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COUNT OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1909.
VOL XIII NO. 40
PRINEVILLE PAYING
MOST FOR WHEAT
Seventy-Five Cents Per
Bushel Is the Price.
MUCH GRAIN NOW COMING IN
ThU Year's Crop Estimated at
Two-Thirds of the Average
Yield for the County.
Wlioit it wiling lor "3 cents a bunhel
lu Prlimvill. Th Mine pries is paid
lor barley and 03 cent, (or oat. Thoaa
prices art paid In tlia lucul market and
by the I'lluovllla Flouring Mills.
In conversation with 1). P, Ktewart a
day ago, that gentleman ttatnd lis
was paying mora (or what than either
Madras or (tiaitlko. Alt matter of (not
the I'rluevilla Flouring Mill la paying
tlhln 0 otn la ol tlia Portland market
prier. Tim price of trannportatiou from
Hhanlko to Portland jwr liualiul (or
wheat It It crnU, or it waa last year.
We underatand that tht now rata that
went into effect ihort time ago it a
little lower than ths old rata, llencs
tho whaatgroNert of Cfxk county ara
looking lo I'rinavitla fur the cash to
niovo tlmlr cropa. Already the big
(our- ami alxhorae team from the
beat Itelt are awn Uon our street.
Mr. Ktewart la not ready junt yet to
hegin grinding the new grain but be
aoon will he. lie baa bundre.lt of bar
re It of Hour on band and tome of last
year 'a wheat In ttock.
Th la ycar't wheat crop it etliinatej at
two-tlwrdt o( an aversge yield. ' Ilarloy
and oal at half a crop. Mr. Stewart
tayt that whi'e the yield It lighter the
quality la excellent and will make the
tineit kind of flour. ,
The Prlnsvllls Flouring Milia bat
70,000 poundi ol contract flour yet to be
delivered to Harney county inerrhanta.
The t radii (or the pant year with our
neighboring countiea baa been Itnmeiiiw,
but a (ailing oil in demand Is expected.
The wheal yield in Harney and Lake
cotintie this year ia (airly good and the
Idle tnilla will toon begin to grind.
One Wedding Another Soon.
J utiles I). Taylor of Bcnr crwk,
and Mis Nellie Illrdnong id I'nullnn,
were married Tuesday at the home
ofMra. M. K. Illntvu at Prlnevllle.
The wedding was of a private nit
ture, only tho Immediate relntlvea
and friend being prem-iit. The cere
mony wna performed by the Itev. C.
('. Itnbhldge, pnator of the Preetiy.
terlim chuirh.
Warren Smith of Minima, ami Mine
Ethel Kmltli of I.mnontii, were
grim ted n license to wed Monday.
The happy event will take place lie
for very long. Wnrren la nn old
prliicvltlu boy nm! Mint Ethel line
many frlcnda In Prlnevlllc.
PUBLIC SCHOOL
STARTS OFF WELL
First Week's Attendance
As Good as Usual
BOOKLET OF RULES ISSUED
Contain Valuable Suggestion
For Parents, Pupile and
Teachers.
K. L. Ashby, principal. Htli grade.
Edith Hideout, seventh grade,
ltessle Cudd, alxtll grade.
Jessie V. Hartley, fifth grade.
Elva J. Hmlth, fourth grade.
Mra. Oncur l'roe, third grade.
Llnle Itnlloy Jackson, avcond
grade.
Alwlldu Wilson, flrat grade.
The public acUool of Prlnevllle
opeiitHl Monday with an enrollment
of about V0 pupils. Although the
flrat day' attendance waa not quite
aa large as that of Inat year, yet,
Judging by the preaent outlook, It la
believed that at the clotte of another
week the enrollment will I larger
than that of any previous year.
-Small pnmphlets containing the
rule and regulation of the school
bnve been put In the hand of the
pupil and It la hoped that the par
ents will examine with care this
little booklet, on It contalna many
thing one ahould know, . special at
tention I called to that part ler
taliilng to excuses and to the com
pulaory school law which reads as
follows:
Kvery parent, guardian, or other
person la tho state of Oregon bar
ing control and charge of any child
or children between and Includ
ing the ages of nine and fourteen
years of age, and every , such child
between fourteen and sixteen years
of age not regularly and lawfully en
gaged In any useful employment,
shall be required to send such child,
or children, to the public schools for
a term or period no lees, nor more,
than that of the number of months
of public school held annually in tbe
district lu which such parent,
guardian, or other person In pa
rental relation, may reside; provid
ed, that In the following cases chil
dren shall not be required to attend
the public schools: (1) Any child, or
children, who Is, or are being taught
for a like period of time In a private
school, such branches as are usually
taught In the first eight years In the
public schools, or line, or have, al
ready acquired the ordinary branches
of learning taught In such schools,
Continued on page 4.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND OUR
GRAND FALL OPENING
, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:30, SEPTEMBER 22
We will then place on
choicest selections of
exhibition the
the fall
in
M
ILLINERY
1 1
Ladies' Suits, Shirtwaists, Skirts and Suitings
Besides a general dry goods line. Parties who are accustomed
to shopping by, mail are especially invited, as here you first see
what you get. Come and bring your friends.
G. W. ELICINS
PRINEVILLE'S BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
HARRIMAN ROAD
GETS HARD JOLT
Maps of Right of Way
Turned Down.
CLOSE TO KNOCKOUT BLOW
Hill Line Has Clear Right cf
Way from Columbia River
to Bend and On South.
that a 11:11 line will be built south from
the Columbia and stop at the first sage
brush ol: ruction in Central Oregon."
Purveyors have already been puttied
into the Uir'itorj far sooth of fend, the
latter point 45 miles south of Madras,
to gain control of tlia pames wett (f the
Paulina Mountain, where the country
is more orlesa cut np by lava beda.
Falling Rock Kill Laborer.
COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL OPENS
The Geneal Land Office iiss rejected
the Duachutes Railroad Company's map,
covering section four of its road up the
Dichutes Hiver, because of s conflict
with the Oregon Trunk line, whose
mspof this section has heretofore been
approved, saya a Washington dispatch
in the Tortland Telegram. The de
cision was based on the ground that
through this section it is not necessary
for bath compsnies to build on the lame
side of the river, both having admitted
in their testimony that a railroad could
be built on either bank. This decision
can be sppealed to the Secretary of the
Interior or tbe Harriman Company can
file new maps covering the right of way
on the opposite side of the Deschutes.
The Harriman maps of sections 3 snd S
sre still to be parsed upon by tbe Land
Oflice.
Telegraphic advices received from
Washington by Carey &. Kerr, attorneys
for the Oregon Trunk Railroad, itate
that Secretary Ballinger has ruled ad
versely in the matter of the Ilaniman
application for the right of way over the
second divmicn of the bard-fought
route into Central Oregon. The de
cision cites that the Interior Depart
ment is without jurisdiction in granting
the application, inasmuch as it has al
ready passed upon and approved the
right of way application of the Hill line
over the contested ground, a dictance of
GO miles from Sherars Bridge to Mail rap,
Crook county.
Secretary BaUiugor's ruling ii tie
stillest body jolt the Harriman people
have received in the caloric battle in
court 8 and along tbe Deschutes Canyon
since Porter Brothers first began active
operations tbe first week in July. The
decision borders close to the knockout
blow to the Harriman line, and is more
far reaching in its bearing than is indi
cated on the surface.
Unlets the Harriman people, as a last
recourse, can snow to the teuerai court
in Portland that the Deschutea canyon
is a defile under the definition applied
by the Federal statutes, the Hill people
muet be left alone to hold undisputed
right of way over this strategic section
of the line. For the Harriman people
to undertake to thow that a defile
exists in the canyon is practically an
impossible move, for at tbe bearing just
closed before Judge Bean Chief Engi
neer Buschke filed affidavits in which it
was clearly set forth to the court that
the Deschutes canyon is not a defile and
that there is plenty of room in which to
build two roads. In consequence of
this showing the Harriman people, on
the strength of their own testimony,
must take the opposite side of the can
yon, if they continue construction into
Central Oregoon.
The decision gives an added etiimiloue
to the construction work. Hill now
has right of war granted for the entire
distance from the mouth of the Des
chutes to Madras, leaving Harriman to
work on ouly 17 miles from the mouth
of Trout Creek to Madras over ground
which is absolutely uncontested. The
Hill line into Madras from the Des
chutes takes a different and easier route
than the Harriman Trout Creek line.
Over the first section up the Des
chutes from its mouth both Hill and
Harriman have been given right of way.
Over the entire second division of 60
miles, Harriman has been put off the
field. The acquisition last week of the
Central Oregon Railway lights of way
and surveys from Madras into Bend
also gives the Hill line advantage in its
race for the California goal.
Contractors in The Dalles yesterday
were in conference with Porter Brothers
relative to the letting of a contract for
eight miles of line from Celilo, where
the Hill line will croBS the Columbia, to
Free Bridce, a crossing on the Des
chutes three miles south of its con'
fluence w ith the Columbia. It is ex
pected that this contract will be let be'
fore the end of the week.
Onward to California.
Announcement in the dispatches from
Seattle yesterday that John F. Stevens
had been made president of the Oregon
Trunk is taken as irrefutable substantia
tion of Tho Telegram's statement some
weeks ago that the Hill line would be
projected from the Columbia into Cali
fornia. Stevens is not the man who would sit
at the head of a sage-brush railroad and
Mr. Kerr said.
"I don't know what the exact plans
of the Oregon Trunk are, and I don't
know as the officials of that line know ex
actly, but it isn't reasonable to enppose
The first fatal accident on tbe con
struction of the Deschutes Railroad,
occurred at the Hastings camp In
the Dcbutes canyon near Craws
Valley Inst Thursday night at about
11 o'clock. A. Rowson was sle.-plng
In a tent with two other men when
without warning a large rock about
the size of a roan's bead fell from the
high cliff above and tore through
the tent striking Mr. Howson on the
left side. It fractured the left leg and
caused Internal Injuries. Tbe Injured
man was taken to tbe railroad
hospital at Grass Valley, reaching
the city in the early morning and
died at 10:35 a. m. He was a native
of England and 36 years of age.
Frank Rodman
Under Arrest
Two New Courses Wow
Being Taught
OUTLINE OF TRAINING COURSE
Professor Evans Will Coach
Basketball Teams and
Organize Athletics
Frank E.Rodnmn, formerly of this
county and well known here, was
arrested at Portland lust Monday
afternoon and taken to the county
jail, charged with being In the auto
mobile which ran down and killed
Mra. May Real on the Linnton road
out of Portland early on tbe morn
ing of August 5. At the same time
Rodman was arrested, Mrs. Haxel
Maddux, wife of a policeman was
also.arrestcd and taken to jail, with
strict orders from the grand jury
that they lie not admitted to bull
nor allowed to see anyone.
It waa the testimony of Miss Ethel
Voss before the grand jury, which
led'to the arrest of Rodman and tbe
woman. The story of Mies Vosa,
according to the Portland Journal,
Is substantially aa follows:
'On tbe night of the killing," she says.
'we had heard ol the Merrill accident near j
Uie Twelve Mile house ana Mrs. V-xitT,
myself and some other friends determined
to go out and sea the wreck. At about
11:30 we were waiting for- our car to be
brought to the house when Mra. Maddux
and a man pasted by. I recognized Mrs.
Maddux and called to her. She answered.
"Following this," Miss Voss continues
i her narrative,. "Mrs. Maddux, Mrs.
Becker and myself went to Seattle on a
visit and while there Mrs. Maddux told
me the story of the ride that night, of the
killing of Mrs. Real and of her being with
Frank Rodman at the time."
The story told by Mrs. Maddux to Mias
Vosa and related by Miss Voss is substan
tially as follows:
Mr. Rodman and I went out on the
Linnton road in his machine and stopped
at the Cliff Inn. On the way back I was
driving the car and sjddenly, only a few
feet in front of ns, I saw a man and a
woman staggering in the road. The woman
started to one side of the road and the
man to the other. When the machine was
almost upon them the man rushed to the
woman, grabbed h,er and drew her back
and uireclly in the path of our automobile.
Then, too late, he saw that they would be
run over and so let go of the woman and
jumped to one side.
"Tho car struck Mrs. Real, knocked her
down and ran over her. I had started to
stop the machiue, but when we struck ber
and I saw that she waa probably killed, I
pat on speed again and came to town. I
will never be able to forget the awful
scream the woman gave when the car
struck her and knocked her down."
Miss Voss then adds that Rodman and
Mrs. Maddux cams to town where Rod
man turned his car over to "Windy"
Robinson, a chauffeur in his employ, who
has a stand at Fifth and Washington
streets. Robinson took the car to the
garage.
The high-handed action of the grand
jury in causing the arrest Of Rodman ami
Mrs. Maddux and denying them the right
to speak with anyone has raised a great
storm of protest among judges and lawyers
in Portland, some declaring the act to be a
violation of the Constitution of the United
States. Habeas corpus proceedings have
been commenced by their attorney, who
demanded the right to talk with them and
was admitted to the jail by the sheriff. It
is stated that the grand jury will bring in
indictments charging them with the kill
ing of the Real woman.
On Monday the Crook County
High School building was allre with
the bum of voices and the scurrying
of busy feet. Tbe old pupils were
renewing their Jolly comradeship,
while the new pupils were seeing for
the first time the real spirit of tbe
high school.
The Stars and Stripes for the first
time In the history of the C. C. H. 8.
was floating from the flagpole on
opening day, waving a welcome to
old and new pupils alike. This Is
the school's first flag and it could
not have been unfurled at a more
appropriate time.
It Is witb great pleasure that we
welcome back three of last year's
Instructors and It Is with great ex
pectation that wf greet the two new
ones. Mr. HocTenberry, Miss Par
rott and Miss Conway are again
with us. Mr. Evans, who succeeded
Mr. Bianchard as instructor in
mathematics and civics comes highly
recommended. Aside from his
scholarly attainments, he is an "all
round" athlete and will coach both
the boys' and girls' basketball teams
as well as organise the other athletic
sports. This is something that has
long been needed la tbe C. C. H. S.
and Its Introduction will mean much
to the school both now and In the
future.
Mrs. Wkkersham, instructor la
the Teachers Training Course, needs
no introduction to Oregon people.
as her work in the Ashland Normal
is too well known to require a repe
tition of its commendation. She be
gan her work Tuesday morning by
teaching tbe primary class in the
public schools for tbe members of
her class to observe. The teachers
and prospective teachers of Crook
county are especially fortunate In
having this excellent opportunity
to get Normal training right at
home, when ordinarily such a course
would cost the student hundreds of
dollars. Any teacher In the county
who has not had special training for
the work should try to do some
work in this department, as the
time Is rapidly approaching when
teachers who have not had special
training are going to be made to
feel their deficiency.
The Commercial Course, which has
been a part of the curriculum for
several years la now open to stu
dents. Mr. Evans will have charge
of this department
Last year the C. C. H. S. completed
as much work as any high
school In the state, and this year,
with two new courses added, it is
expected to surpass all schools, not
only In quantity of work, but in
quality as well.
The work of the Teachers' Train
ing Course Is as follows:
First Semester Second Semester
FIRST YEAR
Grammar - Composition and
(reviewed) Rhetoric
Carson's Handbook.
Literary Classics
Principles of Teaching. (The Teacher
at Work, White and Hinsdale.
Special Methods. (Work given In all
subjects taugnt in primary graues.
Observation Work. (The students
are required to observe the Instruc
tor teach one period each day In
the public schools; critical reports
required.)
Industrial Work. (Clay modeling.
paper folding, cutting and weav
ing, basketry and cardboard construction.)
Charles Allen Got 30 Days.
Charles Allen, the boy who was
brought back from North Yakima
by Sheriff Elklns on a charge of
larceny from a dwelling, is now serv
ing a thirty day sentence In the
county Jail. Harry Hamilton, the
prosecuting witness moved to
substitute a charge of petit larceny
against young Allen Instead of lar
ceny from a dwelling. Allen pleaded
guilty to the lesser charge before
Justice M. D. Powell last Thursday,
aud waa sentenced to serve 30 days
in the county Jail. Allen stole a suit
of clothes and a hat from Iiamil
ton's room In Prlneville. The goods
were recovered and returned to the
owner.
First Semester Second Semester
SECOND YEAR." u
Grammar Composition and
(completed) Rhetoric
Carson's Handbook (completed). .
Literary Classics.
Principles of Teaching. (Buell, The
Teacher at v ork, aud Tnornuike.
Special Methods. (Work given in all
subjects taugnc in intermeaiate
aud advanced grades.)
Observation Work. (Students re
quired to observe Instructor teach
one period daily in the grades.)
Industrial Work. (Basketry and
and cardboard construction con
tinued; sloyd work.
Timber Land Wanted.
Timber land wanted by buyer direct
from owner. Give description and price.
Address "Timber," care Journal. 9-2-lm
Newcomers
You are invited to call at onr store.
We have almost anything needed for
home, farm or ranch, at very reasonable
prices. C. W. Elkins. 9-2
Horses for Sale, "i
A few broken and unbroken horses for
for sale from 1150 to 1450 in weight. For
further information inquire of T. J. Fsanc
so.v, Prineville, Ore. -19-lm