Crook County journal. (Prineville, Or.) 189?-1921, September 26, 1907, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextIf Comely Crook Jomraal. PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 26, 1907. VOL XI NO. 41 ii Our New Line BUSTER BROWN BLUE RIBBON shoes 'rv.. 11 A. L rT.TTL.E ll r.i M L j C-2 C3 r1 L J C3 r i L J M ra u rui uu ri LJ r.i lj C3 ra il 11 ri K M L J r.i 13 r.i lj C3 r.i r.i LJ r.a lj M LJ r.i i. j ri LJ ra M LU r a L J r.i LJ r.i L J r.a LJ r.i LJ r.ii L J LA1"" Li Xl' "SV Z Ik. & L V Buster Brown Shoes FOR BOYS, ALSO Our Grocery Department We have just bought the entire grocery stock of T. F. McCaliUtcr at a lig tlincount anl among hundreds of bargains we mention a few: Sample HUmUr.l Tomatoes 2firiV " Vrn 2f.ir2fe K. l.niinx lmt 8.ln 4 for 2.V B Minnl MiikIi 2 for 2.V Tywi Beourltifc Komi 4 (or 2V You Lose if you buy elsewhere Our Millinery Opening Wednesday, October 2d We have a particularly fine showing of all the Correct Fall Shapes. Indies, you are especially invited to inspect" the line C W; ELKINS ranararanaraiarararar,ir3rarararaniranarar,araranararapririraH LJLJLJL JLJLJL JL JL JW JLJt JL JL JL JLJL JLJL JLJL JLJLJLJLJL JL.JW JL. JL JLJL JL JL. JL JL JL JLC JL J LJLJLJLjJLJLvJUJbJl JLJU. JLJLJL.JLvJL.JL JLJL.JLJLJL.JL JLJLJL JLJLJCJLJL r.i LJ LJ ra LJ T;1 L J Srook LJ ri L"J til LJ LJ r.i LJ Til LU r.i L!J LJ rn LJ rci LJ ri LJ Til LU rui LJ Til LJ rid Da rui LJ nil LJ ri LJ nn Lid rn LJ rii yj ' no LJ ri LIU rin LIU ria . LJ ra LJ nn LJ ' nn LU ma LIU pin cu LJ rn LJ nn LJ rin LJ cn LJ nn LU run cu rn LU nn cu El rin LJ nn . uu em LOU nn LU nn cu nn LU nn LJ Prineville, Oregon Oct 24, 25,26,28, 29 You canijpt afford to miss it. Everything grown in Central Oregon will be exhibited. Exhibits Wanted from all Sections of the County Fine RacingBig Send for Premium List to President or Secretary Central Oregon Live Stock T. H. Lafollette, President, Prineville, Or of Space forbid men. tioning more than a few lines from our Magnificent Shoe Stock BUY OF US You get the BEST MADE Satisfaction Always Guaranteed WE Bargains 1 (iittloi) Fountain Hynip 70o i' " 3.1c HoMtlliign UiKt Tea, tto kg...20c " " " 12o.kt..40c THIRD ANNUAL Comity Fair TO BE HELD AT Agricultural Association P!i1i LJ L J r L J r i L J ri L J r :i L J r i L J r i L J r i L J r i L J ra L J ri LJ r. 1 LJ ri L J r i i j r i L J r, i LJ r. i L J r i LJ n L J n LJ ri L J r i LJ ri L J ri L J n LJ r i LJ r i LJ r i L J r n LU r i L J r i LJ r a LJ show here fir. 'y r..oiclcd potent colt if. For Jt) Women iPfj rylo with a welt l-k-, medium too and military hod. A very opulnr shoe that ctin be worn on moat ell occasions. This shoe Is from the line I hut was AWARDED DOUBLE GRAND PRIZE At The World's Fair In 1904 BUY THE BEST ri L J ri L J ri L J ri LJ ri L J r i L J r i LJ r i LJ r i l J r a L J r.i L J ri LJ ri L J J Alio in Fine Kid and Gun Metal Special at $3.50 r.i L J ri LJ r.i L J r.a L J ri L J r.i LJ r a L J r.a LJ ri LJ r.i LJ r.i LJ r.ii n L J r.i L J r.i LJ r.i L'J r.n LJ r.i L J ri LJ r.i L j LJ ra LJ ra L'J ri L J ra L J r a L J r.a LJ r.a LJ r.a LJ ra LJ ra LJ ra LJ ra l j r.a LJ ra LJ ra LJ r,a LJ ra LJ ra L'J ra L J ra LJ ra LJ ra L J ra LJ ra L J ra LJ r.a L'J ra LJ ra LJ r.i LJ ra LJ r.a LJ r.a LJ r.a Purses LJ ra LJ ra L'J & ra LJ r.a LJ ra LJ ra LJ na L'J ra L'J ra LJ pin Duncan Macleod, Secretary, Prineville LJ ra LJ ran LJ L'J r.a liU THE BEST TIMBER TREES TimWr owners and manufac turcs will be interfiled in th re sults of the detailed studies of commercial timber trtrs which the Forest Hervice of the U. 8. Depart ment of Agriculture is making. Thefe Ktudic are not confined ex cluiveljr to the well-known trees of recognized value, but, owing to the rapid decrease in the supply of our valuable wood, include those cheaer woods whofo prop erties are imperfectly known. Such studie of the tupelo gum and wee tern hemlock have done much to overcome the common prejudice againnt theee pjiecies and have added materially to their commercial importance. Commercial tree studies lgin with the tree in the foreet and fob low it all the way to the finished product in the market. The inter mediate steps are many and com plex, tut a little explanation of them may not be amine, since thev typify the field methods of a forest investigation. The. selection of a suitable place is the firxt step. In this the aim is to obtain average conditions as far as possible. When Uie range of the Secie8 to le studied is small, one locality rday.be suffici ent, but generally it is necefsary to take at leant two localities, the data from which, if similar, can be thrown together or, if markedly unlike, kept separate for different regions within the range of the sK"cies. For example, the yellow popular, or tulip-tree, have a very wide range, but a study of its growth and form would show very different results in the north and in the south. In setting at the rate of grwth of a species, the annual rings on the stumjw are counted and the distance between each tenth ring is accurately measured. In other words, beginning at the outside of the stump, the rings are coucted inward along the average radius, which is obtained by actual meas urement and indicated by a pencil line. The layers of ten rings are marked off along this line and then the distance to each mark from the center of the pith is measured and tallied. Additional data as to the relative width of snpwood and heartwood, the width ' of the bark, the height of the stump, and so forth, are obtained at the same time. These figures are taken for a great many stumps, m order to secure a tair average. The results show the growth of the average tree inside the bark at the average stump height. In or der to reduce this to diameter growth outside the bark at breast- height (4J feet above the ground), the taper of the average tree must be known. This is found by measuring the diameter of a great many trees at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 feet above the ground and averaging the results. The bark width is already known, so that all that is necessary is to add to it the figure obtained for growth inside the bark and subtract the loss through taper between stumpheight and breastheight. As a rule, a number of seedlings are measured to find out how long they have taken to reach stump- eight. By adding this period to the age of the average tree on the stump the measurement of the height growth of the average tree is complete. This would not be the case except for a peculiarity in tree growth. A given point on the trunk never moves upward with the growth of the tree. Only the tip grows, and a nail driven into tKe"trunk at a given height will hold the same height always The taper measurements also serve as a guide for fixing the pro per height of stump in felling, so as to avoid waste but still get above the stump-swelling peculiar to some species. Frequently, lellea trees lire measured, noting the diameter breasthigh, the length or distance without branches, the "clear" and actual merchantable lengths, and the total height of the tree. Where this is done in conjunction GREAT CROPS IN CROOK COUNTY The eople of Crook county should feel proud of the great crops that are being harvested this year. Report from threshers in all parts of the county show that this is the greatest crop the coun try has ever known. The Davenport-Porter machine that is working in this vicinity has already threshed more grain than they usually handle in an ordinary year, and still they are only about half through with their engage ments. There are a number of other machines in the Haystack country that report 50,000 bushels and have all the work in sight they can do before the season clot-es. The merchant, too, should re joice over the prospect of a gen eral clean-up of accounts that bare been carried for a number of years. Not only have we a bounteous yield from the soil, but also from the range. Cattle are bringing a good price, horses can command any old price, and sheep -they pay better than a bank. If the average Crook county farmer is not satisfied with his lot we do not know where in this broad land of ours he could better himself. with the stump analyses, a table of age and height is readily made from the table of age and breast high diameter already explained. In order to apply the tables de scribed, the stand on average acres of different types of land is de termined by means of sample plots, usually of an acre each, on which the diameter of every tree is care fully measured and tallied. The iuiure yieiu on average acres is then figured out from the diameter growth tables and tabulated by decades. Cutting over an area often markedly increases the growth of the remaining trees, so that a sep arate yield table is frequently made for second growth after lum bering. This forms an excellent basis for an estimate of the future stand on logged areas. Besides the more purely techni cal matters of the life history of the tree, the best methods of man agement and reproduction; the distribution of the species; the soundness, the damage by -fire, wind, insects, and fungi; and the general form and development of the species, a study of the methods of lumbering is undertaken, es pecially as regards waste and damage to young growth. Finally, a market study is made throughout the range of the species. Figures are obtained by measure ment at some mill of the actual cut and grade in board feet of the logs from trees previously marked in the woods. From these meas urements the actual value of trees of all diameters is found The present uses of the timber are looked up, and the practicability of extending its uses or substituting it for other species is considered. In connection with this, timber tests of the wood are made at one of the government timber testing laboratories. To sum up, every detail and as-j pect of the problem receives care ful attention in these commercial tree studies.Jiince it is their special object to set forth ail facts that will assist forest owners in man aging and improving their timber lands. Horses for Sale Broken and unbroken. Weigh from 1000 to 1400 pounds. Ages from 4 to 8 years. For further information write T. J. Ferguson, Prineville, Ore. 9-12 City Property for Sale House, barn and three lots for sale ; good location; price reasonable. Ad dress T. J. Ferguson, Prineville, Ore. Pasture for Rent Stock pastured by the day, week or month Apply to A. J. Pitzer, drizzly, Or. known as the W. II. Quinn ranch. 812-2p Rooms for Rent A good outside room Buttable for gentleman. Other rooms for either liidv or gentleman. Inquire at this office. 9-12tf THE COVE FRUIT RANCH A special correspondent 'of The Telegram writes an interesting letter about The Cove ranch and its energetic proprietor. The letter reads: One of the most unique situations in the world for a fruit orchard and borne is at The Cove, situated about 35 n:ilea northeast of Prine ville nd about 12 miles south west of Madras. In leaving Mad ras to go to The Cove tbe traveler is told to take all the righthand roads and that he will see it when he get there. This is literally true, at no glimpse, however small, can be had of the place until one is quite close and about 1000 feet above it. Tbis view is from the first turn of a '.long' grade, called "The Point." It is indeed a "point" long to be remembered, as a wrong move of two'feet would 'give' one a slide on sand and gravel for about 100 feet, then a sheer fall of 600 feet more. The grade is quite a long one, cost about $ 2500 to build and now is in good condition to carry all who go to The Cove to get fruit. Going down the grade, one can see about every known formation in lava on one side of the canyon and about 200 different sedimentary strata on the other. Basalt in columns of uniform shape, 40 feet long and about two feet thick, seem to be banging on threads, ready to fall. The bottom of the canyon seems to be all great irreg ularly shaped boulders of basaltic rock and Band from tbe sides of the canyon. At the bottom rolls and tumbles ,Crooked river, clear and cool, qu te unlike the same river at Prineville and above, its volume at The Cove being increased, by a numler of large springs, from one of which the orchard is irrigated by running part of the water upon a wheel, which in turn runs an endless cable to a system of buckets on an endless chain. This water retains the same temperature the year round and empties into the Deschutes about half a mile below the orchard. On account of the peculiar loca tion of The Cove, the produce is ready for market about, two or three weeks earlier than any other in the county, and always is in great demand at good prices in Prineville and other nearby towns and settlements. This year an enormous crop of fruit of all kinds is being gathered and sent out, and great numbers of people come and gather for themselves. Cherries, grapes, nec tarines, peaches, soft and hard shell almonds and English wal nuts, as well as all other varieties of fruits, mature well here. Toma toes are also wonderfully prolific and large. Great pains are taken to keep the trees clean and spraying is done four times each season. Sam ples of fruit will be shown at the several fairs this fall. Another peculiar feature of this place is the catching of the fish known as redsides, all large ones. Very few Deschutes trout are caught in Crooked river here, but just to show how it was done Nel lie Summers, one of the Prineville High School girls, who is here, combining pleasure with profit during vacation, jumped out on some rocks and in 20 minutes landed six fish that weighed eight pounds. Steam Fittings Just Received. We have lust received a line of Steam fittings such as the Celebrat ed Jenkins Bros. Globe and Check Valves, Detroit Lubricators, Best Scotch Uauge Glasses. We have also a line of packing on hand. We have the agency for the best Gasoline Engine on the market. See one run at our shop. Don't forget that I carry Belting. Cap Screws, Shafting Boxes, Collars, and that 1 am prepared to make your planer bolts and any other kind of odd bolts and screws you may need. 2-14tf Prinevillb Machine Shop. Men's Suits, Hats and general Furnishings at about half price at J. E. Stewarts & Co. Crook County Journal, county official paper, $1.50 a year. BIG IRRIGATION PROJECT A contract has been signed be tween the State Land Board and the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company to reclaim 100,000 acres between Prineville and Redmond. Tbis land adjoins the present seg regation of tbe D. I. A P. Co. in the Deschutes valley. The tract to be reclaimed lies east of Redmond and reaches from that place to the brink of the Crooked river canyon just west of Prineville. The work of the field engineers has already commenced on this project and will continue through out the winter months. A field force of sixteen men are employed at present at an expense of some thing more than 12500 per month to the company and this force will be increased as soon as men can be had to fill the positions. It is the purpose of the company to construct a massive dam in the Deschutes about three miles below Bend from which point the new main canal will receive its water supply. This dam will in itself be a big undertaking because of the nature of the river bed at that point. It will be so constructed that the water of tbe entire stream will be raised about forty feet, causing the back water to almost reach tbe city limits of Bend. Tbe new canal, " which will be known as tho North canal, will feed into the Pilot Butte canal. practically dispensing with about seven miles of that canal system. The Pilot Butte canal will be kept in repair however, thus making all settlers under either system doubly sure of the source of their water supply. When asked what siae the new canal would be at tbe intake, Mr. Redfield said that the dimensions had not been determined upon as yet, but that the new system would be supplied with several laterals that will be larger than the Pilot Butte canal at its intake. Beside the feature of reclaiming more acres of land, the 1). I. it P. Co. have a double purpose in the construction of the immense dam. The water that will go to waste over the dam after all water rights have been satisfied will at a mini mum estimate, amount to 2000 or more horse power, and the average in an ordinary eason will double that amount. According to Mr. Red field's esti mate, all lands that it will be pos sible to irrigate from the Des chutes, will be supplied and yet the waste that will How over the new dam will be sufficient to ope rate a plant that will provide electricity for all purposes for the towns of tbe Deschutes valley in cluding electric lighting systems for Prineville and other places. The work of the engineers will be in progress all winter and will be so nearly completed by June next that the actual construction can begin n tne company sees nt to do so. Steps have been taken by the company to secure reservoir sites near the headwaters of the Des chutes where flood waters will be held during the winter and spring months and used in the seasons when water is in great demand in their irrigation systems. High School Societies Meet The first meeting of the Alpha and Ochoconian Literary societies was held in the high school Friday afternoon. The report of the committees appointed to draft a constitution and by-laws was accepted by each society and officers were elected for the ensuing term. The result of the election was as follows: Alpha society, president, Clara Homey; vice-president, Verna Howard; secretary, Gertie Hodges. Ochoconian society, president, Elsie Osborn; vice-president, Em erine Young; secretary, Edna Estes. A committee of one was ap pointed by each society to decide upon a question for the inter society debate which is to be held in December Interest is already running high and a lively contest is expected.