The finest exhibits ever seen in Crook County. The race meet will be the best ever
The Fair begins today. Big attendance.
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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTS, OREGON, OCTOBER 24, 1907.
NO. 45
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You will find our store the most interesting place in town
fine displays we make in all line.
Men's Clothing
Hats
Dreis SLirts
Flannel Shirts
Underwear
Men's Footwear
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are on hand and will be sold
on Liberal Terms
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NYou cannot afford to miss it. Everything grown
. in Central Oregon will bo exhibited.
Exhibits Wanted from all Sections of the County
Fi
ine Kacmg Dig rurses
No that we have s creamery in
operation in our midH it behoves
the thrifty rancher to MuIy the
character and competition of hi
dairy herd.
IInry K. Alvord,. K , chief of
the dairy divieion, U. 8. I apart
ment of Agriculture, has the fol
lowing to nay regarding the dairy
herd; iW formation and manage
Dairymen are divided in opinion
as to tiie kind 01 cow wincn id
maul profitahle. Smne prefer a
"general purpose cow," which it a
member of a specially developed
rrjilk-prodiK ing family from one
of tlie beef breeds, or grades of
such stock An animal if time
secured which has a large frame,
is easily kept in good flesh, and
fattenii soon when, not milking
heavily; such an one also has
large calves, profitahle for veal or
for growing as steers, bven if
such animals are not so productive
while in the dairy, their meat
making proclivities may make up
for it' There are two or three of
the established breeds of cattle
which claim to possess combined
qualities for meat and milk. On
the other hand, many dairymen
prefer cattle of the distinct class
or tviie em'ciallv: adapted to
dairy purposes alone. This class
includes various families and
breeds, all having the marked
characteristics which dist nguh-h
the milk producer. Owners of
such cows expect .them to lie so
profitable as milkers that their
beef-producing quality and the
final, disposition of their carcasses
may be entirely ignored; and the
calves, except so far as wanted to
raise for the dairy, are given little
consideration. Which of these
lines of policy should le pursued
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everv dairyman musi determine
for himself. To succeed in his
business he should select his herd
or its foundation wun a view io
profit. Whether he should buy
breed, and feed his cows, having
in view only their dairy products
and capacity for reproduction, or
whether he will find it more pro
fitable to include the items
of beef and veal, tmift bo largely
determined bv home conditions
SPKCIAL ADAPTION
Within the general class of
dairy cattle one can find great
variety and can ' therefore select
breeds or families well adapted to
tho social needs in view. Some
dairy cattle are noted for the
quantity of milk they produce;
others for the high quality or
richness of their milk, which
means they are good butter pro
ducers. Some combine quantity
and quality in a specially economi
cal wav, under some circum
stances There are cows of active
habits, which forage well on a wide
range of scanty pasture, and will
profitably work up the coarser
kinds of food in winter. There
are others w hich have proved their
capacity for making good returns
when more closely confined and
subjected to high feeding. Some
cows give a great tiow of milk for
a comparatively short season, and
others are noted for an even,
steady yield of milk the year
through. The dairyman can
easily find cattle, therefore,
adapted to his particular wants.
As a rule, the dirterent dairy
characteristics named pertain to
different hreeds, so that every
unneceHsary. Evidence abounds
on every Bide, and every dairyman,
or prospective dairyman, can sat
isfy himself as to the cattle he
should adopt, if he will but make
a proper tludy of the aubject. He
need not go far in this country to
find the best kind or breed of cowa
for milk supply, the best for butter
making, or the beat for the cream
trade. There is no spf'cial cheese
making cow; the best butter cow
is also the best for cheese; this
fact has been demonstrated beyond
dispute.
CROOK COUNTY'S
WEALTH
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Central Oregon
Live Stock
T. H. Lafollette,
President, Prineville, Or
Agricultural
Association
Duncan Macleod,
Secretary, Prineville
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fOKMATIO.I OK THE DAIRY HERD
There are two very different
ways of forming a dairy herd and
of maintaining its size and quality.
It may be done by buying or by
breeding, and these two methods
may be combined.
By purchase The purchasing
plan is practiced to a considerable
extent by those who produce milk
for town and city supply. In a
few cases it has been known to be
successful w here the work of the herd
was to make Duller. Applied in
its extreme form, cows are bought
when mature and at their prime.
fudged almost exclusively by
their milk yield, are highly fed so
as to keep steadily gaining in flesh,
nd are sold, usually to the
butcher, as soon as they cease to
be profitable as milkers. The bull
may le of any kind so long as he
gets the cows in calf, as the calves
are of value only as causing "fresh"
cows and are disposed of as toon
as possible. The first modification
of this system is to keep extra
good cows for several seasons and
the next to raise heifers from some
of the best milkers to replenish the
herd, this way of making up a
herd and keeping good its num
bers requires abundant capital and
rare, judgment in buying and in
selling. It can not be rec
om mended to one lacking ex per
ience, and even the shrewdest
buyer runs great risk of bringing
disease into his herd.
lsy breeding the other ex
treme is to begin with a few well
selected animals as a foundation
and gradually build up the herd
to the size desired bv judicious
breeding and natural increase
This method takes time, and time
which may be money, but it is by
far the safer and more satisfactory
in its results, and it must be
recocnized as a higher grade of
dairy farming.
-foundation of the herd. A de
sirable combination in starting is
to buy the numwr of cows desired
and good animals of the sort de
termined in advance. If one;
means will permit, include a few
superior cows and a first-class bull
at any rate. Let the cows selected
be such as have had two calves
and perhaps three, so that they
may be judged bv their own de
velonment and yet be youn
enough to improve and be in full
profit for some years. With a
herd thus formed, begin at once
the work of improvement by breed
ing and selection Sell promptly
any cow which proves unsatis
factory and replace her by the
best increase of the herd, or pur
chase occasionally an animal
which will raise the average
quality.
Buying registered cattle. In
these days any dairyman who
wants registered animals of any of
the a pproved breeds can get them
if he will but make the effort. The
beginner in registered dairy stock
can not be too strongly urged to
buy and breed on the basis of in
dividual and family merit and
dairy record, and not upon pedi
gree alone. Pedigree is of value
There were, 111.K21 sheep and
goats in the county at the time of
taking assessment last March, the
value of which was placed at
$295,fi23.
The assessor foutid less than
1000 swine in the county which
means that about three-fourths of
the bacon and lard that is con
sumed in the county during the
coming winter will have to be im
ported, and yet there is a great
over supply of wheat. It seemt to
us that here is the opportunity for
new industry in Crook county
the total increase o! tbe as
sessor's final balance is more than
1500,(100 but this is decreased by
100,000 of the value of the D. I. &
P. Co's ditches that was included
in the last year's totals and was
afterward ruled by the higher
courts as not assessable. Thus
the' actual increase of the assessable
property in the , county for the
twelve months ending March 1st
of this year is but a few thousand
dollars less than $1,000,000. And
this showing with one-half of the
county's area open to entry under
the various free land acta gives one
an idea of the immense possibil
ities of Crook County.
SURVEYORS VISIT
- PRINEVILLE
A party of O. R. & N. surveyors
and enginees arrived Sunday at
Prineville. They came for a sup
ply of gasoline for their auto
mobile.
While the members of the party
were very secretive about the
object of their trip through this
country, it is pretty well under
stood that their object is to block
the efforts of the Oregon Trunk
Line to reach Central Oregon.
It is said the party will go as
far south as Klamath Falls. From
the amount of gasoline taken
aboard here it would seem that
they were equipped for a long
journey. It may be however, that
they will not go farther than to
the upper Deschutes valley where
they will seek the most practical
route for a railroad.
The Oregon Trunk Lino up the
Deschutes is the thorn that is
COUNTY FAIR
NOW OPEN
The third annual Crook County
fair began today. The entries
made cover a wider range of our
resources than ever before. Ex
hibit from the Sisters district,
from Culver and Madras, and
every part of the county have been
entered and many from the out
side districts have not arrived yet.
The articles among the jrgricul-
tural exhibits are of Utter quality
than have ever been thown before
and the best care, both in cultiva
tion and preparation of the ex
hibits, is apparent.
The fruit exhibit is especially
fine, particularly the fall and win
ter varieties of apples and pears.
Perhaps the most entries for any
one class ol premiums arelor
potatoes and vegetables of the
different kinds. Among these are
to be found almost all the varie
ties that can be successfully grown
in the county and a most remark
able feature of this class is the fact
that they have been grown in
almost all classes without irriga
tion. Great interest is shown in the
fancy work and potted flower ex
hibits and those that have been
entered are of the best. "
The educational exhibit reflects
great credit upon our schools and
shows the progress of the different
grades in cIiuIb of tLe city and
county.
Various exhibits of miscellan
eous classes have been arranged
and all lend to tbe harmony and
arrangement scheme of the
pavilion.
The racing program is full to
the limit. This afternoon the first
race will be pulled off with nine
horses to start and will be a tryout
that will show some interesting
things concerning the fastest
horses.
Every feature of the fair shows a
prosperous condition of the coun
try and its people ana shows a
wider range of products and a
greater variety than was thought
possible in Crook county.
rod ding
thing.
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is likely to nnu some
of dairy cattle better
his wants than any
dairyman
one breed
suitod to
other.
This is not the place to revive
the never-ended battle of the
breeds." No matter how strong
one's convictions, discretion must
be exercised. Pronounced opinions
and direct advice as to the several
recocnized dairy breeds are here
Fall and Winter
SHIRT WAISTS
Just Received
PRICES RIGHT
Complete Assortment
BUY EARLY
Foster & Hyde
nd bhould be well studied: it is
the best guaranty that the calves
to come will make good cows.
But the pedigree should be sup
ported by uniform excellence m
the family and by evidence of
merit in the particular animals
bought. Although the investment
is greater, there is greater cer
tainty of good results if mature
cows are bought which show what
can be expected of them, if they
have not already made a record,
than if calves or undeveloped
heifers are selected. It is also
;conomy, having chosen the right
breed, to purchase good represen
tatives of that breed, rather than
be content with only average or
even ordinary animals. Success
ful dairying has proved that tin
greater profit comes from the best
cows, whatever their kind. This i
as true of purebred or registered
slock as of common cows. It
better to pay sfaUU tor three ex
cellent cows than to pay the sam
sum for four good cows or five
which are only fair. A really
superior dairy cow of a superior
family, with pedigree which give
assurance of calves equal the dam
if not better, is always worth
large price. Such an animal adds
much to the average value of any
dairy herd. In buying registered
cattle deal only with men of rep
utation as breeders and of strict
integrity. "The best part of
pedigree is the name of the breeder
Harriman to do some-
RINEVILLE
POSTAL RECEIPTS
WANT BETTER
MAIL SERVICE
There is no better barometer of
the financial progress of the
country than the increase in re
ceipts at the local postoffice.
The Prineville postoffice shows
material increase in all branches
of business in the past year and
kewise over all previous years.
For the fiscal year ending July
st the postal receipts reached
$4300.17, while for the calendar
year of 1896 the receipts for the
same branch of Uncle Sam's busi
ness were only $104S.94, showing
the increase to be over 400 per
cent.
In the year 1902 there were
1102 money orders issued, while
for the fiscal year closing June 30
of this year the number of orders
issued reached 4386, showing an
increase of 300 per cent in five
years.
There is no record of the number
of pieces of matter of the various
classes mailed at any previous
date, but in response to instruc
tions from the postoffice depart
ment the local otlice has just com
pleted the counting of maiter
mailed for a period of seven days,
beginning October 13. During
this period there were a little
lest than four thousand pieces of
matter of the different classes
mailed, about three thousand of
which was the first class. Dur
ir.e this time there were 441 postal
cards mailed showing that this
office is no exception to the postal
card craze.
TheSummit Prairie people are
trying to get better mail service for
their section of the county. They
thought a rural free delivery from
Prineville to William Schmidt's
place, a distance of some thirty-six
miles, would be a good thing.
Uncle Sam, however, requires 100
families living within a distance
of 25 miles as one of the conditions
necessary for a free delivery ser
vice. As there are not one nunu
red families living on the proposed
route and as the distance to be
traversed is much greater, a free
delivery is out of the question.
As there is but one family at How
ard the stamp sales are bound to
go under the minimum of $25 a
quarter to hold a postoffice so that
it is only a question of time when
that office will'be closed or moved.
If the Summit Prairie people will
get together and make a united
demand something might be done
for them.
Men's Suite, Hats and general
Furnishings at about half price at
E. Stewarts & Co.
Apples, Apples, Apples
At Richard Banby's, two miles west
of John Day City. Many varieties of
Fait and Winter Apples at 87 cents
per box. No pests of anv kind in the
fruit. From 2500 to 3500'bushels.
10-3tf KlCHARD 1ANBY,
John Pay, Ore.
100 per cent Pure Wool
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Clothing at
Foster & Hydes's
City Property for Sale
House, barn anil threo lots for sale ;
good location; price renfonable, Ad
3ress T. J. Ferguson, Prineville, Ore.
The Dr. Mary Lane Institute
The staff of physiana connected with
this, the leading institution of its kind
in Portland, are graduates of the best
medical anil surgical colleges of the
world. Maternity cases are given
special attention. A modern sanaiariura
is maintained in connection. All cor
respondence is contidential. Address,
Mary Lane Institute, rooms 6 to 14
Grand Theater Building, Portland, Ore
gon. Consultation free. 10-17p