Crook ; Comiety JoMraai.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1903.
VOL. XIII-NO.31
OVER 200 MEN
NOW AT WORK
Railroad Building Is at
Last Under Way
MAKING SHOW OF C00D FAITH
Approval of All Maps Expected
1 larriman Want Oregon
Trunk Route at Madras
CoiiHlrui'tlon work on Hip iiiiicIi
hcraldrd nnil ioiijc proinWil (Vntrnl
Oiviron railroad up lnchut,i can
yon Ik at last getting under way.
And till time, too, with mull it
showing that thrrt U little room to
doutit that llarrlinan Intend to
make good hi oft rt Mnttil nml Ioiik
tainting vow to give tin' urrnti'nt
rnllriiulli-a territory In tin- i'lilted
Ktn tin triuiKortatlon, wlthlu the
lnrtt possible time.
About VIM) men are now nt work
on tlu flrat 40 utile, where the right
of way ho Imvii nrn Vfit, while
train loniU of equipment mnl sup
plies are plied up nt (JruKK Valley,
anil n force of men in now nt work
on it mint between tintt rairoaii
point nml tlie Ih-ncliiiteM river, 12
miles dlHtriut, preparatory to rut alt
Unhlng a big construction cninp on
the rlk'lit of way along the nt renin.
A big aiirveylng crew has lieen sent
to Madras to run over ami check up
data on the survey hclil ly the Ore
gon 'I'm nk lirtwerii the mouth of
Trout creek nml Madras, the suppo
Mltluu lielng that the llarrlinan jieo-
pU) Wallt til Ki t pOHHeHKloll of tlllK
right of way, for the construction of
their road tip Willow creek canyon,
ItiHteml of following their round
about survey up Trout creek, which
liU'lutlea heavy grades, sharp curve
and at leant two exx'iiKlve bridges.
The roiiKtructloii work In uniler
direction of Twohy Urn, of Npoknne
hut no contract ha been let. The
miuouiieeiiient U made that thl
Mtep will Hot Im taken until every
fuiit u( the right of way nlmig the
entire route from the Columbia river
to Kcilinoml, In uniler control.
CMitrmctio Cuaa Opn.
Grass Viilley, Or., July 12. Twohy
UroK., rallroml coiitrnctorN, ol Hpo.
knue, have established headquarters
at thU place and have rented six
olllce roottiN. They also have secured
it wurehoiisu for it comiuliMnry and
have It tilled llli supplies for mill
and train. They have built a large
cellar for storing powder, have
rented it lurge livery stable for team
mid have 20 head of mule here now.
They have also established camp
on the ton of the Ienchutes hill mid
have ir0 men itt work there bulldliiK
Colltluueil on page 4.
USE OF HARROW
SAVES MOISTURE
"Dry Farming" Principle
Makes Crops Grow
HUGH CEE'SCOMBS FLAT RANCH
Shows What Proper Method
Will Produce on High
Unirrigated Lands
"Comb I'lat" In no longer a by
word with the old-timer wlienspenk
ot ItK agricultural poMslhllltle. A
few year ago It wiin. Four or five
HtiM'kinen had home up there and
found It nn Ideal place to run cattle
und sheep, but the homesteader I
gradually cutting up the range until
now there 1 very little government land
left.
Aim T. Mnrrl wit one of th Ant to
convince people that thing could be
in ado to grow on the bunch and few
other followed. Mr. Morrii raised
wheat, out, barley, rye and all kind of
vegetable and tome of the bent potato!
in the county.
Hugh (ice hag homestead adjoining
the Morrii place and it well worth a
vialt. Mr. One is worker and the
thrifty aparanca of Ida homestead
thowa that he know how to farm a dry
ranch. He ha out that will thrash
from 40 to 60 bushel to the acre, rye
that la waiiit high and wheat that will
make a good yield; soma ol theatool
counted ranged from 40 Ut 05 heads
each. Ilia garden ia a good one, espe
cially hi imtatoea. Hu ha been auj
plying the local market with new spuds
lor two or three week. He i going
a ter aome of the premium offered by
the Crook County lair thi fall. Not
only ha he a fine crop of potatoea, but
alao pea, beam, squashe. pumpkin,
melon, corn, etc. VV'hen anked how he
could get such a growth without irri
gation, Mr. tie pointed a harrow and
aaid the cret waa in it use. lie could
not explain :ientiflcally the reason
why the only thing he wasmire of wan
the fact that when tnoietnra waa needed
cultivation supplied it. in-other word
by breaking up the capillarie be pre
vented aurface evportion; instead the
moisture was left in the gronnd. He
kept an inch or two of fine mulch on the
iiirface and with thia protection the soil
waa kept in good growing condition.
Another fact, too, that may surprise
bottom-land farmer in that alfalfa can
b grown on thi high bench south of
town. Mr. Gee wa putting up the first
crop Monday. The patch i a amall one
containing only IX acres but it
alio that with proiwr cultivation it
can be made a profitable crop.
We liave made a note oi ine aoove
facta to ahow that on a bench SMO feet
above aea level and 700 feet higher than
Prineville. ituff will grow that cannot
be raiaed on the bottom landa on ac
count of the front. The Gee ranch
la also an object lesaon of what a man
can do on 100 acre if he i willing to
work. Five year ago Mr. Gee had
noiliinir. For two or three years be and
hia wife worked out at odd times nntil
the ranch became self-sustaining. Now
he ha a comfortable home and a good
ranch. Other can do likewise. All It
needs is plenty of back bone.
NOTHING MATTER
OF COURTHOUSE
Window Casing Was Out
of Plumb
STORY 0FBULGING WALLS FAKE
County Court Finds Building A
Solid as Day It Was Built
Optical "Delusion."
Harvesting Machinery!
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"CHAMPION" Mowers, Rakes Reapers, Binders, Headers
"International" Hay Bucks
NOTHING BETTER MADE
Full line of repairs on hand
ajl Bi&j.fl
Iron Wheel Hay Wagons
at specially low prices, in 3-inch and 3 1-4-inch axles.
Hay Forks, Derrick Ropes and Rigging, Pulleys and Lubricating Oils
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.
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PITTSBURGH Welded
Fence stands the strain, no
weak points. Made in
Field and Poultry styles.
Lawn fence and garden
gates.
Laat week aome one mnde the
wonderful dlncovery that the new
courthouse waa on the verge of total
collapse. The wa)l were bulging,
the building wne settling, great
crncka where allowing up In the
atone work and the condition was
o panicky that the prisoners In the
county lu.il were nuklnir to De
li'iiwil from the building for fear that
the whole structure would pile up
In a heHii.
Hut, behoiti: The courtnouxe still
fore be atarted that the I lock market
waa off and that it would not be s good
time to market beef, but a hi itnff wa
in prime ehape he thought be would
take a chance. When he got to Port
land with hi beef be found the market
off to far a poor (tuff was concerned,
bat good block beef brought s good
price and be wa more than aatiafied
with the return from hi ahipraent.
Another thing that pleaaed Mr. Litter
waa the outlook for a railroad into thia
country. On hi homeward journey a
he stepped off the train st Biggs ha waa
followed by forty laborers, all bound for
Gras Valley, the headquarters for the
field work of the Deschutes railroad.
There were lota of men at Graes Valley,
too, when we reached that place, aaid
Mr. Lister. They are building a wagon
road from that place to the Deschutes
river, a distance of twelve miles. There
was a trainload of grading equipment on
a siding at Grass Vslley when Mr. Lis
ter paused through. He rays everybody
down that way is confident that the
De achates road will now be built.
$75 in Rewards.
Lost, etrsyed or stolen Bay Per
cheron fill v, two years old this spring.
brsnded small C on left shoulder, dis
appeared from my place near Lamonta,
butt fall. $25 reward for return of ani
mal, and o0 reward for evidence
leading to conviction of any party
Cilty of stealing tame. OSCAR COX,
monta, Oregon. 8 19p
HAY MAKING IS
IN FULL BLAST
Yield Will Be Above
the Average
NEW ACREAGE COMING IN
Rains Followed by Warm Days
Make All Fields Ready for
Mower at Same Time
Crook county Is making hay while
the snn shines. The few days rain
Just after the fourth caused a little
delay la many parts, the only result
being that bay of all kinds matured
faster as soon aa the rain waa over
and perhaps not for years has
practically all the airalfa In the
county been ready for the mowers at
so nearly the same time.
The yield of all kinds of hay will
be above average this season, the
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Harvesting Alfalfa Hay Near Prineville.
stands. There is absolutely nothing
the matter with the building at all.
The whole story arose from the fact
that two of the wooden window
frames set In the openings In the
stone work had tipped a little out of
plumb, and the person who made the
discovery that the wall was bulging
was too short-sighted to note that
it was the window casing that was
crooked instead of the wall of the
building. The window was straight
ened up in the wall and the court
house again stood Arm.
The county court and Contractor
J. B. Shlpp, upon hearing that the
building was on the verge of tum
bling down, took levels, plumbs and
other instruments and tested the
walls to their entire satisfaction and
found that they were absolutely In
perfect condition and as solid as the
day they were built. There Is
nothing to the published stories of
last week, that the walls of the pil
lars are bulging apart and that they
are filled In the middle with rubble
work, for the pillars are not built
that way. The stones extend com
pletely through the walls and tie the
work together the same as Wick
walls are built, although the space
left in the masonry to take the cas
ings make it look as though the
walls were filled with loose rubble
work in the center.
The only crack In any of the
masonry work that has been dis
covered by a thorough inspection of
the entire building is in the copping
stone over the door on the south side
of the basement, through which the
fuel Is taken to fire the heating plant.
This is thought to be merely a season
crack, as it has been done for some
time and does not spread a particle.
Some of the county papers publish
ed the news that the building had
settled one-fiftieth of an inch. That
would be about the thickness of live
sheets of ordinary writing paper,
and it would be Interesting to learn
how the measurements were taken
to determine this fact.
Sneclal pains were taken lust weea
to inform the Journal that the
courthouse was ready to tumble,
and scare heads were suggested, nut
this paper concluded to wait till the
hiiildinc went down before it made
any noise like an earthquake, and it
takes pleasure mis ween m assuring
Its readers that so far ns the county
court and the most skilled mechanics
and builders equipped with the best
appliances tor testing can determine,
after thorough inspection, Crook
county's new stone court house has
not settled a hair's breadth, there is
not a single stone the fraction of an
inch out from the place it was laid,
and the building is Just as solid in
every particular as It was the day It
was' finished.
C. W. Elkins Big Department Store, Prineville, Or
Black Pine Good for
Paper Making
A special from Bend states that
the discovery bas been made that
the wood of the black pine of Cen
tral Oregon can be manufactured
into a paper pulp of an exceedingly
fine and valuable grade, J. N. Hun
ter and J. E. Sawhill, of Bend,
recently sent specimens ot the wood
to the Lebanon Fulp Mills, and as a
result ot experiments tried there It Is
reported that the quality ot pulp
produced from the black pine sur
passes In whiteness, ease of manu
facture and probable commercial
value for paper-making purposes
anywood hitherto handled In the
state.
The results of the discovery of
marketable value In timber hitherto
considered almost worthless will be
of vast Importance to the entire
Central Oregon country, and par
ticularly to that portion drained by
the Deschutes, were the stand Is
remarkably prolific.
In the past the paper mills have
Becured their pulp from the - white
pine, balm and Cottonwood. The
end of the available supply within
the state from these sources Is a
matter of a comparatively few
years. But before the existing sup
ply is exhausted, it the claims made
for the black pine pulp are solidly
based, the eyes and capital ot the
paper-makers will undoubtedly turn
to the enormous forests of this new
ly available wood to be tound In the
central portions of the state.
It Is estimated that in the country
tributary to Bend alone, there are a
Fat Cattle Find Ready
Market in Portland
million or more acre of this "black
jack," averaging all the way from
2,000 to 10,000 feet to the acre, this,
of course, taking no consideration of
the enormous stand of yellow pine.
Should the manufacture of black
piue pulp become a reality and as !
the Deschutes offers unlimited water
power, this need only depend upon
the realisation of the present rail
road hopes many millions of dollars
will be exchanged for lands up to
now looked upon as uext to worth
less.
The black pine is a dark-barked
piue growing thickly in the semi-
desert lauds too dry for the yellow
pine, and in some instances, is mixed
in with the latter. It is far smaller
than Its yellow brother, a tree Vi or
14 inches In diameter being exception
ally large for the species, and the
average of a fairly good stand rang
ing about nine inches. On account
of its small size it is not logged, and
Is usually regarded by the home
steader as a nuisance to be cleared
from his fields like sagebrush, and
finds its nearest approach to practi
cal use as fence railings.
Joseph Lister of Paulina passed
through Prineville the last of the week
on his way home from Portland, where
he had taken three carloads of good fat
beef cattle. Mr. Lister had heard be-
first cutting of alfalfa will be a little
farther advanced than usual, and
will result In a heavier yield. In
most instances, the second cutting
will be good as a result of the early
Jnly rains and the usual pasture will
be had on the meadows after the last
cutting is cared for. '
The total output of hay tor the
county can scarcely be estimated at
this date, but will be between 75,000
and 100,000 tons. The amount In
creases materially each year because
ot the Increased acreage and the Im
proved methods of farming. With
in a radius of five miles of Prineville
there will be harvested ' some 15,000
tons ot alfalfa and meadow hay, but
this Is perhaps the best single lo
cality in the county for its produc
tion.
In the Powell Butte district, which
is producing its first crop under the
D. I. & P. Irrigation, the tonage this
year will be about three times as
great as ever before, showing plainly
the effect of Irrigation on the so call
ed desert lands.
C. D. Swanson, Guy Sears and D.
A. Yates have model crops that will
perhaps be cut tor grain, the barley
and wheat showing the best yields.
John Tengman has a good crop ot
wheat that he Is binding now for
hay and will be ot Al quality.
The II. H. Mitchell place at the
old river bed has a good crop of
alfalfa that Is now being cut the
second year.
The Redmond district, which can
not now be classed as a new terri
tory, shows its usual excellent crops,
the result of good land well watered
and of farming that Is farming. The
lands here are in Bmaller holdings
and are all well cared for, denoting
prosperity for all the residents. -
South from Bedmond in the irri
gated belt, some clover and other
crops beside grain. Is to be tound,
and the yield Is better than ever be
fore. The Laldlaw and Bend country is
coming to the front In hay produc
tion, while less than ten years ago
there was scarcely enough hay pro
duced between Onell and Kosland to
teed a span of horses over night.
One of the safest Indicators of the
hay crop Is the activity of all the
machinery aeaiers oi tnis place.
Although ine Dusiuess is divuieu
with outlying trading points more
than ever before, the volume of bus
iness that is being done in harvest
ing machinery by the local dealers
has not been paralelled for years.
It will be impossible to get a very
accurate estimate of the crop of the
different kinds of hay and grain etc.,
so early in the season, but as soon
as possible In the fall, we will give
our readers some ngures inai win
attest to the county's productlveneHH
and make them proud of the Inland
empire.
Married July 10, In the county
clerk's office, William P. Burson of
Marion county and Grace C. Yuyer
of Crook county. Rev. Bailey offici
ated .
A Bargain.
A relinquishment made so that 100
acre homestead can be taken; also
160 acres of deeded land adjoining for
sale. Five miles from Prineville; fine
land; also a team of horses for sale,
enquire at the Journal Office. 7i5tt