flA Crook County oumal. CLP VOL. X PR1NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 1, 1906. NO. H V - .j. ,.;i.;;;-.t.; k JL JVJt J L k Jk Jlk J BEGIN THE YEAR RIGHT Buy Where Quality is Best AND PRICES LOWEST Gurs Is Such a Store r 1 4. J ir.ii 1 r i u J r 1 L J r i K J r.i r..1 r. i SPECIALS FOR THIS Ladies' and Childrens' Rain Coats Regular $3.00 to $5.00 values now Ladies Wool Hose 50 to 75 cent Values, Special at Mens', Hats. Special Hat, Regular price $2.50 to $4.00 Sale Price Mens Dress Shirts $1.50 to $2.25 Values, Sale price r.i c J r..i LJ r. i C J C.1 r ii r 1 r.,1 .i r.i r4? u r.i LJ r. .1 Special Price on Farm Implements LATEST PATTERNS IN HARDWARE r.i l. j r i k . 1 k J r.," k J r.i r.i L J r.i L J 2 r..i L J r i L J r.i k j r. 1 k j r. i k j YOU WJLL SEF THE SIGN C. W. 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Groceries, Tinware, Hardware, Dry Goods, Furnishings t'J ClI C'J CI HJ ca nci CLAYP00L BROS. cm uucutuL.'jL.LJtatutacutut.LiL. jllul jlul jl jl jl:jl.jl jl JL jl. JL JLJLUlJL jljl Jl jluljc jl jl j L. Jl. j 1 .. - LJ'. .Jt llil Jl.Jl.jLJkJl.JkJk JUl.il JkJUJl JUL JUL J VTa . . ri w m Misses and Childrens' Jackets Kegular $7.00 Values now $3.00 $0. " $2.00 $:). 11 - - $1.50 Those are excellent values and nmst go this season. One-Third off on all Men's Golf and Dress Shirt, for 30 DAYS ONLY Boots and Shoes -- -- ,j. rii l j r ,i k j r.i L J r 1 LJ r i k j r i L J r.i l j r i L J r i L J r i k j r LJ ri L J r i LJ r 1 LJ MONTH $1.50 35 cts r i k j r.i l j r i L Jl r 1 L J r.i L J r.i L J r.i L J r 1 u J r i Li r i L J $1.50 r. i L J r i L J r.i L J r. i L J r i 95 cts L J r- l Jl r i L J r 1 L J r i L J r 1 L J r i L J r i L J r.i L J r.i L J r i L J r.i L J r i L J r.i L'J LlJ r.i L J r L J r,.i L J r i L J ir ir ir ir ir -ir.ir ir JL. JL Jk Jk JL JL JL JL j CRQOE Com? ME OFFICERS: W. A. Booth, Pratidcnt O. M. Elkinb, Vic. President Fnto W. Wilson, Cashier OIREOTOR8: W. A. Booth, O. M. Elkins, D. F. 8TBWART, FHEO W. WlLSON. Transacts a (loncral Hanking Uusint'ss and Sold Collections will re ceive prompt atten tion Poisons in Food. I'l'iliapn you don't reali.e that many jain oiRoiiN iirijiiniito in your fiwvt, lint Home day you may (ol a twiiiLto of ih'8'Hia that will rouvinco you Tr. KinaV New Life Tills are nuaraiitoee to vine all mcknepn due to Miitoun of im dipHtel foinl or money hack. -"( at 1 II l 1 I'. I .....I 'P.......1..1.... A'. irTOr,ir,it5ir.ir.irvtnirinr;i JL JCJL JLJL JlJL Jl JLJLI Jl JL JCJ m ri LJ r.i L j r.i L J LJ B.I LJ r.i L'J Ti;1 ii'Jl n,1 LJ nn LJ LVJ ri lj r.i L J r.i L J r.i LJ r.i L J r.i L J r.i L J r 1 L J r.i L'J Prinevill'e Oregon l j NEW ORCHARDS IN THE COUNTY Hundreds of Trees Will Be Planted FRUIT AND BERRIES New Settlers and Old Are Confi dent of Meeting With Marked Success in Production There j a general movement throughout Oook county, par ticularly in the western part, to text tin" country's fruit producing qualities. Large order fur Uith frut treeH and lx-rn- hnhcH have neen placed (luring tlic pntsl lew w'i-k and thin year wiil aee new orchardfi planted in many fection the older fruit growerx of the count v 1 111 h iiroven h HtimnliiM in . ... ,, . .. . i terview in the Oregonian on Feb the newer cettlerc, the maioritv of .11 iii . . .t ' ruary ith. Mr. Tom Itichardoon, whu li w ill et out fruit trees tlno 3 ' ! the Secretary ana Treasurer, state? season. i - F. 0. Kowlee, of the 1). I. & P. ? 1 mm a -VPar a mere '' Co., only recently purchased in! Jj f am0"nt The Dullex and Salem letween ' l(NK)..,.l V2W fruit tree, which' The 0re5" 'velopment Lea- willbe planted on the irrigation ' M,e haH M,wanlt f 0ne hun'lred , ., . , , . , i branchec throughout the State of company a experimental farm, and " ,,i i " i l i . i Oregon, and its members feel that Lnurlex Keed. who -it conne:U'd; h ' ,,,,, n , . Mr. H. M. Cake and Mr. Richard- with the hame company, has i i , ,. - won should have first severed their ordered some 'MM) tre-s acd betrv i I ,, i . . i i -ii . i , , connection with the League before bushes which will soon be added e .tl . . i , to the ini provemenU on his home - stead southwest of l'.end. C. L. Katon, of Bend, is another settler in that vicinity who has recently placed orders for ulmut 400 trees and berry bushes, and 10 miles Im-Iow Prineville in th Crooked river vallev. T F. M,-Clli.ter ill ' set out this year in the neighbor-j hood of 400 fruit proiluccrs on his j ranch. The lilack Butte Improve-j ment Company and John Howard, i of thv Sisters district, are among others who have placed large orders. A. C. Lucas, proprietor of the Pilot Butte Inn. at Bend will experiment this year with orna mental vines and shruhlK'ry an order for which he has already placed. The above noted are among the htrgesl orders to be placed with the nursery companies. Dwight j Roberts, of Culver, who represents j the Salem Nursery, stales that in addition to these larger orders, all of which have U'en placed with him, dozens of other settlers have purchased trees and berry bushes in smaller quantities, and the pre- sent year will see a barn storming ; exploitation of fruit orchards ami berry patches. Settlers on the county's newer land all feel confi dent that the country will prove a fine fruit section and each appar ently is anxious to test his confi dence in the land by purchasing trees and planting them without fear of results. IMPROVE THE LAND Fair Association Will Make Their Grounds Pay a Revenue The Central Oregon Livestock and Agricultural Association is making arrangements to sow an additional 40 "acres in' the fair grounds to alfalfa this spring. Last year was the first season that seed was put into the ground, and then only a portion of the land in cluded within the race track was used. The association had the hay cut on shares and received the profits from 50 odd tons , as a result of the year's work. This amount would have been greatly increased hail it not been for the heavy dust storms which occurred soon after the seed was put into the ground, covering the seed too deep to permit growth. The association will sow all the acreage it has this year, the bulk of which will he put in alfalfa, the balance in grain. President T. II. Lafollett said the other day that mi- ot letting h- trad at the fair (froundH cultivate anJ in crop an I quickly ax jxwKihlf. "Th- ftwix'iii tion will then rerive an annual rrvnue from th produce which will Im Ubtl rach yenr fur (he iin provement of the prouruli', tlic erection of ww i i I i iim nw in ciilfnt.il (rxpetiHH. H wo can pet till of th Htock holder to pay up their delinquencie there in no douht that tho fair ktouthU will noon he a crexlit to thi' county, and w are driving hard now to place it on a paying hai-in." OBJECT TO METHOD Oregon Development League Used for Political Purposes 1 Portland, Feb. 27 Considerable indignation ha.-t been arouwd in commercial circlet here by the attempt to nw the Oregon Develop, inent Ieague a. a jiolitical ma chine. According to the Secretary and Treasurer of the lyagbo enor- , mouH Hiimn every year have been ! u;ed in the work of exploiting the resource ot the Mate. Just the exact amount of thi? large Kum of money if not known but in an in- t .ui. vahc n milium ru inn viticiiul.y 1 . . ' iforVnited States Senator. There jare in the league many Demo crats, Prohibitionists, and others 'of indejiendent political princi ples. They resent the appropria tion of their efforts anil money for i ' '" turthoranee ot the campaign the furtherance of the lf any, individual. It I i 1 l.. . l T. : . l.'i. .1.. is iikeiv that all of the branch organiza tions throughout the State will promptly condemn the attitude of Mr. II. M. Cake and adopt resolu tions declaring that his candidacy puts the Oregon Development lea gue in a false light and demanding that he resign. There is in Portland considerable dissatisfaction at the course of the lawyer nnd the indications are that he has launched a boomerang that in its rebound will brush him absolutely from the political field. Western trook Asks Why. The following is taken from the columns of the Laidlaw Chronicle, the spokesman for a rapidly set tling Fection of western Crook county, and is addressed as an "Open letter to the County Court:" (icntlemen: The citizens of western Crook count would be! pleased to have you say, either through the columns of the Chron icle or one of our Crook county ex changes why the town of Laidlaw is not permitted to have a County Road leading to or away from the town and why the petitions for a road have been universally turned down. Why the county road from Prine ville to Cline Falls and beyond was turned down. In fact why have all of the petitions for roads in this section of the county been unreasonably delayed or turned down outright. Why the petition for the incor poration of Madras has been re fused and the town prohibited a towa government. Why the Laidlaw precinct was formed to suit your Hon. Body and not as petitioned for by the resi dents within the proposed precinct, thus compelling many who are residents near Laidlaw to go to other precincts to vote and also to register. Your Hon. Body should know that western Crook county is rapidly being developed and that the people need roads, bridges and incorporated towns. Our citizens only wish to under stand the conlitions and ask you to give public explanation so that the people may let the blame rest where it belongs. Our columns are open to you to make answer to these puestions. i iuUKfc nAMtiU ADDED TO LIST County Office Candi dates Increase RACE IS INTERESTING Western Crook Will Probably Pull Hard For One Or Two Jobs Candidates for the county o tikes are still persistent in getting into the race for the nomination at the primaries ' April "JO. The past week has added a few more names to the list, one to the Democratic side of the sheriff's menu card and one more to the list of candidates for the republican nomination to the oflice of county clerk. The race for county commissioner and covnty treasurer is headed by one candidate for each nomination. The jobs evidently are not of the fetching order, and the coroner's is a dead one, sure enough. No one as yet has signified a willing ness to sacrifice himself to the position or evert hinted that his inclinations are in that direction. Out in the western part ot the county it is stated that the voters in Black ButU precinct will put Irvin Personam the race for county commissioner, but up to today the county clerk had not received his jietition for filing. It is not probable that there will be any more candidates spring up for nomination to either the clerk's or sheriff's office, unless.it ta on an independent ticket after the primaries. Some of those already on the list may withdraw tafore the test case is decided the middle of April. A few days over a month more and all petitions for nomi nation to county offices must ta in the hands of the county clerk. The law fixes the date, the last day taing April 4. Western Crook county, a section for all politicians to figure on with both eyes open, will probably train its guns on one if not two of the offices to be filled in June. The fire works exploded at Redmond last Saturday evening indicate that an effort will be make to cut out a road leading into the court house. Below is given a completed list of those who are seeking popular favor: Candidate! for Sheriff. Uep. IVni. .S. K. Hud;:ts Jacob Stroud Frank F.lktns James Street Sam Collins W. T. K. Wilson P. F. Johnson V. W. Itrown Candidates for Clerk. Uep. ' lK'lii. .1. II. Haner W. V. Hammer Wm. Johnson Warren lirown W. It. Conk For suite representative ilsr district Dr. II. I'. lielknap ( Hep. t For county treat. M. II. Hell ( Dem. I For county commissioner -Fred Fisher t Rep. I For county survey or Knox Huston, W. H. McFarland (Dem.) IS STILL A PROBLEM Leasing of Range to Stockmen Is Being Fought Hard 4The range leasing ' problem, which at present is of vital in terest not only to stockmen in Crook county but to those through out all the stock states, still re mains a difficult nut for Congress to crack. There is opposition to it, and the Eastern idea that the ac quisition of more than 160 acres of land is ''land grabbing" is being brought strongly to the front. Since the Public Land Commis sion reported in favor of leasing that part of the public domain adapted to range purposes, the policy is regarded as having Ad ministration backing. President RioseVelt's reference to the subject in his message was the last en dorsement, which was expected to force the question this Congress. As the first session Tlraw toward i Ms close, there seems no room for range-leasing before the summer adjournment. The next session will be short, and unless the administration presses urgently for consideration of this measure, or pro-leaning interests erform the same service, it is hardly pro bably that the short term will create the law that is bound to have broad influence Usn the en tire West. In whatever is done, there are sure to ta provisions that will facilitate the homesteader. Some advocates of leasing believe that the homestead entryrnan should have the ' 'ht to enter upon land during the term of even an annual lease, after proving his tana fide home purprwe. Others are in clined to think that settlement of the country will ta amply safe guarded by providing that tne homestead "entryrnan shall ta given access to the land only after expiration of a range lease. Cham pions of the small stockman will also insist that an entryrnan tak ing range land, shall ta insured a good range acreage about his homestead, which others cannot lease. The range homestead has been suggested as a law that would encourage the cattle industry at leant, if not the sheep, and recog' nize the semi-arid condition of the country. This suggestion is to let a man take a large range acreage as a single homestead, the limit taing such probable yield of forage as the average agricultural home stead yields. Crook County Cattle Sold. Two hundred and fifty head of three and four-year-old steers, be longing to Bidwell Cram of Trout Creek, said to ta the finest hay led range stock which has left the county in years, were sold to Henry Phirman of the Union Meat Company last week. Deliv ery will be made next week at Shaniko. W. H. Kinder, who re turned from the railroad with Henry Cram ysesterday where they had delivered a bunch of the iatter's taef, said Mr. Cram's cat tle were in the best condition of any he had seen in -years. Every head was, in prime shape, and the bunch will make ' an excellent showing when they reach Shaniko. The price paid was $4.25. E. S. Dobbs sold 75 head of cat tle to Mr. Phirman while the lat ter was here a week ago. Delivery will ,ta made at Shaniko this month. The stock brought 14 per hundred. E. T. Slayton also sold to Mr. Phirman, disposing of 200 head at slightly increased prices. Ditch Is Nearing Completion. The Ochoco Irrigating company, which began the work of enlarg ingand extending the old .Pringle ditch north of the city last Decem ber, has completed its work down to the David Templeton ranch, some four miles from, the head gates. This completes the ditch about half its total distance! the remaining four miles to he com pleted inside of a few weeks. Everything will he in readiness or the spring irrigating, an a con siderable amount of new land will ta opened up under the canal and laterals which will be run fyom it. The main canal will traverse a territory containing exceptignally fertile' and productive land, the objection being that a large portion of it is owned by the Wagon Road company which refuses to sell as has been its practice, since it first gained its grant of lands through this state. Sick Headache. This distressing ailment results from a disordered condition of the stomach. All that is needed to effect a cure is a dose or t wo of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. In fact, the attack may be warded off, or greatly lessened n severity, by taking a dose of these. Tablets as soon as the first symptom of an attack appears. Sold by l. P. AdiiHisou.