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VOL. XI
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 6f 1907.
NO. 25
Crook
1
'CHANGES IN
PROCEDURE
A New Contract for the
' D.I.&P.
LAND $25 AN ACRE
At! the Land to be Brought Un
der Water ai Soon at
Possible.
jTht tinot rlaiuty rcanl'mir, titl
t w.itcr riyh'i which irevniln in
ilx'tUto wim llluhtr.itftl during n
meeting of the Stale l.nncl Moiiril,
when (Ki in t J iiinl rrjifCHi'imtivPK
of the iWtliuti'i Irrigation A
Tower Coiujiiuiy hntl umler eon
aidttraliott tli form of new contract
(or tho reclamation of the ImUiice
of that company' pcgregtition in
Crook county ami the quint ion of
raiiairing lha conijuiny to furnixh
a (mm1 niul ftiflirii-nt boml n a
guarantee of gmtl f it i t It that the
nyxli in of water distribution, HUpply
etc., would l.o turned over to the
dcttliTH at the expiration of the 10
year x-riotl, wan up for diitcuniiion.
Il finally terminated in the con
clusion Unit tlu company ehouhl
not tie held icuniiirily resjmnaible
"for tin tela of (init Altnljclity and
the Oregon I'ginl;ttur' nd an
other invnnn of accurity wu de
cided on.
- TUn. rcirnntive of the ; I.
A I. Company,' tleneral Manager
F. 8. Stanley, Kngineer C. M.
Red Held and Attorney Jetme Htcarna
and particularly the latter, entered
a strong protect against having to
furnieh a hond of good faith that
tlio fyMtem of ditched, Humes, etc.,
would he in drat clan condition
when the time arrived to turn the
irrigation ayntem over to the water
unera, upon the contention that the
company could not foreaee what
the condition might be at that
time and could not he expected to
make ' guarantee in that rcapect,
but would le perfectly will
ing to provide a sulwtantial retir
ing hond, to Iw regarded in the
11 jht of a forfeit for noncompliance
with the Mlate'a contract.
(lovernor Chnmlx-rlain and
Treanurer Hteel agreed am the (lov
ernor exprewted it, that "he would
not require any man to put up a
guarantee bond aa to the conditiop
of water right or aupply in the Male
at the end of ten year, if the acta
of the pant Legislature are to be
taken a an example"; inctcad,
the company agreea to dexmit $1
with the Hlate Iand Board for
every acre of the eegregation sold,
which is to be regarded ai a re
tiring fund, to lie forfeited in the
event of failure to live up to the
condition of the contract. An en
tirely new contract waa finally
agreed upon jn every detail, after
over three hours' deliberation, and '
after it haa been put in projier form
and all amendment incorporated,
will be signed up by the board and
the company repreacnative.
(IIAM1KN IN D. I. jt F. I'ltlM KDl'ltK.
Thia meana that the D.I. A P.Co.,i
under the provision of a hew con
tract with the atale, by which the
lien price upon the remaining un
sold land in the eegregation ie in
creased from 112 to an average of
25 per acre, and date of com
pletion of project reduced from ten
to four yearn, will proceed to re
claim the unsold portion of the
Pilot Butte aegregation, and the
eegregation acquired from the old
J Oregon Irrigation Company; will
provide an adequate supply of
water to produce agricultural crop;
will place no land upon the mark
et until water l available for it,
and will ruah the work. The com
pany repremmalivce gave every aa
uranco that every meana would be
reported to bring the land under
irrigation aa anon aa tKwaiblo.
Of the original Pilot Butte eeg
regation of 84,000 acre, 40 jwr
cent hni been sold. The Oregon
Irrigation Company eegregation
comprise 56,007 acre, none of
which haa been reclaimed aa yet.
The limit of water aupply in the
Deechute River; which will be
uned to reclaim tin) land, accord
ing to the reort of State Engi
neer Lewi, ia 1500 cubic feet per
eccond, and the water neceeaary
for the combined project ia About
1200 cubic feet jier eccond and un
der the new contract there ia to be
no aale of water right to lunda
outaide the eegregation except ujion
the cancellation of an equal area
within the project. The Oregon
Irrigation Company'a project baa
been approved by the Government
but not contracted with the vlate,
and the D. I. A P. Co., ita success
or, rnuat either contract and re
claim, which it ia going to do, or
give up and let somebody do it.
CONTRACTS FOR TIIK KETTLEIM.
Under the new contract the set
tler ia practically required to enter
into two contractu in one; one with
the company for the water the
other with the etate for the land,
and it will be neceneary for the
aettler to do a certain amount of
cultivation and improvement upon
bis land within a reasonable time
ia order to hold it. Under this
new eyatem one cannot purchaaa
the land for speculative purposes
and allow.it to lie idle and prac
tically waste for an indefinite
period, but the purchaser will be
charged for water maintenance at
the rate of 8o cents per acre per
annum, and this charge applies a
a lien upon the land until paid.
Slight objections were raised
against reducing the annual main
tenance fee from $1 to 8o cents per
acre, but the recommendation of
Blate Engineer Lewis prevailed up
on this point, and the lower max
imum fee prevailed.
The lengthiest discuss on occur-
ed over the question of the lien
price per acre, which has been fixed
in the temporary form of contract
by the State Engineer at an average
of 122 per acre, and which was
arranged upon a graduated basis
of f 35 per acre for irrigable land
and $2ik per acre for non irrigable
or waste land. During this dia
cusaion it was contended by Attor
ney Stearns and Engineer Red field
for the company, that there iaa
shrinkage of 5 per cent in the
acreage when the lines are drawn
and the land occupied by the ditch
es, Humes, etc., and that all
the clear land located above the
point of water supply, which can
not be reached for irrigation, is a
clear Ions to the company. In or
der to equalise matters to insure
the company' against failure by
loss and at the same time bring
the price of the land within reach
of the settler, it waa finally agreed
to increase the average price to $25
per acre upon the basis of $4o per
acre for the irrigable land and $2.5o
for the waste land.
FROVIBIOH FOB TIM K EXTENSION.
As originally drawn, the con
tract provided that work on the
project should be commenced with
in three months after the signing
of the contract, and completed not
later than four years but the com
pany represenativea protested
gainst a fixed time for the com
pletion of the project, with a pen
alty of forfeiture of contract at
tached, and asked for the lo-year
limit, aa provided in the Carey act
but it waa finally amended by in
serting after the words "four years'
the clause "but the State Land
Board may extend the time of ex
piration upon what may seem to
them good and sufficient reasons."
It also developed during the meet
ing that the company has expend
ed $872,000 on the project and
that for every acre of land sold a
deposit of 13 is made with the trtwt
company issuing its bonds, to com
pose a sinking fund or retiring
bond, which now aggregates ap
proximately $12o,ooo. Telegram.
Tie Postmaster's Salary Raised.
Prineville is keeping step with
the other progressive cities of the
state. This fact is brought out in
the increase in salary of the post
master at this place. The office
has been paying $1500 but after
July 1st the salary will be raised
to $1600. The growth of business
at thia place has been steady and
permanent. Our post office re
ceipts showing a good healthy in
crease right along. Twenty-eight
towns in the state show good
growth and three show a decrease.
Water at Redmond.
Moore Bros, who are drilling a
deep well for the D. I A P. Co. at
Redmond, have struck a good flow
of water at a depth of 450 feet.
There is 60 feet of water which is
said to be of fine quality and free
from alkali.
IRRIGATION IN
CROOK CO
Wonders Accomplished
in a Few Years.
PRICES GOING UP
No Better Opportunity Offered
Aaywhere to Get
a Home.
For Bargains in Groceries, Fur
nishings, Clothing and Shoes see
J. E. Stewart & Co.
J. E. Stewart A Co., can save
you at least 50 per cent on your
shoe purchases.
Editor Crook County Journal:
Replying to your request for aome
information in re ard to the de
velopment of the semi-arid lands
now being reclaimed by irrigation
in this county, I desire to say to
those of your readers who are non
resident or unacquainted with the
location or extent of Crook county's
semi-arid lands that are being de
veloped by diverting the waters of
her rivers fed by the melting
snows and eternal springs of the
Cascades and Blue Mountains to
supply the naturally rich soil with
the necessary moisture, resulting
in a beau ideal farming country.
It is a district distinctive in
many ways, not only as being lo
cated in the center of the Inland
Empire and as a part of the irrigat
ed domain of the arid region, but
as & part of the still greater Arid
west, a desert waste without water,
which will some day provide homes
for millions of people, And that day
we bave reason to believe is not far
distant.
Canals covering ' about 250,000
Acres of the 550.000 acre of lnA
Crook County capable of being
farmed by irrigation methods are
now either completed or under way.
Nowhere else has farming by
irrigation been carried on more
successfully. No other irrigated
district can match this for soil,
climate, abundance of water supply,
nor any district surpass it for
variety and excellence of products.
Of the three fertile valleys the
Ochoco, Crooked and Deschutes
within the borders of Crook County
capable of being developed by
irrigation, the Deschutes Irrigation
A Power Company have the larg
est project, embracing 214,000 acres
of land that is being reclaimed un
der "The CArey Arid Land Act."
This project has over 80,000 acres
under the ditch And has during the
past two years disposed of more
than 40,000 acres to settlers in
tracts of from 40 acres the min
imum amount to 160 acres the
maximum sold to any purchaser.
Forty-thousand Acres with water,
on the land are still unsold at tho
cost of irrigation from $10.00 to
$17.50 per Acre, for land with
perpetual water right. I beleive it
is safe to say that if these lands
were close' to railroad . transpor
tation they would have been sold
faster than men and money could
bave brought water to irrigate them.
Undoubtedly many people who
have heard of these lands have been
deterred from investigating by the
supposition that land 75 and 100
miles fiom a railroad could not
raise a crop that would pay them.
Let us see what the facts are.
First Crook County is one of
the largest livestock counties in
the United States and the busi
ness will be a growing one with the
irrigated lands to supply winter
feed and with the extensive gov
ernment forest reserve for summer
range. Hay will Always command
codiinuea on page 'Z.
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JUNE 12th
THE C. W. ' ELKINS STORE
ENDING
JUNE 29
JUNE WHITE
SA
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Beginning Wednesday, June 12th and ending Saturday June 29th
N pursuance lo our up-lo-Jalc policy you now have the opportunity lo select from the season's best ollcrings at a great saving. Do no! fail to make oul your list and take advantage of this unparalled sale of While Goods and Summer Novelties This is not
a "clean-up of old goods but you will find on inspection thai ours is the "un-to-lhe-rnomcnf store, and lhat every niece of ooods. every oarment shown is not onlv fresh from the larfnrv hut that the. nrice is a wonderful revelation of savina to vou. We
have space for hut a lew ol our prices here. A visit to our store alone will reveal the extent to which prices are reduced for this sale. ,
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Closing out Prices
of Ladies Ready-made
House Dresses, Kimonas
and Worsted Skirts
200 yds Choice
White Goods
In BtriHi anil Checks. Regular price
MoaiuiwKo Sale Price 10c
230 yds Nainsook
Dimities, etc.
Kfipecirtlly for children's white dresses. Reg
ular 15c to 20c goods flow 2 .2c
392 yds Fancy
White Goods
Very choice, regular 20e to 22Vg'e
On Sale at 15c
225 yds White Waisting
In beautiful designs, splendid values at 25c
to close at 17 l-2c
390 yds Lawns
Suitable lor evening wear, in pink, blue,
and red, 20c values Sale price 15c
LET NOTHING KEEP YOU AW&Y
Clothing
Department
Every Boys, Youths, and
Men's Suits reduced in
price during this sale
400 Summer Hats .
For Boys and Men. Sum
mer Samples. 10c each
See our prices for
June Sale. Special
Prices on Shirt Waists
Muslin Underwear.
Footwear
Ladi e a white
canvas B 1 u c li e r
Oxford, regular
ft. 50 firade,on aale
$1.20 pr pair
Ladies white sea
island cot Itlucher
Oxford, Cuban
heel, kid lining
splendid f2.50 val.
Now $2.15
.Cliilds fine white
canvas o x f o r ds,
sixes 6 to 8, reg.
1.25 value
now 90c.
Misses s'uses in above, 12 to 2, reg $1.45 grade
Sale Price $1.15
Men's white canvas blucber, regular foot
a . . i i i ..l r.f -...1
conuurt iur ikil uiiyn mgiunr fj.im vuum
Now $1.90
Ladies Summer Vests
reg 128' grade now 3 for 25c
Ladies White Hose
20c valuoa
35c values
Sale Price 12e
8ale Price 25c
Ladies Silk Gloves y .
10 button length, $2.00 grade
"Reduced to $1.55
Millinery Department
. It brimful of wonderful value and price
are U reduced during thi le. Do not
neglect buying your hat during thi tale.
Don't forget to see our
Bargain Counter
White
Dress Skirts
AH
Sizes.
$1 75 Grade reduced to $1 85
2 00 " " 1 55
3 50 " " 2 85
10 doz Sheets
72x90, 85c value . Safe priCe 75c
10 doz Pillow Slips
42x36 regular 25c values Nowl7 l-2c
Our regular $1.50 Marseilles Bed Spreads,
long and wide Sale price $1.15
See our prices for
Children & Women's
Ready-to-wear Dress
es, Hosiery, etc.