Jotunra&S
VOL XII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1908.
NO. 39
HARRIMAN WILL SPEND OVER $3,000,000 IN BUILDING TO CENTRAL OREGON
Crook Couety
TROUBLES DIDN'T
COME SINGLY
Boy Falli Off I la) rale and It
' Stunned, Ctrl Start! lo Rescue
and Meet! With Accident
COMES NEAR BEING KILLED
Another Man It Kicked in the
Face by I lone and Bone of
Nose Are Shattered
Wrl Jones, son of l!tn Jones,
and Uu1y CaJi, (laughter of Hen
ry Cndle, wtm both frvi rely hurt
by their hom on Iho Cidle ranch
up Ofhuco crtt k jtift ufier dinner
time Tuecilny, the hoy living felled
on his head and the girl auHtaining
internal injuries as a result of her
horso falling backward and jam
ming the pommel of the saddle in
to her abdomen. Dr. Rosenberg,
who attended the sufferers, said he
hoped for a full recovery in both
cases hut that it wss too early yet
to forecast how either would come
out.
Young Jones was working a hay
rake in the field, when one of the
horses he was driving threw its tail
over the reins. The boy was just
getting him nicely under control
when suddenly the line broke. The
hoy was (lulling 10 hard on the
rein that its snapping caused him
to fall backward from the rake and
he struck the ground forcibly upon
hi head, being rendered uncon
scious The horses then ran away.
Jones remained unconscious for
more than an hour.
Miss Csdle, seeing the runaway
from the ranch house, hurried to
tho barn and started to get one of
the horses ready to pursue the
runaways. She saddled a horse
and started to lead it out of the
stable, which has a board floor.
Being wrought up some by the ex
citement of the runaway the girl
jumped hastily upon her own
horse, causing the animat to rear
and hurl her backward to the floor.
The raddle pommel then struck
her full on the abdomen and the
horse began to kick very freely with
his legs, one shodden hoof just
grating Mbit Cadle on tbe forehead.
One inch nearer and she would
never have known what happened.
Tbe outcome of the girl's injuries
is a matter of time. The boy was
brought iolo Prineville Wednesday
afternoon and seems to be in good
shape.
Got Kicked in tie Face.
Dick Mulholland, a cattleman of
Crook, was kicked in the nose by a
horse this week and severely hurt
between the mouth and eyes. lie
stoically bound op tbe wound and
came to Prineville for medical aid,
reaching here Tuesday evening.
Dr. Rosenberg found it necessary
to remove most of the nasal bonet
before he could dress the wound
and bind it up. Mulholland's phy
sician is sanguine of his recovery
with only a partial blemish, though
danger of blood poisoning, owing
to the number of hours he was
without surgical treatment, cannot
thus early be overlooked.
Mulholland, who is a son-in-law
of "Uncle" Billy Millard, is about
town as though nothing had hap
pened, but with bis nose bandaged.
John Moore of Redmond is pre
paring to sink a well 1500 feet, if
necessary, at Niswonger's station,
in an attempt to get artesian
water. Moore recently sank a well
500 feet there, but only obtained
seepsge; indicating water, however,
at a greater depth.
AT C. W. ELKINS' DEPARTMENT STORE
1 i
R
unning Over
With New Goods
all bought right and will be sold at
reasonable rates.
New Embroideries & Laces
New Fall Waists
Kimonas and Dress Skirts
mt f i rural
WATCH FOR OUR
SENSATIONAL
, ANNOUNCEMENT
NEXT WEEK
GROCERY LEADERS
For Saturday and Monday
Large lemons, per doz. 40c
Golden Star Soap, bar 05c
FREE with all purchases of one
dollar or over, one Bar Tyee Soap
New Fall
Millinery
showing the pick of the
season's smartest styles,
now ready. Ladies, make
your selections early, as
the demand for good mil
linery this fall will be
greater than usual.
60 Pieces
Fine New
Ginghams
Just the thiug for
school dresses.
Mothers be sure to
see these 13Jc per
yard, regular 1 5c
values.
. ELKINS, PRINEVILLE, OREGON
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Crook County ?oad
Promsect Jfiirst
DIRT MAY BEGIN TO FLY SOON
Engineers Busy on Work of Ascertaining Cost
of Construction by Different Routes
Big Plans of Harriman System
It's all railroad in Crook county
right now, with Harriman as the
king pin in the shuffle. The Porter
Bros., ostensibly Hill's agents in
the field, are still working two
crews of surveyors in the lower
Deschutes canyon, but Harriman
holds the center of the stage.
Harriman says he will build in
to Crook county, and at once. The
first spadeful of earth for the right
of way may be tossed in 24 hours
or it may not fly for several weeks,
but earth will fly for a line this
way before snow flies, and Harri
man ssys he is in real earnest.
The railroad which is to tap the
rich resources of Crook county and
all of this interior country will be
built before any other auxiliary to
Ilarriman'a immense system is
constructed, and work will be
pushed as rapidly as supplies can
be got on the ground. When in
Portland last Saturday, Harriman
mapped out his railroad program
for Oregon as follows:
Hirriu'i Frojecti ia Cestril Onto.
A line into central Oregon.
A line to Tillamook and Nehalem.
A line from Portland to Puget
sound.
A line to Coos bay; now under
construction, with date of comple
tion indefinite.
A line from Huntington to Lew
iston; to be constructed as soon as
funds are available.
A line from Natron to a point in
California to avoid the very heavy
grades on present route.
Terminal improvements and new
docks at Portland.
All new lines and improvements
to wait on construction of railroad
into Crook county.
Hamtj AWui; Pct Wkk Hit
"We find ourselves in far better
shape after the senseless money
panic of last fall than might have
been expected and the past year
leaves us with hardly a scratch.
We are in a position now to go
ahead and complete the work laid
out and will do so," said Harriman
in a speech before the Portland
commercial club Saturday night.
"We have never done anything
to keep our northern neighbors out
and we will not do so. Incidents
in the past were due more than
anything else to a misunderstand
ing. We thought we had an agree
ment with our northern neighbors
that we believed was violated. That
has all been smoothed out now and
there are no hard feelings.
"We are just as much interested
as anyone in developing this coun
try and in helping others develop
it, for what helps the country helps
us who are interested here. We
welcome other railroads in helping
this state grow.
"Our stay in Oregon this summer
has been very pleasant. When we
came we had an idea that tho boys
would shoot all the deer and bear
and catch all the fish, but I guess
the boys are better railroad men
than hunters. In going away we
feel better for next year's work, and
I assure you I am just as glad to be
here and meet you as you are to
meet me."
Mr. Harriman. showed that he
meant what he said in regard to
animosity between his system and
the Hill interests being at an end,
for he said later that while all
rivalry between the two systems is
not over, in a business way, they
will be more neighborly hereafter
and less vindictive.
Wta't Dirmlft KmU U btarnr Orefta.
Notwithstanding his assurances
that a line will be built, and built
at once, Mr. Harriman still refuses
to divulge tbe probable route. He
gives good reasons for his silence
on this point. In response to a
question about the route he replied:
"We are keeping that to ourselves."
Prodded on this subject by his
interviewer, Mr. Harriman contin
ued: "Well, now, if I knew I'd be
foolish to tell you, and if my local
traffic men knew they, too, would
be foolish to disclose the fact. The
public will be advised regarding
that matter when the work begins,
and that will be immediately.
"The line into Crook county has
been on the schedule of our new
work for some time. It would have
been started last year and complet
ed this had it not been for the
depression last fall. It will be the
first new work constructed."
Harriaua Optimistic Aacat U Fit art.
Mr. Harriman is optimistic con
cerning financial and industrial
conditions throughout the country.
Business generally is on the tip
ward trend and it will not be a
great while before conditions are
again normal. The hoarding of
money by individuals and bankers,
he says, contributed largely to the
pinched period of last year and the
first of this.
F. S. Stanley, head of the Des
chutes irrigation and power com
pany, who attended the dinner
given Mr. Harriman at the Arling
ton club, Portland, commented
freely on the outlook for interior
Oregon, once railroad construction
toward Crook county is started.
"Mr. Harriman's reiteration of
the promise he made to Governor
Chamberlain and myself at Pelican
lodge that a road would be started
toward the Deschutes immediately
means incalculable benefit and ex
pansion to that district.
"In addition to nearly 100,000
acres of irrigated land settled and
in hands that will cultivate it,
there will soon be half that amount
ready for new settlers. Railroad
activity toward that region will no
doubt keep pace with the influx
and extend its laterals and canals
as rapidly as the demand warrants.
Activity in railroad circles means
activity in irrigation circles, and
prosperity, production and a heavy
addition to Crook county's population."
Harriman is to spend $50,000,000
during the next year on railroad
projects in the Pacific northwest.
So says the Oregon Journal of
September 4. Between $3,000,000
and $5,000,000 of this vast Bum
will be spent in building a railroad
into Crook county.
Each recurring week brings more
and more optimistic railroad news
to Prineville, and although the
story in the Portland paper, occu
pying the most prominent place on
the first page, did not reveal any
thing further as to the exact route
to be followed, enough is known at
this time to warrant a belief that
Harriman will oust Hill from the
Deschutes canyon if possible, and
if that plan fail he is apt to throw
the Corvallis & Eastern across the
mountains from Detroit. Either
project will afford Crook county
adequate transportation, and with
Hill's Oregon Trunk Line up the
Deschutes to boot there will be an
apparent surfeit of railroad build
ing between now and thia date in
1909.
And, coincident with all these
plans of Harriman and Hill, and
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T. M. BALDWIN'S
NEW RESIDENCE
finett Dwelling House In Central
Oregon Rapidly Nearing
Completion in Prineville
COST WILL BE ABOUT $10,000
Fully Equipped With Heating
Plant and All Modern
Conveniences
T. M. Baldwin, cashier of the
First National Bank of Prineville,
will soon move with his family in
to bis fine new house on the south
side of the city, half a block from
Main street. The residence will
cost when completed approximate
ly $10,000. It ia one of the finest
houses in Crook county, if not the
very beet, and compares favorably
with tbe beet class of residences in
Portland and the larger cities.
The house covers an area of
ground 41 feet square, with a mas
sive piazza extending across the
north and east sides of the building
10 feet farther, making the dimen
sions over all on the ground of 51
feet square. Tbe structure consists
of a basement, two stories and at
tic, all of the same dimensions.
Roof slants reduce the habitable
portion of the attic somewhat, but
it really jtOSiprises athird story.
cross shaped, in which one can
stand upright at the windows at
either of the four sides.
Hot water heating will warm tho
house, one ample radiator being
placed in each room except the
dining room, where there are two
for winter comfort in eating.
Fat Bataraoa; Hot Water Heal; CWt.
There is a modern bathroom and
an aseptic double tank drain to the
rear of the house. In the bathroom
are a porcelain tub, with seat and
shower; also, a washstand and a
lavatory. The pipes carry hot and
cold water, which can be tempered
while running to any desired de
gree. On the same floor, the sec
ond, there is a private washstand
between the two bedchambers on
the west side. Water, faucets and
tubs are likewise placed conveni
ently in the kitchen.
In the third Btory, or attic, where
the overflow tank and pipe of the
hot water system pass out to the
roof to permit the escape of surplus
steam, Mr. Baldwin has caused a
faucet and 100 feet of hose to be
placed for use in case of fire.
The arrangement of the chimney
is perfect, one stand of brick carry
ing three flues, one each from the
hot water furnace, the open hearth
in the living room, or parlor, and
the kitchen range. The chimney
emerges from the roof on the east"
side, its rather massive proportions
setting off well the general aspect
of the big square house.
Eight Mais Rooms ia Tail Fine Hoax.
There are eight main rooms, ex
clusive of pantry, closets and halls.
Four of these are bedchambers, oc
cupying with the bathroom the
entire second floor, with a spacious
hall in the front center. The lar
gest room is the living room, or
parlor, at the northeast front of
the main floor,' enclosed by the
porch. Opposite, across the en
trance hall, is a room which Mr.
Baldwin is pleased to call a "den."
It certainly looks cosy, a fine place
to retire between supper and bed
time. Back of the "den," opening aleo
into the main hall, is the dining
room, with natural wood coping
about its sides somewhat more than
half way to the ceiling, the latter
and top side walls being neatly
covered with a blended brown and
green paper. Thn dining room
connects with the kitchen through
a spacious pantry, where are draw
ers, dish closets and shelves enough
for all culinary accouterments.
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