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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
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I. K. MTKKFA. S. M. HAII.KY.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF CROOK COUNTY.
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1905.
HAY AS A VERSE WRITER
An admirer of the writings of
John Hav selects the followinc
isvms, with the remark that Mr. ;
. . , . i
Hay might never have beeonie !
famous statesman if he had not'
written the ioems of "Jim lUudso' j
and "Little Breeches." When he.
resigned his post at Madrid, in j
1S70 b eame home, intending to
study law and to practice in Illi
nois. Before going deeply into
law, however, he submitted the
two oems to the New York
Tribune, and they were printed.
They attracted great attention and
led to the author's being offered a
post as an editorial writer on the
Tribune. He accepted, and thus
his career was changed.
"Jim Bludso" was the first of
the poems printed, and it was onej
that really made him famous inj
literature. It is as follows: j
JIM ItT.l'Dso, OF THK 1'BAIKIE
ItKI.I.i:
Wall, no! I can't tell wla-re he lives. I
IJeeauHe tie don't live you see; '
lastwayti. tie's got out of the habit !
Of Hviu-like yon and me. -
U'har h i l..,i f..r tlu ImmI I
three years. t
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Hludso pass.,1 In his j
, j
The night of the Prairie Bell?
He weren't no saint theiu engineers
Is pretty much alike
One wife in Xatchei-Under-t he-Hill
And another one here. In Pike;
A keerless man in hia talk was Jim,
And an awakward man in a row;
Itut he never flunked and he never
lied
I recken lie never knowetl how.
And this waa all the religion he had
To treat his engine well:
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilot's bell;
And h ever the Prairie Ilelle took
fire
A thousand times he swore
He'd hold her nozzel agiu the bank
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day ontheMissis
sipp, And her day come at last
The Movastar wa a better boat,
But the Belle, she wouldn't lie
paased,
And so she came tearin' along that
night
The oldest eraft on the line
With a nigger sqnat on her safety
valve, Aud her furrmee crammed, rosin
and pine.
The fire burst out as she cleared the
bar,
And burnt a hole in the night.
And quick as a flash she turned, and
made
For that wilier lank on the right.
There was runnin' and cursin", but
Jim yelled out.
Over all the infernal roar,
"I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last galoot's ashore."
Through the hot, black breath of the
burnin boat,
Jim Bludso's voice was heard.
And they all -had trust in his cussed-
ness,
And knowe'd he would keep his
word.
And, sure's you're born, thev all got
off
Afore the smokestacks fell
And Bludso's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie lielle.
He weren't, no saint but at jedg
ment I'd run my chance with Jim.
'Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with
him.
He seen his duty, a dead-sure thing
And went for it thar an then:
And Christ ain't a-going to Is too
hard
On a man that died for men.
This was followed in a few days
by"Little Breeches," and the two
created something of a furor in
literary circles. It is related that
Mr. Hay really wrote the two
poems as a burlesque or parody
on the western verse of Bret Harte
and that he was the most surpris
ed man in the country when he
found that they had been accepted
as American classics. This is the
poem of
"LITTLli BREECHES"
I don't go much on religion,
I never ain't had no show;
But I've got a middlin' tight grip sir,
On the handful o' things I know.
I don't pan out on the prophets,
And. free-will and that sort of
thing
But I b'lieve in Ood and the angles
I come into town with some turnips,
r.vrr Bimr wiitt muni lunt nullum.
And in v little tiabecoine along
No 4-year-old in the county
Could lieat him dr pretty nml
strong.
IV"rt ,
Always readv to swear and light
An,,,(, ,OHrilthlm t), rlmw .rlm,k,.r
jv.t to keep hi milk-t.vth white.
Thi m)mv ianu W a ,ilnnkot
As ,,nMH,N ,v Tuggart's store;
I went In for a jug f molasses
Ami left the team at the door.
They scansl at
st.artetl
something and
I heard one little s.iiiill.
(nil li,ll.tikMnlif nvi.r tin. i,r:tli'l.i
Went team. Mttle Bnwhe-, and all. !
Mell to-spllt tver the prairie;
I was almost froe with skecr:
Hut we rtMistetl up some torvhes.
And sarchtl for 'em far and near.
At last we struck horses audvai;on,
Snowed under a soft, w hiteinoiind.
1'iwet, dead ta-at tint of little Gal
No hair nor hvde was found.
Vn(, hm. ., ,,,. mmsl lm.
Of my little fellow-critter's aid
I cst flopped down on my marrow
lifMieti.
Crotch-deep In the kiiow and
nraved.
Hy this the torches was plaj ed out.
Ami nie and Isrui Parr
Went off to some wool f..r K.l-b. n !
mul '
flit off f.ir KKllli- w.hmI t., i alux-lk. ;
fold
That he saitl was soiuewhar thar. ,
w f j n . . . . . ,
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litn thr nut in. flw. l.imKd til I
Where they put up thelanils at!
nhlht.
We ltKiketl In and seen them luidilletl
thar.
So warm, and sleepy, and white,
Aud thar sot Little Breeches and
chlrjed
Aa ptart as ever you see.
"I want a chaw of terhacker,
i And that's what thematterof me."
i
i How did he git thar? Anuels
He never eonlil
thot stomi.
haw walked m i
They Jest st onptnl down anil toted j
him
' To whar It was safe and warm, I
And I think that roving a littlechild. ,
And fotchiug bim to his own
Is a d timed sight lietter business j
Than loafing around the Throne.
Mr. Hay's highest poetic level is I
thought to have been reached in I
his verses on "Liberty," written
apropos of the execution of the j
men of the Paris commune at j
Satory:
All in vnin will timorous ones essay I
To set the mete and bounds of
Liberty
For Freedom is ita own eternal law
It runken its own condition, find In
storm
Or Calm
Will.
nlike fulfills the unerring j-
Let us then not despise it when it lies
Still aa a sleeping Hon, w hilea swarui
Of gnat-like evils hover round its
head;
Nor doubt it when in mad. disjointed
times
It
shakes
the torch of terror, and j
, , j
'-'iimiic u iri i ut; 1 1 1 ri kiii can ii, a dm in
the flame
Of riot and war we see its awful
form
Itise by the scaffold, where thecrim
sou ax
Kinjjs down its grooves the knell of
shuddering kings
For ever in thine eyes, O Lilterty.
Shines that high light by which the
world Is saved.
And though thou slay us. we will
trust in thee
This little stanza, an "Exjiect
ation," showed his more delicate
method as a poet of love:
Koll on, O shining sun.
To the far seas!
ISring down, ye shades of eve;
The soft, salt breeze.
Shine out, O stars, and light
Mi-darling's pathway bright,
As though the summer night
She comes to me.
We are now given to understand
that the Columbia Southern will
be extended to Madras, which is
all very well so far as it goes, but
it does not go far enough to attain
the object sought for by the people
of Central Oregon. It will never
be a first class road, but will cost
just as much as one would that
will meet all the requirements of
Central Oregon which would be a
first-class road the Corvallis &
Eastern, which may also be ex
tended to Ontario. It is said that
the extension of the Corvallis tV:
Eastern is a sharp scheme on the
part of Mr. llarriman to keep
Gould out of Oregon with his
"men! i auiuu. j.,ei mai lie as
it may, it will be a God's Messm"
, . t i..,. r ,
(something the Columbia Southern j
will never he) to tin- people of;
Central Oregon, if it in built, and .
the chances are good that it willi
le. The building of the Corvallis j
X- V, ..,J.l r
hoph in " i -it iiu iiiru tan miiv i r
for the Warm Springs eountry,
, me Mftcrt antl N,uaw I reek conn-. C M Klkins niul wif,, on
! try, Cline Falls and surrounding . vh todav for an outing at the
irrigated country, Prineville and Mountain House in the Cascade
; Crooked River eountry, Bend and mountains,
i Silver Lake eountry, and could
(reach Madras and the Haystack' Arthur Hodges returned Wed
' country at a great saving over the j "esdar from Portland, w here he
.cost of the extension of tl,0 j has been the past two weeks at
Columbia Southern from Shaniko. i ,en,,in 1,10 ,lM,t' ,r'1 ,,'!"!)
winch will never be anything but
a rattle-trap at lest. The first
twenty miles of territory south of
Shaniko produce nothing and
newr can tv made to produce.
while the cost of constructing aj
j railroad through this stretch of j
territory has always Wen ton-!
sidervd an expensive proposition i
. . . . . . l - i 1
rwl expensive 10 oe seriously,
thought of. if the people of l rook !
i couniy aim me commercial v uio
ot Portland would spend a little
. i.i i
of tluir urrlu!i ,nerW
i Corvallis ,v Kastern we would
soon have a railroad that will
bring Central Ort-gon substantial
benefits. Cline Falls Press.
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Additional Locals
C. A. Graves returned yesterday
from a two weeks tav in Portland.
R. 0. Smith, of Bend, was in thevnung of the Fourth of Julv and
city the first of the week enrontej was apparently getting along
home from a trip to Shaniko. ; i(.cv llntii iast' Sundav when she
Mrs. J. H. Horrigan returned i
,l)e finjt o tj,e wvj. (rom a vi(iit to!
P,w.l-n.t ar.l ...,IW i
I
J. II. NVindom and two daughters ,
. i, iiiiiiir mill ,.i vtii.ci. nric:
., v x,MU,nv
f x".
C. J. Johnson and wife returned
yesterday from a two weeks' visit
at Portland and the Fair.
Randolph Ketchum returned
Monday from a visit to the Port
land Fair.
B. F. Johnson returned
this
morning from a two weeks' visit
at the Federal Court in Portland.
The Mealev Brothers, of Sweet
Home, iiassed through town Mon-!'
dav enroute to Klamath Falls.
Miss Doll ie Hodges has taken a
position in Moore's Bakery andiwa completed
Confectionery ftore
F. J. Lively and wife left today
for a few weeks visit at Portland
and the Fair.
:
;
town this,
James Dver was in
week from Howard after a loud of ! e
brick for the Lookout
Cinnabar mines.
, . , ,
children returned home from a
week's visit with relatives at
! Willow cret k.
Harold Baldwin left today for
Portland to spend his v acation in ;
visiting friends and relatives and
taking in the sights at the Fair- j
J. J. Johnson, of Ontaris, is it'
the city visiting with his father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. K. John-i
son, and old time friends.
j quo, aiiu um liuit: u icnub.
iFyvvvvvvvwrn'i
Plow's Candy
in Packages. Second to
None.
Ice Cream
and Soda. Pure and Cold
D. P. ADAH50N & CO.
t A A A AA A k Jk A A Ajt
Ld and John Martin, of Burns,
passed through town Wednesday
enroute home from ' a visit to
Southern Oregon and Portland.
R. W. Breese returned Wedne6 -
day from Portland, where he has
been the past two weeks attending
the land fraud cases.
,
PariT Malmu ur..l fan.il,. If.ft
. J , ,, I horses out of the pasture to Cot-
Monday for a month's outing on;, , , , , , ,
, r, . , , tage Grove, where he had sold the
the Santiam and the wild black . , j,,, , ,
i team for f 100 cash and another
' 1 ' j horse. With the money secured
Wm. Wigle, Wm. Pollard and 'from the sale of the horses he was
wife and Miss Maude Brown b
the first of the week for
an o.n tug
on the Santiam.
M. E. Brink returned yesterday
from a two weeks stay in Portland
where he has been in attendance
at the land fraud cases.
Mrs. Dr. Fergueson, of The
Dalles, arrived in the city yester
day morning having been called to
consult with Dr. Edwards on Miss
Floy Slayton's case.
J.W.Howard left Monday for
Prairie City to attend the stock
holders' meeting of the Dixie
Meadow Mining Company, which
was to hold its annual meeting
Julv 19th.
Kev. 0. 1. Bailey will not preach
here next Suiitl.iv as announced
last week, on account of iicktiess. t
v I
XUx'" i,n,, VVil,0,, 'Wk'!,l 1
turned today from a visit to the1
Portland Fair.
Miss Maggie (51ae
returned 1
Monday from Portland, where she
has been as a witness in the land
fraud eases.
lr. l S. I'oe. of Bend, was in
Prineville Monday to consult with
pr- Edwards on Miss Floy Slav-
'OM s ras,-
, A iW. r,.irn1i
vesterdav
froln fj,,.
Dalles where he had
leen to attend the funeral of his
uncle, the late Rev. (i. M. Booth.
County Clerk J. J. Smith re
turned this morning from Portland
ere he has Invn the jwst twoj
; weeks-as a witness in the Federal
'Court. !
The eldest daughter of Mr. and
iMrs. C. A. Clover. Miss Flov
Jsiayton is seriously ill with an
J acute attack of peritonitis. Miss
'Slavton was first taken sick the
suft'ered a relapse and for the past
few davs her life has U en disparcd !
of. At the nresent the doctor,, t
I
think that the patient has a very I
fair chance of recover v.
Pete Zell and w ife and son, T.
B. Zell left this morning for the
wild black berry patch on the
SantJam. Beside? gathering ber
ries the party expect to spend
their outing in hunting and fish
ing and Mr. Zell took along a War
dog which he claims will put, the
biggest and most savage bear in
j the Cascades up a tree and they
1 expect to get one or two of these
! animals which are reported very J
plentiful in the Wrrv patches
The evidence on both sides of
i the Williamson-GesniT-Biegs case
Tuesday and the
into the hands of
case was given
the jury at .":1" o'clock that after
noon. I'p till the present time
i ne jury nas iaiieu to reacn a
verdict and all indications point
to a hung jury. Judge Bennett
prung a surprise on the court by
i
.Mountain . submitting the case of the defetid
: ants to the jurv without anv
argument, saving that he was
j willing to trust to the intelligence
j ol the jury to bring in a verdict
according to the testimony given.
Hone Thief Arrested.
D. A. Findlay and son, Charlie,
have been in town the past Iwo
days on business connected with
j the arrest of Jeff Yarber at Cottage
drove for the theft of two of Mr.
: f:.n.. ..' . l .it- :r ' u
. i inuia s uoiihts. nun hi v-. iin
1,11111 ial larncrin custody ana
j is ex)eeted to arrive in town with
4 i his prisoner this evening. Yarber
i i will be taken to Bend and given
4j J a preliminary examination before
4i Justice Lawerence.
Yarber is considered a bad man
j'aiid it was only through luck
and the boldness of Yarber that
rindlay got his horses. He stop-
iped in Prineville a while this
J gpring going under the name of
j J. M. Tetherow, and is the same
fellow who accidently shot hini-
j8elf w,lil hunting coyotes near
j the 0'lchrist ranch on Crooked
riV(,r-
' 'Mr. Findlay 'tracked Yarber
i from the place where he took his
i'.. "xdine to have a good time
when Mr. Findlay appeared upon
the scene, and the city marshall
was notified to arrest the man,
which he did and sheriff Smith
who was in Eugene at the time
was notified.
At the time of the arrest Yarber
hail a big 4o caliber Colts strapped ;
to his belt and had just ordered
the drinks for the marshall and
his deputy and a few bystanders.
i He seemed to take the matter easy
and after the hand cuffs were
placed on his wrists wanted to
finish drinking his glass of beer,
but the marshall denied him this
saying "he had enongh for one
' time,"
Mid Summer Clearance Sal
fit
m
To mako room for our Fall Stock wo must oloar
Stock of all Odds and Ends In Summer Goods
A low Silk a ii. I L-iwu Shirt Waist Moid tnnl Hovm SumiiicV Stmw mid
(iimmIs that sol.l iVom 7")conts ttt 87,"l Oumis Il.tt.i nt losa than rust. A
Yur !,!,,, IVvv I'annmiiM that AA lor S.IM)
v.-it. w , H . Vour cht.iw for -' . $5.00
Silk Y aists . . . $ .50 . i . i -
p " tvnt hal.s vtnir clioin' 50 cts
Lawn Waists . . 50 cts ivnt lials uiir clioico '25 Cts
Ladies Summer Skirts in Colton CWrts Misses and Childmis Summer l'ad
Sateens and White .'inlets wear at less tlian cost
'ot 1 75 cts Straw Hats o iud tl inch l.rim 50 cts
- ' $1.00 Aiitoinuliile ('aps . . ;5 cts
$1.-5 Sun llonnetts . . . J5
El
few Ladies Silk Heltsall this Seastrn's newest styles reduced
One Half, from 25 cents to $1.00 each
HWURZWEILER & THOMSON H
SP lKV (lOODS and 1 IJKMSIII-US ifl
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BORN
i In tliis city, Tuesday, July
j to the wife of K. F. Barnes
: eight pound son.
an i
Death ol Mrs. Angehne Sitei.
Mrs. Angeliiit
early pioneer
Sites, one id (hel
settlers of Oregon j
died near Prineville after a brief
illness caused by indigestion, on
Saturday, July !", t'.H).".. at the age!
of 7'2 years.
Angeline May was born in Boone
county Missouri, April "Jtl, LS;1;5.
She crossed the plains with her
parents in lsp.i settling near
Salem, Oregon. She was married
to lr. James K. Sites, deceased, in
Salem on January M), l"s.V.
To this union five children were
'born, two of whom survive lier,!
Mrs. J. W. Howard, of Corvallis,'
Oregon, and Mrs. C. F. Smith, of;
this city. j
Deceased had been a devout '
christian for the past 17 wars.;
Funeral ret vices were conducted
Sunday afternoon ,it the residence j
of C. F. Smith by the Bev. V. P.
Jinnett, pastor of the Methodist j
church. Interment took place ; 1 1
the I'liion cenietcrv.
Death of Rev. G M Booth
BeV. (ieorge M. Booth, one of
the foremost and pioneer minister
of the Methodist church and pre
siding elder of The Dalles district,
lied at his home in The Dalles
Oregon, Friday, July H, l'.Mi'., at
the age of ."i.'t years.
Kev. Booth came to Oregon
when he was four years old, re
ceiving his early education and
training in the schools of this
state. During his ministcry his
labors have been confined to the
Columbia Uiver Conference with
headquarters at different times at
SKkane, Moscow and The Dalles.
He has been a member And
delegate to 'our general confer
ences and he attended the hist
conference at I.os Angeles'. His
death was due to a nervous strain
occasioned by overwork.
Deceased was wch known in this
city. This is the first death in the
Booth family of 12 children. Sur
viving him are a wife and four
children, a father, four brothers
and seven sisters. The funeral
services were held at The Dalles,
Sunday afternoon. The remains
were taken to Salem for interment,
NOTICE.
All pari ies knowing t IiciiihcIvch In
debted to the firm of Smith & ( leek
are reiiuested to call and settle at
once as we need t he money. Smith
& deck.
To Trade for Heavy Horses.
An Imported Shire Stallion
l-'or
particnlirs address
(!. II. ISt'oiison,
Monmouth, Oregon
Special Rates to Portland Fair
The Columbia Southern Hallway
Company will sell excursion tickets
from alTtlckel offices to Tor-Hand
and return daily from May 2!) to
October V, good to return within :!0
days from date of sale, but not Inter
than October ylst, l'M)."i, at rales us
follows for the round trip:
Wasco, 4.H(; Moro, $."i.7.r; (Jrass
Valley, .f.:!.": Shaniko, fs.lMI. Child
ren between 5 and 12 years, one-half
the above rates. ('. K. Lytuc,
(ieneral Passenger Agent.
SMITH KLEEK'S RECEPTIONS
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Domestic and Imported
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r- Barber
Shop mid KcNtutii
iUiaiUiUiiliUiiiliilaiuiUlU
The Opera Saloon
ROARK & ltnil:l.l., Proprietor.
In The (ilaze Haiti
A First Class House
in Kverv Respect
CHOICEST BRANDS OP LIQOURS.
WINES, and CIGARS
THE EMPIRE STABLES
HUGH GEE, PROPRIETOR.
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SnnclRi Attention Given
to Board Inn ;;
Flrt Cla Teams to Lot
at Reasonable Prions, :
Up-to-Date Outfits Fur
nished for transporting
Partl8 to the woods or
an outside point :: :;
THE R7QKET STORE
e. DUNHAM, Proprietor
A chango in management, but no chang,, j tjm
opportunity to secure tlie right goods at the right prices
New stock coming in constantly. Let me si t you
some of the pretty things in my summer line of good
O'NEIL BROTHERS
j Prineville's Wholesale Liquor House g?
g Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars, also RS
BAR SUPPLIES
Sole Agents for Hop Gold Beer and
l.t -a-1 r- - .
km .ne ramous in a pa Soda
Family Trade Solicited.
our
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