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VOL XII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 14, 1908.
NO. 22
HORSE ROUND-UP
IN PROGRESS
Buiy Time for the Stockmen Who
Are Riding the Ranges and
Branding Young Stock
1500 HORSES WILL BE HANDLED
RUkf WiU IWh kit Hnr VDr ni
14 Itm CllU ImmIU fumU
T Cmmki'Jim
C.J. Johnson Ml Wedneday for
Paulina whore he will join the
spring ride for hornes in that purt
of the country.
Thin is one of the most Import
ant home round-up in Central
Oregon, during which from 1000 to
1600 head of hornet will be handled
and from ten to twenty men will
he constantly at work gleaning all
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all modestly priced. In this department also you will find many handsome shirtwaist
suits, suitable for afternoon and evening wear, made up with exceptional style and
bearing the stamp everywhere known as good dressmaking.
Several lines of light weight woolen waists, in black, brown,
thing for cool Spring weather
Men's Work Shirts
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Special for this and next week only. 10
heavy, extra length, cotton shirts, regular 65c
for
Pumps Pumps Pumps
For deep or shallow wells, the Meyers, best valve
and cylinder made, can not rust or wear out.
Spray Pumps, Pitcher Pumps,
reasonable prices.
C. W. ELKINS, PRINEVILLE, OREGON
luone. hornet from the hilht and val
If Vi and aimenthling them in large
corn In where the col U will he
branded ami all marketable ituff
that in wonted by their owner will
he taken out and tit into pan lure
mid broken for the market. Ca
The ride is in progreaa now and
lm been going on for eomo Jime in
the vicinity of Paulina from which
place they will proceed to Hardin
where four daya will he rpent, and
from there they will go to Harney
valley and on toward Burns.
Following this round-up will be
one of cattle that will be much
larger, both in extent of territory
covered and numbers engaged. It
will cover porta of tour coutitie.
This will begin on June 8th, and
will continue for some three week
or until all the territory linn been
aaliMiiictorily covered.
Beginning at Crook the ride will
proceed to Cam Creek, Cold
Spring, Hardin, Buck Creek, head
of Crooked river, Hampton Butte,
Prmgle Flat, and the headwaters
of Camp Creek where the ride will
per ha pa cloee.
I he moet important part of this
W. ELKINS STORE
this shape-the J.C.C.
wear.
dozen
values
50c
all kinds of pipe at
round up of cattle will be the
branding of calve and the round
ing up of stray cattle and putting
them onto their pro)cr range and
onto i u miner territory. Thia i
one of the moet important cattle
districts in interior Oregon.
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High School Commencement
The annual commencement of
the Crook County High School will
take place in the P. A. A. C. ball
on the evening of Mav 21. The
following pupils will be granted
diploma: Clara Homey, Celia
Kelma, Beulah Crooks, Edna Estes,
Elide On born, Reuben II. Boo ten,
Luther B. Moore and Orrin C.
Mills. Their claaa mot ft ia "Fin
ishing yet Beginning;" their colore
are red and white; their flowers
red and white carnation.
The program for the evening
will bo rendered by the" class and
will consist of the following num
bers: Instrumental Solo "Saluta
Pesth," Kowalshi Beulah Crooks.
Recitation "Flogiel,ane's Mar
riage," Celia Nelme. I
A ROUND
DIFFERENT
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Jackson Corset is the one that
gives proper shape and fit to the
dress or shirtwaist.
HAVE YOU
SEEN OUR
SHIRTWAISTS
blue and
cream just the right
Specials for Saturday
3-pound pkg. Colonial table salt
4 pounds Arm & Hammer soda
1 gallon Fountain syrup
Instrumental Solo Cijus Anim-
am"8labat Mater," Kuhe Edna
Ewtes.
Oration "Daniel Webster, The
Statesman," Orrin C. Mills.
Recitation "An Order for
Picture," Clara Horney.
Vocal Solo "Irish Folk Song,"
Foote Celia Nelms
Valedictory Oration "A Plea for
the Working Children of the
United States," Elsie Oh born
Presentation of Diplomas by
Chairman of the Board, .
Instrumental Duet "Alpine
Storm," Kunkel.
Hie class extends a cordial invi
tation to all to be present that
night.
Lost,
Strayed
Stolen
or
From the May Creek ranch, about six
weeks ago, a lemon-colored shepherd
dog, witli white ring around neck.
Answers to the name of "Highball."
A reward of $10 will be given for his re
turn to me at Hay Creek.
6-14-lm Jchm Foley.
The best shoe values in town at
J. E. Stewart A Co.'s.
DOZEN OF
STYLES
Men's Clothing
A little cheaper and belter for the
money than to be had elsewhere. If
you buy here you will be satisfied
Fine lines of Neckwear,
Shirts, Hosiery, Suspen
ders, Underwear, etc.,
all late choice styles
and Monday Only
.10c
.'. 25c
..60c
SAM SMITH WAS
FOUND GUILTY
Receives Sentence of Fusr Years
in tie Penitentiary Elliott
Gets Like Sentence
SMITH WILL APPEAL HIS CASE
Rw 0 Oa $5000 Umit-CmUu bp
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i ue jury wun wnom tbe case
against ex-Sheriff C. Sam Smith
rested returned a verdict of "guilty
as charged" at noon Sunday after
fifteen hours deliberation. The
judge received tbe verdict, ordered
the clerk to read it and cause it to
lie placed upon the records of the
court. Tbe jury was then dis
chaiged. They bad been in the
court room almost constantly since
the case began Thursday morning
and some of them had been away
from their homes since Sunday
before court was called.
About 11 o'clock Monday morn
ing the judge requested Mr. Smith
to stand up and asked if be had any
reason why sentence should not be
imposed upon him at that time.
He shook his head in the negative,
and tbe judge then said: "It is
the judgment of this court that
you be sentenced to serve a term
of four 'years in the state neni-
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tentiary." There was no noticable
change in expression as Mr. Smith
took his seat.
Taking up the case again from
the place we left it last week, we
find the defense starting their case.
Fred A. Rice was the first wit
ness called at 4 o'clock Friday
t ir t- . -
nuofuuuu. iur. luce introduced a
plat of the country in that part of
Crook county showing an accurate
diagram of the holdings of the de
fendant and those of Williamson
and the relation they bore to each
other. This map was introduced
as evidence.
jut. Damn was inen called in
his own defense and made an em
phatic denial of the testimony of
Elliott in moet particulars, admit
ting only that there was a little cf
the minor details that was true.
He stated that hir?elf and El
liott were working together on the
morning the state claim that they
were, before the burning was done
at night, and said that at about
noon iUhott left him and went
away, as Smith supposed, to his
home.
He stated where he was and
what he was doing on the days tbe
other crimes were committed and
stated that he had no knowledge
of the crimes until Elliott told him
of them a few days later, and that
he had never learned who the
criminal or criminals were, al
though there was no effort made to
find out. He denied the stories, or
a part of them, of several other
witnesses, especially Mrs. Elliott
and E. S. Dobbs. No new features
were developed from Mr. Smith's
testimony, the greater part of
which was the denial of his con
nection with the crimes in any
manner whatever.
He was followed by Mrs. Smith,
Stanley Smith and Miss Ceole
Smith, his son and daugher, all of
whom supported Mr. Smith's story.
Although Mrs. Smith made a
clear and positiye denial of the
charges against her husband, Ceole
was the star witness and spoke
promptly and with vigor in reply
to the questions.
Other witnesses were called by
Mr. Weatherford, among whom
were H. S. Cram, E. S. Dobbs, D.
Lawson, George Wiley, George
Ray, Roy. Gray, H. D. Dunham,
R. P. Miller, Thomas Huston, D.
Quakenbush, Peter Seggling and
others who added to the strength
of the defendant's case. Many of
the above named witnesses testi
fied that Elliott's reputation was
bad and several of them to the fact
that after his return from Portland
during the land fraud trials Elliott
said before them that he had sworn
to a lie to get Sam Smith indicted
and would hand him another
bunch yet.
The case wai closed at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning and the plea
made by the state in opening the
argument before noon. Mr. Mene-
fee made a brief review of tbe case
Mr. Weatherford followed Mr.
Wyatt and took the case up at the
very beginning and went over it in
detail showing the defendant's side
of the case in a forceful way, pick
ing a flaw in the evidence here and
noting and oversight there, until it
looked as if there was but one side
to the case and that was the de
fendant's. Mr. Weatherford closed
his argument about 5 o'clock.
H. 8. Wilson followed. In pre
senting tbe case of the state he
showed marked ability. He gave
a complete review of the case and
introduced some lines of thought
that bad not been dwelt upon dur
ing the trial. His argument occu
pied about four hours and closed
at 9 o'clock, allowing the case to go
to the lury soon after that time.
In his instructions to the jury
Judge Bradshaw said that the story
of Larkin Elliott was not be die
credited because it had been de
nied by other witnesses, or because
it was held by several witnesses
that his general reputation was
bad, but that the jurors were to be
the sole indees in selecting and
weighing for themselves how much,
m v a
if any, of his evidence was to be
believed.
He stated further that the case
was to be considered by them'sole-
ly upon the law which was stated to
them and the evidence introduced,
and that they were to consider
such parts of the evidence as had
not been impeached by other wit
nesses.
At the opening of court Monday
morning a motion for a new trial
was made by the attorneys for de
fendant which was overruled and
passed onto the . records without
argument. They then asked that
sentence be passed at once in order
that a motion for a new trial
might be taken up. An appeal
was made and will be taken up in
the state supreme court at Port
land in October.
In the appeal there are two
points which the attorneys for Mr.
Smith hope to find were adjudged
wrongly in the lower court. They
are whether the judge was correct
in admitting evidence connecting
Smith with the burning of the
sheep camp on another date and
the fence cutting and distributing
of poison when there were charges
on the docket of the court against
him on these counts. The state
held tha t these were all a part and
parcel of the same scheme and
they were admitted by the court as
such.
The other point was whether or
not the judge should have had the
testimony of Elliott stricken from
the books entirely after it had been
impeached by other witnesses.
The other three counts against
Smith were allowed to stand on
the court books pending the action
of the supreme court in the case
just closed. The charge against
Stanley Smith for cutting wire
fence was dismissed by the court
on motion of Prosecuting Attorney
Menefee.
Larkin Elliott, who was co-
defendant with Smith in the
crimes, but who turned state's evi
dence and was the principal wit
ness in the trial, was given a like
sentence of four years by Judge
Bradshaw. As he admitted his
guilt in all of the crimes it is pre
sumed the sentence covers all of
them and will clear his record in
the case. -
C. Sam Smith's bonds were
placed at $5000 which was prompt
ly furnished.
Horses Wanted.
A pack horse and a saddle horse
are wanted before June 1st; must be
gentle. For further particulars ad
dress A. S. Ireland, Forest Super
visor, Prlnevllle, Or. 6-14-2w
Two Timber Claims for Sale
Two timber claims for sale at a bar
gain in 1418 and 14-19. For further
particulars address P. O. Box 205. 6-1
For oranges, lemons and banan
as, call on Mrs. Cyrus.
"BRANDY" WINS
THE $2000 RACE
BeaU "P.ty Brown" Forty Feet
in
the Quarter Mile Dah
Match Race Tuesday
TODArS RACES POSTPONED
HtmfUm" tUuUi AfiM ' inmlj"
fTWLgktk, Mik Out Im $1000
With the racing spirit at high
pitch, fine weather and many fast
horses in attendance, the May race
meeting at the Crook County Fair
grounds is now in progress and ia
being attended daily by many en
thusiastic peopte, who enjoy the
racing of horses.
The match race for a f 1000 a
side between "Brandy" and "Patsy
j .
Brandy."
The other events, while of less
nets Willi mu w n
importance in regard to tbe amount
of the purse contested for, are none
the less interesting and are furnish
ing splendid sport for those who
attend. V
Music is being furnished for the
occasion by the recently organized
Pnneville Band of about fifteen
pieces, and the band men are the
recipients of many compliments on
their playing.
Many out of town people are in
to attend the meeting, and the
week his been a notable one so
cially.
Last night a gentle rain fell, set
tling the dust and freshening the
air, so that the remaining daya of
the meet will be delightful so far
as weather is concerned. A report
of the events that have taken place
follows:
FIRST DAY'S RACES.
The first race on the program
was the star event of the meet. It
was the match race between
"Brandy," owned by Mike Brown
of Paulina, and "Patsy Brown," T.
F. Buchanan's horse. The distance
was one-fourth mile and the purse
was $2000, each owner backing his
horse for 11000. "Brandy" won
easily, beating'Tatsy" 40 feet, mak
ing the quarter mile in 23 seconds
flat on a heavy track. "Brandy"
was ridden by Elmer Clark and
"Patsy" by Billy Robinson. The
judges .were: Will Wuraweiler,
John Henderson and Hugh Lister;
time-keeper, C. A. Bedell.
At the startingpost "Patsy
Brown" was very restless, and in
his maneuvers fell twice with his
rider, but no injury resulted.
"Patsy" made the quarter in 24
seconds, which is said to be his
time on the heavy track. It is the
general opinion that each horse
run his race, and that "Brandy"
won in a fair and square contest.
The second event was the seven-
eights mile dash for a purse of
200. "Kamsack," "Schwitzer,"
John H." and "Masters" were
entered. "Masters" won. time
32, with "Kamsack" second,
Schwitzer" third. The horses got
away from the post with a fairly
even start, and all were so near
the same color that it was impos
sible to distinguish them as they
galloped around the track. "Mas
ters" runs a steady race all the
way and it is bis perseverance that
gives him his winning qualities in
the distance races. He was ridden
by his owner, Vol Officer. In the
pool selling "Kamsack" sold first
choice, "Schwitzer" and "John H."
divided on second, while "Masters"
was selling fourth choice. It
made easy money lor those who
bought pools on Masters.
SECOND DAY'S RAC((jB.
Wednesday's races were a three-
ighth mile and repeat, and a
three-quarter mile dash, each for
a purse of $200.
In the first race "Seventy,"
"Brandy," "Lamonta" and "Lim
ber Jim" entered. After a long
period of jockeying at the post the
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