ook County omnia VOL IX. PJUNEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 13, 1905. NO. 18 Cr I I 1 I MICH EL & CO. I u r m Itcll.ilile Goods at LM11& Prices Jjjt p' Reliable Goods at Living Prices Great Bargains in Men and Boys lothin Men's medium' weight all Wool Suits in Itlack, Dark Grey and Itrown mixture: Very Special at $9.50 Vouth's all goods; very at Wool Suits ser i cable. in Itlack mixed Special value .57.50 i Michel& Company J Michel & Company i k I ' I fig tPi if P-s i t v ' V I I vv 1 h 1 CLOTHING LbADLKS AUTO ROAD WILL BE GREAT HELP TO COUNTY These are the best Suits ever offered at the price. They are special values andl carry several different patterns at the above price. They are all Fancy Worsteds and Serge lined, linen cavis stiffening down the front, Padded Shoulders. They look like $20 Suits and some would get that for them. They are my special $10 Suits. COME IN AND BUY ONE mm THE TA L glacksmithing That Pleases Is The Kind You J. Get at- II. WIGLK'S (Successor to) CORiVETT & ELKINS'S A Stock of Farm Machinery always on hand A, H. LiPPR'IAN S CO. LINCENSED UNDERTAKERS ami Manufacturers of all Kinds of FURNITURE Professional Cards, (ffj S?. 6UMt, jfttornay-at-jCato !Prinoviilt Oregon, jtfttornoy-at-JCaut tPrinovillt, Oregon, W. Barnes, Jfttorney at jCaw, ZPrinottille, - Oregon. Cnaa. J". Edwards JV. P. S5inaj County ZPAysiot'an) ffielknap Sc Sdwards ZPfiysicians and Surytons. 00 if Jfcmr Sor Salt Winn 2rn Slvrm SPrinovilta, Orego JP. SPoseniery SPhystcian and SJrgeon Catis anstvorod promptly day or n iff it Of fie tuto ifoi wtA " ZTmmptwtoet jr H unit Wftitm Sfrs. ' m . ... , s snnovitOj isr' on. EHtablinhmenl of the automo hile line of Central Oregon Trans orlation Oompanj', which will operate between Crons Keys and Bend, a distance of 75 miles, cover ing nil of the distance between the end of the Columbia Southern Railroad at Shaniko and Bend, except 18 mi leg, iH of the ' greatest importance in development of Central Oregon and wi!l be in strumental in much moro rapid population of that section. The first of the three automobiles for the service will go into commission the first of next week nd the other machines will follow soon. President A. E. Hammond, of the company, formerly chief en gineer of the Columbia Southern Railroad, accompanied the first machine on its initial trip out from Shaniko today. The com pany has its own roadway, con structed on easy grades, and fol lowing practically the survey that will eventually be used for the tracks of the Columbia Southern when that line is pushed further into the interior. One of the machines will also used for' travel ing between Forest and Prineville. This Spring 40,000 acres of the 140,000 acres to be brought under irrigation during the year by the DeschuU's Irrigation & Power Company, is ready for settlement. Several hundred acres of land al ready sold and growing fust crops demonstrate the possibilit'ie of the section, and ' purchasers of land have bought tracts scattered over the entire area, irrespective of whether water would be provided in time for this year., Water is in thecanals apd car ried to land ready for each farmer to construct laterals to distribute it over his own acreage, the comp any delivering the water to the highest point on the land and con tracting to deliver 30-aere inches during a period of seven months. This first complete line known as the Pilot Butte canal, is about 35 miles long, starting from a point on the Deschutes River about four miles from Bend, and extending nothward to the Crook ed River, at a point 15 miles eaBt of Prineville. For a distance of three-fourths of a mile from the diverting point the water is carried in an immense flume, and a mile from the end of it is carried out upon the first tract of land that is brought under irrigation by its waters. This canal carries 200 cubic feet a second, having a bottom width of 40 feet and top width of 58 feet. Some laterals have been carried out from this canal, but . most of them are yet to be extended. Twelve miles of the Eastern Oregon canal is completed, extend ing eastwaid from this flume, which will have a complete length of about 45 miles. The portion already constructed includes the heaviest rockwork of the canal and is 44 feet wide at its . bottom and U teet wide at tne top, carrying 400 cubic feet of water a second, suflicient for irrigating 100,000 acres. Area of the region to be reclaim ed and made productive as a re sult of these canals is greater than the average county of Middle Western states, and throughout the entire section not a particle of al kali land occurs. Wholly survey ed and cross sectioned by the en gineers of the state, each 40 acres has been scheduled for its exact acreage of irrigable land. Border ing the land on the southwest is an immense district of magnificent timber skirting the Deschutes Rivet for 75 miles, with local mills that offer lumber to consumers at low prices. Bend is near the southwestern corner, Prineville nt the northeast. Cline Falls and Laidlaw an the western becder, along the Deschutes River, and Forest on the north. Located GO miles from Shaniko, or the end of the Columbia South- of these roads may soon tap the section, while the (ireat Southern extending south from The Dalles is projected to build to Prineville, and the Nevada, California & Ore gon, and Klamath Lake Railroad are both projected to come into Central Oregon from the south, so that transportation, while tempor arily solved with an automobile line, is expected to include rail road trains on tracts of heavy steel at no distant date. DATES FOR WOOL SALES ARE SET an as 13 Wool sales dates have been nounced for Eastern Oregon follows: Pendleton May 22, June and June 20. Heppner May 25, June 9, June 20 and June 29. Shaniko June C, June 23, and Julv i: The dates were made by the ex ecutive committee of the Oregon Woolgrowers' Association, and are arranged after consultation with the woolb:iyers, who are now in Southern California and Arizona. On the sales days this year, ar in the past three seasons, there will be sealed bids for each clip of wool to be sold, and the clip will go to the highest bidder. Under this system it is said that at least a cent and a half more per pound is secured than under the old plan of selling the wool. It is expected that the first Pendleton sale this season will be a noteworthy one, both for the prices paid and the amount sold. But a small percentage of this I year's Umatilla clip has been con tracted fur in advance, as most growers'are expecting good prices and have waited for the sales days. J. II. Gwinn, secretary of the Woolgrowers' Association, states that he believes at least 4 cents more per pound will be received this year than was gotten for the same grade and character of wool last season. This estimate he bases partly upon the trend of the market where wool has already been sold, in Arizona and New Mexico. This year it has aver aged between 4 and 5 cents more per pound in those territories. Telegram. Semi-Annual Statement Of the Treasurer of Crook County, Oregon, for the six month ending March 31st, 1905, of Moneys received and paid out, from whom received and from what source, and on what account paid out PUBLIC DIPPING VATS BUILT AT ANTELOPE em, and about .the same distance from the end of tho Corvallis & Eastern Railroad at Idahna, either Frank Kincaid is making ar rangements to build large public vats near his shearing corrals at this place, for the accommodation of 8heepmen who have sold sheep for shipment from Shaniko says the Antelope Herald. Under the federal regulations sheep which are to be shipped out of the state must be dipped, regardless of whether they are clean or dis eased, and they must be dipped under the tupervision of a federal inspector. There are only three of these inspectors in the state of Oregon, and the amount of-terri-tory to be covered by them does not give them much time for mak ing trips of any distance from the railroad, and for this reason pub lic dipping-vats near the shipping points are an absolute necessity In the neighborhood of a hundred thousand sheep have been sold in this vicinity, for shipment from Shaniko, and unless the best facil ities can be had for dipping them, considerable delay and confusion will result to shippers when their sheep are brought in to the rail road. It is to meet this demand that Mr. Kincaid has decided to build public vats. They will be built with a blind chute, and will be capable of handling 5000 sheep per day. They will be located so that the city water can be used. and sufficient range will be secured for the sheep to be dipped here. In addition to facilitating the ship ment of sheep from Shaniko under the present federal requirements dipping at the public vats will be less expensive than where each one must make his own arrangements for dipping. The dipping-vats will be built at once, and will be ready Deiore tne nrst sheep are brought in for shipment. -i o w a c& b 00 w SO GO 5 c c 3 3 9 c g. 3- l-j -I 06 Zi tii . 1 O v to ttl OO o n o in to O CO 22 ?i a -I CD a t ja a o es -i to o o en co P3 o 00 to C5 -I Cn OS "3 to Or 1 a. Cn to O C3 - CO 4 t -J to Oi o to o to o to to to o CO CO - o 30 b- QO ib. -1 tO I- CI ib. -J o o V 9 3 to lb OS -J 00 OS S3 O 00 o to o o -JO 05 CI CO 03 o o OS CO OS to o Cn to lb- OS OS t to OS -Jl to l- OS to Cn in to lb. CP to to to to to Cn oc C3 cn oi -1 lb. Cn -l to to Cn o Co to to ft a- 3 31 ' "9 J3- a r b 1,5 3 si 85 -t 2? i. to cn o IK to 5 3 t r - o 3 . 6 r 5 9 v; os t 2 bT7" & t-3 ?3cr o H I? a 9 ii 33 to . 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Semi-Annual Statement Of the amount of Moneys and Warrants received for taxes, and Money paid to the County Treasurer by the Sheriff of Crook County, Oregon, for the six months ending the 31st day of March, 1905. Cash onhand October 31st, 1904 $ 472 43 Collections 1902 taxes 92 76 " " 1903 " 7632 62 " " 1904 " 43981 14 Total.......'.....,...... 52178 95 DISBURSEMENTS Cash on hand. ..... . ... . ... ..... $ 3891 55 Paid to County Treasurer..... .. . . 48287 40 Total Disbursements . . . , . . , $52178 95 STATE OF OREGON ) County of Crook, B9 I, C. Sam Smith, Sheriff of Crook County Oregon, do hereby (continued on page. 2)