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PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1909.
VOL. XIII-NO. 14
SPRING RACE MEETING
AT FAIR GROUNDS
Preliminary Work for Crook County Fair
1$ Also Under Way Officers Elected.
A Krlnj race meet will ! lu'ld
at Prinnvill thin year and
tlm nimp with wli'ch the wotk of
arranging fur the evunt vlnrtt off
gixea amur.irica for inottt fnthu
liattio nimtinjr, of himtrti'n. . ,
It took just about an hour (or
the committal) huving in hand too
work of noliciting fundi to ruii-o
hIidohI $lUO by nibrcripticn me
day thitt week. I'uriii'i amounting
ti nearly IJOCO will hi luiu,i up
for the different cvm'a.
Whilfl the date ln not bwn
di-fuiiti'ly art, it ia announced that
t hn race meeting will l ln hl l)
week following the May term of
the circuit court.
Outline Plant for County Fair.
The din-dors of the Central Ore
gon Livestock & Agricultural An-
ociation mftyeHterday and elected
J. V. KoherlH, president; Hugh
Littler, vice-pretiideiit; II. Baldwin,
treiifurer, and J. II. llaner, secre
tary. The hoard of directora haa two
new immWra thia yr ar Mrma.
Jamea Uko of llajcreek and Hugh
1iKler of IVineville. The hold
over inember ia J. K. Robert. J.
II. Matter ia the newly elected ec
rotary. The new oflicere will give
ue i practically new adiiiiiiintra
tion. .
Tho meeting yesterday waa held
thuH early to. outline pinna and
atnrt tho work for a big fair thia
fair. In going over the field for
thin year it waa thought beat not to
make many changea in the pre
mium or purea offered Iat year.
Tie 1104 f tT a) fcandxapred
by bad weather that a deficit if
reveral hundred dollar resulted.
Thia will be wiped out and the new
directora did not consider it ex"-
, di'-nt to increaao either the pre
iiiiuma or puraea at thia time. The
puraea offered last year were large
enough to attract horaea from all
parta of the atate and it Ia believed
the meet thia year will be equally
aa large.
Home alight changca will be
mude in agricultural exhibits,
erpecially in the way of gen
eral aweepatakea. Innteud of being
general they will be made apecial.
Thia change will invito a much
larger number of competitor.
Representative Belknap accured
a atato appropriation of f 750 at the
I a c t regular session of the legisla
ture to be uaiul exclusively for ag
ricultural premium.
Tim fair w 11 be held at an
earlier date thia year. It will
oK n Monday, October 4, and con
tinue for a week. By thia changn
it ia hoped to avoid the early fall
raina.
One thing more. The directora
and officers of the fair association
ieh to emphasize the need of co
operation on the part of the people
if the Crook county fair ia to be
made a success. Unlet farmers,
dtockmen and others take a per
ianal interest in the matter all
ifforta for a big (air will be unties.
So ita up to you, people of Crook
county, to make the IW'S fair a
hummer.
PRINEVILLE'S NEW
BOOSTER CLUB
P. A. A. C. No Longer
in Existence
PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED
Every Member to Be a Booater
Plan to Haniie Work
Through Committee
Tho IVineville Amateur Athletic
Club no longer cxista in name.
At a meeting of the members last
Tuesday evening the property,
rights, liabilities and all appurten
ances of the old organization were
trantferred to the traetfes of the
IVineville Commercial Club, and
all that remain? to be done now
ia for the President nd Secretary
to execute a deed to the property,
making the legal transfer.
Next Tuesday evening a meeting
of all the membera of the old club
and nil who deeire. to become
ifDREW00I)5fi
HAVE YOU LOST YOUR
NIP?
The call cornea atrongly
to the Prineville people at
thia time to wake up. The
question ia getting to be:
"Have'you got "any nip?"
What ia it? Oh! It'
that apirit of boost, puah,
co-operate, work, that little
leavening force that make
other towna grow and
i r.prove and become better
and happier placea to live.
The Commercial Club
declare! for membera with
nip. The band at ita re
organization meeting this
week declared foe more
nip. Next
Prineville ought to make
nip her affinity from this
time on. It'a the juice.
BEAR CREEK RESIDENTS
HAVE SHOOTING SCRAPE
C. H. Erickson and Wife and Leonard Walters
Shoot Score of Shots, Nobody Hit
By
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membera of the new one is called
at the club rooma, when the
trustees will have ready for adop
tion or consideration the by-lawe
for the government of ""the new
club.
The articles of incorporation of
the Prineville Commercial Club
have been filed with the Secretary
of State and the County Clerk.
These articles comprise tha con
stitution and only the by-laws re
main to be adopted. The incor
porators are T. M. Baldwin, D. r.
Stewart, C. M. Elkins, J. H. Haner,
and M. E. Brink.
After the action making the
transfer had been taken, which
was done by the passing of a res
olution, a general discussion arose
about how the worn of the new
club ia to be carried on. Hereto
fore the club ha? been kept up
larcelv by the work of few, the
oflicers practically handling all the
business and the large body of the
membership paying in their $1
monthly dues and letting the club
do the rest.
The new plan ia to handle the
work through different committees,
which will be under a general
executive of supervisory committee
There will probably be committees
on finance, statistics, iium'gration
social functions, entertainment
athletics, publicity, library, and
the other various features coming
under the working of the club.
By following this plan it is
hoped to arouse the interest of each
individual member and if the ideal
cf the club as expressed at the
meeting last Tuesday evening is
realized every man in town will
be a member and each member will
be a "booster without pay."
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$3.50
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Pillow Slips 42 x 38 inches, per pair 45c
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PRINENILLE'S BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
Embroideries
TO MAKE ROOM FOR
NEW LOT-1-4 OFF
Leonard Walters and C. II.
Erickson and wife got into an
altercation last Saturday at the
Erickson ranch on Bear Creek, and
as a result Walters came in .to
Prineville Sunday accompanied by
J. E. Roberta and swore to a
warrant for the arrest of Erickson
nd hia wife, on a charge of
attempt to kill bim.
Walters alleges, that Erickson
struck him in the side of the head
with a shot gun barrel in the mix
up, and there is no doubt about
him having been struck on the
head by something. His condition
became so serious Sunday that bis
deposition concerning the affair was
taken before Justice of the Peace
Ralph Sharp, the fear being enter
tained that he might not be in con
dition to testify later.
Ben Jones went to Bear Creek
to bring Erickson and his wife to
town but they had already rtarted
in on their own accord.
A bearing was called before Jus
tice Sharp Monday afternoon,
Depy. District Attorney Bell rep
resenting the fctate and Geo. W.
Barnes, the defendants. At this
bearing the affidavit of Walters,
which appears below in fnll, was
read as evidence. Then Attorney
Barnes demanded that the witness
be brought into court and a eubpoe-
na was thereupon issued for him.
The man's condition would not
permit of his coming into court,
and the hearing was then postponed
until today at 2:30 p. m.
This trouble seems to have arisen
over a settlement in the payment
by Walters to Erickson for the
ranch at Bear Creek. Walters
came out from Michigan several
months ago and bought the Erick
son ranch, which it is understood
was to be paid for on the install
ment plan, and it was in thia
business settlement that the first
trouble arose. A few davs prior to
the episode of Saturday, report has
it that these same parties had
trouble at the Walters home over
the disputed ownership of the
ranch and that Walters then
ejected the Erickson3 from his
house. It is supposed that the bad
feeling between the parties again
flamed up when Walters went to
get the horso, which it is under
stood was still claimed by the
Ericksons.
Rosland Ranchers
Are Bound Over
Walters' affidavit, which ia the
only evidence that has passed
through court, of course only gives
one side of the story. It follows:
I, Leonard Walter?, being first
duly sworn depose and say that I
am the informant in the above en
titled case; that I live upon the
lands that I have purchased from
the defendants situated in Crook
County, Oregon, that my occupa
tion is farmer, age 58, my poet
office address U Prineville, Oregon.
That on the morning of the 13th
of March, 1909, I was at the
George Knox place, five miles
north of my ranch feeding and
caring for Mr. Knox's cattle.
Running short of hay and being
obliged to haul hay from Ed
Harris' ranch and having no team
I went to my place on foot to get a
team of mine with which to haul
the hay. Upon arriving home I
was informed that the defendants
had one of my horses using it disk
ing land. I went to where they
were living in a cabin on my land,
a mile above where I live, I saw
the defendants half a mile distant
using the disk. They immediately
proceeded to unhitch and when I
arrived at the cabin in which they
were living they had their two
horses hitched, to the wagon in
front of the cabin and my horse
was tied in the corral about four
or five rods from the cabin. I was
on foot. I came up to the cabin,
both defendants being present, and
said, "How do you do" They
answered me back, "Kow do you
do" I then said, "I'd like to get rry
horse t- draw hay for Mr. Knox."
C. II. Erickson said, "All right."
I started for the corral and had
taken three or four steps towards
the corral when I heard something
behind me. I turned around and
the automatic rifle was just about
six inches from my face, held by
Bettie Erickson. She said, "You
s :0f b , get on these prem
ises and don't take another step
toward the corral." I threw up
my left arm, threw off the muzzle
of the automatic rifle. The rifle
went off in the direction where C.
H. Erickson was standing. I hit
her in the side of the head with my
right hand, knocked her down. I
picked up the automatic rifle. C.
H.' Erickson jumped in the house
Continued on page 2.
ENGINEERING FEATURES OF CENTRAL
OREGON'S PROPOSED RAILROADS
Rosland, on the upper Deschutes,
will furnish a diversion for the
next session .of the grand jury.
Residents of that section have had
a fracas about some horses and as
a result George T. Sly and Charles
Findley have both been bound
over to the mercies of the grand
jury- -
From what can be learned, two
of Sly'a- horses strayed into Find-
ley's premises, and when tie
owner came to get them a quarrel
resulted over the terms of settle
ment. Findley and Tom Sly, a
son of George Sly, and the latter
mixed up in a fight, and it is
claimed that shovels and pistols
were used as clubs in the fight.
Findley got a bad gash in the scalp.
On complaint of Sly, Findley
was arrested and had a hearing
before Justice of the Peace Hill at
Rosland.. He was bound over in
the sum of $300. Later George T.
Sly was arrested on complaint of
Findley and had a hearing before
Justice Merrill at Bend. Sly was
bound over in the sum of $500. It
is understood that a warrant has
been issued for Tom Sly, but that
he is in Klamath county.
"We will be prepared to start
construction of our road Into Cen
tral Oregon one' week after the
Government approves our survey
plans," said Chief Engineer
Boschke, of the Harriman lines in
the Northwest.
Mr. Boschke admitted that the
only question holding up this ap
proval is the investigation now
being made by Supervising Engi
neer E. G. Hopson, of the Recla?
mation Service, who has ' officially
made request for all information
and data obtained over the various
routes surveved into Central Ore
gon by the Harriman lines. This
information is considered essential
by the Government before it can'
pass on the Harriman application,
for .right-of-way through public
lands up the Deschutes Canyon."
From this information the Recla
mation Service officials expect to ;
arrive at a decision as to whether
the Deschutes River is more va'
uable for the conservation of wafer
for power purposes than for rail
way purposes.
May Abandon Deicbates Line.
Should the Reclama'.i in Service
consider that -the dam is para
Continued on page 4.
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