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PKINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1905.
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We have a lot of Odds and l"nds that we will
dispose of Regardless of cost. Our Tall Goods
are in and we are short of space. We are
making prices that will move the goods. The
following are a few of the lines that we are
closing out:
Ladies, Gents and Children Mackintoshes
Shirt Waists and Skirts
Notions of all Kinds
Wrist-Hags and Purses
Certain Lines of Hats
Numerous Other Lines
These Goods Must lie Sold and Will Be
Sold Almost at YOUR O W N PRICE
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Announcement
Boyd Adams having purchased an interest
with 0. 0. Dunham in the New York Racket
fltore, and they having purchased the stock of
Clothing and Furnishing Goods of B. Oormley
desire to annouce to the public that the new
firm has mivod into the building, formerly occu
pied, by Mr. Gormley and will do business in our
new quarters under the firm name of the
OWL GASH STORE
In our new quarters we have more room and in
addition to the large stock which we now havo
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 with a cordial invitation for all to .call and
see us in our new quarters we are
Yours respectfully,
DUNHAM & ADAMS
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MAIN STKKKT, Nkar TllK Ociioco BimR
PRINEVILLEt OREGON
ROAD COMPANY
SELLS ITS GRANT
Tract of 3,000 Acres in
Crook County Will in
All Probability Soon Be.
Opened to Settlement.
Final arrangements are Wing
niMuV Iy the Cooperative Christian
Federation (or taking over the
French-Glenn ranch and the Wil
lamette Valley and Cawnde Moun
tain Military Wagon Road hind
grant. The two tract aggregate
1,0(10,000 acre, says the Portland
Journal.
Rev. II. S. Wallace, who is in
New York to attend to the detail,
has agreed with the New York
trust rompaniea to accept a plan
suggested hy Wallis Nash, counsel
for-the federation, (or the for
mation of the purchasing syndi
eate, to complete the purchase of
the land, landing the iiu of
tlie bond hy which money in to
le realized to pay for the tract?.
The plan ha proved entirely
practicable, and tle eastern
financiers have adopted it.
The French-Glenn ranch in
iocated in Harney county, con
tains 150,000 acres, has 500 mi lei"
of fence, many ranch buildings
and other" improvements, together
with thousands of head of live
stock. The military road land crant has !
850,000 acres, and waa giver, by
congrefs in 18(55 to a syndicate of
Oregon men in consideration of!
the construction of a passable
wagon-road from Albany, in the
Willamette valley, to a point on
the eastern " hoti niiily -nh'TifireTi
The road was 450 miles long audi
was completed in lSf7. Wallis
fah, in Ida book "Two Years in
regon," written in 1SS2, said that
$,000 immigrant wagons passed
over the road between IStiT and
1SS0, bringing settlers and their
families into Oregon. The road
follows the Santiam from Lebanon
and crosses the Cascades through
a pass between the .sources of the
Santiam and Iake creek.
It passes through Linn, Crook,
Grant and Bukei counties, and
ends at the Snake river on the
eastern border of the state. Its
builders began the work merely
with the intention of opening a
highway from the Willamette val
ley into the interior, to enable
settlors to reach government lands
and open up the country. It was
built by men sent out from
Albany, who worked and slept
with rifles by their sides, to de
fend themselves against hostile
Indians. Afterward the project
ors adopted a suggestion that they
might construct the road across
the state and secure from the
government a land grant that
would some day liecome valuable.
They carried the proposition to
Washington and received a grant
of land embracing every alternate
section in astrip 20 miles wide
along the road, from the Wil
lamette valley to the eastern
bourftlary of the state. The lands
have caused much trouble for
their owners, and have several
times changed hands. Many
squatters came in and settled on
land grant tracks and took chances
on winning in a fight against the
company.
In some places the squatters
and settlers, fenced up the road
and changed its course from level
stretches of valley to steep hill
sides, and the owners frequently
had to send men to remove the
fences and restore the road to its
original survey. Protests were
sent to congress and charges were
made to Carl Sehurz when he was
secretary of Iho interior, that there
was no road and that a colossal
fraud had been perpetrated.
Schnrz sent out a special agent
who went over the route and filed
a report at Washington stating
that the road was a mere wagon
track and not a legitimate - high
way as conditioned by the terms
of the land grant. The owners of
the road mad: a good case and
held their pj-operty againgt all
awaulU, and congress has never
interfered with their grant.
WHO WILL WEAR
MITCHELL'S TOGA?
Interest in political circle is
centering on the Senatorial phase
of Oregon's approaching election.
Such is the case in two regards".
One of these is whether the succes
sor to John II. Mitchell will be
selected hy che people at the April
primaries or by the Legislature,
independent of tho people. The
other is the man himself, who is
destined to fill the office, says a
writer in the Telegram.
As far as the first proposition is
concerned, the primaries ere open
to any Senatorial aspirant and the
j)ople have the power to bind
candidates for the Legislature to
support the people's choice. As
to whether there will Ik? ae as
pirant at the primaries depends on
whether there is & man who feels
like trusting both the people and
the Legislature. Further agitation
of the question as to whether the
Legislature intends to pay any
attention to the people, and a
oj public sentiment in that respect,
will doubtless go a long ways to
ward helping some ambitious
statesman to make up his mind.
Oregon is full of Senatorial
material and the prospects are
that when the 24th legislative
Assembly gets down to business
there will 1 abundant timber for
the Legislative' adz, unless prior
to that a Legislature has been
elected pledged to one man. Al
ready mention has been made of
several well-known Republicans,
who are Mieved to be ready to
xeUev John II. Mitchell, of a hand
that is burdensome. Probably
the most frequently mentioned is
Theodore 15. Wilcox, of Portland.
Ever since the Senatorial subject
has been open to discussion, Wil
cox's name has been associated
with the place, although no an
nouncement has eome from Mr.
Wilcox to the effect that he de
sires it or will seek election.
Winslow B. Aver, who has taken
an active, part in Republican
polities for some time, is also
talked about, although he is hard
ly looked upon ne the likely man
at this stage of developments.
Ayer's most conspicuous role in
recent politics was his activity at
the last session of the Legislature
in organizing the House for the
election of Mill?, aa Speaker over
T. B. Kay, of Salem.
A. L. Mills has been the subject
of some gossip in connection with
Oregon's coming Senator' but
nothing has developed thus far to
bring him out in the light of an
avowed candidate. A likely
obfection to Mills, and one that
would probably array powerful
political influencss against him in
other parts of the state should he
seek election, is the fact that he
set stakes in the Matthews camp
and was allied with it up to the
time of its dissolution, a few
months ago.
Some politicians are disposed to
look upon T. T. Geer as an office
seeker likely to unfurl his banner
Senatorship, as he did in 1902,
when he received the vote of the
Republicans of Oregon as their
choice for Senator, and was turned
down by the Legislature. Some
think Mr. Geer will be out in his
former role in quest of vindication
under the Senatorial provisions of
the direct primary law.
Malcom A. Moody is regarded
by some as a Senatorial possibility,
although by others he is thought
more likely to seek re-election to
Congress.
Ex-Senator George. W. McBride
is sometimes mentioned, although
it appears now that he will hardly
figure as a factor in the race..
The Black Butte Land & Live
stock company last week ibid 30O
head of three year-old 'steers W
Henry Cram who will feed them
during the coming winter at his
ranch on the Ochoco.
JURY RETURNS
VERDICT OF GUILTY
Local Defendants in the
Land ; Cases Mast Pay
Penalty as a Result of
Third Trial.
Portland, Or., Sept, 27 "Guilty
as charged in the indictment"
reads the verdict which was re
turned late this afternoon by the
jury in Judge Hunt's court which
for three weeks has been listening
to the evidence in the case of
Congressman Williamson, Dr. Van
Gesner and M. R. Biggs, indicted
on a charge of subornation of
jerjury.
District attorne.C Heney finished
his closing argument of the case
Tuesday afternoon and the judge's
instructions to the jury were read
this morning, after which the jury
retired (o deliberate on the; case,
the verdict being reached after
several hours of discussion.
Sentence will be pronounced
next week.
OREGON'S FAVORS IN
CONGRESS WILL BE FEW
Oregon and Utah will be badly
hanpicapped in the fifty-ninth
congress by reason of the unsettled
condition of their respective con
gressional delegations, says a
Washington dispatch. .
An eastern state can struggle
along for a long time without
representatives in congress and
suffer no great inconvenience.
Delew-are, forinslaftce, lost nothing
by being without senators for
several years. Almost all of the
needs of the eastern states which
can be obtained from the federal
government have long since been
supplied. Federal patronage in
the way of appointments can be
looked after by the state commit
tees if there are no senators; in
fact, the inertia of a centurv car
ries the state along nearly as well
without congressional represent
ation as with it.
But it is different with the new
er western states. It is necessary,
even vital, that a western state
have its congressional represent
ation, both in the senate and
house of representatives, filled and
unimpaired every moment of the
time. Western states have many
needs which in the eastern states
have long since been provided for,
and it requires the unremitting
efforts of a virile, active delegation
to get them.
The growing cities of western1
states need federal buildings, the
great areas of arid land require
the attention of the reclamation
service; forest lands are to be
seeregated and created into re
serves; Indian reserves are to be
opened for settlement; the rivers
and harbors of the Pacific coast
states require appropriations for
improvement, and all of these
needs, and countless others
incident to great, growing com
monwealths, are dependent abso
lutely upon the strength," energy
and effectiveness of the delegation
which represents the state in con
gress.
Oregon' and Utah, as stated, are
in a bad way when their needs
and the situation in reference to
their delegation ' are considered
Oregon, of course, is in particular
ly bad shape. Her senior senator'
pending final action by the courts
in his case, will be debarred by an
unwritten law of the senate from
participating in its deliberations
and, in fact, will be almost com
pletely useless, to hi3 state in con
nection with all government
affairs. His influence in the de
partments is gone, and so far as
being a help to its state is con
cerned, his unfortunate position,
("in the contraiy, makes him an
injury to it. The two members
of the house from Oregon are
almost as unfortunately situated
as the senior, senator. ; Their in-
fluence and prestige is discounted
and, pending the legal proceedings
in their cases, necessarily, .they
can be of no service to their state.
The burden of representing Ore
gon, therefore, rests upon the
shoulders of Senator Charles W.
Fulton, the only member of the
delegation againU whom n o
charges have been made and no
indictments found. Senator
Fulton is capable and hardwork
ing. He has made an excellent
impression in the senate, and in
other branches of the government
service, and under ordinary ctr
cumrtances would accomplish
much for his constituents. But
now he is hampered and handi
capped by the blight which has
been fastened . upon the Oregon
delegation, and odds against him
in the coming congress will be,
it is feared, too great for him to
overcome.
GRASS FED
CATTLE IN DEMAND
Must market 'stock lie stopped
off with corn or cereal feeding, or
has good wild grass the nutriment
to finish fattening? The question
had been decided in the negative
by the easterners, who for many
years were accustomed to corn-fed
stock. It bad almost become a
proverb that the corn-fed animal
will kill in far better condition
than the one coming from grass,
giving less waste and more meat.
A recent, test was made on a
band fed in the Big Horn basin of
Montana to determine what grafs
would do. Care was taken with
this stock to prevent it getting any
cereal, and after it wa3 taken from
the range it was fed for some time
on a wll-matured hay cut from
wild grass of that district. When
the stock was taken to Chicago it
brought a price among the top
notchers of the corn-fed country
and caused a sensation. Expert
market men would not at first
believe that the animals were fed
exclusively on grass, and when bo
informed were incredulous until
the proof was offered. Care was.
exercised -to determine- how tie
beef killed, as compared with the
corn product, and the dressed
carcasses carried as high a pn
portion of meat as would have
been found on the animals direct
from the corn fields.
Secretary J. II. Gwinn of the
National Livestock association,
commenting on this fact says that
the virtues of grass feeding, when
done scientifically, were not ap
preciated. He thought that the
time would come when much of
the good beef of the west would be
topped off with grass.
"Boise basin and the Ontario
country are becoming great feed
ing grounds," said Mr. Gwinr.
The extensive reclamation work
done there insures a' vast pro
duction of forage and feed in
general. Climate favors the work.
There is no reason why the coast
and oriental trade should not te
supplied by this territory direct,
instead of first shipping , to the
east, slaughtering and dressing
there and receiving the meat here
again, as is often the rule. When
the demand for high-grade meats
in this region grows sufficiently
I. do not doubt that packing
establishments of great size will
spring up and the west will then
ship little livestock east."
Celebrate Their Gal Jea Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. M. II. Bell cele
brated their golden weddirg an
niversary last Saturday evening
in the lodge rooms of the Eastern '
Star ot which Mrs. Ball is a mem
ber. The bride and groom of
fifty years ago were met at the
door by Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Templeton, who recently celebrat
ed their golden weJding anniver
sary, and were conducted to the
rostrum where the Itev. J. Anthony
Mitchell, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, read the marriage cere
monv to them.
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