Crook Comiety JdtMtnaLl.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909.
VOL XIII-N0.22
REPORT OF THE
GRAND JURY
Covers Many Important
County Matters.
INVESTIGATED EVERYTHING
Found County Offices and Af
fair All in Good Order.
In Seition Seven Days.
In ill Circuit Court, Mali" of OrrtHin, f. r
Crook oountjf
Final report of tlif Uraml Jury:
Wr, tliv HiiilvfulKiivl liruinl Jury fur tin
Wv riillllr.l Court l tlia May (IIBIl) term
tlirrvur, rt )--t lully nHirt Mluwa:
1'lial Imve Iwit in mmuIuii H'Vkii day.
That linvv rt'luriinl Into mIJ Court
J.-! I run tilll, mill two not trim 'bill, ami
liava liivMlcatI l otlur complaint
rotuiiiK tielurv ua llmt w have ilifimM the
evidence not auftVlent to warrant any ae
tlon t hereon at tlila tlm.
We lm furthcriuiiro Hatr-tinl to ami
tHiiialitrreJ rverv runqilaliit of rvory It I ml
wlilcli lina tiit'ti In any way liruuitlit to our
at ten Aon, am! given llir iiiiu our moat
rai-rfnl con-lili-ratlon, ami linvc not ni'.
lil'l' il It) lllVlatitM to III lx"t of our
ability any cuniplahit l.roiiithl I-Cur ua. -
Wr ha viallnl tlia dlnVraut county
oltlclal aiul Una llism rotirtvou and at
tentive to tliclr orllclal tlutlp. Tha monla
arc i rally and wall kept and Ilia accounla
liamlM In an all and Imaineaallkt man
ner. A a Ui tlia eurraeliiraa of the aorouuta
art not ahlr loaiiy, not having aufticlout
lime at our llxial to verify tliem.
Wallnd tliatllia aalary of tlia County
Tira'urer la not aulllcWnt to compnaat
him fully for performing the dutioa of Iila
ou1c.
Wa II nd tlia nnaiii-ci of tli county to l
In Kood condition.
W liava ainliied tlia new court huua
J find it practically completed, and that
th contractor ha lulllllej hl contract In
a lubatuntlat niaiiiwr. ll ha mad fi.m
cbunxea and Improvanirnta not InnlinlisI
In th original plan, with th (auction of
the county court, at a coat of evral hun
dred dollar, a larj( part of which he Ima
donated to th county. Th building pre
aenta a illiiiilllr J and pleaalng aptx-araiic.
Th interior la well arranged. Th rooiiia
are of aiiflklnit alt and when furnUhed
will l convenient and cotnmodloui quar
tera fur tha dliTcrcnt county ottlcial.
The vaulta ar lire proof, conveniently
located for th ua of the varlou olllorn
ami turn enouiih to afford eUirage room
for th county record lor many year.
The heotliiK, lighting;, pluiiibliiK and lire
protection ar apparently all that could he
deaircd. Th Jail In th ba acme nt la aafe
and aanltary, hut In time will need mure
cell. A a whole th new hulldlita; 1 a
credit alike to the county, the contractor,
th court that Initialed th work and th
court that hit uperviacd I la completion.
A to th poor we II nd there ar but two
county charicea at the prewnt time.
SVe find thiil the county a.nenaor and
the county turveyor have originated a ya.
Continued on page 4.
REDMOND AFTER
ELECTRIC ROAD
All Faith Lost in Harri
man Projects
WANT LINE TO THE DALLES
Meeting Held at Redmond and
Favorable Plan Outlined
Ask for Co-operation.
Redmond, Or., April 11.
Editor Crook County Journal -
Dear hir : Moat of our people have
loat all faith In t lie iurKw of Marri
matt and other to build a railroad Into
tlila region and lad Saturday bold
meeting, to conaidcr way and mean for
getting a road into Central Oregon.
The undesigned were appointed a
committee to confer with oplo of
other localities with a view- to uuitod
action. A the meeting was only pre
liminary no definite rourae wa deter
mined upon, but the following plan was
outlined and looked Un with fuvor :
It i prooiH'l to build an electric road
ttarting at The Halle and running
southward through Madraa ami at some
punt branching, one fork going to
1'rineville and the other to liend, with
inch other branches and rxlenniofis a
liould later prove fi-aailile.
The advantage of audi a railroad to the
ieple of Central Oregon, over any other
line ao fur propoaed, a appear to the
writer, are the following:
It woulduke u to direct water trans
portation at The Dulles and rt the tame
place give ua a choice of market eaut'and
weat ovr both the Hill and Jlurrimmi yr
teuia, and thua Iriaure u cheap rite a d
fair dealin. fluch a rotU could be run In
dependent of other road and lor the bene
fit of our own aection of country; tiie
money earned by it would not he carried
ofT to be eipendtd In buying terminal in
onie other slate.
Lying wholly eaat of the Caacade in a
a region of light anowfalf it could be easily
operated all winter. The abundance of
water (njwer along the IK-sehutei river ard
it tributaries eliould reiluce the cottcf
operating an electric rond to the loweat
point, Itlaalao well known that heavy
It rnile and eharp curve are leaa detrimen
tal to working an electric than a ntcam
road. We further auRiteat that a meeting
of delegate and other be held at 1'rine
ville In the near future for the purp"c of
con.tdering the whole railroad eation a
it bear on Central Oregon. Youn truly.
Ktaa Wimcn.
lias ilcCAnrar.
Coiiniii:tee,
New Presbyterian Pastor.
Rev. C. C. lUbridgo of Portlan ! ha
been naniisl by the prebj tcry as the
new paetor for tiie First Presbyterian
church in 1'rineville. Mev. Mr, Bab
ridge 1 a young man of high attain
ment and the announcement i made
that lie i cxH-cted in Frineville, with
hi wife, in time to bold services here
the firat Sunday in Juno.
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IN SUMMER
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C. W. Elkins Big Department Store, Frineville, Or
CROOK COUNTY HAS
HOUSE CLEANING
District Attorney Makes
Fine Record,
ERICKSONS GET ONLY ONE YEAR
Eleven Convictions Result, Seven
to Serve Time in State
Penitentiary.
Circuit court adjourned this
morning after the court had passed
sentence on C. II. Erickuon and
wife, B'-ttie Erickoon giving them
one year each in the Btate peni
tentiary. Seven prisoners are now
in the county jail awaiting being
taken to the pen as a result of the
work of the prosecuting oflicers at
the term just closed, while four
others will remain in the county
jail to nerve their sentence.
C. J. Moran, Leslie Allen and
Ed Garotte will each serve two
years for house breaking; U. S.
Cowles and Dick Dehaven will
serve two years each for adultery,
and C. II. Erickson and wife will
serve one year each, for the at
tempted killing of Leonard
Walters. The Ericksons were
granted sixty days to file bill of ex
ceptions and there is some prospect
that they will appeal, or ask for
new trial, so that they may not be
taken to Salem when the other
prisoners are taken, which will
probably be next Saturday.
This term of court has entirely
exploded the idea that it was a
bard matter to get prosecution in
Crook county. District Attorney
Fred Wilson ha made a record
for himself at this term in his
handling of cases before the grand
jury and bis good work is
thoroughly appreciated by the bet
ter people of the county. There
was nothing brought before the
grand jury or his attention that
did not receive every attention and
the long list of indictments and
convictions to his credit tell the
story of faithful work better than
comment could do.
The grand jury, too, this term
was composed of seven of the best
men in the county, and their
report which appears in full in
another column shows that there
was not the slightest neglect on
their part. Judge Bradshaw gave
the grand jury high compliment on
the efficient manner in which they
performed their duties.
Sheriff Elkins and his helpers
have done good work in bringing
the guilty parties to justice. The
sheriff and district attorney have
worked day and night on some of
these cases, spent mouaj out of
their own private funds, and left
no stone unturned to give Crook
county about the most thorough
house-cleaning she has ever had.
Another fact worthy of note is,
that during the two weeks of court
there has not been a single arrest
made in Prineville for drunken
ness or disorderly conduct, and
there has been no night policeman
on duty.
Last Thursday afternoon the case
of the state againtt U. S. Cowlee on
a caarge of adultery was com
menced. Many witnesses were ex
amtueil and the testimony taken
went to make a plain ease of guilt
against the defendant. This view
was also taken by the jury, which
brought in a vervict ot guilty. In
passing sentence on Cowles Monday
morning Judge Bradshaw said in
substance that there were no ex
tenuating circumstances In the case
nt all. That Cowles was an experi
enced and intelligent man and that
he had simply taken advantage of
this youug and ignorant girl and
that he would give him the limit
penalty, two years in the state peni
tentiary. The girl in the case is Nel
lie Dehaven, 18 years old, who lives
near the mouth of Trout Creek. A
child was born to the girl on the
28th of last January. The other
two indictments are still held
against Cowles.
Dick Dehaven of Lower Trout
Creek, was speedily convicted on the
charge of adultery on which he had
been Indicted. The complaining wit
ness was Annie ienaven, ii years
old, his step-daughter and also his
brother's child, Dehaven having
married his brother's widow. The
girl went on the witness stand and
at first refused to give any material
evidence, but later broke down and
through her tears told the whole
story. Attorney George Barnes,
who had voluntarily taken the dt
fense of the defendant told the jury
that there was no defence for De
haven, and the jury was out only
long enough to take a vote when
they returned a verdict of guilty.
Dick Dehaven and Annie Dehaven
were aubjKi-mted ax wltntnw In the
Cowle catte. Upon arrival In Prine
ville Dlek Dehaven nuked to talk
with Cowles who wan In Jail and
Sheriff Klklna allowed him the prlvl
k'ge. With Dehaven out of the way
the sheriff and DIatiict Attorney
WHaon succeeded in netting a con-
tension from Annie Dehaven against
her atepfather and the grand jury
Immediately Indicted him, while he
wan atlllln the Jail with Cowfea.
Thua It will be seen that Dehaven
virtually put himself In Jail, and the
first time that he left the cell wna to
be arraigned In court on the serious
charge. Annie Dehaven at first re
tuned to give ber evidence In court,
but was recalled later and told the
pitiful story.
The case of the State of Oregon vs.
C. H. Erickson and Bettle Erickson,
charged with assault with a danger
ous wenpon upon the person of
Leonard Walters was taken np the
latter part of the week. The evi
dence waa finished by Saturday
evening and on Monday the argu
ment before the Jury were com
menced. George Barnes and W. P.
Myeni defended the Ericksons while
District Attorney F. W. Wilson and
H. S. Wilson had charge of the
prosecution. Monday afternoon the
court room was crowded with
spectators, anxlons to hear the
argument of II. 8. Wilson, and they
were not disappointed In anticipat
ing an effort worth hearing.
The story of this caae is well
known to Journal readers. The
state's theory of the case was that
Erickson and his wife had sold their
ranch to Walters and had received
in partial payment for It $1200. The
last f (500 payment had been made by
their acceptance of a $1000 note due
Walters from some party In
Michigan. The Erickson'a were to
cash this note and return to
Walters his balance of $100. The
motive advanced by the state wna
that Erickson and his wife had laid
a devilish plot to get Walters Into a
row and kill him in order to keep all
the money they had received and In
the long run to get back the place
which they had sold to him. In
connection with this the state pre
sented evidence to the effect that
WILL INSIST ON
THOROUGH WORK
Prof. Ashby Says Pupils
Must Study
NO PROMOTION UNLESS EARNED
Good Daily Recitations Are of
Greater Value than High
Examination Standings
In the eighth grade examinations
held In the Prineville public school
last week nine out of eighteen puplla
received a passing grade and will tie
recommended by the teachers to
take the state eighth grade examin
ation! which will be held today and
tomorrow.
The names of those who were suc
cesMful follow: Arthur O'Nell, Kay
Moore, Lawrence Lister, Warren
Yancey, Mabel Doak, Maude Potter,
Edith King, Leola Estes, Robert Os
born. If these pupils pass the state
examinations they will be eligible to
take up high school work the com
ing year.
While those who failed to make
the passing grade have the sympa
thy of their friends. Principal Ernest
L. Ashby makes a few statements
regarding the work ot pupils that
should receive the Indorsement of
every patron of the Prineville
schools. He said :
"We do not believe In slip-shod
methods in the school room. At the
beginning of the school year and at
frequent intervals subsequently, we
have insisted upon thorough work
and that without It no pupil would
be passed. We do not intend to gloss
over the work of any student but
muBt be satisfied they have finished
Erickson had borrowed a pistol lit. If there had been one-half of the
from Walters and returned it to him
only a few days before this shooting
scrape occurred, the gun so tamper
ed with that it would not shoot
straight and the cartridges having
left in them only about one fourth
the orninary charge of powder, so
that Walters, In case they could get
him into a shooting affair, would
not be armed with a weapon that
would be effective.
The point on which the state rest
ed its case was that Ericksons had
shot at Walters when he had start
ed to leave their cabin to go home,
thinking that he had taken all their
guns away from them, they being
themselves in no danger whatever.
Monday evening the jury returned
a verdict of guilt againgt both defendants.
Tuesday evening the bondsmen of
Mr. and Mrs. Erickson, . surrendered
them to the court and tbey were
lodged by Sheriff Elkins in the room
fitted up in the basement of the
court house for women prisoners.
Their bondsmen were Charles Daly
and Watt Jones.
Ed Garrotte, who plead guilty to
crime of larceny from a dwelling in
connection with Leslie Allen and C.
J. Moran, the veterinary, was given
a sentence or two years in the pen,
last Friday morning.
The grand jury returned nine in
dictments on gambling charges.
The first case was against Alex
Zevely, Pete Slghlin and Earnest
Hays. They were found guilty, and
Zevely and Sighlin sentenced to pay
a fine of $250 each and Hays $150.
All three are serving .out their
sentence iu the county jail.
The other eight gambling indict
ments are as follows, and they still
staud against the offenders:
State vs. Alex Zevely, Cobby
Stroud, Pete Sighlin and Frank Mc-
Caffery.
State vs. Alex Zevely, Cobby
Stroud an Pete Sighlin.
State vs. Alex Zevely, Pete Sighlin,
Tom Armstrong and Oral Moore.
State vs. Alex Zevely and Emmett
Holman.
State vs. Alex Zevely, Pap Rogers,
Emmett Holman and Tom Arm
strong. State vs. Alex Zevely, Cobby
Stroud and Tom Stroud.
State vs. Alex Zevely, W. W. Col
lins, Pete Sighlin and Emmett Hol
man.
The last eight indictments will
probably be suspended on good
behavior. The prosecuting officers
state that they believe they have the
arch offenders now serving sentence,
and that the others mentioned in
the indictments are those who have
been inveigled into the gambling
games by them. These Indictments
will be held as a club, In the effort
to convince the people that the time
has come to quit play lug poker.
Five indictments were returned on
charges of selling liquor. They are:
State vs. J. H. Templeton; defend
ant was arraigned and entered a
hard work done every day on the
lessons that has been done during
the past few weeks In an effort to
"cram" for these examinations there
would have been a very matarial de
crease in the percentage of failures.
Its the daily recitations that count,
for in making up the grades we take
the daily recitations for two-thlrda
and the examination grades for one
third. "The questions submitted in the
eighth grade examination were not
difficult just average and many of
them on which failures were made
ought to have been answered by pu
pils who have thoroughly finished
the sixth-grade work.
"During the coming year we in
tend to be still more rigid. Not only
in the eighth-grade work, but in
every grade. No pupil will be ad
vanced until they have done the re
quired work and passed satisfactory
examinations. We will put Into ,
effect a half-yearly promotion plan.
If In January pupils who failed to
pass out of their grade can pass a
satisfactory examination they will
be advanced and can then take up
the first work in the next grade
above, giving us two divisions in the
same grade.
"Please do not misunderstand me
to say that anything unreasonable
will be demanded of pupils, but we
will insist upon thorough work and
want to impress on students that
this means work on their daily reci
tations. "I deem it positively injurious to
any young person to get the lm
pre8sion that they can go through
life successfully without earnest ef
fort. We cannot lay too much stress
upon good work In the common
grades for it is about all the school
education many of the students get."
Cornett Company
Buys Auto Line
The Cornett Stage and Stable
Company has joined the procession
and now controls the auto line be
tween Prineville and Shaniko. The
cars now in service are 40-horse
White steamers and make the trip
each day by way of Madras, 72 miles,
covering the distance at an average
speed ot 12 miles per hour.
The auto service seems to be very
popular and is giving entire satis
faction, although the fare is slightly
in excess of the rate charged on the
stage. The fare by auto is $8.50
while that by stage is (l.50. But
what a difference in the manner of
the going, so far as comfort Is con
cerned, and then too the long time
consumed on the stage trip makes
the traveller dig down just a little
deeper most cheerfully when to
thinks of these things. It looks like
the autos have come to stay.
Continued on page 4.
Telescope and jointed steel rods
and automatic reels at Petett's.