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VOL. IX.
I'WNKVIM.K, CKOOK COUNTY, OREflON, OCTOBER 20, 1905.
NO. 45
Clearance
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Owl ash Store
I MICHEL
Formerly of MICHEL CO.
Desires to announce to the pub
lic that he has opened a store in
the. building formerly occupied
by RiMKoi t it FosiKii, noxt door
to K. II. Smith's Saiuh.jo and
JIahnkhs Siioi', with a complete
lino, of Notions, Toys, Canpiks,
Xi'Ts, Fur its, ToHAivos and
ClIiAltS.
Your Trade Will Be Appreciated
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And Get Three Papers
We have a lot of (Kills and I jids that we will
dispose of regardless of cost. Our Fall (Joods
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, (ients and (Ihildrens Mackintoshes
Shirt Waists and Skirts
iNotions of all Kinds
Wrist Hans and Purses
Certain Lines of Hats
Numerous-Other Lin.es
Tiesc Goods Must Be Sold and Will Be
Sold Tllmost atYOU R O W X PRICE
We li.ive an exceptionally fine line of dothing that
i Loth dressy ami durable. The reason why that
our clothing is giving such gootl satisfaction is that it
is made right, shaped right, fitted right and the prices
are 111(1 MT, Komember this when you are buying
clothing and call in at our store and examine our line.
Our line of clothing at 4JV n rl 4B?0
u the best in the city Y"" SitU pJj
for the money and are what you have lieen looking for
Ladies9 and Gents9
Furnishings
Our Fall and Winter sbjek is arriving and includes
the best quality in the latest patterns and styles for
you to choose from at prices that are ItlOIIT.
Our Lino of Shoes is ready for your inspection
and is as complete as any in the city. We desire to
have von call ami we will convince vou that we are
HIOUT in saying that our goods and prices are right.
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SEVEN CONVICTIONS
RESULT OF TRIALS
Juries Consumed but Little
Time During Recent Term
of Court in Returning
Verdicts of Guilty.
Seven (rials held during the past
week resulted in conviction ol the
defendants. Most of these were
for horse and cattle dealing.
Other convictions would have Wen
m ured had it not I-en posnible to
arrest thobe against whom indict
ments had heen returned, Arch
McKay and Charles Slavin, hut
neither of the latter are in the
Htate so far im the authorities
know.
Circuit court adjourned for the
Oto!er term Monday evening
after Judge l'radhaw had fmibhed
the work of imposing sentence, on,:. . . T . ,,. . .,
...... . hvered in Joseph. This is the
those whom the jury had found
guilty and others who had p.eaded
guilty to the charges in the indict
ments. Kd and John Dean, who
were brought here from Canyon
City to answer to the charge of
htock stealing, were discharged
from custody ujxm motion of Dis-,
triet attorney Menefee, owing to
lack of evidence. The two latter
were indicted jointly with Arch
McKay, Charles Slavin 'and John
Mulvahill, who so fartiave escaped
the officer, and it was upon their
evidence that a conviction of the
iVuna depended. Larkin Elliott
was aluo discharged owing to lack
of evidence on a stock stealing
charge, and Harry Pitzer, ; who
was indicted with Fre-d Freeman
for an assault ' agninst Walter
Smith with a. deadly weapon,, was
also given "his freedom. Senten-
ces were imposed as follows:
State of Oregon vs Lee Goodwin.
Horse stealing. Found guilty and
sentenced to one year's imprison
ment.. . .
State of Oregon vs Caspar Young.
Guilty of rape. Sentenced to
three years imprisonment.
State of Oregon vs P. Wal
ker. Assault. Fine1 of $100. r
State of Oregon vs Corbett Holt.
Manslaughter. Two years impri
sonment. "
State of Oregon vs Jeff Yar-"
brough. Pleaded guilty of stock
stealing. Sentenced to five years
imprisonment.
State ot Oregon vs Dan Burris.
Stock stealing: Found guilty.
Sentence of three years. . .
State of Oregon vs Charles. Till
man. iMock stealing. Found
guilty and sentenced to five years.
After imposing sentence on the
above named defendants, Judge
lradshaw occupied the balance of
the day Monday listening to the
testimony and arguments in- sev
eral civil suits which had come up
for hearing before but had been
continued for a few da vs. Aside
from the cases settled'oilt of "fcolirt',1
dismissed on motion of the attor
neys appearing and continued for
the term, judgments were passed
on the following:
Bend Mercantile Company 'vs
Samuel M. Janney. Default and
judgment. Order to sell attached
property. 4 , ..
Edith Ferguson vs Samuel J.
r erguson. Divorce, heferreu to.
M. R. Elliott.
C. M: Elkins vs T. B. Tucker.
Default and judgment. Order to
sell attached property.
D. N. Riggs vs Sarah - Riggs.
Divorce. Decree granted. ',
Augusta M. Jolly vs John Q,
Jolly. Divorce. Decree granted.
Angie Bonney vs F. W. Bonney.
Divorce." lXcree grantad. ! . .'
CROOK COUNTY v
STOCK IS MOVING
Ilanlev it Co.,. cattle buvers of
Burns, twho have been making
purchases of stock ,in the-southern
and eastern part of the county
during the past two weeks, are
still looking for more. The firm
has not given out the number of
head which they intend purchas
ing thin fall.
C. T. Lilian, of Paulina, last
week Bold to - Hanley & Co. 125
head of young stock cattle includ
ing cows and calvei, at 116 per
head. ' Wm Gilchrist also Hold to
the name firm a band of young
cattle.
W. V. Brown and C. T. l.illard
iold to a California buyer 100 head
of horse, at f65 jer head
Bert Brown, formerly of thin
place, now of Oakland, Oregon,
spent Saturday and Sunday with
relatives and friends in Fossil. He
and a friend named Chenowith
left here Monday for Paulina,
Crook county, with a view of buy
ing a hand of cattle and cattle
range in that vicinity. Fossil
Journal.
Tuesday Messis. Leonard Sn?Il,
Charles Rice, William Warnock
and William Fought, cattlemen of
the Imnaha, sold to M. E. Hotch
kisH, of Elgin, lfiO head of three-
von h 1 iora a t & ') nap Vtow1 Ait-
highest price to be paid for three-year-olds
so far this season. Two
years hence, unless we miss onr
guess, cattlemen will not sell for
that figure. Joseph Herald.
Z. G. Harris started 150 year
ling heifers and steers to Biy, the
fore part of the week. Louie Ger
ber bought them, paying 516.00
per head for the bunch through.
Silver Lake Oregonian.
GRAZING PERMITS
WILL PAY REVENUE
"The government will unques
tionably be able to secure a very
comfortable revenue from the graz
! ing privileges in its forest reserves,"
'declares II. D. Foster, who has been
engaged for some time in checking
np the plats for the U'enaha re
serve at tne alia walla land
oflice. The reserve comprises
over 740.000 acres in the Blue
mountains.
It is the purpose of the govern
ment to lease the privileges to
stockmen at a stipulated price per
head for sheep and cattle. The
prevailing price for sheep will per
haps'be about five cents per head
for the season. Bv this arrange
ment the government will be able
to derive a revenue from its forest
reserves sufficient in all probability
to make them, at least, self sus
taining, if not a net profit to the
government.
At the present time three rang
rs are employe.! on the Wenahae
reserve and at least six in all will
be required to look after the in
terests of the government when
the-.pla.nfl for governing it are
fully developed. Their duties will
require them to see that .forest
fires are kept down and that the
timber is riot fcut by private cit
izens, in addition to prevent tres
passing. " " - ;
The arrangements for leasing
the grazing- privileges, v is looked
upon 'by 6tockmen with much
favor as it will enable them to se
cure exclusive range at a nominal
outlay and they will also be pro
tected against the invasion of their
territory by other stockmen.
Tlw squabble over the rights of
private citizens on government
lands have been the source of
much trouble and not a little
bloodshed in some sections of the
country and it is generally be-
Llieved' that " the plan for leasing
land to each stockman at a stipu
lated ' price will put an end- to
these range wars as well as con
stituting a source of income for
the government.
- Mr. Foster has been engaged for
nearly, a month on the records of
the Wenaha reserve and it will be
several weeks longer before he will
have the work of dividing the
tract into districts completed He
haa been connected with the de
partment of the interior at Wash
ington for a number of years but
this is his first experience in an
administrative position. .
The same kind of work he s
doing here is. being carried on in
many .other sections of the coun
try and by the begining of the
grazing season next year it is the
intention of the department to
have all of this work completed so
that leases can be entered into
with stockmen in the various sec
tions of the country, who may de
sire to secure, forest reserve privil
esres.
SHEEP SHORTAGE
IS RAISING PRICES
C J. Millis Says Oregon
Wool Growers Will Reap
Rich Profit Next Year
from Their Herds.
C. J. Millis, livestock agent for
the O. It. A X., says that never
before in the history of the stock
raising industry in Oregon have
sheep been valued so highly as
now. Mutton is selling on the
hoof from $3.75 to $4. The ruling
quotation for years has been 12.50,
but in the opinion of Mr. Millis,
mutton will not soon decline to
that level, owing to the conditions
now influencing the Eastern mar
ket. "There is a shortage of fully 20,
000,000 sheep in the United
States," remarked Millis. "Con
ditions appear favorable for a con
tinuance of the prevailing high
prices, because so much land has
been taken up in the past lew
years, diminishing the grazing
area and many persons who for
merly dealt in sheep have retired.
Oregon has a less percentage of
the shortage than most states, and
as a result the number cf sheep
owned within its borders is in
creasing. Wool has taken up an
upward move, many contracts
having been closed in Idaho for
the 1906 clip at 24 cents, which
means that every sheep sheared in
Oregon will, turn off its back $2
worth of wool, though up to date
I have not heard of contracting be
ing carried on for the new clip.
"Shipmenta of sheep to the prin
cipal Eastern markets have been
heavy, and it is safe to say every
available animal in the Northwest
has either been placed in transit
or is sold to be shipped, for there
is a strong demand. Conditions
are better now for the sheepmen
than ever before, ami the outlooK
is promising unless the speculators
repeat the disastrous performance
of a few davs aio."
BUILDING BOOM
AT KLAMATH FALLS
Ninety new buildings at an es
timated cost of $225,000 or an ave
rage of over 1200 for every man,
woman and child in the city, is
the record of building improve
ments during the past summer,
that the little town of Klamath
Falls can present to the world,
says the Express.
The carpenters, masons and
bricklayers have been busy from
daylight until dark in Klamath
Falls this summer, buildings have
been going up on all sides, the
number only being limited by the
lack of material and workmen. A
list of the new buildings has been
compiled, which is as near correct
as possible, but no doubt some
have been omitted. Many new
structures were built last fall and
in fact nearly every business house
in the city was enlarged and the
stock increased to supply the de
mand. Many more buildings are
contemplated. Plans have already
been submitted for some, which
will be commenced during the
winter
or the first thing in the
It is expected that eight
brick and stone business
will be built during the
spring,
or ten
houses
early part of next year. This
article howexer, has nothing to do
with prospective buildings, but
with improvements tbat have
actually been made this summer
Klamath High School building
Will be completed January 1st,
Cost $32,000. Basement and three
floors. The building is construct
ed of brick and the roof covered
with metal shingles. The entire
basement is of concrete.
Klamath Falls Public School.
In course of construction. Cost
$20,000. Basement and three
stories The basement is built of
native rock and the walls as sandstone.
CONSTRUCTION OF
CANAL BEGINS
Actual constructive work haa
now begun, on the Government
Celilo Canal, and Captain A. A.
Fries, of the UniUl States Engi
neer Corj)s, reports the commence
ment satisfactory in every way.
During the past week the con
tractors, Smyth it Jones, have had
a force of 75 men on the ground,
with two steam drills in operation.
The body of laborers will be in
creased steadily from now on, how
ever, and within the next month
there will be several hundred men
employed. The contract under
which the present work is being
done provides for the upper en
trance to the canal, including one
lock and a basin, the latter to be
KKX) feet in length and varying in
width from 76 to 150 feet on the
bottom. This basin will be con
structed in the bend of the river
immediately below Taffes' cannery.
and ' will connect the actual river
entrance to the canal and the
upper lock.
The first work of the contractors
will be the construction of this
basin, where the building of walls
is necessary. In some places the
solid rock river bank will form
part of the shore wall and the pre
sent operations consists in the
cutting off of several jutting joints
and the excavation of the river
bed. Within a week a force of
men will begin blasting for the
first lock, which will be built in
solid rock. The rock taken from
there, together with the gravel
from the river bed excavation will
go into the concrete work of the
basin.
It is expected by the contractors
that everything will be in readi
ness to begin the concrete work
within ten days, when the founda-.
tions for the basin walls will be
laid.
The work of clearing out Three
Mile Rapids, the lower approach
to the canal, is progressing favor
ably, and should be completed by
March I. Four steam drills and a
dredge are being employed in the
removrl of obstructions in the
channel. Dalles Chronicle.
STATE WANTS
VACANT LAND
Governor Chamberlain has
made up his mind to cair for tend
ers for information about Govern
ment land in tracts ranging from
1000 to 20.00C acres in a body up
on which he can file state school
lieu land scrip and take up the
land for the state, to be held for
the benefit of the state public
school fund. The Btate has be
tween 60,000 and 70,000 acres of
lieu land scrip which was issued in
lieu of school lands included in
the Wenaha, Wallowa and Ches
minimus Government timber re
serves created by Executive order.
There is no fund upon which the
Governor can draw to pay for the
information as to where Govern
ment lands of proper value and in
large tracts can be found. The
law authorizes the Governor to
select lands and to incur any nec
essary ' expense, but there is no
money appropriated for that spe
cific purpose upon which to draw.
To meet the emergency, the Gov
ernor will ask for tenders for in
formation, the party making the
tender to name the amount per
acre which he will be willing to
accept, with the understanding
that the claim is to await the
action of the next Legislature, to
the favorable consideration, of
which the Governor will commend
the claim. It is thought tenders
ranging from 25 to 50 cents per
acre can be obtained bv
this
means.
The State Land Agent and
an
experienced timbercruiser will be
sent to examine all lands offered