Crook Gourty
otarnal.
VOL XII
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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 5, 1908.
NO. 12
PRINEVILLE A
STAGE CENTER
The importance of Prinevilie m
a atagn center In not appreciated
by many, and a brief review of the
1 mi nimne biiaineMi of tlio various
linee will prove Ita Importance to
.the commercial affairs of Central
Oregon.
There are six principal county
roads leading to all parti of the
county and state that center here,
and over these travel liz stage
linen three daily, two three tlmea
a week and one irregular. The
one last mentioned will soon Ih
established regularly three time a
week.
The moat imortant of there aa
well aa aome stage line in out
lying diatricta are owned and con
trolled by (!. M. Cornett, under
the business name of the Cornett
Stage & Stable Company. Of
course It ia impotmiblo for one man
to conduct the business of ao wide
a territory, and the system ia de
cided into aulvdiviniona and put in
charge of an able lieutenant or
"eipreMtnan." At the head of
thin lint and in a claaa by himself
tanda J. II. Ilea ma. Othera of no
little importance are A. 0. Beog
gin, T. Y. Sumner and Will Prone.
The Cornett system covers over
five hundred mile of atage linea
and reaches from Shaniko, sixty
five mi lea north of this place, to
Silver Lake on the south, one
hundred and fifteen miles from
this place, and lUirns on the east,
one hundred and fifty mile froui
here.
Through these routes are reach
ed every important community
and transportation of passengers
and express are accomplished at
all times of the year in a very
aatiafactory manner, the conditions
of the roada always being the un
certain factor.
With freight at three centa per
jH)und and six dollar each for
paaaengera one way Irom Shaniko,
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Sold at
- Garden Seeds
We are making a Speciality of Garden
Seeds this Spring. &-: I ,.
; .nteed first - class.
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Uarden Implements
A complete line of Planer Jr. Garden
Seeders and Pruning Knivers on hand.
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the ordinary individual thinks the
"stage company" second only to
standard oil aa a graft that cannot
be avoided. Ask Mr. Reams about
that and be will reply, "Well, let
aome of the other fellows try it if
they think it is a graft." And we
find that in 11KX) after bulletin ad
vertisemcnts for bids to carry tbe
mails over these routes for a period
four yeara, or until July 1st, 1010,
the aecond assistant postmaster
general sent a leading clerk from
hia ollice (Mr. Mc(innis,) to go
over the roada and arrange for the
carrying of the mails. He found
that the Cornett people were the
only Individuals that were equipp
ed and would carry the mails and
in company with Mr. Cornett he
went over the respective routes and
there on tbe ground traded and
signed contracts for the service.
"Just like trading horses," aa Mr.
Cornett puts it.
Thus Cornett holds the field but
always ready to give the new roan
a chanoe.. To operate hie system
alone requires aome stock and con
siderable real estate and equip
me nt. The actual working of the
system requires no less than forty
men and on an average 300 head
of work horses, with stables and
pasture! for their keeping.
Fourteen coaches are kept busy
on the frineville-bhaniko road,
and the entire system uses a total
of thirty-five coacheaand four
sleds for emergency case. These
coaches can be bad for about one
thousand dollars each, although
the day waa when Mr. Cornett has
paid almost double that sum for a
first-class ten-passenser coach.
The cost of maintaining the
system reaches an average of 137,
000 er year, no small part of
which ia blacksmith and harness
makere bill. The cost of stock
ing up the main line and provid
ing buildings for the proper hous
ing of men and hones, rigs and
freight in transit ia about $45,000
in round numbers.
Stnge men are born, and not
made, aays Mr. Cornett, and he
Prices
1 wjii. ia-fcu !yr'
PRINEVILLE'S
should know for he has been in
tbe business here for many years
and has made a auccess of it, too.
Why not put on aulos? "Well
the roada are the only objection,
but they are imtosible. Cost of
maintenance would be much leaa
and profits greater, but it is im
possible at this time."
Would you like to see a railroad
in this 'country? "Nothing would
please ua better," was the reply,
"for it would help our business
generally. W . Here ia the
Shaniko stage, please excuse me."
Redmond Items
Redmond, Ore., March 2, 08.
Mrs. Muma entertained a num
ber of friend and neighbors Thurs
day in honor of Miss Nellie
Muma, who ia soon to leave these
parte for New York.
Mr. II. M. Smith, late of Elk
mouth, Ii. C, ia a late arrival with
his family. Mr. Smith has land
northeast of town on the O'Neil
road.
Mr. Tinsley has gone to work on
the ditch south of town.
Mrs. Bauer still continue to im
prove. The Forked Horn or Pleasant
Ridge entertainment at the school
house Friday night waa well at
tended by the residents of that
section and also by tbe towns
people. A very pleasing ptogram
waa rendered after . which the
baskets were sold and supper was
indulged in. Speaking for Num
her Six we must say that the sup
per was aa much a success as the
preceding part of the entertain
ment. Receipts of $16.50, all of
which was clear, make a nice little
start towards an organ for the
Sunday school which meet there.
Another meeting preparatory to
organizing a water users' associ
ation waa held Tuesday evening
the 25th. In the hope of having a
more representative gathering final
organization was again jut off
until Saturday afternoon, March
7, at two o'clock. The promoters
ish it understood that it is a
segregation affair rather than for
Redmond, and hope that citizens
from all over the segregation will
turn out and participate.
K. C. Pabk.
r.
Nothing Better
Made than John
Deere Plows, Discs
and Harrows, Etc
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that are Right
A fuli line of Repairs
Constantly on Hand
ELK
BIG STORE
PRINEVILLE WILL
CELEBRATE
A movement is now on foot to
give a rousing celebration in Prine
ville the coming Fourth of July
It is to be made big enough and
broad enough to include the whole
county. It was thought best to
take time by the forelock so that
our neighboring towns could ar
range to be hern and help make
tbe day a glorioua one. This is
Prineville's year. Last Fourth
the people, of our town visited all
part of the county. There was
not a corporal's guard left in the
place. Now it Prineville's time
to act tbe part of host and enter
tainer and we can guarantee that
she will discharge her obligations
in regular Eastern Oregon style.
There will be a baseball tourna
ment, floats, fireworks, etc., besides
some secial outside feature. Just
what thia will be has not been de
cided upon. There are good spec
tacular events thatv could lie se
cured and would no doubt prove a
great drawing card. ith May
races and a red hot Fourth Prine-
ville will not lack for excitement.
Eighth Grade Final Examinations.
1 Dates: Three examination, an
nually, In each county. County
Superintendent Dinwiddle haa select
ed the following dates for Crook
county:
May 14, 1.1. 190H; June 11, 12, l'JOS;
September 17. IS, 1908.
2. Program:
Thursdays Arithmetic, Writing,
History and Civil (iovernment.
Fridays (iraminar, t'uysioiogy,
Geography, and Spelling.
.'I. Source of Questions:
Geography State course of study;
Iledway and llinnau's Natural
School Geography.
SH-lllng ICIghty per cent from
Heed's Word Lessons, and twenty
per cent from manuscript in Lan
g ii age.
Writing Specimen of iteouian
nhlp aa Indicated In copied matter
and from manuscript la Language.
Language Buehler's Modern
English Grammar, no diagramming.
Civil Government United States
Constitution.
Hititorv List of topics from His
tory Outline In State Coure of
Study and Current Events.
C. B. DlNWIOIHS,
School Supt.
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HOW TO HANDLE
THE CREAM
Tbe Prinevilie Creamery is go
ing through experiences common
to all butter making institutions
in their first stages of develop
ment. Trouble with the cream.
Thia comes largely through the
lack of definite information aa to
its proper care and treatment on
the part of those who furnish it.
It is not a new subject and much
can be found written upon it from
a theoretical standpoint, but what
is wanted is something from a
practical man who knowa the buei
ness. This we found in the
Spokesman-Review from the pen of
a man who is now at the head of a
successful creamerr. Mr. Andrew
Vetach. Here ia what he savs:
The tendency among cream
shippers has alwaya been toward
the least effort regarding care and
cleanliness until the adves of
state dairy associations in all
parte of the country started an ed
ucational campaign which proved
the futility of attempting to get
the beet price for cream as long aa
these conditions prevailed.
JIere and there the dairy associ
ations were materially aided by
the individual efforts of creamery
men who demanded cleanlinec;
proper feeding and daily ahip
menta of first-class cream and
wtre willing to pay for the at
tention given by tbe shippers.
Creamery men who insisted upn
daily shipments and absolutely re
fused cream older than two days
found the education profitable in
the long run, owing to the assured
uniformity of quality in their but
ter. To insure the beet results cream
should be thoroughly cooled before
being poured into a can. It is
well to place a clean white cioth
reasonably secured over the mouth
of the can until readv to ehiD.
leaving the can cover off mean
while. Cream should always be
kept in a cool, well ventilated
room by itself. It certainly should
never be placed in a room where
onions, etc., are kept, giving the
cream an opportunity to absorb
additional but rather undesirable
flavoring.
The policy of the wise cream
shipper who provides a special
milk and cream room pays ?U.
If a shipper wants a sample of the
cream let him, iust before Bhir
ping, pour the cream on hand
from one can into another until
thoroughly mixed, say four or five
times. A sample thus taken can
alone be considered a fair average.
Stirring in the original can is not
sufficient.
Where cream has to be hauled
any distance by wagon it is ad
visable to use a special 20-gallon
cream carrier which is provided
with a float keeping the cream in
first-class condition and prevent
ing premature churning, hardly
avoidable in ordinary cans uniess
they are brimful.
It is the belief of the writer that
where state dairy associations
have ho" -" "
.uiinea, existiug evils
regarding the cleanliness of barns
and milkers, etc., will be overcome
gradually. But not until all but
uiauuiauiurers insist upon
daily or every other day shipments
can a uniformly high quality of
outter be produced, although
prices may be almost uniformly
nign. via cream is bound to be
second grade, especially since all
fresh cream is not necessarllv all
nrst grade, the quality depending
upon the feed, buildings, etc.. pro'
vided for cattle.
it an butter makers refused
cream older than two dava tW
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Ttuum buou oe a scramble anions
tne cream shippers to produce onlv
the best and to ship promptly to
be insured the highest market
price for their product. It would
also result in a more uniform but
ter product of purity and quality.
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Seed Oats for Sale.
A few hundred bushels of rood
Seed Oats for sale. Apply to Ward-
well Cram, Prlueville, Oregou. 4tp
THE NEW TAX
AMENDMENT
Requests have come to this of
fice for more specfic information
concerning tbe proponed new tax
amendment. Mr. Newsom says
that he baa tackled nearly every
ma:) in town for some light on the
subject but could find no one that
could shed any intelligence upon
the matter. We believe the fol
lowing analysis by the Oregon Tax
asociation will give the informa
tion desired:
To tbe State Preus Answering
requests for a concise statement,
the Oregon Tax Reform associ
ation submits this analysis of the
tax exemption amendment. It
general aim ia to release industry
and improvements from the re
pressive pressure of taxation.
First Exempts dwellings.
Every new home strengthens our
state. The present law encourages
gambling in homesites until a
good site costs at much as a com
fortable dwelling. This demand
that the savings of years be given
up for tbe mee chance to build ne
cessitates postponement and con
gests population.
Second Real estate agents will
find plenty to do bringing together
the "land poor" man who finds
withholding from use unprofitable,
with the homeseeker who can and
will gladly pay the tax when the
speculative value has thus been
squeezed from the purchase price,
and the house he builds and every
thing in it will be exempt.
Third Exempts iarm produc
tion and improvements. The
farmer, insisting on taxing every
thing, always pays taxes on every
thing of his own, while the bulk ef
the wealth drained from farms to
cities eludes the ussessor. Farm
belongings are not of the nature to
be concealed. Constituting less
tha 25 per cent of the population,
farmers have been paying more
than 50 per cent of the state taxes,
and the customary $300 exemp
tion. Let farmers compare the as
sessment with that of their im
proved farms which make that
vacant land valuable. Compare
taxes paid per acre by land grants
with that of improved farms.
But, while dwellings and farm im
provements are subject to taxes,
farmers will pay, and railroads
and city franchises will not. The
only way for farmers to have any
thing exempt is to exempt it open
and above board by law. .
Fourth Manufacturing exempt.
Manufacturers everywhere agree
that manufacturing will be stimu
lated, thus creating a "home
market" for Oregon farmers not
in Massachusetts, but in Oregon.
Fifth W orking tools exempt.
Increased competition for workers
in factory, farm and buildings
trades will reverse the present or
Confidence
when eating, that your food is of
highest wholesomeness that it has
nothing in it that can injure or
distress you makes the repast
doubly comfortable and satisfactory.
This supreme confidence you
have when the food is raised with
The only baking powder made
with Royal Grape Cream of Tartar
There can be no comforting confi
dence when eating alum baking pow
der food. Chemists say that more or
less of the alum powder in unchanged
alum or alum salts remains in the food.
der where the only competition is
that of workers against each other
for jobs.
Sixth Benefits merchant. Va
cant lots and land grants bny no
dry goods and groceries. With
raw material worked up at home,
freighta would be saved; workers
would have more wages to spend
and there would be more workers,
and producing farmers would take
the place of idle sections, reflecting
their prosperity in that of business
in general. Oregon's enterprising
merchants will never object to so
greatly stimulate production bv
shifting the tax upon public made
values of franchises and vacant
lands.
Seventh The banker. It will
give our bankers a chance to loan
on millions of deposits on legiti
mate enterprise instead of on spec
ulative schemes discounting the
future in short, give money to
industries and not to speculation.
iughth It will discourage grab
bing for holdup purposes, just
ahead of industry, of our unsur
passed natural resources, and
make more profitable the employ
ment of the able brains of our
public service corporations ia
their proper business as common
earners.
Ninth Thus the amendment is
opposed only 'to his interests who
lences natural opportunity away
irom labor, and such a one it opens
the pleasing prospect of getting
down from the fence and becoming
a useful citizen.
Oregon Tax Reform Ass'n.
Do Hot Crowd tba Sauoa
The fifftt warm Hiava nf 1.
with th tn s desire to get oat and enjoy
no cuiiirunK air ana (unelnne.
Children that have been housed np all
winter are brought out and you wonder
where they all came from. The heavy
tunning is inrowa aside ana
nianv shed their ti:innI TKon .i.i
wave comes and people say that grip la
epidemic. Coidg at this season are
even more dangerous than in mid-win-
wrr, m mere is muco more danger ol
pneumonia. Take Chamberlain's Cough
Kemedy, however, and you, will have
nothing tevfrar 1 Ir ilxivnru . n.i
we have never known a cold to result in
pneumonia wnen it waa used. It ia
pleasant to take. Cl.il. I ran liba it E"n
eale by D. P. Adamon.
Brown Legh.ni Eggs for Sale.
I have bought the J. K Harvey
Brown Leghorn chickens and am
prepared to furnish eggs to all who
want them at f 1 for a setting of
fifteen. The chickens are full-blood
Brown Leghorn and are fine layers.
Call on or write, Mrs. T. H.Lafollett.
Prlueville, Or.
Notice to Creditors
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, the administrator of the estate of
Charlotte E. MeGiUvray. deceased, to alt
persons having claims against said estate
to present them with the proper vouchers,
to the undersigned at the office of M. R.
Elliott in Prinevilie, Oregon, within six
months from the first publication of this
notice.
W.J. McGILLVRAV.
Administrator of the estate of Charlotte
E. MeGiUvray, deceased. 1-16
Dry Juniper for Sale
Good dry juniper delivered at a
day's notice. Apply at this office. 2-6
Men's Suits, Hats and general
Furnishings at about h-If price at
J. E. Stewart & Co.
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House and lot for sale rhna
Call on J. W. Horiean or n 1?"
byLUuuLayukyLiUuykiuLluLuyuLauJ
Stewart.