Crook
CoMoty
Wild Bronco Race
At Crook County Fnlr, Wed
mutiny morning, Ortolier
I'W, llr-Ht; W( il; tlilr.t.
The Precint Exhibits
Were fending features at the
Count? Fair lout Kali. Help
your community win this year.
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1909.
vni yiil w a
NO POOL SELLING
NOR FAKE RACES
Nothing Stronger Than
Lemonade at Fair
NEAR-BEER CAN'T COME NEAR
Baseball Tournament Plan Is
Progressing Silver Cup Put
Up for Champions.
On Monday night the long-delayed
Hoard meeting of t lo Hoard of Man
agement of the First Central Oregon
Agricultural Hoclety wiih held In this
City. At till IIKVllllg IIIOMt of till
final arrniiKcincutti for the lair were
made nml nil the dlm-tora were pre.
tut with the exception of James ltleo.
A great deal of liuxIncHN was trans
acted. Among tin moMt Important
subjects that were dealt with, were
the following:
The Board was unanimously of
the opinion tlmt nothing atronger
thitn lemonade or hi xlit water should
lie allowed t be sold on the ground
of the iiMiH'Intlon, nml the motion
made It clear that "ncnr-licer" wii
Ladies!
Our Millinery Stock
is most complete with the becoming
fashions for Fall. Our expert trim
mer will trim to suit your taste.
Visit Our Remnant Counter HOUSEHOLD Remnants of Shoe Lines
Length, of outings, flanelette., dress E C O N 0 M Y otlr sho" corT'
goods beside odds and ends of i
for you I .jsg gaguaa.
Oliver
Chilled
Plows
All new stock, in
cludes the new
gangs, new sulkies
and the new disc
fJow. Complete
ine of modern
repairs. , Get our
prices on these
goods. We have
several Walking
Plows and Sulky
Plows of other
makes that we
of fer very low.
Included lu thU bar, mi tlmt no near-
Immt will lie allowed to lie wold on
the grounds thin year.
Another strong and decided stand
was taken on the quenlloii of pool
selllug. After due nml careful tie
lllieratlon mid comparison with
other fnlr nil over the country, It
was divided wot to nllow nny pool-
aclllng whatever wit Mil the ground
In connection with tide thought,
too, the hoard exprciuicd Iteelf lu no
uueertnlii terniH with reference to
faked r crooked races races run In
the livery stable and not oil the
race truck. 1 he board mated Unit
under nu rlrcuiimtances will nny
money lie paid to the winner In a
nice Hint linn tieen Inked, and thin
rule will lie strictly enforced.
With reference to the general con
duet of the grounds, the board la de-
termlned to do nil In IU power to have
the whole proceeding run In a busl
nemillke wny. It will endeavor to
have good order nnd behaviour
through the whole fnlr, and have de
cided to let uo one Into the ground
without n ticket if oino kind.
Tuoe who nre entitled to passes on
account of exhibiting sUiek. or for
Other ream inn, will lie provided with
them by the stvretary, other will
have to pay their admiration ticket
lu the ordinary counte of events.
The arrangements for the holding
of the hum-hall tournament cem to
lie progreHltig very satisfactorily,
nnd there seems no doubt Hint a
spirited content will be w ItnesMcd for
Continued on pa no 4.
C. W. ELKINS COMPANY
WILL PUT 4000
MEN TO WORK
To Rush Building of the
Deschutes Railroad
COMPLETION TO BE EXPEDITED
Stevens Decline to Discuss Any
Plans of Extension Reaching
Beyond Crook County
John F. Ktevrm, president of the Ore-
lion Tiiink, returned Pittnrduy from a
three week' visit to Chicago and New
York with ti e renewed awturancc that
hit company will iiimedintely complete
the construction of its road into Central
Oregon. Other limn to .make this an
nouncement, Mr. HU'verm would not
divulgo the plana of the Oreeon Trunk
an to the likely extension of ite line into
California, with Kan Fraiiciwo as tho
ultimate terminita, or the liuilding of
lateral lines' scrum the utitte. particularly
s branch which would reach and
long-neglected Coos liny and surround-
nit territory,
"I have only to ray," tail Mr.
Stevens yesterday, "that the Oregon
New Arrivals to
Our Suit Department
ThU week
Come and get the
this season is our
$25.00
yben and J1' reJ)OU8:kt here we canmaJkeyou
savin g. If you will make your selections we will
convince you.
To Our Out of Tovn Customers
New Dress Fabric are so varied this season that
want you to send for samples.
try shopping with us by mail.
highly favorable and our goods
Trunk will proceed with the completion
of its projected road Into Central Ore
gon jtint as rapidly as the employment
of laborers and the expenditure of
money will make pomihle. As to the
final destination of our road. I hare
nothing to say. We have started out to
build a railroad into Central Oregon
and that is what we prnpo'e to do.
'Wehave awarded contracts for the
construction work as far sou'.h a
Madras, and camps have been organized
for the employment of 4000 laborers,
who will be put to work just as rapidly
ss they can be found. It is true that
we have a number of surveying crews in
the field fouth of Mad ran. It is our.
purpose to bnild our railroad to a ftoint
in interior Oregon at leant 60 ml leg
south of Madras. It has not leen de
ceived that I'-cnd will lie that objective
point, although one of the surveya ex
tends to that town. The varioua aur
vrya which have been made will lie con
sidered thoroughly as to the practica
bility of the routes prooed and their
feaxihility ts - ill reference to possible ex
tensions in the future. We mean buai
note and the work contemplate I will be
puxlied to nn early completion."
Sujinjt thin, Mr. Steven Mnitched
the con verxalinn to u iIIhciihhIoii of
the eerlen of fhuinploiiHliip banelinll
jrauun tM'twecn the litteburK nnd
letrolt tenniii. It In rhnnicterlMtlc
of Mr. Steven, who la HIII'h ihthohuI
n-preeentntlve, that lo(Uiieity In not
one of IiIh traltM. Further iiietlon
Iiik mm to the piinn of the rnilrond of
which he In the executive head wna
JilMt n a productive of resulte n could
lieexf ected from nn eiiunlly jit-relat-eiit
luterropitloii ofasphynx. Auy
time Mr. Stevetm nn.va "I have
not hlng more toenj-," he menne cx
nctlrwiiat heeayw. nnd that ie (ill
J there In to it- Ori'Koulan.
newest. Our specially
Suit
we
If you cannot come,
You will find our prices
the very best.
Farmers!
We are introducing the
New Kentucky Drill
with the disc feed, impos
sible to choke it up
impossible to crack grain.
Prices right Call and see
this new implement.
out
Buggies
& Hacks
Closing out my entire
stock of Buggies and
Hacks. My- prices on
these will be convincing.
If you are wanting a new
rig come at once.
Closing
J
D. I. & P. SUES
DRAKE FOR $50,000
Because He Sent Dam
aging Letter
TO THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Claim Made by Drake That Irri
gation Company Is Trying to
Coble Deschutes Power.
Claiming that It has been damaged
to the extent of f. "4,000 by A. M.
Drake the I leech u to Irrigation &
rt -
i ow er i ompany lias nied a eoni-
plnlnt In the circuit court for Crook
county neklug judgment ngnliwt
him for that amount and for costs
nnd (lUlmrweiiientH.
J hit action Im the rult of the
filing by A. M. Drake with the I)e
imrliiient of the Interior a state
uieni cnarging tue irrigation com-
puny with trying to secure prlvl
letlgeB for the construction of a
etornge rewrrolr at Crane Prairie in
connection with a contract from the
atnte to reclaim 70,000 acres of arid
IntKlH, when the real obktt of the
Irrigation company to secure
valuable power rights along the Des-
chutea river. Drake further chanre
that the Irrigation company is In
solvent, that It Is In default of con
traits to irrigate lands, and is con
troMod by a coterie of spwulators
who fiirru out their privileges to
Iritiipoutiilile parties.
The complaint filed with the
county clerk denies all these allega
tions an fnlne, and charges Drake
with filing the statement with the
department with malicious Intent to
damage the company.
Complaint recites that on or about
the fifth of January the D. I. & P.
Co. entered Into a contract with the
Stale Land Board for the Irrigation
of 74,l!K.02 acres of arid land known
as Oregon Segregutian, List No. 20,
and In connection with said project
mnde application to the Department
of the Interior for certain right of
way privileges for the purpose of
building a reservoir at Crane Prairie,
located In a national forest reserve.
That plalntiftV ability to carry
out Its coutracts with the state of
Oregon to Irrigate said lands and to
induce the settlement and cultiva
tion of the lands depends upon its
reputation nnd that of It officers
nnd agents for honesty, fair dealing
and financial ability to carry on its
business.
That in or about the month of May
Drake maliciously and wrongfully
published In a written statement
signed by him and filed same with
the Department of the Interior at
Washington, damaging and false
charges, about as follows:
Stateawat Filta hy Drake.
That the project for which the ap
plication Is made Is not feasible, that
the company has no water rights for
such use and the plans submitted
are Impracticable; that the
appli-
cation Is made lu fraud of law.
founded in bad faith and made solely
for speculative purposes; that it is
represented as being an irrigation
project, when in fact it is the Intent
to secure the reservoir site at Crane
Prairie primarily for power pur
poses; that the applicant is nn in
solvent company lu default In prior
Irrigation contracts, and with no
present or prospective ability to Irri
gate laud, nnd is controlled by a
coterel of speculators who farm out
their privileges to irresponsible
parties; that it has secured Its pres
ent contract through misrepresenta
tion and fraud, and that if this ap
plication la allowed, the company
will secure valuable power privileges
taken under the guise of irrigation;
the discharge from the reservoir dur
ing the irrigation season would in
undate much land along the Des
chutes river, and consequently ruin
settlers aim their homesteads, pre
vent future settlers from occupying
the lauds, drown out and kill tin
timber of the United 8tates and
othens along the river and glvd said
company absolute power over all
uses of the river for logging, power
or other purposes: that the general
mnnnger of said company Informed
nlllant (Drake) that it was their
plan to secure this contract under
the guise of nn irrigation scheme.
when In fact their plan was to se
cure power right along the Deschutes
iver, and your nlllant was offered a
one-fifth interest in the power lights
In consideration for offering no pro
test, which offer was refused, and
for which reason It was necessary to
railroad the contract through while
your affiant was out of the state.
This was doneat a special meeting
lug of the land board.
Jesse Steams nnd John II. Hall
are attorneys for the D. I. & P. Co.
Death of M. Christi&ni.
Died At his home In Prinevllle, on
trlday, October 8, M. Christlnni,
aged 77 years, 9 months and 22 days.
Michael Chrltttlanl was born In the
city of Coblents, Prussia, Germany,
December 10, 1X51. He was brought
up and educated under the Influence
of the Roman Catholic church, of
which Institution he was a member
until of late years, when be departed
from the Catholic belief and doctrine
and conformed to the Protestant
form of religion.
Ills pnrenta died when be was 20
years old, leaving seven children, of
which deceased was the second old
est, and with the probable exception
of the oldest brother, the last of the
family.
fir-May 8, 1854, he came to New
York, where he remained six years.
occupying himself as a common la
borer. The iollowlng 13 or 14 years
he followed mining. While thus en
gaged he traveled throughout Col
orado, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and
various other mining localities in the
United States. He also mined in
British Columbia, Asslnlbola, Bus
katchewan and was once within 200
miles of the arctic circle. In 1873 be
came back to Oregon and bought
sheep to drive to Montana, but never
got further than Crook county,
where he remained to the end.
In Sfil he was married In Drowns
vllle, Or., to Miss Malinda Jane Bar
nard, to which union was born three
children, Charles O., Elizabeth H
and Malinda Caroline. Elizabeth
died at the age of 7, leaving the wife
and two children to survive him.
Decessed's physical Infirmities date
back 15 years to complications aris
ing from typhoid fever.
The funeral was held Sunday and
waa largely attended. Elder Bailey
conducted the services, assisted by
Rev. Lewellen of the M. E. Church.
Hill Making Final
Surveys at Madras
A party of engineers in the employ of
the Oregon Trnnk Line arrived in Mad
ras last Friday, it is understood for the
purpose of making the final location of
the Hill road down Willow Creek. ThoJ
party is at present fitting up camp and
their preparations seem to indicate
lengthy atay in this locality. The crew
will number about 20 men and is in
charge of Engineer Rierdon.
The firtst preliminary survey by the
Dregon Trnnk Line down Willow Creek
was made about three years ago and
last winter a more complete survey was
made by s party of engineers under Fre
mont Crane, who is still with the Hill
road making final locations on the lower
Deschutes. About two months was
taken by Mr. Crane in running the sur
vey of the Oregon Trunk from Madras
to the mouth of Tront Creek, where the
line connected with the survey being
made up the Deschutes River by T. N.
Handford. The survey was spoken of
as a first-class line and it was given out
that a K P cent grade waa established
and a curvature of not to exceed 6 de
grees. This party is to go over the line run
by Engineer Crane last winter and the
location made more thorough so as to
get an accurate knowledge of the work
to be done with a close estimate upon
the cott of construction. The work of
construction can be taken up ia a
thoroughly systematic manner. The
party will follow this work with cross
sectioning, setting grade stakes and es
tablishing sidings.
Oregon Trunk officials have been
quite numerous in Madras and vicinity
during the past few weeks, and their
continued presence is taken to indicate
that construction is to start in this sec
tion in the near future. Pioneer.
Property for Sale.
1S00 acres of good land for sale at a
bargain. On account of my health I
must live in a diffeient climate. Will
dispose of my holdings in tracts to suit
purchaser. Fine stock location. For
further information inquire at this office
or address John Davin, Paulina, Or.7-29
H-hW made from Royal Grape
fOAi JT Cream of Tartar
tyri'vK Abwlutel
i ,
FRANK RODMAN
WEDS MRS. SEXTY
Were Married at Ranch
of Geo. Rodman.
THE WEDDING A SURPRISE
Come From Portland . bjr Auto
and Even Closest Friends Did
Not Know Intention
Mrs. Ethel 8exty. a divorcee of 18
months, la the bride of Frank Rod
man, says the Oregonlan. The wed
ding took place near Prinevllle last
Saturday. MUs Ethel Noes, the star
witness against Rodman, was re
ported In a Prinevllle dispatch to be
aliout to wed Redman. A later dis
patch announced that Mrs. 8exty is
the woman who secured the mar
riage license and liecame Mrs. Rod
man. Mrs. Sextjr lived at Rodman's
home, at 1114 East Morrison street.
since arriving In Portland a month
ago. She was not in Portland at
the time of the automobile tragedy
but waa called by the grand jury as
a witness on account of statements
she waa supposed to have heard
made by Rodman. She Is a San
Francisco woman and secured a di
vorce 18 months ago. She has a son
6 years old.
Last Wednesday Rodman and
Mrs. Sexty left Portland for Prine
vllle In an automobile, but even to
their closest friends they did not di
vulge their Intent to wed. They
went direct to Prinevllle, secured the
license Saturday morning and were
married that evening at the ranch
of Rodman's brother. Geortre. near
Madras.
Mrs Sexty was found In the Rod
man home, at 1114 East Morrison
street, with Pearl Thompson and a
man, at the time of Rodman's ar
rest. She waa then summoned be
fore the grand jury during the In
vestigation Into the death of Mrs.
Real.
Mrs. Sexty, now Mrs. Rodman, Is a
pretty woman, 25 years old. She
bears a striking resemblance to Mrs.
Hazel Maddux, who waa Indicted
with Rodman. A peculiar feature
surrounding the woman in the caae
Is that Mrs. Maddux Is often called
"Ethel" by her friends, while Miss
Noss and the former Mrs. Sexty also
bear that name.
At the Rodman home last evening
Miss Pearl Thompson expressed sur
prise that the wedding had taken
place, saying no hint had been
dropped as to the purport of the
Prinevllle trip. Mrs. Sexty Is not an
Important witness In the Real
tragedy as she did not, Miss Thomp
son states, come to Portland until
after the death of Mrs. Real. -
Rodman and his bride are expected
to reach Portland Tuesday, although
when they left there was no Intlma
tlon that they would return as a
married couple. Miss Thompson
last night stated the couple might
return today.
While the exact import of the evi
dence given before the grand jury by
the former Mrs. Sexty against the
chauffeur Is not known, her union
with Rodman, it Is believed, will bar
the prosecution from compelling her
to testify against the chauffeur, now
her husband. This may be one of
the disputed pointa In the trial of
the Real case which has been set for
hearing on November 12.
Timber Land Wanted.
Timber land wanted by buyer direct
from owner. Give description and price.
Address "Timber," care Journal. 0-2-lm