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PIUNKVILLE, C1100K COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 25, 1005.
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Tire You Going to the
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If you are, very likely you will need either a
Trunk or a Suit Gase
We have them in a number of styles and sies and prices to Mui
$.50 to $10.00
TRUNKS
SUITCASES
CLU1J HA(iS
ti:lescoii:s
$;j.oo to $..()()
$1.00 to $ 1.50
$ .50 to $1.50
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LEADERS
STOCK THIEF FINDS
WAY TO LIBERTY
Carelessness of Gilliam
County Sheriff Gives
Freedom to Man Want
ed in Crook County
Aivh McKay, a man who has
boon serving a sentence at Fossil
for stock rustling, and who is want
ed in Crook county for tho same
offetifo, fHcujK'd last week from the
Fofsil jail.
Sheriff Kcfton went to the jail
in the morning and left both the
outer door and the inner one un
locked. The outer door was held
by a latch and while the Sheriff
buried himself in the cell room
McKay slipped to ihe corridor
thrust his arm through the bars of
the inner door, and turned the
latch to liberty.
Information was 't-ent outatonce
t' the sheriff of Mirmunding conn-
lie, t-nentt t uiitn linviiig received
notification several days ago. An
indictment waf returned against
McKay by the grand jr.ry at the
May term of the circuit court and
a warrant was pent iv nherin
Smith to Sheriff KeeUm with the
expectation that McKay would be
brought to Prinevillo as noon as he
had served out his sentence.
Sheriff Smith was particularly
anxious that McKay be brought
nere as lie is looketl upon us one
of the most dangerous and smooth
est Mock rustlers who has operated
in the county, and it was certain
that several crimes, could have
been laid on his shoulders. But
the carelessness of the Gilliam
ARCHIE MASON GETS
J RAILROAD CONTRACT
FURNACE COMPANY
WILL BURN ORE
Archie Mason, the contractor
who is identified with eeveral en
terprises in Crook county, has
secured the contract f'r building
tlr grade for ten miles of the ex
tension of the Bumpier Valley
railroad which will extend its line
from the present terminus ut Tip
ton to Canyon City.
."Mr. Mason was in the city Mon
day looking for men and teams,
lie sent through about 50 head of
horses and wanted more. He
stated that he would begin work
on the grading as toon as he reach
ed Tipton and that his portion of
the contract would be completed
by September 1. The road is
being built by the Oregon Lumber
Company, in which David Ecclcs is
heavily interested, and when com
pleted will tap a rich and product
ive country. The extension will
be about 50 miles in length and
will follow down the middle fork
of the John Day river where un
easy grade is secured.
These are the best Suits ever offered
at the price. They are Special Values
and I carry several different Patterns
at the above price. They are all
Fancy Worsteds and have Serge
lining, Oavis and Hair Cloth Stiflening
down the fronts and Padded Shoulders
They look like $20.00 Suits and
Some Would set that for Them
S-va.lta ZMZaclo To Ord-dx $15 and "dp
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WILL GRADUATE
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
The High School commencement
exercises will be held at the M. E.
church, Friday evening, June 2,
st 8:!0 o'clock. A program, re
plete with interesting and cn
tertainini: features, has lieen ar
ranged for the evening as follows:
Selection, "Under the Harvest
"Moon ...Ball
Orchestra
Class History Iva Booth
Vocal Solo, "Voices of the Wood"
From Rubenstein's Melody in F
Miss Cema Nelms
Final Arrangements About
Completed for Local Or
ganization to Handle
Cinnabar Output.
county sheriff has let loose a much j Piano Solo, "Maritana" Smith
GOfOIY THE
filacksmitliing That Pleases
Is The Kind You (iet at. . . .,
J. II. WHILE'S
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(Successor to)
CORNETT
& ELKIKS-'S
A Stock of Farm Machinery always on hand
Professional Cards.
S?. Ciiiott,
jfttomty-at-jCaw
SPri'n0vii,
jftiernjr-atjCaw
iPrintbilla, Oregon.
Dr. 71. a. BURRIS
MA GXETie OS TEOPA TH
I Succewifully trout tllHvaxea wit limit the uso of
Driifts or Suriiory by Magnetic Osteopathy
the New Sciunre of I'rttKless Healing
CONSULTATION F K E K
Ottlce at Prlnevllle Hotel
1 It I N K V 1 1. 1. E , OREGON -
A. H.LIPPMAN S CO.
LICENSED UNDERTAKERS
and
Manufacturers of all Kinds of
FU R N ITIR E
Chita. S. i wards Jtf. !P, S3lknau
( County Snytt'cinn)
Zftelkriap 6c Gdwards
SPAyiici'ans a net tSurytons.
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O0i fr rsr 2OOr Sail " WiHfA
iPrinevilU, Oregon.
JV. iosanbertf
iPhysician and Suryeon
C at antwntt promptly ttay or night
;' SQruj. Stan. &stmno , oornor
M m4 9J?an Strt.
iPrineviile, Oreyo,
wanted bird and it is not likely
that McKay will be caught again
if there is any possible chance of
him getting out of the country.
Over in Grant county a special
session of the circuit court has
been called to try the stock rustl
ing cases which are numerous.
A dispatch from Canyon City
reads as follows:
There are a number of larceny
cases, growing out of the horse and
cattle rustling business, which has
gone on quite extensively in differ
ent parts of the county during the
Fall and Winter. It now appears
that the whole subject is in a fair
way to be aired, and some unlook
ed for exposures may result from
the investigations by the grand
jury
A case that has excited consider
able attention is that of the State
re. f . N. Williams, of Paulina,
Crook county. Williams had been
about town a few days, when he
was employed by an Izee stock
man to go out to his place and
work on the cattle ranch. Wil
liams had been drinking quite
heavily, so it is said, and left town
in a state of intoxication. On the
way out, he quarreled with his
traveling companion, in tho course
of which he was knocked down
In the meantime: he had been
fighting his horse and had knock
ed out an eye, besides injuring the
animal in other ways. IIo then j
drew a weapon, and frightened his
companion away. His abuse "of
the horse was, renewed. Pulling
out his knife, Williams jabbed it
into the animal in a most cruel
manner, f inally, in an excess ot
frenzy, he gashed the horse's throat
repeatedly, severing the windpipe.
The horse dropped in the road
where it soon expired.
Not content with his record, the
fellow next held up the stage going
to Izee, and niadu the driver carry
his saddle into that town. The
driver protested, but he says that
Williams' drew a big gun on him,
and he then complied with the de
mand.
When the stage-driver returned
to town he swore out a complaint
against Williams, and Sheriff
Ambrose went to Izee, bringing
back the prisoner.
Miss Gertbide Sharp
Valedictory, "We Launch Tonight,
Where Shall We Anchor?"
Chas. Christian!
Vocal Solo, "O, Dry Those Tears"
Del Riego. Mrs. A. C. Strange
Class Address
Rev. W.P. Jinnett
Selection, "Lady of the North"
Blake Orchestra
Presentation of Diplomas
Ji dge W. A. Bf.ll
Selection, "Luzon" Elworth
Orchestra
Accomodation has been made in
ttie cnurcn lor aoout uu. reais
for these will be reserved at ten
cents each. This is made neces
sary to meet expenses. Tickets
can be secured at Winnek's after
Monday next. Those desiring to
attend should procure seats early
as. there will be no general admis
sion. All are cordially invited to
attend by the class of '05.
Final arrangements lor the
organization of a furnace company
to burn the cinnabar ore from the
New Alamedan Quicksilver and
Oold Mining company's property
on Uioknut mountain, were
practically completed thia week.
While it is practically assured
that a furnace capable of handling
from ten to twenty tons of ore per
day will be erected, the permanent
and active organization of a fur
nace company hinges upon the
transfer of certain interests from
outside parties with whom it was
impossible when negotiat ions
began last week to get into direct
communication. C. M. Elkins
left today for Po'tbnd to arrange
thefe details nn if satisfactory, a
has been a.-sured they utuld hi,
the furnace company will com-l
plete its organization and Mr.
Elkins will place the order for the
necessary equipment before re- j
turning home next week. j
C. Fitzgerald, who came here
from San Francisco last week and
who will erect the furnace, spent
several days on Lookout mountain
looking over the cinnabar pro
perties and the field of develop
ment. He was highly pleased
with present indications and stat
ed that there was a sufficient
quantity of ore on the dump at the
present time to justify an expend
iture of IS000 or $10,000 in the
erection of a furnace. He himself
will take stock in the furnace com
pany in partial payment of the
cost of building the plant. The
balance of the stock has been sub
scribed.
In the event of a satisfactory ar
rangement for the transfer of the
outside interests, as noted above,
orders will be placed at once for
the fire brick and all the necessary
material for building the plant
will be put on the ground by July
1. This will insure the completwn
of the furnace by September 1, at
make a test of the law. Mr.
Schroder owns no real property
with which to insure .the payment
of the taxes on his sheep. The
new law provides that , in such
cases the taxes must be paid to the
assessor at the time the assessment
is made at tho rate of the levy of '
the preceding year. This Mr.
Scliroder, as all other stockmen of
the county in similar circum
stances, refused to do in order to
give the law, which is generally
conceded to be unconstitutional, a
test.
' Several of our local attorneys
have long since held that the law
is not constitutional and that it
cannot be in forced. Their under
standing of the law seems to be
the general belief of the legal talent
throughout the state. In speak
ing with Attorney General A. M.
Crawford about the law he said:
"It is my belie! that the law is
unconstitutional in , this, that it
provides for inequitable and not
uniform assessment; and it is my
opinion that when it is brought to
a test the courts will declare it
unconstitutional."
That the law " will be declared
unconstitutional now slrrW a
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counties in which the stock is
grazed, thus giving to each county
a just proportion of the taxes.
But on the contrary it would com
pel stockmen not possessed of real
property to pay taxes twice in one
year and that at a rate that does
not legally exist. In this the law
is inequitable and will no doubt
be declared unconstitutional.
Lake view Herald.
SHERIFF GETS AFTER '
THE TAX DODGERS
hich time it will begin its work
of roasting the ose. The furnace
ill be erected a considerable dis
tance below the tunnels which are
now being worked and the ore car
VALLEY WOOL
CLIMBS HIGHER
' A dispatch from Salem says the
wool market for this section of the
Valley has advanced over 3 cents
within the past week, and there is
prospect of a still further advance
before the end of the month. The
growers in thia and adjoining
counties are organizing pools of
holdings, and each succeeding sale
realizes from a fraction to a ctnt
better price than the preceding
one. The Scio pool of 2G00 fleeces
or 1S.200 pounds, was sold last
week for 274 cents; the Silverton
pool, of 1700 fleeces, 11,900 pounds
sold on Friday for 27i cents, and
the Sublimity pool, of 2200 fleeces
1 5,400 pounds, was disposed of on
Saturday for 2S cents. A pool of
the wool raised in the immediate
vicinity of Salem, aggregating 2300
fleeces, with prospect of an in
crease to 3000 fleeces, amounting
to 21.000 pounds, was organized
on Saturday, and the growers have
declared their -intention of holding
out for 30 cents, which -price, thy
feel, will be realized by June
The sheet) in the valley are in
excellent condition, and the wool
is an exceedingly high grade
owing to the mildness of the past
W inter. The present and past in
clemency of the weather has been
the cause of delaying shearing this
Spring, but the growers are livin
in hopes of being able to begin
June 1.
ried to the roaster either by
tram way or by cars on an endless
chain. Then as the upper tunnels
become exhausted the work can
be carried on at a lower point, but
till be above the furnace where
transportation of the ore can be
carried on advantageously.
Those who are backing the en
terprise are 'sanguine of the most
favorable results. In fact it is the
opinion of all those vwhd have
viewed the property, and who are
competent to judge, that Crook
county inside of a few years will
be a close rival to the California
quicksilver fields. At the present
time every indication points to a
cinnabar property with an un
limited amount of ore beneath its
surface, and that a portion of it
is in place beyond dispute has
been proved by the tunnel work
during which cross cuts of large
bodies of Irish grade ore have been
made. And with only a frw bun
dred feet of tunnel work completed
and sufficient ore in sight to more
than cover the cost of a furnace it
is a safe estimate that only a small
fraction of the real value contained
in the mine has been uncovered.
Owing to the large number of
delinquent personal projierty tax
payers, Sheriff Smith has decided
to levy upon all property, which
can be found, to satisfy the delin
quent taxes one half of which was
not paid on April 4, 1905.
The law requires that all per
sonal property taxes, of which one-
half are notpaid by the first Mon
day in April, must be seized by
the Sheriff and sold to pay the
taxes and costs. "This proceeding
will in consequence put the tax
payers to great expense, but it
seems to be necessary to use
drastic measures to convince cer
tain tax payers that their taxes
must be paid. ' "
Notices have been sent from the
Sheriff's office explaining the mat
ter ot collection ol personal pro
perty taxes which have become
delinquent, and unless payment
by those notified occurs before the
Sheriff finds the property involved,
levy and sale will be made.
At the present time there re
mains on the tax roils in the
neighborhood of $1500 on personal
property which, the Sheriff says,
is now subject to execution.
"Xhe Country Kid" Next Week.
SHEEPMAN WILL
TEST NEW LAW
"The Country Kid" will be pro
duced at Athletic hall next Tues
day and Wednesday evening, and
if the extensive preparations made
for its presentation are any indica-,
tion of its reception the comedy
drama will score the season's
success.
The play will be seen in three
acts, all of which are . guaranteed
to strike the funny ppot of t'e
;!.-. .'u-e. r..iv' . ;.;- l.j U.t. r?
will be fulei taiuiug r pfcialt.e.T in
cluding a monologue sketch and
several songs. Tickets have been
placed on sale at Winnek's at 25,
35 and 50 cents. Much work and
large amount of new scenery
have been put into the play, and a
crowded house no doubt will wit
ness the comedy both nights.
The migratory stock law enacted
by the recent legislature is soon to
be put to a test and its constitu
tionality decided- upon. A. B.
Schroder, a prominent sheeprti'an
of Northern Lake county, will
C. A. Gjlchrist returned from
Shaniko Monday where he went to
meet his wife who has been spend
ing several months visiting with
relatives in Indiana. . Mrs. Gil
christ's brother, G. A.Johnson, and
wife and daughter, Miss Grace, of
Indianapolis, returned with her
and will spend the summer at the
Gilchrist ranch near Fife.