Crook County Journal THURSDAY, FEB. 14, 1907. Subscription 1.50 yr. The Laidlaw Chronicle, in dis cussing county division, lays great streps upon the paving of milage of jurors and witnesses if the new county bill becomes a law, and eoee on to say "with the enormous distances which those in the further parts of Crook county must travel to reach the county seat, a man having a cause of civil action might in most cases better remain at home than jay for the transportation of his witnesses to court. Unless the amount involv ed is a large one his expenses are to great he lose even if he wins." Evidently the legal light of the Chronicle scents more law suiu the new county is a go. Like all pettifoggers he is working for his own selfish interests rather than the public good in this county di vision matter. How much further away is the southern boundary of the proposed new county from the would-be county seat of Bend than is any portion of Crook county from Prineville? The difference will make a wonderful (?) saving. The fact of the matter is Prineville is as near the center of population in Crook county, and nearer the geographical center, than Bend would be if the county were di vided. Cheap law suits is a weak argument for county division. The Bend Bulletin republishes its alleged "comparative state ment" in an amended form It appeared last week with a small cap head line which reads, "Levy paid, for county purposes." Now why didn't the Bulletin say so in the first place. It knew that Prineville levied its own read tax and why try to convey the false impression that the people of this city paid less taxes than those liv ing in the county? Why didn't the Bulletin qualify its "compara tive statement" with the truth of the matter? If it had done so at first it would have shorn the com parison of whatever force it had. If the Bulletin editor told the truth he would soon have to hunt another job. Klamath Falls papers are unit ed in their opposition to losing any part of their county. The Klamath Falls Republican says: "The citizens of Klamath Falls are unalterably opposed to the propos ed Deschutes county bill, in so far as it relates to taking part of this county to complete its organiza tion. This was the sentiment ex pressed at the public mass meet ing held in the court house Mon day night, when resolutions were passed urging the senator and rep resentative to UBe every legitimate means to defeat the measure." FACTS FOR WEST SIDERS Continued from first page. pay him though he retained f 300 for that purpose. Warren Brown did offe to do the work for reasonable pay if the county commissioners would get him another recording machine with which to do it, but as it would take S125 to get the machine and a further delay of several weeks the county court employed Wil liam Johnson to do the work with a pen and he is now en gaged in that task. Now the Bulletin ink-slinger didn't know this and did not intentionally misrepresent Judge Bell. We can excuse him as he does "the reverand gentlemen" on the ground that he does not under stand what he is talking about Sixth The Bulletin says that an expert could find only 15400 spent on the roads in Crook connty for the year 1906, and that of this amount only $296.50 was spent on roads in the pro posed new county. I am in clined to think that the expert must have been an expert fool or an expert liar, for the road master's records show that more than $8000 was spent in the pro posed new county and 13163.15 spent in eastern Crook. If the Bulletin's readers who wonder where the money was spent will travel over their own road to ward Shaniko by way of Trail Crossing and Madras, they will see where much of this money was spent. Why did the county court have over InW spent on the Trail Crossing hill and $1572.55 on the roads near Mad ras? Was this for Prineville or was it not more for Bend, Laid law and Redmond? Which sec tion uses these roads the most the people of Prineville or the residents of western Crook? Now, who is it that had lied? Why is it the county commis sioners have refused to build the bridges on the west side? Simply because they had no right to do so. Whenever a person or a com pany crosses a county road with a ditch it is the duty of that person or company who makes the ditch to build and maintain the triage, and this is whv ao few roads have been made in the irrigated district. The irrigating companies do not want roads until all their ditches are completed so that when the county afterwards builds roads across their ditches it win te com pelled to build and maintain the bridges. Ihese county division promoters are treacherously throw ing the blame for lack of roads on to the county commissioners in the face of the fact that one of the commissioners is a wet side man ando another has large property interest near Bend. The Bulletin muck-raker says that "when a bridge was wanted across Crooked river at Prineville the corporate limits were drawn in so that the county would have to pay for the new bridge." Again the Bulletin does not know what it is talking about. The city limits were for a time extended to the top of the grade beyond the Crook ed river bndae because the county would not keep that grade in the condition the people of Prineville wanted it. When the road was put in good condition for travel the city withdrew its limits to the old boundary. When the bridge washed out the city limits were on the old lines east of the river When a new grade was demanded up the Crooked river hill for the benefit of the west side trave Judge Bell refused to build it un less the citixensof Prineville made a private donation of 12000. Prine ville paid the I2C00 and the county $1500 toward the making of that grade. Now, my Bulletin odium belcher how do vou reconcile these facts with your floods of calumny in which you have been trying to drown the generous citizens of older Crook? Seventh The Bulletin says that I have accused it of publishing all manner of lies against Prineville but I mention none of them di rectly. Lets see if we cannot mention some of them in just two of its slanderous issues. (1) Issue of January 18. The Bulletin says that the action of the county court in building a court house regardless of the protest of 800 citizens has created a determi nation to forever be rid of such treatment. In other words the Bulletin avers that the building of the court house is the cause of the effort to divide the county. The Bulletin and its blindfolded read ers know that such a statement is false. I have a letter in my pos session from one of the wealthiest lumber firms in Portland stating that Mr. Drake was at their place of business working in the inter est of county division and tolling the same story that the Bulletin has been howling about the un equal distribution of road money and the discrimination in the mat ter of taxation, etc. Mr. drake was there working up a lobby for Salem and when be had all things ready notified his hirelings at Bend to start out with their pe titions and the Bulletin began to belch forth its torrents of misrep resentation and abuse thereby to make the people dissatisfied and ready for the petitions. The re monstrance against the court house was a Bend movement and the ef fort to divide the county is a Bend movement, all for the purpose of enriching the man who owns the townsite of Bend and prolonging the life of the Bulletin. (2) In speaking of the jople who live in the vicinity of Prine ville the Bulletin says, "This class of citizens have but little in com mon with the energetic and pro gressive class of farmers who are settling the Deschutes valley, and "One of the chief reasons why there should be a division of the county is the difference in these two classes of people." Now, I fail to see any difference in the class of people of the two sections, and furthermore their interests are identical. The people on the desert are beginning on a small scale to do just what the people along Crooked river have been doing on a larger scale for the past thirty years. They will find that raising hay and stock will always be the leading occupation of the people of the whole terntory. (3) The Bulletin says that "$17,978.12 was raised for roads and bridges in 1906," and "hardly a cent of this was spent in western Crook." In the issue of lies for February 1, the Bulletin says, "Only $296.50 was spent on roads in the proposed new county." The report of the road master which has been published in the Journal shows that the proposed Deschutes county and on roads leading from the railroad to it over $8100 was spent in the year 1906. If I should utter such untruths 1 would find no fault with any one who would call me a liar. (4th falsehood) That Judge Bell refuses to pay for the $300 worth of work left undone by ex-County Clerk Smith and is saving the money to put in the new court house. This is two lies in one. But I must not trespass further on your space in enumerating the lies that have been published in the Bend paper. There are too many of them. It has lost all sense of common decency and hence can not do much harm. Yours truly, Homer M. Street. Tie Editor and the Advertiser. Once on n time I knew a man Who mild It didn't pay To dvertle the good he had To wll or trade away. UtMi th Dillon FW Yard. Alex U.O.lw In htm IniUKht the leiiae on the IMIInn Food Yard nnd Is now In rlwirKV of the name, lie untiriin. toew the traveling public curvtul at tention and prompt nervloe. A share of your patronage oIIoIWmI. To prove that he wan oft Ida baao And make him clearly we. I Kave him half n'patre of space And let lilm have It tree. It altuoMt ncarvd htm Into fits To we himself displayed Aa 1 deployed him. but he felt It Influence on his trade. I kept It up, his buslnewi boomed, The customer swooi,ed down pon tils store until he had The blKi?et rush In towu. One day I went around to call And found him on the run. With people waiting for their turn When thtwe ahead were done. "Well, well." 1 cried In trreat delight. To see thing boom that way, Pon't advertising pay, old man What have you got to say?' I thought he'd like my work so much, And think my plan so uiee. That he'd not only pratae my ware, But pay me double price. And did he do It? Listen, please I thought that I'd drop dead Wheu suddenly he turned on me And vigorously said: "Take out that advert laement, quick tioiticru yer peaky skin, I'll never git a chance to rent El long ei It stays In." Inland Printer. If you want Oregon Burbank seed potatoes to plcnt this spring hunt up or write Peter Poppearu of Prine ville. He ha a choice lot for sale See hm ad. Rotlcs to Taxpayers. The time for paying tie amiroaetiv ami your attention is rwixvt fully callnl to I if .l V. : ..i t Mine, it tut (iiiuiry t9 ill iniB oult-v ' iart-n 10 renate oi 3 per cent will be ml lowevl. If one-half is paid by the first Monday in April, the time "for paving balance will tie extended to the tint Mon day in October without further cost. Taxes become delinouent the first Monday in April, when a penalty of 10 per cent will be added and interest rhann-d at the rau of 1 per cent a month. Frank Elk:ns. Mienn of t-rook to. DELICIOUS HOME-CURED MEATS at J. E. STEWART & CO. i i 6 un; ii:lim:atok HEINZ Sweet, Sour and Dill Pickles and Queen Olives in Bulk at Claypool Bros. Big Seed Potatoes FOR SALE. Why don't you buy your seed po tiktoM tiefoiv the nrloe ireta to Ih doubled. I have a hundred btndtela ol Oregon Ibirbank lor sale. They are good and rlH and free from frot. I will deliver at vour houe any. where within 7 mile of iTlnevllle at $1.60 a htmhel aa soon as the weather oiien. Write a powtal card tvlllng rnmr name and adiire anti now mauv bushelH you want to J-ktkk Pori'KHiv, Prineville, Or. w.wt.T tlorliran have received a shipment ofSX) boxem of first class apples from Seattle which they are offering for sale at 2 and f 2.'A er box. Also a tew boxes of choice ap ple for immediate tine at $1.50 er box. 13-13-tl Some Values In Sweaters. ttl.00 Sweater for - fi Oil SuHiitera for . W S4.IK1 Sweater for ...... - I2.UU S.'l.0u Sweater for I2.W 1I IM Sweater for . UH 12.50 Sweater for . '"& SI.T5 Sweater for II. We guarantee everyone of the above to le all wool and good value at the rvirular t.rlce. HIDEOUT k F0STE THE GRAND UNIFORM BALL of the Prineville Fire Department WiB be given at the P. A. A. C. Hall on February 22. 1907' We have spared no pains or expense to make this die mosl en joyable evenl of the season. Doors open at 7:30 o'clock. Dance ., starts promptly at 8 o'clock with The Grand March Jack Summes, Ceo. Meyers, Chas. Lytle Frank Elkins, W. F. King, ol Company No. I, and G. Young, P. Barnes. W. G. Woodw ard. Warren Crooks and John Luckey ol Company No. 2 will have charge ol the floor, make you acquainted with the girls and look after your troubles. HALF PRICE fTl AG HINTS for I.UTTFIUCK PATTKUNS and 9k We Will Sell Our Entire Line of Ladies' Fine Shoes at about it! W PR m US To Make Room for a Full Line of the Well Known JM jjj SOROSIS SHOE FOR WOMEN UJ SB w to ? & ) mr ST Thcttltirc IhcfbcstSValucs Ever Offered from a Good (lea it Stink. lloirular ?.'J.-r vitlucn a nt $1.35 Kt'gitlar $l.M values go at , Regular fl.lX) value go at Koirular I 0 value l'o at n There are alo it few ISrokeu Id'ne in mnnll ni.e from 'J to 4 whieh will lie plaeetl on our counter and marked in plain figure at lea than one-half their value. $1.95 C2.45 $2.75 81 This is Our Usual time to Clean Up. Big 93 Bargains are Best and Thickest Here Now t$ Ladies' Waists A few size from our largo Fall Stock at one-half price for this sale. Misses and Children's KX4 taps, lwc kind for -h: Q STmj kind at Flannelettes The same tirades that sold for 1Tm UtV; and I'.V will go at this sale for 10c, 15c and 20c Pillow Tops "0e line at 7re, line at 25c 40c CoL Wm. Draper. Major L Michel Baldwin will hold you up for a ($) G. N. Clifton and Harold and show you up the stairs. Mrs. McDowell will serve an elegant supper in the spacious dining room ot the new Hotel Prineville at 50c a cover. Supper Ticket oa Sale at th Hall and Hotel The Music Committee have secured the services ol the bes musicians in town who will combine in a grand orchestral union especially lor this occassion. y All Firemen Will Appear in the Uniform of Their Respective Company. You are Most Cordially Invited to Come and Help Us Celebrate C. A LYTLE, GEO. MEYER. G. YOUNG and FRANK ELKINS, General Committee. A Complete Line of I - School Books and e School Supplies at THE WINNEK CO'S. fi'iii.uiii.iuiiiiiiiuiiiiaiuiiiiu i.wuiiuiuwuiuiuiuiuiuiur; WATCH THIS SPACE FOR SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT NEXT WEEK BY A. H. Lippman & Co. WURZWEILER M I'KiNi-vn.i.i:, oui:;o: W ft SB &co.$ Pillow Cords 25c, 35c and 50c 3H( Sick Headache. TIiIh tllKttVHHliiK tilliui'iit rtwulw from a dlHordcrvd runt It Ion of tln atoliiiuh. All that In ikhmIimI to t ffivt ill-lire lnndoHeor two of ClmniU'r- luln'tt Stomiu'h iiml I.Ivor Tiililrtx. Infm-t, tin1 attm-k may ! tvanlcil off, or irrvntly Icmwih'iI In wverlt.v, by taking ii (low of tlnt' TaNHH im (toon hm the 11 rut Hvniptotn of an at tack iiih itrM. Sold I y 1 1. I'. Ailam hoii & Co. 9 6f 0 mi mm mi OFFICERS: W. A. Booth, Praildanl O. M. Elkihi, Vic Prldnt Frio W. Wilson, Oathlar 0IREOTOR8: W. A. Booth, O. M. Elkini, O. F. Stiwaiit, Frio W. Wilson. Transacts a General Hankintf Bumnen Exchange Bought and Sold Collections will re ceive prompt attention to o o The Redmond Harness Shop J. II. EHRET. Proprietor, REDMOND, OREGON A Complete new tine of Harness, Saddles and other lines i usually kept in a first class Harness Shop. There is also in con nection a Boot and Shoe Repair Shop. GIVE ME A TRIAL jfcendorson & Pollard Counlry Orders Solicited Wines and Liquors Finest dinars In Stock First Door South of the l'oiiulexter Hotel The f rnnk fnnnh Rrnl Fstatp fn Farms, Timber Lands and Town Property brought and Bold. Homesteads and Tim ber Claims Located, surveyed ami estimated Abstracting. Call on or address THF CHOOK COUNTY KFAL FSTAT1J CO 4 Prineville, Oregon. Af v w v v v v v v v v v v t v v v v v v v v v v v ii THE PLACE TO I Hp I fl sO V" THE PLACE TO " SAVE HONEY 1 1 1 ldUCI SAVE MONEY I. MICHEL, Proprietor Special Underwear Sale We muBt have room for our spring stock so have decided to sacrifice our Ladies', Gents' and Children's Winter Underwear in order to secure the room. If you want genuine bur gains come in and get prices. Sweaters Sweaters Now is your chance to get a good one at cost. Come in before they are all gone. Something Good to Eat Do you want to enjoy some of the good things of this life? Who doesn't? Well, we keep them, and right fresh, too. We carry the sub stantiiils as well as the delicacies. If you take a look at our show windows you will go away hungry. Try it.. Our 5-cent Bargain Counter is a money saver. Look it over. meet the prices of our competitors on every We thing. Our stock is not shelf worn. TALKING MACHINEFREE , With every $50.00 cash purchase, we will give you Free One Standard Talking Machine. We Furnish the Machine You Buy The Records. SAVE YOUR TICKETS THE LEADER New Prineville Hptel Building PRINEVILLE, OREGON S a a