County Jomrrml
VOL. XIII
PRINSVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 4, 1909.
NO. 8
COUNCIL WILL ENACT OCCU
PATION TAX ORDINANCE
All Lines of Business to Be Subject to Annual
License Fee Expert Crandall's Report
An occupation tn ordinance
will noon be in fffrcl in Prinrville
providing fur the pnni'itt rof a
lit ctiHo fee on all lint f bunine:)
in the city, running from f 2 fit) lo
('JO on llio majority of l.nii,-HK(4
rnndiuUd, while llio protect in
that lirrnna for a drink Uhliidi
merit where "ncHr li i r" ii fold or
carde, billiard or any nuch giutnn
re conducted will cot about f 100
per year, a bond for $.r00 hrtddcM
U'ing required of tho proprietor.
The above at l'imt coven lr l!y
tho intention of tho council ex
pressed at the meeting In Id Tue.
dtty evening. Tho mutter t f draw,
inn up uch an ordinance was re
ferred to the committee on judiciary
of the council, which in composed
of Wnrdwell Cratn, clioirman, 1.
1. Adninoon and (1. N. Clifton.
The committee i to prepare the
ordinance an toon a" pofr.ilde and
a tpiciul M'ltion of tho council
will ho culled to put it before that
hody for pancake, Thin committee
wim mIko instructed to form an or
dinniicn amending the prccent dog
tax ordinance, making tho tax
payable annually instead of quar
terly, and giving tho marshal
authority to collect tho tax or re
move the d"g. Thift ordinance
will iiIh) probably ho passed at tho
fame timo an tho one regarding
the occupation tax. Dog kept in
confinement will ho taxed the name
n tliu-o running at large.
Another important matter com
ing up at thU meeting waa tho re
pot t of the finance committee
whi'di had in charge the duty of
having tho city account of the
Ireaanrer ami the recorder exerted
by Max Crandall. The committee
pn vented tho report of Mr. C'ran
tl.ill, which vjeaka for itself. It
follow in full:
To the meluliiTH of tlio Flonnce ('mil.
mil ii iiinl titc tu I mth of Council,
City of frlitevllle:
Uelitlellien I have noilitei OH well
hn tin riniriU would iiUw the no
etintilM of the viirluiiH ultieera from
J nil. 1, liKK.'. to Iht: III. lWH.
'I lie rworilH are nut very complete
a fur n the liiiuiit Inl nrfalrn lire cou
eerned III Home lli-piirl inentrf, noil
eniM-eliilly In the nronler'a court,
W'illcll hiivc not b'-eil ctililpleteil to
lllllll.V lllNlllIK I'H, IIUlMllkC It InipoH-
ullte nt a lute !ut; to uet u very cor
nt t account of the inljiiwtiiieiit. In
miiiie i iwh It wax luipoHxIlilu to de
teriiilne whet her a line wua paid or
"lahl out" In Jail.
The rerclptH ihhkIiik tietweetl the
reeonler iiml th treaniirer fall to
Mention what linen they were Ktvea
III net llelitelit of ft ml many tlmeH
covering eeveral different cimeH and
(laleH.
The riH-onler'a court docket wan
lint written up nt nil In l'.Kis, Imt
there wait the hiiiii of fl.'iN.-W pahl
Into the treamir.v find the ex-ri-eonler
InforuiH me he dimply paid the Duo
tn the trenmirer.
The record of the collect Ion of dog
lux iiml witter rente are inlxHlug In
part.
There were no wnter rent piild
during the yiyir of 1:mi7. It't during
the year I'.his, up to March lnt, theru
won the etini of flHI.MI paid to the
treiiMtirer w hich tMclalnteil to l the
collect loim of the year I'.W". Then'
lum Iteen liandeil to me ii hook of
Httitm which how collection))
ainotiiitliiK to ?lMtU; nlno u receipt
Continued on page 2.
FEEDING SHEEP
FOR MARKET
Over 3000 Head About
Ready for Shipment
NEW INDUSTRY ON TRIAL
M. R. Bigga and T. F. McCallUter
Each Fattening Over 1500
Weather Loof a Good
Two Crook county ranchera are
engaged in a line of business
at prevent aa an experiment w hich
is a new departure for this section.
M. II. Biggs and T. F. McCallister
are each feeding flocks of over 1500
aheep for mutton on their ranches
in this vicinity and expect to turn
off their product this month.
Home buyers have already visited
this section with a view to buying
the sheep and more are expected,
but as yet no sale has been made.
o
The Pick of Good Clean Merchandise
For the Next Two Weeks
For the next two weeks we are offering the following extraordinary
bargains the pick of good clean merchandise bargains that cannot be
duplicated outside of the largest cities.
Waists
Boys Suits
Lntlies heavy Fannclctc Waists,
modest pattern?, regular $1.50 val.
cn sale at $1.20
Ladies heavy Mohair Waists
suitable for home or street wear,
colors blue, black, cream and
brown, regular $2.50 value, going
at $1.95
Boys heavy Percale, Satine and
Baby Flannel Waists, special at G5c
Special value in Cotton Fleeced
Hosiery for 15c to 35c
One-Fourth off on our stock of
Ladies Long Kimonas and Outing
Mannel Night Gowns
Mothers During the next two
weeks we are selling our Boys Knee
Pants Suits at a sacrifice One-third
off. Save one-third by buying dur
ing the sale.
Large lot of Dress Goods special
at one-third off regular price.
I KNOW
THAT
j IS
111
own
B-jstcr Br
Ribbon
tire the proper foot
apparel for nicely
dressed boys and girls.
There is quality in
them that is not found
in the ordinary kind
quality that is appreciated more by
critical comparison.
Sh
Mens Suits, $9.00
Men, for an every day suit we
have a number of lines at $9.00
which we are sacrificing to make
room for summer clothing now on
the road. $9.00 for a suit worth
$17.50. Come and see for yourself
oes
Buster Brown Shoes for children
the long wear line, all leathers. Buy
the Buster Brown and your shoe
troubles will cease.
Our Mannish Shoe for women in
heavy kid and gun metal, special
during this sale $3.50
Our Howard Shoe for men, wears
as good as any $6.00 shoe. Gentle
men try a pair of the Howard as
the Howard watch is
watches you will find
shoe the best value to
any shoe.
Our Health & Walk Easy Shoe
for men, leather lined. If you are
troubled with cold feet try the
Health and Walk Easy.
the king of
the Howard
be found
in
C. W. ELKINS -Big Department StorePrineville, Or
Whether this industry can be sue
ceeidully carried on here ia what
these men are trying to find out.
Mr. Jlijg eays that at this time
the business looks very encouraging.
Mr. Bigs i feeding over 1500
head of weathers two-years old
coming three on gras and alfalfa
hay. Tho sheep are getting in
firht-class condition. Mr. Mc-
Callister is feeding a flock of over
15(0 weathers 1-year-old coming
two on alfalfa and grain hay.
In this connection Mr. BiggH
says that no rancher can afford to
sill the product of bis farm in the
form of bay and have it hauled
away from the ranch. "He must
fi-ed the stuff at home and use the
manure, or he is simply selling bis
ranch, a little at a time."
Mr. Biggs is also feeding a fine
herd of young registered Short
horns at his ranch above town.
Three are being kept for breeders
and there is not a finer herd in the
country.
It seems to he the growing be
lief among the leading stockmen of
tins section that there is no profit
in raising alfalfa and selling at
18.00 per ton or thereabouts, when
any kind of marketable stock can
be secured for feeding.
WHAT COLD STORAGE PLANT
WOULD DO FOR HOG BUSINESS
Crook County Could Supply Her Home Market
Instead of Importing Her Pork Products
King1
s Team
Runs
Away
The pork industry in Crook
county at this time is a subject well
ortb serious consideration by
farmers and business men, to say
nothing of its economic value to
the community at large.
With vaet acreage of alfalfa for
forage and producing hundreds of
thousands of bufhels of wheat,
Crook county imports more bacon,
hams and lard than she consumes
of the home product. On the face
of it this is poor economy, but
there is a reason for it, and that
appears to take the form of the
lack of a cold storag plant, by
which the eeason for curing meats
could be extended through the
entire year, instead of being con
bned to the lew winter months, as
is now the case.
Under present conditions the
raising and feeding of hozs for
home curing is necessarily limited
for the reason that those who make
Mrs. W. F. King and daughter
cot off lucky in a runawav in the
streets of Prineville last Saturday
aflerneon. While driving around
town in their buggy and turning
the corner of the street that leads
past the Hotel Prineville to the
court boupe, one the front wheel
came off and as the team was
spirited they became frightened
and started to run. Mrs. King
held on to the lines and almost
succeeded in stopping the team,
when she called to a man on the
sidewalk to assist her, but as the
assistance was slow in responding
the horses started again. In the
meantime Miss Edith bad got out
of the buggy and when Mrs. King
saw that she could not bold the
hornes she also jumped out, turn
ing the runaways loose.
The team ran to the corner of
the block near Shipp & Perry's
planing mill where they took
different sides of an electric wire
pole, which resulted in a general
smashup of the buggy and harness
freeing the horses. 1 he team ran
up the Crooked river road to the Sid
btearna place where they were
afterward captured, havin
sustained no injury.
During the recent cold snap Mr.
King had lost the tap off this
spindle, when he bad transformed
the buggy into a sleigh. He had
driven the rig to Bend and back
with the new tap on, and on the
day of the runaway had hitched up
the team and drove it about for
some time to get the young horses
quieted down. But the tap failed
to stay on and as a consequence a
new harness and practically a new
buggy are required.
a business of it can only plan to
supply the home market during
the months when natural weather
conditions are favorable for hand
ling the killed meats, for no one
can expect to carry bog fattening
and butchering into the warm
months, when it is known that
such an attempt would only result
in a loss of the meat.
But the establishment of a small
cold storage plant in Prineville or
any other conveninent point in
this county would at one jump
more than double the pork busi
ness of the county, to say nothing
of the possibilities of supplying a
vast territory south of us, and cur
ing fine hams and bacon for export.
J. W. Ilorigan, of the meat mar
ket firm, Ilorigan & Still, who has
had considerable experience with
cold storage plants, says that such
an enterprise would cost between
Continued on page 4.
MARSHAL ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF ASSAULT
Case Dismissed by District Attorney Citizens
Stirred Up When Officer Uses "Billy"
Prineville has been all stirred
up this week. Marshal wade
Huston arrested Billy Howell Sat
urday evening on a charge of be
ing drunk. In making the arrest
he b;at Howell on the head with a
billy and threw him in the
city jail. On Monday morning
Sheriff Frank Elkins arrested
Marshal Huston on a warrant
issued out of Justice Ralph Sharp's
court charging him with assault
with a dangerous weapon with in
tent to kill. The city marshal's
hearing was set for Monday even
ing at 7:30 but when the time
arrived there was nothing doing
Deputy District Attorney Bell re
fused to place his signature to
some of tho necessary papers and
the prosecution of the marshal
came to a dead stop.
In the meantime Howell was
arraigned before Recorder Shat
tuck on the charge of being drunk,
was adjudged guilty, and a fine of
$10 and payment of the costs
Winds Uncover
Planted Grains
The high winds of the past week
are reported to be doing considei
able damage to crops in the Culver
and Madras sections by blowing
the loose soil of the seeded fields so
as to uncover tho planted grain.
G. Springer was in Prineville
Tuesday from his home near
Culver and states that the winds
are the worst that have been known
for several years. A few days of
falling weather would soon put a
stop to this damage, and while the
njury may not be sufficient to be of
serious consequence, tears are mat
a continnance of the winds will
greatly reduce the crops of that
section during the coming season.
Hunters Licenses
Issued for 1909
amounting to $13 more imposed,
totaling $23, which amount was
promptly paid by the defendant.
The effort to prosecute the city
marshal arose from the claim that
in arresting Howell he made an
unwarranted attack on his person,
beating Howell on the head with a
weajon when the latter was
making no resistance; that the ar
rest was unwarranted aa Howell
was not creating any disturbance
or annoying anyone at the time be
was arrested. Howell was arrested
in the office of the Poindexter
Hotel.
As this case was never brought
into court and the evidence was
never presented, the Journal can
do nothing more than pass it up.
The legal status of the case ap
pears to take this form: That in
issuing the warrant for the arrest
of the marshal, Justice Sharp
should have secured the authority
of the district attorney's office, in-'
Continued on page 4.
1, 1909, are now null and void,
and would prove of little use to a
hunter in case he were called to
time by an officer, as the licenses
are made out to expire on the last
day of the year. Those to whom
licenses have been issued for this
year are: Residence Bend: W. R.
Phillips, John Atkinson,
Cast, S. J. Spencer, L. J.
and Jeff Bilyeu.
Residence Roslani: E. A. Mahn.
Residence Ashwood: G. R. Lee.
Residence Prineville: F. W.
Smith, W. H. Kinder, J. T. Crea
mer, Fred A. Grimes, and Dave
Weaver.
Plastering Courthouse
Nqw in
E. A.
Jonas,
Neal Milligan
Residence Burned
Thirteen hunters' licenses hive
been issued for the season of 1909
by County Clerk Warren Brown,
since the first of the year. All the
licenses issued previous to January
The residence of Neal Milligan,
located on the road between La
monta and Culver, was completely
destroyed by fire Tuesday after
noon. Nothing of the contents
was saved but two chairs and a
bookcase. Tho fire started from
the flue of the kitchen stove. A
terrific wind was blowing that
afternoon which would make it im
possible to control a fire that once
got started.
Notice to Dog Owners.
Notice Is Riven to dog owners liv
ing within the Incorporated limits of
the city of Prineville that you are
hereby notified to procure a license
for your dog at once for the ensuing
year oflSW'J.
C. L. Shattuck,
l-14-4t Recorder.
ess
Work on Crook county's fine
new court houso is progressing
well these days and the work of
plastering and finishiug is now
underway. Two plasterers arrived
this week from Portland to put on
the plaster and will be occupied
in this work for about five week.
All of the materials required have
arrived except one load which is
now on the way in from Shaniko.
The lathing has all been com
pleted. Contractor J. B. Shijp
this week mixed up a test batch of
the plastering, which is that grade
known as "adamant" and he says
that the material is as hard as a
iock.
The heating plant in the court
house is now in fine working
order and the heat has been turned
on to make conditions better for
the workmen. Although not all
the radiators are in connection, it
works like a charm.
Mr. Shipp states that he is
looking for the arrival of the big
clock most any day now as it was
shipped from Boston on the 2Gth
of January. Tho clock weighs
about 3000 pounds.
It will ' not be many months
before the building will be ready
for occupancy by the different
officers. That the county can
feel proud of its courthouse is the
expression of every citizen who has
visited it.