0 COME TO THE CROOK COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER 13 TO 17. BRING THE BEST YOU'VE GOT AND PUT IT ON DISPLAY Crook Gommity Jom VOL. XII PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 8, 1908. FIGHTING FOR DESCHUTES ROUTE Half a Dozen Harriman Surveying Crews Now At Work in Canyon Nelson and Party On Long Auto Trip to South "We are having a pretty big fiit lor the Dtuchutri route through Central Oregon. Building ft rt lroad into that part of the country Inn'l til plain sailing, Harriman linn hl( ft dozen aurvey ing cri-wa In the IVnchutes country now and it look as though it were going to he a rice to see who would git thrre firi'l." W. F Nelnon in the Oregon Journal. that Mr. Nelson's view of the Central Oregon nidation la Junti fld by the (act seem certain when it ia known that the South ern Pacific haa sent four surveying crew out thin week from the ofllce of Chief Engineer Buschke, that they were taken to Slianlko in a i-eciul train, arriving there at 2 o'clock in the morning, and are now at work on the Deschutes route. Ever aince the first aurvey for the Oregon Trunk Line wai made Mr. Nelaon and his aaaoclatea who were concerned in the contracta for the huilttinir of itiit Knrth It.nV UUm mruugu irinevine, vena, road, have been at work aecuringlOdell and to Lakeview, in outhern company, have left Portland for an extended trip over the line of the Oregon Trunk through central Oregon and down to the California boundary. It ia possible the party may continue through the Sacra roento valley to Han Franciaco. A big touring car baa been ahip pod to The Dallea and is being uaed by the railroad and land men on their trip. They etarted from The Dalle Tuesday morning, go ing up the Deachutes valley to Madras, and from there continuing aouth through Prineville. Bend. rights of way from the mouth of the Deschntea river, at Deschutes, to Madras, 00 miles aouth, in Crook county. The trunk line haa secured 05 per cent of its right of way, and through the Deschutea canyon, the most important part of the route, ha secured a grant from the government of 100 feet on each side of the track. V. F. Nelaon ol the Oregon Trunk Line and a party, including K. J. Martin of Kancas City, presi dent of the Oregon Valley Land company; K. A. Martin, an irriga tion engineer, and II. A. Hunter ol the Oregon. Military Koad Grant Lake county. After going over the upper division of the military road grant the party may continue on it way through the Sacramento valley, coming out at San Fran ciaco and reluming to Portland by rail. The party, it is said, will go over ft portion of the route of the Neva da, California & Oregon railroad, which is now building north, and haa rails laid within four milej of Lakeview. While the Harriman system is breaking all records in getting sur veying crews into central Oregon so as to beat the Trunk Line to the rich country of the interior, sti another line, the McCloud River railway, has surveyors out work ing north from the present ter minus of the McCloud road at Mo Gavie, in Siskiyou county, Cali forma, to Klamath Falls. Thus northern California and southern and central Oregon are practically the center of new railroad building for the West. Madison Square Theatre Company Fair week will be enlivened in Prineville by the reappearance of Lowe's Madison Square Theater Company, which played here to packed Louses and gave such gen eral satisfaction a year ago during fair week. Mr. Lowe's troupe will begin its engagement at P. A. A. C. hall Monday evening and continue up to and inclusive of Saturday night, October 12 to 17. with the exception of Friday night, which will be given over to a dance bv the Ladies' Annex of the P. A. A. C club. The company is stronger man ever tnis season and wilt meet with a warm reception. 1 m tea tea isa isa )c- ii fesd jej i m. M Ladies' Coats Are arriving daily from the makers, and cover a great range in price and quality that ia aure to be pleasing to our trade. Call at once and get the firat aelection. PRICES $7.50 AND UP Ladies' Fine Tailor Suits New arrivala keep this department full of choice new atyle. Now ia the beat time to buy. PRICES.. ..$16.50 AND UP Men's Suits Up to date, without the extra price you will find here. Smart atyle at reasonable price. i Coat Sweaters for Everybody A lot of the nobbieat of the new one for men, women and children, in the best qualitiea and combination SPEC1AL-V Neck for boy., at 85 i ft Mothers Look Here Our boy' Suits for all age are the Smartest Styles and Best Values ever shown here. While in town for the fair call and let us interest you with many exceptional bargains. Come and elect your new fall hat before the cream is gone. Our new models include the very best ones County Fair Will Open Tuesday of Next Week ESTABLISHING Everything in Readiness for Most Successful Meeting in Crook County STRINGS OF RACE HORSES HERE Dr. James Withycombe, Director of the Oregon Experi ment Station, Will Come in Person to Judge and Award Premiums on Livestock ALTITUDE MARKS Geological Surrey Reaches Prine ville After Four Months Work PRINEVILLE'S ELEVATION 2872 Inteteating Figures of Altitude of Points Along the Line From Klamath Lake North H SHOES! SHOES! Prices lower than ever, quality always good. We will be pleased to show you a big line of good footwear from Infants to Mother'. Nothing better made. BUSTER BROWN Children. School Shoe, are the best. Price, the lowest. SPECIALS-Saturday & Monday Elegant Dried Apricots at .' 1 2 Jc 5 lb. Gold Ore Roast Coffee, this is a fine flavored coffee ., $1.00 Schilling's 50c tea. . . . . 40c Schilling's 25c tea , 20c Children's Bear Brand Hosiery, 25c size. . . . 20c Children's Bear Brand Hosiery, 20c size. 15c All linen Stevens Crash, 15c grade. .'. ....... . . 11c C. W. ELKINS, PRINEVILLE, OR. United States ecological sur veyors captained by L. F. Biees are expected to arrive here today after a long journey overland from Ashland. The party came br war of the mountains to Upper Klam ath Lake, Fort Klamath, Klamath Marsh, Rosland and Bend. From here they will take wagon back to Ashland, where the line they ran found its inception. Elevations of the surface have been taken every mile, the alti tude in each caae being marked on stake driven into the around. Eash stake bears this legend: UU. Geological Survey. $250 for meddling with this plate." In some instances, especially in the Cities and towns, brand tnnn1 ' rt- stakes were firmly implanted in toclc walls, showing the altitude. The geological aurveyors visited the world-renowned Crater Lake in southern Oregon, finding the eleva tion at the water's edge to be 6.177 t a lira . .. . ieei. wnereme trail drops over the crater's edge above the sharp descent to the water's edee the elevation sbove sea level is 7,076 feet. At one place where there is a sheer drop of 2000 feet to the water, though off the road, the altitude is 8,177. Other elevations established T the federal crew are: Klamath Lake, at water's edge, 4,139; Fort mamam 41SU: Klamath Marah 4o29: Beaver March 4un- n,n 4453; Rosland 4226; Paulina Creek ai uaidwea ranch 4190; W. P. Vandevert ranch 4182: Fr1 Rhm.. quest place 4172; Lava Butte road ai oase or outte 4oU7; Bend 3629; Prineville 2872. The surveyors left Ashland, Or., June 10, mus consuming more than three months in their pains- la&ing iasK. Dr. James Withycombe, director of the Oregon Ex periment Station at Corvallis, has notified Secretary Macleod of the Fair Association that he wonld be here in person next week to judge the stock exhibited at the Crook County Fair to held at Prineville from October 13 to 17. There is no better man in the north west for this purpose, especi ally when judging the points of fine cattle, and Crook coun ty is fortunate in securing his services. FARMERS BRING WHEAT TO MILL Wheat, bushels of wheat, tons of wheat, great wagonloads of wheat. is being hauled to the Prineville louring Mills. Quite a large per centage of this wheat comes from the Madras country. Although it u admitted that there is less wheat this year than formerly, there is certainly enough for home con sumption whatever may be said of wheat for export by way of Shan- lko. One has only to visit the local mill to note the truth of the fore going assertion. At almost any hour of the day may be seen from two to a dozen wagons full of wheat awaiting their turn to un load, while all inside the mill is hustle and bustle. The eltvator, with a capacity of about 16.000 bushels, is overflowing, filled to the roof, and of this 8,000 bushels came in during the past two weeks. In other parts of the mill Backed wheat and loose wheat is being stored for the following vear'a milling. It is wheat, wheat every where. The Prineville mill nava from 50 to. 60 cents a bushel cash for wheat delivered, and gives 38 DOUnds of flour to rancher in exchange for each bushel of wheat wnen aesireo. Kancners who have hauled wheat to Prineville from the Madras country say that the miu mere is exenanging only 28 pounds of flour ner bushel, and . j that may be one reason why so mucn wneat is being hauled here. Fair day is almost here October 13-17 and things are taking on an aspect of activity at the Crook county fair grounds. Nearly a score of horses are already occupv- ing stalls at the exposition grounds and others are coming in daily. The pavilion has been cleaned and put in readiness for the reception and display of-vegetables, grains and other farm; and, fanch prod ucts. Little remains to be done except some final cleaning up. Intending exhibitors and this should include every resident of the county with a spark of local patriotism and a piece of ground a an asset should at once pre pare to forward their exhibits to the county seat so that they will be at the grounds on the morning of the ooenini? da v. OtnW 13 Or better still, if an exhil;tnr wants his products there on dis play throughout the five days of the fair, he should send it to the secretary several days in advance. Exhibits this year will be num erous, but "there is always rcom for one more." Take C. J. Sund- quest,for instance. He got hold of a fair premium list, looked it over carefully and noticed that nearly every vegetable in the cate gory was listed except sweet pota toes. Now, Sundquest raises sweet potatoes, good ones, and he intends to go after a special premium at the fair. Take also another in stance, that of Tillman Reuter. whose farm ia near Madras. He read the corn awards carefully and then figured out that he had as good or better corn than anyone else in Crook countv. Result, he brought to town two sample ears of Early Adams corn which are now at the Journal office. These he will supplement with a fine corn exhibit at the fair. Yes, corn, good corn, can be rawed in Crook coun ty. If you don't believe it go to the fair and see. M. R. Biggs of Prineville, J. H. Gray of Post, the Davenport Stanley ranch, the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company of Havcreelc. Jesse Windom of Culver and O. Springer of Culver, are only a few of the exhibitors of fine stock this year. It was J. H. Gray who, a couple of weeks ago topped the Portland market with a bunch of his extra fine Herefords, the mates to these will be shown at the fair. Mr. Gray will also have an exhibit -of Poland-China hogs. Mr. Biggs' prime Durham cattle are well known, and he is figuring on hav ing them before the public next week. T. II. Lafollett will show hogs and chickens, Mr. Windom will have hogs and grain, as well as cattle. Mr. Sprinter will send horses, cattle, hogs, chickens and farm products. And these are only a few of the leading exhibitors. Ten new stalls for large Btallions have been built this year in addi tion to the ten already up. The stallions will arrive in a day or two. Among the race horses now at the fair grounds may be mentioned one owned by J. A. Herron of farshfield,3venty, LatEvnta-Jnd Wade Hampton ; Brandy and Dutch Belle, the latter a big gray, owned by Elmer Clark of Paulina: Crescerton, Dr. Rowell ,and Teddy Roosevelt, all worth seeine; Full Sister, John II. and John B. Most of these horses have good records, one or two are unknown here. Word comes from The Dalles that half a dozen horses will be here from that place. John Henderson, who has charge of the racing pro gram, predicts one of the best meets yet held in the county. Hay, cut on the grounds, is piled in three large stacks for the use of stock entered. All crass and hi?h weeds have been cut. The track, though still heavy with dust, is being leveled and worked up, and will doubtless be in fair condition for the races. Roofs will this week be placed over the temporary shed frames on the 6outh side of the grounds. Hydrants and wells will provide an abundant supply of water for all parts of the grounds. All is ready except the exhibits. Herman Pocn, who lives just off the Ochoco road, three miles north east of Prineville, will spring the real surprise of the fair in the shape of an exhibit of native furs. Mr. Poch buys hides and pelts, tans them himself and manufac tures therefrom overcoats, rugs. boas, muff?, laprobea, etc. He uses badger hides, wildcats, coyotes. bear, cougars and anything else he can get. About the first thing he will have at the fair will be a big cougar skin obtained from Silver Lake, tanned and made into a mr. He is one of the most up to-date tanners and taxidermists in the West. NSTITUTE OF GREAT BENEFIT Teachers Adopt Resolutions of Thanks to Those in Charge of the Work Ex-Superintendent Dinwiddie Is Presented With Token Another teachers' institute is history in Crook county, and it was the best and largest teachers' institute ever held in Prineville. Sixty-eight teachers from all parts of the county registered at the high school the first day, Wednesday of last week, and ere the cloninc Inn. ture had been given Friday evening nearly eighty were present. The list of first-day attendants was published in the Journal last week. J. II. Ackerman, state superin tendent of publio instruction, and L. R. Alderman, of the Department of Education of the University of Oregon, who with County Superin- Continued on last page J