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rook County
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VOLX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 21, 1905.
NO. 1
CLAYP00L BROS.
SUCCESSORS TO J. F. MORRIS
Denier in General Merchandise, Dry Good
Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Furnishings and Groceries
WHILE THEY LAST
SJO.m Men'
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. 12 (M , .
10.00
AH ladies' coats, suits, waists and
wrappers now selling at actual cost
- PRINEVILLE, OREGON
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fflacksmithing That Pleases
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A Stock of Fnrin Machinery always on hand
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TOYS! CHRISTMAS TOYS!
I iivi a 1 1 n fnitii lii,i t wlit-l any onu uf liiU l nun' lo iIi-HkIiI
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CANDIES, NUTS and FRUITS
nfMw very hiKlii'Mt iiinlity, srnvlally milcnM fur the holiday tradi-. We
k tiuit you iiiukn mi imj..., t ion of uur ilx-k of Nl'TX Tt'icy iirr ftvdi
mitt ami nr Ix-iiig mild M prli-M Kimritniiixl to iiiret your approval
CIGARS, PIPES and TOBACCO
The Rood I M'll in tlu-KH iincH mr of I'MaMi-dii-d merit only. Hoi.
iiUy m-knni! ol ciKur". nii'i" ('i"' "r '"il'ttcro jumi'li are now vrry pop.
uinr giflf for ncmli'iimn, . If you have a want for tln-M', I hnv' tin- kooiIh
A COMPLETE LINE OF NEW GROCERIES
NOTIONS, TOILET ARTICLES, ETC., ETC
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Stock boarded by the day, week
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given the same. Your patron
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PRINEVILLE, OREGON
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OFFICERS:
w, A. Booth, President
O. M. Elkins, Vic Prldnl
Fmo W. Wito, Cthl.r
0IRE0T0R8:
W. A. Booth. O. M. Elk.ns.
O. f. STtWAUT, FHfO W. WlLON.
Transacts a General
Hanking Husiness
K x o h a n k e Bought
and Sold
(Collections will re
ceive prompt atten
tion Star Barbershop
Our haircufting is up-to-date.
Our shaving is
comlortablc. Our shop is
new and" clean.
Henderson Build inar
PRIXEVIIXK, - OKKUON
I. W. SPEAR
Jeec Stabie
and mWre Camp Jfousa
WIIliAT HAY
25 Cts. HEAD
Hay ami (irain l.2S per day. Transifnt
trade Nolicitmi. Come wncre you and your
teams can be made comfortable at thi old
MoFarland Stand, PrineviUe, Or
Son Lost Mother.
'CoiiHunipt ion runs in our family,
and through It I lost my Mother."
writes 15. H. Held, of Harmony. Me.
"For thepist live years, however,
on the slightest sijiH fKf a Cough or
Cold, t have taken Dr. Kind's ,w
Discovery for Consumption, which
has saved me from serious lumr
trouble." His mother's death was a
sad loss fur Mr. Iteid, but he learned
that lung' trouble must not lie neg
lected, and how to cure it. Quickest
relief and cure for coughs and uolds
Price r0e. and $1.00; guaranteed at
J. H. Temple ton' and D. P. Adam
son's drug store. Trial bottle free.
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SUMMARY OF 1905 ASSESSMENT
Shows an Increase of $370,600 in Gross Value
of Crook County Property.
County A.H4K8or J. I). LaF(IIt-tt4 tliin wt-k complHxl the summary
of th HHHu)erit for Crook County, for the year 15. It follow:
No acrod of lillalde Utnl
Noacren noiitilliihle land
IiiirovementH on uoled lnml
Vuluo of all town lo
Vnluo of impruveniti.U! on uwn low
Valui- of improvem.vii op land not
No. mi I en of telephone line
Valve of Htntionnrv uiinw
Value of merchandi Htock in trade
Value of farming implement
Money
Noten and accounts
No. ahares taxable atK'k
Hotifeh(dd furniture.
No. horaes and mulei
No. cattle
No. nhee
No. Hwine
(ir.ms value of all iirojwrtv
Kxt-nipt i'niM
Total value of taxalde prorty
A rompariMon of thwe figure with thoe of 1904 show an increase in
the groHd valuation of proerty 370.W. Last year's total valuation
waa 12,688,783, with iio exemptions. Thin year's exemption total
1133,127 which yet leave an increase in the taxab'.e valuation of 1237,
473 over that of the previous year.
The nuuiher of acre of tillable land hat increased from 37,461 acre
1904 to 39,353 in 1905. Telephone lines have increased from 42 to 89
milw. There are one dosen more horses "this year than last, one tnou
aand lew cattle am! th;rty thousand less sheep.
Water Wheel For Pumping.
A water wheel to be used for
i i . . , .
pumping nas oeen invented by a
man nanieu i. p. .Mathews and is
to le given a trial at the mouth of
the Deschutes river. The wheel is
a drum five feet in diameter and
six feet long ami will float on top
of the water. It drawn but three
foet of w ater and is said to be able
to generate 10 horse power. It
will be anchored in the stream by
cables attached to the shore and
will raise and lower with the rise
or fall of the stream and is, there
fore, pondestruclible by high
water or fresheta which have
always destroyed the stationary
wheels used in Oregon streams.
The drum U air-tight and buoyant
and ia. equipped with paddles or
wings which open as the wheel
turnn, in time to be caught by the
current, thus generating enormous
power with a small surface. The
w heel is made of iron and weighs
but 1(500 pounds, including the
frames and attachments. The
main shaft is equipjied for the
attachment of knuckles by which
jwwer may 1 transmitted to any
kind of a pump or other machinery
on the shore, and it is said to be
the first wheel ever patented
which was intended to float on the
surface of a stream.
The wheel will pump 3000 gal
lons of water per hour with a No,
4 pump and its capacity is even
greater than this with, a larger
pump. It is said that a wheel
having a capacity of 100 horse
power can be constructed for $1000,
thus revolutionizing the question
of power on running streams. A
strong current is not required to
produce power, as the wings un
fold and give the wheel almost
double its actual diameter.
Beavers Live in Crook.
It has not been long since a
newspaper story was going the
rounds that beavers were extinct
in Oregon or very nearly so. But'
if Crook county may still presume
to be a part of the state, she can
furnish much evidence that there
are still beavers at work in Oregon.
Only last week the writer saw the
beginning of a beaver dam in a question lying from 10 to 25" miles
slough on the Tom .harp, ranch 10 j nortli of PrineviUe
miles below PrineviUe, and manyj "John Hargen, president of the
trees thereabout were cut down or ; Great Western Lumber Company,
showed the fresh marks of heaver's which owns a large mill and
teeth. There are several, colonies j numerous acres of pine find fir
of beavers on the Deschutes river. timber about 25 miles south of
One is only a short distance above j Ash wood, was in town last Friday,
the Big Meadows and .otherB are i The Great. Western w probably the
-scattered along the river between largest lumber company operating
there and Crane Prairie. The fin , this county, the company being
upper Deschutes ' country bears ; composed chielly of Minuesota
Value
.,3.W $ 194,:J72
HIWM 1,402,076
' ' 13779
93,750
142,SO:i
H9 4,.')
20,250
77,563
29,348
22,492
173,097
liO 56,245
38,488
7.854 ' 97,883
26,8y3 . 271,760
117,644 192,286
548 l fm
13,059,383
2,926,256
ded(fd
ample evidence that thousands of
these busy animals have in years
past lived there and that tbe few
score yet in existence are but a
handful in comparison. There are
the remains of an old cabin in that
region which tradition-says was
built by men in the employ of the
Hudson Bay Company long before
permanent settlements commenced
in Oregon. Beavers are protected
by a heavy penalty for their de
struction. HUNTING F0RTIMBER
California Company Wants Large
Acreage of Oregon Pine.
W. J.' Ward, representing the
Brooking Box & Lumber Company,
of Highlands, t?an Bernardino
county, California, is now, in the
Upper Deschutes country looking
up timler with a view to purchas
ing a large amount if he finds
prices to his liking and any likli
hood of transportation facilities
within a few years. He stated
while in PrineviUe last week that
his company would desire to get at
least 15,000 acres of the Deschutes
pine lands. '
Mr Ward came to PrineviUe
last week and after a conference
with parties who are acquainted
with the regions of the upper Des
chutes and northern Klamath, he
pent several days on the plot
books in the county assessors
oflice. Later he went to the tim
ber and is now supposedly some
where near Rosland, cruising out
claims which his company would
desire.
From what could be gathered
from him it is the idea of his com
pany to secure timber lands in this
county as near as possible" to the
prospective railway line. The
timber would then be logged and
manufactured in the rough and
shipped to the company's mills in
California for the finishing process
and the manufacture into boxes.
Sash and Door Factory.
The Madras Pioneer prints
the
following, the timber tract in
m"n Their mill wa only recently
started up. Some time o it was
announced by Mr. Harden that
soon as arrangement could lie
iwrfeeted a ah and door factory
would ulso lie installed, and from
which they expect to supply the
great demand in Central Oregon
for these articles."
Educational Meeting at Bend.
The educational meeting at Bend
the evening of the 16th wan a
decided autre. A committee re-j
reived the teachers from PrineviUe
and escorted them to a reception
at Mrs. Drake's where they were
soon made to feel a4 home and a
Very enjoyable evening sjient.
At the proper time the guets
adjourned to the hall where a large
audience listened to educational
talks from Messrs. Overturf, Wiest,
Lawrence, Strange, Stone, Lehman
and others. Miss Marion Wiest
favored the audience with two
solos.
There was much' interest taken
in .educational work and every
kindness was shown the visiting
teachers. Ben.d is thoroughly alive
to the importance of educational
matters and the teachers will lie
glad of another opportunity to
partake of the hospitality of the
good people o' Bend.
Among the teachers present at
the meeting were: Suerintenderit
C. B. Dinviddie, A. C. Strange,
Margaret Goodin, Belle RanneUs
and Ada Taylor, of -PrineviUe, Mrs.
F. F. Smith and Miss Nellie James,
of Laidlaw, , M. A. Lehman, of
Gray Butte, Ruth Reid, Grace
Jones and Marion Wiest, of Bend.
Church Workers Make Money.
The Church Workers' Fair held
at Belknaps hall last Saturday
evening proved to be a social and
financial success. The proceeds of
the sales made-from refreshments,
fancy work and pictures were alwut
$220 besides 35 taken in on the
sale of the new cook books which
the society recently compiled and
published. Everything offered for
sale, was disposed of except about
half. dozen pieces of "fancy-work.
The fair was opened at five p. m.
The hall was draped in an attrac
tive manner and the several booths
from which the sales were made
presented evidence of careful and
tasteful preparations. The Ladies
Home Journal booth was a special
feature and occupied the center of
the hall. Its color scheme was red i
and black. Original Gibson draw
ings were sold therefrom at auction.
The articles sold included fancy
work, pictures, cakes, icecream and
all manner of good things to eat
and an enjoyable social evening
was spent by all in attendance.
SHAREHOLDERS MET
Dixie Meadows Property Will Be
Improved Immediately.
Stockholders of the Dixie Mea
dows Gold Mining Company held
a meeting in PrineviUe last Friday
evening and took action concerning
the" further development' of the
property, as stated in the Journal
recently. S. I. Belknap and R. C.
Reese, of Prairie City were in
attendance.
The plan for bonding the pro
perty as previously outlined was
practically adopted and direction
wilt be made that the prooosed
improvements in the equipment at
the mine be arranged for.' The
sinking plant and steam drills will
be installed as soon as possible.
but the work of erecting the new
fiftetm-staaip mill will have to be
deferred until the v inter season is
past on account of the freezing
weather interfering with the lay
ing of. the concrete foundation for
the batteries.. R. C. Reese Will
shortly depart for Denver to in
vestigate mining machinery suit
able for .the company's needs. It
can be safelv said that the-com-
pany .intends to fully develop thejjng the past year and is coming to
property, and there is every as- j be a . desirable residence district,
surance that the mine will develop j l. A. Booth is just putting the
into;-one of , the ; richest, in- the' finishing touches on a new resi-.'H1-,
" 1 deuce there. . '
J. H. CROOKS
FOR MARSHAL
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Receives 106 Out of 178
Ballots Cast.
TWO TICKETS OUT
Little Interest Shown in Contest
Except for Office of Marshal
Other Local News.
Mayor
Will Wurzweiler
Councilmen
D. P. Adamson
Walter O'Xeil
G. N C.ifton
Recorder
M. H. Bell
Treasurer
J. L. McCullocli
Marshal
J. H. Crooks
Prineville's city election took
place Monday and the alove is t he
result. The only contest that
aroused much interest was that for
the oflice of marshal. The total
vote cast was 178, which is much
greater than that -of a year ago.
The larger vote was due in part to
increased population and also to
the fact that more interest was
taken in this election.
Two tickets were in the field and
with the one exception of the vote
for marshal the contest was a one
sided one. Following is the vote:
For mayor, Will Wmzweiler 117
and D. F. Stewart 54; for council
men D. P. Adamson 137 and Frank
Johnson 42; Walter O'Neil 125 and
J. B. Shipp 47; G. N. Clifton liio"
and L. C. Perry 34; for recorder
M. H. Bell (no opposition); for
treasurer J. L. McCuIloch (no
opposition); for marshal J. H.
Crooks 10l and W. H. Kinder 71.
TO WET MORE LAND
Old Pringle Ditch Being Repaired
and Enlarged.
Allium iiitgio ungating uucil,
which runs north and east of Prine
viUe, is being repaired and en
larged. When the work now com
menced has been completed it will
have a carrying capacity of double
that which it had heretofore. A
force of men and teams is now at
work on the head gates improving
the intake so as to provide for the
increased How.
The company having the work
in hand styles itself the Ochoco &
Ryegrass Irrigating Company and
those most interested in pushing
the work now under way are L. B.
LaFollette, J. V. and Sam Collins,
0. M. Pringle, Mrs. Mary Mc
Dowell, G. W. Hoover and others
who have lands under the ditch
which they will water. '
Messrs. LaFollette and the Col
linses have recently made pur
chases of land on the north side of
the Ochoco river north and west of
town and it is for the purpose of
getting sufficient water "for these
tracts that the work has been
undertaken. It is understood that
.none of the water will be for sale.
The ditch will carry in the neigh
borhood of o000 inches of water
when completed.
V-D. P. Adamson is building anew
residence on his property on Second
street just south of the courthouse,
which will cost in the neighbor
hood of $1200 when completed.
Steuernagle & Mitchell are doing
the work. This portion of the
town has been the site for the
erection of many new houses dur-
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