CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE JOURNAL PLBUSMINU CO. I). F. RTKFI A. . M- BAII.KY. Published wry Thurly at The Jonrnal Building, Prinrvilt, On-(roii. TenimolSuWHptlon: One year, month, 73 cent. Single copleno OFFICIAL PAPER OF THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1905. THE -SCARLET LETTER." Max Pracht has & job. Until recently he was one of Mr. Hitchcock's pecial agents. But lie didn't like the work, so he re eigned aid went to Washington where he solicited the aid of his closest friends, Senator Mitchell and Representative Hermann, to secure for him a little honest lahor. But his friends were under in dictment and could do nothing for him, so Max, after the manner of his own heart, sought a job for himself. He got it. Senator Mitchell delivered a letter to him to be handed to the senator's secretary, Robertson who, in turn, was to deliver it to Mr. Mitchell's law partner in Portland. No soouer had he received the letter into his own keeping than Max hastened to his own room, glanced stealthily behind him as he crossed the threshold, locked the door, pulled down the shades, whispered a lullaby to his thawing conscience and sat down to com mune with himself. He looked at that letter two or three times. Then he turned it over and looked at the back of it. All the edges and corners were closely scanned. It was sealed tight. What in the dickens was in that letter? Perhaps it contained a sugar teat or a stick of dynamite. The introduction of a knife blade along the upper edge would leave incriminating marks. No, that would not do. ror several minutes .Max was lost in a deep, brown btudy. After a bit he saw a bright idea slipping across the bridge of his nose and he handcuffed the idea and put it to work. Max laughed witft glee as he thought with admiration of the brain from which such an extra ordinarily brilliant idea had ema nated. bo be sang his conscience Bong backwards, raised the shades, unlock the door and stepped forth again into the world of light and betrayed friendship. we delivered the letter as in structed to do t& Robertson, then hurried to the department officials where he cautiously told them of the transaction and his suspicions. Robertson was met at The Dal les by a secret service man and at Portland the letter which the former was carrying was taken from him. The contents are known to the public at large and whether incriminating or other wise they have no bearing on the matter at present. As a reward for his treachery, Pracht was given a position in the Treasury department. It is a good job and Max is a safe man for the place. Fingering green backs, no doubt, is a just and reasonable compensation for an insidious betrayal of closest friend ship. The government can well afford to have such gentlemen looking after its finances. But it might be well to have the, detective force increased in the Treasury department. Chicken owners, too, are respectfully ad vised to procure extra locks for their coops. MORE WORK FOR ASSESSORS. With the governor's signature attached to H. B. 237, the work of county assessors throughout the state is .materially increased inas much as they will have to familiar ize themselves with all stock which migrates from one county to another for grazing purposes. The law in Question provides that live stock pastured in more than one county shall be subject to taxation in each county in proportion to the time it is so permitted to pas ture or range. All stock must be assessed in the usual manner by Assessors, and the owner must deliver to the As sessor a written statement, show ing a description of the stock, with the brands used; where the stock F.ntensl l th Priii villr Mt oflW tit 2nd claw ratM. CROOK COUNTY. has been kept, and will be kept, nnd the owner is liable to his home county for the state, county and other taxes. "And the owner shall, unless sufficient real estate ample to secure the same is liable therefor, pay the Assessor at the time of such assessment the whole amount of said taxes for the full year at the rate of the last preced ing levy, and take his receipt therefor." The same law also provides work for the county stock inspect ors inasmuch as the owner of the migratory stock, upon entrance of his herds into other than his home county, shall notify the stock inspector. The latter must then demand an immediate statement of the numWr of head and evi dence that the taxes have been paid in the home county. If the stock remains in the count v after the time for which pavmcnt of taxes has been made, the owner must furnish the stock inspector with an additional statement and pay a further tax for the balance ot time the stock is to remain in the county. If Consolidation ot Kauwavs in to great systems is to be defended and approved, then it follows as an inevitable corollary that govern ment control of those great consol idated systems is essential, for the simple and sufficient reason that otherwise the consolidated railways especially when acting in conjunc tion with other great corporations would soon become more powerful than the government itself. ' In deed, they seem to have become so already, if not positively then neg atively by having a host of friends and servitors in positions promin ence and power. If it comes to a choice between the government being run by the consolidated rail roads, and the railroads being rnn by the government, the people will have to choose the latter as the les ser evil. The financial supplement of the New York Evening Post publishes a list of 23 railroads, aggregating 131,630 miles, in the management of which the Standard Oil interests are openly acknowledged. Be sides this, the same group of "in terests" are dominant in 21 great industrial corporations, including Amalgamated Copper, Consolidat ed Gas, United States Steel, United States Realty, Colorado Fuel and Iron, and others, and also in 14 banks and 14 trust companies. Now it scarcely needs any argu ment to show that these very astute and industrious gentlemen are getting entirely too much power. The people have got to check them and control their operations. This is just now the paramount business of the Ameri can people. Journal. Every once in a while the coun try witnesses a man in public office, who is possessed of consider ably more backbone and stamina than his fellow beings, thru6t his head above the shoulders of all the rest. St. Louis had a taste of the thoroughbred way in which Folk grappled with political cor ruption, Wisconfin shuddered once or twice when Lafollette overturn ed the intrigues of a political body rotten to the core, and now nearer at home, Sheriff Word is demon strating to the touts and vice lov ers of Portland that the law is much stranger than fiction. It is not improbable that Mr. Word could have been worth close to a quarter of million of dollars had he seen fit to continue the policy of the old regime. But, as some times happens, the rierht man got into office. A man who is not susceptible to the ways and means and questionable influences of the law breakers. Of course Word is accused of making a grand stand play, but that is not unusual. A man, much less an office holder, seldom does anything of a com mendable nature , that he is not accused of an egotistical desire to pat himself on the back. But f 1..V). Six oont wch. , granting in this instance that Word is playing to both the bleach ers and the higher priced feats. He has a good audience and the foul hits that he constantly makes won't strike him out. He's got the crowd the major part of the better crowd with him, and his batting average is way above par. Portland needs more like him. The country at large would profit by tho presence of more men of his caliber. The announcement of the Cen tral Oregon Fair and Agricultural association that it will hold a county fair in this city during the coming fall, is sufficient to timu- late everyone who has the future progress and development of the couutv ut heart to lend all assist ance possible. Outside of the stockholders, this assistance quested will be mostly in shape of good will towards re the the project. AH the hammers should be put on the shelf to rest and get ausiy. i mi the right kind oi spirit evinced by ever j one not pecuniarily interested in the ex hibit a long step will have been taken towards helping those who are devoting both their time and money to make the fair a success. The whole county should be bene fitted. It will not be a one manV show, or a display from which one or a dozen residents will secure the blessings. The smallest farm er and the poorest man in the comity will receive an indirect benefit and profit by it according ly. It may not come to him in visible dollars and cents, but even blind men sometimes see things with their suWmnscious eye sight. In consequence it is up to everv resident of the county to do his little share towards bring ing success to Crook county's ex hibit. That little contribution may be nothing more than a cheerful word, but every little mite helps and the'smallest favors will be accepted with thanks. Frogs a croakin', crickets a chirpin' and a van guard of red breasted robins all that should satisfy anyone that gentle spring is arriving. March has slipped in softly, but no one remembers the punishment at the end of the month that is promised for such a sin. WOOL ON SHEEP; MONEY IN BANK "The year 1905 promises un exampled prosperity for cattle and sheepmen throughout the Inland Empire," said C. J. Millis, live stock agent of the Oregon Rail road it Navigation company. "People in this part of the state probably believe that the past winter has been disastrous to the stockmen in eastern Oregon and Washington and the whole of Idaho, because the weather has has been severe. Such an impres sion is based on ignorance of the oondrtions in the Inland Empire. "Whenever hay is plentiful live stock there is carried safely through the severest winters. The hay stack is the stockman's insurance policy, and the flock owners had laid in such a liberal store of that variety of food that they were able to get through the hard months without appreciable losses. Some losses always occur in the winter. But they have been in the mini mum this year, and the situation otherwise is such as to assure good times to those engaged in that industry. "Prices are medium. This in duces owners to sell and buyers to buy, and causes a liberal move ment of livestock. "Wool-raisers" will be carried on a high tide of prosperity this year. Probably more wool has been contracted for the 1905 clip than ever before in the history of the industry in the northwest. The eastern demand appears to be strong and r. j n-s-enatives of the large handlers are anxious to sign the clips for 1905 delivery. I have not known of such general wool contracting in the past five years. "With the demand as strong as it now is, sheep-breeders are offer ed gilt-edged prices, and may se cure a promise from responsible houses that is the same as money in the bank, for these contracts may be negotiated at the banks and are a basis for loans up to almost 100 per cent of the amount of wool expected to be shorn." Journal. Additional Local: Pan Heising was, over from Bend a couple of days this week looking after business matters. R. H. Harnett, of Haystack, was in town yesterday looking after the estate matters of the late J. H. Barnett. T. K. Stone came up the street smiling from ear to ear. Cause: a girl. Mother doing well, girl growing fat. Ed savs the first thing it said was "Ihul" "Pad". W. A. Boll drove out to Slianiko yesterday to meet Mrs. Bell who is returning from a visit of several weeks with friends and relatives, will reach here Saturday. A. ti. Sooggins has purchased the Prineville-Sisters stage line from I.. K. Allinghain, the trans fer of interests having Kvome ef fective the first of the month. . Sheriff Smith and Farmer Powell went over to the McKay Irrigation company's tract Tuesday to turn the water into the canal. Mr Smith stated that the work which has been done on the project has prov en satisfactory in every detail ami that the ditch carrier its burder. of water at just the right flow. The promoters of the enterprise will have a force of men at wotk extending the main canal about the first of the week and expect to have the eutire canal finished by early summer. Work on th Portag Rcwul. In niwwcr to tltelniiiry an to how work on the portiw road is pro (Itvsxlnn, Contractor Nelson why nil is jjoinir miiootlilv ntiil mil Mjic tor lly, the cold weather euliic practi cally no delay. About hxt men are now at work. Contractor Tiilertxon ha two pile drivers at work and in tour days, will lie through drlvltii; the piling at CelUo. Ot the 1100 feet to U driven ahout MH an dUpowd of. On the long tntttle at Cae Horn one-third of the plllm; has lecn driven. 'Phis will le completed about the jotli of March. It Is exerted that all the piling will le finished ly the middle of April. Contractor Allen, who has charge of the grading of ,"0.0tn yards, hn half of the work completed, or 2i.H) yard. Steel for the Incline track U on its way and should It arrive in time the work of laying It will commence on the loth of March. Celiio In now a village of tent and among them a large two-story me limine I much In evidence. It ha Jnt been built lit n cost of l.'iOO, Oregon's First Locomotive. One exhibit at the I and 'lark Exposition, will be llie first locomo tive u.-cd hi t he state, u mere pigmy when compared with the massive engine of today, weighing, as It docs, but lo ton. Till "llaby" Locomotive, wa built In San Francisco, lM'd-':.-iiiid Imported here. For two year it made daily rims on v ooTleii rails over a seven mile track along the Columbia river. At the expiration of that time. It wa sold to David Homes, a -I'.t'cr who returned It to the California metropolis. Mr. Home now vouchsafes his in tention to exhibit tlie diminutive locomotive at the World's Fair, where he will place it alongside of a UO-ton Jeviatlian. recently construct ed for the Oregon Hallway and Navigation Company, the company that first owned the smaller engine. In so far a the latter I but V' 1ft long, tile contrast will lie marked. (Jhange in Metohdist Services. Itev. W. I'. .litim-ft nniiounccH the following change in hi; church di rectory which become effective thi month. Service will lie held at his different pnrfslie as follows: rrineville Firt mid third Sun day at 11 a. m. ICvery Sunday evening at S. IMIile school each Sunday morning at 10. Kpworth Ienge each Sunday evening at 7. I'rayer meeting on Thursday evening at H. Willow Creek Second Sunday each month at 11 a, m. Howard Fourth Sunday at a. in. Clay-pool Fourth Sunday at .'I in. Lower McKay Third Sunday 3 p. in. Ityetiras First Sunday at in. or 11 at Good Attendance at Teacher' Meeting. A lare iiuiulier of parent were in attendance at 11m tencherH' ami j Mi-en In' meet Iiik held at the pnlillc Ki-iiool building laHt Saturday. Some IntereHlInf; nhlrenNeH were given by the memlern of the faculty aH announced In the program ami Itev. Mitchell cont rllnited an itiHlrtict Ive talk on whool work. BenideH thorn; mentioned on the program Hhort addrenHCH were given by AIrn. S. J. NewHuin, Mth. I. L. Ketchum, Mr. Ford, Mr. Iioegli and I'rof. Strange. The benefits to be derived from the co-operation, of the teachcrH and parents In these meetings Is far reaching and has a stimulating effect on the work of education. A cordial Invitation Is extended to the public to attend the next meeting which has been set for Saturday, March 25. glVURZWEILER & THOMSON g MUST MOVE us -- feS fey A few Odds $J Skirts that sold from gj $2.50 to $7.50 a few left M JjJ Lot 1, Your Choice for $1.00 Lot 2, Your Choice for $2.50 W A few Shirt Waists go at $1.00 fey PRINEVILLE'S GREATEST STORE 03 OOOSfSSSlS Fill ill IIIiOODK!) Barred Plymouth Rock E G G S iiyiv:- i?Jtu3 PICK SETTIXd 81.00 john (ii:n;i-u I'KIM.VII oui ;on. SAVE YOUR FACE Age. sickness, overwoik, trouble those (fondly enemies of uoiuaii'ii de.irot treasure (hrr beauty and complexion) uru rendered well nili powcrU ss by MRS. NSTTS2 HARRISON'S LOLA MONTUZ CRLATH A ?rcat scientific di covcry a food f' r the bki.i, replacing wai.tvd tissues, tilling out wrinkles, causing the. akin to throw oil what isunlicaliliy and (liscQloriiiji.mwl to assume the beautiful transparency nnd velvety softness of youth and hcal'.h. Tot Listing three months, 75c, atall druggist. II you have any delcctnol ikln, atalpor ((rnrral health, write me. Correspond".' a aulkllra. Mr. NfrrriH MAItVISON. Hcrma0olt 1-tO Clcary U, ban i:raiKlau WANTDIi A chance to print for Vutl or someone else Jo.ono l.ou ix and Clark Souvenir nvcloics. One or more colors. Neat, attractive and up-to-date.. At Tiik .loruvw. I'ltlNTKItV. ftl CLOSING OUT SALE AT ft! In order to inako room arrive, and to clear our Htore of "odds and ends for the next .'!() days we tdmll make ll fuieli n Hl:tugliteriiiR of prices as was never lieforo known in I'rincville. Here are J$ ifo Koine of the linen from KS . V4B A R G A SHOES MAGiaNTOSHISS Vc have ahout 1(H) pair of (ient's, Ladies Art. H,.inR nt 1)(,,ow iM and Children Shorn that niunt all go in thiH Hie. RUBBER GOODS H71TS Cutlery, NotioiiH, KurnihhingH, etc, are A Kool lino of lientV drens nnd work hats included i tliis f:i lt. HOSE SEEING IS BELIE VING Ladies nnd Children' Cotton, Wool, Come in and look over our hurr;ain Lace and Silk Hose. counter. a iav and Ends At Less than Cost LM I SMITH & CLEEK'S RECEPTIONS 1 I'lOM VII I I'. AMI IIKMl. Olt :tio. Domestic E L I O IT () 1 S . W I B rr itr.Ni v. o iiox 11 Jr: Mather Simp and Restaurant In Connection nt liviid 13 7litiililWUiUiilJUiUiUiUiU!U iiliUiUiUUliUiiiiUiiiiUiiiiuil Meat, Vegetables, Produce A Complete mi. I Choice Line of i'..if, Veul, Mutton, Pork, Hucon, ,anl ami Country Produce Kept 011 hatul nt tlir y SVieat Market FOSTER & HORRIGAN, Prop's. rrineville, At The Old Stand (.. inn aim I I 1 1 1 u Dally Between Prlnovlllo and Shanlko srilKIU'I.K L- I.envcsi Slianiko, (J p. 111. Arrivei :it l'i iuc ille (" .1. in. LeavcH I'rincville I p. 111. Arrive nt Siuuiiko I , m. First Class Accommodations iaiaSii uk aa(taUMahi3 S ' for nn entire lino of new ooil.s which you can select these liarguins, I N SUB A an & R (Successors to N. A. TYK & HRO'S,) ami Imported N I! S ami CKiA H S 3 3 PKIN! in i: v. o. nox j 3 m m wliidi will fooh hegiti to JUL :: :: :: rfS - - his R G A I N SW ideoiiti C0