Crook Coiaety Joarjnia
VOL. XII
PRINEVILLE, CR00X COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 23, 1908.
NO. 6
CROOK COUNTY
BEEF CATTLE
Winter feil l i( for the I'ortlaud
ml 1'ugot Hound markets ha he
come n Important and profitable
industry for the cattlemen mid
lfIf ranchers of Cruok county.
The industry ha grown from
small beginnings until this year
the rancher of thin vicinity will
market no lent than 2000 hum of
finished lieef. Thb heats the out
put of any previous year.
01 the lsf that are leitig fat
tened in tho central part of Crook
county that will lie ready for the
market from this data until late
spring are the following: J. W.
Howard, 200 head; Charles Hud
ton, 150 head; II. 8. Cram, 350
head; J. O. Powell, 100 Load; John
It. Ryan 250 head, T. II. LafoIMte,
200 head; K. T. Blayton, 275 had;
beside numerous entailer bunches
The Iota mentioned are lliree-year
old steers, with a few of four or
flve-yenr-olds among them. They
re of good ixe and have been
well fed ttecauwe of the excellent
feeding weather and the good con
dition of the hny that U being fed.
The hay supply U greater than
the demand and spring will find
the county with mi vera I thousand
tone in the flack. The hay that
hat been fed ha almost all been
alfalfa or clover and in ruot in
stances it hna leen fed without
grain or mill feed of any kind. A
few exception have been noted
thia year however, with a reault
that it will mean a local mnrket
for barley, oat and corn. In one
inatance where C. V. Smith fed 07
head of steers with a mixture of
alfalfa and barley bay, the cattle
were in much tietter condition
than on a ration of one kind of
hay, Mid in other cbhmi chopped
barley and corn have been fed with
excellent euccee.
Men' HuiU, Mats and general
Furnishings at about half price at
J. K. Htewart & Co.
Death of A. II. Breyman
A. II. Itrevman died in Portland
last week and wa buried butt
Sunday. He bad been tick for
over fix month and differed
greatly from an attack of neural
gia in the face which seemed to
buflle tliM effort of medical ("kill,
Mr. Breyman was well and favor
ably known in Crook county. He
wa engaged in stotkraixing for
many year and organised the
Baldwin Sheep & Land Company
at Haycreek in 1SH5. lie moved
from Crook county to Portland in
lHiK) and started in the wholesale
leather business under the firm
name of the lire) man Leather
Company. "
Mr. Breyman wo married in
Halem to Miss l'lirx lm Cranston, of
that city, who survive him. The
following children reside in Port
land: Otto, Mr. jVrtha Ah,
Misses Edna and Flora Itreyrnan,
and Teddy Breyman, the youngest.
He also leave a sister in Portland,
Mr. Albcrtine Bartels, of 415 Mill
street, and another iter, Mrs.
Bertha Sohst, in Hamburg. Aug
ut Hrcyman, of Mount Tabor, ia a
brother, and Werner, another
brother, in a resident of Salem.
Clothe cleaned, premed and
mended. Satit-faetion guaranteed.
Mr. Cuhr, at the Redliy.
Notice To Cattlemen
The nieiutiera of the Crook County
Cnltlt'iiii'ii'H AwxH'latlon art' iv
ileted to meet lit the eourt limine
at Prtnevllle Ht 1 p. m. on Momlnv,
Jnintiir.v Ifi. l!K)s. Mnttorti In rt-liitlmi
to runt,'" allotment will cniite In-fore
the meeting.
K. T. Sl.AVTON, I'rewMent,
J. II. (Ikav, 8eretnry.
Will Wmt Ctrptt
Anyone wlehliiK Mr. Joe Taylor
to weave rariM't for the next two
month will leiiMe leave order nt
the brick store. 2tpd
House and lot for dale cheap.
Call on J. W. Ilorigun or 1). K.
Stewart.
MET WITH
FOUL PLAY
A (i if patch from Madra to the
Telegram soys that umnanU ol
tlie body of l)r. Iee, an aged In
dian pilonidal), living on the Warm
Spring Reservation, were found
on a trail leading irorri the agency
to the Indian town of Simnatdie,
Saturday. Only the larger bone
of the body and the lower limb
from the knee down were found,
the remainder of the body having
apparently lieen devoured by coy
ote. The body wa positively
identified by remnant of the
clothing ttill clinging to the bone,
and by the addle of the Indian,
which wa found lying near the
body.
Dr. Iee lived altout three miles
from the Warm Spring agency.
He left home lat Thanksgiving,
naying nothing to hi wife about
hi destination, and ft he fre
quently went away for week at a
time, nothing wa thought of his
absence. Hi death is believed to
have lieen the result of foul play,
ui, in common with other Indian
"doctor" on the reservation, he
hud enemies among the Indian.
To strengthen the belief in foul
play, it is known that when he
left home he earned with him a
large 4 I caliber pistol. Thi could
not le found anywhere about the
body. It i further pointed out
that hi saddle lay on the ground
uncinched, a though it had been
removed from the cayuV he wa
riding by some person, in orcler to
avoid the suspicion which would
have been aroused by feeing a
horse running on the range with a
saddle on.
Dr. Lee was a Warm Spring In
dian and about GO year of age.
For Sale
tii'iiln, Hlfnlfti end baled hay for
sale. Will deliver by loin or sell In
stack. Inquire of Omar t'ta,vool,
atC. V. Klklim' store.
Redmond Itemi
Redmond, Ore., Jan. 20.
J. H. Wenandy was down from
Bend with the stags. Joe McClay
took the stage on and Mr. W. re
tarded Sunday evening.
Henry Ehret left for home Sat
urday morning after a business
vi&it of a week or two.
W. E. Young was in for a day
or two from the tree pulling'job.
They have two or three thousand
trees to pull. t
Chri Ehret i over at Prineville
looking after the little girlweight
six pounds and everybody doing
well.
Mr. Lilly and Mr, were over
yesterday to church with the new
team and rig.
It was all a mistake. Mr.
Buckley did not go to Washing
ton after all.
The Ladies Aid Society wishes
to announce the meeting for Janu
ary 30 with the Mecdames Lamb.
I3u;nes of importance i on hand
and a full attendance is d wired.
Mis Muma has been visiting
the past week with Mrs. Eby and
reports a very pleasant picnic Sat
urdaj at Smith Rock. How is
that for the middle of January in
Oregon?
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. O'Connor of
Bend were in town Saturday eve
ning on their way to Portland,
called there by the death of Mrs.
O'Connor's brother.
Mr. Wm. Oakes of Freeman
Wash., a brickmaker was in town
the past weejc looking for brick
dirt. He did not seem to find any
but liked the country very well
from an agricultural standpoint.
He went on to Bend Saturday.
Messrs. McQueen, Park and
frtsler made a flving trip to
Prineville on Mondaj.
E. C. Park.
L0NGH0RN VS
SHORTHORN
Rolled barley, lowest cash price
at J. E. Stewart & Co.
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Begins Saturday, Jan. 25
Every article of Fall and Winter Goods must be
cleared from our shelves by February 15, and will be
sold at lower prices than have ever been quoted in this city- This is
a chance of years and will effect a great saving to every cash buyer.
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Every Article of Winter Goods Reduced 1
Thu includes Rubber Footwear, Lined Shoes, Gloves, Sweaters, Wool Sox, Heavy Underwear, Overcoats,
Men's and Boy's Suits, Wool-Lined . Vests, Mackinaw Coats, and Jackets, etc.
Ladles' Heavy Seamless Cotton
Hose, regular 25c values now 7lic
Ladles' Heavy -Fleeced Lined Hose,
regular 25c value now 19c
Ladles' Illack Cashmere Hose, regular
!t5c values now 22',c
Boy's Heavy Woolen Hohc reduced to 22c
Girls Superior Itlaek Cotton Hose,
17 values on sale at... lie
Ladles' Heavy Cotton Vests regular 40e
kind sale price .' 27Hc
Ladles' Extra Heavy Fleeced Lines 75c now 49c
Misses Medium-weight Union suit only 35c
Ladies Union Suits from (2c to...: 1 27
Ladles' and Misses Caps 22c to 59c
Ladles' and Misses Coats at regular price
Ladles' Long Heavy-Fleeced Flanuelette
Kimonos, worth $2.50 at $1.85
Outing Flannel for Comforts, 2(5-ln.
wide, all colors, l(i yards for $1.00
Outings, regularise grade 11 yds for $1.00
Heavy Outings, lte grade 10 yards for $1.00
Ladles' Heavy Flanuellette Waistlng
and Kimono Cloth, lTc for 12c
Boy's Suits with Kuee Pants, sizes 3
to 4 years $1.85 to $3.25
Hoy's Suits Knick. Pants 3 to 8 years $3.55
Shoes 129 pairs odds and ends of lines for
Men, Women and Children at one-half price.
Mail Orders filled satisfactorily or money refunded.
Remember Sale Begins January 25
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The curious scientific doctrine
of the survival of the fittest has
few stronger exemplifications than
the contest for supremacy among
the ionghorns and the shorthorns.
The struggle has been long, the
steps in the evolution consuming
hundreds of centuries. According
to the biological philosophers, it
took thousands of years for cattle
to acquire the queer frontal orna
mental known as the horns. It
has taken fully as long, by steps
still more remarkable, to lose or
modify them. In the former case
nature alone operated through the
principles of natural and sexual
selection. In tbe latter case, man
became a factor and it was by a
system of breeding, along the
lines of the natural law, that the
longhorn gave place " to cattle
either entirely without or with
horns much diminished. En
tirely aside, however, from this
mere feature or characteristic,
forceful reasons were in operation
to displace the one with tbe other.
The longhorn belonged to another
day, the day of the frontier and
the pioneer. In the older days,
the prevailing type all over tie
west was the longlegged, long
horned animal, with slabeides,
much davliaht under them, short
ol back, narrow of rump and de
ficient in beef-making qualities,
occupied the vast plains of north
ern Mexico, the Llano Estacado of
Texas, the slopes of the Sierra
Madre and every valley between
the Mississippi and the Roc key
mountains. They were driven in
herds of countless thousands for
hundreds of miles to ibe market
towns of the Mississippi valley
and furnished the hides and tallow
for all industries needing these
articles. As beef cattle they were
conspicuous failures, tbeir meat
being accepted because nothing
better could be obtained.
When the railroads invaded the
range and built snipping tracks
from the main lines to the loading
pens at the ranch, the last excuse
for the propagation of the long-
horns was obliterated. Before
this the longhoru was an absolute
necessity. When it was compul
sory to drive cattle for the market
hundreds of miles to reach the
nearest shipping point, the long
horn alone was equal to the test.
Beside him fat, sleek shorthorn
would have died by the wayside
the first few hours of the journey
but the "Texas ranger," as he was
called, was famous both for speed
and endurance. His modern
rival was an impossibility under
frontier conditions. The problem
of water supply was another factor
in the culture of the Ionghorns.
In the early settlement of the
southwest the stockmen were
forced to depend upon the streams
that afforded a perpetual supply
of water and there were few of
them. That was before the day of
the windmill and the artificial
lake. Only the longhorn could
find pasture in the hills many
miles from these streams and make
daily pilgrimage to the water
without detriment to his physical
condition. This he would do at a
pace which taxed the enduring
qualities of tbe hardy mustangs of
the "cow punchers." The ability
of the longhorn to withstand the
blizzards was wonderful, adapting
him peculiarly to the pioneer
period. A Texas "norther," which
would freeze a tender shorthorn to
death, had no terrars for the hardy
long-legs that roamed the limitless
plains.
i ne early settlers were not pre
pared to provide shelter for their
stock, but the longhorn needed no
coddling and sought his own
shelter in the hills. Thus it will
once commendable, the longhorn
has do place in the twentieth-century
scheme. The present civiliza
tion demands meat, rather than
speed in the marketable produc
tion from the range and the long
horn was not a meat-producer.
He was heal'hy, vigorous and
picturesque, but never fat. His
appetite was prodigious and di
gestion perfect, but he defied every
law of nature in his persistent re
fusal to "take on meat" He
might have been to paraphrase a
sentiment from a certain western
governor "The rich, juicy meat
in the national sandwich," but tbe
longhorn simply would be nothing
but horns and bone and muscle.
Hence bis exit from the pastoral
stage and hence his replacement
by the shorthorn or nohorn under
the inexorable law of the survival
of tbe fittest. Tbe latter realize
the chief mission of cattledom by
proving ideal furnishers of meat
and . milk. Their very sluggish
ness, inaptitude for storms or hard
treatment, tbeir love of luxury
and tenderness acquired thereby,
qualities diametrically opposite to
those possessed bv the creatures
they displace, are precisely the
ones that entitle them to prece
dence in an an age seeking for the
best beef-producers.
MONEY IN THE
HOG BUSINESS
Many ranchers ot this section
are considering the advisability of
going into the hog business, as a
means of getting rid of the sur
plus of grain produced in thia sec
tion. The plan is doubtless a
good one and will not only create
a market for the grain, but will
prove a most profitable venture.
Judging by tbe experience of those
who have tried it, a good deal
more than present net prices can
be secure! out of our wheat by
feeding it to bogs.
One great obsUcle to hograising
on an extensive plan in this sec
tion has been tbe question of
water, but that is being solved by
the drilling of deep wells.
Crook county, and in fact Cen
tral Oregon is at present produc
ing a very small percentage of the
pork products consumed by it, and
offers a ready market for all tbe
ham, bacon and lard that can be
produced in this section. There is
money in it for the hograiser and
for the farmer, and it will keep at
home thousands of dollars sent oat
every year in payment of imported
pork products. Madras Pioneer.
Real Estate Transfers
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The following deeds have been
recorded since the first of the year:
J.T.Leeds and wife of Madras
to John .Amicker, Lot 2 in block
40 in the town of Palmain. Con
sideration, $50.
Northern Pacific Railway Co. to
Hershey Lumber Co. EJ SW of
Sec. 31, Tp 12 south, range 11 east,
W. M., containing 80 acres." Con
sideration, $480.
John E. Fineeth and wife to M.
H. Alworth SEi Sec. 22, Tp 12
south, range 10 east, containing
160 acres. Consideration, $2300.
Thomas Arnold and wife to A
J. Turley W'i SV of Sec. 1, and
the El of SEI of Sec. -2. Conside
ration, $2500.
D. L. McKay and wife to the
Christian Mueller Land & Timber
Co., SEi of Sec. 18, SWi of SEi
and S4 of SWi Sec. 17, and NEi
of N Wi Sec. 20, Tp 19 south, range
13 west, containing 320 acres
Consideration, $1.
T. M. Baldwin, guardian of Floy
and E. Fern Slayton, to E. T. and
George Slayton The SEi ot Sec.
34, and the Wi of NEi, and the
W j of the SEi of Sec. 35, Tp 14
south, range 16 east, W. M., also
lots 5 and 6, block 3, third addi
tion to Prineville. Consideration,
2966.66
Mable Engs to E. T. Slayton et
al undivided 3-6 interest in the
SEi Sec. 34, and the Wi of the
NEi, and the Wi of the SEi of
Sec. 35, Tp 14 south range 16 east;
also lots 5 and 6, block 3, in third
addition to Prineville. Considera
tion, $8180.
Arthur W. Clothier to
Colton Ei of NWi. Ni of the
NEi of Sec. 34 Tp 15 south, range
18 east, containing 160 acres
Consideration, $1.
Northern Pacific Railway Co.,
to Orin J. Gray The SE quarter
of Sec. 4, Tp 14 south, range 10
east, containing 16 acres. Con
sideration, $1280.
Cora A. Ferguson to John Fer
gusonThe NE quarter of Sec. 20,
and the NJ of the NW quarter and
the NW quarter of the NE quarter
of Sec. 21, Tp 14 south, range 10
east, containing 160 acres. Con
sideration, $2,180.
Ray A. McGillvray to W. J.
McGill'vray Lot 4 Sec. 4; lot 1
Sec. 5, Tp 18 south, range 11 east,
containing 81.10 acres. Considera
tion, $1000.
Northern Pacific Railway Co.
to John G. Edwards The NWy
quarter of SW quarter of Sec. 20,
longhorn were a detriment to him,
when we consider the prime object
for which cattle are raised. En
durance, hardihood, speed and ca
pacity for self-support were not
the qualities that made good beef.
Fat, not muscle, meat, not bones,
compactness, not agility, are the
qualities sought in cattle for
slaughter. With all his traits,
H.G
Don't Like To Be Roasted
The Grundy (Minn.) Democrat
has been interviewing a farmer as
to the reason why heme merchants
are euchred by mail order houses.
It's simply enough the mail or
der houses have learned some ad-
vertieing lore.
A farmer reader of this paper
makes a few statements in answer
to the occasional articles that ap
pear in print about the mail order
houses. He says:
"If the mail order bouse gets
$1000 out of this county each
month that belongs to the home
merchants, the fault is with the
home merchants themselves. The
mail order houses advertise and
gives us prices on everything they
offer for sale. They tell us what
they have and what they, want for
it. Of course we get soaked once
in a while, and if we do we can try
some other house. Most of the
home merchants who advertise at
all don't quote prices. They neg
lect to tell us what we want to
know prices. Of course we can
go to the store and ask the prices
of this article, and that, but you
know how it is one doesn't know
so well what he wants to Duy
when he gets into a store as when
he is at heme. And here is where
the mail order house makes their
hit. They send us their adver
tising matter into our homes and
we read it when we haven't any
thing else to do, and every member
of the family who reads their stuS
usually finds something that he
or some other memler of the
family wants and maiy orders are
made up and sent out at just such
times.
"Right here is where the home
merchant falls down. If he talked
up his business in our homes the
same as the mall order houses do,
the people would be in to eee him
the next time he came to town.
and in many cases extra trips
would be made to get things at
once that we wanted until they
were brought to our attention.
"The home merchant can save
the expense of getting out a cata
logue, and if the merchant wants
to talk business with us let him
put his talk in the home papers,
and put it in so that we know he
means business. The home mer
chant likely, nine times out of ten,
sells his goods as cheap as the
mail order houses, and I believe on
many things they are much
cheaper, but how are we to know
if he does not tell us about it?
be seen that the verv virtues of the4TP 11 B0Utb ranS5e 15 east' con
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taming 40 acres. Consideration,
$240.
Northern Pacific Railway Co. to
John G. Edwards The NW quar
ter of NE quarter, Sec. 81, Tp 10
south, rarjge 15 east, containing
40 acres. Consideration, $280.
G. Walter Millican and wife to
George Millican The SE quarter
of Sec. 28, the SW quarter of Sec.
27, and the Ni of the NW quarter
of Sec. 34, Tp 18 south, range 17
east; the Ni of NW quarter of Sec.
17, and the Ni of the NE quarter
Sec. 18, Tp 19 south, range 18 east.
Consideration, $550.
State of Oregon to M. D. Nye
The SW quarter of Sec. 16, Tp 13
south, range 18 east, containing
160 acres. Consideration, $200.