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0 'J Jomnraail PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 7, 1907. NO. 12 VOL. XI Crook Coiaety .j Mail Orders Promptly Filled Send your name and Get Premium Book FREE BY MAIL r i H h r,i t J ri r.i L J ri t J r..i Li LJ ) L n . J H L J r-1 f-3 I. 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W. ELKINS - MAIN STREET, PRINEVILLE, OREGON r.ir-irnrnrnr irpiriir.irrrir,ririrr;irrriririr!irir!irir"ir?iririrnr!ir!irir!nri LJLUL-LILvJLJLJL JLJLJL.JL JLJLJLJLJLUL.UL JL JL.ULJLJL.JLJLLJL.JL.JLJLJLJLUL.J tWe arc now .conducting a general Clearance Sale, great reduct ions are being made on all of our lines of Dry Goods, Ladies' and Gent's Furnishings, Notions, etc. The following prices on shoes will be maintained until the arrival of our New Spring Stock. I 2 12.25 l,Ji...' Sim.. Inr $1.S0 12 75 U.li' SIuhm (or 1.65 13.00 Liiilim' 81.00. for 1.75 13.25 UtW SIkh-m or 1.85 $3,50 Ladies' Shoos for 2.00 $4.25 Ladies' Shoes for 2.50 $4.50 Ladies' Shoes for 2.65 $5 00 Ladies' Shoes for 2.75 CLAYPOOL BROS. Shctniko Warehouse Co. iShaniko, General Storage, Forwarding AND Commission Merchants ! t Dealers in Blacksmith Coal, Flour, Barbed Wire, Nails, Cement, Lime, Coal Oil, Tlaster, Sulphur, j Wool and Grain, Sucks and Twine, Grain and Feed. Agents for Wasco Warehouse Milling Co's. "White , River" and "Hallos Patent" Flour. Highest price , paid for Hides and Pelts. 1 1 a Special Attention is paid to Baling for Eastern Shipments. Stock Yards with all the for Handling Stock. 2our Soocls in Care of "S. 70. Co. " POSITIVELY Not After March 2nd 50o Misses' Shoes for 90o Misses' Shoes for and Children's 25c Children's 60c nnd $1.00 Misses' and" Children's Shoe for 60c $1.50 Misses, and Shoes for Children's 85c PRINEVILLE, OREGON rv fv & m Oregon Wool Grading and latest and best facilities L J r.i L J r.i L J r i L J r.i ri 3 ri L J ri LJ r.i LJ r.i L J r.i L J r.i L j r.i LJ r.i L J r.i LJ r.a L J r.i L j r.i LJ C-1 LJ r.i LJ ri LJ ri L J H r.i L J r.i L J r.i LJ r.i L J ri L J r.i L J r.i L J r.i LJ ri L J r.i L J ri L J r.i L J r.i L J r.a LJ r.i LJ ri L J r.i L J r.i LJ ri L J r.i LJ r.i L'J r.i LJ r.i L J r.i LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ ri LJ - r.i L'J r.i LJ r.i L J ri LJ r.i LJ ri LJ r.i LJ LJLULUyj1 2 14 $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 14 14 14 14 $2.75 Mioses' and Shoes for Children's ....$1.65 14 14 14 14 14 Fancy Poultry We have thirty Bro.' Leghorn hens which we are mating with Single-Comb Buff Orpington males: the latter pur. chased from Harris Poultry Co., Clay Center, Nub. We will sell one Betting (14 eggs) for 11.00. Orders tilled in ro tation. FRANK FOREST, 2-21-lm " Prineville, Or. Thoroughbred Poland China Boar For Service. Black Langshans, Stock and Eggs for sale. K. C. PARK, Redmond, Oregon. Department of tbe Interior, Notice for Publication. Land Office, at Tbe Dulles, Oregon. January 24. 1M07. Notice i8 hereby given that l'erry Walter Newbill, of Oriwly, Oregon, has filed no tice of hi intention to make tlnal coinniu tiition proof in support of his claim, vis: U ....... u. a. 1 Vt.u H.i IIUIK M OQ IHHimwoii iv. iw.u ii.b.ic W05, lor tne csf. oww. bwvi mkh oi Section 32. Tp. 12 South, Range 15 K., Lot 2 and BWW NK!4 of Section 6. Township la South, Range 15 W, M., and that find proof will lie made before the ('ountv Clerk, at Prineville, Oregon, on March 8th. l'J07. lie names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation oi me taiiu, vu: Henrv Montgomery, P. Chitwood Joseph Smith, jumes M. llenkle, all of Onr.zlv. Oreuon. Miuhakl X. Nolan. l-31p Register, CONTEST Large Crowd Present Friday Night HONORS ABOUT EVEN Gold Medal will be given lie Winneri Teachers Complimented. Crook County High School, Zip, Boom, Bah, Alpha, Alpha,' lUhl Itahl Kali! Will We Win, Well, I due, Ocbo-conlnn, Yen! Yes! . Yes! Such were the yells, supplement ed bv about a dozen others of dif ferent lengths and meaning that came near splitting the ear-drums of the largest crowd that ever got together in the assembly room, of the Crook County High School building. The inter-eocietv annual contest was what brought the people out. For weeks the high school students had been preparing for the strug gle with enthusiasm growing stronger as Friday evening drew nearer. When the eventful nigbt came and the lid was removed Ochoconians and Alphas yelled themselves hoarse. Judge Bell presided. After the opening chorus by the two societies, the declama tion contest was announced. Wil fred Belknap for the Ochoconians and Clara Homey for the Alphas. ufred had for his subject, "Pyra mids Not AH Egyptian." Miss Horney's was the "Swan Song." The contest was very close, Miss Homey winning by a few points After a solo by Randolph Ketchum the chairman announced the oratorical contest. Reuben Booten for the Alphas and Luther Moore for the Ochoconians Reuben's subject was "The Work and Influence of John Marshall." Luther Moore took for his "Our Crisis, Its Cause and Cure." A close decision cave the medal to Reubet Booten. There was a solo by Miss Celia Nelms and then the debate, the main event of the evening, was an nounced. The subject was re solved, "That the part of the 15th amendment to the constitution of the United States which enfran chises the negro should be repeal ed." The affirmative was upheld by the following Alphas Frank Lafollette, leader; Miss Verna Howard - and Luther Dizney. Arthur Lindborg, leader; Miss Elsie Osborn and Bert Barnes were the Ochoconians that battled for the negative. The struggle was a hard one for both the debaters and the judges to decide. Wheu the points were footed up for each contestant it was found that the negative side had won. The honors of the evening were about evenly divided. The Alphas won the declamation and ortorical and the Ochoconians the debate. Gold medals will be given the win ners. The teachers of the high school were given great praise for the interest and enthusiasm dis played and for the splendid show ine made bv those under their care. . The Royal Insurance Co., of Liver pool, England, enjoys the dlstletlon of being listed among the companies there were but six of them which settled claims In tbe San Francisco conflagration at 100 cent on tbe dollar as adjusted. Assets over sixty Million and an annual ineoiue of more than fifteen million. It pays to insure where you know your losses will be paid. The Royal gives such Insurance: J. E. Stewart & 'o. are tbeir Prineville agents. z-t ti When In Prineville don't forget to call at the Casb Grocery for all good t h In irs to eat. at bed rock prices. Mlllluery goods at actual cost until spring stock arrives. T. F. McCalubtek. J. E. Stewart & Co., have a few Buggies and Macks left on which they are making very low prices. Wto Is Responsible ? Some unknown person has sent the following petition to the sever al road supervisors of the county for circulation in their district There was a request for the ''pe tition to be returned to the county clerk by Mlrch 1st but, as J. H. Gray so aptly says, "I do not need until March 1st to return the with in, and if any one is ashamed to sign bis name be must be doing some underhand work." The pe tition reads: "To the Hon. County Judge and Commissioners of Crook County: Gentlemen: We, the undersigned residents and taxpayers of Road District No of Crook County, Oregon, respectfully represnent that the county roadmaster of Crook county is and has been dis regarding tbe wishes of the people of this district in the matter of im proving the roads in said district, and to the great detriment of the roads and the traveling public, and that the regularly elected road supervisor of this road district is better informed of the methods of improving, and tbe requirements of these roads than the said road- master, and in the spirit of econo my the road supervisor is able to and can and will make better roads with less money, and wo therefore petition your hon orable body to instruct the said county roadmaster that the county roads in said district are and shall be under the supervision of the road supervisor of said dis trict, and we further petition that tbe road funds' available for nse in this district be placed in the hands of the regularly elected road super visor for disbursement. , If this action is considered in advisable by the court, we then petition for the dismissal of the present county roadmaster and tbe appointment of a competent and qualified roadmaster who will consider the welfare of the resi dents of tbe road district as well as the economical expenditure of the road fund." Manifestly, this petition asks for something that is not within the power of the county court to grant. The employment of a roadmaster is made mandatory by legislative enactment and tbe county court is left no choice in the matter. The statute reads that "it shall be the duty of the county court to ap point a roadmaster or masters who must devote his whole time to the matter of roads and bridges from March 1st to December 1st of each year." . As for delegating the authority and duty of the roadmaster to road supervisors that would be eauallv illegal. Section 4854 of if v Bellinger and Cotton's Code, Vol, I. savs "the county roadmaster shall have the power to determine when and in what manner the road supervisors of the several road districts in the county shall expend the tax apportioned to their several districts, and tbe in structions of the said roadmaster in all matters relating to the con struction, improvement or repair of the public roads and bridges shall be implicitly obeyed by the said road supervisors. It shall be the duty of the county roadmaster to assist the county court to pre pare the specifications to govern works to be done under contracts hereinafter provided for; superin tend all work done upon the roads and bridges of the county, whether done under contracts or under road supervisor, etc." Now, as to the matter of the dis missal of the present roadmaster that is within the power of the county court if it can be Bhow that he iB not qualified to perform the duties of his office. Of course it is impossible to please everybody but so far as we have been able to learn the present incumbent has given good satisfaction. His re appointment was considered solely upon merit and was made unam mouslv bv the county court at the January session. Since cut prices seem to be in order we will cut our 85c meals to 25c at the O'Neil Restaurant. The comedy-drama "Betsy" is the most laughable thing that ever the town. Look out for It March A GREAT COUNTRY Its Crying Need b Rail road Facilities. NOW IS THE TIME Witi tie Cominf of Railroads Crook County will Teem witL Population. The annual number of the Board of Trade Journal of Portland came to hand this week with a concise write-up of Crook county. The publication of the article at this time is most opportune as home seekers' rates on the transcontinen tal lines took effect March 1. Tbe Board of Trade Journal says: Crook County practically com prises the Valley of tbe Deschutes river. It embraces most of its tributary streams. It is a county of 7756 square miles in area, hav ing a population of less than one person to each square mile. Its agricultural possibilities are vastly greater than those of many of the Eastern States. Massachusetts, of about the same area, has a popu lation of about three million, Con necticut, with one-half the area has over one million population Crook county produces more wool and better sheep than any other equal area in the country It has untold wealth of timber, its water power is immense, its possi bilities in minerals are great and coal has been discovered within its borders. Within this large area of bound- lees possibilities lying in the center of tbe State of Oregon, not a rail road touches its borders. With irrigation, transportation and set tlement this county is going to surprise the West in its productive ness. Taking the Agency Plains, La- monta and the Haystack country with Madras as its center, dry farming is successfully carried on nd crops raised that equal the crops of Sherman and Wasco coun ties in tbe productiveness of wheat, oats and barley. In the Crooked River -Valley and its tributaries with Prineville, the county seat. as its center, alfalfa and all grain crops are successfully raised. In the irrigated districts, com' prising tbe lands under tne lOi umbia Southern Irrigation Com pany with the towns of Laidlaw and Cline Falls as its centers and the land under the Deschutes Irri gation & Power Company's segre cation with the towns of O'Neil, Redmond and Bend as its centers are settled a contented and happy lot of settlers with small farms who are changing this vast area of saee brush and iuhiper land into cultivated tracts of wheat, oata barley, alfalfa, clover and root crops. The Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company have about five hundred contracts out, which aver age about 80 acres to each con tract About 10,000 acres "of this knd was under cultivation for year 1906, and they expect fully 20,000 acres will be under cultiva tion for year 1907. In the Upper Deschutes Valley are found many large stock ranches where there are large herds of cat tle and sheep, and where a large amount of hay is put up for winter feed. Within the borders of Crook county there is said to be the finest sheep ranch in the world, known as the Baldwin Sheep and Land Company at Hay Creek with its thousands of acres of grazing pasture and alfalfa land with its magnificant sheep, horses and cat tie. The sheep from this ranch are Bhipped to Australia, New Zeland, South Africa and other foreign countries together with many points in the United States for breeding purposes. hit i With the construction of East and West Lines of the Harri- raan system from Ontario on the East to Natron its western termi nus and with the extension of the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad from its present terminus at Detroit, and other projected rail lines, this vast interior portion of the State will be opened np with rail trans portation, at which time the coun try will be covered with settlers from all parts of the United States, nd those now on the ground will reap handsome returns lor their pioneering work in opening np the country. The price of land under the irri gation contracts with the State are tbe cheapest of any lands in the United States under irrigation, prices ranging from $2.50 to $17.50 per acre, or 1100.00 to 1700.00 per 40 acres. Tbe annual maintenance charge for delivering water is $1.00 per irrigable acre. The land is deeded direct from the State under the Carey Act. imber Lands Increasing b Value Timber lands continue to ad vance in value from week to week, under the influence of the ever-in creasing demand on tbe part of capitalists who desire to possess tracts in view of higher prices of the future says the Telegram. Stumpage varies in price from $1 per 1000 teet to $6, the latter price having been paid this week for 160 acres in tbe Gray's Harbor coun try. Claims in the more remote regions of Eastern Oregon are be ing sold by the first owners at from $4000 to $8000 each, accord ing to the amount of timber on the tract and its distance from rail roads or navigable streams. Timber cruisers, of whom there are more than iuu making neaa quarters in Portland, are all out in the woods since the weather be came mild, making estimates on the amount of standing timber on the various tracts offered for sale. Many tracts that had been esti mated several times before are now being subjected to the same ordeal, as new buyers desire to have the figures taken by their own men. The work of "cruising" is expected to continue all year, until many thousands of acres have changed hands. Although much timber is being brought up at this time, few new logging camps or sawmills are be ing projected. This shows that the lands are being sought by wealthy men, who prefer to hold until the lands of others have been denuded of their fir, spruce, pine and larch, and then those who have untouched tracts will be masters of the situation. About all the available timber of the United States is in Oregon and Washington and men who have made fortunes in the timber busi ness in the East are spending tbeir money freely in securing cheap timber lands of the Northwest. "Why, San Francisco alone will need about all tbe timber available in Oregon," a dealer says, "and there is no doubt about prices of lumber continuing to advance within the next ten years. To my mind there is not better specu lation than purchasing timber lands at present prices, as stump age is bound to go as high as $10 a thousand within the next few years. In the meantime locators are , scouring the woods and haunting the United States land offices in their endeavors to pick up what stray bits of timber may have been overlooked. Where claims may be secured by contest or where even 40-acre tracts are found alone, no time is lost in placing some citizen on them, with an eye to securing deeds for the isolated subdivisions. Even single women are now "hold ing down" claims in the distant parts of the state, with a view to making a few thousand dollars by securing title and then selling to persons who desire to acquire large tracts in a single body. Sulky, Disk and Walking plows at J. E. Stewart & Co., at far below tbe usual price. What? "Betsy." Where? Club hall. When? March 8. Get your tickets early. the