CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
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O FFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1905.
The city council has taken a
commendable step in interesting
itnelf in the matter of street grades
and the establishment of a fire
limit around the business district.
These matters are now in the hands
of committees, but their reports
will be favorable and clearly de
fined. The result will be a better
city in all respects, substantial
Btone and brick business houses,
and streets graded so that the
drainage can be handled without
difficulty. The move is one in the
right direction and the establish
ment of a fire limit not only as
sures the erection in the future of
business blocks of modern type,
but carries with it the ouly certain
means of fire protection.
Dispatches from the East advise
ihnt th rush of homeseekers to
the Pacific coast has begun, and
the first trains coming this way
after the commencement ' of the
excursion rates have been crowd
pd to their utmost limit. The colo
nists are scattering in every di
rection as soon as they get onto
Oregon soil and a large part of
them are coming, south of the
Columbia river. Crook county.
of course, is receiving its share
and the travel this way has. al
ready become unusually heavy
With the finest kind of an Italian
climate and thousands of acres of
land, some of which is being irri
gated and the balance open to
entry under the various land
acts, to offer them, it is not
unreasonable to suppose that the
major per cent of those who come
into this county . will make this
their future home. But the end
is not yet, and the coming sum
mer will see twentv come to one
at the present time. If only
very small part of these remain
and it is more than probable that
the reserve will be true, Crook
county's census in the fall will
show an increase in population
equal to the boom days of Alaska
and gold out of the thin air, be
stow on her prime favorite such
riches as have followed early in
vestments in real estate on the
sites of the magic, over-night,
commercial capitals of America.
And yet
Grope your way carefully down
into the underground cell. below
the Harrison street police station
in Chicago, and you will find a
gray-haired turnkey, still on duty
in his sturdy seventies. His own
father traded a tract of land which
includes a large part of the pres
ent down-town business section
of that congested city, for a pair
of country-made, cowhide boots.
odav the land exchanged for
these boots is assessed at more
than $100,000,000. It is worth
at least five times that amount
The seven-league boots of legend
are most inconsequential footgear
after that. Saturday Evening
Post.
tructed to begin an investigation
of the oil trust. .
The secretary of war was author
i-ed to return Union and con
federate battletlags to the states
from which they were originally
borne.
The American National Red
Crca society was incorporated.
A river and harbor bill was
passed carrying an appropriation
of nearly $31,000,000.
There was & failure to pass the
measure for the immediate own
ing of the south half of the Col-
ille reservation.
The bill reducing tho member
ship of the Panama canal com
mission and giving the president
arger directory powers failed.
The Each-Townsend bill for the
regulation of freight rates by the
inter-state commerce commission
was passed by the house, but died
in the senate.
The statehood bill which, as it
passed the house, admitted Okla
homa, New Mexico and Arizona
as separate states, was amended
so as to admit Oklahoma and
ndian Territory as a single state
and New Mexico, leaving Arizona
a teiritorv. The house refused to
accept the changes and the bil
died in conference.
There was & refusal of the de
mand of the people of Alaska for
a delegate in congress. Spokane
Review.
The financial statement of the
Athletic club, which is found
another column, shows that
worthy institution to be growing
rapidly out of the baby clothes ic
which it was swaddled only
little over a year ago. the secre
tary's report of the resources an
liabilities is one which the mem
bers of the association and the
city itself may well feel proud
Twenty per cent of the original
indebtedness has been cut down
with the prospect ef another large
slice being taken off during th
next twelve months. It is per
haps needless to remark that there
are very few cities the size
Prineville, and none in this state
which can or would support
large an institution as the local
club. An institution of this kind
is one which exerts an appreciable
influence of the best nature, and
the skillful management which is
carrying the local club to success
should not be overlooked. No
small bit of work has been neces
sary during the year and a half
of the club's existence to care for
its finances and keep in orderly
manner the scores of little de
tails encumbent upon those in
charge. But the result has been,
as shown in the report mentioned,
that every little detail has been
carefully governed and will be in
the future, or until such time as
the institution is out of debt and
capable of taking care of itself
with less thoughtful and indus
trious managers. To the lat
ter are due the thanks of the city
and county for the effort they
have put into the work, for it has
been crowned with success
It is an unfortunate fact, as wel
as showing the entire absence of
anv sense of justice that a great
many people seem to regard their
ocal stores as though they were
established merely for accomodat
ion. When these people have cash
to spend it goes to the mai
order house. But when times
are dull, when they are out of
work or during the season when
the farmers are not turning thei
produce to cash, what do they
do? Do they write to the mai
order house and ask for a little
time, for a favor? If they do they
fail to get it. These concerns
mus. have cash. Must have it in
advance. Must 'have it before
vou see the goods. People send
their money and then wait unti
the mail order house gets good
arid ready to fill the order. No.
When people want credit or fa
vors of any kind, they go to their
home merchant and very obliging
ly order what they want and te
him to put it on the books expect
nig him to wait from one to six
months for his money. They
seem to lose sight entirely of the
fact that the merchant is obliged
to pay for the goods he buys an
that it takes money to conduct
his business, rent, clerk hire, light,
taxes and insurance. But there
is an even worse phase of the
question. These very people who
are carried and favored by the
merchant, will; when they do get
some cash, send it to the mail
order house instead of paying their
obligations or giving the home
merchant any consideration what
ever. This is a matter which has in
most cases not been given very
thoughtful consideration by many
of our readers, but that when they
realize the unfairness of the course
they have pursued, they will act
differently.
Give your home dealer fair play,
deal with him on the same basis
that the mail order house compels
you to deal with them and you
will profit by it greatly. Ex.
Aa 1818 Geography.
A track laying machine, which
it- capable of putting down a mile of
teel rails jnr day, U'gan operat
ions at Arlington the first of the
eek on the Arlington Condon
branch. The grading of the new
road has practically been complet
ed and only a few weeks remain
before the line will be road v for the
rolling stock.
Owing to tho delay in the re-
ceipt of some reference books, tho
vev. J. A. Mitchell announces
that he is compelled to pontine
the lecture which he had arranged
to give at the Union church Fri
day evening, March IT. Mr.
Mitchell will announce later the
date of the lecture.
It was reported on the streets
Friday that a rich strike had been
at Deer creek, in the Ixca country
and as usual on the meager report
of such strikes a crowd left imme
diately for the Eldorado. A num
ber from the vicinity of John Day
and Canyon City led the rush for
the new held. It lias iecn recog
nized for a lomr time that this
district was rich in mineral depoits
and it only took the first nunounc-
ement to create a rush. It was
reported that ore running as high
1500 per ton has been discovered.
The rumor has not been confirmeV
but from the fact that it is in r
highly mineralized district lend.
credense to the report. Prairie
City Miner.
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Curator George II. Himes of the
Oregon Historical society has re
centlv received a geography for
the museum which was published
in Boston in ISIS. It was brough
across the plains by Martin Payne
in 1843.
One peculiar feature about the
book is that no mention whatever
is made of the Oregon territory
The book completely ignores the
land now occupied by the great
states of Oregon, Washington and
Montana.
According to it the principal
mountains of the continent are the
Alleghany and Stony ranges. The
latter are now called the Rocky
mountains. The principal rivers
named are the Mississippi and
St. Lawerence, no mention being
made of the Columbia.
There were no cities in Illinois,
and the largest town and capital
of Indiana was Viencennes, with
a population of 1,000. Cincinnati
was called a thriving town of
3,000 inhabitants.
At that time crude oil was un
known and in reference to the
oozing petroleum from the ground
near Pittsburg, Pa., it said:
"About 100 miles above Pitts
burg is a spring, on the surface of
which floats an oil-like substance
similar to liarbadoes tar. it is
considered serviceable in rheuma
tism, bruises of the stomach etc."
Journal.
E. II. Smith hn recently- added
complete Hiipply of middle tree,
blanket, lap rolie. harm nn
other equipment to bin already large
tock of kimmIh. An additional room
ha tieen opened In which to keep th
stock, nil of which hnleeii arrange
In a neat way making n very attract
ive dlxnlav. Mr. Smith' shop I ecr
tainly enml to that of any othe
eat of the Cascade.
The Masquerade hall at the clu
house last Friday evening wan out
of the pleasant uccesse of the sea
son. and was thoroughly enjoyed b.
.everv one of the lnrire crowd wide
filled the hall. The grand marc
which lwirnn nt 9 o'clock I . M. was
led by Mr. Angle Bonney and Thos
Slmrn. Jr. and was followed by the
lancing program, continuing wt
Into the next morning. Such a gren
vn riot v of attractive anil nilgltia
-
eostunie made the matter of a wart
Inir the mixes a difficult one. but the
division wa given to Miss Poll
Hodire. renrvsenthur Navajo nnd
Ernest Starr, representing tin 'Black
Prince,' ns the best sustained lady
and gentlemen characters.
Irrigation Company Eleect Officer
An acre of ground can t run
away; it can't burn up or down;
it can't be stolen or hidden away
out of sight; it represents gen
erally speaking the most solid,
substantial and permanent invest
ment possible. Most of the great
historic fortunes are based on land.
Never did fairy godmother, with
limitless power to pluck diamonds
l he last session of congress was
a busy one, but the number of
things done that ought to have
been done was outnumbered by
things that were left undone.
The senate, against the advice
of the president, amended the
arbitration treaties, and this work
is now at a standstill.
District Court Judge Swayne
was acquitted on articles of im
peachment voted by the house.
ine rnnippine tarin was re
vised and an act passed to en
courage railroad building and
other developments in the islands,
The laws of Alaska were codi
fied and the appointment of an ad
ditional judge authorized.
Two new battleships were pro
vided for in the naval appropria
tion bill.
Jurisdiction of the forest reser
ves was transferred from the in
terior to the agricultural depart
ment. By resolution of the house the
department of commerce was in-
Additional Locals
Ward Roark returned this week
from a business trip to Portland
J. H. Helfrich was in the city
the first of the week from Lnmonta.
He had been over to Bend for a
few days to look after business
matters.
The daylight stage between
Prineville and Shaniko began its
regular summer schedule yester
day, making the trip through in
twelve hours instead of laying
over night at Heisler.
Mr. and Mrs. George Noble and
Mr. and Mrs. William Treichal al
of Prineville, are guests this week
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Small
The visitors are enroute to Call
fornia. Corvallis Times.
Cattle buyers are working into
the country from the east.
representative of one of the Port
land firms has been buying beef
quite extensively in Wheeler and
Grant countieB during the past
week.
County court went into session
again the first of the week and is
still at work. The term is a busy
one and it is not likely that the '
work of the commissioners will be
completed much before the middle
of next week.
Riley Girthoffer, of Shaniko,
who is handling Crook county
lands, came in Tuesday with a
party of ten people from different
points in the East. They went
over to the Columbia Southern's
irrigated tracts by the way of
the Forest ranch.
Prineville's Big Shoe Store
New Shoes i
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The Famous Buckingham t lleeht, $J
Jubilee, Goodfellow and Gilt lld$e Rl
Boots In all sizes, 5 to 10
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For all pi08 and conditions of Men Women
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KX4 Ladles ana uniiaretrs uxioras ana
si Slippers for Spring and Summer wcur
TILL NUW STYLES Cnio and See Them
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JOHN (ililGEH
PRIM-VII.I.i:. OKKiON
- The nieinU'W of the D.whutes Hec
lamatlon company held their annual
meeting In the city Saturday and
practically re-elected their present
otlieein for the ensuing year. than.
Swallev was elected foreman to fill
the otlice held lnt year by J. K. lien
ham. The other ofllccin elected are
as follows: Frank (ilasx, president
Wni Johnxton. w-cretary and treaM-
urer; t rauK wiaxs, i ihim. nwiuicj
and YV. A. IitrdHonjr, director.
The company, which control over
a mile of flume nnd a large acreage
of land north of lU-nd, expect to
Ih'Iii construction work on the final
extension of their canal line alioiit
the first of next month. The ditch
hart lieeu completed nearly to Lon
butte nnd a few week's work will
carry It to a i mint where It enters
the canyon leading back again to
the Peschute. Along the went side
of Lomr butte considerable fluniing
will be done. All the land under the
canal line will get a full nupply of
water thin year and it In expected
that a soon an an examination ban
en made the state will issue deeds
for the tracts mentioned.
HARRIED.
SAVE
YOUR
FACE
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those deadly enemies of woman's de:irct
treasure (her beauty and complexion) uro
rendered well nih powerless by
MRS. NETTIE HARRISON'S
LOLA MONTEZ CREATE
A creat scientific discovery a fixwl fur
the skin, replacing wasted tissues, lilliinr
out wrinkles, causing the skin to throw
oft what is unhealthy and discoloring, anil
to assume the beautiful transparency and
velvety softness of youth ami health, l'ot
listing three months, 75c, at all druggists.
II you hv any delect of ikln, clp or -
health, writ an. CoiTMpundeuca oltcllni.
Kin. MrrrTlR HARKISoN, Orrm. toh.nU.
140 Uary tma Frantuto
Meat, Vegetables, Produce
A Complete ami Choice Lino of P-ecf, Veal,
Hacoii, Lunl ami Country rrodtiee Kept
on
Mutton, I'ork,
lmiul at the
City IV! eat Market
FOSTER & HORRIGAN, Prop's.
Prineville, At TIlC Old Statld Orejton.
WANTED A chance to print for
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and ("lark Souvenir euvelopen. One
or more colon. Neat, attractive
and up-to-date. At Tub .lorit.NA..
PlilNTKUY.
Prinovillo-SIianiko Staic Line
Daily, Between Prineville and Shaniko
, SCHEDULE
Leaven Slmuiko, (5 p. in. Arrive nt lVmeville fi . ni.
J-enveit I'rincvillc 1 p. ni. Arrived nt Shaniko 1 n. in.
First Class Accommodations
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MIhh Marie J. Crabtree.of Nawberg,
Oregon, wiih united In marriage to
M. F. Hamilton, of Bend. The bride
arrived here on Satnrduy'HHtnge und
wan married at the Methodint par
nonage at 8 o'clock. Mr. and Mr.
Hamilton left on Sunday for Bend
where they will make their future
home.
DECREE
of
In the County Court of the State
Oregon, for Crook County.
In the matter of changing the name
of Jacob" MikkelKen to that of
Jacob ClauHeu Brlx, Decree.
ThlH matter coming up for hearing
upon the petition of Jacob MlkkelHen
to have bin name changed to that of
Jacob ClauHen Brlx, and all things
having been duly cotiHldered by the
Court, and the Court having been
fully advlned In tho matter,
It Is ordered and decreed: That
the Bald Jacob MikkelHen'n name lx,
and that the same l hereby
changed to that of Jacob Olnunen
Brlx and that thenceforth the new
name shall be in place and stead of
the.former.
W. A. BELL,
V Judge.
Done in open Court thin Cth
day of March, Wi.
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business;
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oil up! 4 Advertising is tho
alarm clock of business; better
wake up! 0 Advertising is the
traveling salesman of the house
and is worthy of its service.
Then, the question is:
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Don't you think the - paper
with decidedly the Greatest rafl
bona fide circulation can give
a business more ginge
and indolent medium com
Look up this matter and you
will find that The Journal can
give you tho best returns for
tho money invested than any
other paper in Crook County.
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