Journal.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1909.
VOL. X1II-NO. 25
Crook
County
SETTLERS HAVE
VERBALCONTRACTS
For Water to Irrigate
Excess Acreage
ARE THE AGREEMENTS BINDING
Momentout Question Now Be
fore State Land Board Will
Make Trip to Investigate
A iimk'UI from Kalvm to the Tch-gram
sayas On uf the mot serious quo,
t'ons with which the newly cmaUnl
iHiaert I -and Hoard la eciifroiiUtd lithe
!Juatmiit o( serious dlitkiilty, con
cerning the status o( a verbal or lmplltd
contract between the ettlim and the
I hu lea Irrigation Cuniany for the
reclamation uf arid land lit the IH
chulea valley and Involving the amount
o( water to which the aottler li entitled
upon hie property. The queatlon la of
aa much importance to the company an
to the eeltler, and In order to arrive at
a coinprehetittve and satisfactory con
cliiaion the IVaert Ijind Hoard voted to
make a lour of Inspection of the Ksatern
Oregon arid anctkin within the hear fu
ture. The date of aurh (rip hai not Iwn
devilled uioii Jet.
Affording to at ten at a form corn-miiiiii-ationa
rerived hy the HI ate J'.n
glneer lwl alnre last July, the Mtltlur
milornl Into a writU-n contract with the
irrigation company (or the reclamallon
o( an ruliinaUHl area of from three arr,
an extreme ciw. to 40 and M acre. It
tranapirea that In the drat Instance (he
,illlr haa KU arrwi of Irrixahle land, arid
in the mnjorlty of cawa Ironi 10 to SO
acrea exceeding the area sptcilid in the
contract. In every liiilance the settlor
claim! tint the a'iiU for the Irrigation
roniiaiiy, with wliom the contract waa
made, gave thi-ni verbal aanuram-e that
in the event the irrigable area of their
land exceeded the ai-n-atie aft forth In
the wriltun contract water waa to' he
supplied to the exct'M acreage.
The aelller wants to know, aa does
alao the Irrigation company, whelhur
tlni verlwl contract la binding upon the
company and if it I obliged to lnrnlh
water to the excess acreau. Under ita
contract with the atate the Company ia
entitled to $40 iter acre aa the lien price
nixiiiall Irrigahht land In the senega'
turn and $0 per year water rental per
acre. The quest hm then hoila down to
whether the eeltler hart to pay an ad
ditional f 10 per acre for the excena acre
age. $U r acre p-r year for water ren
tal (or the land, or whether he ie en
titled to water for nothing. The que
tion la a momentous one for the land
board to dec! In and It will lie given due
contideration before It ieece upon it.
Attorney (ieneral Crawford ia of the
opinion that the iiielion i one (or the
eotirn to decide, hut even iu that event,
the aottler mint get an exprewion Irom
the Drsert Ijirid Hoard before he will
have any standing in court.
The Deairt Land Hoard, which now
conaiala of the governor, secretary of
tale, treasurer, a'torney general and
atate engineer, he'd ita (t ret meeting laat
ek and effected orgnniaalion by the
election of (ioveruor llenaon aa chair
man and Bute Knglneur Lewie aa ever-Ury.
DUFUR ROAD
TO BE EXTENDED
May Build to Tygh or
Tap Timber Belt
HEIMR1CH SURVEYORS BUSY
Woiting to See Whatiarriman
intend to Do About line
Up Deschutes Canyon
John IfoimricU, the millionaire of
Health', ia now waking op and getting
into print in connection with the Cen
tral Oregon railroad problem. Mr.
Ileimrich haa made several trip of in
apection Into Crook county, and hereto
fore the moat definite expression that
haa been made by him In regard to the
building of aline into thie region waa :
"We will wait once." Ileimrich ia
alone financially able to build a railroad
Into Central Oregon if be wanta to. The
Oregon Journal of May 25 print the fol
lowing interview:
"While llarriman i filling and back
ing and tying himaelf up in legal knot
with hi proposed Ieschutea railroad,
the ownera of the Great Southern, the
fine running west of (lie Deachutea from
The Dalle to Dufur, are preparing to go
ahead extending tti ir line south into
Central Oregon.
"President Ileimrich of the Great
Southern baa returned from an inipee
tion trip over ita routs taken witb .. B.
Bjulding and M P. Smith, two capital
lata of Kpokane, daring which they
drove over a considerable portion of the
country. A a result of this trip a crew
of aurveyor w ill be started out at once
aurveylng route into Tygh valley and
into the timber toward Mount Hood.
"We have two proposition up to us,"
aid Mr. ileimrich, "one to extend the
line to Tygh, aa waa the original Inten
tion, and the other to build into the
rich timter belt to tty west.
"The Tygh valley extension would
carry u directly toaVrd the Deechute
and give a a very god start for a line
into Central Oregon. It would have the
great advantage over the proposed llar
riman line of running through a pro
ductive country the entire diatance.
The Deachutea road would have the
handicap of running through a rocky
canyon for a long diatance. I do not
think that Harriman could expect to
ecu re interest on hi money in that
line for some time to come. It will coat
him all of (45,000 a mile to construct,
while our haa not coat n more than
20,000, with proper equipment. Of
course the value of the Deschute road
to llarriman would be the fact that it
would prove a feeder to the O. K. A K.
Standing aa a road by itself, it would
not pay.
"We can't sav definitely what we will
do about extending our line southeast of
Continued on page 4.
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COUNCIL HOLD
WORDY SESSION
Employ of Detective
Causes Jar
UPPMAN GAVE DETECTIVE BEER
City'a $10,000 Bond Issue Does
Not Come Due Until Five
Years from July I.'
C. W. Elkins Big Department Store, Prineville, Or
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Councilmcn Lippman and Clifton on
the one hand and Marshal Ilnaton on
other jawed each other right freely at
the council meeting last Tueeday even
ing. The caua belli was the employ
ment of A. P. Scott, aa nightwatchman
during the race meeting, which action
the councilmen declare bad been taken
by the marshal without the direction of
a maioritv of the council. Scott waa
employed aa detective by the Law and
Order League, eo tbo marshal stated at
the meeting, and feeling the need of
man to help him in hia duties he tpoke
to the mayor and some of the council,
and understood that he was to go ahead
and get a man to help, which he did by
employing the detective.
Councilman Clifton took the stand
that the marshal had exceeded his
authority, in that the matter had not
been put before the council and when
the bill came up for payment every
body had a great deal to say at the
same time. "I do not want the
marshal to lose his t7.50," said Mr.
Clifton, "but I do want the manshal to
understand that the council is in charge
of the affairs of the city."
"That is not the reason you are op
nnciinfr this bill." said the marshal "It
I n
is your ambition that I lose the money
and nothing more."
"Not on your life," said Clifton.
Then Councilman Lippman caused a
big laugh by saying "Yes, Mr. Mayor,
and this same Scott, while working as
detective for the Law and Order League
came to my house and asked me for a
bottle of beer and gave it to hini. Then
he offered me fifty cents for it, and if it
had not been in my own home I would
have kicked him out. If another man
conies he will get a Bhotgun," said Lipp
man, who was angered by this attempt
to trick him into a violation of the local
option laws.
"What is the use," said Mr. Lippman,
"of having a man Bneaking around the
back alleva to fiud what is Koing on.
Anything I do in this town is open
and above board. I would not fctoop so
low as this."
Finally it was decided that the mar
shal bad taken the action he did witb
the impression that he was doing so
with the consent of the council, and the
council unanimously voted to pay the
bill for the nightwatch.
The mayor and all the councilmen,
Recorder Powell and Marshal Huston
were present at the meeting.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Under the reports of the standing
committees the finance committee re
ported that the only matter pending be
fore that committee was tho settlement
with the ex-marshal. Councilman
Lippman urged that the matter be
taken up then and there and settled,
but it was decided that it would take
too much time, so the committee is to
take the matter up together and ferret
out the discrepancies bf tween now and
the next meeting. The wholo trouble
seems to have arisen through the care
less manner in which the records of the
receipts from water users have been
kept and the long delays in turning over
the moneys to the city treasurer. Ex-
Marshal Joe Crooks last month paid to
the city $14.50 shortage under protest,
this amcunt being shown to be due
from the report of Max Crandall who
exported the city accounts. The finance
committee is unable to get their records
to balance and this is the task that is
now before them.
filed and accepted. He reported that
37 residents were using water from the
city's irrigation ditches. During the
month be had made eight arrests, six of
whom had broke jail. Three of these
were afterward captured. Two had
b?en convicted of selling liquor and
were fined (60 each. Two dogs were
disposed of. The marshal called at
tention to the fact that the jail needed
reparing. Councilman Shipp ia to see
that it is made secure.
A petition was presented by Jamea
Dyer axking for an order to baild a side
walk on the south side of eighth street,
north from Main, the petition being
signed by number of property owners
along that street. The question was
asked if the signers constituted a ma
jority of the property affected, whereup
on the Mayor stated that this waa not
necessary. The petition was granted
and the marshal was directed to see that
the walk was built in conformity to the
established grades of the city.
The following bills were allowed :
Demaris & Son, lumber $94 77
Wade Huston, marshal's salary... 50 00
" " caring for city water 25 00
" " cash paid watchman 7 50
" " disposing of two dogs 2 00
Journal, printing supplies.. 14 30
John Zeek, labor on water mains 20 00
Estee Short, " 16 25
The present city administration has
been nnder the impression, and so has
a majority of our citizens, that the $10,
000 bond issue of the city, which draws
interest at 6 per cent, woul 1 fall due on
July 1 of this year. About two monthi
ago the council directed the finance com
mittee to look op the matter of refloat'
ing the bonds and to prepare for a re
issue. Xow it develops that this bond
issue' does not become due until five
years from tha first of next July.
This fact only goes to show how little
has been generally known about city
affairs heretofore, and that those who
have been in a position to know have
been either ignorant of matters they
should have known or tried to bam
fozzle the present administration.
The city marshal was directed to make
contracts for irrigation water from users
of the city system. No user is to get
service for less than $5 for the season,
and the rate is to be in proportion to
the area of the yards irrigated. The
basis is to be the same a3 that charged
by the Prineville Light & Water Co.,
with a 20 per cent reduction.
PRINEVILLE WINS
BASEBALL SERIES
Three Hotly Contested
Games
REDMOND JUST ONE BEHIND
Friday'a Score, 3 to 2; Satur
day's Score, 3 to 2; Sunday's
Score, 4 to 3.
New Pastor Arrives.
The new pastor of the Presbyterian
Church of Prineville, the Kev. C. C,
Bubbidge, accompanied by his wife,
arrived here yesterday from Port
land, to assume his duties. On Frl
day evening from 8 to 10 o'clock a
reception will be held In honor of the
new pastor and his wife at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. I. Winnek, to
which the public is cordially invited
to make the acquaintance of the new
arrivals and welcome them to Prine
ville.
Rev. Babbidge will preach his first
sermon from the Presbyterian pulpit
next Sunday morning.
The Presbyterian church has pur
chased for a manse the residence
property of C. A. Lytle, located just
east of the church building, and will
take- possession of the property on
August 5. The price paid was $ 1500,
W. W. Brown of Paulina, assisted
the church with a liberal donation
toward the purchase.
Pending the time before posession
of the Lytle property, Rev. and Mrs.
Babbidge will occupy the Hugh
Lister residence.
A Ram Wiih Four Horns.
Prineville beat 'Redmond In two
hotly contested games tor the f 100
purse offered by the Race Associa
tion, the score la each game being 3
to 2. These games occurred on Fri
day and Saturday mornings, and
last Sunday afternoon a match
game was played for the gate
receipts between the same teams,
resulting in another victory for
Prineville with a score of 4 to 3.
These games were the most Inter
esting exhibitions of baseball that
have been seen in Prineville for sev.
eral years, and the fact that at any
moment a good hit or an error
would decide the victory, held Interest
up to high tension until the last man
had been put out in each game.
Both teams done snappy playing,
remarkably free from errors, and
every man was up on his toes from
start to finish.
In Friday's game I m melee twirled
for Redmond, and was backed up at
home by Tetherow. Bailey offlclatetl
In the box for Prineville, with H Inkle
behind the plate. The line-up was
as follows:
Position Prineville
cf Jordan
c Hinkle
If Storkmann
rf Mitchell
lb H.Belknap
2b Ketchum
3b B. Barnes
88 Peg Belknap
p Bailey
hits off I m melee;
Redmond
Roy Covert
Tetherow
Debolt
Vanmeter
Rannells
McKinney
Armstrong
McKay
Immelee
Prineville got 8
A four-horned ram, the possession
of John Silvertooth of Antelope, at
tracted considerable interest in
Prineville last Monday evening,
when Mr. Silvertooth stopped over
here that night on his way home
from a trip to the Silver Luke coun
try, where he acquired this freak of
nature. The ram has two orthodox
ramshorns and just below them a
pair of smooth curved antlers extend
ilnwn nlnnur the ij ws. one tin touch
ing the sheeD's lower inw when he
Marshal Huston's report was read, wags It to chew.
bases on balls, 1.
Redmond got II hits; nobody
walked by Bailey.
Umpire Dr. H. G. Davis.
The score by innings:
123456780
Redmond 1100 00000
Frineville 010000020
Saturday's line-up was practically
the same with the exception of a
change in pitchers for both teams.
Dan Ketchum pitched for the home
team, and Sylvester Staats slabbed
for Redmond. In the latter part of
the game Tetherow went In the box
for the visitors, after Staats who
is a Bend player, had demonstrated
that lie wasn't the real dope. Mc
Cauley played first for Redmond.
Peg Belknap the first man to bat
for Prineville in Saturday's game,
galloped home on Hinkle's hit, and
in the fourth and fifth Innings
Horace Belknap and Jordan made
the rounds safely, giving Prineville
her three runs. For the visitors
Debolt scored in the fourth and
Staats in the fifth inning, while la
other innings It was one, two, three
and out for both sides.
Prineville got eight hits off Staats
and none off Tetherow. Jordan waa
walked to first three times.
Ketchum held Redmond down to
7 hits, but walked five to first.
Umpire, C. A. Riddle.
Sunday afternoon the game was a
sort, of love feast. The big money
had been gathered In by Prineville
and with the spoils of war divided
before the game, the sport did not
seem to start off with the nip of the
previous days. This impression waa
strengthened in the second inning
when Prineville scored 8 runs and
Redmond 2. In the the third chap
ter Redmond got another runner
Contiuued on page 4.