Crook
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Journal
VOL. IX.
PiUNfiVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 17, 1905.
NO. 35
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Announcement
Boyd Adams having purchased an interest
with 0. 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 moved into the building formerly occu
pied by Mr. Gormley and will do business in our
new quarters under tho firm name of the
OWL Q71SH STORE
In our now quarters we have, more room and in
addition to the largo stock which we now havo
wo will add several new lines making our store
the most complete and up-to-date in the county.
We wish to call your special ip-ttention 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 with a cordial invitation for all to call and
see us in our new quarters wo are
Yours respectfully,
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MAIN 8TRKKT, Nkar Thr Oi'Iloco BRIDGE
PRINEVILLE , O R E G ON
DEATH FOLLOWS
30 FOOT FALL
Carl Chapman, of Bend, the
Victim of a Fatal Acci
dent Last Friday at his
Powell Buttes Ranch.
Carl Chapman, th 21-year-old
son of C A. Chapmon, a merchant
in l end, wan almoct instantly
killed last Friday afternoon in an
accident which happened at the
Chapman ranch in the old rirer
hed south of Powell Butte.
From the tdioulders of a man who
wag carrying him up the ladder
out of a well which they were
digging, young Chapman plunged
headlong a distance of 30 feet
crushing hi skull on the rocks
talow.
The accident occurred at -1:30
o'clock in the afternoon. Mr.
Chapman and George Anthony,
whom he had hired to help him,
went to the ranch in the morning
from Bend to continue sinking the
well which had attained a depth
of 30 feet. Blasting powder was
lcing used to blow out the rocks
which they had encountered -and
according to the story' Anthony
told when he reached the ditch
camp a lew mi leg south of the
Chapman ranch, young Chapman
had gone down the ladder a few
minutes after the first explosion
to begin clearing away the loosen
ed rocks.
Soon after he had wade the
descent, Anthony heard him call
as if in distress. A second call
ioiiowihi, men me sincxen man.
who hud been overcome by the
thick smoke, remained silent,
Anthony could jee.n h i n g
inrougn me clouds ot smoke winch
were arising from the shaft, and
quickly made his way down the
ladder to the bottom of the well
where he found Chapman lying!
unconscious.
Picking the young man up in
his arms he let the body rest on
his shoulder while he started up
the ladder to the fresh air above.
As the last few steps were being
taken at . the top, Chapman, re
gaining consciousness, began to
struggle," and a second ' 1 n t e r
Anthony's arm was wrenched aside
and his burden of t lie moment
before shot downward through the ' about Oregon that will he des
ascending smoke to the rock laminated throughout the length
bottom of the shaft. j and breadth of the United States,
Anthony again made the descent j a"d when the gates of the Fair
and finding no signs of life in the J have closed forever and the Ex
body, hastened to the camp of the j position will have Income but a
Dischutes - Irrigation & Power
company onie nine miles farther
south, where he told of the ac
cident. Several nun went back
at once, and word was sent to Dr.
Coe at Bend who drove out to the
Chapman ranch, arriving a couple
of hours later. '
Young Chapman's body by that
time hud been brought to the sur
face and Dr. Coe, after making an
examination, stated that death
had ensued a few minutes after
the unfortunate man struck the
sharp rocks at the bottom of the
well.
The body was removed to Bend
where the funeral was held last
Monday afternoon, interment
taking place at the Pilot Butte
cemetery. Deceased leaves a
widow and a three-months-old
child at Bend, besides a father and
sister. He was insured in the
Massachusetts Mutual, his policy
having been in force only 13 days
prior to his untimely death.
WILL COME WEST
AGAIN IN AN AUTO
Word has been received at the
Lewis and Clark Exposition that
Percy F. Megargel, who was second
in the great automobile race across
the Continent to the Fair last
June, will again steer a touring
car from ocean to . ocean, arriving
at the Exposition, if all goes well,
in 35 days after leaving New York,
the starting point. He is being
sent out by the American Motor
fcaguc UK a pioneer to gain in
formation on the best roads and
routes to he ueed in compiling a
roadbook for the nee t-f future
enthusiasts who may care to lake
the trip. His itinerary on this
account is a very long and com
plicated one, and preparations,
have been made for a difficult and
arduous journey.
The route as at present mapped
out is nearly twice as long as any
other automobile trip ever under
taken, and amounts approximate
ly to a tour of nearly 9000 miles.
The car selected for the attempt is
a Reo of 16-horee-power, equipped
with numerous appliances for
measuring distances and including
a full camping outfit and set of
firearms.
Megargle will first come directly
to Portland, and after reaching
this city it is his intention to
spend. a week at the Fair, and
then run down the Willamette
Valley and on to California and
San Francisco. From there he
will strike across the Great Ameri
can Desert in Nevada and Utah,
returning to New York City by
the first of Novemler.
In his travels Megargel will be
accompanied by a first-class me
chanic from the factory, but will
do his own driving. The start is
to tm made from the Waldorf
Astoria, in New York, on the 15th
of this month. Telegram.
MANY ACRES
STILL YACANT
That there is much room for
settlement in Oregon for the
thousands of people who are com
ing here to the Exposition and to
wuuw uu u
to locating jernianently l? shown
j ny review of the vast acreage in
. the state still ojt n to settlers.
. " pouou oi awasen-
ing for the state and that the
Exposition is creating a wide in
terest in this section of the coun-
)' s the belief of those who are
active in making the resources of
the state known to the many
aisitors to the Fair.
The Lewis and Clark Exposition
has done more to arouse interest
in Oregon than any other enter
prise that has ever been set on
foot by the citizens of this state.
Thousands of tourists who have
visited the big show have carried
home with them information
aiemomery the seeds of informa
tion that have been sown will be
propagating and bearing rich fruit.
Time will come when, in looking
backward, citizens of a 'Greater
Oregon, will refer to the Lewis
and Clark Exposition as the
turning point in the history of the
state.
There are six Federal hind dis
tricts in Oregon. Compiled
figures up to July 1, 1904, of the
unappropriated and unreserved
land in these districts show that
of this class of land there was then
a total of 14,527,280 acres of sur
veyed and o,b4b,yoo acres ot nn
surveyed land in the six districts,
a total of 20,174,254 acres. A
vast territory vet remains to be
settled and which will eventually
maintain a population of many
hundreds of thousands. The totai
land surface for the state is given
as 61,277,440 acres, of which 14,
894,967 acres is forest reserve or
set aside for reservoir ' sites,
principally the former. Therea
settled is 26,208,219 acres, a trifle
more than 6,000,000 acres in ex
cess of the acreage still available
for settlement. The population
of the state is estimated at be
tween 500,000 and 600,000 people.
Of the total number of available
lands for settlement last year,
only 138,176 were arid lands, a
very small percentage ot the en-
tire amount
Figures for the fiscal year end
ing July 1, 1905, have not been
issued by the Federal Government
and when they are given out it
will be interesting to determine
the number of acres taken up by
tellers during the 12 months pro
ceeding last July 1
AGED RANCHER
HAS DISAPPEARED
Sam Branton Dropped from
Sight July 24-Cotiflty Of
fers Reward for Recov
ery of His Body.
Considerable mystery surrounds
the disappearance of Sam Bran
ton, an old man who left his ranch
near the lower bridge on the Des
chutes river the 21th of last month.
Since that time he has completely
dropped from sight, notwithstand
ing the efforts of several searching
parties which have teen formed to
look for him.
It has been given out that the
old man, who is near 80 years of
age, committed suicide, but the
county officials are inclined to
believe that Branton met his fate
at the hands of some one who was
anxious to get him out of the way.
Whether this theory will be sub
stantiated remains to be seen, but
the fact remains that the old man,
being too feeble to wander any
considerable distance from h i s
stopping place, has defied the
diligent efforts of residents in this
vicinity to locate him. Further
more, his complete disappearance
makes it apparent that if he did
commit 6uicide his body would
have been found in the river, but
this theory has been dispelled
during the past week by a party
of several men who 'have dynamit-
eu me river ior several miles in
the hopes of bringing the bodv to
j tlie surface. So far their efforts
! nave j,rovej futile.
The account of the old man's
disappearance first reached the
neighbors three weeks ago. The
son, Clarence Branton, who has
been staying on the ranch with his
father, told the residents l!is fa
ther had tired of living at the
home place and had expressed a
desire to pitch a camp outfit a
couple of miles down the river,
where the tent was pitched and
the old man left to himself. A
few days later, the son states, he
went to the camp to see, how his
father was getting along, and
found that he had disappeared.
Every effort on his part to locate
the old man failed and he tbpn
informed the neighbors.
Since that time several search
ing parties have scoured the hills
and nearby canyons in the hopes
of finding the body, the son hav
ing stated as his opinion that his
father had taken his own life. A
failure to locate the old man's
body led to an investigation of the
river, but the free use of dynamite
has likewise failed to throw any
light on the mystery surrounding
his disappearance. Three weeks
having elapsed since Branton was
lust seen, the county authorities
were called upon with the result
that a reward had been offered to
instigate greater effort on the part
of those who have been making
the search.
The county authorities believe
that they have a murder mystery
to solve, and greater effort will he
made to find some trace of the old
man's body, believing that when
they do it will furnish some clew
upon which to work.
Branton is the father of Claude
Branton, the young man who was
convicted and hanged a couple of
years ago for the murder of a man
named Linn. Young Branton and
his partner, Green, killed Linn at
a lonely spot in the Cascades, then
burned his body. Green turned
state's evidence and was given a
life sentence. Branton paid the
penalty of death for the foul crime!
Another son only last spring shot
a man in order to get his life
insurance, then wrote a letter to
the coroner, forging his victim's
signature, in which he stated that
the man whom he had attempted
to murder had committed suicide.
The intended victim, however, re
covered, told the facts in the mat
ter and young Branton will suffer
the penalty of attempted murder.
WOOL OUTPUT .
WILL NEVER INCREASE
Sheep ranges in Oregon are now
filled to their capacity by flocks,
and as there are no new ranges
available in this state, it is the
opinion of Charles II. Green, of
San Francisco, who purchases
more wool in this state than any
other man, that the wool output
of Oregon can never bo increased.
Mr. Green is connected with S.
Carson & Company, of San Fran
cisco, which concern is also con
nected with J. Carson, ot Boston,
says the Telegram.
Ninety per cent of the wool crop
of Eastern Oregon was purchased
this year by the Carson firm and
shipped direct to Boston. In fact,
the Carsons are the heaviest
buyers who operate in this slate.
It is estimated by Mr. Green that
the wool output for Oregon this
year will be between 19,000,000
and 20.000 pounds, something
like 1,000,000 pounds less than
the output for lact yar. Of this
amount, 14,000,000 poundd were
produced in Eastern Oregon, of
which 11,000,000 pounds were
purchased and shipped by Mr.
Green. Prices ranged from 16 to
20 cents a pound in Eastern Ore
gon, and went as high as 2S cents
in Willymette Valley. Mr. Green
does not operate extensiqely in
this latter section nor in Southern
Oregon.
Eastern Oregon, Mr. Green saysr
produces the finest grade of wool
grown in the state. The wool in
this section is not as high in .
quality as last year, Mr. Green
says, owing to the dry weather
that prevailed last Winter, caus
ing more sand to accumulate in
the fleece, making the expense of
scouring greater and causing more
shrinkage. , ,
"Eastern Oregon is fast coming
in competition with Montana as a
producer of high-grade wool," said
Mr. Green this morning, "a high
er class of bucks being put on the
ranges. This stock is now about .
three-quarter breed Merino, which
produce a longer stable and high
ergrade product.
"Wool grown in the Willamette
Valley and in Southern Oregon
is of a coarser grade, but owing
to the increased demand for this
class of wool and the disty con
dition of Eastern Oregon clip, the
j Price went higher for the former.
"Montana
is now the leadinc
wool state in the Union, with an
output of from 35,000,000 to 36,
000,000 pounds annually.
Wyoming is a close recond with
an estimated output of betweeen
32,000,000 to 34,000,000 pounds.
The Montana wool is of a higher
grade, however."
Mr. Green also operates in the
State of Washington. He says
the output in that state this year
is estimated at about 7,000,000
pounds. This wool was also in a
dirty condition, Mr. Green says,
and: most of it was scoured "at
Pendleton or The Dalles, Oregon,
before it was sent to tho Boston
market.
TEACHERS GET
THEIR PERMITS
Eleven teachers, who formed the
largest class taking the August
eqaminations for several years,
took the tests in various studies
last week. The examinations,
which continued for three days,
closed Friday and the certificates
were issued Satutday morning.
Ten of those who took the examin
ations belong in Crook county.
Miss Orpha Pettit's papers were
sent to Wasco county as she will
teach in the Antelope schools for
coming winter. unlv two ap
plicants who appeared for the
examinations were unsuccessful.
Saturday morning certificates
were issued to the following: Miss
Mamie Scoggin, 1st grade; Miss
Grace Jones, Miss Winnie Cline,
Miss Kidder, Hubert Scoggin, 2nd
grade; Miss Aultie Snyder, Mits
Myrtle Scoggin, 3rd grade.
Both Miss Snyder and Mies
Scoggin made second grade aver
age, but owing to the lack of ex
perience could not be issued a
second grade certificate.