4 Crook 'County Journal PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 14, 1907. VOL XI NO. 9 jJjkJwJl.Jl.JI.-lk u r i I. j r i t j r i u r i u ri I. J ri ij r i k J t 1 LJ r i M t. j ri L 4 r i lj r i u r i u u r 1 t. j r i LJ r.i k j r L J ri k j r i k j r i k J n k j .n k'J r.i k j r i k-j r n k'J r i LJ M k J ri LJ r i LJ ri wj r - LJ r 1 k'J r i LJ k"j r.l k j ri k'J i LJ ri k'J r.i k,"j r i k J r.i LJ r;l k .1 r L J r t LJ ri k'J r i LJ r..i LJ r i LJ r i LJ r i k j r i k J r, i LJ ri L'J r i Mail Orders Promptly Filled Send your name and Get Premium Book FREE BY MAIL i. j.jkjJj But Until Then You Can Get The Following: All Heavy Outing lfw mini', in Klriln rn Shetland Klos, icj.miI I.iuli -' Regular now l ... . ;J7r Dres Kfgul.tr tit . . . I.nl, Regular 17.50 Dre now nt . . . . l.mlio' Kino KinUlicd I. 00 values, now Hi Ltlie' Finn Finish I 17 n ion t.M villus, now These are but a few of the many hundreds of specialties to be found at C. W. ELKINS MAIN STREET, PRINEVILLE, OREGON LJ r.rnrnriirir inr.irinririr ir ir iMrririrrinnnririnriririririri LULJI.!Ji.JLJLJLJLJI.jLJLJLJLjLJLJLJLL'Jl.Jl.ill.jLJLJL,JLJLJLjLjl.JLJLJLJLJ 0 ?4 T ?4 ?4 ! 4 4 ?4 Wc urc now conducting a general Clearance Sale, great reduct ions are being made on all of our lines of Dry Goods, Ladies and (Jem's Furnishings, Notions, etc. The following prices on shoes will be maintained until the arrival of our New Spring Stock. 2.'.5 U.li' Shoe for $1.50 50e Misses' und Children's 2.00 Misses and Children's 12 75 Lmlie' Shoes for 1.65 Shoes for 25c Shoes for $1.10 ;(X) Lrnln Shoes for 1.75 UOo Misses' und Children's $2.25 Mioses and Children's $3.25 Ud.es' Shoes for 1.85 S1,WM ,,,r 60c Shoes for $1.25 $3.50 Ladies' Shoes for 2.00 $1.00 Misses' and Children's $2 50 Misses' and Children's $1.25 Ladies' Shoes for 2.50 l" ,,,r 60c 8horH for $L50 $4.50 Ludies' Shoes for 2.65 $1.50 Misses, and Children's $2.75 Misses' and Children's $500 Ludies' Shoes for 2.75 Shoes for 85c Shoes for. $1.65 CLAYPOOL BROS. 5Tv:vvry&X Shaniko TlhiFehouse Co. Shnniko, Oregon General Storage, Forwarding AND Commission Merchants o Dealers in Hlneksniith Coal, Fou, Barbed Wire, , Nails, Cement, Lime, Coal Oil, Plaster, Sulphur, Wool and Grain, Sacks and Twine, drain and Feed. Agents for Wasco Warehouse Milling Co's. "White. River" and "Dulles Patent" Flour. Highest price' paid for Hides and Pelts. ' Special Attention is paid to Haling for Eastern Shipments. Stock Yards with all the for, Handling Stock. TIfork 2our Soods in "S. U. Co." J.UUUJLjCjLjkJwJl.Jl.JI.JUJLJtJLjLJl.JLJLJtiLJLJLJLJLj POSI T IV ELY Not After March 2nd regular 12 ic to 9c l,adie' Kin Finished 12 00 values, now. ir 10V value Men's Fin 8u - 7Jc SkirlH, tpe(illl $2.55 Men's Hand Finished Suspenders, regular 7.rc values, now 46c Sit irt, nc'i:il $4.69 Men's Fine Dn-x now Skirls, f in! $5.49 Men's Heavy Overcoat, regular 15.00 value now $9.25 Suite, n jru lur 69c Roy's Fine SuitK, 13.50 values, CIililB N.ixnrcth SuilM, $1.22 t?f iTI I tT 1 PKINEVILLH, OKliGON TvX CvS v Tv Tv S8 f Wool (Irading and latest and best facilities of L J ri k j r.i k j r.i l j r i k j ri k j r,.i k j r.i l j r i k j r.i k'J ri LJ r i LJ r i k j r i L J r.i LJ ri LJ r 1 L J r.i l j r.i LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ ri LJ ri U r i LJ r.i wj r.i k j r. i LJ ri L J r.i k j r.i l j r i LJ r i LJ r i k j r i L J r i L J r i L J r.i L J r i L J r.i L J ri L J r.i LJ r.i L J ri L J r.i L J Union Suit, regular $1.57 Hnders, regular 35c value . 19c Pant; regular f5.00 values $3.25 4 yenr to 8 now Waits, now. regular $2.29 ... 21c r r i L J r.i LJ r.ii LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ r i LJ r.i LJ ' .1 LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ riririnif":f! k JLJkJUJW-J 1 1 1 1 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Wood Hid.s Wanted. Notice is hereby given that waled bid will be received by Crook County up to March 7, 1W7, for SO vonU of wood, eillipr dry or Kre.'ii sound boclv juniper wood lour tcct lonx, or gnvix puie wooit id or rj inches or four feet long, llids to npisjify kind and uualitv and UmKth of wood and rice )er cord, and to be delivered on or efore October 15, l!H)7, at the Court House and Hili School building in t'rincville, Or. All bids to be ti led with the county sink. lty order of the court. 1-17 Warrkn liaowN, County Clerk. Thoroughbred Poland China Boar For Service. Black Lnngshans, Stock and Eggs for sale.' E. C. PARK, Redmond, Oregon. For Sale Dr. McLaughlin liny colt 'coming 3-yeir-old next June; Hired by Scluneer'a "('autlon," he Iky "Cant Ion" '2-:2:, the jiivat speed sire of the Northwest; he by "Kleettoiieer," first rimn Nora by Altnu'o; second, Netty l'ljier Orlco S4til; third, Hatcher mare, Vermont; fourth, Thoroughbred. This volt will make a ll;U-iomul horne; a suit' trotter; his breeding Is ullt-edge, and If you want a flrst-elasH stock horse, one that Is bred of the best trotting blood In America, don t overlook him. Kor f art her particular! Inquire at Juniper mute Stock Kanrli. 11 nip JOHN KCHMEIJH. A SEWERAGE SYSTEM Is Something that Prine ville Needs. THE Cin HAS PASSED Tie Primitive Age Modern Meth od of Sanitation De manded. We are glad to note that Prine ville is awakening to the necessity of devising some means by which the sewage of the city may by dis K)xed of instead of allow it to saturate the ground and eventual ly becoming a estilent breeder. No living Wing van be healthy while the products of its vital sys tem are allowed to accumulate around it. Even the lower organ isms are injuriously affected by the continued presence of their own excreta. In the case of higher animals, including man, the earli est remedy to prevent self-poison ing has U-en migration; but with the increase of number and fried habitations this has become more and more limited, necessitating the construction of artificial methods for the disposal of the excreinen titious waste product. ( The choice of two methods are possible to the people of this city. One would be to so construct the main sewer that it would diucharge into Crooked river, but this plan would not work well in the summer time, esjeciallv during the period of low water. Then ther-nuld le oposition on the part of those living down on the river. Natural Iv thev would not want its waters polluted. The other method sug gested, and the only reasonable one, would be the septic tank bvs tern. This system is to provide a means by which the sewage can slowly pass through a specially constructed tank, out of contact with light ami air, and be broken by vegetable organisms which live in or on decaying animal and vegetable matter. 1 hese organ isms, unlike the higher planU, do not take their oxygen from the air, hut from dead animal or vegetable matter by decomposing it, and ap pear in immense numbers as soon as the air and sunlight are exclud ed. They find a muss of highly offensive waste material; they leave a large quantity of carbon dioxide and water containing some marsh gas, a little ammonia and a trace of nitrates and potash. All the . results of this process are harmless to animal life and fret from offensive ordors. Not onlv ate the organic substances of the sewage disposed of completely by these bacteria, but they also de stroy their disease-producing breth ren. The outflow from the tnk is fairly clean and free from offensive odors; and sewage which has been acted upon in the septic tank and further acted upon when it issues from the tank by sunlight, can safely be discharged into a water course or used for irrigating pur poses practically free from all disease-producing germs and there fore harmless. From this it would seem that the logical method of disposal would be the use of the septic tank. However, the ques tion of methods can be taken up when the matter of ways and means has been decided upon. Let up first decide whether we want a sewerage system at all or not. I think all will agree that the business section and the thickly settled residential part of the city need it badly. It should have been put in long ago. Then how can we best go about it? First, we must repeal the ordinance limiting the bonded indebtness of the city to $5000. That ordinance was all right when it was passed years ago, but Prineville has grown and made great strides in every di rection since then. We have out- grown village condition and must now assume the larger responsibili ties incident to a growing young city. With the ordinance out of the way the city can be bonded for the construction of the work and the people of the present time can enjoy pome of the benefits that would ret.ult and not be burdened with very much expense. A sink- ng fund could le provided and the next generation could take up the bonds with little or no incon venience. NO MAILS' NO TRAINS W. J. Hclimldt of Howard, arrived In f'rlnevllle Tuesday evening from a iiiHliietut trip to Portland. Mr Schmidt doe not bring encouraging reports of au early resumption of mall Mervlce. When he left Portland lajtt Friday train were not running on the ). It. & N., no he took paiutage on a boat which lauded him near Hood Klver. Home time during Friday night an eiut-bound uatutenger train went through which waa the first wince the preceding Saturday. Portland, Mr. Schmidt says. In nearly im badly oft a we are when it conn to ouUtlde communication. Mi-wmgin for The Dalle are nentby Salt Ijike and San Frantinco. Arriving at Tim Halle Mr. Kchraldt took the stage for Shaniko. He hi lent two day and two night on the road 'and ome of thin time wan put In hooting it. Bridge were wnshed out necetwltatlng wide de tour through the field. He reach ed Shaniko all right but found con fusion worw confonnded. I ou could hear almoxt -anything. One report would declare that no men were working on the Columbia Southern and would not be until the main line wa opened. Then after a little talk with Mr. O'Shea, who ha a big band of cattle awaiting ship ment, it wa learned that train would be running In a day or two. So there you are. These conflicting report have filtered through to Prineville nud we are no wiser now than we were a week ago. The roads lietween here and Shall! ko are very heavy and washout are frequent. In coming down tow can yon the stage wa overturned and everybody lumied Into the snow. Mr. Schmidt Bays he had been ex isting It and bad the lap roties ready for such an emergency. No body wa hurt and the pnengers laughingly scrambled back Into the hack. Mr. Schmidt left today for hi home at Howard. Jury List for 1907. The following is the jnry list for the Circuit Court for the vear 1907 : H C Able, Jno W Barnee, Reuben Booton, T F Bnchanon, E A Btmsett, J O Can trill, Albert Canning, H V Carlin, C A Colby, A S Collins, Henry Cram, Ward Cram, C H . Iaily, Samuel .Dingey, James Dyer, H P Evans, C H Elkins, Frank Forest, Hiram Gibsoi , O c Gray, David Grimes, David Hamar, J 11 Haner, Ed Harbin, Roy Harvey, cH Hill, Geo Hobbs, S E Hodges, J W Horigan, G W Jones, John Kemmling, V H Kinder, J W Kitching, A DLowry, Geo Luckev, A P Mackey, Wm Marks, j B Merrill, W H Messinger, R P Miller, Geo Millican, G L Milliorn, J IS Mink ler. J A Mottit, j M Montgomery, O c Mow, T F MeCallister, A A Mccord, D A McDowell, G Perry, M D Powell, Prineville; John VV Allen, Thomas Arnold, chas Buchanan, N N Brown, R A dark, V E claypool, c L Dennison, J K Edwards, W A Foley, T J Fryrear, H E Glazier, Ed A Graham, c J Hindman, Jasper Johnson, J E Meeker, Lewis Mc callister, cE Person, Sisters; carl H Anderson, E F Batten, chas B Btown, A L Goodwillie, A H Grant, E A Grif tint j N Hunter, Henry Liniter, F O Minor, Hugh O'Xane, Frank Oreutt, J H Overttirf, H M Phillips, Bend ; W H Bunt a, O G collver, O M cvrus, Geo W Dodson, O c Hale, Jesse Ilarcrow, H J Healy, F S Hoffman, W c Hunter, Tj Leach, F M Loveland, R A Merchant, R M Morris, j 11 Osborn, W H Peck, cul ver; H P Andrews, js W Barbridge, J 11 Davis, j L Gard, Nelson Grewell, G J Hardy, F M Heath, j II Homey, P Hud son, Ira Isham, E A Jenkins. N S Jen nings, B S Larkin, 3 T Leeds, L M Loucks, Peter Marnaek, j W Melton, j5 T Mcllorgne, F W North, Madras; A A Biker, J L Breeding, i B Brown, R O carland, V F Hammer, Haystack; M L Barney, j G dark, Alex friend, Is Hamilton, Ashwood; H A Beck, W A carson, t. Uillenwater, VV W Harris, J H Kelley, Roseoe Knox, D Koopman, M Morgan, E V Nelson, i P Pickett, Wal lace Post John Price, Post; I M Blevins, j B cornett, c c Hon, A c Knighten, Ed Mefritt, c W Porter, Howard ; A i coen, G W Homer, jas Kiernan, w w Long, c S Pinkham, Laidlaw ; George Bogue, D A Finuley, J N Maston, Rowland; Charles Bowlsby, S J Pouthit, w 11 Foo ter, J w Gilchrist, c R Henry, w c Jacobs. M j Lemmona, G P Lee, c F til lard, 11 J Lister, Geo w Noble, Paulina ; Jtuuea Connolly, Burnt Rmch ; A criss well, Phillip Graham, wm joslin, Ed Kutcher, l c McPherson, D D Page. Hay creek; J w Dee, A Fogle, A Mor row, C A Newbill, c w Palmehu, Gris ily;FM Donnelson, dine Falls; wm Everingham, Lava: E c Faught. Tj Ferguson, F A Hacklenian, Paul Held, E E Hollis, J F Houston, Thos Moore, Dick Mulholland, crook ;E R Francis, J K llelfrioh, M A Lehman, A K Jlish ler, Lee Moore, j S Mccoin, Lamonta; J K Howard. Lower Bridge ; T h i.afollette. Prineville; S R Logan, crook, T h Lyons, Keumond. Livery Outfit for Sale. Consisting of Buireles and Hacks, one Democrat Wagon with Springs, one 3-inch Shutter Wagon. The above two wngou are almost as good us new. Several head of horses. saddles and harness. Will sell this outfit all together, or separate. In quire at this office. THE HOT AIR FACTORIES And the County Road Funds. FACTS IN THE CASE Road Good Enough ia tie Lud- Uw Precinct Would Not Pij Poll Tax. The west side papers continue to howl about the unequal distri bution of county road monev. A few weeks ago we published the county road master' annual state ment showing the amount spent in each road district, thinking, of course, that if such great injustice were done our west side neighbors these papers would lose no time in publishing the table for the benefit ot their west side readers. But they didn't do it. The truth would put these hot air factories out of exis tence. We give below a summary of some of the west side road super visors' reports, and call particular attention to the report of the Laid law district, knowing that it would prove interesting in view of what has been said about roads. Below is the table: 7 ? DlSTKICTl. Ireland. ...... .. ptm-hules B-r Cret-k Powell Butl. Redmond.. Hlwk Butte Haystack Montgomery Lamonut Kutcber. . Crosa Keys K1 70 Hd2 20 U ') f m 86 IIW6 3' 216 6o 4.H 16 l 51 166 M 14.1 751 82 6.V & 10 170 Mi IXi Oui K5 471 47 63 UB lK Hj 17l 51 5tli 810 67 Mil 5MI 41b m M1 751 & 13 1U -M H ); 71 l 18 19 16'J Oui l .n J SI 0 46 39 143 7 B 60 71 tUi m Tl S6 54 1 57-J bit 48 27 1524 28 17u 6li f 31 S5 34 , T78 VI Willow Creek ia S413S1 07! 117 7 1243 II) Hay creel Aabwood Laidlaw McKay, Johnson Creek Mill Creek Howard. Summit Camp creek . Breese... Newaom creek Maury 51H SWT S-2- 131 25! Hun 57 4aa 54 4VJ 50i 22 Tli li 73 aa Ut 306 24 1149 2S 1M 121 995 16 IK) lo Jig 90, 99 55! 119 3o 253 921 to 7 126 lH 41 21 141 OUI 313 53! 70 50 243 03 lsi 72i H 6 151 l 36 13 79 1S9 121 136 25i 4 Mi 41 69 97 5M 114 6.1 48 791 66 86 259 52! 4KS 98' 129 76 S59 22 227 10 2U2 86! 113 551 89 SU Beaver creek. ! 531 54! 1J la, 531 64! In) 15j 2 77 62 Hardin ! 465 1 fc 6! an t! 1 T7 The law requires that at least 50 per cent of the amount collect ed shall be expended in the dis drict paying the same. In .the Laidlaw district the 150 appropri ated has not been used by, the supervisor, consequently no further amount was appropriated, but the proportion belonging to Laidlaw remains on Hand. Descnutes pre cinct has not used its 50 per cent but the balance remains to that precinct's credit, which applies al so to Mill creek, Beaver creek and Hardin precinct. From the above tabulated state ment it will be seen that the Des chutes precinct has a balance of $282.51 to its credit that could have been used on the roads if 0. W. B. Riley, the road supervisor of that precinct, had thought it necessary. . He evidently did not consider that the roads needed the expenditure for the amount re mains to his credit, but notwith standing this fact the west side papers oiame rnneviae ana me county court because the money was not spent where tnere was no call tor it. it the Drake news service will drop a line to Mr. Riley the facts will be forthcom ing but don't try to create the false impression that the people of eastern Crook had any thing to do ith it. In the Ireland precinct roads are reported in excellent condition M. if. Hawthorne is the road super visor. Write him. Take the Laidlaw precinct, the home of the great and immortal Myers and the abiding place of that child of his brain, the Chroni cle.' Bro. Myers has shouted him self hoarse about west side roads He blames Prineville and the couri- court for matters that should be taken up with their road supervisor. Let us see what the facts are. In the Laidlaw precinct there are vi registered voters and not one of them paid a red cent poll tax in 1906. Why? Because the people living in that precinct did not consider any work necessary The roads were good enough and consequently the poll tax was not paid. The annual road appropri atton made lor the district was not even used. Now if the Drak news service will write to A Harter, the road supervisor, he will confirm our statements, be cause we have taken the gist of his report to the road master as the basis of our story. In all fair ness to the people of eastern and western Crook these papers should publish the truth. Ask Mr. Harter why it was that no poll tax was collected and why the annual ap propriation was not used in his district. You will then see that the people of western Crok have not suffered much at the hands of Prineville and the county court? And again let us glance at the actual condition of affairs in the Redmond district. The table shows that this precinct received over $800 more than it was en titled to. Most of this was spent on the Trail Crossing and Tetherow grades because that was where it was needed. Prineville offered no objection as the west side papers would have you believe. Of course the western Crook taxpayers know as well as the Drake news service that the bulk of the county road money is spent on the main roads leading to bhaniko. The grades in the Hay Creek and Trout creek districts have used lots ot it and the travel from the west side gets as much good out of it as does any other part of the county. When you go to the bottom of this great hub bub about roads you see there is nothing to it. When Drake says ' thumb up to his papers they must get in and howl. FACTS FOR WEST SIDERS To the people of Western Crook county: My letter in tha Prineville papers recently seems to have terribly agitated the Bend Bulletin, and instead of coming out as an honest man should and acknowledge that he bad misrepresented the Crook , county administration and ex isting conditions, the editor adds misrepresentation to misrepre sentation and shows himself en tirely impervious to the light of truth, though it be as glaring as the light of the noon day sun. Let us notice how he dodges and ' misrepresents every truth: First I said that property not for sale in the new county seat would be burdened with a greater tax. He says he has proven by tne Crook county as sessment rolls that my state ment is false. Now, a school boy of ten years who has not oommon sense enougn to Know tba. if the value of a lot is in creased from 125 to $500 the tax under an honest administration would be proportionately in creased, is a hopeless idiot and bonld be taken from school at once. Second We challenge "the reverend gentlemen" to name one or tne west sme agitstors who has ever sought a Crook county office. I will answer this question by challenging the typographical gentlemen to name one of said agitators who would not like an office and also to prove to us that none of them are disgruntled politicians from other places. , Third I said many men would work for county division to spite Prineville merchants who had refused them credit. and this editor's skull is so thick and his love for misrepresenta tion so great that he tells the readers of the Bulletin that I here represent 93 per cent of the people of western Crook as having been refused credit by the Prineville merchants. Does 'many" mean 93 per cent? Can you not see tnat tnis man is in tentionally misrepresenting to carry his point? His only hope is in blinding the people to the truth. Fourth He grants my asser tion that it would cost three times as much to support three county administrations as oue. but attempts to dodge the force of this by stating that they could run their proposed county for less than their proportion of tax for this year. His powers of understanding are so diminutive that he does not know that the taxes will be greatly reduced after the much needed court house is built and that after this with the increased amount assessable timber the county can be run with a five or six mill tax. " Fifth He denies the efficiency of the county officers by point ing to the fact that ex County Clerk Smith left 1300 worth of recording undone and that the commissioners had held back 1300 of his salary to pay for the same. But ex-.County Clerk Smith was a west side man and got his heartiest support from the west side. This is a most urgent reason for the west side to pull off and form a new county. The Bulletin says that "Clerk Brown offered to clean up all this back work for reasonable pay," but Judge Bell refuses to Continued on second page.