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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 7, 1907.
VOL. XI
NO. 8
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FOR' THE WEEK BEGINNING FEBRUARY 11th
Shetland KIoh, regular 10c val
ue -special nt,
Heavy Outing', regular 12c to
lfto values 10 yard for. .8!e
I.mlW Fimt Black 25e Hohh spe
cial nt.
.13c
Men's Heavy Outing Flannel
Night Sliirtt. reRuhir 11.25
. , values njdiil nt( . , , , . . ,0Ke.
! diiV Fine Hemstitched Hand
kerchief,
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worth 12c,
serial
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Men's All Wool iluiililu liriJixifil
Umlrrruits, worth 12.60 per
(!rnn nt -'v;il at Mta
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llov's Heavy Hihhed School
Ho'f,""reKulr 35c grade spe
rial nt 22c
Ladiea' framli-M lilnck I lone
regular 20c gum!, now. ... .7c
Men' RftO to 16.00
sted Dress I'anta
M'r pair
Fine Wor--2K)
fnira
$2.49
Men's 1 leu vy Mr) ton Keraey
Overcoat, aim) Kngliwh Uls
ters, worth 112.60 to $2000
now 1(1.5)5 to 112.5)5
600 pair Men's Women' and
Children' Hhoeg, special now
at ....... 4Hc lo $2.76 per pair
GROCERIES
Alaska Salmon, secial at
this sale 7c can
Pure Apple Jelly in clour
glass tnmt'liTi ,.l!:
One ran Condensed - Houp
rcial at , ,5o
(.Lie quart Dill fickle, sjirial
at 14
One hur White Laundry soap
pjH-eial at 0u
One har Fine Savon soap
special at 3c
One pound Mocha and Java
Coffee, regular 40c grade
ledl at , 2 to
One plop Dipper Tobacco
iipecirtl nt . . .22c
These, only reprecehl a few of
the'nnmeroua bargain in our
store -thin space will not per
mit us to quota them all.
These, goods are first clan
values at tho regular prices
and you are respectfully re
quested to call in at our store
and f ecu re some of these hig
bargain. :: :: :: :: ::
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Wc lire now conductini; a ircncral Clearance bale, great reuuet- am
ions are beiuR made on all of our lines of Dry Goods, Ladies' and
dent's Furnishings, Notions, etc. The following prices on shoes
will be maintained until the arrival of our New-Spring Stock.
$2.25 UdkV Shoes for $1.50 60o Miwe' and Children's j $2.00 Misses' and Children's
$2 75 Ladies' Shoes for 1.65 Shoes for 25c Shoes for $1.10
$3 00 Ladie Shoes for 1,75 90o blisses' and Children's $2.25 Misses' and Children's
$3.25 Lad.es' Shoes f..r 1.85 ,or 60c Bb( tot'' 12S
$3.50 Lndies Shoes for 2.00 $1.00 Missm'and Childn-n's $2 50 Misses' and Children's
$1.25 Ladies' Shot-s for 2.50 . Shoes for. ,.a..60c Shoe for ..$1.50
$4.50 Ladies' Shoes for 2.65 $1.50 Misses, and Children's $2.75 Misses' and Children's
$500 Ladies' Shoes for 2.75 Shoes for .......85c Shoes for.... ...... $1.65
CLAYPOOL BROS.
' 1'HINEVILLli, OREGON
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PRINEVILLE
CUT OFF
No Mail from the Out
side for a Week.
RAILROADS BLOCKED
Roadbed and Bridges Carried
Away on the Colombia
Southern. -
Prineville has been practically
cut off from the outside world for
a week. No Portland mail has
been rceived since last Thursday
and no telephone communication
beyond Shaniko. The recent
heavy fall of snow followed by
rain is what has caused the
trou I de.
Firt there was a big washout of
some three hundred feet of road
bed on the Columbia Southern
near Wasco, then some of the
bridges followed the roadbed into
the gully. . Traffic has been at a
standstill ever since. The work of
repair was going ahead nicely for
a few days when orders were re
ceived directing the workmen to
proceed to The Dalles to help raise
the snow blockade on the main
line. Some twenty-four inches of
snow is reported to have fallen at
that point. As matters now stand
it is impossible to say when-we
may expect mail from the railroad.
It is thought that it will be the
first of next week before any sort
of regularity is established
While the recent fall of about
thirteen inches of snow in this
county was quite a novelty to the
newer residents hereabout, it was
not a new experience to the old
settlers. The non-arrival of mail
from outside points for .a few days
was counted a trivial matter com
pared with what people had to go
through not many years ago.
It was during' the winter of 1S31
and 1882 that six feet of snow fell
around The Dalles and it remain
ed on the ground for twenty-eight
days. No mail was received at
Prineville during that time.
The heaviest fall of snow and
snow that remained on the ground
for the longest time known in
these parts was three and a half
feet thai fell about the 25th of
February, 1885. It blockaded the
roads to such an extent that no
mail was received or communica
tion was had from any outside
point for twenty-three davs.
The coldest weather known in
these parts was experienced in the
winter of 1887, when the mercury
went so low that it failed to regis
ter. Mercury freezes at 40 below
ero so you can imagine how cold
it was, said an old-timer to a Jour
nal representative.
The hardest winter on stock and
the one causing the greatest loss
in the county was known as the
double winter of 1892, when cat
tlemen fed until February 24. and
then turned out their stock in good
Shaniko Warehouse Co.
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General Storage, Forwarding
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Commission Merchants
Dealers in' Hlncksinilh Conl, Flour, Barbed Wire,
Nails, 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 Pelts. .
Special Attention is paid to
Haling for Eastern Shipments.
Wool Grading and
Stock Yards with all the latest and best facilities
for Handling StH'k. . -
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Wood BlOs Wanted.
Notice is hereby iriven that sealed bids
will bo received uv Crook rounty up to
March 7, 1907, for SO cords of wood, either
drv or irrtvn sound ImhIvl iunlper wood
lour feet Iuiik, or green, pine wood 16 or 22
iiu'hea or four feet lone. Jiids to specify
kind snd quality and length of wood and
nice per com, una to ou tiuiiveruu on or
efore Oetolwr 15, 1SHJ7, at the Court House
and HiKhHohool building in Prineville,
Or. All bids to be tiled with the county
clerk. '
Hy order of the court.
1-17 Warrkn Hkown, County Clerk.
FOR SALE
DANDY BOB
Thoroughbred Poland China Boar,
farrowed April 19, 100b. A fane
pig. Pedigree furnished.
Black Langsuan Uockerels also
for pale. E. C. PARK,
Redmond, Oregon.
weather and on good grass. On
the second of March there was a
heavy fall of snow and very cold
winds set in. Th loss of cattle
was tremendous. A light estimate
placed the number at 40 per cent.
Some cattlemen and sheepmen lost
everything they had.
No, this little flurry we have
had during the past week is noth
ing at all when compared with
what the pioneers have gone
through, said a grizzled veteran of
the range the other day.
Mrs. Backmaa May Recover.
Last week we announced the
fatal accident near Madras where
by Henry J. Bachman lost his life
and Mrs. Bachman waa not expect
ed to live. It is now thought that
Mrs. Bachman will recover. We
glean the following additional par
ticulars frm the Madras Pioneer:
"Mrs. Bachman tells the story
of the explosion. Mr. Bachman
wss engaged in digging a well and
put the dynamite in the oven of
the cook stove just before break
fast to thaw it out. After it had
been there for some time he went
to the elove and picked tip one of
the four sticks to examine it, say
ing that it had not been in there
long enough yet. Just as he laid
the stick of dynamite back fn the
stove the awful explosion occurred.
Mr. Bachman was thrown to the
floor and laid as though dead.
Recovering from the shock Mrs.
Bachman found the contents; of
the house blown into a heap, and
boards falling from above had
blocked the door, but a window
had been blown out and through
this she reached the outside. She
screamed for help and at the same
time made her way to a horse
which was tied to the fence near
at hand and tried to mount it to
ride for assistance but was too
weak to mount. M. W. Bennett a
neighbor living- half a mite away
heard the explosion and later,
Mrs. Bachman's calls for help and
came as last as be could, the
wife saw smoke coming from the
house by this time and going to
the open window called to her
husband whom she thought was
dead, telling him the house was
afire and that he must set out or
perish, and then overcome with in
creasing weakness she collapsed
just outside the window. How the
husband made his way to the open
window and fell out upon the
ground by the side of his wife will
probably never be known but there
is where Mr. Bennett found them
unconscious when he arrived,
while the flames of the burning
house were flashing out over them
setting their clothing on fire and
structure was on the verge of fall
ing. Mr. Bennett snatched a
horse blanket and rolling the man
in it, dragged him to safety and
then the woman, whose position
was not so perilous, was rescued."
Brlna: In those old chilled plow
shares and have them ground for 25
cents each and save from 50 to 75
centa In buying new ones. Frtnevllle
Machiue Shop. 12-I3tf
Changed Hands.
B. F. Johnson has sold his wood
business to C. D. Calbreath and J. O.
Powell, who will continue the same.
All accounts due the said B. F. John
son must be paid at once. - Thank
ing the public for their liberal
patronage and trusting a continu
ance of the same will be extended to
my successors, I remain, yours truly,
It B. F, Johnson.
A FEW POINTED
QUESTIONS
Bend, January 28, 1907.
Editor Journal Just another
word about county division. To
begin with I, would lik to ask
Frank Hodson of Bend to explain
why he told me that Smith &
Wilts of Sisters were assessed at
f 11,000, and Elkins of Prineville
waa advertising a 170,000 stock of
goods for sale, and that the high
est assessment of any store in
Prineville was only $90007 ,
That timber lands were assessed
at 11000 on the Deschutes while in
the Blue mountains they were
valued at only $500, especially the
timber held by Prineville people?
I want to say that Hodson was
talking just to hear his head rattle,
or perhaps be was too bright a
light for the people he came in
contact with. I want to say that
what he told me I believe is not
the case. I will give bim a few
figures on assessments and here
they are:
Smith & Wilt are not assessed
at $11,000. Their stock of mer
chandise was assessed at $3,000
and notes and accounts $2,000.
The total property ' assessed to
Smith & Wilt is 22 horses, 26
cattle, half section of land with
improvements, town lots in Sisters
with improvements, etc. on every
thing given in to the assessor, the
valuation was placed at $7210.
How is that for misrepresentation?
Wurzweiler & Thomson . were as
sessed at $40,000 on their store in
Prineville alone. R. . Simpson
$9000.
. A. Sather of Bend is assessed
at 250C. I want to ask Mr. Hod
son if Mr. Sather of Bend has not
a larger stock of goods than Smith
& Wilt?, I believe he has, and if
this is the case why did he not re
fer me to the stocks of goods that
are carried at Bend? Have these
stocks been carried at a lower rate
than other stores of the county
and the new county boomers want
it kept quiet?
Timber lands in the Blue moun
tains are assessed at ou per
claim of 160 acres. The records
will show in the sale of timber
lands that the holdings on the
Deschutes will bring a much
higher price than in the Blue
mountains. The Deschutes sales
will average $1500, some transfers
going for $2500 How about the
Blue mountain timber? Two of
the best claims there brought a
thousand each not long ago, and
there is no demand at all for the
rest of it. -'.
Another great gag he gave the
people on the Deschutes river was
that it was cheaper to build one
court house than it was to build
two court houses, and that Mr.
Drake or the ditch company was
going to donate the use of their
buildings at Bend for the new
county for five years or perhaps
some other space of time. I hope
that Mr. Hodson , did not take
some one's word for his assessment
figures and that he can prove them
to be true for my eyes seldom fail
me in reading figures. My
opinion is that misrepresentation
was used to get people to sign the
petitions up here.
It has been said that the timber
companies on the Deschutes river
can be milked for the taxes. I
think the timber companies would
pay taxes a good deal like the rail
roads do pay as much of the as
sessment as they see fit. It would
then fall on the farmers and then
we would know what we were pay
ing. . ,
I want to ask how much of a
tax is being paid on the segrega
tions that have been taken under
the Carey Act? There has not
been one foot of these lands pat
ented to the state. The state can
not make a deed to any of this
land nntil it gets a patent, there
fore the lands are not taxable.
You can hear that they will set
deeds to these lands right away.
My opinion is tbey will not be
patented to the state until each
segregation has complied with the
contract under the Carer Act and
that - may be eight or ten years
yet. Johh Atkwson.
Henry Ireland Assumes Control
Orders were received here late
last week by S. 8. Tenill, the For
est Reserve supervisor, to turn
over the control of the office to
Henry Ireland, who had been a
deputy under A. 8. Ireland, in the
western division at Prineville and
bad reached here a day or two be
fore accompanied by his wife and
son. By the same order Mr. Ter
rill was made deputy under Mr.
Ireland, but he concluded that the
act was one of demotion and there
upon tendered his resignation,
after having taken a receipt for the
property and papers under his con
trol. M. L Erickson, the special
agent, was here to assist in its
transfer. Late in the week he was
called upon for a statement as to
the why.
"The Blue Mountain Forest Re
serve, said Mr. Erickson, "was
created n a somewhat different
manner from the others. It is on
such a basis as to involve much
clerical work In the way of reports
to headquarters. Mr. Ireland is
mere of a clerical man than Mr.
lemll, hence the change. Mr.
Ireland will be at once provided
with an office assistant and in the
spring a deputy will probably be
naiqed. Very likely the force of
rangers will tften be increased."
Mr. It eland, who is a very pleas
ant gentleman, said he knew that
there was more work than he can
do and is anxious for his office as
sistant to put in an appearance.
Both he and Mr. Erickson say
that tho matter of headquarters be
ing changed is all nonsense.
Pendleton would be altogether out
of the way for the transaction of
business, save in the matter of
making allotments and that is
only a very small part of the work
involved. The matter of office lo
cations is vested wholly with the
department officials and not a mat
ter of political pull or favor. The
western division office is to be
moved 'Irptn Prineville to John
Day in order that the supervisor
and , his rangers may be near
er the center of their summer work,
Blue Mountain American.
Livery Outfit for Sals. f
Consisting of Buggies and Hacks,
one Democrat Wagon with Springs,
one 3-luch Shutler Wagon. The
above two wagons are almost as
good as new. Several head of horses,
saddles nud harness. Will sell this
outfit all together, or separate. In
quire at this office. , j :
'"sjBe-ejs"jTWs-0-eMs
Gatewood Mining &; Trading Company
OF HOWARD, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON f
For Sale
Dr. McLaughlin
liny colt coining 3-year-old next
June; sired by Schineer's "Cautlou,"
lie by "Caution" 2:2o, the great
Hpeed sire of the worth west; he by
"Hleetloneer," first dam Nora by
Altago; second, Netty Piper Orleo
84iil: third, Hatcher mare, Vermont;
fourth, Thoroughbred. This colt
will make a 1150 pound horse; a sure
trotter; his breeding Is gilt-edge, and
If you want a llrst class stock horse,
one t hat Is bred of the best trotting
blood in America, don't overlook
him. For further particulars Inquire
at Juniper Butte Stock Kanch.
1-3-lmp JOHN SCHMEEIl.
Capitalization 500,000 Shares.
Treasury Stock 100,000, Pair Value Non Assessable.
Subscription Price $1.00 per Share,
Paying from the grass roots down.
! The property consists of 33 claims in the South
i eastern part of Crook county, on the head waters of
; the Ochoco river. There is an abundance of water
j for power purposes and some of the best timber in the
! county is located on these claims. The economic con
t ditions for mining could not be better.
I The mine3 are now on a paying basis, but with
1 additional machinery they can be made a big dividend
j 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
s probabilities be the last offered for sale. It will be
: sold at 81.00 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.
AIsq 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
Gatewood Mining & Trading Company
V-r HOWARD, Crook County, OREGON