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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 15, 1906.
NO. 9
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Ladies Tailor Made Suits Misses and Children' Jackets
; Blue Cheviot I'l'jiul.ir 7.00 VaIiiohjiow $3.00
UUV VhIw f-r $G.OO Only " $'. ' $2.00
$12.00; $5.00 " " t:i. . " " " . $1.50
ThorM- tiijM.riuiiiticH lmv ni'vcr l'f'iv 'J'h.s iiry oxivllrnt vilu anl iriut go
liwii cill'cn'tl in I'rinoville, tliii jwiihou.
Liulirs l. KM (Hovrn f..r 75 cU 0ne.Thlrd off on ftU Men., Gof and
umiK'tl to any wMrfss with pontic pp-
jmj.I whiln tWy lust. Dresa Shirt, for 30 DAYS ONLY
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Groceries, Tinware, Hardware, Dry Goods, Furnishings
Boots and Shoes
GLAYP00L BROS.
CANDIDATES
ARE PLENTIFUL
County Offices Will Not
Go Begging
Hotel Work To Be Reiumtd.
LIST IS INCREASING
Western Crook Wants Some Tiling
and Talks of Forming a Com
bination in Politics
Prineville
Oregon
OB) ' : Professional Cards.
Jglacksmithing That Pleases
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J. II. WHILES
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A Stm k i( Kn rm Machinery alums on hand
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Political candidate, unafraid of
Out treachery of Suit river snd iu
depth, continue U Itob up. Two
weeks or ho ago it looked a if the
various offices would le on their
kiee iravinu for Home one to
hold them down; now it lginn to
look rh if the ofliccB would emit a
I few nhort prayers for a few of the
j prospective holders-down to get
up lor awime una give uiem a
hrentliing sell. XMJlerif to cay
the pat week has ojened a few
wore political gauHftgen in addition
to the long litt already publiwhed.
Fred Kiriher, of Mad ran, a laree
property holder there, i the first
Work will be resumed on the
new Prineville Hotel building and
the contract upon which contrac
tor Christian forfeited hi bond
ieveral week ago will be carried
out in full. It in expected that
Mauoiiii will be at work finishing
the structure inside of two weeks.
John Macgregor a representa
tive of the Fidelity Guarantee St
Trut Company, pent several
days in the city during the pant
week and satisfactory arrange
ment were made whereby the'
Trutit company will carry out the
onditionH of the contract and the
terms of the bond given by the
company when contractor Chris
tian !egan the work.
Mr. Macgregor Hated before
leaving Monday noon that it
probable that another contractor
would be sent here from Pendle
ton to finish the work, or that
they might decide upon a local
contractor. At any rate, he said,
the Trunt company would com
plete the building as rapidly as
possible and a full force of masons
would be at work inside of t
fortnight.
Blows Off Top of His Head.
NEW CONTROL
OF MAYFLOWER
FIGHT OVER LINE
Kansas City Capitalists
Will Develop Mine
Cm: J. JVr -V Jf. !P. Sitikmmt candidate to circle around the job
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I.MICHEL
Buy Selling Good Goods at Reasonable Prices
Opportuniljr Knetlui Once, Srldom Twice
Here's One Knock: Listen Carefully,
rihfh' ..rl'i unit i ijil'-te Hue ( Slati jCmmf. Smu Set
,umI VmU,t. A U .i'iiw Jllii' li.li.li-x! tn ii'ii. The l-iirfH
lliiw inmilli me ju-t h w.ttis' -tH . lii.ttu li.iv' lie hve
Cut 1A0 S'ast. ' :: ' ::
Here's Another Knock 1
Mi.wkhih! Hi .nkkih! Al the I'.xtrminliiuty Ke-lin-tioii irii-e i
SS vtntt frr iitir. I am. Il tllriliil of ymi innkuiu t.H el.we Uli
,iiiMHrtiuu!' lint vim Unlet .In it early ir the oi'ot tunily will he pine
Shoes and Gent's Furnishings
Have hU ays hi'i'll H hohhy. A hew all. I eoinplete line will lie mi
hmiil fur vou to rliiHte from. !". , ;2
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He is
Madras
large
land
and other political as-
of countv commihsioner.
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Hepublican following irt the
!of wheat
pi ran t1.
BONDED FOR $100,000
Five Stamp Mill and Cyanide
Plant Will Be Built on Ocho
co Property This Year
Sitting on the edge of bid ted,
the butt of a 44 caliber rirle braced
U-tween his feet, the muzzle rent
ing against bin forehead, a hired
man in the employ of Wru John
Hon, who owns a ranch near Silver
Lake, shot and killed hinwelf lant
Thursday. The bullet tore off the
top of the man's head and when
Willis W. Brown, of CroKB Keyn,!i, i8 body was founj ft few houre
h lieing boosted for the sheriff's r.fu-rwardB blood from the wound
otlice on the Hepublican ticket. i,aj soaked the bed clothing. The
He bears the same name as the j )rains of the dead man had been
democratic candidate from that Scattered on the four walls of the
i section, which ii likely to cause;
Cmtit mm.mtr. prompt, dm, r mifAt' gnie confusion, but neither think
1 that they will find it necessary to
change color owing to the sinii
j larity.
f: Sit mm Wfmim Strmmtm.
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room.
The hired man, whose name
could not le learned, had been
employed on the Johnson ranch
I for several months and went to
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Cai.u IMiiini PnoMrri.v lv on Nuiht
I orrict Onk ! S'tiKTii or Aimmmin'
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Mkthoiukt Chikih
The O K Meat Market
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OFFICERS:
W. A. BOOTH, Prwld.nt
O. M. Eckin, Vice Pr.ld.nt
fmr.o W. Wilion, Oathler
DIRECTORS:
W. A. Booth, O. M, Elkin.
O. F. Stgwaht, Fbso W. Wilson.
Transacts a Getieral
Hanking Btwuiotw'.
K x o h a u ix o ltotiffht
and Sold
Collections will re
ceive prompt atten
s tion
J. H. Crooks, who wax elected! silver Lake from Prineville where
county coroner at the last election, j ),e Wt remained several days,
is being mentioned by the Demo- jllflt Thursday while at work with
crats as a candidate who will j hj8 employer in the field he corn
make short tracks to the sheriff's j plained of not feeling well and
oflice. So far, however, his ieti- ,vent to the house. When he did
not return after several hours had
tions have not been circulated.
Warren Urown has finally con
sented to have his name
iied a a candidate for the nomi
nation on the democratic ticket to
the otlice oi county clerk. He will
keep company with W. F. Hammer
and Riley Cook until the primar
ies when the weather will probably
compel two to drop out.
passed, Mr. Johnson suspicions
were aroused and be went, to the
bouse where he found the dead
body of his employe lying across
1 he lied. It is believed that the
man became despondent over his
physical ailments and took his life
' while temporarily deranged. No
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HOT AIR FROM WELL
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I Star Barbershop 3
Our haircuiting is up-to-
date. Our shaving is Jj
comlorlablc. Our shop is 2
" new and clean. J
Current of Heated Atmosphere
Pours Out of Shaft at Madras.
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Seem Showing Interior of Our Shop During the Holiday
Dealers in Choice Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork, Butter
Eggs and Country Produce
Telephone Orders Will Be Given Prompt Attention
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Prineville-Shaniko Stage Line
Daily Between Prineville and Shaniko
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' Leaves Shaniko, ft p, nv. ' Arrives at Prineville 6 a. ni.
Leaves Prineville 1 p. in. Arrives at Shaniko 1 a. m.
First Class Accommodations
Henderson Build inn
I'RINKVII.I.K, - QRKUOX
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I. W. SPEAR
Jeed Stable
and &re Camp JConam j
WHEAT HAY
25,Cts. HEAD
Hay ami Grain $1.26 per day. . Transient
trade solicited. Come wliere you und your
teams can be made comfortable at the old
MoFarland Stand, Prineville, Or
!. h. Hodges has circulated his j his gelf destruction.
petitions among the Republicans'
during the past week for nomina
tion to the office of Sheriff, and
while this is the last on the list
of county candidates there are
other smoldering which in all;
probability will burst forth inside
of the next seven days. . Mr.
Hodges was deputy sheriff a num
ber of years ago and has a large
following among the Republicans
who will boost him with all their
strength.
Ilr H. P. licllin:in has annonnc-
oflice of state representative of the
second district and has already
begun his canvas. Arthur Hod
ges, whose name was mentioned
last week as a possible candidate,
has refused to have his name
considered.
Out in western Crook county,
along the beautiful valley of the
Deschutes, are some things doing,
too. There is talk of combinations,
not trusts or monopolies on salt, or
anything like that, but political
combinations; combinations to
rule and do. There are some
large razors being flourished, and
secret meetings are scheduled to
come off now and then to dress up
the combination. In other words,
things are framing up for some
thing. Everybody has a guess as
to what it is. I
"What do you people out there
want? What are vou driving at?"
was asked of one who came to
town and talked in whispers.
"Do know, haven't decided yet,',
and that was as definite a piece of
information as could be staked
down. Anyway, there is going to
be a combination.
Madras has a peculiar kind of
well. Instead of spouting out
water, as might be expected of any
respectable well, this well is send
ing forth a current of hot air, not
the kind used in slangy speech.
either, but real heated atmosphere
which has an odor similar to that
of tar.
The well is being drilled by
Frank Loveland on the Madras
townsite and lias attained a depth
of 125 feet. Several different
strata of rock were pierced during
the course of the work and last
week, when it was expected that
water would be struck at any
moment, this well .turned traitor
and one strike of the drill brought
forth a hissing current of air from
the shaft. Examination proved
that the air current was hot and
its fragrance similar to that of the
street work of an asphalt pave
ment company.
Theories are numerous in at
tempting to account for the strange
phenomenon. An underground
pressure of some kind is probably
the cause of the escaping air cur
rent. Madras is not . far removed
from the center of the fo called oil
district in that section where ex
cellent oil .indications have been
found and where drilling for pe
troleum will be resumed in a short
time. This peculiar well at Mad
ras coupled with the fact that the
Barnett oil well at Culver gave
forth a current of gas soon after
the petroleum indications were
struck last year, would indicate
the right kind of pressure to cause
a gusher if oil is ever found in that
vicinity in quantity, which is the
expectation of many interested
1 residents in that community.
Extensive improvements and de
velopment work are planned for
the Mayflower mine, 30 mile up
the Ochoco, which was bonded
recently for $100,000 by Kansas
City capitalists and which is now
under the active management of
B. Gatewood. The latter is now
personally HUperintending the con
struction work which is under
way at the present time.
Contracts for 50,000 feet of lum
ber were let last week to Hawkins
BroB. Lumber Company to be used
in building the mill where a five
stamp machine will be installed as
soon as the new building is ready
Workmen are now blasting for the
foundation and an additional force
of men was taken from here Mon
day morning to assist in the work
planned by the company
Mr. Gatewood stated the last of
the week that a cyanide plant had
been purchased and would be
ready for use as soon as the mil
could begin operations. . The com
pany is also making tests of the
ore from the tunnels and the
result of these tests will determine
whether a rooster is to be added to
the equipment, the company
now has ten men employed on the
property and this nujiber will be
gradually increased until the full
quota is at work. Mr. Gatewood
is very sanguine in his opinions of
the property which he and his
associates have acquired and say
that he is satisfied it is one of the
best mining properties in the state
He has visited all the gold fields
in both Eastern and Western Ore
gon during the past year and mad
a close inspection of those which
have been on the market. Crook
county's mineral strata, however
has proved the most attractive,
The company in addition to the
mining property which it bought
has purchased the general mer
cantile business of B. F. Ahalt at
Howard which is now known as
the Gatewood Mining & Trading
Company.
-The property of which the com
pany is now in control was for
merly owned by Lewis McCallister
and later by Thron Thronson and
the latter's
R. & N. an i Great Southera
Both After Deschutes Caayoa.
A merry war to gain control of
the canyon of the Deschutes river
from the point where it enters the
Columbia a few miles east of The
Dalles to the interior part of the
state is being waged between the
Harriman interests and the con
trollers of the Great Southern
railroad. Whether it is a bluff on
the part of Harriman interests to
discourage the latter road from
tapping Central Oregon or whether
the former intends to use the sur
veys now being made is a. question
that lacks a satisfactory answer.
Ex-Mayor F. Af Seufert, of The
Dalles, gives tnix view of the
situation: ,
"The Great Houthern road runs
south from The Dalles to Dufur, '
30 miles. A few miles east of it is
the Columbia Southern road,
owned by Harriman. which runs
south from Biggs to Shaniko, about
70 miles. Last fall the Great '
Southern began survey work upon
an extension of its road from Du
fur to Bend, and from there on
south indefinitely.
'This is not to tiie liking of
Harriman, and this week he put
a surveying party into the field to
find a good route from the O. R. St
X. at a point from Deschutes sta
tion south to Bend, lbs south
ern can't build to Bend because it
is too high up in the air at Shan-
ko.
'"Whether he really means to
build his new road faster than th
Great Southern can and shut it
out of Bend, or whether he is only
bluffing, to make the smaller road
think he is sincere and discouragH
it from extending its line from
Dufur to Bend, remains to be
seen. '
LOST ON THE DESERT
Party of Three Roam Aimlessly
About for Six Days ia Snow.
A man and woman and three-year-old
child were lost on the
deBert in the deep snow between
Pine mountain and Silver Lake
last week and roamed about the
country for six days before finding
their destination, reaching it in an
impoverished condition after suffer
ing from hunger and cold and ex
haustion from the long and
tedious struggle with the drifts of
snow.
Mrs. A. L. Lang and her child
and George Ware, who claim their
residence in Boston, left the Pine
mountain Country for Silver Lke
and were directed to take the road
associates who reside i leading due south. A few miles
in Dayton, Wash. The property
is an old one, mining having been
carried on in the vicinity for the
past 30 years, but only during
recent times has any extensive-de
velopment work been carried on.
There are now S000 feet of tunnel,
nine miles of ditches and two re
servoirs used m t tie placer dig
gings. About $75,000 has been
spent in development.
The Gatewood company will tap
the main vein about 400 feet down
from the surface. The ledge at
present running from two to six
feet in width carrying ore averag
ing $4 per ton. Mr. Gatewood
stated Monday that the ore dumps
contained approximately 10,000
tons of gold quartz which would
average $ per ton. He estimates
that there are '2000 tons of ore in
sight which will average as high as
$40 per ton. Tunnel work will be
resumed as soon as the mill nears
completion and the rest of the
plant is placed in readiness to
handle the ore.
The'Gatewood company bonded
the property for $100,000 on a six
year contract, the amount of the
bond to be paid in 12 equal pay
ments with the proviso attached
that if the entire amount is paid
within 16 months the property is
to be transferred into the Gate-
wood company's possession for the
total of 150,000.
out the highway was obliterated
by the heavy snow and tho party
soon lost trace of it. Finally,
after wandering aimlessly about
for a day they reached a point
where it was next to impossible for
the horses to pull the light spring
wagon through the drifts. The
team was unhitched then and the
journey continued on horseback.
Five days the travel was continued,
the horses, weak from hunger,
lying down many times during the.
day to rest. At night the man
was compelled to remain awake :
and keep the fire burning to pre
vent death from freezing, and the
last day of -the trip the food supply
gave out. Probably another 24
hours of exposure and suffering
would have brought death to the
entire party.
Silver Lake was a welcome sight
to the wanderers and the best of
care was taken of the belated . jeo
ple when they reached the town.
Byron Cady, who came over from
there Monday, stated that all of
them had recovered from their
awful experience and would start
back east again in a few days.
Mr. Ware was on his way to the
Silver Lake country to examine
some school land he owns there,
and Mrs. Lang went to the valley
to tile on a homestead.