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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 14, 1905.
NO. 52
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CLAYPOOL BROS.
SUCCESSORS TO J. F. MORRIS
Ditet in General Merchandise, Dry Goods
Clothing, BooU, Shoes, Furnishings and Groceries
WHILE THEY LAST
$20.00
15.00
12.00
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-Men Suib fur
All ladies' coats, suits, waists and
wrappers now selling at actual cost
PRINEVILLE,
piacksmithing That Pleases
la The Kin J Yum tint at
J. II. WIGLKS
riuoeur to)
COKNUTT A KLKIKS
A Mt.ok of Farm Machinery always on lis
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TOYS! CHRISTMAS TOYS!
1 Imvv m line fmm wlih'h lu nelwt ny un nl which i un? to dvllKht
thn rhihtrtn. A rliilit'i Xmu li Ineotiipletp Kltliuut few kim' toy
CANDIES, NUTS and FRUITS
uf Hi vnry LIrIimI munIUjt, "p-liilly onlerwl Ir tlm liui"ly lril. Ve
diik tlmt yuu nmkt mi tnm:tton ufnur rlix-k of Nt'TH Tuey frasli
mul ! mi! nrp Ih'Iiik iiiIiJ ul prlcri Kiiuriiiilmtl to mrt your tiiproTiil
CIGARS, PIPES
TliPifiMid t "I'll in thM' lintii Hm tlin'
lilsy pitoksK" nfclR, nire pipu or
'ulr KilXn for Kmitli'iimn
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A COMPLETE LINE OF NEW GROCERIES
NOTIONS, TOILET ARTICLES, ETC, ETC
I.MICHEL
I The 0 K Meat Market
STROUD BROS., Proprietors
Deelers in Choice Beef,
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Eggs and Country Produce
' Your patronage respectfully solicited and a trial order of one
of our Hoftnts or Steaks will convince you that we sell only the
i.' Vest, In the shoji formerly occupied by Crooks A Sailor
Telephone Orders Will
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$15.00
12.00
9.00
7.50
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and TOBACCO
of cutuhliiliiHl merit only. Flo
lolmot-o lxxich nrv now very pop-
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Veal, Mutton, Pork, Butter
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Feed and Boarding
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Stock boarded by the day, weak
or month and good attention
given the aame. Your patron
age solicited.
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
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OFriOIKI:
W. A. Booth, PrMldant
O. M. Slkins, Vlc Prldn(
fnto W. Wilson, Oathlar
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A. Booth, O. M. Clkihi,
o w. Wilson.
Transact a General
Banking HasinenH
Kxohanre Bought
and Sold
Collection will re
ceive prompt atten
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Star Barbershop
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Our haircutting is up-to-
date. Our shaving Is
comfortable. Our shop is
new and clean.
Henderson Building
FHINKV1U.K, - ORKUOX
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I. W. SPEAR
Jfeeci Stable
and Jfrte Camp JVouae
WHEAT-HAY
25Cts.,HKAD
Huy and Clrain SI. 2ft )or day. Transient
trnite solicited. Oume wnere you and your
teams can be made comfortable tit the old
McFarland Stand, PrinevlUe, Or
Son Lost Mother.
"Consumption runs in our family,
and through It 1 lost my .Mother."
writes K. II. Held, of Harmony, Me.
"For the past live years, however,
on the sllKhtest sln of a Cough or
Cold, 1 have taken Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption, which
j lias saved me from serious lung
trouble." ' His mother's death was a
sad loss for Mr, Held, but he learned
that Jung trouble must not be neg
lected, and how to cure It. " Quickest
relief and cure for coughs and colds
Price 50c and 1.00; guaranteed at
J. HTempleton's unil D. P. Adam
son's drug store. Trial bottle free.
RAILROAD IS
TO BE BUILT
Harriman Line to Cross
Cascades in Spring.
FEEDER FOR CROOK
Line to Be Extended into ' Klamati
First on Way Across State
From Natron East.
The announcement that the
Htrrimait eole. will begin the
construction of I h e projioeed
Natron-Ontario line across Centra)
Oregon early in the spring is now
I x-i up made ax authentic. The
i$4,160,tXJO net aside for new roads
in Oregon is to be used in building
from Natron near Kugene,' south
eastward through the Oiamond
Pass in the Cascade mountains
into Klamath county. AnVoonac
entrance has been made into Cen
tral Oregon, work will also In com
menced on feeders from this main
line north into the Aoencv Plains
district in this county ami south to
Klamath Falls.
The Oregonian of Der-ember 7
says:
It all of the S4,Iti0,IXi0 wt tuiile were
to be used in conftrurtinn 150 miles of
track throuKi the ruin;ul paiwus of the
t'aax'Silos ami lo the eantern Mlo(ie of the
tnountaiiiH, the average cont per mile
wuuhl be approximately )17,7.'W). This
wouM not he exceHMive ami points very
plainly to the fact that it in the N'atrou
line that is to lie const rur-teri with the
tun set ashle ami otticia"" annouiuvd.
IVntral Oregon will lie )rrilironi
with railroads within five year, acrvirj
ih to the belief of all railroad mt-n anil
ollkial announcements already made.
The Natron extension will be tbe fore
runner of other lines to come. Once
across the divide of the Cascade, the
Hariiman line will have the ca.tire cen
tral part of the Mtate in its ruitp. A
xouthern extension will join Klumnth
Falls and that district with i'ortland.
An east and went line will reach across
the state to Ontario and a junction with
the main line of the O. K. & X., while
from thi artery will branch - veins of
steel to the north, which will Up all the
vallevs and plateaus south of the Colum
bia that are now waiting for the exten
sion of the lleppner branch, the Colum
bia Southern, the Great Southern aud
the ArlingtonH'ondou branch of the
O. K. A N.
The first step in all this progress will
lie taken when Spring has opened the
mountain passes aid the construction
of the Natron line is begun. The other
schemes will be started us goon as the
j eastern terminal oi this new line has
I liuufl tlm fliviilu nl tlt Cm u..a... n.l
jr I has by that crossing laid open the en
Bttire Central Oregou country to the
couutruction of the other linos.
Immense orders have been placed
with various sawmills for railroad ties,
the purchasers of which are not known
as yet to the mill managers, some of
these orders being placed at the mills of
the Itooth-Kelly Company at Spring
field andCoburg, and it is' believed that
the ties are for the Oregon Eastern.
In the issue of lXcemler (i the
Kvening Telegram published the
following:
The Agency Plains Feeder is to tske
B
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lace of the proposed Columbia
leru extension. hile not otlicial-
miueu, it is Known there is no
intention on the part of the llsrriniiiii
ollicials to further attempt to push the
Columbia Southern south to the tiend
country. With the Agency Plains line
tYjIlkl lllU mail. Nb.il ai.lu.Oa alat.l il
1 is stated, the best of the territory that
wouM te tapped by the Columbia
.Southern, if pushed as previously con
templated, can be cared for and w ithout
the necessity of shouldering the engi
neering features that would be. encoun
tered beyond Shaniko.
GOOD LAND IS OPEN
Crooked River Basin Said to Be
Attractive for Settlers.
Prom information gathered it
appears that the great Crooked
river basin which ia located be
yond the headwaters of chat stream
SO miles above Prineville in this
county, offers splendid induce
ments for settlers, and lands here
in are available for either home
atead or desert entry.
The soil is said to be of the very
best type of the rich sagebrush
iiind, free from rock, with excellent
water which can be reached at a
depth of from seven feet below the
surlace, down. Irrigation is possi
ble by either reservoirs or pumping
systems. The land is described as
being quite similar to that which
is being taken so eagerly bv set
tlers in the Christmas l.ake region
aud the Journal's informant, who
has acquainted himself with the
nature of the soil by working with :
it during the past four years be-j
lieves that it ia peculiarly adapted)
to the growth of alfalfa, on account'
of water being so near the surface
aud its remarkable fertility under!
cultivation. This man ia M. J J
Lemons and his faith is so strong
that he will next year sow 20 acres
to alfalfa. Mr. Lemons filed on a
claim there, comprising 320 acres,
in 1902.
This basin is a great sagebrush
covered flat containing about ttO,-.'
000 acres, now used principally as!
a cattle range. Surrounding it is I
juniper timber suitable for fuel and
I'll iriiuc HU1. OIK'H UlllS U18-
tant is the border of a great tract'
of pine timber extending eastward j
across the state for hundreds of:
iniies. i
Mr. Iernons says that in the
many years he has been in this
region he has never t een snow lie
on the ground to a depth greater
than six inches The elevation of
this tract is about 4200 feet above
a level.
This is only one of the many
similar undeveloped resources of
Crook county, which are waiting
for man's hand and brain to build
fin t-iiii.iro mrit Kin ituf anil sti.itkt-
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less but few years will pass before!
these lands now open for settle
ment will betaken and transformed
into prosperous homes. There is
said to ie room in the Crooked
river basin alone forSWU homes.
Footin( Up tae Tax Roll.
Assessor J. I). Lafollette is fin
ishing the final work of footing up
the tax roll for this year and ex-j
lt:ts to have the entire list com- j
pleted and summarized inside fi
the next week. The industrial
census which he took of the county
this year will then te completed so j
that M most important features;
can W published.
Fir Department Election
Ed Hodson, of Company No. 2,
was re-elected chief of the Prine
ville Fire ' Department and Frank
Foster, of Company No. 1, was
elected assistant chief at the elec
tion held last Mondav night. Over
forty votes were fast and there was
considerable good natured rivalry
in the contest.
Resolutions Adopted by Citizens' Business League in Reply to Unjust
Attacks Made by Newspapers of Portland.
Whereas, The City oi Portland, Oregon, as voiced through its press, has for the. past ten days, wantonly,
lalsely and maliciously attacked the integrity and honor oi the citizens ot Prineville and Crook county and has by
aspersions and innuendo accused its citizens and public officers of crimes and misdemeanors too palpably false and
ridiculous to be considered seriously, and ' ,
Whereas, Such false and wanton - accusations and innuendoes have been spread broadcast, through the
Portland press, and have been accepted as facts by a large portion of its readers to the great detriment, damage and
humiliation of a sparsely settled and helpless community of law abiding and patriotic citizens, and - , . ....
Whereas, The City of Portland, through its press, has persisted in its calumnious and libelous assaults to
the extent that it can no longer be endured without protest and
" Whereas, We fully realize our helplessness and weakness in attempting to refute false impressions spread,
by the great metropolitan daily newspapers, though hidden behind the venomous ebullitions of a social outcast and
moral leper who acts as their local correspondent, and
Whereas, We, the Citizens' Business League of Prineville. as a member of the Oregon Development
League, of Oregon, are legally and morally entitled to the support and co-operation of the businessmen and citizens
throughout the state in our endeavor to throw off and refute the unwarranted and cowardly stigma and assault cast
upon our community by the City of Portland through its powerful press, therefore be it
Resolved, By the Citizens' Business League of Prineville, as a branch and member of the Oregon
Development League, of Oregon, voicing the unanimous sentiment of every law abiding citizen in Central Oregon,
that we denounce the recent utterances of the Portland press as regards our community and citizens, as false, slander
ous and cowardly, well knowing our absolute inability to give this refutation the same publicity that the Portland .
press gave the venomous accusations. , . , . -
Resolved, That cur merchants and businessmen, through their wholesalers and jobbers in the City of
Portland, demand an immediate retraction of the unwarranted accusations an innuendoes cast upon our community
and citizens by the Portland press. ' . .. - -
Resolved, That since we have always invited the most searching investigation of our city and county
affairs, the continuous oppression or ;the Portland press, can no longer be given the charitable consideration of
sincerity, but must of necessity be taken.;as venomous spleen and a wanton
Resolved, that the City of Prineville. v and Crook, county, and the Seventh Judicial District are blessed
with an uncontaminated judiciary, and always have been, now are and always will be found dealing lawfully and
justly with its offenders without the advice or interference of, the Portland press.
Resolved, That we brand tbe recent police court episode, so greatly magnified and distorted by the Port
land press,' as a disorderly incident only, and the ridiculous attempt of the Portland press to connect it with the
recent land fraud trials in Portland, is a wanton and flagrant desire to do unwarranted injury to our community
and citizens, and actuated by a spirit of political jealousy and premeditated desire to poison the minds of the public
against its honored officers. , ' .-, ...
Resolved, That the present attitude of the City of Portland, as' voiced through its press, toward our busi
nessmen and citizens, . has caused strained commercial relations to exist between our merchants and the merchant
of Portland, and if such attitude is continued it can only result in complete severance of commercial relations..
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes and a copy be furnished the
different commercial organizations of Oregon and the Northwest for dissemination. . , f ,.
Adopted by unanimous vote of the' league, December 12. 1905. ' . , v .,--., I
s T. M. BALDWIN,
Attest: M R. ELLIOTT, Secretary'. : .
ADDS INSULT
TO INJURY
The Oregonian Publishes
More Lies.
PAPER GRINDS ITS AX
City I TWoufhly Aroused Steps
Will Be Taken to Counteract
Newspaper's Treachery
The Oregonian during the past
week has shown no signs of relent
ing in the publication of its un
scrupulous falsifications regarding
the Crain case and the residents in
this vicinity. Those familiar with
the facts, find that is inclusive of
tbe entire community, fail in
words of denunciation of the jour
nalistic filth in which the Oregon
ian has mixed its hands. - The
continued publication' of nnquali
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i fied falsehoods, wuich lack the
! slightest basis of truthfulness, is a
' source of wonder and amazement,
especially in view of the reputed
standing of the Oregonian in news
j pajsT circles. Perhajw tUe worst
teature ot that paper s tin warran
ty prevarications is thi- fact that
iu slanderous articles have., gained
credence not alone in this state but
throughout the nation, and with
the peculiar gloat of revengefuiness
sated, the Oregonian flaunts the
comments of the various local and
state papers which have taken the
matter up.. I i - f
It is safe to say that Prineville
w more thoroughly aroused than
it has ever been before, and the
feeling prevalent .was fully and
freely expressed at the meeting of
tho Citizens' liusiness League Tues
day night, which crowded the
lower floor of Athletic hall to the
doors. U. S. Deputy Marshals
Watts and Mitchell, who were
sent here from Portland to investi
gate the Crain case, were particu
larly requested to be present at the
meeting that they might learn the
facts, but they did! not sttend.
It is the opinion expressed smouf
business men and residents, almost
without exception', that drastic
measures ihouid be taken to coun
teract soaras possible the Oregon
ian's treachery. With this end io
view, the League by unanimous
vote adopted the resolutions pub- ,
lished elsewhere in this issue. A
copy of these, accompanied by a
supplementary letter setting forth
the facta, out of which the Oregon
ian wove its willful misrepresenta
tions, will l mailed to every
wholesale house in Portland hav- '
ing commercial relations with the
business houses in this section.
Additional copies will be sent tot
all of the commercial and business
associations, the irrigation com
panies with headquarters in Port
land and to many of the papers
throughout the northwest. To the
commercial organizations in Port- -land
the detailed facts will hm
given more fully, and promise has "
already been secured that these
bodiea will take hold of the matter
in a decisive way. With this
work accomplished by the last of
the week, the local Business
League will take steps in another
direction to correct the slander of
the Oregonian.
W. A. Laidlaw, J. W.Blaine and
R. W. Wilson, of the Columbia ,
Southern Irrigating company, were
in the city Monday and Tuesday
and made a personal investigation
of the stories and insinuations they
had read inhe Oregonian.
"We found the articles in ques
tion," said Mr. Laidlaw, "utterly .
devoid of foundation. We satis
fied ourselves both through inves
tigation and personal inquiry
among those in a position to know.
These unwarranted attacks of the
Oregonian are doing tbe country a
gross injustice, besides creating, a
wholly false impression of this
community. People get the idea
through these malicious state- -ments
of the Oregonian that the
district is a lawless one and over-
run with a criminal element whil
noining couiu oe lunner iroip tn
truth. We feel the effects of the
Oiegonian's work in our business.
Prospective settlers on the irriga
ted tracts read the slanderous mat
ter in the Oregonian and naturally
do not feel like coming to a coun
try to reside where such lawless
ness, as the Oregonian states,
exists. As soon as we get back lo
Portland we shall lay the facts ,
before Secretary Richardson of the
Commercial club, and we believe
the truth of the matter will be put
to him in such a light that decided
action will be taken by that
organization."
t lt a .1 .a
desire to do injury.
President Citizens Business League, t
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