County
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VOL. IX.
NUNKVILLK, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 2, 11)05.
NO. 10
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Clearance Sale
K Odds and Ends
We have a lot of Odds and Fnds that we will
dispose of regardless of cost. Our Fall (ioods
are in and we are short of space. We are
making prices that will move the goods. The
y' following arc a few of the lines that we are
closing nui:
Ladies, (icnts and Children Mackintoshes
Shirt Waists and Skirts
Notions of all Kinds
Wrist Hags and Purses
Certain Lines of Hats
Numerous Other Lines
Tieso Goads Must Be Sold and Will Be
Sold Almost at Y O II H OWN P It I C B
SU E. STEWART & CO. 8?
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SEMI-ANNUAL STATEMENT
Of tlx- Treasurer of Crook Countv, Oregon, fr tl nix months
'! i (ik September .".Oili, 11)05, of Moneys received and paid out, from
whom received and from what source, and on what account paid out.
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A choice line of Cmulic
and NuN, uNou selected
line of Cigitro, ToIviccoh
N f have nn PXTjitionalIv lino line of clothing that
U l)oth dressy aiul ilur;i!U The reason why that
our 'ltliiii u giving such good satisfaction is that it
U made right, shajtcd right, fitted right and the prices
arc HI 01 IT. Hcmetnber this when you are buying
clothing ami call in at our store and examine our line.
Our line of clothing at OtfO
u the Lest in the city Vf UUU pl&
for the monev and are what von have loen looking for
Ladies9 and Gents9
Furnishings
Our Fall and Winter stock is arriving and includes
the lust quality in the latest patterns and styles for
vou to choose from at prices that are HIGIIT.
Our Line of Shoes is ready for your inspection
and is as complete as any iu the city. We desire to
have you call and we will convince you that we are
HIGUT in saying that our goods anil prices are right.
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fllacksmithing That Pleases
Is The Kind Vou Get at
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Furniture and Undertaking
Stoves, Ganges
and Heaters
AT liOTTOM PRICES
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WOOL GROWERS SHIP
ABOUT MILLION HEAD
Frank L-e, who Iiaa knight
wofil in Oregon, California, Idaho
and Arizona, (or many years,
Htatt-R that the pant Reason has
been one of the nio-t j-ronperous
ever experienced ly western heep
hreeder.
"This year we paid from 14 to
20 cents for wool," Raid Mr. Iyee,
"with gome Wringing as much as
23 centn. A year ago the price
for the came woohi ranged from 13
to 15 cent.
"1 have leen looking over the
field for gome time and have Been
many n.en who raise wool in the
interior. They tell me that the
conditions are ideal for the pro
duction of a large and good quality
wool crop in 190fi, so far aa the
provision of plenty reed for the
nheep and shelter for the severe
weather are concerned.
"The western sheepmen nowa
days are wine in that they do not
take the chances they did a few
yeare ago. Then a epell of heavy
weather caused great losses. In
fact, the sheep business was mostly
a gambling proposition, and the
breeder simply bet that the
weather would be favorable. Now
they never fail to have plenty of
feed on hand and all of them
maintain sheds large enough to
shelter all their flocks.
"All in all, bo far as one may
judge from the conditions under
which the winter starts, the pros
pects are good for the coming year.
Of course, no one knows anything
about coming prices."
Stock Inspector Parker of Baker
countv and Government Stock In
spector M. S. Lants state that this
summer, and in tact during the
last year, shipments from Salem,
Oregon to eastern points have
been greater than ever before and
they estimate that since May,
when shearing commenced, no
iess than 872,000 shtH jv haw been
shipped to outside points. They
predict the number will pass the
million mark before tne season
closes.
The sheep shipments from the
different shipping points in eastern
Oregon as given by the inspectors
are as follows: Elgin, 200,000:
Meacham, 100,000; Pendleton,
100,000; Baker City, 100,000:
Heppner, 100,000; Shaniko, 100,
000; Ontario, 100,000; Hunting
ton, 30,000; Echo, 20,000; North
Powder, 12,000, Durkee, 10,000.
fused such high offers as $4.50 per
head for young ewes this fall.
During the past four seasons the
Shaniko market has excelled any
of the Eastern Oregon wool towns
on high prices in both wool and
mutton and is now regarded as
the leading wool center in the
state of Oregon. Shaniko x the
home for Fheepmen from Wasco,
Wheeler, Grant, Crook and Lake
counties and the class of sheep
that are raised in these counties
are considered the finest in the
northwest, which alone has placed
Shaniko at the head of the list of
wool markets of the state. It is
the consensus of opinion among
sheepgrowers of this locality that
wool will sell on- an average of .25
cents per pound at Shaniko next
spring and they are so certain of
this excellent price that a number
of local sheepmen have refused to
contract their next season's clip at
.20 cents this fall. Beside the
extreme high prices being offered
for wool and sheep the ranges are
good this season and sheep are
generally in fine condition. Shan
iko Bee.
NEW PRIMARY LAW
EFFECTIVE NEXT SPRING
SUPTER VALLEY
EXTENSION COMPLETED
STATE OK OUF.GOX, )
I ounty of l rook, )
' I, 0. G. Gray, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and cor
icet statement of the amounts received, paid out, and remaining on hand, in the
County Treasury of said County, for the six montlis ending on the 3')th day o!
September A. I'. 1905. '
Witness my hand this 1st day of October 1905.
O. C. GRAY, County Treasurer.
Semi-Annual . Statement
Of the amount of Moneys and Warrants received for taxes, and Money paid to
the County Treasurer by the Sheriff of Crook County, Oregon, for the six months
ending the 30th day of September, 1003.
Cash on hand April 3rd, 1905 $ 0752.52
Collections 1904 taxes 10140.17
Col lections 1903 taxes ; 43.51
Collections 1902 taxes 5.18
b'ees collected as follows :
S. 11. Case & Son vs AV right . 4.00
Smith & Wilt vs MeCalUster 7.50
O'Xeil Bros, vs Hayes 5.00
C. O. Transportation Co. vs Morris et al : 4.00
Johnson; liooth & Co. vs Kayl 5.00
A large force of men recently
employed in the grading work 011
the extension of the Sumpter Val
ley railway from Tipton to Austin
about 16 miles was discharged for
the reason that the grade has been
finished and there is no farther
use for their services.
General Superintendent Joseph
Barton states that the grading has
not only been finished but the
rails will be laid into Austin the
last of the week, and as soon as
the blasting can be done and the
new time card arranged trains will
be running in to Austin.
The merchants and the general
business public cannot too highly
appreciate the advantage of ex
tension which carries transporta
tion of passengers over a third
mountain range, into the John
Day country. It is a certainty
that the road will earn no revenue
above operating expenses beyond
Sumpter until the line reaches
Prairie City. In the meantime
the public is securing a tremendous
advantage which it will not be
slow to appreciate in a practical
manner. Democrat.
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SPiysi'ei'an ana' Snryton
-'AI,l.! ANNWMtKD I'ROMITl.Y PAY OH N'HillT
OKPICK Ons Ixih North or Apamson'x
Hrvg Stork. Kbsiuknck OmwiTK
Mktiiooimt Ciivrch-
Princviila, - -
Ortyon
Total Collkctioss , $ 10974.08
Disbursements
Total Payments and County Treasurer f 10759.21
Balance on hand October 2nd 0214.87
Total Dibbcrskmkxts 10974.08
STATE OF OREGON, )M
County of Crook, ) 8S'
I, C. Sam Smith, Sheriff of Crook County, Oregon, do hereby certify
(continued on page 2)
OFFER OF $4.50
FOR EWES REFUSED
The wool growers of this section
of the country are at present rid
ing high on the tide of prosperity,
and a number of owners have re-
Nominations for state, congress
ional, county and precinct officers
next April must be made under,
the provisions of the new direct
primary law. The nominating
primaries, due notice of which will
be given by the county clerk, will
be held 45 days before the general
election, which will come on the
first Monday in June. All nomi
nations must be made by the
direct primary method. This
nominating electiou will be the
first test of the new law, about
which so much has been said, with
regard to its merits and demerits.
Its workings will be watched with
uniwal iaterest, not only by the
people of Oregon , but by those of
many other states.
Candidates for a given nomina
tion will have their names placed
on the primary ballot, on petition
of at least two per cent of their
respective party vote cast for rep
resentative in congress in their
electoral district, and the one who
shall receive the highest number of
votes in the primary will be the
nominee of his party for the office,
and will be voted on in the usual
manner in the June election.
The number of signers required
on a Republican primary petition
for a state nomination will be
1000, the maximum requioed by
law. On a Democratic petition,
599.. Candidates for a Republi
can nomination in the First Dis
trict must each secure 479 signa
tures, and in the Second District,
543. Candidates for the Demo
cratic nomination must each ob
tain 344 signatures in the First
District, and 255 in the Seeond.
These numbers are based on the
vote of each party a year ago for
representative in Congress.
The signers of a state petition
must represent at least one-tenth
of the precincts in each of at least
seven counties in the state, and
the signers of a congressional pe
tition must represent at least one
tenth of the precincts in each of
at least one-fourth of the counties
in the district. A petition for a
county nomination must contain
signers residing in at least one-
fifth of the precincts in the county.
In a district comprising more than
one countv. the signers must rep
resent at least one-eighth of the
precincts in each of at least two
counties in the district.
It will be seen, therefore, that
the circulation of nominating pe
titions will be no small task, be
cause they will have to be circu
lated in a number of counties and
in many precincts. One county
such as Multnomah is not per
mitted by the law to furnish, all
the signatures on a petition for
the nomination of Governor, nor
Multnomah, Linn, Lane, Wash
ington and Marion combined, be
cause seven counties must be rep
resented on the petition.