NO. 20
MICHEL & CO.
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Trunk or a Suit Gase
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TRUNKS
SUIT CAS j:s
CLUli HACJS
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$:U)0 to $5.00
$1.00 to $1.50
$ .50 to $1.50
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These are the best Suits ever offered
at the price. They are Special Values
and I cafry several different Patterns
at the above price. They are all
Fancy Worsteds and have Serge
lining, Oavis and Hair Gloth Stiffening
down the fronts and Padded Shoulders
They look like $20.00 Suits and
Some Would get that for Them
Suilta Made To Ord-er $15 and "Cip
Material for the Lookout
fountain Plant Has Been
Ordered and Shipped
Officers Are Elected.
C. M. Elkins and C. Fitzgerald
returned this week from Portland
where complete arrangements were
made for the erection of a cin
nabar furnace on Lookout moun
tain on the property of the New
A tamed an Gold and Quicksilver
Mining company.
While in Portland Mr. Elkins
wan eucceenful in securing a trans
fer of several outride interests, so
that nothing stool in tho way of
purchaHing the material for use in
the furnace. All the fire brick
and piping necessary was ordered
and shipped to Shaniko and .will
he brought in here as soon as pos
sible. In fact everything to he
used in construction will le on
hand in a few days with the ex
ception of soma clay brick which
will le burned us soon as possible
in the local yards.
Mr. Fitzgerald will personally
sujerintend the construction work
ou the furnace and expects to have
it completed and ready for use by
the first of September, when it will
immediately be put to work burn
ing ore. The foundation will be
laid in such a way that the furnace
can be enlarged from time to time
as greater service is needed. For
the present it will have a capacity
of ten or fifteen tons per day and
the veins of ore in the tunnels, so
far as tho development work has
U'en carried, have placed on hand
a six months' supply of cinnabar.
Those who have subscribed stock
in the furnace company will hold
a meeting this afternoon at which
time the company will be in
corporated and officers elected.
The capital stock will probably be
placed at 110,000.
everywhere. As a result of the
war, the Russians ordered large
supplies of ' woolen blankets, and
owing to the cold climate, wool
tents were also provided for the
soldiers. This affected the price
of the coarse wool. .
'People in Europe have had
good times and are wearing better
clothes, also. I expect to see the
high prices continue, and probably
rise for the next three years, and
perhaps longer."
SHEEPMEN'S HOPES
ARE REALIZED
MAURY MOUNTAIN
RESERVE PERMANENT
President Roosevelt signed a
proclamation last Tuesday creat
ing the Maury mountain forest
reserve in the southeastern portion
of this county.
The new reserve comprises 51,300
acres of land lying in the moun
tain range. The original amount
withdrawn numbered 62,480 acres,
but this area was afterwards re
duced to the acreage noted above.
The balance of the tract as first
selected will be restored to enter.
The Dalles land office received
notification last fall that 10,000
acres of the temporary withdrawal
had been restored to enter and
that the office would be advised at
an early date regarding the requir
ed publication of notice of the
date upon which the lands would
become subject to entry, filing and
selection. , Now that the president
has signed the proclamation creat
ing the permanent reserve, it is
probable that the notice for publi
cation will appear in a short time.
The lands upon which filings will
eventually be accepted lie in town
ships 17 and 18 south of ranges 18
19 and 20 east.
HIGH PRICES OF WOOL
WILL CONTINUE
PORTAGE ROAD WILL
OPEN GREAT REGION
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A well known woolbuyer who is
now in the city is of the opinion
that the .present high prices of
wool will continue for at least
three years more, because of the
increased demand throughout the
entire world for woolen goods and!
the great scarcity of sheep, says
the Pendleton Tiibune. He Bays
that there is a shortage in the
United States alone of 18,000,000
sheep over two years ago.
In speaking of the general
situation the buver said:
"The price of wool is from 30 to
00 per cent higher now than it was
last year, and this is due to many
reasons. One of these is the de
crease in the number of sheep
raised. The increased demand for
mutton and the gradual shortage
of range area have influenced this.
Ortyon. By improved methods of handling
mutton in cold storage, it is made
more available for markets and
the demand is increasing.
"In addition to this, the limit
ation of the range is causing the
growers to have trouble in raising
enough sheep to meet the demand
for wool. Other kinds of farming
are being practiced on what was
formerly ranee, and men who
originally had plenty of room for
their herds now must lease land
for them. The .government re
serves are also interferring with
the woolgrower and causing him
to limit his herds.
"The wool crop of America is
about 10 per cent short of what - it
was last year. In the Northwest
the wool is, better in quality and
lighter in Shrinkage, which more
than offsets the decrease in pro
duction.
"But the increased demand for
wool is universal, for more wool is
being used throughout the world
now than before. This is due to
main street, Nkab Thb ochoco Bkiimik the Jananese and Russian war
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON1 and to better financial conditions
lighest Prices in Twenty-
Five Years Are Paid for
Clips at the Wool Sales
in Shaniko.
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$ el knap 6c a f wards
Physicians and Surysons.
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JP. Ziosenberg
IPhysician and Suryeon
Calls answorotl promptly day r niynt
Ofi'oo two doors sotttA o "Z7oinjtotom's
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st oatt 9faim Stroots.
PrincvilU, Oregon,
The Journal
Printers. To The Particular
Y ovr Ohdkr for any thing from
catalogue. Commercial printing
i card to
a specialty
"Now the portage road is the
step to the real channel which wil
give for all time lower rates and
better transportation to the large
agricnltural sections of Oregon
Washington and Idaho," is the
way Tom Richardson, of the Com
mercial Club, regards the future
for the Columbia River Basin, now
that the last spike has been driven
in the road which virtually forms
a connection between that portion
of the Inland Empire when
facilities have been lacking. "The
fact that a steamer has actually
made the trip from Lewiston
Celilo gives the basis for water
rates and one that is recognized
throughout the United States."
Mr. Richardson, in support
his statement, cites the case of the
traffic on the Missouri and Mis
sissippi Rivers between Kansas
City and St. Louis, where the
steamer Mason has been operated
for years at the expense of Kansas
City, and through which every
point gets the same rate. Few in
the Northwest, with the exception
of those directly interested by
reason of business connections,
are more enthusiastic over the
completion of the portage road
than Mr. Richardson. Having
seen the trade grow between Kan
sas City and St. Louis to such
large propartions, under what he
terms identical conditions, with
those which now confront Port
landers, the agriculturists and
stockraisers of the upper country,
he feels the results to be attained
here will prove enormous.. Such
projects, Mr. Richardson says,
have been brought to the attention
of the Government and help for
improvements in the way of navi
gation aids has been given. He
referred to the City of Galveston
and other places on the Gulf where
the Federal authorities expended
millions of dollars.
Allen Lewis, of tho Chamber of
Commerce, who has been one of
the ardent workers in securing the
portage road, speaks most highly
of the possibilities of the that line.
When pressed for an opinion as to
advantages to accrue from the line,
Mr. Le,wis retorted the best evi
dence he himself had was the fact
he had attained the opening ex
ercises, and he certainly would
not have eone did he harbor the
ODinion the portage road would
not bring all the assistance to the
sections both above and below The
Dalles. Telegram.
The expectations of the local
wool men that clips would bring
the highest prices this year re
ceived for a quarter of a cenrury,
were realized at Shaniko this week.
Some of the county's wool was
sold at a figure near 25 cents, but
the highest prices went to outside
firms. Over 48,00C fleeces of wool
from this county, which would
have been sold at the Shaniko
sales, was previously contracted
for at 20 cents. The Oregonian
as the following to say regarding
uesday's sales at which 1,600,000
pounds passed into other hands:
The highest price paid for wool
in Eastern Oregon in 25 years was
paid to the growers of this section
of the state at the public auction
held here today. Ihe sales were
conducted on the sealed bids sys
tern, and prices ranged from 21 to
25J cents for Merino wools. One
small clip of cross-bred Lincoln
wool sold for 26 cents.
These wools were formerly mar
keted at The Dalles, but since the
completion of the railroad to this
point Bales have been conducted
here. The prices are the highest
paid this season at any Eastern
Oregon point, and Wasco county
maintains its reputation as the
leading wool market in the state
The high prices which prevailed
at today's sales are especially grati
fying to the growers, by reason of
the fact that their loyalty to the
sealed-bid system has been reward
ed by from 3 to 5 cents per pound
increase over prices paid those who
contracted earlier. Fully three-
fourths of the wool grown in the
state were contracted during the
winter and early in the spring, this
section being the only noticeable
exception where the offers of
tempting "prices failed to make
serious inroads into the clip to be
marketed.
Local growers who held are
highly elated over the success of
the public sales, while the few who
contracted here are corresponding
ly sorry that they did not stand
by the sealed bid plyn. The suc
cess of this year's public sales firm
ly establishes the popularity and
and watched grow for over 30
years, it was he who, settling
upon land now covered by this
city, made possible the building of
a town, and it was due to his resi
dence here that others of the older
residents came to Crook county
and make this place their home,
converting a barren valley into a
rich and productive region, and
finally building a city on the land
where Mr. Hodges had built the
first habitation.
Monroe Hodges was born in
Allen county, Ohio, in December,
1833, and at the time of his death
was 1 years of age.
In 1847, at the age of 14 be
crossed the plains with his father
in an ox team and the family
home was established in Benton
county. Leaving there he went to
Southern Oregon, then into Cali
fornia to follow mining, for it was
at the time of the gold excitement
and people were pouring into the
state from every direction. From
the harships of that campaign he
returned to Benton county a few
years later, and in 1856 was mar
ried to Miss Rhoda Wilson of
Corvallis.
Mr. Hodges' residence in Crook
county began in 1871 when he
crossed the mountains into this
country and filed a homestead
claim on the land upon which a
greater part of this city now stands.
A short time afterwards the Hodges
addition to the town of Prineville
was laid off.
Soon after coming here Mr.
Hodges became the owner of the
Prineville Hotel, a business which
he followed successfully for five
years, then selling to other parties.
Since that time he had maintained
a continuous residence here, known
and respected by young and old
alike.
Of the family left in sorrow over
his loss there remains four child-
Mrs. John L. Luckey,
ren:
Arthur Hodges and Louis Hodges
of this city, and ' Mrs. George S.
Wright of McMinnville. Mrs.
Hodges and two sons, Edwin H.
and Samuel, have preceded him to
the grave. Among the list of in
numerable friends and acquaint
ances in the county, where he was ,
personally known by everyone ex
cept the most recent arrivals, his
death is universally regretted.
The funeral services were con
ducted at 10 o'clock last Tuesday
morning by the Rev. O. W. Trip
lett, pastor of the Baptist church,
of which Mr. Hodges was a mem
ber. Interment took place in the
Union cemetery.
SPINNING WESTWARD
nrftvpD tri wisdnm nf trip Tlnn
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This being the only point in the lAlliMI AllUj AKC
state where a large quantity of the
choice wools would be offered for
sale on the sealed :bid plan, a large
number of buyers were attracted
to the sales, and 20 representatives
f the leading wool merchants and
manufacturers in the East and
West were present.
Owing to the quantity of the
wool offerep the sales could not be
completed today, and they will be
continued tomorrow, when it is
estimated that another million
pounds will be sold. The follow
ing were among the largest clips
sold and prices lealized:
Baldwin "Sheep & Land Com
pany, 200,000 pounds at 23f cents.
Prineville Land & Livestock
Company, 125,000 pounds at 23j
cents.
Morrow & Keenan,
nounds at 225 cents.
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R. R. Hinton. 100.000 uounds at wm P V w um.
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29J Cents Jroui umna w i uucyiiio mo
Thornaa Brmran. 80.000 rounds nmcmnes wm oe xorcea to come
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991 npnts acruso a luugu vuuutijr, aituuugu
Charles Hilton, 70.000 pounds at the last half of their journey across
22 cents. the desert will be comparatively
easy running.
R. E. Simpson has received word
to have 50 gallons of gasoline in"
readiness for the machines, and it
is not probable that the racers will'
stop long here as each will make
an effort to distance the other in
the last stretch of the race.
If no accidents happen, Prine
ville will be reached early next
week. Telegrams to Portland an
nounce that the machines will
reach that city about June 20.
The two automobiles, which.will
pass through Prineville on their
race from New York City to Port
land, will soon be in Oregon territo
ry and will leave Burns, as far aa
chedule can be trusted either next
Sunday or Monday.
Last Saturday the two machines
were spinning across Wyoming
"Old Scout" left Laramie about 50
miles in advance of "Old Steady,"
but it was stated in the bulletins
received by the passenger depart
ment of the O. R. and N. that the
two autos will be neck to neck in
the race by the time Boise, Idaho,
is reached. It is expected that the
gg qqq latter point will be reached today
or tomorrow, then the machines
DEATH OF AN
OLD SETTLER
The death of Monroe Hodges
last Sunday morning, removed
from the community one of the
oldest settlers of this region and a
man who was largely instrumental
in the . upbuilding of Prineville,
the city which he had helped to
found and in which he had lived