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VOL XIII
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 31, 1908.
NO. 3
DEATH OF
A PIONEER
David F. Templeton
Passes Away
CROSSED THE PLAINS IN 1847
Death Occurcd Monday From
Paralysis, Funeral Took
Flace Wednesday
David K. Templeton, Crook
county pioneer, stockman, lending
eitiwn nul djuifgint, died at 3
o'clock Monday afternoon after a
severe illnei following a stroke of
paralysis at hi lio'ma on McKay
creek, agi-d 77 yanrs. Funeral
service were held Wednesday at
2 o'clock, Dr. II. Charles Dunsmore,
pastor of the Presbyterian church,
officiating. Decerned joined this
church at the age of 21.
SALE BEGINS
SATURDAY
JANUARY 2d
Every year we Have succeeded in putting on a stirring, sensational and important sale, to get us ready for spring
goods. Owing to our rapidly growing business our fall purchases covered a larger variety of goods and lines
than ever before and heavy sales have practically broken our stock into little "bits". From our whole store we
have gathered these odds and ends and we propose to sell them for CASH during this sale at the lowest and
severest cut prices that this town has ever known. Not only this, but every purchaser will receive absolutely
free 10 PER CENT FREE GOODS to be selected from the remnants of our Holiday Stock, including Dolls
Doll Buggies, Toys, Etc,, as long as they last Sale includes odds and ends of Dress Goods, Furnishing Goods
Clothing, Hats and Shoes. Space does not permit details. Sale begins Saturday, January 2nd we cannot
get ready Sooner.
w ies'
JlMHr Waists
One-Half
'P Price
Odda and Ends Children's Underwear, One-half Price
Children's All Wool Sweaters, in white and colors
regular $1.50 reduced to 97c
Children's Cotton Ribbed Hose, reg. 20c, at pair 12jc
Children's Gloves, reg. 25 and 35c, now pair 17Jc
Children's Caps, odds, value 35, 50 and 75c 25c
Misses and Children's Coats, odd lines . . . .One-third off
Embroidery, Laces, Veiling, Ribbons
Remnants of Embroidery, Laces, Veilings and Ribbons
at less than half price.
Yarns, regular 40c at 30c
Shetland Floss 3 for 25c
LADIES FURNISHINGS
Ladies Fine All Wool Vests, "Hlack, req. fl.05 .....69c
Odda and Kudu in other lines at one-third off
Ladies Heavy Wool (iloves, 50 and 75c odd pairs at !!3c
Oild pairs of Ladies Winter Hose in both Fleeced and Wool, Shawls
Fascinators, Flannelette Wrappers, Kiuionas, at less than first cost
Our Shoe Department Fairly Shines With Odds
and Ends Which Have to Go in a Hurry
Odd pairs Ladies Felt Slippers 75c to (Wo
Odd pairs Childs and Misses Hod Felt Slippers 63c to 70c.
Odd pairs Misses 1) ess Kid Shoos, reg price $2.00 to 12.75 at.. .$1.02
Oild pairs Mens Slippers 45c to $1.00
73 Odd pairs Ladios .Dress Shoes, loss than half price
The Odds and Ends
C. W. ELKINS- Big Department StorePrinevil!e, Or
Mr. Templeton waa born In
Indiana, May 4, 1831, and win a son
of Willinrn T. and Elizabeth
(Kamrey) Templeton. The father
waa born in Rockbridge county,
Virginia, in 1809, and descended
from one of the prominent colonial
fa mil it a.
IIib Templctoni firnt came from
England and aeltled in the wild
of the New World with the James
town colony. They were indentified
with the American cause before
there waa a United Rates and were
sturdy and substantial people then,
as now.
The father moved with bis
parents to Indiana and settlement
was made on a farm in Henry
county. In 1837 be removed to
MUsourl, where bo remained until
the spring of 1817. Then be
journeyed across the plains, always
among the vanguurd or the
pioneers, being accompanied by
his wife and nine children, of
whom our subject was the eldest.
They used oxen to make the trip
and finally landed in Linn county,
Oregon, where the father took a
donation claim and remained un
til his death. William T. Temple-
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SALE
are worth the money IF
CHURCH DEBT
WIPED OUT
W. W. Brown Plays
Santa Claus
$1000 IN METHODIST STOCKING
Paulina Stockman Held Note of
Church and Returns It, En
dorsed "Paid In Full."
The Methodist church, dedicated
only a little over a yer ago, is out
of debt. Santa Claus is responsible.
W. W. Brown, who held a note
for tl.OOO, ltearing six per cent
intercut, against the church prop
erty, sent the note to the church
truHtecs as a Christmas sift, en
dorsed on the back, "Paid in Full."
The note was burned Christmas
eve on the church platform by I.
I Ketchum, after John B. Shipp
bad told the large audience about
Mr. Brown's generosity and gift.
At the time the edifice was
dedicated, said Mr. Shipp, who
with Mr. Kctchum, endorsed the
One-Third Off on All
Ladies and Misses Suits
and Coats
Dont overlook this department
many new suits and coats re
cently received, &' being bought
at a bargain we can show you
the greatest values of the season
Infants Fancy Jackets
Beautiful finish, 65c, now .. ..40c
Knit Jackets, extra warm, $1.25 now 6!c
All Wool Sweater Jackets, 75c to fl.25
Stork Diapers, $1.00 to $1.25 per set
Ends
Men's Clothing
Odd Suits, values $12.50 to $20.00
at less than half price.
Odd Pants, values $2.50 to $6.00
at one-half price.
4 doz. Odd Dress Shirts, values $1.50
to $2.50 98c
5 doz. Odd Hats at 85c
Overcoats closing out odd lots at
One-third off.
Boys Short Pant Suits
MOTHERS We are putting out nbont 2 doz
Boya Short Pant Suits, ages 3 to 10 years, at
one-half regulur price all good weight, but
odd?. Don't overlook these.
Bedroom Necessities
I'll nwa (run imo i.varimr rotv
$1.75 $1,23 pair
Wool batting, 1 lb bats 28,SiC
Knitting cotton for tieing com
forts 4 for 25o
Cotton Blankets, Genuine Army Blankets, Sheetings, Comfort
Outings and Calicoes, all with the profit taken off.
Odds and Ends of Crockery, Glassware, Tinware and
Kitchen Specialties at about half price
YOU CANT COME, SEND
note for 11,000, more than $1,500
was owing. Of this amount,
George Luckey held a note for
$1,200, bearing ten per cent in
terest, and there was alo another
note for several hundred dollars
outstanding. At the dedication
service enough money was sub
scribed by church members to
liquidate the smaller note and to
defray the cost of incidentals,
leaving outstanding only the note
of $1,250 in favor of Mr. Luckey.
Last July, Mr. Brown voluntarily
offered to lend the church $1,000
at six per cent interest and his
offer was accepted, the difference
between bis $1,000 and the $1,250
owed being made up by church
members and the larger note paid.
That left only an indebtedness
of $1,000, but still quite enough to
cause concern to the congregation.
And now Santa Claus Br6wn
of Paulina has come along and left
the last obligation as a Christmas
gift in the Methodist stocking.
Mr. Brown, at the time the
diarch was first suggested, gave
$500 cash toward its construction,
so bis second donation of $1000
causes him to be credited with
$1500 toward the cost of the pres
ent edifice. With its debt wiped
out and funds now on hand, the
Methodist church will be able to
eo ahead with its furnishings.
New seats and carpets will be
metalled as rapidly as they can be
ordered and shipped in.
10 PER CENT
FREE GOODS
GIVEN AWAY
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AGAIN HOPE
FADES AWAY
Deschutes Railroad Put
On the Shelf
KLAMATH ROAD BUILD NORTH
East and West Line from Natrcn
to Ontario Deschutea Line
Must Await the Othera
Crook county and Central Ore
gon is not to get a railroad after
all at least, not vet. Julius
Kruttscbnitt," director of mainte
nance and operation of the Harri-
raan lines, announces under a
Chicago date line that the new
Ilarriman road to be built in
Oregon will be the Klamath Falls
extension, from Klamath Falls to
Natron, in Lane county. '
mi a i i .
ine east ana west" line, so
much talked of in connection with
the Deschutes route, will be built
from this Matron extension, at
some favorable point a short dis
tauce north of Klamath Falls, to
Ontario on the eastern edge of the
state, connecting there with the
Oregon Short Line.
The proposed Deschutes route
will not be built until after the
construction of these other two
roads in the southern part of the
state has been completed, though
its ultimate construction is inevit
able. But if Crook county desires
a road any way soon, without
awaiting the exasperating "pleas
ure" of the Ilarriman interests,
local capital or James . Hill will
have to build it.
The suspension of operations in
the Deschutes gorge if the
Kruttscbnitt dispatch from Chi
cago be true will probably result
in an immediate revival of the
Central Oregon Railway project,
which last fall waa engineered by
the Deschutes Irrigation & Power
company, and an announcement to
this effect may. reasonably .be
expected from General Manager
Roscoe Howard at Bend.
With the Corvallis & Eastern
project not' even mentioned, and
with the Deschutes River Railway
indefinitely shelved, this part of
Oregon will be in a bad way indeed
if something cannot be done to
give Prineville, Madras, Bend and
intervening towns railroad trans
portation. From time to time within
the past three or four
months Ilarriman officials in
Portland have given forth glowing,
roseate reports of the speedy con
struction of the line into Central
Oregon, and the line up the Des
chutes was finally picked upon as
the chosen route. "Dirt will fly!"
and "We are now assembling the
grading outfits!" and "January 1
will witness the commencement of
the work!" have all been favorite
expressions emanating from Port
land, and as a result the people
and business interests here have
been worked up to a point where
nine out of every ten men believed
they would hear the whistle of the
locomotive on Crooked River by
the close of the year 1909.
To say that the people here are
disappointed is putting it mildly.
But back of the disappointment is
the feeling of determination that
no effort will be spared in trjing
to interest capital toward the end
of securing a railroad for Crook
county.
Among other things the Chicago
dispatch says:
"It may not be generally known
that Mr. Ilarriman has already
decided to continue the construc
tion of his new "Shasta Route" on
north aud northwest of Klamath
Falls to Natron, on the present
line. This will require the con
struction of more than 200 miles of
railroad at a cost of not less than
$8,000,000. This much is admit
ted by Mr. Kruttscbnitt. The
road is now completed nearly to
Klamath Falls.
"After leaving Klamath Falls
the line will extend almost direct
ly northwest to Natron. The east
and west line will extend between
Natron and Ontario unless there
should be an unexpected change in
me plans, it can be stated posi
tively an announcement regarding
it may soon be expected from
official sources.
"Regarding the Deschutes line,
there is not so much certainty,
but that such a line will be built
there is not the slightest doubt.
This line, however, will probably
have to await the completion of
both the other roads."
FAIR BOARD
MEETS MONDAY
New Officers Will Be Elected
Public Invited to Attend
The Meeting
Fair exhibitors and everybody
who raises anything, animal or
vegetable in this county, will be
interested in the announcement
of the annual meeting of the
Central Oregon Livestock and Ag
ricultnral Association, which will
be held at the court house, Mon
day, Jan. 4, at 2 p. m.
At this meeting an entirely new
set of officers will be elected and
tbe policy of the association
perhaps changed. This action
will not be due to any existing dis
satisfaction with the present officers
and directorate but because of
personal reasons which make it
imperative for the incumbents to
give up their duties in connection
with the association.
T. H. Lafollette, for instance,
has served each succsssive season
since the lair association. . was
organized and feels that he is en
titled to a rest, aside from duties
too varied and manifold to enable
him to give the fair the attention
it requires. Duncan Macleod, as
secretary, will shortly remove
from the couuty; hence, he can
serve no longer.
The paramount issue this year,
probably, aside from financing the
undertaking of holding another
fair next fall, will be the racing
question. Many people are averse
to supporting the fair if the bulk
of its gate receipts or subscriptions
go for horse racing. During the
year just closed the fair manage
ment took a liberal view of this
matter and permitted the usual
racing, contending that it would
not be fair for the whole people if
this important feature were to be
eliminated.
While the meeting Monday is
primarily for the stockholders,
who alone will be allowed to vote
the general public is invited,
especially such persons as might
be induced to become stockholders,
a number of shares of stock still
being available for sale. It is
hoped to make it the largest and
most significant meeting ever held
by the fair association.
Will Wurzweiler
Removes to Portland
Will Wurzweiler, mayor of
Prineville, who remained here
until after his successor had been
elected, has gone to Portland,
where the other members of his
family have already established a
home. -
In Mayor Wurzweiler, Prine
ville loses one of its leading citi
zens who was ever first to give
money or time as occasion
demanded for the welfare of the
town. Nf man could have been
more public spirited, more whole
hearted, for the upbuilding of a
town in which his business interests
centered and until this week was
his home.
People of all political and social
beliefs admired him for the courage
of his convictions, for the single
aim he ever bore the welfare of
Prineville, even though some
differed with mm as to methods.
His removal to Portland is a
distinct gain for that city, a distinct
loss to f nneville.
MASONIC
INSTALLATION
Joint Ceremonies With
Order Eastern Star
TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTEND
Impressive Ceremonies, Short
Program and Refreshments
Make EnjoyablelEvent
One of the most pleasant social
events of the year was the joint
installation of tbe officers of Prine
ville Lodge No. 76, A. F. & A. M.
and Carnation Chapter, Order of
the Eastern Star in the Masonic
hall last Saturday evening. The
members of the two orders to
gether with their families and
invited friends were present to the
number of about 200, several mem
bers from outside points being in
attendance.
T. M. Baldwin, retiring master,
delivered the address of welcome.
Mr. Baldwin said in part:
"Twenty-eight years ago tonight
the first installation "of officers ol
this lodge was held in Prineville.
At that installation there were 12
members present, 10 officers to be
installed and two spectators.
Mr. James Combs was our first
master, and it is a lasting debt we
owe to him and his fellow crafts
men, who first planted the seeds of
Masonry amonjr us. Only five of
the 12 who took part in that first
installation are now alive, and as
l looK over this company tonieht
I fail to see the face of one of them
I, alone, am the only one who
was present then and tonight.
At that time I was a mere stripling
in years, with scarcely any of the
world's goods, and my highest
ambition was to promote the
growth of a bunch of yhiskers. In
the rassine .of lime T Viv in.
creased la yeaTs, and fcave'utterly "
abandoned all hope of ever grow
ing the whiskers."
Mr. Baldwin has served Prine
ville Lodge as master twelve years.
Jjuring the installation cere
monies Mr. Baldwin presided, W.
F. King acting as marshal. The fol
lowing were installed:
Carey W. Foster, worshipful
master.
Charles S. Edwards, senior war
den.
Thomas Langdon, junior warden.
Harold Baldwin, treasurer.
Ralph Jordan, secretary.
Oscar C. Hyde, senior deacon.
J. H. Rosenberg, junior deacon.
B. F. Johnson, senior steward.
Dick Vandervert, junior steward.
James Cram, tyler.
Then followed the installation of
the officers of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. C. F. Smith, the retiring wor
thy matron, presided, Mrs. M. E.
Brink acting as marshal.
Ihe ceremonies were conducted
to appropriate music and were very
impressive indeed. The officers in
Btalled were as follows:
Mrs. C. W. Elkins, worthy ma
tron.
Dr. J
H. Rosenberg, worthy pa-
tron.
Miss
Iva Booth, associate ma
Sarah Thomson, conduct-
tron.
Mrs.
ress.
Mrs. Velvet Hyde, associate con
ductress.
Miss Fay Baldwin, secretary.
Mrs. T. H. Lafollette, treasurer.
Mrs. Margaret Bell, chaplain.
Mrs. John Wigle, Adah.
Mrs. Fred A. Rice, Ruth.
Mrs. C. I. Winnek, Esther.
Mrs. H. P. Belknap, Martha.
Mrs. F. S. Hoffman, Electa.
Mrs. J. H. Haner, warder.
Harold Baldwin, Bentinel.
Mrs. Frank Foster, organist.
Mrs. Carey Foster, marshal.
After the installation a short
program was rendered. Mrs. J. H.
Rosenberg delighted the company
by singing "Reed Bird." This was
followed by Mrs. Carey W. Foster
in a reading in which she showed
talent of the first order.
A charade farce in one act was
presented by T. M. Baldwin, Mrs.
Frank B. Foster, Mrs. J. H. Haner
and John R. Luckey. The answer
was "There's never a Rose without
a Thorn."
This was followed by another
charade in which Tom Baldwin
reclined in a chair and was fanned
by the three others mentioned
above. This was a "fan-Tom"
phantom.
Delicious refreshments of ice
cream, cake, coffee and cocoa were
served. The entire evening was
one most enjoyable and those who
were so fortunate as to attend will
long remember the hospitality of
the Masonic fraternity in Prineville.