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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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