Crook County
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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 31, 1906.
VOLX
NO. 24
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C. W. ELKINS
Elegant Display of
Dress Skirls and Shirt Waist
Suits - - $5 to $15
Sateen Underskirts
$1.50 to $3.50
Silk Petticoats.
$7 to $10
50 Styles of Shirt
Waists
F. p.
Special Values in
Corsets, Style
629
Ladies Oxfords $2 to $3.75
Tans, Patent Colt and Kid
FOR HOME USE TRY A PAIR OF OUR
Old Ladies Comfort Shoes
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our Outfits. Cost no more
than Inferior Ones
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ASSOCIATION
MEETS HERE
Baptists of Eastern Ore
gon Come Next Week
IN ANNUAL SESSION
Representatives from 18 Churches
Will Hold Their 24th Annual
Convention
i Shaiuko Warehouse
Co.
Shaniko, Oregon
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General Storage, Forwarding
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Commission Merchants
Dealers in Blacksmith Coal, Flour, Barbed Wire,
Nails, Cement, Lime, Coal Oil, Plaster, Sulphur.
Wool and Grain, Sacks and Twine, (irain and Feed.
Agents for Wasco Warehouse Milling Co's. "White
River" and "Dalles Patent" Flour. Highest price
paid for Hides and Pelts.
Special Attention is paid to
Baling for Eastern Shipments.
Wool Grading and
Stock Yards with all the latest and best facilities
for Handling Stock.
ark 2our Soods in Care
"S. W. Co."
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OFFICERS:
W. A. Booth, President
C. M. Elkins, Vice President
Fred W. Wilson, Cashier
DIRECTORS:
W. A. Booth, C. M. Elkins,
D. F. Stewart, Fred W. Wilson.
Transacts a General
Hanking Business
Exchange Bought
and Sold
Collections will re
ceive prompt attention
to:
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A Mountain of Gold,
could not lrint mh iiiueli happiness to
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q f V? did one 2V lx of I'.u. klen's Arnica
jjgl , Salve, wlien it completely cnreo a run-
JJJ' i long sore on iier let;, which iiau lor
tared her -2 lonj; years, (rreatest iinti-
m septic healer ot 1'iles, bounds ami
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'Templeton & Son Drug store.
! Delegates to the number of over
j 1(H), representing IS Baptist
j churches of, Eastern Oregon in the
jdistrict between Hood Biver and
I Ilcppic,r and as far south as this
Icity, will meet in the t'nion ehnrch
in l'rineville next W cdncsday to
hold the 24th annual convention of
the Middle Oregon Baptist Associ-
'atjion. ' Four delegates together
wjth numerous visitors are cxpect
(cd to' be here from each of the
; churches represented in the organ
ization whose total membership
' numbers approximately 1000.
I ( The. session will beti'm at 10
! o'clock Wednesday morning with
ittie introductory sermon by the
J Bev. W. C. Sale of Heppner, and
i will continue until the close of the
'convention Sunday evening. Serv
j ices will be held daily at 11 a. m.
jand 8 p. in, and will be open to
j the public.
I Rev. C. P. Bailey, who is the pres
I ent moderator of the association,
j will call the session to order and
Wednesday afternoon, there will lie
held the regular annual election of
officers which will include the
moderator, clerk, treasurer and
corresponding secretary. Prob
ably on Wednesday a definite pro
grain will also be arranged for the
remaining days of convention aside
from the daily services and the
work of the young people of the
church, to which one day will be
devoted, and the work of the wom
en's organization which will be
given special time. The rerding
of church letters will he heard soon
after the organization on Wednes
day. More than ordinary interest will
be taken in the convention in this
city where the annual session will
be held for the second time in 14
years. The lant time the Baptists
convened here was in IH',12 when
the Rev. II. Niece of Mom was
moderator and the annual sessions
since that date have been distribut
ed throughout the territory em
braced by the association. Last
year the annual meeting was held
at The Dalles and representatives
attended from this city. It is ex
pected that this year The Dalles
will send a larger delegation here
than will attend from any other
congregation and it is probable if
the weather is favorable that the
total number of visitors will reach
, 150.
j The meeting will lie the occasion
i of the renewal of many acquaint-
ances made at former sessions, and
the growth' of the organization dur
ing the time since it was organ
ized a few years before the annual
session was held here in ls'.tii will
furnish many topics of interest to
the members. Primarily, the or
ganization carries in its van guard
the two main factors of its exist
ence, missionary work and educa
tional advancement, but during
the session here next week other
lines of religious work will not he
slighted and the general business
pertaining to the Baptist church
anil its auxiliary organizations
will be reviewed and passed upon.
LOCAL RESIDENTS
IN EARTHQUAKE
The recent earthquake di-aster
at San Francisco recalls a story of
lixal interest concerning a previous
seismic disturbance in that city a
quarter of a century ago when two
residents of l'rineville experienced
a few of the earth's tremhlors.
In 17S F,. 11. Smith, the well
known saddle and harness niuker
of this city, ami A. It. Tejeda, who
is with the former here, were in
the employe of Main X' Winchester,
a firm of harness and saddle deal
ers in the Bay City. About s
o'clock one July morning, while
the two Prineville residents were
busy on the fifth Hoor of the build
ing, the first severe shock was felt.
This was followed by others in
rapid succession. Buildings were
shaken down and fire broke out
much the same as it did in the
disaster a few weeks ago. The ex
citement was intense and the
streets soon crowded with frighten
ed people.
Among the latter were Mr.
Smith and Mr. Tejeda who lost but
little time in gaining the open air
and safety from the building they
had been in which was swaying
under the pulsations of the earth.
As soon as the first shock was felt,
Mr. Tejeda jumped through the
hatchway and slid down a rope the
lull live stories to the ground he
neath. Mr. Smith had taken a
slower exit down the live flights of
stairs, hut both met in the street
just outside of the building. Al
most as soon as the first few severe
shocks were over Mr. Smith de
manded his salary, giving as his
reason that San Francisco was too
unsteady a place to live in, and
the next day left for Portland,
later coming to eastern Oregon.
Mr. Tejeda on the other hand took
the matter as a good natured heart
throb on the part of Mother Karth
and in a few davs, after the ex
citement attendant upon the dis
aster was over, went oacK to worK.
TAXES WILL
NOT INCREASE
New Court House Will
Not Raise Levy
FUNDS ARE ON HAND
Next Year's Assessment Will Be
Lower Even If New Building
Should Be Erected
PRINEVILLE WINS
SECOND GAME
SI I'ciiiioiis objection to the lilllhl
inji of a new county court house,
hids tor which have lieen mlverl ined
liy the county court lo lie opened
next Snt unlay, is lieiny made In the
Cciid and Kulehei' precincts, princi
pally t It i'i u o ti the nxeney of the
liiilfetin and Pioneer. The county
court is accused by t he hit ler sheet
of trying to railroad through the
proposition without the consent of
the tax payers, while the IJullctlu
lays greatest s trend upon the enor
mous, increase in taxation which it
is alleged I he new liuilding would
create. The pith of the Bulletin's
argument is contained In the follow
ing paragraph:
" 1 11 x urinlily Hip iwtimi it a cnin l hoimf
enrrirs willi it hii iiilititional tux Imnli'ii tout
Hie eonrf !iiin uf oiitiim is thii I In.xi's art Inr
Inn hi(li iii. At 1 he time llif hmiils issued
inr the t'lvt'liiin ot' tilts huililint arc ln'iiiK ri
lirtMl. those settler wlin liave tint recently
eiiinc into the county will have ciioukIi ot' a
hurilcll to meet the obligation incurreil in the
purchase ot llieir
Through iitiiliility to hit safely
when hits were needed, llcdmoiul
tout the seii 1111 1 gntne ti l'rineville
I last Sunday nt Kedmoiiil by 11 score
ofsto.'i. Novell heless tlientue lull
ing were full of close plays and the
crowd of spirtators was not disap
pointed in the game.
O'N'ell oiH'ited the work at the
.pitcher's slab for the locals and met
with onlv one disiiiti rotiM Inning out
of tile five that he pitched. A couple
of run producing errors, a base 011
balls a ml 11 safe hit did the business
that cost four runs In the third. He
fore anil after that inning '.'eil pre
sented the Irrigators with ciphers
and they secured hut one other run
after Ihiiley look the box hi the
sKth. The ninth inning might have
changed the complexion of the final
score hail flic Redmond stickers heeu
able to meet the ball safely. Willi
only one out anil three men holding
down the sacks a clean hit would
have scoured the circuit and tied the
score, but those three men died 011
bases.
Keen pitched a better game for
Kediuiind than he did nt the opening
game here a week ago and struck
out ten of t he locals.
Hedmond will play Its third game
with l'rineville on the local grounds
June 111. Sunday's wore by luulllgir.
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Kedmond II II 4 U 0 1 (I 0 0 ."
I j 1 eh lanil. itliout the mi
01 a new court house. An
there should lie no undue
Good Prices at Wool Sales.
llecessHry tjill'dell
other rcasnu uhv
hitstc."
In direct opposition to the above,
which was written without any
knowledge ell her of the stale laws
governing counties or the tinaneial
condition of Crook county Itself,
there will be no bonds issued to pay
for a new court house In the event
that one is erected which, by the
way, is not a matter definitely set
tled, nor will the rate of taxation be
any higher than it is at present. In
fact next year's levy will he between
one and two mills lower. If there
were not enough money 011 hand at
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l.o .nun. nr. ,.. urn ,iy v., u nw. y t,.tutes themselves WOllld
became to l'nnevuie nearly iwoi ,,,.w.i,1.i,. mu, ,,,,HHililitv of the couutv
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years ago.
Phone Line to Paulina.
Telephone poles have been
strewn along the ground between
Prineville ami Post and the holes
dug as far as Paulina, which will
he the terminal in a short time of
the "Hello" line which Postmaster
Summers is now' building into
southern Crook county. The total
distance of the new line will be f.r)
miles outside of the branch lines
which will be built as soon as con
nection is made between this city
and Paulina. The work of string
ing the wire will be commenced as
soon as the weather permits and
Mr. Summers expects to have the
iine in operation some time next
month. i
Several extensions of the Prine-ville-Madras
line will also be built
this year through the Agency
Plains and Haystack districts to
accomodate numerous residents
there, and it is quite probable that
several long extensions will be
made in different directions from
the Prineville-Paulina line after it
is completed. With the comple
tion of the new line ami the ex
tensions contemplated there will
be in operation over 250 miles of
telephone line in the county nearly
twothirds of which will be owned
and operated by Postmaster Summers.
Will Improve City Park.
WIEC lEEE-ArVIEj
Calicos,
Fitiivtl
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A branil new line of frin;liains.
lVivnles, Tjonir Cloths. White ainl
Onramlies, White Omnia. Notions, ami
Furnishings.
Made in Oregon Underwear
Dress ami Work Shirts, (lloves. Suspenders
ami Hoots ami Shoes for men.
Groceries, Hardware, Fishing Tackle, Burg Wagons
CLAYPOOL BROS.
Prineville, Oregon
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Ten Stamp Mill at the Mayflower.
Five new stamps are to be added
to the equipment at the Mayllower
mines at Howard inside of the
next few weeks giving the plant a
ten-stamp mill to furnish the ore
supply for the cyanide plant.
H. (iatcwood, manager of the
mine, was in the city yesterday
and said the cyanide plant would
be just twice the si.e at first con
templated and would be in readi
ness for the ore inside of two
weeks. With both the cyanide
plant ami stamp mill in readiness
the company will begin running a
niLMit ami dav slutt earlv in June
and will he able to handle between
'.',() and I'l tons of ore daily.
A test oi the ore was made at
the company's labratorv last week
where a miniature cyanide plant i
used ami showed a value of 140 to
the ton. A small percentage of
this is in silver.
Through the I'lirk eoininitlee of
(lie Civic lni vemeiit club, an ef
fort will be made during the next
I wo months to change the appear
ance of the raw land Included wit li
bit lie City park mid begin the im
provement of the plat. The mem
bers of 1 he commit tee in charge had
planned to complete this year I he
work of convening the city's real
estate into 11 habitable park, but j
wing to the lack of wn ler facilities, I
litis will not lie accomplished. I he.
land has already 1 11 plowed and
grass seed will be sowed soon and
the tract Irrigated during the sum
mer. The other improvements will
lie del.tveil until next season when it
iscxpcctcd that siillicienl funds will
be on hand to complete the work
t hat lias been out lined.
The general K heine for the park
has been planned and outlined by M.
IC. lirink. The plats of gn 1 are
to be irregular in shape, surround
ed by gravel walks radiating from a
circular flower garden in the center
of the' park. Shade tn-es will Is
planted around the outside of the
grounds anil shrubbery will he
iLbiindautly in evidence. The com
mittee also contemplates the build
ing of a fountain near the center of
the nark, and the fence will com-
nowil of stone pillars connected with
iron rods.
performing; the work. The law pro
hiliits count ies Issuing bonds either
for building purposes or matters
akin, so "those settlers who have
hut recently conic Into the county"
will not be called upon to meet an
additional burden in the line of tax
ation or the payment, of bonds
through a heavier levy. Next year
the High school levy of : mills will
lie done away with, mid the state
taxes, owing to the increase In valu
ations in proportion to the present
expenditures, will lie lowered, giving
the county a levy of about 10(4 mills
as compared with the 'Jl mills levy
made t his year. Itcntl precinct pays
more than this, however, owing to
the school lax of several mills which
its own residents voted onto the
disl riel last year.
The county treasury at present
contains iiti.lt.sti, fully twothirds
of which, or about l."i,llii0. Is applic
able to the liuilding of anew court
house. Of the total auiotinl In I he
treasury, approximately $I7,(KMI in
paid by non-residents of t lie county,
leaving a balance of .fl'.l.lL't paid by
county residents, of t li in hi 1 111 $-1,-sls.T'i
is paid by the l.'iil odd tax pay
ers whose names appear 011 thepe
titlon. over one-hall' of the total
taxeHpaid by county residents. In
the fare of t his the 1'h nicer, publish
ed in a district which, with a few ex
cept ions, pays but very lit 1 le county
revenue, coiiieiuis inal me pennon
was railroaded through the court
without the consent of the lax
payer, ami that (he western part of
I he county is not represented.
The petition represents 111 precincts
out of the 1".) In the county, and there
fire signatures of heavy tax payers
from Ireland. I'.elnl. lilack Unite.
Ash wood, Haystack, Iviitchcr and
l.ainontn, seven precincts for whose
peace and dignity t he 1 ( 1 1 1 -1 ill and
Pioneer have raised I heir voices in
lusty protest against the "hasty"
act ion of I he court .
The petit ion which the court acted
upon was tiled soon alter the May
term of last year. In .Inly I'.HLi. ji
committee wiiilcd upon lite court
and asked that action be taken on
t he net It ion. but I his was denied and
the matter laid aside for consider
ation of any reinotist ranee which
might be filed. In Seplenils'r r.HJ.'i,
I he commit tee again waited upon
the court and requested action on
Hie petition. The latter was again
laid aside and not until the following
November term were plans asked for.
In .la 11 nary of this year plans were
submitted and sent hack for correc
tion mid 011 May a they were again
examined and accepted and bids
i-alleil for nearly a year after the til
ing of I he pel il ion.
.Itldge I'.ell expressed some surprise
yesterday that so much objection
should be raised by those w ho pay
pracl icnll.v no t a xes against a project
asked for by the heaviest taxpayers
In 1 he county.
"The Inference that we are at
tempting to railroad the matter
through before election or even at
tempting to do so against t he wishes
of the people Is altogether w roug. as
Hie facts and figures themselves dis
elose. II is not at all likely thai any
of I he bids submit ted will be accept
ed next Saturday, nor will the mat
ter be definitely settled at that time.
so the election call in no way lie
brought to Is'iir oil the subject.
Most of the coat factors who are to
submit bids, I understand, are under
Hie erroneous impression that the
county is wit hotit funds to fool the
bills and will issue warrants. Their
bids in coiiseipieitee are likely to Is
excessive and if such is the case they
will be rejected. I do not look for
any definite action Wing taken Im--fore
the July term, if then."
Wool sales held at Heppner last
Saturday brought out good prices
ami out of .'III clips offered for sale
only six were withheld 011 account of
the price. Nearly half a million
pounds were sold ami the prices
realized. Ills believed, will lie close
to those paid for Crook county wool
next month at. I he sales in Shanlko,
although some of the clips from the
blooded stock III this section It Is ex
pected will tiring higher prices than
those realized In Morrow county.
The representative of the Whitman.
KariiHwort.li & Thayer firm of Bos
ton was the heaviest buyer. He
purchased over 200,(MHI pounds pay
ing an average of cents per
pound.
The I'euland Land & Livestock
Company sold Its clip for 21 cents.
1 his was the highest price paid, and
on other clips the ligures ranged from
IH upwards.
Crook county wool w ill lie sold In
Shanlko for the. first time this season
on . I line . "-(!. Sales will also beheld
on .lune 19-20 and July 10-11.
Good Words for Bayley.
The I, a Id law Chronicle Is In receipt
of a letter from one who has for
years known It. II. Jiayley, the re
publican candidate for county com
missioner. The writer speaks very
highly of Mr. ltayley anil recom
mends hiin to the voters of Crook
county. Tlie communication reads:
kici.Mii, Wash. Dear Sir: I have
known Mr. ltayley for the past six
teen years mid I alsoknow ills broth
ers, one of whom resides here at
present. "The Hayley bays," as
they are familiarly known here, al
ways stood well In tills community,
and come from the right kind of
si irk. li t he pen ile of Crook county
waul an upright, honest mail In the
otliee of county commissioner and
one wlto possesses 1 lie aiutll.v to
know what the cost of a, piece of
toad oi1 the building of a bridge
would be: and a man who will look
Well to the interests of the taxpay
ers' money, then I he people of Crook
will make no mistake in voting for
It. II. I '.ay ley.
Yours liespect fully,
S. S. STIt U.N.
New Post Office Created.
Lake is the name of a new post
uMiee which was created by the
postiil department last week in the
Christmas Lake valley, south of
the Crook county line in Lake
county, where a number of resi
dents from this vicinity have tiled
on laud. The new ollice will be
served from the Silver Lake ollice,
which is '.'Il odd miles west, for a
period ot t hree mom lis iy private
carriers, after which lime the post
al department will let the contract
for carrying the mail. The region
to lie served through the new otliee
is one which has had an extraordi
narily rapid settlement during the
past IS months anil postoflice con
veniences up to this time have
been rather crude. A niimlter of
residents in the vicinity of Prine
ville own land in the Christmas
Lake valley which they will put
under cultivation this year.
Large Crowd Attends Game.
One of the largest crowds which
has at tended a ball game from "his
city went out to Keilnioiid last
Sat unlay and Sunday to sis' the con
test between the local players and
the Itedmoiid team. Kvcr.v room in
the irrigation town was taken and
visitors had to content themselves
with sleeping 011 the Moor and in the
hay lofts. The hotels were nearly
eaten out of their food supplies by
the time the second meal had Imvii
served. In fact provision for accom
odating such a large crowd of en
thusiastic baseball rooters tell con
siderable short. Kveryone had a
good time, however, and came away
well satisfied. The Irrigation com
pany's auto made several trips for
the 'accomodation of some of those
who attended the game.