Crook' County
oumsd
VOL XII
PRINEVILLE, dlOOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 27, 1908.
NO. 11
FIREMEN'S
MASQUERADE
The most ucoewiful bull ever
given by the I'rinevilla Fira IV
partment took iluce lust Friday
pvening. The grand marrh
formed at 8:30 and thera was
barely enough room in tho V. A.
A. C. ball to bold it. There were
til kindt o( grotesque character in
line, (nun military men ol high
degree to cotmoou ordinary
"coon." There were some good
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iocai "iiim." joiic i;onii wax a
much surprised man to see hi
double having all kinds of fun.
The understudy wo Max Wur
weiler and be had Johrfdown
to a nicety. The tilt of hi houN
dertand other timiin'riim were
taken off to perflation. Mr. IUI.I
win and Mra. Summer were rep
resented in the jH-rsonii of Men
da mei Htnlth and Yancey. Tliere
waa no mistaking the original!.
Both Indie were no well imper
sonated by the mankera that they
were Instantly recognised. Thu
following were the priw winner:
lift dressed lady M re. Vira
Cyrus.
Heat dressed gentleman Arthur
Lindborg as a lieutenant.
Best sustained gentleman char
acter Max Wuriweiler aa John
Comha,
Best sustained lady character
Mis Beulah Hyde aa "Night."
Beet gentleman walUcr Dick
Long.
Beet lady walder Mr. A. 8.
Ireland.
Beet double character Carl
Hyde and Chnrlea Summer aa an
old man and woman.
Beet burlesque gentleman character-
Max, Hofer aa "dutchy."
Beet lady burleequfc character
Mra. Champ Smith a Mra. bald
win. After paying all expense the
masquerade netted the fire boye
tlSM.Sft, for which they wiah to
express their hearty appreciation
to the good people of I'rineville.
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Always Come to Our Store hnd Get Prices Before
Buying Elsewhere
Do not forget that Mail Orders Receive Our Personal Attention
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COUNTY TAXES
COMING IN
Taxpayers have begun to get
bony at the sheriff' ollice and from
now until March 15, the money
will pour in through the mail and
in penton until the force will be
compelled to work overtime in
order to Issue receipt.
To date there ha been paid in
about $10,00). This amount ha
come in through small checks and
money orders, principally small
owners who live at a distance.
The large companies will begin to
make payments within a few days
and all of the largest, ones will
perhaps make payment before the
date mentioned. Within the next
three weeks there will be received,
according to the estimate of Dep
uty Sheriff Combs, some 00,000.
The largest contributors to the
county' incmne are Charles Alt
chescul (the "road company"), the
non-resident timber owners and the
Baldwin Sheep St Land Company.
The largest of the timber com
panies are Shevlin, The Scanlon
Gibson Lumber Co., and a dozen
minor ones who have been buy
ing timber as a speculation.
The payment of taxes have
been made as promptly this year
at ever before and few complaints
have been made.
March 15 is the last day the
discount will be allowed.
f Building For Lease
The Moore building on Main
street, one door south of the Crook
County Bank for lease. Posses-
sion given February 1. Apply
J. W. Boone. 8t-j23
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Notice to Creditor
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lllllol, tl Imllll-UtU.T or III! fVMC Of
I ImrloCto K. Mci ilivrny. llwiuwd. to all
mtmiiii having elnim ugaiimt unlj c-tl
U) imwnt tliem Willi the proper vulirhitrw,
to the liinl. niiKiiwI st the oillce f M, It.
Klllcilt in I'rinevilWj, Orwon. within nix
uiotitlis from the llrxt implication of Hits
notice.
W.J. Mi-OILIA'R AY.
Aitmltiiiitrittor of the t-iUlo of Charluttt
K. MuUillvray, doonnwM. l-lti
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est Place to
At O
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The Place Where Everything Is Satisfactory
Where Prices Are Always a Little
Than at Other Stores
Where A Complete Stock is Always Maintained
Where you will find it to your Continual Profit in Buying 1 1
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47 Boys' knee pants suits .
22 Men's Winter Weight suits
values at
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PRINEVILLE'S
MAY RACING
IN PRINEVILLE
mere win oe some tine racing
at rnneville from May 12th to
15th inclusive. Hordes are ex
peeled from Grants Bass, Klamath
Falls, Dairy, Marshfield, Inde
endence, The Dalles, Izee and
lonn way. inese towns nave
been beard from and there are a
number of other places from which
favorable replies are expected.
Enough horses are already as
sured to make a splendid meeting
Work has already commenced on
the track and by the May meeting
it will be in good condition. The
detail of the racing are as follows:
First day May 12 A match
race for quarter mile for a purse of
f2(XX). Second race Seven
nights' mile dash, free for all, puree
for 1200.
Second day May 13--Three-eight
mile and rejwat for 1200.
Second race Three-quarter mile
dash for $200.
Third day May 14 Three
eight mile dash for $100. Second
race Half mile and repeat for
$200
Fourth day Quarter mile and
repeat for $150.
Second race Consolation race
Purse to be made up
Conditions All the above races
are five to enter and three to
start, but reserve the right to hold
a less number than five by reduc
ing the purse in proportion to the
number of horses entered.
Entries close the evening before
the race at 7 o'clock sharp. The
Pacific Coast Blood Association to
govern all race. Entrance tw
ten per cent of purse. Money to
be divided as follows: 70 per cent
to the first horse and 30 per cent
to the second horse .
The committee recerve the right
to change any of the above races,
in the event of not filling or other
reasons. No .money paid without
a contest.
Committee on arrangement are:
Will Wurzweiler, John Henderson,
Hugh Lister and John Combs.
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$1 70 up
121c to 14c Outing Flannel 10c
8c Outing Flannel 6c
$15
$9 49
Underwear at Special Cut Prices M
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BIG STORE
REGISTRATION
VERY SLOW
The registration of voters for the
coming elections ha been slow but
is begining to increase as the time
draw nearer for tho primaries.
Yesterday there were twelve reg
intrations for the Prineville pre
cinct, making a total to date of
130. Out of 1600 voter that were
registered for the election two
year ago, but 400 have registered
at the court house to date, although
about that many (estimated)
have registered in their own pre
cincts. The registration book at the
court house show Prineville to be
in the lead by a small majority,
with Ku tcher a cloe second, and
McKay perhaps about third.
About 70 per cent of those reg
istered aie republicans, twelve
socialists and two prohibitionists.
LINE UP YOUR
CANDIDATES
Candidate for the following
office will be voted for in Crook
county at the April primaries:
One Justice of the Supreme
Court.
One member of congress.
One United State senator.
Two Joint representative
for
the Twenty-first district..
One state senator for
the
Seventeenth district.
One railroad commissioner.
One district attorney for
Seventh judicial district.
One cdunty judge.
One sheriff.
One commissioner.
the
One countv
One county school superintend
ent. One county surveyor.
One county coroner.
One justice of the peace.
One constable.
The voting places will be open
from 12 o'clock noon until 7 p. ra
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FROM SUMPTER
TO PRINEVILLE
If preliminary plan being pro
moted by wealthy capitalist of
Salt Lake City, who own the
Mount Hood Railroad extending
up Hood River Valley and also the
Sumpter Valley running out of
Baker City, materialize, Central
Oregon may have a railroad in
the near future that will open up
it many resource say a dispatch
to the Oregonian. The project
provide for an extension of the
Mount Hood line through the
mountain east of Mount Hood,
and a party of surveyors is now in
the field tryins to locate a pass
throngh the mountains. The
work is in charge of Joseph A.
West, chief engineer of the Sum
pter Valley.
Make Central Okegon Survey.
Early last fall a large survey
ing party headed by Mr. West, was
taken into the Central Oregon
country from Heppnej Junction to
determine the leasibility of build
ing a railroad on that side of the
mountain and his report is said to
have been favorable. The monev
power behind the proposed rail
road is David Ecclea, the million
aire sugar manufacturer and lum
berman, of Salt Lake City. If the
project is completed the two roads
will connect at some point in Crook
county. By extension of . the
Sumpter Valley road south it
would pas through Canyon City,
Grsnt county and also Prineville.1
Construction Crew at Work.
An extension of the Mount
Hood road ha already been com
menced. A big gang of men with
a steam shovel was put to work
vesterdsv st IWt thu r-
minus of the line, and will build
a soon as it can be pushed through
the six miles of road toward Mount
Hood that has been surveyed and
staked. This will be done to ac
commodate the rapidly develop-
fruit land in the Mount Hood set
tlement. It is admitted, however,
by W. H. Eccles and Charles T.
Early, president and manager of
the Mount Hood road, that it may
form part of the connecting link of
the proposed new line. Officers of
both road recently went over the
territory that would be tributary
to the project and it is learned
that it is considered most favor
ably. In addition to reaching
many acres of fertile farmlands,
million of feet of timber, for
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wnicn mere is now no outlet, it is
said, could be utilized.
Provide Outlet for Timber.
This would provide the big lum
ber plants of the Oregon Lumber
Company, which are also owned
and controlled by Mr. Eccles, and
the capitalists interested in the
new railroad project, with an im
mense additional supply of timber.
One of these plants being located
at Sumpter and the other at Dee,
practically all the timber any
where near the new road could be
worked up.
Redmond Items
Redmond, Ore., February 24.
Mrs. Bauer is still improving in
health as also all the other sick
ones of whom we have had late
report.
E. L. Iverson is in from White
Salmon, Washington, looking over
his interests here. We are all
glad to hear that he intends mov
ing in in the spring. He reports
the family as well and that his
son Coral is located on an irri
gated tract near Spokane.
Mr. Rader. returned to his home
in Washington after a few days
stay here.
Mrs. W. J. Buckley is on the
sick list this week with a bad
cold.
The Woodmen entertainment
Saturday night was a success in
several particulars, not the least of
which was that it gave the settlers
a chance to come together and not
only to renew acquaintances, but
STATE ENGINEER
VISITS CROOK
State Engineer John II. Lewis
was in Crook county last week
making an examination of the D.
I. & P. Co.' project preliminary to
approving some 8000 acre of land
as reclaimed.
While in Central Oregon the
state engineer took another look
at the Columbia Southern propo
sition. He say it affairs are in a
deplorable condition. He says
the result of the state' suit
against this company will result
eventually in an accounting of the
funds and a cancellation of con
tract. "The water supply is limited
and the claims go conflicting,"
said Mr. Lewis, "that I feel safe in
the statement that the State Land
Board cannot and will not enter
inio any new scneme lor the rec
lamation of this tract until these
conditions have been definitely
settled. This can only be accom
plished by the enactment of a
decent water law giving the state
power to bring the necessary
actions and providing protection
to water rights when determined."
writer met by name for the first
time were Mr.' Kuykendall, Mr.
McCoy, Mr. Clark, Mr. Iverson,
and Mrs. Hall from above town.
Then there was a family who just
got in Saturday and others whom
we did not succeed in placing at
,11.
The Woodman wish to express
their thanks to all who helped to
make the entertainment a success
and especially Mrs. Davidson who
at the last moment took Mrs.
Buckley's place as organist and
yiayvu me accompanimenU for the
chorus.
Chris Ehret's house is now oc
cupied by Mr. Oakes and family,
late arrivals from Spokane.
Another family of incomer we
understood is camped down at
O'Kaneville.
Some of the town folks who did
not get out to the surprise on H.
F. Jones two weeks ago went out
on Friday night and surprised
both Mr. and Mrs. Jones. Friends
to the number of twenty gathered
and spent a very pleasant evening.
Mr. and Mrs. II. F. Tinsley are
both home from their work at
Gist. E. C. Park.
Dry Juniper for Sale
Uood dry juniper delivered at a
day' notiee. Apply at this offlee. 2-6
Strays Taken Up
Four bead of stray cattle were
taken up at the old Joe Taylor place
about two months ago. Anybody
looking for strays will please call.
2-6-3wp Oscar Cox, Lamonta, Or.
W .iULUKI
m Food
and strictly prohibits
the sale or alum
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DaKing powaer
So does France
So does Germany
The sale of alum foods
has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Colum
bia, and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as
bjuriou, jo protcct yourself against alum,
when ordering baking powder,
Sapplainlt-
UlMlLiPOlVDEB-'
and be very sure you get RoyaL
Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape
Cream of Tartar. It adds to the digestibility and whole-
someness of the food.
HOME EXPERIENCE
WITH BEEF CATTLE
The experience of one of our
readers in fattening a bunch of
steers for the Portland market will
no doubt le both interesting and
instructive. Concerning this he
said: Alfalfa is not a balanced
ration and a I had a quantity of
barley that was not marketable
this season I determined to try
feeding it rolled.
Barley cannot be successfully
fed to cattle in a whole condition.
It can be rolled for 10 cents per
bushel thus almost doubling it
value as a fattening ration. It
can be fed in the bottom of the
ordinary feed rack which ie built
with a tight Wtom to prevent the
leakage of alfalfa leave. We be
gan by feeding about a pound to
the head. The grain waa scat
tered in the bottom of the racka
and among some of the leave and
stems that were left from feeding
hay. This not only causes the
steer to get the grain slower and
chew it better, but makes a better
feed when mixed evenly with
the alfalfa leaves.
We began this about a month
before the first shipment was to be
ready for market. The gain in
weight was not so apparent at first
a the effect seemed to be a reduc
tion of the 'paunchy' look of the
beef, but there was a material in
crease in the solid fat which causes
the beef to stand the driving to the
railroad and shipping with less
shrinkage.
With a shipment made the
losses of weight was about 80
pounds while the average decrease
of the hay fattened cattle is about
120 pound.
- ns aru increase w
some thirty cents over the highest
quoted price, because they were
rated as 'prime' stuff.
The amount of feed per day is
increased to about three pounds
and the amount of barley that
will be fed during the season will
not be over two bushels per head
which at the market price of
barley, including the costs of roll
ing and feeding, will not increase
the cost of each beef more than
$1.00, while the increase in the
price received will be from one
quarter to one-half cent per pouud,
or an increase of from $4 to $8 per
head in the price received for the
.barley.
Beside realizing a neat profit for
the individual, the result will be
an increase of the present high
standard eastern Oregon has
attained as a feeder, thus increas
ing our importance as a feeding
district for the "markets of the
northwest.
Men's Suits. Hats uil general
Furnishings at about half price at
J. E. Stewart & Co.
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to form new ones with late arri
vals. Some of those whom the