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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 31, 1907.
VOL XI
NO. 7
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valiieH at the regular prices
and you are respectfully re
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and secure some of these big
bargains. :: :: :: :: ::
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A PROTEST
FROM BEND
An Appeal to Western
Crook County.
FALSEHOODS NAILED
Western Crook Not Ready
County Division Only
Grafters Benefited.
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ions are neing inane on ail or our lines 01 ury ihhius, juauiva .um
(Scut's Furnishings, Notions, etc. The following prices on shoes
will be maintained until the arrival of our New Spring Stock.
$2.26 Ladies' Shoe for $1.50
$2 75 Ladies' Shot for 1.65
$:$00 Ladien' Shoes for
3.25 Ladies' Shoes for
$3.50 Ladies' Shoes for
$1 25 Ladies' Shoea for
$4.50 Ladies' Shoes for
$5 00 Ladies.' Shot s for
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60o Misses' and Children's
Shoes for 25c
110c Misses' and Children'
Shoes for 60c
$1.00 Misses and Children's.
Shoes for 60c
$1.50 Misses, and Children's
Shoes for... 85c
$2.00 Misses' and Children's
Shoes for $1.10
$2.25 Misses' and Children's
Shoes for $1.25
$2 50 Misses' and Children's
Shoes for $1.50
$2.75 Misses' and Children's
Shoes for $1.65
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CLAYPOOL BROS.
PKINEVILLli, OREGON
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Bend, Crook Co. Jan. 24, 1907.
To the Kditorof the Crook Coun
ty Journal:
There seems to be a great hub
hub made in western Crook over
this very extravagant court house
that it to be built in Prineville.
It rs claimed that western Croo't is
paying the difference of $-50,000
more this year than Crook county
had in 1900. Well, I want to ask
the taxpayers of Bend, Laidlaw and
vicinity bttw and why are they
paying so much taxes? Surely
the people of these towns are not
taxed up this much.
They claim they are farmers in
the western part of Crook and do not
wantto mix with the stock raisers of
eastern Crook, and therefore want
a county of their own.
ARE THKfK VOTEHS TAXPAVEii?
I will now ask the people ho
have taken land Under the Carey
Act if they have a deed to the land
they lought from the D. I. & P.
Co. of Bend and also of the Colum
bia Southern Irrigation Company?
1 understand that at Laidlaw 200
settlers signed the petition to di
vide Crook county into three parts.
It the 20U voters are taxpayers on
the Columbia Southern Irrigation
impany s lands and have got
deeds from the state, then I am all
wrong in saying that the stj.e.f
Oregon has not received a patent
from the United States govern
ment, and therefore no tax can be
collected from anv settler until he
has a deed from the state or has
made proof on his homestead, and
hence the taxes he pays on his
lands under these ditches are very
small. All that can be taxed is
the improvements houses, barns
fences, etc. which is very Bmall
and not worth the trouble of the
assessor's time. I will ask, is
anyone who has taken land under
these ditches within the past four
or five years who have paid taxes?
NOT ONE IN TEN TAXPAYERS.
I am inclined to think that not
one in ten has paid enough taxes
to make the grafters of Prineville
look as if they were very badly
bloated with graft. I am, there
fore, inclined to think that we had
better let Prinevillo build us a
court house and vaults that will be
fire proof than run any more risk
of having our records burned or
destroyed as this would cause the
taxpayers of Crook county so much
litigation that it would be hard to
tell where it would stop and cost
n.ore than the extravagant court
house could possibly.
What has raised the $88,000 in
Crook county is the timber land
land that haa been taken up and
patented. This is one of Crook
county's assets that the band of
man has not made valuable. This
timber was here before the white
man ever saw the country and I
do not think the resident taxpayer
ever tnrned a hand to assist nature
in the production of the yellow
pine that grows in Crook county
or anywhere else. If the lumber
companies and timber speculators
had not come, in and bought the
timber lands of Crook county it
would not have been worth any
more today than it was ten years
ago, so if these men want the tim
ber let them pay taxea on it. It
will belp the county to have this
money distributed in all parts of
it. 1 his money is sent into the
country and is a clear gain.
THAT ROAD MONEY.
It is claimed that the western
part of Crook county does not get
any money for roads, i. e., around
Laidlaw, and from the Sisters to
Bend it is impossible to haul loads
over them. Each road district
gets from the county court the
amount of cash that is raised by
the road levy in that district, and
each voter is taxed $3 in cash
which the supervisor collects and
expends on the roads. This law
was passed by the legislature, I
think, two years or more ago. I
do not see where the settlers on
the lands taken under the Carey
Act have any kick coming for our
county gives them the full amount
that is due them. If they do not
get it they should have some one
look into it and see that they get
every cent that is raised in their
district for road purposes, but
don't ask me to help make roads
outside of my own road district, as
I think it would not be fair to
make you work and pay in my
district.
THE BURDEN OP A NEW COUNTY.
Who the prime movers are in
this dividing of Crook county I do
not know, but I do know that they
are agitating a cause that will be a
hardship on the taxpayers of the
new county for years to come,
The chances are that the bonds
that would be sold to build a court
house would not bring 50 cents on
the dollar. Granted that they
brought dollar for dollar these
bonds would have to be paid and I
say tnat 1 do not oeueve tney
would be able to build a court
house in the western part of Crook
county for $50,000; if they did
they would have to do better than
they have done in anything I have
seen built in western Crook so far
This slop that the prime movers
are throwing out to the taxpayers
that Drake or the D. L & P. Co.
will give these buildings to be used
as a court house for five years is
nothing more than slop sweetened
and the pulling of wool over the
eyes of the taxpayers who do not
stop to think what they are doing
when they sign a petition for a
new county. When they look ihe
thing square in the face they will
see they have made a mistake.
ARE VOTERS TAXPAYERS?
Western Crook claims they have
three-fifths of the voters or more.
I wonder if these three-fifths
voters pay three-fifths of the taxes
of Crook county? If they do, I er
one, am in favor of a nejr count.
If they do not then I am againtt
it. Just because you are a voter
you are not a taxpayer unless you
pay taxes. Justly and morally
you have no right to sign a pe
tition to move a court house or di
vide a county as you might there
by put a burden on the taxpayer
and producer of Crook county that
would be wrong.
I know there are men living in
Crook county on homesteads and
on timber lands who do not in
tend to live in Crook county after
they have made proof any more
than I have of going to live in
China or some other foreign coun
try. These men are not bona fide
voters of Crook county nor are
they - bona fide taxpayers. They
are here only because tbey think
they can eet a timber claim by
homes teading and as soon as proof
is made will go borne to their
families.
AS APPEAL TO HONEST MEN.
Now. I want to appeal to the
fair-minded man of western Crook.
I know there are a good many of
them and a good many honest set
tlers. I know there are some who
will not have to hold the candle
for the so-called grafters of Prine
ville. These so-called grafters of
Prineville, I must say, have run
Crook county's affairs in a very eco
nomical way. Crook county is one
of the few counties in the state that
has no indebtedness and never has
had since I have lived in the coun
ty, and I must say they have done
exceptionally well
ALL BOSH.
Of course, as these prime movers
say, western Crook will make the
richest county in Oregon. This is
a little more slop. It has been es
timated that the timber lands
along the Deschutes river carry as
much as twelve billion feet of lum
ber. Just how many townships of
yellow pine there are in Crook
county I am unable to say, but if
there are only twelve billion feet it
is not as much as I believe I can
find. Townships of fir timber in
Linn, Marion or Clackamas coun
ties will carry twelve or fourteen
billion to the township. Theiefore
I do not think that western Crook
has any great wealth of timber,
and as for this new county being
the ricbest in Oregon that is a mis
take pure and simple at the pres
ent time. It will take years to de-
; velop it so that it will be a rich
county as the farming lands are
hard to develop on account of the
dry character of the land. Take
for instance the Haystack country
and the Agency Plains. Three
years ago the farmers bad a good
crop in the Haystack section but
the last two years have been more
or less a failure and consequently
i not to be depended upon as yet
These things should be taken into
consideration before we take the
step that the western part of Crook
county anticipates.
LOW TAXES.
As for our taxes today they are
lower than they were five or six
years ago. I do not doubt but
that some are assessed higher than
they were five or 6ix years ago. If
they have no more to be assessed
than at that time they are at a
standstill, perhaps using their
time kicking about high taxes
instead of trying to better their
station in life . What interests me
more than anything else concern
ing taxes is not the amount I have
to pay, so long as they are not ex
orbitant, but the amount of money
a county has to spend for the bet-
lerment of roads and bridges. If
this money is spent as it should be
it will all stay in the county and I
do not tbink the taxpayer is hurt
if he pays less this year than he
did last year and still raise a large
revenue for the expenses of the
county. If, however, the con
ditions are reversed, and you pay
more this year and get less than
last year then the taxpayer has
cause for a kick and he should
kick hard.
There is no doubt that things
are done in our county court at
Prineville that do not meet the ap
proval of everybody. This hap
lns in every county in the state.
We cannot all see alike and some
will censure and some will ap
prove. In the Journal of January 17,
1907, there are some pretty hot
shots at A. M. Drake and John II.
Kyan. I do not believe that hot
words and vituperation will do
any good and they should be
avoided as much as possible. A.
M. Drake has done as much for
Crook county as any man in it. I
believe he will protect the settler
on the irrigated land around Bend
as much as any one will, and that
he is a friend of these people, but I
know that some of the citizens of
IV nd give him a bard name, and I
know or at least I think so, with
out cause:
SIGN A REMONSTRANCE.
I will ask every fair-minded
man that is a taxpayer in Crook
county to sign a remonstrance
against the creation of a new coun
ty at the present time. If he will
stop and study this matter awhile
he will see this as I do, for the
simple reason that it will be
cheaper to the taxpayers to run
one county court than it will to
run two and we will have a better
chance to keep down graft and be
in a stronger position to call a
halt. Therefore, let every taxpay
er set his foot down and say I will
not stand for county division.
I have tried to write this with
out giving offense to any one and
hope that this will meet with the
approval of all taxpayers in Crook
county. Yours respectfully,
John Atkinson.
Hotiea to Debtors.
All persons knowing themselves to
le indebted to the old firm of Wurx
weiler & Thomson, by note or other
wise, are requested to call at once
and ninke settlement at the office of
M. R. Bigji where we are now locat
ed. All aeeouuts not settled within
30 days will lie placed in the hands ot
a lawyer for collection.
Dated thi824, day of January, 1907.
A. Thomson,
tf Arthur Hodges.
APPLICATIONS FOR GRAZING
PERMITS Notice Is hereby given
that nil applications for permit to
grazecattle, horses, and sheep within
the BLUE MOUNTAINS FOREST
RESERVE ( Weetern Division) during
the sensou of l'J07, must lie filed iu
my office at Prineville, Oregon, on or
liefore Feb. 20, 1007. Full informa
tion In regard to the grazing fees to
be charged, and blank forms to be
used In making application, will be
furnished upon request. A. S. Irb
land, Supervisor. l-24-5t
Estray Notice.
There came to my premises a white
face yearling steer with hole in left ear
and swallow fork in right ear, branded
T on right shoulder. Inquire or ad
dress J. H. Gray, Prineville, Or. 1-10
oianico uaronouse o. k
Shfniko, Oregon
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General Storage, Forwarding
AND
Commission Merchants
Dealers in Blacksmith Coal, Flour, Barbed Wire.
Nuils, Cement, Lime, Coal Oil, Plaster, Sulphur,
Wool and Grain, Sucks and Twine, Grain and Feed.
Agents for Wasco Warehouse Milling Go's. "White
River" and "Dulles Patent" Flour. Highest price
paid for Hides and Pells.
Special Attention is paid to
Haling for Eastern Shipments.
Wool Grading and
Stock Yards with nil the latest and best facilities
for Handling Stock.
Ujork 2onr Soods in
"S. 20. Co. "
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Wood Bids W anted.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will tie received lv Crook County unto
Murch 7, 11M)7, for0 cortls of wood, either
(irv or nru.il sound body iuniner wood
lour feet Innir, or green iine wood 16 or 22
inches or four (eet long. Kids to specify
kind noil uuauty mid length of wood and
price per cord, and to be delivered on or
before Oclolier 15, l!R7, at the Court House
and High Hchoot building iu Prineville,
Or. All bids to be tiled with the county
clerk.
lty order of the court.
1-17 Waurkn Drown, County Clerk.
FOR SALiK
DANDY BOB
Thoroughbred Poland China Boar,
farrowed April 19, 1006. A fine
pig. Pedigree furnished.
Black Lnncshan. Cockerels also
for sale. E. C. PARK,
Redmond, Oregon.
For Sale
Dr. McLaughlin
Hay colt coming fl-year-old next
June; sired by Schmeer's "Caution,
he by "Caution" 2:2,"), the great
speed sire of the Northwest.; he by
"Electioneer, tirst dam Nora by
Altngo; second, Netty Piper Orlco
84(l; third, Hatcher mure, Vermont
fourth, Thoroughbred. Thin colt
will make a 1150-pound horse; a mire
trotter; Ilia breeding Is gilt-edge, and
It you want a first class tttock horse,
one that la bred of the best trotting
blood in America, don t overlook
him. For further particulars inquire
at Juniper lluttc Stock Kanch.
Gatewood Mining & Trading Company
OF HOWARD, CROOK. COUNTY, OREGON
Capitalization 500,000 Shares.
Treasury Stock 100,000, Par Value Non Assessable.
Subscription Price $1.00 per Share
Paying from the grass roots down.
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 paying 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 owq 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, Ilaggin, and a
host of others have made their money from mines and
the development of them.
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Send all Subscriptions and Correspondence to the
Gatewood Mining & Trading Company
Further Information of thU valuabl
property will bo aont on roquott
HOWARD, Crook County, OREGON
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