County
VOL. IX.
PKINKVILLE, CJtOOK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 13, 11)05.
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ANOTHER. FOURTH
ENTERS HISTORY
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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