PRINEVILLE EXTENDS A CORDIAL INVITATION to the PEOPLE OF CENTRAL OREGON TO COME and CELEBRATE THE 4TH
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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1909.
VOL XIII-NO. 27
WILL WORK THE
EAGLE OVERTIME
"Heart of Oregon" Will
Throb at Prineville
BIG THINGS DOING ON THE 4T1I
Will Surpass All EfbrU of For.
mer Celebration Redmond
and Bend to Combine.
ArriKmeiita lor Prinnvillu's big cele
bration on the Fourth are prngrriialiig,
It lias Ihhui deflnltvly decided to hold
the iercitti at the toutli slid of Main
atreet, beneath the spreading ahad of
the lrwa lu Hrr, Bummer's yard.
J. W. Ilorlgan, chairman of the bar.
Ikvhw eominltUte, status that lie has
thinga well In hand for preparing the
faltal calf f r the fca.t. The pit for the
rooking of the barbecue will probably
I eicavatml clone to the club prowrty.
The plan thia year wilt be to rope off the
ground to that the coiiimiiuws will
have more rucmi to handle the supplies
to feed the multitude, ami thua avoid
coiifualon in aervlug the big free dinner.
The paer plates on which the dinner
will be aerved have already been re
ceived. The baaeball tournament, loo, la aa
Niiniing I'1 nl t outline. Kedmond and
I lend will combine In a teum to try to
carry away from Prineville the fb'tO
liiime offered to the itinera. Prine
ville. will IlKht for her honor with one of
the ftrougi at atigrcgationa ahe haa ever
put on the field. The flmt game w ill lie
played on Holiday afternoon 0 the
Fourth, ai.d the next on the afternoon
of the nth, the day of the celebration
piopcr. If three game are nocearary to
decide, the liwt will be played Tueadny
morning, July lb.
The committee ou ai)it la mapping
out a program of event for the boya'
street torta. Thia will include foot
rait of all kind for money ptixea. The
country youngalera who are aprr ( foot
ahoulil atari training at once. The pro
gram will be publiahud a Boon a It i
made up.
The commit tee on parade met laat
night. The intention i to outdo all
previoua effort in thl line. Many ot
the buaincua bouar are preparing to put
Hoate in the parade, and all of the local
organizations will march in the pro
cerMlon. If all the plan that are now on foot
are carried out, aa they undoubtedly
will be, the American eagle will have
to acrvaut overtime at the Prineville
celebration.
Expert Saw Man.
(1. II. Dory will be In I'rineville three
daya the Hrat of each mouth for the
purptwe of hammering and putting aaw
in first-claa condition; work guaran
teed. Hpeciel call ehould be aent to
Howard. 6 3 1m
OPINION ON
PEDDLER LICENSE
Attorney General Says
It's Up to the City
MEAT PEDDLING RAISES POINT
Law Does Not Apply to Cities
Having Authority to License
and Tax Peddlers.
Tbo new Mate law regarding ped-
dlera' llcciimi la bothering a good
iniiiiy people. The question locally
serins to be whether farmer can
butcher leef, etc., ami bring It to
town ami peddle it from hointe to
houae, ami In ao doing where do
they stand under the law?
In a letter to Stroud tiro, of thia
City, Attorney General of Oregon A.
M. Crawford expreemn the opinion
that It Ih a mutter aolely In the pow
er of the City of I'rineville to govern,
ao far a thl city U concerned.
A a matter of fact the peddlers'
law doe not apply to farm products
at all. The City of I'rineville bus no
ordinance requiring farmers to have
a city llceliae to itell or peddle their
product In town, and there la not
the leant likelihood that ouch an
ordinance will ever le paaaed or even
coualdercd by tbo city council.
White there la no iUCHtlon that the
furinera' meat wagons to certain
extent compete with the meat mar
ket In town, It would be tin Injuri
ous policy on the part of 1'rliievllle
to bar any rancher from atlllng any
thing that he can produce In town.
This la a matter that la up to the
dealer to meet from a IiukIik
atandpolnt, not one to be. handled
by legltdatlon. 1 1 would le a sorry
Prineville that would attempt to g-t
away from the fact that the town la
dependent on the country trade.
The only reason for the exlateuve
of a town Is that It make a conven
ient selling and buying point for the
farmers and stockmen w ho produce
the wealth of the community.
The case which has aroused the
opposition of the local meat dealers,
however, Is one wherein the meat
peddler Is not a producing farmer.
It Is claimed that he makes a busi
ness of buying cattle from the
ranchers and slaughtering them, and
brings the beef to I'rineville aud ped
dles It out. The local meat dealers
feel that they are entitled to some
protection from competlon of this
kind, while the case of a farmer
butchering one of his own cattle and
bringing it to town to sell would be
a different matter.
A cae wherein the jieddler's license
law can be made to stand has not
Continued on page 4.
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Millinery Department
Is especially interesting nowadays.
Our milliner has trimmedup a big lot
of best shape and we have just gotten
by express several dozena 11 bright
new stylish hats easily worth twice
what we ask. Your choice (10 Cf
of these ...... O.DM
Elegantly trimmed children's hats
special at each . . $1.25
Ut Jackson Corset jpfe
JUST ARRIVED iSfe
no corset nas ever more
fairly won distinction. 12
styles in stock. We show two
new shapes. Made in heavy
white Coutil all sizes 19 to
34.
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The Hipless Corset
not an extreme but very
comfortable.
Price, - - $3.50
"Rosita"
For stout and medium
shapes
Price, - $2.00
We are introducing the Right Shoe for Children, Leaders for dress or play. The EDUCATOR LAST,
wide toe, allows perfect freedom and natural growth of the foot. In black and tan leathers in both shoes & Oxfords
MISSES' EDUCATOR SHOES in button, stylish and comfortable. Special prices on this shoe this week and
next week only.
Boys' Clothing
We hava about 20
Hoys' Kneu Pant
aulta In odd lota In
regular 13.50 to
14.60 value that
we place on ' ealo
tliia week and next
week at $2.25
Elevon knee pant
euitB ages H to 5 in
about (nine price
Kooda at, per suit
$1.80
Throe dozen Boy'
Knee 1'antB, just
received, include
corduroys and
woolen goods
made to wear ; sale
price, jierpaironlj
45c
Snaps !
Large paper pins. lc each
200 dozen glass tumblers to be
sold on Saturday and Monday,
regular price per set, 35c; special
at.. per dozen, 35c
Iridescent Glassware have you
seen it? Beautiful, is the only
word. Arrived this week and
going rapidly. Get busy.
Get garden seeds best growing
season of the year is how here.
Buz-z-z! Fly time is here. We
show screen doors in all sizes.
Screen wire and fly paper.
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I'liotobjr Mri. John rjrrm, PrlncTillo.
Prineville-Shaniko Mail Stage.
The passenger traffic between Prineville and the railroad is now being
largely handled by automobiles, which make regular tripe. s" 1
DEVELOPMENTS AT
GRIZZLY OIL WELL
Favorable Indications
Increase With Depth
Sale of Gingham
Kitchen Aprons
Continues this and next weeks
With shoulder straps, full length, in assorted
checks. On sale Friday, Saturday f
and all next week at the special low jljP
price of, each
Regular Tie Aprons
In assorted checks, length 37 inches, very full
sale price, each 35c
C. W. Elkins Big Department Store, Prineville, Or
PRINEVILLE MEN BUY STOCK
Party of Business Men Visited
Plant Last Sunday Drill
Now Down 500 Feet
A depth of 500 feet baa been reached
by the big drill at the oil well proepect
on the west slope of Grizzly mountain,
where the Madras Oil & Gas Company is
prosecuting development work. Day
by day the indications for success of the
undertaking become more favorable, the
odor of the rock and water taken from
the drill hole becomes stronger with
each foot gained in depth. The drill is
now cutting in a elate formation and it
is belieed by those in charge of the
work that when this formation has been
pierced that indications will be eo good
that there will be little doubt about
striking oil.
The company ia now selling stock to
procurj means to further the develop
ment work, and A. C. Sanford and D.
W. Barnett, promoters of the enterprise,
were in Prineville the last of the week
for the purpose of interesting local
money in the project. In order to show
the Prineville men what was being done
at the well, two auto loads from thia
place were taken to the plant Sunday.
Composing the party were George
Noble, Sam Newsom, Sheriff Frank
Elkins, D. W. Barnett, E. G. Hodson,
Dr. II. P. Belknap, F. B. Milliorn, J. W.
Boone and C. A. Riddle, reporter for
the Journal. Ed Hodson carried five in
his car, while Dr. Belknap took three
with him in the little Buick.
When the party arrived at the plant,
steam was up in ths boiler and the
bucket was lowered into the well to the
bottom, gome 500 feet. The bucket was
raised and emptied several times and
the odor of oil could be distinctly no
ticed from the slush brought up. Water
stands in the drill hole 300 feet deep.
The drilling outfit is one of the heav
iest and best on the Pacific coast. The
derrick tower stands 64 feet high, and
the drills are operated by a 25-horee
power steam engine. This plant has a
capacity to drill an 8-inch hole to a
depth of 3000 feet.
Beside the liquid samples of slush
which smell like oil, the party of visitors
were shown specimens of drill cuttings
that were brought up at different
depths. These show many different
formations passed through by the drill,
some of the cuttings appearing to be
highly mineralized. The terra firm a at
the point the well is being drilled has
never been disturbed by volcanic action
or lava flow. It is on what is known as
the old Oscar Cox place on the south
west elope of Grizzly.
'We have gone ahead with our pros
pect work without making much to-do
about it," said Mr. Barnett. "We be
lieve we now have made sufficient show
ing to assure investors that we have a
good proposition and are offering stock
for eale for the purpose of continuing
the development work. It is a propo
sition that ought to appeal to the large
property holders of the county, for if we
are successful in getting commercial oil
there is no other thing that will so
quickly raise the value of property.
"We are offering the people a chance
to help in the exploitation of our local
resources, and ' at the same time, if we
meet the Buccess which is promised,
those who invest in stock will reap a
rich reward in the profits of the com
pany." . . s ' .'. ,
Several drillers of experience in es
tablished oil fields have from time to
time been employed at the well or
visited the work, and every one of these
has expressed the opinion that condi
tions are very favorable for a successful
outcome,
When the decision to drill for oil in
this region was first proposed at Madras
there was almost s stampede among the
residents of that section to get s hold on
some of the land in the neighborhood,
and as s result options cover almost the
entire acreage in the Lamonta basin.
Several business men of Prineville
have already purchased stock in the oil
company and others have signified their
intention of doing likewise in the near
future. The shares that are now being
offered for sale are treasury stock and
sell at a par value of $1 per chare. The
company is incorporated under the laws
ol Oregon, capitalized at $"X),000. Up to
date in the neighborhood of $7,000 has
been expended in the work, all of which
has been paid by the holders of indi
vidual stock. This amount has been
paid for the drilling outfit and the work
that has been done on the well. This
fact shows that the promoters have not
been afraid to put their money into the
concern. Besides this the promoters
have expended several thousands more
in the way of securing options on lands
where they expect to further prospect
for oil.
CREAMERY HAS
GROWING BUSINESS
Opening Up Permanent
Market for Ranchers
BUTTER FINDS READY SALE
LIME DEPOSIT
DISCOVERED
Clarence Harvey Finds
Outcrop at Bear Creek
TESTS SHOW IT FINE QUALITY
Located in Vicinity of Gypsum
Deposit Extent of Lime
Rock Not Known.
Gives Chance to Build Up Our
Dairy Industy Which Is
Now In Its Infancy.
Clarence Harvey recently discov
ered the outcrop of a lime deposit In
the Bear Creek Butte district, near
where the gypsum deposit was die
covered some time ago. Samples of
the lime were brought to Prineville
and tested, with the result that the
quality ia pronounced to lie of the
very best. Mr. Harvey does not
know how extensive his find is yet,
as he has not opened it up.
The discovery of an extensive body
of lime rock In this county would
upon development prove to be a
valuable resource, as all of the lime
used for building and other purposes
in Central Oregon at present is
freighted In from the railrod, making
the cost considerable.
The mineral resources of Crook
county, except In a few instances,
have received very little attention,
not nearly so much as Indications
and geological ' formations would
ordinarily justify. This fact is ex
plained, to a degree, by the .presence
of great lava flows over a large por
tion of the territory, which have
effectually covered up the ancient
formations to such an extent that
prospectors have been discouraged
In their searches for ledges in place.
But there are large areas In this
county which have not been reached
by the lava flows and volcanic
upheavals, and In most all of these
districts there are Indications that
point to the probable presence of
valuable mineral deposits.
The gradual settling up of the
county and the wanderings of the
settlers Into some of these heretofore
little traversed sections is from time
briuglng in reports of mineral dis
coveries of varied nature.
There is one fact that the residents
of this county who spend any of
their time on the ranges or in knock
ing about over the hills might well
bear tn mind, and that is that there
Is always the possibility of unearth
ing a treasure, and that any rock
formation that has any mineral
bearing indications Is well worth
Investigating.
Enough knowledge of mineralogy
to at least give the minds of people
an inquiring turn or make them sus
picious of the composition of different
rocks which they meet with In their
work or leisure might prove a valu
able asset. We have all heard men
tell how they rounded up stock or
hunted, or herded sheep on the exact
spot where someone later located a
rich mine. '
The Pioneer Cream Company, operat
ing the Prineville Creamery, is meeting
with gratifying success. There are now
fifty-five patrons supplying cream,
many of them just beginning in a small
way with a few cows, expecting to add
more as they can secure them.
Nine hundred pounds of butter per
week is made, some of which ia shipped
to Portland, where it meets with a
ready eale at a good price.' The Port
land firms handling this butter want
all they can get of it. The fact that this
butter can be shipped such a distance,
including 65 miles by stage and be in
good demand at a good price in the city
proves beyond a doubt that the country
is well adapted to this business and also
that this company can make good but
ter. ;
The monthly pay day of the Pioneer
Cream Company is becoming quite a
factor with ranchers in meeting run
ning expenses. Over (500 was paid for
butter fat during May. This amount
will be considerably increased this
month and will continue to do so as
business develops. Most of the pres
ent supply of cream comes from ranches
on the Ochoco. Redmond furnished
1800 poun Is last month. The ranchers
in the Sisters country are also preparing
to send over a large amount.
Besides making butter, the Pioneer
Cream Company is turning out an ex
cellent quality of ice cream and will fill
orders for any quantity. It can be ship
ped to any postoffice on mail lines run
ning out of Prineville where mail ia de
livered by stage.
This business should be encouraged in
every possible way because it is strictly
a Crook county enterprise .and keeps
much money in the county that was for
merly . sent away for these ' products.
Now a local demand is created for all
the cream the county can supply. Here
tofore the market for ranch - butter was
limited to the demands of the local
market and during hot weather when
most ranch butter would soori become
unfit for use, much creamery butter
would be shipped in. Now, however,
with a creamery in successful operation,
calling for all the cream it can get, ship
ping out butter, cows can be put into
the dairy permanently, shelter and feed
will be provided and a small dairy will
be part of the equipment of many
ranches, materially helping out the
ranch income and converting much
grass and surplus feed into money, -J
Great care should be taken of cream
during the hot weather to keep It sweet
until sent, for without good cream good
butter is not possible, and inferior but
ter means an inferior price which re
acts at once on the cream producer. By
the use of a cream separator and plac
ing the vessel which contains the cream
immediately into a larger vessel partly
filled with cold water, it can be cooled
quickly and kept sweet until sufficient
quantity is secured to justify sending It
to the creamery. ' "'" """" i
At present good cows are not plenti
ful in this county, but as crops are short
in the western part of the state many
dairymen are contemplating disposing
of part of their herds and no doubt some
eood cows will be brought across the
mountains, ,,
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If sold at once eight-room house, one
lot 40x120; one block from high school.
For further information call on or write
H. C. Cross, I'rineville, Or. 8 3