r 1 ;' f") T""" i CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER FOR CROOK COUNTY K.t.rtd at Ik. rostoftc. at rrla.vtll.. Oreaea. a. seeoad.eU.s Ur One Year Thr Month.. SUBSCRIPTION RATES-lnva.rla.bly In Advanc tl.SO Six Months 60 eta Single Copies.. 75 eta 5cu dTJl p!ch. Bu.tn .u P MM. Card ot Th.nk. ft. r M -..t ...f. .tc ads and -R.tr.y- NoUc-s I col irord. Advertlelnff iptM. Local R1en Published Every Thursday at the Journal Building, Prln.Yill.. Oregon THURSDAY, JANUARY 30,1908 MAIL ORDER HOUSES A MENACE It is ft recogniied fact that the retail business of the country vil lage and the large towns, for that matter, is being destroyed, says Richard Eyrd in the Talis man. Year by year the once pros perous merchants are being forced to the wall driven out by the mail order business. And thia is taking place in the face of the fact that the population and purchas ing power of the country districts are ever on the increase. The mail order bouses are draw ing the cash retail trade from its natural channels to the cities. The growth of this octopus has been phenomenal. From a jelly like idea without form an ex periment fifteen years ago, it has grown to proportions that threateu the exterm nation of the retail country merchant. Candidates Column. W. P. M rv, Far Disnrct Alhrwf To the Republican voter of the Seventh Judicial District: 1 dealt nomination at Tour hauda to the office of Ptatrfct Attorney and trill anntvclat your vote at the coming primary election It you deem me worthy of your support. W. T. Mteks, Laidlaw, Ore frU W. WIm Fr District Attwwy SnbWvt to the approval of the voters of Crook and Wo countkw, my candidacy is announced tor the Republican nomination tor District Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District. If nominated aud elected I shall endeavor to discharge the duties of the office faithfully as pro vided by law. Fkkd V. Wilson, J. F. BUacW. it Cot, StU SaarieeaaW Madras, Ore.. January 28. To the voters of Crook county I herebv announce myself a caiuii date tor nomination, on the repub lican ticket, to the office ot County School Superintendent, lour sup- . . v. ivm. at the nrlrnarles. April IT, will .n irfA. rT inn wmv lub iuuutt - n. . ..-j 'I. , i.... of the people is being drawn into w V ""staeeVrf v this mail order trade can be had frsm the reports of some of these houses. A certain mail order house of Chicago, which beaan with a few Sincerely yours. J. F. Blaxchard. it, he gave his neighbors the opportunity, and cot realising what he was doine. he became an thousand dollars nlteen years ago . u wa8 that now carries a carnal stocK oi $5,000,000 and has arranged to in crease that stock to $40,000,000. It does a business of $5,000,000 a month and earns a net profit of $3,000,000 yearly. Like the patent medicine busi ness, the mail order business de pends on the gullibility of the people. Thousands of people I than every week send in tbeir nard- earned cash to some mail order hou?e in payment for goods that DIED Pied, at her late home in Prine- ville, on the night of January 2lHh, Mrs. Kliiabeth Maupin, aged 66 years. Mrs. maupin was uoru m Tennessee, coming to the Willam ette valley in 1S74, and to Prine- ville in 1S7S. She leaves three sons and one daughter to mourn a mother s absence. Short funeral service were held in the home on Thursday morning, conducted by Dr. Dunsmore of the Presbyterian church, of which church Mrs. Maupin had long been a member. The body was taken to Brownsville for interment, at which place most of her relatives and friends reside. Crook County Journal, $1.50. We hereby expre r mwvrv thanks, for, and appreciation of the most kind service of our trletida aud neighbor, during the U1hm and following the decease of our beloved mother. Word are weak to ex- pre our gratitude, but none the les I our appreciation, and such klndue will never lie forgotten. Iyn Nichols, Frank Nichols, llesste Maupin. UaaWaVa $ Bargatas all the Time and Boy s buits and Uvercoats Qrd of Tbanki We desire through the medium of the Crook County Journal to ex Hive our heart-felt aptmviatton of the kindly office performed by our frlemtn and neighbor during the late tllnow of my wife. Kupwlitfly do we thank those stranger that rnme far to our home at Hear Creek to minister to the suffering. J. R Harvey aud children. B s fa IJSOBEIS Absolutely Pure The only taking powder made with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar No Mum, Ho Lima Phosphate at their home store. Why do they do it? It is owing partially to tbe desire of toe aver age person to be humbugged and partially to the effect of persistent advertising. The mail order house sends out its attractive literature, composed of well-illustrated cata logues and cheap magazines known as mail order papers. Tbe goods are set out in the most attractive manner. It is a tempting bait and the fish bite. All of these millions come out of the legitimate trade of the country merchant, the man who has in vested his capital, built himBelf a home and been active in building up the town, with tbe expectation that he would be allowed to do a legitimate business in a legitimate way. He is entitled to the trade of his town and the -country ad jacent. He pays his taxes and contributes to the support of the community. That community the trade of that town fell on un til more than 40 per .cent of all the larger merchants failed in two years. These people didn't buyJ their merchandise any cheaper, and they didn't recognize the fact that they bad unconsciously par ticipated in a scheme that emptied their houses, cut real estate to less 40 per cent of its former value, Snd almost wrecked a com munity that had been very pros perous. A public meeting r as tainxi .-I. r, , . j-Jased Men's mm awA wjh m& Jul Boy's and Little Gents Two and Three Piece SuiU A line cf small sizes from 3 to 8 year old all Knee Pant. Former jrice $3 75 to $5 50 Your Choice $2 50 the Suit r JTtV I MASQUERADE m 8 l7mTmi7I7Tri 7 TO 0 This is the Home of good OVERCOATS Whte ver your choice we art well qualified to terve you, for our-itock covert a wide range of detirable fabric, and atf the ttyle worthy the name. Our pricet are reduced for Special Holiday Selling Regular $25 valuet Jat . ... Regular $20 valuet at . .. Regular $15 valuet at .. See Window Display Nothing will equal a pair of SOROS1S Shoet at a pretent for Mother or Sitter and the FLORSHE1M SHOE for Father or Brother. They can't be beat Try a pair. at foltowt: eiT cn $14 50 S2 $10 50 m m 1 k COB w Home - vurea meau n which resulted in the peoplb ' buy ing at home. In two years the town was back to its former con dition, and has since grown and prospered." Woman' Toast To Man BALL Here's to men. Since Adam's time They've always been the same; Whenever anything goes wrong, The woman is to blame. From early morn to late at night, The men faultfinders are; They blame us if they overt leep, Or if they miss a car. They blame us if beneath the bed, Their collar buttons roll; They blame us if the fire is out Or if there is no coal. They blame us if they cut them selves While shaving, and they swear That we're to blame if they decide To go upon a tear. 1 I owes him a reciprocal duty the duty to give him the preference in Here's to the men, the perfect men! trade, everything else being equal. Who never are at fault; This is the theory of all organized They blame us if they chance to civilized communities, beginning Get the pepper for the salt with the familv and eoine on ud They blame us if their business through every organization to that fails of the 6tate. Home protection Or back a loosing horse; from foreign robbers is the first And when it rains on holidays duty of every good citizen. If the The fault is ours, of course, village and town life that has They blame us if they fall in love, grown up under natural laws of And when they married get; trade is to be maintained the retail Likewise they blame us when business must be preserved against they're sick the unfair inroads of the mail And they fall in debt order business. And this can For everything that cris-cro88 goes only be done by organization and They say we are to blame; education. Let the people know But, after all, here's to the men, the facts about the mail order 'business and the offerings on the altar of credulity will grow lees. Speaking of the evils of the mail order business, which will be in creastd if f Postmastea-General Meyer's proposed parcels post law is enacted, Tom Richardson, man ager of the Portland Commercial Club, said in a recent address: "I have seen, through the work of one wealthy and influential manufacturer, the merchants of a town ot five thousand people actually ruined. It was not the intention of this manufacturer to hurt the retail merchants of his own town, but his family got into the habit of buying from mail order houses, and talking about We love them just the same. Detroit Free Press An agreeable movement of the bowels without any unpleasant euect is pro duced by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. For sale by D. P. Adameon. Have Your Watches and Jewelry Repaired by W. FRANK PETETT AtUmson'i Drug Store, PR1NEV1LLE Given by the Prineville Fire Department at P. A. A. C. Hall February 21, 'OS A continual supper will be served in the hall after 10 o'clock The Grand March will start promptly at 8:30 o'clock Six prizes to be awarded. Ticket $1 Floor Manager P. B. Poindexter. Assistant' P. B. Howard, Jack Summer, W. F. King, Dr. Rosenberg, Granville Clifton, Grover Young mmmm Report of the condition of The First National Bank T I At Of Prineville, Oregon the close of btuiness December 3. 1907 BESOUKCES Loans and Discount 1237,294 IT United State! Bonds 12.500 00 Bank r remises 12,244 12 Due from banks sub) to ck 188,715 10 cash on band 82.830 09 Redemption fund (26 00 LIABILITIES capital Stock 180,000 00 (Surplus and undivided profits 0,834 70 circulation 12,600 00 Individual Deposits 807,876 78 It434,0U) 48 B. F. Allen, Proidenl Will Wurzweilw, Vic. Pr.tid.nt 8484,010 48 T. M. Baldwin, CsskUr H. Baldwin, Ah'I Cuhter 2 TS Ml 2 ! AT I ffl g jj J. E. Stewart & Co.'t jj i m .... T T ?2 APPLICATIONS FOR GRAZING PERMIT! NOTICE 1 herby given that all applirationi " (or permit to iraMMtock within the It LUE MOUN TAINS (WEST) NATIONAL FOREST during the season of 11X18, mutt be filed in my omce at I'rtneville, Urctton, on or before February 29, 11)08. Full infor mation in rsard to the grating fttes to be charged, and blank formi to be obI in making appli cation, will be (urninhnd upon request. A. . 1HI.LAM1, rjuperviaor. Timber Land. Act June 3, 1878. Netka far PaUkatisa Department of the Interior United States Laud Ollice, The Dalles, Oregon, Dec.. 30, 1107. Notice Ih hereby given that Delhi M. Stewart, of O'Neil, county of Crook, State of Oregon, has applied to purchase, under the act oi uongreea ol June a, l8, aa extended by act of August 4, 181)2, the E4 and N$ JNfcW, Sec. VS, Tp. 12 south, range 16 eant, and w ill offer proof toshow that the land sought is more val uable for its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish her claim to said land before the county clerk, at Prineville, Oregon, on the 20th day of March, 1908. She names aa her witnesses: W. II, Huston, Walter O'Neil, Arch Powell, and Walter Snoderly all of Prineville, Oregon. Any and all persons claiming ad versely the above-described lands are requested to file their claims in this oihee on or before said 20th day ol March, 1908. l-9p C. W. MOORE, Register. Petition for Liquor License To the Honorable County Court of the 8tate of Oregon for the county of Crookq We, the iiixlersliMieil, legui voters ol Beaver Creek Precinct, No. 20 of Crook county, Oregon, respectfully petition your Honorable lioilv to erant a license to R. K. Hofl'ner anil (4. P. Lee under the firm name of Lee & Hoffner to sell spirituous, malt and vinous liquors and hard cider in quantities lens than one gullon in Denver Creek Precinct. No. 20, Crook county, Oregon, for a period of six inonthn, from and after the 4th day of March, Wm. Wm Lytle H i) Ofmstead Joe Morris 8 W Miller Lee Miller Q A Wilson A (I Bcoggin J. D. Combs ('lias H tew art John T Faulkner Eil Ream Marion Morgan Elmer Clark Aaron Wilson 8 A Lytle J H Rcid J 8 Faulkner Pat Bmltli W N Dunkle Thomas Payne H M Morris Henry Smith M J Benecal It R Ravi H J Faulkner II T York L 8 Moore C L Morgan R M Curl C R Henry D. 0. Miller J B Puett Frank Anderson Bruce Heisler Qurdy 8cnecal George Roha T P Pointer N B Longby J E Wilson Bam U Martin 1 1) Dunkle Arch Gibson C 8 Congleton F K Gilchrist M Kinerd 3Br5IfettlfelBgrffa Lowney't Candies AT D.P.Adamson& Co jfailrr-ir-fcraid Hie i sss te sei as tee it mi te sas ssca lid - winter I Dargaiis DRESS SKIRTS 95 We have an unusually attractive line of Dress Skirts which we will sell at the following BIG CUT in prices : $6.50 values cut to 6.25 M " . .. 6.00 5.50 4.50 375 3.00 2.25 $425 . 4.00 . 3.90 . 3.75 . 3.00 . 2.25 2.00 .. 1.50 MEN'S PANTS $6.25 Pants now $4.13 5.50 " 3.50 4.50 " " 2.75 4.00 " " 2.50 3.75 " " 2.35 3.50 " " 2.25 $3.2S Panta now $2.00 3.00 " 1.95 2.75 " " 1.85 2.50 1.75 2.25 " 1.50 1 Clifton & Cornett Successors to R. E. Simpson THE BALDWIN BARN HORSES FOR SALE Horses boarded by the day, week, or month. Careful attention given to all horses. Customers waited on promptly. Finest livery rigs in town. . Call and see ua jf. Jf. Baldwin, Prop. 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