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PMNKVJLLK, CItOOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH, ii, 11)05.
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A Portion of our Spring Stock of Dry
Goods will arrive THIS WDKK
The Line will be as complete as is possible
to make it with many new ilcsiuns ami shades
of Fashionable Spring Goods.
It will pay you to wait a few days before
buying.
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COUNTY WILL HOLD
FAIRjmiS FALL
Agricultural Association Is
Making Preparations for
a Big Exhibit.
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OFFICERS:
W. A, Booth, Pretldont
C. M. ElKiNS, Vice President
Fhed W. Wilson, Chler
DIRECTORS:
W. A. Booth, O. M. Elkins,
D. F. Stewart, Fred W. Wilson,
Transacts a General
Banking Business
Ex ehan pre Bought
and Sold
Collections will
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A MATTER OF HEALTH
LINCENSED UNDERTAKERS
and
Manufacturers of all Kinds of
FUBN'l.Tl)
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Absolutely Pure
HAS HO SUBSTITUTE
Cntuk county will liavn an
agric ultural ft rul livrntock fair thii
full. Arranj-i tuenti an; hcing
inailo y tlic cutral Oregon live
utofik and Agrn nUnral i-rK iation
to liold a fair , Bii-i tii) ritr.ilar to
lliat In Id in tlm city tlirro years
ago, I5ut the ccojic of tlio ilifplay
will 1)0 tuuch Letter than it lias
been heretofore.
At the present time work is
heinjj diligently purcuetl on the
new fair grounds to get them in
rendincM for the exhibit. The
race course willie cut Boon and
in tlm mcantinio the center at the
ground i In inil t-own to alfalfa.
It i expected that thin year at
Icaft 25 acren will be mit in wed
w ith the nereagu next fea.on in-
creawd to 00 acres.
It wat4 intended a t-hort time ago
to build n half mile track, but
Himu of the local hom nien confer
red with the board of director in
regard to llw matter after which
it wan decided that if f 100 more
of rtock wax Bubhcribcd tlie as-
Hociation would clmngu iu origi
nal plan and construct a mile
track.
With thi? matter out of the way
t ho association will noon begin the
erection r.f exhibit building?, pa
vilion and a grand Mand on the
crounds. A lew of 50 per cent
was made la.t year on the tock
held by the stockholders and this
low recently been increased to a
full aPHcesment of 100 jht cent.
With the money -derived from- this
levy there will be amile fund to
carry out the work planned by the
association. Another meeting of
the association will lx? held goon
at which time superintendents will
be appointed and the work of
getting the grounds in readiness
for the forthcoming display of
Crook county's products given all
possible speed.
While the exhibit to be given
has not yet been decided upon in
all its details, it is the intention
of the association to give a fair
whose Fcope will bo much larger
than the one of a couple of years
ago. tlreat improvements have
been made in the county during
that time and development . has
sprung up in many lines of in
dustry. It is the purpose of those
buck of this year's exhibit to bring
before the people and the many
visitors who will come into this
section from the east eveiy line
of development and production in
the county. Weeks before' the
oncnins day of the. fair the col-
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tion of the various exhibits will
be started so that every line repre
sen ted will be complete. And the
magnitude of the display will de
pend largely upon the funds re
ceived during the next few months
from the assessment levy. It is
exnected. however, that these will
be paid in full.
President T. II. Lafollett of the
Central Oregon Fair and Livestock
association said yesterday that it
was the consensus of opinion
among both the stock holders in
the organization and business men
, 1 il t A
on the outside unu uie present
year would beyond doubt be the
best in the history of the county
for holding the fair. The Lewis
and Clark exposition in Portland,
combined with the extensive ad
vertising given Crook county by
the irrigation companies, would
he the means of drawing large
numbers of homeseekers into thi
territory. I he local exhibit in
consequence will be the best means
at hand through which to show
them the nature of the county's
products and the character of its
industries.
"It is the intention of the -as
sociation. too." he said, "to make
the grounds, upon which a, con
sioerahle sim of money is now
being spent, pay dividend
inside of a couple of years to the
etotkholders. We will have in
need about 25 cre thin year ami
exj-ect to get a good ?tar.d of
alfalfa. liy next peason thin will
1m increased to C.0 acres. We have
an abundance of water for irrigat
ing and a coiiijx-Unt man in
charge of the work. The result
will be that intddw of two years
from date the production of hay
from this acreage will net a good1
return in cash and the utockhoUI
ers will Ix gin to realize a profit
from their expenditure."
Among those who will take an
active part in bringing succesa to
the fair this year are the memlwrs
of the board of directors composed
i.fT. II. Lafollett, A. Thomson
and Champ Smith, nnd the secre
tary M. R. liiggs, who, at present,
is looking after the race course
and will superintend its construction.
BALL TEAM MAY
. USE FAIR GROUNDS
SCHOOL CENSUS
IS BEING TAKEN
Sap't Dinwiddle Expects an
Increase of 390 in This
Year's Enumeration.
W ith the first touch of spring
baseball talk Wins to circulate
and from present indications it is
probable that the local team will
have pood grounds upon which to
play their schedule of games
during the present season.
President T. II. Lafollett, of the
Fair association, said this week
that he would do what he could
for the team and he thought there
would le no trouble encountered
in securing room for a diamond
in front of the grand stand at the
Fair grounds. He has promised
to take up the matter with the
other members of the board of
directors and their sanction will
in all probability be forthcoming.
If the present plan now on foot
is adopted it will give the local
team an opportunity to play their
games this season inside of an
inclosure, a fact which will assure
them gate receipts. Last year the
team was dej-endent altogether
upon the generosity of merchants
to make up the purses, but if the
Fair grounds are secured the team
will be a self supporting institu
tion, besides being able to play
more games on the home grounds.
Ali the games played in the city
last year were on an open diamond
where it was almost impossible to
secure gate receipts, but with con-
litions changed to the'; reverse
this season, and the same sized
crowds in auenuanee, me gaie
receipts will provide ample funds
for all the expenses.
LEASE LARGE TRACT
OF RANGE LAND
As an outcome of the fight to
keep Utah and Idaho sheepmen
out of Wyoming, a deal has just
been closed in this city by which
2,000,000 acres of land in western
Wyoming will pass into the hands
of Utah sheep raisers, says a re
cent special from Omaha.
This is in the form of a lease
from the Union Pacific to the Utah
Grazing association, which own
large flocks of sheep in Wyoming
and Utah. John C. Mackay,
county commissioner, and E. II.
Callister, revenue collector at Salt
Lake' signed the lease on behalf
of the association.
The lease is one of the largest
drawn up for some time. It in
volves alternate sections of govern
ment lands. The tract lies in
what is known as the lied desert
between Lerov and the Green
river, tne grazing ninus oemg
anions the best the west affords.
It, will furnish winter srazing for
800,000 head of sheep owned by
several parties, each of whom
possesses ft summer and fall range
of his own. Under the laws of
Wyoming the tract can be kept
free from transient grazers
out being fenced.
It will save the members of the
nssnr.iat.ion from overcrowding as
thev can regulate the number
sheep that the range
modate.
The work of enumt rating all the
children of school age in Crook
county began last week and is now
well under way. Superintendent
Diriwiddio has furnished the
various clerks in the different dis
tricts complete sets of blanks to
perform the work which it is ex
pected will be completed by the
last of the present week.
The total enumeration for the
county !ast year was 1270, hut
Snperintendent Dinwiddie states
that there fs but little doubt those
figures will be increased during
the Present enumeration to a
figure between 1500 and. 1G00.
This increase will be shown prin
cipally in the two districts lying
to the south west and north west
where the greatest strides in set
tlement have been made during
the past twelve months. The
enumeration trom the school dis
tricts in the vicinity ot Innu and
throughout the Agency Plains
country are expected to show the
greatest increase in the number of
school children. The enumera
tion in this city, which work wil
be done by School Clerk M. R
Elliott, is also expected to show
an increase in numbers, but this
will not be in proportion to the
greater enumerations shown in the
newer districts which are filling
more rapidly with new settlers.
The county .apportionment last
vear amounted to $50 for each
district. Only f 23.40 out of this
amount, however, was paid. The
various districts this year, " in
consequence, will receive me
balance due out of that amount
besfdes another apportionment
which will approximate $5 per
pupil. At the present time there
remains in the county treasury
$810 belonging to the school fund
nnd this with the balance to be
paid in on taxes will be used in
makins m the balance due on
o k
last year's deficiency.
The apportionment for this year
is due on April 1, but it is not
likelv that the funds will be dis
tributed before the middle of the
month in order secure the bulk of
the "money due the districts.
County Superintendent Dinwid
die cautions the clerks making
school census about making double
enumerations. A correct enumer
ation from each district wilt save
the work of straiahtenhm out the
lists w hen they reach the superin
tendent's office. Heretofore there
has been some carelessness shown
in takinc the census, either
through nesnlaence or error, or els
from a de.-ire to pad the list
Clerks are warned this year
give in accurate enumerations and
save time and trouble. Under the
new law the worK of figuring the
apportionments is much easier
and more satisfactory, provided
the reports of the district clerks
are found to be accurate and trustworthy.
of incorporation is expected from
that official within a day or two,
and when it arrives it will be re
corded in the office of the county
clerk and the formation of the
company will be complete.
"The Pendleton Railroad & Coal
company is incorporated for $3,
000,000, and the stock is divided
into shares of tl each.
"According to C. E. Redfield,
the people interested in the con
struction ot the roau are the name
who control the Herpner cos I
fields, and the primary object ia
to make possible the development
of their mine by building a rail
road to it.
"According to the incorporators
it is their intention to commence
operations as soon as the weather
will permit in the spring. Thus
far no surveys have been made,
nor has anything been done to
ward the securing of a right of
way. The road is to run from
here to Pilot Rock, and from there
south through Camas Prairie to
Ukiah. A branch will run from
some point along the line to Hop-
pner, and out to the coal fields
southeast of that place. It is ex
pected that approximately 100
miles of road will be required to
connect all of these points."
CULVER RANCHER
HANGS HIMSELF
to
A man named Jackson who
until only a few weeks ago had
been employed by Perry Read at
Culver committed suicide some
time during the last of the week
by hanging himself from a rafter
in a cabin several miles north of
the Read ranch.
About two weeks ago Jackson,
who had been working on the
Read ranch during the past winter,
quit his place and began living in
a cabin situated sarae... miles north -of
the former place. He was seen
nearly every day afterwards at
some of the neighboring ranches,
where he went to obtain food,
until the last of the week. Resi
dents in the vicinity noticing his
absence came to the conclusion
that he had left the country and
sone to Washington where he
owned seme property and where
he lived before coming into this
county-
Monday, however, suspicions
having been aroused, a party went
to the cabin to find trace of him.
Upon opening the door the lifeless
body of the man was found hang
ing at the end of a rope, the latter
having been thrown over and tied
to a rafter above.
H. W. Lamson left immediately
for Prineville and upon his arrival
here notified Coroner Crooks.
Word was sent to the justice of
the peace in that district to hold
an inquest over the remains, the
result of which has not yet reach
ed here.
No good reason has been advanc
ed for the man taking his life.
It is stated that he owned property
in Washington among which was v
timber claim for which he had
been offered $10,000, so that pover
ty could not be given as a reason
for his rash act.
RAILROAD TO TAP
HEPPNER COAL FIELD
will
of
accom
The long expected now seems
near at hand. That is that work
will soon be commenced on the
railroad connecting the Heppner
cnnl mines with the main lino of
the O. R. & N. We clip the fol
lowing from Saturday's East Ore
sonian , which states the purposes
of the new organization now being
formed to undertake the work of
building the road and opening up
the mines:
"To tap the coal fields-southeast
of Heppner and to otherwise open
un the country alons the line, is
the professed object of the Pendle
ton Railway & Coal company, for
which articles of incorporation
were sent to the secretary of the
state last Thursday. A certificate
IND LOG 700
FEET IN THE EARTH
Mr. Schwbke, who resides on the
Thomas McConnell place and is
assisting in drilling the artesian
well, was a La Grande visitor
yesterday and stated that the well
was now down 800 feet and would
be driven anotner hundred fee"t.
The study of tne progress of this
well brings to view some valuable
information regarding the forma
tion of the earth's crust in this
valley.
At a point 700 feet below the
surface the drill struck a yellow
pine log which from the pieces
brought up appears to ' be in
a good state of preservation. Be
low the stratum in which, the log
was found came a stratum of
quick sand. After passing through
the sand a stratum of blue clay
was found which was about fifteen
feet thick. La GrandeObserver.