'I SDO&TCtf MIS KUJEOEl iR,Eii iBE&BCtTEJ tfTJiLHt CoMoty Joaraal rook COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1909. VOL XIII N0.28 M WILL IRRIGATE 1000 ACRES Take New Ditch Oat of Ochoco TO USE SPRING FLOOD WATER To Water Lands Owned by L T. Slay ton, T. II. Lafoliett and J. S. Watkint. Tim (lr t lip toward the actual rocja mallon o( one iIioiiumihI crm of bench land near l'rimivilla w taken the llrnt of the week when County rirv.i,vor RUn and hlsersw of men li-gan ihu survey oraranal tlinl wilt lead wntcr from (Im Ochoeo at ('rain' bridge ovr liil.ln ownrj ly K. T. KUyton, T. II. Lifollettsand J.H. Watklns. The capacity of litis canul will d 111.1 npiin 1 1 1 number of Inches of wS.Sr allowed li y llm 8tt Ihwert Uml 11 Kir.l. H ia wtlm:ttl that a lliiiaml minora Inches f water would recluim id liui.l, and it is I O) I to seem, at least this amount. Tlw IIhh water In th early spring muntli would yield rtiouli an. I it i believed tlutt n trouble Harvestin ?'Geft "CHAMPION" Mowers, Rakes Reapers, Binders, Headers "International" Hay Bucks NOTHING BETTER MADE Full line of repairs on hand Iron Wheel Hay Wagons , at specially low prices, in 3-inch and 3 Hay Forks, Derrick Ropes and Rigging, Pulleys and We carry the best that money can buy We are closing out several lines of STEEL RANGES. Take advantage of reduced prices. Buy a range. G. W. Elkins Big Department Store, Prineviile, Or will b exrlcn In securing tlmt iUitntity from the iHiard. It is tlioiitfht that, Jn lglng from the untidy character of the null a liberal application of water in Ma nli and Apul would guarantee good crops. Hiiltli'leiit water for thii ptirHino could eimily m ppared aa the heavy low hiniU whleh have prior waUr right, hi not need water mt early In the ioaaon. Once get thia ditch on the McKay bench a'urtcil there ia no telling whets it w l 1 atnp. There are thonaantli of acres of excellent land availing only the magic, tont'h of water tlmt will grow anything planted. List of Teachers Prineviile Schools The tcai-hiix aluff of the Prllievillc public school for the ensuing year ia given heliiw. Aa will !( noticed, four o'd teachers have Imh-ii retained and four new ones secured. It ia 'barely IMMxiblR that aorne changes may lie made in th prerent lint, but no far aa known the follow injj will teach in the grades aa indicated : Flrat urmU' AlwiIJa Wilson. Becoml gra 'e Mr. Jaekxoit. Ttiir.l grade Madeline Cudd. Fourth grade lllva J Smith. Fifth grndo Jennie hartley. Pi nth grade ltoni Cudd. Hevenlh grade Edith I(i loout. Principal K. I j. Aahby, . jmm - III- 1' V .-- 'rVlMf I Il iaVa.'i ... ' ' WWAt. iff - --aalJ LIU PARADE WILL BE GREAT FEATURE Long Procession of Attractive Floats REV. C. C. BAEB1DCE, ORATOR Lift of Event on the Program for Street Sports Baseball Team Practicing. Prlrievllle ia KIK to cast to the H indu nil restraint In tho matter of putting tip one of the greatest parades at her Fourth of July cele brations ever Been In Interior Oregon. The purade committee hns lieen hard nt work the pant week with there milt that almoat every litmlmtm hmiMe la town haa ttgrced to prepare nn attractive flout, while every or gaulxiitloii of any eonnemnce will U In line of March. llealdiK theeo there will be several earn carrying character along humorous Hues, which will depict mem of great amusement. Last year' parade wan Bald to be the beat ever Keen here. This year' M achinery! m vl rim A V At V. 4d PITTSBURGH Welded Fence stands the strain, no weak points. Ma d e in Field and Poultry styles. Lawn fence and garden gates. n i effort will lay it In the ahrtde. Rev. C. C. Ilabbidge, the new pastor of the Prekbyterian church, haa been secured lor orator of tl day. Mr. Hal hidge ia an experienced orator and thows who enjoy patriotic address tn the events commemorating the I stion's Independence day will tie afforded rare treat at Prineville's celebratim. Mr. Iiahbldge announces in advance that hia apeech will be a short one. The committee on street tports hat arranged a program of events which will take place late in the afternoon after the baaeball gume. The list of eventa is as follows : STHKKT Sl'OKTS. 100-yard foot race, free for all f 5 00 Three-legged rate, boys 9 to 12, 2 CO Nail driving contest for ladles (10 nulls) 2 50 50-yard race, for boys 9 to',12. ... 2 60 Kgg race for girls 2 50 Barrel race for boys 3 00 and 2 00 40-yd. race for girls under 14 2 50 I'otato race for boys under 12... 2 50 Old man's race, 50 yrs. and over 3 00 I'otato race, free for all 2 50 Sack race, free for all 3 00 BAXKIIAI.L TKAll OKTTINO HKADY. The Prineviile baseliull team Is practicing every evening getting In trim for the tournament during the celebration of the Fourth In Bend and Prluevllle. The line up of the home team so far as known at pres ent will lie: Pete Hlukle, catcher; Mart Bailey, pitcher; Horace Bel knap, 1st base; Dan Ketchum, 2d bam-; Bert Barnes, 3d bue; Peg Bel knap, shortstop; George Storkmann, Continued on page 4. i 1-4-inch axles. Lubricating Oils THIS IS STILL THE PROMISED LAND More Hot Air From the Harriman Officials O'BRIEN SAYS WILL BUILD As Soon As Minor Right of Way Difficulties Can Be Settled With Power Companies. The railroad hot sir factory is again working overtime. General Manager O'Brien and Attorney Cotton have got back from a trip East and tbe usual imaginary work on the Central Oregon Railroad is about to begin. We are regaled with tbe optimistic news that bids for construction of a railroad Into Central Oregon may be atked by Harri man in thirty days. Tbis statement haa the same old ring to it iid it won't mislead anyone in this country. Sun day's Oregonian says: "Barring unexpected delays in secur ing a continuous right of way, bids for the construction of the Deschutes line into Central Oregon will be asked by Harriman within 30 days. The only obUcIe that prevents the immediate construction of the Central Oregon read is the adjustment of right oi way questions with power companies oper ating on the Deschutes River. The railroad company already has secured rights of way to 70 per cent of the 120 miles to be traversed by the proposed road. An early and satisfactory ad justment of pending right of way prob lems covering the remainder of the distance is believed more than probable without resorting to condemnation pro ceedings in tbe courts. "This was the information announced Saturday by J. P. O'Brien, vice-presi dent and general manager of the Harri man lines in this territory, on Lis re- j torn trom Chicago . snd Nbw York,: where, accompanied by W. W. Cotton, general counsel for the same railroad system, he had been in conference with the company's head officials. Incident ally, during his sojourn in the East, Mr. O'Brien personally visited Wash ington and assisted to expedite the ap proval by Secretary Ballinger of the maps of Burvey for the road, submitted by the engineering department of the Harriman offices. i "While we have not been officially advised that our maps of survey have been approved and that the government has removed all objections, so far as it is concerned, to the construction of the Deschutes road, I assume that such is the case, judging from the published re ports from- Washington," said Mr. O'Brien. "We have secured rights of way to 70 per cent of the 120 miles to be covered by the road. The only obstacle confronting the immediate construction of the railroad is the question of rights of way over property along the Deschutes River, owned by private interests and held for the development of water power. "Until now we have not attempted finally to adjust pending controversies with these interests. It was only when our maps received the approval of the proper officials at Washington, that we gained a standing in court. We will now proceed immediately to take up these questions and eeitla them as speedily as possible. "Monday morning I shall hold a con ference with our right of way and legal departments, when these matters will be taken up for consideration. We shall make to these power companies what we consider reasonable offers for the concessions desired, and in that manner believe we will be able satis factorily to adjust the situation snd et the same time conserve the interests of all parties. I am exceedingly hopeful an adjustment of all unsettled right of way problems can be accomplished without resorting to the courts. If, however, we fail after doing all we can to reach an agreement without resort ing to litigation, we shall bring con demnation proceedings for a final de termination of our rights and what we shall be required to pay for them. "JuHt as soon as we succeed in secur ing a clear and uninterrupted right of way covering the entire distance of 120 miles we shall immediately call for bids and proceed with the construction of the road just as rapidly as money and labor will permit. You may rest as sured we are just as anxious to pro ceed with building this road as are the people of Portland and Central Oregon, the district to be served. We have been given the appropriation necessary to the construction of the Deschutes road and as a business proposition are desirous of expending this money and in the construction of the road insure the promised returns on the investment. Until the road is built and in operation our 15,000,000 is practically a dead in vestment, deprived of earning power. "If we succeed in adjusting the few pending right of way problems expedi tiously I am satisfied we will be in a po- thion in 30 days to sak (or bida for building the road. When contraction work is started it will be poshed vigor ously that the rosd mar b completed In the shortest postible time. Io all probability not le;s than three con struction crews will be employed. Work will be ttsrted from both enda snd s third crew will begin at some central point." Threatened From Another Source T. F. Dunaway, general manager of the Nevada California Oregon rail road company, announces In an In terview published In the Reno, California, Gasette that his company Intends to commence construction at once upon a railroad from The Dalles to Lakeriew, to connect with the road now being built from Alturas north to Lakevlew. Among other things, Mr. Duna way said: "It la our purpose to commence the extension of the line Into Lakevlew from Alturas within the next few months and that por tion of the road will be built as a standard guage. That la, standard guage rails and ties will be used and tbe roadbed will be built for stand ard guage rolling stock. When that work is completed we will begin building an extension to Tbe Dalies, a distance of 278 miles, as a standard guage. It will cost five million dol lars. We have the money and in tend to do the work." "We will begin the construction of the road as a standard or broad guage from the north for the reason that we can get the standard guage engines and cars In from that di rection and could not get them In through Reno without delaying traffic over the line. Once the work Is started In the north, however, It will be rushed through to com pletion." Tbe Lakevlew Herald says: It is the evident Intention of the com pany, aa near as we can make out from the interview, to lay the rails in narrow guage to Lakevlew, nntil the road from The Dalles here Is completed. The Tacoma Ledger of May 14 haa the following note regarding the for mation of a construction company. which will build a railroad into Cen tral Oregon. The Pacific & Oregon Construe tion company, a $50,000 corporation filed articles of incorporation with the county auditor yesterday through L. S. Boutell, II. Dougherty and A. E. Law, who are named as trustees. The capital stock Is di vided into shares of 1100 each. Tbe company is subsidiary of the Pacific & Oregon Rlalway & Navigation company recently Incorporated by the same men. While all details con cerning the plans of the two concerns are carefully guarded from the pub lic knowledge, it Is known that the Incorporators are backed by an English syndicate and will shortly begin the construction of a line of railroad In Central Oregon. Several Seattle and Tacoma contractors are now preparing figures for the work Shot Herself Through the Foot Mrs. A. Thomson accidentally shot herself through the right foot Tues day evening at the Squaw Creek ranch owned by Mr. Thomson, and was brought to town Wednesday forenoon to receive medical at tention. Mrs. Thomson" had been hunting rabbits with an automatic 22 calibre ritle, and had just come into the barnyard where her husband was. She rested the muzzle of the gun on her right foot and held the stock away from the body. Mr. Thomson said "Look out, that gun will go off," and sure enough bang! it went. Dr. Belknap attended the injury and says that tho bullet severed the bone In the third toe of the foot. So tar the wound haa not been very painful, but Mrs. Thomson Is unable to walk. The bullet was steel jack eted and made a neat hole. John Kemmling Buys Dairy Herd John, Kemmling, one of the pro gressive ranchers on the McKay, passed through town this week with twenty -three head of Jersey dairy cows, which he recently purchased In Polk couuty and brought across the Cascades. Mr, Kemmling Is go- lug into the dairy business, now that the establishment of the Pioneer uream company's plant makes a ready market for butter fat at profitable prices. Will Take a Vacation. The Elite Studio will be closed after July 4 until about the middle of Sep. tember. All work on hand will be finished before closing. 24 2t Lilly Wilson, Prop. NEGRO PORTER WAS CAPTURED Was on Road Between Sherars and The Dalles SAYS HE SHOT IN SELF-DEFENSE f t Neither of the Men He Shot Wffl Die From Effect" of Wounds. . .". i R. E. Brooks, the negro who shot Bernard H. Trumbull snd John 8. Mc Laughlin at Shaniko early Wednesday morning of last week, was'arrested last Thursday afternoon by Sheriff Chrisman of Wasco county and his posse, on the road between Bherar'a Bridge snd The Dalles. According to the negro's story the railroad men weae making aa un warranted attack on him and had him down on the ground and were beating him, when he did the shooting. Brooks was arraigned before Justice J. A. Douthit st The Dalles at 10 :15 Friday morning on a charge of assanlt with a dangerous weapon. No definite date for the bearing was set, tbe time depending on how soon the men he wounded will be able to appear against him. Sheriff Levi Chrisman, Deputy Sheriffs Dell Howell and Glenn Allen and O. R. & N. Detective Ed Woods left The Dalles in an automobile shortly after 2 o'clock on the day the arrest was made for the vicinity of Sherar's Bridge, after learning that Brooks had been seen in that vicinity. While driving at the rate of 50 miles an hour they saw the porter approaching a half mile away, walking in the middle of the road, at a point 22 miles from The Dalles. They were upon him before he had a chance to move farther than the side of the road, and Chriatman ordered him to throw uv bis bands and drop bis gun. He made resistance while the officers handcuffed him. The capture : was made at 4 :30. Brooks was taken to The Dalles and locked up in the county jail. , In an interview with the Telegram correspondent at the cell in the jail Brooks said: . ' - "I was assigned by the Pullman Com pany on J une IS to the private car of Mr. McLaughlin and Mr. Trumbull for a three days' trip. I got along all right nntil Tuesday night, and had made up all the berths in the car but five. These spaces were all occupied by Trumbull, McLaughlin and other men, about 15 in all. There was no other place to sit ex cept the bathroom. I went in there to get a little rest. The men were playing cards and drinking. Mr. Trumbull came in where I was, and said " 'What are you doing in here?' I said I was just resting my legs up a bit. . He said, 'I don't want you in here,' and I told him I had no other place to rest. 'You get your things and go out of this car,' he told me. I told him I had been assigned to the car and asked why I could not stay until I got back to Portland. 'I don't give a damn what you are assigned to; I am in charge of this car, and I will give you just three minutes to get out of the car.' He looked so angry that I did not know what he was going to do, so I opened my locker and got out. my gun and put it in my pocket. Then Mr. Trumbull and Mr. McLaughlin came in and each took hold of one of my arms and jerked me along the car and pushed me down the steps, and began pound ing me. Mr. McLaughlin twisted my arm, so that I stumbled and fell, and while falling he hit me again, thia time in the face, and I went on down to the ground. Trumbull jumped on top ot me and began beating me in the face. Then I began shooting. With two men on top of me I had to protect myself, and I thot in self-defense. I do not know whether I shot any one or not "I was just as sober as I am now. It was dark and I could not see, so I do not know what followed. I wanted to get to Biggs and inform the super in? tendent in Portland that I had been. discharged, but got lost. 1 hud nothing to eat until I was brought to jail hers last night, for I walked all the time, t wanted protection and did not try tq get away from tbe officers. I did not! know there was an officer in Shaniko or; whould have gone to him. I was sober all the time of the trouble and had to shoot to protect myself." Brooks is 40 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs 155 pounds. He has been in the service of the Pullman Cora-; pany 17 years, he says. ! J Claude Wilson, Shaniko city marshal, ' says that Brooks after the shooting came to him in front of the hotel and told him he had killed a man ; that he had shot in self-defense, and that he was Bhot himself through the leg. He stood there quietly, according to Wilson," and all at once ran away like a deer, and it was so dark he could not find him after the officers learned that there really had been Bhooting scrape.