ok Count Journal VOL. IX. PllINKVILLK, CI100K COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 24, 1905. NO. 3G Cro y ft n IS 31 i W3' 1 l V 4 A CHEL & CO. Tire You Goin2 to the FA IR? If .von arc, very likely you will need either a Trunk or a Suit Gase VV liavc Hiem in a number of styles ami sizes ami prices to suit $1.50 to $10.00 & r vv;j j 1 m I TRUNKS SUITCASI'S CMJH UACiS Ti:u:scoii-s $:U0 to $5.00 $1.00 to $1.50 $ .50 to $1.50 Heforc 1 tu i n Conic and Look These Over T T ! " I - I Sit " - -v t- o I T T 5 - l- 1 J? r r r v I I -) i ENGINEERS FINISH WORK ON J1CKAY nnouncemen 4 v. - t- 1 5 i mm 1 tar'" I m f Boyd Adams, having purchased an interest with 0. 0. 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 the firm name of the owl easH STORE In our new quarters we have more room and in addition to the larjje stock which wo now havo wo will add several new lines makincr 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 with a cordial invitation for all to call and see us in our new quarters we are , Yours respectfully, DUNHAM & ADAMS glacksmilliin or That PfoaCftC iiu a ivuuv' I The Kind Vtiu (Jet at J. II. WIGLK'S (Huoeexsor t) COR X KIT & KMCIXS'S A Stork of Farm Machinery always on hand Professional Cards. ?. S?. Cuiott, !Printtiii, Oregon jfttornep-at-jCaM JPrineoill, Oregon. i County Ajrset'an) ffielknap dc Sdwards !Piysieiam and Surgons. 00t Jfnw- Sa3t mf 9SAm t IDi-xjt Star iPrinevt'it; Oregon, A. H. LIPPMAN S CO. I' u r n i t u r e and II n d e r t a kins Ranges AT POKTL A N i) P R ICES Jagg GJai!acjE4i3a- IRosonberg SPigsieian and Suryeon Caiis answvrttt prompiijf day or nfyht Offioo ttvo fooro sunt A 9 TTttuftavn ' &rty Som9. ' SPastWfMea rar-Mmr si an 9ti StriatI, Preliminary Surveys and Estimates on Irrigation Project Ready to Send to Eastern Capitalists. Euk'hwit fi. D. Viil, of P.rnil, who lias li:ul chtxrjio of the crew making the preliminary mrveya for tin? McKay irrigation project wltirh will itltiinatrly U tin; nx-an of hiingiiiir water to 40, (XX) :rtfi of ari'l land lying along the );mn of th; Oihoco from n point IS mih's eaut of Prineville to the hafc-iif drizzly Hutle, has conii lcliil hi work and by the of the wii-k will have the cctiinulrH m;iili; ami rraily to for ward the rartrrii rapilalint? who have interested, them-'elveii in the ncheme. It ih uivh r.-tood that the coHt of huildit g the three reeervoir will approximate $m,(y). Thin, will he th larg'tit item of expen'-e in whole undeitaking. a the cont of canal contruclioii over the land,! which is almost an level a a floor, with 'i gentle tdope to the west-j ward, can he reduced to the niini iilum. Kentrvoir construction will in clude the building of three duiu to hold the waters of the streams in batdnH which nature has al ready provided. One of thei-e will !e located 13 miles ca!t of Prine ville above Sheriff Smith's ranch and the other two on Marks creek; one about three-quarters of a mile above the mouth, and the third eonitt seven or eight miles above the point where the stream emptied into the'Ochoco. The reservoir on the iOifioco will be the most expensive of the three, as it will Ih; necespary to do a large amount of work in build ing the dam. A wide vpace at the mouth of the canyon will have to be closed iu order to hold the water in the basin above. With the other two reservoirs, however, but little expense will be entailed in ihe construction of the dams, the ridges at the lower ends of the storage basins being ko formed that they leave but a very narrow gully to be closed, besides forming natural walls which will hoid the water in the basing above. It is expected that as soon as tlu? reports and estimates now being compiled by Mr. Wiest have been received and approved by the eastern parties interested in the project that they will send their own engineer to look over the promised scheme and finish up all the detail work so that the men financing the enterprise will know the exact expenditure required in the undertaking. The scheme as a w hole is looked upon as the best in Eastern Ore gon, considering the scope of coun try to be covered, the cost and the productiveness of the valley which is to be irrigated. The Malheur project which, like the local one, is being projected in a district where the Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain Wagon Road company owns a large acreage of land, has generally been consider ed the best that Eastern Oregon affords, but those who have seen both districts say that the Malheur scheme has a prestige only through tho facts that it is nearer the rail road and at a lower altitude which softens the climate to such an ex tent that a greater variety of fruit can bo raised than in this section of Crook county. pram, i In road ha been pro jected on to Lakeview, Ore., paus ing to the eastward of Gooxe Lake and to thu westward of Pluih, gaii.ing entrance to the Webfoot territory over a comparatively eay grade. The road in being operated from Reno to Madeline daily, connecting with the South ern Pacific and Sierra Valley Rail roads. While it has been known for some months that Gould wa necking a pas into thw state, o he could run a line from the main road into San Francisco, it waa generally fiupposed he would build a branch by way of Winoemucca, uiing the old survey of the Ore gonian Railway Company, and tap the Willamette Valley. His course from Lakeview may lie direct to the Valley, or he is likely to hold to the eastward and tain a foothold in Central Ore gon, providing one of the several local project under consideration are not constructed so as to block those plana. There is also another line extending south from the Nevada, California & Oregon's terminus, the Virginia t Truckec line, w hich runs south 52 miles to Virginia from Reno. Should he desire to connect at a point below Reno, that road might be included in the system. For the present the new pur chase will lie ojierated as before, and it is expected that about the time the main line nears the Bay City construction work will be begun on extension, allowing in LOCAL FORESTRY OFFICE IS CREATED L S. Ireland, Assistant Saa pervisor of the Rosebnrg District, Oas Been Trans ferred to Prineville. A. S. Ireland, who for the past seven years has been assistant superintendent of the Bouthern division of the Cascade Forest Reserve in the office of Forest Supervisor S. C. Bartrum at Rose burg, has been transferred to this city where he will soon establish an office under departmental in structions for the purpose of super vising the Maury mountain reserve. This is the first time an order has been made for the establish ment of an office of the kind in this locality, and the fact that the forestry department has seen fit to place an officer in charge of the reserve work at this point is a matter of considerable importance to the stockmen who are using the neighboring reserves for grazing purposes. While Mr. Ireland has been act ing in Roseburg in the capacity of assistant superintendent, his transfer to Prineville means that he will while here assume official duties as forest supervisor, and heading for Central Oregon. The news of the buying of the Nevada, California & Oregon here with joy among those not friendly to the Hariiman interests. as it goes to show the activity. 'office in the heretofore credited to Mr. Gould was not mere talk. SECOND AUTO WILL PASS THROUGH CITY jieradoes shot down the sheep with Winchester rifles. The herder was overpowered and bound so that he could offer no resistance. - The perpetrators are said to be men in the employ of cattlemen who make claims, to the range along the creeks running into the John Day to the east of here. That the perpetrators of these latest out rages will ever be punished is re garded aa improbable. It is a matter of regret here that these sheep-killings have been re sumed. They fan into flame the long-cherished enmity between the sheep and cattle-owners and in stead of settling the range troubles, such outrages merely aggravate the difficulties. It keeps settlers away from this part of the country and hinders the development of this section. 0. R. & N. REDUCES TO MEET PORTAGE RATE will have complete charge of the the meantime that local capital is grazing permits and special privi not induced to start from Portland I leges, the latter being given to and meet the Gould road near the those living in, or whose property border, with a branch probably borders on the reserve. Mr. Ireland stated Monday that no permits for grazing would be was learned I required this year owing to the lateness of the season, and in con sequence he will not establish his city until this fall when preparations will be made and details arranged for issuing the permits for the year's grazing next spring. He will also have in charge the matter of dividing the reserve into divisions for the use of the various stockmen who run their herds over the mountains during the summer months. Mr. Ireland left Tuesday for Sisters to get his horses and other material which were sent over the mountains. He will leave here the last of this week for Crook and will go from there into the Maury reserve to make a thorough in vestigation of the territory em braced within the reserve lines, to inspect the range and determine the number of head of stock which can be successfully grazed on the government's park. The result of his investigation will be the basis upon which Mr. Ireland will make the allotments for next vear's grazing. He stated that the forestry department was anxious to perpetuate the range and not decrease it as was so often the case where a given territory was too freely used for pasturage, and to this end he will make an effort to so divide the territory in the Maury reserve that no portion of it will be denuded of its grasses, bat on the other hand the allot ments will be made in such a way that the grass will have an op portunity to grow even during the grazing season. iPrineiiiHt, Oregon The Journal Printers To The Particular GOULD PURCHASES SOUTHERN OREGON ROAD Percy F. Megargel, who drove "Old Steady" across the continent to Portland, passing through Prine ville last June, writes The Journal from New York City, under date of August 17, that he will again pass through the city in Septem ber in a Reo machine. Weekly reports of his trip will be sent to this paper " for publication. He started from New York City last Friday. Mr. Megargel, who is a member of the touring committee of the American Motor League, is mak ing the trip in the interest of the League, sending in daily reports on the condition of the roads, bridges, touts, mountain passes, sandy stretches of the Bitter Creek and Great American deserts, gasoline and oil facilities and water supply. This data will be of great assistance to all trans continental tourists in the future. The automobile selected for the trip is a 16-horsepower Reo ma chine, with a tonneau so arranged that it can be changed into sleep ing quarters when desired, and the entire car is so covered with ap pliances for estimating speed, dis tance traversed, altitudes, etc., that it presents the appearance of a scientific labratory. The route of travel will be much the same as the one covered in the early part of the summer, the course mapped out through this state running from Burns through Prineville to Salem and from there to Portland. The return trip will be down the Pacific coast to San Francisco, then across the moun tains and deserts through Nevada, Utah, Colorado and a number of southern states to Philadelphia. To assist in clin-bing mountains, tho machine has been equipped Completion of the portage road has caused a reduction in the wheat rate from Arlington and intermediate points ou the 0. R. & N. of 40 cents a ton. Governor George E. Chamberlain feels that the drop in the Harriman tariffs, with an excellent Drosrject of further decline in rates being an nounced, in a measure pays for the portage road. He is not in clined to the belief, that steamers will be operated on the river this season in time to care for the wheat comiug from the incerior, unless one or two individuals see fit to run steamers for a short time to pick up a small amount of the trade. The classification of rates for the portage road has not been com pleted yet, but probably will he soon, though until there i- v-it r transportation provided both ae and below The Dalles there is no occasion for rates being made. The establishment of a tariff of 25 cents a ton on wheat, loaded on the cars of the portage road, means a through tariff of practical ly $3 a ton from Lewiston, against $3.85 by rail. The Open River Association har no announcements to make concerning steamers further than that negotiations are now in force, looking to the acquisition of suitable craft, but these same conditions have been reported for weeks. CATTLEMEN COMPLAIN OF NEW LAW Vovr Okiikr for Riiy thing from a curd to a catHlORiie. Commnrclal printing a specialty MAIN STRKET, Near Thk Ochoco BBimiK PRINEVILLE, OREGON SHEEP SHOOTERS KILL OFF FLOCK Sheep-shooters are again busy in Wheeler county and the range wars, which have flourished in this section of Eastern ore?on n the past, promise to burst forth again, says a dispatch from Mitchell. The latest victims of range enmity are Butler Bros., who lost from 100 Gould will enter Oregon from Northern California, if reports re eeived in Portland today are true, for it is understood the magnate has purchased the Nevada, Cali fornia & Oregon line, running north from Reno, Kev., 144 miles to Madeline, Cab, says the Tele- to 200 sheep which were camped with a peculiar make of pneumatic three miles from Keeton's sawmill, tires. Instead of being smooth, about 12 miles east of Mitchell. the tires are covered with as many warts as a horned toad, all along the wearing surface. This new tire is said to keep a car from sliding on tho wettest roads, and also to prove more servicable than the ordinary tread tire.' The tactics followed by the slayers of the Butler sheep are saiu to have been the same as those of the former 'killings. Dis guised by means of sacks pulled over their heads, with holes cut in the cloth for eyeholes, the des-j Baker Democrat. Cattle shippers are kicking about the law passed at the last session of the legislature, requiring them to pay $3 for an inspection of brands before a shipment can be made. Several small shipments of cattle are now about ready to leave here, cars having been ordered for them, but owing to the inspection charges they are being delayed in hopes that some arrangement can be made whereby the shipper will not be compelled to pay trie charges. The law was passed with a view to checking cattle stealing and while the intention of the law is good, shippers say its enforcement is a farce in a great many in stances, as it is impossible for an inspector to secure all the brands on cattle in the way in which cattle are'inspected. They say if cattle were run through a chute, or inspected sep arately that there would be some possibility of securing an accurate inspection, but where an inspector walks' through a corral and takes down the brands in sight, in a moving herd of cattle, that it be comes an expensive and valueless farce. ' It is said by many of the promi nent shippers that so far there has not been a thorough inspection in the state since the law was passed and that until arrangements aro made at stock yaid- lor the can fuf and systematic inspection d -'very animal shipped there is liule use to impose the charges upon them.