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Crook , CoMinty Journal
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1909.
VOL. XII1-N0.38
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THE SCHOOLS
OF PRINEVILLE
Will Begin the Fall
Term Sept. 13
A STRONG TEACHING STAFF
Parent Should See that Chil
tlren are on Hand
the Firt Day.
On Monday, Kcptember lath, tlio
I'rliH-vlllo Public KcIiooIh will oen
fur a K'iiol of ulno uhhuIih. Tim
school buildings Will Im) thoroughly
i-lcnued ami repaired, with tlio view
of making tliciu JiihI un attractive
and comfortable n It Ik pomdble for
building of thin character to Ik
made. The M'liool board mny well con
Itrntnliitt) Itself tin having procured
for tln ensuing at-In ml year such n
competent corpw of teacher. All
pottae miccitiMful teaching exxrl
nice which Im a valuable prcrejub.ltc
to a pri.fltnl.lt' school year.
Yet thin In not nil. There Mt 111
rent the rtKioiiHlblllty of mrrttt.
Up-to-date Farming
Requires some good imple
ments. For plows we have -the
Oliver and John Deere
in all new styles.
Children should lie ready to start to
school on tlio first day and he found
there on cvcrv m hoo! day t hereafter.
Not only do lute entering mid lr.
regular attendance effect tho cIuhm
liutlt li Uo retard the progrewi of
tho whole school, Then-fore, for the
benefit of nil, every pupil of achool
nge should ho found In the cIuhm
room on the 131 h of Nepteuilter,
Parent should ulo note, that ac
cording to thu rule nnd regulation
adopted ly the school board of thin
district for the guidance, of the public
schools, no pupil shall v received
Into the toweMt primary dun after
the llrst two weeks of each term.
Christian Church Organized.
As n result of tho revival nioetlnir
now hi progress Evangelist Hiiinuel
(Ircgg him completed tho orgnnlm
tloii of the First ChrlHtlan Church of
Prineville with a full quota of of
ficer, nnd a membership t of
about 73. The odlceriM'lect are J.
II. dray, V, V. Smith, II. 1. IJclknnp,
Wm. AditiiiK, Otto Wrny, Howard
Norton, Wallace Tout, Everet Hide
out, Mr. Hummker, Itobert Smith, 1.
Spevr, Mr. Doak and Mr. J. If.
Urny. Sufficient fund nre In Might
for the support of regular preaching
and a Hlrong mlnlHter will aoou be
In the field. It I planned to pimh a
vlgoroim evangelistic campaign out
from till center Into other part of
the Interior. One of the hoed for
result of the new orgnnlicntlon will
be a new church hoiiHe. 'nefiulte
i. Ian however have uot becu formu
lated. TKeood kirvd
MARDWARE
TOOLS
At popular prices.
BRILLION LAND ROLLERS, DISC HARROWS,
FANNING' MILLS, MITCHELL WAGONS, HACKS
AND BUGGIES
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CROOK COUNTY
FAIR RACE MEET
Twenty -One Hundred
Dollars in Purses.
(100.00 WILD BRONCO RACE
Five Day, of Racing-7-October
19 t J 23 Remember
the Dates.
Tho speed program of the Crook
County Fair to Iw held In Prineville
OctoUr 19 to 23, offers filOO In
purtH'. Thla I f 100 more than the
big prlxea offered lout year. The
new feature till season, entailing
the additional f 100, I the bronco
race, In which the rider must
get a "brouk" never before ridden,
and break and ride the animal In
till race. Thl race I acheduled for
the forenoon of Wedneday, Octolter
20. It will no doubt prove an at
tractive drawing card, a bronco
riding never full to draw a crowd.
The date of the roco meet hits leen
so timed that home from the In
uilders'
DOORS AND WINDOWS, PAINTS AND OILS
Let ut figure on your bill
We will iave you money
The Kentucky Drill
Has the direct force feed
superior to any other
very latest improvements
JCINS
terior fair mny have a chance to
take part here.
The following are the event for
the five-day meet:
Tt bmimv, Octoiikk 19.
Flrt race, yt mile $100
Second race, Ave furlong 150
Wkiiskhimv, Octoiikk 20,
Forenoon
Wild bronco race lnt f 00, 2d 25, 3d 15
Afternoon
First race, thn-e furlong 150
Kecond race, hIx furlong , 200
Tiirsmur, Octohku 21.
Flint race, )4 mile 175
Second race, one mile 2-jO
Fiiidav, Octoiikk 22.
First race, 'A furlongs 173
Second race, trotting race for
Crook County homes 100
Third race, l&mlle 400
S ATI lll A V, OCTOBKU 23,
First race, Handicap, five fur
longs.... 200
Recong race, two-3'ear-old trot
ters or pacer, for Crook
County homes, heat race, one
hulf mile, two out of three 100
CoaJitmu.
All of the above race are free for
nll, five to enter and three tostait,
but the Anoctatlon reserve the
right to hold a less number than Ave
by red nil ng the nurse lu proportion
to tho number of homes entered.
Entries to cloe the evening before
the race at 8 o'clock sharp. The
Pacific ('oast Blood Horse Associ
ation to govern all rnces. Entrance
fee, ten per cent of purse. Mun y to
bo divided as follows: 70 per cent
to the flmt horse and 30 per cent to
the second home.
The Association reserves the right
to change any of the above race lu
tho event of not filling. No money
puld without a contest.
Hardware
PAY UP AND
LOOK PLEASANT
The County Court De
mands Its Money.
REPORT MUST NOW BE MADE
Everybody Expected to "Dough
Up" this Week-Some
Have Paid.
ry np and look pleawnt. In the fall
of 1900 when the question of buildinr a
new court house was nppermoet in the
minds of our citizena, a committee of
four businei s men of Prineville obli
gated themselves to the extent of U00
if the county court would nut a tower
and install therein a clock on the new
court house. The county court felt at
the time that if the people of Prineville
wanted these additional features they
should pay for them or otherw ise the
capitol of Crook county would be minus
thefe architectural adornments. When
this fact became known Messrs. Will
Wurzwe'l-r, T. SI. Baldwin, D. F.
Stewart and T. II. Lafollette came 'o -ward
and put np the required lon l for
the amount which was accepted by the
county court January 4, 1907. These
gentlemen In the meantime bad drawn
up and circuluted a petition among the
business men of this city for sub
scriptions to this funl which were to be
paid when the county performed its
part of the contract.
We now have a courthouse that is the
pride of Crook county. It is complete
in all details. It is an ornament to
Prineville. The county court demands
its money and hae so notified the gentle
men that stood good for the (6400.
These men now call upon the sub
scribers to this fund to come forward
and make good the amound of their
subscriptions. The time and place
September 4th at First National Bank.
Between one and two thousand dollars
have already been paid in and it is ex
isted that by next Saturday practically
everybody will have paid. A report is
to be made at this term of the county
court and it is hoped all will act
promptly so that the matter can be
finlly settled. The following is
the list of subscribers :
First National Bank, by T. M.
Baldwin, cashier ; foOO 00
T. M. Baldwin 200 00
II. Baldwin 50 00
Wurxweiler & Co 500 00
Will Wursweiler 100 00
D. P. Adamson & Co 400 00
D. P. Adamson 100 00
T. II. Lafollette 100 00
C. Sam Smith 50 00
Smith & Cleek 150 00
J. H. Rosenberg 50 00
II. F. Powell 50 00
Crook County Journal ...... 50 00
J. II. Templeton 150 00
W. F. Kine 00
R. E. Simpson 100 00
G. M. Coruett 100 00
Joe Lister 25 00
L. S. Logan & Co 50 00
O'Neil Bros 00 00
A. II. Kennedy 50 00
L. B. Lafollette 100 00
E. H. Smith 25 00
H. P. Belknap 150 00
A. H. Lippman & Co , 1C0 00
Rideout & Foster 100 00
S. W. Yancey 50 00
C. I. Winnek 150 00
P. B. Davis 25 00
Mrs. C. E. McDowell 150 00
I. 'Michel 50 00
B. Gatewood 50 00
E. T. Slayton.. 100 00
S. R. Slayton Est, by E T S.. .... 50 00
F. J. Lively 25 00
E. II. Sparks ..... 25 00
J. II. Haner 50 00
, J. New som & wife 100 00
A. Hodges 50 00
J.F.Morris 50 00
Carey W. Foster 200 00
Foster & Ilorigan 150- 00
J. W. Boone 50 00
Claypool Bros 50 00
Oscar C. llydo 25 00
Cbas. S. Edwards 50 00
I. W. Spear....... 2 50
W. L. Davenport..... 20 00
Robt. Moore 25 00
T. F. Buchanan 20 00
D. F. Stewart...- 200 00
E. G. Hodson.. 50 00
C. M. Zell.... 10 00
M. R. Elliott .. 50 00
M. Christian! 50 00
J. N. Williamson 150 00
Shipp& Perry 150 CO
Stroud Bros.... 50 00
J. II. Wigle 20 00
B. F. Johnson ; 25 00
E. Johnson , 25 00
C. A. Bedell 100 00
J. O. Powoll 50 00
Henry S. Cram 50 00
T. F. McCallister 100 00
Hugh Lister 50 00
Sewing Machine for Sale.
Second-hand White, little used, for
sale at a bargain. - Inquire at this
office. 9-2tf
Succeeding on Dry Ranch.
C. J. Sundqulst was In town last
week from his dry ranch on I'oTerty
Flat, about ten miles out of Prine
ville on the Lninonta road. He
brought In with hltn specimens of
some of the products lie Is success
fully growing there without any
water txcept whnt Is naturally In
the soil. Among the specimens he
bad wits a stalk of perfectly develop
ed sugar cane, some fine looking
oats, alfalfa nnd cucumbers. Mr.
Sundqulst also bad a few straw
berries this year off young plants,
which he thinks will do fine next
season. Ills prize croD this vear
will be about 1000 bushels of as fine
potatoes, he says, as ever grew any
where. Mr. Sundqulst says a man
can make good mopey on a dry
homestead after be gets things In
shape to handle his work. He has
been badly handicapped all this
season by a broken foot, from an ac
cident met with while freighting.
Wave of Prosperity at Madras.
Madras Is already beirinninir to
feel the stimulous given to business
in the community by the presence of
the railroad construction forces, and
when work begins on both sides of
Willow Creek on the Harriman line
and on the Oregon Trunk Line In
the canyon the town will become a
center of business activity for all the
cnftnps of this division. The business
men of the community nre already
making preparations to take care of
the big trade which U expected.
Pioneer.
Property for Sale.
1SO0 acres of good land for sale at a
bargain. On account of my health I
mutt live in a different climate. Will
dispose of my holding in tracts to suit
purchaser, line stock location. For
further information inquire at this office
or address Johx Davis, Paulina, Or.7-29
SUCCESSFUL WOOL
SEASON OF 1909
Sheepmen of Oregon Receive
$4,000,000 for Wool
This Year.
The Oregon wool reason of 1909
which has now been bronght to a close,
has been one of the most successful in
the history of the state says the Ore-
goman. lite yield was large and the
price high, and the growers are entirely
satisfied with the result. It has also
been a profitable year, so far as it has
gone, for the dealers.
The wool clip of Oregon this year
netted the farmers of the about 1 4,ooo,
000. They have also received very good
prices for their mutton, sheep and
lambs, and are altogether in as prosper
ous a condition ss the farmers in other
parts of the state who have devoted
their energies to raising grain.
It has been an ideal year tot the Ore
gon sheep men with the weather right
at every season to produce the best
results. As a consequence, the output
was larger than it has been in recent
years and the qnality was better. At
the same time there was a sharper de
mand from buyers and prices were
higher.
The quality of the wool was excellent.
It was of better staple than last year,
though of heavier shrinkage owing to
the dry Spring. The average weight of
the fleeces was placed at 9 pounds,
the heaviest average ever known in the
state. The wool sheared fully one
pound to the fleece more than it did last
year. ;
The highest price paid during the
season in Eastern Oregon was 23 cents,
which was realized on a part of one clip
at Shaniko. The larger part of the best
grades sold between 2o and 22 cents.
Some scouring wools went at 13 cents,
ond other coarse grades moved at prices
up to 17 cents. For the clip, as a
whole, the average price was about 19?.,'
cents.
The bulk of the 1909 output was con
tracted by dealers on the sheep's back
and most of the remainder was disposed
of after shearing at private sale. The
only public sealed bid sales were held at
Shaniko. Sales were scheduled to be
held at the ether usual points but did
not materialze, as there was not enough
wool left unsold on the scheduled dates
to attract buyers.
The contract market opened at 20
cents, at which several million' pounds
changed ownership. Wools of the same
class later sold at a flight increase, in
fact the market was a strong one from
start to finish. The early sellers, how
ever, were satisfied and there was little
disposition shown to hold wools back.
The Willamette Valley clip was of
about the same size and of practica'ly
the same quality as last year. Like
the sheep men east of the mountains,
the growers of the Valley profited by
the improvement in the world's market
and secured better prices than they had
for several years. The top price paid
for valley wool .was 26 cents. Buyers
continue to complain, however, of the
HILL RAILROAD
TO CALIFORNIA
Crews Working At
Trail Crossing
ACQUIRE CENTRAL OR. SURVEY
Including Right of Way Through
Irrigation Tract and Ap
proved Maps of Location
The most significant development in
the way of railroad news during the
week is that crews of Hill construction
men have commenced work alomr th
line of survey of the D. I. & P. railroad
on Crooked river near Trail Crossing
and between that point and Redmond,
indicating that Madras at a terminal
point has been abandoned, and it is also
report! from Bend that parties of Hill
surveyors are working south from that
point ana also in the region of Crescent,
in northern Klamath. The logical con
elusion is that Hill is headed for Cali
fornia on a rout no the Deorhntmi
river and that no Central Oregon point
is to be distinguished as a terminal for a
time longer than is actually necessary
in the extension of trackage.
The crews of workmen on Crooked
river below Prineville were Lurried out
from Shaniko last Saturday and put to
work grading last Sunday morning.
These crews are said to be under the
direction of Robert Rea, well known in
Prineville, who was the engineer who
mado the survey for the D. I. & P. com
pany, ihe points at which the two
new crews are working are said to be
stragetic for a bridge site across Crooked
river gorge and also for a erada nut nf
the depression of the river at the David
son ranch, about nine miles north of
Redmond, where it is claimed a aeeond
route will have to circle a hill 400 feet
above the grade on which the men are
now working.
About 60 men and several teams are
reported to be at work now. and mora
are expected daily to raise the strength
of the crews np to a permanent camp.
These men were rushed from the rail
way terminus, 53 miles away in double
quick time, making the distance in 15
hours, reaching their destination at 2
o'clock in the morning, and baginning
worir. atter a short rest. .
A Bend dispatch savs : The Oregon
Trunk has no survey south of Madras,
yet the Hill crews suddenly commenced
construction work in the nnsnrveyed
territory. The survey that already ex
ists lies between Madras and Redmond.
and as it is known that the Hill men
are working on the grade stakes of this
survey and that its maps are in the
possession of the Hill engineers, the
obvious conclucion is that it has been
purchased by the Oregon Trunk. The
survey in question is that of the Central
Oregon Railroad Company. It was
made about 14 months ago by the en
gineer of the Deschutes Irrigation &
Power Co.. of Bend, and is the nrotwrtv
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of Poscoe Howard, A. F. Biles, B. J.
Bulklyand F. 8. Stanley, all of Port
land. The fact that Robert Rea. who
engineered this survey, is now at the
head of the Hill workera is added'
certainty that it is now Hill property.
poor shape in which many of the
farmers put up their wool.
Only one Eastern Oregon clip was
sent to the co-operative warehouse at
Chicago. The woolgrowers' plan of
handling their own cl;ps and eliminat
ing the middlemen has many adherents
in Idaho, Montana and other Western
states, but doeB not seem to be popular
with the Oregon producers. .;
There was apparently no friction this
year between buyers and sellers, and
the season throughout wss marked by
the most harmonious feeling on both
sides. In previous years there was
always more or less farmers' talk of
combination among buyers, but nothing
was heard of it this year. The sheep
men evidently concluded that prices
were fixed by supply and demand con
ditions not by buyers. . ... . ;
It is believed that the largest part of
the clip in the state is still in the hands
of Eastern merchants. There have
been big transfers of wool at Boston
fom dealers to manufacterers in the
paet few weeks, but nearly all the sales
have been of territory wools. The mills
seem to have given the preference to
such grades. At the same time the
holders of Oregon wool declared they
could not sell to advantage on the cur
rent market, and therefore held back
their offerings. These holdings are in
very strong hands and, fortunately for
them, they have everything now in
their favor, as the Eastern market is
practically cleaned up of all Western
staple wools, except Oregon's, and the
demand is far from satisfied.
There is not to exceed 200,000 pounds
of wool now left in Oregon, Washington
and Idaho, and will probably be bought
up very soon and rushed to the Atlantic
seaboard.