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Crook Cominity
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1909.
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RAILROAD CREW
ON TROUT CREEK
Establishing Another Big
Construction Camp
ENGINEERS HEAD FOR MADRAS
Freight Teams Offered Good
Wages for Hauling Supplies
to the Camps.
A count ruction crew of about 130
men arrived on Trout Creek liutt
Momlnjr evening nml art now luny
unking a wagon roml down the
crwk ao a to Ito nlilo to get thrlr
iitmf nt iiml miillt- on to the
lkm'huten river, for rnllroait grading.
Thla la t lit enootiraifliig new Hint U
brought to town tliU wwk by resi
dents coming In front Mail rim, Ttilw
Inviutloii of workmen U thought to
lie the forerunner of the catnlillMh
ment of a big roust ruction rntup on
the river near the iiionth of .Trout
creek. KfforU tire being nmde by the
men In charge of the cont ruction
fove to hire men with teams to
haul large iuitntltlca of fr-llit In
from Hlmnlko at once, but so many
of tlm farmer are tinny harvest
lug tliut Nome illltlculty la being
encountered In securing tlm freight
lug outfit.
Another big crew of men, snld to
he an engineering pnrty, la also re.
ported to have nrrlved at Khanlko,
and laaald to 1) headed for Madras
to take up mime branch of the pre
liminary work on the railroad.
Freighter comlnif In from Khanlko
any that the railroad men are offer
ing a day, with board nod home
feed, for men with four-horse oiitflta
to haul freight from Khanlko to the
mouth of Trout Creek. Ten dollar
a ilny la anhl to be offered for the
service of U'ntns bet wceu (Iran Val
ley and the Deschutes river.
Thinks Luck Changed.
I.. M. Thomaa came In from La
inontii Tuesday. He any something
la the matter with him but hedoemi't
know what It la. Ilia wheat crop
thla year la the liest he ever had and
he haa lived In the county eight
year. Aa nn experiment he planted
twenty -seven acrea In Turkey lied
and he Hilda that It doea better than
any other variety of wheat he hna
ever aown In thla dry climate. "I
planted It In the dust last fall," mild
Mr. Thoiuna, "and now It look flue.
My potntoe and garden truck gen-
ernlly In the liest I've had, and na
1 aald liefore, 1 think something la
the matter with me or elm; my luck
him changed."
DESERT LANDS DRY
FOR A FEW DAYS
Flume Collapses at the
Head of Canals
DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO $3000
Water Backed Up in Flume,
Overflowed and Under
nined Supports
About 300 feet of the flume tielo
the Intake at the head of the big
Irrigating canal of the D. I. k. V. Co..
on the lteachute a few in Ilea above
Itend, collapsed the flrat of the week
and na a reault the "desert" will lie
prlmevnlly dry for several day, or
until the repair can lie made In the
II nine. The flume la 16 feet wide
and carries a (low of water about 3
or 4 feet deep.
The report la that a break occurred
In the Central Oregon canal and that
word wn sent to the flume tender to
ahut off the water from that canal no
that the repair could lie made. To
comply with thla order the flume
tender roust reduce the flow nt the
Intake, and divert the extra water
through a waste gate. But In mak
ing the ahlft the gate were not ad
Justed proiH-rly, and water backed
up In the flume and poured over the
aide. Thla falling water aoon under
mined the supports with the reault
the 300-foot auction went down with
a craah thut waa heard for mile.
The damage la estimated at I'iOOO. It
will take ten days to make repalra.
JUepa were at once taken by the
1). I. tc P. Co. to repair the flume,
and team were dlapatched to the
aawinllla In the Slaters and Itoaland
district to get lumber to uae on the
work.
The break In the flame come at a
bad time for the water users on the
Irrigated landa aa It la Juat now that
they need the water for the laat
thorough wetting liefore tlw grain
lipeua for harvest, but they are
assured that all possible haute will
be made to get the water flowing In
the canala again.
Hevern.1 Team ago a similar break
occurred In the flume, when without
anv warning or discernible cause a
aectlon several hundred feet long
cruahed dowu Into the canyon, Just
after ft party of slght-seers had
p aaaed over it.
$75 in Rewards.
Loot, strayed or stolen Bay Per-
cheron flllv. two Tears old Una spring,
branded small C on left shoulder, dis
apeared from my ploca near Lamonta,
laat lull. 125 reward for return of ani
mal, and ISO reward fur evidence
leading to conviction of any party
guilty of stealing tame. OSCAK CO.Y,
Lanionta, Oregon. 8-lUp
July Clearance Sale Extraordinary
We are determined to sell every piece of Summer Goods left in our house and to clear our decks for Fall Goods now
coming. We have therefore placed on sale, beginning Friday, July 24,
At Actual Wholesale Cost
Every Shirt Waist and Shirt Waist Suit, all white skirts, parasols, kimonas, white hose and millinery. In broken lines
we have reduced the price to a mere fraction of the actual cost to make sure everything will go. Do not let this pass
as we will not have another sale of such magnitude this season.
All Summer Dress Goods such as printed wash good's,
batistes, organdies, and lancy lawns al actual cost
White Hose and White Canvas Shoes (or misses and
ladies. We have some sizes which you ran have at less than cost
as we want to close out every pair.
Laces and. Embroideries at a big saving. Odds and ends
at less than cost to close.
Toilet Paper 6 rolls lor 25c; heller grade 3 rolls (or 25c
We have many odds and ends o( Summer Skirls, Ladies' Dusters
etc that are included in this sale.
Goods will he marked in plain figures and we do not ask you to
buy unless you see a bargain.
Men's Department, Men.s straw hats in dressy shapes, and a
few suits in latest styles, at cost
Boys Summer Suits, in Knickerbocker pants. Boys' Shirt
Waists, Boys' Straw Hats, all at cost
The "College Girl" Corset
Only one ol the many styles
we handle. We lit any size
and style ligurc.
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Shoe Bargains
Odd pairs ol Men's and W omen's Tan Shoes,
regular $4.00 to $5.00 values, at - - $2.25
Children's Moccasins, regular 1.25 at 85c
1.45 - ICO
Ladies White Canvas Oxfords, - - 90 cents and up
Children's sizes, white Oxlords - - 75 cents
Summer Dress Goods
Batistes, regular 15 cent grade reduced to 9 cents per yard
Batistes " 16) cent " "12 cents per yard
Percales, regular at 121 cents reduced Ito - - 9 cents
Percales, " 15 " " - - - - - 10 cents'
Fancy Ginghams, regular 25 cent grade reduced to 17 cents per yard
Heavy Printed Ducks in stripes reduced to 121 cents per yard
Mercerized Summer Silks regular at 571 cents, now 37J cents
C. W. Elkins Big Department Store, Prineville, Or
ENTIRE SURVEY
NOW APPROVED
structiun crew will be scattered along
the entire length of the Deschutes River
line.
Complete Line in 18 Months.
Within the next 18 months 15,000,000
will have been expended la construction
of the Dt-schutns rail.oad and train!
will be tapping the rich, opeo country
in the vicinity of Redmond, terminal of
the proponed line, until farther exten
sion ia deemed adviaahle. The interior
department haa now done everythirg in
ita onwer tn make noa-tble the bnildinir
ONLY MINOR OBSTACLES NOW of the road, and the question of perman
ent right of war will be settled for good
if no proteeta are filed with the depart
ment within 30 days.
Will Increase Force.
Government Gives Har-
riman Clear Field
Conflicting Right of Way With
Oregon Trunk Remains
to Be Settled.
The entire survey of the Deichutes
extension of the O. B. A S. into Central
Oregon has now been approved so far as
the Interior department is concerned,
says the Oregonian.
When the Harriman officials Uwt
Thursday received word of the approval
of the third section of 60 miles It was
"Through Twohy Brothers, contrac
tors, the company will pat every man to
work that can be employed to advan
tage as soon as we secure assurance that
the project will not be held op," say
Mr. O'Brien, "and trains should be
ronning between Deschutes on the
Columbia, to Redmond, about 20 miles
from Prineville, at tbe end of 18
months. Several hundred men are now
at work on the first section of 40 miles
and more will be added continually."
When the D. I. & P. Co. files official
notice that it will waive tbe right to
MADRAS WANTS
IRRIGATION
Asks Government to In
vestigate Project
FARMERS UNION TAKES ACTION
240,000 Acres Could Be Wat
ered by Storing Up Flood
of Crooked River.
supposed that the department had not protest, the number of men employed
yet acted on the second section of 23
miU-s. Further Inquiry and investiga
tion made by the general offices in Port
land developed the fact that tbe inter
vening 23 miles had also been approved.
As ex Dressed b J. P. O'Brien, gen
eral manager of the Harriman lines in
Oregon, the department has now done
all it can in the premises for the present
and the only obstacle now in the way of
putting construction men siong me
entire route U tbe time limit of 30 days
on the grade will be increased to the
limit
"For distance of 80 miles the road
will ran through very deep Canyon and
construction work there will be difficult
because of the inaccessibility of the
land, but the remainder of the 170 mile
distance will offer no obstacles," Mr.
O'Brien explained.
Mysterious Mr. Stevens.
The object of the investigations made
c iven for protest to the Oregon Central in Eastern Oregon by John F. Stevens,
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and the Oregon Trunk lines, Trhoee sur- ex-chief engineer for the Great Korth-
veys conflict with those of the Harriman era, is still a mystery to Portland peo-
roai i pie, ana nis present wnereaDouts are
In the meantime, however, men are unknown here. It has developed that
being put to work as rapidly as possible while Mr. Stevens was stopping at the
n. .: i ia niilua Tliia Hotel Cornelius under the name of John
on luu urefc kmwm v - -
work is understood to be in charge of
Twohy Brothers under a private con
tract with the Harriman system.
It waa explained at tbe general offices
of the O. R. & N. yesterday that owing
to the nature of the construction, men
could not be put on the work now in
progress as rapidly as couli be wished.
r. bampson, of Milwaukee, tie was
receiving mail under his true name at
the Hotel Portland. On July 14, Mr.
Stevens gave an Eastern forwarding
address to the Hotel Portland mail
department, and his letters are no
longer held for him. At tbe Cornelius
it is stated positively that Mr. Stevens
has eone East. One of the theories ad
vanced as to Mr. Stevens' work is that
he ia in the employ of New York and
Invade Oregon
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The perpendicular character of the wails Eu n inTeetor. in inimtion pro
of the Deschutes canyon, in which the jectg and was looking over Eastern Ote
road is U run, makes it difficult to e- gon for available water power sites.,
tablieh maintenance camps. Roads
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over which supplies may oe carneu 1111 Iff 1 .
have to be constructed in rock work, Jim illll lulgilt
but these ditlicuities are Demg sur
mounted aa rapidly as possible. About
350 men are now at work on the grade
of the first 40 miles of the railroad.
The Deschutes Irrigation & Power
company, which controls the survey of
the Oregon Central, aunoanced to the
newspapers that it would enter n pro
test as rssult of the conflict between
the routes of the two roads. Mr. O'Brien
had said that if this company would
give a written waiver to that effect the
Harriman line would cover the entire
survey with construction men. Mr.
O'Brien Baid that he had received no
official information from the irrigation
Sunday Oregonian: The building by
the Hill interests of from 1500 to 2000
miles of railroad in Oregon, the acquisi
tion of tbe Oregon the purchase of the
Pacific & Eastern, a Medford road, were
forecasts made in Portland yesterday of
impending railway development.
The story of Hill's intentions comes
with a fair degree of authenticity from a
man poesessing minor railroad interests
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official information from the irrigation vrrguu u UD
company or the Oregon Trunk line that several days with John F. Stevens, the
they would not protest. uK.UOT. -u wU
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r. i r i -i ir I m me employ 01 mu.
Steel RaJs on the Way. The o( the 0regon Xrunk
General Manager J. P. j Srien, of the implies the building by Hill from a
Harriman lines, has ordered the steel point on tbe North Bank road across
rails and other structural material for
the 130 miles of the Deschutes River
Railroad into Central Oreeon. He has
announced that the steel is now in
stock and that the rails for the first 50
miles of the road have already been
shipped from Omaha, and are on their Pacific & Eastern implies an intention
way to Oregon. No specific date for the proceed still further south with his
delivery of the steel is specified, but it system, entering perhaps the California
will move forward just as rapidly as it railway field.
can be handled by the available equip
ment.
The structural material for the entire
road will all be furnished by the Harri-
the Columbia and up the Deschutes
River in the lower canyon of which
Harriman is now rushing construction
gangs as fast as camps can be estab
lished and supply roads built.
Hill's reported desire to purchase the
The Oregon Trunk interests are con
trolled largely by Porter Brothers, coa
tractorB, of this city. Porter Brothers
built the North Bank road for Hill and
man people, particularly the steel, as it are known to have been in close touch
is made according to special specifics-1 with Stevens during his inspection trips
tions. The 50 miles of steel now on its throufihout Oregon. The Oregon Trunk
wav to Oregon consists entirely of na8 located railway surveys in Central
75-pound rails and amounts to nearly Oregon which conflict in part with those
7400 tonsj between 350 and 400 carloads, of Hamman's Descfcutes road, and tne
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the laying of the steet from the
of the Deschutes River. The date when
the first rails can be laid is, however,
uncertain, as it all depends on the prog
ress made by the grading crews now in
the field.
"That is the only practicable way of
going at it," commented Mr. O'Brien.
"We will work right up the canyon
from the mouth of the river and con
tinue to handle the material and equip
ment over the new construction."
Government No More to Say.
It is a source of deep gratification to
Mr. O'Brien that the approval of the
maps for the entire project has finally
been accomplished. So far as the Gov
ernment is concerned, it has nothing
more to do with the project, and the
the fourth section of 29 miles of the
Harriman survey.
The Oregon Trunk surveys, it is
understood, have not been extended
dawn the whole length of the Deschutes
but Stevens has been over that ground
and the railroad man who declares the
Oregon Trunk will become a Hill enter
prise asserts the Harriman construction
work cannot keep Hill out of the Des
chutes canyon.
The Pacific & Eastern is the old
Medford & Crater Lake railroad, which
went into the hands of a receiver last
vear. The road as now located extends
32 miles into a heavy belt of timber and
it is asserted that surveys have been
made across the range into Central
Oreaon which have developed the fact
that the route will tap Central Oregon
with a lower altitude and better grades
than Harriman's Klamath Lake route
from the south.
Tho Apmiiait.inn hv Hill of thft Orftffon
way is clear for the Harriman people to Trunk and the Pacific & Eastern would
twain nlnarini; un such obstacles as con- cive the empire builder the working
flintiiK? locations filed on bv rival roads basis for a line almost across Oregon
o I i i r , li an
or private power companies. It is
That the farmers' unions of Crook
county are In dend earnest In their
effort to Induce the government to
take up reclamation work In tblm
county was evidenced by the turn
out of member to a meeting held at
Madras last week. This Katherlnir
was held for the purpose of taking
definite action in the matter. The
Portland Chamber of Commerce will
be asked to lend a hand so that the
project may receive the personal
attention of Secretary Balllngr who
la due in Portland this month.
Reclamation engineers were here
lant year running topographical
lines and making Investigations
both as regards the Ochoco and
Crooked river projects. The Crooked
river site seems to be the one most
favored by the engineers, Inasmuch
as it could be made to cover a great -er
extent of territory. A reservoir
built in the neighborhood of Post
could be made to cover 40.000 acres
below Prineville and 200,000 acres In
the northwestern part of the county.
The following petition was passed
unanimously at the Madras meet
ing last week and extra copies were
ordered printed. These will be cir
culated for signatures throughout
the territory to be brought under
the irrigation system. It reads:
Madras, Or., May 1, 11)09.
lion. A. P. Davis, U. H. reclamation
service, ashlngton, D. C.
Sir:
"This communication is in reply to
a letter addressed to Hon. Geo. v..
Chamberlain, U. S. senator from
Oregon," dated April 15, "1909. It'
purpose Is to ask government aid In
the reclamation of about 250,000
acres of semi-arid land In the north
ern part of Crook county, practically
all of which Is in private ownership,
and half of which Is under cultiva
tion for dry farming.
The rainfall In this section Is Irreg
ular and Insufficient to Insure a fair
crop every year, for which reason
dry farming cannot be conducted ex
cept upon the summer-fallow plan,
and that means farming large areas
and tbe elimination of the small land
owner. In proof of this statement it
may be cited that many settlers
have already been compelled to
spent , abandon their homes here, rentinir
their lands to their neighbors and
moving to other sections. Further
more, the residents of this section
are compelled to haul water from
three to twelve miles for all domestic
and household purposes.
The land lies upon level plateaus.
The soil Is a volcanic ash and won
derfully productive when favored by
sufficient moisture.
We understand from Senator
Chamberlain that frivolous objec
tions have frequently lntcrferred
with the workings of the depart
ment. We do not believe that any
obstacles of that nature would be
met with In this section, and we
know of no objection which could
arlee unless It. should be from some
private irrigation company operat
ing in tne country soutu ot this sec
tion. These private companies can
not properly serve this section, and
furthermore, we prefer to have the
reclamation service take hold of It.
Wherefore we, the undersigned
farmers and land owners of Crook
county, most respectfully petition
the reclamation service to Inves
tigate the Irrigation possibilities of
this section, aud if found feasible, to
grant us the service desired.
highly probable that the Deschutes Irri
gation & Power Company, which has
made surveys in the name of the Cen
tral Oregon road, will submit written
waiver of its rights to the Harriman
people soon, and then additional con-
north and south.
Owners of small railwav lines, promo
ters of others, railway locators and
contractors, are showing unusual activ
ities these davs. They Hit into Portland
and then flit out again almost daily and
in nearly every instance a Harriman
representative may be discovered in the
near distance.
Summer School
Opens August 9
The Summer School for teachers
will open In the Crook County High
School building In Prineville August
under the supervision of Mrs.
Emma B. Wlckersham, .the head of
the new training department of the
high school, who is expected to
arrive from Ashland, Oregon, at an
early date.
The courses of study will be ar
ranged by Mrs. Wlckersham nfter
she learns the needs of those who
will take advantage of the normal
work. The prime object of this
Summer School will be to teach the
teachers to teach. It Is announced
that a special feature will be made of
methods of teaching In the primary
grades. There will be no tuition
charges, the course being free to nil
teachers or those who expect to
teach in Crook county.
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