman's
Hall, P. A. A. V. hull,
February 21.
Mnspierade Ball, P. A. A. '.
March :J.
hall.
WANTED:
SALESMAN ami SALES LADIES
In this and adjoining territory, to
represent and advertise the Whole
sale Department of au old establish
ed commercial house of solid tlnau-
cial standing. Staple line. Salary
.'l."0 per day, paid weekly, with ex
pense advanced direct from head
quarters. Horse and buggy furnish
ed when necessary. We furnish
everything. Position permanent.
Address TilK Coi.ir.Miu a IIoi si-:. (KID.
Monon Bldg., Chicago III.
Hick's Almanac.
A number of copies of Hick's A
mauac, that nil around bureau of
Information for wenthercrltics, stock-
nieu,- etc., have bren received at The
Journal office and are now on sale.
Twenty-five (25) cents per copy while
the Hupply lasts.
STRAYED
A red two-year-old heifer. WhlU
fncp, brand uncertain, crop off right
ear. Owner calling for and paying
charges can have the same.
Hkniiy Bhi'mmioii.
I The Whole Thin in an Egg Shell I
How to Get
200 Eggs a
Year per Hen
The second edition A Practical Poultry
Manual is now ready. Contains among
other things the famous Sampson
Method of heeding, which is known to
be one of the Iwst means of making n
profit from poultry. Some of the chapter
headings are: Brooder Chicks; Profit
able Poultry Raising; Principle Diffi
culties; Remedies for Roup; During the
Moult; Kconomy in Feeding; Poultry as
a Business; Trap Nests, with plans and
illustrations. This chapter is worth the
price of the book. Tells the practical
way to make poultry pay. Price 50c.
Our paper is a 32 page Agricultural
Magazine with Household, Poultry,
Horticulture and Dairy Departments.
Subscription price $l.oo.
To introduce our monthly into your
home we will send the paper one year
and A Practical Poultry Manual for 35
cents.
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Park Hotel Bldg., San Jose, California
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A Happy ti it J Prosperous New
toiucrs iinJ all of Crook County
JAGUARY 985
CLEMAHCE SALE
All Ladies Keenly .Made Skirts,
Jackets, Shirt Waists, l acinators and
Fur Collarettes at :: :: ::
IIE-TH
A Rare Opportunity!
in the Catlnc" Oct
in
The ontlro lot must bo sold for Cash IT J
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1 SMITH & Clffi'S RECEPTIONS
PiOM VM.i.i: ami
Domestie and Imported
L I Q U () U S , W I NFS and C I (i A US
rj hi:m p. o box i.i
Harhcr Shop mid Hustaiirant in Connection at hcnJ -"3
Meat, Vegetables, Produce
A Complete ami Choice Lim
Bacon, Liml ami Cotintrv I
City iVieat Market
FOSTER & HORRIGAN, Prop's.
Prinevllle, At TIlC Old StailJ Oregon.
Daily
Between Prlnevllle and
SCI I KIM 'LK
Leaven Slmniko, fi p. in.
Leaves I'rincville 1 p. 111
First Class
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You will miss a jooit time it you
don't attend the
B AL
To Be Given On The Evening Of
FEBRUARY 21, 1905.
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Accommodations
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