rook
County
VOL XI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 27, 1906.
NO. 2
COME TO
CROOK CO.
No More Inviting Field
in the State.
WE NEED SETTLERS.
Great Opportunities Offered to
toe Man with Capital or the
Man Without It.
Crook county, from the view
Hinl of development, i n new
country. Ait cucli it hn Ml the
ttruetive feature which n new
country, rapidly underling h
tri))frmiiliiii, renht to Ixiili
tlin iimo Militant n lioine nml t
( lie cnpitali-t m-eking it llf Id whirli
will i ft u i ii In liim a diviili'iiil on
InvoMtincntK. Iconic county' clt
vrloped nd undeveloped renouroe
arc aliniMt nn exteumve u the
county it elf, nliicli lum a hind
arm nenrly eUul to tin' ttte of
Manendi unetu. With no milroml
croititini itM ImriliT, iu inolnted eon
ilition niHkfx 1i nt tin' f.iet tint
within il tiontiihirii', wuitin it
licelv the coming of transformation
f.icililiiH, the invi'f Un.'iit of ca ital
ami i In- energy uml toil of the ri
cult urrt 1 el iim,!, me many iivemieN
of iniluotry. Sunn' of them.-, like
tin' atiH'k iittrn-Mto, are of year'
tniidinir, other nre of more went
exploitation, nml etill more re
main in an embryonic Malt. There
in variety fur all.
KON THK IIOMKf KEKKU.
To the hoineleeker there i an
unlimited field of d. verified foil
and rlimati ; Irrigated lamia and
ihota which require no other moid
turn than that which full annual
ly in certain of the farming hit
lioitH and in quantity to in mi re the
jiroJuctiveneH of the noil. The
irrigated trncU lie in the nenii arid
bolU, but mo.it of the htudo now
under cultivation are in the nee
tiomi where it ii not necewiary to
aHfint the kindly disponed weather
man who look after the moisture
need of the communities in ques
tion. In either of theso dintriet
the purchnxe of hind include the
privilege of enjoying Crook
county's climate a tailor-made
climate suited to the whims of the
morit fuKtitliom throughout 12
mouth of the year.
ftm THK INVK8TOK.
For the inventor there is a field
of vast extent in which to his own
choosing he may find the resources
which will readily return to him a
revenue in exchange for the capital
invested. From the common field
Job Printing
Mail Orders Promptly Attended To.
DT4TtT4l?4l?4l?4t&
1 What
of ngiiiMilioral uruili, through
the pine furi-ls, on inio the miner
al bi lls whose Intent resources are
just now being prospected and de
veloped, through the stiH k rairing
districts and dairying neetions to
the inagnifieeut Deschutes river,
hn eitor nous power today re
mains unhiirnessed, there is room
and opHminiticn for the mini with
capiml. In short, the present
Complexity of the industrial phase
of the county, the future possibili
ties of development under capital
already invested, the diversity of
loth soil, productiveness and cli
mate, coupled with the fact thnt
0
this immense region still retains
its birthmark of newness, affords a
field of endeavor second to none in
the I'acfic Const slates,
JIIUIUVnoN THK MM.Il' WAND.
Crook county's pment greatest
field of development is irrigation.
Along the valley of the Desehutea
river, on both the east and west
sides of the stream, extending east
ward a distance of IS miles and
half that distance in the opHsite
direction, the stute has set uside a
total of over .'100,000 acres of arid
land The bulk of this immense
area will be reclaimed by the Des
chutes Irrigation it I'ower Com
pany, the reiiiuiiiing tract of some
(10,000 acres, lying on the west
side of the valley in the Turualo
basin, is under process of recla
mation by the Columbia Southern
Irrigation Company. Jtolh com
panies have already cxix-ridcd
many thousands of dollars in the
fulfillment of the contracts which
they hold with the stale of Oregon
for the complete reclamation and
irrigation of these arid tracts
This work must be accomplished
within a period of ten years, the
total cost approximating 13,000,
(XX). COST OK WAT Kit.
Water bus been conveyed to per
haps one-seventh of the total seg
regation, and the major portion of
this litis been settled and placed
under cultivation by the tide of
settlers which at present is pouring
into the county. The price of the
reclaimed tracts is fixed by the
state, the settler paying only the
actual cost of reclamation, which
varies from $7 to 115 ht acre
Payment of this amount gives the
settler clear (hie to the land and
a perpetual water rigkt.
CLIMATE CNSUKI'AxaKI).
With plenty of water settlers
under the canals of these irriga
tion companies ar not harassed
by climatic conditions, long and
dry summers have no terrors and
crops are as certain as the seed is
to sprout from the ground. The
land and water are his upon the
payment of the prices noted and
the yearly maintenance fee, the
payments on the land itself being
extended over a period of years to
suit the convenience of those who
have not the ready money to in
ORIGINAL AND ATTRACTIVE
In One or More Colors as You
Want It at The Journal Office
Write for Samples and Prices
la more pleasing to the boy than a new suit
of Clothes, when presented just before Xrnas?
If the Clothes suit the boy,
the Suit clothes the boy
And the price Suits the parents.
We have the Suits at Reasonable Trices.
CLAYP00L BROS, t
PIUNEVILLE, OREGON
vest. For productiveness this arid
belt, barren and idle since history
began, has passed the ted as was
thoroughly and satisfactorily
demonstrated last year at the ex-N-rimental
farm of the Deschutes
Irrigation v I'ower Company,
where nearly every vegetable and
grain not of a tropical nature was
raised in flourishing abundance.
The agricultural exhibit from this
section at the Redmond and Prine
vi lie fairs was a revelation to old
timers in this country.
The latter two companies are
the largest in the county. Sever
al smaller .one, working on the
reclamation of Unit private tracts
and state segregations, iifforl the
intending settler a variety of soil
and physical conditions to choose
from Crook county's perlual
sunshine, mild winters, no sudden
and severe changes of temiM'rature
and a market for nearly every
thing produced are all included
free of charge in the purchase of
land within its boundaries.
AOHICI'l.TfKK ASIJ TIMHKII.
The possibilities of agricultural
development under the impetus
given by the reclamation of im
mense bodies of arid land are no
u renter, if as great, as will be wit
nessed during the next tew years
in the development of the timber
and mining interests, both of
which represent enormous values.
Crook county furnishes a home for
a part of the lust remaining belt
of virgin timber in the United
States, a belt which extends from
the northern edge of the uounty
through the Valley of the Dea
chutes river to the California line
This timlier region is practically
unbroken, only a few small mills
are drawing upon it to supply the
local consumption, and until a few
years ago was owned by the gov
ernment Recently nearly every
available foot of standing limber
has passed into private ownership
and the development of this one
industry alone will furnish labor
for thousands, besides adding new
manufacturing industries and rap
increasing the present wealth of
ihe county.
Ol'R MINERAL WEALTH.
In the mining districts of Crook
county there are many other fields
of development. Coal, gold, silver
and cinnabar are all found in the
mineral belts and with few ex
ceptions but little development
work has been done. The Oregon
King gold .nine, at Ashwood, and
the Uatewood mines, at Howard,
are the two oldest in the county,
gold having been found in the
liatewood group 30 years ago,
since which time large sums of
money have been realized from both
the quartz and placer diggins.
Two years ago active work was be
gun in the development of thecin
nabar propettiea on Lookout
mountain, in the eastern part of
the county, and a 10-ton furnace
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or
will soon handle the output
of the tunnels. Coal has been
found in several sections of the
county, the most noteworthy dis
covery having been made in Febru
ary of this year near Hsy Creek,
where several large veins of bitum
inous coal were uncovered. Ixical
capital is developing this field at
present, which promises to prove a
most extensive and valuable
projicrty.
I'OITLATIO.H I.NCKKASI.NO VKHY KAST.
The attractive features of Crook
county's agricultural and industri
al possibilities, its mineral prox-ix-cts,
timber and livestock re
sources, its irrigated la mis and
equitable climate have tn-en the
means of increasing the popula
tion rapidly during the past year.
They will continue to serve the
same purKis for years to come.
Competition is not keen and the
opportunities for both young and
old alike are far greater than in
any of the more thickly settled
sections of the East, the portion of
country from which Crook county
is drawing the greater part of its
new seiilers. And new population
in any district means new busi
ness; added incomes to the old es
tablished lines of trade, the found
ing of new marts and the creation
of demands for other necessities
and different working materials,
facts attested to during the past
two years by the founding of five
new towns in different sections of
the county where the most rapid
settlement has occurred. New in
dustries have in consequence been
created and the demand for labor
increased. No man in fact, ever
applied for work in Crook county
without receiving it.
THE POOR MAN'S COUNTRY
These are a few of the mot sal
ient reasons why Crook County
offers an ideal field for both the
men with and the man without
capital. Either, possessed of the
ordinary amount of push, will
win. The game is not a losing
one for either participant. Near
ly every wealthy man in the coun
ty today, and the number is not
small, made his "stake" in Crook
county, beginning at a time when
his surroundings were of the crud
est kind, conditions of life fraught
with hardship and privation and
the country itself more isolated
and primitive a thousand times
than it is today, yet Crook county
is still spoken of as an undevelop
ed portion of the state and the op
portunities for accumulating a
goodly portion of the world's hap
piness, prosperity and wealth ex
ist today in this district as they
did when the first white settlers
founded their homes. The only
difference is that they are more
easily grasped.
Wealth there has been a plenty
taken from the soil and the vari
ous business projects, but only
during the past few years have its
Gatewood Mining & Trading
OF
Capitalization 500,000 Shares.
Treasury Stock 100,000, Par Value Non Assessable.
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 bo 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
Send all Subscriptions and
Further Information ol thw valuable
property will b tent on requait
remarkable opportunities been
more fully realized and advantage
taken of the ideal conditions for
investment and home building.
Poor men, years ago, came and
stnyed, and made the best of ad
verse circumstances. Today a vast
majority of these are past the de
pendent stage and are helping
others who came as they did, im
poverished of everything hut
energy and "will xmer, the two
cardinal characteristics which have
built up this great inland empire
to its present standing.
From Tjgh Valley.
Tygh Valley, Or., Dec. 16.
Editor Journal Dear Sir: For
the benefit of my many friends in
Crook and Grant counties I would
like to say a few words about my
trip through British Columbia dur
ing the past summer.
I want to state right here at the
beginning that I was not at all
favorably impressed with that
country. There is some very good
land around Francois and Ootsa
lakes that can be pre-empted at a
cost of II an acre and $100 for sur
veying 160 acres, but a stock coun
try it is not.
The country is mostly moun
tainous and is covered with black
pine with little or no soil. The
good land around the lakes, with
the exception of small openings of
from one to forty acres, is covered
with a thick growth of willow al
der and quakingasp, principally
the latter. On these small open
ings hay can be cut from half a
ton to two tons an acre, which is
just about half weeds.
It is impossible for a man to go
on horseback from one part'of the
country to another unless there
has been a trail cut through the
brush. Men who live there say
that stock has to be fed four
months in the year. White men
jhave lived there only two winters
and tney say that they are not at
all bad. An Indian told me that
the winter before that there was
six feet of snow and that he lost
all of his horses. He said that
many deer died from starvation.
Provisions have to be carried on
pack horses from Bella Coda on
the coast, a distance of 200 miles
over the worst trail a white man
ever took a horse over.
This country was misrepresent
ed to me and if the Lord will forgive
me for roving over it I will prom
ise never to do so again. Yours
truly. Lee Steers.
Strayed.
There strayed to my ranch, the old
J.O. Powell place, on McKay creek,
one black horse, weight about 1050
pounds, sail die marks, branded halt
circle on right jaw, I J ou left shoul
der two half circles on the left stifle.
Owner can have same by calling at
the above place ami paying the ex
(H'nHcs ou said horse.
12-13-lmp A. J. Deckkr.
HOWARD, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON
Correspondence to the
Gatewood Mining & Trading Company
HOWARD, Crook County, OREGON
PROGRESS IN
PRINEVILLE
$90,850 Spent in Build
ings and Improvements
an is prosperous
More Buildings and Improve
ment! than b Any
Previous Year.
As we are upon the threshold of
a new year it may not be out of
place before saying good bye to
1906 to take a retrospective glance
at what has been accomplished in
the city of Prineville during the
past twelve months. It will be
seen from the following brief sum
mary of the year's progress that
there has been a good, steady
growth. More money has been
spent in permanent improvements
this year than in any previous year
since the town has been started.
This growth has not been spec
ulative by any means, but was the
result of the legitimate demands of
business and an abiding faith in
the stability of values in Prine-i
ville. If 1906 has surpassed all
previous records, the year 1907
promises even greater things. As
a starter for the coming year we
might mention the new court
house, the new Methodist church,
the $5000 home of Mr. Noble, J. F.
Morris has the lumber on band for
two or three new bouses, the Wood
men are going to build a fine hall,
the Journal expects to replace its
present building with a larger one
to meet the growing demands of
trade. But we must not digress.
It is not our purpose to tell here
what is in store for next year, that
will be done at another time, but
to briefly indicate some of the
things that should be placed to the
credit of the waning year. Below
is a partial list of buildings and
improvements:
NEW PRINEVILLE HOTEL.
Prineville can now boast of hav
ing as fine hotel accommodations
as can be found outside of Port
land. The new Hotel Prineville
1 is as ample in proportions as it is
modern in equipment. It is a
two-story native stone building
114x114, with frontage on Main
and Second streets. The office
will occupy the corner on the
ground floor, then comes the bar
and card rooms, and two commodi
ous rooms designed for store pur
poses, one of which is now occupied
by I. Michel. A spacious dining
room fronts on Second street.
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.
Parlors and bedrooms are on the
second floor. There are some
forty-three large airy bedrooms fit
ted up with every convenience.
All are wired for electric ennunci
ators and some have private bath
rooms attached. All of the pub
lic rooms have been wired for elec
tric fans The building will I
st-am heated. Every conveni
ence known to modern science hnn
l)een called upon to lend itn aid tn
making the hotel both comtortahl?
and convenient. When complete
the hotel will represent an outlay
of 150,000. It will be opened next
month.
Adamson's new brick store and
office building is nearing comple
tion. The plasterers are now
at work it will not be long be
fore the building will be ready for
occupancy. When finished it will
cost approximately $1C,000.
The Prineville Machine Shop is
a new institution that was started
this year. It is first-class of its
kind and represents an outlay of
$4000.
Hon. J. N. Williamson moved
into his new home this year. It
is an elegant 15-room residence
fitted with modern conveniences.
It cost $5000 or more.
P. B. Poindexter built him a
fine new home home in the west
part of town. It contains 12
rooms and ha9 modern conve
niences, it is neat and attractive
and cost $2000.
Columbus Johnson has another
pretty place juBt this side of Mr.
Poindexter. It is a large house
containing 15 rooms and is mod
ern in every respect. The two
homes lend an air of proeperity
to that part of town. The John
son place cost $2500.
John II. Templeton will have a
very comfortable home when com
pleted. It will be a 10-room
building and cost $1500.
Elmer Kayler has a pretty 7
room cottage that was built last
summer. It is modern and cost
$1200.
Oscar Hyde has about com
pleted a neat and comfortable
home near the high school. It has
nine rooms and is modern in
every respect. Electric lights,
bathroom, closet, ice house, etc. It
will cost $1500.
J. W. Boone has a large and
comfortable home in the south
eastern part of town that was built
this year. It cost $1200.
G. W. Moore built a little 4
room cottage that represents a cost
of $600
The new Cornet livery barn can
not be duplicated for less than a
$1000.
Andrew Noble had built for his
temporary use a neat 7-room house
costing $1000-
Oscar Hoffman has built a new
house on the north side. It con
tains 7 rooms and cost $1000.
(Continued on page 2.)
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