Crook County
JoMroail
VOLX
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 22, 1906.
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One-Third off on all Men's Golf and
Drew Shirt, for 30 DAYS ONLY
Groceries, Tinware, Hardware, Dry Goods, Furnishings
Boots and Shoes
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logical conditions under which the
veins occur are physically, emi
nently favorable and my belief is
that 'the rind is of the utmost im
portance. For some time, after a
careful study of local conditions, I
have believed in th" exis tence of
commercirl measures in the con
tinuation of the Fo-called John
Day series which underlie Crook
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Eggs and Country Produce S
Telephone Orders Will Be Given - Prompt Attention
GHDOE C0UST7 BANK
OFFIOER8:
W. A. Booth, Praatdent
0. M. Elkins, Vlca Preaidant
Fmo W. Wilson, Caahlar
DIRECTORS:
W. A. Booth, C. M. Elkins,
O. F. Stcwaht, Freo w. Wilson.
Transacts a General
Banking Business
Exchange Bought
and Sold
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Dally- Between Prineville and Shaniko
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Leaves Shaniko, 6 p. in. Arrives at Priiievillo G a. m. .
Loaves Prineville 1 p. in'. Arrives nt Shaniko 1 a. in.
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FIND. COAL IN
LARGE VEINS
Discovery at Hay Creek
Valuable One .
960 ACRES FILED ON
Local Business Men Will Deter
mine the Quantity and Devel
op Property
Iiscovery of an outcropping
coal vein in the Trout creek region
two week ago by Waile; Hufton,
followed by further protctin
ban iliscloeil both mirfacc anJ
.li-ejHT indication which arc likely
to prove of great value. At sev
eral point alonfr the ridge where
the discovery was firf t made pros
ect holt'H have been tink and in
each of thene two veitiH have been
cut; the Upper live feet in width
and the lower three. It in leliev.;d
that three veins run the entire
length of the ridge which has been
proHpected a dixtance of two miles,
the outcroppinga 'and forum tionn
showing that there is coal Ix-neath
the surface at almof t every joint.
To the industry of one badger
who, in burrowing a hole for his
winter quarter, brought out
chunks of coal, k due the discovery
which now i-eeins likely to develop
into a paying mine. Wade Hus
ton passed the place where the
animal had been at work and hi
attention was arrested by the
niiuature coal bin which had been
established on the side of the
ridge. He prospected the district
for a week afterwards and sank a
i prosiect shaft a depth of nine feet.
From thin he too a quantity of
the fuel and brought it to this city
where a test was made of it Mon-
day afternoon at one of the blact-j
smith shops. The coal burned to j
an ash in the forge where it was
utilized for welding iron rods.
The test was witnessed by a num-l
ber of persons and was entirely
satisfactory. Prior to this time
local business men, who are inter
ested in tUe development of the
property, hail quantities of the
coat sent them and this was
burned in the stoves. None of
that which has been tested has
been taken from the ground at a
depth greater than 10 feet.
Huston's discovery- was made
alout the first of the month and as
soon as prospecting had determined
the probable extent of the deposit,
three associations were formed. and
filings covering W10 acres were im
mediately placed on record. The
present members of the associations
are: Henry and Wade Huston,
Hiram Ray and Martin Barnev of
Ashwood, and A. Thomson and
Walter O'Xeil of this citv. The
four first mentioned left this morn
ing for the property, equipped for
a prospecting tour and the result
of their investigations will de
termine ihe future work of the as
sociations in the development of
the properties.
Samples of the coal which have
been tested here in- the city are
lignite in character, but it is be
lieved that with greater depth an
anthracite! formation will be found
under the cap rock. Walter
O'Xeil, who spent several years in
the vicititv of the Kansas coal
Heavy Travel to Oregon.
TEN PETITIONS
TO VOTE UPON
June Ballots Will Have
a Long List
LAW REQUIRES IT
paid for sheep are erhapa th
highest tnat have been received bv
Oregon wool growers in 25 years.
At t lie present price of wool tim
sheep that have been sold in this
section of the country will shear $2
worth of wool, which will bring th
price of a yearling up to $5 per
head.
ARE IN THE LEAD
A heavy movement of colonists
from the east to Oregon liegan
February 15 on a half fare one
way rat that will continue in
effect until April 7. Railroad pas
senger agents say it will lie one of
the most notable homesetker per
iods in the history of the north
west. The incoming trains on the
Northern Pacific are bringing two
and three extra tourist sleeping
cars daily, filled witti settlers.
Today's train over the O. It. & N.
line from the east will have three
carloads of the homeseekers.
11 K very train over the Northern
Pacific is running in two and
three sections, owing to the heavy
travel," said A. I. Charlton, as
sistant general passenger agent.
"There is a great prospect that the
business will continue, and that
thousands of new settlers will be
added to the population of Oregon
and Washington this year. North
ern Pacific agents all over the
country report that conditions are
favorable to the heaviest traffic of
this character that has been seen
in years."
"We are receiving advices to
prepare to furnish extra equip
ment on our lines, and the pros
pect is good for a steady influx ot j
settlers," said A. L. Craig, general
passenger agent of the Harriraan
lines in the Pacific northwest.
'"Three extra cars coming tomor
row, arriving on the O. R.4S.
train from the east, loaded with
homeseekers, is a good indication.
I would regard this as an auspic
ious otiening." Journal.
COSTS TWO rTS
Measures of Importance to AH
Sections Will Be Put Before
the People
The June ballots will contain a
long list of measures to 1 voted
upon besides the list of candidates
for the various offices. There ara
ten initiative measures, a synojis
of which is as follows:
Republicans Gain b the County's
Present Registration
Up to Monday of this week, thn
registration in the county clerk's
otfice reached a total of 116. Out
of this number 57 were registered
as Republicans, 46 Democrats and
3 Independents. Only 9 of th
total number were foreign born.
The disparity between the Re
publican and Democratic forces
The $100,000 appropriation bill here is not as well marked as in
Postmaster Summers Gets Instruc-
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tions on Star Route Letters
Oifr haircutting -is up-to-date.
. Our shaving is
comfortable. Our shop is
new and clean.
Henderson Build inar
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Jeed Stable
and &rea Camp JWc
WHEAT HAY
25 Cts. HEAD
lliiv tout Oraiu $1.25 per Jay. Transient
trade solicited. Ouine wiiere yon ami your
tennis eun he made comfortable at the old
McFarland Stand. Prineville, Or
fields says he i satisfied the out-
croppings when followed up will
lead into an aiuhr.toite"depo8it.
Thron Thronsoii, who has been - en
gaged in the mining business the
greater part of his life, and who
until recently was interested in the
Mayflower mines tt Howard, when
asked his opinion concerning the
samples he had seen tested, said:
"To give an opinion from the
few samples seen, and without
having made a test of any, would
say that the coal measures recently
discovered by Wade Huston bid
fair to become of commercial im
portance. In quality the coal ap
pears to range from earthly lignite cranes or boxes."
If you mail a letter to a person
who lives on one of the rural free
delivery routes in the county, put
a two cent stamp on it and save
him from paying the other cent
before he can get his letter. On
the other hand if you live out in
the country on a free delivery
route and mail a letter to some
one in town put a two cent stamp
on that one, too. There is reason
for it.
Letters mailed under these cir
cumstances are not classed with
the ordinary drop letter which is
mailed in town and delhered in
the same place. In other words,
Uncle Sam says pay two cents if
the letter travels, whether a block,
a mile or across the continent.
Relative to the matter Postmaster
Summers has received the follow
from the third assistant Postmas
ter General: -
"You are informed that letters
mailed at a post oftice for delivery
to patrons thereof by star route
carriers, or deposited in "boxes
along a star route for collection by
the carrier on such route, are sub
ject to postage at the rate of two
cents an ounce or fraction thereof."
And again, if you live on a
star route and shouldn't happen
to receive your mail sack, it is a
pretty sure sign that there is no
mail for you, because if there isn't
the mail carrier is not required to
earn' the sack back to you empty
Here's what the second assistant
Postmaster General has to say
about the matter to Postmaster
Summers:
' "You are advised that carriers
are not required to convey the
empty private . mail satchels or
bags from the postollice to patrons
passed by the last legislature and
held up by referendum petitions.
The local-option bill proposed
by the Liquor-dealers' Association
as an amendment to the present
local-option law.
The bill filed by the owners of the
Barlow road, requiring the state to
buy the road for the sum of $2,000.
The proposed constitutional
amendment filed by the Equal
Suffrage League, extending the
elective franchise to women.
A bill by the People's Power
League making it unlawful for
public service corporations to give
passes or free or reduced rates ser
vice to public officials.
A bill by the State Grange,
levying a license tax upon the
gross earnings of refrigerator and
sleeping cars and oil companies.
A constitutional smendment pro
posed by the People's Power Lea
gue to amend section 1 of article 12
so that the public printing will lie
entirely within the control o' the
legislature, and may lie let by con
tract, or a printer elected or ap
pointed, upon a salary or other
compensation.
An amendment proposed by the
People's Power League to amend
sections 1 and 2 of article 1, so
that one Legislative Assembly may
submit constitutional amendments,
and that when the vote upon an
amendment has been canvassed
by the Governor and a majority
found in its favor, he shall pro
claim it adopted, and it sball then
le a part of the constitution, be
yond the- npwer of the courts to
pass upon; also that no law for a
constitutional convention shall be
in force until approved by a vote
of the people.
An amendment proposed by the
People's Power League to amend
section 2 of article 11, giving the
legal voters of a municipality
power to frame and adopt their
own charters, and forbidding the
legislature to create municipal cor
poratione.
Ashwood Sheep Sell for $8.
the Kutcher precinct where, out of
the first 95 voters to register, (J5
were Republicans and only 14
Democrats. The Madras Pioneer,
commenting upon the great lead
of the Republicans in that district
says:
"This calls to mind the fact that
about four years ago when this
section of Crook county waa first
being settled, there was consider
able speculation as to what effect
this would have on the political
complexion of the county. The
registration throughout the farm
ing districts ot western Urook
county is removing all doubt, if
there ever was any, of the politi
cal complexion of Crook at this
time, this registration snowing
that the farming sections are over
whelmingly Republican."
What is true of the Kutcher pre
cinct is being shown at present in
the majority of the other precincta
where the new settlement has been
the heaviest during the past two
years. Those precincts shown on
the Clerk's records where the regis
tration has been . fairly rapid,
almost without exception show
Republican majorities.
WEATHERMAN GOOD
Local Winter Climate Is Fit for a
Grumpy Potentate
One thousand head of ewes at $8
per head, said to be the highest
price ever paid for range sheep in
this state, is the latest sale of Cen
tral Oregon livestock to go on
record. The sheep were purchased
of T. S. Hamilton, of Ashwood.
The Shaniko Republican estimates
that 100,000 head of sheep have
been sold out of Crook, Wheeler
and Wasco counties and enume
rates over one-fifth of that nuin
ber which have been disposed of
by local stockmen throughout the
Antelope and Shaniko districts.
The Republican says:
The Central Oregon sheep mar
ket has opened up in earnest, and
since February 1 the field has
been full of . Kastern buyers. The
total nnmber, aggregating about
100,000 head of sheep, mostly
yearlings, have been sold in Wasco,
Crook and V'heeler counties, at
prices ranging from $2.75 to $3.00
per head with the wool off, and
are to be delivered after shearing.
The prices that are y,ow being
Prineville's winter weather,
which is generally of a mild order,
this year so far has kept all the "
laurels to itself. It was confident
ly prophesied late last fall, when a
misplaced fiurry of snow brought a
look of dismay to the faces of the
weather prognosticators, that the
winter of 1905-6 would be one long
remembered for its severity. The
figures as taken daily by voluntary
observer, C. I. Winnek, tell an
agreeably disappointing story..
Since December 1, eighty-eight
days ago, when winter is supposed
to turn the greasy side of its face
towards this portion of the earth's
inhabitants there have been fit)
days when the minimum tempera
ture fell below freezing point.
The two coldest days out of this
number were Dec. 22 and Jan. 19
when the mercury slipped down to
8 above. The next coldest day
was Dec. 29 with a minimum tem
perature of 12 above, and the min
imum on February 8 and 9 was 16.
During the balance of sixty days
wnen tne minimum was below
freezing, the coldest temperatures
recorded ranged from 19 to 31
above.
Since December 1, there have
been but 19 days when the maxi
mum temperature fell below 40
above. Eighteen days out of the
88, the maximum temperature
reached above 50 degrees, the
highest- being recorded Feb. 18
when the mercury reached a maxi
mum of 60.
ihe total precipitation since
December has teen 1.42 inches,
the prevailing winds in the south
and about 75 per cent of the days
have been clear or partly so.
Altogether not a bad record for the
severe winter of 1905 0.