County VOL. IX. PKINKVILLE, CJtOOK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 13, 11)05. - 1 NO. 30 Journa fi I 1 I 7 M I C Tire For Goin to the FR SR? HEL & CO. If) in II , you an1, very UMy von will nrnl ciiiicr a Trunk or a Suit (Base V liuvw them in n imiiiiIht of styles ami sizes and prices to suit KH ft ft TRUNKS SUIT CASUS CUJH I J A i S THIJiSCOPI-S $'t.n to $10.00 $.i.00 to $5.00 $1.00 to $1.50 $ .50 to $1.50 llelore lluying Come and Look TIickc Over Michel & Company Michel & Company - I i 1 ' I liligaiiiillH ANOTHER. FOURTH ENTERS HISTORY T All Amusements Carried Through Without a Hitch and Everybody Mads Happy ' The cch bration of the Fourth oj July in Prinevillo this year, con sidering tin' t-lrt time in which it was gotten up in, was a- very :rt-'l 1 1 :t ! one ami the committees having t lie uff.iir in charge deserve iiuk h credit for the able manner in which the different features of the day' program were handled. ttlnle nothing elaborate wax nt-jrich countrv an( can tuilt tempted the l,,rc number l'j or tj5)000 a mile, while the C pie iroTii me fiuicreiii pans ui me county who were present were unaniiotiR in raying that the cele bration was a success in every j of prairie land after quitting Bend, way. land it ill not again tap the iro- The day's j.rogram commeced at ; lluctive 8ections Mntil the Ilarnev J a. in. Iy th! firing of anvils which awakened the K:ojle to a heading into the rich Kl.nntith Lake region under the gui.-.e of an independent road. This will ap parently h;ave an outsider hut the otitheart quarter of Oregon for new territory the niot unde veloped portion. A. 15. Hammond makes no de nial of the fact he is ahotit to start the Corvallig & Eastern onward through Vale to Ontario. He does not say it in so many words, hut states candidly it is time to hein the project. Assurances have Wen given that the Columbia Southern will he ruu from Shaniko to Bend, though but 50 miles may be built in the next year. That will pass through an immensely or vallis & Eastern will have to stretch away through large tracts SHEEPMEN HAVE A PROSPEROUS YEAR Oregon's Total Wool Clip Is Estimated at Nearly Sixteen Million Pounds realization that the Nation's birth dav was to be celebrated. district is reached. The fact is. Il.irrimap and Mr. Hammond are known to he good At 10 a. in. the people assembled ' friends. A line from the termi nt the grounds in the court house J mis cf ti,e Corvallis & Eastern at yard, where prcid. nt of the day, A t Q t . ,j a cross-country connection between tlx? Southern Pacific and O. R. & Kailromlers can W. A. Biioih called the meeting to; order. After a vocal selection by! the choir nnd an instrumental se-j lection hv the band the I'eclaration see no jer of Independence was read by Miss sonal gain for Mr. Hammond in Mary Salomon. V. E. (iuerrin jr., ' ()t. niove, nnd an analysis of the of liend delivered the oration and; Boyd Adams having purchased an interest with 0. 0. Dunham in tho New York Racket 8tore, and thay having purchased the stock of Clothing and Furnishing Goods of B. Gormley dosire to annouco to the public that the new firm has lmved into the building formerly occu pied by Mr. Gormley and wili do business in our new quarters under the ilrm name of the OWL ensii STORE In our new quarters we have more room -and in addition to tha lare stock which wa now havo wo will add several new linos making our store tho most complete and up-to-date in the county. Wo wish to call your special attention to our Shoe Department as we intend to make this our specialty and cater to the wants of the particular Thanking you for your patronage in tho past and with a cordial invitation for all to call and see us in our now quarters we are Yours respectfully, DUNHAM & ADAMS S S it was one of the list in the history (situation convinces them the loop US' . . . . . lis to be built bv the Harriman frti! 'i me ciiy. in nil uie eoiiic jiu Cl' ! irro m ti;iu itfitl interests. In the afternoon the day was' i be Corvallis Eastern lias taken up with the various sports! not Wen a paying line..' Its the results of which were as fed-! operating expenses have not been '0Wf: : gathered from its revenues, and iu The base ball came between the: ,, , , . ... . - t pi un words the ioad i a losing ' I itpdtwiii inn 51 r. llammond se cured it for 1100,000. A portion of the rolling stock he is said to have disposed of for $75,000, and a steamer belonging to the road was placed on the market and gotten rid of for nearly an equal amount, so his outlay was a de cidedly saiall one as compared with the value of the property. Since then he or the man behind liin-tii hrn pjill. d nnon to bv Arthur Barnes, Clarence Sharp: r 1 ' ' riiriii.li nil tin. fin nws 1 In vvhirli ! to make up the deficiency in the H. ! . ... onu it is i tie consensus won bv the latter bv the score 22 to 21. As the score indicate", the game was a slugging match ill which the spectators got their moneys worth. The mile dash was won by the Fred Stroud horse, A. Watkins horse second. The i mile dash was won by the I.ark Elliott horse. The 100 yard foot race was won i second. ! The obstacle race was won by r .... c : , , learnings, , . i of opinion that tho onlv avenue The fat mens foot race was won j ' ' . , I left through which could be de ny uaver Aciains, .uari i ran ai close second. ($(S) Professional Cards. glacksmitliiiig That Pleases Ih The KlnJ You (Jet at m J. II. WIGLFS (Succensor to) CORXETT & KLKIXS'S A Stock of Farm Machinery always on hand ClrTdLrr3irrltdJr4 A. II. LIPPMAN 8 CO. LICENSED UNDERTAKERS and Manufacturers of all Kinds of FURNITURE Cltiott, jrfto rney-at- Ca w jgt S?. S3,SSs 2 lintvitU, ' Oregon, Chaa. J. ita'ds Jf. P Ktlknap County SPytician ffictknap 6c a wards iPisiciant and Sitrytent. Ofiicm Ztor Salt f liimntA' t !PrinvilU, Oreffon. iPtysician and Suryton Catts ansutered promptly tay or niyAt OfA'co tn doors soutA of ttemptotoH ' M unit 9ain Stmts. JPrinttvUla, Oregon Tme Journal Printers To The l'urticulur oi k Oriier (or any tiling from cavil to a obIuUkih. t'ommvrelal priiitiun gpoclnlty MAIN STRUCT, Khar Tim Ociinco nmtOK PRINEVILLE, OREGON The boys foot race was won by Xeut Puindexter, Carl Stone 2nd. The girls potato race was won by Edith King, V. Hinkle second. The boys potato race was won by Cnarlie Summer's, Neut Puin dexter, second. , The tug of war, country vs city was won by Steve Yancey's team I from the countrv. j In the evening a dance was giv-l n by the base ball noys ana was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Much credit is due to the Prine ville Military Band for the music furnished during the day which added greatly to making the cele-j bration the success it was. HARRIMAN HAS BLOCKING PLAN rived a reasonable interest on the investment is to push the line across Oregon. Thus the extension would answer a two-fold purpose and likewise serve two masters. All this goes to show Harriman has his far-seeing optic trainedon Mr. Gould. The latter's relentless activity in the domain the former had becun to view as his own pasture has proven so convincing that the precautionary measures have been adopted to bluff the Western Pacific magnate from coming into the Evergreen state. Gould's men do not for an instant feel their leader will be intimated by Harriman, and the original plan to reach Portland by way of Southern Oregon will be realized Telegram. The total wool clip in Oregon this year is estimated at from 15. 000,000 to 16,000,000 pounds, and about one third of it is delivered through Shaniko to the eastern market; At the annual sale jusi held at Sh;ii.iko warehouse a number of new eastern buyers at tended, and the wool brought extraordinary high prices', the figures averaging about 20 cents per pound. "There were over 4,000,000 pounds sold, and about 250,000 pounds of wool remain in the hands of the growers," said Charles J. Gray, traveling agent for the Northwestern, who went from Portland to attend the sale. "Fiom sheep and wool combined more thrn 11,000,000 has been disbursed through Shaniko this year. The spring sale of sheep to the eastern market yielded about $250,000 and the "sale of wool SO0,0U0." He says 350 carloads of sheep were shipped from Shaniko this spring. The increase of sheep this year was unusually heavy owing to a very favorable lambing season. Many trowers say they have had 100 per cent increase of their herds. The sheep are billed to Omaha, Knn.-as City, St. Joseph and other points, but ma.ny are stopped en route and grazed in Wyoming or Colorado and then forwarded to the packers as fat stock". Wool is delivered to the ware houses at Shaniko inhales about 4 by 8 feet, weighing 350 to 500 pounds' "in the grease." This means the wool is in the condition it was when removed from the backs of the sheep heavy with sand, giease and dirt. There are scouring plants at Pendleton and The Dalles, but little of the wool was sent for scouring this season. Much of it has in former years been bought by mills at Passiac, N'ew Jeisey, but they got little of this year's crop. Most of it was 1 It. 1 MM taken ny i.osion nouses. ine freight rate from Shaniko to New England points is f 1.88 ior wool in the grease and $2.25 for scoured. When scoured in Oregon the weight of the wool is reduced 60 to 75 per cent, and it is. more profitable to scour it here and ship the clean wool. But the eastern houses were anxious to have the wool on hand at the mills immediately. The quality o f eastern and central Oregon wools is Gradually improving.. One lot under which several hundred thousand acres of land were dis poeed of in Western Nebraska at the rate of 640 acres per entry man. This tells its own story. People are afraid to enter upon the vacant public domain. They are not land lawyers. A failure to comply with the requirement, not alone forfeits their claim, but under the very harsh construction of the law, subjects the settler to indictment. Special agenta of the government are not satisfied to kindly warn and notify him of his non compliance but are eager to pounce upon him and imiston a forfeiture, and then a punishment. The worst feature of the whole . bus-iness of a so-called square deal is that when the poor fellows, claim is cancelled, the rich scrip- holder steps in and holds it with his scrip. The result ia land entries by the people diminished, and 20,400 entries less are made for same length of time .this year ' compared with last. The country is set back. WILL COMPLETE STAMP MILL Manager H. T. Ilendryx, of the , Taber Fraction company, is pre- . paring to complete the Cracker Oregon stamp mill and put it in working shape for milling Taber Fraction ores, says a dispatch from Sumpter. Since his an nouncement here that he had ee- cured a lease of this milling plant arrangements have been hastened ' for deeper work on the Taler Fraction. There is a good quantity of milling ore in sight in the workings that have been opened to the 100-foot level, and it is also known that while the Columbia was opening this ground from the 1.200-foot level there was a good amount of ore in the drifts. What the intermediate ground between the 100 and 1,200 levels may - be remains to be proved, but the fc.ct that there has been such rich ore at the very surface and large milling bodies at depth gives positive assurance that there will be an abundance of ore in the 228 feet of ground the Taber Fraction has on the big lode. The Cracker-Oregon mill is admirably situated for use of the Taber Fraction, as it is at the base of the hill beneath the workings, and may be easily connected by an aerial tram, which Mr. Hen dryx says will be erected at an early date. Until the tram is working it is the purpose to haul ore by wagons, the distance being but the length of two claims. WILL BUILD THEIR OWN RAILROAD Should plans now under way which are said to be Harriman's sharp scheme to keep Gould out of Oregon with his Western Pacific and also establish a barrier which will forever give Oregon to his system be carried out,, a belt line across the state, to join the South ern Pacific at Albany with the Oregon Short Line at Ontario, will ho built, through the medium of A. B. Hammond with the Cor vallis & Eastern, and he will foster the extension of the Columbia Southern from Shaniko to Bund, bringing the Corvallis. & Eastern eastward so it will also touch- Bend on its way to the border, thus giving Harriman practical control of the northern half of the state in connection with the 0. R. & N., and the southwest quarter with the Southern Pacific, which is also Citizens of Vale, county seat of Malheur county, have given up hopeoi securing the long-expected extension of the Corvallis & East ern railroad through central Ore gon, and have organized a com pany to undertake the construct ion of a railroad about 30 miles to Payette, a town on the Oregon Short Line, about 40 miles east of Huntington. . The company is capitalized of $150,000, and its officers are: President, 15. A. Clark: vice-president, J W. Mc- Culloch; secretary, F.. treasurer, , M. II. Hope. The name of the corporation is the Vale & Malheur Valley Railroad company. Surveys will be made at the expense of local incorporat ors, and an effort will be made to this year at Shaniko brought a fraction over 26 cents. Willamette valley wools are quoted at 27 cents. "Broadly speaking the wool growing industry in Oregon is doomed to decrease because of -the natural encroachment of settlers," said Mr. Gray.. "The cattlemen are bitterely opposed to sheep, and they help to discourage the industry. The taking up of land and cultivating the soil where sheep formerly ranged is limiting the grazing ground. The result will be the breeding of finer strains of sheep and raising of higher-priced wools." Portland Journal. TAKES MIGRATORY TAX INTO COURT LAND OFFICE BUSINESS DECREASES A statement of tho business of the General Land Ollice for the first nine months of fiscal year shows a decrease of 20,400 in Petrio;' entries and of sf 2,221,333 in cash, as compared with the same time last year, the entries numbering 111,638 and the receipts amount ing'to $4,S94,616. There was an increase in the acreage . disposed of, due to the Suit has been filed in the Circuit Court here to test the constitution ality of the migratory sheep law, passed at the last session of the Legislature. Under the provisions of the statute all sheep brought into this state from other states for pasturage or to be driven through are subjected to a tax of 20 cents per head for each year or portion of a year that they are within the state. The suit was brought by ex Senator W. P. Reser, a sheepman and farmer of Walla Walla Coun ty. A short time ago Reser brought a band of 100 into this coClnty to be pastured during the Summer, and was compelled by the stock inspector to pay a tax of $20 upon it. However, the payment was done under protest," and the present suit is to recover that amount as well as to decide the constitutionality of the law. The grounds upon which the suit is based are mainly that the law is in violation of those sections of the Btate constitution which say that all taxes shall . be on valuations, and not per capita and that all taxes shall be uniform and equal. Several other reason, , interest eastern capital; Journal, operation of the Kinkaid law, are given