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amity- Journal. VOLX PR1NEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 6, 1906. NO. SI Crook Cot r. t jTAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR THANKSGIVING SALES u r.i r..i fv Dozen of Ladies' and Children's Fleece y Lined and Woolen Hose which I bought PI L J'VA at uie manuiaciurcrs price arc now on. j sale at a trifle more than the jobber gets for them 3 1 ' : ' ' ; r.a r.a Ask to tee the Gobian Shoe lor Lailirs Bl Short made lor $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Ho se Children's Fleeced i lose Regular 25c value .... 1 5c Children! Wool Hose Regular 35e value 22 Jc Ladies' Fleecrd Hose Regular 25c value 15c Ladies' Fleeced Hose Regular 35c value 22 Jc Ladies' Fleeced Hose Regular 50c value 35c Ladies' Wool Hose Regular 50c value '. 35c Ladies' Worsted Hose Regular 55c value 40c Ladies' Wonted Hose Regular 65c value 50c Ribbon Fancy Ribbons Regular 35c to 50c values now .15c to 25c Big Lot Silk and Satin plain shades 5c to 20c p 1 "Qenita" t ladies' Union Suits Reguular $1.25 a nn Jr . Special lor this sale at $1.UU Ladies Blark Worsted Vests Regular r j $175 value Special lor this sale at $1.Z5 t Ladies' Jersev Cotton Vml and Panto j j Regular 60 value Sprcl at 472C rk:l.r. M I." W.:i C :.l 771 viiiiu iiaMiam n sil'kjprwai at It - f r r.a u R.1 L'J r.a l j r.a iij ft rsa w J r.a r,a i. j 2v Men's Hose Men's Fast Black Cotton Sox. 8 pair (or $1.00 Men's Fast Black Cotton Sox regular 35c value Special now at ,.... 25c Men's Wool Hose regular 35c value 25c New Fancy Silk Mufflers $1.25 to $2.00 Our Gold Bond Profit Sharing Coupon are Good in This Sale DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT? C. W. ELKINS u r,a ft L J r.a kj Kit L J r.a r.a L.J na 1.14 r.a u na LJ ra ra i .j r.a Li r.a tj n r.a r.a ra LJ r.a LJ ra LJ ra LJ r.a LJ ra LJ r.a L J ra La ra ri La ra LJ r.a LJ ra LJ ra L J r.a LJ ra LJ ra LJ ra L J r.a LJ ra LJ ra LJ ra L J ra LJ r.a LJ r.a L'J raParRnnnaranarar.nrrnrnr.rarnnnrnrnrnrrnRnrnrenrrTiRriRarnrnrnrnrnararari'ira L JW JLUWJWJC JWJUJLJLJLJLJLUL JL. JL JtULJL.ULJLJL.UL JLJLULJL JLJLJLJLJLJLJLUL JLJLJLJUJLJ IS 6a (3 Shaniko Warehouse Co. General Storage, Forwarding AND Commission Merchants Doalers in Blacksmith Coal, Flour, Barbed Wire, Nails, Cement, Limo, Coal Oil, PlaBter, Sulphur, Wool and Grain, Sack and Twine, Grain and Feed. Agents for Wasco Warehouse Milling Co's. "White River" and "Dulles Patent" Flour. Highest price paid for Hide? and Pelts. Special Attention is paid to Wool Grading and Baling for Eastern Shipments. Stock Yards with all the latent and beet facilities for Handling Stock. fyark Sour Soods in Care of "S. W. Co." wi mm mi orriocRS: W. A. Booth, Prld.n O. M. Ilkins. Vic Pr.ild.nt Mid W. Wilson, Oa.hlsr DiREOTCma: W. A. Booth, O. M. Ilkins, D. r. Btiwaiit, fnto W. Wilsom. Transacts a General Banking Business Exchange Bought and Sold Collections will re ceive prompt attention r j n o -v l, tj Residence in Prineville Inquire of n i) t n 4 imnv 1 "Sa j, 800 Pieces Granite and Tinware, Many 1 Olii n 2 Pieces worth 35cents. Special at "2 V: Cd See our New and Up-to-date Line of Ladies' Footwear A'-Many Sizes, Forms and Styles to Select From Boys ' and Youths two and three piece suits. V Extra Values at Low Prices Some CLAYEQOL BROS. PRINEVILLE jr4 OREGON 7 Timber Land, Act Juna S, 1871 N(ic f tMttiim. Uoitod HUtei Und ()(!. Ttii) IlI.OrfTC'm, Kovembor lttth 1008. Notice is brb irivf n that in orm- iiliance with the proviiinns of the act of uongrea. ol juihi 8,1878, eutlUM "An !t for the le of tirolwr Unda io the HUUmi of California, Oregon, Merada, and Waahlngtnn Territory," a ei tend ed to all the Public Und Bute by act oi Augu.i i, invz, Anna Crooka, of Griuly, ciuolr of Crook, Stat of Oregon, haa thia day filed in this office her iworo atatement No 3til2, for the purchase of the KWNWW of 8eetinn So 1, In Townahip No 13 n, Kana No io c, w , and will oner proof to ahow that the land Bought ia more raluable for ita timber or atone than for agricul tural purpoaea, and to eeUbiiab bar claim to aad land before the Countr Clerk at Pnnevilli , Oregon, on the tb dar of February, 1907, Klie name u wittieaaes: Henry Montgonmry, Can per Newbill, 4 E New bill, i W bee. of Gritily, Orngon. Any and all penona claiming ad versely the above-deacribed Unda are n-qurited to file their claime in thia of fice on or before aaid 9th day of Febru ary. 1(107. Micbabl T. Not.a. H-2P Kegiiter. Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878. Netice far PaUicefeea. United Ktatea Land OfSoe, The ttellra, Oregot , August 18tb 1906. Notice ia hereby given that in com pliance with the provisions of the act of Conaress of June S. 1M7H entitled "An act for the aale of timber lands in the HUtes of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Territory' as extend ed to all the Public L.ml ttw ut of August 4. 1W2, Albert Cubitt, of Prineville, Oregon, county of Crook, Bute of Oregon, baa thia day filed io this nfllne his mmnrn atmAnt Mm, for the purchase of the 8H NE snu aoi.a oi nection o. 91, la Town shiD No. 12 S - Riiomi N IA r U.' u and will ofler proof to ahow "that the iana eougnt ta more valuable for ita timber or atone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish bis claim to said lsnd before the Count Clerk at I'rineville. Ormron. on the lftth U nf January 1907. tie names as witnesaee: L. H. Hamilton, of Ltriul. llrian. OllillD. Of (iriulv Dlmnn hri I'U-m of Prineville. Oregon, and 8. ). New- rm, oi rrinevuie, Uregon. Any and all persona claiming adverse ly the abovlwrrihaH l.n.la quested to file their claim in this office uii ur uoiure wiu join aay oi January 1907. ? , , i. , i . . , 11-1 p Mica Art. T. Nouta, Register. FATAL SHOOTIfiG S. H. Dorrance , Killed Sanday. SHOTGUN VS. RIFLE H. A. Helyin Ptreel tkt Fttal SsWt H Cut m aaal SorrtBderei. Ttmtwr Land, Aet Juae t, 1S7V. Hotles tor PnbUaaUoau . , United HtatM Land Offiea, ' TU. ll Im, ( moa, OoUbrr 14. 1M. Notice la brtvb aivm that In nmnllua. wlta th. proTlalon uf tb. art of snosimor JuimS, IS7s,tiUHl Aii ant for ttw.al.or umnriuwia iw u- or Caltrbmla. Ore gon. Nevada and Waihlnsloa Temtury." as .alrodmt Io all tb Subtle laad Ma4ea by aet of A usual 4, lima. taaae W Rpear, -of Prinevllle. euuiity or Crook, state of Ora in, ha. this day Dtd In Ifali offlo. bl. .worn tafeinent No MM. fur lb. purahaw of tbs S s" and aS ) of sue W, la townible U 8. rans W a. w m. and wilt off.r proor to .bow tbat tb. land aoucbt U mora valuabl tor Its Umbrror .tone tbao tor .(rioullural ear. ptMM, and Io eatabll.h bl. claim Io said land tWnre the eounty cUrk al Prtneytlie. Ureaon. un thrSSlh day of January, 1WF7. H. names a. wltnaawa: 11 D Powell, JO Pow.lt. Jobn Kltler, C A aftllar, aU of Prtne vllle,tivaon. Aby and all person, elalmtna adveraely the above described land, are requeated to flle their claims In this office on or before said SSIb day of January, 1117. " f Michael T. Nolan, Begtslsr. Timber Land, Aet of June S, 18? a. Notioo Fur Publioavtion. United Slate. Laad Offlea, The Dalles, Orecoa, Ortober 11, IMS. Notice 1. hereby f iren that In compliance with the provLlon. of the actol Conareaiot Jiin. 1, lSia, enUtled "An art for the ul.of timber l.nd. In lb. Stale. of California, Ore inn, Nevada, and Waihincton Territory," a. extended to all the Public Land Statea by act ol Augu.t , I8SU, Emma Proa, of PrineTilla, county of Crook, .late of Oregon, ha. this day Bled ia thi. ofllce her .worn i la lament No sua for the purchaM of th. tu xiu and kU isu of wcNoUI. In township No. II S, rans No 1 E, W M. and will offer proof to .bow thai tb. land ought t. more valuable for tte timber or tone than for agricultural purpoaea. and te eaiablLb ber claim to Mid land before the eountv clerk at Prlnevtlle, Oregon, on the 2Mb day of January, 1W7. She name. a. witneam: W R McCoy, George Turner, A R Kastwood, W U Loftin, all ol Prina v i 1 1 , Oregon. Any and all neranna elalmine admnali ih above-deacribed land, are requeued to Ale their claim. In thi. office on or before said 2ih day of January, 1W7. itscp mioailt. Nolam, Register. A fatal shooting affray took place on Three Creeks, nine miles from Sisters, Sunday afternoon at half past 1 o'clock. H. A. Melvio, a rancher, shot and killed S. H. Dorrance, of the firm of Dorrance Bros., who ran a sawmill in that locality. From what we can learn there haa been bad blood between the two men for some time, and that the tragedy of Sunday is but the sequel of a law suit and a personal encounter. H. A. Melvin gives the following version of the shoot- ing: "Sunday about noon 8. H. Dor rance came to my place with a shot gun on his arm. I was at work a short distance from the house and upon looking op saw him standing at the garden gate. He acted as though ha was looking for aome one. Dorrance kept walking around and when be got so that the bouse stood between us I broke and ran home and got my rifle. Dorrance meantime walked up along a ditch and I left the house going out around in the same direction. When Dorrance saw me he came right toward me. 1 warned him to stop two or three times but he paid no attention to me. When he got to within 140 or 150 yards of me he commenced firing. Then I commenced. He fired a couple of times when I think it must have been my third shot that struck the butt of his shot gun and put it out of or der. The shotgun was what is known as the Winchester pump gun. After firing a couple of shots Dorrance started on a brisk walk toward the woods near by and as I thought he wanted to get nearer to where I was I kept firing at biro, perhaps four or five times. In stead of working through the tim ber to get closer to me he went home I did not know that he was hurt at the time and watched his house to see if anybody would go for doctor. When I learned of his death I started for Prineville to give myself up. The shooting took place at 1:30 in the alternoon and Dorrance died the same night at 11:30 o'clock. The shooting took S a a piace aDoui yards from my house on the cleared land." J. O. Dorrance, a brother of the deceased, made the following state ment to a Joornal representative: Sunday somewhere about noon my brother left the bouse to what was the matter with the water in the ditch. In order to do so it was necessary for him to pass the house of H. A. Melvin. My brother said, "After I passed the house some two or three hundred yards Melvin ran out of the house and tried to head me off as I was going from the ditch to some tim ber a short distance away. Mel vin began firing. His first shot struck me. It knocked me down. He (Melvin) fired two shots and then I fired two. I started to ward the timber when a third shot from Melvin's rifle struck my band in which I had my gun. The bullet passed through the fore finger of the right hand, struck the gun barrel and glancing up cut off the thumb of the same hand. Thia shot disabled the gun. The barrel was so bent tbat it would not discharge. After the first shot I called to Melvin that he need not shoot any more as he had done for me, but he kept on shooting." My brother walkeJ and ran to his borne about a quarter of a mile away. When he got home 1 help ed lay him on the floor and his lit tle girl went for the doctor. My brother's mind was clear from the time be got home till he died. Ex cepting of course, when he was placed under the influence of an anaeethetio by the doctor to ex amine the wounds. My brother said from the first that he could not recover. A little while before he died he called his two children to the bedside and told them good bye. His mind was rational and clear to the last." Further questioning elicited the information that J. G. Dorrance was sitting in the house reading at the time of the occurrence. "I heard two sharp reports which sounded like the reports of a rifie and these were followed by two re ports that sounded as if made by a shotgun. I immediately jumped up and ran to the window; could see the smoke made by the guns but Melvin's house obstructed the view and I could see nothing more. A little while afterward I saw my brother coming. His little daughter saw him first and ran to meet him." S. H. Dorrance was 42 years of age. He was married and leaves a wife and two children. A boy about 12 years old and a girl 14. He has lived in Crook county three or four years. He was buried from the undertaking parlors of A. H. Lippman & Co. Wednesday at 10 o'clock. Services were conduct ed by Rev. Mr. Mitchell, f H. A. Melvin is in bis 64th year. He has four children all living in California. They are all grown. He has been a widower for a num ber of years. , He haa lived in Crook county for 25 years. SHEPHERD HANGED He Showed no Signs of Fear. TRAP SPRUNG 12:40 He Ate a Hearty Meal and Joked about the Haaginf. Fred A. Shepherd has atoned with his life for the killing of B. F. Zell. He waa hanged at 12:55 o'clock in the penitentiary at Salem, November 30. The execu tion was witnessed by about forty persons. It is said he was game to the last. The trap waa sprung st 12:40 and 15 minutes later the attending physicians pronounced him dead. The doomed man was given the consolation of religion by a priest of St. Joseph's Catholic church. On the scaffold Shepherd repeated the Lord's prayer and the apostle's creed after which the clergyman gave him absolution. Shepherd acknowledged the kill ing of B. F. Zell. He ate a hearty meal and joked about the hanging. After he had been dressed for the execution he shaved, took a survey of himself in a self-admiring war and said: "I look pretty nice now. I would like to have my picture taken if I can." The request was granted and Shepherd posed before the prison camera for bis last photograph. He was dressed in a tight-fitting suit with a broad brimmed cowboy hat and a purple silk handkerchief tied, sailor-fashion about his neck. When asked where the picture should be sent he replied, "Send it to my mother." This ends one of the most atro cious crimes ever committed in this part of the country. If there ever was any doubt or hesitancy in the mind of the governor as to what official action he should take in the premises, it was dissipated by the scathing letter of the presiding judge. It reads: The evidence showed the murder to be one of the most atrocious and fiendish acts of which I have ever heard It was committed in order that Shepherd, the murderer, might ravish Mrs. Zell, the wife of the murdered man. As far as I know, the crime was very similar to those committed at times by ne groes in the South, which have given rise to the many lynchings in that section, and while listen ing to the evidence of the manner Continued on page 2. Gatewood Mining & Trading Company OF HOWARD, CROOrf COUNTY; OREGON Capitalization 500,000 Share. Subscription Price $1.00 per Share. Treasury Stock 100,000, Par Value Non Assessable. j Paying from the grass roots down. HO I The property consists, of 33 claims in the South eastern part of Crook county, on the head waters of the Ochoco river. There is an abundance of water for power purposes and some of the best timber in the county is located on these claims. The economic con ditions for mining could not be better. The mines are now on a payiny basis, but with additional machinery they can be made a big dividend payer as the output can be doubled with very little additional cost of labor. In order to install this ma chinery the management has decided to issue 10,000 shares of Treasury Stock This stock will in " all probabilities be the last offered for sale. It will be sold at $1.00 per share. There is no deviating from this price. That the stock will increase in value is a certainty. You can find no better place to invest your, money. If you desire to get in on this you will have to do so at once, as this stock was put on the market in order to give the residents of the county a chance to realize something from an investment in " one of their own properties. This is not a speculation at all but a sound business investment based upon ascertained facts. The mine has been developed beyond the experimental stage. About the best recommendation we can give these mines is that the men employed by the company are investing their savings in the purchase of this stock. Also such men as Clark, Daly, Fair, Haggin, and a host of others have made their money from mines and the development of them. Send all Subscriptions and Correspondence to the Farther laformatioa el tM. valuable property will be eaal aa reajaeet Gatewood Mining & Trading Company HOWARD, Crook County, OREGON