PRINEV1LLE IS READY AND WAITING TO RECEIVE AND ENTERTAIN HER CELEBRATION GUESTS. COME! Crook Comely JoMraaiH COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1909. VOL. XIII-N0.29 CELEBRATION WILL BE A HUMMER Everything in Readiness for Glorious Day DETAILED PROGRAM OF EVENTS Fun Commences Sunday After noon and Last Till Daylight Tuesday Morning it in . . rriucviiie await ner gui-M on July 4 1 ti mid Mh. Everything It In rt'DiHiu-M to provide for the comfort nml cntertiliimeut of tliv people of Crook county nml the stronger within ourgHtfu. The big luirlMTiii will m n good nn hint year which l saying a whole lot, for Unit could not U lualfii. The mime men have charge this year mid the same pains taking care has Ihi-ii exeirlwd In carrying out this tmrt of thepro S,rui. There will le mimic, parndcti. patriotic exerclrteii, n big 1Vil, ntn-et sports, luiwlmll tournament, nml it grand lutll In tlio evening to wind up the day's celebration. You will not have mi Idle minute on your hand from Monday morning until Tucmluy morning, provided you dunce nil illicit. The Indies of the ell jr will provide enough bread, pickle, etc., to fit-d hull tliu county mi everybody turn out nnd have 11 good time, frrui tf Im Oaf. The detail of the different feature of the celebration luivo no fur liecn worked out Hint the Journal In aide Hi In week to give It reader a clow approximation of the program of the day. I lie ci lriirallon really roiiitnenre Suniluy afternoon, when the fint himclmll game of the series will lie called at the ground went of the killing rink on the north Hide of (hhoeo at 2::i0. Thin will lie for a punw of TSi, ll.'Oforthe winning team and IT.'i to the Inner. The I'rluevllle cluli and a combined team from Iteiliuond and lieud will lie the contestant. On Monday morning ut 10 o'clock the line of intrude will form and march through the Bred and to the ground at the Mouth end of Main street, near the ciuh hall, where the excrclw will take place. The parade will tie one of the big feature of the occunIoii. The order of the parade arranged by the com in 11 tee I iuh follow: 1- rrliievllle Hand. 2 Mayor 1). F. Stewart nnd orator of the day, C. C. llntibldge, In cur- rla gc 8 I'ncle Sam In chariot. PROSPECT IS GOOD FOR FAIR CROPS Continued on page 2. Everything About to Standard Up HAY HARVEST BEGINS SOON Price of Alfalfa Will Range from $6 to $8 per Ton. 1000 Tons Already Sold. The recent rain in Crook county have practically iniiired good crot in all parti of the county, excepting only the early town fall wheat, tome of which wi too far advanced and already partly lilted. In (he Lamonta country grain crop will be average or better, while between LamonU and Madras and beyond where the crop were further advanced, the harvest will be a little below average. Ou the north half of Agency Plain the recent raint were much more heavy than on the south end nearer Ma. Iran, and aa consequence the yield in the former auction now promises to be much better than usual, Ranchers on the north end of the plaint report that the progt't i for the beat cro they have ever harvented. All the grain and hay eropt on the Oehoco and Crooked river will lie up to their utual high (landard, but will be from one to two week behind the usual time for harvesting. John Bundquint ha perhaj the beat pitch of putatoe for it size In the county on hi dry ranch ten miloi northeant of Prineville. There are twelve acre or more in the piece. Crop in the vicinity of Redmsnd will be better than ever before and between Iieduiond and BisUr all grain and gran el are up to atandard. Taken all together, the output of hay for the county w ill be equal to or above the unual tonnage, while grain yield will not be a great year before but, anient the Increased acreage in the newly irri gated section come well to the front. One thousand ton or more of alfalfa have already been told in the vicinity of I'rineville. Only one tale is reported where the price ha been definitely agreed upon, and that wa for GOO or more ton at f 6. John K. Ryan ha contracted for Herbert Hideout' entire crop of tome 300 ton. The general opinion tee mi to be that in larfrft quantities the price will lie about f 7, while smaller lot) will tell for Die wage acale for laborers in the field hat not yet been arranged, but it is the thought uppermost in the minds of farmer and laborer alike. It will be about the time aa in- past years, rang- in irom ll.'iO to i a day or reason jobs, with 50 cent additional for short lobs or more difficult tanks Monilav. July o, will aee haying Deem in real earnest in this part of the county and the usual call for laborer will be heard. r ft.-,, IT-,. Lv rt.-.. P- P-. r- P . f - . r'.f r-'. r" i-v r. r r- r- ' r J 1 ' r i - r- 'r r- r-' r- r- r- r-- r- r t- r i-v 02 GRAND SPECIAL SALE I I 1 km I 1 tvv in HARRIMAN BUYING RIGHT OF WAY Surveyors to Definitely Locate Big Bridges NOW LOOKS LIKE A SURE CO But People Have Been Fooled Too Often To Believe Until They See Actual Work. WE ARE REDUCING OUR MILLINERY and still have a splendid assortment of Trimmed and Sailor Hats. All trimmed hats at less than cost to close. This sale includes also Children's Hats and all trimmings, flowers, etc Ladies' Shirt Waists Special price for the 4th, one-fourth off the price of all shirt waists nothing reserved these are the cream of the season, many just received this month. Boys' Suits Special at 20 discount on all Weight Suits for youths. Mothers find this the place per cent Summer boys and you will to come for boys' Suits, Hats, Waists and Shoes. Neat Straw Hat given with each cash sale of Boys Suit. While newapnper atorlea about the early building of the IHnchutea rail road have a pewlnilntlc trend, ttat Ins that there are many obataclee yet In the way of Harriman before be can go ahead and build the road. the fact that Harriman right of way ngenta are in Crook county at pres ent paying npot cash for right of way and buying town lota In the points along the survey, would indi cate that there will soon be some railroad building done In the direc tion of Central Oregon. I left a number of ranchers around Madras busy counting up their wealth," said an Agency Plains farmer, who arrived In Prineville laet Sunday evening. "The Harri man agent has been there the past few days buying right of way, pay ing cash for what he got and not wasting any time dickering with the land holders, either. When the rancher would name a reasonable price for the laud the agent would do a stunt with a fountain pen on a check book, and the deal was closed then and there." "I sold the Harriman right of way I man f00 worth of town lots In Bed niond In about ten minutes the other day," said Howard F. Jones, of the capital of the desert last Monday, while In Prineville. "He came Into Lour office and wanted to see the plats, then we went out to look at the lots and he forked over the 800 without asking any questions. I heard he' bought some lots In Madras, too, but I can't vouch for the truth of that. But I known he bought the lots In Redmond and can swear to It for I sold them to him myself." From what can be learned the agent is buying right of way for the survey which passes over the south end of Agency Plains on the bluffs Just west of Madras townsite, crosses Willow Creek gorge on a high bridge and runs south around Juniper Butte, to the Crooked river canyon where the line crosses that stream about a mile below Trail Crossing. Pete Marunch, who owns a ranch In the Methodist Hill country, Is one of those who sold land to the right of way agent The roadway will 4W Jackson Corsets are selling rapidly. We ad vise you to try the "Rosita" at $2.00 longer styles to $3.50. Call for the Jackson Corset. New Dress Skirts Panamas in leading colors black and white checks, all are tastefully trimmed - with large buttons. " f li J Men's Suits All Summer Suits at one-fifth off. Several fine numbers remaining Straw Hats Splendid line of Straw Hats for men and boys. m c. CINS 1 1H: JSiS3 clip off an acre of Pete's ranch, but It Is said the agent paid him $100 for the right of way. Maybe Harriman Isn't going to build at once as the Portland papers continue to say. However, there have been a number of mighty suspicious actions reported about railroad men In this county during the past few Weeks. For that mat ter everything that pertains to the building of a railroad Is getting to be looked upon with suspicion by the people of Central Oregon. PARTY OF ENGINEERS COMING To Locate Bridges Across Willow Creek and Crooked River. Iu the face of other facts known In connection with railroad matters this week, the followiug story pub lished in last Monday's Telegram is about the most cheerful piece of news, if true, that has ever lieen heard Iu Crook county: Definite steps toward the begin ning of construction, work on the Harriman railroad into Central Ore gon, known as the Deschutes Klver Railroad,' were taken this morning, when Chief Engineer George W. Boschke began the assembly of one of the largest engineering and sur vey crews that has been sent out from this jurisdiction In many months. The big gang will be in charge of Assistant Engineers Brandon and Holman. This party will leave Portland to night, providing the complete outfit needed can be gathered together by that time. Most of the men detailed for the stake and cross-section work on certain portions of the proposed route, the exact location of which is not specified, have their packs al ready to leave. A full set of survey ing Instruments, camp equipment, wall tents and other paraphernalia is being rounded up, and the special outfit car, known among railroad men as u "side-door Fulliuan" Is now In the depot yards waiting for the loading of the outfit. St.letest secrecy about the plans of the Harriman people with reference to the proposed Inauguration of work Is being maintained aronnd headquarters at the Wells-Fargo building, but the news has leaked out from different ones of the boys In the crew, From Information, one of the first steps will be to din pose of certain preliminary engineering work In con nection with the two big steel bridges to be built on the line, the 1100-foot structure across Willow Creek at milepoet 121 and the 350 foot struc ture over Crooked river at rollepost 108. This advance work must be gotten out of the way at the earliest pos sible moment, so that the exact lo cation of these two big structures can be arranged to a nicety. As soon as this detail Is ont of the way, the company will be In a position to order the steel work for the bridges. It Is stated that at best it will take something like six months after the orders for the steel have been placed before the material can be laid down on the ground. Other preliminary work which the surveying crew will take op as soon as they have located their camp will be completion of staking out the right of way ready for actual con structlon work and for a gnide to the securing of the remaining strips of property needed for the line. This amounts to about 30 per cent of the entire right of way. J ust bow long the engineers will be in the field is not given ont, but It Is anticipated that tne Job they have on hand Is sufficient to keep them out on the line tor the better part of the summer. Dispatching this force into the field may be taken to mean that the Har riman forces do not look for any serious obstacles In the way of final approval of all survey maps for the entire 130 miles of line. If anv private Information regarding the advancement of these maps from the General Land Office to the Depart ment of the Interior has been given the Deschutes Railroad people, they are - keeping It under cover lor tb present. It is a known fact and Is no longer denied by the high officials of the Harriman service that no attention will be paid to the Oregon Trunk Line, and plans will be prosecuted according to their own desires just as' If the small but hitherto annoy ing rival did not exist. No clash for actual possession of strategic points is anticipated until the Harriman forces get into the field and begin work. The Oregon Trunk will then be forced to show its hand or retire with full admission of defeat. PERCY KIDDER IS DROWNED Father Makes Heroic Effort to Save Him COMES NEAR LOSING HIS LIFE But Is Rescued by Plucky Woman Boy's Body Has Not Been Recovered MAPS NOT ALL APPROVED Many Obstacles Yet in the Way Says Mr. O'Brien. Advices from Washington seem to leave the Deechutes railroad project in a more exasperating situation than ever, according to the Portland Telegram. Where unofficial advices apparently give authenticated full approval of all Harriman survey maps, it now appears that the original 40 miles from the mouth of the river is all that is includ ed in the order of secretary Ballinger. The situation relating to the survey for the road is as follows as pointed out on the official maps by General Manager J. P. O'Brien, this morning: Lower 40 miles approved and upon this construction could begin at once. Second section of 22 miles no action taken whatever by Government. Third section of 22 miles, Oregon Trunk Line given until July 19 to show cause why Deschutes maps should not be approved. Fourth section of 46 miles, extending to Redmond, southern terminus of sur vey, absolutely no action taken. According to Mr. O'Brien, the Gov ernment has approved the first 40 miles for both roads, but on this stretch the Harriman locations were prior to those of the Oregon Trunk. On the third section, as indicated, it appears that the Oregon Trunk made prior locations, and is, therefore, in a position to hold up the approval of the maps for the 30 days. No explanation has been received here that satisfies local Harriman officials as to why the the balance of the maps have not been acted upon. "We thought everything was in shape for us to go ahead and close up the rights of way when the press dispatches came last week," said Mr. O'Brian, "and it is certainly discouraging to us to find that we are no farther ahead than we were six or seven months ago. All our estimates are ready, the money is available at once, and all depart ments, including engineering and legal, are prepared to prosecute the prelimi nary work with all speed. "From Washington we get no satis faction further than that the maps that have not been passed upon as yet will be acted upon at once. Whether that means today, tomorrow or next week or when, we don't know, but I earnestly hope it will be very soon, so that we can go on with cur planB." Percy Kidder, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Kidder, was drowned In Crooked river, just below the Cove Orchard, last Saturday noon, and the bodv has not yet been recovered. In the attempt to rescue his son, Mr. Kidder almost lost his life and would undoubtedly have met the fate of his son had It not been for the timely rescue by Mrs. Harry Duchien of Haycreek, who was camped with her husband on the river below the point where the tragedy occurred. Mr. Kidder and his son had gone to the river from their home on the road between Madras and Culver, to spend the day fishing. They had crossed the river In an old flat bottomed boat Just below the Boeg 11 orchard, and were fishing on the west side of the river. They were preparing to re-cross the river to eat lunch and the boy had got Into the boat and was paddling It aronnd, while the father continued fishing Just above the boat landing. Whether the boy had untied the boat from Its mooring on the shore or whether It became untied, Is not known. Mr. Kidder heard the boy call to him, but did not realise that he was In any danger. Then the boy called a second time and the father started on the run, seeing that the boat was adrift and rapidly going down stream to the rapids Just be low. Mr. Kidder plunged Into the river and reached the boat, succeeded in climbing Into the craft, but the current had caught It and about the time Mr. Kidder got In it had reached the swift water and was be yond control The frail craft had no sooner got started on Its perilous journey down the raging torrent when It struck a boulder and upset, throwing the boy Into the rapids, while the father clung to the boat. Mr. Kidder saw Percy throw np his arms as be disappeared beneath the raging waters. This was the, last seen of him. The father clung des-" perately to the boat through the rapids hoping to pick np his son, but the hope was futile. Thrashed and pounded over the rocks, bruised and beaten, the man drifted about three-eights of a mile down stream Into the big eddy at the lower camp grounds, and left the boat and attempted to swim ashore. He had almost reached it when he became exhausted and sank to the bottom, landing on a large rock. From this position he could keep his chin above water but could not otherwise move. This was his predicament when discovered by Mrs. Duchien. She got a long pole and with Its aid the man was as slsted ashore. Mr. Kidder was al most dead and It took heroic work on the part of Mrs. Duchien and those camped with her to bring him back to life. A search for the body of the boy began at once and has continued un remittingly day and night ever since, but nothing has been found, not even his hat. Sunday every man and boy In the neighborhood went to the river and with drags and dynamite tried to recover the re mains. A net of poultry wire has been stretched across Crooked river just above its confluence with the Deschutes, and this is being watched day and night. Those who have been to the scene do not believe that the body has drifted out of Crooked river and that In the course of a few days when the body rises, that It will be picked up at the net. Or It may lie that it has caught on the jagged rocks In the deep water. Word nas been sent down stream to keep a lookout at all points, and a constant watch Is being kept at the Warmsprlng ferry, while searchers are all along the river. The boy was dressed In a blue shirt and black overalls. ' Mr. Kidder is nearly 60 years of age and had not been in the water for thirty years. With no thought of himself he heroically went to the rescue of his son, and did all In his power to save him. Mrs. Duchien, too, is deserving of great credit for her presence of mind and prompt as sistance. It was to her timely res cue that Mr. Kidder owes his life. Mr. Kidder's experience In the water and the awful bruising he got on the rocks have been a terrible shock, and he has not yet fully re covered. The family Is prostrated with grief. The boy was a brother of Mrs. Earl McLaughlin, Mrs. L. A. Hunt, Miss Ethel Kidder and Roy Kidder of Prineville, all of whom went to the family home on rec?lpt of the sad news.