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Crook County
ournal.
VOL. X
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 25, 1906.
NO. 6
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Special Sale on Fashionable Shirts
A large Assortment of Desirable Stylet and. Patterns
t which will be clocd out at the following
Reduced Prices
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CLAYPOOL BROS.
General Merchandise
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I.MICHEL
Busy Selling Good Good at Reasonable Prices
Opportunity Knock Once, Seldom Twic
Here's One Knock: Listen Carefully
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mil Vmmmmrt. A Mock to pleilee tin" liurdest lo pleune. The price
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STROUD BROS., Proprietors
Dealers in Choice Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork, Butter
Eggs and Country Produce
Your patronage respectfully solicited and a trial order of one
of our Hoasts or Steaks will convince you that we pell only the
Best. In the nlioi formerly occupied by Crooks it Sailor
w Telephone Orders Will Be
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HttH'k boarded by the day, week
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PRI NEVILLE. OREGON
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OFFICEHS:
W. A. aoOTM. Prttidsnt
O. M. Elkih. Vic Priidnt
Fmo W. WiLON. Caahiar
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DIRECTORS:
W. A. Booth, O. M. Clkins,
0. F. Stcwart, Fred W, Wilioh.
TransactH a General
1 tanking lUisiness
K x e h a n e nought
and Sold
Collections will re
ceive prompt atten
tion l Jtyde d Wfcftae
I Star Barbershop I
Our haircutting is up-to-
date. Our shaving is
comfortable. Our shop is
new and clean.
Henderson Build uitr A
I'RISKVILLK. ORKUON 3
I. NW. SPEAR
3eeci Stabie
and Jree Camp Jfouat
WlIliAT HAY
25 Cts. HEAD
llav ttiul llniin $1.25 por day. Transient
truilc Hohoitfil. Come wnvre you ami your
toiims can be iiiiula comfortnble at the old
MoFarland Stand, PrineviUe, Or
Son Lost Mother.
"CoiiMimiptioii runs in our family,
iiml through It I lost my Mother."
writes K. 11. Held, of Harmony, Me.
"For the past five years, however,
on the slightest sIk'h of u Cough or
Cohl, 1 hnve taken Dr. King's New
Discovery for Consumption, which
lias saved me from serious lunjj;
trouble." His mother's death was a
sail loss for Mr. Iteid, but he lunrned
that lunjj; trouble must not be hck
lectetl, and how to cure It. Quickest
relief und euro for couglis and colds
Price 50c and $1.00; guaranteed it
J. H. Templeton'a and D. P. Adam
son's drug store. Trial bottle free.
NEW POWER
FOR PUMPING
Advent of Gasoline En
gines for Irrigating
IN CROOK COUNTY
Many New Plants to Be Installed
Fairbanks-Morse Company to
Give Exhibit Soon
(iuioline',f ower for irrigating
ami pumping purpowH han tnadf
ilH advent into Crook county, and
the coming xjiring iH likely to sec
a lnri-j numlwr of engines iti
Htillfit on vuriotiBranelieH when
tlxir ability to perform the work
required Iihh already 'leen proven.
It in u Httfi- entimate that tttweei.
l.r and '20 plants will be sold in
this coiinty during the next few
months and the major portion of
thene will le uned for irrignting
arid tractn nf land.
The Fairbank-Morte coiupaoy,
which has sold all of the engines
now in uxe and i now making
contract to install many more, in
makingarrangemei)t.-i to give an
exhibition of a pumping plant in
full operation early thisFpring.
The exhibit will le given on the
ranch of K.J. Leach, near Paulina,
where an eight horsepower Fair
bank in to be utilized for irrigat
ing a large tract of desert land
which Mr. I -each will sow to
alfalfa. The exhibit will be free
to all countv residents and these
interented in the new system of'
irrigation and will be in charge of
N. I.. Tooker, the representative of
the Fairbanks-Morie company,
who has made many visits to this
section and who sold the 15 horse
power engine and pumping plant
to Carey Foster a year and a half
ago. The latter was the first to be
installed in the county for the pur
pose and has proven highly suc
cessful in the work of irrigating
the 320 acre ranch under the
canals which are fed by the en
gine's pumps.
W. F. King, who is the local
agent for the Fairbanks company,
states that much interest is being
shown in the exhibit which the
company will give soon on the
Leach ranch, and he believes that
gasoline engines will be a common
form of power for pumping pur
poses in the county inside of an
other year.
The two plants noted above are
not all that have been purchased
by residents in this vicinity,
although they are the largest and
are performing the greatest work.
Thomas Sh;rp, Jr., returned
from Portland ! he last of the week
where he attended the annual ses
sion of the Oregon Development
League, speaking there in the in
terests of Crook comity. While in
Pjirtlnnd he purchased a two
horse-power Fairbanks gasoline
engine which he will iustnll on his
ranch on Crooked river for pump
ing purposes. A deep well, near
the sheep corrals, has just been
completed and the engine will be
used to pump water for the stock.
K. T. Slay ton bought a smull
engine about two months ago and
lias it on his ranch up the Ochoco
where it is performing the work of
several men pumping water for
his beef cattle which he is feeding
there this winter.
McMeen Is Not a Candidate.
J. S. McMeen, who was men
tioned in the last issue of this
paper, as being one of the candi
dates for sheriff to receive favor at
the hands of the Republicans in
the coming primaries denies the
allegation thrust upon him. Mr.
McMeen writes as follows:
"In the last issue of The Jour
nal, I notice my name among the
different aspirants for the nomi
nation at the hands of the Repub
licans for the office of sheriff. In
my own lehalf; and for the lenefit
of my friends, I wih to state that
I have not announced myself,
neither have I authorized anyone
else to. You'll remember that I've
been before the voter of this county
twice in the past and while de
feated both times, 1 have always
felt proud of the vote I got.
Therefore, the voters of this
county are under no obligations
to me whatever, and I don't like
to be classed as a chronic office
seeker. I think the new law gives
the voters a chance for a choice,
and all I ask is to place good
loyal Republicans in nomination
and I will guarantee them my
little support."
J. S. McMekn, Laraonta, Ore.
Ban Lifted from Oregon Lands.
Advie.es received from Washing
ton the last of the week conveyed
the information that the ban had
been raised from all Oregon lands
and that hereafter pa tents would
issue in regular order, except in
those cases where contests had
been instituted or there was
evidence of collusion or fraud.
Action will probably be taken
soon in Crook county land mat
ters, delay in which has leen a
source of much annoyance to thse
who have faithfully lived up to
the requirements of the law and
yet have teceived little if any
satisfaction from inquiries rela
tive to the disposition of the tracts
in which they are interested.
Patents to homestead, timber lands
and desert lands will issue now as
quickly as the department can
get to the cases, but the stagnation
in Oregon land matters during the
past three years, which has re
sulted in an enormous accumula
tion of papers and proofs, is likely
to cause some little delay now that
the cinch cord has been loosened.
WANT THE FIGURES
Railroad Officials Seek Facts Re
garding Prineville's Freight
Information relative to the
amount of incoming and outgoing
freight which passes through Prine
viUe is being sought by railroad
officials who paid this city a visit
a short time .ago. Complete sta
tistics, so far as they can be com
piled, will be furnished to them as
Soon as possible by those who are
now engaged in the work.
The officials of the railroad
company objected to having eitner
their names or the company they
are connected with made known,
but expressed a desire to have the
figures compiled as quickly as pos
sible and forwarded to them.
Two years ago 11,000,000 pounds
o' freight passed through the city
and it is believed that the t.gures
for the past year will show a large
increase over the first named
amount. The tonnage two years
ago was confined almost entirely
to the incoming freight, the figures
having been compiled from the
bills of lading in the hands of 24
merchants in the city. The fig
ures which will be submitted to
the railroad officials in response to
their request will be the sum
total of both the freight coming
to the local merchants, that pass
ing through the city to interior
points and the outgoing tonnage,
which will probably double the
figures compiled two years ago.
The delinquent tax sale for
Crook county will be held at the
court house February 7. The
amount of taxes delinquent is
$3532.69, and owners whose pro
perty is tud in will have two
years in whjch to redeem. The
property on the delinquent is sold
to the one bidding the lowest rate
of interest, and redemption must
include all expenses accrued
against the property by reason of
its being sold v as delinquent. The
large percentage of tracts describ
ed this year in the list belong to
residents in other states
or portions of this state, but
few countv residents. names
appearing.
DRAKE LOSES
INJUNCTION
Suit Against Irrigation
Company Dissolved
DELAY IS ENDED
Judge Bradshaw Finds No Merit
in Plaintiffs Application and
Company Can Now Proceed
Injunction proceedings against
the Deschutes Irrigation & Power
company which were instituted by
A. M. Drake last November to re
strain the company from proceed
ing further with their work until
such time as the court should pass
upon the merits of the cae, have
been annulled by Circuit Judge
Bradshaw, who last week dissolved
the injunction insofar as it con
flicted with the company proceed
ing with its work of reclamation,
the only clause remaining in full
force and effect being that re
straining the company from cut
ting timber on defendant's pro
perty. The company now has a clear
wav to proceed witli tne work in
which it has been delayed several !
months and this it will probably
do at once. Tne plaintiff in the
suit filed asked for $1000 damages,
bnt recompense for the alleged in
jury has not yet been made.
The suit was taken under advise
ment by Judge Bradshaw last
November, and his decision ren
dered at The Dalles January 17.
The decree recites the fact of the
application and affidavits being
filed and the decision reads as
follows:
The court having considered said
application and affidavits filed by
the respective parties herein, and
now being fully advised in the
premises, finds that said temporary
injunction issued as aforesaid
should be dissolved, excepting in
sofar as the same restrains and
enjoins defendants from cutting
timber upon the defendant's land
orutside of the line of right of way
for said ditch.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged
and decreed by the court that said
injunction issued as aforesaid by
the County Judge of Crook county,
Oregon, on the 2nd day of Novem
ber, 1905; in the above entitled
cause, be and the same is hereby
in all respects dissolved excepti ng
insofar as it enjoins and restrains
the defendants from ctMting timber
on the land outside of the right of
way for defendant s ditch, and in
that respect said injunction to
reoiain in full force and effect,
otherwise the same is hereby dis
solved. Dated at Dalles Citv, Oregon,
January 17, 1906.
W. L. Bradshaw.
Circuit Judge.
Woodmen Officers Installed.
Between two and three hundred
wembers and their guests wit
nessed the installation of officers of
the Royal Neighbors and Modern
Woodmen Monday evening in
Belknap hall which was prettily
decorated for the occasion. A
program of music was rendered
and an elaborate banquet served.
The installation of officers was in
charge of John H. Starr, Deputy
Head Consul, and Dr. C. S. Ed
wards, Installing Chief Forrester,
of the Woodmen; and Mrs. Norah
G. Starr, Deputy Supreme Oracle
and Mrs. Maggie M. Kinder, In
stalling Marshal of the Royal
Neighbors. Following are the new
officers of the Woodmen:
John O. Powell, Consul; A. P.
Mackey, Adviser; J. W.' Horigan,
Banker; Ray V. Constable, Clerk;
T. B. Zell, Escort; Richard Powell,
Watchman; John Barnes, Sentry;
Dr. E. O. Hyde nnd Dr. C. S.
Edwards, Physicians C. D
breath Manager.
Cal
The Royal Neighbors installed
the following: Mrs. Ella Powell,
Past Oracle; Mrs. Amanda Co lira,
Oracle; Miss Ada Taylor, Vice
Oracle; Mrs. Julia McDaniel,
Chancellor: Mrs. Ktlie Calbreath,
Recorder; Mr. Kdith Johnston,
Receiver; Miss Lizxie Powell,
Marshal; Mrs. Elvira Cyrus, Man
ager; Miss Norah Dobbs, Inner
Sentinel; Miss Bertha Huffman,
Outer Sentinel, Drs. Edwards and
Hyde, Physicians.
Zell Ranch Sells for $16,000.
The Abraham Zell ranch, a mile
east of the city on the Ochoco, was
purchased last week by John O.
Powell for $16,U00. The acreage
is in excess of a section, the most
of which is bottom land along the
creek, and it is considered one of
the finest ranches in Crook county.
The ranch is also one of the
oldest in this portion of the state,
and Mr. Zell has made a continu
ous residence on ,it since he first
settled there under the homestead
act in the early 70's. Practically
all of the land is improved and is
producing large cro of hay each
year which have been fed to Mr.
Zell'g cattle. For nearly ,35 year's
Mr. Zell has maintained a con
tinuous, residence on the plate,
leaving it but a few times, and his
strict observance of the homestead
law is in keeping, as closely as pos
sible, with Secretary Hitchcock's
rulings that homesteaders shall
not desert the land which they
take up under the homestead act.
Mail Contract Still Open.
No satisfactory bids for carry
ing the mail between Prineville
and Mitchell having been received
by . the department under the
general advertisement of last Sep
tember, the second assistant Pgst
mMtr General has forwarded in-.
structionB to Postmaster Summers
to again ' give notice of bids
wanted.
Sealed proposals will , be re
ceived by the the second assistant
Postmaster General until Febru
ary 13, 1906, for three times a
week service between this city and
Mitchell, and no bid submitted
will be considered unless the
bidder shall agree that in the
event of the service being awarded
to him he will give his personal
supervision to the performance of
the same and will reside on or
contiguous to the route. The
bond required with the bid is
$3000. and the present contract
pay is $1616 which is paid by th
postoffice department in monthly
installments.
WILL SOON BE MADE
Creation of the Blue Mountain Re
serve Is Assured
There is no doubt that the Blue
Mountain temporary withdrawnl
will soon .be, made into a perma
nent reserve. The action taken by
the two stock associations in this
county at their meetings lust
month, at which time resolutions
were adopted praying for the crea
tion of a permanent reserve, has
reached the departmental officials
in Washington, and in a letter
bearing date of Jan. 13, from
Gifford Pinchot", Chief of the For
estry department, to T. II. Lafol-
lett, president of the Crook County-
Stock Growers' association, infor
mation is conveyed that action
will not be long delayed in grant
ing the requests made. The letter
follows:
'I wish to acknowledge, with
sincere thanks, the receipt of your
letter of January 3, transmitting a
copy of the resolutions passed at
your meeting of December 30. It
is exceedingly gratifying to know
that the proposed Blue Mountain
Resere meets with such hearty
approval from the stockmen, for
the establishment of this reserve
In the immediate future is going to
mean a great deal for the perma
nent development of eastern
Oregon."
Notice.
All dog owuers go to the rei-onlcr
and pay dog tax. By order of city
marshal.
J. H. ('hooks, MnrHlml.
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