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JoMnnal VOL XII PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 30, 1608. NO. 33 Crook Comiety HARRIMAN AGAIN THREATENING Rumored That Corvallis Build Across Coincident with the activity marking the promotion of the Central Oregon llailroad project, in whkb I'rineville, Bend and Madras capital ii riraarily inter ested, cornea authentic tidings of inMntion on the part of the Harri- man interests to extend the Cor vallia & Kastern Ilallroad a crow the) Cascade range from Albany t nJ Detroit into the heart of Crook county and acroea the central area of the uttte clear to the Idaho line. The surrey for this transcon tlnental route was made a number of years ago and right of way se cured. Cut tiee, raits and every thing necessary for the construe tion of the proposed line has also been stored near Albany, on the west aide of the mountains, for ixverai years, so that the only thing needed to begin operations is the word to go ahead from the powers that be in Portland and AT C. W. One-third Off in all Lingerie Dresses, Silk Dresses and Shirt Waist suits in both white and colored. The assortment is still complete, and no other store begins to show such fine goods at such small prices. Long and Short Kimonas, in The Home Is Without a Good We have several lines that are built to -last a lifetime, all econom ical of" fuel, and will cook to a "turn." Prices the lowest Ladies are requested to call and look these over. C. ,W. ELKINS, PRINEVILLE, & Eastern Is Ready to Central Oregon ' New York. This seems now to have been g.ven, and work bids fair to commence neit spring. For nearly a month now govern ment engineers and woodsmen have been checking and measuring uir the amount of timber standing on the right of way, and it is said by persons living in the Bisters country that no othsr timber than that on the Corvallis & Eastern route has been'crulsed. The route of the railroad runs eastward from Detroit, the present terminal, scrotts the main range north of the Throe Sisters mountains to the town of ,Sister;thence southeast to a point one-half mile north of Laidlaw, where the railroad will cross t the Deschutes river on a cantilever) bridge 125 feet high; thence in the same general direc tion just to the esst of Bend, and on acioss the state through Burns and'Vale to Ontario. ELKINS' Now is the time to buy Low Shoes The hot weather makes it necessary. Our stock is by far the best in town and we will show you bargains in numerous lines Try a pair of our Moccasins They give the real "Ice Cream Soda" effect to tired feet. All sizes, Men's to Children's. All white canvas shoes, Oxford ties, etc., 1-3 off Not Complete Range flS5 -.v. i I mhv 4asMsWsasjta raro Hi " J Sheriff Elkins Gets Package C. 0. D. Woman Charged With Larceny of a Horse and Saddle in Crook County Arrested in Grant County on Warrant from Harney County Sheriff Elkins was banded a C. O.D. package last Saturday night that nearly took his breath away, lie was notified by telephone that it was coming and to be in readi ness to receive it. Always prompt to the call of duty the custodian of the law was on hand to see what was coming to him. While wait ing for tb I'aulina stage to come in the sheriff had visions of lemons and other nice things that are sometimes handed to a man, bat was not prepared to receive a young woman on the C. O. D. basis. "No, her faro hasn't been paid," said the stage office man. "Well, what have I to do with that, said the sheriff, bluehing slightly. You know I am a mar ried man and if my wife ever found out that I pot up for a DEPARTMENT STORE All Muslin Underwear, Corset Covers, Gowns, Chemise and Skirts, Children's White Dresses, Slips and - Skirts, all absolutely new, 1-3 off the regular price. These are bargains that will not appear again this season. Beautiful Patterns, GROCERY SPECIALS For Saturday and Monday Only 5 J pounds Fine Fresh Roasted Coffee, "Gold Ore" Brand ......$1.00 50c Package Schilling's Tea .40c 25c Package Schilling's Tea 20c Extra Fine Sweet Fancy Pickles in Glass, regular price 35c 25c We have just received some very fine fancy Breakfast Bacon and Hams, very appetizing. Try 'em. young woman's stage fare there would be no end of " "Yes, yes, I know," broke in the stage man, "but this woman is a prisoner, and her fare hasn't been paid." "Who's with her," demanded the sheriff. 'What is she charged with? Where is the warrant?" "Search me," said . Mr. Reams. "She was put on the stage C. 0. D. and my responsibility ends when I deliver the goods." "You can't deliver to me," re plied the sheriff. ''There must be something to show that this young woman has committed a crime be fore I can take her in charge." "Well, what will I do with her?" asked the stage man. "Dunno," was the laconic an swer. "She cannot be legally de- One-Third Off OREGON taloed as matters now stand." "Well, if this wouldn't jar Ton," soliloquized the stage agent "I am a man with a family and am trying to lead a straight forward life when along comes a 20-year-old woman C. O. D. for a $10 fare. I can't take her home. My wife would aimply kick the roof off. If I take her to a hotel my reputation is mined. Yet, 1 must hare that $10." The upshot of the matter was that the woman was sent to a hotel for the night and next dsy J. II. Beckley armed and awore ont a formal complaint. Mr. Beckley explained that be had the woman arrested on a warrant sworn out in Harney county. 8he was given the option of coming here by stage alone'or in the company of an officer. She chose the former. The complaint sworn to by Mr. Beckley charged the woman with larceny of a horse and saddle. The woman in the case is Ada Pierce, and her home is at Day ville, Grant county, where she lives with her parents. She and a man named Sheffield, who has lived around Dayville for a num ber of years, took it into their heads to take a little jaunt in the country as man and wife. They applied for work at the Cold Springs ranch owned by J. H. Beckley, and were given a job. Mr. Beckley shortly afterwards bad bueinees -calling him to Port land. When be got back from his trip the supposed man and wife had skipped with his bones and other valuables. Of course search began at once for the guilty parties with the result that the woman was arrested in Grant county on a warrant 6worn out in Harney county, charging ber with a crime committed in Crook county. No wonder the sheriff stuttered when he got the C. O. D. package. She is now in jail and will have a bear ing before Justice Sharp next Saturday. s Good Crops About Powell Buttes The stands of grain in and about the Powell Buttes farming districts are exceptionally fine and heavy this year, and all land owners are happy in consequence. Wheat and rye are doing par ticularly well, and oats form a col lateral almost as good. There has been little need of irrigation the natural rainfall being ample for profitable agriculture with the ex ception of a few days here and there between showers. However, the seasonal rains have made it possible for farmers to use irriga tion water in such parts of their fields needing more water than others in the lower levels not as favorably situated. At Bend, in the Laidlaw segre gation and between Sisters and Cline Falls, all crops are likewise doing well, though quite backward on account of the late spring and summer. Foresters Building Good Trail C. S. Congleton with his trail building crew of eight men came into town Saturday evening for supplies and left Monday morning for their work at the summit of the Blue Mountains. Many of the men under Congleton are those who took Civil Service examina tions ' before Forest Supervisor Ireland but Spring. Among the number are T. B. Zell, F. K. Whelpley, Bert Barnes and others. They are doing a lot of substantial work on the trail that is said to be a credit to the Forest Service. Canvas Boat for Sale. Cunvas boat, bran new. for sale at a bargain. Apply to Perry Pola dexter, rrlnevllle, Or. 6 25 SURVEYING CREW NOW AT WORK Locating Railroad Line Madras for Central Led by Surveyor Robert Rea, who mapped out the route for the Deschutes Valley line down that river to the Columbia, the party of civil engineers in the employ of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company of Bend, began work this week at O'Neil. They will survey northward to Madras, and then return to Bend, from which point they are to transit a feasible route through Redmond to O'Neil, and later the auxiliary line to Prine ville. H. M. Gault and Frank May are in the surveying outfit. U. A. Wynn, the right of way man, stated to the field, corres pondent of the Journal. Monday, that be had been uniformly suc cessful in obtaining the necessary sanction of the farmers in and about Redmond for the route of the Central Oregon 'railroad. He is now at Bend from where be will go to O'Neil to follow in the wake of the surveyors to Madras next week. Mr. Wynn'says be has the BIG DRILL FOR THE OIL COMPANY Determined to Solve Oil Prospecting Problem in Spite of Many Difficulties Undeterred by difficulties en countered in drilling, the company which has commenced the explora tion of the oil possibilities of the Willow Creek Baaia, hu .taken a firmer grip on the problems con fronting it, and made an outlay of several thousand dollars in the purchase of a heavy drilling ma chine, which will stand the strain of steady and heavy work such as the company has before it. Frank Forest, president of the Madras Oil Company, has returned home from a trip to Portland, where he placed an order for a heavy drilling outfit for use by tbe company inj its prospecting oper ations in this county. Mr. Forest intended making's trip to Southern California to inspect drilling out fits, but on reaching Portland, concluded that this long ttip was not necessary. The new outfit will be shipped direct from the factory in the East and is expected to arrive within six weeks, at which timedrilling in the hole that has already been put down FIREBUG AT Stock of "Wet Goods" benet Drank Up Two fires within four days last week nearly wiped out the stock of wet goods ot A. B. Estebenet of Bend, who since the prohibition edict went forth has kept the resi due of his vinous and malt liquors stored beneath sheds in the yard to the rear of his former saloon building, opposite the Bend Hotel. The origin of both fires is at pres ent a mystery, but coming so closely together in the same place, and almost simultaneously with the destruction by fire of the Linster sawmill just north of Bend, it is believed, with some ground, DEPUTY U. S, MARSHAL WANTED L T.Terry, "Wife-Beater;' Now in Hiding On v Upper Deschutes, Snecial DeDutv United States Marshal L. T. Terry, who has made several trips to Crook county for the U. . marenars oince a. Portland, two of which were made during the past three months, is in hiding somewhere in the Upper Deschutes country, while Crook county deputy sheriffs are seeking him armed with a warrant de manding his appearance in the municipal court of Portland on a charge of wife-beating. Between O'Neil and Oregon Company right of way practically secured from O'Neil to Madras, but that he has some work still to do there. He is very enthusiastic anept the outlook, and predicts the early construction of the grade from Bend to Madras. When asked what would ensue after this initial piece of work was done, Mr. Wynn referred his in terrogator to Roscoe Howard, manager of the D. I. fe P. Co., and Mr. Howard's attitude in the premises is well known Shaniko aa the terminal if all other plans fail, but Shaniko as a possibility rather than a probability. The alternatives are a line up the Des chutes River to Madras, an exten sion of the ML Hood road from the neighborhood of Mt. Hood, or the extension across the Cascades of the Corvallis & Eastern. At any rate, the Central Oregon railroad project can report prog ress, both as to survey and sub scriptions. 150 feet on the west slope of Grizzly Mountain, will be resumed. The new machinery will com prise an outfit such as is used in drilling oil wells in the old oil districts of the East. The boiler and engine will be 30 horse-power, and the drill will be heavy enough to sink a bole to a depth of 3000 feet. While in Portland Mr. For est purchased casing for tbe drill hole. The casing will be installed so that all will be in readiness for work upon the arrival of the heavier drilling machinery. The principal difficulty encountered in the first attempt to put the hole down was that, without casing, the rock kept.caving in and interfering with the cutting of tbe bit in the bottom of the drill hole. The company is equipping itself to prospect to its entire satisfaction as to the possibility of striking oil in the Willow Creek Basin, and Mr. Forest says that they do not intend to be deterred by any diffi culties that can be overcome by reasonable expense and persistent effort WORK IN BEND Owned by A. B. Este- by Thirsty Flames that an incendiary is responsible. The authorities are conducting a quiet investigation. The first Estebenet fire occurred early Wednesday morning of last week, just before daybreak, and the second at about the same hour laet Saturday. Both were extin guished before much damage had been done, except to the stored liquors, by quick responses on the part of the Bend fire department and citizens in the immediate vicinity. In all, the Btock was valued at about $4,000, with 12,500 insurance. Is Sought by Sheriff Shortly after his return from this county to his home city about a month ago, the u&uy journal gave a detailed account ox ms hrutal treatment of hia wife and stated that Terry could not be found but was sought alter by the Portland police. A few days later Sheriff Elkins located Terry and another man, with two women, camping peacefully at the fish trap at Pringle Falls. He notified Port land and got warrant immediately.