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I'RINKVIUE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, 5IARCH 23, 1905.
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7f A Portion of our Spring Stock of Dry
Goods will arrive THIS WEEK
Tlic Line will he as complete as is possible
to make it with many new designs and shades
of Fashionable Spring (Joods.
It will pay you to wait a few days before
buying. tij
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A Stock of Farm Machinery always on hajnd
A. H. L1PPMAN 3 CO.
LINCENSED UNDERTAKERS
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Manufacturers of all Kinds of
FURNITURE
A Square Deal
That is what President Roosevelt says "The
people demand of the railroads," and he is going
to see that they get it. "A square deal is what
the people demand all along the line, and I am
going to try and give you a square deal in the
clothing line.
When I opened a tailor shop in Prineville five
years ago I had many misgivings as to making a
success or 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 five 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 wish 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. -
GORMLEY, the Tailor
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iPrinevUle, Oregon.
W. Karnes,
Attorney at jCaw,
SPrintvilU, Oregon.
Chaa. S. Cilmtrds JIT. !P. SJelitnttp
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ROAD FUND IS
EASILY RAISED
Business Men Subscibc
Nearly $1100 to be Used
in Building New Grade
WesUf the City.
iui wu necessary funds prac
tically raised, the survey complet
ed, and arrangement made for the
lahor, the work of building the new
rond up the south side of the grade
w-et of the city will Ikj in full
swing by the first of the week.
At a meeting of the Citizen'?
BinyncsH League at Athletic hall
Tuesday evening, it wan decided
that the work of building the road
way should not Imj informed by
contract an was first intended. It
was thought more practical and
cheajHT to have the construction
work done by .the day, and with the
aid of teams which will be donated
the building can in consequence be
performed at lens expense than in
letting out the work by contract.
Some of the men and teams which
have been employed on the con
struction crews of the I). I. & P.
company will le engaged in the
work which will be pushed
forward as rapidly as possible. !
The committee which bad the
work of raising the funds reported
Tuesday evening as to the results
of their efforts. Nearlv tllOO had
been rained in a couple of days
by private subscription among the
business men in the city and this
will be increased during the week
by other donations from the Pow- j
ell Buttes country. Last fall, when
the matter of building a new, road
came up for discussion, nubrerip
t ions from the latter place amount
ing to over $200 were raised and it
is expected that this amount will
be forthcoming at the present time,
hesides additional help furnished
through the free use of teams
i nose on the subrcrintion list nt
present are as follows:
W. F. King $50
R. E. Simpson 50
O. M.Cornett. 50
W'urzweiler & Thomson 75
Stewart & Hodson '. . . 50
Michel A- Co 50
Johnson, Booth & Co 75
J. F. Morris 25
J. ,W. Boone 10
Allen & Lafollett 75
1). P. Adamson & Co 25
E. If. Smith 10
Hugh Gee 5
L. Lung 2
Lum Jack 5
W. II. Cyrus 2
George Summers . . 5
C. Sam Smith. . 93
A. H. Lippman & Co 50
First National Bank 50
T. M. Baldwin . 2S
Smith & Cleek..... . 25
Mrs. C. E. McDowell : . . 25
A. Zell ...10
Templeton & Son. ! 25
Paul Brunzel 5
J. L. McCulloch 1
J. II. Rosenberg 5
M.Zell..; 10
II. F. Powell 15
M. R. Elliott............. . .. 10
V. J. Smelzer 2
Henderson & Pollard 25
B. F. Zell..... 5
P. B. Poindexter 15
The Winnek Co 25
Crook County Bank 50
Calavan & Rideout 5
Foster & Horrigan 10
O'Neil Bros 25
J. II. Wide 5
Jno. B. Shiup 25
Roark & Bedell . 25
Total - - $1087
s With practicatfy $1100 from" the
business men of the citv: $1500
from the county court, provided
the work is satisfactory when com
pleted, and an additional $200 or
$300 from the Powell Buttes dis
trict, ample funds are assured for
the commendable undertaking.
The road will be built on a grade
which will not exceed 8 per cent at
its steepest pitch, about one half
the incline of the old road. It is
not expected that any great am
ount of rock will be encountered
blasting, and in consequence the
work can be pushed through to an
early completion.
anous estimates as to the
total cost of the work have been
made, ranging from $2000 to
$000. One bid which was sub
mitted to the League was for the
latter sum and included the
entire work of constructing the
road. It is not U-lieved now,
however, that the cost will reach
that figure and probably $2500 is
a close estimate. It was thought
best to secure ample funds, how
ever, in case the work exceeds the
present estimate which has len
made.
FARMERS ARE
THRESHING WHEAT
Threshing is now quite general
throughout the wheat belt of Oreg
on, something never heard of at this
time of year. It sounds strange,
but is true. . Two factors in the de
velopment of the wheat and stock
country are responsible for this
condition of affairs.
A year ago last winter through
out the stock country forage be
came so scarce there was a great
loss of stock. Last summer the
stockmen prepared for a hard win
ter by cutting immense quantities
of wheat hay, fearing the alfalfa
would not suffice. The winter
however.was very mild," and but
little feeding was necessary. The
price of wheat soared to the dollar
neighborhood.
Consequently when the spring
opened etockdien found themselves
with large quantities of wheat hav
on hand and wheat bringing SO
cents a bushel. They are now run
ning this hay through the thresh
ing machine to get the wheat which
they will sell for a handsome prof
it. As a general thing this hay
uoes not carry heavy values in
wheat but with the price at the
present figure there is a profit in
threshing it.
Reports received at the indust
rial headquarters of the O. R. ifeN.
say this condition is quite general
in the wheat belt. The weather
has been very fair during the past
two weeks and hundreds of tons of
wheat hay have passed through
the separators. Some of this hay
yields as high as 15 bushels per ton
while some of it goes only 10 bush
els. The qualitv of the wheat ia
very good and sells on the market
for third grade wheat, bringing a
price which amply recompenses
the owners for threshing it. Tel
egram.
COUNTY CENSUS '
WILL BE TAKEN
The new census law having
failed to pass the recent session of
the legislature, the state census
will be taken this j'ear in accor
dance with the old law. Secretary
of State Dunbar has alreadv
placed a.n order with State Printer
Whitney for the necessary blanks
to be used by the assessors.
The law provides that the coun
ty assessors Bhall enumerate the
population of the state, the num
ber of legal voters, the number of
males and females residing in the
state, and the following general in
formation as to the general resour
ces of the state to wit: The number
of bushels of wheat, oats, corn, bar
ley, rye, apples and potatos raised;
the number of tons of hav; the
pounds of wool, tobacco, cheese
and butter: the ounces of gold dust
and feet of lumber; barrels of sal
mon, and number of mules, horses
and cattle raised and produced du
ring the preceding year.
The ascertaining of these facts
will devolve upon the assessors,
who shall turn the rolls over to
.he clerks, who will in turn make
a copy to file in his office and
then turn it over to the secretary
of the state.
The enumerations will probably
begin about the first of May, as
the law provides that it must be
begun before the 10th of that
month.
wiucii will necessitate expensive
SHEEPMEN WILL
PROFIT BY IT
Wool Shows Steady Ad
vance in Price-Sale Days
at Shaniko Will Soon
Be Made Public.
1 rospecta for a heavy wool clip
high-grade of fleece and high
prices were never so bright for the
sheepmen of Oregon as they are
this year. Every indication is for
a prosperous Spring with the sheep
men. Athoueh several wepks Par.
lier than usual, shearing has com
menced in many localities of East
ern Oregon. Here the wool is run
ning very fine, the clip being heavy
and of a fine grade, says the Tel
egram
In Wallowa, Umatilla, Union,
Baker and the far eastern counties
the season is opening early, while
in the interior it ia a couple of
weeks late. In tha eastern section
of the sheep country the Winter
was very light.- This increases
the texture of the fleece. There is
but little sand and grease in the
wool, which insures a high market
value. In the low. lands the fleece
is naturally charged with sand and
is coarse, but makes up in weight
what it looses in texture, and the
latter flatw is removed in the scour
ing mills. '
It is expected that the executive
committee of the Oregon Wool
growers' Association will meet in
a week or so and fix the dates for
the annual wool sales when the
various clips will be pooled and
sold to the highest bidder. This
custom has been in force in Oregon
for several years and has met.
with general approval. The sale
places - are Shaniko, Tendleton,
Heppner and Baker City. Shani
ko has for several years held the
record for wool sales, both as to
price and number of pounds. As
a rule there are generally two sales
days fixed for each place, the first
being in May and the second
about the middle of June.
The finest grade of wool comes
from Shaniko, where the ranges
are high and free from sand, the
fleece being of a very fine and pure
texture. Last year when prices
ranged from 11 to 16 cents at Pen
dleton, wool at Shaniko brought
from 14 to 20 cents. Shaniko also
has the heaviest sales, as it ia the
terminus of the railroad which
taps the great Interior. In , Pen
dleton, where there are better tran-
portation facilities and the sheep
are within range of the market, two
sales days are named, .but in Shan
iko where the distance from the
railroad is so great, there is gener
ally only one sales da',' late in
June.
Two years ago the Heppner
flood occurred two days before the
date of the wool sale at that place
and about 1,000.000 pounds of
wool etored in the warehouses was
scattered down the valley. Since
then the Heppner sales have fallen
off to some extent.
Wool buyers are already gather
ing in Pendleton, where the season
open sooner than in any other sec
tion. They buy what wool they
can at private sales and then enter
the competition for the pools. As
a general thing they travel in bun
ches and always relieve the monot
ony of a cow town when they enter.
Boston end San Francisco are the
heaviest bidders for Oregon wool.
STATUS OF THE
LIEU LAND ACT
News from Washington that lieu
land selections are no longer poss
ible, under a recent act of Cong
ress indicates the effect will be ser
ious upon Oregon interests, to a
certain extent, as there is a great
deal of land lying in established
and proposed forest reserves of
Oregon still held in private owner
ship, and the same conditions aff
ect other Western States.
It would eeam, under the circum-
stances, that the only logical Jway
of overcoming these influences
would be the destruction of the
law itself upon the ground of its
unconstitutionality, and thia will
no doubt be taken: but wndine
such action, by the Supreme Court
of the United States.it ia not at all
likely that any more selections of
the character indicated will be
permitted under its provisions.
It is te.egraphed from Washing
ton, D. C. that the identity of the
bill introduced in Congress relat
ing to selections of land in lieu of
tracts embraced in forest reserves
became entangled in the maze of
amendments to which it was sub
jected from all sides, and was fin
ally passed and signed by the Pres
ident. It virtually puts an end to
any further selections of this kind.
The law as it now reads is re-
ported to provide as follows:
That the acts of June 4. 1897.
June 6, 1900, and March 3 1901,
are hereby repealed so far as they
provide for the relinquishment.
selection and patenting of lands in
lieu of tracts covered by an un per
fected bona fide claim or patent
within a forest reserve but the val
idity of contracts entered into bv
the Secretary of the Interior prior
to the passage of this act shall not
be impaired; provided that select
ions heretofore made in lieu of
lands relinquished to the United
Statesmaybe perfected and pat
ents issue therefor the same aa
though this act had not passed
and if for any reason not the fault
of the party making the same any
pending selection is held invalid
another selection for a like quanitv
of land may be made in lieu there
of. .
There seems to be hardly any
doubt in the opinion of those best .
qualfied to judge that Congress
has absolutely destroyed the right
to make any further forest reserve
selections. It looks as though the
idea was to simply make the act
non-retroactive concerning certain
features and in doing so whether
intentional or not is a mooted ques
tion the whole measure was ren
dered worthless so far as any ben
efits, to be derived from future lieu
selections is concerned.
The Secretary of the Interior
is clothed with full authority to
interpret the law as he may deem
fit providing he does not infringe
any Constitutional rights. There
is no appeal from the ruling of the
Secretary except upon Constitutio
nal grounds, and this question
has been threshed over time and
again in the effort to change his
decisions upon vital issues affect
ing California petroleum oil land
litigation wherein the rights of
selectors under the act of June 4
1897, and mineral locators were
involved.
It is well known that Secretary
Hitchcock is unalterably opposed
to the doctrine of forest reserve
lieu selection and so long as he is
in office there is not much chance
for any more to be made under the
provisions of the measure that has
just become a law.
OLD LAND OFFICE
IS ABOLISHED
The oldest land office in the
United States passed out of exist
ence last week when the Hunt-
ville, Alabama, office was abolish
ed and iti business transferred to
the land office at Montgomery.
says the Canyon City Eagle. The
office there was established in
1810, nine years before the ad-
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mission of Aladama into the
Union. During the 94 years of
its existence , there were nearly
30,000 homestead entries, ap
proximating 3,000,000 acres, be
sides many thousand cash nur-
s
chases of Cherokee Indian school
lands. There are only about 75.-
000 acres yet to be entered. The
discontinuance of the office is due
to the provision of the federal
statutes which stipulate that when
the government lands in a land
office district amount to Lss than
100,000 acrps that office Bhall be
discontinued. There now remains
in the entire state of Alabama
only about 175,000 acres of govern
ment ianas.
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