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PIUNKVl LLE, CJiOOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 10, 1005.
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people domand of the railroads," and he is going
to see that they get it. "A square deal is what
tho people demand all along the line, and I am
going to try and give you a square deal in the
clothing lino.
When I opened a tailor shop in Prineville five
years ago I had many misgivings as to making a
success of the business as I thought the town
was too small and many to day say it is too small
for an exclusive ready to wear Clothing and
Gent's Furnishing Goods House.
However after fivo years trial I am convinced
that in handling a Good clean line of Goods and
paying strict attention to business and Giving
you the best possible Values for your money
that I will have further success in my present
undertaking.
Realizing that a satisfied customer is a walking
advertisement I will try and give you Good
Values, handling as I do only Goods of Known
Values and Standard Reputation.
I also w ish to acknowledge to my friends and
patrons my appreciation of their past patron
age and assure them that they will ever find
me ready and willing to serve them to the best
of my ability.
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FIRST STEP FOR A
STATE ASSOCIATION
Local Cattlemen Prepare for
Organization Which Will
Embrace All the Cattle
Interests in Oregon.
Plans net on foot by the execu
tive committee of the Crook County
Cattlemen' Association at a tqiec
ial meeting hchl Iuft Saturday will
result I x fore many months in a
state organization of all the county
cattle aexK'iutiiii8 and represent a
tive cattle owners in Oregon. The
word has gone from the local asso
ciation that Mich a move has been
started, circular letters are being
addressed to all the cattle organi
zations in the state and inside of a
few wee ks a date will be set for a
meeting of various representatives
from the different arts of the state
for the purpose of in-rfeating a per
manent organization. That meet
ing will Ik' held in this city either
late in the coming summer or early
in the fall.
In the meantime the following
letter has been addressed to all the
cattle associations in the state and
such men interested in the better
ment of stock conditions as it is
believed will lend their assistance
in bringing the prospective organi
zation to a successful beginning:
Prineville, Oregon,
March 14, 1905.
Dear sir: At a meeting held in
this city by the executive commit
tee of the Crook County Cattle
men's Association, steps were tak
en towards the perfecting of a state
organization which shall embody
til the local cattle association and
representative cattle growers, not
members of any such organizations,
in the state of Oregon. But we
think that this larger organization
should be conijtoscd so far as prac
ticable of county organizations. In
counties where cattle associations
do not exist, we urge that they be
formed at once in order to bring
this greater body to a speedy ami
successful culmination.
"This move has been inagurated
because it is felt that only through
the power wielded by a state or
ganization along the line8 advan
ced by the executive committee of
the Crook County Cattlemen's
Association will it be possible in
the future to exert any consider
able and appreciable influence
either in legislative halls or in the
National Livestock Association.
Tho need of such an organization,
through which the needs of Oregon
cattle interests could be voiced,
was most strongly felt at the an
nual convention of the latter body
held in Denver the first of the pres
ent year.
"It is the intention of the Crook
County Cattlemen's Association,
therefore, to form into a solid unit
all the cattle interests in this state,
but the preliminary steps which
have already been taken must first
be broached to the cattle owners
generally for the purpose of secur
ing unbiased and advantageous
opinions, it the answers sent to
this association in response to
these letters prove to be favorable,
then arrangements will be made
for a meeting of the representatives
from the different sections of the
state to be held in Prineville dur
ing the summer or fall, at which
time a permanent organization
will be effected.
"We should like to have you
talk this matter freely before all
cattle growers in your vicinity and
then write us as soon as possible
the consensus of opinion prevail
ing, whether adverse or otherwise,
and any suggestions which may
come to mind. It is proposed to
carry this matter through to an
early success with the end in view
of gaining for Oregon cattlemen
and their interests a position of
power proportionate to the magni
tude of tho industry in which they
are engaged and the vast wealth
which they represent. Both these
should be more fully recognized m
the future than they have in the
past. An immediate reply will le
of resultant W-nefit not alone to
you hut to that vast brotherhood
of castle owner which in itself
forms one of the state's greatest
and most sustaining industries.
H. I). Dunham, President,
A. L. Wigle, .Secretary,
Crook County Cattlemen's Associa
tion." The foregoing letter, which clear-;
ly define the position taken in the
matter by the local association is
the embodiment of the ideas given
the executive committee last Satur
day by A. L. Wigle. It will be
remembered that the latter was
elected a delegate to the Denver
convention of the National Live
stock Association, and upon hi re
turn here he immediately advised
that the Crook county cattlemen
join hands in taking the first steps
toward organizing a state associa
tion through which some power
could be wielded and some recog
nition of rights be obtained. Mr.
Wigle drew some very forcible con
clusions at the Denver convention
where he saw the systematic work
ing order of the representatives
from such states that had well or
ganized cattle associations. In the
face of the influence and power
which they exercised at that time
it was next to imjossible for dele
gates from local associations, tuch
as he represented, to make any
headway. Measures of vital im
portance to the whole stock region
of Eastern Oregon were quietly
laid on the shelf and other matters
of more than passing benefit were
pigeon-holed to the grave. In con
sequence, Mr. Wigle saw the need
of an organization in this state
which, if thoroughly organized,
would be capable of exerting as
much power as those in the states
of Texas, Colorado and other dis
tricts where the cattle industry is
among the first, and the ideas
which he advanced to the Crook
County Cattlemen's Association a
few weeks ago and to the executive
committee last week are embraced
in the above quoted letter.
It is believed by the local cattle
men that the move which has been
made will be of great benefit to
every cattle owner in the state and
the latter are as a result much
elated over the prospects in view.
It is not probable that the meet
ing to be held in this city for the
purpose of permanently organizing
a state association will be on the
schedule before early fall. In
other words the date will be fixed
for such a time as will not inter
fere with the harvest season or the
fall round-ups.
FARMERS FEAR
WARM WEATHER
Fruit-growers fear another frost
severe enough to hurt the 1905 crop
and are anxiously watching the
skies for signs of rain. The defic
iency in the precipitation for the
winter is about 12 inches.
The dry weather has prevailed
over Oregon. The Willamate vall
ey, southern Oregon and eastern
Oregon have suffered from the
freezing of wheat, and in some
sections it is said that a large port
ion of the winter wheat area must
be resown.
"In Umatilla county" said Geo
rge A. Hartman of Pendleton, "im
mense areas of fall sown wheat
lands are being replanted. Uma
tilla county however has one ad
vantage over other sections.
Often, when the winter wheat is
frozen out, the farmers resow in
the spring and harvest a better
crop than is taken from the winter
sown land.
The warm days of the past few
weeks have brought out the buds
on the fruit trees so that a heavy
frost now would injure the orchards
through-out the western part of the
state.
Inasmuch as the western part of
Oregon has always a much heavier
rainfall than has been experienced
so far this season, it is believed
that it is inevitable that the rainy
season will extend farther than
usual into the summer.
A year ago the colonist rates
were made effective on April 1 and
the rains were so heavy when the
first home-seekers excursion arriv
ed that sales of land were seriously
interferred with. Journal
NEW ROAD WAV
UP THE GRADE
Business Men and County
Will Build a Much Need
ed ImprovementTo
Cost About $2500.
Active work on the construction
of the long looked for roadway up
the grade west of the city will be
gin soon ond promise is given that
the new road will te finished in a
short time. The surveyors began
locating the line of construction
and setting the grade stakes Mon
day and will finish that work this
week. Then a contract will be let
for the excavating and building
and the work pushed to an early
completion.
The matter came up at a meeting
held last week by some of the mem
Ier8 of the Business League and it
was decided then that steps should
be taken at once towards making
the much needed improvement. In
consequence the county court." was
waited upon and decided that if
the business men of the city would
subscrite the necessary funds for
surveying and building the road,
the Court would agree to accept the
work if satisfactory when com
pleted and pay a sum not to ex
ceed $1500. On the strength of
this agreement the Business Lea
gue immediately donated the sum
of $100 to defray the surveying ex
penses and T. M. Baldwin and C.
Sam Smith were delegated aa a
committee to look after the sub
scriptions. It is estimated that
the entire cost of building the new
roadway will reach a figure ap
proximating $2500, but three-filths
of this will be returned by the
county.
The new road will follow a line
of survey around the south side of
the grade and will cross property
owned by the Willamette Valley
and Cascade Mountain Wagon
Road Company and ranch proper
ty owned by Samuel Dingey. The
latter has agreed to donate work
while the road is being constructed
and will also give right of way
across his ranch provided the road
is fenced after it is completed.
Mr. Elliott, who is the local
agent of the wagon road company,
stated that he did not believe any
difficulty would be encountered in
securing right of way from that
company as they had always
shown a willingness in the past to
assist in public improvements in
this vicinity, especially where their
own property was indirectly bene
fitted. The work of surveying the road
is in charge of T. II. Lafollett and
W. It. McFarland and when com
pleted this week probably an ac
curate estimate will be given as to
the amount and cost of the exca
vations to be made.
COLONIST RUSH
GROWS HEAVIER
It is estimated that more than
2,000 homeseekers have landed in
Oregon during the last week on
colonial rates over the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company's
lines and the Northern Pacific and
as many more have been taken in
to Washington. Idaho and Wyo
ming and Montana have also se
cured a shar ofe the colonists. A
large number have brought house
hold effects, farming implements,
and even livestock.
There has been an average of
about six tourist cars daily arriv
ing in Portland over the 0. R. & N.
and a number over the Northern
Pacific, besides many people riding
in day coaches. It is said about
one third of those who pass through
Huntington, coming west, get off
at points in Oregon before they
reach Portland. A large share of
those who come to this city turn
southward to the Willamette, Rog
ue river and Umpqua valleys. A
part of those who come over the O.
R. & N. branch off to eastern
Washington, but the bulk of them
remain in Oregon. Likewise, most
of those who come over the North
ern Pacific get off in Washington,
but a share of them land in Port
land and are distributed through
this state. An immense benefit is
being reaped by Oregon and Wash
ington from the immigration move
ment, and it is a foretaste of what
the cheap rates to the Lewis and
Clark fair will be during the four
and a half months of the exposi
tion season.
The rush varies widely in vol
ume from day to day. On some
days there will be eight tourist cars
filled with colonists, and other
days half that number. It is ex
pected that the travel will settle
down to an average of four or five
cars a day until the last two or
three weeks of the period of .low
rates, when it will be largely in
creased by those who put off the
move until they have disposed of
property and made complete prep-
artion for their change of residence
Portland Journal.
BUSINESS LEAGUE
ELECTS DELEGATES
The Citizens Business League of
Prineville held a meeting at Ath
letic hall Friday evening and se
lected the following delegates to
represent the League at the con
vention of the Oregon Development
League which will be held in Port
land April 4-5: C. M. Elkins, Will
Wurzweiler, C. Sam Smith, J. F.
Morris, M. E. Brink, C. Johnson
and R. E. Simpson.
There are now fifty-one regularly
organized bodies holding member
ship in the Oregon Development
League, and this makes it the
largest and best organized state
body in the Union, there is no
other state organization in the
United States which can compare
with it in completeness of repre
sentation. The following towns, embracing
every section of Oregon are repre
sented in the State League by loc
al organizations: Albany, Arling
ton, Ashland, Astoria, Baker City,
Burns, Condon, CorvallU Cottage
Grove, Dallas, Drain, Echo, Elgin,
Enterprise, Estacada, Eugene,
Fairview, Fores"tGrove, GrantsPass,
Harrisburg, Heppner, Hillsboro,
HoodRiver, Huntington, Indepen
dence, lone, Trrigon, Jefferson,
Joseph, Junction City, Klamath
Falls, La Grande, Lebanon, Marsh
,field, McMinnville, Medford, Myr
tle Creek, Newberg, North Bend,
North Yamhill, Oakland, Ontario
Oregon City, Pendleton, Portland,
Prineville, Roseburg, Salem, The
Dalles, Union and Vale.
The general officers are as follows:
President, E. L. Smith, HoodRiver,
Secretary and treasurer, Tom Rich
ardson, Portland; Vice Presidents,
F. J. Blakely, Roseburg; A.Bennet,
Irrigon; F. W. Waters, Salem; J.
H. Aitkin, Huntington,; J. Q. A.
Bowlby, Astoria.
A reception will be tendered the
League by the Portland Commerc
ial Club. The railroad ratei for
the occasion will be announced lat
er. The active officers of the league
are determined that this gathering
shall result in a plan being decid
ed upon that will insure all the
different interests of Oregon being
so represented on the grounds of
the Lewis and Clark Exposition as
to enable every visitor to get reli
able data regarding any portion of
this state upon any subject.
Homeseeker3 are now visiting every
part of Oregon and there will be
many thousands coming here dur
ing the Fair, who will desire to in
vestigate the different sections of
the state, and it is the purpose of
the League to be of assistance to
such homeseekers.
The League meeting will contin
ue in session for two days during
which time all the methods of pub
licity known will be discussed and
made applicable to different parts
of the state. It is expected that
the meeting will result in a mater
ial amount of good to those por
tions of Oregon into which immi
gration is pourine.
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