Crook County
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VOL. IX.
PIUNKVIJjIjK, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 10, 11)03.
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Michel & Company Michel & Company
GREAT SOUTHERN
HURRYING ITS WORK
Track Laying to Dufur Is
Nearly Completed-Extan-sion
Southward to Crook
County Is Promised.
Sixteen miles u( !r k ! u il and
I 17 men with a Robert track lay
ing machine will finish the rail
road to Dufur by Scptr nU-r 1, is
(he statement nl by the
manager of the ( lre.il Southern
railroad.
anything. Mr. Whistler sngsje-ts
that a feed canal he constructed
15 or 20 riiile in length, carrying
water from the Umatilla river to
a reservoir it at Cold Springs.
A dam there will impound water
to a depth of DO feet, sufficient to
irrigate ahout 18,000 acres of good
land contiguous there to, and
ftirni)-h an ample supply at all
seasons. It is the opinion of the
engineer that the cof-t of the im
provement will not exceed 150 an
acre to the landowner.
"The law under which govern
ment irrigation works are built
gives the Jandowner more advant
ages then are secured und r
private irrigation project," said
Mr. Whistler. "Payments to the
government are made in 10 annual
Three fourths of the bridge are installment. The provisions are
in and they are surfacing the road
(U t'ley go along. The company
has one engine, five boxcar and
10 tlalears in use now and also one
combination car ami one passenger
coach here.
In regard to rates, the company
Announcement
Boyd Adams having purchased an interest
with O. O. Dunham in the New York Racket
Store, and they having purchased the stock of
Clothing and Furnishing Goods of B. Gormley
desire to annouce to the public that the new
firm has nnved into the building formerly occu
pied by Mr. Gormley and will do business in our
now quarters under the firm name of the
OWL ensH STORE
In our new quarters we'have more room and in
addition to the lare stock which wa now have
we will add several new lines making our store
the most complete and up-to-date in the county.
We 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 the past
and jvith a cordial invitation for all to call and
see us in our new quarters we are
Yours respectfully,
DUNHAM & ADAMS
such that two whole irrigation
seasons may elapse before the con
tract can be linally cancelled in
absence of payment of the first in
stallment, thus giving the settler
wide latitude in getting started in
farming undertaking. The co-t
ESCAPE SECOND FLOOD
has made some to warehouse men i (x-r acre under our final estimate!
along tie line, but would not give I includes all maintenance 'during
out anything for publication. the 10-year period in which the
The Ut day's work that has j payments are made."
been done is a total f ,)() feet'
of track in one d.tv. As soonasj
the road is fini.-h'cd to Dufur thel fHj(U)S ARK TO
company exjucts to continue its!
line up the Agency plains. Two
thirds of the right of way has
leen secured 10 miles south of
Dufur and men are. out securing
the rest.
From Dufur the roml will follow
a southerly course to the mouth of
Warm Springs river, across the
west end of Ju.niper Hats, Warm
Springs reservation, and then
southeast to Agency plains. The
line ir on a slight water grade
from the head of Warm Springs
creek to The Dalles, the maximum
grade from The Dalles to Dufur
High up on the White Salmon
bluffs, u short distance across the
TO PROVIDE HOMES
FOR THOUSANDS
Cooperative Federation to
Accomodate 50,009 People
on the Tract Acpnired in
Eastern Oregon.
Co-Operative Christian Federa
tion plans to accomodate 50.000
peop.e on the projects already
under way in Oregon. On the
French-Glenn ranch, which the
federation lias secured, in Harney
county, there is room for 10,000
jople, and on the 800,000 acres
of land which the federation ex
cct8 to secure from the owners of
the old grants to the Willamette
Valley Wagon Road, together
with the factories and manufactur
ing establishments which it is
planned to establish in the Wil
lamette Valley, 40KX) more people
wiil be accommodated.
Were the oflicers of the federa
tion ready to begin the selection
of people for these enterprises, the
entire number could be secured
in a few days, say the federation
leaders. But the time wheri work
on the projects will be actually
begun is yet too indefinite, so no
applications are being acted upon.
A great many applications are
Ix'ing received, however.
On the French-Glenn ranch a
Columbia from Hood River, where . moJel C()lony wiU be estabn?hed
he considers himself and flock safej Jiost of the land will be used for
from the disaster that is about to diversified farming purposes, but
come, a roaming evangelist is the nece.-sary enterprises to sup
hurriedly gathering timber anJTport a farming district that eize
all of which adds an air of mystery
to the undertaking, for no one ex
cept the initiated knows exactly
what is going on.
Needless to state, the local
optionist looks with disfavor upon
this proposed innovation, and it
is said the law will be invoked to
uproot the asserted attempt to
bring about a "wet" condition of
affairs in a "dry" community. If
the operations of the club are
upheld by the law, and the found
ers confidently assert that such
will be the outcome of an appeal
to the courts, it will -only be a
question of time till other similar
private clubs are organized in the
town and county.
MIGRATORY STOCK
LAW IS DEAD
vs
constructing a rude ark, which he
intends to launch on the great sea
of wafe rs that is to overwhelm the
being 1.5 mt cent, Dufur to Tygh Hood River Valley, and adjacent)
J.eavcr creek
mil i.o per cent. Leaver crecK lOjcountrv
Deschutes river 1 per cent, and
the heaviest curvature 10 'degrees.
The leiicth of the road from
here to the Agencv plains will be!the "SeconJ V"
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fllacksniithing That Pleases
Is The Kind You Get at- -
J. II. WIGLIi'S
(Successor to)
CORKETT
A Stock of Farm Machinery alwavs on hand
& ELKIXS'S
Professional Cards.
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Oregon.
A. If. LIPPMAN-8 CO-
Furniture and Undertaking
Ranges
AT, PORT LA N 1) PR L C li S
County jfsician )
5ft q I knap a wards
iPrintvill.
Oregon.
Jf. Rosenberg
iPijfSteian and Surgeon
Cas anstvwred promptty tta er niffAt
0ffte
si mntt 9mSm Sfrts.
fPrinevt'H, Oregon,
The Journal
Printers To The Particular
11 '2 miles.
The portage road proposition for
the use of the Great Southern
track into The Dalles has been
taken up by the directors and it is
probable that the same proposition
will be offered the portage as made
In'fore, which will give the portage
the free use of the Great Southern
tracks into The Dalles and give
the Great Southern the free ue of
the portage track, or a stated price
per car per mile. Journal.
KLAMATH PROJECT
SOON UNDER WAY
A conference of irrigation engi
ncers and olhViaU'at Klamath will
be held the first of next week at
Klamath Falls, with a view to
facilitating the signing of land-
owners' contracts with the gov
ernment in connection with the
Klamath irrigation project.
It is hoped to get affairs in
shape in Klamath county to begin
the construction work this year.
It means the expenditures of near
ly $5,000,000 in irrigation work
and other improvements in the
Klamath basin, and the, reclama
tion of upward of 100,000 acres of
land. '
This is the largest irrigation
project begun in this country. - It
has immense significance for Ore
gon, as its completion will be fol
lowed by. construction of railroad
lines connecting Portland with the
Klamath country and will also
bring central Oregon more promi
nently thiui ever to the notice of
railroadbuiktcrs.
John T. Whistler, district engi
neer for the reclamation service in
The evangelist, who has
been in the limelight in this sec
tion for some time, styles himself
His real
name and origin are unknown.
The evangelist is hastening
construction of the aik, for only
ipne more ct.iv remains until the
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cataclysm he predicts is to take
place. His prophecy was to le
will be established. There will
be an opportunity for people of
every profession and busidess to
locate there, and the 160,000 acres
will accommodate approximately
10,000 people.
The federation planslb'estabilsb
the factories and manufacturing
establishments to supply all its
Oregon colonies at some point in
the Willamette Valley. The
oflicers of the company believe the
Valley is the lest site for there
industries, and they will be placed
west of the mountains, notwith
standing that most of the resi-
luriiisoi u.e colonics mu live in
fulfilled between July 27 and the eastern part of the state. The
August 10, and the time is near ; locations for these industries have
at hand. His tiny bunch of dts-U"1 .vt' etn determined, and
! probably will not be until railroad
.'acuities ot the leueration are ar
ranged. The industrial a n d
manufacturing projects and the
Yovk Oriikk tor any llihift from a ,'arrt tn a
I'atuloKut. OoinmorclHl prlnlinn a apoolaliy
MAIN 8TKKET, Nrar Tint Oeiiuco Briwik
PRINF.VILLE, () R F. G () N
Oregon, has suggested an irriga
tion project that will reclaim 25
000 acres of .land on the east side
of the Umatilla river, below Echo.
Most of the land has been taken
by settlers and their co-operation
will be necessary before the recla-
tiny
ciples, half a dozen in number, is
more and more excited as the!
last day approaches, and people
from the White Salmon neighbor
hood coming here report them
scurrying around to get material
for the Xoah-like structure that
is to save them.
The "Second Daniel" and his
following first expected to save
themselves by staying on top of
Mount Defiance, an eminence in
the mountains some distance
southwest of here. Hither they
betook themselves after the
skeptical inhabitants of Hood
River had applied the rotten egg
cure when the patriarch was " ex
horting the residents to take
warning. Usage even worse than
this befell the leader on Mount
Defiance's slopes, for under his
cabin one night was placed a
huge stick of dynamite, prepared
and located, so 'tis said, by un
believing sawmill men of the
Upper Hood River Valley coun
try. When Daniel II and his
host went out to pray, there was a
great crash. It portended to the
kneeling septette that the world's
end was at hand. They jumped
up, arms waving, eyes opened
wide. All they saw was the
shack ascending skyward.
Then the modern Daniel and
men crossed to White Salmon,
where, sa far as known here, no
untoward thing has yet befallen
them. The "prophet" is an old
man, white hair and flowing
beard giving him the necessary
patriarchal appearance. Hood
River decided to excite him be
cause his pessimistic doctrines
were frightening the women and
children. "Daniel" had hired a
hall and evidently intended to
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transportation facilities will natur
ally go together. Telegram.
NEW WAY TO
AVOID LOCAL OPTION
mation officials can accomplish terminus was put. Telegram.
Whether a way has-'neen dis
covered to get around the local
option law is a question that is
tausing considerable discussion in
this city since the incorporation
last week of the Corvallis Athletic
and Social Club, says a dispatch
from Corvallis. In the papers fil
ed with the County Clerk, in
corporating the said private club,
E. Geer' nephew of ex-Governor
Geer, is named as president; W.
McManics as vice-president, and
Mike Kline, secretary and treasur
er. There is also asserted to be a
charter membership of 70 citizens.
The building formerly occupied
ty Ren Woldt as a saloon is the
headquarters of the club, and no
one is allowed to enter except
members, each of whom has a
private key to the front door
Each member is allowed a private
locker, which he may keep stocked
.with a collection of "wet goods,"
to be drawn upon at will.
It is not known where the liquid
refreshments are produced. It is
asserted on the one hand that the
club sells, directly to its members,
and from another source comes
the information that" the Star
Brewery, of Portland, is back of
the club, and furnishes the "booze"
at wholesale rates. A large sign
has been erected on the clublgnisc
which states: "Only members
allowed admission, others will
be handled accordingly to law,"
Because it is in viohtion of that
section of the constitution which
requires that all taxation shall be
equal ami uniform, the Supreme
Court, in an opinion of which
Chief Justice Wolverton is author,
declares that the migratory live
stock tax law passed by the
Legislature is void. The opinion
was given in the case of Lake
county, appellant, vs. A. B. Schroe
der, respondent, from Lake coun
ty, and the judgment rendered by
Judge H. L. Benson, is affirmed.
Action was brought to enforce
payment of a tax under the new
law, and the trial judge sustained
a demurrer to the complaint and
this action is upheld by the ap
pellate court. Defendant was
about to remove bis stock into an
other county when under the
provisions of the migratory stock
law ihe county authorities at
tempted to assess and collect taxes
upon the same for the full year
at the rate of the last proceeding
levy, the act so providing in case
the owner of -iv- stock has not
sufficient real property to secure
the tax. The Supreme Court
holds the provision authorizing an
assessment at last year's rate of
levy is a vital defect in the law,
as it puts the owner of livestock at
a disadvantage as compared with
the owners or other stock not
migratory, because he must pay
nt rt il!ft'ornl ratp nf lfvv ivhioh
may be higher, and therefore an
inequality exists. The court does
not pass upon the constitutionality
of the act on the ground that no
notice or adequate hearing is pro
vided for the owner of the live
stock before he is precluded by the
assessment, as the case is dis
posed of on the first question.
Decision Annuls Second Suit.
Representing about 25 owners of
sheep in Walla Walla county,
William P. Reser has commenced
suit at La Grande, Oregon, to test
the migratory sheep law passed by
the last Legislature of Oregon.
Under the law sheep taken into
Oregon during the Summer and
Fall for grazing are subject to a
tax, and 20 cents per head is now
being demanded by the Sheep In
spector. As the owners of the
sheep are compelled to pay a tax
on their sh'iep in the state of
Washington, they claim that the
tax sought to be collected in Union
county is double taxation. About'
two months ago a similar suit waft.
instituted in the Circuit Court at
Pendleton to restrain the Stock
Inspector from collecting the 20
cont tax. W. A. Reser was the
complainant in that suit also. At
the present time Walla Walla
sheepmen are pasturing about
60,000 head on the range in Union
county.
The grounds for the action, ac
cording to the complaint prepared
in Walla Walla, is that the law is
unconstitutional because the tax
is not uniform, and is not a tax
upon valuation, but on numbers;
that it is unlawful interference
with interstate commerce, and
therefore a violation of the Con
stituiion of the United States; that
it taxes the property of nonresi
dents in a different mannar and
to a greater extent than the prop
erty of residents of the slate of
Oregon, and taxes one class of
stock and not . another. Reser
prays for a restraining order pre
venting Stock Inspector Goff from
collecting the tax.