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
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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 $1.00
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03 OOOSfSSSlS
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Barred Plymouth Rock
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PICK SETTIXd 81.00
john (ii:n;i-u
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YOUR
FACE
Age. sickness, overwoik, trouble
those (fondly enemies of uoiuaii'ii de.irot
treasure (hrr beauty and complexion) uru
rendered well nili powcrU ss by
MRS. NSTTS2 HARRISON'S
LOLA MONTUZ CRLATH
A ?rcat scientific di covcry a food f' r
the bki.i, replacing wai.tvd tissues, tilling
out wrinkles, causing the. akin to throw
oil what isunlicaliliy and (liscQloriiiji.mwl
to assume the beautiful transparency nnd
velvety softness of youth and hcal'.h. Tot
Listing three months, 75c, atall druggist.
II you have any delcctnol ikln, atalpor ((rnrral
health, write me. Correspond".' a aulkllra.
Mr. NfrrriH MAItVISON. Hcrma0olt
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WANTDIi A chance to print for
Vutl or someone else Jo.ono l.ou ix
and Clark Souvenir nvcloics. One
or more colors. Neat, attractive
and up-to-date.. At Tiik .loruvw.
I'ltlNTKItV.
ftl CLOSING OUT SALE AT ft!
In order to inako room
arrive, and to clear our Htore of "odds and ends for the next .'!() days we tdmll make
ll fuieli n Hl:tugliteriiiR of prices as was never lieforo known in I'rincville. Here are J$
ifo Koine of the linen from
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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
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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 (..
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Dally Between Prlnovlllo and Shanlko
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LeavcH I'rincville I p. 111. Arrive nt Siuuiiko I , m.
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for nn entire lino of new ooil.s
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