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
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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.