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VOL. JX.
PMNEHLLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 30, 1905.
NO. 10
County
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LOCAL OPTION DIES
IN MORROW COUNTY
Circuit Judge Sets Aside
Recent Act on the Ground
That the Law Was Il
legally Enacted.
;J -By
a decision of Circuit Judge
Ellin, given yesterday afternoon,
prohibition in the eigh precincts
of Morrow county that;! went dry
at the recent elcclioif, was set
eside on the ground that the law
wan illegally enacted. The case
that was argued yesterday, and
upon which the decision was
given, wag that of the state ver
sus Dan P. Doherty, a saloon keep
er of Lexington. Doherty is said
to have been running a saloon at
Lexington continuously, and wan
charged with having violated the
local option law.
The cane for the state was con
ducted by District Attorney
Phelps, while C. E. Redfield.of the
firm of Redfield and Van Vactor,
appeared for Doherty, .The evi
dence in the case was taken at the
recent session of the circuit court
held at Ileppner, and the time for
the arguments postponed until
yesterday.
In many ways the case from
Morrow county is similar to the
Ireland case from Freewater,
which was tried here over a month
ago. However, jn the present
case, the only point raised was
that the election was not ordered
at a regular session of the county
court. No issue was made con
cerning the proper recording of
the petition by the county clerk,
as was done in the Ireland case.
However, the decision yesterday
affects all of Morrow county that
went dry, whereas, in this county
it applied only to the sub-division
of which Freewater was a part.
Of the eight precincta that went
dry in Morrow county, Lexington
and Hardman were the only ones
in which saloons were being con
ducted, lone and Ileppner voting
wet.
From accounts that have been
published the opinion has become
prevalent that the decisions of
Judge Ellis and Judge Bradshaw
on the local option law have been
directly opposite. . However, this
is said to be untrue by local at
torneys, for the reason that in the
Hood River case, in which Judge
Bradshaw upheld the law, the
only point raised was as to the
constitutionality of. the law, and
the contention that the law "was
not regularly enacted was not
raised. In ',he Gilliam county
case, in which it has been stated
that Judge Bradshaw has over
ruled the action of the county
court it appears that the only
thing done was to grant man
damus proceedings to compel the
Gilliam county court to canvass
the vote and declare the result
This is said to be required whether
the law is upheld or not, and can
not be taken as meaning that the
law is to be held as legally enact
ed in that county. 'East Ore
gonian.
NEW RECORD
FOR RAILROAD
Only eight miles of new railroad
track was laid in Oregon last year
This was by three railroads.
Tracklaying is already in progress
on three roads aggregating more
than 80 miles, the Great Southern,
extending south from the Co-.
lumbia River to Dufur, a branch
of the O. R. & N., from Arlington
to Condon, and the portage rail'
road, and contractors are pitching
their camps to begin grading on
the Hood River Railroad, which
will extend from the town of
Hood River for a distance of 17
miles to a point near the junction
of the West and Middle Forks of
Hood River. In connection with
these the projected roads that it
is expected will be built this year,
and part of which it is decided
will be rushed to completion, corn
prise a total of 2C7 mile that will
be included in the record of the
year.
While it ia confidently antici
pated that this will constitute but
a small proportion of the building
of the year, these are lines for
which the necessary capital for
construction is already in sight,
and in several of the companies
named being paid out for the
labor employed in building.
There is a revival of railroad
construction throughout the United
States, as well as extraordinary
buying of railroad equipment that
can only suggest that the big com
panies are on the verge of exten
sive betterments, and will strength
en themselves by means of feed
ers from present main lines to
tap new tributary country. That
the Northwest is going to have
its share in this renewed activity
is apparent from the above mile
age table. None of the projected
lines that have, not completed
surveys are included, as, for
instance, the extension of the
Washington &. Columbia River
from Pendleton, to be about 25
miles in length; of the Sumpter
Valley toward John Day, or the
O. R. & N. into the Wallowa
country, all of which are probable,
but not fully confirmed as to be
construction of tl9 present year.
The electric roads are included
in the above the Oregon Water
Power & Railway line from Gres
ham to Troutdale, and the Ore
gon traction Company both to
connect Portland with additional
suburban territory. Both of these
are promised for the present year.
In a statement contained in the
current number of the Railway
Age, reviewing the situation of
last year and outlook for the
present, it is shown that Califor
nia was in the lead on the Pacific
Coast last year, with 203 miles of
road, and that state will again
have considerable mileage bv
reason of the Western Pacific
constructing its line to San Fran
cisco. However, with the build
ing in prospect, Oregon is more
than likely to take front-, rank
among Western States. Telegram.
LAKE COUNTY
MINES CREATE STIR
Never in the history of Lake
county has the mining outlook
been better that at the present
time, says the Lakeview Herald.
The various kinds of ore found
throughout this and surrounding
counties give assurance that there
lays hidden a vast amount of ore
which when discovered will make
Interior Oregon famous as a min
ing district.
Several good prospects have
been discoxered the last of which
is the strike made at Willow Ranch
by C. Norton, who spent the past
week prospecting in that vicinity.
Mr.-Norton brought back with
him samples of ore that, when
assayed by Geo. H. Avers, went
$ 223.23 in gold and $2.70 in silver,
Mr. Norton, i-t is reported, located
a six leet wide ledge ot tnis ore
on the Kirkpatrick ranch near
what is known as Willow Ranch
in California. 1
In speaking with C. U. Snider
of the Willow Ranch prospect he
stated that in 1872, 1881 and at
various other times gold was
found there; that one piece of
quartz found there years ago went
$2,000 to the ton, and that colors
can be found anywhere just north
of Willow Ranch.
The report of Mr. Norton's dis
covery, has created considerable
mining talk in this town, and, if
the mine should pan out it will
no doubt cause a rush into this
country.
The cropping' of the prospects
located by Wm. Hammersley, in
Quartz valley assay, according to
Mr. Ayres, $2.17v in gold, and
indications are that richer ore will
be found under the ground.
The Norton mine at Paisley
contains a ledge of ore that assays
$8 to the ton, and Mr. Norton
informs us that no further work
on the mine will be done until
the men who are interested in the
prospect can come here and in
vestigate it.
CATTLE MARKET
REMAINS DULL
Slight Increase of Prices
in Grant CountyLocal
Figures Show but Little
Advance.
R. N. Stanfield, the Butter creek
stockman from near Echo, was in
Pendletan last Saturday transact
ing business. Mr. Stanfield gays
that there is about 2,000 beef beef
cattle left in the Butter creek dis
trict, and that unless the markets
are better these animals will be
turned out in pasture until June,
when they will be turned off for
beef. The prices are at present 34
cents a pound, with an occasional
sale of 4 cents." The 2.000 cattle
Mt are owned by A. B. Thompson,
J. B. Saylor and Mr. StanheM
Mr. Stanfield has sold nearly 800
head this winter and spring.
Little.dipping will be done by
the Echo stockmen this spring, as
at present there are few indications
of disease among the cattle. The
treatment of stock last fall has al-,
mos completely eradicated the
disease, leaving the remainder free
from all traces.
Mr. Stanfield says that little
seeding to alfalfa will be done in
the Butter creek neighborhood, as
the lack of snow in the mountains
will be apt to leave the creek dry
in the summer. ' Considerable
work will be done, however, under
the Butter creek extension, a3 the
river will have more water than
Butter creek this season.
The Crook county market re
mains practically stationary, but
little buying hav.ng been done
and at prices which are not con
sidered satisfactory. It is believ
ed, however, that the first heavy
sales this year will be followed by
an advance in figures.
Over in Grant county conditions
are considerably improved over
those of last season, and cattle
men in the John Day valley are
refusing $22 per head for two-year-old
steers when the price for the
same stock last year was only $19.
It is stated there that if present
pi ices rule during the remainder
of the season, three year-olds will
command $28 or $30 per head.
PUTER TO FEEL
LAW'S CLUTCHES
Indications now are that S. A.
D. Puter and his cohorts in ex
tensive land dealings will be call
ed to give account of their alleged
fraudulent transactions with the
state before the State Circuit Court
ior this county, .says a dispatch
from Salem. District Attorney
McNary has been looking into the
matter quietly, with the result that
he has decided to empanel a grand
jury to make a thorough investi
gation. Once started, it is expect
ed that the investigation will open
up for review all the state's deal
ings in lands for a period of a
i 11 i
dozen years Dacs, wnicn may un
cover some startling transactions
and involve many promiuent men.
Puter alone has been purchas
ing land from the state by alleged
fraudulent methods, for the past
eight or ten j'ears, having been
involved in buys aggregating
about 50,000 acres. This includes
the purchase of approximately
15,000 acres of timber land, situat
ed in this county, in 1903, the title
to which now rests in the Abiqua
Land Company.
The ca?e the grand jury may be
called, to investigate is that in
which Puter, on February 3 last,
attempted to obtain possession of
3200 acres of school land in
Klamath County by means of
fraudulent applications, secured
through the agency of Basil
Wagner. This transaction lavs
Puter open to the charge of con
spiracy to defraud- the state of
land; Basil Wagner to the charge
of subornation of perjury, and
each of the nine applicants to
K-rjury. All of the parties con
cerned have been subpenaed to
appear before the grand jury of
the Circuit Court for this county
during the regular April term of
court, which . convenes Monday,
April 3. District Attorney Mc-
Nary, who will probubly be as
sisted in the investigation by At
torney-General Crawford, says he
is reasonably convinced that the
state has been defrauded out of
thousands of acres of valuable lajid,
not only by Puter, but others, and
says he proposes to make the
investigation without regard to
who may become involved.
HORSE RUSTLERS
CAUGHT AT HEPPNER
Deputy Sheriff Burns of Walla
Walla county arrived in Ileppner
Sunday having trailed a couple of
orre thi-vex fr.i,u V..i ;j
to Ileppner. On hijtanivul there
he placed the matter in the hand
of Sheriff Shutt. who nromntlv
went to work on the clue and
succeeded in locating the crimi
nals on the ranch of Mr. Cupper,
seven miles below Monument on
the John Day river.
It appears that the thieves, two
young men, had stolen seven head
of horses, a wagon and a buggy
at or near Walla Walla. They
were trailed to Echo, where they
traded the wagon and from there
they came to Heppner and here
traded the buggy to Geo. Steven
son -for three head of horses, which
they drove with their other horses
to Monument and put them in a
pasture and secured a job from
Mr. Cupper.
Deputy Sheriff D. Os Gurdane
and the Walla : Walla deputy
sheriff left late Sunday afternoon
for Monument and the Cupper
ranch to make the arrest.
Trjfi deputy sheriffs returned
with the young men, whose names
are Charles and Roy Anderson,
Tuesday night, experienced no
trouble in making the arrest.
The prisoners were taken to Walla
Walla, where they wil be tried.
ROAD COMPANY
WILL AGREE
Citizens of Malheur who have
been struggling to have the govern
ment irrigation project put
through, are highly pleased over
the announced purpose of Charles
Altschul, owner of the Willamette
valley and Cascade mountain
military wagon road grant lands,
to enter into the agreement of the
Malheur Water Users' association.
R. Blackaby of this county says
he has been informed by C. E.
S. Wood of Portland, attorney for
Altschul, that they intend to come
into the agreement, and that the
talk in the papers about their
keeping out is not correct. Mr.
Wood says further that his client
is endeavoring to get certain con
cessions from ihe envtrrifiitt in
regard to this woik, and wLtn
there are given they are ready to
enter the agreement.
When this land is included
nothing remains to prevent the
government from proceeding im
mediately with work, as all other
obstructions have been removed.
The interests under discussion
represent about 33,000 acres of
land within the proposed irriga
tion area, and will be the roost
important single factor in the
enterprise.
The board of consulting engi
neers will be in Fession the latter
wart of April, by .which time all
details regarding agreements will
no doubt be finished. The Water
Users' association ' is rushing its
part of the work with all possible
dispatch that the board will find
everything as desired by the
government, and may order work
to commence immediately. Jour
nal. ' V