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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 3, 1908.
NO. 38
SAVE YOUR BEST FOR THE FAIR
Don't Look at the Exhibits and Say: "I've Got
Belter Stuff Than That at Home
Willi tli annual Crook County
Fair on d Livestock exhibition
month or fix weeks off, it Is high
time lor fanner who have not
already done no to select specimens
of their Wat product, sueh na
graiMi'K, alfalfa, clover, vetch, field
pea, winter and spring wheat,
harley, oats, alfalfa wed, honey
and all grain In the r-tnlk.
Perennial na the run and the
aenaona ia the oft repeated remark
heard on the fair ground every
full:
"Pshaw! I've got letter atuff
than that at home."
Yet, a common aa theee re
mark are, to lonjr aa Crook county
fitrmer do not pick out hoiiii of
their own producla to aend to the
annual exhibit, jut o Ioiir will
inferior varietiea win prizes, which
would go elaewhere if everybody
were in the lints.
Don't delay, fanners and ranch
era; pick out your heat thing now,
get in communication with the
aecretary of the araociation, Dun
can Macleod, and relegate these
old funhioned remark w here they
lielonp, to oblivion.
Another reanon why Crook coun
ty people should mnke it a Hint
to exhibit ia that agriculture ia
largely in an experimental stage
here nt preaent. Farmer coming
into a new country alway cant
around for the beat cropa to grow,
and the beet ataplea to produce; ao
that I y aeeiug what success their
neighbors have hud they will be
aaved annoyance and many do'lata
in the end. Such ia the chief value
of annual fair, and for thin reuaon
if no other everybody aliould 'elect
hi exhibit now.
Pitk out your finest table Wet,
sugar beet and mangel ; lay anide
your bed potatoea, cabbage or car
rot; select a few rpecimens each of
aweet corn, field corn, onion ruta
baga, turnip, quah, cucumber,
pumpkin, tornatoe, watermelon,
celery or niuckmelona; for surely
every farmer raises something in
this category.
Other thing wanted ore livestock
of all kind, exhibit of fruit, flow
er, eewing, embroidery, paplry, art,
mineral, school work; and but but
not leant, live bubies up to 1 year
old.
Important to tock exhibitors at
the fair, which will be held October
1317, i the announcement in the
prize lict and racing program that
the management ha secured the
protuiee from the Oregon rxjeri
ment fetation that a competent judge
of livestock will be sent here from
Corvalli to avut-t in making the
award, thua inuring exhibitors a
(air and impartial ncientiflc basis
on which to grade the animals.
STORY OF THE
FOUR SKULLS
Pioneer J. L Lnckej Throws Light
on the Discovery of the Bones
in the Spring at Paulina
INDIAN PRISONERS WERE SHOT
When They Tried to Escape and
Were Trampled Into the
Ooze in Lieu of Burial
Two weeks ago there appeared in
the Crook County Journal the sto
ry of a find of four human skull
in a boggy spring acroes Crooked
river from Itddor Meyers' place, 40
miles east of Prineville. When the
paper appeared many people read
the ftory with amused smiles, at
once classing it with the brand of
AT C. W. ELKINS' DEPARTMENT STORE
SHOWINGS OF
New Fall Dress Goods
Every lady should visit our store and make early selections from the various
departments. Prominent this week are the new Woolen Dress Goods. Noth
ing better will be shown this fall even in cities ten times Prinevilles size
Heavy Woolen Storm Serge, 36-inch, in Brown
Red and Navy at , 75c
AH Wool Fancy Tweeds, large assortment of
shades, fine value at . 95c
Panam Suitings, all wool, 36-inch, during sale 75c
Big Assortment of very fine Wool Taffetaa and
Striped Suitings, special 65c to 75c
In better grades of suitings we show dozens of
the newest effects in the best fall shades,
many in suit patterns only.
Special News
On Saturday of this week we
will show a few of the new
pattern hats. These designs
are ours exclusively, being pur
chased within the last ten days
by our milliner at the recent
millinery openings. No other
millinery parlor will be able to
show such up-to-date hats.
J . 0.
Cotton Dress Goods
Best Standard prints, regular
81c yd., we sell at 7c
Special Percale, regular 15c
grade at only 1 0c
New fall underwear
showing special val
ues in Union suits in
both men's and wom
en's garments.
Now is the rijht time to buy
a hack or buggy. See our lines
at special prices.
We have purchased exclusive styles
GROCERY SPECIALS ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 5
Table Fruits
2 1 pound cans Fountain and Pheasant Brands.
Peaches, Pears, Apricots, Raspberries, Straw
berries and Blackberries, per can ' 20c
All Diamond W Table Fruits except Black
Cherries, per can. 30c
"Gold Ore" Coffee
"Gold Ore" Roast Coffee, the famous high
grade blend, per pound 20c
Gallon Pie Fruits, Best Grade
CAN CASE
Apples. 40c $4.70
Apricots 70c ; $8.25
Blackberries 54c $6.35
Cherries 54c $6.35
Peaches, peeled 56c $6.65
Plums 43c... $5.00
Squash ...38c $4.40
C. W. ELKINS, PRINEVILLE, OREGON
bot weather fifh and snake stories
ao prevalent at this season, bot the
story wouldn't down while tangible
though mute evidence remained in
the shape of four silently grinning
skulls, one with the cranium partly
miffing. And now comes a solution
of the myetery from the mouth ot
Pioneer J. L. Luckey of this city.
"In 18C8," said Mr. Luckey to a
Journal reporter th's week, "Stipt.
Huntington had charge of the
Warm springs reservation aa resi
dent agent. It was alao his duty
to treat with sll other tribes of
Indians in the Oregon country
with whom there was any chance
of making a treaty. Among the
Indians who signed treaties were
the Klamaths, who entered into s
compact with the government dur
ing that year. The route of the
expedition from Warm Springs to
Klamath took the party up Crook
ed river past the spot where these
skulls were found, as reported in
the Journal.
"The whole country was then a
wilderness, with only eight white
men living in this part of what ia
now Crook county, and they in
fear of their lives moat of the timj.
I happened to be at the Warm
Springs reservation in ISG3, when
Supt. Huntington returned from
his expedition to Klamath and it
was he who told me then the his
torical incident I now tell to you
40 years later.
"Before starting on the expedi
lion Supt. Huntington selected five
Warm Springs Indians to accom
pany him, all tried and true allies
of the whites. I cannot at this late
date recall the names of all of them,
but one was Billy Chinook, who
was made lieutenant of the expedi
tion. He was the same Indian who
acted as guide to Gen. Fremont
when the latter went from Oregon
to Calitornia. Another Indian in
the party was Jimmy Kane, the
cook, who is spoken of in the book
on pioneer days by Meacham, the
successor of Huntington.
"'Now,' said Huntington to his
Indians, 'we're going to the Kla
math tribe on a peaceful commis
sion and I'd rather you'd not take
any arms..'
'"Mr. Huntington,' answered
Chinook, 'I value my. 6calp pretty
high and I would n't undertake to
go through a hostile country unarmed.'
"So Huntington armed his In
dians, and armed them well, with
both rifles and revolvers, as well as
knives. Subsequent events proved
the wisdom of this course.
'Somewhere en route," went on
Pioneer Luckey, "Huntington and
his five Indians surprised a small
band of unknown Indians, who
must haye been either Piutes or
Snakes. The hostiles were made
prisoners. Of course, they didn't
know the real object of Hunt'ng
ton's expedition, one of peace, and
neither party could converse
with the other except by signs it
was hard to make them understand.
Huntington wanted them as guides,
however, and after parleying with
the unknown redskins, four or
maybe five in number, the latter
appeared willing to direct the party
te its destination. Their bonds
were accordingly removed, but
they were kept under close surveil
lance by their captors.
"All went well 'rill noontime,
when the party stopped to prepare
a meal. Huntington removed his
saddle blanket and lay down upon
it under a tree, where he almost
dozed off into a nap. The prisoners
stayed a little apart by themselves.
The Warm Springs reclined appar
ently at ease beneath the trees,
Kane preparing the dinner. Their
rifles had been stacked against oth
er trees at some distance; nearer,
possibly, to the captives than to
themselves.
"Supt. Huntington told me he
never saw men killed so quickly in
his life. Suddenly, and concertedly,
the four or five prisoners leaped to
their feet and Bprang for the guns.
Suspecting treachery, because they
knew their natures, the Warm
Springs Indians jumped for them,
at the same moment firing their
pistols at the others, who fell in
their tracks before any of them
could lav a hand on a eun. The
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RAILROAD RACE UP DESCHUTES
Hill and Harriman Each Have Two Surveying
Crews at Work Hill Owns Oregon Trunk
Central Oregon in general, and
Crook county in particular, has
beome within the past week the
scene of what will quickly develop
into er.e of the greatest railroad
wars in the history of the United
States. It is to be Hill vs. Harri
man, two giants, both with unlim
ited capital, experience and
strategy. ?ot only will Crook
county have a railroad, but pres
ent indications point to two trunk
lines with branches into every
corner of this rich interior country.
Confirmation of the article in
last week's Crook County Journal
appears in the Portland Journal of
Monday, in which it is stated
beyond peradventure that Hill has
purchased a controlling interest in
the Oregon Trunk Line projected
up the Deschutes river. This
paper told last week how the Por
ter Bros., of Spokane, as Hill's
agents, passed through here a week
ago Monday with W. F. Nelson of
Seattle. Nelson, owner of the
Oregon Trunk, as suspected, has
sold out to Hill through the Por
ters, and the latter, as Hill's chief
contractors, have already started
to give Harriman the race of his
life into Central Oregon.-
Both Hill and Harriman have
two surveying outfits each at work
south of the Columbia in the lower
Deschutes canyon, working toward
Madras, Prineville and Bend. Har
riman's men have been quietly at
work there for several weeks, and
as soon as this fact became known
the Porter Bros, were sent flying
into the field by Hill with the re
sult that the gage of battle thrown
down by Harri'man was immedi
ately taken up. Now Hill has two
gangs of surveyors also, each outfit
working up opposite sides of tl e
river, and it's to be a race to a fin
ish this time and no mistake. Thus
can Crook county count on one rr
more water grade railroads within
a twelvemonth.
Should Harriman be outgener
aled by Hill, it is current opinion
that he will throw the Corvallis &
Eastern railroad across the moun
tains from Detroit; otherwise, he
will undoubtedly build up the
Deschutes.
In consequence of the activity
toward the central part of the
state on the part of the two rail
road magnates and Hill's apparent
disregard of a tacit agreement,
vouched for by Harriman's attor
neys, that Hill would not invade
the territory south of the Columbia
and Harriman would respect Hill's
rights to the region lying north, it
is evident a struggle has been pre
cipitated which will not end until
one or the other withdraws or two
lines are built.
RAILROAD MEETING FRIDAY EVE
Local Business Men Urged to Come Out Com-
mittee Ready to Make Report
There is little that is new to re
port this week in matters relative
to the proposed Central Oregon
Railroad. A meeting was held at
P. A. A. C. hall last Saturday
evening, but as the committee that
has the task in hand of organiz
ing a commercial body bo consti
tuted as to be able to take charge
of all railroad matters asked for
further time in which to report, a
speedy adjournment was taken
until Friday evening, September 4.
Friday night was selected in
preference to Saturday, as hereto
fore, because it will afford all busi
nes3 men an opportunity to get
out, whereas on Saturday evenings
they are invariably busy at their
stores. No report was made last
Saturday because the committee
deemed it wiser to wait until they
could submit a comprehensive re
port. The committee wishes to urge
upon every business man and citi
zen generally the great importance
of attending these meetings. Re
member the change of date Fri
day evening, September 4.
STOCKMEN DON'T LIKE NEW PLAN
Will Not Ship Livestock to Portland Without
Price Is Agreed on Beforehand
Some of the cattlemen of Crook
county are up in arms over the in
tention, as announced in the Port
land papers several weeks ago, to
withdraw cattle buyers from the
breeding grounds and ranges of
this state. Cattlemen, sheepmen
and hog raisers make, common
cause in arguing that such a move
would not be made unless it re
dounded to the buyers' advantage,
nd a nnmhpr nf meat raisers in
Ithe Crooked river and Paulina
valleys have mutually agreed not
to ship another steer to Portland
or anywhere else unless said steer
be bought at a price agreed upon
with the stockyards representatives
in advance.
(Continued on page 4.)
Instances are numerous wherein
Crook county stockmen have sent
their cattle or sheep to market
without any hard and fast price
agreed upon in advance.
Even if the packers intend to be
fair and square, the cattlemen
argue, they will be governed entire
ly by circumstances, oftentimes be
yond their control, which, unless
the matter is put in black and
white in advance, will result in a
loss to the seller. Rather than ac
cept any old price under the new
plan, growers assert they will keep
their stock at home until a definite
sum is agreed upon.
TWO NEW BELLS FOR PRINEVILLE
One for Courthouse Clock and tie Other for
the Methodist Episcopal Church
Two bells of fine quality, the
best in tone ever used in Crook
county, will shortly be placed in
position in this city.
The finer of the two will sound
the hour, the half hour and the
quarter hour from the clock tower
of the new court house, and, under
favorable conditions, will be heard
for several miles in the country.
This bell, which is to repose inBide
the four-faced clock, will be 78 per
cent, copper and 22 per cent, block
tin. It carries a guarantee for 10
years and comes from the Howard
watch company of Chicago, which
is furnishing the clock.
The Methodist Episcopal church
bell, order for which was authorized
last Monday night, will be almost
as fine as its neighbor across tl e
street, being 77 per cent copper and
23 per cent, block tin. It will be
guaranteed for 15 years. This bell
weighs 400 pounds, less than half
the heft of the Presbyterian be'l,
but owing to its quality will cost
about the same pr c . It is of 27
inches diameter at the mouth. It
will be shipped from Troy, N. Y.,
and should be here before Oct. 1.