Crook Commity
VOL XII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 7, 1908.
NO. 21
7,
PROGRAMME FOR
THE RACE MEET
Everything Read for the Beit
Week's Sport Ever Held in
Crook County
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Everything ii ready tor the best
racing meet ever held in the
county. The following are tho
n anion of the home that will take
art in the meet: "Masters" and
"Wade Hampton," Vol Officer In
elm rue; "Seventy," Cha. Bedell,
owner; "Hwitier," a John Day
home, Tom Williams, owner;
"Limber Jim" and "Owen," from
Tyuh Valley, Jim Jtrown, owner;
"Cavita," from Tygti Valley, Mode,
owner; "Chartruse," from Hake
Oven, Hunt, owner; "Kamaack"
and "Hop Queen," C.albreath,
owner; "Brandy" and "Keno,"
llimh Lister, owner; "Putay
Brown," T. F. Buchanan, owner;
"John II.". and "Latnonta," A. M.
Zevely, owner; "Pinto Hick," Mor
ris, owner; "(iray Dundy," Yan
cey, owner; "Nina," from The
Dnl leu, Andy Allen, owner. There
are a few more horses dun to ar
rive before the date set for the
meet to begin.
Much rivalry exista U-lween the
different ownera aa to the merit of
their reiiw!live homea. On Tuea
dy there was a match race be
tween "Limber Jim" and "Seventy"
for a $100. It was won by "Lim
Imt Jim" by a none. The owner of
".Seventy" and "Cherirum" ut up
100 each for a race Thursday. The
money was taken by "Seventy." So
it ia racily tober-een that the racing
spirit is in the air and that from
May 12 to 15 there will be no lack
of good sport.
There ia juat one request that
the management auk of the public
and that ia to leave your doge at
home. Where ao many doga fol
low their ownera to the racetrack
it becomea not only a nuisance but
a menace to the running home
and jockey. For thia reaaon the
judgea would auk that all canine
be excluded from the ground.
The following ia the racing pro
gram:
riwrr dav may 12
Match race, quarter mile dash,
12000.
Seven-eighth mile dash, free for
all, $200.
SKCOND DAY MAY 13
Three-eighth mile and repeat,
f200.
Three-quarter mile daub, 1200.
THIRD DAY MAY 14
Three-eighth mile dash, $150.
Half-mile and repeat, $200.
forum day may 15
Quarter mile and repeat, $150.
Consolation race, purse to be
made up.
CONDITIONS
All the above race are five to
enter and three to atart, but re
aerve the right to hold a less num
ber than five by reducing the puree
in proportion to the number of
home entered.
Kntrie clone the evening before
the race at 7 o'clock sharp. The
Pacifio Coast Blood Association to
govern all races. Entrance fee
ten per cent of purse. Money to
be divided aa follow. 70 per cent
to the first home and 30 per cent
to the second horse.
The committee reserve the right
to change any of the above races,
in the event of not filling or other
reasons. No money paid without
a contest.
A report from Bend says that a
contract has been let for a mail
line from Bend to Crook once a
week. The contract calla for a
weekly service and gives the dis
ance as 48 miles. The person to
whom the contract was awarded
was not known to our informant.
mummer
Wh
iie Goods S
ale
4 Days FOUR DAYS ONLY 4 Days
Beginning Saturday, May 9th and continuing Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week ONLY, we will
afford you an opportunity to select your Summer wear at
about two-thirds of their regular value
Muslin Underwear, Gowna, Corset Covers. Chemises and
many White Dreaa Goods are included in this aale
' price now IT'si-
Cite prlnn now !lt!)c
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Shirt Wauts
lxt 1, rvKiilnr It to f 1.25 value, snle prliv
Lot 2. worth l.5 to l.76, Kale prl.e
Lot .1. Hold at 11.75 to f 2 25, now
Three hmtIhI lots tlmt will save you money.
White Hosiery
100 pair remilar 2)c values, sale irlee
M pulrn nKtiliir :tfe values, mile price
Children" mid misses' HneN also reduced.
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White Parasols
KIcKiknt Linen with natural wood or enameled Immltes
Theite sold at 12.50, Male price 11.(15
Child's white parabola, regular 1 (HI value, on sale
White Oxfords
For ladles, misses and children off
An Immense Shipment of Muslin Underwear
CheiulHe, corset covers, Bklrts and frowns. In beautiful
hlh-grado iuuhIIii, all liandHomely finished wlileli you
may select from at Lchh than regular price
Ladies' Summer Vests
ilOO samples slightly soiled will be Hold at 10c to 75c
These bargains will not come again this year;
Millinery
Ijiw HNHortmeut of Straw and Trimmed hats regular
values 1.80 to :i.f0. We have placed the entire lot at f 1.00
Look these over.
Summer Waistings in White Goods
In dozens of cxcIiimIvc patterns
ltegular 2.V pieces, now 17ty!
Kegular.H7.SiC pieces, now 2.'x:
Hegular 20c pieces, now 12Hc
White Silk Gloves, White Veils, Collars, Ties, Belts
At..... of their actual value
Towels Uath towels each, 12!i to 32)c
Muck towels Toweling at prices you can afford to pay.
Large Assortment Leather Belts
In all sixes, Includes l!t for ladies, misses and children
at regular price
White Bed Spreads
Splendid value for $1.25, now ...95c
Splendid value for f2.0(), now $ 1.50
Splendid value for 14.50, with cut corners and heavy fringe
sale price f.1.65
We also place on sale in the
Men's Department
Men's Night Shirts
UnudHomely trimmed and well made !K)e
for regular $1.-25 to $1.50 lines
Men'a Plaited and Soft Bosom Dress Shirts
Hegular $1.25 to $2.00 values, your choice at 05c
Large Line Sample Sox
In white and fancy shades and colorings only three pair
of each pattern regular 25c, 85c and 60c values will be
sold at , 15c, 25e and 40c
Good dressers will find something neat and new here.
Grocery Specials during sale only
7 boxes parlor matches , 25c
Schilling's 50c Tea, package i 35c
Schilling's 25c Tea, package 20c
2 pounds crackers 20c
Dry Italian Prunes not over 10 lbs to each customer 07c
Pint J ar Uenulne Kruit Jelly, regular 35c value i 25c
8 pounds tine salt 10c
Remember, these prices will talk. See the goods and you will buy. This
sale closes Wednesday, May, 13th. These prices are cash
C. W. ELKINS, Prineville, Or.
C SAM SMITH ON
TRIAL FOR ARSON
Lark Elliott on the Witness Stand
Tells About tie Destruction of
Williamson's Property
MANY WITNESSES WILL TESTIFY
Suu't twUmct basUteJ-aVt sf thtTri.1
Up U FrU.y O'CWk r. M. State
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Ex-Sheriff C. Sam Smith, Lark
Elliott and Stanley Smith, son
of ex-Sheriff Smith, were arraign
ed Tuesday by Judge Bradsbaw of
tbe circuit court on cbargea con
necting them with the destruction
of property belonging to J. N.
Williamson at different dates in
tbe last daya of March of this year.
Against C. Sam Smith, the
principal offender in the case,
there are four counts as follows:
Tbe destruction of a dwelling or
cook house, the property of J.' N.
Williamson, tbe distribution of
poison for sheep and the destruc
tion of a fence enclosing lands not
his own. Io each of these cases
Elliott is a co-defendant with
Smith, and one charge against
Smith alone, namely, tbe destruc
tion by fire of a building used for
a shearing plant and for sacking
wool, belonging to J. N. William
son and valued at $800 in which
Smith is the sole defendant.
Stanley Smith ia charged separ
ately with the fence destroying
count and will be given a separate
hearing.
At the opening oi court at nine
o'clock Wednesday morning ex-
Sheriff Smith and Stanley Smith
entered pleas of not guilty.
A motion was entered by the de
fense that they be allowed until
Thursday morning for preparation
for trial, and gave as a reason that
additional witnesses had been sub-
penaed from a considerable dis
tance and that they could not ar
rive before the time stated.
Some fifteen or more witnesses
have been summoned by the state
among whom are Larkin Elliott,
his wife, and the daughter of ex
Sheriff Smith.
The legal line-up of the case is:
Prosecuting Attorney Menefee, W.
A. Bell and H. S. Wilson of The
Dalles, for tbe state; J. K.
Weatherford, J. R. Wyatt and G.
W. Barnes for tbe defense.
A special list of 20 jurors sum
moned by Sheriff Elkins Tuesday,
were present at the call of the
court Thursday morning. A large
crowd was present when court wag
called by Judge Bradshaw.
Jurors were examined as fol
lows: Walter Ruble of Culver,
taken; J. F. Taylor of Prineville,
taken; N. A. Newbill of Grizzly,
excused by defendants; John
SteidI of Bend, taken; C. R. Henry
of Paulina, excused by state; J. W.
Wilt of Sigters, excused by defend
ants; J. S. Windom of Culver,
taken; G. D. Milliorn of Crook,
excused by the state; J. F. Wie
gand of Lamonta taken; II. L.
Priday of Cross Keys, excused by
defendants; J. E. Wimer of Sisters,
excused by the court; J. W. Spear
of Prineville, excused by court;
C. R. McLallin of Redmond, taken;
G. W. Updike of Laidlaw, taken;
H. K. W. Taylor of Madras, taken;
M. Niswonger of Powell Buttes
was excused by the court; E. C
Faught of Prineville was next ex
amined and after twenty minutes
questioning was taken as a juror
W. R. Smith of Powell Buttes was
excused by the defendants; Ralph
Moore of Haycreek was accepted
and took seat number ten in the
jury box; F. W. McCaffery of Red
mond wag accepted; F. L. Ricker
and James Whelpley, both of Red
were excused by the defense; J. T
Parx of Redmond was the last
juror called and after lengthy
questioning was accepted and the
panel filled.
After the attorneys for the prose
cution and defense outlined their
case to the jury J. N. Williamson
was called to the witness stand.
A plat of tbe premises showing the
location of tbe respective homes of
Smith and Elliott and the other
buildings, especially tbe shearing
plant and sheep camp that were
burned, waa introduced as evidence
and identified by Williamson as
having been made by him. The
greater part of Williamson's evi
dence waa used to chow the loca
tion of the buildings and other
points of interest in the case.
The testimony of Williamson
was intended by tbe state to show
tbe motive for the crime.
Q. What, if anything, was said
at that time about renting or leas
ing your pastures for last winter's
use? What waa Smith's reply
about that?
A. "I am for aale and have
nothing to give away," I think waa
the way he put it. I said that
suits me exactly; I wish to buy the
pasture in your field for a feeding
ground for aheep.
To thia Smith replied, "No I will
not sell a part of it; 1 wish to sell
it all or none at all." No deal was
made regarding tbe pasture last
falL
In response to other questions
Mr. Williamson replied, "Yes tbe
question of my buying Smith's
land had been referred to between
us several times. The question
was brought by Mr. Smith, per
haps, as.many aa two or three-
dozen times. I never wanted to
buy it; but did go at his request in
the spring of 1906 and looked the
place over. I told him that he
had a very nice place but that I
did not want to buy it."
The cro-s examination of Wil
liamson, although rather lengthy,
was not hard pressed by the de
fendant. The entire examination
of Mr. Williamson took about two
hours.
The next witness was Larkin
Elliott. The taking of his testi
mony occupied about three hours.
After relating all the circum
stances of the day tbe burning was
done, Elliott was asked to describe
the event from the time the two
were starting from Smith's house
until their return there. The story
is substantially as follows with the
omission of the repetitions:
"Mr. Smith had said that Wil
liamson waa crowding us too close
and that we must put him out of
business. On the day the burning
was done Smith and I started from
his barn on horseback. Smith
brought two bottles of coal oil and
banded me one of them and put
the other in bis pocket. We
mounted our horses and went out
through Smith's pasture past the
Vaninna place and up Wickieup
creek and Horseheaven to the
shearing plant. We rode by the
house and to the shearing plant.
Smith got down from his horse,
handed me the reins and went and
set the house on fire. Then he
LUMBER PLANT
FOR BEND
Shevlin Lamber Company May
Biry the Bend Townsite and
Build Bif Mills
T. H. SHEVLIN VISITS CROOK
Ut K. b PmnUy hpnuil With lafi
Twtm PtwfMte as ltirbf
mi ImSU Tm
Thomas H. Shevlin, of Minne
apolis, Minn., one of Crook
County's biggest individual tax
payers, passed through the city
Tuesday on his return from the
Bend country, where Mr. Sheviin
has been looking over his large
holdings with a view of putting in
a large sawmill plant.
Tbe Shevlin Lumber Company
own some 90,000 acres of land that
lies on the Deschutes in the
heaviest timbered belt of Crook
county. An ideal location for a
factory ia also in possession of thia
progressive company just above
Bend, and if Mr. S Devlin's present
plans mature there will be a large
mill there within a iew years and
also a factory for the manufacture
of all kinds of woodwork, includ
ing doors, window sashes, all kinds
and styles of boxes, etc.
One of the purposes of Mr.
Shevlin's trip to Bend at this time
was the prospective purchase of
the Bend townsite, but whether or
not the transfer was made we are
unable to find out at this time.
although Mr. Shevlin was favor
ably impressed with Bend and its
prospective future, both as a pro
gressive town and a railroad
center.
The location of the new factory
will be some distance above Bend
on the river, the exact site is not
known yet.
The activity of some of these
parties will have more to do with
getting a railroad into Crook
county than all the newspaper hot
air that has been displayed in
Crook county for the past twenty
years, and there has been a lot of
it.
Continued on laat page.
The Knights of Pythias held a
special session last evening in
honor of visiting Knights. Su
preme representative, Judge Brad
shaw, District Attorney Menefee
and other members of tbe order
were present.
R. J. Stockmyer, postoffice in
spector, left for Crook and Paulina
Tuesday and will return the last
of the week. Mr. Stockmyer has
just about completed the inspec
tion of the offices in Crook county
and will return to his home at
Roseburg next week. V
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