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VOL. JX.
MINKViLLK, CROOK COUNTY, OKEGOX, SEl'TEMBKU 7, 1005.
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MURDER MYSTERY
STILL MYSTIFIES
County Authorities Follow
Up Clew, and Find That
a Fake Slcry Is the
Sole Basis. ;
The :u)(-tT)' Mirroiinding tie
disappearat.ee of "Short)" Davis,
is ti much of a iiivpu-ry now a it
has been during t lie ji-t live year
notwithi landing tlie (act 1 1 a. i the
county authorities have fiii.Hied
the work of foJloM ing up a clew
furnished I hem by Christian
Fiurhelm several wei ks ago. At
that time, Feurhelm, who was in
Portland a a' witness in the land
cases, related to County Judge
Bell and District Attorney Mene
fee, that Joseph Lift or had murder
ed "Shorty" Davis and throwji hi
body in a well on the Brink ranch
three luihs southeast of Princvillc
In view of tin- fact thai the
Portland papers li.nl jtuuj-d 'at
the o'(i'irtUfHty to throw juiother
Boyd Adams having purchased an interest
with 0. O. Dunham in the New York Racket
Storo, and they having purchased the stock of
Clothing and Furnishing Gooda of B. Gormley
desire to annouco to the public that tho new
firm has m ved into the building formerly occu
pied by Mr. Gorruloy and will do busioes3 in our
new quarters under tho firm name of tho
OWL eHSH- STORE
hlack chroml owr Crook county, je,j jn
and in order to tot the truth of
FiurhilinV vtatcinunU. Judge IV!I
lxgnn an inves-t gtioi of the wt ll
as noon a he returned from Port
land, although confident that tli'.
ifeurvh would hring nothing to
liglit. Monday morning last,
when the work of dicing out tho
ch.ift had betn neirrly cotntdete J,
Mr. Licler went to Judge IV! IV
told him of the
Mr. iytie. "Jiiioe irojecla are
not yet Kulhoientl v matured to
talk ahout. That hi ahout all
can gay at thin time."
Morn than a yevr ago Mr. Lytle,
it wad announced tendered hi
resignation na j reident of tlte
Columbia .Southern to Mr. Harri
man, but it was not accepted.
Mr. Lytic retained thj oilice and
practically tho general rnanaK':
meiit of the road, with the ex
pectation that th Harriman
people would take up the matter
of proposed extension into central
Oregon. Nothing wa done until
a fcw'wcf'ki npt thi- local nianage
liient of the Harriman syhteni re
ceived inatructioni! by telegraph to
proceed into central Oregon and
make a thorough inveitigation
w ith a view to extending the line.
Mr. Ly tie stated soon after hi
rei-ignation that if something was
not done coon to open up Central
Oregon be would wait no longer,
but do something himself. The
last of the week announcement
was made that he was seeking
control of the Oreat Siuthern, at
present nearly completed from
The Dalle to Dufur. Negotiat
ions are pending now, it is said,
by which he will become interest-
COUNTY'S SOLID GROWTH
Census Returns Give Crook a Population of
5751, an Increase of 69 Per Cent Since
the Fedenal Enumeration of 1900.
GREAT GAIN IN BEND
AND MADRAS REGIONS
Both Districts Show Ph
nominal Growth in Past
Two YearsPrineville
Increases 59 Per Cent.
the road. 'in which event
in all probability be ex
it will
tended in the near future to Mad
ras and from there farther south.
Mr. I.ytle has alwavs held that
Crook county's population, ac
cording to the census returns
which have just been completed
by Assessor J. D. Lafollett, is
5754, an increase since the nation
al census of 1900, when the
population was '.t'JSl, of 17'JQ, or
practically 01) per cent. While
this increase, on the face of the
recordrt covers a jieriod of five
years, in -reality the bulk of the
omce, ami loni nun 01 uw circum- pendi the time wltcn this portion
stonees attending tjie statement 0f Mate will he favored with
Crook county would pay unlitnit- j ne population has been added
e l revenue to the first line thrust j to the county during the past 24
across its borders, and upon the J months, or since the tide of new
success of his efforts to gain a! first set .in towards it-ru r
controlling hniM in the manage
ment of the Great Southern, dc
j relative to the murder which he
hail made to Feurhehn.
J Some three years ago, Mr. Lister
Sjjhnd driven into loivn wil l the , building of an extension
S j latter and returning late in t;ie
levelling sought to play ft little
fel j on the supertition natore of his
1t1 I enmiiiininn T. iwi.tr f.ilil V..iir!wtm'
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In our new quarters wo have moro room and in
addition to the lar-je stock which W3 now havo
wo will add several new lines making our store
tho most complete and up-to-date in tho county.
We wish to call your special attcution to cur
Shoe Department as wo intend to mako thi3 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 new quarters we are
Yours respectfully,
DUNHAM & ADAMS
railroad facilities, for it is .an
sured fact that if Lvtle gains
fiKilhold h'.s first step will he the j
into the!
wheat Mt in the northeastern
portion of this county. . !
Oregon. This fact is
the returns from the
Agency Plains districts
crease
shown by
Bend and
whose in-
in population ha3 been
I nothing short of remarkable,
w inle trie city ot rrineville fol
lows closely in the wake of the
twojwntioried by an increase in
population of over 50 per cent.
In the first two. districts, how-
Professional Cards.
glacksmithing That Pleases
Is The Kind You Get itl
J.. II. - WHILE'S
(Successor to)
COKXETT
& KLKIXS'S
A Stock of Farm Machinery always on hand
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A. H. LiPPMAN O GO.
r urn it u r c and Undertaking
anges
A T P O It T L AN 1) P R I C K S
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!PrinVt'H,
Ortgon
CPrtntui'llt, . Oregon.
Chaa. J". Stfiva-ets jV. !P. Zftclknajt
County AysASai)
ffielknap Sc Sdwards
Physicians and Surgeons.
Otrm Qar Salt f WiHmtfs
that he had thrown Davis' body
into the hole and related the
circumstances attendant upon the
murder of the victim. Feurhelm
became much excited and by the
time his place as reached the
details of the gruesome tale, w hich
Lit-ter poured into his ear, had
completely unneived him. Lister
then went into further details and
told how. he had frequently seen
"ShortvV" ghost in the vicinity of j
the well; and Feurhelm's suscept
ible "nature absorbed the whole
yarn.
For over two years he carried
what he supposed was a terrible
secret, then while in Portland a
few weeks ago he told the local
authorities what he believed was
the truth.
The old well on the Brink place,
which had been filled by an ac-i
cumulation of rocks and dirt, nasi
denned out, but nothing bearing
on a solution of the mystery was
found. The fact substantiates Mr.
Lister's story that the tale to
Feurhelm was a "josh," and when
the results of the investigation
become known to the latter he
w ill probably have a tremendous
sigh of , relief to learn that the
great secret of his life has been
wiped out like dew on a hot
summer s morning.
MEGAEGEL HAS
PASSED CHICAGO
lever, where the greatest immigra
j lion has found permanent homes,
! there also is shown the greatest
jtrccnt increase in population
For instance, when the federal
census was -taken in ll'OD tie
present Bend and IVsehutts
precincts were then under ore
division Bend precinct, which
A short
was in-
letting among the tribes, th'.-re .hb
in reality been nn increase in
every precinct. Since the census
of 1900 the divisions in the county
have been changed, portions of
one precinct having been included
in another in such a way that the
population has been increased in
one at the same time showing a
decrease in another. In 1900
there were 22 precincta averaging
a population slightly exceeding
180. This year's census gives 26
precincts with a population in ex
cess of 221.
The Warm Spring district shows
an actual decrease of 214 during
the past five years, strong evidence
in support of the fact that death is
slowly but surely bringing to a
close the Indian population in this
county. Had this precinct re
mained on a par with the others
in the county, the census returns
would have shown a much greatt r
percentage of increase, as it is the
214 decrease has been counter
balanced by new residents, show
ing that in reality the increase in
new residents has been about
20o0 instead of the number noted
above.
Below is given the returns by
precincts for the year of 1900,
when the national census was
taken, and that of the present year
under the sujervision of county
assessor Lafollett:
With a Billy Primrose grin
garnishing his mud-blackened
countenance, lVrcy F. Mtgargel,
of the Buffalo Automobile Club
and the American Motor League, had a population of 21.
accompanied by 1). F. Fssctt, a time ngo whin Bend
mechanician from Lansing
pulled into Chicago a wee
Saturday on his try at the longest ; precinct by itself and this today
! automobile run ever made on this! numbers 22-. Immediatelv out-
continent a trip of 9,000 miles j side of the corporate limits is in
froni coast to coast and back j eluded Deschutes precinct with a
Mich., corpora 'td the poj uiation inside
k ago the corporate limits formed a
Oregon.
' ZPjiystcttxn anet Surgeon
Caits answered promptjr fay er nt'gAi
Off' ttoors svtttA Zjamptifv '
si mutt ? Strwts.
IPrinooilie, Oregon.
Jue Journal
Printers To The . Vurtictilar
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MAIS STKKKT, Nkaii Ths Ochoco Hkidok
PRf NEVILLE, OREGON
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Megargel, who has engaged to
furnish the Motor League with
data regarding tho routes from
8-a to sea, including a map of
bridge, ford, desert and mountain
pass, conditions. ind the facilities
for securing oil and water, has
Iven a week on the road. He
started from New York a week ago
Saturday.
In the meantime, his home will
be the little "Roe Mountaineer,"
a sixteen horse-power touring car
equipped with everything from
barometers and odometers to
camera, typewriter and frying
pan. .
Megargel was due in Chicago
Thursday, but was fqreed to make
population of 254. In other words
in the same territory occupied by
21 persons in 1900, a total of 477
are now living, over 22 times the
number there five years ago, and
this great increase has come dur
ing the past two years, for in 1903
the population ot Jend was
scarcely more than it was three
years previous.
Likewise is another gratifying
increase shown in the returns
from the northwestern portion of
the county, notably in two of the
present precincts. At the time of
the federal census Kutcher and
Haystack precincts were included
under one division, that of Hay
stack. The population of the lat
ter, which included all the terri
tory around Madras, which has
Precinct lttK tyoT,
Prineville city 1100
Irehn.nl SI - S-
Ben.leity 21. 2iS
.Montgomery 1:53 . 123
Black Butte 210 ,'..412
Haystack , Xtt ' 7:12
McKay 212 273
Hay Creek 17:1 84
Willow Creek 131 l:c
Crows Keys !H 77
Asliwood 214 223
Deschutes (see Bend) 234
! Johnson Creek is lj:
"Mill Creek ll:t 100
Howard 1:!4 01
Smnniitt :'! :7
Bear Creek . 94 100
t'anipOrtvk !N) JT
Hardin 111 91
Beaver 120 171
Maury 6'. ;t7
Newsoiu Creek 177 1C0
Kutcher (see Haystack) 626
Breese (see Johnson Ck.) . 57
Powell Butte (see Montgomery) -80
Warm Spring 335 314
30;i4 5734
GREAT SOUTHERN
NEXT INTO CROOK
a slow run through Indiana owing
to the rains. jhad a remarkable settlement dur
He remained in Chicago over j ing the past two years, was 353.
Sunday long enough to register at Today these two precincts have a
Total increase in population sin- e
11)00,1790.
Percent increase, .0S8.
Yearly increase since 1901), 33S.
The Columbia Southern railroad
is out of the running in the talked-
of movement for development of
central Oregon. With the retire
ment of E. E. Lytle its president,
which was authoritively announc
ed bv him last week, the last
probability for its extension to
Bend disappears, it is said, and
the road becomes simply a branch
line cf the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, under direct
management of theOregon otlicials
of the Harriman system.
"I intend to stay in Portland,
and expect to engage in railroad
enterprises for further development
of the state. Thero are several
propositions that have been brought
to my attention, and some to
which I am giving heed," said
the C. A. C. clubhouse, scrub his
face and eat a little snack that
would have done credit to. an
elephant. Then he slid out to
waid the West. A number of
local motornien piloted him along
the Rock Island road.
Owing to its peculiar equip
ment, his car attracted a great
deal of attention on Michigan
avenue.
Jt is a stock Roe, hut the ton
neau has been so arranged that it
can ho turned into a baby Pull
man sleeper at nightfall. The car
is covered' with appliances for
estimating speed, distances travers- j
eJ, altitude, etc. .
Meg.irgel's schedule, which he
has sent out, gives his arrival in
Prineville September 18, but bad
weather may delay him from one
to 10 days, as it did last June
when he crossed the continent.
of
population of 135S, un increase
2li0 per cent.
The growth of Prinevi'.le has
been steady and substantial, and
aside from the natural increase,
the census blanks give the nanus
of many new residents who, during
the past few years have made this
city their permanent home. The
population given below is 1100,
hut Assessor L.aioitett expresses
the opinion that the city will ex
ceed that number as he has not as
yet completed his enumeration.
This was the last ' precinct in the
county to be covered.
On the face of the returns given
in the summary below, it will be
noted that several the precincts
show. a falling off in population.
Aside from the Warm Spring
precinct, containing the Indian
population which has bad an
actual decrease owing to many
MINES LIKELY
TO OPEN AGAIN
D. W. Leech of Woodburn, and
two gentlemen from Salem, a cap
italist and a lawyer, were in town
last week. They had been over at
Ashwood, inspecting the Red Jack
et mining property, and it is re
ported that arrangements will
probably be made during the Fall
or Winter for the re-opening of
the mine The 'gentlemen we;e
not very communicative upon th
subject, but it is the prevailing
opinion inai ouisme capital -hat.
been interested in tho project, ard
that .$10,000 has been raised 'or
the purpose of pumping i nd
jieaning out the shaft and pusl ing
the development work. The
owners of the Red Jacket claip to
have good ore in their mine, and
it is hoped that the rej oris of re
newed mining activity in the rear
future are true. There is abo a
rumor afloat that the deal for the
Oregon King mine is stil,l pending,
with a fair chance of its consum
mation, although it is not learned
that any statements have been
made by those in a position to
know positively, confirming the
rumor. It is understood that'
some well known mining men are
anxious to get control ot the mine,
and should they do so, would no
doubt proceed to develop it. Con
firmation of these reports would
cause great rejoicing throughout
this section, and particularly here
and Ashwood. Much money has
been invested in mining property
by parties in both towns, and they
will hail with delight a prospect
of realizing on their investments,
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