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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 5, 1907.
NO. 51
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2-lb can of Asparagus ,
Our Special Roast Coffee regular 25c blend at
These represent a few of our prices. If you would
For Christmas Shoppers
Our line of Holiday Dishes and fancy Crockery including several patterns of
Genuine llaviland will
SACRIFICE
MILLIN
Will Commence Saturday,
A sacrifice sale
on Saturday, December 7. Everything goes regardless
of value. Here are some sample cuts in price:
Some Sample Bargains
Children's Hats knocked down (o 50 cents and $1.00
Baby Hoods worth
Maline worth 40c
Ribbons
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Heavy Wool Underwear, extra value al $1.10 per garmcnl
Sox, regular GOc value .Now 40c
Boys' and Girls' School Caps . 25c lo $1.25
Children's Wool Cloves and Mittens ...1 12Jc 1o 27c a pair
ladies' Heavy Wool Cloves ...20c to 57c a pair
Lilies' Regular $3.50 Sweater Waist Now $2.10
Misses' Regular $2 Sweater Jacket ..... .., Now $135
Silks and Dress
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yard in double fold woolen mixtures.
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M. E. CHURCH
DEDICATED
No Trouble in Raising
the Funds.
LARGE ATTENDANCE
Buildinz Caught Fire Durinv ih
Dedication Services No
Damage Done. '
The dedication of the new
Mothodict church lattt Sunday, i
an eveni wnien win be long re-
mi'tnWrd in Prinevillc, not only
for the huccwkIu! imue but for a
dinter m narrowly averted. Not
only was there grcit cuecepn in the
completion and dedication of the
building at well as Riicccngin rain
ing the 11500 yet needed to liqui
date all indebted news, but that
fucrecu wa Hnatched out of the
very jaws of defeat by another
attack of the fire fu-nd whoee work
more than a year ago made a new
building a necewity.
The best of weather prevailed
for the day of dedication and by
10:30 in the morning the church
was well rilled, every available
seat in the auditorium being taken
and the late comers filled the ac
neinbly room.
A good mustic&l program was
rendered by the choir, aKsitfted by
Miss Nelma of the Presbyterian
church, and Mrs. Caibreath and
Mia lloblwof tho Baptist church.
Rev. J. T. Moore and Dr. II. C.
Dunsmore of the local churche
together with Rev. M'aUon jkip
worth, Rev. W. P. Jinnett, Rev. J.
K. Craig of Madras, and the Rev.
Mr. hads and the pastor of the
church, lie v. C. A. Houel, occu
pied neatM on the platform and in
various ways took part in the Ser
vian.
Presiding Elder Skipworth
preached an able eermon from
John 3 16, ufter which he made a
financial statement showing that
f 1500 would be required to pay off
the remaining indebtedness. He
asked for subscriptions to cover
this amount. In half an hour
$1100 had been subscribed and the
services were dismissed until eve
ning.
In the eveninc, an Enworth
League rally was held at 6:30 in
the assembly room, in which every
possible space was occupied by the
people who listened to an address
in "Self-Mastery" by Rev. W. P.
Jinnett.
At 7:30 the general service be
gan with 250 seats occupied. But
a few minutes later while Mr.
Skipworth was reading the scrip
ture, smoke began to come through
the floor of the assembly room and
a stampede was made for the
doors. Excepting that ono woman
fainted and others were badly
frightened no harm was done by
the rush. An alarm was turned in
and the depaitment responded;
but the fire hai been subdued by
several buckets of water. The
joists above the furnace had caught
and were blazing.
Considerable . excitement pre
vailed but only a little time had
been consumed by the interruption
when Mr. Housel called the people
inside and those who were already
jn to be seated. A hymn was sung
and the services were resumed.
Mr. Skipworth again preached
after which, he asked for subscrip
tions to cover the remaining $400.
Rapid response was made and the
amount was soon provided for.
after which the church was dedi
cated, the presiding elder leading
in the service, the other ministers
joining in the responses, while the
trustees presented the building.
Altogether,' the day was a remark
able success and an happy occasion.
Mr. Housel announced that the
furnace would immediately bo re
modeled and so arrangod as to
eliminate any possibilities of any
further such mishaps.
Historical Sketch of M. L (lurch
BY W. V. JTSSKrr
When, and by whom, what is
now Crook County wag find in
vaded by the Methodist itinerant
is not known to the writer of thin
fketch. He ha? not been abl in
locate the pernon who knows and
tht records do not contain ffie in
formation.
TL C..t lf.il . I- i it
me urn lueinociisi class ' was
organized in the year 1870. on
Mill Creek, by Rev. Robert Booth,
father of Hon. V. A. Booth. No
records remain of that beginning
and we do not know who were
among that number thus organ
ized. The first appointment duly
mado in conference wait in
when II. B. Lane was apio nted
preacher in charge of Ochoco cir
cuit in W'acco county.
The first quarterly conference, of
which there is authentic record,
was held in Pnnevil e Jon 25.
1881. Those present at that
meeting, besides the presiding
lder, (.J. C. Roe and J. C. Teetor
the pastor, were J. C. Combs, Jane
Com!, O. M. Pringle, C. S. Pringle,
Sarah Ketcbum, E. F. Wilson and
K
. V. Miller.
In the autumn of 1882 Rev. N.
M. Skipworth, father of presiding
elder Walton Skipworth. was ap
pointed to Prineville circuit and
during his ministry the first buUlCState laws anii rulings of the
ng was erected, namely, a parson
age built in 1883 on lots in New
somVaddition, the property now
owned by. J. W. Collins.
The first church edifice was
erected in 1888-89 during the pas
torate of Frank R. Snauldincr.
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The New M. E. Church, Prineville, Oregon
For that early period, this build
ing costing about $2000 was a very
creditable one and continued to be
used until it was destroyed in Oc
tober of last vear.
Under the labors of Rev. II. C.
Clark, pastor 1901 to 1904, a new
parsonage, modern, and commo
dious, was built on lots adjacent
to the church and the old parson
age sold, and two years later a
basement was added to the church
and other improvements made to
the value of a little more than
$1000. These improvements were
scarcely completed when the fire
occurred Oct. 2, 1906, and con
sumed the church. The building
so joyously dedicated last Sunday,
Dec. 1st, which with the parson
age and ground, represent an in
vestment of about $8000, concludes
the story of the material and
growth of Methodism in Prineville.
The present membership of the
church numbers 75 and as the
children of this church two sep
arate organizations now exist in
Crook county, one at Madras and
one at Bend.
The lisf of those who lyive
served this church aspattor is not
complete but among them are the
following in the order named: H.
B. Lane, J. C. Teetor, N. M. Skip
worth, G. W. Strong, Ira Wake
field, F. R. Spaulding, Wm. De-
weese, l. u. tioitgson, Kd Baker,
C. D. Nickelsen. W. C. Smith.
Henry Moys, Wm. Haskins, II. N.
Gowan, II. C. Clark, W. P. Jinnett,
and the present incumbent Clar
ence A. Housel.
RULES AND
REGULATIONS
Finally Adopted by State
Land Board. 0
NOW SATISFACTORY
Rales
and Regulations Published
in Fall for the Guidance
of Settlers.
In order that those desiring to
settle upon and cultivate lands re
claimed under the provisions of
the Carey Act may be advised as
to the method of procedure re
quired by the Board, and that
those desiring to contract with the
state for the selection and reclama
tion of additional areas may be
advised as to the general provis
isons required by the Board in
puch contracts, these rules and reg
ulations have been adopted by the
State Land Board, baaed upon our
interpretation of the Federal and
U. S. Department of the Interior
Under section 3284 of Bellinger
and Cotton's Code, which is section
2 of the state law accepting the
provisions of the Carey Act, the
"State Land Board is hereby auth
orized to make and enter into such
contracts and agreements, and to
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create and assume such obligations
in relation to and concerning said
lands, as may be necessary to in
duce and cause such reclamation
thereof as is required by the con
tract with the Secretary of the
Interior and the Acts of Congress."
POLICY OF BOARD
Rule 1. It will be the policy of
the Board to guard equally the
interest of the state, of the intend
ing settler, and of the company
which shall have the contract for
the construction of the canal sys
tem and colonization of the lands
thereunder, and in referring to the
several parties in these rules the
company that is building the sys
tem shall be referred to as "con
struction companv" or "the com-
pauy, me intending settler as
"entryman" or "settler," and the
State Land Board of Oregon as
"the Board."
WHO MAY ENTER LANDS
Rule 2. The right to enter land
under the Carey Act does not de
pend directly upon the general
land laws of the United States; no
entryman will, therefore, be dis
qualified for entering land under
the "provisions of this act by rea
son of his having previously ex
hausted his rights under the gen
eral land laws of the United
States.
APPLICATION.
Rule 3. No charge is made by
the state for lands reclaimed un
der the Carey Act, or for the issu
ing of deeds. Application to the
state for entry of land, also for the
purchase of water right and re
lease of lien from ' the construction
company. This application and
contract shall be made in tripli
cate and forwarded by the com
pany to the State Land Board
within ten days after execution for
approval and endorsement by the
Board, and without such endorse
ment to I void. One copy of each
to be retained by the Board, the
remaining copies returned to the
company, who shall deliver one
copy to the applicant. No land
will 1 considered entered until
the settler's application has been
received and approved by the
board and the entry noted on the
records of the state Land Board
at Salem.
LOCATION
Rule 4. All filinsrs or entries of
land shall be made according to
legal subdivisions; and the legal
subdivisions constituting a filing
under a Carey Act project shall be
contiguous; but nothing shall pre
vent an entryman from filing upon
and under the provisions of this
act under two or more Carey Act
projects in the state, the total
amount so filed upon being limi
ted, however, to one hundred and
sixty acres.
AREA QUALIFICATION FOR ENTRY
Rule 5. Deeds will not be
issued to any one person for more
than one hundred and sixty acres,
and then only to one "who is a
citizen of the United States or has
declared his intention to become
such, and who ha made actual
settlement on said land, as re
quired by the act granting such
lands to the state."
LAW ON SETTLEMENT
Rule 6. The federal law and
contract with the state binds tho
state to dispose of lands patented
to it under the provisions of this
act to "actual settlers," who will
cause the same to be "irrigated.
and reclaimed, as thorouzhlv as
required of citizens who may
enter under the said Desert Land
Law," and the contract between
the state and the government pro
vides that the "state shall not
lease anv of said lands, or use or
dispose of the same in any way
whatever, except to secure their
reclamation, cultivation and set
tlement." RKBIDENCE
Rule 7, Actual settler is de
fined to mean "a person in the
actual occupancy of the land, with
the intention of making the same
his residence and using the land
as his home."
SETTLEMENT
Rule 8. Within three years
from the date of the settler's ap
plication for entry of land applied
for, and maintain such residence
in accordance with the rules of the
Board until he has made proof of
reclamation, cultivation and set
tlement. Actual residence on the land for
at least three consecutive mouths
will be required in the making of
proof as to settlement.
CULTIVATION PROOF
Rule 9. Within three years
from the date of such settler ap
plication, not less than one-eighth
of the irrigable land applied for
shall be actually cultivated and
irrigated, and the Bettler shall ap
pear before the clerk of the Board,
or any officer in the state author
ized to administer oaths, and make
proof of reclamation, cultivation
and settlement, upon Form "A,"
supported by affidavit of two
credible witnesses, Form "B," and
file the same with the State Land
Board at Salem, Oregon, on or
before the expiration of such three
year period. Such proof may be
made (after said one-eighth shall
have been cultivated, and the
three-months perio.l continu
ous resideuce) at ai.y i :ne prior to
the expiration of such three-year
period.
CERTIFICATE OF PKOOF
Rule 10. Upon receipt and ap
proval by the Board of satisfac
tory proof of reclamation, culti
vation and settlement, the Board
shall issue a certificate. Form C,
showing that such proof has been
made, and forward the same to
the. settler.
PRIOR ENTRIES
Rule 11. For valid entries
made prior to the date of adop
tion of these rules, the time of
reclamation, cultivation and set
tlement" shall run from the date
of adoption of these rules, and in
case the necessary proofs are
not tiled with the State Land
Board at Salem, Oregon, within
three years from such date, then
sueh prior entries shall be sub
ject to cancellation.
ASSIGNMENT QUALIFICATIONS
Rule 12. Assignment of tho
application and contract may be
made, but the assignee shall pos
sess all the qualifications of an
original . entryman. Such as
signee shall file a certified copy
of a proper deed of assignment
of all the right, title and interest
of such origi ml entryman to the
land, together with evidence in
writing from tho construction
company of its consent thereto,
and his affidavit in Form D. The
assignee shall make and com-
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