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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 3, 1908.
NO. 51
VOL. XII
CITY'S FINANCES IN
GOOD CONDITION
Five-Mill Tax Levied for the Ensuing Year
Current Indebtedness Reduced to $2500
The city council mot Monday
evening a ml wound up the affair
of thd jror etit dminUtratioii.
After the umial burim-M routine
hail tern gone through, Mayor
Wurxweiler.iii rriticiiing hi critic,
mill:
"From a debt of 15000 this ad
mlnUtralion hat reduced the city'
indihtidntM to 12,500, or oru
half. And thlt dbt limt been re
duced in the (ace of heavy open
diture for street and other improve
ment, Furthermore, we havo met
alt obligation promptly, paid the
the city' intercut regularly, Slid we
mill have money in the treamiry
enough and more than enough to
meet tho water hond Interest next
February and to pay warrants.
"We now have a G-mill Ux, 1 ho
lieve, and with the prenent excellent
condition of the city' finance I fee
All
adies
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saving. Every suit bran new and up-to-date. Make your selection early
before the best are sold.
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All
All
All
Ladies' Trimmed Hats
We are closing; these out at actual cost as we need
the room for 1 loliday Display Beautiful Pattern Hats
are also included in this sale.
Dress Skirts
We are offering a special number of all wool Panamas
elegantly trimmed and finished, regular price $6.50
On sale for 10 days $4.75
Sweater Coats
Misses fine Honeycomb Jackets in cream, all wool
worth $2.50 Selling at. $1.75
Misses Sweater Coats, pure wool in all colors plain or
striped $1.25 to $1.50 each
Boys Sweaters, good wool, .85c and up
Fine lot of Ladies Sweater Coats $2.00 to $5.00
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C. W. EL KINS
Big Department Store, Prineville, Or.
no reason why tho levy for next
year ihould not he reduced to 6
tniiU."
Councilman Ilocenberg then
a rone and made a motion that the
tax levy he aMed at 5 mill for
the ensuing year, and on heing
seconded hy Councilman Clifton,
the motion prevailed.
Noticing a member of the preitu
present, Mayor W'urxweiler then
jolted the press "for knowing more
about tho city' affairs than the
council itself." , He further ob
served that had the press obtained
ita "facts" from the mayor they
would have reflected more truly
the condition of city affaire.
Councilman Rosenberg took the
floor nd, after mentioning the
city's good financial ci n lilion, as
expressed by the mayor, recounted
a short history of how the debt of
Suits
$20.00 Suits, now
$25.00 Suits, now.
$37.50 Suits, now
Special Sale on Ladies'
Winter Shirt Waists
In woolen fabrics, heavy colored
weaves and velveteen all white
Dress Waists are included in this
sale.
Heavy Winter Coats
Mackinaws, Sheep Lined Coats
and Ulsters Winter Gloves and
Caps. You can buy here at a
saving.
between tWXJO and tOOOO which
existed when he and Councilman
Clifton were elected had been re
duced to its present status. "We
Improved the streets arid carried
all municipal improvements to a
tucccexful conclusion," Slid the
councilman. "This speaks very
highly for Mayor Wurzweiler and
hi administration, in tbua reduc
ing tho city's debt' while carrying
on the city government so econom
ically. I'll venture to say that
hardly a city of the same size in
Oregon is so nearly out of debt."
In reply to a question a to what
constituted the 12500 indebtedness
of tho city now outstanding, the
mayor replied that it consisted
largely of unpaid warrants which
the city, in its present financial
condition, could easily take up.
A. II. Llppman wu appointed
councilman to succeed Walter
Q'Neil, who hai removed to Shan
iko. The city election was called to
be held December 21. Clarence
Calbreath and V. 11. Kinder were
appointed judge and Duncan Mac-
leod and Claude A. Kiddle clerks
of election.
Prnrtrlv fnr $Ji1.
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A. II. I,liiunn linn several piece
of elMilee city property for ""'e. K
i.i... in.onif
him
One-Fourth
$15.00
$18.75
$28.15
The Front Lace (&
Corset
$2.50
fits any figure special
lengths for large ladies,
other styles for good
dressers, "Grace," "De
Luxe" and "College
Girl." Call and see
them.
Men's Shirts in Blue Flannel
Heavy weight, all wool, fast color, each $1.75
Why pay more?
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SHOWING
ONSTDUfTION
Of THE
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HOME TALENT
DRAMA SOON
"Valley Farm" Under
Auspices Ladies Annex
DECEMBER 11 MAY BE DATE
Rehearsal Are Now in Progress
for Popular Comedy Drama
Cast of Characters
"Valley Farm," a comedy-drama
soon tc be presented by local talent
under the auspice of the Ladies'
Annex, will undoubtedly prove a
great dramatic ucceeB. No city of
five times ita eiie in Oregon has
better or more varied talent at
command.
No definite date has deen set yet
for the presentation of "Valley
Farm," though the date origially
selected, Dec. 11, may etill be ad
Shoes for Men
"Health and Walk Easy"
Shoes will keep your feet
warm and comfortable.
Leather lined, quilted in
soles. In several leathers
$5.50 and Up
Off
bered to. The exact date will
probably be announced next week.
The dramalia personal follows:
Cut.
Ilnrold Kiitledge, Young New
Yorker, M. It. VAw.
I'erry Deane, a son of tlie otl, A.
It. Holler.
Imvlil Hllilretli. New York lawyer,
Oliver AilntnM.
Kilo Holcomb, owner of the farm
who visits New York, II. LauIiim.
Aznriuh Keep, deaf eccentric tinker
always making hey, Ktub Qunken-
bunli.
Jennings, butler nt Kutlrdfc-e man
sion. Horace Ivlknnp.
Hetty Holcomb, a country flower,
transplanted to the city, Lulu Ito-
senlKTK.
Isaliel Carney, proml anil haujjhty,
dMuluful of country people, Julia
I.ytle.
Mrs. Untied ge, Harold' proud and
arlntocratlc mother. Mis Itose Tar-
rott.
Alvlra Holcomb, sister of Silas,
Koodjedgcof apples V folks. May
WlKle.
Lty Ann Tucker, borrow but
'never kohIm," Birdie MorrU.
Verliena, hired girl at larm, siow
but sure, Katie Dunsmore.
Srapti.
Act 1. Valley Farm. An afternoon
la August The engagement.
Act 2. Rutledge mansion, New
York city, In December. Serpent has
crept Into Eden.
Act 3. Three weeks later; parted!
Apt 4. At farm again, in March
The triumph of love.
WILL HAVE BIG
- RABBIT DRIVE
Agency Plains Farmers Planning
Vengeance on Destroyer
of Crops
Agency Plain farmers have ar
ranged a big rabbit drive, to start
from the ranch home of A. Monner
early in the morning of December
14. No dogs or guns will be used,
The human cordon will advance
in a southerly direction after the
manner of skirmishers in an army
driving the bunnie before them to
a point not far north of the Mato-
les river, where a corral is being
built to ensnare the captives for
slaughter. Thits corral wilt have
wings extending for a quarter of
mile on either side so that the
fuzzy pests can easily be driven
inside the biz pen. lwo-lootwire
netting will be used for the wings
and four-foot wire for the corral
Indians on the Warm Springs
reservation have been invited, and
as many as care to will participate
in the drive, which will cover
space of several days. The coun
try will thus be rid, it is expected,
of between 2,000 and 3,000 jacks.
RabbiU have during the past
year increased amazingly, to the
detriment of crops planted in that
portion of tho county and to the
total destruction of all crops on
isolated farm tracts. This being
the case, rractically all farmers
will assemble for the big drive.
Several years ago rabbits "in
Crook county were found to be
suffering from a peculiar contagion
and died in countless numbers 'till
it was freely predicted none at all
would be left. Government ex
perts even came here to see if i
supply of virus could not be ob
tained from infected raDbits lor
use in exterminating the pests in
other rabbit-ridden parts of the
country, but without avail.
The bunnies now seem to have
risen superior to their recent mal
ady and are multiplying faster,
apparently, than ever before.
Reynolds-Powell.
Samuel L. Reynolds, of the
McKay, and Miss Emily E. Powell
daughter of Mark Powell of this
city, were married at the home of
the bride's father in Prineville
Thanksgiving evening, November
26, Elder G. R. Eads, a Baptist
clergyman from near Lamonta,
officiating.
The bridal pair were attended
Edna G. Estes as bridesmaid,
II. L. Hobbs as best man.
and
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds
will
make their home on the Powell
ranch on McKay creek. Both are
well and favorably known in Crook
county.
RINEVILLE WILL
HUSTLE TO
Proposed Routes Miss
What Are You Going to Do Ahout It?
Prineville must hustle!
The people of this section must
wake up if they want a railroad.
Thi is not "hot air," in the par-
ance of the street, but a hard cold
fact.
A railroad is being built, or
about to be built all preliminary
work having been completed from
the mouth of the Deschutes river
as far as Madras, is on the main
line.
Where is Prinevillt?
That's just the question. Where
do we stand?
Prineville and it tributary
country seems to be out of it at
least 20 mile out it according to
an .interview published with Gen
eral Manager O'Brien of the liar'
riman lines in the Portland Tele
gram. O'Brien says that no ad
vance have been made to him by
anyone in Prineville; hence, he ia
led to believe, whether true or not,
that Prineville doe not want to
get on the railroad map of Oregon
What are you going to do about
it?
We cannot afford to have a road
built 20 mile away nor can we af
ford to build a stub line 20 miles.
An understanding with the Ilarri
man officials at this time might
save lots of time and money later
on. Here is what O'Brien says:
"Approval of engineers' estimates
for the new Ilarriman extension
into Central Oregon is expected by
wire from Chicago almost any day
now, according to General Mana
ager J. P. O'Brien. The estimates
which involve an expenditure of
$4,000,000, and cover the building
of the first unit of the new road
from the mouth of the Deschutes
river directly south to Madras, a
distance of a little more than 100
mile?, were forwarded to Chicago
last Saturday, and Mr. O'Brien
declared today that he ought to
hear word from the main offices
within a day or so.
The name of the new road will
be the Deschutes Railway Company
WALTER LUCKEY COMMITS
SUICIDE AT 0GDEN, UTAH
Was WeU Known in Prineville
Fit of Despondency Supposed to Have Caused Rash Act
While a large audience was en
joying a musical corneay at me
Opera House in Ogden, Utah, about
a week ago, Walter Lucky, a young
man blew out his brains with a
rifle in the foyer of the theater.
Lucky, who was 30 years of age,
stood at the entrance to the play
house with a Winchester rifle. Just
before the audience emerged from
the building he put the muzzle of
the weapon to his mouth and
pulled the trigger by means of a
string.
The sound of the suot was not
heard above the laughter of the
audience and attaches of the the
atre removed the body before the
exits were thrown open.
P. A. A. C. ARRANGING TO
Members Who Are Financially
Bonds, Holding Club
Members of the P. A. A. C. met
Mnndnw fiVAnincy to tftkfi action of
some kind in regard to refunding
the bonds of the club which ma
ture in January. There is no float
ing debt.
Dr. II. P. Belknap, C. M. Elkins
by
and T. M. Baldwin were appointed
a committee to solicit subscriptions
to new bonds to be issued in time
to offset the pending maturity of
the present issue. Members who
are financially able will be asked
to subscribe $100 or more each.
HAVE TO
GET RAILROAD
This City Twenty Miles
the title under which the right-of-
way surveys were recured. The
next step, following the approval
of the plans submitted by the
Ilarriman engineers, will be the
letting of jcontractand the assem
bling of construction force and
material.
This Mr.O'Brien thinks.should all
have been accomplished by about
January 1, so that work ia likely
to be under way within the next
five or six weeks.It'can be con
tinued all winter. Meantime, the
surveyor will continue their work
southward from Madras on rights-of-way
survey for the second unit
of the road. They will require
some time yet, probably several
months.
"It has been learned that the
people'of Prineville have been un
successful in their efforts to bring
the main line of the Deschutes
road into their city, although they
have made'strenuous effort to get
this concession from the Ilarriman
interests. The right of way,
decided upon, willestablish the
main line about 20-odd miles west
of Prineville.'the company feeling
that the topographical condition,
as well asthe business that might
originate by diverting the road
from its'natural'trendsouthward,
would not warrant the additional
expenditure that would be en tailed.
When Prineville learned this
some of the leading business men
decided to start a movement for
building a branch lineof their own,
to be financed exclusively by home
capital, and this will probably be
done.
"I haven't heard that the Prine
ville people have any such inten
tions in mind," said Mr. O'Brien.
"They haven't taken the matter up
with me, but we do not contemplate
running a line into Prineville."
From this it is inferred that if
the metropolis of Crook county is
to have a place on the railroad
map of Oregon, ita own people
must put it there.
Where He Formerly Resided
Lucky is known to have lost
money and is thought to have be
come despondent.
A letter in his pocket asked that
a sister, Mrs. Harry Word, 94 East
Fifteenth street, Portland be noti
fied. Walter Lucky formerly lived in
Prineville. He was a brother of
Tad Lucky, Pearl Lucky and Mrs.
Harry Word of Portland, and was
the son Mrs. Mary L. Butler. He
is said to have been wayward.
The news of his death was a great
shock to his mother.
A letter addressed to Tad Lucky
came about a week ago, from Mon
tana. No despondency on the
part of the young man was indi
cated by this letter.
REFUND ISSUE OF BONDS
Able Will Probably Take Up tie
Property for Security.
I
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The club owns five city lots and
its building, on which ample in
surance is carried. With this collat
eral the club members believe every
subscriber to the new bond lssve
will be safely protected in assum
ing a share of the club's indebted
ness. Changing the name of the club
also came up for discussion. It is
thought by many that the nam
"Prineville Commercial Club"
would more appropriately designate
the functions of the new organi
tion which is contemplated.